The Springfield herald., August 06, 1897, Image 2

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THE HERALD.
SPRINGFIELD, - COLORADO.
An Hmbitious negro admits that It
makes him blue every time he remem
bers that he Is black.
Edhem Pasha has resigned again.
That makes no practical difference to
the military situation, because as an
orthodox Moslem he Is always resigned.
That Montana man who Is shedding
his skin formerly lived in Chicago. Of
course he had to get out of town Just
as soon as skin games were Interdicted
here.
It begins to look now ns If a few
train loads of relief supplies for the
Cubans might with entire propriety be
distributed among the coal-mining dis
tricts of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
John R. Lynoh, the negro political
leader of Mississippi, intends moving
to Louisiana, where he thinks there Is
a better chance of success in politics
than in his own state. Lynch has boon
in Congress, was the speaker of the
House of Representatives of Mississ
ippi, chairman of the national Republi
can convention In 1888, and fourth au
ditor of the treasury under President
Haarrison.
Rood government in cities is made
difficult, not alone by lnck of con
science, but also by lnck of wisdom.
Writing of the city of Brooklyn, a cor
respondent of the New York Witness
says that “when the thieves are in
power the people are swindled; and
with only one exception, when the re
formers have been put in power, mat
ters have been no better, and in some
cases worse.” The exception, doubt
less, refers to the mayoralty of Seth
Low, a man of clear sense and great
ability, now president of Columbia uni
versity, Now York. The study of mun
icipal problems has been entered upon
by many of the best citizens, and nonq
too soon. Folly may be as costly as
knavery.
It is not possible to be too conscien
tious, but it is easy to imagine that
conscientiousness includes wlmt it does
not include. In a recent religious con
ference a devout missionary objected
to accepting a millionaire's gift of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
missionary purposes on the ground
that the rich man is not so religious
as the missionary thinks he ought to
be. This man became rich In almost
the only way in which vast wealth can
be accumulated honestly—by the exer
cise of superior business ability. He
has given substantial proof of his deep
interest In the welfare of those less
favored pecuniarily by setting aside
several million dollars to be used for
their benefit in religious, moral and
educational ways. The objecting mis
slonarv evidently had been reading
the sweeping tirades of the anarchistic
newspapers against tho possessors of
wealth, and- what few intelligent read
ers do—accepting their allegations as
true.
A patent has been issued in the Uni
ted States for a novel process for water
proofing textile fabrics. In carrying
out tho process the fabric to be treated
ta wetted with water and placed be
tween sheets or rollers. One of these
sheets or rollers, which is preferably*
of tin or aluminum, is connected to tho
posltlvo pole of an electric generator
and the other sheet or roller to the
negative pole. By employing such a
dissolving positive electrode and pass
ing current through the wet fabric tho
fibres are made water-repellent. The
inventor states that the waterproofing
Is due to the formation on the positive
conductor of a metallic oxida of some
kind, produced by tho liberation of
nascent oxygen on the positive conduc
tor, due to the electrolytic action of the
current on the water with which the
goods are saturated, and which oxide
enters in the fibres of the goods,
aided by the current, and prob
ably is combined partly chemically nnd
partly mechanically with the fibres,
making the same waterproof by the
presence of the oxide in or on the fibre.
The strength of the current applied
depends upon the character of goods
submitted to treatment, but cxre must
be taken not to carry the procoss too
far. The nascent hydrogen on tne neg
ative side will, if the time of treatment
is too long, accumulate and then begin
to act as a reducing agent, and in case
the period of treatment is prolonged
beyond the proper time, then the
nascent hydrogen will reduce the oxide
of the nietal In the goods to the me
tallic state, and the combination or
union of the oxide with the fibres will
be destroyed by the reduction of the
oxide to a inetui lie state. The process
is said to have the great merit of mak
ing the individual fibres and threads
water-repellent, while tho por?s of the
goods are in no way stopped up or
closed. Consequently, if used on cloth
ing it would not prevent evaporation
taking place through the lnteraticeß bo
tween the threads.
Actor Seabrooke has been ordered to
continue paying $lO a week alimony
to his wife, even though he is out of
a job just now and she is making SIOO
a week more by her own efforts on the
stage. That is a good deal more dis
mal than the tomb scene in “The Isle
cf Champagne.”
Some one has figured out that 1,100
theaters have been deHtroj'ed by fire
in the last 100 years, and that 10,000
fatalities were the result. The United
States was unfortunate enough to have
462 of these fires.
An Italian saloon keeper saw the
sign, “Sandwich Manufacturing C 0.,“
over the branch of an Illinois imple
ment factory in West Kansas City, and
he went in and ordered five dozen sent
over to his place, "with plenty of mus
tard, please.”
After filling the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church at Buffalo for six
teen years the Rev. Dr. S. S. Mitchell
has just been installed aH Its regular
pastor. The congregation ought to
know by this time whether it likes him
or not.
ARKANSAS VALLEY FAIR.
Ono<! I'tirues for Horn** Barm and Good
Prize* for thn Exhibit*.
Rocky Ford, Colo., August 2.
