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THE CONDITION OF CUBA
THE THEME CP GAIXINOEB'S
FERVID ORATORY
A WILD BURST OF APPLAUSE
Greets the Assertion That Gold Can
not Atone for the Death of the
Maine Sailors
Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, March 23. —A vivid
word picture of the barbarities and des
titution ln the Island of Cuba was
drawn In the senate today by Mr. Gallln
ger of New Hampshire. The senator
recently visited Cuba to study the situ
ation there. Long before the senate con
vened the galleries were paoked. Almost
as soon as the senate convened Mr. Ba
con of Georgia introduced a Joint reso
lution declaring that the United States
should do everything ln Its power to
preserve peace with all the nations of the
world, and not be forced into a war
except to preserve the dignity and honor
of the nation. He said that he would
not ask for Immediate consideration of.
the resolution, byt would permit It to lie
on the table until tomorrow. Then Mr.
Hale of Malpe, chairman of the naval
affairs committee, quietly rose and fa
vorably reported the bill providing for
relief for the survivors of the Maine
catastrophe. There was a suppressed
murmur of expectancy In the galleries,
hut the measure was read and passed
without a word of debate. Mr. Gallin
ger's speech followed. He spoke in a
low, clear tone, distinctly audibte
throughout the chamber. There was not
an Interruption by a word throughout
his speech. His auditors listened In
tently to his description of the horrors
and cruelties suffered by the reconcen
trados. When he declared, however, that
a government that would starve 400,000
of its people would do anything, and as
he followed with the further declaration
that the lives of the brave men lost in
the Maine disaster could not be atoned
for with gold or silver a spontaneous
wave of applause swept over the galler
ies, and the vice president had difficulty
in restoring order. When he had con
cluded he was accorded a burst of ap
plause which the vice president made
little effort to restrain. The senate then
quietly resumed the consideration of the
bill making further provision for a civil
government in Alaska, and at 2 oclock
took up the national quarantine bill.
Its consideration had not been con
cluded! when the senate adjourned.
Very quietly and with no attempt to
produce effect, the bill providingfor the
relief of the survivors of the Maine dis
aster was presented to the Senate for
consideration.
Mr. Hale of Maine reported the bill
favorably and asked that it be placed
at once upon its passage.
The bill was read and, without debate,
was unanimously passed.
Then, in accordance with notice given
yesterday, Mr. Galllnger of New Hamp
shire was recognized for a speech upon
the condition of affairs In Cuba.
Mr. Galllnger has recently returned
from the Island. He received the most
careful and thoughtful attention of
every person within the sound of his
voice.
A full synopsis of Mr. Galllnger's
speech follows:
THE SENATOR'S SPEECH
In opening his speech Mr. Galllnger
Bald that after the calm, dispassionate
and touching statement concerning Cuba
made in the Senate recently by Mr. Proc
tor of Vermont, it might be well for him
to remain silent, but, yielding to the
desire expressed by many of his col
leagues, he had consented to give a
plain recital of some of his observations
on that "unhappy island."
He referred to the efforts made by the
Cubans in 1829, in 1844. In 1848. in 1850, ln
1868 and again In 1595. to break the
chains that bound them to Spain that
they might establish for themselves a
free government "upon the soil that was
rightly theirs."
Save the last, all these efforts have
ended In failure.
That failure Is history and need not
be recounted.
Mr. Galllnger then detailed some of the
events leading up to his arrival In Cuba
and of reception by Consul-General Lee.
"General Lee," said he, "Is deserving
of the highest praise for the manner in
which he conducted himself in Havana.
Cool and fearless in the midst of diffi
culties and dangers, he never loses sight
of the fact that he is an American citi
zen, nor is he unmindful of the tremen
dous responsibility and duty of his posi
tion."
Referring to his call upon the Auton
omist Cabinet. Mr. Galllnger said it was
evident that the President of the Cabi
net was not encouraged in the work.
"The truth is." said Mr. Galllnger,
"autonomy Is a flat failure, opposed alike
by the utra Spaniards and the Cubans.
