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SYMPATHY FOR CUBA
Money and Arms Are to
Be Soon Raised in
Chicago.
WINCHESTERS WANTED.
Patriots Receive Some Cheer
ing Reports at a New
York Meeting.
SPANIARDS URGE HUMANITY.
This, However, Is Said to Consist In
Speedily Crushing the Fighters
for Freedom.
CHICAGO. 111.. 0ct. 1.-Thatiast night's
meeting at Central Music Hail is to result
in more than moral sympathy for the
Cuban revolutionists was evidenced to-day
by the statement of an authorized person
that lire arms had been pledged .to aid in
the cause and negotiations have been com
menced for their purchase.
Ex-State Senator Edward T. Noonan,
who was appointed one of the vice-presi
dents at the meeting, made the assertion
this afternoon that a committee is making
arrangements io buy 100 Winchester rifles
and a large quantity of ammunition, and
that all would be ready for shipment to
Cuba in a very short time. Senator
Noonan says the rifles are to be had at any
time and that the friends of Cuba are only
waiting for an opportunity to ship them
before the Cubans ask for their delivery.
.izales de Queeada said to-night the
Cubans were very anxious so have their
army equipped with Winchesters, as it
rendered the problem of ammunition one
of easy solution.
NEW YORK, X. V., Oct. I.— About 200
Cubans and sympathizers with the C üban
cause met this evening at the rooms of the
James G. Blame Club. Ihe chairman and
principal speaker was S. C. Henriquez. He
said that the deaths of insurgents atcord
ing to Captain-General Campos were ri
diculously exaggerated. The speaker
claimed that the Cuban cause was getting
on famously and that it was hoped that
the United States Government would soon
recognize them as belligerents.
J. W. Kemple, a politician of West Vir
gina, made a speech in which he hurrahed
for the Cubans and casually remarked that
the United States "could lick any Govern
ment on the face of the earth."
CEDAU KEYS, Fla., Oct I.— Nothing is
known here justifying rumors of filibus
tering parties expecting to leave from this
section. The revenue cutter Morrell came
inside the bar this morning and the war
ship Cincinnati was in sight off the outer
bar. It la supposed they were watchina
the steamer Electra from Tampa, which
came in last night. The three steamers
left about 13 o'clock to-day.
HAVANA, Cob* (via Key West), Oct. 1-
The public announcement which was
made here that theCanovas cabinet would
pursue a moderate and humane policy in
Cuba gives the greatest satisfaction. The
recognized enemy of a moderate policy in
the Cabinet has been f^enor Rome ro
Robledo as Minister of Justice and legal
adviser to the Govern ment, who has
proven a violent obstructionist to the mod
erate policy that now has the cordial ap
proval of a majority of the Government,
including the Premier, Canovas dei Cas
tillo; the Duke of Tetuan, Minister of For
eign Affairs; fcenor Casteilanos, Minister
for the Colonies, and others. They, one
and all, are in favor of the liberal measures
for Cuba voted by the Cortes in March
last. As soon as the war is closed the new
laws will be put in force.
Captain-Genera' Martinez Campos is in
active touch and sympathy with the
Madrid Cabinet. He insists on a liberal
and humane policy. The policy of the
Canovas Cabinet naturally is in favor of
active operations and the early crushing of
the rebellion, which it regards as really the
most nuruane course. Spain must be
mindful of her unacclimated troops in
Cuba. N T o cruel measures will be tolerated
by General Campos. The strict neutrality
observed by the American Government has
been cited by Premier Canovas del Castillo
as the best evidence of the friendliness of
the United States, likewise Ita activity in
suppressing revolutionary expeditions.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. I.— The at
tention of Attorney-General Harmon was
called this morning to a London Times
dispatch from Madrid, quoting Minister
Depuy de Lome to the effect that the
Vnited States had decided to conGscate
arms and ammunition found upon vessels
detained by the United States authorities
and which are supposed to be engaged or
about to engage in filibustering expeditions
to Cuba.
Attorney-General Harmon stated that
there had beep no change at all in the po
sition of the administration toward the
Cuban insurgents. The neutrality laws,
he said, were being enforced with vigor
and impartiality, and it is the intention to
continue to do so. Arms and munitions
of war, alleged to be for the use of the in
surgents, had been captured by United
States officials and the matter brought to
the District Attorney by United States
officers.
The decisions of the courts in these mat
ters were as binding upon the Government
as on those tinder arrest, and, when an
acquittal followed, the Government, of
coarse, was powerless further to act. The
acquittal of alleged filibusters in crimi
nal proceedings carried with it the sur
render of property seized with them. In
pome cases this property had not been
called for and still remained in the custody
of the United States.
