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VOLUME LXXVI. NO. 120.
TO THE FRONT.
England Urged to
Send Troops.
RUSSIA READY TO ACT.
Korea Lies Within Her
Sphere.
COWARDICE OF THE CHINESE.
Ran Away at Sight of Japanese
Smoke.
CAPTAIN FONQ IN DISGRACE.
Condemned to Lose Mis Head and
He Will Have Plenty
of Company.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 27.— The Novb
Vremya declares that Russia is entitled to
more influence than Great Britain in the
settlement of the Korean question be
cause the nature of the position of
AWFUL HAVOC OF THE BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP.
[Reproduced trots the New York Press.]
Korea places that country within tbe
sphere o[ Russian influence.
LOHTJOS. Sept. 27.— A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai reports that tbe
Japanese have been repnlsed at both Anju
and Wiju.
A dispatch from Simla to the Times says
that the English papers there are urging
the rush of troops to Hong-Kong and otber
treaty ports of China, as letters have been
received reporting a dangerous anti-foreign
feeling in tb> se places.
A dispatch from Shanghai dated to-day
6ay«: The Chinese naval officers vow at
Port Arthnr and Tientsin are squabbling
among themselves as to the responsibility
for the terrible Chinese losses in the naval
battle off the Yalu. A court of lnquirv is
sitting and has already found Cartain
Fong of the warship T«i Yuen euilty of
cowardice in the lact of the enemy. He
was condemned to be beheaded, and it is
believed that other officers will lose their
heads.
A telegram from Kung Taotai, at Port
JAPANESE ADVANCE ON SACHAN.
[From » drawing by Mr. Ynbuzakl, a Japanese artist on tbe ground.]
Arthur, received by the commandant at
Wei Hai Wei, positively accuses the coro
uoaudcr of the Cben Yuen of taking flight
with his vessel before the battle at the
first bight of tha enemy'? smoke. Admiral
Ting, who remains at Tort Arthur, bas
also telegraphed to Wei Hai Wei making
charges against some of bis officer*. The
admiral declares that the Ping Yuen, the
Kwang Ting and the Chin Chung, together
win four torpedo-boats, were on the Yalu
River when the battle commenced, and
there they remained until the fighting was
over. They then sn<>ak''d out and made
for Port Arthur. Tim of these torpedo
boats are said to l»e still missing.
The Pall Mall Ga/.otte tiiis afternoon
publishes a letter from Shanghai, da'ed
August 17, saying that the Cbine;-e navy
cannot figlit because the itiip* n ave only
about twelve rouids of tmrnnnf ion per
»!)ip, the supply of ammunition having
been sold, acceding to the Pall M»ll Ga
z»tte correspondent, by ihP eamains of the
warships. The correspondent aids that
one of these commanders actually sold one
cf hisa'iip's Arms rong guns and went to
sea one guv short.
Shanghai, S'-'Pt. 27.— Captain FoDg fo
The Morning Call.
the Chinese turret ship Tsi Yuen has l>een
liegraded for cowardice in the Yalu|Kiver
u'_-ht. The dispi.t-h states that the Chi
nese cruiser Kwang Kai became stranded
on a reef while endeavoring to make her
escape from the Yalu battle and was after
ward blown up by the Japanese.
This makes a total loss of five ships to
the Chinese, including one «*bip which
was rammed by the Tsi Yuen while trying
to ram oue of the Jarauese vessels.
The Japanese warsbii s are scouting In
the Gulf of Pechili. Naval experts say
that the Chinese vessels will never appear
on the scene again.
Washington-. Sept. 27.— An official of
the Chinese legation sad tr-day that in
fortnatiou from the Viceroy at Tientsin
regarding the fight ac the mouth of the
Falu Kiver was toat it was a drawn battle.
ReenrJing the Ping Yang land fight, the
Chinese admit defeat, but no details of ihe
battle have been received. No official con
firmation has been received by the Minis
ter of the degradation of Li Hung Chang
by the deprivation of his peacock feathers
and tiie yellow jacket. It is asserted that
even if such should be the case, the Vice
roy still retains all the powers exercised by
him prior to the degradation.
KOREAN REVOLT.
Tong Haks Rise in Force to Drive
Out the Japs.
