NO ACTION IS TAKEN.
NO 01 IS CENSURED.
THE
ARGUS,
Chandler's Investigation Res
olution Goes Over.
Report of Sugar Investigation
Committee Submitted.
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MESSES. MILLS AND CHANDLER
lllll SunceeiU In Having Passed Ilia Hill
fur the Drportatlnn of Anarchists
niig;rof DoIiikhii Injustice to tlarui
lens Socialists 1'iilnted Out.
Washington, August 7. Chandler's
restliilion looking to the investigation
of the Dominion I'oul Company of Nova
Scotia and the substitute oll'ered by
Mills, providing that a special commit
tee of Ave should ho directed to report
to the Senate whether any member of
Congress is or waa interested in any
company engaged in mining coal in any
of the Statei or any railroad company
wub engaged in transporting coal which
would come into competition with the
Dominion Coal Company of Nova Scotia,
and whether the removal of the existing
duty would reduce the price of coal to 1
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country would bo benefited by its re
tention, were taken up. A discussion
arose lie t ween Mills and Chandler as to
whether the old sugar committee would !
in appointed. Mills favored the reten
tion of the old committee because, he
Baid, it was honest and capable, and
recently reported that charges made
agaiiiHt Senators had not been sustained.
" la that the reason the Senator from
Texas favors this committee?" inquired
Chandler.
Mills denied he was influenced by any
audi motives, and expressed a willing
ness to have a new committee appointed
if Chandler preferred. The resolution
went over under the rules without
action.
The bill for the deporting of anarch
ists then came up, and Hill explained
its provisions. Unless some action was
taken by this government, such as was
now before the Senate, this country, ho
said, would soon lie the dumping ground
for the anarchists of the world. It was
not intended to make the belief in an
archy a crime, and therefore no attempt
had been made to define anarchy, lie
favored the provision of the Senate bill
for Inspection by treasury agents instead
of by Consuls, and was sure no one
would attribute his attitude on this sub
ject to a desire to acquire the patronage
of the Secretary of the Treasury. There
were no politics in the bill, and he fa
vored it liecause he believed it was bet
ter than the House hill. Lodge x pressed
the belief that both bills were inadequate
for the purpose of restricting immigra
tion, but he was anxious to see some re
striction placed on immigration, no mat
ter how slight it may be.
Palmer pointed out the difficulty of
dealing fairly with the question and the
danger of doing an injustice to harmless
Socialists while protecting ourselves
against the danger of anarchists. He
asked Hill whether the bill was appli
cable to undesirable persons already in
the country, and Hill replied it would
be. The discussion then took on a legal
aspect, and hinged on the right of a
country to protect ilBolf against unde
sirable aliens. Hill pointed out the
moderation of the pending bill as com
pared with the act recently passed by
the English Parliament, and Kyle asked
him to more accurately define the term
anarchist, for there were, he Baid, peace
able and learned people in Boston who
held it was possible for a people to be
come so highly civilized as to live to
gether without laws, and therefore ac
cording to the usual definition they were
anarchists. Hill replied they were at
lilierty to have this belief; but, if they
tried to overturn the laws for the pur
pose of putting heir belief to the test,
then they became dangerous. After
some further debate and the introduc
tion of some amendments the bill was
passed, and Hill, Faulkner and Chandler
were appointed conforrees.
Worth Over a Million.
San Fhancihco, August 6. The last
will and testament of the late Eugene
Kelly Murphy of this city stands with
out a sponsor in the Supreme Court of
Alameda county. Investigation showed
that the law has not been complied with.
The statute provides that a testament
shall be filed for probate within thirty
days after it has been found. The per
son named as executor shall present the
document for probate within that time,
or else he is presumed to have renounced
his intention to act. The will has not as
yet been formally tiled, and the moment
it is the widow will make a bitter con
test. The estate is said to be worth over
$1,000,000.
One Benefit of the War.
Kansas City, August 0. The Armour
Packing Company may prove an impor
tant factor in the war between China
and Japan, if pending negotiations are
carried to a successful end. Recently it
received a cablegram from Yokohama,
Japan, from the Mikado's government,
asking for its price on 500,000 pounds of
canned corned beef for the Japanese
army. The company cabled its answer,
and pending a reply, which is expected
soon, has prepared to go into the busi
ness of supplying meats to the battling
Asiatics on a big Bcale. The company
has also opened negotiations with the
Chinese legation at Washington.
Papal Encyclical Letter.
Rome, August 7. In. a papal encycli
cal letter addressed to the Brazilian
Bishops his Holiness urges the Bishops
to educate and enlighten the people
with all the means at their command.
Ignorance, lie says, is the cause of evils
of the day.
