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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900. POLITICS CROP 0UT N CHURCH CONFERENCE Attempt Made to Permit Delegates to Fill Vacant Seats With Friends. Bl Methodists Decide to Appoint a Con- ference to Select Delegates to the Ecumenical Conference in London. CHICAGO, Msy 14—The Methodist Zpiscopal Conferency adopted a n made by Bi that a com- n be created eral Confer- consist weral co: > member from each rict, to select the ST. LOUIS STREET CAR STRIKE DECLARED OFF Officials of the Suburban and the Transit Com- panies Accede to Many of the De- L e e S e e ] Scumenical Methodist don. A little politics was injected into the procedings by a resolution allow delegates the priv! ege of vacant sea 1 their dele for their friends. This was opposed on the ground that it gave too much op- por ving, and was defeated. | Rich of the Erie (Pa.) introduced a resolution to | violation of a sacred trust to of the Book Concern to other object than the support of su- sated ministers to stop the p penses of the General this fund and th al papers made a the re- ate DIRECT SLAP AT PRESIDENT M’KINLEY L e R T I S T + portant developments In the street car strike situation to-day. At a conference held between the offictals of the Suburbsn Rallway Company, ly system not controlled by the St. s Transit Company, and on which a strike was inaugurated ten days before that declared on the Transit system, and the offi of the employes of that road, an amicable adjustment was effected and the men will return to work to-morrow. just what basis the strike was Le gnition. T rike he st n so h s been settled as a result of . between the committee of erenc iness T. LOUIS, May 14.—There were im- | the Transit Company and the grievanc: the 8t. Louls Transit Com- | men with President Whitaker of DURING THE STREETCAR STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS. The above picture, taken from the St. Louis Republic, shows the strikers and their sympa- thizers attacking the cars at the corner of Sixth and Locust streets on Tuesday last. The portrait of Samuel Lee, chairman of the National executive board, who had charge of the strike, is also shown. B R e e | e committee of the strikers. No basis ot| lement has been given out yet. | t 5:10 p. m. John Schroers, one of the members of the committee, came from the conference and announced that the Transit Company and the strikers' grievance committee had come to an agreement by which the strike | would be declared off immediately and that cars on all the divisions of the Tran- sit Company’s system would be running to-morrow morning as usval. Mr. Schroers would not make any statement as to the hasis on which the settlement was made, but said only a few minor details remained to be disposed of. The Suburban Company had no difficult 2 a lhn.’nugh running sched- and riotous demonstrations on . conspicuous by thefr ab- | Transit Company's system number of demonstrations— \ otherwise. In one in- committee of citizens® | line On t1 were 3 notsy , mands of Their Union Employes. [ e 0+-0-+0+0+0 2009 99+-0 . stance the police were obliged to charge | on n crowd of strike sympathizers (o dis- perse it and i1 & number of instances used the flat side of thei: sabers in accomplish- ing their purpose. No casualties of a serl- | ous nature were reported during the day. DEVOID 6! INTEREST. Strikers in Kansas City Parade With a Brass Band. KANSAS CITY, Mo.,, May 1i—The street raiiway strike here was devofd of exciting incidents to-day. The strikers, to the number of about 200, paraded the streets with a brass band this afternoon Police had refuzed to Issue rmit for the parade and an appeal to Mayor Reed had been resorted to, the Mayor issuing the permit. B S e o S o S e S o o e e ok ppeering on the street after the Chief of | DANGER IN THE GREAT INFLUI OF JAPHNESE Subject Discussed at the Labor Convention in Denver. e President Boyce Criticizes Federal Judges for the Freedom With ‘Which They Issue Re- straining Orders. i S B DENVER, May 14.—The annual conven- tions of the Western Federation of Mine:s | and the Western Labor Unlon opened this | merning with a joint public meeting, at which the welcoming address was deliv- ered by Roady Kenehan, to which replies were made by President Edward Boyce of the federation and President Daniel | McDonald of the unfon. After the public | meetings the two conventions met in sep- | arate session. subject which s much discussed among the delegates and which will be 'acted upon by both conventions is the | influx of Japanese laborers into the United States and Canada. ! said that unless something was done by | the Government to restrict the immigra- | tion of Japanese it would become a great | menace to white labor and before long might result in serfous troubles, “I have recently been over the whole Pacific Coast country, where I learned Japanese have en. { sald Mr. McDonald. are practl- cally replacing white labor on all of the railroads in the Northwest and are grad- { ually working their way eastward. The Northern Pacific and the Great Northern | employ them almost exclusively