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THE STTSDAT OKEGKXKiAI?. POKTIAKTff JjUSTTAUT 13. 1S95. THE RESTRICTION ACT IT IS AGAI.V TO COME BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. To Test "Whether or Xat a. Chinese Can Land on n. Certlflcate Is sued ! a Chinese Consul. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The Chinese! restriction act and the acts supplemen tary thereto will be the subject of anoth er decision by the supreme court of the United States, in the case jfthe appeal of Chin Yuen Sing, filed today." Sine, who formerly lived in the United States, was a passenger on the steamer Sylvia, which reached New York October 27, 1S31, from Nova Scotia, and claimed the right to land upon the strength of a passport, or cer tificate, issued to him by the Chinese consul-general, and vised at the New York custom-house and by the United States consulate at Halifax. Collec tor Kilbreth, however, decided against him, and refused to permit him to land. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus be fore Judge Lacomb, who remanded him to the custody of the collector, on the ground that under the provisions of the sundry civil appropriation bill, of Au gust, 1SW, the only questions for the court to consider were, "Was the petitioner an alien, and had the collector made a de cision upon his right to land? Thereupon Chin Yuen Sing appealed to the supreme court of the United States. The treasury department is informed that the yachts Lagcnda and Amandis, which left New Yorl: early in January, are believed to be on a filibustering ex pedition. Assistant Secretary Wike has instructed the treasury officers at Savan nah, Ga.. and Fernandina, Fla., and other points south, to look out for them and re port any suspicious movements in con travention of the neutrality laws. . The decision of Judge Cole, of criminal court No. 2, with regard to the demurrers entered to the indictments against Have raeyer, Searles, Shriver, Edwards and Sey mour, the contumacious witnesses before the senate sugar-trust committee, which was announced for today, has been post poned until Saturday next. The department of state has been in formed by the American minister to Mex ico that Germany and Mexico have rati fied a treaty providing for a parcel pest. FOR CUBAN PATRIOTS. The Myaterlous Cruixe- of a. Yacht in Florida 'Water. FERNANDINA, Fla.. Jan. 12. The statement concerning the arrival of a vessel, touching at this port, and bound for Cuba, has been verified by recent de velopments, and tbls town is enjoying a genuine sensation. The steam yacht La gonda arrived last Monday from New York, ostensibly for the purpose of filling her coal-bunkers and proceeding to the "West Indies on a pleasure cruise. The next day her charterer invited the collec tor of the port, a local editor, and Mr. Borden, the Spanish consul, to take a trip up the St. Mary's river, hoping by the very audacity of the scheme to disarm any suspicion that might arise. It afterward transpired that Mr. Borden was the agent of the charterer, a Mr. Mantel, and was looking after the business of the expedi tion, having chartered the vessel from her owner, Rev. W. It. Moore, and purchased coal and other supplies. A few days ago a number of boxes and cases arrived by rail for Mr. Borden, and were loaded tn the yacht. Today one of the same cases was found floating In the river, aud, on being opened, was found to contain cut losses, knapsacks and canteens. It is sup posed that all were thrown, overboard, and 'that most of tlem sunk. The yacht is boing detained by the customs-honsc authorities, and the next development will bo when the steamer Baracoa arrives from Boston. It is said that the latter vessel, a Norwegian of 500 tons, is due to morrow, and is under charter to the ranio people. The expedition is supposed to be under the direction of Marti, the Cuban patriot, and peculiar significance Is attached to the fact of the Spanish consul being the agent of the vessel. He claims to be acting only as a ship-broker and ship agent, which is part of his regu lar business, and denies that the expedi tion is other than a pleasure trip. It is generally believed that the principals know of the object of the expedition. The Lngoncln Seized. FERNANDINA, Fla., Jan. 12. At 5 o'clock this afternoon the steam yacht Lagonda, of New York, which arrived here last Tuesday, apparently on a cruise for pleasure, was seized by Collector Balt zell, acting under orders from Secretary Carlisle, on suspicion of having on board arms and ammunition designed for use in an insurrection in one of the Central American states. IIAYTPS NEW CABINET. It Is Such an to Commend Ifffclf to Our Minister. