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THE arOBIIfG OEEGOITIAIv, THXTRSDATT, FEBBTTABT 21. 1893. MITCHELL AND HARRIS ONE GOOD RESULT OF TIIEIU TILT IX TUB SKXATE. The Orcou Scnalnr' Resenting of the Affront of the Southerner Was Timely and "Well Done. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (Oregonian office, Corcoran building). The tilt that occurred between Senator Mitchell, of Ore gon, and Senator Harris, of Tennessee, re sulted ia one good thing. It taught the Tennessee senator that he has no real proprietorship in the senate: that he does not own that body, an assumption that he has shewn ever since the democrats got control of the upper branch of con gress. Senator Mitchell is one of the most accommodating men in the senate, and has always been generous and cour teous. The affront which Harris put upon him, when he was merely discharging a duty of the senate committee on claims, and carrying out the instructions of that committee, should have been resented, and Senator Mitchell very properly re sented It- It has been a good thing for the senate. We all know how in any community or school, for instance, there is some person who continues to make him self obnoxious until some man is obliged to administer some sort of rebuke or chas tisement. In our schoolboy days the liully had to be soundly whipped by some quiet yet determined boy. In communities the overriding ruffian is thrashed by some gentlemanly person, while In public as semblages, all over the country, the dis agreeable individual who assumes to own and dictate what shall be done to the in convenience of all others needs squelch ing in some manner. This is what Sen ator Mitchell did with Harris, and he ac complished a great deal. It is true that the rules of the senate sustained Harris objection, but these rules, as Senator Manderson says, are "more honored in the breach than the observance," and made to prevent the abuse of power. In a body where everything goes by courtesy, and only abuses are remedied by the rules, it was a most ungracious act for Harris to act as he did. When Senator Mitchell made his report finally, Harris was com pelled to acknowledge his error. Senator Wilson is an annexationist. He Is in favor of the annexation of Hawaii and other points where benefit can come to the people of this country. "I was In South America, when a boy," said he, "and what I saw there made a profound impression upon me. I observed that an island here was owned by England, and another there by Germany, and Islands and parts of the mainland owned and oc cupied by people of foreign countries. This was especially noticeable In the West Indies. Thesepeoplc from England, France, Germany and Holland had built up com munities in the lands owned by their gov ernments. With whom did they trade? With the people of their old homes. They not only bought for themselves but supplied the natives and adjacent people. Eng land's great trade and commerce has been built up not alone by her subsidized ships, hut because she lias pushed her conquests in every part of the globe, and acquired territory wherever it was to be obtained. These acquisitions have become peopled by sons of England. They have traded with the mother country, and by such trade compelled the natives and the peo ple of other countries settling in the ac quisitions to trade with England, to use English goods and manufactures. This is what would result by the acquisition of territory by the United States. Once Ha waii was a part of our country, thous - r.nds of people would go there from the Vnlted States, and they would trade with the home country. It is a policy that we cannot afford to lose sight of this policy of annexation. We should acquire islands in the West Indies. In the Pacific and else where when needed. The island of Van couver and the whole coast to Alaska should be ours. The Intricate relations and complications existing in the Pacific Notthwost may bring about this result sooner than we expect." The house committee on claims has re ported favorably Senator Dolph's bill pro viding for the payment to Avery D. Bab cock and wife, of Polk county. Or., of $2000, to be divided equally between them in pay ment for the use and occupation by the United States of their donation claim In section S, township 6 south, range 7 west. The same committee has reported Senator Mitchell's bill, paying Peter Grant Stew art, of Gervais, Or., 57500 for land taken for the military reservation near the mouth of the Columbia river. Patrick Henry Winston, of Spokane, has been in Washington for a few days. He was heard talking about the unity of the republican party In Washington state, and how glad he would be to see it carried out. Somebody remarked that they understood that P. H. W. was a populist. "No, thank God," said the colonel, "I am out of that. 1 was wjth that organization of what-is-lts for 90 days, and my mind has not got to working clearly yet." AIIOIT THE SEAL FISHERIES. The Annual Proclamation Issued by President Cleveland. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The president has issued his annual proclamation re garding fur seals. The document, which is datod February IS, but was only made public today, differs In no respect from previous proclamations Issued by the United States. Provisions of sections 1856 of the revised statutes and of section S of the act of March 3, 1SS9. are quoted. Those provisions forbid under the penalty of line and Imprisonment the unauthor ised killing of any fur seal within the ter ritory of Alaska "or the waters thereof," at any time, and prohibits all unauthor ized persons from entering the waters of Behting sea for this purpose. No refer ence is made to the forbidden zone around Pribyloff islands established by the Paris tribunal, o the provision in the tribunal's decision prohibiting the killing of seals outside that sone between May and July of each year. Pelagic Settling MnM Stop. