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S rs for 12c to read The Herald —the yspaperof Southern Cal i spend your money in a as much for that amount? > :we3n": year. no. 17a. THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS BOND AGAIN ES CAPE' CISM te On the Dupant lectl) ' » Senate—l he louse Amendments f Leg i Bill Jifttea i. asiiington. Hi arch Hl.—The expected .te on the resolution for a senate mi i into recent bond issues did not occur y, as Mr. I'effer gave notice that lie d defer his motion to proceed with the ?ct until tomorrow. The postofflce opriatioii, carrying $03,000,000, was Idered in part but not completed. A p debate on mail subsidies arose, Mr. » opposing extensions of the subsidy Mn, whle Senators Perkins and White California upheld them. Senator •ge : s speech in opposition to Mr. Pu 'a claim to a seat occupied most of iho and was not completed. At 4 oclock lienrire yielded and the postofflce ap riation bill was taken up. the postolllce appropriation bill the ndnient appropriatingsl Hltf,sKofor ree delivery system had addod to it provision that no part of the sum Id be used for payment to postofflce actors. The amendment giving $80, --arlditional compensation to the inio Steamship company for carrying malls from San Francisco to Hawaii othir points aroused opposition from Vilts. Mr. Allison explained that the eass was required in order to olfset ■ompetition of the subsidized Canadian p. Tilas said the mail subsidy system itet] some years ago had entirely d ii giving more expeditious or better service and extending American ping while it had grently increased the of the postal service, r. Perkins (Republican of California) >or«d the amendment and spoke of large subsidies paid Canadian lines a view to monopolizing the trade i the Orient. -. White (Democrat of California) said lervice could not continue unless addi- U compensation was given. The inic line was the only American one ships sailing south of the equator. \ Vilas demanded a roll call on the idy item, but further progress was cut y tbe adjournment at 5 to 8 oclock. IN THI HOUSR resolntion was adopted by the house orising the expenditure of $'.30,000 of inexpended balance of the appropria for the cascades of the Columbia river the construction of protecting walls ssary to tho opening ol the canal to nation. c house disagreed to the senate ndments to the legislative, executive judicial appropriation bill and agreed • conference. igham (Republioan of Pennsylvania), all (Republican of Tennessee) and Eery (Democrat of Missouri) were an ted conferees. Consideration of the ry civil bill was then resumed, ring consideration of the items tinder cad of coast and geodetic survey Can look occasion to sharply criticise the inlstration for "freezing out" Prof. .1. endenhall, the predecessor of General eld, the present superintendent, ams (Republican of Pennsylvania) advantage of the latitude allowed in te on the appropriation bill to arouse re of the silver Republicans from the by bringing up the question of current rts about the Washington conference een silver Republicans and some Phil >hia manufacturers, which was the ict of the formal meeting of the man urers in that city last night, admitted twenty-eight manufacturers rome over from Philadelphia and a -hour consultation was had. But it llsinctly stated no conclusions had reached. rtman agreed the reports scattered least by the press regarding the so -1 Washington conference had been and misleading. But the silver men in nowise responsible for these false •ts. The plain truth was some manu re™ from Philadelphia requested a irence. Their invitation had been ited. . Allen supported what Mr. Hartman said, and declared that a cause that 0 be bolstered up by such methods as aid men pursued must be inherently . Tate (Democrat, Georgia) precipi tin old.fight against internal revenue mers lay moving to strike out the ap- Wlolof $f>O,UOO for the pay of in ers. / . Evans (Republican, Kentucky) who it cvne time commissioner of internal tuie, apposed the motion, asserting Me withdrawal of these rewards to in brs would paralyze the internal reve ifflce. . Savers (Democrat of Texas) also op -1 the amendment and read from the •ts to show the extent of illicit distill n Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia other southern states. '-These opera ■A illicit stills," said he, "are making rect hell of tht fairest portions of this try. Ihey are converting the corn properly belongs to their families for into whisky which degrades their mod and corrupts their morals." his appropriation," interrupted Mr. s, "yields a better return to the gov lent than any other appropriation." . Linney (Republican of North Caro tin support of the Tate motion, de d that no fund expended in sacred or ane history, excepting the thirty pieces lver received by Judas, had been put ich base uses as the appropriation for niers. -. McCall of 'rennesseo, a member of appropriation committee, vigorously rked the informer system and urged iepubllcans of the north to abolish it. ". Camion, chairman ol the appropria committee, argued against the amend t. He pointed out the great temptation vade the law where the lax on the uct of a bushel of corn was about $5, insisted that this fund was essential to letection of violations of the law. : Lay ton, Democrat of Ohio, said that leans of this appropriation 1100 illic ills were destroyed last year. The odment was lost—4-71. r. Johnson, Republican of Maryland, sked the appropriation of $19,500 for lupport of the Indians on the islands ■. Paul and St. George, Alaska, but amendment to strike it out was re id. presentative Shuford of North Oaro introduced a resolution to investigate ecent sale of bonds. The resolution that charges have been made that ir and unprecedented advantages have i accorded by President Cleveland and etary Carlisle to a certain financial licate located in New York City, and charges have been made against the ident and secretary of the treasury in rd to the recent bond sale, wherein " syndicate secured nearly one j>f he Imnd issue in a mysterious and uci.-us manner. The resolution then I'leb, that a committee of five be ap ted by the speaker to make an inves ioji into all the circumstances relating «> last three issues of bonds and re to the house. ;eroomr>leting fifty-two pages of the tr,« committee rose and at 5:05 the ■ "djomned. A Stay of Execution obaji tmto, March 31.