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2 this country by the new administration. The action taken by the Senate regarding the expected execution of Rivera, though not formally presented to the Spanish Government, was brought to its attention by the Spanish Minister here and pro duced it* effect, supplementing as it .did some very strong statements made ver bally by Secretary Sherman. As soon as Rivera had been captured this Government proposed a vigorous re monstrance against summary execution, expressing friendliness with Spain, but at tne same time intimating very strongly that the insurgents of Cuba should be treated as soldiers when captured and not as felons. Instead of formally presenting this to Spain, as had at first been in tended, it was decided to verbally com municate its contents to the Spanish Minister. ■ • ' BICICLE A Wl* J> l, ARRESTED. They Sold, Cheap for Cash, but Aever Sent the Wht-el*. NEW YORK, N. V., April 15.— William S. Thompson was arrested to-day upon a warrant charging him with; having con ducted swindling operations through the mails. Postoffice Inspector Mayer of Chi cago says Thompson and confederates have swindled bicyclists throughout tbe country to tbe extent of over $50,000. Mayer came from Chicago several days -go in search of Thompson. "They advertised," said the inspector, "to give prizes to the three persons who made the most words out of the title of their bicycle. Then they ssnt letters to hundreds of ' unsuccessful competitors, offering to sell a $100 bicycle for $45. They got money from many persons, but did not send the bikes." E-lECTIm\G THE PASS EMS. Streetcar Companies of Indianapolis Re fuse to Obey lite Late. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 15.— The city is excited over the ejection of many people from the streetcars to-day for re fusing to pay illegal fares. At the recent session of the Legislature a" law was passed reducing carfares from 5 to 3 cents. The act went into effect to-day. It pro vides for the recovery of civil damages for a refusal to accept the fare, and all em ployes collecting in excess of 3 cents for a single ride are subject to a fine. This morning the passengers began to offer legal fare, but the conductors 'refused to accept it, demandin. 5 cents. In all cases where this was not paid the passengers were ejected. One case is now pending in the Federal court, in which ex-President Harrison appears for the company, asking ( for an injunction against the enforcement of the 3-cent law. Death of a Hussian Rtron. HELENA, Mont., April 15.— At Clark Bros.' ranch, Chateau, Teton County, Baron Max yon Grotthus, a Russian noble man,- died today. He once was a Jieut-n --ant in the Czar's guard. He left Russia in 1885 on account of having lived too high. He spent a year in New York and Washington, where he was well Known in society. He was a well-known- charac ter in Montana cities, where his presence was always indicated by great liberality. He was master of five languages. His body will be returned to St. Petersburg. Titz's Broken Thumb. NEW YORK. ST. V., April 15.-Fitz simmons is greatly worried over his right thumb which he hurt in tbe Sharkey fight and broke on Corbett'a head Inter. It had become well, but now it is stiff and painful again. He intends to see a doctor, fearing that further bag punching may so injure the thumb he will have to abandon the starring tour. < Disastrous Tire in Act- Orleans; NEW ORLEANS. La., April 15—Fire started to-day in the large furniture es tablishment of J. B. Montgomery & Co., and de«troyed eight buildings and dam aged three others, including the Waverly Hotel. Three firemen were hurl by fall ing walls. The total loss will reßCh"s7so, --000. RICH HONDURAS LOXCEftSIOX. Syndicate of American Capi alists Will Run the Country. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. April 15.— A Honduras syndicate, composed -of prominent Americans, to-day received from the Government valuable conces sions of a most extensive nature. The American projectors are empowered to undertake the building of an interocear.ic railway and to establish a steamship line on the Atlantic coast to connec*. with New York. The syndicate may also organize banks in the republic, collect customs, ad minister general finances, control the raining interests of the country and ar range ail immigration privileges. Henry Sprague, Chauncey Depew, the Astors and Vanderbilts are interested in the syndi cate. Lord Wols'lei/'s Rad Health. LONDON, Esq., April 15.— The Evening News revives the report of .Lord Wolseley being informed by his physicians be posi tively must retire from the post of com mander-in-chief, the duties of which are seriously impairing his health. The News adds that Wolseley will probably be ap pointed to the command at Gibraltar and General Sir Redver3 H. Buller. at present adjutant-general, is mentioned as his suc cessor. Chinese Round for Cuba. MONTREAL, Quebec, April 15.