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The herald., 1897-05-22
San Frara.sco Produce

Mill and Feed stuffs-Middlings, 1s5O@
N,50 California bran. 1500@15.5O.
Hay-Wheat, S.OON95O; wheat and oa.,
7.C0Qs.5O; oat, S.oo@S.5o; barley. 5.Oo@SO 90;
gsoo; @ @ Clover sOc@s stock. soo@soo; com. Su
pressed wheat. e.oOGs.5o. Straw. per bale.
35ds50
tai; river Burbanks. 60@70; river reds,
6c@75; Oregon Burbanks 70d1.00; Peta-
luna and Tomales Burbanks, 551SO:
sweet potatoes. 1.0O@1.25
Dry Beans-Pink. 1.00QD11 10: Lima, 1.507
1.65; small white. 1.05Q1 .2o large white, 100
y Various-Onions. s0@75 per GENITAL; cut
do 100@1.50 per GENITAL; dried peppers,
s97 cents per pound: dried okra. 1Od51aH
garlic, 1@2; common asparagus, 5O@100;
choice do, 1.25@1.75; tomatoes. 1.25D1 80 box
green peas. 2b@40 string beans, 4d6;
green peppers, 25@so per box; egg
2.50QDs.0o per box; rhubarb, 20@66 per box
cucumbers, z5@s5; Australian onions.
S.O0QS50; new onions, 60@S0
Fresh Fruits-Good to choice apples. 1.2E
020o per box; eastern do. s.o003b0; Long
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CHICAGO MARKETS
The Days Transactions on the Board
of Trade

CHICAGO, May 2L-Liverpool opened
I'd lower and had declined I'd more before
trading started here. The drop was said
to be owing to favorable weather in the
United Kingdom. The weather here was
chilly and therefore less suggestive Of
activity among the insect pests Of the
wheat plant. Changes in the general sur
roundings were apparently the cause of
the 1a6I%c decline with which July and
September wheat started here, the former
selling at the start from 71hc to INC and
the latter at 66K@661ac. Buying orders
came from the northwest shortly after
the opening. and that, with some buying
against shorts, steadied the market at the
decline for time. The pressure of selling
orders was kept up however, and persist
ent dropping of that kind wore fresh
hole In the market, through which the
price dropped to 7OAc. Closing cables re-
ported Liverpool Nd lower for the day,
Paris 20 centimes higher and Antwerp 1914
centimes higher; Berlin u mark lower.
Business was Of very small local and pro-
fessional kind and the price of July after
the break recorded above kept close
around 70Hc during the remainder of the
day and that was the closing xrice. In
me corn pit. although the trade was small
and wheat weak, there was more disposi-
tion to buy corn already short than to add
to previously existing lines on that side of
the market The speculative trade in oats
was slow. The provision market was rela-
lively the most active Of the speculative
centers. 1t was strong and higher from
the start. Much Of the buying was thought
to be for the account of the Cudahy
brothers.
m L.. I,sA.. IL
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices of Cereals and Ship-
ments Received

SAN FRANCISCO. May 21.-wheat-
Steady; May. s1.311s; December s1.25 bid
Barley-Quiet: December. 1850 Corn
Large yellow, May. $1.0O@1.03N. California
Bran-$15. 00@15.5O.
Flour-Famiiy extras. $4.7504.S5: bakers
extras. $45094.65: superfine, S4,1O14.S5.
Wheat-No. l shipping. $l.30D1.31A fol-
local use. $l30@1.35; milling. $L35Gl1.4O
Barley-Feed. 721A@75c; choice. 7sN@
771ac; brewing. S5@90c.
Oate-Puget sound. $1.1oQ1.25; some
fancy white higher; inferior grades. 9scQ
$1.07la.
Receipts-Flour, quarter sacks, 1000;
wheat, centals, 800; barley, centals. 5000;
beans. sacks, 1853; corn. centals. 3a00 rye,
centals, 2S0; potatoes, sacks. 1850; onions
sacks. 1900; bran, sacks. $780, middlings
sacks, 540 shorts. sacks, 220: hay tons,
s25; wool. bales. 9S; hides, number, 467;
wine, gallons, 81, 500.
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otals..... As.5ls.aSo ,N.sao.sOo Ms,oss, 400
Dun & Co.'S Review

