Lincoln County Leader.
J. F. STEWART, Publisher.
TOLEDO OREGON
JAPAN AND COREA
They Enter Into an Offensive
and Defensive Alliance.
CHINESE TO BE DRIVEN OUT,
The Mikado Will Io the Fighting and
Core Will Sell the Anny Garden
Truck at Market Hates-Assurance of
Autonomy to Corea.
Washington, September 12. A tele
gram was received at the Japanes lega-
tion this afternoon that a treaty had
been negotiated between Corea and
Japan, which authoritatively defines the
relations of the the two countries toward
each other and toward China.
The object of the treaty is stated in
the preamble to be the mutual desire on
the part of the F.mpcror of Japan and the
King of Corea to definitely fix and deter
mine thealtitudeof each country toward
the other, with a view to clearly eluci
dating the existing relations between
Japan and Corea, which have been cre
ated by the request w hich the Corean
government lias made to the Japanese
government to compel the Chinese to
evacuate Corea. To require concerted
actum lor the more effective accomn isle
nient of this ohiect the treatv of alliance
lietween the two countries was signed at
r-ooui August zu ty uteri, the envoy of
Japan, and the Corean Minister of For
eign Affairs. The treaty consists of three
articles. Article 1 defines the object of
me alliance to lie tne Htrengthenimr and
perpetuating of the independence of
Corea as an autonomous State and the
promotion of the mutual interests of
Japan and Corea liv compelling the Chi
neso forces to withdraw from Corea and
by obliging China to abandon her claii
to the right to dominate the ail'uirs of
the country. Article 'i binds the Japan
eso government to carry on warlike
operations aguinst China, both offensive
and defensive, the Corean government
is bound by the article to afford the
Japanese forces every possible facility
in ineir iiiuvumuiiio ami 10 luriusn nielli
Willi supplies of provisions at a fair re
muneration so lur as such supplies mav
be needed. ISy articlu 3 it is provided
unit me treaty shall terminate so soon
as a treaty of peace shall have been con
cluded I iv Japan with China.
Mr. Kurino, the Japanese Minister,
Haul lo-duy regarding the new treaty be
tween Japan and Corea:
" We have nothing but the announce
ment of the telegram, but my inference
from its terms is that it will prove ad
vantageous to Corea. There has existed
there under Chinese auspices the most
corrupt svslem of government known.
The constant intrigues of China there
have been a threat to the peace of the
Kitst. The Japanese government has
decided the settlement of this question
on terms of peace to the East. It has
done so without expectation of territo
rial aggrandizement or exercise of suzer
ainty of Corea. With the assurance of
autonomy to Corea. which iB the desiun
of this treaty, there will bean opportu
nity lor gieal improvement in lier sys
tem of government, internal admiiiistr.i
tion and oilier aHuirs. Already she has
advanced from a condition of the rule of
an individual inlluenced by China, and
nas a i iimnei oi six memliers and a
l'rime Minister, to whom the ruler looks
for advice and guidance. This change
wus iiiude iimler advice of the Japanese
representative at Seoul."
J le said he did not think the treaty
could lie culled a step toward the peace
ful sett lenient with China. China might,
lie said, have put an end to the dillicul
ties before now by consenting to some
improvements in Corean uH'uirs. The
improvement in government institutions
in Corea, ho admitted, requires foreign
advisers: and eoiinselorM, and these might
bo Japanese or might be other loieigu
ers. lie did not admit the termination
of the present treaty by making peace
willi China could on-n the way for a re
vival of the old Japanese claim of suzer
ainty, which, he suid, Japan had ex
pressly relinquished, for it would put
herself in as bad a position as China by
renewing.
"Corea under the inadequate govern
ment that China gives her," he says,
"is weuk, and other governments, such
as Kiihsia, are constantly threatening to
come in and seize a portion of her terri
tory and thus cause war in the Mast. A
guarantee of her autonomy will guard
against this. All great powers will be
interested ill protecting her from outside
attacks."
WAII NKWS II All!) TO (IKT.
Yokoiuma. September 12. The Mi
kado and several of his Ministers will go
to-morrow uiglil lo Uiroschima, the em
barking place of the Japanese troops
sent to Corea. The headquarters of the
Mi kudo will he transferred to lliroschinia
after that date. Authentic news of the
war cannot be obtained. The native
.press is subject to vigorous censorship,
and reporter! of foreign papers are not
allowed to approach the seat of war. It
is also iniK!sihlu to transmit private
advices in regard to the warlike opera
tions, as the telegraph lines and mail
route! are controlled by the government.
New l'auaiiia Hetieuie.
London, September 12. The Stand
ard's I'uris correspondent telegraphs:
"The Hew Panama canal shares are for
1(H) francs each. Some .100,000 nlmres will
le ottered to the public. If the amount
is not wholly subm-ribed, provision will
lie made with funds in the hands of the
liquidators. It is estimated that the
present issue of WSO.OOO shares w ill suf
fice to carry on the work for at least
eighteen months. The terms of subscrip
tions for the new shares are. 25 francs on
application and 21) francs more OctoU-r
1ft, the remuiuder to lie paid in later in
stallments. llelieral Hoolli t'oiullis- Here.
