davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
BIG TREASURY DEFICIT.
1t Has Passed the Fifty Million
Mark and 1t Is Still
Increasing.
The Second Year in Thirty That the
Expenditures Exceed the
Revenues.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May IA. - The
Treasury deficit to-day passed the $50, Co.,
600 mark, the exact amount of the excess
of expenditures over the receipts since July
1, 1894, being $50, 404, 1897.
The deficit for the thirteen days of the
present month is SIS, 150,517 This is the
second year since 1865 that the expend-
itures of the Government have exceeded
its revenues. Last year the deficit was
$59,S01, 260, making the aggregate defic-
iency since July 1, 1893, $120, 2OS,147.
The receipts from customs so far this
year amount to little over $l33, 900 600.
which is about ST. 100000 in excess of the
customs receipts during the whole of the
last fiscal year. The internal revenue re-
ceipts this year to date aggregate about
$125, 100000, as against $147, Ill, 1872 during
the fiscal year 1894.
The best information obtainable as to the
net result of the years financial operations
is that, even if the income-tax law is per-
mitted to remain as it is, the deficiency on
July next will exceed $55, 600, 900, and if
the law is declared unconstitutional it NAV
reach $50, O00, 900.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
RINGS WITH PATRIOTISM.
Ex-senator Sabin Endorses the Senti.
ments of ADMIRAL Meade.

Ex-senator Sabin Endorses the Senti-
ments of ADMIRAL Meade.
NEW YORK, N. Y, May 4-Ex-Sen-
ator Dwight NJ. Sabin of Minnesota left
early this morning for Boston. Mr.. Sabin
is practically out of politics, but neverthe-
less he takes keen interest in the affairs
of the day. Speaking of the case of Ad-
miral Meade, who SO bluntly gave his rea-
sons for retiring from the navy, Mr.. Sabin
said:
There was ring of patriotism and an
air of independence in Admiral Meade's
utterances that found an echo in every
loyal mans mind. 1t may be that it was
lack of discipline, but he had grave
cause, and l think Meade was about right.
l see that President Cleveland and Secre-
tary Herbert talk of court-martialing Ad-
miral Meade. do not think they dare
take that step. Let them go ahead, and
they will see how much this country hon
ors brave man. Let Admiral Meade
stand by his words and the policy they
outline. There will be another admins
tration in short time, and we want man
with such sentiments at the head of the
Navy Department. He may be Secretary
of the Navy yet"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
At CAMP SCHOFIELD.
Clerer Drills by Regular Troops O
Citizen Soldiers.

Clever Drills by Regular Troops and
Citizen Soldiers.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 14.-At Camp
Schofeld this morning the regular troops
gave an exhibition of guardmount as it is
practiced in the service for the enlighten-
ment of the citizen soldiers. Later in the
afternoon Companies E and II, Fifth
United States Infantry, gave an exhibition
drill.
A crowd of upward of 1000 people were
attracted to Montgomery Park this after
noon. The Thurston Rifles of Omaha put
up the best drill yet seen when they COM
peted in class G. Their work was warmly
applauded by the spectators.
1t is perhaps only natural, however, that
the greatest enthusiasm should have been
aroused by the Governors Guards of this
city. The afternoon programme ended
with the appearance of the Gatling-gun de-
tachment of the Omaha Guards, whose
work compared very favorably with their
only rival, the Cincinnati detachment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
SEEKING GIGANTIC SWLNDLERS.
One of Their Operations the Presentation
of Bio Bo0us Notes,

