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The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
NATIONAL Retail JEWELERS..
Beginning of the Assoctatiorps Conventio
at st. Louts.

DcJtHNIuy VI tue dSSOClULtOWS Convention
at st. Louts.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S.-The National
Retail jewelers. Association began two
days session of its convention at 80
o'clock this morning.
A communication was received from the
Mexican Consul at San Francisco, inviting
the National convention to participate in
the Mexican Exposition to be held next
year; also one from the Washington Board
OF Trade, extending its rooms for the use
OF the members of the association at all
times. The assay committee asks for
funds to have assays made during the COM
ing year. The remainder of the morning
was spent discussing the report of the
committee on laws. A number of con-
stitutional changes and many additions to
the constitution were made. The vice.
presidents will be reduced from eight to
two, the first and second ce-president.
Committees were appointed on laws. ways
and means, assay, grievances, finance and
mileage. AT the close of the day addresses
were made in memory of President Good
man, deceased.
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ECKELS is HOPEFUE.
The Currency Comptroller Talks 400"
SiIueT and Democracy.

The Currency Comptroller Talks Aoo'e
Silver and Democracy.
CHICAGO, ILL, July 1S.-James ID.
EckeIs, Comptroller of the Currency, and
his wife registered at the Palmer House
this morning on their way to Ottawa, ILL.,,
where they intend staying a few days.
"The chief topic of discussion in Wash
ington Just now," said Mr.. Eckels, sis the
change of plans for the silver convention
to be held here in August. AT first the
convention was thought to be for the pur-
pose of organizing the movement in the
Democratic party, but it is now, according
TO Senator Jones, one of its promoters,
merely to. form a National committee to
work in the next convention. From in
formation gained as much from strong sill
yer men as from their opponents, 1t is evil
dent that the free silver movements dying
out Better times and prospects of heavy
crops have had great deal to do with
this, and it seems as though hard times
are necessary for successful agitation. A
marvellous change will have to take place
before the next Democratic convention
will adopt free silver plank, and / don't
believe that even the Illinois convention
will do so either.
1.-THE voluntary increase in wages of over
1,000000 men during the last two months
and the price of agricultural products
show that the relations between wages and
prices and the price of silver are not as
stated by the advocates of free coinage.
There is a general feeling among Demo-
clats in the East that the prospects of the
party are greatly improving. This feeling
is largely brought about by the better
times, and in spite of all that has been
said about the administration and it's deal
ings with financial questions, there is no
doubt that the public credit has been fully
restored. l consider the results of the last
gold loan were so beneficial as to have
justified any expense. So long as we have
to borrow money TO carry on our securities
abroad we must maintain a standard that
foreign investors have confidence in, and
they have no confidence in a standard
based on silver"
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craftsmanship degenerated into charlatan-
ism that the experience of eighty years
without break from Washington to Grant
should be held for naught; and that the
round, sonorous demand for sound
money with no definition of phrase shall
be made as an impeachment of all OF our
history to 1922"
Resolutions calling for immediate inde-
pendent free coinage of silver and gold
were adopted and an address to the people
of the State prepared.
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A.aska,s Boon, Is orer.

TACOMA, WASH, July 1s.-It is evident
the reaction after the boom has begun in
Alaska. Some months ago Mrs. Hattie r.
Wills, an energetic widow of this citv.
went to Circle City. in the Yukon district
to start restaurant. To-day letter was
received from her in which she saws the
camp and the whole country is over
crowded. Provisions are high, work and
money scarce, all the good claims are
taken and many are destitute. She is
coming back as soon as possible.
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Storm Of Wind and Rain.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S.--A wind and
rain storm is general throughout the State.
In many places the rainfall exceeds two
inches. In some sections the storm was
accompanied by lightning especially de-
structive. Reports so far received show
that fourteen buildings were struck and
three persons killed In the city yester-
day twenty-six persons were overcome by
heat and three deaths reported. The
weather to-day is sultry.
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AND THIS IN 1MERICA.
Ohio Coal Miners Hftting to Enter
State nf SLnreru

Ohio Coal Miners Willing to Enter a
State of Slavery.
MAsSILLON, OHIO, July ls.-Mayor
Delmagro of Spring Valley, ILL.,, who was
asked to set at rest the question of the
truth of the report sent out that several
hundred coal-miners of that district had
volunteered to enter state of slavery if
guaranteed the necessities of life by the
mine-owners, has made the following re-
ply:
II am unable to say whether our miners
would accept such an offer as was de-
scribed in the telegram. firmly believe,
however, that over one-half of them would
be willing to sign such an iron-clad con-
tract"
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The Legion of Honor.

