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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Senator German Ready
to Retire in Favor
of Abell.
But the Editor Merely Pub
fishes the Letter as d Paid
Advertise ment.
The Maryland Statesman Reviews
the Course of the Sun" in
its Opposition.
Special Dispatch 20 THE CALL.

BALTIMORE, MD, Oct. 15-SenatoI
German to-day issued an open letter to
Edwin Z. Abel, publisher of the Balti-
more Sun, in which he offers TO relinquish
The leadership OF tie Democracy in Mary
land providing Mr.. Abel Will accept il
and sopport the Democratic ticket in the
Coming State and legislative campaign.
He also intimates that he will foreGo his
ambition to succeed himself in the United
States Senate if 1t can be shown that such
step is necessary to Democratic succez ;.
The letter, v h ch is very long one,
reviews the course OF the oun in i oppo-
sItion to Mr.. German because of his views
upon civil service, tariff and ballot reform
measures. To all ine charges maue
against him upon this score Nr German
pleads guilty, but quotes the sun as hay-
ing admitted that such questions wera
largely matters ot opinion, and asserts
that every man is tree 10 think as he
p!eases regarding them. He reviews his
course IN regard 10 all these questions,
and concludes with his offer to retire on
condition that Mr.. A bell will bring back
The Baltimore Sun TO its old moorlnEs
and devote 1t to the exposition OF Demo-
cratic principles and the overthrow of
Republican rule Ia the State
In conclusion Senator German says:
Are you ready and willing ana free 10 meet
NE on this ground in good iailh, IN all 10y
atty, without proYIsos er reservations, on the
honor OF q gentleman? Are you al liberty to
take charge personally and through your
agents OF the Democratic eampa ign Tor the
Mayoralty of Baltimore, ior The Legislature
and for the succession 10 that place in the
Senate concerning which l have but one de-
slre-that OF seeing ii filed by Democrat
whose loyalty to the party IS unquestoned
and proved, and who VIII advocate and up
hold the principles TO which you profess IN
selfish and sincere devotion? II you are, l n m
ready TO meet you more than half way. Let
me hear from you, and lei our fellow-citIz.ns
judge between US by the measure OF our per-
sonal good faith and party loyalty therein.
\. P GORHAN.
Mr.. Abel might declined to say what
course ne would pursue in the matter, or 10
express any opinion concerning the let
ter, which Will appear IN the Sun to- NOR
row as d paid advertisement.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Product of San Quentin
Jutemill Cannot Be
Distinguished.
Scheme to OutWit the British
Government Goes Into
Effect.
Obllteration OF Marks by Which tn g
Prison-Made Bags Could Be
Identified.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CAL. Oct.
15-No longer are the jute mills of the
penltentiary turning out grain bags with
distinctive marks so that the British Gov
ernment will be able 10 detect them, and
thus prohibit their entry into its domin.
ion. Warden Hale's scheme 70 fool the
Britishtr is being carried out and the jute
mills OF San Qnentin have ceased to make
bags with blue thread running through
them.
Warden hale, at the last meeting OF
prison directors, sent in the following
recon- dation to the directors;
To the Honorable Board of Prison DIRECTORS
GENTLEMEN: l beg leave call your alien
toh 10 an act recently passed by the British
Parliament in re. prison-made goods. Our
grain bags come under that head; perhaps it
would well Tor us 10 discontinue making
bags with any distinctive msrk or stripe, at
leGst temporarily, until the question is decid-
ed as 10 whether the imporIuuon uf our bags
Will be considered as prohibited under that
act by the British authorities or n I. Yours
respectfully, W. E. HALE, Warden.
That The purpose of the removal of the
distinctive stripe was purely TO render the
bags undlstingulshable from the free
"a Dor made bags, is stated by Warden
Hale In his report TO the Prison Direct
ors, which is on file in the office of the
clerk OF the board at San Quentin. The
directors passed over The matter lightly,
discus ing It IN few words and adopting
Warden Hale's suggestion. Now the
great output OF grain bags from the States
pen!tentiary cannot De distinguished from
the bags made by free labor.
To-day's output of the big jute mill was
something Ike IA 600 grain bags. but not
single sack had distinctive blue stripe.
This matter Is CT vital importance t. the
shippers OF grain from California 10 Eng
land. Tne sales of San Quentin's bags to
these shippers are very large. As the
English Parliament saw hit TO make law
prohibiting the importing of prison made
bags or goods of any description, the pur-
chasers of San Quentin's product would
be running risk if the distinguishing
marks were not obiiterated.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
RIGHTS OF SECRET
SOCIETY MEMBERS
Have No Recourse From the
Rules Governing Their
Order.
Supreme Court Decides Again ST
L4Wson, Who Enjoined a Ma
sonic Committee.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Oct. ia de-
cision determining the right of a men,
ber OF any fraternal society TO appeal
from the rules and regulations Of the or
der to the courts was filed by the Supreme
Court to-day. The plaintiff, one Lawson,
had been a member of Sacramento Chap
ter No. 3, Royal Arch Masoas. Charges
OF un becoming conduct we're preferred
against Lawson and he applied for and
obtained a restraining order enjoining
the committee from proceeding with the
trial. a demurrer was MED and sus-
tanned in the Superior Court, whereupon
Lawson appealed to the Supreme Court.
1t its decision the court holds that Law
son, as member OF a regularly organized
social organ cation, had taken oath to
abide by its constitution, rules ana regu-
Iauons, part OF which pr, vid, for
form OF trial and the inve sIigation of
charges preferred against any mem Der.
The court holds that the courts have no
standard by which to dete mine the pro-
priety OF The rule and are not com petent
TO exercise any function in the matter.
The court further holds that Lawson's S
interest in the property of the organ ia
tlon Is only incidental TO his mem bership.
The judgment of the lower court IN sus-
tanning The demurrer is, therefore, affirmed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
CITIZENS PLAN A COUP.
Projected Scheme to Give Los In.
geies an Entirely New Water
System.

