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MERIT SHOULD TELL
Reforms Urged by the Civil
Service League in Ap
pointments.
FITNESS FOR POSITIONS.
That Alone Recommended as a
Guide for the Tenure of
Federal Employes.
EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE.
President Cleveland Complimented for
His Suggestions as to the
Consular Offices.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13.— The
Civil Service Reform League, at its closing
session thi&. evening, adopted the following
resolutions: .
Kirst— The past year has witnessed a con
tinued and remarkable progress in the civil
service reform. It is attested not only by the
lnr^e extensions made by the President to the
classified service, but by the approbation with
which this extension lias been received by the
people.
Second— Only an honeSt recognition by the
nr'i'Ointing officers of their plain duty under
the constitution in the appointment and reten
tion of Mutable officials seems now to be neces
sary in order to eve the State of New York,
witn its numeroiis cities, a thorough and har
moniously working system of appointment to
office upon the ground of merit and fitness
alone.
Third—The league commends the order of
the Postmaster-General requiring that no let
ter-cßrriers shall be removed except for cause
and upon written charges, and it urges the ap
plication of a similar rule to other branches of
the classified service.
Fourth— The league renews its demand for
the repeal of the law limiting to four years the
term of certain administration officers as un
just, impolitic, a prolific source of demoraliza
tion and mischief to the public service and to
our whole political life, and especially calcu
lated to impair the beneficent effects of recent
reform?. Merit appointments must logically
be accompanied by merit tenure.
Fifth— The league recommends that the pres
ent law against soliciting contributions for
political purposes from Federal employes be so
amended as to prohibit such solicitations in
any manner or place, and that the Civil Service
Commission be given the power to compel the
attendance of witnesses, and to put them upon
oath or affirmation.
Sixth— The reforms in the Federal and State
service already made are in the highest degree
important and gratifying, but they are only a
part of the work to be done. Municipal malad
ministration is the deep disgrace and one of
the gravest dangers of the present time. All
municipal reforms must be based upon civil
service reform.
Seventh— The league congratulates the conn
try upon the recent order of the President au
thorizing the Postmaster-General to consolidate
■with the principal offices the smaller ones sur
rounding them, (jo as to make the latter mere
branch offices and ta place allpersons employed
therein, including the Postmasters of these
branch offices, within the classified service.
Kiehth— The league commends the order of
President Cleveland of September 20, 1895,
concerning the morte of appointing consular
officers as an effort to promote the efficiency of
t (.'■ service, and as a recognition of the princi
ple that fitness ami qualification should control
such appointments ami promotions.
Ninth— The leagne recommends that this
order be extended to all purely consular officers
whose compensation exceeds $-500, and that it
also includ^subordi-nate offices in the diplo
matic service.
Tenth — The league further Recommends
in order that the reform be enduring,
that tbi< executive order may not meet the
same fate as similar executive orders of 18t>(5
and 1873. that a suitable law be enacted by
< ongresft embodying these reforms, and also
that such law provide, so far as possible, for
competitive examinations to be conducted, at
least in part, by members of the Civil Service
Commission.
A letter was read from Collector James
T. Kilbreth of the port of New York sug
gesting that action be taken by the league
looking toward the extension of the civil
service rules to deputy collectorsof customs.
About 200 persons attended the recep
tion given at the Arlington Hotel to-night
to the officers and delegates of the National
Civil Service Reform League. The com
pany included many of the most prom
inent personages in Washington. After
the levee a collation was served. Several
speeches were made in the course of the
evening, the principal topic being "Civil
Service Reform."
Among those who spoke were Mr. Bona
parte of Baltimore, Mr. Foulkeof Indiana,
Colonel Rogers of Buffalo, Everett T.
Wheeler of New York, Comptroller of the
Currency Eckels, Secretary of Agriculture
Morton, and John Joy Edson.
Rev. Dr. McKay-Smith of St. John's
Episcopal Church was the master of cere
monies, and was introduced by Mr. Ed
son, president of the local branch of the
league.
THAOE WITH THE SOUTH.
An Important Movement Started by
Hi >■>>: iyujlnnn Jfushies* Men.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 13. -An evi
dence of the growth of popular sentiment
in the South looking to an extension of
trade relations with the Northwest is found
in the replies to the letters sent out by the
Southern and Northwestern Industrial
Association, with headquarters in this
city. Among the bankers, manufacturers
and merchants there is almost a unani
mous indorsement of the movement to
bring the South and the Northwest in
closer touch on commercial and industrial
line?.
Many merchants and manufacturers of
the Northwest are writing concerning con
ditions in the South and.- citing cases
where they are shut out from doing busi
ness on account of unjust freight rates.
