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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
President Mckinley Approves
the Course Of the Head Of
the Treasury.
ALSO ENDORSES wALCOTT.
So 1t Is Apparent That the Chief Exec
utive Has Decid ed to Steer
Middle Course.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-A Washing
ton special to the Herald says: Sec
rotary of the Treasury Gage will not
resign. The President does not wish
him to, and he will be allowed full
swing in his fight before Congress for
currency reform and the gold stand
ard.
There has been no break between the
President and Senator WoIcOtt. They
understand each other perfectly and
the Senator is fully satisfied with the
position of the President.
The President and Secretary Gage
understand each other perfectly, and
the Secretary is fully satisfied with the
position of the President. The posi-
tons of the Secretary and the Senator
are we'll understood and Numerically
opposed to each other. What is the
position of the President? Does he
advocate the gold standard when he
talks to Secretary Gage? Does he ad-
vocate international bimetallism when
he talks to Senator Wolcott? The ans
wer to the questions furnished by his
message seem to indicate that he is
steering a middle course between the
two policies. He invited a careful
consideration by Congress of Secretary
Cages resolutions, and he spoke hope
fully of an international agreement.
The President does not propose to
take any stand that will divide his
party, and he evidently hopes to hold
both sides inside party lines. There
is little doubt that Secretary Gage
has let the President understand that
If his presence in the Cabinet with
his pronounced views in favor of the
single gold standard was in any way
embarrassing to the President or his
administration he would gladly re-
sign, and that the President on his
part gave the Secretary to understand
that he would not even discuss the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29

possibility of his resignation. 1t is
repOrtd here to-day that the Presi-
dent and Secretary talked the matter
over before the Cabinet meeting last
Friday, that the Secretary called the
attention of the President TO criti-
ciSms which were being made of him
and the charges that he was disrupt
ing the Republican party by bringing
the gold standard issue to the front
at this time, that he stated frankly
he did not wish to embarraSS the
President and would give up his place
in the Cabinet at any time and that
the President felt that he was an en-
barrassment, and that the President
assured him there was no embarraSS-
ment, but that, on the other hand
the President fully approved of his
course
President Mckinley authorizes to-
day an emphatic denial of the story
that there hadl been any such converse
ton between himself and the Secretary,
and also authorized the statement that
there was no friction whatever between
them. As the matter now stands the
Secretary of the Treasury will draw on
himself personally the criticism of ad-
vocates of international bimetallism,
and it is expected that Wolcott will at
tack him in the Senate for the course
he has pursued and will present his
hope of an international agreement
being ultimately arrived at in the
strongest possible light, making much
OF the favorable attitude of France and
of the encouragement given to ENJOYS
by prominent men in England. 1t is
not probable that he will succeed in
making many converts to his idea by
his speech, and the support which he
viii receive from Senator Chandler and
a few other Republicans will serve to
keep alive the discussion and give the
republicans an excuse for failing to
support any measure looking to a def
mite establishment of the gold standard
contemplated by the measure drawn by
Secretary Gage.
In the meantime Secretary Gage will
continue to do all in his power to bring
about favorable Congressional action
on his bill or similar measure in
tended to remedy the worst defects in
the present system. There never was
much hope of the passage of such a
bill during the present Congress, and
the failure of the President and Secre-
tary Gage to work together in entire
harmony makes the task still more
difficult. The keystone of the Secre-
tary's plan is the refunding of bonds
of the United States in low-interest
bonds, payable especially in gold, and
the opposition in Congress to putting
the word gold" into the bonds is so
strong as to make the effort practi-
cally hopeless.
Representative Dingley said to-day
that while it was true the Government
could save $12, 600, 900 a year in interest
by the change there were men in Con-
gress who would prefer to have the
Government pay that $12OOO.0O rather
than authorize the insertion of the
word gold in the bonds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
MEN AND BOYS CHASE 4
NEGRO MURDERER TO COVER
James Reed, Who Killed His Mistress
WIN Now Follow His Father to
the GdHoWS