on the | "In his speech President Boyce said: | will say without hesitation or fear of con. | tradiction that in the grandest republic ever organized in the world we are fast descending to a condition worse than has | ever existed in any monarchy on earth. It |is time for laboring people to say that no | military despot shall exist in_any State or county of this country. not longer endure the action of the Judges sitting on the bench of the United States Supreme Court who issue injunctions re- | straining laboring men, There seems no | relief to be expected from any oreanization existing to-day, T am so | to say. and all our ho | through politics must come when we come | to the point where we can rely upon our- | selves to cast a united vote.” | President Boyce named the following | committee of credentials: John McKenna. No. Alb-Eu ¥l Butte Unfon 2 | Poft, Helvetla Union, Arizona; | Timmons, Gillette Union, Colorado; John | Hayes, Gem Union, Idaho: John McCloud, | Two-Bit Union, South Dakota. | Sailors Picked Up. 1, Montana: | and the sailors who with him were lost | recently from the Afiullnq schooner Sadie | Turpel, were picked up by the schouner | Penelope and to-day returned safe to port. APPROVES APPROPRIATION INHERITANCE TAX IS CONSTITUTIONAL Senate Passes the Naval Bill After Important Decision Is Handed President McDonald | , each gang having a white man | ‘We should | political | Ty | pe of galning relief | VICTORIA, B. C.. May 14.—Mate Gallad | THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. Remnant Sal The rapidityrith which remmants accumulate in a store servingthousands of customers daily isalmost incredible. Short ends and broken sizes accumulate here, not by the dogens or the hundreds, but by the thousands, hence the [requent so-called Remnant Sales. To-day five depart- ments are anxious to disgose of their short ends and broken lots, and the special inducement tobuy is a further reduction of One-Quarter From the Already Reduced Rem-~ nant Prices. Silk Remnants—An almost endless variety of styles, colorings and lengths, most of them this season’s latest purchases, in suit, skirt and waist lenzths, varying from 2 to 12 yards—lengths for waists, trimmings, linings, rufflings, un- derskirts, etc.—on special sale one-quarter of. Veiling Remnants—More than 2000 of them: aimost every style, color and pattern, on special sale ome- quarter off. Ribhon Remnants—3ooo short lengths of Rib- bons, all styles, qualities, colors and widths; also some slightly soiled Ribbons that have been used in display; all on special sale af one-quarter of. Wash Goods Remnants — Hundreds upon hundreds of short lengths of fine and medium quality fabries; 3ll new, seasonable styles; some white goods among them; lengths ranging up to 10 yards; your choice one-quarter off. Dress Goods Remnants—Almost every style of Dress Goods—black and colored—that comprises the big store’s summer stock is represented in to-day’s dress goods remnant sale; on special sale one-quarter off. Lace Department Remnants—A miscella- neous ass)rtment of fashicn’s latest fancies in laces, embroi- deries, trimmings, etc., impossible to describe; they must be seen to appreciate how cheap they are at to-day’s reduction. Chiffons Liberty Silk Dress Trimmings Laces Yokings Mousselines Ruchings Dress Braids Exnbroideries All-Overs All on special sale af one-quarter off. Velour Sgquares—A small lot (125 onlv) to be ciosed out to-day; they are 36 inches square, in a great variety of patterns and handsome colorings; suitable for cushion, fur- niture coverings, etc.; our regular 75¢ Qquality; Twesday oniy, each 48:. Curtain Ends—>o00 Curtain Ends. all widths and many of them ruily 2 yards long; for odd windows, sash cur- tains and draperies; onspecial sale Tuesday only, each 20c fo 50c. EMPORIY ©Golden Rule Bamr." ! RRRRR.RREERERVIRERRR mm 2 ~m . m_ RRERRREEERERRRRELRY | | | i s Down in United States Supreme Court. CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST--AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. |ARWARARAU Le e L2322 2 d a Debate Lasting a Period of Four Days. AGO ay . — The Methodist pal Conference committee on tem- kie of Mich- E 3 and ¢ Congress- son of North Dakota, au- hampion of the anti-canteen is a member, adopted resolutions to- the minds of a number of 1 at least, is a direct McKinley because of his e in the decision of Attorney gs declaring the law ineffect- General Conference 1 was adopted in the face of a tute for it a minority re- acob E. Price of the New - after a_two hours’ he members alternately mpioned President Mc- tand as read as follows: to his exalted we are pained | the President quote the foe to the soldier ent an early exercise | n him, to the end that the | vernment, instead of being before the soldier, | him as far as possible | ; zards incident to militery | After a stor session the committee on | episcopacy to-day decided to recommend e Gen be eiected to p athe on the board during the o The body voted down a re. committee in favor of Conference that two new rovide for possi- t rt etition to the conference to elect a col- red Bishop. Instead of making a direct ~commendation on this question the com- tee will repoft a revised version of the eclaration adopted by the conference of 1886, recognizing the gqualifications of col- ored men to fill the high offices and ad- g the need of a colored leader to de. | religious work among his peogle ath. The result is taken as a feat of the movement to secure the elec. tion of & coiored man as Bishop at this conference, 8s the leaders started out with he determination to get specific instruc. the conference. 