Yokohama, S*pt. 27.— Tin Tong Haks,
a powerful religious Beet of Korean rebels,
have attacked the Japanese troops at
Taiku, Southern K"rea. Re-enforcements
have been sent the Japanese from Seoul.
The Tone Hak« constitute one of the
most powerful reyolutionary elements ia
Korea. They ascribe the precarious con
diiions of Korean trade and commerce to
the presence of foreigners. The Tong
Haks ear!y in the year undertook to rid
Korea of foraignors and threatened the
Japanese as well as the people of cthT
nations. Last year, incited by thp Ton.:
Hak«, 30.000 Koreans threatened to march
on the Korean capital and expel tbe
foreigners therefrom. The movement was
suppressed, but the feeling which existed
l^d to disturbances which eventually
brought about the war between China and
Japan.
OFFICERS OF OBSERVATION.
Herbert Thinks Admiral Carpenter
Knows His Business.
Washington, Sept. 27.— Secretary Her
bert's attention was to-day called to criti
cisms by certain naval officers upon his
failure to detail a naval attache to watch
the China-Japan war, and was asked:
"What is the policy of the >'avv Depart*
merit in regard to the sending naval offi
cers on board Ciiine se-Japanose vessels to
ascertain the status of the war and make
observation which wouM be of benefit to
the department?" .Herbert replied:
'There is on bo ard each ship in Aslatr
waters an officer d esignnted as an intelli
gence officer, and the ndmiral commanding
the fleet wait weeks ago and recently urged
to be diligen*. in collecting information
that would be of use to the department.
Admiral Carpenter was instructed to
guard American interests and cruise along
the line of military operations. lie will
be in a position to observe and he bas been
directed to detail officers, if necessary, for
this purpose at d send them on such mis
sions to obtain information and ascertain,
when practicable, tne nature and extent of
injuries received by sblpt In battle. He
was not instruct -d to deUil officers to go
on board Chinese or Japanese sbip«, about
to go into battle, arid it is supposed that il
an officer should ask his Denuis.ion to do
so he would refuse the request as Admiral
UrowD did when an officer of bis fleet
made a similar rpyuest, and Browu re
fused him permission to go upon the
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1894.
vessels of the insurgents in Chilean
water."
EDUCATED IN AMERICA.
Japanese Naval Officers All Gradu
ates of Annapolis.
All the commanders 'uf the Japanese ves
sels which make up that nation's crack
fighting fleet are young officers who were
educated at the United States Naval
Academy, says the Army and Navy Reg
ister. There have been eleven Japanese
graduated fr m Annapolis and sixteen
have been under Instruction there. Of the
seven leading captains ranking highest in
the favor of the Emperor, those who have
done the best service are all about SB years
of age. The first Jarant-se graduate is at
the head of the naval establishment as
chief executive offictr under the direction
of the Emperor. The second ;.»i;uatetß
flyine the pennant of a rear admiral from
the Naniwa, the best cruiser Japan has.
Lieutenant - Commander Gibson of the
navy, who recently returned from a three
years' cruise in Eastern water?, gives a
most interesting account of the condition
of discipline and morals of the Japanese
fleet.
"Tlio ships are all commanded by Ann
apolis graduates," said he, "and they
made me feel pn ml of the work done at
our naval school. Tlie captains are all
young n.en, full of zea.l in tfceii profession
aud Know its (let ils thoroughly. It made
some of us feel the slowness oi i>rotuutio:i
at home to see the boys we educated full
captains, commanding vessels that would
be a credit to euy nation's fleet. Tup
me hods, exerci-r» acd discipline are all
precisely what they wouM be on an Ameri
can ship of the same class. The Japanese
are born Milan, full of daring and quite
equal in professional ac<juirenjent« and
practical knowledge to any < flicer? of their
experience in our uayy or that of Fn^lanU.
The 6hips are fully manned and Him
batteries ar^ four 8-inch and 6-iach rifles,
Armstrong guns, besides the usual com
plement of rapid-tiring guns."
It if reported nere that Prince KomatMi,
the Emperor's cousin and a graduate of
the French Military school of St. Cyr, who
passed throueh New York six weeks ago
en route to Japan, Has been placeJ in com
mand of the First Army Corps, which is
42,000 strong, comprising the elite of the
Japanese army, particularly in art llery.
It will be the first to enter Peking if that
be the next»poinl of sttaek.
