THE MORNING OREGONIAN,- FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1901.
ENGLAND IN THE ORIENT
LANSDOWNE DEFINES THE POLICY
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
No Farther Military Operations "Will
Be Undertaken In Accord -With.
Germany's Attitude.
LONDON. March 28.-In the House of
Lords today, Lord Lansdowne the For
elgn Secretary, announced that no fur
ther military operations by the BritiBh
troops In China were contemplated for
toe present. When Field Marshal Count
ron Waldersee ordered Preparations for
the recent expedition, the Foreign Secretary-
said the British Government in
structed General Gaselee to communi
cate with the home government before
participating therein. Tbe compliance
of China with the demands of the powers
Is hardly of such a character as to Jus
tify the withdrawal of the allied forces,
but the British Government hoped to be
able, before long, to withdraw or reduce
its forces in China. Negotiations were
necessarily slow with the refugee gov
ernment. On the broad questions, how
ever there was a practical unanimity
among the powers. The allies had agreed
they were not at war with China, and
desired to derive no territorial advantage
from the present events. They also rec
ognized the binding nature of the exit
ing treaties, and. desired to maintain the
open floor in commercial and economical
nAtnnR. while within the spheres
where existed preferential rights there
should be equality of opportunity for all
the powers concerned. The British Min
ister at Pekln had been instructed to
be moderate in his demands, and the
government only desired to strengthen
the guards sufficiently to insure the
safety of the legations.
In regard to the question of indemnity
now under discussion, it had been de
cided that the claims should be. for
warded by the powers in one lot. As to
the source whence the indemnity should
be paid, it "was not desired to Impose on
China any crushing burden. To do so
would be contrary to the policy of the
British Government, which policy was to
respect the existence of China as a pow
er He did not despair of seeing China
reformed. The people possessed many
good qualities.
Both the British and German Govern
ments had informed China that it was
not desirable, while negotiating with
the poweis as a whole, that she should
enter into a private arrangement involv
ing territorial or financial conditions with
any other power. Russia had again as
sured Great Britain that the occupation
of the British Hallway was only tempo
rary and without prejudice to the Inter
ests involved. Great Britain had not
waived her rights in connection with
these railroads, nor had she ignored the
interests of the shareholders.
As to sources of revenue, he thought
the maritime customs might be read
Justed so as to Impose a real. Instead of
a nominal, 5 per cent ad valorem duty.
Certain free articles ought to be sub
jected to duty, but caution was neces
sary lest the interests of British com
merce be damaged.
Lord Lansdowne, referring to the Anglo-German
agreement, said that when
this was being negotiated the German
Government gave Great Britain to un
derstand that, in the German view, Man
churia was not a place where they con
sidered they had any influence. They
thought, however, that the point did not
deserve too much attention, pointing out
that the only two treaty ports in Man
churia were Niu Chwang and Ta Lien
Wan, with regard to which explicit as
surances had been given by Russia. Lord
Lansdowne said he had seen newspaper
reports suggesting that Count von Bu
low, the German Imperial Chancellor,
had interpreted the agreement different
ly from Great Britain, but the point did
rtdt .-aeetn viral, beCuse all the ppwers,
including Germany, had repeatedly de
clared that their policy was to maintain
the Integrity of China. In regard to the
reported Manchurian agreement, Lord
Lansdowne said he was not In a position
to pass final opinion on the matter. The
government would not criticise in any
carping spirit any arrangement regard
ing Manchuria which -was in the nature
of a modus vivendi. It was suggested
that the versions of the treaty published
were simply trial balloons on the part of
some official, or pure inventions designed
to bring about a misunderstanding. He
added: "Nothing would give us greater
pleasuro than to co-operate . with the
Russian Government in proposing such
an unworthy object. If Russia would
only, by communicating the real text of
Jthe agreement, enable Great Britain to
put an end to this misconception, we
should be prepared to co-operate with
her.'
"What militated against any hopes had
been the mystery in which the negotla
ctlons have been involved throughout.
Count Lamsdorff (the Russian Minister
of Foreign Affairs) had, however. In
formed the British Ambassador at St.
Petersburg that it was the purpose of
Russia to arrange a modus vivendi with
China, -with the object of preventing dis
turbances in the vicinity of the Russian
frontier, and that she had no intention
of seeking that guarantee in an acquisi
tion of territory or In any actual or vir
tual protectorate over Manchuria. If the
document really fell within the language
used by Count Lamsdorff, His Majesty's
Government would certainly not object
to It. Until these uncertainties were re
moved. Great Britain could not do other
wise than adhere to the view that it was
desirable that China, at a time when
she was negotiating with the whole of
the powers, should not simultaneously
enter Into a private and separate arrange
ment Involving the territorial and finan
cial conditions with another power. That
was the language the government had
used to China, and it was almost pre
cisely the language which had been used
by the German Government. His Maj
esty's Government would be tenacious
In matters of principle. In matters of
detail they realized they must not al
ways expect to have their own way.
They would use their best endeavors to
bring the present negotiations to a close
and to eliminate a situation which was
Inconvenient and fraught with danger
to all concerned in the negotiations.
In the House.
In the House of Commons today, re
plying to a question, the Colonial Sec
retary. Joseph Chamberlain, announced
that the government had no Intention of
superseding Sir Alfred Mllner as Gover
nor of the Transvaal and Orange River
Colonies. Mr. Balfour, the government
leader, in response to a question put by
Sir Robert Reld (Liberal), announced the
government's refusal to permit Messrs.
Merrlman and Sauer, ex-Mlnisters of
Cape Colony, to address the House. Mr.
