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THE HERALDLOS ANGELES. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1896.?TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTSVOL. XLV. NO. 15G

SACRAMENTO IS SELECTEDAs the Meeting Place of the

Democratic Clans

BASIS OF REPRESENTATION

Is the Vote Cast for Governor Buddin 1894

A Very Lively Session of the Democratic State

Central Committee, and Buckley

Stood No Show

Special to The HF.rtALD.San Francisco, March 14.?The Demo-

cratic state convention will meet at Sacra-mento June 20th. The capital city hadpractically no opposition for the honor,

both Los Angeles and Stockton withdraw-ing from the struggle before the meeting ofthe state central committee bad beencalled to orde. today, although W. R.Burke gave notice in open meeting thattwo years hence the southern metropoliswould claim the big gathering, which willat that time nominate a complete stateticket, and his sentiments were endorsedby hearty applause in which nearly every

delegate joined.Fixing the time and place for holding

the state convention was the least of thebusiness considered today. For nearlynino hours, all told, the committee wascompelled to listen to criminations and re-criminations, vituperation and sarcasmhurled by loaders of one faction of theKan Francisco nomocracy against the lead-ers of the other faction, and the hardest ofDames were called and more than once it

looked as ifbloodshed was not far off. Itwas the old fight against Buckleyism, anissue which really had no place at today'smeeting, and when the commutes ad-journed at 113 midnight the blind ex-bosshad been defeated by a most decisive ma-jority, and his adherents had, half an hourbefore, as soon as they realized what wasin store for them, left the meeting in dis-gust

The reorganizers and regulars (the Buck-levites) will now both send delegates to theconvention and the convention will havethe contest of today to light all over again.

W. W. Toote's resolution against any re-funding bill went through with a hurrah,almost unanimously, sTler a desultory at-tempt to sidetrack it. Poote's strong per-sonality and eloquent address carried thetiling, as the general sentiment had beenthat the state committee had no right to re-solve in the matter at all.

J. W. Mitchell sought to sandwich in asubstitute favoring government ownershipof the Central and Cnien Pacific railroads,

but was voted down.11l the contest for and against Buckley-

Ism, W. R. Burke was the only member ofthe bos Angeles delegation who stood fromstart to finish against the blind ex-boss.

Something of a sensation was created inthe afternoon session of the committee,when James C, Nealon, ex-assessor of SanFrancisco, attempted to voto the proxy ofCouncilMan Savage of Los Angeles. Mar-tin Mars.i had Savage's proxy by a tele-gram addressed to the chairman of thestate committee, T. H. Gould. Nealon,after Marsh had voted on two roll calls,presented a letter from Savage, datedMarch 10th, authorising an unnamed per-son to represent him. Nealon's name wasinserted In the document in pencil, and heintended to vote it in Buckley's interest.

The scheme was so bold that it wasla united oft the floor.

The committee adopted the followingresolution this afternoon:

Resolved, That the Democratic state con-vention for the state of California is here-by called to meet at the cityofSacramentoon the _'tlih day of June, 1800, at - oclockp. m. of that day, for the purpose of select-ing delegates to the national convention ofthe Democratic party to he hold at Chicago,111., on the 7th day of July, 1896, nomi-nating four presidential electors at largeand alternates and selecting a state cen-tral committee for the conduct of the cam-paign of 1896. District conventions arealso called to meet at the same time andplace for the purpose of selecting fourteenpresidential electors and alternates, nomi-nating candidates for congress, selectingcongressional committees, each of suchconventions to perform such other businessas may properly come before such stateand district conventions.

Resolved, That the delegates to the stateconvention be empowered to act as dele-gates to the several district conventions.

Resolved, That the basts of representa-tion be fixed at one delegate at large foreach county and one delegate for each LOOvotes or a majority fraction thereof cast

for James H. Budd for governor in 1891.Hesolved. That members of said slate

convention be selected in ctich a maimeras the various county committees shall de-termine to be expedient, the holding ofpiimary elections therefor being recom-mended wherever practicable, and thatthe test for such voters at the primaries bethe following:

"Are you a Democrat and will you sup-port the nominees of the national Demo-cratic ticket and congressmen to be namedat the convention?"

Resolved, That county conventions shall,for the purpose of selecting delegates totho state convention, be requested to selecttheir county committees at the same timeand to promptly forward the list of thenames to the secretary of the state centralcommittee.

Resolved, That duplicate copies of thecredentials of all delegates selected to thesaid state convention must be certified toby the chairman and secretary ofthe vari-ous conven l ions and committees and for-warded to John Markley, secretary of theDemocratic state central committee, atSacramento, at leaßt ten days prior to themeeting of the said state convention.

A council of sachems of Iroquois clubswas held here today. Sachems from allparts of the slate were present and it wasdecided that in order to keep up the pret-tige of the Democratic party, branchIroquois clubs should be formed in everycounty seat.

Mark Twain in IndiaBOMBAY, March 1 L- Mark Twain, the

American humorist, will resume his lec-tures on Wednesday next and will leaveIndia for America on April 1.

