The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1903, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY DECEMBER 14, 1903. 10 SO0N VOTE ON CUBAN BILL Reeiprocity Measure Will Come Up for Final Consideration and Passage on Tuesday SENATOR BAILEY OPPOSES aperiaP s Spooner to Follow With Favor- able Speech, After Which Treaties Will Bé Taken Up G R WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The Sen- #te will vote on the Cuban reciprocity bill on Wednesday accordance with the unanimous agreement entered into during the special session and until the vote is taken practically the en- tire time of the Senate will be given to the discussion of the bi Senator Bailey will be the first speaker of the | week understood will con- sume the gre art of the day. He bill and will devote alarly to a presentation utional aspects -of - the He will be followed by Sena- who also will discuss the ons involved, but favorable to the the questior has e remginder of the week after C of the Cuban bill, but it is od that the way will be pre- the taking up of the Pan me nd Chinese treatios immediately the is Christmas holidays. expected Senator Hoar will ure consideration relative to the recognition vernment of Panama by the tes to se House convenes to-mor. ideration of the pénsions ap- bill in committee of the will be résumed. —— - WANTS BILL tion AMENDED. American Protective Tariff League | Would Modify Cuban Treaty. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Finding at ] ipossible to prevent the the Ctiban ‘reciprocity bill te next Wednesday, the 1 Protective Tariff League, as al effort to either kill or ect of the treaty, .ha portant amendments \\hl"£ nds will seek to have added to The first proposes to so Il as to guard against the low-priced coolie labor nd of Cuba, and reads: d, that reduced rates of duty ‘uba herein provided ect until the Cuban have first passed and executive shall have ap- ve that in ourpcse and ef- similar to the immigration contract labor laws of the tes amendment drawn up by f the X ue is said to be American shipping and ch shipping as Cuba may have This amendment or hereaftey. r enacted that reduced uty on imports from and ex- the United States and Repub- of .Cuba herein provided for shall only to commudities carried in vessels of country of origin.” Wilbur F. Wakeman, treasurer and al secretary of the league, has 1 in town for the las: two days talk- er the bill with Senators and Rep- He has not found much the matter of the by the league, t has been' practically understood hat the bill would pass the Serate as it came from the House and that there would be long delay in the confer- ence committe On this acec that the amendm of being adopted. —————————— it furthe: ing © resentatives enceouragement in amendments proposed unt it is not believed now s have a chance ET. LOUIS, Dec. 13.—Attorney General Craow who, since his return from New York last week has been convalescing from a severe cold t the residence of A. C. Btuver, suffered a and is in a serious condition ADVERTISEMENTS. PAUL ELDER & CO. Open @ Evenings @ Dec. 12th to 24th FOR 3 Christmas Shopping a a great variety of tasteful and original articles from Books and Pictures to Jew- elry and Brocades. QL Visitors are re- minded that The Chil- dren’s Book Room and a large portion of the Holiday Display in The Art Rooms are be- vond the main book shop. PAUL ELDER & CO. 238 POST STREET. Holiday Gifis EYE GLASSES OPERA GLASSES KODAKS _ And Other Useful Asticles, P been arranged | of his | REAR ADMIRAL TAYLORWOULD E A BUCKING BRONCO BESTRID e g REVEALS SCOPE OF LAND FRAUDS Secretary Hiteheoek’s Report Deals With Conspiracies of | Speculators in the West | i g st WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—In his an- nual report Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department says that in accordance with the act of Congress | providing for the construction of lrrl-] | gation. works for the reclamation of( arid and semi-arid lands in the West- ern States, a reclamation service was organized, surveys made and various | projects considered. A contract has been let for the con- struction of diversién works in the Truckee River, Nevada, and also of a {canal to carry waters to a reservoir on the Carson River. Investigations in connection with othér projects are rapidly approaching the point where contracts can be let for their construc- tion. Two additional forest reservations | have been established and two have been slightly reduced in area. At the close of the fiscal year, it was estimadted, ' there were in California 36,965,530 acres of land unappropriated | and unreserved, while - 19,718,027 acres | were reserved and 43,286,363 acres ap- propriated. | WESTERN LAND FRAUDS. On the subject of protection of pub- lic lJands the report says: An average of fifty-eight special agents of the General Land Office were employed during the r in_investigating -alleged fraudulent land e protecting _the public | timber trespags or illegal appro- P Entries to the number oc 7081, iIn which traud was charged, were referred to these