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PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— The President to-day Issued the following proclamation:
"A national custom, dear to the hearts of the people, calls for tho setting apart of one day In each year
for special thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings of the preceding year. This honored observance ac
quires with time a tenderer significance. It enriches domestic life. It summons under the family roof the ab
sent children to glad reunion with those they love.
"Seldom ha.s this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving. No great pestilence has Invaded our shores.
. l employment waits upon labor. Abundant crops have rewarded the efforts of the husbandman. Increased com
forts have come to the home. The national finances have been strengthened and public credit has been sustained and
Eirmer. In all branches of industry and trade there has been an unequaled degree of prosperity, while -there has
been a steady pain in the moral and educational growth of our national character.
"Churches and schools, have flourished. American patriotism has been exalted. Those engaged in maintaining
nor of the flag with such signal success have been In a large degree spared from disaster and disease. An
honorable peace has been ratified with every power on earth.
"The trust which we have assumed for the benefit of the people of Cuba has faithfully advanced. There-Is marked
progro:-s toward the restoration of healthy industrial conditions, and, under wise sanitary regulations, the Island has
enjoyeci unusual exemption from the scourge of fever. The hurricane which swept over our new possession of Porto
Riro. destroying the homes and property of the inhabitants, called forth the instant sympathy of the people of the
United Btates, who were swift to respond with generous aid to the sufferers. While the insurrection still con
tinues in tho island of Luzon, business Is resuming Its activity and confluence in the good purposes of the United States
is being rapidly established throughout the archipelago.
"For these reasons and countless others, I, "William McKinloy, President of the United States, do name Thursday,
the 30th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed as such by all our people
on this continent, and In our newly acquired islands, as well as by those who may be at sea, or sojourning in foreign
lands, and I advise that on this day religious exercises shall be conducted in the churches or meeting places of all de
nominations in order that in the social features of the day its real significance may not be lost sight of, but fervent
prayers may be offered to the Most High for a continuance of the divine guidance without which man's efforts are
vain, and for divine consolation to those whose kindred and friends have sacrificed their lives for our country.
"I recommend, also, that on this day, so far as may be found practicable, labor shall cea-se from its accustomed
tcil and charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor.
"In witness whereof, 1 have sot my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
"WILLIAM McKINLET."
Map Showing the Eastern Part
of the lerritory Which Pres
ident Steyn's Proclamation
"nnexes to the Orange Free
Ftate.
This country was settled by the
P ers, who still form a large part
of the white population. It was
en from them and Included in
;my and Bochuanaland
I hips at various times
■ the discovery of its valuable
trees.
nave not got them." ■
Mr Chamberlain also denied that he
had refused to see Dr. Montague White,
the agent of the Transvaal, who, the
Colonial Secretary added, had never ap
plied for an audience.
The Speaker. William Court Gully, in
tervened at this juncture and declared
that all references to such matters were
out of order.
The pugnacious spirit animating the
public has reached the legislators. Apart
from the diversion created by Mr. Davitt
there was a lively scene in the House
between Gavin Brown Clark, Radical
member for Caithness, ex-agent of the
Transvaal, and Major Rasch, Conserva
tive member for the southeast division
of Essex. Mr. Clark denied Major Rascn's
6tatement that he (Clark) was in the
Boer camp at the time of the fight at
Majuba Hill, and characterized the as
sertion as a sample of the misrepresen
tation now prevailing.
Major Rasch promptly retorted that his
statement was made on the authority of
Mr. Clark himself, who told him so six
pears ago, adding if Mr. Clark again de
nied the statement he, the major, would
take the first opportunity of repeating
the statement to him outside of Parlia
ment, when he could take what steps he
liked.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the
former Liberal leader in the House, said
he desired to again call attention to the
provocation of the Secretary of State for
the Colonies (Mr. Chamberlain) during
the negotiations and in his speech at
Highbury.
Mr. Chamberlain replied, repudiating
the Intention to be provocative and saying
he only intended to be plain and free
from ambiguity. He added that he only
followed in the negotiations the princi
ples observed by all statesmen during the
past ten or twenty years. There was a
time, he explained, when diplomacy was
regarded as given to -statesmen to enable
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LONDON. Oct. 25.— Michael Da
vltt. Irish Nationalist member for
South Mayo, announced In the
House of Commons to-day that he
would resign to-morrow, as a pro
test against the Boer war. Mr.