Loniios, September 12. IVtacliiuent!
of the Salvation Army from all part! of
Ixjiulon assembled at L'ustoti railroad
statiou to-day to bid farewell to licneral
Booth, who started for America. The
tieneral will reach New York aliout
October 20 and proceed to the principal
Northern and Western cities of the
United States until reaching Snn Fran
ci!oo and finishing his tour at Seattle,
Wash., lVceinber 28.
Customs Itule Atiollshed.
Iain don, September 12. The postof
(Ice customs rule prohibiting the im
portation of unmanufactured tobacco by
sample post has been abolished by Post-niaster-lieneral
Morley. Hereafter sam
ples of unmanufactured tobacco, if not
over four ounce! in weight, will lie de
livered by postmen direct on the pay
ment of the custom charge! of U hi'l-ling.
THE BIG FIGHT OFF.
It U Said That Jackson Would Mot Sign
the Article!.
Chicago, September 12. Jackson has
refused to sign the articles to fight Cor
bett. Edward Llovd. representing the
Sioux City Club, met Jackson and his
manager, "Parson" Davies, at the
Briggs House at noon. Lloyd produced
the papers, which Corbett had signed in
New York. Jackson glanced over them,
and at once said they would not do.
I will fight for your purse and a side
bet of 11,000," he said, "but the fight
will have to come off within three
months."
" That's the idea exactly," said Da-
vies. Corbett is on the stage now. and
we don't intend to advertise him until
next May or June. This agreement calls
lor a light between May lo and June If)
ow you people name vour place and
make the time within the next three
months, and Jackson will Bign."
tins Lloyd said he could not do. and
Davies proceeded to pick flaws with the
papers, lie declared the deal did not
look honest. No place was named ; there
was no specification as to whether the
men would fight ten rounds or ten years
or to a finish, and the whole matter had
a pecular look. Jackson chimed in with
an objection to fighting at any outdoor
place.
" l want to light before a club and in
a bouse," he said. " I don't want the
affair to take place in a field or tent."
Lloyd became considerably excited
over the fun Davies poked at the papers,
but kept his temper and tried bard to
obtain the necessary signatures. He de
clared positively, however, he could not
tiring oil the light in the time specified
by Jackson.
"It's three months or nothing," de
clared Davies, and Jackson added, "That's
right." " Well, it's off," said Davies as
he picked up his hat. " I did not like
tiie looks of this thing, anyway."
It was announced later that Jackson
would leave for New York to-night and
immediately sail for the West Indies,
whence he goes to London.
"It is apparently useless to try to get
a lltrri t with Corhett." the pui'ilist, said
"1 could not all'ord to lie around doing
nothing all winter, while Corbett was on
the stage making money out of tne ad
vertisement this fight would give him.
i win try jxinuon ior awnue.
COHIIKTT IIKAKO FI10M.
Washington, September 12. Cham
pion Corbett talked freelv to-niuht con
cerning Jac kson's refusal to sign articles
for a fight under the auspicies of the
Monx city Athletic Club next year. Cor-
belt insisted that Jackson's objections
to the conditions oi the articles Unit they
failed to point out the place of fighting
and duration of fight were, very trivial
and oiiL'ht not to have anv consideration
ill the minds of people, lie pointed out
in this connection that in Ins light with
Mitchell there was no certainty regard-
iug the place and time of the fight, even
the day before the battle.
"Will you accommodate Jackson by
agreeing to light him within three
months as ho desires?" Corbett was
asked.
"Certainly; I -will flglit him in throe
months, or in two weeks, and even to
morrow, II it were possible," replied
Mirueit.
UNDKK TIIK NKW LAW.
The Action Taken by Hnalu In Itegnril
to Our Kx ports.
Washington, September 12. Consul
Cieneral Williams at Havana under date
of August 21 lias Bent a dispatch to act
ing Secretary of State Uhl, a copy of
which was yesterday sent to Secretary
Carlisle, giving the translation of a tele
gram received the day previous by the
(iovernor-tieneral of Cuba from the
Minister of the Colonies at Madrid di
recting the latter to replace the duties
on American products on that island and
I'orto Uico aB soon as the new tarill' bill
went into operation. This is the first
olliciul notification received by the Treas
ury Department of the restoration of
duties by any country which was a party
to
me reciprocity agreement provided
for by the McKinlev law. This action
of the Spanish government will reim
pose duties on many articles exported to
Cuba from the United States, including
meat in brine, bacon, hams, lard, tallow,
lii-h, oats, starch, cotton-seed oil, hay,
fruits, woods of- all kinds, agricultural
implements, ice, coal, etc., and will re
store the reductions made on corn,
wheat, flour, butter, bootB, shoes, etc.
NO OFFICIALS KOlt UOUNTV SUGAIt.
Washington, September 12. Secre
tary Carlisle in a letter to-dav, addressed
to Senator Cutlery of Ixmisiaha, officially
decided that under the new tarill' law it
will be unlawful to appoint inspectors,
weigl lers and testers of bounty Biigars
under the McKinley act, and further,
that, Congress having made no appropri
ation for the employment of such of
ficials, the lawn of the United States pro
hibit the employment of such persons to
servo williout pav.
The letter does not decide the main
question in which the sugar growers are
interested, which is whether the sugar
bounty for this year earned up to the
time the tariff hill went into effect would
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ever, that be has no authority to pa. il
Nullities earned this year before tli
lie paid, l here seems littledoubt, how-
he
lie
tarill' bill went into effect. The law savs
it shall be unlawful after the passage of
mo cv io pay sucii nountics. The only
recourse left to smrar growers for luiim.
ties earned will he to sue in the Court
oi v limns.