Specific information on this line, when re
ceived, is brought to the attention of the
particular locality in tho South which it
affects, and in that way public attention is
directed to existing evils.
It is suggested that a commercial con
vention be held in the South at an earl
day, to be made up of representatives
from commercial centers throughout the
South east of the Mississippi River, for
the purpose of arousing the people to a
proper appreciation of the importance of
this work. Birmingham being the largest
shipping point in the South, the conven
tion will probably be held in this city.
JiIGHTS OF COLOJiJEIi MMM.
An Addres* to the Country by the JVa-
tional Conference.
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 13.— The National
conference of colored men in session here
to-day afiopted an address to the country.
It says the statu3 of the colored race in the
I'nited Slates 'bears a closer analogy to
that of denizens than to the honorable and
indefensible rights of native born citizen
ship, and that in at least three States in
the Union citizenship is a farce, which in
deiault of absolute protection should bo
exchanged for the panoply of some more
paternal form of government.
The objects of the conference are defined
to be the assertion of the opposition to
every species of injustice perpetrated upon
the race; to render more effective the
moral, educational and social forces which
8,000,000 of freemen ought to exercise ; to
forma compact National organization; to
assume a new attitude among the citizens
of the Nation, not unduly arrogant, but
one which shall resent the assumption of
inferiority.
This the address declares necessary to
do after a generation of selfish indifference
and un-American and non-Christian con
tempt.
MORTOS'S CANDIDACY.
Very Cautious About Having His Sfatne
I'resentcd.
NEW YORK. N. V., Dec. 13.— A morn
ing paper, speaking of Levi P. Morion's
candidacy for the Republican nomination
for the Presidency, says:
"He will not let his name be presented
at all unless he has first reached a distinct
understanding with the party leaders in
the State, and especially with Mr. Platt,
and received a positive assurance of the
united and hearty support of the entire
delegation from the State. He does not
conceive that there will be any difficulty
of bringing about such an understanding
or that there will be any attempt subse
quently to evade it.
"For fear of accidents, however, he will
insist that the understanding be in definite
and concrete form, so that there will be
no difficulty about refreshing the memory
of those concerned should it become neces
sary to refer to it. Under no other eir
e umstance will he consent to the use of
his name.
"He will also not allow the use of his
name in the convention unless he is con
vinced that there is a prospect of success.
He will not be a candidate for the empty
honor of a complimentary or test vote.
"Morton has as yet taken no definite
steps toward securingvthe nomination. He
will not do so until the atmosphere clears
a little. He believes that there is yet
plenty of time before the convention and
whatever work his friends have thus far
done has been of their own volition and
without any suggestion from him.
"When Governor Morton does give the
word to his friends it will be an indication
that lie is in the fight to win and thinks
that he has a good chance for success.
"Incidentally it can be said that Gov
ernor Morton is not at all likely to veto a
Greater New York bill, and that, failing
to make the fight for the Presidential
nomination, he will probably be a candi
date for re-election as Governor."
SPREAD OF A BIG BOOM
Rush of Fortune-Seekers to the
Mining Camps of
Colorado.
Steady Sale for Dividend-Payers
Among the Higher-Priced
Stocks.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 13.— Local hold
ers of stocks are attempting to realize,
with the result that a majority of the list
of gold stocks show a slight decline in
price. Orders for the dividend-payers
seem to increase and purchases of the
high-priced stocks increase in volume.
Application blanks from the New York
Consolidated Exchange were received by
the Golden fleece Company to-day, evi
dently showing a determination of that
body to take hold of mining stocks from
Colorado.
The sawmills at West Creek cannot sup
ply the demand for lumber. Two busi
ness lots were sold yesterday for $500 each.
The new arrivals number from thirty to
fifty daily. Several companies have begun
to sink shafts to explore the formation
and seek the veins supposed to be similar
to those of Cripple Creek. A town-site
company has been organized to sell lots at
Cottonwood. New gold-bearing veins are
reported from the mountains above George
town, near the Huraboldt mine and Dead
Man's Lake.
An assay of amazing gold values is
unauthentically reported from that dis
trict. Georgetown and Silver Plume
miners are wading the snows up Magnet
trail to tne scene of the latest gold dis-
covery.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 13.—
The bear element seemed to be in posses
sion of the stock market to-day, and
succeeded in hammering down several
stocks, though no systematic attacks were
made. Consolidated dropped four points
from yesterday's close on rumors of un
favorable smelter returns, but at the after
noon call it advanced three points, and
closed firm. The general list was weaker,
but the holders as a rule refuse to part
with their stock. Total sales for the day
at the three local exchanges were $1,140,
--675.
TO .SELECT A SITE.
