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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
POSTAL AFFAIRS DEBATED
Congressman Loud of California
Says the Department Is
Extravagant.
He Believes a Business Man Could
Reduce the Expenses Nearly
One.Half.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March THE
House to-day, in committee of the whole,
continued its consideration of the post
Office appropriation bill. A general debate
lasted for an hour and was notable only
for two statements by Loud (R.) Of Califor-
MIA, chairman of the Committee on Post
Offices and Postroads, which prepared the
bill.
One of these was that the fact that the
Government operated the Postoffice De-
partment was in his opinion the grayest
menace to the existence of republican in
stitutions, the other was that so extrava-
gantly is the business of the department
managed that in his opinion business
man conducting the postal business and
receiving therefor the 800, 100000 now paid
by the Government will profit from $780,
600, 900 to $40, 100000 year.
Several efforts were made, unavailingly,
to increase the compensation for fourth
class Offices.
Having disposed of one page of the bill
the committee arose and at 4 40 clock ad-
journed until Monday.
Before going into committee of the
whole, the House passed a Senate bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to distribute the diplomas and medals
awarded exhibitors at the Columbian
Worlds Exposition and the House bill in
cooperating the Grand Lodge of Masons of
the indian Territory. The Senate amend
ments to the agricultural bill, with two
exceptions, were non-concurred in, and q
conference ordered.
The two amendments authorize the i'm
mediate publication of $4,000 copies of
"Diseases of the Horse" and 10000 copies
of Diseases of Cattle and Cattle Feed
ing"
By vote of III to 106 the House re-
fused to concur in the Senate amend ment
authorizing the publication of 25, 900 copies
of "Cattle and Dairy Farming"
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CARS PLUNGE
Left the Track on a Bridge, Fall.
ing Fifteen Feet Into
a Stream.
Fourteen Persons Were Injured and
Several Deaths Will Prob
~ ably Result.

MEMPHIS, TENN, March 7.-Fourteen
people, mostly men and children, were in
iured more or less severely in an unusual
streetcar accident this afternoon. Some
of the victims will probably die from in
ternal injuries, among them Mrs. John
Heinrich, an aged white woman, Mrs. ].
S. Rosamond and her 7-year-old daughter
and Motorman George Bennett.
An electric car, running down-grade at
a rapid rate, left the track as it struck a
bridge over the bayou on Lauderdale
street, plunged through the frail railing
along the side of the structure and landed
in the shallow stream, fifteen feet below.
The fearful plunge was witnessed by
scores of people. For time it was neces-
sary for the injured and imperiled passen-
gers to do for themselves, owing to the in
accessibility of their position. but the work
of rescue once organized was soon COM
plete. The passengers were terribly shaken
up and painfully bruised.
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ON PUGET SOUND.
Steps Being Taken to Estabtish a Large
Military Post.

Steps Being Taken to EstabIish a Large
Military Post.
NEW YORK. N. Y, March IA Sun
special from Washington says: The estab-
lishment of large military post at some
point on Puget Sound, opposite the British
naval station at Vancouver, is now under
consideration by the War Department,
and will be undertaken within the next
few months. General Merritt has come to
Washington at the direction of Secretary
Lamont to consult with the authorities re-
gardlng the most advantageous locality for
the post.
Congress has authorized the establish
ment of the post, but SO far has made no
appropriation for the erection of the build
ings. An examination of the various
points suitable for station has been con-
Quoted by the board, OF which General
Merritt is president, and its report was
submitted to Secretary Lamont this week.
One of the principal arguments in favor
OF the post is the fact that the Govern
ment has large naval drydock which
is not defended from land attack. Secre-
tary Lamont will ask Congress to pro-
vide sufficient money to begin the work of
constructing buildings and making other
Improvements for quartering a full regi-
ment OF infantry, which it is proposed to
station there.
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FROM BAD TO WORsE.
The Situation in Italy Declared to Be
Pery Serious.

