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VOL. 11.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.
The Ex-Confederate General Dies
Suddeoly at Washington.
HEART FAILURE THE IMMEDIATE
CAUSE OF DEATH.
A Storm of Indignation Raised Amoop;
Catholics Over the Removal of tho
Teachers at tho Indian School at
Green Bay, .Vis.—«lt May Resnlt ln
tho Removal From Offlfce of Indlnn
Commissioner Morgan.
Special to the Sunday Vstoti.
Washington, March 21. — Genoral
Joseph K. Johnston died shortly alter 11
o'clock to-night.
The General had been suffering for tbe
past three weeks with an affection of the
heart, aggravated by a cold caught soon
after General Sherman's funeral. The
physician had been trying to keep his
strength up for some days, but his ad
vanced age had given littlo hope for his
recovery from tlie beginning of his ill
ness.
The General did not seem to suffer in
the least, and was conscious to the last.
Tlur immediate cause of death was heart
failure, the result of a degeneration of
the heart, due in a measure to cold.
At times for about two years General
Johnston has shown unmistakable sigus
of a general breaking down. His mind
often became bewildered so he could not
tell where he was or how he came there.
At tlie beginning of his last attack of
Hlne— Dr. Lincoln was summoned, and
succeeded with much difficulty in arrest
ing the progress of tho disease for a time.
Prior to a week ago yesterday the Gen
eral seemed to bo improving, but on that
day lie went down stairs without assist
ance, over-exerting himself. Since then
lit* continued to grow worse, until about
»> o'clock this evening, when the doctor
found him perfectly comfortable and ap
parently a little better. There was no
warning that the end was so near.
Governor McLane, of Maryland, en
tered the room a little after 11 o'clock,
and ;is he approached the bed heard an
almost inaudible sigh, and GeneralJohii
ston was dead.
The funeral services will be held in this
city and the interment in Baltimore.
general Johnston was the Inst, save
General Beauregard, of the six lull Gen
erals of tho Confederacy. He was born
ut Cherry Grove, Ya., in 1807. He grad
uated at West Point in 1829, and was ap
pointed Second Lieutenant of the Fourth
Artillery and saw active service in tho
Black Hawk Indian expedition. He was
promoted in 1830, and wa.s Aide-de-Camp
on General Scott's stall" in the Seminole
war. He participated in all the import
ant battles connected with Scott's cam
paign in Mexico. He was thrice breveted
tor gallantry during this war, and in 1848
-was mustered out of service as Lieuten
ant .f'olonel of Volunteers, to bo rein
si nted by Congress in the army, with the
rank of Captain of Topographical En
gineers.
He was commissioned! Quartermaster-
General of the United States Army in
June, 18(50, but resigned the following
April to enter the Confederate service, in
which, its Major-General of Volunteers,
he assisted General Loo in organizing tho
men pouring into Richmond. His sub
sequent service throughout the war is
well known.
Alter the war he became successively
I'resident of a railroad company in Ar
kansas, an expross company in Virginia,
and an insurance agent in Georgia. Ho
was elected to Congress from the Rich
mond district in 1877 and next saw pub
lic life as Commissioner of Railroads
during Cleveland's administration.
GREEN BAY INDIAN SCHOOL.
Tlic Removal of tho Catholic Teachers
Raises a Storm of Indignation.
Washixiitox, "March 21.—The removal
of lour Catholic teachers who liave had
charge of the < J reen Bay, Wisconsin, In
dian school, has raised a storm of indig
nation among Catholics throughout the
country.
Commissioner Morgan, in dismissing
thuse Catholic teachers, acted upon letters
from Agent Kelsey and Representative
MeCord, who charge neglect of duty,
insubordination to superiors, etc.
It is charged that one of the teachers
sheltered a white man on the premises,
and when Indian Agent Kelsey ordered
him to leave Miss Mclntyre denounced
him in strong terms.
Representative McCord's letter accuses
the principal with continual absence from
duty and allowing the school-house and
pupils to become invested with vermin.
Letters received here by Rev. Father I
Stephanie charge that Kelsey evicted the j
four Catholic sisters in a cruel way, hard
ly allowing them sullicient timo to pack
their personal effects. The letters say
tliey pleaded in vain for more timo to
prepare for their leave-taking.
Father Devensthal says tho parting be
tween the pupils and teachers was pitiful
in the extreme. Tlie former, affected to
terns, clung desperately to the skirta of I
the teachers, begging tbem not to leave.
Father Stephanie laid these letters be
fore Secretary Noble and received the
following reply:
"The matter will be investigated by
me. Ifany wrong has been done, it will
be righted."
The Critic says to-night: A rumor has
gained credence to-night that the Presi
dent has requested Morgan's resignation.
Itis reported that Noble is out of patience
"with Morgan, who is puritanical, accord
ing to Noble, thus accounting for the dis
missal of the Catholic sisters. Noble
holds Morgan responsible for the troublo
he was involved in by the Sioux manna* im,
at which time ho was humiliated by hav
ing the Indian reservation put uuder cou
-tolorths War Department.
SEN. ATION IN "WASHINGTON.
A Man Creased with Uimor Breaks Into
tho White Honse.
W.yshinotox. March 21.—A little aftor
6 o'clock this evening officers Dubois and
Kenney, on duty at tho White House.
wero startled by a great crash of glass. It
took them but a moment to reach the
window, through tho broken glass and
shutter of which they saw a man i
jump to one sido as though to
escape, but betore ho could effect
his purpose the officers seized him !
and threw him to the tloor of the porch |
He was a young man, 25 years of age. and !
had on no clothing except his trousers '
undershirt and shoes. He had the ap- j
pearanceofa raving maniac, and fttaght
the officers like a demon.
