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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Lodge Argues in Favor of the
Further Restriction Of
immigration.
PUGH TALKS ABOUT FINANCES.
The Restor alton of Silver to the Same
Rights of Gold Coinage Is
Advocated.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March To-
Cannon (R.) of Utah called up in the
Senate to-day bill in reference to the
Uintah and Uncompahgre Indian reserya-
tions in Utah and attacked the policy OF
the Secretary of the Interior in relation to
those Misunderstanding that the Secretary
had no right to set up his individual
opinion against the plain provisions of the
law. He protested in the name of the
people of the West against the course of
the Secretary. The bill went over for the
present.
Palmer (D.) of Illinois offered resolu-
ton, which went over for future day, de-
claring that the unlimited coinage of sill
tender quality would subvert the existing
legal and commercial established values.
Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts then took
the floor and addressed the Senate on the
immigration bill. He made strong ar
gument in favor of the further restriction
of immigration so far as illiterate and ig-
norant immigrants are concerned.
At the close of Lodges remarks the
measure was returned to the calendar. and
the House tariff bill, with the Finance
Committees free coinage amendment, was
taken up.
Pugh CD of Alabama addressed the
Senate on the financial question. He
argued as remedy for the present finan-
cial situation the restoration of silver to
the same rights of coinage that gold has
by the re-enactment of the coinage act OF
1887, which President Jackson approved.
and the re-establishment thereby of the
only true bimetaIlc system.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
NEARING A SETTLEMENT,
Olney's Latest Suggestion to
Salisbury on the Venezue-
Ian Dispute.
It Is Believed That Sir Julian Paunce-
fote Has Been Instructed to
Negotiate.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-While
State Department. officials. decline to di-
vulge the nature of Secretary Olney's lat
est suggestion to Lord Salisbury in regard
to method OF settling the Venezuela dis
opened for negotiations which are expected
to result in some plan of adjusting the
boundary claims satisfactory to all con-
cerned. The reply of Great Britain to Mr..
Olney's note has not yet actually reached
the State Department, but it is on the way,
and there are good reasons for believing
that Sir Julian Paunceforte. the British
ambassador, has within the past twenty
four hours received full instructions to en-
ter into negotiations here on the subject.
The arrival in Washington just at this
juncture of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote,
mem Der of Parliamenr for Exeter and a
diplomat and treaty negotiator OF wide ex-
perience, has been associated with the Ven
ezuelan affair. Sir Stafford Northcote.
however, asserts that his visit is purely
personal. He took luncheon with Sir
Julian Paunceforte to-day.
Sir Stafford Northcote accompanied the
Marquis of Ripon to Washington to ar
serving as secretary of the British Claims
Commission, and he was Lord Salisbury's
private secretary at Constantinople in 1875.
during the important negotiations then in
progress. He has always been considered
an extremely valuable man in just such
negotiations as are now about to take place
in Washington.
Diplomatic relations between Venezuela
and Great Britain have been suspended for
some years, and Minister Andrade and Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the representatives of
those respective nations in Washingt on
have heretofore held no official commune
cation. On Wednesday next q formal state
dinner to Secretary Olney will be given by
the British ambassador. The Venezuelan
Minister has accepted an invitation to the
