Hundred Non-Union Men
Pittsburg District
* for Four Dollars a Ton
y -The Amalgamated
n Back of the Demand,
be in Pursuance of an
made with the Shen
M a honing1 Manufactur
Coal Strike Situation.
Labor and Industrial
.... * r . May 3.—To-morrow
rs in tho Keystone
.iis will go on strike
i Oliver's Tenth street
Clinton mill the men
crrow or Monda.y
puddlers at the Black
ks have also agreed to
g the week. At Moore
-.burg mill, the firm is
<1 brand of skelp iron
vs its puddlers $4, but
y work the non-union
to $3.80 is paid. Thef
> are idle now and it is
. men will not go back
n the union rate. The
i Sligo mills are already
■ d number of strikers by
•,< ! be 2.500.
u mated Association is
-trike. All of the mills
now non-union. Under
- of that organization, men
non-union mills cannot be
;r as fast as they strike
a scale they will be or
> \malgamated lodges.
. strikers were organized
is the understanding that
;is the present stocks are
the fiuishers are to join
There are 5,000 linish
the Amalgamated officials
, e is great authority for
- • r t that the Amalgamated
bout the puddlers' strike
of a contract with the
I Mahoning furnacemen.
the scale for $1 with the
rsg that the Amalgamated
puddling up to that tig
sburg. A gentlemanwwho
e conference makes this
>r feature of this strike
Amalgamated hrs prom
. ikers strike benelits.
• not yet members of
S '. IN »; \ UoN OK WTED.
... i «. V • • 1'ir. t M »r»l it Garden to
> •-«. .ii tin ,V. folk .111*1 Wfttern Kail*
rn«il.
• W v May 3.—judge
J. . • In l States Court,
auction restrain
.s: il miners in the
: interfering with
• . r •• or the transpor
t . I ’ •■■•I States mails. The *
. r the injunction was
X rolk and Western
1. ir*v*i < . ; r v, through its attor
H H <It. They fear vio
- the strikers. l*ni
ii A. J. (harden has
'he court to dispatch
Mes to the Flat Top
ilence to tho in
\T, NOT STRIKE.
3.—The miners
i vnight and it
1 will > i;t a proposi
e at the joint
•rr>i\. An agreement
• eaied probable,
ii. iVnna, national pree
i .Vine Workers, was
thought there
•• in Ohio.
think there will be a
r. Penna. “The min
s May 1 pending a
suspension will be
-vpient is not reach
■ !. It will not last
i * «wever, as another
bly be called soon
' rude now.”
.-TILL AT WORK.
3. All is quiet in
Hi’ Southwest Vir
al Company and the
are the only ones at
of the former were
rday, and the latter
• o the strikers are try
1.0' " uion ewployed at
- > out. and the leaders
of th.-se men will be
ni-ihi. The operators
W. ofiicials seem conti
ut they will remain at
X TO FSE FORCE.
. M v 3—The Elkhorn
quiet. A committee
. >rn to-day waited
; - I'ocahontas working
" i,st Company, ami the
asked them to
’• fused, saying they
’la* rate they were get
i>ian for the Elkhorn
■ Southwest mines
1 har the miners now
r> fuse to stop. They
rt to means to make
>rce.
called oft.
l- -May 3.—The Rieh
u'.iiirary company left
tac scene of the coal
ut- Pocahontas. It is
aor O'Farrall acted
sent him by Adjutant
" ho is at Pocahon
■X 'WHANGED.
-■
V‘L- May 3.—The situa
;innj;eti. All Is order
... i1'" a lQasa meeting at
on Sunday, when
; W1‘l he taken to force
• rs to join the strike,
miners continue to go
:ratoh8* offer.
us o.. Mav 3..
br. :!'‘."nss- o.. y
•u> Redded to offer »h^
Th^ opera
only nine cents to be overcome. Some
are hopeful of a compromise at 55
cents.
FURNACEMEN ADVANCED.
Youngstown. O., May 3.—Notices
were posted at all the furnaces in the
Mahoning and Shenango Valleys to
day of an advance in wages from 15 to
20 cents per day.
MOLDERS GET THEIR ADVANCE.
Cleveland. O., May 3.—The raolders’
strike came to an end to-day. every
shop in the city having finally con
ceded the advance.
