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PEACE IS CONCLUDED
Treaty Ratifications Are
Exchanged by Japan
and China.
NO CHANGE IN THE TEXT.
Conditional Renouncement of
Peninsula of Liao
Tung.
DUE PRECATJTIONS ARE TAKEN.
The Mikado Has a Safeguard
Against Anything Like a War
of Reprisal.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.-An offi
cial dispatch from Tokio received at the
Japanese legation to-day states that the
ratifications of the treaty of peace between
Japan and China were exchanged at Che
foo on Wednesday. No change was made
in the text of the treaty as originally con
cluded. Taking into account, however,
the recommendations made by Russia,
Germany and France, the Japanese Gov
ernment has agreed to the renouncement
of the permanent possession of the Liao
Tung peninsula on condition that the ar
rangemei : regarding the terms and form
of renunciation shall be reserved for ad
justment between itself and the Govern
ment of China.
This latter stipulation is construed to
mean that Japan will not surrender the
peninsula until a suitable indemnity shall
have been paid, and that it may have been
agreed between Japan and China that the
possession of Port Arthur itself would be
retained by the Japanese for a term of
years leading beyond the date when the
indemnity has been paid in full, thus as
suring to Japan not alone the payment of
the indemnity itself, but sufficient time to
safeguard herself against anything like a
war of reprisal. It will be remembered
that the treaty of peace itself provides that
"Wei-hai-wei shall be held until the first
100,000,000 taels of the indemnity and the
next two annual installments have been
paid ; so that with the added guarantee of
the possession of Port Arthur, even al
though only temporary, the Japanese
Government would appear to have taken
every possible precaution for the future.
The foregoing statement is official, com
ing direct from Tokio by cable. The un
derstanding is that it embodies the reply
which Japan recently gave to the protest
of Russia and the allied powers.
YOKOHAMA, Japak, May 9.— China
has withdrawn her request to have the
armistice prolonged, and the ratifications of
the treaty of peace were exchanged at Che
foo at midnight.
PARIS, Fbasce, May 9.— The Figaro
this morning says it has been left to Spain
to draft a plan for final settlement of the
matter in dispute between Japan and the
three powers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 9.—
Russia, France and Germany, it is an
nounced, are about to increase their naval
forces in the China seas.
LONDON, Eho., May 9.— A dispatch to
the Times from Chefoo says that Russia
disclaims any aggressive designs against
Manchuria and asserts ehe is acting on
purely a defensive footing.
HISTOXI OF THE WAR.
Some Interesting Information Purchased
by the tstate Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.— The
State Department has just purchased an
appendix to the volume of foreign rela
tions of 1894, comprising a history of
the Chinese-Japanese War. Our connec
tion in this matter first appears in a dis
patch dated June 22, last year, from Mr.
Uhl, acting secretary, to United States
Minister Sill at Seoul, in which he says:
"In view of the friendly interest of the
United States in the welfare of Korea and
its people you are, by direction of the
President, instructed to use every possible
effort for the preservation of peaceful con
ditions."
Mr. Sill replied that he would do as
much as possible in the interest of peace ;
that neither the Japanese nor the Chinese
troops would withdraw, although the re
bellion had been suppressed by the Ko
reans; that the Japanese were stubborn,
the Japanese seeming to desire war. and
that Korean integrity was menaced.
At this point Charles Denby, our Charge
fit Peking, enters the field in a report to
Secretary Gresham describing the prepara
tions for war, and saying that the action of
Japan is criticized there as being unduly
bellicose. On July 2, the Korean Minister
here appeared at the State Department,
and, by the direction of his Government,
appealed to Secretary Gresham to call a
powerful conference to prevent conflict.
Mr. Denby on July 8 cabled that the
Viceroy desired him to telegraph to Wash
ington to take the initiative to urge the
powers to unite in requesting the Japanese
Government to withdraw its troops from
Korea. On July 8, Sill cabled that the
Korean Minister at Washington had
cabled his Government that Secretary
Gresham has advised him to protest
against the demand of the Japanese Min
ister, for great reforms, made under duress
and to notify the Foreign Minister. Secre
tary Gresham very promptly cabled, say
ing he had told the Korean Minister that
our Government could not entertain the
proposal and not advising Korea to pro
test and notify the powers.