— A party of ninety-one Chinamen are here bound for New York, where they will take tbe steamer for Havana. They will work on the sugar plantations of Cuba, neg lected during tbe past two years. They say they are going at the instance of the Spanish Government, which sent agents to China to induce immigration to Cuba, guaranteeing steady employment and pay ing a part of their traveling expenses. Mexican Railroad Extension. SIERRA MOJADA, Mexico, April 15.— Survey for the extension of the Mexican Northern Railroad from this place to the rich mining camp of Bouquilas del Carmen, on the -Rio Gran ie border, has been completed and submitted to the Federal Government for approval. It is the intention of the company to continue the road to Marathon, Texas, where con nection will be made with the Southern Pacific road. -;_■.' H ERSE'S MXIR.- D ITI OX RETUSED. Peculiar Conduct of the Governor of Minnesota. TACOMA, Wash /April 15.— Governor Rogers of this State received a telegram' to-day from the Governor of Minnesota stating that be bad refused to grant the extradition of Frank Honse, until recently a banker at Centralis, Wash., who was ar rested in Minnesota several days ago. by C. W. Johnson, Deputy Sheriff irom Cen tralia, on a charge of -having unlawfully diverted $1694 belonging to Mary A. B. Makee to his own use. The Governor's telegram stated that he bad found : the requisition papers regular, ■ but '■ that he declined to send Hense back because of his personal acquaintance with him and his belief in his innocence,. San Rafael Suit. SAN RAFAEL. Cal, April 15.—Maxi millian Herzog has brought an action in the Superior . Court of Marin County against Cosine Sais for the recovery,, of $775, alleged to be due on a promissory note executed in San Rafael June 20, 1892. Camille Grosjekn is also made a r defend ant claiming m right in the; property mortgaged to the defendant to secure the debt. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIANS Interest ing Amendments to the Bill Argued in the Senate. Vest Praises the Influence of Catholics in the Schools for Redskins. _. But There Is a Paragraph Providing That No Money Is to Go to Sectarian Schools. WASHINGTON,- D. C, Aoril 15.— The I Senate spent an hour and a half to-day in executive session on the arbitration treaty, but did not -ret-ch a vote. After ward the consideration of the Indian ap propriation bill was resumed. A point of oider on the Uncompabgre amendment was withdrawn and the amendment reed to— 33 to 13. It de clares that mineral lands in the Un compahgre Indian reservation in Utah are open to public entry under the min eral land laws of the United States, and I no one person to be allowed to make more than One claim on lands containing gil sonite, and it opens the whole reservation except the portion allotted Indians Janu ary 1, 1898. One paragraph in the bill enacts that all children born of marriage between whites and squaws shall have equal rights in the property of the tribe. A motion to strike this out was made by Gallinger, who argued its effect would be to despoil the Indians for the benefit of white adventurers. After some discussion tbe motion was rejected and the paragraph remains in the bill, modified so as to require the consent of the majority of the tribe and the ap proval of the Secretary of the Interior. The subject of Indian schools was brought up by Vest in a speech in which he lauded the influence of the Catholic church on the Indians. He expressed a bitter contempt for people who imagine they have a monopoly of religion. He was a Protestant, without the slightest sympathy with any of the doctrines of the Roman church. He was exceedingly sorry be was not a good Catholic, because some of the best people be had ever known were members of thai. church. He had no doubt that the Roman church had done more for practical charity than any other denomination. As to the blanketed In dians of the future be was entirely hope less. The only chance for elevating the In dian race was in rescuing younger In dians from the influence of tbe tepee. He had visited Indian schools in Wyoming and Montana a few years ago, and obser vations which ho then made had fixed him in his opinions, and he now asserted there was not a single day the Indian school was worth a dollar to the Indians or to the cause of civilization. Those schools were travesties on education. The only schools that had done the Indians any good were those conducted by the Jesuits, and if he had control of the subject be would give the education of the Indians to the people who could do it best and cheapest. Vest did not seek to have any change made in the bill un the subject of Indian schools. : ;.