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VOLUME LXXVI.-NO. 169.
BEAT THE JAPS.
Victories Won by the
Chinese.
REPULSE AT MALIEN LUNG.
Two Attacks Failed to Carry
the Place.
YON HENNEKIN IN COMAIAND.
The German Colonel's Word Will Be
Law in the Navy of
China.
Loxrox. Xov. 15.— The Times to-mor
row will publish a dispatch from Tientsin
saying General Xieh reports that he was
attacked at Malien Lung on Xovember 11
by the Japanese troops and that he suc
ceeded in repulsing them. The Chinese
general adds that the Japanese made a
flMond attack upon the position be occu
pied on Xovember 12, but it appears they
were again repulsed and tee Chines* pur
eued them toward Fungh Wang, which
place General Xieh expected to reach soon
after sending hi* report. The similarity
between this reported defeat of the Japa
nese and the defeat they are said to dbvb
sustained at Molien on the road to Pe
king lends an air of truth to the stories of
defeat sustained by the invaders on Chi
nese soil.
Tikxtsix, Xot. 15.— The whereabouts of
the Chioese army defeated at Eiu Lien
Ching is unknown here.
Colonel yon Hennekin has been eiven
supreme command of the Chinese navy.
Chinese reports from Port Arthur say
the Japanese have not yet captured Tallen
Wan. The tiro forts there are still hold
ing out, and in siite of desperate fighting
the assaults of the enemy have been re
pulsed. From the same source it is stated
that the Japanese are far from capturing
Port Arthur, whose defenses have been
greatly strengthened, and it is likely the
place will offer a determined resistance.
It is also reported that a portion of Gen
eral bung's army has recaptured Kin-
Chow, and that the Japanese have been
driven out of Motien, on the road to
Peking, by the Chinese, who afterward
pursued tnem several miles.
Yokohama, Xov. 15. — .Newspapers here
resent Great Britain's offer of intervention,
which they regard as entirely a movement
in behalf of China. They add that Great
Britain's influence in the East is in
jeopardy by this offer, which wounds Japa
nese feeling.
Newspaper* say the defenses of Port
Arthur are reported stronger on the land
side than on the sea front. Fully lOOguns
are said to be in position. The Japanese
cxi.cc: that, if the Chinese make any de
fense, the assault will be bloody.
CALLED ON GRESHAM.
The Chinese Minister Goes to Visit
His Good Friend.
Washington-, Xov. 15.— The Chinese
Minister, accompanied by two of bis suite,
called on Secretary Gresham to-day. In
view of the pendency of the negotiatious
for mediation by the United States be
tween China and Japan, the call occa
sioned much comment, although the offi
cials and diplomats said it wna without
significance. Embassador Patenotre of
France met tba Minister in the diplomatic
room and had a loug and somewhat ani
mated talk with him. There is a growing
belief that while Japan has not declined
to accept the suggestion of this Govern
ment to mediiite, it has let the fact be
known tha*. Japan has not received any
direct proposition, nor has China offpred
any indemnity. This, in effect, is a nega
tive answer, unless China makes her offer
as M-ecific as Japan expects.
Representative Bellamy Storer of tbe
Committee on Foreign Affairs in the
llouse inteads presenting to Congress
when it reassembles a resolution of in
quiry as to the action of Secretary
Gresham iv suggesting to China ana
Japan that this country will act as medi
ator in the settlement of tbe present war.
The resolution when drawn will ask for
information a« te what departure, if any,
from the traditional policy of tne Govern
ment as embodied in the Monroe doctrine
is contemplated by the executive branch
in becoming a factor in Asiatic entangle
ments. Mr. Storer says he has no desire
to embarrass the executive branch in any
foreieo policy that they wish to pursue,
but as a member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs he says such a foreign
policy as is now contemplated should
pror>«rly bave tbe attention and judgment
of Congress.
JOINED THE REBELS.
Korean Soldiers Not to Be Trusted
in the South.
Chemulpo, Korea. Nov. 15.— The Ko
rean Government officials who have pro-
Japan leanings are preparing a constitu
tion which will be promulgated in 1895.
Numbers of Korean soldiers sent against
the Tong liaks have joined the rebels.
The country south of Seoul Is in a state of
great turnip
PAY OF SOLDIERS.
It Is Observed That the Men Should
Have What They Earn.
