The Oregon mist., April 26, 1895, Image 1

OREGON
VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1895.
NO. 18.
MIST
NICARAGUA WILL PAY
If She Has No Money She Will
; . Offer Territory.
JUST WHAT ENGLAND DESIRKg
It Will (lira Her a Coaling Mtallon and
. mi icffeotlve Sentinel Over the
Nicaragua Usual.
Washington, April 93. No informs-
tlou him boon received here concerning
Lord Ktuiborly'M reply U Nicaragua's
answer to the British ultiuiHtuni, but
it U believed thivt Urout Britain will
noun proceed to col loot the olulm or
debt a It U viewed from tlio British
standpoint Nicaragua' proauut plan,
it U uiidonitood, In to endeavor to reach
a oiiiiroiulHu with Ureat Britain re
siootiiig tho ultimate settlement of the
indemnity of $70,000 to Pro-Consul
Hatch. In pursuance of thi purpose a
special representative may be ncut to
London, who will probalhy be Uon
oral Durrio, who recently returned
front England, after an unsuccessful
attempt to settle tho dlflloulty. It in
not doubted that in tho end Nicaragua
will pay tho indemnity demanded, or
offer to Great Britain in liua of tho
70,000, piirt of her territory.
Tho report htm reached huro from
Managua that Mr. Gosling, tho British
minister to Ontral America, declared
in Guatemala few month ago thiit
"England especially wanted some in
terest in Nloaragua.Jwith view to pro.
venting tho Yankee from controlling
absolutely tho Nicaragua canal." Thi
statement, it in said, wa mado public
ly and without reserve. It wan printed
in tho Guatemala newspaper at the
ritno and a high authority assort that
Minister Uoaling ha never ventured to
deny it The particular patch of terri
tory moat available for thin purpoao
would be the so-called "Cora island,"
the possibility of whose preferred eva
sion by Nicaragua to Ureat lirltniu, iu
lieu of a money iudemulty, ha been
more than onfce suggested lately. Thin
ialand would be of great value to Grout
Britain an a ooalinK and naval station,
and an effective British aentinel over
ill" Nicaragua canal. There are thoae
who suggest that if Nicaragua, ahould
protoao to cede Com ialand to Great
Britain aaan equivalent for the "smart
money," tho immediate payment of
which i deiuuded, this proptstal might
be regarded aa a alirewd move to foroe
the hand of the United State.
Official and diplomat regard the
auawcr of Lord Kimberly to Nicaragua
aa bringing the British-Nicaragua n
iiueation to a critical stage. It 1 eon
aldered certain that Ureat Britain will
now proceed to collect the debt.
The latest information received here
ahowa that Ureat Britain can at ouoe
bring two formidable fleets for blockad
ing purpose, one on the Pacific aide
and tho other on tho Atlautlo ooaat
Two fleets, nineteen ahip in all, are
variously dlapoaod, but all could be
rendoxvonaod for a demomttration off
the coast
NO LEGAL OBSTACLES.
cattle Hil.rwtjri May How He K
. eaveted.
Olympla, April 3. The supreme
court ha affirmed the decision in tho
case of Bohlopp vs. Cominiaaioner of
Public Lands and the Seattle St Lake
Washington Water Company, thereby
permitting U company to proceed iu
tho excavation .f the waterway under
the law of 1803. In October butt tho
tUt, through tho ooinmiaaiouerof pub
lic landa, contracted with Eugene Bern
pie for the excavation of a waterway
from deep water in Elliott bay to Lake
Waahingten, the material excavated to
be uaod in tilling the tide landa in front
of tho city of Beattle. The contract
wa let under tho act of 1893, prodvi
ing for tho excavation of wnterway by
private contract. In February a aeoond
contract wa executed for tho excava
tion of waterway uot mentioned in
tho flrnt. Thin action wa brought to
roHtraiii tho defendant from perform
ing the work commenced, or from troa
puasiing on the tide landa, and to pre
vent the ooinmlaHioner of public laud
from ianuing to tho defendant oompany
certificate of indobtodno for the work
performed, which uuder the law would
atand a lieu aguiuat tide land im
proved. Tho plaintiff' contention
wore that tho contract wa invalid, ow
ing to the manner in which tho coat of
bulkheading i apportioned, and that
tho form of oortillcate doe uot con
form with the law. All thoae objec
tion tho auproino court overrule, and
hold that diaoretlonary power iu car
rying out the law 1 vented with tho
commiHNiouer of publio land, aud it i
proHumed he will not abtiMo hi power.
