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r THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1902. ° ¥ EXPLOSION'S DEATH ROLL 15 THIRTEEN Terrible Disaster Causes Loss of Life in Chicago. Seven Members of One Fam- ily Numbered Among Victims. 5.—Thirteen lives were were slightly injured, 72 and 374 Twenty-second were wrecked and $50,000 damage was done by an explosion of gas to-night tersection of Twenty-second cher avenue. The dead are: OSTLE, 30 years of age; 'O TROSTLE, 30 years of age. TROSTLE JR., 2 years oL age. ROSTLE, 7 years of age. OSTLE, $ years of age. TROSTLE, butcher, €, 23 years of ag {NEIPPE, domestic nephew of in the 14 years of age. years of age. roomer with Mrs. njured are: Sing Wah, and Archer avenue, , cut and bruised; cut and badiy Mernahan, fireman, J. F. Collins, street- wn through car from ght internal in- etcar conductor, ect, badly bruised. d might be ex- s there were many od who sustaind glass or sight but whose names Only one of the hat of littie Lena All that is her twelve re- are thought to are known to houses and ace of them has sion is unknown, determined illuminating ie latter were in- explosion and a the a and Archer haif a block thrown into Flames leap- ole. The fire smaller man- s main shot 1 with_the e butcher shop. hree-story frame weakened and ck. It is sup- of the building us or were too the place. ucture. With and the oc- were car- a two-story building was another It seemed that the ed out before e blaze under k building at ty-second_street ion. On the gs were two They were a ing buildings, and 1 opportunity of Person s Are Injured. buildings near the ex- i down. Scores of of them carrying streets. They are of the fire from further explosion . many ing with fright. On near the place the ed, and_the passen- up. When people nes gush from the doors. A num- 1ised and knocked One car filled thrown from the t 2 o'clock this ad been recovered e Trostle house. They Otto Trostle, Mrs, e Trostle (11 years 7 ars old), Sophie Trostle family), amie Rosenthal man and an uns ADVERTISEMENTS. Sight Resggedv at T1. Mirs. Lucinda Hammond was Cured of Cataracts on Both Eyes when 77 Years Olid By Dr. Coffee’s Ab- sorption Treatment. Dr ts on both eves. b of every kind of e disease, with colored fllustrations of affected eses. Write today for yourseif or some friend. MRS. LUCINDA BAMMOND. She Writes. *This 1s to y that I am 77 years ol in Nebraska, in the town of Auror: amenced 1o lose my sight over one vear ago from cataracts on both eyes. 1com- inenced trea inder Dr. W. O. 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Coffee | It also | OECILS ARDUE - LAWNAKERS” IRE iUproar Caused by Salis- | bury’s Relatives in | the Commons. i Appearance in Par- liament. | LONDON, Feb. 5.—The perennial wife's | sister bill reappeared in Parliament to-day | On fourteen occasions the House of Com- mons has affirmed the principle of the bill, which, however, has always met with in- | | surmountable obstruction, generally from | | the Bishops in the upper house. The advocates of the measure | which characterizes th to-day | Pensed to all. Miss Huntington received brought forward all the old arguments, | the Buests alone. SOCIETY'S YOUNGER SET ENJOYS BALL TO WHICH IT HAD LOOKED FORWARD Miss Elizabeth Huntington Entertains in Honor of Miss Hazel Noonan and Miss Louise Redington----Miss Florence I. Ballinger Becomes a Bride. Mullins-Clark Wedding at Grace Episcopal Church----Other Social Even | Wife's Sister Bill Again Makes £ \ (s HE social event of yesterday was undoubtedly the Huntington dance, Miss Elizabeth Hunting- ton entertaining in honorfof Miss Hazel Noonan of |/ Los Angeles and Miss Louise Redington. The guests comprised fifty of the younger set, who a form identical of that of last year. | J@Ve been looking forward to the affair for dsys with absorbing interest. The beautiful home of H. E. Huntington at 2840 Jackson street was thrown open last evening and the chagming hospitality family was dis- The drawing rooms especially dwelling on colonial legislation, | Were too elegant and artistic to admit of which is considered to be an unanswer- | 3Y Special decoration at this time, ex- able argument in favor of the bill. The | €®Pt & few vases‘of roses and an occa- ! loyalty of the colonies during the South sional touch of foliage. 