PARDON TO MORMONS.
Cleveland Thinks They Mean to
Do Better.
Therefore Amnesty Will Be Extended
to All Who Have Trans
gressed the Law.
Washington, Sept. 27.— The President
has tsbued the following i reclamation:
« herkas. Congress by a statute, approved
March 22, 1882, and by MMV e« In furtherance
and amendment thereof, defined the law of
bigamy, polygamy and unlawful cohabitation in
tbe Territories aud places within the ex
clusive jurisdiction of the United States
and prescribed penalty for such crimes; and
whereas, ou or about the Ctu day or Octo
ber, 1890, the church of the Latter-day Saints,
commonly called the Mormon church, through
its president, issued a tnauif sto t reclaiming
the purpose of said church no longer to sanc
tion the practice of polygamous marriages, and
called upon all members and adherents of said
church to obey said laws of the United States
in reference to said subject-matter: and
whereas, on the 4tli day or January, A. D.
1893, Benjamin Harrison, then President of
thejUnited States, did declare and grant full
pardon and amnesty to certain offenders under
said acts, upon condition of future obedience to
their requirements, as Is fully set forth In said
proclamation of amnesty and passed on;
and whereas upon the evidence now fur
nished me 1 am satisfied that the members and
adherents of said church generally abstain
from plural man laces and polygamous co
habitation and are now livinc in obedience to
ibf laws, and (he time lias now arrived when
the interests of public justice and morality
will be promoted by the crantlug of amnesty
and pardon to all such offenders as conn lied
with the condition of said proclamation, in
cluding such of said offenders as have been
convicted under the provision of said act.
Now, therfon, 1, Grover Cleveland, Presi
dent of the Untied Sta tes, by virtue of the
powers in me vested, do hereby declare and
grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons
who bave Id violation of said acts committed
either of the offenses of polygamy, Mgamy,
adultery or unlawfu' coh biiation uuaer the
color of polygamous or plural maii'luge, or who
having been convicted of violence ot said act
are now suffeung deprivation or civil rights in
consequence of the fame excepting all persons
who have not complied wi h tti- conditions
contained in said executive proclamation of
January 4, 1893.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
band and affixed the ,-eal of the Lined States.
Gkovkr Cleveland.
LEO TO FRANCE.
He Will Deal the Royalists There a
Death Blow.
Rome, Sept. 27.— Ttie Pope has sum
moned Mgr. Huist, tbe spiritual adviser
of the late Count of Paris, to the Vatican
for the purpose of imparting to him in
structions in recard to the French royal
ists. in clerical circles this action is be
lievrd to be a fatal blow to tbe preten
tions of the monarchists.
In view of the fact that the Austro-
Hungarian legations have raised tbe ques
tion of the exclusive rieht, anciently be
longing to the sovereigns of Spain, France
and Austria, to object to the election of
any Cardinal as Pope, a special clause wili
be added by ttie Pope to the secret instrur
uon-* to be given at the coming conclave,
in order to frustrate any attempt to revive
the ng'ut.
ANOTHER OCEAN RECORD.
Again the Westward Time Is Lowered
by the Fuerst Bismarck.
New Yoisk, Sept. 27.— Tlie Hamburg-
Aumrican steamer Fuerat Blstmrek. which
arrived to-night from Southami't >:i, bas
reduced her westward record of 6 days 10
hours and 52 minutes, made August last.
by just 20 minutes, having niaiie the pas-
Rage in 6 days 10 hours and 32 minutes.
This time is 13 minutes ahead of her rival,
the N ornianij ia's record.
Clan-na-Gae! Quarrels.
JNew York, Sept. 27— It is reported
that the bad blood generated at the Clan
na-Gaflconventiou, held recently in Phila
delphia, and the dissatUfacion of the
member' cancel by the expulsion of
camps 10 and 93 of Brooklyn, caused much
dissatisfaction among persons interested.
TALK TO BRITONS.
Wilson at the London
Banquet.
BREAKING DOWN FENCES.
That Is the Present Work of
Democracy.
TO LET IN ENGLISH TRADE.
Frank Confession of the Leader of
the House to His Foreign
Friends.
London, Sepi. 27.— The dinner given by
the Chamber of Commerce of London to
Coneressrnan W. L. Wilson took place at
the Hotel Metropole thU evening. About
seventy eu? sts were present, including J.
Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture,
and his two son?, Paul and Joyce Morton;
Congressman Strauss of New Fork; Sir
Courtney E. Beyle, permanent secretary
of the Board of Trade, and a number of
loading men in trade and commerce.
After the toast to the Q leen had been
drunk the chairma i proposed a toast to the
President of the United States. He rr
ferred in eulci;i*tic terms to America's
former representatives in London, Lowell,
Lincoln and Phelps, and the present rep
resentative, Mr. Bayard, the mention of
whose names were greeted v»ith loud
cheers. He extended a hearty welcome to
the guests and to the Secretary, as rep
resenting tbe American Government. The
toast was drunk standing, amid loud and
prolonged cheers.
Proposing a toast to the guests, Sir
Albert Tollitt said chat Mr. Wilson's
name had become honored and familiar in
England. In honoring tbe guest, he said,
they were honoring London, and it< Cham
ber of Commerce asked him to take back
with him a message <<f peace and good
will. Nothing he went on, could be wors*
than war between tbe two great allies.
Thi» arbitration in the Alabama and
Bering Sea c ses was acceptable to Great
Britain. He was not sure that the worst
wars of the future would not be tariff. If,
as be boped. the period of tariffs were
being brought to an eDd, both countries
ought to honor Mr. Wilson. Great benefit
had already been experienced in England.
Furnaces had been reopened in Wales and
Yorkshire, »nd an impetus had been given
to 'he textile industries.
Mr. Wilson, rising to reply, was greeted
with cheers, which lasted for several
minutes. The vaii us points iv bis ajteech
were also warmly cheered.
United States Emba<3ador Bayard and
James R. Roosevelt, secretary of the
United States embassy, a*at regrets. •** ■■*'
After acknowledging the' honor con
ferred upon him and melting the events of
the long struggle to overthrow protection,
Mr. Wilson said: "Ail the people saw
that our system was generating a brood of
monopolists bo powerful a* to defy the
law, aud who used part of the wealth
they drew from sharing In the power of
taxation to increase their privilege?, de
hauch elections and corrupt legislation.
"I am quite sure t at our protective
policy has already served to rroraote tie
trade of other nations, and if continued it
would have still further promoted each
trade and pre-eminently your own. 1
stand before you a representative of those
who are striving for a freer commercial
policy for the United Slates. 1 fear I can
not ask you to rejoice in iti adoption, ex
cept as you may prefer right principles to
selflsh advantages. Protection has seen
our voluntary withdrawal from the sens
and from the general market?. Our pro
tectionists have been building defenses to
keep you and oilier nations from com
peting in our borne markets. Tin tar ff
reformer* are breaking down these de
fenses. Let us compete in all the markets
o'Sthe world. Not only is our production
of common and food products growing
more rapidly than our consumption, but
we have to-day a manufacturing plant
which, urged to Its full capacity, wouli in
six months fully meet our demands for a
year.
"The nations of the world are growing
nure and more neighbrriy, and the manu
facturing supremacy of the warla must
eventually pass to that nation which, hav
ing the largest supply, shall apply it to the
blffbest intelligence and enterprise.
"Our supply of materials is more ex
hßustless and more cheaply handled than
that of any other people, and if we con
tinue to be underlings it is our own fault.
We arc bn:ug rapidly sobured, though un
appalled by the t;u!h forced upon us, that
of all human governments a tree govern
tnent is the most complex anddifflcult and,
judging from the world's experience, the
must uncertain and short lived.
"Our institutions are strong because
they are deeply rooted in the past. It was
for you and for as to show that while other
nations have been great in war, commerce
and science we can be great in all and
great in the greatness of permanent
freedom."
Secretary Morton was the next speaker.
He said Mr. Wnson h>d sta'.ed what was
absolutely correct, and that the p?ople of
America bad finally said adieu to
the protective system. Free trade
had been used as a bo*y with Americans,
but at last the farmers had recognized
that free trade did not compel trade any
where, but simply perm tted an American
citizen to trade where it was must advan
tageous.
Mr. Morton said, "We, a? Americans,
feel at home here," and the remark was
ioudly cheered.