Open to the Public.
Washington, August 7. Representa
tive Richards of Ohio to-day introduced
a bill providing that all sessions of com
mittees and executive sessions of the
Senate shall be open to the public.
River and Harbor Bill.
Washington, August 7.-The confer
ence report on the river and harbor bill
has been agreed to by the Senate. This
completes the bill, and it goes to the
President.
To Establish a Colony,
Vancouveb, B. C, August 1. A co
operative colony is to be established here
at an early date. A large number of
persons have formed a club for the pur
pose of Btarting one, and the govern
ment has promised its assistance. It if
proposed to obtain one of the many
fertile islands up the coast and send a
dozen pioneerB, who will build houses
and clear the land. The settlement is
to be gradually increased from time to.
lime. The settlers intend to engage in
farming and Ashing, the island being
near tue halibut banks.
VOL. 1.
I'll AT PASTORAL LETTER.
UUhop Watterson Gives the Fuel. Lead
lug up to its Issuance.
Coi.i'MiiuH, O., August 8. To a press
agent lo-day Bishop Watterson gave
some interesting history leading up to
Ids now famous pastoral rotter to the
Catholic Total Abstinence Aid Societies
in relation to manufacturers and vend
ors of intoxicants. A week before
Thanksgiving, last year, a member of
one of the Columbus societies, belong
ing to the Knights of St. John Union,
told the Bishop of the preparations mak
ing in his society for an entertainment
at which beer was to be sold and pro
miscuous dancing indulged in. After
reproving the members the Bishop re
ceived a promise that the objectionable
features shonld be omitted. Notwith
standing this the entertainment was
held as orginally intended. When the
Bishop heard of this violation he re
fused to longer recognize the members
of the society as Catholic citizens. In
December at the regular election of the
society saloonkeepers, regardless of the
Bishop's wishes, were elected President
and Captain respectively. The Bishop
thereupon warned the members that, if
these ollicers were installed, he would
deprive the whole division of its rank
and privileges as a Catholic society.
The society thereupon resolved to con
sult the Supreme President of its union.
This the Bishop knew only after the
appeal was made, and during a visit to
Monsignore Satolli in February Bi'liop
Watterson, in the meantime having
heard a rumor that an appeal had been
made, asked the delegate if such were
the case. Monsignore Satolli answered
in the negative, and the Bishop decided
to wait another month.
The very day, he says, on which the
fastoral letter was issued he was served
y the apostolic delegate with the appeal
of the society referred to and the corre
spondence with the local President re
lating thereto. The Bishop's action in
regard to the society was not satisfied,
however, and hearing that the delegate
was to visit Columbus in June, drew up
a second appeal, which it asked the
Bishop to sign that it might go imme
diately to the delegate. While this was
going on in Columbus the National Con
vention of the Knights of S, John was
taking place in Buffalo, and a few dele
gates from Columbus attempted the un
precedented ining oi arraigning a isishop
before a convention of lavmen. Manv
of the delegates were afraid of Biich ac
tion, however.
The Becond decision of the delegate is
dated July 3, and is addressed to the
Secretary of the protesting society. After
Satolli first lays down the general prin
ciples that, as it belongs to the office of
a Bishop to find out in his own diocese
what is hurtful or helpful to the spirit
ual good of the faithful, it belongs to his
power to commend, forbid, counsel or
permit to be done whatever he may
judge conducive to his own duty and the
good of the faithful. He then says:
"The letter u decree of the Bishop of
Columbus concerning Catholic societies
of total abstinence to abstain from in
toxicating drinks ought by no means to
be subject to the judgment of every pri
vate individual or every assemblage of
simple Catholics or citizens; but every
Catholic of good conscience must hold
for certain that the Bishop has com
manded those things which seem to be
for the greater good of the faithful and
the honor of every Catholic society.
Therefore this thing which the Biahop
has commanded in his decree I approve,
and I decide that they are to be observed ;
but, if perhaps they for the time being
seem to hurt the material interests of
some attorney, they will have to be pa
tiently borne for the good of the many
and for the honor of our Catholic church."
The Bishop adds that he inserted the
wedge of the reform in the affair and
those who are affected by the decision
had the apoBtolic delegate drive it in.
SEEKING THE NORTH POLK.
The
Jackson Expedition He.
From a Russian Port.
Sailed
Archangel, Russia, August 6. The
steamer Windward, having on board the
Jackson polar expedition, sailed hence
this afternoon for Ilarbourova or Jnger
skischar, as circumstances Bhould deter
mine. The expedition procured stores,
furs and a number of Russian ponies.
At Harbourova or Jugerskischar a few
Samoyedia will be added to the crew,
and the steamer will then proceed to the
southern shore of Franz Josef land.