OIL SUPPLY CUT OFF.
Cleveland. O.. May 3.—The Standard
Oil Co. to-day served notice on a num
ber of local factories that it could no
longer furnish them with oil for fuel.
TURNEY IS GOVERNOR.
Nashville, Tenn., May 3.—The Leg
islature declares Turney, Democrat,
elected Governor. Majority, 15 on
joint ballot.
SENSIBLE SENTIMENTS.
Chlrnsn <«. A. K. M»'ii Do Not Acre* With
tht* Mitssachuietti Department Com
mander.
Chicago, May 3.—Col. James A. Sex
ton aud Col. Henry L. Turner, prom
inent G. A. R. men, think the protest
of Commander Joseph A. Thayer, of
the Massachusetts Grand Army of the
Republic against the proposed decora
tion on Decoration Day of the monu
ment to the Confederate soldiers buried
in Oak wood Cemetery, was uncalled
for and an impertinence. “The mem
bers of the G. A. R. in Chicago." said
Col. Sexton, “do not care what the ex
Confederates do at their cemetery. It
is entirely natural that they should
wish to show respect to the memory of
their old comrades. As for using Dec
oration Day for the dedication, it is a
national holiday and a time set aside
as a remembrance to the dead, and 1
do not believe the Grand Army men of
Chicago will object to the Confederates
using that holiday for their memorial
service. There is a very friendly feel
ing between the Union and Confederate
soldiers now living in Chicago, aud
; they fraternize on many occasions.”
T am a member of the G. A. R.,”
1 Col. Turner said, “but I utterly repu
diate the spirit manifested lu the letter
1 of the Massachusetts Department Com
mander. General Thayer speaks of
this monument as a memorial to per
I petuation of the love of treason. I look
1 upon it as a memorial to the heroic
1 valor of a reunited nation.”
PEACE TREAY RATIFIED.
Thp Emperor of China (Jives Ills Assent,
and 1.1 Hung Chan*; lias Gone to Che
Foo to Exchange Katilii atlons
London. May 3.—The Times has a
despatch from Shanghai stating that
the Emperor of China ratified the
treaty of peace with Japan yesterday
and that Li Hung Chang will at once
proceed to Che-Koo to exchange ratifi
cations with the Japanese representa
tives.
ACCUSED OF MURDER.
The lln«l>»uil of a Woman Who Died Un
der t erjr Suspicious Circumstances, in
JuiL •
Special to the Register.
Charles Town. W. Va., May 3.—An
drew Scott, colored, 30 years old, was
arrested hero this morning charged
with poisoning his wife. He was coui
nin'.t-il to jail, and Coroner David How
ell took charge of the case. Vn in
quest was begun, hut the testimony
could not be completed, as there tire
many witnesses, and the jury adjourn
ed until to-morrow. The testimony
developed that Scott and his wife were
married about four years ago. She is
young and rather pretty, and on ac
count of his jealousy they have not
lived happily together and had fre
quent quarrels. Yesterday morning
Scott attempted suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor, but only made a
slight incision. Later he went to the
drug store of J. P. Bishop, and under
the name of Simpson purchased an
ounce of arsenic. He prepared dinner
anti made a cup of tea, into which it is.
alleged he put arsenic for his wife, and
she drank it. Shortly afterward she be
came sick and a physician was called,
who discovered that her symptoms in
dicated arsenic poisoning. She was in
spasms during last night and died ear
ly this niorniug. Soon after her death
a quantity of arsenic and partly char
red paper with Br. Bishop's label on it
was found in the cooking stove. Dr.
Van Perr> stated she had died of poison,
and Scott was arrested. An autopsy
will be held and the coroner’s jury will
report to-morrow. There is talk among
th,* colored people of lynchng Scott to
night* __ *■
THE RISE IV SHOES.
Manufacturers Dwlure Ir Is l)ne Solely to
the t ost of Leather ami the Scarcity of
llhles.
Boston. Mass.. May 3.—The contem
plated advance in the price of shoes
for the fall season, which was a re
sult of a meeting of the manufactur
ers in this city a few days ago, is cre
ating considerable dissatisfaction in
shoe circles all over the country, es
pecially is this the case where jobbers
and retailers have taken contracts re
lying upon the present prices as a ba
sis. A . . .
