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CONFIRMED IN PARIS Suspicions Cabled to Washington and Rio Janeiro. STORY MAY PROVE TO BE HOAX S l M m t r R eported to H ava Conveyed Explosives to Southern P o rt — P recau tion * T a k e n . Paris, Jan. 21.— The reperte cabled from Rio de Janeiiuo thattbe Braz.lian authorities were warned from Paris oi a poesible attempt to blow up the American battle hip fleet while in the harbor there are true. Some time ago certain suspicions indicating the exist ence o( a pint to destroy the whole or a portion of the fleet, either at Rio Janei ro or in the Slraits of Magellan, were aroused and communicated to Rio Ja neiro and Washington. A chartered steamer was reported to have conveyed explosives for the use of tire conspira tors to Rio Janeiro, arriving there about the middle of December, and John Fedher, whose name is mentioned in the Rio Janeiro dispatches, was one of the men whose names were revealed here as Implicated in the conspiracy. The alleged plot is supposed to have some rather startling ramifications, but the evidence along this line is far from conclusive and rests chiefly upon the statement of an individual whose record was subsequently proved to be any thing but creditable. Consequently the whole affair is regarded wjth much skepticism, and indeed the presump tion has been raised that it may have beau a deliberately concocted scare. H E N E Y N E A R IN G C L IM A X . G overnm ent W itnesses T e ll o f Land S tealing by S ettlers. R U E F F O R F E IT » IM M U N I T Y . D istric t A tto rn ey Lengdon Says gotiations A re O ve r. N e Heney Tells Sensational S to ry In H i* O pening S tatem ent. San Francisco, Jan. 20.— I t was an nounced late Saturday night that the graft prosecution bas determined to dis continue all negotiations with Abraham Kuef, the central figure in the graft cases, in the matter of granting him immunity. It was further stated that today the prosecution would demand that Ruef be put on trial before Judge Dunne on one of the many charges of bribery for which he has been indicted. This determination of the prosecution came at the end of^severai «lays’ fruit less negotiations with Ruef. It is said that some time agd the prosecution promised Ruef partial immunity in consideration of his taking the witness stand and truthfully testifying in full to all his transactions with public serv ice corporation officials to be tried on the charge of bribery. When the District Court of Appeals rendered its decision declaring void the indictmentB for extortion against ex- Mayor Schmitz, to which Ruef had al ready pleaded guilty, it is charge«! that Iiuef, realizing that the decision placed him in an advantageous position, de manded full immunity. This the pros ecution would not consent to grant, and there followed a series of conferences in which Ruef endeavored to secure better terms. Portland, Jan. 17.— In his opening address in the Hall-Mays conspiracy trial yesterday, Francis J. Heney charg the Ninth Circuit Federal court to de ed that: termine in equity the rights of Ameri Hall wante«l reappointment as Unit- can citizens under the Behring sea ar , ed States district attorney and sought bitration and render judgment thereon. election of Senators Mitchell and Ful ton to that end. Washington, Jan. 20.— Unrestrained i He forced State Senator W . W . Stei- opportunity to express views od the I wer to vote for Fulton in February, immigration question was afforded 1903, by threatening Steiwer and others members of the house today by the de with criminal prosecution (H a ll then cision to take up and consider a bill ap being United States district attorney) propriating $260,000 for an imtnigta; for illegal fercing of public lands. tion station in Philadelphia and so Fulton was a party to this deal with many took advantage of it that the Steiwer and used his influence in Stei- code of laws bill, which the managers wer's behalf to cause Hall to institute bad planned to take up, was side track civil proceedings against Steiwer in ed for the day. stead of criminal. The discussion of the immigration Brownell wanted to succeed Hall and station bill opeDed up the whole sub bad pledges of support from Mitchell ject of immigration and excited the in and Fulton. Hall forced Brownell to terest of the entire house. Members retire sod so to notify Mitchell SDd from both sides of the chamber cla Fulton, by threatening Brownell with mored for recognition, which carried proeecuticn for acknowledging forged with it the right to speak for an hour, land papers, for which Brownell later if so desired. was indicted through Heney. The debate was notable in that it Hail threatened Hermann, W illiam was indulged in largely by members son and Mitchell with land-fraud in serving Iheir first terms, who foand in dictment if they did not secure his re the bill a chance to make their maiden appointment. efforts at speech making on the floor Hall hail agreement with Steiwer, of the bouse. The entire session was Zachary and Hendricks by which he devoted to a consideration of the bill, allowed them to maintain their illegal which was passed. fences, this being the alleged conspir acy. T h ursd ay, January 16. Hall says he and Mays will beth take Washington, Jan. 16.