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TO STRENGTHEN
THE ARTILLERY
More Men Are Needed at
the Coast Defense
Stations.
Special Board Appointed to
Consider the Necessities
of the Service.
Twenty-Eight Cities on the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Shores to Be
Pro ected.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.—
appointment of a special board by the
War Department to consider the dis
tributing of the present artillery force of
the army is a step of great importance.
It indicates that the extensive system of
coast defenses is now approaching a point
at which the artillery will have to be
largely increased. This board will con
vene in Washington on September 1 and
will at once begin an investigation ol the
subject, with a view of formulating a re
port for submission to Congress eariy
next session.
At present the artillery branch is
scarcely large enough for the already
large garrisons on the seaboard, but with
the cradual completion of new defenses
the army will be unable to supply soldiers
for this duty from ths artillery with the
present force. For years efforts have been
made to induce Congress to increase the
artillery by two regiments in order to
meet existing condltious, but without suc
cess.
The seaconst defenses will not necessi
tate an increase in the artillery, but .will
lead to the establishment of many new
stations, some of which are certain to be
come headquarters of regiments. The
board will now determine just how many
artillerymen will be required at the new
fortifications for their protection, the ex
tent of the barracks accommodations, the
water transportation needed in maintain
ing communication between the detached
batteries and the quantity of land re
quired for the erection of entirely new
garrisons.
The army at present supports five regi
ments of artillery, with headquarter**" at
New York harbor. Washington City, Fort
McPherson, Atlanta, San Francisco and j
at Tacoma, with detached batteries at
some few of the interior posts. The coa-t
--defense plan now being carried out in- j
eludes the defenses of twenty-eight cities '
on the Atlantic, Gulf an I Pacific coasts.
At many of these cities artillery troops |
are already located, but the commands, as I
a rule, are not as large as the authorities j
deem necessary for the care of new de- I
fenses. At some cities, where no artillery i
troops are located, entirely new posts will I
be established and new details of troops j
made.
On the Pacific batteries will be located
at all points, except at San Francisco,
which are included in the fortifications
plan. The importance and extent of the
artillery army will, therefore, be decided- j
ly increased by the completion of the i
fortifications, and practically every city!
on the seaboard that is to be defended will \
in a few years have some artillery sta
tioned there for the protection of the new
batteries.
The board will probably make the most
exhaustive investigations of the need" of
the artillery branch yet undertaken, and
will unquestionably urge that the present
strength be increased by the next Con
gress to the extent of two regiments to
meet the growing requirements of this
branch of the army. There is as y»t no
immediate demand for the troops. None
of the new defenses are as yet completed,
and few will be under two years. Em
bankments are being constructed at many
of the ports in the fortifications plan and
ordnance is being manufactured at the
Government and private factories as fast
as the engineers are ready for the installa
tion of guns, but at none of the defenses,
with the exception of that for the protec
tion of the National Capitol, will full gar
risons of artillery be required in less than
eighteen monthsat the outside.
The increase in the strength of tl^e ar
tillery will quicken promotion in . this
branch and relieve the stagnation which
has prevailed for years. While consid
ered the most desirable arm of the ser
vice by young West Pointers it is a con
spicuous fact that advancement is slower
in it than in any of the others. This is
due in a measure to the present organiza
tion. First lieutenants have as a rule to
remain in the one grade Irom fifteen to
twenty-five years before becoming cap
tains. There arj now lieutenants who
will never attain a higher rank, and
several have of late years retired from this
grade.
am tee
GOLD-LADEN
POETLAND
Continued from First Page.
sufficiently for packing purpose?, and if
reports are to be believed it promises to be
the shortest and best route to the gold
district-* of the upper Yukon.
Matters have now taken on a practical
shape leading up to the construction of a
narrow-gauge railroad from below the
mouth of Telegraph Creek up the slight
elevation, which is marked by all travel
ers who go that way, to -the level table
land leading to Lake Teslin. '-:'■ '
Mr. McKin-non states mat engineers are
how in the field, and that a route has been
surveyed from the head of navigation on
Slickeen River to the lake. There are no
great engineering feais involved in the
construction of the narrow-gauge road,
and a very low cost is considered neces
sary to put a practical 1 in between salt
water and navigation on Lake Teslin.
The Dunsmuirs of Victoria and San
Francisco and English capitalists there
are said to be working with the Hudson
Bay Company, the latter to find an ade
quate steamer service from Fort Wrangel
up the St ckeen River to the starting
point of the railroad. Upon the comple
tion of the railroad material for the con
struction of steamers to ply on Lake Tes
tin will be loaded and sent through. If
the plans of the projectors are carried out
the work will be pushed on the road dur
ing the coming winter and the through
line will he ready for business in spring.
The distances given by Mr. McKinnon
are comparatively short. The Stickeen
River route is 135 miles and the railroad
connecting to Lake Teslin is 153 miles.
The lake is 120 miles long, and the re
mainder of the trip downward will be by
tbe Lewis River, -which would bring those
going in by that route direct into the
richest part of the g Id country.
Alexander Beliingham, the represents
live of English capitalists who are in
terested in the proposed road, is now in
England, where he went to make a favor
able report on the scheme. Direct rail
and steamer connection from Seattle to
the Upper Yukon will settle the question
of how to get in when another year
swings around.
