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WHAT DRUG
STORE SOLD
THE ARSENIC?
Missing Link in the Mys
terious Poison Case
at Dixon.
STORY OF THE DEATH
BED SCENE.
Frank Belew Silently and Stol-'
idly Witnesses His Sister's
Agony.
SEARCHING THE HOUSE
FOR A CLEW.
Ar/ihu-* Belpw Striving to Lead the
in vestlgatlon Away From His
Brother.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
DIXON. Cal., Nov. District Attor
ney Devlin, Captain John Curtin and
several local aids arose early to-day and
made a thorough search of every room of
the Belew residence. Not omitting the
prospect of a single clew, they looted
through the dead girl's letters to see
whether the correspondence revealed the
existence of any enemy or a written
threat. Nothing bearing in any way on
the case was discovered, except thai no
one could have entered the Belew home
without making a noise, the floor being
squeaky.
Charley Ehmann, who was engaged to
Miss Susie Beletv, told the story of her
pathetic death, and described how her
suspected brother held her hand as life
ebbed away; how he saw Mrs. Eugene
Ferguson, Mrs. Enmann and other neigh
bors j:ive her hot drinks from the tea
kettle of poisoned waier; how the brother
silently watched her writhing in pain.
saying nothing; how I c then hastened to
his brother Louis, who was dying from
the latal draught prepared by the same
cunning as assin, arriving at his sister's
b dside a tain, jut in time to see ber
struggle to say farewell and then expire
in the agony of the final spasm.
Mr . Mary Clarke, the kind old neigh
bor, who witnessed the death of the popu
lar young lady, told tbe story of Frank
Beiew's conduct at the fatal hour. She
beard him speak but little. He simply
sat and held his dying sister's hand, offer
byz no word of advice, but ever sitting and
viauhing fur the end.
I Another witness was Gottlob Benson,
vJ.'H.-e testimony did not bear on recent.
e-.-'-vis but on dark charges once made
against •auk Belew by Billy Hough, a
rancn hand. Hough was generally be
lieved to be crazy.
ft is now thought there wis no poison
in the biscuit he took fiom Frank Beiew's
table, and that he shot the hole in his hat
which he charge i that Belew tired.
Arthur Belew and his Iriends are work
ing hard lo get clews mat lead away from
their brother. Arthur spent the day at
Vallejo in search of a man thought to be
willing to say he had heard Harry Allen
make thrpats ngain*. the dead Belews,
but the investigation was futile, for no
such man could be found.
Speaking of the case to-night Captain
Curtin said:
"We are running down everything that
looks at all plausible. It is absolutely cer
tain that the death of these young people
was a murder. The murderer ' ought the
arsenic somewhere and search may result
in the discovery of the store wnere it was
bought. Of cours-% this piece of evidence
is vita!. If we ever get v there are many
circumstances of value already in our
possession which .via be made more valu
able by thai discovers. "
SENATOR HOAR IS
NOT COMMUNICATIVE
Refuses to Talk About His
V Alleged Opposition to
Judge McKenna.
Judg-» Waymire Again Mentioned
for the Place to Fe Made Va
cant In tin Cab net.
spstla! Dispatch to The Call.
WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. IS. —A rep
resentative of he Call saw Senator
George F. Hoar at his home in this city
this evening regarding the current rumor
thai he would oppose the appointment of
Attorney-General McKenna to succeed
Chief Justice Field.
The venerable Senator refused either to
alrirm or deny thai there was any founda
tion for the rumor. "It is a matter tun'
sbonld not be talked about," said Senator
Hoar, and politely, but po?i'.ively refused
to say any thine further.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18.— A special to tha
Tribune from Washington, D. C, says:
At omey-General McKenna's appoint
ment as Associate Justice <>f the Supreme
Cvurt to succeed Justice Field has been
formally decided upon by the President
and heartily approved by the Cabinet.
The suecetsion to the Department of
Justice is still open.
The President's private file contains let
le from all over the country, suggesting
name-*, inline those of many men who
have hit. vert i not been mentioned public
ly. Judge Waymire of California appears
to be in the lead thus far.
A number of letter- from New York sug
gested John J. McCook.
< hopped Off Uls I'tnyers.