On July 2 Secretary Gresham sent a long
letter to Embassador Bayard at London
giving a statement of what had occurred
in Washington and the extent to which
our Government had exercised its good
in the interest of peace. He told
of the appeals of the Korean Minister, and
said that lie had informed him that, while
the United States f-ympathized with
Korea, he must maintain absolute impar
tiality; could exercise our influence with
Japan in a friendly way, and in no way
could interfere jointly with other powers.
He also detailed an interview he had
with the Japanese Minister here,
in which he had informed the Min
ister that it would be very gratifying to the
United States if Japan would deal kindly
and fairly with her feeble neighbor, whose
helplessness entitled her to our sympathy.
In answer to the appeal of the Chinese
Minister the Secretary had replied that a
course was open to China which had been
adopted by other powers, namely: an
offer to settle by friendly arbitration.
On October 6 Mr. Goschen, the British
Charge d'Affaires here, telegraphed from
New London to ascertain whether the
United States Government would join with
England, Germany, France and Russia in
intervention on the basis of the guarantee
of Korean independence and a war indem
nity to Japan, but six days later Secretary
Gresham replied that while the President
earnestly desired that China and Japan
should agree upon terms of peace alike
honorable to both and not humbling to
Korea, he could not join the powers in an
intervention.
On November 23 Mr. Denby cabled at
the expense of the Chinese Government an
appeal to the President to do China the
great favor to intervene to stop the war
and re-establish peace. In reply Mr..
Gresham cabled November 26 as follows:
'Prompted by that sincere friendship
which the United States constantly de
sires to show toward China the President
desires me to intimate his readiness to ten
der his good offices toward bringing the
present war with Japan to a close on terms
alike honorable to both nations, should he
be assured that such a tender would be
acceptable to both."
At the same time he cabled Minister
Dun the following dispatch, which, in
yiew of the recent events, seems full of
prophesy:
"The deplorable war between Japan and
China endangers no policy of the United
States in Asia. Our attitude toward the
belligerents is impartial, friendly jand
neutral, desiring the welfare of both. If
the struggle continues without check to
Japan's military operations on lana and
sea, it is not improbable that the powers
having interest in that quarter may de
mand a settlement, not favorable to Japan's
future and well-being. Cherishing the
most friendly sentiments of regard for
Japan, the President directs that you as
certain whether a tender of his good offices
in the interests of a peace alike honorable
to both nations, will be acceptable to the
Government at Tokio."
Two days later he cabled Mr. Denby that
while the President preferred to act alone
he would act jointly with other powers, if
Japan consented to determine the amount
of indemnity. After some further corre
spondence, showing that China was
anxious to accept our good offices on the
terms proposed, Mr. Dun transmits under
date of November 17 a very courteously
worded note from the Japanese Govern
ment, practically declining the offer.
On November 17 the Japanese Govern
ment, requests that if China desires to apr
proach Japan upon the subject of neace it
shall be done through the United States
Legation at Peking, to which Secretary
Gresharu assented.
Mr. Denby writes that China received
this proposal with pleasure, though she
gave him to understand that she proposed
to act simply as an intermediary, stating
the basis of negotiations and leaving them
to arrange the details. On the 22d he
cabled that China had made through him
direct overtures for peace on the basis of
Korean independence and a war indem
nity. Some part of the correspondence at
this point is devoted to a history of the
attempt at a settlement of the war through
Mr. Dietring and his rejection by the Jap
anese on the ground of insufficient creden
tials, and the story of our intervention
winds up with the few telegrams from Mr.
Denby announcing that Li Hung Chang
had been named plenipotentiary and that
Japan had agreed to receive him.
SHARES GIVEN TO FRIENDS
Startling Allegations Against
Officers of a Mining
Company.
Peculiar Transactions Are Checked
by the Appointment of a
Receiver.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 9.— The Ohio
Colorado Mining and Milling Company
passed into the hands of a receiver to-day.
Charles A. Radcliffe brought an action
against the concern in the United States
Circuit Court and made some startling
allegations. The company is capitalized
at 11,500,000 in shares of $10 each. Rad
cliffe said that up to August 3, 1893, 4033
shares of stock had been issued and that
the officers of the company issued to their
friends, without consideration, 25,216
shares out of sympathy for losses sustained
by those who held shares in the Magna
Charta Silver Mining and Tunnel Com
pany.
Radcliffe said that Alexander Dixon, J.
B. Cameron, W. H. Rider, J. A. Arm
strong, H. M. Clark, E. J. Kellogg and J.
