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The record-union., 1898-09-29

The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to throw or deposit any
banana, orange, lemon or apple peeling,
or any substance whatsoever liable to en-
danger life or limb on any sidewalk or on
the floor of any street railway car or
other public conveyance in the City of
Sacramento.
Section 2. Any person or persons vio-
lating the provisions of this ordinance
shall upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by fine of Five ($O Dollars, or
be imprisoned in the City Jail not TO
exceed two days, or by both SUCH fine and
Imprisonment.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for three consecutive days in the
daily papers of the city of Sacramento
and shall take effect Immediately there
after.
7 Passed. January A. 1897
+ CHARLES E. LEONARD;
. President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved January II, 1897.
C.. II. HUBBARD Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO. 49S.

An Ordinance to amend Section
Seven of Ordinance Number One
Hundred and Forty-one, regulat-
! ing the time for using City water
for the purposes of irrigation In
the City of Sacramento, and pro-
viding that fire pressure be main
tanned by the City Water Works
during said time.
The Board of Trustees of the
City of Sacramento do ordain as
follows:
Section /. Section seven of ordi-
nance number one hundred and
forty-one is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section z. No person OF persons
shall use, or cause to be used, any
City water for the purposes Of ir-
rigation in the City of Sacramento.
except between the hours from
Five to Eight o'clock a. m, and
from Five to Nine o'clock p. m,
except at the City Cemetery, State
Capitol Grounds, Federal Building
and the Plaza. And 1t Is further
provided that during the foregoing
hours fixed for irrigation, the City
Water Works, and the Chief En-
gineer thereof, shall maintain fire
pressure throughout said City.
Section 2. All Ordinances or
parts OF Ordinances In conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
] Section 8. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after It's passage.
Passed August /, 1898.
!. - d. MCKAY,
President Of Board Of Trustees.
Approved August 2, 1898.
WIN. LAND, Mayor.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago, Sept 2Sth
WHEAT-September 6SAc; December
637sc; May, 645sc.
Chicago, Sept 2sth
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 761ac; December
6S1gc; May, 69c.
San Francisco, Sept. 2Sth
WHEAT-December $1.2l1
CORN-Large Yellow, $105@1.10.
BRAN-S14915.
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PHILLIPS-JUDSON EXCURSIONS TO
Chicago and Boston, also for ST. Louis,
New York, Philadelphia and all points in
the East. Lowest rate to Boston. Man
ayers and cars through The great scenic
route Special improved sleeping cars
TUESDAYS ONLY
Leave Sacramento Has a. M. G. J..
ELLIS, Agent, Southern Pacific Com
pany, Sacramento, will furnish proper
ticket Berths should be reserved a few
days in advance. PHILLIPS-JUDSON
EXCURSION, 19 Montgomery street, San
Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. Sept. 28

San Francisco. Sept. 2Sth.
Morning Session-Andes, 12c; B & B.
32c; Caledonia, 2902Sc; c G V. S1@S0c: C
Point, 15c; Potosi, 17c; Union, 25c; Yellow
Jacket 24c.
Closing Quotations-Alpha, &c; Andes.
lie; Belcher. lie; B & B, 33c: Bullion, &c
Caledonia, 2Sc; Challenge. &c., Chollar,
1Sc; Confidence, 55c; c c V, Sac; Con I'm
perial, 1c; c n Y, &c; c Point, 15c: G & c,
23c; Julia, 1c; Justice, lie: Kentuck, &c;
Mexican, &c. Occidental. Soc: Ophir, soc;
Overman, &c; Potosi, lie; Savage, 14c;
Scorpion, 4c; S Nevada, .S3c; Union, &c
Utah, &c; Yellow Jacket, 25c; Standard,
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Interest on United States Bonds.

WASHINGTON, Sent -2S.-The
Treasury Department has decided to
anticipate interest on United States
bonds due November 1st. On the 3 per
cents about S1,2oO,000 will be paid, on
the per cents, 81, ,623. 800 and on the
new 3 per cents something less than
1000, 600. The coupons will be paid
October 10th, the As and 5s on the Goth,
and the 3s as soon thereafter as pos
sible.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

of Sacramento to pay his just debts or
Obligations, contracted while such en-
ploye or appointee, is hereby made
cause for the dismissal and removal from
the service of the city of said employe or
appofntee.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed December 81 1896
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved December Is, 1896.
r HTTRRAPD Mavor
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Brotherhood Of st. Andrew.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2S.-The thir-
teenth annual convention of the Broth
erhood of st. Andrew assembled in this
city to-day, and will remain in ses-
sion during the week closing Sunday
night About 1900 delegates are ex-
pected to attend, many of whom are
already in the city.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-California Dried
Fruits steady. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon, 6@Sc; prime wire tray, Sl2c; choice,
&c; fancy, 91ac. Prunes, 4qS12c. Apricots
Royal, 11@13c; Moorpark, 120l6c.
Peaches-Unpeeled, 7@9c; peeled, 12Q15c.
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Premier Of Queensland Dead.

