--TKE MOBOTtTO OBEGKXKXA, WEDESBAT, JAXTJABT 1(5, 1895;
(Allison) -were now announcing: to the
country their readiness to get toge.her
on a plan for raising revenue, although
the parties of these two leaders had been
irreconcilably separated on the revenue
question for 25 years. He said a consid
erable element on the democratic side of
the senate were as essentially protection
ists as the senators on the other side.
2t was merely a difference of degree in
their protection. This common feeling
"was the reason the senate had witnessed
yesterday the remarkable spectacle of
democrats and -republicans falling over
each others necks and indulging In a
love feast. Allen yielded for the submis
sion of a message from the president con
qernine the arrest of two Japanese stu
dents by China while they were under the
protection of the United States.
Resuming. Allen urged that the two old
parties had served their periods of use
fulness, and that the populist party repre
senting the masses was the party 'of the
future. It had cast a million votes in 1893
and 2,000,000 In ISM, showing the phenom
enal growth of 103 per cent. It had no
"vagaries," as senators had asserted, un
less It was the subtreasury system, and
(.his was not believed in by the great ma
jority of populists, Allen read the popu
list platform adopted at Omaha, and. in
commenting on it. ftated that the popu
lists believed In the election of United
States senators by the people.
"That doctrine," interrupted George,
"was embodied In a resolution by a demo
cratic "house or representatives before the
populists were thought of. It will be
found that whatever is good in the popu
list platform was taken from democratic
principles."
"Another populist accession from dem
ocratic ranks," said Allen.
"No, not an accession," declared George.
"The populists are following democrats,
not democrats following populists. Give
me your national platform and I will
point out the planks taken from democ
racy." George took the populist platform and
awaited an opportunity to comment on
It. A "sharp controversy arose when
George secured recognition to point out
the fact that the platform submitted by
Allen -was not the authorized platform of
the populist party; that it was made up
out of the senator's head, and that it
omitted the subtreasury scheme and gov
ernment ownership of railroads. Alien,
however, insisted he .had not claimed the
paper submitted was the populist plat
form. George commented sharply on the
action of a senator in giving the author
ity of his name to a platform purporting
to embody popjlist doctrine and yet care
fully and designedly omitting government
ownership of railroads and other doctrines
adopted by the populist national conven
tion. There was a spirited exchange be
tween the senators as George insisted on
holding up the senator to the fact that he
had undertaken to issue h!sown populist
platform, and as Allen charged George
with "hedging and dodging," the galleries
and the few senators present listened with
evident amusement. Continuing his
speech, Allen defended the populist party
against the charge of socialism and an
archy. Cockrell gave notice he would in
rlst on final disposition of the deficiency
bill tomorrow. The senate then held a
brief executive session and at 4:43 ad
journed. In the House.
"WASHINGTON. Jan. .-Chairman
Sayrcs. of the appropriation committee,
reported the sundry civil appropriation
bill to the house today.
Grosvcnor, rep., of Ohio, presented a
reply to the recent memorial to the judi
ciary committee by Ritchie, of Akron,
O., making charges against Judge Kicks.
Grosvcnor stated Ritchie's charges inci
dentally involved ex-Senator H. B.
Payne and Judge Stevenson Burke, and
the reply which was presented through
him gave a full statement of pertinent
facts in connection with the Ritchie
charges on behalf or those gentlemen.
Grosvcnor asked for a full investigation
and a complete report, censuring and
prosecuting, orexonerating them.
At S:1C P. M. the house judiciary commit
tee decided to report a resolution for the
impeachment of Judge Ricks, of Cleve
land, O. The vote was 7 for to C against:
On motion of White, dem., of Indiana, a
bill whs passed for the relief of Dennis
Mel n tyre.
McCreary, dem.. of Kentucky, called up
the- bill authorizing Lieutenant-Colonel
Ferwood and Surgeon George H. Penrose
to accept certain testimonials from the
Argentine Republic, and it was passed;
also authorizing Commander Dennis W.
Mullen, of the United States navy, to
accept a medal from the government of
Chill.
The president's veto of the bill author
izing the sale of public lands for resei
voirs and gravel pits, and granting rights
for railways and canals thereto, was re
ferred to the committee on public lands.
Sayrca reported the sundry civil appro
priation bill.
The house then went into committee
of the whole Tor the consideration of the
Indian appropriation which carried $6,494,-S20-S229.000
less than the estimate, and a
reduction of $238.7.8 as compared with the
appropriation for the current fiscal year.
The subject was discussed by Holman,
3-UtIe, Bowers, Pickler, and Broslus, but
no progress was made with the bill, and at
4:30 the house adjourned.
THE JA1MXKSE SPIES.
Secretary GrcshnmN Correspondence
HelutlijR- to Executed Prisoner.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 15.-The president
today sent to the senate correspondence
in thJ?as6 oi the lwo Japanese spies,
together with letters from the secretary
of state. In which It is stated that the
American consuls had no authority to
protect Japanese In China except as far as
using their good offices, when occasion de
manded.. It was clearly stated to Min
ister Denby by Minister of Foreign Af
fairs Matsm that during the progress of
the war the Chinese subjects In Japan
icrc to be iu direct Jurisdiction of the
Japanese courts and military authorities,
and treaty provisions to the contrary
were necessarily abrogated by the war
situation. This, of course, carried with it the
status of Japanese subjects in China. The
letter further states there is sea reel v any
doubt the supposed students were spies.