'The ballroo: African war is advanced as an additional | 40Wnstairs was decorated in excellent T n for the removal of the injustice | [35t%, foliage and red Chinese lanterns | which the present law inflicts on a large | P€IN8 the principal scheme for the Ori- { number of children who are the fruit of | ¢Ntal effects produced. | formal dance was enjoyed by | people, colonial The Cecil: usual, as the oppos! Lord Hugh Cecil, fi bury and Conservat wick, and Evelyn Cecil, also a family co nection of the Premier and Conservativ appeared in the | ion to the bill. 1 of Lord Sali: member for Green- { forefront of | drew harrow- | ing plctures of the disturBance which the | passage of the measure would bring about | member for Aston Mano: in the happy relations of many a sister- | in-law and how the comforts the latter | as capable of rendering the husband | | when he had lost his wife would be with- | drawn should a Parliament hint be given | | that such consolation would be a step | | toward future matrimony. ! Sir William Gurdon (Liberal) reminded | the Cecils that the bill did not provide for | ory “marriage with a deceased er and he convulsed the Ho: y ading a letter from a woman friend, telling him of a man who had married the eldest of seven sisters. “What a_terrible thing it would be,” said the writer, “if this bill becomes 2 law and this man’s wife died. He would have to marry all his seven sisters-in-law at once! It would be no better than a harem.” Before the vote was declared there was an angry anti-Cecil demonstration. Both Lord Hugh and Evelyn Cecil used every | Parlfamentary trick to delay reaching a vote within the time limits of Wednesday and when they returned to the House from the lobbies both of Lord Salisbu: relaivi were greeted with angry cries of ““Shame,” “Churlish,” and similar epi- thets. STANDS OVER THE DYING EMBERS OF A BONFIRE Mrs. Patrick Talent of Hanford Re- ceives Burns That Will Cause Her Death. | HANFORD, Feb. 5—Mrs. Patrick Tal- | ent, 2 wealthy resident of this city, was fatally burned at her residence this mor: ing. Workmen had built a fire in the yard, but it had burned down when Mrs. Talent went into the yard to give direc- tions to the men. She stood close to the dying e s and before she knew it her clothing was afire. M alent’s scream attracted the attention of a man working on a building. He had to run the length of the building and climb down a ladder. By this time Mrs. Talent was running | to the house, while the flames enveloped her clothing. The man overtook her as she reached the door. He tore off her outer garment and then dashed into the house and got a blanket. With this he succeeded in extinguishing the flames, The physiclan who was called could offer no hope for the sufferer. e | Flames Sweep Occidental. | SANTA ROSA, Feb. 5.—Fire broke out in the Native Sons’ Hall in Occidental at | 10 o’clock to-night and for a time threat- ened to destroy the entire town. From | the Native Sons’ Hall the flames spread to the general mer dise store of Joseph and McCandle ' Brothers' blacksmith shop. All of these buildings were badly damaged. The Franchesei Hotel and the Occidental newspaper of- fice narrowly escaped destruction. The total los $10,000. Burial of the Biddles. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 5.—The remains of Edward and John Biddle were quietly interred in a single grave at Calvary Cemetery this morning. Not more than | twent ve persons. including the brother, Harry Biddle, accompanied the At the cemetery R read the burial se) tholic church bodies to | B the grave. Sweeney Roman (¢ TELEGRAPH NEWS. | 5.- The brewery and soda Whecler in Cedarville was to the extent of $2500. TO, Feb. 5—H. A. Aldrach, a | who claims to have a wife and Utah, was to-day held to answer to the Superior Court on a charge of passing bogus checks for $50 upon F. M. Jones. i WATERLOO, Iowa, Feb, 5.—Mrs. Ed Kush- | ner and two children ‘were burned to death in | ALTURAS, Feb. works of L. A their home last night in a fire caused by the | overturning of a lamp. One other child was fatally burned and three others seriously in- Jurea. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—The directors of the St. Louis Southwestern have practically de- sided on a bond issue to be employed in re- tiring the present one of $10,000,000 second mortgage incom® and also to provide for equipment for mew acquisitions. ST. PAUL, Minn.,.Feb. 5.—The State Board of Pardons to-day refused to grant the petition for an absolute pardon for James and Cole Younger, and the two noted convicts have to remain in Minnesota. being now out on parole, but limited to the State horders. PERSONAL MENTION. J. Smith, a mining man of Placerville, is a guest at the Grand. Dr, G. C. Simmons of Sacramento is at the Occidental with his wife. H. P. Stabler, a_fruit grower of Yuba City, is a guest at the Lick. W. F. Detert, a mining man of Jack- son, is among the arrivals at the Lick. Mme. Genevra Bishop, the well-known vocalist of Los Angeles, Is at the Palace. | Alexander Kerr, the wholesale grocer of Portland, Or., is a guest at the Palace. onga. deputy clerk of the United District Court, is confined to his me by sickness. Mrs. Robert Le Boutlller, wife of _the I-known dry goods merchant of Phil- moon with hj | merly Miss | ing at the F bride from Stockton, foi Budd. They are stay- la — e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 5—The following e in New York: From San . A. Fischer, at the Delavan; W. rtin and wife, T. Sullivan, at ioliand; J. G. Paton, Mrs. George, { at the Imperial; 8. L. K. von Baggen, at the Hoffman; Miss Keeney, at the Neth- erland; Mrs. M. J. Turner, at the Grand Union From Los Angeles—Mrs. F. Howell, at | the Park’ Avenue. Victim of a Runaway Accident. william Jones, colored, died at St. Mary's Hospital yesterday from the ef- fects of injuries received in a runaway accident January 17. Jones was a plano player, employed {g a saloon at 30 Turk street. He went buggy riding with!Frad Smith, a saloon-keeper, and they had several drinks, and the horse ran away, dumping them upon the hard macadam adelphia, at the Palace. The Rev. F. W. Kennedy, a misslonary | from Japan_ is at the Occidental with his | wife and fami | ¥rancis Hodgkins is here on his honey- | . de la Saille, at the Ven- | | Huntin | and gowns of the bridal party. : | | | by bows of white ribbons. of a Golden Gate Park driveway. Smith wee but glightly injured. A delightfuly in- the young and supper was served at mid- IgHL, alter whicn dancing was resumed, srs. H. 1. Huntngion and Miss Clara gton also lent their Ppresence and aaded much to the comrort and pieasure of the guests. There were dozens of beautifur gowns and happy faces, while €very one seemed to reauze the highest €xpectations tor the evening. .« Miss Florence I Ballinger will to-da; become the bride ot MroB, G Mactar. lane orf Honolulu. l'rhe happy coupie will be very quietly married ac the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Watson. Miss Ballinger is a popular San Francisco girl and daughter or the late Frank Bal- iinger, formerly a prominent newsPaper man. Miss Ballinger possesses a rare ar- ustic beauty that wins quite as much ad- miration as her char of manner. Mr. Mactarlane comes of one of the best amilies. The lucky bachelor is being congratulated everywhere upon his good fortune. i .. a'le The marriage of Miss Maud Mullins and Dr. John Rogers Clark occurgpa last even- ing at Grace Episcopel Church. Rev. R. C. Foute performed the ceremony in the presence of several hundred friends. The bride was attired in white net ap- plique over white taffeta. The bridal veil, of white tulle, was held in the hair by orange blossoms. The bouquet was lilies of the valley. Miss Leontine Blakeman, maid of honor, wore a beautiful pink gown. It was a rainbow wedding, those tints being carried out in the decorations Two of the bridesmalds wore yeliow, two green and two pale blue. The bridesmaids were Miss Grace Spreckels, Miss Ethel Hager, fiss Mamie Polhemus, Miss Charlotte @ Miss Alida Ghirardelli. Dr. C. Clark Coliins, best man and the ush McVean, U. S. A U. 8. A., acted as ers were Dr. W. A. . .;. Lieutenant Ralph Brower, U. S. A.; Knox Maddox, Frank Owen, B. Carroll and Ralph Hart. The bride has been very popular and so- ciety