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. E. A. Cox. secretary of the North American Commer cial Company, was asked what he thought was the object of the bill before congress to exterminate seals and the amendment to stop all killing for one or two years. His answer was: "I can only think that the orginal object of the bill is to draw at tention to the heavy slaughter going on and to say in so many words: 'These Canadians will wipe out all seals In three or four years. L.et us take our share by wtplttg out the entire stock at once. This is really what will happen if the British government does not stop pelagic sealing. 1 do not believe that the two great nations would agree to the extermination of seals and the consequent utter annihilation of the big industry for the sake of a handful of pelagic seal hunters. I am now writing to Washington to And out whether this proposed stoppage of seal hunting for one or two year is to upply to Pribyloff islands, if it does it will work us serious injury," & RJBMOVAI OPPOSED. .VrltoiUuis Wlh Troop Kept nt the Sail Carl oh Agency. DENVER. Feb. 3d. The Citizens of Ari- SttB. are hostile to the proposition of e wax department to remove the troops irom the San Carlos Indian agency. San Caurtos is under the- direction of Gen eral -MeCook. department of Colorado, unci only a few months ago It required tbe peeaenee of soldiers to put down an outbreak among these Indians, in which the wMtes had no interest one way or the offcer. What the cittaens most fear i, -lUi h troops removed, the Indians will hive thlr principal source of rcv BUh extfngtUaod and they will then be driven- to Cooperation by starvation and Insuillolsnt clothing and will commence to murder and pillage settlers and their homes, as in years past. Army officers are not a unit in indorsing the proposition of the Washington authorities to take troops out of the section. It is claimed there are now 4030 Apaches located near the agency and the effect of1 the proposed removal is hardly realized by the Indians. who. heretofore, have furnished nearly all the fuel, wood, hay and barley consumed by the military, besides finding a market for the various other products of their farms and Indian manufactures. Not withstanding all these revenues, the In dians liave suffered for the necessaries of life and the majority have had to go hungry for several days la the week. The legislature of Arizona has sent a huge petition to congress asking that body to use Its influence to have the war department rescind the order of re moval. THE INCOME-TAX CASE. Record of Moore's Suit Has Reached the Supreme Court. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The record in the suit brought by John G. Moore, a New York broker, to secure an injunction to prevent the commissioner of internal revenue from proceeding to collect the In come tax, was received in the supreme court today and the case docketed. It came from the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, which affirmed the Judgment of the supreme court of the district in declining to issue an injunc tion. The case may be taken up to be heard with the two cases previously.dock eted from New York, in which the con stitutionality of the Income-tax law is in volved, which have been set for argu ment the first week in March. It is the opinion of members of the bar familiar with practices of the supreme court that the Moore case does not present the feat ures essential to a determination of the question upon its merits; that the judg ment of the court of appeals will be af firmed in accordance with previous de cisions that an Injunction will not lie against an official under the conditions that obtain in the case. CABINET CHANGES. Postmaster-General Bissell I Deter mined to Retire in April. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Although Postmaster-General Bissell refuses to af firm or deny the rumor that ho has de cided to resign, it is nevertheless true that, unless he changes his present de termination, he will retire from the cabi net some time in April. What his rea sons are for taking this step cannot be stated. No Truth In the Carlisle Report. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The report that Secretary Carlisle intends to resign Is authoritatively denied. It Is stated that the president desires Carlisle to re main at the head of the treasury during his entire term. INTERNAL REVENUE. RECEIPTS. Table Showing Them for Seven Months Compared AVitb. Last Year. AVA3HINGTON, Feb. 20. A statement prepared at the treasury department shows internal revenue receipts during the seven months ended January 31, 1S93, as follows: Increase. Spirits $53,578,314 $3,716,661 Tobacco 17,8,M7 3.216.798 Fermented liquors ... 18,838,184 'lSajSl Oleomargarine 1,016.870 lffl.OU Miscellaneous 401,903 318.033 Total receipts $91,031,311 56,882.063 Decrease. The receipts for January were $2,037,577 less than for January, 1894. OTHER NATIONAL NEWS. "Work of the Patent Bnrcnn. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The commis sioner of patents today submitted his annual report to congress. - It shows that nearly 21,000 patents were issued during the year, and, in proportion to the popu lation, mdre patents were issued citizens of Connecticut than any other state. England leads foreign countries in the matter of obtaining patents. The commissioner complains of subter fuges practiced by applicants to keep alive applications for patents wanting in merit. He cites one case to show that application for a patent was kept alive by means of amendment and otherwise for 11 years. He proposes, with th eap provnl of the secretary of the interior, to inaugurate regulations February 15 which will remedy this practice. To Be Opened to Settlement, WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Secretary Hoke Smith has approved the report of the appraisers who examined the land abandoned by the Fort Brldger military reservation in Wyoming. Ten thousand nine hundred and thirty-one acres will be opened to settlement under the homestead law. The.Explohlve Enintoasilc. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The war de partment has arranged to purchase from Dr. Emmons for $5000 the right to manu facture and use in the United States army the high explosive emmonslte, which re peated tests have shown to be the best adapted of all such explosives for the bursting charge of shells. Secretary Carlisle In New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Secretary Car lisle's son sailed for Europe today. The secretary saw him off. and afterward had a short' consultation with Treasurer Jor dan. CaKh Balance and Reserve. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows the available cash balance to be $1G0,467,101. and the gold reserve J61,263,23L NEED OF A LEXOW. A Maryland Superintendent Who Paid for HIh Position. FREDERICK. Md., Feb. .-Considerable excitement was caused here yesterday by a statement made before the grand jury by Tobias F. Main, who was Tues day removed from his position as super intendent of the Montevue hospital. Main alleges that he paid to County Commis sioners William Morrison. Frank House and James H. Delauter $100 each for his appointment to the position for two years. These three promised, he claims, to ap point a board of charity and correction who would be favorable to him. but that the board has now removed him without cause. The grand jury thought it had completed Its duties and assembled yes terday to prepare its report, but it will probably investigate the charges made by Mr. Main before adjourning. Sensa tional developments are looked for. New Orleans. Convicted Bribe-Takers NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 2. Councilman Numa Dudousat, convicted of having ac cepted a bribe from Groceryman Sher man, was today sentenced by Judge Fer guson to three years hard labor in the state prison. Ambrce Smith, an attor ney, convicted of having appropriated to his own ues $1000 which he had collected, was also sentenced to three years in prison. Another Dishonest Bookkeeper. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 2. William Bonn, aged 35 years, who for the past 18 years has been employed as bookkeeper for the firm of Buchanan & Lyall. tobacco-dealers, was placed under arrest last night, charged with embezzlement. The specific charge against him Is that he appropriated $1000 belonging to the firm to his own use. The experts who are now at work on the books say the amount will run up into the thousands, as it has been discovered that ever since the early part of 1594 Bonn has been taking money. Smallpox in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Feb. 20. An epidemic of smallpox prevails. Up to noon 25 cases have been reported. A AN EXTRA SESSM SIGNIFICANT REMARK MADE BT CLEVELAND. Said to Have Asked Two Representatives-Elect How They "Would Like to Start In in. March. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. A Washington evening paper cakes the following state ment: "Three representatives-elect to the next congress. Smith of Grand Rapids, Corliss of Detroit, and Tcwne of Duluth, who have been passing some days In Washington, called on President Cleve land this morning, to pay their respects before returning to their homes. After chatting pleasantly with them for a while, about the new duties they would soon be called upon to perform. Mr. Cleveland asked them abruptly how they would like to be called back here to enter upon these duties about the 15th of March. The ques tion was asked in a significant tone. The young members-elect replied that they were in no hurry to begin work, and that he need not call an extra sesion on their account. They were perfectly willing, they said, to await until December. To this the president replied that conditions and not personal considerations must determine the time of their meeting. He did not say directly, however, that he in tended to call an extra, session. THE RAILROAD LAND GRANTS. Secretary Smith, to the Chairman of the Public Lauds Committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The secretary of the interior today sent a letter to Berry, chairman of the senate committee on public lands, giving his views on the joint resolution requesting the secretary of the interior to suspend action upon all selections filed by land grant railroads for lands situated in California until January 1.1896, unless legislation providing for the examination and classification of mineral lands within the limits of such se lections shall be enacted previously to saii date. The secretary says that he is im pressed with the importance of adjusting as soon as possible the railroad land grants, and trusts that congress will take such action as may be deemed necessary providing for the examination and class ification of mineral lands at the present session. He says that he Is advised, how ever, that in California the land-grant railroad companies are Indebted to the United States for aid given in the con struction of their roads. Entirely out side of the question of mineral lands it seems to be unquestionably advisable that the United States should patent no lands to such railroads, until an adjustment can be had of the idebtedness of the roads to the United States, and In his opinion the resolution should embrace all lands In any state or territory granted to railroad companies, thus Indebted to the United States. He approves the resolution. THE YAQUINA BAY BAR. Hermann Has Introduced a, BUI Pro viding for an Examination. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Representa tive Hermann tcday introduced a bill pro viding for the appointment by the presi dent of a board engineers, to consist of two officers of the engineer corps not be low the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and one civilian, who, together with the chief of engineers, shall carefully examine the bar of Yaquina. bay, Oregon, with a view to carry out the project of deeper water, and to report the result of such In vestigation, with an estimate of the cost, to the next congress, provided that such selection of engineers shall not be from those stationed on the Pacific coast. It is Hermann's object, if no immediate action can be had by the house, to have the bill placed In one of the appropriation billa now pending In. the senate. . . NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS. Named by the President. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The president today made the following nominations: William C. Crichton, of West Virg'nla, secretary of the legation at Brazil; Fred Ellison, of Indiana, consul at Belize, Brit ish Honduras; William W. Masterson, of Kentucky, consul at Aden, Arabia. Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The senate to day confirmed the nomination of Henry S. Foote to be United States attorney for the northern district of California. The Bill Vetoed by the President. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The president has vetoed the bill granting an honor able discharge of Henry Halteman, late of company F, Second United States artil lery, and sent a message to the senate today, stating his reaton for refusing to sign the bill, which is, in brief, that the case is one Involving the moral discipline of the regular army. Halteman enlisted in I860 and deserted in 1S65, because his company was ordered to go to California. The president says: "If this deserter is to be allowed an honorable discharge. I do not see why every' deserter should not be absolved from the consequences of his unfaithfulness." Pickler Resolution of Innnlry. WASHINGTON Feb. 20. A resolution introduced in the house last December by Pickler of South Dakota, and referred to the committee on civil service reform, was called up by Its author, that com mittee not having acted upon it, and pass ed. It directs the secietary of the treas ury to Inform the house how many old soldiers have been dismissed lrom that department since March, 1893, and the reasons for their dismissal. Not a. Government Affair. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. An unfavor able report was made to the house to day by Richardson of Tennessee, from the committee on printing, upon the joint resolution authorizing the publication of the dairy tests made at the Columbian exposition. The reasons for the adverse report were that the matter was in no sense cr connection a government affair and that the expense would be about ?S0, 000. Pacific Railroad Legislation. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The house committee on Pacific roads passed an hour today In general discussion of the pros pect for settling the question of the gov ernment debt this session. Chairman Rell ly was inclined to believe that the com mittee may be given another day in the house, and that the second effort would result in the adoption of the bill. The Legislative Bill Reported. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Cockrell. from the senate appropriations committee, to day reported the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The total ap propriation carried by the bill, as report ed, is $21,916,623. an increase of $611,039 over the appropriation for the present year. The California Debris Commission. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Caminetti of California Introduced in the house today a bill appropriating $20,000 to carry out the provisions of the act of 1S93. creating the California debris commission. For a Duty on Diamonds. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 Van Voorhis of New York introduced in the house today a bill to amend the tariff law by striking diamonds from the free list. Tom Carter Is Popular. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Senator-elect Carter, of Montana, appeared on the floor of the senate and was warmly congratu lated. The lljarnn Case in Toronto. TORONTO, Feb. 20. When Harry and Dallas Hyams were today brought up for preliminary trial for the murder of young Wells, the crown asked another week's remand for the purpose of securing addi- itlonal information. The request was granted. Information has been received from New York, which leads the crown to believe that Harry Hyams is a bigamist, and it is alleged that he was married 10 years ago In Brooklyn. A SECRET SESSION. Business Matters Discussed by the National ConncaHcfWoxucn. 'jwyrs WASHINGTON, Feb. The session of the National Council of Women this morn ing was devoted to preliminary business matters. The raeellng was conducted be hind closed doors, but the questions dis cussed were of an unimportant nature There was no afternoon session. Part of the evening session was held under the auspices of the Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association, and was presided over by Elmlna S. Taylor. Three ladies from Utah addressed the meeting. The news of the death of Frederick Doug lass reached the National Council of Wom en during the evening session. Mrs. May Wright Sewall, president of the council, announced it to the audience. She said, among other things: "It 13 surely to be regarded as a historic coincidence that this man, who embodied a century of struggle between freedom and oppression, spent his last days as a wit ness of the united efforts of those who have come from so many different places and along such various avenues to formu late some plan for a new exposition of freedom In the ranks of women to the world, to society, and to the state." BALTIMORE. Feb. 20. Lady Henry Somerset, of England, and Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, today ad dressed an audience, in the Association Re form church, that completely filled the building. Lady Somerset spoke on "Muni cipal Government." Miss Willard. speak ing on the topic of "Prohibition and Wom an Suffrage," paid, a high tribute to Mrs. Cleveland for the stand of the latter upon total abstinence, and said Mrs. Cleveland had told her that she believed total ab stinence in Washington had come, to be looked upon as "good form." Publishers in Session. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. The ninth an nual convention of the American Publish ers' Association was commenced at noon today in the Hotel Brunswick. The asso ciation is composed exclusively of news paper publishers, and its members, who number 160. are scattered all over the country, from Maine to California, There are 120 delegates in attendance on the convention. S. R. Kaufmann, of the Washington Star, called the convention to order in the absence of James W. Scott, of the Chicago Herald, who is pres ident of the association. The convention will last three days, concluding with a banquet at the Hotel Brunswick. Insurance Men at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The 19th annual meeting of the Fire Underwriters Association of the Pacific Coast was held here yesterday and today with a large at tendance, including a number of members and visitors from Portland. Seattle and other coast cities. Important papers were read and discussed and the following offi cers elected for the new year: President, "V. C. Driffield, San Francisco, manager of the Trans-Atlantic; vice-president, Herbert Folger, Portland, manager of the New Zealand; secretary, Louis Weinman, of the Firemen's Fund. Daughters of the Revolution. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The morning session of the Daughters of the American Revolution was largely attended. The business done, however, was of a routine character. PAN-AMERICAN NEWS. AH Peaceful in Venezuela. NEW YORK,. Feb. 20. Count Joseph Orsl dl MombeIlq'Slde.-de-camp of General Crespo,ipr3lfle'm7'jiVenezuela, is in New York, chargedawltlf5an official mission by his government." 'He is here to contract for and buy large quantities of materials for the public works, streets, railroad bridges, etc., which will be started next month in Venezuela, and also with reference to a large scheme of agricultural colonization. In an interview he said that the pros pects of Venezuela are the brightest and most peaceful enjoyed by that country in many years and that Crespo's enemies had abandoned all intention to fight, be cause it was contrary to the wishes of the people. The centenary of Marshal Sucre, the Venezuelan patriot, was celebrated with unbounded enthusiasm, but in the midst of perfect civic tranquillity. The Colombian Revolt. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. General Man ager Caroesti, of the Pan American In vestment Company, today received a tel egram saying the revolution continues In Colombia. Cauca, Boyaca, Santander and the port of Tolima are still partly occupied by revolutionists. It is report ed the cities of Barranquilla, Lacienay, Santa Marts, and Rio Hocha are about to revolt. COLON, Feb. 20. The government forces under command of General Puizon have defeated the rebels at Santa Rosa, in the state of Cundina Marcia. During the engagement the rebel generals, Valderman and Gomez, were mortally wounded. Two hundred prison ers were taken by the government forces. Order has been restored in the depart ment of Boyaca. General Reys has ar rived at Carthagena with a flotilla. The isthmus is peaceful. The Trouble in Bolivia. NEW YORK, "Feb. 20. A special to the World from La Paz, Bolivia, says: "The revolution appears to be steadily gaining ground. The president has abandoned his trip to Suorey in consequence of the dis covery of a plot to capture and shoot him." Still No Change. CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. 20. There is no change in the Mexico-Guatemalan sit uation. Finance Minister Limantour leaves tomorrow for a visit to Vera Cruz. WHERE DISEASES ARE. Will Be Released With the Others. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The board of health, at a meeting tciay. decided to release from quarantine Friday next, with the passengers of the steamer City of Sydney, John M. Bradbury, editor of the Los Angeles Herald, who, with his wife, boarded the steamer a few days ago for the purpose of meeting Mr. Bradbury's mother and sisters, and were detained on the infected vessel. The Thumb-Hanging Again Denied. DUBUQUE, la.. Feb. 20. MY. and Mrs. J. F. O'Neill, formerly of this city, now of Honolulu, arrived here today on a visit. They pronounce the story of the hanging by his thumbs of Captain William Davies by the Hawaiian government as utterly false. Nothing of the kind occurred, they say. Cholera in Brazil. P.IO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 20. Cholera Is raging in the state of Minas Goraes. Loughborough in Court. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The case of A. Z. Loughborough, against whom there are two charges of assault to murder, growing out of a fight in Gobey's saloon November 29, when Max Rosenfcld and Louis M. Whitehead were targets of the young man's bullets, was argued before Police Judge Conlan this afternoon. The court reserved its decision till Saturday mornlng. Fire at Halifax. HALIFAX. Feb. 21. Fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the horse-car sta bles owned by the Nova Scotia Power Company, in the north end of the city. Three alarms have been sent in, and it is feared that a large amount of property will be destroyed. A number of capitalists in the "United States, who hold the bonds of the power company, -are interested. WILL BE A TEST VOTE ADJOURNMENT TO BE MOVED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Division Will Be a. Critical One, as the Question Will Be the In dian Cotton Dntlcs. LONDON, Feb. 20, The Daily News is Informed that Sir Henry James, liberal unionist, will move the adjournment of the house of commons tomorrow to direct attention to the Indian cotton duties. He proposes to divide the house. The divis ion will be extremely critical, as many liberals have Lancashire seats. The News will have a double-leaded leader on the subject. The tone of this leader and the care taken to avoid definite opinions be tray some apprehensions as to the result. The writer says: "It Is well known, despite all the pains they have taken to reconcile the finan cial necessities of India with trade inter ests at home, that the ministers failed en tirely to satisfy the cotton Industry of Lancashire, which naturally is sensitive to any proposals affecting Its business In times so far from prosperous. Mr. Fowl er, secretary for India, will accept Sir Henry James' challenge and -discussion will not be avoided. The position of the government will be made clear, and the country and the government will learn precisely where the opposition, and any of the Lancashire liberals who are sup posed to be wavering, are standing. This is the important question." In some quarters the opinion is current that the government will resign at once. If defeated on the Issue of cotton duties. Probably the limits to which the govern ment will go with a view to retaining the votes of the Lancashire liberals will be de cided at a cabinet meeting tomorrow. The Daily Chronicle will discuss Sir Henry James motion In a leader, headed, "The Government in Danger .V Possible Dissolution." The writer says: "Mr. Balfour, who at first wai, disinclined to challenge a division on the cotton du ties issue, has, it is said, been influenced by