Convict WPson CapturedSacramento, March 14.?Warden Aull

today received word from Merced county

of the capture there of Charles Wilson, theconvict who escaped from Folsom prison bywalkingout of the kitchen wtiile a guard,who was afterward suspended, was absentfrom his pest. Wilson was caught by adeputy sheriff of Merced on the west s'deof the San Joaquin river. Tho prisoner,after his escape from Folsom. had reachedthe railroad train and got on the train,where he was enabled to change hisconvictclothes and obtain sullicient money tocarry him through. He is a San Franciscocrook and had a couple more years toserve.He will be brought up from Merced to-morrow.

KENTUCKY POLITICSNo Senator Blactad -No Appropriation! Passed.

No Extra SessionFrankfort, March 14.?Joint assembly

convened promptly at 1 2 oclock and every-thing passed oil quiotly. The roll callshowed 131 members present; necessaryto a choice 67. The Republican senatorsrefused to vote. At conclusion of the rollcall in the senate, Senator Deboe askedfor a call of absentees, and the Republi-cans then voted for Boyle. Populist Poorvoted for Pettit. linllot resulted: Black-burn. 51; Carlisle, 1 i; Boyle, til; lettit,1; Buckner, 1. The chairman announcedno election and the senate adjourned.

Governor Bradley this evening issued hisfirst officialorder, commanding the sheriffof this county to preserve order in the capi-tol building and if necessary to enter thejoint assembly at the request of the presi-dent. The order commands the sheriff'hereafter to clear the rotunda and keeppersons out of it and out of the cloak roomsof the senate and the house while joint as-sembly is in sesti jo, except Senator Black-burn, members of the assembly and con-stitutional officers. Itorders tbe sheriff tonot tetany person enter either houseexceptmembers, and such other persons as thepresident of the senate and Hpeaker of thohouse may indicate.

A resolution introduced in the senate to-day to allow only members a id constitu-tional officers on the floor wil be adoptedon Monday. As the rules ox the senateare the rules of the joint assembly, thiswould exclude James and Walton, the ex-pelled members, from the floor. Thisseems likely to cause trouble on Monday.

Governor Bradley says ho willuot callan extra session.

Tiie house passed the necessary finan-cial measutes some time ago and the sen -ate has failed to pass them. The governorsays he will leave the responsibility withtiie senate if itdoes not pass them.

LINTON CM U.LkMitI)

A Fierce Fenian Object, to the Coniresiman'aA. P. A. Tendencies

Washington, March I t.?Representa-tive Linton of Michigan, A. P, A. leader inthe house, received some days ago a letterfrom Captain Thomas Phelan of KansasCity, a well-known Irish agitator, challeng-ing him to tight a duel at Bladensburg, thechallenge being preceded by a long denun-ciation of Linton's course opposing churchschool appropriations and placing thestatue of Father Marquette in the capitol.Linton paid no attention to the communi-cation.

Mr. Linton was asked today ifhe hadmade any reply to the challenge. He said:

"Kver since the house defeated the ap-propriations for sectarian institutions ivthe district of Columbia bill, partly throuehmy efforts, my mail has been loadedevery day with great numliers of lettersfrom religious cranks denouncing meviolently, threatening dire vengeance anddeath invarious forms. All or these let-ters Ihave thrown into the waste basket.There nave been so many there was nottime to read them all and 1 have paid noattention to any of them. This letterfrom I'helan was one of them and 1 sup-pose went into the waste basket with theothers. I had forgotten the letter, nor didI think who Phelan was until the letter anda sketch of his career was printed in thepapers. Since publicity has been given toit, I may conclude to make somereply, not so much to Phelanas to the fanatic spirit which herepresents. Of course fighting duels is notin my line. That sort of performance isconsidered rather ridiculous by Americansof this generation. The threats which Ihave received from cranks have notalarmed raa in the least, and 1 would havepreferred that no publicity be given tothem.

"1 am not an enemy to the church, but Iam unalterably opposed to government

appropriations to assist sectarian work andto any sort of union of church and stateand shall continue to oppose them.''

Captain Bhelan is represented as a cele-brated broad swordsman and a Fenian. Afew years ago lie was stabbed iv a row atO'Ponovan liossa'a officein New York.

CHARGED WITH MURDERVerdict of the Coroner's Jury Over tha Dead

ItineraBanning, March 14.?At tho coroner's

inquest here tonight on the bodies of Cono-ver and Koof, the Nicholson brothersmade a statement as follows: Conoverand Hoof came to the camp of Nicholson'sand complained because the Nicholsonshad left their names off of a mining loca-tion and in the quarrel Hoof said, "I havebeen in trouble before and I guess I canstand it again: there is plenty of stockhere and Ican ride out of the country,''and called James Nicholson back as hestarted away and climbed up in a wagonand got his rifle. When Nicholson sawhim take hold of the rifle he jumped to-ward him and grabbed the rifleby the end pointed at him andwas shot in the arm. At thistime he called to his brother to come andhelp him, as he was being murdered, whenHoof said: *'Yes, I have yon, and will getTom, too," but. when Tom went to his bro-ther's assistance, < onover struck him witha pick hat die. when he ran into a tent andgot a Winchester and shot both Conoverand Koof. The coroner's juryfound a ver-dict of death by gunshot wounds at thehands of Tom Nicholson.

