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TODAY'S FORECAST. FOR THE DISTRICT OP SOUTH ERN CALIFORNIA: FAIR WEATH ER ALONO THE COAST: WEST ERLY WINDS. VOL. XL. NO. 57. "STOP!" -:- We mean to startle you with the beautiful line of $15, $16 and $18 Sack Suits That we are showing for the summer season. Just come in and be convinced. MULLEN, BLUETT & CO., Corner Spring and First Streets. CRYSTAL PALACE, 138, 140, 143 S. Main St. — EVERYTHING IN — Crockery, Glassware and China, Silver Plated Ware and Cutlery, Baby Buggies, Kitchen Goods, Etc. For the Rich and for the Poor. DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT OUR GREAT CLEARANCE SALE GOING ON NOW. MEYBERG BROS. ■>■ uirfiftqfr BEST, SIMPLEST, HANDSOMEST MOST DURABLE AND EASILY fcWJMfe WE»I ADJUSTED, FINEST FINISHED j ;jj FOLDING BED MADE. THE WINDSOR FOLDING BED UTOTHE WINDSOR onenptei less space thaa any other foldlnjr bed, and csn be easily moved from one room to another. When closed it It si ornament to any room, hay tg 'he appearance of a wardrobe. Hts easy to open and close, Is perfectly noiseless, well vcn'tia.o.l, nai amplo room lor all neces-ary bedding, which is no! disturbed wnen closed. It bas 110 oompMcated machinery or springs to ft oat of order, and, in fact, Is so perfect «• to hare bo rival. We have them at all prices. Call and see them, whether yon wish to bny or not. LOS ANGELES FURNITURE COMPANY, 225, 227, 229 S. Broadway, Opp. City Hall. HBLD IN MECHANICS' PAVILION, BAN FRANCISCO, ENDING FEB. 18, 1893. GRAND SILVER MEDAL Z&J^WS*.. SILVER MEDAL K?oi°^^ 08 ™ OIM> " BorMli,oßl ' CTT T7i7D TUTTi A T FOB\IOBT ARTISTIC 9PEOIMBNS TLLTJBTRAT- O-Ll-J V J_yXV IVI Pil Jtt I 1 ing tbe Platlnotype, Atlsto and other processes. SILVER MEDAL ~ OBT AKTTSTO MUIQmm 0F "Four Medals Out of a Possible Four." »,o^X P "1 220 SOUTH SPRING STREET. Ig^&.&ffa WILLIAMSON'S MUSIC STORE. VENRV F. MILLER, W—\ I A IN. I <**"* MATHTJSHEK, BEHR BKOTHERB, I—*' lAX IXI \1 BRAUMCTLLUR, B. HMnuiwrtftH * ' SMITH & BARNES, NEWMAN BROS., /~i C 3 f"H AMQ NEEDHAM Air Circulating Reed Cells. V —' ~ VJ> w Silver Tougued. A FULL LINK OF MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. SEWING MACHINES. Standard, Rotary Shuttle, White and Other Long Shuttle Machines, Supplies, Eto. 331 SOUTH SPKINO BTI<RET, 413 lyr IT IS SUICIDE For yon to think of buying your shoes elsewhere than at the undersigned's. Finding it impossible to close oat oar entire stock of fine Shoes at oar former low prices, and being determined to close them oat if possible, we have decided to lower onr prices still further to figures so that it will pay you to come and bay. We have no old shopworn or shoddy goods we want to get rid of, bnt everything the latest style and best quality. Our Prince Albert, Juliet and Blacher Oxfords mast be seen to be appreciated. Now, for example, notice the saving you make in a pair of SHOES! SHOES! Ladies' Button Shoes ranging in prices from $1.25 to $5.. .former price $2 to $6 60 Ladies' Turned Oxfords from *1 to $3.86 former prices $2 to 600 Misses* Shoes from $1 25 to $2.25 former prices $2 to 300 infante' Shoes 'rom 2&c to $1,50 former prices 76c to 2.00 Men's Shoes from $1.75 to $5.60. former prices $2 to 7.00 Boys' Shoes and everything else in proportion. • Come and examine oar goods before baying elsewhere. M'DONALD, 118 N. Spring. The Herald LOS ANGELES' WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1893. FREE TRADE WITH CANADA. The Benefits of the Scheme Are Apparent. It Would Be a Good Thing for Both Countries. 80 the Convention at St. Panl Has Declared. Congressman Springer's Sapient Remarks A Hot right lo the Anti-Trust Convention at Chicago. Radloals Downed. By the Associated Press. St. Paul, Minn., June 6. —When the delegates to the international reciprocity convention got together today, the of ficers selected last evening by the com mittee on organization were elected. Letters of regret were read from Gov ernor Russell, of Massachusetts; Hon. Wilfred Lanrior, of Quebeo, and other prominent men. E. V. Smalley, chair man of the committee on resolutions, read a report and spoke briefly in its support. The resolutions were sub stantially as follows: In favor of reciprocity in trade, espec ially with Canada, which would, it was held, be of great mutual advantage; im provement of waterways from the great lakes to tidewater, so as to admit of the passage