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VOL. XLV. NO. 157
THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT
A MATTER OF OR WE POLITICAL IMPORT
TO ALL EUROPE
Tho Refutation ol Affairs In Egypt Is Under
taken by England With tha Approval of
tho Powers — Great Britain and the
Dreibund In Harmony
Associated Press Special Wire.
London. March 15. —The Associated
Press ia able to atate, in connection with
the reoped Egyptian question, that the
British government consulted and obtain
ed the approval of a majority of the pow
ers before deciding upon tho advance upon
Dongola. This makes the now .Soudan
campaign of far-reaching political impor
tance in its bearing upon Great Britain's
relations with the European powers.
That tho disclosures by recent events of
Great Britain's complete and friendless
laolation in the community of nations has
given a shock and a feeling of uneasiness
to the responsible statesmanship of Great
Britain has been frankly admitted by Brit
ish statesmen themselves, and that Eng
land's diplomacy has been busy with
efforts to make some iuroada into the uni
versally hostile array of nations has been
generally understood.
When the terms of the settlement of the
dispute over tho boundaries between the
possessions on the Mekong in Indio-China
of Great Britain und France were made
known, the world expressed its wonder at
the substantial concessions made by Great
Britain, and the opinion was generally
held that Great Britain sought to procure
an entente with France as a consideration
for these concessions. Many couimentera
professed to see confirmation of this opin
ion in the suggestion offered by the sultan
a little later to Lord Salisbury that Eng
land should regulate the situation in
Egypt, it was suggested that, the sultan's
suggestion was inspired by Great Britain
itself, in order to open up a course for the
evacuation of Egypt, thus relieving the
present cause of in nation between Great
Britain and France.
The announcement of the new Soudan
campaign is clear and convincing evidence
that there is to he no rapprochement be
tween Great Britain owl France. If fur
ther evidence were needed of this.it was
seen in the prolonged visit on Friday to the
foreign olliee of baron do Cotucel, the
French ambassador iv London, and his
subsequent departure for Paris to impart
the result of his interview to the French
cabinet.
Corroboration of France's opposition to
the proposed Soudan campaign is found in
the dispatch from Cairo, naming as the ex
plicit grounds of her opposition that no
movement in the Soudan exists warranting
such a campaign, and that the Khalifa
Abdullah, the successor of the late Mahdi,
Mohammed Ahmed, and military chief
under him in the former war, has lost all
his authority antl has withdrawn his loyal
adherents from the Cassata district.
The advance upon Dongola was decided
upon by the British government with a
view to the favorable effect it would have
Upon the Italian situation iv Abyssinia as
»as stated by the Times, the organ of the
British cabinet, in connection with its an
nouncement of the Soudan campaign.
Almost simultaneously with this announce
ment comes the news of the visit of Count
GoluchowsUi, tho Austro-Hutigarian prime
minister, to Berlin, and the statement that
as a result the dreibund is to remain in
tact and that the German government's ir
ritable attitude toward Great Britain as
manifested over the Transvaal episode,
has been mnllilled through the exertions
of Count Goluchowski.
AN ADVANCE IMMINENT
CAIRO, March 15.—The Egyptian coun
cil yesterday stated that Lord Cromer, the
British agent, had announced that a thou
sand British troops, draftetl at European
siattons, were coming here directly to take
pan in the advance upon Dongola.
It is reported that France, as a guaran
teeing power to Egyptian bondholders, will
refuse her consent to the cost of the CRm
patgti, which is estimated at £2,000,000,
being charged to the Egyptian budget. In
support of this decision it is alleged from
French sources, that no movement exists
in the Soudan warranting such a campaign
and that, on the contrary, the Khalifa Ab
dullah has lost all his authority and has
withdrawn his loyal adherents from the
Cassala districts fearing assassination for
himself.
ITALIAN NOTES
ROME, March 15.—Tbe Italic states that
the Criapi ministry authorized Gen. Baldis
sera to negotiate a peace with Menelik of ter
the defeat of Adowa. The messenger says
Gen. Baldissera on leaving Rome had
authority to evacuate Cassala, Agordat and
Adrigot. The latest news from tho front
in Africa is that the main body of der
vishes is advancing upon Cassala.
GERMAN FBELINO
Berlin, March 15.—The proposed Sou
dan expedition of the British excites a vast
deal of attention and comment in political
circles and in the press here. The Ger
man newspapers in commenting upon the
proposed Egyptian advance to Dongola
still show an intense hatred for England.
The National /.eitung scorns the idet
that she will do anything to help Italy iv
the straits iuto which that unfortunate
power has come in Africa and hints that
England will acquire Cassala as a result of
the campaign. Most of the newspapers
here regard tbe Dongola movement as a
clever (novo on England's part to silence
clamor on the Egyptian question anil to
offer an answer to France and all those
who press her evacuation of Egypt for
years to come.
The Vossische Zeitttnj thinks that no
body is better fitted for the task of the
conquest of the Soudan than England.
The Kolnische Zeitung, through the in
spiration of the foreign office, thinks Eng
land has delayed ihe proposed expedition
too long, and that she will find great diffi
culty now in crushing the dervishes.
ENGLISH OFFICERS
Welcomed By Loyal Salvationists at New
York—Army Notes
New York, March 15.—The Salvation
Army held a large meeting at headquarters
in Fourteenth street today, the three mem
bers who arrived on the St. Paul Saturday
being present. They were Staff Major
Susie I. Swift, Captain Elizabeth Clark,
private secretary to Commander Eva
Booth, and Adjutant Caroline Pease. Cap
tain Eberling and Colonel Eidie were on
the platform with other well known mem
bers. Tne three new arrivals are Ameri
cans and have been abroad for some time.
It was said a: headquarters that Colonel
Alexandor Nicol hud been called to Eng
land on account of the deatlfof his child
and that was the reason he sailed so sud
denly on Friday.