this occasion may be made the means of
bringing about a resumption of diplomatic
as we'll as social amenities between the
diplomats concerned. &
LONDON, Eng, March 16 In the
House of Commons to-day Sir Albert Kaye
Rolit, Independent Conservative, mem
Der for the south division of Islington,
asked what truth there was in the reports
that the United States Government had
expressed willingness that the Venezuelan
dispute be referred to joint commission
for consideration and settlement.
Hon. George Curzon, Parliamentary Sec
retary to the Foreign Office, replied that
the Government had received official pro-
posals from the United States Govern
ment upon the subject of the Venezuelan
difficulty and that these proposals were
now in course of negotiation and. there
fore, he could not communicate them to
the House.
Mr.. Curzon, however, stated that the
proposals made by the United States were
not accurately described by the language
in question.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Failing in This the Lines Are to
Be Sold by the Treasury
Department.
TERMS TO THE PURCHASERS.
All Public Lands Not Patented to Be
Restored to the General
Dom ain.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-Rep-
resentative Hubbard of Missouri, MEM
Der of the Committee on Pacific Railroads,
has prepared a bill looking to the settle
ment OF the Indebtedness Of the Pacific
roads. The measure directs the Secretary
of the Treasury to ascertain the actual
amount due the Government by the roads
up to and including July l, 1885,
When this has been ascertained, he is to
demand of all roads to which subsidy
bonds have been issued that the bonds be
paid on July next. In case they do not
pay on the day named, he is to take all
their property. real and personal. for the
benefit of the Government. On that day,
at o'clock, he is to offer the property for
sale at the Treasury Department. In case
no one bids the amount of the Govern
ment debt the Attorney is to bid
it in for the Government.
In case purchaser is found, one-third
of the purchase money is to be paid
within thirty days, and the balance in ten
years, an equal amount each year.
In case the property is sold the Presi-
dent is to appoint three Government
trustees, after which the employees of the
road are to form an association and elect
three trustees to represent them. These
trustees are to manage the roads. A por-
ton of the earnings are to be set aside for
the benefit of the employees and the net
profits are to 60 toward the liquidation of
the debts of the corporations. All public
lands not patented or subject to patent
granted the roads are to be restored to the
publiC domain
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT |
Imported Clothing.Cutters In.
duced to Quit Work
and Depart.
Leaders Declare That if New York
Manufacturers Interfere There
Will Be Tie-Up There.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 16. - Fourteen
clothing-cutters whowere induced to come
here from New York to take the places of
the strikers were yesterday prevailed upon
to return, and the strikers were jubilant
to-day over their success because others
would be discouraged from coming. The
strike leaders among the cutters said they
will be able TO hold out until July 1, and in
the meantime the manufacturers would
lose their trade, and the victory of the
latter would be barren one. it's claimed
that $1,000 came into the strikers treasury
yesterday from sympathetic trade unions.
Officials of the Cutters Union declare that
if they discover New York manufacturers
are in any way aiding those here by MAX
ing clothing or sending non-union cutters.
there will be another general tie-up of the
clothing business in New York by order of
the Garmeat-workers' Union.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
HONoRED BIZ THE CAR.
Rmssia's Ruler Clearly ShotUs HIS SYM
patEy for MeneJek.