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The depart ment of state has received from Minister Smythe, at Port-au-Prince, a dispatch dated December 2S, announcing the termi nation of the cabinet crisis by the official announcement of an entirely new minis try, as follows: Finance, M. Callstheno Fonchard; pub lic wbS&s and agriculture, M. B. Prophete; interior. M. Papllllon: public Instruction, M. Lobldon; war and marine, T. Simon Sam; justice and foreign relations, P. Faine. "Among the residents and the business community," the minister says, "the new cabinet is considered especially strong, and. from its personal and geographical selection and the progressive spirit cred ited to its members, gives unusual prom ise of success. The nomination of Mr. Fonchard as minister of finance is re garded as a pledge for the rehabilitation of the treasury on a better basis, and this is emphasized by the Immediate de crease of 4 per cent In the price of ex change. I know little of the new minister of foreign relations, but all that I can hear is to his credit. He was a long time a commissalre of the government, and has recently been a merchant In this city. He Is regarded as a clear-headed man of business, and Is universally conceded an honest man." AT "WEST POINT. The Cadet Renlsmcd. Deficient and Discharged. "WEST POINT, N. Y" Jan. li The sec retary of war has accepted the reslgna tionsof the following cadets: E. H. Humphrey, of Nebraska; J. J. Justice, of Texas: E. It. Thomas, of New York, and C. Lorlng, of California, of the third class, and T. C. Curren, of Wiscon sin, and J. It. Waugh. of the fourth class. The January examinations are con cluded, and the classes have resumed sessions. Twenty-two men were found de ficient, and 16 were discharged. Of the deficiencies there was one in the first class, two in the second class, nine In the third and ten in the fourth clashes. Those not discharged were turned back into lower classes. In the fourth class, the first five cadets highest in mathematics are Wotten. of North Carolina; Boggs, of Pennsylvania; Stephens, of Tennessee; I Brown, of Tennessee, and Karris, of New Jersey. In English studies the first five are "Wooten. Boggs, L. Brown, Ste phens, and Dougherty of New York. OTHER NATIONAL NEWS. Hoke Smith's Plain Talk. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. The secretary of the Interior has given out the follow ing statement: "The attention of the in terior department has been railed to a circular letter, the purpose of which Is to effect an organization of the registers and receivers of the local lard ofilces and the surveyor-general, to raise a fund to defeat certain proposed legislation. The Impropriety of subordinate officers of the department attempting to counteract by a paid lobby the suggestions from the department, is so manifest that it meets with the se verest condemnation of the secretary of the interior, and it is not Improbable that some of the officers who have been most active in this matter will have no occa sion in a short time to take any interest in whether the offices they hold now are abolished or not." To Crubie to San DIesro. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Rear-Ad-mlral Beardslee, United States navy, com manding the Pacific station, will, tomor row morning, take the flagship Philadel phia to Mare island for coal, with the Intention of returning to this harbor for a stay of three days. In the meantime, the Bennington, Ranger and another naval vessel will prepare for a cruise to San Diego with the flagship. Admiral Beards lee will maneuver the fleet at sea. ENGLISH POLITICS. Cabinet Council Anxious for the Lib eral Party's Safety. LONDON, Jan. 12. The proceedings of the cabinet council, which was held last Thursday, and about whose deliberations there has been so much speculation, were by no means as vitally Important as was supposed. The council began with the arrangement of parliamentary work for the coming session, the sequence of meas ures to be Introduced and the manner in which they should be presented. These questions being decided, the construction of the queen's speech was taken up and the question exhaustively debated. These topics constituted all of the mattera dis cussed by the council that were of pub lic interest. The rumors which have been widely circulated of grave dissensions over the questions as to the advisability of an early dissolution in view of the parliamentary, situation and the order in which bills shouid be introduced are ut terly without foundation, and the stories that serious differences have arisen be tween Lord Rosebery and Sir William Harcourt are exactly the reverse of the truth. All of the well-informed adherents qf the ministry know that the cabinet is united and in thorough accord as to the policy toibe pursued, though the ministers have not yet decided upon the line of parliamentary tactics which will yield the best results. In minor matters the cabinet is united, but the leading and delicate question, how to mention the house of lords In the speech from the throne, was keenly debated in council and the various propositions submitted were exhausively discussed. If the omis sion of any reference to the house of lords from the queen's speech could thwart the machinations of the opposi tion, which Is trying to force the gov ernment Into declaring Itself upon this question early in the session, the matter would be gladly ignored, but the ma jority of the cabinet, in view of the of ficial utterances