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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
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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. The colonel's attorneys, have
instructed him not to talk in r»sard to his
case, but the millionaire says he has
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Tell of Seeing the Mysterious
Sky Craft.
TACOMA, Wash., April 15.— A strange
light, resembling accurately the one seen
over Minneapolis on -April 10. was seen
over Spokane this evening between 8 and
8:30 o'clock. It was moving west by
northwest, which course would bring it
over Puget Sound in a short time. James
L. Ford, a reputable salesman of this
city, who lives in Whiting's Addition,
about two miles from the center of town,
first saw it at 8 o'clock and describes it as
follows: - ; r J - ■'■._..
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two miles high. It was moving faster
than a star ami seemed to be hovering
over the town. It suddenly dropped sev
eral hundred feet, but it was too dark for
me to make out its outlines,. although the
sky was clear. The light was larger tnan
anyt ing I ever before saw in the heavens.
It occupied a space of four or five inches,
according to my *-ight, in the sky, whicti
means that it must have been of great
size. While I watched it the light turned
irom an intense white to alight green.
It slowly passed over the town and twen
ty-five minutes after it was first seen it
disappeared beybnd the northwestern
horizon, se minely sinking.
"It was maintaining a certain course.
When first seen it was above us at an
angle of about 45 deg. I examined it as
well as I could with a powerful opera
glass, but failed to make out anything but
the li.bt. It was certainly operated by
human beings." -
All four of Mr. Ford's family testified, o
the same lacts. .Miss T. Kiesling, a
trained nurs**, with her mother and family
residing near Ford's bouse, is also willing
to make affidavit to se ing the same
thing. Other people in different parts of
the city also testify to having seen the
light as it was disappearing beyond the
horizon. They feel positive it was an air
ship. . - ,; >. iv
At 9:45 Louis Titus and A. J. Charon
paw the light again from the Spokesman-
Review tower. It was moving west by
south and hovering over the mountains
to the west of this city.
TAMAI.PAIS VISITORS DELATED.
The Mountain Train Leaves the Rail
'•ear the Summit.
MILL VALLEY. Cal., April 15.— The
train from the summit of Mount Tamal
pals which is due in Mill Valley at 5:15
p. m., to connect with the North Pacific
Coast road to San Francisco, jumped the
track to-day, halfway between the sum
mit of tbe mountain and Mill Valley, 'and
in consequence the passengers failed to
make connections and reach the metropo
lis to-night,
There were about forty persons on the
train, and these were brought to Mill
Valley. The trainmen made efforts to get
the car on the rails in time to reach the .
valley, but were not successful. While
the accident amounts to nothing at all it
has caused a. -tedious deiay, as the last
train left Mill^all.y for the City at 5:20
i p. M.
Hunting for » l unttway Chinaman.
TACOMA, Wash., April 15. — Wong
Fow, the Chinese second fireman on the
steamship Tacoma, has escaped from the
vessel. The North Pacific Steamship Com
pany is under $200 bonds for his safe re
turn to China. United States deputy mar
shals have been searching all day, but
have so far been unable to locate bim.
The Chinese condemn criminals to death
by preventing sleep. ; Sufferers last from
twelve to twenty day, when deatn comes
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