CHICAGO. Nov. 18.— A Milwaukee
( Vv is.) special says: Julius Barof, an insane
*' maker, to-day chopped <ff three fin
tfrs of his left band, pieced them on a
1 ate and presented mem to his wife as a
I-Vsent. Sbe fell in a faint on seeing ihe
pbvisily sight and is In a critical condi
tion. Neighbors called in the police and
had the man, who was in danger of bleed
ing i .l death, sent to the emergency hos
pital, where he is under surveillance pend
ing recovery, when he will be taken to an
asylum.
Death of a '4U-.r.
KANKAKEE, 111,, Nov. 18.— Camden
Knight, a '19 er, for many years vice
president of the California Pioneers' As
scciation of Chicago, died at Custer Park
to-day.
ONE COACH
ROLLS INTO
THE RIVER
Wreck of a Crowded
Passenger Train in
Arkansas.
OVER THIRTY PEOPLE
INJURED.
Two Cars Thrown on Their
Sides and a Third Lands
in the Water.
RESCUERS SAVE ALL THE
PASSENGERS.
First Serious Accident on the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis Road.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. Train No. 2
on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis road, which left Birmingham
last evening for Kansas Ciiy, was derailed
just west of Wiiliford. Ark., at 3 o'clock
this morning. Tue combination coach,
chair car and sleeper went over the bank,
the first falling into Spring River. The
chair car and sleeper were both burned.
One passenger, J. L. Hoover of Pieasant
Hill. Mo., was fatally injured and about
thirty others more or less seriously hurt.
The complete list of the injured is as
follows: J. L. Hoover, Pleasant Hill, Mo. ;
Leo Pollock, Little Rock, Ark. ; Clarence
Murphy, Atwood, Ind.; J. S. Morris,
B-tkersfield, Mo. ; C. A. Ravenstein, wife
and baby, Atwood, Ind. ; C. L. Meri
weather. Sulphur Rock. Ark.; Ed Webb,
Fernon Nook, Mo.; J. J. Altscheel, Little
Rock, Ark.; W. J. Grant, Salem, Ark.,
bruised and cut about the head; M. T.
Pries. Beail, Ark., injured about the
head; W. B. Stahl, Corinth. Miss., in
jured about the head and in the hand; W.
H. Boatner, Leeton; M. C. Hogan, Arkan
sas, injured about the heal; Westerly
Irvins, Atwood, Ind., injured about the
head; Mrs. A. D.Perkins, Hiram, Ark.,
extent of injuries not known; R. S. Guy,
Monterey. bid., arms hurt; Mrs. Prince,
going to Fort Smith, extent of her in
juries not known, but her son was hurt
about the face and arms; M. Bailey, Fair
play, Mo., foot injured; W. J. Sbesabel,
Veadette, Ark., head injured; Mrs. Ar
nitt. Mammoth Springs, Ark., back
sprained.
No. 2is a fast through train from the
south. Between Wiiliford and Hardy the
Memphis .racks parallel Spring River, a
little stream running out of Mammoth
Springs. 'Ine train was composed of the
engine, nail and express cars, baggage
car, combination coach, chair car «nd
sleeper. The combination car has a par
tition in the middle, one end being u<ed
as a. smoker and the other end for colored
passengers.
When near Wiiliford the engineer felt
the train leap forward, and found that it
had parted between the two day coaches.
he last three cars bumped over the ties,
the chair car and sleeper turning over on
their sides and the combination car finally
going into the river. The most intense
contusion prevailed. Tneengineer bacKed
up the front part of the train and the work
of rescue was immediately begun.
The terror of me passengers who had
gone down into the stream with ihe com
bination car was heightened by the alarm
irom the chair car and sleeper, bot.v of
which soon took tire. The intense dark
ness added to the confusion, and it was
some time before an organized effort at
rescue was put into effect by the train
crew and those of the passengers who had
been able to extricate themselves without
aid. The passengers in the burning cars
were luckily rescued before the fire had
reached its height, and but few were in
jured.
It soon became apparent that the chair
car and sleeper could not be saved, and
ad efforts were put forth to help the un
fortuna.e passengers of the combination
car vi .he stream. Screams an 1 cries for
help were heard on all sides, and because
of the darkness rescue was difficult. As
the flames from the two burning cars be
came brighter, the reset. ers were enabled
to work in be i«»r advantage. Luckily not
a person was drowned, and it was not long
oelore all bed been accounted for, and
were being ce.ied for as best lossible.
A !r.io.- rMni to Thayer, Mo., twenty-nine
miles distant, brought a relief train in an
houro so, and the injured were taken to
,hat city and placed in a hospital.
