STANFORD'S MILLIONS
TOWN SWALLOWED UP
THE
ARGUS,
The Widow Has Straightened
Out the Estate.
Pennsylvania Hamlet Sinks
Into the Earth.
LAST OF THE DEBTS PAID OFF
SCOTCH VALLEY GONE BELOW
Whan It Has Keen Finally Distributed,
the University Will be the Richest la
America Its Facilities and Scop to
be Greatly Enlarged.
9
Ban Fbancisco, September 11. The
Examiner saya Mrs. Stanford haa paid
olf the laut of the debts due from the
Stunford extate and haa thua early got
its (treat properties in almost perfect or
der. She ia now anxious for a distribu
tion of the eatate, bo that she may se
cure personal control of the millions of
which she ia now executrix. She ia
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. Aa
soon aa a distribution ia 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. She is ready to begin this work
early next spring if the estate can be
distributed by that time. The estate ia
nearly ready for distribution, except for
three claims that are pending. One ia a
suit for 75,OUO, Involving a horse, which
is pending on appeal, and another ia a
suit for $7,000 brought recently for books
for the university. The other claim ia
the $15,000,000 claim against the Stan
ford estate, which Attorney-General 01
ney has presented on behalf of the gov
ernment to Mrs. Stanford as executrix.
This suit ia an annoyance to Mra. Stan
ford, because so long aa it is unsettled it
will prevent her front spending a dollar
of the estate in behalf of the university.
She had planned to begin spending
several hundred thousand dollars in en
larging the institution next spring, but
she will bo unable to use any of the ea
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
her property and all of the estate willed
to her by Stanford 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
sion it will be used for the university
during her life, aa 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, Gridley ranch and Vina
ranch, yield a large revenue, which has
never been quoted. Mrs. Stanford can
besides 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 th
estate. But for the large amount of cap
ital and larger revenues necessary for an
entitlement of the university she ia
waiting for the distribution of the es
tate, of which she is executrix, and
which was appraised at $17,000,000. This
Includes a lieu nest of $250,000 to the uni
versity and that of $300,000 to Thomas
Walton Stanford of Australia, which has
been turned over to the university by
Mr. Stanford. The university can ob
tain nothing from these bequests until
the distribution is made. As Boon as the
distribution is effected Stanford Univer
sity will at once have added to its avail
able income the interest on $17,000,000,
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. SOUTHERN LYNCHINGS.
What Is Said of England's Intention to
Investigate.
Little Rook, September 11. Gov
ernor Fishback to-day received a tele
gram from a New York newspaper as
follows !
"An English committee has been sent
here to investigate and denounce lynch
ing. Please telegraph us what you think
of English meddling with our affairs."
In reply the Governor 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 pay,
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 in earnest and
honest, is to go home."
Given Back Her Speech,
Winfikld, L. I., September 11. A
house belonging to John Zelinka of this
village was struck by lightning during
the storm Saturday night. A bolt went
through a two-foot brick wall Into the
dining room, where Mr. Zelinka, a neigh
bor and Mrs. Fisher, a visitor, were dis
cussing the storm. It seemed to pass
betweeu 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 finger
to her ear, said; "Mamma, I heard
that ; let us go home." This is the first
time, it is said, that she has spoken since
an attack of scarlet fever left her deaf
and speechless.
Opposes Oeronlmo'i Removal,
WasitIngton, September 11. Ex-Governor
Zulick is in the city, and has
written a letter to the President vigor
ously opposing the removal of Chief
Geronimo and his Apaches from Moiyit
Vernon Barracks in Alabama, where
they are now confined, to their former
reservation in Arizona.
County-Seat Removal.
Everett, Wash., September 4. The
County Commissioners have signed the
order calling an election' to vote on the
removal of the county-seat from Sno
homish to this place.
Chartering Merchantmen.
Yokohama, September 5. The Japan
ese elections passed off quietly. Large
numbers of Japanese are going to Corea.
All available merchantmen have been
chartered by the government for use as
transports.
VOL. 1.
ICQ UAL RIGHTS ASKED.
