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THE YEARLY REPORTS
Work of the Agricultural De
partment Reviewed.
BUIiKAU OK ANIMAL INDUSTRY
What the Llfeentlng Sarvloa and the
Naval Militia, Have Done, During
the lul Year.
WaHhinutou, Nov. 19. The report
of tho Mtorutarr ot agriculture begina
with tho roport of work of the bureau
of Muirnul iuduntry.
The total uumber of aolmaU lunpect
ed at the ilauKhterhousei waioouBidor
ably over 18,000,000, an iuoream of
more than 6,000,000 over the previoui
year. uarug the year ante-mortem
iiiKpootlon wm aluo made of 8,000,000
animala. The ooat of ioapeotion wai
alao roduoed to 1. 1 oenta per animal,
In 1803, iuwpeotloD ooat 4. 75 oenta per
animal, and In 1804 It ooat 1,75 oenta,
Over 1,800,000 animala, oattle and
ahcop, were iuitpected for foreign mar
keta, ot which 676,000 were ihipped
abroad. Over 45,000,000 pound of
pork waa impeded mioroaxwpioally.
and exported, ai agaiuat 85,000,000 in
1804, and 88,000,000 ponudi in 1808.
Of the amount exported last year near-
y 98,000,000 ponuda wont to Germany
ana over 8,000,000 pound to France.
Thii iuapeetion involved the placing of
over 1,900,000 apoolmena under the
microKoope. The ooat of each exami
nation waa leaa than 6 oenta, or for
eaoh pound of meat tnilla, oonaider
ably over any previous year. Loaaoa
of oattle in transit to Europe were
greater than in 1894, being respectively,
lor isuo Bnd 1H4, o.ej and 0.87 per
cent.
Over 80,000 cars, carrying over 820,-
000 animala, were inspected for Texas
fever at quarantine pena daring the
quarantine seasons, nearly 8,000 car
loads of oattle being inspected alao in
transit, and over 38,000 oars were
cleaned and disinfected. Besides, over
168,000 cattle from non-infootod dis
tricts of Mexico were inspected for
shipment to Northern states.
The secretary says their importation
free of duty is advantageous to feeders
having a surplus of teed and to the
oousumers, who outnumber the pro
ducers. :
Much spaoe is devoted to discussing
tho opportunities for American meat
produota in foreign markets. Of 841,
000 tons of meat roouived at the Lon
don oentral market in 1894 71,000 tons
were American, whilo nearly 60,000
tons came from Australia. The Amor
ioan proportion has not been maintain'
ed during 1896.
He closes with a disousaion of the
future of farms and farming. The
average value of farms by tho census
of 18U0 waa 2,900. The value of im
piemen t a, domestio animala and : sun
dries will make a total farm plant of
1,000 for a family averaging six per
sona. These farms have fed the farm
ers and their families and 40,000 ur
ban resident, besides supplying $500.
000,000 worth of produota for foreign
consumers. In the presence of these
facts the secretary says:
"How can any one dare to assert
that farming is generally unremunera
tiveand unsatisfactory to those who
intelligently follow it?" '
The murtiraoea on farm values do
not exceed 16 per oent, a less inoum
branoe on the capital invented than in
any other line of industry- Be foro
tells confidently a steady inoreaae in
the value of farm lands aa the popula
tion of the oouutry increases.
THE LIFESAVINQ SERVICE.
Report ot the Work Dona by Snparln.
tendeut Kimball.
Washington. Nov. 10. Mr. Kim-
ball, superintendent of the lifesaving
service, In his annual report, states
that at the close of the last fiscal year
the establishment embraoed 861 sta
tions, 184 being on the Atlantic, 68 on
the lakes, thirteen on the Paoiflo ooast,
and one at the falls ot the Ohio at
Louisville. The number of disasters
to vessels within the field of operations
of the service during the year was 488.
There were on board these vessels 6,403
persons, of whom 6,883 were saved,
and 80 lost. Eight hundred and three
shipwrecked persona received soooor at
the stations, to whom 3,833 days' re
lief in the aggregate waa anoraea.
The estimated value of vessels involved
was 18,001,876, and that of their oar
goes 13,646,960, making a total value
ot property imperiled 110,647,385. Of
this amount 19,185,006 was saved, and
$1,603,150 waa loat The number ot
vessels totally lost was 78.