\ representative of the Associated
in-ess visited some of the leading leath
er firms in this city and a representa
tive of the firm of Chase, Merritt Co.,
gave the following statement of the
cause of the advance in the prices of
shoes: , , ,
"The continued rise in the price of
leather which is caused by the lack of
hides, is responsible solely for the
contemplated advance in the prices.
The shoe manufacturers to-day don’t
want to take orders; they simply de
sire to keep enough orders on hand
to have their machinery running.
They have made concessions so long
that now they must stop it. and no
jobber or retailer can place orders
with a manufacturer to-day unless he
pays an. advance of 13 per cent, pec
pair.
\yi l.L RETAIN ITS INDEPENDENCE
Chicago. May 3.—By a decisive vote
the Board of Directors of the McCor
mick Seminary have rejected the pro
position of the Presbyterian General
Assembly for a surrender of the prop
erty and control of the seminary. Near
ly all of the forty directors were in at
tendance when the vote was taken.
r
A Letter to Governor Stone, of Mis
sissippi, on Finance.
He Cannot Conceive Why the Peo
ple of the South, Whose Interests
Are All Against Any Sort of Un
sound or Fluctuating Currency,
Should Favor the Free and Inde
pendent Coinage of Silver—The
Life and Hope of the Democratic
Party Rests Upon the Maintain
ing of Sound Money.
Jackson, Miss., May 3.—Governor
Stone this evening gave to the Associ
ated Press a letter addressed to him by
President Cleveland under the date oi
April ildth. The President says:
"I have never ceased to wonder why
the people of the South, furnishing so
largely, as they do, products which are
exported for gold, should be willing to
submit to the disadvantages ami loss
of silver mono-metallism and to con
tent themselves with a depreciated and
fluctuating currency while permitting
others to reap a profit from the traus
mution of the prices of their produc
tions from silver to gold. 1 hope our
Southern fellow citizens will be per
mitted to see the pitfall which is di
rectly before them who madly rush
towards the phantom light of free, un
limited and independent silver coin
age. If we, who profess fealty to
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
are sincere in our devotion to its prin
ciples, and if we are right in believing
! that the ascendancy of those princi
; pies is a guarantee of personal liberty,
universal care for the rights of all,
non-sectional American brotherhood,
and manly trust in American citizen
ship in all parts of our land, we should^
study the effects upon our party and
consequently upon our country of a
committal of the National Democracy
to this silver apparition.
it mere are uemoenus wno suppose
that our party cau stand on the plat
form embodying such doctrine, either
through its affirmative strength or
through the perplexity of our opponents
on the same proposition, or if there ary
Democrats who are willing to turn
their backs upon their party associa
tions to the hope that free and un
limited and independent coinago of
silver can win a victory without the
aid of either party organization, they
should deceive themselves no longer, j
nor longer refuse to look in the lace
the results that will folow the defeat,
if not the disintegration of the Demo
cratic party, upon the issue which
tempts them from their allegiance. If
we should be forced away from our tra
ditional doctrine of
SOUND AND SAFE MONEY,
our old antagonist will take the field
on the platform which we abandon; and
neither the votes of reckless Demo
crats nor reckless Republicans will
avail to stay their easy march to
power. This is as plain as anything
can possibly be.
“It, therefore, becomes the duty of
every Democrat wherever he may be,
to consider what such a victory would
mean, and in the light of a proper con
ception of its results he should delib
erately shape his course.”
SOUTH CAROLINA’S REGISTRA
TION LAW.
Columbia, S. C., May 3.—In the
United States Court to-day, l>efore
Judge Goff, C. A. Douglass, of Wash
ington, commenced his argument in the
case to restrain the holding of a con
stitutional convention in this State, on
the ground that the registration laws
of South Carolina are unconstitutional.
He aimed to prove that the effect of
the registration law was to deprive
citizens of the right to vote, and said
that this unjust feature invalidated it.
Judge Goff is not expected to render
his decision under a week or two.
THE INCOME TAX HEARING.
Washington, D. C., May 3—There is
no doubt that the argument of the in
come tax cases in the Supreme Court
will begin next Monday. The matter
from the iirst has been contingent upon
the arrival of Justice Jackson from
Tennessee. To-day Chief Justice Ful
ler announced from the bench that Jus
tice Jacksou was expected to be present
Monday.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Special to the Register.
