The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1901, Page 11

y SUMMER OUTING 0F THE CUARD Btate Troops Receive Orders to Go Into Camp at Santa Cruz. ——— Be Pitched in June on En- ampment Grounds Selected by the Commis- sion. —— . o £ National £ 1 at Santa 1e next. ganta Cruz have 10 the camp PREPARING TO ENFORCE HALF-FARE ORDINANCE le Conference Held Be- y Officials and Street sents - CEILDREN RESCUED FROM LIQUOR-LOVING PARENTS Evicted by the Sheriff and g Ones to Roam ADVERTISEMENTS. IT iS THE WAY YOU USE IT. the Method Employed Which Makes Success or Failure. k and paper can r man with be able to It is all in | ¥ legib! the use of medi- | es we have to-day de of years, but it wn the knowledge was Jacking. ajuable to the human | experiment and science use them to get re-| emedi discase with a new catarrhal in character s are those of old-time catarrh | sprays do not cure ft, lication of antiseptics " give anything more | ef for & short time. | The antiseptics are all right; they will | kill the germs of catarrh and grip if they | - jed rightly, but their local appli- | e nose and throat avail fittle | germs are in the blood end through the whole system. | Catarrh Tablets contain many same antiseptics, that are used | T8 inhalers, but instead of ap- | g them %0 the inflamed membranes ve nose and throat, they are taken the stomach and thus reach the blood, he real seat of the disease, and drive out e infectious germs through the natural annels of the bowels and kidneys. ser words Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets he cause of the mischief instead of | 1y local symptoms. The remarkable success of these tablets | sring grip, catarrh and throat and sug troubles is because they drive the ca- arthal poison from the system and the | e and throat become clear of the ex- | ‘e secretion of mucus, which causes | bawking, spitting and gagging, be- | the secretion is not supplied from thy blood. Two years ago Stuart's Catarrh Tablets re unknown, but to-day have 80 rough positive merit that drug- here in the United Staies, Great Britain now sell them. ation t because the ¥ y E everyw Cenada and THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1901. C 11 PROMPT WORK Save the Dilla Residence | From Desfiruction by | Quick Action. | Custodian of Fire Alarm Box Key Refuses to Give It Up | | Until He Investi- | | gates. | ————— March 20.—Two small boys, wn, saved the home of W. A. Dilla from destruction by fire last night by their timely action and presence | of 1 to reward the bo; when he looked ound for them aft he excitem: ceased he could not find them. Dilla was alone in the kitchen of his home when a lamp exploded and en- veloped him in flames. His hands and arms were severe! scorched and his beard was partially burned off. Dilla saw the was getting the best of him and called for help. Two boys who happened to be passing responded the steps three at | hastily dispatched alarm box to summon tm r station_to the Dilla house | corner of High stret and En-| e, two blocks sway. _When | plained their egand Willlam | key, rgfused to tura | ut first inyestigating. | not stop to grgue the point i the npearest fire | s they secured | 1d theg ran as hard as | for the Dilla Whuse. They got | ) who Jad started on a| arrival of the e was-out. As s quenched the The fire destroyed a small shed. g —_——— PLATE GAME VICTIMS FAIL 'TO PROSECUTE Bench Warrants Ifsued for Arrest of | Chester M. Griffin and Carl inutes. after/the brigade thy Marshall, Bert Alburn, J. D. and H. Kenney, chargsd with g larceny, were called in Judge Cabant court yesterday the Chester M. Griffin riz of 1169 Missio r and bench war- arrest and the | Mo | money they | dily swore to hey have | at t! nd have left headquarters | at he had | e of more, | he morning. h have re- heir losses. s for the de- SLAVE GIRL TELLS HER | STORY TO GRAND JURYe| Ah Qui Testifies That She Was Sold | by Her Husband for | | vesterday to | slave girl, | & escape from her own- | Ah Qui was the wife of and for awhile was | Lake's Mission Home. | ok her away from the d her he was going away. | his next door n realized that | to slavers he was ad paid $2000 for her d with death should she | at_her owner threat investigation « f Chinatown scandals | Monday afternoon. | considered the case vho was accused of from Henry Mackey Jumped off a train | < pin was found in handkerchief and FOUR CLERKS WILL BE LEFT OFF THE ROLL Salaries Shaved to Meet the New Ap- | propriation for the Internal | Revenue Office. Rev > to sctor Lynch has | educe s office force by | two deputies and the force in Internal ' Thon offic two. | to a ve in | favored clerks, | res of the office | It is expected | 1 Worth will be e Col propriati Wi mas’ departmen!,‘ latest accessions to the | ctor Lynch is conferring with | rd and Perkins as to the two | ropped from his office. The | reductions will go into effect this evening | e SPRING VALLEY AGREES TO LAY NEW WATER MAIN! Will Expend $465,000 if Allowed | $18,500 for Hydrants by the | Board of Supervisors. | | i rles Webb Howard, president of the g Valley Water Company, filed a agre: with the Board of Su- | rs yesterday to the effect that if the | ance fixing water rates shall | fiscal year 1:01-1%02, sub- | per month for the total | ze for ituting $18 500 in lleu of & per month for | . the Epring V:ulley Water | 1 within the fisczl year 1901- D to $465.000 in laing all the | 132 expend pipes and mains recommenced by the | Chief Engineer of the Fire Dejartment in | his letter to Board of Firs Commis- | sloners, dated February 18, 190 | —_—— | Created Row in Restaurant. Charles Sutton and Charles Gilroy were | ast night for raising . disturb- -street restaurant. After | had ordered Giiroy et leaving his comrade to pay the score. This he refused 1 do and struck the cashier. Gilroy returned while the fight was in progress and took a hand | in the row. When arrested the cashier was out of it and Gilroy and Sutton were pummeling each other. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS, CURES PEOPLE BY THE STARS.—H. M Hineman, 105 Bansome street, secured & war. rant from Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of Guido Egling on & charge of prac. ticing medicine without a_license. Hineman alleges that he has paid Egling considerabie money for ireatment, as he represented him. self @s a physiclan who believed in the efd. | cacy of the stars to cure Qiseases. PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY.—Petitio insolvency were fiied yesterday in_the U J | ns 1n | nited | States Di Court as follor miner, Anzels Camp, Calave ; bilities, 3656 no ‘assets. Edward Davey, "Camp, Calaveras C ; Ma- ST 06;_asecs, $262 75 E. L. Burtors, merchant, San Francisco; llabilities, 3981 37; ng STOLE A PAIR OF TROUSERS.—Be: Mauer, an ex-member of the Sixth uu“’n‘x?;,“' who served & sentence at Aleatraz for viola. tion of the rules of the War Department while in Manila, was convicted by Judge Cabanise yesterday on the charge of stealing a pair of irousers from the stare of W. L. Turney, & Kearny street, and was senténced to 60 days in the County Jall. . DISMISSES WILL CONTEST.—The con to the will of the late Joan N. G, Hunter, i stitpted by Joseph Gowans, was dismissed | OF TWO BOYS,, . INVENTION OF A DREAMER WORTH A STALL FORTUNE Jessie H, Higley Promptly Patents an Idea That Came to Her in Her Sleep: AKLAND, March 20.—A dream has proved itself worth $000 to Mrs. Jessie H. Higley of Niles. For once a night-time fancy has proved itself to be worth some- hing tangible in coin of the country. Mrs. Higley has been offered $000 in cash for | the product of that dream and has re- fused it, belleving that it is worth more. Mrs. Jessie M. Higley is the wife of Seward O. Higley, the station agent of the Southern Pacific Company at Niles. They have lived in that quiet community ior some years and Mrs. Higley's house- wifely instincts have become proverbial. Her house is always “just so,” and when things do not go right Mrs. Higley makes i il o il i} and will retain the services of Charles E. | INJUNCTION NOT T0 BE DISSOLVED Circuit Judge Morrow Says the Writ Must Hang Till Monday. —_— Preparing for the Change in Admin- istration Next Week—Deputies ‘Who Will Be Ap- pointed. ———— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 25. The present City Council will have to g0 out of office without fixing water rates, and that duty will fali upon the newly elected municipal legislature. ~ Circuit Judge Morrow to-day declined to dissolve the injunction against the City Council issued by him yesterday, and a hearing cannot be had upon this matter unti Monday, after the Council shall have gone out of existence. Robert