Hia scieai-is brought tho President and i
some members of the househ..-.id to the |
upcer windows, wliere they wero told in '
answer to tlie President's sel.'-possessed i
inquiry that an insano man had at- j
tempted to break into the house, but was
secure.
ln answer to a telephone summons the
patrol wagon was soou on tiie ground,
and the prisoner was taken to tho station
house. He has been identified as Harry
Martin, the stepson of Senator Vance.
He has the reputation of being one of the
best all-around athletes in the city, but
his besetting weakness is drinking, and
THE SUNDAY UNION.
he is suffering from something akin to
delirium tremens.
Secretary I»roc.tor's Resignation.
Washington, March 21.—At the War
Department nothing can be learned con
cerning tho sensational story printed in
this morning's New York Herald, to the
eflect that Secretary Proctor would re
sign and run for the Senate to succeed
Edmunds. Proctor is in the South.
General opinion gives the story the tono
of credibility.
New Orleans, March 21.—Secretary
of War Proctor, when asked by the As
sociated Press roporter to-day as to tho
truth ofthe rumor that he intended to re
tire from the Cabinet, replied: "If I had
any idea of withdrawing from the Cabi
net, I should certainly not be taking this
trip."
Postal Changes.
Washington, March 21.—Postmasters
appointed: Mr. Evore, at Weimar, l'lacer
County, California, vice Mary Evorc de
ceased; Miss D. Ford, at Snoqualamie,
King County, Washington, vice S. S.
Guilford, resigned.
A special postal service has been ordered
between Sand Mound and Jersey Land
ing, Contra Costa County, California.
A new Postoftiee has been established
at Divide, Wallowa County, Oregon, with
Anna E. Thaw as Postmistress.
Pension Awards,
Washington, March 21.—The follow
ing pensions have boon awarded:
California: Original —James Flood,
Levi _____ Newman. Navy—Hugh Mc-
Claughlin, Thomas O'Brien, Horatio C.
Bolch. Reissue —John Charles New
bauer. Original widow—Louisa __£„
widow of Stephen W. Shullock.
Oregon: Original—Marcus L. Moore,
John Huntley. Increase—Hosea Brown.
Additional—Rowland Fisher.
Washington: Original—Henry Kaup.
Writ of Error Granted.
Washington, March 21. — Justice
Blatchford of the United States Supreme
Court to-day granted a writ of error
which will operate as a stay of the exe
cution in the case of Peter J. Claussen,
convicted of the embezzlement of the
funds ofthe Sixth National Bank of New-
York City, and sentenced to imprison
ment in the penitentiary. Tho writ is re
turnable on the second Monday in April.
Land Decision Reversed.
Washington, March 21.—1n tho caso
of the Oregon and California Railroad
Company vs. R. F. Birnley and Lindsay
De Lashmit, involving a tract in tho Ore
gon City land district, Oregon, the Secre
tary reverses the decision of the Commis
sioner rejecting the company's claim,
and holds that if tho company's applica
tion is regular it should be approved.
Tho Sick Improving.
Washington, March 21.—Secretary
Blame continues to improve, and it is
thought that he will be ablo to be at his
desk in the State Department by Mon
day.
General Spinola is gaining strength.
Representative Springer is considerably
improved. No fears arc entertained by
his friends.
AMERICAN CATTLE.
DEALERS ENDEAVORING TO GET A
FOOTHOLD IN ENGLAND.
Masterly International Campaign In
augurated hy Secretary of
Agriculture Rusk.
Special to the Sunday Union.
Chicago, March 21.—The sensationally
large purchases of cattle in Canada dur
ing the past week by American capital
ists has brought to light here to-day tho
first complete public knowledge of the
results ofthe masterly international cam
paign that has been quietly and effect
ively waged by Secretary ot Agriculture
Rusk. The object was to afford relief to
American cattle-growers by opening up
markets abroad, and, according to tho
statements of one ofthe largest dealers in
Chicago, success has already beon at
tained, while a much greater widening of
the foreign outlet is closo at hand.
The Canadian purchases, it appears, are
simply in the nature of preliminary tac
tics to secure the unrestricted entry of
American cattle into Great Britain. Tho
Canadian cattle, though inferior to the
American product, are legally unfettered
by British enactments, and the Ameri
cans who have just bought some immense
Canadian herds propose lo utilize the
Canadian animals to familiarize the peo
ple of rural England, Scotland and Wales
with beef from this sido ofthe Atlantic.
This Canadian venture is certain to re
sult in a loss to the Americans interested,
but thoy aro confidently counting on re
couping themselves when, under the
plans laid down by Secretary Rusk,
American beeves are freely introduced
and slaughtered at will throughout Great
Britain.
At present American live stock can
only be landed or killed at three ports,
and that, too, under harrassing restric
tions. That tho Rusk plan will accom
plish its purpose in Great Britain, the re
sults already reached through him in
France, Germany, and the Netherlands
leave no doubt, to say nothing ol" tho fact
tliat the essential features of the plan havo
now just been formally embodied in the
United States statutes as a Federal meat
inspection law.
Months ago, it is learned, Secretary
Rusk put to work on an experimental
scale exactly the inspection provided in
the bill. His agents inspected certain
shipments and certified the animals.