ASKED TO INTERFERE.
The Treasury Department Re
quested Not to Permit Persons
Unequipped to Go North.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug 27.— Several
complaints have reached the Treasury
D* part men t recently that large numbers
of men bonhd for the Klondike country
but without provisions or money are now
being landed at St. Michael, Alaska. None
of the regular lines of steamers, it is said,
will book parties for the Klondike who
are not provided with a sufficient amount
of provisions and money to maintain
themselves for a reasonable time without
danger of suffering. Some of the tramp
lines of steamers, however, are said to
ship any one who can pay for his passage
without regard to the future. The result
is said to be that a considerable crowd is
accumulating in tne vicinity of St.
Michael who already are becoming de
pendent upon the charity of others for
their food. This unexpected situation, it
is feared, will lead to trouble before the
winter Is over, and the Treasury Depart
ment has been asked to interfere to pre
vent vessels from taking to Alaska per*-ons
not properly provided with subsistence.
No way of exercising any Federal author
ity in the premises has yet been discov
ered, and it is altogether unlikely that In
the absence of action on '.he part of the
States whence the vessels sail any re
straint whatever can be exercised.
To Accommodate Miners.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 27.— Private let
ters bring information that a company
formed at Juneau has shipped lumber and
will build a 1000-foot walk at Skaguay, do
ing away with lighterage and a large por
tion of the excessive freight now charged
miners coming up from the beach.
Barenson and Chilchoot, ] who pur
chased and sent the steamers Eliza An
derson and W. K. Merwin to the Yukon,
are preparing to build two boats for the
Yukon River trade. They will have a
speed of seventeen knots per hour, will
draw but three feet of water, and will
carry 200 passengers and 200 tons of
freight. It is expected that the first will
be ready May 1. They will operate in
connection with freight barges towed from
the sound to the mouth of the Yukon
River.
The Rush Is Abating.
TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 27.— That the
I Klondike rush lor this season is abating
I was shown when the steamship City of To
peka sailed for Juneau tc-day. She had
but fifty-six pas-engers, four horses, six
| head of cattle and the ordinary freight
!on board. At Fort Wrangel ten of the
j party will disembark, intending to go to
! Dawson by wav of tne Stickeen River,
j Telegraph Creek and the new Lake Tes
j lin route. The remainder of her passen
| gers will be transferred at Juneau for
I Dyea and Skaguey.
«•
•To Develop the Klondike.
TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 27.— The United
Stales, British Columbia and Klondike
Mining and Development Company filed
I a certificate of incorporation to-day. The
! capital stock is $2,500,000, which is to be
! fully paid in when business is begun.
The incorporators are E. Arden Noblett of
i New York; H. Elbert Barrett and Edwin
L. Loomts of Syracuse; Henry O. Percey
and William j. Wassmuth of Brooklyn.
Miners for the Klondike.
The California-Klondike Mining Com
pany has been organized with a capital
stock of $200,000, which has been sub
scribed as follows: Clarence B. Putman,
$198,700; H. C. Schaertzer, $1000; Frank
L. Smith, Charles Morrow and J. B. Ac
ton, $100 each.
Watting for the Bristol.
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 27. -The
steamer Bristol, advertised to sail for St.
Michael, has not arrived from Dyea yet
and the men who engaged passage are be
coming indignant. Their chances of get
ting up the river are lessening daily.
TSTEJi/bStls IHE COAST,
Sew Postmaster and Postnffict — Military
Orders — Pensions.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.— W. S.
Pinches was to-day appointed Postmaster
at Laytonville, Mendocino County, Cai.,
vice A. M. Helm, removed.
A po*-toffice was to-day established at
Piano, Baker County, Or., and Frances
Bauer appointed Postmaster.
Sergeant Charles Breuchle. Light Bat
tery D, Fifth Artillery, now on furlough
in New York City, is upon his own appli
cation transferred as a private to the
Third Artillery, and will report on or be
fore the expiration of his furlough to the
commanding officer of the Third Artillery
at Angel Island, Cal., for assignment to a
battery.
The leave of absence on surgeon's cer
tificate of disability heretofore granted
Second Lieutenant James Hamilton, Third
Artillery, is extended six months.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Original— William B. Connell,
White River; Carl Matlson, Alameda; Thomas
Hanson, Forest; William C. Pullon, Sn.diers'
Home, Los Angeles. Original widow, etc. —
Susan F. Young, Yuba City. Indian war
widow— Clarissa N. Sharp, Santa Ana.'
Oregon: Original— Wade H. Putt, Mitchell.
Reissue— Alexander W. Livingston, Gran it
Pass. Original widow, restoration— of
Adam Barton, Rose berg.
. Washington: Original— H. Shan
non. Zellau. ..,
ASKS FOR FREE i AXSPORTATIOX
Poor Lo, Like His White Brother, Wants
a Pas. to H ashinglon.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 21.— The
follow. request to the President for
transportation expenses to come here and
confer with him has been received at the
White House from Indians signing them
selves "Your dependent wards. 'Recosia
Fixico, Corsor Fixicochee and Tacosa
Fixico. care of Robert Lie no, Holensville,
Creek Nation, Indian Territory:
Hon. William McKinley, President of the
United States— My Honorable Father anp
Great Chief: Now we are ready ior you to
help us. We are of the Spoke Coge Tuck
Abach Cheese. We have been asleep but are
now awake. We want you to open the door
for us so we can come and see you. We want
to come before your face and have a talk with
you. We are old Kopose Yarhola's people.
