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The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
School Repairers strike

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-two thousand
five hundred men employed on Chica-
COS public school buildings struck to-
day by order of the Building Trades
council and repairs on thirty five
school houses were stopped. If the
strike is not settled soon it is said the
buildings Will be in such condition
that they cannot be used az the open
ing of the schools in September. The
labor unions demanded that the board
of education insert a clause in future
contracts that none but union men be
smployed on the school buildings.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Eastern KlOndikers.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 14.-One of
the largest and best equipped of all
the parties that have started for the
Klondike from Seattle this season has
Just arrived in the city from New Eng
land They are organized on mill
tary basis, the captain being Arthur
E. Seymour, son of the well-known
mind reader. Charles II. Moseley, for
merly of the Boston Herald, is secre-
tary, and A. E. Rogers, Of Norwich.
Conn, is treasurer. Each member of
the party originally contributed $1,000,
and each agrees to share and share
alike in all the expenditures and profits
of the expedition. Apart from these
individuals the company has plenty OF
backing
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

Total . 51T4 345
With Senator Murphy paired against
the bill, Senator Platt cast the vote CT
the Empire state in its favor. With
New York's vote added, the states sup
porting in the senate the tariff bill
adopted Wednesday represent a total
vote of 100000, against a total vote
cast at last years election of 2,700.-
900 in states recorded in opposition.
Such in detail is the analysis of the
vote, and it is to be added in addition
that of the twenty-four senators hav-
ing the longest terms to serve, seven
teen were recorded in favor of the bill
on Wednesday and only seven against
it.-New York Sun.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
FREE SILVER SCHEME.
The Proposed Purchase of Forty Tons
for Enforced Unlimited Coinage


for Enforced Unlimited Coinage
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-The Silver
Dollar league of this city has issued n
circular asking investors to cooper
ate in the purchase of forty tons OF
silver to be offered at the mints for
free coinage. and in the event of the
superintendent refusal the courts
will be invoked under a clause, which,
it is claimed, has not been revoked, of
the act of February %, 1878, which
provides that silver dollars of the
weight of 412}4 grains Troy standard
silver shall be coined ut the mints Of
the United States as provided in the
act Of January Is, 1887" According
to the circular, the profit to those
who will help US to start and finish
the fight on the above lines" will be
S7OO, 900. For any sum above a dollar
investors may become part purchasers
OF the forty tons.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
BIG POLITICAL POW-WOW
President Mckinley, Senator Piatt and
Governor Black to Meet.


Governor Black to Meet.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-An interest
ing and probably important political
pow-wow is scheduled to occur this
week at Port Henry. Representative
Wallace L. Foote, jr.. of the Twenty
third New York district, is having Il
house party there. His Congressional
colleagues are his guests. Governor
Black, Senator Platt Speaker Reed
and Senator Chandler will be present
during the week, and President Nc
Kinley accepted an invitation to-day
to dine there Saturday, when he will
meet the party. One of the most con-
spicuous features of the meet will be
the coming together for the first time
in several months of Senator Platt
and Governor Black.
It is thought here that the two New
Workers will reach more cordial
understanding and that some import
ant propositions toward carrying on
Greater New York political campaign
will be discussed and something def
mite decided upon
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Tho Mckinley Idea.

Now if there is anything upon which
Mr.. Mckinley has set his affections it
is upon having a higher tariff on for
eign goods than ever existed before
"The Telegraph" Bradford, England
He has never said so. All that he
has ever desired is a tariff that will
protect American wage earners from
the competition of cheaper labor pro-
ducts made abroad, including the goods
from Bradford
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
JOHN SHERMAN.
Not Probable that He VIII Retire From
the Cabinet.