Voitar Will Accompany Chang.
WaHhlngton, April SO. A cablegram
from ox-Bocretary Foater aunounoea
that ho will accompany Li Hung Chang
to Peking. Tho Chinoae vioeroy and
party will arrive at Poking about May
1 , between which time and the expira
tion of tho extended armUtloe, May 8,
there will be a week for tho Chinese
author it ion to exchange ratification of
tho treaty, It i not doubted that tho
troaty will be ratified and promptly
proclaimed.
A.ylum Off.red Dmra.
London, April 22. An Alhihalmd
dlapatoh nay England ha offered tho
freebooter Umra Khan an aylnm in
India if he lurroudor, and offer to
Hparo tho tribemen if no further op
position i made to the Britiah march
in Chitral.
Th luppart of Tatay Ua.troyed.
Mudrid. Anril 22. Advinna mnnlvnd
here ay the seaport of Tatay, on the
J 1 1 . 1 1 J .. 1 J . i
rniuppine laiauaa, na oeen aeacroyea
by fire. Two thousand houses, were
burned and one peiron ii reported killed.
ABOUT THE BOXERS.
Corbett Finally Ouovlno.d That Flla
alininona Intend to Fight.
Indianapolis, April 22. Champion
J. J. Corbett this afternoon received
tho following telegram from bis man
ager: "Fitissimmon will put up hi money
next weok uro, nnd it i a go. Take
cure of youraelf."
When the champion had read the
message he aid:
"That Hottloa it at last, and now for
tho flrt time I feel sure the match i a
go. 1 Bliall closo my theatrical date
at 8t. Louis two week earlier than I
intended, and after a rest of three week
will go into training at Anbury Park.
I am certainly glad the mutch i clotted
for I have been anxious to Hhow the
world tho merit of the two men. I
expect to win, a I think I outclaaa
Kitzslmmon, who i a clever man. I
will go into the ring in better oonditon
than ever before. I think I know every
move and blow in boxing, and I am
cure I will never be put out, except by
a oliance blow, which I something that
may occur to any man."
HER BUSINESS ONLY.
WUathar or Mot Paul Sebulaa W rota
Mario Wala-rl(ht a Lottor.
Quincy, 111., April 20. Mario Wain
wright, who arrived at (juincy Unlay,
reieived her mall, but nay she received
no letter from Paul Buhulzo, and alao
said that if she had she would consider
it her own private property, aud not
give it out for publication. A dispatch
from Han Frauoiaoo aay the night be
fore hi death Paul Bohulzo.of Tacoma,
i said to have written a letter to the
aotroaa, adreased to New York. It i
uppoaed he told her the reason for his
auicido. A telegram from New York
say the letter may have been forward
ed to Ht IxmiK, whure Mia Waiu
wright i due Huuday; The reoontool
lapse of the hundaomo actroas' cane
aguiuat her huaband, Louis James, the
woll-knowu tragedian, adds a tinge of
romance to the whole affair.
Miss Wainwright declined to talk
about the suicide of Mr. Bchulze. Hhe
admitted, however, that he was her
personal friend and that wa all, but
would not say whether ho had written
her before his death or not Hhe said
it wa a matter in which her and the
dead muu alone were concerned, and
the publio had no right to criticise or
THE POPE'S TEMPORAL POWER.
Aa Organlaatloa Having It Moatltutloa
for II. Ohjoot forfoctod.
New York, April 20. Tho Sun nays:
At an international Catholic confer
ence held at Liege, Beligum, iu April,
1RU3, the declaration often recited by
Pope Leo XIII, that tho restoration of
the pope's temporal power is necessary
for tho well being of the Catholic
church, was solemnly subscribed to and
the nations of the world invited to form
organizations advocating the pope's in
dependence. In the United Btatea suoh
au organisation has just been formed,
and this week tho Catholic of this city
have been asked to interest themselves
in it .The association is called the
Pope' Autonomy Order of the United
Btate of America. It is tho intention
to ' form in every Catholic parish
throughout tho country a branch of this
order.
Batolli ha approved the project.
