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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
SAVED BY A BRAVE TRAMP
Plot to Wreck a Crowded Express
Train by Placing Explosives
On the Track.
Passengers Reward the Man Who Pre-,
vents the Disaster, but Officers Say
He Is an Accomplice.

WASHINGTON, IND, Nov. 10.-An at
tempt was made at 1 o'clock this morning
by robbers to ditch the westbound St.
LOUIS express on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railway in a lonely stretch
OF country east of this city.
The express-car, it is reported, contained
large amount of money. A heavy
charge of nitro-glycerine and dynamite
was placed upon the track in such way
that it would explode when struck by the
engine. A tramp named Bynkim claims
to have overheard gang of men in box
car plotting to wreck the train. He had
no way to signal the express train which
he knew would be due within q short
time. 1t was some distance to the nearest
switch, but he made his way there and
jerked off the signal light. His signal was
seen by the engineer of the approaching
train in time.
The train wreckers, who were in am
bush, also saw the signal, and volley of
shot was fred at the tramp and he was
wounded in the leg and a shot grazed his
head. The explosives were discovered and
removed from the track and the train
came to this city, bringing the wounded
tramp. The 200 people who were on the
train crowded about him and praised him
for his brave deed. Later a subscription
was taken up for his benefit.
Bynkim's home is in Baltimore. The
Washington police are working on the
ory that he was one of the gang of rob,
bers, but that as the train approached his
nerve failed him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
POLICY OF CANADIANS,
They Want the Old Reciprocity
Treaty of 1854 Re.
neWed.
Delegation Going to Washington to
Negotiate 1t After McKinley'S
Inauguration,

MONTREAL, CANADA, Nov. 10-The
statement made in New York by the Hon.
w. s. Fielding, Canadian Minister oi
Finance that the Canadian Government
is going in for reciprocity with the United
States in earnest, and that representatives
will be sent to Washington shortly after
McKinley's Inauguration to negotiate a
reciprocity treaty, creates much interest
among the business men of this city.
The subject has now become timely
topic of discussion. Hugh McLannan. a
prominent grain merchant, whose long
business experience extends back to the
ffties and sixties, when a reciprocity
treaty was in force, said to-day:
Il am in favor of the renewal OF the
treaty of 1854 if it be possible TO secure
that, and | want to include privileges for
both nations of coast and inland waters.
l want it made possible fer Canadian
vessels to carry cargoes from one Ameri-
can port to another, and e. e same privi-
lege to be extended to American vessels.
1.-THE treaty OF 1854 was certainly favor
able to the two countries, and / do not be-
lieve the conditions of to-day would make
any difference. Ii new treaty be nego.
tiated it should be as much as posi- BILE a
repetition of the treaty of 1854 with the
additions / have spoken of regarding nav
iRaLlon. III would certainty De 10 the ad-
vantage of Canada to have reciprocity in
natural products.
ut is a mistake to tn ink that the war
made any great difference at the time the
treaty was in force. The treaty did not
favor any particular part of Canada, but
all points were benefited by the trade it
brought on. AS a matter of fact the GEN.
ters will not realize the benefits so much
as the country districts would. The real
ADVANTAGE is certainly for the farmer As
to the objections which would be raised
insofar as manufacturing is concerned we
can safely let the Americans do that. Give
us reciprocity in natural products with
better coasting laws and free canals and
we will be satisfied
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
Leaves the Prison Accompanied
by Her Husband and
a Nurse.
WILL REST IN THE COUNTRY.
Mr. Castle Expresses Gratitude to the
Americans for Their Sym.
pathy and Assis tance.

