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VOLUME ILXXXIX— KO. G5. MUTINY ON A BRITISH SHIP. The Captain and Second Mate Attacked By the Crew. BOTH OFFICERS SEVERELY CUT WITH KNIVES. One of the Assailants Shot Dead By i the Captain, and the Others Driven ■ to the Forecastle at the Point of Pistols, and Kept There Until Ma rines From a British Gunboat Ar rived—The Mutinous Crew Sent to England in Irons. Special to the Repoud-Unio^. Sax Francisco, May 7.— The steamer Gaelic, from Hongkong, brought the in telligence of a mutiny on the British ship Landberga while at Lliolo, a British set tlement, 200 miles from Hongkong. Halt the crew mutinied, and live men at tacked the Captain and the Second Oilifier -with knives, ono sailor stabbing the Cap tain three times in the back. The Captain i shot his assailant dead. The Second Of licer was severely wounded by knives J and cuts of the mutineers, who with the aid of the First and Third Officers were j finally driven at the point of pistols to the forecastle, and kept there until a launch from a British gunboat, iv answer to signals, brought mariues to the rescue. The mutineers wore sent to Englaud in irons. From the snme source comes the news that the British ship Earnsclifle, from I Manilla to Hongkong, thence to San j Fram-isco, is a, total wreck on Princess island, oil' the coast of AHia. Her <-rew -was picked up by the Danish steamer Luciier, en route to Batavia. The value oi the ship and tho cargo is said to be not less thau £200,000. Both the above ships are well known on the Facillc Coast. CHINA HASIN* LEASE. The Terms lU-jeoted by the San Joa quln Valley lioad. San Francisco May 7.— The China Basin lease was rejected to-day by the Sau Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Jiaiiroad Company. In its amended form the document was held to contain coudi tious too onerous for acceptance and not to conform to the spirit of the Act of the j Legislature authorizing the rental of the water-front premises to a competing rail road. The directors appointed Messrs. Mujjee, Sloss, Watt and I'restou to com municate this determination in writing to the (Jovernor, the Mayor and the fctaie j Board of Harbor Commissioners, who j •will assemble to-morrow morning t«> ; again consider the luase. Theru are two principal clauses to j which objection is made. These require j tho railway compauy to build the re- j straining wall, and forbid tho assignment | or transfer of tho lease or any interest therein. "The lease was not accepted," said Vice- President Watt, '*because it im posed too onerous conditions on the San Joaquin Valley Railway Company and hampered it iv a manner not contem plated by tho Legislature in the Act which authorized the execution ot tho lease to a competing road. We did not go through the document {seriatim aud did not take up the clauses inserted therein on motion of Mayor Sutru, but confined our attention to the prohibition of assignment aud tho obligation to build tho Bouwall. "The second of these provisions is ob jectionable lor tho reason Lbat it would prevent the floating of bonds, which, j from the present outiook, will have to be j done if the road is to como to San Fran cisco, aud for the further reason that it would prevent us from placing a mort gage, which you know would be a lien on all of the property and might be con strued as an attempted assignment, in volving the forfeiture of the lease to the basin. "While there is no prospect of trouble at present, it is always well to provide for tlio worst, and if mislortune or insolvency should overtake the company an assign ment or transfer to its new owners, the bondholders, would carry a road with out a terminus, as tho lease would have expired. L'nder these conditions people would say. Of wha|, value is a road with out a terminus? ~. "The other great objection to the docu ment as prepared is that it requires the i ban Joaqu.n Valley Railroad to construct j a seawall at tho bequest of the Harbor j Commission. This is not just. We are) obliged to pay wharfage, dockagre aud j tolls the same as the Southern Pacific or | anyone else, but they are furnished with j a seawall built at tLo expanse of the i 5St;Ue, while wo would bo compelled to j build one out of our pockets." Director Upliam said the competing ! railway had been vory fairly treated by j tho Harbor Comtuissionera tbemsoives, ! but the Governor and Mayor had insisted i on placing En the lease conditions that | ■were not acceptable. At to-day's meeting of the Board of Directors of tho now road it wai de- j termined that a stool bridge should be constructed over the Mormon Channel at Stockton. It will be a revolving bridge of handsome design, aud will be! on a center pier with clear openings, j probably seventy-live feet on each aide. It will he located at Edison street. Build ers will be asked to submit designs and figures. the j^air e*tate. Attorneys for Char lea L. Fair Com mence a Bonul Cooteet. 8 v>- Francisco, May 7.