The niembets are anxiously awaiting the
arrival of Commander Booth-Tucker, who
has been appointed to tho command of the
army in tho United States. It is said lie
and his wife, the second daughter of Gen
eral Booth, will sail for New York on Sat
urday. A grand reception will take place
shortly after iheir arrival in New York,
probably March 30 or April It. It is said
there ia not likely to bo any change in the
methods of administration in this country.
Immediately on his arrival he will proba
bly attempt to consolidate the forces and
restore harmony. Hlaff Major Susie F.
Swift is an ex-Vassargirl.
"The men and women in England," she
said, "are loyal to the army and we are
making great headway. They are sur
prised there at our sudden departure for
these shores and the talk of tho trouble
over here astonishes them. Tbe English
papers are devoting considerable space to
our affairs just now."
Asked for a little sketch of herself,
Major Swift said: -I left Vassar in 188:1.
The following year 1 went abroad with my
father, George H. Swift, a lawyer of
Poughkeepaie. At that time I was de
voted to literary work aud a member of
the Protestant Episcopal church. In Glas
gow I heard of the Salvation army doing so
much good work and saving so many souls
that I attended a meeting out of curiosity
and intending to write something about it.
Then I became converted to the nrmy
and believed that by joining the ranks I
could serve God and do good work. For
some time I was in London. Later 1 edited
tho International Journal of the Salvation
army, traveled on the continent in its in
terest and paid visits after that to the
United States aud Canada. Some time ago
I was sent to North Africa to see what
possibility there was of working there, but
did not meet the best of success in that
country. Then I opened the Newsboys'
shelter in London, afterwards being in
charge of the auxiliary league. <hi leaving
the otiier side I was told to prepare for a
six weeks' absence at least."
Francis Clark, president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor of Boston,
io;lay joined the auxiliary league.
REVOLT AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Mo., .March 15. —A revolt has
taken place in the ranks of the Salvation
army in St. Louis. Tcnight twenty-live
recruits from the various stations in this
city under the leadership of Cadet Vincent
paradett the streets and held open air
exercises similar to those of the Salvation
army. The members of tho band each
wore a red ribbon over which was pinned a
picture of Mrs. Ballington Booth, and had
the words "God Bless Our Leader" in
scribed upon it. At their head they carried
a United States flag and a banner bearing
the likeness of George Washington.
Cadet Vincent asked for a contribution
and slated that not a cent of it would be
sent out of this country. In a talk he said
that as soon as Ballington Booth signified
his intentions they would organize under
his directions. They expect to be able to
raise funds soon and procure a hall tor use
as headquarters and hope to hold public
meetings. Ii was noticed that there was
not on officer of the Salvation army
among them, all being cadets. They ex
pre-s ihe opinion that the movement here
will grow, and stated thai their work would
not be in opposition to the Salvation army
hut along the same line.
A STRANGE FAILURE
Assignment to Facilitate the Distribution of
the Estate
St. Paul, Minn., Match 15.—Patrick H.
Kelly, well knowh Democratic politician
and leading merchant, has filed an assign
ment for the benetltof hiscreditors to John
E. Meagher of Mankato, Minn., who will
qualify in a bond for the amount of $:>OO,
--000, which gives some idea of the size of
the failure. No schedules have yet been
prepared and no figures aro given out, and
this is the only means of knowing the size
of the failure.
The assignment is a peculiar one, ac
cording to the story of Mr.Kelly's attorney,
which is that there is no need for any
failure, as far as financial difficulties ore
concerned, but the assignment has been
made to close up the estate more easily in
case Mr. Kelly should not recover from
the attack of pneumonia which haa con
fined him to his rooms for some days. The
paperß wore tiled on Saturday afternoon,
but the fact did not become public until
today.
Air. Kelly'a private estate is estimated
as being worth from f 100,000 to $200,000,
but no accurate statement can be given.
His attorney says his assets exceetl the
liabilities. It is staled that the P. H.
Kelly Mercantile company will tomorrow
assign to W. B. Jordan of Miles City, for
the same reason that caused the assign
ment of Mr. Kelly. The mercantile com
pany is rated at half a million dollars and
its credit is the highest, business will go
on as usual antl will in no way be inter
fered with by the assignment.
Mr. Kelly is one of the most prominent
men in the northwest, where he has held
front rank among merchants aud politi
cians many years. His wholesale grocery
house in thia city is one of the best known
concerns in the country. In politics. Air.
Kelly has always been a Democrat and
with Michael Dorm, the national commit
teeman from Minnesota, has been con
sidered the political boss of Minnesota for
nearly ten years. Both are warm friends
of the president.
GERMAN NOTES
Peters to bo Thrown Out -Bl.me tallists Still
Berlin. March 13.—The Peters scandal
has done the government a worse service
than anything the opposition could have
devised. Colonial adventurers have
already cost the government 30,000,000
marks. The papers are now ransacking
Peters' writings to discover instances of
his boasting of his own brutalities. One
instance cited is that once his expedition
was passing a herd of cattle when tbo
herdsman politely requested him to go
around instead of through tho herd. Pet
ers' only answer was with his revolver,
with which he shot the herdsman iv the
head on the spot.
It is evident, however, that the govern
ment has resolved to throw Peters over
altogether.
At an anarchist meeting at Beotzow's
brewery today the anarchist editors, Herren
Landauer and Spohr were arrested.
It is announced China will refuse to cede
l.apha or to Germany.
The German bimetalhsts have made an
arrangement with himetadists in Kngland,
France and Austria to introduce identical
motions looking to the use of both gold
and silver as currency in their respective
parliaments.
A riodern Enoch Arden
Sfdalia, Mo., March 15.—Fifteen yesrs
ago a man was run over by a Missouri Pa
cific train a few miles west of this city.
