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. FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1902, GENERAL YOUNG DEFENDS ARMY ngs Tribute to the Men Who Fought in the Philippines. Scathingly Rebukes the De- famers of Our Patriotic Soldiers. i gt CAMP IS READY “FOR PRESIDENT Members of Bear Hunt- ing Party Join Him at Memphis. Guides Promise Chief Execu- tive That He Will Have Some Good Sport. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—A- banquet | was given at the Arlington Hotel to-night in honor of the representatives of forelgn commercial bodies who came to America | to attend the dedication of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and who arrived | in Washington from the metropolis for a short v to-day. In addition to the foreigners, there were.prosent Secretary Shaw and Postmaster General Payne of President Roosevelt's cabinet,. Admiral Dewey, Generals “Corbin, “Young and | Wood, members of the diplomafic corps and foral business men. The table was set in oval shape, and’; was decorated with large yellow chrysan- themums-and American Beauty rose = Barton “Hepburn, the chairman of the | ommittee on reception of the New York Chamber..of Commerce, sat at the head of the table with Embassador Cambon | of France on his right, and*Embassador | Herbert of Great Britain on his left, while to'.thé right and left of the Em- bassador were seated Prince. Henry of ! Pless and-“Count Quadt of .the German Embassy. Hepburn introduced - speakers, among -whom were Secretary Shaw and Mejor General Young. Secretary Shaw_in part said: I thank God that the day has come when na- shall no longer war without cause, when t uavies arc Do longer looked upon as threatening the peace of the world and when armaments and fortifications have lost much of their terror. The United ‘States was“a Jarger consumer of foreign prod s during the last fiscal year than ever in its. history The universal recognition of the great truth that the good fortune of any one class of individuals ever redounds to the edvantage of al d the prosperity of the peo- ple of any country ever bepefits all nations would be -of inestimable ‘advantage’ to - the world. But if this principle shall ever be uni- versally recognized commerce must -be _the schoolmaster and chambers of commerce kin- | dergartens of instructfon. I have met within the last few days distinguished representatives of foreign chambers and listened to eloguent speeches from th in the current language of thjs countr: In some instances this was hot h gue, but they found it to their dvantage to educate themselves AVORS TEE METRIC SYSTEM. 1 do not know that the miracle of Babel will ever be reversed, but if it shall be the conven- ! e and Dot the fear of floods m. 1 Go not know that the w er .adopt uniform standards of weights and measures, but I gm convinced that | such & course would be to the advantage of commerce; and if this ever shall be accom- | plished, the metric system, for which we ac. k to nations represented afford the solu- values will soon be | nowledge indebiedrese and governments that provide than the gold stemdard for local | every international > bar their people from the world's commerce. ning when I suggest that some ps nearer than we guage and in uniform and = denominations of | o, my excuse for the vision shall n one dream of yesterday. is struggle in the years that not be for commercial su- sacy must mot be sought for A sentiment more worthy cples (I prefer this term to ‘‘world ) would be the recognition of debtor- | In recognition of blessings dent to & civilization planted by previous generations, zed, nurtured and ad- let the swiftest wings of ned seed of modern ideas to for the blessing and I lands, v advanceme: 1 peopls | General S. B. M. Young, in speaking on | “Our Soldiers in the Philippines,” said | t much comment on the army in the | Philippines had passed berond the limits of criticism and descended to absolute vilification. e said the statements came from unreliable persons and from com- paratively few individuals. The com- plaints did not come from the Filipino people or from the foreign originated wi press, but h our own people and were against n soldiers. The accusers bad trie “convince the world that our soldiers are barbarous savages.” He did not think it right for these persons to create the impression that isolated acts were characteristic of the American army. He continued: DEFAMERS ARE REBUKED. one diers behave in the field. soldiers were nev. numercus, but for a time were very noisy, and some of our good peoplc 1 there was some truth in their state- were a few good people that sincerely ved that a voyage across the Pacific actualiy had turned their brothers and | lovers, fathers and uncles, into bloodthirsty | savages. All of the army’s defamers wer: denscly ignorant of what constitutes the laws of wer, the nature of the