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2S.-A crowd of
men and boys chased negro murder
er through the business section of
Kansas City to-day, running him to
cover in a pile of dry goods boxes.
The negro, James Reed. fired four bull
lets into the body of his mistress,
Susie Blakeley, of whom he was jeal-
Gus, killing her instantly. The shoot
ing occurred at Twelfth and Cherry
streets, and as the murderer ran out
of the house the cry of murder was
raised by men on the street, who be-
gan the chase, and soon several hun
dred men and boys had joined in the
pursuit. When the murderer was cap
tured he was hurried off to the police
station. James Reed is the son of
Martin Reed, who was hanged in Kan
sas City six years ago for the murder
of his wife, James Reeds mother.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
WAS CHAPLAIN OF THE
FAMOUS IRISH BRIGADE.
Death of Rev. William corbn of Rotre
Dame, Head of the Order of Holy
Cross in America

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec 2S.-The
Rev. William Corbin of Notre Dame,
head of the Order of the Holy Cross
in America, died this afternoon.
He was the chaplain of the famous
Irish Brigade. His death took place
at Notre Dame University. The flu
neral viii be held Friday morning in
the chapel of the university, Of which
he was formerly president. Father
COrbin was one of the seven chap
lains who left their classes in the uni
versity for the Union army. He was
a commander of the recently organ
lied G.. A. r. Post $50, composed of the
priests and brothers of Notre Dame.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29

mittee Of San Francisco, which was
sent to make a tour of the United
States to interest prospective Klon-
dikers to sail by way of San Fran
cisco, confronted Justice Martin in the
Harrison-street Police Court to-day.
He was charged with swindling Will
liam Binns of 1851 Indiana avenue. The
latter claims to have lost $110O as the
result of a California real estate deal
with Carman several years ago, and
upon learning of Carm&n's arrival in
Chicago, caused his arrest. The hear
ing was continued until tomorrow,
bail being furnished in the sum of
$1100.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
NICARAGUA CANAL
COMMISSION AT work.
VIII Soon Reach Managua, and Has Already
Employed Men to Aid in
SUrVeyino

Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett.
PANAMA, Dec. 2S.-The Herald's
correspondent in Managua Nicaragua,
telegraphs that the United States Mic
araguan Canal Commission, which ar
rived at Greytown on the gunboat
Newport few days ago, left that citv
yesterday for Managua 1t is ex
pected that the commission will reach
Managua on December 81 The COM
mission has already begun EMPLOYING
men to aid in its work of surveying.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
FORET0LD IN THE
FAMOUS SPEECH OF
COUNT G0LUcH0WSKL
What United Europe Would Be Capable OF
Accomplishing in Fighting its
DANGEROUS Rivals

VIENNA, Dec. 2S.-The Neue Wiener
Tageblatt claims that Count Golu-
chOwski, the Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister foretold everything in the
famous speech appealing to Europe to
unite against America. 1t adds:
There is plenty of room for all, and
if England will fight with the European
powers against those dangerous rivals.
the United States and Japan, the proof
of what united Europe is capable of
will be given in Eastern Asia"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
CARAVAN ARRAiGKED
IN a CHICAGO COURT.
After Being Charged With SMndGng in a
Land Transaction He Secures His
Release on Bail.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-D. M. Carman,
member Of the Alaska Trading Com
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05
CLAYTON.

At the town election in Clayton
Saturday-the first under the new
charter-93 votes were cast, 20 for Abel
Seyil, for Commissioner, to % for w.
P. Wright,
Rey. Francis L. Wells, rector of
Trinity p. E. Church, has been unan-
imously recommended to Bishop Cole
man for ordination to the priesthood.
The Clayton Savings and Loan Asso-
citation has elected the following an
nual officers: President, /. N. Mills;
yice-president. J. b. Book; secretary,
Joseph Smithers; treasurer, Wm.
Geo. Hill; managers for three years,
A. Seyil, VIM. p. Wright; auditors,
James Pennewill, John Barkley and
+. l.. Reynolds.
Robert W. Tunis, formerly of Clay
ton, for several years at the head Of
the Chester Office of the Adams Ex-
press Co., has been appointed General
Agent for the company at Norfolk, Va.
The District Convention Of the Ep-
worth League will be held in CLAYTON
the first of June. About 100 delegates
will be entertained by the Wesley
Chapter.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05
Judge Bradford.