Against this certificate the authorities at
Paris, Antwerp and Hamburg have been
unable to maintain the time-honored pre
tense that the cattle, being American,
were, as a matter of course, diseased.
Beginning December 20th, six different
shipments have beon landed up to date at
Hamburg, aggregating 1._.)7 head. The
shipments to Paris, thirteen in number,
commenced arriving on August Ist, and
now have reached a total of 4,'VSI bead.
At Antwerp tho shipments began still
further back, May sth. That port has re
ceived ten consignments, altogether BJS22
head. Great Britain is now the market
stronghold, toward the capture of which
is being bent nil the surplus energy of
the American cattle-growers, led by Sec
retary Rusk.
restrictions against pork.
Nkw York, March 21. — A World
special says: In a talk with Bismarck
he said: "The Americans are in the
wrong when they regard Germany's en
deavor to prevent the importation of
American pork as a purely hostile
measure. 1 wish to emphasize the fact
over ana over again that it was only a
want of good supervision in rearing and
slaughtering American swine which
brought about the prohibition not only
in Germany, but in other countries. In
passing the McKinley bill the Republi
cans made excesses politically as well as
economically which can never be re
paired. The excesses which they have
committed must result in favor of the
Democrats."
Fourteen of the Crew Lost.
London, March 21.—The Swedish ship
Senator Weber, Captain Winck, from
Cardiff March I 'th for Rio Janeiro, found
ered in the recent heavy gale which
swept over England. Fourteen of her
crew were lost.
SACRAMENTO, CAL.., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1891.
EASTERN HAPPENINGS.
Desperate Shooting Affray Near
McKeesport, Pa.
A DETECTIVE KILLED AND SEVERAL
PERSONS WOUNDED.
The Tend Between tho Hnttlelds and
McCoys, Which Has Terrorlrzed the
People of Way no County, Kentucky,
lor Tears Past, Terminates In a
Romantic Manner—Ex-Senator Blair
Expresses His Views on Chinese
Immigration.
Special to the Sunday Union.
Pittsiu-ku (Pa.), March 21.—A desper
ate shooting affray occurred in a houso at
Peters Run, near Mclveesport, to-night,
resulting iv the killing of one detective,
the serious wounding of another, the
slight wounding of two policemen and a
woman.
Six weeks ago a girl named Laura Hill
entered Smith's jewelry store, at Home
stead, and began pricing jewelry. While
tho proprietor was thus engaged, throo
men forced an entrance from tho rear,
struck the proprietor down, and cleaned
out tho store, and escaped with §:.,500 in
cash and jewelry. The Wilkinson Detect
ive Agency was given charge of the ease,
and not long after the girl was arrested in
Harrisburg. Sho confessed, and acting
on hor instructions, to-night Chief De
tective Wilkinson, with detective Mur
phy and two McKeesport policemen,
went to the house of the leader in the
robbery, A. G. Budd, at Petors Run.
The girl must have warned Budd, for
when Wilkinson threw open the doer
Budd throw up a revolver and tired, kill
ing Wilkinson. Detective Murphy
leaped over the prostrate form, and tru
ing Budd, a terrible duel at short range
followed. Budd emptied ono revolver,
and his wife, who was in the room, ran to
him with another.
Murphy, though badly wounded, had
also emptied his pistol, and stooping to
tho dead body of his chief drew his re
volver and renewed the firing. He was
tiring blindly into the smoke, however,
whilo the burglar centered all his shots
toward tho door. Suddenly the woman
screamed, aud immediately after Murphy
fell with a bullet in his breast. During
tho panic that seized the two policemen
at this second loss to thoir ranks Budd es
caped.
A review of the room showed that
Wilkinson was dead, Murphy shot in the
face and breast, whilo the woman re
ceived a shot in the arm, and the two po
licemen wore slightly wounded by Hying
bullets.
The woman was takon to jail, whilo tel
egrams wore sont all over to intercept
Budd. Ho is a noted crook.
CATLEY COURT MARTIAL.
New Light Thrown on tho Findings of
a Former Court.
Omaha, March 21.—Captain Catley, in
his defense in the court martial trial to
day, introduced a document which
throws now light on the finding of the
court martial by which he was convicted
in lb_o. In that trial Captain Catley was
convicted of cowardice ior retreating be
foro the tire ofa small band of Indians in
the Idaho Mountains.
Captain Catley introduced a letter of
Judge Advocate Central Dunn, to the
Secretary of War, on tho strength of
which President Hayes sot aside the lind
ing of the court martial. In the letter
Dunn stated that Catley was in an unex
plored country—in the head of a canyon
where there was no chance for escape on
the other side, whou he was fired upon
by hostile Indians. He knew nothing of
the force of tlie enemy, and there was
nothing left for him to do but to retreat.
Tho Judge Advocate General held that
there was nothing in the evidence to
sustain the charge of cowardice, and
recommended that the finding bo over
ruled. It was upon this recommendation
that President Hayes acted.
Captain Catley "being unable to get
from Washington papers which lie
claimed would show that he has beon
disabled for active field service for more
'_ than two years, an adjournment was
taken until Monday.
CHICAGO DEMOCRATS.
Two Factions Nominate a Candidate
for Mayor.
Chicago, March 21.—The result of to
day's Democratic Conventions makes it
sure that two nominees for Mayor will
bo in tho field on the Democratic ticket,
the present incumbent, Dewitt C? Cre
gier, and ex-Mayor Carter _____ Harrison.
