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torial division between the two associa
tions should be effected. The same is true
of the clients of the Chicago Associated
Press. The consideration is even more po
tent with them. By it the conditions are
much more favorable for the starting of
new papers in the West than in the East.
The minutes of the joint conference com
mittee show that everything was done by
the representative of The United Press to
ward meeting this desire, that it
had been done honorably and fairly.
The failure of the negotiations aud
the unreasonable attitude of the rep
resentatives of the Chicago Associated
Press throughout merely show that while
The United Press was ready to act in the
interests of smaller papers the Chicago
Associated Press was not. The result is
that our clients in the small towns are
satisfied that the fight should go on, while
the clients of tne Chicago Associated Press
are correspondingly discontented with the
Chicago management of that organization.
"Why was the Chicago Associated Press
successful for a time in detaching Eastern
end Southern papers from The United
Press?"
"Their plan of operation was a simple
one," he said. "In the South, for instance,
they reported to the clients of our ally, the
Southern Associated Press, that they were
paying far more for the service than the
cost of collecting and handling the news,
and that the surplus was going into the
pockets of the big New York papers. It
was a plausible and attractive appeal. The
Chicago people offered to provide their
associations by furnishing the Southern
papers with news at a lower rate
than they were paying. The South
ern Associated Press had formerly been
in alliance with both The United
Press and the Chicago Associated
Tress, and after it had gone over in a body
to The United Press it was to be expected
that a few papers here and there would
continue their obligations with the Chicago
Associated Press. The price at which the
Chicago Associated Press undertook to do
the business, of couxse, was unremuner
ative. They made contracts at a loss. It
was a desperate plan of warfare, and to be
successful it necessitated the breaking up
of the organization of the Southern Asso
ciated Press in a rush and driving The
United Press, through this and similar
means in other fields, out of business
within a short timn. The United Press
once out of the way the Chicago Asso
ciated Press could proceed to readjust
rates on a business basis without fear of
losing its clients.
"As I have said, the Chicago Associated
Press counted on making a stampede, but
the stampede did not occur. The papers
we lost in tne South, moreover, involved
no pecuniary loss to us, as it happened
that the cost of serving them was oner
ous. Similar alluring propositions were
niado in the Eastern States, where we lost
a small percentage of our least important
clients. But The United Press, instead of
going oat of business, went steadily on in
spite of the defections. Like our allies,
we refused to be stampeded and were con
tent to bide our time. We knew that in
the long run our rival must lose rather
than gain by its methods. Thifrtells you
why the Chicago Associated Press was at
first successful in breaking into our ranks
and why, after a time, it could make no
further inroads.
"The result of its shortsighted and un
businesslike policy begins to be seen.
According to its own annual report the
losses of the Chicago Associated Press in
the Southern business have reached the
sum of *964 34 a month for its distributed
service alone. Of course the exDense of
collecting news m that section involves an
equal or greater additional expenditure.
The members of the association, publishers
of papers in the West, expostulated with
its management when they saw how
things were eoing.
"Their own assessments were raised 30
per cent, and they were then called upon
for voluntary subscriptions, in order that
the business might be carried on and
papers in United Press territory be served
at a loss. Even these measures did not
avail. Thesurphisof more than $100,000
which had been accumulated by the old
Western Associated Press before it was
succeeded by the present Chicago organ
ization was swept away. Large sums were
borrowed from the banks, and they went
into debt to the extent of more than $200,
---000. The reckless policy which had failed
to disrupt The United Press had borne its
legitimate fruits.
"All this history may be read in the
ofScial reports of the association itself. It
was read there by members of the Chicago
Associated Press, and they natnrally pro
tested. They were told in reply that the
war would soon be over, and then the
Western and Eastern papers would be
made to pay all the news cost and more.
The more obstreperous of the captured
papers would be "crucified." With these
assurances the members of the Chicago
Associated Press had to be content, and
they are still waiting for the war to be
over, so that they may recoup themselves."
"Why was it that while the enemy was
making these inroads into your territory
The United Press was able to make so little
headway in the West?" was asked.
"That involves quite a different matter,"
Mr. Phillips replied, "but the explanation
is equally simple. We were at a great dis
advantage in their territory in respect to
telegraphic facilities. The Chicago or
ganization had inherited from the Western
Associated Press very favorable wire ar
rangements on the Western Union system
which were the result of twenty -five years
of business, during which the Western As
sociated Press had been the ally of the New
York Associated Press. At the beginning
of the fight we found ourselves hampered
because of the fact that a large part of our
business in the West was done on the wires
of the Postal Telegraph Company, whose
system is not so extensive in that section
of the country as the Western Union.