LONDON, ENG, Nov. 1o.-Mrs. Castle
was discharged from Wormwood Scrubs
prison this morning. She left the prison
accompanied by her husband and a
trained nurse. She will be taken to a
country retreat until she RECEIVERS suffi-
ciently to sail for America.
Bernard Abrahams. solicitor for the de-
! Tense, received communication from Sir
Matthew W. Ridley, Home Secretary, last
evening, stating that in consideration of
her mental condition and other circum-
stances Mrs. Castle would be discharged
and restored to the care Of her husband
to-day. Mr.. Castle accordingly went to
the Norwood Scrubbs prison this morn
ing and took his wife away.
The receipt of the news of the decision
OF the Home Office greatly affected Mr..
Castle and had the effect of transferring
him from condition of dependency to q
state OF contentment and rest. Mr.. Castle
had had scarcely an hours sleep since the
unexpected sentence of three months i'm
prisonment imposed upon his wife until
last night.
at midnight he, in company with Soli-
cltor Abrahams, went to the Home Office
to arrange for the liberation of Mrs. Castle
as early as possible this morning. All
preliminary arrangements having been
completed Mr.. Castle went to the prison
this morning, accompanied by trained
nurse, and Mrs. Castle was at once placed
In a carriage and taken away.
Her physical and mental condition was
such as to make her immediate sailing for
America impossible, and for the present
she will be taken quiet English country
retreat, where she will be kept absolutely
free from excitement.
1t is officially stated at the Home Office
that after receiving reports on Mrs. Castle $
condition from DR.. Scott, the physician in
charge of the hospital at Holloway Jail.
DR.. Palmenore of the Wormwood Scrubbs
prison and DR.. Nicholson OF Breaumoor
lunatic asylum, all of whom examined the
woman physically aud mentally, the
Home Secretary ordered her release. her
husband undertaking TO convey her back
home to America with the least possible
delay.
Mr.. Castle has conveyed to the United
Associated Presses through Solicitor
Abrahams an expression of his thorough
appreciation of the determined fight in be-
half of Mrs. Castle and himself made by
the newspapers in America receiving
United Associated Press dispatches.
Mr.. Castle further said that he was pro-
hibited by his solicitors from speaking
further on the subject in consequence
OF the desire of the English au.
thorities that their action in releasing
Mrs. Castle shall obtain as little publicity
and as small degree of discussion as DOS.
sible. The release of Mrs. Castle is at
tributed practically to the personal in
fiuence of United States ambassador
Bayard.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 10.-Em-
bassador Bayard sent the following cable.
gram to Secretary Olney this morning:
Mrs. Castle released. Leaves for
America in her husbands care"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
PRosPECrs RON Il DUEL.
me Son of His Father and Senate
RfncEburu Mar Fi1hf

me Son of His Father and Senator
blackburn May Fight
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov 1O-A Times
special from Washington says: Logan
Carlisle affects indifference to probable
troubles between himself and Senator
Blackburn. He makes light of warnings
given him by friends. The friends of the
two men will not talk for publication, but
they say privately that Logan Carlisle is
making too light of the affair.
They assert that both men frequent the
same hotels, that Blackburn lays his prob
able loss of all chance of reelection to the
Carlisles anG this, his friends say, in ten
slhes his bitterness toward Logan Carlisle.
a Southern gentleman attached to q
Cabinet officer in an official capacity said
yesterday:
VI regard trouble between Logan Car
Isle and Joe Blackburn as altogether
likely, and want to tell Logan one thing:
Should he have occasion to strike Black
burn he should do so with cane. unless
he be able to knock him out with his fists,
because II he simply slaps Blackburn's
face, the latter, who IS looking for trouble
and will be armed. will shoot him.
Il have seen too many men shot be-
cause OF their not arming themselves, not
to warn my friends. If Logan knocks
blackburn out with one blow. there may
be duel, but if he simply slaps the Sena-
tor, there will be a funeral in my opinion,
and Blackburn would come off the better
man in the affray."
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
sQUABBLE OVER THE STARS.
Sensational Testimony Given IN the Con-
troversy Over the Iowa Guard
Brio jership

DIES MONIES, Iowa. Nov. 10.-The case
OF john K. Prime VS.. II. S. Wright, adju-
tant-general, and F. NJ. Drake, Governor
OF Iowa, will be heard in the District
Court Thursday. Prime claims to have
been elected brigadier of the First Brigade
while the commission was issued to james
a. Guest. The first election returns
showed Prime elected, but were thrown
out by Wright on the ground OF fraud and
new election ordered. This also re-
suited IN Primes election. Wright then
set aside the second election and made a
new canvass of the votes of the First,
throwing out what he regarded as the
fraudulent votes, and declaring Guest
elected. The result was a split in the
Guard which has become serious and
threatens If the courts decide against
frlme to seriously injure the service.
Prlme has broughta quo warranto pro-
ceeding to compel the diutant-general
and Governor to grant him the commits
sion. The hearing on this will begin on
Thursday. There will be sensational tes-
tl1nony to show that the Prime compa-
MES filled their enlistment rolls in ad-
vance OF the election in order to out vote
the Guest companies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
INSURANCE MEN MEET.
annual Session of the Mutual Lif
UnderCriters.