PARIS, FRANCE, July 1S.-President
Faure received General Fevrier to-day and
received from him the resignation of the
council of the Legion of Honor, which was
accepted by the President. M. Faure re-
quested, however that the council would
remain in office and execute their functions
until the reorganization of the council is
passed, which they have consented to do
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
The Trouble at Pender.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 1s.-Captain
w. H. Beck was here to-day to commune
cate with Washington in regard to the sit
uation at Pender, Nebr. He said that he
did not expect any trouble, that PEBBLES
was trying bluff game and would not
attempt to get up an army. He said that
he had sufficient authority from Washing
ton. Late this evening he received q tele-
gram from Washington, telling him to re-
fer the matter to A. J. Sawyer, the Federal
attorney at Lincoln, Nebr. He did so, but
has received no reply yet.
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A Seattle Storu,

SEATTLE, WASH, July 1s.-An evening
paper publishes story to the effect that
Andrew f. Burleigh has been rendered the
position of general counsel of the Northern
Pacific Railroad with headquarters at
Tacoma. He is to be succeeded as general
counsel of the Oregon improvement Com
pany by Samuel H. Piles, one of the lead
ing LAWYERS of the State.
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A spoeane Jai,brcaker Commits Suicide

SPOKANE, WASH, July 1s.-H. d.
Smith, under sentence of death for the
brutal murder of an old rancher named
John Wyantal three years ago, escaped
from the county Jail this afternoon, and,
being closely pursued and seeing escape
was impossible, drew razor and cut his
throat, dying almost instantly.
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RECKLESS FRESNO CYCLISTS.
They RHn Orer and Seriously Injure a
Child.

They Run Orer and Seriously Injxre a
Child.
FRESNO, CAL, July 1S.-The three-year-
old son of S. ID. Holmes of this city was
badly injured this evening by being run
over by bicyclist. Five grown men were
wheeling along on the sidewalk on South
F street, and two of them in the lead
started to race. None of them had head
lights which is contrary to city ordinance,
as is also riding on the sidewalk.
Just as the racers came up to Holmes
place the child stepped out on the side
walk through the gate, not noticing the
approaching bicycles. 1t was so dark that
the wheelmen could not see the boy, and
the result was that one of the bicyclers
struck him. He was severely bruised
about the head, and it is not known yet if
he sustained any internal injuries. The
bicyclists kept right on without giving any
assistance. and it is not known who
they are.
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sELAH III. CORNISH DEAD.
Vas Noted Writer on Shipping an,
Comm .erciaL Subjects.

Was Noted Writer on shipping and
Commercial Subjects.
NEW YORK, N. Y, July 1S.-Selah II
Cornish, member of the Maritime Elk
change for more than fifty years, and a
well-known writer on shipping and COM
mercial subjects, died yesterday in Brook
lyn, aged So. He began his career as writer
on the old Express, under the Brookses.
Then he became identified with the Ship
ping and Commercial List, and subse-
quently was commercial editor of the San
Francisco Bulletin. He afterward returned
to the Shipping List.
Then he became farmer in Minnesota
and lost his money. He returned to New
York and became member of the staff OF
the Journal of Commerce and remained
with that paper until it was merged into
the Commercial Bulletin.
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FIGHTING BLACK FLAGS.
There Is Yet Fork for the japanese
in FOrn0sd.

