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$5.00 a Year by Mail TWENTY-FIFTH YE All. NO. 168. THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS THE SENATE STILL DISCUSSING THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL ftembers of the House Stand by the Com mittee on Naval Affairs, Refusing to Authorize the Construction of a Larger Number of Cruisers Associated Press Special Wire. Washington, March 2ti.—The senate ■pent most of the day on the legislative appropriation bill, but did not complete it, owing to Mr. Sherman's motion to strike out the proposition of a change from fees to salariea for United States district attor neys and marshals. The subject was de bated at length and will be voted on to morrow. As a result of the sudden death yester day of General Casey, engineer in charge of construction of tho congressional li brary, Morrill of Vermont today presented to the senate a joint resolution appointing Bernard K. Green, civil engineer, to suc ceed in charge of the library construction, at $5000 annually. Morrill explainetl that Greeti was the immediate assistant of General Casey In building the Washing ton monument, war, state and navy build ings and library. Hale took occasion to speak of the high qualities of the late General Casey, designating him as one of the best officers of the public service. A long discussion ensued* Mr. Hill objecting on the ground that it was proposed to legislate a man into ofllce. Senators Wol cott. Proctor. Allison, Call. Cookrell, Gor man and Chandler paitl liisfh tributes to General Casey and approved tha resolu tions, although Mr. Gorman thought it might establish a ba d "recedenf. Mr. Hill withdrew and the Green resolu tion was adoptetl. A joint resolution was adopted allowing ex-President Harrison to accept decora tions trom Brazil and Spain. The joint resolution was passed provid ing for the appointment of a commission Umler tho direction of the secretary of war for the preliminary survey, with plans, specifications and approximate estimates of cost thereof of the construction of a ship canal of approved width and depth from the lower shore of Lake Michigan to the Wabash river, and for the further investi gation of the practicability of the construc tion of such waterway. The legislative appropriation bill waa then taken up. Mr. Sherman moved to strike out all the sections referring to a change in the system of paying district at torneys and marshals. He spoke against encumbering appropriation bills with gen eral legislation and opposed the high sala ries proposed by the bill, Mr. Hoar, chairman of the judiciary committee, supported Mr. Sherman's mo tion, while Mr. Hill said that it was a good time, while the Populists held the balance of power in the senate, to abandon the vicious policy of adding general legislation to appropriation bills. Mr. Hill declared he woultl hazard the appropriation bill antl risk an extra session rather than have the changes made by means of a rider to an appropriation bill. The bill was then laid aside. Bills were passed fixing Sitka and Ju neau as the places of holding the district court of Alaska, and alsa fixing the terms of court; Increasing the limit of cost for public buildings at Cheyenne, Wyo., Boise City, Idaho, and Helena, Mont., the first and second not. over $-'50,000 each and the third not over $500,000. At 5 :'3O the senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE The Naval Appropriation Bill Passed With out Amendment The naval appropriation bill was passed today by the houso without;substantial amendment. An effort was made by the advocates of a larger increase of the naval strength than was authorized by the bill, to increase the number of battleships from four to six. This increase was supported on the floor by Messrs. Hanley, Cummings and Johnson of California, and opposed by Messrs. Boutelle, chairman of the com mittee, Hulick and Robinson. The house by a large majority stood by the recom mendation of the committee, the proposi tion for six battleships mustering but 112 votes against 134. Various other amend ments were offered, but all failed. The bill as passed carries $31,611,034 and authorizes the construction of four battle ships and fifteen torpedo boats, the total cost of whicli will be in the neighborhood of $35,000,000. The sundry civil appro priation bill, which was reported today, will be taken up tomorrow. BJ At the opening of the house Heatwole, Republican of Minnesota, introduced the following resolution whicli was referred: Whereas, In lieu of our present inade quate banking and currency system, it is desirable that congress have the aid of such recommendations as a non-partisan commission of experts might be able to offer, Resolved, The president is hereby au thorized to nppoint nine citizens, eminent in trade, political economy and banking, to act with the comptroller of the currency as such commission, and such commission ■hall report its conclusions to congress. Then the naval appropriation bill was taken up. It was decided io allow three hours for general debate on the paragraph relating to the increase of the navy- Mr. Hanley, Republican of Indiana, a member of the naval committee, who fa vored a larger increase in the navy than the majority of tho committee, argued in favor of an amendment which tie gave no tice he would offer, to increase the number of battleships trom four to six. He thought it was time for the United Slates to enter upon a distinctively na tional policy. He referred to the ag gressions of tlreat Britain antl our foreign complications as an argument for a strong navy. The Republicans should pursue a similar course. No party could afford to block the dos'iny of the United States, and now that the Republicans were clothed with power they should not hesitate to carry out the promises made when they were in the opposition, Mr. Hulick (Republican of Ohio) said he endorsed all Mr. Hanley had said, hut he argued that in view of tho condition of the treasury it was unwise to authorize more than four battleships in this bill. Mr. Johnson ( Republican of California) favored the Hanloy amendment for six battleships instead of four. He ridiculed tiie bravado with which we had during the past few months announced our willing n SB to declare war on the