A charge of murder has been preferredagainst both Nicholsons. Preliminary ex-amination will be hekl Monday.

Labor at Los AngelesSan Francisco, March 14.?Labor Com-

missioner Fitzgerald recently received acommunication from the Los AngelesCouncil of Labor requesting him to visitthat city for the purpose of investigatingthe workshops and the condition of thesurroundings of the working classes. Mr.Fitzgerald said today thai he would com-ply with the request and endeavor to havean ollice Iqoa ed in Los Angeles in orderthat more effective work could be accom-plished.

The Vountvil c HomeSan Franci-co, March 14.?The com-

mittee appointed by the G. A. I!, to in-vestigate the charges of mismanagementat the t'otintville soldiers' home met heretoday. The report of Philo K. Daniels,who was appointed by tho committee toinvestigate the management of the home,failed to substantiate the charges. Thejudgment of the investigating committeewillnot be known for some time.

He Married the (lirl

San Jose, March 14.?Rev, T. J. Sim-mons of Calistoga, who eloped with MissMary J. McCrosUoy from Hollister andwas taken from the train last evening, wasreleased from jailthis morning after secur-ing a marriage license to wed Miss Mc-Croskey. The parties repaired io the M.£. Church bouth, where the marriage tookplace.

IN THE KAISER'S REALMS| Unexpected Outcome of the Dc=

feat of Italy

GERMAN-ENGLISH ENTENTE

Cordial Relations Promise to Strengthen

tbe Dreibund

del-many Hn Suffered From Heavy Storms,

Entailing Damage to Property andSuffering Among the Poor

Associated Press Special Wire.Berlin, March 14.?(Copyrighted, 1 nm,,

by the Associated Press.)? All the sur-roundings of the visit of Count Ooluehow-ski, the Austrian minister of foreignaffairs, to this city testified to its signifi-cance. Emperor William personallyshowed him the greatest consideration andclosest attention, of which the fact thathe bestowed upon the count, as a decora-tion, the diamond-studded cross of thelied Eagle was only one proof. After thebanquet Emperor William conversed withthe Austrian minister for about an hourand a half in private and naturally every-body unders'ands that the dreibund wasthe main subject of their conversation.There is no doubt that the Italian crisis wasalso discussed and a number of import-

ant dispatches were exchanged betweenBerlin and Rome during the slay of CountGoluchowski in this city. The count ofcourse refused to be interviewed duringhis stay here, but the Associated Presscorrespondent learns upon reliable author-ity that the main objects of his visit wereattained, that in view of the the weaken-ing of Italy, the Austrian-German under-standing has tieen widened so as to em-brace armed assistance from Austria inthe event of a French or Iluseian attackupon Germany; Italy's share in such anevent will be a passive one.

Count (ioluchowski, the AssociatedTress correspondent is reliably inlormed,has received promises tiiatGermany will,in the future, adopt a more friendly atti-tude toward Great Britain, whose ententewith the dreibund Austria regards as animportant factor in the situation. Therehas been no formal written expression ofthis re-adjustment, and none will be made.

Both Austria and Germany regard thefallof Signor Crispi as an irreparable lossand it is admitted that the new Italianpremier, the marquis di Kudini, is onlypassively friendly to the dreibund.

The detail* of Emperor William's Medi-terannean trip are still kept secret, butit is understood that he will join the im-perial yacht Hohenzollerii at Genoa wherehis majesty may meet the emperor ofAustria and King Humbert.

Kinperor William will then make sev-eral trips, accompanied by the einpreas,and the Uoheraollern will return to Kielabout the middle of May in order to takeher majesty north ugain during the sum-mer.

Germany throughout the week has beenvisited by snowstorms atid heavy rains,and as a result there are floods almosteverywhere. There is much snow in the

Inortheast and central parts of the country,

< and telegrapic and telephonic communica-tion has been frequently interrupted.

The Alsatian diet baa voted the sum ofj100,000 marks for the relief of the suffer-I ers from the floods in the province, and the |I diets of Baden and Witrtembuig havedone i

the same for the relief of distress in theirjprovinces. The hereditary grand duke ofIBaden was in danger of drowning. The

Kinzige dam at Baden collapsed and whole! districts were flooded. The Vistula has |i also overflowed and there has been much

damage done in the north.Prince Bismarck has consented to re-

|.reive on his birthday, April Ist,a big totcii-; lightprocession from Hamburg.I Ex-Chancellor yon Caprivi is writing his

memoirs, but they will not be publishedfor some time.

The hereditary grand duke ofOldenburg,i who was offended at his recent treatment

by the emperor, on the occasion of thejdeath of the grand duchess cf Oldenburg,| has resumed command of the Nineteenth| cavalry brigade.

A formal indictment for breach of the| law of associations ban been found againsti Herr Keur and forty-seven other socialistjleaders. Their trials will begin next week.

The seventieth birthday of Herr Lieb-knecht will he celebrated on March J'Jd bythe socialists throughout Germany. Therewiilbe a grand commers in this city.

The strike of I'AOOO Berlin joiners wasended this week. The workmen had ob-tained higher pay and shorter hours.

The Chinese government has purchased80,000 Bavarian army rifles of the type of188 I,for $1 apiece.

