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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
ENGLAND AND AMERICA
 MAY RULE THE WORLD

LONDON March Gazette this afternoon in editorial headed Together With America
 e If external much order United States will be condition things asking bring end In China. The United States
 
 
 the American Government It has claim insis making it's voice heard Chinese question: n with hitherto principle in American politics alliances the time has United They afford something thing both should possible England On our side there disposition and claim to shown take the speaking China world communities to 6 6 6 @ @% Q 6 6, 6 q Q Q @ 6 6 6 Q 6 @S@ 6 c 6 q 6 6 @@
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
President Knew on Sunday HOstilities Were Almost
 Inevitable.
Madrid Is Fitting Out PriVateerS, Germany Protests Friend ship and England Is
 EffuSiVe.

q NEW YORK, March 12.- 1 The Herald's correspondent ~ at Washington telegraphs: q Gravely apprehensive over . the impending crisis in our . relations with Spain, Presi- Q dent Mckinley is coolly and = deliberately weighing every = phase of the situation before q making any move or any pub . lie declarations as to his in- Q tentions.
 = That his action when taken may meet with the approval = of the nation, and of the
 world, ths President desires . to be relieved of any suspi- Q cion of prematurely forming
 a decision.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
HAVANA HARBOR DEEPENED BY
 THE EXPLOSION
The Last Find of the Divers Points More Strongly Than Ever to an AtrOCiOuS
 Crime.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
TREACHERY WRECKED
 THE MAINE.

NEW YORK, March 12.-What is regarded in army and navy circles as most important edi- torial article appeared in yes terday's issue of the Army and Navy Register. It is as follows:
 THE SITUATION.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-13
SPAIN IS PREPARING
 FOR WAR ON COMMERCE
 WITH LETTERS OF MARQUE
Even Now Buying Vessels 10 Fit Out as Prvateers, Which Can Be Done Because Neither Nation Signed the Paris
 Convention.

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The sun., 1898-12-04
WRoSs ovERcoAE.
Mr. Dun Left Hls in Cab and ReEained It
In the Police Station.

SIr. Dun Left Hls in n Cab and Regained II
In the Police Station.
Joseph r. Duff of 315 West Forty NTH street.
an agent Of tho Bayard Manufacturing Com
pany at 2a0 Broadway. entered the restaurant
Of the Metropole Hotel at about . O'Clock last
night and sat there for some little time. He
rose took an ovorcoat from nearby rack and
started out He was stopped by the head waiter
and by Special Policeman Fleming Mr.. Duff
apoloRzed and snid that he thought he was
taking his overcoat. He was TAX en- to tho West
Thirtieth street station, whore he was held as
a suspicious person. He said that he was 60
About 1O.30 O'Clock Isaac ID. Fletcher. the
Vice President and general manager OF the
Bayard manufacturing Company. went TO tho
station and demonstrated with the police for
arresting Mr.. Duff as a suspicious person. He
said that Duff was trusted employee OF tho
company and had been with them for flve
years. Sergt. Wnlling changed the charge
against Dun to "disorderly conduct which
means objecting to arrest. Then Mr.. Fletcher
Mr. Dun had insisted at the TING of his arrest
that II his overcoat was not in the hotel L was I'm
cab at the door. Special Policeman Fleming
told the Sergeant there was no cab at the door
Of the hotel Just as Mr.. Fletcher and Mr..
peared with "a cabman and cab.
said that Mr. Duff had left him In front OF the
Metropole, and that he had been waiting for
hours for Mr. Dun to come buck and get his
OycrcOAt
The sun., 1898-12-04
BuRKE-DEDIEsBAUeH SCANDAL.
Expulaion andLmpeachment Recommends,
D by tho Bnr Association.