The place of landing in Franz Josef land
can only be determined when the ice
conditions are known. All the members
of the party are in good health and
spirits, and are confluent of success in
their undertaking. The departure of
the expedition was made the scene of a
remarkable degree of enthusiasm. The
city was everywhere decorated with flags.
The government and city officials and
other notables went on board the Wind
ward, and went a considerable distance
down the harbor. When they left the
steamer many happy wishes followed
the voyagers, who responded with
cheers. "
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMEMENT.
Receipt! of Gold and Denver's Clear
ances Greatly Increased.
Denver, August 6. The receipts of
gold at the Denver mint for the past
week amounted to $168,124.50, against
$44,541.80 for the corresponding week of
laBt year. This is an increase of $123,
587.61, or about 281 per cent. Of this
gold a shipment was made today to the
Philadelphia mint valued at $142,500.
Gold bars are shipped in boxes made to
fit them, each box holding about $75,000
and weighing about 300 pounds. At
present the Denver mint is making a
shipment of one box-every other day.
The Denver bank clearings for the week
ended yesterday showed an increase of
175 per cent over the corresponding
week of last year, and the receipts of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad for
the fourth week In July were $176,800,
an Increase of $75,200 over those for the
same period of last year.
Steamer Empress of China Ashore.
London, August 7. The British
steamer Empress of China, Captain
Archibald, from Vancouver via Yoko
hama for Shanghai, is ashore at the lat
ter port. It will be necessary to dis
charge all the cargo before she can be
floated. The Empress of China is a
vessel of 3,000 tons register and a regular
trader between Vancouver and China
and Japanese ports. She belongs to the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY,
HIGH BIDS FOR BONDS
Half a Million Water Issue
Bring Good Premiums.
THEY ARE VERY SATISFACTORY
Boston and Chicago Finns Offer 109.89
Other Straight anil Close Offers j
Made Portland's Credit Good In All
Parts of the United States. I
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Portland, Or., August 8. An ad- '
journed meeting of the Water Commit- -tee
was held jesterdayto receive pro- '
posals for the purchase of $500,000 of
water bonds of the city of Portland.
Chairman Henry Failing presided, and
Messrs. Frank Dekum, C. II. Lewis, C.
II. Rafferty, C. A. Dolph, J. Loewenberg,
II. W. Scott, L. Therkelsen, C. II. Ca
rey, C. H. Hill and R. B. Knapp were
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present. Nineteen bids were received, I
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and thirteen agents of bond buyers were
id auenuance ana were aumiiteu to me
meeting while the bids were opened.
The proposals were for $200,000 of bonds,
to ue paiu lor anu aenvereu to ine pur
chaser on August 15, and for $300,000 on
September 15 ; the proposals to be for
the whole or any part of the $500,000.
The bonds, aa is well known, bear 5 per
cent per annum interest, are dated July
1, 18113, and are payable thirty years
from date. The bidder was required to
pay the accrued interest from the date
of the bonds up to the time of delivery;
that is, the interest coupons up to that
time are to be removed before the bonds
are delivered.
There was quite a flutter of excite
ment among the agents collected in the
hall when the committee met, and one of
them came in shortly after and asked to
withdraw his bid. As there was no wav
of telling for a certainty which was hia
bid till it was opened, this could not be
done, and he concluded o let the bid
stand.
There have been so manv attempts to
get in bids at the different sales of doikIb
which were indefinite, or which might
be understood in more ways than one,
that the committee has been obliged to
reject all bids which imposed any condi-
ditions or did not comply strictly with
the terms of the advertisement. Most
of the buyers have come to understand
that it waa no use to put in anything but
" flat " bids. There waa such a number
of aorenta nresent that the committee
could not help wondering whether they
were putting up any jot) or not, as some
new scheme to avoid making a Btraight
up or flat bid had been tried by some of
the agents at every previoua sale of
bonds.
Before beginning to open the bids Mr.
Dolph said if any question was likely to
arise in regard to the form of bids which
should be considered, as had happened
at the last sale, it wouRl be advisable to
settle the matter at that time.
Chairman Failing said it was under
stood that the proposals were to be uncon
ditional. There were to be no conditions
attached to them at all. If the bidders
were fully advised of this, he would pro
ceed to open the bids. It may be remem
bered here that the oris as a wnoie were
the most satisfactory lot received yet.
Only a few, mostly from persons who
had not bid for Portland water bonds be
fore and who apparently did not under
stand their value, attempted to impose
any conditions, ine oma ran nigiier
than was expected, and the premium re
ceived amounted to $49,450, which waa
conaidered by the committee as a very
successful Bale. Bids came from all the
principal cities of the East Boston,
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago which
goes to show that the credit of Portland
is good in all parts of the Union.
