The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1901, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY., AUGUST 27, 1901 oLAGH BETWEEN COURT OFFICIALS Attorney General Dole Does Not Agree With Judge Gear. Does Not Concur in Opinion Given on Newlands’ Resolution. HONOLULU, Aug. 20.—The Attorn: General's department and the First Cir- cuit Court appear to be at loggerheads over the habeas corpus decisions ren- dered by Judge Gear, in which he has de- cided that the constitution of the United States Newlands resolution. Gear declared that there was no appeal from the habeas corpus ruiing in the matter of the prison- ers convicted on the verdicts of nine Surors, but Attorney General Dole insisted on taking an appeal to the Supreme Court. In the meantime Judge Gear called a Grand Jury to indict the prisoners he re- leased, so that they might be tried again on the old charges. He instructed the jury to take up the cases, but the Attor- ney General is reported to have advised the jury that the prisoners ' had been legally convicted before. Foreman L. C Abels of the Grand Jury and Deputy At. torcey General Cathcart had consulta- tions with Chief Justice Frear on_ the subject, and reported that they had been informed that the appeals were to be heard When Gear heard of the matter into court and dis- the jury ged it from duty, the discharge ake effect on the completion of business already begun. In doing so Judge Gear very severely criticized = Chief Justice Frear for having, as alleged, consulted with the Grand Jury foreman of Gear's court. On the day following these proceedings the attorneys for the released prisoners gubmitted to the Supreme Court that " Perry was disqualified from hear- ing appeal, having heard and decided the cases as a Circuit Judge. It appears thet Perry was the Judge to find the indietments and try the cases, sentencing the prisoners, and it is held under the > act of Hawaii and other statutes s not qualified to hear the appeal ts he has previously decided. The e Court has not yet ruled on the n. reported, from Frear's conversa- h the foreman of the Grand Jury, that the Supreme Court here is likely to reverse the decision of Judge Gear that the consgjtution came to Hawali with the Newlands resolution of annexation, with 2 Gissenting opinion. which is expected to be that of Justice Galbraith. COME FROM ENGLAND TO STUDY OUR TRADFS Workingmen Are Sent by an English Paper to Tour This Country and Canada. NEW YORK, Aug. 26. —On the Anchor to-night have been r this country and study trades ne steamshi e: H. J. F on Store, E , pottery and glass decc tor, Bo'ness, Scotland; F. A. Scott, elec- trical and mechanical engineer, Glasgow; C. J. Jac Stratford; Thom- Yorkshire; W. L. er e driver K. upholstere Etchells, weaver, Stoc hammerman, Gateshead, a Simpson, who will act as con: is vitaily in- into the con- | things of inter: other side.” © =i on the KNOCKS HOLE IN was extended to Hawaii by the | The men were selected | mph- STILL HOPEFUL OF SETTLEMENT Steel Strike to Be Medi- ated by Disinterested Parties. {In the Meantime Both Sides | to Controversy Claiming Victory. PITTSBURG, Aug. 25.—Reported peace negotiations for the settlement of the | strike through the mediation of disinter- ested parties—officials and members of the National Civic Federation—received a | Jolt when President Theodore J. Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to-night declared | absolutely that he had no officlal know- ledge of such proceedings and that if such a move had been started it did not have the official sanction of the organization. | Nevertheless the subject will not down, |and to-night it is said the concillatory committee of the Civic Federation, already prominent in the matter, is fully ! | prepared to carry on negotiations and will, if necessary, endeavor to secure the | good offices of Archbishop Ireland, Bishop | Potter, Daniel Hanna and Seth Low, co- members of their organization, to glve | such. prominence to the committee that | the proposal will be received by the steel corporation. In the meantime both sides to the con- troversy make claims of a victory. Tha| { steel people point to the gains they have | |made all along the line in the way of {securing men and starting plants, while { | the Amalgamated officials say that in- stead of losing ground the assoclation is gaining every day and that, while the| | combine has ‘succeeded in starting a few | plants, they are not turning out mer- chantable material and are losing money and breaking valuable machinery, and In the end will have to ask their oid men to come to the rescue. The steel peopie ridicule the claims of the assocjation and point to the failure to induce the South Chicago and Duquesne |men to go on strike as an evidence that | the stzength of the Amalgamated Asso- ciation has departed. The officials say the only plants at which they expect difficulty aré at Star