There were many points where we could
have found clients to which their wires did
not reach. •
"In view of our contract obligations
with the Postal Company only a part of
our business could be done on the Western
Union system. So meager was this that
the Western Union, without the least in
tention of being unfair to us, could not
give us the same rates that the Chicago
Associated Press had. These rates were
given only on circuits containing a num
ber of points, and we could not make up
our circuits on the Western Union system
because our contracts hampered us in the
use of their wires at those points reached
by the Postal system. In taking papers
from the Chicago Associated Press, there
fore, we would have been compelled in
many places to serve them at a loss, as the
Chicago Associated served those in our
territory. We did not, nor dp we now,
propose to do business on that basis. The
contracts we make provide for sufficient
payments for laying down the news with
out loss. The United Press, when this
war is over, will be in a Dosition to carry
on its business on practically the basis of
the present payments, without a general
readjustment of prices to make up deficits
such as the plan of the Chicago Associated
Press contemplated. Contrary to the ex
perience of members of the Chicago Asso
ciated .Press, we have not found it neces
sary to raise prices or to call for voluntary
contributions from our clients.
"We havo gone into the telegraphic as
pect of the situation in the "West at some
length because the conditions that have
held us back in that section for nearly two
years are now obliterated. Within the last
three weeks our contract obligations to the
Costal Company haye been terminated.
This left us free to shift all our business at
once to the Wester;'. Union system, to make
up circuits in the West ana to extend our
business into that field. In short, it placed
us for the first time on an equal footing
with the Chicago Associated Press in their
own territory. Arrangements were made
at once for a leased-wire service to the
Pacific Coast. This new circuit went into
operation on the night of June 19, and
three of the principal Chicago Associated
Press papers on the coast dropped the
service and made contracts with us. It is
no secret that a number of other Pacific
Coast papers are preparing to make the
same move as soon as the necessary ar
rangements can be completed.
"It is worth notice, in passing, that when
this most important and significant move
was made by The United Press bulletins
were sent out all over the country by the
Chicago Associated Press to the effect that
The United Press had given up 1000 miles
of wire to the Postal system. No mention
was made of the substitution for it of 2000
miles of wire on the Western Union, and it
was attempted to produce the impression
that The United Press had taken a step
backward instead of two steps forward.
"You have seen the almost instantane
ous effect of this opening up of the West
to our service. In addition to the three
California papers, the Council Bluffs Non
pareil came over to iis in a very brief time
after we were rid of the clogging engage
ments to the Postal Telegraph Company.
Within the- next few weeks you will see
other WesteA papers following suit. The
superiority of The United Press service,
with the great news facilities created by
the big New York dailies to draw from, is
recognized and admitted even by the
Chicago Associated Press papers, and they
are not slow to avail themselves whenever
it can be offered without loss on an equal
footing with the Chicago Association."
"What would you say of the claim ad
vanced by the other association that the
smaller papers are better protected under
its plan of organization than under yours?"
"That is a contention that will not hold
water. They make much of the fact that
papers dealing with the association can
become members and have a voice in the
management, and characterize The United
Press as a close corporation. That is all
humbug. Any client of ours who is served
direct by us can become a member of The
United Press and a stockholder in it.
"The transfer of a sufficient amount of I
stock for this purpose can always be ar
ranged at headquarters. The small papers
can thus gain a voice in the management
of The United Press, and they can do it at
a nominal cost. It costs $400 for any paper
to become a stockholder in the Chicago
Associated Press. In The United Press it
costs much less. You can see upon analy
sis that the advantage to small papers is
on our side rather than on theirs. I spoke
of this privilege as limited to papers
served directly by us. The interests of the
papers served through the New England
Associated Press, the New York State
Press or the Sonthern Associated Press
lie, of course, with those organizations,
and they would be inclined to identify
themselves with them rather than with
The United Press itself. By becoming
members of these associations they have a
voice in the business management and in
the news supply of the associations with
which they have to do, and in addition
they are reported in the management of
The United Press through the p residents
of the three associations named,* who are
directors of The United Press."
"I understand that there has been some
talk of reviving the Western Associated
Press and allying it with The United Press,
the New York State Associated Press, the
New England Associated and the Southern
Associated Press. How would that affect
the statns of your clients on the Pacific
Coast? Would that territory be turned
over to the Western Associated Press?"
"Certu-nly not. That section has always
been served direct by The United Press and
the New York Associated Press, both be
fore and since their consolidation. It will
continue to be served direct by The United
Press unless the Pacific Coast papers them
selves should form an association. In that
case we would serve them collectively if
they desired, just as we do the allied asso
ciations in the south and east. We intend
to serve the Pacific Coast papers either in
dividually or in a body as they prefer.
