EUGENE CITY GUARD.
,b(A)iriri.L, rrearlete.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
BRAVE JAPANESE.
Their Torpedo Hoats Enter the
Harbor of Wei-IIui-Wei.
THE FORTS RECONNOITERED.
Uarrlsau Being Ineraaapri and llatr
(taut Added la Anllrlpallnn of I and
nil ja Attack filouinjr Via of Af
fairs fruiti That silrongtiold.
Loniio, August 22. Tim Shanghai
correspondent ol the bunion Central
Next give to-day' dispatches
lllixitny view nf affair at Wcillai-Wci,
fortified city on Ilia Minn Tung
promontory. Thete in little doubt tli.it the
Japanese intend to attack thi Chincac
atrohghold P""'i 1 1 1 ll.e t f 1 it ion
tlicl'hinepc thut the !u e In impregnable.
The lights alimg tlx promontory have
Ih.'II t-xtihguialied, the buoy liavu U-cn
removed, ami tin- Chinee are conatahtly
adding tolhedclc use hylaying torMiha-s
and submarine mine. Nevertheless fur
three suuvaaive night in the last Mi rk
Hie Japanese tnriM'tlo Imats have entered
the harUir and reciiiilioitcrcd Hid furl.
The crews of tin ( Mucae tir-lo Ik.hik,
which lui in tlm harUir, had m inkling
ol the nearness of the eiii'iny until tint
Japanese vessels mem leaving. 1 1
Wci-llai-Wei forts then o-ned lire, lull
it was too late to accomplish anything.
Thesilccc-s n( three Japanese exiat li
tmus has shaken greallv the confidence
ol the army in Ihu impregnability ol
ci-lliti-M el. 1 tie miiMitinii is tlial
the Japanese are preparing for a com
bined lam! ami pea attack on the strong
hold, 'llit garrison linn Ixt li lhcrcaed
to meet such an attack, aii'l heavy gun
are Immpk aihltil to the artillery in the
Ulterior line ol ilclchac.
The foreigners hu are employed in
tlm Wei-llai- Wei arsenal are leaving the
place. Nearly all ol tlm KiiuIikIiiii.-ii
ami Scotchmen have gone, ami within a
lew day only native are likely to lilt-It
in tlm shop. The feeling against
foreigner in running hi(li among thu
liillilarr of the tit V. '1 he Mil ium have
lirttl several tunc upon foreigner who
were leaviiiK the Iiiih, ami have In-i-ii
checked milr with dilhc ulty hy their of
ficer. All the fore littler are reproached
ami insulted a they depart. None of
them have hewn wounded yet, hut their
escape ha Imi-ii tine solely to the sin-nil-oils
efforts nl the ollit-er who hnve la-en
charged with repHiiiPihilily for their
safety. The in n i ii Japanese iiiinlron
ha-i lieen sighted nitain in the gull ol Pe-Chi-I.i.
The native of the scaxirt
have U-cn forbidden to use Japanese
Colli.
sr.w jai-.im.hk jitMarr.H.
Ill Views In Itrgard lu Ilia rrraenl t'un
illllttn In Ilia llrlriil.
Kan Fhvi ico, Auguat 23. S. Kurino,
the Japanese diplomat w ho wa recently
apxiililcd Minister to thu United States,
I here on hi way to Wai-hinton. He
arrivcil on the pteaiiu r China, lie i
not one ol tlni-e Mho onxi-lt-rN the iimr
rel lH-teeil the nmum a a matter ol
ilaya ami weekH, ainl from hi -oilimi
in the Jniniii-pe itiivi-riuiient lie unit ill
re tor ol mlitira! allair in the (oreii;ii
tillnv liefore lot tipik hi irt'i-iiit mhiIkhi
hi oiinlon littn weiitht. Hit tohl the
follow inn nlory of the Pitiiiition :
"In Hk'iH'1 to tli ( hint-up (on-- the
norlli Ilit t i ifoo-l. ami prolialily pome
ol the pratteriiiK llt-i-t are fairly ooiiim--tent
to make a liitht, hut o far a the
traimmt I ronrerntil I i-onaiili-r the Ji-aiit-pp
lar iin-rior. llnr iti-neral fm-ihtiep
lor llfhtiiiK are aUo far heller. The
CIhiu-m- itovt-rnineiit ha no tliieet inn
trol over it navy. It I m altentl, ami
the naval control i lmal, Theoiith
iiinilroii ha no iliM-ipluie. The tioith
Piilnni ha poine little training ami
ilimipluie, hut the whole navv I tin-tri.-.l."
The Minipter' attention win rallttl to
reeeiit rnlileitram iu w hit-li it w aPtiilel
that the I'liilittte were olleriux larite
i-ial prii-p lor the tlentriii-tioii ol Japnu
rue naval vrpufl, for the lii-a-Uol prom
ineul J aiifwi ollii-er, ami were even
olleruiK liomitie lor the hen-In of Jnpmi
(pu poliiiet. He paiil III nirnt'l tht-ieto:
" I have not w en thi rahli-iiruin, hut
it woulil he jimt like the Chliiew. I am
iuloruietl they plaeeil reptrn-tioii on the
inoveineiit ol pome of our A iiihaipailnr
in China. In Japan impenal th-eree'
have Ut n inmu-.l lor the protit-tion ol
the I'll inepe. Japan I" pra.iioilh llithl
inn to piiwrv) tlie i-ie ol the I at.
The iNtlam eol owt-r IP a uitii li a lui'lor
iu Hrii-iital ililit a in Kuroran af
fairp, ami the aiitniioniy of Con a I in
vipteil on ly Japan to prem-rve thai ll
ame ol I'lin. Weare not tivni( any
a-laul!tt to lluppia, ami that i why
Knif laiul ip now neutral. 1 1 ail Japan ami
JCiipnis ai'te-l toitelher, thi woulil Hot If
tlietae. 1 iln not think that t' ranee,
I imliiml or Kuiia w ill In limtiht into
thip tiiiitroverpv, hut that it will lie
foiiitht out hy Japan an-1 China alone.
