The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1901. - SENATE PASSES THE HAYAL BILL tigrew and Tillman Dis- uss the Armor-Plate Question. —— Motion of Hanna the Subsidy Bill Is Teken Up, but Lit- tle Progress Made With It B WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—When the Sen- o'clock Turley redentials of Carmack, elect- £ six years be- convened Senato: the creden- n, elected a se term of six 1%01. The creden- were filed. dditional Dis- thern District of ning Ma tion bill was then uth Carolina had the armor plate ques- efore the Senate when e on Sa nt evidence which th with which the compan he comy into a cont price. He wou the wer the United atmed, but was e belleved that at one of the would be the ces afforded to He point- vessels about - provisions of ers would be nd at the same in the car- become a law, rded it “ab- proceed to its of Colo- to say in hat at this v Senators were mseives from the T to attend to im- work. Their absence an indifference as ler, the motion as Senator glving it at that time agonizing the vs had under considera- t the committee arged summarily iffery’s speech the Senate v times to produce a conclusion of one an of the Com- mittee has permis- 1. during sessions = desire to have at this session it for the committes to interrupted by mittee,” sug- “it might be well A recess while the s further nterrupted 5nd the Spooner e Treas- the num- as con- t under the provisions of Jones of rees on the Caffery decls boid g I the pockets of it is absolutely It is robbery tax the L you can- pie’s money for a private purpose.” Before Caffery con m ded, the Senate at t into executive session and rned we CLATMS HE MARRIED AN }Nm‘a WOMAN Los Angeles Man Petitions the Court to Annul the Nuptial Bonds. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.—When H. J. arner married Anna Hendricks of Los r s in June, he did not know that A his wife hod before he married her, and me. but that the fact oncealed from him. H ges that she treated him cruel Warner has been in an insane asy Ukiah for cight years, Mrs, family will contest the annui- of the marriage on the ground that she is not insane, but only nervous, and her. d DR To Make Salt From Sea Water. N DIEGO, Feb. 11.—The California Company to-day entered into a lease of practically all the land embraced in what is known as Carlsbad Slough. It is he intention of the company to at once mmence the laying out of immense vats the slough for making salt from sca water, and, if the business warrants, 1o erect a la refinery at the place for the purpose owmdllnt the salt. a_donation to | - COKE C0 went over until | | TMarriage of a Heroine to Lieutenant | | 11 B MISS CONDIT-SMITH AN OFFICER’S BRIDE of the Siege of Peking R. S. Hooker. v — MISS MARY CONDIT-SMITH, A HEROINE OF PEKING, WHO WAS MAR- RIED YESTERDAY TO LIEUTENANT RICHARD S. HOOKER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. ALL N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 Miss Mary Condit-Smith and Lieu- tenant Richard Stewart Hooker, T. §. M. C., were married to-day noon at the Church of Epiphany, Bish- , Satterlee and Rev. Randolph McKim officlating. The chancel of the church was decorated with graceful palms, gar- lands of laurel and pink an On the white marble altar va led with white roses and lilies. ushers preceded the bride to the chancel. Secretary : George Howard, ( >.; Captain De- it Clellan Davis, N.; Lieute as did the bride was escorted by Smith of New Jer- superb costume of white which was a satin skirt y veiled with rennais- sance lace. il was fastened with a coronet of orange blossoms, and she car- ried a bouquet of llies of the valley. ers wore unifor: TOKE COMPANY'S CORRUPTION FUND iRopresentative McPherson. | Repeats Charges to House Committee. BOSTON, Feb. 11L—Representative Me- Prerson of Framirgham was examined by the House Committee to-day relative to the ailegati de at a hearing jast week 1d been set aside on the books of the New England Gas and Coke Company for legislative pur- Poses, and also that sécurities of a doubt- Fual nature had been sold to banks in this State. Mr. McPherson Tepeated - his sarges, somewhat modified. e s X%, Lawson testified that Me- Pherson's charges were true and that the e company’s books would prove i e Y amson said that he heard that "hitney, president of the gas had paid him.