was well represented. It was quite a military only recently severed his connection with the arm; : A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Mullins, 189 Gough street, after the wedding at the church. Dr. and Mrs. Clark will present at the Mullins home. Mrs. Harry Grey was hostess at a large luncheon yesterday in the red room of the Bohemian Club. Forty guests were seated at the immense round table and the scene was a pretty one. Spring blos- soms were used for decorations and they were arranged with dainty and artistic effects. The luncheon extended through live for the | most of the afternoon and strains of mu- sic added to the enjoyment of the guests. On _the whole #t was a delightful affair. Those present were: Mrs. J. O'B. Gunn, Mrs_ A. H. Voorhies, Mrs. Alphonoss Wigmore, Mrs. Josephine de ayer, Mrs. Frederick G. nborn, Mrs. Charles T. Vogelsa: Mrs. William A. Sned- aker, Mrs. A. N ‘owne, Clinton E. ‘Worden, Mrs. Edg: A. B« Mrs. Wake- Mrs. J. Stow Ballard, Mrs. W. R. William Hood, Mrs. George A. Marvin Re Higgins, Mrs. rles A. Laton, Mrs. E. O. Mc- J. Maxwell, Mrs. William Irs. I H Charles J. Woods, Mrs. R. Williard B. Harrington, Mrs. John F. Mrs. A. H. Vail, Mrs. Oliver P, ARE FLOWERS AWAIT A BRIDE Elaborate Arrangements for Whitney-Hay ‘Wedding. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—Social ‘Washington is busy to-night discussing the Whitney-Hay wedding, which takes place here to-morrow. It was intended that the ceremony should be performed with as little display as possible. owing to the recent family bereavements, but the programme has been changed. The floral decorations at the church are on a most elaborate and artistic scale. The pulpit platform and the organ beyond are completely hidden behind towering palms, thus forming a background for an immense cascade of Easter lilles, jetting out in all directions. At each end of the platform is a twelve-light candelabrum, ten feet high, surrounded by Easter lilies. The center aisle has been converted into a bridal path formed of Easter lilies at- tached to the backs of pews and so graded that a view of the bridal party as they stand at the altar is not obscured. The walls of the church are festooned with southern smilax, topped off with great clusters of Easter lilies and held in place At thc home of the bride white lilacs will take the place of lilies in decorations. The bride’s bouquet will be of orange blossoms and white orchids, tied with, white satin ribbon, and the bridesmaids will carry lilies of the valley and white orchids, ‘tied with white ribbon. All ddy thd bridal gifts and flowers have been arriving at the Hay residence. Out of town guests to the wedding have been arriving here and the fashionable tels are filling up with the prominent “New Yorkers and others who are to participate in the event. It recalls days of former administrations to see the Whitneys and other well-known persons, who formerly held official positions here, mingling with the crowds in the hotel corridors or driv- ing down the avenues. Former Secretary Whitney and Miss Dorothy Whitney are at the Arlington. —_— ‘Wants Ten Years to Pay. PARIS, Feb. 5.—The civil court to-day heard the claim of a Parisian lace manu- facturer against Miss Sybil Sanderson for 18,951 francs for lace purchased in 1899. The defense of Miss Sanderson was that she had been promised all the time she wanted in order to pay this amount, and as her income was only 50,000 francs she wanted ten years. The defendant also declared the prices on the lace to be ex- orbitant. The court will render judgment next week. LIS R NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Announcement was made here of the organization of the Railway Steel Spring Company under the laws of New Jersey to take over all the concerns in this country that manufacture steel eprings for railroad equipments. The capital of the com- pany will be §20,000,000. inwood, Miss Gertrude Van Wyck and _ wedding, as the groom has’ BRITONS WANT N0 TMPING” English Shipping Men Suggest New Amer- ican Law. ts — | Question of “Blocd Money” in | This City Talked Of in London, LONDON, Feb. 5.