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YOU CAN OBTAIN COMPLETE BOUND VOLUMES OF ::::.:: PICTURESQUE:::::::::: ::::::::::: CALIFORNIA:::::::::::: AT THE CALL OFFICE VOLUME LXXVI.-NO. 130. SUES FOR PEACE. China Said to Be Tired of War. READY TO GIVE UP KOREA. She Will Also Pay Japan an ! Indemnity. SMALL FORCE AT PING YANG Said to Have Repulsed the Japanese Until General Tso Was Killed. Shanghai, Oct. 12.— A rumor is cur rent here that the Chinese Government has commenced negotiatians with Japan for peace. China, it is said, has offered to acknowledge the independence of Korea and to pay a war indemnity to J apan. Loxdox, Oct. 12— The Time"* will to morrow pubiish a dispatch from Shanghai stating that reports from Moudken confirm the statement tnat only 4000 Chinese troops, commanded by General Tso, vrtm " 7^ " "" ' *" I BATTLE OF SEI KWAN. [ From a picture made by a Japanese artist who was present at the battle. The- Chinese were totally aereitea in this engagement »nd fled In all directions. Their loss exceeded 600 men.J at Ping Yang. They repulsed the Jap anese until General Tso was kill«d. This, it is added, explains the small Chinese loss. A leading Chinese official in London says with the exception of the naval battle at Yalu, not a serious blow has been f-truck China. This, ho said, was merely the beginning of a groat war. He denies that tie battle of Ping Yang was a crushing defea; for tne Chinese. When hostilities begin on a large scale be declares that Chios will produce an ample number of warships. A Tientsin correspondent says : "The v. i'hdrawal of English and other families from Pokiug apuears to have been the re sult of a Japanese ruse. Information came from Tokio of an intended descent upon trie coast of Pecbtli and aitacks noon Peking. This induced tie foreign Ministers to take measures for the se curity of the women. The Japanese ex pected to excite Peking and its popula tion. Popular feeling in Peking and Tien tsin," the correspondent adds, "is unusu ally riendly to foreigners, whom the na tivps regard as a sort of i>ledee of safety." Yokohama, Oct. 12.— M. Oteri, Jatan e=f Minister to Korea, has been recalled, owing to the failure to carry out reforms. Count Inonye will proceed to Korea as M. Oteri's successor. NO FOREIGN ALLIANCE. This Country Will Not Unite With the European Powers. New Yobk, Oct. 13.— A special from Washington says: The United States lias been invited by the quadruple alliance composed of Great Britain, France, Ger many and Russia to join it in a friendly Intervention in the war between China and Japan. The invitation will be de clined. Tbe declination is based on the time-honored policy of tnii Government to avoid any entangling alliauce with foreign powers. Acknowledgment it ma-Jo of the truth iv what the invitation has to say about the desirability of the restoration of peace, but in the polite language of diplomacy it is pointed out that this country has so far got along very well attending to its own business, and that so long as it continues to prosper by that policy it will not depart from it. RECIPROCITY MUDDLE. Can Congress Abrogate a Treaty Without Due Notice? Washington, Oct. 12.— The abrogation of the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Brazil is to' have a se quel in the filing of claims and the begin ning of suits agaiust this Government for the total amount of duties collected on Brazilian goods covered by the reciprocity treaty from August 27 last to the date the new tariff iaw went into effect, up to Jan uary 1 next. In the aggregate these duties will reach several hundred thousand dol lars and may reach into the millions. The claims, which were made by individual iiunorters, will involve a test of the right of Congress to pass a law which violates what, it will be asserted, is a contract pro vis on of a treaty. In the exchange of ol iiclal notes leading up to the treaty, Secre tary Blame, replying to Minister Men aouca of Brazil, stated that tbe arrange The Morning Call. went would not be terminated except on M least three months' notice. The official notice was made a part of the commercial arrangement and the President's procla mation. Notwithstanding this provision the new tariff law abrogates all reciprocity treaties, except that with Hawaii, witnout notice. HE WANTS MORE PROFIT. But Huntington Says There Will Be No Railroad Trust. Washington, Oct. 12— C. P. Huating ton, when questioned to-d;»y regarding the dispatch from Chicago atatinc that a move ment is on foot t ) combi"" all the railroads in the country running east >md west in a trust, said: "The question is asked whether or not a railroad trust ia being formed to oDerate the roads west of the the Mississippi, and I say noJThere seems to be a necessity of cheaDeninc in some way the cost of transpor-aiion. One of the large items is the multiplicity of agents of each company looking after each sepa ratt interest. Therefore, it is proposed to have one office- for all the companies), each company doing fts own business and getting all tt;e money it receives. It is very difficult to advance rates, so the next thing is to see if there is not seme way by Which we can economize so as to pet more net out of the gross than we are now re ceiving." STEAMER OVERDUE. One of the North German Liners to Boston Three Days Late. Boston, Oct. 12.