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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
DE LESSEPS'
FAILURE.
Disastrous Collapse of the Pan
anna Canal Scheme.
The Report Of the French Commission Dis.
heartening One for the Unfor.
tunate Investors.

The Panama Canal Commission has pre-
sented its disheartening report, and De
Lesseps has been reluctantly compelled to
admit that his great scheme is disastrous
failure. The collapse has been too long ex-
pected to occasion much surprise here. In
France, however, the report has deepeped
the gloom of the despondent stockholders,
the hard-earned savings of all classes hav-
ing been engulfed in the great ditch. De
Lesseps and his associates succeeded, by
his glowing predictions of success, in Sc
curing about S2S5, 600 from his COM
patriots, for which stocks and bonds were
issued to the amount of 1926, 92S, 900.
AT the inception of the undertaking De
Lesseps declared this canal easier to con-
struct than the Suez Canal. To him the
difficulties pointed out by the American
engineers as insurmountable were mere
trifes. He claimed and demonstrated, on
paper, that a canal could be dug from the
Atlantic to the Pacific devoid of locks, of
ample width and depth for the largest
vessels. Work was begun in 1881. Wharves
were constructed, repair-shops and sheds on
a large scale were erected, and hospital
was built. Surveying parties started out
and the final line was located. Its length
is forty-five miles After leaving Colon the
canal follows the line of the Panama Rail-
road, crossing the swamps and the quick
sand of the Mindi section, and thence to
the Indian village of Gatun, eight miles
from Colon. The canal crosses the winding
bed Of the Chagres many times as it pro-
crosses inland, and also crosses the rail-
road before reaching EmperadOr Two
miles beyond, the summit is reached at
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
BAD AS The BENDERS.
4 Colorado Family Charged With a Num-
baF Of AtFOGiOuS Murders.

KIT CARSON (Colo), April 3.-Five years
ago Frank and Groeian Chleboard settled
near Atwood, and were afterward joined by
their father and mother, two sisters and
Joe. In 1887 the mother died suddenly aud
WAS buried by the family in great haste.
About a year later the father disappeared,
and was gone. several weeks before it was
known in the neighborhood. On December
%, 1889, Mary, the wife of Grocian Chile
board, whipped Joe severely.
He complained to a neighbor's boy, say
ing that if they punished him again he
would tell how Grocian and Mary had killed
his mother. On the afternoon of Decem-
Der 26th Mary got a couple of apples, one
of which she eat herself and gave the other
TO Joe. After eating, the boy was seized
with commissions, and the rigidity char
acteristic of strychnine poisoning was mani
fest. Then Grocian took the boy on his
back and took the road toward town. He
was met by a neighbor, who inquired where
he was going. Grocan replied that he was
going to Mr.. Harper'S for medicine.
On this same road, near Harper's House,
was an old we'll. long ago abandoned, and
$50 feet deep. II was into this well that
old man Chleboard was thrown, and now a
dozen other mysterious disappearances are
remembered. 1t is believed that Joe would
have found his grave in the same place had
they not been met by the neighbor
The well will be given a thorough over
hauling. The strange part of the thing is
that the well has been filled at intervals
and The Chleboards always did the filling.
Iynehlng has been threatened.
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Gabrielle Greeleu.

house. 1t was well-furnished with sub
stantial leather-covered lounges and easy
chairs, and the rows upon rows of books
miscellaneous In their selection, or rather
their want of selection. remained as they
were when, surrounded by his friends,
Oliver Johnson, Mr.. Choate of Pleasant
vile at whose home he died, Joshua Carter,
Ex-Governor Ashley of Ohio, Israel A.
Haight, Congressman Reagan of Texas,
William Lloyd Garrison, Moses Thatcher,
Joshua Coffin, Isaac Knapp, Henry K.
Stockton, John E. Fuller, Robert Hull and
other Aboitionists, he used to talk over
the politics of the day and discuss the
prospects of emancipation.
A room in the rear of the house, the win
dow of which was glazed with red glass,
was occupied by Miss Gabrielle as an anna
teur Photographic studio. Within a few
feet of the southern side of the house
stands the Summer-house, in which. when
ever the weather permitted, Mr.. Greeley
sat with his friends or read his papers
The house stood on the top of hill and
was not the one originally occupied by the
Greeley family when they first bought the
place. 1t was small one-story and attic
frame down by the gate entering the
grounds and was rented to a tenant
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UNDER WATER.
Many Plantations Inundated for the First
TimG-TG1tS Asked For.