warfare waged by the F and the conditions that prevail i any war, civilized of otherwise. I do mot re- call 2 single case of a good soldier of experi- ence, acquainted with the conditions that ex ist in the Philippines, thet has publicly ecriti- cised_adversely the conduct of our soldiers in the Philippines. The election 'is now passed, and those who expected to gain political advantage by as- | saihng the army have failed in their object and the results have buried that question for- ever as a political one. T feei now that I can spesk the truth about our soldiers without be- ing accused of having political bias or defend. ing them for political effect. Taking into con- sideration the circumstances surrounding them, our soldiers in the Philippines behaved re- markably well—better than any other natiow | expected or than we had any reasonable hope to_expect | During the Civil War the fire in the rear from the so-called Copperheads was what the Union soldiors most feared. There may have been some excuse for the existerice of Copper- hesds in 1861, but what possible excuse could there be for an honest and reasonable man tc become 2 fire in the rear of the Filipino cam- paign? | If every accusation that was brought agginst these soldiers were true, the stay-at-homes, these befoulers of their own nest, these seek- ers after notoriety, these active disturbers of the peace of mind of the brave, patriotic wives CheHuh CHAS.KEILUS. & CO. EXCL.U SIVE HIGH>GRADE CLOTHIERS e, S e F YOU HAVE NO- DEFINITE IDEA- OF YOUR WINTER SUIT OR OVERCOAT. OUR RERUTATION, COLOSSAL. \VADRIETY, AND EXPERIENCE. 15 AT YOUR SEIVICE : ,.fi 3 & o *13Z % KEARNY STREET THURLOW BLOCK {at Smedes without a permit. | their friends | known what defense or excuse the. allied CLARKSDALE, Miss.,, Nov. 13.—Pres- iGent Roosevelt was joined at Memphis v. the members. of .the hunting party— Tresident Fish of the Iilinois Central, General Counsel Dickinson of the same road, General Parker of New Orleans, ohn McElhenny, formerly lieutenant in the Rough Riders; Major G. A. Helm, W. W. Mangum and H. L. Foote. The lat- ter three are Mississippi planters and well known bear hunters. Foote is considered one of the best shots in the State. Par- ker has had charge of the preparation for. thé hunt and-thé President appears to be greatly pleased with the arrange- e camp is located fifteen miles east of Smedes, on the banks of the Little Sunfiower River, in a practically unbro- ken wilderness. There are no settlers for miles in any direction. The oak, ash and cypress forest is choked with an undcr- growth of vine “as thick,” Parker said, “as the hair on a dog's back.” A trail hag been cut and the camp and horses have been provided for the party. The camp itself consists of three sleeping tents and one cook tent. Hoke Collier, a negro who was a scout in the Confederate army during the Civil War and who af- terward acted as a guide for General Wade Hampton, has charge of the pack of hounds, which has been at the camp for a week. Among them is the m celebrated bear dog in this country. He is now the property of Foote. This is his last hunt, Parker told the Prasident, as| he is old and decrepit, though he has one more hunt in him it means bear. Col- lier, Parker said, was credited with hav- ing been in at the death of 1600 bears. I d to have killed nearly 10 in a single on. *“It will be rough work,” Parker. “That is exactly what I want,” respond- ed the President. “And we will have bear meat for Sun- day dinner,” added Parker. “Let us get the bear before we arrange for the dinner,” replied th2 President, laughing. Mangum and Hoke Collier are to act the President’s guides. A heavily | ridge beycnd the Litt.e Sunflower, there is a chanc: for panther as iwell 2s bear, is to be tried first.” Later be loos>d in the cuis amps on this side of the the brake: river. “When we strike the trail,” said Par- ker, “we will follow it until we get what made 3 ] “That is the kind of talk I like to hear,” lied the President. expedition has been aided to kecp the curious away from the camp. jThe houn-is w1 ir the { country for miles around its location is owned by the Illinois Central road, but of course there would be no way of prevent- ing an invasion of onlookers. It would be, however, practically impossible for any one to reach the camp on foot and ar- rangements have been made to prevent any one’from obtaining a horse or mule In this way the managers of the hunt believe that privacy has been assured. | TENNESSEE MURDERER IS LYNCHED BY A MOB Negro Prisoner Is Taken From Of- ficers and Hanged in Court- House Yard. LEWISBURG, Tenn., Nov. 13.