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:• .VOLUME LXXVI.-NO. 168.
SHOT LIKE A DOG.
Tragedy Growing Out of
Money Trouble.
POLITICS IS IN IT ALSO.
<3reatly Shocks the City of
'mj&yf' Nashville.
KILLED BY HIS OWN CLERK.
... •'•',. , y '•'
A Judge Who Would Not Settle an
: ' Old Claim Standing Against
Him.
" Nashville, Term.. Nov: 14.— 0f all the
many tragedies Nashville has experienced,
tbe most appalling was perpetrated to
day. . Chancery Court Clerk George K.
Wfaitworth shot and instantly killed
Chancellor Andrews S. Allison in the
upper hallway of the courthouse in tbis
city at about 12:45 p. m. He fired both
barrels of a shotgun- loaded with buckshot,
and- about twenty-two. of the shot took
effect iii the breast and .side of tbe Chan
cellor, who fell near the stair ay, gasped
once or twice and died. : •-*.-
Only one "man, Joseph H. Acklen, saw
tbe tragedy; The chancellor had just ad
journed his court ami '.left the room, en
' tered the hall and. was about to descend
the steps. \Whitewortb,who was the re.said,
*'Oh, Judge," -and as be" turned fired at
him. 'Acklen' rushed toward the chan
cellor, and as he did 60 heard two shots
from' behind.* Turning he saw that White-
Worth had shot himself with a pistol.
.-After,' the first firing. Deputy Clerk West
ran from bis room into the hall and saw
Wbiteworth. shoot himself the first time.
. He called to him. . and - - White worth told,
him to stand off and backed away from
him, preparing to shoot himself again.
5 West grappled with bun, biit too late, and
J the second s* ot was fired, both taking effect
• Id the left sidie.
•Wbiteworth was perfectly cool during;
and alter the affair and expressed no re
gret, but desired to know if be had killed
his man, stating' that no man who had
• treated him as Allison had Cuuld live in
the same county with him. v..
J. .The body of- the dead chancellor was
removed to his home and hiteworth
.w as .'taken _to bis. Wbiteworth is still
j alive, but is sinking rat idly, and bis death
. is expected in the morning.
. It was believed during the afternoon that
Wbitwoi'th 'killed the Chancellor because
he refused to reappoint him. but the facts
developed do not sustain this theory.
From men familiar with the transactions
between the two it is learned that the
cause of the- tragedy was the failure §t
-Allison to Brittle or secure a large sum due
from bim to VViHiwuriii for money loaned,
said, to he about 825,009.
For' several weeks efforts have been
made by W'hitewortb to secure a settle
ment, but without success. Finally arbi
'- tors- were appointed— Samuel J. Keith,
'.banter, representing Whitewortb and T.
; M. Steige'r, a leading lawyer, acting for
.Allison. For- some days they have been
• trying to bring about a satisfactory settle
. ment, and to-day- Wbltew- rth was in
formed that they cou'd accomplish nothing.
The shooting followed. ..
List Sunday it was announced that
Whiteworth would not. succeed himself,
and it was feared trouble would result
Ijh mediately, by some, but as the days
passed and nothing happened, the entire
city was - damfiiiinded when the. news
• spread abroad "that the chancellor had
been killed by his clerk.
Chancellor Allison was about 52 years, of
age aod bad jus; begun his second term of
. eii'ht years, having been re-elected in Aug
.-. ust last. George K. Whitewonh was about
42 years of age aud w.as an active Demo
.•eralie politician.
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NOT IN POLITICS*
Archbishop Corrigan Refutes a Sense
less Canard.
New Yohk. Nov. 14.— Archbishop Cor
rigau to-day dictated the following mes
sage in regard to the -charges made by Mr.
Yroo'man, published in a Baltimore mora-
. me pacer:
• I beg to say the statements of Walter Vrqp
. man, as fSr as tliey relate to me, are unmiti
gated falsehoods.
First— l knew absolutely nothing or the ad
vice given to voters by the junior clergy of the
Church of the -Sacred Heart In this ciiy
Until I read, it la the newspapers. Neither
by word, letter nor in any other way
"directly or Indirectly do I "exhort" much less
i 'force" priests of this or of any other diocese to
offer any advice to their parishioners reeaidlng
• the election.
Secondly— l have not now and never had any
affiliation with Tammany Hall nor any other
; political organization In this city. lain, dear
sir, respectfully yours, H. a. Corrigan.
HmM ♦
SOUTHERN FOREST FIRES.
A Number of Negroes Have Been
Burned to Death.