GREENvILLE Miss, April 3.-Dispatches
state that the plantations ON both sides of
Deer Creek, which have always been con-
sidered above high-water mark and were
never submerged, are now inundated, the
food there being the highest on record.
New ORLEANS. April 3.-The latest ad.
vices from Arkansas City state that the
river is falling At other points along the
Mississippi. however, the floods cont inue.
The tracks of the Arkansas Valley Rail
road are submerged for many miles, and
passengers are bel ng transferred from point
to point in boats.
VICKsBURG [Miss.), April 3.-The Relief
Committee at Arcola, Miss, has asked for
a lot OF tents for the homeless. The
plantations on Bayou Vidal in Louisiana
are being Overflowed. The levees en-
the Tensas front, near St. Joseph,
are holding out well, but there is great ap-
prehension that the return of water from
the Yazao crevasses will cause heavy rise,
in which case no levee OK the Lower
Mississippi could stand the pressure of the
wind and water.
MEMPHIS, April 3.-The condition of the
flooded district on the Mississippi side, be-
tween Tunica and Greenvlle, remains un-
changed. There is no suffering or need of
outside aid
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
ANTI-CHIEESE LEGISLATION.
Religious Bodies Oppose the Enumeration
BIll-The MethOdiStS Criticized.

NEW YORK, April 3-The members of
the Board of Foreign Missions of. the Pres
byterian Church, the American Board (Con-
gregationaD. Episcopal Board, the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union, the Mission
ary Society of the Methodist Church, the
American Bible Society, the Evangelical
Alliance and Society of Friends met to-
day in this city to consider the Chinese
Enumeration Bill now before the Senate,
with special reference to it's bearing upon
missionary work and property in China.
The sentiment of the NEE ting was strongly
opposed to the bill. 1t was argued that its
adoption would be q violation of treaty
rights, and all present were apprehensive'
tnat it would endanger the personal safety
of American missionaries resident in China
and greatly hamper their work. Itswas de-
cided to leave more specific action for mis-
sinnary societies separately. All the socie-
ties represented missions in China.
The Committee on Foreign Commerce Of
the Chamber of Commerce this. afternoon
reported resolutions opposing the pending
Chinese bill to the Chamber of Commerce.
These resolutions aliege that the bill is in
violation of the treaty and gross afffOnt to
China. 1t will surely still further provoke
the hostile and unfriendly feeling Of both
the rulers and the people of China. The
proposed measure is absurd, baybar0us, un-
christian and cowardly. 1t is absurd to
pretend that 65, ,000, 900 of American people
should be in danger of contamination and
debasement by the presence of 10000 Chi-
nese. 1t is barbarous because it submits
these inoffensive people to cruel restraints.
1t is unchIistian in preventing the Chinese
from receiving and proiting by the influence
of Christian civilization. 1t is cowarfiy as
regards the Government and the people of
China, because that Government and peo-
pie are not in condition at this time to re-
sent our inSolence.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference to-
day adopted a resolution in the form of
protest to the Senate against the Chinese
bill pending.
The Brooklyn Eagle in an editorial says:
Perhaps a dearth of topics moved the
Methodist Conference yesterday to take up
the Chinese question. and petition asking
Congress not to pass the bill to turn tbs
Mongolians out of the country was adopted.
The case is interesting in its place. but it
may be doubted whether its place is a
religious convention. The exclusion of
Cinnamon is of conce IN chiefly to the
Pacific STATES. There it is favored by mem
bers of all parties and Christians Of all
creeds. After all, are not the routine
affairs of the church vital and vigorous
enough without searching for remote and
irregular sensations?
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CONGRESS.
Matters Discussed in the Sen
ate and House.
Amendments to The Geological Park Bill
NOn-COnCurred In.
The Montana Election Case "A Protest
Against the Placing Of Duty On
Hides MOrmoniSm In Idaho.
Special by the California Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. April 3.-The Senate con-
vened at IL o'clock this morning.
On motion of Edmunds it was decided not
to hold session tomorrow, Good Friday.
Jones of Arkansas raised the point of no
quorum, and call of the Senate was made,
resulting in a quorum answering to their
names.
motion to non-concur in the House
amendments to the Geological Park Bill,
which compelled the District of Columbia
to pay half of the expenses, started a gen.
eral debate, which was participated in by
about half of the Senate.
The motion to non-concur was carried.
A number of memorials were presented
and bills introduced.
The District of Columbia Street Railway
Bill came up and precipitated further de-
bate.
Sherman moved to reconsider the vote by
which the Senate decided to ad journ over
from to-day until Saturday.
After some debate the motion was de-
feated.
Blair at his own request was excused from
further service on the Committee on Public
Lands. and Pettigrew was appointed in his
place.
Blair introduced bill to regulate the
compensation of all laborers employed by
the Government, fixing the lowest wages at
at 81 day. 1t was referred.
The Vice-President announced that he
expected to be absent for several days next
week. and Ingalls, was chosen President
pro tempore. He took the oath of Office and
assumed the duties at once.
The Montana election case then came up
as unfinished business, and Gray resumed
his argument in favor of the minority re-
port
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
MERCHANT MARINE.
A Bill to Place 1t On an Equal Footing With
That of Other Nations

