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10 PROTECT MOIDEN RESERVE IS GROWING Extensive Earthworks Being Raised on the Route. Higher Than at Any Time Since the Last of July. CENTERING AT THE SACEED CITY HEW YORK'S CUSTOM RECEIPTS h n -rr Rattle li Kspeoted to Occur on tho Tola River, ond Chine Will Kudeevor to Offiet tho Ping Vn Disaster Km peror of China Hold Wnr Council. ION Don, September 25. A dispatch (rum Hliangliai, dated to-day, nays: Cap tain Tang, commander of the Chinese warship Chin Yuen, which was mink in the engagement oil' the Yalu river, is among the saved. The British steamer Irene from Hamburg, loaded with large quantities of munitions of war, has safely arrived at Taku, and has landed her cargo. It is understood that the government of Manchuria Is concentrat ing all the troops raised in that province upon Moukden, and that on the route to Wiju extensive earthworks are being raised. The levies are composed of hardy North Chinamen, and are of excellent material, but they are badly armed, only about 4,000 of them havinggood military ritles. Further supplies, however, are being hurried up from the Southern ar senals. The Chinese force on the Yalu river is estimated at 2,800. Many of these are raw levies, and are also Imtlly armed. The loss of guns, rilles and am munition at Ping Yang ImB greatly em barrassed the Chinese War Department. It recognizes that a battle tiuiHt he fought on the Yalu, and the Chinese are strain ing everv nerve to retrieve the disaster at Ping Vang. The Island of Yatantan in Corea Day has been made a coaling station, from which the Japanese can keep constant watch uiion the mouth of the Uulf of l'e Chi LI, nine Japanese gunboats being stationed there. The Emperor of China held a war council at 4 o'clock. He is completely under the influence of his former tutor and aged adviser. AN OPINION OF THK FIGHT. As Complete m Defeat M tho Battle of Trafalgar. New York, September 25. The Her ald's European edition publishes the fol lowing from Its correspondent at Brus sels: The eminent naval authority who writes under the notn de guerre of Nau tlcus is here, and I interviewed him for the Herald on the subject of the recent Chinese and Japanese encounter at the mouth of the Yalu river. He expressed an absolute conviction that the Chinese 1 1 -II 1 ..-...,1. 1., ili.fi... a ,Ua French and Spaniards did at Trafalgar. His reasonB are that the Chinese had put forward all their fighting ehlps that were worth anything, and the surviving ves sels must all go to the dry dock for re- Sairs. Besides the cripphjd vessels hina possesses one warship, the pro tected cruiser Foo Chong, which in France or England would be ranked third-class. It is even douUful if the Foo Chong, which was launched in 1880, is yet armed. China, therefore, is abso lutely crippled at sea, whereas Japan re tains all her lighting strength, barring Matsusiina. Nauticus adds that Admiral Ting made exactly the same mistake as Admiral Peraano at Lissa in 1866 in at tempting to land forces on a coast not his own. Both battles present a strange analogy. Admiral Ting has been as com pletely beaten at Yalu as Penano was at liissa. - TREATY WITH BRAZIL. The Formal Announcement of Its Abro. gatton Ha Been Olven. Washington, September 25. Brazil has abrogated her reciprocity treaty with the United States. The formal an nouncement was received at the State Department yesterday. It came in the form of a letter from Minister Men- donca, Brazil's diplomatic representative here, and said that in accordance with Instructions from his government he gave notice of the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty to take effect January 1 next. The action of Brazil in this matter is taken as a result of'the mis sage of the new tariff law, which does not hold out any inducements to other countries to grant Bpecial rates of duty to products of the United States. In the reciprocity treaty which was ne gotiated bv Secretary Blaine and Min later Mendonca it is stipulated that either of the contracting powers can abrogate it by giving the other three months' notice. Brazil, therefore, is merely carry ing out this stipulation. There is nothing especially significant in Brazil's action, except that on and after January 1 she will place such duties on American arti cles covered in the reciprocity treaty as she may see proper. The former duties imposed on American goods shipped to Brazil will be restored, it is believed, while the majority of that country's ?i rod net will continue to come in here ree, as under the reciprocity treaty the onlv difference being that, Had the Mc- Kinley law been in effect at the time of aorogation, ine amies unuer uiai inw iimiU V. . ii Ywwi l.v.nsia.i(l tn a II 11 li awtf- cles. Commonwealers Working. Fresno, Cal., September 25. Thirty " commonwealers," who have been serV' ing a four months' sentence in the county jail, having been sent here by the United States District Court sitting at Los An- geleB, were liberated to-day. By actual count the number was but twenty-seven three having escaped during the time they were incarcerated. A job was wait ing them, and they went to work in body in a vineyard. The Graphic's Advice. London, September 25. The Graphic in an article on the war in the far East