of Lord Rosebery and Mr. Campbell-Bannerman upon the sub ject, is of the opinion that the government is already committed to a declaration and must open parliament with a formal announcement of its policy in regard to the upper house. Lord Rosebery" and Professor James Bryco are to speak at the universal suf frage congress at Cardiff, January 18, when it is understood that the premier will promise the executive committee of the National Liberal Federation a full statement of the government's programme in regard to the house of lords. The con gress will afterward wind up its session with the passage of a resolution reaffirm ing the anti-lord's declarations of the Leeds conference. ", In regard to dissolution, the leading members of the liberal party recognize the fact that the uncertainty of the gov ernment's position may precipitate Its fall within a fortnight after the resumption of the session of the house. The minis terial whips report that, according to the most reliable information obtainable, the government's majority of 10 in the house depends upon the adhesion of the radical wing to the ministry, the full vote of the McCarthyites and the abstention of the Parnellites from voting with the conserv atives. Still the government is confident that it will be able to hold out till the main measure and a popular budget are introduced, and these are relied upon to gain sufficient adherents to enable it to pull through. Sir William Harcourt ex pects that the showing of a substantial surplus will enable the government to shape the budget so that it will appeal successfully to the people in the next election, and it is believed by the liberal leaders that their internal discords will not prevent the McCarthyites from meet ing in parliament with a united front. Mr. Healy, when the party meets in February, will resume his fight over the constitution of the Irish committee for the session, hoping to overthrow the vote or last March, when Arthur O'Connor and Florence O'Driscoll were ejected from the committeo at the meeting of the com mittee in Dublin. The repeated attempts to readjust the squabble between the Dillonites and the Healyites have not yet been successful, but whatever the outcome of the feud may be, the-existing differences will not affect in the slightest degree the presentation of a compact front by the McCarthyite party. The conference of the federation of miners has decided not to support the coming trades-union congress, which has been projected and summoned on the eve of a creneral election. The congress was initiated by Keir Hardle. John Burns and other labor leaders, with a viaw of com mitting, the trades-unionists to the sup port of the socialist candidates for par liament and the decision of the miners' congress Is a serious blow to the hopes of the socialistic unionists. The Harland Ship Building Company of Belfast is in negotiation with a Liver pool ship-building company for the con struction of two Atlantic line steamers, each to be 1000 feet long. MATTERS OF FINANCE. Nevr York's Associated Banks. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The weekly state of the associated banks shows the following changes: Reserve, increase $3,930,130 Loans, decrease 3,707.4X) Specie, decrease 354,300 Legal tenders, increase 6.923,20) Deposits. Increase 2,555,000 Circulation, increase 21.400 The banks now hold $41,792,200 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. Neiv Evidence Discovered. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Counsel for the contestants of the will of Mrs. Anna L. Murphy, which involves the disposition of about 5S0.OM, have filed formal notice for a new trial, on the ground of newly discovered evidence, and errors In the. re cent trial. The supreme court a short time ago rendered a verdict against their claim. The Montserrat's Captnln's "Will. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. The will of Captain David O. Blackburn, of the lost Montserrat, was filed for probate today. It was executed September 19. He left an estate valued at $5009. Brazilians nno Urojrnayans Fljht. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 12. A detach ment of Brazilian troops, which was hotly pursuing a number of insurgents in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, crossed the Uruguayan frontier. A force of Uru guayan troops opposed the advance of the Brazilians, and the two detachments opened lire on each other. One Uruguay an officer and three Uruguayan soldiers were killed. CAI TSEY MAKE IT? PEACE C03IMISSIONERS ON THE "WAY TO JAPAN. No Notice Given. Thnt Shao Will Not Be Received by- the Japanese G o vcrnm cnt. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Mr. Kurino,' Japanese minister, says he expects the peace negotiations between the plenipo tentiaries of China and Japan will begin about February 1. The Chinese peace commissioners left Peking the 7th inst. It Is expected that ex-Secretary John W. Foster, who Is to assist the Chinese en voys in the negotiations, will be on hand February 1. Minister Kurino has not yet received any direct information as to who will conduct the negotiations on the part of the Japanese government, but he naturally presumes Mr. Mutsu, minister of foreign affairs, will be the Japanese representative. The minister says the newspaper reports to the effect that his government had given notice it would not receive Shao, one of the Chinese pleni potentiaries, because of the tetter's procla mation offering rewards for Japanese heads, is incorrect. Chinese Retiring to the Great "Wall. LONDON, Jan. 12. A Tien-Tsin dispatch says the Japanese are steadily advancing upon Kin-Chow, and the Chinese are slowly retiring to the great wall, where they Intend to make a stand. The prog ress of both is impeded by the snow. REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. Complete Details by Steamer of Af fairs in the Orient. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The steam er Belgic arrived today from Yokohama with the following advices to December 23: The Japanese government has publicly announced that the emperor of China has signified his desire to terminate the war and has appointed one of the members of the tsung-li-yamen of the highest of ficial rank, named Chang Ying Houen, to proceed to Japan and arrange terms of peace. The Japanese were by no means sure that China was acting in good faith and they still have doubts as to her sin cerity. In any case, they are far from being confident that the first negotiations will progress satisfactorily. It may even be said that they more than anticipate the possibility of a failure to agree. It was not with absolute unanimity that the Japanese authorities consented to receive a suppliant for peace at this juncture. The cooler heads in the cabinet have for some time been favorable to a speedy suspension of hostilities, and Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, who lead the minis try Intellectually, will be ready to con clude a peace at once with Chang Ying Houen on terms which, while honorable to their own country, would not be con sidered illiberal to the enemy. But the war party is represented to some extent In the administration, and its influence is much too powerful to be disregarded or, for the present, held in control. Many of the military leaders look upon China's submissive proposals as a-mere incident of the struggle, which will not be permitted to impede the advance of the army or prevent the occupation of Peking. The government means to act candidly and straightforwardly. If the Chinese commissioner is authorized to treat on the basis which the conquerors consider indispensable, a settlement may be made without excessive delay; but the Japanese do not think it probable that he will accede to their conditions or come anywhere, near them. That he will not do o Is the scarcely concealed hope of th.e,AtallIfarj 'leaders; and, ,with the un certainty of the cabinet on the one hand and 635 the other the determlnatlon'o the army" and navy and their powerful sup porters that the fighting shall go on until a heavier chastisement shall have been inflicted, it would be premature to assume positively all warlike operations are about to end. Altogether, China's condition is misera ble. Union and concord seems to be quite impossible to her officials at a time when the safety of the state demands the most thorough co-operation. A great many people have been puzzled to understand how forts so powerfully armed and skill fully disposed as those at Port Arthur were captured by the Japanese with so little difficulty. The explanation is sim ple. The strongest fortress in the world, if it has to depend for its defense upon artillery fire alone, becomes compara tively weak. The Chinese had 10,000 in fantry at Port Arthur, yet they did not put a single rifle into the forts. They left the gunners to keep out the enemy as best they could, and the result was that the Japanese, moving rapidly out of the zone of artillery fire, entered the forts with trifling loss. It "was a singular specimen of generalship on the part of the Chinese. They massed their infantry outside the town and made a brief show of re sistance in the open, but it did not, ap parently, occur to them that 10,000 rifles distributed among 20 forts might have made the position invincible. After the capture of Port Arthur, there were found among the archives copies of letters addressed by Admiral Ting to Sheng, the taotai of Tlen-Tsin. From these letters it is apparent that the celebrated Pel Y'ang squadron was so terribly mauled in the naval battle of September 17 as to be incapable of re newing the fight, unless extensive and tedious repairs were effected. The Chi nese admiral urged that two powerful ironclads and eight cruisers be immedi ately purchased. Without an addition of at least that strength, he declared that to engage the Japanese again would be merely to lose his ships. He observed that the difficulty of purchasing men-of-war from neutral powers during the ex istence of a state of hostilities need not prove serious, if only a sufficient amount of money be put up. These utterances, coming from such a source, explain the