— The attorneys for Charles L. Fair to-day commenced the formal coutest of the will of the lata James G. Fair. The document filed is a very, lengthy one, and asserts that the wiil which was found by Mrs. Cravens, and which divides the vast estate between Charles Fair and his two sisters oqually, is the last and only true will of the ex- Senator. The court is asked to deny pro bate to the will appointing a trust for the management of the eetate, and the peti tion alleges that Fair's mind was unduly inliuenced by those about him, his confi dential advisers, and he was induced to make a will against his personal wishes. Mrs. Oelrichs aud Miss Virginia Fair are not represented in the contest, and will therefore run no risk of forfeiting their share of the estate, as provided by the will in case of a coutest. GOVERNOR BI'DD, Inspecting Public Institutions Prior to Making Appointments. San Fkancisco, May 7. — Governor Buda was the guest of Mayor Sutro at Sutro HightE to-day, and afterward made a visit to the Almshouse. where he made a carelul inspection of the promises. It is probable that fcfuperiutoudeiu Weaver, -who is a Republican, will hold his office until July, as the Governor does not think it wise to make a change in the ad ministration of the institutions of this city during the financial embarrassment that has caused tne Supervisors ho much work laleiy. The Governor will make a THE RECORD-UNION. personal inspection of all ihe State insti- ; ' tiuions before appointing tbe different ' | Boards of Trustees whose terms of office I expire from time to time during his in ! cumbency. VENETIAN WATER CARNIVAL. Santa Cruz Citizens Determined to Make the Affair a Soocdbo. Santa Cruz, May 7.— Nearly the en tire topic of conversation here is the Ven etian water carnival. Citizens have ear nestly banded together to make the affair such a success as this city has never seen. .Director-General Smith is the busiest man in town, as he is directing the gen eral movements of the entire affair. In vitations have been sent to Governor Budd, Lieutenant-Governor Miilurd and other prominent men. The first cash do nation of $15 was received to-day from Captain L. M. Cox. Uii the Promotion Committee, of which J. T. Sullivan is Chairman, are the fol lowing: Ban Jose — Sam N. Rucker, Mayor Paul Austin, F. \V. Moore, D. T. Bryant and B. G. Nesmitb. From Sac ramento appear the names of Mayor Steinman, Grove L. Johnson and F. S. Cox." I olonel Walter S. Moore of Los Angeles, Judge Davis of Marysville and General Chipmau of Red Bluff are also committeomon. The decoration of buildings haa already been commenced. TUEODOiiE DUOBAjfT. Couusel Will Eutleavor to Establish an Alibi for Defendant. Sax Francisco, May 7. — Theodore Durrant's attorney* have discovered evi | dence which they believe will enable them to establish an alibi for th&ir client, ! so far as the Williams murder case is con cerned. A Market-street hairdresser states that Minnie W : iliiams, who was a regular patron, entered her shop at 8 o'clock on the evening of her disappear ance, she hud her hair dressed, leaving | the shop at b:J.o. As it is estimated that by taking a car immediately sue oould not reach Emmanuel Church until 8:50. Durrant's counsel argue that Juirrant | could not thereafter have escorted nor [into the church, outraged and murdered ! her and then walked to Dr. Voxel's, where he arrive! at u:ls. THE SYNDICATE WHEAT. An Offer of Eighty Cents Per Cental .Miiiio for the Whole .Lot. San Francisco, May 7. — An oiler of 80 cents a cental is said to have been made for the Fair syndicate wheat in bulk, 173,000 tons, more or less. This wouid make the total purchase price $2,720,000, but the offer was refused, the bid being considered too low. It was intimated that an offer of !H) cents wouid be ac cepted, but as L 894 wheat is selling on the Call Board at from S7S to 90 cents.it is un likely that ISS»3 wheat will cotnmaud 90 cents. It is said thai the 80 cents oiler was a joint bid by four big shipping houses — Balfour, Guthrie tV. Co., G. \V. McNear, Eppinger it Co. and Baldwin, Girwin vV Eyre. ANOTHEIi DISAPPEARANCE. George A. Boberteon« a Clerk, Drops Ottt Of San Francisco, May 7. — Another dis appearance announced to-day is that of George A. Robertson, a clerk in the firm ofH. S. Crocker c\: Co. He obtained a day's leave of absence last Wednesday, and has not been seen since. His friends aver that he was an intimate friend of Stella Hughe3, who ha 3 also been miss ing since Wednesday. Both Captain Hughes and Robertson's mother deny this acquaintance, the former believing that his daughter jumped from the cliff where her capo and purse were found, and Mrs. liobertson asserting that her son will reside in Los Angeles. Site for University Building;?. Sax Francisco, May 7.— A local land couiDany haß offered to present to the .State twenty acres of land iying on the outskirts of the city, near Castro street, for thesite of the buildings of the affiliated colleges of the Stato University. The land is valued at $50,000, and the company hopes that the increase in the value of the rest of the property by the erection of the buildings will more than offset tne price of the land giveu away. San Francisco, May 7.— To the con sternation of the Chinese certificate counterfeiters, Fobs confessed to the United States Grand Jury to-day, detail ing all the operations oi the gang and confessing also to a number of opium smuggling transactions. For his evidence he will be let off ligntiy. His confession wili lead to the arrest of other smugglers besides the quintet already in jail. Woodward's Gardens Sold. San Francisco, May 7. — Woodward's Gardens, for many years one of the pleasure resorts of San Francisco, are now of the past. To-day the large tract of land on Mission street, compris ing the gardens, was cut up and sold at auction for the beuoiit.of the heirs to the Woodward estate The laud brought fair prices. Lost His lAfe iv the ITeavy Surf. San Francisco, May 7.— While three young men were searching for Stella Hughes' body at Baicer's Beach this afternoon John Higgius, one of the trio, In iuoiung over a higii bluff, lost his foot ing and fell into the heavy surf below. Before his companions could reach him life was extinct. New City Hall Statue. San Francisco, May 7. —The new City Hall Commissioners have about decided to have the statue of an ange] which is to surmount the City Hall made of alumi num. This metai is thought to be more durable than copper, and the Coui misionorß want to have the augel as light aud shiuing as possible. Brouch of Promise Suit. Los asukles, May 7.