The Harrison men assert that they did
not have a fair show at yesterday's pri
maries, and that force was used 'against
them.
When the regular convention assem
bled to-day the Harrison delegates made
a demand for the seating of tho contest
-1 ants. Tho Credentials Committee, how
| over, decided against him, whereupon the
; Harrison men bolted tho convention in a
1 body, and. together with the contestants,
I formed another convention in Ulilich's
j Hall, nominating Carter Harrison by ac-
I clamation.
At tho regular convention Cregier was
I nominated for Mayor, George Weiss, a
wealthy Gorman brewer, for City Treas
| urer, Jacob Kern for City Attorney and
James C. Strain for City Clerk.
The Harrison convention made no
nominations except for Mayor.
THE MONON ROAD.
! No Negotiations Looking to a Change
in Ownership.
Chicago, March 21.—A story of the al
| leged sale of the Louisville, New Albany
'■ and Chicago Railroad was revived to-day,
; owing to the arrival in this city of Gen
\ eral Thomas and Thomas Greenough, a.
, New York banker, who met President
. Breyfogle and other Monon ofiici.ils and
| spent the day inspecting the terminals.
The visitors were seen to-night and ex
plained their mission. They represent
j about twenty prominent New York capi
; italists, who are prepared to take a finan
! cial interest in the securities of the Mon
■ on road, provided the investigation is
! satisfactory. The Monon, it is well
known, is anxious to sell about $2,-00,000
worth of bonds.
"That's all there is to it," said General
Thomas. "The road is not to be sold to
Lake Erie and Western, or the Richmond
Terminal, or any other corporation. So
far as we know, there are no negotiations
looking to a change in the ownership or
management."
MORAL DEPRAVITY.
An Almost Unparalleled Case Un
earthed iv New York.
New York. March 21.—The police to
day unearthed an almost unparalleled
case of moral depravity and wretched
ness in a tenement house at 89 First ave
nue. They found two little girls, Maggie
McNaliy, twelve years old, and Mary
McKenna, eight years, lying on the floor
i of one room dead drunk, and in an ad-
joining room were Mary McKenna's
father and four women in tho same con
dition. On a rickety bed was the Me-
Nally girl's father in the last stages of
consumption acd starvation. The sick
man was tak. to the hospital. Mc-
Kenna and tht four women were com
mitted, aud the feirls given in charge of
tho Gerry Society.
THE nATFIELK-McCOY FEtTD.
It Will Prboably Como to nn End ln a
Romantic Manner.
Wheeling, March 21,—Tho Hatfield-
McCoy feud, which has made of Wayno
County, in this State, and Pike County,
Kentucky, a bloody ground for thirty
years, has come to a happy and romantic
end. In tho course of the vendetta it is
said that two hundred lives have been
sacrificed, but the feud only became an
open Mar within four or five years, when*
cold-blooded murder followed assassina
tion so closely as to horrify tho country.
As it began so will it end—in a wedding.
It has been arranged that Aaron Hat
field, nephew of r,Devil Anso" of the
long-head gang, shall marry a fair
daughter of the house of McCov in May,
when a big barbecue will be held in a
grove in "Wayne County, and both fac
tions promise to have on hand all their
relatives who can possibly bo gathered.
Irrigation Company Incorporated.
Cincinnati, March 21.—A number of
capitalists of this city aro turning their
attention to providing irrigation in Cali
fornia, and have to-day incorporated
under the laws of Kentucky, the Arrow
head Reservoir Company, with a capital
of $1,000,000, for tho purpose of construct
ing reservoirs in the mountains near San
Bernardino, California, for storing water
to be used in the valley for irrigation.
Tho incorporators aro James X. Gamble,
.fames E. Mooney, Charles H. Kilgour,
Henry Lewis, Adolph Wood, Benjamin
P. Ehrman, Latham Anderson and Ellis
M. Potter, of Cincinnati, and Robinson
J. Jones and L. M. Holt, of California.
Xational Loajruo of Musicians.
Milwaukee, March 21.—The National
League of Musicians concluded its ses
sion to-day. A resolution was adopted
asking tho Government not to allow the
army and navy bands to be contracted in
opposition to civilian musicians.
A lengthy preamble and resolutions
were adopted regarding the admission of
musicians under the alien contract law,
asking tho Treasury Department for __
consistent definition ofthe term "artists"
under the law, and not, as now. to declare
a body of men with instruments in their
hands and gaudy uniforms on their backs
to be artists, whilo at the same timo de
claring tho materials they use "work
ingmen's tools."
Manslaughter In tho Fourth Degreo.
Kansas City, March 2 I.—Charles Clif
ford, the San Francisco pugilist, who shot
and killed D. E. Grover last fall, was
found guilty to-night of manslaughter in
tho fourth degree.
The prosecution attempted to show that
the crime was committed during the pro
gress of a blackmailing scheme, to which
Mrs. Clifford was a party. The defense
proved that Grevor had made improper
proposals to Mrs Clifford, and was
struggling with her in an attempt to ding
her into his bedroom from her parlor
when her husband entered and shot him.
Ululr's View of tho Chinese.
New York, March 21.—Ex-Senator
Blair says that he has not fully made up
his mind Whether to accept the Chinese
mission or not, but thinks he will. Ile.
says: "I am opposed to any further Chi
nese immigration to this country, but I
havo never attacked China as a nation.