The remains were cut into many pieces
and strewn along the track. They were
picket! up and brought here. 'The dead
man, after having been patched uu by the
undertaker, was Identified as George Hat-
Held of this city, and buried as such.
Seven years ago the wife of Hatfield mar
ried W. D, Bernhardt, who is now a pros
perous coal dealer in this city. Today
George Hat Held arrived here from Califor
nia, where he has been for Ihe past
lil teen years, engaged in fruit farming. He
had never written home in all the past
years but had prospered and had grown
wealthy. When he learned that his wife
had remarried ho viewed her from across
tho street antl seeing that she was happy
aud comfortably sittiatetl he left Ins
"Anna undisturbed with Philip,'' and de
parted iv the company of his bro.her.
Accepts a Ulshoprlc
Marquette, Mich.. March 15.—Dean M.
Mott Williams today announced in St.
Paul's Episcopal church that he had ac
cepted the bishopric of Marquetto Episco
pal diocese and that he yesterday sent a
letter to Bishop Williams of Connecticut
containing his formal acceptance. Doubt
existed as to Dean Williams' course, owing
to charges brought against him. fie will
be consecrated three weeks hence.
Blown to Atomf
Denver, Col., March 13.—A special lo
tho News from Trinidad, Col., says: While
sitting in his cabin at Ulizabethtown, Jell'
Bailey was blown to atoms by the explo
sion of eighty-live pounds of giant powder.
The cabin was entirely demolished.
Bailey waa a member of the Knights of
Pythias, United Workmen and Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES. MONDAY" MORNING* MARCH 16, 1896.-EIGHT PAGES.
POLITICS IN OLD KENTUCKY
THE MILITIA IS ORDERED OUT AND MAR
TIAL LAW IS PROCLAIMED
Some Noted Desperadoes aro Sworn In as
Deputies to Keep the Peace—Blackburn's
Friends Are Preparing to Enter the State
House by Force
Associated Fress Special Wire.
Cincinnati, 0., March 16.—The Com
mercial Gazette's 12:40 a. m. (Monday)
special frotn I'rankforr, Ky., say*:
The riot bell rang from the fire ermine
house at 11 ocljck Sunday iiii/ht and at
the same moment Governor Bradley or
dered out the militia. Ten minutes later
tho McCreary guards, fifty-two strong,
Captain Notes Gains, were in possession of
the State house and martial law was pro
claimed. Until today Governor Bradley
had persistently refused to call out the
militia, though urged to do so by citizens,
irrespective of party.
The Blackburn leaders, he waa informed,
had been preparing all day to take forcible
possession of the state house tomorrow.
Threats were made that the senate would
arrest the governor tomorrow for usurpa
tion of authority in Hiving the instructions
he gave last night to the sheriff of Frank
lin county to clean the corridors and cloak
rooms.
All trains Sunday brought in reinforce
ments for the men bent on mischief to
morrow. It was only at the last moment,
when the presence of these crowds pre
saged serious danger, that tho governor
yielded to repealed requests of orderly citi
zens of both parties and called out the
militia.
Sergeant-at-Arms Somers has sworn in
Jack Chirm, Jim Williams. Eph Lillard
and other desperate men as his deputies.
It was reported to the governor by numer
ous affidavits that armed men had Iweii
collecting in tho capital for two or three
days with a vieiv of taking charge of the
joint assembly on Monday. A company
from Lexington ond the Louisville legion,
1100 strong, will arrive early in the morn
ing. General ('oilier is in command.
Guards surround the state house and
permit no one but state olllcers, senators,
representatives and others having a con
stitutional right, to pass.
Senator Bronston came into tho gov
ernor's office and asked why he was de
barred from the state house, who whs the
peace officer of the state, and why the
militia had been ordered out. Be then
told the governor he could see affidavits
that would be filed in the senate tomorrow.
This evidently referred to an effort to im
peach Governor Bradley by the senate,
which haa been threatened all doy. The
excitement in tho city is great and the
streets are full of people. No littlo appre
hension is felt. Six hundred armed sol
diers will be here in the morning, and it is
hoped they will bu able to preserve peace.
Gov. Bradley in an interview at mid
night said in explanation of his action that
the presiding officers of both houses had
called on him for protection and that he
bad called on the mayor to give it. He
learned afterwards that the sheriff and the
mayor's police had been insufficient and
had done nothing to remove tho disturbing
e.lement.
On Saturday, March 11th, the presiding
officers of the two houses, along with
others, had made affidavits that armed
desperadoes had intimidated members of
the legislature and that some of them had
assaulted a senator and refused to let him
leave the chamber; that a portion of them
claiming to ba deputies of the sergo.vif-at
arms of the joint assembly forcibly pre
vented, on the l llh of March, the door
keeper of the house of representatives
from leaving his post of duty. They inter
fered with the proceedings of the
joint assembly and permitted armed
persons to occupy the senate chamber and
cloak rooms of the two houses during the
joint session. The aforesaid authorities
were powerless to act, and unless he in
terfered to protect the general assembly,
legislative action would be perverted, riot
and bloodshed would follow, and the se
curity of the lives of citizens of the com
monwealth requited action on my part.
Under these circumstances I fe't that I
could not allow such a state of things to
continue and called out the state guard."
Excitement tonight is very high. Poor,
the Populist, has promised the Republicans
to vole for Boyle tomorrow, and if he does
Boyle is likely to bo elected.
an ominous outlook
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March ] 5.—A Courier-
Journal special from Frankfort says:
Military surveillance was established at
10 oclock tonight. The courthouse bell
gave the aiarm at 0 !30 oclock and in ten
minutes Co. B of the secund Kentucky
guards, under Captain Gams, were under
arms and went at double quick time to the
state house. A squad from the McCreary
guards were sent to the state arsenal with
orders to have ammunition ready for the
troops on arrival.