first-class poivers of the world. With our navy, our pretension-* wore preposterous. Mr. Robinson, Republican of Pennsyl vania, argued in support of tho judgment of the committee, lie had listened, he said, to the "forensic song and dance" of the gentlemen from Indiana and Califor nia, but tiiat ditl not appeal to him. He and his people, he said, were in favor of a liber*) appropriation for a modern navy to police our coast, but they did not favor an enormous navy for the purpose of compet ing with England or continental powers in a display of militarism. Mr. Cummings, Democrat of New York, r lso a member of the committee, followed With a strong and eloquent speech m favor of a larger increase in the navy. Mr. Boutelle closed the debate in favor of abiding by the judgment of the naval coui'iiitieo. In conclusion he expressed the hope that the Hanley nmendmint to inctease the number of battleships from four lo six would be voted down. Tho vote was then taken on the amend ment, and on a rising vote it waa defeated, 38 to 134. Mr. Fisher (Republican, New York) of fered an amendment authorizing the president to order one or more of the vessels authorized in the bill built in gov ernment yards when in his opinion satis factory evidence was furnished him that they could be built so witbin the appro priation. The amendment was defeated and the bill passed. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropria tions committee, reported the sundry civil bill and gave notice that he would call it up tomorrow. A t 6:10 p. m. the house adjourned. The sundry civil appropriation was com pleted today by the house committee on appropriations, and will be called up in the house tomorrow. Tiie bill carries $2f»,408,874, which is •fl 1,0(14,779 less than the estimates fur nished by the department, and $17,241, --285 less than the appropriations for the current year. The total for continuing the river and harbor works heretofore author ized is $2,878,507. The estimates for this were $4,044,507, and the appropria tions for the current year by the last con gress $11,287,115. For lighthouses, bea cons and fog signals the items are: Verba Bttena, Cal., new wharf, $:10,000: new works at Fort Stevens. Oregon, $11,000; Umatilla reef, Washington, lightship, $H7, --000; revenue cutter service. $000,000, and completing a steamer of the llrst class on the Pacific coast, $ 125.(100; for the en forcement of Chinese exclusion act, $125. --000; continuing river and harbor improve ments, canal at the Cascades of the Columbia, Oregon, $175,507; Humboldt, Cal., $150,000; for the relief of the suffer ii'g natives in Alaska, $10,500; protection of Alaska seal fisheries, $12,050. Bills Reported Washington, March 25.--Senator White, from the committee on territories, today presented the report of that committee on the bill for the admission of Arizona as a stale of the Union. The report says the territory contains 1111,000 square miles, or a greater area than is comprised in the ten states of Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, West Virginia and South Carolina combined. Its resources are represented us unlimited, comprising much rich agricultural land, forty million acres of grazing land and the largest unbroken forest area in the United states, as well as rich deposits of gold, sil ver, copper, lead, onyx, marble aud pre cious atones. The population is placed at 80,000 and ia represented as rapidly in creasing. The territory is said to be pros perous. The people of the territory, the report says, are almost a unit for state hood. Senator Perkins, from the committee on education and labor, today presented a fa vorable report on a bill authorizing the ap pointment of a non-partisan commissioner ou labor, agriculture and capiltal. The committee amended it so as to pro vide that the commission shall consist of five members in the interest of lab >r, one to be designated from each of the five la bor organizations; five in the interest of agriculture, three of whom shall be desig nated by the Farmers' alliance and two by the National Grange, and five in tha inter est of capital, lo be selected from »mong ! manufacturers and those representing j other business pursuits. BAY DISTRICT RACES Bell Ringer Wins the Beverwyck Steeplechase —Other Races San Francisco, March 26.—The Bever wyck steeplechase stakes, valued at $2000. was the event of the day at Bay l»i strict track. The race was over a two end one-quarter mile course. Bell Ringer, the favorite, carrying 15:1 pounds, won the event by over twenty lengths from Arun del, the second horse. Four favorites and two second choices won today. Weather showery; track slow; attendance fair. Five furlongs, inside course—Huntsman won. Fond Hope second, Artemus third. Time, 1:07. Half mile—Zamar won, Adam Andrews second, Lone Star third. Time '.60%, Beverwyck steeplechase, handicap, two miles and a quarter—Bell Ringer won, Arundel second, The Lark third. Time 0:22. six furlongs—La Mascota won. Banjo second, Crawford third. Time 1:11 J^. One mile—Major Cook won, Babe Mur phy second, Walter J. third. Time 1:15. Six furlongs—Joe Terry won. Nelson second, Morven third. Time 1:17}-'. Bay District Race Entries The following is the list of entries aud weights of the races to be run at Bay Dis trict track today, which are posted at the Los Angeles Turf club, 212 South Spring street. Commissions received on those races and full descriDtion of the events: First rare, selling, three-quarters of a mile- Joe Hill los, Jim Corbet! 108, (!ov. Budd 80, San Marcus 04, Brametta 87, Tennessee Maid os. Hanker lot, Daylight 07, Sagamore 04, Ml. Air 101), Charles a. 10S, Itoad ltunner 100. Second race, purse, seven eighths of a mile - Nellie ti. 112, l-'lirtilln 1115, Bravura, Ida Satier Miss Hutll i 'M, All Smoke 105. Third race, soiling, half-mile. 2 year-olds- Itehakh 05, Vahlos, Koselle, Lona, Charle magne OH, Pino 05. Fourth rase, purse, eleven-sixteenths of a mile—Perhaps 04, Magnet 10tf, Realization, Libertine LIS, Fifth race, selling, seven eighths of a mile. Inside course—Clara Johnson luj\ l-'aro rj'-i, Ikol.. 119, Monitor US, Miss Ruth 114, lie vision 103, Tonliio 10s, Modes o 110. Sixth race, nurse, sovott- eighths oi a mi.c — Renins 103. Howard. Hidago 100, lieiiham SO, Ceorgo Miller 115, Bailie Cliipjot St. Oldeoi's Bicycle Bulletin Philadelphia, March 20.