But in no case would they be turned over
to anybody."
SCATTERED TORN MONEY.
Mysterious Case of Supposed
Suicide on the Lake
Front.
"I Am Tired of Life," Writes a Man
Who Throws Good Currency
to the Winds.
CHICAGO, 111., June 29.— A mysterious
case of supposed suicide is engaging the
detectives' skill of the Police Department.
Last night some boys, while playing on
the lake shore at the foot of Twenty-sixth
street, saw a quantity of torn paper money
being blown about. They picked up the
scraps and while examining them were
joined by a fisherman, who was astonished
to see that the money was genuine, being
pieces of $50, $100 and $500 bills.
He tried to induce the boys to give him
the treasure, but they ran away with all
except a few pieces. He gave chase, but
quickly stopped when he noticed more
flying pieces of currency, all of which he
took to the nearest police station.
Detectives searched in the vicinity and
found more pieces of bills and a strip of
pine board on which a clew was scribbled
with a lead pencil:
I am tired oi life.
John Chambers,
4215 Cottage Grove aye.
$350 00
f 2,000 00
¥5,600 00
The police found that no man named
Chambers had lived at the above address
for six years. The lake is being dragged.
DEMOCRATS AT A PICNIC
They All Leave Chicago for Festivities in
the Woods.
CHICAGO, 111., June 29.— An election
in Chicago to-day would resitft in the most
sweeping Republican victory ever recorded,
the members of the Democracy having de
serted the city to a man for the purpose
of participating in the annual picnic of
the Cook County Democrats at Ogdeng
Grove. Great preparations Have been made
ior the occasion, and there will be a long
programme for the entertainment of the
crowd, including oratory, athletics and
other things of a refreshing nature. Among
those invited to deliver aadresses are Sen
ator Hill of New York, Congressman Brvan
of Jvebraska, Senator Turnie of Indiana
Governor Stone of Missouri and ex-Gover
nor Boies of lowa.
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNK 3U, 1895.
HIS DEATH PAINLESS.
Close of the Remark-
able Career of Pro-
fessor Huxley.
NOTED AS A SCIENTIST.
Lectures on "The Relation of
Man to the Lower
Animal"
FIRST TO ATTRACT THE WORLD.
Many Degrees and Honors Paid
Him by Learned Men of
the Nations.
LONDON, Eno., June 29.— An exchange
telegram announces- the death of Profes
sor Huxley at Eastbourne, at 3:40 o'clock
this afternoon.
After a slight rally last night Professor
Huxley's condition grew rapidly worse,
and he fell into a state of complete exhaus
tion. His mind was clear t^ the last, and
his death was painless.
Thomas Henry Huxley LL.D., Ph.D.,
D. C. L., M.D., F. C. S., Ene.,F. R. S.,
was born May 24, 1825, at Ealing, Middle
sex, and was for some years educated at
the school in his native parish, where his
father was one of the masters. This pre
paratory course was followed by industri
ous private studies, including German sci
entific literature, and medical instructions
received from a brother-in-law, who was a
physician. Afterward he attended lectures
at the medical school of the Charing Cross
Hospital. In 1845 he passed the first ex
amination for the degree of M.D., at the-
University of London, and took honors in
physiology.
Having passed the requisite examination
he was, in 1846, appointed Assistant Sur
geon to H. M. S. Victory for services at
Haslar Hospital. His next appointment
was as Assistant Surgeon to 11. M. S. Rat
tlesnake, and he spent the greater part of
the time from 1847 to 1850 off the eastern
and northern coasts of Australia. Huxley
returned to England in 1850. and in the
following year he was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society. In 1852 one of the
royal mec'als annually given by the society
was awarded to him. In 1854 he was ap
pointed professor of natural history, in
cluding palaeontology, at the Royal School
of Mines in Jermyn street, and in tne
same year Fullerian professor of physi
ology to the Royal Institution and exam
iner in physiology and comparative anat
omy to the "Universty of London.
In 1856 he accompanied liis friend, Dr.
Tyndall.in his first visit to the Alps. When
in 1860 it became Professor Huxley's duty
to give one of the courses of lectures to
the workingiuen in Jermyn street he se
lected for his subject "The Relation of
Man to the Lower Animal." Mr. Darwin's
views on the origin of species were the sub
jects of Professor Huxley's lectures to the
workingmen in 1862, which have been pub
lished under the title of ''Lectures on Our
Knowledge of the Causes of the Phenomena
of Organic Nature."