Call Issued for a Meeting of the Demo
cratic Committee.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 13.—Chair
man \V. F. Harrity has issued a call for a
meeting of the Democratic National Com
mittee to be held at the Arlington Hotel,
Washington, D. C. t on Thursday, January
16, 189<i, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose
of fixing the time and place for the meet
ing of the Democratic National Convention
of 1896 and for the transaction of other
business.
The resolution offered by General P. A.
Collins of Massachusetts in the Demo
cratic National Convention of 1892, re
questing the Democratic National Com
mittee to provide accommodations only for
the* delegates, the alternates, the members
of the Democratic National Committee
and the members of the press will be acted
upon. The resolution is now in the hands
of a sub-committee of the National Com
mittee composed of William S. Harrity of
Pennsylvania, who is chairmrn of the
committee, Bradley B. Small of Vermont,
Aithur P. Gorman of Maryland, Ben T.
Cable of Illinois and Edward C. Wall oi
Wisconsin.
TH\E SUSPENDED BROKER.
Kennett, Hopkins «£■ Co. Yet Do Ha. linens
in the Wheat Pit.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 13.— The suspen
sion last evening of J. F. Harris of the
firm of Kennett, Hopkins & Co. from the
privilege of the board for two years left
that firm without a partner in good stand
ing in the association, and this morning
the messengers of the concern were re
fused admittance to the floor. A new
partner, S. C. Scotten, was taken in with a
view of continuing business under the old
name, but the action of the board in not
permitting employes to enter the trading
room effectually prevented the carrying
out of this plan.
When the market opened F. K. Morrill,
late manager for Kennett, Hopkins <fc Co.,
and who is a member of the board, ap
peared in the wheat pit, and proceded to
trade in liis own name with the affix "suc
cessor to Kennett, Hopkins <fc Co." Trades
were accepted in his name, and although
it was understood that the business was
for the account of the suspended firm
there was, nevertheless, no ground for ob
jection.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895.
GOLDSMITH IS DEAD
Demise of the Famous
Turfman in New
York.
AFTER AN OPERATION.
At First it Was Thought He
Would Recover, but a Re
lapse Came.
CAREER OF THE REINSMAN.
His Last Appearance in Public Was
at the Goshen Driving
Park.
NEW YORK. N. V., Dec. 13.— John A*
Goldsmith, the famous reinsman, died at 1
o'clock this afternoon at the Presbyterian
Hospital, where he has been for the past
few weeks. Some months ago he under
went a very delicate operation, which for a
time promised to be successful. A relapse
came, however, in October, and since that
time little hope for his ultimate recovery
had been entertained.
Mrs. Goldsmith, a daughter of .T. Owen
Moore, the playwrieht, has been with her
husband constantly since the beginning of
his illness. They were married about the
time Mr. Goldsmith fell ill.
Goldsmith's skill as a reinsman has
placed him in the front rank of the har
ness racing contingent, and the Walnut
Grove farm, of which he has been the
guiding spirit, is one of the foremost
homes of the standard-bred horse.
His last appearance in public was on
Tuxedo day at the Goshen Driving Park,
in September, when Goldsmith acted as
starting judge and between the heats
speeded Stamboul, E. H. Harrison's s4o,ooo
stallion, up and down the stretch.
This was the last time' he ever handled
the reins. About four weeks ago he re
turned to the hospital to have what he re
garded as a trivial operation performed,
but be has since been a patient there.
Goldsmith was born about thirty-seven
years ago in Washingtonville. His first
appearance as a driver was at Boston.
Monroe Salisbury liked his style, and
engaged him as a driver for the next
season at a salary of $1800.
He drove Director, who headed Monroe
Salisbury's Eastern string that season,
winning every race in which he started,
besides having good luck with other
horses. He had now made his reputation,
and was promptly engaged by William
Corbett of the San Mateo stock farm, Cal
ifornia, where he remained for a number
of years. After Corbett'9 death, about
four years ago, Goldsmith, returned to
to' Washington ville. -' ' ';- -.-.
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CADI* ALL AT) EII IS CAPTAIN.
Chosen to Lead the Latcreneeville Football
'Team.
LAWKENCEVILLE, N. J., Dec. 13.—
George Lyell Cadwallader '97 of San Fran
cisco has been elected captain of the Law
renceville football team. Cadwallader
promises to be one of the best players
ever developed in the school. He has
played on the team two years, the first
year at guard and the second at tackle.
He ia also one of the best baseball men
in the school, and covers third base on the
school team. He holds the best school
record in the country for throwing the
hammer.
Cadwallader, though only 19 years of
age, has a magnificent physique, being 6
feet 1% inches tall, and 215 pounds in
weight. Cadwallader, Emerson, Rich
ards and Powell will return to school
another year.