"Memphis, Term., Nov. 14.— The forest
fires which are now raging in Arkansas
and in parts of Shelby County caused the
burning of three negro shanties near Mill
lington, Term., last week, and probably
the death, of a- negress, ntmed Fanny
Woods. It is thought she will die.
Another casualty occurred on Mrs. W.
P. Yerkes' plantation, about four, miles
from Millington, on last Thursday even
ing. A negro baby, the child of one Pitt
Rhea, was playing near the fire when her
. dress became ignited and before any one
could reach her she was burned so badly
that she died a few hours later.
It is reported that five bodies, thought
' to be those of a bunting party, bave been
found in St.. Francis bottom in Arkansas,
opposite Memphis;
Fires have broken out ln the Nonconnnh
bottom, just south of Memphis.
**
ROSEBERY ON THE LORDS.
It Is Believed That iie Will Appeal
"/ to the Country. '
- London, Nov. 15.— Speaking al Glasgow
last night Lord Rosebery stated that the
Liberal programme would include Scotch
and Welsh disestablishment.,*..
He declared that be did not despair of
solving the ' problem wh eh America,
Trance, Austria and Hungary: had solved.
This reference to the House of Lords is
'variously interpreted.
, The Times, in a leader, says it thinks it
The Morning Call.
indicates thai nothing will be done prior
to an appeal to the country.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Members of Congress Pledged to Aid
the Enterprise.
Bai.timoke. ' .Nor. 14.— The Manufac
turers' Record- of this week will publish
special letters from a large number of
United States Senators and Congressmen,
giving tneir views on whether the Govern
ment should give financial aid to secure
the early construction of the Nicaragua
canal. The letters are probably equally
divided between the Democrats and Be
publicans. Senator '■ Sherman of Ohio
writes that he is thoroughly committed to
the construction of the Nicaraguan canal,
and emphasizes the report made to the
Senate in favor of Government aid.
Senator Walsu of Georgia says the
Nicaragua canal is the greatest enterprise
before the business world. He believes
it .should be built and controlled by the
United States Government; that it would
open new markets for our products, the
field, the mine and the factory; and would
enable us to compete successfully with
European nations for the trade of Span
ish-American countries and the countries
of the Or ent.
Hon. William B. Allison of lowa, Hon.
C. H. Gro*"venor of Ohio, Hon. George D.
Wise of Virginia, Hon. Alexander Mac-
Dowell of Pennsylvania, and Hon. W. M.
Curtis of New York also write in a similar
■•train, each urging the importance of the
enterprise to thp United States.
BALKED THE BANDITS.
Bill Cook's Men Found the Ex
press-Car Guarded.
Then They Went Back and Took
What the Passengers Would
. Give Them.
Kansas City, Nov. 14.— The Missouri.
Kansas and Texas train No. 12, held up at
Muskogee, Ind. T., last niglt, has arrived
here. The two Wagner cars look as If
they bad' been through a battle. The
bandits intimidated tbe passengers by
firing through the windows. The robbers
secured over $500 and about forty watches
and other articles of jewelry The Wag
ner conductor and train conductor were
each relieved of a little over $40 each.
The express-car was being protected by
four armed guards when it was stepped,
and they opened fire at once, driving the
bandits back. The robbers consulted a
few moments and withdrew to the rear of
the train. The trainmen thought they
were well rid of the robbers when firing
began on the Wagner cars.
Wagner Car Company Conductor Mur
phy was given a gunny sack by tbe
(.audits, and compelled to walk ahead of
them. Two robbers followed behind with
leveled guns. The passengers were re
quired' to divest themselves of money and
jewels, and drop them .Into tbe sack.
They were lenient about it, notdemandin g
a showdown from anybody, bat appear
ing satisfied when the passenger dropped
the first roll he had bis bands on. The
Wagner passengers were all in their
berths, and the car was quite dark. The
robbers ordered more lgbt, and made
Murphy do the talking necessary to con
vince the passengers that they bad better
give up. The passengers in the day
coaches were not molested.
S'-me of the victims were: W. E. Hughes
of Kansas Ciiy, gold watrh and 810; Bert
Wilkins of Omaha, on bis way from San
Antoni**, ?18; W. Springer. Dallas, Texas
cold watch, worth $75, a double gold chain,
a diamond locket and $10 in cash ; J. Can
non of St. Louis, conductor of the .sleeper
"Nina," gave up ?30 in cash; S. K. Bullard
of Sedalia, Mo., superintendent of tele
graph of the If. K. and T., gave up a $75
watch and SIS In cash.
Washington, Nov. 14. — The Indian
Office has received a telegram from Agent
Wisdom at Muskogee, I. T.. giving a brief
account of the train hold-up by tbe Cook
gang:. He called attention to bis former
requests that troops be sent into the Terri
tory, and states that the people are unable
to protect either their lieves or property.