0Tts are cer- n to be b on the fioor of the conference. The time limit for Methodist preachers seems doomed. By a vote of &2 to 21 the ee on itinerancy to-day decided to the General Conference a report g the abolition of the time limit before the conference. i now SAN PEDRO CONTRACT. Will Probably Be Awarded to Califor- nia Construction Company. ANGELES, May 14.—The Califor- T nstruction Company of San will complete the San| reakwater where Heldmaler f Chicago left off, pro. found to have been in with the specifications, ned this ternoon by °r of the United States L A 4 _was made by bmit the proper guarantee that good faith, and the bid The bid of the Calltor- A ipany was the next » 52875546 05, and if it ‘will probably be nia Cox “OLD GLORY” T0 FLY HIGH. American Flag to Float From Top of Eiffel Tower July 4. WASHINGTON, May 14.—Ferdinand W. Peck, United States Commissioner Gen- eral to the Paris Exposition, recently re- York, who fatled, how- | on the anti-canteen | Secretary of WASHINGTON, May 14.—After a dis-| would therefore support the amendment cussion lasting five full days the Senate to-day passed the naval appropriation bill. | y;¢' Practically four days were devoted to the | guns and ammunition was withdrawn. consideration of the armor plate proposi- tion, which was agreed to finally as re- | ported by the committee with the excep- | & tion that the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make contracts only for such armor as may be needed from time to time. The Secretary of the Navy is the Navy Given Authority to Construct an Armor Plant at a Cost of Four Million Dollars. authorized to procure armor of the best | quality at $445 per ton, but if he be unable to obtain. it at that price he is then authorized to pay $545 per ton for the armor for the battleships Malne, Ohio and Missouri, and proceed to erect an armor | factory, to cost not to exceed $4.000,000, one-half of which amount is made im- mediately available. The committee's proposition carried by a vote of 32 to 19. The Secretary of the Navy is directed to purchase five Holland torpedo-boats at a price not exceeding $170,000 each. Just before adjournment Nelson of Min- nesota called up the “free homes” bill, and it was passed without a word of de- | bate. - Representative Flynn of Oklahoma, who has been a warm champion of the measure, was present when the bill passed and cordially congratulated Senator Nel- | son. A concurrent resolution was adopted directing the Secretary of War to appoint 2 board of officers of the engineer corps to prepare plans for the improvement of the BSnake River, in Washington and Idaho. A bill for the establishment of a light- house and fog signal at Slip Point, Wash., at a cost of 312,000, was passed. A concurrent resolution was adopted for a survey of the outlet of Flathead Lake, Montana, with a view to keeping the lake X om providing for the appointment of a Collector of 'gul[nml for the customs district of Hawali, at a salary of | year, and such deputies as may be neces- quested the loan of the lur bangs in the Pension Offce: 1t S ihn intention, he said. 1o float it on the Biffel tower on the Fourth of July. Secretary rant the re- a This is the largest in the world, measuring 26 bym.’zntce-:t‘. o sary, was passed. Hale then called up the naval appro- priation bill, the pending question being on the amendment of Chandler substi- tuting in Tillman's amendment $i25 for $300 as the price of armor. The amend- ment was rejected, 2 to 27. Hoar offersd the following amendment to the committee’s proposition with re- spect to onstruction of an armor plate factory: “That If under the opera- tion of the above provision no Govern- ment armor plate manufactory is begun or built the Secretary of the Navy shall sub- mit to Congress at the beginning of its next session a detailed report, in which he shall estimate the entire cost of a fully equipped Government armor plate manu- factory, including site, and the probable time at which the best modern armor plate could be produced at said factory and ready for delivery.” The amendment was accepted by the committee and as amended the commit- tee’s proposition was adopted—32 to 19, as lows: fclA)'('D\—AHl'on. Baker, Carter. Clark of Wyoming. Davis, Depew, FEilkins, Fair- banks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kean, Lodge, McComas, McCumber, Nel- son, Penrose, Perkins, Platt of New Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Si- . Wolcott—22. ) I;rl:e{.lgh;ndler. 'CoAc:I.({ell. s, eitfeld, Jones of an- ?.