-Governor Budd has received a request from the Hawaiian government for a stay of execution in the case of Paulo Kallmann, now under sen tence of death, and the governor has granted a stay of sixty days. The purpose of the request was to give time to the Hawaiian government, of which the con demned man ts a native, to inquire into the facts of tho case. Paulo Kauiuanu was convicted of murder in HI Dorado county in 1894, The facts as proven at the trial were that ho had tramped an old woman to death. For this crime he was sentenced to he hanged on the 10th of next month, ; and the sixty days' stay will change the | date of execution to the oth of June. FUNDING PLANS Work Suspended Pending tho (laining "I Information Washington, March 31.—The Pacific railroad commttteesof the two houses have suspended their work in order to procure certain data from tho secretary of the treasury to enable them to proceed intelli gently in the preparation of the bill which they propose bringing in. So far the pro ceedings of the committees have been based upon a bill containing the following provisions: The Union Pacific and Central Pacific systems are to be reorganised separately, but subject to requirements in all respects similar. The secretary of the treasury is to ascertain the amount of the government lien, principal and interest, in each case, up to January 19, 1 K!'7, deducting pay ments already made: tho sinking fund for eacli of the roads is to be credited on the debts to the government. The entire prop erty of the two lines is to be mortgaged to the government, subject to the first mortgage, covering the entire government debt, including principal and interest and bonds issued to the government beating ii per cent interest, payable semi-annually. There is to be in each case, an annual pay ment of principal amounting for the first ten years to $300,000, the next ten to •f "00,000 and thereafter to $7r>0.000 until the indebtedness is wiped cut, but this provision Is likely to be changed so as to increase the annual payments an; ; lssson the time; 1113 companies are authorized to refund their other debts and to issue a first mortgage to secure them, with 4 per cent bonds, to run for fifty years, this mortgage, and this only, to take prece dence over the government lien; the com panies are to be allowed to issue preferred stock and to pay not to exceed 4 per cent dividends on it, and this only when earned and after full payments of principal and interest due on bonds. Foreclos ure under pending proceedings and tho formation of new companies are authorized, with the same privileges, immunities and obligations as the existing companies. In the case of the Central Pa cific, the mortgage is to include the lease to the Southern Pacific; the Southern Pa cific is to guarantee principal and interest, and the debt of over $2,000,000 due to the Southern Pacific to the government for services is to be used for the cancellation of Certial Pacific bonds. The president is authorized through the secretary of the treasury at any time to clear o!f the para mount lien for the protection of the gov ernment or when interest and principal payments are in default for six months the government may take possession of the roads without permission either of Con gress or the courts. The olfice of govern ment director of the roads is abolished, there is to be no further requirement of money for the einking fund, and no more money is to be withhold when due to the roads for services rendered to the govern ment; all laws forbidding the mortgaging of the roads or their extensions or consol idation with other lines are repealed. NEW OBJECTS Th» Pitchfork Carrier of the Sunny South lie's Roasted Denver, March 31 .—The action of the Democratic state central committee yes terday in endorsing the idea of inviting and receiving Senator Tillman has called forth a most scathing rebuke from Gen. A. It. New, collector of internal revenue and one of the most prominent Democrats of the west. "The Democrats of the west, or of any other part of the country," said General New, "Need no advice from Mr. Tillman or from any other person who comes from outside the ranksof the party. Mr. Tillman was not elected by Democrats to the lofty position which he occupies and dis graces today, and there is no more reason why he should be invited to address a Democratic convention with his tirade of vituperation than should Mr. Corey or any other individual antagonistic to the princi ples of Democracy." (leneral New further stated that in his opinion no true Democrat will participate in the deliberations of the convention to be addressed by Mr. Tillman, but will assem ble and select delegates to the national convention to go as Democrats and not ns Tillmanito bolters. Further, these dele gates will be pledged to support the adop tion of a free silver plank in the Democratic platform and the nomination cf a man to carry it out. Hut, in case this delegation should be in the minority, it will support that principle of Democracy which has always characterized its independence, viz, that the majority shall rule. POLITICAL POINTERS New Hampshire Republican e*ate con vention was held yesterday anil delegates to St. Louis chosen. The platform praises both Heed and McKinley and the delegates are not given instructions. Hon. James S. Olarkion of lowa, mem her of the Republican national committee, at St. Louis yesterday said: "Nobody will enter the convention with votes enough by about 100 or 150 to nominate him before the tenth ballot. The nominee, therefore, will be a second cnoice man. McKinley leads today in the matter of instructions, and will hold this lead. Allison is the strongest, second choice, and will gain in strength right along. I therefore predict Allison's nomination." The board of election commissioners of Chicago yesterday declared 10,000 of 370,000 voters registered for the coming election to be fraudulent. The commis sioners discoverned wholesale registration frauds in nearly every ward. The commiss ioners said the number of names stricken \ from the lists is greater than the total vote cast in Montana, North Dakota, Delaware, Florida