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The times., 1898-05-12
Excursion and shad Bake.

The fifth annual excursion of the Board
of Trade will be given on Saturday May
21. The steamer Manchester will start
from the foot of Seventh Street at !:
o'clock for Marshall Hall, where plank
ed shad dinner will be served at 4:30
Members and friends may procure tickets
at the Board Of Trade rooms, 1410 G
Street.
The times., 1898-05-12

A properly-made suit is strong
letter of recommendation. A
Burns" Suit fills all requirements.
Exclusive stock to select from.
Prices moderate,
J.D. BURNS s. CO., Ninth and G Sts NV.
The times., 1898-05-12
All Lady travellers Appreciate

The dressing-rooms on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroads new Congressional Linn
tied" Leaves Washington daily at 400
D. m for Philadelphia and New York.
Ynv11 -4t-em
The times., 1898-05-12

"Munchner'' Beer is a brunette: "Dia-
mond" as a blond. Both are extra fine
Phone the National Capital Brewing
Co. for case.
The times., 1898-05-12

Mems Fast-cOlor ONCE Goats; great 2Ec
value ......-............... UC
7ENNILLE. 709 Seventh Street Northwest.
The times., 1898-05-12

Your credit is good at Lansburg's Fur.
niture House. 18th and F sts oc3-tt
The times., 1898-05-12
Kobo. the Great CONSUMPTION Cure.

the only remedy that positively cures in
all stages. Don't fail to avail yourself of
the weeks trial free. at office of KOBO
MEDICINE CO., No. $40 T Street n. w.
ap25-tf-em
The times., 1898-05-12
THE n. Y. BOOTH CO.,

1904 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Home ohice,
p z. 2oth Street, New York City.
In
The times., 1898-05-12
S12 SO

Is fully s.. so less than anyone else
in town can sell It's equal for; ard
ours fit, too, as well or better than
any custom-made garments costing
twice as much.
The times., 1898-05-12
Ice Cold
Salads

ARE always appetizing in hot
weather, but they are only pos
sible with a good Refrigerator
The Refrigerators and Ice
Chests We handle are the best
made, and are not only most
economical in the consumption
OF ice, but they are the sweetest
and most easily cleanable
Tainted food is not a possibility
If ordinary care is taken. We
guarantee them. If credit is a
convenience to you, don't hesi-
tate to say so, but have your
purchases charged.
The times., 1898-05-12
u u /

AMERICAN NAVY SERGE
Suit for men is one of the very
bet serges made. 1t is strictly all
wool, full indigo dye and war
ranted absolutely fast color. The
1,riCe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
EXPANSION OF MARKETS.
Charles S. Adams on Trade and New
Colonial Possessions.