BRISBANE (Queenslandl Sept 2S.-
The Hon. Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Pre-
mier of Queensland, is dead. He was
born here in 1860, and was formerly At
torney General and Solicitor General of
Queensland.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 6Q61ac; second
quality, Size; third quality 4q5c. per ID.
10 for small.
MUTTON-wethers, e@7c; Ewes, sa6Kc
per ID.
LAMB-715c per H..
: PORK-Live Hogs, 31sGl4c per ID for me-
dunn, 3A@31bc for SMALL 31aQ33lc c. for
large; dressed, 5141614c per 10. .
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Village Wiped Out by Fire.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2S.-A Clair
mont special to the Journal says that
village was wiped out by fire last night.
twenty-five buildings being destroyed.
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ORDINANCE NO. 445.

An Ordinance Prohibiting the Keeping OF
Cows in Greater Number than Two
Sacramento and Fixing a Penalty for
the Violation of this Ordinance.
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ORDINANCE NO. 446.

An Ordinance Providing for Fire Es-
capes on Buildings in the City of Sac
ramento, and Providing a Penalty for
a Breach of this Ordinance.
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ORDINANCE NO. 45O.

An ordinance Making the Willful Nom
Payment of Just Debts Cause for
the Dismissal and Removal of EN-
ployes and Appointees of the City Of
Sacramento. ss
The Board of Trustees of the City Of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. The willful failure or neglect
of any employe or appointee Of the City
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RACING EVENTS
/ ON MANY TRACKS.
klatawdh Lowers a Worlds Record
at Louisville.
The e-Year-OId PAGES a Mile in Two
Five and a Half.

Was Worn Out After the Record
Breaking First Heat, and Lost
the Rich Selbach Stakes to Miss
Logan-Extacy Wins the Ten
Thousand Dollar Purse for Two
Year-O1ds in Straight Heats.
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ORDINANCE NO. 45s.

An Ordinance to Prevent Throwing Ba-
mana Feelings, etc, on Sidewalks and
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM DOWN.
Where Women Have Merit They Can As
pire and Attain to Amy Position
Usually Filled by Men.

Washington, Aug. yesterday
for the first time in the history of the
American army. q woman was ap.
pointed member of the medical staff.
DR.. Anita Newcomb McGee, wife OF
Prof. w. J. McGee, of this city aud
daughter of Prof. Simon Newcomb,
formerly of the naval observatory,
was regularly sworn in as an acting
assistant surgeon.
This, according to Secretary Alger's
general order, would entitle her to the
uniform of second lieutenant. with
out designation of rank. 1t is not
likely, however, that DIR. McGee will
avail herself of this privilege.
The appointment, while novelty
from technical standpoint. is not the
beginning of DIR. McGee's service with
the war department. Throughout the
war she has been in charge of the Sc.
lection of the women nurses and of the
700 or more now in the field most have
passed muster at her hands.
Assistant Surgeon MCGEE goes to
New York tonight to select 80 gradu-
ate nurses for service in Porto Rico.
DIR. McGee has regularly practiced her
profession in Washington for some
years, and is well known in medical
circles throughout this country, hav-
ing contributed several papers to the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science and to other scientific
organizations.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
SAILORS GOSSIP.