eRts for investugation, 1267 were heid ation or suspenaed on special agents’ reports and in 414 cases hearings were ordered, o entr ed, 663 were examin | and foun ud, leaving 18,341 cas | pending on July 1, 1903. During the past year there have been indicted and arrested in the State of Oregon, charged with forgery and conspiracy to-defraud the ment, a United States Commissioner and three others, the first being a woman. The United States Commissioner has been removed trom her office and all are awaiting trial by thc leged that several hundred entries and were made before this Commission- er, all of which have been or are being ex- amined by officers of this department. Suits Liave been brought in a number of instances in 3 s to vacate patents and to re- ublic domain the lands acquired alleged fictitious entrymen. ation has <lso been received of the by the Federal Court in the Northern lifornia of three persone for sub- ornation of perjury in connection with the en- try of land under the timber and stone act These convictions, it is alleged, are the first of their kind for fifteen years in that section, and it is believed they will have a wholesome moral ct toward stopping fraudulent transactions of this character. At any rate it is the pur- the department to pursue with unflag- ging zeal until justice is meted out to them, all persons shown to have committed frauds | against the Government by unjawfully acquir- ing any portion of the public domain SPECULATORS IN CONSPIRACY. Nearly a year ago information reached the department which _strongly indicated that frouds of a serious nature had been and were being perpetrated against the Government under what is known as the forest reserve lieu land act of Jure 4, 1897, by & combination of land specuiators on the Pacific Coast. The informa- tion and indicated frauds were of €6 grave a character that I at once directed a thorough investigation to be made. This investigation was commenced last January and has been conducted by those having charge of the actual work with great care and with all possible expedition corsistent with thoroughness. The investigation has proceeded step by step with- out intermission unds ; personal direction, and every clew to wrongdoing has been quietly followed to its source, with the result that it is bellef of those in charge of the that the guilty parties will be appre- hended und speedily brought to justice. It has been my determination from the begin- ning that the matter should be probed to the bottom regardless of the apparent Influential character of some of the men involved, and the has been conducted throughout along these lincs. The work is now nearing comple- ticn and the whole matter will at an early date be in shape for definite and appropriate action inst the offenders. S hile several hundred thousand mcres of public lands are involved in the illegal trans- actions brought to light, the number of acres which petents have been obtained by the T rpetrators of the frauds is comparatively | Bmal. The statements widely circulated to the effect that five United States ators and 2 large number of Representatives were im- Blicated, and that the lands involved would Teach in value 815,000,000 or $20,000,000, are | without foundation in fact During the fiscal vear ended June 30. 1002, were 4022 entries under the timber an Sone et 25308 acres, while there were 12,240 5,222.43 acres, an increase over the previous year of §227 entries and 1.219.968.45 acres. The increase in the | activity of this class of entries affords food for serions. reflection. lsl'SPEND$ ACTION ON ENTRIES. In the fall of 1902 reports of irregularities in the making of entries under this act on the Pacific Coast were so numerous and persistent that on November 18 of that year I directed the Commissioner of the General Land Office | 10 suspend action on all entries made under aid act in the La Grande. Lakeview, Oregon City and The Dalles land offices in Oregon; the Eureka, Redding and Sacramento offices In | California_and the Seattle and Vancouver of- fiéhs in Washinglon until proper investigation thereof could be Getermined. The reports of special agents detailed for that work are now being received by the Gen- eral Land Office and this department and such | action taken thereon as the facts appear to warrant. Where the entries are shown to be bona Aide in character and covered by the letter, and spirit of the act they are promptly passed to patent. . it appears that they have been made for speculative purposes or in the | interests of some pérson or persons other than the en, a hearing is ordered, and the entrymen cited {o show cause why the entry | should not be cancelled. Notwithstanding the extreme care exercised by this department fo protect the public tim- bered lands from unlawful acquisition under this act, the entries thersunder have, nevér- thelees, as stated, increased vastly in number., The act, when legitimately observed and fol- lowed, such facilities for the acquisi- | tion 'by ipdividuals and corporations of vast bodies of the public timbered lands