‘,me)ll-fl:ry. organ, Pettigrew, Pettus, Spooner, Stewart. Sulltvan, Teller, Till- man. Turner. Weliington—19, The next proposition of the committee provided for the purchase of five Holland Submarine torpedo-boats at a price ot 170,000, and 1t was adopted after some de- bate with an amendment making the por- chase mandatory. During this debate Teller denounced the Armor Ordnance Board as incompetent and sald he would vote for twenty of the Holland boats to be built to allay the sensitiveness and a prehension of our sea coast citles, and York, Proctol mon, Thursto: Noes—Berry of Stewart. | committee amendment appropriat- | $250,000 for the purchase of Gathman | The amendment was adopted providing in effect for the removal of the naval sta- nor(u( at Port Royal, 8. C., to Charleston, The bill authorizes the expenditure of $412,000, but leaves the expenditure of this money to the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, who is authorized to exam- | ine into the expediency of changing the station to Charleston, S. C. The amend- ment provides that there must be a depth of water of at least thirty feet at the new station. Hale, in advocating the amendment, said the committee felt that-no more 200 money ought to be sent after bad at | ort Royal. Chandler offered an amendment reducin, the number of armored cruisers provide for in the bill from three to two and the number of protected cruisers from three to two. His purpose in offering it, he sald, was to direct attention to the fact | that we are expending too much money for our navy and too little for the develop- ment of our merchant marine. “There Is a bill now before this Senate,” said he, “providing for the development of our merchant marine which calls for no larger appropriation than is necessary for the construction of two first class war vessels. 1 hope that Congress will not ad- journ until it has brought this shipping il to a vote.” “I have not the slightest idea,” sald Teller, “that the shipping bill will be taken ug until after the campaign, and nefther has the Senator (Chandler).” “I am not a great party leader,” replied Chandler sarcastically, “but there is no need that we should rush away from here before we pass this bill for the ad- vancement of our merchant marine."” Hale expressed the bellef that he and the Senator from New Hampshire would be much older men than they were now before the subsidy bill would be disposed of. Chandler withdrew the amendment. Teller said Chandler knew that his par- ty dared not bring the sybsidy bill In. “It is to be shunted—to go-over until the next session of Congress,” sald he. “Then 1 suppose we shall have the subsidy bill, the bill to Increase the army to 100.000 men, and such other measures as cannot be considered now in view of the Presi- dential campal 7 McBride of Oregon secured an amend- ment providing for the appointment of a board of officers to determine the desira- bility of constructing a drydock on the Columbia River, Oregon. Tillman offered an_amendment provid- ing that no armor should be contracted for in advance of its actual requirement by vessels in construction. It was agreed to. Pettigrew declared that it was the pur- pose of the dominant party in Congress to make these great contracts for war ves- sels and armor in order that it might be in position to obtain vast contributions to its campaign fund. The bill then passed without division. Nelson of Minnesota secured the pas- sage of an act prnfldlns for free home- steads on the public lands for actual and bona fide settlers. ana reserving the pub- lic lands for that purpose. A bill also passed to apply a portion of the proceeds of tire gale of public lands to the endow- ment, support and maintenance of schools or departments of mining and metlllurTy in the several States and Territories, In connection with the colleges for the bene- fit of culture and the mechanical arts. ‘The Senate at 5:45 p. m. adjourned. Plan Proposed brvan-ee in the Con- sular Difficulties. CONSTANTINOPLE, May Law Regarding Taxation of National Bonds Held to Be Purely Applicable to Legacies and Not to Entire Estates. WASHINGTON, May 14—The Supreme Court of the United States to-day an- nounced opinifons in the cases arising un- der the inheritance tax provision of the war revenue act and also in a case in- volving the applicability of the State in- heritance tax law of New York to estates composed of Government bonds. There were five decisions under the Federal law and one under the State law, but two of the former class applied, as did one of the | latter class, to the taxation of Govern- ment bonds. The court held that neither under the State nor the national enact- ment were natlonal bonds exempt from taxation. The validity of the general Fed- eral law was affirmed, but it was held to be purely applicable to legacies and not to | the entire estates of deceased persons, the | court holding that the “tax is on the pass- ing of legacies or distributive shares of personalily, with a progressive rate on each, separately determined by the sum of each of such legacles or distributive shares.” The decisions dealing with the Federal law as a whole were handed down by Justice White and those relating to Gov- ernment bonds by Justice