The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION OF BANKERS OPENS AT SACRAMENTO Vice President Elliott Lauds the Gold Standard Bill and Says a Good Word for Paper as a Substitute * e o e i eteieieieiw OTIS MAKES LIGHT OF HIS ASSAULT ON REAM tacked the Reporter With ete in a Pickwickian Spirit Seys He A 5 neral Harr R d by W appeare apy OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE OF PACIFIC COAST The 1 ed lowing Michael 36, Isaac Cutter, Los . 8an Francisco, Orange, $10; William Willlam Original widow Francisco, $8. Lawrence Lamb, Al- Biggs, Foley, $10. Orig- ary J. Freeman, Pori- wing Postmasters have been William Ockenden, Pol- m A. G. von Breyman. Cor- tina: ‘Joseph R zebrook. Deweyville. Washington—Albert J. Munson, Sheiton John Sizelove, ( ell. Chauncey Fry has beer poir Postmaster at Do- then, Doug County, Oregon, vice S. signe- ery service will be es- bastopol. Cal., May 14, and Santa Rosa on the e Waters to-day introduc- . th pensions of Isaac D. Stine, Secretary Chance of y sent to the House ng Special Agent a deficlency appropriation the provisions *t for the pres- ¢ states that expen- the deportation of increased. The cers employed un- opriation has been r cent for lack of e e CONSIDINE ARRESTED. NEW YORK ided the May 3.—Inspector Thomp- roadway Athletic Ciub Munager George Considine and flists were arrested. The latter \ Thomas and James Heywood. The is conducting a boxing contest police licerise. Considine ad- i in the morning papers that he uld conduct a boxing contest between the two pugiliste named in the Broadway w THRICE WEDDED, VEVER. HAVING BEEH DIVORCED {Otto H. Van Damon Makes | Athletic Club for a test case. The arreste | resulted when he endeavored to carry out ihis promise i i train PROMINENT OFFICERS OF THE BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION. b4 >0 DeoeDebebet et @ @-.- ber how m of tr lusively 1896 in e found that the r businéss almost is acted eoin t rn people and others anged drafts payable who quiei- in_ current the safe de- > the most vaiu- case the Presiden- prove favorable to the This reminds me it would be wise graduvally accustom ourselves mmunity in general to the use r money, which hgs by the high- : the country been guar- good as gold Brilliant Business Prospects. den sy that possibly the of "%, when it was in ure was to withhold wvthing like a_bounti- all anticipated with « it forward ng of the at least without the un- in the Or- supplying of Philippines ade Very Grave Charges Against His Wife. Latter Is Supposed to Be Living in This City and the Husband Sues for Divorce in New York. i Special Dispatch to ORK .\12\7 who is believe present in San Fran by publication that Mrs. Almyra Van , 15 to be notified s been made the d, Otte H. Van Dam The lat- ter states that he made a d very som time ago th tisfies him he the lawful husband of the womar Van Damon alleges there were two other men who had ealled Almyra wife previous to his assumption t prerogative and their title is =till ahead f his own, sne has never been divorced from either. Her first husband is alleged to be John Wiers, to whom she was united in August, 8584, when she was 15 years of age. Wiers, Van Damon state informed him of this marr e and that it was in full force when he learned that his wife had con- tracted another marriage in 1893 with William Mallaban, who is still very much in the flesh Van Damon was married to tue woma January 2, 1867, by Rev. Mr. Crosby ¢ Decatur streat, Brookiyn. After this marriage he took his bride, who had given her age as 24 vears, to Giras was never Valley. Cal., where t lived for a year. en they went to San Francisco and she emained there while he came to New York on business. . It was while here, he says, that he met husband No. 1, who en- hightened him as to his own marriage and that of Mauaban CHORUS GIRL STEALS FROM COMEDIAN'S WIFE Member of Anna Held’s Company Needed Money With Which to Pay for Her Child’s Education, PHILADELPHIA. May 3.