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OREGON COURIER A W. CHENICT, Publisher. OREGON CITV OBEGON EVENTS OF THE DAY EPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. to Am UUmUai Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented In Condensed Form A Largo Amount of Information In Small Space, The rate of exobange in Brazil have fallen lower than was ever known be fore. Grave feari are entertained that commercial crisis will result Th? Frenoh ohamber of doputies bai adpoted the projeot for a new subma rine telegraph line between France, the United States and the Antilles. The massacre of thirteen Armenian familiei is reported from the distriot of Moosh. Five Armenians are said have been killed at Kirobebir, in the Angora distriot. Superior Judge Murphy, of Ban Franoisoo, bas granted another stay of locution in the Durrant case until March 12. The bill of exceptions not ready for settlement Three hundred tons of side armor for the battleship Sebastapool were shipped by the Bethlehem, Pa., iron works to Russia. This is part of the first order for .armor the oompany ha reoeived from Russia. A great ioe gorge has been formed on the New York Central & Hudson River tracks between Hudson and Al bany. The road is oovered with ioe. in some places ten feet high and the tracks and telegraph poles for a dia tanoe of 700 feet are washed out The steamer Clyde was burned the water's edge at Point Grey, just outside the harbor of Vancouver, B. C. Captain Woodworth and the orew had a narrow escape. The steamer was valued at 13,000, and insured for f 1,800 in the Western Insurance Com pany. 8eoretary Lamont has issued an order locating the military post at Magnolia Bluff, near Seattle. While this settles the location, much remains to be done before the site oan be established. Se ttle must give a perfect title to the site, and then an appropriation from oongress must be obtained. With the subsidence of the waters which overwhelmed a great part of - New England, figures of losses sus tained in the section will be oonsider ably more than 12,000,000. This does not include the wages to laboring men and women through suspension of manufacturing and other industries. Biz lives have been lost Miss JSdith M. Day, the young woman who, in the spring of 1804, made a trip by railroad around the United States and through Mexico without touohing her foot to the ground, died in San Franoisoo. The scheme for the trip was devised by rail road men of Portland to offset the at tention given to Miss Nellie Bly's trip around the world. One hundred and fifty five-tael cans of opium were washed ashore at the logging oamp of Edward Latour, near Utsalady, Wash. The opium is valued at 5,000, and is supposed to have "been part of the cargo of a small smug' gling sloop which left Victoria last week. The Bloop, it is supposed, was wrecked during the Bevere gale of last week and the men drowned. A dispatch from Kobe says the king of Corea 1b still at the Russian legation in Seoul. Internal uprisings continue. It is rumored that Japan is making ad vanoea to Russia with a view of arrang ing dual oontrol in Corea. It is be lieved the MarquiB Yamagata, while in attendance upon the ozars' corona tion, will negotiate a treaty of al lianoe. Although the offloials at Cramp's shipyards in Philadelphia say they have reoeived no special orders to rush the three warships, the Massachusetts, the Brooklyn and the Iowa, to completion, because of the pending trouble with Spain, there is, nevertheless, an air of activity about the yard which con trasts strongly with the reoeut dull ness there. The United States supreme oourt has deoided the Stanford case in favor of Mrs. Stanford. The title of the case fs the Unitod States vs. Jane L. Stan eord, executrix of Leland Stanford, de feased. It involves the individual lia bility of stockholders in the Central Paciflo Railroad Company for the debt due the United States on bonds issued in aid of the Central Paoiflo under the California ooustitution. Shipping circles of the world are greatly interested in the voyage of the British ship Auspices, bound from Santa Rosalie, Mexico, to England with a valuable cargo of copper ore. More than eight months have passed sinoe she left port, and sinoe then nothing bas been heard of the ship. The underwriters are considering the advisability of paying the insurance on the cargo and vessel, amounting to $460,000. A Johannesburg dispatch says when President Kruger visits