The Atlantic ocean is crossed month
ly by 1000 ships.
The screw of an Atlantic liner costs
about $50, 900.
The ropes of frst-class man-of-war
cost about $4,000.
There are always 100000 people
afoat on the seas of the world.
The Hamburg and Bremen steamship
lines together forward about 1,300,-
600 passengersannually.
France pays its steamship lines over
100000 a year for carrying the mails,
and $4,000.000 as general subsidies.
The speed of the fastest Atlantic
steamer is now greater than that of
the express trains on Italian railways.
The flags to be hoisted at one time in
signaling at sea never exceed four. It
is an interesting arithmetical fact that,
with Is various colored flags. and never
more than four ata time, no fewer than
1862 signals can be given.
The government has bought 253 boats
since the beginning of the war and has
paid over 100000 for them. The
smallest are launches run by naphtha
or electric engines, while the largest
are transports of 5000 tons.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

Claude Matthews was born in Bath
county, KY. December IA, 1S45. He
left Kentucky in 1868 and settled in
Vermilion county, Ind, where he had
a farm of 1000 acres. He organized
the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders asso-
citation, and was one of the founders
of the National Association of Short
horn Cattle Breeders of the United
States and Canada.
Although always having a strong
prediction for politics, Mr.. Matthews
rarely sought Office. He serveda term
in the legislature in 1876. In 1890 he
was nominated and elected secretary
of state, and in 1892 he was chosen
governor. Matthews was related
through his mother to some of the
best families of Virginia and Ken
lucky. He was the son of Thomas A.
Matthews and Eliza A. Fletcher. His
maternal great-grandfather Gen.
Thomas Jefferson Fletcher, was an Off
Ger in the United States army in the
war of 1912.
After his term for governor expired,
Mr.. Matthews retired to his home in
Vermilion county.
In 1896 the friends of Mr.. Matthews
resolved to make him a conspicuous
candidate for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination. The state con-
vention was enthusiastically in favor
of his nomination by the national
democratic convention, which met in
Chicago in July, 1895.
Mr.. Matthews indorsedsthe action of
the national democracy, and immedi=
ately began most brilliant canvass
for Bryan and Sewall. He never fall
tered for an instant, but continued act
lively at work until the polls were
closed in November of that year.
January z, 1868, he married Martha
r. Whitcomb, daughter of the late
James Whitcomb, who was governor
of Indiana from 1s43 to 1S49, and was
afterward United States senator from
this state.
Mr.. Matthews attained wide celeb
rity while governor by driving out the
Roby gamblers.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

It was announced, on the Goth. at the
war department that Gen. Merritt was
to go to Paris to give the peace COM
mission the benefit of his experience
in the Philippines. The original plan
was to send Admiral Dewey to Paris
for that purpose, but this was changed
upon representations from the admiral
that he coul be of greater service al
Manila than in Paris.
DIR. John Hopkinson, an English
electrical engineer, and his son and
two daughters were killed while as
cending, without a guide, the Dents de
Veisivi, in the Canton of Valais, Switz-
erland, the mountains of which are
among the highest in Europe, and
which are exposed 70 furious torrents
and destructive avalanches-
Ex-Gov. Claude Matthews, of Indi-
ana, died, on the 2sth, at the country
home of Isaac Meharry at Wingate,
Ind. He was taken there Immediately
after receiving stroke of paralysis
while addressing the old settlers of
Montgomery county, and from which
he never rallied.
At joint meeting of the Welsh min
ers, on the 2sth. it was decided to ac-
cept the employers terms offered at
the Cardiff conference, on the 26th. by
which the miners get an increase of
five per cent. in wages This ended
the disastrous six months strike.
The French newspapers generally
distrust the practicability of the czars
peace scheme, and clearly indicate that
France would make the restoration of
Alsace-Lorraine a prerequisite to her
participation in the conference.
Ferdinand w. Peck, commissioner
general for the United States to the
Paris exposition, has appointed the
governors of the various states as vice
presidents of the Lafayette Memorial
commission.
Operators on the Berlin bourse. on
the 29th, were favorably impressed
by the suggestion of the czar looking
to a general disarmament, and busi-
ness opened with an upward tend
ency.
The Austrian and Hungarian pre-
miers reported to the emperor, on the
29th, that, as a result of the Ausglech
negotiations, final agreement on the
subject was expected the next day.
1t is officially announced from Simla
that for the week ended on the eth,
there were 2 1900 deaths from plagle in
the Bombay presidency. The epidemic
is spreading.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury, issued on the goth, showed:
Available cash balance, S292, ,000, ,2I1;
gold reserve, Sa13, IS, ,6s4
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
MORE sPANIARDs LEAVING.
Another Large Batch of Our Santiago
Prisoners Bid Farewell to the Scene
of Their Defeat.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 27-The
Spanish transports San Francisco,
San Augustin and Colon left Thurs
day afternoon for Spain with 4,56s
Spaniards, including Is officers and
their families and four priests. Eight
men died ON the way to the ships.
Their corpse were checked off, as
passengers. It appears that there
have been many instances of this kind
during the embarkation of the Span
iards, the transportation company
thus being enabled to collect the pas
sage money, thing readily managed
under the easy inspection of the
Americans.
Words of Comfort by Gen. ToraI.
Gen. Toral, when bidding adieu to
the Spanish officers and men who
were leaving, said: !
Conquered, we yield with honor to
ourselves and to Spain. Whatever may
be the future of Cuba, history will
preserve the story of your heroic and
noble deeds in this country. We re-
gret our failure and its cost in treas
ure and in blood; but you have nobly
fought and nobly lost"
Gen. Shafter and staff Sailed.
Gen. Shafter and his staff sailed
Thursday on the United States trans
port Mexico. His departure was not
marked by special incident. On arriv-
ing at Montauk Point, Gen. Shafter
will go with Maj Miles to Washington
to meet President Mckinley and Sec
retary Alger, afterward proceeding to
San Francisco.
Col. Greene, of Gen. Skaters staff, in
command of the signal corps, will re-
main for another ten days, or untilhe
is relieved by Capt. Leigh, who. with
SO men of the signal corps, is expected
on the Seguranca.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01