$1.000,00 stop ¥ the coke company. “One of the directors,” sald Mr. Law- son, “told me that the money had been so voted and that he had been made one | mmittee to see that 1 got it.” Lawson refused to give the name rector who had given him , but said he would do so if tigation was held. The commit- question of ordering an in- nder advisement. JAPANESE MINISTER'S SPEECH INTERRUPTED Kogoro Takahira, Angered at Inat- tention, Throws His Paper on the Floor. NEW YORK, Feb. 1L—More than 37 members of the Silk Association of Amer- lica and their guests t down to the twenty-nint inivers: banquet of the association at Delmonico’s to-night. The S | conspicuous guest of the evening was the Chinese Ministe | Senator Thurs the toast, * Wu Ting Fang. Republic in the New ( y.” and Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire spoke to the toast, “The | Congress of the United States in Its Re- s to the Silk Industry apanese Minister, Kogoro Taka- was introduced to respond to the | “Japan and Her Estimation of | America and American Idea | “The Japanese Minister hegan to read his speech in a very loud| voice, which | commanded_attention by its tone, but be- fore he had read far he'got down to a sing-song tone, that caused a majority the diners to forget the speech and | talk among themselves. ~ Half a dozen | times they talked and laughed so loudly that General Conger had to rap for at- tention, Then the Minister would break | out of his sing-song style and read a few sentences in a clearer tone, but would soon become almost inaudible. The talk- |ing and laughter continued and the speaker finally threw down his paper on the table, folded his hands in front of | him, and closing his eyes stood silent. For a second there was quietness. This was | broken by a call for cheers for the Japa- nese Minister. They were given with | great vigor, but the recipient was vexed and flung his Faper down on the floor. Senator Gallinger picked up the paper and handed it to the Minister, who persuaded to start again. He soon re- lapsed into the sing-song style and the 1alking and laughter began again. There- upon the Minister flung the paper down on the tabie. and resuming his seat would Dot finish. Then many of the diners came up to him and congratulated him on his effort, somewhat mollifying him. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 11.—The two Chinook Indtans from a Canadian sealer who drifted into this port in their anoe hungry and pen- niless, were sent to San to-day upon orders received from the British Consul. They were without food or money, and the British Consul wired requesting that'they be provided or. wi | Warner knew her ondition when he | of Nebraska spoke to | e BUREATU, 146 G STREET, | Henry Hooker of Yale was the best man. | INTERESTS ;E COAST. The rector read the betrothal service at the foot of the chancel steps and the cou- ple advanced to the altar for the comple- tion of the ceremony and benediction by the bishop. A wedding breakfast followed the residence of Mrs. urt and an aunt of the hand- me young bride. The floral decorations were very clab- | orate of roses, carnations and lilies, in- termingled with ferns and palms. Only relatives and a limited number of inti- mate friends were present with the bridal party at breakfast After the honeymoon Lieutenant Hook: and his bride will reside at the Brook- ry yard, where the former is now “Tiooker was in Peking last sum- " a guest of United States Minister and Mrs. Conger, during the time of the thrilling slege in that city, and it was fcared for some time that she had per- ished with all the foreigners there at the time. Mrs. Hooker has only recently re- turned to this country. Vhile in the Orient she was a guest for some time of her brother-in-law and sister, Lieutenant d Mrs. Kays. Another sister iz the wife of Major General Wood, Military Governor of Cuba. e e 2] (STEEL INTERESTS - MAY BE POOLED No Mammoth Trust or Bil- lion Dollar Combina- tion Planned. | NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The arrival of | Henry C. Frick In this city to-day started the gossips in Wall street discussing fresh steel trade negotiations and the prospects of bringing them to an early and satis- factory conclusion.