— The North G. rnian Llnvd steamer Braunschweie, which sailed from Bremen September 12, should have arrived here on Tuesday. The local j agents have heard nothing of the steamer j since she sailed frjom the other side. On i board the vessel Bre twelve steerage pas- ' sengers, bound to points in the West. PENSIONS PAID OUT. Commissioner Loch ran Submits ' His Report. Great Number of Convictions for Fraud, Perjury and Forgery During the Year. Washington, Oct. 12.— The report ot the Commissioner of Pensions Loehran for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, j has been submit'ed to the Secretary ol the ' Interior and the following abstract has ' been sent out fur publication : The report states that the number of j pensioners on the roll June 30, 1893, was ' 966,012; that during tho year 39,085 new j pensioners were addrd to the rolls, 37,951 were dropped for death and other causes aud 2398 previously dropped were restored ! to the rolls. The number of pensioners' upon the roll of June 30. 1894, was 989,5.54. The number of pension certificates issued during tbe year was 80,213 and 132,873 claims of all classes were rejected, j On July 1, 1894, there were undisposed of and in different stages of preparation and advancen. ent claims for pension and for increase to the amount of 619.067, of which 287,209 claims, originals, widows and de pendant?, are on behalf of persons not already on the rolls. These claims, save some recently filed, have been examined more than once and found lacking in essential evidence. They are the same cases that have come down through the past years. The fact is referred to that nder tbe laws the allowances decre.iM .; l-mii 50,177 in 1H76 to tt>77 ten years later. Tbe arreari act, brought in a large number of new claims, increasiua the allowances, and the disability act of June 27, l«90, caused 363,707 claims to be filed the next year. As most of the claims were meritorious and simple as to proof under that law and under law 164, wnich went beyond the law and rated disabilities as of service origin, the work was easy and an expert examiner could glance over the papers and allow fifty or more in a day. Most of the special examiners were called in and put at this work. Difficult cases and such as were lacking in proof or suspicious in respect to merit, or requiring soecial examination, were passed over and now constitute a large part of the cases coming up for ad judication. New elnimsof all kinds have fallen off from 363,799 in 1891 to 40 148 in 1894 The amount paid for Densions during tbe year was $139,804,461. leaving a balance in t!ie treasury of 525.20ri.713 of the appro priation. Much dlflbeoitaty anil fraud, in •. inly attributable to unscrupulous claim agen:?, was discover^, and there were 194 conviction* iv tbe United Sates wuuin the year for peDsiuu frauds, perjuries and forgeries. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 13, 1894. MORTON WILL WIN But It Is to Be a Hot Fight. NOT A LANDSLIDE YEAR. Expert Opinion Upon the New York Campaign. DAVE HILL A SHREWD MANAGER Still This Time He Has Taken a Contract Which Is Much Too Large. Washington, Oct. 12.— Representative iStori-r of Ohio, who was with Governor AlcKinley on bis trip to the East and is watching the general political situation with a great deal of interest, has been pay ing considerable attention to affair* in New York. "I don't think," he said, "that thtre is going to be a Republican landslide in the Empire Stp.te, but 1 believe Morton wiil be elected. It is coing to be a very hard fight aud Hill is a skillful and powerful antagonist, but tho conditions are such as to make the Kepublieans confident of victory, though hey appreciate that this is to be accomiilished only through an euergetic and active campaign. When Mr. Hill's nomination was made it for a nionieDt checked the strnDg current of the tide in favor of the Republ cans. The nomination was unexpected, and Hill was recognized as a man who calculate^ well before entering a fight, but this check