NEW YORK. May 21.-R. G. Dun & Co. g
weekly review Of trade tomorrow will say:
Unmistakable evidence Of Improvement
comes In the general increase Of CONNER
cial loans, mostly for eastern merchants
or companies. though some well known
houses In the middle west appear with
considerable rediscounts from the south,
Not for a long time have commercial loans
been fully half the whole. The distinct
change gives proof that new business has
been larger than many have supposed. Re-
kceipts Of money from the interior exceed
shipments by $4,000. mostly from the
middle west. Exports Of gold have no in
fiuence and only signify the willingness
or Russia to pay price for the gold needed.
The excess Of merchandise imports to
answer demands for half year to come
involves greater excess Of exports when
the anticipatory movement ends and crops
begin to move. which fact renders large
outgoes Of gold less likely and gives a
strongr position in international markets
Meanwhile there Is a continuing increase
distinct, though gradual, in the volume
OF business In demand for products of
manufacture and considering the time OF
year in movement of grain and produce
Western wheat receipts exceed last years
for the week 2.3S4. 1S9 bushels against !, 49,
9S6 and exports were l. 6S0. .173 bushels, flour
included. against 1.302, ,491 last year and for
three weeks 3.44s,772 against s,2s5l, ,910 last
year. The iron industry has quite an in
crease in new business, though not in all
branches. Part was due to the rupture of
the steel beam pool and the fall in price
from 1.65 to 1.25nominally quoted and some
good structural contracts were at once
secure. Part is due to a better demand for
plates and pipe, Of which large contract
for Indian fields was placed. and the grow
ing need for cars and vessels. There is
some increase in rods, though the season
for wire and nais is nearing an end be-
cause of an unexpected pool of rod mills.
Low southern freight rates marketed a
little moro iron at the north and eastern
foundry is slightly lower with gray forge
only $S.25 at Pittsburg. The Carnegie works
are now turning out 5000 tons of rails daily
and nearly all on old orders and exports
of finished products increase. Sales of
copper. said to be nearly CO. 000, 900 pounds,
have stiffened the price to liz cents for
lake. and tin rose to 1915 cents, in spite Of
large arrivals, though lead was weaker at
$3.25 and tin plates at 50. 80. Coke is also a
shade lower. Sales of wool decreased.
though still greater than when the mills
were busy, but manufacturers are doing
scarcely anything, most Of their possible
demand for months ahead having been
placed. The western holders begin to offer
to 1hc lower than of late.
Failures for the week have been 248 in the
United States against 27 last year, and 81
IN Canada against % last year.
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Boston-Wool Market

BOSTON, May 21.-The Boston Com
mercial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the
wool trade:
The market was duller than for months,
The sales of domestic are confined to the
territorial and pulled woods. There has
been no business in fleeces. Prices OF
pulled wool and ordinary territory have
are unchanged. The sales of the week are
1,549000 pounds domestic and 2,7O4. .00(
pounds foreign. against $685. 500 domestic
and 2,965,000 foreign last week and /, ,23a, ,o1(
domestic and $1,000 foreign for the same
week last year,
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Chicago Live Stock

better demand and prices ruled firmer;
bulk sold at $4.3O@4.65; stockers and feed
ers, $4OO@4.50; calves, active, $615 for
choice; cows. heifers and bulls. active and
| strong.
There was a lively demand for hogs from
the start, the market advancing 5010c;
sales were at an extreme range of $4,000
3.65 the bulk going at IS. 7513.80.
Sheep were strong and in good demand; /;
lambs sold at $3.5O@3.621a spring lambs,
$5.OO@6.25 for good lots, sS.75@475 for poor
lots; sheep sold at $2.75649O for the poorest
to the best, chiefly at SO. .50@4.50.
Receipts-Cattle, 2O00; hogs, 24.00O; sheep.
6000
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ON CHANGE
What Was Done Yesterday on Wall
Street