'ihe cause oi tne accident has not been
ascertained, but it is thought some por
tion of the lorward truck of the smoker
gave way. This will not be known posi
tively until the truck, which is in the
river, has been recovered.
Tue train crew escaped injury. The
wreck is the lirat one of a ser ous nature
in the history of i lie Memphis ;oad, and if
Mr. Hoover dies he will, according to tht»
statement of General Passenger Agent J.
E. Lockwood, be the nrst passenger ever
killed while riding on a train on that road.
FATAL HEr.OISM OF A MOTHER.
Mrs. Fortin Tries in Vain to Save
Her Little Son From a Train
and Perishes With Him.
BOSTON, Nov. 18— The mother love
which is so strong in the breast of evsry
woman caused Emidore Fortin, wife of
Arthur Fortin, to make the greatest of all
sacrifices this forenoon in a heroic at
tempt to save the life of her six-year-old
son Henry. Tnis morning Mrs. Fortin
was struck by a train near the village oi
St. Jean Baptiste, a mile from Valley
Falls, R. 1., and bjth mother and son were
instantly killed.
As the passenger train due at Valley
Falls at 9:45 o'clock reached vicinity
the engineer saw the little boy run out on
the track and he reversed his engine and
blew the whistl . The lad's mother heard
the whistle and looked from her dooryard
beside ihe track. She saw her boy en the
track and the rapidly aoproachin ; train,
and with a scream, triei to save the boy.
The chi d was bewild. red and did not
move. Nature asserted herself and she
rushed to save her b>y, but although he
bad been seen by th- engineer and every
effort had been made to stop the train it
was too late, and mother and son were
struck and burled into eternity. Both the
bodies were thrown from the track a con
siderable distance and from their appear
ance when picked up it would appear that
they must have been struck squarely in
the face, for the features of both were
nearly obliterated.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1897.
WILL TURN
OUT GOLD
IN PUBLIC
Brice Expects to Make
Tons of the Yellow
Metal.
HAS A PLANT FOR
THE PURPOSE.
Process by Which Antimony
Is Turned Into Very
Precious Ore.
CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND
NATURE'S SECRET. ■
Will Prove That Gold Is Not an
E femsnf, but the Result of
Chemical Action.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18.— E. C. Brice, metal
lurgist, chemist, inventor and president
and general manager of the National
Metallurgical Company, declares he will
commence on a large scale the manufac-
ture of pure gold nt a new plant at Thirty
ninth street and Low avenue next Mon
day morning. He announces be will be
able to make 10,000 tons of a certain ore a
day in four furnaces in the plant, and this
ore will yield $£6SO a ton when refined.
The process is as follows:
Pure antimony is placed in the furnace
am: subjected to destructive distillation.
The fumes arising from this process are
driven by means of air blasts from fans
into a shaft 6 feet in diameter and 105 leet
long. At the end of this shaft the fumes
are run into wool bags, on the sides of
which antimony collects in the form of
gray-colored sand, the fumes arising
from the coal being allowed to escape
through ihe meshes of cloth.
This sand is mixed with water to the
consistency of modelers' clay and cut into
small blocks, whic i are placed in the fur
nace and subjected to a heat approximat
ing 5000 degrees. This is to secure as
nearly as possible volcanic action.
Oxygen, so Brice explains, is the medium
of the change. For forty-eight hours the
blocks are allowed to remain in the fur
nace, which is patented, in which Brice
claims is the secret of ins success, inas
much as he has devised the means of se
curing great heat In large amounts.
An ore-crusher of the dry pan kind then
grinds the blocks into gritty sand and this
is put in another furnace and covered
with two portions of lead to one of sand,
which Brice call-; his artificial ore. As its
specific gravity is greater than that of so
called ore, the lead is precipitated to the
bottom of the furnace.
The intense heat causes the lead to form
letbarge, which ncls as caustic on the ore
and eats up nearly all its constituent ele
ments, except, the go.d and silver alleged
to be thus produce The lead, as mixed
with the gold and silver, is base bullion.
To refine the base bullion it is molded in
to pig-", which are placed in bone-ash
cups. Thirty of the cups are put in the
furnace and fused. Forty minutes is all
the time necessary to cause the bone-ash
to absorb all the impurities in the bul
lion, leaving a mixture of pure gold and
silver.
From 160 ounces of the mixture thus
acquired is obtained twenty-six ounces of
gold and silver, and the two are separated
by any of the methods in common vogue.