In 1862. in consequence of the absence o
the president, it devolved on Mr. Huxley,
who was then one of the secretaries of the
Geological Society and president of Section
D at the meeting of the British Society, to
deliver the annual address to the Geologi
cal Society, and at the meeting of the
British Association at Cambridge lie gave
an essay on the "Conditions and Prospects
of Biological Science."
He became president of the Geological
aud Ethnological Society in 1869 and 1870,
and presided over the meeting of the Brit
ish Association held at Liverpool in 1870.
He was elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen
University in 1872 for three years, and me
talled February 27, 1874. In 1576 he re
ceived the Wollaston medal of the Geologi
cal Society. He received the degree of
Ph.D. from the University of Brealau, M.D.
from the University of Wurzburg, LL.D.
from the University of Edinburgh. Dublin
(1878) and Cambridge (1879); D.C.L. from
the University of Oxford (1885), and he
was elected a Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons in 1884. He was a Knight of
the Polar Star of Sweden, a purely scien
tific dietinction, and waß for some years a
Fellow of Eton College and a member of
the governing body of that school. He was
a trustee of the British Museum and a
member of the Senate of the University of
London.
In 1881 he was appointed Inspector of
Salmon Fisheries, at first in conjunction
with Spencer Walpole, but afterward alone.
In June, 1879, the French Academy of Sci
ences elected Professor Huxley a corre
sponding member of the section of
anatomy in zoology, in the place of the
late Karl E. yon Baer. On July 5, 1883, he
was chosen president of the Royal Society,
in place of the late Mr. Spottiswoodp, and
in the same year he was elected by the
Council of the United States National
Academy as one of their foreign members.
He delivered the Rede lecture at Cam
bridge, June 12, 1883, the subject being,
"The Origin of the Existing Forms of Ani
mal Life — Construction or Evolution,"
In 1885 Professor Huxley resigned his
official duties, including the Inspectorship
of Fisheries and the presidency of the
Royal Society.
Professor Huxley was well known as a
writer of natural science, being the author
of numerous papers published in the trans
actions and journals of the Royal, the
Linnean, the Geological and the Zoologi
cal societies and the memoirs of the geo
logical survey of Great Britain. In addi
tion to the works mentioned he has writ
ten: "Lessonsin Elementary I'hysiology,"
1866 and many subsequent editions; "An
Introduction to the Classification of Ani
mals," 1869; "Lay Sermons, Addresses
and Reviews," 1870; "Manual of Anatomy
of Vertebrated Animals," 1871; "Critiques
and Addresses," 1873; "American Ad
dresses," with a lecture on the Bubject of
biology, 1877; "Physiography," an intro
duction to the study of nature. 1877; "Anat
omy of Vertebrated Animals," 1877; "The
Crayfish," an introduction to the study
of zoology, 1879; "Hume," 1879; an intro
duction to the "Science Primers," 1880,
and "Science and Culture" and other es
says, 1882.
REJOICING IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Sufficient Money Secured to Tide Over A.U
Difficulties
ST. JOHtfS, N. F., June 29.-There is
jubilation and rejoicing throughout the
island of Newfoundland to-day in cele
bration of the successful termination of
the negotiations by which the local Gov
ernment has extricated itself from the
difficulties which encompassed it a few
months since. The alternatives presented
to Newfoundland after the commercial
collapse of last December were three in
number — to effect a loan, to enter the Ca
nadian Federation, or to become a crown
colony. The two latter courses were ex
tremely obnoxious to the people, and the
first was generally regarded as impossible.
A loan of $2,750,000 at 4 per cent was, how
ever, negotiated in New York, and this,
together with the inauguration of strict
economy in the government of the island,
will be sufficient to tide over the present
difficulties.
THEY GO TO WINDSOR
Outgoing and Incoming Ministers Tislt
the Queen.
LONDON, Eho., June 29.— Lord Rose
bery, accompanied by his colleagues in the
retiring Ministry, started from the Pad
dington station at 1:10 o'clock this after
noon for Windsor. The purpose of the
visit was to deliver up the seals of office.
At 3:10 p. m. the Salisbury Cabinet started
from Paddington station for Windsor to
receive the seals. A large crowd had gath
ered at the station to witness the departure
of the new Ministers, and heartily cheered
Lord Salisbury and his colleagues. Mr.
Chamberlain, the new Colonial Secretary,
received special attention from the assem
bled throngs.
Reported Death of Peixoto.
LONDON, Bkg., June 30.— Advices re
ceived here say that ex-President Peixoto
of Brazil is dead.
LAUNCH OF THE DEFENDER
There Is a Great Demonstra
tion by the Enthusiastic
Spectators.
On the Same Memorable Day the
Valkyrie 111 Is Quite Easily
Defeated.