In ri-nnl to the ne-.l of Japan for up-iit-til
tlilh rput kiml from Amenta it
i hri now to tell jut what w-ope it
will lake. At prepent Japan ha an
aliiiiiiUiii- ol ammunition ami ptipplie ;
hut. ll the war were to lt a Ioiik time,
nmlotihtt-'lly ws wouhl have to tlraw
hiavily on other i-ouiitriea."
AKOt'T THI TARIrr.
rMKii ii a aiue.
Ik liei liult t'aap I Ulainla.pil
In 'uurt.
CotoiH Si-tiiMi, Aiik'ii"! 21. The
Taram-y outri(e t ape emlttl in a fnn-r in
Juatire MrCa he court tin afternoon,
l'l.lrut Attorney Curhran a-are. I--fore
the court, anl a-kf l that the caae
ltiliat the ilileliilaiil le 1 1 i -m i -1 .
'lhe l'i-lri. t Atloriit-r ptatixl that lie
male Una iimtion fur the r aoii that the
evi'h iiiT lutil b -li reiiVel hythe trulnl
jury, who I. ail lni!t-J to liml true IhIIp
awaniat any ol the th-d-mUnl. The
Court itranleil the uiolioii. Not one ol
the peiMina from viiver who hail l-rt-n
IlitrrraliiiK theuipelve In the prooccu
tioii aaa ptepeut. The amiple hete are
tliauatnl with the a!!air.
I'pllmaa I Itl.aaa Klaralng.
frtiM.riti.ii, 111, Aunt . 4iov
prnor Alt t-1.1 to-la recir, a letter
from a cotiituilte of Pullman ritirena
aaking a latance in lee. I in it l.ivl faint
lie una O to fil work, lhe Pullman
Con patir is all.-yr-l u he iniirtiii,t uini
from all oM-r the country ami turning
many ol I ha. la out on tha Ptreet. 1 !,
trovemor lt tinitht for l'huaNi, anil
ill permvly inveatigat th situation
t J'uiiiuaa.
What Ihp ul.llllloa of Bil-Clea
fur a t'elaa Haut.
WaaniNoio, August 20. Thecopy ol
the tarilf hul iu fioaaeuion of the Chair
man of the House Knrolling Committee,
with which the bill tent to the I'resl
rient wa compared and verified, con
tain! the following paragraph in tire free
lint :
"Kree lit, 4H7 Diamonds; miner',
glaiiera' and enitraver' diamond not
-t, and diainond dust to be uaed in tha
manufacture of watt he and clocks. "
heiiator Joins of Arkanaa say the
inti-ntion wa to have the word diamond
a piihhead, and the miptake of a acini
colon inatead of a colon will not Im al
low til to admit diamonds lree,eppeciall
when coiiatrut-d with the Jewelry schi-l-ultt
which raiecially provide, "lineal
precious items of all kind, in per cent
ad valorem." The Senator added :
"lhe words taken in connection with
the intention to make the word 'dia
mond' in the free hat is a subhead will
lie cotiHtrued to make diamond suhjti-t
to the duty on precioii stone. Secre
tary Carlisle I loo gial a lawyer to con
at nut the act ill any other way."
The ptatemcnta ol ciihIoiii officer of
the Treapiiry Ix-j srtiiii-nl tlilh r from
enator Joliea. 1 hey aM rtfl that the
at r u t h tti-riiiit and punctuation of the
larill hill, and not the Coiitrepional in
tention, are followed hy the court, ll
ia thoiiifht ipute prohahlu that the iiihI-tt-r
mav event ualiy have hi lie settled hy
judicial iiiiiatructioli ol the linaitid
xiuit, provideil, of coiire, that a cura
tive lie not paaaed by CoiiKre U-lore
the new tnrill liecome a law.
TVKIMI W'UIPk'r hit or HoNII.
Cllli voo, Auifiiet The moveini i.t
of the whiaky triiat to lake a lunch 4
txipaihle of it prtelin I out ol lioixl Ik
i irtt the new lantr law, with the in
' cn aeil tai on ppirlta, itoea in i llcct wa
extended Ut Chicatto to-day. Within the
next twenty-lour hour, mile the trnal
I clmnn-a it mind, not h-as than 40,(HI0
lharrelsof whiaky will Ut taken out of
laiinl here and the tax paiil.
l!TaSl. kKVIMI ruMt a hi ar.
a Anufis", Auittlat 2l). The in
ternal revenue force of thi city iff kept
huay receiving the tax on hrandr now
in Uind. iu onler that it may lie reli-apcd
U-lore the new Urilf and internal rev
enue law it!- into i-lfect. There are
aUmt imi.UHU italloii in lauid In '
Anitele, and it I t-Ktiuiatt-l that l
tween IM,)) and 30,000 gallon will lie
reli'aei.
KNtll Ml AI.KXAIiy BXNIcriTr.il.
Ionioi, Auitunt 20. The Haily News
in its linancial article there ha
U-t-n great activity in all the markel
ainre the paHMte of the American land
hill. Metal, coiM-r and tin are ra-H-ciallv
active in anticipation of a large
American ilemand for tin plate.
Ull IBM V I HIM ll-AI. PKolll IT.
Nw Olil.a VNP.AuifilPt 20. The paitaaite
ol the laritf hill ha thrown a damper on
commercial ih-aliiiK" in New Orleans. At
leapt two-third of her imputation look
to the suitar imluatry for piiport, ami
any legivlallon uulavorahlii to aiiar ha
a decidedly had cllcct on all other com
merce out of sympathy for louipiana's
principal product. The Migar Kxclmugtt
vt'Hterilay was in a turmoil, the mem
lier declaring Unit the industry would
be ruined by the hill.
IIUS.K A Mil HAriltl.
t h Italielllua at I ha I attar AaaumlHg
l.arg rrtiptirlluiia.
1'iiiHiiiiiv, South Africa, Auguat 21.