the Cabtnets
WASHINGTON, Aug. i3.-All reports
about the early retirement from the
cabinet of John Sherman. secretary OF
state, which have been scattered
broadcast of late are denied by Mr..
Sherman and the report that Judge
Day, first assistant secretary, was
summoned suddenly from Canton
where he was spending his vacation,
to assume charge of the department,
is also denied.
The fact that Judge Day was pre-
pairing to leave Canton for Cambridge
boro Pa, evidently gave rise to the
report. He is not expected in Wash
il. ION before September.
Though the immediate retirement OF
Mr. Sherman is not expected, it has
been the impression among well in
formed men in Washington for sew
eral months that his service as secre-
tary of state would certainly not
con tinue through the administration,
and possibly not thro rgh it's first year.
The fact cannot be concealed that he
is in feeble health, due to advanced
age and long years OF political activ-
ity, but the statements that he is men
tally irresponsible are preposterous,
for his conversation is as clear and ra-
tional to-day as any mans
When Mr.. Sherman went into the
Cabinet it was with the express I'M
derstanding that he should be relieved
of all hard diplomatic labor. He has
visited his office daily when in Wash
ington, has met the diplomatic corps
at the appointed times and has per-
formed other light duties, but has not
attempted to perform any of the heavy
la Dor of the department
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Virginia Democrats.

ROANOKE, Va. Aug. 15--The Demo
cratic state convention was held here
yesterday with nearly all of the 1,54s
members of the body present. Mr. E.
". Sanders was made permanent
chairman without opposition. His de-
nunciation OF the gold standard elicit
ed applause from the convention. The
first considerable outburst OF cheer
ing was evoked by the declaration
that William i. Bryan will be the
president in 1900. j. Hoge Tyler of
Pulaski, was unanimously nominated
for governor. The Chicago platform
was unanimously reaffirmca
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
NO KLONDIKE GOLD TAX
Canada Abandons IT'S Scheme to Exact
Placer Royalty.


OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 13-Influenced
by a strong protest from both the
politicians and business men of the
northwest portion of the dominion,
the government has decided to aban-
don its scheme to force miners of the
placer regions of the Klondike to pay
a royalty of ~ or Il per cent on all
gold taken ont there. Many business
men declared in their represen tations
to the government that such 4 rule, il
put in force, would undoubtedly lead
to infinite troubie and might lead to
bloodshed. The storekeepers and out
filters of British Columbia are busy
now arranging their plans to compel
all prospectors to buy their supplies
of them by enforcing the payment of
duty on all outfits from the United
States which are carried into the
Upper Yukon valley.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
The Tide of Immigration.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3-The tide OF
immigration is at the lowest point
since the general government assu med
Jurisdiction of the subject in 1892.
The number of arrivals from all coun-
tries, according to treasury statistics
during the last fiscal year, was 23O, S22,
Il decrease q compared with the pre-
vious year of 112.435. The lightest
immigration of any previous year was
in 1895. when the number from ali
countries was 219.9tS
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Europe's Wheat Needs.

LONDON. Aug. 13--The Times, in
the course of it's financial article to-
day. says: 1t is estimated by per-
sons in position to form an opinion
that a. least y per cent more wheat
than is usually needed by Europe will
be wanted this year. Owing to the
Snort Russian. French and Austro-
hungary crops, the United States will
he the only country able to meet this
extra demand
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
And now Alaska comes to the front

And now Alaska comes to the front
with probably the greatest known gold
mines in the world. Verify, things are
going badly for the silver advocates
and the calamity shriekers. Even be-
fore these great discoveries in Alaska,
there was reason to believe that this
years gold production would surpass
that of any year in the history Of
the world, while the prospect of high
prices abroad for our good crops war;
rants the belief that other parts of
the world will be sending in their
gold for our grain during the coming
year.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
SENATOR HANNA WRECKED

The Ohioan's Steam Yach. On the tsoe,s.
OF Northern Lace Ssperion
PORT ARTHUR. Ontario, Aug. IA
The steam yacht Comauche, with Sem
ator NJ. A Hanna's party on board. ia
ashore somewhere in the Nipigon
straits on the north shore OF Lake Su-
perior The boat seems to be in sari-
Gus danger, as the telegram asked
that two wrecking tugs and a lighter
De sent at once. The telegram was
sent from Nipigon station. on the ca.
madam Pacific.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20