England it is stated he will stipulate as conditions of granting to Uitlander the franohise, the abrogation of the oonvention of 1884, and the substitution of a treaty of oommeroe and amity, recognizing Ureat Britain as the paramount power in South Afroia, and the inoluaion of Bwasiland in the Transvaal; the guar antee of the Independence of the Trans vaal; that a pre-emptive right to Kosi bay and Delagoa bay be aooorded the Transvaal Matt MoGnir and Jaoob Kinks, miners, were instantly killed by an explosion of powder in their cabin near Sheridan, Mont The date for the execution of H. H. Holmes, the convicted murderer, has been fixed by Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania for Thursday, May 7. A terrible conflagration raged for twenty-four hours at Asperen, South Holland. Several ohurohes, the post offloe and fifty buildings were de stroyed. The bioyole squad has proved satis factory beyond anticipation, and when spring oomes all New York's asphalt streets will be patrolled by policemen on wheels. President Cleveland has approved the bill granting the right of way to the Columbia & Red Mountain Rail road Company through the Colville reservation, Washington. In London the young radicals have broken out in revolt against the policy of the leaders of their party. The dual leadership between Lord Rosebeny and Sir William Vernon Haroourt is the souroe of dispute. Minister Taylor has refused the resignaitona of Spaniards aoting as United States oonsuls when they were written in Spanish, on the ground that that language is not the official lan guage of the United States. The French historical society has placed a tablet on the house whioh Benjamin Franklin oooupiel in 1776, at Passy, France. Two members of the tooiety eulogized Franklin, refer ring to bis career as a scientist Undergraduates of Princeton oollege burned in effigy the king of Spain in a demonstration in whioh several hun dred took part The flag of Spain was dragged through the main street, and later was torn to pieoea in the center of the oampus. Letters written by Mayor Satro, of San Franoisoo, to congressmen anent the funding bill, have been seized by the postofUoe authorities. Their ob jection 1b that the envelopes bear the inscription, ' Huntington would not steal a redhot stove." The obarge d'affaires of the United States embassy in Berlin, J. B. Jaok son, has bad several meetings recently with the authorities in regard to the insuranoe matter, and they have prom ised to expedite a re-examination in the case of the American companies, Senator Mitchell of Oregon has been consulting with the war department oonoerning an emergenoy appropria tion for the Cascade locks, to make the looks secure bo they oan be early opened for navigation. He will introduoe a oint resolution for such amount as the war department recommends, so that it may be immediately adopted. Admiral Richard W. Meade, in a lecture on "The Caribbean Bea," said that in case of trouble between the United States and Great Britain over Venezuela, the first shot fired in anger will sound the death knell of the Brit ish empire. Discussing the Cuban question, he said that Cuba should bear the same relation to Spain that Canada bears to the British empire. Actors Will Long and John West fought a duel after the close of a per' lormanoe at Marion, Ind. Long was fatally wounded. The men are mem bersof the "O'Houligan's Masquerade' Company, and after a rough-and-tum ble fight in West's dressing room, se oured pistols and met on the stage, In the volley whioh followed Long re oeiyed two bullets. West was unhurt THE PLAN OF MORGAN REORGANIZATION OF THE CIFIC ROADS. PA- NOTED FOR ECCENTRICITY. woman In Hoot and a Slouch Mat Play tho Kola of Highwayman, St. Petersburg, Fla., March 11. Miss Lulu Hoffman, an eooentrio woman living in the suburbs of this place, was arrested last night just alter she bad robbed M. MoDaniel, gentleman from Ohio, who is spending the winter here. MoDaniel was pro- oeeding to the Clarendon hotel at 1 1 o'clock. As he passed a large live oak be was felled by a blow from a sadbag, The robber rifled his pockets of $300 and a gold watoh, and also took a dia' mond ring from his finger. As the robber was making off MoDaniel re gained bis senses and shouted for help, Policeman Irwin heard the shouts and chased the robber. Brought to bay, the robber drew a pistol, but was dia armed after a struggle. Irwin led bis prisoner into the light, but was sur On Through Lino to