The reU-llion of the Kallir i aapiiming
an alarming condition. The Transvaal
ailice di-tai hini nt w hich hit been at
tempting to relieve the garnaoii at Agn
tha bus U-en repiilptxl w ith aerious loa
l iiiUildi ni d hy their Piiccepp, the Kallir
pursued the retreating tnaip and at
lucked the iniiiii column of the Itoer
lone. The kallir were driven hack,
hut the advance of the column wa re
In riled, l-rom the lli-r pettlciiient all
along the l.ctaha river come reMru
of pevi-re liifhting between iioilittisl par
tie of rt-lrentiiig llH-r and Kallir who
are burning ItiM-r houieatead all ulong
lhe river. The Itoer am llccing U-fore
the Kallir' advance, taking all their
iHiruhle proK-rtr, hut large quantities
of iiniviaioiia and cattle have iicccpaanly
liilli'ii nilo the hand of the Kaflir. The
hitter have iniitdi-rt-d a number of Itoer
and their w ive and children, ami the
licrct-at feelings id the liner have been
nroiiaed iwniiist the ndel. In all the
disturbed tliPtrict mail and paaitenger
ttniclie have U-en stotiiHtl. the paaiH-n-
gera killed, coache lttted and destroyed,
and mule stolen. The Mun-hison road
is entirely cloeed. The Katllra are re
ported having rrectetl strong lrricadt-s
acnw it at a point where it pae 1-te-n
two bills, ami they are said to
have prepared totleleml an attack. II
government i reinforcing it troop a
tapnlly aa poihle, and it is rxet-ted
an ailvance in lorce win ue mane ujani
the Katllra immediately.
EUGENE V. DEBS.
The Great Labor Leader Before
the Strike CoiiimlHsIon.
PULLMAN CITED TO APPEAR,
Th laaaaartsi.al Mad 1 hat Thsr Is
Ha km foul a Meiuat tm tunm a
I'nllad and Uraad Kallwar Oral-lliM-A
tarajaat llarlUI.
Cllli Alio, Auguat 21. I'reaidt llt K. V,
iK-hs of the American liailway UiiUn
wa a witness la-fur the Strike Coiinnla
aion to-day. The courtroom wascrowde-l
from liernli ti dtwrway. "Now tell us
In your own way, Mr. Mm," aid Com
luiamoncr Wright, " what you know of
the 1'ullman strike and result."
I j aning forward In hi eat, the tall
leader ol the great strike U-gan in a
low, clear voice recital which gradually
Ux auie more earneat and forcible as he
pripeeded until it devi-loin-d into almopt
an oration. He told of having received
word that a strike in Pullman wa im
minent and of his coming to I 'hit-ago to
investigate. "I found," he Haul, " the
men were working ft-r the Pullman Com
pany at wage ution which they could
not live. I found salaries had Ut n cut
tune and again until skilled mechanics
were working their live away for wage
liot sulhcieiit for day laUirera; that lhe
town of Pullman wa so schemed that
every m iiii v the work ingiuan made found
it way hack to the company. Ill laci,
MtHTMtlor Will I It MAN.
II I KarmlllMC alir,ralas fur lh
Mlhsdu' Arm.
Un A mi si la, August ID. The Chi
nese, and Japanese colonic here have
been greatly stirred up lately by the
pri-M-nce of a mysterious white man who
moves secretly and to those lie baa con
lidence in exhibit credentials from th
Japani-re War IVpartment authorising
bun to make contract with person or
corporation lu tlie name ol Japan. It
i learned that In purxNe i to enlist
l,lm stunly Americans, men who have
hail exieriente a oltlier, in the serv
ice of tlie Mikado for the ertii-u!ar work
of lighting Chinese. Tin emipsary ha
made contracts with the steaiuslnpivui
panic lor the transportation of his men.
He otter AI a month to the men w Im
can paa the phyaical examination, ami
promise them the lieat ol ration and
accomiuialatioli. The proiiect of loot
ing pome Chinese Mandarin palace is
not the I- "t of the prospects w Inch dax
lethoe adventiirouly-inclinetl young
men w ho are Hocking to the support ol
the chrvsaiithenium tlynasty, and a far
a can I"- learned the regiment will anon
U- ixmpletel. The men will be arnnsl
with the latest pattern ol military rifles,
-miliar to the Maiinlic her type, and their
uniform, it is claimed, will la a thing
-d iliiling Uautv, alaiuuding in ctilor
i llei t. The men are guaranteed return
papage to this country if ther survive
or continuous employment in the army
if they prefer.
rllaa .al mm trgaallaa.
M vukiu, Auguat 1). I'y a commercial
reaty lartneen Spain and the Argent in
Ut public, just concluded, it is providet)
that lor a (terual of two year M-ain will
not taiae the duly on meat from the
Arirt'iitine Republic and the latter will
lower the dutM-e on Spanish wine.
tank lll.ldaaria iclard.
W ainiTti, August 21. Tlie (Vunj
trollerol the Curretify ha declared divi
dend in lavor of creditor of insolvenl
latiiks a follows: 1 if teen ter cent of
the I'olunibia ttank. New WhatirmvJ
Waah., and 10 per cent of the Linn I
County liask, Aibasy, Or.
I found the wtirkiligmen of Pullman in
a pitiable condition, and determined 1
would do all in my aiwer a President
ol the American Kailway 1'n Ion to im-
prove the condition ol these men. The
! strike followed, ordered by the men
theinPflvis. Then came the liovcott
. 1 I 1 .. .1 .. .I..I.. ..i ... I .1..!.- I..
OrUI-mi I'T UIO HUH Bin iwi .,.-,1 w, a -
our convention, and then followed the
railroad strike, onleretl by the various
local union, each ol which had a griev
ance ol it own."
" Would the railroad strike have oc
curred if there had Ut-n no Pullman
trouble," asked Coinmipsioin-r Wright.
"No; the Pullman strike wa the
prime cause. We desired to stop Pull
man's car ami phut olf hi income, thus
lorcing him to arbitrate, but the rail mail
men hud grievances ol their ow n. The
(it-neral Manager' A asocial ion had U-en
organized with the avow til intention of
giving appiatance to the railroad in la
bor trouble". It evident ami wa to
drive orgauixt-il labor Irom existence.