One of Their Operations the Presentation
of Big Bogus Notes.
NEW YORK, N. Y, May 1.-THE World
says: The police of this city and Balti-
more and the Federal authorities as repre-
sented by the postoffice inspectors are try
ing to ferret out the perpetrators of a
series of gigantic swindles.
The firm name of Howell & Co. was
used. There is large firm of that name
in Baltimore and one in Chicago. The
operations of the gang appear to have in.
cluded the sending for collection of
a 100000 bogus note purporting to
have been drawn by the late
Senator Fair of California; the sending for
collection of 100000 bogus note against
the estate of recently deceased million
aire of Scranton, Pa; the recent attempt
to float from $4,000 to $4,000 worth of
bogus notes among the note-brokers
of this city, and the purchase on
credit in this city of merchandise
of all kinds to the value of thousands OF
dollars which has been disposed of for
cash. No arrests have been made, but in
the operation of the gang using the name
of "HowelP' in this city clews are to be
found that may lead to the Identification
and arrest of some of the swindlers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
OvERTAKEN BY THE LAW,
Arrest of a Swell Young
Forger During a Roman
tic Elopement.,
Gay Phil Brady Induces a Society
Belle to Fit From Okla
homa City.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, May IA spe-
cial to the Journal from Oklahoma City
says: Phil H. Brady, scion of wealthy
and prominent Atlanta (Ga.) people,
eloped to-day with nineteen-year-old Nell
lie Stone, a niece of Hon. E. w. Stone, a
leading lawyer of this city.
The objective point of the couple was
Kansas City, but the law overlook them at
Emporia and an officer will be sent to-day
to bring them back.
The charge on which Brady was arrested
was obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, being charged with obtaining $3.50
on forged draft before he left Oklahoma.
Brady came here to obtain divorce
from girl he had married in Atlanta
some years ago and against whom his
parents were very bitter. Since coming
here Brady has cut wide swath in society.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
SUFFERING AMONG MINERS.
Great DestttutiOn Caused by Fdllin
Off of the Coal Demand.

Great restitution Caused Oy q railing
off of the Coal Demand.
TOPEKA, KANs., May 14.-State Labor
Commissioner Birn has just returned from
Scranton, Usage County, where he had
been sent to investigate reports of suffer
ing among the coal miners on account of
enforced idleness. He declares that the
condition of some of the men and their
families is deplorable.
OF the 400 miners in and about Scranton
200 have had no work for six weeks to two
months. and the others are getting from So
to $40 week. The cause it all is, of course,
lack of demand for coal, The idle men
have tried TO get work on the farms or in
other vocations, but the labor market is
overstocked, and they finally appealed to
the Governor.
Governor Morrill, has laid the matter be-
fore Receiver Joseph c. Wilson of the
Santa Fe in the hope that the company
may do something for the men. About
the same condition exists at Peterton,
Usage City and other places in the Usage
County district.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.
!Sirth annual Contention of State Officials
at Washington.


at Washington.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 1.-THE
sixth annual convention of State Railway
Commissioners was called to order at the
Interstate Commerce Commission Office to-
day. Delegates from the Association of
Railway Clerks participated in the discus
sions. Allen Fort of Georgia acted as chair
man and Secretary E. A. Mosley of the
Interstate Commerce Commission as Sec
rotary. Professor Adams, statistician of
the Committee on Railway Statistics, read
the commissions annual report.
The conclusions of the commission were
that practically the only unit of traffic now
arrived at is the revenue per ton per mile, a
unit considered unsatisfactory The COM
mission decided it would be advisable in
the future to undertake freight move
ment and freight revenue so that the rev.
enue per ton per mile for each kind of
freight could be secured as was suggested
at the last convention.
In view of the fact that the cost of this
system would be about $1,000, 900 and of
the depressed condition of the railway
business, the commission recommended
that the report lie On the table. Most of
the morning was spent in discussing the
report and action upon it was postponed.
At the afternoon session James Peabody,
editor of the Railway Age, read paper on
"Protection of Public Interest During Rail-
way Labor Contests
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
DICTATES A STATEMENT.
Explanation of the Failure of
the Department to Grant
a Request.
TROUBLE OVER A TRANSFER.
1t Is not Definitely Decided What
Steps VIII Be Taken In the Naval
Officers Case.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 14.-Secre-
tary Herbert to-day. in response to in
quiries. dictated the following official state
ment concerning Admiral Meade:
"At the Navy Department to-day it was
learned that the department has addressed
letter to Admiral Meade stating that it
desired to know if he was willing to answer
whether he had or had not authorized
what purported to be an interview with
him published in the New York Tribune,
and that he had replied acknowledging the
receipt of the letter and declining to answer
the questions.
"The facts in relation to the failure of
the department to grant Admiral Meade's
request to have the Cincinnati ordered to
the New York yard instead of the Norfolk
yard are that this vessel was ordered to go
to the Norfolk Navy-yard for repairs. This
was done on the recommendation of the
chief constructor, who desired that the
work, which is now scarce at both yards,
might be equally divided between the
Norfolk and Brooklyn yards. Admiral
Meade, who had selected the Cincinnati
for his flagship during the absence of the
New York, was thereupon ordered to hoist
his flag on that vessel upon her arrival at
Norfolk in the interim hosting his flag on
the Minneapolis. He afterward forwarded
a second request to the department to have
the Cincinnati ordered to New York instead
of to Norfolk.
"On the day when this latter request was
received Secretary Herbert was not in the
department at any time, Assistant Secre-
tary McAdoo being in charge. He did not
proper to take any action in the matter I'M
til the Secretary's return. On the next
morning, when Secretary Herbert came to
his office, this letter having been brought
to his attention, he at once summoned be-
fore him the chief constructor, and after
comforting with him and Assistant Secre-
tary McAdott jointly, decided to order the
Cincinnati to New York, and at once or
dered Admiral Ramsey, who was present,
to make out orders to intercept the ship at
Hampton Roads, and order her to New
York. He also directed orders to be made
out to Admiral Meade notifying him of
this change of orders both to the admiral
and to the ship. The orders were written
and ready to be signed, when letter came
on the noon mail from Admiral Meade
asking to be detached from the squadron,
which request the Secretary granted
This constitutes all the information that
could be obtained, and leaves the inference
that the action, if any, to be taken against
Admiral Meade is not yet determined.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
MANY BODIES ARE BURNED,
How the Turks Try to Con-
Ceal Their Crimes in
Armenia.
Reforms for the Government of the
Prosecuted People Urged by
the Commission.

CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Nav IA
The commission which has been investi-
eating the atrocities of Armenia traversed
the devastated villages and arrived at
Jelligoosan (also written Ghellyguzan)
where 120 houses were found burned. The
people were sheltered in miserable huts
and ample proof was found of the massacre
of the Armenians. The bodies were
thrown into pit, where the Turks en-
deavored to conceal their crime by pouring
barrels of petroleum upon the bodies and
setting fire to the oil.
The flames, however, failed to consume
the mass and the stream was damned and
diverted from its course in order to wash
away half of the burned bodies. But even
this failed to obliterate the terrible evidence
against the Turks, and the local authori-
ties were compelled to remove the remains
piecemeal. The villagers had removed the
bulk of the bodies and inferred them in
consecrated ground before the arrival of
the commission at Jelligoosan. The COM
mission has returned to Moosh.
The delegates of the powers left Moosh
April 5. The Turkish delegates at first
declined to accompany them and then
changed their minds. They found the
villages of Shenik and Gernal in
ruins standing in the midst of devas-
tated fields They passed other villages
where many houses were burned. Al
Jelligoosan the commission caused two
pits instead of one, as originally reported,
to be opened and found in them the re-
mains of skulls and bones, with hair and
clothing still adhering. In still another
pit in a ravine, near Jelligoosan, were
found the decapitated trunks and other
remains. But few bodies, however, were
found.
The villagers told the delegates that they
had removed the bodies from this pit. The
exhalations from the pits were so frightful
that the delegates experienced great trouble
in prevailing upon the laborers to finish
their horrible task. AS a result of the in
vestigation and the reports of the delegates
the powers have submitted notes to the
Turkish Government impressing upon the
Porte the necessity of promptly inaugural
ing scheme for Armenian reforms, which
should include the appointment of Chris
tan officials in Armenia, the powers to
have the right to veto the appointments of
the Governors. The notes of the delegates
do not base their suggestions on the As
SCUM outrages, but on the general unsatis-
factory condition of Armenia.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
WORK OF BRAVE WOMEN.
Utah Gives a Hearty Welcome
to the Energetic
Delegates.
SPEAKERS ARE APPLAUDED.
Susan 3. Anthony Tells of Her
Early Struggles In the
Great Cause.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, May 14.-The con-
ference of the National Woman Suffrage
Association was reconvened in the large
assembly hall in Temple Square this morn
ing, Miss Susan B. Anthony presiding and
many ladies being present from neighbor-
ing as well as Eastern States.
DR.. Ellen Ferguson, president of the
Salt Lake County organization, made her
report, showing that there are 100 paid-up
members, snug balance in the treasury
and band of young and old women who
are ever ready to work for the cause. For
seventeen years she worked for the fran
chisement of her sex before coming to
Utah. The speaker interestingly related
some of her experiences at this point. In
the Constitutional Convention she had
pitied some of the misguided who fought
against the inevitable. Utah had cos
mopolitan population comprising the best
elements of people who would appreciate
the boon that had been conferred upon
them.
Mrs. Emma McVicker said she had voted
twice in this Territory, and although ma
ture celebrated one of those occasions by
an earthquake laughter still she liked it
very much, and while she had not been
prominently identified with the suffrage
movement heretofore she wanted to be
hereafter. [Applause.] If women had
been on the board of control of the joint
city and county building there would have
been less of scandal over furniture and
other contracts. [Applause.]
A Salt Lake Councilman recently said
that the more saloons the city had the bet
ter. No woman would make such state
ment. [Applause.]
Mrs. Hilliard of Weber County, Mrs.
Bullock of Utah County, Mrs. F. S. Rich
ards. DR.. Matte Cannon, Mrs. Clark of
Pennington, Miss Anthony and Rev.
Anna Shaw were among the speakers, their
remarks being chiefly on the growth of the
cause in Utah.
Miss Anthony told of her first visit to
Cady Stanton, whose eightieth birthday
will be celebrated in November with APP
propriate addresses by the living women
who were the first to enter professions,
politics and vocations in following Mrs.
Stanton's ideas of the emancipation of
women.
Colonel Clayton of Saltair rendered a
special train to the visitors, and run was
made during the afternoon to the shores of
the great Dead Sea, the pleasures of the
resort being greatly enjoyed, some few
daring to enter the cool water for bath.
Another immense audience greeted the
ladies at P. NJ. in the assembly hall and
the short session was greatly enjoyed, as
the speakers were Miss Anthony, DR.. Shaw
and Mrs. Stansbury, the latter being a
clever woman who passed the last year in
stumping Colorado. Her experiences are
very interesting. Wednesday morning the
conference will close with an executive
session and in the afternoon the visitors
will go to Ogden, where they will be enter
tanned handsomely.
During their stay in Salt Lake they have
been the recipients of every attention and
Miss Anthony is more than pleased with
the outlook in Utah for the cause of woman
suffrage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
A1rGE1D LOVES CHICAGO.
Why He Vetoes Btu That Wo,sld Injure
the City.