In addition to the foregoing there
were during the year 193 oausaltiea to
small oraft, on board of which there
were 491 persons, 415 of whom were
saved, and six lost. Besides the num
ber of persons saved from vessels of all
kinds, there were 110 others rescued
who had fallen from wharves, piers,
etc, the most of whom would have
perished without the aid 01 the uiesav
ing orews. The orews saved and as
sisted to save during the year 879 ves
sels, valued with their oargoea at
$4,661,665, and rendered assistance 01
minor Importance to 181 vessels in
distress, besides warning from danger
by the signals of the patrolmen 849
vessels. ,
The investigations made Into the de
tails of every shipwreck involving loss
ot llfo, and into the eonduotof the lite
saving orews at these wrecks, show
that the unfortunate people who per
lshod were beyond any possible aid
from the sorvioe, and no life was lost
through laok of prompt and faithful
eiforts on the part of the lifesaving
PACIFIO ROADS' DEBT.
An Kxtanrted Interview With Senator
Tbtiraton, of Mebraaka.
Omaha, Nov. 19. Local railway
oirolea wore given a new insight into
the various plans of a proposed reor
ganlzatlon of the Union Paoiflo today.
The matter oame in the form of an au
thorissed statement from Senator Thurs
ton through Colonel James B. Haynos.
Boiiator Thurston left this evening for
Washington. In an interview he aaid:
"My resignation as general solicitor
of the Union Paoiflo bas been forward
ed to Judge Dillon in New York, and
will no doubt be presented to the re
oelvers in about a week. I have re
signed, not because of any real or ap
parent impropriety in acting as at tor
ney for the receivers, but simply be
cause the duties of that position re
quire the whole time and attention of
the man who holds it.
"I have little idea what the prospect
is for lucoesaful reorganization of the
Paoiflo roads under the plan proposed
by the present committoe. I have an
idea for the readjustment of the gov
ernmeut matter and reorganization of
the Pacific properties, but not aooord
ing to their method of reaohing the re.
suit. I believe it would be great
thing for the country at large to have
the Union Paoiflo and Central Paoiflo
lines operated together as one property.
At present this whole country is large
ly at the mercy of the Paoiflo lines
west of Ogdon, operated by the South
ern Paoiilo, wbioh has the enoioe
whether its trafflo shall go via the
Union Paoiflo or the Southern line. I
think it was one of the purposes of the
government, in chartering the roads,
that they should continue as one line,
operated together, and I think reason
able legislation can be enacted to se
cure that result
"I have prepared a bill, which I
shall lntroduoe in the senate."
DEATH OF COREA'S QUEEN.
It la Now Said th I'n'ortunate Woman
Waa Cremated Alive.
Milwaukoe, Nov. 19. Rudolph
Nonnemaober, now visiting In Corea,
writes to the Milwaukee Sentinel, giv
ing an aooount of the murder of the
queen in October. He says the Japan
ese were the instigators of the outrage,
and that a body of Japanese soshi com
mitted the murder and that they were
baoked by Japanese troops. When
they had gained entrance to the queen's
apartments, they found four women,
and being unable to recognize the
queen, who had disguised herself, they
killed all four. The bodies, after hav
ing been slashed and stabbed, were
tied in blankets, carried to the court
yard, saturated with oil, and burned.
It is reported the queen was cremated
alive, not having been dispatched dur
ing the slaughter.
The Japanese government bas started
an inquiry, and many arrests have
been made.
An American
acting as vice
general, who has been
minister of war for .
Corea, is said to have been an eye-witness
ot the outrage. He was in com
mand of the guard, and made heroio
resistance to the assassins. He came
near being killed, several bullets pass
ing close to him. Had he lost his life,
the writer says, the Japanese govern
ment might have found itself in seri
ous complications . with the United
States.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Proposed Tranafer of Indian School to
Stat Supervision.
Washington, Nov. 19. The superin
tendent of Indian schools, in speaking
of the proposition to tranafer the In
dian schools to state supervision, says:
"In Washington even now, it would
be impossible to abandon some of the
Indian schools now under the govern
ment ooutrol and to turn the children
over to the ordinary school facilities;
provided by the state. In Oregon and
California great number of Indians
now attending Indian sohools could,
without hardship either to themselves
or to the school districts in which they
live, be educated in the state district
schools."