Sir Courtney Boyle, toasting Sir Albert
Tolitt, said they owed a debt of gratitude
tn Mr. Wilson and his colleagues la Con
gress, and they boi et! their action was
not tinul. He declared that their claim
was just; thnt they bad changed the
policy of America from a harmful one to
one benefiting not only themselves, but
the commerce of the world.
NORWEGIAN RADICALS
Have Increased Their Lead in the
Storthing.
Stockholm. Sept. Sf.— The last count
ing of votes iv the >.orwrgian election
show that the Left has been victorious. Iv
the elections Usi week the gains were first
thought to have been by the liiebt, bat
these have been overcome by the Radicals,
the latter having carried the whole of the
Chronstjen district, which has been re
garded as a conservative stronghold.
Ahout half the members ot the new
Storthing pt« dow elected, and a careful
analysis discloses thai the Left have in
creased its majority. Knc Oscar, who is
said to be very much displeased at the way
the elections are gong, will leave Chris
tiania to-morrow for Hunneberg to take
part in the annual elk hunt.
RIOTING AT RIO.
President Peixoto Says That He Can
Keep the Peace.
Montevideo, Sept. 57.— Admiral da
Gama asserts there has been ricting in Rio*
de Janeiro lasting five days and accom
panied by outrages on Portuguese mer
chants, tnsHgated directly by President
Peixoio, who incited soldiers, dressed in
citizens' clothes, to make an attack on the
pretense that they wanted to break up a
meeting of royalist conspirators.
Rio, it is reported, looks like a great
military camp, soldiers p trolling the
street-, cavalry being encamped in the
public gardens and launches patrolling the
harbor.
The number of killed in the riots is
staled to 1 c 338, while 213 were wounded
and entered the hospitals. Most of the
SghtinE occurred near the water's edge,
ana many bodies were cast into the
harhor.
The damage to the property of Portu
guese, British and other foreigners will
amount to $1,500,000.
It is said that Peixoto will declare that
in order to protect the lives of foreigners
he is forced to declare martial law.
The British Minister has asked for a
guard at the legation and residence. The
British legation is crowded with refugees
who are afraid to co on the streets.
Rio de Janeiro. Sept. 27.— One hun
dred and ninety-seven persons have beeu
..rrested U r being implicated In tie riots
of the last four days. The police and
marines are actve. Troops are held in
barracks and sailors were ready to land,
but President Pelxoto announced that aid
from tbe foreign warships was unneces
sary.
LIBERTY AND SCABS.
Argument in the Debs Con
tempt Case.
Railroad Attorney Miller Says That
All Men have a Right to
Seek Work.
Chicago. Sept. 27.— Assistant District
Attorney Roeeotbal closed the argument
for tbe Government in the Debs case. S.
S. Gregory lor toe defense contended that
workiugmen have the right ro strike based
on the constitution, and any Interested
pmrty ha* the right to order a strike. Tbe
attrruev declared that the United Stales
MM injunctions agtinst Deb* were, void
and no one could be punished for refusing
to obey a void injunction.
Oral arguments in t'.e Debs' contempt
proceedings will be conriuaed to-morrow,
wnen Judge Woods wi;l take the case uuder
hdvisement. No decision is expected be
fore the latter part of October.
Mr. Miller occupied the entire afternoon
with his speech in behalf of the receivers
of the Atcbison road. Mr. Miller de
clared that all Die talk about personal lib
erty ccming from the counsel for the de
fense seemed to carry with it the idea that
only members of the uni<ns%.were
entitled to personal liberty. How^ould
the respondents claim to be champions
of personal libeity when they called men
seeking honorable Libor or who did not
bMocg to unions "m-pps." One telegram,
referring to tne fact that union men were
being engai-ed in the East to take the
places of t!n> strikers, said, "U-e no
violence, but stop tiese scabs." a
direct invitation for v!tl*nce, the at
torney insisted. Again T)eb« declared tnat
"Eternal slavery should b? t'.ie scabs'
doom." If the means to be employed by
the strikers were absolutely peaceable,
why should the presence of troops brought
to Chicago simply to preserve the peace
interfere whh the work of Debs and his
nssis:an>s?
Washixgtox, Sept. 27.— The United
States commission appointed to investigate
the rhicaeo strike, after a two days'ex
ecutive session lor the pur pose of discuss
ing and deciding the nature of the report
to be submitted to the President, adjourned
ilns evening until tne last week in Oc
tober.
FORMED A MINISTRY.