There will be -100 soldiers patrolling the
state house square at daybreak. Already
the calls of pickets can be heard above the
noise and confusion of the crowd. The
bringing of the military caused the most
intense excitement, and in fifteen minutes
hundreds of men and women were in the
streets. There is no apparent prospect for
an outbreak tonight, but the outlook for
tomorrow is ominous.
AN URQBST CASE
Louisville, Ky., March 15.—A telegram
was received here tonight from Gov. Brad
ley ordering four companies of the Ken
tucky State guard to Frankfort with all
possible haste. Three hundred men, under
the command of Gen. John B. Castleman,
will leave on a special train in the morn
ing.
An Embezzler's Suicide
Kansas City, Kas., March 15.--To es-
J cape arrest for embezzlement of govern
| ment funds, Frank Mapes, postmaster for
i this city, committed suicide this morning
at his own residence. On Thursday two
postoffice inspectors arrived here and
hegan an investigation of the office. They
finished their work lust night, and the in
vestigation proved the postmaster to be an
embezzler to the amount of about $0000.
It is evident that Mapes feared arrest,
and decided upou death. At breakfast
time ho complained of being ill and re
tired to his room. Moon afterward he had
i bis wife send for three of his friends.
I When these men arrived a pistol shot rang
' through the house. Mrs. Mapes and the
; three men ran to the postmaster's bed
| room. They found him in the ngonies of
d=ath. He had blown out his brains and
I died almost instantly. His family is pro-
I vided for hy $10,000 life insurance which
: lie carried.
The Expected Cla-ii
j Pei oisas, La., March 18.—The long ex
pected clash between citizens and regula
j tors occurred last night, when the reg til a-
I tors returned from Villo Platte, where
I they had unmercifully beaten Mark La
j zoro, A prominent citizen of that town,
i The mayor of this city, learning of these
I facts, aud having been informed that theee
! people intended to invade I'elousas and
I browbeat the citizens, appointed live
special officers to preserve the peace.
About 0 p. ro* three of the officers encoun
tered a party of regulators, consisting of
tho Koy brothers and au unknown man.
The latter nrened lire on the officers and a
general fusillade followed, and whon the
■moke cleared away it was found that
three Koy s had been wounded, one of them
dangerously, while the unknown regulator
and the officers escaped unhurt.
RELIEF FOR ARMENIANS
MISS BARTON REPORTS PROORESS OF
THE RED CROSS WORKERS
The Sultan Grants Permission to Enter the
Interior, Where Hunger, Nakedness,
Smallpox and Typhus Fever lake the
Condition ol tho People Desperate
Associated Press Special Wire.
New York, March 15.—The following
are extracts from a report by mail from
Miss Clara Barton of the American Ked
Cross League here. The report is dated
Constantinople, r ebruory 25. Miss Barton
says:
"Immediately on our arrival here Judge
Terrell lost no time in notifying the Turk
ish government and asking an audience
for me with the foreign minister. This
was granted and held on the 18th. Wo
were informed that the permit was granted
for my party to enter into the interior to
afford relief for the suffering people there
aud that no obstructions would be put
in our way. Mr. Terrell at once cabled
tnat information to Mr. Olney, but the
permit or papers are to bo signed hy the
sultan. This is the time of the great fast
of Kamazau, during which no work but
the ordinary labor is supposed to be dono
and the papers have thus waited until
now. Minister Terrell yesterday de
manded, through the Russian ambassa
dor, that the paper be attended to, and he
waits in much certainty for favorable ac
tion Immediately,"
Since tho duto of this letter cable dis
patches have announced the signing of the
papers by the sultan antl tho issuance of
the necessary permits and passports.
The report continues: "Meanwhile we
are not losing a moment's time. Dreadful
news comes iv from the battlelield of
Zeitoun. It has not failetl to reach you,
for it went to the press. Sir Philip Currie
has asked that I send relief to Zeitoun aud
we are getting out supplies reatiy for ship
ment via Alexandretta, Our agents are
today purchasing supplies to be taken by
caravan from Alexandretta. There are
always delays of boats, only about one a
week going over, and this occupies a week
iv the voyuge across. Our dragomen are
ready. Tho Turkish guard will De pro
vided and Or. Huhbell will lead the llrst
detachment up into the snow and moun
tains, lo hunger, nakedness, smallpox aud
typhus. We lind supplies as cheap here
as at home, some even cheaper, lt is said
food, such as grain, flour, etc., can be
found all through the interior.
"Dr. Huhbell will see what need there is
for seed and other materials for helping
the destitute people to raise something
for themselves. Wo shall omploy our cus
tomary methods in our endeavor to assist
the people to provide for themselves as
soon aa circumstances will permit."
A recent letter from the Key. Dr. Judson
Smith, secretary of the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions, Bos
ton, addressed to the representatives of
the lied Cross here, says:
"I have been delighted to learn of Miss
Barton * entry into Constantinople, of the
success of her interview anil of the free
dom which has been extended to tho Ked
Cross for its work of relief in every part of
the empire. It is exactly the issue 1 ex
pected. All the funds which have come
Into our bands have been forwarded di
rectly to our Mr. Peel. We shall nontlnue
to send a tiatever comes to us to Mr. Peel
as heretofore, in tho expectation, however,
that such sums will be combined with tiie
sums which Brown Brothers & Co. remit,
and constitute the ono fund which now
under Ked Cross auspices would bu dis
tributed everywhere in the Turkish em
pire. Of the perfect understanding be
tween Miss barton aud the Rid
Cross on the ouo hand and our
missionaries, both at Constantinople
and everywhere in the interior, on the
other hand, I have not the faintest doubt.