The leaders of the insurrection have not
forgotten how they were treated by
Spain in IS7B and the blandishments an'l
bribes now being offered them are
spurned with contempt. 'Better death
than autonomy,' said a leading Cuban
to me, 'for autonomy is only a pretense
under which we would again be slaves
to Spain.' "
Mr. Gallinger recalled that he had
heard during debates in the Senate de
nials marie that a state of war existed
In Cuba, but it only required a brief ob
servation to convince one that war ac
tually did exist. A desolated country
and its striken people told the story more
eloquently than it could be conveyed in
words.
"The war in Cuba, how ever." he said,
"is a war of starvation and extermina
tion—a war more cruel that the world
has ever known."
The Spanish troops do not impress
Americans as great soldiers. They are
under a lax discipline and are poorly
uniformed and Inadequately fed. The
high officials do most of their fighting in
hotels and cafes, the actual fighting be
ing done by those of inferior grade. On
the contrary, the insurgents are com
fortably clad and under strict discipline.
They own a large part of the island, and
could, in Mr. Gallinger's judgment, take
Havana or Matanzas whenever it might
suit their purpose, although thi-se cities
could not be held for lack of v navy.
"The scenes in the streets of Havana
ore harrowing beyond description. Peo
ple In want and suffering are everywhere
seen and walking skeletons meet one on
every hand. Naked children, emaciated
and ragged women, diseased and stag
ing men throng the streets, the hotel
lobbies ami every place of public re
sort. It la a terrible sight—one that
sickens the heart and quickens every Im
pulse of human sympathy and love."
Under the shadow of cathedrals and
churches, where Spain's authority ls
absolutely unquestioned the most horri
ble conditions are conceded to exist.
Many have refused to believe that a
great government was waging a war of
extermination Instead of a war of
honor, yet such is an absolute fact. A
visit was paid to the orphanage, which
Is now under the care ot Miss Clara
Barton. It contains now about fifty
children, almost every one of whom is
a victim of starvation. Dr. Lesser, one
of Miss Barton's assistants, has had ex
perience in the Armenian and India fam
ines, but he declares that the famine in
Cuba Is worse than that In Armenia, and
the pictures he drew of the terrible suf
fering and starvation in the Island
more than confirm all that has been
written upon the subject.
A detailed story of a visit to Los
Aocas, the place where the reconcen
trados dally assemble to get food, was
also given.
A few weeks ago when Miss Barton
discovered the place there were 645 peo
ple lying on the floors, many of them
entirely nude and all suffering the pangs
of starvation. Much has been done by
the Red Cross Society to alleviate the
condition of those who still remain, but
scores of men, women and children are
yet there, gaunt and bony, almost as a
skeleton, many of them covered with
sores directly traceable to insufficient,
food.
"What a chapter of horrors and death
IS that! And still the tragedy goes on.
How much longer shall It continue
largely depends upon the forbearance
of a great people, who, through suffering
and sorrow, achieved their own Inde
pendence and whose sympathies have al
ways gone out to the oppressed of all
nations of the world."
A vivid picture was drawn by Mr.
Galllnger of the trip to the City of Ma
tanzas. All along the route were wretch
ed people in rags, but not until the city
was reached was the full extent of the
suffering realized.
"It occurred to me as I looked upon
the scenes of suffering and horror that
the Cuban reconcentrados might well
have adopted the words of Dante 'Who
enters here leaves hope behind.' when
they were driven from the fields and
and herded like cattle in the cities and
towns of this fertile land. The truth
is that Weyler devised a scheme of hu
man suffering and sorrow that put
Dante's 'Inferno' in the shade and con
verted a contented, prosperous people
Into a herd of suffering, starving unfor
tunates.
"Matanzas is literally a place of beg
gary and death. Never before did my
eyes behold such suffering, and never
again do I expect to see such havoc
wrought through a cruel and Inhuman
decree. A visit to the Matanzas hos
pitals revealed an even more shocking
condition of affairs than the streets.
Members of tbe Red Cross Society who
had visited one of the hospitals two
weeks before were almost overcome
upon discovering that nearly every one
of the Inmates at that time had since
died. There poverty, sorrow and suffer
ing were depicted in their worst forms.
Children, gaunt in face, but with ab
domens and limbs terribly swollen;
women in the last stage of emaciation,
and men there were rapidly drifting to
death. If there was food in these hos
pitals, said Senator Galllnger, I did not
discover it, neither were there signs
of medicine or of proper nursing and
care.
