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YOL. XIII. NO. 57.
WICHITA, KANSAS, THUESDAY MORNING JULY 24, 1890.
WHOLE STa 1924
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LAID TO CANADA.
ENGLAND'S EXCUSE FOR A CHANGE
OF POLICY.
A ProTince Must Speak Before the
iteiore the Behiing Sea Nego
tiations Will Continue.
British Pretense to Sealing Privileges
Pounded on the Eight to Traffic
on the High Seas.
The Voluminous Correspondence Between
the Two Nations Laid Before Congress
The Plea for Suspending Nego
tiations Held to be Puerile
by the President Ex
cerpts From the
Letters.
TTashingtov, July 23 The president
today sent to the house in answer to the
ttS- ;lon "rtroductd by Representativ e
.iihx the official correspondence betvv een
the government of the United States and
the government of Britain touching the
fee d fisheries of the Bthnng sea
TH FIIJST PROTEST
The correspondence includes thirty eight
sepaiate pipers beginning with a. letter
tiomIr Edwards, first secretirj of leg i
tion and charge d'affairs after Minister
Wests recall In his firt letter dited
August 24, ISSn, Mr Edwirds refers to the
reported search and seizure of British v es
eIs m Behrinj sea under instructions of
the Marquis of .Salisbury that stringent
instructions be sent bv the United bt ites
at the earliest moment to their officers to
V uie recurrence of such cents
I he letter also refers to the f ict
tint .Mr .riajard, when secretaiv of state,
bos assured Great Britain thit pending
the settlement no further mteiference
,lth British essels should take place
Mi Blame replied that it was the earnest
(Icsirc of the president to come to a satis
factory understanding and expressed the
belief thpt all points at issue weic cap ible
of prompt adjustment The correspond
ence between Secretary Blaine and Mr
Tdwards was continued at some
length and it appe-irs thit Mr
Bliine inquired whit authority there
Vl5r -or tlie ibove statement
of Mr Baard Mr Edwards savs that it
w s an assurance communicated unofli
oialh bv the United States minister in
Eondon, and also by Mr. Bajard to Mims
tei West, inApiil, 18S8
BL.AINJ- TO PAITSCH'OTi.
The conepondence between Secretary
Blaine and the new Butisli minister be
gan Januan 22, of this vnr, with a verv
long letter from the secretai to Sir .Tub m
P.iuncefote In thislettei Mr Blaine coes
oerthe w hole question and saj s it is"the
opinion of the mesident that r,Ji pw..
arrested were engaged in a pursuit thit
was in itself contra bonos mores Mr.
Blaine contended that eer since the
government acquired rights m Behnng
si a she maintained i distmber possession
uiml iSfcO .id th it thee rights she and
Tui'ssi i ii 1 established ind enjoved for
nearly a centuii In ISsb "certain Canad
, m esolsaJ'.i ted their rights to enter
and bj their uithless course to dtstrov the
hsheiies. The government of the I nited
States at once pioceeded to check this
moement which, unchecked, was sure to
do gieat and irrepirable haim "
Keguding Lngland's cl urn tint the
MM'ures were made on the high se is, Mi
Blunesivs it is doubtful whether her
majesty sgoernment would abide b this
rule if the attempt were nude to lnterfeie
with the pearl fisheries of Cm Ion which
extend more th in twentj miles fiom the
shore line and hue been t njov ed bv Eng
land without molestation ever since their
acquisition
FebiuujlO the British minister wrote
that his government was willing to idopt
the suggestion made in the course of their
interviews that the tnpntite negotiation
huspended m Eondon m vsS be resumed
in Wash.ngton and recommended to his
government certain pronsional meisuies
to iemoe appiehension of depletion of the
sea.
1 OKD S L1SBI U S M.Gl Ml T
Silisburj , undei date of M 13 '22 last, re
plies to Mi Blime's argument Rolitne
to the statement that the seizures weie
justified. b the fact tli it thej weie'en
giged m a pursuit tint is in itself contra
bono-, mores, a pursuit which of necessity
involves a serious and peiiii.iiieiitimurv to
the right of the gov 1 rnment and people of
the United States" the m irquis -aj s "it
is ob lous that tw o questions are 1m oh ed
first, whether the pursuit and killing of
fur eals in certain parts of the open -ea is
from the point of view of mteiintion il
moralit 3 an offence contri bonos mores,
and secondlv, whether, if such he the case,
this fact lustifles the "seizure on the high
seas and subsequent conhsiation in time
of peice of the pn ate v essi Is of a f riendl
nation" Hesavs.furthei "It is nn axiom
of international mintime liw th it
biich action is onl3 admissible in the
case of pirac3 or in puismnco of
special internitioiiul agreement This
principle has been uureiilh admitted by
iunsts and was verv di-tincth laid down
y President Tvlcrm I11& snccial message
to congress dited February 27, 1643, vvhen
after acknowledging the fight to detuin
imdseaich -1 vessel on suspicion of piracy,
lie goes on to say 'With this single e
ception, no nation hi- in tune of peace .1113
ant hoi it3 to detain the ships ot another
upon the high sc is, upon anv pretext
wiutever outside the territorial jurisdic
tion ' Now the pursuit ot the seals 111 the
open sea. under whateer circumstance-,
ha4 neer hitherto been considered as
pi lev l3 the cmlized states !Norcen if
tl United Mates hid gone so far as
tr nake the killing of fur seals piricv In
t .n municipal 1 iw , would this hav e justi
' td them 111 puiiishingaffences agnnst such
nvv committed bv anj persons other th in
their own citizens outpide the temtori il
jurisdiction of the United St ites In the
case of slae trade, a practice which the
civilized world has agreed to look upon
' with abhorrence, the right of arresting the
vessels of another cotiutrv is exercised
onlv, bv specnl liiternitioinl agreement
. mi noone government has been allow ed
that general control of morals in this re
spect which Mr Blune retains on behalf
of the United States in regard to seal
hunting But her majest3's gov eminent
must question whether this pursuit
can itself be regarded as contra bonos
mores unless, and until, foi special reasons
it has been agreed b3 lnternntion il agree
ment to forbid it Fur seals aie mdisput
abl animals fere untune and the'3 hue
tinners ill been regirded b3 jurists as
res nullus until they are caught No
peron, therefore, can hie propcrt m
them until he has actnillv reduced them
into possession bj capture It requires
something more than a mere deel iration
t! at the go eminent or citizens of the
United States or t en other countries m
terested in the seal trade are losers bv
a certain course of proceeding to
render that course an immoral one
Ilei majestv & government would
deeply regret that the pursuit of
fur seals on the high seas by British a es
se Is should mv oh e een the slightest m-
in to the people of the United States
If the case be pro ed they vv ill be readj to
consider what measures cm be nroDerlv
taken for the rcmedv of such injury, but
they would be unable on that ground to
depart from a principle on whicl free com
merce on the high seas depends '
Respecting Mr. Blaine's statement of
the exclusive monopoly enjoyed by Russia,