—Chairman Gideon of tho racing board has issued the following bulletin: Applications for national circuit dates not in by April 1 cannot be considered. Records accepted: Three-quarters of a mile prced, flying start against time, 1:15 2-5 by C. S. Wells, Coronado, Cal., February 15. One mile paced, standing start against time. 1 :10 2-5 by H. E. Mc'.'rea, at Ccro nario, Cal., Febrt) try 14. College Athletics PsiKCETON, N. J., March 2(1. — Manager | Turner of the Princeton track (tain, re ; eoivetl a communication from the manager iof the California team some time ago ex j pressing a desire to meet the Princeton j team in joint games or in the Y'ale-Prinee | ton invitation games. He decided today >to accept their offer, meeting them in the 1 Yale-Princeton 1 - 'nes May Kith, THE' i/AVIS WILL Hive Parties File Claims to the Millionaire's Estate Butts, Mont., March '-'o.—Five contests of the alleged will of Andrew J. Mavis are now on. Tomorrow is the last day for filing contests. The contestants so far on record aro Elizabeth Bowdoin of Spring field, Mass , and Diana Davis of Somers, Conn.: Calvin P. Davis of Sebastouol, Cal.; Elizabeth A. Smith of Berkeley, and Hulda Snell of Kern county. Cal., the latter claiming to be the widow of the dead mil lionaire. Tho most formidable contest is that of Elizabeth A. Smith, instituted today. She alleges that the will of 18IKI was a forgery and that it was contested by Henry A. Hoot, Harriet eheffleld of Massachusetts, Henry A. Davis of New York and Sarah Maria Cummings of Ware, .Mass. The case resulted in a mistrial, after whicli, petitioner states that contestants entered into a conspiracy with the heirs of John A. Davis »o divide tiie estate among them selves and defraud the other heirs. The petitioner wants one-twenty-second of the estate. Saturday, April i, is set as the day for the hearing of the petition. THE HERALD LOS ANGELES. FRIDAY MORNING* MARCH 27, 1896—TEN PAGES. INSURGENT RECOGNITION HOUSe CONFEREES AGREE TO ACCEPT THE SENATE RESOLUTIONS Debate Will Now Be Transferred te the House, end of the Result There Is Very Little Daubt—lnsurgent Supplies Landed at Pinsr Del Rio Associated Press Sneclal Wire. Washington, March 28.—After a session with the senate conference committee on the Cuban question today of less than half an hour the house conferees agreed to ac cept the senate resolutions. This action will have the effect of taking the question entirely out of the senate and transferring all discussion to the house. The senate resolutions are as follows: Resolved, By the senate, the house of representatives concurring therein, that, in the opinion of congress, a condition of pub lic war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaime dand for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the United States of An erica should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belliger ents in the ports and territory of the United Stales. Resolved, further. That the friendly offices of the I'nited States should be offered by the president to the Spanish government for the recognition of the in dependence of Cuba. EXPEDITIONS LAND KD Havana, March 2IJ (via Key West, Fla.l —The most important events in Cuba within a week have been the successful landing of Calaazo and the Calixto Garcia expeditions, the one near Cardenas at Va radero Beach, the other the Bermuda, in the harbor of Muriel, on the north coast of Pinar del Rio, only a few miles west of the border line of Havana province. To tbe insurgents, already strong in ev erything but equipment antl ammunition, these successful landings are likely to be more far-reaching in their effects than the winning of a great battle. The landing of the expeditious, particularly the cargo of the Bermuda, means that the empty car tridge belts will be tilled in a thousand rebel camps, and that thousands of sturdy fellows, hitherto unarmed, will now carry modern rifles, and that dynamite will again become a factor in the warfate. The Bermuda, so far as known, landed her en tire cargo without having been molested or even challenged A column of troops commanded by Col" onel Sanchez and R. Chevarri have cap tured a camp of insurgents at Cherety and Santa Monica, province of Pinar del Kio, and are said to have obtained possession of nearly all the supplies of the insurgents of that province. The insurgents left fifty killed and retired with many wounded. Troops destroyed the stores which could not be made available for the use of the army. It is estimated the store.- captured are worth over $200,000. Captain-General Weyler has once more issued a proclamation. He proclaims that in view of the fact that the insurgents avoid engagements with the troaps, and devote themselves entirely to aott of in cendiarism, he has resolved to deal with them as incendiaries and bandits.applying the rule set out in his former proclamation. Maceo is now in the western end of the island, between the west coast and the military line running through Mariet, Majana, Guanajay, Waterloo, Artemis* and Neptuno. The guardianship of this line has been entrusted to General Arolas, who is riding along it with his chief of staff and a column of troops numbering 25,000 men. This renders Mateo's position very critical, and the Spanish authorities once more express their confidence that they have the insurgents in a trap from whicli they cannot escape. Gomez is ut present near Guines, but is going westward. The report of the landing of the filibus tering sleamer Bermuda with an expedi tion headed by the insurgent general, Calixto Garcia, on board, is confirmed. General Paulo lias transferred his head quarters to Cienfuegos, province of Santa Clara. A detachment of insurgent cavalry rode into the city uf Santa Clara at mid night, fighting and shouting "al machete." i The raid caused considerable alarm, but the insurgents were repulsed by ths trcopa etationed at the theater after some lighting on the Plaza Annas and in the adjoining streets. The insurgent leader, Vidal was killed and the enemy retired with many wounded. Six'y-threo wounded rnldiers have arrived here from the province of Pillar del Rio. SPANISH REINFORCEMENTS New York, March 27.