At the request of the state department atWashington, the United States embassyhere has formally invited all the Germanuniversities to send delegates to the Prince-ton celebration in October. Some of them,including the university of Goettingen,have accepted.

The United States charge d'affaires. Mr,.1. B. Jackson, attended the banquet givenby Prince Hohenlohe, In honor of CountOoluchowski, on Thursday last.

Mr. Dean B. Mason, the United Statesvice-consul at Frankfort, has received hi*exequatur.

The military jtthilee of Prince George ofSaxony was grandly celebrated at Dres-den. He received letters of congratula-tion ft tin Emperor William and EmperorFrancis Joseph.

Herr Brattn, editor of the Vorwaerte, hasbeen declared innocent of perjury.

It is stated that a Roentgen experimentwith Emperor William's arm has revealedthe nature of the malformation. The pho-tograph taken is said to have been suh-

'\u25a0 mitted to eminent surgeons who are re-Iported to have expressed the belief that asimple operation will restore the partial, ifnot the complete use of the arm and hand.

The Dr. Peters oxposure in the relchstag,I resulting from the charges brought againstj the former imperial commissioner iniAfrica, by Herr Bebel, has had a great ad-J verse effect upon the colonial extension.

Dr. Teters is the head of the colonial jin-

I goes and one of the leaders of the agitation !jfor a large increase iv the strength of the |! German navy.

A leader of the Centrists has already an- i! nounced that the revelations will consider- jI ably modify the attitude of that party || toward the colonial policy of the govern- i: ment, adding that in future they will be! unable to give the same support to it as{ hitherto.

Dr. Peters is now drawing 0000 marksI from the exchequer yearly, and is said toibe doing nothing for it. Consequentlyi people are all the more inclined to believeI the charges brought against him,especially

as his book on the German Emm Pasha ex-I |>edition showed that he treated the nativesI brutally, and it is pointed out that an Arab! would have been immediately hanged ifhe

had been found guilty of much less.Dr. Kayser. director of the colonial

office, announced in the reichstag today,tha' in view of the charges made by HerrRebel, who accused Dr. Carl Peters, ex-plorer, of causing a negro and a negresa tobe hanged without trial, while he was im-perial commissioner in Africaduring 1891,that a fresh inquiry will be held into the

matter. Dr. Kayser added that the previ-ous evidence had not established the guiltof Peters in the eyeß of the law. CountYon Arnim then read a letter from Dr.Feters, declaring that Herr Rebel's asser-tions were partly uutrtiu and partly exag-gerated. The negro, he said, was trieil bycourt martial for burglary and the negresswas never puinahed. It was anothernegress, he explained, not this servant,who, after having been sentenced to beconfined in irons for six months was con-demned to death in 1892 forattempting toescape. Dr. Peters further denied that hehad been married to » negress according toMohammedan rites. Dr. Kayser then reada statement in which Peters admitted thecondemned negress was his mistress.Lenzmau declared Peters was a madmanor a monster, and he, Leist anil W eylan,should be punished according to law.

Dr. Schoentzedt, minister of justice,pointed out that informations properlymade were necessary in order tocriminally prosecute Herr Leist, and thatthey had not arrived in Uermany until thelatter had gone to America.

The case of Dr. Peters, he continued, l a 1not been examined and technicalities ren-dered a criminal prosecution of Herr Wey-lan useless. Herr Kichter declared thatDr. Peters must be deposed from bis posi-tion as president of the colonial society,claiming the denials of his guiltwere onlyjugglingwith words and that he was nowtrying to curry favor in a high quarter byPromoting the agitation for a big Germanfleet.

Continuing, Herr Kichter said that in theEmm relief expedition. Dr. Peters wasnothing but a brigand chief like Dr.Jameson, and concluded with the demandthat the colonial policy of the government,which he asserted had been a failure inevery respect, and which had diminishedthe esteem which Germany had heldabroad, should be contracted to narrowerlimits.

Herr Bebel expressed the opinion thatDr. Kayser, as director of the colonial de-partment, was not the right man in theright place, and Herr Luber said he wasgia'.ilied at the reopening of the inquiryinto the conduct of Dr. Peters, who, hedeclared, had shown himself unworthy ofthe German name.

THE CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA

Does Not Indicate English FriendlinessToward Germany

Th* Fast of Ramadan Ends Tn ley and theDervishes Are Then Expected to

Bezln Their larch

New York, March 15.?A special to theWorld from London says:

The advance on Dongola and against !Khalifa's dervishes has taken most peoplein Great Britain completely by surprise.There is a very startling explanation whichcomes to Kit* from a source at least in aposition to be well informed, which I'quote with much reserve but of which sev- jeral unusual recent events gave remarka-hie confirmation. This is that Germanintrigues against Great Britain in the .Sou- jdan have been brought to the knowledgeof the ministry and that it has determinedto inaugurate an instant and effective es-. toppel of the kaiser's hostile plans.

Kverywhere it has been the subject ofcomment that Sir William Ilarcourt. Lib-eral leader in the commons, has acted con-trary to general Liberal policy.