The Governor of Matanzas informed
Mr. Galllnger that the first day he oc
cupied the palace, fifteen persons had
died in the court yard. He said fur
ther that in that city 1200 had died in
November; 1200 in December; 700 in
January, and 500 in February. The
death rate was decreasing, simply be
cause the reconcentrados by death
were becoming fewer.
"The number of people who have starv
ed in Cuba will never be definitely
know n. It is estimated that 800,000 were
driven from their homes into the cities
and towns. I had it from Spanish au
thority that, according to their figures,
225,000 already have perished, but it is
said that the Red Cross Society is in
possession of figures showing that 425,
--000 Cubans have died as the result of
starvation and that 200,000 more must
inevitably die.
"I have been asked many times what
of the Maine. Ido not know. This, how
ever, I do know, a government that will
deliberately starve 400,000 of its own peo
ple will do pretty much anything. If the
ship was blown up from the outside what
should our government do? Perhaps I
should forbear to discuss that question
now; but this I will venture to say: Hu
man life if purposely taken cannot be
paid for in gold or silver. Mark my
words, 'if purposely taken,' and if it
shall appear that such waR the fate of
250 brave American sailors, then Heaven
pity the guilty parties. It will not be a
question for arbitration, but a question
involving the dignity and honor of this
great republic."
Mr. Oallinger said there was little real
loyalty to Spain in Cuba, as would be de
monstrated when the hour of trial
should come. He did not believe that
Spain could subdue the insurgents. The
Cubans had been oppressed so long that
they preferred death to Spanish rule.
Discussing the question of Spanish
rule, Mr. Galllnger referred to the mat
ter of taxation. In addition to a direct
and indirect tax on real estate there is a
tax on every door, every window and
every chimney in every house, on every
letter in every business sign and on
every name on every hotel register. Li
censes are required to build and to paint
houses. Thero is a tax on food animals
as a whole, special taxes on the horns,
hoofs and the hide. In addition to al!
this the interest on the debt is a tre
mendous burden. The salaries of the
Spanish officials are beyond all reason
and the amount of money wrung from
the Cubans to keep the Madrid govern
ment from complete insolvency is simply
enormous.
"No people on the face of tho earth
have been so oppressed, the treasury of
Spain being literally supplied from the
revenues ftxtorted from Cuba and the
Philippine islands.
"Our forefathers went to war because
the mother country put a tax on tea.
Cuba has ten times more reasons than
we had for rebellion and she deserves
the sympathy and help of every true
American.
"Fortunately the people of this great
republic are thoroughly aroused to the
situation and the great heart of the
American populace is In full smypatby
with Cuba. Religion and humanity alike
demand that the war shall cease, and
cease it should, even though the glitter
and glamor of military rule shall end and
a decaying and dissolute throne shall
pass away, never to return."
As to what should be done, Mr. Gal
llnger felt that sooner or later this gov
ernment would of necessity absorb Cuba,
but if annexation cannot now be ac
complished, let independence come.
LOS ANGELES HERALD t THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH M, 119*
"American Interests in Cuba," said he,
in conclusion, "have already suffered
enough. We have patrolled our coast in
the Interest of Spain as long as we
should, and we have spent quite too
much money protecting our people from
epidemic diseases coming to our shores
because of the unsanitary condition of
the harbor and city of Havana. Spain
has failed to meet the requirements of
an advanced civilisation. Let the United
States or Cuba take up the problem and
solve It."
Mr. Galllnger was thirty-eight min
utes delivering his speech, and as he
commended "the poor, suffering Cubans
to the great heart of the American peo
ple," a great wave of applause swept
through the galleries.
Mr. Carter ot Montana then called up
the bill making further provision for
a civil government for Alaska, and re
sumed his speech begun yesterday upon
the measure.
After a brief discussion of the bill by
Mr. Carter, Mr. Perkins of California
offered a long amendment to the measure
providing! for the placing of a license
upon almost every kind of business and
for the taxing and regulation of the
liquor traffic. The tax on a wholesale
liquor establishment is fixed at $2000 per
year, upon a bar room or saloon In any
town of more than 1500 Inhabitants $1600
a year, and upon any retail liquor saloon
ln communities of less than 1500 Inhabi
tants $1000 per year.