Washington, Nov. 18, — Paymaster-
General Smitn in bis annual report to tho
Secretary of War calls attention to the
fact that the soldiers' deposits have in
creased $79,582 during the year, a gratify
ing increase in view of the fact that the
deposits had been falling off in preceding
years, and of the further fact that a sol
dier with a deposit account rarely leaves
the service without an honorable dis
charge. The expenditures on account of
pay of the army show an increase of
$275,673 over the preceding year, due in
part to the fact that tne enlisted force was
more nearly kept at i's maximum limit.
The fact that the expenditures on account
of pay of volunteers was $493,653 less than
last year is taken as an indication that
these claims are being exhausted.
The pavmnster-gt- ueral questions the
beneficial effect of tha system of withhold
ing a portion of the soldier's pay until tie
is discharged. The travel allowance of
the soldier is ampin to take him home
when discharged, and it is not necessary
to withhold pay for that purpose. Any
syttem which makes a soldier a dependent
The Morning Call.
detracts from his manhood and efficiency.
Many men enlist upon being told their
ray is $14 ppr month, only to find that
through reductions on account of clothing
aud withheld pay two or three months
must elapse before th*»y can receive any
pay. They regard this as a breach of con
tract and desert. Theiefoie, it is recom
mended that the system, which is cumber-
some, complicated ana obsolete, be abol
ished.
It is also recommended that there be but
oue common pay chest, for the army, and
that al! disbursements be made through
the bonded officers of the pay corps, in
stead of being divided up between non
bonded disbursing officers, who last year
distributed half of the army apDropria
tions.
SWEARING IN RECRUITS.
Emperor William Bids His Soldiers
Also to Be Christians.
Berlin, Xov. lii.— Tbe ceremonies of
swearing in the recruits of Berlin, Char
lotlenburg, Spandau and Lichtenfeld dis
tricts occuired to-day in the Lustgarten, in
the presence of the Esuperor.
Empenr William in his address to the
recruits said : "Afttr the oath which you
hare taken to me I greet you as soldiers.
Always bear in mind that you are Chris
tians, for if we wish to be good soldiers
we must also be uood Christians. You
hare sworn to be always ready to tight for
the FatherlatiU and its well-being. You,
before all, as soldiers of my guard, having
the honor to bear the emblems of the
guard and also to perform your drilling
before mr, should never forget that with
your entry into the army you have niide t»
«t-p in advance. Lock upon the flags
floating around you with which your glor
ious country is bound up. Let them never
be insulted. Think of your oath and you
will become good soldiers. Xever forget
that you arecal ea to be tbe defenders of
the Fatherland, and that it is incumbent
upon you to protect the order and religion
of your country. Xow go and do your
duty taught you by my command."
OFFER TO UNCLE SAM
Generosity of the Union Pacific
Directors.
Government Can Take Half a Loaf
or Run the Chance of Get
ting Nothing.
Omaha, Xeb., Xov. 15.— An interesting
feature of the proposed reorganization of
the Uniou Pacific .developed to-day in con
nection with interviews with local rail
road men by Frederick Cnudert and John
W. Doaue, Government rteeivers of that
property, who passed through last night
en route East after examining the system.
Mr. Comfort expressed himself as being
favorably impressed with the Union Pacific
properties, nod thought the differences
existing between the Union Pacific, Den
ver and Gulf and the Uniou Pacific Com
pany would be adjusted to the advantage
of both companies.
Regarding the plan of reorganization for
the Union Pacific Company, as proposed
by the Government director*, he slated
that he wa§ heartily in sympathy with it,
and looked to Congress to do something
at this session that would start the ball
rolling to a final settlement of the vexed
problems. The scheme of the directors,
as reflected in this report, is to substitute
a 3 per cent blanket mortgage for the pres
ent 6 per cent mortgage soon to become
due. In other words, to pay the Govern
ment debt by a mortgage for $70,000,000
dated July 1, 1895, subjecting tha entire
system of railroads to a single mortgage,
under which will issue 3 per cent 100-year
bonds to such an amount that the accruing
interest will not exceed tho minimum
earning power, then apply the moneys and
securities in the sinking fund to the part
payment or extension of bond* which have
priority of lien over the lien of the Gov
ernment, and so on until the stock of the
company is all provided for under the new
conditions.
"Of course," said Mr. Coudert. "tbe Gov
ernment directors are well aware that no
i lan of reorganization can be carried out
without tbe approval and co-cperation of
a large majority of the holders of all
clnsses of securities. There may be some
difficulty experienced in substituting tbe
sinking fund eights for a 3 per cent bond
at 100, sis provided for in the proposed ap
plication of securities and In changing the
collateral trust Mixes to threes at 150, but,
with these exceptions, I cannot see why
tbe plan submitted is not a good one. It
i« tbe judgment of the directors that no
plan of reorganisation can be carried into
effect without complete foreclosures of the
property of the company to be reorganized,
including in such foreclosure* all of its
property held in collateral trusts."