NEW YORK. May 21.-The stock market
was relieved today Of some part of the
pressure of heavy liquidation In the coal
ers. and-especially New Jersey Central
and In Chicago Gas, which has been the
heaviest drag upon 1t for several days
past. The latter stock showed some
strength today on a renewed faith in
favorable action by the legislature of Illi-
nois on the consolidation bill. New Jersey
also recovered about two points from the
lowest of the day on quite a heavy cover
ing movement. The underlying strength
Of the market was thus allowed to assert
itself to some extent and was helped by
some special strength in individual stocks
with the~result that the days trading
brought fractional gains all through the
list, but while the tendency Of prices was
upwards the market was lacking in buoy
ancy and was dull, the dealings being in
the strictest sense professional, and the
variations, outside a few special cases,
very narrow. A feature of the market
for the last few days has been the small
volume of dealings in sugar. Efforts have
been apparent at different times recently
to repress any marked Improvement In this
stock since the tariff bill has been reported
to the senate. Restricted dealings in
dropping market would be natural con-
sequence Of this policy. The engagement
for export of $2.200.O00 in gold here had no
very marked effect on values, as the
amount was about what had been antici-
pated. The shipment is said to be in set
tlement of bills of exchange sold during the
week. The railways practically closed
higher. There was good buying in West
ern Union, resulting in rise Of Y on the
day. Tobacco was heavy and lost frac-
tion. The closing was strong. The bond
market ruled quiet and uninteresting with
a slight tendency toward a higher plane.
Aggregate sales were $ST,0O Govern
ments were neglected. but generally firm.
The sales were 100000
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Bradstreet's Trade Review

NEW YORK, May N.-Bradstreet,s to-
morrow will say: The slight Improvement
in trade is in the tendency of business to
increase at few cities in the northwest
on thePacific coast and South Atlantic and
gulf states. There is increased buying at
Baltimore, Atlanta, Birmingham and New
Orleans. where trade has revived on the
announcement that northern Louisiana
Mississippi and Arkan sas flooded districts
are being placed under cultivation and the
damage done is less than expected. There
are increased sales at Milwaukee, Omaha.
Chicago and st. Louis, and exports Of gen.
eral merchandise and lumber from San
Francisco have increased. Advices from
California are that lack of seasonable rains
and long continued dry winds have in
jured the wheat and fruit crops. Larger
eastern centers report the movement OF
merchandise slow and trade dull. The
season is so far advanced that no general
recovery Is looked for until after fall buy
ing sets in. The Industrial disturbances
have marked building and other industries.
notably clothing, mining, iron and steel.
Manufacturers Of woolens are we'll stocked
with raw material, but owing to slowness
OF orders prices are easier. Makers of cot
ton goods are at a disadvantage owing to
the relatively high prices of cotton and the
increase in production of products. There
Is no gain in demand for iron and steel.
prices for which continue low, The report
that the steel rail, wire and billet makers
are trying to form pool to advance prices
Is not confirmed.
There are c45 business failures this weel.
In the United States, which is not far from
what may be called the normal. This total
Ia compared with 251 last week, and PIG In
the third week of May 1896 There are q
business failures reported from Canada
this week. compared with 81 last week and
28 in the week year aro
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Supplies for the State Hosp ifais
COMMENCING JULY /, 1897, AND END

COMMENCING JULY !, 1897, AND END
ing June 30, 1885,
Notice Is hereby given that sealed propo-
sails will be received at the state hospitals
located at Stockton, Napa Agnews. Ukiah
and San Bernardino up to 1870 o'clock p. m,
June IL, 1897, for furnishing furniture and
household furnishing goods, provisions.
fuel, forage, drugs, clothing. or material
for clothing and other material. for one or
all the said hospitals for the twelve months
ending June 30 1898.
Bids will be awarded on articles. Blank
bids and schedules Of supplies needed may
be obtained by applying to the hospitals
above named or to this commission. The
several boards of managers reserve the
right to reject any and all bids
BY order State Commission in Lunacy.
JOHN f. CARRERE,
27 Secretary.
The herald., 1897-05-22
Insurance