pathy for MeneJek.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, March 16.-A dis
patch to the Neue Freie Press
from st. Petersburg says that the
Gear has conferred upou King Meme
lex OF Abyssinia the grand Gordon
of st. George. the highest mill
tary decoration in the gift of the Russian
Emperor, and that Baron de Leyondorff,
councillor of the Russian embassy at
Rome, has been intrusted to transmit the
decoration to Abyssinia.
1t is expected, the st. Petersburg dis.
patch says, that King Menelek will ask
Russia to intervene between Abyssinia and
Italy for the conclusion of peace on the
basis of the independence of Abyssinia
and the restoration of the old frontiers of
Erythrea.
ROME, ITALY. March 16.-A dispatch
from Massowah, under yesterdays date,
confirms the report that the Mahdist army
is marching against Kassala. The Ital-
ians are determined to hold Kassala, and
with that object have forwarded REINFORCE
ments which are expected to reach Kassala
to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17

no further than Akasheh or one-third OF
the way to Dongola.
John Redmond, member for Waterford
City and one of the Parneite leaders. said
that if the expedition met with mlsfor-
tune similar to that which had befailen
the Italians, the news would be received
with satisfaction by the greater number OF
the Irish members of the House.
Robert A. Yerburgh, Conservative men,
Der for Chester, asked if in view of
the increasing dependence OF the United
Kingdom upon foreign wheat, the Govern
ment would take measures to secure the
acceptance of the principle OF international
law. contention for which was originally
advanced by the United States, that pro-
visions shall only be treated as contraband
of war when they are destined to place
which is invested or blockaded.
Mr.. Balfour said he would not venture
to express an opinion in regard to the ex-
pediency of change in the principle OF
international law. Anyhow, he said, it
was not opportune to raise the question
Just now.
Akasheh, the town referred to by Mr..
Cursor and MIR. Balfour, is the point south
of Wady Halfa which it is the present in
tention of the Government to make the
terminus of railway from Wady Halfa.
Part of line is still IN existence, but it
has not been used since the evacuation OF
Dongela in 1885. Engineers report that
the rapid completion of the line could be
easily effected.
All the Egyptian troops at Cairo will go
to the frontier. Beyond the details of the
preparations and the means of transit that
will be employed there is no news of mo-
ment concerning the expedition. There is
an almost complete absence of enthusiasm
on the subject in the London press. The
Times, which of all the papers most
strongly favors the venture, advocates
Egypt being allowed to eventually recon-
quer the Soudan. Elsewhere the feeling is
expressed that the brief statement made in
the House OF Commons by Mr.. Curzon does
not supply sufficient data to enable a
definite judgment to be made.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
SWINDLED BUSINESS FIRMS.
Clever Scheme of Real Estate Broker and
a Saloon Keeper by Which They
Secured Bio Sum-

CHICAGO. ILL, March 16. = Patrick
Larkins. saloon-keeper, and F. P. Vim
cent, real estate broker, are under arrest
here, charged with swindling a number of
Chicago business firms out of an aggregate
of $4,000. 1t is alleged that for the past
three months Larkins, Vincent and an
other man, not yet under arrest, have
been going around the city buying any,
thing and everything they could get on
credit. In all cases notes were offered in
payment indorsed by man named Rein
hardt. The notes were accepted in numer-
Gus cases, as the indorser Is rated as own
ing some property. 1t is alleged, however,
that the notes indorsed by Reinhardt
amount to many times the value of the
property he owned, and that now he has
disposed of his holdings and left the city.
Larkins and Vincent own practically moth
ing and are not good for the debts con-
traCted
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Reidinger. National Soldiers. Home. Los

Reidinger. National Soldiers Home, Los
Angeles.
Oregon: Original-William A. Britton,
Gales Greek; Wilber F. Thompson, New
Bridge. Increase-William G.. Robbins,
Whiteson. Mexican War survivor-James
Wilson, Lostine.
Washington: Original-Isaiah B. Mer-
rick, Clallam; Asa Hughes, Benson.
The House Naval Committee has de-
cided to appropriate $525, 900 for timber
drydock at Mare Island, 100000 to be
available for the next fiscal year.
Senator White to-day presented to the
Senate the petition of the Democratic
State Central Committee of California.
protesting against the passage of the re-
funding bill.
Senator Hoar from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported bill fixing the salaries of
United States District Attorneys and Mar
shals. Under the bill the United States
District Attorney for the Northern Dis
trlct OF California is to receive salary Of
$4,000 year and Of the Southern District
$4,000. The Marshal for the Northern Cali
fornia District is to receive $500 and he is
to be allowed the appointment of chief
Deputy Marshal at salary of $500 per
year. The salary for Marshal OF the
Southern District of California is $4,000,
and he may appoint chief deputy at a
salary OF $120O per annum.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
FOR BUILDING a BRANCH.
Peculiar Proposition Argued Before the
House Committee.