President Duuu say that tho apostulio
delegate, after examining the constitu
tion of the order, declared he consider
ed the object In view a most laudable
one, and one to be approved aud that
tho plan in the abstract seemed to pre
sent no objectionable feature.
A QUESTION OF TAXES.
Oregon Improvoinant Claims Baaniptloa
from tha Htata Law.
Albany, N. Y., April 20. Deputy
Btate Controller Morgan gave a hear
ing thi afternoon on an application of
the Oregon Improvement Company for
a resettlement and readjustment of the
tax assessed upon it by the corporation
tax department of tho controller's of
fice. The company has a financial
office in New York city, where its ex
ecutive committee meets, and it holds
in its vault some of the New York
Trust Company' bond, and stocks of
various oorNrations. Aside from this
it pay salaries to employes aud officers
and carries a largo bank aocount in this
state. Tho company never has paid
any taxes to the state, and the- point of
contention is that tho company had no
business here within the meaning of
chapter 042 of tho law of 1880, and the
various acts amendatory thereof. The
company's tax was assessed for four
teen years laok,on an approximate cap
ital of 170,000 in use annually. Ar
ternu H. Holmes, who appeared for
the oompany, claimed it was not sub
ject to any tax. Deputy Attomoy-Uon-eral
Hasbrouck represented the state.
Decision was reserved.
A Permanent Soolsty. '
Los Angeles, Cal., April 22. At a
mooting this morning of the Half-Mill
ion Club of Ban Francisco and repre
sentative oitzens of Southern California,
at which W. M. Bunker, oditor of the
San Francisco Daily Report, presided
it wa decided to orgnniie a permanent
society for the development of the en
tire state, and Chairman Bunker will
appoint a committee of fifteen to repre
sent a plan at a future meeting to se
cure general state co-operation,
Wal.i to Vl.lt Nowport.
Newport, R. I., April 22. The an
nouncement wa made today that the
Prince of Wivlos will visit Nowport
during tho snmmor. The information
wa fumishod a oomlng from a promi
nent society man, who received a letter
from England announcing hi royal
highness will attend the oup raos and
visit Newport for wvwal week.
PETROLEUM ACAIN UP
Standard Advanced Its Price
Ten Cents.
ANOTHER BIG WELL DISCOVERED
Th Kssltament Continues la tha Oil
Vlalda, and Kvery Ona la Trying
to Looata a Wall.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 21. The start
ling feature in oil circle today wa the
advance of ten cents per barrel to f 2. 80,
posted by tho Standard at its different
purchasing agencies, notwithstanding
yesterday' big slump in exchange
prices. Tho speculative market opened
at $2.26 bid for May option, or 80 cents
lower than the price fixed by the Stand
ard Company. After it became known
that they thought well of oil, the ex
change market was bid up to $2.67.
While this advance was taking place
on exchange, very few transactions
were mado, tho price being simply bid
np by offers for small lots of 0,000 bar
rels. Toward the close tho market
again became weak, and oil was down
as low as $2.40, just before 8 o'clock.
In the wide fluctuation in price, prob
ably not 10,000 barrels were trans
ferred. The fact that the Standard
controls tho bulk of the certificates
leaves very few outstanding for specu'
latiou. These few, however, seem to
make very wild markets. It is plain
to be seen that the holders of these out
standing certificates are very badly
frightened if they hear a rumor that
the Standard is liable to reduce the
purchasing price. Tho Standard is tak
ing all oil offered at $2.60, aud did a
greater business at the local purchasing
agencies today than at any time during
tho boom. One firm sold a batch of
84,000 barrels that it had been holding,
receiving $88,400 for the same. Many
others received small fortunes for their
crude.
After the exchange market closed
this afternoon now was received that
Murphy & Jennings bad struck a 600
barrel per day gusher on the Hardman
farm in tho MoUregor -district,' Dodd
ridge county, W. Va. It is high grade
crude. The well is a wild-cat, pure
and simple, being located about the
center of a farm which contains 1,000
acres and is fully two miles from any
previous developments. If the Stand
ard maintains today's prices there is no
reason to believe that the gusher will
cause a break in the speculative market
T. J. Vandergrift, a prominent oil man,
was asked his opinion on tho market
today. Ho said:
"It is all right, but I am afraid it is
too high. It will start np operations
and there will be a decline."