Y. Hayne, special attorney for the city in the water rate litigation, and City Attorney Dow visited the Circuit Court to-day and asked Judge Morrow to set aside the injunction. They expiained that the same points were covered in the injunction _proceedings now pending in the State Supreme Court, and asked that his injunction be dismissed, Judge Mor- row replied that if the State Supreme Court handed down a decision he would give it his immediate attention, but de- clined to dissolve the injunction. Chere are now two injunctions prevent- ing the City Councll from taking any ac- tion toward fixing water rates—one from Judge Hart and one from Judge Morrow. The Hart injunction is on appeal, taken by the city to the State Supreme Court, and it was announced to-day thet a de- cision would be handed down upon this to-morrow. As there will be a complete change of administration on Monday there may be some change In the aspect of the hllg‘a- tion that has piled up over the city. The new City Council has fallen heir to all of the troubles of the old Council, inciud- ing the fixing of water rates and the pros- cuting of the present water rate suit and the payment of the bills therefor. This change of administration will make some changes about the City Hall. James A. Johnsom, City Attorney-elect, has an- nounced that he will retain present Dep- uty City Attorney Condon as his deputy. City Engineer-elect F. C. Turner will ap- point David Brown, a brother_of Chair- man Everett Brown of the Republican City Central Committee, his chief deputy, nd Miss Maud Treasurer Tay- Proctor, field man, Dent in the office. | b - MRS. JESSIE H. HIGLEY, WHO DREAMED AND THEN PROCEEDED TO 1 UTILIZE HER FANTASY BY SECURING A PATENT ON. THE IDEA | WHICH IT SUGGESTED. * { . 8] B — them go her way. If there is anything new that will add to the comfort of her home Mrs. Higley secures it. Among some of her recent additions to the household furniture are iron beds. The beds proved very good, but the artls tic eye of the housewife was offended by the lack of drapery about them. Then she found to her sorrow that there was no satisfactory method known to tha trade of adding drapery to an iron bed =o that it could be removed quickly when cleaning or sweeping the room was in order. The lack of this contrivance was such ah annoyance to the lady that she dreamed about it and in that dream she | sell at that price. 2 e e e e e S B RENTSCHLER REPUDIATES HIS ALLEGED MARRIAGE Who Is Suing Him for Divorce. When the order directing George W. Rentschler to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for refusing to pay Margaret L. Rentschler alimony | pending a decision of her action for di- vorce was called by Judge Sloss yester- day, Rentschler created some surprise by walking to the bar and asserting that the | plaintiff in the action was not his wife and that he had been married to another Woman since the institution of the action. Judge Sloss directed him to procure counsel and continued the case for a week. 1f Rentschier is mistaken about the relationship existing between himself and the plaintiff the result will be serious for him. Lulu Dowling was granted a divorce from Charles Dowling yesterday on the ound of desertion. E'uits for divorce have been filed by Mary Violet Park against Charles A. Park for cruelty, Agnes Knowles gainst Henry H. Knowles for cruelty nd Florence M. Finberg against Martin . Finberg for cruelty. ————————— Twentieth Century Club Concert. The third monthly concert of the Twen- tieth Century Club was given last night at Metropolitan Temple to a house that should have been larger but that was amply sympathetic, 1he programme was well balanced and zcod throughout, in- cluding an excellent rendering of the Max Bruch violin concerto by Paul Egrv. which was most enthusiastically received by the audience. Two numbers from a new Arensky trio were given, an “‘Elegie™ and “‘Scherzo” for piano, violin and gello, Which was well given by Messrs Genss, gry and Weiss. Mr, Welss' numbers the ® popular Popper. “Gavotte’ _and Thome's “Simple Aru,” gave much pleas- ure, and the songs of Jokn Plagemann, the vocalist of the evening, were pieasing. Iy heard. Herman Genss gave a “Night ong" of his own ocomposition and the Schubert-Taussig “Militar Marsch. o Judgment for Father Gray. Judge Seawell handed down an opinion yesterday giving