Fire insurance companies are the nat
ural subjects of attack from the average
legislator when more revenue is needed.
and by few legislators when nai
avarice Is to be satisfied, but the average
premium-payer readily realizes that every
burden we place upon the fire insurance
companies comes back upon ourselves in
the premiums we pay, and, in addition
thereto, agents commissions and other ex-
penses. as we'll as companies prcfits. To
tax an insurance company per cent on
gross premiums means taxing the prem
ium-payers fully per cent, as agents
commissions and the usual heavy expense
ratios Of fire insurance companies are as
surely applied to tho tax portion as to any
other portion of the premium.
If, as rremium-paye we are willing
to be taxed per cent on our premium pay
ments In order that agents may have their
commission and that insurance companies
may hove larEeF Incline, and that per
cent may nlter into the state treasury, yet
there are other considerations to be taken
Into account.
The herald., 1897-05-22
Fresh Fruit Sales

NEW YORK. May 21.-The Earl Fruit
company sold California cherries today as
follows: Black Tartarian, $1.5Od3 35 per
box; Chapman. $275; Advance, 81. .9Oa2 20;
Purple Guigne S0c@s1.90; Gov. Wood, 6Oc
OSLO; Centennial. $780,
CHICAGO, May H.-The Earl Fruit COM
'pany sold California cherries today as fol-
lows: Chapman, 1920: Black Tartarian>
75c@s2.0O; Gov. Wood. $1eO; Purple Guigne,
70QSOc; Advance, S.05.
The herald., 1897-05-22
London Markets

NEW YORK, May N.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says:
The stock markets have grown quieter
as the settlement approaches, but the tone
today was distinctly good. Consols hard
ened at the close on the success of the
Indian loan. Foreigners were strong, not
ably Turks. Kaff1rs. after period Of dull
ness. closed strong. I learn that a syndi-
cate was formed principally of Berlin and
Amsterdam capital of about 9250,O00 to
operate in Kaffirs. The Paris and Berlin
markets were firm.
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NEW YORK. May 21.-Money on call
easy at -1AQ1h per cent: last loan, IN per
cent; closed offered at 1A@1h per cent;
prime mercantile paper. s1xd4 per cent;
sterling exchange with actual business In
bankers bills at $4.S7A@4S7h for demand
and at $466A@4.s615 for sixty-day bills
posted rates, $4s7 and $.sSa4. .sS1s: COM
mercial bills, $4.S5z; silver certificates, 601t
@60ss.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.-Drafts
sight, 17h; telegraphic, 20.
LONDON. May 21.-Consols, 113 9-16.
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Bradstreet's Financial Review

NEW YORK, May M.-Bradstreet's re.
view OF the stock market tomorrow will
say: Irregularity in prices and a com.
pletely professional speculation have beer
witnessed In Wall street this week. The
discussion Of the Cuban question In cori-
gress has kept the public out Of the market
and caused London to avoid our securitier
for the time being. although prices fol
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MI AIN STREET SAVINGS BANK.

Junction Of Main, Spring and Temple sts.
CTemple Block), Los Angeles.
Capital paid up...................... .1100, ,00D
Officers and directors: T. L. Duque.
President; !. N. Van Nuys, v!ce-Presidenti
B. v. Duque, Cashier; H. w.. Hellman,
Kaspare Kohn, H. w. OMelveny, ]. b.
..ankershim. o. T. johnson. Abe Haas, w.
e. Kerckhoff
Money loaned on real estate.
Five per cent interest paid ON term deposits
The herald., 1897-05-22
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, May N.-Today's state
ment of the condition Of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $229, $50, $50;
gold reserve, $145, ,S69,712
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Silver Bullion

