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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
RELIGIOUS
 " AR IS NOW
 PREDICTED Emile ZOla's Case Before the Cham Der of Deputies. M. Hubbard Makes a Som ewhat Startling
 Stateme ent.
 
Premier Moline Replies to the Various Interpellations
 Made.
JUSTIFIES GEN. ELLIOT.
After the Dreyfus Case Is Touched Upon a Vote of Confidence
 Is Duly Given.
Special Dispatch to the Call.

PARIS, Feb. 24.-The Chamber of Deputies was thronged to-day, and it was decided to request the Premier, Moline, to immediately discuss the in- terpellations of NM. Hubbard and Gautier relative to the conviction and sentence of M. Zola yesterday. M. Hubbard RadicaD asked whether Generals Pellieux and Boisedeffre had intervened at the trial by authorization or by order of the Minister of War, General Elliot. The Deputy spoke, amid lncessant Interruptions, on the danger of religious war, and concluded by in- viting the Government to end the tu- mutt and rioting in the streets.
 M. Vivfanf declared that the Social ists, although they might be divided relative to the Dreyfus case, were in entire accord in regard to the preroga- tive of civil over military power. The speaker then referred to the collation. of the chiefs of the army with the clergy, and expressed the belief that liberty was menaced. Therefore, he asked the Chamber to protest against the attitude of the generals. Applause from the leftists and uproar from the centrists.)
 M. Moline replied: Popular demo- cratic justice has given a verdict after military court, and you will accept it. General Elliot, Minister of War, gave no order to generals summoned to testify before the tribunal of the coun- try. One general had been accused on account of his utterances. Undoubtedly he spoke a word too much, but you must remember the frightful charge thrown in his face
 Continuing, M. Moline said the charges made against the army were unjust, and he asserted that there was not a single officer who had been guilty of plotting against the country, even in his dreams, adding: Our off, cers are haunted by other dreams" |" (Cheers)
 If, after yesterdays verdict" the Premier further remarked, the agita- tion continues we shall know that the matter has been made party Ques- tion. Enough injury had already been done to the nation. The life of the na- ton has been arrested. A portion of the foreign press has gathered all the i'll we have been saying among our selves. It will always be punishment for those who speak ill of France to receive foreign applause. Every day there are cases of espionage abroad. Did the French press get excited about them as the foreign press did about Dreyfus?"
 M. Goujon moved that M. Meline's speech be posted throughout France, and the motion was adopted.
 M. Cavaignac, the former Minister, then reproached the Government with not uttering the whole truth at the trial and with insufficiently defending the officers. He also said he wanted a powerful army, but one subordinate to civil power.
 The debate was then closed and sev- eral motions presented The Premier accepted vote of confidence in the Government and approving of the dec- larations of the Government the vote standing 461 ayes to 40 noes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
THE DEATH OF
 MAJOR SELOVER
Was Well Known in Cali fornia in the Early
 Days.
Special plspateh to The Call.


 NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Major Abia Selover died yesterday in this city of diabetes. aged seventy-four years.
 At the outbreak of the Mexican war young Selover enlisted in the Federal army from Cleveland. He joined Gen. eral Scotts army at Vera Cruz and was attached to the staff of Major Flalley, who accompanied the expedi- tion which left Vera Cruz to cut it's way through to the City of Mexico.
 He was an intimate friend of Senator Broderick, and was seated at the table when Judge Terry offered Frederick the insult which resulted in the deatf1 of the latter in duel. In 1852 he joined an expedition having for its object the conquest of the Hawaiian Islands King Kamehameha having approved of the undertaking. The expedition was abandoned, however. At the con- mencement of President Pierce's ad- ministration he was offered the posi- ton of Postmaster at San Francisco, but declined all political honors and entered the real estate business under the firm name of Selover & Sinton.
 In 1858 he associated himself with Fremont in the Mariposa estate, con- sisting of an area of seventy square miles. which were sold in 1863 to a company in Wall street for S1O, ,000, 900 in stock and $1,500,00O in bonds.
 At the outbreak of the Civil war Major Selover went to Europe for the purpose of buying arms for the Fed eral Government, and returning shortly afterward entered the busy life of Wall street. where he made and lost several fortunes.
 His most unpleasant experiences oc- cured in 1878, when he formed a pool with Jay Gould and James R. Keene to put down the price of Western Union.
 Keene and Selover sold the stock in- dustriously, but some unknown influ- ence kept buying it in and holding the price up. Major Selover and Keene suspected Jay Gould, and the formers S suspicion became so firmly rooted that. meeting MT. Gould in Exchange place one day near Broad street. he picked him up and threw him into the area way of a barber shop Gould picked himself up and walked away without saying a word, but Major Selover's i'm pulsive action cost him many thou- sands of dollars
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
RUNNING FIGHT WITH
 A BOLD BICYCLE THIEF,
Escapes From New Hope Con- stable and Is Only Recaptured
 After Battle.