It having been decided tbat troops cannot
legitimately be sent into the Territory, the
matter must remain with the Department
of Justice.
HANDLING THE MAILS.
Some Suggested Improvements in
Cities.
Washington, Nov. 14.— Owing to the
illness of Second Assistant Postmaster-
General NeilsoD, the report of his office Is
made by George F. Stone, wbo is acting in
bis stead. The report deals with that
branch of tbe postal service which looks
alter mail transportation. For the star
route service it is shown that ther* are
19.375 routes, with an aggregate length of
251.587 miles, and the total of miles traveled
i-> 113,570,338. at an expenses of 55,846.856,
with an estimate for next year of $5,875,
--000. Consideration is being given the
feasibility of utilizing electric and other
rapid-motor streetcar lines to facilitate the
transportation of mails in the Important
cities between main nostoffices and branch
offices, and to and from main stations. A
plan of this kind will be probably included
in the running of special cars of street lines
for the exclusive use of the mail service,
not only for carrying locked pouches, Out in
which a certain amouut of distribution
will be possible. Of couisejsuch an ar
rangement could be effected only by the
hearty co-operation of the street-car com
panies with the department for the Im
provement of the service. This office hopes
to accomplish some such substantial result
in the dicertion indicated within the next
year.
Th. cost of the railway mail service was
£3.212,356. and the estimate for uext year
is $3,205,000. Railway postoffice clerks
cost £6,878,194, and ihe estima for next
year l*. $7,333,000. The total. number of
pieces of " mail handled was 10,532,234 255
in which but 1,281.094 errors were made!
The foreign mail service cost $1,239,362!
and the estimate for next year is $1,919,400*
GOING TO LIBERIA.
Negroes Preparing to Leave the South
ir Oreat Numbers.
New York, Nov. 14.— The White Star
liner Adriatic took in her steerage a party
of " twenty colored -people bound for
Liberia. This is a' Hying column from the
army of 4000 negroes that is sail to be
gathered in the Southern seaports await
ing means of deportation.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1894.
GOLD FOR BONDS.
Bankers Ready to Put Up
Freely.
EVEN ' EUROPE IS ANXIOUS,
So Good Is the Credit of Uncle
sam.
PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT.
Secretary Carlisle's Circular Will
Probably Insure the Unlocking
of Many Secret hoards.
New York, Nov. 14.— 1t is believed that
the largest subscribers to the new Govern
ment loau will be Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
tbe United States Trust Company, J. ami
W. Seligman, Brown Bros., Ktihne, Loeb
& Co., the Union Trust Company and
Speyer & Co., some of whom will act as
agents of English and German financial
Institutions.
John A. Stewart, president of the United
States Trust Company, said to-day: "The
circular asking for bids issued by Secretary
Carlisle protects the Government. The
Government will not have to pay one cent
more than 3 per cent for the money, lv
my opinion no subscription will be re
ceived the maker of which cannot pay for
the bonds in gold not previously with
drawn from the treasury."
A leading bank president said to-day:
"If the banks are to pay for tbe bonds it
will take all their gold, while if gold is to
be imported for the purpose rates of ex
change will be reduced materially. The
trust companies probably have a great
deal of gold in their vaults."
Washington, Nov. 14.— The Chief of
the Loan and Currency divisions of the
Treasury Department to-day sent a large
number of blank forms for the use of per
sons desiring to make b'ds for the new 5
percent loan. The lequirement in Secre
tary Carlisle's circular that bidders should
pay 20 per cent in gold coin or gold certifi
cates immediately on receipt of the notice
of acceptance of their bids was explained
to-day by Assistant Secretary Curtis. Sev
eral parties who made bids at tho time of
tbe last issue failed to make their
bids good, while others, who were
not regarded as responsible, made bids
and when they were rejected made com
plaints of their treatment. Mr. Curtis
said the requirements in this circular were
to get rid of these classes of bidders. It
is stated tbat bids bave already been re
ceived at- the treasury by telegraph, but
no attention will be paid to em. All
bidds received by telegraph, or otherwise
than stated, will be treated as irregular
and no attention .will bo paid to them.'.
London, Nov. 14— United States
loan of 850,000,000 is hunted after every
where by financiers desirous of taking a
portion of it. The stock market would be
only too pleased to take any amount. The
Rothschilds have cabled tbe Belmont
banking-house to sub-tribe to the new
loan promptly in their name.
CLEVELAND AND CARLISLE.
The President Has a Fling at the
Newspapers.