extraordinary Inaction of the Pel Y'ang squadron during the Japanese operations against Tallen and Port Arthur, and show also that nothing serious need be apprehended from the Chinese northern vessels throughout the campaign. There was at one time a strong dispo sition in Japan to send troops into winter quarters and defer further military opera tions until spring. Climatic obstacles are almost insurmountable and it seemed questionable whether results could be ob tained commensurate with the expense and suffering Involved. But the idea has been abandoned, chiefly in recognition of the fact? that any cessation of activity would Inevitably weaken China's sense of what she has suffered and render her more obdurate than ever. Japan means to fight on unremittingly. Preparations for the dispatch of a third army corps have been completed and troops are ex pected to embark within a few days. Their destination is kept profoundly se cret. Wei-Hal-Wei has been talked of very generally. But Wei-Hai-Wei is on the opposite coast of Pe-Chi-Li gulf from Port Arthur, and is. moreover, isolated from the inland districts by mountains difficult for an army to cross. If Japan sent a corps there her forces would be dangerouhly scattered. The disposition of troops at present is as follows": One division of the Japanese army being at"Chlu-Lien and Feng-Hwan; one at Hal-Cheng and New Chwang, 100 miles away: two at Port Arthur and KJn-Chlw, on the Llau-Tung peninsula, and one on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Pe-Chl-LI, the difficulty of pre ferring communication with the va rious forces would be very greaz. It is doubtful whether Japan has sufficient transports for the purpo3a or sufficient men-of-war to convoy the transports. Besides, a. corps d'arme landed on the shores of Shan-Tung would have no objective" but Wei-Hai-Wei. It Is true the loss of Wel-Hal-Wel would deprive China of every fortified port of refuge in the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. But. on the other hand, Wei-Hal-Wei once taken, the 'troops engaged in the operation would he quite out of the arena, so far as an advance upon Peking is concerned. To take part In that opera tion they would have to be retransported over sea. These considerations lead many to doubt whether the third army will go to Wel-Hal-Wel. The alternative is that it will be united with the second army, now on the Llau-Tung peninsula, and that the two will make descent upon Shan-Hai-Kwan, thence ultimately to march upon Peking. From Kaiping, near the head of the Liau-Tung peninsula, to Shan-Hai-Kwan is 230 miles, and from Shan-Hai-Kwan to Peking ISO miles. Some predict that the secend and third army, moving northward, will combine with the left wing of the first at Kaiping, and that the three will together march overland to Shan-Hai-Kwan. It would be a tremen dous undertaking to move 40.000 men over 400 miles of country in midwinter. Yet to land 25.0&0 on a shallow shore at Shang-Hai-Kwan, where the Ice is already thick, is an equally formidable task. Hence the public awaits with keen interest Japan's next move. An official report from the commander of the First corps dfe'arme, dated Decem ber 22, giving details of the capture of Hal-Chlng and Tuk-Muk, have been pub lished in Hiroshima. It is nearly the same as the Yomlurl's report. Following are the main points of the report: Two thousand five hundred koku of cereal3 were found at Hai-Chlng; the commissary road to this point was completed Decem ber 15; the telegraphic wires running to Hai-Ching have been cut in various places; the cold there is Beyond comparison, se verer than that at Antung, though the snow is less than a foot deep. Many are having swollen ears and sore feet. The frost and snow- of many days became hard, slippery and bright as glass, -and walking was very difficult. According to the official report from the Third division at Hai-Chlng. dated December 2T, in the battle of Kung-Wa-Sai, December 19, Sub-Lieutenant Tanaka, of the Eighteenth regiment, and sub-Lieutenant Miura, of the Seventh regiment, were killed, while Major Okadoto, Lieutenant S. Chiakl and Shibayama, of the Sixth regiment; Lieu tenant Miyake, sub-Lieutenants Omuro and Kajawari, of the Eighth regiment: Captain Uno, sub-Lieutenant Igarashi, of the Seventh regiment; Captains Morikawa And Tsukamoto, and Lieutenants Hira- oka and Takashima, of the Nineteenth regiment, were wounded. When the third Japanese army is in the field, Japan will have 75,000 men fighting her battles beyond the seas. It is an im mense military undertaking. Great Brit ain is generally supposed to be best cap able of such efforts, but Great Britain has never sent over seas an army of 75,000 men, or even one-half of 75,000 men, equipped according to modern standards. When Japan commenced her Meiji re forms, her military ambition did not ex tend beyond playing a subsidiary role in the drama of war. She hoped some day to demonstrate her ability to plant and maintain a corps d'armee of 25,000 men upon any point of Asia's littoral, and to support it by a fleet of 30 vessels. That degree of