—A special to the World from Havana says: Another army corgis, it has been decided, is to no sent hero from Spain in May. It will consist cf 20,000 infantry, 5000 cavalry und 10,000 artillery. PLATONIC SYMPATHY Nkiv York. March 27.—A special to the World from Madrid, via Bayonue, Fran:e, says: It has leaked out ill diplomatic circles that the Spanish foreign office has been in formed by its ambassadors in the principal Kuropean courts that Spain is not likely to receive more than purely platonic sym pathy even from the French government, in a conflict with the United States. The Spanish representadvei in all the European cot" ts have discovered it is ab solutely absurd to hope that European governments would net in concert to sup port Spain, even by friendly mediation or moral influence. They have also discov ered that both the foreign governments' and the whole Kuropean public wonder why Spain does not immediately give Cuba and Porlo Rico colonial autonomy and self government such as England has given to Canada, in orde.- to disarm the secessionists in Cuba and to conciliate American sympathi's. THU UKH.MI DA FILIBUSTER New York, Maroh 27.—The Herald this morning says locally: No word has been received by the Cuban junta in this ciiy relative to the recort re ceutly circulated to ihe eTect that the Herinuda had been tired upon and sunk by a. British warship, and the Cubans geuernlly discredited the rumor. Several prominent leaders who were discussing the uarcia expedition expressed their fears that the report of the arrival of the Ber muda was a mistake. They thought the expedition which landed was another and smaller one than that which sailed in the Bermuda. tine of the men who r.rganized the ex pedition said: "Wo have received as yet no confirma tion of the Bermuda's landing in Cuba, nor can we reasonably expect it until her captain reaches some port away from the island, Kingston, Jamaica, for instance, or Vara Cruz, Mexico, from which she can cable us direct. It may be some days yet before positive information reaches us, but in the meantime it is hard for us to believe that she has landed on the north coast of the island. "When the Bermuda left the Jersey coast a week ago last Tuesday she did not follow the Atlantic coast line, but in ac cordance with the captain's plan, steamed straight to sea, laying a course that would carry hor several hundred miles to tho east ward of possible interference from either the Spanish or United States cruisers which were known to be on the outlook for her. , "Cen. Garcia and his party boarded her off tne Jersey coast from a tug on Tuesday morning. After weighing anchor the twelve-pound rapid-fire Hotchkiss gun was brought from the hold and mounted on deck as a protection from molestation from any of tbe small armed Spanish launches which infest tbe Cuban coast. "The Bermuda's coast would carry her far to the southeast. Wettings Island light being the first land which OSptain O'Brien expected to make. "As General Garcia Intended. to take command of the Departrfßnt of thaOrient. there is every reason to Relieve that the Bermuda's captain would try to.ls.nd him near Santiago de Cuba or perhaps as far west as Camnguey. "It is hard for us to believe that Captain O'Brien either changed hia original plan, or that after he reached Inagua island he would sail west through ihe entire length of the old Bahama channel, thus running the risk of being intercepted by at least a dozen Spanish men-of-war. "We have the greatest confidence in Captain O'Brien's judgment, and have little doubt that he has ere ttiis safely landed his party in Cuba, but not on the north coast of Pinsr del Kio." WHAT WAS Htf MOTIVE? Arrested on Alameda Street While Choking a Wonts* During the past few weeks San Francisco has been slacked by three brutal murders, committed in a low quarter of the city, and iv every instance upon a fallen woman. In each case the method of killing adopted was the same —strangula tion—and the marks ,of iron lingers remained upon the necks of the hapless victims. None of the perpetrators of th :-se crimes have ever been found, nor lias any clue been discovered as to bis or their identity. The swiftness antl soreness of the murders, aud the possibility tiiat at any moment the straoii.-r might claim another victim frcm among their number has created a consternation among the demi-monde in that and other cities, Down on Alameda street the women have discussed the subject so often that they are in a fever of excitement over the matter and look r.skance upon every mm who seems suspicious. About 10 oclock last night a stranger called at the crib occu pied by Nellie Stevene and entered. After some conversation they retired. While in the bed the girl claims that the man suddenly grasped her by the throat, and. pressing his thumbs into her windpipe, commenced to strangle her. She had only time to give one shriek before the grip tightened, but that was sufficient. Officer Lennou happened to be near the spot, and hurrying over, kicked in the door. The male occupant was as cool as a cu cumber, but the girl sat on a chair, pale and sobbing. She stated that the vis itor had assaulted her as described, but was too frightened and weak to tell a con nected story. Her assailant was taken to the police station and booked for bat tery. His name waa given as Frank Thompson, and he stated merely that a girl had him in her room and was trying to work him. He waa held without bail to appear in court today. While this case is probably but an ordi nary, every day row, it would seem from analogy that Los Angeles is next due lo receive a visit from the rtrang ler. The first crime of this nature was committed in 1804 in New York city. This has been followed in succession by similar tk-eds in Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. The path 01 the strangler has crossed the con tinent. Where will he s-lcet his next victim? MORE THEORIES Regarding the Suicide or Murder of Annie rtcdrath Philadi.i.phia, March 26. — Another theory regarding Annie McGrath'n death ia that the girl, being engaged to be mar ried, attempted to her relations with Samuel P. Langdon; that the latter threatened to reveal their intimacy if she did so, and she, fearing such disclosure, attempted 10 kill him and then committed suicide. Mrs. Langdon arrived today from Pitts burg and