THE NEW STATES.
The Tariff BUI Interferes With Action
Upon Their Admission.
Washington, August 7. With the
cession of Congress drawing to a close
and all attention likely to be concen
trated upon the tariff bill, it is not con
sidered probable the Senate will act upon
either the Arizona or New Mexico State
bills before the final adjournment. This
was the understanding when the bills
were reported from the Committee on
Territories. The date of admission in
the case of Arizona and the constitu
tional convention in the case of New
Mexico have been so deferred in the
Senate bills that no change will be nec
essary in case of postponement. The
provision in the Arizona bill is for ad
mission August 1, 181)5, while the con
vention in New Mexico is not to meet
until July 1, 1805. Governor Hughes is
of the opinion the bill will have to be
changed to provide for a new constitu
tion before It can pass the Senate. This
opinion he baaea upon the opposition
he finds to exist in the Senate to the
constitution adopted in 1801 on account
of the irrigation and silver payment
features.
Based on the Gullford-Mlller Ruling.
Washington, August 7. The Secre
tary of the Interior has affirmed the de
cision of the general land office in the
case of the Central Pacific Company
against W. A. Calkrons, T. M. Morse,
John T. Clark, Lea Burch and John C.
Watts, involving lands near Shasta, Cal.,
and a large number of cases involving
selections of lands made by the Union
Pacific Company. The selections of both
companies are held for cancellation on
the ground that other parties in the
cases settled on the lands prior to their
selection by the companies. The deci
sion in these cases Is based on the recent
Guilford-Miller ruling.
The British Harvest.
London, August 6. The Mark Lane
Express in commenting on the British
harvest estimates, as based upon the
usual reports from all parts of Great
Britain, says that the yield of wheat
will be 16 per cent better than 1893 and
will be the best crop gathered in several
years; that the condi'ions generally are
calculated to cause rejoicing among
farmers, and that the harvest altogether
will be better than previous harvests for
many years, if the weather favors gar
nering. Shanghai, August 7. Denmark is de
manding the release of Herr Muhlen
stedt, a passenger on the dispatch boat,
Tsao Kiang, captured by the Japanese
DESERVES TO SUCCEED.
Indications Are That the Interstate Fair
Will be a Grand Affair.
Tacoma, August 7. The Northwest
Interstate Fair, to be held here from
August 15 to November 1, is to be a
great big exposition. That is a fact of
which the people of the Northwest have
been but lately convinced. To such an
extent did the strikes and floods set back
the enterprise that many feared it could
not be held at all. Notwithstanding all
the difficulties that they found in their
way, the business men of Tacoma, who
have the. project in hand, determined
that the fair should be held, and that,
too, on a big scale. The past two weeks
has shown that they are capable of
carrying out what they promise. The
j very best amusement enterprises to be
had in the United States have been
secured; the influential business men of
j the commonwealths the fair aims to
j represent have become interested ; an
, exhibit of the resources of the entire Pa
. cific Northwest on a grander and greater
' scale than ever before attemnted ban
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. aure0-; counties ana oiaies are
vyuiK wiiii oiiw auutuor w nave uie ueeb
ehibit at the fairi and la8t butnot
least, there is enough money alreadv on
hand and in sight to open the fair as
advertised, August 15,. without one cent
of debt. All this requires work, and lots
of it, but that work is going on with a
rapidity and vim that is astonishing.
As an example, one week ago the con
cessionaire who is to exhibit the great
cyclorama of the battle of Lookout
Mountain broke ground for his building.
To-day the structure, which is circular
in shape, 123 feet in diameter and 53
feet high, is almost completed. Hardly
less rapid has been the work on the Ori
ental village, which is to be an exact
duplicate of a street in Cairo with all
the accessories of donkeys, donkey bovs,
camels and Arab drivers. The fair build
ings proper have all been completed, but
many concessionaires are hurrying their
work" with marvelous rapidity. Decora
tor Gorman is now about to begin hia
work of decorating both the fairgrounds
and the interior of the buildings. There
is am Die scope for him to exhibit his re
nowned artistic ability, for a more beau
tiful site for a fair ground than the fifty-two-acre
park on which the Interstate
Fair is located could not be found. Mr.
Gorman will expend $6,000 on draperies,
flags, bunting and streamers. Blue,
yellow and white are the colors he has
selected to prevail in the decorations.
These will be known as the Interstate
Fair colors. Already they have become
a fad here in Tacoma. Gentlemen wear
them in their button-holes ; ladies wear
them in their gowns. Blue, yellow and
white sunthodes are becoming popular;
in fact, one can go nowhere without see
ing some patriotic citizen flaunting them .
