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NEARING AN
AGREEMENT
Plan for Uniformity to
Settle the Miners'
Strike.
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL
ALL AROUND.
Fixed Conditions for Mining
Coal and Stated Pay
for Work.
MUST ABOLISH STORES OF COM
PANIES.
Operators In Illinois and Ohio Are
Coming to the Terms of
the Men.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 14.— The local
miners' officials have indorsed the arbi-
trators' plan of procuring uniform condi
tions in mining coal before expecting
unilorru wages for work. At 11 o'clock
to-night ex-Attorney-General Little of
Ohio, District President Dolan and Dis
trict Secretary Warner shook hands on
Dolan's and Warner's promises to use
their utmost endeavors to promote true
uniformity. They will start to work to
morrow.
Dolan and Warner and ail the arbitra
tors but one are agreed that the plan in
sisted on by Operator de Armitt and
agreed to eighteen months ago by the ma
jority oi all the operators in the Pittsburg
district is tne only way to settle the ques
tion permanently ana prevent a constant
recurrence of strikes in the Pittsburg dis
trict. Of course there is much work still
to be done, but there seems to be no ques
tion that true uniformity can be obtained.
The uniformity plan proposes that 95 per
cent of the operators of the district sign
an agreement to abolish tbe company
stores, pay cash wages every two weeks
and p. ace a check on the men at the tip
ples.
DANVILLE, 111., July 14.— A commit
tee of the principal mine operators will
meet in this city to-morrow and sign the
. olumbus stale. They have so notified
the miners. Tbis will put an end to the
str.ke in this district in which 3000 miners
are affected. This is the first break in the
run)-- ot the operators, and tbe miners'
officials are sanguine of victory through
out the State.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 14— The coal
operators in the Jad-soc district held a
meeting to-day and posted notices at tbe
mines agreeing to pay the scale of 60
and 65 tents per ton. It is believed the
miners will return to work, though the
proposition will first be submitted to
President Ratcbford. The miners at the
Schicks mines went out to-day, as they,
yesterday voted to do, and all the mines
in Eastern Ohio are now at a standstill.
l>-iis will arrive to-morrow, as wilt John
ti. Sovereign. Several additional organ
izers left to-day for the West Virginia j
helds. i
A JILTED LOVER'S REVENGE.
Invokes the Law to Recover H.s Presents,
InciUd ng J weled Garters Delicate
Task cf an Officer.
LINCOLN, Nebr., July 14.— The rupture
of a love affair among Lincoln society
P opte bas developed a peculiar situation. !
It promises the most embarrassing re
sults, since the jilted lover declares that I
he will recover every one of the many j
costly presents he has given the young
lady di.ring a two years' courtship, and
among those presents are a number of
jeweled garters, which the young lady has
not surrendered. He follows with threats
of replevin, and the determination of the
young man to send an officer. to search
for the jeweled gaiters has caused ani
mated discussions in local society circles
as to just how far an officer might be ex
cused in carryin • on such a search.
The trouble has all grown out of the en
gagement announced yesterday of Miss
Grace Oakley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I
'» R.Oakley, and Hon. Joseph Walsh, a j
young attorney of Port Huron, Mich. i
Miss Oakley was one of the maids of honor
at the treat Ak Sar Ben ball last year '
and is prominent as a society favorite, j
Tbe printed announcement of the engage- •
ment was the first intimation to Mr. Harry i
Lansing, who thought he was engaged to
Miss Oakley, that the arrangements be
tween himself and the young woman
bad been declared off.
The young man immediately, through
his father, made a demand for sundry
valuable and costly presents which he had
presented to Miss Oakley during the past
two years, out met with a distinct refusal
to produce them.
The presents are valued by him at from
$500 to $600, and include, besides a watch
or two, an engagement ring and other
rings, some jeweled garters and other '
things, whicii it would be diffi- j
cult to recover without the con- i
sent of the young woman. The de- I
mand of the young man for the return |
of his presents through his father nas I
been followed up bva demand through an !
attorney, who succeeded in securing a !
souvenir clasp pin and an expensive man- !
dolin, but was not wholly successful. The \
attorney threatened a replevin suit un
less the presents were produced, but the
young woman hinted that perhaps they
were not in her possession.
iHVl.li INDIAN'S MAKE TROUBLE.
Btick* Attack a Home, and Force the In-
mates to Flee.'
MILES CITY, Mont., July 14.-The
Cheyenne Indians are again making
trouble for the white people near the
reservation. A number of bucks, armed,
attacked the borne cf Matt Winter, firing
several shots inside the house. Mrs.