THIS IS A WII ALE STORY.
Adventures of a fishing Sloop With a
Leviathan.
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. I.— When the little
fishing sloop Startle arrived yesterday
Cereno and Charles Atwood told a story of
their narrow escape from a monster whale.
"We were fishing Saturday near the Isle
of Shoals and a big whale hove in sight and
thrashed the water into foam. He circled
around the dories and raising his head
made a plunge, liftine tons of water and
filling one of the dories. Then the whale
beaded for us. He must have been seventy
feet long and when be passed my dory he
jlpollinans
"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS."
Received the HIGHEST AWARD
at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the
ANTWERP EXHIBITION,
filled her to th« rail. "We headed for the
sloop and the whale kept us company, -j
swimming in plain sight ten feet under our
dory. We finally got on board. The
whale seemed angry for he headed after us
and poked his big nose up to the taffrail.
He chased us about two miles and then
went to the eastward."
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STA T EXT OF t" XJBLIC DEB TS.
During the I'aat Mouth There IVas a Con
sidcrahl* Decrease.
"WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1. -The debt
statement, issued this afternoon, shows a
net decrease in the public debt, less cash in
the treasury, during September of $1,834,
--656 42. The interest-bearing debt increased
$210; the non-interest-bearing debt de
creased $468,689 50, and cash in the treas
ury increased $1 ,306,206 92. The balance
of the several classes of debt at the close
of business September 30 was: Interest
bearing debt, 5747,360,820; dett on which
interest has bince maturity ceased, $1,685,-
GGO 25; debt bearing no interest. $377,443,
--519 49; total, $1,126,494,J.<9i"» 75. The certi
ficates and treasury notes offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury out
standing at the end of the month was $600,
--227,69;}, a decrease of $2,157,000. The total
cash in the treasury was $827,889,408 74;
the gold reserve was $02,911,973; net cash
balance, $92,498,990 41.
In the month there was a decrease in
gold coin and bar 3 of $5,853,413 52, the
total at the close being $143,557,512 75. Of
silver there was a decrease of $3,769, 820 50.
Of surdus there was in National bank de
positories $16,047,105 94, against $15,817,
--539 69 at the end of the preceding month.
INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Patents Issued to the Inven
tive and an Increase
of Pensions.
Congressman Maguire Arrives to
Besin His War on Mint Super
intendent Daggett.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1.-The fol
lowing patents were issued to-day : Wil
liam Booth, fc-an Bernardino, and K. H.
Wade, Los Angeles, Cal., boiler-flue
cleaner; Maurice Deane, .San Francisco,
ship's ladder; Terrence Duffy, ban Fran
cisco, wave-power air compressor; Hiram
L. Farrier, Oakland (assignor of a fourth
to C. W. Kellogg), San Francisco, barbed
wire stretcher; Peter H. Flansburg,
Los Banos, Cal., traction engine;
Adrian R. Harulin and J. B.
Gonyeau, San Francisco, amalgama
tor; John H. Hendy, San Francisco,
hydraulic giant; Harlan H. Henley, as
signor, to Henley Car-fender Company,
San Francisco, safety guard for cars; Ed
ward E. Park, assignor of one-half to J.
W. Davis, iSan Francisco, flower -pin;
Frederick SaJathe, assignor, to Union Oil
Company of California, Santa Paula, Cal..,
pigment vehicle and producing same;
Frederick Salaths, assignor, to Union Oil
Company of California, Santa Paula, Ca!.,
varnish and producing same; Isaac E.
Shaw, Cloverdaie, Cai., door-bell; Isaac
E. Shaw, Cloverdaie, Cal.. letter and mes
sage receiver; Albert D. Williams, La
fayette, Cal., side-bill plow; Susan C.
Wolfskill, Winters, Cal., side bed-pan.
Pensions were granted as follows: Cali
fornia: Original — Charles H. Parmenter,
Oakland; William L. Robinson, Stockton-
Harvey N. Bye, Oakland. Renewal and
increase — John Hohn, Fort Bragg. In
crease — George M. Hews, San Francisco.
Reissue — Milton E. Isham, Ventura; Peter
Warner (deceased). Los Angeles; Michael
W. Caffey, Eureka.
Oregon: Increase — Pratt R. Skinner,
Portland.
Washington: Original— Patrick Clcary,
alia? Patrick Lynch, Vancouver. Increase
—Robert Rutherford, Orting.