tho Coast Gov- eminent Obligations to Ho Refunded or Otherwise tho Government Will Control tho Bonds. Washington, March 11. Morgan in troduced in the senate a long docu ment in the shape of a resolution em bodying his ideas of a plan for tho re organization of the Paoiflo roads. It instructs the oommittee on Paoiflo roads to report the bill introduced by Morgan, giving jurisdiction to the oourt of appeals for the Distriot of Co lumbia in cases brought by the United States government liens on railroads. The resolution alBO instructs the com- prised to find he had captured Lulu mlttee to report a bill, either as an or- Hoffman. The woman was dressed iginal bill or an amendment, contain- much like a man, wearing boots and a in a Drovisions for refunding the out- slouob hat, and greatly resembled the standing government Paoiflo road highwaymen of fiction. Last week bonds held bv bonafide owners who are three other guests were held up and not indebted to the United States, and robbed at the point of the pistol. The also the first mortgage bonds, the re- Hoffman woman confessed she did it funding bonds to run for thirty years She restored all the valuables secured at the option of the government and by playing highwayman, and will snbioct. after ten years, to be called in probably not be prosecuted. She is and paid by the United States to bear noted for eccentricity, interest at 8 per cent. The refunded bonds are to be held by the United States treasurer and to be exchangeable Two Penom Burled In a Ravine on for old bonds. They are to be seoured Portland Height. asthenresent bonds are. A sinking Portland, Or., March 10. A fright fund is provided by the companies at ful calamity, caused by a landslide, the rate of 6 per cent per annum, to overtook the family of Donald S. Mo pay the interest of the bonds if not Donald, a bridge carpenter, early yes' paid by the railroad companies. terday morning, in a ravine of Port Direction is also given for taking land heights, and in the twinklng of an possession of the roads by the govern- eye the home of the MoDonalds was ment under the provisions of the act of swept out of existence, hardly a vestige 1806. In that event the United States of the house remaining, while two of is to operate the roads as its property, the inmate were orushed to death, and the present board of directors in eaoh the remaining members of the family road to be superseded by others consist- narrowly escaped with their lives. ing of nine ciitzens, to be appointed by The dead are: Daniel Campbell, the president. No person now an offi- age 42. and Isabel MoDonald, age 16. oer. or stockholder, of the roads or any The driect cause of the disaster was a railroad or transportation or telegraph landslide. Hundreds of tons of earth comDanv. or a member oi congress, or swept uuwu u raviuo, una wiiu irre- any official of the government is to be Bistable force struck the dwelling, and, appointed on these boards. The board hardly before one could realize what of direotors is to manage the Central bad occurred, an nunsightly mass of Paoiflo and Union Paoiflo and branch mud, rocks, brush and trees marked roads as one line and have power to fix the plaoe where but a minute previous rates. No dividends are to be paid on was the home of a happy family. The unregistered stock and the stock is all ruin wrought presented an awful speo to be reduced to correspond with the tacle, made all the more horrible by KILLED IN A LANDSLIDE. value of the property. The funotions of present officers of the road are sus pended and the books, papers, con' traots, deeds, etc., are to be turned over to the new board of directors on the faot that somewhere in the mud hidden ruins were the bodies of two persons whose lives had been crushed out There were willing hearts and eager hands engaged in the work of BRITISH BLUE BOOK ENGLAND'S CLAIM IN THE VEN EZUELA DISPUTE. penalty of fine and imprisonment for recovering the buried bodies, but it was refusal to turn thorn over. not until five hours of hard, laborious The document closes with a deolara- work that both remains had been found tion that the government is possessed, and oonveyed to the morgue. There in its own right, of all the property were five people in the house at the of the Paoiflo roads; that it holds it as time of the accident, the father, mother the means and instrumentality of na- and little 6-year-old child escaping Supreme Chanoellor Ritchie, of the Knights of Pythias has issued