Nesbit Wilson, pretending to act as execu
tive officers of the company, were about to
divide up more shares among their friends,
and that when Wilson called an annual
meeting of stockholders he only notified
those to whom stock had been given. The
court was asked to order the stock alleged
to have been donated canceled and to
cause the secretary to issue a call for a
meeting to elect directors; also that the
claim of the plaintiff be ordered paid.
Judge Ricks enjoined the issue of further
shares of stock and appointed M. B. Gary
receiver, with a $2500 bond.
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS.
Prize* Awarded at the Convention of the
T. M. C. A.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 9.-The
second day's session of the International
Y. M. C. A. convention was devoted al
most entirely to routine business. The
standing committees were announced, and
Frederick B. Pratt read a paper on edu
cational work. The judges on the educa
tional exhibition early completed their
work, making most of the awards. More
than sixty cities made entries. The high
est awards of merit have nearly all been
captured by Eastern cities. Dayton, Ohio,
makes a very remarkable showing, having
captured seven first awards and three
special awards. Among the principal
awards made to-day none went west of
Minneapolis.
SEMEXCE OF A FORGER.
Eight Yearn' Imprisonment for a Very
Smooth Swindler.
DENVER, Colo., May 9.— A special to
the News from Colorado Springs says:
Judge Harris to-day sentenced E. R. Wal
ter, convicted of forgery in having added
names to the payrolls of the Colorado Mid
land road and then having drawn the
money, to serve two years on four different
counts, or eight years in all. The de
fendant was given ninety days to file a bill
of exceptions and the case will go to the
Supreme Court. Walter was chief clerk in
the road's off here and his irregularities
aggregated many thousands of dollars.
Killed By Lightning.
MERIDAN, Miss., May B.— Two boys,
Fred and Cluas Hanner, aged 14 and 11
years, sons of W. A. Hanner, were killed
by lightning while plowing in a field
near here to-day. Two negroes were killed
by lightning near Lauerdale yesterday. w^
Xinrr* Stand the Seduction.
POMEROY. Ohio, May 9.— The miners 1
strike in this district is nearing an end.
Work ou several mines has been resumed
at the I^-cent rate, the miners having
concluded to stand the reduction of one
fourth of a cent a bushel.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1895.
NOT THE RIGHT MAN
Bland Speaks Modestly
of the Boom of
Friends.
ALL IN SILVER'S CAUSE.
Has Too Many Enemies Among
Democrats to Run for
President.
FREE COINAGE HIS DESIRE.
Success of the Effort to Make Gold
the Money Basis Will Ruin
the Country.
DENVER, Colo., May 9.—Ex-Congress
man Richard P. Bland of Missouri, who
will lecture in Denver next Saturday night
on "The Twenty Years' Battle for Silver
and the Fight Yet to Come," is resting
quietly in this city, as he is still suffering
from the effects of the grip. He said to
day:
"I had not heard of the efforts of my
friends in St. Louis in the way of securing
for me the nomination for President by the
free silver Democrats in 1896. In fact Ido
not think that I am the proper man for
them to select. In my public life I have
never made a fight to get personal advan
tage for myself. Especially is this true in
the silver cause. I have fought for the
cause itself. In doing so I have made too
many enemies among my Democratic
friends for me to be an available candidate.
"Rather than try to make friends and
build up for myself a political future, I
tried to advance the cause I advocated.
This has made me less available as a can
didate than many others. There are
plenty of good men in the ranks who would
have greater strength than I. I have tried
to keep the Democrats stirred up during
my terms of office, and I fear I succeeded a
little too well to expect success in a Presi
dential canvass.
"I do not propose to support any politi
cal party hereafter that will not support
the free and unlimited coinage of silver. I
see grand changes going on all over the
country in favor of the movement. 1 think
it will be brought about. If the effort to
make gold the money basis of the country
is maintained it must and will cause ruin
to our land. Silver must have all of the
privileges of gold, and I cannot agree to
any other plan."
BAPTISTS OF THE SOOTH
Gathering of Delegates to the
Convention at Wash
ington.
There Will Be an Effort for a Re
union With Northern Fac
tions.
"WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.— The
delegates to the Southern Baptist conven
tion, the largest delegated ecclesiastical
body in the world, which meets here to
morrow, are arriving in great numbers on
every train. Between 1000 and 1200 are ex
pected to be here to-morrow. Although
the programme will be largely confined to
action on the reports of three organiza
tions of the church, home and foreign mis
sionary, Sunday-school and educational
societies,' an important feature of the con
vention is expected to be the decision of a
plan for the reduction of the representa
tion, now based on money contributions, as
well as local representation. If the mem
bership is reduced, this will probably lead
to a proposal for a reunion of the Northern
and Southern churches.