judgiment in favor of Father Peter J. Gray in the action insti- tuted against him by Archbishop Rior- dan to recover $35,000 on deposit in the Hibernia Bank, which the plaintiff al- leges are parish moneys. On the state- ment that another action would be filed, but on a aifferent line, to recover the moneys, Judge Seawell ordered that the injunction heretofore issued in the orlg- jnal suit restraining Father Gray from drawing the moneys out of the bank re- main in full force and effect. Held for Robbery. Robert Phillips, an ex-convict, was held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Fritz yesterday on the charge of robbery in $2000 bonds. The complaining witness was Albert Schwartz, a fireman on the transport Kflpatrick, and the Dis- trict Attorney’s office wants Schwartz de- tained l:\‘cu:;.‘od)é uuflme C(::‘:an com? u:;; 1 al in e Superior , prol o, hanths hence.” The matter has been deterred tili Monday. —_————— Personal. Charles Rollo Peters, artist, arrived in the city from New York yesterday and made instant preparations to leave for his studio at Monterey. At Denver the artist ad the pleasure of making the acquain- ?‘nce «f Malor Daniels, an angelic mil- dge Troutt yesterday without judice. lionaire. The Colorado man possesses 'A'- understood {xm [y l’am!me:( 5‘&1 the m.f ealth ore, but he never knew true un- satisfied beirs of the deceased baus been effected | alloyed iness until he saw one of Pe- out of ters’ Monterey moonlights. 1 | i | Denies He Is Wedded to the Woman | Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s | saw just what was necessary to make the hearts of the housewives in the country | glad. She did not wait for the dream to | become dim, but got right up and mad: a rough drawing and description of what she had seen. The next day she worked it out carefully, had a sample made and a few days ago recelved her patents covering the invention. It is a little brass clasp that fits about the posts and will hold cords or wires for carrying drapery. It can be removed or attached In a sec- ond of time and once on the post is Im- movable until released by hand. Mrs. Higley has already been offered for her patent, but has declined to FOOD FOR MONGOLIANS COSTS ALMOST NOTHING | Employes Deny That European Steerage Food Was Bad. | i Testimony for the defense was taken in the United States District Court yes- terday In the case of John E. English and | others against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for damages for having been | fed on bad food on the Rio de Janeiro. | Several petty officers and members of the | crew of the Rio de Janeiro testified that | the European steerage was on the main | deck and the Asiatic steerage was below, | but that when the European steerage was | overcrowded the overflow passengers were placed on the same deck as the Asiatic | steerage, separated from it by a canvas curtain or partition. The witnesses testi- | fied a'so that the food supplied to the | aintiffs was not “rancid and rotten,” as alleged. but that it was the same quality of food as that served the petty officers | of the Rio. and that it cost much more | than did the food furnished to the Chi-| nese. Quartermaster Lindstrom sald ‘that | Chinese and Japanese passengers were fed on next to nothing, and that most of them | brought food with them. { The trial will be resumed on April 17. | ——————— EMERY MADE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Brown Is Appointed Statistician—Op- position to Exaction of Fees on Chinese Bones. The Board of Health yesterday ap- pointed James A. Emery secretary to suc- ceed John A. Brown, who resigned to take the position of statisticlan, made vacant by the resignation of W. D. Griffin. Emery was taken from the civil service eligible list. James McKenzle, steward in ths Emergency Hospital, also resigned and C. Mahoney was appointed to the| vacancy. Ex-Judge Maguire addressed the board in opposition to its practice of exacting a fee of $10 on the bodies of dead Chinamen In transit_from other counties to the| Orient. Maguire referred fculas to a racent shipment of bones from San .Vyo.e which, he said, were in such condition that it would be {mpossible to state to| which bodies they belonged or how many bodies they represented. He contended that the fees could be exacted only by the county in which the disinterment