Secretary Grosham in his letter first
quotes the senate resolution requesting
the president. If net incompatible with
public interest, to transmit to the senate
all correspondence or other papers relat
ing to the delivery by the United States
consul at Shanghai or two Japanese citi
zens to the Chinese authorities and their
subsequent death by torture, etc. He then
shows the changed status brought about
by the war. and continues as follows:
"Before war was declared, but in an
ticipation of it. and at the solicitation
of Japan, our agents in China were in
structed to exfirotee their unofficial good
olliees in behalf of Japanese subjects In
China on all proper occasions and to the
full extent allowed by international law,
and upon u similar request by China, our
agents in Japan Avere instructed to afford
protection to Chinese subjects in Japan
In like manner. This comprises the ex
tent of the 'understanding" relative to the
protection of Japanese in China.
"August IS. the Chinese minister at this
caital complained to the undersigned
that the United States coaeul at Shanghai
was protecting two Japanese spies, who
had been arrested In that city, and whoso
surrender was demanded by the Chinese
authorities lit order that they might be
dealt with In lue course. After proper
inquiry Into the circumstances of thf
case, the demand was recognised as law,
and th men were ordered to be given up.
This was not done, however, without
propor measures being taken tp prevent
summary action by the Chinese authori
ties?. The undersigned at the same tunc
l educated tthere wsis no authority to de
mand it) that the accused mm might
not be tried until the return of Minister
Denby to Peking, it being supposed that
this would afford opportunity for Investi
gation and deliberation. The Chinese
minister at ones promised compliance, and
bubsequently informed the undersigned
that his government had acceded to the
request. Without questioning the lawful
ness of the sentence under laws of war,
the undersigned regrets to say the men
were executed about six weeks after their
surrender, but before the return of Col
onel Denby to China. Special attention
is Invited to the correspondence on this
subject. That the prisoners were not
boys, but men and spies In the service of
Japan, there is small, If any, room for
doubt. Mr. Jornlgan. our consul-gen
eral at Shanghai, says that when th&
men were arrested 'plans were found on
them,' and that 'the executing papers are
safe. And speaking on the same sub
ject. In a later report, Mr. Jornlgan says:
"Some papers found in their possession
during a state of war naturally created a
suspicion tending to support the charge.'
The Chinese minister claims that besides
the evidence of guilt found in their pos
session when arrested, they had been em
ployed by their government to obtain
and forward by telegraph and otherwise
information useful in conducting military
operations against China, and that they
had been engaged in that business. It
will not be said by anyone after reading
the accompanying correspondence that
Mr. Jornlgan is biased In the 'slightest
degree in favor of the Chinese authori
ties, and in a report dated November 2,
he says:
" The two alleged spies were not exe
cuted as soon as handed over, but their
cases were under investigation for nearly
six weeks, and I am now assured that
there was no unfairness practiced against
them during the investigation, and In a
still later report, he states that 'a letter
from an Intelligent foreign resident at
Nanking, where the two Japanese were
executed, discredit the reports of their
torture.
"Other letters from the same gentleman
have proved so accurate that I am dis
posed to accept the "reported torture as
without substantial proofs.
"The Chinese government denies that
the men were put to death after being
tortured, and the department is not ad
vised that they were tortured. Of the
decision that the prisoners were not sub
ject to the jurisdiction of the consul
general of the United States at Shanghai,
and that he could not give them asyluni,
the Japanese government made no com
plaint. Spying it time of war Is a mili
tary offense not cognizable by civilized
tribunal, and to have held the accused
against the demand of the Chinese gov
ernment, either for trial by our consul
general or before a mixed tribunal of for
eign and Chinese officials, would have
been Inconsistent with our assumed at
titude of impartial neutrality. Our agents
In China were not substituted for the
withdrawn agents of Japan, and this gov
ernment could not Invest Japanese in
China with antexlra territoriality which
they did not possess as subjects of their
own severeignty.
"From the letter addressed to Mr. Denby,
jr., August 27. by Mr. Fowler, our con
sul at Ning Poo. it appears that a Japan
ese was arrested in the dress of a Chinese
priest at Chin Hal, 20 miles from the
Ning Poo foreign settlement. In his re
port to Mr. Denby, Mr. Fowler says:
'We wrote for the facts. Taotal replied,
giving the circumstances of the trial. The
evidences were weak and ex parte. I re
quested a delay of punishment for a few
days. 1 have just received a reply that
It is none of my business. They will not
answer further dispatches on the sub
ject. I shall demand a delay.'
"Mr. Fowler seems not to have under
stood the nature of the protection he
was authorized to afford Japanese within
reach of his consulate."
THE SUGAR. DIFFERENTIAL..
Wilson's Bill for It Removal to Be
Reported.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. The house
was and means committee today decided
to report to the house Wilson's bill to
remove the 1,-10 of a cent per pound differ
ential on sugar Imported from countries
having an export bounty, which has elicit
ed protests from Germany, Austria and
other nations, and the repeal of which
was recommended by the president. No
action was taken on the bill to Increase
the tax on beer.