and the Lindsay and McCutcheon, but they expect to overcome all troubles there and have the mills running full at an early date. | The surprise of the day was the Painter plant, with six mills, the same mills that | wer running when the strike began. Not | a striker could be found anywhere near | the mill. ““We started this morning with six mills running full,” said Superintendent Harper. “Week before last we began with two mills, which we kept running all week. on day turn. Last week we two more mills, also keeping them ning on day turn. This morning we added two mills, making six in all. About 9 per cent of the men now work- ing in the plant are old men, quite a lot of them strikers. A report from Wheeling to-night is that the manager of the Aetna Standard Sheet Plz ill of the American Sheet Steel Com v ha received orders from the general officers to dismantle Sheet Mill No. 1 and ship the machinery to Vander- | grift, Pa. The work of dismantling will be commenced at once. BEAUMONT OIL GUSHER GOING ABSOLUTELY WILD Two Men Meet Death While Attempt Is Being Made to Check the Flow. BEAUMONT, Tex., Aug. 26—Two men are dead and one of the largest oil gugh- i | ers in the world is going absolutely wild, | utterly defying the mechanical skill of man to stop it. The famous oil field pre- sents to-night the possibility of one of the direst calamities which ever Texas should fire join for w the s. orrow the gusher will still f on the prairies and flood- £ to shut off the gus and John McDanlels died trying to save Smith. Both sho great hero- ism. The wild gusher in the Bogg- Swayne tract. The well bejongs to the Palestine-Beaumont Ofl Company. e e e e e ) THE NEW CHARTER Continued From Page One. came to the Supreme Court. | The court state our government two equal that the principles of rbid that there shall be nate powers covering the same jurk The contested section of the act gives a power to the people which vested in the Boards of visors can repeal or: can be passed . The greatest col efore possible. Justice Hen- It is the old problem of an irresistible force meeting an indestructible barrier.” It is the opinion of the court that either t stitutional law giving Jegi: to Boards of Super- visors or the county governments act i ing power to the people must be in- valld. Of course the latter must be the one nullified. The discharge of Andrews is_acco ngly ordered. The opinion is written by Justice Hen- shaw, with whom Justices McFarland, Harrison _and Temple directly concur. Justices n Dvke and Garoutte write a concurring opinion making plain that the theory of our government is not that of 2 pure democracy, where the laws would be made by the direct vote of the people, but that of a representative republic, where law-making power is delegated to legally qualified representatives of the people. | Chief Justice Beatty dissents and de- clares that he can see no reason for de- claring the law invalid. cannot be unconstitutional because the Legislature had a perfect right to pass the He states that there can be no ques- but that the contested act is an utte; absurdity, but that under the law it #hould be allowed to remain in force until it can be repealed. By the decision of the court, however, the people of the various counties can no longer pass ordinance: direct vote, and those already in effect are made void. — DECISION AFFECTS CHARTER. Articles Governing Referendum and Public Utilities Unconstitu- tional. In the opinion of the leading attornevs of this city the decision of the Supreme Court in the so-called Ventura case prac- tically nullifies the two subdivisions of the | charter governing this city and county upon which the charter-framers buiided great expectations. The subdivisions af- fected are those which are popularly known as covering the questions of in- itiative and referendum and the acquire- ment of public utilities. ‘While only & minor proposition is in- volved in this decision of the Bupreme Court the line of reasening followed in- dicates that braced unconstitutional and will be so dc- cided if the main proposition be presented to the court for adjudication. No other construction can be placed upon the ulti- mate effecte of this decision. Under the charter 15 per cent of the voters might petition the election com- missloners to incorporate in the ballot a proposition to stop street cars ruaning on Sunday The election commissioners would have to submit this proposition to ihe people at the next election. If it re- celved a three-fifths vote in its favor un- der the charter it would become an or- nce of the municipality. he Board of Supervisors under these provisions would not be called upon to take any part in the matter. But the Su- preme Court steps in and says that once ihe people have delegated the power to make laws or ordinances to a body or- nized in accordance with constitutional provisions the people cannot take away their delegated