—At the annual meet- ing of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom to-day several points in- teresting to the United States were | raised. Colonel Emil Ropner, Mg P., pres- ident of the organization, referred to “‘crimping’”’ and *“blood money” in the United States. He said the chambe: earnestly hoped the British Embassador at Washington would succeed in inducing the United States Government to pass legislation making “crimping” a criminal offense. | Regarding ship subsidies, Colonel Ro; | mer said the United States would prob: { bly pass a ship subsidy bill, with the re- | sult that there would be a rapid exten- | sion of the United States mercantile navy Jand keener competition, which would re- | quire all thé energy and enterprise of | British ship owners to meet. The chamber unanimously passed a res- olution urging the British Government to make an effort to secure the exemption of British ships from the payment of ton- nage tax levied at United States ports, and use its good offices to induce -the United States, pending further legislation, to enforce the present Federal and State | laws in regard to the desertion of sea- men and the payment of “blood money.” The >resident read a letter from the British Consul at San Francisco, saying that seamen are not obtainable without | “‘blood money,” but Colonel Ropner ex- plained that this was because there was | always a superabundance of seamen dur- | ing the first few months of the year. | Another resolution urging that the Government pay. earnest attention to_ the | serious injury sustained by British ship- | ping in consequence of the application of | the coastwise laws of the United States to the territories recently acquired by that country. MARSHAL’S NOMINATION THE CAUSE OF INQUIRY | President B.oosev:l; Investigates and the Senate Defers Action in the Case. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—In the execu- tive session of the Senate lo-dg the nom- TLORENCT L BALLINGER ination of Benjamin Daniels be Mar- shal of the Territory of Arizofia was con- tinued. ‘Senator Hoar, as chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, which reported favorably on the nomination, expiained that Daniels’ commission already had been issued, rendering it impracticable to adopt Senator Teller's motion to recon- siuer the vote by which he had been con- | firmed. Further explanation was made to the effect that the President had begun an | examination into the case on his own Te- | sponsibility by wiring to Cheyenne for | particulars concerning the man who was imprisoned there and who is supposed to have been Daniels, and by telegraphiag to Daniels himself, instructing him not tc | enter on the discharge of his duties until | the charges made could be investigated. = | It was stated that there was some doubt A £/ | as to the identity of Daniels with the BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO GIRL WHO WILL BE UNITED IN MAR- t\:.'yoml;n]g convict. With these explan: e ~ v SOLULU ons the ‘matter was dropped for t BIAGEITO-DAY O, O MACY AREAND OF SONOLULG A TH B e S eia ety eomrat the | HOME OF THE BRIDE'S MOTHER. | pinion that if the charges prove to be | true Daniels will b arged from of- st _grles Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. A. T. Vogelsang, Edna Nichols flower girl. The ceremony | 'wAcpiNGTON, Feb. 5.—The Senate Com- Mrs. Frederick Hewlett, Mrs. John R. Loose- iy, Mrs. Willlam M. Sesnon, Miss Gunn, Miss Marie Voorhies, Miss Hughes, Miss Peck, Miss ‘Ardella Mills and Miss Buckbee. 4 @ There was a wedding last e"enmg‘nt St. John's Evangelical Church, at which Miss Wilhelmina Endlich and Louis G. H. Thoene were principals. The bride was attired in a white gown of pina cloth over taffeta, trimmed with ruch- ings of white grenadine ribbon and ecru Normandy insertion. The tulle veil was fastened with myrtle and the bride car- ried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. The matron of honor was Mrs. H. Grieb, while the two bridesmaids were Misses Anna Leeger and Anna Cattermole. Captain Grieb actea as groomsman. Master Herbere Grieh was ring bearer and little ool oo @ | IMPERIAL YAGHT 15 AT 5. THOMA Emperor William’sFloat- ing Palace Has a Safe Voyage. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, Feb. 5—The German imperial yacht Hohenzollern (which left Kiel January 18 and touched at Gibraltar January 23) arrived here this morning. Admiral Count von Baudissin, the com- mander, was seen on board the yacht. He said that the Hohenzollern had had an unusually fine voyage through the North Sea, over the Bay of Biscay and the At- lantic and that no incident of importance occurred during the trip. The Hohenzol- lern will coal here Thursday and will leave next Saturday for Bermuda, where she expects to arrive after a run of about two and one-half days. At Bermuda the yacht will coal and remain one day and a half. She will then leave for New York, and hopes to make the run from Bermuda to that port in forty hours. Or, she may awalt fine weather at Bermuda. Admiral von Baudissin expressed pleasure at his approaching visit to the United States. The Hohenzollern is a magnificent boat. Her rooms are finished in birdseye ma- ple and rosewood and are beautifully pa- pered and decorated with quantities of the pictures, photographs and sketches collected during the tours made by Em- peror Willlam. The musicians were not on board the Hohenzollern; they will go_to the United States on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, with Prince Henry. It appears that ithe Ho- henzollern never fires salutes. Admiral von Baudissin visited the Gov- ernor of the Danish West Indies at noon. He dined with the Governor to-night. When the admiral landed he was saluted by the shore battery. The Governor vis- ifed the admiral on board the Hohenzol- lern this afternoon. The report that Prince Willlam Eitel Frederick is on board the Hohenzollern is_untrue. SW-AEHINGTON. Feb. 5—Prince Henry during his visits to Washington will stop at the Gérman Embassy. The German Embassador’s residence, however, will not accommodate the large array of attend- ants accompanying the Prince, and his suite will stay at the New Willard Hotel, occupying the entire floor above the of- fice and lobby. Subsidy for Canadian Pacific. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 5—A five-year contract has been entered into between the British Government and the Canadian Pacific Rallway for the conveyance of troops, mails and stores, between Halifax, Quebec, Montreal and Hongkong. For this service the Canadian line will re- ceive 60,000 pounds sterling as a subsidy yearly, of which the Canadian Govern- ment will contribute 15000 pounds ster- ling. A stipulation is made that the lin- ers of the Canadian Pacific Railway are liable to war service and are to be con- structed under admiralty sugervision, PHILADELPHIA, TFeb. 5-—A. Mackey- Smith, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church; ‘Washington, D. C.. was to-day elected co- adjutor to Bishop Whittaker of the Pennsyl- vania diocese. was performed by Rev. Mr. Kroehnke. After the wedding a supper was given | at the Maison Alladio, at which covers mittee on Foreign Relations to-day ordered a favorable report on the treaty to acquire the Danish West Indles. No amendment was made WHY POWERS DID NOT AGT N LATE WAR Recital of Facts Relat~ ing to Attitude of Europe. German Foreign Offics Con- firms Statement Made in Berlin. BERLIN, Feb. 5.—The German Foreign Office confirms the substantial accuracy of the subjoined statement, which the Kreuz Zeitung prints to-day, relative to Germany’s course toward the United States during the war with Spain. A cor- espondent understands that the article was prepared by Professor Schiemann, professor of history at the Berlin Univer- sity, who enjoys special official sources of information. After a preface, quoting the statement made by a British Foreign Office official to a newspaper man Janu- ary 21 last, it says: Almost exactly four years ago the Spanish Embassador here asked Germany whether Ger- many would lead in action against the United States for the protection of the monarchic prin- ciple. The answer was a definite refusal, and the same answer was given a month later, or about the middle of March, when the invita- tion reached Germtany td participate in the intervention undertaken upon the initiative of Austria. This was In the weeks following the sad catastrophe of the Maine, when