CYCLERS' ROAD TO SAXTA CRVX.
A Wheelman's Highway to lie Constructed
Over the Mountains.
SANTA CRUZ., Cal., Dec. 13.— A plan
which the wheelmen in this vicinity and
San Francisco will hail with delight is on
foot. Santa Cruz is a favorite resort for
wheelmen, especially during the summer,
but the trip to the City overland is a hard
one on account of the steep grades. The
plan is to build a new highway over the
mountains from Patchen to Glenwood. By
building a new road for about four miles
from Fowler on the Santa Clara side to
Glenwood about 900 feet of elevation can
be saved in crossing the mountains, and a
good run for wheelmen provided. This
would make the trip from Los Gatos, San
Jose, San Faancisco, Oakland^and interme
diate points an easy and attractive ride.
The project will probably be carried out at
once.
SAXTA ROSA FIELD DAT.
Business College Students Contest on the
Cinder Fath.
SANTA ROSA. Cal., Dec. 13.— The
Santa Rosa Business College's tield day
sports took place to-day, the participants
being attendant students and past Gradu
ates. Despite the cold, raw weather the
boys showed vim and enthusiasm in their
efforts to win the trophies offered by
Principal Sweet. Following are the events
and winners:
100-yard dash— H. K. Baker first, E. J. Phil
lips second. Time, :12.
Quarter of a mile bicycle race— J. C. Wil
liamson first, Leroy Smith second. Time, :35.
Running broad jump— C. C. Donovan first,
15 feet 4 inches.
120-yard hurdle— H. E. Baker first, Patrick
Koonau second. Time, :27.
Sixteen-pound shot put— C. L Connolly first,
28 feet 5 inches; C. C Donovan second, 28 feet
4) 2 inches.
llalf-mile bicvele race— Williamson first,
Smith second, lime, 1:00.
220-yard dash— J. P. Gilhooly first; A. L.
Black second. Time, :25.
Running high jump— Leroy Smith first, 4
feet? inches; Gilhooly second, 4 feet 5 inches.
Twelve-pound hammer throw— L. S. Sweet
first, 107 feet; H. E. Baker second, 95 feet 4
inches.
440-yard run— Baker first. Time, 1:12.
Mile handicap bicycle race— Williamson first,
Smith second, 11. \V. Jacobs third. Time, 3:10.
100 yards dash— Gilhooley first, Baker sec
ond. Time, :12.
Twelve-pound shot put— Connolly first, 33
feet 3 inches; Baker second, 32 feet 1 inch,
Half-mile bicycle race— A. P. Hart first, Ba
ker second. Time, 1:12.
120-yard hurdle — Baker first, Gilhooly sec
ond. Time, :17.
Hammer throw— Connolly first, 95 feet 6
inches ; Baker second, 95 leet 4 feet.
SHOT AT "OEXVER" SMITH.
An Officer Mistook a Traininy Ptigxlist
for an Escaping Prisoner.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec.
ver" Ed Smith, the heavy-weight pugilist,
will give a contest here to-morrow night.
He is to best three local men in ten
rounds. While training yesterday lie
came near being killed. While making a
fourteen-mile run with Daniel O'Leary,
the long-distance runner, he was shot at
several times by Deputy Constable Dan
iels af Woodlawn, a small place near this
city. The deputy thought the men were
escaping from prison and called on them
to half, after which he commenced firing.
Neither of the men was hurt.
LOWERED THREE RECORDS.
Pete Serlo Does Some Lively Wheeling at
Jfete Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 13.— Piced
by a quint for three miles ana by a quad
for two, Pete Berlo, on a Humber, to-day
lowered the world's flying start records far
three, four and live miles, making the fol
lowing records: Three miles, 4:50 4-5; four
miles, 7:50; five miles, 9:51 2-5.
Berlo also went for the two-thirds paced
flying-start record, but by an error his
time was taken at five-eighths, which he
made in :59 4-5, the fastest time in which
anything less than a mile was ever ridden
on a track. The half mile was covered in
:50, or a 1:40 clip. Berlo will go for the
mile record to-morrow if the weather is
as good as to-day.
At a Chess Tournament.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 13.—
The chess tournament between Lasker,
Pillsbury, Steinitz and Tschigorin began
at the St. Petersburg Chess Club this after
noon at 3 o'clock. The results of the first
round were as follows: Tschieerin (black)
beat Steinitz in PH — Q— 4 opening. Pills
bury (black) beat Lasker in a Petroff de
fense. The contestants will play a six
round tournament, that is to say, each
man will meet every other man six times.
Flayed Chess to a Draw.