Davttt dt-nounced the jingo press,
and said that the war " for the
meanest and most mercenary aims
would be known as the greatest
crime of the century. He declared
that if he had been offered home
rule and an Irish republic he would
not have accepted them If accom
panied by the condition that he
vote for the war. As a protest, he
would ask to be relieved from at
tendance in the^House. He had
been In the House for five years
trying to obtain Justice for Ire
land, and he left it convinced that
"no cause of justice and right
would have the support of the
House unless backed by force." Mr.
Davitt's resignation was something
of a coup do theatre, as the Pall
Mall Gazetu- says that some time
ago he told his Intimate friends
that he would take the lirst oppor
tunity of retiring from Parliament.
It is understood that Mr. Davitt
Will return to Ireland and devote
himself to literary and journalistic
work.
them tr> conceal their thoughts. That
might fairly be called the "old diplo
macy," which, he said. "I absolutely re
pudiate. People," he continued, "are en
titled to demand a clear exprc=Fi"ii of
views, and there was never the slightest
justification for the statement that Presi
dent Kruger had been in doubt."
Mr. Chamberlain then said: "Our ob- i
jects. methods and determination were to i
carry out these plans. It was neces- j
sary to Impress upon President Kruger
the seriousness of the step he was called i
upon to take and the consequences which ;
would follow any mistake on his part. It i
was not desirable to Include In an offi
cial dispatch collateral suggestions and
Indications of opinion, but semi-official
warning was frequently conveyed in a
speech. A similar warning was given by
Lord Salisbury to the Sultan at the Gulld
hali banquet and I am still absolutely
unrepentant."
Regarding Mr. Davitt Mr. Chamberlain
bald he recognized that he had hlthertG
discussed the matter moderately and sin
cerely, "and," he added, "I would pay ;
the greatest attention to hlB arguments !
if I did not know he would use precisely ■■
the same arguments In regard to any \
British war, which are based on his en- j
mity to England.
"What would have been the Irish ar- j
gument in the Spanish-American war, in |
which Spain showed herself infinitely les3
capable of defending herself than the
Transvaal "
Here William Redmond, Parnelllte i
member for East Clare, shouted: "The I
Transvaal did not blow- up your war
ships."
Mr. Chamberlain continued: "The great, I
almost determining contest between the i
United States and Spain, was fought j
without the loss of a single American.
We have never denied that the Transvaal
was a foeman worthy of our steel. Not
only was the disparity In the forces in the
Spanish-American war as great as those
now engaged, but the contention of the
United States and their right of interfer
ence arose from the fact that at the
same distance from their territories there
was oppression, not of American citizens
but of another race and people, and justi
fied the intervention of the United States
in the mind of the civilized world, or at
any rate, in the eyes of Englishmen and \
Irishmen. But we are interfering in be- :
half of our own people. It Is perfectly
certain that Mr. Davitt, but for his hatred
of England, would sympathize with us as
he did with America."
Mr. Chamberlain then replied to the
criticism of his note accepting the medi
ation of Mr. Hofmeler, the Afrikander I
leader, pointing out that while he believed
Mr. Hofmeier was sincere, yet he could
not forget that when President Kruger j
made "absolutely compulsory proposals I
for a settlement," Mr. Hofmeler was per- j
fectly ready to accept them. President
Kruger misled Mr. Hofmeler In promis
ing him proposals which differed materi
ally from those he really presented.
"There has been on the part of the
Transvaal crookedness altogether incom
prehensible If they desired a settlement,"
continued Mr. Chamberlain. "I be
lieve that from first to last Presi
dent Kruger never Intended to
give anything approaching equal
rights to the white races, or any j
acknowledgment of British supremacy. ,
War, therefore was inevitable. There has
been an enormous strain upon us. We
are called upon to bring the war to a I
quick conclusion and .send across the «ea
a force ruch as no nation In history ever
before sent. This is entirely due to the
preparations which made the Transvaal
an armed camp ami which not only se- |
• cured It a defensive position, but enabled j
■ It to take the offensive against ihe large
: forces now engaged.