—John Davis, a negro, was hanged in the court- | house yard to-day by a moh of 500 men for the murder of Robert Adair, a farmer | living near this city. Adair's body was found in a terribly mutilated condition in a field near his home here this morning. He had started.out in pursuit of a tenant who was steallng his corn and when his body was found the stock and barrel of a small rifle and a knife covered with tlood were also found near him. The knife was-identified as the property of | Davis. The Sheriff organized a posse and | went to the house of Davis and found a pile of bloody clothes, but the murderer Lad fled. He was caught half a mile from town, wounded. He was brought back and the Sheriff and Rev. John Harris made an appeal to the people to allow the law to take its course. The mob, however, was deaf to all entreaties and hanged the ne- gro in the courthouse yard. AR L Kabyle Insurgents Are Routed. LONDON, Nov. 14.—Special dispatches received here from Madrid say the Gov- ernor of Tetuan, at the head of 1000 men, magched out against the Kayble insur- gents and after five hours’ fighting suc- ceeded in routing the tribesmen. | @ i @ and mothers, should ave had the decency to present their wild fancies to the proper au- ‘h}?rl"uu ill;ileud of trying to convince the whole world that our own brother were barbarians. 4 Rst Mhitpcn 1 say that the American army is the most humane army that ever waged war, and I could bear out my assertions by the Filipinos and Chinese and even the Spanish prisoners. It it had not been for the intense desire of the American people to carry on an easy, per- suasive: war with the Filipinos, and the ‘good faith in which the American officers acted (o carry out that desire, the Filipino war would have ended in much less time. You feel con- fident that our little Japanese friends would have stonped the pattering of e barefoot ““Nttle brown brothers” through t Jungles in a very short time, and that the aggressive @rmy of our German friends would not have ewed with cauanimity the burying alive of as our soldiers o the home sentiment. ki GOOD FAITH OF SOLDIERS. General Young said that the Filipino generals did not know anything about the laws of war, but that the American soldiers in good faith tried to carry out such laws as are recognized by civilized nations with a half civilized foe. There were isolated cases where officers ex- ceeded their authority and where laws ‘were violated, but violations of laws are committed all over the United States ev- ery day. He réferred to the ‘“‘barbarities’” inflicted upon the soldiers by the Fili- pinos, and said he thought it was a per- fect wonder that there were so few vio- lations of the laws of war by the volun- tues troops. He defended the soldiers from making use of churches for hospitals and quart- ers, and said that in many towns churches afforded the .only shelter for footsore and weary troops. He claimed that the burning of houses and supplies was one of the oldest weapons and was used in all wars, civilized and uncivilized. He said that up to the time of the mas- sacre of the American soldiers in Samar, he believed that the Filipinos had burned about ten times as much as the Ameri- cans. He declared that there had been few cases of looting and added: Since the knowledge became general of the very extensive looting and pillaging by the allied powers in China not much has been said about the looting in the Philippines. It is not cis have for permitting the extansive looting and pillaging on their march to Peking unless they should say that they were not at war with China. In that case their soldiers can be acquitted of the charge of looting and their looting becomes theft or robbery. I am proud to sav that the American army officers and soldiers have been universally credited with exercising £reat care over the rights of prop- erty in China. but not until- he had been twice | PROSECUTION OF MASCAGNI . o OME, Nov. 13.—Foreign Minister Prinetti has instructed the Ital- ian Embassador at Washington to lend all possible aid to Sig- nor Mascagni, the composer, in his difficulties and to go to Boston if nec- cessary. Several Senators and Deputies have given notice of their intention to in- terrogate the Government on the Mas- cagni affair at the opening of Parliament. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Mascagnl's troubles have not yet been brought to the attention of the State Department, and should. Secretary Hay has no power to interfere with the course of justice in the Massechusetts courts. Signor Mayor Des- planches, the ftalian Embassador, is now lin Boston and it is supposed that, with | the Italian Consul there, he will adyise the composer of his actual rights before | the Boston courts. | BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13.