The Situation in Italy Declared to Be
Very Serious.
NEW YORK, n. Y, March IA spe-
cial dispatch TO the Herald from Rome
says: The situation is going from bad to
worse. Signor Rudini's efforts to form
cabinet have failed completely.
The King, encouraged by the Embassa-
dors of Germany, Austria and England,
will persist in having the war carried on.
The visit paid Friday by Emperor William
to Sir Frank Lascelles, English Em5assa-
dor to Germany had reference 30 the
moral support to be accorded to Italy by
the three Cabinets.
Signor Rudini insisted that the expe-
ditionary force should be reduced, and de-
clared to the King that to carry the war
through TO successful conclusion would
cost 100000, 600 lire.
The revolutionary agitation directed
against the monarchy is increasing. A
serious dispute has taken place between
the King and the Prince OF Naples. The
latter is supported by the Queen. The
King has decided to carry out the mobiliza-
ton of nearly the whole Italian army.
A Cabinet under Signor Saracco, who
has filed the Office OF Minister of Public
Works in Signor Crispis Government, is
again spoken of as probable.
Si9nor Oreste Corsi, the nestor of the
Republican party, says that the Kings ab-
dication in favor of the Prince of Naples
is becoming more probable every day.
NEW YORK, n. Y, March IA spe-
cial cable dispatch to the Herald from st.
Petersburg says: Large subscriptions are
being taken up here on the stock ex-
change for the Abyssinian wounded.
The Italians in the city are sending TO-
000 rubles to King Hum bert through the
Marquis Maffei di Boglio, Italian Em5as-
sador to Russia, for the assistance of the
wounded in the Abyssinian campaign.
The Noyosti, speaking of the Abysslnian
campaign, says that Italy's last card has
been played. 1t only remains now for
Italy to go to her old ally. France.
The Novosti suggests that France, Italy
and Russia should form new triple alIi-
ance, which, with the Balkan States,
would form very strong combination.
Germany is now said to be making ad-
sances to Russia, but Russia is satisfied
with France.
The Triple Alliance is surely going to
pieces and Germany will remain isolated.
1t is reported from Milan that 1900
Italians were killed in the recent disaster
at Adowa.
Russians are subscribing freely in
Odessa for the purpose of sending Red
Cross assistance to the Abyssinians.
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ciety representative. who
yo ;uaaasd oser conp Sc WI with an elegant silver.
,aoass ~ ..ths fut srpt " ihe Scarlet Letter 10
DC sne nsu au nmerlcan who had made an
opera on on american subject and had
brought It out In grand-opera tr str,a nau ~
America" to which Damroscb resnoaada og,e IN
in neat and amiable snescb S" iesponded
reminding the audience that he baa nanks; *.
greatness thrust upon him before 1Su Su m had
really able to cope with his ros. nc was
ties, and he added that,he had besn bp'ns,olii
to work and study with t1emando,'o oigeo
and effort in order to bring b;s ouS s zeal
an equality with his obligatiao. iS 10
thanked the audience for its kind he
ton of his work, produced here now in ~ p,
perfect garb for the first time. '''
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that Italy will find assistance from some
foreign country, perhaps Great Britain.
but those well informed as to ltalys rela-
tions, believe this hope to be fallacious.
There has been no change to-day IN the
Cabinet crisis. A report was current that
King Hum bert would authorize the Mar
ouis di Rudini to form Cabinet, but up
to late hour tonight no confirmation Of
the report could be had.
The calling out OF the reserves of 1872
has revealed the TACT that numbers of
them are not at all anxious to serve their
country under arms. Many of them are
exiling themselves to escape such service.
Three hundred of the reserves of this class
are reported to have arrived in the Tyrol
to-day, their object being to evade the call.
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NEW TO-DAY.

oerience of thousands has made 1t an in-
disputable fact. Consumption is not dis
ease of the lungs. 1t is disease OF the
blood, which in weak lunged people man
ifests itself by the formation of tubercles
in the lungs and the wasting away of lung
tissue. The cure for consumption is simple.
It consists in the administration of med1-
cine that will assist the fn9gs in throwing
off tuberculous matter, and that will cleanse
the system so that this refuse matter will be
replaced by strong healthy tissues. That
sounds like very simple operation, ana
yet consumption baffled lie combined med
fcal skill of the whole Vorld for hundreds
Of years. Consumption was considered IN
durable until the advent of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This great
remedy is the most wonderful blood purifier
and strengthener that the world has ever
known It is the result of years of study
and experiment, by a scientific physician
and has been tested in every way by him
for over 20 years. 1t has an unbroken
record of success. 1t cures great variety
of diseases, because almost all diseases
have their origin and support in i1npurity
and weakness of the blood. As long as Va
mans blood is rich and pure, he is in no
danger from diseases. The blood is the
medium through which food is carried from
the digestive system to all OF the tissues of
the BODY. Ifit carries impure things, or
an Insufficient quantity of good things,
trouble will ensue. There is nothing about
that SO very hard to understand. 1t is per-
fectly plain and natural and rational. The
"Golden Medical Discovery" puts the di-
gestive system in perfect order, purihes
and enriches the blood and so puts the
whole body into perfect tune.
This talk is continued in Dr. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser This 1908 page book
sent free on receipt of n one-cent stamps to
cover cost of mailing only. WORLDS DIspKN.
saRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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AmERIoAN VESSELS BARRED.