Mr. Coudert felt hopeful that such a
scheme as pro Dosed by the directors might
be favorably acted upon in Congress, by
recognizing that tbe Government bad bet
ter be satisfied with a half loaf than with
getting nothing id the event of tbe first
mortgage bondholders beginning fore
closures upon default of tbe payment of
interest. Speaking of the second mort
gage held by ibc Government the directors
state that its lieu is imperfect and incom
plete, ana it is lor this reason impossible
to marshal the securities Intended to be
issued so as to give to the Government as
favorable a settlementas must be offered to
those holding security of a higher class.
The real question to be considered is
whether the proposition to tbe Govern
ment is a betu-r proposition and will se
cure a better return to it than U could ob
tain by resorting to a foreclosure of its
lien.
Messrs. Mink and Anderson of the re
ceivers, Mr. Boissevain aud his party, aud
General Manager Dickinson were on the
navigation company's lines to-day. The
proposition of Mr. Coudert was generally
discussed by the receivers.
CUT HER HUSBAND OFF.
Mrs. Peyton Leaves Him No Share
of Her Millions.
New York, Nov. 15.— The will of Jo
jepbiue L. Peyton, who leaves 53.100,000
and disregards her husbaad, was filed with
the Probate Court to-day. Mrs. Peyton
died on November 7. The clause cutting
off her husband reads:
lcasmucu as my husband, William K. Peyton,
lias not acted hi a manner b ■littiun a husband.
I vi* re by i< yoke aud declare null and void all
the provisions made In my will and the codicils
thereto in favor of him aud bis appointment as
executor and trustee of my estate and guardian
of my daughter. Mabel It. Sherman.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1894.
BUILDING A NAVY.
Experts on a Momentous
Subject.
AMERICANS LACK INTEREST.
Contrast With Popular Feeling
in England.
PROTECTION NEEDED FOR SHIPS
They Should Not Be Taxed When
They Receive No benefit
From Taxation.
New York, Nov. 15.— The second gen
eral meeting of fne Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers met to
day in tne rooms of the American Society
of Mecnanical Engineer-i. Clement A.
Griscomb was elected president and Wash
inutou L. Clapp, U. S. X., secretary and
treasurer. The lollowinc vice-presidents
were elected: Charles H. Cramu; Pliilip
Marchboro, U. S. N. ; Charles H. Loring,
U. S. N. (retired); R. W. Mead, U. S. X. ;
George \V. Melville. U. S. X. ; Irving M.
fcjcott. George Quintard, Francis A. Walk
er, William H. Webb and Theodore D.
Wilson, U. S. X.
"Some Suggestions of Professional Ex
perience in Connection With the Xaval
Construction of the Past Ten Tears," was
read by .Richard M. Meade, rear-admiral
U. S. X. "If 1 had my way," he said,
"not a single cruiser should be added to
the navy until at least twenty battle-ships,
100 torpedo-boats and a number of
rams were ready for service. The ves
sels least satisfactory to the practical
men of our profession are the Colum
bia, Minneapolis, Detroit and Cincin
nati. The Majestic aud Teutonic can
laugh at them for speed. As to lighting,
I doubt the superiority of the Columbia
over the American liver Sen York, suit
ably armed. Xaval opinion in the main
to-flay is that an efficicut fleet for modern
warfare should be composed of the follow
ing component parts: Armored ships for
const, defense, armored ships for harbor
defense and armored cruisers. The battery
and torpedo outfits being the heaviest, ves
sels built to rant them are necessary. Of
the rapid type of cruisers for commerce
destroyers 1 know none that better fulfil
my idea ttian the ocean liners Lncania and
Campania. These ships, in my judgment,
are the commerce-destroyers of the future."
In conclusion Admiral Meade called at
tention to the present war between Japan
and China, pointing out tlio fact mat
China, with a line fleet and incompetent
personnel, was defeated by Japan with
an inferior fleet but a trained personnel.
"If we are to have a policy." ho said,
"let us have one, for heaven's sake, that
will outlast the brief space of a Presiden
tial term."
In a paper on "Some Obstacles to Ship
Buildlnc and Owning in This Country"
George \V. Dickie of San Francisco said:
"In order that the United States may par
ticipate in ocean commerce to tbe extent to
which her own imports and exports entitle
her, there must be, first, a patriotic ambi
tion throughout the country to carry th«
products of our industry under our own
flag; second, national laws to protect and
foster our merchant marine; third, State
and municipal laws on the part of sea-girt
States and maritime cities, encouraging
ship-building and ship-owning within their
borders.