*_.■ --A A paragraph in regard to them appro priates $1,200,000 for day and industrial schools for Indian children, and declares it the settled policy of the Government to make no appropriation hereafter for edu cation in any sectarian school. Consideration of tbe bill had not ended when, at 5 p. m., the Senate, in con sideration . of to-morrow being Good Friday, adjourned till Monday. COULD JTOT GET TIME TOR A VOTE. Acting Chairman Davis of the Senate and the Arbitration Treaty. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— When the Senate took up the arbitration treaty in executive session to-day, Acting Chair man Davis made another attempt to ar range by unanimous consent the time for a vote. He failed, however, owing to the objec tions raised by Morgan, Mills and Carter. Morgan would not consent to a vote until tbe return of Daniels of Virginia, who had expressed a desire to speak against the treaty. Carter objected to a vote until the pairs had been arranged. The matter of pairs is purely a personal one, and the rules of the Senate do not cover it. Each Senator opposed to the treaty must be paired against two in its favor. There is a difficulty in finding Senators willing to act as "halves." As this state of affairs has existed almost two weeks it would appear the friends of the treaty are not over-exerting themselves in trying to bring tbe matter to a final vote. -However, Davis gave notice to-day be would on Monday renew bis endeavors to have a specified time fixed. There was practically no debate to-day upon the treaty itself. Mantle provoked desultory discussion by proposing that Davis' speech in ' favor and Morgan's against the treaty be printed. It was finally agreed to defer action until the treaty is disposed of.' t*sp-^WISHB] Tbe presence of an official reporter who bad been called in to make a shorthand record of an agreement for a vote if such should be reached, was made the occasion of a point of order by Chandler, who claimed the reporter was not there by di rection of the Senate. The point was sus tained and the stenographer withdrew. COLO _EL RUIK OA japax. Indications that the -Japanese Intend to ;..' -"..-. Cmlo„ize ___.._»<■ ii. ;"'■.. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— Colonel Buck of Georgia, who captured the mission to .Tokio last week, had a talk to-day about affairs in Japan with Torn Hoshi. the" Japanese Minister. The con versation touched on the action of the Ha waiian Government in prohibiting Japan ese immigration, which was followed by sending «.. Japanese warships • and the United States , cruiser Philadelphia to Honolulu. Colonel Buck carried away the im pression that th« situation was not se rious. He said tn is afternoon that be did not see how tbe United States * could in terfere between Japan and Hawaii in the present circumstances, as the immigra tion had been of a peaceful character. - . .The report recently made to the State Department by Ellis . Mills, Consul-Gen eral of this Government to Honolulu, con tains some significant figures about the influx " of 'Japanese, .which the * Hawaiian authorities ? are seeking to check. 'Mills gives a summary of the Hawaiian census, just completed at the time of his report, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897. showing that 24.407 Japanese reside in the' islands, and tbat they lead the Hit of for eign nationalities. Hawaiians exceed .1 panose by 6612 only. That the Japanese intend to colonize Hawaii is indicated by the number of women they have brought with them. Their female population Is 5195. while of Chinese, who rank next in point of num ber at 21,616 persons of both sexes, 2449 only are women and girls. UNDER ROOSEVELT'S SUPERVISION. There Is Likely to Be a More Thorough Enforcement of Civil Service Rules in the Navy. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15.—Sec retary of the Navy Long has assigned to Assistant Secretary of tne Navy Roosevelt the duty of looking after the several navy yards and stations that part of their administration which, pertains to the sys tem now in vogue of the employment, of labor, skilled and unskilled, and the car rying out of the civil service law pertain ing to the clerical force. A blank called "Digest of Record" bas been forwarded to every clerk now em ployed under cognizance of the Navy De partment, which, when completed, will show. the age of each clerk, place of nativ ity, State from which appointed, date of appointment, previous occupation prior to appointment, previous experience as a clerk, a detailed account of present duties and whether such duties fully occupy ; hours of service. This paper will be supplemented by a report from each clerk's superior officer setting forth the qualifications and abilities of the persons under their control. When inefficiency is reported discharges will result, and the conduct of clerks, both in and out of office, will be taken und-r consideration. After the. reports have all been tabu lated Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will visit every navy-yard and station in the United States, looking after matters in person, paying especial attention to the administration of the different boards of labor employment. MODITIIAG VirJld VICE. Many Indications That ■ the Cleveland Rules Hill Re Overturned. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— 1t was reported about the departments to day that President McKinley would make an order modifying the civil service rales of tbe Cleveland administration so as to permit a wider field for appointments. Some indications that Cleveland's rules are not to be allowed to stand bave been furnished by the action of several beads of departments. A list of all soldiers who left their places or were reduced in grade under Cleveland's two terms, and whose successors are now sheltered by the civil service,* is being prepared at the War De partment, and a number of changes will follow when Secretary Alger gets through examining it. Secretary Gage bas reinstated a num ber of clerks in the Treasury Department who were dismissed or reduced under Democratic rule. In nearly every case the person displaced was retained on the rolls in some other position by Gage, but to-morrow a number of treasury employes will be dismissed outright. Representa tive Grosvenor of Ohio, one of McKiniey's close friends, said to-day Ie was con fident that the President would in due season modify the civil service orders of his predecessor. Grosvenor is particu larly anxious to have members of the pension examining boards taken out of the classified service. He said a South ern Congressman had told him that three fourths of tho board in the Congressman's State is composed of ex-Confederates, while be knew that in Ohio the Repub licans on the boards consisted of less than 1 per cent. *S ■ ARRAXGISG THE COMMITTEES. Democratic and Republican Steerers Bold a Conference. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 15. -The Democratic and Republican steering com mittees held another conference to-day, at > which the latter presented a counter proposition for that proposed yesterday by the Democrats in filling the commit tee vacancies by tbe members of the same political faith as former incumbents. This was that the Republicans be given control of the Appropriations and Postoffice com mittees, which bave to date more or less partisan questions, by including Silver Republicans and Populists thereon as members of the minority. On the first-named committee the va cancies are caused by the retirement of Call, Blackburn and Price, Democrats; but as Senators Teller and Pettigrew, who were classed as Republicans when the last apportionment was made, now vote with Democrats on leading issnes, Repub licans insist tbat they should be counted as members of the opposition. Were this done one vacancy would be filled by a , Democrat, while the Republicans could take care of two of their number. Tbe Republicans would then control the com mittee by a vote of 7 to 6. So, too, with the Postoffice Committee, where all the Democrats and one Republican have re tired, and under the Democratic plan But ler, the Populist, would hold the balance of power. Tbe Democratic steering committee took the matter under consideration and will report conclusions at another conference to-morrow. TO ADHERE IO HOME RULE. McKinley Will Xot Go Outside of Terri- lories to Select Officials. WASHINGTON, D. CL, April 15.—Rep resentative Young of Philadelphia to-day asked- President McKinley to . appoint Francis Tracy Tobin, a Philadelphia law yer, Governor of New Mexico. The Presi dent stated he intended to appoint a resi dent of '■ the Territory :to tbe position. Young asked the President whether in the event of a failure on tbe part of the New Mexico Republicans to agree on a candidate be would appoint an outsider. ''Most emphatically not," replied tbe President. "Under no conditions will I go outside tbe Territories *or the District of Columbia to fill an office which rightly belongs to the residents of those places. I intend to strictly adhere to the home rule plank in the Republican platform." % CIVIL SERVICE I. VESTIGATIOX. Senate Committee Will Probe the Extent and '. Effect of the 'Law. WASHINGTON, D.-C, April 15.— The resolution recently introduced in the Sen ate by Allen, which occasioned an ani mated debate, has borne fruit in the deter mination of the Committee on : Civil Ser vice to thoroughly investigate the subject. The resolution authorized an inquiry into the extent to which the civil service laws were enforced and the effect upon the wel fare of the public service. . Particular attention will be paid to the recent civil service orders of -Cleveland. The inquiry will be conducted by a sub committee consisting of Prilchard, Elkins and Chilton. i TO POPULARIZE BREAD TOODS. Propositi -j Trom Tettigrew That J Would Go j Bard With the Trusts. WASHINGTON^ D. C, April 15.