the marquis quotes from Mr Qu,ncy Ad
am s letter, the United States mimster to
Russia (which nation in 182L prohibited all
foreign v essels from approaching vithm
100 miles from the coast of Behnngs
straits to the last degree north latitude) to
the effect that United States could admit
no part of these claims He also cites the
case of the United States brig Lanot, to
show that the right of fishing thus as
serted included the right of killing fui
uc-anng animais Tde Dng was forced by
an armed Russian na al essel to lea e the
waters He also argues from the speech
of Air Sumner w hen introducing the ques
tion of the purchase of Alaska to congress,
that it was equals clear that the United
States government did not regird them
sep es as purchasing a monopoly Ha ing
dealt w ith fur bearing animals, he went
on to treat of fisheries, and after alluding
to the presence of different species of
whiles m the vicinity of the Aleutians,
said "Xo sea is now" mare clausum All
of these maybe pursued by a ship under
ani flag, except directlv on the coast 01
within its territorial limit "
The marquis also sivs tint Mr Bliine
must hive been misinformed respecting
the uninterrupted possession of the United
States fiom 1W.7 to 1SSG and submits ex
tracts from reports of United States offi
cers to show that during that time Bntish
vessels were engaged at intervals m the
fm seal fisheries with the cognizance of
the United States government. He fur
ther states that the w balers have not here
tofoie engiged m sealing beciuse of lack
of time and finds it unnecessarv to del
w ith the question of extinction of the seal
through pelagic sealing, as it is proposed
to examine the subject by a committee ap
pointed bj the two governments He ad
mits that if all such sealing was stopped
the seal would multiply at an even more
extraordinary rate than at present, but
can not admit tint is sufficient ground to
justif3 the United States in forcibl3 de
pnving other nations of anv share in this
industry in waters which bv the recog
nized law of nations are now free to all the
w orld
S13S the marquis in conclusion "The
negotiations now being carried on at
Washington prove the readiness of hei
mijcst3 '& government to consider whethei
anj special internitionil agieement is
necessary for the protection of the fur seal
industr3 In its absence the3 are unable
to admit thit the case put forwird on be
nan ot the United St ites atlords an3
sufficient justificition for the forcible ac
tion aire ulj taken b3 them against peace
able subjects of her majest3 engaged in
law ful operations on the high seas
'"1 he president,' savs Mr Blaine, 'is
persuided thit all friendh nations will
concede to the United States the same
rights and pnv ileg s on the lands and in
the waters of Al iska, which the same
friend nations always conceded to the
empire of Russn ' Her majests 's gov em
inent has no difhcultv. in m iking such a
concession In strict accordance witn the
views, which, previous to the present con
tiovers3, were consist entty and successful
lj maintained b3 the United States, thev
hive, whenever occasion arose, opposed all
cl urns to exclusive privileges 111 the
non territorial waters oiBehnngsei The
rights they have demanded have been
those of free navigation and fis ung in
w iters which previous to then own
acquisition of Alaska, the United States
deel ired to be fiee and onen to all foreign
vessels This is the extent of their picsent
contention and thej trust tint in con
sideration of the arguments now presented
to them thit the United States will
recognize its justice and mo nation '
A XFH1 BIUfiF LETTtR
The next letterm thrsenesisverybnf
It is fiom the British minister to Mr
Blame, under date of Maj 23, and in it the
minister sa3s that as the secretirj has con
firmed the newspaper statements that rev
enue cutteis have been ordeied to Behnng
sea to seize foreign sealers, he is instruct
ed to say that a formal protest against
such interference with British vessels will
be forw arded w ithout del 13
Secictai3 Blames response three davs
litei is even more brief, being a simple
acknowledgement of receipt of the lettei
mi: blainf proti-sts
li iter, however, on the .29th, hewiote
S11 Juh in that in turn he is instructed bi
the piesident to protest against the couise
of the British government in authorizing,
encomaging and protecting vessels winch
ue not onlv interfering with American
lights 111 the Behnng sea, but which are
doing v lolence as w ell to the rights of the
lights of the civilized world The presi
dent, he s 13s, is surprised thit sucli pro
test should be authonzed b3 Eord ilis
bur3 speciallv, because the previous decli
ritions of h's loulship would seem to len
der it impossible
. i. U IIUIIWJH' - I
The secretai3 then rapidlv. sketched the
hi:
istorv ot tlie negotiations under tne piev-
ions administration and sa3s "You will
observe that from the 11th of November,
!Ss7, to the 23rd of Vpril, ISSs, Lord Sails
bin h id in ev erv form of speech assented
to the neccssitv of 1 close season foi the
piotection of the sells These assurances
weie given to the American minister, to
the American ch irge, to the Russi in am
bissador and on more than one occasion to
tw o of them together 1 he L nited States
h id no re ison, theiefore, to doubt that the
whole dispute touching this fisheries was
practical lv settled
Indeed, to have distrusted it would have
been to question the good faith of Loid
Sahsburv In diplom itic intercourse be
tween (treat Britain and the United
States, be it said to the honor of both gov
ernments, a verbal assurance fiom a mm
ister has always been equal to his written
pledge "
Continuing, Secretarv Blune avs that
live davs after that assurance Lord Sahs
buiv said that neither in actof parliament
nor an order 111 couneil could be drafted
"until Can ida is heard from " Mr
Phelps, m his dispatch of September 22,
reported that "his lordship stated that
the Canadian government objected to any
such any restrictions and that until its
consent could be obtauied, her majesty s
government was not willing to enter into
the convention "
Sivs the secretars "This government
can not but feel that Lord Sahsburv would
havede lit more frankls if in thelbeginning
he had informed Minister Phelps that no
airangements could be made unless
Cmada concurred in it and that all
negotiation with the British government
dnect was but a loss of time '
In conclusion, he proposes m behalf of
the president that her majetv's govern
ment agree not to permit the vessels,
(which 111 his judgment injure the prop
ertv of the United States) to enter the
Behnng sea for this season, in order that
time mav be secured for negotiation that
shall not be disturbed by untoward event
or unduly influenced by popular agitation
s LlSBrR & OWN MEAsUBE ASKED
June 2, the secretary writes Sir Julian
th it the president believes that an arbitra
tion can not be concluded in time for this
season and suggests that Lord Salisbury
make for a single seisonthe regulation
w hich, in lss, he offered to make perma
nent, as a step which would cer
tainlv lead to a friendly agreement.
