NOW AFTER TIEN 1SIN
First and Second J pnnese
Armies Join Forces.
r I
NEW CHWANU HAH MEN TAKKN
ThaTwa Arnilee, Amounting Iii Hvci.lr
Tw Thousand M.n, Are Marching
Iilreet la Tien T.Ui-Am Uuiirh An.
I lot puled In Nhaiighal.
j ' Nw HK, December IK.-A dispatch
to a morning papor from fttmnlmt,
dated December IH, nay: Tlio first mid
eeoiid Japanese iii inlet nr., iiiun liliiti
direct to Tien TiiIii. They are imw north
of New Cliwang, which pluc, t,M been
captured. Heveral other cities have aU
been taken without any icrlims (billing
The force of th two MrmlcH t-omltinvJ
mount to about 72,000 nu n,
, , tmm th ywrsiii c.mmtau
Paiiiii, December ill. Aditpatcli from
Hlmiiihl says the llmt and second J up
hmw armies have joined each titlini
north of Now Chwang ami are now
marching direct to Tien Tiu.
AN lit I Mil Ml YKAUf.lt.
Phanoiui, Deeemtwr l!l. The H,iu,g
ial official of the native city have re
moved their wive and familli to the
' foreign Hltli ini iitii for mlclv In antiil.
Jmtloil of an otlthrruk, wliiih li feared
in rtiinH'nui'ni of the IwiKjuiti.m () tl
war tag. ' --
nui mm room. 4ratiiti. . . .
IrftKiHtM, DrcemUr TliO Tinii'l
ttirreeiMindcnt in Tien 'Mil aura that
there are only fourteen fhelU to enrh
gun In lh city's dcfeiici. Thia canity
la uue largely iu lite ai'tioii ol iiib n-alng
Hoard nf Kinahcr), whirli hr.it curtailed
the supplies of aiiiiiiniiliioii (or years.
tiik rioiir man tuxi ia o.
- Yokohama, December 111. In fighting
nr J-Viig Huang the JaiuM 1
twelve killed and aiiiy-llnee wounded.
The Chine had 1 ait killed.
wkhk aoniiaaa in tnmii'if.
WaaiiiaoTuN, IWmlwr o. The, Jap
anese legation to-day received another
tile(riti from Matau, Minister ol 1 or
iltn Affalra. rvgardiiig the rctiorted
atnxllice by Japani- soldiers at the full
of I'ort Arthur, Diapatch say the gov
ernment i not yet In pownnion of the
full fart, hut ha anivrisined the. follow
ing clrcumMamee; Many Chinese sol
dier both at I'ort Ailhur and those who
cam In (nun the outlying fortillcatiiina
taken by Japaiieea soldier discarded
their uniform-, and it I now known to
lie rertain that nearly all the Chinese
killed In plain clothe weie soldier in
dhtguiM. TlieChlneee inhabitants 'pre
uinahly a majority) of i'ort Arthur left
before III engagement, though a few re
mained, having been armed ami orderml
to rwsiat th JapaneM! and firs upon
them. Thin they did. and in the confu
lou of the fShl It u lmioible todla
tlnitnioh them from the('hineoldier.
The Jaanee arniv enteilnii I'ort Arthur
wet greatly sdl4 by th aiilt of the
fearfully mul ilatwl Uo-liM of their coin
radea. aonie of whom had ln'n hurnwl
alive and nine rrut illed. NotwithnUnd
ln thia the dln-lphne of the rmy wa
maintained. Numberiof Chinene p'
onera were taken and kindly treated.
The wounded who could I moved f
on the way to Toklo, mid will arrive in
few day.
TIIK HKD IN Tll W.
Wain.iTo!, lleifinlier An i of
filial teleKram wa received by M'"
t'lara Harion. I'reaident ol the Amwrican
lted Crowi Sovlety, to-day (roiu the JP
aneM! lenition to rrex t the erroneom
atatrmelita uolnil the rounda of the pre.
that the Ked Crt had bwn reheul by
Japan, etc. The J.amMMi MlniMer very
vourteonaiy voluntw rcd to aniwrlain the
facta from hla itovermuent. and M
aull the followinR inei-cuKe wwlvejl
by him trojn the Miniater of tor.-mii i Af
faira at Tokio, dated IhceinU-r 1(1, W U.
" A(l'r the fall of I'ort Arthur a I hi
nfo uteatner entered I'ort Arlhnr with
s few forelenera on lxard, who etaled
that they belonirwl to o-cnwl private
lted Crone HiH-lety ol Tien lein, end
tked that tlio wounded Clilnee ahrnild
U dellvertd to them fur treafitient lit
Tien 'IVin. The produwl ct-rtiliiatfe
from LI lini.it Chmm mid mum forr'K'.
Onmilri. thir niilitry authoritiej r
phed thai, while they appri-oU ed t lie
philanlhroploHpiritwhich pr.m.UHl t l ie
iitlon. the Clilne wounded were pna
, oner, of w ar end wold not be allowed to
be taken to their own count ry, winch
waahoalileto Japwn, even thm.(h th
rrqimitwiia i.mdethrouKti
(Iceaof the Comm . o neutral po
They wldiHt that the Japanese field I
plJwouldcaie for the wonii. W hi
Ue. for which purfKH, it had Imndan
faeil tiew.and minuted heOhinrae w
.,1 to leave the harlior within ipewlW
time." . ' '-- "
Mnt Illy tot Allotment.
