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When the eyes become tired irem reading or sewinp, or if the Utters loek blurred end run tosethtr. It is a sure indication that glasses are needed. The lenses sold in the cheap goods are of un equal density and have imperfectly formed sur faces. Continued use ot these poorer lenses will result in a positive injury from the con stant strain upon the muscles of accommoda tion to supply the detects in the class." HEED St sraiicomvi Oculist Opticians Oregonian Building and Children. i CASTORIA cores Coc Cortstlpatlcn, j Sour Stomach. Dtorrhoea. Eructation. j Kills worms, gives steep aad promotes dlfe I tion. Without iajuriotts medication. "For peroral years I have recommended yonr 'CASTQIUA. aad skAlt always centlaue to do THE COLORED ORATOR Sudden Death of Frederick Doug lass at Anacostia. HIS WAS A FULL LIFE TO THE LAST History of One WTio, Born a SIn-e, "Vaa Prominent in Efforts to Set Others Free. "WASHIXGTOX, Feb. 20. Frederick Douglass dropped dead in the hallway of liis residence on Anacostia Heights this evening at 1 o'clock. He had been in the highest spirits and apparently in the best of health, despite his 7S years, -when death overtook him. This morning he was driven to Washington, accompanied by his wife. She left him at the congres sional library, and he continued to 3fet- zerott hall, where he attended the ses sions of the woman's council In the fore noon and afternoon, returning to Cedar Kill, his residence, between 3 and C o'clock. After dining he had a chat in the hallway with his wife about the do ings of the council. He grew very en thusiastic in his explanation of one of the events of the day, when he fell upon his knees with hands clasped. Mrs. Douglass, thinking this was part of his description, was not alarmed, but, as she looked, he sank lower, and finally lay stretched upon the floor, breathing his last. Realizing he was ill, she raised his hand and then understood that he was dying. She was alone in the house, and rushed to the front door with cries for help. Some men who were near by quickly responded and attempted to restore the dying man. One of them called Dr. J. Stewart Harrison, and while he was injecting a restorative into the patient's arm, Mr. Douglass passed away, seemingly without pain. Mr. Douglass has lived for some time at Cedar Hill with his wife and one servant. He has two sons and a daughter, the children of his first wife, living here. They are Ixiuis H. and Charles Douglass and Mrs. Sprague. His second wife, who is a white woman, survives him. The story of the second marriage Is a roman tic one. Miss Helen Pitts, whom he mar ried, was a New England woman of mid dle age, a clerk in the ofllce of the re corder of deeds for the District of Co lumbia when Douglass was appointed to that office. She was a member of a lit erary society to which he belonged. They were thrown much together, and finally became engaged. Her relatives opposed the union bitterly on account of his color, but finally yielded to force of circum stances. Some of them have for some time been living near the Douglass home on Anacostia Heights. Mr. Douglass was to deliver a lecture tonight at the Hillsdale African church, near his home, and was waiting for a car-i rlage, while talking to his wife. The car riage arrived just as he died. Mrs. Doug lass said tonight thather husband hgjL apparent'yeen'mMheD'estrinealtn'laTe1 ly, and had showed unusual vigor, for one of his years. No arrangements, she said, would be made for his funeral until his children could be consulted. It is a singu lar fact, in connection with the death t)f Mr. Douglass, that the very last hours of his life were given In attention to one of the principles to which he devoted his en ergies after his escape from slavery. This morning he drove into Washington from his residence, about a mile out from Ana costia, a suburb just across the eastern branch of the Potomac, and at 10 o'clock appeared at Metzerott hall, where the Woman's National Council is holding its triennial conclave. Mr. Douglass was a regularly enrolled member of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, and has always attended its conventions. It was probably with a view to consistency in this respect that he appeared at Metzerott hall. Although it was a secret business session of the council, Mr. Douglass was allowed to remain. When the meeting had been called to order by Mrs. May Wright Sewall, the president of the council, she appointed Miss Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Ana B. Shaw a committee to escort him to the platform, where most of the delegates, not more than 50 in number, were sitting. Mrs. Sewall presented Mr. Douglass to the council, and, contenting himself with a bow in response to the applause