It is stated by Mr. Brie* that he will be
able to make $30,000 worth of gold a week
after the plant is started, and he has ef
fected arrangements by which the entire
output will be taken by the Bank of Eng
land. ll* does not care to discuss the dis
astrous result which the discovery of his
practicable method of making gold would,
according to financier*:, have upon the
monetary systems and finances of the
world.
Brice is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and
has long studied chemistry. He came to
Cuicago four years ago, and lives at 3040
Calumet avenue. All bis life Brice, who
is still in his thirties, has been decided in
the opinion tnat goi i is not an element,
but the result of chemical action. Upon
this theory he has labored for years, and
has, so he insist-, at last solved the pro
cess by which the yeliow metal is formed
in nature.
"I am not an alchemist nor a believer in
alchemy," he says, "but I have found how
to manufacture gold profitably and prac
ticably."
REFUSE AMEBIC AN WHEAT.
Milers of Argentina Cause Ships to
Leave Buenos Ayres Without
Unloading.
[Copyright, 1897. by James Gordon Bennett. J
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 18. — Several
cargoes of American cereals which
recently arrived here could not be
•old and will be taken to Europe.
The steamship Sardinian Prince, which
arrived here last week with a cargo
of wheat, will sail without unloading it.
This refusal of American cereals is due to
tne fact that Argentina's crop is more
than suffici -nt for home use. Millers re
fu-e to rece.ve foreign grain.
The Herald's correspondent in Monte
video, Uruguay, telegraphs that five sail
orsoi El Capitan, an American ship, tried
to <-esert yesterday. T:e boat they used
capsized and three of the men, Robert
Williams, John O. Yeyfe and William
Given, were drowned.
Broke a Bib and Sprained Ills L_j.
SAN JOSE. Nov. 18.-Char.es Byrne, a
resident of Stevens Creek, met with a
painful accident last evening while re
turning from Mountain View. The team
he was driving getting beyond his control
he was violently thrown to the ground
and badly bruised about tbe head and
body, one rib was broken nnd his right
leg sprained. While his injuries are not
serious he will be fa i l up lor some time.
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ANNUAL
REPORT OF
MR. BLISS
Secretary of the Interior
Urges Important
Reforms.
DECIDED INCREASE
OF PENSIONS.
Indian Territory Tribes Have
Violated the Spirit of Their
Agreement.
WHITES ONLY TENANTS BY
SUFFERANCE.
Legislation for the Coming Census
and a Change in Alaska Laws
Are Recommended.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.— Secretary of
the Interior Bliss in bis annual report,
made public to-night, submits estimates
aggregating $150,532,419 for appropriations
by Congress for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1899.
Discussing pensions he says 200,000 pen
sion claims are awaiting adjudication and
it is estimated that 40 or 50 per cent of
these will be finally admitted. If they
are rapidly adjudicated they will swell the
pulsion roll Irom $5,000,000 to $7,000,000.
When, however, these claims are adju
dicated and the first payments made
thereon the amount of the pension roil
will decrease very rapidly, possibly to
$125,000,000 or? 130, 000, the first year.
Referring to the Indians in the Indian
Territory the Secretary says the five tribes
have undoubtedly violated in many ways
the spirit of their agreement with the
United States, under which the territory
is now held and governed, and while he
does no: recommend any harsh Govern
ment action, the Secretary calls the atten
tion of the President and Congress to the
chaotic condition of affairs in the Terri
tory growing out of the several tribes'
methods of administration. Leading In
dians have absorbed great tracts to the
exclusion of the common peopie and
government by an Indian aristocracy has
been practically established to the detri
ment of the people.
From 200,000 to 250,000 wl.ites, by per
mission of the Indian Government, have
settled in the Territory, but are merely
tenants by sufferance. No government for
the Indian Territory will be satisfactory
until Congress shall provide for the es
tablishment of si single, uniform system
for the entire Indian Territory thai shall
place its inhabitants in possession cf the
rights ot American citizens.
Recommendation is made that the pe
riod for the allotment of lands to the Un
corapahgre Indians shall be extended to
such lime beyond April 1, 18! 9, as Con
gicss shall deem best. Reference is made
to the contentions of the Uncompahgres
as to allotment requirements, and it is
Stated that the proceeds of the Colorado
lands when received, over mid above the
cost of the removal of the Indians ($429,
--£57) and the trust fund of $1,250,000, is to
be applied, so far as requisite, to the re
imbuiseinents of the Uintahs, whose lands
are to be taken.