"The British Government fosters mari
time exhibitions, naval maneuvers are
carried on, and all the traditions of the
naval mercantile fleets ol England
are ma<l" part of the education of tbe
youth. How remarkable the contrast be
tween their intense loyalty to the maritime
interests of their country and ihe hopeless
apathy pievailing nrunng us even in sea
port towns. At tun launching of the battle
ship Oregou in San Francisco no Govern
ment ship was there to represent tbe navy.
Not a gun was uearJ to herald the event.
The builders, to make a decent show, had
to go around and beg the English merchant
sbips to dress up for tbe occasion.
"Quite a large number of those interested
in shipping matter* claim that as foreign
commerce can only b» prosecuted in direct
competition with all the world, Ameri
can ships built of protected material and
with protected labor represent an invested
capital so far in excess of their competi
tors that, even with other things equal, tbe
contest is too one-sided for any bope of
buccms. We ate apt to condemn sucb a
presentation of tbe subject as unpatriotic,
but it is business. We must either build
ships for the ship owner at tbe same price
as that paid for similar ships with which
he competes, or else give him- the privilege
of buying his ships where his competitor
buys his to make the struggle an equal
one. And as with material and labor at
the present rates it is impossible to meet
the European price for a merchant ship,
and it being the will of the people that
shir-building should have a protection
with engine-buildiQg or bridge-bulldiug,
the free purchase of ships abroad would
be as unjust to me sbip-builder as the free
puicbHse of engines would be to tbe en
gine-builder. It follow?, therefore, thai
the American ship-builder should from
the public purse be placed on an equal
footing with his foreign competitors.
"The constitution of the State of Cali
fornia provides that all property, real and
personal, found within the State on a cer-
tain da'.e of each year must be taxed on
its actual value nt the time. Thus, the
vessel owned and registered in San Fran
cisco and valued at $200,000 has to pay the
same city, county and State taxes as a
building on Market street valued at the
same amount Tho vessel can receive no
benefit whatever from the expenditure of
the tuxes that so materially reduce her
money-famine power."
Other papers were read as follows:
"Present status of face-hardened armor,"
by W. T. Sampson, captain and chief of
the ordnance, U. S. N. ; "Cellulose, its ap
plication to warships," M. E. Chemau of
Philadelphia; "Experience gained wuhin
our new steel ships as regaids cars and
preservation," Phillip Hichborn of the
Bureau of Construction, U. S. N.; "Th»
Uuited States triple-screw cruisers Colum
bia and Minneapolis," George W. Mel
ville, engineer-in-chief, U. S. N.
Commodore Hiehbnrn said, "it is the
stitch in time that saves nine," and then
he gave a full account of how the ueces
sary stitch in tim* should be gone about.
A plea for larger and more numerous drv
docks ended Mr. Hichborn's address. He
showed that there were no drydocks in
this country th;it could accommodate the
four large battle-ships now under course
of construction.
In his paper on "Yachts In America and
England" Lewis Nixon explained how it
was the difference in < pinion between
Americans and Englishmen regarding the
centerboard started. In conclusion Mr.
Nixon said: "The races for tbe America
cup have fostered our national pride and
kept alive an interest in yacht-racing
which will most certainly stimulate our
designers and yachtsmen to such efforts
as will always insure the keeping of the
cup on this side of the Atlantic."
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
This Country Has Been a Heavy
Loser of Gold.
Washington-, Nov. 15. — A statement
prepared at tne Bureau of Statistics shows
that tbe total va.ir- of the exports of mer
chandise rrom the United States during
October was $83,559,372, of which $82,
--291.250 was domestic and $1,267,122 was
foreign. For October. 1893, the experts
amounted to 387,675,481. The imports
during October amounted to $59,681,674. of
which $30,498,553 were free and $29,
--183,121 dutiable. The imports in Oc
tober, 1893, wer«} valued at 851,735,322,
of whicb 529.050.844 were free and
$22,654,478 dutiable. For the ten months
ended with October the exports were $660,
--1C6.C48. as against $690,987,354 for tbe cor
responding period of 1803. The Imports
for the ten months of 1894 were $563,271,016.
of which $328,573,734 were free and $234,
--097,282 wera dutiable. Tbe imports for the
oame period of 1893 were $077,060,694, of
which $357,741,503 were tree and $319,
--319.191 were dutiable.