Winter, children and hired man, who
were in the house, fled by the rear way
and escaped without injury. It 'will be
remembered that Matt Winter was one of
tiie Deputy Sheriffs who nccomn
Sheriff Gibbs to nelp arrest Little Whirl
wind not long ago, and it was the general
opinion at that time that Matt Winer
would Uie soon at the bands _f the
Cheyenne.. The authorities have. again
nsked Senator Carter to bring the matter
before Secretary Bliss and. see if some
permanent" relief from the red savages
cannot be obtained. County Attorney
Porter, is now at the reservation. More
complaints will he made and - more
Indians arrested, and it is hoped that the
military authorities will instruct the
agent to co-operate with the Sheriff this
time and avoid ail trouble. . ' „
Servant Girl Inherit* a Fortune.
CHICAGO, 111., July 14. — Carolina
Johnson, 35 years old, who up to about a
week ago was a domestic in a Dearborn
avenue home, is an heiress to the greater
part .of a fortune nf from $200,000 to'
$400,000, the wealth of her uncle,- "Halte
Sven" Johnson, a raiser who lived for
years in "Little Hell," the most . qualid
part of Chicago, and who was killed July
5 by falling out of his window.
MRS. HACK POINTED OUT.-
lden'. d cs having Carried Parcels
yFtom the Cottage Where Gulden
suppe Was Murdered.
NEW YORK, r>. V., July 14 -The Dis
trict Attorney received evidence to-day
which he declares is unimpeachable in its
corroboration 'of Barber John Gotha's
story of the murder of William Gulden
suppe, as he says Martin' Thorn has told
it in his confession. The evidence is
given by six residents of Woodside who
live in the neighborhood of the cottage
where the murder was committed. j
They identified Mrs. among twen
ty-live other female prisoners. All had
seen Thorn and Mrs. NacK and Gulden
suppe in the cot age on the day of the
murder. On the following day Mrs. Nack
was seen to enter the cottage alone. She
came out alter a while carrying a long
bundle done up in brown paper and
bound with heavy cord.'
it is believed this is the bundle that
contained the severed less of Gelden
suppe. Mrs. Nactc got on a trolley-car
and rode oft with the bundle. She re
turned in half an hour, and left the
house twice after that alone, each time
carrying a smaller bundle done up in pa
per. hen she returned the fourth time
the surrey drove up. Thorn and Mrs.
Nack came out of the house together car
rying a bundle so heavy that they had
great trouble to lift it into the surrey.
This, the police believe, contained the
trunk of the murdered man. None of the
witnesses who saw GuldensoDpe enter the
cottage saw him leave it again.
One of the neighbors described how he
discovered blood running from the
drainpipe connecting with the bathtub in
the cottage. The authorities thins they
will be able to prove b.v this that Thorn
chopped Guldeusuppe to pieces in the
bathtub, letting the water run over night
to wash away the blood. . The poiice are
still futilely dragging East River for Guld
ensuppe's head.
TELLS TALES OF FORGERY.
The Black Sharp ot a Texas Family Con
■ fesses to Cr.me and Surrenders
His Liberty.
NEW YORK, N. V.. July 14. -In the
Police Court to-day a young man who de
scribed himself as M. A. Weslow of Waco,
Tex., told Magistrate Meade a long story
of wrongdoing and submitted himself to
the mercy of the court. Weslow said he
had a wife and child in Waco, and in 1885
his father was Lieutenant-Governor of
that State. His brother, he said, was at
one time District Attorney of Houston,
Texas.
Weslow gave himself ud to the police
Tuesday night. He said his downfall be
gan when be was a cotton-broker in Jack
sonville, Tex. After losing $10,000 he be
gan to bet on horseraces. He became in
volved so heavily in debt that he was
obliged to leave the country, so he went
to Cuba with the Texas sharpshooters and
remained there three months.
Weslow says he began his career as a
forger in 1896. In December of that year,
while in Columbu , Ohio, he forged checks
on a New Orleans bank for $2000. Of the
money thus obtained he bet $750 on a
horserace and won $2500, with which he
paid the checks. Liter he forged checks
for $100. $75 and $25 on the Commercial
Bank of Columbus in the name of the
Columbus Bar-fixture Company, by which
he pretended to be employed. He always
carried forged letters written to himself
on the company's letter paper, and on the
strength of thcsa he managed to gain the
gopd graces ol people who afterward be
came his Victims. He came to New York
on the proceeds of these forjieries. lie
was remanded to tbe custody of the police
until to-morrow.
EFFECT OF THI- CONVENTION.
Broad Ti.w of the Benefit of the Chri*.
Han Jindearor Gathering,
BOSTON, Mass, July 14.— next
issue of the Congregationalist will con
tain the following editorial nnder the
title, "Tbe Christian Endeavor Migra
tion":
The great convention which has just closed
its session at San Francisco has been a re
markable gathering from many points of
view. Never in our history has so large a
body of Christians crossed the continent to
gether. Tne effect of this migration must be
permanent aud salutary. It heps to unite
the States in, firmer bonds. Mere acquaint
ance accomplishes something, but the En
deavor spirit adds force, sectioual lines are
diminished and strife is less likely to arise.