NEW YORK, N. Y.,Dec. 13.— Showalter
and Lipschutz to-day played the twelfth
game of their chess match up to the sev
enty-seventh move, when they agreed to a
draw. The game was Dcgun on Wednes
day. Present score: Showalter 5, Lip
schutz 4, drawn 9,
Racing at sS'eve Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 13.—Fifteen-six
teenths of a mile, Buckmore won. Campania
second, Blusco third. Time, 1:36%.
One mile, Royal Choice won. Mike Kelley
second, Seabrooke third. Time, 1:44.
Seven furlongs, Jnke Zimmerman won, Chat
tanooga second, Prince linpeiial third. Time,
1:285?
One mile, Squire G won, Billy MeKenzie sec
ond, Zaldivar third. Time, 1:42%.
Six furlongs, Dick Bebsn woe, Venice sec
ond, Lottie third. Time, 1:10. ..
ABE TAYLOR EXECUTED
Paid the Death Penalty for the
Deliberate Murder of a
Rancher.
Calmly Awaited His Doom in th
Darkened Room of the Colorado
Penitentiary.
CANON 'CIT^ Colp., Dec. ' 13.— Abe
Taylor was executed in the State peniten
tiary at 7:40 o'clock to-night, the hanging
being witnessed only by the officials desig
nated by the State law. The execution
was done in the execution-house and was
without special incident.
Taylor was calm in uerneanor and re
signed to his fate, lie took his place on
the platform in a dark room and the auto
matic mechanism to spring the drop was
set in motion. «
There alone he waited the few moments
until the platform fell away, leaving him
suspended in the air. The physician, the
Warden and the Sheriff of ll io Grande
County were in an adjoining compart
ment, and at the proper time the physician,
having pronounced life extinct, the body
was cut down and laid out for burial.
Abe Taylor murdered, a ranchman
named Marshal Emerson of Alamosa in a
most cold -blooded manner. He had no
sympathy irom acquaintances, and a
speedy trial resulted in a conviction. A
new trial was refused, the Supreme Court
declined to review the case and the Board
of Pardons unanimously voted not to in
terfere.
Taylor and his partner had stolen a lot
of oats, loaded them up in a wagon and
taken them to Alamqsa to sell. The Mar
shal had been notified to watch for the
men. On locating them lie told them he
would have to arrest them, but they could
get a bond and go on about their business.
In the meantime he would hold the oats.
Taylor agreed, and the Marshal climbed
on the wagon seat with them and they set
off for a livery stable, in which to leave
the oats. The horses balked and the two
thieves got off, the Marshal taking the
reins. After an unsuccessful tussle with
the horses Taylor pretended he was trying
to regain his seat on the wagon, but drew
a revolver. A duel ensued, in which Tav
lor killed the Marshal and was himself
shot through the shoulder. The motive
for the killing was so slight and the Mar
shal so popular that it was only by the
utmost tact that Taylor was not lynched
after he had been captured.
MORE Ji OSJtS EXVECTEJ).
l'erry llelmont Snyn a Mew Issue Cannot
Be Avoided.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 13.— A Washing
ton special to a morning paper says:
Perry Be'mont, who is of some conse
quence in the Democratic politics of New
York State, aucl whose family for two
generations has been connected with the
banking house of Rothschild, said here re
cently:
"I do not see how it will be possible to
avoid another bond issue much longer. I
fully expect one very soon, and believe the
administration is preparing for it."
This statement is not without signifi
cance, coming as it does from one wnose
family holds surh close relations to the
chief member of the foreign syndicate
to which the Cleveland administration
farmed out the conduct of the finances of
this Government for many months.
The reason that January is set by gen
eral consent as the date of the next issue is
because the outflow of gold, which has
usually heretofore begun in January and
brought matters to a head in February,
began this year a good while before the
accustomed time, and in the ordinary
sequence of events will run its course just
so much sooner. Wholesale drafts upon
the cold reserve during the present month
might precipitate the issuie before the end
of the year, but this occurrence is deemed
unlikely.
i-V FIXASCIAL STRAITS.
The Finn of Tjutubavd «fc Ayres Suspends
Payment.
NEW YORK, N. V., Dec. 13.— Th* Trib
une will say to-morrow : Much surprise
was created in financial circles by an an-
nouncement yesterday afternoon that
Lombard & Ayres, of 12 Broadway, had
suspended payment. The firm, which is
composed of .Tosiah Lombard ;u»d Marshall
Ayres, ha^s had extensive oil and lumber
interests and has had a high capital rating.
Josiah Lombard, the head of the firm, was
busy in consultation with lawyers to-night,
and a reporter who went to his house was
not able to see him. Lombard's cousin,
whose name also is Josiah Lombard, was
at the house and said to the reporter:
"It is true that the firm of Lombard &
Ayres backed the Seaboard Lumher Com
pany and that the troublesof the company
nave involved the firm in financial diffi
culty. The firm to-day suspended pay
ment on some paper, but the members of
the firm have no intention of making an
assignment at present."