BOSTON, Nov. 23-At the annual meet
ing of the Massachusetts State Board of
Trade President Charles S. Adams said:
THE war being practically ended labor
and capital have right to demand that
their interests shall not be jeopardiZed or
prosperity further delayed by any doubt
full territorial expansion. Trade will fol-
low the flag only as we are able to meet
competition OF other nations and we can
not deny them commercial rights to our
colonial possessions without expecting to
receive the same treatment in return.
What this country needs is market eX-
Dansion for our products and the best way
to secure that result is by making known
to all markets that we manufacture and
can furnish the most desirable and best
goods for the money that are produced
in any industrial center.
President Adams referred to the loss
suffered by the United States in having
freight and passengers carried to foreign
countries in foreign vessels and said that
our statesmen ought to find the remedy
and speedily apply it to the expensive
evil. He also recommended that the Mas
sachusetts State Board of Trade continue
its efforts to bring about the establish
ment of the National Department of In
dustry and commerce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
MONTEREY
AND FRESNO
RAILWAY
Contract Signed and
Delivered.
CONSTRUCTION SOONTO BEGIN
SAN BENITo RIGHTS OF WAY
OBTAINED.
Work on the Wharf at the Western
Terminal to Be Commenced by
the First of De-
CONSTRUCTION S00NTO BEGIN
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SALINAS, Nov. 23.-Information Of a
definite character has been received
that the underwriters of the Monterey
and Fresno Railroad bonds in the East
have signed, sealed, approved and de-
Hvered the contract for the construc-
ton of that road from Monterey to Hol-
lister.
E. G. Darrow, superintendent for the
contractors, the California Construc-
ton Company of San Francisco, has
been in this vicinity since last Thurs
day and has purchased all the piles OBJ
tainable, which had been saved from
the great RATS which broke up at sea
recently. At Moss Landing, East Santa
Cruz and Monterey 200 piles were pur-
chased. The old Washington Hall at
Monterey has been rented and is being
fitted up for mems quarters and sta
bles. 1t is semi officially given out that
work on the wharf at Monterey will
commence on December 1.
Surveyors have been passing over the
line frequently of late and active oper-
atoms are looked for all along the line
just after the new year opens. All the
necessary right of way through San
Benito County has been secured, and
steps have been taken toward getting
the right of way through the Salinas
Valley and this city. No difficulty is
looked for, as the contamination of the
enterprise would be of the greatest
benefit to this section.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
WILL PROTECT LABOR.
Colonel Roosevelt Promises to En-
force New York Statutes.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Governor-eleet
Roosevelt has held conference with sew
eral labor officials and other men inter-
ested in social and economic problems
There were present Henry White, general
secretary of the United Garment Workers
of America; William. P. Derfinger of
Typographical Union No. 6; Henry Weiss
nan nj u ex1IsIec3retary of the International
secretary of the University Settlement:
George Gunton, editor of a periodical de-
voted to economic questions and others.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed the opinion
that it will be best to enforce the exist
ing statutes affecting the labor problem
rather than to make new statutes He
agreed with his visitors that the factory
inspection department should be the chief
means of improving the workshop con-
ditions in the matter of sanitation and
child labor.
The Governor elects attention was
called to the fact that the ten-hour law
for surface street railways is almost
totally ignored: Colonel Roosevelt ex-
pressed himself forcibly on this subject,
and favorably received the suggestion
that this law should be enforced by the
State factory inspection department
Colonel Roosevelt assured the labor Off
Gals that he would enforce every statute
bearing on the labor question.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
APPROPRIATIONS
MUST Be LARGE
Cannon Talks of Future
Work of Congress.
MONEY NEEDED FOR THE ARMY
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND REG
ULARS ARE REQUIRED.
The Nicaraguan Canal Will Be Built
and It Will Be Dominated by
Uncle Sans Gov
eminent.
MONEY NEEDED FOR THE ARMY
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND REG.
ULARS ARE REQUIRED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-"We will
begin work on the deficiency appropria-
lions at once, and have the measure
ready to report to Congress after il
meets, said Representative Cannon
upon his arrival in this city.
THE last session 'of Congress made
appropriations for six months for an
army of 100000, and it will be neces-
sary to begin at once to provide fol-
money for the maintenance of that
army.
I'VE will legislate on the basis of the
regular army, which will be necessary
for the future to maintain garrisons in
the territory which has been acquired
by us. We cannot expect the volun-
teers TO remain in the service on garri-
son duty, and we will have to provide a
regular army of at least 100,0 900 men,
The appropriations for the coming
session VIII approximate $500 900, 600
and as those for the last session were
about 100000 the total appropria-
tions for the session will easily exceed
billion dollars.
The Nicaraguan canal will be built
and 1t will be dominated by this Gov
eminent, but as the negotiations ap-
pear to be slightly mixed 1 do not pro-
pose to discuss the merits of each OF
the syndicates and am not prepared to
say what will be done, but recent
events have demonstrated that the
construction of such waterway will
be begun in the near future.
I'VE will have more work than can
be done at this session of Congress, but
L do not believe there will be an extra
session. Porto Rico and Cuba will re-
main under military control for at
least a year. until we can find out what
kind of government is required and
determine if the people of those islands
are capable of governing themselves"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
M'KINLEY FRIENDLY
TO LABOR'S CAUSE
President Gompers of the American
Federation Calls Upon the
President