No piaim-r had tin aapociatum U-en
(oi nu-il than a svsternatic nil net ion ol
railroad wage all over the country la
gan. The men were ready to strike, and
It-It they had cause, hut the trouble would
not have come wht-ll It did had it not
U-en for the Pullman matter. The time
wa iinpropitioiia. I did not order the
Ptrikea; I hit I not the imwer. The men
did that tht-iiiH-lve. I til t I do not wish
to shirk anv n-oiiailiilitv, and am will
ing to any 1 In-nrtily concurred in and
approved ol the action taken by the
men. A to violence 1 have always con
dcmiit'l it. I have written ami spoken
agitiin-t it, believing ami knowing a
strike cannot be won by violence. A
to the telegram sent from our ollice
coiiuai'liiig violence I know of no such
epiatli-s."
" W hut about the ' liny a gun' tele
gram?" aakttl a Coinmiaaioncr.
" That I easily explained. The tele
gram wa pent hythe pri ate secretary
to a liii-ml in Unite, ami wa merely a
plavful expreshion. It was sent a such
and PO limleratiPal."
Iebs then said that within live days
after the Ptrike wa declared the union
hatl the railroad U-atcn. "They were
puriilvrisl," he -aid. " Hut iniiinctioli
were sown broadcast, and shortly after
ward the ollicial of the American Hail
wav I'liion were arrcplcd lor -onteuiil
ol 'court. That U-at us. Alxjut thi
lime iieiieral Mile came to Chicago, and
called on thelieiieral Manager' Asikh-i
ation, ami the next day wa itiotil in
an interview a saying he had broken
the liackUine of the strike. Now I con
sider that cull ol (ieiieral Mile a vol
irarlv out ol place. He hail no more
rnrht lo consult with the t ieneral Man
iters' Association than he had to conault
with our union. I might say, too, it
seem strange that all our li tter and
telegram were made public proierty,
while not a line ot the railroails t-orrc
M.nilcnce was ptiblishetl. If it ha-1 been,
1 think we could prove tlie t ieneral Man
ager at the secret ineetingdeclaritl they
wouhl stamp the American Kailwav
I'liion out of exiptence."
In n-iily to a qiieption IVb said the
union nad taken everv oililc means
to iirevent not and tlimirdiT. ami added
" We obje-tel to the prepcnce of Ktsl
eral troops, and not Mate troop and po
lice. II I remeiiiU-r rightly, no serious
outbreak lavurrcd until Ketleral trooits
arrived, a their presence inllainttl the
men.
He told ol the trouble with railroad
brotherhotkls, ami tMiit mutsl :
"The brothcrhiaala haveoutlived their
usefulness, and for that reason I lelt the
tlremen' organisation. They were jeal
ous ol tlie American Kailway I num.
i here is now a movement on foot to
form a united and grand railway organ
nation. Within a few davs a proixwi
lion will lx aulunittt-l to the other rail
way organizations, whereby the otlb ials
ol the American Kailwav I nion ami
oilier unions shall resign with no ptieai
(it it y ol election to otlice. The principal
cauae ol strife lieing relieved, an organi
ratioii will Ixa ellecteil, ll the brother-
hials w ill consent, w Inch shall include
all eiuplovea.
" hat is your opinion a to methods
of preventing strikes?' asked I otiimi
loner Worthiiigtou ol IVb.
" Mv own idea, and it i the idea of
the union, I to notify all the railroads
of the country. A power like that pru
dently managed would avoid strike
the railway manager would reoogmre
the w ladoiu ol treating it fairly and
meeting it in a conciliatory spirit,
"Ki you U-lieve a strike is justified
that interfere with public convenience?"
" I believe striking i jiuliliahle, no
matter what the result, when It resist
enslaving and degrading."
' IKi voii U-lieve in government own
ership ol railways '" aakel Mr, Kernan.
"Ye, sir; I believe that government
taw nt-raliip i decidedly lietter than rail
road ow nerliip of the government."
IVlxa was liillowtsl by P. P. Morris
ev, Kirat i,rand taterol the Brother
hood ol Kailwav Trainmen. The broth
erhtaal, he said, did not believe in stui
Ntthetic strike, but individual. The
wittii pa U-lieveil in the government ow n
rralup of railrvwds.
K. K. Clark ol Cetlar Kapnla, (.rand
Chief of the Onler of Kailway Conduct
r, told of the hostility between the
brolherhtp and the onion.
The Mrike Coiunnaeioner have noti
fied lieorge M. Pullman to appear ami
testify, and will also call (or several
tiiemfx-r of the (.ieneral Managers' As
tariation. I at af lb Aprrvprlalla Kill.
Washioto, August ft. Th confer
i-nce rrtawt on tlie tlefit-iency hill ha
U-en submitted to lh ktanate and arwwd
te.
0R TKM TMOltAJIU 111 LB.
Operatlv Wa B1 ford laaaf arai
Caasral tlrlk.
Niw DkbrokD, Ma., Aogutt 21.
T)ii morning operative Inaugural- a
general itrike, and nearly 11,000 are
Idle. Th machinery of but five out of
twenty-seven mill in the city i in
motion, and it ii thought these will toon
be ihut down with the others. The
manufacturer have little or nothing to
say, but the notices of a reduction against
which the help rebel are still Jiosted
Hvcrt-tary Hop ol the Kpinners' Union
stated this morning that the memliers
of hi union have lined up lor a long
struggle, and it i confidently expected
it will Ixj of six months' duration.
At the north end ol the city consider
able excitement wa cail'ed when It wa
discovered that a doten ojwratlve had
sTona to work in the Bristol mill. A
thousand people attacked the operative
a they came out. une uoy wa oaiiiy
rut about the face.
The strike promise to lat the luot
Imnortanl whit h ha ever occurred in
the textile iiidu-lry in Masaachuia-tt.
The inaiiufaiturers must Hit lit lierfta tly
organised uiiiona, oiue ol which are
fairly weallhv. Notable in thi particu
lar I the r-piiincrs' Union, whicli ha a
lurid In It treasury aggregating at nasi
1. 10,01)0. The ppinner have votetl, how
ever, not to touch any of thi money for
a month, ('mil yesterday it wa hopeil
the strike would lie averted.
Thi afternoon a big change came over
the strike situation. It now transpire
that every manufacturer in the city w ith
two exception had decided toshutdown
for an indefinite period. Treasurer
Pierce ol the Wamaiitta mill ha Issued
the manllctto. The hxecutive Commit
tee ol the striker' aswaiation held I
meeting at hall liiver to-day. The spin
lien in the yarn mills feel that the man
ufacturer art not keeping faith with
them, although no agreement was made.