FUNDS fob RELIEFLima, Peru, March I I (via Galveston.)? i

The Italian colony of this city is raising

funds for the relief of the Italian woundedand for the assistance of those who are'suffering from the loss of fathers or otherskilled during the Abyssinian cam-paign. The Italians have already cabled jto the Italian minister for foreign affairsthat they have deposited the sum of 15,000francs in the Italian bank here, subject tohis orders, and they are taking steps to jraise more money as soon as possible,

A MIIITARY REVIEWMassowah, March 14.?The Negus has

reviewed 100,000 of his trocps in the pres-ence of Major >aba, the Italian otTtcer whoji*treating forpeace with the .Abyssinians.!The troops marched in good order and were

well armed,j Later the Negus showed Major Salza his> quantities of provisions, the Italians hay«; ing, some time ago, understood that thei Ahyssinians were short of supplies, in factjitis said that this is one of the reasons! which prompted General Baratieri to make

his disastrous advance upon the Tigre.TROUBLE EXPECTED

London, March 14.?A dispatch to theGlobe from Cairo published this afternoonsays that the fast of Kamadan ends to-morrow and that is thought there that thedervishes there will cause trouble andmarch northward.

The dispatcli adds that much anxiety is!felt in official circles and that the militaryauthorities have been in consultation allday.

A dispatch from Cairo says the British-Egypiian troops under orders to proceedup the Nile, in the direction of Dongola,will consist of 8000 men. Ail will carryarms.

A Mormon ConferenceKansas City, Mo., March I I.? The sec-

ond day of the semi-annual conference ofLatter Day Saints of rtah convened at In-dependence today. The Key. Otto John-son of Grantsville, Utah, and the Key. J. G.Kvansof Malad City, Idaho, preached onthe Holy Ghost. Kltler Clark, the presi-dent of the lowa mission and chairman ofthe conference, states that Christ will soonvisit the earth. He says that polygamy istaught in the Bible, but he does not advo-cate it, owing to the supreme court havingruled against it.

They Want Sound "loneyKansas City, March 14.?Under the

caption, Republican Delegates from Kan-sas Want Sound Money, the Star thiseven-ing prints interviews on the currency ques-tion bad with those delegates alreadyelected to the national convention at St.Louis. Six arc reported as having declaredthemselves unalterably opposed to the freecoinage of silver, throe favor it, while one.ex-Mayor Nat Barnes of Kansas City,Kas., says he will stand on any moneyplatform the Republican convention mayadopt.

Holmes' Counsel DisbarredPhiladelphia, March 11.?William A.

Shoemaker, senior counsel for Holmes, hasbeen suspended from the privileges of thecourt for a jea-. Shoemaker got a womanto sign a false affidavit to the effect thatFietiel, murdered by Holmes, had in herpresence expressed an intention to com-mit suicide. District Attorney Grahamexposed the conspiracy by means of whichthe evidence was obtained.

All for Mckinley

Milwaukee, Wis., March 14.?TheFifth district Republican convention heldtoday adopted resolutions endorsing Mc-Kinley. Conventions have been held byt vo-thirds of the counties of the state andall but five delegates were instructed forMcKinley.

WEYLER ORDERS AN ADVANCENumerous Generals Ordered in

Pursuit of Gomez

THE FILIBUSTER BERMUDA

Expected to Slip out to Sea During

the Night

Spanish Papers Exnresa Impatience at theDilatory Action of the L'nlted States

Senate?Slow Progress

Anpoclateu Press Hoecial WireHavana, March 14.?The following

movement of troops has justbeen ordered:General Aretmis is ordered to go to Beta-

h mo. while Bernal willbe stationed at Re-galia, near Havana. On the other side oftho harbor, near San Felipe, is stationed'ieneral Melquiso. General Aldecoa goesto San 10-ede los Lajas and Colonel Rulsis to be stationed at Saltid. Othercommis-sions have been ordered to Guira, Alqiiizar,Zeiha and Aqua. General Artemisa hasbeen ordered to Pass Neptuno. GeneralArtemisa, General Linares and ColonelTort will follow upon General Maceo andGeneral Prats and Colonel Vicuna andColonel (ialbis willpursue General Gomezwho is now reported to be in the vicinity ofColiseo. General Gomez, according to allaccounts, is still moving in a westerly di-rection.

ready to sailNew York, March 14.?The steamer

Bermuda, which was recently detained inthis port, the allegation being made thatshe was about to carry a force of filibustersto Cuba, is reported to be again ready forsailing and it is possible she may leave be-fore daylight.

At midnight the Bermuda bad steam up,and though this may have been a mereruse, shipping men think it will be foundin the morning she has slipped out of thebay during the night. According to all ac-counts, her manifest indicates that shewill sail this time for South Americanports.

agramo.nta's cape

Washington, March 11.?At the requestof certain persons in New York who assertthat the man is being tried by courtmar-tial and so in danger of his life, the statedepartment has instructed I'nited StatesConsul-General Williams at Havana toimmediately inquire into the case of Oil"verib Agramonta, the manager of a plan-tation at .laraguei, near Cienfuegos, who isCharged with sympathy with the insur-gents.