At last the officers of the Fair Associa
tion, those gentlemen who have devoted
so many long, weary months to making
the project come up to their ideal, and
that, too, without any hope of compen
sation, are happy. The success of the
enterprise is assured. From August 15
to November 1 the people of the great
Pacific Northwest will see a fair such as
was never before seen in this section of
the country. It is their fair, and- in it
they may well feel a pride.
ENGLAND'S STAND.
She Will Not Attempt to Define What
Is Contraband of War.
London, Auguat 7. In the House of
Commons to day Sir Edwin Gray in
reply to a question from Mr. Gourley, a
prominent ship owner, said that Japan
had promised that no warlike operations
should be undertaken against Shanghai
and its approaches on the condition that
China does not obstruct the approaches
to Shanghai. Japan contends that the
powers have no right to interfere with
neutral vessels except in the event of a
blockade, due notice of which should be
given, or in case of carrying of contra
band of war. It would be dangerous for
Great Britain to define by a general
statement what is not contraband of
war. Coal has been held not to be con
traband of war as a rule, but it was
possible in some cases that it might be
come so. Grea1 Britain must adhere to
the doctrine that it is not for fighters to
decide what is and what is not contra
band of war regardless of the well-established
rights of neutral people.
UNION NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Its Members Did Not Destroy Railroad
Property In Chicago.
Chicago, August 7. During the past
week a committee of the American Rail
way Union held several consultations
with Mayor Hopkins. To-day E. W.
Burns, a director of that organization
and the head of the committee,, ad
mitted that the purpose of the commit
tee's visit was to furnish the authorities
with information touching the damage
claims of the railway companies. The
union men say they expect to prove in
many instances that the destruction of
property for which damages are claimed
was done by men employed by the rail
roads and the General Managers' As
sociation. They claim to he able to
prove that the men arrested last Friday,
charged with leading the riot and burn
ing cars on the Rock Island tracks July
5, were at that time in the employ of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois road. They
also claim to have other similar cases.
Their object is to show that the union is
not responsible for the riots and destruc
tion of property.
Fire In a Tenement.
Chicago, August 7. A panic was
created to-day by a fire which broke out
in a tenement house on West Fortieth
and Ohio streets, a hundred families
tumbling over each other in a wild
scramble to save their effects. The tire
started in an alley and, driven by a
strong wind, swept down the row, de
stroying the back porches, kitchens and
outbuildings of sixty-six houses. The
flames threatened for a time to wipe out
the entire neighborhood, and the tene
ments fled in terror, but by hard work
the firemen finally controlled the blaze
with a loss of less than $10,000.
, Anarchists to be Deported.
Romi, August 7. Six anarchists were
arrested while holding a secret confer
ence here last evening. It is estimated
that 2,000 anarchists arrested in raida
the last two months will be deported.
Fifty have been already sent to Naples
to embark for Massowah on the Red
Sea.
AUGUST 9. 1894.
TO ALL THINGS
That of the Railroad Strike
Rapidly Approaching.
REASONS FOB CALLING IT 0F.
The General Strike Committee of the
American Railway Union Has De
clared It Off In the City of Chicago
Except as Regards Two Roads.
Chicago, August 5. At a meeting of
the general strike committe selected by
the special committee of the American '
Railway Union last week, which was held (
at Uhlrich's hall this morning, it was
decided to declare the strike off in Chi
cago. This does not include the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois, nor the Atchison
and Topeka, where the men have voted .
to continue the strike to settle local '
grievances, and where they think they j
have a fair show of winning. There :
were twenty-lour local unions repre
sented at the meeting this afternoon,
and each representative had been em
powered to vote to declare the strike off.
The meeting was a secret one, and at
adjournment the only statement given
out was the following:
By a vote of the local unions of the
American Railway Union in Chicago
they have decided that the strike shall
be declared off in the city of Chicago,
with the exception of local unions on the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the
Atchison and Topeka, where the strike
still remains in full force and effect.
This is effective at 7 o'clock Monday
morning, August 6. The decision does
not apply to the systems outside of Chi
cago, and the Pullman employes will be
expected to settle theirown differences."
resolutions explaining the reasons for
calling off the strike were adopted. The
example set by the Chicago unions will
be followed immediately by the unions
throughout the western eountry, and by
Wednesday night at the latest the
strike will be declared off all over the
country, except on the two roads named.
Debs left this city to-night for Terre
Haute, and will go from there to New
York, where he will deliver a lecture at
Cooper Institute. Debs has been offered
a large salary to travel and lecture under
the anspicies of a Boston labor bureau,
which he may accept while East.
THE DEAD OF NOTE.