was only momentary, and the tide has now set in as strongly as ever in frivor of the Kepublicnns. The action of the Independ ent and Anti-Tammany Democrats, and the earnestness with which some of the best men in New Yoik aad Brooklyn hiive entered the fight against Hill, indicate hn defeat. It will be found that the as sumption that tne appearance of a third ticket in the field will hold votes which otherwise would have gone to Mr. Morton is incorrect. A very luge number of gen tlemen instrumental in the nomination of Mr. Wheeler as a third candidate will not cast their votes for him but will vote for Morton. They understand well enough that votes cast for Wheeler wouM be thrown away, and therefore he will be voted for only by those who will not vnte for li ill but wish to avoid voting tne lie publican ticket Speaking of the situation in other parts of the country Kepresentative Stnrer said that from what he could learn the Repub licans would probably not do as well in indiana in tbe Congressional election as they at first hoped they might, but that they would gain two or three Congress men in that State. In bis own State, Ohio, he said, he thoueht the Democrats would probably elect five Congressmen only. "Tom Johnson," he said, "is making bis campaign outsida of tbe ordinary lines of his party, talking free trade and single tax. He lias a strong following in the dis trict and an abundance of money, aad, as he entertains the idea of being a J're-i lential candidate, be is willing to speud his money frHelytogetaneleciion.il by any possi bility It is to be had." MORTON'S COACHMAN. Not Subject to Deportation Under the Contract Labor Law. Washington, Oct. 12.— Immigrant Bu reau officials have as yat received no no. tice of the arrest of John James HowarJ, Levi P. Morton's coachman, but Inspector Dodge left here a few day-j ago with a warrant for Howard's arrest, signed by Secretary Carlisle. Whether Morton will also be proceeded against for violating the contract labor law the treasury officials cannot yet say. Section 6 of the act of March 3, 1891, fixes tbe penalty for violat ing the law at h fine not exceeding SlOOu or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both. Mew York, Oct, 12.— Hon. Levi P. Morton, iv reply to a story published to day, that be had violated the ccntraci labor law by bringing from England under contract to act as his assistant coachman JohE J. Howard, has given out the fol lowing statement: "It is true that John Howard has been constantly in my ser vices since May, 1894, I having employed him as coachman in London. When 1 left Loodon for th« Continent, having no further use for his services there, he came to my home bere and has since been lv my fiuplov at Khinecliff. His duties are con fined to services rendered tj my family. 1 regard him as a household servant and as one faJHajc within the exception of law. I considered my action as strictly witbin the statute and believed then, as I do now, that he has been regarded as a family ser vant. If Howard has made any state ment, which I doubt, to the effect that I suggested that he should assume to bave been in service twelve months he is mis taken, uo word having passed between him and me on the subject. This publica tion conveys the first intimation I have hud that any such exception as is claimed is contained in the statute." Howard wa* taken to Ellis Island this afternoon, lie if a prisoner, although not confined, and is under close surveil lance. It is expected an effort will be made to have his case brought into court. Otherwise he will be sent back to England cv the Paris next Wednesday. ANGRY AT TAMMANY. The State Democracy to Put Up Candidates for Congress. NBW York. Oct. 12— N»w that Tara 'uany Hall baa nominated its candidates without consulting the State Democracy the members of the IntW- organization s-ay they wil go right on witn their own nomi nations for Congress. They say as well that, they will nominate Assemblymen and Aldermen if Tammany persists tn ignor ing them. 