We have the word* of the Great Father that
protection will be given us. We are very poor
and weak, and we have faith and confidence
in these promises. Be to kind as to render us
assistance to come and see you aud we hope
you will write to us at once.
These tribal names are not known by the
Indian authorities, but it is supposed
they are some bands absorbed by the
Creek Nation, who number upward of
15,000. f :^
An Irish Postnffi.ce Dynamited,
DUBLIN, Ireland. Aug. 27,— The post
office at Vanesborouizh was partially de
stroyed by dynamite this morning. No
one was injured. The cause is unknown.
Two Ranchers Missing.'
SEATTLE. Wash , Aug. 27.— A. Solberg
and Ellas Hanland, ranchers, have been
missing from East Clallam for two weeks.
Their overturned boat, the For tuna, has
been picked up near the Ozette River.
They were drowned undoubtedly. ■
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1807.
GRAND ARMY
MEN ADJOURN
An Election of Officers
Concludes the Buffalo
Encampment.
Congress Asked to Pass a
Service Pension Law for
All Veterans.
Text Books Used In Public Schools
Commented Upon In a Com
mittee Report.
BUFFALO, N. V., Aug. 27.— The Grand
Army has elected its officers for the ensu
ing year, and the encampment of 1897 has
adjourned to meet at Cincinnati next
year.
To-day's session lasted from 9:15 o'clock
this morning until 3:43 this afternoon,
without intermission. Opening under the
order of business, the encampment took
up the election of senior vice-commander
in-chief. Comrade Alfred Lyth of Bid
sell-Wilkson Post of this city was placed
in nomination, and was elected unani
mously, there being noother nominations.
The election of a junior vice-commau
der-in-chief was not accomplished until
after noon, there being four candidates
and several interruptions to the proceed
ings of the encampment by speeches and
the admission of a commission from the
Woman's Relief Corps.
On the first ballot, F. B. Alien of Con
necticut, the candidate of tne naval veter
ans, led, with G. W. Carpenter of South
Dakota second; C. L. Knapp of Kansas,
third; D. E. Ross of Delaware fourth, and
J. B. Cummings of Oklahoma fifth.
There was evidently no desire to contest
the election beyond the first ballot, as on
the second baLot the delegates began
going over to Mr. Allen rapidly, and be
fore the rollcall had been completed the
adjutant-general was instructed to cast
the vote of the encampment for him. Dr.
David Mackay of Dallas, Tex., was elected
surgeon-general unanimously and.. Rev.
Frank C. Bruner of the First Methodist
Church of Chicago was in like manner
elect* d chaplain-in-chief.
Post Commander-in-Chief Walker of In
diana was presented with a si. ver service
by the encampment, the address being
made by William M. Olin of Boston. A
committee from the Woman's Relief Corps
was admitted to the hill and presented
the convention with several beautiful
floral emblems and made a brief report of
the work of the W. 11. C. for the
past year. Mrs. Wood ley, National
president of the Army Nurses, was also
admitted to the convention, likewise
"Mother" Ransom of California, 82 years
of age, the oldest army nurse living, and
Mrs. William Scott, who spoke for the
colored veterans who were unable to at
tend the encampment.
Among the reports receiving favorable
consideration from the executive session
of the encampment was that of the pen
sion committee. It recommended a re
adjustment of widows' pensions and pre
sented a form of prcof and application in
pen-ion claims substantially the same as
that embodied in the Pickler bill, which
has passed the House of Representatives
but has not passed the Senate. The re
port stated that the present Commissioner
of Pensions had consented to adopt new
rules substantially the same as tfio-e in
force during the Harrison administration.
The report also recommended that Con
gress pass a service pension law to apply
to all veterans who have reached the age
of 62 years.
The report of the committee haying in
charge the memorializing of Congress to
purchase several of the most important
battlefields about Fredericksburg, Vir
ginia, and connect them by Government
roads, was adopted. The invitation of the
Young Men's Business Association of
Richmond, Virginia, to hold the encamp
• tit of 1899 in that city was received and
i-anks extended, and '.be association was
informed that the question could only be
considered by the encampment of- 1898.
Another committee reported favorably
the proposition to establish National
parks at the battlefields of Vicksburg,
Stony River and Appomattox.
The report of the committee on text
books used in the public schools was
adopted.
The report deals severely with some of
the histories used in the South, charging
that they misstate the facts as to the cause
of the rebellion and present them from a
Southern standpoint of view. A regret is
expressed that, alier an examination of
all the histories used in the States that
were loyal to the Government in the opin
ion of the committee, none merits the un
qualified indorsement of the organization.
Woman', lirlief Corps.
BUFFALO, N. V., Aug. 27. — The
Woman's Relief Corps to-day elected Mrs.