BRISTOL, R. 1., June 29.— The hand
somest yacht afloat, the Defender, was
launched at 12:55 this afternoon. It was
the best launching ever held here and was
witnessed by an immense crowd of people,
together with a fleet of yachts. The new
yacht rested in a cradle, exposing half of
its under body. When the Defender
moved into the water there was a great
demonstration by the large crowd of people
assembled. Guns were fired and whistles
blown by the boats, which, mingled with
the cheers from the people on the wharf,
made a grand demonstration snch as was
never before witnessed in Bristol. As the
Defender started from the ways she was
duly christened by Mrs. Iselin. The
weather was ideal and the water smooth.
CRAIGMORE, Eno., June 29. — The
Prince of Wales' cutter defeated the Valky
rie 111 to-day on time allowance. The
new speeder apparently had the first piize
secured when on the last leg of the course
she lost the wind, and tho Britannia,
favored by a slant, picked up several miles
on her, finishing 1 minute and 39 seconds
astern of her. The race, if it may be so
designated, lasted more than nine hours.
The Valkyrie 111 finished at 7:37:26 and
the Britannia 7:39:15.
The Ailsa gave up the race at Lurges
mark and was towed ho."oe. The finish
was a surprise to the skipper of the
Valkyrie 111. She was within full view of
the home mark and the Britannia was far
astern, apparently hopelessly beaten, when
she got a rattling breeze and came home
like a racehorse with a bone in her teeth.
She had several, secwids to spare on time
allowance. ThJ opinion of expfrts is that
the new racer is "Unsurpassable in light
airs and superior in pointing to the Britan
nia and Ailsa.
Called a I'oliee t>p;/.
PAT! IS, France, June 29.— 1n the Cham
ber of Deputies to-day M. Rene Viviani, a
Socialist Republican, was censured for call
iug M. Debernie Legarde, a Republican
Deputy, a police spy.
M. James, a Radical Socialist, asked an
interpellation for socialistic organization.
Prime Minister Ribot replied that the
chamber had voted confidence in the Gov
ernment, which would carry out demo
cratic reforms. The Government, he
added, was opposed to collectivism.
Disastrous Forest Fire.
HALIFAX, N. 8., June 29.— A disastrous
forest fire has raged to the south of Cata
lone Lake, C. 8., and swept tnrough the
forest to tho sea. At Lorraine eight houses
were destroyed. Many of the men were
away at work, and while the fire raged
women and children had to flee for their
lives.
Four Ameritmns JJrouuted.
MAZATLAN, Mex., June 29. — Four
Americans, among them Howard Trevins,
a wealthy manufacturer of California, were
drowned off the coast, sixty miles north
of here, two days ago. They were making
a pleasure cruise in a sailing vessel, when
it capsized.
Laid the Foundation Stone.
LONDON, Eng.. July 29. — Cardinal
Vaughan this morning laid the foundation
stone of tlie Catholic cathedral at West
minster. The site of the building, which
is to cost £1,501,000, ia in the rear of ABh
ley Gardens.
MAY LAND LEGISLATORS
Governor Altgeld Said to Pos
sess Strong Evidence of
Bribery.
At Least Five Members of the Illi
nois Assembly Can Be
Convicted.
CHICAGO, 111., June 29.— The Chicago
Chronicle will say to-morrow morning:
"The startling statement was made yes
terday by a prominent local Democratic
politician that Governor Altgeld is in pos
session of evidence which, if properly pre
sented in court, will convict at least five
members of the Thirty-ninth Assembly
for bribory and land them in the peni
tentiary. He added that Governor Alt
geld's mission to Chicago Friday was to
confer with leading Chicago attorneys as
to the best methods of proceeding in court
with the charges of bribery, which impli
cates two Senators and three members of
the lower House.
"The names of the guilty legislators
could not be learned, but it is said that the
Governor has ample proof of their crimi
nality, and has definitely made up his
mind to prosecute them. It is asserted
that the proof in the Governor's hands
relates to transactions which were oarried
on partly in this city and partly at the
capital."
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 29.— When
Governor Altgeld was asked to-night re
garding the report that he intended to
make charges of bribery against certain
members of the last Legislature he replied:
"I most positively decline to discuss the
subject. "
Heath of a Xottd Botanist.
NEW HAVEN, Cow*., June 29.—Profes
sor Daniel Cady Eaton, the celebrated
botanist, died this morning. .
ALL IS NOT SERENE.
Opening of the North
Sea Canal Causes
Snarls.
FRANCE'S TEETH SHOWN.
So the Germans Will Retaliate
by Celebrating War
Victories.
BISMARCK ALSO DISPLEASED.