— A complete change of front was exhibited by the the stand in their own defense. L . R. Webster, attorney for Hall, majority in the house of representa tives today in the consideiation of the eaid that when his client first learned bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the illegal fenoes in 1901, be noti of the United States. The pacific fied Steiwer, et al.. that they must not Webster de spirit displayed by the committee on fence government land. revision of laws toward the close of nied that Hall was actuated by ulterior yesterday’s session, when it appeared motivea, politics or other. Witnesses Putnam and King testified as though the several amendments strengthening certain provisions of the that they informed Hall by letter of bill regarding corruption in the ap the fences as early as March, 1900. pointment of persons to publio offices The fences were not removed until would be adopted, had vanished today 1905, after Hall was ousted from oflice. and instead every Inch of ground was fought over to keep amendments out of IN V E S T IG A T E H A R R IM A N . the bill. When adjournment was token, only six additional pages had C alifornia W ill P ro be Into A ctions o f been disposed of and bat one or two S outhern Pacific. verbal amendments by the committee San Francisco, Jan. 17.— After 29 had been inserted.' A resolution was adopted that the yearB of quiescent obedience, the etate house convene at 9 a. m. instead of 12, board of railroad commieeionera flew and remain in session nntil 6 p. m. full into the face of the Southern Pacific company today and ordered a search Lunch hour to be from 1 to 2. ing investigation into the rebating pro Washington, Jan. 16.— Senator Ful clivities of the Harriman lines, the ton has introduced a b ill appropriating Santo Fe and the Salt Lake road. At $250,000 for a revenue cutter for the tbe same time the board, with the Portland station. The bill has the ap assistance of Attorney General Webb, proval of the Treasury department. passed tbe responsibility for efficacious A resolution was passed declaring action to the «loor of Governor Giilett. that no communication from heads of It lies with the chief executive to au departments would be received unless thorize tbe expenditure of the money sent in compliance of law or trans that euch an investigation w ill coat, mitted by the persident. and Mr. G iilett has no alternative but Carter, of Montana, opposes giving to cbooee squarely between tbe people public land to tbe states for various and the railroads. purposes. The sudden awakening of the board A bill has been introduce«] creating a has developed a unique situation. The bureau of mining. state railroad commission has always The eenate calendar was cleared of been the object of tender care on the nearly every bill upon it today and the part of William F. Herrin. Now the bill to revise the criminal laws oi the commission haa suddenly decided to United States wag taken ap and dis put Mr. Herrin and his associates on cussed until adjournment, which was the carpet. token at 4:30 until Monday. R U S S IA N F O L L O W S F L E E T . Naval O ffic e r o f the C z a r W atching Every M ovem ent. St. Petersbnrg, Jan. 20.— The im portance attached by the Russian ad miralty to the lessons to be learned from the vaoyage of the American bat tleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans is shown by the fact that the naval officer, Commander Alexis Diatchkoff, is following the fleet around the Horn, traveling from port to port by any means he can obtain. He adopted this course only after his repeated requests for permission to join the ships had been refused. It ie reported here that Diatchkoff succeeded in getting on board one of the American warships at Rio Janeiro, and the entire incident of this officer’s activities had been a source of some friction between th e* Russian foreign minister here and the admiralty. When Baron ltosen, the Russian ambassador to the United States, was instructed to ask for a permit for Diatchkoff to join Admiral Evans, he declined on the grounde that he knew his request would be unfavorably received at Washington. Thereupon the Rus-ian admiraltv, after further correspondence with the Foreign office, instructed Diatchkoff to apply personally to Secretary Metcalf. This the officer did, but in vain. He was therefore ordered to follow the fleet ae closely as he could, making use of private steamers. Portland, Jan. 21.