LONDON, ENG, July ia dispatch to
the Times from Hongkong says the reports
of serious fighting between Japanese and
Black Flags in Formosa have been re-
ceived from Annoy. The fighting took
place sixty miles south of Taipeh. The
Black Flags were in almost overwhelming
numbers and fought with the utmost
bravery and stuhbornness.
1t was only the shells from the heavy
guns of the Japanese that saved the latter
from dire disaster. AS it was, the japanese
were compelled to retreat to the northwest.
The Black Flags. according to report, are
now advancing upon Teckham, fifty miles
west of Tokoham, where renewed fighting
is imminent.
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No Ftre Chief for Seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH, July 1s.-The Fire
Commission tonight elected ex-Street
Commissioner Lawrence Cummings Chief
of the Fire Department, to succeed Alex
ander Allen Jr., who was removed by the
board two months ago.
The Council, in joint session tonight,
by vote of 16 to 2, refused to confirm the
appointment of Cummings, and W. II,
Clark, acting Chief, continues at the head
of the department.
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4 Probable suicidc at sacrnn.euto.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, July ia. c.
York, carpenter employed in the South
ern Pacific Railroad shops, who resides at
915 street in this city, is missing. and it
is feared that he was seized with cramp
while i'll swimming and drowned.
York is brother-in-law of ex-Chief OF
Police Henry f. Dilman, who committed
suicide short time ago. He was mar
dren.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
Judonemts ON Convictions.

UKIAH, CAL, July 1s.-After session
beginning July and continuing until to-
day, Judge McGarvey of the Superior
Court to-day gave judgments where con-
victions were had.
In the Mclean murder case the jury
stood eight for convection and four for ac-
auittal. Yesterday the District Attorney
dismissed the charge against Hagquist,
and the defendant went free.
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PAN CONGRESS.
4drocates of Religion aud EdMcatf,
assemble at Toronto.

TORONTO, ONT, July 18.-The Pan
American Congress of Religion and Edu-
cation was formally opened this afternoon
at the Horticultural Gardens pavilion.
Numerous distinguished visitors have ar
rived to participate in the programme, and
more are expected daily. The attendance
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
Wanted for Robbery fm Tisa1ia.

FRESNO, CAL, July 1s.-Thomas Phil
lips, who was arrested here while shooting
OH his revolver in livery-stable, proves to
be more than drunk. He is wanted in
Visalla for robbing Orin Barr's residence
of valuable iewelry,
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Ctnci,.mati,. Fatat Fire

CINCINNATI, OHIO, July 18.-The fire
here yesterday resulted in the death of
two firemen and the injury of eighteen,
and in loss of $4,000.
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% The CaIl,, Booniuo.

UKIAH, CAL, July 1S.-THE CALL is
having boom here. The new agent, A.
Keller, has doubled its circulation during
the past week, and has promises of more
subscribers.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
CpOSSIlal'S Specific Mixture

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure, change of diet OF
change in application to business. The medicine
contains nothing that is OF the least injury TO the
constitution. Ask your druggist for 1t. Price 81
bottle,
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SILVER THEIR THEME,

Continued from First Page.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

SENATOR HILL is making a gal.
liant fight for his resolution, which
reiterates the determination of this
country to endeavor to maintain
silver and gold at parity and de.
clares that in the event of failure it
will pay its obligations in the best
money, but there is not much
probability of its adoption. Mr..
Hills resolution is intended to be a
compromise and he says it should
be supported by every man who is
neither a believer in a single gold
standard nor single silver stan.
dard, but all the same it is strongly
opposed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

THE Republican Senators can
yell "sugar trust as loud as any
body when trying to catch votes,
but when it comes to passing a bill
like that for the repeal of the differ
entail duty on sugar, which has
been passed by the House and
which would, while beneftting our
trade with Germany and other CON
tinental European countries, strike
the pocket of the sugar trust, they
at once assume the role of obstruc-
tionists. The intelligent people of
this country will have no difficulty
in spotting the friends of the sugar
trust in the Senate. The Demo
Gratis have favorably reported this
bill and want it to pass; the Re-
publicans are determined to kill it
without voting upon it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

memorial of one of her faithful sons"
On July 29, 1869, the Prince OF
Wales unveiled in the city OF London
a bronze statue of Mr.. Peabody, pro-
vided by the people Of London. The
browning benevolence of his banker
inAmerica finally found expression in
his donation of 100000 1886,
subsequently increased to $3,500,0O0,
for the promotion of the educational
interests of the Southern States Of his
native land, for which an appropriate
acknowledgement was made to him
by Congress. To this list Of gifts are
added large donations to New England
colleges. The total amount of money
which he gave away has been reck.
oned at from $S,00O,O00 to $10,OOO,00O.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