Broderlck. the War Secretary, In reply
to a question, announced that the War
Office had fulfilled its engagement given
February 7, to send 30,000 mounted rein
forcements to General Kitchener, 2R.5G0
men having been actually dispatched,
while 6000 men were awaiting transporta
tion. The statement of Mr. Chamberlain that
the government had printed all It knew
about the Botha-Kitchener peace nego
tiations and that nothing had transpired
since, caused James Brlce (Liberal) to
analyze the terms offered. He con
trasted General Kitchener's first views
with the final leter. incorporating Mr.
Chamberlain's suggestions, and expressed
the hope that the government would re
open the negotiations. Mr. Chamberlain
replied that to offer better terms would
not be magnanimity, but folly. . The gov
ernment could not afford to show again
that It paid better to be a rebel than a
loyalist. The Cape rebels, as a rule, had
been worse than the Boers.
Answering a question. Lord Cran
bourne, the Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, said Mr. McLevy Brown, the Director-General
of the Corean customs,
bad not been dismissed from office. There
had been a difficulty, he added, which
was engaging the closest attention of
the government. Lord Cranbourne, an
swering another question, said the gov
ernment was still without Information
as to whether the Russo-Chlna Manchu
rian agreement had been signed or not.
On the third reading of the appropria
tion bill, a discussion of Chinese affairs
was raised, and Lord Cranbourne referred
members to Lord Lansdowne's statement
In the House of Lords. He added:
"Germany is pledged to the malnte
ance of Chinese Integrity by a hundred
other documents besides the Anglo-German
agreement. No one regrets the mys
tery surrounding the Russo-Chlnese con
vention more than the government. The
government has given Russia to under
stand that any concession of territory to
an individual power would be disapproved
by Great Britain, and. Indeed, this is the
policy of Germany and of the other pow
ers. The government has also Informed
China that any such surrender of terri
tory would be disapproved."
EMPEROR WILLIAM SOURED.
Recent Attempt on His Life Makes
Him Talk of Revolution.
BERLIN, March 28. Emperor William,
in the cburse of a speech to the Alexander
Regiment in the courtyard of the bar
racks, said, according to the Kreuz Zel
tung, that his hearers must be ready day
aad night to act as the body guard of
their King and give their llfeblood if nec
essary for the Emperor and his house.
Calling to mind the events of 1848, his
majesty said that if such days should
come again the regiment would certainly
represB all insubordination or misconduct
against the King.
Amazement Is everywhere expressed at
the Emperor's strong hints to a possible
revolutionary rising and of street fights
with the troops. Well-informed circles
see In His Majesty's deliverance further
proof that the attack on him by Wclland
at Bremen has very seriously affected his
views and attitude toward the German
people.
The versions of the speech differ wide
ly. A number of the papers this even
ing do not print a word of It, and these
include the entire semi-official press. The
Lokal Anzelger's version, which Is the
longest, makes the Emperor say some
very extreme things. The account pub
lished by the Tageblatt contains also
some severe passages. The Boersen
Courier prints another version, still more
strctagly emphasizing the Emperor's
wish that the new barracks should serve
as a fortress for the protection of the
castle. Other papers like the Kreuz Zel
tung, publish a weaker version. But the
fact Is that not a single newspaper man
was present when the address was de
livered, as none was admitted to the
courtyard. All the versions were based
Upon subsequent accounts furnished by
spectators other than newspaper men, or
by the friends of such; but they tally
substantially. The Frelsslnnige Zeltung,
which Is the only paper commenting upon
the address this evening, says: "Em
peror William had no reason to talk
about revolution and the like, because
Welland's deed was the act of an irre
sponsible epileptic Moreover, His Maj
esty forgets that the revolution of 1848
was part of a general uprising through
out the whole of Germany." This paper
also criticizes the reply of the regimental
commander who called the Bremen at
tempt a "bestial crime." Tomorrow's
press comment throughout Germany will
intensify the situation.
DIVORCE IS GRANTED.
Countess Russell Gains Legal Sepa
ration From the Earl.
LONDON. March 28. The Countess
Russell was granted a divorce today upon
the ground of the alleged bigamy and
adultery of the Earl of Russell with Mrs.
Somervllle. The suit was not defended.
John Francis Stanley, Earl Russell, was
married to MolUe Somervllle, daughter of
the late George Cooke, of Combernald,
Scotland. April 11, 1900. lh Neno, Nev. They
had been, living for several months pre
vious ln'Nevada, where both had obtained
decrees of divorce. Earl Russell ob
tained a divorce from Countess Russell
on the ground of desertion. He alleged
that she had left him nearly 10 years ago.
She was Miss Mabel Edith Scott, young
est daughter of the late Sir Claud Edward
Scott. The domestic troubles of the Earl
and his wife first came to public notice
In 1S91, when Countess Russell brought
suit for a divorce, based on cruelty and
other charges. Countess Russell's suit
failed and the Judge took the unusual
course of requiring her to pay Its cost,
amounting to more than $25,000. As a re
sult of that suit the Earl obtained a ju
dicial separation. Countess Russell, In
April. 1895, successfully sued for a restora
tion of her conjugal rights, withdrawing
the charges which she had made in her
suit for divorce.
HERBERT SPENCER'S HEALTH.
The Philosopher Is No Longer Able
to Work.
NEW YORK. March 2S. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The health of Herbert Spencer remains
very poor. He recently wrote a pathetic
letter to a friend, in which he says that
ho cannot work, and can write only a few
lines and reads little. His days are
spent on a lounge near a window, looking
out on the sea at Brighton. The philos
opher lives quietly and seldom leaves his
room. His Income is mainly drawn from
the sale of his books In America, his copy
right there having yielded him $4730 In the
last six months.