ing the first three given years, as
above, was $354,624,657. This was dur
ing the Republican policy of protec-
ton. But, from 1895 to 1897 inclusive,
under the Democratic free trade tar
iff our expenditures. averaged $35S, 1850,
$50 a year-within $40,OOO,0O0 year
Of the same amount.
The final column of our table, how
ever, shows that there was surplus
of revenue, averaging $16,5OO,000 a
year for the years 1891 to 1898 inclusive.
But during the Democratic administra-
tion with it's free trade tariff, from
1895 to 1897 inclusive, there was an
average deficit of $2S,SOO,OOO a year.
The prolific parent" of these Demo-
cratic deficits was not our "congression-
al extravaganza, whichwas within $4,-
100000 year of the same amount un-
der free trade as during the three years
of protection. But the prolific par
ent of deficits under the Democratic
administration was its free trade tariff
with a revenue averaging only $329,-
100000 a year, as compared with an
average revenue of $97S,00O,0OO under
the Republican tariff for protection.
The figures are taken from the same
article in The Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin which made
the utterly false statement that ''the
prolific parent of deficits is congress
sional extravaganza" The statement
should read: Democracy is the prolific
parent of deficits as proven by the
figures above quoted.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Underestimated.

The new American tariff bill will
Weld twenty millions sterling of addi-
tional revense.-Bangkok, Siam.
Times
We hope that this prediction from
the Orient is upderestimated.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE
DEMOCRATS MAKE ASSAULTS
ON THE REPUBLICANS.

Little Investisation Proves the
FaIsity OF the Their Claims and
Shows the Action of the Republicans
Decidedly Unfrtendly to the Trust.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

Forty-six is a majority of the SEN
att. This is how the states which sup
ported and the states which opposed
the tariff bill stood in respect to the
total vote at last years election:
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
The Vote on the Tariff.

Thirty-eight votes were cast in the
senate for the Dingley tariff bill and
twenty-eight votes were cast against
it. Sixteen senators were paired
Seven senators, all of them Populists
or silverites, did not vote Actually
therefore, the vote on the tariff bill in
the senate was as follows on Wednes
day:
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
.rro,lflc Parent of Deficits"

The prolific parent of deficits Is con-
gressional extravagaIce.-The Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulle-
tin, New York.
Why not prove it so by your figures?
We quote them from the same article:
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

in 1879 nearly 85, 600 cases were com menced
in them. Each succeeding year saw the
num ber increase. The number OF cases
filed in the first nine years after 1879 was
"a 1000: in the last nine years IT was 34,oOO
an increase of approximately lO,oOo case
vet when the court was esta IN 1913
the new constitution deemed twelve judges
necessary IN carry on the work in San
Francisco.
The fact is proved that the legal busl-
ness has increased $50 per centum IN the
last eighteen years. On the organization
of the court in 1879, nine Judges were as
signed to civil cases. Since then three
departments have been regularly ASSIGNED
to criminal cases, and two TO prooate'
leaving seven Judges for civil business
The civil cases commenced in the lscal
year 1856, exclusive of probate, criminal,
habeas corpus and insolvency proceeulngsS'
was 2574, including all. 5038; IN 1887, civil
2753, total, 1875; in 1888. civil, 2S4l, total,
500; in 1889, civil, 5000. total, 5370; IN
1890, civil, 344S, total. 5754; in 1891 CIVIL
3572, total, GIG; in 1892, civil, 1896 total,
1894, civil, 1877, total. 7247; in 1879, CIVIL
5076, total, 7745; in 1896, civil, 1896. total,
6776.
The figures for 1896 do not include ap-
peals from the Police Court, which were
not recorded. Mr.. Cole believes that
single glance at these figures will con-
vince the legislators of the merit OF his
fight. The statistics were compiled IN the
County Clerks office and are official.
Yesterday they were scrutinized and care
fully copied for the documents to be dis
tributed at the capital.
Deputy County Clerk Piper estimated
that about 20. 600 cases are pending on the
calendars of the Superior Courts. This
information is to be used by the men be-
hind the bill and be presented with all
the other facts and figures. So 1t Is likely
that lively week is IN store for the law
makers at Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
FOR
SIX NEW JUDGES
The Bill to Increase the
Local Judiciary Is Now
Ready.
Facts and Figures Have Been
Gathered to Support the
Claims
More Than 10000 Cases Said to Be
Pending in the Superior
Curtis.