Fit It K ADMISSION OK l.r.MHKU.
Washington, September 12. Secre-
mry arnme ucciucii io-iiav in a letter
addressed to the Collector of Customs at
iew l oi k that the " reciprocity" eondi
lions attached by the new tariff bill to
the provision for tint free admission of
lumber did not apply to the Iknuinioii
oi i annua.
1IKN KKU'lAL HKKt'l.TH 1'UKPUTKU.
T i ... ...
i.i-i-v., r-i-pieiiiiier i.. ai to-day s
session of the Congress of Associated
v milliners ol Commerce the chairman in
ins speech predicted beneficial results
iroin uie new American tarill law
Klei-tlous lu Nialn.
Maphip, Septemlier 12. The result of
tne elections in the provinces Monday
for the Councils, so far as known, is as
ioiiows: viovcrnmcni 1. literals, ail:
Conservatives, IHi; Dissentients, .S3; Car-
lists, 18; Kcmililicaus. :I2: lmli-nim.l.
cut, 11.
Ma relit ii g on Madagascar.
Paris, Septemlier 12. The govern
ment will add four warships to the
French squadron in the Indian Ocean.
It is reported that an expedition 6,100
strong is to march on Antananarivo, the
capital of Madagascar, by a route al
ready planned,
Tim llialy' Complaint.
Dciii.in, Septemlier 12. Davitt has
written Tim Heal v demanding the tmtnr..
of his complaints against Justin M,-.
I arty and the committee of the Irish
I'rty.
Military Interference.
Pahis, September 12. U Tempi says
military Interference in Madagascar is
inevitable unlesi thu Hova iroverumcnt
(rowan ( tiuiu.
STANFORD ESTATE
The Executrix Has Succeeded in
Straightening It Out.
THE DEBTS ARE ALL PAID.
When It Has Been Finally Distributed,
the University Will be the Richest In
America Its Facilities and Scope to
be Greatly Enlarged.
San Fbancisco, September 11. The
Examiner says Mrs. Stanford has paid
off the last of the debts due from the
Stanford estate and has thus early got
its great properties in almost perfect or
der. She is now anxious for a distribu
tion of the estate, bo that she may se
cure personal control of the millions of
which she is now executrix. She is
ready to proceed with the expenditure
of a large amount of money to greatly
increase the revenues and enlarge the
facilities and scope of the university. As
Boon as a distribution is ordered she will
begin operations in a new field. Then
under her personal supervision the erec
tion of several hundred thousand dollars'
worth of new buildings and the early
expansion of the university to three
times its present magnitude will be
begun, one is ready to begin this work
early next spring if the estate can be
distributed by that time. The estate is
nearly ready for distribution, except for
three claims that are pending. One is a
suit for $76,000, involving a horse, which
is pending on appeal, and another is a
suit for $7,000 brought recently for books
for the university. The other claim is
the $15,000,000 claim against the Stan
ford estate, which Attorney-Oeneral Ol
ney has presented on behalf of the gov
ernment to Mrs. Stanford aB executrix,
This suit is an annoyance to Mrs. Stan
ford, because so long as it is unsettled it
will prevent tier from spending a dollar
ot the estate in behalf of ttie university,
She had planned to begin spending
several hundred thousand dollars in en
larging the institution next spring, but
sue win be unable to use any of the es
tate bequeathed to herself or the univer
sity by her husband until a distribution
is ordered, and this the Probate Court
cannot authorize until all claims are ad
justed.
Mrs. Stanford has stated that all of
tier property and all of the estate willed
to her by btanford is with the exception
of a few comparatively small bequests
to go to the university, and that when
the estate comes into her private posses
Bion it will be used for the university
during her life, aB it will be after her
death. There is an ample income to
keep the university going at its present
cost of about $200,000 a year, and the
great properties deeded to the university
by Senator Stanford, Palo Alto ranch
and stock farm, Uridley ranch and Vina
ranch, yield a large revenue, which has
never been quoted. Mrs. Stanford can
liesideB this give to the university from
the private fortune that was hers before
Senator Stanford's death and from her
allowance of $10,000 a month from the
estate. Hut for the large amount of cap
ital and larger revenues necessary lor an
enlargement of the university she is
waiting fur the distribution of the es
tate, of which she is executrix, and
which was appraised at $17,000,000. This
includes a bequest of $250,000 to the uni
versity and tiiat of $:IOO,000 to Thomas
Walton Stanford of Australia, which bus
been turned over to the university by
air. Miiiuord. The university can ob
tain nothing from these bequeBts until
the distribution iB made. As booh as the
distribution is effected Stanford Univer
sity will at once have added to its avai
able income the interest on t7.000,000.
It will from that time have practically
the income of the entire Stanford for
tune, which in times of ordinary pros
perity would exceed, it is stated on good
authority, $1,500,000 a year. Its income
will be three times that of Harvard, the
richest of the American universities,
and greater than the university of Ber
lin. Til K Aril.l.I DISASTKK.
Twelve Hollies Have Itoen Taken From
the Wreck.