—Secrecy veils the negotlations between the Italian Em- bassador, Signor Edmondo Mayor Des- | planches 'and Pietro'Mascagni, the Itallan { composer, whose widely heralded Amer- ican tour came to a disastrous emnd in | Boston within three weeks of the maes- {tro’s arrival in the United States. The | Italian Embassador arrived in Boston this | morning. He came for the purpose of | investigating the troubles of Mascagni, and was immediately driven to the Tou- cian. Desplanches Avas met at the sta- | tion by members of the Circalo Italiano |and will make his headquarters at the | Hotel Lenox during his stay. “Mascagni and bis troubles must have a leave of absence from the press till I do not know exactly when,” explains AMascagni’s private secretary. ‘‘Perhaps if you come to-morrow I may be able to | tell you something.” “But will the Italian Embassador meet | Mascagni?” “I cannot tell you. I cannot tell you anything,” pleaded the busy private sec- retary of the great composer. “You will not think me rude, will you? But Signor Mascegni has just come and I must go to him.” During the early afternoon the Embas- sador left the Lenox and drove down to the Touraine to get a correct and thor- ough version of Mascagni's troubles. At. the Touraine, twenty minutes later, Mas- cagni's secretary was still a very busy man. After the Embassador's departure from Mascagni's apartments early in the evening, (the composer's secretary an- nounced to the walting reporters that no further information would be given out Lefore tormorrow. Mascagni' refused to receive any one except his personal friends. @ iimimininieiiedeieieieinteieiele bbbt @ | PRESIDENT GOMPERS SCORES ELIOT —_—— Continued From Page 1, Column 3. make every effort in that direction and are largely successful therein. The men of organ- tion as a last resort, after conciliation has ab- solutely failed, and then arbitration only volun- tarily entered Into by'both the organized work-. ers and employers, the award voluntarily, hon- orably and faithfully adhered to by both 'sides. The object which advocates of compul- sory incorporation of trades unions have in view, Gompers declared, was “‘to mulet or cutlaw our unions:* -~ . On the subject of “Jurisdiction Proble: and Danger,” the report says: IS NOW APPREHENSIVE. 1 may truly record the fact that never for one moment since the formation of our federa- tion have I cntertained a doubt or misgiving as to the growth, success and permanency of th: American_Federation of Labor, and T would not now ‘be apprehensive of its future were it not forced upon my deliberate judgment, which Pas Geveloped into a firm conviction, that un- less our affillated national and infernational we shall at no distant day be in the midst of an internecine contest unparalleled in any era of the industrial world, aye, not even when workmen of different ' trades were arrayed against each other behind barricades in the streets over the question of trade. No combination of labor's enemies need cause us the apprehension which this fraticidal strife does in the claims made by unions for the extension of their trade jurls- diction. There s scarcely an affiliated organ- 1zation which 1s not engaged in a dispute with | several organizations) upon the question of ju- risdiction. It is not an uncommon occurrence for an organization, and several have done so quite recently, to so change their laws and claims to jurisdiction as to cover trades never contemplated by the organizations’ officers or members; never comprehended by thelr title; trades of which there is already in existence a national union. And this without 2 word of advice, counsel or warning. Without in any way being desirous of influ- encing your judgment upon any one of the cases which may claim your attention, it is strongly urged that action be taken by this convention that shall tend to check the indis- criminate attempts made to extend jurisdiction of any organization without the consent of the organization of the trade already in existence. URGES SPECIAL WORK. Gompers urged ‘“‘unremitting efforts” to secure the enactment of the eight-hour | bill now before Congress, and recom- { mended the appointment of ‘a special com- | mittee to take the subject of inaugurat- ing the eight-hour workday for all wage | earners into consideration and report a | plan to this convention. He recommend- ed that the legislative committee and of- ficers of the federation be directed to continue their efforts t& secure the pass- age of the antl-injunction bill in its orig- inal form as passed by the House and to | oppose any amendment calculated to im- | pair the fundamentally. lawful action of the organized workers in their efforts to | secure improved conditions. Gompers also recommended to favorable consider- ation a federal law proposed by Henry Cohén of Colorado and J.J. Sullivan, pro- viding that ‘“‘corporations shall not be deemed citizens of the State of their cre- ation, and when they come into the fed- eral courts claiming the right to have their .cause adjudicated by that tribunal on the ground of diverse citizenship, that | this allegation may be denied by. the op- posite party and all proceedings shall be immediately stayed and