Wahhinown, December ll).-Secrctrj
8mitUo( the Interior iVp't.nm.t bai
written let U'r to Senator. Tel or and
Wolrolt of Coloralo( diaapprovinft the
Idll or the Iwatlon of the tile Indium
oli'land. In ll, ' "72
of their renorvation. llo J,h.?i li
.till in the blanket ilage and unlit tc
take land. In .everalty. , r . , ,
Kavor 'iue7rlln linmlrHo.
Wahiiin-hon, December l.-8enator
Quay to-day pre.ente.1 a volnminou. pe
tition from the clttan.of ..rtnnijlvmn to
Mirirlnir the paufHRe of the pendinu bill
mu ieti.Va miwiKratlon by exduditm ta
Tr d tot. 2nd other
eant. for adniieion and estubli.liing a
oomuilar In.pection abroad. $ ,
WnrllLnTraeltlo'. Mineral I.nl.
-wlMo.oN.mbor 10.-Tlio.n.
.ato'Comnilttoaon Public ld.y
ut.orUd a favorable report n th. W ,11
faldluahowfftha Northern Pa
cltlo land grant. '
"'1 l Wall, to I.eetur. tn the
I)knvh, Deceniber 19. - Governor
Walt will K East to lecture immediate.
JoSew York.
ANTI-REVOUUTION BILL
Inlreiluead n th. lieieiug, lint That
HihIx Ailjituriia,
Bkuun, Duceinber lO.-Dr. NelljerlliiK,
Imperial Bocretary of Juntlce, Introduced
the anti-revolutionary bill In the Reich.
tan to-day, Uu .aid It wa. not Intend
ed to lipid public, opinion ; nor wa. It a
dluined anti-Hoclultotlc law, but it wa.
directed unaiuH eicemin. of a criminal
nature and aitalnat the work of revolu
tlonlht. aeeklntt to unduriiilne the State.
Tbo KecreUry of Juetlce then proceeded
to refer to .nveral inflammatory pain-'
phleto which have recently appeared. In
terruption, of SocliiliHt. were eo frcrfucnt
and ol mich a nature that thu 1're.ident
ol the KulclwtuK, llerr Von Uvetxow,
wa. compelled to aeverul time, call them
to order. Dr. Neiburlinu then produced
a revolutionary broad .hct, which he
aaerteii wan iuteiide.) for circulation in
the barrack, of the autdiera. lleuddels
" 'I he aim of our opponent, can only be
obtained by overthrowing all order, and.
I trum the majority of thu Hoimo will
ti.purt the Koverument axaimit thia
enemy who deny everything aacred to
people." llerr Sinner moved adjourn
meiit ol the KelcliKtiiK, exprpnin a
doubt whether a .ullicicnt number of
Deputlea were prewent to enable a vote
lie taken. After roll call It wa. found,
that llerr Kiiiifer". noint wa. well taken :
cotmomcnlly llerr Von Ievetxow, Presi
dent of the KnicliKtiiK, ailjourned debate
on llic anti-revolutionary bill until Jan-
? l.UII.tAMKKTAkY CONrMCT COMINO. I
IIkui.in. Deivmber 19. The (iovernor
of the Kwickau dintrlct htti dissolved the
rtK'(ul IVinocralic orniinizatioii within
hi. jurimliotion on the irrouud that it ia
n MM'lety without the riichu of a corpora-!
lion. Wilhelm rttolle i. the Kocial Demo-'
crut who ait. in the Uuicb.taK for the
cunntituency. Thia.ummary action with
ir. KOeiiier'. ilellanlullcriincca in the
liicliUii( are taken by many radical,
and hocial Democrat, to indi'ate that;
the .overnmeiit la atwring atraight for a
parliamentary contlict. heveralonrxmi-,
tlou leputiea aay that the Kuipcror evi- 1
deully leek, to uovern with a Federal
Council a auiurenlrd by Councillor Hues- i
iter in a roceul pauiptilet, but wuluiut a 1
lteichta. ' 1
The anarchist meeting culled to pro-;
lent aitainat the anti-Hocinltot bill wan a
fltale. Warociieckp, thu mechanic who
got a permit lor the meeting, wa. ar
retted yeaterday for writing a virulent
article In ler Ho.lultot. and nobolv
conld find a ball (or those who re.iond-
ed to ui. ttimmon.. ,
THE ITALIAN SCANDAL.
Premier CrUpt Aceue4 of Having ur-
potteiy Aolilril liebale.
Uonk, lH?cimber 111. The political
erinia mntiiiuca to absorb ntllilic tttten-
linn. r-i reiuier una km,v iuw
the country, where he 1. followed and
watched liv detective.. There i. no
doubt new. of the proroguing of Parlia
ment hn created a bad impression
throughout Italy. H to Interpreted aa
indicating that Premier Cri.pi Intend,
to remain in power in spite of the oppo
sition.
Kx-Premler Kuillni tn a letter to ttie
nleotms auruaee Premier Criapi 'of bav
in niirnrutelv avoided deljato in the
t hamlM-r of Iepulie on the Banc Ko
mana aoindal by forcing prorogation.