The spirit of fraternity is engendered. The
youth of the East and the West join hands.
Union becomes more and more real.
. This migration will quicken ana encourage
the religious life by the Pacific, while all over
the land the impression is given that Chris
tian Endeavor indicates a growth of patriotism
and of tho spirit of Christian unity. The dele
gates get an all-round view of the problems of
our diversified social and commercial life.
Prejudice is softened. The young man can
vote more intelligently. He will discover the
spirit of his countrymen and learn that our
Nation's friends and supporters are certain*}'
found upon the prairie.-, and by the Golden
Gate, as in New England. This Instruction
the schools do not always afford, but such a
convention as that at San Francisco illustrates
and emphasizes it.
HEALTH API MANJ JEARS.
Rise in mining _Xoc.it Make* a Poor
Man Rich.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, July 14— In 1890,
While living in Duluth, Julius Swanson
purchased 750 shares in a Colorado mine
near Colorado Springs, paying 10 cents a
share for it. A few years later he offered
the lot for $7 50, and his friends laughed at
him and refused to buy. In 1893 he came
to this city and accepted a position in a
shoestore. Fearing he would have to pay
taxes on his Colorado property he tried to
give his shares away. No person wanted
them, even as a gift. Swanson was indus
trious, and a year ago opened a shoestore
of his own. Yesterday Colorado Springs
parties offered Swanson $37,000 for his 750
shares. lie will leave lor Colorado Springs
on Thursday. He says $37,000 for $75 is
good enough for him, and he will sell.
PLANS OF 1 Hi: BRADBURTS.
Believed That hey Wiil Sail for Europe
Together Aext Week.
NEW YORK, N. V., 'July 14.— Colonel
John Bradbury, the young California mil
lionaire, said this morning at Hotel Marie
Antoinette that his mother and son Louis
left last evening for California. As to
whether he intended to be reconciled to
his wife Colonel Bradbury refused to say.
It is said Colonel Bradbury has engaged
a stateroom on a European steamer leav
ing New York next week, and it is his
plan to meet his wife at some point up
the State and remain there with her until
just before the steamer sails, so that he
may escape further notoriety. Bradbury'
left the hotel to-night. He stated before
his departure that ne would be gone for a
couple of days.
Peoria Bank Con .olid a Hon.
PEORIA, 111.. July 14.— The consolida
tion of the Bank of Commerce, a State
institution with a capital of $200,000, with
the Merchants'' National .bank, is' an
nounced. The Bauk of Commerce has
been doing fairly well, but it was thought
better results could be secured by combin
ing its business and reducing expenses.
Railroad Liv? at to Kootenai.
. CHICAGO, 111., July 14.— The Inter
state. Commerce Commission has sus
pended until December 31 the long and
short-haul clause of the. interstate act, so
far as business to the Kootenai district is
concerned, so as to enable ail railroads to
compete with the Canadian Pacific. ' ".
Advances', made, on inrnliure and. pianos, with
or without removal, i. .Noonan, IVI7-1U23 Mission
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 3 897.
CONSTERNATION
SEIZES HAVANA
Eighty Spanish Rich
Men Arrested and
Jailed.
Accused of Selling Supplies
to Hungry, Struggling
Patriots.
Friends Claim It Is Blackmail In
spired by Weyler to Secure
a Large Sum.
HAVANA, Cuba, July 14.— At the mo
ment I send this dispatch Havana is in
the greatest state of excitement since the
war began. Eighty rich Spanish mer
chants and bankers were arrested to-day.
accused of selling merchandise and mcdi*
cine to Cuban patriots.
Those under arrest include prominent
members of the Union Constitutional
party and men who have held important
official positions. Among them are Don
Antonio Quesada, ex-Mayor oi the city of
Havana; Jose Sarra, a millionaire drug
gist; Mr. Johnson, another wealthy drug-
GOVERNOR H. M. WELLS of Utah; Who Delivered the Address
of Welcome at the Opening of the Trans-Mississippi Congress.
gist, and a professor at the university-
All the men arrested represent probably
over $32,000,000. '-yfy-A'
Don Fernandez, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and until now a friend
of the Marquis of Palmerola, the Civil Gov
ernor of Havana, has interceded with the
Marquis on behalf of the prisoners. The
Marquis answered:, f..-fff
"The insurgents risk their lives In sack
ing the towns of the Spaniards, but these
persons here have been doing the same
tbing without, danger. Now we will see
if they can continue to do it."
lt is said by friends of the arrested men
that the whole business is blackmail and
that the Chief of Police ha. been informed
ithac the prisoners will be released and no
further proceedings taken if $100,000 be
paid.