and Nevada. Senator fchelby M. ('idiom's heme con gressional district, the Seventeenth Illinois, endorsed McKir.ley for president today. Joshua Humphrey, one of Cullom'a princi pal workers, was made delegate,and Hugh Crea, known until recently as a Cultom man, was also made a delegate, hut this 1 was done only after both had declared that j they would observe their instructions. J. A. Connelly was renominated for Congress. The resolutions adopted declare for Mc- Kinley for president and urge all Illinois delegates to stand together so that if it is Been that McKinley cannot win, Cullom may be taken up. The San Francisco Kxaminer says: i Since the publication of reports from twenty-nine counties of California showing that strong Republican sentiment favors McKinley for the presidency, reports from seventeen more county seats have been re ceived. The Ohio man is wonderfully the favorite. The reports from the sixteen additional county seats swell the total vote of these prominent Republicans chosen at random throughout the state to 308 for McKinley, OH for Allison and 34 for Reed. New York's candidate, Morton, is appa rently not a favorite among Californians. lowa's senator has warm admirers and the man from Maine is far from being forgot ten. Nearly all McKinley'a admirers do not hesitate to say that the chief reason for their choice is simply because McKin ey is the logical party candidate, standing for tbe campaign issue of protection. THE HERALD LOS ANGELES. WEDNESDAY MORNING-* APRIL 1, 1896. p ar f 07Q A MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED THE CHICAGO BOXRD-UP BODY IS POSI- TIVELV IDENTIFIED The Corpse of Joanes Prosper Chazsl by ■ Process of Fatty Degeneration Turned to Adipoc:re, Rendering Recognition Possible After Three Years' Tims Associated Press Snscial Wire. Chicago, March 31.—The mysterious body in the box has been positively identi fied as that of Prosper Cliaial, the identi fication being made possible by a phe nomenon so rare in medical annals that its occurrence under the present circein stances is looked upon by physicians as almost a miracle. The phenomenon re ferred to is the formation of adipocare, or corpse wax, which in this instance has formed in large quantities and has par tially preserved the body to such an extent that what tinder ordinary conditions would have been a formless mans of decay can be recognized by well known marks as the body of Joanes Prosper Chazal. murdered in .Salt Lake City three years ago, it is claimed, by a man known to the French population of that city as Jules L'Assas sin. The formation of corpse wax is rare under any circumstances and science af fords little or no explanation of its cause. In the case of the body in the trunk na ture's forces have operated under condi tions which seemed to make its occurrence impossible. The body was enclosed in a zinc. box. placed in a trunk tind the trunk in turn was packed in a drygoods case, being com pletely surrounded by sawdust, which meat have absorbed any moisture which came out of it. The case and its contents after arriving in Chicago was deposited in a dry warehouse, where it remained undis turbed for three years. Nevertheless, there is no longer room for much doubt as to the manner in Which (/basal met his death. Henry Devereand Bas Marcel, two of lus Salt Lake friends now in this city, told this afternoon whai they believe is the whole story. According to them Chasal was the victim of a cold-blooded, deliberate plot to rob and murder him. Ho was de coyed and murdered by Jules I'Assassin and his mistress. Jules was a Frenchman and had earned his title before he came to America. He and his paramour disap peared shortly after Chazal's disappear ance and the last heard of them they were in Caracas, Tenuezuela. Chaisal disappeared in February of 1803. He left the house to go to the safety de posit vault and get his diamonds. These were quite valuable, and he remarked as he went out that he had accidentally learned of a purchaser who would pay him a good price for the gems. He never re turned. A friend of Marcel was sent a few days ago to Salt Lake, and the safety de posit vault where the diamonds were known to havo been kept was opened. The jewels were gone, but there remained a Louis dor souvenir piece which had been presented to Chazal by Marcel. Appar ently the young Frenchman had gone to the vault and secured his diamonds. He went to the address of his prospective pur chaser. He fell into the trap which had been carefully laid, and was added to the victims of Jules I'Asrasslru When the fatal trunk was once dis patched, the murderer and bis mistress l.ist no time in fleeing from the country. No trace of them was found, except the far-away report from Caracas, Venezuela. Gradually the details n'nd circumstantial evidence has been piecing out tho story. The last step in completing the chain was taken yesterday, when a cablegram was sent to the mother of Joanes Chazal in Paris, inquiring on which side of the body the hernia for which the true* was worn was located. This information is in the hands of the physicians here, and all that is nestled is the corroboration of the mother. The wonderful preservation of the muscular integuments by t'io forma tion of adipoccre, makes possible a deter ination of the location of the rup ture with an exactness extending to the smallest anatomical detail, notwithstand ing tho body had lain dead for three years. In addition, there are the small, regular, perfect teeth; tho unusually long legs, tbe long arms, the noticeably large hands and feet, and over the whole body the symmet rical musculnr development of Chazal, whom his friends now here had first known in France and later in Salt Lake City. Now the police are asking themselves if the second box addressed to G. M. Morgan at 100 Jefferson court also contained the body of a murdered man, and if the assas sin returned from Caracas to add anodier to his list of victims. TOO.Mi CH IDENTIFICATION Chicago, March 31.