Chairman Wilson took the lead in ad
vocating the bill, urging the arguments
which have been advanced by Secretary
Gresham that the differential violates the
most favored nation clause in treaties
with Germany, Austria and certain other
nations. He said:
"The differential puts money Into the
pockets of the sugar trust at the ex
pense of our cattle Interests."
He gave it as his opinion and that of the
administration, that there could be no
shadow of doubt that the exclusion of
American meat from Germany on alleged
sanitary grounds was inspired by the
sugar duty, and said the retaliatory meas
ures against this duty had already done
great injury to American commercial in
terests and that still more sweeping acts
of retaliation were threatened by Austria
and other countries. The republicans op
posed the bill. Mr. Reed had some sar
castic remarks to make about the insuf
ficiency of the revenue provided by the
new tariff, and said It would be folly to
make changes which might decrease the
government's income.
Other republican members deplored what
they termed a lack of Americanism in
the policy of the state department. They
argued the differential did not violate the
treaties and that a bad precedent would
be established by permitting foreign gov
ernments to force the legislation by
threats. No formal vote was taken and
the names were not recorded.
OTHER COXGRESSIO.VVL, NEWS.
Railway rooling Rill.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. The interstate
commerce commission again today failed
to reach a conclusion on the pooling bill,
and it went over until the meeting to be
held next Tuesday with the understanding
that a strong effort would be made to se
cure final action by the committee at that
time. W. R. Morrison, chairmen of the in
terstate commerce commission, submitted
an amendment giving the commission su
pervision of pooling contracts prior to the
time when they take effect.
Portland Federal Dnlldinsr.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The sundry
civil appropriation bill for ISM tas com
pleted by ths house appropriation com
mittee today. It carries J3S.548.02I. being
J7.S43.T92 less than the estimate, and $4,256.
243 more than the appropriation for the
cut rent year. Among the postotiice build
ings appropriations are the following:
Portland, Or.. $103,000; San Francisco. $30,
OW. For San Francisco harbor Is appro
priated SHW.OO); for recoinage of silver
coins, 51W.000; enforcement of alien con
tract labor law, J100.000: and for enforce
ment of the Chinese exclusion act, $100,000.
ALL IS NEARLY READY.
The Cruiser Oljunpia Will Soon Be
Put In Commission.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The navy de
partment Is making an effort to prepare
the cruiser Olympla for sea. The vessel
is now in the possession of the builders
at the Union iron works, at San Fran
cisco, and. although she had a successful
speed and appliance trial many months
ago. o Ing to delay in the delivery of her
armor and some of the guns, the depart
ment has not yet been able to put her in
commission. All is nearly ready now,
however, and January 21 Lieutenant Jor
dan and Engineer Malcolm will sail for
New York on a Pacific Mall steamer for
Saa Francisco, via Panama, in charge of
a draft of about 7ft petty officers, appren
tices and sailors, who form the crew of
the ship. The Olympla will probably be
commanded by Captain Reed, now In com
mand of the receiving ship Independence,
at the Mare, island navy yard. The Olym
pla win be the flagship of the -Pacific
station.
SEVENTY-FIVE KILLED
THREE CAltLOADS OF POWDER EX
PLODED AT A. FIRE IX BCTTE-
Bodies Were Hurled Long Distances
and Picked Up In Unrecogniza
ble Masses of Flesh.
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 16. Fire broke out
last night in the Royal Milling Company's
warehouse, and spread to the Kenyon
Cornell warehouse, in which were stored
several carloads of giant powder. Just as
the firemen were closing in around the
blazing cars an explosion occurred, kill
ing a number of firemen and spectators
and maiming many others. The firemen
who had escaped immediately rallied, and
were beginning another attack, when a
second explosion, more violent than the
first, took place. The people in the vicin
ity were thrown in all directions, and the
streets for half a block around looked
like a great battlefield. Debris was thrown
high in the air, coming, down half a mile
away. Many people on the streets were
thus Injured. The few remaining firemen
were gathering themselves together and
attempting to escape to a place of safety,
when the third and last explosion oc
curred. This, too, killed and injured many
people. The whole heavens were lighted
up, and the city shook as If an earthquake
was in progress. Immediately after the
first explosion the hospital corps and po
lice force were summoned, and many of
the attaches of these departments are
among those killed and injured in the
subsequent explosions. Fifteen dead bod
ies have already been gathered together,
and there doubtless are a great many
more in parts of the yard, that no one
dares to approach. Every member of the
fire department was either killed or
The first explosion was most terrific, J
and killed every fireman, save two, be-
longing to the Central fire station. One
of these was standing behind the hose
cart horses, and the other was at a water
hydrant, several hundred feet away. So
far, between 50 and 60 mangled bodies
have been recovered, and more are being
picked up on all sides. It is impossible to.
give the names. It is estimated that about
100 additional persons were injured, sev
eral of .whom died after being taken to
the hospitals. The scene beggars descrip
tion at this hour (12:10 A. M.). Wagons
are still taking dead bodies from the scene
of the explosion to the undertaking estab
lishments and the wounded to their homes
and hospitals. The latter are all full. At
least 75 people were killed, and the dam
age to property will be more than $1,000,000.
In all, three carloads of powder exploded,
one of which was stored in the Butte
Hardware Company's warehouse, which
adjoins the Kenyon-Cornell warehouse.
Large pieces of iron were thrown miles.