To this the minister replies "June 3. that
further ex mini ition of the question which
has taken pi ice has satisued his lordship
that such an extreme measure as that pro
posed 111 IS? goes far bevond the require
ments of the case He adds that while
willing to adopt preservative measures,
there w ould be no legal power to t nforce
the observ ance of such an agreement on
British veseLs Secretarj Blame replving
onJune4, savs tliRt the most "extreme
measure" proposed came from Lord Sah
bur himself, and he abniptlv closed the
negotiation because su his own phrase "the
Canadnn government objected" The
secretarv next reminds the minister that
he Secretarv Blaine had himself proposed
a horter clo'se season and more restricted
irea of protection He closes this letter as
follows
'The president does not conceal his dis.
appointment that even for the sake of se
curing an impartial arbitration of the
question at issue, her majest3s govern
ment is not willing to suspend for a single
season the practice which Lord Silisbury
described in 1SSS as the wanton destruc
tion of a valuable industry and which
this government has uniform regarded
as an unprovoked invasion of its estab
lished rights "
June 8, Sir Julian sent a cony of a tele
gram from Lord Salisbury in which he
regrets that the president should think
him wanting in consideration but it is
be3ond the power of his government to
exclude British or Canadnn ships from
any portion of the high seas, even for an
hour, without legislative enactment In
repl3 June 11 Secretary Blaine says that
the gov ernment wtll be satisfied if Lord
Sahsburv would b3 proclamation simpb
request British vessels to abstain from en
tenng Behnng sea for the present season
in order to give full time for impartial
negotiations
ENGLVDS FOP.MAL PPOTFsT
Sir Julian, June 11, w ntes Mr Blaine
that he had informed Lord Salisbury that
Secretar3 Bliine could not give an as
surance that the British sealing ves
sels would not be interfered with
during the negotiations and expressed
the hope that the decision is not
final md that while there is 3 et time the
commanders of the United States rev enue
cruisers will be instructed to abstain
June 14, how ev er, the minister w ith regret
failing to secure a fa vorablerepl3, presents
the formal protest of the British govern
ment It reads as follows "Her Brittanic
majest3's government having learned with
greit concern from news winch has ap
peared in the press and the grat accur 1C3
of which has been confirmed 13 Mr
Blaine's statements to the undersigned.
that the government of the United States
have issued instructions to their
revenue cutters about to be
disp itched to Behnng sea under
w Inch the v essels of the British subjects
will again be exposed in the prosecution of
their legitimate industry on the high seas
to unlaw ful interference at the hands of
American officers, her Brittanic majestj's
government are .anxious to co opeiate to
the fullest extent of their power with the
government of the United States in such
me isures as mav be found to be expedient
for the protection of the seil fisheries
They are at the present moment engaged
in examining 111 concert with the govern
ment of the United States the best method
of arriving at an agreement upon
this point But they can not ad
nut the right of the United States of then
ow n sole motion to restrict for this purpose
the fieedom of navigation of Behnng sea,
which the United States have themselves,
informer yeais, convincing and success
f ulh. v indicated, nor to enforce then mu
nicipal legislation against British vessels
on the high seas beyond the limits of then
temtori 1 jurisdiction
"Her Brittanic majesty's government is.
therefore, unable to piss over without
notice the public announcement of an 111
tention on the part of the government of
the United States to renevz the acts of in
terference with British vessels 11 ivigating
outside the teiritoriai waters of the United
St ites, of w hich the3 had prev 1011SI3
had to compl 1111 The undersigned is
inconsequence instructed form ilh to pio
test ag mist such mteiference, and to de
el ire that her Brittanic majestv 's govern
ment must hold the government of the
United States responsible for the conse
quencec th it may ensue from acts which
are contrary to the established pnnciples
of intern itional law The undersigned
has the honor to leuew to Mr BI une the
assurances of his highest con-ideiation,
Signed J L, LI AN PALCttOTh,
4 June 14,1800"
SVIISBliRl'S 1HP.EL CONDITIONS
The ministei next, June 27, replies to
Sec1et.11 3 Bl line's pioposition looking to a
proclamatien 03 hei miestv's govern
ment th it Bntish vessels shall not enter
Behnng sea the coming season
The minister wnte thit Sihsburv
sa3S thit the presidents request
picsented constitution d difficulties which
would preclude hei maiestj s government
fiom acceding to it, except as pait of a
geneial scheme for the settlement of the
Behnng sea controversv and on certain
conditions which would justif3 the a-
sumption b3 hei maiestv s government of
the grave responsibiht3 involved 111 the
pioposil These conditions are First,
that the two governments agree foithwith
to icier to arbitration the ques
tion of the action of the United States gov
ernment in siezing or otherwise mterfer
fering with British vessels engaged in
the Behnng sea, outside of temtori il
waters, dining the sears of 1RS 1SS7
and l&s) second, tn it pending th it award,
all mteiference with British sealing
vessels sh ill absoluteh. ceise, third, tint
the United States government, if the
aw aid should be adverse to them on the
question of leil right, will compensate
IH(v,klUll Ji. 1
British subjects from the losses which thc3
m sust 1111
bv reason of their compli mce
with the isntisu proclamation
"Sucn," S13S the munstei, "are the three
conditions on w hich it is indispensable, in
the view of her majesty's government,
that the issue of the pioposed proclama
tion should be based "
In the next communication, dated the
1st of the present month, Loid
Salisbury lefeinng to Mr Blame's
criticism upon the abrupt close
