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The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
The United States Minister Meets
The Party at the Capital
Of Brazil.
GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE.
No Efforts to Be Spared in Entertain.
ing the Distinguished Trade
Representatives.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL July 2T.-
The party of American manufacturers
which sailed from New York on the 1st of
July, via Southampton and London. to
visit the Argentine Republic, Uruguay
and Brazil, arrived at this port to-day on
board the Royal Mail steamship Danube.
The United States Legation had been
advised of their coming, and Minister
Thomas L. Thompson of California. ac-
mpanied by his family, went on board
the Danube to welcome the distinguished
party. Minister Thompson had notified
the Brazilian Government of the expected
visit, and when the Danube touched at the
ports of Pernambuco on July % and Bahia
On July 25 the party was received by the
port authorities and the representatives of
the Federal Government. The United
States Consuls formed a part of the well
coming party and joined with the local
authorities in extending most cordial
greetings to those representatives of Ameri-
ian commerce.
Minister Thorn pson states that the Bra
lillian Government has made all arrange
ments for the visit of this party on their
return from the Argentine Republic the
after part of August. The American COL
ony has joined with the United States
Government representatives and have ar
:anged such a programme. as will enable
The distinguished visitors to see every
hing OF interest, not only in the city of
Rio de Janeiro, but in the surrounding
country.
A special train has been arranged for
which will convey the party through the
.ich plantations down to the city of Sac
Paola and from there down to Porto San
los, which is famed for its extensive ship
nents of coffee.
The party proceeds tonight on the
Danube for the River Platte, where they
will arrive on August 2 and be received by
United States Minister Buchanan and the
representatives of the Argentine Govern
ment
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
A SPLENDID ARMY RECORD.
General Batcheider Retires FuH of Years
and Honors-Specujafon as to
His Successor.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 27.-Hav-
ing reached the age limit to-day, General
Richard N. Batchelder. quagtermaster-
general of the army, has been placed on
the retired list. His army record is an
enviable one. Few men can count more
honors than have been showered upon
him for bravery in the field and diligent
duty to his post in after-war days.
VINO will succeed the retiring quarter
master is not known. Among the men
most prominently named for the position
are Colonel 6. II. Weeks of Washington .
Colonel James M. Moore, stationed at New
York; Colonel Charles G.. Sawtelie sta
toned at Governors Island, and Colonel
Marshall T. Ludington, stationed at Chi
cago.
General BatcheIder, native of New
Hampshire, entered the military service
in the quartermaster's department of a
New Hampshire regiment soon after the
war broke out and served during the entire
war, coming ont at the end as a brevet
brigadier-general. When the war ended
he remained in the regular army with the
rank of captain. He steadily advanced
until on the 26th of June, 1890, he became
brigadier-general and quartermaster-ge
eral.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
Founded Thirty-Three Years Ago
and Owned by Harland
& Wolff.
BUILDERS OF THE OCEANIC.
Figures Showing the Business Growth,
Enterprise and Originality of
the Firm.

