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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
WANTS TO GET
 ALL THE NEWS
Why the Inter Ocean Seeks to EnjOin the Associated
 Press.
One Chicago Newspaper Claims the Right to Obtain Dispatches From
 All Sources.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Jan. H.-By agreement be- tween the attorneys. the injunction suit of the Inter Ocean Publishing Company against the Associated Press to prevent the latter from discontinuing its news service to the Inter Ocean was continued yesterday in Judge Dunnes court. The argument for the injunction was set for Wednesday, February 2. The complain ant obtained leave and filed amendments to its bill. One amendment is the inser- ton of a paragraph setting up that the telephone lines in Illinois and other States Another amendment alleges that the pub fishers of the Chicago Tribune and Chi cago Times-Herald obtain news in the shape of cables and special dispatches from corporations and persons other than the Associated Press. The amendment all legeS that the Chicago Tribune has con- tracts with the Tribune, Journal, Times and World of New York for the publica- tion of cable dispatches, while the Chi cago Times-Herald has an arrangement with the New York Herald to do the same thing. It is alleged that these contracts prevent the complainants from procuring cable news and special dispatches, es- pecially from the New York Sun Com pany. The complainant finally declares that an illegal bylaw of the defendant association prevents the complainant from receiving news from the Sun. and If enforced will prevent the complainant from receiving cable news and special dis patches from any source except the de- fendant.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
"LITTLE BOB'S' LAST ROBBERY Bully of Bisbee Shot to Death by a Deputy
 Sheriff.
Had Entered a Saloon and Taken a MOnte-Dealer'S
 Sack of Coin.
Followed From the Place by the Officer and Slain While Mount
 ing His Horse.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BISBEE, Ariz., Jan. 21-Robert Spar ring. cowboy, better known in this vicinity as Little Bob." has rounded up his last bunch of range stock and committed his last crime. Incidentally he will never again make a tenderfoot dance by speeding bullets in the direc- tion of the strangers pedal extremi- ties, Little Bob" was the bully of Bisbee. and a desperado of the real Western sort. His career came to a sudden ending at an early hour this morning, and to Deputy Sheriff Ora ham is given the credit for ridding the Territory of this undesirable character
 Bob walked into the Turf saloon at this place at 1:30 o'clock this morning. There were a few stragglers in the re- sort, trying their luck at the monte game that was running in one corner. Sparring. drawing a revolver, stepped up to J. Davison, the dealer, and pointed the weapon toward him.
 Pack up the coin and hand it over" he ordered.
 Davison lost no time in complying Little Bob" had the drop, and the few gamblers still in the saloon did not at tempt to draw. Sparring took the sack of cash, about $500 in all, backed out of the place and then ran for his horse, which stood about 100 feet dis tant.
 One of the inmates of the Turf was Deputy Sheriff Graham. When Little Bob" left the place Graham started in pursuit. He overlook the desperado just as the latter was about to mount his horse.
 "Halti' shouted the officer.
 By way of reply, Sparring reached for his revolver. There whr a report but it did not come from the robbers wea- pon. Graham had fired first, and the desperado fell, shot through the heart The money was returned to the monte dealer, and the game went on undisturbed for the balance of the night
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
WEBSTER WILL HOT BE
 PROMOTED AT PRESENT.
Showing Of His Bad Record Has Caused he President 10 Withdraw His
 Nomination for Puyn1ster.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-A Washington special to the Herald says: President Mc- Kinley, in withdrawing the nomination of Passed Assistants Paymasters Edwin B. Webster and G. W. Simpson, to be pay masters in the navy, acted on the sug- gestion in the cablegram received a few days ago from Captain c. M. Chester, commanding the South Atlantic station. in which that officer announced, l was told to-day, that Webster had been found morally unfit for promotion. MT. Simp- son has already qualified for promotion by examination, but of course his promo tion cannot take place until MT. Web- ster's case has been disposed of.
 Webster was court-martialed at the Asiatic station a few years ago on charges growing out of his failure to re- port his account, and was sentenced to three months confinement to his ship and to be reprimanded. Upon his return to Mare Island he was charged with having failed to return a bond amounting to $2500 given him by a clerk whom he employed. The court which tried him on these charges found him guilty and sentenced him to dismissal, but the department in examining the record found that great deal of hearsay evidence had been ad- mitted and consequently disapproved the findings and directed that Webster be re- stored to duty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
AN MQUIRY INTO THE KILLING OF
 COLONEL RUIZ.
House Committee on Foreign Afairs Agrees to Make Favorable Report or the
 Williams Resolution.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day agreed to make a favorable report on the resolution of Williams of Missouri, asking the State Department for infor- nation on the Ruiz case. The resolution is as follows;
 Resolved, that the Secretary of State be directed, if in his opinion com patible with the public interest, to send to the House the reports made to the department by Consul-General Lee, and other reports made to the depart ment by Consuls or commercial agents of the United States on the subject of the execution of Colonel Ruiz by the Cuban military authorities"
 There was no division over the reso- lution, and the vote was unanimous In favor of reporting 1t. Beyond this there was no reference to the Cuban question except in the reference to the subcommittee of the various Cuban res olutions introduced recently.
 The Ruiz referred to in the resolution is not Dr. Ruiz, killed at a suburb Of Havana, whose case has attracted much attention, but is Colonel Ruiz, the Spanish officer at Havana, who is said to have gone under a flag of truce to meet the insurgents and urge them to
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