Captain Smith placed before the pardon
clerk of the Department of Justice the
papen asking for the pardon of Hans Han
sen, and the same were briefed and sent
to the President. Captain Smith has sent
a request to the President to be given a
personal hearing on the case
Representative Maguire, impatient to get
tangled up in the political lair of tiuperin
tenuent of Mint Daggett and Secretary
Carlisle, carve in from the'north to-night.
Maguire will be at the treasury early to
morrow morning to commence the war de
manding the removal of Daggett. Maguire
refuses to state the charges.
Ex-Representative English was informed
by Secretary Herbert to-day that the train
ing ship Marion would not be turned over
for use at Mare Island, and that it would
be impossible to have any ship detailed for
that service until Congress passed a bill
locating a training station at Mare Island.
Representative Maguire says he will intro
duce such, a bill early in the next Con
gress, and aim to comply with all the re
quirements of the department leading to
the desired result.
Domestic money order offices were es
tablished in California as follows: ElToro,
MonUlvo and Toluca.
CAVTA X-\ Alt 31 ES' CAS E.
He Will lit Prosecuted by the Judge |
. Advocate- General. ■ • „
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Oct. 1.-Secre- |
tary Laruont persists in the policy of I
saying nothing about the case of Captain
George A. Armes, the retired army ollicer
who was arrested last Friday night by.
order of acting Secretary of War, Lieu
tenant-Oeneral Schoneld. It is said at the
War Department that when the habeas
corpus case comes up, Saturday next before
Justice Bradley, the Secretary of War will
be represented by an attache of the olfice
of Judge Advocate-General, and the dis
charge of the prisoner on the writ will be
most vigorously contested. It is further
said that court-martial proceedings will be
instituted aeainstthe captain regardless of
the issue of the habeas corpus case.
Reports have been printed crediting
Captain Armes with an intention to sue !
General Schofield for the recovery of dam
ages in casf he should not be punished by.
court-martial or otherwise. , Lawyers who j
are familiar with the facts and principles I
applicable to them say that such an action
cannot be successfully maintained.
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With Simple Ceremonies.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. I.— The first
wedding to note to occur in the new St.
Mathew's Church was solemnized to-day
at noon, when Thomas F. Lane was mar
ried to Miss Lucile, elder daughter of Sen
ator J. 8. C. Blackburn of Kentucky. The
ceremony was witnessed by only a few
friends outside the members of the family,
all the features of the occasion being
marKed with great simplicity and privacy.
There were no bridesmaids, but Miss Voor
hees of New York accompanied ihe bride
at the chancel. The brother of the groom
was best man. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Charles M. Bart, who
yesterday confirmed Miss Blackburn in
the Catholic faith, which she professed
after a visit with her mother to Cardinal
Gibbons at Baltimore.
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Jtailrond Grants Approved.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. I.— The Sec
retary of the Interior to-day approved
grants of land to the Northern Pacific
Railroad amounting to 1,837,478 acres, and
to the Central Pacific Railroad, as succes
sor to the Western Pacific Company, 1345
acres.
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Jtlercy for a Murderer,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1.-The
President has commuted to imprisonment
for life the sentence of Claude Mattox, con
victed of murder in Kansas and sentenced
to be hanged October 11.
Inspecting Improvement*, ' :
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Oct. I.— General
Craighill, chief of the Engineer Corps of
the army, left Washington to-day for a
tour of inspection of the Mississippi and
Missouri river impro vementa.
THE SAN- FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895.
NOT CHECKED AS YET.
Texas Lawmakers Failed
to Act on Prize-
Fights.
ABSENTEES ARE NEEDED
Soon, However, a Majority Will 1
Be Secured to Make Pugil
ism a Felony.
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PROTEST AGAINST THE ■; BILL.
Ex-Governor Barnett Gibbs Says
the Animal Cannot Be Legislated
Out of Man.
AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. I.— The situation in
the Legislature may be changed to-mor
row or Thursday by the presence of a
dozen or more absentees who have been
sent for, but had a vote been taken to-day
on the administration bill making it a
felony to figure in prize-fighting it would
have failed of the two-thirds vote neces
sary to make it become operative.
This statement is based on the fact that !
but ninety-four members of the House ]
were in attendance at rollcall to-day. Of
these rifteen have declared against the
measure and three are doubtful. It will
be seen, therefore, that as the administra
tion must have eighty-six votes to pass an ]
emergency bill they were short to-day
about ten votes.