Mr. Chamberlain to try to throw the government on any issue whatever. If the tories, under the leadership of Mr. Balfour, choose to adopt this policy of alarm and panic-stricken selfishness, by all means let them come into office on the most inglorious policy with which a great English party was ever identified." The Standard The government support ers are indisposed to believe that the op position will commit itself against the cotton duties. Inasmuch as. If victorious, It would incur the responsibility of finding some other method of meeting the Indian deficit. The outcome of the debate and division largely depends upon Mr. Fowl er's speech. PASSED THE REICHSTAG. Repeal of the Law Expelling Jesuits From Germany. BERLIN, Feb. 20. The resolution pro viding for the repeal of the law expelling Jesuits from Germany was read the third time and passed the reichstag this after noon. The passage of the measure was received with cheers by the members of the center or Catholic party. The conser vatives, the members of the relchsparte, and the national liberals voted against the resolution. It is not expected, how ever, that It will become a law, as the bundesrath which has heretofore always refused to consent to repeal the laws, Is not expected to sanction the resolution. The bill for the expulsion of the order from Germany was passed by the reichstag June 19, 1S72, by a vote of 131 to 93, and was promulgated July 5. The supporters of the measure based their advocacy of it on activity of the Jesuits on behalf of the papal supremacy. Thereichstag was stirred "deeply today by a debate on Dr. Pachnlcke's bill for the introduction of popular representa tion in all federal states. The bill was aimed mainly at Mecklenburg, where the same medieval condition prevails as before 1S48. Eugene Richter, radical leader, made a scathing speech concerning the grand duke and his method of govern ment. He said that Mecklenburg would have been extinct leng ago but for the great number of Illegitimate births. The social democrats and radicals cheered loud ly and the conservatives protested. Herr von Oertzen, Mecklenburg's member of the federal council, sprang to his feet, and, trembling with indignation, denounc ed what he called Herr Richter's Indecent language. A deafening tumult was evok ed by the word "indecent." From the left of the chamber came a chorus of shouts for order, and from the right, repeated cheers for Oertzen. After ringing the bell fully two minutes, President von Levet zow restored comparative quiet. He then gravely reproved Oertzen for his language, which, he said, was entirely contrary to the traditions of the house. The cheering from the left was followed by the vote. The bill, altlnugh supported by the so cialists, radicals and the majority of na tional liberals, was rejected. FURTHER STIR IN EGYPT. The Khedive Still Anxions to Brcnk Fnm the English. LONDON, Feb. 20. There Is a further stir in Egypt affecting the position of the ministry. The khedive, It seems, wants to oust Nubar Pasha, president of the ministerial council, whom the English support. In an article in El Ahram, which, ac cording to the Times correspondent at Cairo, must be directly inspired, the khe dive virtually charges Baron Cromer, British agent and consul-general in Egypt, with distorting what passed be tween the khedive and the baron at their last audience. The editor of El Ahram Is a Syrian, who Is under French protec tion, and who Is known to be the khe dive's chief adviser. The Times corre spondent imputes the falsehood mentioned to the khedive, and declares that the ministry are entitled to British support, and that If it Is withdrawn there will be a reaction from the triumph of the khedive that will imperil the progress made under British control. Themenaclngaspect of affairs in Alexan dria continues to occupy public attention. Threats of vengeance are freely uttered. A change of the garrison has just oc curred and is considered to favor the chances of public disturbance, while the large influx of Bedouins in the outskirts of the city during the last few weeks Is regarded as a disquieting feature. All of these symptoms vividly recall those that heralded the massacres in 1882. For some time past one of the khedive's pro teges, whose patriotism has been stimu lated by dismissal from government serv ice, has been busy among the Bedouins distributing khedival largesse and re cruiting a body guard for the khedive's person. That the dangerous agitation has been artfully provoked is evident from the contrast Alexandria presents to the complete tranquility prevailing through out the rest of Egypt since the formation of the ministry of Nubar Pasha. Mail Advices From Madagascar. PARIS Feb. 20. Mail dispatches from Madagascar arrived today at Marseilles. They say that Captain Jacquemin cap tured the Hovas position at Anatanani karana January 19, killing six natives. He found a large quantity of English-made arms in perfect condition. The Hovas, on January 20, burned the buildings around the French position. When Captain Jac quemin brought out his artillery the Ho vas fled. They set fire to the village of Batshltra January 22 and fled. The French repulsed them twice on January 25. Against the United States. LONDON, Feb. 20. A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says that at today's sitting of the Economic Reform Associa tion, a resolution was adopted declaring that the commercial treaty of 1823, between Prussia and the United States, and other J treaties of the United States with the vari ous German states, were not binding on the empire, which in future treaties must take precautions to safeguard Its interests! Count von Gonltz delivered a phllllpte against the United States, whTch he de scribed as the most unscrupulous of all nations toward other countries. The Armenian. Inquiry. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. The latest intelligence from Moosh of the proceedings of the commission inquiring into the outrages In Armenia has made a deep impression upon Turkish officials here. Witnesses recently examined gave evidence generally reflecting upon officials In Armenia. Five witnesses tesw.ied they saw the-massacre of children. In deference to protests from Sir Philip Currie. British ambassador, the porte has commanded the governor of Beyrouth to revoke his orders forbidding tourists to visit the interior. English Friends of Sliver. LONDON. Feb. 20. Notice was given m the house today of an intention to offer a resolution that an international agree ment to restore the free coinage and fuil legal tender power of silver 13 desirable. Cold "Weather in Austria. VIENNA, Feb. 20. Intonse cold has pre vailed throughout Austria since Sunday. Twanty-two persons have been frozen to death In Gallcia. Several cases of death from exposure are reported from other re gions. United Service Institute Opened. LONDON. Feb. 20. The Prince of Wules formally opened the united service Insti tute today. He is &U11 suffering from cold. Tnrbnlenee in North Syria. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 20. The Druses In North Syria continue turbulent. They recently attacked the house of the sub-governor of the Houran district, and forced him to flee to Damascus. Millions Locked Up. LONDON, Feb. 20. The Times learns that at least 3,000,000 are locked up tem porarily inappltaation payments. CHINESE INTRIGUE. Ll Hnng Chang Accused of Plotting the Emperor's Overthrow- LONDON. Feb. 20. A dispatch from Shanghai today, printed here this after noon, says it is positively asserted that the journey of Ll Hung Chang to Peking Is intended to give h;m a chance to accom plish what he has long awaited, the over throw of the present Manchu dynasty In China. Li Hung Chang will begin his journey to Peking tomorrow. The same dispatch also says that Kung, cx-taotal of Port Arthur, has made a con fession showing the traitorous designs ?J Li Hung Chang. It is stated that Ll Hun Chang has been leagued with officials the palace at Peking for the overthrow of the dynasty ever since he was deprived of his yellow jacket and peacock feather, and lost various offices. LONDON, Feb. 20 A Peking dispatch says the opinion, generally Is that Ll Hung Chang was only reinstated in order to render him an acceptable envoy to Japan. It Is expected he will be made a scapegoat when the mission Is ended: LONDON, Feb. 20. A Peking dispatch says that ex-United States vice-consul at Tien-Tsin, Pethlck, has gone to meet Li Hung Chang. The emperor demands a full explanation of the Chinese defeats and the disposition of the war expenses. Chinese Easily Repulsed. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 20. An official dis patch states that the Chinese attacked the Japanese forces at Kamo-Chang, Man churia, Sunday last, but were repulsed with the loss of CO killed. The Japanese sustained no loss. The prisoners who were taken by the Japanese state that a force of 300 foot soldiers, with eight guns and 800 horsemen, under General Sheung. were sent from Liu. Yang; tb attack. Knmo Chang. The assaflanfk' were '-'the ''van guard of this force. They numbered 1000 foot soldiers and COO horsemen. Tnrbnlent Formosa. HONG KONG, Feb. 20. Reports received today from Formosa state disturbances on the island are increasing, and merchants are alarmed and leaving. LONDON. Feb. 20. A Hong Kong dis patch is published here saying 2000 people were killed by the explosion of the maga zine of the fort at Takao. Formosa. The dispatch Is believed to be an exaggerated version of a previous dispatch stating 50 were killed and many injured. For a War Appropriation. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 20. A bill wa3 pre sented in the house this afternoon for a fresh appropriation of 100,000,000 yen on account of the war. Should it be voted, the total war appropriation will be 250, 000.000 yen. Premier Count Ito made a speech In the chamber today on the supplementary budget for the expenses of the war. He received the undivided attention of the members, and was loudly applauded when he resumed his seat. To Be Executed for Losing. TIEN-TSIN, Feb. 20. An imperial de cree has been issued ordering that Kung, ex-taotai of Port Arthur, and General Yeh Chi Cao, who were tried by the board of punishment be condemned to prison until autumn, when they are to be executed for losing Port Arthur to the Japanese. Disposition of the Chinese Fleet. TOKIO, Feb. 20. A dispatch says the victorious Japanese fleet entered the har bor of Wel-Hal-Wel, February 17. The captured Chinese ships, except the Chen Yuen, will be sent to Japan. The Ywang Chi was disaimed and given up as a con veyance to Admiral Ting's body. GINTER'S DENIAL. Has yo Intention of Withdrawing From Amcricnn Tobacco Co. RICHMOND, Va.. Feb. 20. Major Lewis Ginter, of the Allen & Glnter branch of the American Tobacco Company, was in terviewed last night regarding the re port that he intended to sever his connec tion with the company and sell his stock therein; also with reference to the state ment that there were serious dissensions in the company. Major Glnter said: "I can't say why such a report should have been started, as it is utterly untrue. I am not selling my stock in the com pany, nor have I any Intention of doing so; nor do I intend to withdraw from the directory. The American Tobacco Com pany has enemies, and they may have sup posed that such a report would injure the company. The companies, Arms and in dividuals who sold out their business to the American Tobacco Company did so ab solutely, so there is no such thing as Allen & Glnter withdrawing from the company possible. The Allen & Glnter Company does not exist, nor has it existed for over five years, and the same applies to all th business purchased by the American To bacco Company. The most complete har mony prevails in the management. No dissensions of any kind exist." When asked what would be the effect upon the business of the American To bacco Company if the suit now pending in New Jersey to take away its charter, should be decided adversely to the com pany. Major Ginter replied that the com pany would continue business under a charter easily to be procured from an other state. a Charges of Cruelty. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The sailors of the American ship Aryan, which ar rived Monday from New York, have made charges of cruelty against Jame3 McDon ald, the second mate. The complaint is in the name of Henry Stratford, but sev eral of the sailors say they were beaten with belaylng-pins and otherwise mal treated. One man fell out of the rigging I on the voyage and was killed. Aft ORGANIZED GAXG COUNTERFEITERS WHO WORKED AS FARM-HANDS. They Are Supposed to Have Flooded. the Missouri Valley Country With, Spurious Silver Dollars. OMAHA, Fell, 2A United States officers tonight arrested the leaders of what proved to be one of the best-organized and oldest gangs of counterfeiters that has troubled the government for years. Charles Shepherd and William T. Grossccross are the men in jell. They are located on farm a few wiles from Omaha, where they were masquerading as farm hands. With them wr3 secured an outfit and a large quantity of silver dollars of the "glass" order. All the towns in the Miss ouri valley h.ive been flooded with coins placed In circulation daring the past year, and it Is estimated that 10,00j bogus doUars have ocon put, on the market in that time. It ie sxid one prisoner has confessed and every agont of the organi zation is known and will be arresteO. The arrest of the men is the result of th? work of a number of secret service detec tives. WHO MURDERED MISS GINGf Progress of the Hayward Trial in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 20. Mrs. Adrr Hayward was a witness In the Glng trial today. Her testimony simply bore on the question whether Harry Kayward called at Adry's fiat en the night of the murder, which she could net fix definitely, and the time she and Adry left to go to her pa rents house, which was about 7:50. Mrs. L. L. Hayward, mother of the de fendant, testilleJ that Harry c.ime into her room at 7:20. and said he wn3 going to make a call. About 7:40 he came In again, hurriedly brushed his hair and went out, saying lie was going to the opera. It was between these two times, accord ing to Blixt's testimony, thit Harry put him in the buggy with Miss Ging with instructions to drive away and kin her. Mr3. Hayward was next asked about the existence of insanity in the family, but the state's attorney objected, as the ques tion of insanity could not be raised. The objection was sustained by the court. "We v.lbh to show at the time previous to his going to Elder Stewart and at that time Adry was resting under a delusion, ' said the counsel. "Well, suppose he was insane; what then?" asked the court. "It would affect his credibility before this jury and his competency to testify." "The court determined as to his com petency when he was on the stand, and there was no offer to prove the contrary. Insane persons, especially those who are monomaniacs, are competent to testify," retorted the court. Mr. Erwin asked a long series of ques tions bearing on Adry's actions his jeal ousy, his unreasoning fears during youth, the medical treatment he had been given hut they were all ruled out. A DRUNKEN RIOT. Fight Between Bicycle Riders Which. 31 ay Result in Murder. PASADENA. Cal.. Feb. 20. About 9 o'clock last night three young men en tered the store of the March Bicycle Com pany and rented wheels to take a ride. They went out to a saloon on East Col orado street, three miles from town and outside of the city limits, where they be came Intoxicated. On their way back they met two other men by the names of Newton and Har rington, who were also under the In fluence of liquor, and all engaged In a lively row. The three men jumped on the two, beating;, them severely. '" H1aTrIngton,,vin "the meantime.- gotraway and" Van llown" town to-give the alarm, leaving Newton In the hands of the three men. On the return of Harrington with two officers, they found Newton in the back yard of a house near the corner of Lake and Colorado streets in a pool of blood. They at once took him to Dr. Swearinger's office down town. An investigation showed that Newton had In all 23 cuts In the face, neck and body. The doctor put 23 stitches in the face "alone, and as many In the back of the neck. It is doubtful if Newton will re cover. Harrington also was very badly 'cut about the face and back, receiving one large gash in the middle of the back, and several smaller cuts about the face and hands. Newton is so badly cut up that he is unrecognizable. He was taken to his home this morning, where he is resting easily. The three men who did the cutting are still at large, but the of ficers expect to have them behind the bara in a short time. OTHER CRIME NEWS. - Miss Tork's Murderer. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. Jame3 B. Gentry, the murderer of Madge Yorke, who was picked up unconscious on the door step near the Columbia-avenue en trance to Fairmont Park shortly after midnight this morning. Is resting In the German hospital. The physician says Gentry is in no immediate danger of dy ing. Hisexhausted condition when found was caused by a lack of food and not by the self-inflicted wounds. A search of his clothing disclosed the following note scribbled on the back of an envelope: "My life has been a disappointment from be ginning to end; all I have to say Is good bye to earth. J. B. Gentry." In his coat were half a dozen love let ters from Madge Yorke. The laGt, dated February 10, showed that even if she meant to dismiss him, her love for him was very warm. James B. Gentry made a statement to Magistrate Milligan at the German hos pital. He said he was insanely jealous of Madge Yorke, but thatjie had no inten tion of shooting her when he left Boston. He had borrowed the revolver from a member of the company named Hackett. He said that he thought "I may have to shoot some Romeo In the foot." He stat ed that he fully expected to find a man in the actress' room a little blonde fel low. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.-3 A. M. James B. Gentry, the murderer of Madge Yorke, the actress, has just died at the German hospital. They Robbed the Smelters. NEWARK, N. J.. Feb. 20. The Balbach Smelting & Refining Company, the largest concern of lt3 kind in the country, has been robbed of at least $10,000 worth of gold and silver ore and bullion during the last 10 or 12 months. Detectives work ing on the case today arrested Jean Schleck, Freidal Bishop and Herman Crushager. Bishop worked in the smelt ing establishment, and It was his place to steal ore and bullion. 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