accept autonomy. After entering the insurgent lines his proffer of auton- omy was rejected and he was executed by order of the insurgent commander.
 This case has not been taken up in Congress before, and it is said that the-inquiry will put the transaction ID
 a new light. Although several of the members insisted that the Cuban topic
 had not been touched upon, except Tn
 this resolution, others attached consld-
 erable significance to inquiries by one
 of the Republican members, Smith or
 Michigan, as to what the Cuba SUD-
 committee had done in the Morgan
 Senate resolution recognizing Cuban
 belligerency. Adams. chairman or the
 Cuban committee, explained that m Quiries were being made of the state
 Department with view of taking such
 action as was appropriate. The line
 of inquiry by Smith led to the impress sion that he and some other Republl- | can members of the committee desired
 action on the belligerency subject.
 Williams, author of the Ruiz reso- tion, says the inquiry Is for the pur- pose of correcting a public mlsappre- henSion as to the facts in the eXecu-
 tion of Colonel Ruiz. The latter, Will Hams says, never had the right to claim immunity under a flag of truce, as he had been warned by the inSur-
 gent commander. Aranguren, that he 1 would be amenable to the decrees Of l the inSurgent government, one of which
 was that any person entering the in surgent camp and proposing autonomy
 should be treated as a spy. Williams says there is authority for stating that | Colonel Ruiz entered Aranguren's camp with this understanding, and took his l chances accordingly. He said also that | he urged autonomy and suggested that l specific benefits would be conferred up-
 on the insurgent leaders if they ac- cepted the proposition. One of Aran- | guren's associates demanded that he do
 his duty in accordance with the de- | crees of the insurgent government,
 whereupon Ruiz was shot
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Purposes of the Coming State Com nittee
 Meeting.
Plans for the Next Campaidn Will Be Taken Up and
 Discussed.
Primary Election Law One of the Principal Topics to Receive
 Attention.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VISALIA, Jan. 21.-Hon. William H. Afford. chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, was inter viewed to-day by The Call correspond ent concerning the coming meeting of the committee. When asked as to the purposes of and the business to be transacted at the meeting of the com mittee on January 29, he said:
 There will be a number of things to do. In the first place the new law governing primary elections will be considered. This law is somewhat complex. and the machinery it pro- vides is very cumbersome. But if 1t is upheld by the Supreme Court-and the probabilities are that it will belt must be applied in every voting precinct in this State. There are many things in connection with its application that must be considered by the committee. For instance, the matter of preparing and distributing circulars of instruc- tion and the manner of providing the ballots required at the primaries, are among the many problems presented by the new law.
 The time and place of holding the next State convention will be consid- cred and probably decided Some oues- tions of party policy preliminary to the opening of the next campaign will be presented.
 This is earlier than State commit tees generally meet, but the conditions are peculiar and I consider early action important. as we do not propose to leave anything undone that can be done by the committee to further the interests of Democracy and the prin- ciples of the Chicago platform between now and the assembling of the next State convention.
 You ask if the members of the com mittee who did not pay their assess ments will be expelled. I have no idea what the disposition of the committee will be upon that subject, and, there fore, will not presume to say. I will say, however, that this question Is not a serious one; that 1t can and will be settled without causing the disturb ance in the party so much hoped for by our opponents. There can be no question, however, of the power of the State Committee to expel a member and to fill the vacancy caused by such expulsion. That power is inherent from a parliamentary standpoint in every such body. To deprive it of this power would be to deprive 1t of the power to govern itself I presume it will not be disputed that the conyen- tion which elected the State Central Committee had the power to remove any member at pleasure It follows upon the authority of an unbroken line of precedents that upon the adjourn ment of the convention all power that 1t possessed passed to the State Commit tee, which is its only representative.
 There is no disposition on the part of the committee to interfere in San Francisco local politics. Individually I should much regret the necessity of such interference. I have faith In the Democratic principle of each commun- ity controlling it's own affairs in party management, as in all other matters I believe the new primary law will ob- viate the necessity for any interfer- oncev
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
MR. SHORTRIDGE ON THE
 ROAD TO RECOVERY