"Such a thing could not b* continued I
forever. We have needed a permanent j
force of 25.000 In South Africa. We are I
\ told wo fcball lose South Africa, Our J
foreign friends are convinced of it. Yet '
they are not happy. Such predictions |
j were made before and were even current !
in the days of Elizabeth. But I am no*
j alarmed. One great Teutonic people can
i not hold :n subjection another great Teu
tonic people, but this has never been our
course. It is impossible to' pretend that
the Dutch at the Cape are crushed by our
j rule, when they have all the rights
! Englishmen possess, and even in In
dividual cases are permitted to talk and
' write treason. Whatever may be the |
| result of the war and the premature talk i
| of the result from the present war does i
; any one imagine that we shall fall to do
for others what we claimed for ourselves,
i or refuse equal rights to the Dutch in the
■ Transvaal, which they refused us?"
The House finally, by a vote of 224 to
! 28, passed the second reading of the ap
propriation bill.
KOCK WILL RECOVER.
LONDON, Oct. 26.— Th© Daily Mall has
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1899.
M4JOR H. F. SCOTT, of Cape
Colony Police.
"While defending Vrybrug Major
Scott was compelled to evacuate
the town because of treachery
among the inhabitants, and, brood
ing- over hi? forced retreat, com
mitted suicide.
the following from Pleterrr.Hritzburg,
Natal, dated October 23:
"The proclamation o.f martial law
throughout Nat a! has given grc:it satis
faction. Amonpr the Boer prisoners at
Larlysmith are Dewitt Hamer, member of
the Raad for Barbeton, and Dr. Van Leg
gle, Public Prosecutor at Heidelberg*.
Among the killed was Mr. di Jong, sec
retary of the Transvaal Education De
partment.
"It is now expected that General Jan
Kork, th° Boer commander, will recover.
General White gave him the option of bo
ing taken to Pretoria or remaining at
Ladysmith. and he Chosa the I
"The heavy losses of the Kings Royal
Rifles at Dundee seem to have been cine
to the black belts worn over the khaki,
and which afforded an excellent target."
PREPARES FOR
ANY FOREIGN
COMPLICATIONS
LOXDON, Oct. 25-The extent of the
British preparations revealed by to-day's
information causeß a strong reiteration |
of the rumors of serious foreign complica
tions. It is now said that Rear Admirrrl
Lord Charles Beresford will command the
Mediterranean squadron, and details of
the activity at the dockyards and naval
stations are coming in hot and fast. It
is said that, whether or not Great Britain
seriously fears Russia* or French aggres
sion, the naval preparations have been
under consideration for several months,
and it was the Admiralty's intention to
put them in force as soon as war was nr>
clared, it being deemed necessary to in
crease the active strength of the navy in
order to insure the large fleet of trans
ports against every possible contingency.
The Times, commenting editorially on
the rumor of European intervention,
scouts the idea, and says: "No power will
lift a finger. The alarming combinations
built upon our naval movements have no
existence save in overheated imagina
tions."
Dispatches from the Continent to the
Daily Mail say that the French fleet haa
received instructions to watch the move
ments of the British Mediterranean
squadron and that the Italian fleet is un
der orders to concentrate in the Bay of
Spozia.
QUEEXSTOWN, Oct. 25— The British
cruisers Furious, Pelorus and Pactolus
sailed from here this afternoon, en route
to Cape Clear, where they will meet eight
battleships and two cruisers of the Chan
nel squadron from the North of Ireland.
The fleet will then proceed ostensibly to
Gibraltar, but it is thought that possibly
its destination is a Spanish or Portuguese
port, as the vessels have taken out bills
of health from the Consuls of those coun
tries.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— Interference
by continental Europe in the war between
Great Britain artd the South African Re
public is not expected by administration
officials here. Mediation may be olfered,
but present indications ahow that thero
will be no coalition to compel Its accept
ance, and there is certainly no anticipa
tion of the administration that the United
States will be Invited to Join other pow
ers in tendering its good offices to bring
about a settlement of the war. Up to
this time It Is stated authoritatively that
the United States has not been ap
proached by any power of Europe to use
its influence to bring an end to hostilities,
and it was stated significantly that na
tions of the continent are unlikely to
make such a suggestion in view of their
understanding that the President does not
intend to take any stepß in the matter
until he is informed by both Great Britain
and the South African Republic that they
will be willing for him to mediate.