Mr. Hansbrough of North Dakota said
the Perkins amendment meant simply
that the government would take part in
the liquor business of the district, and he
did not believe It was right, or that the
people of this country would approve of
such a step. He offered an amendment
to the pending bill to be considered as a
substitute for that proposed by Mr. Per
kins. The amendment provides that no
liquor shall be imported, manufactured
or sold in Alaska, and that any violation
of this provision should be considered
as a misdemeanor punishable by fine
and imprisonment.
Mr. Perkins, in reply to Mr. Hans
brough, said that nobody would go far
ther than he in advancing the cause of
temperance, but he maintained that the
national law was absolutely a dead let
ter In Alaska.
He believed the adoption of his amend
ment and the enforcement of its pro-
visions would practically prohibit the
liquor business within this district.
At 2 oclock the unfinished business,
the national quarantine bill, was taken
up, and Mr. Caffery finished his speech
begun yesterday In support of the bill.
The speech was purely a legal argument
in favor of the pending bill.
Mr. Caffery had not concluded at 3:43
p. m., when the senate went into execu
tive session, and at 4 p. m. adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE
Thorpe of Virginia Seated hy a Party
Vote
WASHINGTON. March 23.— R. T.
Thorpe was today given the seat from
the Fourth Virginia district. Sidney P.
Eppes, who obtained" the certificate of
election, was unseated by a strict party
vote. Mr. Thorpe was given the seat
by a vote of 151 to 130.
The Republicans, without a break,
voted for Thorpe, and the Democrats
and Populists, with the exception of Mr.
Howard of Alabama, a Populist, voted
for Mr. Eppes.
Mr. Thorpe contested the seat of Mr.
Kelley in the last congress, and was
seated. The Republican majority in the
house, which was fifty-two when the
house convened last summer, is now
fifty-four.
Mr. Shea of Kentucky and Mr. Hay
of Virginia spoke in Mr. Eppes' favor,
and Mr. Thorpe addressed the house In
his own behalf. At 5 oclock the house
adjourned.
SESSION NOTES '
Committee Work Concerns the Cuban
Questions Chiefly
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations at
its meeting today informally discussed
the situation in Cuba. The consensus of
opinion, based upon information which
has been received from the administra
tion by various members, was that the
President is pursuing a wise and conser
vative course, such as is necessary in
Issues which Involve peace or war. A
member of the committee said that the
course of the President was surely con
vincing the governments and intelligent
people of the world that the United
States was Justifiable in its policy and
we would have the moral support of
Europe when the crisis came.
It was the opinion, however, that the
inevitable tendency was toward a rup
ture with Spain and that the United
States' position was becoming stronger
and stronger.every day. The committee
is aware that the Maine disaster will be
treated as a separate and distinct inci
dent for the present.
There was some discussion as to what
would be done with the report of the
Board of Inquiry when it reaches the
Senate Monday, and it is probable that a
motion will immediately be made to re
fer it to the Committee on Foreign Re
lations. The members of the Naval Com
mittee claim that the Senate having au
thorized it to investigate the Maine dis
aster, this committee should ha%'e the
report of the Naval Board as a matter
of courtesy as well as of right.
An effort will be made to adjust the
whole matter by the time the report
arrives so that no debate will occur until
after the committee has considered the
report.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The re
port of the Republican sub-committee to
the House Committee on Banking and
Currency was laid before the full Re
publican membership of the committee.
This committee was appointed a month
ago to report a general banking and
currency measure, and consists of Mc-
Cleary of Minn., chairman; Prince of
111., and Mitchell of N. Y.
The bill they have reported is entitled
"A Bill to Provide for Strengthening
tho Public Credit, for the Relief of the
United States Treasury and for the
Amendment of the Laws Relating to
National Hank Associations."
The method of dealing with the green
back is not by direct retirement, but by
the substitution of a legal tender note,
which the banks are required to assume
and for the redemption of which they
are required to find the gold, so long as
they are conducting a solvent business.
The principal provisions of the bill are
as follows:
1. A division of issue and redemption is
established In the treasury, for which the
secretary of the treasury Is authorized to
set aside the general cash balances in ex
cess of W>,000,000. This excess, on March
17. 1895, was $170,139,532. United States notes
received by this division for redemption in
gold are to be cancelled and retired in pro
portion as certain substitute currency is
i Issued. Mi note redeemed in gold ls to be
again paid out, eaoept under exceptional
conditions.