— Teresa Kamerez, a native daughter, commenced suit for jJGO.OuO damages against A. Scott Chap man for breach of promise. Chapmau iv one of the wealthiest and best known horticulturists in Southern California. He married Delphine siaut* Cruz a yaar Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Santa Cruz, May 7.— Arrangements for the entertainment of the .Nobles of the Mystic Shrino on June sth to loth have been completed. A banquet at the Bea Beach Hotel and a bull's head break fast at the Big Trees are included in the entertainment. Counterfeiter Dean Pleads Guilty. San Francisco, May 7.— ln the United States District Court to-day, Dean, the counterfeiter, whose case was evidently hopeless, pleaded guilty to save his wife, who at most will receive only a few months in jail. ; Train Robber Johnson. Los Angkles, May 7.— Alva Johnson, who was sentenced to Folsom prison for life on conviction for the Koscoo train robbery, was taken north by Deputy Sheriff McClure this afternoon. Died Iv Uis Chair. San Francisco, May 7. — Denni9 Gil feather, a consumptive brought from the Comity Hospital to-day as a w itnoss in tho Superior Court, died in a chair at the New City Hall as soon as he arrived. SACEA3IEXTO, WEDNESDAY 3IORXIXG, MAY 8, 1895.— 51 X PAGES. THE SILVER QUESTION. Secretary Morton Writes a Let ter to a Denver Citizen. ANSWER TO CRITICISMS OF STATE MENTS HE HAD MADE. ■What Is tho Sense, Says the Secretary, of Clamoring for Unlimited Coin age, AVheu the Treasury Canuot Get Rid by Hook or Crook of Those Dollars Ali'eady Coined and Lying in Useless Heaps ia tiie Vaults. sjvcini tothfi RBCORn-UsaoK. SVasiiinuton, May 7.— Secretary Mor ton has written a letter to James A. Cherry of l)oavor, in answer to a letter from that gentleman criticising some statements in tho interview with the .Secretary of Agriculture, printed two weoka atjo, which caused so much com ment. It is ab follows: "From your letter of April 22, IM)S, it appears that you and I perfectly agreo in the fundamental point, namely, de mand aud supply inexorably regulate all values whatsoever at all times and at all places. At what points do we bo gin to separate from each other, and then go on to conclusion so utterly di verse? These points are only two— tne first historical and the second logical. "First, you assume certain proposi tions to be true of silver, which are not historically true at all, but quite the re verse of true. You say, lor instance, 'uulil 1573 the chief use of silver was for coinage.' It had other uses, but the de mand for its coinage purpose was steady and constant. <>v this point you have been monstrously misinformed. Ihe lirst Federal coins of silver were minted in 17U4, and of guld iv 1796. Their ratio was recommended by Alexander Ham ilton, and lixed by Act of Congress. It was 15 to lti, and it was thus hoped to keep the two metals iv equilibrio on tho coinage. But they would not evon come into equilibrio on that ratio, still less would they stay there. "Only '■'>-! silver dollar pieces were coined at the American mint in the oniire year of IN to, because the silver was worth mure out of coinage than in it, and worth more for export than lor domestic money. What was tho matter with thoso silver dollars? Mothing, only they were too valuable. "May 1, 1806, there came an order from President Jefferson to tho Director of the Mint at Philadelphia: 'Thai all tho silvor to be coined at tbo miut shall bo ot small denominations, so the value ot tho largest pieces shall not exceed hull a dollar.' "The reasou given by the I'ioaident for this order was 'that considers I >le pur chases have been made of dollars coined at the mint for the purpose of oxporting them, and that ii is probable lurthor pur chases will be made.' "Tho coinage oi silver dollars thus au thoritatively suspended at the American mint was not resumed there lor thirty years, in those low facts, which ate official and unquestionable, behold tho I beauties and advantages of a double j standard— the unlimited coinage of both I metals in an enacted and constant ratio with each other; of two yard sticks of different lengths to measure cloth by in the sumo market. "liy the law of 1834 tho ratio was sub stantially put at Ito 0. iiut this was go ing too lar in the opposite direction, (jold was not worth l(i in silver in tho markets of Europe. Constantly the international current of the metals was now lor a time reversed, silver passing in preferance abroad to liquidate tho balances ol trauo ami gold coming in small quantities to the United States, where it was more than o per cent, dearer in silver than in Europe. By 1833 the immense disadvan tages of a uouble standard had become co plain to all the thinking people that Con gress wisely determined to abandon tho utterly iutiie attempt to secure tho parity of the two metals, and to make gold me legal tender for debts, except for sums of ;& and undur. "In tho second place, Mr. Cherry, aa an instance of an historical assumption con trary to the facts and natural inference, allow me respectfully to call your atten tion to tui3 use, in common with many bunetailHts so-called, of the date of 1873 us the lime oi' the demonetization of sil ver. Unless lam mistaken, the silver dollar is not mentioned at all, oneway or the other, In the Act of Ib 7;. All the demonetization of silver, as 1 understand it, that ever came about in this country bappenod iv tho law of 1853, after full discussion and practically with unanim ity, wheu Congress introduced tho sub sidiary silver coinage, of which a nom inal dollar's worth weighed (i.yi per cont. less than the silver dollar, and aUo took away tho legal tender quality of all silver in payment of debts of over jfo in amount. "hecoud, you employ over and over again in your letter tho