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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
HANNA ARRAYED
AGAINST BURNS
Wants CALIFORNIA; Legislature tt
Meet and Elect Some Other
Candidate.
Candidate.

CALL HEADQUARTERS. YELLING
TON HOTEL. WASHINGTON. Dec IS
The Washington special TO the New York
Herald concerning the Quay contest was
read with interest in Washington to-day.
member OF the National Republican
Committee from northeastern State and
who Is an adept in the game of politics.
said 10 The Call correspondent this even
ing:
Il believe II TO be true that the admin
istration, through Senator Mark Hanna,
chairman Of the National Republican
Committee, is urging that CALIFORNIA;
Legislature meet in special session, and
among those who know something Of
national politics, 1t is understood that this
Is the result OF an appeal made 10 Sena-
tory Hanna by Mr.. Quay. You will re-
member, perhaps, a report current some
months ago that Pennsylvania vote
would be solidly for Mckinley and that
the administration in return would throw
ITS influence TO Quay in his struggle TO re-
tain his place In the Senate.
Quay realizes that the candidacy OF
Colonel Burns of California would be
nurtful TO his own prospects. You notice
that the Herald said Senator'S have been
bombarded with marked copies of John
Manamaker's paper-the Philadelphia
North American-while each Senator has
been receiving the San. Francisco Call reg
ularly, and that these papers published
Governor Cages intention TO appoint
Burns Senator in case Quay We're seated
and at the same time made complete eX-
posures OF Burns unsavory record.
1t is well known that John Wanna
maker and Quay both aspire 10 lead Penn q
sylVania Republican politics Wanna
maker does not spare energy or money TO
defeat Quay. he even went so far as TO
purchase a newspaper-the North Ameri-
can--to use against Quay.
''Wanamaker is no amateur as a poll
1a ~
Burns record in California and inquired
Of California people If the charges made
against him were true. Upon being told
that they We're and that his paper-the
North American-need have no fear Of
libeling. he at once set about employing
some California newspaper man, who was
familiar with California politics and with
Burns record and who at the same time
could WELD a trenchant pen.
Arthur McEwen was recommended.
Wanamaker employed him at once and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
HOUSE PASSES
CURRENCY BILL
Every Republican Member and
Eleven Democrats Support
the Measure.

NASHlNGToN. Dec. 1S-The currency
f.-l, which was debated all las; week
was passed to-day 10y the House hv a vote
az l+' 10 IN. u had the united support OF
every Republican in Jhe House and II
eleven hemoCrats-Clayto briggs Fitz-
leralc. Levy. Rupert. Scudder Under
rl. Wilson ~ New York. McAleer Of
fennsflvanis Denny ~ Maryland and
mayer ~ Massachusetts. All the other
Democrats voted against the measure or
we're paired against a. except John Wal
Ter smith Governor-elect Of MARYLAND
Stallincs 81 Alabama and General Joseph
Wheeler ~ Alabama. StallinCs of Ala
hama has not been present in the House
fhis session owing 20 illness. and one Of
his colleagues announced that II present
Do would have voted iu the negative
General Wheeler is serving in the Philip
pines.
when the Speaker announced the result
The Republicans cheered Justify After
-re vote the Speaker rather Unexpectedly
announced the committee selections. and
The reading - the lists was followed with
intense eaEerness by the members. whose
opportunities foi distinction depend so
largely upon their committee assignments
The only incident ia connection with the
reading ~ the lists was Bailey's inter-
-oratory ~ Che Speaker as 70 whether
General Wheeler's name had been placed
upon Tho Committee on WAYS and Means
Speaker Henderson responded in the neg
atiEe.
TIE announcement 81 the death II the
late Representative Bland q Missouri.
which occurred last summer. caused an
early adjournment.
Almost every seat was occupied when
The House convened to-day. The vote on
TIE currency bill was responsible for the
ful attendance. Neither q motion 20 re-
commit nor an otfcr ~ a substitute Was
s. order hy the terms 81 the special rule
under which the House was operating
Gaines - Tennessee asked n II were in
order 20 recommit with instructions 10
report hack free coinage bill.
IL Is not. replied the Speaker
The bin was then read a third time and
placed or its final passage
u dema-s The yeas and NAYS" said
orerstreet ~ Indiana. IN charge OF the
hill. Members arose on both sides en-
masse 10 second the demand
Evidently q sufficient number" snfd
the Speaker. The clerk Will call me
roll.'
The ro,l call was followed with great
interest. There was no demonstration
when the Democrats who broke away
from The majority ~ their party voted in
The Affirmative. The clerk called the
names q the Democrats. who twice de-
Ctr-G 10 respond on each roll call Every
Republican voted Tor the bill.
When tho Speaker announced the pass
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19