of the London negotiations quotes
from a statement made to him by United
fct ites Minister Thelps as follows
"Under the peculiar political circum
stances of America .it this moment ' said
Mi Phelps, 'with a general election mi
pending it would be of little use and 111
deed lmrdlv practicable to conduct anj
negotiation to its issue before the election
had taken place "
A MISLhvDING QUOTATION
On the lost of June, Secretarj BlamP ad
dressed to the British minister a very long
letter in answei to Lord Sahsbuij's com
munication in which the latter stated that
Secret irv John Quincv Adams had pro
tested against Russi I'sdaim to exclusive
jurisdiction over Behnng sea. The secre
tarv sajs
' The quotation which Lord Sahsburj
makes is unfoitunatelj a most defective,
erroneous and misleading one. The con
elusion is separated from the premises, a
comm 1 is turned into a period, an import
ant quahficition as to time is entirely
erased .vithout even a suggestion that it
h id ev er formed p irt of the text and out
of eighty four words Iogicallj and insepar
able connected thirtv fiv e are dropped
from Mr Adams' paragraph in Lord Sails
burv's quotation No edition of Air
Adams' work gives authority for his lord
ship s quotations while the" archi-ea of
this department plamlj disclose its many
errors
Lord Sahsburj 's quotation from Mr
Ad ims "The L nited States can admit no
part of these claims their rights of nav 1
gation and fishing is pertect aud hi been
in constant exercise from the earliest t.mes
throughout the w hole extent of the south
ern ocean subject onlv to the ordinary ex
ceptions and exclusions of the terntonal
jurisdictions "
Full text of Mr Adams' paragraph
"The United fetate- can admit no part of j
tnese ci inns xneir ngnt 01 navigation
and of tishmg 1 penect aud has been in
constant exercise from the earliest times,
after the peace of 17S3 throughout the
whole extent of the southern ocean, subject
onlv to the ordinary exceptions ami excln
sions of the territorial jurisdictions,
which, so far as Rus-ian nghts are con
cerned are confined to certain inland
north of the hftv nfth degree of latitude
and hav e no existence on the continent of
Amenca' j
The words m brackets are those which
are left out of Mr Adams' iwuragrfiDh in
the dispatch of LonTFuhsburr Thev are
-" 1. ,!. -I- ,w U.-l. .V-.-
0.0. .uv "" "i ,"- -i"
ernment of the L nited Mates founds it., '
arguments in this case Conclasioo'; or
mierence resting upon the paragraph with
the marked part of Mr (lam text omit
led are of course valaeles
HHFRF W&RE TXK KIOHTs- uUNED
The secretary-says further - N'ettiwr br
the treatv with Russia of 1SS5 nor by its
renewal of 1843, nor by its secqnd renewal
in 1S59, did Great Britain gam any right
to take seals in Behnng sea. In fact these
treaties were a pronibition upon her which
she steadilv respected so long as Alaska
was a Russian prov mce It is for Great
Britain now to show by what law she
gained nghts in that sea after the transfer
of itssovereigntv to the United States
I am justified, therefore, m repeating the
questions which I addressed to her majes
ty's government on the 22nd of
last Januarv and which still remain
uuanswered,"vi7 'Whence did the ships
of Canada derive the right to do m lbb
that which they had refrained from doing
for nearl mnet j ears'' 'Upon what
grounds did her majesty's government de
fend in the vear 1&6 a ourse of conduct in
the Behnng sea which had been carefullv
avoided ever since the discover of that
sea'' 'Bv what reasoning did hermajesty's
government conclado that an act may be
committed with impunitv agnnst the
rights ot the United States which had
never been attempted against the same
rights when held mthe Russ'an empire' "
GOOD CA.USE SHOWN
The thirtieth and last letter of the mass
of correspondence which would, if printed
entire fill over twent3 newspapercolumns,
was addressed bv Mr Bl une to Sir Julian
Pauncefote from Bar Harbor, last Satur
da3 In it the aecretarj says
' I am instructed bv the piesident to say
that the United States is willing to con
sider all the proceedings of April 16, ISSS,
as cancelled so far as American rights may
be concerned This government will ask
Great Britain to adhere onlv to the agree
meut made between Lord Sahsburj. and
Mr Phelps on the 25th of Februar3, lSbS
That was an agreement made directly be
tween the two governments and did not
include the rights of Russia aking Lord
S disburj to adhere to the agreement of
Februar3 25 We leave the agreement of
April 16 to be maintained, if maintained at
all, bj Russia, for whose cause and foi
w hose adv antage it was particularlj de
signed "
Mr Blame also 1 efers to Lord Sahsbur3 s
statement that political events m the
United States had caused an interruption
of negotiations is no objection, and closes
the voluminous correspondence as follows
"I am justilied in assuming that Loid
Salisbury "an not recur to the remark of
Mi Phelps as one of the reasons for break
ing oft the negotiations beciuse the jiego
tntionwasiu actual progress for more
than four months after the remark was
m ide and Mr Phelps himsell tooK large
p irt in it
"Upon this recital of facts I am unable
to recall 01 in anv waj toquahf3 thestate
ment which I made in mv note of June 4
to the effect that Lord Sahsburj aDruptlv
closed the negotiat.ons because the Uana
di m gov ernment objected and that he as
signed no other reason whatever
' Lord Salisbury expresses the belief that
even if the view I have taken ot these
tnnsactions be accurate, thev would not
warrant the argument w hich I foand upon
them The argument to which Lord Salis
bui3 refers, I piesume,is the remonstrance
which I made bj direction of
the president against the change
of pohcj by her majest3's government
without notice and ag unst the vv ish of the
United States The interposition of the
wishes of a Bntish province against the
conclusion of a convention between two
11 itions which, according to Phelps, had
been v irtualh agreed upon except is to
details was in the presidents belief a
grave injustice to the government of the
United States "
IN THE SENATE.