No attacks ever made upon a
President in either House of Con-
gress were more cowardly than
those which have been and are now
being made upon President Cleve-
land for having bought gold, which
he considered necessary for the
preservation of the credit Of the
government, upon the best obtaina-
bic terms. The attacks are cow
ardly because those who make
them know that the President can
not fully reply to them without
saying things which they are GER
tain his patriotism will prevent his
saying. There are not two men in
the United States whose reputation
for honesty and integrity are higher
than those of Grover Cleveland and
John G. Carlisle, and they have
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

THE House Committee on Rules
has difficult task in deciding
which bills shall be given the time
that will not be consumed by the
appropriation bills during the re.
naming two weeks of the session.
Some important bills are being
called to the attention of the COM
mittee, among them being the Mic
aragua canal bill, which has been
reported to the House as a substi.
tute for the bill that passed the
Senate; the Pacific railroad funding
bill, which was once sent back to
to the committee by a vote of the
House; the free ship bill, bills for
reorganization of the army and
navy, bill for surveys of deep water
canals, labor arbitration bill, and
the bill for the amendment Of the
copyright laws, which has been so
strongly urged by the big news
paper publishers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER,
who retires with this Congress, de-
clares that he is not candidate for
the vacancy made by the sudden
and lamented death of Hon. Isaac
Pussy Gray, late United States
minister to Mexico, and he adds
that he would not accept any exec
utive appointment that would take
him out of this country, which he
considers quite good enough for
him. A strong effort is being made
to get Senator Ransom named as
minister to Mexico.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

both said in the most positive terms
that the contract for the issue OF
those bonds to purchase the needed
gold was the best to be obtained.
Republicans in both House and
Senate have stated that the bonds
could have been exchanged for gold
in this country upon better terms.
To resort to abuse of these men is
too much like adopting their
methods, but they must have known
when they made those statements
that they were false. 1t is not ex-
pected that either President Cleve-
land or Secretary Carlisle will ever
publicly say that American capital.
lists We're appealed to, and appealed
to in vain, to furnish the gold
needed by the government and
take bonds to pay for it. Such a
statement from the President or the
Secretary Of the Treasury would
have tendency to injure the cred
it of the United States abroad, and
it is not likely to be made no mat.
ter how much abuse may be heaped
upon them. But it is none the less
cowardly to take advantage of that.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
The Treasury Situation.