Don Quesada, the ex-Mayor of Havana,
s very indignant over his arrest. He said:
"I am a merchant and sell my merchan
dise to any one who pays. the price."
The Marquis of Palmerola has sent a
cable to Madrid about tbe case. It is gen-
erally believed that the Marquis acted
under instructions from Weyler.
- Many of the prisoners were arrested in
the Stock Exchange. A crowd gathered
around the jail protesting against the
arrests.
GREAT BATTLE IB IMMINENT.
Weyler . Concentrating 'Troop* to Until
Off (iom*-.
HAVANA, Cuba, July 14.— Gomez is
advancing westward in the province of
Matanzas. At Navajas his troops at
tacked a train in which Spanish forces
were going to Matanzas City, and the
train was held all day yesterday untii
2500 Spanish soldiers were sent to its aid.
Weyler has ordered a general concentra
tion of all Spanish columns in the province
of Matanzas to oppose the advance of
Gomez.
A hard fight has taken place near Ya- ,
guajay, Remedios, Santa Clara province,
in which the Spanish, commanded by
Colonel Albergoti,. were badly defeated,
leaving ninety-seven dead on the field.
Five Spanish officers were killed. The
train that left G.bara, Puerto Principe,
Friday morning was blown up with dyna
mite. "-' ;,.-;.;.
MeKINLRJ'S -OPPORTUNITJ.
Congret* Giro*. Him Poustr to Demand
the iletea.e of American*.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14.— The
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
to-day reported favorably on the resolu
tion empowering the President to take
such measures as are in his judgment
necessary to obtain the release of Ona
Melton, , Alfreds _' Laborde i and William
Mildea, who were captured in April, 1896,
by a Spanish gunboat on the schooner
-Competitor. The ) resolution also . uthor
izes and require-* the President to exercise
such power as is necessary, to secure this
end. r- •-";. „ ■:--..*'• . ■b . ' : *
. The report recites all the facts that have
been brought in the Competitor case, her
ownership, capture and citizenship of the
three men named in the resolution, to
gether with the proceedings t .us far had
by the Spanish authorities, the trial, sen
tence, etc. The report characterizes it a
mockery <>: a trial. f. ■'■>
The alii avits of the parties are cited to
show mm 1 1 » " v were coerced into Spanish
waters, in win* 1 !! case they were .not sub
ject to Spanish- jurisdiction. They were
not subject to piracy, and intended no act
of 'depredation on the seas, nor were they
subj ct to the Spanish authorities on ac
count of alleged reb-l lion.
"Dan He Quill" Leave* Virginia City.
.-, VIRGINIA CITY," Nev., July 14.— "Dan
De Quill,", last ;of j the brilliant galaxy of
journalists who once irradiated j the Com
stock journalistic world, left here to-night
for lowa, there to spend the remainder of
his days. He is very ill and feeble. '. f.
GIVEN GREETING
BY UTAH'S CHIEF
Governor Wells Extends
a Welcome to Salt
Lake's Guests.
Annual Session of the Trans-
Mississippi Congress
Opened.
Indications That the Attendance
Will Exceed That of Former
Years.
SALT LAKE.Utah, July 14.— trans-
Mississippi Congress met in the assembly
hall in Temple square at 11 o'clock this
morning. The building was beautifully
decorated, and there was a very large
attendance.; The following States were
represented, with more to hear from to
morrow: Arizona. 2, Arkansas 22, Cali
fornia 27, Colorado 40, Idaho 16. lowa 14,
Kansas 17, Louisiana 6, Minnesota 5, Mis
souri * 50, Montana 16, New Mexico 8,
Nevada 10, North Dakota 3, Nebraska 44,
Oregon 4, Oklahoma 6. South Dakota 5,
Indian Territory 2, .Texas 29; Utah 88,
Washington 8, Wyoming IL Hawaii 2;
total, 435.." .. y • : : fy-- bb .;. ■
There will be at least 435 delegates in
the convention, that number having sent
formal acceptances to the secretary. Nine
hundred and seventy-five delegates were
appointed, and the number who have
notified the secretary of their intention to
be present are divided among the different
States given above. • -ffy.':f ■"■-':
The congress was. called to order at
11:35 by Secretary Culmer. He an
nounced that the morning trains were
five and six hours late, and that this
would cut down the representation of the
morning session from an expected at
tendance of 435 delegates to probably
about half that number. At subsequent
sessions, however, be expected to see
more delegates in their seats. He intro
duced Henry R. Whitmore of St. Louis,
chairman of the executive committee, as
chairman of the meeting, after which the
Rev. Mr. Hudson offered prayer. Gover
nor W ells then; delivered the address of
welcome. He said in part:
Ladies and gentlemen of the trans-Mississ
ippi convention, _ in behalf of the people of
Utah I extend to each of you a fraternal greet
ing and warm welcome to the last and best
State of the Union. We invited you to come;
you accepted the invitation; you are here in
pursuance of it, and now the lreedom and hos
pitality of the State are yours.