--.Sena-. tor Hansbrough to-day introduced a bill appointing '\_ commission of three ' and appropriating $50,000 to ascertain the best modes of i introducing : and popularizing bread foods of the /United States among peoples of Oriental countries. ;. j Pettierew proposed an amendment to the tariff bill admitting free of duty arti cles on the dutiable list when articles of like nature of domestic production are controlled by trusts, the latter fact to be determined by United fettles court-. CALLED PLAIN "DENNY" MULLAN More Popular in the Forecastle Than in the Wardroom. • ■ A Naval Officer Who Is Thor oughly Democratic in His Ways. How the Commander Saved His Ship at Samoa and the Thanks He Got For It. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— Tbe charges against Commander Mullan have created no end of gossip in naval circles, and there is likely to be a very lively battle between the friend, and enemies of that officer. Just now that he is in trouble, numerous incidents in his career are being rehearsed, Some to bis credit and others directly the reverse. Commander Mullan, or plain "Denny" Mullan, as he is familiarly known fore and aft in the navy, is not nearly so nop ular in the wardroom as be is in the fore castle. He is reported to have an uuoffi cerliKe way of going among his crew and forgetting bis rank sufficiently to culti vate their acquaintance*. He is also said to be indifferent as to the effect of bis uniform upon a bluejacket, and is demo cratic enough to believe that the high ef ficiency of the service does not wholly de pend on the severe military manners of the enlisted men in the presence of their superiors. "Denny" Mullan first came Into actual conflict with naval authority at Samoa in March, 1889, after the awful hurricane had piled all the shipping in the basin of Apia upon the reef. When the wind went down two American and three German war vessels were ashore and hundreds of sailors were dead under the blue water. Mullan' s ship, the Nipsic, alone was afloat. She bad backed on to the Deacb, where she bumped ber keel off and the blades of her propeller had curled up like autumn leaves. Admiral Kimberly swam ashore when his flagship, the Trenton, went down alongside of the sunken Vandalia, and from his headquarters on the beach ordered the Nipsic away to Auckland for relief. A mail steamer would soon touch at Apia and it was suggested tbat the survivors quietly await her com in-., but the admiral, apparently animated by the same spirit that bad kept him and his three ships in an unsafe harbor, with be barometer sinking to a hurricane depth, started the shattered and disabled Nipsic out to sea in the most stormy season of the year. Mullan crawled back to Apia a lew days afterward, having found it dan gerous to proceed with the crippled Nipsic. Then the admiral relieved the man who had saved his ship from the command of her. ; :; i" - When the two officers met in Washing- 1 ton some months afterward the admiral preferred, charges of insubordination against the commander. The charges went into a department pigeonhole. Later the admiral went on the retired list and the "Hero of Samoa" went down to the Pensacola Navy-yard. VXITRD STAIRS ai.MI CHANGES. Several Transfers of Quartermaster* Ordered by Secretary Alger. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— The following changes in stations and duties of* officers of the quartermaster's depart ment aie Ordered by the Secretary of War: Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Marshall, , deputy quartermaster-general, will trans fer bis duties and responsibilities at Van couver Barracks, vVash., to Captain Theo dore E. True, assistant quartermaster, and then proceed to Omaua, Nebr., and report in person to tbe commanding gen eral, Department of the Platte, for assign ment to duty as .chief quartermaster of that department. * - Major John L. Clem, quartermaster, will transfer bis duties and responsibili ties at Atlanta, Ga., to Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Scully, deputy quartermaster general, depot and disbursing quarter master at New Orleans, La., and then pro ceed to Portland, Or., and relieve Major Joshua W. Jacobs, quartermaster, of vis duties at that place. He will report by letter to the commanding general of the Department of tbe Columbia. Major Jacobs upon being relieved by Major Clem will proceed to Vancouver barracks, Wash ington, and report in person to the com manding general, Department of the Columbia, for assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of tbat department. 