Reason Why the Tranoontlnental 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 reorganise 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 t he 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 of equality with the other trans
continental lines bv an equal represen
tation of tickets with the Southern Pa
cific 'that other lines through Portland
enjoyed, claiming tiie right in connection
with its steamship lines to make the
same rates through Portland as were
made by the Pacific Steamship Company
through Seattle. It did not ask for dif
ferential fares, but simply for equal rates.
The Southern Pacific Company declined
to interchange traffic with the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company un
less it would agree to maintain by its
water routes the same rates as made by
the Southern Pacific over its Shasta
route and ignore the competition of the
Pacific Steamship Company through
Seattle. The Oregon Railway and Navi
gation deemed this proposition unfair,
and declined to join in any agreement
till 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 of traffic through Spo
kane. STOOD IN WITH THIEVES.
What the Leiow Investigation U Bring
ing to Light.
New Yobk, 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. Hanley
upon the rack. The handsome gold
watch which Hanley carried served for
a text for Goff's 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 sell officers valuable articles
at ridiculously low prices. Goff also
questioned Hanley aa to his relations
with Jimmy McNally. well known as
"Green-Goods Jim," the interrogations
implying the thief taker had accented
gifts at the hands of the man whom he
denounced as a thief. The detective was
asked if he ever received monev 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."
THE APILLI DISASTER.
Twelve Bodies Have Been 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 freight train at Apilli. The engineer
of the express saw the cars on the line,
and reversed the engine. The shock of
the collision was borne by the three front
cars. As soon aa 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
nad committed suicide by jumping in
front of the express train when 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 AnTericans among the
killed or injured.
Want New Rating Rule.
London, September 11. 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. E. Payne
and Dixon Kemp, resolved to-day that
negotiations Bhould be entered into with
the New York Yacht Club for an inter
national rating rule. Failing to accom
plish this, it is proposed to modify the
present rule in 181)5 so that it can be
came a law in 1806 by placing a premium
on the depth of the quarters and on
beam, thus insuring greater bulk of
under-water body.
Kekel'i Annual Report.
Washington, September 11. The an
nual report of the Controller of the Cur
rency was made public to-day. It is a
record of the work of the Controller's
office, and shows that the total number
of accounts, claims and cases settled dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30 last was
33,165, involving $280,602,002. Bv com
paring the work of this office for the past
three fiscal years an increase in the vol
ume of business since 1891 in round
numbers of $104,000,000 is shown, with
an increase in the last fiscal year of $74,
000,000. The Anarchists Aotlve.
Bbblin, September 11. The Grau
denzer Zeitung says, while the imperial
party was at Marienburg last Saturday,
anarchists distributed revolutionary leaf
lets throughout the neighborhood. Be
sides stating the principles of anarchism
the leaflets threatened jpersonal violence
to the imperial party., The police around
Marienburg have adopted the most elab
orate precautions. Every stranger is
obliged: as soon as he arrives to sign a
document giving the details of his busi
ness, family and residence.
HILLSBORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1894.
PLOT OF TIIE LYNCHING1
Whole Story Laid Before the
Proper Authorities.
GRAND JUSY GIVEN THE FACTS
The Evidence Shows That the Dastardly
Crime Committed Near Mllllngton
Was Carefully Planned Sheriff's Son
Exposes 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 August 23 has been
laid bare, and before many hours elapse
every man implicated in the conspiracy
will be in jail. Robert McCarver, son ol
J. A. McCarver, Sheriff of Shelby county,
is the man who exposed theconspirators.
He was before the grand jury last night,
and told the whole story. In his testi
mony he said he was invited to partici
pate in the lynching by II. 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 VV. S. Richardson,
placed in a wagon and driven to Big
creek swamp, where they would be in
waiting. When the 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 bis
bands would be tied if any investigation
should be instituted by the authorities.
Young McCarver declined to join the
mob, and the day after the lynching
disclosed the details 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 warden indicted.
Memphis, September 10. The grand
jury has sprung a sensation with 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 and Millington Friday night.
Cox denied this statement when he was
called before the grand jury, and the
indictment for perjury followed. Cox
was arrested and locked up.
MASS MEETING OF NEGROES.
Memphis, September 10. A call was
issued yesterday by the pastors of all the
negro churches for a mass meeting to
niirht for th nnrnnse of nubliclv thank
ing Governor Turner, Judge Cooper and
the white citizens ol Mempnis ior tue
determination they have shown to bring
the Millington lynchers to justice. Funds
will also be raised for thewidowaand
orphans of the six negroes who were
murdered by the mob.