a Dill 10 Tlace IL Un an Equal roofing with
That Of Other Nations.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The House Com
mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
has reported "a bill to place the American
merchant marine engaged in foreign trade
upon an equality with that of other ma
tions." The report accompanying it says
In part: "The ocean transportation of the
United States. has averaged S24o, ,OOo. 600
annually for the past ten years. Taking
our share OF this trade at 70 per cent, we
have an amount of $3.50, 600, 900, 10 per cent
of which is $4,000. 200. Surely it would not
be bad investment for the nation to pay
out $4,000, 900 annually to secure an oppor-
tunity to earn aud save S1S0,000,000; but if
this is too large make it 8 per cent. That
would be double what the Bounty Bill will
call for in ten years to come"
The estimate of the committee is, that
under the terms of the bill the payment in
bountles for the first year would be: For
sail vessels, 81 ,644, SIS; steam vessels, $1715-
922. Total, 1866, TAO. The annual increase
would be about 8 per cent so it would be
eight years before the annual bounty would
amount to S5,O00.000.
Representative Efthian submitted the re-
port OF the minority, which says that to
grant subsidy would be creating and
fostering privileged class at the expense
that the most effective way to bring about
revival Of the shipping industry is for Con-
gress to place all the materials used in the
construction of ships upon the Free List
repeal the restrictive navigation laws and
permit merchants to buy their ships where
they can buy them the cheapest and sail
them under the American flag.
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sweet-faced woman who moves among them

sweet-faced woman who moves among them
like Lady Bountiful. doing good wherever
she enters, and giving so much that people
wonder that she has anything left to give. :,
L saw her yesterday. l had passed
through the village street, and coming to a
turn, southwark, entered the woods at the
hillfoot through a wide-open gate To the
lett stood small frame cottage, sheltered
from the winds of winter by curve in the
hill that framed it like an inge-nook This
was the home that Horace Greeley first oc-
cupied when he came to live in Chappaqua
many years ago-so long ago that the
younger generation have no recollection Of
It, Old Israel Haight, tine Postmaster, who
was comrade OF the great editor, shook
MS mead when L asked about it, and averred
that it must be well nigh "onter twenty-five
or thirty year" But he did not live there
more than year or two, for the romance of
the mountain side, with its splendid cover
OF oaks, p0plars, hickory, naples and
Deeches tempted him, and besides, there at
lts loot lay great reach of meadow land,
level as lake and as smooth and clear as a
lawn. So he bought it in, piece by piece,
and at last, when he had become the owner
OF the hillside and the valley bottom, he
built and moved into that great lonely house
on the mountain, from whose rOomy porches
he could look over his possessions, see the
village at glance and command a view of
the valley almost as far as PleaSantyile to
the southwark.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley is a woman Of per-
haps 80, although she looks much younger.
The sun had just peeped across into the
valley and the morning birds were out in
hundreds, making the hillside ring with
their chorus, when she walked down the
long wooden stairway that hangs sheer
over the edge Of the hill, and with the light
sprlngy step of mountaineer, struck out
on the path to the village below. The old
watchdog, Ben, and the only COW on the
farm-a meek-eyed Jersey-were vocifer-
ously responding to the feathered orches-
ira, and the little woman smled-as she
listened. IL was the matin song she had
heard every morning of her life since child
hood.
In closing the writer paid the following
trlbdte to Miss Greeley: The eyes of the
women in Char fpaqua fill with tears of love
and admiration whenever they speak Of
Gabrielle Greeley, and the lovely girl who
has grown from childhood to a noble
womanhood on the quiet mountainside,
would not change her life for that of Il
princess. Surrounded by familiar scenes
and kindly memories, she finds her chief
pleasures in her farm, ner books and her
friends. There are thousands of wealthy
women who would envy Gabrielle Greeley.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
RUSSIAN STUDENTS.