• Washington, Nov. 14.— The attention
of tbe President was called to-day to the
statement contained in certain newspapers
to the effect that there had been a dis
agreement between him and Mr. Carlisle
in regard to the issue ql bonds and other
matters and intimating that such disagree
ments might result in the Secretary's re
tirement from the Cabinet. The President
emphatically denied tbe entire batch of
statements and said:
•'Never since our association together
have there been the slightest unpleasant
ness or differences concerning me nffaira
of the Treasury Department or any other
matter. I have every reason to be
lieve bis attachment to me is as sin
cere aud great as mine is for him. I
should be much afflicted if anything
should cause him to entertain the thought
of giving up his position, where he is do
ing .so much for his country. We have
agreed exactly as to the Issue of bonds,
and there has been no backwardness on
bis pact on that subject. I see It
is said I am formulating a financial
scheme. If such a scheme is presented it
will be the work of the Secretary ot the
Treasury, and I shall Indorse and support
it. The trouble seems to be that those
charged with the executive duties of the
Government do not appear willing at all
times to take counsel of tbe newspapers,
and make public all they Intend to do."
HAMLIN WILL ACT.
Merely a Scheme to Relieve Secre-
tary Carlisle.
Washington, Nov. 14.— There is noth
ing sensational In tbe statement lhat
Assistant Secretary Hamlin bas been
designated by the President to act for the
coming six months as Secretary of tbe
Treasury in the absence of Secretary
Carlisle from the department.
The designation of Mr. Hamlin to act as
Secretary is in continuation of a custom
which has prevailed in the Treasury De
partment ever since Mr. Carlisle h.-r* been
Secretary. Each of the three assistants
serve in their capacliy for half a year
in rotation, and as the acting Seer, tary
they sign all papers of a routine character,
thus relieving the Secretary from
this onerous duty. This official des
ignation is '. quite necessary ' un
der the law, which requires certain
'specified papers shall be signed by the
Secretary or an acting Secretary. The
Secretary does not contemplate leaving
Washington, but much of his time for the
next two weeks; will be devoted to the
preparation of bis annual report
ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION.
Two Men Receive Serious Injuries
in a Quarry.
Marshfiei.d. Or.*, Nov. 14.— James C.
West and Terry Dolan were badly burned
to-day by the explosion of thirty-seven
kegs of black powder at tlie Government
rock quarry.: They were preparing 'to
shoot 300 kegs of powder when the thirty
seven were accidentally ignited.
I > Inn was brought :to town this even
ing, and is now in the Receiving Hospital.
West's injuries are slight, but Dolan Is in
a precarious condition. ..This is 'the third
explosion tint bas happened at the
quarry. _ " .
MARINERS SAVED.
The Crew of the Bark Torquato
Brought to Port.
New York, Nov. 14.— British bark
Kate F. Troop, Captain Smith, which ar
rived to-day from Singapore, brought
saft-ly to port the captain and crew of the
Italian bark Torquat', of Castelmar, aban
doned nt sea November 7 in a sinking con-
dition. Captain Tranpani, of the lost ves
sel, rep-red that lie sailed from Genoa
August 18 for Now York with a cargo ol
marble and rags. The vessel experienced
ateries uf heavy gales soon after passing
through! the Sira.t of Gibraltar. Bad
weather continued, and on the morning of
October "2(, the wind suddenly shifted to
the southeast, gradually increasing in
fury. At 7A. m. it blew a hurricane, last
ing for several hours, and the little bark
sprang a leak. It was very evident that
the vessel was doomed. Signals of dis
tress were hoisted daily.. The crew kept
faithfully at the rutin c, and, just as they
were despairing of rescue, on the morning
<tl November 7, then in latitude 33 deg. 23
mm., longitude 70, deg 40 mm., a sail was
sighted to leeward. She proved to be the
Briiish bark Kate F. Troop. Captain
Smith had just previously observed the
distressed vessel's tignal. All were taken
abnard the Troop, and she continued on
her voyage, Besides the crew and Cap
tain Tranpani there was also the captain's
brother, who was a passenger and bailed
from CasMmar.
WANTS MORE MONEY.
Cleveland to Try and Reform
the Currency.
Still There Is No Hint That He Will
■ Recommend the Use of
Silver.
Washington, Nov. 14.— 1t Is reported
that Cleveland's forthcoming message
will deal almost altogether if not ex
clusively with tbe money question.
During bis first term the Preside *t pri
vately expressed himself in favor of a
proposition to repeal the tax on State
Banks and revive the State Bmk cur
rency. He now bas a scheme for an in-
II ition of the currency through the
National Banks, confining the right of
issue to banks under Federal supervision.
In a- general way it is supposed that he
will favor a National Bank currency based
on other accepted securities besides
Government bonds. The President is said
to be convinced that the existing currency
system is iv need of some radical change.