of ocean steamers and open com petition between the railways of both countries, and providing for a committee of 10, five from the United States and five from Canada, to lay the matters be fore the respective governments, with a view to securing the enactment of the necessary laws to the ends songht. After addresses favoring the resolu tions, by Hon. Joseph Martin and Hon. William M. Springer of Illinois, the con vention took a recess. At the afternoon session President James J. Hill, of the Great Northern railroad, spoke at some length. He said if the custom houses along the border were abolished it would make a new geography, commercially speaking, of the continent on both sides of the boundary. The people engaged in prac tically the same occupation. He saw no reason why the commerce which now seeks an outlet at Baltimore, New York and Boston, should not be divided with Montreal. Rates that will let the farmers live and prosper are necessary for the development of the Canadian northwest. An arrangement agreed upon between the two eoant'ies will snlt in (rood to n portion >,< „hi(> COUTH «. and all of Canada. He thought it welY not to ask for so much that the people will feel that Canada is getting all the' advantage. If it were possible to build a ship canal to the Hudson, it would never approach in effectiveness the nat ural highway of the lakes and St. Law rence, if the natural way were improved. Dr. Orton, a former member of the Canadian parliament, J. W. Hawne of Minneapolis and Mr. Hall of Brandon, Man., spoke on the platform, and S. A. Thompson of Duluth spoke at length on deep water-ways to the sea. After further discussion the platform was unanimously adopted. In the evening a mass meeting was held in the auditorium. Hon. William M. Springer, chairman of the ways and means committee of the last house of representatives, delivered the chief ad dress of the session. Springer said in part: "The most im portant feature in the union of our states is the absolute freedom of trade which the constitution secures in all the states .of the republic. To this feature of our institutions can be attributed more of the substantial growth of our country than to any other cause. If this trade has been so beneficial, what reason can we give, what argument can we offer in favor of continuing this trade among our own states which will not apply to trade between the Dominion of Canada and the United States? That there has not been the same freedom of trade between Canada and the United States seems almost a mystery to one who can view the situation without prejudice. Restricted trade between the Dominion and the United States has been brought about by the individual selfishness of special interests. What is needed is intelligent debate, discus sions in conventions of this kind, argu ments in the public press and more un selfish and patriotic devotion to the in terests of the masses, as distinguished from those of the favored classes. ''How can we proceed to bring about this result? I would favor conferring upon the president of the United States authority to appoint an international commission on oar part to treat with any like commission appointed by the Dominion for the purpose of submit ting to the respective governments a treaty of reciprocity, embody ing as far as possible the following pro visions : Free exchange of the products of the soil, forest and mines of the two countries and of the fisheries of the At lantic and inland seas; free exchange of manufactured articles, the component parts of which have been produced in either ootfntry. Where articles are sub ject to an internal tax, each country should impose a tariff equal to the in ternal tax. "There might be some exceptions to these general rules which it would be sate to submit to the judgment of the international commission. The advan tages that would accrue to both countries would greatly stimulate and promote their commerce, would develop their growth and re sources, and confer upon each the in estimable advantages which have re sulted from perfect free trade between the states of our union. Every new change wonld broaden and widen the system until there would be nothing left to remind us of the folly of the past, ex cept the records of congresses. "The nearer the Dominion approaches to absolute free trade with the United States, the more satisfactory will that oondiiion be to Great Britain. Under that system England has developed and brought to her people a wealth which could not have been done under any re striction of trade or interference with the natural coarse of business." BORDEN MDKDIR TRIAL. The Defendant Falnta In Court-Taking of Testimony Begun. New Bkokord, Mass., June 6.