'I' he Mate Democrats are par tieclaily sore over the turning down of Congressman Warner in the Thirteenth District, aud they now threaten to run him independently. Colonel Robert G. Raymond said to-day that the State Democracy had gone more than half way with overtures to Tammany. He was one of the conference committee which wanted to approach the Tammany ite<», but did not get tbe opportunity of doing so. The executive committee of the State Democracy met in Cooper Union this afternoon. After a session of two huurs ex-Mayor Grace announced that tbe or ganization would place candidates in the field for Congress, Assemblymen and Al dermen. Tbe selection of nominees will be left to each district. Mr. Grace said that the State Democracy would support a Re publican candidate for Alderman In any district where they could get in return their support for their Assemblymen. They would also unite with Tammany Hail on the same ground, but in the Con gressional elections there would be no fusion. Although no full slate was made up at the meeting Mr. Grace admitted that the names of Congressmen Waruer, Dun phy »nd Campbell would be recommended by the executive committee. The adjiurned cmnty convention of the Republican couuly convention was bel<i to-night for tbe purpose of nominating a special ticket. '1 he selections of tbe com mittee of seventy were unanimously rati fied. Rt6oluti ons were adouted condemn ing David B. tiii!, whose election "would signify that the people of this State bave abandoned present virtue and would fasten on bit party a degrading leadership which would staud out foreter as disgrace ful in the annals c' tbe Slate." Tfte Good (iovc .-i..B' • cubs held a coo- ' veuton in Hardmao iiall 10-niglit and Dominated Colonel William L, Strong for Mayor, John G. G* ff for Recorder and Henry L. Beekinan for Judge of the Supe rior Court; John Jerolraan for president of tbe Board of Aldermen and the nomi nees pul forth by the committee of seventy. HILL ON MIS CANVASS. Qlad That the County Democracy Has Not Forsaken Him. Binghamton, O i. 12.— Senator Hill made his second attack venn the Republi can party here to-Bight before an audience fully as enthusiastic, even if not quite as large, as that at Syracuse last night. The Senator stepped to the front of the plat form and in a clear, deci-ive manner, be gan his address. In addition to reiterat ing the sentiments expressed at Syracuse, he said: "I embrace this early opportunity to ex press my sincere appreciation for the loyal and cordial support which is being given the State ticket by those who have hereto fore differed from me in regard to the inter-party affairs, especially in the rural districts of the SWt*. They seem to realize more keenly than do some of our parly friends in New York and Brooklyn the absolute necessity of party unity in the present emergency, involving, as it does, the very existence of tue Democratic party itself. They realize that a Republi can victory in New York will strengtnen the fnrres of protection everywhere and greatly imperil all that has bsen trained and accomplished dur ng the past two years for the cause of tariff reform." HEALTH OF THE CZAR. Much Worse Than Has Been Reported. One of His Chief Anxieties Is About the Marriage of the Czarowitz. Berlin, Oct. 12.— 1t is semiofficially stated this evening that the condition of the Czar is very serious, in spite of state ments to the contrary. St. rETERSBURG, Oct. 12.— 1t is now staled that the heir-apparent to the throne of Russia will accompany the Czar from Lividia to Corfu and tire Czarewi'zch will return to Darmstadt, whence lie will proceed on his way to Rus sia with his fiancee, Princess Alix of Hesse, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Sergius, her brother-in-law and sister. It is added the wedding will prob ably take place In the beginning ol No vember, the supposition being that tha ceremony is hastened on account of pres sure brought to bear upon the Czarewitch by bis father, who is desirous, in view of hi* approaching death, of having the mar riage take place as soon as possible. It is officially announced here thnt dis patches from Lividia say the Czar yester day visited Nassandria. Talked to the Republicans. San Luis Obispo. Oct. 12.— The Repub licans of Sail Luis ODispo County gathered in force this evening at Arroyo Grande, where the agricultural fair is now being held, to listsn to an address by lion. A. 13. Hunt of San Francisco. Mr. Hunt sp>ke to a large open-air audience, ana his ideas upon the questions of the day were ex pressed in a logical and eloquent manner. FAR OUT AT SEA Sails the Stanch Lord Eldon. NOR CREW NOR CAPTAIN On Board to Mark the Vessel's Course. SHE RAN AWAY IN A GALE. And Vanished in the Night Mists Shutting Down Upon the Wild Atlantic Ocean. Halifax, X. S.. Oct. 12.