— With testimony atrong and apparently conclusive, the governm* nt yesterday by several wit nesses in the Hall-Mays conspiracy trial exposed the bold and law defying operations of the Butte Creek Land, Livestock A Lumber company, and dis closed to the jury how during the years 101)0 and 1901 this company acquired fraudulently a considerable area of public land. By the same evidence it was shown how this land grabbing cor poration by the acquisition of these lands was enabled to complete the en- olosure of a still larger area of govern ment land to which other settlers were denied acceBS for grazing purposes. Heney, for the prosecution, made considerable progress in establishing the existence of a conspiracy ameng the members of the Butte Creek company and he said last night that the govern ment’s case would be supported still further as to the alleged conspiracy by the introduction today of more testi P R O G R E S S IS S L O W . mony of the same character as that presented yesterday. When this has been done, Heney w ill begin the next H a ll-M a y i T ria l at P ortlan d May Take W eeks to E nd . step outlined by the prosecution and w ill seek positively to connect Hall Portland, Jan. 20.— Neither Prose and Mays with the conspiracy that will cutor Heney nor the lawyers for the de have been proved against the oflicerB of fendants will hazard a prediction as to the Butte Creek company. » the time that wilt web required to con clude the Hall-Mays conspiracy trial. S T O R M C IT Y H A L L . One week already baa been consumed and the government has scarcely made S ix Thousand Unem ployed in S eattle a beginning, only one of its many im M a ke D em onstration. portant witnesses having been examin Seattle, Jan. 21.— The unemployed ed. More than 70 witness«^ for the laborer’s long talked of demonstration government are In the city, summoned to testify against one or more of the 12 was made yesterday. Marshaled by leaders of the Indus defendants named in the indictment, trial Workers of the World, an organ but sinca the prosecution haa decided ization which includes the unemployed to try only Hall and Mays at this time, in its membership, about 6,000 men Mr. Heney eayB be may not call all of marched up First avenue for several the government’s witnesses. In this way the trial may be shorten blocks and then debouched to the city hall, where a call was made for the ed somewhat, but if all of the witnesses take the stand, the case w ill drag along mayor. The mayor submitted a letter a short for weeks. There is little doubt that tim e later in which he replied to the between two and Ihree weeks more at demands by saying that the county the least will be required to complete commissioners have devoted $5,000 to the introduction of testimony and sub Thus far the feeding and sheltering the unemployed, mit the case to the jury. that all public works provided for by testimony has not been damaging to appropriation are now under wayj and Hail or Mays. that to do away with the chain gang t w ill be necessary for the council to H a rv e s te r T ru s t i t Fined. strike the ordinance from the books. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 20.— Judge Dana, S everal A rre s ts in B ra zil. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 21.— Several ar rests have been made in connection with the alleged plot to destroy part of the American fleet. The band which is supposed to have organized the plot is presumably composed of five Italiane. One Canadian and two Germans have been arrested here, and it is believed that the other members of the band have been taken into custody. The members of the band counted on the assistance of a Spaniard named Rech erò, who has lived in this city for a long time. Bank C om m issioners S ued. San Francisco, Jan. 21.— Henry B Rues today began suit against the pres ent and former boards of state bank commissioners to recover $16,374.53, which he deposited with the California Safe Deposit A Trust company on the strength, he alleged, of favorable re ports regarding the condition of that institution, issued by the commission ers. He said that he made a deposit of $10,000 in the bank only two days be fore its doors were closed. P O L IT IC S F IG U R E L A R G E L Y . in the 8hawnee Counly District court here todav, assessed a fine of $12,600 against the International Harvester company, which the court fountk guilty on 43 counts of violating the Kansas anti trust law. The maximum fine ie $1,000 a count, and the minimum $100. The criminal suit was filed a year ago by Attorney General Coleman, who contended that the harveeter company was being operated in Kansas in viola tion of the anti-truet laws. An appeal w ill be taken. Fatal W re c k on S eab oard L in *. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 20.— As the re sult of a head-on collision at Cameron. 55 miles south of Raleigh, between a Seaboard A ir I.ine freight and a north bound fast passenger train, early today, two men were killed and 20 injured, none seriously. Engineer E. H. Vaughan and a negro fireman, both of the passeTTger train, were killed. The collision ie attribute«! to trouble with the air brakes on the freight train and to complicated train orders. Ju dg e Receives Explosive. Cleveland, Jen. 20.