The expectation of the authorities that
there will be no interference In the war
Is based upon the fact that the British
Government still has Its strong arm—the
navy— free to use in any direction that
may appear necessary. Thero lias not
been any considerable strengthening of
the naval force in South Africa, because
there is nothing for It to do In that di
rection. War in that region Is purely a
military problem. Great Britain thus has
practically her entire naval strength pre
pared to resist the Intervention of any
third power, and it is the suggestion In
this connection that the mobilization of
her Mediterranean squadron at Gibraltar
is simply a step in the direction of pre
paredness. The movement of the French
squadron In the Levant is not believed to
have any reference to the Transvaal war.
MANY BOERS IN THE FIELD.
LONDON. Oct. 23.— According to a Brus
sels dispatch Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic
c gent of the Transvaal in Europe, has is
sued a statement that the Boers have
SACRIFICED
LIFE TO SAFE
THEIR HERDS
Pathetic Story of the Faith
fulness of Montana
Shepherds.
?ICTIMS"OFBLIZZARD
— « —
Perished With Their Flocks In
stead of Seeking Safety From
the Storm's Fury.
Special IMspateh to The Call.
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 25.— A special
from Glen Falls. Mont., says: If
any one has concluded that the
time has passed when the servant
Is as faithful to the interests of
his master as he, could be to his
own, he should consider the Btory of the
recent blizzards which swept through
Teton County, in the northern part of this
State, a county given up to the raising of
sheep and cattle. As a result of that
storm nine men are known to be dead,
and the bodies of five have been recov
ered. With one exception all were sheep
herders, and all were found lying in such
positions as to indicate that they had
stayed with their bands to the laat, dying
in their attempts to save the property of
their employers.
William <;raham. working for the Cus
■';i<t. i.and Company, was found in a
coulee near Healy Butte. It is evident
that ho had tried hard through the night
to get his sheep into camp, but had not
6U( ci -'led. Conscious of the death which
w;\s impending, he returned to his twit
about midnight, and there wrote and left ;
a note saying he was nearly exhausted, i
but was about to return to the shoep^j
whioh were drifting up the c>>ulee. He [
w;;s found stretched on the snow, his
lantern about twenty feet distant. Of his;
two dogs, one remained to guard the body
while the other followed the sheep. He
was unmarried and recently said that he
had not a relative In the world.
Norman Bruce worked for Will Flow*
eree. He remained with his sheep until
he mAhfeged to drive them into a sheltered !
spot, where they would be safe. Blinded
by the storm, he mistook the coulee where
his cabin was built .'-nd wandered upon
another. RgaHSing his mistake too late.
he turned back and fell less than 200 yards |
from his home and safety. The searching
party found his dogs stretched across the
body Bruce was unmarried and a
native of.JEJrtnce Edward Island.
Mix Gregonch w;,s round with his arms l
frozen upon hia breast. His dog had fol- i
lowed the sifeep into camp and returned!
w : t } i the rescue rmrty too late.
H. E. Herald, working for S. C. Schiff- |
in. was lying in the deep snow, hia beard :
eaten off by the sheep, which had also
eaten his clothes- and part of his boots.
This is only a portion of the pathetic
Bide of the disaster, and the fidelity of one
herder is probably no greater than that
of any other. It is probable the death list
is hardly begun. Bands ot sheep without
herders have been reported from various
points in the storm district, and later
these will be traced and the dead herders
found.
Now the snow covers up everything on
the prairie, and the coulees, many of them
more than 100 feet deep, with steep sides,
are filled with it. Without exception this
\>as the most severe and most fatal Oc
tober storm ever occurring in Montana.
now nearly 100.000 men in the field, made
up a* follows: Boer regulars, 35.OO0; artil
lery. 1250; police, 1750; Orange Free State
troops. 15,000; Natal Boers, 3000: Bechuan
aland and Rhodesian Boers. R000; foreign
legion, 600; Americans, 4000; Germans.
6000; Dutch Belgians, 2000; Irish, 1000;
Scandinavians, 600; French, Swiss and
Italians. 200. The Jews, it appears, are
doing polW-e work.
