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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
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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.
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. 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
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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. .;,,