Our missionaries will give die warmest
possible welcome to the Red Cross agent;
will at once aid their efforts to the effective
prosecution of relief in thia new form, and
will account themselves abundantly re
warded for all their services if Ihev shall
see the suffering somewhat reduced. There
can be but one proper motive on the part
of any one now, and that is to send for
ward as promptly as possiblerthe largest
sums of money possible for this gracious
work. Anything that 1 can do, or that the
board can do, more than it has already
done, you may be suro wo Bhall most read
ily undertake, and 1 for one shall be grate
ful for any suggestions which may occur
to you."
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES
For forty hourr. snow has heen falling in
Nebraska. 11l the western counties, where
the moisture is most needed to place the
soil in good condition for seeding, it has
been heaviest.
I. H. Kelley, ono of the best known
merchants and politicians in Minnesota,
lias made a personal assignment to J. F.
Mayer of Mankatoo, Minn. Assets are
said to be $140,000; liabilities $000,000.
The family of W. B. Taylor, a wealthy
farmer of Craig, Neb., was mysteriously
poisoned yesterday. The drug is sup
posed to have been introduced in tbe cof
fee. W. B. Taylor, his three sons, one of
their wives and Taylor Criman, a cousin,
aro dying.
A dispatch from Creedo, Col, says:
Great excitement was caused yeßterday by
Anton Frank and O. H. Mayott bringing
in several rich specimens of ore containing
large ftakea of free milling gold. An assay
allows 240 HO-100 ounces, or $4,026 in
gold to the ton.
Uepresentaiive Charles W. Stone of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee
on coinage, weights and measures, today
will submit to the house the unanimous re
port of the committee in favor of the adop
tion by the government of the metric sys
tem of weights and measures. For its
beginning in the operations of the govern
ment the first of July, 1808, the beginning
of a fiscal year is named; and for its adop
tion for use in the nation the beginning of
the twentieth century, January 1, 1000.
Murder aad SuiclJe
Seneca Fails, N, V., March 15.—A ter
rible tragedy occurred in this city today.
It was the murder of a highly respectable
young girl. Miss Murv Hansel, by Thomas
Pelkitigton, a farm hand, Pelkington im
mediately after the murder and with the
same weapon with which he committed the
murder, took his own life. Tiie young
woman received two bullets in the head,
one entering the brain. Manse) has
for two years been employed at
the farm house of Edward Mynderse,
about a mile north of this city, at which
place Pelkington had bsen employed.
From the time Pelkington llrst met Miss
Mansel lie had been very attentive, seek
ing to accompany her to anil from church,
although the young lady had many times
given him to understand these attentions
were distasteful.
The English Markets
LONDON, March 15.—Money rates have
been lower than ever for the past week but
it is expected that the issue of the £10,000,
--000 Chinese loan this week, tho German
portion of which will be largely linaiiced
in London, may tend to raise rates. Ameri
can securities were stagnant under the
distrust produced by the B. & O. collapse.
Business at Manchester this week has been
expanded, now being quite heavy, particu
larly for Indian shirtings and jaconets.
There have been less idle looms aud prices
are satisfactory.
RAILROAD REORGANIZATION
PLANS PREPARED TO STRAIOHTEN TIIE
NORTHERN PACIFIC TANOLB
The Plans Contemplate the Creation ol Low-
Rate Securities Aggregating Some Hun
dreds ol nilllons to Run Something Less
Than a Thousand Years.
Associated Press Special Wire
New York, March 15.—The reorganiza- j
tion plan of the Northern Pacillc railway
has been completed and a circular in con
nectloa therewith will appear in tomorrow
morning's papers in this city in the form
of nn advertisement over the signature of
J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, Drexel &
Co. of Philadelphia and the Deutachebank
of Berlin.
The circular as it will appear proposes
the creation of the following new se
curities:
First—Prior lien 100-year, 4 per cent
gold bonds, .$1 30,000,000.
These bonds are to be secured by amort
gage upon the main line, branches, termi
nals and grants, equipment and other
property embraced in the re-organiiation,
ns carried out and also other property
ihereafter acquired by the use of any
bonds io be issued under the mortgage or
the general mortgage hereinafter men
tioned.
The proceeds of the lands applicable to
these bonds after the retirement of the
general first mortgage bonds will be ap
plied on behalf, but not in any year ex
ceeding $500,000, to the purchase of the
prior lien 4 per cent bonds at not exceed-
Ing 110 per cent, and their cancellation,
and the remainder, under carefully guard- ]
ed restrictions, will be used for Ihe better- I
ment and additions to the property pledged j
as security for the bonds.
Whenever these bonds cannot be pur
chased at the maximum price, the un
applied land proceeds for that year will be
used to purchase the general lien It per
cent bonds at not exceeding 100 per cent, |
and their cancellation.
Second- General lien 150-year 3 per
cent, nold hands, limited in amount to
$00,000,000 iv addition to reserve for the
100-year I per cent, prior lieu mortgage
of $130,000,000. These bondi are to he
secured by a mortgage second in lien to 1
the prior lien mortgage and covering the
same property.
Third—Preferred stock, 4 per cent, non
cumulative, limited in amount, under the
plan, to not exceed $73,000,000, which
amount can lie increased only with the
consent of preferred and common stock
holders as provided in the plan.
Each share of this preferred stock will be
entitled to non-cumulative preferential
dividends out of surplus net earnings to
the ex'ent of four per cent per annum
without deduction. In any fiscal year in
which four per cent dividends shall have
beet] declared on both common and pre
ferred stock, all the shares shall partici
pate equally in any further dividends for
such year. After the termination of the
voting trust, the preferred stock will have
the right to elect a majority of the board I
of directors of the new company whenever j
for two successive quarterly periods the full
and regular quarterly dividends, at the rate
of four per cent per annum, are not paid
in cash.