CRIME IN ARIZONA.
Harder Which Hay Lead to Renewal
of an Old Fend.
Phoenix, A.T., September 10. A cow
boy brought to Tempe this evening the
report of the murder of Horace B. Schil
ley on the Rene Mountain road seventy
miles east of Phoenix. The body was
found lying by the roadside with several
rifle-shot wounds in the back and horri
bly mashed by means of bowlders thrown
on it to make death doubly certain. The
head was mutilated till identification
was almost impossible. He had been
killed the 0th instant A party of cow
boys held a rough inquest on the re
mains and buried the body on the spot,
and then started out on what seems to
be a fruitless search after the murderers,
for it is believed Beveral persons were
implicated. Schilley's horse and revolver
have not been found, and they are sup
posed to have been taken by the assas
sins. The murder is especially impor
tant as indicating a reopening of the
bloody Tonto Basin or Pleasant Valley
feud between the Tewksberry and Gra
ham factions. Thirty men were killed
during the war, and the leader is now in
jail in this city, accused of the murder
of the last of the opposition family. Of
ficers are offltting to go to the scene.
Want to Bell the Property.
San Fbanoisco, September 10. The
State Board of Prison Directors are
planning to place the State property at
San Quentin upon the market and build
a new prison at Folsom with the pro
ceeds. They have made a recommenda
tion to that effect to the Governor and
Legislature. The San Quentin property
comprises 118 acres. Objection is made
to San Quentin because Its accessibility
enables persons to land liquor, arms
and opium for contraband distribution
among the prisoners. The directors be
lieve the San Quentin property could
be turned into residence lots and sold
for $3,000 an acre.
Policy Holders Will Lose Nothing.
New Yobk, September 10. Holders of
policies in the Mutual Benefit Life As
sociation will lose nothing by the wind-,
tng up of the affairs of that corporation
is the promise of W. H. Whiten. The
State Insurance Superintendent after
careful investigation has decided that a
receiver should be appointed, the lia
bilities of the association being far in
excess of its assets. But Mr. Whiten
said all the holdsrs would be reinsured
in one of the older companies.
Drouth Tery Disastrous.
. New Yobk, September 10. Secretary
of Agriculture Morton is stopping at the
Imperial Hotel with his two sons. The
Secretary says the drouth has been very
disastrous. The suffering by the drouth,
he fears, will be largely increased by the
great Area.
SUM AGAIN SHOT OCT.
Smouldering Forest Fires Fanned Into
Fresh Blase.
Duluth, Minn., September 10. The
forest fires were renewed again to-day in
this region by a 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 by the breaking out of forest
fires In the city 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 np a detachment, which a lit
tle later sent for an engine. Then the
excitement was at fever heat, for news
had been coming of the sidetracking of
a St. Paul and Duluth passenger train
because of Ores on all sides ol 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 of fire, sud
denly broke the conversation, saying:
" It is getting awfully 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."
HB HAD TO LEAVE.
Just a few minutes passed, and he
said : "I fly; '30 '." Tests of the wires
a few minutes later proved that they had
gone up. At Kerrick the inhabitants
Eut in the afternoon fighting the fire,
ut thought in the evening the danger
was over. Barnum had a narrow es
cape all the afternoon. At Kimberly
on the Northern Pacific a large gang of
railway laborers Baved the town.
There waa a state of terror among the
refugees at Pine City, for it was feared
another cyclone of fire was at hand. At
8 o'clock the 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.
The operator at Mahetowa this after
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 Ross City the residents
became so frightened that they boarded
a freight train standing on the tracks so
as to be ready for departure, but the
danger passed when the wind subsided.
St. Paul, September 10. The last re
port from Mora In this city was that the
town was in immediate danger.
still unaccounted fob.
Hinckley, September 10. This has
been quite a gloomy day. The searchers
after the bodies of victims of the great
forest fires are resting, but will resume
their work in the morning. Coroner
Cowan and Dartv went to Sandstone to
day, where they buried eighty bodies.
There were no religious services here
yesterday. No clergymen were present.