For the ten months of 1894 the gold ex
perts were $91,002,714, and imports $18,
--598,371, as against exports of $76,789,532
and imports of $67,544,569 for tbe first ten
months of 1893. During the ten month*
of 1894 the silver exports were $39,773,554,
tbe imports $11,298,407, as against exports
of $30,877,387 and imports of $16,424,323 for
the first ten months of 1893.
SPIES OF THE DREIBUND.
This Promises to Develop Into a
' . Great Scandal, v- '
. Paris, Nov. 15.— 1n consequence of In
structions from the Minister of War, Gen
eral Mercier. an inquiry has been com
menced into a serious case of espionage.
Schoenbeck and Yon Casse), believed to
be officers in the German army serve,
and a Frenchman, whose name, baa not
been given, have been arrested. _: . ..:
The affali came to light during the in
quiry, into the charges of betraying French
plans to foreign governments, which have
been brought against Captain Albert
Dreyfus of the Fourteenth Regiment of
Artillery. At the Ministry of War it was
discovered this morning that several
documents of importance bad been ab
stracted from the places where they were
kept. These documents could not be
traced to Dreyfus and a further Inquiry
into the subject lad to th» detection- p.nd
arrest of Kchoenbeck and Yon Gassel and
disclosed the names of other accomplices.
STORMS IN ENGLAND.
Winds on the Channel Increase
in Violence.
The British Ship Culmore Foundered
and Every Soul on Board
Was Lost.
London, Nov. 15.— Stormy weather and
floods continue over the south part of
England. Tim loss to life and damage to
property is increasing greatly. At Bath,
Somersetshire, the river Avon has reached
the hlshest point of. tbe century. Thou
sands aro homeless and are being fed by
the authorities. The dispatches from
Dover say the gale is blowing with re
newed violence. Several ships have been
washed ashore. The floods In Sussex ure
increasing. Many houses at Windsor and
at Etc u nave been flooded. At Worthing,
Sussex, the bodies of seven drowned sail
ors have been washed ashore.
The British ship Culmore, Captain
Rhode, foundered sixty miles off Spurn
head, county of York, yesterday. Twenty
persons were drowned. The Culmore
registered 1039 tons. (She hailed from
Londonderry and was owned by Thomas
Dicks & Co.
Paris, Nov. 15.— SiDee the heavy storm
of Monday, which caused loss of life in
Paris and tbe provinces, the southwest
dale lias abated. No further casualities
bave been reported.
Laenic, Cyprus, Nov. 15.— The seaport
to wu of Limasol has sustained much dam
age through recent floods. Twenty-one
persons were drowned.
MURDER OF A FARMER.
Some Reason to Believe His Stepson
Is Guilty.
Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 15.— William
Gletsler was murdered near Elyria last
night in his barn, and an attempt made to
burn the barn after tho commission of the
deed by the unknown perpetrators. The
cause of the murder is unknown. Oletilei
was a well-to-do farmer, and the murder
has caused great excitement in the com
munity.
When the body was found the legs and
arms had been burned entirely off. it is
evident that a rope had been strung
around his neck. There was a bullet
hole over tbe left temple and three more
in the top of the skull, as though some
person had stood above him and shot into
his head. Gletiler's stepson, who is said
to have a bad reputation, is missing, and it
is believed be knows something about tbe
murder.
Drexel, Morgan &. Co.
New York, Nov. 15. — The firm of
Drexel, Morgan & Co. under its present
firm name will expire by limitation on
January 1, 1895, and it is understood that
tbe firm will be reorganized to continue
business under the title of J. P. Morgan &
Co. The death of Anthony J. Drexel and
J. R. Wright will necessitate changes in
the composition of the firm and a new
partner will be taken in. The London
house cf J. P. Morgan & Co. will remain
unchanged, whilf the Paris house will be
Morgan, Hurjes & Co. J. P. Morgan will
retain bis intereitlu the Philadelphia house
of Drexel & Co.
WAVES OF FLAME.
Great Timber Fires in
Colorado.
FORESTS MELTING AWAY
Before the Sweep of the Devour
ing Element.
MINING CAMPS BURNED OUT.
Hundreds of Men Out on the Hills
Fighting to Save Small
Towns.
Boulder, Colo., Nov. 15.— Fire in a saw
mill, west of the miniog-caaip of Ward,
starting last night spread to the timber and
has been doing great damage, and this
morning caused intense excitement bere
by reason of sensational reports to the
effect that tbe mining camps of Ward and
Gold Hill had been burned to the ground.
Ward, however, did not suffer, but Gold
Bill was, at a late hour tins afternoon,
burning and other camps are threatened.