Huntingdon, W. Va., May 3.—Last
night near Rock Camp, Ohio, fifteen
miles north. Ham Bazzill. T. J. Bold
man and Chilton Woods, were fishing in
Symm's Creek. A storm arose and
they took shelter under a tree. Light
ning struck the tree and all were in
stantly killed. All leave families.
JAPAN WILL COMPLY.
Paris. May 3.—The Journal Des De
hats learns from authentic sources that
Japan has decided to abandon her de
mand for territory on the Lio Tung
peninsula except Port Arthur, in re
turn for compensation elsewhere.
RIVERNEWS.
Dally Chronicle of the Movements of the
Boats and Boatmen.
Work was resumed yesterday on the
government dam at Merrill s Station,
near Beaver, Pa. A large force of men
are at work.
The Ben Hur arrived yesterday at 2
p m.. being about seven hours late.
She was aground at Hamilton's bar,
and was pulled off by the Scotia.
The Ironsides is laid up at Steuben
ville on account of low water.
To-day’s packets are the H. K. Bed
ford for Newport at 5 a. m.. the Sco
tia for Cincinnati at $ a. m., the Lex
ington for Matamoras at 11 a. m., the
Courier for Parkersburg at 10:30 a, m„
and the Liberty for Clarington at 4
r jlle Kirk, cook of the H. K. Bedford,
will stop off this trip and go to his
home at Marietta. Fred Stevens will
hold the stove down while he is off.
Orville Noll, of Hannibal, has ac
cepted the position of cook at the Ho
tel Windsor, and will go to work Mon
River 5:00, falling.
Parkersburg. W. Va.. May 3.—River
feet 10 inches and falling; weather
lr and warm.
Indefinite Reports Tell of Frightful
Ruin Wrought by the Wind.
Over a Hunt'red Persons Supposed
tc be Killed in a Small Strip of
Territory in Iowa, Near Sioux
City—Two Towns Laid in Ruin3
l and Many People Killed—Only
Mea.jsrre Reports Can be Had on
Account of the Wires Being Down
j and Travel Interrupted.
Sioux City, Iowa, M*y 3.—Dispatches
wore received here by the Sioux City
and Northern railroad from their agent
at Sioux Centre, forty-five miles north,
telling of a terrible cyclone near there,
in which many people were killed and
injured and much property destroyed.
The wires are down and reports are
meagre. The cyclone passed three
miles northeast of there at 3:50 p. m.
A school house near the town was de
stroyed and the teacher and a number
of children killed and injured. The
Sioux City and Northern tracks were
washed out for several miles.
Sioux Centre, Iowa, May 3.—8:30 p.
m.—Three school houses and at least
twenty residences and barns were
swept away. At the school houses, two
teachers and three pupils were killed
and many injured- Two women were
found dead about 6 o’clock. One man
reported his hot^e was blown away
and his family killed. He reports at
least two or three hundred people kill
ed. Parties have been sent out from
Hull, Sioux Centre and Orange City,
but their work is being carried on in
total darkness in the midst of a tre
mendous wind and rain storm. A
number of bodies have been recovered.
It is said Perkins was directly in the
path of the storm and was almost en
tirely wiped out. The wires are down.
Sioux City, May 3.—(Later.)—Definito
reports are beginning to come in as to
the path of the cyclone. The storm
originated a mile and a half from Sioux
Center, moved northeasterly, and pass
ed directly through Perkins. This
evening, however, news from Sibley is
to the effect that a storm struck there
about 6 p. m., destroying the house of
John Watterson, killing Mrs. Waiter
son, and injuring Watterson and his
son..
me dioux uity ana iNorxncrn train,
which arrived at 10 p. m., brought sev
eral passengers who witnessed the
storm. They reported thirteen dead
bodies at Sioux Center at 6 o’clock.
They estimated fifty people must have
}>een killed. The deaf ) loll ao for as
now know is: Mrs. John Kostor, Mrs.
Post. Miss Anna Marsdeu, Charles
Marsden, George Marsden, a child of
A. Verhoff, two children of L. Tl.
Coombs, Miss Mamie S. Haggie and
live brothers, - Jamison and two
Ivoster children.