Expulnion andLmpeachmentR Recommended
by tho Bar Association.
CLEvEL.AHD. O.. Dec 3-The long drawn out
hearing Of the case of Senator v. H. Burke.
against whom disbarment proceedings we're
brought ended to- day when the Trial Commit
teereported its decision finding Burke guilty
Of misconduct In his Office as an attorney at
law and his relation to the Cleveland Bar
Association in that he wrongfully connived
and conspired with Judge Frank E. Dellen-
bauRh to procure q divorce for n Mrs manning
in an irregular manner, contrary to law and
without proper evidence, and in that he wrong
fully, conspired with Judge Dellen baugh to
falstfy q record OF the Court of Common Pleas
OF Cuyahoga County"
The tribunal also finds that Burke secured
$4,000 from woman for alternating the affec-
tions OF Mrs. ManninR's husband. and of this
sum Burke retained $2.40O and gave Judge
Dellen baugh 81, 100.
The tribunal refers the evidence and findings
TO the Circuit Court for the impeachment OF
Judge Dellenbaugh and declares for the ex-
pulsio4 of Burke from the Bar Association.
Several hundred lawyers attended the hearing
to-day.
The sun., 1898-12-04
EooSErElrs APPOINTMENTS.
Snt Ready Vet to Name Prosecutor in the
Canal Cases,

Governor.elect Roosevelt spent two hours In
Republican headquarters at tho Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel yesterday morning He wrote let
ter 20 Gov. Black. thanking him for giving an
opportunity to him to name an associate prose-
cutor In the canal case. Col Roosevelt told the
Governor that he would not avail himself OF
the opportunity Immediately. as he did not
wish 10 do 80 without consulting John G.
Davies Attorney Gen eral-elect. which he will
tot be able 10 do for some time
Private Secretary William J. YounRs said
yesterday that the retention in once or ap-
poiutmcnt Of the following officers had been de-
n,Sed upon John 4, Joyce. pardon clerk. rs-
shedd sned EeTHioHRipi Hii Sppoiatment clerk. re-
retained; penjamin ". Smith. George &
Alien. George Graves, notarial stenograpbers.
tetatned; confidential messenger Amos M
Anapp of OYSTER Bay. appointed TO succeed
Matthew korron. who will become warden oi
clinton Prison by appointment OF Gov Black .
executive messengers. William 0'Connor and
W 4 Lamborn, reappolntments.
Chauncey NJ Depew, Assistant Attorney
General Gilbert u, b. Hasbrouck and az
Speaker Trem9nt Cole called on the doyern-
or-elsct. Col. Roosevelt disposed OF a large
pp e the GRAND Central STALLION. taking The he
to-day. and y expected IN the city 90 o-morrow,
lt was said yesterday that George q Tired
VOL will be Gov. Roosevelt's military score
the 6eld Patrick Egan. i was SAID. WAS srs 70 be m
the next Com missioner OF Labor Statistics
The sun., 1898-12-04
whIstler and O,nrIen Fight 10 a praw.

Owing to tho lateness OF the hour the twenty
hye-round bout between Billy Whistler of
Philadelphia and Jack o'Brien was cut down TO
twenty-one rounds at the Greenwood A. @. last
night This WAS done at the instance OF sergt.
Evans OF the Forty-third Precinct who refused
10 permit the affair to proceed beyond mid
night The result was a draw Owen Ziegler
acted as referee The combat was at l2s
pounds, fair sized crowd was present.
Tommy Moran OF Brooklyn took on Denny
Hall OF New York In the first strtigRle OF ten
rounds at l2S pounds Both lads were not
oeyerRurdened with knowledge OF the manly art,
but they we're willing and got together without
Moran. The SECOND bout was between Tommy
Mcperpott OF GEeenpolnt and Toner Burns
OF Brooklyn. This go" was announced as be-
ing for ten rounds at 1l6 pounds. Burns easily
got the verdict '
o'Brlen and Whistler did not delay in getting
g their corners. Whistlers seconds were
shoaT9He sthIoTHe BnaITRstt: nI: Charley Barnett Snd Jimmy
William Patton and Paddy Moran,
The sun., 1898-12-04
LIE 80 ~ AEAaAMA.
\ Makes n speech 20 the Legislature and
snye BinetnIiissn Tan't Dead.

