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2 RETORT STIRS SENKTOR'S IRE Rawlins of Utah Resents a Remark in Com- mittee. Clash Between Senators En- livens the Philippine Inquiry. 27.—Captain Mec- nued his statement before the mittee of the Senate and presented official statements to refute the | f Corporal O'Brien. Senator id thg statements were to te O'Brien. Senator torted that if O'Brien's state- 3 pressed at the point wanted it enough leaked out to give designing opportunity to make use WASHINGTON, May Donald cc bee yld_bave politicians an of it Rawlins sharply resented ‘this remark and said if he could not be protected: in the committee he would remain away. Chairman ge stated that Senator Diet- remark was not order and the latter responded that he did not intend to highminded Senators designing pdl‘ | ald was questioned con- taking of prisoners and His0 of some towns. He said he burn several towns which country and sheltered insurgents. Captain Mc that he intended 'to ‘ask were in ladrones Donald stated that O'Brien be prosecuted by the Federal hostile and horities for perjury. Senator Lodge, L man of the committee, Sald there ! was no doubt that steps would be taken looking to the man's prosecution. McDonald's testimony in’ the sted of the presentation of of- documents procured from thie War | Department for the purpose of refuting statements made by O'Brien derogatory to character of McDonald. The first of | these was a record showing that O’Brien | Lad been y San Joaquin from‘ 1 uary 2, 1901, whereas | he had tes t he was present-at | Igbaras, thi miles away, when that town was burned, November 2, 1900. . This 4 asion upon which, according | o O'Brien’s testimony a Spanish woman was maltreated by American officers and enlisted men. The witness also presented e set of accounts of Company. M to show that he was not a “thief," as | O’Brien had charged he was. The witness related the details of the | €xecution at the town of Guimbal of the pino bandit, Pedro Gardenefo, who, rien had said, was mistreated by Cap- 1 McDonald 1o the extent that he had | been subjected to a court-martial. The aid that Gardenero had been heinous offenses against | having been captured by | to be executed in the | re when he was rescued by | ldiers and turned over to him. ly he had placed Gardenero in | of Captain Boardman, who | m over to the civil authorities, | hem he was executed. Captain said he and Boardman had been court-martial for placing the man | of the civil authorities and | 1 found guilty of the act. Ge s, he s however, disaj the findings as inadequate, saying | ishment was preferable to that d. or Culberson here entered on the | e of questio to bring out the details | information concerning | of the waler cure. | t except on one oc- | er had been a witness to the | that this occasion was the | process and in which the presidente of Igbaras was subjected to this treatment. He said | he time Captain, now Major, | ocate of General Hughes' in command and ihat he | the prisoner had been given | cure on Captain Glenn's order. READY WITH SPEECHES. Senators Are Prepared to Talk on the | Philippine Bill. | May 21.—A fruitless | .C st before the adjourn- | e Senate to-day to secure an | ment on a time for a vote on the| pine bill. The discussion indicated | some day next week eventually | be agreed upon, but no time was the discussion a proposition was | t a time be fixed on alternate | beginning next week, for a he Philippine bill, the Nicaragua | 1 and the Cuban reciprocity bill a final adjournment be agreed | on for the fourth Tuesday, but it was too | startling to be taken seriously, although | Senatcrs regarded it favorably. | 1 hours to-day Patterson of scussed the Philippine ques- ing the speech which he be- esterday. After reviewing and com- & on the general Philippines ques- tacked the pending bill, par- | ts provisions - regarding the | nds. He deciared that it was never should be enacted urged that the Filipinos be | independence and drew an re of the turning over | G United States of | nds when they had established a | o g tha severa d rado concl 1 the session a committee was | appointed by the Senate to confer with a | like committee of the House about the | disagreement which has arisen between the two houses on the army bill. | e _course of a colioquy between and Dubois at the conclusion of | cech it was developed that | € yet remain to be delivered | al debate—by Spooner, Bacon, | Carmack. Dubols suggested | far_as he knew, ext Tuesday. This to a discussion as to hold- | 1 of the Senate on Memorial four speec in the gen Nominations by the President. | WASHINGTON, May 2.