— With all sai 3 set and with a full cargo, but with not a soul on board, a schooner ran away to sea during the severe siorm which has been raging along the coast, for the vast two days, eluded pursuit by another ves sel all day and disai paared in the gloom at nightfall, still plowing an independent course, uuder full headway, without any guiding hand at the tiller or any human agency to control her movements. Somewhere out on the Atlantic the tru ant vessel is irobably sailing on merrily yet, witb ail her canvas spread, a rich prize for tbe lucky skipper who may over haul her, ana the promising subject fcr the fanciful pen of some future Clark Russell. The runaway is the schooner Lord Eldon, whose commanding officer, before she took to navigating on her own account, was Captain Ilarley. He started from bere for Guysborough oa the vessel with a full crew. When the Lord Eldon was off Canbo Tuesday a strong gale was blowing and a nasty sea surging. The Canso neighborhood is a dangerous one for sailing craft under even most favorable conditions, hidden rocks abounding. On one of these the Eldon was driven. The weatner was thickening every minute and the vessel hard and fast upon the rock, as it seemed. Captain Harley deemed it pru dent to seek a place o( greater safety for himself and crew, and they pu< oil hur riedly, leaving the Eldon with all sails set. Not long after their depaiture the wind shifted, and, under the freshening breez?, the vessel wastwtsted off her restiug place. She evidently had not as her captain had feared, received serious damage below the water line. She at once turned her back eastward and began to slash along at a racing gait. The schooner Diamond gave chase. Mtle after mile the race was kept up, with tbe crewlfss Eldoo always iv the lead. Once the Diamond drew near enough for Ler weo to have boarded tbe runaway, but the sea was so high that the Diamond's boat was smashed in getting it over tie side. Still the chase was continued in trie hope that the sea wor.'<l subside and enable tbe Diamond to come alongside. This hope was not realized, and darkness came and the Eldon disappeared. When last seen she was headed out in the At lantic. STREWN WITH WRECKS. Vessels Cast Away All Up and Down the Atlantic Coast. Boston, Mass., Oct. 12.— Five of the crew of tbe wrecked schooner Laura V. Rose of Philadelphia arrived here this afternooo. The Ruse was wrecked Wednes day in Vineyard Sound, and Captain Litch and the stcnaid were drowned after being lashed for fifteen hours to the rigging. Chatham, Mass., Oct. 12. — The four mas'.ed schooner Calvin B. Orcum, from Philadelphia for Portland, with a cargo of coal, went ashore on Pollock R'p Shoal at 5 o'clock this morning, during a north wester. She was discovered by the Monomy life-saving station at daylight and after hsird work released, apparently uninjured. Large quantities ot wreckage have been coming ashore the past two days. GbOUCESTSB, Mass., Oct. 12.— The fish ing schooner General Cogswell, which ar rived from the Banks this morning, re ports having passed a wrecked vessel about nine miles off the Isle of Shoals yes terday. It was the bull of a vessel of about eighty tons and was bottom up. The spars and sails were dragging along side. There was uo oue visible.. BAlxncOßß, Aid., Oct. 12.— The schooner WilLanj Powell from Onacocock arrived at Baltimore to-day with Captnin Smith Shaw, John Shaw and Louis Stockwel! of the schoouer Henry G. Ely, which sank on the shoals known as the Sisters, below Thomas |Point. The Ely was bound from Lambertsie Point for Millville, N. J., with 185 tons of pin iron. Last Monday the ves sel sprung a leak and filled. The crew made a rush for the rigging. While doing so Joseph Shepards, colored, was washed overboard and drowned. Captain Shaw and Louis Stockwell reached a secure place in the rigging, but John Shaw was caught in the cabin and remained there until the rescue was effected. When the Powell took off the three men two of them hud been twelve hours without food and shelter. Lewes, Del., Oct. 12.— schooner Sea Foam, Captain Chandler, capsized at Shear?, in Delaware Bay, Thursday morn ing. The crew of the Sea Foam were taken by the schooner Mascot off the Delaware Cape and was transferred to the pilot- 1 boat Whildoo. Nothing was saved from the wreck. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 12.— The Nor wegian bark Jabez arrived at quarantine last night with the crew of the bark loaded with mahogany wrecked in the euH. The Norwegian bark Thomas G. Folk was r poken October 9 in latitude 29 mm. 6 den. N, longitude 80 roin. 42 deg. W, with mainmast gone and only part of the foremast and uiizz^nmast standing. She signaled that the crew were all well and no assistance was needed. Oswego, N. T., Ot. 12.— 1n a terrific windstorm last night the three-masted schooner Hartford of Clayton, with 24.000 bushels of wheat from Detroit for Cape Vincent, was driven ashore at Woodvilie. Captain William O'Toole. wise and cuild, Richard Seymour, Mate Michael Purcell, Denuis McCarthy and an unknown man were lost. NO LIVF<; LOST. That Is the Recora iv^pt by the Life- Saving Service. Washington, Oct. 12.