annual Session of the Mutual Life
Under,criters.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. 10. The
lobby of the Coates House was crowded
this morning with insurance men from
all parts of the country who are il at
tendance upon the twenty-irst annual
session of the National Convention of
Mutual Lie Underwriters. Ont of a
mem bership of 400 insurance associations,
$50 delegates are present. The convention
was called to order by President F. A.
Durham of New York. at 10 o'clock this
morning i'll the clubroom and prayer
was offered by Rev. George H. Coombs OF
the Christian church of this city, after
which Mayor Jones was introduced and
made an address Of welcome. Several
other addresses were made when adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
NEW YoRK,s BOND SALE.
success of the Largest Ever Undertake,
In That City.


success of the Largest Ever Undertaken
In That City.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Nov. 10. = The
largest bond sale ever attempted by the
city of New York has met with success.
Bids We're opened yesterday evening in
the Controllers Office for the Sic, DAG, $50 20
of bonds recently advertised by the Con-
troller, and the large number of bidders,
the prices offered and the aggregate
amount of all the bids received assures
the sale of all the bonds at figures that
will give the city fair premium on the
lot.
Bids were received aggregating six
times the amount of the bonds, and
among them was one for the entire issue
at 1o4.71. Nearly every prominent bank in
Wall street was represented, as well as
several syndicates of bankers. But the
list was chiefly remarkable for the large
number of private individuals who were
heard from. These were residents not
only of this city and its vicinity, but of
many parts of the country, and their bids
in many instances ranged above those of
the bankers. showing that they had taken
their gold out of their boarding places
and were looking for prime investments.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11

from Spain and Mindanac, reveals well
enough the strength of the insurrection.
If we are to prevent the insurrection from
spreading we must wait for the arrival of
the re-enforcements which are about to
leave for Manila with General Polavieia.
Nearly all the press applauds the ap-
pointment of General Polavieja for mill
tary com mand in the Philippine Islands,
and, as reported before, there is no doubt
that ne goes to supersede Blanco. Refer
ring to him the Heraido says:
General Polavieja's nomination will
disappoint no one in Spain except those
who saw in him man needed for service
elsewhere. Yet the Heraldo is the organ
of General Weyler.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
TRADES UNIONS COMBINE.
Amaigamation at Chicago Representing
10000 Active Workers-Some
SDirfe0 Deb1fes

CHICAGO. ILL, Nov. 10-Nearly so 1000
working men and women were represented
at meeting at Bricklayers' Hall last
night, which resulted in the formation of
a new central trades union body. The
organization was not completed, but
enough was accom- plished to insure the
success of the movement ard to indicate a
perfect amalgamation of warring factions.
An adjournment was taken until to.
night, when the organization will be COM
pleted by giving name to the new body.
which will probably be the Chicago
Federation OF Labor, and the election of
temporary officers. Permanent organiza.
ton will be effected at a meeting to be
held two weeks hence.
President Samuel Gompers OF the Amer
lean Federation of Labor presided. He
was assisted by Vice Presidents James
O'Connell and P. j. Mcguire
The new body will be the only one of the
kind in existence. 1t was decided that no
delegates would be eligible who were not
earning their living in active work at their
trades. 1t was also decided to bar out
saiaried officers of local unions and Fed
eral labor unions.
The proposition to admit walking-dele-
gates and others not actively engaged at
their trades was hotly contested. Presi.
dent Timblin OF Typographical Union No.
16 led the fight against admitting the men
who have led and dominated the labor
movement in Chicago for many years.
He declared many of the old leaders.
walking-delegates and other salaried Of
ficers had repeatedly sold out their organ
izations and used their positions as step
plng-stones to political Jobs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
Mrs. Lamotry,s Di.orce Suit.

LONDON, Eng, Nov. 1O-The evidence
of Mrs. Langtry, the actress, in the suit
for divorce brought by her against her
husband, which is pending in California,
was taken at the United States consulate
in this city to-day before Mr.. F. w.
Frigout, Deputy United States Consul
General Mrs. Langtry deposed that Mr..
Langtry had deserted her and that she
had taken action against him. Corrobora-
tive evidence will be taken from other
witnesses, after which the papers will be
sent to California, where the issue of the
case will be settled.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
MAHILLA,s JNsURREc1IoM.
Spain Encountertng Numbers That Ar
Hard 10 Orercopte