that it is one of Breatest mi on the statute books to-day against the avowed policy of the Government 1o preserve the remaining public !lands for homes for uctual settiers. Further experience in the administration of | this law confirms the opinion heretofore ex- st fiscal ye , embracing made and their bona fides s estness the recommendations above mentioned on this sutject. | YOSEMITE PARK AFFAIRS. | On the subject of national parks the | report says that travel through Yo- | semite National Park has been consid- | erably greater during 1803 than in any i previous year. The superintendent re- | ports that the fact that toll is de- manded of the ordinary visitor on all |the roads now in use which lead through the park to the Yosemite Val- ley is very objectionzble. Some of the roads are in bad condition, the corpo- rations owning and operating them only making sufficient repairs to pre- vent forfeiture of their charters. The Secretary renews his recom- mendation to Congress that the toll roads in the reservations be purchased, with a view to making travel over them free. Considerable, space is given in the report to the grazing of ‘sheep on for- est reserves. As & of a recent decision of the Uni District n it says, & OFFICIAL WHO WANTS THE | GOVERNMENT TO” GIVE HIM MOUNTS. l | e e Asks Navy Department to Furnish Him With Three Horses. Paymaster Geperal Harris, chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts, has made application to the Secretary of the Navy for three horses, which he states are required in the performance of official duties. The Secretary has re- ferred the question to the Controller of the Treasury, who evades a positive decision by saying that an officer may keep one horse or more, according to his rank, at Government expense, pro- vided his official duties fequire the use of the animals, and leaves it to the Sec- retary to decide the paymaster gen- eral's need of thrce horses. The claim is made under the navy personnel law of March-3, 1899, which gives army pay and -allowances, to naval officers. Sec- tion 13.of the act has-been the subject of much contention and litigation, and has kept the Controller and the caurts busy, and the end is not yet.. The par- ticular section reads: ‘“Commissioned | officers of the line of the navy and of the medical and pay corps shall receive the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for the officers of corresponding rank in the army.” As Paymaster General Harris has the rank of rear admiral, which corre- sponds with that of brigadier general in the army, it would seem that he is entitled to the pay and allowances, in- cluding herses, but not to the forage. Inasmuch as army officers in Washing- ton gcting as chiefs of bureaus have allowances as mounted officers, Rear Admiral and’ Paymaster General Har- ris, as chief of the bureau of supplies and accpunts, is also to be considered as a mounted officer and entitled to the three horses at Government expense, but he must bear the cost of their feed. There are five more rear admirals in ‘Washington who are chiefs of bureaus who would be entitled to horses, besides those who have retired since July, 1899, the ¢tlaims of which will undoubtedly be presented and admitted in due course of time. The chiefs of the bu- reaus of yards and docks and of con- struction, although ranking with rear admirals, are not included as mounted brigadier generals: ; v TRAINING NAVAU' ENGINEERS. . The naval board appointed :.to de- vise a system of education and train- ing of commissioned officers for . .en- gine rcom duty is said to have formu- lated a plan which is shortly to be| submitted to the Navy Department. It provides for the selection of:such: ensigns who after two years' servige| at.sea show._personal inclination ‘and fitness for the engineering branch. These officers are then to be. sent to the engineering school to "be estab- lished at Annapolis, and after a two or three years’ course shall be consid- ered as @ligible to engineering duties only. This distinction is to be indicated in the naval register by some mark against the name of the officers. se- lected for this exclusive ‘task. This plan is not likely to be favorably re- celved, for it is simply a return, thinly disguised, to the conditions of six years ago, when there was a separate en- gineer corps. Then at least induce- ments were held out in higher pay to enginéer officers in some of the grades of corresponding relative rank with line officers. The latter then objected to this discrimination and the extinc- tion of the engineer corps followed as a result of the personnel act of ‘1899, the engineers being absorbed by the line. The pay was equalized and mean- ingless titles conferred on the férmer engineers. blunders in naval legislation through which a comparatively small number received individual benefit at the risk of impairing the efficiency of the ser- vice. As the Army and Navy Regis- ter tersely states it: “There must be, sooner or later, a return to an engin- eer corps; at all events, there must be provision Tor engineer officers, with or without corps organization and inde- pendence. * * * The glamorous spec- tacle of the ‘fighting engineer’ has been tried and it ought to be relegated to the pile of the unused along with other fictions which practice has proven archaic.” There is a solution in, sight of the L] re . To Cure a Cold in One Day. P, ) Ny It was one of the greatest | BRITISH RIDING- | MASTERS EXCEL General Carter Will Report on System of Remounts and Ef- ficieney of Army Instruction ———— LONDON, Dec. 13.