. In the Senate the conditions were more
favorable, inasmuch as twenty-four mem
bers of that body were present, with every
possibility that not more than three of
the number would vote in opposition. :
This would have passed the bill there
without a vote to spare. When the House
adjourned there were thirty-four ab
sentees, including a half . dozen members
who have resigned: or been appointed to
other offices since the last session. Nearly
ali the remainder are claimed by the
administration men as favorable to the
j emergency bill. ' If this be true and their
presence can be secured the measure will
be passed; = 'V' .■ . : ■
There is no question that an overwhelm
irijr. majority oi both houses is favorable to
a bill prohibiting prize-tighting and | mak
ing such sport,.. if necessary, a felony.
There is, however, a little |coterie who be
lieve that the bill should not become a law
until ninety days after the adjournment,
and these claim to have strength enough
to defeat the' bill in the House with the
emergency clause attached. Much will de
pend on the absentees and their attitude
toward the measure upon their arrival.
The indications to-night are that bat
tle between the administration forces and
the opposition will be spirited but brief.
There are several reasons for this, the
principal reason being that the more in
fluential, members of both houses are
anxious to return to their homes as speed
ily as possible. "With this end in view, an
effort will be made to bring the measure to
a vote by Saturday afternoon next.
Moreover, the State treasury is in no
condition to stand au extraordinary draft
upon its resources, and as each day's ses
sion involves an expenditure of $1200 an
other argument in favor of an early ad
journment is found. In addition to this
daily expenditure the cost to the State for
the mileage of Representatives and Sena
tors will aggreeate, in round numbers,
$12,000 more. The leaders fear that the
Populists will, in the next campaign, find
effective campaign material in the special
session of the Legislature because of its ci-
I pense to the State, and this is another rea
son why it is desired to minimize the time
as much as possible. '
The hearing which the Judiciary Com- ■
mittee of the two houses proposed giving
to-day to the opponents of the bill was
postponed until to-morrow, owing to the
inability of the latter to be present. It is
j not improbable that all of Wednesday may
be devoted by the committee to a hearing
of the objections to the bill and it is hardly
likely, therefore, that either committee
will report the bill back to its respective
House before Thursday, and possibly not
until Friday, It may also be amended in
committee in some particulars without,
however, affecting its real purpose, which
i is to make prize-fighting a felony and per
| mit the law to go into effect immediately
I after it shall have received the Governor's
signature.
Ex-Governor Barnett Gibbs, the repre
sentative of the business interests, who, he
claims have, spent lar^e sums of money in j
the anticipation of the fight, has written a
reply to Governor Culberson's message to
the Legislature to-day, which is, to say the
least, , a j vigorous and unique argument.
Referring to the Governor's charge that
prize-fighting is a brutal sport, Mr. Gibbs
queries : ' " '-,"■'
"How much of the animal is to be legis
lated out of man? • . If you take it all, of
course he becomes a thing not' dangerous
to either man or woman; but on the other
j hand, he is of no account to himself or his
country. What is left is fit only for soap
i grease. . The Orientals studied for a
j thousand years to find some effective
mode of eliminating the brute from man,'
and finally decided that the only way was
to nnsex him.
"Tne second reason assigned by the Gov- 1
ernor for the hasty passage of the law with ;
an emergency clause is 'that certain other
States have the law.' Some of these States
have no homestead law, and have spent
much money in trying to get others to re
peal in the interest of trade, and claim
that ours is a mossback fad unworthy of
the new Democracy. Legislation should,
bo more of deliberation than example, and
if not there is the great common law of
England that does not have a line against
this or kindred athletic sports. ," ".
I "If we follow the prevailing fad in the
East our girls will all wear bloomers and
ride bicycles and'ride horses straddle, when
they ride them; at all. I discovered this
summer while East that these are the fads
in higher circles. If Texas were fifty years :
without a law against glove contests it
might have survived a few months more.
An emergency clause will destroy the
value of many investments roadeon the
strength of a license law passed by this
same Legislature. ;, ' \
' "Thousands of dollars' worth of property
will be confiscated ' / by the emergency
clause, which belongs to men and women 1
who have no sympathy with the fight or
with the club. The message does not refer
toany State in the Union that called an
extraordinary session to stop a glove con
test for which great preparation has been
made by innocent followers of the law of
the' last preceding ? legislative- session.
Statesmen of the Old South would not have
robbed one citizen of Texas to have gained
the plaudits of every State in the Union.
A political party which shudders at glove
contests and ruthlessly robs one citizen of
his vested rights will not find a precedent
for this remarkable moral and political feat
and faith among Anglo-Saxon people in
their most degenerate days."
CORBETT IS COXFIDEXT.