Several bodies were hurled long distances
and picked up in unrecognizable masses of
flesh. The relatives of the killed are fran
tic and the city is in consternation. The
powder was in the warehouse in viola
tion of law. It was the greatest explosion
in the history of the West.
THE EXTOMnED MIXERS.
Relays of Men Working: in the Staf
fordshire Collieries.
LONDON, Jan. 15. Throughout the
night relays of men worked industriously
at the Diglake colliery. Audley, North
Staffordshire, where a large number of.
miners were entombed at noon yesterr'ay
by a sudden rush of waters from the old
workings. By 5 o'clock yesterday 150 men
and boys had been rescued. It Is thought
20 men in the lower workings were drown
ed. There are still between SO and 120 men
and boys in the mine. Sorrow-stricken
wives, daughters and other relatives of
the imprisoned miners have gathered
around the pithead, facing V? bitterly cold
wind, since shortly afternoon yesterday
and many have been without food. The
water so constantly fluctuates that the
rescuers are well-nigh discouraged. They
found the bottom of the shaft choked
with piles of timber swept there by the
torrents of water which poured into the
mine. All this timber must be removed
before the entombed men can be reached,
but ceaseless pumping does not seem to
materially affect the water level. The
greatest fear Is expressed that the waters
will undermine the galleries and there
will be a cave-in. The rescuers work with
difficulty, standing In four feet of water,
and only 15 yards progress was made dur
ing the night. Hundreds of miners have
arrived at Diglake colliery from other
collieries, and they volunteer to go down
and assist in the rescue. Fresh gangs of
men are thus supplied to go down every
hour.
FREIGHT TRAIN" "WRECKED.
Accident on the Southern Fncifle Near
Stockton.
STOCKTON. Cal., Jan. 13. A serious
accident occurred this morning on the
lone division of the Southern Pacific rail
road, at a point about eight miles west
of lone. The mixed accommodation train,
which connects with the regular train
at Gait, and reaches this city at 12:10 P.
M., had left lone on time. At the place
of the accident, the engine and eight
freight cars passed over all right. After
the freight cars and in front of the smoker
the rails spread, letting the smoker, day
coach and caboose into the ditch. The
passengers were badly bruised, some of
them seriously, though no fatalities are
reported thus far. The injured are:
John H. Jory. 212 Fair Oak.es street, San
Francisco, serious cut over the right eye
and a possible fracture of the skull; Re.
John Kirby, of Alameda, knee badly
sprained and shoulder injured; J. A.
Chestnut. 153S Webster street, Oakland,
injured about the hip and shoulder; Will
iam Ireland, S27 Post street, San Francis
co, serious scalp wound; Mrs. J. M. Lewis,
1S19' York street, San Francisco, back
badly strained; Alice Lewis, her daughter,
severe scalp wound.
The Injured were picked up by the train
men and brought to Gait, the two most
seriously injured being left.
x FELL TO DEATH.
Attempt of n llnsbnnd to Escape
From n. Fire AVith His Wife.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 13. At 4 o'clock this
morning fire broke out on the ground
floor at 13 West Biddle street, and be
fore it was discovered had made such
headway that the escape of the sleeping
inmates was rendered hazardous. When
the firemen and neighbors reached the
scene, Thomas Whltbrldge, broker, and
his young wife appeared at the window
of a second-story front room. Mrs. Whit
bridge was unconscious. The husband,
holding her in his arms, leaned far out
and made a frantic grab and spring for
the ladder, which the firemen had run up.
He missed the ladder. Mrs. Whitbridge
was Instantly killed and her husband died
a few minutes later.
These Escaped in Safety.
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. FantlnnI, his
wife and five children, had a narrow es
cape from death by smoke and fire early
this morning. About 1:13 o'clock a coal
oil lamp in the bedroom was overturned,
and the place In a few. minutes was
ablaze. The flames spread in such a man
ner as to cut off escape by the stairs, and
it seemed that the entire family would
perish. But the father took the children
to a rear window, from which they were
dropped to the ground uninjured, and Fan
tinni and his wife followed. The flames
were extinguished by the department,
with a small loss.
OTHER MISHAPS.
The Staelt Theater Burned.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan. 15. The Stadt
theater was burned today, in addition to
other buildings adjoining it on either side.
The fire broke out while preparations
were being made for a charity ball, and
, spread rapidly. All the decorations wore
destroyed, and the theater gutted. The
Deuster Club rooms-, which were In the
theater building, were also destroyed
The charity ball, the swell -society event
of the season will have to "be postponed.
Drowned "While Crossing on the Ice.
HARDIN. 111., Jan. 15. While crossing
the Mississippi river on the Ice at the
Calhoun clubhouse. Miss Ida Trembling
and Miss Mollie Rodgers were drowned.