says that in view of the activity of the Russians at Vladivbstock and elsewhere the Eastern fleet under command of Ad miral Fremantle ought to be reinforced, Pike's Peak Station. Colorado Springs, September 25. The signal station on the summit of Pike's Peak is to be abandoned by the weather bureau at the end of this month A Chinaman's 1'redleament. An unfortunate Chinaman, being ex pelled from the United States for some reason or other, maae a rruiuess at tempt to reach west Canadian sou, While crossing a bridge over the Niaga ra river he was suddenly Btopped by the officials, who demanded the sum of $50 from him. Not having the required amount in his possession, the unlucky Celestial slowly picked his way back ward, but was met by the United StateB officials, who refused to readmit him to American soil. The last report concern ing him was that he was camping on the middle of the bridge. nacnange. VOL. 1. SUGAR INQUIRY. Indlotuiento Against Havemeyer and Searles Prepared. Washington, September 25. The ex pected indictments against Messrs. Have meyer and Searles of the Sugar Trust, who refused to answer questions asked them by the Senate investigating com mittee, have been finally presented in the District Attorney's ofllce, and only await the action of the grand jury, which will present them to the court. The time that has elapsed since the case was first commenced has been consumed in the preparation of these indictments. No more difficult technical task has devolved u non the District Attorney for years. chiefly on account of the lack of prece dent, i ne orum oi tne prosecution oi the Sugar Trust will rest upon the in dictments. There is no doubt .that the lawyers for the trust will make motions to quash the bills as the first step in their defense. The decision of the Crim inal Court Judue will doubt ess be taken to the Court of Appeals of the District, for, although an appeal at that stage ol an ordinary case Is not allowed, the Court of Appeals makes an exception for a case of extraordinary importance to save the expense of a criminal trial based upon an indictment wnicn may oe invalid. The decision of the ADDellate Court upon the legitimacy of indict ments will therefore nave mucn weight in determining the power of a Congres sional committee to compel witnesses to answer questions or, if refusing, to sub mit to punishment for contempt. If the Court of Appeals says that they cannot be indicted for Buch an offense, that set tles the matter, unless an attempt is made to carry It to the supreme uouru INCREASING II Kit FORCK. France Preparing for Operations' Against Madagascar. London, September 25. The Paris correspondent of the Central News tele graphs that the French Ministers of War and Marine are most actively pre paring for the beginning of operations against Madagascar with the purpose of maintaining French authority. It is given out that it is the intention of France to increase the number of war ships on the Madagascar coast to twelve and also tp diBpatch two battalions of Zouaves to the foreign legation almost Immediately. In addition to this force a battalion of the African Infantry, a brigade of marines and two regiments of Tonquinese sharpshooters will go to sup port this reinforcing detail. EllKCTlNG FOHT WORKS. Paris. September 25. Mail advices from Madagascar, dated August 21, say that the French are erecting fort works at Diego and Suarez, outside the French reservation, and are also occupying sev eral pointB on the coast to tne south ward. Their aim apparently is to se cure control of the Mozambique Chan nel. The Hova government complains also of acts of aggression on the part of the French, which, uiey assert, is de signed with a view of iuciting hostilities. GIGANTIC BLAZE. One Million Dollars Goes Up In Smoke at Portland. Portland, Or., September 25. Fire at the Albina terminal grounds yester day destroyed the Pacific Coast wheat elevator, warehouse and contents, the railroad coal bunkers and contents, vast stretch of wharves, sixty or more freight cars and wheat contents, a num ber of cars containing a part of the great plant of the Portland General Electric Company, about four miles of railroad trai-kntra and the river Bteamer Willam ette Chief. The conflagration consumed in round numbers $1,000,000 worth oi property, though it is not possible at this time to nive accurate estimates. It was nrettv Fully covered bv insurance, The hre department could do little or nothing to stay the progress oi tne names, and thev completely devoured every' thing in their path, and subsided only from lack of material. It is supposed that three lives of workmen at the eie vntnr were lost. The orisin of the con flagration is not definitely known. The disaster was altogether the most serious that has visited Portland since the great fire of 1872. THREATEN TO PLUNDER. The Demand for the Release of Political Prisoners. London, September 25. Advices from Tangier say the Jews on their way to the markets are continually plundered and stripped of their clothing on the principal roads. An imperial tax of 5 is demanded for free passage. The Er- chamna tribe is demanding the immed' iate release of Muley Mohammed, oldeBt son of the late Sultan Muley Hassan Mnlev Mohammed was proclaimed Sul tan early in September in