Emperor William Ignores the Efforts
of the Ex-Chancellor to Secure
the Waterway.
BERLIN, Germany, June 29.— The open
ing of the North Sea canal, with its ac
companying festivities, was heralded as an
event inaugurating European peace, but it
is now seen that it has embittered the rela
tions of Germany with France and Russia.
In consequence of this state of affairs the
Government has abandoned further at
tempts to deceive the public by the use of
deceptive phrases in regard to the estab
lishment of amity between Germany
and France, and has taken the honest
course of permitting the semi-official or
gans to declare that the French squadron
during its stay at Kiel introduced a dis
cordant note into the fetes which were de
signed to be memorable as an occasion of
peaceful international rejoicing.
The immediate result of the Govern
ment's open recognition of French hos
tility is the determination On the part of
the imperial authorities to make the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the crowning
victory of the Germans over the, French at
Sedan on September i, 1870," a great
national celebration. It is with this idea
that a committee composed of prominent
soldiers and statesmen with the full au
thority of the Emperor will inaugurate
throughout the empire a series of volks
feste extending to all the towns and ham
lets in the country, beginning with the an
niversary of the victory of the Germans
over the French at Woerth, in Alsace,
August 6, 1870, and culminating in a gen
eral holiday on the anniversary of the bat
tle of Sedan. It is expected that the Em
peror will ko to Woerth on August 6, and
unveil a monument on the battlefield.
The German papers comment half in a
spirit of anger and equally in a spiftt of
derision upon the statements emanating
from French and Russian sources that a
Berious diplomatic question is arising af
fecting the right of Germany to absolute
control of the North Sea canal. According
to the statements it is claimed that under
the provisions of the treaty of 1857 annex
ing Scbleswig-Holstein to Germany, Den
mark, in renouncing thel toll duties which
vessels paid in passing through the sound,
included the regions of the canal which
were then in Danish waters. It is further
claimed that the Czars Paul and Nicholas
of Russia, who held suzerainty rights over
the Dutch Schleswig and Holstein, only
temporarily ceded the territories to the
King of Denmark, and that the Czar con
sequently can revise his claims and inter
fere at any time.
In short, it is claimed that Russia and
France may co-operate in an endeavor to
obtain the neutrality of the canal, placing
it upon the same footing as the Danish
sound. Such a proposal cannot, of course,
be seriously discussed in Germany, but it
clearly indicates the greatly increased ten
sion instead of the recently hoped-for
conciliation.
Another unhappy consequence of the
fetes is tha renewed rupture between the
Emperor and Frince Bismarck, who has
taken grievous offense at the absence of
all mention of his name as having ini
tiated the project of the canal, while hon
ors are showered upon his detested ene
my, Dr. yon Boetticher, vice-president of
the Council of Ministers, and Imperial
Secretary of State for the Interior, as the
instigator of the work, and upon Baron
Marschall yon Bicberstein, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, -who contributed absolute
ly nothing toward the work. The ex-
Chancellor feels so strongly the slight put
upon him by the Emperor's ignoring him
that he has directed his son-in-law, Count
yon Rantzau. jto resign his post as Ger
man Minister to The Hague.
The Hamburger Nachrichten is very bit
ter in its attacks upon the Government
aud insists that the canal is almost ex
clusively due to Prince Bismarck. Be
ginning with the annexation to Germany
of the Danish duchies the Nachrichten
says: "Prince Bismarck perfected the
scheme of a ship canal from Kiel to Bruns
buttel. In tins plan he persisted for years
against the highest and strongest in
fluence in Germany, including Count yon
Moltke, yet no mention is made of him
throughout the proceedings, while officials
whose services were limit* d in improving
the waterway have been selected for
bestowal of honors. If obsequious Minis
ters like Dr. yon Boetticher and Freiherr
Marschall yon Bieberstein, men of no
political convictions and solely desiring to
preserve their situations with the advan
tages attached thereto, remain in^favor we
know no Ministers more dangerous to the
interests of the empire."
The article tinds a very large measure of
sj'mpathy throughout the country.
The Cologne Volkzeitung, the clerical
organ, in an article congratulating the
Centerists on the occurrence of the breach
between the Kaiser and the ex-Chancellor,
says:
"The Emperor can surely no longer be
indignant at the refusal of the Reichstag
to do homage to a Princ.B who is always
ready to show himself a malcontent."
Upon the beginuine of passenger and
mail steam traffic in the canal on Monday,
a separate steamer was dispatched from
Hamburg for Kiel, Stettin and Koenigs
berg and vice versa. Freight steamers will
sail in the meantime only once a week.