—The body of the man found in a box sold at auction in this city last week has been identified too much, and there are signs of trouble before the matter is finally adjusted. The body has been positively identified as that of Oliver Pike of Ohio and it has been identi fied as that of Prosper Chazal of France. The coroner's jury, however, has decided in favor of the Ohio man and made official declaration that the body is that of Oliver Pike and none other. William Doriot, an uncle of Pike, posi tively identified I'iUe at the inquest today as that of his nephew, and the Frenchmen, who also testified, were equally positive. When the verdict was given turning orer the corpse to Mr. Doriot. as that of Oliver Pike the Frenchmen were full of wrath. They declared over and ovei that the body was that of Chazal. They left declaring they would see the French consul. Mr. Doriot will take the body to Fayette, 0., for burial. WILMERDINO. SCHOOL Twentyone Sites Offered—Claims to Be Con. sldered San FrANOISOO, March 31.—The board of regents of the State university spent nearly all day of this afternoon discussing the Wilmerding school site matter and listening to the arguments of those repre senting the various places which want the industrial institution, John E. Budd, the newly appointed re gent, and his brother, the governor, faced each other from opposite sides of the table. Wm, T. Jetter was in attendance. The only places represented by delega tions were Alameda county, Stockton and trail Francisco. The offers of six new Bites i were announced, making twenty-one in I all. There are two or three more from ! Stockton, one from Oakland and one from ! Lorin. The report of the committee on sites, react at a previous meeting, was read again. It contains a recommendation that ! the Temescal site be accepted. Regent I Martin moved that this report he adopted. It was decided that before any motions were put the advocates of the various sites should be heard. Chairman Bouvier of the San Fraucisco committee wao the first to apeak. He called attention to the fact that San Francisco contains one-third of the population of the state, and said it was the most central and accessible place for tbe school. The plan to place the Lick and Wilmerding schools in joint operation was set forth fully, and the reasons already published why they should co-operate were made prominent. H. .1. Corcoran of tbe Stockton commit tee spoke for that town and tbe "poor country boy of California." He said the latter had no opportunity to learn a trade while the boys of San Francisco had plenty of such advantages. Mrs. James Uillis of the same place ad dressed the board on behalf of the Stock ton mothers. Regent Martin's motion to adopt the re port of the committee on sites was laid on the table and those who had offered sites were granted three days more in which to present their claims. The beard decided to take the matter up again on the second Tuesday in May. MURDER AND SUICIDB A San Franciic, Woman Kills Herself and Three Chlldrsa San VbaROUOO, March 31.—The asphyx iated bodies of Mrs. Olga Deuss and three little children were found this morning by the husband, who is a prosperous jewelsr. Deuss said he had been out to lodge last night, returning about daylight today. Mrs. Deuss left a note to her huaband indi cating her intention ■■> commit suicide ant| that h9r children must die with tier. Tne relations of the pair had lately been un happy. Deuss tried to cut his throat with a raior this afternoon but was prevented by friends. He still insists that he will take his own life and is kept guarded con stantly. Thof riends and acquaintances of Deuss remain almost an much distracted as lie is. Dr. E. L. Mulligan was one of the first to answer the summons of the husoaud this morning. "1 shall never get tho sceno out of my eyes," he said this afternoon, "I havo been a physician for many years and have seen suffaring and deatli in most cf its forms; but I naver saw a spectacle so aw ful in all its aspects as that which I saw tnis morning in that Guererro street home.'' What prompted the woman to commit iho crime, unless it were madness, cannot he told. That she considered herself to have bseii neglected by her hus band, there is no question. She in timated as much to tome of her friends, although she made little complaint. She seems to have had only one women to whom she gave even the least of tier con fidence. This woman was Mrs. Otto B. Schmeider, j "She was a good woman,'' said Mrs. I Schmeider, "good to her husband and chil- I dren. Ido not know why she killed her j salf and little ones, but she was not herself lately, and I think her husband must know something which might throw some light on his wile's suicide. Mrs. Deuss was ex ! cited and disturbed when she came here on ! Friday and on Saturday,but she would not i tell ma what troubled her, and I did not osi.h r. I hace nevor seen berintueb-a condition before." JOHNSON SUES The Fresno Evangelist Wants Balm for In jured Feelings Fresno, March 31.—Evangelist Johnson tcday Hied the first of his proposed suits agaiii3t the citizens of Fre«'io. The action begun today is against five prominent busi* n?=s men, Arthur R. Brisge, Louis Ein stein, Harry Sherwood, 0. J. Woodward and W. M. Wyatt. The complaint alleres that the plaintiff ha s f'jr more than ten years past been a regularly ordained minister of the Metho dist Episcopal church and complains that on the Seta day of March, 18911, at the city of Fresno, the defendants, without right, by force and directs causing plaintiff to fear bodily violrnce, compelled the plaintiff to go to tho office of the Firsi bank of Fresno and restrained plaintiff of his liberty for two hours, whereby the plaintiff suffered great mental anguish and was injured in his feeliims and reputation and calling, to his damage in the sue.i of $115,000. | W. I). Topper, one of Johnson's .attor j neys, stated tonight that it was his inten tion to have this case transferred to the federal courts, and that the case against ! the newspapers will probably be begun in I the United States courts, as Johnson is not Ja resident of the state. 'The feeling against the evangelist is very strong, but there is no danger of violence. The Billiard Experts. Nfw York, March 31.—"Napoleon" Ives and Albert (iarnier were the contestants in the second game of the international tournament at 111 inch balk line billiards in the conceit nail of Madison Square Har den tonight. Tho loorfl by inninfrs: Garnier—lo, 7. -in, tfi, 3, 4ii, 0, 0, 0, 11,7, at:, 27; total, 17i; high est run, .'Hi; rvors'-re, 13 0-18. Ivo<-47, 1). 