The Uncorapahgre?, contrary to their
ideas, -do not in fact pay for the allot
ments, except as a matter of exchange.
If the sales of lhe Colorado lands cannot
immediately yield sufficient lor reim
bursement of the Uintahs the Govern
ment is urged to advance the necessary
sum and to await the sale of the lands for its
own reimbursement. The sum of $1,216,
--880' i*> now in the treasury to the credit of
tne Utes fund, resulting from the sale of
the Colorado lands, and in addition there
must yet be realized from the sales over
$50,000 to reimburse the Government, tho
experts-***, etc., of the removal and the
$1,250,000 set aside from the public moneys
as a trust fund. Such legislation as will
enable the people of the United States to
reap the benefit of the valuable mineral
deposits is recommended.
Speeoy action in securing proper legis
lation Tor the coming twelfth census is
urged, lack of sufficient time in the past
two or three enumerations is complained
of, and the necessity of many reiorms in
the way of lessening the bulk of reports
and the elimination of several branches of
Inquiries from the twel.tb censu-, either
by postponement or transfer to bureaus
already in existence, is urired.
It is anticipated that before the close of
the field season the Geological Survey will
have gathered sufficient, data as to the
settled area of the reserves embraced in
the executive forestry orders to enable
tbe department to form an opinion as to
population and improvements included
within the reserves and the distribution
of the forest ami agricultural lands.
Concerning Alusua Secretary Bliss says
existing conditions demand a radical
change in ihe laws relating thereto, and
he recommends that the public land laws
be extended *o that district; that addi
tional land offices be created and appro
priations made to carry them into effect;
that the granting of rights of way for
railways, legraph and telephone lines
and the construction of roads and trails
be specifically authorized; that provision
be made for the incorporation of munici
palities, providing for the holding of elec
tions, defining qualifications for voting
and giving such powers as are used and
exercised by municipalities elsewhere;
that the legal and political status 'of the
native population, which is in doubt, be
defined; that citizenship be extended to
tbe Metiakahtla Indians wbo emigrated
from " British Columbia, and under au
thority of an act of Congress, anproved
March 30, 1891, now occupy Annette
Island; that Complete territorial govern
ment be authorized and established and
that representation in Congress be
granted.
Work on tbe Nicaragua canal is still
suspended and the company reports lia
bilities consisting of the amounts still due
under the concessions to the ompany of
$0,705,000 of bonds ana not exceeding $100
Casti liabilities outstanding unpaid; as-eis,
unused capital stock, $518,500; first mort
gage bonds and the 2420 shares of capital
stock received in liquidation, the conces
sions, rights, privileges, franchises, etc.,
whicn it now owns, plant, equipments,
lands, railway supplies and other prop
erty in Central America, including the
lands between the lake and ths Pacific.
Appropriations for the needs of the
troops stationed in Yellowstone Park and
the repair of roads and bridges there are
recommended.
The attendants at the London Zoologi
cal Gardens state that no ape will sleep
fiat on his back, as human beings often do.
WEYLER IS
IN SPAIN
AT LAST
Return of the General
From Unfortunate
Cuba.
REFUSES TO SEE HIS
ADMIRERS.
Remains in His Stateroom
While Fireworks Burn in
Launches.
THE EUTCHER'S WELCOME
IS A FIASCO.
Spain's Cause In the Island Prob
ably Aided by the Release of
the Compatitor Prisoners.
Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Benuett.
CORUNNA, Spain, Nov. 19.— ar
rival of General Weyler on Spanish terri
tory has taken place at Inst. I have just
returned from on board the Montserrat,
which anchored in this port an hour ago
with General Wevler. Tha quay was
crowded with an immense multitude, but
the crowd was perfectly undemonstrative.
It may be said that General Weyler. re
ception, so far as showing the feelings of
Spanish people for him, was a complete
farce. He did not appear on the deck,
but remained locked in his cabin, refusing
absolutely to see anybody except Govern
ment authorities, but he made a short
speech in reply to the commission. His
remarks were perfectly complimentary
and devoid of political significance.
The Marquis de Ahumada told me they
had a fair voyage, but refused all other
information. An influential passenger on
board says that the pump broke and ne
cessitated putting in at G.bara, but be
liuily denied the reported demonstration
there in General Weyler's favor, saying
he saw nothing of it, and disbelieves that
the same honors were paid to General
Weyler as though he were still captain
general of Cuba. He says that General
Weyler went ashore at Porto Rico, but no
demonstration was made there.