The papers of the State have uni
formly spoken favorably of the quail
ficatiOns of E. G.. Bradford for the
office of District Judge. The Milford
Chronicle admits his ability, but says:
''Were it not for his bitter and vim
dictive disposition toward those who
differ and oppose him, there would be
but little objection to his appointment;
which has been made in opposition to
the unanimous recommendation of the
three Presidential Electors of Della
ware. This appointment pleases be-
yond adequate description the Higgins
boilers and the free trade, free silver
Democrats of Delaware.
We believe that President Mckinley
has been false to his friends-the I'm
ion Republicans of Delaware who gave
him the electoral vote of the State and
cast over thirteen thousand votes to
six thousand by the boilers. We can
not but think that the Presidents Del
aware ''Kitchen Cabinet" Mr.. Henry
G. Morse is responible for this nomi-
nation, and that he has foisted upon
the President the most Objectionable
and obnoxious "bolter" of all the Hig-
gins crowd.
After declaring president McKin-
ley has struck the first blow to assist
the free silver Democrats of Delaware
to retain the State in their charge" it
adds:
Nevertheless, the Union Republican
party of Delaware will still live to
champion the cause and the rights of
the people against the wrongs and
usurpations of their enemies, in having
every vote cast that is entitled to be
cast, and when cast, to be counted
Notwithstanding the opposition of
Democrats and the scheming of ''bol-
ters" to have them thrown out"
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05

WOULD BE USELESS LAVA bill
was introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives by Mr.. Taylor, with the
title of State Beard of Agriculture, this
week. This is a useless measure and
it will saddle an unnecessary expense
upon the state. Three men shall be
appointed by the Governor, one of each
county, who shall hold Office, one, two
and three years. The secretary shall
not receive more than $500 year, and
the commissioners shall receive SO for
every day of service, together with
necessary expenses. What does it all
mean? Has some one been left out in the
cold? Some one wants an office, and
by passing this measure, it. will make
a good thing for three or four men.
What more does the state want than
the Experimental Station at Delaware
College. If the station can not 'Iook
after and foster the agricultural inter
ests OF the State, and give particular
information to farmers, what good is it.
All the work set down in the bill comes
directly under the management of the
Experimental Station. The crops of
instructors are men thoroughly versed
in all the science of agriculture, and
are laboring to promote the welfare of
the farmer. The bill, should it become
a law, will certainly interfere with the
station work. We think it a useless
measure, and should not become law.
Delaware Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05
TOWN COUNCIL.

Council met Friday evening with all
members present except w. A. FAIRIES
and A. Lee Cummins, President John
H. Hoffecker calling the meeting to
order.
The following bills were allowed.
Leonard Ellis, $3s.6S; Vallee Bros. &
Co. 80 cents. Total, $3O.O3.
Edgar Spruance appeared before the
council with a request that ditch in
the town lot be cleaned. The council
were prone to make sport of the gen.
tleman's request and even went so far
as to put it to vote, allowing him to cut
a ditch from his lot, through the town
lot to the creek and auth orized the ap-
pointing of a committee to see that the
work was done. Seeing he could get
no favors from the Council he left.
Councilman r. L. Cummins who
was authorized to get contract and bond
from Mr.. A. E. Jardine for furnishing
coal to the town, was requested by the
latter to wait until he received the first
sample supply and he so made a state
beforesthe Board. When the question
of Superintendent +. L. Wright's bond
was taken,i was found that he refused
to sign and returned the bond because
the committee appointed by the Coun-
Gil required him to make himself re-
sponsible and bind himself to collect
all taxes and settle in full the first of
June, 1898. Mr.. Wright naturally
agreed to take the collection of taxes
under the same conditions that he did
last year. Before the Council could
settle the matter, motion was made
to adjourn and carried.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05

ONE of the strongest advocates for
State Warehouses; is chief Justice Lore,
in which he is supported in the main
we believe by the members of the bar.
The contention is made that q work
house would materially lessen the ex-
pense to the counties Gin uniting in a
State institution while the moral of
the prisoners would be greatly i'm
proved. The greatest opposition to
the movement comes from the two
lower counties, it is claimed, though
the New Castle county advocates con-
tend it will be money in their pockets.
1t is not that the people in the two
counties are opposed to a State work
house but they knew that the expenses
of a long session of the Legislature
added to the necessary expenses of a
five months session of the Constitu-
tiOnal Convention will be heavy tax
to the State whose treasury is already
depleted. Admitting the strongest
claims that can be made for it, the fact
remains of heavy debt to be met at
once, and if the State has waited two
generations for so desirable thing, it
certainly can wait two or four years
longer when our burden ought to be
lighter.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05
A Dramatic and Musical Entertainment.