The works of four leading scientific writ
ers in England In the last quarter of a
century now have a steady sale in Amer
ica, whereas the demand for them has
fallen off here The publications have
paid In the last six months royalties
amounting nearly to $10,000 to Herbert
Spencer and the heirs or executors of
Darwin, Huxley and Tyndall. The sales
of Spencer'-s and Darwin's books lead
those of Huxley and Tyndall.
Camblan Slave-Raider Caught.
BATHURST. Cambla. West Africa,
March 2S. The camp at Mandanl, in Cam
bla, of Fodi Kabbas, the old slave-raider
who recently attacked a French post,
killing several French soldiers, has been
captured by the French troops, after a
sharp fight, in which Fodi Kabbas him
self was wounded and 150 of his follow
ers were killed or wounded. Fifty pris
oners were taken. The French had 12 sol
diers killed and seven wounded. The
camp at Mandanl was strongly barricaded
with a stockade three feet thick. The
French shells exploded the powder maga
zine Inside the stockade.
Change In Servian Constitution.
VIENNA, March 2S. The frequent con
ferences which have taken place between
King Alexander of Servia and the lead
ers of the political factions at Belgrade
will, It is believed, result In an Important
change in the constitution of Servia, It
is anticipated that before the elections
for members of the National Assembly, a
new system will be created by a Senate
of 0 members.
Revolutionists Sentenced to Death.
SALONICA, Turkey, March 28. The
trial of the 19 Bulgarians charged with
revolutionary proceedings has resulted ln
the condemnation to death ot three pris
oners and the sentencing of U to penal
servitude for life. Five -of the prisoners
were acquitted.
Cape Town Plague Report.
CAPE TOWN, March 28. Eleven fresh
cases of bubonic plague. Including five
Europeans, were officially reported today.
Five additional deaths have occurred. .
Salisbury Is 111.
LONDON, March 28. Lord Salisbury's
cold, has developed Into a slight Influ
enza, but he is doing well and hopes to
go to the Riviera next week.
WHY HE DID NOT SIGN
ACCIDENT TO CHINESE MINISTER
SAVED MANCHURIA.
Yang Yu, at St. Petersburg, Unable
to Carry Out the Agreement
"With Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 28. Last
Monday, when the world expected that
the Russo-Chinese convention as to Man
churia would be signed, the Russian For
eign Office received word that the Chi
nese Minister in St. Petersburg, Yang
Yu, had fallen and been seriously in
jured. This news was received at the
time with a grain of salt, but a rep
resentative of the Associated Press was
Informed at the United States Embassy
this evening that Yang Yu had not only
slipped on a wax floor, bruising his elbow
and leg, but hurt his head and was con
sequently confined to his bedroom. Yang
Yu Is over 00, and fleshy. He has recent
ly displayed great anxiety In reference to
the convention, and has hesitated to sign,
particularly since he Is In doubt about
his reception should he return to China,
as he belongs to the Liberal party.
A SUPERIOR FORCE.
Japan's Sea Power Greater Than
That of Russia In the Orient.
NEW YORK, March 2S. If the Japanese
intend to rely largely upon their avail
able sea power in a contest with Russia,
Japan is ndw not only equal but superior
In force to Russia, says the Washington
correspondent of the Times. The Rus
sian fleet now stationed in Asia and avail
able for service against Japan, numbers
SI vessols, exclusive of torpedo-boats, with
an aggregate tonnage of 130,940. The Jap
anese fleet, exclusive of torpedo-boats,
consists of 52 vessels of 207,903 tons. Not
only does Japan enjoy a superiority of
tonnage to the extent of nearly 77,000 tons,
but she has some ships of very great
power and the promise of great efficiency,
and she would enter a struggle with a
prestige that would at least worry the
people at St. Petersburg.
Russia's fleet available at present for
service against Japan Includes some large
ships, but her battle-ships are smaller and
older than those of Japan. Japan's list
Includes about all her navy, the fleet be
ing stationed at home for the most part,
the cruises of vessels being chiefly for
practice and in waters with which it is de
sired to acquire most familiarity.
Besides being much heavier than the
Russian battle-ships, those of Japan are
of later construction and are much more
heavily batterled. A comparison of the
weight of projectiles to be thrown by the
respective fleets would, It is said, show
great superiority in the fleet of Japan.
As to the outcome of a naval conflict
between Russia and Japan, naval officers
hesitate to predict. Russia has had no
recent naval experience worth mentioning.
Japan's war with China proved her to be
infinitely superior to China, but only a
conflict with Russia would prove anything
of the relative ability of the two nations.
While Japan's prestige Is great and would
nerve the navy to desperate conflict wl;h
Russia, naval officers say that Japan can
not always expect to win, and that judg
ment must be deferred until it is seen how
she fights after she has been subjected to
a few drubbings.
HOPES OF COREA.
Granted Concessions to Save
Her
Own Independence.
NEW YORK. March 28. While the po
litical atmosphere Is thick with rumors
about the Intentions of the powers with
regard to the Chinese question, it ap
pears to have been taken for granted that
Corea was simply a dumb factor In the
negotiations. In order to ascertain ex
actly how this buffer state regards the
situation, the London correspondent of the
New York Herald, called upon William
Prltchard Morgan, M. P., British ConsuL
General In Corea, who gave his views as
follows:
"The Government of Corea was Influ
enced to a great extent, to my know
ledge. In granting concessions to the pow
ers, by anticipating that the various pow
ers having these vested interests would
protect the Independence of Corea. Japan
would not. In my opinion, attempt to take
possession of Corea without the approval
of the powers. At the same time, there
is a general Impression in the East that
if Russia encroaches on Corea, Japan for
her own protection must necessarily con
test Russia's right. But don't for a
moment think it likely that there will be
any friction between Russia and Japan
over Corea,
"As to Manchuria, nobody appears to
know exactly what has happened or is
happening there. If China chooses to
make an agreement with Russia on this
matter, I don't exactly see that it is
anybody else's business. But according
to the papers today, it appears that Chi
na it not willing to make this arrange
ment, though it is a fact that nobody but
China and Russia knows exactly what the
facts of the case are. Personally, I don't
see that It will make much difference to
trade. As soon as Russia settles matters
In Manchuria business will go on the
same as ever."