SAN JOSE, Jan. 21.-Dr. J. R. Curnow, the family physician of c. M. Shortridge and who has been attending the sick man at Gilroy Hot Springs. is in the city, and gives the first intelligent statement com ing from the bedside.
 'I believe,' said the doctor, that MT. Shortridge will recover, unless there should arise some unforeseen complica- tions. There have been many foolish re- ports in circulation. In the first place. MT. Shortridge has no Bright's disease and no heart trouble. He is simply in a. condition of extreme nervous prostration, with slight symptoms of typhoid fever. While he has been and Is very sick man, there is in my mind nothing to war rant a belief that he will not fully re- cover. The prostration is so complete that can say MT. Shortridge has been very close to the grave. but I am more than hopeful of his recovery"
 This report, coming from an official source, must set at rest the flying rumors of other nature.
 Reports from Gilroy Hot Springs this evening state that Charles M. Short ridges condition is more favorable than it has been for a week. There has been a steady improvement for the past thirty-six hours. His temperature is normal and his pulse is regular. His physician now entertains strong hopes of his recovery
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
REV DR. ELDRIDGE
 MADE 4 CORRESPONDENT.
Divorce Proceedings in Washington Stir tbe Congregation Of the Waugh
 A. E. Church.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-A Herald special from Washington says: Divorce proceed ings filed in the District Court to-day have stirred up the congregation of the Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. Rev. E. Olin Eldridge. pas tor of the church, is named as CO., respondent. The complainant is George T. Robertson, a commission merchant. He alleges that Rev. Dr. Eldridge and a Government printing office employe have estranged his wife and that because of their conduct she is lost to him forever.
 When Dr. Eldridge was seen tonight he denied the allegations and said he knew nothing of the charges. MT. Rob- ertsOn declined to discuss the affair. The papers were filed late this evening.
 Dr. Eldridge is one of the most promi- nent ministers in the city, and his church, being one of the oldest and situated in the center of one of the most fashionable sections on Capitol Hill, and but a stone S throw from the Capitol. has numbered among its worshipers many of the most prominent persons of the city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
JAPAN IS : PREPARED FOR WAR First Authentic News Since the Eastern
 Troubles Began. The Mikado Sends a
 Strong Fleet to Wei
 Hai-Wei. Little Doubt in London of the
 Purpose of This Move nent. PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO Russia Nor Russia's Allies Will Be Allowed to Make Changes in Present Conditions.
Little Doubt in London of the Purpose of This Move
 ment.
PRESERvETHE STATUS soUo
Russia Nor Russia's Allies Will Be Allowed to Make Changes in
 Present Conditions.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The St James
 Gazette this afternoon, commenting
 upon the dispatch from Yokohama
 saying that a fleet of nine Japanese warships will leave Japan in the course of week for Chinese waters, says:
 Japan is prepared for war That
 in a nutshell is the news from Yoko-
 hama to-day, and 1t is really the first
 news from Japan since the beginning
 of the Chinese crisis. It was obvious that the Japanese Government had stopped telegraphic communication,
 which it never does except when mo- bilizing the army or navy. That is
 precisely what it has been doing It is understood that the destination of the fleet is Wei-Hai-W and there | is no doubt the movement means that
 the status quo in China, so far as Man
 churia and Korea are concerned, shall not be altered by Russia, nor any com bination of Russia's allies in defiance
 of Great Britain and Japan. So long as the defenders policy is equality of opportunity in China, they are in a po- sition to enforce their cla1ms.''
 PARIS, Jan. 21.-OrderS have been
 received at Cherbourg and Toulon re- spectively to immediately prepare the battleships Bruix and Vauban to re-
 enforce the French squadron in the far East, and the ships will sail Jan
 uary A. Admiral Debaumont has been appointed commander in chief of the French squadron, and will hoist his flag on board the Vauban.
 The BruiX is a steel vessel of 4754 tons displacement and 9049 indicated horsepower. She has an armored belt about inches thick, carries two T. inch guns, sixty 5.5-inch quick-firing guns, four 2.5-inch guns. four 1.S-inch guns and six 1.4-inch rapid-firing guns.
 The Vauban is a steel vessel of 620S tons and 4560 indicated horsepower. l She has an armored belt 10 inches irI l thickness, carries four 9.4-inch guns,
 one 7.4-inch gun, six 5.5-inch guns and | twelve rapid-fire guns.
 BERLIN, Jan. 21.-The Berlin Neuste Nachrichten announces that the Ger man warships are still sounding Kiao- chau Bay, adding that the exact site of the port Is not yet fixed, and that the Government intends the construction of the commercial port shall be borne by private companies. It Is further said that one company has already been formed to construct the docks.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
RANDSBURG WILL HAVE
 AMPLE FIRE PROTECTION,
Water System 10 Be Supplied by Reser- yoir Locateo on Gold HN
 Diyide