The report OF Secretary Carlisle sent
to the Senate yesterday shows only
what intelligent people knew before.
The difference between Senator and
other people in regard to seeking in
formation is this: When Senator
is IN want OF information, as he gene
rally is, he writes resolution asking
the Secretary of the Treasury or some
officer of the Government to send it to
him. When al ordinary individual
desires information he hunts up official
reports, and by comparing them is
able to reach conclusions for himself.
Senator German, as a member OF the
protection majority of the Senate, is
anxious to make the impression that
there is a deficiency of revenue mot
merely that there has been deficit,
which has been repeatedly officially
reported, but that the deficit is likely
to continue. He wishes to make the
impression that the deficit causes the
depletion of the gold reserve, which is
known to be wholly fslse. But by
artful manipulation of figures it is
possible to make that impression on
the unsuspecting.
As we have said it has not been de
MED that there was deficit in the
revenue. Most of it was under the
Mckinley bill but it has continued I'M
der the new tariff, because the new
revenue law has not yet gone into full
operation. But this deficit existed
apart from the money borrowed.
Counting the money borrowed, receipts
have exceeded expenditures. The
money borrowed was for the gold re-
serve, and it has been asserted that
the gold so borrowed has been used
to pay current expenses. The Courier
Journal has heretofore shown this to be
false, and the Secretary'S report con-
firms what he said.
The Secretary's report shows that
since Jar uary 1, 1894, $186,862,S4 OF
legal tenders have been redeemed in
gold, and of these $79,S9S, 900 are still
in the Treasury. This shows conclu-
sively that there is and has been no
necessity of using the gold reserve to
pay current expenses. On the contra
ry, there are more legal tenders in the
Treasury than are needed for current
expenses.
Some of the Republicans have shift
ed their ground and now say if the
revenue were sufficient the greenbacks
could stay in the Treasury when once
redeemed. But they know very well
the law says that they shall be reissued
How can they be reissued, except by
paying them out for current expenses?
The law in this respect has been obey
ed, but there is still large amount Of
the legal tenders in the Treasury. To
stop the run on the Treasury for gold
the whole 100000 of legal tenders
would have to be brought into the
Treasury and kept there, which would
provoke an outcry about the contrac-
ton OF the currency.-Coarier.J Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
Cure for Headache.

AS remedy for all forms of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. 1t effects permanent
cure and the most dreaded habitual sick
headache yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle, and give this remedy fair trial
In case of habitual constipation Electric
Bitters cures by giving the needed tone
to the bowels, and few cases long resist
the nse of this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles ouly Fifty cents at MeFar.
and and Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

Ex-SPEAKER REED isn't the
clipper man he was. He was
forced to show his hand on the
gold bond bill, which was defeated
by the House, and thereby he lost
the support of all the silver Repub-
licans, as Presidential candidate
He thought he had walk-over
for the nomination; now he sees
defeat in sight
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
Rneklen.s Arnina SalYe.

The best salve in the world tor Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t lis guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Mcfarland & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
A TELEGRAM from Rome, Ga

says;
ut has developed that the city oil
Haynie, incorporated by the last Leg.
islature, has only five legal voters,
while the charter requires ten city
officers. The new city will have to es.
tablish an immigration bureau before
it can open up business"
We respectfully call the attention
of the statesmen from this section
who were anxious to serve under
H. Clay Evans to the above. This
is an opportunity that only occurs
once in life time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
Softening Influence Of Women In
Politics,

Politics.
Word comes from Colorado, where
women are now fully enfranchised,
that on Tuesday, January %, a legis-
lator stood up in the Legislative hall
and spoke Of certain women as "hatch.
etfsced things" Three women who
were sitting as representatives heard
him, and each took vigorous exception
to his epithet. Thus we see how
promptly the soitening influence OF
women in politics shows itself after
once the franchise is granted. The
Colorado women abolished the abusive
Waite, and doubtless they will pres
emily break the Colorado legislators
of the habit of calling names in meet
ing. A Colorado man discloses tn the
Weekly his opinion that office.holders
are not in favor in Colorado, and that
it is unlikely that more of them will
be elected. Which is interesting If
true, but it is possible that the opinion
OF a Colorado man in such matter
should be taken with sals.-Harper, .
Hsekly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

II is reported that DIR. Long is
an independent candidate on the
Republican ticket for alderman in
the First ward-a kind of stray,
as it were. Whether he runs or
not it will be a Long time before
he is elected.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

WE don't know what the Repub-
licans are running in the Third
ward, but they had as well Collette
off and quit. Hyder is going TO
challenge him to joint debate, all
speeches to be delivered in rhyme
and words of less than six syllables
barred.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

THE man who believes he can
beat Jackson in the Second ward
has more gall than judgment, that's
certain.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

A REPORT from the Three c
sinking fund commissioners would
make mighty interesting reading
Just at this time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

A SINKING fund is a sacred fund,
but in some instances it is sinking
fund, nevertheless.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

If Long runs on until he is elect
ed he will be tout of sight" but to
memory dear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21

WoFFoRD's game of solitaire in
the Fourth ward is progressing
smoothly.