In the surrounding oil fields the ex
citement continues, and everyone is try
ing to locate an oil well, even if it will
run only a few barrel a day.
BAD POLITICAL BLOOD.
Battla Kaglag In the Capital of the
Chtcka.ew Na'lon.
Uuthrie, O. T., April 19. Couriers
just arrived here from Tishomingo,
the capital of the Chickasaw nation,
report that a battle is raging between
Governor Mosely's forces and 200 in-
surectionists. Bix people have been
killed and eight wounded, so the re
port say, and great excitement pre
vails. The cause of the trouble i due
to bad political blood, which pervades
tho Chickasaw seat of government, and
which has existed since the last session
of the legislature. Wills Brown,
Charles Brown aud Noah McUill, who
claimed to have boon elected sheriffs
of tho nation, allege that tho legisla
ture acted illegally when it rejected
their claims to suoh office.
Tuesday morning Governor Mosley
issued order to all sheriffs, constables
aud deputies throughout the nation to
report to him at ouoe with arm. When
tho officers gathered around the house
200 enraged men, headed by McUill
and the Brown brothers, rushed from
the adjoining house and a deadly riot
followed. The names of the dead and
wounded oould not be ascertained by
the oourier owing to the excitement
which prevailed. Uovernor Mosloy
and hi. official retinue escaped by rush
ing to houses on tho outskirts of the
town. Mosloy has called a special ses
sion of tho legislature to take action.
Tishomingo is now iu a terrible state
of excitement, and white people are
flooing. Another carnage 1b looked
for at any moment
Condition of the Sugar Market.
Philadelphia, April 19. Spreokles'
sugar refinery, which has been closed
about two weeks by order or. the sugar
trust, by which it is controlled, has
started np again. The plant is miming
on nearly full time, with a reduced
force.
The other refinery in Williamsburg,
N. Y., closed at the some time, has also
resumed work. The demand for refined
sugar, wihoh was very dull when the
two roflnories were olosed, has boooine
brighter, and though the market is still
overstocked, it is thought probable that
a healthy condition will be soon re
stored. The MoCahan refinery, not
controlled by the trust, is running on
nearly full time.
Mikado and Kiuperor May Meet.
Berlin, April 20. A dispatch from
Tokio says the mikado has expressed
the desire to pay a visit to tho emperor
of China, in order to discuss with the
latter the question of an offensive and
defensive alliance, into which it is pro
posed to invite Siam to enter.
Former Wages Ke.tored.
New Bedford. Mass.. April 19. No
tice was posted in local mills today of
the restoration of the' former schedule
of wage.
PRICE OF COAL TO GO UP.
Annual Meeting of the Anthracite
Dealer of New York.
New York, April 20. Sixty mem
ber of the Anthracite Coaldealera As
sedation were present this evening at
the annual meeting held at the Waldorf
hotel. President Connol in calling the
meeting to order said the member did
not propose to longer continue to sell
ooal cheaper than the cost of produO'
tion. Every possible effort must be
made, he said, to come to some satis
factory agreement with one or more of
the coal-currying railroad companies.
The Reading railroad, a bankrupt con
corn, as he termed it, was driving them
to the wall. To save themselves they
mnst take some practicable steps at
ouco. Suggestions were made and free'
ly discussed. The result was that cer
tain resolutions were adopted which ex
pressed the future plans of the associa
tion. It was then decided after some
difference of opinion that it would not
be advisable to make their plans publio
at present In another week, Presi
dent Council said, the purpose of the
association would be explained. No
further information was given on the
subject It is known that one resolu
tion was adopted. This read that a
committee shall formulate a plan of
representation in some of the coal-carrying
oomponioa. Thi plan is to be
made known to each of the members of
the conference. The idea is that the
association, through its members, shall
become stockholders in some of the
oompanie and thus improve its condi
tion. A stockholder the members can
appeal to the court if necessary to bet
ter their condition. They claim that
the attitude of the companies is. injur
ions to them. '
It is also understood that negotiations
would be opened within a week with
certain companies. If these negotia
tions do not meet with success the as
sociation will try to make some arrange
ment with a particular oompany. In
such case the Lehigh Valley road would
undoubtedly prove the most favorable
for it It is said that some information
furnished by Cox Bros, has given the
members of the association some hope.