TIIINKB CHIHI'I'h rAI.L IMMINKNT.
Uinoon," lVcemler 10. The Daily
Chroniclo corresjioiident In Vienna con
tend, that Crtapra .tainting wiui ine
K.iig has IM'en eliaiten anu in. reaigim
tiou niav tie eipected at any moment,
lie think, that Crtoni would not survive
hi. fall long, aa he has been apoplectic
(or aoine time.
The Time, correspondent In Vienna
say. that it would tie difficult to exag
gerate the profound impression made
there by the expomire of the scandal. in
ItalV. 110 llinui Uiui me revrmuunn aio
likely to prevent the renewal of the
triple alliance when its period shall ex
nlre. Some newspaiiers regard Crispias
proved guilty, others not.
UIOMTTI SAID TO HAVE 1TI.ED.
Vinvi Deopmher 10. A diepatch
say. Higiior tiiolitt I, ex-Premier of luly,
passed tlirongli mi. cuy iuhi mnnui
bis way to Berlin. - It to reported he ha.
tied from Home to avoid being arrested.
CJunsular auil lliluiatlo Hill.
: lu..,.L..VI-Tliamn.
11 AKIIIlin .'in. wi".'. - " '
stilar and diplomatic appropriation bill
- . ....,1 tn It.nllmiBA trt-dav. It
was i r vvv w -i- .
carrle an appropriation of $1,502,118,
.... . a, o(v rn... tkA
Wllicll 18 a decrease ui f,ow uft v.
annroprintion for the current fiscul year.
Three thousand dollar, are appropriatea
a. comien.aUon lor the aervioes oi oo iu
Hussett Moore In compiling thj diplo
niiitlo corre.p(ndence of the revolution.
The salarie. of tlie Consul, at Cape Town
and Venice are increased 5. The bu
reau of American Kepublics receives
I2H000, which will be oll'aet by the
amount paid by the other governments
for the upport of the bureau. '
iret Lakes to the Atlantle.
Wahhinoton. December 10. In the
Henato to-day Sir. Vila gave notice of
an amendment to the sundry civil bill,
providing for the appointment by the
President of a commission of three per
sons to act with any similar wmmittoe
appointed by Wreat Britain or the Do-
minion oi unnwin, n o.... -and
report upon the feasibility of such
, ' nu).la vushhIh emraued
cu ihih aa wuum - ---- t.
. ... lut wAin tlie
In ocean comiueno .
Clreat Lake, and the Atlantic Ocean.
'' ' Turehasert 07 a Symlloate." ""
Ciikyknnb, Wyo., December 10. All
the Uock Spring coal -mines have been
sold to a syndicate of Chicago capital
ts representing a capital of tt2,0a),(00.
The Union Puciilo railway, however, re
ta n its coal lands. These mine have
" en prlucing from 6,000 to 7,000 tons
monthly. It i" believed that the ayndt
."te controls the. Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio mines, and ha. recently made In
vestments l5 jmuiNebraska.
An Ol Concern In Trouble.
piur,AOKi.riiiA, Decemlwr 19. Job
Baltl'. Son, one of the oldest establish
ments In yarn and carpet In Kensing
ton district, are flnnci?"rMKroIio"SeA
with liabilities mwihng, -. A
member of the firm said : h8,8. "
trouble wa. caused by M ller "ers
it, .1,1 who nut tho Sherlll on a lor a
10 000 otoC . They al
witli obtaining good, under false pre
tense." ' '.
R
Statement From American
Foreign Missions Board.
MOKE OF THE HORRIBLE DETAILS
The Pualllim ot the Missionaries of the
American Hoard Wlililn the Turkish
JCuiilr Is an Kxtreiuely Velleate One
Imlveil, .
Boston, Deeemlier 18.The; American
Board of Commissioners (or Foreign Mis
sion, more than aliy other missionary
organisation in America centralize, it.
work In behalf of Armenian, in Asiatic
Turkey. Its Western , Turkey mission
began in Ml), it Eastern Turkey mis
sion In l&k) and its Central Turkey mis
lion in 1847. These three missions com
prise fifteen stations and 280out-stations.
Thore are forty-five missionaries, one
'medical missionary in Eastern Turkey,
forty-two married women and seventy
three unmarried women. They employ
701 native laborers. These laborers oc
cupy 209 places. The Sunday schools
nuinbor 204. The adherents are esti
mated at 40,804. There are 1 12 ch u relies
with a membership of 11,181, of which
4I8 were received within a year. Tlie
educational work 1. extensive. There
are four theological schools; thirty-one
colleges, high and boarding schools for
boys; twenty colleges, high and boarding
schools for girls, and 372 common schools
containing 10,833 pupils. The contribu
tions of the natives last year to the A meii
ran Board amounted to 134,758. These
fact, do not include the woik in Euro
pean Turkey.
' Numerous inquiries have been received
from the pre., and from others in tlie
United States, which have induced this
organisation to furnish the following
statement relating to aifair. in Tin key :
' ''We are not unconcerned by the re
port of the massacre in Eastern Turkey.