BELFAST, IRELAND, July 27.-The great
shipbuilding yards of Harland & Wolff, in
this city, were burned to-day. The loss
is 81, ,250,000. They covered eighty acres.
The firm employed upward of 5000 hands.
In 1853 the foundation of what has been
known for years as Harland & VOLTS s
shipyard was laid on Queens Island, and
the Mary Sewhouse, a sailing ship of 1899
tons register, was launched in the follow
ing year. T. was owned by R. Hickson &
Co., and Edward Harland was general
manager. At that time it covered four
acres of ground and turned out 6707 tons
of shipping in the period from 1853 10
1858. In the latter year it was sold TO Mr..
Harland. At the time of the fire it coy-
cred over seventy acres and employed at
times 10, 600 men and never less than 1000,
and in October last had ships of $4,000
aggregate tonnage under hand.
The growth of the business is shown as
follows: From an aggregate tonnage of
6707 in the five years ending in 1853 the
aggregate rose to 80 vessels of so, ,2Z6 tons
in the period ending in 1854; then Sc ves-
sells of 8,023 tons; then IL vessels of 46, 282
tons; in the period ending in 1879 A ves-
sells of 81, ,06S tons; in the five years ending
1884 104, ,025 tons; in the period ending
in 1889 156,077 tons, and during the four
years ending December, 1893 247, TT tons.
After standing alone two years Mr.. Har-
land took G. w. Wolff as his partner, and
they began by building three iron steam
ers for Bibby, Sons & Co., of Liverpool.
Mr.. Harland's originality and independ-
ence of thought at once asserted itself, and
he departed from professional orthodoxy.
He did not build fat, tubby ships, but
long, lean ones; he increased the length
without increasing the breadth of beam /;
he got great strength by the extension of
the ironwork, so that the hull became
really "box girder"; he made the masts
all of one length, abolished yards, reduced
the number of sails. and in divers other
ways made changes in the form of steam
ers which time showed to be improve
ments, but which were viewed with sus-
picion, and often with derision. The
earliest steamer of the long, lean type
which entered the Mersey from Belfast
was scoffed at and foreofdained to Davy
Jones, and the immense Campania, built
by this firm, is even now viewed with sus-
picion by seamen.
Every boat now in the White Star feet
has been built by Harland & Wolff. The
Oceanic, which for years ran between San
Francisco and the Orient under the flag of
the Occidental and Oriental Company,
first OF the series built to equal and excel
the Cunarders, had 400 feet keel, 80 feet
hold and only Al feet beam; and she inau-
gurated a new type of ocean steamer, both
in the principles of construction and in
the Improvements of the internal fittings.
In this, for instance, cabin passengers
were first carried amidships; hitherto they
had been at the stern, where the ,heaving
and the vibration are the greatest. The
success of this vessel led to the building
OF the line entirely at Belfast.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
BARRES SPANISH rIorokIEs.
XIII Handful of Rebels and Capture a
HOspitdL.

HAVANA, CUBA, July 27.-General Lin.
ares reports that his command has had an
engagement with bands of rebels under
Calixto Garcia, Cebreco, Periquito, Perez,
near Sango, in the province of San
tiago de Cuba. The rebels, according 10
the report, were dislodged from their posi-
tion and dispersed. The troops lost nine
killed and one lieutenant and twenty-five
privates wounded. The insurgents left
seven of their number dead on the field
and carried away with them the bodies of
several others who were killed and a num-
Der of wounded.
Major Ygleslas. while in pursuit of a
rebel bano near Loama del Cura, in the
Matanzas province, came upon an insur-
gent hospital, which he captured after
fight lasting an hour. Two insurgents
were killed during the fight and two 9TH
ers were made prisoners.
Luis Muiro, Miguel Alvarez, Rodriguez
Jose Jiminez, Robaina and Antonio Caro-
were shot at Matanzas this morning for
the crime of rebellion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
9BARONESsn BLANC AGAIM
about to Bring Sutt for DirOrce From
Her Fourth Husband.

Her Fourth HAS band.
NEW YORK, n. Y, July 27.-The "Ba-
roness" Blanc appears to be in trouble
again. According to well-defined rumors
her fourth matrimonial venture has ended
like the others-in disaster. Since her
secret marriage on June Ii to young
Leeds Vaughan Waters rumors have been
afoat of legal difficulties, in which the
family of the young man are taking an
aggressive part.
Mrs. Waters, the mother of the young
man, is now in Paris, and it is said the
Waters family is endeavoring to secure an
annulment OF the marriage. The Baron
ess,' it is said. stands upon her rights, is
prepared to prove the validity of the mar
riage and is determined that if there is
separation the initiative shall be taken by
her. To this end, it is said, she has in
structed her attorneys to bring proceed
ings for divorce. This part of the re-
port, however, is denied by the law firm.
Before meeting Waters she had been
married to Alfred Laurence Riggel, Fred
erick n. Blanc and Shirley Onderdonk,
who is said to be still living.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
Megican COIonists to Leave Tesas.

SAN ANTONIA, Tex, July 81
Through the efforts of Luts Siliceo of the
City of Mexico, acting on authority of the
Mexican Government, 1900 Mexican resi-
dents of this city and other parts of South
west Texas have been organized into a
Soiony, ana they are arranging to
leave In body and settle on rich agri-
cultural lands situated in Southern Mexi-
CO. The Mexican Government has offered
free transportation from the border to all
colonists who will come with their fami-
lies. Liberal exemptions and advantages
are also offered the colonists.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
And Surrounded by a Double
Line of Pickets During the
Conference.
FIRST OUTING IN TWO MONTHS
Weyler's Order Prohibiting Exporta-
tion of Cuban Fruit Injuries
American Merchants.