STOCKTON, Feb. 24-The news of a running fight between an escaped crm- inal and officers at New Hope has reached here. The escape was arrested by Deputy Constable Awre this afternoon for the theft of a bicycle from this city. Awre telephoned here this morning for informa- tion in regard to the wheel and then started out in pursuit. He finally came upon and after neat coup arrested the criminal, who was armed with a pistol. disarmed him and brought him back to New Hope, where, according to the re- port Awre left him in charge of another man while he went to change his clothes to bring the prisoner to this city on tEe evening train.
 While the constable was gone it seems the prisoner got his pistol away from his attendant; and also took the pistol Awre cape. The alarm was sounded and three men started in pursuit of the fellow, who made toward the underbrush Over a dozen shots were exchanged in the race. a bullet from the fugitive's pistol tearing 2 a hole in the hat of one of the men. The culprit, whose name is unknown. finally surrendered. and will be brought here in the morning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

tonight for it's consideration It is pos sible that the larger body may not SC readily agree upon all the candidates as the committee has done. It would there fore be premature to-day to accept the names agreed upon last night as the Charter Club ticket. There may be more or less change in its makeup.
 But at present this much may be said The committee has presented list of candidates that almost without exception are men of solid standing and repute in this community We do not propose to discuss them individually to-day. We will let that wait the formal completion of the ticket. it's acceptance and promulgation by the club But it is on the whole good ticket. We do not see on 1t the names of any political hacks, chronic office seekers or "professional purifiers
 The News says:
 The nominating committee of the Char ter Club made very good selection of candidates The affairs of the city would be in safe hands if the ticket is chosen providing none of the candidates find ii necessary, in order to secure election, to tie themselves to influences which it is the determination of the people to steer clear of The example set by the Charter Club will have to be followed by the Dem ocrats and the Republicans, if they wish to win in the spring election The strong est men will have to be put forward and men who have not been mixed up in petty politics in the past
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
COSTA RIGA
 CHALLENGES
 NICARAGUA w ar Between the Republics Seems
 IneVita ble. President Iglesias' Por- tentous Speech at a
 Banquet. Great Popular Demonstration at the Costa Rlcan
 Capitol. AN ARMY ON THE MARCH. ss.
 Hostilides Expected to Begin at Any :: Morr1ent-Anaerican Offer Financial Aid.
Great Popular Demonstration at the Costa R1can
 Capitol.
AN ARMY ON THE MARCH.
HostiHties Expected to Begin at Any Monaent-Annericans Offer .' Financial Aid.
Copyrighted, 1898. by James Gordon Bennett

C
 PANAMA, Feb. 24-Advices from Costa Rica say that on the night of the 10th a large popular demonstration was made at the capitol. Over 5000 persons assembled to show their approval of the attitude of the Government toward Nicaragua On the 18th an army start ed to the frontier amid the cheers of the populace. Hostiltties are expected to begin at any moment
 Many prominent members of the American colony have offered to aid the Government with money. One of them, James Bennett, will give s60, 900, paying s5000 monthly. The French colony has offered to take up arms in the defense of Costa Rica in the event of war. Don Pedro Perez Zeldon has left for San Salvador, via Colon and Panama, as special confidential agent to the Great CT Republic
 J. A Facio, sub-secretary of foreign relations. has been sent to Guatemala on a similar mission Great excitement was caused at Costa Rica by the news of the blowing up of the Maine and the flags of all the foreign consulates were at half-mast for three days.
 The newspaper Prensa Libre of San Jose continues to attack the Govern ment, applauding the attitude of the President of Nicaragua. It is feared that a mob will attack their office.
 Later advices received to-day from Costa Rica are to the effect that at a state banquet given on Sunday night President Iglesias in a speech said the situation between Costa Rica and Mic aragua was such that war was inevt- ia ble
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT

In the programme of yesterdays sym phony concert at the Tivoli MT. Scheels band was most completely finished and satisfying in Beethoven's "Coriolanus' overture It has been said before in these columns that MT. Scheel not only Is the best all-round leader who ever identified himself with music in San Francisco, but far and away the best Beethoven player. We have had better programme makers. MT. Hinrichs was almost a model in that line. And of the two Mr Hinrichs is perhaps the better Wagner leader. But on the whole MT. Scheers leadership stands locally un- rivaled. and in the reading of Beethoven no one else who has been here since Theodore Thomas is to be mentioned in the same type with him. He has the in stinct and magnetism, and he has the erudition, too. It used to be said by the froWsy-haired croakers of the craft, the soiled soap-shunners who inspire the common belief that musician and man are no closer kin than alliteration, that Scheel was a false alarm; that his n- tarnretat lions were mere limitations of fla nous European leaders; that he would fall to pieces if ever he attempted to hiring out work with which he had no previous acquaintance Scheel got more tfhan the usual share of brotherly love. Rut he had his revenge few weeks ago phen he played the Tschaikowsky sym nhony-a work new to him and to the world and one that he played with mas terIy analysis and authority. Since then the groWlers have been almost heard to cease Their last feat was to offer trust f,,i reporters an account of ScheelS em- hezzlement and elopement, when in truth he had taken nothing more evil than a weeks vacation.
 Yesterday MT. Scheel played the "Cori- olanus" overture with discriminate virtu- ositv: he kept well within the dignity and buge noise of the major part of the work, ana gave full swing to impulse in the closing measures, making of them an ex- ouisite pathos: and 1t is reasonable to snnnose the interpretation was his own. Moszkowskis symphonic suite, Joan of Arc" was creditably done, considering that rehearsals of it had been necessarily few by reason of delay in the coming of the score especially creditable in the march and the final movement, and espe- cially dull in the slow moyement-descrip- five of loans inner strife and visions of the past-which was made to sound un- lawfully dismal
 Rubinstein's Music of the Spheres" was given in place of the announced Saint Saens poem. It could not have been re- hearsed very. often. The concert closed with the scenes of Wotan's farewell and the fire magic from tWalkure." This Wagnerian excerpt was played with ur- gent dramatic feeling. and. bar a few Shortcomings in the violins, was, perhaps. as interesting as is possible to make it without the actors and the scenery
 ASHTON STEVENS
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
RACING FOR AN
 ALASKA MINE
Locations Filed by Several Per- sons, With Trouble in
 Prospect.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 SEATTLE, Feb. 24-Arrangements are now being made and in few days three rival Puget Sound companies will send men to an island in Portland Canal, southeastern Alaska. to deyelop a valuable gold mine which is in dis pute, and which was the objective point of grand triangular race.
 In December. young man named Rogers visited Seattle, Tacoma and Everett in an attempt to interest capi- tai in mine which he had found on an island in Portland Canal. and which he had not located because it was in disputed territory. He left maps of the location in three places. Three com panies were secretly formed to locate the property.
 Prominent Seattle people arranged with Rogers to guide a party to the mine They learned of the Everett syndicate just in time to get their man on the same boat. After the boat started it was found out the Tacoma party was aboard. The Seattle party took Captain Carroll of the Queen in- to it's company to procure transporta- ton at the last hour. He unshipped. it is said, one of the life boats and put the party's sail boat on the davits.
 On the way up the Tacoma party. it is said, bribed Rogers, and when Can tain Carroll stopped the Queen at the entrance of Portland Canal he could not be found. At last he was located in stateroom of the Tacoma people. and after a hard fight they had to give up. Spencer, a Tacoma man, is said to have driven the Seattle men out of the room with a revolver. The Seattle men got Rogers clothes and went away with them in the sail boat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
Racing at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 24-Laura May, in the last race, was the only beaten favorite to-day. Weather fine; track fast. Results:
 Seven furlongs. selling. Ma Petite won, Caddie c second, Cherry Bounce third. Time, 1:2S13.
 Two-year-olds selling, four furlongs, Sir Florian won, Nellie Prince second, Pansy H third. Time, :49
 One mile and a quarter, Lobengula won, Lakeview Palace second, 1nfammator third. Time, 2:11.
 One mile and quarter. over five hur- dies, Uncle Jim won, Proverb second, Templemore third. Time, 2:22.
 Six and a half furlongs, selling, Hugh third. Time, 1:21A.
 One mile, L W won, Kings Pawn sec ond, Jack of Hearts third. Time, 1:431a.
 The first large iron bridge in the world was built over the Severn in TIT
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
ARIzoNA's WING SHOTS.
Result of the Territorial Gun Clubs
 Annual Shoot.

