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GEN. ALGER DECLINES.
lie viii Not be IA Candidate for the q. ).
Senate-HIs Letter OF Withdrawal.

lie Will Not be "a Candidate for the 4. =.
Senate Letter OF Withdrawal.
IL has been anticipated for some time
that Gen. Russell A. Alger would
withdraw from the race for senatorial
honors, although he was urged very
strongly by host Of admirers through
out the state to allow his name to go
before the people and into the legisla-
tive halls as candidate. His letter Of
Withdrawal from the race was made
public, Monday, and the following is a
copy:
The Waldorf Astoria, New York,
Sept Sth, 1899 My Dear Mr.. Judson:
After careful consideration | have de-
cded not to be a candidate for the
United States senate. My reasons for
this determination are personal and of
business nature. | fully appreciate
and thank you and my many other
friends for offered support and hope to
be able In the future to show my graft
tude for all that has been done for me
by the people Of our state. am, my
dear sir, sincerely yours, X. A. Alger."
The Grand Rapids Press says: 1.-The
Withdrawal of General Alger from the
senatorial race was by no means uneX
pected, and therefore did not come as
a shock. Since his first announcement
that he would be "A candidate he has
never really been in the race, and all
events during the last few weeks have
indicated a desire upon his part 10 let
things 90 by default. He did nothing
in his own behalf, and so far as known
nothing was done for him. The gov
ernor and his political family will have
hard work to keep from following Gen.
Alger over the same precipice. Hith-
erto trusted Pingreeites are running a
race to get into the Mcmillan process
sion. A few of them are faithful, and
are attempting to hold the possible
candidacy of the governor for third
term, or for the senatorship itself, as
basis for honest capitulation, and the
right to retain their sidearms. There
is little probability that their efforts
will succeed The governor made a
mess of his campaign against Senator
Burrows, as he did of his efforts against
puts on the finishing touches -
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
NICARAGUA CANAL WILL
CERTAINLY BE BUILT
CONGRESSMAN J. A. BARHAM
so DECLARES.
He Tells of Difficulties Encountered
by the House Committee in
Having a Favorable Bill
Passed.

THE Nicaragua canal will be built as
sure as the sun shines in the heavens.
These are the words of Congressman Bar
ham of the First District, who has just
returned from Washington, D. c., with
his wife, son and daughter. Mr.. Barham
told of the difficulties experienced by the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Committee in having a
measure passed which will insure
the construction of the canal. This
bill authorizes the President to employ
an unlimited force of men to prepare
plans for the proposed improvement, mill
tary and civil engineers among others,
who will present report at the next ses-
sion of Congress, when an appropriation
will undoubtedly be made to carry out the
recommendations as to the most feasible
route.
THE great difficulty we encountered, !"
continued Mr.. Barham, was that four
members of the committee offered bills
for consideration, and after much discus
sion that of Colonel Hepburn of Iowa was
found to be the simplest and best of all;
I suggested that his bill be taken up, and
the only. objection to it was that II pro-
vided that the United States should have
absolute sovereignty over the strip OF ter
Titory upon which the canal will be built.
Now the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan
Governments expressly forbid the trasfer
of the sovereignty of any portion Of the
soil, and the word Sovereignty" was
stricken out The bill further ignored
any consideration of the Maritime Canal
Company to pay its claim of $5,00O,O0O, as
embodied in the Morgan bill. There was
to be no concession for the one and half
miles which the company had constructed
besides eleven miles of railroad and nu-
merous jetties. That was an after, con-
sideration for the Government to deter
mine. The bill was to be tackled on to the
river and harbor bill, but the latter passed
the House before the amendment could
be reported.
~. endeavored. to have the Hepburn bill
put on the river and harbor bill in the
Senate. but it was denied on the ground
that the territory in question was for
eign. This was in direct contravention
TO the improvements made by the Gov
l told Senator White then that unless II
was put on the sundry civil bill in the
Senate I would move heaven and earth
10 defeat the latter measure. The COM
promise bill was the result. This will in
sure the construction of the Nicaragua
canal OF that I feel quite certain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
MEETING OF EDITORS.
Prepare for National Associations
Convention in Portland.