There has not been for months a
more interesting as well as interested
audience at the Opera House as that
which appeared there on Monday
night to enjoy the dramatic and mu-
steal entertainment given by the
classes of Miss Clara Bewley and Mrs.
J. W. Clifton. The greater surprise
was to those who came about the
usual time to find the seats we'll filed.
clear back to near the door. The
balcony was likewise fully seated.
When the curtain rose it was on a
beautiful tableau, the several tableaux
particularly excelling in execution as
well as design. The first was by two
little folks-Charlott McFarlane and
Frank Walker. The second by the
latter and Miss Katharine Beckett,
was superb, and the third was like
wise we'll executed by Misses Laura
Vansant, May Mattiford and Elva
Griffin. The fourth tableau, ''M ay
Party" was a combination of the two
classes, very realistic. The following
was the program:
Tableau-"The Tiff Friends Again.
Duet-MandOin and Piano.
.................. Fred Lang and Gilbert S Jones
Tableau-"Cupid and Psyche"
FARCE COMEDY, "ADALINAS ARRIVAL"
Cast of Characters
John Hardgrove Western farmer ..................
.J. Allison Start
Rebecca HardgfOyp. his wife. Minn Wells
Annie HardgrOve their daughter. May Mattiford
Frank HardgrOve, their son Charles Williams
Granny Lawson, Mrs. HardgrOve's mOther-........
HAZEL
siIas nue Brothers of John u Gis09
Adaina. Vanssnt
Tableau-"Ihe Three Fates"
COrnet Frederick Lang
Allison Start in the role of John
HardgrOve, acted the part of a typical
Western farmer, although his gOatee
was somewhat grizzly; Miss Nina
Wells, as Mrs. HardgrOve, was no.
ticeably distinct in voice; Miss Emma
HAZEL, as Mrs. Hardgrove's mother,
was especially natural in manner and
voice, while Laura Vansant, as the
heiress, made a fitting finale to the
scene in "Adalina's Arrival" The
others, as minor characters, all fell in
their places naturally.
FARCE COMEDY. "MISs TEAZLE's TRUNK"
Cast of Characters:
Mr.. Peter Primrose, bachelor of saving propen.
s. Jones
Tom Primrose, his nephew. Ralph y. stevenson
Lydia Teaz'e niece of Mr.. Primo. e.............
CarfOW
Flora PrinrOse sister of TOm~....... Marion Start
Mary the Emma HAZEL
A"O
Tsbleau-"May Party"
The rendition of this farce was fol-
lowed from beginning to end with the
closest attention. Peter Primrose, a
crOchety, punctilious, crusty old
bachelor, was splendidly taken by
Gilbert S, Jones, who never lost his
personality if his niece did succeed in
having her way. The two other lead
ing characters Miss Agnes Carrow,
as Lydia Teazle, and Miss Marion
Start, as Flora Primrose, each went
through without flaw, the others in
the cast helping to make "Miss Tea
zle's Trunk" very pleasing comedy.
The entertainment was worth double
the charge, 10 cents, but it enabled
whole families to go, as would not
have been the case had the usual
charges been made. The proceeds net
ting S2765, which was handed
over to liquidate certain bills of the
Sunday School.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05