WASHINGTON. Nov 23-SamueI Com
pers, president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, accompanied by the secre-
tary of the Federation, had an hours con-
ference with the President to-day in re-
gard to legislation in the interest Of labor
now pending In Congress. Mr.. Gompers
purpose was to obtain, If possible, the in
dorsement of these measures in the Presi-
dents forthcoming message to Congress.
The President was deeply interested in
Mr.. Gompers' remarks and, without indi-
eating what, If any. specific recommended
tons would be made in his message on
these subjects, said that he regarded 1t a S
the duty Of every man, whether in public
or private life, to use every effort in his
power to improve the condition of the
workingman and to bridge the chasm be-
tween him and his employer.
Mr.. Gompers favored the eight-hour la
Dor law, which limits a days work to
eight hours, whether the work is being
done directly by the Government or by
contractors, and the bill having for its op-
1ect the improvement in the condition of
American seamen: This bill gives to sea
men the right to leave vessel when she
is In safe harbor and abolishes corporal
punishment. He also urged the Lodge inn
migration bill, which limits Immigration
70 persons who can read and write and
the convict labor bill, which prohibits the
transportation Of the product of convict
lapor from one State to another
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
FELT FOR MILES AROUND
AT FIRST THE DISASTER WAS
THOUGHT AN EARTHQUAKE.
All the Men in the Packing House
Blown to Atoms and Their Dis
memberad Remains FEAR
fully Scattered.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. ga special to the
Republic from Quincy, Ill, says; The
powder mill at Lamotte, Mo. situated
eighty miles south of here on the X
line, and half a mile from Ashburn'
blew up at 1855 q. m, killing six men
and wounC.ng several others. Inc
names of the dead follow:
WILLIAM WILSON, foreman. and
son of the l.anager, living at Ashburn.
ALFRED WENSEL.
ALBERT MILLER.
d. NJ. SMITH, Louisiana.
WILLIAM CHARLESTON. Ashburn.
JACK HOLLINGER, Ashburn.
The explosion took place in the pack
ing house and was so terrific as to De
heard and felt distance of twenty five
miles Telephone reports from Pitts
field, New Canton. Bayless. winchester.
Undertook and all over Pike County.
Ill. are to the effect that the explosion
was plainly felt in those places. Until
the truth was known the inhabitants
thought it was an earthquake. At
New Canton windows were broken and
everywhere buildings were shaken.
The exact cause Of the explosion will
never be known, as all the men in the
packing house at the time were blown
to atoms. Somethin~ like 10000
pounds of POWDER was usually kept in
the packing house, which was frame
structure.
During the day men were engaged
with buckets gathering up such bits of
flesh and bones as they could find. A
piece of a spinal column was found half
a mile from the scene of the explosion.
Those who were injured were employed
in another building. They were
struck by flying debris. but none of
them are fatally injured. There is al
ways some loose powder on the floor
of the packing room and 1t is supposed
that something was dropped upon 1t
that caused it to explode.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
PROSPECTING AT ATLIN
SUSPENDED TILL JUNE
Proclamation to This Effect Said to
Have Been Issued by
Officials.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. 23.-There
is serious trouble in the new gold fields
known as the Atlin Lake District. E.
A. Dixon of the Northwest police ar
rived here to-day from Atlin with a
story that a proclamation had been is
sued by the Canadian officials suspend
ing prospecting throughout the entire
territory till next June. The cause of
this is very apparent
With the first stampede to the new
fields the boy recorder of the district
got ratified p" and matters are in a very
complicated state as a result. In fact
many miners holding the richest claims
on Pine and Wright creeks are in doubt
as to whether they will be able to hold
them under exciting conditions.
The confusion in the Recorders office.
Dixon says, is terrible. Some thinking
that the Atlin district was in the
Northwest Territory took up claims in
accordance with the mining regulations
of that region. while others recorded
accordinr to the mining laws of Brit
ish Columbia. There was no one there
to instruct them, and a most compli-
Gated condition of affairs has resulted
The proclamation was issued to give
the officials a chance to get matters
cleared up. Dixon thinks the country
will get a black eye for while and
says the proclamation will result IN
many throwing up everything and leav-
In the country.
Next spring and summer. however. he
predicts q tremendous rush to the dis
trict as 1t is known now to be very
rich. Atlin town, he says. will have
10000 peonle next summer.
Much Indignation Is expressed here
at the tangled condition of affairs in
a district which coast cities look for
ward TO as second KlOndike and con-
sequently a big purchaser of supplies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
CONDITION OF MANILA TROOPS.
General Merriam Forwards a List of
Sick and Dead.