-The Presi- | dent sent the- following nominations to | e Senate to-day. Army—Francis J, | Bailey, Oregon, assistant surgeon with renk of capta of voluntee: Navy— Commander William M. Swift, to be cap- tain; lieutenant, junior grade, R. C.’ Bui.- mer, to be lieutenant. Lieutenants to be lieutenant command- ers—Martin Brainert and Robert F. Lo- pez. - American Consuls Will Act. WASHINGTON, May 27.—At the re- quest of President Palma, Secretary Hay has instructéd all the United States con- sular officers to charge themselves with | any business Lt may arise at thelr posts appertaining to Cuban commerce. ' This is a temporary arrangement and will last only until the Cuban Govern- ment can appoint its own consular of- ficers. | | tractors and giving to the Secretary LAWNIAKER GUT THE BIG SUMS House Conferees Change Rivers and Harbors Measure. Bill as Agreed On Carries Sixty - Five Million Dollars. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The confer- ees of the two houses of Congress on the rivers and harbors bill to-day reached a final agreement on that bill. The exact figures showing the aggregate result of their work have not been determined, but it can be stated that of the $9,500,000 appropriation added by the Senate, only about $4,500,000 was retained, the provis- ions calling for the remaining $5.000,000 being disagreed to by the House con- ferees. As the bill will be reported, it makes a total appropriation of about $65,000,000 in direct appropriations and for work authorized. The important Senate amendments which were retained include the folluw- | ing: Oakland harbor, California, $1¢,000 cash, and $150,000 continuing .contract, in- stead of $868,000 continuing contract, as originally provided for; Tacoma harbor, Washington, $100,000 ‘continuing contract, instead of $222,000; Calaveras and Mormon rivers, California, $50,000 cash, and 3§17, 000 contracts; Columbia River canal at Celilo Falls, 'Benate language retained nd appropriation of $100,000, instead of $400,000, as originally provided by the Sen- ate; for preliminary examinations and surveys generally, $300,000, instead of $250,- 0, as provided by the House. The Senate amendments requiring bonds by guarantee companies from cor) War discretion to extend the time for the completing of bridges was stricken out. Most of the amendments made by. the | Senate for large improvements were dis- agreed to and will go out of the bili if the conference report is accepted. Among the provisions which met this fate is the appropriation of $150,000 for the improve- E’Aenl of the harbor at the island of uam. OF INTEREST TO PEOFLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Postoffice Department to-day announced: The post- office at the Presidio, S8an Francisco, will be discontinued July 1. Postmasters ap- pointed—California—M. F. Spears, Mer- ced Falls, Merced County, vice Simeon Baker, resigned. Oregon—W. H. Flet- cher, Tanks, Umatilla County, vice De- witt C. French, removed. These pensions were granted: Califor- nia—Increase, James A. Garland, Berdan, $10; George W. Clark, Fowler, $8; Hiram H. House, Los Angeles, $8; Willlam V. Dillman, Veterans' Home, Napa, $10; Nel- son H. Brawner, Veterans’ Horme, Napa, $12; Isaac N. Ellis, Oroville, $8. Oregon—Original, Alonzo W. Lamb, Yoncalla, $6; Moses A. Welch, Riverton, $6. Washington—Increase, Joseph France, Walla Walla, $10; John Cole, Orting, $; Albert E. Goodwin, Mount Vernon, $S: John Q. Adams, Birdsville, 8. Widows, Mary D. Story, Redwood, $8. Army orders announce that leave of ab- sence for four months and permission to go beyond the sea is granted to Captain Charles G. Dwyer, Third Infantry, upon his being relieved from duty at the Pre- sidio, San Francisco. These patents were issued to-day: Cali- fornia—Jacob Aegerter, San Francisco, screw propeller; Charles F. Allen, Hue- neme, vaginal syringe; Willlam H. Ames, Watsonville, refrigerator case (2); James W. Bedford, San’ Francisco, :lfebeat launching device; Arthur F. L. Bell, Car- enteria, assignor to_Alcatraz Company, an Francisco, extracting and refining asphaltum; George S. Bennett, assignor to J. W. Thatcher, San Francisco, bat- tery; Henry -C. Black, Oakland, can-test- ing apparatus; same, can end soldering machine; Charles E. Christman, assignor to Motor Carriage Company, San Jose, muffler; Wendell P. Crane, assignor to S. Emanuel and J. N. Stevens, trustees, San