HAsa btNnetAAtAHhAA ~ y AFee-fts
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Deo 3.--Col William ].
Bryan was cordially received to-day By the
Alabama LeRislature The Colonel was on
his way from his homo in Nebraska TO hls
regiment IN saynnueh. The General Assembly
being In session and the fact that he would
reach here at 10 A. VI. becoming known. a
committee Of Representatives was appointed
to meet him at the train and to ask that he
stop over a train and be the guest OF the As
sembly. He acquiesced. and his reception was
most enthusiastic.
Col Bryan was escorted TO the State House
few minutes after his arrival He was well
coined at the steps by the Governor and the
State officers and was escorted to the hall OF
the House OF Representatives. where the Joint
session met to greet him. His appearance was
vigorously eheered. Ho spoko briefly and very
conservatively. He said the fact OF HIS having
on the uniform Of soldier precuded
his saying in a public apeech anything
about those questions which were now en-
RaginR the attention of the nation. Nell
,her, he said. would he care 70 dis9yss
momentous question had not been laid away to
eternal rest. He gave the members OF tho AS
sembly some good advice. paid several hand
some tributes to the Democratic party, and
closed with q brilliant euloRy Of Gov. johnson,
who is one OF Mr., Bryan's strongest friends and
supporters IN this State.
Ool Bryan fs much thinner than he was SOW
Tegained his strength. He left this afternoon
for Savannah
The sun., 1898-12-04
sr AeNEys cHURcH on ITnE
The costiy Altar Destroyed Damage
Estimated nj CSC, 900.

Tie Contty Altar Deatfoyed-Toth Dnmnke
Estimated nj 400
st. Agnes Roman Catholic Church In Forty
third street between Third and Lexington ave-
nues was discovered 10 DO on FIRE at 80 o'clock
this morning.
The Gre was discovered by Policeman Hul-
doom Of the East Flfty-lrs street station. who
noticed smoke coming from the basement.
He smashed ia the doors and running
into the basement awakened John
o'Brion. the janitor. who had sleeping
apartments In the rear. The fire started from
ths boiler that heats the church and the rec
tory adjoining, which is occupied by the pas
tor the Rev. Henry A. Brann.
The smoke was 10 dense that the 6remen
were greatly hamnered in fighting the 6omes
In a building In the rear of the church live
ten nuns. who teach In a parochial school hold
there in the daytime They made their es-
cape from the building without any difficulty
The flromen put two lines OF hose through
the front door and flooded the auditorium.
They succeeded In driving the FIRE TO the rear
OF the church and holding It there. The altar.
which was elaborate and costly was ruined.
The church was badly damaged.
Chief Bonner said st 2:30 O'Clock that he had
the flames under control and that q censerva-
tive estimate OF the loss would be $4,000.
The sun., 1898-12-04
". H. HALDEuAx CO.'S FREE.
Acquitted of the Murder of j. c. Richart
son, His Brother-in.Law,

son, His brOther-fn-Law.
CINCINNATI. o.. Dec. 3.-The jury in the case
Of W. ]. Haldeman. charged with the mu rder Of
eN-Statc Senator ]. G. Richardson. after three
hours deliberation. rendered verdict OF not
guilty late this afternoon. and Haldeman IL
now at home with his family. Richardson and
Haldeman were brothers-in- law. of high social
standing and wealthy Haldeman is Yale
man and n relative through marriage OF John
sherman. The trial lasted two weeks. and ex-
cited intense interest.
On Sept. % Richardson and Haldeman were
alone in tho private Office of the Haldeman
Paper Company. of which they were principal
owners. A quarrel cnsued over business mat
ters and Richardson was shot five times aud
also beaten with brass knuckles. Haldeman
was slightly bruised. Haldeman remained OF
his home several days. then went TO Chicago.
Eight days after the shooting Richardson died.
The Coroner, after much public elamor, had
Haldeman arrested on Q murder, warrant, Since
then he has been in Jail He said that Richard
son first drew his pistol The State said Rich
ards0n. who was much older man. had no
pistol: that Haldeman after the quarrel went
away. returned with two pistols and shot Rich
ardson down. Only one pistol was ever found.
Haldeman acknowledged using the knuckles
as well as the pistol. saying he had owned the
knuckles ever since his Yale days, when he had
them az protection against haZing. Haldeman
also acknowledged attempting suicide after the
affair
The sun., 1898-12-04
$4,000 OAK STREET FIRE.
I Firemen Had Difficulty in Breaking Through
the Big Front Doors.