—The trial of Liizie Borden for the murder of hex father and step-mother in Fall River began this morning with a statement of the case on behalf of the commonwealth by Attorney Moody, who rehearsed the details of the crime as already told in these dispatches. He related many in stances to show that ill:will had long existed between Lizzie and her step mother. Though Miss Borden gave no sign of being affected by the address, she fainted just as the speaker concluded. When she revived the state put on as the first witness Thomas Kiernan, a civil engineer, who minutely described the Borden house and surronndings. Ad journed till tomorrow. After the adjournment of the court the jury went to Fan Biver and care fully reviewed the scene of the murder. tOBT IN A CAVE. Wind-Reader Johnston*'* Faculty Seesas to Have Fulled Him. Minnkafolts, June 6. —A special to the Tribune from Hot Springs, S. D., Bays: Guides who went into W'nd cave to search for Mind-Reader Johnstone, who, with newspaper men and a guide, went into the cave to search for a hidden article, have found several miles from the month of the cave a note written by a newspaper correspondent, John Moore, saying the party lost their way in an unexplored portion of the cave, and calling for help, and adding they are without food or water and will surely perish if not soon succored. Johnstone was almost delirious from a wound in his head caused by a fail in the cafe. The people of Hot Springs are greatly excited, and all who know anything of the cave have joined In the search. dibsitks aucoisasFTjr,. A Decision In the Famous evangelical Church Gate. Reading, Pa., June 6. —Judge End licb handed down a decision in the fa mous Sixth-street Evangelical church case, in which he sustains the report of the master in chancery, deciding in favor of the Dibsites and confirming the right of Rev. J. J. Shirey and his sup porters to the possession of the church. He holds that the Indianapolis general conference in February, 189 L, was illegal and void for the reason that, even if the delegation of power to fix the place of the conference to the board of publica tion had been legal, the participation of Bishops Biwman and Ealrer in the de liberations ol tb&t body vitiated and rendered nugatory its action. The case will now go to the supreme court. AN ELECTRICAL STORM. Damage by the Element* in New York and Brooklyn. New York, June 6, -An electrical storm of extraordinary violence passed over this city and B-rooklyn this after noon. It was accompanied by a high wind and blinding rain and much minor damage was done. One man was killed by lightning in Brooklyn and one of the buildings of the New York Warehouse company, in that city, set on fire by lightning, entailing a loss of $100,000. Convention of Travelers. Peoria, 111. —June o.— The National Convention of the Travelers' Protective Association met here this morning. After addresses of welcome and re sponses committees were appointed and the convention took a recess. The convention did not meet again until late in the afternoon, owing to trouble the committee on credentials had reaching a conclusion. President McGrew's re port shows the financial affairs to be in excellent shape, with a surplus of $25. --000. The growth of the association dur ing the year has been rapid. A num ber of amendments to the rules were recommended and referred to a com mittee. Adjourned until tomorrow. A Defaulting Treasurer, Jrfferbonvillr, Ind., June 6—Al Jenkins, treasurer of Clark county, re signed yesterday, saying bis physical condition would not admit of farther continuance in the office. Rumors have gained currency that Jenkins is a de faulter. Mr. Rader, the new treasurer, admits that Jenkins is a defaulter to the amount of perhaps $15,000, A Fatal Collision. Coljrtland, N. V., June 6.—The New York night expreeß on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railway collid ed with a runaway eDgine near this sta tion. Engineer Isaac Wallace was in stantly killed. Fireman Bert Sherwood died a few hours later. Night Watch man George Chaffee has been arrested charged with manslaughter. Amalgamated Association. Pittsburg, June 6.