took place. Maguire will have conference with a committee of the board, when an agreement will be reached. ————— Opium User Gives Battle, Policemen Chase, Murphy, Connor and Brady of the Chinatown squad raided an oplum den at 620 Dupont street last night. They found several white men, a white woman and many Mongolians stupefied by the drug. P While one of thé officers went to ring for the patrol wagon W. T. Turnbull, one of the prisoners, gave battle and was sent to :‘ti-e hospital for m’fl: after Soman's name is Josie Parker. was vulu::, eeper o charged with vl@lney as well a: countrymen an opfum joint. Yung Yow. th the place, and several of hi were also taken into custod Lenten Cathedral Devotions. The, last service of the serfes being held at St, Mary's Cathedral under the aus- pices of the Calvarian Soclety will take place to-morrow, Palm Sunday, at the us- ual hour of these lenten devotions, 3 p. m. Atter the way of the cross there wili be @ sermon on ““Holy Week™ by Rev. John s S S e the services. religious exerct; m:ar than Calvarian Society l.:mb:g may be present. { set for Wednesday | her husband to support her. | consideration for some time by the Hack- | | Other | of the passengers who arrived | city on the Maru,"was close to death dur- | | Maru reachéd port vesterday he was re- Finch his. chief lor will appoint E. S. | deputy, will retain Charles Cole, at pres- ent a deputy in the office. and will appoint as spectal deputies Willlam T. Dickenson. W. BT Matthews, Webb N. Plerce and | | R. B. Kyle. The recount in the Allen-Burtchaell | election contest will begin on_ Tuesday next, and the recount between J. H. Mc- Menomy and Andrew J. Ruch has been | April 10. No Roof to Shelter Her. | Mrs. Joseph D. Loughrey. whose hus- band is manager of a glove store on Post and Kearny streets, applied at police headquarters yesterday afternoon for shelter. She had a baby two months old in her arms. She said her husband had refused to support her any longer, and the landlady of the house on Willow avenue, where she had been stopping, had driven her out and she had no place to go. She was sent to the City Prison in charge of | the matron, but later was taken to a| house on Geary street by Detective An- thony till action could be taken to compel The couple have been living apart for some months, and Mrs. Loughrey has twice been arrest- ed recently for annoying her husband, but each time the case against her has been dismissed. einen U S Stablepien May Strike. The Hackmen's Union has decided to take steps against the Conlon & Know- land stables. President Coffey of .the Hackmen's Union says every means to effect a peaceable seftlement of the dis- pute has beep exhausted and that co- ercive measures will now be adopted by the union. The hackmen are sc strong that no non-union hacks can be driven in | funerals or in carriage ' parties, but the offending stables have non-union men at the ferry and hill stations, where they can pick up scattered fares without op- position. The matter has been under men's Union and the only effective way | to combat the adverse stables, they have decided, is to call out the stablemen. ——e— Hewitt Appointed Chief. The Board of Electricity met in the Hall of Justice yesterday and appointed Wil- liam R. Hewlitt chief of the department. appointments were as follows: David Griffith and W. C. Pennycook, in- spectors; P. S. Benjamin, Albert Schurch, instrument makers; E. 8. Wiswell. fin- | isher; Daniel Shay, batteryman; John H. | Ryan, J. G. Gorman and W. F. Wede- meyer, iinemen. Shay has been in the department for over thirty years and is locked upon as one of the best batterymen in the city. With the exception of Hewitt, the ap- pointees will hold office for thirty days. pending ‘the action of the Civil Service Commission. —_—————— Returns Home Ill. | Special Treasury Ageat J. D. Power, one in this ing his voyage over. When the vessel loft | the Orient he was suffering from abscess | of the liver and at one time his case b came so eritical that it was thouzht that he would certainly succumb. When the moved at once to St. Mary’'s Hospita. Although still very weak he is now rap- idly convalescing. ———————— Regulation of Signs. City Attorney Lane advises the Super- visors that a sign attached to a bullding | under a license of the city or a transpar- | ency above the walk, which may serve to | illuminate the street, is not such a struc. | ture as the charter intended to prohibit | when it refers to structures which are | permanent encroachments, especially | when such signs are made removable at | the pleasure of the city. —_—— Thompson’s Trial Continued. SANTA ROSA, March 20.