Sarah J. Martin of Missouri president,
and Mrs. Robert F. Atkins or Buffalo sen
ior vice-president. Mrs. Kale Jones of
Vermont was chosen junior vice-presi
dent. Mrs. Belle T. Bagley was re-elected
treasurer. *
GUAR US jx UHaM battle.
Grays Rout Blues From the Field After
a Stubborn Combat.
URIAH, Cap.. Aug. 27— The members
of the First Regiment encamped at Camp
Macdonald were divided into two bat
talions this morning, the blues in com
mand of Major Sime--* and the grays un
der Major Boxton. The former were
stationed at the foot of a '•mail range of
hills northwest of camp, while the grays
were on the south bank of Orr Creek. In
attempting to cross the grays were at
tacked by the battalion under Major
Stmes. Major Boxton's men fell back,
but soon rallied and advanced upon. right
of Major Simes* battalion, forcing it to
retreat. Maintaining the advantange
thus gained, they routed the enemy from
the field. '■•■
The shooting for the Barrett regimental
trophy began to-day. Ten men from each
company of the First Battalion took
part. The shoot will probably be brought
to a termination to-morrow.
The officer of the day is Captain John
E. Smith; the officer of the guard is Lieu
tenant Joseph A. Brown. Five hundred
and nineteen men were in attendance
to-day. HPS&HBBSbBBBHHRBI
A reception and entertainment were
tendered the citizens of Ukiah this even
ing by the boys in blue: An interesting
programme was rendered. Major-General
James is to visit Camp Macdonald to
morrow on the occasion of the competi
tive field day exercises between men !
from the regiment and the Ukiah High
School. ___•/*
Passed a Counterfeit Bill.
PORTLAND, Ok., Aug. 27.— F. L. Rich
mond was arrested to-day on the charge
of passing counterfeit money. The arrest
is a sequel .to that of F. T. Clark, who
was recently apprehended in San Fran
cisco on a similar charge. Clark passed
a counterfeit $100 bill on a saloon-keeper
in this city. "He claimed' that ' he' found
the bill, which he supposed was genuine."
Soon after passing it went to Snn Fran
cisco where ho was arrested. While in
jail he appealed to be in the lan stages of
consumption. It was thought that he
could | not be extradited *, and : steps were
taken to release him. These were recalled
upon Clark's recovery. While in custody
in San Francisco, Clark. told the secret
service officer that Richmond gave him
the bill to pass, and it was on: this state
ment that Richmond was arrested.
WYOMING CHILD'S AWFUL FATE.
Carried /way ; by a Mountain Lion.
Fruit/ess Search by Sheep
x • herders and Miners.
DENVER, Colo., Aug 27.— A special to
the Republican Irom Casper. Wyo., says:
All is excitement in Casper over the lass
of a. two-year-old child that was carried
away by a mountain lion on Casper Moun
tain yesterday.
A fruitless search was made by herders
of flocks and miners all day, and forty
men searched all last night in vain to find
the baby. The number of those in search
is constantly swelling, and the search is
kept up without a rest or sleep.
The little one is an orphan, whose
mother died last year and whose father
had put it into the care and keeping of a
family named Henderson, the head of
which is herding sheep ten miles from
Casper, at the head of Cy Canyon.
At daylight ester Jay morning Mr.
Henderson arose and followed his flock,
leaving his wife and the orphan charge
leeping in camp. When he returned at
8 o'clock for breaklast the woman was
still last asleep and the baby was gone.
Ii had awoke and toddhJ off in its night
dress. v
A search was at once made for the little
one. and its bare feet tracks were found
leading to a spring nearly a tulle away.
Near the sprint and near the babe's
track was found also a fresh track of a
huge mountain lion, and the fate of the
little one was then known. No other
trace of the babe has been found.
There is known to be a den of four lions
on Casper Mountain. No hopes are en
tertained of rinding the bate alive.
PERCY E. STANLEY A SUICIDE.
A Former Resident of Santa Clara
Ends His Life at New
Whatcom.
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., Aug. 27.—
Percy E. Stanley, who has made his head
quarters here for about four years, repre
senting himself to be a mining expert and
engineer, committed suicide last night by
taking ten grains of morphine. He was
about 33 years old. His parents reside in
Santa Clara County, Cal.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 27.— Percy E.
Stanley was the son of E. P. Stanley, bag
cage-master of the South Pacific Coast
Railroad at Santa Clara. He was a native
of lowa, aged 25 years, and had resided in
Santa Clara for several years. His pa
rents left for New Whatcom to-day, and
the body will be brought to Santa Clara
for interment.
RECEPTIOX TO CBIPM.AX.
The General Wr.lromed by Veterans at
Pisnin Beach.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., Aug. 27.—
The third day's session of the encamp
ment of the Central California Veterans'
Association was largely attended. Gen
eral N. P. Chipman, commander of the
department of California, arrived this
evening and was tendered a reception by
his comrades. At the camplire he de
livered an eloquent address, which was
followed by remarks by various members
of the official staff.
An ejection of officers for the ensuing
term resulted as follows: Commander,
T. W. Lincoln of Santa Maria; senior vice,
J. D. F iwltr of -San Luis Obispo; junior
vice, W. T. Eddy of Templeton; -adju
tant. Dr. O. P. Paulding of Santa Maria;
quartermaster, J. C. Lyons of Arroyo
Grande; officer of the day, Major Jackson
of Lompoc; officer of the guard, W. P.