Their Outbreak the Result Of the Arbitrary
Spirit of the New Statutes.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 3.-The Curator
of the university has attempted to calm the
excitement among the students, but with no
success.
A detachment Of the police has therefore
been placed on permanent duty at the uni
versity.
While the arrests of students at the Mill
tary Academy and Academy of Medicine
are being made bodies of Cossacks aud
gendarmes surround the building.
The movement has no connection with
politics, but is chiefly the outcome of dis
content arising from the reaction and arbi-
trary spirit of the new university statutes
which have taken the place of the liberal
regulations "a force during the reign of
Alexander ii.
The university is still open, the Govern
ment having refrained from carrying out
the determination to close the institution
because the final examinations Of students
were about to take place.
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In recent letter to THE CALL David
Wechsler, writing of a visit to Chappa-
qua, thus describes the village and the
home that was destroyed by fire:
There is no brewster village in the whole
of sleepy Weschester than this, which lies
snugly embosomed in nest of low hills,
almost within echOng distance of the big
metropolis. Everybody in Chappaqua sleeps
late. 1t may be rule of the village not to
rise till sun-up. but if so it is a very accom-
modatng one, for the sun never gets around
the easterly ridge Of those wooded heights
that keep the valley in shadow until long
after the rest of creation is awake and
about
Last of all to catch the sunlight and to
emerge from the mists that hang about the
hillsides in November, is a lonely, half
desolate house upon the western slope. 1t
through the village, with its white. smart
looking structures, we get to nearer view.
The villagers look at it and tell me that it
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
A CLEVER RUSE.
4 Daring Scheme to Rob a
Chicago JeYeler.
/ Clerk Assaulted While Showing Some
Diamonds at the Palmer House.
Ee Is DeGOyed to One Of the Rooms and
Knocked DORn-HiS ASSaiIaRt
Landed In Prison.
Special by the California Associated Press.

CHICAGO, April 3.-Sunday night man
giving the name of r, A. Allen registered
at the Palmer House and went away. He
did not show up again until to-day, when
.he.sent several notes to different jewellers,
among whom was HYman, Berg & Co., re-
questing them to send to his room some
diamond rings and pins. saying that he
would leave tonight fer Louisville and
that lie had spraiued his ankle. He said he
wanted a ring to cost Sl25 and pin not to
exceed S65.
The firm became suspicious upon reading
the note, and sent over to the hotel clerk
named William A. Bigler, who talked with
Allen. He claimed that he wanted the ring
and pin for present TO a party at Louis
vile. The clerk went back to the store,
and the firm decided to send over several
trays, but took the pTeCaution of sending
another man with Bigler. BiGler left the
man at the outside Of the room and went
inside. He found Allen bathing his foot,
claiming that it panied him badly. After
showing the diamonds, Allen picked out a
pin and ring that suited him, and said he
would go and get the money. As soon as
he went behind Bigler he struck him over
the head with heavy cane. Biger
screamed, when he was struck again.
Allen sthen ran out. leaving the trays.
The man outside tried to stop him and then
started after Allen. Allen succeeded in
-efddtng him and ran to the floor below, and
meeting the time clerk of the hotel asked
excitedly where that crazy man was. The
time clerk, Gregg, suspected something
wreng and pursued Allen, who disappeared
ina room, where Gregg found him and
pulled him from under the bed.
Allen was taken to the police station,
where he said that this was his first offense
that Allen was an assumed name and that
his parents were respectable; that lie would
not give his right name aud would plead
guilty and take his medicine.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
NAVAL ORDERS.

