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ft J jnllLLSB!? mm HILLSBOIIO, OREGON, TJIUUSDAY, UUUiUfcK -4. ibuj. . -m . .v f x rm v - r v NO. 31. a - d w ii 1; i i i ' v rij : EVERYONE DISGUSTED Now Looks As If There Would Be No Prizefight. Til KY CAN REACH NO AGREEMENT DEFENSE'S LAST WITNESS. Tli Florida Club Una Aalied a Post ponement; Corbett lla Conaeiltml lint ril.lmiiM)ii llaa Nut. Hot Springs, Oct. 23. Unless FHz HitntuoiiH recants ami through his niiiii II 1101'. Murtiu Julian, accepts tho extra ordinary conditions which confront the Mituiit nil. there will Iju ) ooniesi no twoon Corbett aud Fitzsimmons, unless it li uii impromptu one, Bhort of purse offerings or ring rules or referee and Reminds, for Corbett suys tlmt unless Fitzsimmons net thu Hum and uecom moiliitiix himself to circumstances, lie will "send liiin to tlio hoHpitul" the (list timo ho moots him, and ho will go quito a way out of his scheduled theatrical route to moot tho attenuated Australian. Today thoro was a eonforeuco be tween Dan Stuart, Joo Veudig and tho fighters, the latter by proxies, Brady representing Corbett, and Julian Fitz Himmous. Tomorrow tho ruling of Chancellor Loatherman is t bo tukeu before tho supremo court by tho Httorney-gouerul, and tho tribunal of last appeal may consume severul days iu handing down a final hearing, lu view of this fact and anticipating a favorable decision Dun Stuart culled tho parties interested together, and stated tho conditions. Stuart wanted a postponement until November IB. Ho argued tlmt, even if tho court of final resort sustaiued tho decision of tho chancellor, it would take that long to restore confidence and get tho crowd to Hot Springs, uruny, for Corbett, was willing. Julian was not. Despite the fact that Corbett wont into training a week before his prospective opponent, Julian contended that his man was too "fine," and that to train for several days after the orig inal time would militate against tho condition of Fitzsimmous. The proposition was thou made to have tho men fight iu private for the main stake, 10,000 a side. Hero Stuart interjected an offer of an added 5,000. Brady was again willing, but Julian demurred. Ho opined that tho club, if it pulled tho fight off October HI would have to UUlko good its full promiso of ft 1 ,000. Iu tho face of en tanglements which have boset tho path of Stuart and Voudig, this cannot be douo. Where a month ago hundreds of excursion parties wero being organ ized for tho trip to the fight, thore aro none today. Stuart asked for timo, Corbott has grunted it, while Fitzsim mons has exacted his full pound of flesh. HYMEN'S BUSY NIGHT. ENGLAND AGGRESSIVE rnnc DCW rui .Tlilllitliri-iiiifliiiiiift i' I rmuc new 1 1. T . II ii.i, i iiii I mi, ill II i i ill i j Lire run iiilulu uuc Wholesale Marriage, at tbe Portland Industrial KxponUlon. Portland. Or.. Oct. 23. Hymen had his bauds full at tho exposition last evouing, presiding over tho nuptials of not less thuu four oouples. According to the best information obtainable, this uumber breuks the rooord of publio weddings in Portland. Their names wore: Mr. Charles F. Bailey and Miss Lulu Meyers, both of this conuty; Mr. Neil Versteig and Miss Lucy Zosel, of Wheatland, Yamhill county; Mr. Charles K. Wilson and Miss Mary E. Cabo, of Amity, Yamhill oounty, and Mr. A. E. Cameron and Miss Eva A. Hiatt, of Corvallis. Tho vast musio hull was crowded to the limit bv a good-natured, cheering, highly-amused and curious assomblago. The ceremonies took place ou the stage, which hud been beautifully deooruted uudor tho personal direction of Su perintendent Hunt, who introduced Beveral strikingly unique and original features. The only person present on the stage, other than the four couples and the minister, Rev. H. W. Young, pastor of the Mississippi avenue Con irrmrniionnl ehuroh. was Mr. Hunt. It was uot quite apparent whethor that genial man gave the brides away. However, all four oouples were sev erally joined in wedlock without a hitoh (to speak paradoxically), though one groom hnd forgotten about the ring altogether, and another prodnood his only after a brief but doubtless some nriiok nninfnl aonroh in the . lining of his vest. All oomported themselves with dignity and made a determined effort to appear at ease. Oue couple evidently had many acquaintances in the audionoe, or the groom waved his hand with easy grace at a grinning young man in the audiouse, while the bride, as soon as her attontion was dis engaged from the minister, recognized several of her admiring friends in var ions parts of the baloouy. It seemed to be a case of progressive oourage with the grooms, who were all tall, good-looking young men. Tho fw Aid not kiss his bride at the con clusion of the ooremonys the second made a somewhat nervous attempt to do so, but hesitated uud lost tho oppor tunity, the third saluted his bride, a veijr beautiful brunette, frankly fln the lips, and tne rourtn linpariea u sowd what prolonged and loving ombraoe on his wife, which she returned with a beam of affection and cute little hug, and the audionoe applauded with great heartiness. ' . The Cr.ar Wants to Meet the Kalscr. Borlir, Oot 23.