the Big Front Doors.
Tho rooms OF Gibbs. Williams Il Co. art
'lithographers and printers. at 1920 Oak street.
were burned out last night They occupy the
upper stories OF tho flve-story brick building.
The first floor Is occupied by the United States
Wine and Trading Company Policeman Morti-
mer saw smoke coming out OF the third
story window and sent in an alarm at
10:45 o'clock When the flremen got there the
four-story rear extension OF the building was
all ablaze aud the rest Of the building thick
with smoke Another alarm was sent in. fol-
lowed quickly by q third as precaution It
locked as II the whole block might 60
The fremen experienced some difficulty In
breaking In the large ornate doors on the
ground floor. These doors were ordered by
the Tweed administration for the County
Court House and In some manner came into
the possession OF ex-Alderman Duffy, who
built the building. The doors were not badly
damaged By the f1remen.
Once inside. the firemen quickly got control
q the flames. The damage TO the building was
$4,000 and to the lithographers about $1,000.
There was a slight fire In the same building
neA rly three months ago.
Dick O'Brien Of % Madison street fell while
eomfnR downstairs when the fire started One
OF hin ears was badly cut by the fall.
The sun., 1898-12-04
JOHN PECK MARR1Es wrDov scorE.
The Bride Once Sued by Peck's First Wife
for Alternating Her Husbands Affections.

The Bride Once Sued by Peck's First Wife
for Alternating Her Husbands Affections.
NYAoK. Dec. 3.-The marriage OF John Peck
and Mrs. Caroline G.. Scott. which was an
nounced In Haverstraw this week. recalls tho
fact that the bride was:recently the defendant
in suit for $4,000 damages brought by Mr.
Peck's first wife for alternating her husband 8
affections. The suit was on the Supreme
Conrt calendar for some time. but a settlement
was effected and 1t never came to trial This
suit brought out the story OF n secret mar
riage. Mrs. Peck was a seamstress In the
Peck family twenty years ago and she and Mr..
Peck. then young man.were married secretly
They lived together out OF town and had sew
eral children Mr., Peck was appointed agent
bands death. Mrs. Peck became jealous and
alleged that Mrs. Scott was alternating her
husbands affections. She told the whole Story
Of the secret marriage. and for the first time
Hayerstraw knew that Mr.. Peck had wife
and family. After these facts had come out
Mr.. Peck went out West and secured divorce
from his wife. The suit for $50 600 never
came TO trial and the scandal subsidized. Now
Mr.. Peck marries Mrs Scott and the Rossips
are talking 1t all over again.
The sun., 1898-12-04
GAZE HIM KsocxoUr DROPS.

Howard e. Pratt Robbed of 500 and All
His Valuables, but Doesn't Know Where.
An elderly. well-dressed man was found In q
dazed condition last night at Hester and Chrys-
tie streets by Policeman Murphy Of the Ed
ridge street station. His pockets had been
rified and his cuff buttons had been stolen. On
a,taR attached TO his key ring was stamped
Howard Il. Pratt. 12J Throop avenue He also
had q bank book showing deposit OF $500 In
$50 on Nov. %.
The man was taken TO the station house. whore
he recovered sufficiently to cay that his name
Wus Pratt Apd that he had been robbed OF 800.
He did not know where. The police think
some one rave him knockout drops.
The sun., 1898-12-04
BOZ BROWN FouND GUILTY.
Kentucky Gives Him Fair Trial Instead of
Yielding to a Mob,

GLASGOW. KY. Dec. 3.-Bob Brown was con-
yieted in the Barren County Court this after
noon OF murder In the first degree. and his pun
ishment fixed at death by hanging. The jury
was out twenty minutes. The verdict was
greeted with applause. Brown murdered his
father-in-law. Alonso McClelland. about
month ago. and then shot his niece. Bertha
Courtney. 2 child; nearly to death. Then he
son.iI, Law: .Slayton, nearby and shot her
also shot slayton in the arm and beat with q
pistol the head OF his brother-in law. Lewis
Gus Gus work He then seeTeted himself n a barn
He gave battle to the officers. and more than
100 shots m N were fred. When the officers threat;
guns guns out of the door and surrendered.
a. The desire 70 lynch Brown was so strong that
Bowling M Green @ for safekeeping, When brought
to lynch him, but finding the town and JAIN
heavily guarded left without attempting. I'd
victims who lived testified against him.
The sun., 1898-12-04
Eby Defents De oro mt Pool.