The spirt which occurred in 1845 grew
out of the anti-slavery agitation, and,
although the two wings of the church have
been in harmony since the close of the
war, they have remained separate organi
zations, because the large delegate mem
bership of each made the practical con
duct of its business unaer separation
easier.
The Young People's Society met to-day
to discuss the affiliation with the Inter
national Young People's Union of the
Baptist Church, and to organize a
Southern Young People's Baptist Society.
Resolutions restricting the vote to male
delegates, and to refer the whole matter of
a young people's organization back to the
churches, caused a hot debate. It was
finally decided to allow the ladies to speak,
but not to vote.
OF IyTEREST TO THE COAST'
Appointment of Postmasters in Two Cali
fornia Towns.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.— George
Vanorder has been commissioued Post
master at Los Berros, Cal., and Charles
A. Hubert at La Jolla, Cal.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California— Original: Salmon H. Loomis,
Kingsbury, Fresno County; John Sulli
van, San Francisco. Reissue— George F.
Havens, Santa Ana; Martin Marx, jEtna
Mills, Siskiyou County, Lucius B. Shep
ardson, St. Helena, Napa County: John
Paul Jones, Lockford, San Joaquin County ;
James P. M. Rainbow, San Diego; Isaac
N. Stevenson, alias Stevens, Pasadena.
Oregon— Original : Thomas Waddell, Sy
racuse, Multnomah County; Hiram G.
Tobler, Grants Pass, Josephine County;
Francis A. Baird, La Grande, Union
County.
Washington — Renewal: William J.
Kitchen, Olympia; reissue and increase —
Corydon M. Reynolds, Latah, Spokane
County.
POLYGAMY VOX PERMITTED.
The Edmund* I. air Enforced in the Dxa-
trict of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D. C. T May 9.-The
Edmunds anti-polygamy act is being vig
orously enforced in the District of Colum
bia. During the past week four or five
couples have been convicted of unlawful
cohabitation, the Court of Appeals having
decided that the law is applicable here as
well as in Utah and other Territories. The
police in the different precincts are getting
together a list of those living in unlawful
cohabitation, and there is said to be scores
of them in a single police district. Some
couples after being arrested were married
in the Police Court and then released. One
negro couple were married by the Police
Judge and the court officers and attorneys
acted in the capacity respectively of best
man, ushers, etc. The determination of
the officers to enforce the Edmunds law
has frightened the violators of the law in
the Washington slums and the conse
quence is that the marriage license clerk
has been doing a land office business for
the past few days.
CHIEF OF EXGI3TEERS.
General Casey to Be Succeeded by
Colonel Mendell.
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9.— General
Casey, chief of engineers, will retire to
morrow. It has been generally supposed
that Colonel William PrCraighill would be
appointed his successor, but it is now be
lieved the President is considering the
promotion of the man next in line, Colonel
George H. Mendell, who is in charge of the
public works on the Pacific Coast. Colonel
Mendell will retire October 1, 1895; Colonel
Abbott August 31, 1895; and Colonel
Craighill July 1, 1897. The promotions
that follow General Casey's retirement
aside from the promotion to chief engineer
are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel John
W. Barlow, to be colonel; Major David
Pheap, to be lieutenant-colonel; Captain
William L. Marshall, to be major; First
Lieutenant H. E. Watterman to be cap
tain; Second Lieutenant Edgard Jodwin
to be first lieutenant.
MEAIiE SOOX TO JtETIRti.
Admirals Walker and Ramsey Candi
dates to Succeed Him.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.—Ad
miral Meade has requested to be re
lieved from command of the North At
lantic svation and granted a year's leave of
absence. The request has been granted by
Secretary Herbert. Admiral Meade has
notified the department that he intends to
retire on June 1. This will also be
granted.
The probabilities are that the choice of
his successor will be between Admiral
Walker, president of the Lighthouse
Board, and Admiral Ramsey, who is now
chief of the Bureau of Navigation in the
Navy Department.
Increase of the Gold Reserve.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.-The
treasury gold reserve to-day shows an in
crease over yesterday of $3,448,289, making
its total $96,039,886. No explanation is
made beyond the statement that it is pre
sumed the deposit was made by the bond
syndicate.
BETRAYED BY FRIENDS.
How "Bitter Creek" and
"Dynamite Dick" Were
Shot Down.