The executive committee of the Califor-
MIA Press Association held meeting at
the Occidental Hotel Saturday night. E.
B. Willis of the Sacramento Record Union
presided, and the following editors were
also present: G. NJ. Francis of the Napa
Register; 7. G. Daniels, Alameda Ar
gus;- Raleigh Barcar, Vacaville Report
err; T. II. Owen, Winters Express; Dun
can Mcpherson, Santa Cruz Sentinel; R.
H. Jury, San Mateo Leader; ]. A. Filcher,
Auburn Herald, and w. D. Pennycook,
Vallejo Chronicle
A subcommittee consisting of Barcar,
Daniels and Pennycook, was appointed
by the chair to make arrangements for
the spring meeting of the association. to
be held next May. The committee has in
view Nevada City and Sonora as place
to hold the convention, but 1t may choose
one not yet considered.
At the spring meeting ten delegates
from this State to the convention of the
National Editorial Association, to be held
in Portland, Or, will be elected.
T. G. Daniels, national committeeman
of the association, read an extended re-
port of the meeting of the national COM
mittee held last February in ST. Louis
in which a Eugene Field session in con-
nection with the Portland meeting was
strongly recommended and will be car
rfed into effect.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
EXPOSITION
FAVORED BY
LABOR'S SONS
Opposition of Building Trades
Council Is Withdrawn.
At a Special Meeting Yesterday 1t Was
Decided That the Organization Would
Support the Proposed Fair

fame of opposition which had sprung up
in the council.
Learning of the position the council
had taken in the matter, Hon. Charles L.
Patton, the chairman OF the legislative
committee of the proposes exposition, de-
ternined to ascertain the cause OF the OPP
position, and discovered that 1t was en-
tirely due to a misrepresentation. he
addressed a communication to p. II. Nc
Carthy, the president of the council, IN
Viting the organization to thoroughly IN
VeSugate the methods and motives OF the
managers of the proposed exposition.
Acting on the letter of Mr.. Patton the
council, ever willing to be just, appoint
ed committee to look into the matter.
| The committee, composed of Messrs. T.
H Mccarthy, the president; e. L. Mails
barry, L. ]. NeYers and w. N Page, wait
ed on Mr.. Patton and heard the story as
told by the people favoring the eXposi-
ton, which differed materially from the
information given them by the opposi-
ton. Further investigation by the com
mittee proved to the members that the
managers of the exposition were friendly
to organized labor and proposed to see
that the interests of the laboring men of
California should be well taken care of.
Yesterday a special meeting of the
Building Trades COUNCIL was called ana
the committee made its report. 1t laid
before the council the result of the thor
ough investigation which had been made
and advised that all opposition should be
! withdrawn and that a resolution should
! be adopted favoring the holding OF the
| exposition. The suggestion of the COM
mtttee was well received and the resolu-
tion advised adopted almost unanimously.
| The action of the council yesterday viz
tually assures the passage of the $500, 900
appropriation bill which is a special order
| of business in the Assembly to-day. A
number of the members of the council are
in the Assembly and Senate, and these
on account of the feeling of the building
and trades people have been opposing the
passage of the bill. These legislators will
! be notified to-day that the council is
| heartily in favor of the exposition and
| they will be urged to vote for the appro-
sent to Sacramento this morning to ac-
quaint the Assemblymen with the action
taken by that body yesterday and to ask
| them to support the bill. At the next
meeting the council will appoint a COM
mittee to work with the managers of the
exposition in their effort to make it
success.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
CABLLD BABY's BIRTH.
a Code Signal Flashed Under the Sea
From Far West Australia.