A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated
October 24, purports to give an interview
with one of the highest Transvaal execu
tives, who is quoted as having urged that,
while the Boer successes 1 were yet unim
portant, there was still time for an amic
able settlement, as he believed the Boers
had been misled as to the real issue.
PROTEST OF THE
GERMANS AGAIST
TRANSVAAL WAR
BERLIN, Oct. 25.— At a meeting of 3000
members of the Pan-German and Anti-
Semite League at Hamburg to-day, called
to protest against the Transvaal war, a
dispatch was sent to Emperor William
full of solemn patriotic effusions and urg
ing him to intercede in behalf of the Boera
and postpone his journey to England.
The Vossische Zeitung, commenting on
this, says: "Vigorous protests, should be
'made against passionate and malevolent
I treatment of the war, which gives color
to the idea that the Germans cannot do
enough to show their enmity for Great
Britain. The majority in this country
have nothing in common with the Anglo
phobia in which the Hamburg meeting
waded."
The paper then quotes Prince Bis
marck's dictum that Great Britain's
friendship is more useful to Germany
than the whole valley of the Nile and the
pyramids, adding: "Had Prince Bis
marck been an English Minister he would
have acted toward the Boers like the
English Government has done."
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten de
scribes President Steyn's proclamation as
a "false step that may have serious re
sults. "
The Kolnische Zeitung pays a tribute
of gallantry to the British officers, point
ing out that of the German loss in the
battle of Spicheren only 4V4 per cent were
officers, while at Glencoe and Elands
Laagte the British officers killed and
wounded was 14^ per cent of the total
loss.
DYNAMITE TRUCKS BLOWN UP.
LONDON, Oct. 25.— A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Klmberley, dated Oc
tober 21, via Orange River, October 24,
says: "An armored train was engaged
this evening and one of our men killed.
Two trucks of dynamite were removed
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from the town for safety and were blown
up by th° Boers. The Boer loss is un
certain. The Boer artillery moved around,
trying to draw the force covering the
town. There was a small engagement,
but nothing of consequence happened.
We are completely isolated and as safe
as a bank. Not one man has left. Rain
is approaching. Our troops met the
enemy, cutting the line to-day, and a
Maxim gun on the train did good work
and cleared away the wreckers."
WOLSELEY HAS
DOCTORED REPORTS
FROM THE FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 25.— The commander-in
chief. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, has
apparently now been convicted of "doc
toring" official reports from the front.
and there is a strenuous demand on all
sides for a reversion to the earlier prac
tice, when the reports of General Sir
Stewart White, the British commander in
Natal, were given out textually as soon
as received. The commander-in-chief's
summary, as read in the House of Com
mons yesterday, spoke of General White
having fought a successful action,
whereas General White's own account
puts an entirely different complexion on
the situation, reduces the movement to
its proper proportions and shows that
further exciting intelligence may be ex
pected from the same quarter at any mo
ment. It is quite evident that the war
in Natal has only commenced, and that
the Boers are by no means discouraged
at losing the first Jtwo battles. Many ex
perts are satisfied* that General Joubert
is even now close to the heels of the
British, and that a decisive action may
be fought soon.
The main fact that the British were
forced to evacuate the Natal triangle.
Which the Boers naturally and rightly
claim as a conspicuous success, and
which they even emphasize by a procla
mation annexlng'Northern Natal, is prov
ing an unpalatable pill to the public,
whose appetite has been whetted by the
previous successes, which had been as
sumed to be greater than they really
were, as the determination and gallantry
of the Boers enable them to quickly re
organize and achieve desired objects by
other methods.
Later estimates of the Boers' losses at
Elands Laagte give 300 killed. Their cool
ness, bravery and good aim can be judged
from the fact that out of seventeen or
eighteen officers with the half battalion
of Gordon Highlanders, four were killed
and thirteen were wounded, while the
casualties among the rank and file were
27 per cent during less than three hours'
firing. Lieutenant Campbell of the Gor
don Highlanders has since died from his
wound*.
GENERAL SYMONS IMPROVED.
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 25.— Intelligence re
ceived here yesterday from Natal says
the bullet has been extracted frum the
wound of General Symons. who was
struck while leading his troops at the bat
tle of Glencoe, and that the patient it
cheerful and doing well.