Shiras. Justice Shiras’ opinion covered the phase of the law applying to cases in which es- tates consisung of United States bonds are taxed. This opinion held that the bonds were subject to this tax. The principal decision in the list handed down by Justice White covered the case of Eben J. Knowlton and Thomas A. Buf- fum, executors of the estate of Edwin ¥. Knowiton, brought here from the eastern district of New York. The opinion of the Circuit Court was adverse to the validity of the law and accordingly it was reversed. The opinion is a very voluminous one and dis- cusses exhaustively every phase of the law. Referring to the “progressive” fea- ture of the act, Justice White said that it was conclusive that it creates no new subject of taxation. Provisions of the Law. “It simply provides,” he said, “for the progressive rates orn'the propérty men- uoned in the opening sentences, which is described exactly as it was in the act of 1864. Now, as the act of 1364 taxed not the whole estate but each particular leg- acy or distributive share, the conciusion cannot be escaped that the present law does the same thing, except that there is added thereto a progressive rate.” ‘Then he took up the question as to whether the law commands that the pro- gressive rate shall be measured by the amount of a legacy or the whole personal estate, the conclusion being reached that it was not the intention to tax the entire estate, but the ‘‘separate and distinct sums or items of personal property pass- ing.” The conclusion then was announced that the tax is “‘on the legacies and dis- tributive shares, the rate being primarily determined by the classifications and be- ng vrn.reulvell)‘r increased according to the amount of the legacies or shares. Continuing on this line the Justice said: As the whole amount of such personal erty as aforesald relates to the sum of ‘ench legacy or distribut rately, It follows that are not taxed are taxed primarily by the degree Ship or absence thereof specified in the five clas. sical conventions contained in the statute, and that the rate of tax Is progressively increased by the amount of each separate legacy or dis- triputive share. This being the correct inter- pretation of the statute, it follows that the Court below erroneously maintained a contrary construction, and therefore the tax assessed and collected was for & larger amount than the sum nctually due by law. The decision held that the tax was not 14. — The | a direct tax within the meaning of the Greek Legation has notified the Porte of | constitution. but a duty or an excise tax. the intention of Greece to resort to the collective arbitraticn of the powers re- specting the controversies over the consu- lar convention. At the same time the le- tion sent a note to the embassies for arbitration. ‘Within the point of “uniformity,” as re- quired by the constitution, Justice White said that the constituticnal requirement was geo| Considering the text, he contint n‘snfiémpmm;‘w means ‘‘equal and uniform’ in the sense now asserted by the opponents of the tax, the words “‘throughout the United States’” are deprived of all real significance, and sustaining the conten- tion must hence lead to a disregard of the ele- mentary canon of construction, which requires that effect be given to each word of the consti- tution. . Uniformity Disregarded. One of the most satisfactory answers to the argument that the uniformity required by the constitution Is the same as the equal and uni- form clause which has since been embodied in 20 many of the State constitutions, results from @ view of the practice under thé constitution from the beginning. From the very first Con- gress down to the present date in laying duties, Imposts and excises the rule of inherent uni- formity, or, in other words, intrinsically equal and uniform taxes, has been disregarded and the principle of geographical uniformit = atently enforced. 3 e On another point of uniformity he said: It Is yet further asserted that the tax does not fulfill the requirements of geographical uni- riity. for the following reason: As the pri- mary rate of taxation depends upon the degree of relationship or want of relationship to a de- ceased person, it is argued that it cannot oper- ate with geogrophical uniformity, inasmuch as testamentary and intestacy laws may differ in every State. It is certain that the same degree of relationship or want of relationship to the deceased, wherever existing, is levied on at the mme‘ Yll!