Cox Bros, are the largest operators in
Pennsylvania. They were representd
in todays' meeting. This firm has a
definite agreement with the Lehigh Val
ley road. The individual operators
in the association control, as they
claim, more than one-third of the an
nual output They aay their prospects
now are much better than they have
been. An increase in price of coal at
the mines, they claim, should not ma
terially affect the retail price, and it
would have the effect of putting the
operators on a firmer financial basis.
The output last year of the mines
represented by the association was about
14,000,000 tons. , -
DURRANT AND WARE.
They Are Said to Have Been Fast
Friends.
San Francisco, April 19. Those who
are qualified to know, declare that Eu
gene Ware, the murdered druggist
clerk, and Theodore Durrant were lost
friends a year ago, says a morning pa
per. Recent discoveries indicate that
Minnie Williams lodged at the same
house with Ware and at that time
knew both him and Durrant, whb was
a frequent caller. These assertions,
which are believed to be foots, are
startling links in the chain of evidence
connecting Durrant with the murder
of Ware.
A year ago Ware lived at a lodging
house on the oorner of Seventh and
Mission streets. At the same time, it
is said, the father of Minnie Williams
brought her there and engaged a room
for a week. The young girl was retir
ing, seldom loft her room, and saw few
friends. It is said that while in this
house she made the acquaintance not
only of the drug clerk, but of his
friend, the young medical student who
visited him so frequently. Thi strange
connection of a man and a girl both
mysteriously murdered in a similar
way has lent new horror to the story
which is on everybody' tongue. Dur
rant has denied that he knew Ware,
but this is not the only denial which
will not stand the test of investigation.
Flts.lramone' Money Ready.
New York, April 19. Bob Fitatsim-
mons in an interview today said:
,'I have raised the $5,000 forfeit
which I have to put up May 1. It is
all my own money, and does not repre
sent a single dollar belonging to any
body else. I am much obliged to Phil
Dwyer for his offer to lend me $6,000,
but I will not need it now. I don't
think it fair to brand me as an ingrato
and tell the whole world that I never
thanked Mr. Dwyer for his offer. I
did thank him, and would have called
on him had I not made the money my
self. I may put the money up this
weok. If not it goes np May 1. If I
can raise or earn another $5,000 before
the first of the month I will also bet
that I will whip Corbett at any time
and any place. If he would agree I
would fight before tho kinetosoope to
morrow." The Old Settler Claim.
Washington, April 19. Belva A.
Lockwood, of this city, and James Tay
lor, of Indian territory, both attorneys
at law, have asked the supreme court
of the District of Columbia to issue an
order restraining Secretary Carlisle
from paying Edgar M. Marble, of New
York, and George C. Haxelton and Ly
man A. Newell, of this city, from re
ceiving payment of a treasury draft for
$10,000, issued to James J. Newell.
The case arises out of a dispute over a
fee, in what was known a "the old
settler," or Western Cherokee claim.
Japan to Order Mora Warships.
London, April 19. The Central
News says that Japan will place in
England, at' once order for several
warships, to be built on the line sug
gested by her experiMoa in the war.
PREPARING FOR A WAR
The Crisis in Armenia Reach
ing an Acute Stage.
TIME FOB HOSTILITIES IS SET
Plan for General Uprising Through'
. out the Turkish Kmplra During
tha Month of May.
London, April 19. A correspondent
writing from Armenia, under date of
March 17, says:
"I have traveled many hundreds of
miles in Russia and Persia, and have
visited Armenian colonies as far east
as the Caspians, and aa far south as
the city of Teheran, and have learned
after most careful investigation and
verification of the facts, that the Ar
menian question will soon reach the
acute and painful crisis. In fact, Ar
menia is preparing for war. The revo
lutionary party has now both money
and gun. During the past eight weeks
money ha poured into the revolution-
ary treasury in a steady stream from
the Armenian colonies in Batoum, Ti
flis, Baku, Erivan, Etchmiadin and
other places in Russia, and from
Rescht, Kazvin, Teheran, Tebriz, Khoia
and other cities of Persia. The central
idea of the plan of campaign is a gen
eral uprising of Armenians throughout
the Turkish empire some time during
the month of May. The leaders prom
ise the people in the eastern part of Ar
menia that the chief attack will be
made in the city of Constantinople it
self, and the brunt of the fighting will
be done by the Armenian residents
therein, but this may be only a subter
fuge to encourage the faint-hearted at
Van, Bitlis and Moosh.