The engineers of the canal have been
correctly credited with stating to the mem
bers of the press that it had not been in
tended to open the canal to traffic uutil
1896, but that they gave way to the Em
peror's insistence and opened the water
way prematurely. In consequence the
project will be unsafe for vessels drawing
over fourteen feet of water until the works
are completed.
In official circles the formation of a Sal
isbury Cabinet in England is hailed with
feelings of gratification. The Cologne Ga
zette says it is a fortunate event in the his
tory of Great Britain, and fortunate that
England is returning to a strong foreign
policy, and the National Zeitung expresses
similar sentiments.
Dr. Arndt, who was one of the Germau
delegates to the International Monetary
Conference in Brussels last year, has
written a paper to the bimetallic organs
in which he expresses his opinion that
the change in the British Ministry will
greatly assist in a solution of the interna
tional currency troubles. With pronounced
bimetallic advocates in the Ministry, the
chances for such a result are certainly en
hanced.
The banquet ship Niobe, which was one
of the principal features of the fetes at
Holtenau is to be brought to Berlin to be
exhibited at the Berlin Industrial Exhibi
tion.
United States Embassador Runyon and
his family have returned to Berlin.
United States Consul De Kay is now in
Florence, Italy, in company with Richard
Watson Gilder, editor of the Century
Magazine of New York, who, with his
family, will spend the autumn at Harts
burg. F. C. Zimmerman, Vice Consul-
General of the United States, has gone on
a holiday to his home in California.
The American j,'lobe-trotters, Koegler
and Thoerner, arrived at Munich six weeks
earlier than the date set to reach here.
They are now in Berlin. They used their
spare time for an excursion to Kiel. They
have also visited Chancellor yon Hohen
lohe, Her yon Koeller, Minister of the In
terior; Baron "VVindheim, Prefect of the
Berlin Police, and the United States con
sulate. From the Consul they received a
certificate enabling them to go to Vienna
and thence to Russia.
ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
Duel Fought Between Two
Noted Statesmen of
France.
Deputy Mirman Slightly Wounded by
M. Gadaud, His Fiery
Antagonist.
PARIS. Franck, June 29.— A duel was
fought to-day between M. Gadaud, ex-
Minister of Agriculture, and M. Leon
Mirman, Radical Socialist member of the
Deputies for the First District of Rheims.
M. Mirman, who is a conscript, gained
notoriety through his protest against being
contined in the barracks during the recent
election of a President in succssion to
M. Casimir Perier.
During a visit lately of M. Gadaud to
Rheims, the municipal authorities pre
sented to him a protest against their being
deprived of representation through M.
Mirman's being obliged to serve in the
army.
To this protest M. Gadaud replied that
M. Mirman ought not to shirk his duty, but
should do hi 3 share of military service. M.
Mirman thereupon addressed to M. Gadaud
an insulting letter which led to he en
counter to-day.
M. Gadaud resigned his portfolio in the
Cabinet in order to regain his personal
liberty and then challenged M. Mirman to
fight a duel. The latter accepted the
challenge and chose swords as the weapons.
The latest version of the duel 13 to the
effect that M. Gadaud was not hurt, but
that Deputy Mirman, who appeared on the
field in a private's uniform, received a
slight wound in the wrist.
11. Mirman's seconds were M. Milleran,
a radical socialist in the Chamber of
Deputies, and M. Pierre Richard, a
Boulangist Republican.
M. Francois Dusoiler, a Republican
Senator, and M. Jean Barthout, a Republi
can Deputy, acted for H, Gadaud.
A GERMAN "KOMMERS"
3larkstnen Make Merry at the Great
Shooting feat.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 29.— A Ger
man "Kommers" was extended this even
ing to the members of shooting clubs from
other cities and towns who have arrived
here to take part in the National Schuetzen
fest, which will make next week a memor
able one in German annals. Members of
many of the seventy clubs which have
entered the contest arrived during the-day.
They were profusely decorated with medals
won by marksmanship, and gay colored
badges of societies. As the actual contests
do not begin until Monday, all the crack
shots of San Francisco, Boston, Philadel
phia, Milwaukee, Pittsburg and other
cities have not yet put in an appearance.
To-night the Central Opera-house was
illnminated throughout, and refreshments
were plentiful. A big motto — "Willkom
men" — was above the main entrance, and
there was plenty of handshaking and good
cheer.
To-morrow the celebration will begin at
Glendale Park on Long Island. The two
San Francisco clubs will hold a prelimin
ary contest to decide who shall defend the
Western championship at the National
Schuetzen fest.
To Inspect the Canal.