To-night they umlcrsUaal no change was
to he maile until the outcome ol tlie
spinners strike In New lltilloril wa
made known. A strong sentiment wa
shown in favor of the strike.
The trouble involve thirteen of the
lariteat cotton-manufacturing establish
nicnts, with an investment of J 1 1,-tOO,'
(i. 1 lit re are 1,042,000 spindle and
15.2V) Iikiiii involvetl. Six ol the fac
tories are cloth, and seven are cotton
mills.
IT tvAt Ni-.r.ir.i).
Th
NuliHirt at Oakland, I'sllturnla
Will bp Kept liusjr.
Otk'Ltsu, Cul., August 21. A peculiar
nitil of making Oakland a fubport ol
eutry and etablixhing a branch custom
house here with an adequate force of in
spei-tor ia rt-vealtxl In a story ol opium
muggling that i told by a local China-
man. lHng, laundry man, who
own real t-atate in Kruitdale, and i
prominent inciiila-rof the Chinese colony
in thii city, i authority for the tate-
ment that opium i regularly and yi
lematically suiiiggliHl into Oakland from
llritiah Columbia, and that most ol it ii
reahit-ta-d Iroin here to San rrancmco,
According to tiee (long, the way that
the siuiiitgler oix-rale i to bring the
opium in the coal-laden ahipa ttiat come
t.i Oakland totliM-harge portion of their
cargoes alter moet of the coal ha been
unloadetl at San hranciscti. Kngagett in
this liaal coal tratle are the Viaemile,
the Kaiihael ami the 1mis Walsh. In
aia-ctors are on duty here only in the
daytime, and there ia nothing to pre
vent tlie smuggler irom carrying on
their work at night. From here to San
h'ranciaco the opium ha been Pent on
the early morning laiata concealed in
milk wagons, taixe ol vegetable and
other ordinary shipment, lien I Mug
declare that during the strike in July,
while the city wharf at the fiait ill
Franklin street w as covered withotlicera,
110,000 cargo ol opium wa unloaded
from the lopcmito, winch hail brought
coal to Taylor. A present of two boxes
wa made to him. lie say, ami the rest
was ahipiei to ?-uii Francisco, where it
wa stored in the house of a white man.
The launiln man savs the man who
brought the July cargo here i now
resident ol Seattle, though he formerly
resided in this citv. He know the sunlit
gleronlv bv the mime ol " Pete," which
was the name used hy the smuggler'
associates, or if he know anv other
name, he will not divulge it.
Till-: lit ANlMrlt Ml. Ml.
The filtleprs of the Hallway t'ltlttn lttil
lu t'hargr.
C ii if Aim, August 21, James llogan,
W. K. Hums, K. M. lliMalman, J. F.
McVean and Martin J. KUiott, the di
rector of the American Union, tiled an
answer in the United State Circuit
Court yesterday to the information
against them charging con tempt ol
court. In addition to the general an
awer to the information they also 11 led
answer to the Interrogatories of the
government regarding the conduct ol
lhe strike. The answer to the inlorma
turn denies that the director have any
power to order a ptrike or compel it
discontinuance, lhe defenilant admit
that at various time during the month
ol June and U-fore the injunction was
isatied thev advit certain of the em
ploye of tlie railroad to peaceably and
law lull v unit the service ol tlie railroad,
but all were nieinla-r of the union, and
in giving such advice and counael they
acted for said emploves and bv their
authority. The answer denie that there
aa any illegal conspiracy to tie up the
railroad, but it allege that there wa a
conspiracy on the part ol the railroads
to red, ice the wage of their employe
and break up the union. A to tele-
? :rams sent out in the name of I VI.
or which IVb when brought into court
den nd all reaxinsilility, tlie answer ad
mit that thev were sent by the defend
ant llogan. In the answer to the in
terrogatories the defenilant ay that
lbxgan sent and received all the tele
grams except thoee relating to the fi
nance of the union. A to tlieantlmr
alnp of the telegram severally the de
fendants pleaded inability to state.
IUM,rta,l Slrlk la lhe Idaha,
SeoK im, August '.V. A new lead ha
U-en struck in the Idaho mine in the
Sltwan country, ow ned by Mcser. Moore,
Farrell and Wellington. Fabulous sto
ries were t in utate-l veaterdav as to the
extent ol tlipatrike, but no ilelinite in
formation was to lap obtained except that
the valuation ol the property ha in
creased (iillv a ijuarter ol a million since
the new itiscmerr. Hits I the mine
that II. II. St. John, formerly general
agent of the (treat Northern, was inter
ested in until recently. It was tlu n a
good producer, and I now ranked a one
I ll i t k;ipertitM ia th country.
t hlr( l m Tark.
Niw Yon. Auarnet 21. Stanwotal fin-
iahed theninfrttui Chicairoto New York,
l.i '.M mile, in tlay. hour and 43
minute. The best previou re-orvl wa
10 day, i hour and JO minute.
ENGLISH HEALTH.
Step Agralmt the Introduction
of I'leuro-Pnenmonia.
PROHIBITION MUST STAND.
atvrk rram the Caaadlaa hr Mast
llsroanar la klaagktrd at lh Part
ut taatllag'Taast t With
Assail laa Valarlaarlaaa.
Ixiibox, August 21. The Boanl ol
Agriculture ha publiahe.1 the official
document concerning the importation
of Canadian rattle. Mr. Gardner, the
President of the boanl, decided that the
prohibition uiuittand. The document
comprise the evident of aeventeen ei
pert ami a minute containing the
board' deduction. No one teallfied
positively that the carcasse examined
were not case of contagion pleuro
pneumonia. Many confirmed the deci
sion! of the ollicer of the hoard. The
boanl coinidi-r that the evidence nega
tive the uggetion that the disease if
roiiKu pneumonia. Measr. Hunting
ami Maco,ueen favornd the theory that It
i a diseaae hitherto unotavcrvcl. The
boanl exprepse the opinion that the
next (tep rt-pt with the Canadian vete
rinarians, and in consequence says:
" It i layond tiietion that a diaeaae
occur in Canadian cattle whicli many
ol the ablest and qualified veterinarian
in Urea t Britain declare to be contagious
pieiiro-pneumonia, and which even thoe
holding the opinion that it it a new dla-eaj-e
pronounced bacUTial, ami that the
diaeaae could not have develoieil to the
extent shown when the animal are
killed, three week after shipment, an
lea contracted la-fore leaving Canada.