—Frances Wiison, the leading charus girl of Anna Held's “Papa’s Wife” company, and one of the prettiest girls in the given a hearing in the Police Court to- day and held in $590 bail, charged with stealing $353 in cash and jewelry worth 1000 from Mre. Charles Bigelow, a mem- ber of the company and wife of the come- dian of that name. Miss Wilson was ar- rested after the performance last might and spent the night in a cell at the City Detectives testified at the hearink to-dhy that she made a full confession and restored all of the jewelry and money with the exccption of $20. Wilson sald she stole because she a child that she ts to ate. The missing $20. she told the tives, was sent to New York to pay a month's hoard for this child. It is thought the prosecution will be dropped. ' Strikers Locked Out. MINNEAPOLIS, May 3.— Central trainmen’s strike has assumed the form of a lockout. The parent Grest Northern Company has long been prepar- ing for it id has hired experienced men in the twin cities and Chicago to take the strikers' places. To-day the first consign- ment of sixty men was sent on a special With these it is hoped to open the road to trafic. Another train will follow in a few days. Tt seems unlikely that the com p; wiil yield to the men’s demands. - 'Varsity Student Dying. CINCINNATI, May 3.—Harry Burke, a | student in the Cincinnati University, is iying at the point of death at the Cin cipnatt Hospitel, from an injury recejved while vaulting over a ten-foot barrier The pole broke and he fell back, striking the upper part of his spinal column on the top of the broken poie. and was avalled of | New York into gold coin at our | » be residing at | as | show, was | The Monfama | for Metal Currency. R e e o o i i S e J VALENTINE A N | giving increaged powers to the State Ba Commissioners. The benefits of the a ciation were referred to and a plea n for a geners ipation clation on tl e b ' In the exXec weil the fail » pass a banking law relative | to State comme Governor's neglec by the | and attentic taken by other & Commercial Museum. owing to the o bill passed s deplored ial pap A good word was said for the Pacific Commercial Museum to be established at | Sfl'w !v.q:-,-t;m o an —\r-l‘vu"’«-‘w were sug- | Nearly 2 Million Dollars Added to the & Commiticemen were appoinied as fol- | Appropriation for Postal lows Necessit e J. MCKnight | wASHINGTON, May 4—The Senate elch, Richard | Committee on Postofices and Postroads ' to-day completed t postoffice appropria- Itschul F. E. | tion bill, and Chairman Wolcott will re- ned with a | POTt it to-morrow. The net increase in the Cout- | bill is about $1.600,000, which includes the | nt ng re- | restoration of the provision for the pneu- spective lo- rvice, first reported by the law negotiable 150 committee. [t provides $225.000 for i cure the | continuing the present cont and adds A the par | $00000 for extension of tl rvice to | snsidered sther citles in addition to tk where it | ead on “Ad-| has been in vee. The ollowing amend- by Richard | ment has been made to the provision re- ood Rea lating to letter carriers xists | Provided, that letter carriers may be .. by Hon, required to work as nearly as practicable irrency only eight hours on each working day. but not in any event exceeding forty-eight | WEDDING PREPARATIONS OF MISS MARY CROCKER Ceremony Will Be Quietly Performed at the Church of St. Mary’s at Qe 0045050000000 0000000000050 Tuxedo. § Dispatch to The Call YORK ~The wedding of | Mary Crocker, daughter of the late F. Crocker Burtc of San Francis Harrigon of New uietly celebrated on Thurs | day - Church of St Mary's ceremony wil take place at and a special train for New will leave here at 11 o'clock ir g Miss Crocker's attendants will be her sister, M: » Crocker; Miss Jean Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw | Reld. who is a cousin of the bride-elect; Miss Harrie lex der. another cousin; Miss Susan Alexander McCook, niece, of Ale> and Mij Mary and Miss Caro not yet selected his his friends are to be will be Frank Lyon The invitations will be sent out by Mr. and Mrs. Cha Alexander, the lat- | ter being an of Miss Crocker. A wedding brez follow the cere- | mony at the Mr. and Mrs. Alex- ander, not far the church at Tuxedo. Probably not more than one hundred peo- ple_ will be present. Mr. and Mrs. Alex- ander will leave New York in a few days for their cottage, and Miss Crocker will accompany them e FARMERS IN SESSION. | Many Interesting Papers Read at Los Gatos. Special Dispatch to The Call LOS GATOS, May 3.