Mr. Morgan's firm Is one of the largest
interested in the Chinese trade In England.
His views, therefore, apart from his offi
cial position as British representative in
Corea are of exceptional Importance.
FRENCH INFLUENCE GROWING.
Activity In Southern Provinces
of
China.
HONG KONG. March 28. It is reported
from Canton that the activity of the
French Is greatly increasing In the neigh
borhood of that city. Two steamers ply
between Hong Kong and Canton, and
gunboats are much In evidence on the
Chinese waterways. It is also reported
that two steamers are being built In
France to run between Hong Kong and
Canton, and that France intends to sub
sidize the carrying of the malls. It Is
also expected that a French postoffice
will open in Canton about April 1.
Objections have been lodged" to the ply
ing of the steam launches under the tri
color. Chinese captains now fly the tri
color with an addition of three small
stars, which are Invisible a short dlstanco
away, and as a result, it is said, the
Chinese people Imagine they are still
under the tri-color, and conclude thnt
the French Influence Is gaining. It Is
also reported that a French hospital was
opened at Shameen some months back
for the purpose of receiving Chinese pa
tients. All this aids French influence and
prestige.
REMOVAL OF M'LEVY BROWN.
( Casslni Says It Was Not Due to Rus
sian Interference.
WASHINGTON. March 2S. The Rus
sian authorities have given definite and
positive assurances to the State Depart
ment that the dismissal of McLevy
Brown, the high official of the Corean
Government, was not due In any way to
Russian interference. The Russian Am
bassador, Count Casslni, had an extended
conference with Secretary .Hay today.
The Ambassador was without Informa
tion as to what had been done as to the
Manchurian agreement. Although the
general question of China was gone over,
yet the chief purpose of the visit was
to clear up the reports that Russia had
been instrumental in the removal of Mr.
Brown. Count Casslni's visit resulted In
the fullest assurance that the affair was
not one In which Russia had been con
cerned, and that it was purely a matter
of the domestic affairs of Corea, which
the Corean officials had carried out ac
cording to their own desires.
During the course of the Interview
there was a further reference to Rus
sia's purpose in Manchuria. This was
on precisely me same lines as tne Am- i
bassador had before laid down, but with (
more particularity. For Instance, it was
made to appear that this particular
agreement between Russia and China is
really nothing more than a modus vi
vendi. It is purely temporary in char
acter, according to the Russian conten
tion, to restore law and order under
Chinese authority In Manchuria, and pro
vide for the gradual withdrawal of Rus
sian troops.
Secretary Hay's callers today also In
cluded Lord Pauncefote, the German Am
bassador and the Japanese Minister, all
of whom were concerned in the state of
Chinese affairs, and particularly in the
final outcome of the Manchurian ques
tion. Little definite additional Informa
tion was devolved.
Secret Clause Acknowledged.
YOKOHAMA, March 2S. An official
statement that Great Britain, In reply to
an Inquiry, has Informed Japan that Man
churia was included In the Anglo-German
agreement respecting China has been
received with great satisfaction.
The usually moderate leading Journal
J1JI Shlmpo, of Toklo, declares Japan will
brook no Interference In Corea, and that
If the material interests of Japan are in
volved she will draw the sword without
hesitation.
Declined to Remove Flags,
LONDON, March 28. The Daily
has received the following from
Mall
Tien
Tsln, dated yesterday:
"Colonel MacDonald politely asked the
Russians to remove their flags from the
British portion of the disputed territory,
where they were surreptitiously placed
after a mutual evacuation had been
agreed upon. The Russians flatly de
clined. It Is understood that the question
of an arbitration on the title to the con
cession has not yet been settled."
A Pekln Incident.
NEW YORK. March 2S. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pekln says:
A German sentry has killed three Chi
nese In Legation street, but, as usual in
affairs of this kind, contradictory stories
are told as to the Incidents leading up to
the conflict.
Sounded by Japan.
VIENNA, March 2S. Several Vienna
newspapers assert that Japan has sounded
Great Britain and Germany as to wheth
er they would combine against Russia In
the event of the annexation of Man
churia. NEW TRIALS GRANTED.
To ex-Secretary of State Powers and
Jnmcs Howard.
FRANKFORT, Ky.. March 2S. The
Court of Appeals today rendered a decis
ion granting new trials In the case of ex
Secretary of State Powers, sentenced to
life imprisonment, and James Howard,
sentenced to be hanged, as alleged acces
sories and principal, respectively. In the
assassination of William Goebel. In the
decision In the Powers case the court was
divided on political lines. The four Re
publican Judges united In an opinion,
which was written by Judge Durelle, and
the three Democratic Judges, in a dissent
by Judge White. All of the opinions
concurred in holding the Indictments suf
ficient, and also holding void the pardon
issued to Powers by ex-Governor Taylor,
after the latter bad been ousted from of
fice. ' ,
The decision In the Powers case holds
the Indictment Is good, but orders a new
trial on the ground of erroneous Instruc
tions to the jury, and the admission of
Incompetent testimony. The Howard case
Is reversed because of erroneous instruc
tions, incompetent evidence admitted in
the trial, and other minor points.
TRIAL OF LAWYER PATRICK.