One who does not admire and respect tho
ancient civilization of tho Chinese must
be a fool. The class of immigrants from
China to this country ______ been of the
lowest type, and a positive detriment to
our people."
Governor Bulkloy Looked Out.
Hartford (Conn.), March 21.—Whon
Governor Bulkloy reached the Capitol to
day ho found the ante-room connecting
the Executive room with the House re
tiring rooms locked on the inside. He
gave up possession of the room to (Comp
troller Staub last Thursday, but insisted
that ho should have the right to pass
through it to gain access to the House.
On finding tho door locked this morning
he had Executive Clork Boon get a crow
bar and the lock was soon knocked off
and the door opened.
End ofthe Walking Match.
Xew York, March 21.—Tho greatest
fizzlo ofa six-day walk ever held came to
a close to-night at 10 o'clock. The re
ceipts amount to only §9,000. This, after
paying the first prize money, will be
divided among tho six that covered ..25
miles. Score: Hughes, 558 miles and 2
hips; Bennett, 510 miles and 6 laps: Moore,
530 miles and 1 lap; Hegleman, 526 miles
and 3 laps; Herty, 525 miles and 5 laps;
Xoremac, 525 miles; Poach, 300 miles.
Decided Against the Railroad.
Omaha (Neb.), March 21.—The suit
brought by the citizens of Omaha to re
strain the city from delivering §150'" Jin
bonds to tho Union Depot Company was
decided this afternoon in the District
Court against the railroad. Judge Doane,
in granting the injunction, took occasion j
to denounce the Union Pacific manage- i
nient, saying that the road had always •
taken everything offered, but always
felled to givo auything in return.
A Revenue Officer Killed.
Washington, March 21.—Tho Com
missioner of tho Internal Revenue Bu- I
reau recoived a telegram, to-day, from
Greensboro, X, C, saying that R. J. |
Barnwell, a revenue officer, Was killed,
and Deputy Marshal Brim mortally
wounded by moonshiners, in Stokes
county, yesterday. He says tho depart
ment will take active and vigorous steps
to bring the offenders to justice.
Lawrence Barrett's Funeral.
Xew York, March 21.- The funeral of j
Lawrence Barrett will take place Mon- i
day morning from tho Windsor Hotel. |
Tho body will be taken to Cohnsset
Beach, near Boston, where it will bo in
terred in the cemetery there near Bar
rett's country seat.
Fata) Railway Accident.
Louisville, March 21.—The south
bound passenger train on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad jumped the track
in the outskirts of the city. Engineer
George Burgess was instantly killed and
fireman Erskine fatally injured. Xone of
the passengers were hurt.
Death of Mr... Lincoln's Sister.
Sfringfield .111.), March 21.—Mr?.
Ann M. Smith of'this city, widow of C.
X. Smith, died suddenly to-day at San
Francisco, aged (io. She was a sister of
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Xinian
W. Edwards.
Th© Rumors Unfounded.
Chicago, March 21.—President Cahill,
of the Rock Island road, said to-day that
so far as he knew there was no foundation
for tiio rumored sale of the road to the
Gould interests.
Greenhouses Burned.
Xew York, March 21.—Tho green
houses on the farm of W. K. Vanderbilt
at Oakdale, L. 1., were burned to-day.
Loss, §100,000. "
Xot Detective O'Malley.
Memphis, March 21.—The person who I
last night represented himself to be de- j
tective O'Malley of Xew Orleans, proves I
to be an impostor.
A GRAND RACE.
! Rowing Contest Between Oxford
and Cambridge.
THE FORMER WINS AFTER A GAL
LANT STRUGGLE.
Sir Charles Tupper, Sir John Thomp
son and Mr. Foster Solectod as Rep
resentatives of Canada to Confer
With Secretary Blame Relative to
tho Formation of a Commercial
Treaty Uetween tho United States
and Canada.
'Special to the Sunday Union.
London, March 21.—Tho forty-eighth
boat race between Oxford and Cam
bridge was decided this morning, aud
was won by a quarter of a length by Ox
ford. Time, 22 minutes.
Tho race was over the usual course
from Putney Bridge to the ship at Mort
lake, about four and a quarter miles.
Owing to the shape of the course, the
first mile is in favor of the right-hand or
Middlesex position, wliile tho left or
Surrey side ia best for the next two miles,
and tho Middlesex water most advant
ageous for the last mile and a quarter..
This year the tide was high at London
Bridge at 1 p. m., and at Putney an hour
later.
Tho wholo courso was crowded with
spectators. The attendance, as a whole,
did not equal that of former years, owing
to the early hour at which the race was
rowed and to the prevalence of a sleet
storm in the forenoon and bitter cold
weather. Oxford won the toss, and choso
the Middlesex or north-shore side.
THE START.
Tho rival eights started prettily and
successfully at 11:09 a. JC. As the crews
bent to their work hail aud snow whs
falling upon them in no pleasant fashion,
and a strong cross northeast wind was
raising a very lumpy sea. Both crews
had been expecting bad weather, and
consequently they both utilized tho high
wash-boards.
Cambridge at first got away with tho
lead, pulling a shorter and somewhat
quicker stroke than Oxford, and at Clns
per's boat-house the Cambridge boat was
ahead. Then Oxford bent to her work,
pulling the, long, dragging, powerful
stroke peculiar to the oarsmen of that
university. This stroke soon told, and
Oxford was leading slightly at Craven
Cottage, six furlongs from the start.
