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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
Some One Had Carefully Con.
cealed the Document After
Its Passage.
CLERK DUCKWoRTH's DENIAL.
Declares That He Was Not Response.
BILE for the Loss of the Con.
current Resolution.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Feb. 12.-The
original draft of Assembly concurrent reso-
luton 7, protesting against the Reilly
funding bill, has been discovered. 1t was
found this morning by Secretary OF State
L. FL. Brown and Ed McCabe, the Gov
ernor's executive secretary, who have been
making an exhaustive search for the docu-
ment ever since the published report of its
loss in THE CALL.
The document was found in the yault
adjoining the apartments at present occu-
pied by the Bureau of Highways, but for
merIy the rooms of the Secretary of State.
and was mingled with mass of useless
documents which had been gathered in
the Assembly chamber after the Legisla-
ture ad journed. The document bears the
signature of s. j. Duckworth, chief clerk
of the Assembly, stating that it was
adopted in the Assembly January 80, 1895.
1t also has the signature of Secretary
Brandon of the Senate. to the effect that
it passed that body on the 3Oth of January.
but there is nothing to indicate that il
ever went to the engrossing clerk or
reached the hands of the Governor, and
instead of being printed it is written. The
bill, after reciting the purpose for which
it was formulated, goes on to recite:
We are unalterably opposed to any and all
extensions of the payment OF said debt (tnat of
the Pacific rairoads) and to the Reilly funding
bill, and to any other bill of like import, and
we hereby request our Representatives in Con-
gress and instruct our Senator'S to use all hon.
orable means TO defeat said funding bill or any
similar measure: and be 1t further
ResoEred, That we demand the immediate
collection on maturity of said debts from the
said railroad company and the stockholders
thereof, and hereby call upon the Federal Gov.
ernment to exhaust every endeavor to recover
the legal and equitable assets of said roads
wherever such assets may be found, whether
the same be in the poss ession of private indi-
yiduals or in the possession of incorporated or
other estates of deceased stockholders in said
roads. or whether the same be in the possession
of corporations, either railroad or otherwise:
provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall be construed as legislative decla-
ration of a waiver of rights under State laws
upon the subject of shareholders liability.
and in the event that said debt cannot be col
lected then that the United States Gov overnment
assume control, ownership and, operation of
said roads, and we hereby memoralize Con-
gress to this effect; and be it further
Resolved, That the Governor be aud he is
hereby requested to transmit by telegraph a
copy OF these resolutions to each of our Repre-
sentatives and Senator'S in Congress.
But, unfortunately, the resolution never
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
Pleasant Va1ey Fy,sis- Gro,sers Eau.

SUISUN, CAL, Feb. IA prominent
firm of iruit-growers, Tucker & Tubbs.
who reside in Pleasant Valley, situated
between Vacaville and Winters, has filed
petition in the Superior Court of Solano
County to be declared insolvent debtors.
T he liabilities amount to $53,s65 and the
assets are under $4,000. The largest cred
itors are some merchants in Vacaville and
Winters and the Bank OF Dixon and the
Bank of Yolo and Woodland.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
Nc Yicker Recoperinn.

CHICAGO. ILL, Feb. 12.-J. III. McVick-
er, the veteran theatrical manager, who
was lightly stricken with paralysis on Mon
day, rested easily to-day, and the physi-
clan said he was sure there was no ground
for alarm as within few days Mr. Nc
Wicker would be restored to his normal
health.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
About Oh amnagne.

1t may not be generally known that of
the 239, S45 cases of champagne brought to
this country in 1895 two-thirds were i'm
ported by four houses, and the imports of
G. ii. Mumm's Extra Dry equal the other
three, being 40, 125 more than OF any other
brand.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13

General Dodds, who distinguished hin,-
self by his conduct in the Dahomey cam
paign, has been appointed commander-in-
chief OF the troops in French Indo-China,
succeeding General Duchemin.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
Enrthnunka at Cofon.

COLON, COLOMBIA, Feb. IA severe
shock of earthquake was felt in this city at
noon to-day.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
FLAsIuINGs OF THE CABLE.
Newsy Foreign Dispatches Condemned
for NnpIM HenIinr.