--The Looal Aug seiger says Prince Lohanoff Rostovsky, the Russian minister ior ioreigu affairs, at his recent visit to Emperor William at the latter's shooting box at Huberstook, informed his majesty that it was the earnest wish of the czar to meet and converse with Emperor Will iam and Emperor Frauois Josoph after his coronation. Impression Prevail Thai the People' Cane llua Hern Htrrngthened. San Francisco, Oct 23. The defense in tho Durraut trial pructically closed today, l.'ossibly, another witness will be examined tomorrow, but his testi mony will be brief, if taken at all, and then tho prosecution will begin the production of testimony iu rebuttal. Although some of the most important evidence on the part of tho prosecution is yet to be submitted, from tho present outlook tho case will go to the jury at tho close of next week. Now that tho attorneys for Durraut have pructically closed their obbo, the impression prevails that the defense has materiully strengthened the case of the nrosecution. It is the opinion of tin, k.i who have watched the trial that tho defense has failed to establish a single fact which Attorney Donproy in his onening stutemont said he would do.. Although it was announced that an alibi would be proven for the pris oner, not a witness has been called to swear that Durrant was elsewhere than at Emanuel church on the afternoon that Blanche Lumont was murdered. Failing to show that Durraut was not at tho church tho defense has attacked the credibility of the witnesses who testified that they saw him iu that vi cinity in company with MiBS Lamout. The latest iittomnt of this kind as made this afternoon, when Dr. i. C. McDonald was called to the stand to give expert testimony on tho halluciua tions of elderly women. Attorney Dickinson asked the doctor if it was not a fact recognized by the modical profession that iu time of great excito incut over an extraordinary crime elderly women often became impressed with the delusion that they had per soual knowledge of the existence of al leged facts. An objection to the ques tion was sustained in its first form, as tho court said it had not been shown that tho witness was competent to give export testimony ou the subject. After a proper foundation lor tne question had been laid, the objection was over ruled. Tho witness said that under such circumstances people often beoaine possessed of various delusions, but de nied that elderly women were more likely to have such hallucinations than anybody else. Tho question was plainly to throw discredit ou tho testimony of Mrs. Leak and Mrs. Vogel, two of the strongest wituossos for tho prosecution. Mrs. Leak, who lives opposite Emanuel church, testified that ou the afternoon of the murder she saw Durraut and Miss Lamout euter the church. Mrs. Vogel said she saw Durraut Btaudiug in front of tho normal school for uu hour, waiting for Blanche Lumont, and that when she came out ho Hoarded a oar with her and rode away in the di rection of tho church. A long depostion from Charles G. Clark, a traveling salesman who ro- Qila in this oitV. but Who 18 HOW IU Boston, was read. The defense expect od to prove bv Clark that he hud seen Miss Lamout the afternoon of April 3 accompanied by a man other than "Dur rant. Clark suid that he could not positively fix tho dato, and only thought tho girl he saw was Miss La ment from tho fact that she resonibled a picture of her which he saw iu a newspaper. An attempt was mndo to disoredit tho testimony of W. J. Phillips, who said ho saw Durrant enter the pawn broker's shop on April 12. Phillips was recalled and asked about tho char acter of a hotel that ho formerly con ducted in Victoria, B. C.but the ques tion failed to show that ho was ever engaged in any business that was not respectable. ' Attorney Deuproy was not well enough to appear in oourt this morn ing. It is expected that he will bo ablo to resume work in two or three days. THE