810 BELL TOR GOLDEX GATE. Will Weigh 4500 Pounds and Can Re H-ard'-len Miles. WASHINGTON, . D. C., April 15. -A monster bell is soon to be put in position at Mile Rocks in the Pacific Ocean, near the Golden Gate. It will weigh 4500 pounds and will be heard for a distance of ten miles. Congressman Loud of California called on the secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Commander George F. Wild, to-day in re gard to the bell. The one now at Mile Rocks is* a small affair, weighing only about 950 pounds, and cannot be heard at a great distance above the roar of the sea. The Lighthouse Board has been experi menting with one of, the new monster bells at Vineyard Haven, Mass. These bells are designed to take tbe place of fog horns, as the sound is not only more pen etrating, but | often there is not room enough on ocean rocks for foghorns. Be sides, the bells are worked automatically by cc.an waves and do not require an at tendant. The experiments at Vineyard Haven have been very satisfactory, and Mr. Loud has received assurances from the Lighthouse Board that the bell at Mile Rocks will soon be hoisted into posi tion. TOR ASSIST a. PREMIER. Bellamy Storer of Ohio Said tm Be Stated for the Place. WASHINGTON, D.C.,;April 15.— A Sen ator is authority lor the statement that President McKinley has finally det«*r mined to appoint ex-Congressman Bel lamy Storer of Cincinnati -as - Assistant Secretary of State, notwithstanding the opposition of Senator. Foraker. - The nomination will probably go to the Senate early next week. ;'■'. C'ortcin May • Escape Prosecution. WASHINGTON, D. C, April > 15.-Pay master John Corwin of be navy, who ,was recently arrested on a charge of embezzle ment, and who gave a bond to appear for civil trial at Newport* R. 1., will probably be allowed to resign from the navy. He has refunded the money ;: stolen, and strong influence has been brought to bear to let him get out of the service... It is probable . that:. Corwin, will not be prose cuted by. the civil authorities. . U-.i Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— The Senate to-day confirmed ; the*: following nominations: James B. Angell, Michi gan. Envoy Extraordinary to Turkey; Georee D. M'-iklejohn, Nebraska, Assistant Secretary Of War; Seligman Brothers, Lon don. Special Fiscal Agents of - the. Navy Department. AX ARTIST COIdO> EL' 8 COMPLAIXT J. E. Ratters by .Sues a Publisher for Aim '. leaett_ Libel of a Picture. NEW YORK, N. V.. April 15.— A Christ mas story by Edith Sessions Tupper, pub lished in Once A Week, is the subject of an action Droucht by Colonel Jenyns E. Battersbv, a West .'Point graduate, to re cover $25,000 damages from the publisher, Peter Collier. The name of Colonel Bat tersby is not mentioned, but he contends the story referred to him unmistakably, and to his large painting, "Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox," which he intended to exhibit at the World's Fair. The picture was not exhibited there, and it is now claimed that the story affected the chances of its success. The story pictured the colonel's phy sique unflatteringly and spoke of the pic ture most disparagingly. At tbe trial to day Brigadier-General Serrell testified that the colonel's was a better picture than "The Surrender of Cornwailis," now in the Capitol at Washington. Dr. Julius Skllton, a former Consul-General to Mexico, and two artists, testified to the same effect. The cause was adjourned to permit the jury to view the painting. Pacific Coast Pensions, WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15.— The following Pacific Coast pensions have been issued: California: Original— Bales, National Military Home, Los An geles; Frank McDonald, Veterans' Home, Napa;. Michael C. Hogan, San Francisco; Allen Cunningham, Pasadena; Join T. Campbell, Lorin; Stephen Lever, Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles; John Nugent, Yreka; Frederick Linne, Ban Jose; Charles E. Adams, Los Angeles; Martin R. Gore, Durham. Reissue, special, April 6—Wil liam L. Helderson, National City. Orig -1 inal widows, etc. Antoinette M. Fowler, San Francisco. Oregon: Original— James Rees, Scotts Mills; John W. Kitchen, Goshen. Orig inal widows, etc. — Belle Flaugher, Baker City. Mexican War survivors— Robert Rowark. Washington: Original— Levi Sargent, Aberdeen; George W. Beardsley, Orting; Patrick Coady, dead. Original widows, etc.— Margaret Coady, Susan Kassell, Pomeroy. Captain Barker Is >ot to Blame. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15— Cap tain Barker of the Oregon telegraphed to Secretary Long to-day, disclaiming all responsibility for the accident to the vessel at the Puget Sound station. He says the piles and boulders had been left unknown to him beneath tbe surface of the water in the entrance of the channel leading to the drydock, and a falling- tide allowed tbe Oregon to settle on these. Her great weight was sufficient cause for disarrangement of plates and other damage. Captain Barker says if the entrance of the channel had been free the Oregon would have had two feet of water to spare. Indemnity for Lynched Italians. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15.— After months of diplomatic negotiations the Department of State has decided to recom mend an appropriation as indemnity for the families of tbe three Italians lynched near Hahnville, , La., last August. The President has concurred. The department endeavored to evade the responsibility by the contention that tne men had forfeited their rights as Italian subjects by. exercis ing the rights of citizens in Louisiana, but tbe Italian. Government .insisted and Sherman was obliged to give in. Invited to the Centennial. WASHINGTON. D. C, April 15.—Pres id-nt McKinley declined an invitation by the committee of six from Nashville which called upon him to ask bis presence at the opening of the Nashville Centen nial. He gave the committee to under stand, however, that; after tbe adjourn ment of Congress he would be glad to ac cept. The committee left, promising to escort the President to the exposition any time he can conveniently arrange to get away. Lieutenant Peary* Order. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15— Navy Department is much exercised over the order for Lieutenant Peary, the Arct c explorer, to leave the New York Navy yard and go to Mare Island. Peary's friends are raising a fund to defray the ex pense of another expedition ceducted by P.ary into the far North. It is asserted his detachment from New York now will cause a failure of the enterprise. DWARF BROOMCORN OF KANSAS. Largest Single Shipment Ever Made From Any Point in the World Goes From Sterling. WICHITA, Kans., April 15.— An event of unusual importance to Central Kansas is the shipment from Sterling, Rice County, of an entire trainload of dwarf broomcorn, consisting of twenty heavily laden lreightcar?, to the Onondaga Whisk broom Works of Syracuse, N. Y. It is the largest single shipment of broomcorn ever made from any point in the world and was' shipped by Robert Findlay & Co., broomcorn commission merchants of Sterling. Tbe route of the train will be over the Missouri Pacific to St. Louis and thence by -. Red Line fast freight to Syra- cuse. : The brush was . grown around Sterling ln 1896, and is part of a crop of 1600 tons which was raised '. within a radius of twenty miles of that point. Nowhere in this country, except in the three Kansas counties for which the city of Sterling is the central market, has the dwarf variety of broomcorn been grown successfully on a large scale, and it is there that manu facturers come annually to buy their year's ; stock. The standard ; broomcorn grows very tall, frequently reaching a height of ten or twelve feet, and bears a , brush ; twelve to twenty-four inches long. The dwarf variety only grows as high as a man's shoulder. It has. a brush much shorter and of very fine, silky fiber, and is in greatest demand by factories making whisk or clothes brushes. During 1896 there were 350 cars of dwarf broomcorn shipped from Sterling to vari ous parts of the world, some of them even going to foreign ports. There were prob acy 200 additional cars shipped from that district, nearly all of which was handled by the commission men ol Sterling. The crop of 1896 was not a - large one, having been scarcely half as _ big as ; that of 1895, when there was an enormous yield. Be tween 500 and 600 cars were shipped from Sterling that year. The train is gay ly decorated with flags and banners and unique designs wrought in broomcorn. and when it was. * side tracked in ;•■ the j Missouri Pacific yards it attracted unusual interest. There was no oratory as ; when \ the ; famous : McKinley. decorated train was sent on its wav to the National t Republican . Convention >\ at Si. Louis, but the inscriptions on the banners that adorned it and tbe great shipment it self s poke p volumes ; for : the ; wonderful natural resources of this much maligned Stats. " * - ; • Immense Prison for Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, April 15.— The Government :is ;: considering . plans for the establishment of an immense Federal prison on the Island of Socorro . just off the coast of the State of Colima. lt is 5 proposed |to ; make the prison suffi ciently Jartje : for the accommodation ; not only of Federal "prisoners : but also for those from all the western States of ' Mexico. .