Why He Tetoes Blu That Wo,.ld Injure
the City.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, May 14.-Governor
Altgeld to-day vetoed the Miller bill, re-
quiring corporations to procure the consent
of majority of property-owners in each
block of city before gas mains, electric
wires, street-railway tracks, etc., can be
laid. The Governor also vetoed Crawford's
bill to prevent elevated Or street-railways
from crossing at grades and to prevent
parallel lines from consolidating.
The vetoes are wildly applauded. Speak
ing of the bills as whole the Governor
gives as the reason for vetoing them as
follows:
Because their effect would increase the
riches of some men at the expense of others
by legislation; because they would shackle
a great city. 1 love Chicago and am not
willing to help forge chain which would
bind her hand and foot for all time to the
wheels of monopoly and leave her no
chance of escaping"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
ONE PASSENGER KILLED
Ind Many Others Injured tn Railroad
Wreck.

Ind Many Others Injured tn a RGilrodd
Wreck.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May IA special
from Slick, Mo-, to the Post-Dispatch says:
At 8 A. N. the south bound passenger train
on the st. Louis and Hannibal Railway
was derailed by broken rail two miles
from here and thrown down twenty-foot
embankment. The entire track for a dis
lance of 100 feet was torn up, some rails
being thrown off the right of way.
Very few passengers andI the train crew
escaped injury. c. Myer of st. Louis was
instantly killed.
The following were injured: Eugene
Sullivan, engineer, of Hannibal, Mo-,
probably fatally injured; J. A. Jordan,
general manager, of Hannibal Mo-, shout
ders injured; Perry Wood, attorney for
the road, of New London, Mo-, danger
ously injured; Charles Yancy Clayton
of Hannibal, head slightly cut; S. W.
Smiley of Hannibal, Mo-, slightly injured;
Mrs. Lizzie Crafford of Cyrne, Mo-, head
cut and internally injured; Charles
Van Hester of Keokuk, Iowa, head in
1ured; Andy Dick, baggagemaster, head
severely cut; G. P. Garwood of st. Louis,
spine injured; C. H. Peters of st. Louis,
slightly hurt; ]. r. Smith of Salem, Mo-,
injured in ribs and side; Ben 81. Johnson
OF st. Louis, bruised; E. V. Dieckhaust of
Settlements, Mo-, slightly injured about
the head; Caroline Dieckhaust of st.
Clements Mo-, arm Bruised Joseph
Dieckhaust of st. Clements, badly bruised;
W. Z. Oglesby of GAINESVILLE, Mo-, chest
injured; Jack Marrand, brakeman, back
and arm injured; c. A. Lewton, fireman,
MP injured; ]. H. Wright of Vandalia,
III, slightly hurt; William Boyd of Van
oalla, ILL.,, face CUT Jesse Jones of Frank
I'm, Mo-, collar bone broken; G.. W.
hurst stom-house, st. Louis, slightly
injured
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
HAzELTON MUST RETIRE.
But Friends of the Minister Are Max
ing a Gallant Fight.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 14-Sev-
eral friends of Mr.. Hazelton, the Minister
to Venezuela, whose resignation has been
called for by the Secretary of State, were
in the city to-day and have seen the Min
lister, awaiting the outcome of the trouble.
Hon. B. Smalley of Vermont, whose recon-
mendation was mainly instrumental in
securing the appointment of Mr.. Hazel
ton to the post, is here, and member of
the Donald Grant syndicate of Minnesota
which has obtained large concessions in
Venezuela, has arrived and will say to the
department that the Minister has attended
faithfully to the duties of his office, and
has been most popular personally, and as
Minister among the Venezuelans.