— Judge George 8. Addam. of the Juvenile court, today S I5 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 M o re R etired . received in his mail a stick of what ap New York, Jan. 21.— Large blocks of pears to dynamite or solidified nitro clearing house loan checks, amounting 1 glyclerine, six inches in length. There to about $16,000,000, were retired yes-1 was no mechanism to detonate the ex terday, and the amount outstanding * plosive. Judge Addam opened the tube now is in the neighborhood of $20,-1 in the'conrt room, without having an 0 00 ,0 00. I idea of it* contents. W ednesday, January 2 2 . Washington, Jsn. 22. — President Roosevelt today transmitted to the sen ate and house copies of the tariff regu lations negotiated some time ago be tween the United Stales and Germany, together with a proposed amendment to the customs administrative act, put ting the same in force as a statute. Jn the senate the message aroused lively discussion in executive session when taken up. The remarks were not ad dressed to the message so much aa to the policy of considering it in executive session, as well as the policy of the president in connection with the agree ment. Senator Hansbrough declared the har veeter trust is trying to control dele gates to the Republican National con vention. A bill has been introduced to raise the pay of officers in the revenue cutter service. Washington, Jan. 22.— Rapid pro gress was made in the house of repre sentatives iu the consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the United States. Theonly amend ment of any Importance which got through was one by Ollie James, of Kentucky, making ita criminal offense, under heavy penalty, to falsify govern ment crop statistics, the object of the amendment being to protect cotton and tobacco growers from speculators. Over 50 pages of the bill were disposed of. The house asked the president for a report of the commission sent to Gold field to investigate the trouble there. Representative Humphrey introduced a bill appropriating $3,000,000 for four submarines for Puget sound. Representative Jones introduced a bill making it unlawful for any person to injure or destroy any part of govern ment irrigation works. Representative Kahn introduced a bill appropriating $5,000,000 for sub marines for the Pacific coast. Tuesday, January 21. Washington, Jan. 21.— The eenate today discussed the propriety of au thorizing one of its committees to in vestigate the circumstances connected with the issuance of an injunction at the instance of the Hitchman Coal A Coke company against John Mitchell by Judge Alston Grayson, oi the United States Circuit court of the Northern district of West Virginia. Considerable time was spent in con sidering the bill to revise the criminal code of the United States. Senator Teller today Introduced an amendment to the sundry civil appro priation bill providing for the purchase of silver bullion to the extent of $100,- 000,000 to be made into subsidiary coinage. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, today in troduced a bill to provide for ascertain ment of the true boundary line between Idaho and Washington. Washington, Jan. 21.— Two exciting episodes and narrow escape of the rep resentatives from de'eat on an amend ment to the penal code bill made the session of the house today one of in tense interest. First came a hot tilt between Dalzeli, of Pennsylvania, and Randell, of Texas, in regard to the lat ter’s amendments prohibiting senators or representatives from being employed by public service corporations. The climax of the debate came when Clark, of Misaouri, amid thunderous Democratic applnuee, declared that W illiam Jennings Bryan would be nom inated at the Denver convention, and Boutell, of Illinois, aroused the mem bers on bis side of the house to a high pitch of enthusiasm by stating that Speaker Cannon would be the Republi can nominee at the Chicago convention in June, and would be elected in No vember. Represmentative Smith, of Califor nia, yesterday introduced a bill provid ing that widowB of civil war veterans shall not loee their pensions by mar riage to surviving veterans of the civil war. M onda>, January 2 0 . Washington, Jan. 20.— The eenate devoted over two hours to considering the bill revising the criminal laws of the United States. The eenate adopted a resolution offer ed by Tillman directing the Decretory of the treasury to send to the eenate a statement showing the number of na tional banks placed in the hands of re ceivers as insolvent since January 1, 1903, the capital stock of each, the names of th9 receivers and their com pensation and the names of all attor neys or special employes under them. Senator Fulton secured favorable re port on his bill to divide Oregon into two judicial districts, one east of the Cascades and one west. Later the bill passed the eenate. Secretary Cortelyou asked more time to report on the various bond issues. Senator Fallon today inroduced a bill appropriating $250,000 to reim- buise the Sherman county settlers for land and improvements of which they were dispossessed by the decision of the Supreme court. The senate today passed Senator Ful ton’s bill conferring jurhdiction upon M A Y S K IP B U E N O S Probable AYRES T c rp e d o Flotilla D ire c t F ro m Rio. T R IP W ill Go Washington, Jan. 20.