Francisco, peanut roastér and popcorn popper; Emanuel W. Dunn, San Jose, oil burner; Henry T. Hazard, Los Angeles, suspenders; Ira G. Hoog, Los Angeles, train order box; John Hoey, San Fran- | cisco, bed bottom; Ross A. Ludlow, as- signor one-half to M. Ludlow, Hanford, transferring car or.truck; James D. Mc- Farland Jr., assignor one-half to J. Bruckman, San, Francisco, adjustable speed gear; Arthur Mullan, San Francis- co, apparatus for unloading ships' car- goes; Eugene F. Smith, Stockton, bicycle pum Ralph G. Whitlock, Los Angeies, device for holding removable leaves: Frank D. Wood, San Francisco, means for working ores by the cyanide process; Tacharia Xevers, Santa Cruz, stock or poultry feeding device; John N. Young, Alameda, heating apparatus. Oregon—Benjamin F. Blood, deceased, Forest Grove, J. S. Blood administratrix, swage block; John A. Bone, food cutter; Alvan B. Buren, Salem, burial vault; George H. Chance, Portland, picture hanger: Arthur Colé, Hood River, necktie frame; Martha O, Tell, The Dalles, drawer guard or_support. Washington—Rufus N. Méody, "Aber- | deen, marking machine; William J. Shiil- man, assignor one-half to J. F. Pullman, cheese cutter. e Atlantic Liner Loses Seamen. NEW YORK, May 21.—The North Ger- man Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, which arrived to-day from Bremen, lost two seamen overboard on the voyage and four others had narrow escapes from a eimilar fate. Stormy weather was en- countered during the latter part of the trip and last Friday six saflors, whilé on the upper deck trying to close two heavy iron doors, were caught in an enormous sea, which swept over the deck. Two of them_were carried overboard and drown- ed. The alarm was given and two life buoys were cast ‘adrift. The vessel steamed about the buoys for an hour and a half before giving up the search for the men. W. K. Vanderbilt was among the passengers on the Kronprinz Wil- helm. —_——— The Lyceum Clothing Company Is selling Hirschman Bros.’ strictly all wool suits, worth $15, for $585 at the manufacturers’ clothing sale. 915 Market street, opposite Mason. . —_—— King Extends the Time Limit. COPENHAGEN, Denmark. May 27.— King Christian, after a long conference to-day with the Premier, Dr. Deuntser, finally acceded to the proposal ' of the United States to extend for a'year the time limit for the ratification-of the Dan- ish West Indies treaty. This action was taken in spite of very heavy pressure Stearns, upon the part of the opposition press and | many of the royal family. GOPS WITH EVERY PTANO WE SELL Because we carry only reliable pianos— pianos that are worthy of the reputation of a trustworthy house. It s important that you buy your plano of the right house. There is no question about the quality of our pianos—they have the high- #st indorsement of competent judges. No mat, tor what you have heard about . our Prices,” it ‘will pay you to buy your plano THE WILEY B. igh of ALLEN ¢O., 931 MARKET STREET, San Francisco, All Market-street cars stop in front of our door. Branch 951 Broadway, Oakland. Maygers, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY; MAY 28, 1902. COMMI SSIONERS FILL VACANCIES IN THE RANK OF POLICE CAPTAINS OHN B. Martin and Marcellus O. Anderson, lleuteniants of police, were last’ night elevated to the rank of captains by the Police Comimission. The promotions were made to fill vacancies existing in the department, and in consonance with the results of the 2x- amination held before the Civil Service Commission at. which the two lieutenants? headed the list, Martin receiving an aver- age of 90.6 and Anderson 8.7 per cent. In announcing the appointments President Newhall added a few words of congrat- ulations. ‘‘We take great pleasure,” he sald, ‘in announcing - you both as captains of | police: We congratulate you on the result of your examination and also on your past records, which are a credit not only to yourselves, but to the department and the city as well.” ¢ John B. Martin was appointed to the police force on October 22, 1834, as a | patrolman, and was promoted to the rank | of sergeant on September 1, 1893. He re- ceived his commission as lieutenant June 1, 1899. Nearly all of the time he has been in the department he has been stationed - | in the business district of the city, and yenjoys a large acquaintance among the | business men. He knows his present dis- trict like a book, and will undoubtedly .be retained at the Central station. Person- | ally he is the most popular man in the department, and the