—The annual con vention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers began here today, with delegates present from all parts of the country. It will last two weeks, considering the scale of wages for the ensuing year. It is thought there will be no material change from last year. Martello Touched Off. , Dannkmora, N. V., June 6.—Sapione Martello, an Italian, was electrocuted at noon for the murder of Giovanni Paiollo, another Italian, at Saratoga a year ago. Jealousy was the cause of the deed. Last night he made an unsuccessful attempt to suicide. Death was declared after two contacts. A Disastrous Fire. Minneapolis, Minn., June B.—A fire in the mammoth furniture store of the Bradstreet-Thurber company in the Syndicate block on Nicollet avenue, to night, caused losses aggregating $160, --000, partially insured. The world's fair will cause a rush. Order early. Full stock, good fit, mod erate prices. Getz, fine tailoring, 112 West Third street. OFF THE STAGE OF LIFE. Edwin Booth Numbered With the Dead. The Great Tragedian's Life Closed. After Many Days of Suffering Belief Came to Him. At an Karly Hoar This Morning the inaetrlons Actor's Spirit Took Its Flight—A Sketch of His Career, By the Associated Press. New Yokk, Jane 7.—America's great 1 tragedian, Edwin Booth, who has been j hovering on the verge of the shadow < land so many weary days, passed away at 1:15 this (Wednesday) morning, in his apartments in the Players' club. A decline in his physical condition had been very perceptible for several days, and as long ago as Saturday night all hope of saving his life was given up All day today his condition grew steadily worse, and at 7 o'clock this evening Dr. St. Clair Smith was hastily summoned to the club. After a brief examination of the dying man, Dr. Smith prepared a bulletin, which was posted in the hallway, to the effect that it was doubtful if Mr. Booth would sur vive the night. Dr. Smith told one of the members of the club that the trage dian's pulse was in the neighborhood of 160, and his temperature over 105. There was nothing that could be done, except for the anxioue watchers to sit by the bedside until the feeble spark of life was'finally extinguished. At 10 o'clock another serious change was noted and Dr. Smith was again sum moned. He did what he could to ease the dying moments of Mr. Booth, who, although completely unconscious, ap peared to suffer greatly for lack of air, it being apparently extremely diffi cult for him to breathe. From this time until he expired the great actor gradually grew weaker; the restless motion of the hands ceased, and his life finally passed away, when his breath had died to an almoßt imper ceptible flutter. At the bedside were the actor's daugh ter and her husband, Mr. Grossman ; Booth's brother-in-law, Mr. Magonigle; William Bispham, an intimate friend, and Charleß Farryll. BOOTH'S CAREER. A Biographical Sketch of the Illustrious Tragedian. Edwin Booth waa born at Bel Air, Md., Nov. 13, 1833. Hia father waa the celebrated actor Juniua Brums Booth. Edwin when a boy received instruction from different teachera in the neighbor hood of hia home, but this tuition waa neither continuous nor thorough. He waa thoughtful and studious, and made much of his limited opportunitiea. He was reticent and singular, profound and sensitive, and the eccentric genius of the elder Booth found in him an object of peculiar sympathy. The father and son Were atrangely attached to each other from the firat, and while Edwin waa yet very young his father made a companion of him in professional journeys. It was in the course of one ol these tours that Edwin Booth made hie lirst regular appearance on the stage, at the Boston museum, September 10,1840. The nlav waa Oriboer's version of Rich ard 111., and the youth came forth In the little part of Tressil. At first the elder Booth opposed his eon's choice of the stage, but ultimately he relin quished his opposition. The boy perse vered, and presently, etill acting in his father's train, he appeared at Provi dence, R. 1., at Philadelphia, and other places, as Oassio in Othello and Wilford In The Iron Oheßt—the latter imperson ation being deemed particularly good. Edwin Booth continued to act with his father for more than two years after the advent at the Boston museum. His