Carmen of Arroyo Grande; chaplain,
Rev. J. H. Henry of Lompoc,
Indians in the Horfletd*.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 27.— The Klon
dike rush has had the effect of greatly
thinning out the ranks of farmhands in
all sections of this State. Hop-pickers are
so scarce that growers have invited 1000
Indians from British Columbia and the
Neah Bay and Quillayute reservations,
near Cape Flattery, to come down and
pick hops. Three hundred have already
arrived in their canoe* and are camping
on Puyallup reservation. Picking will
commence in a week. Meanwhile the
visiting Indians are selling baskets and
matting in town and visiting their red
brethren of these parts.
Prosperity's Ware Strikes Santa Rosa.
SANTA ROSA, Cap., Aug. . 27.— The
Press this evening published interviews
with twenty-rive leading business men of
Santa Rosa, representing all lines of busi
ness, in regard to the condition of trade
in this* city, as compared with one
year ago. Without one exception the
gentlemen interviewed said that trade was
a great deal better and that the prospects
for an improvement over the present con
ditions were very pood. Prices have ad
vanced on all products raised in this vi
cinity and an organized effort is being
made to store all the dried fruit and other
farm products possible.
Gave Her Purse to a Bunko Man.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 27.— Annie
Brockfeldt, a deaf mute, whose home is in
Fulton, Mo., was made the victim of a
confidence operator at Oakland this after
noon and arrived iv this city to-night
stranded and without friends. She states
that an old man (H. J. Hintel) befriended
her on a steamer from Portland, where
her mother di"d a few days ago. At Oak
land he obtained her purse, containing
$95, saying be would buy her railroad
ticket. That was the last she saw of him.
Hintel is about 60 years old.
Sale of Golden Cache Shares.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 27.—Prob
ably tho largest mining deal ever con
summated in this city was completed to
day, when the " Dominion Development
Company sold 100,000 shares in the Golden
Cache mine on Cayoosh Creek, Lillooet
district, for $180,000 cash. The purchaser
was Mark Oluroyd, a member of the im
perial House of Commons, who already
held in the neighborhood of 100,000 shares
in the mine, and now. owns a controlling
Interest.
Suicide Creede's Estate.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 27.—Attor
ney John T. Jones, appointed to appraise
the estate of the late Nicholas C. Creede,
completed his work to-day. He finds that
Creede owned property in this State
valued at : $153, 716 3D. : Of this amount
$105 000 is represented by real properly,
$48,716 30 being personal. The petition of
Dorothy Creede's mother: for letters of
guardianship will come up for • hearing
September 13. T /■_ ' '
Lose Their Home White Absent,
MILTON, Cal., Aug. 27.— During the
absence ot the family of T. J. Emerson
on Wednesday morning, their home near
the' Pl ymouth" Rock mine' was destroyed
by tire. How : the fare originated is a
mystery, which the neighbors have * been
trying to solve ever nee, without success.
Boulder ' Creek Kn'wtnill Burned.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 27.— J. W.
l'eery's "sawmill near Boulder Creek was
destroyed by fire this afternoon. Debris
fell on the' track, delaying the Bould r
Creek train ' and ; cutting * off telegraphic
and telephonic communication with that
place. "^ .-•;-— '•■-.• .-
TABLEAUX FOR
RESCUE WORK
To Save Souls by Means
of Living- Pictures
of Vice.
Novel Campaign Against Sin,
With Reformed Men as
the Actors.
Startling Realism . cf .the Scenes.
The Crusade to Be Carried to
All Large Cities.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 27.-General
Hadley and Revivalist Sam Jones to-day
inaugurated a new departure in rescue
work at Asbury Park which has created a
sensation in religious and other circles.
It is to save by tableaux or by living
pictures of vice. The principal parts are
taken by reformed men. It is a pictorial
campaign against sin. Great crowds are
in attendance. The campaign is to be
carried to the great cities. At one side of
the platform in the church is a green
cloth-covered frame, such as surrounds
living pictures at a theater. The leading
man holds his mother's glass of wine, and
the third figure is ready to fill the glass
again. This tableaux is called "The First
Glass." Nothing but water is allowed in
the glass, and for cards, of which a game
was in progress when the tableaux. were
first given, a deck of figures is used.
In the second tableau the hero looks
suspiciously as if he had been on a pro
longed spree, and hold an empty gin bot
tle in one hand and a dirty clay pipe in
the other. Then the scene changes, and
the usual red-covered couch of an opium
layout and Chinese signs lend realism to
the pose of the reclining figure with the
"dope" pipe in his mouth.
"There is no acting about these ta
bleaux and not a word is said, because we
are not running a theater," said General
Hadley.
Again the hero's garments show signs
of decline in social and moral conditions,
while an officer of the Church Army has
appeared to try to keep him from drink
ing beer dregs from an ola tin can. The
last tableau is "Saved to the Uttermost."
and shows the regenerated man in the
uniform of a first lieutenant of theCnurch
Army.