Rocky Ford Watermelon day Is draw
lug near. It will Ik* the second day of
the Arkansas Valley fair, which will be
held September 1, 2 and 3. The fair
this fall promises to excised all former
shows, Ixith in tho number and variety
of exhibits. There will he a fine poul
try display and an excellent racing
program, for liberal premiums are of
fered nml many of the best horses in
tho West will ho entered. In addition t<>
the usual trotting, pacing and running
races, there will lie several western
novelties, such as a live-mile cowboy
race, horses to he changed at each mile,
and a burro nice.
Entries to trotting and pacing races
close August 28, nnd for the running
races at 7 p. m. of the day before tin
race.
The racing program Is ns follows:
First day, Wednesday, September 1
Running, throe-eighths mile dash.,
purse S7O; trotting. .'5:00 class, purse
S7O; running, hair mile dash, purse s7n.'
Second day, Tuesday, Septemlier 2
Trotting and pacing, free for all. purse
$.‘100; trotting and pacing. 2.40 class,
purse $121; cowlsiy race, five miles, five
horses, change each mile, race horses
barred, saddle and rider to weigh not
less than 11»1 j>ounds. purse $121; run
nlng. five eighths dash, purse SIOO.
Third day. Friday. September 3
Trotting, 2:30 class, purse $12.1; run
ning. half mile dash, purse S7O; trotting j
and pacing class, for Otero county
horses, purse S7O; running novelty, four :
even moneys, one to each quarter. I
purse $100; burro race, half mile, purse, i
first $4. second s.‘s. third $2. fourth $1 j
each additional starter .10 cents. En
trance free.
All purses will be divided on the fol- \
lowing basis: 00 per cent, to the first, i
80 per cent. 1o tho second and 10 per !
cent, to tho third. The entrance fee for
trotting, pacing nnd running races will '
lie ,1 per cent, of tho purse and 5 per ’
cent, additional will be charged the ■
winner.
Following are the prizes for exhibits: |
Class A—Farm and garden products. |
Si prizes, ranging from 2.1 rents to sl. ,
Class B— Fruits. 20 premiums, rang- !
Ing from ?1 to $lO.
Class C —Kitchen nnd pantry stores
and dairy products. 01 prizes, ranging
from 2.1 cents to $2.
Class D—Fine arts, tetlle fabrics and ,
Indies’ department. 184 prizes, ranging 1
from 2.1 cents to
Class E—Floral, department, 13 prizes,
ranging from .10 rents to s.l.
Class F—Poultry department. .1
prizes, ranging from $2 to $4.
Class TI - Sheep. 7 prizes, ranging
from $1 to $3.
Class I—Cattle. 10 prizes, ranging
from $1 to $lO.
Class K—Horses. 32 prizes, ranging
from $1 to $lO.
Class L—Bee hive products. 5 prizes,
ranging from $1 to s.l.
Otero county offers forty-seven special
prizes for chickens, hogs, sheep, cattle,
horses and agricultural products, rang
ing from sl.lO to S2O.
SUGAR TRUST ROASTING COFFEE
Will Start a ltlg Plant In llnfot tt« K -
nnorloaat l*hlltt<l«*lphln.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2. The war be
tween the sugar trust and Arbuekle
Brothers, the big coffee roasters, which
has carried the trust Into the coffee
trade and the Arbuckles Into the mys
teries of sugar refining, is soon to be
transferred in part to this city. Some
time ago, the trust, in order to strike
at the Arhuckles, bought control of tic*
Woolson Company of Toledo, Ohio. hii«l
now it proposes to convert the old Del
aware sugar house at Reeds and Swa
son streets Into a great coffee roasting
establishment, from which the trade
along the Atlantic seaboard may bo
easily reached. The old sugar house
which was formerly an Independent re
finery. was purchased by the mist
about the time that it secured the con
trol of the Sprockets and Franklin re
fineries. For some years It lias lain
idle, its machinery being somewhat
old-fashioned and its capacity limited,
as compared with the other big plants
here. Recently a number of Interior
changes have been made In It and al
ready two consignments of coffee have
been delivered at the establishment for
experimental purposes. It is not like
ly. however, that active operations will
bo started for some time to come, us
all the machinery needed has not been
delivered yet.
Much of it is to be imported from
Germany. The plant complete will
give employment to a large number of
skilled workmen.
NON-UNION MAN KILLED.
Wm Shot Down In an Encounter With a
Number of Striker*!.
Seottdale. Fa., Aug. I.—William Cum
mings. the lender of the non-union men.
brought here by the Seottdale Iron A
Steel Company to take tho places of
the strikers, was shot nnd instantly
killed hist night in front of the Com
mercial hotel. Cummings and three
companions, all non-union men, en
countered a number of strikers as they
came out of the barroom nnd n wnr of
words ensued. Some one fired n re
volver nnd n dozen shots followed in
quick succession. Cummings dropped
dead, with a bullet in Ills right temple,
nnd ills three companions tied to the
mill, hotly pursued by an angry crowd.