Washington, Aug. 27.-''Cervera
should have stayed in Santiago hac-
Dor forever rather than come out the
way he did, was the solemn remark
OF Capt. Clark, late of the battleship
Oregon.
1.-The feet was a fortress. With his
guns he could have driven the United
States army away from shore until
such time as it could mount ten-inch
guns to sink his ships. He was master
of the situation, and should have hung
on until every last member of his
ships crews died of absolute starva-
ton. Then would he have been a
real hero-an eternal figure in history.
''Think of the chances in his favor.
Yellow fever might have come and dec
imated the American ranks. A gale
might have broken loose on the
Caribbean sea that would have scat
tered OUR ships to the four winds of
heaven, after which Cervera could
have sailed away without opposition
and returned to his native land I'M
defeated"
Capt. Charles H. Clark, recently in
command of that wonderful fighting
machine, the battleship Oregon, is
now at the marine hospital, where he
proposes to rest for few days until
his family shall have arrived from
Michigan.
Nobody must infer that Capt. Clark
is an invalid. He is merely suffering
from temporary ailment, brought on
H.
sea diet.
''What are the lessons of the Santi-
ago fght?" he was asked.
First, smokeless powder; second nc
woodwork on ships. The Spaniards
were burned up"
What is your opinion about the
scuttling of the Spanish ships after
their surrender"
''It was wrong, and in violation OF
every principle of good faith on the
part of a conquered foe," replied the
captain.
1.-The men who did those acts forfeit
ought to have been shot right then
and there. Scuttling ship after sur
render is treachery. l do not believs
that Admiral Cervera gave orders for
anything of the kind. No, no, he is
gentleman. irresponsible men COM
mitted the outrage.
Glow did the speed of the Spanish
ships in action compare with that
promised by their builders?'
1.-The vessels certainly came out
with a rush and in fine STYLE" said
Capt. Clark. "But they failed to main
tain their speed owing to the inefh-
cheney of their stokers or the neglect
ed condition of their machinery. That
rush of Cervera's was really one of
the finest things of history, and had
the ships divided, at least one might
have got away. There was no pre-
monitory symptom, not sign thai
the fleet was coming"
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
A Souvenir of Their Service for Men In the
Auxiliary Fleet.

Washington, Aug. ao.-The navy de.
partment was yesterday furnished with
a new form of honorable discharge
from the navy for use in case of the
men serving in the auxiliary fleet. 1t
differs little from the regular form OF
discharge, except in it's decoration,
which consists of small engravings of
an old type monitor, a converted yacht
and commerce destroyer of the Yo-
semitic type, the three classes on which
the naval reserve men were called to
serve
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
Janan Ia Not Kick ing.