Further Hearing: in the Rice Murder
, j Case.- -
NEW YORK. March 23. Judge Jerome,
sitting as a Committing Magistrate, re
sumed the hearing today in the case of
Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer, against
whom charges In connection with the
death of William Marsh Rice, the million
aire, have been made. The Prosecutor,
in questioning witnesses, declared his pur
pose of showing that In 1900 Rice was
Patrick's only client, and also that he
acted as attorney for both 3ldes in an
action to which Rice was a party. Mor
ris Meyer, a Notary Public, and at one
time Patrick's clerk, testified to drawing
up the will of Mr. Rice, which was In
Patrick's Interest. He thought the will
was drawn up prior to June 30, 1900, the
date on which It was executed. There
might have been some conversation, wit
ness said, between himself and Patrick
as to the reason as to why Patrick was
named In that Instrument as the residu
ary legatee.
John R. Potts, who shared an office
with Patrick, testified that the latter,
when borrowing from him to pay a bill
for printing, told him that a rich client
had made him (Patrick) residuary lega
tee under his will, and showed him the
will 'and the general assignments trans
ferring all Rice's property to Patrick.
Mr. Potts testified to having a $25,000
check signed by Rice certified by the
Fifth-Avenue Trust Company, at Patrick's
request. He told also of a conversation
he had with Patrick as to the cremation
of Rice's body. The hearing was ad
journed until tomorrow.
Convicted of Murder.
SALEM, Mass.. March 28. John C. Best,
who has been on trial here for the mur
der of George E. Bailey, at Breakheart
Hill farm last October, was found guilty
of murder In the first degree tonight. The
murder was one of unusual atrocity.
Bailey'3 body was cut up and pieces en
closed In gunny-sacks- were sunk In Float
ing Bridge pond. Best was a farmhand
on the place managed by Bailey.
Insult Led to Murder.
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn., March 28. Rich
ard Darnell, a prominent lawyer, was to
day shot and killed by a man named Beas
ley. The killing grew out of an Insult
alleged to have been offered by Beasley
to the wife of Darnell over the telephone.
A mob Is being formed to lynch Beasley.
Mnilrobbcr Pleaded Gnllty.
NEW YORK, March 2S. Joseph A.
Conlin, the postoffice clerk, who was ar
rested recently in San Francisco charged
with a $43,000 robbery of registered mall
last Fall, pleaded guilty today, and will
be sentenced tomorrow.
Diamond Thief Pleaded Guilty.
KANSAS CITY, March S. William
Deardruff pleaded guilty today to stealing
$3000 worth .of diamonds from his employ
ers, Edwards & Sloane, wholesale Jewel
ers, and was sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary.
Heir to a Great Fortune.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 29. Mrs.
Emma Robinson, a widow with four chil
dren living In this city, has received from
a Washington lawyer the information
that her name appears among the list of
heirs to a vast property situated In Cen
tral Pennsylvania. In speaking of the
matter today, Mrs. Robinson said:
"The property In question was bought
In the year 1SO0 by Mr. Hendy, who was
my great-grandfather or great-greatgrandfather.
He purchased an enormous
tract of land In Central Pennsylvania.
Some years afterward Mr. Hendy went
to England and died there, leaving chil
dren from whom I am descended. I came
to America from England 12 years ago.
The estate was valued at $22,000,000, of
which my share Is estimated at $9,000,000.
There are 20 other heirs besides myself,
but I am the most directly descended. I
expect to go to Washington In u few
days to meet the lawyer there and sign
papers necessary to prosecute my claim."
KLEIGEL IN DISGRACE
PREFECT OF POLICE WILL BE
SENT TO SIBERIAN STATION.
Criticised for Not Forestalling the
Student Outbreaks in St. Peters
burg: Proposal of Mediation.
ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday. March
26. It is confidently expected that Lleu-tenant-General
Klelgel, the Prefect of
Police, will be given a Siberian Governor-Generalship.
A Ministerial circular
this morning- contained what Is regarded
as a severe criticism of Klelgel's pol
icy of making arrests after the outbreaks
of the students' troubles, Instead of
forestalling them. The wrangle with
Lieutenant-General Viasemsky In the ca
thedral, which caused the resignation of
Viasemsky, Is also hurting Klelgel.
It Is reported that Grand Duke Vladimir
is organizing a mediation committee for
the purpose of inquiring into the com
plaints of the students and endeavoring to
persuade them to behave.
A story comes from the hospitals to the
effect that 19 students have already died
from injuries received In the recent riots,
presumably as a result of wounds Inflict,
ed by the leaden bullets which the Cos
sacks are alleged to have put on their
whips. The students themselves report
only two deaths, while the mortality sta
tistics do not give a single death last
week except from disease.
The candidacy of M. Kowalebsky for
Minister of Education Is regarded as very
serious. Senator Tagantsoff, curator of
the Moscow district, and M. Enrep, cura
tor of the Kharkoff district, are hts prin
cipal opponents.
Military reform of Finland by the Rus
sian authorities has re-entered upon the
preliminary stage. A commission of 14
persons named by the Imperial Council Is
now studying the problem. The commis
sion Includes M. Bobrikoff. Governor
General of Finland; M. De Pleheve, Sec
retary of State for Finland, and the
presidents of the departments of the Fin
nish Senate.
ORGANIZED COMBINATION.
Russian Students Join With the
Worklngmen.
NEW YORK. March 26. The World to
day publishes the following dispatch from
St. Petersburg, dated March 25 and
mailed to Berlin in order to escape the
censor:
The realization of the gravest fear of
the present disturbances In Russia Is
the evidence of an organized combination
for the first time between the students
and the worklrgmen of an obstinately rev
olutionary character. The government has
driven the students Into the arms of the
labor party.
Eogolepoff. the Minister of Public In
struction who was assassinated, was the
worst type of a Russian bureaucrat. His
administration was marked by continual
petty persecution of the students. Thp
petition prepared by eminent professors
and certain Senators Invoking the per
sonal intervention of the Czar was an
other proof of the panic prevailing in offi
cial circles, but the presentation of this
petition was prevented by higher officials.