Every thing is now in readiness for the
fight in behalf OF the bill providing for an
increased judiciary in San Francisco.
Facts and figures have been prepared with
considerable care and attention to details,
short but appropriate act has been
drafted and it will be presented to the
Legislature this week by San Francisco
men.
The bill will be backed up with large
volume of evidence calculated to show
that the present number of Superior
judges in this City is altogether made
quate to the pressing requirements OF the
times ard that an increase of six Judges,
making the Superior Court have eighteen
departments. is absolutely needed now.
In support of these claims it will be
demonstrated that the legal business of
San Francisco has more than kept pace
with the increase in population; and as
the City has nearly doubled itself in the
number of its Inhabitants since the Supe-
rior Courts were instituted in 1879, Just
eighteen years ago, legal practice here has
so far grown in bulk as 10 hopelessly clog
the courts. Besides the argument and
evidence in favor of the proposed bill, it
is said that there will be powerful backing
from several of the leading lawyers of San
Francisco.
E. P. Cole will go to Sacramento either
Monday or Tuesday with the bill. accom-
panied. no doubt. by many prominent at
torneys interested in the measure. He
has been active in the interest of the bill
and has received the assistance of other
lawyers.
People would be surprised" said he
yesterday, ''if they were told that nearly
%, 600 cases are pending on the calendars of
the Superior Courts of this City and
County. And yet such is the case, strange
as it may seem. Justice is blocked in its
progress. Often we have to wait for
months to get hearing, and cases are
known to have been on the calendar over
a year from the date they were at issue.
What excuse can be made for this condi-
ton of things? 1t is a fact, not a theory,
that confronts US. Nobody can say that
the Superior Judges do not work faith
fully; they work arduously-the hardest,
in fact, of any men in the City Hall. Why,
the way things are nowadays in tile Su-
perior Court it is screaming farce. Sew
eraI attorneys will agree with me that an
increase in the number of courts is neces-
sary."
Mr.. Cole will bring to Sacramento table
OF figures that ere intended to astonish the
Senators and Assemblymen as TO the state
of affairs in the local Superior Courts.
Since the Superior Court was organized
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
WON A GREAT
LAW CASE J
Arrival of John Campbell,
Counsel for Exiled
HaWaiianS.
No Case Like It for Almost 500
Years and Judgment Was
Obtained.
But a Hearing Went From Vancouver
to Eng. and and Back-Fats
of the Warimoo.

John Campbell, a prominent attorney
of Vancouver, B. c., is among the
arrivals at the Baldwin. Mr.. Camp
bell is of the firm of Wilson 81
Campbell, who have just won legal VIC
tory that is being talked about all over the
world. 1t involved the case of the Ha-
waiian exiles, James Cranstoun, Mueller
and J. 1ohnstone, the latter of San Fran
cisco, who two years ago were deported
from Honolulu on the British steamship
Warimoo.
The three men alluded to were royalists
and were active participants in the revo-
luton at the time aforesaid. The repre-
sentatives of the Dole Government ar
rested them and forcibly expelled them,
placing them aboard the British ship for
transportation to Vancouver.
Mr.. Campbell and his partner, to whom
these cases were taken by the exiles, main
tained that the owners of the Warimoo
were liable for damages on the ground
that they had imprisoned and carried away
these men against their will, Principles
were involved in the case that have been
called up but two or three times in 500
years.
I'VE m ain tain," said Mr., Campbell last
night, "that the owners of the Warimoo
had no right to bear a part in carrying
away these men, because when the ship
had got three miles eff shore the limit of
the Hawaiian territory was reached and
the Warimoo was under British law. In
taking these men they really made OF the
Warimoo a prison. The men could not
jump overheard. They must preserve
their lives. So they were forcibly carried
to another country.
Suit was therefore brought against the
Warimoo for $500 damages in each
case. We first brought the suit before
single Judge and he nonsuited US on the
ground that there was no cause of action.
Then we appealed to the bench of full
Judges of the province of British Column
bia. They decided there was a cause of
action and from that an appeal was taken
to the Privy Council of England, where
eminent English lawyers advised that the
decisions of the courts in British Column
bia were correct. A new trial was then
had and the jury found a verdict in favor
of James Cranstoun, whose case was the
first to be heard. The other two cases be-
ing exactly similar were dependent upon
this case and the end with them will
necessarily be the same.
From the fact that there have only
been two or three similar causes OF action
in about 800 years, the trial of those cases
has been looked upon with unusual in
terest. They are destined to figure in the
annals of the law TO the remotest time"
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