SPUN EUCoUntSTtny NUDtOeT3 mat ATe
Hard TO Orercome.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Nov. 1O.-The
Suns Madrid correspondent, writing un-
der date of October 81, says: Advices from
Manila say that the insurgents had ar
tillery at the recent fight in Nagnusubuc,
where the Spanish claim to have won a
victory.
Father Ront, conspicuous Augustinian
friar said to be well informed about Phil
ippine affairs, says that the rebellion is q
race movement; that before infiicting any
harm upon the Spanish in Gavlte the in
surgents notified them to withdraw, and
only those we're murdered who refused to
obey. He denies the stories that the in
surgents looted the city and committed ali
sorts of outrages.
General Blanco telegraphed that Senior
Vlllamil, Civil Governor of Batangas.
abandoned his post and took refuge on q
merchant vessel for fear that the insur-
gents might attack the city upon his arri.
val in Manila. Villamil was arrested
and shipped to Spain. Other dispatches
say that several new bands of 300 to 1000
men each have appeared in Batangas and
other provinces.
Ia Aiperai says: Ihe news received
from Manila is somewhat grave. 1t shows
that the insurgents have the boldness to
organize new bands within districts o.
cupied by our own troops, and also that
they know how to attack, despite all that
has been said about their inap;ilude for
war. All that we have been able to do is
to prevent the Gavite insurgents from
joining those in the mountains of Moro
through La Laguna and Zsyabas. The in
activity Of our soldiers in Gavite, notwitt-
standing the arrival of re-enforcements
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
THROUGH ENGLISH EYES.
A Visiting Engineer Pays High Com.
phment to the Intelligence of Ameri-
can Railroad Employees.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 10.-Harry
Pollitt, chief engineer of the Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railroad Com
pany of England, who is inspecting the
railroads in this country, said yesterday
II have refused heretofore to be inter
viewed. but Will say L came over for
the purpose of studying the practical
workings of your railroads and have
gained much valuable information. The
main feature. of course, of your systems
is their vastness and the ability OF your
managers to arrive at results economically.
Your principal advantage over US is the
superior education and intelligence of
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
GROWERS NEXT MESSAGE
Financial Portions Now Being
Prepared by President
Cleveland.
Part of the Administration Policy Is
TO Avoid Contraction of the
Currency.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 10.-A Herald
special from Washington says: President
Cleveland is considering the financial por-
tions of his annual message to Congress.
He has been in consultation with Secre-
tary Carlisle and Postmaster General Will
son regarding the prospective revenues
as the reforms that are necessary to the
present monetary system. and his last an
nual message to Congress Will discuss
these matters in detail.
The President will, as heretofore, recon-
mend the retirement of the legal tender
notes of the Government so as to take the
Government out of the banking business
and make it i'm possible for spectators 10
drain the treasury of gold by means OF an
endless chain OF greenbacks and Sherman
notes, which must be reissued as fast as
they are redeemed.
In order to avoid any contraction of the
currency it is part of the administration s
plan to have their REDEEM ption of legal
tenders accompanied by amendments to
the banking laws, so as to enable the
banks to issue a larger volume of currency
which they will be compelled to redeem
in gold on demand. Whether the Presi-
dent Will make any recommendations re-
but he will thoroughly discuss reve-
nue. situation, and will doubtless take oc-
casion to point out that the principal rea-
son for the failure of the present tariff law
to produce sufficient revenue is that it has
been In operation during a period of great
business depression, when the country
was under the constant threat of depre-
clated currency.
Although an effort is to be made to pass
the Dingley tariff bill through the Senate
at the coming session, there is great diff
ference OF opinion among Republicans as
TO the wisdom of this policy. Represen-
tatlve Dalzell of Pennsylvania, one of the
Hepubiican mem bers of the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Rep
resentatlves, who was In Washington yes
terdaY, said he doubted whether the
Dlngiey bill could be pushed through the
senate. Dalzell, who is an extreme pro-
tectionlst, favors having the Ways and
means committee of the House take up
the tariff question at the approaching
session and go into it with the object Of
preparing general bill which can be
practically complete by the time the new
congress meets either in regular or special
session.
he is strongly in favor of incorporating
,ne reciprocity feature of the Mckinley
piii In the measure, but there will be con-
SIDERABLE opposition to this from con-
servative Republicans, for the reason that
lhe tendency of the reciprocity provision
was 10 decrease the revenues, and the
tarlu Jaw enacted by the next Congress
must be above all else a reyenue-pro-
ouclng measure.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11

That's a timely suggestion;
act on it.
We can satisfy the most fas-
tidious, the modest dresser and
the one who must practice
economy, equally well.
On sale this week, 500 Mems
Al-Wo Suits, Overcoats and
Ulsters-not the cheap kind
you see all over town.. but the
latest styles. with superior
workmanship and trimmings !;
better than any made-to-order
suit at SIS. Our price is but $40.
You miss more than you can
afford to if you miss this sale.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
DULAoH TOLD THE TRUTH.
Story of the Surriuor of Ship,crecE No
Longer Doubted.