The Secretary of the Treasury has been
informed that the present currency ot
British Honduras wis demonetized .on
October 25, lvu. Tbe demonetized poms
will be redeemed at the rate of. 50 ..cents
of the new currr Jcy-Tor eji'. dollar of the
demonetized currency. Gold dollars will
hereafter be the standard coin of Hon
duras. Hitherto the currency .has-been
the silver coins of Central and i South
America. The effect of this action, there
lore, is the demonetization of silver, '"a
New Yor.K, Nov. 14.— 1t is reported here
that the President is considering the Idea
of submitting to the country a plan lor
currency reform. He believes that the
currency system is inherently v clous, that
it is responsible for the financial ills which
must recur so long as it is maintained.
Satisfied with this diagnosis, be will un
doubtedly prescribe ■ remedy calculated
to give the finances permanent tie It li, be
lieving possibly that this can be done only
by planting the present system. Toe
subject will be the deminant feature in his
message to Congress in December. It Is
said be will favor many of tbe suggestions
made by the banker*' national convention
nt Baltimore in September.
LEXOW STANDS FIRM.
Will Not Make Any Compromise
With Tammany.
New sToi.it. Nov. 14.— Senator Lexow
denied to-day that an agreement had been
made between Tammany office-holders
and T. C. Piatt that if the holders wonld
agree to resign January 1 all further in
vestigation would be discontinued.
At a meeting to-day of the Board of
Trade and Transportation this resolution
was passed :
Resolved, That the New York Board of Trade
and Transportation believes the police force of
the ciiy of New York should be divorced from
all political control and that It should be con
stituted on some such basis as the army of the
United state* or tbe militia of tbe State of
New York, witb a commander-in-chief and all
grades of officers who shall rise from the
ranks; tbat provision should be made for court
martial and for appointments to tbe torce by
tbe strictest civil-service rules, with promotions
based on a civil seivlce examination, and this
according to tbe worth of the applicant.
FOUGHT A DRAW.
Two Bruisers Pound Each Other
Without Results.
Los Akgei.es, Nov. 14.— A very spir
ited glove contest took place at the Los
Angeles Athletic Club to-r.ight between
Billy Gallagher of San Francisco and Joe
Cotton, colored. ...jy.;-y-
It was announced that the contest
would be a fifteen-round "go" for points,
but the referee was unable to decide
upon the merits of the men in that
number of rounds ; additional rounds were
ordered to the number of thirty-five with
out a decision in either man's favor, the
contest being declared a draw.
Gallngher had much the best of the
fight until the twenty-fifth round, when be
broke bis right hand, making him unfit for
active fighting thereafter.
ARKANSAS AMENITIES.
The Parties to the Feud Are All Re-
spectable Farmers.
St. Louis. Nov. 14.— A special to the
Republic from Van Buran, Ark., says:
One of the most bloody battles
fought here since tbe war occurred
this morning: between the La Rues and
Johns, and as a result John Jones is dead
and Ben La Rue has a Winchester ball
through him and cannot recover. The
Johns are armed to tbe teeth: and re pur
suing the La Rues, who are trying to get
here to surrender. ' - y. -
' Depnty Sheriff , Boyd, who arrested Bob
La Rue, was bushwhacked while trying
to bring him in, ane hod to retreat and
jail bim to-night after a bard day's cir
cuitous route. They are all farmers In
good .circumstances, and, the killing was
tbe result of an old feud.
GOOD AND EVIL.
Mixed Power of Sunday
Newspapers.
DIVINES DO NOT AGREE.
Questions of the Expediency of
Such Publications.
DANA THINKS ALL ARE BAD,
While Robert Holland Says the
Sunday Newspaper Is the Best
of Newspapers.
Boston, Nov. 14.— "The Sunday .Mews
papers" was the topic which engaged the
attention of a large attendance at the
session of the Episcopal Church congress
at Music Hall this evening. Bishop Law
rence presided.
The first speaker introduced was Rev.
Robert A. Holland, D.D.. of St. Lmis.
(Ie said in substance that Sunday news
papers were as diverse as their number
and no word that characterized one would
exactly describe another. In a masterly
manner he showed bow the newspaper of
the present day was a searchlight thrown
into every hiding-place.
"Its condemnation turns crowns to
death caps. Many a rich scamp fears it
who does not tear the civil laws. He
knows no', the day nor the hour when
upon some Mason, some orgie, some swin
dling, the newspaper will come as a
•thief in the night' and atrip off his false
reputation and wrap him In shame tbat
will burn the very flesh from his bones.
Vir'ue does feats, and whenever its deeds
are featly the newspaper notes them as
worthy of the world's eye.