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Patents, Postofflce Changes, Pensions
and Army Orders Affecting
the Slope.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— G. W. Cum
mins was to-day appointed postmaster at
Covelo, Mendocino County, vice P. W.
Handy, resigned.
Pacific Coast patents were granted to
day as follows:
California— Emanuel Berg, Woodland,
grain roller; Stephen H. Chase, San Jose,
iruit-dryiiig tray; Charles Curamings,
Oakland, unloading means for air com
preesora; Willis G. Dodd. San Francisco,
operating mechanism; Frank C. Faxon,
Sun Francisco, acetylene gas burner;
James B. Gill, San Francisco, coin con
trolled call recording device for telephone
systems; S. P. Gundmundso, San Fran
dSCO, BAW-filing device; Bernard Bails
man, San Francisco, slidable and swinging
sash; Harry Markham, San Rafael, letter
opener; Charles W. Merrill, Alameda, dis
charge gates for tanks; William Morck,
Oakland, car fender; P. S. Nowacki, San
Francisco, water lifting apparatus; John
P. Simmons, San Francisco, assignor to
S. V. Mooney. air compressor; Joseph St.
Mary, San Francisco, steam trap; John
E. Stuart, Winchester, apparatus for
mining in frozen earth; Frank Walker,
Los Angeles, combination soil pipe drain
age and venting fitting; Milton A.
Wheaton .San Francisco, elevator.
Oregon— William A. Wood and J. M.
Eddy, Eugene, gasoline lamp; Solomon
Itehart, Lake View, pumping apparatus;
Frank T. Cook, Antelope, lubricant.
Washington— John Nash, Dayton, door.
The postoffices at Gilkata and Sheep
Camp. Alaska, will be discontinued after
October 31. Station F, Los Angeles pOßt
offlce, has been changed to 1910 South
Main street.
Army orders: Private William Clark,
Twenty-eighth Infantry, Presidio, San
Francisco, having enlisted under false
pretences, will be discharged without
honor from the service of the United
States by the commanding officer of his
station.
First Lieutenant Louis P. Smith as
sistant eurgeon. will be relieved from duty
at Fort Russell upon the arrival of As
sistant Surgeon Barbour and will pro
ceed to San Francisco.
Assistant Surgeon George H. Rlchard
Hales.
goods at one fair price.
one of our $6 hats.
f^dressv pearl
|^^ pi, ''gray hat, trim-
' \ mcd in gray
J|K \,Jj velvet and rib-
fte^Jf ton; large gray
dove posed on
VJI/ side; velvet
''^JV. trimming on
hT }y bandeau. .$6
good gloves.
ladies' 2-clasp lambskin glove, soft
and pliable as French kid; fitted and
guaranteed; kept in repair and
cleaned free '...,'. $1 pair
3-clasp Hte. Jouvin glove, real
French kid; in the newest shades and
pitching $1.50 pair
2-clasp misses' lambskin glove, in
brown, tan, blue, red and green.....
$1 pair
veiling. •
2500 yards plain and dotted silk
tuxedo mesh veiling, 18 inches wide;
In black, brown and navy; on our
center tables to-day 15c yard
son. United States army, •will proceed
from this city to San Francisco. First
('lass Private Thomas MeGurk, Signal
Corps, now at Angel Island, will be dis
charged from the service of the United
States.
Pensions for Callfornians: Original-
Ambrose Crow. San Josp. JG: Wm Smith
Stockton, $R; Michael McGrath. San Fran
cisco, $8; John L. Lambert. Vallejo. $8.
Increase— John W. Moyer. Los Angeles
$6 to $8; James C. McDonald, Wilmington!
Oregon: Original— William Bradshaw,
Lake Creek, $6.
Washington: Original— Hardin D. Ran
dall, Kelso, $6.