A prison cell ii being built to be occu
pied by an ex-convict, John H. Murray,
who is now superintendent of the New
burg Rescue Mission. Once he was in the
Ohio penitentiary. He will put on a
striped suit once more and occupy the
ceil. Mr. Murray will sit in this cell, read
his Bible as he did at the time of his con
version and fall on his knees to pray.
Then he will come out to tell the audience
how it happened.
This is so new a departure in the rescue
work mat it has been widely discussed by
Episcopalians, many of whom fear the
idea is not in harmony with the dignity
of the church.
A reformed navy officer, who was ex
pelled from a near-by navy-yard on ac
count of drink and is now a missionary in
that same yard, will appear In Juck-tar
costume soon with a sailor's grcggery for
setting and enacting ten's in nis own
experience as the present tableaux do.
"These are not imaginary episodes,"
said young Hadley, "but actual experi
ences in the lives of the men."
They are so original that Governor Had
ley has taken steps to protect every right
to their representation and to prevent any
imitation, and proposes to use the ta
bleaux exclusively for the benefit of rescue
work. •
LAWYERS BAhQUET McKINLEY.
The President Attends the National
Bar Association and Is Elected an
Honorary Member.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27.—Presi
dent McKinley was the guest of the Amer
ican Bar Association at its banquet this
evening, though the fact that he was lobe
there was kept very quiet. The President
entered the banquet-hall after the speak
ing began. He was accompanied by Sec
retary Alger and Senator Hanua. The
President was elected to an honorary
membership in the association, and in his
acceptance said :
"I count it a great distinction to be
chosen a member of the National Bar. I
did not suspect that such an honor await
ed me. I could not deny myself the op
portunity which the courtesy of your com
mittee afforded me to pay my respects to
this, honorable body of gentlemen. I
came to linger with you in fraternal rela
tion and to exalt the profession to which
we belong, for I believe that is a part ot
the privilege of the association. 1 thank
you for tho distinction you have given
me, and, not wishing to interrupt the
programme, I bid you all good-night."
A committee of three was appointed to
petition Congress to provide an appeal
from the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals from interlocutory q-rders of ap
pointment of receivers and interlocutory
orders granting temporary restraining
orders.
Nominations for officers for the ensuing
year were reported as follows: President,
William Wirt Howe, New Orleans; secre
tary, John Hinckley, Baltimore; treas
urer, Francis Rawie, Philadelphia; exec
utive committee— Alfred Hemingway of
Boston, Charles Claflin Allen of St Louis,
Charles Mobile Gregory of Wisconsin.
The nominees were elected without dis
cussion.
Foresters' Convntion.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 27.— 8y a unani
mous vote this afternoon the Foresters'
supreme convention in session here
selected Detroit as the next meeting place
for 1899. There was practically no op
position. . ■■ - - -
Considerable discussion was engendered
by a motion to eliminate the endowment
plan of the order, but it finally carried.
The ritual committee reported favorably
on the new ritual and it was adopted.
Colorado- Utah Rate Sheet.
■ DENVER, Colo., Aug. 27.— quar
terly issue of the new Colorado-Utah rate
sheet was issued to-day. It becomes
effective September 1. : Several import
ant changes were made in rates, drawing
the Ogden gateway and Denver into
A Great Host
Of people testify that Hood's Sarsaparilla
has done them untcld good. It has puri-
fied the blocd of millions. It conquers
Scrofula, cures salt rheum, overcomes dys-
pepsia, rheumatism and catarrh. It bull is
up the run , down system, relieves that
tired feeling, gives vigor and vitality and
makes the weak strong. Is it not exactly
the medicine you need?
Hood'sSarsa pa r i II a
Is the best— in fact the One True Hlooc^Purifier.
HnnH'« Pllle Kasyito buy; easy to
nOUU ri\V* take/easy iv effect. 25c.
closer relations and opening up recipro
cal connections between the Rio Grande,
Rio Grande Western and other Colorado
roads and the Oregon Short Line. For
the' first time in the history of the
Colorado-Utah rate sheet, the Oregon
Short Line has been placed on tbe same
footing as the other members of the
association.
OPERATORS QUIETLY SCHEMING.
Arranging to Open the Mines With
Imported Men — Foreign Strikers
on the Warpath.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 27.— The coal
operators of the Pittsburg division have
been asleep during the past few days. The
impression in certain circles that there
would be no attempt made to start the
mines seems to have been established for
a purpose, and that purpose was to divert
the attention of the miners 'of this dis
trict. ,■-•.* *, W.- • "*- ">* ' •*«■
It was given out that the Cleveland
operators had gone to their homes for the
ostensible purpose of awaiting the result
of the St. Louis convention. Some of
them went, but others did not. Those re
maining behind were members of the
newly appointed committee, whose duty
it is to perfect the arrangements for start
ing some of the mines and break the
strike. t -. :,... "
One of the first moves was to get in
touch with the railroad companies. It was
made very apparent that the railroads
were losing a large amount of business,
and that they were fellow-sufferers with
the coal operators.
The expense of getting imported labor
into the district was discussed, and the
railroad companies agreed to share their
portion of the outlay.'
After this agreement was made the
work of Ir.rinsr imported labor was taken
charge of by a special sub-committee.
Just when they will be brought into the
district cannot be learned.