competence established, she thought that her alliance might be welcome to any great power engaged in an Asiatic cam paign. She has now far exceeded the lim its of her original aim. Has her ambition grown, other things being equal, with her capacity to satisfy it? The New York World's war correspond ent has returned his passport to the Jap anese government, and announced his in tention pf C'jyfc&to China and perhaps attaching himsii&rlto the Chinese army. His act is already .cqnstrued into a moral demonstration lagalnst the Port Arthur excesses. But the truth is that, after his sensational, writing, no Japanese general woiKd help him to the front, even if he made the attempt. To abstain from tak ing the field again with the Japanese troops becomes, therefore, a necessity, and naturally its victim will seek to convert It into merit All other correspondents are hastening back to the scene of oper ations, after a brief spell of rest and com fort in Japan. The Japanese parliament, after organiz ing December 24, listened to the reading of the emperor's speech by Count Ito. On the 25th, the replies of both houses were voted, and an adjournment was taken over the holidays to January 8. Subscriptions to the second war loan arc close upon 100,000,000 yen nearly double the amount called for. "MUST NOT BE KILLED." The Label Pnsted on the Inhabitants of Port Arthur. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Japanese newspapers, of dates up to December 19, received at the Japanese legation in this city, discuss at great length the killing of Chinese at Port Arthur, after that stronghold had fallen. The vernacular press is practicaly a unit in vindicating the conduct of the Japanese soldiers. The atrocities are not denied, but are excused on the ground that the Japanese were so wrought upon by the sight of their dead comrades that they gave no quar ter. One journal says that so furious did the troops become when thus incited that the officers were obliged to resort to past ing labels on the inhabitants of Pogti Ar thur, bearing the words, "This person must not be killed." The reason for the retirement of the tai-won-kun, the king's father, as regent of Corea, is given in an account of an In terview between the regent and Count Inouye, the Japanese ambassador at Seoul, in which the letters sent by the regent to Chinese generals were produced by the count The letters were of a seri ous character. They promised the Chi nese generals that, on the approach of the Chinese troops at Seoul, the regent would instigate the Tong Haks, an organized body of merciless Chinese guerrillas, to attack the Japanese in the rer. The tai-won-kun apologized heartily to Count Inouye and declared that he would show his repentance by not taking any further part in the active politics of Corea. Count Inouye has placed before the king of Corea a programme for the reform of the kingdom, with which the king has expressed himself satisfied. Some of the reforms which the king Is called on to make are reported to be as follows: To manifest that Corea has disclaimed the alleged suzerainty of China; to place the independence of Corea on a firm basis; to remedy abuses in the collection of taxes and salaries; to dispatch prom ising men for study in foreign countries; to establish a civil service to set up a dis tinct line of demarkatlon between the court and the executive, and to determine the national policy of the country and to proclaim it throughout the kingdom. The Japanese have acknowledged the neutrality of the Red Cross Society in a practical manner. A Chinese steamer, fly ing a white flag under the colors of the society, entered Port Arthur just after it had fallen and asked permission to carry away the wounded Chinese for medical treatment in Tien Tsin. Field Marshal Oyama refused the application, because the wounded Chinese were prisoners of war and were receiving medical attention like that given wounded Japanese. It is said that a .number of foreigners, includ ing an American, were on board the steamer directing the mission in behalf of a branch of the Red Cross Society estab lished in Tien Tsin. apparently through the efforts of the United States consulate. The establishment of the Red ross in China is under the immediate auspices of I LI Hung Chang. The Chinese are making great prepar ations for defending the Island of For mosa, which the Japanese may demand as part indemnity. Several Chinese men-cf-war have been sent there. CUT THIS OUT HND Jame3 Dugan, of Salem, Mass., died in June, 1893, with, policies of insurance , upon his life aggregating $325,000. He had failed in business and suicide was suspected. Here is a list of his policies and this is the way his insurance insureds NAME OF COMPANY Equitable Life Assurance Sooiety J Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. National Life Ins. Co. of Vermont ma Life Ins. Co . Mutual Life Insurance Co. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co. Home Life Insurance Co New England Mutual Life Ins. Co Berkshire Life Ins. Co. The Sflaittian Life Insurance Insurance T-liat 208-209w2lO Offegonian Building TO BUILD UP A NAVY THE AMBITION" OP THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. As His Grandfather Mndc a Powerful Army, So He WIslics to Found a. Powerful Xavy. BERLIN, Jan. 12. The great social and political function of the week was "the emperor's party at the new palace in Pots f,m int TiipsIjiv Avrminir. Amontr those present were Dr. Miquel, Herr von Iev etzow, members of the civil and military 1 -l .-. U. aUIa rtTrtm ftf tVlCV ttTI f perlal household and 25 deputies- The company gathered In the great hall. Af ter cigars had been handed around, the emperor took the party to a salon. The guests were seated In a semicircle fac ing a wall covered with numerous maps and sketches of maritime defenses. The emperor wielded the pointer and spoke VJz hours on the necessity of strength ening the German navy. In the opinion of the deferential listeners it was a mas terly address. At the supper which fol lowed the lecture there was a copious supply of beer and cigars to stimulate con versation. The emperor, as usual, did a large part of the talking. He was en thusiastic in his praises of Japan's mil itary prowess, and discussed with hardly less gusto her great naval victories. Be fore the evening was over he had talked with every deputy present concerning his pet naval plans. The Hamburgische Cor respondent, which gets occasional hints from the Wilhelm Strasse, says: "The emperor's design Is to reinforce the navy with a number of swift cruisers. As Emperor William I. made a powerful army, so the present emperor will found a powerful navy of the first rank." The position of Dr. Carl von Boetticher, vice-president of the Prussian council of ministers and the imperial secretary of state of the government, is declared to be shaken. This information, in view of what is credibly said to have occurred at the cabinet council early this week, need not cause surprise. During the debate on the anti-revolution bill in the reichstag, Tues day, Prince Hohenlohe presided at a meet ing of the ministry, and the question of dissolving the reichstag was for the first time discussed at the instance of the chancellor. Dr. von Boetticher. who, like Freiherr von Blebersteln, has thus far not lifted a finger on behalf of the passage of -the bill, declared that it was his con viction that the measure was sure of be in lofontorf in th reichstasr. Freiherr von Blebersteln expressed the same opin ion, and hence the reports of further changes m the ministry. The statements of members of the cen ter party, during the debate on the anti revolution bill, bear out the previous un derstanding that the support of the cen trists in the attempt to pass the measure will only be given if the government con cedes their demands, notably the retun of the Jesuits to Germany, and after im portant modifications have been made in the bill itself. That some legislation in the agrarians' Interest will be submitted by the government appears now to be pretty certain. In view of the utterances of the emperor during the last few days and other incidents. His majesty is known to have impressed the ministry at a recent meeting with the necessity of providing for the needs of husbandry and Wednes for the needs of husbandry, and Wednes ner with the officers of the Hussar body, "ivpn at Potsdam, the enmeror being the guest of the Hussars, he remarked: "Something must De aone ior our imers of the soil, or the prosperity of the whole country will be seriously affected." It is a significant fact, in connection with the agrarian question, that the ag rarian leader. Count von Morbach, whose name, it will be remembered, was struck from the list of the emperor's guests at the banquet at Konlgsberg last autumn, has just issued an electoral address, in which he says that he was greatly pleased during his recent stay in Berlin to per ceive that the high authorities are now convinced that oqly by working in unison with the views of the conservative party can they accomplish any gobd for the fatherland. It was announced this afternoon that Chancellor Hohenlohe will start tomorrow on his long-talked-of visit to Prince Bis marck, who is now at Friederlchsruh. This visit had been postponed during the Christmas recess, owing to the fact that Prince Hohenlohe has been suffering from an acute attack of neuralgia in the face. Prince Bismarck, in spite of his Intense grief at the loss of the princess, his wife, remains in fair health. The reports pub lished in some newspapers that his men tal powers are falling are quite unfound flSTE IT Ifi AMOUNT OF FOL1CY '. " $50,000 ' : ' 25,000 .' '... 25,000 '. "i 5,000 10,000 $125,000 -. $85,000 -. 30,000 . ; 20,000 20,000 " . 