When llu* non-union men reached the
enclosure the deputies on guard sur
rounded them and the mob was forced
to retreat. Word was at once sent to
Sheriff Realtor at Greeiislnirg nnd in*
is now on bis way to Seottdale with
fifty armed deputies. At midnight ev
erything was quiet, however, and
there was no fear of a further
outbreak. Reports ns to how Die shoot
ing occurred are conflicting. James
Dolf, one of the non-union men who
were with Cummings, was arrested,
and other arrests will follow. The sit
uation is very much strained, and no
one can predict tho outcome.
Wo Mimt Hold Samoa.
Chicago, July 81. A special to the
Tlmes-llerald from Washington says:
There is room to believe that the Mc-
Kinley administration will not pursue
the policy urged by Mr. Cleveland in
tin* matter of the abandonment of the
rights of this government in Samoa.
In discussing the Samoan question a
few days before his departure, the
President said that the annexation of
Hawaii by the United States with the
proposed construction of the Nicara
guan canal under the control of the
United States had placed a value on
Samoa which the country could 111 af
ford to lose. Us location Is such that
it is direct!.* between Australia and
Nicaragua and its value as u way sta
tion for vessels proceeding to Australia
from Honolulu or from the proposed
Nicaraguan canal will be great.
For these reasons President McKin
ley will not attempt to carry out the
policy advocated by Mr. Cleveland,
looking to tiie abrogation of the treaty
rights between Ureal Britain and Ger
many and the United States of lSS'.t.
which gave the signatory powers equal
rights in the government of Samoa.
GIVERS IS INDICTED
BY HIS OWN GRAND JURY.
He le Charged With a Failure to Properly
Enforce the Law* of the State—Say* the
Finding* Are an Inault to the Court and
the Indictment* the Keault of Igno
rance.
Leadville, Colo., July 81.—Crowds of
people thronged Harrison avenue,
Leadvllle's principal thoroughfare, to
night. One and all are discussing pro
and con the sensational ending of the
special session of the special grand
Jury empaneled by Judge Owers about
two weeks ago. The Jury made Its
first report at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
was again called in session at 1 nnd
met to-night at 8 o'clock, when It was
discharged. The meeting was full of
sensational incidents, the greatest of
which is without doubt that of the
finding of two Indictments against
Frank W. Owers, the Judge of the Dis
trict Court, who empaneled the Jury.
Of course, tit this time the men who
have been indicted have not yet been
molested,- and therefore their names
have not been made public. How
ever, from the report made by the Jury
it is evident that the leading county
ami city officials and some of tho lead
ing citizens here who have figured
conspicuously in the political world
have been, indicted nnd will he ar
rested as soon as capias can be issued.
Although nothing can be learned
definitely ns to the number of indict
ments returned, it Is thought that
there are between thirty and forty,
nml from the tone of the report of the
grand Jury, several of the county com
missioners. the mayor nnd other
prominent city and county officials nre
included In the list of men indicted.
In Its report the grand Jury says:
“We earnestly nnd diligently tried
In the limited time, nml with the very
limited amount of unsatisfactory le
gal assistance that could he placed at
our disposal to investigate all the vio
lations of the law which have come to
our knowledge. While lawlessness is
unfortunately very prevalent, we fail,
after careful investigation, to ilnd that
it Is more so than during the two pre
vious 3*cai*s of your honor’s adminis
tration. We cannot attribute the
present lawlessness to other causes
than such as have prevailed for a long
period of our city’s history. The most
potent of these causes is tho general
acceptance by the community of the
dangerous doctrine that the statutes
of the state are to be enforced or not.
according to the Judgment or consent
of officials who have sworn to enforce
all tho laws. Tills doctrine has been
pushed to such nn extreme thnt for
many jrenrs the whole community has
been made to aid nnd abet crime, and
count on the filling of the public cof
fers with money raised on the demor
alization and debasement of human
beings.
“Wo regret that under your hon
or’s instructions tho only way open
to us to arraign this dangerous doc
trine is to bring indictment against
men who Individually are entirely op
posed to It. and are victims of perni
cious precedent.
“With regard to gambling, the re
cent vigorous action taken at the in
stigation of the court leaves It rts our
main duty to make plain where the
responsibility of this crime ultimately
rests. We have endeavored to show
this in our Indictments. As your
honor states In your charge, the find
ing of gambling paraphernalia in
actual use is sufficient evidence to
bring in an indictment for gambling.
We believe that with regard to own
ers nnd agents of houses knowingly
rented for tills purpose, ’.he court has
sufficient evidence to proceed against
them in the regular way.
“While we agree with your honor ns
to t ho demoralizing effect of gambling,
we believe it to be our duty to exam
ine into the legal rather Unlit the
moral aspect. We note yotir Instruc
tions not b> overlook any form of vio
lation of the law. nnd in this connec
tion call your attention to the open
and flagrant defiance of the law with
regard to Sunday closing of saloons.
W e feel It our duty to exercise our con
demnation by indicting those whom
we hold to lie primarily responsible.
There are also certain places in the
county, not under the Jurisdiction of
city officials. Whore tiiis hlw is sys
tematically defied. A short distance
outside of the city limits, at a place
called Ellesmere, is not only the Sun
day law defied, but wine rooms and
other objectionable features have
made the place known ns tho first
stepping stone for the downfall of
young women.*’
The report then goes on to state that
contrary to law they find tlutt the enmi
ty cotmniksioners have been trading in
county warrants. The warrant book
shows that this lias been carried on to
such nn extent that from one fund
alone the amount of $lO/Wni Ims In one
year passed through the hands of com
missioners, or their employes, or mem
bers of their families. They also found
that considerable sums of county
money nre voted for work and supplies
for which no steps nre taken to secure
bids, nnd that tile Same has been tl
heaVy loss to the county.