Patti Rosa, the Weil-Known Soubrette,
Is Gone.
Boston, August 6. Patti Rosa, the
well-known soubrette, died to-day. She
was the wife of John W. Dunne. Patti
Rosa had intended to leave for Newport
the last of the week to spend several
weeks before entering on an extensive
tour which had been mapped out for
her. Not being in good health, how
ever, she decided to undergo a medical
examination, and Monday last it was
found that she was suffering from a
sever form of appendicitis. She was
operated on at St. Francis' hospital
Tuesday, from the effects of which she
died to-day.
I fatti Kosa waa one of the best-Known
comediennes. She was of English par
entage and birth, and came to thia coun
try when quite young, tier nrst racinc
Coast success waa made about twenty
years ago, when with her husband, Rob
ert Scott, she appeared in comedy
sketches at the Bella Union theater, San
Francisco. She subsequently secured a
divorce from Scott, and shortly afterward
married John W. Dunne, a stock actor,
and under his management she starred
for manv vears. By some competent
critics she was pronounced Lotta's only
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rival anu legitimate successor, uer art
being in the same vein as that which
brought fame and fortune to " the Cali
fornia Diamond." The deceased actress
made her last appearance in Portland,
Or., last March, when she presented
" Dolly Varden " and a couple of other
comedies specially written for her. She
was a strong favorite of the Portland
members of the B. P. O. E., who once
presented her with a handsome gold
badge as a mark of appreciation of the
clever way in which she presided at one
of their social sessions. Her home was
in Chicago, and she was reputed to be
quite wealthy.
FRANKLIN IiAWTON.
Mt. Virnon, N. Y., August 6. Frank
lin Lawton, one of the oldest and best
known resident of New Rochelle, N. Y.,
died yesterday at his home, 307 Hugue
not street, in that pie to. The deceased
in 1849 went to California from New
Rochelle and located in San Francisco,
where he became prominent in financial
circles. Several years later he founded
the San Francisco Stock Exchange, of
which he became Secretary. He held
that position until 1859, when he once
more returned to New Rochelle, taking
up his residence in the old family home
stead, where be died. The homestead
was built in 1689 by Mr. Lawton's great
grandfather, who was one of the Hugue
not settlers of New Rochelle. He leaves
a widow, two sons and one daughter.
-WANT TO GO TO JAPAN.
Cleveland Young- Men Who Would Like
to Fight for the Mikado.
Cleveland, August 7. Washington
dispatches to-day note the receipt by
the Japanese Ambassador of a document
in which a number of young men in this
country had offered to go to Japan and
enlist in the army of the Mikado. Only
a brief note to the effect that the offer
constitutes an offense against the laws of
the United States was appended to the
dispatch. It now turns out that one of
the young men making the offer holds a
commission in a National Guard com-
Sany of this city, and that at least a half
ozen of his comrades are members of
his company. All the signers of the of
fer are residents of Cleveland, and
among them are several well known in
social circles. A half-dozen members of
a local company went before a notary
Sublic a few days ago and procured the
raft of a document offering their serv
ices to Japan. This list was subsequent
ly circulated about town, and was read
ily signed by seventy adventurous voumr
men. When completed 'it was sent to
the Japanese Ambassador at Washing
ton. Nothing further was learned of it
until the dispatch of to-day was received.
NO. 2$.
ANOTHER BOND IS3CE.
Some Differences of Opinion as to the
Probabilities.
Washington, August 6. There are
differences of opinion among the treas
ury officials as to the probabilities of
another bond issue. Neither Mr. Car
lisle nor Assistant Secretary Curtis is
willing to admit that there is any real
cause for alarm at the present financial
situation. It is known, however, that
the President and his advisers are
watching with eager interest every
change in the financial situation, and
that every phase of it is being carefully
and thoughtfully studied. Notwith
standing this solicitude it is believed in
the judgment of the President that the
situation does not furnish any just ap
prehension, and that better times may be
confidently expected soon. From this
point of view it is argued that the pass
age of the pending tariff bill is sure to
result in a prompt and general revival
of business, and that in consequence
there will be a large increase in the gov
ernment revenue. Receipts from cus
toms, which for many months have been
gradually growing lees, it is believed,
will show a marked improvement from
the very first, and will continue to in
crease until normal conditions have
been reached. It is contended that, not
withstanding the gold reserve has
reached the low-water mark of about
$50,000,000, the government is really far
better able to meet. its obligations to
day than it was just prior to the Febru
ary bond issue.