HAVANA, CUBA, July 27.-The son of
General Lee and two gentlemen from the
American consulate held an interview
with the Competitor prisoners on July "a.
They were not permitted to enter the
prison, but the seven men OF the Competi-
tor were taken outside of the fort to a
guaadhouse for a conference. General
Lee, being slightly indisposed, was not
able to be there in person.
The prisoners were closely guarded, a
double line of pickets being stationed
around the guardhouse. They had not
been out of their cells for two months.
All appeared to be in fairly good health.
1t is understood the review of the Com
petitor case will be taken up in the Su-
preme Couit at Madrid some time in
August. Nothing whatever as yet has
been done in the case.
Strenuous efforts are being made by
General Lee on behalf of the Government
against the order of General Weyler pro-
hibiting the export of fruit. This prohibit
tion is causing an immense damage to
American commerce and business. The
principal reason for the prohibition of the
export OF fruit TO certain seaport towns is
that they are virtually under the control
of the rebels.
The Spanish are not able to station large
bodies of troops at all OF these places, Tor
are the Cubans able to openly hold the
places on account of the Spanish feet, but
all the Cubans shipping fruit are in SYM
pathy with the rebels and furnish them
with money.
This order is an indirect blow at the rebel
resources in Cuba, as the prohibition of
the expectation of tobacco was to Ameri-
cans
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
JOIN THE CONTRACTORS,
Peculiar Arrangement Growing
Out of the Strike of the
TailorS.
There Is Now a United Demand Upon
the Manufacturers for Higher
Prices.

NEW YORK, n. Y, July 27.-With
this, the beginning of the second week of
the tailors' strike, the workmen find them
selves for the first time in the history of
the unions in alliance with the contractors
against the manufacturers. What little
conceaIment of this situation there was
yesterday was entirely cast aside to-day,
and even the contractors themselves ad-
mitted they had committees scurrying
around about town to get all the contrac-
tors to come in and unite in a demand
upon the manufacturers for higher prices.
They based their demand upon the con-
tract submitted by the striking taIIors,
which calls for higher wages and shorter
hours for the coming year.
1t was the opinion of the contractors
that it would be the end of the week be-
fore the demands of the contractors would
be presented to the manufacturers. Unless
the latter acquiesced the contractors could
not agree to the terms proposed by the
tallors.
Two hundred and fifty young women,
members of the United Garment-workers'
Union in Brooklyn. went out on strike
this morning. They were in sympathy
with the Williamsburg tailors.
AS result OF conference between
committee of the strikers and a committee
of the contractors to-day the Brotherhood
of Tailors will defer indefinitely treating
with the contractors as individuals, it hav-
ing been agreed to give the contractors an
opportunity to induce all the non-union
contractors to join their association and
ignore for the present all those who wish
to sign the contract as individuals.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
FIG PLAINS FoR CALIFORNIA.
Experiments to Be Made With Smyrna
and AdrjGtic Tdriefies.

aud AdrtGtfc Varieties.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 27.-Cap-
tain Heiges, chief of the pomological divi-
sion of the Agricultural Department, said
to CALL correspondent to-day that, if
possible, the department would distribute
some varieties OF fig plants in California
this season.
"The Royal Horticultural Society of
London" said he, obtained about 100
varieties of Smyrna and Adriatic fig
plants, and we secured sixty-nine vsrle-
ties from the society. They are growing
on the farm of John Rock at Niles, CAL
"Dr. Gustave Eisen of California, who is
an authority on horticulture, knows all
about figs and has listed the various kinds.
His list of names agrees with that of the
Royal Horticultural Society. Our prin-
cipal object in growing the sixty-nine
varieties is to properly name and classify
the fruit. Some of each kind will be sent
to the department for that purpose. l do
not know whether or not Mr.. Rock will
have plants to distribute In California, but
l expect to hear from him soon In relation
to this matter"
Captain Heige says fig-growing prom
ises to be an important industry, not only
in California, but in Northern and Eastern
States He says they are being success
fully grown in Illinois, in Washington
State and as far north as Canada. OF
course the fruit grown in the North and
East is only for immediate consumption,
or for canning or picking, as the figs can
not be sun dried and cured except in Cali
fornia.
The Department of Agriculture will
issue bulletin on figs in about ten days.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
ISOLATED MINING CAMPS.
Their Supplies Cat Off by the Receu
Colorado CToudbursts.