It Is Said the Killing: Was as Cow
ardly as the Assassination
of Jesse James.
GUTHRIE, O. T., May 9.— Newcomb,
"Bitter Creek," and Pierce, alias "Dyna
mite Dick," leaders of the desperate Dalton-
Doolin gang of outlaws, who were killed
last week, were betrayed by friends, en
trapped into the latter's home and cow
ardly murdered while they slept under
their hoete's roof. The killing, according
to a story of neighbors brought in from
Ingalls, was done by the Dunns, who had
been promised large rewards by the depu
ties, who claimed later to have made the
capture of the famous outlaws.
The latters' friends have sworn venge
ance and the Dunn family are arming to
protect themselves.
The killing is on a par with the cowardly
assassination by the Ford boys of Jesse
James. The Dunns were in lngalls the
afternoon of the killing and went Home
with a large amount of beer and whisicy.
It had been arranged to have Sallie Niles,
a sweetheart of Dynamite Dick, and
the two outlaws meet at the Dunn house
that night for a big time. By midnight
the outlaws were badly under the influence
of liquor and shortly afterward went to
sleep, heavily armed as usual, and with
out removing their clothes. While in this
condition, it is asserted, the Dunns per
forated them with "Winchester bullets and
buckshot. An examination of the bodies
showed that all the bullets and buckshot
had gone into the bodies in such a way as
to leave no other conclusion than that the
men were lying down when shot. One of
the Dunn brothers was brought in here a
few days after the capture and lodged in
the Federal jail, but in two days was
turned loose.
The Dunns are lying very low. Their
house is an arsenal and they give evidence
of expecting a raid on them every night,
as Newcomb and Pierce had many friends
in that country.
LOST HIS BODY AT CARDS
Exciting Game Between a Con
demned Man and a
Doctor.
— — . /
Now There Is a Legal Contest for
the Possession of the
Corpse.
DENVER, Colo., May 9.— Dr. Rucker,
Coroner at Pocatello, Idaho, arrived in
Denver to-day. He is seeking possession
of a body won in a game of cards. His
antagonist is Dr. Cuneo, the Italian
Consul.
Carlo Perri committed suicide just before
the day set for his execution for the
murder of a man named McNamara. One
day Perri offered to wager his corpse
against $1000 that he could defeat Dr.
Rucker at cards. If he should win the
doctor should send the money to Perri's
mother. In case he should lose the doctor
could have his body to dissect. They
played, and Dr. Rucker won. Perri signed
a paper ordering that his body should for
ever remain in the possession of Dr.
Rucker. The dead man's relatives insist
that the remains shall be properly buried.
Dr. Cuneo will make every effort to gain
possession of what is left of the Italian
murderer and bury the bones according to
the rites of the church of Rome,
Make Charge* of foul Play.
RAWLINS, Wyo., May 9.— The Cali
fornia friends of Sidney Smith have made
no charges of foul play in his case, as far
as is known here. The fact, as found by
the Coroner's jury, was that he hanged
himself in his cell. The testimony at the
inquest was very conclusive as to his being
mentally unbalanced. He acted queerly
and was praying to be saved all the way
from Cheyenne to Rawlins. Here he was
locked up on a charge of insanity, and he
then killed himself.
The Bi-Partisan Police BUI.
ALBANY, N. V., May 9.— Governor
Morton has signed the bi-partisan police
bill for New York City. It provides for a
Police Commission of four members, com
posed of two Republicans and two Demo
crats.
Greater 3>tP York Bill Defeated.
ALBANY, N. V., May 9.— At 3:30 p. M.
the greater New York bill was put on its
tinal" passage in the Senate, and was de
feated by a vote of 14 ayes to 15 noes.
WILL GO INTO CAMP
Miners in the Pittsburg
District to Be Called
Out.
STERN MEASURES TAKEN
Non-Unlon Men Are to Be
Surrounded at Every
Turn.
PASS THROUGH ENEMIES' LINES.
About Five Thousand Men to Form
a Cordon Around Those Yet
at Work.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 9.— President
Cairnes of the Pittsburg Miners' Associa
tion announced to-day that he would
probably call out the miners iv the Pitts
burg district within a week, including the
miners in union mines.
It is his purpose to have the strikers form
a camp around the mines of the New York
and Cleveland Company at Plum Creek
and those of the Pittsburg and Chicago
and Snowden Company at Finleyville, so
that the non-union men will have to pass
through the union camps to go to their
work.