went at once to the office of As sistant District Attorney Barlow, with whom she held a short conference. The young man 10 whom the dead girl was en gaged is Howard Pitzstunmons, a jeweler of YVe-.t Chester. He was iv this city today. In an interview ho said he met Anna .Mr- Grath at Atlantic City during last sit in ner. Langdon was with her at the time and passed as her uncle. When she re turned to this city he visited her a number of times at her home. He said she was al- ways very ladylike. He admitted giving her the diamond ring found on Langdon after his arrest, and on which was en graveed "H. F. to A. M." The date of their marriage was set for June 211 of this year. NOTES FROM OVER THE SEAS George Henry Boughton, the distin guished artist, lias been elected a royal academician. He was born in Norfolk, England, in 1833, but his family went 10 America about 18,16, and he pessed his youth in Albany, N. Y. A dispatch from Cairo to the Da'ly News artys: It is reported the dervishes have evacuated Suardeb, their extreme northern outpost. A Paris dispatch to the Chronicle says it is rumored that Baron de Courcel, French ambassador to London, has been recalled. A St, Petersburg correspondent says Lord Salisbury's policy is coming to he looked upon there as a direct attack upon the Franco-Russian alliance. Some anx iety 13 b?ing caused by tiie conviction, now gaining ground, that English diplo ma- y has proved more than a match for France. Round Trip Rates San Francos' O, March 26.—The South ern Pacillc has issued its schedule of rates for the grand parlor of the Native Sons to be hald hi San Luis Obispo April 27th. The round trip from Sell Francisco to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and return, via Coast line antl San Luis Obispo, is $30. Round trip tickets to Los Angeles only will be $27, and round trip tickets lo Santa Barbara only will cost $25. These figures are for the Native Sons and will be submit ted to the committee on transportation for official action before they are accepted by the Native Sons. The open round trip rate from San Francisco to Santa Barbara on account of the Flower festival will be $20, and to Los Angeles on account of I.a Fiesta, $20. Round trip rate including both Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, $22.50. Actress Killed SACRAMENTO, March 27.—About 12:,10 o'clock this (Friday) morning, Fred Ingle hard, an employe of the Transfer company, shot and killed Kitty Shame, a variety actress, in what is known as Brown's Comique. Both had been drinking heavily during the evening, lnglehard was captured and lodged in jail. Ho-.or Lung Delayed. Washington* Match 20.—A medal cf honor has been awarded to Major-General William J. Sewell. United States tenato. froni New Jersey, by direction of the presi dent for conspicuous gallantry at the bat tle of Chancellorsville, May 5. 180; l. Not His Pries Omaha, March 20. -General Manderson today formerly denied the report wired here from the east that he would be secre tary of war, if McKinley was the next president, aud that this was the price of Ilia present silence iv Nebraska. John Mol'eallv was taken to the Napa jail yesterday from St. Helena, charged with criminal assault on an 11-year-old girl. This is the sixth case of similar character which has come to light there within a few months and the people are becoming much aroused. SLUGGED FOR SOUND MONEY THE TEXAS REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD THEIR STATE CONVENTION Lone Star McKlnleyltes Attempt te Carry Motions With Their Plsts, and Fled Them selves Opposed With Clubs and Firearms. Two Sets ol Delegates Associated Press Soeoial Wire. Austin, Tex., March 26.—The Repub lican convention, whicli has been in session since Tuesday, adjourned sine die this afternoon, after having enjoyed the dis tinction of narrowly averting a funeral | and had the not unusual thing now-a-days in Texas of a split convention. The situa tion looked threatening at the very start this morning. Tbe McKinley men worked all night among tile negroes and succeeded in bringing over quite a number of them, so tbat this morning when the hour for convening arrived it found the McKinley men with an organized force occupying the center of the ball, with a very determined look on their faces and an air of fight sur rounding them. Cuney, the chairman of i the convention, when he mounted the ros trum at 10 oclock this morning, took in the situation at a glance, and seeing that the McKinley men had assumed formida ble strength, immediately Bent his emis saries out for his forces and pending their return he did not turn a die in the matter of opening the convention, putting forth the excuse that the committee on credentials was not ready to report. He finally got his forces together about 1 oclock and at the same time the convention was called to order. The first work of the convention was the receiving and adopting of the credentials commit tee's report. Its introduction immediately precipitated a row, and while the McKin i ley faction made a determined fight to get some showing, Cuney with his arbitrary rulings shut them out entirely and organ ized the convention with the Reed-Allison men in exclusive charge. The convention adopted a platform j along the regular lines, the currency plank of which reads as follows: vVe reaffirm the historic adherence of the Republican party to sound finances. We demand an honest dollar of the greatest purchasing ! power for every class alike; the largest | issue ot gold, silver and paper compatible I with security and the requirements of I trade, all of equal value, interchangeable I one for the other, every dollar resting on gold as money of final redemption. The Republicans of Texas declare this to be, in their deliberate judgment, the only basis for a large and liberal circulation of money and for the maintenance of uni versal confidence. The convention then elected the follow ing delegates to (he St. Louis convention: N. W. Cuney of Galveston, an Allison man; W. R. McKenson of Georgetown, a Reed man; E. H. Ter rill of San Antonio, mi Allison man; C. H. Ferguson of Richmond, a Reed man; alternates, W. F. Gross. I). C. Kolp, J. C. Cain and R. C. Smith; elec tors, George C. Clifford of San Antonio and Eugene Marshall of Dallas. Barely had