Wvshington, July 23 The senate met
at 11 a m and the consideration of the I11
thin appiopnatiou bill was resume 1
The discussion was temporarilv suspend
ed uid Mi Morgan from the committee
on foreign relitions, reports a substitute
foi a resolution heretofore offered bj Mi
Pasco The substitute was read and
agreed as follow s
"Resolved That the president be and is
hciebv itspectfullj requested (if not in
compatible vv ith the public interest) to
communicate to the senate anj inform 1
tion in his possession touching the alleged
ariest and impiisonment of A J Dnz bj'
the authonties of Caba and what action if
anv h is been taken in respect thereto
After furthei discussion the p iragr.aph
was somewhat modified and was then
agreed to
Atter adopting sever il amendments to
Indian appropn ition bill, tht, senate ad
journed without disposing of the measure
TO BE MINISTERS
Washington, lulj 23 The president
sent the following nominations to the
sen ite
To be envoy-extraordinarv and minister
plcmpotentiarj of the L'nited h(ateS)
pmsuant to act of congress approved Julv
14 1S90
Thomas II Anderson, of Ohio, now
minister resident and consul general
it Lipaz to Boliva
Cl irk E Carr, of Illinois, now minister
resident and consul general at Cpenhagen,
to Dennrk
John D Washburne, of Massachusetts,
now minister resident and consul general
at Berne, to Switzerland
John L Stevens, of Maiue, now minister
resident at Honolul, to the Hawaiian isl
ands George Maney, of Tennesee, now
minister at Montevideo, to Paraguay and
Uragnaj
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Washington, Julv 23 Ihe report of
the committee on elections m the We-t
Virginia contested election ca-e of Mc
Giunisvs Anderson wis submitted The
report which finds in fiv or of the contest
ant was ordered printed and laid over
Discussion of the bankruptcv bill was
then resumed
Mr Frank of Missouri, dwelt upon the
importance of the pending legis ation to
the business interests of the country
Mr Perkins, of Kansas Mid the bill was
formulated to secure a maximun of benefit
with a mmmum of cost and that was the
onlj plan upon which a b mkruptcy bill
should be draw n
Mr Kellej, of Kanas, regarded the
provision requiring that, the referees
should be members of the legal profession
as a gratuitous insult! to the members of
the other professions
Mr E B Tavlor, of Ohio, closed the
debate with a brief speech in advocacj of
the measure
The bill then went over till tomorrow
and the house adjourned
PENSIONS FOR KANSANS.
"Washington, Julv 23. The following
pension were granted to residents of Kan
as Ongmal invalid William Bates,
Independence Austin M J Sanderson,
Lmdon CJark Goddi National Mihtarv
home. William F Bailev, Lerov Gottleib
Henry, Wichita, William R Mead. Ere
donia" James H Hampton Parsons, John
Q Allen, Hanback. Moms D '-pnn.rer.
Dexter Jacob Pearce Earlton Fredenck
Steckev Emporia. John M Kerr.Oatville.
Moses N'owles, Chase. Robert J Kelly.
Harper George D Simmonds. Cedamlle
Archie P AIcLeod, Elm Creek Deitrich
Bellman. Prescott Increa.s Henry s,Un
nett, ?-vlvia, William P Glasscock Ceaar
vale David Ediniston, Harper Edar H
Burhngame, Woodtown James T Brain
erd George Bnrtoa. .lame-town JohnL.
Macomber Rsgo Ongmal widows etc
Marv T widow of Robert T Kennedy,
South Mound. Mary T Scnnthn, former
widow of William J Cash. Eairnew. min
ors of James J Mundeil, Garnett
OF INTEREST TO WESTERNERS
WasH'NGTOn, July 28 The house 00m
mmee on mitnarv affairs hn farorabtv
ilV-WMiBU...-- ... IW.
t&e reliel of Major Jonu -i Jaag ot
r , ,k t-'
Leavenworth. Kan
A new postodke has been es;ao4kbed at
Enterprise. Choctaw asaoo. I T wuli
V" C V ifcCarty a? p-jsMmtsUsr soppfeeri
special from Brpotea.
Dr Joha H HSgbe? fens been AppotMed
mniwii rooswu aumwc uretuwni, 1
ivan.
NOT 01 ESCAPED.
THE
TYHOLE CREW LOST WITH
THEIR SCHOONER.
SKteen Souls Go Down at Sea With
the American Vessel Will
iam Eice.
The Schooner En Eoute from Oape Ann
to Ireland Terrible Cattle
Plague in Russia.
Domestic Animals Dying by Thousands
A Cyclone Near Marshall, Minn.,
Kills a Child and Injurts Other
Presons The Eecord of
the Day's Mishaps.
London-, July 23 The Amencan
schooner William Rice has been lost at
sea. The whole crew consisting of sixteen
perspns perished The v essel was on a
vov age from Cape Ann to Ireland The
schooner William Rice was a vessel of 120
tons burden She was built in lSb9 at
Bath aud her sailing port was Reckoned
She was owned by George Gregoij.
KILLED IN A CYCLONE.
Marshall, Minn , Julv 22 At 5 30 p.
in jesterda3 a black cloud resembling a
a great serpent reached downward from
the dense black masses of storm clouds
that h id formed during the afternoon and
moving in a southeasterly direction de
molished the buildings of three farmers
living nine miles southwest from here A
child of Phehx Dereau had its leg broken
Another had its head crushed and died in
the night Mrs Dereau, too, wasserious
I3 hurt Mrs A M Opdahl and child
were bruised by the C3 clone Two of Op
dahl's horses vv ere carried from the barn
to the pasture near D3 without injurj.
WRECKED BY A BOILER EXPLOSION.
Pitt&bi KG, Pa , Julj 24 The flouring
mill of Mead brothers at Xortli Jackson,
O , was completelj wrecked this morning
by the explosion of a boiler D Mead, tne
engineer, and William Thomas an
emploje, were killed mstantlj and Will
iam Mdvesell probablj fatallv injured
The boiler had been in use ten years
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
Wvtfrtovvn, X Y, Julj 24 William
and Asa Morrill, bojs from Sandv creek,
Oswego county, went out hshing on
Robert Corner's pond near Adams, Tues
dav afternoon In trying to land a pick
erel the boat capsized and they were
drowned
A FIREMAN KILLED
SrcAXiorF, 111 , July 23 The east bound
fast mail tiam on the Chicago .v. Xorth
western railwa3 ran on to a side trick
near Malto, about noon j esterdaj, at full
speed, colliding with a freight Several
persons were injured and the fireman of
the passenger train was killed The pos
tal car was dashed end up against a tele
graph pole
THE DEADLY COUPLER.