first appearance on the New York stage was September 27, 1860, at the National theater, as WilforoV. At the same theater in 1851, bis father being ill, he suddenly took the place of the elder tragedian, and for the first time in his life enacted Richard 111. This effort, remarkably successful for a comparative novice, was hailed as the beginning of a brilliant future. In the summer of 1852 he accompanied his'father to San Francisco, where his elder brother, J. B. Booth, had already established "him self as an actor and a thea trical manager, and where the three now acted in company. Other cities were visited by them, and EDWIN BOOTH. the elder Booth remained in California about three months. One night at Sac ramento, seeing Edwin dressed for .Taffier, in Venice Preserved, he said to him: "Yon look like Hamlet; why don't you play it?" a remark that the younger Booth afterward had good rea son to remember, for no actor ever played Hamlet so often or over so wide a range of territory. Jnst as the name of Junius Brutus Booth is inseparably associated with Richard 111., so the name of Edwin Booth is inseparably as sociated with that of Hamlet. In October, 1852, the father and son parted for the last time, the elder Booth re turning to the east and dying on a Mis sissippi river steamboat November 3d. The California period of Edwin Booth's professional career lasted from the summer ot 1852 all the autumn of 1856, and included a trip to Australia, The young actor at first played parts of all kinds, and he had a severe experience of poverty and hardship. Soon, how ever, he began to display uncommon merit, and thereupon to attract uncom mon admiration. One of bis earliest and best successes was obtained as Sir Ed ward Mortimer in The Iron Chest. For a time, indeed, he traveled in California, conveying bis wardrobe for this piece in a trunk fashioned and painted to resem ble a chest of iron. His trip to Austra lia in 1854 was made with a dramatio company that included the popular act ress, Mies Laura Keene, as leading woman. Previous to this he had in his brother's theater at San Francisco acted Richard HI., Shylock, Macbeth and Hamlet, had made an extraordinary im pression and acquired abundant local popularity. At this time his acting began to at tract thoughtful attention from learned and critical authorities. He stopped and acted at Honolulu on bis return voyage from Australia to San Francisco, and he was then and there the original representative in America of Raphael in The Marble Heart. In 1856 he took leave of California, being cheered on hia way by several fa>ewell benefits. Returning to the east, he first ap peared at the Front street theater, Bal timore, and then made a rapid tour of all the largest cities of the south, being everywhere well received. In April, 1857, he appeared at the Boston theater as Sir Giles Overreach in A New Way to Pay Old Debts, and his great success on this occasion, always regarded by him as the tnrning point in his career, deter mined him to endeavor to win the first place as a tragic actor. His career since then has been marked by many vicissitudes of personal experience and by fluctuations of fortune, but it has been one of lofty endeavor and con tinuous advancement. May 14, 1857, he came forward in New York as Richard 111, and in the following August he was again seen there in a round of great characters, all of which he acted with brilliant ability and greatly to the pub lic satisfaction. July 7, 1860, he married Miss Mary Devlin ot Troy, N. V., an actress whom he bad met three years before at Richmond, Va., with whom he shortly afterward made a visit to England. Their only child, a daughter, Edwina, [Continued on Second oace.l TO THE WORLD'S PARE. READ THE HERALD'S OFFER OF A ROUND TRIP AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS A* CHICAOO TO ITS READERS. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WELCOMED TO CHICAGO. The Spanish Princess in thfl World's Fair City. Cordial Reception Given thfl Royal Party. Mayor Harrison Makes a Display ot His Kentucky Gallantry. Large Crowds Throng the White City. Germans Preparing for a Big; Parade on the Istt» of June. By the Associated Press. Chicago, June S.