LONDON CORRESPONDENT
Story of the Port Arthur Cruelties
Told by- VUlicrs.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 13. Among
the passengers by the Empress of Japan
was Frederick Villiers. war correspondent
and artist, who arrived straight from the
Eastern war. When asked regarding the
truth of the stories of the massacre at
Port Arthur, Villiers said that, unfortu
nately, it was only too true. On the 21st.
when Port Arthur was captured. General
Oyama decided that the Japanese should
occupy the townand the Yamagals Suma
regiment was ordered to perform this
duty. They entered. Villiers (London
Standard). Creelman (New York World)
and Cowan -.London Times) being with
them. Just Inside the gates were three
mutilated heads of Japanese stuck on
poles, and no sooner had the troops seen
these than they lost all control and in
discriminately butchered everybody they
found. Oyama had Issued a proclamation
that none of tho inhabitants should be
molested, so the natives were standing in
groups on the streets watching the entry
of the soldiers. They were driven like
sheep into groups arid shot down in cold
blood. That was kept up all of the first
day. Tho second day the soldiers broke
open stores and houses and shot down
men, women and children who were in
hiding. No. one was -spared, youth or old
age not even escaping. The third and
fourth days tho .butchery continued, the
officers not even attempting to check the
men. Many of the bodies were horribly
mutilated. - .-
On the third dayof the massacre the
Japanese offlcersTecegnized that they had
made a mistake and attempted to con
ceal the butchery hV throwing the clothes
of the Chinese soldiers over the bodies.
One officer pointed out a body to A'illlers,
stating that it was a Chinese soldier, but
on examination it was found to be a little
boy. with a pair of Chinese soldier's
trousers thrown over him. Villiers, Creel
man and Cowan' witnessed the killing of
many, and Villiers has taken several snap
shots with a camera, which bear undeni
nble evidence as io the truth of the butch
ery. When shown the statements sent
out by the Japanese legation at Washing
ton, justifying the massacre, Villiers said
it was Impossible to justify it, as no re
sistance was offered. The first day might
have been excusable, as the soldiers lost
all control on seeing the mutilated bodies,
but after they had time to reflect there
was no ex;nse. vMlliers says the town
had a population qf 1000 to 2000, and but 05
to 40 were left alive, and these had tickets
'signed by Japanese officers signifying that
they were not to be killed. Il was a ter
rible sight, and made the correspondents
very depressed, as they had formed a high
opinion of the Japanese from their pre
vious conduct. At Kin Chow the Inhab
itants welcomed them and called them
"angels from heaven," and everywhere
else the Japanese.ljad acted in a civilized
manner. The conduct at Port Arthur,
however, showed that they were still sav
ages. He says De Guerville, of the Herald,
plotted against the, life of James Creel
man, of t&e WorCdand says he will drive
hint from j the New York Press Club and
the city. When Villiers and Creelman
were taker: prisoners by the-Japanese they
were liberated bj:, English intervention.
Villiers sayS'the-A-oofs are clear that De
,Gu.ervlHe triedibctray Creelman, Jqto
.the hands of ttieJapapese and.liave him
killed aa a spy. . Do Guerville, he says,
was not at the front at all, but stayed
with Field Marshal Oyama in the rear,
living in comfort and obtaining hearsay
reports. AH De Guerville did, says Vil
liers, was to collect trophies and drink
Wine.
Wei-Hal-Wei. Villiers says, will be cap
tured this winter, but Peking will not be
reached. Creelman will return home on
the next Empress.
A FIGHTING CONSUL.
Was Offended by Publication of an
Article in n. Panama Pnpfcr.
PANAMA, Jan. 13. The arrest and im
prisonment of Colonel E. C. Wintersmith,
the consular representative of the United
States at Colon, recently, on a charge of
aggravated assault with intent to kill, is
the one theme of conversation here. The
matter has received additional cause for
discussion by the rumored fact that the
governor of Panama has notified the con
sular.general of .the United States, Mr.
Vifquain, that he will make the matter
the subject of an official Inquiry, with
the expressed intention that the question
being raised by the diplomatic agent of the
United States may be settled by the secre
tary of state in Washington. The facts
surrounding the case have been care
fully Investigated, and may be summed
up as follows:
Last month an article appeared In a
newspaper n which unfavorable mention
was made of the office of special Inspec
torship of customs, which is held by Mr.
Wintersmith, in addition to the position" of
United States vice-consul. On the morn
ing of, December 30, Colonel Wintersmith
met the individual he thought to be the
author of the article in the building occu
pied by the officials of the Panama rail
road. The latter is an American and
a highly respected citizen of Colon. The
colonel upbraided him severely, and final
ly seized him by his beard, with the in
tention of punishing him severely. A
friend attempted to check the colonel,
when the latter reached over the pacifier's
shoulder and struck his'victim a stinging
blow in the face. The colonel next
whipped out a knife, and was only pre
vented from using it by the interference
of a number of spectators. He was final
ly placed under arrest, and in the police
court sentenced to five days' imprison
ment and to fumlsh bonds to keep the
peace for six months.
The Incident has been most distasteful
to the American colony.
THE "HOME SALOON."
It Is to Re Provided With Beer That
Cheers-but Does Not Inebriate.
CHICAGO. Jan. 13. In carrying out his
plan for establishing "home saloons,"
Bishop Fallows has felt compelled to find
some substitute for beer. That some
place of public resort must be supplied
where refreshing drinks are dispensed
amid the same brilliant surroundings as
are afforded In saloons is the firm belief
of the bishop. Upon this basis Bishop
Fallows has worked. The whisky and
brandy trade might be supplied with soda,
chocolate, coffee and the like: but the
becrdriaklng constituents could not be so
readily satisfied. Expert chemists were
put to work upon the problem, and after
many trials the substitute was found. Its
analysis is a mystery, but the bishop
asserts that it is a healthful and refresh
ing beverage, although nonalcoholic and
nonintoxicatlng. This new beer, it is be
lieved, will meet with the greatest demand
from the grog-shop communities. There
the new "home saloon" will be fitted
up in the usual fashion, and supplied with
the regulation free lunch, differing only
in that it will be more bountiful and
wholesome. The higher class of trade in
the downtown district will also be sup
plied with a saloon well equipped with the
usual profusion of plate glass and cherry
furniture. Bishop Fallows believes the
enterprise will not only be a benefit to the
thirsty, but also a profitable investment.