men under his charge { felt as highly elated over his promotion | as though they themselves had been the beneficiaries. He is a magnificent speci- { men of physical manhood, of superd | courage and a tireless worker. His record is_without a blemish. Marcellus O. Anderson joined the de- | partment as a patrolman September 20, 1881, and became a sergeant December 9, 1895. April 4, 1898, he was:commissioned lieutenant. He has Been at the Southern station and in the southern part of the city during all of his police career, and at present is in charge of the Mission and Potrero stations. He is a model police- man, popular ‘with his men, and the good order maintained in his district attests his | | { | ONT PELEE A | @ ittt e b @ GAIN VISITS WRATH. Lieutenants John B. Martin and Marcellus O. Anderson Are Pro- . moted by Reason of Their Having Secured the Highest Per-|Secretary of War Speaks centages in the Civil Service Examinations Recently Held efficlency. He is a deep student and one of the best lettered-imen in the -depart- ment, TRETEE TG Continued From Page One. storm of rocks such as week ago. NOTED MEN MISSING. Robert T. Hill of the United States | Geological Survey left here for Mont | Pelee yesterday afternoon and has nopt ; returned, nor has he been heard from. | He planned to try to reach the crater from Morne Rouge, but it is believed to be impossible to reach more than the base of the mountain, the sides of | which are still red-hot from the flow of molten matter. | George Kennan and Mr. Jacassi, who | represent a New York magazine, have been absent in the north five days and have not been heard from. Friends of the noted explorer are beginning to worry. Morne Rouge was saved from de- struction last night only by a miracle, says a priest who was there. | Mont Pelee is quiet to-night, but the whole island is in a state of terror. The volcano is puzzling all the scientists, some of whom say the mountain has | thus far made only a beginning. Hill is said to have advised that all the northern villages be evacuated. ! Acting on this M. Clerc, owner of a large sugar plantation, has ordered all hands to Fort de France. ST. VINCENT IS FLOODED. | Thunderstorm’ Add—u to the Terrors of the Stricken Island. | KINGSTOWN, Island. of -St. Vincent, May 2.—On Saturday night the dense | clouds forming a cdnopy over the greater | part of the island lowered and a severe | thunderstorm, accompanied by . a‘' heavy | rainfall, broke over St. Vincent and con- | tinued ‘untfl to-day, causing ‘the mud streams in the windward district. of | Georgetown “to- be *flooded. The water | pipes were damaged, several houses were | washed away:-and two lives were lost. | The rainfall was so heavy that it dis- | turbed the bodies of burled victims of the | volcanic disaster and corpses with putrid | flesh hanging to the bones were exposed | to_view. | During the rainstorm the Soufriere vol- | cano appeared to give forth dense clouds occurred a { POLES DEPART IN INDIGNATION Warm Debate in Prus- sian Diet Causes a ‘Sensation. BERLIN, May 27.—The debate on the { bili providing for strengthening the Ger- man element in the Polish provinces of Prussia began in the lower house of the | Prussian Diet to-day. : The Chancellor, Courit von® Bulow, said | the Government was compeiled for the | sake of the security of the monarchy, to crect a bulwark against agitation in| | favor of granting Poland. constitutional krights. The Poles would be safeguarded, | but any effort to change the existing re- | 1dtions of the two nationalities would be | rigorously suppressed. | “Ihe Government's object was to con- | tinue the policy inaugurated by Prince Blgmarck in 1886. The present bill was only a commencement. ext winter lur-<‘ | ther measures would be introduced to strengthen the German element in the Eastern provinces, including an increase of salaries of the officials of the middle and lower ranks, and those of the teach- | ers,of the elementary schools. The Chan-| cellor , concluded with an appeal to the House to suPpor! the Government in its prctection of German customs and man- ners. Herr Fritzen, Centrist,protested against the expenditure of a quarter of a million marks while questions of greater impor- tance were shelved, on the ground of the bad financial condition of the State. b Herr Shuman, a Pole, bitterly de- rounced the Government for not keeping faith with the Poles, and. at the conclu- slon of his speech, the Polish members left the House in a body. . Herr Richter (Radical) during a scath- ing