* Mr. Frick was re- ported to have had conferences with sev- eral persons Interested in railroads, iron mines and steel mills, but no positive offi- cial information could be had even on this subject. J. P. Morgan himself, when seen, reiterated with some emphasis that he had nothing to say, and that when he did have anything to say he could be relied upon to say it. One of the rumors growing out of the movements of the steel magnates was to the effect that a sale of the Carnegie Company was not contemplated, but that | rather o division of territory was planned jon a pooling basis, and that peace nego | tiations between the great steel comps nies was what was really aimed at. this subject there is no information avail able save the recent.statement from e Judge Gary, president of the Federal Steel Company, who gave out a typewrit- ten statement to the effect that J. P. Mor acquisition of some of the largest iron and steel companies of this country. point of interest at the present {ime ap- pears to be whether a pool or a great steel combination is in contemplation. Accord. ing to the latest Wall street story, Carnegie is to take from the syndicate which is to purchase his stock collateral trust notes with a guarantee of certain dividends not yet agreed upon. The stock, so the rumor goes. is to be deposited and the dividends are to be Jeft to accumulate to pay for the stock. These interests buy- ing the Carnegle stocks are, it is claimed, also to purchase interest in certain other companies, though it Is not clear as yet what these companies are. It is generally believed, however, that as the deal pro- gresses among the number will be the Federal Steel, Steel and Wire, National Tube and National Steel. According to one story, the stock of these companfes will be deposited with the three trustees who will hold the stock in trust as a guarantee that the terms of agreement will be lived up to, certain forfeiture clauses being provided. It is also said that the American Bridge Company will in some way enter into the new arrangement and that an agreement will be arranged with the Phoenix Bridge Company, the only one outside of the bridge combination, as to prices for five years, Trade understanding will also be arranged, it is rumored, with the Cam- bria, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Lack- cluded and the methods of financing, there is to be considered the problems growing out of legislation in the various States in which the defendant properties re located, and every effort will be made y those interested to harmonize the deal rious States. According to one Wall street bulletin, no mammoth *trust” or “billion dollar combination” is contemplated. The propositions as discussed in financial cir- cles appear to hinge around one central company as a controlling company. One Wall street rumor to-day was to the effect that John W. Gates contem- fll::teg mrert‘irlng sflror:n ths nvnvunuement of erican eel ant Y within the near future. Toee Somenny One reason why business men in this city generally belleve that the great steel deal is nearing a consummation of some kind is the announcement that J. P. Mor- gan is planning to close up everything in the mext ten days and take his annual vacation trip. of Justice Fieid of the Su- | gan & Co. are considering plans for the | The | Mr. | awanna Steel Company in respect to prices of rails. In addition to the| question of the companies to be in- with the widely different laws of the va- | LIVELY DEBATE N THE HOUSE Sulzer of New York Makes an Impassioned Pro- Boer Speech. —_—— Presents an Anonymous Letter At- tacking Perry S. Heath, Late Secretary of the Repub- lican Committee. HEs WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—This was a fleld day in the House, belng by far the livellest day during the present session. An interesting debats over the constitu- tional limitations on the vpower of the | Senate over revenue logislation initiated | by the House was precipitated when Payne, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, brought in the resolu- tion of the committee to disagree to the substitute proposed by the Benate as an amendment to the war revenue reduction {act, and to ask for a conference with the Senate. Tawney of Minnesota insisted upon division of the resolutlon, and ‘a{n»r the first portion—to disagree—had | been adopted he made the point of order | that the second motiou was not in order | because the Senate in its substitute had invaded the constitutional prerogative of the House, The House voted 233 to 38 Lo ask for a conference. During the consideration of the diplo- atic and consular appropriation bill an impassioned pro-Boer speech by Sulzer | of Now: York rew trom Mahon of Pean- sylvania a recital of the raising of a fund Inf $1200 for the benefit of the widows of | the