Amother Boycott Begun by Spanish Mer-
chants in Cuba.
KEY WEST, Fla, March THE Cap
tain of the steamship Whitney, which ar
rived in this port this morning from Ha-
vana. reports that the merchants of Cuba
are holding meetings to protest against the
importation OF merchandise in American
vessels. The merchants in Cienfuegos have
already boycotted American ships, and
the general belief is that the same meas
ures will be adopted in Havana. The feel
ings of the Spaniards in Cuba is very Bit
ter against everything American.
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people and their famed reputation for ac-
cording fair play.
SPANISH FORCES DEFEATED.
Minor EsiceWnters IN Which the InsNr-
gents We're Victorious.


Minor Ence~nters IN Which the Insur-
gents Were Victorious.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA, Feb. 26
(via Key West. Fla. March 7).-On the
oath inst. the guerrillas of Cobre, $50 in all,
had an engagement in Paso Lajas with
rebel forces of the battalion Crombet, sixty
in number, and the Spanish were obliged
to retreat to the Cobre. A rebel cavalry
force of eighty men, under Commander
Diego Palacios pursued them and captured
seventeen prisoners. The Spaniards left
on the field twenty-five killed. The rebels
had two killed and nine wounded. On the
25th foraging party of seventy Spanish
met rebel party of ninety men under
Commander Reyes, near Cobra, who at
tackled them suddenly. The Spaniards
retreated 10 the Cobre, leaving ten prison.
ers in the hands of the insurgents. The
rebels had three wounded, and the Span
iards six killed and seven wounded.
Rebel Colonel Joaquin Planas, with 400
cavalry, met fifty Spanish soldiers in the
pasture ground at La Juira, between
Cibarra and Holguin, on the Goth inst.
Colonel Planas attacked the Spaniards
with only 100 men, killing four men and
capturing twelve prisoners, with their
arms and ammunition. The rebels had
one killed and six wounded.
Guantanamo is in great state Of alarm
on account of the arrest of many innocent
people who are taken from jail and from
their homes in the middle of the night and
assassinated outside of the city.
The.rebels have set fire to the cane fields
of La Isabel, San Carlos La Rosa and others
in Guantanamo.
The Spanish Governor of this province,
not having enough troops to guard the
small towns of this jurisdiction, has
ordered the garrisons to abandon the
posts, burning the places before leaving.
Among those towns are Tiarriba, Roman
ganaguas, Venta de Casanovas and Sc
CORE.
More than 100 residents OF Cubita, three
miles from here, left last night to join the
insurgents
Last night there were arrested here DR..
Tomas Padro, So years old, father of DR..
Tomas and Eduardo Padro, who have
been with the rebels for some time, Jose
Ochoa Castillo and his sister Pillar and
ten or twelve other persons.
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FIRED UPON |NTRUDERS.
Bowen Sykes Used His Rifle With
Deadly Effect Upon White
Caps.
Four Men Who Broke Into His House
Fatally Shot and Six Badly
Wounded.