The right will he reserved to the new
company to retire this stock, in whole or
in pair, at par, from time to time, upon
the first day of January, during the next
twenty years.
Fourth—Common stock to the amount of
not exceeding $80,000,000, In further
•nee of the independent reorganization
and the administration of the property i
and its securities, both classes of stock of
tho now company (except such shares as
may be disposed of to qualify di
rectors,) are to ne vested in the j
following five voting trustees: J. Pier- !
pont Morgan, George Siemens, August Pel- j
mont, Johnston Livingston and Charles j
Lanier, for five years, although in their 1
discretion the voting trustees may deliver
the stock at an earlier dale. The prior
lien bonds are to be appropriated approxi
mately as follows: To retire an equal
amouu* of general tirst mortgage, $41,"
870,000: to provide for the conversion
and, as far as necessary, for the sinking !
fund of the general llrst mortgage bonds,
$14,657,050: for the payment of receiv
ers' certificates and equipment trust, and
for Ihe conversion of the collateral trust
notes and tho general second mortgage
b0nd5,540,040,350; total present issue un
der the plans as estimated at $011,570,000:
reserved to provide at their maturity for
an equal amount of bonds of the St. Paul
& Northern Pacific Railroad company,
$8,423,000; estimated amount to be re
served for new construction, betterment of
equipment, etc.. and to the extent of not
exceeding $1,500,000 per annum, $25,
--000,000; total authorized issuos, $130,
--000,000. The general lien bonds are to
be appropriated approximately as follows:
For the conversion of the general third
mortgage bonds, dividend certitlcatcs aud
tho consolidated mortgage and branch
line bonds under the plan, $50,000,000;
estimated Amount to be reserved under
carefully guarded restrictions in the roort- 1
gage for now construction, betterments,
equipments, etc., $4,000,000; total issue
in excess of prior lien bonds estimated at [
$60,000,000; reserved to provide for the j
prior lieu bonds at their maturity in 100 I
years,sl3o,ooo,ooo. Maximum amount!
of both mortgages. $100,000,000.
Tho preferred stock is to lie appropriated
approximately as follows: For conversion
and adjustment of various main line and
branch line mortgage bonds and the de- j
faulted interest thereon and other purposes j
as provided in the plan, $72,000,000. Es
timated amount which may he used lor re
organization purposes or may be available
as a treasury asset of the new company,
$2,500,000.
The common stock is to be appropriated
approximately as follows: For purposes of
reorganisation, as provided in the plan,
$75,500,000. Estimated amount which i
may be used for reorganization purposes or j
may be available as v treasury asset of the
new company, $2,500,000. The basis of
exchange of existing bonds aud of sale of
new stock is as follows: General first
mortgage bonds, cash 3 per cent, payable
April 1, 1806, representing the coupondtte j
July 1. 1800; new prior lien mortgage j
bonds 135 per cent.
General second mortgage bonds, cash,
four por cent, payable sixty days after the 1
plan shall have been declared operative,
new prior lien, 1 \ per cent: preferred
stock trust certilicates, 50 per cent.
General third mortgage bonds, cash,
three per cent, payable sixty days after
the plan has been declared operative, new
general lien mortgages, 11 8 % per cent;
preferred stock, 50 iter cent.
Dividend certificates, cash, three per
cent, payable sixty days after the plan has
been declared operative: new general lien,
118 per cent; preferred slock, 50 per!
cent.
Consolidated mortgage bonds, cash, I,', I
per cent, payable sixty days alter tho plan
has been declared operative) new general
lien, 66H Per cent; preferred stock, 620 |
per cent.
Collateral trust notes, cash seven per j
cent, payable three per cent. May 1, 1806;
four per cent January 1807; new prior
lien 100 per cent, preferred stock twenty!
per cent.
Northwest Equipment stock cash 100 per
cent, payable at any time in the discretion
of tho managers or before the completion
of reorganization with interest at six per
cent per annum from June 1, 1806.
Depositors of preferred stock for pay
ment for a sum equal to $10 per share,
ON AND AFTER APRIL IST THE HER- 1
ALD will ba delivered by carrier in
Los Angeles and surrounding towns lor—
50 Cents per fionth
M
CI TV PRIOR, PER SINGLE COPY, } CENTS
ON TRANSPOR T ATIO.N LINES, 5 CENTS
preferred stock fifty per cent, common
stock lirty per cent.
Depositors for common stock for pay
ment of a sum equal to $15 per share,
common stock 100 per cent.
| The percentages as to bonds are hasetl
upon the principal amount of deposited se
curities. The payment hy depositors of
preferrrd and common stock must be made
in no less than three installments at least
thirty days apart.
The new bonds will be in coupon form
for $500 and $1000 each, with right of con
version into registered bonds of $ 1000 antl
$10,000.
Interest on new prior lien bonds issued
for present general first mortgage bonds
will start from July 1, 1 "ml, and will he
paid quarterly. Interest on alt other bonds
i will start from January 1, 1807, payable
I on or before completion of the reorganiza
tion.
The present first mortgage bonds mature
; in 1021, but are redeemable by compul
sory callings at any time at 110 percent
from the proceeds of land sales or the
fixed annual contribution by the company
to the sinking fund.
In some years these redemptions have
required, it is explained, large contribu
tions from the operating department, even
to the extent of the entire annual interest
on about $10,000,000 of prior lien bonds
os now proposed.
A conversion on the basis set forth. It is
also explained, will relieve the holders of
general mortgage bonds from these calls
for redemption, aa well as the company
from tho sinking fund requirements.
The general first mortgage bonds now
outstanding are at the rate of about (20,
--400 per mile. The proposed prior lien
bonds, including those reserved for the St.
Paul and Northern Pacific bonds, will
amount to about $22,310,000 per mile. It
is estimated that on the prior lien bonds
the annual fixed charges will amount to
$939 per mile as compared with $1618
under previous arrangements.