WASHINGTON. Dec Is.-Speaker Hen
lsrsrn to-day announced the committees
Cf fne House 90 Representatives. 1t
proved t0 have very few surpr' ses. as the
speaker preserved the time-honored Gus
f-m ~ following precedent as 20 old
members. leaving them On their old cnalr-
manships end places and gradually ad-
ranciug thCm az vacancies occur. The
important chairmanships are those II
Brosius % Pennsylvania chairman OF
Banking and Currency. Grcsvenor Of
Ohio. Merchant Marine and Fisheries:
Southland u Ohio. Coinage. and Cooper OF
Wisconsin. the newly formed Committee
on Insuiar Affairs.
The new members Of the WAYS and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
SHOOTS THE PRISONER
BEFORE THE COURT
Young Man Attempts to Kill the
Man Who Is Gravely Accused
by His Sister.

DALLAS. Texas. Dec. 1S-The trial Of
DR.. S. NJ. Jenkins, charged with murder.
came 70 a sudden and tragic end to-day
when Hugh Wheat d years old. brother
OF Mary Wheat. one OF the doctors al
legged victims. shot and mortally wounded
the defendant in n crowded courtroom.
The court had just convened. The State
introduced the first witness. Hugh Wheat.
who walked into the courtroom with his
hat on came up 70 the railing where the
defendant sat. pulled a pistol and shot
DR.. Jenkins in the back, Il - ball passing
near the spinal column. intliCting what Is
believed 10 be a mortal wound. When
Wheat fired he dropped the pistol and
ran toward the door. John Hallgan, a
brOther-in-law OF jenkins. grabbed IL up
and fired ut Wheat. missing him. Wheat
and Halligan were both put in jail later,
but the latter was released on bonds Of
5000 The condition OF DR.. Jenkins is
carfprte
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Senator Perkins Presents California
Petitions and Protests.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ex-senator Per-
l<ins to-day introduced the following bills:
Referring 10 the court of claims certain
claims II California troops under com
mand OF Lieutenant Colonel John &. re
mont in 1916 and lS4S; providing for the re-
tirement of John Brierclif Brown, light
house keeper at Point Bonita. and TO pay
him $40 4 month; granting the use OF the
Lake Tahoe forest reservation To the Uni
Versity Of California. He presented 20 the
Senate the resolutions passed by the
Chamber Of Commerce OF Santa Ana, pro
testing against the ratification OF the ia
maica treaty: also the protest of the Man
ufacturers' and Producers Association
against the adoption OF the French
treaty: she petition of the citizens OF oak
land. Lodi. Corning. lone city. Morena.
a constitutional amendment for the pro-
hibition of polygamy in the United ..atcs.
r. Woodland Gates. formerly private
secretary 10 Senator White. has been re-
tanned as attorney for the Citrus Fruit
Growers Association of Southern Cali
fornia and the wine merchants of New
York city, TO represent them sefore Con-
gress in their protest against the ratifi-
cation OF the French and Jamaican treat
Pensions for Observation-Disclosures
William q. Howard. Big Bar. S.: Arthur
Stephens. .o'Neals: So; Henry /, T. Stark
diers' Home. Los Angeles. 80. Restora-
ton and increase-Simon Fulton. Red
lands 81 to $40. Original widows. etc
special accrued December 7-Elizabeth
Scott. Taylor, IS. Mexican war widows.
special accrued December 7-Decintha ri
Ciillett. Upper Lake. S. War with Spain.
widows. etc.-Juliet +. Nichols. East Oak
Commissioned X. Lehman
Scio. Sc: Benjamin F. Adams. Cottage
Grove. Sc.
Washington-Origina Chester d Ide
Spokane Ss; John T. Smith. Rosalia. SC.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
WIFE-BEATER CAUGHT.
John Hanlon, Who Was Wanted in
Marvsville. Finally Secured.

MARYSVILLE. Dec. 1S.-John Hanlon.
n returned sailor. better known as
Smoothly Is in jail here awaiting the
results Of injuries he inflicted upon his
wife Sunday. when he rendered her I'M
conscious by a vicious blow in the region
Of the stomach. He escaped 10 Browns
Valley after committing the assault. but
was brought back by the Sheriff. He has
made a practice of beating his wife and
his mOther-in-laW
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
REBELLION CRUSHED.
Venezuelan Government Troops Re
occupy Maracaibo.