The Men Who Will Direct the Future
Policy of Victoria.
Melbourne, Sept 27.— George Turner,
leader of ike opposition, has succeeded in
forming a new Ministry, as follows: Pre
mier and Treasurer, George Turner; At
torney-General, J. A. Isaacs; Minister of
Defense ana Health, K. F. Sargood ; Chief
Secretary and Minister of Education, J. F.
Peabody; Postmaster - General, J. Q.
Duffy; Minister of Customs ana Lands,
K. W. Best; Solicitor-General, U. B. Cuth
aert; Minister of Railways, K. U. Wil
liams; Minster of Public Works, J. W.
Tavnrn«r; Minister of Mines and Supply,
EL F. iter; Ministers without portfolios—
R. T. Vale, A. McClean, O. W. McCulloch
and J. M. Pratt. ■
WHISKY MEN MEET.
Opposed to Rebates and Want to
Raise the Prices.
Cincinnati, Sept. 27. — There was an
all day meetiug here to-day of the whisky
men, several of them members of the trust.
It was held behind cios-d doors and no
details were reported. It seems to be a
meeting to form aWe stern distributing
association.
A committee of five, names not given,
was appointed to draw up ana report a
plan for organization. la the discussion
an increase of the ptiee of whisky was
(avored, as was also the aboit.on of the
rebate system. The whole proceedings
are to be reported at the next meeting of
the whisky trust.
AIcKINLEY AND REED.
They Are Invited to Speak Up in
Washington.
Tacoma, Wnab., Sept. 27.— Governor
McKinley and Congressman Tom Reed
have been invited to speak in Washington
during the fa 1 campaign by the Republi
can State Central Committee, which has
just opened new headquarters here. If
tb«y come it is expected they will make a
brief tour of the N> rthwest.
CAUGHT AT LAST.
Captain Howgate Under
Arrest.
AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS.
He Must Answer for His Many
Crimes.
HOW HE MADE HIS ESCAPE.
Aided by His Daughter He Fled With
the Woman Who Had Ruined
His Life.
NKW Yokk, SeDt. 27.— Captain Henry
Howe*tp, formerly Chief of tbe Weather
.Bureau at Washington, was arrested in
tfiis city to-day on champs of forgery and
the embezzlement of £3<>J,ooo, committed
in 1878 ami 1879. Tbe arrest is the reauit
of a search which h.is occupied the atten
tion of the United Sta'es Secret Ser?ice
over thirteen years.
Howgate was arrested in 1880 in Wash
ington, but having ob ained permission
to go to his room to dre»6, he escaoed
through a window and has since baffled
all attempts at recapture. Witli Howgate
there weDt a notorious woman of Wash
ington, for whom it is alleged be robbed
the Government.
After having searched nearly the whole
country f<r Hnweateex-SueiifT Drummond
received information that the fugitive was
a dealer in old clothes and pamphlets in
this city. Every bookstore wa3 visited by
detectives, but without success.
Finally an i fficer was detailed to watch
the auction sales fur Howgate. About two
week* ago it was supposed that the fugi
tive was keeping an old bookstore at 81
Fourth avenue under the name of Harvey
Williams. JNot being sure of the man's
identity the authorities in Washington
were asked to send a man to the < itv who
was a< quaintod wit?) Howgate and a clerk
in the War Department, who had been for
merly associated with liow^ate|in the Wai
Bureau was sent here. He met HiWgate.
but at first was uncertain of bis identity,
as the latter had changed considerably hi
t irteen years. After engaging him in
conversation the cierk at length became
convinced that th^ruan was Howgate aud
a warrant for his arrest was procured from
Commissioner Alexander.
Mr. Druuiiuond served the wrrrantto
d^y Jd ]>ers<>n. He met Hongate coming
out f>i a store at Foortfa avenue and Ttnth
strert and said, "How are you. Captain
Howgate?"
The latter stared, but soon gained bb
composure, and asked Mr. Drummonn
what he wanted. The deUctlve told him.
and he answered, "All richt; the jig is
up. lam Captain Howgate."
On Deine arraigned before Commissioner
Alexander (his afternoon Ilowgate said he
would waive examination and go back to
Washington without trouble. He was not
in a position, he said, to lurnish bail,
which was fixed by the Commissionfr at
$10,000. There are seven indictments pend
iue against flowga'e.