—The Farmers' In- stitute under the auspices of the local | grange was held to-day in Odd Fellows’ Hall J. Cornell, master of Los Gatos , presiding. The morning session with music r D. Institute of M was introduced. He spoke | for a short time on ““Farm Wastes,~ which was followed by an open discussion. Professor C, W. Woodworth of the en- | tomology department of the Univers California, familiarly known as the * | Man.” spoke of the winged pests of w | the orchardist is a victim. An open dis | cussion followed his lecture, and after a recitation an intermission for dinner was | taken. | The afternoon session was opened with | a question box, in which the questions of | grafting, fertilizers, growth of moss on trees and culture of grape vines were taken up and_ disposed of by Professors | Fowler and Woodworth, Professor Fow- {ler then compared the advantages of | Northern and Southern California and ex- pressed a hope that the time would come when this distinction would be done away with and it would be all simply Califor- nia. He continued. speaking on ‘“‘The Farm Home,” showing all the facilities | for modern improvements that are now | within reach of the average farmer that | are not taken advantage of to so great an | extent as in cities. | Professor Woodworth | “Our Ladybirds” as the estroyer of San Jose scale. Miss Hatunah Buckley rendered a vocal solo and Professor Fow- ler spoke of the good work that the instl- | tute is accomplfehing in the various parts | of the State. A song and a recitation cloged the afternoon session. The programme for the evening session |included a lecture by Professor Wood- { worth on the use of carbon bisulphide as | an insecticide, and one by Professor Fow- jer on the “Utility of Farmers' Organiza- | tion,” interspersed with vocal and instru- meatal mu | The large attendance and marked inter- est with which the various discussions | were followed show that the ranchers of | this section realize that farming is a sel- | ence, and that many benefits can be de- | rived by following It out on secientific lines. Benzine Causes a Fire. SAN - JOSE. May 2.—An explosion of benzine caused the destruction 6f a two- | story dwelling at the corner of Union and | Phelan avenues this afternoon.. Mrs. S, | Anthrum. who was moving into the house, had cleaned the wainscoting with | benzine. and in moving a trunk acciden- tally ignited a match on the floor, when the flames instantly ran around the room and a two-gallon ean of the liquid ex- loded. lLoss gn the house, owned by F. ;&_ Spooner, $3500 rs. Anthrum’s loss, 500. wa after which Prof ductor of the | ern California opened then spoke on Laxead Death of James Petersen. NEWMAN, May 3.—James Petersen, a prominent citizen and president of the New Era Creamery Company here, died in the German Hospital to-day from the effects of a surgical operation. is fu- neral will b& held Saturday under the auspices of the Ancient Ofder of Unit !‘\'oflmen. of which he wu“: member.ed | OVERTON MARRIES |INDUSTRIES OF CAPITAL CITY ' ~ SHOWN IN A TRADES PARADE Long Line of Gayly Deck;ad Floats Illustrating Manufac- turing Enterprises Viewed by Cheering AFTER BRIEFEST OF COURTSHIPS Popular Knight Templar Wins Fair Los Angeles Lady. Bride Is Miss Daisy Bell, and the Troth Was Plighted in a Thea- ter to the Strains of Lohengrin. A2 T Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, May 3.