criticlsm of the bill said it appeared to have been “dictated from the saddle, with orders to advance and to attack with it at quick time, without regard to what might be trodden under foot.” The bill, he declared, violated the principle that all Prussians were equal before the law. was remarkable that the moment when the dictatorship paragraph was atolished in the West was chosen for the enactment of a similar exceptional measure in the East. The pronosed a tion was not German but ultra-German. ' L o e e e e e e e R Y ) | of the committee - of the week, and expect a measure upon | will unite. k 5 o of vapor and steam, rising to a consider- able height and spreading over the neigh- borhood. Roaring sounds from the moun- tain also caused apprehension of another eruption. Severe lightning lasted all night Saturday and Sunday. Eight inches of rain fell at Kingstown between Sat- urday and Monday and the heaviest downfall since the hurricane. Further interesting incidents which oc- curred during the recent eruption of the Soufriere volcano are. continually coming | to light. . While all the residents of the | village of Morne Ronde were leaving that | {)ln.ce by boat, a man who had declined to | leave was seen running up and down the' | | shore, screaming for help and saving that the ground was so hot that the water was_boiling and that lava was coming down the mountain. Tt was impossible to tescue him and he died a horrible death. A pathetic scene was witnessed when a father and mother, holding each other’s hands, the woman having an infant at her breast and with another child at her feet, were all struck dead together. The United States steamer Dixle has | done splendid work here and has rendered | Teat assistance to the Government. The Lmericans evines the greatest interest in the island generally. . Jamaica to Aid Sufferers. KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27.—The planters here, including the United Fruit Company, an American concern, are ‘warmly supporting the proposal to bring hundreds of the sufferers from the vol- canic outbreak on the island of St. Vin- cent to work on estates here, and also to settle them on the*crown lands. The Gov- ernment of Jamaica is being asked to make an offer to transport people from St. Vincent to Jamaica. . Flames on Martinique. CASTRIES, Island of St. Lucia, B. W. I, May 27.—Flames were seen on the island of Martinique at frequent intervals last night: They were visible from ‘the signal station at this port. FOR’ E FRANCE, Island of Mar- tinique, May 26, 9 p. m.—For the space of one hour flames rose from the cfater to the height of 150 meters. The crater seemed to be about 300 meters in diameter. Ashes From the Volcano. ROSEAU, Island of Dominica, B. W. I, May 27.—During the whole of last night ashes from the volcano on the island of Martinique fell here in ' greater quantity than has been experienced since the out- break of Mont Pelee. Depots for Refugees, PARIS, May 2.—In order to avold a possible epidemic among the 7000 refugees now at Fort de France, it has been de- cided to distribute them among a number of depots. GUBA PROBLEM llLL N AIR Republiéans in the Sen- ate Are Not Yet Decided. ‘WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Republi- can members of the Senate Committee on Relations with Cuba held a meeting to- day but reached no agreement. Members say they believe an agreement will be reached before the end which the majority of the Republicans :'The conference was not. complete. Sev- eral Senators had to attend other meet- ings and. left early. Such progress was made, however, that Senator Platt, chalr- man of the committee, expressed the be- lief that an agreement would be ‘obtained at the next meeting. The' Republican members of the com- mittee are agreed on the proposition to make a reduction of 20 per cent in tho tarifft on Cuban importations and to fix/ the time for such reduction at five years, but some of the Senators desire to couple with this a provision to the effect that none of the benefits of the reduction shall g0 10 any trust. Others luggeat a reciprocal requirement from Cuba that that country shall model its labor and immigration laws in accord- ance with suggestions to be made by the United States. Both these propositions are antagonized, and It is not yet certain whether anything will be done in these Tespects. The present indications are that the bill which will be reported will pro- vide «for a straight reduction of 20 per cent, to run for five years, and that there will be few, if any, other propositions in it. It is now believed that all the Repub- lican members of the committee can agree on such a measure. S Hobson Will Be Retired. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs has agreed to report favorably the bill providing for the retirement Ri a B lhobot Naval Constructor CAPTALIIT | TN B ITRRTIN Gro wErrLy oarrFlc’/RL PolLlcs o, NEWLY MADE CAPTAINS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE —_— & BOYCE PLEADS FOR SOCIALISM Policy of ‘the President of Western Miners’ - Federation. DENVER, May 21.—One. h ed and sixty-five delegates were in attendance | to-day-at the annual convention of the | Western Federation of Miners: The pre- | Iminary work was disposed of ‘at the morning session, and this afternoon Pres- ident Edward Boyce deliverédd his address, in which he strongly advocated the par- ticipation of the labor unions-in: politics. Boyce =aid that fifty new unions had been admitted to the. federation ' during the year. He continted: During the past ten years”the smielter trust, lead trust, amalgamated‘ coppier trust, metals relling trust, steel trust agd. rallroad trust or combination. &ll of. which are the offspring of | the Etandard Company or.trust, have sprung Into existence, and” are to-day threatening the mining industry of the United States and Can- ada by dictating the terms upon which-the in- dividual operator sMall dispose of the product of his property and the wages workingmen shall recelve for produeing. this product. But not satisfied with this control they reach further and threaten the very existence of the peopls enguged in other vocations, but necessarily de- pending upon the minivg industry. All this Power to coerce and exploit the people has been acquired by law, The relations betwesn employer and employe are becoming more strained every day, as the trust magnates know, they bave nothing to fear from organized labor as it is now consti- tuted. : If the Chinese and Japanese are an unde- sirable element, let workingmen exclude them by collective ownership of the rallroads, the coal mines and metalliferous mines and steam- ship lines, and operate them for the beneflt of all, not for the benefit of a few Individuals who tratflc in humen life and human misery. In my report to the convention in 1897, I sug- gested that while we had an opportunity to own and operate mining property we should engage in it without delay. However, this suggestion was not acted upon, but the sentiment of a large percentage of our membership to-day Is in favor of this action. The most important action which we can take st this conventlon Is to advise the mem- hors of your organization to adopt the princi- ples of socialism without equivocation, for the time has arrived when We must sever our affillations with those political _parties who. have legislated us into our present state of in- dustrial bondage. § T earnestly hope that the members of the e e e It is commonly inherited. v Few are entirely free from it. = Pale, weak, puny - children are afflicted with it in nine cases &ut.of ten, and many adults suffer: from Common indications -are bunches in the neck, abscesses, citaneous- erup- tions, inflamed eyelids, - sore -ears, ric- kets, catarrh, wasting, and general de- bility. 5 Hood’s Jar;ap@%illa and Pills i Eradicate it, positively and absolutely. This statement is based on the th sands of permanent cures these: medi- cines have wrought. (' w of remarkable cures mailed on HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass.” = | { nacle in honor of the visitors. ROOT REPLIES T0 THE CRITICS of Expenditures in Cuba. General Wocd Declared to Have Had Cause for Using Money. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G' STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, May 27.—Secretary of War Root. to-day met the attack that 1s now being made on the War Depart- ment by Democratic representatives for extravagance in the expenditure of Cuban tunds under Brigadier-General Wood and Major-General Brooke, by frankly assum- ing the responsibility, therefore declaring that the expenditures were made legally and with full authority. “I thought we threshed ail this out a year and a half ago,” sald Root. “When these charges were first made, we showed that every dollar expended in Cuba had been accounted for.” It was said at the War Department tc-day that it is true that General Wood, as Military Governor of the .Island of Cuba, had received an allowance for the purpose of, entertainment