; 2. National banks are required to assume
the current redemption of United States
demand notes. In order to obtain circulation
based upon their commercial assets. A
new class of notes, called national reserve
notes, ls to be Issued In lieu of legal tender
notes, deposited by the banks with the
treasury, and these reserve notes are lo
be redeemed upon demand by the banks
out of the redemption fund which they
are required to maintain ln gold. These re
serve notes are not treated ln any respect
as bank notes, because the banks are not
liable for their ultimate redemption.
3. The basts of national bank note cir
culation will be the commercial assets of
the banks, but these will be reached only
after a series of years.
4. National banks are to be permitted to j
Issue currency notes on their commercial
reserve to the amount of the reserve notes
issued to them ln deposit for United States
notes. i
6. Treasury notes Issued under the act
of July 14, IS9O, are to be dealt with event
ually on the same basis as United States i
notes.
6. A tax of 2 per cent ls levied upon cur
rency notes ln excess of 60 per cent of the
capital of any national bank, and ot 6 per
cent when ln excess of 80 per cent.
7. The national currency notes, based
upon commercial assets, are to be scoured
by a bank-note guaranty fund, made up by
the contribution ln gold coin of 6 per cent
of the entire circulation of the bank, and
provision Is made for replenishment of this
fund within certain limits.
8. The national reserve notes will con
tinue to be legal tender until received In
the treasury from failed and liquidating
banks, when liability for them will be as
sumed by the government, and they will
be redeemed and cancelled.
9. Standard silver dollars are to be re
deemable in gold, but sliver certificates
are redeemable only ln standard silver dol
lars. The parity of silver with gold is se
cured by a gold redemption fund.
10. Silver certificates are hereafter to be
issued only ln denominations of 21, 82 and
85. Legal tender notes, reserve notes and
currency are not to be Issued in denomina
tions below 810.
11. National banks are required to pay a
tax of ij of 1 per cent semi-annually on
their capital, surplus and undivided profits.
12. National banks are permitted to es
tablish branches under regulations to be
prescribed by the secretary of the treas
ury.
The committee say, in explanation of
the provision regarding the assumption
of legal tender notes by the banks, that
they have endeavored to adopt a sys
tem which would be subject to none of
the criticism made against the issue of
interest-bearing bonds or the taxation
of the people for the payment of this
demand debt.
POOD FOR THE HUNGRY
WASHINGTON, March 23. — An
amendment to thd Sundry Civil bill ls
pending before the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, appropriating $250,000
to furnish supplies to the destitute peo
ple of Cuba. It is said the amendment
will probably be adopted.
THE ARMY BILL
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Re
organization bill was adopted unani
mously by the House Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, and it was subsequently
reported to the House.
AT THE THEATERS
LOS ANGELES THEATER —James A.
Heme will be seen tonight In the drama
of "Shore Acres," a piece which has been
made familiar to playgoers through former
representations, and which appears to
grow in interest with each succeeding sea
son. The advance sale for the engagement,
which will last through the remainder of
the week, is large.
o o o
"The Mysterious Mr. Bugle," a farcical
comedy, written by Mrs. Riley, and pro
nounced a great New York success, wSrt be
seen at this house next week.
J. H. Wells, a Chicago capitalist, wife
and daughter are in the city.
NEW BATTLESHIP KEARSARGE, WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED TODAY
The new batflehlp Kearsarge, which will be launcehd" today, will possess a few point! in the way ot armament that no
floating ship can boast at present. The distribution of her guns is the result of careful observations of the defects In the
armaments of the Indiana. The Kearsarge has eight guns in two turrets, Instead of twelve guns in six turrets. Each of
her turrets has two stories, and these turrets have motions Independent of each other. ' The chief advantage to be noted ln
this di'tributlon is the wide range of firing possible. The guns, while not as numerous as those of the Indiana, can be
swung through an unbroken arc of 270 uegrces to aid the thirteen-lnch guns upon which, they are imposed. The weight that
has been saved ln cutting down the numb3r of guns has been put Into a broadside battery of fourteen five-Inch quid) firing
guns which throw eight fifty-pound'shot per minute with an energy of 1834-foot tons and a penetration of thirteen Inches of
iron. The total broadside which th* Kearsarge can Are is terribly destructive. In most et her other lines she is the ordinary
Arst-elaes line of bettUshl*.