OLYMPIC VOLCANO Confirmation of the Report of Professor Alexander. MANY SAW THE PHENOMENA EXTENT Two Young Elbhunters Felt Earthquake Mhocksand Saw Flame and Huioke Iturat From a Peak. Port Townsond, Wash., Oct. 22. Further evidences of an active volcano in tlm nivmtiio mountains have beeu received, and serve to confirm the re port of Professor Alexander, of the Smithsonian institution. Two young meu of this city, Ben Pettygrove aud Charles Sally, are just from the Olym pic mountains, where they were hunt ing elk, and report that after experi encing a series of slight earthquake shocks, oovoriug a period of two weeks, flames aud huge volumes of black smoke were observed ascending from one of the Bmaller peaks. Flames would shoot spasmodically up for a few hundred feet and then dense vol umes of black smoke would bolch forth winding up into the clear sky. These operations wore repeated every ton minutes. Pettygrove aud Sally hnr ried back to town for a fresh supply of provisions, and will make an effort to locate the supposed volcaua South of Port Towusend last night the sky was clear, and volcanio pheuomenu was witnessed bv dozens of people, who de scribe the eruptions of smoke in the same manner as the two elkhunters. Many navigators on the lower sound aud straits report seeing the strange sight, and all believe it to be a small volcano. STREET RAILWAY BONDS. Important DecMon Handed Down by I'alifomia'e Supreme Court. Los Angeles, Oct. 22. The opinion of the supreme court in the case of the Market Street Railway Gompany, of San Francisco, vs. Hellman, on appeal from the lower court, was handed down yesterday, confirming the valid ity of 1.000.000 worth of bonds issued bv tho street railway company. The decision is of great importance, not only in San Fraucisoo railroad circles and to bond-buyers, but to otner cuius haviuir bonded railroads. The decision nnnearsto have sadly confused the re 1 . . . . . i :i porters of tho looal press, ior uespno the efforts to obtain Borne information ia to its contents, the best they could do yesterday was to furnish a wholly incorrect statement. In October. 1803, eleven street rail road corporations were consolidated under the name of the Market-Street Railway Company. The consolidated oompanies own nearly every street-car line in the city, aud have franchises for aniim ifift miles of track. There outstanding bonded debt owed hv the consolidation amounting to $6 035,000, and to refund this indebted uess and get more money for construct ion Durnoses, the direotors maae blanket mortgage on all the property tho nnmhiiie for J17.500.000. New bonds for the amount of the outstaud ing bonds wore to be issued at once under this mortgage, and substituted f tha old issue. Subsequently the manner in which the bonds were is sued was attacked, but tho docision sustains the action of the company. One of the Reverent and Moat Prolonged Kver Known In the Hulled State. Washington, Oct 22. Reports re ceived at -the weather bureau indicate that the present drouth is one of the severest, most prolonged aud most gen erally known in the United States since the bureau's organization. Tliere are a few places which show an excep tion to the goneral rule, but in most of the country, unless perhapB iu the West and Southwest, there does not appear to have been a heavy rain for the past two mouths or more. Where there has been exceptional precipitation, it has been confined to small areas. In some parts of the country the drouth began in the latter part of July, but in most sections it did not become markedly pronounced until in August. The entire Atlantic coast, with a few exceptions, such as Charleston, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., shows a defici ency below the normal rainfall Bince the first of August, amounting in some instances to almost half the average precipitation. The Ohio and Missis sippi valleys reported similar condi tions, as has a part of the Pacific coast The lake region has fared better than other sections east of Mississippi. In parts of the Rocky mountains, as in Colorado, Wyomiug, Utah and Nevada, there have been excessive rains during this period, and along the Pacifio coast, from San Francisco to Olympia, there were good rains in September, as there have been in places since in that sec tion. The greatest complaints come from West Virginia, Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. Fortunately, in some parts of the country the drouth did not set in until after the principal crops were matured, consequently the effect has