and other ex- penses that were necessary because of his position in the island. The position required large expenditures for thé pur- puses of entertainment. It was stated that General Wood was quitting Cuba poorer than when he went to the island, and that in consequence of the expenses he had to meet he had encroached upon other sources of income. > With reference to payments made to Gcemez, the Secretary -of War thinks it very doubtful whether the Democratic Corgressional Committee will go so far as to attack the wisdom and propriety of these payments. General Gomez, at the enc of the war, which he had led with such success on behalf of the Cubans, was penniless, and without any means of support, with many followers and re- tainers looking to him for help. He was a man of great influence, whose advice was valuable and one of the greatest powers for tranquillity in the island under American rule. Such money as was paid to him, it is said, met with the approval of the Cubans, and General Gomez, in return, rendered valuable service in the direction of preparing Cuba to take her place among the nations. PRESIDENT IS ASKED TO PROBE A TRUST Charges Are lhde\ in Chicago Against thé Electrical Supply 2 Dealers’ Association. CHICAGO, May 21.—A communication was sent to President Roosevelt by in- dependent electrical supply dealers speci- fying charges against the National Elec- trical Supply Dealers’ Assoclation, and requesting that he direct the Attorney- General of the United States to seek evl- | dence in Chicago to prosecute the officers and members as parties to an alleged {llegal trust. The men who signed the statement sent the President an offer to furnish evidence in support of their charges and, if court Procecdings are muthorieed; fo & pear as witnesses for the Government. The com- munication charges that officers of the Assoclation have conspired with the Na- tional Electrical Manufacturers’ Asso-| ciation and among themselves to drive | out of business, exterminate and crush all independent electrical supply manufac- turers and dealers. Such a conspiracy, it is declared, has been in existence for the last two years and its purpose has been to create an electrical supply trust con- trary to the statutes of the ted States. The officérs and members of - the supply trust, it is charged have blacklisted, boy- cotted and illegally attacked independent supply dealers; they have imposed fines on members for selling to independent | deajers; they have employed spotters and | spiés to destroy trade rivals; they have increased the cost of electrical supplies to the public 65 to 100 per cent and far be- yond what the actual value of such sup- plies justify; have employed arbitrators and supervisors and have raised and low- ered prices without regard to natural con- ditions. SRS TR, Odell Is Entertained by Wells. | SALT LAKE, Utah, May 27.—Governor Benjamin B. Odell, of New York, and party, including Mrs. Odell, Miss Odell, Mr. B. B. Odell, the Governor's father; Miss Odell, sister of the Governor; Sen- ator T. E. Ellsworth, President pro tem- pore of the New York Senate, and Major Bird, the Governor's private secreiary, spent the day ulshl!eeln( in Salt Lake. e party arrived here last night from the West and were the guests of Gov- ernor Wells during the evening. To-day an organ recital was given at the Taber- The party left this afternoon for the East over the Rio Grande Western. and will stop to- morrow at Colorado Springs. L e Western Federation of Miners and the members of all other labor organizations will in the immediate future meet in convention for the purpose of taking political action regardless of ~either dominant political party. At this time it s my earnest desire to retire from the office of president, as I be- lievo it is necessary that I should have a rest from the cares and responsibilities that neces- sarfly r#st upon the president of this organiza- tion. DAY ORATORY N0 JOKE NOW Sale of Intoxicants National Capitol to Cease. in House Passes Important Im« migration Measure of Shattuc, a2 RS WASHINGTON, May 2.