London, June 12.--In the House O,
Lords this afternoon Lord Rosehery
asked If the Premier would explain the
extent and object OF the British Egyp-
tian expedition up the Valley of the Nile
into the Soudan.
Lord Salisbury. in reply to the question
OF the ex-Premier, stated that'for q long
time the Government had been aware
mat sooner or later an expedition into
the Soudan would be necessary for the
purpose of recovering the territory which
Egypt had lost, and that suddenly they
had been confronted with the fact that
the Dervishes were menaoinR Kassala
The expedition was then decided upon.
The present objective point of the ex-
pedition. he said, was Dongola, and the
commander of the expedition, General
Sir Herbert Kitchener, had been given a
perfectly free hand until he should
reach and occupy that place. The occu-
patton OF Dongola alone. he added, was
an advantage. and Furthermore II yas
on the road to Khartoum.
Pretoria. June 12-The fines of coz
600 each, which were imposed upon the
johannesburg Reform COMMITTEES lead
ers, philips. Farrar, Rhodes and Ham
mond, were paid yesterday, and Phil
Ups, Farrar and Hammond signed
documents pledging themselves to alb
stain from interference in Transvaal
PSt'NiNSf ailCi NIlCi lIblT D3ntSnment
was cancelled. Col. Rhodes refused to
sign the agreement to abstain from in
terference in politics, and was banished
or l!ie He started for Cape Town last
night, Hammond, Philips and Far.ar
let IN the afternoon for johannesburg
Prices In Johannesburg have risen
greatly.
Ioronto Ont, June l2.-Jn conse-
quence of the large number of protests
sent TO the Senate by the Toronto Uni
versity against the confering by that
poay OF the degree of LII. ID on Professor
Goodwin Smith, he has refused the prof
fered honor.
London, June l2.-The Westminster
Gazette publishes Dispatch from
bombay saying 1t is reported there that
tne British warship Bonaventure.
Whiit making passage from
Colombia, Ceylon, to Pondichcrry. capi-
tai OF the French settlements in India,
lost seventy men by sunstroke.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13

Deleware, New York, and North Caro-
INA we;e passed for the Nme being,
there being no response when they were
called by the Sergeant at Arms.
l. In the Third Virginia District the
contestants failed to put I'm an appear
ance. and the regular delegates, Ed
mund Waddill, Jr., and C. w. Harris,
poth instructed for McKiSley, were
seated.
At this juncture the regular order was
suspended and Wilson. of Delaware
moved reconsideration of the vote by
which Todd and Sapp (McKinleyites)
were recognized yesterday as delegates
from the Fifth District OF Kentucky.
me reconsideration was granted and
then Committeeman Yerkes OF that
state. asked that the contestants, Nnef-
Ter and Reeds bradley men), be seated
with the regular delegates with q half
vote each. Powell CLAYTON obtected
Vigorously, and the matter was passed
for the time
When the committee reassembled the
Delaware contest case was taken up
and warmly discussed by Plat and
others When the rival delegations
headed respectively by Higgins and Ad-
d.cks were ushered into the committee
room the excitement of the committed
men were irtense, and they moved their
chnirs forward until they formed a semi
circle about the contestants and the pre-
siding officer.
Finally Senator Carr, of Wisconsin,
moved that the Higgins delegation he
placed upon the temporary ROLL The
vote was 10 ayes TO 30 nays. Then the
committee, on motion Of Mr.. Sutherland
voted II TO that 1t was not willing to-
| place either delegation on the temporary
roll and referred the entire matter to
the convention.
~ llSO the delayed contest from the
fiith Alabama District was taken up.
ben1amln w. Walker, the solitary con-
testahi, has preference for Speaker
Reed, while the regular delegate. Doug
las Smith, Is u McKinleyite. The latter
was seated by 10 to Is. AT midnight q
| motion 10 adjourn was carried.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
nIsuor nANnoLpH,s ADDRESS.
Interesting Facts Concerning vir.
gimIn EpiscopnIInna.