— It seems probable now that the torpedo boat flotilla on its way to the Pacific will not pay a visit to Buenos Ayres, as was intended. According to tbe original plan, the flotilla was to proceed from Rio Janeiro to Montevideo. Now. however, as the flotilla is eaid to be three days behind ito itinearry, it ie probable that the entire ernise up the River Platte w ill be cut out and with out stopping at either Montevideo or Buenos Ayres the little vessels will try to make the run from Rio Janeiro to Sandy Point, in the straits of Magellan. The torpedo boats w ill thus be given athorough test of their ability to make a long distance run and will also be able to catch up with their schedule and accompany the battleships in tbe passage of the atraits of Magellan, as desired by Admiral Evans. Give W arning B efo re Firin g. Washington, Jan. 21.— J. N. Leger, tbe minister from Havti, had a long talk with Assistant Secretary BacoD today in regard to the Haytien revolu tionary movement. He said a reason able delay would be granted before tbe bombardment of the ports of Gonaives and 8t. Marc, now occupied by the in surgents, which the governneent has threatened. Mr. Leger says the bom bardment will be directed against the positions occupied by the insurgents and not necessarily against the towns. S E E K S T O R E T A IN T R O O P S . Nevada L e g ia lato ra A re Unanim ous In A pproving Policy. Carson City, Nev., Jan. 17.— At the afternoon session of tbe assembly yes terday a resolution which passed the senate in the morning, petitioning the president to retain the troops tempo rarily, passed without a negative vote. There was no argument on either side ae to the merits of the measure. Gov ernor Sparks was at the speaker's desk, and as he came into tbe hall was greet ed with applause. Speaker Skaggs, who has opposed the governor in the matter of calling troops to Nevada, left the chair and Speaker Pro Tem Folsom placed the motion be fore the bouse. Skaggs failed to vote on tbe measure, absenting himself at roll call. T h « governor is receiving congratulations from both parties since the passage of the bill. There was a meeting of the joint committee this af ternoon in reference to taking up a measure for policing the state. It is likely that this measure will be intro duced by Monday. W in ts H earin g» C h a rg e d , Washington, Jan. 17.— Represents» tive Humphrey, of Washington, he rein trod need a b ill of last session pro viding for the hearing of Alaska ap peals at either Seattle, Portland or San Francirco, instead of merely at tbe Cal ifornia city as at present. Mr. Humph rey does not expect the same trouble that was encountered last year, al though Repreeentative Kahn, of Cali fornia, hag asserted his intention of Roosevelt Upholds Fisk. fighting tbe bill. Mr. Kahn claims Washington, Jan. 21.— Arthur Fiek that the majority of appeals from Alas has been renominated postmaster of ka are matters of California interest. San Francisco by President Roosevelt, O pium S hipm ents Light. according to an announcement made today by Postmastei General Meyer. Port Townsend, Wash., Jan. 17.— The United States senate will not be Among the interesting features of the aske«l to confirm the nomination, how bnsinese of the last year, transacted by ever, until certain chargee that will be officials of the Puget sonnd customs dis made againet Fisk have been disposed tricts is the showing that fnr the entire of. Congressman Kahn, of California, period importations of opium reached is strongly opposing any aetioD tending the insignificant total of 238 pounds. toward Fisk’s renomination, The district ie presumed to cover prac tically all of the output of Britiah Co S treng thens Land Frau d L a w . Givs C oal Roads a C hance. lumbia refineries which operate on a Washington, Jan. 23.— A bill de Washington, Jan. 22.— At tbe De large scale. The light shipment is re signed to amend the statute relative to partment of Justice today it was an garded as suspicions. the entry of public lands in such man nounced that if the coal carrying roads ner as to legalize affidavits made in con agree to com Ip with the decision of the N ew E xpress Rates. nection with Interior department regu Supreme court of the United States on Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 17.— The lations will be introduced in the senate tbe constitutionality of the provisions new eshednis of express rates recently by a member of the committee on jndi-1 of the Hepburn law prohibiting trans agreed upon by the board of railway ciary. Officials of the Interior depart- | portation companies from owning and commissioners and the express com men! have communicated the need of j operating coal properties after May 1, I panies doing bneinees in Missouri, goes this amendment, which they believe, it w ill not prosecute such companies Into effect today. In round figures the w ill assist the department in the proee- I pending adjudication of the case by schedule provide* for an average reduc cation of land frauds. the Supreme court. tion of 21 per cent. DEFENSE IS FIGHTING Hall and Mays Trial Making bat Little Progress. HENEY IS MOVING WITH CAUTION 8 *s s io n Largely Given U p to Reading o f L e tte rs Said to Show C onspiracy. Portland, Jan. 18.