—The House to-day passed the Shattuc Immigration bill. The feature of the day was a lively debate on the question of prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors at immigrant stations. It was precipitated by an amendment offered by Bowersock, of Kansas, to prohibit such sale, which was carried—83 to 13. Landis, of Indiana, followed this vic- tory with an amendment to prohibit the sale of intoxicants in the Capitol and it prevalled by a still larger majority—108 to 19, The bill brings together into one act all the scattered legislation heretofore enm- acted in regard to the immigration of aliens into the United States, arranges it in sequence, etc., eliminates what has become obsolete by reason of subsequent legisiation; amends some of the adminis- trative features, and also adds some pro- visions to the general laws and others made necessary by the extension of the territorial limits of the United States. Among the more important changes are thcse increasing the head-tax on allens coming into the United States by land transportation from $1 to $150; adding to the excluded classes epileptics, persons who have been insane within five years, anarchists or persons who advocate the overthrow of government by force; pros< titutes and procurers, (whose importa~ tion is now a felony, but whose entry is not prohibited); broadening the word ‘‘contract” in the contract labor law to include “offer, solicitation or promise;” providing for the fine of steamship com- panies which receive at the port of de- parture allens afflicted with loathsome or contagious disease, instead of provid- ing. as now, for their deportation on ar- rival here; extending the time within wkich an allen who becomes a public charge may be deportad from one to two years, and providing that immi ts over fifteen years old should be able to read in some language. Just before the session closed a special rule was presented to make the bill for coinage of subsidiary silver a continuing order until disposed of. A vote will be taken on the rule to-morrow. TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOKS has just arrived from Chicago and they are ready for distri- bution at the business offive of this paper. All Call sab- scribers are entitled to a copy ot this great Cook Book at the premium price of fifty cents. An additional charge of 20 cenis to pay expressage will be required from out of tewn subscribers ordering by mail. —_— DEATH CALLS THE WIFE OF A PROMINENT BANKER Mrs. Florine Arnold Seligman Dies ix New York After an Opera- tion. NEW YORK, May 27.—Mrs. Florine Arnold Seligman, wife of Alfred L. Selig- man of the well-known family of bank- ers, died at a private hospital in this city at 3 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Seligman was operated on for the removal of a tumor at 1 o’clock on Monday afternoon and death was due to excessive hem- orrhage and shock. The attending surgeons saw, lbflrt? after the operation had been performed, that Mrs. Seligman might not live and Mrs. James M. Leopold of 357/ West Eighty-fourth street, a cousin and her nearest blood relative, was sent for and it is understood that Mrs. Leopold was with Mrs. Seligman when she dled. Mr. Seligman, who has been in ill health for some time, is 1fving at 36 West Seventy- fifth street. 4 Mrs. Selifn’lan was the only child of Mr. and rs. El W. Arnold and was born thirty-five.years ago. Shortly after her marriage to Seligman the young couple went to San Francisco, where Seligman became the assistant manager of the Anglo-Californian Bank, the Pa- cific Coast branch of the banking-house of J. & W. Selixman. i Camorta’s Survivors Are Landed. NAPLES, May 27.—The German steame er Koenig Albert, bound from Yokohama and Singapore for Hamburg, to-day land- ed at this port twenty survivors of the steamer Camorta. A dispatch received at London, May 14, from Rangoon, said that a lifeboat be- longing to the steamer Camorta, overdue at that port from Madras, had been picked up in the Bay of Bengal. It was believed that the steamer foundered dur- ing a cyclone on May 6. Besides her 650 passengers, who were natives of I[ndia, | the Camorta had a crew of eighty-nine. ADVERTISEMENTS ‘Noteworthy Facts. Apollinaris Sales in 1901 exceeded the Enormous 1900 Figures—28,000,000 bottles Apollinaris *“THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” " Bottled at, and impotted from, the Apollinaris Spring, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, charged only with its ES FAVORITE BRUSHE FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, boo:‘blhekl. bath- wers, bor::blndu-. candy-makers, s flou: LUCHANA - BROS,, Erush Manufactursrs, 609 Sacramento St A3 OWN Natural Gas DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Malled on Applieation. COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. 1 CWILSON & C., 00 Botiey scme Telephone Main 1384 v i FRESH AND SALT MEATS. AS. 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