TUCSON, Artz., Feb. 24.-The Terrfto- rial Gun Club shoot, which has been in progress for the last three days, closed with an elaborate banquet and the cleo ton of the following named officers of the club: President, James Finley, Tucson; vice-presldents-M. P. Chubb, Phoenix Walter Miller, Jerome; c. W. Mandesfeld. Prescott; K. L. Hart, Tucson: treasurer, J H. Holmes, Phoenix; secretary, c. R. Meyer, Tucson.
 The winners were: Individual Hve-bird contest. Chubb of Phoenix, If out of 15; individual bluerocks, Meyer of Tucson, 23 out of g; Hallowen silver trophy, Fin ley of Tucson, 45 out of possible 50 clay birds: Territorial diamond badge, by the Tucson Gun Club, 149 against 187 made by the Phoenix Gun Club, next in excellence.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

Subsequent payments $200 a month for months down and $500 a month for months.a
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

Five Massive
 Volumes
 Containing the his- tory of the United States from the time of the Norsemen to the close of the Worlds Fair.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
OPEN ED IRE!
A Lively Fusillade.

Ue naake our opening bo1U on .Men's Spring 4ppa7'el to-day and at tue san1e time 1ce open fire, as 1oe haue ip tue past, against hieh prices.
 We sho10 up tue pettiest, tue largest and the only ne1U stock of Spring Goods for .Nens Wear in tO1Un.
 Of course, all o11r a71no1tncenaents bring out crop of Maitato1s but then Why should you buy the bose initiation 1Uhen you get tue genuine for Jess money?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
A Small Tempest.

The blizzard which suddenly and
anannounced, swept over Nebraska,
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, Sunday
night gave this vicinity a little shaking
UP, that night. The thunder pealed,
the lightning flashed the wind howled
in real wintry blasts and the rain come
down ID blindingsheets. By day light
the weather cleared off and the tenn
perature fell to So degrees, with stiff
northwest wind blowing steadily al
dag, next morning vas quite cool and
a good white frost plainly visible
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Wanted in Lake Charles.

Saturday the 9th, sheriff J. Oscar
Habert received instructions from the
sheriff at lake Charles to arrest
Robert Tofnp@S 5,a jeweler and bicycle
repairer who came here about two
months ago, who, it is claimed, stole
FIVE sacks of rice at Lake Charles.
Whlle there. Immediately upon receipt
Of the Instructions the sheriff arrested
Tompkins and placed him in Jail. He
will he e.sgritsi To Lake Charles short
" for Tis Ioinpkins is a young
man a,,s1 aasi nj ale Z good impression
on the F5eapH and II Is hoped he will
be able TO prove his innocence.
Owing to thu existence Of yellow
feverin Lake Charles and the qaaran-
tine against that place ii consequence
thereof sheriff Lyons Of Caleasieu is
not able TO come after the prisoner and
has autographed to sheriff Hebsrt to
hold him until he can make some
arrangementto take charge Of him
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Board of Health Items.