NEW YORK. May N.-Bar silver, go;
Mexican dollars, AN.
SAN FRANCISCO. May N.-Bar silver,
60; Mexican dollars, 491zQ50.
LONDON, May 2!.-Bar silver, 271kd.
The herald., 1897-05-22
Fruit and Nut Prices

NEW YORK, May 21.-California dried
fruits, firm for apples; other fruits steady;
evaporateG apples. prime, wire tray, 4Ac;
wood dried, prime. 4ssc; choice. 41ac; fancy,
4XQ5c.
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Liverpool Markets

LIVERPOOL. May 21.-Wheat-Spot No.
northern spring. dull; 6s I'd.
Corn-Spot American mixed easy. 1s
I'D; May and July Is SID; do old, steady.
Is Cd.
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Boston Quotations

BOSTON. May 21.-Atchison, 10A: Bell
Telephone, 229 Burlington. 1874; Mexican
Central TX; San Diego. 9.
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Petroleum

NEW YORK, May N.-Petroleum was
dull; Pennsylvania crude. steady; Janu-
ary closed at SIC bid. =,
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Baker Iron Works
$50 to 800 Buena Vista Street.
Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Adjoining s. P. Grounds, Tel 124
Real Estate Transfers

lard, tierces, 57s; Ivory, tierces, 81; cot
tolene. tierces,, 61a; Rexolene, rierces.
52; special kettle rendered leaf, 6h.
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Cash uuotationa we're as hollow.

Flour steady; No. spring wheat, 11s0
72%c; No. 8 spring wheat. 6s@73c: No 2
1S%@19c No. white, nominal; No. Q rye,
Ss7sc; No. barley. nominal; No. 8, 30@32c;
No. 4. nominal No. fiaxseed, 76h@77c;
prime timothy seed. sr75@2.7O mess pork,
per BARREL $S.35@8.40: lard, per 100 pounds,
$3.S0Q3.S5; short ribs sides Qoose), 1850
470; dry salted shoulders (boxed), 5@5Ac;
short clear sides (boxed) $4.65; whisky,
distillers' finished goods, per gallon, H.19.
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F os ANGELES SAVINGS BANK.
go N. Main st.

J.E. Platter, Pres; H.w. Hellman. v-Pres.;
W. M. Caswell, Cashier.
Directors-I. W. Hellman, ]. e. Platter.
II. w. Hellman. !. w. Hellman. ir.. W.
interest paid on deposits. Money to loan
on first-class real estate.
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Money Quotations

Gould & Curry. n Utah Con. -
Hale 4 Norcross - Yellow Jacket t... 2!
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO. May 2.-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
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Bond List

NEW YORK. May N.-Ths following
were the closing quotations on bonds today:
U S n As reg. 1924 p lists of '95. .103A
TT & n Is conn 1924 n e. r. IL 1Oox
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Closing Stocks