These mines, he says, are the stumbling
blocks which are in the way of a settle
ment, by which the miners might secure a
higher rate of wages. He proposes to have
about 5000 men in each camp, and says he
will be able to maintain them with money
which he will receive from the Illinois
miners, who have been granted the 69-cent
rate, with a check-off system whereby the
miners will only receive 60 cents in reality,
the other 9 cents going to help the miners
of this district to carry on their fight. He
says the Illinois operators are in the agree
ment with the object of securing an equit
able mining scale all over the country.
In support of the reported combination
between the miners here and the Illinois
operators, it was stated to-night that the
first $10,000 of the money from the Illinois
operators is to arrive here Monday. The
miners are to hold a convention here
Monday to decide on calling out all the
miners in the district. One reason for this
is that the operators whose mines are
closed down are tilling their orders through
mines that are paying the scale rate.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., May9.-Gover
nor McCorkle to-day received a telegram
from Logan M. Bullitt, president of the
Southwest Improvement Company, at
Pocahontas, Va., stating that the men
going to work in his mine just over the
line in this State had been fired upon by
Flat Top strikers.
The dispatch stated that application had
been made to the Sheriff of Mercer County
in this State for protection, but that the
officers sympathized with the strikers and
for this reason would neither protect the
company's property nor apply for military
aid. The Governor wired Mr. Bullitt that
application for troops must come from the
civil autnorities, and also wired Sheriff
Dangerfield to take steps necessary to stop
the lawlessness and prevent violence, and
also instructed Adjutant-General Holley,
now at Bluefields, to investigate the re
ported trouble and report. Late to-night
General Holley wired that there was no
need of troops.
AXII-REVOLUTIOX BILL.
The Prussian Minister Takes a Hand in
the Argument.
BERLIN, Germany, May 9.— The debate
on the anti-revolution bill, which is now
up for its second reading, was continued in
the Reichstag to-day. The Prussian
Minister of Justice, Dr. yon Schoenstedt,
said that the Government attached the
greatest importance to the adoption of the
proposal of Herr yon Levetzow, which
partially substitutes the Government bill
for the proposals of the committee which
has had the anti-revolution bill under dis
cussion, with the result that a number of
amendments have been incorporated in it
which have, in the opinion of the Govern
ment, weakened certain provisions of the
measure. Dr. yon Schoenstedt urged the
members of the Center party to agree to
Yon Levetzow's motion, saying that other
wise they would play the socialist game.
Continuing, the Minister of Justice said
recollections of the Kulturkampf had
clouded the vision of the Centrists in com
mittee, and that it was easier for them to
yield now than on the third reading of the
bill.
FIRE AND A SUICIDX.
Two Rather Sensational Happenings in
Samoa.
APIA. Samoa, April 24.— Apia has again
been visited by a large fire which took
place on the 2d inst., destroying more than
$100,000 worth of property. Ten business
places were destroyed, several of them
being owned by United States citizens, D.
S. Parker's fine business premises being
entirely destroyed.
A distressing suicide took place on the
3d inst. A young American named M. R.
W. Janney, nephew of Senator Wood of
Ohio, who had been for some time in an
insane condition, brought on by illness,
managed to obtain possession of a rifle
with which he blew off the top of his skull.
FAVOR A PROTECTORATES,
Xicaraguans Mould Even Become Citizens
of Uncle Sam.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 9.— Many
prominent Nicaraguans, some of them
being in high official positions, are openly
favoring the establishment by the United
States of a protectorate over Nicaragua, or
the incorporation of the country into the
great Republic. They declare that peace
and prosperity would then result, the
wonderful rich natural resources of
Nicaragua would be developed ana a finan
cial system be organized by which all the
country's just debts would be canceled.
JtEBELLIOy IX FRANCE.
Great Trouble Brewing in the Battle Be
tween Church and State.
LONDON, Eng., May 10.— A dispatch to
the Chronicle from Paris says the Govern
ment will be unable to much longer ignore
the rebellion which is gaining ground all
over France— a rebellion of the church
against the state. The attitude of the
Bishops is making a general impression
upon the public mind and the country is
being divided into camps. Only one
Bishop has had the courage to advocate
submission to the law, and he was
promptly extinguished by his metropoli
tan.
Tne strangest part of the affair is the
apparent turnabout of the Pope. It is an
open secret that his Holiness will not
withhold the papal benediction from those
who think it their duty to resist the droit
d'acroissement. The Assumption Fathers,
who are the proprietors of political religious
papers and printing millions of sheets,
advocate a war to the end.