Stops Illegal Transaction*.
BERLIN. Germany, Dec. 13.— 1n the
Reichstag ; to-day, Dr. yon Boetticher, Im
perial Minister ot Interior, introduced a
bill to prevent illegal competition in
bourse transactions. A majority of the
members who spoke on the measure ex
pressed themselves as being m favor of it.
It is considered probable that the Social
ist members will support the bill.
FOR LABOR'S BIGHTS
Important Topics Are Acted
Upon by the American
Federation.
A EULOGY OF THURMAN.
Resolutions Expressing the Ap
preciation of the Statesman
to Be Presented.
STREETCARS AND THE STRIKES.
Opposition to the Present Plan of Car
rying Mails by Such Con
veyances.
NEW YORK, N. V., Dec. 13.— After a
long discussion this morning the Ameri
can Federation of Labor fixed the time for
the election of officers for the ensuing year
at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Part of
the morning's session of the convention
was taken up with arguments on purely
technical points in connection with the
jurisdiction of the federation.
Treasurer Lennon, when the convention
was called to order, moved that the com
mittee on resolutions be instructed to
draw up resolutions expressing the appre
ciation of the federation of the efforts of
Allen G. Thurman and the interest he al
ways showed in behalf of the laboring in
terests. The rules were laid aside and the
motion unanimously carried.
"Inasmuch as the savings institutions
of the country, which receive the savings
of the laboring classes, invest them in in
secure investments," ran another resolu
tion ottered for adoption by the committee
on resolutions, "be it resolved by this fed
eration that the Government establish
savings institutions in connection with the
postal system."
U*p sprang socialism again. The discus
sion showed that the delegates from the
West favored the resolution, while the
Eastern delegates opposed it.
After an exciting discussion the report
of {he committee in favor of postal banks
was confirmed by the convention.
Upon the reassembling of the conven
tion P. Leary of the local Housesmiths'
Union announced that the union had
practically won the light with the Iron
League. The committee on resolutions re
ported unfavorably a resolution against
the carrying of mails on streetcars until
they were owned by the Government. The
object of the resolution was to free street
railway employes from the obligations im
posed upon them by the Federal laws,
which restricted the rights of men em
ployed by corporations carrying the mails
to strike. In the case of strike of streetcar
employes carrying the mails, the men, it
was contended, will be subject to arrest for
obstructing the carriage of mails.
There was a lengthy debate over the
matter, and finally the convention voted
in favor of the resolution against carrying
the mails on streetcars.
A resolution "that our tariff laws be so
amended as to not discriminate against
the custom tailors of the United States by
admission free of duty of clothing made
outside of the United States' was re
jected as inexpedient.
The proposition that the Federation of
Labor send delegates to the International
Sociaiistio Congress to be held in London
in August next raised a storm of oratory
for and against. The question of dispos
ing of the invitation sent to the federation
by referring it to affiliated organizations
was debated lengthily, and brought out a
sharp interchange of repartee between
Delegates Pomeroy and Barnes. Mr.
Pomeroy still had the floor when an ad
journment till to-morrow morning was
taken.
KVII*KXTL.Y BY A SPAJSIARD.
Circulation of a Pamphlet on the Cuban
Question.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13.— A
pamphlet has been issued for circulation
among Ser.a.ors and members of the
House of Representatives, purporting to
present "the Cuban question in its true
light," and also to present a "dispassion
ate and truthful review of the situation in
the island of Cuba and the position of the
United States toward the insurrection. >:
The brochure, which purports to have
been written by "An American," begins
by pointing out the unreliability of the
Cuban news published in the American
newspapers, muoh of which is manufac
tured by Cuban refugees in Key West,
Tampa and Jacksonville, Fia., which are
the "principal hotbeds of Cuban filibuster
ers." Concerning the status of Cuba the
writer Fays:
"Cuba and Porto Rico are the only pos
sessions left to Spain in this hemisphere,
which she discovered. By reason of the
richness and fertility of their soi) and by
dint of energy, activity and thrift on the
part of the Spaniards, those two islands
are among the richest and most productive
regions in thi? world.
"It is not the inhabitants of Cuba who
have revolted rgainst Spain, but the few
thousand Cubans who reside in the United
States and elsewhere, the great majority
having acquirted American citizenship,"
The'pamphlet disposes of the rebel lead
ers by characterizing the "so-called gen
eral-in - chief," Maximo Gomez, as
a foreigner and an adventurer, who
has no interests in Cuba; Anto
nio Maceo, his chief lieutenant, as
an illiterate mulatto, Dionisio Gil as an
other foreigner, like Gomez a native of
San Domingo, and Carlos Roloff as the
most inhuman and ferocious of them all.