Boer soldiers at a meeting held in this | city, at which Sulzer presided. . He de. | clared that only $18 reached the Boer widows. This stung Sulzer, who, in a lengthy reply, said he had no connection with the expenditure of the fund. He fol- lowed his own defense by having read -an anonymous letter which made a sensa- tional personal attack <n Perry S. Heath, late assistant Postmaster General, who ary of the Republican National during the recent campalgn. It charged Heath with being Neely's spon- sor and denving it after the latter's ar- | rest, and also made allegations against | Health in connection with Government de- osits in New York banks. Sulzer charged Jeath with being responsible for the eir- culation of the stories about his connec- | tion with the Boer fund. Knox of Massachusetts declared that | Sulzer's attack was contemptible, and moved that the letter be stricken from the record. In the course of the debate upon this motion Sulzer declared that he was will- ing to father every word of the letter. | The Democrats filibustered against the | motion to expunge tha letter, and finally | | forced an adjournment. Postoffice Change_s and List of Pen- | sions Issued. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Postoffice es- tablished: Oregon—Reuben, Columbia County; Ray E. Watts, Postmaster. ‘Washington—Bartow, Kitsap Count Louise A. Bartow, Postmaster. Postmasters appointed: Californta—S8. | A. McLaughlin, Goshen, Tulare County vice Willlam Howard, removed. Oregon—J. Bramhall, Aims, Clacka- | mas County, vice C. Bhamball, re-| signed; A. B. Chartraw, Derby, Jackson County, vice W, H. Derby, resigned. ‘ashington—J. A. Fancher, Manila, mas County, vice C. E. Bramhall, re-| slgned; Christopher Carrothers, Otis, San Juan County, . F. Hess, resignead; | Ida MecCormic ‘ulalip, Snohomish County, vice Willlam MecCluskey, re- signed. X Pensions issued: California—Original— James B. Davis, Ferndale, $12. Additional —David Stillings, Ferndale, 810. Increase —Peter R. Lear, Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geles, $16; Flias K. Cooper, Los Angeles, $ Reissue—Henry West, Berkeley, 7 Mexlcan war—Widows—Sarah Ann Fugitt, Glenville. $8. War with ain— Original—Oscar B. Evans, Uklah, $10; Carl M. Gardner, San Francisco, $6. Oregon—Additional—Charles H. Miller, | tions. MILES TO RETAIN "LIEUTENANT GENERAL Senate Also Confirms the Nominations of Young, Chaffee i ® ASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The Senate has confirmed the fol- lowing nomtnations: Major General Nelson A. Miles, to be lieutenant gen- eral; to be major generals—Brigadier Gen- eral 8. B. M. Young, U. 8. A.; Colonel Adna R. Chaffee, Eighth Cavalry, U. 8. A, (major general U. 8. V.), Brigadier General Arthur MacArthur, U. 8. A. (ma- Jor general U. S. V). The Senate held two brief executive ses- sions to-day.for the consideration of the nominations of the office of brigadier gen- eral sent In by the President under the army reorganization act. At the first ses- sion the nominatiors which had been fa- vorably commented upon were committed to the Committee on Military Affairs. During the afternoon’there was a hur- ried meeting of the committee, at which a favorable report upon all the brigadier nominations before the committee were acted upon and at the second closed ses- sion of the Senate they were all reported. These favorable recommendations inciude not only the nominations heretofore re- ported but also the nominations of Gen- . t Twenty-ninth Infantry, Fort Sheridan, | erals Wood, Grant and Bell, which had been previously ly&u\sed over, and also those of General Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wilson, whose names were sent to the Senate to-day. When_the nominations were reported Senator Pettigrew objected to favorable consideration, and they went over until to-morrow under the. Senate rules. It is understood there will be a change in the order in which the nominations were made. which will relieve them of the criticism that was made on account of the high relative position the original as- signments gave certain officers. The nominations of the many junior of- ficers of the army under the reorganiza tion act, it is sald at the War Depart- ment probably will be submitted to the Senate at the end of the present week. The applications are in the ratio of at least ten to one, compared with the posi- The War Department has found 1t PERRRRERE BRI RN AR WITH BOERS PRACTICALLY OVER | Burghers Are Now Believed to Be at Their Last Stand. Special Dispatch to The Call | Hopkins, $3. Increase—William Kertson, | Gaston, $10. Original—Widows—Sarah B. | Evans, Sheridan, $12. | Washington—Original—Albert A. Blake, | or $6. Widows—Jennett Willlamson, | Lntqrsfla. $8. Free delivery will be established March 1 at Acampo, San Joaquin County, Cali-| fornia. The gross recélpts of the San Francisco Postoffice for January, 1901, are $9; egainst $90.808 for January. 