A syndicate of $45,000,000 has been
I formed to provide the amounts of cash
j estimated as necessary to carry out the
i terms of the plan of reorganization to for*
j nish the new company with a cash working
capital and with a sum estimated at $5,
--000.000 for early use in betterment and
! enlargement of its property.
B. AND O. itE-OROANIZATION
Baltimore, Md., March 10.—It is stated
]on good authority that the re-organization
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad can ho
elfeced without any assessment upon the
common stock and that a plan with this
result in view, is under consideration and
will be submitted within a few days, to one
ior both of the committees having the mat
ter in charge. The plan is an elaborate
one, its main feature being a reduction in
the operating expenses and the
ultimate floating of new securities to pro
vide for the taking of audi receivers' cer
tificates issued before reorganization can
be effected. The reduction in expenses if
the plan is adopted, will be brought about
by the conciliation of all the present aux
iliary systems into one body with head
quarters in Baltimore and having but one
set of departmental heads. This would
involve the abolition of the present ex
ecutive departments of the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern and Pittsburg antl
Western. A general scaling down of
rentals wherever practicable would also
I be effected, and these economies, together
with anticipated increased earning ca
pacity of the several systems to he
brought about by increased facilities for
I handling traffic would, it is thought, put
| the company in a position to float the
I securities in sufficient volume to
i cancel the floating debt and pro
| vide for the receivers' certificates.
The urometers of the scheme realize that
there is little or no chance to do anything
!of that kind at this time, but they as-
I sorted that there is to be so great an itl
i crease in the road's carrying system from
i this time forward that by the time the de
i tails of the plan are perfected public con-
I lldence will be restored to an extent which
: will admit of the floating of the
i proposed new securities. In this
I connection it is also stated that the Balti
j more committee recently organized to look
j after the interests of local security holders
i will make a determined effort to have tho
I hooks of the company overhauled by an
! expert with a view of learning the exact
condition of tho property and of ascertain -
ing what has become of the collateral which
was thought to have been in the company's
Btrong box up to within a week of the final
collapse.
ALASKA COLD
Tempts Hundreds of .Miners Into the Arctic
Regions
San Francisco, March 15.—The steamer
Umatilla sailed this morning for Victoria
and Puget sound ports, carrying away one
of tho largest crowds of passengers for the
north in a long time. There were 208 peo
ple in all. Tho steamer's capacity for ac
commodations was taxed to the utmost,
all sorts of improvised apartments beiug
accepted by the crowds who were eager to
get away.
Among the passengers were at least 100
miners with outfits bound for the gold
fields of Alaska. Many of them are going
to Cook's Inlet, while not a few are to
brave tho dangers of the Northern winter
and attempt to cross the ice from Dyea In
let to the Yukon.
To roach the Yukon by water it would be
j necessary to wait until the end of May he
i fore leaving the city, and it will be some
time in Juno before the river will be sufli
i ciently free from ice to admit of naviga
| tion.
The fame of Forty Mile creek has pone
abroad and the majority of mining men i
seem to wish to reach that goal. Those in i
the camp advise all people to stay away
unless they have money to buy provisions
and pay their way bark to civilization*
On the other hand, it is claimed the winter
is the best time in which to commence
digging.
A New Labor Party
San Francisco, March l"..—Organized
labor and the trades unions formed a now
political party today which is to be inde
pendent of all existing political parties
and is called the Central Trades and Labor
Alliance. The declaration of principals
includes hours of labor in proportion to the
progress of production; government own- :
ership of all means of transportation and I
communication; the acquisition by nm- :
nlcipal 1 ties of all industries requiring fran
chises; revocation ot all land grants, the
conditions of which have not been com
plied with; compulsory education; the re
peal of all pauper, conspiracy and sump
tuary laws; abolition of the convict labor
contract system; employment of the un- ]
employed ny the public authorities; en
forcement of the referendum; abolition of
the veto power; direct vote in all elections;
free administration of justice in all actions
at law. aud seven resolutions adopted by
the convention dealing with political, so
cial and economic questions.
I
The Sailors' Strike
San FRANCISCO, March 15.—The pros
pective strike of the Sailors* union is being
generally talked of along the water front,
but neither side has given out anything
that would indicate an early declaration of
hostilities. Agent Walthew of the Ship
Owners' association does not look tor any
trouble for the present aud there is no in
formation at his ollk'G suggestive of speedy
action on the part of tne men. The gen
eral opinion is that if the men are prepar
ing to lollow a demand for increased pay
with a walkout, it will delay die blow until
the Alaskan fleet has departed and men
are secured.
A Political Prediction
Nkw York. March 15.—Tbe World to
morrow will say it has made a poll of
nearly every State in the Union antl as a
result predicts the nomination of William
McKinley by the St. Louis convention.
GRANT AND FISH ON CUBA
OLD DIARIES RELATING TO CUBA'S RIGHT
TO RECOGNITION
The President Expressed His Appreciation oi
the Wisdom Which Saved Hint Prom the
.Mistake ol Recomlzlng Cuban Belllger*
ency—Cuban Campaign Notet
Associated Press Special Wire.
Albany, N. V., March 15.—1 luring tha
dehno on the Cuban question in the)
United States senate many allusions werfS
made both by Senator Sherman and Henay*
tor Hill as to the altitude of President
Grant and the then secretary of state,
Hamilton Fish. Senator Sherman de»
clared that there was a conflict of opinion
over Cuban affairs between the president
and his secretary of state. T'jhs speaker
of the assembly. Hamilton Fish), son of the)
late secretary, is in possession c f informs*
tion upon this subject contained in the)
diaries kept by his fathi tr that is
of great importance in 'ihe contro
versy. On the authority of these)
diaries it is shown that i'resi dent Grant
had at one time under the cii cumstancee
of a pending negotiation at 1 vladrid beets
inclined to recognize the be lltgereucy off
Cuba. But on June 13, 1870. the opinion
of the president and the cabin et was unart
imous that there were no fat -ts to justify?
the declaration of belligereti cy, and that
the satisfaction of the presidt tut with the)
Cuban policy of his administration and its
effects upon the country, and the Republi
can parly fountl expression a . few weeks)
later In thanks to the secro tary of st-ate)
for whatever share in it may I] aye been due)
to his wisdom and judgment.