—General William H. Carter of -the United States army, who has been investigating the remount system of the British army with & view to reporting to the general staff of the United States army, had a farewell in- terview with H. O. Arnold Forster, British Secretary for War, yesterday. He will‘ leaye England to-morrow for the Transvaal. Every facility has been afforded. General Carter here, and he expresses -~ his appreciation of the friendly spirit of the war officials, and especially of the remount bureau, which arranged ‘for his investigations. At Aldgrshot a squadron of the cele- brated Fourteenth Hussars and a bat- tery of the Horse Artillery were pa- raded before General Carter, who high- ly praised these organizations, and particularly the quality of the horses. The general thinks the excellence of | the British cavalry and the Horse Ar- tillery is due to the system of supply- ing remounts and to the efficiency of | the corvs of riding masters, General Carter visited Woolwich and Sandhurst. He does not think these establishments compare very #a- verably with the military academy at West Point, but he says the results ob- tained are most satisfactory consider- ing the brief period of attendance of the cadets. Accompaniéd by Major John H. Beacon, the United States mili- tary attache in London, and the head- quarters staff general, Genéral Carter has gone to Canterbury,ewhich is the depot of all British cavalry regiments and where special facilities for an in- spection will be afforded them. @ Ik o @ ! naval engineer problem which prom-, ises satisfactory results. During the recent war with Spain twelve warrant machinists were appointed, and this| num- | number has steadily increased, bering now 150. - The chief of the Bu- reau of Navigation repcommends a fur- ther increase of fifty, which is likely to be authorized. 5 WARRANT MACHINIST CORPS. The warrant machinist has to a large extent taken the.place of the Annap- olis graduate engineers, and the suc- | cess with which the duties have been performed proves that comparatively uneducated but practical men are as qualified for service in engine rooms as highly educated officers with less practical experfence. It is not to be expected that the corps of warrant ma~ chinists will' always be content with their status and pay, but will in the near future del d-afid obfain . such rank and emoléimeénts as their respon- sible, dutfes entitle them to. Already they have organized a society for the purpose, as is alleged, of improving its members through research and dis- cussion of professional subjécts. This is- but the initial and proper step to-! ward improving the eondition of the corps, and it will not be long before the warrant machinists corps will take the place of the defunct engineer corps, and the history of the thirty years' war, prior to 1899, between the line and engincers will be on again. Two concrete drydocks begun less than two years ago at Kiel are approaching completion, one being nearly ready for service. They are located side by side with an intervening space of seventy- five feet. Each dock is 574 feet in length, with an entrance of 98 feet and with twenty-five to forty feet depth of water over the side, according to the stage of the tide. Considerable en- gineering difficulty was experienced in the construction, as the docks are butt for two-thirds of their length in deep water, no piling being used, and the structure rests directly on the clay sub- soil. As the great depth, from forty to seventy feet below water level, made it imnossible to uSe any method of copperdam construction, ‘recoufse was had to the pneumatic process, using a suspended caisson. The completion of this work will give the Kiel dockyard six docks, and there will be a like num- ber at Wilhelmshafer, where three docks_are under construction. 4 AN UNQUECKY VESSEL: The: British cruiser Hermes, which, according to a dispatch last week, was seriously damaged by fire at the De- vonport dockyard, has been an unlugky ship. “Completed in 1889, she was sent to thesNorth Atlantic station, but re- turned in less than a year with her Belleville boflers irreparably injured and the engines in such bad cendition as:to necessitate the expendittire of $100,000 for repairs. The ruined beilers wege taken out and Babcock ‘& Wilcox bollers substituted and during the ‘re- cent maneuvers these boilers™gave asat- isfactory results as to steaming, but becanse of the great volume of smoke which they emitted they were. not looked upon with favor by the fight- ing branch of officers. The ship,: at the time of the accident, was prepar- ing for a race with the Hyacinth to test the comparative efficiency of their respective boilers, and the damage to the ship and machinery has caused a postponement of the intended ocean race, v The armored cruiser Berwick, 9800 tons, 22,000 horsepower and 23 knots’ speed, was placed in commission No- vember 27 last. The ship was buflt-by the London-Glasgow Shipbuilding Com- pany on the Clyde, her keel being laid in April, 1501, ahd the time of epn- struction has therefore been onlv 2 years and 7 months. 