1900. Los A geles. $26, for the same month in | | | | Morgan Has an Amendment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Senafor Mor- gan gave notice of an amendment to the | sundry civil, or river and harbor bill, | authorizing the acquirement of sufficlent territory from Costa Rica and Nicaragua for the construction of the Nicaragua | canal. i - To Retire Hawaiian Currency. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Senator For- | aker to-day reported from the Committee | | on Pacific_Islands and Porto Rico a bi:l providing for the retirement of Hawaiian | currency and coinage. and the recoinage of the latter into United States money. e g r Tariff Act Reaches Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The long-ex- | pected Philippine tariff act, as perfected | by the commission, has just reached | Washington. where it awalis the ap- | proval of the Secretary of War. | vy o | Favors the American Wife. | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The State! Department has dectded in favor of the | | American wife of Marcus Ezzegul as the | rightful possessor of the $5000 indemnity | which the Government of Moroceo is to | pay on account of the killing of Ezzeguf. il | END OF A SENATORIAL i DEADLOCK IN SIGHT | | | Majority. of Republican Legislators | in Nebraska Finally Agree to Go Into a Caucus. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1L.—A possib) ending of the Nebraska Senatorial dead- | lock came to-night, when seventy Repub- | | lican legislators, two short of the entire | | Republican membership, signed an agree- | | ment to go into caucus to-morrow night. | The call provides that fifty members shall | nominate by open ballot and that nomina- | tions for the long and short terms shall be simultaneous. The agreement came | unexpectedly after different caucus peti- | tigns had been circulated during the even- | ing. It cannot be seen that the agreement | especially favors any one particular can- | adate. | AR BUBONIC PLAGUE NOW PREVALENT AT CAPE TOWN } All Nations of Existence of | the Disease. | CAPE TOWN, Feb. 12—The Govern- ment has decided to give notice to foreign nations of the fact that Cape Town is in- | fected with the bubonic plague. There is | no longer any doubt as to the nature of | the disease. Three additional cases are announced. Bettinger Probably Lives. SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—The steamship Dolphin arrived in port this afternoon | with a number of w:lsserllgen from the . . She brings the latest develop- zn‘é%‘t’: Insthe Dr.nBeulnger case. Tk?g theory generally accepted in Dawson by the mounted police is that the missing doctor disap] ed with a view of getting away from his wife and friends. The mounted police have traced Bettinger al- most to the coast. ————— Ends Life by Hanging. SPOKANE, Feb. 11.—Mrs. Agnes Hales, formerly ot Denver, cnxz;‘ml;etll' sutciae hy to-day han: & herse] h. Kitehen, fisr:(- Gohfi{'edn. a tailor who had been living with the woman, was ar- rested, but later released. . The couple hal lived in Denver, Salt % ana’Bhe e Government Decides to Give Notice to | ILONDON, Feb. 12.—A very curio sentiment was prevalent in London ye: terday relative to the condition of af- fairs in South Africa. It was one of su- preme hopefulness. There has never been any such buoyancy of sentiment since Lord Roberts took Pretoria There is absolutely no doubt that new has reached here from German sources showing that the Boers are pretty well at their last stand. The continued harass- ing. and the development of Lord Kitch- ener's well lald plans, leave them in a well nigh hopeless condition. This view is also taken on the stock exchange. The Government felt itself called upon sterday to deny that Sir Evelyn Wood was going to the front. The whole idea is simply ridiculous, as Sir Evelyn is not only stone deaf, but not in the least per- sona grata with the King, whose wishes { he went out of his way to oppose in the matter of a certain appointment a few weeks ago. The King of Portugal's departure last evening, it is learned from diplomatic sources, has been intentionally made | much of. There is no doubt now that during his stay here a most important understanding was come to between Eng- land and Portugal. greater weight by the publication yeste: day of a the Portuguese were ¢0-0] ating material for the Boers. KAISER WILLING Expresses His Friendship for the Eepublic and Meets With a Rebuff. PARIS, Feb. 11.