The matter deserve and will doubtless
receive the serious attention of the 1
minion government. In the meantime
it i clearly the boanl' duty to maintain
the regulation requiring iluughterat the
port ol landing."
(KNTItAl. AMMtlt'AM Nr.W.
Ths Kieoiniuunleallua of a Kdllor Leads
la Troabl.
Nxw YoiiK, Auguat 20. A tpeclal from
a Panama correspondent in I-eon, Nica
ragua, send word that the clergy there
pna luimeil to-day the excommunication
of the eilitor ol the I.ilieral Dewipaper
"im.'l,"and (ortnvle Catholic! to read
it. Several priest have lieen arretted
in i-onieiuence, and will be expelled
Irom the country, tireat excitement
prevail.
From Port I.imon come the report
that in response to a request from the
Cantain of the British man-of-war Mo-
haw k a guriUiat ha U-en ordeteil to
Nicaragua in connection with the Mot-
am to allair.
The government telegraph line which
connect Panama with the Cost Rican
Irontier have reachecl Santiago do Yoy
ana. There i some talk ol Congress
transferring it sitting from Bogota to
( arthaitena.
(ieneral Milin haa been appoiutei
tiovernor of ( oacail.
Colombian and Venezuelan troop are
fo-t.H-rating to restore onler on tlie Iron
tier in Santamler and I-achiera.
Koilriniiei and Sancho. aitenta lor C
ceres, have U-en expelled from Lo
Andea.
Fnim trustworthy source it i Icarnixl
lotta Hica will reiect tlie scheme lor
union of Central American Republic,
The plan i ridicule. I in thi city, anil
even prominent l.iU-rala like Scnor
Francisco Boca consider the idea chi
uiericul.
Rumor areallont that the government
intends to hamsh several priests.
Tilt. UM fL Ad.
Kiunta tlultlman, the Anarrhlal, Again
Apiapar la lwblle.
Naw Yokk, August 22. A reception
wa given F.mina Uotdman to-night at
thel halia theater, which nearly 3,000
M-rson attendttl. Thealfair wa gener
ally tame, and the special force of de
tective had nothing to do. Charles
Wilfred Mowbray, the F.nglish anarch
1st, wa also present, and preceded Kin
ma tioldinan with a fH-eclia in which he
eulogited her heroism and elf-aacriflce.
Sieaking of the police, he remarked
" The police exist for boodle. They are
here to protect the thieve of associated
society Irom the plunder of the Jaxir
worker." When Kiiima Ooldman came
on the platform there wa a great burst
of applause. Her stieecti wa chiellv de
voted to a rancoron attack upon all who
were concerned in her prosecution, con
viction and imprisonment.
" Imagine the prosecution of a woman
for talking," she began. "Anan-hy wa
prosecuted Octolter 6, 1K93, in the Court
ol t ieneral Session. It mi really the
right ol Iree taech that wa lirosecuted,
The country i to-tlav aeekinir the aid of
the old continent to help them to get rid
ol anarchy. What do they get to help
them .' 1 Iiopo hatelul Irish and the de
ceitful F'nglish."
She then launched forth into invec
tive. She called Assistant District At
torney Mclntvre a cowan!. In sneak inn
of the Judge before whom the wa tried
he said:
'Judge Martine i not to be compared
with Santo or Henri, who were all de
fender ol a cause they Iteliaved in.
am with vou again under the flag of an
archy and freedom," she concluded.
1 he speech wa received with enthu-
iastic plaudit bv the minority portion
ol the audience, and the meeting toon
alter w a brought to a close.
artci i LATiso amp Hi iLiir.u.
Thar Are Mahlag I'm af lh Idle Taw-
LoMMix, August 22. Government of
ficer have gone aUrd another vessel
in the Tyne, because they were con
vinced that she wa fitting for service in
the Chinese-Japanese war. The work
on the vessel ha been pushed with the
greatest haste since the declaration ol
war, and recently material of war have
I n placed aU-ard her. A far as tan
lar ascertained, neither China nor Japan
ordered the vessel. It I thought that
she mav have U-en fitting merely for
speculative purpoae, her owner in
tending to oiler her to I hina or Japan
after getting away from Knglish water.
Work on the v easel ha been (topped.
More seiiure of vewsel are expected.
The steamer Alaska, which China
bought la-fore the war through the
Thame Iron Company, now he in the
Ihanie. she t aa ironclad, carrying
rapid-firing gun. She i understood lo
lap (hipping her crew. A dispatch from
Yienna av that 20.000 Ma-nnlicher
riile mad in Austria bare been shipped
a . 4-1. ,
0
to China.
HtfJIat PUT iCAUCB.
Cktas Will Bat Xa Trwwhl te Mak
lh Profaaseal Laaa.
LoMDojt, Auguat 20. Financier, ol
thi city, Berlin and other capital ol
Europe are eagerly d.caM.og the pro
poeed Chine loan. Inquirle uiale by
a reporter at th office of Jardlne, Math
eton 4 Co., London and China tutr
chant, and at the office of th Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Company
ihow that th loan which the banking
institution of Berlin are laid to be float
ing for China amount to 10,000,000
tael, and not 1 10,000,000, aa announced
here and In Berlin. A tael I estimated
to he worth about one ounce and one
Ihinl of silver or, roughly speaking. Cm
sterling, or 11.40. AUmt a month ago
China inquired through the Hung Kong
and Shanghai Bank for the rate at which
such a loan, to he made in silver, could
I ellecteil. The batik ottered to loan
the Chinese government 1,000,000.