Their Supplies Cat Off bp the Recent
Colorado CIouab,trsts.
DENVER, Colo, July 27.-As a sequel
to the series of cloudbursts there is new
and serious trouble confronting the people.
1t will take month or even more for the
railroads reaching several of the most inn
portant mining camps to make sufficient
repairs TO enable the running OF trains,
All OF these camps depend on Denver
for their daily supply of provisions and
and a suspension of mining operations
until such time as the railroads are able
TO care for the requirements OF the resi-
dents is not improbable.
On Saturday the second cloudburst over
took several teams that had been sent into
the foothills for the purpose OF bringing In
the bodies of the dead, ana it was only by
shouldering corpses that the searchers sue
ceeded in regaining the lower level.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
oUBA,s PREsIDENr.
GroundIess Run.or That He IL In \
York Ctfy.

GroundIess Rumor That He IL In NetC
York CITY.
NEW YORK, n. Y, July 27.-There is
no foundation for the rumor that Senior
Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, President
of the republic of Cuba. is in New York, or
even coming to the United States at the
present moment. DR.. J aquin Castillo
Duany, the Cuban suD-delegate, said yes
terday:
''On Saturday evening Senior Estrada
Palma went to Central Valley to spend
Sunday with his family, and he did not
say word about the President coming.
The news must come from q Spanish
source. Our enemies are now inventing
all sorts of things to destroy the moral
effect of our unquestionable success. They
report encounter after encounter in which
the patriots are always defeated, and yet
we know that, with few exceptions, the
fighting is for the present reduced TO mere
skirmishes."
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
BUAcK HILLS VOLCANO.
Interesting Discoveries by Geological
Sstrueytn0 Party.

Interesting Discoveries by Geological
Surveying Party.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, July 27.-Professor ].
E. Todd, State Geologist of South Dakota,
who recently left yermilion in charge of
geological surveying party for tour of
exploration in the Black Hills, is sending
back reports of great interest concerning
the discovery of an old volcano on Sand
Creek, in the Bad Lands, not far from
Hermosa.
Near the point where Sand Greek empties
into the White River is hill some eighty
feet in height. This hill, Professor Todd
says, vibrates and groans almost con-
stantlv. The squaw men living in the
vicinity are given as authority for the
statement that it has once or twice trem-
bled so violently as TO overturn heavy
wagons and has thrown down persons
standing upon it. About half way up its
side is a bed of volcanic ashes, between
ten and fifteen feet in depth.
Another peculiar formation is valley
near Pine Ridge, in which are numerous
shifting dunes, which are believed to
change their positions every change of the
wind and are receiving much attention
from the surveying party. 1t is expected
the results of the expedition will be OF
much value in science.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
A DONNYBROOK OPENING.
Anarchists Are Denied Seats in
Lcndon's Socialist-Labor
Congress.
A Battle Results, the Hall Is Cleared
and the Meeting Adjourns
for Day.

LONDON, ENG, July 27.-The fourth
International Socialist Trade Council
opened in this city to-day. 500 delegates
being present. Among the American dele
gates are Lucian Sanial of the Socialist
Trade and Labor Alliance; NJ atthew Ma
guire, who represents the Socialist La bo +
party OF New Jersey; Fl. Bestold, who rep
resents the brewery employees, and NJ.
Dalski.
1t is expected that the congress will be
more important than those held in Paris
in 1889, in Brussels in 1891 and in Zurich
in 1893.
The chair was occupied by NJ. Convey, q
Northum berland miner, who made a
speech welcoming the delegates. The re-
port of the sectional meetings was read.
A large majority of the delegates voted
against- the admission of anarchists
when the question of whether they be
received as delegates was mooted in the
pienary congress.
A prolonged uproar followed, the an
archists and their supporters being appar-
emily determined that they should be re-
ceived as delegates. Finally the anarch-
lists tried to storm the PLATFORM Their
opponents rallied in front of the platform
and hurled the anarchists back in fistic
encounter.
The delegates of the British Inde-
pendent Labor party sided with the
anarchists in their efforts to command
recognition.
James Keir Hardie, who formerly repre-
sented the Labor party in the House of
Commons, was conspicuous for his bawl-
ing and his personal threats against the
chairman. 1t having been found inn
possible tn restore even a semblance of
order, the chairman declared the congress
adjourned until tomorrow, and ordered
the hall to be cieared
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
GOOD CHESS PLAYING.
Complicated Moues fn the Great Interna-
ti0naI tournament.