JESSE RAINS BULLETS
HE WANTED A WESTLAKE ELEC-
TBJC OAK TO STOP
Shot Off His Revolver Four Time*.
Car Crew Decided Not to Cause
| His Arrest
There was a fusillade of shots fired at
Westlake park last night about 11 oclock,
but whether it was done by a foiled high
wayman or a drunken clubman, the police
authorities pretended they did not know.
As car No. 8 on the Second street division
waa passing-along Alvarado and Sixth
streets Motorneer Jordan saw a nun step
from the northwest corner, which ls very
dark, as if to signal to him to stop. Tho
motorneer was about to ring the car to a
standstill, but taking a second glance at
the man he saw a .revolver flash ln his
hand. Jordan wasted no time for such a
passenger, for turning on the current he
' sent the car up the hill at top speed. The
man then began firing and a couple of shots
hit the top of the car. The car was brought
on to the city and the authorities were no
tified.
The man who fired the shots was discov
ered to have been Jesse C. Rains, a real
estate dealer of this city. He came to the
business part of town on a later car and
went to a well known club. He wore a
dark suit of clothes and a light overcoat
and as this description tallied with that nf
the unknown shooter the train crew who
brought him ln supposed him to have been
the same man. They notified Conductor
Anderson and Motorneer Jordan who ln
company with an officer, visited the'fclub
house on Spring street. Anderson pointed
first to a very well known man about town
and said that he was the person who had
done the shooting, but on hearing the laugh
that greeted his palpable mistake he took
a look at Rains and Identified him as the
guilty individual. Rains was searched but
no gun was found on him and as none of
the electric car people desired to make any
charge against him he was not arrested.
Later the conductor ls reported to have re
turned and said that Rains was not the
man, but it was supposed he had been Im
portuned to this new view of the case by
some of Rains' zealous friends.
To his club friends, however, Rains ad
mitted having shot off a revolver, but
claimed that he did not try' to hit the car.
He had been dining in the vicinity of West
lake park and was somewhat hilarious as
the result, having had a very elegant re
past. When he saw a car passing away
without him he took out his revolver and
fired four shots in the air. merely to at
tract the unobservant conductor's atten
tion. Rains has been greatly troubled with
his eyes, and It does not seem likely that
he would have essayed to have tried his
markmanshlp on the disappearing car.
Some of his friends go so far as to say that
Rains is blind In one eye, but cannot ex
plain the target practice other than that
there must have been something wrong
with the rest of his head also.
The arrival at the club's front door of the
patrol wagon with a posse of policemen and
an ex-police commissioner, who was in
search of a little nocturnal excitement,
caused a great sensation, and a small
crowd collected anxiously outside the sa
cred portals.
SPRING OPENING
Large Crowds, Attractive Fashions, at
The Greater People's Store
Flowers, music, a blase ot light and
brilliancy of color made (he spring opening
at the Greater People's store last nigfit
most attractive. Spring millinery and
spring dress goods were displayed In end
less variety, and a throng of sightseers
surrounded the show windows and filled
the departments of the establishment
from 8 to 10 o'clock.
The Seventh Regiment band discoursed
lively music, and with the elaborate floral
display the affair was a great success. In
daooratlon th* predominating color was
yellow, from the mammoth poke bonnet
that formed the arch at th* main Spring
■treat entrance to the big balloon that hung i
ln the well, and this with the trailing
tendrils of smllax, everywhere as a con
trast, was very effective.
MILLINERY
| The millinery department was especially
showy. There were pattern hats from
Paris, pattern hats from New York, with
flowers and scarfs and jets and aigrettes
and ribbons and buckles galore. The hats
had the new broad, high effects, the
flowers In clusters, and they were simply
smothered In trimming. Walking hats of
manifold shapes, sailor hats elaborately
trimmed; Tarn o' Shanter caps In net and
gold, fancy straws and Frenchy little bon
nets, all were there and most fetchlngly
arranged.
SPRING DRESS MATERIAL
A beautiful display was made ln these
goods. Silkj warp taffetlrie, every variety
of grenadine foulards, lace and satin
striped ginghams all made one realise that
spring Is near. Beautiful plaid novelties
were shown, checks woven in blocks to
form plaids, which were new and pretty
and attracted much attention.