They further find thnt the supplying
of provisions lias been allowed to one
nuunber of the Board of County Com
missioners without any contract, nml
that tills business alone in one year
has amounted to $4,000. They further
find thnt money bus been voted to indi
viduals with recklessness; and in one
instance SIOO was voted to a rpgtilar
salaried official for extra services, the
jury being unable to find any itemized
bill for such services, or to find that
the bill had passed the inspection of
the finance committee.
The grand jury visited the county
and city jails. They found the county
jail in line condition, but that the city
Jail failed to reveal a single commend
able point. "It Is a badly constructed,
foul nnd malarious den, utterly unfit
for human occupancy, a disgrace to a
civilized community, a constant
menace to the public health, and we
recommend nothing short of absolute
condemnation and demolition.''
The jury also found serious laxity
iti the care of some of the prisoners in
the county jail. They quote one in
stance where a prisoner, when he
should have been confined in jail, was
seen wandering about the city alone.
The report called attention to the ex
cessive charges of fees in certain Jus
tice courts, especially in the matter of
garnishment, in which cases excessive
fees were calculated to press heavily on
the poor.
The report then says: In conclusion,
we wish to repeat our expression of
our keen regret that in making plain
the law it has been necessary for us to
single out those who Individually have
been most unwilling victims of a sys
tem that has been allowed to hold
sway for so many years. In doing this
we have dealt with those highest in
authority rather than those subject to
instructions from superiors.
When court re-convoned at 1 o’clock
the judge addressed the Jury. In the
course of his remarks he said:
"I find that you have returned two
indictments against myself for failing
to perform what you please to term my
duty ns judge of this court: one for fail*
ing to enforce the general statutes in
regard to persons being guilty of lowd
ness and acts tending to debauch the
public morals and keeping open tip
pling nnd gambling houses on the Snb
bath; the other for failing to enforce
the act with reference to Sunday clos
ing of saloons.
"It Is no part of the duty* of tills
court to institute criminal proceedings
against citizens. Indeed. It would he
highly Improper for me to prejudge a
case in any manner. The court has at
all times Iwen ready to enforce the
laws and Is still anxious to do so. Crim
inal prosecutions are commenced by
tiling complaints by persons familiar
with the facts, and not by judges or
courts. Tho difficulty with Hie situa
tion in Ix>udviUe is ns well expressed
In your majority report. As good citi
zens, ami particularly as officers nml
deputy sheriffs, and as ministers of the
gosjioi, as some of you are, It is your
place to make complaint against any
and all persons whom you know nre
violating the luw. Tills you failed to do,
nnd then you attempt to shift the re
sponsibility upon the court or Us pre
siding Judge.
“Individually the court Is not perturb
ed by the insult you offer in returning
the indictments. Since if tills court is
guilty* of a crime as charged, every
Judge In the state is probably guilty
also, hut I regret that you should at
tempt to cast a stigma upon tills court
which, if permitted to pass without no
tice. might act as above stated. Another
judge will lie called to dispose of tho
indictments against myself, and such
further steps taken with reference to
this matter as shall he liest adapted
to protect tlie standing and dignity of
tills court.”
The Judge then returned the indict
mott to the grand Jury, charging him
with not closing saloons on Sunday,
claiming that It was defectively made
out. and n*qui*Hting the Jury to retire
nnd report on tills indictment at 8
o’clock.
Standing room was at a premium
When court reconvened a! 8 o’clock.
Rev. A. Grant Evans, as spokesman for
the grand jury, ndclrcascd the court.
He returned tin* indictment as it Was
in tho first place, and stated thnt they
had been informed by their attorneys
that the indictment was correct nnd
that no change was necessary.
SALE OF THE DENVER PACIFIC.
Final Step* In Union Pacino Foreelonura
Proceeding*.
Denver, Aug. 2.—The final stops in
the foreclosure proceedings of tin*
Union Pacific Railway Company nnd
the various additional railway com
panies organized to carry forward the
work of extending the railway is pro
ceeding rapidly. Judge Walter H. San
born. «»f the United States Circuit court
with his seat at St. Paul Is moving
about the western country in a special
train of seven coaches ami with a large
array of legal counsel for tho purpose
of taking the proper action in the vari
ous states in which the company and
its branches operate.
Katurday the court held a session of
a few minutes’ duration at the federal
building in this city and during that
time tin* court room was filled with
distinguished members of the bar. Tho
business was formal and routine, the
documents presented being mainly
printed copies of the proper iegal steps
which had already been tiled in Kansas
and Nebraska. The judge signed his
autograph to these printed copies nnd
handed them over to the clerk of the
court for filing away nnd then he ad
journed court to hasten to Cheyenne
where similar proceedings were had be
fore the day was done. The party pro
ceeded thence to Salt Lake Oily, where
the last business of this special trip
will l>o completed.