At Crabtree, one mile and throe fur
longs from tho start, Oxford had tho lead
by a length, but under the influence of a
period of bright sunshine, which suc
ceeded the hail and snow, Cambridge
spurted neatly ahead in fine style. This
effort redoubled the cheers from the river
banks, and at tho soap works, one mile
and three aud a half furlongs from the
start, the two boats were apparently nose
and noso, both pulliug evenly and
strongly.
It was then evident that a stubborn
contest was in onler, and those who had
been laying heavy odds on Oxford began
to feel sad. while a corresponding feeling
of jubilation was experienced by the
friends of Cambridge.
Nearing the Hammersmith bridge, one
mile and six furlongs from the start,
Cambridge again made a magnificent
spurt, pulling finely and strongly to
gether, and passed under that bridge a
quarter of a length ahead, amid a scene
of tremendous excitement. Their timo
to this point was 8 minutes and oo seconds.
Cambridge's gallant spurt, which re
sulted in tlieir being tirst under the Ham
mersmith Bridge, according to tradition
should have landed their boat first over
the winning live. Oxford, however, did
not lose heart, but bent down all the more
doggedly to work.
Ai the Doves, two miles from the start,
Oxford led slightly, Cambridge still stick
ing to her v. ork in magnificent stylo in
spite ofthe creeping up of their dark-blue
opponents. The cheering and excite
ment were intense, and a dead heat was
looked as a possibility, not to say a prob
ability. At the oil mills, two miles and
one and a balf furlongs from the start, the
two bunts again were even with each
other, and the excitement grew in in
tensity. A determined, plucky struggle
took place as tho racing eights passed
Chiswick, about two and one-hall miles
from tho start, the tremendous cheering
from tho river sides causing each man in
the two boats to strain every nerve to
win.
Oxford, when nearing Chiswick, was
loading, but it was by a few feet only.
Going toward Corney Beach tho "boats
struck into smoother water, which as
sisted the lighter men in the Cambridge
boat, and beyond Thorny Crofts they
forged ahead, eventually leading Oxford
by a quarter of a length. The stream,
j however, here bfgan to favor Oxford, and
I at Barnes' Bridge, over three and a half
I miles from the start, Oxford was leading
! by half a length. Time, 1_:10.
From that point Oxford had much the
I best of the situation, getting almost clear
j from the light blues, though both crews
wero rowing in superb style.
Here everything seemed to depend
I upon the power of spurting which re-
I mained in the two crews. The strokes of
I the two racing crafts redoubled, if possi-
I ble, the power and mechanism which
| they sought to infuse iuto the men be-
I hind them.
Tho river banks were literally packed
with hoarsely cheering crowds of people,
excitably waving hats, handkerchiefs,
sticks and umbrellas.
Gallantly, coolly, without outward
i sign of exhaustion, the contesting crews
j tugged at their oars with utmost brill
; iancy and nerve.
A MAWXIFICEXT STRT-OGI.E.
The struggle in tho last quarter of a
mile of the course will be loug remem
bered in the aquatic world. It was sim
ply magnificent. Oxford had all the
work she could do out out for her. As
the boats rounded Barnes' bend of the
river, Cambridge was rowing pluckilv
and with plenty of strength, but Oxford
passed over the line by a quarter of a
length, amid intense, almost indescriba
ble excitement, winning the grandest
race rowed on the river Thames in many
years.
Oxford's timo was 22 minute-. Thi.
betting was nominally 3 to 1 on Oxford.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
Sir Charles Tupper and Associates
-toady to Start lor "VVashinston.
Toronto, March 21.—The Globe's Ot
tawa special say*: Sir Charles Tupper,
Minister of Finance, Mr. Foster and Sir
John Thompson, Minister of Justice, arc
ready to start for Washington at any mo
ment to have an informal talk over the
question of reciprocity with Canada with
Secretary Blame and tho British Minis
tar. It appears that Secretary Blame has
given lt to be understood thai he will not
recommend the appointment of a com
missioner on behalf of the United States
until he is furnished with some substan
tial proof that the Canadian :in<l British
delegates are not going to Washington
wiih some impracticable scheme trumped
up to carry out pledges made lo the elect
ors of Canada in tho iate campaign, with
out any serious belief negotiations would
come to anything. From what can be
gathered, Secretary Blame communicated
to Sir John Macdonald through the Brit
ish Minister, that ho will not enter into a
formal conference until Canada's repre
sentatives have informally discussed the
question with him.
CHILE REVOLUTION.
Government War Vessels Escape the
ViH-llaneo of Insurgent Cruisers.
London, MRroh 21.—A dispatch from
Santiago de Chile to the Times says: Con
siderable excitement is caused here by
the report from Buenos Ayres that Presi
dent Balmaceda's now war vessels, the
Admiral Lynch and Condell, which were
at Buenos Ayres, have escaped the in
surgent cruisers sent to intercept them
and that they may shortly be taking an
active part in the struggle now going on
in this country. The whole population,
and syndicates of foreign capitalists and
the clergy, except in the province of
Tarapaca, side with President Balmaceda.
There is no analogy between the troubles
now going on in the Argentine Republic
and the troubles here. The President and
his Ministers have guaranteed the funds
to be deposited in Europe for the pay
ment of the July interest upon tho national
debt. It is believed tho delay in the sup
pression of the troubles hero is ouly due
to the hesitation of tho Government, and
that the crashing out of the insurrection
i 9 only tho question ofa few weeks.
IRELAND'S CAUSE.
Parnell's Position in England Growing
Distinctly Worse.