two most com mon fallacies that outer into tho speech of argumentative man overy whore, uamoly, putting cause in the place o; effect, and assuming that because one thiug happened after another in point of time, thoreiore it was the result of th.»t other. Let us look candidly together at the two or threo instances ot this taken at ran dom. You ask, 'What created domand?' and answer 'Use.' I ask, iv my turn, •What creates use?' and answer, '.De mand.' Why is it there is so little use of silver dollars in this country to-day,while millions upon millions of them are lyiug •die? i answer confidently, because there is no adequate demand lor them. "Have you not innocently but sadly mixed up 'cause' and 'ellect' in this case? Demand, in the commercial sense, is nothing but desire for something on tho part of ono man coupled with his willing- j ness to pay something for it satisfactory j to the other who owns it. 'Lse' of that i thinjr, no matter what it is, only follows j the 'demand' for it. You have helplessly put tho cart be;ore tho horse. "What is the sense of clamoring still for •unlimited coinage,' wheu the treas ury cannot {iot rid by hook or crook ol these already coined and lying in useless heaps? They aro well minted, of just weight, nine-tenths line, are legal tender for all debts and boar the legend, 'In Ciod We Trust.' What ails them? I answer, and so must you, on rellcction, there is no "demand' for thorn, and therefore no •use' of thorn. Vv hat more cau the law jdo for them? Mr. Eckels, tho present Comjitrolier of the Currency, has made it probablo by careful inquiry through his department that about 50 per cent, of i the retail houses of this country aro doing business by means of checks drawn on local banks, and cleared by tho banks with very little use of coins. The relative utuploymout of the*e instru ments of credit is constantly increasing tbrough the multiplication of banks and otherwise. Of course, also the quantity of coin money required to do the business of the world or of any advanced country I in the world is steadily decreasing rela tive to the business done." >'£W GUNBOATS. They are to b«s Bailt In the Least Pos sible Time* Washington, May 7.— The six new gunboats for which plaus have recently j been approved by the Secretary of the ! Navy will ue known as Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, | 14 and 15 until they aro named by tho \ Secretary. It is the intention of the Con j struction Bureau iv proparing the speci i fications to have tho new boats built in tho least possible time, and it is consid- ! ered that they ought to be ready to go into commission within fifteen months. I The naval bill provides that not more ! than two shall be built at auy one yard, and some rivalry is likoly among tho linns securing the contracts to complete | ! the boats as quickly as possible. In for- [ j mation received at the department mdi- j cates that there will be some very spirited ; competition among the different yards \ as the firms competeut to do the work have asked for complete and early infor mation as to the plans aad specifications. CASE OF C. P. HUNTINGTON. Application for a Writ of Removal De nied by .Judira Brown. New Y'ohk, May 7. — Judgo Brown in the United States Circuit Court to-day denied the application for a writ of re moval in the case of Collis P. llunting ton, President of the Southern Pacific Company, who is wanted iv California for violating the interstate commerce law in having given a pass over tho Southern Pacific Hailway to a man named Stone. Judge Brown denies the application on tho ground that the "indictmont in fatally defective in not averring that any use was ever made of the pass or any trans portation ever furnished under it." The Judge holds the various provisions of the ; Act itself and rulings and adjudications j of the Interstate Commerce Commission leave DO doubt whatever that t.he Act is intended to deal with transportation aud that nothing in the Aot makes criminal the more issuing of free ticKets or passos ; that ara never used. A free ticket or a j pas 3 not used is not transportation aud is | not a preierence or an advantage to the i holder. Jn conclusion Judge Brown says: "Cases cited by the (jlovernmont from re- ! ports of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission show on examination that they j aro all dealing^ with 'free carriage' and 'free transportation' and not with mere free tickets. "This indictment, by describing a 'free i pass' as writing, prevents any possible | construction of the words ot the indict- ; incut In an unlawful seuso as froe trans- I portation, and as it does not charge any transportation it is not sullicient to put | dofendant on trial, and therofoi'e the ap plication for romoval:must be denied." BJEPORXEO TKOUUI.E IN ECUADOR. The United States Steamship Ranger Sent to the Port of Ksmoralda. Washington, May 7. — The fact leaked out at tho Navy Department to-day, after having been successfully hidden from the public for a week, that tho United States steamship Hanger had bean ordered from Buena Ventura, Colombia, on May 2d, to Fsineralda, a port in Northern Ecua dor, where she probably has been for the last four days, the voyage being only about 450 miles in length. This order was issued at tho request oi the State Department, where it was staled that the request had been made, and the depart ment had become convinced upon the rep resentations i>y Americana having inter- j osts in Ecuador that it Would be wiso to j do so. No lurthor statemcu us to the na- j turo of the trouble in Ecuador could be gathered at tho State Department, but from other sources it is learned that a revolution is believed to bo impending in that country an the outcome ot the bitter j popular dissatisfaction engendered by tho use of the Ecuadoran llag to covor the transfer to Japan of the Chilean cruiser Etuneralda last winter. Some American j corporations have large interests in silver , mines and other properties in Ecuador, j and it was upon their representations that the State Department acted, al though it has no assurance that a revo : lutiou has actually broken out. TOPICS OF THE TURF. TfJE SUBURBAN TO BE RUN ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15111. Result of Yesterday's Races at tbo Hawthorne, St. Loula and the Buy District Tracks. Specln! totUe Recoiid-Unto*. New York, May 7.