CHICAGO, 111., June 29.-Several hun
dred newspapermen left the city at noon
to-day to make an inspection of the $20,
--000,000 drainage canal, which is destined
to transport the offal of Chicago to the
Gulf of Mexico, via St. Louis and New
Orleans. A feature of the excursion will
be the firing of the largest dynamite blast
ever exploded in the channel.
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ATAipir
BY Q. H. UMBSEN CO.,
Z Real Estate Agents,
House Brokers, Rent Collectors and
Auctioneers-
OFFICK AND SALESROOM,
14 Montgomery Street, near Market.
REAL ESTATE AUCTION SALE,
As per catalogue at salesroom,
MONDAY,
Monday July 8, 1895.
At 12. 0' ClOCk M., '
BY ORDER OF~EXECUTORS.
Downtown Business Property.
1215 Mission street, between Elehth and Ninth,
substantial 3-story bouse of '20 rooms and two
baths: brick foundation: rent $62 50: lot 26x80;
mortgage of $4500 at 6% per cent can remain it
desired. " ; : -■>
Twenty-fifth Street, near Church.
South line of: Twenty-fifth street, distant 254 :8
feet west of Church : improvements of little value*
lot 50:11x114.
Gift Maps Xo». 2 and 3.
fa)— No. 1415, .Id No. 2, East DeKalb street,
400 feet south of Cortland avenue: 25x70 feet
(b)— No. 1416. In No. '£, West Heath street,
400 feet south of Cortland avenue; 25x70 feet ad-
joining above.
(c)— Lot No. 1665, In No. 3, corner of California
avenue and Star and Franconi streets.
Four Tenements on Sore Street.
' 137 Core st., bet. 9th and 10th, near Bryant; 4
tenements of 3 rooms each, in good conditions
lints $26: lot 25x85. _
"■' Nice Home on Potrero Arenne.
1114 Potrero aye., bet. 23d and 24th sts.: splen-
did railroad facilities: bay-window cottage of 7
rooms and bath: brick foundation; in first-class,
condition; rents #18; lot 25x100.
Flats on Steiner Street.
1308— 1308i/<i Steiner st. : 2 nice substantial flat*
of 6 and 5 rooms and bath each, etc., and rear
house of 3 rooms: rents $42.
' BY ORDER OF TRUSTEES.
Corner on Dolores Street.
SW. ■ cor. of Dolores and Day sts. : near several
lines of cars: Dolores is the widest street in the
Mission; lot 50x105.
BY ORDER OF INDIVIDUALS.
Downtown Investment on O'Farrell St.
326—327 O'Farrell st.", bet. Mason and Taylor;
2 3-story houses of 11 rooms and bath each. la
front; 3 3-story houses of 6 room* each on Ra-
phael place; brick foundation under each house;
rents $180; tenants pay water; tnere are no leases;
lot 45x127:6, less 22:6x22:6.
■ -■. . Investment on Folsom Street.
Nos. 1043 andlo4sFolscm street, between Sixth
and Seventh— Two substantial 3-story buildings
of 8 rooms and bath each: brick fonodation, etc;
rents $00; tenants pay water; lot 37:6x90.
Plough-Street Corner Investment. ;
Southwest corner of Oak and Gough streets-
Substantial 2-story buildings, in two stores with
living-rooms and flat of 6 rooms «.nd bath above;
rents *80; lot 30x87:6: part vacant; room foi
another building; both streets accepted.
Lovely Residence on Nineteenth Street—
Mission Warm Belt.'
No. 823 Nineteenth street, between Mission and
Valencia— A substantial 2-story bay-window
bouse of 8 rooms and bath; brick foundation,
■torn- walks, etc.; street accepted; lot 27:6x85.;
nice flower garden. .
'. Silver-Street Investment. -
No. 25 Silver street, between Second and Third
Bay-window brick - building of 11 rooms,
etc.: lot 48:6x75. This location- is rapidly becom-
ing a manufacturing district.
Park Keaidence.
, No.' 409 Anhbury st.. near Oak; a fine two-.story
and basement bay-window . residence of 9 rooms
and bath, laundry, brick foundations, stone walks,
etc.; lot 25x106:3.
Fonrth-St. Business Property.
No. 126 Fourth st., bet. Mission and Howard;
substantial new modern 4-story building la stores
and rooming-house;' rents $350 per month and
tenants pay water bills and make repairs; lot
34;4V4x137:6. ■ ,____
" - Doloren-St. Corner Residence Lot.
SB. corner of Dolores and Liberty sts.: 28x92:6;
elite location: street work done complete on both
streets; fine views of almost entire city.
Call at office and get further particulars and
catalogue.
G. 11. UMBSEN & CO., AUCTIONEERS,
: 14 Montgomery Street.