—After a_brief courtship of twenty-four b s Charles P. Overton, one of the leading Knight Templar of Golden Gaté Commandery No, was yesterday afternoon wedded to Miss Dalsy Bell, the accomplished daugh- ter of Major Horace Beli of Although the now happily married couple had known each other for many years not until they. still in singie bl d a box at the Orp night did the g 16, f mairimony Yet in that he sound of estion rer , with in his ears as orchestra died aw known lady fair. round roposal of s resulted presence of ssembled ke re earn was still lightly the j tnoss ed and ghts and Jadies took lly-ho sader When they re rned ht they found th F Hugh K. Wa r had performed the ceremony home of the bride and their were extended as the happy at congrat- SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE, hours during the six work week. and such numbe day. not exceeding eigh quired by the ne a legal holiday s day the service performed 1€ days of each »f hours on Sun- be re- and if on any working eight hours wjthout ‘regard to the time actually employed.” The vote in the committee on the matic tube item was seven to three. Chairman Welcott told the committee that when the provision was reached in the Senate some member favoring pneumatic tube service should take charge of the bill, as he would oppose the pro- vision on the REPLY OF_EfiAgADORS TO THE PORTE'S NOTE Decide That They Will Make the Payment of Indemnity to For- eigners a Separate Question. 52 ANTINOPI Wednesday May —The Embassadors met yesterday and decided to reply to the Porte's note of April 29 regarding the increase of duties as follows The embassies note the Porte’s declara- tion that any unilateral measures and will h to inform their Governments of this. T floor. & en he Embassadors have decided to make their consent to an increase conditional upon the r al of the abuses of the chemical anal the suppression of warehouse duties and the abolition of the stipulation whereby articles not specified in the tar- iffs may be interdicted, confiscated or destroyed. ed to make the foreigners a separate question and to deal therewith at a later date. MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS SEl.»ECT DELEGATES State Convention Thoroughly Har- monious and the Slated Can- didates Chosen. DETROIT. Mich., May 3.—The convention, which to-day elected dele- gates-at-large to the National Republican Convention, transacted its business quick- 1y and harmoniously. The four delegates. at-large who had been slated without division.-with the exception of Willlam: McPh, . whose candidacy was opposed ' by Frank W. Gilchrist. The former was chosen, however. The temporary organization was made ermanent, and the names of Presidential | Slectors and members of the State Central | Committee were announced, and were later ratified by the convention. Major I. J. Wilcox of Bay City and Perry Hanna of Traverse City were elect- ed Presidential Electors at large. — - — . INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN. Towa Democrats Select Delegates for the Convention. DES MOINES, May 3.—The Democratic State Convention selected for delegates at large to the Kansas City Convention Cato Sells of Vinton, Charles A. Walsh of Ot- tumwa, John 8. Murphy of Dubuque and George Baker of Davenport. The proceedings were characterized by harmony throughout and the convention was the largest held by the Democrats of this State in recent years, nearly 1000 dele- gates being present. The prevailing sentiment was over- elmingly for Bryan, and the delegates were Instructed to vote as a unit for him at Kansas City. In the framing of the platform the more conservative element prevailed. The Chicago platform is in- dorsed and the gold standard denounced, but the ratio of 16 to 1 does not appear in the resolutions. b2 Nominated for Congress. ATCHISON. Kans., May 3.—George W. Glick, the Fusionist candidate and the only Democrat ever elected Governor of Kansas, was nominated for Congress here to-day by the Democrats of the First Kansas District. He was opposed by B. P. Waggener, the Missouri Pacific at- torney, “who' opposed fusion with the Populists. SR - e Victorian Ran Aground. SEATTLE, Wash., May 3.—The steamer Victorian, while en route from Victorfa, B. C., to Seattle, about 11 o'clock this morning went aground off the shoal of Point Wilson and hung there for five hours, when she floated off with the rising tide and came to his city.. A marine sur- vey will be held to ascertain the extent of her damage: ~ PSR 8 Passing of Two Pioneers. WILLOWS, May 3.