— The Brooklyn Jockey Club held a meeting to-day. It was decided that the Suburban would be ruu on Saturday, June loth, which is tho ; opening day of tho Covey Island Jockoy Club spring meeting. On June 15th the | Brooklyn Jockey Club will opou tho ; season in this State with the Expectation Hlakea and the Brooklyn Jockoy Handi cap. Under tho new order of ail'airs those are richest stakes to bo run for. lIAWXIIOUNK KAILS. Chicago, May 7. — Favorites at con venient prices won lour out of the five races at Hawthorne to-day. The Pueblo stables, owned by J. jS'oaurle Burke, the millionaire turJmau of California, ar rived at Hawthorne to-day. The lot in cludes the great two-year-old Croscoudo. Seven lurlougs, Blue and <jray won, La Crescent second, Landlord third. Time— l:3i Seven furlongs, Booza won, Silverado second, Our Maggie tuird. Time— l:3k Five andahalf iurlou<js. Warren I J oint won, Pete Clay Becoud, Deluder third. Time — 0:oS3. One mile, Shuttle won, Hartford sec ond, Bessie Bislaud third. Time — l:lj. Six furlongs, selling, Ottyana won, Billy S. second, Ethel W. third. Time— l:l6, AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, May 7.— Six and one-half furlongs, W'ildtiro won, Kaiuona second, shield Bearur third. Tiuio— l:2_'. Five-eighths of a mile* Ben Brush won, Captive second, Concession third. Time — l:04t. One miie, Hey El Santa Anita won, ' Kay S. second, Fra Diavolo third. Time— 1:41. Half mile, Amanda won, Marquise secnud, Stella third. Time— u-Al>\. Six lurlougs. Fair Faith won, Malmai son second, Koosevelt third. Time— i:lsi. AT THE HAY DISTRICT. BAM Fi;a>'ci.s<x>, May 7.— Tho sixth race did not iili, aud was declared oil. Favorites won all except the third and lifth raoes. llalr-mile, maiden two- year-olds, Ex tract lilly won, Edgemont second, Spry Lark third. Time— o:4'»*. Six furlongs, selling", Hymn won, Del Norte second, Harry Lewis third. Time —1:14}. Short cix furlongs, Kventido won, Mamie Scott second, Gypselte gelding third. Time— l:l44. Short Bix furlongs, selling:, Empress of Norfolk won, Kicardo second, Sea Spray third. Time— l:lß. Une mile, selling, Rear Guard won, Royal Flush second, Little Cripple third. Time— l:43. AMKUICAN HOUSES IN ENGLAND. Lomtaß, May 7.— Truth to-morrow will say: It ia impossible to conjecture why btonenoil started in the March stakes. He was very far from being in racing condition, but at the last he slipped. In hia right condition he will win, and backers had better look out for him. Truth also criticises the entry of Ban quet in tho trial stakes as a "revival of a pernicious system," and adds: "If gam bling of this od:ous kind is the aim and end of the American invasion, the sooner they return doisia the bettor tor both the turf and thorns-.*! yes. The secret history of the two-year-plate was that Moutauk, being a bad beginner, was chopped at tha start, and was never fairly in tne race. He is a nig colt, and wants timb. If ins owner ia wise, he will start him next for a iix lurlougs race." CORNERING GOLD. Morgan-Rothschild Syndicate Buy ing Up Ketined Yellow Metal. LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR AN OTHER BOND DEAL The Treasury Department, Under tho Terms of the Present Contract, Ab solutely In the Huuds of tho Syndi cate Until the First of October— Uijr Profits Made on the Last Issue of Bonds Bought In by the Combine. Special to the Kr.coitD-UxroN. Chicago, May 7.— A special to tho Post from Washington says: The discovery is made that there is an actual basis for the report that the Morgau-Kothschild syn dicate is conspiring to corner the gold market, though the story has been re garded as a foolish canard. It is a fact, however, that brukors representing tho syndicate have beau paying a premium for too refined gold output from the pri vate reliueries throughout the West for tho past two months, and that they are accumulating fine gold at the rate of $2, --500,000 or $3,000,000 per month, which represents fully two-thirds of the gold output of the United States. The attention of the ollicials of the Troasury Department was first attracted to the peculiar business by the sharp fall ing oil" in the deposits of the Colorado Mints, and inquiry vory soon developed the fact that private parties were buying the products of the refineries. Further inquiry revealed that tho metal was bought aud was drifting lo New York, where it is being put in store to thu credit of tho Morgau-Kothschild syndi cate. In order to divert the stream from its usual channels, lending into the United Status mints, tho private purchas ;s have been obliged to pay a premium r ;' Uto 14 ceuts. The premium paid for most of the gold was 48 cents; but so anx ious have been the buyers to increase their lines and get everything in sight that they have marked up their quotations during the last few days. At the present time they are getting practically the entire output of the Unite J Slates except from the extreme western const. Many long-headed man in Washington and Wall street who aro familiar with tho methods of the parlies composing tho syudicato havo jumped to the conclusion that the lounJa tion is being laid for another boud deal before Congress i.ieotn again. Tiie