RANDSBURG, Jan. 21.-Randsburg will soon have ample protection from fire. A movement is now on foot to erect reser- Voir on Gold Hill divide. It will con- tain 100000 gallons of water, giving a fall of 150 feet. A four-inch main will run through the principal streets, connecting with thirty fire plugs, each plug to have at least 200 feet of hose and an inch and a quarter nozzle.
 The Randsburg and Kramer Railroad will follow the generous example of the Valley road. when the latter donated over 100 cars of dirt to i'll in the low thorough fares of the city of Visalia, by supplying the required amount of water. In a few zens' committee collected over 5000 from the business men alone.
 Many buildings are being erected in the burned district. Every man that can handle saw and hammer has been pressed into service.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
STANFORD CLASS ELECTIONS.

PALO ALTO, Jan. 1.-Two important class elections took place to-day The junior class elected John Ezra Mcdowell president, and the sophomore class hon. ored William Wesley Burnett, the big center of the Varsity. At this season of the year these offices are hotly contested as 1t is in this semester that the princi- pal class hops, in which the presidents shine, take place.
 McDowell halls from Ashland, Ohio, and has his major in economics. At present he is assistant registrar, and he is both popular and able.
 ''Babe" Burnett is well-known from his prowess on the football field His home Is in San Jose. He Is a student of law.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
JUDGE MCKENNA
 IS CONFIRMED
 BY THE SENATE
Allen of Nebraska Stands Alone in Opposition to the Advance ment of the Californian to
 the Supreme Bench.
Call Office, Riggs House,
 VvoehIr Otn,o Ta

. ZI. Justice the congratulations of friends Associate  against
  be against believe in his peculiar doc
  8 generally recommendation
  g
  McKenna would be confirmed the result of to-da vote Is gratifying faithfully Loyalty S ported him It understood Judge McKenna's nomination attendance Allen and ss officers of duty and fully considered Judiciary to check g braskan retired the he s ceeded the formaly  g said Nay" when the presiding officer the question:
  S his the Supreme Bench without delay He has already
  facilitate immediate According Chief Justice Fuller  decision vending in the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
BABE 0HERTURHS 4 LAMP
 AND STARTS 4 FIRE.
Home Of Monterey Merchant Destroyed Together With AT Of It's
 Contents

MONTEREY, Jan 1.-The residence of David Donelson, leading shoe-dealer of A Monterey, caught fire about ' o'clock from an overturned lamp and was al- most consumed before anything could be done toward saving 1t. The infant of the table on which the lamp was standing. The lamp was thrown to the floor and exploded, the flames quickly reaching every infiammable substance near by. The entire interior portion of the house and several thousand dollars worth of furniture were destroyed There was no insurance on the house or con- tents. The loss is estimated at about S300O
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Luetqert Cries i1 Court.