It is to be expected that the business of this
congress, involving the discussion of so many
subjects of -deepest concern to the West and
South, will engross a large share of your time
during this visit; yet it Is my ardent wish that
you find sufficient opportunity to investigate
the social and material conditions of Utah,
and so learn for yourselves what manner of
people we are. •-,.-.
If the glimpses of some of our glories which
you have obtained from car windows as your
trains thundered hither through our moun
tains and valleys have whetted your appetites
for. further intormation concerning us, lam
sure you will not be disappointed i; you delve
deeper into the larder where our good things
are stored; and, when you have risen from
your repast of research and investigation, 1
think you will be willing to concede that our
people are honest, moral and thrifty and our
Stale an El Dorado of discovered and undis
covered wealth. ... ...
The Governor was followed by Mayor
Glendenning, who said in substance:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Trans-Mississippi congress: It Is with much
pleasure that I greet you this morning and
bid you aVordisl welcome to our city. Having
recently been investigating the purposes of
your congress, J believe that great advantages
must accrue to the whole country because of
the deliberations of so earnest a body ot rep
resentative men, distinguished in statesman
ship, in literature, in engineering and- in
various branches of our Government service.
It is a strong tribute to the general good: the
congress must have accomplished in its former
session that this one is able to bring together
so large an attendance, and while you are
with us I trust you will .make- yourselves
thoroughly at home. ' As the chief executive
of this city I extend to you all a most cordial
welcome. .Everything is yours to command.
Judge Goodwin also gave a generous
greeting to the men and women within
the city's gates, and assured them that
Salt Lakers would be sorry when the
meeting had adjourned. Colonel John
Doniphan, of St. f Joseph, Mo., then re
sponded to the speeches of welcome in be
half of the congress as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Thanks for your
generous welcome, which | is j as broad as your
prairies- and substantial as, your mountains.
We will enjoy, it in the hospitable spirit In
which it is tendered. The triumphs of your
energy cannot f-til to impress us wi;h due re
spect, and admiration for ; the men who have
evolved .this beautiful and magnilicent city
from the chaos of the materisl elements found
by the pioneers of 1847.' [Applause.]
L?ss than a century ago this entire trans-
Mississippi region, represented by twenty-four
States and Territories, 20,000 people and
untold wealth, was a terra Incognito, whose
possibilities dimly > dawned, upon _ the great
apostle of Democracy. . Jefferson launched the
expedition of Lewis and Clark into the wilder
ness, to be followed by an immense host of the
in-iomltaole Anglo-Saxon race, which eventu
ally; founded r this' mighty: empire crowned
with ail the trophies of progress
.May the deliberations of this body be char
acterized by the wisdom of the past, and may
its councils eventuate in substantial gooa in
this vast region;' comprising two-thirds of the
territory of the Union, and 1 destined in the
providence of God to become the seat of em-
pire for a moral and cultured people far ex
ceeding any in recorded history. .'[Applause.]
Various State organizations were* then
perfected and the convention took are
cess. ; : \ V '.:
The evening session was called to order
at 8 o'clock, -'and there was a very good at
tendance, much larger than in tne after
noon. The special order was the consid
eration of the annexation of Hawaii, but
before that subject was taken up a resolu
tion was introduced and adopted, with a
cheer, extending the: thanks of the con
gress to President McKinley for his ap
pointment of .Captain W. L. Merry as
Minister to Central America.
William A. Kinney of Hawaii gave an
address on "Hawaii," and was loudly
cheered at various points in his speech.
He extended a greeting from President
Dole and his Cabinet to the Congress. He
quoted from a number of reports, showing
mat the imports to Hawaii from San
Francisco were greater than those to
China, Japan or Mexico. There was no
doubt in his mind that there would be
war between Hawaii and Japan, unless
the United States should step in and pre
vent it. It was in the power of,, the
United States to do this now by annexing
the islands, and any, proposition short of
absolute annexation would prove futile,
and produce the greatest complications
imaginable.
Lorin A. Thurston followed in the same
strain. Hawaii did not want to become a
State, for the present at least, and he was
aware of the fact, as were all otners, that
she would not be fit for it for some years
to come. He declared emphatically that
a protectorate would not answer. He paid
a tribute to the character of the men
at the head of the Hawaiian Government.
The congress then adjourned until to
morrow. .