a proo lamation that the supreme lodge will meet in Cleveland, O., August 25, and saying that, if satisfactory arrange ments oan be made with the railroads, the encampment of the military branch of the order may be held there. The centennial of Cleveland is to be own memorated in August, and, if possible, arrangements will be made to secure the camp vaoated by the Ohio National Guard for the Knights of Pythias. John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer under bail at Joban nesburg, awaiting trial on a charge of treason, has cabled Secretary Oluey as follows: "Please reoord my apprema tion of Consul Manoon's efforts in my behalf. He has shown wisdom and good judgment, rendering me a great service. I am well treated by the gov ernment The preliminary trial will begin soon. I have no fear of the ultimate result, as I am innocent of at tempitng to overthrow the government, although participating in the revolu tionary movement" A letter from San Carlos, A. T. states that Inspector MoCormiok, of the interior department, is now practic ally done with his task of scouring by treaty, from the Apaches of the White Mountain reservation, segregation of the noted Deer Creek coal fields. The Indians have agreed to have an area of land out off the reservation covering all the Deer creek coal fields, and any other land on whioh a coal formation oan be tiaoed. The Indians will receive the proceeds of sale of coal lands as oolleoted under the existing laws. J. R. Bartlett, president of the Nica ragua Canal Construction Company, oonfirms the report that negotiations are in progress for a fusion of the Panama and Nicaragua . companies. The scheme, however, has not yet se oured the oonsideratoin of their respec tive boards. The consolidation of in terests is regarded with great favor in banking orioles in Europe, and, it is understood in America as tending to remove the rivalry between the inter ests, and the governments are also be lieved to be friendly to the proposed combination. It is believed that an Anglo-French-American syndicate for canal-building is being formed, but the details are withheld. tional government, and of interstate and internal oommeroe; that it is neo essatry the roads should be consolidated as one through line; that the govern ment will preserve the property as far as is consistent with justice for the payment of all lawful debts, and when the roads are freed from debt will per mit the owners of stock to share in the ownership, according to the value of their property. GUN, unhurt. FOUND IN A BARREL. A MANIAC AND HIS Eight Men Shot, One of Whom I and Another I Dying. Brook ville, Ont, March 11, maniao who alighted from the train today shot eight men. Moore is dead, and Chief of Rose is fatally injured. The maniao himself was shot through the body, and is in jail. His name is said to be Lapointe. About noon Lapointe came on the street carrying a shotgun. The first person he met was Peter Moore, an old man. Lapointe deliberately shot Moore dead. Chief of Police Rose ran in the direotion of the report and La pointe shot him in the breast and bead. An old man named Dickson, standing near, received a charge in the neck from the other barrel. Lapointe had a pocket full of cartridges, and began shooting right and left at random. Policeman Linsey got behind a door in a grooery store, and partly opening it, had just taken aim when Lapointe fired, the bullet taking effect in sey s bead and neck. A young man fired at Lapointe from a window, wounding him. He fired into the win dow, after which he fell exhausted, He was then captured. Liu Bey is bad ly wounded, but may recover. The others wounded, but not seriously, are Robert Boyle, Fred Stagg, George Stagg, Robert McCormack Thomas Devereux. THE CASCADE RESERVE. Protet Against It Opening by the Forestry Association. Another MurderMystery for the Chicago 1 olloe to Unravel. Chicago, March 10. Carefully con cealed in a barrel and oovered with a mass of old rags and ootton, the dead bodies of a gray-haired man and a new born babe were found in an alley in Hyde Park today. This forenoon the office of the Hyde Park moigue was rung up on the telephone and a woman, Dead, who declined to give her name or ad dress, asked if the body of a man had A been found in Hyde Park. The office 11:45 attendant repnea in tne negative, and Peter then questioned tne woman, but his Police6"0"8 failed to obtain any informa tion of a decided character, although she told the olerk