Lost Sphings, Kan , Julj 2.3 John Mc
Dermott, a brakeman on the Chicago,
Kansas SL Western, was caught between
the cars at this pi ice, this morning while
coupling, and instant killed He w.is
alone and seen bj no one His bedj was
hadl3 mangled before it could be taken
from undei the vv heels
A STORE BURNED.
RlMFRE vv LoiP, Quebec, July 23
A store occupied by Talbot 5L Birder was
burned tins morning with all its contents
The loss is 540,000, insurance $25,000
TERRIBLE CATTLE PLAGUE
St Petersburg, Jul3 23 The Siberian
cattle plague is ravaging the province of
Riaan Cattle horses and sheep are dj ing
bj thousands Two thirds of the animals
attacked die from the disease
BY MOLTEN STEEL
Chicago, 111 , Julj 23 Anton Premier
and Joseph Lavendusdy, two laborers cm
ployed in the converting mill of the Illi
nois Steel company's works, were badly
burned bj molten steel late last evening
Prender can't survive but Lavendusdy
maj recover
DIED'OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Cou vines. O, July 23 Vance Safrel,
of London O , died of hvdrophobi 1 at the
union station yestcrdav morning
SANTA IE GRIEVANCES.
An Agreement Beached on Many Import
ant Points.
TOPEKA. Kan , Julj 23 The Santa Fe
train men's grievance committee and Gen
eral Manager Robmeon have arrived at an
understanding upon several of the de
mands of the committee. The classifica
tion of the conductors has been abolished
and all passenger conductors will receive
S125 a month without regard to length of
sprvice Instead of all conductors be
ing taken from brakeman, as has
Iwen the rule for three vears, two-thirds of
the conductors will be taken from the
brakemen and the other third will be hired
direct. The tram men will be paid for
time where they have reported for duty on
call and are not sent out promptly, and
thej will also be paid for tim lo-t b- de
lays occurring dunng the run One of
the demands which has not been agreed to
is that train men shall have pay for 100
miles where a run is les than 100 miles
The conference la still in progres
KANSAS PATENTS
WAsiirVGTON, July 23 The following
were the Kansas patent-, granted William
C Alford. Ha7elton. animal yoke Robert
P. Blair, Kan.sas Citv box clamp. William
IL Chase, Holton com harvesting ma
chine Charles M Garrison, tov Dwajrne
E. Johnson Farhngton, chI can. Thomas
T Moore Kansas City, spiral smoke. hat
and ventilating flue Sherburne M"rcer.
Arkansas Citj windlass for raising and
Jowenng Iamp Jess C ScragginB Gree
ley, crate James Toopey Kansas C ity.
dirt conveyer and grader David L Vaae
mnn. Ottnmwa, hoisting and loading ap
paratus. AMENDMENTS NOT AGREED TO.
.s-HINGTOV, July 23. The appropna
tioas committer of the boos non-coocnr
in all material amendments to th Mtadry
civil appropriation bill made by the senate
including that sinking out the approprfo
tion of ft0 000 for U irrigation project
and ask. for a coaference
A DEMENTED MAN S DEED.
Whseuxo. W Va.. July St This
morning au 4 odok Majwerflle Aah,
deputy recorder of lieimont count r. Ofaia,
while iabonog under a temporary At of in
sanity, catt-wl by the death of si- ckiki.
nod sieknesis. sot himself in th bead with
a. revolver The ball Kissed arecad tW
sknll without dome senons damagr He
immedi8flv teraed and shoe ni- wife. who
svas stuading wear kttlisg her ioaxJy
He than wrat tobisfaiaerbsrsAJHl Jmzg
himself froea ibe rafter. Tbe Mtwthm
occurred as hs aocae near Caaterriile, i
Beltceai cooaty.
LONDON GOSSIP.
Newfoundland Talks of Annexation Gen
eral News.
London, July 22. In an interview today
the New foundfand premier. Sir William
Whiteway, stated that the delegates re
cently arriving from that province were
not authorized to represent the people
Thej belonged to a minor partj and their
views could not be taken as fairlj- repre
senting those of the people at large The
premier declared that England had been
shamefully remiss in regard to protecting
the nghts of her Newfoundland subjects.
There could hardly be a doubt that looking
at the latter from a purelj material
standpoint, Newfoundland would consult
j her own interests if she should join the
the United btates He hoped that annex
ation would nev er take place, but such an
ev ent vv as certainly possible if England
failed to redress the wrongs of the New -foundl
inders, who had hitherto been
among the most Iojal of the colonists.
The election of" Sir John Lubbock as
chairman of the London county council is
an unmistakable set-back for the pro
gressiv e element of that bodv. Sir John is
a much less liberal thinker than his prede
cessoi, Lord Roeberrv. who recentlv
restgned the chairmanship. The
council has done some good work,
but, on the whole, has not thus far realizetl
the expectations of those who had placed
great hope in the new agency of local gov -ernment.
Instead of "its powers being
dangerously gre u, as was at lirst leared
bj the more conservative politicians, it has
become evident that the council is too
hampered bv limitations in certain direc
tions to enforce the refonns which it pro
poses and would fain enact. The pro
gresiv e element w ill ende.iv or at the net
parliament to secure an enlargement of
the council's authonty in the respects
wiiere it has been found dehcient
Large cargoes of Canadian cattle are ar
riving in Scotland and n still greater 111
flax is expected net month, charters hav
ing been taken for the bringing of several
thousand during August
Russia has completed arrangements for
the immediate construction of a great naval
harbor at Libau on the Baltic, aud the
considerable enlargement of tho fortihca
tions there. Several mihtarj railwnj lines
will also be built connecting Libau with
the principal interior cities, and making it
possible to throw a large force into mobili
zation through these strategic futilities
A troop ship will call at Portsmouth to
morrow for the purpose of taking ou board
the families of theeAiled (jrenadterguards,
who are to follow the men to Bermuda
The emperor of Germanv is expected at
Cow es on the t3d or 1th of August, and in
St Petersburg, on his visit to the czar,
about the 10th of August Grand prepar
ntions are being made in Russia for his re
ception
INDIAN HORSE THIEVES,
A Band of Thieving Redskins Broken np
in Oklahoma.