—H. W. C. Nelson, a ploneer of '46, died at his home near Or- land, this county, to-day. He was one of the wealthy men of the county and a bachelor. ~Thomas Redford, another pio- neer, is also dead at his home.near New- ville. He came to this State from Ken- tucky in this eity. | m on Tues- | < notes of | plighted | where | were | e becoming | ihe owl train | “rancisco. | n said day, if | less than eight hours, shall he counted as | pneu- the | it does not intend to introduce | The Embassadors have decid- | ayment of indemnities to State | ere elected | MAY 4, 1900. Thousands. Special Dispatch to The Call. | | DO 9020069020900 0000000 ePeI et edededrdePdededededeiosdoed SOME FEATURES OF THE SACRAMENTO ST B S O o g S e e e ACRAMENTO, May 3.—The indus- trial and commercial life of Sacra- morning gave expr » significant sentiment when it said that while Sacra- mento had its exemplification here | mento wants the State Fair for all time to-day in a trades parade of re- |it need never compromise its good name | markable length and attractiveness. | to retain it when by independent actlon it | The varied industries of this city were |can create such a magnificent display as | shown in appropriate floats, some of the |is being witnessed by muititudes here this deyices used in illustration of the manu- | week. The Bee also draws lessons of | facturing and business lines being very | public import’ from the success of the claborate and costly. The carnival colors, | week's exposition. asserting that it is eall- red and yellow, predominated, and the | ing the attention of the people of this sec- grand marshal, Captain Fred L. Martin, | tion to the unexcelled facilities possessed and his numerous mounted aids were gay- { by Sacramento as a point of supply and ly attired in these hues, wearing broad | trade, and, further, that it is advertising sombreros and looking like sportive Mex- | the beauty of this ¢ity's residences and | icans bound for the fandango. gardens. The enthusiasm of the people over the The May Queen and her maids of honor | success of the Street Fair and Trades|occupied the great white and gold | Carnival knows no bounds. The belief is | throne in Capitol Park to-day and wit- | general that it has demonstrated Sacra- |nessed the trades’ display as the proces- | mento’s ability to bring here and enter- | sion passed through the Midway. There tain thousands from the surrounding followed an interesting series of vaude- outside. this ville features on the stage in front of the Queen’s throne. counties without help from the The conservative Record-Union ——— ! Qe e 06200 06005000600ttt eiededsdedeisiesdsdsdrtsdeisistrssayg REET CARNIVAL. e eiedebesesesess PRSP SO SR S S S S S Lt = & e e e A A A RS S A A e A | From all sides come words of high praise for Ho Yow, the Chinese Con: General, and kis countrymen, who made possible the magnificent dragon parade here. Members of the Chinese party have remained in Sacramento and been shown about by prominent residents of the local { Chinese eolony. The carnival pennants float gayly from the tops of the Chinese Tong meeting houses along with the humpbacked dragon of the Chinese colors and Chinatown is still aflutter over the parade and the street fair. To-morrow will be Governor's day. and | it is expected that it will prove another memorable event. In order that Govern- or’s day shall nqt be of secondary consid- eration a man will waik a wire at Four- teenth and N streets, while another will ride on a bicycle down a flight of steps at Tenth and N stree In the evening there will be a civic and military parade on a large scale. The carnival will ciose with a masquerade ball at the new pa- vilion Saturday night. OFFICERS ELECTED B GRAND ARMY LADIES | Parisian Dealer Charged With Hav- | Barbecue at Sycamore Springs a ! ing Failed to Pay Duty on the | Failure on Account of ; Property. | the Rain. | CHINESE VASES SEIZED | BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS | NEW YORK, May 3.—Two Chinege vases | Special Dispatch to The Call worth $40,000 were seized by the customs | SAN LUIS OBISPO, May 3.