.Paris, September 11. The disaster to
the Paris and Cologne express train at
Apilli, between Noyon and Chauny, yes
terday was more serious than at first
supposed. The first estimates placed
the number of persons killed at ten, with
twenty injured. Twelve bodies have
already been taken from the wreck. The
accident was due to the slow shunting of
a ireignt train atApilli. The engineer
oi tne express saw the cars on t lie line,
and reversed the engine. The shock of
the collision was borne by the three front
carB. as booh as the accident became
known a priest and others hurried to the
railroad station, and did everything to
assist the dying and injured. The re
port that the station master at Apilli
iiad committed suicide by jumping in
front of the express train w hen he saw
the collision was inevitable turns out in
correct. The station master ran along
the track to signal the express and the
freight train, and was caught between
the two trains and killed. It seems
certain there were Americans among the
killed or injured.
SOl'TIIKKN I.YMIIINtlS.
What la Bald or Kiiitland's Intention to
Investigate.
I.itti.k Koi'K, September 11. Gov
ernor Kishback to-day received a tele
gram from a New York newspaper as
follows:
"An English committee has been sent
hero to investigate and denounce lynch
ing. Please telegraph us what yon think
of English meddling with our affairs."
In reply the Oovemor sent the follow
ing: "That England, a foreign country and
one which pays less than one-third as
much money per capita for the educa
tion of its people as the States pav,
should assume the role of missionary to
teach us our duty can but excite ridicule
as well as resentment. If this commit
tee is sincere in its efforts to suppress
lynching, it is sadly wanting in common
sense not to have learned this much of
human nature. Mv advice to the com
mittee, if it is Indeed iu earnest and
honest, is to go home."
The Anarchists Active.
P.KKUN, Septemlier U. The- Cirau-
denzer .citung says, while the imperial
party was at Marienburg last Saturday,
anarchists distributed revolutionary leaf
lets throughout the neighborhood. He-
sides stating the principles of anarchism
the leaflets threatened personal violence
to the imperial party The police around
Marienburg have adopted tne most elab
orate precautious,
obliged as soon
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i.i;ai. i::-.tirit ASKED.
Keaaon Why the Trancontinental Lines
Have Failed.
St. Paul, September 11. An official
of the Great Northern to-night gave the
press the following statement of inside
facts of the recent unsuccessful attempt
to reorganize the Transcontinental As
sociation. The representatives of the
transcontinental lines adjourned Satur
day night without having made any de
cided progress in the formation of an as.
sociation. The Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company was asked to be
come a member of the association, which
was to be established for the maintenance
of rates. The road signified its willing
ness, and was represented at the meet
ing, but requested before an organiz
ation was made that it be placed on
terms oi equality with tne other trans
continental lines bv an equal represen
tation of tickets witli the Southern Pa
cific that other lines through Portland
enjoyed, claiming the right in connection
wnu its steamship lines to make the
same rates through Portland as were
maae oy me facihc fcteamsnip Company
through Seattle. It did not ask for dif
ferential fares, but simply for equal rates.
The Southern Pacilic Company declined
to interchange trallic with tiie Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company un-lfc-ss
it would agree to maintain by its
water routes the same rates as made by
the Southern Pacilic over its Shasta
route and ignore the competition of the
Pacific Steamship Company through
Seattle. The Oregon Kailway and Navi
gation deemed this proposition unfair,
and declined to join in any agreement
tin it was placed on terms of equality
with the other roads represented at the
meeting. The position of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation was fully in
dorsed by the Great Northern, with
which the Oregon Railway and Naviga
tion has recently made arrangements for
an interchange oi tramc through Spo
kane. STOOD IN WITH THIEVKS.
What the Lexow Investigation In Bring
ing to Light.
New Youk, September 11. The in
vestigation of the police department was
resumed to-day by the Lexow commit
tee of the State Senate. Mr. Goff was
inquisitor-in-chief. He first stretched
Detective Sergeant Charles A. II an ley
upon the rack. The handsome gold
watch which Hanley carried served for
a text for GoIPb interrogations, which
were directed to showing the police were
upon too friendly terms with the pawn
brokers for the good of the public, and
that it was not uncommon for pawn
brokers to Bell officers valuable articles
at ridiculously low prices. Goff also
questioned Hanley as to his relations
with Jimmy McNally, well known as
"Green-Goods Jim," the interrogations
implying the thief taker had accepted
gifts at the hands of the man whom he
denounced as a thief. The detective was
asked if he ever received money from
McNally, and made an equivocal answer.
This was followed by the question if he
had not received from McNally two
handsome banquet lamps. His reply
was:
"I don't know anything about the
lamps. My wife got them."
Given Hack Her Speech.
Winfikld, L. I., September 11. A
lioiiHe belonging to John Zelinka of this
village was Btruck by lightning during
the fitorm Saturday night. A bolt went
through a two-foot brick wall into the
dining room, where'Mr. Zelinka, a neigh
bor and Mra. Fisher, a visitor, were dis
cussing tiie storm. It seemed to pass
between Mrs. Fisher and her thirteen-year-old
daughter Mary, who had been
deaf and dumb for over eight years.
Mrs. Fisher and her daughter sat mo
tionless for several seconds, when the
little girl got up and, pointing her linger
to her ear, said: "Mamma, I heard
that ; let us go home." This is the first
time, it is said, that she has sjioken since
an attack of scarlet fever left her deaf
and speechless.