The Board of Health mot in special
session Friday evening and declared
quarantine against Alexandra. Bowie
and all points. positively declared
inferred. It was also decided TO exact
health certificates from all persons
entering the town.
Form the Mirror we learn that the
Crowley Board of Health, at q meet
ing held last Tuesday night, the presi-
dent was instructed 80 notify the
Southern Pacific railroad that hereafter
no passengers from New Orleans.
Franklin, Houma, Or any other infected
district would be allowed TO land in
Crowley until they could produce
certificates from the e. 5. Marine
Hospital Service. The railroad com
pany was instructed to sell no tickets
to Crowley from such points unless
the applicant we're so supplied.
This action was taken we are inform
ed, because it is elaimed by responsible
parties, that persons from infected
districts Of New Orleans have secured
| state board certificates which stated
that they had not been exposed 81
Infection.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Mary Anderson, who IS now Mrs. de
Navarro, and lives in England, has
allowed herself, her new English home
and her two year-old babyto be photo
graphed for the first time for publiea-
rion. Some twenty pictures have been
made, and the best of these will appear
in an early issue of The Ladies' Home
Journal. The baby's picture is, Of
course, the central one Of interest.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Has,w T.afs

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY d Co. Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known =. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, andhelieye
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able ta earrs
ont any obligation made by their iirm.
West& Truax, Wholesale druggists. To-
ledo, q,
Walding, Kinnan 81 Marvin. Wholesale
druggists, Toledo. %,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
acting directly upon the blood and mus4s
surfaces Of the system. Price T5e Per
bottle. Sold By all druggists. Tesfinaos
iafs fIee.
/ ,dres. r. CHENEY 81 %, rolst5, d
Sold by druggists Toe.
Hali's family Pills are the beef.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Mrs. Ballington Booth, of "

Mrs. Ballington Booth, Of 1.-THE
American Volunteers" is writing out
her experiences in American prisons.
and in the slams Of New York, for The
Ladies home Journal. Mrs. Booth
has perhaps eome closer to the lives
and confidence of the men and women
in prisons, and to know the poor better,
than any woman living. She viii not
only tell what she has seen, but she
will point out what her experience has
shown her to be the most effective way
in dealing with the people Of the pri-
sons and the slums.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

CT are the style just now
among our business people, Mrs. Robert
Ledger has moved her grocery and
fruit stand into the Decnir building on
Pert street fast vacated By Fefays
restaurant. In her new quarters she
has more display of her stock and it
shows off to decided advantage.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
A Black ~Highwayman Captured.

This week Deputy Sheriff E. ". Huff
made an important arrest, which called
forth some detective ability. Last
Tuesday a son of Henri Llbersuat, who
lives near Trasimona Gnidry's gin
about 2 miles from town, while on his
way home Was stopped by q negro boy
about liz years old and held upin true
robher style, He was made TO turn
over all lehad id his pockets D knife
and d few nieRles Tho boy did not
know the negro and The officers bad
no clue 80 work upans MIR. Huff was
put on the case and after i~nvestig ting,
arrested Schvartzer Spencer, a negro
boy Of bad reputation living in Free
town. He was identified az the guilty
party and will no doubt get . long
term of imprisonment. It Is only a
few weeks ago that Il little son of Reny
Broussar3 of Marineville vas held up
ma similar manner 1t ifaw Point about
i mile and a hall from own on the
Lafayette road and robbed Of a pocket
kaifeana twenty-five cents IN money.
/ Ii Is nsfa than possible that this negro
vas the nighgayman.
IgTASTg1t VERA TRUSTWORTHY PER
| s8 t4fis state to manage onr bus
mess Is. their own aud nearby counties,
s mainIy office work conducted nj
AaI.4a. Salary straight S9ga d year and
aaa expenses-dafinfte boua6de. no more
10 less salary. Monthly SIS. References.
Enclose .self-addressed envelope. Herbert
e. Hess Prest.. Dept. ~ Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
First Frosts Of The Season.

Early risers out In the prairie, claim
TO have seen frost last Saturday morning
the 18th inst. Tuesday morning the
18th, however there was a decided frost
plainly visible 60 the early riser Id
town, Every one halls with Joy this
indication of the approach of cool
weather and the disappearance OF
dreaded yellow fever. For ten y are
the dates of the first frost in this
vicinity are as follows:--
Nov 8, 1888, light frost.
Oct. ~, 1889, killing frost.
~, 1890, light frost.
3, 1891, light frost.
&c, 1892, light frost.
l6, 1898, light frost.
80, 1894, light frost.
y, 1895, light. frost,
Nov. s, 1896, light frost.
2, 1897, light frost.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Pert Street is to have another
mercantile establishment, Joseph and
Leon Landau 1T opelonsas will open up
adry-goods and clothing stare next
to Leon J. Feray's palace grocery in
ihe stand occupied by VIM. Smith &
Co..