Oklmiomv Citv, Ok July 23 Organ
ized and sjstematic horse stealing has
been going on in the Oklahoma eountrj
for a jc ir past, and all efforts to run down
the thieves have proven failures Within
the 1 1st ten dajs over 100 horses have been
stolen within 1 radius of fortj miles of
here and one man lost twentj live head at
one time The otficers doubltnl their ever
tions to discover tho gang and todav were
rewarded Jim Spoon, a full blooded
Shaw nee Indian, w is arrested and brought
to this citj and lodged in jail, from tlie
Pottowatomie eountrj, where a number of
Shawnces reside
He is a magnificent specimen of the red
skin and can speak English Huentlj. Af
ter being locked up he weakened and m
formed the authorities of all the workings
and mov ements of the band of horse thit v oh
of which he was an active member It is
composed entirelv of Jshawnets, and tha
leader's name is Peter Washington, whom
the olheer are now after It is with the
greatest difficultj that these Indians can
lie captured, from the fact that they hide
in tho brush skirting Little river during
tliedav and only venture out at night
Tho olhccrs arresting .Jim Spoon recovered
thutv stolen animals which have bun
identified
I hiee deputy L'nited States marshals
from the northern district of Texas art here
looking afttr some of the Prj or creek train
robbeis T he one captnred it .tort Worth
a few davs ago, let fall certain statement
which led the authorities to benrvethat
some of the robbers were locatd here
Some sensational arrests aie expected tc
night The citv has been organ i7ed and an elec
tionforcitj oflirtrs called for Auguwt 0,
just four dajs after the territorial contest
I he Republicans hold the'ir convention to
morrow to nominate candidates for tan
h gislature, and the Democrats will do the
same thing next Saturday T he fight will
be close and hot, the whisky question be
ing one of tlie main issues
A heavy ram the first for eight week,
fell lure tonight. It will be of inestimable
benefit to grass and crops
BARN BURNERS AT TOPEKA.
TnrEKV, Kan, Tuly 28 The twentr
third mcendiarj barn fire which luw taken
place m this citj since Mar 1 occurred to
night in the first ward The bvrn vva oc
cupied by the Hon A L Allen, president
of the state resubmission Itpubbmri
league It was evidently the work of the
gang of .firebugs which hwbeen sytemati
callj at work in thisc itj forscvenil month"
past and hav e defied detection The Hinw"!
lire was burned to the ground involving a
loss of il 000 The hon.es and CRrriK
were avel out tne otlies contents were
burned Property owners are greatly
alarmed as the incendiaries Tn to havo
no special object in view and thetr opera
tions extend over all pnrts of the city
ANNIE GOODWIN S MURDERERS
New York, July 23 CoraHiu Merrett
the undertaker who bened the body of
Annie Goodwin, the prettv cigarette girl,
was brought to Harlem police court tht
mornins and held in 1.X0 luol to aptwwr
aa a witmss aaaint McGonisI- xad tlnr
ns William Davidson, Dr McGomsd
diver who drove the bdv of the Kiri from
the Ivmg in asylum to Menctt' nnderUik
ins snop, wa.s H)oarnuzoed ia Uw Hjw
Jem court and held in tW) bail a an ac
ce-sorj after th- fart
The d-tectivH; in the cw left the Umt
Iem police court thit morning for litr ear
oner s ofllc r-here they made arauufo
ments with the coroner to have th bodv
of tbe murdered ,drl rxhmanL Thin will
be done today or tomorrow
A BUTCHER JAILED.
EXPORIX, Kan July SI Farer la
tlm vicinity have lately been raW-tai;
nidsr young cnttie. La-it night a bot
wa.s heard aar Pbeaix crsk- ai mil
south of Emporia An Jar?H.i;aUion dH
clovd that Tom -sddck, buKber of
this city had killed a calf oat of a fcxd
and was loading it into his wiron The
neighborhood was aroteL &m a poc
siarW af f r and eaczht him TTuw eve
ning he was brought to Km porta and jfcUedt
CONSIDERING THE SALT RATE.
Chk ago 111 July 2J isommiU.'M ot
the festern Pretght and TnutvAf !
a-uyUtlo ntr in joist eoBfertw today
to eooMder a profW4tos to advance mlt
rtUfei A ts- nU can not b dracd
from Chicago unle then- i a eori pd
iK advance from Kan tutt math 6e
peadrd upon the tfecfekm of ta Tnus
Mtooori Une Ti two eommittm
Kerned m fair way to rears an nerve
aval wfera th hmu rV ret d to ndojx
:1m prooo-t-d bn. Thr meeting thtm m
janraed.
THE HUDSOK BAY ROAD
Moytwujl, July 3 Hg 3trtber!.
prelet M tne Hwbmm Bf KJ!wyoa
nS7, Urn for KNfdMHi xomorram. ne
ennapnaicd or athwart Tmpprr af Wimai
jx, tn eoi)fe taaa! anuupaWH to
1 ? anr pmmtmsr it ann vtm. arnww
die S&afcebcCT&& rtvas.
THE FAIR'S mi
THE WISH OP ITS DIRECTORS
GIUTlim
Chicago's Council Grant3 theUso
of tlie Lake Front for
that PnrposCi
Two Million MtaraPre3gP1rj th City
for Anj Filling: in thafr Hay
be Required.
The Made Ground to bo Thenceforth. Used
for a Oity Park Tha Ifar Stock
Yards Syndicate Beachinghit
for a Monopoly of
the Business.
Chic Vgo, 111 . July C& Amid great;
cheering about 10 30 tonight thoordinanciv
uked by the directors of tho world's fair
jirautiup the ne of the lake front as part
kite for the exposition, was adopted by tho
city council without, any amendments.
The vote vvus 44 to 15
The ordinance pledges tho city of Chi
cago to pay for anv tilling in of tho likw
tiut may be required, to the extent of d,
000,000 ukd after the fair is ended, return
the niado ground to the city to be ued
forever as a public park. Not less thin
lr0acreof the lake front aro to bo usul
for world fairpurpoei.
A GIGANTIC COMBINE PROMISED.
CmcAOO, 111 , July 2$ Auaftcrnoon
paper says The now stock, yards sj ndi
cate has beijHii negotiations tot thr
purchase of tlie National htock yards ab
i?t. I.oui the I'nton stocfcoajiis at South
bt Paul and tho smaller yards ut Iowa
( itv These are the locations of dellnito
negotiations It is stated further thaC tho
immense corporation contemplates the
netting of eviry cattle pen in this country.