Want a New Knting Mule.
Lonuon, Septemlier H. The commit
tee appointed by the Yacht Racing As
sociation to consider the racing rule, as
sisted by naval architects George S.
Watson, William Fife, Jr., A. K. Payne
and Dixon Kemp, resolved to-day that
negotiations should be entered into with
the .New York acht Club for an inter
national rating rule. Failing to accom
plish this, it is proposed to modify the
present ruio 111 impd so that it can be
came a law in 18!Hi by placing a premium
on the depth of the quarters and on
beam, thus insuring greater bulk of
under-water body.
Kckel's Annual liepurt.
- Wasuinuton, September 11. The an
nual report of the Controller of the Cur
rency was made public to-day. It is a
record of tho work of the Controller's
office, and shows that the total number
of accounts, claims and cases settleddur-
ing the fiscal year ended June DO last was
::i, 105, involving $1,S0,W2,!KI2. By com
paring the work of tins olhce for the past
three fiscal years an increase in the vol
ume of business since 18!U in round
numbers of $104,000,000 is shown, witli
an increase in t he last fiscal year of 74.-
000,000.
lack Fay of Letter Carriers.
Wasuinuton, September 11. The
claims of the letter carriers for back
pay, for which judgments were rendered
by the Court of Claims and for which
appropriations were made in the last
deficiency bill, will lie paid at the treas
ury. The vast majority of these claims,
however, are still pending before the
Court of Claims ; but it is expected when
the court meets October 22 judgment in
those pending w ill be quickly rendered,
based on the decisions in former cases.
lHclareil to be I'lifoumliMl.
El Paso, Tex., Septemlier 11. There
seems to be absolutely nothing in the
story of the massacre of tho Interna
tional Boundary Commission east of F.I
I'aso on the K10 Grande. I he onlv com
mission in the field is in command of
1 aul tunmngham. with a military es-
oort, working west from Fort Hiiactiuca,
A. T. The commission to le-establisli
the river boundary east of El Paso is not
in the field.
Opioftcs ticronlino'l Iteinoval.
Wasuinuton, September 1 1. Kx-Gov-
emor Zulick is in the city, and has
written a letter to the President vigor
ously opposing the removal of Chief
Geroiiiuio and his Apaches from Mount
Vernon Barracks in Alabama, wliere
they are now confined, to their former
reservation in Arizona.
Corbett to be Indicted
Nkw York, September 11. It is
t is now
" .
wil do-
Known almost .lellnitelv that
charge to the jury Judge Pupuv
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THE WHOLE PLOT.
Authorities Succeed in Ferret
ing Out the Lynchers.
ASSISTANT JAILER INDICTED.
The Evidence Shows That the Dastardly
Crime Committed Jiear Millington
Wa Carefully Planned-Sheriff'! Son
Kxpoaea the Conspirators.
Memphis, Tenn., September 10. The
whole plot of the lynching of the six al
leged negro incendiaries near Milling
ton the night of AugUBt 23 has been
laid bare, and before many hours elapse
every man implicated in the conspiracy
will be in jail. Robert McCarver, eon of
J. A. McCarver, Sheriffof Shelby county,
is the man who exposed the conspirators.
He was before the grand jury last night,
and told the whole story. In bis testi
mony he said be was invited to partici
pate in the lynching by H. N. Smith,
one of the men now in jail under in
dictment for complicity in the lynching.
Smith gave McCarver the names of the
men who were to compose the mob, and
told him how the negroes would be ar
rested by Detective W. S. Richardson,
placed in a wagon and driven to Big
creek swamp, where they would be in
waiting. When tiie invitation to par
ticipate was given to young McCarver,
it was represented that his father knew
of it, and that Judge Cooper of the
Criminal Court was not in the dark.
These representations were untrue, and
were made by Smith with the intention,
if possible, to mix Sheriff McCarver in
the affair through his son, so that his
hands would lie tied if anv investigation
should be instituted by the authorities.
Young McCarver declined to join the
mob, and the day after the lynching
d!-!o"'l the 'Mails of the plot to Joseph
Thiers and Hoffman. It was through
these men that the grand jury obtained
its first information about the conspiracy
and the importance of McCarver's testi
mony. In the Criminal Court to-day
Judge Cooper after hearing McCarver's
statements ordered him placed under
$10,000 bonds to insure his presence at
the trial of the lynchers.
ASSISTANT WARPKN INDICTKO.
Memphis, September 10. The grand
jury lias sprung a sensation witli an in
dictment against William Cox, the as
sistant warden at the county jail, charg
ing him with perjury in connection with
the lynching of the six alleged negro in
cendiaries near Millington a week ago.
It is alleged in the indictment that Cox
was cognizant of and a party to a con
spiracy to lynch the negroes, and that he
told Joseph Thiers and others the day
before they were murdered that there
would be a necktie party in the vicinity
of Kerrville andMillineton Friday niirht.
Cox denied this statement wlien he was
called before tho grand jury, and the
indictment for perjury followed. Cox
was arrested and locked up.
MASS MKKTINO OF NEGHOKS.