Gold Hill, having a population of 500, is
situated only four miles wpst of Boulder,
and Ward, with a population of 1000, is
live miles further on. The fire started just
west of Ward, in tbe heavily timbered dis
trict! 1 , and swept to the east. Tbe inhabi
tants were alarmed early in the evening,
dense clouds of smoke settling down on the
camp. Tbe fire spread through tbe dry
pine timber witb remarkable rapidity, and
settlers along its path were forced to leave
their cottages and cabins to burn and to
get into the camp*. The fire, burning oa
the outskirts of Ward, advauced to Ward.
Gold Hill, and swept over an area of
about eight miles.
The lire is spreading toward Coppnr
Rock and it is believed many small camps
will be burned out. The resident* of Gold
mil who have not come to Boulder have
assembled on top of Horsefel Mountain
and are watching th« progress of tbe de
vouring flames as ttiey destroy their
homes. The wind is blowing furiously
and drives tbe fire before it in large sheets
of flame. The property loss cannot at
rresent be told, but it will amount to over
$2,000,000. There will necessarily be great
destitution. The fire is spreading along
Left Hand and in tbe direction of Sun
shine. Sunshine is two miles from Gold
Hiil. Among the important mines at Uold
Hill for which fears are expressed are tbe
Ali Mackee and Cash Berkin.
A courier reports tbe destruction of
about one-half the property of Camp Tal
cot: and the Prussian mine and mill.
• The timber around Gold Lake Las been
(wept bare by the flames. .
Tbe> ranch bouses of, Mr. Ely at Left
Hand were completely destroyed and Mr.
Ely was badly burned about the face and
hands. Mr. Seaman, whose ranch was
burned, also suffered injuries.
Fred Ehler's property near Sunset was
burned and Ehler was found unconscious
in an outbuilding, where be bad gone to
endeavor to save something. He is seri
ously burned.
Over 300 men are fighting the fire's ap
proach at West Gold Hill, which seems to
sweep everything before it in its trend
over tie mountains and through tbe valley
ranches.
Women and children are continually
arriving in this city for protection, and
the «erne is one of wild excitement. Teani-
sters from Ward, Gold Hill and Sunshine
are bringing tbe panic-stricken people
from the burning districts, which include
Camp Talcntt, Sunset, Copper Rock, Left
Hand and Gold Hill. Lew Jain, the pro
prietor of tbe Ward-Boulder stage line,
arrived in Boulder at 1:30 o'clock to-day.
Be brought the mall on horseback, be
cause it was Impossible to run bis coach
through the burning district, which is
known as the "Ridge Rod" between Gold
ll ill and Ward. lie reported that at 11
A. M. the fire was raging furiously, and
the wind blowing a gale, and it was theu
within one mile of Gold Hill-
Sunset will be wiped out before morn
ing if tbe wind continues to blow in the
direciion it now does. Copper Koek is in
imminent danger of being cleaned out and
Sallna will be served the same fate. Ward
is reported safe, rs the fire is playing east
and north of the great camp, and unless
the wind changes over to the eait no dan
ger is looked for.
Gold I, ike, a fishing place and summer
resort, Rituated about three miles west of
Gold Hill, is entirely burned out, and
nothing is left of the pretty cottages.
The air in this city is heavily laden
with smoke. The fire is spreading north
and south, and tbe damage will be great to
property and timber. One life is reported
lost.
SOUTHERN FOREST FIRES
As a Rule the Damage Has Not
Been Great.
Memphis, Term., Nov. 15.— Details from
tbe lorest fires come in slowly and in
many cases indicate only nominal damage.
In general the fisbters have been suc
cessful in warding oil the flames. Tbe
geueral situation in Arkansas is un
changed and no serious losses L>y tbe fire
are reported.
At Oakland, Term., Jeff Raynor and
wife (colored) were busy in the field when
their bouse caught fire, ami before they
could reach their little Mies, aged 7, 5 and
3 respectively, they perished.
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Colonel Coit of the Ohio Militia
Must Stand Trial.
Columbus, Ohio., Nov. 15.— Colonel
Coit has been pronounced guilty of murder
in the first degree by the Coroner at Wash
ton Court-house on account of men killed
by bis regiment while assisting the Sheriff
to protect a prisoner.
Washington Coubthouse, Ohio, Not.
15. — Coroner J. M. Edwards to-day con
cluded an inquest on tbe five persons that
we-.e shot in front of (be Court-house in
this place on the night of October 17. The
following is his verdict:
After Having viewed the bodies and heard
sue evidence I do find tbai tbe deceased, Smith
Welcb. M. C Johnson, Jessi' Judy. William A.