Special Gable 70 The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyright. 1899. BY James Gordon
Bennett.
CARACAS. Venezuela. Dec B-Mara-
caibo has been reOccupied by President
Castro's troops. General HernandeZ's
forces offered no resistance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19

Slough. was found IN the slough near
the logging camp TO-DAY. II is believed
the old man fell into the creek while In
an intoxicated condition Sunday night.
Hill came here from SOnOma two years
ago. He is supposed To have sister re-
siding in San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
ADDRESS ISSUED BY
SILVER REPUBLICANS
Supporters of the White Metal in the
House Make Known Objections
IN Currency Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-After the pas
sage to-day by the House of the hnanclal
buI the silver Republican leaders in the
city held a meeting and adopted an ad-
dress setting forth their views as 10 us
effect
Of fault with the financial bill and appeals
to IN. voters of the country 10 aid in
electing Congressman who Will favor the
white metal cause.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
Useful Christmas Presents

Fancy inkstands. writing sets, dest
pads. gold pens and calendars make ac-
ceptable and useful Christmas presents
for n gentleman. For sale by Sapborn
Vail & Co. al Market st. g
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Representative Loud the OnIg
Californian to Be Given q
Guardianship.

California Representatives Congress appointed to
the following committees
Loud-Poofces and Postrcads chairman) Affairs
KahnJudiciary, immigration, Expenditures Depart
Of Justice.
Barha-Intersta and Foreign Irrigation Arid
De Vres-Merchant Marine and Fisheries Public
Metcalf-Naval Affairs, Reform Civil
Needham-Pubic Lands, Claims.
Was-conage, Weights Expenditures in the
Navy Department
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
Hitchcock School Dedicated.

SAN RAFAEL. Dec 1S.-The forma
dedication of the Hitchcock School tool
place here to-day. Bishop Nichols de-
livered the dedicatory address.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
MORGAN ON TRUSTS.

age OF the bill by a vote OF 100 10 $50 the
Republicans cheered
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19

Great bargains: Closing out children's
books. games and dolls cheap. Sanborn.
Vail & Co, al Market ST.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19

Drowned in a Slough.
EUREKA. Dec. 1s.-The body OF John
Hill. an aged German employed in Nc
Kay & Co.'S logging woods on RYAN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
Risks and Premiums.

u. j. STAPLES. President.
BERNARD FATMOSVILLE. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me. this 18Th
day OF January. 1870. NJ. " kHORER.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19

Net amount Ok Risks
written during the
ear ssssssssssasss
Net amount ~ Risks
expired during the
year s.ss-s.-s.sss
Net amount IN force
December 81. 1865 &C..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
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Losses adjusted and unpaid..........
Lossen IN process % Adjustment OF
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Losses resisted. including expenses.
Gross premiums on Fire Risks rum
ming one year or less. ti11. 10 81.
Reinsurance 90 per ceut...-.........
Gross premiums on Fire Risks run
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426 so: reinsurance pro RATA.
Gross premiums on Marine Time
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
STATEMENT
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
-OF THE
FUND
INSURANCE COMPANY

M SAN FRANCISCO. N THE STATE or
W California. on the 3ist day q December
A II. lS9S. and Tor the year ending on that
day. made 10 the Insurance C0rnmlsslouar
Of the State OF California. pursuant 20 .hs
provisions Of Sections Go and 6li % the Pc
lit!cal Code. condensed per blank furnished
by the Commissioner:
CAPITAL.
Amount OF Capital Stock paid up IN
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telephones

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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-10
THRILLING STORY
OF PERE FLEURY
Held in Captivity by
Chinese Rebels.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

TACOMA, Wash, March 9.-Oriental
advices just received state: The Chung
King correspondent of the North China
Daily News sends the following thrill
ing story of Pere F'leury's captivity,
as related by himself:
"On the 18th of January Yu Mantle
found himself completely surrounded
by the Fantai's troops. His escape was
impossible, so he came to me and told
me to get away to the imperial troops
at once as the Fantai had promised
him and his followers their lives If they
delivered me up safely. l started away
Immediately Yu Mantle accompanying
me. We had not gone many Ii before
we were overtaken by about 200 of Yu's
men, who wished to kill me, and would
have done so but for the earnest eXhor-
tations of Yu. He explained how the
Fantai had promised them their lives
and liberty if they delivered me up,
how that if they killed me they would
be destroyed, and finally how the coun-
try would be invaded by foreign army
and they would be eXterminated. Yu's S
councils prevailed and the 200 would-be
murderers turned themselves into my
bodyguard and escorted me to the out
posts of the imperial troops
"Yu'S men, a month ago, numbered
5000 but he has only about 1000 now,
the Fantai having struck fear into their
hearts; 300 were killed in the big fight
a short while ago. l was treated kindly
during the whole of my captivity; any
man Yu heard reviling me he knocked
down. Yu was afraid to kill me. al
though l invited him to do so. He car
ried me around from city to city and
made me witness the murder of many
Christians One old man who was 60
years of age was murdered before my
eyes. Yu is backed up by local officials
and the gentry, the latter helping him
considerably with money, the former by
shutting their eyes.
Pere F'leury is only ~ years OF age
and has been in China but three years,
seven months of which he has spent in
%
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-10
ANDERSON WILL
SUCCEED MILLER