power without infringing He holds that it | both propositions as em- | in the charter of San Francisco | upon the constitution they have voiun- tarily adopted. While this does not e- prive them of the right to declare t they desire, as was done in the matter of | Chinese exclusion and the election of | United States Senators by direct vote of | | the veople, still the carrying out of tiesc Wwishes as expressed at the ballot box was | left to the legislative bodies, the Senate | | and Assembly, for such final action as | | might be taken. After having expressc. their wishes all that was left the people or voters to do was to abide by the actions vested in the lawmaking body or bodies. Practically speaking these provis| override the constitution and take away from the legislative bodies, which aione | have the right to make ;aws and provide | penalties for their enforcement, their del- egated power. A prominent attorney speaking about this question says: h he Ventura case involved two ques- tions—one whether in any event the Leg- islature ean confer lawmaking power upon the people acting directly and without the ald and concurrence of a legislative body. second, whether such power can be con- | ferred upon the people directly, in con- | Junction with a like grant of power by a legislative body, as for instance a Board of Supervisors. “The court avoids deciding the first ques- tion, saying, however, pion. e g, concerning it as | _That this is a startling innovi &overnmental system recognized. in this. Bteis since its earliest existence is at once appar- ent. But whether or not the Legislature has the power 80 to do 18 & question the determina. tion of which may well be deferred until some later occasion, in view of the fact that its at- tempted exercise of that power in this in- stance iz clearly invalid “But the court admits when the questios Is fairly brought before it that its decl. sion will be on the same lines—declaring | the whole matter unconstitutional. In the second point they decide there is | Do power to create the system implied by the second proposition, and say: oer mervieors, as has universal custom, full power. to m:keh;fi‘hl;: pfrlnimn‘ to the government of the county. Upon the other hand this identical power is bestowed by the machinery of the ballot upon the voters of the county. “When an ordinance is thus passed by baliot it has no superior force, but has merely the same and equal force and effect a8 though adopted and or- dained by the Board of Supervisors. The right | of the Supervisors to repeal such ordinance is inflt taken away, and it is within their power | to repeal them ‘one after another as soon as | they have been adopted. Upon the other hand, it is equally the right of the people to' re-enact them after such repeal. It is the old problem of the irresistible force meeting the inde--| structible barrier. So far as legislation is concerned, nothing could result but untold con- fusion. As the two sets of laws thus creat- ing co-ordinate lawmaking powers, without | check, limitation or restraint, the one ‘upon | the other cannot, in the nature of our govern- ns ment, extst, it follows that one or the other | of the provisions is invalid and must fall, | “Article TI section 20, of the charter pro- i vides for submitting ordinances at the re- | quest of 15 per cent of the voters. The Board of Election Commissioners is bound | to call the election. The Supervisors have | no voice in it at all. If it obtains a ma- | jority vote the ordinance is passed. It cannot be repealed by the Supervisors, but Supervisors may submit propositions for repeal at popular elections. “This provision of the charter does not come within the proposition decided in the Ventura case, but it comes within the propostion which they refrain from decid- ing. This is also true about article XIT on public utilities. While these questions are not touched upon In the decision, the fact is apparent that the Supreme Court, in deciding the Ventura case, left nothing to hope for the advocates of the referen- dum system of lawmaking, and plainly in- dicated the unconstitutionality of the sec- tions governing it and the acquirement of public utilities.” MONG the arrivals on the Hong- kong Maru yesterday was Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee. The vessel was not released by the quarantine officer until late and thus missed the tide and could not dock. The cabin passengers were brought ashore in a launch and the rear ad- miral and his wife at once’ went to a hotel. Admiral Beardslee was present at the unveiling of the Perry monument in Japan as the representative of the United States, and took off his hat to the revenue cutter Perry as that vessel passed up the bay inward bound from Seattle. Speaking of his connection with the unveiling of the Perry menument the admiral said: Yes, T am glad to say that T had a hand in raising to the memory of Commodore