The following pensions have been
granted in the Paoiflo Northwest:
Oregon Original, Thomas A. Ben
nett, of Pittaburg, Columbia county.
Washington Original, Samuel V.
Gonberg, of Exoeloior, Pierce county,
and William A. Harriman, of Golden
dale, Kliokitat oounty.
Idaho Original, Samuel J. Reed,
of Montpelier, Bear Lake oounty.
The following patents have been
granted to inventors in Oregon: ,:
Frank 1 tflsner, 0I uranger, separ
ator and amalgamator; Isaac B. Ham
mond, of Portland, frame for Btamps;
Henry W., and W. W. Smith, 01 rort
lnd, subaquess mining machine.
A new poatofHoe has been established
at Clearwater, Jefferson oounty, Wash
ington. Charles J. Andrews is post
master.
Over Twenty raaeenger Drowned.
Gibraltar, Nov. 19. Over twenty
passengers from tne Italian steamer
Solferino were drowned by the swamp
ing of one of her boats. Twelve hun
dred emigrants from Genoa," Italy,
bound for South Amerioa, were on
board the vessol at the time. All were
landed safely, save the score or more
in tho single small bout The Solfer
ino went ashore near Cueta. She was
oommanded by Cptain Cafflero.
Nova Scotia Brewerlee Sold.
Halifax. Nov. 16. An English syn
dicate has purchased the four prinoipal
breweries in Halifax, those of Oland
Sons & Co., Hay ward & Co., P. a. J.
C. Millan & Lindbergs, and also that
of Meyers & Hydman, Charlottetown,
the only important brewery in rrinoe
Edward Island. The price paid is
$500,000.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Lat Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenlnge of Interact lath Town, and
Cltlea of Oregon, Waahlngtoa
and Idaho.
Puyallup, Wash.,, bas 831 school
children registered.
The city of Seattle was forty-four
years old the 13tb Inst.
There are sixty-six K. of P. lodges
in Oregon. The first was organized
June 80, 1873, in Portland.
The county commissioners of Colfax
oonnty, Wash., are discussing the ques
tion of bonding the county debt and
running on a cash basis. .
The Northern Paoiflo Railroad Com
pany has commenced work on a six-
stall roundhouse for the accommoda
tion of engines at Sprague, Wash.
The rails of Port Townsend's street
oar line have been taken up and will
be shipped to some Eastern , oity.
There are about 300 tons of them.
It oost Douglas county, Wash.,
11,781.60 for four criminal cases, all
of which were misdemeanors, and in
one of which the oulprit pleaded gulty.
Governor MoGraw has pardoned
from the Walla Walla penitentiary
Peter G. Burzman, who was sentenced
from Seattle to ten years' imprison
ment It is unofficially announced that
Oscar Huber, a civil engineer of Spo
kane, has been awarded the contracts
for the surveys of the army posts and
grounds at Spokane.
An agreement bas been reaobed by
which I. Altman will take the entire
stock of the firm of M. Cohn & Co., of
Taooma, that recently failed, and will
pay off the chattel mortgages in full
and pay 86 cents on the dollar to the
general creditors.
The semi-annual summary statement
of the finanoial condition of Baker
county, Or., shows that September 80,
1896, there were outstanding and un
paid warrants amounting to 1174,-
079.56, and that the estimated interest
thereon was 1 7,407. 95.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany bas settled with Mr. Fleet, the
Douglas county stockman, for cattle
killed in the- wreck on the Central
Washington several weeks ago. The
amount of damages allowed him was
something over $10,500.
The United States grand jury at
Walla Walla oompleted its work in
four days notwithstanding there were
a large number of oases to investigate,
and was complimented by Judge Han-
ford from the benoh for the capable and
expeditious manner in which it per-
formed its duties.
George F. Hensmer, who is superin
tending the oonstruotion of the tele-
( pnone line irum uuuie tu Aniurin, ur. ,
says that the line will reach Astoria in
about two weeks. A wagon road is be
ing cut alongside of the line, so that
when repairs are necessary they can be
made with little difficulty.