A number of people' went to Pine City
to attend the memorial services in that
oitv. Five bodies were found last night
in a cellar on a hill iust north of the
Kettle river, and were buried where
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.
BELIEVING) THE D-RTITUTE.
St. Paul. SeDtember 10. The State
relief committee, appointed by Governor
Nelson to investigate and set on foot the
best measures for the relief of the suf
ferers by foreBt 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 effective organization
established to carry on the work.
This leaves little for the State commit
tee to do in the way of temporary relief,
but hundreds of people have been left
absolutely destitute. Their homes and
every article of theirs are absolutely de
stroyed. To re-establish these people
as far as possible in their old homes,
and when practicable to locate. them
elsewhere, under such conditions as will
enable them to support themselves will
be the endeavor of the commission.
The sufferers 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 be re-established in their
homes, and for this money is needed.
Detroit's Hermit Murdered.
Detroit, September 10. Charles
Chauvln, 75 years old, and a wealthy
and prominent citizen of Grosse Point
Tower, was found murdered in his
home, northwest of the city, last even
ing. The murderers have not been
caught, but the officers claim to be close
upon their tracks. Chauvin lived as a
hermit. On his head were found three
terrible wounds evidently inflicted by an
ax. The murderers had ransacked the
house. Chauvin had lived as a hermit
for twelve years. He was once a mem
ber of the Legislature, and had held
many positions of trust. He was an in
telligent student, and was worth about
$200,000.
Turned Them Over to Vlllard.
Duluth, September 10. Colgate Hoyt
of New York, who is here to-day on busi
ness in connection with the American
Steel Barge Company, said regarding the
$409,000 in Oregon and Transcontinental
bonds, for which Master in Chancery
found he had receipted, that he had
turned them over to Henry Villard, and
added : "I have not the slightest doubt
that Villard can-account for them." Fur
ther than that Mr. Hoyt refused to dis
cuss the decision.
His Death Sentence Signed.
Mexico, September 10. Magistrates
of the Superior Tribunal have signed the
death sentence of Edward T. Adams, an
American photographer who was con
victed of the murder of an Mexican
waiter four rears ago. The defendant's
attorneys will pleat before President
uiu for mm en n rattan etl sentence.
THEEMPEROR WILLIAM
Makes a Sensational Speech
at a State Banquet
STRUCK FROM LIST OF GUESTS
The Opposition of the Prussian Nobility
to Their King He Characterises as a)
Monstrosity The King of Wurtem
burg the Principal Guest.
Deblin, September 10. The Emperor
William made a a sensational speech the
other evening at a State banquet, at
which the King of Wurtemburg was the
principal guest. He had previously
struck from the list of guests the names
of Count von Mirbach and Count von
Kanitz and Generals Klitzuing and San
dim. The two latter were subsequently
restored. Emperor William's act plain
ly marked his displeasure at the attitude
of the persons named upon the agrarian
question. This is confirmed by the fact
that the Emperor has just decorated
Count von Doenhoff with the order of
the Red Eagle. Count von Doenhoff was
expelled last May from a Conservative
union, because he voted for the Russo
German commercial treaty in the Reichs
tag. Emperor William approved the
Count's action. After the Emperor had
toasted the King of Wurtemborg and
the latter had responded, his Imperial
Majesty made a speech, which caused
the deepest impression. After a few
words of thanks for his reception the
Emperor said :
" When I was here four years ago I
emphasized the fact that in Eastern
Prussia, , where the people are chiefly
farmers, you muBt before all preserve
and maintain a capable peasantry, and
that as such they would be a pillar of
support to any monarchy. Hence my
constant endeavor whenever the oppor
tunity arises to foster the welfare and
economy of East Prussia. The past four
grievous years have weighed upon the
farmer, and it appears to me that under
this condition doubt has arisen in regard
to my promises and as to whether I
should be able to keep them. Nay, I
find myself compelled to observe with a
sore heart that in the circles of the no
bility standing near the throne my best
intentions were misunderstood and to a
certain extent combatted. Nay, more,
word of opposition has been brought to
my ears. Gentlemen, the opposition of
Prussian noblemen to their King is a
monstrosity. They are justified in form
ing an opposition only when they know
the King to be at their head. This is a
lesson taught by the history of our coun
try. How often have my ancestors had
to set themselves against misguided
members of that class for the welfare of
the whole community. The successor of
him who by his own right became Sov
ereign Duke ot Prussia win touow tne
came path as his great ancestor, and as
once tne first King of Prussia said, ' Ex
me mea nata corona,' and as bis great
son established his authority, so I rep
resent, like my imperial grandsire, tne
kingdom by the grace of God.