The socialists are jubilant over the
prospects of a war with the church.
SIX ItOBEBT JPEEI, DEAD.
Brilliant Career of the Xoted English
Statesman*
LONDON, Eng., May 9. — The Right
Hon. Sir Robert Peel is dead.
Sir Robert Peel was the eldest son of
the late Sir Robert Peel, second baronet,
was born May 4, 1322, educated at Harrow
and at Christchurch, Oxford, and entered
the diplomatic service in 1844, in which he
remained until 1850. He was a Lord of
the Admiralty from 1855 to 1857, and
Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1861 to
1865; was sworn a Privy Councilor and
made G. C. B. January 5, 1886. He took a
prominent part in the debates of the
House of Commons, especially on Irish
questions and subjects affecting the for
eign policy of the country.
BATTLE OVER SCHOOLS
Manitoba Determined to Fur
ther Resist the Remedial
Order.
Premier Greenway's Motion to Ad
journ the Legislature Vigor
ously Opposed.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 9.— The
battle now raging over separate schools is
to be further continued. Upon the reas
sembling of the Manitoba Legislature to
day Premier Greenway arose and said:
"Before proceeding on the order of the
day I desire to say this: When asking
the House to adjourn until the present
date, as will be within the recollection of
the members, in view of the gravity of the
questions involved in the consideration of
the school remedial order communicated
from Ottawa, I stated that we would re
quire sufficient time to consider the same.
I am now about to ask the House to order
a further adjournment until June 13, in
order that further consideration may be
had.
"I am aware in making the motion that
the House do now adjourn that I am
asking the indulgence of the House, be
cause in making the motion it would re
quire, if my honorable friends opposite in
sisted, that I should give notice, as it is
not the intention to proceed with other
business until this matter is disposed of.
I now desire to move that the House do
adjourn to Thursday, June 13."
No sooner had the Premier taken his seat
than A.F. Martin, leader of the opposition,
was on his feet and for two hours he spoke
in opposition to the Premier's motion to
adjourn. He claimed that the duty of the
Government was at once to decide upon the
school matters. He was himself a Catholio
and represented his co-religionists there.
The delay, he asserted, was simply a move
to shelve the responsibility upon other
shoulders and he strongly protested against
such tactics.
Martin continued speaking until 4
o'clock, when Premier Greenway asked
him to move the adjournment of the de
bate until evening, to which Martin
assented and the House adjourned.
At this evening's session Mr. Martin
continued his speech and was followed hy
Mr. Prendergast, who regretted that the
Government had found it necessary to
take a further adjournment. Attorney-
General Sifton said the remedial order as
submitted by the Dominion Government,
involved a return to the old school sys
tem, and this they did not propose to do.
There were also a great many other
phases of the question and further time
must be taken for consideration. The
question was then put: "Shall the rules
be suspended?"
There was no dissenting voice and the
Legislature was declared adjourned to
June 13.
The action of the Government in moving
for an adjournment, it is said, is explained
by the statement that new points have
arisen which demanded further considera
tion. Some may think this adjournment
looks like a sign of compromise, but the
members who are in the confidence of the
Ministry one and all support the adjourn
ment. They have been out through the
constituencies and have come back
stronger supporters than ever of national
schools. It would, therefore, not be satis
factory to them if this meant any back
down on the part of the Cabinet.
Balfour Is Arraigned.
LONDON, Exg., May 9.— Jabez Spencer
Balfour, ex-member of Parliament and
Liberator Society promoter, who was re
cently extradited from the Argentine Re
public, was rearraigned in the Bow-street
Police Court to-day. He is charged on
numerous counts with obtaining money
under false pretenses, falsifying the books
of the company and with complicity in the
Liberator frauds with Hobbs and Wright.
The magistrate declined to discuss the
question of the prisoner's extradition, and
he was again remanded.
Imprisonment of Waller.
PARIS, Fbance, May 9.— United States
Embassador Eustia has not yet received a
reply to his note to the Foreign Office here
regarding the trial by court-martial and
sentence of twenty years' imprisonment of
John T. Waller, formerly United States
Consul to Tamatave. But M. Hanotaux,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has promised,
upon receiving the necessary documents
from Madagascar, to give the question his
full consideration.