Reoeiver Philip Anderson, of the Ta
ooma National bank, of Taooma, haB
been ordered by the controller of the
ourrenoy to pay depositors a dividend
of 10 per cent Receiver Stuart Rioe,
of the Washington National, of the
same city, bas been ordered to pay 6
per cent The oity will be paid $3,300
as its share.
Cashier W. G. Peters, of the Colum
bia National bank, of Taooma, waived
a preliminary hearing in United States
Commissioner Women's oourt in Ta
ooma, and waa held for trial at the
February term of the federal court
He was required to furnish a new bond
in the sum of $10,000. The charge
against him is making a false entry in
the books of the bank.
Cattlemen in Grant oounty, Or., are
riding and oolleoting their herds for the
winter. Hay is scarce in that county
this winter, and the Long Creek Eagle
predicts that many a hoof will be turn
ed heavenward before spring. Several
stockmen will take their herds to out
side sootions, where feed is cheaper and
more plentiful Some will drive to
Morrow and some to Umatilla county.
a R. Flynn has partially made his
examination of the affairs of the Ben
nett National bank, of New Whatcom,
Wash. From suoh examination, and
with a view to a probable reopening,
he has bad himself appointed tempor
ary reoeiver. This step accomplishes
two things. It prevents the appoint
ment of a permanent reoeiver, and en
ables him to make collections.
The work of dredging the marsh
lands around Snohomish, Wash., will
soon be oompleted. These lands were
settled on early this year by a colony
of Hollanders. They put in their crops
and were exceedingly suooessful. An
other oolony is expeoted over from the
old country in the near future, which
wilt settle near the Snohomish oolony.
The oolony forms s little common
wealth by itself. They elect different
officers ot their own, but abide by the
laws and make model oitizens.
Hill to Go on th Lecture Platform.
Chicago, Nov. 18. Senator Hill, of
New York, ia going on the leotnre
platform, and Chicago will be the oity
of bis debut This somewhat surpris
ing bit of news was made publio today
by the call of a young man at the office
of the Auditorium to seoure a date for
the New York statesman. Senator
Hill will make bis first appearance in
Chicago the night of Friday, Deoember
6, at the Auditorium. : The subject of
his lecture will bs "Liberty."
TO BE NON-SECTARIAN.
Tho Movement to Reatoro tho Bible la
Chicago' Public School.
Chicago, Nov. 18. A petition bear,
ing 60,000 signatures, asking that the
reading of the Bible bo restored to the
public schools, will be presented soon
to the board of education. The petl
tion has been prepared and circulated
by the Wouian's Ednoational Union, of
Chicago. The nnion held a meeting
last night to consider the outlook for
the movement Reports from the com
mittee having charge of the petition
were encouraging, and it was an
nounced that matters were in snob
shape that the document could be pre.
sen ted to the board of education in a
short time.
Mrs. C. F. Kimball read a paper on
the subject of reading the Bible in
public schools, giving a history of the
work done by the union since its or
ganization. She quoted letters of en
dorsement from Monsignore Satolli and
other prominent and high churchmen,
There were also letters from Bishop
Fallows, President Rogers, of the
Northwestern University, and Preai
dent Harper, of Chicago University.
In his letter, Monsignore Satolli ex.
pressed solicitude for the success ot the
movement, endorsed the labor of the
union and expressed himself in favor
of the reading of the Bible.
"I would like to say," said Mrs.
Kimball, "that we have received a
great many communications from the
Catholic clergy and in no instance have
they opposed the move, so long as it is
strictly non-sectarian in its nature."
THE STANFORD SUIT.
What Ite Deeialon Will Mean to the
California Vnlveralty.
New York, Nov. 18. Mrs. Leland
Stanford, of California, is at the Fifth
avenue hotel. She talked of the uni
versity founded by ber husband in
memory Of their son, and of the gov
ernment's suit which bas tied up the
funds formerly available for carrying
on the university work. She aaid:
"The suit of the government against
the estate of my husband, involving as
it does the very life ot the university
founded by him, has caused me the
deepest trouble and anxiety, and no
one but mysolf knows what I have un
dergone in mental worry for the past
two years.
"You see, I have not been my own
mistress. I have been a creature at
the mercy of the courts and subject to
their behest day and night Drawn
out and prolonged bas been the contest
I now have hope that In three months
the final decision will be rendered, and
the matter be settled for all time. A
favorable decision means a great deal
to the people of California."