The legal action taken at this time is
the formal signing of the decree of
foreclosure upon Hie property Under the
title of the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany. the Kansas Pacific Railway Com
pany and the Denver Pacific Railway
nnd Telegraph Company. Action has al
ready been taken towards foreclosing
uporl tin* Union Pacific In Nebraska and
upon the Kansas Pacific in Kansas, and
supplementary decrees covering the
properties of tlie.se two corporations
were filed in the Colorado branch of the
court.
The new business was the filing of
a similar decree of foreclosure Upon the
property of the Denver Pacific Com
pany. which is a Colorado corporation.
This closes practically the history of the
first railway company that entered
ben ven
COMING TO COLORADO.
Secretary of Agriculture Wllion I* Look-
Ins: »'P Cavalry Home* am! Sugar Beet*.
Washington. July 81.—Secretary Wil
son of the Department tif Agriculture
will spend liis vacation, Which he Will
take In August, in traveling through
Colorado. Utah. Wyoming, the Dako
tas and Montana, with the object of
studying the resources of these states
for rearing hor&es suitable for the Eu
ropean armies.
The secretary has written to United
State ministers and has requested some
Americans traveling abroad to give
him information regarding the exact
qualifications demanded for the army
horses of Europe* ahd when this infor
mation is received a fanners’ bulletin
will be issued, with a flew to having
this country do more in supplying the
demand than it has In the past. The
only objection to horses raised on the
plains of the West ns army horses fot
European countries lies in the fact that
the animals are not large enough.
The Sioux pony possesses all the
qualifications of health and hardiness
that could he desired, and it is be
lieved that by proper feeding and by
tlie introduction of heavier stock on
the sire side it can be brought Up to the
required size.
Mr. Wilson believes that if stock
men nnd farmers can grow tho horses
needed to recruit the cavalry of Euro
pean countries they will get a good
price for them.
Secretary Wilson will also look over
the states in which he will spend his
vacation with a view to seeing wliut
can he done for the development of
tho beet Industry.
Will Expert Al:i*kn.
Washington, July 31. Export Sam
uel C. Dunham of the Federal Bureau
of Labor left here to-day for the gold
belt of Alaska, where he will make
an Investigation and report In time for
the projected spring migrations. Mr.
Dunham is well equipped for tho
work, having spent much time in the
mining camps of the West for sev
eral years.
He has boon Instructed by Commis
sioner of Labor Wright to make a
critical inquiry into the opportunities
for business, for investment of capi
tal. employment of labor, wages, cost
of living, climate. Dost means of reach
ing tin* gold fields and kindred sub
jects. ID* will go direct to Sail Fran
cisco nml will sail from there August
D. taking rhe Juneau overland route,
and reaching the Klondyke region
about the middle of September. He
will watch the winter and early spring
work and is expected to send material
for a special report, which it is hoped
will be published about March.
READY TO ARBITRATE
JAPAN ACCEPTS THE OFFER OF
HAWAII.
The Subject Will Include All Mutters of
Dispute Between the Government*
Suggestion Thnt Jupnn M»y Send Some
Wurshlps to Honolulu Pending Settle
ment.
Washington, July 30.—The Japanese
government has accepted the offer
made by Hawaii lo arbitrate the dis
pute between the two countries. The
state department has been informed
of the offer and l lie acceptance. The
subject of arbitration will include not
only the difficulty over the landing of
the Japanese immigrants, but also will
include other disagreements between
the two countries, the most important
of which is the Sake tax imposed upon
a Japanese liquor largely imported and
consumed by the Japanese in Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi
tration, a brief synopsis of which has
been cabled to the Japanese minister
here and given to the state depart
ment, stutes that the Japanese govern
ment accepts arbitration In principle
and is prepared to enter upon the terms
for n settlement of pending disputes.
The formal letter of acceptance has
been sent to Hawaii and the conditions
of arbitration will be contained there
in. Those conditions are not known
here. Pending the? arrangement of de
tails, all other proceedings looking to
a settlement will be discontinued.
When the officials of the state depart
ment were Informed of the offer and
acceptance of arbitration the secretary
of the Japanese legation here was in
formed that until the annexation treaty
was concluded the United States would
not assume any authority in the matter
and that the present dispute must be
considered as between Japan and Ha
waii.
The secretary in reply said he wjh
glad to learn that such was the position
of the United States, as it would per
mit Jnpau sending two or three war
ships to Hawaii pending linal action
on the arbitration treaty.
This interpretation of the situation
rather surprised the state department
officials, who answered that the United
States would consider In a different
light an agreement of arbitration and
the sending of a warship and intimated
that non-interference by the United
States in one case could not be con
strued as passive acceptance of the lat
ter position.
The Japanese secretary was told,
however, that in the absence of Secre
tary Sherman and Assistant Secretary
Day, nothing could or would be said
officially upon the subject and any con
versation must be considered as wholly
Unofficial.