There are some, however, who take a
less hopeful view of affairs. They ob
serve that the gold reserve, which six
months ago was brought up to its normal
condition by an increase of $70,000,000
in the public debt, is again melting and
is already reduced to a point $13,000,000
below the lowest point reached prior to
the February bond issue. They contem
plate with uneasiness the fact that for a
year or more the ordinary expenses of
the" government have largely exceeded
the receipts. This was true even during
last month, when in expectation of a
material increase on the tax on whisky
the receipts of internal revenue were ab
normally large. It is argued that, should
the pending tariff bill uecome a law and
go into operation as early as the middle
of the present month, no material in
crease in the revenue could reasonably
be expected earlier than next December,
for the reason that the tariff bill will
have passed too late in the season to real
ize any considerable amount from the
falL importations.
The treasury figures show there is now
in this country at least a six months'
supply of sugar; so little may be ex
pected from that source. This is true
also of whisky. The statistics of the in
ternal revenue bureau show the tax has
already been paid on over 13,000.000 gal
lons ot whisky in excess ot the amount
upon which the tax has been paid a year
ago. Therefore but little relief may be
expected from thia source before Decem
ber. The only recourse therefore, it is
contended, will be a bond issue, and
there are many well-informed persons
who believe that, if this Congress does
not pass a prohibitive resolution before
adjournment, $50,000j000 or more will
so be issued. That there would be no
difficulty in placing any reasonable
amount, even at the premium exacted1
in February, it was apparent trom me
fact that the February bonds are being
sold at a premium of 1.27 per cent.
TALK WITH FOSTER.
The Ex-Seeretary of State Upon the War
In the Orient.
Watkbtown, N. Y., August 6. Ex-
Secretary of State John W. Foster, who
is sojourning at Henderson Harbor, near
here, with his family, and who has re
cently returned from China, Corea and
Japan, was interviewed to-night on the
China-Japan war and the deprivation of
Li Hung Chang of the yellow coat. Gen
eral Foster said :
" When I was in China last Li Hung
Chang was the recognized ruling spirit
of the Chinese government in all foreign
matters. It must have been a very great
neglect to bring about aa severe a meas
ure as that reported in the papers. It
probably indicates a change of person
nel in the administration of the Chinese
Empire. Chang is past 70 years of age,
and two or three years ago was in poor
health. It may be that the Chinese Em
peror, entering as he is upon a great for
eign war, has been recommended by his
counselors to nut the management of af
fairs in the hands of vouneer men better
adapted to bear the strain of the great
burden which is certain to rest upon
them while the struggle continues."
Being asked if the loss of the yellow
coat is irreparable, General Foster,
whose long diplomatic service and famil
iarity with the customs of foreign courts,
aside from his services as Secretary of
State, give special weight to his opinions,
said:
"I think it signifies more than tempor
ary displeasure. It is rather an indica
tion of the loss of confidence of the gov
ernment in him as the administrative
head of affairs."
Concerning the particular issue on
which the war had been declared he
Baid he knew no more about that than
what he had seen in the newspapers,
add in a:
" China and Japan have for genera
tions occupied very much the same at
titude towards each other as the French
and Germans do in their national and
race relations. It is also a well-known
fact that for a number of years there has
been a hostile feeling between them over
their relations to Corea, but the enmity
is more deep-seated and long standing,
and the Corean embroglio is probably
taken advantage of to settle by war
their old differences and animosities."
INTERSTATE FAIR.
Arrangements Being Made for Serial
of Congresses.
Tacoma, August 6. Arrangements are
being made for a number of congresses
to be held here during the Interstate
Fair, which opens August 15. A call was
issued Saturday lor a northwest inter
state Temperance Congress, to be held
September 3, 4 and 5. The delegates are
to represent Oregon, Washington, vui
fornia. Idaho. Montana. British Colum.