not been so disastrous as if it begun earner, in some places it has had a slight effect on the planting of winter wheat, aud oomplaiuts come from many quarters of the inconvenience of securing water for domestio and stock purposes, many small strems, stock ponds, springs and wells having become dry. Pastures have been injured in many states. It is also notioeable that there has Deen an increase of typhoid fever over the normal in many sections where drouth is severe. Venezuela Is Arming Herself to Resist the British. IT HAS REACHED AS ACUTE STAGE THE ANACONDA MINES. The Koy 8omer Aahore. Port Towusend, Oot. 23. The schooner Roy Somers, bound from San Francisco to Seattle to load lumber, is ashore at Suke harbor, near Race rocks, Vancouver' island. At 2 o'clock this morning, in a dense fog aud calm weather, with a heavy ooean swell roll ing in from the west, the vessel drifted ashore at high wator. With kedgo anchors, the Somers hauled away the most dangerous appearing rocks, and Captain Olseu seut the mate aoross to Port Angeles to telegraph to this city for a tugboat. The tug Wanderer wont down touight, and will attempt to move tho vessel off at high water tomorrow morning, Captain Olsen said the vessel was no$ damaged ma terially, except for tho timbers being badly strained, and was not in immedi ate 'iliinimr at nrcseut. Just as the Somers weut ashore an unknown vessel narrowly escaped the same fate, but managed to get clear and sail out into tho open water. A Cavlboo Mine Clean-IIp. Vanoouver, B. C, Oct 23. -The re suits of a oleun-up at the Cariboo hy draulio mine gave 1(41,857 gold for twonty-nine aud one-half day's work, and $30,125 for a clean-up at the Horsefly hydraulic mine. As a large nuuntitv of boulders were removed in onnnina the Pits, tne actual resiius yei day will be even bettor when the mines are fairly opened. The company is well satisfied with the 'season's operations. Trouble In Pennsylvania Mine. Dubois. Pa.. Oct 22. Great anxiety prevails tonight in the bituminous coal region, on account of the strike situa tion. The labor leaders are not certain that the strike will be ordered, and if not it will be useless for a portion of the mines to remain idle. Dubois and Reynoldsville miners have been idle for months. Beech Creek and Coal Green men decided yesterday to sus pend, but the whole affair hangs upon a the decision of the Rochester & Pitts burg Coal & Iron Coinpauy's miners at Puuxsutawney and the Berwin White miners in the Honesdale region. If the Berwiud White miners quit work the strike will be general throughout the Beech Creek, Honesdale, Puuxsu tawney and Dubois fields. If they con tinue work it is the opinion that the strike will be a failure at the begin ning. A Motocyele Contest. Chicago, Oct 22. The motocyole horseless oarriage race from Chioago to Waukegan aud return, a distance of about 10Q miles, will be oon tested Sat urday, November 2. From present in there will not be less than forty starters in the great race, it is expected several motocycles will make the distance iu less tnan six uours. Contestants must pass preliminary tests, which will be held Ootober 29, 80 and 81, at which time all impracti cable vehicles will be debarred from the contest of November 2. Several motocyoles from France and Germany are entered in the race. Detalla of the Sale of One-Fourth of the Company's Stock. New York. Oct. 22. The details of a sale of a quarter interest in the great Anaconda copper mine to Kuhn, tioeo & Co., representing a syndicate com posed of themselves, the liothscmins, Cassett, Wernher, Leit & Co. , and the Exploration Company, of London, have become known in Wall street. TVe ne gotiations were begun early in Septem ber by Lounsbery & Co., representing the officers of the Anaconda mine. That firm gave the prospective pur chasers an option on 300,000 shares of the stock of the Anaconda Mining Company at $25 a share, for thirty days, within which time the syndicate was to have the mine examined by its experts. The time was subsequently extendedd to October 22, but as the ex aminntinn of the DroDertv. which has been made under the personal direction of Hamilton Smith, has proved satis factory, the syndicate has ooncluded to take the stock. As soon as the syndi n.ntn obtained the ODtion it placed the stnek conditionally in London at a price understood to be about $30 per share. The par value of the stock is $25 per share. The Anaconda mine has been owned bv the estate of its discoverer, the late Senator Hearst, ol Uaiiiornia, J. a. Haggin and his