London, March 21.—Parnell's position
this week is, at least in England, dis
tinctly worse than last. Four days havo
elapsed since Maurice Ilcaly promptly
accepted Parnell's challenge to resign and
go before the constituents, but nothing
moro is hoard from Parnell. Tho anti
l'arnellite press and platforms ring with
taunts. Parnell, as usual, goes his own
way, indifferent to the criticism, which
to men who accept the ordinary code of
honor or morals would be maddening.
Ho will wait, his friends hint, till aftor
the North Sligo election.
Justin McCarthy has already found the
task of leading the Irish party too much
lor him. His health has broken down.
He leaves England shortly for the conti
nent. Nominally he remains loader. It
does not roally much signify whose
name is used, there is no real leadership
among the auti-Parnellites.
A British Steamer Stranded.
London. March 21.—The steamer Abys
sinia stranded at Saigon, but was assisted
off. The second officer and two of tho
crew were drowned. This may be the
British steamer Abyssinia, Captain Leo,
which was last reported as having arrived
at Hongkong on February 21st from Van
couver.
Slate Quarrymen Strike
Paris, March UL—A dispatch from Ar
gons, tho capital of tho Department of
Maine-et-Loire, says a genoral strike has
been declared by the men working in the
slate quarry. Several serious affrays
took place to-day, and troops were sent'to
suppress the disturbance.
AT GERMANY'S CAPITAL.
AN UNWELCOME MESSAGE FROM
ST. PETERSBURG.
It Points to tho Conclusion ofa Treaty
ol" Alliance Betweeu Russia
and Franco.
[Copyrighted, 1891, by N. Y. Associated Press.]
Bkki.in, March 21.—Dispatches from
St. Petersburg convey unwelcome infor
mation pointing to the conclusion of a
formal treaty of alliance between France
and Russia. Until recently the Czar re
sisted the attempts of going beyond the
entente with France. A draft of the
treaty prepared in Paris in 1887, aud ap
proved by De Giors, Grand Dukes Nicho
las and Valdimir, and other chiefs of tho
Imperial Council, on the part of Russia,
and which wa.s theu rejected by the Czar,
but was again presented to him after the
late elections in Franco has confirmed
the permanence of the republican form
of government in that country, and was
again rejected, has finally received his
sanction.
As an event of such immense inter
national importance as this cannot be
kept a secret, it is expected that De
Giers will cause some informal notifi
cation to reach the Governments of the
Dreibund.
As a corollary of the alliance, the Czar,
it is stated, has signed a decree best-wing
upou President Carnot the grand cordon
of tho Orderof St, Andrew, the highest
Russian decoration, and one limited to
members of the imperial family. This
decoration has hitherto been conferred as
an exceptional honor on sovereigns
nearly connected with the Russian throne.
No open advice can be obtained regard
ing the conclusion ofthe treaty.
I The interest in the Yon Boettichor inci
int was increased after it became known
at the Emperor, visited the Minister
-day, and remained over an hour eon
rrsing with him and Madame Yon Boet
'her. Chancellor Caprivi aftorwards
lied upon tho Minister. Both were de
rued to signify that Yon Boetticher
rained the confidence of the Emperor
id the Government. It implied also a
termination of the Emperor to stand
- the Minister, whom Bismarck is at
tacking.
The ex-Chancellor is a persistent hater,
and will never forgive Yon Boetticher's
ingratitude In going with his (Bismarck's)
enemies on the eve of his fall. It was
undoubtedly through Bismarck that Yon
Boetticher secured a donation of *150,_f.»
marks several years aco, which enabled
him to meet the liabilities incurred
through his bankrupt brother-in-law.
Yon Boetticher's mends say the doctor
i supposed the gift wa.s from the private
purse of Emperor William, and not from
j the Guelph fund, under disposal of Prince
j Bismarck, as Chancellor. Yon Boetti
j cher took the money from Bismarck
I without asking from what source it had
been obtained, and afterwards received
from the present Emperor the high honor
ofa decoration ofthe < irdcr of tho Black
, Kagle, helping to bring about the down
fall of-Prince Bismarck.
| Public discussion of the affair will
i doubtless incite in the Reichstag a inove
j ment to regulate the uso of the Gu^iph
secret service fund.
, The prospects of a renewal of friendly
relations between the Emperor and
1 mice Bismarck become more remote,
owing to his Majesty's ostentatious favor
itism oi You Boetticher.
The Chilean Government has bought,
through its agents in Hamburg, several
fast steamers. It is announced that these
vessels will be fully equipped aa cruisers,
and will be employed by the Govern
ment to operate against the insurgents.
The Socialist strike organization in
Hamburg suffered a severe defeat in the
I collapse of the cigar-makers' strike, after
it had cost the workingmen's societies
30,000 marks. The Hamburg organiza
tion was considered tho most pcrfectlv
organized and strongest body of work
ingmen under socialistic influence.
Mr. Lociller, the Chicago Fair Commis
sioner, is now in this city making ar
rangements for Germany's exhibits in
the" Columbian Exposition. He is re
ceiving very encouraging reports from
all sides, and there is a great desire man
ifested on the part of the traders and
manufacturers everywhero to scud speci
mens of their goods to America.
COAST CHRONICLES.
Valuable Horses Burned to Death
at San Rafael.
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ANOTHER OPIUM SEIZURE MADE AT
SAN FRANCISOO.