"What of the day in the seven called the
day of rest? Shall the world's conscious
ness sleep then or be more than ever
awake ? For myself, I must bold in truth
to its day — a day of sun, and more ob
servance of it tg be holiest which is sunny,
must alive with light: Because it is a holy
day, it is also a holiday. It bids men
feast, not fast. The Sunday newspaper,
without detaining the few wbo seek the
highest heaven, saves millions of p*or
souls from listless stupor or ignorant
pastimes by draw tbeir interest in the
world's daily life to an ampler reading
than work days permit. It is their one
book, t 'etr museum, their art gallery."
Rev. George Curry, D.D., presented tbe
next paper. He said in part: "It goes
without saying that the secular newspa-
is on- of our most important Institu
tions. It is necessary to the present type
of civilization. It is thus indispensable to
free government. It Is so much so tbat
yon may safely say it at it is a quasi-divine
institution. Yet the Sunday paper occu
pies us with our day's Interest. It opens
tbe stores for us and puts us in the midst
of the markets and takes us frequently in
column after column through scenes of
sin and horror. j
"It is hard to see how people can justify
the Immediate prefacing their prayers and
their holy communion by partaking an
hour before of tbe world, the flesh and the
devil through the columns of the Sunday
.aper."
Rev. Alexander McKay Smith of Wash
ington then spoke, and Richard B. Dana,
the next speaker, to 'support bis claim as
to the Heedlessness of Sunday newspapers,
used tbe summary of a particular news
paper show the matter provide! for tbe
edification of its readers. Hes-tid:
For purposes of comparison, Mr. Dana said
he Dad obtained twemy-oue paper** trom tbe
cltie** of Bosiou, New York, I'hiladelpbia, Bal
timore. Chicago, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Louis
ville and San Jrauclico. . What first impressed
him was the size of ibese journals, the average
of them being In readme mutter alone equal to
one and a half limes ibe contents of the New
Testament.
The illustrations of the papers were for the
most part crude and inartistic. The moral
effect of five or them was bail and two very
doubtful. Many of the comic pictures relied
oo vulgarity for their wit. Only two papers
out of me twenty-one bad anything like a seri
ous bit of church reading. One of these had
two columns and a half headed "Church Cir
cles," containing au original hymn, a short
prayer or collect, and an address, and a very
good one, too, on bravery. This constituted
about one-thousandth part of the paper.
The characteristic of the Sunday papers Mr.
Dana bad examined was a belittling of sub
jects treated as If . to. bring them down to tbe
Intelligence of Inferior minds. There were un
doubtedly articles here and there on Interest
ing topics of the .day and occasionally well
treated articles were seen, but in most papers
these were a small part of the whole and many
a reader trying to confine his attention to the
best articles alone would find himself led Into
reading many things to the loss of his time,
brains and menial self-respect.
Then, too. tbe man who takes the Sunday
paper, just for the purpose of glancing at a few
Items must remember that be is tatting It Into
Ms home, with the Illustrations, headlines ami
alluring stories. Tbe weekday paper is usually
read on the way to or from (he office or store;
but the Sunday paper is read in tbe home.
In concluding, Mr Dana said:
So far I bave spoken of the Sunday paper
only as It Is at preseut. As to wbat it might be
made lo the future. If the millions of papers
taken Into millions of families on Sundays
could give the news In a abort and dignified
manner, with some well-thought-out discussion
of tbe interesting topics of tbe iUv, stories of
good stylo and elevatiug tendency, adapted
to the general reader, helpful litera
ture and suggestions for reading, good
poe'lry and a fair variety of wbat is at least not
bai ur ana altogether about one-third the
present length, then, though I believe most of
us would be better without It, still It would be
a great Improvement over tbe present state of
affairs and perhaps In some families would pos
sibly be a real benefit. The present condition
of the papers Is lowering, not elevating. Every
foreigner coming to this country observes tbe
fact, and every true man, be *be American or
foreign born, laments it. . *
Rev. Harry P. Nichols of Minneapolis
championed the cause of the Sunday news
papers in an able manner, and Rev. W.
Klrkus, D.D., of Jersey City, was the clos
ing speaker, and in a humorous manner
criticized the speakers who had spoken
against the Sunday newspaper.
To-morrow morning's session will be de
voted to a discussion of religious orders
in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
AHEAD OF TIME.
Shoemaker and Brown Doing Well
on Their Record Attempt.
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--. Riverside, Nov. 14.— Carson Sboomaker
and W. E. Scott started at 3:30 p. M.' to-day
in an attempt to beat the world's twenty
fnur-houi bicycle record. The weather is
at bpst for breaking records and the men
are in fine form. At the ed of forty-four
miles both men were ahead of tbe record
by thirty-two minutes. v*'•■':%..u *'•■':%..