the issue present- ed shall be first tried, and if any of the members of the corporation are citizens of the same State as the opposing party the court shall refuse to take jurisdiction in the case.” Gompers discussed the subjéct of Chi- nese exclusion at considerable length. He said: It was clearly evident that there was some ulterior purpose by those in control of the leg- islation in Congress that the law as passed should not be an entirely satisfactory one to labor. After reviewing the entire sublect, It s clear to my mind, and it is the opinion of all competent to speak, who are in sympathy with the purpose of effective Chinese exclusion: That Chinese subjects of Great Britain or citizens of the Republic of Mexico (and per- haps those who may pretend to be the subjects or citizens of either) may come to the United States at will; that the courts will so hold should a test case be made. The Chinese can be excluded only by sympa- thetic administrative action of the federal au- thorities. 7 That the entire question should be reo by Congress and an effective, comprehens) 3‘3 law enacted. Senator Turner of Washington has introduced a bill repealing the following clanse of the Chinese exclusion bill: “So far as the same are not inconsistent with treaty obligations, un. til_otherwise provided by law. In reopening the subject we should endeavor to secure the enactment of that bill. AN EDUCATIONAL . TEST. A moderate educational test for immi- grants was advocated and' the crime of child labor denounced. Notwithstanding the suspicion that those responsible for federal legislation ‘have not been either fair or just to la- bor,”” President Gompers advised. persist- — g the officers there see no reason why they. raine to confer with the unfortunate musi-* ized labor want arbitration, but only arbitra- | uniens radically and squn change their course | another organization( and in some cases with | AROUSES THE IRE OF ITALY Italian Embassador Journeys From Washington to Boston to Hear the Composer’s Complaint. £ e, # h NOTED COMPOSER WHOSE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND ARREST AT BOSTON HAS CAUSED THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE REP- RESENTATIONS TO THE UNITED STATES ABOUT CONTROVERSY. ey ent efforts in this direction. In this con- nection he said: In a recent address delivered by President Roosevelt he publicly proclaimed his conviction in favor of wage earners organizing for their mutual and common protection, and this has been verified by his action as well as in pe sonal cenversation. Certainly, when the Pre: dent of the Unrited States will give his adh: sion to the necessity as well as the wisdom of | the wage earners organizimg it should be not | only a cenvincing factor with the yet unorgan- ized, but should disdarm or put a gquietus upon | narrow-minded, short-sighted’ and prejudiced | employers. ‘It is very gratifylng to find the President of the United States in his last mes- | sage devoting a considerable portion thereof to questions affecting Industry and of benefit to | the wage earners, In conclusion President Gompers thank- jed his fellow trade unionists for their co operation, advice and sympathy, saying: The respect of which I have béen the recip- fent at the hands of my fellow tollers has sunk deep into my heart and left its impress in my entire being, character and make-up; the re- spect which I pray may continue—aye, even af- ter death. The words of praise accorded by the speaker to President Mitchell of the Mine ‘Workers' Union were greeted with great applause. . Becretary Morrison's report, which em- bodied much detall of routine matters, was then read. The report of Treasurer Lennon was the one brief documgnt of the day. At the conclusion of the reading of the treasurer’s report President Gompers broke into the routine proceedings to in- troduce Mayor Samuel M. Jones of To- ledo, who made a short speech that pleas- ed the delegates greatly. The report of the executive committee was then read by Vice President Duncan. At the conclusion of the report af the ex- ecutive committee an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. The evening was largely spent in the organization of various committees. @ il el @ NEWARK DRIFTS TOWRRD SUMNER Ferryboat Is Disabled and Nearly Bumps Into Transport. —— The ferry-boat Newark became disabled near Yerba Buena Island last night, and had it not been for the timely assistance rendered by the,Southern Pacific freight boat Thoroughfare the. drifting vessel would have borne down on the United States transport Sumner and a serious accident would probably have resulted. Soon after the Newark left this city on her 10:45 o'clock trip a piston slide snapped and the machinery became use- less. The vessel drifted in the direction of the Sumner and Captain Leale whistled for assistance. The Thoroughfare re- sponded just in