that greeted the announcement, he tcok a seat beside Miss Anthony, his life-long friend. Nothing to indicate that he was not In his usual health was remarked at the time and tonight, after his death was made known, nobody could recall anything in his appearance or action out of the ordi nary, except, according to the statement of a lady present, that he rubbed his left hand constantly with his right, as though it were benumbed. The morning session lasted until after 12 o'clock and just before that hour an" in formal discussion was started on the prop osition that has been mooted for some time, to divide the national council into as upper and lower house. Mr. Douglass became much interested in this discussion, so much so, in fact, that when the coun cil reconvened at 4 o'clock to give fur ther consideration to the subject, he was again present, although it had been his Intention to return to his home early in the day. He left the hall on the ad journment of the session, about 5 o'clock, and had been at his heme but a short time when his death occurred. When Miss Susan B. Anthony heard of Mr. Douglass death, at the evening ses sion of the council, she was very much affected. Despite her 75 years, she im mediately announced her intention of go ing to the Douglass homestead near An acostia and had actually started when some of her friends, fearful that the journey would have a bad effect on her, used pursuasion to such an extent that she finally consented to defer the trip until tomorrow. Miss Anthony and Mr. Douglass formed an intimate friendship when both resided in Rochester, N. T., and that friendship has continued for many decades. One incident in connec tion with her relations with Mr. Douglass was recalled by Miss Anthony. During the early days of anti-slavery agitation. Miss Anthony, and her venerable asso ciate, Elisabeth Cady Stanton, appeared at an anti-slavery meeting In which Fred Douglass was taking a prominent part. Women were not welcome as public speak ers those days, and Mr. Douglass had agreed to read an address prepared by Highest of aU in Leavening Power. Mrs. Stanton. His rendition of her writ ten remarks did not suJp that lady, and, stepping forward, she'tSfk.the paper from his hands with the remirk: "Here, Frederick, letieSread IL" She did so, thus marking the initiative In the appearance of women as actors in public gatherings. jK Mr. Douglass died nqtfmany miles dis tant from the countyHon the eastern shore of Maryland, where he was born, a slave. Stt (Frederick Douglass was born In Tucka hoe, Talbot countya M'd., in February. 1817. His mother was 31negro slave and his "father was a whitejman. At the age of 10 years he was sent to Baltimore, where he learned to read and write. His owner later allowed hiiS to hire his own time for $3 per week,nd he was em ployed In a shipyard. In September, 1S3S, he fled from Baltimoreand made his way to New York. Thenceihe went to New Bedford, Mass., wherejhe married and lived for three or fourjyears, supporting himself by day labor ontthe wharves and in various workshops.While there he changed his name to Douglass. He had previously been calledlllloyd. the name of his old master. Heiwas aided In his efforts for self-education by William Lloyd Garrison. In thelsummer of 1841 he attended an anti-jslavery convention at Nantucket, and madgja speech which was so well received that he was offered the agency of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society- In thStcapacity he lec tured through the NewjfiEngland states for four years. Large audiences were at tracted by his graphlep descriptions of slavery and his eloqueit speeches. At this time he published fiis first book, en titled, "Narrative of My Experience in Slavery." Si In 1845 he went to Europe to lecture on slavery to enthusiastic audiences in nearly all the larger towns ofjtJreat Britain. In 1846 his friends in England raised a purse of $750 to purchase hisjjfreedom. He re mained two years in Great Britain, and in 1847 began at Rochester, N. T., the pub lication of "Frederick Tipuglass Paper," which title was afterward changed to "The North Star." InfBoo he published "My Bondage and My Ereedom." In 1859 the John Brown riots took place in Vir ginia. He was supposedjto have been im plicated in these, and Go;yernor Wlse'made requisition for his arrestjupon the gover nor of Michigan, in which state he then was. To avoid difficulty? Douglass went to England, where he remained for six or eight months. He thenlreturned to Roch ester, and continued theljiniblication of his paper. When the civil sar began in 1SGI he urged upon PresidentjLincoln the em ployment of colored troops and the issu ance of a proclamatiorfjfof emancipation. In 1853, when it wasitjlast decided to employ such troops, hef!gave his assist