But th« Champion Doe* Xot Play Good
Baseball.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. I.—Cham
pion'James J, Corbett played first base in
a game of baseball at National Park this
afternoon before an audience of 1500. Cor
bett's team was composed of Washington
amateurs, and his opponents were from
the Government Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, amateur champions of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Joe Corbett pitched for
Jim's team, and after five innings the
''Bureaus" won by a score of 12 to 8. The
champion did not show much ability in
playing the National game, and was un
able to drive the ball past the infield.
After the game Corbett in a talK ex
pressed confidence in his ability to defeat
Fitzsimmons, and stated that he believed
the fight would come off at Dallas, Tex.,
without interference from the authorities.
He left for that place to-night at 10:30
o'clock over the Southern Railway.
OJV THE EASTERN TRACKS.
Too Cold for Comfort or the Breaking of
Records.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. L— lt was
again too cold at the track to-day for ex
ceptionally fast time, and the small crowd
shivered in heavy wraps. '
Three-year-old trot, 2 :30 class, purse $1000,
Abner won, Gebbs second, Pray Toll third.
Besttime,2:lsV2.
2:14 pace, purse $1500, Badge won, Choral
second, Phenol third. Best time, 2:09*4.
2:20 trot, purse $1500. Lady Wilton won,
Que Allen second, Annauine third. Best time,
2:11?.,.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. I.— The fall
meeting at the Cleveland Driving Park
opened to-day with clear weather, but a
biting atmosphere that "tied up" the
horses.
2:14 class, pacing, purse $500, Viotta won,
Nydia seeoiid. GleuwoocJ third. Best time,
1:13 U.
2:2b class, trotting, purse $500, Avana iron,
Black Cecil second. Donna Inez third. Best
time, 2:18 I .£.
GKAVESEND, N. V., Oct. I.— Five and a half
furlongs, Pslvable won, Merry Prince second,
Volley third. Time, 1:10.
Mile and a furlong. Sir Excess won, Sir Wal
ter second, Galilee third. Time, 1 :f>B.
Six furlongs, Harry Jleed won, Irish Reel sec
ond, Manchester third. Time 1:15.
One and a quarter miles, The Swain won,
Adalbert second, Candelabra third. Time,
•2:11> 4 . ■'.
Six furlongs. Roy del Carrartes won, Cres
cendo second, Brandywine third. Time, 1 :15.
Five and a half furlongs, Carib won, Belle
Amie second, King of Bohemia third. Time,
1:10.
OAKLEY, Ohio, Oct. I.— Five furlongs, Anna
Lyle won. Fiery Man II second. Robinson
third. Time. 1:02.
Six furlongs, imp. Star Ruby won, Handsome
second, Handspun third. Time, 1 :13?£.
t^ix and a half furlongs. Squire G won, Over
ella second. Paul Pry third. Time, 1 :21.
Seven f urlonps. The Winner won. Ben Eder
second, Don Carillo third. Time, 1 :28.
One mile, Grannan won, Lobengula second,
Olive third. Time, I :4l'<J.
Five furlones, Joe Clark won. Helen Mar sec
ond. Elwyn third. Time, \:02 l i.
SHEFFIELD, Ixd. Oct. I.— Six furlongs, Kil
larney won, Colonel Weightman second. Mar
garet Ann third. Time, 1:23.
Five furlongs, Braoietta won. Sixty second,
Serena third. Time. 1 :07%.
Five and a half furlongs, Atelier won, Estella
F second, Character third. Time, I :l4}£.
Six furlongs, Queen Bess won, London sec
ond, Gun wad third. Time, 1:21.
Five and a half furlongs, Lawyer won, Julia
O second, Duillo third. Time, l:10'' 4 .
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. I.— Cold weather
again kept the attendance down to a few
hundred people at the second day's light
harness racing of the Pimlico Driving
Club.
2 :27 class pace, postponed after second heat
Monday, purse $1000. Adornment won, Allen
dora second, Ameorian third. Best time,
'J: VJ class, trotting, purse $ 1000, unfinished ;
live heats were trotted, of which Monocacy und
! <uneviev« each won two and Little Griffin
one. Best time, by oienevieve, 2 :16^.
2:27 class, trotting, purse $1000, unfinished.
Bilyer Mark won two of the three heats trotted,
Skipper captured the oth«r. Best time, by Sil
ver Mark, 2 :191 i.
DETROIT, Mich,, Oct. I.— About 2000 at
tended the opening at Highland Park to
day and the bookmakers had all they could
do to handle the money. Colonel Jack
Chirm handled the starter's flag.
Three-quarters of a mile, Marble Rock won,
Chiquita second. Fakir third. Time, 1 :17.