I shall continue in my constant en
deavors, and the next budget will afford
fresh proof of my parental solicitude.
Gentlemen, let us regard the pressure
weighing upon us and the times through
which we are passing in the light of the
Christian profession in which we have
been educate-! aa a trial laid upon us
by God. Let us preserve our minds in
quietude and endure with patience and
firm resolution, hoping for better times
according to our old maxim ' noblesse
oblige.' A stirring ceremony passed be
fore our eyes Tuesday. Before us stands
the statue of William I, the imperial
sword uplifted in his right hand, the
symbol of law and order. It reminds us
of the arduous struggle which has de
signs against the very foundation of our
constitutional and social life. Now,
gentlemen, it is to you I this day address
myself. Forward, to fight for religion,
for morality and for order against the
parties of revolution. As the ivy winds
itself around the oak, beautifies it with
its leaves and protects it when the tem
pests rage, bo do the Prussian nobility
close around my house. May it, and
with it the whole nnhilitv of the German
nation, become a bright example to
tbose sections of the populace which are
etill wavering. Let us enter together
upon this struggle. unward with ood,
and dishonor to him who forsakes his
King.
"In the hope that Eastern Prussia will
be the first province in line in this bat
tie I raise my glass and quaff to the
prosperity of Eastern Prussia and to her
t ! . ml t . . 1 .
uraaDiianis. inree cneera ior me prov-
suae."
CANADIAN GLAIHS.
K Proposition Has Been Hade to Settle
the Seal Fisheries.
Washington, September 10. "It is
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
Tupper, Canadian Minister of Marine
and fisheries, had received a dispatch
from Victoria telling of an agreement ot
interested sealers to take the $425,000
offered by the United States government
as a settlement for the dispute about
seizures. Mr, Uhl said that no such sum
had been appropriated for the purpose
given. During tne closing days ot Con
gress Secretary Uresham was at the can'
ltol interviewing members of the two
Appropriation Committees 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 the amount
named, particularly as no measure could
be put through except by unanimous
consent. The State Department officials
are at a loss to understand the meaning
oi the message ot sir unaries i upper.
The Engagement Assured.
New Yobk, September 10. The piw
ence here of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoria,
the daughter of the great Union Gen
eral, and Major H. Kydd Douglass, for
merly of Stonewall Jackson's staff, has
revived the talk in high social circles
that a wedding between the two will
take place in the near future. Both are
stopping at the Arlington, and are al
most inseparable. Friends sav that the
engagement is assured. If the wedding
should be consummated, it will be the
most remarkable union of the North and
South ever signalised thus far.
NO. 25.
NO NEED OF A VESSEL.
Time for Hawaii to Establish Her Stand
ing Among Nations.
San Fbancisco, September 10. Rear
Admiral Beardslee, who has recently suc
ceeded to command of the Pacific station,
expects to remain In California for two
months until his flagship, the Philadel
phia, is again ready for sea. " The re
pairs on the Philadelphia will take fully
two months," he said. Concerning the
possible need of a cruiser's presence at
Honolulu during the approaching elec
tion he said the commander of the
Charleston, which has probably arrived
at Honolulu by this time, can use his
awn discretion as to whether he had
better remain there or proceed direct to
Yokohama. " Without speaking offici
ally," be continued, " it may be the
policy of 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 say
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 be 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
calities would seem to suggest that it
might be advisable to have a cruiser
there to protect American interests, u
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 yet, and I
have not the slightest idea where I shall
be ordered when the Philadelphia is
ready for sea."
THE TARIFF.
Mexican Officials Hueh Interested
ta
Our New Law.
Kansas City, Mo.. September 10.