Their deaths were all in the vicinity
of Sioux Center. The names of a few
injured near Sibley, where consider
able damage was done by the storm,
are not known, except John Watterson,
who was killed by flying timbers.
Herman Belknap, a farmer near Sihlev,
was killed by lightning, and Mrs. Frey
and the Rossburg brothers were badly
hurt.
Held Last Night by the Citizens oi
the Island, at Thomson Church,
To Protest Against the Sale of Beer
at the Baso Ball Park—There
Wore Speeches Made by Several
Ministers—A Fair-Sized Audience
Composed Mostly of Ladies Pres
ent.
As was announced yesterday, there
was an indignation meeting held last
night at the Thomson M. E. Church,
on the Island, by some of the citizens
of the Seventh ward, to protest against
the selling of beer and liquors at the
base ball grounds. There were about
two hundred people present, mostly
ladies. The meeting was opened by
the pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. Bick
ley, who briefly stated the object of th<*
meeting by saying it had been called
to look after the interests of the citi
zens of the Island; that they were there
to protest against the license that had
been granted certain parties to sell
beer at the ball park; that the license
was granted illegally, and over the
protests of several members of Council;
t.hat the usual notice of the application
had not been given, and that the li
cense had been railroaded through
without anyone being allowed to enter
a protest against it.
“I ant here,” said he, ‘‘to protest
against, this outrage. Not only to
maintain the dignity of the ‘Garden
Spot,’ but also that of the city. Should
Wheeling allow beer to be sold at the
ball park it would with Cincinnati and
St. Louis be among the only cities in
the country to allow such a thing. We
do not wish to go on record as such a
city.” He spoke of incidents where
many have gone to ball games, in cities
where intoxicants were sold, and got
drunk before the game commenced and
made it uncomfortable for others who
attended. That such places were not
patronized by the respectable people
but bv the lower classes. Said he:
“I was talking to Mr. Burrows about
the matter and he said if the sale of
beer was stopped at the Fair Grounds
there would be no trouble about the
matter at the ball park.
Dr Bickley also gave it as his opin
ion that it should be stopped at both
places. He claimed that it was an
imposition and an injustice the wa\
the ball park license was granted, and
that he had no doubt there were 2,500
or 3.000 people on the Island who
would sign a protest against it. He
said: . . ..
"I have canvassed one of the most
thicklv populated streets on the ‘Gar
den Spot’ and only found four families
who were not. willing to commit them
selves on the subject as being for or
against the selling of intoxicants
Ninety-seven per cent of the residents
of this part of the city are against
this thing and ready to sign a protest.
In speaking to Mr. Burrows on this
subject I asked him whether it was
necessary for them to sell beer to help
meet the expenses of the club. He
said it was, and now I am willing, as
poor as I am, to head a subscription list
to help the club if they will not sell
beer on the grounds. Don't misunder
stand me as saying that I am in any
way opposed to base ball, because I am!
not, but I want to see the game con
ducted without such demoralizing in
fluences being present.
“We should do all we can to have
this thing stopped through the proper
recourse to law, and if it is impossible
to stop the sale of liquor that way we
should stay away from the game our
selves, keep our friends away, and do
all in our power to make the ball games
a failure.”
The next speaker was Rev. Dr. Brlt
tingham, of St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church, also of the Island. He said ho
did not care to make a speech, as he
considered it would be superfluous
after what the preceding speaker had
said, but that he wished to enter his
humble protest against the thing. He
spoke of a paper calling the residents
over there “kickers,” and he wished to
be classed as one of those kickers. “I
am opposed.” said he, “to either the
fair grounds or the ball park being
licensed, and I am ready to assist in
any fair way to stop this thing.”