Memphis, September 10. A call was
issued yesterday by the pastors of all the
negro churches lor a mass meeting to
night for the purpose of publicly thank
ing Governor Turner. .Indue Cooner and
the white citizens of Memphis for the
determination they have shown to bring
theMillingtonlynchersto justice. Funds
win aiso ne raised ior the widows and
orphans ot the six negroes who were
muruercu by the mob.
NO NKKI) Of A VKSSKL.
Time for Hawaii to Etiililih Her Stanil-
iiiK Anions Nations.
San Francisco, September 10. Rear-
Admiral Beanlslee, who has recently suc
ceeded to command of the Pacific station,
expects to remoin in California for two
months until his flagship, the Philadel
phia, is again ready for sea. "The re
pairs on the Philadelphia will take fullv
two months," he said. Concerning the
possible need of a cruiser's presence at
iiuuoiuiu uuring tne approaching elec
lion lie Bald the commander of the
Charleston, which lias probablv arrived
at Honolulu by this time, can use his
own discretion as to whether lie had
better remain there or proceed direct to
1 oKonama. v. lthout speaking ollici
ally, he continued, " it mav be the
poney 01 the government to deem the
presence of a war vessel at Honolulu an
indication that it is a necessity. If it is
not a necessity, there could be'no reason
why it should be there. I should sav
that , if the government of Hawaii is ever
to have any standing with the nations of
the earth, it is time for it to be permitted
to establish the standing without out
side assistance. There is no reason why
the Hawaiian Islands should lie visited
by the vessels of the squadron in prefer
ence to other important points, such as
Peru, where a revolution is impending.
There are now no vessels on the Central
or South American coasts, though the
unsettled state of affairs in several lo
colities would seem to BUggest that it
might be advisable to have a cruiser
there to protect American interests. It
is very doubtful if Hawaii will be given
the attention that it received during the
past year, as the prospective harmonious
conditions there do not demand it. There
are, however, no orders as vet, and I
have not the slightest idea wliere I shall
be ordered when the Philadelphia is
readv for sea."
CANADIAN CLAIMS.
No rropoaitlun Him llcen Made to Settle
the Seal Flahcrle.
Wasuinuton. September 10. "It i
the first I have heard of any such offer,"
said acting Secretary Uhl for the State
Department when shown the dispatch
from Ottawa saying that Sir Charles
I upper, Canadian Minister of Marino
and 1-isheries. had received .11.,... .1.
from Victoria tellimr of
interested scalers to take the $t2" 000
ollered by the United States government
as a settlement for the dispute about
", u;"- -sn'd mat no such sum
had been appropriated for the purpose
given. During the closing davs of Con
gress Secretary Greslmm was at the cap.
itol interviewing memliers of the twj
Appropriation totnniittees as to the
chances for obtaining an appropriation
to settle the claims of Canadian sealers
In view of the short time remaining un
til the termination of the session it was
deemed inadvisable to attempt to secure
the passage of a bill carrying theamount
named, particularly as no measure could
be put through except bv nninimm,.
consent. The State Department nin..i.,i
are at a loss lo understand the meaning
of the message of Sir Charles Tupper.
llli Heath Sentence Sigurd.
Mexico. Sentemtwr in M,,..:.
of the Superior Tribunal have signed the
'li-atb sentence of Edward T. Adams, an
American photographer who was W
con-
me ueienuant a
oelore Preside
santunsa,
SCN AGAIN SHCT OITT.
Smouldering Fore.t Fire. Fanned Into
a Fresh Blaze.
DciXTn, Minn., September 10.-The
forest fires were renewed again to-day in
this region by ft heavy southwest gale,
which steadily increased in force. The
sun was shut out, and the horizon again
took on the sickly yellow coat of the fatal
Saturday a week ago. There was great
excitement here. The sensation was in
tensified bv the breaking out of forest
fires in the'eity limits. Fire crept around
in the undergrowth at Oneata, and caused
some apprehension. Then an alarm
came in from Duluth Heights, a suburb
surrounded by timber. The fire depart
ment sent up a detachment, which a lit
tle later sent for an engine. I hen the
at fever heat, for neWS
exciicincufc o v . , V ' , f
had been comine of the sidetracking ot
a St. Paul and Duluth passenger train
because of tires on all sides of it, and
Mora on the Eastern Minnesota road
was reported on fire. At 3 o'clock this
afternoon the operator at Mora on the
Minnesota road, while chatting with the
operator about the danger 01 ure, sud
denly broke the conversation, saying:
" It. ih tret tine awfullv hot down here,
The people have nearly all taken refuge
in Snake river, and I'll have to follow
unless there is a let-up."
HE HAD TO LEAVE.
Just a few minutes passed, and he
said: "Illy: '30'." Tests of the wires
x feu- minutes later proved that they had
gone up. At Kerrick the inhabitants
put in the afternoon fighting the lire,
but thought in the evening the danger
was over. Barnum had a narrow es
nonp nil the afternoon. At Kimberly
on the Northern Pacific a large gang of
railway laborers saved the town.
There was a state ot terror among the
rnfmrees at Pine Citv. for it was feared
another cvclone of fire was at hand. At
8 o'clock tiie wind shifted from the south
west to the northwest, thus driving back
the flames, and at 11 o'clock they had
almost entirely died away. No danger
is now feared unless the wind springs
up again.