Janline, Matheson A Co., who had also
la-en consulted in regant to the propoeed
Chinese loan, ottered to loan China an
other I'l.OtiO.OiM) or a much a thn gov
ernment should require, but Yiceroy
Chang declined laith oiler at that time,
saying there wa no immediate necessity
lor the loan, a China hail plenty to go
on with.
l-atcr, however, it became known that,
in view ol the repayment ol the last por
tion of the present 7 and A percent
gold Uinds due at the Hong; Kong and
shanghai Banking Company in January
IH'.iA, and In view alio of' war needs,
China desired to Increase the amount ol
her available cash. A syndicate ol tier
man banker wa at once forme-1 in Ber
lin, and their agent at Tien lain were
instructed to aak Yiceroy U Hung Chang
lor anoiitmn ol the loan. Doien of I-on-don
and other promoter followed the
example of the German bankers, and
U Hung Chang and the Chinese Min
ister here were la-sieged with oiler from
responsible and irreKnible partie
an x ion to have a share of aome de
scription in the Chinese loan. A a re
sult, it I probable that over 6,000,000
wa offered to China, and thi produced
the knowledge that China wa not in
clined to pay over 4 per cent lor her
loan. There it no doubt that l.&00,000
void will las issued here early in Sentem
U-r. The loan will probably consist ol
4 per cent thirty-year tmnda, and at
least two-thinla ol Una will lie payable
to China in ailver. For thi loan there
I no anecial security like the custom
receipt, but only tlie general faith in
China.
It i not believed that Berlin will have
any controlling hand in the issue ol the
loan, although Berlin will probably be
compelled to take a portion ol the loan
on tin- ground ol floor term. There i a
great scramble among thu financier, in
eluding liondon broker ol all ranks, to
get on the iusideol the operation. There
i no doubt that the loan i obtainable
in liondon twenty time over. The ne
gotiation for the loan have already af
(ectetl the price of ailver, and there is no
question that ailver will go higher. Some
linancitr predict that it will go a higl
a 32.1 per ounce. The hanlnes of the
ailver market i most pronounced, and
It haa sympathetically hardened the
price ol copper.
vo.xir rmm Tit coast.
8a Feaviwo, Auguat 20. The war
between China and Japan aeetni to la
draw inn considerable money Irom Cali
(ornia. The City ol Peking, which sailed
yesterday, took away in coin ITH.lW lor
China and I'JKo.wk) for Japan, dually
the big shipment of money go to the
former country, but Japan seema to have
taken the lion a share on tin occasion
J.tPAM ALSO MAKIMt A LOAM
Ioniiox. August tO. A Shanghai di
patch aav the Japanese government ha
ut homed a loan of lAO.OOO.OOO. The
Japanese government has promised Brit
ish Admiral Fremantle to give forty
eight hour' notice in case the Japanese
fleet Uimliarils Vt el-llai- ei or thee
Foo. The eight vessels that passed ('bee
roo, westwanl bound, August 4 were
the Chinese fleet, which wa fleeing from
the Japanese cruisers. The fleet went
to l.ni Kung Tao, where it has been left
undisturbed by lhe Japanese.
TUX KOW aill'MO INVRpTIUATION.
The finding of the court in the official
investigation at Shanghai of the link
ing of the Kow Shung l that the steam
er Kow Shung wa sunk on July 2 by a
Japanese naval vessel. The captain ami
ollicer ol the Kow Shung allowed great
coolness, and deserved high praise.
Torpedoe will be laid at the entrance
of Tokio and Nagasaki harbor.
THE FREE MaSons
o
Triennial Convocation or th
Geivral Grand Chapter.
ILACKH IN THK MKTALLINKN,
flattering Keport Hrought by Kiparl
nad I'rospacter.
Colvili.i, Wanli., Auguat 20. County
Clerk F. 8. Phillips, C II. Montgomery
ol Chewelah and W. II. McKay ol
Butte, Mont,, have returned from the
gold fit-Ida of the Metalline mining
region, bringing the most flattering
Hjrt from that heretofore ieolated field
ol wealth in placer. Measra. Phillip
and Montgomery have aome mining
claim along the bar ol the I'end
d'Ort-ille river, ami the former for the
first time in hi life prospected with
native gold in the sand, using a com
mon gold pan for the purpose of bring
ing to light the precious metal. Four
pan full of gravel taken from the bank
of the river at a point a half doxen feet
above the bed rock netted nearly a
dollar in coarae flakey gold. Mr. McKay
la an old-time Montana Dlacer miner.
and haa been induced to come and look
at the Metalline country with a view to
investing in mining gmund. He i ao
well pleased that he will return to Butte
Una week to arrange his busines o that
he can return to Metalline and remain
lor the summer, or until the mow atop
mining operationa in the ramp.
The new wagon road fnim Colville to
Metalline will be finished thi week.
connecting Northport and thi city with
the Metalline mine. Heretofore the
road to Metalline ha la-en known a an
old government trail, and hatl fallen
into disuse on account of the removal of
the military force from Fort Colville
ten year ago.
laais Mailt. tubal.
Lokdo, August 20. Advice received
from the Congo State show that further
rouble have occurred with the native,
arising from the impressment of Portu
guese-Congo native into military service
by longn Mate ofllcla Is. The native
were highly incenred at the summary
manner in which their relative and
menu na.i neen drainred into a service
mat wa repugnant to them, and de
termined to avenge their wrong. A
ttrong native force gathered, ami an at
tack wa made upon Ixitax, a Conce
.-uie pou in the fighting that ensued
Iwo soldiers defending the poet were
killed and three taken prisoners.
Vavarahl PUaart aa Hill' BUI.
Washixotu, August 20. The Hons
Committee on Judiciary to-day decided
favorably to report Senator HUl'g bill for
ths exclusion and deportation ol alien
aaarcaisu, which rLasd the ken ate.
CREATCROWTII OF THE ORDER
All the I'ast Uraad I'rlsai. t t... ,.ft
at the Txpaka t'uavurallun- I aUau,
Mature af the llrllbvralluna M,r.
aatlunal (Juaalluaa.