—Eulalia, the mod est little princess of Spain's royal house, is in Chicago. She came today and thousands of people from every state in the union and almost every conntry on the face of the earth were at the train to see her and give her a welcome to a truly democratic city. As she disem barked at the nnion depot in Canal street Mayor Harrison received her aa one of Chicago's world's fair guests and extended to her the hospitality of the city. Formality was minimized. When presented to the princess Mayor Harrison, like a true Kentucky gentle man, kissed her hand in rapid succes sion. Others of the reception committee were presented, and then Prince An tonio, the.husband of the infanta, the duke of Tamanes and the remainder oi the suite followed and handshakings became general. Then the princess was escorted by Mayor Harrison to a carriage in waiting, and the remainder of the party being quickly seated in their respective con veyances, the procession started on a quick pace, escorted by two troops of United States cavalry, over the bridge and down town to the Palmer house. Here, as at the depot, was a large and enthusiastic crorvd waiting, and the princess was greeted with loud cheers. The portico ot the hotel, as well aa the rotunda, was gaily decorated with Span ish and American colors. As the princess entered the hotel she bowed smilingly to the vociferous crowd, which extended for several hundred feet on both aidea of the lines of the yellow-plumed cavalry, who gave them no chance to break in upon the entrance aa they would have liked. The princess and suite quickly disappeared in the hotel, and the crowd dispersed. The committee on ceremonies at the world's iair held a lengthy session today and arranged an elaborate programme for the reception of the infanta Thurs day. She was today presented wish a pass, good for herself and suite to the fair, handsomely engraved on a gold plate, and with the signatures of Presi dent Palmer, of the World's Columbian commission; H. N. Higinbotham, presi dent of the World's Columbian exposi tion, and Director-General George R. DBvia. The weather today was beautiful, and about 70,000 people visited the world's fair. Information was received tonight that Richard Mansfield White, one of the na tional commiasioners from New Mexico, had been removed and John W. Webster appointed in hia place. German day at the fair has been Bet for June 15th, and arrangements have been provided for a grand parade, with. 40,000 men in line. Trouble has arisen, however, over the fact that the date in question is the anniversary of Emperor William's accession, and the Turners of Chicago almost to a man state emphatic ally they will not participate in the ex ercises, if by so doing they are put in the position of endorsing Emperor William's military plans. PANAMA' CANAL CONVICTS^ A Rumor That De Lmepi et al. Will Bo Released. Paws, Juno 6. —Eclair states that the court of cassation to which Charlea da Leesepa and hia associates appealed from the sentences passed upon them for cor ruption in the management of the affairs of the Panama Canal company, will annul the sentences and order the re lease of the defendants. This statement is in accord with reports current for some time to the effect that grave errors justifying the annnlment of the sen tences developed in connection with the prosecution of the Panama cases. - DTTNTOX HSMiRKISD. A Noted Newspaper Proprietor Weds at Stockton. Stockton, June 6.—-Frank H. Dunton, founder of Dunton's Spirit of the Turf, at Chicago, was today married to Miss Helen Bromley, formerly of San Fran cisco. Dunton is well off and has been on the coast for several months for his health. He has been unsttled since the terrible tragedy in Chicago two years ago when Dr. Scudder, who afterwards suicided in jail, killed Mro. Dunton, and attempted to poison him to secure the family wealth, through Scudder'a wife their adopted daughter. Dlltll AT SEA. A British Baron's Death Aboard tire Gaelic. San Francisco, June 6. —Baron da Tuyll,an English nobleman died Friday on the steamer Gaelic while on the way from Honolulu to this port. He had been on a tour around the world, in company with his physician, in search of health. Baroness de Tupll had been summoned to meet him here and was much shocked when the steamer arrived today with the remains of her husband. For sunburn and freckles use only Perfecta Face Cream; safe and sure. For sale by A. E. Littleboy, druggist, 311 South Spring street. For bargains in millinery go to Thurs ton's, 264 South Main street, opposite Third,