THE CZAR A FATHER.
A Daughter la Born to the Queen of
Bnaaln.
St Petersburg, Nov. 18. The ao
oouchment of the czarina ooourred at
9 o'clock this evening, and a daughter
was born to the czar and czarina. Both
mother and child are doing welL
Court physioians in attendance at
the aocouchment of the czarina report
the child to be a handsome girl, and
they said the mother is rapidly recover
ing. Services connected with the birth
of the infant were held in accordance
with the rites of the Orthodox Greek
church. The baby has been named
Olga.
The czarina (Grand Duohess Alex
andria Fedorovna) was born at Darm
stadt, Hesse, June 6, 1873. She was
the Princess Alix Victoria Louise Be
atrice, ot Hesse, and was married to
Nioholas II November 36, 1894. In
accordance with the laws of Russia,
and by manifesto issued by Czar Nioh
olas, October 1 (old style), 1894, and
received the title of grand duohess and
imperial highness.
Th Methodiet Miaalona.
Denver, Nov. 18. The missionary
oommittee of the Methodist ohuroh de
voted the forenoon session of the day
to apportioning $1,000000 appropri
ated yesterday for missions, and the
work was unfinished when reoesa was
taken. The Columbia river conference
waa allowed $5,045, with $500 addi
tional for the Ne Peroe reservation.
The Oregon oonferenoe was allowed
$3,790 and the Puget sound $5,580.
The afternoon session was held at the
university of Denver and was devoted
to the discussion of the work among
the colored people. The appropriations
tor this work were made. . This fin
ishes the appropriations for English-
speaking home missions. Home mis
sions in foreign tongues will next be
taken up. -
Heney's Trial Proceeding Slowly. ,
Carson, Nev., Nov. 16. The trial
of James Heney is dragging along
slowly. Inspector Mason, of New
York, was on the stand all day. He
stated positivetly that the shortage oo
ourred during a former administration,
and that the counterfeit melt was
palmed oft by the men of this admin
istration, but on cross-examination he
said he himself wonld not have accept
ed it as genuine, and that he oould
have detected the imposition. He is a
slow witness, and will be on the stand
all day tomorrow.
One-Cent I apera lu St. Louie.
St. Louis, Nov. 19. The two lead
ing newspapers of this city, the Repub
lic and the Globe-Democrat, which
have sold heretofore for 6 cents a copy,
annouoe that beginning tomorrow their
daily editions will be reduced to 1 cent
per copy in the oity and 8 oenta outside
of St Louis. The price for the Sun
day edition remains the same 6 cents.
Btavln Will Meet Maher.
London, Nov. 14. Frank Slavinhas
aooepted the challenge issued by Peter.
Maher, and will, if possible, contest
with him for the championship of the
world.
HIS TACTICS CHANGED
Gomez Combining His Forces
For a Decisive Battle.
ADVANCING UPON SANTA CLARA
The Roaaon for tho Change Ia That the
Ineorgenta May Obtain Recognl- '
tlon From tho United Statee.
Madrid, Nov. 16. Dispatches re
oeived from Havana say that the insur
gent, Roloff , is at Siguna, province of
Santa Clara, awaiting Maximo Gomez,
at the head of a force of insurgents,
and with the intention of advancing
upon the city of Santa Clara, the bead
quarters of Captain-General de Cam
pos, who is kn"wn to be preparing to
give battle to the combined insurgent
forces. Campos is now on bis way to
Siguna, and a most important engage
ment is expeoted. Gomez recently
obanged his tactics of attempting to
tire out the Spanish troops, owing to
the decision of the Cuban revolution
ary assembly in New York, which is
understood to oonsider it urgent that
the insurgents bring about decisive en
gagements with the troops, in order
that the revolutionists may obtain rec
ognition as belligerents upon the part
of the United States.
Four new gunboats have arrived in
Cuban waters to take part in the block
ade off the ooast of that island.
The correspondent of the Imparcial
at Havana cables that Antonio Maoeo
ia marching to the west of the island
of Cuba to reinforoe Roloff and Gomez.