LOS ANGELES. CAL. Oct. 15.--The con-
test between the citizens of Los Angeles
and the City Water Company has been
given new turn. Convinced as they are
that the water company is delaying as
Tar as possible all negotiations looking
forward 10 the transfer OF the plant to
municipal ownership the people are now
trying to bring the subject TO a head.
Petitions are in circulation and being
generally siened, asking the Council TO at
once take the necessary steps to call
an election 10 vote upon proposition to
issue bonds for building an entirely new
water system for this city.
Ihe petition recites the fact that the
council has gone TO great expense to
ascertain the value of the old plant, now
held by the Los Angeles CITY Water Com
pahy, and 10 have plans made for an en-
tlrely new system.
price fixed by the city engineer has
been offered for the old plant, with a
generous allowance tor incidenta s. all of
winch has bsen refused by the water
company.
Ihe offer of arbitration has been de-
cllned by the company, ana that corpora
tlon made excuses and resorted to subter-
iuSes to cause delays. so that on the eve
OIL the termination of the thirty-year lease
almost nothing has been accom- plished
toward acquiring the works for the city.
1t Is SAID 10 be the inten tion of The
water company TO take some legal action
bearing on the bond election proceedings
that will tie up the matter for years.
Feeling on this subject runs very high in
This citv
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
EASTERN RATES
ARE ADVANCED
Increased Grain Tariff
From Chicago to the
Seaboard.
But Among Western Roads
There Is Yet ConSidera BILE
SIaShing.
Now There Are Rumors of Strife
Between the Canadian and
Northern Pacific Lines.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct 15.-All rail rates
from Chicago to tue Atlantic seaboard on
grain and grain products have been ad-
vanced 2ll cents. 1t was the intention OF
the Eastern roads TO advance the lake and
rail rates also, but the 500 line refused to
participate in the advance, and therefore
the lake and rail rates will remain as they
are until the close OF navigation.
Although il is only few days since the
executive officers of the Western roads
announced that hereafter there would bS
no more excessive commissions paid iI&N
the territory of the Western Passenger
Association, it is reported that the situa-
ton is already as bad as before the ex-
ecutive officers held their meeting. 1t is
said excessive commissions are being paid
in all directions, and especially between
ST. Paul and Minneapolis and Chicago.
The roads which are mem bers of the as
sociation say that they have been COM
PEELED to pay the com omissions by the
action of the outside lines, but these lines
deny it and say that the association roads
are themselves responsible Tor all the de-
moraliz Etion.
Rumors were current to-day of a war / n
eastbound lreight rates between the Cana
dian Pacific and the Northern Pacific. 1t
was said that the Canadian Pacific had
made deep inroads into the salmon trade
of the Northern Pacific by reducing rates
from the Pacific Coast TO ST. Paul and Min
neapolis, and that the fight had extended
TO other classes of freight. The reductions
in some cases are said to have been FIVE
cents per 100 pounds.
1t ls likely that the executive officers of
the Western roads will call a meeting
within lew days for the purpose of see
ing if something cannot be done in the
way of keeping up the freight tariffs.
The decentralization among the Western
roads has reached point that, in their
opinion, calls for prompt action, and a
serious loss in revenue is expected if the
roads do not get together inside of the
next week or ten days. All interested
lines have announced their intention of
meeting the rates on first and second
class freight made yesterday by the Atchi-
son road.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Austrians Compel the
Monopolies to Lower
Prices.
Gas Companies Brought to
Time by the Use of
Petroleum
Successful Fights Made to Compel
Manufacturers to Keep Within
Proper Bounds.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Oct. 15-A new de-
parture from the usual m ethod of increas-
ing strikes is in progress in all parts of
the Austro-H uag arian empire. This time
it Is not the laboring classes trying to OBJ
tain higher wages or other advantages
but it is the people striking against, or
rather boycotting the monopoies, and as
it seems, with the best results for the
people.
Within the last three months the in
habitants of some thirty provincial towns
have iusisted that the gas companies in
their localities should reduce the price of
gas, and on the refusal of the companies
TO do so, had the meters removed from
their houses and commenced burnin
American petroleum. The gaswork5 of
the twin cities of Krems- Stein on the
Danube have not furnished gas to any of
the inha bitants for over four months, and
a sim liar state of affairs prevails in other
towns. Many companies have already
succumbed anu agreed to lower their
prices as demanded by the people. AS
American petroleum is really much
cheaper than gas. there can be no doubt
whatever that all the companies will soon
DE forced 10 fellow suit.
This kind of boycotting is by no means
practiced against the gas companies only,
but also against large number of brew
cries and distillerIes whose beer or
liquor is not obtainabe at as low price
or in as good quality as the consumers
think it ought to be. A large number of
breweries in Bohemia have been unable to
sell single barrel of their product for
many weeks. and no caterer or bother
dsres to patron zs them, for if they do
they will not have a customer left.
In the province of Styria and Salzburg
the saloons have been Obliged to import
their beer and the largest part OF their
liquors from Lower Austria, and in locali-
ties where this was not done with promp-
ness the people have abstained altogether
from drin King beer or liquor and have re-
sorted TO wine which can be obtained just
as cheap and in very fair quality almost
anywhere in Austria.
The boycott is by no means reduced to
gas, beer ana liquor, as sugar rehneries,
mustard factories and many other food
producing or manufacturing enterprises
are involved. As far as can be ascertained
the demands of the people appear fully
fed, and the unanimous proceedings
against exorbitant charges and poor
quality have been beneficial.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
STABBED BY HIS BROTHER.
Stockton Youths Quarrel Over an
Apple and One Receives a Knife
Hound.