spite of- the fact that his younger brother, Abdul Aziz, had previously been proclaimed Sultan and recognized as such at Fez, the seat of the present government of Morocco. Muley Mohammed, however, had previously been imprisoned at Na rakesh by order of his brother, the Sul tan, and was compelled to sign an act of adhesion to Abdul Aziz. The position of the latter has been secured by being recognized as the Sultan by the powerful Shereef of Wazan. In addition to de manding the release of Muley Moham med the Erchamna tribe is demanding the release of all other political prison ers in confinement at Morocco city. If the demands are not granted, the tribes mentioned threaten to plunder Morocco city. A Slim Pretext. London, September 25. A dispatch to the Times from St. Petersburg says: It is reported here that China has at tacked the station of the new Usaueri section of the Siberian railway, plunder ing the telegraph offices, and killed eight employes. It la feared the government will make this a pretext to interfere in the Corean struggle between China and Japan. . From Pittsburg to Taeoma. Tacoma, September 25. Louis S. Young, a young man about 27 years old, ImB arrived here, having ridden on a bi cycle from Pittsburg, Pa. He came by way of St. Louis, Denver, Salt Lake City and Portland, and was six months mak ing the trip. HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1894. THE MYSTERY SOLVED Farmer Gloystein of Mica Was Not Murdered. HIS WHEREABOUTS DISCOVERED The Threats of His Political Enemies Bad Seared Win, and He Fled to Oregon Working on a Farm Near Mora, Sherman County. Spokane, Wanli., September . Charles F. Gloystein, a farmer living near Mica, this county, who mysteriously disappeared from his home July 30, and who was believed by many to have been murdered by political enemies, is alive and well. He is working on a farm near Moro, Sherman county, Or. His where abouts were discovered by Sheriff Pugb, who returned to-day from a trip to Moro, where he met Gloyatein and established his identity beyond doubt. Sheriff Pugh drove up to the place where Gloystein was working, and called out: " Charley Gloystein, is that you?" "Mac, Mac, my God, my God I" ex claimed Gloystein. He cried like a child, and made a fall confession, in which he admitted that he opened the window of his bedroom and rapped on the house. Mrs. Gloystein in her bedroom downstairs beard the rap- nine and called to her husband. He also admits that he put blood upon his hat and threw it in the road, lie walked across the country to Colfax, disguising himBelf by shaving his mustache and wearing glasses. There he boarded a freight train going to The Dalles. From The Dalles be went back into the coun try and worked on a hay ranch. After ward he went to Moro and secured em ployment. He tried to excuse himself by saying he was made afraid of his life by the action of the Populists, who had hung him in effigy and put up threaten ing placards. Gloystein refused to re turn with the Bnenii, ana eaia, u nis wife would come to him, he would go far awav and make a new start in me. Mrs. Uloystein, wno movea to opoKane Saturday, is eager to take back her run away husband. The affair has created wide-spread interest all over the North' west. FRT'S PLANS. It Is Claimed That He is the Head of a Revolutionary Movement. Columbus, 0., September 25. Leaden In the Populist movement here have just made a sensational exposure of " Gen eral" L. C. Fry.lateof the " Industrial" Army of California. He is set forth by it as a plotter against the government and the agent of a secret organization with revolutionary intentions. Last week Fry came here from Cleveland and addressed a Populist meeting. His speech was so radical, not to say revolu tionary in tone, that the Populists were shocked. Later he lectured before an organization of laboring men, and again bordered on anarchy. To two prominent! members of the ropuust party, wnoui he thought he could trust, he confided the fact that he was only using the Pop ulist speeches he made to conceal his real work, which was the organization of branches of a secret revolutionary party. This organization, he claimed, is rapidly increasing in membership and is inter national In scope, and which has its plans already Bet to seize the reins of government in this country and after overthrowing the regularly constituted authority to re-establish a government according to the ideas of the revolution ists. It is their programme to await the next great strike and then when the na tional guard and regular army, together with all the civic powers, are helping the corporations to defeat the strikers, will be their time to act. Their lodges will then assemble in the city of Chicago and iBsue a proclamation suiting the occa sion, and establishing a provisional gov ernment, be prepared to enforce its de crees. The persons to whom he made the admissions are prominent Populists and patriotic citizens. They promptly informed the Populist organization, and it was resolved that he should not be permitted to speak at Populist meetings, and that what he had admitted should be made public. WORK FOR ALL. The Great Northern Railway Is Calling for More Men. Spokane, September 24. More men are needed by the Great Northern rail- wav. Forty more