last bond deal of i-sii,oi;o,ouu has been pretty well closed out, over $,Jl,olX\Uou in gold haviug been paid out of the jiGI.OOO.OOU, and it is generally believed that the en lire deal will bo cleaned up before the Ist day of August. Under the terrua of contract with the Treasury Department, the Morgau- Rothachiid syndicate has an optiou on any now bonds that may be iasued by the Government prior to October Ist next. The Treasury is abEoiutely iv tueir hands ! until that date. If from natural causes or through chicanery tho American Gov ernment is obligod to issue another batch of bonds to maintain the gold reserve, tho Hale must be made to the byuuicate that took the last issue. There is no oscape from such action. It was uominated .specifically in tho contract signed by di rection of the President. The clause in which the syndicate agrees to maintain j tho Treusury reserve leaves the syndi- I eate to be the judge as to what it can do iv tho premises or to what methods it shall adopt. If in the carrying out of that moral ob ligation the syndicate shall decide that the Government must issuo another $100, --000,0 in bonds, tho Ad ministration will havo nothing to do but comply with tha terms. 11 the President aoes not want to issue any more bonds i at the dictation of the syndicate, the re- i aorvocau be practically wiped out in tou days; ana then, if he should decide in .self-protection to put out more bonds, he must aeli them to the Morgan-Kotnachhd peoplo. and nobody else. The new bonds are stilling in tho open market at L2l&. They cost the syndicate i I.CHi, which would show a prolit of 17 I points in tho operation, amounting in all to (10,540,000. It would not be fair to say the syndicate mado that much out of the operation, but it is very safe to estimate its profits at $8,000,000. The syndicate is hurrying the com pletion of its present deal with the Gov ernment. It deposited over (1,000,000 to-day, which will brine the reserve up to nearly 893,000,000. It will not have to complete those payments until the first of August, but the operatiou may be i closed up within a few weeks. That will leave the syndicate a freo field. KILLED II IS TilftKE ENEMIES. Triple Aluruor, the Outtrrowth, of an Unsavory Scandal. Como (Col.), May 7. — The Coroner's jury to-day found the killing of School Directors Wyalt, Taylor and McCurdy of the Tanyall District by Benjamin Kat clilTe to he felonious. Tho triple mur der was the outgrowth of a most un- ! savory scandal. Katciill'e lives with his | two young daughters alone. The girla have nover been allowed to visit town, or evon tho neighboring ranches. Months j ago passers-by claimed to havo seen ' things rotleciiug upon tho father. liat- i clitl'e had a diaiiko for tho School Board, j because they Lad ro;used to build a j schoolbouso on his ranch, and he im- ! agined tho members originated the stories about him. This week he heard of a rumor that his daughter was in a delicate condition, for which Katciifle was held responsible. Yesterday he went to tua schoolhouse, kuowiug that the School Directors would bo together, lie waited a while for E. K. Crozier, whom he also connected with tho matter to arrive. Finally he enterod the sehoolhouae and killed his three enemies. Crozier was only saved by hia tardiness. lust night a meeting of citizens was held at Jeil'ersou, and arrangements made to go to Fairplay to-night aad lynch Itatclilie. but Sheriff Wilsou spirited his prisoner away, and his whereabouts are still secret. Deadly Itattle iv Vlrclnin. Sergeant (Ky.), May 7.— Wagoners have brought news to tb 3 place that the Gilley boys and Joe and Will Day met near their liomes on Indian Creek, nine miles from Norton, Va., and engaged in j a deadly buttle, which resulted in the doalh of the three Gilley boys and the fatal wounding of Joe Day, it is further reported that Will Day, one of the par ticipants, is in the Wise County Jail. The two factions have boeu at war for some time. Fust Railroad Traveling. Chicago, May 7. — A special train on the Erio road, which arrived in Chicago this mornine with President Thomas of the Now York, Lake Erie and Western, ; and Prenident McCullough olthe Chicago and Erie on hoard, mado a remarkable run from Uuntinglon, Ind., to Ham mond, Ind. The ulutsincG is 132 miles, and the train covered it in exactly 134 minutes. Stops amounting to twelvo minutes were made, making tho time for the run of 122 miles 122 minutes. Not Paying a Promlum for Triplets. Washington, May 7.— The report that President Cleveland had sent a draft of $000 to a family in Decatur, Ind., on the occasion of the birth of triplets whicn were named for the President's houao hold, was pronounced to be without foundation at the White House to-day. Families in which triplets occur when the President has beou notiiied they boar las name or the name of any of his fam ily, receive a courteous letter of acknowl edgment, but no cheeks. The Monterey. Washington, May 7.— The coast de fense vessel Monterey arrived at Pana ma to-day from Acupulco, Mexico. lier original orders were to proceed to Callao, Peru, but these are now subject to change in view of the cud of tho internal trouble iv that country. Tho sending of tho Alert to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, left the isthmus unprotected, and the fact that a revolution iv Colombia is still in progress will probably cause the Navy Depart ment lo detain the Monterey at Panama for a time. Secretary Gresttam Improving. Washington, May 7.— Secretary C.res ham is reported to bo constantly gaining ground, and it is said all danger is passed. It is said, he will leave the city for some health resort in about ten dnys. The reports from his house are tb:it iia is better, and hopes aro entertained that he will recover. University Athletic Team. Princeton (N. J.), i\iay 7.