time may come when the right of one
party may be infringed :.;rron as we'll
another. The wheels of time often
reverse the order of things with un-
usual swiftness, and the breaks cannot
always be applied before a disaster.
AS has been we'll said, the General AS
sembly has the right to judge Of the
qualifications of its own members, but
the seating of the seven Democrats in
the House and the one Democrat in the
Senate, in spite of the fact that the
Union Republican candidates were
elected, was done without any official
action whatever. Neither the Senate
nor the House has ever considered or
passed upon the qualifications of the
Democrats from Kent who were seated.
Those men were simply given their
seats without any investigation into
the merits of the case. That was as
high-handed bit of political business
as the action of the board of canvass.
The action of the constitutional con-
vention was of the same character. No
consideration whatever was given as to
the qualifications of the delegates from
Kent county who were seated.
Thus far there has been no announce
ment of the result of the election, the
Democratic candidates who were seated
having secured that recognition con-
trary to all law and to all precedent.
The refusal of Governor Watson to ac-
cept either set of certificates of election,
save in the matter of representative in
Congress and the governor, leaves the
question to be really settled by the
court.
Such a difficulty as this would have
been settled in Philadelphia or other
court unaffected by partizanship in two
weeks from its initiation. If it is
claimed that the members of the Con-
vention and Legislature have right to
decide as to the status of its own men,
bers, no such claim is made in the case
of the Sheriff, coroner, Levy Court ETC.,
and there are political to say nothing
of Constitutional rights, that the
court, as an arbiter of law, has no
right to trife with.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Proprietor.

AN event which marked the coming
in of May was the opening of the Cen
tennial Exhibition at Nashville. Presi-
dent Mckinley pushed the button that
started the machinery and the people
from all parts of the country are sup
posed to do the rest. The exhibition
promises to be interesting, signifi-
cant feature of it being the displays
made by negroes, who are given a
share in the management. The ex-
hibition has taken on proportions much
beyond that of a section, the scope
being rather international, as many of
the foreign countries as well as the
States of this, have exhibitions.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05

The complaints that have been crop
ping out for sometime about question
able proceedings in our Legislature,
have finally eliminated in a public in
vestigatiOn, "a new feature for a Della
ware Legislature.
There was considerable talk about
insurance matters before the Legisla-
ture but the specific charges come di-
rectly in relation to Divorce bills.
There are eight members of the divorce
committees of the two branches of the
Legislature, and two of these eight
members are implicated. These eight
members are Senators Pyle, Fenimore
and Pierce. and Representatives Smith,
EliasOn, Adams, Short and McCul-
Tough.
The House has ordere 3D.. --tiga-
tion, and commence ....u, in
Wilmington, but the Senate, whose
members claim to be free from such
imputation, have strangely enough
taken no action to clear themselves of
the stigma. Once the door of honest
investigation is opened, there is no
telling where it will end. The state
ment Of j. Harry Hoffecker Esq, at
tOrney in the Cause divorce case, that
has been forced because of the large
demand for money to get the bill
through the Legislature, to leave it
and go to the Court, and that he will
testify to this effect, forced the public
action that has been instituted.
Since the above was written the
Senate has agreed to investigate. On
Monday a resolution to this effect was
offered by Mr.. Meredith and adopted
without dissent, and Speaker Harring-
ton named Messrs Meredith, Alrichs
and w. L. Moore as the committee.
The Committee of the two houses will
act jointly in pursuing their investiga-
ton. 1t is predicted by those who
know how such matters go, that +here
will will be some tall lying.
Smyrna times., 1897-05-05

THE Convention went through its
deliberations with an astonishing dis
play of -partizanship that had in it
every element of hopefulness as to
well devised system of fundamental
law. In the light of other events there
was fear of the "cloven foot on the
part of some, and if such realize their
expectation, it will be in the division
of the State into Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts-16 always being
able to outvote IA. Kent County is ac-
cepted as satisfactory and New Castle
County has been likewise agreed to,
but Sussex may probably have to be
decided on by the Convention rs a
whole. The Republicans claim that as
the State is districted, the Demo
Gratis are assured a majority in the
Legislature, and this is given as a
reason for voting against it, which we
hope will not be the case. This is one
of the last acts except the work of the
committee on Phraseology. The Every
EUening thus refers to the situation:
''How the convention itself will get
through the work is a matter of uncer-
tainty. 1t is impossible to disassOciate
this duty from political considerations,
and it may be that IN the end the six
teen Democrats composing the political
majority of the body-who have not,
however, we believe, heretofore acted
the new COnstitution-will feel i'm
PEELED to come to an agreement
among themselves, and enforce the
district divisions so agreed upon by
the solid force of their sixteen votes.
If the convention cannot agree other
wise, this plan will probably be
adopted"