STOCKTON, CAL, Oct. 15.-In little
rough board house southeast of tine Fair
Oaks Tract lives an old man and his two
sons. The fathers name is w. S. Peters,
and he is Grand Army veteran. This
morning the two boys, one of whom is
Is years Of age and the other 16, got into
q spute. II was over an apple. The elder
boy, G. 7. Peters, tried TO whip his
brother, d. L. Peters. The latter had his
pocket knife in MS hand at the time,
pealing an apple. The elder brother made
rush; there was brief scuffie, and he
staggered back, while blood flowed and
sputtered from wound in his breast.
The old man ran as fast as he could to
store on the Copperopolis road. several
blocks away, and there telephoned for a
physician 10 attend the one son who had
been knitted by the other. DR.. Bulson
responded to the call and dressed the
wound.
Young Peters will probably recover.
No arrests will be made.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Led the Uav to Stolen Gold.

FRESNO. CAL, Oct. 15.-Alexander
Vandament. who for several months past
has been employed as bartender in the
Casino saloon, was arrested early this
morning by Deputy Constable Crutcher
for having robbed his employers of about
$500 Vandament had been considered a
highly trustworthy man, and he was
taught the com bination of the safe in the
saloon. But he broke the trust placed in
him; the shining twenties be had in
charge were too tempting. After he had
been n Jail several hours he broke down
and confessed 10 the officers. he took
them to his residence on M street and
showed them where he had buried the
stolen money
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
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THINK IT Is PLEASANTER TO
continue in your present state-with
your weak, aIl-gone, nervous and debiIi-
tated frame-why there is no power on
earth that can prevent you. You are your
own master, but you know how you Sc
cretly envy the strong and well men that
you sea daily on the street. You can be
as big and strong as any of them are, if
you will but make one little effort. Do
you think it worth your while, or have
You made up your mind that things must
take their own course and that you
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
PROTESTS OF ANARCHISTS.
Twelve San Franciscans Object to the
Prosecution of Publishers of
"Ihe FIre6rond.