3% ‘The three new battleships to be built at British dockyards, while of the same displacement (16,250 tons) the: five ships of the King Edward VII class now under construction, will ‘have greatly increzsed armament and ave-to carry four 12-inch, eight:9.2-inch and six 6-inch guns. This is an increase of four 9.2-inch and a reduction of four 6-inch as com with the that: §erious Disturbance Oeccurs at Railroad Camp in Oregon on the Refusal of Demands Dy CHASE AFTER OFFICIALS R Nineteen Shots Are Fired, but Not-One of Them Strikes an Escaping Roadmaster — 3 LA GRANDE, Ore., Dec. 13.—When 150 Greek laborers who have been re- pairing the Oregon Railroad and Nav- igation tracks near here found that they: were expected to pay their own railroad fare back to Portland there was a riot. The Greeks were brought here a short time ago by the corporation and on the completion of the work yester- day were paid off. The men then de- manded free transportation back to Portland, whence they came, alleging that they had been promised tickets both ways. Upon their demand being refused they held an indignation meeting and again waited upon William Bol- | lons, i the roadmaster of .the Oregon i Rallroad and Navigation Company. | He ag-ln’re(used to give them trans- | portation,”and the infuriated Greeks | chased him and two hinor officials | more than a mile into town. . Duriny the chase nineteen shots were fired at Bollons, but none hit him. The fare to Portland is $3. It develoved to-night that Bollons, while fleeing from the enraged Greeks, returned their pistol fire and seriously wounded two of them. The ipjured men are being cared for by the railroad company's surgeon at their offices here. Bollons will not talk about the affair at present and the other officials can- not be found. —_——— Pretty papetries in beautiful Envelopes and paper tied with silk ri bons. Handsome and useful for Chris: mas. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. R e e ] to be carried the entire length of the vessel amidships under the protective ideck, ard from this bulkhead others will branch out at frequent intervals dividing the underwater part of the hull in water-tight compartments. | | CRUISER qRAKE IN BAD SHAPE. ‘ Teaks, alarming in extent, have de- 1 veloped in the armored cruiser Drake, and the ship is to bé sent to a dock- vard for the investigation of the pub- lic. The Drake has béen in commis- | sion attached to the cruiser squadron less than a year. The conviction is growing in the British navy that the Cruiser of the so- called county class are far inferior to | ships of other navies of approximately the same displacement. Sixteen ships 1 of this class have been built, namely: { Ten of 9800 tons and six of 10,700 tons: ! In all of these gun power has been sa ! rificed for speed. "The main batteries of the'2800-ton ships are compesed of { fourteen 6-inch guns; ‘the 10,700-ton | vessels ‘¢arry two: 7%-inch and- ten 6- inch guns. The German, French, Ital- | ian, Japanese and Russian ships of sim- :1Inr types and smaller djsplacement carry much heavier armament. In the | United States navy the three so-called | protected cruisers Charleston, Milwau- | kee and St. Louis, which are really ar- | mored cruisers of 9685 tons, are almost | exact copies of the British 9800-ton | ships and carry fourteen 6-inch guns. —_———— | CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 13.—A telegram re- | ceived from Vardoc revorts that the steamer , Orian has been destroyed by fire and that | three of the crew and three passengers per- ished. boxes. ! | that the malady is caused by the sting |IRATE CREEKS ~ \DOG FOLLOWS ~ [ROPE AWAITS MAKE ATTACK| MASTER'S BODY Faithful Canine Reveals the Location of the Remains of a Man Drowned in a Biverl ANIMAL RUNS FOR MILES ——en Search Made by a Pet Adds a Pathetic Feature to an Accident in Washington State PRy SN Special Dispatch to The Call. — | TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 13.