0, SS, 'JUO, lt>, 0, 0, 14, 6, 99, sa, 73: total, tOU, highest run, *'0U; average, 46 2-13. Won the Pot Little Rock, Ark., March 31.—Riley Grannan, the celebrated plunger, now in Little Rock, won something in the neigh borhood of $50,000 by the victory of Char ley Patterson's colt Suisun in the fourth race bore yesterday. It is known that he took $7500 out of the local ring, anil the balance is said to have been won in differ ent poolrooms throughout the country. STATE NOTES Charles Pauls >n and Mrs. Minnie Bell, an eloping couple who left Temploton last week, were at rested in Stockton yester terday. A liberal reward was offered for their arrest. The body of a man was found floating in the river yesterday about four miles above Sacramento. Papers found in the pockets would indicate tiiat his name was J. C. 11. Clow. The indications are that the body has been in the water for a week. The suit of George H. Andrus against A B. Butler, the well-known raisin grower for $20!) wages due, was tried the second time in the superior court at Fresno yes terday, and the plaintiff was awarded the amount sued for. J. C. Shepherd of Fresno, representing the Feather River Canal company, is at Biggs, working up an irrigating system, which will irrigate USO,OOO acres of land suitable for the cultivation of alfalfa, small fruit and trees of all kinds. John B. Armstrong, who is largely inter ested in the oil wells of Los Angeles, has been at Napa for some days prospecting for oil. Yesterday he announced his de termination to sink a number of experi mental wells. He says he confidently believes oil is there in abundance and will be reached at a depth not greater than 1000 feet. Henry Norton NorlholT, alias Alfred Brand, better known as "Henry the Pen man,"who was arrested at Oakland yester day while attempting to work the Central bank for * I ."00 on bogus checks, has con fessed his guilt. He says he is ready to suffer for his crimes. Northoff is accused of criminal work in San Diego, Los Ange les, San Bernardino, Stockton and San Francisco. Tiiree men hoarded the eastbotuid train at Truckee last night, taking positions on the "'blunt baggage." Ttiey were standing on the platform in a careless manner, and when the train was rounding a curve near Boca a lurch throw them otf. One of the men, named William Morse, whose home was at Tacoma, Wash., was killed. I;. :•'. Evans, whose home is in Chicago, was badly injured. He was taken to Truckee and cared for. The third man escaped Judge Buck has filed his decision in the case of Jesse Spottier, executor of the Lux will. He sustains Potter on the first ahd second counts, relating to drunkenness and incompetency, and re-opens the ease for argumen on the third count. On the first count the judge decides that Potter had a right to spend his money as he chooses. On the second count, the charge of veracity is of no moment. The third count, as to the question of conspiracy, the judge desires to hear further argument. The de cision is regarded as a victory for Potter. SOUTH AFRICA'S SITUATION THE TRANSVAAL INVADERS ARE CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN TRAP Th.- Supply of Arms Is in the Hands of the Boers, Who ;Unlte With the Natives in the Attempt to Destroy British Influent • In Southern Africa Avorfatrd Press Soecial Wire. Capetown. March 31.— Additional ad vices received here from Buluwayo show I that the work of putting that town in a state of defense has boen completed as far las the means at hand permit. But there is I a lack of arms and ammunition titer with ] which to supply the many settlers who have gathered there from outlying districts smce the uprising commenced. These men, in many cases, have rifles, but they are of all kinds and makes and the stock of ammunition procurable for them is small. Consequently it has been decided to replace the.»e weapons as far as possible j with tne Martini-Henry rifles served out to j the police, etc., the stock of ammunition j for tne latter being fairly adequate. The authorities here are now feeling the effects I of the policy of weakening the defenses of ! different parts of British South Africa in j order to make the lamentable display in ; the Transvaa'.. Had matters at Johannes : burg turned out as the manipulators of the . expedition and uprising contemplated, ! things would Have assumed a different | aspect. But certain persons here and j elsewhere are now in the position of hunt ers caught in their own traps, with the ad- I dltional mortification of the knowledge i that the Boers have, by the seizures made lin the mines, etc., of many th nisandsof j rifles, bayonets, revolvers and Maxim guns, completely turned the tables on the ■ British. Until arms mid ammunition ar | rive from England the latter are almost i helpless, and a combined uprising upon the I purt of the Koers and natives who could be | bribed into hostility might be very disas j trous. The Boers now have weapons with ; which to arm a powerful auxiliary, for they | are aware of the predicament in which the ! British find themselves. Offensive opera | tions against the Matabeles are nearly at | a standstill; communication south of Bul« I uwayo is practically cutoff; parties of set tlers, who loft their clearings at the first Bign of alarm, are still unrelieved, and there seems to be no immediate prospect of assistance being sent to them. Some of these, therefore, are more than likely to fall victims to the Matabeles. Selous and Napier, at Buluwayo, have done everything possible under the circum stances, and as a result of scouting work they ate keeping "dust in the air;"' that is to say, they are doing their utmost to con ceal the weakness of the position of the British, while an-aoiisly awaiting the sup plies of arms and ammunition necessary. But these supplies are not procurable at such short notice. Thousands of stands of arms which were believed to be at the dis posal of the British chartered company's officials seem to have mysteriously disap peared and few doubt that they are in the hands of the Boers. Thus, time must elapse before arras and ammunition can reach here from England, and in the meantime the situation must necessarily grow moro grave. The agent of the chartered company hasbeettduly