-: rfaH^^_9_9_B_-_-_-__s_B_---_-3_! NO REST FOR THE PRESIDENT - '■■•■. '■■■ Office-Seekers Camp in the White House Corridors. McKlnley Asks for Time to Attend to Correspondence, But It te Refused. Statesmen and Others Force Their Way Into the Presence of the Chief Executive. - WASHINGTON, D. C. April 15.—Presi dent McKinley's patience and endurance were . subjected to a severe tent to-day. The big corridor on the outside of the President's room was so crowded at 10 o'clock this morning it was almost im possible to pass from one end to the other. People lined the walls, sat on the tables and leaned on the statues of Lincoln and Johnson, there being absolutely no at tempt to keep the crowd in line. Senators and Representatives touched elbows with office-seekers, and all waited their turn id pass the watchful eye of the colored door keeper. .'■ . ._•'•.. . J : '''-%' Being in arrears with correspondence the President directed the porter to send out word he would like to be excused. This information was conveyed to the crowd and many left. Several members of Congress, however, mat-aged to im press upon the porter the necessity for seeing the President. It was finally agreed to let the crowd enter. From 10 o'clock until 1, three successive hours, the President listened to claimants for office. Senator Wellington of Maryland intro duced ColonelS. B. Heg6, district passenger agent of tbe Baltimore and Ohio, candi date for Railroad Commissioner, to suc ceed Wade Hampton. It is not likely that a successor to General Hampton will be named until he recovers from his present illness. , -. .pr.'.j;. .M'J'.rtlJj Representative Ellis of Oregon saw the President about local offices. Knute Nelson of Minnesota also called. Senator Carter of Montana and National Committeeman Leonard wanted to talk with. the President, but the crowd ahead was too great. Allan Arthur, son of the late President, filed additional papers with his applica tion for the Netherlands mission. STANFORD'S "QUAD" FOR '96. Novel Features Contained in the Fourth Velum of the Students' Publication. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., April 15.— 8y rushing matters the 98 annual board will be able to get out the fourth volume of the Stanford' Quad two weeks before the regular time. The work is now in press and will be issued on April 30, which is the day set apart for junior promenade. Proof of the subject matter contained in the book is in the hands of the board of editors. ._.___._. :.„'■ '.'-.' The book will have 330. pages, including the advertisements at the end. : Special attention has been paid to the typographi cal features. A greenish black ink has been used, which shows off engravings to the best advantage. A feature has been made of both the art and literary departments. The excellence of the prize poem and the 'prize story the former written by Wallace Irwin 00, the latter by his brother, W. H. Irwin '93— bait been commented on by the faculty committee. The poem, "'Sleep Song," and the story, "The Professor, the Soph and the Phantom," have both been illustrated by Mis:* Hyde, the staff artist. Dr. O. L. Elliott has contributed an ex cellent article on "The History of the University." It is much tne same as will appear' in a forthcoming number of Harper's Monthly. Besides the prize story there is one con tributed by Merle Johnson '97 and Miss Mary Meyrick '93. A number of poems will appear. . While the "joshes" this year are all good-natured, there is a snap to some of them that makes them unusually inter esting. No one is safe from attack and the editor of this department was ex tremely active in originating the jokes on bis fellow-students. Frank Keesling, the energetic editor-in chief of. the Annual, graduated from the San Jose High School, and since his en trance I. Stanford has taken a prominent part in university affairs. He was the first president of the class ' of '93 and has been president and treasurer of the Philo lexian Debating Society, of which he was a charter member. Keeslingisa member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Skull and Snakes Junior and Senior Society, the re cently organized Pui Delta Phi legal fra ternity and the Stanford Press Club. SAX RATA EL'S MILLIONAIRE. Colonel Tinig-tn's Attorneys Instruct Him to Remain Silent. SAN RAFAEL, Cal., April 15.— Colonel Peter A. Finigan was asked this afternoon when he exnected to leave the County Jail, where he is confined for refusing to comply with the order of Superior Judge Angelotti. He said that his attorneys visited him yesterday and told, him to be patient a little longer and be would be all right. Ten days have now passed. A woman calling herself a female detec tive has visited him, but Colonel Finigan says that he is not aware of her purpose, that he has employed no such person, and 'does not know why she is concerned in his affairs. 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