WASH NGTON, Nov. 23.-The Secre-
tary of War has received a telegram from
General Merriam at San Francisco as
follows:
Report from Honolulu November IA
Arizona sailed for Manila with General
Kings detachment November 10, leaving
of sick in general hospital as follows:
Typhoid cases: First New York Regi.
ment. So; expeditionary troops, As; total
typhoid, Ill. Malarial fever and others:
including convalescents: First New York
Regiment, 49, expeditionary troops, 102;
total, POI. Total patients, 3D.
Deaths since last report: Privates Will
liam Hayden, Company 1, Eighteenth In
fantry; Burton Woodbeck, Company G;
George Cowles, Company H; Robert
Wands, Company E, all Of the First New
York.
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mission was appointed to inform Cap
tain General Blanco of the fact, re-
uuesting that the contractors be COM
PEELED to pay the arrears of fees since
July "a.
AS already cabled, the Mayor of Ha-
yana on his own responsibility, Win
out the sanction of the City Council
and Board of Aldermen, increased the
city budget for the salaries OF NUM-
cipal officers and employees from $34,0oO
to $4,000 The Board of Aldermen at
their last session resolved not to con-
firm the Mayors action, thus compell-
ing him to pay the difference out OF his
own pocket.
Street cars and omnibuses have paid
no taxes for several years. Although
strictly forbidden by law, more than
1000 wooden houses exist within the city
limits. Such cases of bribery, corrup-
ton and maladministratiOn could be
multiplied Indefinitely. Nothing is done
TO check them.
Gambling houses, which, after the
signing of the protocol. the Spanish au-
thorities made a great show of sup
pressing, now flourish unmolested. At
this late day everybody admits the use
lessness of attempting to infuse moral
ity into the SUanish administration.
On November IS the partially dis
banded guerrillas of Sagua la Chicha
took the field, burning ind destroying
property. They did great damage on
the sugar plantation of John Harris,
British subject. The British Consul,
Mr.. Jerome, two days later filed
claim for damages, an acknowledgment
of which has been made by Captain
General Blanco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24

The object of the convention will be to aid
the Government in placing the National
Guard on the most possible effective foot
ESI,ca+ion hos a%+ened jnJita - 70 S,J-
perintendents of Education in all States,
inviting them to this convention to con-
slider the introduction of a military drill
system for public schools of the United
States in the interest of patriotism, sub
ordination and physical development.
The school board of Toronto, Canada,
will be invited to send company of their
military trained schoolboys to the conven-
ton. Chancellor McCracken of the New
York University will address the State
Superintendents in advocacy of military
drills for pupils of the public schools.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
PROVINCES TO BE OCCUPIED
CENTRAL AND WESTERN SEC
TIoNS FIRST ON THE LIST.
The Regiments in the Brigade Com
manded by General Oates
Will Embark at
Savannah.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The War
Department to-day issued the first of
the general orders looking to the oc-
cupatiCn/of the central and western
provinces of Cuba by the United States
troops. The order contemplates the
early beginning of the movement, as
the Spanish troops are expected to
have progressed with the evacuation
movement early in December. The or
der is dated November % and is as
follows:
Commanding General Second Army
Corps. Augusta, Ga: With the approval
Of the Secretary of War, the First Brig
ade, Third Division, of your corps VIII
proceed, fully equipped for field service,
and take action in Cuba as follows:
Headquarters and one regiment OF in.
fantry at Pinar del Rio; one regiment of
infantry at Mariel and one regiment OF
infantry at Guanajay. The troops will
embark al Savannah and the movements
will be so regulated that no regiment VIII
reach Savannah more than twenty-four
hours prior to sailing.
The regiment for Mariel should land at
that point. The other two should land at
Havana and proceed to destination by
rail- 1t is not necessary that the entire
brigade leave at the same tine, but regi-
ments may move in succession as trans
Pinar del Rio by the Spanish will be COM
pleted by December 8, and the troops
above designated should reach their des-
tination by December l or earlier.
The brigade will take as much of it's
wagon transportation as is possible and
camp and garrison equipage, including
tent floors
The quartermasters department will
provide the necessary transportation and
thirty days forage for animals; the sub
sistence department make provision for
thirty days rations and the medical de-
partment provide proper medical attend
ance and stores.
Acknowledge receipt and inform COM
handing general of brigade that detailed
instructions of the President and Score
tary of War will be furnished him for his
guidance.
BY command of Major General Miles
H. c. CORBIN, Adjutant General.
This brigade is commanded by Brig
adler General William G. Oates and
consists of the Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania Third New Jersey and 102nd
New York regiments. They are now
at Athens, Ga, having recently ar
rived at that place from Camp Meade,
Pa Mariel is the seaport of Pinar del
Rio province, on the north side. 1t lies
about thirty miles west of Havana, and
nearest point to the railroad line run
ming from Havana to the city of Pinar
del Rio, the capital Of the province of
the same name, which is about 120
miles west of Havana, and is to be the
Headquarters of the American army of
occupation In the province. The rail-
read can be reached from Guanajay by
q short march.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
TREACHERY DISABLED
THE CRUISER BUFFALO
Machinists Ruined the Engines Be-
cause They Did Not Wish to Be
Sent to Manila