Thp n"er-toi- pt Mihefovfl. this pffpr-
noon reported fire all around him and
choking smoke. At Sturgeon Lake and
Moose Lake fires also caused uneasiness
to the residents. The north-bound lim
ited train arrived at Duluth at 10 o'clock
to-night. The passengers reported much
fire on the outskirts of the district swept
a week ago. At Kosb City the residents
became so frightened that they boarded
a freight train standing on the tracks so
aB to be ready for departure, but the
danger passed when the wind subsided.
St. Pai i., September 10. The last re
port from Mora in this city was that the
town was in immediate danger.
still unaccounted for.
Hinckley, September 10. This lias
been quite a gloomy day. The searchers
after the bodies of victims of tiie great
forest fires are resting, but will resume
their work in the morning. Coroner
Cowan and party went to Sandstone to
dav, where thev buried eighty bodies,
There were no religious services here
yesterday. No clergymen were present,
A number of people went to Pine Citv
to attend the memorial services in that
city. Five bodies were found last night
in a cellar on a hill just north of the
Kettle river, and were buried wliere
found. It is believed here the death list
in Pine county will exceed 500, as some
thing like 100 are still unaccounted for
according to Coroner Cowan's official
statement.
RELIEVING TIIE DESTITUTE.
Sr. Pai l, September 10. The State
relief committee, appointed by Governor
aelson to investigate and set on foot the
best measures for the relief of the suf
ferers by forest fires at and around
Hinckley, has made a formal statement.
It recites the first work of the relief done
at various points, and states :
"So far as the immediate relief is con
cerned, it has been splendidly taken
care of and a most eil'ective organization
established to carry on the work.
This leaves little for the State commit
tee to do in the wav of tpninornrw relief.
but hundreds of people have been left
absolutely destitute, their homes and
every article of theiiB are absolutely de
stroyed. To re-establish these people
no mi as possiuie in ineir old homes,
and when practicable to locate them
elsewhere, under such conditions aB will
enable them to support themselves will
he the endeavor of the cnniniinomn
The suirerers by this fire are an excellent
class of people, and they represent fairly
the people of the State. Their requests
are moderate, but the commission finds
that a very large amount of money,
building material and supplies will be
needed. While contributions of material
are acceptable, the commission would
remind the people of the State that
money is the most portable and useful
contribution possible." Most of the
people want to he re-established in their
uuiiies, aim ior this money is needed,
THE TAHIFF.
Mexican OlflclaU Much Interested
Our New Law.
Kansas Citv, Mo., September 10.
r-x-uovernor T. T. Crittenden, Consul
General of the United States to Mexico,
arrived in Kansas City this morning.
Speaking of Mexico, Mr. Crittenden
said:
" The Mexican officials are much in
terested in our new tariff law. It u-ili
tend to increase trade between the two
Kepubhcs, but it is not as liberal as I
cvii.u uiive iiKea to iinv-p soon ,1 1 i
ore ought to have been free. The reduc
tion 01 tne tantt on cattle will be bene
ficial. 1 saw it stated just before I left
00 0TM Z'fVi? " -f ,aritr wil1 bring
100,000 head of Mexican cattle into the
American markets within a vear. I do
not know that this is true, bnt t
as it came to me. The Mexican .
ment wou d reduce the high tariff it
maintains f it. mnl.l u. u
J:.: . " la imiuiciai con-
d ion is unfortunate, and the depreci
a ion in silver has been hard on Mexico
Still ,t is paying the interest on itsdebts!
and the principal as it matures, wh I
"ore man any other Spanish-Ameri
(i State can do. Our American people
' beginning to understand Mexiw Ta d
' have a t,n,i. - . ,l".-uu
there engaged in binels .d ffi
Plantations. Dr. Cockrell .V"1 " "B
nator, is now in the r;(.i
buying machinery for his coffee and sZ tr
haciendas. Others who are tl erl are
Want to Sell the Property,
SAN FU.VNCIMO. Sentu,l.. ,n .
i! i . . " lu- me
of Prison Directors are
Planning to place the State property m
.aneteranbuihi
Legislature Tl?.' V 'r d
San Quentin nroneri,' I
to San e S
"able, persons to
nd opium for com
' Objection i. , , "I i
cause its accession... I
to land li,ior. ,. I
"'in onium fur , "us ,
an II.,;,,, 1 anion,) thV.;l """"" " u uistr bution i '"'""'"erv is now under lnoicnn"
dl fendan " J director,' ! ' " t aots while running
v.- . V" vueimn nronorio i
,teWUnJe,iJenw toUMdiSa
I 'r an acrs.
TWO CYCLONES.
Parts of Missouri and Tennessee
usited by I hem.
COLORED CHURCH WRECKED
Train of Cars Picked Off the Truck .
Curried Twenty Feet A ffa-Kunift
Shaped Cloud Ieula Destruction t,
Everything 1,1 Fath.
Charleston, Mo., September ID. T0
men were killed and a Ecore injure
half of them fatally, in a cyclone to-dar
during which a train was blown from tit
track. The killed are :
Palmalia Dempsey of Missouri rd
Frederick MeClellan of Eldorado, 111,
Among the score of injured only tl
following names could be obtained:
Baggage-master Coyle, badly bruised-
Davis, Eldorado, leg broken ; Dei.
ter, Centertown, O., internally injured
W. H. Decamp, Hamilton, O., sidebadlj
hurt; A. D. Leming, Alto Pass, III., f,.
tally injured ; II. V. Dexter, Moorehous
Mo., shoulder dislocated ; F. AY.
pbrey, Lenora, Mo., arm broken; J
McClendon, Joplin, Mo., arm hurt; M,
J. W. McCollom, Dexter, Mo., am
broken; C. H. Millen, Corning, Ark.,
badly bruised.