SETTLED AT LAST
TRANSCONTINENTAL DIFFERENCES
OYER; RATES TO BE RESTORED.
The Union Pacific Boycott Alone Re
mains to Be Adjusted, and There
Is Strong- Chance of Settlement.
CHICAGO. Jan. 35. The transconti
nental lines have now adjusted all their
differences, with the sole exception of the
Union Pacific boycott, and there Is a
chance that it will be out of the way be
fore the end of the week. The Canadian
Pacific, Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific agreed on divisions on Pacific coast
business, and all the lines have agreed
that the old round-trip rates of $104 from
Chicago to the coast, and $90 from St,
Paul to North Pacific coast points, shall
be restored. The olerks were put to work
on the tariff sheets today, and the rate3
will be formally announced as soon as the
clerks have finished their worlc. about
February 1. So far as the Union Pacific
boycott is concerned, there Is a strong
chance of a settlement.
General Passenger Agent Eustis, of the
Burlington, who is chairman of the com
mittee having the Union Pacific matters
under discussion, made the proposition to
the Union Pacific that, if it would forego
its claim for the long haul on all coast
business going via Denver, the other lines
would not insist on any change as con
cerns Ogden, allowing the Union Pacific
to have the long haul on all traffic going
via that gateway. The Union Pacific has
taken the matter under consideration, and
the general belief is that it will accept
the proposition. If it does, the last ob
stacle in the path of the formation of the
transcontinental passenger association will
be removed.
THE UNION PACIFIC DEBT.
Receivers Iln.rc Prepared n Memorial
to Present to Coagrcii.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Recelver E. El
lery Anderson, of the Union Pacific, is in
Washington, to present to copgress a
memorial of the company, prepared under
the supervision of the receivers and ap
proved by the reorganlzaiton committee,
offering to assess the stockholders a sum
to pay all the bonds which have priority
over the lien of the United States, in con
sideration of an extension of the govern
ment debt for 50 years at 2 per cent.
The memorial relates that the indebted
ness of the company to the government
Is about to mature. The approximate
amount of the company's indebtedness,
computed to July 1, 1833. by the Rellly bill,
now pending, is about $70,000,000, of which
$30,539,512 represents the principal of the
obligation to the United States. Other
bonds, representing a like principal or
533,532,000, are also about to mature. The
bonds are secured by mortgages prior to
the Hen of the United States. The me
morial refers to the extraordinary reduc
tion in the earning capacity of the Union
Pacific, and says there ate no present in
dications of any improvement in the busi
ness or earnings of the road. Owing to
the inability to meet its interest In the
prior liens, suits of foreclosure are about
to be Instituted. The petitioners say it
appears to be the imperative duty of con
gress to determine whether the indebt
edness of the government shall be protect
ed by a purchase of the railroad in its be
half, or by an adjustment with the holders
of its securities or their representatives,
based on measures securing the ultimate
payment of the debt of the United States.
The memorial says the par value of The
securities and money held in the United
States sinking fund for account of the
Union Pacific railway, December 1, 1S04,
was $14,311,136, the actual value being
about the same. The cash needed to meet
ithe roqiMrem,enlsof),theiRiny biU, abouj:
$20, OOCOQO.would. represent an, assessment'
exceeding 30 per cent. The memorial 'de
clares it will be utterly impossible to ob
tain the very large sum required from the
stockholders, unless it is made possible
to offer them in satisfaction of their as
sessments, reasonable security for money
so advanced. The memorial then asks
for the amendment of the Reilly bill in
these particulars:
First Reduce the Interest on the bonds
to be issued to the government to 2 per
cent; make the bonds payable in 50 y?ars,
to be secured by a first mortgage on 1822
miles of road, the rest of the road to be
subject to the Hens and mortgages which
now cover it.
Second Grant power to foreclose the
1822 miles now under government lien and
permit foreclosure purchase and a suc
cessor company under the original Union
Pacific acts.
Third Strike out the exceptional restric
tions on usual corporate powers and rights
imposed by the Reilly bill and give the
successor corporation the same rights,
privileges and freedom of action that .ire
exercised by other railroads.
It is pointed out that the company is
bound for bonds on the line not covered
by government Hen amounting to $27 -033,873.
It will be impossible to obtain
benefits resulting from maintaining the
integrity of the system without adjust
ment of the government debt. Unless
prompt action is taken, the system will
be dismembered with disastrous effect on
the securities of the company and the
government lien. It is therefore essen
tial that these amendments should be
conceded and early action taken.
Asrent BisselTs Successor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. No succes
sor has been appointed yet to W. A. Bis
sell, formerly general freight and passen
ger agent of the Atlantic & Pacific in this
city, and now assistant traffic manager
Of the Atchison & Topeka, in Chicago.