ance in enlisting men forsuch regiments, and especially the Fifty-fourth and Fifty fifth Massachusetts. "' After the abolition ofgslavery, he dis continued the publication; of his naner. and applied himself to thejpreparation and delivery of lyceum lectures. In Septem ber, 1870, he became editor of the New Nation Era, in Washington. This was afterward continued by his sons, Louis and Charles. In 1871 he was appointed as sistant secretary to the committee to San Domingo. On hi3 return," President Grant appointed bjm one of the territorial coun ciloeJ3istxictofftrribia.inol872l he was 'elected presidential, elector-at-lorge for the state of New tXork, and was appointed to carry the electoral vote of the state to Washington. In 1875 he was appointed United States marshal for the District of Columbia. After this he be came recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, from which office he was removed by President Cleveland in 1886. In the autumn of that year he revisited England, to inform his friends whom he had made while a fugitive slave of the progress of the African race in the United States. After his return to the United States he was appointed minister to Hayti by Pres ident Harrison in 1SS9. He was sent to Hayti on a United States man-of-war. He arrived there October 8, 1SS9, just as that country was emerging from one of the most exciting revolutions it had wit nessed for years. The government exist ing upon his arrival was simply provis ional, and, even after the new president took office, there was some delay in the ar rival and presentation of his credentials. These circumstances gave rise in the United States to persistent rumors that the Haytlan government had refused to receive Mr. Douglass on account of his color. They were denied, however, and Douglass was finally warmly received. The Haytian ministry was the last posi tion in the gift of the United States held by Mr. Douglass. In 1892 Hayti made an appropriation of money for the Columbian exposition, and appointed Mr. Douglass the senior of her two commissioners to the exposition. Since the close of the fair, Mr. Douglass has lived quietly in Washington, without en gaging in any special business. His wealth Is variously estimated at from $100,000 to $200,000) Mrs. II on rice Cockran Dead. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Mrs. Bourke Cockran, wife of Congressman Cockran, died at 5:15 o'clock this evening at the Holland house from hemorrhages, with which she was attacked Tuesday. (Mrs. Cockran was 31 years of age. She had been married 10 years and up to two years ago was a leader of society in Washington, but at that time her health interfered with her social duties and she was taken by her husband to the Adiron dack?, and also to Europe. Four weeks ago Congressman Cockran brought his wife to New York for special treatment under Dr. Janeway. Mrs. Cockran was the daughter of John Mack, of 96 Park avenue, this city.) To Lie- in State. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20. The remains of Minister Gray will reach this city at 8 o'clock in the morning, and until Fri day morning will lie in state in the cap itol. The military will have charge of the obsequies here, and the usual honor will be paid to the dead. The funeral train will leave this city for Union City, where the remains will be interred at 8 A. M. Friday. Francis Labilllcre. LONDON, Feb. 0. Francis Labilllere, who started the movement to found the imperial federation league, and was once the league's secretary, died yesterday at Harrow. Archduke Albert's Funeral. LONDON. Feb. 20. A Berlin dispatch says Emperor William will attend the funeral of the Austrian Archduke Albert. Latest TJ. S. Gov't Food RepcA 1 Baking THE LAST OF SILVER Senate to Take No Further Action Regarding It This Session. CHANDLER'S SIGNIFICANT SPEECH Some Things the Republicans Will Do If the President Calls Conirress Together in Extra. Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Chandler cre ated something of a sensation in the senate late today, outlining some important steps to be taken by the next congress, includ ing a congressional investigation of the recent purchase of gold by the president of the United States. The statement came unexpectedly, as an incident to the debate on the Indian appropriation bill. During the early hours of the day the silver bill made its exit from the senate. Jones of Arkansas, in charge of the measure, an nounced that its friends would make no further effort to pass it at the present ses sion. The disposal of the measure was emphasized by the decisive vote of 55 to 12 on Gorman's motion to take up the In dian appropriation bill, the effect of which was to displace the silver bill and send it back to the calendar. Wolcott's resolution declarator!' for