LOST IN THE LAKE.
The Schooner John Shaw Will Give
Union Men No More Trouble.
Chicago, Nov. 14.— The schooner John
Shaw, Captain Gustafson, bound from
Buffi-lo to Chicago with coal, was aban
doned off Au Sable, Lake Huron, late yes
terday. Owing to the gale the crew was
saved with great difficulty. The schooner
was well known owing to the fight of the
seamen's union against her owner, John
Shaw. In former days she never left port
except when heavily armed, her non-union
crew baying been frequently assaulted by
union sailors
The schooner became water-logged yes
terday, and after fruitless efforts to reach
the shore the captain and his crew of seven
men took refuge in the yawl and put away
in the blinding snowstorm. They were
unable to make much headway, and, half
frozen, had given up hope of rescue when
the steamer H. £. Runnels sighted the
yawl. The benumbed men were taken to
Sault Ste. Marie and all will probably re
cover. The Sbaw has undoubtedly gone to
the bottom. .-. '„- j/yif
IRISHMEN FREE.
1 Bound to No Party in the English
Parliament. ■-.-.; yy.
Dublin, Nov. 14.— At a meeting of the
Central Br-nch of the National Federa
tion this afternoon Justin McCarthy said
i' was not true that the Irish Parliamen
tary party had ever pledged itself to any
English government. They were as free as
ever to declare their own terms and to
break from any government refusing to
recognize the full claims of the Irish peo
ple, whoever went out or came into offi c.
They would put In the present govern
ment again after dissolution if It did what
the Irish wanted. Although it was scarcely
possible that the Tory government would
be returned, yet, if it were, the Irish mem
bers would reduce it to a failure if it did
not listen to the Irish demands. They
were the balance of power on either side.
GOOD CHOCTAW BEER
At the Root of Trouble in the
Indian Country.
Worse Even Than That, However, Is
the Land Greed of White
Squawmen.
Washington*, Nov. 14.— The annual re
port of ludian Agent Wisdom, at Musko
gee, I. T., to the Indian Office, throws
considerable light upon tbe conditions in
the Territory which bave resulted in
troubles' of considerable moment in the
Indian country, such .as the reigu of ter
ror caused by bands, of robbers and ma
rauders. He points out in the first place
the necessity of the enlargement of the
courts ■in : the Indian Territory, saying:
"Sine** the act of March 1, 1889, establish
ing a Federal court in the Indian Terri
tory, there has been no special legislation
by Congress extending its jurisdiction or
increasing the number of judges."
As one of the evils to be eradicated Mr.
Wisdom singles out land-grabbing. The
Indian is satisfied with a small, tract of
land, but those who have intermarried
with Indian women have fenced in and
apportioned to tbeir own use thousands of
acres. The land is held in common. He
says: "The Indians are reluctant to break
up their tribal relations aud to assume the
status of United States citizens with at
tending responsibilities. If lam not mis
taken, howevei, the consensus of opinion
among the Indians is that some change is
inevitable, and that, too, in the near
future" y-y'i
Mr. Wisdom has something to say about
a beverage known as "Cboctaw beer."
He says: "Good Choctaw beer, a drink
compounded of barley, bops, tobacco, fish
berries and a small amount of alcohol, is
manufactured without stint in many por
tions of the agency. It is certain that its
sale is a fruitful source of evil, disorder
and crime." . liy.]
He advises legislation for tbe suppres
sion of this traffic.
A HUMAN FIEND.
Poisoner Salter Boasts of Ruining
Families. .fiyi:
San Bernardino, Nov. 14.— 1n the
case of baiter to-day, charged with poison
ing S. W. Barnes with arsenic and with
misleading Barnes' wife, it came out on
the witness-stand that Salter had boasted
of ruining two or three families before he
met Barnes.
The officers are hot on the trail with
every prospect of discovering two other
victims of Salter's poisoning methods. It
will probably become necessary to disinter
the bodies of the deceased persons to bold
an autopsy.
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FOUR WORTHLESS ' LOTS.
Yet a Man Sold Them Several
Times and Made Money.
San Jose, Nov. 14.— 1t has transpired
that a man named C.A.Heidelberg, who
was the owner ot fonr lots in the townsite
of New Chicago at Port Alviso of the value
of $5 each, has been about the State selling
the lots over and over again to different
parties and has realized large sums. Nu
merous deeds have been sent to Recorder
Owen to be placed on record and the vic
tim have been informed of the state of
affairs.
LYING IN STATE.