It is now thought Freight Agent Hines,
of Los Angeles, will secure the place va
cated by Bissell here.
Railroad Notes.
H. J. Green, of the Great Northern
freight department, is at the Perkins.
S. G. Fulton, assistant general freight
agent of the Northern Pacific, left for the
Sound last evening.
Travel has been resumed on the South
Bend branch of the Northern Pacific,
where there was a little trouble caused by
the overflowing of the Cowlitz river.
KILLED BY NEGROES.
A Young; Georjrinn's Fatal Attempt at
Detective Work.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 13. About C:30
o'clock tonight people passing along
Broad street were startled by rapid re
ports of pistol shots being fired, and a
young man. with a smoking revolver iu
his hand, staggered into Brannon & Car
son's drug store, threw his weapon on the
counter, fell to the floor and expired al
most instantly. The young man killed was
J. Thomas Jarrett, who kept a small mer
chandise store and was also a member of
a detective agency. He had encountered
two negroes, whom he had seen in the
act of stealing from a saloon located on
Broad street, and attempted to arre3t
them. It is supposed the negroes resisted
and Jarrett drew his pistol to defend
himself, when a shot was fired, four more
following immediately. The two negroes
ran in different directions. Late tonight
a negro was arrested on suspicion of be
ing one of the murderers. Jarrett was
28 years of age and married.
RIORDAN'S DEATH.
The Grand Jury Investigating the
Case Asmlnst Fitztimmons.
SYRACUSE, Jan. 15. The grand jury
has begun the consideration of the case of
"Bob" Fitzsimmons, charged with caus
ing the death of Con Riordan, m a spar
ring exhibition. A large number of wit
nesses are to be sworn, and District At
torney, Shove will make -every effort for
an Indictment for manslaughter In the
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Cor. Ttiird. arid IIorrisori Sts.
flotcls....
Ue ijaue a lareje stool of Jiotelmare, u-igI? tue are
offering at ijcuz pricey, specially attractive.
....CSSOCKEHY DEPRHTfVIEtfT.
f?estaar?ants....
UJ)ateucr yotr rjeed ir; Jableuiare, ue ear; supply.
Our prices ai?d (joods uillf equally please you. i
....CROCKERY DEPflRTJIEN:T.
Saloons....
Our stoel of firpe Qlassuarc eoqtaiijs eoerytrpir your
business demar;d5. Ue also earry a full liije of JficKel
Coeds, ir sIpaKers, touel-ljolders, arjd eucrytl?iri$
made irj siluer-plate $cod5.
first degree. "Yank" Sullivan has a letter
from Fitzslmmons. in which the Aus
tralian says that he has found a former
trainer of Riordan's who told him that
years ago Riordan was thrown from a
hack and sustained severe injuries about
the head, which caused him a great deal
of trouble at various times. Fitzsimmons
took the man to several Cleveland physi
cians, to whom he told the same story.
The doctors, Fltzsimmon says, told him
that although Riordan's death was un
doubtedly caused by the blow he received,
his previous injuries were the urderlying
reason. The man's story will probably
form an important part of Fitzgimmons'
defense of the case.
The Old Likens Case As:ain.
DENVER, Jan. 15. The United States
grand jury today returned true bills
against Hamilton Armstrong, senator and
chief of police: Kate Dwyer, matron of
the city jail, and Dennis Mullens, presi
dent of the fire and police board, on a
charge of embezzling and opening a letter
addressed to Sadie W. Likens, while she
was employed as police matron. The let
ter, it is said, was opened with the ex
pectation that it would compromise Mrs.
Likens. This was the case in which an
attempt was made to implicate ex-Governor
Waite.
is it Bin;
SANTA FE, Jan. 15. There is a strik
ing resemblance between the prisoner sup
posed to be Bill Cook and Frank James,
the Missouri ex-bandit. The prisoner is
a mild-mannered young fellow, very un
like the descriptions of Bill Cook. He does
not deny that his name is Bill Cook. The
genuine Bill Cook is described as being a
half-breed, possessing negro and Choctaw
blood.
Sonic of CooU's Gnnjr.
LITTLE ROCK. Jan. 13. Jim French
and Sam McWilliams, two of Bill Cook's
gang of desperadoes, held up and robbed
the store of W. S. Nash, Of Fort Gibson,
tonight, securing a small amount of.
money from the cash drawer. They also
took a "supply of clothing and rode away
unmolested.
Convicted of Perjury.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Louis
Cohen, the Baldwin hotel "stuffer," ac
cused of falsely swearing regarding his
residence, was convicted of perjury by
the jury this morning in eight minutes,
'REVT MAH5dtV5' CRUSADE.
HIS Attack Upon the Social Evil in
Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 13. Rev. J. W.
Mahood, pastor of the Whitefleld Meth
odist church, appeared in the police court
as complaining witness against a number
of women whose arrest he had caused.
Some time ago he began to quietly gather
evidence against saloon men and gambling
and disorderly houses. The arrest of the
women was the first fruit of his crusade.