Another striking feature of this out
break Is the refusal of large numbers of
the dvornlks or yardmen, who act as a
species of police reserve, to assist the
regular police In repressing the disorders,
thus manifesting sympathy with the peo
ple. No doubt Is entertained here that the
outbreak will be quelled eventually, but
it will only be done at an Incalculable
cost of life and suffering.
THE FRENCH STRIKES.
Improvement In the Situation
at
-i i,v .- Stnrxclllcii Continues. '
MARSEILLES, March 2S, The Im
provement In the strike situation con
tinues. The city Is resuming to some
extent its ordinary aspect. About 3000
men are at work today on the quays.
PARIS. March 28. The Premier. M.
Waldeck-Rousseau. and the Minister of
Commerce, M. MUlerand, had a long con
ference today with delegates from the
strikers at Marseilles, and urged concilia
tion. The Premier said the government
was prepared to recommend to both sides
arbitration of the disputed clauses of the
agreement of August last, but could not
Intervene In order to Impose a new
agreement.
Scnincs With Strikers.
MONTCEAU-LES - MINES. France.
March 28. Additional miners resumed
work today. The strikers' interference
with them, however, led to scuffles, and
the gendarmes were obliged to Intervene.
One striker received a saber cut on the
face, and several arrests were made.
Students Send Death Warnings.
BERLIN, March 2S. The Cologne Volks
Zeltung prints correspondence from St.
Petersburg asserting that the students'
secret organization, sent to the Ministers
of the Interior and of War death sen
tences, and that he Minister of the In
terior, by a decree dated March 23, for
bade all papers to mention court' pro
ceedings arising out of complaints against
recent police outrages.
NOT A MAN OF PROMISES.
Von. Bulow Wants to Be Judged hy
Ills Conduct.
BERLIN, March 28. During the discus
sion on the budget in the upper house of
the Diet today. Count Von Bulow, the
Imperial Chancellor, said that he desired
to win the confidence of the house by his
conduct rather than by his promises. He
had long lived In countries with a purely
parliamentary form of government, and
had found much therein which was not
bad, but which he did not like. He ob
jected especially to the fact that every
new government and every new Minister
was In the habit of formulating a new
programme full of assurances and prom
ises. When, in the course of time, God
saw the harm that had been done, or, in
other words, when the government in
question was no longer In office, there gen
erally remained unfulfilled much of what
had been promised. He wished to depart
from this practice, and hoped the tried
patriotism and loyalty of the house would
co-operate with the government In pro
moting the welfare of the monarchy.
A resolution of the budget committee In
troduced into the upper house today, read
as follows.
"The house calls on the government to
work most strenuously to the end that, in
the impending rearrangement of politico
commercial affairs, protection in the
shape of essentially Increased customs
dues be granted to agriculture, and with
this object In view to see that the cus
toms tariff bill In course of preparation
be submitted to the Reichstag as soon as
possible."
Count Von Bulow, in his capacity as
Prussian Premier, promised that the bill
should be laid before the Bundesrath im
mediately after the government depart
ments concerned had concluded their
work. The council would certainly dis
pose of the measure as expeditiously as
possible. To attempt to exercise pressure
upon the Bundesrath would be Inconsist
ent with the respect all of them held for
the dignity and Independence of the fedr
eral states. While the Introduction of the
bill would be In every way accelerated,
he could not fix a definite date for Its
submission to the Reichstag. He had not
left room for doubt in either the Diet or
the Reichstag that he considered it the
duty of the government to promote the
Interests of German agriculture with
vigor and zeal. He considered an ade
quate Increase of the agricultural duties
absolutely necessary. In preparing the
bill the government would adhere to the
principles Just aet forth. The statements
of Count Von Bulow were greeted with
loud cheers.
Herr Glese, Chief Mayor of Altona,
spoke strongly against the Imperial Chan
cellor's pro-Agrarian declarations, alleg
ing that these would render dearer the
necessaries of life for the benefit of a
relatively small class of magnates, and
would cause the bulk of the people, par
ticularly the lower classes, suffering. The
resolution was adopted by a vote of 101
to 27.
PLAYING WITH PROTECTION.
Commoners Show Tendency to Take
Advantnge of Possible Chan Res.
NEW YORK, March 2S. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London ,says:
"There Is a general tendency to play
with protection In the House of Com
mons, In anticipation of serious changes
in the tariff which Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach may or may not rec
ommend In the buget speech. He
Is keeping treasury secrets closely,
and there Is no authentic information ob
tainable respecting new duties or taxes.
One threatened line of Imports after an
other has been mentioned In street ru
mors, and sugar, tea, tobacco, and wines
have been marketed In enormous quanti
ties. Food supplies are now threatened
by similar gossip on "Change, and In Par
liament, but Sir Michael alone knows
what will be the fresh source of indirect
taxation. The Liberals are emphatic In
declaring that Important changes in the
direction of protection are impending,
but they are not disinterested witnesses.
They are hoping that this Issue will be
raised In the budget speech.
Opening of Australian Parliament.
WASHINGTON. March Z8 Lord Paunce
fote has Informed the Secretary of State
that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York will arrive May 6 at Melbourne,
when the Sth of that month the first por
tion of the Federal Parliament of Aus
tralia will be opened. It Is stated that If
any representatives of the United States
shall be able conveniently to attend, they
will be very welcome, and everything will
be done to show the officers every atten
tion. Accident on Turkish Torpedo-Boat.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 28 A dis
patch from Salonlca announces that nine
men were scalded to death by the burst
ing of a steam pipe on the Turkish torpedo-boat
Shehab.
THE DAY'S RACES.