Three thousand of the ladies of Salt
Lake attended a reception in honor of
! Mrs. W. J. Bryan, who arrived in Salt
Lake to-day. The function occurred in
the City and County ; building, and was
one of the most pleasant social events in
the history of the State. The women of
! the Democratic clubs of Utah were at the
bead of it. At the close of the reception an
excursion trip was taken to Fort Doug
lass, where a concert by the military band
and reception by the officers and ladies
followed. .--':-.-.. i': •.
ENDEAVORERS IN COAST CITIES.
Eight Hundred of the Easterners Visit
Santa Cruz — Thousands Welcomed
at San Jose.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., July 14.— Twenty
cars, carrying 800 Christian Endeavorers,
came in at 1 o'clock to-day, and tbeir oc
cupants proceeded to take the city. The
victory was an easy one, for nearly every
one deserted to the ranks of the invaders,
led by a band of local Ein'eavorers rep
resenting the several churches of this
city. There were carriages and electric
cars ready to carry the visitors about the
city. The excursion in carriages included
tbe driveway along the ocean shore past
the lighthouse and away off toward the
sloping: hills that meet the Santa Cruz
Mountains half way. The electric cars
carried hundreds of the visitors to Vue
de I'Eau, where they had a fine view of
the ocean and watched the charging of
the breakers, against the rocks, and to
the beach, where the surf is the big at
traction to all comers to Santa Cruz. The
delegates had their luncheon at the Big
Tiees, so that no lime was lost here dur
ing the four hours' stay.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 14.— The city was
crowded to-day with Christian Endeavor
visitors, and the purple and gold and
"C. E." badges were conspicuous on the
streets. It is estimated that there were at
least 2500 visitors, | They arrived on two
excursion trains, at 9 and :11 o'clock. A
reception committee and citizens with
carriages met them at the depot, and
those who desired were taken for a drive
through . the orchards surrounding the
city. Those wno did not go for a ride
were, escorted to the headquarters, in the
First Presbyterian . . Church. From here
they strolled about the city looking at the
sights, or took rides on the cars into the
suburbs.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 14.— Seattle is
maKing great preparations lor what is to
be in the' nature of a second Christian
< Endeavor convention. Present indications
j are that fully 3000 or 4000 of the Endeavor
| ers who were in attendance upon the great
j San Francisco religious meeting will find
I their way to the metropolis of the North
j west. They come on a eight-seeing and
pleasure tour, and many will extend the
trip as far northward as the glacierregions
of Alaska.* The arrivals will extend over
a period of one w>ek,' beginning with" to
morrow evenine, when the Connecticut
Endeavorers, 225 strong, under the leader
ship of James F. Williams, will put in an
appearance. .-•-■• •---
NOVEL INVENTION OF TA CO MANS.
Will Fish for Salmon With Scocpne s
Operated by an Engine on a
Schooner.
TACOMA; Wash., July 14.— The steamer
Edith has sailed lor the Gulf of Georgia,
Where it will engage in fishing for salmon
in a novel way. .The steamer is chartered
by F. G. Fisher and A. L Wright, paten
tees of a new fishing apparatus whicb is
adjustable and designed to be attached to
ths bow of the steamer. It consists of a
scoop-like extension made, of long strips
of iron, an inch wide, bolted together and
having meshes of several inches in length
and an inch wide. The scoop projects
twelve feet beyond the bow, is twenty feet
wide and six feet beneath the water at the
outer edge. At the "bow the extension
divides in tho ccrtter and runs abreast
either side of the ship twenty feet, the
wings gradually rising the farther back
they reach.',- '. ;. ,'b* . V b' . '*"
The scheme is to run - the steamer
through a school of fish at force enough
to force them back upon the wings, at the
end of which is attached an j endless con
veyer of wire netting designed to rise
in a scoop ; movement and pick- up the
fish, carrying them to the draw of the
vessel. The conveyer is arranged to work
in a guiding trough and jto dump the fish
at the bulwarks.. The conveyer will be
operated by, a small engine on tbe deck.