The developments tounj would indlcniM
th it the sj ndicate i- destiuetl to Lh thu
most gigantic corporation in America,
TAR REACHING.
Judge Brewer Says tho Paokage Bill "Will
Injuro Trade.
TOPKK , Kan , July-3 The Hon. D J.
Brewer, of tho United States supremo
court, is m tho oity v witing his daughter
He is on his wav" to Colorado Spring,
vv litre his familj is spending tho nuinmor
He oxiiresscs the oniniou that a number of
congressmen representing license di.trlcts
voteil for the houe substitute of tlienenitU
original package bill, with the belief thnt
the senate would not concur, ana inniuiey
were illibiisterwg for political purposes.
The amendment as pawed by tho houso,
he savs, is far reaching and will preruiit
Armour from shipping into Kansas, hbi
dres.se d meats, will drlvo out Louiaian
sugar, and prevent the Nhipment of Toxnh
cattle through Kanshs If dbea-swl.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS.
I.ivcoln. Neb t July 23 Tho ltepultU
can btato convention met at this ple
todav 'Ihe city is full of visitors N
unisk 1 elects thia full a governor, lieuten
ant governor, mm rotarv ot sUite, auditor
and committee of pubur lands ami build
nigs 1 he grwitest interot nntiu-siUv ts
filt mthe gubernatorial nominee uuil for
tins position there aro four avowefl cjindi
dates John M Thuyer, tlw prrint ln
tumlxnt, whoLs serving his second term,
L, D Kiclianli chnirman of the ilepub
licn ftate ntral cumin it Ui of Fremont,
John Mcf 'all of Ferington, and Dr b I)
Mener of Omaha It minimi 410 veus
to nomiuat' Jext to th govornor tl
strongest the light i probibh for auditor,
but tno prnspnt incumlHnt J. JL Ilouton,
will doul)tUs.s 1m hueceMf uL
'1 he convention was called tlifcfftfrnoon
and a temporarv orgunirauon MtTectsJ ami
mi tdjonrninent taken until rtralng.
It wahnlf pat8 o'clock tcsiigjit whai
Chairman Ki hards called the It?pWInn
rovcntion to ordrr NaUor Cauroh llawn
vva- els3td terapomr) chairman iiimI Mr
Aitk-n. of LnncwiUT. and L A KrtsMter
of (' 11 mining for enrwry. Tb5
temporary organization wh xnaio
ivrmHiifnt A conmiitu oa rewihainiiH
vva then appoint! and at 10 JO adjowaml
for an liour
At a late hoar tan convwitfow wm .tfll
in sew4on
THE NATION'S ARCHBISHOPS.
I3oTO ,Mm , July SI Tai nrtk-
bishops of th T'altl btAts wutmaled for
their annual mtfting today Ht Jena
wfininury at Brighton Aaiaa tan
Prflat prevent aw the followto Aran
of st lui Fnn, of Cok. Kldar. of
Cuicinuati Irr-laad of PaaT. Jnaa
khv of "Srw Orleans fro, of Qrorfoa.
I'.iordian of hao Frn Williama, of
Nhw Knglatxi aad Cardinal lUnaoa.
Tha lattrr will nrwwli vr the dettbora
tioo.
Milwankre will not be Tfpratm t
tho sucewaor of ArchWahop Kate who
died a short wbtl ao. Um not yt bs?H
caosen A mntitmg of tins Maataof uw
Catboli'' uotrisrslty of Wbnm takoa
place this weak, probably tomorrow afcSt.
John siainary Tbe mmLHup wtll li
.iricUy privatr.
THE CLOAK MAKERS RJOTOtJ.
Nkw York. Jaiy a T1m ooodtolan nf
the Mtrfking cIokk makr may 1 efcar
m utnrM toolgbt as critical, ou tn vona
of a riot Aaotaar oatbreak of twey
rtrikme cok makers ocrxd UIji esre
ainic Tb" ttrk r-as mada tm tt aaart
meats of Ol t lkudmr, at Alloa irM
Th-sj hcUA Jike mndaum A cry of pollco
eattcftd t n mo and oal7 on of tbm nottrt
wascaptordbytafpolir luyisiT lirr
i fuilr aliv to tbe idtnatioa and h all tfc-5
MatMHiA TvsT-ft ar to Ij hold oaSllC
a clvk in Ik- xaornlag Barett, t o
arrajat barter ot thoopratiTu, had m4m
tny ia-odUrT prrbsAad the prdfc an
only waiting their caanc to arrant biia.
WORKING TO SAvFthE CONVICTED.
Pajixj. Tx , Jaly 35 -T frtaf
mira coovicvd of tins muni ot Saertff
( pos and potv ar working Uk feevtr
Voave thorn from to aw Jado
Fraa, a hrotbtr of Cyra Frj. oo-nf
tin- ooadmmufd mo, ha goiw- to Wa-klnK-um
to lay a p4tm bnfaT" PraJdat Uac
rtM HUotmUd iacipii ihat taoHaxa.
D W. "V oorhs, of Icana. and Rotors
J layMWl have hrrn rAsd fe rtp
MWt them n tn aoorn ontirt and, ir
inj: tne turthtc pro?;rs ot th ca.
DT1MGUISH0 VISITORS PROMISED.
Mt OMS4 Ia.JJr a A dap&tcb.
ha bwa rveeird a tb Utis aiWnal
ruard mteuupmriM, rtaUag tst Pril4c
ilamaoa will rt U" mmo laaaarrww
rttn Sccivtary of War Prviior and aafcar
prttmiwmt. militarr sum. Tn 4aMlav
uihd xoawta vnSx ha TTaamyaon on a
fascial train aad rrill turi la tmatmhtut
nemo. A n-iaw of ail troa wiii aa
patcMUitachrNi
FHOM OCAK TO OCCAM.
Bnaro. Maav. Jnlraa-Ta
Partftc raitwwjr ana owtwaMad it aqaanja.
mrnKM asa4a tony fan T .''Plf
daM erf th -rt!fr Nw HruyMmm Wn
wmf mhk urrn; rrmmr' iaav tm mm
by toaav TW Saw tnn hftt y.
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