— A dispatch from Point Aux Bar, Quebec, says: At the mouth of Saginaw Bay the schooner John Wesley of Port Huron, with a cargo of lumber, became water-logged ten miles from the life-saving station. The crew of seven men was saved in the lifeboat. The record made by the life-saving service duriDu the recent storm was good, there not having been a single loss of life where the wrecks took place within the range of life-saving stations. The following is a list of the wrecks as far as reported: Norwegian bark Ogir, wrecked near Cape Fear, N. C, crew of eleven saved. Schooner Lorena, wrecked near Ocean City. N. J., crew of eight saved. Schooner Maria Louisa, wrecked at Highlands, X. J., crew of ten saved. Schooner Leonesßa, wrecked near Nar ragansett Pier, crew of five saved. Two scows wrecked near Narragansett Pier, crew of five saved. Schooner Laura Cox, wrecked near Elizabeth, Me., crew of six saved. Schooner Rosa and Ada, wrecked near Cape Elizabeth, crew of six saved. Steamer Columbin, wrecked near Fair port crew ol seven taken off at 10 o'clock at night. Schooner John Whitney, waterlogged off Saginaw Bay, crew ot seven saved. Three schooners, names unknown, off Bersey Point, crews of eighteen saved. Total wrecks reported. 13; lives saved, 78; lives lost, none. Nearly all of the rescues were effected at night. A telegram to the Lighthouse Board states that the lighthouse at Cape Sau Bias on the Florida coast was wrecked nuring the last storm. Two dwelling houses used by the keeper were blown down. The tower is still standing, but was behig rapidly undermined. The lighthouse is a brownstone structure ninety-three feet high of the third class, showing an alternating red and white light. RAILROADS AT WAR. That Old Trouble About Emi grant Business. The Illinois Central Likely to Put in Its California Rate Via New Orleans. Chicago, Oct. 12.— The report that the Illinois Central had withdrawn from the Western Passenger Association was some what premature. The road may withdraw from the association if it cannot secure any consideration of its plan to put in a round-trip rate of $100 from Chicago to San Francisco, via New Orleans. At the time the pronosal of the Illinois Central was presented to the meeting of the asso ciation lines it included the idea that the West was not entitled to the consideration it called for, and it was on account of this that the other lines would not consent to the rate the Illinois Cen ral presented. As ?oon as Chain.. :iu Caidweil knew where the trouble lay he succeeded in eonvinciug the Illiuois Central people that there had been no intention to slight them or their request for a reduced California rate, and the road finally agreed to hold in abeyance its notice of withdrawal until a special meeting of the association lines could be called to take up in special session its pro posal for a cheap rate to California. Tooth ing will be done toward putting in V>t $100 rate until after the meeting of the associa tion, but it is very probable that if the re quest of the Illinois Central is notgranted it will put in the rates on its own responsi bility. The advisory clearing - house of the Western Passenger Association was to have held a meeting to-morrow with the officials of the Soo line in relation to trie schedule of commissions on the ewigraut business, to 9ee if they could not be ad justed in a manner agreeable to both sides of the controversy, but the matter was Onally deferred to the date of the meeting of the advisory committee with the Trims lines in New York next Wednesday. There is likely to be a warm tin>e at the meeting in X«w York, as the Trunk lines have declared themselves to the effect thai the presence of the orders of the Western roads io their territory, while a source of great annoyance to them, has not been the moving cause which led them to adopt an agreement between the two associations in relation to the emigrant traffic. The Trunk lines declare that in conducting the affairs of the association ia New York the joint agent of the two associations who routes the emigrant business through to the West has been possessed of some of the secrets of the Trunk Live Association which be has given to the Western Pas senger Association lines, to the manifest advantage of the latter lines. The West ern roads are inclined to uphold their man in this, and they claim that nearly all the emigrant business which passes over the Trunk lines is worked up by the Western lines, and that by giving them all the in formation in his possession their agent has done nothing more than his duty. The Trunk lines are far from taking the same view of the matter, and it is likely that a warm time will ensue at the meet ing. SUQAR TRUST INDICTHENT. The Men Accused Do Not Want to Stand Trial. Washington, Oct. 12.