partner, Mr. Tevis, and Marcus Daly, who is in charge of the mine. It is understood no option has been placed ou any part of the other 900.000 shares of the Anaconda Minim? Company. It is understood the nurchasing syndicate will be repre sented in the directory of the Anaconda oompany by two directors. The American Syndicate Does Not Pro pose to lie Cheated Out of Its Gold Lands. New York, Oct 21. That theAene zuelan question is approaching an acute stage, with possibilities of resitance by the South American government to British aggression, was signified by dis closures made in New York today, on the best of authority. The government of Venezuela has provided itself with modern armament and arms, and among other supplies has ordered ten improved Maxim guns from the British firm that manufac tures them. The order was not placed through any firm, and the English manufacturers, it is supposed, do not want the destination of the guns made known. At the same time, the syndi cate of United States capitalists, which has secured a concession in the v ene zuelan gold lands claimed by Great Britain, is preparing a trained force of prospectors, miners and workmen for tke field. William N. Safford, counsel for the Orinoco Company, the Ameri can syndicate, made plain today the position assumed by the Orinoco com pany. He said: "The company propose to work its concession without delay. It will send prospectors along the lino of the Imat aca mountains, whose foothills are sup posed to be rich with gold. That ter ritory is. of course, in the company's concession, and has always been marked nn r.hn nnmnanv's man. But now that t . . , there is a nrosoect of gold there, Great Britain claims it. The arrangements are being made to send out men there to develop the company's concession without any intent to start a contro versybut to assert the company's rights. Besides the mines, there are other properties iu the concession await ing development. "Great Britain refers to the Schom bergh line, but the fact is she has gone beyond that This line is purely lm aginary. Sir Robert Schombergh visited Venezuela in 1840, and, start ins at Point Barima, merely drew t line southward on the map. The Venezuela government has conclusive evidence that he made no survey. "In 1850 Great Britain asserted had no intention to occupy or usurp the disputed territory. So matters went until 1855. In that year rich gold fields, yielding $4,000,000 a year, were discovered west ol tne Bcnom bereh line, between the Guiana and Pa runs rivers. They are known as the Barima gold fields, and are fifty or six ty miles west of the Sehombergh line. "Nevertheless, Great Britain pronipt ly stepped in and claimed that terri torv. and so she has gone on since. claiming land wherever gold has been discovered. The Orinoco Company claims these gold fields as being in its concession, and proposes to stand up for its perfectly clear title to them Wheat Price Are Held Down by Ex tensive Shipment From Knasia. New York, Oct. 21. R. G. Dun & Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade says: The events of the week are promising in general though to speculative mar keta they are not encouraging. The great advance in cotton has arrested ex ports and so deranged exchange that shipments of gold were for a time ap prehended, but the break in the market indicates that the natural movement of the product may soon be restored. The haltintr of the demand and moderate yielding of prices in the great indus-1 trial markets show that a season of reasonable attention to natural condi tions has arrived. The cotton market has been partially cornered for early delivery by New Or leans operators, as it has been twice in not far distant years by Liverpool speculators. Spinners here and abroad, with much unanimity refrain from buying largely at current quotations. Until the price recedes far enough to bring out a liberal supply of cotton bills there is a possibility of gold ex ports for other merchandise exports are small from New York lor tne iwo weeks being 10 per cent less than last year with imports in the two weeks' of October 2 per cent larger 'than last year. In September imports were 54. 