“fl’lro\llho“l the Unit tax Is uniform throughout the United States, despite the fact that different conditions among e States may obtaln as to the which the tax is levied. ety wen ‘With reference to the objections to the &;’ogf?!slve feature of the law, Justice hite said: The review which we have made exhibit. fact that taxes imposed with reference to' :;’1: ability of the person upon whom the burden is placed to bear the same have been levied from the foundation of the Government. = So also some authoritative thinkers and a num- ber of economic writers contend that a pro- gressive tax is more just and equal than & pro- portionate one. . In the absence of constitutional limitations, the question whether it is or is not is legislative and not judiclal. The grave consequences which it is asserted must arise in the future if the right to levy a progressive tax be recognized involve In the ultimate aspect the mere assertion that free and representative government is a failure and that the grossest buses of power are foreshadowed uniess the courts usurp a purely legislative function. It a case should ever arise where an arbitrary a confiscatory exaction s im; bearing the guige of A progressive or any other form of tax, it wiil be time enough to consider whether the’ judicial power can afford a remedy by ap- plying inherent and fundamental principles fof the protection of the individual, even though there he no express authority in the consitu- tion to do so. That the law which we have construed affords no ground for the contention that the tax imposed is arbitrary and confisca- tory is obvious. Lower Court Erred. It follows from the foregoing that the court below in denying all relief and that it should have held the plaintiff entitled to re- cover so much of the tax as resulted from tax- ing legacles below $10,000 and from increasing the tax rate with reference to the whole amount of the personal estate of the deceased from which the legacies or distributive shares were derived. Justice Brewer dissented on the ground that the pro; ive feature of the tax is a violation of “uniformity,” but concur- red on all other points. In the cases Involving the right to tax inheritances consisting of bonds, which were handled in an opinion mded down by Justice Shiras, the court We think the conclusion fairly to be drawn from the State and Federal cases is that ghe right to take property by will or is derived from and regulated by municipal la that In assessing a tax upon such right or priv. flege the State may lawfully measure or fix the amount of the tax by referring to the value of the ly passing, and that the inc fact that such property is composed in wl in vart of Federal securities does not in- 1= This nion was rendered in the case of Hul:l';l‘" Vs, Con':.stroller Coler of the e or validate the tax or the law under which it Imposed. f New York and involved the BT b con- the Go it made the following statement In explana- tion of the provisions of the law: The tax on legacies and distributive shares included in the war revenue act of 1598 Is graded in two ways, according to the degree of kinship of the le; e and according to the value of the legacy. The Initial rate is deter- mined by the degree of kinship. A le 'y to a husband or wife Is exempt. Legac! o others must pay a tax which rises as the de- gree of kinship is more remote, until property passing to strangers in blood pays 5 per cent To this initial rate a progressive rate, accord- ing to the value of the legacy passing. is ap- plied. Property valued at §10,000 and under is exempt: exceeding $10,000, but not exceeding $25,000, the rate is fixed by kinship. The rate rises with the amount until property exceeding $1,000,000 is required to pay the rate fixed by kinship multiplied by three. INTROD'CES A BILL TO PREVENT BLACKLISTING a Measure Directed Against the Railroads. WASHINGTON, May lL—Senator Jones of Arkansas to-day Introduced a bill to prevent and punish blacklisting by rail- road companies, sleeping car companies, express companies, steamboat companies, telegraph and telephone companies, en- gaged in Interstate commerce, and also to provide a civil remedy In damages for blacklisting. It is a very Ien%!hy measure and goes into the subject of blacklisting and provides methods of obtaining infor- mation concerning the same. Corpora- tions are directed to keep a record of em- ployes and every employe is. entitled to see his record. The blll prohibits black- listing for participation in a strike or la- bor trouble, Officers or emglo)‘eu of a corporation convicted of blacklisting any person are to be punished by imprison- ment for not less than two nor more than ten years. ANNIVERSARY AT STANFORD. Students Commemorate the Laying of the Cornerstone. Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May M4.— The thirteenth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Stanford University was commemorated here to-day by the cessation of all university work. To-night appropriate exercises were held in the college chapel, the programme presented being entirely the work of the students. F. B. Riley read a selection from the col- Senator Jones of Arkansas Presents | lection of Stanford storfes by C. U and H. Irwin. E. M. )l')(;vklf'n?r:k: What Stanford University Stands L. E. Bassett closed the pro- gramme by some select reading. Musie was furnished by a trio composed of Miss Winnifred Morgan, B. A. Olshs a Ninpitred Morgan Olshausen and EMPEROR WILLIAM LEADS TROOPS IN A SHAM BATTLE Carries Into Effect a Very Pictur- esque Attack Upon the New Forts at Metz. BERLIN. May 4.—Emperor Willlam ar- ranged a picturesque attack upon the new forts at Metz, leading himself and lea ing to the Bavarian general Von Lich- stein the defense. 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