Wythevflle. Va, June 12.-Immediate-
ly after the morning service in the Epis-
copal Council of Southern Virginia
the body was called to order by Bishop
Randolph, who, proceeded to read his
address. During the year he said. eight
ordinations to the diaconate had been
held and seven to the priesthood.
There were thirteen postulants, four
of whom We're colored. and two candi-
dates for deacon's orders. of whom one
was colored. There were twenty-five
candidates for priests orders. of whom
four were colored. Numerous clerical
changes We're reported and assignments
OF deacons to duty. Three letters of dis
missory were given. and a like number
received. The number of lay readers
was fifty-four, of whom three were COL
ored Combinations numbered Yi4
Two new churches had been consecrated
and many renoVhtions and improve
ments made in the old ones. n, (
Two diocesan schools-one for boys at
Houston, and the other for gi.ls at Cha
than, We're, he said, dong we'll
The industrial and the educational
school for colored children at Lawrence
Vile was widening Its work and lmproy-
ing its methods.
The members of the standing commit
tee were unanimously reelected.
The report OF the treasurer and secre-
taiy of the Diocesan Missionary Soci-
ETY. was presented. 1t appears that this
Society has expended 81, ,O64. .39 beyond It's
receipts. Churches were urged to in
crease their contributions to this fund
as otherwise the progressive policy
which 1t had inaugurated would have to
be abandoned and It's work curtailed
The old executive committee Of the
society were reelected. except that DR..
Tucker of Norfolk, was substituted for
Mr.. Pruden, as II was desirable to have
quorum of the body in or near Norfolk
for easy conference with the bishop.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
Have Your Ey ea Exam,nea.

DR.. H. Mayer, the celebrated oculist
from Vienna, Austria, can be consulted
at his office. No. 26l East Main street.,
eyes free of charge, Among the differ-
ent colleges In Europe at which Dr.
Mayer graduated are the Imperial and
Royal College at Vienna, Austria if
WHICH the late Crown Prince Rudolph
and Emperor Francis Joseph are gFadu-
tute at Cracow the ancient capital or
Poland. Officers and sailors from for
eign countries can have their cases
diagnosed in their native language. He3
gives consultation In Elk iangue Ras.
References from hundreds OF LEADING
families of Virginia given upon sppIscs-
tIon Es ~ ( = 'fF
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
wnifs From the Wires.

Albany, N. Y, May 12.-Isaac II. May
nard. eX-jujdge of the Court of Appeals.
dropped dead to-day in the Hotel Ken.
more Heart disease was the cause
Taylorsville. ILL.,. June l2-The Tay-
lorsville coal mining works were en-
tirely destroyed by fire this morning and
eighty-iive men were in the min. All
the imprisoned miners were rescued
Baltimore, June l2.-Mr. c. c. Homer.
who was elected one OF the delegates
at large TO the Democratic National
Convention at the Democratic State
convention Wednesday, has telegraph.
ed to Senator German declining the hon
or.
San Francisco. June 12.-John craig
was hanged in Folsom prison at 10
o'clock this morning. Craig murdered
his wife, her father and mother. and
nearly killed young Hunter, his brother
in-law, at Los Angeles, about Two years
ago.
philadelphia June 1.-THE Athletic
Committee OF the faculty of the Uniyer-
siy OF Pennsylvania has reconsil"red
Its position In the matter of the men dc.
barred from rowing the Varsity boa by
reason OF their low standing in .cr, ar
ship, and the Varsity eight Will retain
all us present crew.
Gaithersburg. Md, June 12.-The Cor
onsr's jury in the case of Sadie Buxton.
The child who was killed by blows from
an axe on May 25th last, returned a YER
dict to-day that the blows were inflicted
bv Sidney Randolph. the negro now
held under charge OF being the criminal
The Jury further asserted their belief
that Randolph had an accessory 20 the
Jury unknown.
P!ttsburg, Pa. June 12-Three suits
for the cmbezzlement of $l7, 900 were en-
tered to-day against ex-CHy ATTORNEY
w. G. Moreland and his assistant, w
9. House. before Alderman McMasters.
This amount OF shortage Is all that
comes under the law of Limitation. al
though the aggregate approximates be-
tween quarter and half million dol
lars. The defendants gave bail In slO,-
OC0 each on the charge entered to-day
Their trial will probably take place at
the present term of court.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
II. "A. sAUNDERs.
Great June snle-nress Goods. white
Goods, Shirt Waiats.