The position of the missionaries of the
American Board within the Turkish Em
pire to an extremely delicate one. Sym
pathizing deeply on one side with all who
are fullering by reason of poverty, op-
firession and misrule, they have yet ttecn
oyal to the government under which
they have lived, and have never counte
nanced sedition or rebellion. It has
been their blessed privilege while preach
ing the gospel of Jesus Christ to aid the
poor, to protect, aa far a. possible, the
oppressed and to deliver from unjust of
ficial, multitude, who have been arrested
or imprisoned. It 1. not necessary for
our. missionaries after these scores of
years of devotion and devoted labor for
the native race of Turkey to prove their
sympathy with the sutlering and op-
Sressed by Joining other, who, at a safe
istance from the scene of danger, are
passing vigorous resolutions in condem
nation of the wronir. inflicted. They
are doing their best amid no little peril
to themselves in the interests in those
(or whom they have long labored but
our readers can well understand that for
the sake both of the helpless and for the
helped it to inexpedient for us to pre
sent a full statement of all we bear and
believe. Some things we may properly
tav prior to the full investigation of the
alleged atrocities, which we trust will
be made by the representatives of both
our government aud of the European
power.
"In the Passoun region, south of
Moosh plain, there are. or were many
Tillage inhabited by Armenians. These
nle were systematically robbed of
r flock, by Kurds, and in the latter
part of the dimmer the Armenians pur
.tied the robber in their endeavor tore
cover their property. In the fight which
resulted some of the Kurds were killed,
among whom were some who were en
rolled as Turkish soldiers. When in
formation was given that the Armenians
bad killed some of the Sultan's troops
the charge of rebellion was made and or
ders were sent to put down the insurrec
tion. The result was these lawless and
uncontrolled soldiers made indiscrimi
nate slaughter of the people who had
sought to defend their property. In the
horrible massacre, which followed thou
.and. were slain, some state 0,000, others
10,000. The detail, of this horrible allai r
are not obtainable even by those near
the cene. They will never be obtained
utiles, foreign government insist noon
a thorough investigation conducted by
foreigner. The poor people are in ter
ror, and do not tell tho truth unless
under protection. A document ha. been
prepared near the scene of the carnajr
purrting to give the judgment of th
people that the thousands .lain in Tab
vorie met their just desert, and express
ing regrets that it had been thought best
to send Consul to investigate sinct
there ha been no need for theircoming.
The value of such a document will be
understood when the methods for secur
ing signatures are known. Hut such in
vestigation should be most vigorously
pushed, either to relieve the government
from unjust charges, if the statments are
incorrectror, if they should be proven,
to bring about the conditioning punish
ment of the guilty parties.'
-The Ministers W I Vet. '
fl . Francihco.. Decern oer 18. The
clergymen of the city are arranging for
organization of a movement in tlits city
Blmilar to the Lexow plan for the im
provement of municipal morals. Eev.
J. dimming Smith, pastor of Trinity
Presbyterian Church, who has had ver
bal and written communication with Drv
Parkhurst, took the initiative. A union
movement has been inaugurated by the
loral organizations of tlie Presbyterian,
Methodist and Baptist ministers to take
com-erted action. If the California Leg
islature doe not appointan official pnrw
flcation committee, the ministers will
conduct the investigation themselves,
with tlie aid of citizens generally.
They Will Marry the Girls.
WiNKiEi-ti, Kari.; December 18. The
Osage Indian boys, Hank and Charles
Mashaw, attending business college here,
cloned Saturday morning with two girls,
who were eisters. They were beaded
for the Osage nation, and expected to
receive annual payment.. They were
"topped at Dextur, twenty miles from
here, and brought back. They say they
will marry the girl. , r ; - ,
THE GERMAN EMBARGO,
There Is No Amelioration M Yet of the
stringent Order.
Wasimnuton, December 18. In view
of the disinclination of Congress to take
up the sugar schedule, of the tariff and
tlie cohseouent improbability of any
such action as wa. recommended by the
President, looking to the repeal of the
duty of one-tenth of 1 cent on sugar pro-
luced under the bounty .ystem, the fu
ture action of the German government
is being awaited with some apprehension
here. The speech of the German Chan
cellor in the Reichstag, in which he
made a strong point ol tho discrimina
tion imposed by the United State to
ward (ieriuan sugar, Is believed to indi
cate a strengthening of the policy which
that government has adopted directed 10
the exclusion or severe restriction upon
the American products nought to be im
ported into Germany. At present Mr.
Kunyon, our Minister to Germany, ia
woi king hard to secure an amelioration
of the stiingent order of exclusion in
the case of American cattle, and Secre
tary Gresham is In almost daily consul
tation with the German Minister here
upon the same enbject. Up to thia time
no appreciable degree of success has at
tended the effort of our government,
the character of tlie negotiation, appear
ing to indicate a purpose on the part of
theGerman government to procrastinate
until Congrec. 1ms decisively announced
its intention in the matter ol sngarduty.
Aa lonir as these condition, remain our
f;uvernment is likely to wait patiently ;
nit, should there lie any fresh attack
by the Germans upon American inter
ests, there is ground to believe the ad
iriiniHlratiou will have recourse . to the
retaliation act of 18'.0 and single out
some German article, the importation of
which into the United States about
equals in volume the normal cattle and
meat trade with Germany, and forbid it
importation.