Ex-Governor 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 will
tend to increase trade between the two
Republics, but it is not as liberal as I
should have liked to have seen it. Lead
ore ought to have been free. The reduo
tion of the tariff on cattle will be bene
ficial. I saw it stated just before I left
that the reduction of tariff will bring
100,000 head of Mexican cattle into the
American markets within a year. I do
not know that this is true, but I give it
as it came to me. The Mexican govern
ment would reduce the high tariff it
maintains if it could. Its hnancial con
dition is unfortunate, and the depreci
ation in silver has been hard on Mexico,
Still it is paying the interest on its debts,
and the principal as it matures, which
is more than any other spanish-Amen
can State can do. Our American people
are beginning to understand Mexico, and
we have a good number of Americans
there engaged in business and running
plantations. Dr. Cockrell, son of the
Senator, is now in the United States
buying machinery for his coffee and sugar
Haciendas, uthers who are mere are
making monev. Coffee-growing la an
inviting field."
DESPAIR OF SUCCESS.
Little Chance of Reorganising the Trans
eontinental Association.
San Fbancisco, September 10. An
evening paper, says : It now comes to
my knowledge that the efforts made by
the Southern Pacific and some other
lines to bring into existences once more
the Transcontinental Association of rail
ways is met by refusal of the three large
systems to take part. These are Atchi
son and Topeka, the Union Pacific and
the Northern Pacific. All of these ays
terns are In the hands of receivers, and
this fact is used as an explanation con
cerning their refusal to fall into line.
Prominent officials connected with the
Southern Pacific have told friends that
the outlook for bringing all the old lines
together again in one combine does not
look flattering at this time, and that
they have about despaired of success,
Freight business seems harder to man
age under the new conditions than the
passenger end of the traffic. In addi
tion to the confusion produced by the
attitude of the Atchison and Topeka, the
Union Pacific and Northern Pi.ciflc there
is also a threatening of trouble from the
comparatively new position which the
Ureat northern has acquired during the
past few months by a traffic arrange
ment made with the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company since it fell
out of the hands of the Union racino,
Fleet Ordered Home.
Washington, September 10. Orden
have been Issued by Admiral Ramsay
acting Secretary of the Navy, for the re
turn to San Francisco of all the Behring
Sea patrol fleet. They are to sail for
home not later than the 6th proximo.
The flag ship Mohican will be the last
one to leave the station. The United
States ship Adams has tl.-eady reached
Whatcom, Wash., on her rray to San
Francisco. The Adams ran aground in
Behrinsr Sea during a dense foe. but waa
hauled off before she sustained serious
damage. At the time Commander J. J.
Bricewas down with remittent fever,
and the vessel was in command of the
executive officer. The matter will be
officially investigated.
Poor Uncle Sam.
San Fbancisco, September 10. It is
reported that the Southern Pacific Com
pany will bring in large bills for the
transportation of troops during the re
cent strike, who were dispatched to
points where they were needed to pro
tect the railway company's property. It
is also reported that the company will
bring in a bill against, the United States
for .the transportation of United States
Deputy Marshals on their trains during
the strike. The origins of the atorlea
are difficult to ascertain, but they ere
persistently reiterated, and they appear
to be believed by certain officials.
One of the Most Complete Cave-Ins la
the History at That Extensive Mining
Region The Wildest Excitement Pre
vailing Through the Neighborhood.
Loftt, Penn., September 8. The little
mining town of Scotch Valley, near here,
waa swallowed np to-night in one of the -
most complete mine cave-ins ever known
in this region. The scene of the disaster
is on the slope of Mount Lookout, and a
score of houses comprise the hamlet at
the mouth of the shaft from Mount Look
out colliery. The wildest excitement
prevails through the region, and details
are fragmentary. It is known, however,
that the dozen houses on each side ol
the principal street of the hamlet are
completely swallowed up in the gaping
hole, and nothing can be seen of the
other buildings but the roofs, gables and
chimneys. It is impossible to state ac
curately the number of fatalities, or if
there are any. fames are exerting
every means to release the occupants of
the engulfed dwellings. Une of the buried
houses haa taken fire. The cave-in was
caused by the giving way of timbers and
supports in the workings of the Mount
Lookout colliery, which has not been in
operation for two years and had been
neglected in consequence.