4
House Committee.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16-The
House Committee on Pacific Railroads to-
day heard Representatives Meiklejohn of
Nevada, Perkins OF Iowa and Fletcher of
Minnesota in support OF the proposition
looking to the construction of road from
Sioux City to North Platte to connect with
the Pacific roads.
Meiklejohn said that the original plans
providing for building the Pacific rail-
road contemplated the construction of
this branch. The branch, however, had
never been built, the claim being made,
but for which there was no foundation,
that the condition of the country would
not allow it. His proposition was that in
settling the affairs of the roads to allow
$4,000 600 of the trust fund, accrued under
the Thurman act, to be invested in bonds
to aid in the construction of this road.
He was asked if the Pacific roads would
not object to this. He replied that the
Government had the right to invest this
fund in railroad bonds. The construction
of this connection, he said, was one of
great Importance to this section OF the
country.
In reply to question by Powers of Yer
mont he said in case of foreclosure the
plan could hardly be carried out, but if
there was an extension or reorganization
he wanted the committee to carefully con-
slider the interests he had presented.
Johnson OF California thought the propo-
sition could be made the part of any
organization scheme. Perkins indorsed
what Mairlaiohp had caid Tn caft1,po
matters pertaining to the Pacific railroads
he wanted Congress to improve its oppor-
tunity and to right the great wrong which
had been done to the section referred to.
. Fletcher asked the committee to care
fully consider the claims presented in
forming plan for settlement. He did
not think any member of Congress would
live to see the day that the Government
would go into the railroad business. The
committee adjourned until tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
BELONGS TO UNCLE sam.

Claim to Greer County, Teras, affirmed
by the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-The
claim of the United States to the territory
known as Greer County, to which the
State of Texas also made claim, was af-
6rmed by the decision of the Supreme
Court of the Unite States. announced to-
day by Justice Harlan.
The President this afternoon issued q
proclamation withdrawing from disposi-
tion under public land laws the territory
known as Greer County, Texas, which the
United States Supreme Court has decided
belongs to the United States and not to the
State of Texas. The proclamation is
issued on account of claim of the Choc-
taw Nation to Greer County and it is to re.
main in force until the dispute is settled.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
SPEED OF THE OLYMPIA.
Remarkable Record Made by the Cruise,
im a Storns.

Remarkable Record Made By the Cruiser
In Storne.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. March 16.-A re-
cent speed run of the cruiser Olympia be-
tween two Chinese ports was made the
subject of an officiel report which has just
reached the Navy Department.
Notwithstanding very rough weather the
Olympia averaged twenty knots an hour,
aud would have made twenty-three knots
according to her officers, in smoother
water, thus becoming the fastest cruiser in
the world.
The Minneapolis of our navy, which
holds the record, made her remarkable
speed of twenty-three knots and traction
in her official trial, where every condition
was favorable to speed and where forced
draught was used.
The Olympia ran under natural draught.
Her headway was SO great that the deck
was swept by the waves and it was neces-
sary 10 slow down to avoid damage oc-
curing. The Olympia was built under
private contract at the Union Iron Works,
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
KILLED AN INDIAN DESPERATE.
An Oklahoma Farmer Compelled to Do
Some Shooting to Recover a
Stolen Horse

WICHITA, KANs., March 16.-John Ed
wards, an Oklahoma farmer, went down
into the Red Moon district, seventeen
miles south of the village of Cheyenne,
Oklahoma, yesterday in quest of stolen
horse. He found the animal in the pos
session of a bad man, notorious despe-
RADIO of the Arapahoe tribe. When he at
tempted to get possession of his property
the Indian shot b i'm IN the right shoulder,
infiicting a dangerous wound. Edwards
then shot the desperate IN the bowels,
and by the time the doctor arrived from
Arapahoe the Indian was dead. Edwards
Is a wealthy cattleman.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Murder in the Second Degree.

TOPEKA. KANs., March l6.-After being
out thirty-six hours the jury in the cele-
brated Matson murder case found Frank
Nevis guilty of murder in the second de-
gree, the punishment for such a crime
being not less than five years nor more
than twenty in the penitentiary. On De-
cember 20, 1894, the mutilated body of
Mrs. A. d. Matson was found by boys on
the floor of her residence in this city. She
had been foully murdered. Suspicion
rested on Frank Nevis and he was tried
for the murder.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Findings Ia the Heaty Trial

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-The
findings in the court-martial of Captain
Healy of the revenue-cutter service, held
at San Francisco, we're received at the
treasury to-day. They are very volumin-
Gus and may not be promulgated Tor a
month.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Warmed BY THE LEAGUE.
Republican Ctmbs Cautioned against
Iudorsiuo Candidates.