The Excursion Party Wiiich Was Re
ported Drowned in Pusrot Sound
Returns Safely to Port—They Had
Stopped on nn Island to Escape the
l-o.._*h Weather—Tho Taking of Tes
timony In the Vincent Murder Trial
I Almost Concluded.
ecial to the Sunday Union.
San Rafael, Maroh 21.—This morning
12 o'clock the handsome stable adjoin
_T the residence of Sidney V. Smith, Jr.,
is burned to the ground. In the stable
re six horses and several vehicles
ikrh, together with the barn and a largo
[>ply of hay and grain, wero also
rued. Only yesterday Mr. Smith had
ido an acquisition to his stable by tho
rchase of a team of carriage horses for
lich he paid _*I,"__">o. They had only beon
the stable twelve hours. Tliey suffered
. same fate as tho others. The tiro
ginated by the explosion of a coal oil
>ye used in the harness-room. Tho
mes spread rapidly and it was twenty
minutes after tho discovery oftho fire be
fore an alarm was turned in. When tho
volunteer fire department arrived on tin.
scene the structure was almost burned to
the ground, and nothing could be done to
save any of the property.
The loss is estimated between 55,000
and 5-7,000.
VINCENT MURDER TRIAL.
The Defendant Teat-ties That Ho Know
Xothlng of the Circumstances.
Fresno, March 21.—Little was done in
the Vincent wife murder case this morn
ing. Mrs. A. L. Vincent, mother of tho
defendant, was put on the stand at the
opening of the court and concluded her
testimony, -.vhich wars simply more of
the same kind as that of yesterday, tend
ing to prove that Vincent inherited an
inordinate desire for liquor.
Defendant Dr. Vincent was next put on
the stand, and denied all knowledge of
what ho was accused. Ec said ho had no
knowledge, whatever, of tho circum
stances until told of them some hours af
terward by Dr. Maupin.
At the conclusion of Vincent's testi
mony Dr. Adair was put on the stand
and asked a hypothetical question. At
the conclusion, he said it was his firm be
in 1 that Dr. Vincent, under such circum
stances, was insane.
The testimony from witnesses is nearly
all in. and the case will very likely bo
given to the jury this evening.
Opium Seizure.
San Francisco, March 21.—Interna
tional Revenue Ageut Eldridge and As
sistant Tliomas this morning arrested
four Chinamen and seized the effects in
the premises at 796 Dupont street. Tho
revenue officials charge the Chinese with
manufacturing smoking opium without
furnishing bonds. About §1,000 worth
was confiscated.
The Chinamen wero released by Com
missioner Sawyer upon furuishiiTg bonds
in the sum oi"§l,000 each.
Returned in Safety.
Tacoma (Wash.), March 21.—Misses
Lizzie and Nellie Kiuies, of Huron,
Dakota, and ii. W. Freeze and W. li.
Bartlett, of Monmouth, Illinois, who le!t
here in a small boat Thursday, and who
wero supposed to have been drowned,
arrived in this city to-night. Owing to
rough weather they stopped Thursday
and Friday nights on an island near
here, wherre a yachting club has a club
house.
THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP.
It Is Rumored That Ho Will Not Visit
the Coast.
Washington, March 21.—1t is rumored
that the President has definitely aban
doned his proposed California trip. Pri
vate Secretary Halford, when asked
about the report, said it war. by no means
certain that the President would make
the trip. He had never fully determined
to go, but had simply said that ho would
go if the condition of public business
would admit of his leaving Washington
during April, lt is understood that tho
ladies of the White House have made
plans for next month tliat would bo
broken up by the Western trip, and alto
gether it seems very unlikely that tho
journey will be made.
Private Secretary Halford said to-day
tho President is coining AY est if ho can,
but will abandon the trip if tho stato
of public business _iakes it necessary.
Storms in Florida.
Oklando, March 21.—A severe hail
storm visited this city this morning. One
hundred windows in the San Juan Hotel
and the skylights suffered greatly, every
pane being gone. Some windows in tho
Catholic Church were wrecked. The
damage to fruit cannot be estimated, but
it is probably not great. Tbere was a
tornado at Wilcox. Trees wero torn up
by the roots.
Non-Union Men Badly Beaten.
Pittshi'rg (Pa.;, March 21.—This oven
ing a crowd of strikers attacked the non
union men returning from work at tho
Bruddock Wire Miil, and beat thorn
badly, in a few minutes another batch
of non-union men were attacked by strik
ers and terribly beaten. The manage
ment have called on tbe Sheriff for pro
tection.
High Water in lowa.
Ottumwa (la.), March 21.—The Dcs
Moines River here is the highest know*
for four years. The ice to-day tore away
fifty feet of the approach to the wagon
bridge, practically cutting oil' communi
cation with tho south side of Eddy ville.
The town is threatened with total inun
dation.
Prostrated Over His Daughter's Death.
New York, March 21.—Rev. Dr. How
ard Crosby is threatened with pneumonia,
and is much prostrated over the sudden
death of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret H
Allen.
McCarthy-Dixon Fight.
li-ovCs. V.). March 21.—The McCar
thy-Dixon fight will surely take place In
this city on March 31st. An injunction
has been granted, restraining tlie police
Irom interfering.
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World's Fair Bill Passed.
St. Lotus, March 21.—The State Senate
passed the World's Fair bill, appropriat
ing 5150.000. It now goes to the Gov
ernor.
Newspaper Office Burned.
Jersey City (N. J.), March 21.—The
Jersey City Arpu.s office was burned to
night. Loss §10,000.
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