NEW YORK. May 2.-The following
are the closing stock quotations.: -
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First-The people who carry no insur-
ance escape their Just portion Of this tax,
while fire departments and public fire pro-
tectior are maintained for the common
good Of all. but ofspecial Importance to the
man who carries no insurance.
Second-Those who insure in farmers
mutual assessment companies escape their
portion of this tax. So 1t will be seen that
/ those who pay premiums for insurance
on town property pay all this double por-
ton tax which we. as a people, place on the
hre insurance companies.
The more we study the question Of tax
Ing insurance companies the more we will
realize that 1t Is an unequal and an ex-
pensive way Of taxing ourselves, and, az
a people, we should get out of this Quag-
mire as quickly as possible.-Insurance
Journal.
In the case of the Pioneer Savings and
Loan company of Minneapolis vs.. the st.
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance company.
lately decided by the supreme court OF
Minnesota. 1t appeared that policy of
fire Insurance was issued insuring mort
gagor-loss. II any, payable to the mort
gagee-and providing that II the property
were sold or any change took place in the
title. use or occupation without written
permission In the policy. the same should
be void, and also that az to the mortgage
the insurance should not be invalidated by
any act or neglect Of the mortgagor nor
any change in title or possession, provided
the mortgage should notify the insurer
Of any change of ownership which should
come to the mortgagee's knowledge and
have permission therefor indorsed on the
policy. During the term of the policy the
mortgage foreclosed the mortgage and
acquired title to the property; thereafter
and during such term a loss occurred. The
court held that the provisions of the policy
as to change of title which should come to
the mortgagee's knowledge, had reference
to change or transfer of title or possess
sion to third party, and not to one from
the mortgagor to the mortgage by FORE
closure.
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The New York Journal Of Commerce
says: "The fire loss OF the United States
ana Canada for the month Of April, as
compiled from our daily records, shows a
total Of $10Sa3,0 900. This Is gratifyingly
less than the record for the same month in
1895. The losses for the first four months
of 1897 compare as below with the figures
for the same months in 1895 and 1896:
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- q II q Is. .1O9M
do As. STU
Erie Eds ........ 81
g H & s A 6s. .1051S
dol Is, 100
H & T cen IS. Ill
do 6s. 100
NJ X & T 1sts'. :. siss
do ID As. ... SO
Mutual Union IS 107
N J Central 5s.. .1OSN
N Pacific lists. .1171a
do DDS. 5S1A
do As. S4%
Northwest Com. .143
do s F debs IS. liza
r G w lists. 74
st Paul con Is. .1331k
do c & p W Is. 116
St L & L M gen IS 50
st L & 8 F gen 6s1125s
Texas Pac lists. SO
do DDS. 2OA
U P lists of '96. .10S
w Shore As. .1OSN
l. & ~ As. 70
The herald., 1897-05-22

The British consul at Rouen reports that
IN order to escape the French protective
tariff a Swedish horseshoe nail maker has
founded factories in different parts of
France, and a great Scotch firm of lino-
leum makers is erecting works near
Rouen. Near the same place is an old
established English industry, which sends
many hundreds of tons Of artificial wool
(prepared from wooden rags) annually to
Dewsbury, where 1t serves for making
cheap cloth and shawls.
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mined to cancel the new 81, 81 and IS silver
certificates outstanding as they come into
the treasury. The total foots up SIC. $780,
600 ones. $S,144.00O twos and $50, 900 fives
$54, ,424,O 900 in all.
The herald., 1897-05-22

The Chicago board of trade will retire
an issue Of $1.250,0O0 per cent bonds, SUBJ
stituting for them a similar issue Of 1 per
cent bonds.
The herald., 1897-05-22

All prices Of wall paper greatly reduced,
A. A. Eckstrom. 2s4 South Spring street,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-05-19
CUBAN SYMPATHIZERS.
They Meet In Great Numbers at Mass
Meeting In Washington Resolutions
Adopted.

They Meet In Great Numbers at Mass
Meeting In Washington - Resolutions
Adopted.
Washington, May 17.-An enthusias-
tic audience of men and women, many
of them well known in Washington,
packed the Columbia theater to its
doors Sunday afternoon at monster
mass meeting held in behalf of the
cause of the Cuban insurgents. The
theater was appropriately decorated.
Seated on the platform and participa-
ting in the exercises were Senators
Gallinger and Allen, ex-senator But
Ter, of South Carolina; Rev. Hugh
Johnson, pastor of the Metropolitan
Methodist church; Rev. Howard Will
bur Ennis and number OF others
identified with the interests of the in
surgents.
Ex-senator Butler, of South Caro-
lima, read series of resolutions which
had been proposed and they were
unanimously adopted. They earnestly
protested against the "barbarous and
inhuman methods" of Spain in con-
ducting the war in Cuba, declared that
this government should recognize the
insurgents as belligerents and that
Cuba had demonstrated that it was
her manifest destiny that, like Mexico,
she should be free and independent
without the payment to Spain of any
indemnity.