Winners nt Tanforan.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 2S. Opponent,
the favorite, and Cromwell, a 6-to-l shot,
ran a dead heat at Tanforan today. Crom
well got away next to last, and ran around
the field, catching Opponent In the last
Jump. Long shots were In evidence, GHs
sando, at 12 to 1, taking the opening event
by a head from Brenhllda, while In the
last Tame Irishman, quoted at the same
price, beat Saintly, the favorite. Hager
don won the High-Weight handicap easily
from the first choice. Dandy Jim. Buck
Taylor, who finished third In the third
race, was claimed by C. E. Durnell ror
$500. Results:
Five furlongs, selling Gllssando won,
Brenhllda second, GoMAnder third; time,
1:01.
Seven furlongs, purse Toah won, Rol
lick second, Tony Lepplng third; time,
1:23.
Saven furlongs, sell ng St. Anthony won,
Saul of Tarsus second. Buck Taylor third;
time, 1:02.
Six furlongs. High-Weight handicap
Hagerdon won. Dandy Jim second, St.
Wood third; time, 1:14.
One mile, selling Opponent and Crom
well ran dead heat. Bogus Bill third; time,
1:43.
Six and a half furlongs, selling Tame
Irishman won. Saintly second. Our Lizzie
third; time, l:21Vi.
Races at Little Rock.
LITTLE RQCK, Ark., March
I. Re-
suits:
Seven furlongs, selling Little Tommy
Tucker won, Elsie Del second, Georgie
Farber third; time, 1:31.
Half mile Tambourine II won. Swift
Light second, Ben Hullum third; time,
0:51.
Six furlongs Loone won. Prudent sec
ond, Sangamon third; time, 1:18V.
Half mile, Turf Congress stake Miss
Dora won, Jordan second, Anna Louise
third; time, 0:50?1.
One mile, special The Unknown won,
Chappaqua second. Peaceful third; time,
1:45.
Six furlongs, selling Horseshoe Tobacco
won, Dutch Comedian second. Belle of the
Glen third; time, l:17Vi.
Chicago NatlonnI League Team.
CHICAGO, March 2S. President James
M. Hart, of the Chicago National League
team, today gave out the official list of
players who will make up the team for
the coming season. The list Is as fol
lows: Catchers, Chance and John Kllng;
pitchers, Menefee, Jack Taylor, Cunning
ham. Hughes and Eason; Ihflelders, Doyle,
Childs, James Delehanty, Raymer and Mc-
Cormlck; outfielders, Dexter, Green, Hart
zell and Dolan.
The Coffee-Sugar "War.
TOLEDO, O., March 2S. The Arbuckle
Woolson coffee-sugar war has broken out
anew. Papers filed In the Circuit Court
here today by the Woolson Spice Com
pany show that an agreement between
the two companies was drawn up Feb
ruary 27, whereby the Woolson Company
was to register 61 shares of Woolson
stock which the Arbuckles hold, and the
Arbuckles were to be allowed such in
spection of the Woolson books as did
not harass the Toledo concern. The
papers further set forth that the Ar
buckles defaulted In the agreement, and
the Circuit Court accordingly Is asked to
set aside Us recent order committing the
local manager of the Woolson Spice Com
pany to Jail for refusing to allow the
Arbuckles to inspect the Woolson books.
In the state Supreme Court the Arbuckles
are seeking an order to have the Woolson
manager punished. In pursuance of the
Toledo court's decree.
COLUMBUS, O., March 28. In the case
lot Arbuckles and Woolson Companies.
arguments were heard In the Supreme
Court today but no decision was ren
dered. Senator Foraker and Judge John
Doyle, of Toledo, represented the Wool
son Company, and Clarence Brown, of
Toledo, represented the Arbuckles.
North Carolina Judges Acquitted.
RALEIGH, N. C, March 28. Chief Jus
tice Fureches and Associate Justice Doug
lass, of the Supreme Court of North Car
olina, who after being presented for Im
peachment by the House of Representa
tives, February 25, have been on trial be
fore the bar of the Senate since March
14, were today acquitted on the five counts
In the articles of Impeachment by a vote
of 27 for conviction and 23 for acquittal.
Thirty-four votes were necessary to con
vict. The accused Judges are Republicans.
Sarnh Bernhardt 111.
, PITTSBURG, Pa., March 28. Mme.
Sarah Bernhardt, who was to have
opened an engagement at the Alvln The
ater tonight, was taken suddenly 111 last
night after the performance at Cleve
land, and was not sufficiently recovered
to appear this evening. Her manager
says the actress is not considered se
riously sick, and he hopes she will be
able to complete her engagement to
morrow and Saturday nights.
Will Be Burled hy Strangers.
LOS ANGELES, March 28. The body of
Egerton Clalrmont, husband of "George
Egerton," the English woman who wrote
the "Key-Note" series of novels, and him
self a writer of some note, who died in
this city on Monday, Is awaiting burial
at the expense of comparative strangers,
because It has been Impossible to com
municate with any friends of his family
or relatives.
WILL BE DECIDED TODAY
MINEWORKERS' CONFERENCE WILL
SETTLE THE STRIKE QUESTION.
Meeting; of the Executive Committee
of the Union to Be Held at
Wilkesbarre.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 2S. Presi
dent John E. Mitchell, Rev. E. Phillips
and the district president ot the United
Mlneworkers arrived in town tonight. Mr.
Mitchell told the Associated Press re
porter (hat he did not know what the
outcome of the meeting to be held In
this city omorrow would be. The Rev.
Mr. Phillips spoke In glowing terms of
the reception tendered him by J. P. Mor
gan. He thought the chances were that
there would be no strike, but of this he
could not speak positively. The confer
ence tomorrow will, It Is believed, settle
the matter.