During his eight years b<> rvice in til*
state department Mr. Fish ki pt, chiefly aa
a reference record for his own eyes, m
diary in his own handwriting, containing t>
statement of important transactions.and
of his transactions with ti ie pre*'dent,
members of the cabinet, senator | and
other leading men in regal d to th c more)
prominent foreign questions with wliich he)
had to deal. From May MI to June 13.
1870, the date of President (irant'ib special
message to congress on Ci iban belliger
ency, the entries in the diary are many
and very full in regard to tbe origin, prep
aration, discussions in cabinet and final
completion of the special icesFage. Some
of these entries have a peculiar interest in
the light of recent evenis. a.nd. were shown
today to the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press.
I'nder date of February 7.0, IS7O, them
is a suggestion of a rift in the unity of the
Republican party in defense of that policy
iv respect of the foreign a'.T airs, which pol
icy the president had announced in hie)
annual message of the prttyious December,
The entry is as follows:
"Called this morning, by appointment,
to see Senator .1 ohn She rman on the sub
ject of unit of coinage. After conversing
on that question, I tele rred to his resolu
tion introduced m th c senate and hit)
speech in favor of reco gnixing the belliger
ency of Cuba, and ask« ,d if he had recently
examined the treaty 'with Spain of 1795.
He said he had not, al id was not aware of
the existence of such a treaty. I referred
to its provisions and v •} the probable conse
quence of the exercise by Spain of the
right of visit (or search); thought our
people would not submit to it, and
that the conseqtr slices would soon
develop into war; said that fight
ing was not belligerency; there it)
fighting but not belligerency in Cuba; there
is no government of tho insurrectionary
party, no political organization, etc. He
admitted he had not examined the subject
closely but said there is a good deal of ex
citement in the country on the subject.
Advised him on th'B passing of his resolu
tion of belligerency. to prepare bills for the
increase of the put 'lie debt and to meet the
increased approttriaiion which will be
necessary for the army. navy, etc."
An evident solicitude among Republi
cans, lest Ihe party, in the presence of
the approaching autumn election, should
be divided on tbe Cuban question by reason
of representations to the country in regard
to the president's real attitude is indicated
on June 10 by this entry:
11" Judge Orth und Gen. Butler called In
the evening to urge the sending of a mes
sage by the .'president ou the question of
the Cuban belligerency. Orlh says the
vote will ore close. Bunks will make the
closing speech, but there are some twenty
or thirty members who may be decided by
his soeech, but would not go against the
president's views/
On June IU there is this entry; "Stay at
home and prepare a message on the Cuban
belligerency question, to he submitted for
ttie president's consideration in case he de*
elded to send one. He lias not yet re
turned from his lishing excursion.**
Ot tho discussion in ttie cabinet on the)
13th. the day ou which the special message)
was sent to congress, the diary says:
"It was generally admitted that if war ia
to be resorted to it should be by a direct
declaration, and not by embarrassing;
Spain by a declaration of belligerency;
agreed unanimously that no condition of
facts e>;ists to justify belligerency.
the president amends his sen
tences by referring in general terms to tho
seizures on the high soas, embargoes of
property and personal outrages. Kohisoii
adds the concluding sentences, claiming
the question of belligerency is distinct
from those questions ot wrings which are
being pressed for the indemnification and,
if not aatibUed, they will be made tho sub
ject of a futuie message. And thus it ia
agreed that the message shall be sent in*"
Speaker Fish said that the original draft
of the message with its many erasures and
interlineations is all iv Mr. Fish's own;
hand. The message sent to congress and
printed as ex doce No. 99. is verbatim as
in that draft, down to tho following para
graph near the end:
"There is no de facto government in the
island of Cuba sufficient to execute law and
maintain just relations with other nations.
Spain has not yet been able to suppress
the opposition to Spanish rule iv the
isiand, nor to award speedy justice to
other nations, or citizens of other nations,
when their rights have been invaded."
Those two sentences were written and
Inserted by the president: the next two
were written in cabinet on the president's
suggestion,added by the secretary of state,
the last and concluding three were written
and added iv the cabinet by the secretary
of the navy. Speaker Fish then showed
extracts to demonstrate that the policy of
the administration on this matter of Cuba
appears to have been adopted hy the lie
publioan party in the decisive vote in the
house of representatives on the pending
resolution suggesting belligerent recogni
tion and the otutu department waa free to
pursue its Alabama negotiations.
Senator Cameron's recent minority re
port of tho senate committee on foreign
affairs, alluded to a rumor of belligerency
proclamation having been signed by Presi
dent Giant. It is true that in the summer
of 1869, and while the proffer ot mediation
suggested to the president by Mr. Paul S.
Foi bes as coming from General Prim, was
pending at Madrid—the state department
had, on the request ot tho president pre
pared a draft ot a proclamation of belli
gerency. Some lime after the president
signed it he went on a journey to the west
and on the way wrote the following letter;
"Kane, Pa., Aug. 14, 1809.
"Hon. Hamilton Fish, secretary of state.
My Hear Sir—On reflection I think it ad
visable to complete ttie neutrality procla
mation, which I signed before leaving
Washington, and to isbue it if General
Sickles has not received an entirely satis
factory reply to bis proposition to mediate