SYRACUSE, Dec, 3,-De Orc was beaten here
tonight in a pool game that took nearly two
hours to play. and which was one OF the most
country
On the last frame Eby wanted six balls and
vous.! Eby ran Ave balls and had an almost sure
shot for the ball that would make him a winner.
and jumped around Ike wild man. but on
the very next shot he missed one Just as
badly and then Eby pocketed the bali In the
l25 TO 6l. The afternoon scores follow: Kirby
beat Speneer by l25 to 81; HorRan beat Bopp
The sun., 1898-12-04
MEUNIER's WIZ 1xTAh1D.
Left His Estate to His Native Town In swift
zerIand for Phila n throplc Purposes.

New ORLEANS. Dec 3-Francois Meunier. a
native of Switzerland. who died here few
months ago, left his entire property. consisting
OF valuable real estate and shares OF stock. to
his native town. Carrouge. in the canton OF
Geneva. Switzerland. as a public legacy. the
income TO be used In furnishing dowries for
poor girls and In pensioninG old men and
women % Suit was brought % inv9lidato the
Court to-day declared It invalid on the ground
that property In Louisiana cannot be willed to
foreign municipality, and, secondly that
tached to the bequest
The SWISS cousins, six in number. were de-
ciared the true heirs of Mennier. and put In
possession OF the property
The sun., 1898-12-04
Tin-PIate Trust Taking Account of stock

WHEELING. W. Va, Dec. 3The tin-plate
combination has issued orders for the closing
Of all OF the plants interested in the deal. and
those In this city arc shut. Tho labelle,
Standard and other large mills are closed. and
notices have been issued ordering employees
70 report for duty week later. The trust will
once, In the Pittsburg- Wheeling district
probably one-hnlf tho output al tin plate In
this country IL made
The sun., 1898-12-04
JOTTINGs ABOUT TOWN.

The annual dinner of the Williams Alnmni As,o
eiauon OF the CITY OF New York will be eaten al bel
monieo'a Firth avenue and Forty fourth street On
been sJeHins % sp he tooIHE gentlemen hSya
nams3 liam ~ The Rsy Henry Van Dyke D D. Prince.
Glars University: benjamin Nortin, WilliAms. 10.
All Williams mon, members Of the association or
The sun., 1898-12-04
Shot in a Rewery saloon.

Albert Krumm, driver. "a years old, whose
address is not known. was shot In row over
woman in a saloon at 30l Bowery at :3C
O'Clock this morning. He was removed TO Bal.
levue Hospital with q bullet wound In M
Tieht side The physicians say he will die
John Norris Of S3l East Sixteenth street as the
The sun., 1898-12-04
DANCE HAIL RA1DED.

Capt. Cooney Made q Number OF Arrests
In His District Last Night.
Acting Captain Cooney OF the Mercer street
station took his turn at making raids last
night He went out at tho head OF dozen
policemen. and first arrested seven women and
the proprietor Of jacobs dance hall at "a
Sixth avenue. The com plant in this case was
made by the Rev. Denis Paul O'Flynn. pastor
Next Capt Cooney arrested Henry voRht.
who runs saloon at 100 West Third street.
and ten women who were found there His
sixth avenue. where he arrested the proprietor
and six negro women
The sun., 1898-12-04

Used Carbolie Acid and Gas and Left Letters
showing Anger Against Her Husband.

Mrs Adelina l.. Calender OF 50 East Eighty
fourth street committed suicide last night by
swallowing carbolic acid and then inhaling
Illuminating gas through n rubber tube. She
was "a years old and was the wife Of A. L. CAL
lender, formerly of ~ Lexington avenue. She
and her husband separated some time ago.
On table in an adjoining room was a letter
from Howe & Hummel notifying her that on
July 8 alimony to the extent OF S25 per week
had been allowed her by n court decree. There
was also q 50-cent piece and note asking that
IL bo paid to the milkman.
third note read as follows:
There is no one wish to take care Of my
Philadelphia or Little Falls, NY Otherwise,
let me bo buried in Potter's field. My last wish
MRS A. l.. CALENDER, nee NELSON"
DR.. Lee Of Presbyterian Hospital was called
in. but the woman was dead, Her apartments
we're sgmptously fitted up; The police Of the
East EiPhty-eighth street station assumed
charge OF the body.
The sun., 1898-12-04
Found Unconscious In His Room; Gas
Turned On,