—The Gaulols to-day says that at the obsequies of Queen Vie- toria, during the reception at Windsor, Emperor William perceived near him a group consisting of M. Pierre Pail Cam- bon, French Embassador to Great Britain, | Vice Admiral Bienzime, the head of the | French delegation attending the funeral, and General Dubols. Addressing M. Cam- bon cordially his Majesty sald: “Weil, M. Cambon, are you not coming to greet me?’ and as the latter ap- proached the, Emperor said: “I wish it to be well known that I love France very much, and shall never al- low her to be touched.” “Sire.’ replied M. Cambon, *“I thank vour Majesty for what you have been od enough to say. France is_a peace- ul country, but if ever she is attacked she is capable of defending herself quite alone.” 2 GIFT TO A UNIVERSITY. Mrs. Anna G. Hough Adds to Endow- ment Fund. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.—Mrs. Anna G. Hough has placed in escrow a deed trans- v of Southern Cal- ferring to the Unive ifornia property valued at $25000, the transfer to be completed on fulfillment of the condition that the university raise an additional $75,000 by October 1. Mrs. Hough has already endowed the university with a $10.000 business block on Broadway un- der similar conditions. The trustees of the university declare they will have no diffi- culty in raising the specified sum. Mrs. Hough is the widow of the Rev. A. M. Hough and the only sister of Jay Gould. A o 2t Rich Strike of Gold. ~ YANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 11.—One of the richest strikes in British Columbia m a year has been made at the Lenora mine, in the Mount Sleker District, Vaa- couver Island. The ore runs from $1000 to the ton. A combination of gold, silver, copper_and lead forms this enor mous value. The vein runs parallel with the main lead and has been proved to a depth of 130 feet. The principal owner of the Lenora is J. H. Craft, brother-in-law of James Dunsmuir, Premier of British Columbia ~and mililonaire coal mine owner. —_——————— ‘Valentines. for old and young; the best | . 14 we have ever shown. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. . o g This was given still | elaved telegram sayving that pe; with the English to prevent the landing of war and [MacArthur. FUTURE COMMANDERS OF THE ARMY. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Considerable interest is taken in army circles in the order in which the President sent to the Semate the nominations of officers to be major generals and brigadier generals. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles on August 8, 191, is carried out, these officers will be eligible for promotion to the command of the army: If “the plan to retire Date of Retire- Name. Age. ment. Major General Elwell 8. Otis....... . 62 1903 Major General J. R. Brooke. . 1902 Major General S. B. M. Young. . 1904 Mafor General A. R. Chaffee. 2 1908 Brigadier General J. F. Wade. . 1807 Major General Arthur MacArthur. . 1908 Brigadier General Leonard Wood... . 1024 Brigadier General ¥. D. Grant.. . 1913 Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell. 1920 B e w1 2 e S e e ] ke 9 necessary to ask for some corrective leg- islation in connection with the army re- organization act. This is to be secured by a ‘“rider” to one of the appropriation bills. The corrections concern the com- missary and quartermaster’'s department: and the purpose is to open these depart- ments to volunteer officers of all branches of the service. Orders were prepared at the War De- partment to-day for the organization, as- sembling and equipment of the ten addi- tional regiments authorized by the army reorganization law. According to these orders, the new regi- ;nents will be assigned and located as fol- ows: Eleventh Cavalry, headquarters Fort Myer, Virginia. Twelfth Cavalry, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Thirteenth Cavalry, Fort Meade, 8. D. Fourteenth Cavalr; Kansas. . ‘Fflteenlh Cavalry, Presidio, San Fran- cisco. Georgia | Twenty-seventh