Four and a half furlongs, Miss Kitty won,
Aureola second, Minnie Clyde third. Time,
:57 ! 4.
One mile, James V. Carter won, Metropole
second, Tippecanoe third. Time-, I :44}^.
Five-eighths of a mile, Lady Doleful won,
Del Coronado second, Atalnata third. Time,
One mile and seventy yards, Halloween won,
La Fiesta second, Tasco third. Time, I:49J^.
SOUTH DAKOTA COURSIXG.
First Huns for the Rich Aberdeen Palace
Stakes.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Oct. I.— A more per
fect day for coursing could not be wished
for, and as for speedy jacks, the California
jack is not in it. There was but one course
under three miles out of twelve run.
Plight of the bunnies Succeeded in get
ting away. There was much interest taken
in the work of Longfellow, the fir9t of the
California dogs to be slipped. Russel's
Nancy was his rival. The dogs ran a long,
hard course, which was taken by Long
fellow by virtue of his superior staying
power and cleverness. The rabbit went to
earth. It was a grueller. Summary ot
first day's mcetinir:
Charles A. Robinson's Pearl beat Dr.
Van Humniel's Ardgay, N. P. Whiting's
Chartist beat Dr. Van Huramel's Van
Tromp, Dr. Van Hummel's Valkyrie beat
G. W. Arney's Majora, Dr. Van Hum
mel's Van Ollie beat E. H. Mulcaster's
Charming Maid, J. H. Perigo's Longfellow
beat J. Russel's Nancy, A. P. Slocum's
Caliph beat Dr. Van Hummel's Astron
omy, R. H. Wood's Raven beat C. P. Jen
kins' Recollection, A. P. Slocum's Lady
Misterton beat Dr. Van Hummel's Just
Eclipsed.
Second ties— Pearl beat Chartist, Val
kyrie beat Longfellow, Caliph beat Van
Ollie, Raven ran a bye. Lady Misterton
having had a five-mile course Mr. Slocum
concluded to withdraw rather than take
any chances of injuring her.
To-morrow the first ties of the Aberdeen
Derby puppy stakes will be run off.
RACES AT JFRJESXO.
The Special Trot Won in Straight Heats by
Toggles.
FRESNO, Cal., Oct. I.— The first day of
the races in this city was attended by a
large crowd, which had the satisfaction of
witnessing some of the prettiest racing
ever held in Fresno. The weather was
perfect and the track without a flaw.
The first on the programme was two
bicycle events, one a quarter mile, scratch,
and the other one mile, scratch. R. G.
Barton won both races. Time, 33 seconds
and 2:15.
Next came a special trot with six entries.
It was in this race that the honors of the
day were earned off. Toggles, a Lemoore
horse and hitherto unknown, made his
debut, and with an easy, gliding gait he
held his own until the homestretch was
reached, and then shot ahead of the oth
ers. He won the race in straight heats,
and people yelled themselves hoarse with
delight over the little black gelding's per
formance. His time was 2:19, 2:19^ and
2:17%. Stella came in second in every
heat.
The next on the programme was a 2:25
pace with six entries. It was won by
Ruby M in straight heats. Time, '2:li\i—
2:18— 2:18}^. Dan N was second.
The fourth event was a half-mile and
repeat running race. The entries were
Valledor, Myrtle G, Saturday and Fleche.
Valledor won both heats, and the others
followed aa named. Time, :49 and :51.
ACTED IN GOOD FAITH
China Was Not Crafty
in Settling With
Japan.
BOWED TO THE POWERS.
Missionaries Remain in Need
of Protection in the
Orient.
ADDITIONAL EIOTS REPORTED.
Ll Hung Chang Given a Position
That Sends Hfm Into
Obscurity.
TOKIO, JAVA*, Sept. 17.— 0f late rumors
have been busily circulated in the East to
tue effect that China has refused to enter
tain, in connection with the restoration of
the Liaotung Peninsula, any proposal in
volving the payment of a farther indem
nity, and that as the three powers, Ger
many, Russia ana France, are pressing
Japan to evacuate the peninsula, in com
pliance with her promise given last May,
the Cabinet in Tokio rinds the position
very perplexing. This version of the case
commands credence on account of its prob
ability.