WASHINGTON, March "A change
in command of the United States forces
at IIoiIo will occur on March q, re-
sulting in the retirement of General
Marcus Miller, who on that date
reaches the age limit of siXty-four
years. General Miller is in the regu-
lar service, having been promoted only
recently to the rank of brigadier gen.
eral. If he were in the volunteer SER
vice his retirement would not be COM
pulsory, a precedent to the contrary
having been established in the case of
several general officers who held COM
mands during the Spanish war. Gen
eraI Miller's service in the Philippines
has been recognized by the War De
partment as of great value, his capture
of Iloilo without loss to the American
forces having marked an important
epoch in the operations in the islands.
His compulsory retirement is q. matter
of regret to the department. He will
be succeeded in the natural order of
promotion by Colonel Thomas M. An
derson, who now ranks as a brigadier
general of volunteers.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-10
TO ESTABLISH BANKS
IN THE ISLANDS

NEW YORK, March 9.-Negotiations
have been pending for some weeks past
which have eliminated in definite ac-
tion toward the organization of cor
poration to transact a general banking
business at Manila. J. & w. Seligman
& Co. of this city are at the head of
the enterprise and the new bank will
be ready for business in short time
The Manila corporation will be prob
ably known as the Anglo-American
Bank: The plan, it is understood, has
the approval of the administration.
It is also reported that the Anglo
Californian Bank of San Francisco. in
conjunction with bankers in this city.
San Francisco and London. has ar
ranged to start a bank in Honolulu.
AS the United States banking law can
not yet be applied to banks in Hawaii
the bill to that effect having failed in
passage at the last session of Congress.
it is probable that the bank will be
organized under. the Hawaiian laws.
which are understood to be liberal. al
though not permitting the issue of
bank notes. Under the laws Of the
island, the Government absolutely con-
trolls the issue of all notes
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-10
RAFFEL AMAZES
THE STATESMEN \
COolIy Set Aside the Ber-
lin Treaty.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The State
Department has been informed that Dr..
Solf has sailed from Germany for New
York en- route to Samoa He has been
named by the German Government to
replace DR.. Raffel, the late president of
the Municipal Council at Apia, who has
Just arrived at San Francisco on his
way back TO Berlin. 1t is probable that
he will cross DR.. Solf somewhere in this
country and inform him as TO the situa-
ton in the Samoan Islands when he
left.
The rather naive explanation given
by DR.. RaffeI at San Francisco yester-
day of the conditions under which he
came to interfere with the Chief Justice
at Apias were received here with some
amazement, the officials pointing out
that the doctor clearly saw no impro-
priety in the setting aside of the solemn
obligation of the Berlin treaty by the
little Municipal Council of Samoa.
It is a fact that had Chief Justice
Chambers not been guilty of the i'm
prudence of commenting so freely upon
the German Government and allowing
those comments to be published in the
letter to his brother in this country, he
would have the fullest. support of the
State Department But while the eX-
animation so far made of the reports
from all sources Of the events that took
place at Apia in connection with the
kingly succession case go to show that
the Chief Justice acted within his
rights. it is argued that his replacement
by another American would go long
way toward effecting a peaceable ad-
iustment of the conditions in Samoa.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-10
MPHITRITE
lust MISSES
DESTRUCTION
Boilers on the Monitor on
the Point of Blowing
Her Up.
LEAK FOUND IN TIME
Her Officers Trying to Keep the
Story of Her Narrow Escape
a Secret.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NORFOLK. Va, March 9.-The story
of how the United States monitor Am
phitrite, commanded by Captain Bar
clay. narrowly escaped from possible
destruction by an explosion leaked out
here to-day The monitor arrived in
Hampton Roads on March 1 from the
Boston navy yard, which place she left
on February "a. She had not proceed
ed far from Boston when it was as
certained that the parts of her machin-
cry overhauled at the Boston yard had
been improperly put together. The
necessary repairs were made and all
went we'll until the monitor was off
Sandy Hook where she put in to es-
cape rough weather.
While at anchor there the machinist
accidentally discovered that the pipes
leading from the salt water evapora-
tors through the bilge to the boilers
were leaking badly. He reported his
discovery and an investigation was
hurriedly made. The bilge was found