The Sake tax, of which the Japanese
complain, is an increase of the duty on
this liquor from fifteen cents to $1 per
gallon. The tax was passed by the Ha
waiian Legislature and vetoed by
President Dole on the ground thnt it
was unconstitutional and in violation
of the treaty with Japan, who hail
rights under the most favored nation
class. The tax was passed over his ve
to almost unnnimouslv, only one vote
being cast to sustain tile president. The
pressure for taxing Sake was from tin*
saloonkeepers and the manufacturers
of liquors, as the Japanese use this
liquid wholly to the exclusion of other
beverages.
It is not expected that the state de
partment will make more than a formal
acknowledgment of the latest commu
nication from Japan upon the subject
of the annexation of Hawaii, the un
derstanding being that all future nego
tiations will be conducted by Minister
Buck and the Japanese foreign officer
at Toklo.
San Francisco, July 30.—Ellis Mills,
the retiring consul general at Honolulu,
arrived from the Islands on the steam
er Alameda. Mr. Mills was succeeded
by William Hayward, and with his
wife In* is now on his way back to his
home in Virginia. Speaking of politi
cal affairs in the islands, Mr. Mills
said: "Annexation is now regarded
universally by the people of Hawaii as
a certainty. The enthusiasm over the
annexation movement is more Intense
now, if such a tiling be possible, than
It has ever been before, and almost ev
erybody has an abiding faith in the
happy result that they all wish for and
anticipate. It is confidently expected
that tin* whole matter will be settled
when Congress meets this fall.”
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY.
Mr. Delis Tells Wlutt the New Orpttnlrit lon
Is.
Chicago, July 30.—'Hie New Time of
Monday will contain an article by
Eugene V. Debs, in which he says:
“The Social Democracy is a great so
cial, economic and (Kilitlcal organiza
tion. It Is at once national and inter
national. Politically speaking, it is a
party in and for Itself, and within
twelve months its national representa
tives will have formulated a national
political platform. Similarly the various
state representatives will have adopt
ed state platforms and the municipal
representatives local platforms.
"By, far the greater part of the criti
cism lias been directed against the ‘col
ony control.' and there are those who
still insist that this is all there is to
the movement, or, at least, that this is
its chief purpose.
"To all those be it said that this is
simply one of the features of the move
ment and has been assigned a sjiecial
department, known as the ‘colonization
department.*
"There has never been any intention
to organize isolated colonies, and they
who have worked themselves up in de
sccriblng. the fate of other ‘colonies,’
and predictors of calamity have been
wasting their time.”
NEW UNIVERSITY.
E. Benjamin Andrm»» llan llphii Sol«rt«il
nH the Kirnt President.
Providence, It. I. July 30.—Presi
dent K. Benjamin Andrews, whose
resignation as the head of Brown
University caused a profound sensation
last week on account of his free silver
views and expressions, acknowledged
to an interviewer to-day thnt he had
accepted the presidency of a new uni
versity. 'l’lie institution will be a poj>-
ular college, at llrst something after
Chautauqua movement, and later a
large educational institution is to be de
veloped. The position as president was
tendered to President Andrews within
the past five weeks by the founders of
the new college, John Brisben Walker,
editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
He Is a prominent figure in certain the
ories of education and believes in the
advancement of his ideas. In the last
presidential campaign he was on the
silver side of the contest and handsome
ly entertained William ,1. Bryan at his
place on the Hudson.
In many of their ideas and opinions
upon leading political and financial
questions President Andrews and Mr.
Walker are said to be agreeable. Plans
and arrangements regarding the new
university have been exchanged be
tween the two gentlemen and they have
fully agreed upon all of thm, and the
movement is promised financial support
that will tend to make It a success at
any rate. The inducement Is satisfac
tory. says President Andrews, and n
will retire from Brown on September .*i
and at once take up the duties of pros!
dent of the new uulverslty.
The new college, said President An
drews, will Ik? a big affair, with a view
to the widespread, dissemination of ed
ucation. It will be a popular Institution,
designed upon new ideas, and the plan
will be to meet the problems that conn*
constantly before the people and which
are to Im* solved under the prevailing
conditions of the time In which such
questions arise.
Under President Andrews there will
Ik* an advisory board of ten members,
chosen from the brightest and rarest
minds In flu* whole country. The great
est purpose of the new university will
be to roach the masses thnt have not
the means to secure entrance to the
now existing universities of the coun
try.
When President Andrews was asked
if he would lx-gin his new duties in
connection with the new college about
September Ist, he replied: "Yes, in the
fall, I suppose.”
The founder of tin* new college has
been apprised of tbo decision of Presi
dent Andrews to accept the offer and
the gentlemen are to have another
meeting very soon.
The prospectus of the now university
has Just been issued and in it there is
tills announcement: “The course of
study will he worked out with refer
ence to the real needs of men and
women in the various walks of life
and will bo designed not only to pro
duce broader minds, more cultivated in
tellects. and give greater fitness for spe
cial lines of work, but to make better
citizens, better neighbors, and give a
happier and better type to man and
womanhood.”
President Andrews, in tlie interview,
referred to the silver Issue, and ho
spoke of men who ought to be in line
with him in standing by their colors,
lie said the vote of Massachusetts was
a very respectable one as compared
with elections since 1850. In conclusion
lie said too many men who believed in
silver quailed in that great light. Ho
liked men who stood up in a battle and
declared their beliefs.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
Meager Particulars of a Tornado Which
Swept Tliruiijjh llllnoiit.