—The second trial of C. King Thompson, charged with breaking into the safe in the Pioneer Launc ;{ a few months ago and stealing the savings of one of the young lady em- loyes, came up in the Superior Court to- ay. After a few moments’ ary the case went over until next Frid upon the ground that Sheriff Grace, h ing been a witness for-the prosecution at the former trial. was not eligible under the law to summon the jury. Prejudice in the selection of the talesmen also was charged. slon generally as this whll-known Aperient © To Obtain the best and safest Natural Lazative Water Known to the medical pro- fesslon, & never-failing remedy for all disorders of the stomach and liver, of inval- uable service to peaple of sedentary habits and an absolute cure for chronic Constipation. ach, no remedy in the world has been so thoroughly indorsed by the medical profes- LABEL ON BOTTLE W{ii%Ep ceatre paner. HERMIT MANIAC GENTLY REARED “Wild Man of Arizona”.the Scion of an Ancient Family. et Death Wound Restores the Poor Crea- ture’s Reason and Memory Re- calls the Events of His Early Life. L2 Spectal Dispatch to The Call PHOENIX, Ariz., March 29.—Tt has just ‘been learned kere that Robert MacCaus- land, the “wild man of Arizona,” who for weeks last fall kept lumber and mining camps in the northern part of the Terrl-i tory in a state of panic and was finally killed here, was descended from an an- clent and honorable family in Ireland. In November MacCausland was cap- tured by a Sheriff's gouo near Holbrook. He had terrorized _t! :m»opuxm by his welrd screaming around the camps at night and by appearing among the super- stitious miners and woodmen/at unex‘m:t- ed times, his long sojourn in the wilder- ness having given him the appearance of a creature half-animal, half-man. For several months he had existed In the for- | est, living on wild birds, eggs and fowls and what he could steal from camps. After his capture he was adjudged insane and committed to the asylum here. As MacCausland left the carriage to be taken into the ho:flplul he broke away from Deputy Sheriff Bargeman and ran. Bargeman drew his revolver and fired into the ground to frighten MacCausland into stopping. The bullet glanced and struck the manifac in the back, penetrat- ing the abdomen. MacCausland died the following day. Dr. W. H. Ward, superintendent of the asylum} has just given out further par- ticulars of the case. As soon as MacCaus- land was struck by Bargeman’s bullet his wandering reason returned, and before his death he told the strange story of his life. He was 27 years old and the only son of William Sanderson -MacCausland of Gal- wally Park, Belfast. He was the “bl sheep” of the family and after a dissi- pated career was disinherited. He came to America, and during a fight in a min- ing town was shot in the head. The in- jury to his brain, where the bullet re- mained, caused insanity, and since then Be had 1ived like an animal in the forest MacCausland's relatives have just com- pleted an investigation of his death and removed the body to the parental estate. ! ASK FOR GADETSHIP | FOR A BRAVE SOLDIER Tourteenth Infantry Officers Recom- mend Musician Calvin Titus for Such Position. WASHINGTON. March 29.—A petition | signed by all officers serving with the Fourteenth Infantry Regiment has been sent to Adjutant General Corbin, request- ing the appointment of Musician Calvin P. Titus, Company E, Fourteenth Infan-| try, the first American soldier to enter Peking during the recent troubles in China, as cadet at large to the Military Academy. The petition says: “During his service Musician Titus has proved himself to be a trustworthy, intel- | ligent, sober, brave and thorough seldler. | On_August 14, 1900, at Peking, China, he was_ the first American to scale the wall of the Chinese city and enter Peking. On | the following day, while engaged in the fight in the imperial city, he received a | slight wound. His meritorious conduct de- serves recognition, and it is belleved that | if given an appointment to West Point, | and a commission upon graduation, Musi- cian Titus will make an excellent officer. IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE | CAPTURES PARTY OF BOERS Two Officers Who Are Slow to Throw Up Their Hands Are Shot. i DURBAN, Natal, March 29.