authorised to raise an addi tional force of five hundred men, hut though the men are available, arms, am ] uition and horses are wanting. The whole of the country outside of a radius of about thirty miles around Bulu wayo is in a state of open insurrection, and the Matabeles and other natives are Hock ing to the Matopo hills, where the son of the late King Lobengula is said to have been raised to his father's rank with much ceremony,preparatory to taking command of the army of insurgent natives llockiug to the hills from all parts. The vicinity of Buluwayo is kept clear of rebels by the white scouts, but it is be lieved that the natives are kept fully in formed of all that is going on, and nobody now doubts that the root of tho trouble is at Pretoria and that Berlin is kept well informed regarding the progress of the up rising. Advices from the Transvaal show that the work of preparing for war is being con tinued there night and day. Gangs of men relieve each other at intervals upon the armed forts designed to protect Pretoria, the plates for which have been furnished by the Creusot works and the guns by the great Kruiip firm of Germany. The drilling of artillerymen under Ger man officers goes on openly every day. There is no longer any concealment in the preparations being made. The foreign legation, composed almost entirely of Ger mans who tiave recently entered the Transvaal, is organized. This force will be mostly infantry and artillery, the Boers being relied upon to furnish all the cav alry. The general opinion expressed here is that the company's officials and the British home government greatly under estimate the serious state of affairs which prevails here. This seems to be especially the case with the British government, and it would seem that the latter must be in tentionally or unintentionally misled by the chartered company's officials or others. In this connection it is reported that ISir Hercules Robinson, the governor of Cape Colony, seeing the approach of the clouds, is desirous of re signing before the storm breaks, and there are otuer ofiicials who, rumor has it, would like to do the same. In short, British pres tige in South Africa has been rudely shaken, and the shaking, under encourage ment from Germany, is still going on and the most energetic steps are likely to be necessary in order to enable Great Britain to maintain the status quo which prevailed before the Jameson raid. The full effects of the great mistake are only beginning to be felt, and unless all indications are de ceiving, the worst is yet to come. It leaked out today that the officials of the Britisli Chartered company are even more alarmed than current report has it. It is understood that representations have just been made to Sir Hercules Robinson regarding the extreme gravity of the situa tion and requesting tkat he ask for imme diate reinforcements of regular troops from Great Britain or India. He is said to j have assured a representative of the com- j i pany that the home government may be j I counted upon to meet any emergency and that additional troops may be shortly ex -1 pected at Capo Town. ! Similar representations, it is admitted, < were cabled to the officers of the British j Chartered 'company in London and an as- j suring message is understood to have been received here from the president, the duke of Abercorn. The news from the seat of the outbreak : in Matabelelaud increases in gravity and j details are coming to hand of the failure of the forces dispatched against the natives I to gain substantial advantage over them. The rebellion is spreading, and the In- j adequacy of the present forco in equip ment to quell it is admitted. It is learned that tire white men, includ ing Messrs. Cass, Hanley and Burford have been murdered at lnyati, forty miles north west of Buluwayo. A patrol force which 1 was Bent to the relief of lnyati found i that the place was too hot to hold I and they were compelled to retreat. F. C. Selous, the great hunter and cam paigner, whose farm was attacked last week and who led a raid into the Mattopo hills, threatening Buluwayo in the east, has also retired from the hills. The Mata beles are assembled there in large force and are well victualed. Selous did not retire without trying the mettle of the Less Than 2c a Day You can read The Herald, including Its mammoth Sunday-Magazine Edition, by carrier in Los Angeles, or in Southern Cal ifornia towns, for 50c a month— 4s a year. black men, and in his fight with them some of his men were wounded, while sev eral of the Matabeles were killed. After this Gilford's patrol was obliged to evacu ate the store ho had been protecting and to retreat. The patrol at Gwelo has also . been repulsed and Captain Pockock wounded. The driving in of these forces will leave the country practically bare to raids by the Matebeles and in creases the peril of settlers in tbe extreme. The Rhodesia horse has been disbanded and the Buluwayo Held force has been sub stituted in the preparations which are now making for a two-months' campaign. The force dispatched against the blacks in the Mattopo hills reports that it is not strong enough to dislodge them and asks for reinforcements. The latest advices from Buluwayo state that the Matabeles have been defeated in several small skirmishes in various parts of the country, and that It is expected the settlers who have laagered out will shortly be relieved. NOT INFLAMMABLE London, March 31. —A dispatch from Constantinople to the Times says: The French and Russian attempts to infuriate the sultan against England on account of the Nile expedition have failed. FRENCH POLITICS The Senate Wrestles With Rngllsh Egyptian Complications Paris, March 31. — Referring to the Egyptian question in the senate today M. I Bourgeois said that after the decision of 1 the Egyptian debt commissioners to i allow the reserve fund to be used I for the purpose of tbe British- Egyptian expedition up the Nile, j France entered into communication jon the subject with Great Britain and the ; pour parlez was still in progress on the i part of France with wisdom and Urimiess. Franco, he added, was firmly supported ;by Russia in tnis matter, and their accord j bad never been more complete or cordial. M. Bardoux asked M. Bourgeois to ex plain the