SPAIN IMPATIENTNew York, March 14.?A dispatch to

the World from Madrid says: Consider-able disappointment is expressed by allthe Madrid papers on hearing that the de-bate on the Cuban belligerency resolutionscontinues in the American senate. Thefiapers express anger and impatience atSpain being kept constantly in suspenseconcerning the ultimate line of conduct inAmerica.

El Correo, El Liberal and other papersbegin lo find fault with the military opera-tions in Cuba because the insurgents havereappeared in the territories that have beenreported clear of them. These paperscomplain of the small results that havebeen attained since the beginning of Feb-ruary.

PERRINE'S COMET

Ila Running Away and the Astronomers Can'tStop It

WASHINGTON, March 14.?Observationslof Perrlne'a comet made at the NationalIObservatory tonight show that it is travel-Iing away from the earth in a southerly

Idirection very rapidly and growing per-! ceptibly fainter. Tonight it was scarcelyIhalf as bright as two nights ago and itsiposition was determined as 47! J degreesjnorth declination and three hours:fifteen minutes right ascension,iDuring the period of the two days it has; increased its position about L'o degrees in. the right ascension and the declination

lessened by a half degree. It is still anopen question whether the stranger is

!traveling in a parabolic or in the direc-? tioti ofan elongated eclipse, as the differ-I ence in its travel iv this respect since theilast observation was too slight to warrantjany definite conclusion. In tho latter\ case it will again return to view, hut; otherwise it will pass beyond observation

'anil become lost in space. Hough calcu;latiott indicates that it will disappear iniabout a month. It has been moving!further away from the earth steadily since!about February 23d, when it was nearestito the earth, the distance being 35,000,000:miles. The observations at the govern-|men! observatory will be continued as longlas possible, and early developments mayjsolve the vexatious question as to which ofjthe two courses of tray el it is taking.

DELEOATES CHOSENOhio Republicans Not Content With One tic*

Kinley DelegationPortsmouth, 0., March 14.?The Tenth

; district Republican congressional conven-i tion called by the opposition to the con-}gressioual committee which was appointed

! April5, met today. They selected a con*1gressional committee for the district, noin-

! mated Hon. L.J. Fenton of Adams fori congress, selected A. C. Thompson of;Scioto and ex-.Attorney.tteneral Richard*

'son of Lawrence, delegates to the St. Louis! convention*

Resolutions instructed delegates for Mc-Kinley. Unless the two factions come toterms this means two contesting delega-

; lions to St. Louts.j Buffalo, March 14.?Conventions to

'elect delegates to the Republican nations!i convention yvere held in each of the con-j gressional districts of Brie county today.lln the Twenty-third district the McKinley

men won and in the Twenty-second theMorion delegates were chosen.

X RAY EXPERIMENTS,: All Sorts of Result; Expected From the Pen \u25a0 jetrating Light

i New York, March 14.?The wire bacteri-ological department of the health board istoday experimenting with X rays andbacteria. These experiments are being

!made by Doctors Huffman ISiggs and A.IW. Beebe. The experiment was made to-jday and was fairly successful. The X jiray was tried first upon the bacilli ofdiphtheria. A number of samples woreexposed to the ray lor a ha'f hour. Then

Ithe bacilli were returned to the incubatorjfor the night for the purpose of observ ingthe effect. This morning when Dr. lieebeexamined the cultures which bail been ex-posed he found they had grown duringtho night.

The object of the test was to see if the rayswould not kill the germs of disease. Itwasreasoned by the doctors that inasmuch asbacilli were sensible to light the more pow-

erful X rays might not kill the diseasegerms. If the bacilli had not grown dur-ing the night the experiment would havebeen considered successful. Dr. Beebew ill make a microscopic examination tosee what signilicant changes in the bacillihave occurred, if any. A further experi-ment was made iv the < atno line with thediphtheria bacilli, dried. Hrying does not

| kill the germs. The effect in sunlight, dif-I fused daybght and in the dark will be! noted with the next experiment. The ef-fects of exposure to rays for variouslengths of time will be tried.

AMERICA WINSThe International Chess latch Wen by the

New YorkersNew Yokk, March 14.?Amid a scene of

wild excitement tiiis evening the Americanchess team beat the British team by fourand one-half to three and one-half gamesin the match by cable, and this in spite ofthe fact that the American games did notlook promising this morning when playwas resumed at the bank buildingat Court

i and Remsen streets, Brooklyn. TheAmericans on some of the bourds foughtup hill gamely and kept their ground wellin the remaining games.

Tho dual score stands:AMERICAN. GREAT BRITAIN

Board. Player. Result Tlayor. Kcsult.Mva.i IMUfbnrr 0 Blackburn..l OB

la Showaltcr .... 1 Ultra tl '>!rlumllo 1 liird o 4S

I Btury. I Tiusley O 675 livmea }? Locock l-i 41n Hod.es \i Mills '.j 4«7 Delmar '.j Atkins.. . .'a *t8 Hairdo Jackson 1 43

Totals..'. 4' a 3!a'London, March 14.?At the international

chess match today the attendance was farlarger than yesterday. The hail wascrowded with experts and amateurs, whowatched closely for the announcement ofresults. The llrst victory, that of Jacksonover Buird, was loudlycheered, hut the tri-umph of Blackburn over Pillsbury was themost popular feature of the day. Therewas general cheering and clapping ofhands

I when this was bulletined. Newnes, thewell-known chess player, quickly graspedBlackburn's hand at the conclusion of thegame and congratulated him upon the re-sult, others present who joined in thecongratulations were Gunsburg and Hon.Llewellyn Archer Atherly-Jones, M. P.