! CHICAGO, ILL, March 16.-A circular
letter signed by President McAlpin and
Secretary Dowling of the National Repub-
lican League was sent to-day to league
officers throughout the country, drawing
their attention to that article of the league
constitution which forbids it in any way
influencing the action of any party con-
vention or indicating its preference for
any candidate before a convention. 1t is
stated that the circular is sent sowing to
several complaints, based on information
said to be reliable, that have been made to
officers of the National League"
The circular adds that any club or
organization affiliating with the National
League is prohibited from indorsing any
candidate for Office.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Treoswrv Gold Rcaerve.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 16-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of bust
ness to-day stood at $127. .564, 712, The
Withdrawals for the day amounted 10
$4,000. There remains to be paid in on
account of recent bond issue about $9, ,OOO,-
coo in gold.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Without CIevefamd,s Signatur-.

WARRINGTON, D. c., March 16.-The
joint resolution authorizing and directing
the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase
and distribute seeds, bulbs, etc., has be-
come law without the Presidents sigma.
ture.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Appointea Fish Co,nmtsstomer.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16-The
President to- day nominated John ]. Boyce
to be Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries,
vice Marshall Mcdonald, deceased.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
FAILS 70 PASS OvEK TIE BAR.
Not Enough Water at Port Royal to Dock
the Indiana.

the Indiana.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-A
telegram to the Navy Department from
Beaufort, S. c., reports that there was not
enough water at Port Royal this morning
to allow the battleship Indiana to pass
over the bar. The repeated delays in the
attempt to get the big vessel into the dry
dock are causing uneasiness at the Navy
Department, as the high tide now prevail
ing is not expected to continue for any
great length of time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17

six years, was $s, ,O30, 900. inclose herewith
copy of my letter to the United States Senate,
referred to above. Yours truly,
]. G. CARLISLE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Legal Tender Gold and Silver
Coins Have Been Treated
Precisely Alike.
REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES,
Encouragement to Take the White
Metal by the Payment of Ex-
press Charges.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-Rep-
resentative Patterson of Tennessee made
public to-day the following, which he re-
ceived this morning from Secretary Car
isle:
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
s spring i

Medicine is only another term for Hoods Sar-
saparilla. Its unequaled sales show that the
people recognize it as the one true blood puri-
fer. It's grand effects as Spring Medicine
give renewed vigor, new hope, high ambitions,
mental strength, steady nerves, good appetite,
prevent the "blues," drive away that tired feel
ing. 1t "bridges over" a dangerous period of
the year, prevents illness and is natures true
helper and friend Be sure to get
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-11-30
SHOOTS RIGHT AND LEFT.

New Gun Which VIII Really Throw .
Ball "Around Corners"
A gun that could shoot around the
corner has been the desire of all invent.
ors of small arms. It has remained for
an Italian to devise this weapon. The
gun is called the "scurrimobile.
It is good and proper name. With
this weapon war may be impossibl
and eternal peace may reign. This is
what one of the European papers says
about this tremendous weapon:
''This extraordinary gun, of which
the two barrels can be presented at two
separate objects and fired at once, Is the
invention of Alessandro Scurri, who has
already distinguished himself as mech
anician. The barrels are separated so
as to cover two objects by small screw,
which is moved by the left hand, and
they are so placed that the shooters eye
can aim along each. If only one shot is
required, one barrel is easily thrown
out of gear. There is one important
utility in this machine-it enables the
shooter to judge the distance Of the OBJ
ject at which he aims This he does by
means Of q minute scale between the
barrels, by observing which, at two diff
ferent spots, he can, by a simple trigo-
nometrical formula arrive approximate
ly at the distance.
A military man will see at a glance
the effectiveness of this new destructive
implement, which has not been intro
duced into European armies, but will
be tested soon.
This gun marks reversion to the old
time blunderbuss, which shot 30 many
ways that the man behind it was the
only man who was really in danger.