—The body | of William Nevins, who was drowned Friday in Whatcom County, would | probably never have been recovered | but for one of his faithful dogs. The animal followed Nevins' body as it/ floated four miles down stream from | the scene of his accidental drowning. | The dog -bayed over his master's re-| mains until a searching party arrived | to carry it home. Nevins resided at Van Horn, Skagit County. He was drowned on the Up- per Sauk River by the capsizing/ of a | boat in which he was going up that| stream on a hunting expedition. With | a companion and four dogs, together | with deer he had killed, he got into a| boat and pushed off from the shore. The boat was quickly caught in an| eddy and was overturned. Nevins’ companion managed to cling | to the skiff and escaped. Nevins was| carried down the stream, his body | lodging on a sand spit four miles dis- | tant. His favorite dog followed down | stream until it came upon his body. —————————— FRANK ESTUDILLO DENIES CHARGES OF CONVICTS | Former Turnkey of San Quentin Saysl That He Never Retained Any | Money Not His. Frank Estudillo, one of the two for- mer attaches of San Quentin prison charged with retaining money .which passed through his hands belonging to convicts in the prison, absolutely de- nies the charge. The accused man was sedn yester- day and said that while an officer at San Quentin he never received a cent from any of the prisoners, except what came through the mails. This money, he says, he was compelled to handle as turnkey of the prison. Estudillo says that all money of this nature handled by him was turned in at the office and a receipt taken for it. When the former turnkey heard that the Prison Board was intendin, to have him come up before it, he ex- pressed a willingness to appear before it and vindicate himself of the charges. e o itier Cause of Sleeping Sickness. No little interest continues to be tak- en-in the ease of the three negroes af- flicted with the sleeping sickness, who are now under treatment in Paris. Dr. Brumpt, who has brought them from the dark continent, is of the opinion of.a fly, and that it has some resem- blance to. meningitis. Animals have been incculated with the human virus. and it is hoped that a remedy will be found for this peculiar disease. One of the patients is in the last stage of the complaint. He was formerly strong and vigorous, but he has been reduced to such a state of lassitude that he can hardly move hand or foot. He sleeps two out of every three hcurs. When he is awake after a fashion he can scarcely glance around him and seems quite insensible to everything that is | going on. In fact, the unlucky negroes look- as if they were under the influ- ence of a strong sleeping draught all | he would never die on the gallows. the time.—London Telegraph. L A MURDERER Slayer of a Deputy Sheriff| Must Die Unless the Gov-| ernor Chooses to Interfere| ‘. EFFORTS OF FRIENDS FAIL Seven Times Bert Ross Has Been an Occupant 6f the Chamber Near the Gallows SAN QUENIN, Deec. 13.—After hav- ing had the date set eleven times for being hanged Bert Ross is once more in the death chamber and doomed to die on the scaffold next Friday morn- ing. Ross has been an inmate of the con- demned cell for nearly four years and at seven different times has occupied a bunk in the death chamber. His caSe has been aired in the lower courts many times, as well as reviewed by the State Supreme Court several times. New trials have been granted. stays of execution ordered, and even the United States Supreme Court has passed on a technicality in the plead- ing. Through it all Ross has maintained a stolid demeanor, has thrived on prison diet, and at all times asserted The final decision has been at last obtained. There are no more tribunals to appeal to and unless Governor Pardee int feres this week will be the murderer's last on earth. Ross himself realizes the fact. His nonchalant air has been discarded and | in its place one of extreme repentance has been assumed., He occuples the death chamber in which Theodore Dur- rant was incarcerated. Guards D. Kelly and B. Merritt have been as- signed the duti death watch. They assert that Ross occupies his time in praying and weeping. He doés not deny the fact that he committed the deed which ended the life of a Deputy Sheriff, but claims that he struck the officer on the head with a bottle sim- ply to stun him. of gl MAN SINKS INTO COAL MINE AND IS LOST Tragic Fate Befalls a Citizen of Hen- ley, England, as He Walks Along Street. LONDON, Dec. 13.—There is conster- nation in the town of Henley, in Staf- fordshire. A man while walking through a street yesterday suddenly sank through the footway into the earth and was engulfed in a coal mine long since disused. All attempts to rescue him were fruitless, owing to the poisonous gas.. A funeral service was held to-day near the spot where | the man sank. It was atténded by the Mayor and thé members lof the cor- poration. The “town ecounéil is now facing the proPlemraf how todeal with the disused ceal pits which undermine the district. . 3 . YANKFE FABOR LAWS EXCITE ENGLISH WRATH Premier Sedffon Will Call Case of Harper to the. Attention of the Colonial Secretary. LONDON, Dec. 14—The correspond- ent of the Daily Malil at Wellington, N. 2., says Premier Seddon, has drawn Colonial Secretary Lyttleton’s attention to the case of Harper, the New Zea- land bank clerk, who was prevented landing at San Francisco by the United States labor laws. The correspondent adds that the case has created great indignation and that Premier Seddon has declared that such treatment will not be tolerated. (MCCLURE'S MAGA ZINE. 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