Mr. Newnes said to the Associated Presscorrespondent: "So far this has been amost friendly and interesting tournament,and 1 hope it will be repeated in future

| years. I am somewhat disappointed bo-| cause of Bird's loss of one game to Bur-rille. Bird found that he had made a mis-lake and immediately tried to secure acorrection. He sent an informal re-quest to the committee in charge

Iasking that he be allowed, butthey ruled that it should stand,according to rules. The English players

Iwere especially glad when they learnedthat Blackburn had won, though they weresorry that Pillsbury had been defeated.Pillsbury is very popular here, lie is re-garded as being a thorough good fellow.Of course we were rather disappointed inthe general result of the tournament, as itlooked last night an though the Englishmenwere going to win."

DR. BROWN'S CASEA Forecast of the Verdict et the

CouncilFrancisco, March 14.?The Con-

i gregational council has adjourned until.next week, without finding a verdict re-igardiug Rev. C. 0. Brown. General be-; liefamong those best informed is that tho; council wilt lind that Brown has not beenI proven guilty of immorality, but that he

has been guiltyof unministerial conduct.This verdict would deprive him of his

present pastorate but would not debar him;from preaching elsewhere if he could ob-Itain a pulpit. Itwill take several days to

'forinulato the findings after the council! has li:tally voted seriatim upon each chargejan I specification.

One clergyman, known up and down thoicoast, is said to have expressed the beliefthat Br. Brown ought to have been shot forhis persecution of an innocent girl,andIlia turning ofan innocent episode to his

; own advantage.The deliberations of the council devel-

ioped the extremely important fact that thejcharges of intimidation are among theImost serious that are being considered.The council is more nearly unanimous on

| this point than upon any other.BAN Diego, March 11.?Mattie Overman,

[ who was in this city last night, is now in:Lower California on her way to join Mrs.| Tunnell at Ensenada. Miss Overmanjwent to Tia Juana today and theretooit the stage for Ensenada. In

iTia Juana she appeared in high spirits andchatted gaily with other passengers. She

!adhered to her story that she is simplyjseeking rest and recreation and could not

be induced to say anything regarding the| Brown trial.

SUGAR BAOS

San Quentln Prison to Be riede Sett-Sup.porting

San Francisco, March 14.?The stateprison directors believe they have solvedthe problem of how to use the expensive

'machinery at San Quentin and make the!prison in a measure self supporting.

'< This result is to be attained by the itiatitt-

!faeture and sale of sugar bags. Heretoforeithe bags made at the prison have been forIgrain and there are at present 4,000,000jgrain bags In the prison with no prospect:ofdisposing of them. The directors have| received a large order for sugar bags at ajprice that leaves a slight prollt, and more! orders at the same price are in sight. TheIdirectors today adopted a resolution re-! questing judges all over the state not to

! sentence any more criminals to Folsom.That prison is overcrowded, while San

| Ouentiu has room for a thousand moreprisoners than it now holds.

Cutting drain RatesChicago, March 1 '.-- The officials of the

Joint Traffic association have Bent outstrong denials that grain rates from Chi-cago to the Atlantic seaboard arebeing cut. They are being cutnotwithstanding the denials and theyhave been cut for the last two weeks andover, rionie of the roads are shading theagreed grain tariffto the extent of '_' or !!cents. Tho chances are, moreover, thatthey will be cut deeper yet before theopening of navigation.

Q, A. R. RatesCHICAGO, March 11.?Every line doing

business between Chicago and St. Paul liasnow given in on the proposition to extendthe tickets to the thirty-day limit de-manded by the members of the GrandArmy lor their September encampment.I'nder the association agreement, theroads can make any rates they please andgrant any limit on their tickets that suitsthem, provided they give to the chairmanof the association a ten-days' notice of tho 1intention.

A B g Rabbit Drive.Fresno, March 1 I - Arrangements are

being made by the colonists and farmerssouthwest of Fresno for the biggest rabbit ;drive ever held in the state. The super- jvisors today appropriated $300 forfencingwith which to construct an immense corralinto wditch the p*»sts will bo driven. 'Thedrive willcome offon next Saturday, andpeople are coming from all quarters toparticipate in it. A number of San Fran-cisco people have expressed their intentionto Join in tiie sport.

ALANDSLIDE IS LIKELYTo the Ranks of God's Amer*

ican Volunteers

BOOTH SELECTS THE NAME

Of tbe New Religious Boiy AlreadyOrganized

The Gloomy Old Bible House Echoes to taw)Cheers of Enthusiastic Followers?Ss»

cession at Chicago

Associated Press Roecial Wira.New York, March 14.?The Worlo]

tomorrow willpublish tho following:Ballington Booth has named his new ra»

ligious organization "God's Americanvolunteers.""Eureka." he exclaimed, "I have found

it. The new movement has an last a namefor which we have Deen seeking for weeks.God's American Volunteers. Three cheers,! gentlemen, for the success of the gloriouscause.''| The old Bible house, usimlly quiet and; gloomy, echoed with the cheers ans-

wered the call. Booth stood in the centerof the group and waved bis arms wilb,each cheer. "The American Volunteers,all Amen, and all for God," he added."Patriotism for our country and faith inthe Lord will lead us to victory."