Never in the history OF retail merchan-
disc have such values as these been
quoted. Think OF Sc. Dimities now
5ac.; 10 and l21ac. Dimities now 8lsc
Balest Royal. worth 12iac., now So
Lace Florentine worth zoe. now 12iac
Atwood Serge worth 35c. now l9c.: S0c.
Serge, Al in. wide, now 31c.; 75c. Serge,
f6 in. wide. now soc. Percales worth
l2,$c. now 9iac.; the. lOc. Percales now
.&c Ginghams worth &c. now only
4$+c. Best Shifting Prints worth Sc.
now 3Ac. Challies worth Sc. now 3gc
Cottons worth sc. now S%c. cottons
worth &c. now sc. Shirt Waists. new
line, One lot of Muslin Underwear at
half price. Values never eaualed be-
fore In this city.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13

al merchandise movement continues dull
and conservative as heretofore. retailers
with few exceptions buying only for Inn
mediate necessities. Mercantile collec-'
tions continue slow and unsatisfactory,
and there is no gain in cotton, woolen
goods. iron or steel Industries.
Reports from Southern distributing
centres announce an almost uniformly
quiet trade. although good rains in. terri
tory tributary to New Orleans have i'm
proved the crop outlook and wholesale
trade.
The total volume OF bank clearings in
the United States for six business days
ending with June IL is s93S, ,0Oo, ,000, or
81 per cent. less than last week. and
G.5 less than in the corresponding week Of
1895 '''''''
SO far as the movement of prices is
concerned, the contrast with last week
lies in advance for flour, lard. sugar.
petroleum and tobacco. DecreaseS In
recent weeks are followed by still lower
prices for wheat, Indian corn, oats. pork
cotton and print cloths.
The demand for boots and shoes seems
slightly better Notwithstanding an ad-
vance Is demanded in some staple quail
ties. The textile manufacturers are
making no Improvement. The accumu-
lation of cotton goods continues, print
cloths have declined to the lowest point
ever reached, and a general stoppage
to relieve the market Is expected.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
A Reliable Piano.

The Chase Broa.' piano is an instru
ment which the public rely upon. The
immense sales Of these high-grade pianos
throughout Virginia is absolute proof
we are selling them on the best Of
terms and carry large stock. Remem-
Der. we are manufacturers
Call or address, Chase Bros Piano Co
No. sos East Main street, Richmond. Va,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
NO CHANGEINr TRADE CONDITIONS
Owing TO Uncertainty Regarding ri.
RnMcial PlRnks Trade Is Not Flushed.

New York, June f2.-R. G.. Dun g. Co.
Will say tomorrow in their Weekly Re-
view of Trade: Failures for the week
have been 2i6 in the United States,
against 241 las, year. and 81 in Canada
against "a last year. Speculative re-
action has not the least changed the
business outlook. 1t Is not the time 10
look for marked Improvement in indus
tries and the best thing that can he
said OF them is that none have as yet
been seriously disturbed by threatened
labor difficulties. 1t SCENTS not impro-
oable that all such difficulties may be
averted. except perhaps. the controversy
apoui wages of iron puddlers and tin
Diate workers. The output of pig iron
June lst was 1S2,220 tons weekly, against
lS9.39S tons May 1st, while the stocks un-
SOLO. excluding those held by the great
steel companies amounted to 7S5 943
IONS. against S69532 May 1st and only
oaS.blf January lst. These figures show
mat while consumption is fair II is much
below the actual output of pig iron and
markets are extremely dull. because a
great number of orders for finished pro-
oucts are Kept back by uncertainty.
HradsfreGi's Version oft
BIadstreets tomorrow will saw: There
is lille or no effort to push business at
a period OF so much uncertainty rs 10
Inc precise terms of the financial blanks
TO be adopted by the great political par
ties IN National Convention. The gener-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13

Put few words in the virginian
end before breakfast hundreds
know their purport-before night
thousands in this city, Ports
mouth, Newport News. Suffolk
and other Virginia towns and in
the prosperous towns OF thrifty
North Carolina know 1t.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13
r. A. SAUNDERS.