INDLVNAPOLI5. March 2S. At National
headquarters of the United Mineworkers
there Is much activity tonight. Secretary
Wilson Is in clos& communication with
Mr. Mitchell, and Is fully cognizant of
Mr. Mitchell's plans for bringing about
a settlement of the strained relations no?,
existing in the East between the anthra
cite miners and the big operators. Na
tional Committeeman Fred Dllcher arrived
today and discussed the situation with
Secretary Wilson. He Is confident the
miners in the Pennsylvania districts have
little fear from the exactions of the oper
ators. Mr. Dllcher says the miners are
more strongly oganlzed than ever before
in the anthracite regions, and are pro
pared to make a strong fight for the r
rights. Mr. Dllcher left tonight for Ms
home In Ohio.
JOHN REESE DISCHARGED.
Deciliion of Court of Appeal In
Kansas Striker Case.
ST. LOUIS, March 2S. In the Unl;-d
States Court of Appeals todiy, a dels
Ion was handed down sustaining the
position of the United States Circuit
Court In the case of John P. Reese, a
member of the executive committer of
the Unled Mineworkers of America. vho
was Imprisoned for alleged contempt of
an injunction order and subsequently re
leased on a writ of hebeas corpus. The
decision, which was written by Judge
Adams, deals elaborately with the rights
of courts to punish for a violation of re
straining orders. Reese and others went
to Kansas In 1S99, In the progress of a
coal strike, and delivered speeches In be
half of the strikers. In July, 1S99, the
Western Coal &. Mining Company, one Qf
the largest concerns affected by the
strike, secured an injunction against all
members of the Mineworkers' union and
"all others combining, confederating pr
conspiring with them, who are residents
of the state." After delivering a speecn.
Reese was arrested on the ground that
he had violated the injunction, and was
sentenced to a term of six months in ih
jail at Fort Scott, Kas. The case was
appealed to Judge Thayer, who ordered
the discharge of Reese. It was to pass
on the merits of Judge Thayer's ruling
that the case was referred to a higher
court. Judge Adams holds that the re
straining order does "not necessarily have
to apply specifically to any person to In
flict punishment for its violation. He
says that the mere fact that the order of
the court Is defied by those who have
knowledge of it is of itself sufficient jus
tification for the contempt proceedings.
In the case at Issue, different circum
stances are presented, he held. The de
fendant was punished for violating an
order made on behalf of private Interests
and not because he had defied the dig
nity of the court. It was not demon
strated, the court further said, that
Reese, in any manner, had conspired or
combined to Injure the property of the
complainants. Afeer reviewing the points
Involved. Judge Adams said:
"From the foregoing It i3 apparent that
the offense of violating an express re
straining order issued at the suit of a
private litigant for his protection Is one
thing, dependent upon actual existence
of such restraining order against the
person charged with the offense In the
suit to which be is a party, by name or
adequate representation; and that the
offense of a person not a party to the
suit in aiding or abetting such party to
disobey or resist a restraining order
against himself or Independently and In
tentionally thwarting the administration
of justice Is another and essentially dif
ferent thing. The petitioner had the right
accorded him by the Constitution pf the
land and time honored precedents to
stand upon the accusation as made, and
to defend himself against the charge as
made; namely, that he had violated the
Injunction order. He exercised the right,
and, after being found guilty and Im
prisoned for violating the Injunction
order, proceeded to challenge the law
fulness of his restraint for the reason
that he was not a party to the causa In
which the injunction was issued, and
that the court was without jurisdiction
to call him to account for violating it."
Street Car Strike Postponed.
PITTSBURG, March 28. There will bo
no strike on the Monongahela traction
Hne3 for the present at least. At a meet
ing of the men early this morning. Na
tional President Mahon, Chairman
Grundy, of the United Labor League,
and other leaders, counselled delay, and
It was Anally decided to postpone action
until the return from the South of W. L.
Mellon, president of the Monongahela
lines, when a committee will place the
grievances before him and request relief.
She Might Have Waited.
New York Evening Sun.
It was the impulsive young thing with
the great gray eyes that -told of the dream
to the other boarders at breakfast.
"I had such a lovely dream last even
ing," she said, impressively. "I dreamed
that I stood at the throne on the day of
Judgment. There was a long line of us,
Just as If we were buying tickets for a
matinee. It was tiresome standing there,
and It seemed Just as if I would fall down
and lose my turn. I stood on one le?
and then on the other. Finally I got
within half dozen girls of St. Peter. Then
I woke up."
The other boarders looked disgusted.
Finally the sleepy one spoke:
"Why didn't you stay abed till .noon."
said he, "and And how you were coming
out?"
Pioneer Stage Operator Drowned.
OAKLAND, Cal., March 2S. The body
of John Allman, a pioneer stage coach op
erator of the Coast, has been found In the
harbor, and It is believed he was acci
dentally drowned. During his lifetime he
made a business of bidding on almost
every mall-carrying contract In the West,
and at one time had more Government
contracts than any other man engaged In
the business. He was a personal friend
of President U. S. Grant, and during that
official's administration spent much of
his time In Washington.
Civil Service Examinations.
PORTLAND, Or.. March 27. (To the
Editor.) Will you please inform me
through the columns of The Morning Ore
gonlan when the examination for the
Land Office will be held at Portland, and
oblige J. B. DEAN.
The Oregonlan publishes announcements
for civil service examinations once only.
Z. A. Leigh, at the postoffice, Is the per
son to apply to for additional Informa
tion. Benjamin Carlcton noyt-
CHICAGO. March 2S. Benjamin Carle
ton Hoyt, founder of St. Joseph, Mich.,
Is dead at that place, aged 94 years. Mr.
Hoyt was one of the flrst white settlers
of Southwestern Michigan-
.