—The Second | Imperial Light Horse, which is made up | of Natalians. is busy in Swasiland. The | regiment has captured 1000 head of Boer | | | | cattle. Some of the men met a Boer party con- sisting of a commandant and _several other officers. They ordered the Boers (o throw up their hands. Two who were slow in obeying the order were winged, whereupon the party surrendered. Later 2 number of snipers were captured. The | regiment then captured a convoy of twen- ty-six wagons and a number of cattle, sheep and horses. Later another convoy of ten wagons was captured. Journalist McClure Retires. PHILADELPHIA, March 20.—Colonel A. K. McClure to-day announced ‘his sever- | ance from the Times. in -the -following statement: i “With this issue of the Times my con- | nection with the editorial staff of the paper ceases. It is not my wish or pur- pose to retire from journalistic work, but under existing conditions the responsible editorial direction of the Times should be in other hands. “A: K. McCLURE." Colonel McClure has ‘been in editorial charge of the Times since its establish- | ment in 1875, He began his journalist'c | work over fifty-five years ago as the edt- | tor of a weekly paper in Chambersburg, Pa. - | Blizzards in Great Britain. | LONDON, March 3).—Snowstorms and blizzards were general through the north of Great Britain yesterday and cold winds prevailed in Southern England. In Scot- land % degrees of frost were registered | and in Lincolnshire, England, 4. Much damage was done to telegraph and tele- phone lines. | Law of Associations Enacted. PARIS, March 30.—The law of associa- | tions bill, one. of the most important measures considered by the French Par-[ liament during the last decade, was passed last evening by the Chamber of | uties by a vote of 303 to 220, amid pro- longed Ministerial cheers. s P Crows Nest Railway Bill Passes. VICTORIA, B. C., March 29.—The bill to | incorporate the Crows Nest Southern | Rallway, which it was expected would | meet with strong opposition in the Legis- | Jature, passed the second reading this aft- | ernoon without opposition. This is the railway which is to be built from the | Crows Nest Pass coal mines to connect with the Great Northern system. — Tliness of Lord Salisbury. LONDON, March M.Ei»ord Bl:.lub;ry, rding to the Daily Express, is suffer- 1.::0 frornn‘n kidney affection which is like- 1y to incapacitate him for some time. Water. | James NO SOVEREIGNTY FROM COLOMBIA Conditions Named for Trans- fer of Panama Canal Territory. 2 LT United States Must Grant Concessions but the Lease Will Be Offered on Most Advantageous ¥ Terms. —_—— > 2 i Spectal Dispatch to The CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 29.—Colombia has formally presented to the United States her proposals for the transfer to this Government of the Panama canal concession. The exact terms offered can- not be obtained, but enough is learned to show that Senor Sflva, the Colombian Minister, has not departed from the ver- bal suggestions he made to Secretary Hay. Colombfa will not grant sovereignty over the strip of territory involved in the con- structlon of the canal, but she is willing to make a lease on highly advantageous terms to the United States. Semor Silva refers to the concession held by the Pan- ama Canal Company, but he Indlcates that his Government is willing to negotiate di- rectly with the United States and leava the question of compensation the French company shall receive to negotiations to be conducted by the United States and the company. Colombia desired that her vessels shall be allowed to Call, M. Huntin, president of the Panama Canal Company, who is still in Washing- ton, is satisfied that Colombia will care for the Interests of the company, and it is possible the question of the amount to be r-ld to the company will be brought up n negotiations between Secretary Hay and Senor Silva. Secretary Hay is indisposed to actively push negotiations with Colombla until after the treaty with Great Britain mod fying the Clayton-Bulwer convention signed. Senor Silva is anxious that the two Governments shall first arrange