lumbia and Alaska. The local Grand
Army posts are perfecting arrangements
for a congress or a reunion in September
of all the Grand Army men, Relief Corps
and Sons Of Veterans in the Northwest,
to last a week. September 23 the North
west Horticulturists' Association, includ
ing Washington, Oregon and Idaho, will
hold a three days' session here.. ,
MAIN BIPOKT 8IGNID BY ILL
Chandler's Beselutioa for aa iBvoettf-
tlon of the DeanlnUa Coed Company
Be fere the Senate No Testimony to
Support Edwards'
Washington! August 4. Senator
Gray, Chairman of the Sugar Investiga
tion Committee, presented a report to
the Senate to-day, and asked that the
committee be discharged. The main re
port is signed by all the members of the
committee. Lodge and Davis present ft
supplementary report, and Allen pre
sents his own views on some features of
the case. The report recites the facta
which hSve been published as to the re
fusal of Correspondent Edwards to
answer questions. Secretary Carlisle is
exonerated, and parts of the article In
the Philadelphia Press reflecting on him
are declared without foundation, except
that it is a fact according to Secretary
Carlisle's testimony he did at the re
quest of Senator Jones draft an amend
ment to the sugar schedule. The con
duct of Edwards, says the report, in
fiubiisn ng specinc charges against pub
ic men without having a personal knowl
edge of facts calls for the serious repro
bation of the Senate. The committee
also says :
"There has been no testimony pre
sented before your committee, and your
committee has been unable to discover
any tending to show that the sugar
schedule was made up aa it then stood,
in the proposed amendment to the tariff
bill, in consideration of large or any
sums of money paid for the campaign
purposes of the Democratic party. No
witness has testified before your com
mittee that such was the fact, and all
the Democratic members of the Finance
Committee and all Senators whose
names have been mentioned in the pub
lic press aa especially interested in pro
tecting the sugar refining industries,
or in whose States sugar refineries
existed, have under oath denied that
they had any knowledge or information
as to any sums of money, large or other
wise, having been paid for the campaign
purposes of the Democratic party by the
sugar trust, by those connected with it
or by anybody as a consideration for
favorable treatment oi its interests by
said party."
The committee also reports the sub
stance of the testimony of the sugar re
finers, asserting that the campaign con
tributions were made only to the local
committees and not for the purpose of
influencing national campaigns or lor
the purpose of securing or defeating na
tional legislation. - The report then
reads :
" No other testimony has been offered,
suggested or discovered which would
tend to support tbe statements oi Ed
wards in jthis regard. Nor is there any
evidence in support of the statement '
that either of the Messrs. Havemeyer
had any interview with President Cleve
land on the yacht in the summer of 188S
or 1893 in regard to sugar, the Hawaiian
Islands or any other sugar interests or
the policy of the administration in re
gard to them. On the contrary, it has
been affirmatively shown tfaiat the state
ment is untrue as to any such interview
having occurred. It is shown by the
evidence that one or more officers of the
sugar trust were in Washington, and
that they saw several Senators, generally
those representing States in which sugar
refineries were located, with the view of
insuring legislation, but these gentlemen
deny the use of any improper motives
to mat end. Both, ute members ot the
trust and the Finance Committee denied
that any meeting took place between
them at the capitol or elsewhere, as waa
stated in the 'Holland ' letter to have
taken place, and there ia no evidence in
support of the statements in this re
gard." ,
The committee 'also unites in saying
that no evidence has been adduced tend
ing to show improper conduct on the
part of those engaged in the framing of
the sugar schedule in the tariff bill, and
strongly deprecates the pressure to which
Congress and its members are subjected
by the representatives of great indus
trial combinations, "whose enormous
wealth tends to suggest undue influence
and to create in the public mind a de
moralizing belief in the existence of cor
rupt politics." ,
AGAINST THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
No Order Issned to Discontinue the Got
ernment's Suit.
Los Anoelxs, August 4. District At
torney Denis was asked to-night by
reporter whether or not he had received
instructions from Attorney-General 01
ney to discontinue the suit recently
brought against the Southern Pacifio
Company, restraning it from combining
with other companies to the detriment
of interstate commerce. He positively
refused to say whether or not such in
structions bad been received, and added :
"When instructions to that effect
have been received they will be acted
upon in due course of time."
The District Attorney referred the re
porter for further information to Attorney-General
Olney, who, he claims, is
the only one from whom authentic in
formation can be obtained on the sub
ject at the present time. It is believed
that the report that such instructions
were issued ia entirely without founda
tion. Hawaiian! Attending to Business.
San Francisco, August 3. The steam
ship Alameda, which arrived to-day,
brought advices from Honolulu under
date of July 26 as follows: Absolute
quiet prevails here, and for the first time
in over a year politics have been wholly
dropped. Business is improving. The
latest important enterprise is the letting
of contracts for the building of a fail
road to extend completely around the
Island of Oahu, on which Honolulu ia
situated. This road will reach several
big plantations, which have hitherto
shipped all their crops to Honolulu by
steamer. Admiral Walker, after an ill
ness which confined him to his bed for
several duya, is making preparations for
his departure. He has been ordered to
Annapolis.
One of Coxey'a Measurear
Washington, August 4. The Populist
Senator from Kansas was the sponser
to-day for a bill conceived and prepared
by the representatives of " The United
States Industrial Army," now encamped
near Washington, or on its march to the
capital, under the terms of which the
Secretary of War is to inaugurate s sys
tem of public Improvement that will
furnish employment to all United States
citizens who may apply for it, at the
minimum wagea of $2 a day, and the
Secretary ot the Treasury is to provide
a fund for their payment by tbe Issue i
$350,000,000 in treasury wrtes, -