Torgg. Kan., Auguat 21.-AI1
of the Free Mason ol the country will
be turned toward this city during uu,
week, beginning to-morrow. The ta,.
tlon ia one w hich occur only om . crT
three years the Triennial Convocation
ol the (ieneral Grand Chapter of tl,
United State. It 1 the Boyal Ant,
Mason who will thu assemble, and at
that degree ia one to which the men, U-r,
ol the inblime fraternity most a-pire
the proceedings will have an iiiti-n-.t
and an importance commensurate with
the elevation of that dignity and wab
the comparative rarity ol their mart,
nient. Apart Irom these conaidi-rati-n.a,
moreover, the nuusual nature ol the de
liheratlona will lend interest to what is
said and done bv these 300 odd di l, .-t,..
in the name and bv the authority of ths
lijO.OOO Royal Arch Maaona whom t.v
represent and the innumerable i.ttn-ra
who in time will be promoted to the
degree.
All the Past (iraud High Prit ata will
take part at the Toa-ka gathering. a
ai Id it ion to them there will U- a n pn
entation of every Urand Chapter in the
Kepublic, comprising the three cuiim-il
otlicer of every one of them. 1 hie
council doe not meet frequently, and as
such a concourse of Mapouic dignitv n
not w itnesaed oftener than once t-',-rr
three year, the interest of the fraternity
in it may lie understood.
The State ol Maryland will have the
honor of lending the most exalted uit-m-la?r
ol the convocation, Captain iini;t
I- McCahan, who, in addition to U mg
the iH-puty (ieneral, act as lii-in-ral
(irand High Priest, ami in that rap.e itv
will preside over the tleli la-rat iona ol the
apsembly. Ohio i repreeeiitetl by i ien
eral (irand High King lieuU-n Ij-mi-nion,
a Mason whose name i almo-t a
housA-holtl word in the fraternity mciii-U-rship.
From (teorgia comes (iem taI
(irand St rilas Jamt-a W.Taylor and from
Michigan (ieneral I irand Treasurer I 'an
iel Striker. Nor is there a dearth of il,
tinguiahetl memU-rship from the I n-t,
not to ieak of the Inemla-rs w ho owe
their pre-eminence to what has U-en ac
oompfishecl by them in the lower ranks
ol the Masonic hierarchy. There are,
(or instance, Havnl F. Hay, Paat (o-n-eral
l irand High Priest: William J. Mc
IVniald, who is deemed the most popular
Mason personally among the lIoyulArcli
memla-rs; Tliomaa C. Caasidy, Kicliard
II. Parker of Syracuse, N. Y.', an-1 Ja-.
I. Pollartl. Frederick K. Barnes will
also attend, anil he has a speclul (immi
nence as a delegate in view of the pros
pect of his election by the convocation
to the office ol (ieneral (irand Master of
the First Yeil.
Nevertheless the Fantern delegations
will not have all the prominent mem
liers, for Washington sends (teorgH K.
Corson and Kentucky Bcrnanl (r. Witt,
who is now (ieneral (irand Master of the
Second Yeil, but who is to Ut promoted
to the third in room of Nathan Kings
ley of Minnesota, a prominent delegate
and Mason, whose next dignity will lai
(ieneral Grand Royal Arch Captain.
The convocation will have to deal
with matters connected with the ritual.
This subject haa grown in importance
with the passing of year since the
meeting of the last Ualy until various
vexing deviations have tKvome notice
able throughout the Grand Chaptera.
These deviations will require - i.il
action, ami it is the intention ol the
(ieneral (irand Chapter to establiah uni
formity in the ritual and ceremonii-a.
It is needless to point out that these
matter are never entirely made public,
but as there have been dillcremvs of
opinion for over a year with regard to
the insignia and their proper u-e F.aat
ern inenila-rs asserting, indeed, that
some Western States have not under
stood the purport of much of the Ma
sonic code action ha become impera
tive. All difference ol view will la
reconciled, anil the convocation will ap
point a special commission to investi
gate ami report. In the course of a few
months all the deviation Irom orthodox
Masonry whicli have displeased some
of the brethren, who prefer regularity,
will have la-come thing! of the past.
The final adjournment will take tilace
on the 2lth or 27th ol this month. 1 In'
Mayor of Topeka is to address the del
egates, anil the usual tmnquet in the
Masonic Temple will bring the exercises
to a close. The next convocation dia-s
not meet until 1HU7, and its place may
precipitate a struggle between the rep
resentatives ol the F-ast and the Smth.
Another t'oasplrarjr t'aaa.
Ngw Yimic, August 20. The United
Stales government is proceeding again-t
the member of the great steel manu
facturing firm known aa the Benjamin,
Alba and Illingworth Company of New
ark, N.J. The charge is conspiracy to
defraud the government by furnishing
casting for the Navy IVpartment tlm!
contained blowholes w hich were plugged.
I'reeitlent John Illingworth and Secretary
Abraham C. iH-nman were arrested to
day and released on their own reooa'm-
ranees in the sum of f 1,000 for appear
ance to-morrow U-fore United Mate
Commissioner Romaine in Jersey City.
The charges are similar to those aitain-t
the Carnegie oteel Company in tin
matter of steel plates.
Hawaiian Cotnralsaloa (Jolng llomr.
Washisotom, August ll. F"our mem
ber of the Hawaiian Commission, wh
came here to secure redress fore s-tjuc n
I jliuokalani or to prevent the recogni
tion of the new Republic, have le.'t for
iionoiuiu via -an rranciscu. ineir Hus
sion was a complete failure, lln-re :
every reason to la-lieve also that the
royal envoys failed to see the Pr-i l--i.t
la-fore hia departure for Buzxanl' Hav.
It la understood the position taken l v
the State Iiepartment was that, when
the United State offered to restore I.il -ookalrwii
on granting a general amne-tv
and she relused. the l ministration con
ideredTt relations with the sx-y-itt n
terminated.
Klactloa lw Karway.
Loxdox, August 20. Tlie Times' Ber
lin correspondent says advices have
reached Berlin from Christiana. Nor
way, showing the election of deb-gate
f I'.he district ol Tromsoe and Finmark
itulieate no c tinge in the Norwegian
political aitoation.
rrafpaT Hrnaaa III.
5iw Yoax. August 20. Prof. Her-
tr.acn, the mau-ian, is serions.y i. at
his home in White Store. It was re
ported to-night that his condition is vary
ew.
o