The foulards, showed many stripes ln
bayadere, that were showy and hand
some. The prettiest" foulards come from
Lyons; the designs here crossed from sffe
to side, Reseda, wood-brown old rose
all were novel. There were cross stripes
on the satin surface, and dashes of color
like an exaggerated exclamation point. One
Egyptian device in heliotrope and white
was especially handsome. Wide graduated
stripes of rich red and white, too, were
shown. Organdie plalded, In white and
flowered, dimity in waved cords, and all
sorts of high-class wash goods were at-
tractlvely shown.
DRAPERIES
The drapery department was resplend
ent in Oriental color, an Arabian cosy
corner being near the entrance. Bay win
dow effects, done ln rose and Nile uphol
stering, were seen.
At one end a sleeping room was shown
In pink and green, with draped windows
.and a toilet table In the foreground. All the
work ln this department was original and
characteristic.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT
The display made here was lavish ln Im
ported wraps, silk, lace, cloth, all ln the
latest style, wraps from Paris, from
Berlin, from London, tailor-made gowns
and silk waists and skirts and street suits
of every conceivable texture and cut. The
byadere effects here ln silks was In evidence
in beautiful colors and harmonious design.
LILIPUTIAN DEPARTMENT
This department was tho abode of a com
pany of waxen babies daintily arrayed In
delicate fluffy white. Everything was
shown here which a child may wear up to
four years of age. All was elaborately dis
played.
EMBROIDERIES,LACES AND RIBBONS
This department made an effective show,
with beautiful flounces of Brussels net of
chiffon, of Jet, spangles, etc. over gray
silks. Rennalsance lace In applique was dis
played and a bewildering show of spangles,
passementerie ornaments of all kinds and
pendents of beads and glittering stones
and seed-like cabochons. The arrangement
of the materials and the taste displayed in
color and design were all admirable.
There are sixty departments In this large
establishment and each one was last night
seen at its best.
Of the show windows which blazed with
color, the shoe window attracted the
greatest admiration. The simplicity of the
design, the beauty of color and the artistic
arrangement of the whole reflected great
credit on the establishment.
A committee of three from the press was
appointed as judges to nwrd the prize of
$25 which had been offered by the estab
lishment for the best department display.
The prize was to be awarded for originality
in design, for harmony In color, and for
best detail work. After careful considera
tion the committee awarded the first prize
of $25 as follows: Fifteen dollars to the
embroidery, lace and trimming department:
$5 to the glove and hosiery department, and
$6 to the drapery department. Honorable
mention was made of the notion depart
ment and the crockery department.
CRUDE OIL MAY GO UP
CONDITIONS HAVE A TENDENCY
TO BASSE PRICES
Th* Output Diminishing—Why £
Angeles Doe* Not Have a Larger
Market ln San Francisco
There is promise of a rise ln the price
of crude petroleum la the local market,
and i a consequent era ot greater prosperity
among th* oil producers in the Los> Angeles
field, despite th* rumors among 'oil men
that fuel oil can. be bought for to cents per
barrel from some of the producers, a
price that ls said to be considerable less
than the cost of production. Conditions
of the trade that should have a decided
tendency to raise prices are to be ob
served in the local oil field. The slightly
Increased demand and a considerable de
crease ln production are diminishing the
surplus on hand.
Edward Strasburg, secretary of the Oil
Producers' trustees, saldi to a Herald re
porter yesterday: "The surplus oil •*)
hand Is being; reduced. In November of
'97 there was a surplus of about 1600 bar*
rels per day from the Los Angeles field,
while today It ls not over 800 barrels. Since
that time the demand has Increased about
200 barrels per day, and the production has
fallen off probably 900 barrels.
"Present prices do not warrant the open
ing of any new fields. Oil men believe
that if the demand was sufficient at a
price that would pay the expense of pro
duction, plenty of oil could be produced."