It was from the first foreseen that the
statesmen in Peking might reasonably de
cline to assume any fresh pecuniary obli
gation for the sake of recovering territory
which they had ceded expressly to obtain
a reduction of Japan's monetary demand,
and which they would have willingly left
in Japan's possession had not Russia, Ger
many and France considered the arrange
ment unsatisfactory from their own point
of view. China might very well say that
the question has no special concern for
her, and that if the interests of three great
European powers indicated her ownership
of the peninsula as most suitable and safe
the duty of placing her in possession rested
with them alone. : ... : >
People have, therefore, been very ready
to believe that China bad adopted that
crafty course, and that Japan would be ul
timately obliged to surrender the penin
sula without receiving any compensation
whatever. But the belief is erroneous.
China has not taken any such line. She
did, indeed, ask that the three European
powers should be altogether excluded from
the negotiations for the rendition of the
peninsula, and that the matter be settled
entirely by plenipotentiaries representing
the two empires directly concerned. But
Japan declined the programme. She has
learned the advisability of working in con
cert with the European powers, and hav
ing already submitted her proposal for
their consideration she could not have sud
denly segregated herself from them, even
if she had desired to do so. In point of
fact, she is carrying the three European
allies with her. They have frankly
indorsed her right to look for reasonable
pecuniary compensation in lieu of the
rendited territory as well as the justice
of making her evacuation synchronise
with the payment of such compensation.
On that understanding the negotiations
will soon be opened, and there is at pres
ent, no reason to anticipate any serious
complication.
Efforts to have some of Japan's new
men-of-war built in United States dock
yards are being strenuously made. The
chief mover is General Williams, who,
many years ago, held the post of iinancial
adviser to the Japanese Finance Depart
ment. But despite the support of a lead
ing Japanese journal, it is not expected
that the endeavor will have any marked
success.
American locomotives are beginning to
find favor in Japan. The results of their
working in the East 6ho\v that they cost
10 per ient more and burn 30 per cent
more fuel than liiiglishengin.es, but Japan
ese drivers find them easier to handle.
Should this preference grow, it may prove
important, in view of the large impending
development of the Japanese railway sys
tem.
Another instance has occurred of the
perennial attempts made by Russian con
victs to escape from Saghalien by crossing
over to Japan in open boats. Eighteen of
them were recently arrested by the Japan
ese police at Mombetsu on the island of
Yeeo. Five managed to eluae their cap
tors by breaking through the window of
the police station, but the remaining thir
teen were handed over to the Russian
Consul.
An imperial decree'issued in Peking con
firms previously received reports as to the
gravity of the Mohammedan rebellion in
the northwest of China. The Emperor,
as usual, severely reprimands the officials
that should have preserved order, cashier
ing some and handing over others to the
board of punishments. That, however, is
the stereotyped Chinese course in all such
emergencies. The t>oint of interest is a
frank admission that "the prefectures and
sub-prefectures of Haichou, Tiaochou,
Hochou and Tihchou are now onejgrand
encampment of the rebel armies." Mean
while General Tung Fuhsiang and others
are moving from Kashgar, at the head of
large forces, to attack the insurgents.
Some disturbances are reported from
provincial districts in Korea. The ring
leaders pretended that they were in com
munication with influential politicians in
Seoul, but their statement is not credited.
They and their followers appear to be
simply gangs of good-for-nothing feHows,
bent upon pillage. Wherever Japanese
troops are stationed in the peninsular
kingdom no 6uch breaches of good order
occur.
The Chinese in Shanghai have been en
tirely reassured as to the cessation of the
cholera. Two well-dressed men recently
employed a wheelbarrow to take them
away from the city, and the driver, listen
ing to their conversation, learned that
they were the gods of the plague, making
their exit from the place.
Li Hung Chang has been appointed
manager of the Imperial Chancellery, or
Prime Minister of China. He will hence
forth reside in Peking.
Opinions differ as to the significance of
this step, but there seems to be little doubt
that it means the great Viceroy's political
extinction. He will disappear from public
sight amid the crowd of unnoted officials
in the capital. Liv Kun-yi, commander
in-chief of the Manchurian armies, is also
likely to be allowed to retire into private
life, at his own request. Li is the chief
of the Anhui party and Liv of the Hunan
party. With the disappearance of these
two magnates from the stage, the literary
faction, under the Viceroy Chang Chih
tung, will obtain undisputed supremacy.
An instance of the manner in which Chi
nese villagers deal with rubbers ia reported
from Huchow prefecture in Chekiang.
Eleven brigands, from whose depredations
the district had suffered considerably, were
caught bathing in a stream. The towns
men that surrounded them tied them up,
sliced off large portions of their flesh, and
then, throwing them into their own boat,
set them adrift down the stream.