There was received in this city Febru-
airy 16, 1899, from Coolgardie, western
Australia, the following cablegram:
CooLGARDIE, w. A, Feb; II. 1899.
R. Jordan, 2519 Washington St, san Fran
cisco, U. s. A.-Vestina- REED
The solution to this brief. mysterious
message appeared in The Call as follows:
REED-In Coolgardie, West Australia. Feb
ruary II. 1898. : to the wife of H. Lawrence
Reed, a daughter.
How the short story of this youngsters
advent was flashed over lands and under
seas is an interesting tale in itself. From
the Australian coast the electric current
bearing the eighteen words travelled be-
low the Indian Sea to Java, THENCE to
Peninsula; to Madras. in British India; to
Bombay; under the Arabian Sea TO
Alden; UP beneath the Red Sea to Suez;
overland to Alexandria; under the Med1-
erranean Sea to Malta; thence to Glib
raltar; to Lisbon; to PenZance, in Eng
land; thence under the Atlantic TO Ganso i
the last great lap across the VIDE CONT
nent to San Francisco.
The message started in English and
never changed from that tongue till. it
landed in this. city. There were probably
a dozen transfers, which delayed it about
seven hours. but as Coolgardie IS some
thing like fifteen hours difference in time
the news of the babys birth was received
several hours before it was born, accord
ing to San Francisco time.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan are the, grand;
parents of the young Australian heralded
bV the electric spark around the world.
Mrs II. l.. Reed, formerly Miss Mary
Jordan, removed to Coolgardie about two
wears ago with her husband, who is
mine manager and owner in that place
Occasionally in their correspondence they
have recourse to the cable, using an alb
breviated private code for economy, as. it
would cost a fair-sized fortune to tele-
graph family letter from Western Aus
traiia. In arranging the signal for re-
porting to San Francisco the birth Of the
baby they picked upon the word YES
tina if it was a girl. Even this brief
message cost a goodly number of dollars,
but the cable stretching away under the
rfdians of longitude, ever reaching west
ward, carried the, word. "Yestina, and
Golden Gate had licked off the dots and
dashes of those seven letters the grand
parents knew that little female de-
scendant had come to their line in the far
aptfOodes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

TIME only organized opposition to the
nronosed Pacific Ocean and Interna-
tional Exposition to be held in l9Ul
L has been overcome and the FAIR IS
now virtually an assured fact. owing u
o INSTRUMENTATION on the part OF the
D,,iIdino, Trades Council, that organiza-
ton was at first opposed TO the big enter
nrise Yesterday a meeting of the council
was held. and after the matter had beeh
thoroughly investigated resolution was
passed which not only indicated that the
DroDosition would receive no opposition
hut assured the prime movers IN the I'M
dertaking that the council was hearlly
IN favor of the exposition ana Woulo give
substantial support in making 1t sue
cess.
When the exposition was first talked or
+be Building Trades Council people were
interviewed by some parties interested IN
having the plans fail. The members OF
the council were told that the proposed
exposition would be under the same man
agement as that of the MidWinter FAIR.
Al the time the buildings for the latter
exposition were erected there was consid-
cradle dissatisfaction among the laborlng
people on account of the fact that men
were brought from the East to construct
the buildings, when plenty of home labor
could be secured. Wages were cut down
under the schedule set by the trades
unions, and union men could not work for
the money offered.
The Building Trades Council, hearing
that the Pacific Ocean Exposition would
treat labor as did the managers Of the
Nidwinter Fair, naturally took sides
against the proposed exposition. The Elk
arniner has opposed the exposition, which
it is believed will be of great benefit
to California, and when it learned
of the dissatisfaction of the coun-
ell made much of it. Members Of
the council were told by representatives
of that paper that organized labor would
receive no consideration from the mana
gers, and on the strength of this informa-
ton the council took a decided stand
against the exposition. Interviews with
prominent members of the council, who
believed what they were told, were print
ed in the Examiner and added fuel to the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