Rev. A. J. Irey, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, next spoke of the
matter in a pronounced temper
ance sense, generalizing on that sub
ject at considerable length. He said
tho city now had the best set of officials
it had had for many years, and he
thought that were a protest made they
would do all in their power to asist t :«t
people. In closing he said: "It is for
you people, the residents of the Island,
to say whether this thing shall con
tinue or not. For myself. I will say
that I am bitterly opposed to it”
Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintend
ent of the Bureau for the Sabbath Ob
servance, of Washington, D. C., was
the principal speaker of the evening,
but seemed to be rather disappointing
to the audience, as his address savored
jjii/i u ul wic icuj];ci(Uiuo leutui t? tuau a
protest against the license at the hall
park. Among other things, he said:
“What are you going to do about this
thing? I have been suggested as the
one ta offer a remedy for the evil, but I
think the pastor of this church men
tioned a good scheme to you. The
easiest and best way to do, if a re
course to law will not help matters, is
to boycott the hall games and do all
you can to make them a failure. Do
not understand me to mean that I am
opposed to ball games. On the contrary,
I am in favor of them, in fact, in favotf
of all kinds of out-door athletics, but
I think they should be free from such
demoralizing influences. I believe in
keeping America’s great game respect
able. Inever knew of a saloon or beery
garden that was conducted without
having violated the laws, and in such
a caso all I think will be necessary
for you to do will ho to go before the
proper officials and make complaint,
when the disgraceful practice will be
stopped by the license being revoked.
“There is no doubt but this granting
of a license to the ball park is a fore
runner of Sunday ball games, but
ihould such be the case I have no
doubt the law would bo enforced to tho
full letter, and the Sunday games nip
ped in the bud. From what I have
been told, you now have the best set <1J
city officials for many years and they
will do all they can to assist you in
maintaining the dignity of your beau
tiful Island. If they should not do so,
all that will be necessary will be to
call on the State or county officials. 1
hopo you will wage this battle of right
against wrong to the bitter end, if it
takes you a year, and I also hope you
will make the fight so strong that there
will be no intoxicants sold at either tho
ball park or the fair grounds.’*
Rev. Dr. Riker, of the Fourth Street
M. E. Church, was the last speaker, and
he said that ho heartily endorsed every
thing that had been said; that ho
wished to express his profound indig
nation at the way the license had been
granted by tho City Council Hoped
the people would follow the inctruc
tions of those speakers who preceded
him and make the fight so strong that
to sell beer on the Island would be an
impossibility.
At the close of Dr. Riker’s talk, Dr.
Crafts again got up and spoke a few
words, after which he askejJ that a
collection be taken up to assist the
bureau which he represented to wage
their war against the destruction of
the Sabbath.
U1L NEWS.
Another well will lx* drilled on tho
Lewis Atbey farm, near Williamstown,
by Wilsoa Brothers, of Zanesville.
The well will be drilled dose to the
big Kate well which created great ex
citement when it came in some time
ago, and the owners expect good re
sults.
Tho ’04 well on the Henderson
farm, near Williamstown, is quite a
freak, and Its actions of late cannot
l>e accounted for by oil men. Every day
at exactly seventeen minutes past
twelve o'clock, the well “flows.”
CITY HEALTH MATTERS.
The Council Committee on Health
met yesterday afternoon and recom
mended for payment bills aggregating
$234.69. The Health Officer reported
at length upon the small-pox situation,
saying all the cases were progressing
satisfactorily save the last patient
taken to the pest house.Mr. Davis. Tlii*
patient died last night. It is likely,
in the opinion of the Health Officer,
that there will be a total of seven or
eight cases at the Snyder house, on
Eighteenth street, all of the residents
there showing preliminary symptoms
of the disease, with perhaps one ex
ception. The enlargement of the ac
commodations at the pest house was
discussed, but nothing definite was
done. There are no new cases outside
the Snyder house. \
—Yesterday afternoon the'funeral of
Mrs. Radcliff, of South Jacob street,
who died on Wednesday, took place
from the family residence.
TUE WE ATHER.
Washington, D. C., May 3.—For West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania:
Fair; southerly winds.
Her Sister Republic Tenders Hei
Substantial Support.
Salvador Has Offered to Guarantee
the Payment of the British Claim.
England’s Attitude May Hasten
the Projected Central American
Confederation.
London, May 3.—Senor Chrisanto Me
dina, the Salvadorean minister hero
and at Paris, has made a statement to
the Associated Press regarding the ne
gotiations which have been conducted
through him us the representative of
Nicaragua, looking to a settlement of
the dispute between Great Britain and
Nicaragua. He said:
"On the departure of General Bar
rios, the Nicaraguan envoy, from this
city for Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan le
gation was left in my charge, pending
his return or the appointment of his
successor. In that capacity I trans
mitted to the foreign office the various
proposals of the Nicaraguan govern
ment. The earl of Kimberley, secre
tary of state for foreign affairs, has,
throughout, been perfectly firm in his
attitude, and in my interviews with
him and with other officials of the
foreign office, my representations
have always been treated with con
siderate attention and courtesy. The
Earl of Kimberley has shown anxiety
to avoid a conflict with the Central
American republics, hut it being con
sidered necessary by the British|jnin
isters in council to make a firm stand,
all efforts to move them have failed.