The intense ignorance of the Turks is
well eXemplified by the recent act OF
the cer;ors of that country, who proh,b-
tied the importing of educational books
because in one book the formula "H2o"
was found. The wise men interpreted 1t
as meaning "Hamid IL is cipher--a
nobody"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13

Mckinley is all sorts of man. He
has told the free coinage men that he is
not free coinage, the gold standard men
that he Is for the gold standard. the
sound money men that he Is for sound
money, and everybody else that he is
for everything else, remarks the Allan
ia Constitution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-30

tion of the inefficient United States
navy could be anchored. Pixies peak
would be nearly nine feet higher than
the apparent sea level. The cities would
be built of glass as nearly as possible in
exact representation of their actual
architecture, and beneath them would
be run electric lines for illumination aS
night.
''Some idea of the magnitude of this
map can be grasped from the statement
that it would be nearly 100000 times
larger than the annual map published
by the general land Office.
Recently there has been a serious
and concerted effort in congress to
bring that vast body of legislators in
both houses to an appreciation of the
needs of coast fortifcations. The
United States presents a water front
nearly as long as the imaginary line
which encircles the globe. One hour
spent along the mimic seacoast of this
map would be better exposition than
all the speeches that could be made in
! congress.
"Out of the multiplicity of practical
advantages which would flow is the
stimulus such map would give to
home-seeliing. There are in the public
land states of this nation nearly 1,O00,-
900 square miles of unoccupied terri
tory. If but half of this is arabic, 16,-
100000 families might have each 90
acre farm, and this under irrigation is
sufficient to produce independence and
even wealth"
Senator Cannon's plan and PROPOSE
ton are ably seconded by his colleague,
Senator Brown, also of Utah, and a
number of other influential members of
! the senate and house.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-30
Where tho Wheels Are.

"The populists of North Carolina
have established a newspaper on wheels.
1t goes into town, gets out one issue,
and goes on to the next town."-Au-
gusta (Ga.) Daily Tribune.
There is evidently slight error in
the above. 1t should read: "The popu-
lists of North Carolina have established
a newspaper on wheels" In this re-
spect the North Carolina paper does
not differ from the rest of the populist
and silverite organs throughout the
country. They are all run and edited by
men with wheels in their heads; some of
them with beautiful silver cartwheels,
which make 240 revolutions per min.
ute. The buzzing OF the wheels is.often
mistaken for thoughts on the'currepcy
question, and the unfortunate who has
them writes down what he thinks they
say and prints it as ain, argument for
free coinage. " 4
In addition to the sixteenS!to one
wheel, there is the fiat money wheel
with crank attachment; the debt repu-
diation wheel; the wheel of government
loans on farm products; and other SINH,
lar macliines.ijIt 1t shonid be easy for the
North Carolina populists to start G
thousand pepera with wheels right in
their own state, y%hSE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-30
MAP To COVER A MILE.
Plan to Reproduce the Topography
of the Whole Country.
Senator Cannon, of Utah, Points Out Some
of tho Advantages which Would
Flow from the Completion
of Such Work.

Senator Cannon, of Utah, has intro
duced in the senate joint resolution
which has for its object the construc-
tion in the neighborhood of the city of
Washington the most gigantic piece of
map-making ever undertaken in the
world. He proposes to have the sur
face of the United States reproduced
on scale of one square yard of map
for each square mile of actual area.
This is not to be merely a fiat map, on
which the natural and artificial fixtures
of the country are to be indicated by
lines; but every feature of the country
mountains, lakes, rivers, ponds and
creeks, and cities and villages, are to be
reproduced in miniature.
In explanation of his plan, Senator
Cannon said to New York Herald
man:
First will be established the per
iphery of the United States, aggregate
ing 1o,s55 miles, showing the exact
boundaries of water and land. The
imaginary geographical lines of state
division would be marked by footpaths.
The tract would then be graded, on
scale, from apparent sea levels on the
east and west to the greatest height
attained within our boundaries.
Skilled topographers and hydro
graphers would mark on it's surface an
exact representation in miniature OF
all that nature shows within the splen-
did domain of our land; and to this
would be added what the map-makers
call culture or the delineation of the
handiwork of man. Some appointed
time of the year could be selected-say
the 1st of June, and the country repro
duced as of that day. The varying
colors and advancement of vegetation
from south to extreme north would be
shown, giving thereby some idea of the
latitudinal difference between the sew.
eral sections of the country.
"The mighty Mississippi, with it's Mis-
souri, tributary, would be 4,506 yard:
long and three feet wide of actual water
Karitan bay and lower New York ba.
would have an actual area of 100 square
yards, upon which a mimic representa-