she was looking for a man who was missing. She was finally prevailed upon to give his des cription, whioh she did in minute de tail. She astonished the morgue at tendant by saying that be would cer tainly learn more of the case. Four hours later the barrel with its ghastly contents was discovered in the rear or 142a Indiana avenue. The body of the man tallied in almost every respect with the description furnished by the mysterious woman over the tele' phone. The police unhesitatingly con nected her with the case. In the bar rel was also the body of a boy not over three days old. J. A. Nourse, residing in Prairie Lin- avenue, while emptying a pan of ashes in the alley, discovered a barrel, whioh aroused his curiosity. Breaking open the head of the barrel be was horrified upon seeing the naked body of an old man inside It was entirely nude and was frightfully mutilated. Covering the corpse was'a thick layer of ootton After the body was lifted from the barrel the body of the baby was found, It was nude save a thin flannel shirt, and there were marks on the head ap- praently made with a blunt instru ment The man was apparently be tween 65 and 70 years of age. Rehased to Pay Indemnity Venesueln Maintains the Uruan Incident Is Identical With the Boundary Dis pute With Kngland. London, March 0. The British blue book on the Venezuela boundary dis pute was laid on the table of the house of commons today. Following is a summary of tne position oi ureat Britain, as published in the work re ferred to: First Long prior to and at the time of the treaty of Monster, in 1646, the Dutch founded settlements in various parts of British Guiana, partioulaily on the coast Seoond The only Spanish settlement prior to them was Santo Home de Guyana. Third During tbe whole period from 1648 to 1796 tbe Dutch had uninter rupted possession of the entire coast line and the river Corentyn to Barima. Fourth During the same period they had explored the upper portions of nearly all the rivers and made many settlements in adjacent districts. Fifth Prior to 1728 there was no settlement of Spaniards, except Santo Home de Guayana. J3ixth Between 1724 and 1796 Ca puohin missions were established south' ward of tbe Orinoco and gradually ex tended eastward toward Dutch ten' itory, the farthest point obtained by the Spaniards being Tummeremo, founded about 1788. Seventh Before 1796 the Dutoh bad settled far up the Cnyuncka. A Dutoh post was established near the Uruan, and tbe Dutoh had full oontrol of the whole basin of the Cuyuni, Eighth Except for the settlement of Santo Home de Guayana and their mis- sions the Spaniards exercised no author ity in the territory now in dispute. Ninth Great Britain, on becoming possessor of tbe oolony, suooeeded to all tbe rights of the Dutoh. Tenth After 1796 Great Britain ex tended her settlements and exercised over the territory orignally olaimed by the Dutoh all the rights whereby na tions usually indicate a claim to ter ritory, i Eleventh Neither Spain nor Vene zuela, after the latter declared her in dependence, at any time had dominion over the territory in question. Twelfth Great Britain, while main taining her just rights, has consistently shown a desire to make a fair arrange ment with Venezuela in regard to the boundary. Thirteenth The olaim of Venezuela that her territory extends to the Esse quibo is based on contentions in no wise supported by facts, and cannot be justified on any reasonable ground. The foregoing thus establishes Great Britain in her strict right to be en titled to the territory extending to Barima, inouding the watersheds of the Essequibo, Cuyuni, Uruan, Pomaroon, Waini and Barima. The bluebook oontains nine maps. NO DOINGS OF CONGRESS. Routine Work of the Fifty-Fourth Ses sionSenate. Washington, Marob 7. For a long time today it looked as if tbe Cuban question would be finally disposed of in the senate by agreeing to tbe con ference report accepting tbe bouse res olutions. At the conclusion of Mitch ell's elaborate argument of the Dupont case, Sherman presented the report of tbe oonfereea and asked for immediate action. Chandler, who had not been before beard on Cuba, declared himself in favor of not only recognizing but of maintaining tbe independence of Cuba, even if it resulted in war with Spain. On account of the late hour no action was taken. Washington, March 9. Tbe senate oommittee on publio lands praotioally deoided today to report baok tbe Ari zona school land bill, recently vetoed