time to avert a serious disaster. The Thoroughfare towed the crippled vessel in the direction of the narrow gauge ferry, and when within 500 yards of the slip the towline snapped and the Newark once more commenced to drift. She was made secure again and the passengers were landed about 1 o'clock this morning. Captain Blaker of the Berkeley says he heard the signals of distress, but seeing the thoroughfare l‘vtprolchlnt proceeded on his way to this city. ‘What caused the accident Captain Leale is unable to state. There were but a few passengers aboard at the time and little or no confusion prevailed. The Newark was rebuilt but six weeks ago and her machinery was believed to be ‘of the soundest. TIWBER KNG ATTEMPS T0 FIDCOVER Continued From Page 1, Column 4. pleces of land applied for in said applica- tions. As a result of the publication and. posting of such notices numerous protests have been made by the miners residing in the territory adjacent to these lands, who clalm, and offer testimony which seems to be credible and sufficient, that POLIGE SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY Leaves the Home of His Adopted Parents in Kansas City.. Proprietor of Hotel Merritt Is Suspected of Having Abducted Him. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. KANSASITY, Nov. 13.—There is grief and anxiety at the home of Mrs. Willlam avenue, over the disappearance of her adopted son, Charles M. Dixon. The hus- band, William Dixon, is° absent from home, having been at Roosevelt, O. T., for several months. Mrs. Dixon is firm in. the belief that Charles Dixon has been | Calitornia. The boy, who is 12 years old, was adopted by. the Dixons In 185, the other contracting party being Mrs. Lillie B. Gibson. Mrs. Gibson, the wife of the boy away, is the natural mother of the lad. She married Gibson eight years ago. The Gibsons have resided for several | band is proprietor of the Hotel Merritt. Three weeks ago Mrs. Gibson's adopted S. Gibson on a street car. Three or four days -later Gibson called at the Dixon home and made complaints about the al- leged bad treatment of the boy. He said | nothing about wishing to take the boy away, and Mrs. Dixon's suspicions were not aroused until Tuesday night. The boy came home earlier than usual on | that day and acted in a pecullar manner. | He failed to return home last night and has not been seen by Mrs. Dixon since. | As this is the first time the boy has ever | remained away from home over night and from other circumstances which have transpired during the last few days Mrs. | Dixon is confident that the boy's former stepfather has either induced him to ac- | company the Gibsons to California or has | abducted him forcibly. It is sald that the boy preferred to reside with his adopted parents and had refused to leave the Dix- ons. The police are trying to learn when Gibson left town and if he went alone. porfion T Seabi GIBSON IS ARRESTED. | Belief That He Tried to Bring Away Misused Boy. OAKLAND, Nov. 13—Information re- celved here to-night indicates the arrest of Mr. Gibson on a charge of kidnaping his stepson. Gibson left here six weeks ago for a trip through the Eastern States. He visited his stepson on his way to the Atlantic coast and found the boy com- plained that the people who are his legal | guerdians, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Dixon of Kansas City, were treating him cruel- ly. After providing the lad with a sup- | his way East. He returned to Denver | and called upon his stepson. The latter | informed him that the Dixons had taken ! from him the money that Gibson gave { him & | Mrs. Gibson said to-night that this ac- | tion probably angered her husband, who is impetuous. She thinks he attempted to | bring the boy with him to Oakland and was arrested on the complaint of the ! Di¥cns. Charles Moran is a son of Mrs. | Gibgon by a former husband and is 12 [ years of age. SHAW FIGURES OUT HIS NUMBER OF VOTES Southern Jurist Decides He Elected by Plurality of Eléven Hundred. | LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13—Judge Lucien | Shaw stated to-night that from the latest | figures which he has received on the offi- cial count in various counties in the north he is now of the opinion that he has been the lands are in a mineral belt and that" elected Associate Justice of the Supreme some portions of the same contain placer mines and quartz claims. Some of the lands are claimed specially as claims held by parties who seem to show that they are actively engaged in mining on these grounds.” CONFIRM THE CHARGES. In his communication Commissioner Hermann includes statements made by several California parties who are con- cerned in mining. Their testimony is in confirmation of the general allegations made by the State Mineralogist of Cali- fornia as to the taking up of actual min- eral lands in California by the use of lieu or