HOWGATE'S FALL.
How He Wronged the Daughter Who
Nobly Stood by Him.
Washington. Sept. 27. — The story of
Howpa;e's exposure and of his relations
with a woman namerl Xettie Burrill caused
a great sensation at trie time of the occur
rence. For several years he bad led a
double domestic life in Washington. But
a few squares away from the borne that
contained his devoted wife and 'he daugh
ter who was to cling to him so deter
minedly in the dark hours to come, he sup
ported a woman in luxuiijus style.
At the jail, after his arrest, he was
treated with more consideration than ordi
nary nifllef actors. He was so u'ttrly op
posed to using the common bathtubs in the
jail that !ii< kind-hearted euardiacs re
laxed the rules and allowed the cap.nin to
visit his residence on Thirteenth street on
April 12, 1882, in order to indulge in lava
tory luxuriance.
The officers remained in the sitting
room while Howgate went urjstairs for his
batb. It is said thst Miss Howgate, who
possessed an exquisite voice, sang to the
guardians of her father, aud made time
pass so pleasantly that an hour elapsed
before they awakened to a full realization
of what t':ey were there for. They askttd
Miss Howgate to call her father. Stie was
gone a long time, and then came back pale
and excited. She could find her father no
wherp, she said. They searched the house
and then rushed out and gave the alarm.
Captain Howgate by this time bad two
hours (be start of pursuit, and it is thought
that he was steaming down the river be
low Alexandria before bis daughter had
finished ringing. He escaped by going out
of the rear of the house wben he was sur
pos»-d to go to the bathroom, went out into
the blind alley in the rear and' turned into
the exit running out into the street, where
a carriage containing .Nettie Burrill was
awaiting him. s
He went to New Orleans and remained
there untiL be believed the secret service
detectives were afier bim. Accordingly
he toog his departure westward aDd wa«
seen at one or two places on the Pacific
Coast. For two years past be had made
his borne in New York City.
LAUNT THOMPSON DEAD.
He Was One of the Noted Sculptors
of America.
Middletowx, N. V., Sept. 27.— Launt
Thompson, the noted sculptor, died at the
State Hospital yesterday.
Launt Thompson wag born in Abbey
leix. Queens County. Ireland, February
8, 183;$ At the age of 14 he went to Al-
Uany. N. V., aud there eniered the office
of a professor of anatomy. While there
he occupied his leisure hours withdrawing,
but later entered a medical college. When
Erastas D. ralmer, the sculptor, offered
to teceive him as his pupil, he glaaly
availed himself of the opportunity and
abandoned medicine for art. He worked
in Palmer's siudio for nine years, produc
ing several portrait-busts and ideal
beads of some merit. In 1858 be re
moved to New York City. He became
an associate of the Academy of Design in
1859, and three years later bis bust, "The
Trapper," secured bis election as an
academic-inn. In 18G8-69 he went to Rome
and in 1875 be went again to Italy, remaic-
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Ing until 1881, in which year he returned to
New York. In 1874 he was viee-preaident
of the National Academy.
Amonz his most noted works are:
"Elaine," a bust; "Morning Glory," a
medallion; statues of Abraham Pier
sou, Napoleon 1, General John Seds
wick, Win field Scott, Chail-'S Morgan,
Ambrose E. Burnstde, "The Color-
Bearer," a medallion portrait of
John A. Dix, and portrait busts of William
C. Bryant, James Gordon Bennett the
elder, Robert B. Minturn, Captain Cfcarles
H. Marshall, Edwin Booth as "Hamlet,"
Stephen 11. Tyng, Charles L. Elliott and
Samuel F. B. Morse.
Yale conferred on tbe talented sculptor
the degree of AI. A. in 1874.
FIRES YET BUR NINO.
The Unhappy People of Minnesota
Scourged by Flames.
St. Paui,. Mion., Sept. 27.— More seri
ous forest tires are reported to-nieht from
Crow Wing County, and several fatalities
are feared. A dispatch from Brainerd
snys a large pait of that county has been
laid waste by the fires, which are raging
with tfirribie fury this afternoon, and
probably a dozen farmers in the eastern
and southern p; rt of Crow WiDg County
hare lost their buildings and in some case?
everything contained in them.