San Francisco ls at present buying about
10,000 barrels of oil per month from Los
Angeles producers, and 30.000 barrels per
month from the Santa Paula fields. The
San Francisco oil trade can only be se
cured by a guarantee of oil at a fixed price
for one year, on account of the cost of
changing the system of heating from coal
to oil. The cost of transportation of oil
by rail has been another reason why more
Los Angeles oil has not found a larger mar
ket ln San Francisco, but the disinclina
tion of local producers to enter Into yearly
contracts with San Francisco firms to sup
ply oil at a fixed price at a time when prices
are low and the surplus diminishing is
probably the best reason why Los AfTgele*
oil does not have a greater market in San
Francisco.
"I do not want to be misunderstood.
There ls not going to be a shortage of oil
In the Los Angeles field, and there are un
limited oil fields that have been exploited
at Puente. Whittler and Fullerton on the
east, and Newhall, Sespl, Buckhorn, and
In the Santa Paula districts, but the pres
ent prices of oil would not warrant their
opening, for as a general rule the wells
would be deeper and cost more to operate
than do the Los Angeles oil wells."
POLICE PICKINGS
Dr. Forest Kay Be Turned Loose
Tomorow
In future Lena Douglas will Indulge in
sprees and pick pockets ln another city.
She was given a "floater" of 160 days yes
terday by Justice Morrison.
L. P. Stephens swore to a complaint
charging George W. Tower with embezzle
ment and the latter surrendered himself
to Deputy Constable Menzer yesterday.
The matter was adjusted and Tower was
released. It Is alleged that the dispute oc
curred over a misunderstanding about a
small account belonging to Stephens which
Tower had collected and failed to turn over.
Unless the people are ready with the evi
dence In the Forest case Friday the pris
oner will be turned loose. When the case
was called yesterday before Justice Owens
Deputy District Attorney Chambers asked
for a continuance on the grounds that Im
portant evidence was not available as it
had not arrived from the east. The court
continued the case until Friday afternoon.
Implying that the people would get no more
continuances.
ACCIDENTS OF YESTERDAY
H. Underwood Hurt by a Cave-in at
Carpenteria
H. J. Underwood, a laborer employed ln
the gravel pits at J. C. Carter's place at
Carpenteria, was burled entirely by a cave-
In yesterday. He managed to extricate his
head and cry for help but It was an hour
before he was dug out. No bones were
broken but It ls feared he has suffered In
ternal Injuries.
Chas. Anderson was seized with a violent
attack of coughing yesterday on Broad
way and was taken to the receiving hos
pital. He was thought to be ln a serious
condition and was sent to the county hos
pital.
P. S. Wood, who runs a pumping plant
outside the city limits, cut his hand yes
terday while sharpening a piece of steel on
an emery stone. Dr. Hagan attended him
at the receiving hospital.
A Slight Mistake
A mistake occurred yesterday morning
when Osano Rivera, who was convicted re
cently of stealing some lumber, was sent
out on the chain gang before he had been
sentenced. Rivera was sent out ln the placs
of Franctsca Ramirez, who was sentenced
to serve five days for drunkenness. Tho
sentence of Rivera had to be postponed by
Justice Owens until he could be sent for
and brought ln from the chain gang.
Indictments Found
CHICAGO, March 23.—The grand Jury
has returned indictments against TTTorge
H. Jackson, formerly chief of police of
Muskegon, Mich., and William H. Wil
lows, charging them with the murder of
Andrew H. McGee. Jackson and. Willows',
It is allege*, decoyed McGee to an apart
ment house on the South s:d c several week*
ago and murdered and robbed him.
A Bogus Agent
A complaint was Issued from the district
attorney's office yesterday, charging Al
Betzel with having obtained money under
false pretenses. E. Schafer, the proprietor
of a saloon, claims that Betzel induced him
to advance $57 by representing himself to
be the "runner" of a big liquor house.
Undelivered Telegrams
There are undelivered telegrams at the
office of the Western Union Telegraph
company for Hon. Hervey Llndley, J. J.
Martin, Mrs. Nettle Blanchard, William
E. Osborne, Minnie Strader, F. H. Pattuol,
Lieut. F. E. Lacey, J. M. Howells, D. A.
Warrew.
Somebody stole District Attoney James*
bicycle from its rack ln the court house
yesterday.
E. W. Sells, C. W. Sells and Mrs 3. A,
Barard, a party of New York tourists, are
recent arrivals.
J. H. Seymour of the City of Mexico is la
the city. He also has extensive mining in
terests in Mexico