3 and for nine months 53.8 per cent larger than last year. Wheat does not go out freely and tne attempt to advance prices was followed by an immediate decline. The Atlantic exports, flour included, have been in the past three weeks 4,558,455 against 248,111 last year and the Dig ship ments from Russia and of late from Argentina show that the world is not obliged to pay Atlantic prices for merican wheat. Western receipts ior the week were remarkably large 7,733, 000 bushels and for the throe weeks 1,638,977, against 14,017,281 last year. The rush oi wneai to mariici and the largest output of flour ever known at Minneapolis, aro not evi dences of a shortage in the yield, but the price has changed only one-eigntn cent for the week. Corn is stronger, without clear rea son, for. while exports ior tne inree weeks were 326,840 bushels, against 236,703 last year, but an insignificant fraction of the great yield can have been disposed of. Plan of Reorganization ol the Union Pacific Railway. THREE NEW ISSUES OF BONDS DUNRAVEN IN ENGLAND. Corea, Japan and Kusxla. Paris, Oct. 21. A special to Eclaire from St. Petersburg says an exchange of communications has occurred be tween the Russian government and the Japanese minister at St. Petersburg with reference to the recent aisoruers at Seoul, the capital of Corea. The Japanese minister assured the Russian crovernment that the culprits wouia db nmiished. but Russia is said to have reDlied that she would be forced, in consequence of the riots, to take what steps she considered necessary to pre serve order and make the Corean gov ernment independent of foreign inter ference. The special conoludes: "As to the course proposed, Russia will do her duty, whatever is entailed, without stooping to inquire whether other powers like or do not like it ane will never abandon Corea, and will protect her against all encroachments. O. J. Alnsworth Dead. Portland, Oct. 22. Mr. George Ainsworth, eldest son of the late Cap tain John C. Ainsworth, aied at an early hour yesterday morning at his late residence, 74 Fourth street, after an illness of several months, lhe an nouncement of his doath, made yester day, was a severe shock to the many friends of the family, to whom partic ular Captain George was known. No man in Portland had a greater number of friends. It has been known for weeks that Captain Ainsworth's health was very poor, and his condition even preoari- ous. Returning from California, im poverished in health, he had sought to gain strength under the genial influ ence of Oregon's dime. It Beemed at first that the battle against fate would be fairly won, but the promises held forth were futile. His will was strong, and he held out valiantly against dis ease, but he finally succumbed to anae mia. Miner Quit Work in Kanaaa. worth. Kan.. Oot 23. Four hundred miners, employed in the North Leavenworth coal . shaft, quit this morning and visited the Home River side mines for the purpose of induoing tho men employed there to quit The North Leavenworth company is paying 80 oents per ton and the Home company 7ft nmits. A strike seems almost certain. The walk out is to force Home oompany to pay 80 cents. Omaha's Police Muddle. Omaha, Oct. 22. Some litigation has been provoked by the recent A. P. A. excitement in Omaha, growing out nf the nolioe muddle. The mayor em ployed seventy-five speoial officers to maintain order in anticipation of threatened trouble. Thoy were on duty several days. The A. P. .A. in fl no tin A in the counoil prevented the men being paid. The mon now sue, and the same influenoe has declared that each case shall be tried separately. the Pullman Dividend Declared. New York, Oot. 19. The direotors of the Pullman Palaoe Car Company have declared the regular quarterly dividend of $3 per share, payable No veinber 1. The Kaiser's Movements. Berlin, Oct 22. Emperor William and Empress Augusta have returned to Potsdam from Woerth and Strasburg, in the imperial province. Emperor William has presented a life-sized bust of himself to Prinoe Hermann Ernest von Hohenlohe-Laugeuburg, the slatt hallerof the imperial province, in mem nrv of his visit to Strasburg. He . was also tnleirrnnhed complimentary oon gratulations to Prince Leopold, of Ba varia, in reply to the latter's telegram congratulating him upon his visit to Strasburg. As has already been cabled, the fact that not a single member of the Bavarian royal house was invited to the fetes at Woerth has caused com ment in Germany, and especially in view of the faot that the late emperor Frederiok has commanded the Bavari an troops during the war. He Say It Would Do So Good to cuss Unpleasant Matters. Rvde. Isle of Wight. Oct. 21. The steam yacht Valhalla, owned by Joseph Frederick Laycock, and having Lord Duuraven on board, arrived here from Newport, R. I., this morning, having lpft the latter Dlace September 28. The craft was boarded by interviewers desir ous of obtaining direct