15,000 10,000 10,000 $190,000 J Company ....... $10,000 Paid tne Claim in Full Insures Sold, by S. E. MULFORD, Manager NORTHSalEST PKCIPIC DEPKRTWENT jaanhattati Iiife Insafaoee Co. ed. Count von Moltke, alde-de-camn,. of the emperor, returned to Berlin today, after accomplishing the imperial mission of presenting Prince Bismarck with a gift of flowers, yesterday being the anniver sary of the prince's memorable speech in the reichstag, advocating an increase of the strength of the German army. The emperor's aide-de-camp brought back from Frlederschsruh a letter, in which Prince Bismarck heartily thanked the em peror and expressed great regret that the state of his health prevents him from coming to Berlin in person. A certain newspaper of Berlin professes to know that the emperor Intends to visit Prince Bismarck, at Schoenhausen, at the begin ning of March. This statement, however, lacks confirmation. The American consular reports from "he. various districts, of Germany for the last quarter are favorable to Germany's export interests. The Hamburg' district shovs an increase of $500,000 over the same quarter of 1S91; Breslau shows an increase of $350,000; Mayence, $150,000; Mera, $1,700, 000: Magedeburg, $600,000; Chemnitz, $300, 000; Galuchaus, $523,000; Berlin, $250,000. From nearly all of the other districts a great increase is reported. Lieutenant Hoffman has mysteriously vanished from the garrison of Harburg. He is supposed to have committed sui cide, although he had his baggage and 400.000 marks with him. The reason for this supposition is that part of his bag gage was found on the banks of the Hal ensee In the Gruenewald. Thirteen cadets 'belonging to the ord nance school, at JIadgeburg, who were Im plicated in the recent acts of insubordina tion, were taken today to the fortress of Spandau. where they will serve long terms of imprisonment, after having been de graded. Emperor William has caused a huge lawn-tennis court to be erected for win ter use In one of the largest halls of the exposition, near the Lehrte depot. It will be used by the whole court for the next three months. It is rumored here that Count Herbert Bismarck, eldest son of the chancellor, will be appointed German ambassador at Washington, tQgucceed Baron von Saur ma Jeltsch. The socialists continue making a hard fight against the government. The Vor waerts announces that during the past month 40 socialist editors have been sen tenced for various offenses. Two hams, imported from America, have been seized in this city, because they were strongly infected with trichinae. A Russian hog has also been seized for the same- reason. Henry Villard has announced his inten tion of residing In Berlin in the future. Lately he has been living in Munich. BERLIN. Jan. 13. It is now said that Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe will start for Friedrlchsruh to visit Bismarck today. A TURBULENT CHAMBER. The French House Attacked By One of Its Members. PARJS, Jan. 12. Several deputies have issued a manifesto protesting against the rejection by the chamber of deputies of M. Miller, and the motion to release M. Gerault Ricard from prison, in view of the fact that he had been elected a member of the chamber. M. Gerault Ricard is undergoing one year's imprison ment, to which he has been sentenced for making an attack upon President Caslmir Perier In L'Echonmard. The manifesto make3 a violent attack upon the minister and chamber of deputies. It also accuses the government of compelling the major ity of the chamber, by threats, to vote in a manner opposed to the sovereignty of the people. In the debate on the budget today, D puty Rouanet, socialist for a metropolitan district, caused a tumult by making a general attack upon the character of the house. The majority of the members, he said, were morally unfit to perform any Sleepless Nights Make ypu weak and weary, unfit forwork. indisposed to exertion. They show that your nerve strength is pone and that you. nervous system needs building up. The Hood Savsa parilla W&5&3& truo remedy is Hood's Sarsaparilla. 'tires Zllr)."Z & rfcay createsan appetite and gives sound, refresh- ing sleep, uct iiooa's ana omy nooa's. Mood's Pills cure allliverills. 25c YOUf H&T Y.'HAT THE COMPANIES DID RUB. COfiTESTIflG THE CIiHIflff. SETTIiED TJ1E ClARIfA -BY 'COlPOjaiSE. public act. The chamber contained so many dishonest men that it was incapa citated to discharge Its duties to the peo ple. After the usual amount of shouting and denying, the chamber voted to cen sure M. Rouanet and to exclude him from the next 13 sittings. For Plotting: Agralnst the Kins. BELGRADE, Jan. 12. Ex-Minister Tauschanovies, Deputy Tajeios and three other persons have been sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and ex-Deputy Gublnatz to two years, for plotting to dethrone King Alexander. The Antl-Revolntion. Bill Referred. BERLIN, Jan. 12. The preliminary de bate on the anti-revolution bill was con cluded in the reichstag today, and the bill was rpferre1 to a cqmmitte of, 28 mem bers., . . ., -r i , v Queensland's Production of Sogarv BRISBANE, Jan. 12. Official .returns of the production of sugar In Queensland for the past year show the output exceeded that of 1893 by 10.000 tons. Another Storm in EnRlnnrt. LONDON, Jan. 12. A terrific gale, ac companied by a heavy snow storm, is rag ing over South Devonshire. The snow is several feet deep. HOW ELECTRICITY PROVED ITS POWER. This is to certify that I went to Drs. 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