it was be- lieved intervention would facilitate an under~ standing between the United States and Spain. Nevertneless our Government commissioned Herr von Radowitz, the German Embassador to Spain, to inform the Madrid Government that Germany was not in a position to-prevent the Spanish-American war. . After that several attempts were made to win Germany, or the Dreibund, for interven- tion, in which the Pope was especially active. The final result was that Dr. von Holleben (German Embassador to the United States) was instructed to join in the step proposed by Austria, only In case all the other five great powers ‘participated. We are unable to state the details of how the united action came about At any rate, the collective note was handed to the officials at Washington April 7, advising a peaceable settlement, and was = signed by England, France, Italy, Austria, Russia and Germany. It was believed for a week that the war would be averted. General Blanco received orders from Madrid to offer the Cuban insurgents an armistice, for Spain was resolved to give them far-reaching autonomy, and to arrive at & settlement .of the Maine question through ar- bitration. Diplomatic circles, however, entertained no {llusions, and when England, April 14, through her Embassador, propesed a new collective note,” in which the powers should declare that H 8 Euroge regarded America's armed Intervention in Clba as unjustifiable, the other Embassa~ dors telegraphed to their home governments ask The g for instr gh ~ German gives, as it appea . a picture essentially different from the English statement. A fort- night later war was declared. Afterward, in June and July, while the tes was making great progress in the England tried to induce the Span- sion in England to ask for peace for to no power was the American the Pacific more annoying proposals, encroachment in than to England. The above is the historic#l connection of events. We hope that in giving the same we have thoroughly exposed the absurdity of the English legend. LONDON, Feb. 5.—The Associated Press has the highest official authority for denying the_story printed by the Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin to-day as to the pact taken by Lord Pauncefote, the British Embassador at Washington, in the Spaa- ish-American war intervention, in spite of the confirmation of the story by the Ger- were lald for thirty, one of the guests |to the treaty in committee. being. Mrs. A." 'Endlich, who came from Silver City, N. M., to atten: man Foreign Office. The couple will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Endlich at 3029 Van Ness avenue. P Miss Henrietta~de Witt Allen and Miss Frances Allen were ‘‘at home" yesterday and received many callers. e - A pretty luncheon was given Tuesday 1o Miss Phoebe Painter by Miss Paula ‘Wolff at her home, 1312 Washington street. Besides the bridal party those present were Miss Painter, Miss Azalea Keyes, Miss Spieker, Miss Williamson and Miss. Paula Wolff. DEWET'S LAST - ~ GUN 15 L05T Boers Are Sorely Pressed by the Pursuing British. LONDON, Feb. 5.—Lord Kitchener has sent the following message from Pretoria: “Major Leader’s force surprised Delarey's commando, killing seven and capturing 131. The British casualties were slight, no British being killed.” - The British pursuit of General Dewet has been successful to the extent that bis last gun has been captured, and Com- mandant Wessels, one of his principal lieutenants, has been routed. gLord Kitchener sent the news in a dispatch from Pretoris, dated February 4, as fol- lows: Byng's column while proceeding toward Lie- benburgviel, after a night march, attacked and Touted a considerable force of the enemy under Commandant Wessels. We captured a fifteen- pounder and a pompom taken from Firman's column, and also a Boer pompom that was the Jast gun Dewet had, and three wagons of ammunition, 150 horses and 100 mules. The Boer casualtles were flve men killed, six wounded and twenty-seven men captured. Among the killed was Field Cornet Wessels. Among the prisoners {s Captain Muller of the Staats Artillery. The enemy was scattered. Our | casualties were slight. 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