THE CALIFORNIA FARMERS.
Holding Their Own Wheat and Import
ing xrroin uregoo.
San Fbancibco. December 18. With
nearly every warehouse in the State filled
with what California ie importing it
breadstuff's in a large part from Oregon,
sava a mornins naner. Wheat and flour
sra cnminir in bv the shinload and ves
sels are leaving Fan Francisco ballast-
laden to return l om the north with
n.l.A.1 rVlfi-trnia fdrmore ami nnepilla-
tors are holding iheir grain, while tlio-e
of Oregon and Washington seem as anx
ious to get rid of it. June Iast394,351 ton
of wheat of tlie crop o( 18!)3 were carried
over. Exports from California to .De
cember l are ibsb man mat amount.
There have been received from Oregon
during that period between 30,000 and
60,000 tons, which afl'ects local con
sumption and wheat used for seeding.
This leaves the crop of 1894 practically
intact. Rains for the coming crop have
fallen opportunely. The rains in No-
1 .... I ......I.-, V. a , 1 1 1 m 1 1 . r It rtntnfh.
YUUIOCI KttYC UICC, , ' a ...... . ... -
I iK, and enabled the furmcra to seed a
large area to wneat. xue mm wmcu
raUn in IWumliA, bhmild favor
able weather follow during the latter
portion of the season, will insure an
abundant harvest. With a good Euro
pean market the grain men are appre
hensive that freights may go to 60 shil
lings. Instead of using the tonnage now
iM...i.j.iu;nin.Kin ihn S fate's
surplus wheat to Liverpool from two to
three out oi every nve vesseia wui
rive are engaged to load in the North.
From one to four vessels a week have
been leaving here for the Columbia river
and Sound ports. There is a likelihood
that prior to the first Monday in March,
when the tax gatherer come, around,
the holders of wheat will seek to dis
pose of it, but with the limited ton
nage here and to arrive and the immense
quantity of wheat on storage, this may
not prove an easy task.
AN END TO BOXING.
The Authorities Will Not Even Permit
Amateur Exhibitions.
Chicago, December 18. All exhibi
tions where fists are brought into con
tact with face and body, even amateui
boxing bouts at the swell clubhouse o
the Chicago Association, have beet
strictly prohibited by special order o
the Police Superintendent, who is backec
by Mavorllopkins. The order may ever
be applied to the theatrical perform
ances of the Corbet t and Kitzsimmoni
order. The New Orleans tragedy hai
served to make the authorities more de
termined than ever to suppress boxing
A $200 fight to finish was in progress in
the rear of a saloon last night when th
lice entered at the end of the eight!
round and arrested everybody present
The fiaht was a bloody and brutal lug
ging affair. . v
' Governor Potter on (Hove Conteeta.
Nrw Orleans, December 18. Gov
ernor Foster was seen this evening anc
asked for an expression of opinion on tin
en-called irlove contests in the Jight o:
the tragic outcome of the Lavigne-
Bowen fight. The Governor expressed
himself aa opposed to such exhibition.
He said: 11 1 have always been verj
positive and emphatio in my opposition
to the glove contests as carried on in
v. ... A -1 .... c I... nmfuaamnnl Tirizefioht-
ers. I regard it as a brutal exhibition
tending to the aemoramsauou oi puuni
sentiment, and in nowise calculated tc
-i , ,..- .. nf miKtin mnrals in the
eievuba Hie , j
community. When the effort was madf
to have Ixnroett-Miicneu ngui ii"
in New Orleans, i aeiermineu mcuouoi
all the power of the State to prevent it,
aud so declared at the time. The unfor
tunate tei mination ot the iavigne-nowen
contest accentuate the importance oi
prohibiting any uch .further exhibi
tions." Ti,a Tn.iifti Were Surrendered!.
Tin m v br. December 18. A report waf
received to-day by General McCook from
Captain F. U. Lawton of the Second
Cavalrv. who wa ordered to -capture the
Moqui Indian who created, a disturb
ance recently and took retuge among tnf
Oriba cliffs in an isolated village. He
occupied a position on the mesa over the
village with two troop and trained
Hotchkls gun. The Moqui gathered
.- 1 n.nKiiu end ell in the V&llftV
were ordered to come out in view of the
troops. Captain t,awton maue a ipewu
giving the names of the Indian wanted,
. i v nnA tViat atipi-nnrlArAn nnt.il
aim WHO u, wire w"7 w ' " ' " ,
nineteen were placed under guard to be
taken to ton v ingate. ;
WITH THE COMMITTEE
Warner of Ohio, Pratt of Baltl-
more, Ripley of Boston
WEBB THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS
Thejr, a Well as Broker Jackson of Bos
ton, Give Their Views Upon the Cur
rency Problems Pratt Oppoaes the
Retirement of Greenbacks. '
Washington, December 17. Ex-Eep-
re.entative Warner of Ohio, President
of the Bimetallic Leagne, was the first
witness to-day before the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee. II
went into tho principles of the entire
question, and nrged that an elastic cur
rency, uch as Secretary Carlisle ng-
geets, wa an impossibility, for price
rose aa fast a the currency increased.