Friends of Mr.. Hazelton have no definite
expectation that the department will con-
clude to change the decision reached be-
fore the Minister'S resignation was asked
for. Representations have been received
from others than Admiral Meade bearing
out in part the admiral's report.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
TESTING the Ne,y Tariff Za,c.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May lathe
Supreme Court has set Monday, May 20, as
the date upon which it will hear argument
of counsel in the case of Burr and Hardwick
against the United States, on appeal by
the Government from the decision of Judge
Wheeler of the United States Circuit Court
of the Southern District of New York.
Judge Wheeler in this case held that the
new tariff act went into operation on
August 1, 1894, the date fixed in the bill,
Notwithstanding the fact that the bill was
not signed by the President until August %.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
Az Tranqutl In Ecuador.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-THE
Ranger, which has arrived at Panama
from Esmeralda, reported affairs tranquil
in Ecuador. 1t is stated at the Navy De-
partment that everything is now so quiet
in Nicaragua that no trouble is feared and
that the Alert could leave San Juan del
Sur without jeopardizing American inter-
ests. Nothing has yet been heard from
the Montgomery and the Nicaraguan Canal
Commission, although it is presumed that
the ship has arrived at Greytown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15

sentation. Meetings will be held in the
big Mormon tabernacle, the first one at II
O'Clock A. NJ. tomorrow, also in the after
noon and evening. There will be an organ
recital at the tabernacle and two speeches
by selected orators whose names are not
yet announced. The programme last three
days and provides for two sessions daily,
morning and afternoon aud an entertain
ment in the evening with speaking. The
conference closes with banquet Friday
night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
BURGLAR HOWARD CAUGHT.
During Eight Months of liberty He
Cracked Mann Snfea.

DENVER, Colo, May Al. L. How
ard, alias Albert Martin, an escaped convict
from Huntsville, Tex, was captured by
Detective Loomis to-day at the Postoffice,
when he called for registered package.
Howard, who was serving term for safe
blowing and burglary committed at Aus
tin, Tex, nearly beat a guard to death
when he escaped.
During eight months of liberty, it is
claimed that he and a companion, who
aided him in his successful escape, have
cracked safes and committed burglaries at
Salt Lake, Seattle, San Francisco, and
other cities in the West.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
chiefs of Police in Convention.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 14.-Chiefs
of Police from many of the principal cities
of the United States and Canada met to-
day at the Ebbitt House for second an
nual convention of the organization. An
address of welcome was delivered by Dis
trict Commissioner Ross, to which reply
was made by W. S. Seavey of Omaha, the
retiring president of the order. Harry @.
Carr of Grand Rapids, Mich, was re-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-15
To Go
Where
The Books
Are

Have you any idea of the charm of
the modern Library Table over its
old-fashioned predecessor ? Here's an
example illustration-both sides and ends
are cut in graceful curves, and the finish
throughout is suited to the general refine
ment of the piece. They come in Curly
Birch-know what rich, beautiful grain it
has? Mahogany, too, of course.