In his sermon Sunday night he requested
the members of his congregation to come
into court yesterday morning, and as a
result the courtroom was thronged. At
the request of the attorney of the defense,
however, the court ordered the room to be
cleared of all except the accused, wit
nesses, lawyers and reporters. The police
men who had made the arrests could not
swear that the girls were what they were
charged with being, but Rev. Mr. Mahood
could and did. He said he was in the house
where they lived one night last week at
11:30, and that the pictures on the walls,
the garments of the women, the language
used, and the conduct generally of the
women and their male visitors convinced
him of the character of the place and its
inmates. The cases were continued until
four deputy sheriffs, whom Mr. Mahood
had seen in the house, could be subpenaed.
Mr. Mahood says his design is to show
that the police are in sympathy with the
vice of the city. Mayor Fletcher says he
is in sympathy with the movement, but
that the police will not carry out his or
ders. Byrnes Triumphant.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Superintendent
Byrnes is jubilant at Mayor Strong's re
fusal to accept his resignation. It now
transpires that when before the Lexow
committee, Byrnes voluntarily declared
his willingness to retire, and sent a letter
to that effect to Mayor Strong. Byrnes
then made strenuous efforts to have his
resignation declined, and that he be al
lowed to reorganise the police -department.
Strong has confidence in Byrnes,
and it is now considered settled that the
superintendent will remain at the head of
the police force.
Purlncntion of Elections.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. The Citi
zens' Defense Association is busy devising
a plan for purification of elections. The
plans relate particularly to the method of
voting.
Now He Has Clothes and Money.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 13. Among
the passengers by the Empress of Japan
is T. Nosse, the new Japanese consul
here; Dr. O. Schmidt-Seda, who is en
route to Samoa to assume the position
of German consul-general, and Faul
Jones, who started from New York to
travel around the world on a wager. He
left without a cent or clothes, and had
to accomplish the trip in a certain time,
besides earning 5000. He has already 1SOO
and has three weeks in which to reach
New York, so he is pretty sure to win the
wager.
AVinners on the Tnrf.
The racing results in California and the
East yesterday were as follows:
At San Francisco Seven furlongs. Draw
Scot in 1:43; Vz furlongs, May Day in
1:20U: 3'i furlongs. Mollie King in 1:22;
5". furlongs, selling, Miss Ruth in 1:0;
3 furlongs, selling. Major Cook in 1:20'4.
At New Orleans 54 furlongs, Miss
Lily in 1:12; seven furlongs, Clara Bauer
In l:36i; five furlongs, Corja in 1:07; one
mile. Bun-ell's Billet in 1:534; one mile.
Incommode in. 1:35.
Chinese GnmIIinp:-Hoiisc Raided.
A Chinese gambling-house, at 27 North
Third street, frequented by white men
and boy?, was raided about 10:39 o'clock
last night by Captain of Police Cox and
Officers Endicott and Johnson. Two "stud
poker" games were in full blast, the play
ers and dealers numbering nine men, all
but two of them Chinese. Only one man
escaped in the confusion that ensued upon
the entrance of the officers, and the re-
mainder were taken to the central police
station, where, in default of bail, the
were locked up. One of the white men.
Frank Simmons, was released from ja.l
only yesterday morning, on promise to
leave the city at once. In addition to all
of the paraphernalia of the place, the po
lice confiscated an opium-smoking outfit,
and arrested two Chinese who wero
using it.
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FEARS FOR NANSEN.
The Belief Is General That His f,hip
AVas Crushed.
LONDON. Jan. 13.-The Pall Mall Ga
zette snj-s -grave fears regarding the Nan
sen Arctic expedition are general among
Arctic voyager? df Great Britain and
Scandinavia. Lieutenant Kovagard. of
the Dimphna expedition, wrecked in the
Kara sea, has expressed the opinion to
the Danish Ueogriphical Society th.it
there is no question but the Tram has
been crushed in the ice. and Dr. Nanscn
and his party are retreating.
The opinion i held by other tra'vcler'.
the Pall Mall Gazette also says, that Dr.
Nansen. after drifting for a year, aban
doned his vessel and is returning by thc
nearest route In expectation of meeting
a relief expedition. Dr. Nansen left Nor
way in the Fram in June. 1S33. July 2'.
of the same year, a telegram from Bere
levaag, on the north coast of Norway,
reported his programme as follows. To
the hew Siberian Islands and thence di
rectly north until the Fram should b im
bedded in the ice and drift along with
it. followed the west coast of any land
that might be met with. August 23, 189.".
he sent a dispatch from Vardo which
he had written at Charabowa. In the
Yngorski strait, on the 2d of the same
month, announcing that he was about to
sail into the Kara sea and that-the Fram.
had behaved splendidly.
lllood Poisoning: From Twine.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. Richard
Sealy, department manager of a whole
sale grocery firm, cut his finger with
twine during the rush of the holiday
busincss. The coloring matter in the
twine entered the wound, and now his
right arm, is fearfully swollen and blood
poisoning is threatened.
Howard Gould's Opinion.
, LONDON. Jan. 13. Howard Gould today
.de.ni.ert he .had ,c,nterel thetxcRrJCJlJfiaJd,
He. did. not. think the Vidlanl would sail
In English waters het" summer. Her'
owner would ptefer to sell her.
Jim WiUInms "Wants to FIffht.
DENVER, Jan. 15. Jim AVilliams, cham
pion middle-weight pugilist of Utah, has
challenged Billy Woods, of Chicago, to a
finish fight for any purse, and at any
place AVoods may name.
Ceylon tea is carefully prepared under
white supervision China and Japan tea
is not.
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