Sams and Theodore Ammerman, came to men
death with ueiue struck, while in front or the
court-house on lue evening ol October 17, 189 i,
with leaden balls fired from the Interior of tbe
court-house tn Washington Courthouse by Ohio
State National Guards, commanded by James
Cook as Sheriff anu Colonel A. B. Colt as
colonel of the Firteeuth Krglment of Ohio Na
tiona! Guards, and I do iind that at the time of
tiring by the guard 1 * there was no Imminent
danger of serious destruction of property or of
barm to any one inside the courtbouse or tbe
remotest danger of the prisoner, William Dolby
(colored), being wrested from the custody of
Sheriff Cook. James M. Edwards, Coroner.
The Coroner has turned over all tbe tes
timony taken in tbe inquest and bis vi-r
--dict so the Prosecuting Attorney, and the
action of the court is now awaited with
intense interest.
UNITED IRISHMEN
Once /More Rally to Do Battle for
Their Nationality.
London, Nov. 15.— John Dillon, tbe
well-known Parnellite member of Parlia
mnnt, delivered an address at Glasgow this
evening. He said he was clad to bring
good news that after tbe meeting in Dub
lin on Monday and Tuesday there seemed
to bave been established a center of unity
around which all the loyalty of the Irish
race could once more rally, and which en
titled them in the future to speak tbe
name "Irish natinn."
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Ezeta Says He Proposes to Invade
Central America.
Guatemala, Nov. 15. — Preparations for
war continue here and recruiting pro
gresses all over tbe country. Special En
voy de Lion left for London to-day. He
will stop i-everal days m Sen Francisco.
City of Mexico, Nov. 15.— General An
tonio Ez»ta has left this city for San Fran
cisco. He says he proposes to invade all
Central America.
WHITWORH NOT DEAD.
He Is Sinking Rapidly and Can
Hardly Recover.
Nashville, Term., Nov. 16.-12:30
A. m.— George Whitwortb, the assassin of
Chancellor Allison, is not dead, but is
sinking rapidly, and there ts no hope of
bis recovery. It is generally accepted
that he is a defaulter and that bis
finances are in a bad shape.
ADLAI A NEW MOSES.
Brice Names Him as the Party's
Hope.
Called Into the Field to Lead the
Democracy Out of the
Wilderness.
New York, Nov. 15.— Senator Brice,
who is in this city, has been interviewed
regarding the political situation. He said :
"The Democratic party was not defeated
because of the hard tiroes. The question
was not so much a tariff issue as a great
many people are led to think. The people
all over the country expected that the
party in power would bring better times
and when, this did not materialize they
turned their bnl'ots arainst them. The
same caused defeat for Harrison two years
aeo. When prosperity languishes they
blame the party id . power as the cause of
it But I think that things will brighten
ud so that we will have a decidedly
spirited Presidential election." '.■■'■
"Who do you think will be the next
Presidential candidate on the Democratic
ticket, and will Clevel and run for a third
term?"
"Tbe next Democratic can didate to run
for the Presidency will be Adlai Steven
son, and be will have (he united support
nf all fact ions of his party. He is tbe
logical candidate, and he comes from a
State that can be carried by the Demo
crats, lie is the best man we can take, I
do not tnink that the party would make a
mistake. The election of last Tuesday
settled tbe fate of several prospective
candidates, and I am more than ever con
vinced now that Adlai Stevenson is our
man. As for Cleveland running for a
third term, all tbat kind of talk is
twaddle."
"What do you think of the report of the
Chicago Strike Commissioners?"
"It is hardly worth the paper it is writ
ten on. Tbe conclusions and recom
mendations are, for the most part, theory
only, and the country is full of theorist*.
The penile thoroughly understand the
strike, and it is a dead issue. I dn not
look for any practical results from the re
port. The idea of a national board <>f
arbitration is a beautiful theory, but would
never work, for the parties! in dispute
would appeal to the courts anyway as a
tiiial resor:."
FIREBUGS CAPTURED.
They Had a Weakness for the Use of
Dynamite.
Eidgewat, Pa., Nov. 15. — Detective
Daniel McSweeney and two assistants
hare capiured seven suspected firebugs
and they are new in jail here. Tbey are
charged with conspiracy to burn and the
burning of a tipple at the Baine mines,
this county, last June, and placing explo
sives beneath the house of Fritz Sontag, a
miner who refused to strike. The attempt
to blow up tbe miner's bouse was frus
trated by tbe fuse going out.
NO NEGROES WANTED.
Mayor Gilroy Not Giving Offices to
Colored Men.