semi-official note issued on j March 17 and purporting to explain that ; the proposed advance up the Nile was a ; great surprise to the government and would serve to embitter the anti-English feeling in France at a time when a better entente was promised, adding that Great Britain's explanation that tho advance was l necessary in the interest of Egypt w»s ; viewed with skepticism in France. M. j Bourgeois replied that the note was semi official and could not be discussed by the senate. M. Bardcux protested against the pres ent government's action regarding Mada : gascar. objecting to the policy of annexa tion which had been substituted for the j protectorate of France over the island, thus creating difficulty, according to the aena tor. He also complained that the ex planation of M. Bourgeois in regard to Egypt were inadequate, and asked if the government had any hope that Great Britain would fulfill her promises. To this question M. Bourgeois replied that the French government had in no way receded from the attitude which France had taken up toward Egypt, but lie added that tho government could not enter into deiails at present as negotia tions were still in progress on the subject with Great Britain. M. Bourgeois finally made a statement in reply to a long attack upon tho government policy made by Senator Bardoux, who contended that M. Bourgeois had destroyed the splendid position which France had gained abroad during the tenure of offi?e of the last government. M. Bour ) geois, he contended, had bungled in Egypt, j Madagascar and China, and the senator pointed out particularly that the opening lof the West river to the European trade i h?.d destroyed the advantages of the French ! railway from Lang'on to the frontier, that ! the Chinese loan had been obtained by 1 Great Britain, and also referred to the I foci, that Sir Robert Hart, an Englishman, i was the head of the customs service. In his reply M. Bourgeois said that ■ France would profit equally with the other : powers in the opening of tbe West river, I that the Chinese loan had been placed in i England because the conditions werj not I acceptable to i-'rench financiers and stated j that the government was not aware of the I appointment of Sir Robert Hart. I But, he contended, if China decided to j largely utilize foreign officials the govern- I ment would know how to secure an equit j able share of the posts for Frenchmen. Ransom Demanded London, April 1. —A Rome dispatch to the Chronicle says its correspondent learns from an official source that the negus of i Abyssinia demands a large ransom for the Italian prisoners he holds, and for the Adigrat garrison. The dispatch adds that the Italian government is disposed to ac cept the terms. Threats of Lynching Akron, 0., March 31.—A crowd of 1000 surrounded the city prison tonight and i many threats were made against A. B. I Strong, the suspected murderer of the ! Stones at Talmage. The militia is still tinder arms at the armory and a force of I police is ready for action. Strong con i tinues to deny all knowledge of the crime. An Exposition Abandoned Montreal, Quebec, March 31.—The mayor of Montreal has issued a card to the public in which he says that the pro jected Britisli empire exposition, a private enterprise whicn was never sanctioned by the city government, and has been aban doned. WIRE WAIFS The Democratic and Republican execu tive committees of Arizona have wired a petition to the congressional committee on territories to give Arizona statehood. Beginning last night the Leadviile Herald-Democrat takes the leaned wire service of the Associated Press. From its : office among the clouds, and there is no other daily in the world published so high up, tho Herald-Democrat sends greeting to the press of the world, through the asso ciation which readies to all parts of the globe. Secretary Bruce of Arizona, acting under advice ol the interior department, yester- I day asked Governor Hughes, removed, to j surrender his keys and records. He re- I fused, saying his removal was inoperative until the appointment of his successor is ! confirmed. The secretary of the interior i gave Hughes an opportunity to resign, but I he ignored the request. Secretary Morton has let a contract for 10,120.000 packets of vegetable seeds, to ibe distributed under the recent act of con | gres", to I). Laudretli & Sons, Philadelphia. ! The price is $70,000. seeds to be delivered I ready for mailing. A contract for a mill i ion packets of flower seeds was let to L. L. ! May & Co., St. Paul, Minn., at half a cent j per package. ] Engineer Nick Smith, after forty years l j service in railroading, was killed yesterday |in a head-end collision near Dwyer, Col., j between his train, the Leadviile aeconiino j datiou from Denver, and an extra going j oast. Smith had disregarded a stop 6ignal, I but it is said that in the blinding snow ob jects could not be seen over twelve feet ! away. The damage to cars was small. A move developed in Nebraska yester* 1 day to contest tho right of the government to regulate the liquor traffic of the forts in this state. At every post the canteen, operated by privates, is conducted without Btate or county interference. At Fort Rol> inson today county authorities issued war rants against the canteen owners for sell ing liquor without a license and writs to confiscate die wet property. The military authorities refttsed to permit the sheriff to serve his warrants and that officer has ap pealed to tha secretary of war. CITY PRICE, PER SINdLE COPY, j CENTS . ON TRANSPORTATION LINES, 5 CfcNfS AN INSURGENT MANIFESTO SALVATOR C1SNEROS ASSERTS THAT TO CUBANS WILL NEVER YIELD A Banished Correspondent Believes That j Cuba Will Be Free II the Unite* State* OrenU Belligerent Right,—The Spanish Army en the Defensive AMaciated Press Special Wire. New York, March 31.