1 am able, however, to report extraordi
nary conduct on General Weyler's part
with regard to passengers on board the
Moiit-errat. Since he left Havana he has
reserved the right to allow or refuse pas
sage. Sentries have been posted on all
parts of the ship night and day, and only
those authorized by General Weyler could
pass on board. lam told that Marquis de
t'oraillas, who is the head of the Spanish
Trans-Atlantic Company, practically gave
the boat to General Weyler for the present
journey, although the general only pays
three lirst-class fares.
In consequence he scarcely allowed any
one but military men to take passage, and
many civilians wore refused permission to
make the voyage. The boat seemed to me
like a huge barracks. The Montserra*.
goes from here direct to Barcelona, so
passengers and cargo lor Santander or
Cadiz must go overland. This arrange
ment coincides with General Weyler's
wishes, since he is anxious to land at
Barcelona because his family is there, and
it is thought he will not come ashore here.
Several committees of sympathizers were
on board steam launches with band-) and
fireworks, but owing to General Weyler
re. using to show himself their proceedings
lacked importance. The Montserrat brings
000 troops, all sick, and proceeds to Barce
lona to-morrow morning early.
RELEASE OF PRISONERS.
Those Held In Connection With the
Competitor Will Return to
This Country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. — Minister
Woodford has telegraphed the State De
partment that the Spanish Cabinet has
notified him that the Queen has pardoned
the Competitor prisoners. The State De
partment announces that the Competitor
prisoners were turned over to Consul-Gen
eral Lee last Monday and will be sent by
him diect to New York. .
Ii is not doubted here that the pris
oners are liberated on some such condi
tions as were imposed in the case of for
mer prisoner*, that i.*, that they will not
return to Cuba. .
It la singular that the men should have
been four days in the custody of Consul-
General Lee without the fact having be
come generally known, hut it is supposed
that the secrecy was observed in order to
insure departure from Havana wit boat
exciting trouble from the extreme Con
servative Spanish fiction.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.— The Herald's
Washington correspondent telegraphs:
Administration officials are very much
eased to have the Competitor question
out of the way. Added to many older
concessions recently made to the United
States, and to the active ef'ort of the new
Ministry to apply genuine autonomy in
the island, the President ieels and hopes
that when he reviews in his annual mes
sage all that has been done by Spain to
improve the condition in Cuba. Con
kew to-dat:
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satisfied with the course pursued by the
administration during the past summer,
but will not hamper it by any enactment
until Spain's new attitude toward the
island has been thoroughly tested. At
tempts, of course, will be made to force
the hand of the President. This is al
ready evident from the talk of pro-Cuban
Senators who have arrived in the city.
Senator Chandler is confident that some
kind of intervention resolution will be
passed by this Congress.
"I am positive," he said to-day, "that
some action will be taken looking to the
relief of fe insurgents. I do not know
what Mr. McKinley will recommend, but
lam inclined to the opinion that he will
leave the entire matter to the judgment of
Congress, and abide by any decision it
may make. Friends of Cuba in the House
and Senate are divided on the course
which they think ought to be pursued.
Some are in favor ot granting belligerent
rights, while others favor direct interven
tion by the United States. I believe that
the United States ought to intervene with
out delay. That some action will be taken
in regard to the suffering people of the
island there is no doubt."
Although the department r*.nd Minister
de Lome nave made no secret of Spain's
intention to apply the recent amnesty
proclamation to the Competitor prisoners,
the fact that they were released lour days
ago was carefully withheld. This was
done, Minister de Lome explains, to avoid
any hostile demonstration on the part o.'
those who insisted upon the punishment
of these men. The understanding in the
department is that they were liberated
with the stipulation that they should not
return to the Island. Minister de Lome told
me, however, that they were released un
der the terms of the general amnesty
proclamation, and that if any special con
ditions were imposed he did not know
what they were. He naturally assumed
that the men would not be allowed to re
turn.
MacßriUe -sot Seriously Injured.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 18.— Argument in the
$53,000 damage suit of Colvui Macßride
against tha Southern Pacific Railroad
Company was begun this afternoon by
Attorney Spencer lor the daieinlant. Dr.