— The Cali fornia team arrived to-day. Aside from tho fatigue of the journoy, Captain Koch stated that the men were in the best of condition physically. Manager North has been looking over tho Eastern teams, and is confident his team is equal, if not superior, to any of them. SCHOONER C. G. WHITE. The lieport That tho Vessel "Was Wrecked Confirmed. San Francisco, May 7. — Mail advices from Koiiiak. Alaska, by the steamer Topeka, confirm the report that the schooner C. G. White of San Francisco was wrecked in a gale and snowstorm on Kodiak Island April 14th. One letter says eleven lives were lost, and another places tho loss at seventeen. Captain Isaacson, after tho White had struck a rock, drilled ashore on a piece of wreck age and died an hour afterward from ex posure. Every man but two reached the shore, and tho cold, chilling blasts of tho gale aud a blinding snowstorm caused the men to die on tho beach. On the third day, when a party of na tives came atony, six survivors were laken to Kodiak lor medical treatment. Their limbs were frightfully swollau, lie cessitatiujf amputation. Three others re mained at the scene of the wreck until a schooner could return with assistance. Tua vessel is a complete loss, tlio hull beinjj ground into splinters. It was im possibie to get a list of the dead from the survivors who reached Kodiak, on account of their weak physical condition. la the same gaie tho schooner ivodiak, on Iktalik lslaud, tweivo miles Irom Kodiak lslaud, went ashore, aud will probably prove a total loss. The schooner Maud S. reports that a large quantity of wreckage from the ill fated collier Keweenaw came ashore in Hose Harbor, Queen Charlotte Islr.nd. The Indian 3 secured several pieces of the steamer's timbers, some of which bore tho name of the ves&ei. The midi cine chest and several other articles irum tho steamer Aloutsarrat were found by T. Patchion, who was in a small schooner on Etallou Island, Ciareuco Straits. The wreckage drifted fully 700 miles to the northwest through narrow passages, and among numerous isianda, from which the colliers ara supposed to have foundered oiF Cape Flattery. A copper plate on the medicine chest was brought hero by the steamer Topeka. SAD STORY OF DESERTION. A Husband Turns His "VViro and cliil dreu Out of Doors. San la Rosa, May 7. — A sad story of desertion by a man ot his wife and chil dren comes from Sebastopol. A man named Andrews living on a farm near , v abastopoi is reported to have turned hia wife and live children out of doors to make room for a woman whom ho be came infatuated with in San Francisco. Mrs. Andrews and the children are stopping with frienda in this city and complains bitterly of the treatment ac corded her by her husband. The matter is in tiie hands of officers and some very intort'stiaj» developments are likely to como to light soon. GREENE AND MILLER. Jlie Murderers of Julius Pierre Held to Answer Without Hail. Mauysyille, May 7.— ;-;tuart Greene and Marshall Mhler wtre to-day held to answer before the Superior Court with out bonds, fortha murder of Julius Pierre lust Thursday. The attorneys lor young Ureene made a strenuous effort to keep out the confession, but failed. Miller actually laughed wnen he hoard the lan guage of Greene's confession. Tho eliects of the confinement and tho manner in which people have taken the crims bi>v<i acted upon both prisoners, nud they look much dojected and aot nervously. Preparing for the Bench Show. Sa> t Fsaxcisco, May 7.— Elaborate preparations are being made tor the doe show which opens here to-morrow night at the Mechanics' lU'aviliou. Hundreds of dotja from all parts of tho Paciiic Coast have boon entered lor competition, and tho show promises to bo the most suceessiul ever hold in Sao Francisco. A great deal of attention has been de voted to siuiitary arrangements. Every dog that goes into tho pavilion must iirst pass a searching examination at the hands of a competent veterinary author ity. This is to prevent d:in»or oi the dogs on exhibition bein^ taiiou iii. The Fight Did Not Take Place. Los Angeles, May 7.— The lifteen round clove contest which was to have taken place at the Loa Auceies Athletic Club to-night betweeu Professor Galla ghor aud Jack Foguriy did not come on". 'or several weeks past an air of morality ■ las prevailed in police circles, and the ollicers oi tue club were notihed to-night that no glove contents would be per mittod. The disconcerted audience was dismissed, and the aspiring pugilists who have undergone training for several days wont away in disgust. Free Silver Meeting. San Francisco, May 7.— The friends of free silver, all that Metropolitan Tornpie would hold, met to-night to listen to Concrosstrian Sibley of Penn sylvania and General A. J. Warner of Oniu. argue in lavor of the free coinage of silver. At the close of the meeting resolutions were adopted recommending tlie formation of silver leagues throui/u --out tiio State, and that a committee of fifteen, livo Horn each of the three po litical partiou, be appointed to tt-.ko charge ot the movoment. Case of "Kid" Thompson. Los Angeles, May 7. — The jury in the case of "Kid" Thompson, charged with wrecking and robbing a Southern Pacific 11 am at Koscoe in February, ib'Ji, could nod come to an agreement to-nignt, aud they were ordered locked up uutii morn ing. WHOLE NO. 16,710. PERSECUTED ARMENIANS. Survivors of the Recent Massa cre Tortured by Turks. PLACED IN CHAINS AND SUSPENDED FOR HOURS BY THE FEET JBacause They Refused to Slsrn au Ad dress of Thanks to the Snlton Stat lnjr That They Met With Only Kindness at the Hands of tho Troops, and That All the Troubles Were Caused by Turkish Raiders. j Ppeetal to the Record-Untox. London, May 7. — The Daily Nws to day