CHICAGO, Nov. pa special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Chief of
Engineers Melville has received the re-
port Of the Board of Inquiry which has
been Investigating the circumstances sur
rounding the breaking down of the ma
chinery Of the cruiser Buffalo, which was
1ned for Manila with about 300 sail
ors to relieve the men of Admiral Dew
ey's feet whose terms of service had
expired.
Il is found that some Of the machinists
on board of the ship have been guilty of
the basest kind of treachery and deliber-
ately disabled the machinery of the ship
because they did not wish to be sent to a
station so far away from home.
The chief engineer of the Buffalo is ex-
onerated because 1t is found he was not
in lea1ue with those who performed the
treacherous work. Further proceedings
will be had against the men who have
been found guilty of such an unpatriotic
practice, and they stand an excellent
chance Of being sentenced to a long term
in the penitentiary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24

The alarming increase in vice and
crime renders 1t unsafe to walk the
streets unarmed or unprotected after
nightfall. The police reports show
scores of ''hold-ups," murders, burglar
les and highway robberies, which never
get into the local papers, thanks to the
watchful censor.
Corruption, bribery and wholesale
stealing in the military and civil adj
ministration continue unchecked. Some
insight into the condition of municipal
affairs can be gained from the report or
a secret session held at the Mayors Of
flee on Monday. The regulation hours
for killing at the slaughter-house are
during the afternoon, but special per
nit entities certain contractors to
slaughter one head each morning, for
which those who have the privilege
pay a prescribed fee. AS a matter of
fact over a hundred head are killed
every day before noon. the fees for
which, exceeding $3.50, never find their
way into the city treasury.
These beeveS are distributed by the
contractors for the military hospitals
in the city at SO cents per kilogram'
while the public pays only the market
price of about 50 cents. The difference
per kilogram, together with the
amount of unpaid abattoir fees, is
presumably divided among the select
few. who silently defraud the city OF
a rnuch-needed source of income.
AT the secret session where this glar-
ing abuse was under discussion COM
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
LOVING CUP FOR s1esBEE.
Commercial Club of st. Paul Honors
the Naval Captain.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 23-The Commercial
Club of st. Paul has presented a loving
cup to Captain Sigsbee, who as com.
mander of the auxiliary cruiser ST. Paul
had part in the victories of the recent
war, disabling the torpedo-boat DESTROYER
Terror and capturing the British boat
Restormel laden with coal. which was
taken as a prize near the harbor of san
tiago.
The cup bears the following inscription:
THE Commercial Club of St Paul
sends greeting to Captain Charles Dwight
Sigsbee, who as commander of the auxiI-
larry cruiser st. Paul had a brilliant share
in the naval exploits of the Spanish war
of 1898. May you live long and prosper"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
BIG TOBACCO COMBINE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-It is authorita-
lively announced that the negotiations
which have been pending since the forma-
ton of the Union Tobacco Company of
America have been concluded and that a
controlling interest in the company has
been sold to Thomas f. Ryan, P. A. B.
Wi'.ener, Thomas Dolan and w. L. Ell
kins.
The certificate of Incorporation states
that the capital stock shall be SIC, 900, 900.
of which S2000,O00 is to be preferred stock
and $4,000. 900 common stock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
Gives a Million to Colleges.

BOSTON, Nov. 23.-The will of the late
Edward Austin of this city bequeaths
81 900 600 to public uses. Harvard College
will receive $500 900: the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, $500 900; Radcliffe
College. $4,000; Roanoke College, $50, 900,
and the Tuskogee. Ala, Normal and In
dustrial School, $50 000