Vice- Consul Dreier Banqueted.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 9.—
United States Vice-Consul Dreier was
given a banquet to-night at the Hotel Phoe
nix by the members of the Royal Danish
Commission and the Danish exhibitors at
the World's Fair. Many of the most
prominent citizens of the city were present.
Rumor Kills Ex-King Milan.
BERLIN, Gebmany, May 9.— lt was
rumored at the bourse here to-day that
ex-King Milan of Servia had either com
mitted suicide or been killed by an as
sassin, but it subsequently developed that
the rumor bad been set on foot merely for
speculative purposes.
Actor Toole Will Retire.
LONDON, Eng., May 9.— John Lawrence
Toole, the well-known English actor, is
suffering from paralysis, and will perma
nently retire from the stage.
Employes' Wages Increased.'
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 9— The National
Tube Works of McKeesport has granted
the 4000 employes an increase in wages of
10 per cent. The company's pipe works
are the largest in the world, and it is be
lieved this increase of wages will result in
a material increase in the price of pipe.
Ironworkers generally believe that the
action of the McKeesport company will
cause other manufacturers of iron to grant
increased wages.
GORDON IS CLEARED
Not Held for the Killing
of His Wife and
Brown.
A LESSON IN MORALITY.
Cheers Follow the Decision
Rendered by Judge
Thompson.
APPROVAL OF THE VERDICT.
Close of a Chapter In the Most
Sensational Tragedy In Ken
tucky's History.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 9.-The City
Court was crowded to-day when the case
of Fulton Gordon, charged with the mur
der of his wife and Archie Brown, was
called.
Prosecuting Attorney Thurman en
deavored to show the court that Gordon's
crime was nothing less than deliberate
murder.
Attorney Shields, for the defense, asked
the dismissal of the prisoner on the ground
of justification.
Mr. Scott, who represented Governor
Brown in the prosecution, then began a
vigorous arraignment of Gordon, and pic
tured in glowing colors the character and
qualities of Archie Brown.
After arguments were completed and the
case closed, Judge Thompson announced
that he could not hold the prisoner and
that he would discharge him, as an object
lesson to others guilty of infidelity.
Never was a crowd more demonstrative
in its appreciation than was the immense
throng in the Police Court when Judge
Thompson announced in a clear tone the
verdict in the case. Cheer after cheer went
up, and hand after hand was thrust out to
the Judge to show how much nis verdict
was appreciated. There was evidently not
a soul in the court, save the attorneys for
the prosecution and perhaps some friends
of the dead man, but was pleased with the
verdict.
In vain did the bailiff endeavor to restore
order, but it was of no avail, and even
after the vast throng reached the streets,
the cheering was kept up.
In explanation, Judge Thompson said
there was no evidence of guilt on Gordon's
part, but that Brown and Mrs. Gordon
stood on the verge of an abyss of ruin and
death, and their fate was only what could
be expected.
Thus ends the last chapter of the most
sensational tragedy in the history of Ken
tucky.
ADVOCATES A CHANGE.
Hurlburt Criticizes the Management of
Tale College.
NEW HAVEN, Con>-., May 9.— William
H. Hurlburt of New York, Yale 1860, has
issued a circular and sent it to each mem
ber of his class, advocating a change in the
method of electing members of Yale cor
poration. He says: "Yale does not grow,
it drifts. Yale has prospered in a certain
way, but how much more prosperous might
she have been with a governing corpora
tion progressive and up to date. The cus
tom that a corporation member shall suc
ceed himself at the expiration of his term
of office should be modified. But few die
and none resign. It is a grave question
whether in these progressive times dountry
clergymen are the fittest persons to have
entire control of such an institution as
Yale University."
COASPIRACT I2T SALVADOR.
There Is a Combined Effort to Overthrow
Gutierrez.
NEW YORK, N. V., May 9.— A special
to the World from Salvador says : An un
doubted conspiracy exists against Presi
dent Gutierrez, backed by Vice-President
Alfaro and a majority of Congress. Con
gress is annoying the President in every
possible way, the latest move being to
hang up the appropriation bill for run
ning expenses. Many of the most prom
inent military officers have resigned their
commands. It is reported that the troops
at Santa Tecia have been paid, which
ended the trouble there. A quantity of
revolutionary circulars have been seized by
the Government detectives.
Strike of Union Molders.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ink., May 9.— A1l tha
union molders in this city struck to-day.
They demand a rigid scale "of $2 25 to $2 50
a day. They are now receiving $2 to $2 40.
The recognition of the union is also de
manded. The owners of ten plants in
volved refuse to grant the demands.
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