The revolt, it is added, baa assumed
considerable proportions in the prov
inoe of Santa Clara, and Jose Maoeo is
said to have penetrated into the prov
ince of Puerto Principe at the head of
8,000 men.
El Liberal says the rebellion is cost
ing Spain $150,000 daily.
NOVELIST STEVENSON'S RELICS
They Are Now on Exhibition at th
House of Hla Fabllaher.
New York, Nov. 16. There is a loan
exhibition of Stevenson relics at Charles
Scribners' Sons, the publishing firm on
Fifth avenue. There is shown a series
of photographs of Stevenson from a
child until shortly before his death in
Samoa. Another series of photographs
taken by his stepson depicts his life in
that remote Bpot in the Paciflo where
he sought to regain hia health.
Among his manuscripts exhibited are
an essay on"Treasure Island," "The
House of Tembinoko." a poem; "Ebb
Tide," bis last novel, on the final page
of which, as if foreshadowing his
death, appears in his beautifully neat
handwriting, "The end, July 9, 1893,
Vale Amerioa, Samoa."
His first manuscript of a story pub
lished in Soribner's magazine in 1887
is likewise among the collection. There
ia a sketch of Stevenson by Wyatt
Eaton with a light brush in 1888. Sev
eral of his original South Sea letters
are also shown. The saddest of all the
photographs ia that of the remains of
Stevenson lying in state. 1
Thank. giving Proclamation.
Salem, Or., Nov. 16. Governor Lord
issued his Thanksgiving proclamation
today. It is at follows:
In acknowledgement of the mani
fold mercies vouchsafed by Almighty
God to our state and people during the
past year, and in aooordanoe with the
proclamation of the president of the
United States, and in compliance with
a time-honored custom, I, William P.
Lord, governor of the state of Oregon,
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, November 88, 1895, as
Thanksgiving day.
Let us on that day abstain from our
usual occupations, and in our homes
and plaoes of worship, offer praise and
thanksgiving to the giver of all good
for many blessings conferred upon onr
pb?p'.9. Let us also devote it to the
enjoyment of hospitality, and the re
union of families, to the doing of char
itable deeds and strengthening the
bonds of friendship; to awakening sen
timents of patriotism and respect for
social order; to cultivating a high
sense of duty and relieving the wants
of the needy and distressed."
An Inauianee Order In Trouble.
Cleveland, Nov. 19. It is said that
there is much dissatisfaction among
members of the Order of Chosen
Friends, and that large numbers are
withdrawing from the order at many
plaoes. It is feared that unless radical
measures are adopted the organization
will oease to exist Assistant Secretary
Kaiser, of this oity, speaking of the
matter today, said:
"The cause of all this dissatisfaction
is the aotion taken by the supreme
oourt last September. It waa decided
then that in future only one-half of the
faoe value of the insurance polioies
would be paid, plus the amount paid
in by the insured, instead of I the full
faoe value, as was previously done."
Everything at a Stand.till.
San Francisco, Nov. 15. Every
thing oonneoted with the Durrant oase
is at a standstill, pending the return
from Oregon of Durrani's senior attor
ney, J. H. Dickinson. Attorney Deu
prey, also of oounsel, is sick in bed,
and not expected out for ten days.
Judge Murphy is also sick. He may
not be able to try the Minnie Williams
case, although he wishes to do so. Dur
rant is making himself comfortable in
jail, and says be confidently expects his
oase will turn out all right eventually:
He has not much hope of a new trial
when he comes up for sen ten oe, but
thinks the supreme court will give him
another triaL
SENATOR MORGAN'S REPLY.
Ho Reaenta Lord Sallabury' Statement
Regarding Hi Miaapprehenalon.
Livingston, Ala., Nov. 16. Senator
John T. Morgan, in an interview in
regard to Lord Salisbury's claim that
Senator Morgan's objection to the pay
ment of the Behring sea claim is baaed
on a misapprehension of the facts, said:
"1 have not seen the dispatch to
wbioh attention is oalled, but it is im
possible that I could be mistaken in
facts which stand opposed to the de
mands of Great Britain for $425,000
damages for seizure of fishing vessels
arrested during Mr. Cleveland's first
administration. The Behring sea tri
bunal, of which I was s member, had
no authority to decide any controversy
between the United States and Great
Britain which led to questions of dam
ages or the liability of either govern
ment to the other for damages for seiz
ure of ships. It made no suoh deci
sion, and expressly declined to do so.