a protocol similar to that signed with Nica- ragua and Costa Rica, and when this pre- liminary convention has been disposed of that they shall proceed to negotiate the treaty. Secretary Hay will be willing to 1gn the protocol provided a satisfac agreement can be reached, but he w negotiate the treaty h Colombia until Congress has authorized the construction of the canal. DEAL IS NEAR AT HAND. Consolidation of Narthern Pacific and Burlington Reaches Final Stage. BOSTON, March The Post to-day says: The provosed comsolidat Chicago, Burlington and Qu Company with the Gre Northern Pacific has rea The long-delayed plar for submission to the Chic and 'Quiney stockholders. The secret conference J. Hill of the Charles " E. Perkins, ¢ Burlington hoard ot reat airman President Northern, of the of directors, and ex- Senator Wol 4 orado at the = toria Hotel his city on Wednesda belleved to have d the qu The plan provides, it is sald, for the chase of Burlington bon per cent guaranteed b It is not know whe contained a, guarante, of the proposed 7 per v pur- stockholder The lar; cent. | Burlington stockholders do not manif pleasure over the rum The plans were laid sc s of the Chicago, Burling! and Quiney here to-day stated that could give no new light on the Northern Pacific and Great Nort interests had gained control of the lington. Stockholders here were a the dark-as to the fact In financial cles it is belleved that President HIill « the Great Northern is In such a positio: that his large holdings in Burlington a strong backing In his purpose to Burlington will force the Burlington di- rectors to give more serfous consideration to the offer of a guarantee on. the stock than they have heretofore been disposed to give. One of the largest stockholders of the Burlington says: * “F y investigation of the repor: as to a prospective change in the cont of tke Burlington I feel confident that the Northern Pacific-Great Northern peop are after the property, and.I do not lieve they would attempt to secure ¢ trol unless there was good prospect success.” AR e NEGOTIATIONS NOT COMPLETE. Interests in the Mexican Central Deal Make No Announcement. NEW YORK, March 20.—The identity o interests which are b d to have se- cured a majority of Mexican Central Railw hern E said would te On the Ventura Courts. VENTURA, March L8 nament at Nordhoff added interest and seve tests covering a series of following results: Interscholastic events with the round. from singles, T « Open singles, lams, 6—1, —1: 1 §—6; Sinsabaugh from Spaulding by default Open_doubles, first round from Variel and Campbell, round—Hendricks and ley and Barrow: White from Wayne and Third round—Wayne and B Barrows, §—9, 6—1: Alexand Spaulding and West, 6-3. & Lane from Parker and BHe Brown brothers. from S 4, 7—5; Wayne and Be Wineman, 6—3, 6—i: McDuffy from Thacher and Harnham, Ladies’ singles—Mrs. Whita lgan, 632, 61 Miss Garland f wards, 6—3, 79, 64 Mixed doubles—Miss Voorhe ing frony Miss Edwards and §-4: Miss Edwards and her brc Goodwin and Bert Brown. - Tadies' doubles—Miss White and Mss G. land from Miss Lee and Miss Mulligan, &1 Irterscholastic doubles, first round—Parker Alexander Wayne and Lane, Bernheim from Parker and Marston, 6-3, In the consolation, first round—Barrows from Frink 7-5. 6-3: Lane from Waterhouse, &1 6-1; Bernhetm from Hale, 6-2 Open consolation, preitminary_rounds—Bacon from Campbell, 9-11, 6-4, &-1; Wineman from Yariel, 6-0, 6-3; Lane from Parker, §-5, 9-7; Daniels from Bert Brown, &-3. 8-7. The closing day, ‘c-morrow, promises Jively contests with increased attend- ance. ‘Will Resume Placer Mining. GRASS VALLEY, March 29.—The Blue Polnt placer mining proerty at Smarts- ville is soon to resume cperations under a lease by a San Francisco company. The new operators will introduce machisery to catch and securely store upon their own territory all debris in order to com.- ply with the law. The property has pa‘d well in the past, but was shut down by the Debris Commission. SPRINGFIELD, 1il, March 25—Tha Right Rev. Alexander Burgess, Biskop of the diocese of Quincy of the Episcopal church, who has been ill at his apartments at the Newcomb Hotel at Quincy. was night taken to the Blessing Hospitul in that city. He is suffering from a ger- eral breakdown of the system and it is feared the end Is mot far off. Bishop Burgess is §1 years old.