the vote ou the selection of electors been announced when the long anticipated row was in force. As the chair declared the men elected, a wild whoop from the very center of the McKinley dele gation proclaimed that tbe trouble bad begun. One burly negro came through the jam, pushing men in front of him as if they were so much chaff, and in his wake came a hundred followers wi>d with ex citement. They gave every evidence that they intended to capture the grand stand. | The spectators and the crowd on [ Ihe stand made fran'ic efforts to get ! out of their way, but all to no purpose. J hey were on the stand in an instant and ' there they were confronted by Cuney c.nd j his faithful followers, who received them i with a hearty welcome, far warmer than they anticipated. The Cuney men bad no ; time to organize their forces before the op- I posing crowd was on them. This mattered little, however, as each man instantly re- I solved himself into a John L, Sullivan and I combated every inch of the ground. The ' first negro to reach the stage made a lunge !at Cuney's head with Ills fist. While he | was quick, ono of Cuney's followers was 1 quicker. As he struck at Cuney he found ! himself confronted by a big revolver in | Ihe hands of a negro, who, while not so large, demonstrated that he could hold his own against all comers. The two men eyed eaeli other for ten seconds probably, when they both went down hefoie the howl ing crowd that was swaying around antl about them. In an instant, the platform was a scene of wild chaos. Excited negroes swayed to and fro in a battle for twenty minutes be fore an armed force of policemen could quell the riot. It was then discovered that no one was dangerously hurt, although one or two of the white delegates as well as a negro or two, were bruised Considerably. As soon as order could be obtained, die \ convention, after disposing of a few minor ' matters, adjourned sine die without isau j Ing any instructions to delegates to St. I Louis. Immediately after the rsgtihir conven i tion adjourned the McKinley faction took 1 charge of the hall and organised their con vention in dtie form, electing as delsgates to St. Louis: John Grant of Sherman, Frank Hamilton of Austin, S. L. Smith of Colorado City, K. U. Collins of Fort Woith. Alternates —Ed Anderson, YV. H. Love, R. G. Collins and Richard Allen. F.lectors-E. F. Hunt and A. H. Cald- Well. This convenlion did not c onsider a plat I form, but adopted a resolution endorsing ! McKinley for president and instructing the ! delegates sent from here lo vote Tor him ! as long as his name was before theconven j tion. Tonight in an interview with the Associ ! ated Press representative. Chairman | Grant, of the state executive committee, stated that Ihe McKinley men had secured the only organization that had any right to be represented in St. Louis, and that their | light would ho successful. He bases this 'statement on the fact that ( uney refused I entirely to allow a roll call, although the | McKinley men demanded it repeatedly and !on every issue. 1 here was never a roll ! call in the convention presided over by i Cuney and when it was called in the Mc j Kinley convention it was found that they had 626 uncontested votes out of a poasl- I bio 700. This fact, in connection with j Cuney's unprecedented rulings, will be the i basis of the McKinley men's right for : recognition in the St. Louis convention. SOLD AT AUCTION A Chicago Bidder Buys a Man's Dead Body i CHICAGO) March 26.—The badly decom ! posed body of an unknown man was found i today in a trunk bought al an auction of i unredeemed properly in Wakem & Me ! Laughliu's warehouse. Tho sale was al i most over when a large, rough box was I dragged out and offered. Bids were made j antl the box was knocked down to Philip ! (iriet and Charles Haas. Inside was a j square trunk, which was broken open, d ; s- I closing the badly decomposed body of a I man. As soon as the discovery was j made, the men commenced to search for > something that would indicate where the box had come from or by whom it had been owned. On the top was written, "ti. M. Morgan, 166 Jefferson street, Chicago." Nothing else was found to establish former ownership. J. W. Wakem, the senior member of the warehouse firm, said to night tbat tbe trunk had come to the auc tion room with other uncalled-for baggage sent to be sold. 50 Cents a Monitor f arrtef "I think," lie said, "that the box waa sent by the Michigan Central Railroad company* They sent us a lot of baggage a year ago, and the box, if I remember cor rectly, was included." The police have taken up the matter, but there seems to be little chance of their doing anything with the case. As far as can be judged the body is that of a man between 40 and 50 years old, of medium height. At the address given on the box Mrs. McMullin resides at the present time. She asid that one day in the early part of the present week an expressman came to her house asking for Morgan. He had a large box on the wagon and said he bad been hunting for Morgan all day but had been unable to find him. The police are now looking for the expressman in order to get hold of this second box if possible. WIRE WAIFS The state department has received a ca blegram from United States Minister Smythe at Port au Prince, Hayti, confirm ing the Paris report of the death of Presi dent Hippolyte. Major Edward Leslie, a well-known in ventor, committed suicide at Patterson, X. J.. yesterday. A suit growing out of the infringement of a patent recently decided against Leslie made him melancholy. The treasury department has instructed | tho New York sub-treasury to raise thepre j mium on gold bars fr tin 1-16 to .3-16 per cent. The department's purpose is to do | what can he done legitimately to prevent ; further exports of gold. Yesterday the schooner Star King ar rived at New Bedford front Falkland Islands with 650 sealskins aboard. By reason of this catch sealing companies which for years have deserted these seal ing grounds will be interested in that di rection. Mr. Rutherford, the local agent of the De Boers Mining company, who is charged with supplying arms to the Utlanders in surgents, has been committed for trial, while Gardner Williams, tbe manager of the Deßoers mines at Kimberly, charged with complicity with