— The indictments brought, at the instance of the sugar trust investigating committee apaiust John J. McCartney of Washington and E. B. Chapman of New York were argued to day in the District Supreme Court on a demurrer filed by the brokers. This will be a test to govern the prosecution of Correspondents Edwards and bhriver aud Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles of the sugar trust, who ar« also under indict ment to refusing to answer questions put by the Senate committee. Mr. Shella barger oDened the case. This was a new crinif, which was sought to be established by the statute, said Mr. Shellabareer, and it was necessary that the indictments should show that the Senate committee had complied with all its provisions and conditions. The court then adjourned uutil to-morrow. Louisville Selected. Washington, Oct. 12.— The Brother hood of St. Audrew to-day selected Louis ville, Ky., as the place for the annual meethiz in 1895. Copenhagen a Free Port. Copenhagen, Oct. 12.— The port of Copenhagen will be officially opened as a free port on .November l> next. BOOKS FOR ioc. aaachoice selections, by jm i scott. lytton, dickhns. .18! i mayne hawthone, tennyson vuv reid, carlyle, cooper, see dumas, black, braddon, LARGE AD. And Other Popular Writers PRICE FIVE CENTS TRACING BANDITS. Pursuit of the Daring Thieves. OFF WITH THEIR PLUNDER. Fifty-three Thousand Dollars the Amonnt Taken. THE DETAILS OF THE HOLD-UP. Although Heavy Rewards Are Offered, the Two Train-Robbers Are Still at Liberty. Sackamento, Oct. 12.— Officers are still on the trail of the two dariug robbers who held up the eastbonnd overland express six miles west of this city last uight. There is still considerable guessing here as to the exact sum in the four sacks or coin taken from tha express-ear. The robbers were cool hands, and it is said that they are ex-railroad men. That they were men of nerve Is shown by the manner In which they compelled Track-walker Kelly to stop the train and subsequently Engineer Scott and Fireman Lincoln to assist in entering the express car and removing the four sacks of coin to the engine. Messenger Paiee, who surrendered after firing a shot at the robbers and being shut at twice in consequence, was forced to open the treasure safe. There were four bags of coin, and the bandits obliged the engineer, fireman and messenger to carry them back to the cab of the engine. When Scott complained of the weight of bis bur den the robbers poked him in the back with the muzzles of their rifles. Lincoln received similar treatment, and now both the engineer and fireman complain of very sore backs. After the sacks of treasure had been placed in the cab, the robbers uncoupled the engine from the mailcar, went into the cab, and with the remark, "We'll take care of this engine," pulled out in the di rection of Sacramento, leaving the engi neer, fireman and messenger standing on the track alongside the mail and express cars, with three-quarters of a mile of open trestle separating them from the rest of the train. After waiting long enough for the engine to have reached Washington, Engineer Scott, Fireman Lincoln and Messenger Paige walked up the track toward this city lor the purpose of giving the alarm. They had gone about a mile when they beard the "chuck! chuck!" of an engine approach ing. "Some one is coming to our aid from Sacramento," remarked one of the party. "No ; by ," said Scott, "that's the noise of a runaway engine. No engineer would drive like that." They looked up the track in the direction of Sacramento, and saw a dark object coming along. It was the engine whose headlight had been extinguished by the robbers, and it was alone on its way to wreck the mail and express cars that were standing just east of the trestle. Luckily •team had gone down and the engine was going at the rate only of seven or eight miles an hour when it struck the mailcar, smashing its platform aud the tender of the engine. Transfer Agent C. iiarlan was one of those brought on to this city from the stalled train. According to Mr. Harlan's story, the first thing the robbers did toward tneir bold deed was to bold up the trackwalker and cause him to deliver all he had in his pockets, $5 05. Then they went to a shed near by and took ont his velocipede and handcar. They broke the wheel off so as to render it useless, and then threw it far away into a ditch, thus aoine away with one agency for the carry ing of news or the work they had planned. They then placed some old ties on the track and set a lantern in the center of the obstruction. 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