"After such a rough examination of
the facts presented in the case of the
two governments, supported on either
side by testimony of more than 1,000
witnesses, and the entire diplomatic
oorpa of the two governments on this
subject, and after listening to the
great lawyers who appeared before the
tribunal, four on each side, it is not
likely that any . member of that tri
bunal was less informed than Lord
Salisbury as to the facts in the case.
His lordship doubtless supposed that
his information of the facts in this
case is quite superior to mine, other
wise he would not attribute to me the
grave error of a mistaken conception
of the facts. Evidently be concedes
that if I am right in my statement of
the facta, he must be wrong in claim
ing that the United States owes Great
Britain $435,000 for depredations com
mitted upon British "hips found poach
ing on the seal herds, when the record
shows more than half the sum claimed
for damages, if this is due at all, it is
due to the citizens of the United States
who violated the laws of their own
country by marauding upon our own
seal herds, under cover and shelter of
the British flag.
If I had been wrong in uniting
with Mr. Bayard and Mr. Blaine in
the opinion that these marauders on
British ships were contrary to publio
morality and international comity. I
think I could not be wrong in de
nounoing this conduct of American
citizens, under oover of the British
Sag, as being of olose kin to piracy,
and I cannot be far wrong in denounc
ing the shelter the British flag gave
these people as being an act of arro
gance and presumption whioh scarcely
oonoealed hostile intentions. I am un
able to perceive why the United States
government should reward the perpe
trators of this base conduct or should
compliment the government of Great
Britain by conoeding that it was either
just friendly or honorable. "
A MODERN NAVY.
Japan Will Boon Be Able to Hare Ten
Men-of-war Unlit. ..
San Francisco, Nov. 15. Although
Japanese offloials have denied that the
mikado will spend $300,000,000 in
warships, it is reported, in advices by
the steamer Coptic today that ten ves
sels are to be built abroad, and that
possibly orders for them will be equal
ly divided among ' the shipbuilders of
England, France, Germany, Italy and
the United States. Count Okuma is
in favor of suoh distribution of prizes,
and says in relation to orders for men-of-war
from abroad that it would be
advisable to give the contracts to any
country capable of constructing good
vessels of new styles without limiting
orders to any one in particular. Leav
ing aside Germany and England and
France, which are known as maritime
powers, the country should pay regard
to Italy, although her shipbuilding
capacities are not muoh known to Jap
anese. She is the power whioh origi
nated the idea of building men-of-war
of 10,000 tons and thus oommenced a
new era in the oonstruotion of war ves
sels. Count Okuma further says: '
"Next, we should look to the United
States. The excellence of her iron
work, the stability of the men-of-war
built by her and the richness in scien
tific design there are not only what
Americans are proud of, but even the
old countries of Europe recognize these
faots. Moreover, as the United States
is our best customer in trade and as
her friendship ia warm, she is also a
power to whom oon tracts should be
given. Besides these two countries
there are England, France and Ger
many which boast of their specialty.
When ships are to be built abroad and
the orders are equally distributed be
tween these five powers, two to each, it
would arouse competition between
them and result in the empire's inter
est" ' '
Still a Chance for th Big Tight.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15. Last night
when news reached here of Corbett'a
retirement from the ring, Dan Stuart
was in Mexioo, but he returned today
and wired Brady asking him if it were
true that Corbett had retired. He re
ceived a reply tonight that Corbett had
given the championship to Maher.
Stuart aaid:
Within 86 or 40 hours I will offer
a pmse of $30,000 for s fight between
Fitzaimmons and Corbett within five
miles of El Paso, and also put up the
purse as a forfeit that the fight will not
be interrupted. . I have a place for tho
fight As soon as my arrangements are
oompleted I am going after Corbett"
Sculler Gaudanr'a Challenge.
Toronto, Nov. 15. J. Q. Gaudaur,
ohampion sculler of America, deposited
$500 with the uiobe in support of a
ohallenge for 500 a side to C R.
Harding, the English ohampion. Gaud
aur will take 50 for expenses and row
in England, or will allow 100 ex
penses if Harding comes to America.
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