Russians Wept When They Looked
at the Dead Czar's Face.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 14.—Through
out tbe whole day, with .the exception of
members of the imperial family who were
attending religious services in the cath
edral, there was an unceasing flow to the
cathedral for the purpose of taking a last
look at the remains of the late Czar. A
great many of the people wept as they
passed the coffin. ' _ ' :- v *: A?' :
McCoy Resigns.
Washington, Nov. 14.— James McCoy,
special agent of the Treasury Department,
whose work in the Liebes tobacco fraud
case was highly commended by the depart
ment, has /tendered his resignation. Mr.
McCoy has been stationed in California,
but his family Is on this coast, and his
resign was tendered in order that he
might rejoin them.
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ONE MORE ERROR.
Gresham's Hand in the
Orient.
IT WAS NOT HIS PLAY.
Neither China Nor Japan De-
siring Mediation.
EUROPE MADE HIM A CATSPAW.
It Would Seem That President
Cleveland's Secretary Could Do
No Worse Than This.
Washington, Nov. 14.— 1t is stated her.c
in official circles that Japan has not yet
accepted the invitation of the United
States to submit the question of peace
with China to American mediation. While
the statement is probably literally correct
there is reason to believe that Japan has
requested, as a preliminary to action upon
our invitation, that she b« informed ex
plicitly just what terms China has to pro "
pose as a basis of a treaty of peace. Up
to this time China has not submited any
definite proposals, so that the delay ap
pears to be rather on her part than on the
part of Japan. It could not fairly be ex
pected that the Japanese would halt in
their triumphant march and, perhaps,
afford their opponents a very potent op
portunity to rally from their disorganized
condition unless Japan is furnished with
some satisfactory proposition by China
that may be binding beyond question
upon tbe latter. No such satisfactory
proposition has yet been made by China,
but on the contrary tbe Chinese tenders so
far have been on a basis that could not be
accepted with safety and cousistency by
Japan.
For instance, a Chinese proposition was
thai Korea be evacuated by both Chinese
and Japanese troops', Inasmuch as the
principal cause of the war was Japan's
contention that the entire Korean admin
istrative and financial system must be re
formed on modem lines and that Japan
must undertake the task, a temporary oc
cupation of the country at least by Japan
was a necessary condition. And condi
tioning that Japanese troops • evacuate
China immediately would also violate all
precedent, for it is custom in such cases
for tbe victorious nation to remain In
possession of the captured territory as a
pledge until the payment of the war in
demnity. After the Franco-Prussian war
tlie German forces thus held Belfort and
other French fortresses until the' enor
mous war indemnity of $1,000,000,000 had
been paid to Germany.
But disregarding these points of differ
ence it is becoming more evident that the
interference , of European powers is a
stumbling block in the way of a settle
ment of the war through the mediation of
the United States, nearly all having in
terests in the East, which they regard as
paramount to our own. An official who
has given much attention to the subject is
of the opinion that Russia will never con
sent to anything which looks like an in
definite occupation of Korea by Japan,
unless she is herself allowed to take pos
session of a portion in Korea for the east
ern terminus of the Siberian Railway.
France is reported to have demanded a
coaling station on the Island of Formosa,
and Great Britain bas teacbed out for the
Island of Chusan.
The Star says there is a growing impres
sion in diplomatic circles that the admin
istration has at least been premature, if,
indeed, it has not committed a grave diplo
matic blunder, in its negotiations for a
settlement of the war between China and
Japan. This Government is on tbe friend
liest footing with both nations, and Is gen
erally supposed to have no preference for
either as against the other. It certainly
has no special interest in the issue of their
present contention. Yet without any so
licitation on the part of one aud without
direct solicitation on the part of the other
combatant it has undertaken to interrupt
the progress of their military operations
by an offer to mediate, and, what aggra
vates the case, it has been led to this
course of action at the instance of Euro
pean nations having direct interest in the
matter. England, France, Germany and
Russia are vitally concerned in the result
of the war, but the interests of the United
Stales are not likely to be affected by the
outcome .one way or the other. This
country occupies the position of an en
tirely * neutral spectator. The Japanese
victories affect us no more than would
similar victories by the Chinese hosts, and
while there may be reasons why Euro
pean nations, should interfere it is
said tbat there . are none . that have
been advanced so far that justify
tbe United States in indicating that the
contest has gone far enough, and that tbe
time has come for a cessation of hostili
ties. Japan bas been uniformly victo
rious ,in her engagement with the Ce
lestials, and has attained a supremacy that
practically enables her to dictate terms to
her adversary. The question, has arisen
as to the right of tbe United States, an
entirely disinterested country, to Intimate
that Japan shall go no further in her con
quests, or tbat she shall be placed upon
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