publishes advices from a correspond ent at Kars saying that 800 of tho sur vivors of the recent massacre in Armenia, who returned to their homes under prom ise of protection of the Turks, have been, daily persecuted and tortured at tho hands of Turkish officials supported by gendarmes. For two months, it is added, tho offi cials have tried to force the refugees to sign an address of thanks to tho Sultan, stating that they met with only kindness at the hands of the troops, and that all the troubles were caused by Turkish raiders, and that the Sultan's troops took no part in the slaughter. Thoso refusing to sign are beaten, placed in chains and suspended tor hours by the feet. Women I were outraged, children shamefully treated, and the soldiers drugged women, and girls and forced them to sigu the ad dress. PBOTEST AGAINST THE OUTRAGES. London, May 7. — A meeting was held here this afternoon to protest against tbe Armenian outrages. Tno Duke of Argyll presided, and the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity. Above the platform was the legend : "The Armenians claim tho right lo live peacefully iv their native land." Telegrams of sympathy were received from America, tho British colonies, Bul garia, Cairo, Paris, Athens, Macedonia and elsewhere. In his speech opening the meeting the DuKe of Argyll said it was a hopeless task to overcome tho causesiof corruption in Turkey. It was now the absolute duty of the British Government to assume an active execu tive part in the Armenian question. It was its duty to open the windows and let iv the light. A letter from Gladstone waß read ex pressing a sincere grief at Armenia's pit iable condition and declaring that Eng land should adopt effective measures to prevent a recurrence of the shamolul out rages. LaUy .S'omersot addressed the meeting. .She declared that the cresoenl would henceforth stand forth before tho eyes of the uatiou as a thing as impossible to be cleaned as was tU.o band of Lady Mac beth. It was lilting that a woman's voice should bo lilted up for the Armenian, women. A hundred thousand women wearing tho whito ribbon were invisibly present with her as she stood trying to represent their burning love for their sisters in the clutches of the harem des pot of Constantinople. PARISIANS SATISFIED With tho Course Adopted by Japau Regarding the Peaoe Treaty. Paris, May 7.— The press, generally speaking, is satisfied with the course Japan adopted regarding the remon strances of the Powers as lo the treaty of peace with China. Naturally, however, there are a few dissenting voices. The Lamteme says: We shall be the dupes of Russia unless the agreement of the throe Powers also applies to tho settlement of tho Egyptian question and Kussia re turns ou thu banks of the .Nile the service ahe has just received from us. TO STJPPBESS BLACK FLAGS. Hongkong, May 7.— Five thousand soldiers have startod from Canton for Formosa to suppress the expected oppo sition of the Black Flags to the occupa tion of that islaud by tue Japanese, ac cording to the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan. Many of the troops are unreliable and liable to join the Black Flags. AN ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY. LONDON, May 7.— The Tunes to-day i says it is reported iv consideration of Japan's abandonment of Liao Tung Pe ninsula she will receive additional in demnity Of JtI.UUU.OOU. RECESSION OF FORMOSA. Pakis, May 7.— lt is stated that France is negotiating with Japan regarding the recession of Formosa aud the Pescadore Islands to China. France insists that iv the event of Japan holding the islands, the strength of the Japanese garrisons and tho number of warships will be limited. OSCAR WILDE Gives Bail and is Released From l'rirtou. LONDON, May 7. — Oscar Wilde waa re loased on bail to-day after furuisbinsr a personal bond in ;-l-,o'Jli and two sureties of StJ.^OO each. The sureties were Lord Douglas of llawick, the eldest surviving son of the Marquis of liuoensberry, and the Kov. Stewart lloadlauj, a graduate of Cambridge University. The latter said : "1 became a surety for < 'scar Wildo on public grounds. I felc that the public mind whs prejudiced &•• lore the case be to r un, and 1 am anxious to give him any help possible to enable him to stand trial in good nealth aud spirits." At \-:>0 Wilde was driven in a cab from Hallo way Jail to the Bow-street Police Court, whoro the bail was formally ae ocptad. 'lhou, in company with Lord Douglas oi iiawick, \\ nde left the court. Sorvia Golnji Into bankruptcy. London, May 7.— Advices from Bel ! grade indicate that Servia 13 going into bankruptcy. Tho populace is said to b% clearly in javor of repudiation. Tho Gov ernment is sp ending mouoy lavishly. The Skuptßchinu last evening granted au annual pension of £lo,OUU to ex-King Miiau. Court balls, dinners and all ■ kinds of festivities on a scale of magniu ! ceuce unknown for years are in pro gress. The towu is being profuseiy dec orated for tho triumphant reception of ox-(iueeu Natalie. Royalty In a Hallway Accldont. Rome, May 7.— King Humbert and Queon Margarita were on their way to day by rail iv a special train from Flor ence to this city, attended by suites, when, near lucisa Lake, one of the carri ages was derailed and everybody on the train received more or less serious con cussions. An obstruction had either fallen across the track or beon placed there. Tho King and <4ueen eseaped^with a bad shaking-up. Severn Shock of Earthquake. BuKZtOfi AvEiis, May 7. — There was a sovere earthquake to-day at Mondouca, capital of tho province of that name. The inhabitants were terror-stricken aud lied from the town. Mendonca is situated about fifty-live miles southeast from thd volcano of Aicongua. The place v, r as de stroyed by au earthquake in ibO'j,