Another anti-Christian outrage is re
ported in China. On the 23d of August, as
service was proceeding in one of the
chapels of the American Board of Missions
in Canton, a number of roughs entered the
building, vilified the native Christians, de
clared that the Black Flags had beaten
the Japanese, and said that a reward of $2
would be given to a Chinaman that killed
a foreigner. Owing to the tumult, tne
minister had to discoutinue the* service,
after which the mob proceeded to destroy
the furniture. It is plain that something
more than diplomatic pourparlers and
commissions of inquiry is needed to secure
foreign life and property in China. News
comes aIBO from Foochow that at Hok
chiong, near Hinghua, an attack has been
made on the native Christians there.
Several of the latter were wounded, one
fatally, eight houses were looted and de
stroyed, and the cattle of the Christians
were stolen. The riot is said to have re
sulted from a proclamation with a double
meaning issued from the magistrate on
the subject of the Kucheng massacre.
The report adds that five appeals made to
the magistrate for protection were unsuc
cessful.
THREE MYSTERIOUS FIRES
Considerable Damage Done
by Incendiaries at Phil
adelphia.
Several Establishments Burned and
Hundreds of Employes Thrown
Out of Work.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. I.— Three
fires occurred in this city to-night at prac
tically the same time, the first alarm being
sounded about 8 o'clock. The four-story
building at Broad and Noble streets, owned
and occupied by the Horn & Brannen
Manufacturing Company, makers of gas
and electrical fixtures, was gutted. The
total loss is estimated at f 150,000 and is
covered by insurance. Two hundred per
sons are thrown out of employment.
The buildings and machinery of James
A. Dingee's steam brickyard at Twenty
sixth and York streets were destroyed,
entailing a loss of $80,000. The loss is
covered by insurance. The yard covers
an area of three blocks, and 350 hands
were employed.
John Hanlon, the night watchman, and
Daniel Hodgson, the night engineer, had
narrow escapes.
The third fire damaged a half dozen
stables and as many small dwellings in
the neighborhood of Twentieth and Hunt
ington streets. The loss is $10,000. The
origin of the fire in each case is unknown.
PUBLIC BEALTH ASSOCIATION.
Alarming Statistics Jielnting to the
Mississippi Mirer.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. I.— The American
Public Health Association began its busi
ness session to-day. President Bailey of
of Louisville, Ky., called the convention to
order by a few happy remarks. Over 100
members were present and seventy-five
applications for membership were accepted.
Twenty-minute papers, with five minutes
allotted members for discussion, was es
tablished as a rule.
The first paper, "The Mississippi River
as a Sewer, )f was read by Dr. Josiah Har
bell of the Ohio State Board of Health.
After giving figures to show the extent of
the drainage basin of the river, he gave
some startling statistics on its pollution.
Four cities annually contribute 256,000 tons
of garbage and 4000 carcasses of diseased
animals to the noble stream. English
streams are clean in comparison. He
vigorously condemned the Chicago drain
age canal. At the evening session the
president's annual address was read, after
addresses of welcome had been given by
Governor Mclntire and Mayor McMurray.
DEEP-WATER COXFEBEXCJE.
Representative* From Western States
Gather at Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. I.— The Western
States Deep-water Conference, about which
there has been so much talk lately, was
opened at Representative Hall at 4 o'clock
this afternoon by Governor Morrill. The
Governor was not leeling very well and
did not make much of a speech. He
stated, however, that he was heartily in
sympathy with the movement, and ex
pressed the belief that great good would
result from the conference. Rev. Dr. A. 8.
Embree of Topeka offered prayer, and
General J. C. Caldwell of Topeka delivered
an address of welcome.
Congressman C. G. Burton of Nevada,
Mo., was chosen temporary chairman and
Tom Richardson of Galveston. Tex., tem
porary secretary. After the appointment
of committees an adjournment was taken
until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. There
were about 250 delegates present, and it is
expected that at least 500 more will arrive
to-night and to-morrow. The delegates
manifest much interest and predict great
results.
I'ennst/lvttAia Won Easily.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 1. — The
opening game of the football season in
this city was played this afternoon on
Franklin field, the athletic grounds of the
University of Pennsylvania, between the
University of Pennsylvania eleven and the
Swarthmore College team. Pennsylvania
won easily by a score of 40 to 0. The game
played by the Pennsylvanias was very
creditable for so early in the year, and the
score would have been larger but for the
fact that only twenty-minute halves were
played.
JTrighV « Critical Condition.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. I.— The
condition of Harry Wright, the veteran
baseball manager, who is sick here, was at
a critical stage to-night. He was seized
with a sinking relapse, and for a time the
attending physicians thought the end bad
come. He rallied, however, a little later
and is now slightly better, but still in a
critical state.
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