"The Armenians have at least 4,000
Martini-Henry rifles hidden in secret
places in the mountains not a great dis
tance from Lake Van. For a handful
of untrained Armenians to deliberately
begin a fight with the 800,000 regular
troops of the Turkish empire would
seem to be folly too colossal for human
conception; yet the purpose is not to
bring Turkey to terms in fair fight, but
to settle the quarrel by intervention of
the European powers. Before the rev
olution is three months old, the pow
ers, it is believed, would be compelled
to take a hand in the conflict, for the
oruelty, atrocity, the outrage, the lust
and butchery of the struggle will be so
unthinkably horrible that Christian
humanity will interfere. Armenia, it
is then hoped, may get her freedom.
For the most part, the revolution
ary leaders are of the younger genera
tion of Armenians, who argue that it
is no worse that a few thousand Ar
menians should be killed at one time
than that they should be killed sep
arately during a period of a few
months or years. To what extent the
plans of the revolutionary leaders are
approved by the Armenian people at
large, it is difficult to telL I seriously
doubt if those plans are known in de
tail to more than 5 per cent of the Ar
menians, bull, there are genuine pa
triots who believe that to free Armenia
from the dreadful depth to which she
is sunk they must surrender some of
their fellow-countrymen to torture,
outrage and death.
"There is a belief in Europe that
Russia desires to make the Armenians
Russian subjects by annexing the east
ern end of Turkey. Curiously enough,
this belief is not shared by the Rus
sians of the Caucasian region. : The
Georgians certainly would resent any
further increase in the Armenian popu
lation. The business methods of the
Armenians are not generally approved
by Georgians and Russians. It is
therefore believed likely that Russia
wants the Armenians, but whether or
not she wants the Turkish territory
which the Armenians inhabit, is quite
another matter. For the most part the
average Armenian is anxious to have
some other man fight his battles, and
he is willing to believe England and
Russia are only waiting for a chance
to come in and dismember the Turkish
empire. The Armenian newspapers
in Russia and Persia contain no hint,
however remote, of their preparations,
but contain only denunciations of Tur
kish tyranny and demands for the en
forcement of the 61st article of the Ber
lin treaty. The lower classes are less
discreet In Tiflis, especially, they fill
themselves up with vodkas, and go
about the streets clamoring for an Ar
menian king. As the time for the rev
olutionary uprising approaches, the
words of the Armenian Catholics have
an added significance. They are:
" 'Armenia is in sore distress, but
her sufferings will soon be at an
end.'"
The Duty on Bicycles.
Boston, April 19. Collector Warren
today received a decision from the
board of appraisers, which holds that
a bioyole is not free as personal effects,
bnt is subject to a duty of 86 per cent
ad valorem under the new tariff act
Collector Warren said:
"Whatever the board of general ap
praisers may hold, I shall admit bicy
cles free if they have been used by the
person importing them. In fact, we
have instructions from Seoretary Car
lisle to admit them free as personal
effects. Of course I must have some
evidence that a bioycle is for the per
sonal use of the importer, and has been
ridden by hinu"
Call for Warrants In Washington.
Olympia, Wash., April 20. The
state treasurer has called for general
fund warrants Noe. 7001 to 7280, in
clusive, amounting to $48,677; mili
tary fund No. 1696 to 1610, inclu
sive, amounting to $2,987; tide-land
fund No. 1000 to 1030, inclusive,
amounting to $2,621. The call ma
ture April 27.
MORE OF THE TREATY.
Nothing Said In tha Edict of Chlno
Japanese Alliance.
London, April 19. An official dis
patch has been received at the foreign
office announcing the conclusion of
peace between China and Japan. The
secretary of state for foreign affairs, the
Earl of Kimberly, returned to town
unexpectedly today, and informed a re
porter that the terms of the treaty of
peace included matters relating to
commercial concessions. The exact
nature of the bitter were ot known to
him, bnt, generally speaking, the terms
were correctly stated in the dispatches
to the press from Tien Tsin last night
The dispatch referred to by the earl
was that announcing that an imperial
edict had been issued, authorizing Li
Hung Chang to sign terms of peace in
accordance with the Japanese ultima
tum, and setting forth the terms.