PORTLAND, Or. Oct. ia body oi
twelve men in San Francisco. signing
themselves American Citizens has sen,
protest to United States District Judge
Bellinser and United States Attorney
Murphy against the prosecution of A. J.
Pope, Isaac Adds and Henry Adds, who
are under arrest for publishing and send.
ing through the mails copies of paper
known as the Firebrand. The protest is
written on a letterhead bearing the cap
tion Anarchist Headquarters. The
protest says:
"In our opinion in your present prose-
cutlon OF the aforesaid parties and paper,
you are violating the express provisions
OF the constitution, and request you TO
discontinue these unusual proceedings. -
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Decree Entered in the
Suit Against the
Union Pacific.
Acts of J. Pierpont Morgan
and Others as Trustees
Approved.
Within Five Days the Company Is
O dered to Pay So, 1873. 900 to
Holders of Collateral Notes.
special Dispatch 10 IHE CALL

NEW YORK, \. Y, Oct. 15.-The re-
port of w. D. Cornish, who was appointed
as special master to take the testimony in
the suit of J. 2 erpont Morgan and others
as trustees, against the Union Pacific
| Railroad Company, Frederic CouderI
and others a. receivers, was con nhrmed
to-day by Judge LaComb OF the United
States Circuit Court.
Tie report of Special Master Cornish
states that on Septemb Der 4, 1891 the
Union Pacific Railroad Company executed
deed of trust to the firm OF Drexel,
Morgan e. Co. as trustees, 10 provide for
the payment o. the prime pal and interest
on nOIes, and deposited with that firm
certain stock bonds and other securities.
Collateral notes TO the amount OF SIS
10 600 were issued, payable on August l,
1894, with intere ST at 6 per cent. Diexel,
Morgan & Co., it is stated in the report,
sold from time to time certain o. the Sc
curitie., and with the moneys received re-
deemed colla;era! notes 10 the aggregate
value OF $l5, ,527 900.
There are now unpaid collateral notes
Of the value o So 1856 600 which should
have been paid on August IL, 1894. There
are also certain overdue coupons and in
terest to the amount OF $3.50, and the
trustees hold as a separate fund set apart
for the payment of this the sum of $500,
The trustees, the report continues, nave
accounted for all securities intrusted to
them. AS repositories the complainants
now hold nearly $SOOO,O ,OOO. par value, OF
collateral notes.
1t is further ordered that the Union Pa
citc Railroad Company, within five days
after he entry of this decree, pay for the
benefit of the holders OF collateral notes
the sum OF $3, 1S8 000 with interest from
the first day OF Ausust, 1897. Upon re-
ceIving such payment the CompIainants
shal. devote the money TO the payment of
principal and interest OF collateral notes.
In default such payment by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, the
COM ptajnapts as trustees, toge her with
the special master, shall sell the bonds and
other securities held by the trustees. Such
sales shall he held at publlc auction at the
New York Real Estate Exchange
1t is further ordered That the following
described coupons shall not be sold until
O herwise ordered by the court: Oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern first con-
soidated railroad company ! per cent
coupons, TO the amoun; of $52 220; Oregon
Short L ne and Utah Northern Railroad
Company collateral trust per cent ecu
pons to the par value or S274, 600; Idaho
Central Railroad Company nrst mortgage
per cent coup pons to the amount of $500
If after making the above payments
there shall be surplus 1t shall be trans
felred TO the defendants.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
MAS0gS EXcOMN UEIcA7ED.
Archbishop Lopez Creates consterna
tion in Catholic Church Ronks
in Sonora.

NOGALES. ARIZ., Oct. ia sensa-
tion has been sprung in the al jacent State
of Sonora. Mexico, by an ecclesiastical
edict from Arch bishop Lopez, the seat of
whose archie piscopal see is at the city of
Hermosilio, the capital OF the State, ex-
communicating all members of the Ma.
sonic fraternity.
Nearly all of the high officials of the
State, and many of the prominent citi-
zens. are mem bers of the Masonic order,
and at the same time many of them are
devout Catholics, as are their wives and
other feminine memb bers of their families.
Consequently this sweeping edict has
spread CONSERVATION all over the State.
What action Will be taken by the gem
tlemen affected is not yet determined.
One OF the most promirent Masons ex-
pressed himself as determined to adhere
to Masonry at all hazards.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
FARMERS DISCUSS
SUGAR-BEEI RAISIN G
State Institute DeVoteS q Half
Day Session to the
Topic.
Its Commercial Phases Treated by
w. n. Mills of San Fran
cisco.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL


SANTA ROSA. CAL, Oct. ID. The
Farmers Institute convened at Horticul-
tural Hall at 10 O'Clock this morning
There was q large attendance. E. D.
SweetZer, president OF the institute, well
coined the farmers to the city, The re-
sponse being made by Professor D. T.
Fowler OF the university.
Professor Fowler later discussed Tine
Relation of the Univ rsitv TO the Farm
ers' Institute" after which w. H. Mills
OF San Francisco, Colonel NJ. L. McDon-
aid, a. =. Lemon and others spoke along
the same lines. Mills made an abe
speech descriptive of the benefits to be
realized from university extension in ag-
ricultural matters.
This afternoon the session was devoted
exclusively to the topic of sugar beets.
Judge Ira jerks discussed the culture of
beete, ana Professor Jaffa of the sta tie
University enlightened The farmers on the
analysis OF the product. w. II. Mills
treated the commercial phases of sugar.
beet culture. The farmers brought in
many samples of beets grown this year TO
be analyzed AMI TO compete for the prizes
offered by NJ c. Meeker of Occidental.
Tonight w. II. Mills delivered lecture
on THE Earth, the Source OF All Wealth" D"
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
THE BROTHERHOOD
OF ST. ANDREW
Lord Bishop of Rochester the
Celebrant at Holy
Communion.
Some Interesting Papers Discussed
at the First Business Meeting
of the Order.
Special Dispatch to TIE CALI.


BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 15.-st PauPs
Church was filled with members of the
Brotherhood of ST. Andrew this morning
when holy communion was celebrated
Right Rev. Edward Stuart Talbot, Lord
Bishop OF Rochester, was the celebrant
assisted by the Rev. J. A. Register of
Buffalo and the Rev. c. H. Coles. secre-
tary of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew in
the West Indies. The audience was COM
posed entirely of men.
The president called the first business
session OF the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
of the United States to order at the Music
Hall at 1880 A. NJ. The Canadian deIega-
rion met at the same hour in Concert
Hall. Com mmittees on resolutions and
nomination OF council having been ap-
pointed the report OF the council giving a
resume of the work OF the officers during
the past year was submitted. 1t shows a
slow growth, the number OF chapters be-
ing 1926 III 1897, as against 1174 in 1896
Spiritual growth and an Improvement in
Il 9 personnel of the mem bership and eff
cheney in work were claimed. The report
was adopted, as was the report of the
treasurer, which followed.
The Most Rev. Enos Nuttall, Arch
S-SHOp " " pShSo tAo
session by the reading of prayers. G. r.
Parkin, Ii. D., principal OF Upper Canada
College, Toronto, presented paper. en-
titled, "Boyhood and It's Treatment"
Manhood and Its Responsibility" was
discussed in an address by Right Rev.
Thomas U. Dudley, ID. D., Bishop of Ken
lucky. The session concluded with
prayers and the benediction by Arch
bishop Nuttall.
Section conferences were held at the
conclusion of the afternoon session, at
which subjects were discussed as follows:
Employers and Employees" Leader r.
Sterlin, Grace Church. Chicago; Chapter
Meetings" Leader Joseph Z. Barrows,
ST. James Church, Chicago; "Blble
Classes, Leader D. NJ. Stewart, st. Mar
tins Church, Montreal; "The Worl. of
Boys" g. l. Miller. Church of Holy
Apostles, Philadelphia; Home and For
eign Missions" Leader Rev. Robert Pad
dock, general travelling secretary Church
Students Missionary Association.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
SNOW AND HOT WEATHER.
While Flakes Fall in Colorado People
Are Overcome by Heat in the
East.

DENVER. Colo, Oct. i5-The first
snowsiorm OF the season began here
shortly before midnight. A helvy fall is
reported from the mountain towns.
BOSTON, MASS, Oct. 15.-To-day was a
record breaker for hot weather for this
time OF year. 1t was the hottest day for
the period between the 1ith ana goth OF
the month since the signal station was
established at Boston in 1870. The maxi
mum temperature reached to-day was
500 the mercury standing at this heig hi
al o'clock.
CHICAGO. ILL, Oct 15.-One death
ana two prostrations are the record for the
hottest October day in the history of the
local weather bureau. The dead: George
McMeans, heart failure. superinduced nv
neat Prostrations: Thomas Connell, P.
J. Conway, will probably die
All October reco ds in the weather
market were broken to-day wnen the mer.
curry touched 81 in the Auditorium tower.
People In the street declared that 1t was
loO In the shade. Toward evening a re-
action set in.