A. McMahon was put on the stand to give
some expert testimony this morning. He
claimed that the injuries sustained by
Macßride in »he collision would not seri
ously or permanently disable him.
NEW TO-DAT.
There is nothing in the world so pitiful as
a neglected baby. There is no sight so sad i
as that of a helpless infant denied its birth-
right, a mother's loving care. Thousands |
of mothers neglect their children because !
of ill - health. No woman can properly |
perform a mother's duty who is constantly
suffering from . sickness, whose system is '
debilitated and wrecked by the awful drains
due to the diseases and weaknesses pecu-
liar to women. The mother who suffers
from the listlessness, lassitude and despond- i
ency due to these troubles is pretty sure to i
neglect her children and her home.
This lamentable state of affairs is easily
remedied if the proper measures are taken.
Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription is an un-
failing cure for all the many forms of weak-
ness and disease of the organs distinctly
feminine. It promptly slops all weakening
drains, invigorates the various organs and
infuses new life and vigor into tin- sufferer's \
whole body. . A happy home and a tidy and
well - cared for baby is the result, for no
healthy woman will wilfully neglect her
child. Many a woman is blamed for neg-
ligence and heartlessness when she is sim- i
ply too ill to care for anything but death.
If you want to know all about the Favorite
Prescription" address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Invalids' '
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, X. Y.
It is sold by all druggists.
Foul breath, dull eyes, listlessness, sallowness
and pimples. A nice combination to avoid or .
get nd of. All are due to constipation, and con- I
stipation is promptly cured by Dr. Pierces Pleas- '
ant Pellets. They are not a temporary palliative, i
but a permanent cure. Many so-called constipa- j
tion remedies must be continued forever, once
they are started. The "Pellets" cure perma- !
nently. They never gripe. Druggists sell them. !
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ability. Address in handwriting, statin? expe- i
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MONEY CAN BE HAD
For Building Purposes from either
The Fidelity. Empire. Mechanics or i
California Mutual Building and
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ON VERY FAVJRABLE TERMS.
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A gentleman in New York City who had been using Ripans Tabules with
Beneficial and satisfactory results, recently sent some to his mother, living on a farm
three miles from Newburgh, N. Y. He said he thought they would benefit her. She
is 73 years old and has for a long, time 'suffered from various ailments that have
rendered her more feeble than she naturally would be even at that age. Her most
annoying trouble was frequent dizzy spells, and when one of them came upon her
she could not walk across a room. The beneficial results she experienced from'
Ripans Tabules are best expressed in words used in a letter to her son. She said :
" I feel as though I had taken on a new lease of life. My poor old head feels as
dear as a crystal since using Ripans Tabules. They have done me untold good, and
I will not be without them again— -never ! M
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2T?fJ^--^sl-ZS^-^-^ J?H IoWL E* l ?*i -f '* ,-=t»-™-«i for the poor Bad the economical. One £55
toiilm^o^^^ < i!S_^i^l'^ U i had -l™?* 1 b _ Ben,lll forty-eight rents to the Ru-iira C_i_S__t
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SAN DIEGO WILL
PAY FOR TOWAGE.
Planning for the Removal of
the Old Marion to That
Port.
Lieutenant Chandler Believes That
She Can Be Taken South
Under Sail.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18.— The old Marion,
to be turned over to the San Diego naval
reserves, will cost several hundred dollars
in towage. The question of raising money
is just now puzzling the ollicers of the
reserve. They confidently expect the as
sistance of the Chamber of Commerce.
Captain J. F. Higgins of the steamer Ex
celsior said this morning tbat he would
tow the Marion to this pott for 350, or
less than $1 per mile. U. S. Grant Jr. and
others expressed the belief that the
money for towing the Marion here could
be readily obtained by subscription.
Telegraphic advices just received by
Mr. Grant from the Navy Department
reiterate the desire of the National Gov
ernment to have the Marion stationed
here.
It is believed that possibly the Thetis,
Alert, Mohican, Adams, Pinta, Ranger or
some other Government ship will be avail
able in the near future, and either would
better serve the purposes of the San Fran
cisco naval reserves than the M irion.
All possible influence is being brought to
bear on the State officials to have the
wishes of the National Government con
cerning the disposition of the Marion car
ried out.
It is understood that within a few days
U. S. Grant Jr. will go to ban Francisco
and do all in his power to secure the Ma
rion for this port. In the meantime, If
necessary, the money will be raised to in
sure the towing of the Marion to San
Diego.
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