Perry such a fine monument as that unveiled in Japan last month. It was a notable event in the history of Japan. I am the only vivor of the expedition which Commodore Per- ry headed when he took an American fleet to Javan, in 183. I was then a cadet and served on the Plymouth. The raising of the funds for the monument took about nine months' time. I was aided by Japanese of in- fluence. When I found the right man to take hold of the subseriptions the work went along casily and the contributlons flowed 4m:"* Admiral Beardslee is on his way to sur- REAR ADMIRAL L. A. BEARDSLEE HOME AGAIN FROM THE ORIENT Represented . the United States at the Unveiling of Commodore Perry Monument in Japan. - o ik Mt i L ‘Washington. He has little to say about ¢ < affairs in the Philippines and China. He DISTINGUISHED RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER WHO REPRESENTED 1s, however, very enthusiastic over the THE UNITED STATES AT THE UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT progress of Japan. He had a most pleas- IN HONOR OF COMMODORE PERRY IN JAPAN. ant visit to that country and says the name of Perry is revered by everybody. * — s L e R S R Y LOUBET 3PEAKS OF GZAR'S VISIT Says the Alliance With Russia Averted War With China. PARIS, Aug. 2.—The Patrie to-day quotes President Loubet, In conversation with an important person two days ago, as making the following remarks: “I always considered the Franco-Rus- sian alliance exceedingly useful and fruit- ful to our country. I thought the mo- ment opportune to obtain the Czar's presence at the maneuvers. We first in- tended inviting him to the western ma- peuvers, which are of greater importance, but the Czar preferred the eastern.” Asked whether the Czar himself sug- gested the visit, Loubet rzplied: ‘“‘Such visits are not decided on without a pre- vious exchange of views, which have been proceeding for some time. 1 personally inspired the negotiations which led to the result now known. When I learned that the Czar intended to review the Ger- man fleet in the Baltic 1 deemed it more important than ever to secure a visit to France, and I myself, with the co-opera- tion of M. Delcasse, prepared this great event, for which the negotiations were pursued with the greatest secrecy.” Loubet s further reported as saying that, thanks to the Frauco-Russian alli- ance, war was averted with China, and that also up to now the programme of the journey accepted by the Russian Chancel- Jor does not include a visit to Paris. Retired Showman Dangerously Ill. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 26.—Colonel J. H. Haverly, whose fame in minstrelsy is world wide, Is dangerously ill at St. Mark's Hospital in this city of heart trou- ble. Colonel Haverly's wife has been tele- raphed for and she is now én route from Kew York. - Colonel Haverly. recently moved to Salt Lake City. Since his retire- \ment from the show business, several years ago, he has been devoting his time almost exclusively to mining. German Steamer Sinks in Collision. HAVRE, Aug. 26—The Spanish steamer Amboto, Captain Munitz, from New Or- leans August 2 for this port, collided last mght with the German steamer Lusitania, from Hamburg for Mediterranean ports, off the Casquet Rocks. The Lusitania sank in an hour. Four of her crew were drowned. The remainder, twenty-one men, were picked up. | Acting Mayor EATEND A ROYAL WELCOME T0 Him With Kindly, Greetings Thousands Meet Car- dinal Gibbons. BALTIMORE, Aug. 26.—Cardinal Gib- bons reached home this afternoon after a tour of Hurope and was received with open arms by his friends and parishion- ers. When he alighted he was greeted by a crowd of at least 10,000 people. headed by Henry Willlams and Charles J. Bonaparte. The Cardinal dis- mounted from his carriage and reviewed the procession from the steps of the Cath- olic Club, opposite his residence, after which he addressed a congregation that filled the cathedral to the doors. Cardinal Gibbons talked entertainingly after the parade on conditions abroad. He was much interested in the status of the steel strike and said he hoped it would be settled soon. When asked about the relations between capital and labor in Eu- rcpe, he sald: ‘That is an economic question, and I did not study it. I am not able to confirm or deny the claims made that unions have the manufacturers in England so bound down with their rules as to lessen the ca- pacity of the works with the result that ngland is not able to compete with this ccuntry in-many lines of trade. It would take much study to learn all the details of that subject. “We were, however, struck with the care taken to f§uard agalnst accidents 1 employes in England. Seemingly more velue is placed upon human life there than here. Rules are made by a Board of Com- missioners, and these are rigidly enforced. In many instances employers take out in- surance on the lives of their hands. When an employe is permanently disabled he must be paid his wages for, I think, three years.” “Do ‘you belleve labor in this country is better off than in England?’ was asl L ‘That, too,” replied the Cardinal, ‘“is subject for much investigation. Condi- ticn is a relative term. There is more in the question than wages alone. One must ascertain the cost of living in each coun- try in order to answer it intelligently.” — Two Miners Entombed. LONDON, Aug. 27.—By a land subsi- dence at' the Donibristol colliery, in Perthshire, ten men were entombed. A rescue party of four descended, but these also have failed to return and it is feared that-all have perished. FIGHT AGAINST NEGROES STOPS United States Officers Take a Firm Standin the Matter. —_—— SAPULPA, 1. T., Aug. 26.—The demon- strations against the negroes came to a sudden end with the arrival of Deputy United States Marshal Bud Trail and Cap- tain White. They were met here by United States Marshal Bennett and Gov- ernor Porter, principal chief of the Creek nation. Marshal Bennett instructed them to arrest all offenders and send them to Muskogee in chains and to deputize citi- zens if help was needed. He said he would prevent an outbreak if he had to order troops from Fort Gibson. Mayor Miller issued a firm proclamation commanding the citizens’ committee to stop posting notices. This was the result of a severe reprimand from the Federal authorities for a proclamation of Saturday. The deputy marshals have sworn in men for service to-night, but all is quiet and no trouble is expected. Nearly all the negroes not owning property have left town. Mar- shals have torn down the warnings of tha committee, including a lot posted last night. The published statement that politics caused the trouble is not substantiated. Handler Knocks Out Corrigan. NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Aug. 26.—Jimmy Handler of Newark made easy work of Pat Corrigan of San Francisco before tha National Athletic Club to-night, winning in a clean knockout in the second round. The men entered the ring at 158 pounds to go fifteen rounds and Handler rushed matters from the start. The end of the first round saw_Corrigan groggy and early in the second Handler landed one on the Jjaw that settled matters. Astoria’s Carnival Opens. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 26.—Astoria’s street fair opened this afternoon. Thousands of strangers are .n the city and the attend- ance surpasses all expectations. Astoria is beautifully decorated, and to-night the streets are ablaze with light. King Rex was crowned this afternoon by Mayor Bergman at the conclusion of the greatest street parade ever seen here. ’lshe fair will continue throughout the week. On the last three days the annual regatta will be held. MEN OF SCIENCE MEET AT DENVER Members of American Association Present Valuable Papers. ———— Professor Jordan Installed at the Head of the Section of Zoology. —_— DENVER, Aug. 26.—The fourth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was opened In the East Denver High School building this morning with about 200 members of the soclety in attendance. The general session was preceded by a meeting of the council at which Pittsburg was selected as the place for the next meeting of the association. The general session was called together by the retiring president, Professor R. S. Woodward of Columbia University, New York., who introduced the new president, Dr. C. 8. Minot of Boston. Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor R. R. Wright of Denver, President C.'S. Wilson _of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, General Irving Hale, repre- senting the Denver business men, and Professor Aaron Gove, City Superin- tendent of Schools, for the educators of Colorado. A letter of regrets from Gov- ernor Orman, who Is out of the city, was read. After some routine work the meet- ing took a recess until to-morrow. During the afterncon the following officers were installed: Section _A—Mathematics and _astronomy, James McMahon, Cornell University. Section B—Physics, D. B. Brace, University of Nebraska. Section C—Chemistry, John H. Long, North- western University. Section D—Mechanical scfence and engineer- ing, H. 8. Jacoby, Cornell University. Section E—Geology and geography, C. H. Van Hise, University of Wisconsin. Section ¥—Zoology, \David Starr Jordan, Stan- ford University. Section G—Botany, B. T. Galloway, United States Department of Agriculture. Section H—Anthropology, J. Walter Fewkes, Bureau of American Ethnology. Section I—Social and_economic science, John Hyde, United States Department of Agricult- ure. Permanent secretary, P. O. Howard, United States Department of Agriculture. General secretary, William Halleck, Colum- bla University. Secretary of the council, D. T. MacDougal, Botanical Gardens. Treasurer, R. S. Woodward, Columbia Uni- versity. The following retiring vice presidents made their farewell