If this apparatus works— as tests indi
cate that it will— Fisher & Wright will be
able to. catch salmon ,in wholesale quan
tities by steam '. power. V Tuey may ■ revo
lutionize, th*-- fishing business if the supply
holds out > Tuey will make special en
deavors to find the humpback salmon,
which swim in laige and compact
schools. ...„■,..■■■_■•- :.A\f.. ,
f. Sacramento Rail Accident.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., V July 14.— A
stranger who gives the name of Frank
Laniz was struck by a switch engine at
Sixth and. E streets, in this city, to-night,
and. was so horribly mangled that there is
no possibility. of his recovery. The man,
who is evidently of the laboring class, as
he was dressed in overalls and carried a
roll of blankets, entered a saloon a few
minutes before 'he accident,' got a drink
of whisky, purchased a small bottle and
then walked' directly on "-'to. the railroad
track before the approaching engine' and
was knocked down. < He gave his age as
67 years, said he was a native of Switzer
land and that he had a brother residing
in San Francisco, and then lapsed into in
sensibility. ' -•■■: b . V*' :
_>-»t» J tii' 't/Oftpo^Blaze
' SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. July 14.— Fire
broke out to-night in Peter Bank's grocery
store on Higuera street. In a short time
it had gained great headway and speed to
Krebs' drugstore yon one side and Die
meat market on the other. The build
ings being "> of ; .wood ; burned rapidly and
were soon consumed. the flames
were got under control Greenfield's meat
market adjoining was partially destroyed;
The buildings burned so quickly that bthe
entire business -"block;' would have' been
destroyed *■ but' for Vetterline & Butcher's
brick building, which prevented a further
spread. -The » buildings were « Insured . for
$4000. fff . /
ANNEXATION
IS ASSURED
A Favorable Report to
the Senate on the
Treaty.
NO AMENDMENT OF THE
CONVENTION.
'- r .'..•■' '■■-.'. : y
Vote of the Foreign Relations
Committee Is Practically
Unanimous.
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT
THIS SESSION.
During: the Recess All Literature
Bearing: on the Subject 'Is
to Be Collated.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14.— The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee has
ordered a favorable report to be made to
the Senate on . the Hawaiian annexation
treaty. , The committee has made no
amendment to the convention, and the
vote by which it was adopted was practi
cally unanimous.
Daniel and Turpie refrained from
voting. The treaty was favored by Davis,
Foraker, Clarke, Cullom and Morgan,
and the proxy of Frye was also cast in the
affirmative. Lodge, Mills and Gray were
absent.
It is not expected that any considera
tion will be given to the treaty this ses
sion. In the recess a sub-committee, con
sisting of Chairman Davis, Foraker and
Turpie, will have prepared for the use of
the Senate all. literature bearing on the
subject that is available. Chairman
Davis,, at the executive session of the
Senate, reported back the treaty to that
body, and without debate it went to the
executive calendar.
UNION PACIFIC FORECLOSURE.
Failure in the Senate to Tike Up the
Resolution to Suspend the Cleveland
Agreement,
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14.— The
net result ot live hours' struggle in the
Senate to-day was the passage of the joint
resolution, to which there was no objec
tion, permitting a temporary studio to be
erected in some public grounds in Wash
ington for the construction of a statue of
Gen*. Sherman.
Early in the day an effort was made by
Morgan and Harris to take up the resolu
tion requesting the President to suspend
the agreement made by Cleveland's admin
istration lor the foreclosure and sale ot the
Union Pacific property and for the receipt
by the Government of over $45,000,000 in
full Day ment of its lien. ff b .:. b
The attempt to take up the resolution
was resisted by Gear and Thurston. As
there was no voting quorum present the
first two hours of the session were wasted
in aye and no votes and in calling the
roll. A bare quorum usually responded
to call, but when it came to voting many
of those present were paired. After this
had gone to tiresome length the joint
resolution as to Sherman's studio came
over from the House and furnished op
portunity for discussion: Under cover of
it Morgan said all he desired to about the
Union Pacific matter, and his argument
was replied to at equal length by Thurston.
The re.o'ution itself was not really before
the Senate, but an effort will be made to
take it up to-morrow.
Thurston, di. cussing the situation be
tween the Government and the Union
Pacific Company, said: "'There is a guar
antee secured by a deposit of $4,500,000
that when the property is pur up tor sale
there shall be bid a sufficient amount to
net the Government $45,000,000 of its claim
of $6-,000,000. That is all the agreement
there is. My objection to this resolution
is that if by its passage the guarantee falls
to the ground there can never be anything
like such a bid and guarantee again. No
one can point out a man with $1,000,000
behind him who will. guarantee that a
better bid will be made at any future
time." . yfff . . * ' ;
Thurston said the Government was to
receive $47,700,000 for its debt $66,000,000
or $67,000,000 including the interest Daid
by the Government on the subsidy bonds.
If any set of gentlemen would guarantee
a higher bid and would deposit $4,500,000
to make it good he would consent to the
passage of the pending, resolution. . fffff
STRIKE CN THE COLUMBIA.
Three Thousand Fisherman to Quit Be
cause of Another Cut in
Prices.
ASTORIA, Or; July Another sen
sation which may lead to serious results
was sprung here to-night. After busi
ness hours at about 6 o'clock notices were
posted at all of tbe salmon canneries, ex
cept at the new. Union Fishermen's Co
operative Company, announcing the fol
lowing schedule prices ' for fish; taking
effect to-morrow: Red Chinook salmon,
100 pounds or over, 3 cents a pound; steel
heads and light-colored salmon, I /, 1 cents.