Complicated Mores in the Great Interna-
tiondI tournament.
NUREMBERG, BAVARIA, July 27.-At 9
o'clock this morning play was begun in
the seventh round of the international
chess tournament IN this city. The results
were as follows:
schiffers and schleter drew Center Gambit
after % moves
Pillsbury and Marco drew zuketort open
ing after Il moves.
MarocZy beat Albin in q French defense
after i moves.
schallop beat Porges in two knights de-
tense after 26 moves.
walbrodt beat Winawer in Ruy Lopez after
81 moves.
showalter beat Janowsky in Petrof de-
tense after SO moves.
Tarrasch beat Meichmann in queens gam
bit declined after 46 moves.
Steinitz beat Blackburn in Giuoco Piano
after 40 moves.
Tschigorin beat Charousela in a two knights
defense after SO moves.
LaSker had bye,
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
Packing-House Men Prepare to
March Upon a
Prison.
TO CAPTURE TWO SUSPECTS.
Anna Sopher and One Spencer. Ac-
cused of Murder, in Danger of
Being Put to Death.

NEBRASKA CITY, NEBR., July 27.-At
an early hour sunday morning John
Kicker, packing house empIoye, was
shot and killed at a house OF i'll repute by
Mrs. Anna Sopher. Kicker, with some
companions, had been drinking, and they
called at the house and were refused ad-
mittance. 1t is claimed that Mrs Sopher,
from an upper window, fired the shot
which killed the youth. She and a man
named Spencer were arrested pending an
inves tieation.
This evening news reached the city that
a mob of packing-house men was forming
with the avowed purpose of lynching the
woman and man. The Sheriff placed a
strong guard about the Jail and did all in
his power to protect the prisoners.
At midnight it is reported that the plans
for the attack upon the jail are complete,
and that the mob is on the river bottoms
preparing for it's work. The intention, as
near as can be learned, is to move on the
Jail about A. NJ, and, as the city and
county officers have had warning, stub
born resistance is promised, and several
prominent citizens are out seeking the
angry men to try and dissuade them from
their purpose. The efforts of the peace
makers to find the mob have been so far
unsuccessful, as the leaders are trying to
avoid observation
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
MRs. MAHLoA SANDS DEAD.
freatty Besefnbled the Princess of Vale.
and Has Noted in Socfetu.

freatly Resembled the Princess of Wales
and Has Noted in Society.
LONDON, ENG, July 27.-Mrs. MahIon
lands. daughter OF the late Mr.. Rartpence
II New York and niece of Governor Levi
.. Morton, died on Friday last at her resi-
lence, in this city. from heart disease.
The funeral services Will be held to-mor-
ow at st. Georges Church, Hanover
iquare, and the remains will afterward be
hipped to the United States. Mrs. Sands
vas well known in society here. She was
N intimate friend of the Princess of
Males, whom she greatly resem bled. 1t is
aid on two occasions she and the Princess.
" mutual arrangement, attended fancy
tress balls attired in similar costumes.
shen it was almost an imposslbility to
ell one from the other. Mrs. Sands was
widow, her husband having been killed
" being thrown from his horse some time
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
FAVoRIrEs WIN AT BUTTE.
Mdy W Goes Five FWrlonOs In L:
LotCerin0 the Record.

May W Goes Five Furlon0s In 4 I-2,
LotCering the Record.
BUTTE, Mont, July 27.-The favorites
won in all but two races to-day. The short
horse winners were Tennessee Maid and
Gold Bug. The feature of the day was the
lowering OF the track record for five fur
longs by May w. Summaries:
Pacing, 2:15 class three in five-DeI Norte
won in three straight heats, Delphi second.
Best time, 2:14.
2:20 class, two in three-Monterey won in
two sIraights, Sacramento second. Best time,
2:1414.
Running, five and a half furlongs, selling
Tennessee Maid won, Shot Silk second, Latonia
third. Time, :O51l
won, imp. Tain second, Tampa third. Time,
1:151<.
Running, five furlongs-May w won, Bill
Howard second, Ostler Joe third Time, / :OO1$
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
Heess,. Work for Sava, Militia,

CHICAGO, ILL, July 27.-The first bat
talon of the recently organized naval
militia OF Illinois this morning embarked
on the United States steamship Michigan,
which had been designated for the purpose
ceeded to Camp Logan, near Waukegan.
for its first tour of duty. The second
battalion will arrive by rail from Moline
and Alton tomorrow. The routine of dutv
provides for three days drill on board in
general seamanship and three days. drill
on shore with target practice and signal
ing.