Mrs Allie Pierce OF $40 West Thirty ninth
street smelled gas escaping from the room Of
Andrew Andree French waiter living
IN her house, yesterday morning and. break
q private physician. but as Andree was still
unconscIous las; night she became frightened
and notified the police. Andree was taken TO
Roosevelt Hospital as q prisoner charged with
attempted suicide. lie may die. n ~"
The sun., 1898-12-04
BADLY Beaten in a Park Row saIoon

John Cody. 32 years old. OF 12s Park row was
found lying in front OF Thomas McCune's
place, at l53 Park row. Inst night. At tho Oak
street station he said that he had been IN n
RnEhS with :, that bad man McCuno." and
Codys face was bruised aud no had been
kicked SO hard In the stomach that the Con
lor1cur Hospital doctor thought tho Injuries
mhight h prove Serions McCuns was arrested in
The sun., 1898-12-04
NEGROES CRAP GAME RA1DED.

Capt. Stephenson Arrests the Proprietor
and Eleven Players.
Capt, Stephenson Of tho West Thirty seventh
street police station raided the poolroom Of
Archibald Marshall. at 347 West Thirty sew
enth street. last night and arrested Marshall
Ing craps.
The police broke into the place through
window. but they did not use tho Chairman n axe
The sun., 1898-12-04
Joe JeaIerson to Go to Florida.

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 3,-Joseph Jefferson said
to-day. when asked as TO his plans. that he did
not think 1t best TO act again this season. He
shonEh,; sno nc said. that he would go TO Florida
MS son William hud taken his place as B0G
ATes W his stock company. and. he was told
comes down TO the dining room at his hotel al
meal time. He Is far from well and lacks
The sun., 1898-12-04
Oooan Grsyhounds la the B,r BLOW,

The Cunarder Campania and tho American
liner st. Louis. which arrived yesterday. re-
spectiyely from Liverpool and SOUTHAMPTON.
ran into the big blow on Wednesday. The sun
on dead reckoning. She lay to about three
o honrs In heavy fog the day before the storm
ppr0Re; The ~. Louis was forged to run at
nall speed on Wednesday and Thursday The
tunnels and upper works OF both ships were
encrnsted with salt crystals from the invading
sea crests. many passengers were seasick
but there were no casnalties
The sun., 1898-12-04
SUICIDE IN wAsn1xerox rAnK.

Emil Sultan Took Carbolic Acid There and
Died In St. Vincent's Hospital.
Policeman Kelly OF the Mercer street station
foynd an unconscious man on bench In WASH
ington Park at 10 o'clock last night He sent
him 70 st Vincent's Hospital, where he died at
IL o'clock He had taken carbolic acid
In his pocket was card on which was the
name Emil Sultan. The man was fairly well
dressed and about so years old
The sun., 1898-12-04
Expansion Wins at Phillips Exeter.

ELETER. n. H.. Dec, 3,-In debate here to-
night between the faculty and the students OF
thillips Exeter Academy ON the United states
Should Annex The PhllipDlns Islands ths
faculty. Of which H. = Amen Is President. cana
out vigorously tornationh expansion. aud Wcp.
The sun., 1898-12-04
. = p
IL DIR. Humphrey Cure for Coids,
Lingering Coughs and
@ r I =

The air is filed with poisono us
Grip, it enters the svstsm with
every Cold and is manifest ov
the way the Cold hangs on"
The slush and filthy condition
of the streets is responsible for
the present epidemic of Grip
TT" taken early breaks it up
promptly. Taken during it's prev
alence prevents it's inv 81 II.
Taken while suffering cure is
sneedily realized.
At druggist sent prepaid; price a5c. AMI "a;
large pocket dask, S1.OJ. Dr. Humphrey MinlGl
ht drugRists' stnt free.
Humpheys' Med Co., Cor. William h John SS,
New York. Be sure 10 get