Rutherford, has been remanded. Coroner Askara returned to Seattle yes terday from Boise creek, where on the pre vious evening he held an inquest on the body of Frederick McHugh, who has been missing eiuce March 17. The body was found lodged on a crosspiece of a railroad trestle, where it had caught, evidently in a fall from a train. The neck and both legs were broken. Governor John P. Altgeld and the entire board of trustees of the University of Illi nois were indicted by the Champaigne county grand jury yesterday for alleged neglect or refusal to comply with the law requiring that the American flag be dis played over the state university buildings. The Uag has been displayed from the flag- Dole in front of the military ball, but not from the separate buildings. The French Chamber ef Dsputies, 286 to 270, has voted for the government proposal of the principle of an income tax, but has referred tho details of the scheme to a committee. The income tax propos al has been intended as .he central fea ture of the plan of the present govern ment, and it has been believed extremely doubtful whether its proposal could pass tha legislature. The action last night is in the nature of a compromise endors ing the pritcfple of an income tax, but throwing a- la the details of tbe govern ment scheme. The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard learns from an excellent source I in St. Petersburg that China has granted a ; concession to Russia to build a railroad trom. the Chita, in the transbaikal district of Siberia, through Manchuria to Port Ar- I tliur, "the latter port," says the Standard j correspondent, "being ceded to Russia in | exchange for certain important conces sions." The Czar has, therefore, consent ed to stop the building of tha railway from ! ihe Chita to Tlsdtvostock in order io pro i deed with the Manchuria line which, it is I hoped, will attract an immense trade from ! China. STATE NOTES ' H. J. Butler, repteseniing the American : institute at Los Gatos, while in Modesto | Monday last, drew on the Los Gatos bank I for $84). Yesterday the bank returned the draft with a letter stating tuat Butler baa Ino account with them, and further that : lliey h.'.d alio returned drafts from Mar tinez, Napa and other points, where ha S had victimised others. Butler is supposed I to have gone toward Los Angeles. Ttie directors of the Commercial and Savings bank at San Joso were in session , all day yesterday, and as a result L. Lion ! was elected president, vice B. 1). Murphy, i resigned. The directors now feel certain j that tiie bank will reopen next week. It lis probable that Lazard Freres ,fc Co. will ; succeed Donahoe, l\e'lly ,v Co. as agents of , the bank at San Francisco. Tne new ' president is the head of the largest carpet \ and furniture house ou the coast. It is slated tiiat Rev, C. 0, Brown will be I tried by the Fay conference on the charge of uamlnlsteria) conduct. The charges, it ,is paid, will be presented by either Dr. I Rader or Dr. Williams, and among the items slleg-d against tho accused minister ; are said to be his attempted deception of : tho United Press; tbe discrepancy in his testimony in the Davidson trial, whore he is alleged lo have testilied one way in the j poiice court and diiectly opposite in the ' superior court. A Schooner Collision j San Francisco, March 20.—The schooner Helen Merrlam was run down and completely wrecked by the schooner j Christina Steffenson Uat Sunday morning | about twenty-two miles off Feint Keyes. j Captain Gruggel and the turee men who I composed the crew of the Merrium were | taken olf by tne Steffens. The Helen ! .Ylerriam drifted along the ocean and is ; now perhaps at the bottom. Captain ' Giuggel lays all the blame of the necklet.t on toe Christina StelTen*. The laiier.be ! says, had no 1-ehis out antl could not be ; discorned until she was on top of his ■ vessel. To make matters worse,according !to his story, the master of the Steffens ! refused to stand by him and assist in say ' ing his vessel. Both schooners were bound j north, the Morriam to Xebale:; river and j the other to Timber cove, Which is about th rty miles north of where the accl lent ; occurred. The Italian Campi ! Romp. March 26.—General ' llena. who ' was wounded at the battle of Adowa, is quoted as saying that 1 'I d #88 ' ever so badly orgn: d, an di I j plined as that with whicli*' ight. tne I three columns opt ra .n i i th - Abye* I sinians were so ae| f,iiat contact i svns impossible. The - - were with { out maps, the oouu ;y i piiio unknown | and no Drovlsious - made to meet emergencies. Getiei itlena concluded i with saving hat i »ir ia continued i Italy will be ex ios< > gr.vit disillusions, We ie ffjin j Pacih Urc March 26.—A heavy ! rain stout 'd ' lis section and is j hailed by t'..'tanners of the ; ('arm i illeys, who have been ' suffering on icci tint of the longdry spell* I Tim storm egan this morning audit is I still contim Ing l< rain tonight. I Napa, Match . » heavy rain fell here today, which will do much good to genor al crops. A Serious Hurt A drunken man. Riving ihe name of Jock Williams, jumped from ihe patrol wagon late last night and broke both bones of the right leg below the Unce. Dr. Bryant reduced the fracture, but amputation will probably be neoeasary. CITY PRICE, PER SINGLE COPY, j CENTS * ON TRANSPORTATION LINES, j CfcNTS INDIGNANT FRESNO PEOPLE INVITED A TRAVELING EVANGELIST Tt MAKE AN APOLOGY A Sensational Revivalist Asserted That Two- Thirds of Fresno's dlrls Were Unchaste Before They Were Fourteea-Hs Is Net Preaching at Fresno Now. Associated Tress Special Wire. Fresno, March 20.