addresses: Vice Presi- dent Davenport, before the section of zoology, ‘““The Zoology of the Twentieth Century”; Vice President Brashear, be- fore the section of mechanical science and engineering, ““The Carnegie Technical Bchool”’; Vice President Butler, before the section of anthropology, “A Notable Factor in _Social Degeneration™; Vice President Long, before the section of chemistry, *“‘Some Points-in the Early History and Present Conditions of the Teaching of Chemistry in the Medical Schools of the United States”; Vice Pres dent Woodward, before the section social and economic science. To-night the members were entertained at a recention by the Woman's Club of Denver, at which a lecture was given on cliff dwellings in Colorado by Mrs. John Hays Hammond. CUBAN ELECTION LAW REFERRED TO COMMITTEE It Is Expected That the Government Will Be Organized Not Later Than February. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—While Secre- tary Root was on his vacation he sev- eral times saw General Leonard Wood, | military goverrior of Cuba, and with him discussed Cuban affairs. It is expected that further consideration will be gtven to the situation in Cuba when General Wood comes to Washington before his departure for Cuba. Mail advices have been received from Cuba saying that the constitutional con- | vention has considered the election law, and that it has been referred to a com- mitte on style and phraseology. It is expected that the law will be finally adopted before long. As soon as Gen- eral Wood returns to Havana it is ex- pected that he will make arrangements | for calling an election and the delegates | to | the government to be organized not later | third Regiment Band of B: the constitutional convention expect than February 4, 1902. STRIXERS USE THE CAMERA Take Photographs of the Men Who Are Filling Their Places. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Striking machin- ists have taken up the camera as a means of evading Judge Kohlsaat's in- junction prohibiting them from picketing the Allis-Chalmers Company’s plants. Since there is nothing in_the injunc- tion restraining the strikers from making pictures, the pickets have been trans: formed into amateur photographers, and every time a non-union man enters or leaves the works his picture is taken. ““Taking the pictures of these men can not be construe as intimidation,” said Business Agent Ireland to-night. “Their pictures will be of advantage for circu- lation among the different unions of the country, where they will be marked as| men who travel through the country taking the positions of workmen who are on strike.” SO SN CUBAN NEWSPAPER MAN KILLED AT MANZANILLO Publishes Articles Attacking the Rural Guard and Is Shot by One of the Members. HAVANA, Aug. 26.—Martin de Castro, a well-known Cuban newspaper man, has been killed at Manzanillo. About three months ago he published articles attacking the rural guard of Manzanillo, and was shot at. He came to Havana and explained the situation to Governor- General Wood, expressing a fear that his life was in danger. General Wood or- dered the local authorities to afford to him all the rights and protection guaran- teed by the law. Castro thereupon returned to Manzan- fllo, only to be shot by a member of the rural guard, with whom he had quar- reled. The offender is being vigorously pursued. ‘Hartman Breaks His Fast. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 26.—Fred Hartman, the salvationist, who was arrested for il- legal fishing and sentenced to twenty-five days’ imprisonment, broke his fast this morning. On being imprisoned Hartman declined to eat, on the ground that he was incarcerated agzainst the law of God and that to eat would be sacrilege. He was taken to jail last Wednesday morning, and for more than five days neither food nor water has passed his lips. To-day the captain of the army prevailed upon him to eat. Hartman consented only on con- dition that his food should be prepared by his fellow soldiers. He declares that he will fast during his entire term rather than eat jail food. The man is not in- sane. Mrs. Stanford Returning Home. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 26.—The White Star line steamer Majestlc, which will sail from Liverpool mnext Wednesday via Queenstown, will carry among her pas- sengers Mrs. Leland Stanford of San Francisco and General E. C. O’Brien. Among the names which appear on the assenger list of the Celtic, of the same ine, sailing hence August 3, are those of . J. Cassatt of Philadelphia and Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of the Duke of Mari- borough. PAlaIATL & One Man Dead and Another Dying. SENECA FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 2.