by the president, with the recommend ation that it be passed over the veto. Delegate Murphy of Arizona, addressed the oommittee in favor of the bilL Tbe report would have been ordered today but for the faot that the oommittee de sired to secure certain Information from the interior department before finally passing upon tbe bill. Washington, March 11. When the Cuban question was laid aside in the senate today, Tnrpie was reoognized for an argument against the olaim of Dupont to a seat in tbe senate from Delaware. The senator had not con cluded when, at 4:85, the senate held a brief executive session, and soon thereafter adjourned. Frye introduced a bill for the establishment of a depart ment of the government to be known as the department of commerce and manufactures, the bead of which is to be a member of the president's cabi net Tbe senate committee on publio lands deoided not to recommend tbe passage of the Arizona land bill over the veto of the president, but to recom mend a new bill. ABATEMENT AS YET. A popular loan, ' as some people understand it, is one that doeo not have to be paid baok. Washington, March 10. The execu tive oommittee of the American For estry Association has just forwarded a letter to the secretary of the interior protesting against the contemplated opening of the Cascade range forest reservation in Oregon. This reserve oontains 4,492,800 acres, and is situated on tbe crest of the high Cascades. The letter states that there are no agrioul tural lands in the reservation; that the lumber interests are not in need of its timber supplies; that the miners are not affected and that the only interest prompting the movement are the shep herds whose flocks not only destroy ex isting forest growth, but prevent any new growth. The need ot legislation is urged to empower the people to pro vide a protective service and to make rules and regulations, under which mining, lumbering, grating or any other occupation and use of the reserva tions might take plaoe. More than ever before 'flow, Span iards will win victories by cable. Bteant Is Displaced. Chicago, March 9. Compressed air as a power bas displaced steam in three departments of the Pullman Palace Car Company's works, and the results have so far been satisfactory to the officials, and it is probable that the new force will be used in all the great shops of the corporation. The change is radical and marks a revolution in the manufacturing system of the great Pullman plant Tbe argument ad' vanced at Pullman in favor of a change from steam to compressed air was, in short, a great saving of labor, economy, ability to transmit power long dis tances without loss of force, simplicity, safety and convenience. With the air system it is claimed the speed of the machinery in use may be graded, some thing impossible when a belt is used. Considered Rldlenlons In Bassla. St Petersburg, March 9. Spain's attitude toward the United States in connection with the Cuban question is regarded here as ridiculous. The Excitement Throughout Italy Great as Ever. Rome, March 9. The exoitement throughout Italy caused by the defeat of General Barateri recently by tbe Abyssiuians, with loss of from 5.C00 to 10,000 men killed and wounded, ac cording to generally credited reports, shows little signs of abatement It is true, however, that the disturbance caused by tbe news of the great disas ter and the consequent display of in dignation against the government has been greatly inoreased by the calling out of the army reserves of the olass of 1872, which calls 80,000 additional men into active service. The great majority of these reserves are married men, whose families will be thus de prived of their ohief or only support for an indefinite period. Thus, at Milan and other places, serious rioting has occurred when the reserves were prepairng to obey orders, and in many cases they have been prevented by foroe. Women and children lead the trouble. Railroad cars have been de molished, rails torn up and telegraph wires cut, and the police have been beaten and stoned into helplessness. The soldiers have been attacked, bayo nets have been freely used, and men and women, frenzied with wrath, have thrown themselves on the naked steel of the troops. Large numbers of arrests have been made, the troops everywhere are either confined to barracks, or occupying the streets, and night has been turned into day by torchlight processions, indig nation meetings, riotous demonstra tions in publio squares