He aaid that, the history of the world
proved that the gold standard could not
be maintained by giving to the banks
the power of expanding the currency,
He was amazed that this proposition
should be made In this enlightened age
id the face of the financial experiences
of the world. A long discussion followed
between General Warner aud Mt. bperry
over a question by the latter as to the
euect the increase oi uie circulation
would have upon the price of labor. Mr.
8 perry called attention to a statement
by the Treasury Department, showing
that the circulation in 1873 had been
$771,000,000, whereas in 18H3 it was over
$2,200,000,000, and asked him how he
reconciled the facts with the decrease in
wages. Mr. Warner replied by challeng
ing the treasury report of the gold in
circulation at the present time, which he
said was $200,000,000 beyond the facte,
and by referring to the increase of popu
lation and weaith. Mr. Bperry did not
consider the reply as adequate, and in
timated that, if Mr. Warner' theory had
nothing more to stand on, it must fail.
Letters from President Cannon of the
Cbase National Bank of New York and
ex-Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild,
regretting their inability to appear, were
read, and then the venerable Baltimore
banker, Enoch Pratt, addreeeed the com
mittee. He opposed the retirement of
greenback circulation, and (aid be would
rather have it increased.
At 1 -IS p. m. the committee took a re
cess for an hour, and when the hearing
was resumed A. L. Kipiey oi me na
tional Hide and Leather Bank of Boston
was called to the stand. He character
ized the scheme of issuing demand note
redeemable in gold as thoroughly vicious.
Under this svstem the bank, had no
mean, of adjusting tbeir reserve to
meet the demand of the times, thus com
nollins them to keen a reserve, which at
one time would be too large and at an
other too small. He opposed State banks
because of the need ol uniformity, a
speedy and uniform system of redemp
tion he considered a necessary, and this
he thoneht could be best secured through
the national banks. Referring to Secre
tary Ca.rli.le'. bill, Mr. Ripley said he
thought the ten in ana eieveuiu eeciium
would open the gates to extensive coun
terfeiting unless changed. He alec
thought the provision for redemption is
the case of national bank would be
found too inadequate. The Secretary'i
plan in this respect would, if adopted,
mark a retrogration in banking. He con
sidered the present system safer than
tbe one proposed.
C. C. Jackson, a broker of Boston,
urged tbe committee to insert a provi
sion in any bill they might see fit to re
port requiring the Secretary of the
Treasury to begin January 1, 1895, to re
deem and cancel $4,000,000 worth of le
gal tender notes, greenbacks, etc., pel
month ; authorize him to use the sinking
fund for this purpose, and if thi is not
sufficient, allow him to issue bonds foi
the purpose. The Carlisle and othei
plane in bis opinion would not give the
confidence required by home or foreign
investors. It was necessary in his opin
ion to adopt a plan to insure the cancel
lation of the treasury notes. ,
GREAT HONORS ALREADY.
Mo Monument to Prof. Richard Proetol
Contemplated.'
' New York, December 17. Miss Mary
Proctor has received numerous commu
nications lately with regard to a pro
posed memorial observatory to be erected
to the memory of her father, the late
Prof. Kichard Proctor, astronomer in
California. While thoroughly appreci
ating the kind sentiment of her corre
spondents, she wishes to say that a yeai
or so after her father' death her step
mother suggested that such a memorial
might be erected, but the idea has since
fallen through. Mis Proctor wishes to
say further that she feels that this coun
try ha. already greatly honored her fa
ther's memory'in the beautiful monu
ment erected over his grave in Green
wood cemetery by the late George W,
Child of Philadelphia. . ;
Fraudulent Registration.
San Fbancibco, December 17. George
Peterson, a porter at the Baldwin Hotel,
who reside on Minna street, testified
to-day in the " stuffers" cases in Judge
Wallace's court that State Senator Jer
ry Mahonev aBked him to reuister at
from the Baldwin Hotel, stating that
he would fix it all right," and told Pe
terson to go out in company with Stern
berg to the new city hall and register.
Peterson reolied that he had already
registered Irom his own residence. Ma-
honey swore at mm, ana wamea away
Brnmblini!. Thi. is the first direct testi
mony tending to show that Mahoney
was the man back of Sternberg in the
fraudulent registration from the Bald
win Hotel. ., . . .
. The Government Defeated.
Madrid, December 17. In the Cham
ber to-day the government introduced a
motion to remove the import duty on
wool, and wab defeated by a vote of fifty-
. . , . 1 . . 1 o-, 1
two to tnirty-eigni 'Awub caivauur,
11ntatAi t9 Finenen. hna l-ARifmnd. end
the other Ministers are considering the
situation.
Recognised by the Pretldent.
Wabhinoton, December 17. The Pres
ident ha recognized Francisco Bruni
Grimaldi a Italian Consul-General at
San Francuco.
UTES IN UTAH.
The Indians Are Impudent, and Troable
May follow.