silver, but postponing ac tion, also went to the calendar without final action. It was discussed briefly to day. Higgins opposed it as meaningless. Manderson proposed an amendment urg ing an international bimetallic agreement. The speech of Chandler significantly urged that the time was near at hand when the republican party must take affirmative ac tion on bi'metalism. The senate began its session at 11 o'clock for the first time. This extra hour is ren dered necessary by the pressing demand of the appropriation bills. Only 10 senators were present when the session opened, but the galleries were filled with delegates to the National Council of Women, in ses sion here. Hill, always watchful against surprises, was one of the earliest comers. Jones of Arkansas, in charge of the silver bill, which still held its advantage as unfinished business, circulated among his associates. Piatt, Higgins and other re publican senators were evidently prepared to carry forward the opposition to the sil ver bill, and Higgins secured the floor for a speech, but Jones soon came forward with an important announcement, sayingt "The friends of the regular order, the silver bill, have no wish to risk the danger of an extra session of congress. They so stated at the outset of the discussion. The events have shown that thi3 danger might be incurred and that the great appropria tion bills might be put in jeopardy. For that reason the friends of the silver bill have authorized me to say that it will not be further pressed at the present session of congress." The presiding officer presented the Wol cott silver resolution coming over from was Inexpedient at this late day in the- ses sion to take up the silver bill. . Call sought to take up the Indian ap propriation bill, but it was cut off by the objection of Butler, in charge of the pool ing bill. A bill was passed, granting railroad companies additional powers to secure rights of way, etc., in the Indian territory. Higgins then addressed the senate on the Wolcott resolution. He said the repeal of tho Sherman law was a notice to the world that the United States would not longer be the patient ass to bear the burden of sil ver. At 12 o'clock, the hour of unfinished busi ness arriving, a sharp controversy arose as to the precedence of the various bills. The Wolcott resolution, under the rules, went to the calendar. Gorman appealed to the senators to stop the fruitless dis cussion on the pending Wolcott resolution and to take up the appropriation bills which were demanding attention, if it was hoped to pass them. He moved to take up the Indian appropriation bill. Butler, in charge of the pooling bill, objected, and demanded a roll-call. The motion pre vailed, 55 to 12. The effect of the vote was to displace the silver bill as unfinished business, and to send it back to the cal endar. The vote against the Indian appro priation was not a test of the strength of the pooling bill, for friends of that meas ure were anxious to consider the Indian bill. The negative votes were: Blanchard, Butler, Camden, Cameron, Faulkner, Hunter, Jones (Arkansas), Lind say, Mills, Mitchell (Wisconsin), Quay and Wolcott. The Indian appropriation bill being taken up, Higgins continued his interrupted speech on finances, and then Manderson offered his amendment to the Wolcott res olution, as follows: "Provided, that efforts should be pressed by the United States to induce interna tional bimetalism, and any legislation for free coinage of silver should provide for the maintenance of the parity between both metals, to which the faith of this country has been repeatedly pledged." Chandler next addressed the senate on the Wolcott resolution. The speech was brief. It was looked upon as significant, and was followed with interest, owing to the prominent part Chandler has taken in shaping the course of the republican side of tho chamber. He said: "In deference to the prevailing opinion of New England, and because it may be unwise to open our own mints to the un limited coinage of silver without con current action on the part of the other great nations, I vote against the pending resolution. But I regret that I cannot also now vote in favor of some affirma tive measure in the direction of bimetal ism, to promote which the republican party is sacredly pledged by the promises of its national convention of 1SD2, which, as yet, nothing has been done to redeem. Gold monometaiism Is our destiny if some affirmative action in this direction is not soon taken. The adoption of the single gold standard has helped to Induce the present calamity. Bimetalism is promised to the people of this country. They wait with much impatience for the fulfillment of the pledges solemnly made by both po litical parties." Daniel said the democratic party had come into power