Barring & McSweeney's defective
aeencv on Fourth avenue has been hiring
men for ttio last day or two to guard
miners, and it is said that they have se
cured over 100. • It was reported that they
were to be sent to the mines on the Pan-,
handle,' which are to be started in pursu
ance of the agreement made with Cleve
land. This was denied by the superin
tendent of the agency, who said they
were for a mine in Central .Pennsylvania,
though he would not disclose where it
was.
HAZELTON, Pa.. Aug. 27 —The Brun
ner strike at Van Wickles, Coleraine and
Beaver Meadow colleries took place to
day. The Hungarians and Italians are
masters of the situation, and 2000 men are
idle, pending the decision of the foreign
element.
Last night the foreigners held a meet
ing, and at a late hour they visited the
homes of their countrymen, pulled them
out of bed and delivered the edict.
Two hundred men marched to the canal
this morning, where they were joined by
100 more. They then went to the break
ers. The bosses and police tried to stop
them, but they were hustled aside and the
breaker cleared. The carpenters and
blacksmiths were driven Irom the shops
and a squad of 100 men are now marching
to the Evans colliery.
When the Coleraine strikers reached
Milnesvile this evening, after passing
through this city, they drove the 1000 men
employed there from the striupings and
breakers, shutting down the mines com
pletely. Tne excitement was intense.
The streets were crowded, gieat crowds
going from this city to Milnesville with
the strikers.
To-night a meeting was held and the
Hungarians dcci to stand by the Col
eraine workers lor an increase of wages.
A joint meeting will be held to-morrow.
The English-speaking miners wo ld go to
work at once, but the foreigners are in a
large majoiity and will not permit them.
Two Aeronauts Fatally Burt.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 27.— Two aeronauts
were fatally "hurt at the fair grounds' this
afternoon. Walter Steele of Columbus
had his back broken and several ribs
crushed by a fall, due to the failure of his
parachute to work, and Leroy Northcott
was Irightfuliy burned while inside a
bailoon, which took fire while being in
flated.
Poisoned fry a Stolen Melon,
PADUCAH, Ky.. Aug. 27.— The meager
particulars of a wholesale case of poison
ing have reached the city from Calloway
County. Eight persons are reported to
have' been poisoned by eating a melon
stolen from a neighbor's patch. Seven of
the number are dead and the eighth is in
a critical condition.
Pay* on Sugar Only.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Au*. 27— Em
bassador While at Berlin in a dispatch to
the State Department says that so far as
he can learn the only article upon which
Germany pays any export duty is sugar.
SKY TO-DAT.
HATS OFF.
THE WAY WE GIT OURS OFF WHEN THE NEW FALL AND WINTER
hats come in and we want the room is to name a carry-away price and they go
every day hy dozens. This wo shall do with all hats adapted to the trade of this
month and next. They are all late styles— not an ovet-a-season among them. If
there is we have no price on it. Hals not really worth 25 cjnts are thrown in with
every dollar purchase.
CATCH THE FIGURES-THEN CATCH THE HATS.
Ladies' Hats 10c
These Include all Ladles stylish dude,
Charley and sailor styles and many others.
Everything sold below 50 cents and some
':'■ higher price ones. Colors, shapes, sizes are
all right. .
Ladies' Fine Hats . 25c
We cannot describe the many shapes and
colors offered. It means all modern bats
In store heretofore sold below $1.00, and
some higher priced ones. .
I
Ladies' Finest Hats. . ,°. .... 50c
Among thrse are hats sold last week all .
tbe way irom $2. 7 ft down to $1.26. Nona
better .n . o.vii. . Worth when trimmed
irom slo 10 *'25. No concession t>r quan-
tity. Trade orders tilled.
Men's and Boys' Straw Hats . . .25c
This means any hat in store up to $1.25,
but mostly 60 mid 75 cent values. borne -.-
Boys' Ha. 8 cosing at 10 ten a, worth 2 blis.
Season Is over with us for straw hats.
OUR FALL AM WINTER HATS ARE HERE AND 01 SALE TO-DAY.
. Boys' Heavy Lace Shoes, every nay, to size 2 75c, to size 6. $1.00
Girls' Canvas Shoes $L5O quality tan, closing 12 to 2 at .50
Laaies' Black Searaiess Hose, store price 25c, 2%. 9, 9}£ at....... .'-* .12>£
Goods delivered in town or Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda free. ;t
"■jg^tf PUanßm-B RSI — "~'-» * \Ve we ' come visitors to our store. Do
■■"■^ ■ H' m B ™ I^^^ The service and cooking are the very best.
C,» -Sfc B 1 *■* CHI A Cfct Free delivery anywhere in town. Also
ri\3n • - -^ I^Ur^t to Alameda and Berkeley.
THE BIG STORE AT THE FERRY— 2S-27 MARKET OTMW. /
KLONDYKE BOATS! I^OPIUIW
SLEDS AND BURROS,. READY FCB SHI* The pure eracnttal extract from the native dru*? n.n-
pirn*-. Boats 22 feet 10-^g will carrr 9 rons « tains nil the valuable ir.odiclnal properties of bnium
IiOL-D and 4 men; the lightest ana strongest tttM vithont >ts MKtow elements. No sickness cf rtoiiinchi
Lan be made; fastened with screws. •,■.••• no vomiting ;no costlveae? 3 ; no headache. All DnigKlst*
' ii. W. KXEASB, 718 Third St. I '^ mm ■"■( ■■■ Ml ssmsmssssmss^m _ j B m
PRINCIPLES OF
ITS PLATFORM
Statement Issued by the
New American
j; Party.