Saw Lake, December 15. The Trib
une ha. a telegram from Colonel Tatlock
dated Monticello, Utah, via Thompson
station, in which he say. : '
" I arrived here Sunday afternoon, and
Governor West arrived Monday. We
had an interview with Chief Ignatio,
Colorow and other. Tbe interview wa
barren of results, but rich in informa
tion. Indian Agent Day and Colonel
Lawton will meet ns, and Wednes
day we will have an interview with the
chiefs, at which it is hoped that a peace
ful solution will be reached. Ignatio
.ay. all hi. tribe with the exception of
six families are in Utah, and they seem
determined to stay. The tribe numbers
about 900, and the settlers have to feed
them. Last night the settler of the
village fed about twenty buck and forty
ponies, the nay lea to tue pome oeing
worth $20 a ton. The Indian are impu
dent, and make demand on men and
women. They are eating the stock of
settler and rapidly devouring the winter
pasturage of the whole country. Much
suffering will ensue unless the Indians
are removed at once." ......
A later telegram say a conference was
held between Governor West, Colonel
Lawton, Agent Day and tbe chiefs, but
was adjourned over to Thursday. The
Indian appeared cross and determined
to stay. The last telegram concluded:
"This diepatch goes ninety mile by
special messenger."
IN A BAD WAY. ;
Ohio Convlets If net Have Work or They
Will Uo Oraijr.
Columbus, Ohio, December 15. A very
startling story is told by an officer about
the unavoidable condition cf thing at
the Ohio penitentiary. There are now
2,100 convict confined there, only about
1,000 of them being employed at work,
the balance remaining in the idle house
This condition wa brought about by the
warfare waged against convict-made
CikIs by the labor organizations. Tbe
gislature last winter passed a law re
quiring all prieon-maue good to be
iabeled aa such, thus completely shutting
them out of the market. Thi made it
necessary for the big contractor to give
up convict labor, and one resnlt ia that
more than half the prisoners are idle.
Now It is claimed the idleness into which
the prisoner have been forced ha a bad
effect npon their minds, and that three
or four of them show sign of insanity
nearly everyday, ana to seep tnem Irom
becoming raving maniac they are com
pelled to run and jnmp and otherwise
vigorously exercise until they are com
pletely tired out.
THE. REICHSTAG.
The' Proposition to Proeeeute UerrUeb-
kneeht Kejeeted.
' Berlin, December 15. The budget de
bate was' resumed in the Reichstag to
day. Daring the course of a long speech
Dr. von Boetticher, the Secretary of
State for the Interior, said that he did
not agree with the proposal to increase
the income tax and that be was strongly
opposed to social democracy and anarch
ism. The Standing Orders Committee,
of which Herr Singer, the Socialist
leader, is chairman, to whicn was re
ferred the application of the Public
Prosecutor to punish tbe Socialist mem
bers of the Keichstae who refused to rise
and cheer for the Emperor last Thurs
day, by vote of foor to nine has re
jected the proposition to prosecute Herr
Liebknecht for his recent utterances.
The Business Committee of the Reich
stag also reported its rejection of the
proposal to strengthen tne powers oi tne
President of the Chamber in the direc
tion of protecting the dignity of the Em
peror. .'; "- - ' -
ORIENTAL NEWS.
Prince Kung Baa Virtually Been Made
Dictator. ...
Tixn T'bin,; December 15. Prince
Kung, President of theTsung Li Yamen,
President of the Admiralty and 'eodi
rector in the war operation, ha been
appointed President of the Grand Coun
cil. This make him dictator virtually.
and will facilitate a settlement when the
Japanese are ready to treat lor peace.
Sheng, the Taotai of Tien Tsin, is seri
ously ill. Li Hung Chang's official posi
tion is now aid to be firmer than ever,
aa the court ha found him indispensa-
Us. : '" ' ;.-!
The report of the capture of Kin Chow
by the Japanese l not connrmea. Jap
anese cruiser continue to reconnoitei
along the coast. . ; ,
o investigate alleged outrages
Tokio, December 16. The Japanese
War ' Minister will go to Port Arthur
probably to ascertain the basis of per
sistent rumors that the Japanese soldiers
killed civilians after the capture of the
town. '' '
Gratifying Employes. '
Milwaukee, Wi., December ' 15.
Judge Jenkins made -an order in the
Northern Pacific case this afternoon, the
effect of which will lie to do away with
garnishee proceedings on the system
while the receivership lasts. The order
were entered npon the petition of the re
ceiver, who informed the court that
numerous suit had been or were to be
about commenced, which would inter
fere with the management of the road.
The court directed the receiver to pay
vases onlv to employe personally or
tbeir authorised agents. A similar order
has been ordered in every court having
jurisdiction over cny portion ot tbe sys
tem. - ,-
' A Federation, Mot Union.
Tegucigalpa, December ' 15. r- Riots
have ocourred at Comayaqua, where the
mob shouted, "Death to the Bonilla
family." The Central-American Feder
ation scheme, which is submitted for the
Central American Union, allows each
country its own President, the President
chnratinir the President of the Federation.
who shall live in neutral district and
on retiring: give place in rotation to all
other Presidents, each to hay one vote)
in the Council of Federation.
- Political Prisoners Released.
Cabarab. Veneanela. December Ilk-
President Creapo has released nearly all
tbe political prisoner, and invite all
all exile to return, promising them lib
erty.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BEIEF SPAEKS FROM. THE WIEE3
Budget of News ForKasy Digestion From
- Different Parte ot the states of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho Item of
latereit to Paelfle Coait People.
Ppokane's Mozart Club is rehearsing
"patience."
About 60,000 bushels of wheat are
stored at Helix, Or.