and in front of many oi tbe government buildings. This is a summary of what has cocur- red in a greater or lesser degree at Mi lan, Florenoe, Turin, Como, Terrera, Beluna, Lodi, Varona, Parma, Ber- garmo, Naples, Bre sia, Venice, Pazara, Palermo. Cremona. Catania and al most any other town memionable. House. Washington, March 7. After Hart- man had made a very bitter attack upon the president in the house today, a bill was passed, on the motion of Grosvenor, to make the national mili tary parks national telda for the ma neuvers of the regular army and mili tia of the states, under the regula tions prescribed by the secretary of war. The house then resumed the consideration of the amendment to the legislative appropriation bill to abolish the fee system in the case of United States attorneys and marshals. After the committee rose, without complet ing the consideration of the bill, a bill was passed appropriating $96,000 for tbe reconstruction of tbe Rock Island, 111., bridge. Washington, March 9. The house today passed the legislative appropria tion bill, whioh has been under con sideration for a week. Most of the time, however, was consumed in the consideration of an amendment to abolish the fee system in tbe oases of United States attorneys and marshals. This amendment was perfected and adopted. The house then entered upon the consideration of the postoffioe ap propriation bill. The largest of the regular supply bills, which oarirea 191,943,757 A bill was passed to abolish the cash payment of pensions, the purpose of which was to protect old veterans who squandered or were swindled of out pensions on quarterly paydays. Washington, March 11. District of Columbia business consumed the major portion of the day in the house. Among the bills passed was one to de crease the cost of gas from $1.60 to $1 a thousand. This was the outoome of a long fight against the gas company. The consideration of the postofflce ap propriation bill was continued, but no important amendments were adopted. Tbe speaker announced the appoint ment of Hendrioks to the banking and currency committee. A bill was passed to authorize the secretary of the treas ury to pay 8. W. Peele, of Arkansas, $50,000 for servioes to the old settlers against Cherokee Indians. A bill was also passed to change tbe times for holding oourt in tbe northern district of California, CITY OF RIO JANEIRO. The International Conference. London, March 9. The first lord of the treasury, A. J. Balfour, answenug a question in the house of commons on behalf of the government, said he did not believe anything would be gained by Great Britain taking the initiative in promising a monetary conference. Large Italian Loan Expected. London, March 9. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says it has the best of reasons to believe that Italy, in a few days, will raise a loan of many millions of pounds sterling. Tbe Empress of Russia owns an ermine mantle which is vauled at $50,000. It U a present from her rub- ecta living in tbe province of Kherson. Anxiety Is Felt for PaclBe Steamship Company's Steamer. San Franoisoo, Maroh 10. The Pa oiflo Steamship Company's City of Rio Janeiro, which left here for the Orient, heavily laden, February 6, should have arrived at Yokohama the 2 3d nit, but no word bas been heard of her. The agents declare they havp received information of no sort regardng the steamer's welfare or whereabouts since she glided out of the bay, February 6. The New York office of the company has been wired incessantly by the local agents, but the reply comes regularly and monotonusly that as yet nothing bas reached them by cable concerning the vessel The Rio Janeiro left here with 156 poeple on board, all told. Of these four were cabin passensera. and there were in the steerage ten Eu ropeans, fifteen Japanese and twenty two Chinese. The crew consisted of thirty whites and eighty Chinese. Failed to Feed His Horses. Modesot, Cal , March 11. This af ternoon Sheriff Puvis swore out a complaint against " White Hat " McCarty and his son, charging them with willfuly and feloniously failing to provide necessary sustenance for the starving horsea at Cantie'sranch, thia oounty. The sheriff will leave for San Francisco tomorrow to make the ar rest. McCarty has been notified many times of the condition of his hone and last Thursday District Attorney Fullkerth wrote McCarty, threatening him with arrest if tome relief war nnt immediately given. The fetter wi not answered.