charged and pledged by the people to the equal coinage of both metals and the repeal of the tax on state banks, and yet it was about to re linquish its power without redeeming Its solemn pledges. The credentials of Carter of Montana, whose term begins March 4 next, were presented by Power. Hoar criticised the manner of making out the credentials, saying they should be simple and follow established forms. He pointed out that the governor of Montana recited in the credentials that he "commissioned" Car ter as senator, whereas, said Hoar, the governor has no more power to commis sion a senator than to commission the sultan of Turkey. The house bill authorizing a bridge across the Yellowstone river in Dawson I county, Montana, was then passed, and then Chandler, criticising the committee amendments to the Indian bill, said he I considered an extra session of congress inevitable. He claimed that the chair man of the appropriation committee (Cockrell) had reached this conclusion. He thought this extra session would be most desirable. Chandler added: "I am most hopeful that the president will call congress together In extra ses sion some time in April or May. It will, no doubt, assist in bringing back the sta bility of the country to assemble a repub lican congress. That congress will -undoubtedly take up the Nicaragua canal project, and pass a bill for the building of the canal, not by a private corporation, but by the United States. I believe the next house of representatives will take steps to bring about the ultimate annexa tion of Hawaii. Moreover, the next con gress will inaugurate an Investigation of the recent purchase of gold by the presi dent of the United States. That transac tion is, one of the most remarkable in our history. The rates at which our bonds were sold involve a loss of $9,000,000 to tho people of the United Staes. If ever a financial transaction of an administration needed an investigation it is this gold purchase. If ever a transaction needed a searching and severe committee of in vestigation, such, for Instance, as the sen ate conducted against the sugar trust, it Is the gold purchase." After reviewing some of the features of the purchase. Chandler continued: "There appears to be more below the surface concerning this transaction than the country is aware of. It is nol a transaction that congress can allow to be uninvestigated. It is sure to be investi gated by the house. It is likely to be in vestigated by the senate. And so, in order to see that investigation thorough and deep, I hope to see an extra session called." Cockrell responded to that featura of Chandler's taunt that the appropriation committee was loading down appropria tion bills, knowing that an extra session would be called, adding with emphas's: "If an appropriation bill fails it will be because of the senator from New Hamp shire (Chandler) and the republican steer ing committee. So far as the appropria tion committee is concerned, every effort is being made to expedite the appropria tion bills." Debate then reverted to the Indian bill, which was not finished when, at 6 o'clock, the senate held a brief executive session and then adjourned. Naval Appropriation Bill Passed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The opponents of new battleships suffered a crushing de feat today, when Sayres motion to strike out the authorization for the war vessels was lost, first in the committee of the whole, by vote of 43 to 141, and later in the house, by a vote of 67 to 199. After Sayres' motion had been defeated, Can non attempted to have an appropriation of $22,000,000, and later of $5,000.0000 in serted in the bill for building ships au thorized, but both provisions failed. Dol iver succeeded in having an amendment adopted, providing for the building of two topedo boats on the Mississippi river, and Sayres added a provision to the item for armor appropriation that no higher sums should bo paid by this government for armor or gun steel than was paid the contracting firm for similar material tion of three battleships' to-eost exclu sive of armament, $4,000,000 each and 12 torpedo boats to cost $170,000 each. At the opening of the session of the house some time was passed in unravel ing a tangle produced by the passage by the house under a misapprehension of a bill to increase the pension of Thomas Corrigan, late of company B, Eighth Il linois infantry, to $50 per month. The house then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the naval appropriation. When the para graph providing for the authorization of the three new battleships and 12 torpedo boats was reached Dolliver offered an amendment providing that two of the torpedo boats should be built on the Mis sissippi river. Talbot, in charge of the bill, accepted the amendment. An