Washington, Aug. %. - Minister
Buck, at Toxic, Japan, writes the de.
partment of state that he has observed
no dissatisfaction there in consequence
of the annexation of the Ha waiian
islands to the United States, since an
nexation has become accomplished
The government and people alike
seem to be satisfied that our govern
ment will fully protect the rights
and interests of Japan and of japanese
subjects in those islands. On the part
of the public he has known of no un-
kind expressions because of the United
States annexing these islands.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

GEO. Il. CURZoN will start from Lon
don for Calcutta, with Mrs. Curzon, In
December, to relieve Lord Elgin, the
returning viceroy, at the beginning of
next year. In the meantime Mr.. Cur
zon will recuperate his health, now
somewhat delicate, fact that was re-
garded as the chief drawback to his
appointment.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

ALL the newspapers in London are
publishing and commenting on an ap-
parently authoritative article to the eff
feet that the vice royalty of Ireland is
likely, next year, to be made a non-po-
htical and permanent Office, and to be
conferred upon the queens third son,
the duke of Connaught.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

THE captains-general of Cuba and
the Philippines have been ordered to
act in accord with the Americans, but
if the Americans should prove unable
to make the insurgents respect the
armistice, the instructions were to re-
pei an attack upon the Spaniards.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

bureau meteorologists will be held at
Omaha in the middle of October. The
con7ention will be opened by Prof.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the bureau.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson may
attend.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

The navy department has ordered
the cruisers St. Louis and st. Paul to
the League Island navy yard, Philadel-
phia, where they will be restored to
their condition as liners and returned
to the American line, from which they
were chartered.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

All the principal officers of the Bur-
lington's Missouri lines have been pre-
sented with gold-mounted canes and
umbrellas by the members of the Mis-
souri, Press association, who were
given an excursion to the Omaha expo
sition few weeks ago.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

DR.. W. d. Carmichael, in charge of
the Cleveland (O.) marine hospital, has
been appointed superintendent of the
marine hospital service of the Hawaii
an islands. He will be stationed at
Honolulu, and from that point will di
rect the work.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

HAVANA papers express considerable
doubt, based upon a re-reading of Pres
ident McKinley's message to congress
last April in the light of recent events,
whether the United States government
has definitely pledged itself to declare
Cuba's independence.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

Up to the 2sth no agreement was
reached with Aguinaldo upon any sub
1ect, although circumstantisl rumors
were current that everything had been
settled to the mutual satisfaction of
those concerned.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

OK the 25th the pension Office grant
ed a pension to An Chum, q Chinese
subject and widow of Pascal Martin,
a sailor of the United States navy, to
whom she was married in Shanghai in
1895. Three children were born to
the couple. The widow will receive
Ss per month and the children 80 a
month each. Almost every other coun-
try furnishes one or more pensioners
for Uncle Sam, but until now China
,.vas witboat n representative.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

ACCORDING to unofficial returns the
Choctaws have, by their vote, ratified
the agreement made between the Choc-
taw and Dawes commissioners. The
negro freedmen were allowed to cast
their vote and no disturbances took
place, as was at first expected.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

SPANISH will be added to the list of
studies taught in the Chicago public
schools if DR.. E. Benjamin Andrews,
the new superintendent, has his way.
Chicago's new educational chief also
favors the annexation of the Philip
pines.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
Ex-GoV. MATTHEWS DEAD.
The Former Executive OF Indiana sues
cumbs to Paralysis, with Which He
was Stricken Last Week

Wingate, Ind, Aug. 3o.-Ex-Gov.
Claude Matthews, of Indiana, died,
Sunday morning, at the country home
of Isaac Meharry at this place. He
was taken there Immediately after re-
ceiving a stroke of paralysis while ad-
dressing the old settlers of Montgomery
county, from which he never rallied.
His wife and all the immediate MEM
bers of his family were with him when
he died.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

A COMPANY headed by Henry A. Ev-
erett, a. well-known capitalist of
Cleveland, o., has been organized and
incorporated to cover Ohio with
cheap-rate long-distance telephone
system. It will be known as the Un-
ion Suburban Telephone and Tele-
graph Co.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01

The torpedo boat Davis, which is be-
ing constructed at theWolff & Sewicker
iron works, at Portland, Ore, was
given a preliminary trial on the Will
liamette river on the 27th. No effort
was made to force the craft up to the
required speed, 2211 knots, but it is
announced that the trial was satisfac-
tory in every respect.
Iron County register., 1898-09-01
The London Press the PROPOSAL OF the.
Czar.

London, Aug. 29.-The Daily Graphic
this morning, after referred to the pro-
posa1 of Emperor Nicholas says:
''It would be idle to attempt to,
ignore the many and grave difficulties
standing in the way of the attainment
of the cars wishes, but it can not be
possible to doubt the sincerity of the
magnanimous proposal"
The Standard says. speaking edi-
torially, of the ezar's proposal:
''In England at least respect and.
sympathy will be felt for the Gear pro-
posal.