CHICAGO. Jan. 21.-Adolph L. Luetgert went on the witness-stand to-day and told the jury the story of the doings in his sausage factory on the night of May 1, in an endeavor to explain the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his wife, for whose murder he is being tried An immense crowd gathered around the criminal court long before the case was called. but the police allowed only those to enter who had tickets of admission Judge Garys courtroom was packed, and there was an unusual number of women present Luetgert broke down and cried like child when he spoke of his first wife.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
FIRE AT HENTURA.
Two Buildings m the Business Center Of
 fbe Town Burned

VENTURA. Jan. 21.-Fire broke out in Mrs. R. H. McDonalds millinery store in the business center of town tonight, and the structure, together with its contents, was destroyed. The Chicago Clothing CompanyS store to the west owned bY s. w. Wineman, was damaged to some extent by fire and water. Adjoining the millinery store on the east was D. F. Hoods harness shop which was de- stroyed. The burned buildings were of wood and were owned by E. NJ Jones That of the clothing company was of brick
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Catholic Home for fresno.

FRESNO. Jan. 21.-Bishop Montgomery has purchased a lot at the corner of R and Mariposa streets from Miss Jones of Sonora. Here 6 home will be erected for the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Miners Dusbed fo Deofb

BRUSSELS, Jan. 21.-While a cage con- taining fifteen miners was being hoisted in the shaft of the Bonne Esperance mine at Washes. in Hainau, the cable broke and the occupants of the cage were dashed to death.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08

HuIl's Cove
Mrs. Cora Jordan and her two children
are visiting friends in Waltham.
Bert Lumbert, of Holden, is in town
he Will be employed by Mrs. Reed.
Mrs. NanDoren's servants arrived here
Thursday night, and have opened the
cottage.
Abiathair Richardson, of Somesvile,
has rented the blacksmith shop owned by
Orient Brewer.
Mrs. Reed has arrived here for the sum-
mer with her children and her companion,
Miss Mae Clark.
Herbert Parsons, of New York, arrived
last Friday. The servants will open the
cottage Tuesday.
There will be an ice-cream sociable in
the school-house Monday evening for the
benefit of the organ fund.
Willard Hamor is putting new bath
room in his house which he will rent
later to Mrs. Samuel Deane, of New York
June 6. b.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08

THE AMERICAN has subscribers at 100
Of the II6 post-o6fces in Hancock county;
all the other papers in the county COM
IoAN is not the only paper printed in
Hancock county, and has Meier claimed to
be, but it is the only paper that can prop
erly be called COUNTY paper; all the
rest are merely local papers. The circula-
tor Of The AMERICAN, barring the Bar
Har5or Records summer list, is larger
tran that Of all The other papers printed
in Hancock county.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-08
SPRAY.

South Brooksville.
Elmer E. Billings has returned from a
business trip to Bangor.
Mrs. Hattie Powers, OF Deer Isle, has
been visiting friends here.
AS summer resort this place cannot be
surpassed, and is gaining in popularity.
Grace Cousins has returned to BluehilI
to resume her duties as clerk in j. l..
Chatto's store.
Ella q. Littlefeld, who has been visit
ing relatives in Bucksport, returned
home Sunday.
Schooner Lillian, Capt. Grindell, is
loading at j. s. Condon's wharf with
curb stone for Boston.
Sailed June ., schooner "Robert
Pett1s", Capt. Perkins, loaded with paw
ing by Chatto & Condor.
Rodney Witherspoon and wife, who
have been visiting relatives and friends
here, have returned to their home in
Rockport.
The friends of Capt. A. L. Condor are
pleased to know that he has so far regained
his health as to be able to take command
Of his vt /, the mildred May"
June A. C.