At 4: 30 the inhabitants were startled
by rumbling reports like falling rock in
the caverns of the abandoned mine many
hundreds of feet below them. The
ground trembled and swayed like ah
earthquake beneath them. Report was
followed by report, and, accompanied by
other tremors, the village sank out of
sight in the gaping cavern. In the
meanwhile about fifty miners were im
prisoned in the colliery. They had been
at work in another portion of the mine,
and all means of exit from the mine was
wiped out by the cave-in. James Perrin,
one of the oldest miners, gathered the
men together and started to lead them
up through a tunnel, which had been
used for an air shaft. The rescuing party
on the surface had made an attempt to
push a passage through the. mass of
debris which blocked the main entrance.
Failing In this, some of the more darinir
entered the passage and came to where
the imprisoned miners were struggling
upward. The men were carried to the
surface, where a large crowd of excited
people were awaiting them. Up to 9
o'clock to-night all persons who could
be found had been taken from the ruins,
although a full roll of thoee to be ac
counted for cannot be prepared until
morning.
NEWS OF THE TRUSTS.
An Action Commenced to Annul
the
Tobacco Company's Charter.
New Yobk, September 8. The taking
of testimony was begun to-day at the
office of Einstein & Townsend in an ac
tion brought by Attorney-General Stock
ton of New Jersey to annul the charter
of the American Tobacco Company on
the ground that it was operating a trust
against the laws of New Jersey. The
testimony was taken before Walter
Cleary, a Commissioner of New Jersey.
The first witness was J. B. Duke, Presi
dent of the Tobacco Company. Mr.
Duke said :
"The companies that formed the
American Tobacco Company were the
Kinney Tobacco Company, Duke's Sons,
Goodwin & Co., Allen AGinter and Kim
ball & Co."
He told how the tobacco manufactur
ers met in October at tbe Stuyveeant
House and discussed the pooling of their
interests and calling it a trust. They
obtained legal advice to the effect that
the laws would not permit a trust, and
then formed a company, which they be
lieved, and they are of the same opinion
still, complies with the law. The entire
properties of the several companies were
turned over to the American Tobacco
Company. Duke's Sons sold 9,000,000
paper cigarettes during the year 1800.
The only way the witness could suggest
getting at the exact figures as to the cig
arette output would be from the books
of the company. In conclusion he said
$800,000 had been spent in advertising in
1888, and that the sales were made all
over the world.
the bbewibt trust.
Chicago, September 8. English capi
tal is now looking for another Chicago
investment. For some time past the
creator of the brewery trust, H. M. Bige
low, has been in Europe endeavoring to
organize into a syndicate twenty of the
largest breweries in Chicago 'for the
present great trust, and which, when
completed, is to have a capital of $13,
000,000, or $2,000,000 more than the
present syndicate. Bigelow has secured
$8,000,000, and it is said the new syndi
cate will comprise twenty of the twenty
four breweries in this city.
TBS UMBRELLA TBU8T.
New Yobk, September 8. The um
brella trust which was organized about
three years ago under tbe name of the
Umbrella Company with $8,000,000 capi
tal, having branch houe38 in nearly all
the large cities, went into the hands
of a receiver July 16. The trust will
pay its entire list of creditors at the rate
of 100 cents on the dollar. Tbe Um
brella Company was organized bv the
leading umbrella firms In the United
States.
General Klrkham's Estj(,
Oakland, Cal., September 8. Appli
cation has been filed in the Superior
Court by Gustav L. Mix, brother of Mra.
Kate Edith Kirkham, widow of the late
General Ralph Kirkham, asking that the
lady be declared incompetent. It is de
sired to have a guardian appointed to
take charge of her eatate, valued at $700,
000. Host Not Discuss Politics.
Omaha, September 0. The Union Pa
cific to-day issued a notice to all em
ployes to abstain from any participation
in politics, the discussion of any subject
tending in that direction being pro
hibited. All men not willing to keep
eut of politics are requested to resign.
All Well With Peary.
New Yobk, September 5. A cable dis
patch from the Peary relief expedition
steamer Falcon dated Disco, July 17, re
ceived to-day, atates all are well.
The Hills to Resume.
New Bedford, Mass.. September 6.
There waa a break in the ranks of the
manufacturers this afternoon, which will
result in the resumption of work in all
the mills here. The directors of
j Briatol corporation to-day practically de.
I cided to start up Monday next,