The. volunteers will be governed by a,military constitution with Mr. and Mrs).Booth as joint presidents. The localbranches will be called poets and thavarious grades of olfices will have rank,and titles like those of tho American army.

Col. A. M. Nicol, who came to this coun-try with Eva Booth, sailed for Englandyesterday in hurried respuntie to a cable-gram.

Colonel Alexander Nicol, the special re-presentative of the international headquar-ters of the Salvation army io the L'mtedStates, sailed from New York for Englandou the Lucania today. It is stated tha«Colonel Nicol found the affairs of tne armyout Chicago way to be in a turbulent,condition; that the London office had been,so informed and that General Booth had

I decided to summon bis special agent hornsthat the exact situation might be madaclear to him.

A LAND-LIDE I.IKELVChicaoo, March 14.?The Kecord says

today: "Ballington Booth is coming toChicago. Iexpect him within a fortnight." lien he comes there will be some seces-sion."

Tiiis is a forecast of an officer of thonorthwestern division or the Salvationarmy and a disbeliever in what he calls the"Transatlantic autocracy." He contin-ued: "The declaration of loyalty won'tstand in the way an instant when the ques-tion of highest usefulness and duty cornea

iup for decision. The War Cry scandal iaja damaging thing to us while we remainunder the flag. It never was

I Ballington Booth's intention thatIthe immediate causes of his revolt should: become public. The details of his differ-jence with his father retlected no credit onthe General, and Ballington would will-I ingly have spared him pain. But some

Iover-zealous friend lias let the secret leakout.

"When the Booths come to Chicago thereIwill be a landslide. I know it. because Iknow how the officers feel and how the; soldiers will act. Wo don't talk much

jabout the matter, even among ourselves,; for Ihe time is not yet ripe and discretionis needed. But something is hound to hap-pen within the next two weeks, and whenBallington Booth comes to Chicago hejwon't know lie iiaa lieen out of the arrayjI believe that the old commander can:have all the men he wants simply by say-ing he will let them come."

A Blizzard at St. LouisSt. LOUIS, Mo., March 14.?A blizzard

!raged this afternoon and continues tonight,i Several inches of snow fell on the level and;itis very cold. Iteports from various aec-Ilions of this state, as well as from Arkan-Isas. Kansas and Nebraska state that con.:sitlerable snow has fallen. Arkansas gar-

\u25a0 doners fear that the early fruit and vege-tables will sulfer.

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The Silver Questionj VIENNA, March 14.?Deputy Suess in-

tends to introduce at once in the roiehsrath| a motion calling upon the Austrian gov-i ernment to endeaver to solve the bimetal-; lie question through the medium of au mi-i tcmational agreement. _

THE NEWSBY TELEGRAPH?London cable letter; Great

Britain proposes a campaign apainst thoMahdi; sporting notes.... Berlin letter: aGerman-English entente la one result of theItalian defeat in Africa; German riveraoverflow, causing damage and suffering....Agood account given of the battle sliip In-diana? The Democratic state conventionwill meet atßaoramento on Juno 50....,,'Libertine lakes the big stakes at Ingleside;pool rooms luird hit by false reoOrta bytelegraph; America wins the internationalchess match by cable; sporting notes ...Wellington Booth choose* a name forhis new army?God's American Vol-nnteera Perrlnei comet is get*ling aw ay from the astronomers,...Pasadena: Barker hold to answer; socialand persona) notes Riverside: a hotelproject Pomona; refitting the posiotriea... Anaheim; orange shipments . Santa)Ana: the street oar question still unsolved? Pan Dtego; a big water deal Ontario;municipal candidates Santa Monica;polities mid town improvement . Dow-ney; busy times ? Ocean side; more rainwanted ...Ventura; supervisors' meeting

Cotton; personals Santa Barbara;src.al matters .... Fernando; improve*

menttiAROI'ND TOWN?The Methodist church south,

in conference denounces La Fiesta....lnthe polite world: late happening* in so-ciety ?county bee-keepers meet at thachamber ofcommerce ...Mr. Teed, mayorpro tern; Mayor Uader Incapacitated on ac-count of sickness ...City clerk's report;matters to come before the council tomor-row The finance committee : minor mat-ters passed upon An absolute neces-sity; residents of BoyleHeights want FourthStreet opened ? Will raise the price: oilExchange directors will meet tomorrow...,Sunday legislation : another protest againstany action by t he council Annual meet*ing of !>o*Angeles federation of societies

The Kid Thompson tangle .Somacurious facta develop in the Lowlyafter-math?Wort on the headwaters case...,Mrs. Mary J. DaUou non-Muted In iior dam-

age claim Queen of 1-iesta; members o"fher official family selected ...An old sol-*dler reported to he killed Democrat

[ must organize; a movement to form a localIrving club .. The manufacturers' meet-ing at the chamber of commerce.

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