— The government yesterday continued laying tbe founda tion of tbe case against John H. Hall and Edwin Maya. Heney intrciduced aome 60 letters, written from June, 1900, to Septem ber, 1902., by Hall, Maya, Loomie, Stratford and Putnam. More such let ters will follow today. Hall objected seriously to only one letter, written by Secretory Hitchcock to Special Inspector A . R. Greene, di recting Greene to investigate the fences. Heney’ purpose ia to show that this investigation waa prompted by aettiera, who had appealed vainly to Hall to act against the fences. Hall objecta to the letter because a copy and not the original letter haa been offered and because it ia irrelevant. Judge Hunt will decide the questions this morning. Unlike Hall, Maya raised numerous objections in the course of tbe day. The eteps in the government’s evi dence of conspiracy will be about aa follows: First— To prove Hall and Maya had frequent knowledge from protesting set tlers of the fences aa early aa March, 1900. Second— That Steiwer, Zachary and Hendricks caused various persona to file on land for their company, in order to complete tbe company’s enclosure cl public land. Third— That Hall and Maya took no steps to prosecute the offenders, though they had full knowledge of the fencing and the conspiracy for more than three yeara. A t this stage, Steiwer ia expected to testify about tbe alleged understanding by which Hall and Mays were not to prosecute him and hia associate«. One of tbe terms of tbia alleged agreement was Setiwer’a voie for Fulton. George Brownell ia expected to testify that Hall promised him immunity from land fraud prosecution for his w ith drawal frtyn the conteet for Hall's office. T E N A N T 8 IN R IO T S . O b je c t to Paying M o re Th an Th ey Fix Th em selves. R a t* New York, Jan. 18.— Forcible resist ance by tenants whom an Upper East Side landlord was trying to evict result ed yesterday in the gathering of a crowd of two thouaand or more sympathisers in the neighborhood, who made so much trouble for tbe police that tbe precinct reserves were called out. Dur ing the rioting four women and a num ber of men were taken into custody. The riotous demonstration began when a city marshal and about 25 as sistants visited the block on the sooth side of East One Hundred and Fonrth street, between First and Second ave nues, with 80 dispossess warrants for families who had unitedly demanded reductions in rente of a dollar a month and had refused to pay the landlord’ s collector more than the new rate they had fixed. The taking out of the furn iture from the rooms of the first family visited was tbe signal for an attack on tbe marshal and hia men by «cores of tenants. Angry women surrounded a patrol man who had gone to the marshal's as sistance and had half torn hia coat from his back when assistance arrived. He arrested four women. Several demon strative men were also sent to the sta tion house. The police were by this time struggling with little snccees to disperse an increasing crowd of angry demonstrators, hat other arrests by the officers finally had the effect of putting a stop to the trouble. The immediate purpose of the dem onstration was effected, the marshal deciding not to attempt the serving of more dispossess warrants at this time. W ill C u t O f f O pium Supply. Washington, Jan. 18.— Within a little over a month the law prohibit ing the importation of oplnm into the Philippines will become effective A large quantity of opium is consumed in the islands, mainly by the Chinese ele ment. Congress has passed an act in tended to correct the evil, but there ie great doubt of the ability of the con firmed opinm user to abandon the drug, and a considerable agitation hae been, taking place in the Philippines, with the object of securing an extension of lime for the stoppage of the traffic. Deny S ulp hur In ju res F ru it. San Francisco, Jan.' 18.— At the state convention of California fruit growers today a committee of seven was appoint ed to go to Washington to protest against and secure a mod i Heat ion of the rule covering the use of sulphur in bleaching and drying fruits. In resolu tions and speeches it was stated that the nee of sulphur was not deleterious to the public health ami that tbe dry ing of fruits by artificial beat and evap oration was impracticable in this state. W a n hips Sail fo r Magdalena. Ban Diego, Cal., Jan. 18.— All that waa left here of the P a rifr squadron sailed this morning for Magdalena, to remain for six or seven weeks, todulg- ir g in target practice.