Bloomington, 111.. July 30.—A speeiul
from San Jose. Illinois, thirty-live miles
west on the Jacksonville division of the
Chicago & Alton, gives meager particu
lars of a tornado tills evening at 7
o’clock. It passed through the farm of
A. C. McDowell, two and a quarter
miles north of thnt town, completely
destroying the house and barn.
Seven persona were killed. They are:
A. C. McDowell and grandson, Mrs.
Samuel Brownlee and three Brownlee
children, and Miss Jessie Droves, a
neighbor who was spending the day at
McDowell’s.
The following wore seriously injured:
Mrs. A. O. McDowell, her son. Charles,
and daughter. Mnvy. Miss McDowell is
but slightly hurt.
The storm came directly from the
north and entirely destroyed the Mc-
Dowell house, barn and walnut grove.
It then rose and went over the town
of San Jose.
At Mason City lightning struck the
spire of the Presbyterian church and
set it on fire.
Will Be n Superb Display.
Denver, July 31.—Secretary McNa
mara says that tin* Festival of Moun
tain and Plain this year will he the
most brilliant display ever seen in Den
ver. The subscriptions made up to the
present time, while not so large as
was hoped for. are still large enough to
warrant the assertion. The Chinese peo
ple are at work) upon the decorations
for their floats and the suits to be worn
in their parade, ami a committee will
leave for San Francisco in a few days
to make the selection of the special
features proposed. They say that the
display will be the most Cldnique ever
seen in this country.
A letter from "Doc” Wallace (Navajo
Bill) says that he will have fifty In
dians here, and that tlie fire dance will
be given for the first time outside the
limits of the reservation or in the pres
ence of any white persons other than
the employes of the agency and the
writer. Ho proposes to have on one of
the floats women weaving blankets
and men making the silver ornaments
for which the tribe is noted, so that all
may see how these things are done.
Keccnt I’atentn.
The following list of western patents
is furnished by A. J. O’Brien, patent
attorney, rooms 402-103 People’s Bank
building. Denver Colorado:
No. 580.872. July 20. 1897. sewing ma
chine attachment, Win. A. Scott, New
castle. Colorado.
No. 580.050. July 20. 1897. water bag.
Roger W. Woodbury. Denver, Colorado.
No. 587.124. July 27. 1897. pump,
Warren W. James, Evergreen, Colo
rado.
No. 587,123. July 27. 1897. thimble,
Lafayette Holcomb. Ft. Logan, Colo
rado.
No. 587,179. July 27. 1897, treatment
of gold and silver ores. Joachim H. Bur
fiend. Salt City, Utah.
Further information in regard to pat
ent matters may In* obtained by writ
ing the attorney, whose address is giv
en above. A hand book of information
sent free upon request.
Non-Union Men Shoot.
Scottdale, Pa.. July 30.—Wild excite
ment prevails here at 10 o’clock. As the
afternoon turn of non-union men who
have taken the places of the striking
iron workers at the Scottdale Iron
works were going home one of them,
said to be a man named Painter, be
came incensed at the remarks ot] some
lioys and deliberately fired at them. A
large crowd was gathered about the
station at the time and they started af
ter the non-union man, who fired five
shots into the crowd before he reached
the Geyer House, where lie hoarded.
The hotel was immediately surrounded
by an excited crowd and it was with
some difficulty that Burgess Porter got
them cooled down and had he not had
tlie assistance of the strike lenders
there is no telling what the maddened
crowd would have done.
Another non-union man whose name
could not be learned drew bis revolver
on Pittsburg street and fired several
shots. Ho was knocked down and pret
ty badly beaten before he could be
reached by the officers and taken to
his boarding house. The excited crowd
is massed about the station and the
non-union men are afraid to venture
out.
Ol<l Soldier* Complain.
Denver. July 31.—Charges were pre
ferred against Superintendent S. M.
French and the commissioners of the
State Soldiers’ Home at the meeting of
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rection yesterday afternoon. The
charges were made by a delegation of
former Inmates of the home who were
discharged. They alleged that the man
ner of their discharge was a bar to
their ever being admitted to any sol
diers’ homo in the country, and they
declared thnt they had been treated un
justly. The board was not satisfied with
the manner In which the charges were
presented and asked that they be nwOe
specific and reduced to writing.
REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AMERICA
A Treaty of Union HlgnMl by Ail the
Countries Inter* itwl.
Washington, July 29.—A report has
been received from William Meyers
Little, consul at Tegucigalpa, Hondu
ras, inclosing a copy of the treaty that
has been signed by the representatives
of the live Central American states or
republics of Guatemala, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador. It
goes Into effect September 15th. The
union is named the Republic of Central
America, and the countries forming It
will now take the names of states. Last
year, when the republic of Honduras,
Nicaragua and Salvador formed them
selves into the Greater Republic of
Central America, provision was made
for the ndmission of Guatemala and
Costa Rica, which Ims now been ac
complished. The treaty is similar to
that made last year, except that Its
provisions are extended and consider
able legislation Is enacted In It for the
government of the new republic.