amend ment by Sayres to strike out the item for the authorization of three battleships at a cost, exclusive of armament, of $4,000, 000 each, was lost, after considerable de bate. Sayera, in closing for the opposi tion, frankly admitted that he did not expect his amendment to carry. The Cramps were here, he said, last Saturday, and Cramp had boasted that this bill would pass. The Cramps had received $22, 000,000 from the government and Andrew Carnegie $4,000,000; while millions had gone to the Pacific coast. These companies were powerful. Their friends were pow erful and he did not, therefore, expect to carry his amendment. When the commit tee rose and reported the bill to the house, Sayers moved to recommit it to the committee on naval affairs, with in structions to report it back after strik ing out the provision for the three battle ships. The motion was defeated, 67 to 199, and the bill was then passed with out division. McCreary, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, called up the confer ence report on the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill. He explained that the house conferrees had refused to agree to the senate amendment appropri ating $500,000 for a submarine cable to the Hawaiian islands, and he would ask the house to further Insist on that disagree ment. Hitt moved that the house re cede from is disagreement. McCreary, speaking in opposition to this motion, con tended it was against the established policy of the government to embark in the enterprise of building submarine ca bles. He held it should be condemned and defeated, and then said: "If entered upon, this work will ulti mately cost $3,000,000. No country has caused us more excitement .and annoy ance than Hawaii. We have lost $56,000, 000 through the treaty negotiated in 1876 protecting the free importation of sugar and rice." Boutelle challenged McCreary's state ment that we had not enough commercial intercourse with Honolulu to warrant a submarine cable, saying: "More American tonnage entered and cleared at the port of Honolulu than at any port of the civilized world. I pre fer a submarine cable, to submarine di plomacy." Hitt deprecated the partisanship in the discussion of this question, saying the provision for the cable had been placed in the bill by the senate by the joint votes of patriotic men, democrats and republic ans. He recalled the history of the past projected cable companies, which contem plated building a submarine cable to Honolulu, and said: "All failed because of the failure of one government or the other to subsidize them. The people are opposed to subsi dies. The cable will not be built by pri vate capital; it must be built, if it is built at all, by the government." He called attention to the recommenda tion in President Cleveland's message of 1SS5 that there should be cable com munication between the Hawaiian islands and the United States, and to his reitera tion of that recommendation in 1SSS; and concluded: "Today battleships costing millions have been authorized. To make these ships effective in case of war cables are neces sary." At the conclusion of HItt's remarks, and without action on his motion, the house J at 5:15 adjourned. THE LISTS ARE CLOSED New Loan Subscribed Many Times Over Both Here and Abroad. MOST OF IT WILL GO TO LONDON This "Will Reduce the Danger of Far ther Gold "Withdrawals and Quiet the PanicUy Feeling. LONDON, Feb. 20. Subscriptions to the new United States loan closed at noon to day. It is believed the amount agreed to be taken nere has been covered more than 10 times. On the stock exchange the bonds are known as "The New Yankees." N. M. Rothschild & Son say the loan has proved a colossal success, the amount of the loan allotted to Europe having been covered many times over. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. August Belmont & Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co., managers of the bond syndicate, closed the subscrip tion list for the new 4 per cent bonds at 10:20, the amount having been subscribed many times ovr. It is stated on Wall street that the United States bonds sold at 4 per cent premium in London today. One hundred and sixteen was bid for them on Wall street. Jordan's Official Notification. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. United States Treasurer Jordan sent this telgram to As sistant Secretary Curtis this afternoon from New York: "Inform the secretary that the syndicate has completed the matter of the purchase of gold coin on this side, and has now turned in $1,123,000 gold coin in exchange for United States notes in excess of the contract." This is understood to mean that $30,000, 000 in gold has been secured by the Belmont-Morgan syndicate in America for payment of the bonds, the balance, nearly $35,000,000, having been secured in London, where more than four times the allot ment for that side was subscribed for. So far, $23,032,270 in gold has been received by the treasury from the syndicate, and $22, CS0.820 In certificates issued to it. It will probably be several weeks before the bonds will be ready for delivery. The treasury officials are especially pleased with the favor with which the loan was received In London, for it shows most con clusively the faith abroad in our financial strength and the purpose to pay all obli gations in gold. The good effect of the recent gold purchase is already shown, it is asserted, in the upward tendency of American securities in London. The of ficials were also much gatilled to learn that In view of the very large over sub scription for the bonds in London, the Morgan-Belmont syndicate would consent to sell only a small portion of the wholo , in this country. If this plan Is carried out, it will reduce the danger of further gold withdrawals to a minimum.,and.quiet the .panicky, feelinghichihastipreyalled duringUhe uringttneilast severaLmbgths.J'3?V COMMENT OF ENGLISH EDITORS. "What They Say of the Success of the Loan in London. LONDON, Feb. 20. The various papers comment upon the new American loan as follows: The Pall Mall Gazette How far the man in the street is contributing to thi Success of the issue or how far this initial success will be due to the power of "haute finance" it is impossible to say. The former has been warned by the more conserva tive of his advisors to leave the bonds alone. He cannot have his eyes opened too widely to the fact that the interest of the bond3 must be paid and that the bonds themselves are liable to be repaid 30 years hence, not in gold, but in silver or nickel, or other coin of the United States. No one could blame the United States if, find ing themselves under financial pressure, they preferred to make the bond payments in coin other than goid, a privilege for which they would pay dearly and with much discontent. Thi? consideration will always hang .ike a pall over these bonds and render the investor who cannot af ford the risk doubtful. The great success of the loan, therefore, is all the more a triumph for thote managing it, and for the credit of the United States. The Daily Graphic Before the lists of the American loan had been open two hours the loan was covered fifteen times over. There is i-othlng surprising in this, however, as both the securities and inter est in this Investment are exceptional. Every credit is due Mr. Cleveland for the tenacity and resource with wh'.ch he has staved off what might have been a seri ous disaster. The Dally News Ther is reason to be lieve that the part of the American loan offered here was ccverc nearly 15 times. Irrespective of any applications that may arrive from the country. The allotment letters probably will be issued early next week. The Standard Estimates vary as to the number of tim-Bs the lean was covered, the highest being CO and the lowest five. Ac cording to the general opinion, it is be lieved 10 and 20. The dealings were just as active as the applications. The Financial News will say the lesson ought not to be thrown away on congress that a loss of $530,000 annually will be caused the treasury by the obstinacy oC the members in not authorizing a gold loan. TO BE DISCHARGED. Sentence of a California Court-Martial Against Ulumenhurg. SACRAMENTO, 'Feb. 20. Orders were issued 'today from the adjutant-general's office announcing that Captain S. P. B!um enburg (retired), of San Francisco, former ly commander of the First troop of cav alry in that city, had been found guilty by a general court-martial of having signed a false certificate, in which he certified that a payroll on which were the names of five persons purporting to have been on duty at Oakland during the strike in July last was correct, but which the court-martial has decided was not correct, because the men were absent at the times mentioned in the payroll. Blum enburg was also charged with having knowingly made a false muster and pay rolls; conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. He was acquitted of these charges. The ( sentence of the court-martial is that Blumenburg be discharged from the serv ice of the state of California. The sen tence has been approved by Governor Budd. Further Confirmatory Nctvs. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. The Rio News ot January 8, just to hand, gives particulars of the burning of the ferry-boat Terceira in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, January 6. There were about 150 passengers, many o whom perished by drowning or burning. 9 He "Was a Noted Fenian. LrVERPOOL, Feb 20. The Liverpool Courier announces the death of Patrick I Higsins. a noted Feniaa A-l 99.0