Story of the Surviuor of Ship,crecs NO
Longer Doubted.
MUSKEGON, Mich, Nov. 10.-Captain
Henry G. Woods of the Muskegon Live
saving station has been notified that an
inspector of the Life-saving Service will
be here tomorrow to make an investiga-
tion in the Waukesha disaster and to hold
the survivor, Frank Dulach, until that
time. The mutiny charge against Dulach
is believed to have gone to pieces and all
the sailors here who have talked with the
man are convinced that his story of the
wreck is true one and that what he said
was not to shield himself or to attack any
one else.
Captain Corbett's body is vet floating
with the waves. The Morgue has again
been crowded with morbid persons to view
the dead men. but when school children
began to come in hocks the Coroner
closed the doors. The bodies will be buried
tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
From AIniers TO .Infk.

LONDON, ENG, Nov. 10.-The missing
defendant Aylott, who was jointly ac-
cused with Lady Tina Scott. John Cocker
ton and Frederick Kast with having
criminaljy libeled Earl Russell, Lady
Scott's son-in-law, and fed to Algiers TO
escape arrest, surrendered himself in the
Bow street Police Court this morning,
having come from Algiers 10 meet the
charge against him. He was committed
Tor trial with the other defendants and
furnished bail for his appearance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
Western Freight Assocsatfon.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Nov. 1O.-Executive
officers OF railways forming the Western
Freight Association met at the Southern
Hotel to fill two vacancies on the board of
administration caused by Messrs. Munroe,
and Fletcher declining to serve. H. C..
Courtwright, general agent of the Chicago
and Alton and II. L. Shute, general freight
agent of the Great Northern. were chosen.
Last years schedule was reaffirmed
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
BIG PosToFFICs DhFIoIEsoI
Increased appropriations Bre asked to
Run the Department.

mum tRe Impairment.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 10.-Post-
masrer-General Wilson has submitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury his estimates
for the Postotfice Department for the fiscal
year ending ] June 80, 1898. The First As
sistant Postmaster-G Generals office requires
$43, 3,542 500, an increase over the previous
year of $2.o12, $50; the Second Assistant
PostmasterGeneral's office $50, 224, 500 an
increase of s2,S35,3s5; Third Assistants
office $l.35S, 100, an increase OF $37, 400, and
for the Office OF Fourth Assistant, $3.50, ,3Il !;
$4,000 is asked for advertisements and mis-
cellaneous matters, which makes a grand
total OF $97, ,515.4l an increase over the
estimates of 1897 of 81, 943, ,s46.
As the expenditures Tor the service Of
revenue expected for the same wear is
placed at 500. 227, 096, there will be an esti-
mated deficiency of about s., ,2S8, ,335.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
TWo KILLED, NINE INJURED.
Record of a SatUn,iH Boiler Explosion
in kenfNckH.

L1eC0Tu OF q SutUUfU BOtteT ELpEOSt0n
in Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 10.-Tbe boiler
in the sawmill of Roderick Baker, in
Perry County, exploded at noon to-day
while the millhands were gathered in the
engine-room. Jack Francis and Roderick
Baker were killed and nine others injured,
three of them seriously.
The dead-Roderick Baker. skull frac-
tured; Jack Francis. neck broken. The
in jured-James Crow. arm broken; Bud
Harper, sc lded; Dick Ma1es, scalded and
head tnt; Dave CrSwder, Iss crushed !;
Mason Fallen, foot crushed; Samuel Clark,
scalded. Three Others were hurt slightly
by hying timbers.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
Secretfv Mo,rs.,f

OSHKOSH, Wis, Nov. 1O.-J. o. Ger
r,ty' the weil-knowD horseman, and Miss
Cora n. Glass, daughter of John H. Glass,
d wealthy iumberman and trotting-borse
owner, were secretly married in Milwaukee
last Saturday and are now spending their
honeymoon with friends at Waukesha.