He was bom in Poland, and his acts prove
him a nihilist and dynamiter.
CHARGES AGAINST HEALY.
Three Captains* Will Hear the Evidence
in the Trial.
WASHINGTON, D. C.Dec. l.'i.— Captain
Healy of the revenue cutter Bear, who has
heen suspended from duty pending the
investigation of the charges preferred
against him, has been furnished with the
names of three captains in the Revenue
Cutter Service to ascertain if he has any
objection to either or all of them as mem
bers of the Doard who will try him on the
charges preferred.
This is in conformity with regulations
of the service. If Captain Healy objects
to the isames submitted and his reasons
therefor are approved by the department
other names will be submitted to him.
The names submitted are of captains in
the service who are now on duty in the
East.
The reason for assigning officers from
this section is to make the board as impar
tial as possible. Of the three members
who will constitute the board two will
come from the East and one from the
Pacific station. A young officer, who is
a lawyer, will be assigned to conduct the
prosecution. Captain Healy has been fur
nished with copies of the charges made
against him. They include, as has been
stated, drunkenness, incapacity and
tyranny. While the charges so far re
ceived have been made by only six or
eight officers of the service, it is alleged
they will be supported by some thirty
officers on trial.
SIB JULIAS'S CORE 'ESP OXMSXCE.
Hid Xot Give It Out to Xewspapera for
Publication.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Dec. 12.— The in
timation in Senator Morgan's recent Ber
ing Sea speech that Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British Embassador to Washington,
had sent to the newspapers the abstract of
the British Blue Book on that subject,
which appeared November 26 in the lead
ing journals of the United States, and
which led to severe editorial comment in
some instances, it is claimed does injury to
the British Embassador in a manner prob
ably not intended by the Senator from
Alabama.
The fact is the correspondence wvs made
public in London ten days before it was re
ceived either by the British Embassadoror
the State Department, and copious ex
tracts were cabled from London by the
United Press. Sir Julian Pauncefote made
no communication of the Blue Book to any
journal in the United States, nor is there,
as he contends, any expression in iiis dis
patches to his Government which, right
fully considered in its proper connection,
can be construed as being discourteous to
or conveying a reflection upon Congress or
any of its members.
OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
One of the Sir Battle-Ships Slay lie
Jiuilt Here.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13.— 1t was
said at the Navy Department to-day that
Secretary Herbert may ask Congress for
authority to accept all of the bids received
for the construction of battle-ships. He
has already recommended the construc
tion of two more ships. If his suggestion
meets the approval of Congress and he is
granted authority to accept all bids, six
battle-ships will be constructed. The
Cramp Bros, will probably build two
armored and one unarmored, Newport
News Company two and the Union Iron
Works one.
The Senate reorganization committee
will increase the Committee on Appropria
tions from nine to twelve members, and,
it is said, Perkins of California and Quay
of Pennsylvania will be members of it.
T. R. Minturn was to-day appointed
postmaster at Minturn, Madera County,
Cal., vice W. A. Poling, resigned.
It is regarded as probable that Senator
Stewart of Nevada will be chairman of the
Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads
and Representative Powers of Vermont
chairman of the House committee.
I,A*J> SELECTIONS SUSFESDEIi.
Xo Present Action on Grants to Jiond-
Aided Kail roads.
WASHINGTON, D, C, Dec. 13.—Secre
tary Smith has directed the Commissioner
of the General Land Office to suspend fur
ther action on land selections on account
of the grants to the bond-aided railroads.
There are rive such roads to which this
order applies, the Union Pacific, Central
Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Sioux City and
Pacilic and the Central branch of the
Union Pacific.
This order applies only to the main lines
of these companies and does not apply to
the grants to roads purchased by them.
The order has been issued by the Secretary
in anticipation of some action by Congress
at this session relative to the clearing up
of the whole vexed Pacific railroad prob
lem.
Pensions for Californians.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.— The
following Californians have been granted
pensions: John Reed, Martinez; Emanuel
Speegle, Los Angeles; Van Buren Warner,
Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles; John W.
Camper, Pasadena; Mary M. Maxwell, San
Francisco.
DID NOT LOVE STILLWELL
That Is What the Wife Told the
Son of the Wealthy
Packer.
Some Interesting Testimony Given
During the Trial of Dr. Hearne
for Murder.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo., Dec. 13.— 1n
the trial this morning of Dr. J. C. Hearne
for the alleged murder of Amos J. Stillwell
in 1888, R. H. Stillwell, a son of the mur
dered man, was placed on the witness
stand. He told substantially the same
story as related in his depositions in the
suit against M. H. de Young. He said
that while the domestic relations between
the wealthy packer and his wife were
seemingly pleasant she had told him (the
witness) that she did not love her husband
and wished that she had married a younger
man.