timber selections. lands in question in the Redding district include seven selections. Among thess who have protested against these selec- tions are Chappel and King, who aver that they are the equitable owners of two mining claims that have been taken in by the Walker selections of land, and that they have for a long time continuously worked the Taylor quartz claim and the extension thereto as a gold and silver bearing claim, and that they bought the property from Taylor brothers in July, 1902, paying $5000, and that a crew of mem are now working and were working on the mine when Walker posted his selec- tion. + W. A. Montgomery also has written to the department that he is the owner of a “jumped” mining claim, and H. 8. San- ford. is his partner. The mining property ie on Grouse Creek, so it is set forth. Montg6mery claims nat. the property has been worked vigorously by him as a mine and says' it would be impossible for tim- ber locators or timber cruisers to operate through that section of country without observing these mining operations. Frank P. Davis and D. B. McDaniel make aft- devit that they have three quartz lode claims on the ground that has been taken up by Walker, and that there are numer- ous mineral—quartz and placer—locat!ons in one section of the land. D. B. Me- Daniel, Willlam Smith and Major A, Car- ter also make affidavit concerning the mineral character of the land. LAW. FOR LOCATORS. Commissioner Hermann's letter to the land office ‘'at Redding is very long. One general statement included in it is of in- terest to all locators of public lands. This is as follows: “The rights of both the selector and the Government are fixed by law, and when the conditions of exchange provided for in the act of June 4, 1897, have been fully executed by the selector it remains for the Government to perform its part and to patent the land selected if no legal ob- Jection to such act shall appear; but even if the matter is resting within, the discre- tion of the Land Department, good ad- ministration demands that after an offer of exchange has been fully completed by the selector, and no objettion thereto ap- pears, that no change be made or al- lowed in the 'selected land. “By an application to select under the provisions of sald act the land included theréin is segregated and set apart from other disposition; and it is not in the in- terest of public policy to allow a selector to change his selection at will, thereby segregating different areas of the public domain and thus preventing the disposi- tion thereof by dthers entitled thereto.” ————————— BOSTON, Nov. 13.— wionete Dave Murhorteed the: Morioe ..,?,‘"P..‘;.";; Railroad to issue ‘1’&}000 additional shares of common s /000,000 3 ty year bonds. y T DU mining | The Walker | | Court by a plurality now estimated at less than 1100. He fully realizes that such a plurality is extremely small, consider- ing the total vote of the State, and he knows that there is a possibility that his opponent, Judge Farnsworth, may yet be counted in, but Judge Shaw is taking a more hopeful view of the sifuation than | he did last night. | to the plurality mentioned. In that state- | ment he puts the case thus: Starting on a basis of partial returns, which { leaves me 8844 plurality, dnd calculating that I will receive in remalning precincts the same proportion of the remaining Republican vote | (on the basis of a total vote of 1900) that I re- | celve of Amgellottl's vote as reported, I will | sustain losses and gains in unreported precincts as follows: Losses—Colusa 228, El1 De- rado 650, Glenn 130. Inyo 227, Lake 429, Mariposa 464, Modoec 92, hasta 659, Stanislaus 372, Tuolumne 223 | Yolo 232, Alameda 602, Amador §2, Butte 437, Del Norte 68, Mono 100, Monterey 525, Napa 134.+Santa Clara 427, Santa Cruz 125, Siérra 00, | Siskiyou 400, Solano 357, Sonoma 134, Sutter T4, | Tehama 420, Trinity 122, Yuba 70; total, 7842 | Galns—Alpine 6, Mendecino 350, Sacramento 1141, San Mateo 47, Humboldt 416; total, 960. Net loss, 6882. Otficlal and unofficial additional returns from other counties give additional net losses of 1140, which makes a total net loss of 8022. This, taken from my reported plurality of 8841, leaves my plurality 822. . To-day in the official count in_this county I made a gain of 192, which makes my total plurality 1014, b i SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.