—The con officers to-day on the French line pier for | vention of the Ladies of the Grand Army alleged evasion of ‘the customs law. The [of the Republic, which has been in ses- vases were the property of M. de Mal- | sion here, adjourned to-day The follow- herbe, a Parisian dealer. The vases are | Ing officers were elected: Department superb specimens of the work of an an- | president. Mrs. Olive A. Welch, San Jose; clent aynasty. ~The authorities learned |senior vice president, Mrs. Cordell in some manner of the importation of the | g . 0 s i it vases into the city from China, via Van- | Spence. Los Angeles: junior vice presi couver and Quebéc, and located them at | dent, Mrs. Arletta Parker, Fresno: secre- | a storage warehouse. M. de Malherbe | tary, Mary E. Kimball, Long Beach: | exhibited them at that place to several | treasurer, Mre. Lily Payna-Peterson, Val- collectors, it is said, and asked $40.000 for | lejo; plain, Mrs. Emma R. Holly, the pair. The vases were removed a few | Santa An. <. Belle Ingram. 3 Administration | Lena Scholton, Franc Mary Kimball, Long Beach: Mrs. Susan Ator, San Diego; delegates to the national con- vention, Chicago—Mrs. Lena Scholton, San Francisco; Mrs. Cordelia Spence, Los Angeles; Mrs. Lydia C. Hinkley, San Francisco: Mrs. Lizzie C. Whiteside: al- | days ago. An inspector learned that | de” Malherbe had secured passage on th: | eteamer La Bretagne, which sailed ves- | terday, intending to go with his vases to | France. They were seized just before the | | ship sailed. M. de Malherbe admitted im- | porting the vases from China. He ex- | pressed - himself as greatly shocked and Surprised at what seemed his great mis- fortune in not better knowing the laws. C. M. Devereaux, Santa Rosa; Mrs. PRt d 3> Martha Campbell, Oakland; Mrs. Mary Rohr, Oakland. Pacific Grove was se- CITIZENS OF ST. LOUIS CHEER ADMIRAL DEWEY Naval Hero and His Wife Tendered a Splendid Reception by the Ci lected for the next place of meeting. On_account of the rain. the barbecue which had been arranged for the dele- gates was a dismal faflure. st ks SHOT BY HIS FRIEND. L.OS ANGELES, May 3.—Victor Ward of Pasadena yesterday accldentally shot his friend, Fred Buchanan, the 24-year-old son of C. W. Buchanan, an architect, while the two young men were hunting in the mountains near Wilsons Peak. Young Buchanan is now in camp in the mountains, and the extent of his injuries ls’;_l:known, e two young men were hun - g(‘:lhnr. and Ward d s . undergrowth and saw what he suj be a wild antmal. Thinking “’r?;’?“é&? chanan was far away he fired, and was horrified when he heard Buchanan shout that he was struck. Ward found Buchanan with a bad gash in the right side of the neck. The wound was bandaged and the victim made as comfortable as possible, and Ward started on his long journey across many miles of rugged country to S8T. LOUIS, May 3.—Amid the firing of cannon, the shrieking of whistles and the huzzas of a vast concourse of enthusias- tic people Admiral Dewey became the guest of the city of St. Louls this evening. Thousands of people crowded into and around the mammoth depot long before | the train arrived. As the train was | backed into the depot at 7 o'clock Battery | A, stationed in the railroad yards, fired an admiral’s salute, the first roar of which | started a terrific round of cheers from the immense throng. When the train came to a standstill and Admiral and Mrs. Dewey appeared on the platform of the car he was greeted with a perfect roar of cheers and the frantic waving of hats, flags and handkerchiefs. The admiral's party was escorted to carriages by the reception committee with | Summon hflX' Reaching Martin's camp much difficulty, owing to the demonstra- | he telephoned for assistance. tions of the crowd outside the depot gates. | C. W. and Jerome Buchanan, together with Dr. Osborn. left Pasadena as soon as possible and are now with the wounded man. - TO SUPPRESS FOOTPADS. L.OS ANGELES. May 3.