The Times will publish tomorrow a
dispatch from Kobe, saying that the
Japanese refuse to disclose the terms on
which peace has been arranged with
China until the treaty has been rati
fied, which must be within three
weeks. The armistice, therefore, is
extended to May 8.
Viceroy Li Hung Chang and his suite
left Bimonosaki today on his return to
China.
A rumor that the Japanese plenipo
tentiaries abated their demands cre
ated much excitement
Seven newspapers of Tokio have been
suppressed, and an imperial ordinance
will soon be promulgated adopting
stringent measures against disaffection.
A dispatch to the Standard from Vi
enna says:
"It is unusual to combine a treaty
of peace with a treaty of alliance, and
it is probable, therefore, that a separate
treaty, not destined for publication,
has been signed by the Japanese and
Chinese representatives. Whether or
not this treaty takes the form of an
offensive and defensive alliance, mat
ters little, since it is known that Li
Hung Chang has always wanted to
open his slumbering country to Euro
pean civilization. It is not likely he
would let such an opportunity of doing
so with the Japanese pass."
HI. Deelalon BeeerTed. ;
New York, April 19. Argument was
heard by Justice Patterson in the su
perior court on the application of the
Atchison & Topeka Railroad oompany
and others for a continuance of the
temporary injunction obtained recently
restraining the Mercantile Trust Com
pany from executing the sale of $18,-
794,000 of the first mortgage bonds at
6 per cent In the present condition
the Atchison reorganization scheme it
was claimed the sale of the bonds wonld
interfere with the proposed work. The
matter most in dispute was to decide
who should oontrol the foreclosure pro
ceedings. Justice Patterson reserved
his decision.
An Heir to Million..
Santa Cruz, April 20. A relative of
Ansel White is here inquiring for his
whereabouts having come from the
East White is heir to the estate in
New York, valued at $4,000,000.
White came to California in the early
days and settled on a ranch near the
city. In 1865 he disappeared, and has
not been heard of since. Pioneers who
knew White are being interviewed to
ascertain if they know where he went
when he left this country. These pio
neers believe that White is dead, for
none of them have seen or hoard of him
for thirty years. Relatives propose to
search for him wherever there is the
least clew.
An Avenge Day's Work.
Tacoma, April 19. T West Coast
Lumberman, of this city, recently ask
ed all the lumber and shingle mills of
the state to report their out for April 1,
if it was an average of a day's work.
Replies were received from a fair pro
portion, and, basing an estimate on
these, it is found that the Washington
mills have an ordinary daily capacity
as follows: Lumber, 7,500,000 feet;
shingles, 115,000,000 feet; lath, 1,500,
000 feet The Tacoma mill made the
largest out, it being 252,000 feet of
lumber and 90,000 lath in twelve
hours, employing 210 men. The Fort
Blakeley mills were a close second.
There are 280 mills in the state, of
which about 260 are in operation.
For Good City Government.
Philadelphia, April 20. In pursu
ance of the invitation of the chamber
of commerce and the Civic Federation,
of Cleveland, the annual meeting of the
National Municipal League and the
third national oonferenoe for good city
government will be held in that city,
May 29, 30 and 31. Papers on the
municipal condition of nearly all the
larger cities of the country will be read
by delegates. All associations of men
or women having for an object the im
provement of municipal government or
the promotion of good citizenship, are
urged by the legislative committee to
send delegate to the oonferenoe.
China Triad to Protect Americana.
Washington, April 19. Correspond
ence between this government and
China just issued show that the au
thorities of the latter country during
the war just olosed have done every
thing in their power to extend protec
tion to Americans in Peking. A rowdy
who assaulted American Missionary
Hedland and his wife was severely pun
ished. All anti-foreign placards have
been promptly suppressed.
Will Inapect the Seal Flatteries.
Denver, April 20. Joseph Murray,
the United States seal commissioner
for Alaska, arrived from Washington
yesterday, and will leave for San Fran
oisco today en route for Alaska, where
he will inspect the seal fisheries and
report to the government a to the ob
servance of the law in regard to seal
catching, and also upon the general
condition of the seal island.
ROME'S THUNDERBOLT
Stand Taken on the School
Question in Canada.
POPE HAS GIVES EXPBESSIOH
Excommunication for Catholics Who
Otva Aid to Those Who Would
Abolish Parochial School..