‘‘However, I am happy to express
the beli^ that this unfortunate dis
pute is on the eve of settlement and
that in a few days a definite reply will
be wired from the Nicaraguan govern
ment in answer to a dispatch sent at
7 o'clock yesterday evening to Mana
gna, after my last interview with the
Earl of Kimberley.
iiit: v.cuuoi nuici iuiu i ^ tut)
all anxious to help Nicaragua in tho
present difficulty, ard they have used
every means in their power to do so.
As the representative of Salvador, I
have offered the guarantee of my gov
ernment to pay the indemnity iu Ixm
don within 15 days after the evacua
tion of Corinto. Tho Earl of Kimber
ley having accepted this arrangement
I so informed my government last
night, and I have no doubt that tho
terms will meet the views of tho Nic
araguan government.”
A gentleman who took part in tho
negotiations has said that it is felt by
all concerned that Senor Guzman, tho
Nicaraguan Minister at Washington, is
largely responsible for the continued
opposition of Nicaragua, as, being of a
sanguine temperament, he led his gov
ernment astray as to what they might
expect from the United States. Con
tinuing, the gentleman said: “It would
have been more satisfactory to any of
\ the Central American republics to liave
themselves paid tho indemnity rather
than l>e subjected to the calumny, mis
representation and distrust which has
appeared in the American and Euro
pean press during the past few days.
Thero is no question about the Monroe
doctrine being involved. In fact, tho
doctrine is obsolete. If England or
! any other power is unable to protect
the rights of its subjects in Central
America they are unable to protect
their interests anywhere. If England
had tried to annex Corinto it would
he a different matter, but she was only
demanding reparation for insults of
fered to her subjects.”
Tho government of Great Britain, it
is generally believed, would not view
with disfavor a United States protec
torate over the whole of Central Amer
ica. Indeed, during the present Inves
tigations, the Earl of Kimberly said
that under certain circumstances j»
would perhaps he better for the United
States to proclaim a prot<e < it«* o\. •
Central America, and make herself re
sponsible for the acts of the people.
The Exchange Telegraph Company
this afternoon claims to be officially in
formed that Nicaragua has agreed to
pay to the Britisli government £15,000
within a fortnight provided Corinto is
evacuated by the British forces and
that Great Britain has accepted th#
offer under the guarantee of the United
States that tho bond will bo executed.
The other claims of Great Britain
against Nicaragua will lx* settled by a
joint committee and Rear Admiral
Stephenson will raise the blockudo of
Corinto.
STREET RAILWAY INDICTED.
Brooklyn, May 3—.The grand jury
of Kings county brought in an indict
ment to-day against the Brooklyn City
Railroad Co., alleging manslaughter in
the first degree in causing the death
of Mrs. Mary Gallager, aged 63 years,
who was killed on March 26. last, by a
street car while she was on imr way to
church. The offense with which the
railroad is charged is punishable by a
hue oi $.1,000.
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
Cincinnati, ()., May 3.—Aaron. Ly
man, a lineman, lost his footing and
fell on a live wire, the wire striking
his neck, severing the head and set
ting fire to his clothing and body. The
wires were immediately cut and the
burning body rescued. The remains
presented a horrid appearance.
PRICE WILLBE HANGED.
Denton, Md., May 3.—Marshal E.
Price, the condemned murderer of Miss
Dean, was sentenced this morning to
be hanged. Gov. Brown will name tha
date of execution.
BAIL FOR OSCAR WILDE.
London, May 3.—Upon application of
council for Oscar Wilde, the judge to
day decided to admit the prisoner to
bail. The amount will be fixed to
morrow.
WILL MEET IN BALTIMORE.
Nashville, Ten., May 3-—Baltimore
has been selected as the next place of
meeting of the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
THE SECRETARY VERY ILL*
Washington, May 3.—Secretary
Gresham passed a restless night and
to-day is much prostrated as the re
sult of the severe pain he has exper
ienced.