—A special meet- ing of the Board of Police Commissioners was held to-day, and several distinct orders were made which will tend to ren- der a continuation of the robberies and hold-ups in the city more difficult. The Chief of Police was instructed to strictly Preceded by a detachment of police and the First Regiment, N. G. M., the admiral and party was driven to the Planters Ho- tel. Along the entire route to the hotel the admiral received one continuous ova- tion from crowds which at some points were o dense that the carriages proceed- ed_with gerat difficulty. The admira! was constantly on his feet, dofing his hat in acknowledgment of the | cheers of the crowds. The members of the | party dined together half an hour after | reaching ihe hotel. Owing to fatigue the | Admiral and Mrs. wey remained in their apartments all the evening. which vagrancy is defined. He was author- ized tu procure twenty-five sawed-off shotguns and to arm that number of his best men with these weapons. The board will request of the City Council authority to appoint twenty additional special po- licemen to patrol the outlying sections. and the managers of the several street raflroads were authorized to arm their em%loye-. The City Council will be asked to estab- lish two branch police stations, one at Pico and_Figueroa streets and the other at Boyle Heights, where most of the hold- ups have occurre s i Cargo of Mongolians. VICTORIA, B. C., May 3—The steam- ship Tacoma from the Orient to-day brought as a passenger Captain C. H. Fales, master of the American ship St. John, burned in the Lambok Straits dur- ing 'February while bound: from New York, her home port, to Yokohama, laden with kerosene. The crew landed safely and were pald off at Singapore. The Ta- coma herself had a rough passage, hoth housework and H?ln{ mfleflnfi. She has 517 Japanese and Chinese immigrants. i ternates—Mrs. Fdith White, Fresno; Mrs. | heard a noisé in the | enforce the section of the Penal Code in | |SOLDIERS ORDERED OUT TO REPRESS THE FENIANS Canadian Authorities Learn That an Attempt Will Be Made to De- stroy Railway Lines. WINDSOR, Ontario, May 3.—Colonsl Holmes, tary commanding officer of No. 1 mili- district, has received instructi to have the Twenty-fi Seventh London Fusi the Twenty-sixth Middlesex, Twen- ty-seventh Lambton and Twenty-fifth Elgin batteries ready to march at two hours' notice. This step has been deemed advisable by the militia department owing to infor- mation that bands of Fenians intend in- vading Canada at some point along the River St. Clair or Detroit River for the purpose of destroying some of the rail way lines. Arrangements have been far completed that the battalion Is p: paring for marching orders at any time | Local military authorities claim that an invasion is not feared but that the bat- tallons named will be mobilized at soms gmv)u on the frontler for tactical exercise 'FILIPINOS ATTACK AN AMERICAN FORCE | Bcouting Party Surrounded and Have | a Hard Fight to Escape An- { nihilation. | MANILA, May 3.—A dispatch received | here this afterncon from Iioile reports | that a desperate fight took place at Leam- | banao, in the center of the island of Pa- | nay. ‘It appears that a recomnoitering | party of the Twenty-sixth Infantry was surrounded and that four of the Ameri- cans were killed, while sixteen others, so- verely woundad, were left on the fleld, Th remainder had a narrow escape. The dispatch adds that reinforcements were sent from Iloflo as soon as the news | was received, whereupon the Filipinos re- | treated to their mountain strongholds, | e | Ship Macy Ashore. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, May 3.—The American ship William H. Macy, Captain Groth, from Vancouver, is ashore at Cock- burn Shoal. The British warship Ports has gone to her assistance. The ship Willlam H. Macy is of 2002 She hails from San Francisco and tons. o wned by J. C. Eschon & Co. She was built at Rockpori, Me.. in 1853 She Is 254 | feet 9 inches long. 43 feet 2 Inches wide and 28 feet 3 inches deep. easasas s s s s R S s o e s ad t The first of a series of three splendid articles by “Fight- ing” General Joe Wheeler will appear in next Sunday’s Call. ‘While each article is complete in itself still you cannot af- ford to miss one. Be sure that you get the first one and then look out for the other two to be printed on Sunday, May 13 and 20 respectively. No man is better qualified than General Wheeler to write upon the Philippines and you will not be disapppinted. FHEEE L P L L E L L4 4440 R e e R e e i §3 |