—The Herald to day says: A manifesto signed by Salva dor Cisneros, president of the insurgent Cuban government, hen just been received in the United States. Kn it Cisneros states) that sugar estates, which in the eastern j division of the island have been permitted J to grind, all others In? the west have been ;. prevented from doing no simply because at I the beginning arrangements ware made I between the proprietors of said estates and , some of the Cuban leaders, whereby ths> t former in consideration of a "war tax," £ paid into the Cuban treasury were granted { the privilege of grinding under the prolan. ' I tion of those leaders. The manifesto alas- V states that the insurgent armies have no* jj burned country dwellings except when, K used by .Spanish troops aa forts or garrk* { sons, and that for tbe sake of families, it wives and children of non-combatants, 1 food is now allowed to enter towns and r\ cities at present he! d by the armies ofj R Spain on the payment of an Import duty* k Cisnero most erapinatically denies thai * bandits or outlaws form any part or have) p any connection with the Cuban army, and k proclaims that notwithstanding the course) R being pursued by Spain toward captured z insurgent soldiers anil political prisoners, fi the Cuban government will not retaliate, £ The manifesto concludes with these) t words: 5 ••We are now strong in numbers and la J? hopes, but if our armies should unforta* g nately suffer defeat in the field we will 3 never give up. Cuba will perish with the £ world looking on without renouncing has? I one great hope and aim—independence." « Among the pasuengers on board the > steamer Yucatan, which has just arrived * here, was Albert Rappleye, the newspaper F correspondent .who, after three months* i stay in Cuba, was banished from tba 2 inland by a decree of Captain-General £ Weyler. Mr. Rappleye, in an interview, 5 said: ? "I unhesitatingly state that within three E months the insurgent cause will be trium- u phant if the United States government will fa grant belligerent rights and -give to the Cu- 5 bans anything like a fighting opportunity. B The Spaniards are now on the defensive. Jf Every battle fought in Cuba during the last 3 few days has been invited by the rebels. £ "The Cubans now practically hold the I island of Cuba. The troops of Spain have j? been, as they are now, entirely on tbo de- p tensive. *k "When General Maceo started on bis f. western campaign one-third of his men. I„ 15,000 in number, were unarmed. His rf forces have engaged in battle with but C* three cartridges each, depending entirely _J on the capture of the enemy's train for the '/ ammunition to continue tbe fight. If the C? Cubans had enough arms they could put ,y 100.000 men in the field. > "Thousands in Havana are suffering for & enough to eat and they are heart and soul *t with the Cubans and are willing to suffer. S" Spanish cruelty has nc - (been half de- m scribe<l. Execution of pn.\->ners is a daily t occurrence. Spain* kills a I prisoners in X Cuba." * DYGERT'S CASE S New York. April 1.—A dispatch from f Havana to the World says: Complete in* S> vestigation of the case of Walter Grant B Dygert, tbe American confined in pi if n at r Guinea, leads the captain-general to hold t him, and he officially informed Consul- f General Williams of his decision tonight, » High authority is quoted as saying that t ample evidence exists to justify this deter. 7 imitation. Consul-General Williams im- 1 mediately cabled the result 10 the state 1 department. ' , , THE BERMUDA SEIZED" . New York, April 1.—A sp> cial t* the Herald from La Libertad, Sa.vador,\ria Gatveston.says: \ The Bermuda arrived at Puerto Cortezk Honduras, on the 29th, with a cargo o| ammunition, which has been seized by thai port authorities. A Madria special to the World says! La Epoca and other ministerial papers have 1 been instructed to contradict rumors that the Madrid government had abandoned the idea of sending to Cuba a Spanish iron* clad squadron and six merchant trans, Atlantio ateamers equipped as fast cruisers. EXCITED IMMIGRANTS. Citizens From Sunny Itsl. Object ts Deportation. New York, March 31.—It one con. tinuous round of excitement < Ellis island to-day. Twice a large body of Italians, held for deportation, made desperate at tempts to escape from their place of im- . prisonment. It was shortly after IO o'clock when the first outbreak occurred. There were 250 savage-looking customers, mostly Italians, shut inside the "to be de ported" pen on the second floor of the main building. Suddenly there waa a murmur among them: it increased to a howl of defiance and rage. Hundreds of them tried to tear open the wirework of the barriers. In a moment more it would have given away, had not tbe keepers rushed up and down outside pounding the protruding fingers. Dr, Senner, early in the day, realized the gravity of the situa tion. He telegraphed to Washington that he must have more help. The reply waa favorable, and twenty more men will be at work tomorrow. It is also said on au thority, that the commissioner requested Gen. Miles to hold a small detachment of troops in readiness. Just when all seemed peace, the Arizona, tbe steamer which takes the immigrants from Ellis island to the Battery steamed in. Several immigrants ran to board her and some of them shouted to the throng of "detained." In a moment all was excite ment again and a fierce rush was mad,** Savage blows were struck at the officials am! more than one knife was drawn. The officials went at the undisciplined mob forcibly and after a few minutes' fighting the little knot of breathless officers bad the crowd subdued. The Booth Misunderstanding N rw York, March :t I .—A statement was given out by Commander and Mrs. Bailing ton Booth at the Bible house toijiiht, to the effect that when Commissioner Emma Booth-Tucker landei on Saturday last she j was met by a letter from < ..minander Booth, in which he staled that, hav imr heard through the press that she de- | sired to see him, he was willing to meet her at her convenience. She answered his letter on Sunday, saying she wished tiie interview to take place as soon as possible. The commander and Mrs Booth appointed tonight at S oclock for t e interview, but Mrs. Booth-Tucker objected 10 the stipula tion that they have a witness present. Commander Booth then explained over the telephone that in view of the fact that his previous interviews with London's representatives had taken. place with out any other witnesses except Mrs. Booth and had been misquoted in consequence, his version having bean deliberately branded by Miss Booth aa • false," he felt that they had made a pri vate interview impossible. No understand* iug has yet been reached.