Winnipeg, April 18. Nothing since
the beginning of the Catholic school
struggles in this country has created a
greater sensation than the announce
ment of the Catholic archbishop that
those Catholics who henceforth lend
their aid and influence to those who
would abolish Catholic parochial
schools will be excommunicated. A
number of prominent Catholic have,
during the struggle of the church, ex
pressed themselves in favor of a na
tional school system.
At first it was thought to be a move
on the part of the archbishop, and
done without authority of Monsignore
Satolli or the pope, but today it was
learned Archbishop Langivin's action
is based on advices from Rome. It is
understood the archbishop last week re
ceived a papal encyclical on the sub
ject This reviews the school matter,
and points out that the case in the
United States and Canada is not anal
ogous. In Canada, and particularly in
Manitoba, it points out that Catholic
schools were guaranteed by treaty and
constitution, while no such guarantee
was given in the United States. The
parochial schools belong to Manitoba
Catholics by right of treaty, it declares,
and on this ground affirms that the '
Catholic who continue to lend their
aid to those who would take away these
rights shall not be received into com
munion with the church. Archbishop
Langivin, speaking on the matter, was
emphatic. .These were hi words:
"The hierarchy of the Catholic
church has spoken. All those who do
not follow the hierarchy are not Cath
olics. When the hierarchy has spoken,
there is no use for any Catholic to say
the contrary, for, if he does, he is no
longer a Catholic. Such a man may
carry the title, but I declare this as
an archbishop I say, and I say it with
plain authority, a Catholio who does
not follow the hierarchy on the school
question is no more a Catholic. And
who will be the one to entitle such a
one to the name of Catholic? Where
is the society which will give him au
thority to call himself a Catholic, when
I, in my authority as a Catholio bishop
declare that such a man has no right to
the name? Let us repeat: The Cath
olio hierarchy has not the slightest de
sire to govern the country, aa has been
freely and falsely charged, for we are
bound by the law, and will submit to
the law, as every one else must In
God we trust that is our motto. We
stand by the constitution of the coun
try, but we will have no Godless
schools."
It is reported that a meeting of Cath
olio dignitaries will soon be held in
New York city to discuss and take
some action on the Manitoba school
question. The church in Manitoba is
expecting some aid in their church
affairs in the United States, and, al
though Monsignore Satolli's jurisdic
tion may not extend to Manitoba, it is
understood Catholics here think he will
throw his influence in their behalf.
IN HER OWN BEHALF.
A Card From Lady Henry Bomeraet to
tha Press of Thla Country.
Washington, April 20. The Associ
ated Press today received the following
card, dated Reigate, England, from
Lady Henry Somerset, the well-known
temperance advocate:
"My attention has been called to ut
terly unfounded charges made against
me by Mr. Hicks a few weeks Since on
the eve of my sailing for home. I do
not consider it necessary for me to go ,"
into any detailed refutations of these
accusations, frequently reiterated by
the enemies of reforms with which my '
name has come to be associated, bnt if
any of my American friends desire to
ascertain the position I occupy in re- '
gard to the management of my London
property they will do me favor to seek
for information from the housing com-
mittee of the London county council.
"The igonranoe of Mr. Hicks con-.
cerning the laws of English entailed
property must be his excuse for the ab- '
surd statements he makes about my
country estates. I have legal informa
tion that his attack is libelous, but if
all libels against reformers were brought
before the courts we should have but
little time for more useful occupations.
My experience of the fairness of the
American press makes me confident
that this communication will be widely
circulated as an act of justice to one
who has received so many tokens of '
good will from -the home folks of
America, and who has always written
and spoken as the friend and not the
critic of the New England across the
waters."
Agaln.t tha Northern Paolfle.
Washington, April 18. Secretary
Smith has decided adversely to the
claim of the Northern Pacific to lands
lying in Idaho within the limits of its
grant, but which were subsequently
withdrawn by proclamation and formed
into a part of the Coeur d Alene Indian
reservation. More recently the Indians
oeded the lands back to the United
States, and congress confirmed the ces
sion. The Northern Pacifio claim
this decision reversed its original rights 1
in these lands. .
Part of England' Naval Beserve.
London, April 19. The Cun orders
Campania and Lnoania have boon ad- ,
ded by the government to the auxiliary
reserve in the event of war,