TAMPA, FLA, March 7.-Attacked by a
mob of white caps, Bowen Sykes used his
rife with such effect that four men are
dying and six others are so dangerously
wounded that they cannot be moved.
Sykes lives in the Peru settlement of
Hillsboro County. About 2 o'clock on
Thursday he was awakened by a pounding
on his front door.
Barely had he sprung from his bed and
seized his rife when the door gave way
and fifteen or twenty masked men rushed
into the room. Without waiting to ask
any questions Sykes opened fire as rap
IDLY as he could work the trigger of his
gun. -Four men, who had appeared to be
the leaders, fell to the floor, and the others
took to their heels. Sykes ran to the door
and fired on the fugitives, wounding six
others, but not so seriously as to stop their
fight.
He then looked at the four who were
were John c. and Alonzo Barnes, John
Gilliland and Dennis Driggers. The
Barnes brothers were wounded in the head
and Driggers and GiIliland had bullets
through their lungs.
Sykes at once sent message to the au-
thorities here, and officers went to his
house. They found that all four of the
men were dying. They searched the
houses in the nelghborhood and found six
others had been shot while fleeing.
Many letters have been sent to Sykes re-
Gently warning him to leave the neighbor-
hood. On Wednesday morning he found
a picture of a coffin nailed on his front
door with this warning: "Leave or you
will I'LL me-" He determined to stay and
defend himself. 1t is said the neighbors
have no specific charges against Sykes, all
of them seeming to dislike him on ''gen-
eral principles" only.
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HITH FOkTY-FIVE STARS.
Secretaries Lam ont aud Herbert ArranOe
the Netg FtQU.

Secretaries Lamont aud Herbert Arran0e
the Nesc Flag.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March with
the approval of the President publicity
was given to-day to the design agreed on
between Secretary Lamont and Secretary
Herbert for the arrangement of forty-tive
stars in the National flag, made necessary
by the admission of Utah to statehood.
The new arrangement will be fully in
augurated in the army and navy by July
next. The design agreed on by Secretaries
Lamont and Herbert arranges the stars In
six rows, the first, third and fifth OF eight
stars each, and the second, fourth and
sixth of seven stars each. No new ar
rangement will be necessary till the ao-
mission of new States. as additional stars
can be added to the second, fourth and
sixth rows without disturbing the uni
formitY of the design.
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SHOULD HAVE USED A SHOTGUN.
Rather Remarkable Comment of a Vener-
able Jua,ge in Granting q Divorce
to an Injured Husband.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, March 7.-As the
Phillips divorce case terminated in the
Circuit Court in this city to-day the spec
tators were astonished to near Judge W.
]. Henry, the venerable and conservative
iurist, reprove the defendant, Ballingal
Phillips, for not using gun to defend his
honor. Thereupon the plaintiff, Mrs. Net
tie B. Phillips, tainted and was carried
from the room. The case has been replete
with disgusting testimony from the start.
The defendant, Ballingal Phillips, was
shown to be the injured party, and was
given the decree.
In giving his decree Judge Henry, ex-
Judge of the State Supreme Court, said :
"The only fault / can find with you, Mr..
Phillips, is that you have been too much
inclined to leniency. If yoI had taken a
shotgun and vindicated your home you
would stand better before this court and
the community"
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THE roRPEDo-BoAr ERICSSON.
after Mnmy Trials the Government WfH
I3cceDt Her.

after Mamy Trials the Government WfU
accept Her.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March THE
recent dock trial of the torpedo-boat Err
lesson at New London, Conn.,, insures the
acceptance OF that unfortunate little YES
sci by the Government. The only trouble
found was that the machinery was nearly
six tons overweight. The board found the
Ericsson strong and durable and built ac-
cording to the specifications. The machln-
cry worked we'll. Next week the Ericsson
will be placed in drydock and her hull ex-
amined by a naval constructor. Under
recent agreement with the Navy Depart
ment the contractors for the vessel, the
Iowa Iron Works OF Dubuque agreed to
waive all right to make another attempt
to earn premiums through speed trial
and forfeit $1,000 for overtime penalties.
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AsSAsSINATIoN ITS FORTE.
"RemarkGbte Enterprise'' by the Chicago
associated Press.

associated Press.
CHICAGO, ILL, March I'm an edi-
torial to-day, under the head Remarkable
Enterprise" the Dispatch says:
Really can nothing be done to curb the
murderous bloodthlrstiness of the Associ-
ated Press? Yesterday it rounded out
notable career of assassination by slaugh-
tering ex-Premier Crispi of Italy. OF course
Crispi is all right again to day, but it was
very unkind to kill him, even for one
night.
Within the last few months the same
bloodthirsty news association has assassi-
mated the Sultan of Turkey, General Cam
pos and President Cleveland. 1t also
courtm artiaIed and shot DR.. Jameson. gave
an international yacht race to Dunraven
and surrendered Havana to the Cuban in
surgents.
ave submit that as newsgatherlng in
stitution the Associated Press has no
equal on earth and that it should have no
imitators."
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OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Petition of a Grange for an Export Duty
on Staples.