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF
CIVIL SERVICE RULES
Government Employes Asked to Con-
tribute to the Ohio Cam
paign Fund.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25.— A statement was
given out to-day by George McAneny.
secretary of the National Civil Service
Reform League, in wnich he says:
The National Civil Service Reform League
has addressed a letter to the Civil Service Com
mission, asking that step* be taken to necure
the prosecution of the Federal officer and others
responsible for the action of the Ohio Repub
lican State Committee in pendinß appeal? for
political contributions to Government employes
throughout the country. The chairman of the
committee In question Is Congressman Charles
Dick of th* Nineteenth Ohio District
In this letter to the Civil Service Com
mission it Is alleged that the letters of
the Government employes were printed
on letter-heads of the "finance committee
of the Ohio State Executive Committee."
and it is pointed out that these letters
explicitly state that the money solicited
is to be applied to the uses of the full
committee, of which Mr. Dick is chair
man.
It Is alleged further that the circular
has been Bent to thousands of Govern
ment subordinates in all parts of the
country, including even clerks and other
minor employes in the Xew York Custom
house.
DEWEY'S NEW HOME
TURNED OVER TO HIM
Committee Has Enough Money to
Cover the Cost of the House
and Incidentals. .
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-The house on
Rhode Island avenue recently purchased
for Admiral Dewey by popular subscrip
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Hales.
neckwear.
a manufacturer's sample line of
neckwear — some not in perfect order,
some a little crushed, some a little
poiled; we have also picked out of
stock all crushed and soiled pieces, '
worth up t<> $1 each, and will sell I
them with the sample line 25c each
leather goods.
16-inch cabin bag imitation alli-
gator $2
alligator coin purse, thumb clasp,
leather lined 2">r-
shopping bagr, 10 inches outside, coin
purse, leather handles 35c
toilet articles.
odds and ends in toothbrushes
5c each
Kirk's violet and rose toilet soap.. sc
Hale's saponaceous tooth powder..
100
soap stand and toothbrush holder
5c
stationery.
pen and ink tablets— note, pocket
and letter size; 100, SO and 41 ruled
leaves respectively; regular and gn,..l
values .it 10c each 5c each
Blaisdell's paper pencils; needs no
knife to sharpen 2c each
folding waste paper basket, made
of heavy tarboard, with .outside lith-
ograph desig-ns 25c each
slick files and hook flies; keep your
bills and papers safely 5c each
tlon was formally turned over to him
to-day by Assistant Secretary Vanderlin
and United States Treasurer Roberts ol
the Dewey home committee. Mr. Fitch,
the owner, went to the Treasury Depart*
ment this afternoon and presented th^
deed, which was immediately filed for rec
ord. The purchase price was about $50,000,
Two subscriptions were received to-day
which completed the payment, including
the expenses incident to the project. On*
for $1000 came from Brooklyn and the oth-.
er. $275. was received from the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
MEN IN CHARGE OF
BOLIVIA'S DESTINIES
Velazco and Capriles Named for Vice-
Presidents Under Colonel
Pando.
BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 25.— Colonel Pan
do has been elected President of Bolivia
in succession to Senor Severo Fernandez
Alonzo.
1.1 MA, Peru, Oct. 25, via Galveston,
Tex.— The Bolivian convention has pro
claimed Senor Lueio Valazco and Senur
Anibal Capriles first and second vie,
presidents of the republic in succession
to Dr. Rafael Pena and Dr. Genaro San
Jines.
THE GRANT AND AZTEC
ARRIVE AT MANILA
Twenty-Sixth Volunteers Proceed ta
Their Post at Iloilo Without
Disembarking.
MANILA. Oct. 25.— The funeral of Cap,
tain Guy Howard, the assistant quart, r
master, Bon of Major General O. O. How
ard (retired}, who was killed on October
22 near Arayat, took place to-day and wa3
larg-ely attended. A procession of troops
escorted the body to the wharf and
; placed It on board the transport Beleian
King.
The Twenty-sixth Infantry arrived on
i the transport Grant yesterday and sail, d
I for Iloilo to-day without <li"sembarkiru'
! The insurgents have returned to the vi
cinity of Calamba. They have incr^as. 1
in numbers and are surrounding ..he towa
i on the land sides.
WASHINGTON, Oct X.— The War De,
1 partment has received the following from
i General Otis:
i MANILA. Oct. 2=!.— Transport Grant, with tha
i Twenty-Blxtn Volunteers and recruits arrived
yesterday. No casualties. Aztec, with civll
; ian employes, arrived this morning. Sevea
r.oi-ses lost. All others In good condition.