Infantry, Plattsburg | Barracks, New York. | _Twenty-eighth Infantry, Vancouver Barracks, Washington. | Ilinofs. | Thirtieth Infantry, Fort Logan, Colo- | rado. . | The First battalions of the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh have been already organized at San Francisco and will be | sails on the 16th inst. | As the other regiments are organized, | equipped and drilled they will be forward |ed by battalions to San Francisco for | transportation to the Philippines. | The designations of the new regiments are in continuation of the numerical s; tem of the existing army. The fleld and regimental officers for each of the new regim have been chosen and will be officially announced in a few days. Similar arrangements are being made for teries of the light artillery provided for under the new law. B Sk MRS, MAYBRICK - STILL 1N PRISON | |Story That She Is to Be | Pardoned Branded as a Fake. | WASHIXNGTON, - Feb. 11.—The State Department has not been advised of the | reported intention of the British Govern- ment to pardon Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman imprisoned in Eng- land on a charge of poisoning her hus- band. It s sald, however, that Mr. | Choate has lost ho opportunity- at all proper times to work toward that end, and it Is understood that his efforts have been particularly energetic of late. Ot course, | case to be made the subject of formal ex- ! change. Secretary Hay, while Embassa- | dor to London, did all that he could in Mrs. Maybrick's behalf, and what Mr. Choate is now doing is simply_In continu- ation of that movement. however, that he is working under much more favorable auspices and that success is near at hand. LONDON, Feb. 1L—An offiicial of ths United States Embassy said to a repre- sentative of the Associated Press: “It did not need the Home Office denfal to prove the absolute baselessness of the | Maybrick story. We would be the first to be notified of any such actton or proposed | action by the British Government. Not a | single fact has azisen {o give the slightest Jjustification for the story or to e the release of Mrs. Maybrick more probable than heretofore.” | | | tions of native citizens Fort Leavenworth, | Twenty-sixth Infantry, Fort McPherson, | PORTO RICANS COME TO PROTEST Oommission Arrives to Fight the Revenue Bill Just Passed. They Claim That Enforcement of Law Framed by the Island’s Leg- islature Would Be Most Ruinous. —— Spectal Dispatchy to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Coming to pro- teat to Prestdent McKinley and to Con- gress against a revenue bill just passed by their native Legislature and signed by Governor Allen, there arrived in this city to-day on the steamer Ponce from San Juan a commission of Porto Ricans com- posed of prominent men. They assert that they represent practically the whole of the more responsible element of Porto Rico's commerce and industries. Although the bill to which they object was passed by a Legislature elected by the Porto Ricans themseives, the Commissioners contend that its provisions-raising an an- nual income of the $2,000.000 needed for the island’s admihistration are so placed as to make an unsupportable burden upon | gome of the most importent industries of Porto Rico. They have no hesitation in declaring that its enforcement would be ruinous. This revenue bill. ther hold, is a hasty | plece of legislation, cofceived without proper study of the peculiar institutions and customs of the island, and with pro- vislons utteriy repugnant to the tradi- James Elwell Not a Suiclde. PETALUMA, Feb. 11.—In spite of the story and its subsequent corroboration that James Elwell, an ex-California Northwestern Railway _contractor, had commited suicide in Alaska, Elwell 1s alive and in good health. Petaluma friends I says that Elwell is In and that he bad just returned from a long | hunting trip after moose and caribou. oricmt cs LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1l.