GRAND OPENING TO-DAY.
A Branch of PERMITS Famous italian
Restaurant.

A Bran CHI of PERMITS Famous Italian
Restaurant.
There will be established in the old
premises formerly occupied by Lopresti,
at 203 Larkin street. opposite the City
Hall, frst-class French and Italian res
taurant, as branch of the well-known
PERMITS, which has been esta blished in
this City since May l. 1876.
Many extensive alterations and i'm
provements have been made in the prem
ises on Larkin street, and every con-
venience and comfort for the guests have
been provided for.
Besides the large dining-room, there are
arranged several private apartments for
ladies and their escorts.
This branch of PERMITS will serve as a
great accommodation to the people in the
western par: of the City.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
STOLEN SILVERWA ARE.
A Lot Found in the Possession of Tw
Young Men.

A Lot Found in the Possession of Two
Young Men.
Gus Wilson and George Burns. two
young men, were arrested last evening by
Detectives Bee and Harper and placed in
the "tanks" at the City Prison pending
an investigation.
The detectives found them with bun
die of silverware which they were trying
to sell. They took them to their room in
house on Mission street, where more
silverware was found.
Among the articles are silver dessert
spoons, marked "M"; five silver teaspoons,
six silver coffee-spoons, one pair of sugar
tougs, unmarked; lot of tablespoons,
marked "P," and a lot of silverware
marked "Annie B. Moody"
The detectives believe these articles
have been stolen and want owners for
them,
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
O0MIOAL LITIGATION,
The City Sues for 3S Cents and {
the Wrong Man.

Ct1I5 UTIs
the Wrong Man.
Sometimes the litigation in which the
City end county is concerned takes an
amusing phase. This was the case in the
suit against John Hass, against whom
suit was brought for personal property
taxes. The amount fer which Hass was
supposed to be delinquent and for which
the ponoerous. machinery of the law was
put in motion as a collection agency was
SO cents. Hass paid no attention to the
suit until some expenses hcd accrued
making up the amount due SO cents
Then he sent in a communication that
the property in question on which the tax
had been assessed belongs to John
Schmerker.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
New Directory Publishers.

W. B. True, Fred Peterson, Leo NJ Morris, ].
H. Suits, Alexander Bond, Frank Malloye and
Z. L. Bonestell have incorporated the Mer-
chants Publishing Company, for the purpose
of publish ng directories and other books and
papers. The capital stock is fixed at $4,000,
OF which Messrs True Peterson ana Morris
have subscribed $4,000 each and the other
named incorporators have subscribed $100
each.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

MoET & CHANDoN was exclusively served
at the Patriarchs Ball. the Belmont New
Year party ard the Washington Gridiron
Clubs banquet Connoisseurs pronounce
it excellentiy matured and the cleanest
wine on the market.-Exchange
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
Cosmopolitan Church Services Sus-
pended.

The Cosmopolitan church movement has
taken on greater proportions than was anti
cipated. A reorganization along complete
religious, ethical and economic lines is being
perfected. Pending the perfect ting of the
plans of work there will be no public services
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
William CIines Defiant.

We, the members of the William Cline
baseball nine," do hereby challenge any mer-
chants baseball nine in this City. Address
al challenges to Eugene NJ. Levy, manager,
949-95l Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
Division of the Morel Family

Charles F. Morel has been granted a divorce
from Marian F. Morel on the ground of de.
sertion. Mr.. and Mrs. Morel are well known
in San Francisco. She is daughter of Fanny
Young, a popular actress.