Mrs. Hearne sat directly in front of the
witness, eying him closely as he testified.
Undisturbed by her gaze the witness was
subjected to a severe cross-examination by
Attorney Drycten for the defense, but his
testimony was not materially shaken.
Young Stillwell was on the stand until
5:30 o'clock, when a question arose as to
the advisability of admitting as evidence
certa.u documents, when he was excused
witn rh? understanding that either side
could recall him to-morrow.
The documeuts are the reports by the
Pinkerton Agency regarding the murder
of Amos Stillwell. Young Stillwell's
cross-examination was ruinous to the State.
Harry Nickol of Litchfield, 111., followed
Stillwell. His testimony amounts to noth
ing. Susie Hay ward will probably tell her
story to-morrow.
TO REORGANIZE THE ROAD.
General Dodge Interested in the Denver
and Gulf Railway.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 13.— A private
telegram received this morning from New
York states that General G. M. Dodge,
who has been for some time past in Colo
rado, says that the reorganization of the
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
will soon be effected, and that he will pre
sent a plan to the bondholders in a few
days. He is also quoted as saving that
affairs in Colorado are in good condition,
and that there is this year the largest crop
ever seen in the West.
While General Dodge is interested in the
Gulf he is more immediately concerned in
the Texas end of the system, operated
under a separate company and known as
the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad,
and it is believed that he referred to the
latter company in speaking of a pending
reorganization, since the laws of Texas
limit the life of receiverships to three
years, and that will necessitate a reorgani
zation within a few months.
There was pome talk a short time ago of
reorganizing the Gulf, but it is not believed
that it will be practicable for a while yet.
The Gulf is in excellent shape physically
and its financial condition is constantly im
proving and a proposition looking to the
receivership may be made at any time
now, but it is not likely to come from
General Dodge.
Milton V. Lightner Dead.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 13.— Milton U.
Lightner, one of the oldest and best-known
members of the Chicago Board of Trade
and twice vice-president of that institu
tion, died to-day.
BIG BUILDINGS GONE
Sweep of the Most Disas
trous Fire in Council
Bluffs History.
FANNED BY THE WINDS.
Flames Spread Rapidly and
Caused a Loss of a Quarter
of a Million.
THREE STRUCTURES BURNED.
Owing to a Lack of Water Little
Could Be Done to Check the Prog
ress of the Fire.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa, Dec. 13.—
The most disastrous tire in the history of
Council Bluffs visited the implement dis
trict this evening shortly after 6 o'clock,
causing a loss of over a quarter of a million
dollars.
The estimated losses aro as follows:
Deere, Wells & Co., stock, $175,000; Deere,
Wells & Co., building, $35 ,000; Cornbina
nation Fence works, $10,000; Wier Shugart
Company, on building, $3500; Westing
house Engine Company, $10,000; Stougb
ton Wagon Company, $4000; Fuller, John
son & Co., $6000; Moline Bugjjy Company,
$5000; Warder, Bushnell <fc Glessner, $5000.
The losses outside Deere, Wells & Co.
and the Combination Fence works were
on stock in the building occupied by the
Empteie Shugart Company, which had
goods in chaige to be transferredfor sev
eral firms. Deere, Wells & Co. carried
about enough insurance to cover two
thirds of their loss. On the Combination
Fence"\vorks there was only $2500 insur
ance. The other losses are, for the most
part, insured.
The fire started in the Empkie Shugart
building, 1394 to 1406 South Main street,
from a cause not known. It was discov
ered by the night watchman for Deere,
Wells & Co. The first building was a two
story frame structure and was quickly
enveloped in flames, which were spread
across the street to the Combination Fence
works by a high wind that was blowing.
The Deere-Wclls building joined the
Empkie Shugart building on the north,
being separated from it by a heavy fire
wall. The flames began to lick around
the corner, and, getting through the win
dows, soon spread through the south end
of the building.
The wind drove it north, and the Deere-
Wells building became a seething furnace.
Owing to the lack of water little or nothing
could be done by the Fire Department to
check the spread of the lire, and the three
buildings were completely destroyed.
Killed by a Switch Engine.
LINCOLN, Nf.br., Dec. 13. -J. C. Dever,
a Bwitchinan in the employ of the Burling
ton road, was killed in the yards this morn
ing, bein<r struck by a switch engine. He
is a brother-in-law of T. V. Powderly of
Scranton, Pa., who has been notified. He
leaves a widow and two children.
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