—Jus- tin Apple and George Smelzer of Geneva and James Colgon and Edward Relfe of this village became involved in a quarrel at Bulls Grove yesterday, during which Apple and Smelzer were both stabbed with a large pocketknife. Apple died this morning and Smelzer is not expected to live. Relfe and Colgon were arrested, to- gether with iwo colored and two white women, who are held as witnesses. PANAMA ROUTE FOR THE CANAL More Favorable Terms to Be Made by French Company. —_— Commission May Finally Re- port Against Nicaragua Proposition. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—Although the report of the Isthmian Canal Com- mission is practically completed, there is little probability that it will be submitted to the President by the first of September, as had been expected, and the report may Dbe held back until Congress meets in De- cember. On the authority of a high official of the Government it may be stated that this delay s due to the expectation that a better proposition will be received from the French company controlling the Pan- ama eanzl. Up to the present great dif- ficulty has been experienced in obtaining a satisfactory proposition from the French company, and little progress has been made in this respect sincé the com- | mission submitted its preliminary report to Congress last December. It is belleved, however, that a proposal which can be considered will be recelved from the French company before Congress meets, as otherwise the Panama route must be passed over for Nicaragua in the com- mission’s report, and it is expected that the French company’s first propesal will neme $150,000,000 as the price for the ab- solute sale of the 1. But this figure would probably ve little considera- tion, as the commission has estimated the actual value of the work thus far done on the canal as $33,000,000, reporting at the same time that it would cost ap- proximately $142,000,000 to finish the caral. A high authority in canal_matters be- lieves that ultimately the French com- any will be willing to offer the canal to the United States at the practical ap- | praisal_of the commission. This belief is based on the conviction of the authori- tles that when men who control the Pan- ama company fully realize that the choice of the Nicaragua route by the United States would end their hope of raising more money, rather than sacrifice all that they have put into the canal at Panama they will be glad to conclude arrange- ments by which they will be able to get back even a small part of their invest- ment Several members of the commission strongly prefer the Panama route to the | Nicaragua route as an engineering prop- osition, and if an advantageous proposal | is submitted by the French company the | selection of the Nicaragua route will be a matter of great doubt. | Sickness Leads to Suicide. | HONOLULU, Aug. 20.—George H. M. Scott, sergeant in the Sixty-sixth Coast Artillery, committed suicide night before t by shooting himseif in the heart with | a Krag-Jorgenson rifle, pulling the trig- | ger with one foot after fixing the rifle in | ition. He had been in ill health and despondent for some time. Young Rockefeller Engaged to Marry NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Senator and Mrs. Nelson W. Aldrich announced to-day the | engagement of their daughter Abby to | John D. Rockefeller Jr. @ it O KNIGHTS IN PARADE Continued from Page One. headquarters. These had been engaged months ahead and are the finest in tb | eity. Elaborate decorations of electric | lights_ bunting and flowers add to the brililant effect. In this spacious room the | visitors were welcomed by Most Eminent | Commander Reuben H. Lloyd and other | Californians besides scores of Sir Knights from other States, who were acquainted ith the men from the Golden Gate. Morley's band of Louisvilla met Gollen | Gate Commandery at North Vernon and escorted it to the conclave city. The band | gave a concert in the headquarters during | the afternoon and evening. The Thirty- City, Mich., | also gave a number of selections at Cal- | ifornia headquarters. The day and even- ing were spent in getting acquainted, the pouring rain prevented the offl | visit to Louisville Commandery. | "'The Gait House, which is headquarters for both California commanderies, as well | a% those of half a dozen other States, was jammed full all day and evening with Sir Knights in a variety of striking uniforms | and by fair women hailing from: all parts | of the union. The beauties of Louisville | Were much in evidence and added to the graclousness of the reception. Many old quaintanceships were re-formed and | many new friendships made. One of the | happy meetings was that of Sir Knight | Robert Ash of Golden Gate Commandery and his brother, Eminent Commander R. | 3. Ash of Clinton Commandery No. 15 of | Mount Vernon, Ohio. | Stanley Ewing Very IlL LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. %.—California Commandery gave a reception to-night, dispensing 1000 baskets of California fruit and raisins. Many Masonic notables were present. 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