New York, Nov. 15.— A delegation of
negro clergymen called on Mayor Gilroy
to-day and asked him to appoint a colored
man r.s School Commissioner in place of
one of the seven whose terms expire this
year. The Mayor said he would consider
the request, but intimated that it would
not be granted, because be iotended to
make few changes in tbe Board of EJu
cation.
HANGED HERSELF.
A Newport Woman Found Dead in an
Attic.
Newport, R. 1., Nov. 15.— Miss Hannah
Weaver, 48 years of age, was fouod dead
in the attic of tier borne tbis morning, hav
ing hanged herself during tbe night. She
was one of Newport's most prominent
women and a sister of the late John C.
Weaver of tbe Ocean House of this place
and the Everett House, New York. Her
mind had been deranged for some time.
Strfeck by a Blizzard.
Omaha, Nov. 15.— A general snow
storm of great severity prevails In North
western Nebraska. Reports from that sec
tion declare that it will be a blizzard
before morning. Stockmen think cattle
are in imminent danger since tbe weather
is approaching zsro.
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BY STOLEN VOTES.
Democrats Hope to Win
Out Yet.
GLARING FRAUDS FOUND.
Wrong Admitted by the Recorder
of Votes.
WILLING TO HAVE A RECOUNT.
Which the Republicans Decline,
Charging: That the Ballots Have
Also Been Altered.
Kansas City, Mo., Ncv. 15.— An abso
lute and glaring fraud perpetrated on the
tally-sheets used in the recent election was
to-day unearthed in the offic* of the Re
corder of Votes. The fraud was d scov
<-red by W. T. Jarnieson, tbe Republican
candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, who
was elected on the face of the returns, but
was counted out. Tbe discovery was
made in the presence of the Recorder of
Votes, Owsley, and the facts admitted by
that official.
The find verifies the allegations made by
Jamieson and Sloan, Republicans, that
the offices of Prosecuting Attorney and
County Marsha', to which they were elect
ed, were deliberately stolen from them and
given to Bremrnerman and Kashlear,
Democrats. Greatconsternation wascaused
among politicians by to-day's discovery,
and startling developments may be ex
pected within the next week.
Jauiieson, accompanied by his attorney,
C. E. Small, called on Owsley this after
noon and ai ado a formal demand on him
to show ihem the tally-sheets of the va
rious precincts, the returns certified to by
the judges, »nd the sheets on which they
were copied^ and wliich were used by Jus
tices Shannon and Hawthorne in making
tbe cfticinl count. Owsley positively re
fused to show the tally-sheets, but showed
the others. Holding the sheet on which
;he figures were written between himself
and the light, Small could distinctly see
where erasures bad been made witii an ink
eraser and new figures had been written
iv ink. These changes, he says, were in
those precinct 3in the Sixth and Eighth
wards, the returns from which the Star
lias already shown to have been changed.
By looking at tbe judges' returns in tbe
same way both men were sure that they
conld see evidence that ihe figures in the
ten columns in Jamieson's and Brenimer
man's vote had bean altered. They state
that the fabric of the paper bad been in
jured, and there can be no doubt that the
changes were made without even the uso
of chemicals.
Recorder Owsley himself b grand with
them that erasures and changes must have
been made. Later In the day papers were
filed by Jamieson and Sloan in the court
asking for a peremptory writ of manda
mus to compel Recorder Owsley to show
the tally-sheets. The writ had not been
granted up fo a late hour this evenine.
Bremmerman and Kashlear, the Demo
crats who were given tlie election fn place
of Jamieson and Sloan, have offered to
submit to a recount. This proposition,
however, has been refused by the defeated
candidates, who assert it is a scheme t»
trap them. They urge tbat if the returns
could have been altered tbe ballots could
have been and probably were fixec' to cor
respond.
COME HOME TO ROOST.
The Entire Virginia Delegation Likely
to Be Contested.
Washington. Nov. 15.— 1t is asserted
that tiifire is abundant evidence to snow
that great frauds were perpetrated in tha
Virginia elections, and there is talk among
Hepubl cans of throwing out tho entire
delegation from Virginia. Affidavits of
voters will be presented in Urge, numbers
declaring that they voted the Republican
ticket. In the contested election of Eng
lish vs. Hilborn from California the Demo
crats unwisely set a precedent tha' will
now be used by th»» Republicans to their
disadvantage. The ' Election Committee in
that case decided that affidavits of voters
es to how tbev voted should be regarded
as evidence suptT'or to that of the ballots
themselves, an i this decision furnishes a
precedent by which the seat of nearly
every Southern Democrat could be suc
cessfully contested.
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