The price has been for Chinooks 4 cents.
It is understood that the fishermen,
some 3000 in number, will strike and re
fuse to work at the reduced rate, depend
ing on the Union Co-operative Cannery,
in which . 200 or more of them are stock
holders, to keep up the 4-cent price. This
cannery was built and put into operation
this season, and 'is* the outgrowth of the
strike last year, which, resulted so dis
astrously. It is .a question, however,
whether they can pay 4 cents and. sell
their . fish in the mnrket in competition
with, Alaska and local canneries, when
the older institutions can: not do it, and
tliey may yet be. compelled to join in the
reduced price. „;.....-.
Fish are now and have been for two
weeks running very well and large catches
have been made. Many of the men are
still in debt, and a strike at. this time in
the heart of the season and during the run
of the finest and firmest fish would be dis
astrous.
Aeqxiel to a Cloii* Charivari.
FRESNO. Cal., July 14 —Constable E.
S. McClung of Clovis was tried; by a jury
in Judge St John's court to-day on a
charge of disturbing the peace. He and
several others tendered R. E. L. Good and
wife, who . had just been married, a
charivari on the night of June 19. The
peace disturbers kept up a terrific noise,
with cans and shotguns, from 11 until 1
o'clock. 'I he bride became hysterical, the
shotguns being discharged within two feet
of her window. 'Good ordered the men to
leave several times, but : they ; refused.
The jury acquitted the constable after an
exciting tr.al.
kew to-day:
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Shifting Scenes
Price evolutions are ever
taking place in a big house,
especially in one of the
magnitude of ours, and es-
pecially in our Young
Men's Department.
We're going, through our
house, cleaning house, and
cleaning out all small
lines.
The styles are right de-
sirable: they must be or
they wouldn't have sold
down to afew of a kind.
, There's an air of correct-
ness about our young
men's clothes that the
young men like. There's
snap, there's style, there's
vim, there's a goodness
about 'em._
In our Young Men's Depart-
ment to-day some Young Men's
Suits that have sold down to a
few of a kind ; they were $14
and $15, and some among 'em
sold for $12. One lot of 'cm all
to-day. These are for young
men between the ages of 14 and
19, and a right smart lot of
looking suits they are; blues,
fancy mixtures, single-breasted
sacks and double-breasted
sacks, smartly tailored . : yy
Your pick of any of 'em to~
day at
$7.45.
(SECOND FLOOR.
Take Elevator).
THE FRISCO BOYS.
9,: 11, 13 ai 15 Keamy Street
• 2 Entire Buildings, 8 Floors.
"BRANDY AND WATER."
Many Barrels of Spirits Will
Be Dumped. lnto the River
Thames. . . . . .
How English Customs Officers Will
Handle the Stuff Sent From '
This State.
The Manufacturers' and Producers' Ass
ociation's members are greatly pleased with
the progress made in throwing obstacles
in the way of those who made such an ef
fort to send that "sheep-dip" brandy to
England under the name of "California
grape brandy." ' The authorities at Wash
ington have already taken the matter in
band and have promised to change the
rules relative to bonded warehouses so
that herealter the products therefrom will
be known by their true names and their
components publicly announced.
Not only has success been made in this
direction, but the exporters of the vile
stuff have been balked through the efforts
of Naval Officer Colonel John P. Irish,
who has followed the consignment from
the time it was' started on its way to Eng
land. He at once communicated with the
customs authorities in England, and re
cently he received a very satisfactory, re
ply. The customs officials there informed
Colonel Irish that they would seize' the
stuff as soon as it arrived on British soil.
They proposed to confiscate it and dump
the whole mess into the Thames. without
any ceremony. * .-•-.'
The i caso of the local Federal . officers
against Inspector Dockery of the Health
Department .till hangs in the air. The
papers in nis case were sent from Wash
ington on June 10, but they have failed to
arrive here. That is they have not reached
the hands of the proper authorities. The
statement of the people in Washington is
that tbe papers had been -mist! .reeled and
that the Postmaster nere has. been in
structed to try and find some trace of
them. When Dockery 's case will com*
up for trial is not known. .
Wanted at Angel* Camp.
STOCKTON, Cal.. July 14.— For some
time past the officers at Angels Camp
have been looking for a youth named
James Pease, who is wanted in the min
ing town- on a charge of grand larceny.
This -. afternoon Deputy. Sheriff .-Black
found ti.e young man, in hiding on the
outskirts oi this city and . placed him
under arrest. He: bad with 1 nim'a'valu
able horse and saddle, but claimed that
these belonged to him and that the charge
brought against him was the outcome of
a conspiracy on the part of relatives to
get him. out of -, the way. Constable Wil
liam Fouts of Angels will arrive to-mor
row to take Pease back to that place. <_
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