funeral cortege arrived the corridors
were filed. Many exquisite floral pieces
bore silent and beautiful testimony to the
regard in which the late physician was
held.
NJ. took charge Of the obsequies. and
the burial service The Masonic Quar-
tet rendered beautiful and appropriate
music. Several secret societies of which
deceased was a member sent delegations.
The pail bearers were:
Crockett Lodge-Charles Celarius. Chris
Bruse: Franklin Building and Loan As
ISOLATION, F. Luedemann, r. Wieneke;
United Order of Red Men. Henry Ebel-
ing; Odd Fellows, F. F; Davidson. Hon
orary pail bearers: Walhalla Encamp-
ment, Odd Fellows, Fred Wagner; Ger
man Press Club, NJ. Greenblatt, Hans
Dabis Red Men, Charles Schlessinger;
California Scheutzen Club, Philo Jacoby,
Fred Kuhls.
The remains were taken to the Odd
Fellows Cemetery and placed in the re-
ceiving vault, preparatory to cremation.
Don't miss General Skaters lecture
next Thursday evening at Association
Auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
RUNAWAY ACCIDENTS
ON THE PARK ROADS
JUDGE KERRIGAN NARROWLY
ESCAPES BEING ARRESTED.
81. c. Stem and a Young Lady Are
Thrown From a Buggy, but Es-
cape Serious Injury.

Despite the fierce north wind that blew
the dust in clouds along the park roads
yesterday there was the usual large Sun
day crowd gathered for the weekly out
ing.
Late in the afternoon maddened horse
under the guidance of H c. Stem broke
his reins and played havoc with the
driver. The horse raced down the north
drive, and upsetting the buggy at the
juncture of the bicycle path with the main
drive below the Francis Drake cross,
slipped the harness and tore down the
narrow cycle road toward the beach
Stem was thrown, as was the young lady
with him. The lady was uninjured but
the driver of the wild steed landed on his
head. He was carried to the Park Emer-
gency Hospital, where he was examined,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
WAS THE CASE FIxEDp
Way Yung Hung Acquitted of the
Murder of Wong All 10y for
Lack of Evidence.

The preliminary examination of Way
Yung Hung, alias Way All Bue, charged
with the murder of Wong All 10y, alias
Pom Mon on Jackson street on February
&c, was held before Judge Graham on Sat-
urday. The police were unable to get any
Chinese witnesses to testify to the shoot
ing, and the only evidence was that of
Lieutenant Price, who caught the de-
PENDANT while he was running away from
the scene of the crime. Four or five Chi
nese were shooting at the time, and the
defendant was wounded in the hand dur
ing the melee. The Judge had no other
course but to dismiss the case.
The police say that they have definite
of the defendant to the tong to which the
dead man belonged in consideration that
they would not prosecute the defendant.
Unfortunately they were unable to prove
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

were Englishmen, asked for a skiff
They said they wished to row out to a
vessel at anchor and would pay for
the use of the boat when they return
ed That was the last he saw of them.
Late In the afternoon he was inform
ed that skiff had been found adrift
and he identified it as the boat he had
leased in the morning. Bonner's de-
scription of the men is as follows:
one was about % years of age, feet
IL inches tall, and slender. The sec
ond was about % years old, feet
inches tall, slim and smooth shaven;
wore jean trousers and cap. The
boatman's indefinite description has
not aided the police any in getting
trace of the men.
The boatman believes his customers
came ashore all right and not only
beat him out of his money, but left
the boat united and it drifted down to
the iron works.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
HE SWALLOWED ARSENIC.
Daniel Fleming, a Laborer Out of
Work. Tries to Commit Suicide.

Daniel Fleming a laborer living at 248
Clara street, attempted to commit sui
eide early yesterday morning by swal-
lowing a dose of Rough on Rats" He
was taken to the Receiving Hospital in
the ambulance, and the usual remedies
administered with successful results.
Fleming is a married man about 80
years of age. When asked why he
wanted to die he said he had been out of
work for two or three weeks, which
made him Respondent and he thought it
was better to get away from any more
trouble He had been drinking, and ii
was suspected that his attempt to poison
himself was more in the shape of a
''bluff' to brighten his wife than any
thing else.