—The people of Frea» no were aroused to a state of warm indite* nation this morning by the publication In the Morning Republican of an article d|s> nouncing Rev. 1. T. Johnson, a traveling evangelist, who has been holding meetings in the Methotlist-Kpiseopal church for some weeks, for having repeated from the pulpit a statement which be claimed tiad been made to him, that two-thirds of the girls of this city were ruined before the* reached the age of 14 years. The paper also contained an interview witb the preacher in whicli be admitted having re peated the statement, but declined to git*) the source of his information. As soon as the people of the town bad read the article they began to gr.ther in groups and discuss tbe question of taking some steps to bring the sensational preacher to a realization of the 'enormity of his offense in having repeated/ such pre posterous statements and such an in famous slander from his pulpit. It waa soon decided to hold a meetinjg of busi ness men to consider the matter, and also to call a mass meeting in thsj evening to express the indignation eat the community. A meeting of that directors of the church was also called- The church had been in session but a short time when a request was m ade for then* attendance at the conference of business men, which was complied with, and conse quently no decision was reached by tha church officials. The business men also called before them the re/porters who bad interviewed tbe preacher, and after hear ing tbeir statements tiie evangelist waa sent for and appeared before the confer ence. He at first made /a general denial of the correctness of the interview and ex pressed bis determination to make it warm for the paper which had attacked him. When pinned down to the denials be fin ally admitted that ha had repeated the slander attributed to him, and upon de mand of the committee conducting the investigation signed tbe following categor ical admission and apology: "Do you be lieve that tbe statement made by you regarding the chastity of the girls of this city, which you claim was made to you by a friend, was untrue, and that you made st mistake when you repeated that state ment. ' "I do; and I will apologise to the coma munity for having made thn same. (Signed.) "I. 'If. Johnson." It was soon noised about the street that the preacher was before the meeting, and quite a crowd gathered about tbe building tor thn purpose of getting: a sight of the man who had stirred up so much feeling. After the confession was signed he went to the door to take his departure, but seeing so large a crowd awaiting his appearand became alarmed and quickly drew back into the committee room. This started the report that the crowd was bent upon lynching, but, as a matter of fact, nine tenths of those who composed it were peaceably disposed and bad no intention of doing the foolish preacher any harm. At this juncture Arthur Hi. Briggs came out ;of the bank building at a side door and ] made a few remarks to the crowd, stating ! that the preacher had apologized and j would probably leave town at once. While I the crowd was listening to Mr. Briggs the ! evangelist hurried out at the frontdoor I an! took his departure. The conference then appointed a com ; miltee of prominent citizens to wait i upon Mr. Johnson and inform him that his own interests would ■ be subserved by leaving town immediately; i that in case he did so immunity from ■ danger would be assured, but otherwise he ; would have to take hiscimnces. The com j mittee the>n visited the evangelist at his ! residence and expressed the sentiments of ! the citizens'meeting to him. He strettu- I ously objected to leaving town, but when : the pastor of the church joined the corn i miltee in advising him to go he became i more pacific, but made no d Unite state j mem as to what bis course would be. The mass meeting in tho evening was i held at the city bail, which was packed j widi people, many not being able to gain : admission. The spirit of the meeting, ! however, was entirely peaceable, the senti ' : ment being one of great regret that such an j occurrence should have taken place. Pulpit sensationalism was roundly de ■ nounced, and this slander was cited as an ! example of the deplorable results that fol ; low the reckless mouthinga of itinerant I irresponsible*. I he meeting was presided i over by Arthur R. Briggs and perfect de corum was maintained. Addresses were I made by prominent citizens, antl the fol lowing resolutions were adopted: ! ''Whereas, Certain slanderous and un warranted statements reflecting upon our community and our public schools and I chain ter have been given circulation I through the local press, that are admitted !to have been made by liev. Johnson, an evangelist conducting meetings in one of , our churches; "Resolved, That we, tho citizens of ! Fresno, in mass meeting assembled, do : newt indignantly resent the wholesale I slander that has been thus cast upon our j community, our chinches and our publio | schools, aud do denounce in unmeasured terms ihe Key. Johnson for giving public { ity to Buch slanderous reports as have boon admitted by him, and pronounce I ihem absolutely false and without any ' foundation whatever, aial do advise that ' said Uev. Johnson immediately depart j from our city and further suggest that he ! never return. *' j At a late hour tonight it w-as ascertained j ih.it Rev. Johnson bail left the ciiy, but j bis destination is not known. The Duty On Currents SsN Francisco, March 20.—United : States .ludgo Morrow rendered a decision in the celebrated /. inie currants case to d v, in which ho held that all currants coming from Ptttraii and Cephalonia, in die Island of Xante, were Xante currants in the meaning of the tarill law, and there- More subject to I'niicd States duties. Col ! lector of Port Wis", classified 500 barrels !of curl ants at San Francisco invoiced j as*'pluiu pudding label J currants" asZan 'to currants, nnd as essod a duty of I>£ i cents per pound thereon. The importers J Hleu a protest with the general appraisers, j who upheld the protest, and thereupon i Collector Wise referred the question to the ' United States court for final adjudication. ' Iv summing up Judge Morrow says that, jin his opinion, the classification of the ! article Imported and involved in the case ! made by Collector Wise was correct, and '. that the currants are subjoci to the duty of |I \i cents iter pound. The decision of the j general appraisers was declared erroneous I and ordered reversed. X Riiy Development HARiiOrsnt'ltu, Ky., Match Profos sor H. S. Ureene of llatrodsburg academy t nnd H. P. Spillman, photographer, have produced X rays from ordinary heat radi atiou without any induction coil or Crooke's tubes. They have succeeded in producing some excellent skiagraphs of various objects. The mysterious rays are found to exist in ordinary heat, and have been made to penetrate several thick* nessos of opaque substances. , " V