Lon Viucent and his family had a very
narrow escape and his farmhouse was de
stroyed. The only thing John Swansou
saved was his ieam. County Treasurer
John T. Frater suffered greatly, all his
farm-builiiings, crops and househo.d goods
being destroyed. Albert !a Ford lost cou
siderable grain with his farm-buildings.
The flames spread with great rapidity.
Many families known to be in the fire belt
have not been heard from, and grave fears
are felt for iheir safety. The fires are
still burning, t>ut the wind has died down.
TO SAVE THE SEALS.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin Very
Much in Earnest.
He Believes, Also, That Some
Steps Should Be Taken to
Stop Smuggling.
Washington. D. C, Sept. 27.— Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury iiamlin lias re
turned to Washington alter his trip to
Alaska and told the Call correspondent
ti-day that he wa3 not yet ready with his
report of the trip. He is waiting, he says
for certain reports to be made by special
ageuts as to ibe inspection of custom
houses before nu.kiug up his own recmn
roendations concerning ti'iem. lie intends
to rec'ituiuend an iavr-iase of the force at
the San Francisco Custom-house and
probably at others on the coast. He be
lieves yl-o that additional revenue cutters
should be stationed at San Francisco.
Concerning the soal question, be says lie
believes soroelhiuj; should be done with
out delay to check the taking of seals in
such large numbers, otherwise they would
disappear from Alaskan waters. The
seals seem to be decreasing in number very
rapidly.
Mr. Hamlin stated further that the
northwestern frontier was greatly in need
of aimr< comprehensive police system.
With the very limited number of revenue
officials available, for this duty it is com
paratively an easy matter] to smuggle
opium into the country. anG no doubt
many Chinese have been able to elude the
officers, and were now safely within our
borders.
Additional revenue cutt-rs and a num
ber of launches, he said, should be pro
vided. Two revenue cutters, he thinks,
should be assigned to the duty of patrol
ling the Alaskan coast to prevent smuj
gling and to enforce the law relating ti
salmou-fishiag. I; was a singuUr fact ttiat
many of the large canneries in Alaska
employ Chinese labor almost exclusively,
and some of t'.e natives had complained of
this discrimination.
A special acent of the department was
now looking iuto the salmon fisheries and
would soon make a report thereon to tae
Secretary. Secretary Hamlin visited all,
Pacific Coast customs districts and stated
that he had discovered no glaring frauds,
but he thought the good of the service de
manded several changes, and in his opin
ion they would be made as soon aj he
could prepare his report and bring the
matter to the attention of the Secretary.
GAMBLING IN CHICAGO.
It Is Felt That Forbearance Has
Gone Far Enough.
Chicago, Sept. 27.— As a result of the
Graod Jury investigation of Chicagp
gambling, indictments were voted to-day
against David A. Konn, owner of th«
premises at 119 Clark street (Varnell's
dace), George F. Harding Jr., owner of
the premises at 170 Madison street (Power
& Owen's place), and fifteen housekeeper*.
It is exnected that a large number of
other indictments will follow, and a
thorough investigation of police corruption
will be made. The grand jury investiga
tion is the result of the recent crusade of
ibe Civic Federation azainst gambling.
OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
Ohio Already Names McKinley for
the Presidency.
Fixblay, Ohio, Sept. 27.— Governor Mc-
Kuley opened the State campaign here t >-
day, addressing an immense audience. He
claimed that Republican success was neces
sary to prevent further tiriff legisla
tion by the Democrats and n> insure a
return of prosperity. The declaration in
the Democratic platform in f ivor of the
free coinage of silver, he declared, meant
nothing and bound nobody.
In the procession and in storf-windows
were shown pictures of McKinley with
the inscription, "For President, 1896."
SULLIVAN'S MONUMENT.
New Hampshire Honors a Hero of
the Revolution.
Durham, N. H., Sept. 27.— The monu
ment to Major John Sullivan was dedicated
to-day, under the auspices of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Nevr Hampshire. It
is of Concord granite and beais au inscrip
tion as follows:
In memory of John Sullivan, bora February
18. 1740; died January 23. 1795.
. Erected by t lie Slate of New Hampshire upon
the Bite of sue meet ing- house under which was
stored the gunpowder taken from Fort William
and Mary.
French Engraver Dead.
Paris, Sept. 27— The celebrated French
engraver Gustav Levy is dead.