The republic Ims the power to nomi
nate diplomatic and consular officers,
and to receive foreign envoys and give
exequatur to foreign consuls, to issue
passports to ministers ami envoys of
foreign nations and to withdraw ex
equaturs of cousuls. The confederation
Is called the "Republic of Central
America.”
The government of the new republic
Is invested in a chief of states, who is
elected from each state In their alpha
betical order and shall hold office for
one year. A council, composed of two
representatives from each state, with
the chief of states, shall constitute the
government. Alliances of defense and
preservation for all the states are pro
vided. and the expenses of government
and of war are to be assessed by the
council.
THREE THOUSAND KILLED.
A Big Buttle Between Fanatics and Oo»-
eminent Troops Near Canador, Brasil.
New York, July 29.—A dispatch to
the Denilil from Rio Janeiro. Brazil,
says tlint information has reached that
city lo the effect that more thnn 3,Out*
soldiers have been killed in a big bat
tit* near tin* site of Canador.
The fanatics, numbering more than
10,000 men. attacked tin* government
troops. Whole brigades of tin* soldiers
were swept down and destroyed,
trampled under foot os the victorious
fanatics, with wild, hoarse shouts of
triumph, passed over them.
The full extent of the loss of life
cannot be told. There is no reasonable
doubt, however, that the loss in killed
on both sides is more than 3,000. For
miles the ground around Canador i 3
sterwn with the dead and dying. The
government troops were compelled to
leave thet'* dead on the Held and flee
to save themselves from complete de
struction by the avalanche of fanatics.
When the report of the awful battle
reached Rio de Janeiro it was coxildd
ered by the president and ministry and
it was decided lo send the minister of
war to the scene next week with 4,00(J
men who are now gathering. They
will carry with them a great store of
ammunition and will endeavor to dis
lodge the fanatics from the position.*
they now hold.
Fighting has been in progress uf
Canador for several weeks. In the
meantime, while the fanatics fought
apparently with little heart, they have
been gathering their forces from all di
rections. The result was the final at
tack on the government troops, which
led to such awful results.
Threatened !»y Rustier*.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 29.—Another
tight between the rustlers of the Hole
lu-the-Wall region and the round-up
outfits of the big cattle companies is
imminent. Bob Deviue, foreman of the
C. Y. Company, has received notice that
if he takes his outfit back to round-up
cattle he and his men will be killed.
Despite these warnings the round-up
will start back to-morrow. The sheriffs
of Johnson and Natrona counties, with
warrants for some of the rustlers, will
accompany the round-up. The cowboys
will l>e in charge of Bob Devine, and all
will be well armed and prepared for a
light. It is beiieveif the members of the
Ilole-in-tlie-Wall outfit who participat
ed in the attempted robbery of the
Belle Fourche bank and escaped cap
ture are back in their former rendez
vous and may be apprehended by the
sheriffs who go out with to-morrow’s
round-up. There is a big reward offered
for their capture.
~ >k )
Ex-Senator Carey’* Big Lena*.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 29.—The Wyo
ming State Board of Land Control held
x public meeting at Caspar to-day in
order to hoar objections to the propos
ed rental to ex-Senator Carey of 22,000
acres of state land for which ho had
made application. Fifty ranchmen
were present, alsiut fifteen of whoqi en
tered protests against the proposed
lease. Judge Carey, who was present,
made concessions by which if the lands
are leased to him Im* will leave them
open in tin* vicinity of the homes of the
ranchmen and only fence such lands ns
will not interfere with them. The case
was taken under advisement. Objec
tions wore made by floeknmsters to the
lease of a tract of land closing up the
oass between Caspar and Muddy Moun
tains. which was sought by Michie
Brothers. The matter was compromised
l»y tlie lessees agreeing to leave open a
public driveway for passage of flocks.
A Xi wn|> per Building.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 29.
Ground was broken tills morning for
ii new business block on Pike’s Peak
avenue next to the Freeman building.
The building will be erected by W. S.
Sratton for tlie* use of the Evening
Telegraph. The structure is two stories
nigh, with a basement tinder the
building, and will Ik* made to order tin
ier the direction of the Telegraph
Printing Company, wlio will take a
long lease on the property. The build
ing will cost between SIO,OOO and $15.-
mhi. and will have all tin* improve
ments of a modern newspaper estab
lishment. This is one of a number of
business blocks, which Mr. Stratton
will probably erect on tin* block which
lie owns on the corner of Pike’s Peak
ind Nevada avenues.
Sp der* Tapped the Wire.
Cincinnati Enquirer: There was a
general disorder recently in the tele
graph system of Japan. Everything
•nine to a stop on tin* main trunk line
of the government's service. Inspect
ors were greatly puzzled, and a party
of linemen were sent out over tin*
route. Mr. Mnchiztiki, who has visited
America several times, was at the
head of this expedition.
About fifty miles from Toklo he dis
covered a nest of gigantic spiders,
which had spun their webs along the
wires, extending to the ground. By
touching one of the webs a strong
shock was received. Then the Idea
was clear to them. The dew of fin*
morning made the spiders’ webs good
conductors of electricity, and the cm
rent was carried Into the group ’
b rough them.