Various Reforms in Reference
to Political Matters De
clared For.
Equal Suffrage and the Abolition of
Trusts and Combinations Are
Advocated.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 27.-The new Amer
ican party, organized in this city yester
day, in addition to the National platform
adopted recommended the following
statement of principles as a platform for
the several States:
1. All public utilities Inhering to the State
shall be placed under such supervision ana
legislative control as will best insure equal
benefits to alt the people. „.,...,„
2. The existence or employment ol prnate
armed bodies shall be prohibited.
3. The initiative and referendum to be usea
In tbe formation of all laws and ordinances «i
--fcoting the rights of the people. We approve
of direct legislation by the people.
4. The best ballot system to be adopted tor
all elections, In order that corruption of the
elective franchise oe entirely avoided, tnere
should be but one election held in any one
year for National, State, county, town ana.
municipal officers. , . . _,:„„
5. We favor such changes in the registration
and election laws as will secure to every law
ful voter the right to cast a ballot at every
election and to have the same correctly re
turned. The registration of voters should be
completed on the same day by a system of
school districts and neighborhood meetings,
convened by due public notice at such an
hour as will not conflict with general business
pursuits; not less man ninety days previous
to the day of election. The nomination of
candidates for all official positions shall be
made at a primary election (and not by
caucuses), to be held on a day fixed by law.
not more than sixty nor less than thirty days
before the date of general elections. All
legislative officers are to be grouped as to in
sure minority representation.
6. We favor equal suffrage for both sexes,
based upon an educational qualification.
.7. Neither the State, couuty nor municipal
ity shall contribute to the support of any in
stitution under denominational, sectarian or
private control.
8. We insist upon the taxation of all prop
erly, real or personal, not owned by the
public.
9. We consider the non-sectarian free public
school ns the only place where American chil
dren obtain a practical education: and we
protest against the employment of any person
or persons not in sympathy with our Ameri
can institutions of government as officers or
teachers therein.
10. All corporations should be abolished.
11. We demand that all hospitals, asylum',
relormatorles and other institutions, occupied
by persons of either sex, voluntarily or in
voluntarily, whether public or private, or
semi-private, be at all times subject to publ.c
inspection.
12. Labor must be recognized as the direct
souice of wealth. lis rights must be main
tained equally with those of capital. All in
dustrial pursuits should be fostered and en
couraged in every possible way, and the better
to prevent strikes and lockouts co-operation
between employers and employed should be
tho rule to be encouraged and adopted. All
wage-earners should be protected agniii3t tho
cempetition of alien laborers, skilled or un
skilled, and the importation of contract labor
Into the State should be prohibited by law.
13. Trusts and combinations should be pro
hibited by immediate and appropriate legisla
tion. '
*• 14 Municipal government should be taken
out of the provinces of small j olitics and con
ducted on strictly . business principle- only.
Public ; utilities and necessities existing
within the province of city government, sucn
as gas, electric, lights, water, street and ele
vated railroads and bridges and ferries, should
be owned and operated by the city, subject
only to the general laws of the State.
15. The burden ot taxation caused by intem
perance and crime should be regulated and
lessened as much as possible by wise and
equitable. legislation. We favor local option
throughout the State, and we call upon the
Government to restrict the importation of
spirituous or malt liquors byway of original
packages, under the guise of in ierstat« com
merce, into any State which deems It wise and
proper to exercise its police powers in the con
trol or the prohibition of the liquor traffic.
16. Convict labor should never bo brought
In competition with free labor. Convict con
tract laDor should be absolutely prohibited.
Mope and Are Married.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 27.— Grace
Lee, aged 16. and Charles Arly, aged 24,
eloped from Irondale, on Wednesday
afternoon. They were closely pursued
by Jefferson County officers, but reached
Sidney, they were married.
Shoes for Men '. . $1.37
These are Sunday styles, all btaoK shoes,
or nearly ail, and worth from $3.75 to
$4.50 when mule. A lit. out of style in
toe and go at broke prtt.es. Quality OK.
Ladies' Low Shoes ........ 50c
These are mostly black. 1-stran or 4-strap
sandals, Oxtords or slippers. Seeta like
and we think are the best bargain In shoes
we ever had. Trade supplied. f ■•';■■: i .- ' ! ;~:,
Lion Brand Coffee. .... ... /12k
Those who like the flavor of Klo Coffee will
be extra p is -d with tins than wuh any-
other package roast, - Our pri-**.. iointroau*.e
it to our customers is 12t jc per *, iuo. .
Gold Medal Salad Dressing .... 20c
Is so far superior toany thing else offered iv
this market mat we want all of our custom-
ers to know of it. We sell it it 20 cents per
I bottle, and an,' package that Is not satisf, c-
tory may be returned 10 us and fun price
. allowed. . We make this liberal euaran cc
because we have faith In its leasing quali-
ties. ' '*ilWtflr#lftTiffilWlHßT