The Enterprise Ordered Out Of Commission
and the Crew Discharged.
WASHINGTON. April 3.-Captain Byron
Wilson has been ordered to the command
of the recei ving-ship Independence.
Captain John NJ. Philip has been de-
tached from the command of the receiving
ship Independence and ordered to serve as
member of the Board of Inspection and
Survey of San Francisco, Cal.
Commander A. A. Batcheller has been
detached from the navy-yard at Norfolk
and ordered to special duty at the Della
ware-Riyer Iron Works, Chester, Pa.
Commander Braine at the Brooklyn
Navy-yard has been ordered to put the
United States ship Enterprise out of COM
mission as soon as possible. The officers
are to be detached and the crew discharged
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.
Davis Still Leading HIS Republican Opponent
by a Sight Majority.

ny oiAeAt hEJ 9fity
PROVIDENCE Or. L., April 3-The vote so
far as counted gives Ladd (R.) for Governor.
1927; Davis (D.), 2G,667; Larry (P.), 1867 !;
and Chace (U.). 773 votes. The Legislature
is doubtful Providence gives Ladd 6566 :;
Davis, 1885. The vote for Attorney-General
stands: Rogers (R.l, 1886; Slocum (D.),
2o,124; Blodgett (P.l, 1856. Sloeum lacks
us of the requisite majority. The next
Legislature as for as chosen stands: SEN
ate-Republican, 81; Democrats, IL; to be
chosen, 4. House-Republicans "a; Demo-
Gratis, 25; to be chosen, %.
NEWPORT, April 3.-The latest returns
from Providence show that no member on
the legislative ticket was elected there
The complexion of the Legislature depends
on that district as well as the choice of
Governor.
News from various parts of the State
fully confirm the earlier reports that the
outlook is that the Legislature will be Re-
publican. and that Governor Ladd will be
elected his own successor. The vote for
Ladd shows that with little more work he
would have had plurality instead of Davis
in 1859. Davis had 4419 more votes than
Ladd, but this time he lacks but 573 OF be-
Ing even with him, as the following shows
Votes for Governor, 1S90-Dayis, 19, 659 ::
Ladd, 1906; A. Is. Chase, $50; j. ii.
Larry, 1929. The total vote of the State
Wednesday was II, 364. Davis made losses
well nigh all over the State. a Senator
was gained to the Rupublicans in Warren
and Representative in Darlington. New
ports delegation is almost soldly Demo
cratic
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SULLIVAN And JACKSON.
Purse Raised for a Contest Between the
Great PugiliSts.

NEW YORK, April 3.-At meeting of the
Puritan Athletic Club of Long Island City
tonight, committee was instructed to offer
purse of $4,000 for battle between John
l.. Sullivan and Peter Jackson. The purse
will be deposited with Richard K. Fox, the
contest to take place within three months
of the signing of articles. The club also
gives purse of $1,000 for Joe McAuiffe
and John l.. Sullivan TO contend for In
regard TO Sullivan it is certain the cham
pion will agree to meet jackson, but may
not be ready to do so now.
There seems to be no prospect of a go be-
tween John l.. and Corbett, as the latter
wants to return to California in few
weeks.
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THE CHICAGO PLUMBERS.
No Indications Of a Compromise Between
Strikers and Employers.

CHICAGO. April 3.-The white-winged
angel Of peace which yesterday hogered
over the master plumbers and their strik-
ing employees has disappeared, and in her
place is tine figure OF Pinkerton men. The
master plumbers claim that the strikers are
intimidating men who refused to strike,
hence their request for Pinkerton men.
The strikers deny this and claim that the
hiring of special police is simply bluff
Both sides are firm in their determination
TO hold out, and the fight promises to be
long one.
The Master Carpenters Association has
decided, In view of threatened strike, to
make eight hours days work and pay 50
cents per hour, and the men will be in
formed of this on payday, Friday. The
carpenters demands are for 40 cents an
hour and eight hours. and if the advice of
conservative men is taken these terms will
be accepted and no strike will occur.
The probabilities of general cigar-mak-
ers' strike are generally fading away. The
manager of the Phoenix Factory sent for his
men to-day, and after brief talk acceeded
to their terms, and the men will return to
work on Monday.