on Staples.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March Rep
resentative Loud to-day presented the
petition of Grange No.-32 of Pescadero,
CAL, urging the passage of Johnson's bill
providing for the protection OF agricultural
staples by imposing an export duty.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Originai-Owen S. Warland,
Jam est own; John H. Adler, National Sol
diers' Home, Los Angeles; Jesse S. Pritch-
ard, National Soldiers Home, Los Angeles.
Twenty years service-James Buchanan,
United States receiving-shlp Independ-
ence, navy-yard, Mare Island; James
Kelly, Vallejo
Washington: Original-Patrick Gribbin,
Tacoma.
Oregon: Original-Charles Breen, Port
land.
Mrs. Henrietta Leschinsky was to-day
appointed posrmistress at Gas Point,
Shasta County, CAL, vice G. E. Benson,
resigned.
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rHEFTs OF A TELEGRAPHEk.

Got ths Combination of a Safe aud Con-
tents on a Forged Order.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, March John R.
Pierce, telegraph operator for the book
making firm of Sol Sharpe & Co. of Cow
ington, got the combination of the safe
from Cashier Payne on Tuesday evening
last upon forged order from Sharpe and
took $4,000 from the safe.
Wednesday he drew $4,000 from the bank
with which Sharpe did business upon a
forged check. He left Wednesday morn
ing. 1t is supposed he went to Canada
and sailed for Europe.
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Approred ty the President.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March THE
President has approved the military
academy appropriation bill, the invalid
pension appropriation bill and the bills
authorizing bridge across Lake st.
Francis, Ark; granting to the Columbia
and Red Mountain Railway Company a
right of way through the Colvilie Indian
reservation, State of Washington.
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MILLIONS ARE INVoLvED.
Decree Of Foreclosure In an lnporta,
Hailr0ad Suit.

Decree Of Foreclosore In an Important
Hailroad Suit.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, March IA
decree in the Grand Rapids and Indiana
foreclosure suit was handed down by
Judge Severns, in the United States Court
to-day. 1t favors the second mortgage
bondholders to the amount of So. 734, 765,
and orders the sale of the entire Grand
Rapids and Indiana property on April q,
1886, after six weeks notice. The decree
is made subject to the first mortgage
bonds, amounting to Sc, Isl, GAS 81, and to
lien on equipment amounting to 1856, 554 AZ.
By it's terms the holders of the third
mortgage bonds, upon which there is out
standing $685. 900, are entirely cut off.
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Failure of q Bamk.

ST. JOSEPH, No., March THE Farm
ers' Bank OF King City, thirty miles east of
this city, was taken in charge by State
Bank Examiner Jones to-day. The liabili-
ties are about $50, 900, with assets over one
half that amount.
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No Election in the Firm.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March The
House Elections Committee No. 2 to-day
decided that no election had occurred in
the Fifth Louisiana District. 1t Itconcluded
that there had been so much fraud,
violence and intimidation at the polls as
to invalidate the election.
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Mining Erchanoe Directors Resion.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March AT a
meeting OF the directors of the recently
organized New York Mining Exchange,
held to-day, the designations Of Directors
James H. Kerr and Edwin A. Beers were
rendered and accepted. The board ad-
journed until Monday, when further resig-
nations are expected. An effort will also
be made on the day named to settle the
ern members.
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The resolution was introduced several
months ago by Morse of Massachusetts,.
A hearing will be given by the committee
on the proposition on next Wednesday at
10 o'clock.
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The Name of the Deity.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 7.-Peti-
tions bearing 100000 signatures have been
received by the House Judiciary Commit
tee favoring the joint resolution to put the
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A CASE OF BLACK FEMALE.
Corbett Bounces a Colored Lady Wht
Tried to Collect q Bill.

Tried to Collect a Bill.
CHICAGO, ILL, March flames J..
Corbett, the pugilist, was arrested this
morning on warrant sworn out by Sarah
Johnson, a colored woman, who alleged
that she was elected from the Great N ofth-
ern Hotel by the ex-champion when she
called with an attachment for money due
her for a dress delivered to the present
Mrs. Corbett two years ago. At the police
station the case was settled by Corbett
paying the bill and costs. He claims it
was case of bIacKmall.
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Treasurv Gold Reserpe.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March THE
treasury gold reserve at the close of busi-
ness to-day stood at $125 ,056, ,526 The
Withdrawals for the day were SOL, 700.