It was 3 o'clock to-day when the rf.
bound express on the Iron MuuutaiB
road was struck by a cyclone, and the
result was one of the most serion
wrecks ever known on the system. The
train was in charge of Conductor Jack
Lower and Engineer Andy Hill. It had
just reached the limits of the city when
the passengers and crew noticed the ap
proach of a funnel-shaped cloud that
una dealine destruction to everything i
its path, uprooting trees and hurling
missilea before it,. The tvnin nnH u
cyclone met, and the wind lifted the
entire train of coaches and landed then
a distance of twenty feet from the track,
almoBt turning them over. Those who
were not hurt seriously bad to free them
selves and rescue the others less fortu
nate. Efforts were made in this Uireo
tion, when a new danger presented it.
self. Flames were seen in the rear car,
and only for the heroic action of Brake
man Cartwell an even worse catastrophe
might have been recorded. He hastily
secured a heavy piece of timber and bat
tered down the car door, rushed in and
extinguished the flames. Near by were
a woman and little child afire, and
hastily catching them, he extinguished
the lire, but not until both had been
severely burned. A little fellow 2 years
old iB supposed to have fallen out of the
window when the train overturned. He
was dead, having been fatally bruised.
Aside from the train and passengers the
damage done by the cyclone seems to
have been purely local, and was slight.
Its path waB not over thirty yards wide,
and did not extend more than a mile.
MEMPHIS STRUCK BY A TOKNADO.
Memphis, Tenn., September 13 A
portion of North Memphis was swept
uy a tornado tins morning at ii :au, ae- i
straying and damaging property to-.' ' I
nvlanl ROO billing n r,..m .,,,.1 In.'
VAb....' VS. V.,WV, n.l.lllg Mr ..V.VJ t.UVI III'
juring two other persons slightly. The
portion of the city visited is the seat ol
the lumber mills. The negro, Kobert
Cuth, an assistant fireman employed by
the Hardwood Company, in his eil'ortto
seek a place of safety was caught beneath
a falling Biiiokestuck. One hundred
yards of the Wolf-river bridge of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Southwestern sid
ing was picked up and thrown 100 feet
away. In addition to this work of de
struction many negro houses in the
neighborhood were unroofed or wholly
wrecked, and the Ebenezer Colored Bap
tist Church was destroyed. The tornado
came from the south, and traveled al
most due north. It is said by the weather
bureau to have been purely local, no
warning having been received of its ap
proach. Corn and cotton in the path of
the tornado were destroyed.
THE KILLING MUST STOP.
Otherwise the Seals Will Soon be Ex
terminated. San Francisco, September 14. J.
Stanley Brown, special United States
Treasury agent for the seal islands, has
arrived from rribyloff Islands after an
absence of several months. He was ac
companied by several other agents. He
says the seals were in good condition this
year, and the weather was not unusually
unpleasant. The continued taking of
sealB in the open sea is tending steadily
to reduce the seals. UnlesB a stop ie put
to this seal-killing at sea the number oi
seals that annually visit the islands will
be greatly reduced. "The contractors
killed this vear," said Drown, "about
10,000 of the 20,000 that the government
permits to be taken from the rookeries.
Besides these sealers who were taking
seals in the open sea killed 30,0i 0. These
are far too many. At this rate the seals
will be exterminated. It should be re
membered that, while the government
does not permit the taking of any but
immature males from the rookeries, the
mariners who go after seals in the open
sea kill males and females indiscrimi
nately. At present the killing of seals
in the open Bea cannot be under the laws
entirely prohibited. It is not poaching,
for hun ters do not come upon the islands
or within a marine league of them. A'
least this is not the rule. It is very for
tunate that Assistant Secretary Hamlin
visited the sealing grounds this year.
He worked very hard to gain an exact
knowledge of the conditions. This was
just what we, who have been visiting the
islands for years, desired. One migh'
write and Bneak incessantly, but h
could not depict all the facts as they ex
ist. Mr. Hamlin is a high oflicial, and
now be thoroughly understands the situ
ation. His report is certain to be a very
important and interesting document."
Date of Issue Postponed.
London, September 13. A correipon1'
entof the Standard at Paris says: "T''e
issue of the new Panama canal eharw
has been postponed from September 18
to September 22. Thirty million francs
will be expended in the first instance st
the Culebra cutting. It is estimated the
present issue will suffice to carry on the
work eighteen months, perhaps longer
Several thousand workmen are alri-ady
assembled at Panama awaiting the re
sumption of work.
San Francisco Hank Scandal.
San Francisco, September 14. The
Pacific Bank has beirun suit sirainst
v"anes Montgomery to recover amio
pi i . ...
WOOD, borro'
irn.l Irntn (l,o lliat illltioll
aur,."g his ter
during his term as director of the sister
:'?'lk. the People's Home Savin?.
t,. .. - --r - , ,. ,
r"e s isank a u m. Kat-om ot her ui-
lior of rop-e'. Bank will .he
brought up for trial on grand jury m-