It costs a sheep pelt to be married be
fore Judge Goddard of Talent, Or. ;
Tho corporation of Brownsville and
North Brownsville, Or., are thinking ol
nniting.
M. Coetello, aTekoa saddler, ha re
ceived $3,000 back pension and a perma
nent allowance. . :,- :
Several well-to-do families, recently
from Nebraska, have bought farms near-'
McMinnville, Or.
A term of winter school for farmers
will be given at the Pullman Agricultural
College, beginning in the latter part of
January.
Mr. Easmu, who recently filled a pul
pit at Palouse City, has gone into the
show business, and i rehearsing some
amateurs in "Damon and Pythias.",;
Last Friday a deal was closed by which
the Hotel Med ford became tlie property
of Captain J. T. C. Nash of Coryallis,
Or. The consideration wa about $8,000.
A wind storm the other night moved
about several of the buildings at the
mission at tbe Umatilla agency. JUie
windmill and tower ot the water plant
were wrecked, . , , - r
The fisheries of San Juan, Waah., are
assuming considerable important for
the first time thi season! The Friday
Harbor cannery, which commenced op
eration last spring, bas put up nearly
11,000 cases ot salmon. ,
Medfoi 1 school district has an mdobt-
edneaa of $8,500, on which it pay $850
interest annually, the directors have
had an offer to take the whole indebted
ness at 8 per cent interest, and are mak
ing arrangements to fund it.
A 1.100-pound horse was sold at auc
tion bv the Coryallis Chief of Police
Tuesday, and brought the snm of $1 and
no more. The horse has been in the
city pound for five days, and the bill for
his leeu was fi.m, in wun-u buui we vuy
is duly "horsed."
Th Snokane National Bank s atl.urs
are being rapidly wound np, tbe last
chapter of tbe settlement being the snle
at auction of the various notes, judg
ments, stocks, furniture, etc. Hie con
cern bas already paid about !)0 cents on
the dollar; so depositors will not lose
much.
The Walla Walla farmer made a mes
of their contribution to the Pullman
College tests of sugar beets. Instead ot
ondinir in those of average size, aa in
structed, they picked out tlie- largest.
One weighed lao ounces, tne result
wa that their percentage ol sugar ana
parity was very low. '
Th Pneet Bound Lumberman lor De
cember says a Washington cedar shingle
company with a capital of $300,000 is be
ing organized to control the shingle trade
of theStateof Washington. The scheme
inuuuea irjaeui ait vi ioic ouiujibi .,.
in the State, numbering ZcA, the product
to be handled by the company; "
Persona arriving in valley town from
Newport on Yaquina Bay Btata that
Monday the tiae rose to tne extraorui
nnrv heirht of twelve feet, sweeping
away several sidewalks and cross walk
along tne water iront ana aowg oumr
damage. The nsual tide is about six
feet ,and when it touches the eight-foot
mark tbe inhabitants tn that section De
gin to think a tidal wave of no small
proportions ia coming. t
Mrs. Anna Churchman, aged 52, died
at Ashland a few days ago from a pecu
liar cause, in handling a suck ot stove
wood about a week before she ran a
small eliver into one thumb. Shortly
afterward she washed out a cloth' that
bad been used in a case of "tonsiutia, and
it is euroo8ed that some of the poison
found actus to the blood through this
Blight wound on the thumb, felie grew
worse and her death resulted.
A first-class (8,000 diamond drill with
boiler, engine and 2,700 feet of pipe ha
arrived at Port Townsend on the Kings
ton for Captain Henry ft. Morgan s place
at Scow Bay, where bore ol 320 feet
through sandstone and ehale formation
has already been made with every pros
pect of reaching a superior quality of
coal in 800 to 1,000 feet, and perhaps
leas. Boring will begin as soon as tho
desired bond are given for leave to mine
the coal U it appears in paying qualities.
J. T. Totterdale of Genesee, Idaho,
was in Astoria looking for a site for a
brickyard, which he proposes to estab
lish. He ha the machinery for turning
out 60,000 per day ready for shipment.
He expect to perfect hi arrangement
in the course of a few days and take his
plant there as quickly as it can be
shipped. Mr. Totterdale ia a practical
brickmaker, having been engaged in the
business since boyhood, and it is export
ed that hi venture will prove highly
successful. - '
The specifications for bids for opening
a channel through the North river jam
in Washington call for a channel of a
minimum width of fifty feet. There is
a government appropriation of $2,500 for
this work, of which $2,200 is available.
It is considered impossible to put any
kind of a channel through for that sum,
and it is not expected that any bid will
be made. Tbe river is navigable for fifty
mile above the jam, and there is an
immense body of timber tributary to it.
Congress v.IU be asked for an additional
appropriation. ,
One . joint school district in Lobster
Valley, Or., is made np of territory from
three counties, Benton, I jine and Lin
coln, and the people of that, section re
siding in the two latter counties are
anxious to annex themselves to Benton.
They are a community to themselves,
Bhut off from the outside world by
mountain barriers, and it would be con
venient for them to be united under one
county government. Corvallis ;is tho
most convenient county eat for this sec
tion, and as it would only require a short
trip two mile wide off Lane county and
a small piece of territory from Lincoln
to make them one people they will
probably petition the legislature for
change In the county line. ... .