—Leon Lyons, a Frenchman, aged 4) years. committed suicids | Jast night by turning on the gas in his room at the Sylvan lodging-house, 233% Firsc street. In a letter to | sent to Manila on the Sheridan, which | | the immediate organization of the bat- | these efforts must be unofficial, | for it would not be permissible for tue | It is hoved, | ADVERTISEMENTS. In Danger. Every one is in danger who neglects | the warnings of declming health. The warnings are not as startling as the sud- den shriek of a locomotive, but they are | just as ominous. When the body begins to lose in flesh, | when the cheek is hollow and the skin sallow it is Nature’s warning B that the body is failing of proper nourishment. It is a condition of “weak” stomach, '~ and "weak ” stom- /% ach soon involves z ff- other organs. Dr. “%- Pierce’s Golden 7. Medical Discovery cures diseases of Nethe stomach and other organs of digestion and nu- trition, and cur through the stoun- ach diseases seem- ingly remote, but which have their origin in the disease of the stomach and its allied orgens. ; | There is no alcohol in the " Discovery” and it is absolutely free from opiu cocaine, and all other narcotics. ~Befere I commenced 10 use your medicine T was in a bad condition (for eight years r doctors treated me.” writes Mrs. Askew, of Garysburg, Northampton Co. “They, of course, gave me at ihe time some relief, but it did not last long. I was some days in my bed and some days 1 about the house. I have used fi len | Medical Discove and five of the ‘F: Prescription’ and four vials of the * Now I feel like 8 new woman, and I want the world to know it.” Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser, 1008 large pages, paper binding, sent fres on receipt of 21 ome-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only, or 31 stamps for it in cloth binding. Address Dr. | R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. | | % The official denial of the pardoning of | | Mrs. Maybrick would have been issued earlier but for the red tape rule of the Home Office, which alone of all the British Government Jdcpartment requircs that press inquiries shall be made in writing and answered through the mails The only exception known was made this afiernoon for the benefit of the Associated | Pres: After this was done the officials freely par with the recent epidemic of *“fakes™ | published in the United States, among | them belng the stitement that King Ed- | ward is suffering from cancer; that there | was friction between Lord Salisbury and 1 King Edward, and that General Evelyn Wood was going to South Africa as peace commissioner, etc. The May- | brick report was circulated freely here | Sunday, and Mr. Choate, the States Embassador, night that it was untrue. . dently had no weight with them. an: when it was published nothing remained but to wait until the Home Office made up its mind to break through tradition and give the quietus to the latest of the utter- Iy baseless reports. | MISTAKEN FOR A WILDCAT. SALEM, Or., Feb, 1L.—Thomas, Graham, a farmer living six miles west of here, 1 d | noon. up with a shotgun, and seeing Graham's gray trousers un the tree forty feet above ham fell to the ground unconscious. He was brought to a hospital here for treat- ment and Is in a fair way toward recov- ery. COAST BREVITIES. whose name Is unknown came in contact with a v stantly. SPOKANE, Feb. 11.—A directory census the city has been completed. It will contain 20,010 names, an increase of 092 over last year. The publishers estimate the city’s popu- lation at 50,025 FRESNO, Feb: 11.—The Assessors of Contra Costa, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, consider a common scale of rates of assess- ing property. Rates were fixed for livestock, grain and SAN DIEGO, Feb. 11.—Word was received to-day from Ensepada that Salvador Saloria was arrested there on Saturday, charged with baving embezzled $2650 50 of the Mexican Gov- ernment's monoy. Salorfa was Municipal Treasurer for the northern district of Lower California. MONTEREY, Feb. 11.—Nine Japanese fisher- men weffe arrésted on Saturday and taken ba- fore Judge Lambert of this place charged with illegal catching of abalone. It is alleged that they caught the abalone north of the Carmel River, which point is outside the pro- bed boundary line. SANTA ROSA, Feb 1L—The man found gcad u ‘Summit of Sonoma week has been . identified s ioncein Christlan of Napa. He was a member last said_the Maybrick storv was on a | Sir | United | | climbed a tree after a wildeat this after- | His neighbor, J. Thompson, came | ground mistook them for a wildcat and | fired, shooting Graham in the leg. Gra- | BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 11.—While! painting | electric light poles here this afternoon, a man | electric light wire and was killed in- | of | Kings and Kern counties met here to-day to | PILES Any one knows and knows when cured. 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