—Governor Gage has signed a reprieve for Bert Ross, convicted of murder in San Luis Oblspo, till February 16, 1 Dixon, at Thirty-third street and Myrtle | | kidnaped by W. S. Gibson and taken to | man who is supposed to have taken the | years in Oakland, Cal., where the hus-| | son reported to her that he had seen W. | ply of pocket money, Gibson continued on | and from there again visited Kansas City | Is| | succession of roll calls, In which the ma- He has issued a state- | ment showing on What he bases his claim | | | for a five years’ AVISE. NATION 10 RETALIATE German Agrarians Favor Tariff War With Uncle Sam. Reichstag Authorizes Govern- ment to Prepare for Reprisals. —_— BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The Reichstag to- day adopted by 197 to 71 votes the para- graph of the new tariff bill authorizing the Government to retaliate on any coun- try discriminating against German goods. The Agrarians openly affirmed that it was necessary to arm the Government with weapons for reprisal. especially against the United States customs prac- tices. Dr. Brumer, National Liberal, cit- ed an Instance in which he said $200,000 worth of enameled goods were ordered in Germany for New York, but the specu- lator asserted the customs officials “changed the classification at the la- stance of the American trust,” whereup- New York importer canceled the t was proved to the customs of- ficlals,” sald Dr. Brumer, “that the in- veice was in exact accord with the Ger- man sellers’ books and that instead of the goods being undervalued the books show- ed that shipments had been made to In- dia at still lower prices.” Dy Brumer furher asserted that the customs officials’ treatment ,was dictated by the interests of the home manufac- turers, and he continued: It s said that we must not offend the United States, but they will respect us more and we shall gain more by showing our teeth than by always giving pleasant words.” Herr Gothein, Radical Liberal, replied that such words were no fitting epilogue to the sentiments expressed by Count Po- sadowski, the Home Secretary, in the presence of the Foreign Secretary, Baron von Richthofen, at Embassador White's farewell. dinner. “They will make discord,” he continued, “after the wishes spoken there for friend. ly relations with the United States. Why empower the Government to do some- thing it does not want to do? Although the present Government would not apply the paragraph, some succeeding Govern- ment might commit such a folly. Retal- jatory duties are the weapon of Chauvin- ism and not of patriotism.™ Herr Fischback, Radical, said all the chambers of commerge were opposed to a tariff war with the United States. Herr Broemel, Radical, remarked that if Germany adopted retaliatory measures against the United States because of reg- ulations which applied to the goods of all countries, it would be a serious breach of the existing treatles. It is asserted that the Ministry has not decided to drop the tariff bill, as publish- ed in London, but is determined to per- sist until the dissolution of the Reichs- tag in June. The tariff debate will prob- ably be abruptly suspended by -the pres- entation of the budget in a few days, in- stead of waiting for the first week in De- cember, as previously intended. Chancel- ler von Bulow finds that the Reichstag’s time is being wasted and wishes to em- ploy the House on the finance bill. As soon as the latter is read the Government will take up the tariff bill, when the lapse of time will have reduced the ma- jority in the House to a more yieiding disposition. The Ministry also has decided not to agree with. Russia or any other country extension of existing commercial treaties. The proceedings in thé Reichstag to- day demonstrated that the House rules can and will be changed so that the tariff obstructionists will no longer be able to prevent the dispatch of business. By a jerity commanded more than 200 votes out of an attendance of less than 300, the Reichstag determined to set aside the or- der of business and take up a motion to change the rules. CHINESE NEWSPAPERS ) PREDICT ANOTHER WAR Declare That a Conflict Between Great Britain and Germany Is Inevitable. SHANGHALI, Nov. 13.—Unusually strong articles are appearing in the Chineso newspapers, declaring that by the with- drawal of the British troops from Shang- hai to Wei-hai-wel and the withdrawal of the German forces from here to Kiao- chau the independencd, of the Yangtse Valley is still menaced. The Chiness want the British and Germans to get out of China altogether, instead of merely evacuating Shanghai and withdrawing (o their respective garrison stations in Chi- na. The papers add that a coaffict be- tween Germany and Great Britatn is in- evitable. United States Will Be Benefited. LONDON, Nov. 13.—Colonial Secretary Chamberlain in the House of Commons to-day denied that the Bond-Hay conven- tion prohibited Newfoundland from ac- cording preferential duties to her mother country and her colonies. But he ad- mitted that if such preferences were made it would also, in the terms of the convention, -gply to the chief imports of the United States. —_— BERLIN, Nov., 18.— Count Lanta. 41 Bisca, Wil give s Sioesegor: urday to Embassador White and_the Marquis de Noailles, the Frenc A% h Embassador, who is KITCHEN REQUISITES.

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