from Lord Dun raveu his version of the disappointing runes for the America's oup. He said in substance: "I have no statement to make on the subjeot. What I would say has Deen well threshed out of me during the fortnight I stayed in America after the races." He declined to answer a question as to whether he had any feeling toward the Now York Yacht Club, and he re fused to comment on the statements by Sailmaker Ratsey's men when they ar rived at Cowes. that the race was not sailed because the buoys had been changed during the second race, say ing: "It would not do any good to discuss unpleasant matters." Regarding his plans for future rac ing Dunraven said: "I have no plans. I returned home after a long voyage, and am going to London, and from there to Wales. I do not know what I shall do later on." Touohing the acceptance by the New York Yacht Club of the challenge of Charles Rose, through the Royal Vic toria Yacht Club, for another series ot races for the America's cup, Lord Dun- raven remarked: "The matter was practically settled when I left the United States. Per sonally, I am glad that it has been so easily settled. We had a pleasant and uneventful voyage aoross and I am glad to be back." Canadian Matters. St. John's. N. F., Oct, 21.-The revelations regarding smuggling show that vast stocks of wine, spirits, tooao co. ciears. tea. etc., were brought from St. Pierre without the payment oi dntv. The revenue board is appalled at the extent of the revelations and, it is believed, would willingly abandon the prosecution now, owing to the class of riersons involved, liovernment por irieians are badly frightened at the thrents of many supporters of the ao cused who threaten to divulge damag ing party secrets. The Telegram, the party organ announces the postponement of the trials of bank directors until the special term of the supreme court, which about the end of the year. A Syndicate Formed to Purchase All Defaulted Coupons and Adjust in Cash the Difference. New York, Oct. 19. A synopsis of the plan of reorganization of the Union Pacifio railway was announced this afternoon. It places the mileage af--fected by the reorganization at 1,827 miles of main line. Balances due on outstanding land and town contracts, December 31, 1894, were $6,162,751, and unsold land-grant lands, including those under contract, amounted to 6,524,000 acres, of an estimated value of $13,858,500. The total funded debt is placed at $140,425,862. The fixed charges and deductions from net earn ings, including interest on bonds, sink ing fund and government requirements, are stated in the pamphlet for a period of five years, the average fixed charges being $6,802,001. This, it will show, . is exclusive of the exceps of the interest on the debt to the government, over the net earnings applicable under the Thurman and other acts; of interest on bonds, held on the main line mortgage trusts, under coversion provisions, and of the obligations of the railway corn pay under tariff guarantees. Including those items, the fixed and other charges prior to the stock of the year 1892, be ing the year just preceding the receiv ership, aggregated the sum of $7,881, 475, or greater by $881,475 than the amount necessary to pay the annual in terest upon the maximum mortgage debt, and full annual dividends on the minimum issue of preferred stock con templated in the reorganization plan. The pamphlet shows the annual net earnings for ten years, 1885 to 1894, inclusive, were $7,563,869, or an amount greater by $563,669 than the maximum interest atd dividend re quirements upon the new bonds and preferred stock provided ior Dy tne plan. The lowest net earnings realized were those of the year 18'Ji, wnen rney were $4,315,077 in excess of the inter est on the maximum amount of the proposed bonds of the new compapy. The plan contemplates tne issue oi $100,000,000 of first-mortgage railway and land-grant fifty-year 4 per cent guaranteed bonds; $75 000,000 of 4 per cent preferred stock, and $61,000,000 of common stock. The new bonds are to be secured by a first and only lien upon the main line mileage of tho Union Pacific railway, equipment land-grant lands and land-grant bal ances, and upon such branch lines of the railway as the committee snail avail itself of through the ownership in mortgage trust of the branch line bonds. The preferred stock is to be entitled to 4 per oent noncumulative dividends, payable out of net or surplus earnings, before the payment oi any aiviaena ou the common stock. The stock of the present oompany will be assessed $15 per share, the holders receiving new preferred stock, equal at par to their present holdings ABOUT THE NAVY. Ezeta's Mission. San Franoisco. Oct. 21. General Manuel Casin, who departed with Gen eral Ezeta to conquer Salvador, has re turned to town. He says he will sue the Paoiflo Mail Company for damagei for nutting him off the steamer at Aca nnleo. Casin says he nas reiurueu here to complete the organization of Ezeta's army, and that he is going to New Orleans at once to charter a ship to take troous to Salvador. Meanwhile Ezeta in not idle. According to Casin, the steamer Romero Rubio has been chartered, and is already at Acapuloo. He believes that the president of Sal vador will oapitulate when he realizes the people are all against him. A Victoria Mystei-y. Victoria. B. C, Oct 21. The body of a Cape Mudge Iudian woman named Sally was found in the Drusn on tne Songhees Indian reserve, within the city limits, this morning The body was in a nude state, and tne oiotning some yards away. She was last Been alive yesterday. The polioe believe she was murdered, but there are only a few slight marks on the body, and the oause of death is as mysterious' as the case itself. There is no clue whatever to work upon. The Federated Metal Workers. Chicago, Oct. 21. At a meeting of representatives of the federated metal trades held here yesterday a committee nrevionslv flDDoiuted to consider the question of a shorter working day re ported in favor of it rne report was adopted and will be submitted to the delegates to the various organizations for a vote. Peru to Have Another Boad. Lima, Peru, Oot. 22. Vico-Presi-dent Billinghurst . advocates the imme diate building of a railroad from Oro aya to Perne, a distance of 100 miles, the road to be a narrow-gauge. Eight bridges will have to be built, but the route is without any particular obsta cle, and the production of the region is increasing rapidly. The Oregon' Bis Gun Ten Toil Heavier Than "Big Betsy." San Francisco, Oct. 19. The biggest gun ever seen in San i ranoisoo, or m any other part of the United States, is in the railroad yards. It will be re moved to the Union Iron Works in the next few days. Everything is in readi ness there for the reception of the mon ster, but before an attempt to trundle it into the yards the trestles are to un dergo a critical examination and be submitted to a severe test. The gun, which is for the Oregon.is heavier by ten tons than the Monterey's "Big Betsy," and four of the same pattern are to oo cupy the two main turrets of the bat tleship. The lour terrors win proo ably grow rusty in the yards before they are Bwung into position, ine Oregon has been lying at the dock for over a year awaiting her turret armor, and it will be some time in the spring before the last' of the latter arrives. A mistake was made in Harveyiaing the armor for the first 13-inch turret, and this will have to be remade. It will not be ready for shipment until some time next January. The armor for the other turret is to be shipped next month. As far as the contract of the Union Iron Works with the government is concerned, it was completed a year ago, and the trial of the battleship satisfac torily made. The government has about $500,000 of the local concern s money, the interest of which is no un important item. The Orgeon is the fifth vessel built at these works for the United States, i The others in the order named, are the Charleston, San Francisco, Monterey and Olympia. For this work the Scotts have received $10,000,000, not includ- v ing the $500,000 held back on the Ore- v gon. Of thiB big sum it is claimed mat $7,000,000 was spent for labor alone, making an average of $1,000,000 a ; year paid out to employes at the Union Iron Works. Date of the Harvard-Princeton Game. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 21. It has been announoed that the Harvard Princeton football game will take place at Princeton November 2. Japanese Legation Recalled. Yokohama, Oct. 21. The minister, Miura, and the other mem bers of the legation and Japanese mili' tary officers at Seoul have been recalled, Mr. Terry's Property Sold. San Franoisco, Oct. 19. The per sonal property of Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry, widow of the late Judge David Terry, now an inmate of the Stockton i insane asylum, was sold today at auc- i tion. The offerings comprised Judgr Terry's law library and Mrs. Terry'i wardrobe and jewelry. Nona of hei personal friends appeared at the auo j tion, and the prioes bid by stranger were uniformly low. .;,,