were added to the force yesterday "ut there is still plenty of room for those who wish to work, al though 1.000 laborers are scattered aloncf the track to the coast. Wages of fered are (1.50 per day. Board is $4 pet week. The healthy man" wh an'tfind work " is at a discount to-day. Porter Bros, and Stevens & Co. have contracts to repair all the washouts in thorough way and make the big change in the line of track along the Uolumma, where three and one-halt miles of track are to be moved up the hillside. In ad' dition to their big force of laborers the railway company has increased ita crew of camenters threefold, and has gangs of laborers scattered all the way from Seattle to Spokane, filling, ballasting and obeying strict orders to put "every thinff in first-class condition." Several new span bridges are being Sut in at Kalispell and on the Cascade ivision. The carpenters are putting in big coal chutes at Skykomish, Harring ton. Wellington and Cascade tunnel. Thin roundhouse at Skykomish is being enlarged from three to eight stalls. Just what work will be done on the anow sheds has not yet been determined. " We don't intend to have any snow blockades this winter," declared a Great Northern official. " Last winterwe were UoA ii n hopmmfi we were not prepared, This seaBon we are ready, and before snow falls we intend to have the best railroad west of the Rockies, and then we propose to keep our trains moving seven days in tne wee&v- Cholera in Europe. Vienna, September 24. The cholera has so diminished that it is now confined to a few districts. Twelve districts which warn infected have been declared entire ly safe from the disease since September ii. THAT NATAL BATTLE. The Engagement at the Mouth of the Yalu River. London, September 24. United States cruiser Chicago sailed this afternoon for Havre, where she will be docked. She will return to Gravesend in ten days to take coal. Just before the Chicago sailed a reporter went on board of her and ob tained an interview with Captain Mahan, her commander, on the recent naval bat tle between the Japanese and Chinese fleets. Captain Mahan said : "The great thing with a fleet of war vessels with a lot of transport ins charge is to prevent surprise and embarrass ment, in this case mere was a surprise, and this fact to my mind supplies a prominent lesson. It is necessary in at tempting to convoy transports mat toe convoying fleet should be decisively su perior to that of the enemy. I am in clined to think that the Chinese Admiral formed hia fleet so close in shore because he was obliged to do so. If he had gone out to meet the Japanese fleet, which was the proper course, he would have uncovered the mouth of the river, into which the transports had gone; conse quently he drew up close in shore, by which movement he was tactically em barrassed in the maneuvering. If his fleet had been larger than the Japanese, he might have advanced at the same time, leaving a sufficient number oi veS' sels to head off a rush, which the Japan' ese might have made. The whole affair illustrates the extreme difficulty attend ing an attacking movement across the water, unless you have control of the water absolutely. " Whether the Chinese succeeded in their object it does not appear, but the question is whether it was worth such a risk for the sake of landing the troops. It certainly was bad management to fight so close in shore, for two of the Chinese vessels had not room to turn, and so went ashore. That is one reason why the Japanese did not try to pass through the Chinese line, for they would have gone into shallow water and be come entangled. It was a big engage ment for modern vessels, but I see nothing yet to lead me to suppose that the engagement will point to the recon struction or remodeling of war vessels. The details so far are very meager. I don't know anything about the manner of attack, but doubtlesB before long the Japanese will give full information. I don't even know what was the formation of the Chinese fleet in resisting the at tack. All that is clear is that the Jap anese were on the offensive and Chinese on the defensive. " What interests me most is to know the manner in which the battle was fought. Upon this point we have nothing. But the great lesson is in the risk of attempting to carry a great force across the water. As a general rule such an attempt is unsafe. Neverthe less the mere existence of a hostile fleet does not constitute such a determent upon the resolute man who sees that the obiect of his attempt is sufficient to justify the risk. It remains to be seen whether the object the Chinese accom plished was sufficiently important to justify the risk he took. To a naval man the most interesting thing will be to know in what order the. Japanese fleet approached the Chinese, whether it was concentrated upon part of the Chinese line or spread out over the whole line. I have no time to say more, as I have too much ship work to carefully stuay me matter." THE TIMES' LEADER. It Discusses the Main Issues of the War at Length. London, September 24. The Times this morning published a leading article, in which it says Japan has already ef fected enough to convince intelligent men the world over that henceforth they must reckon with a new power in the far East. Ping Yang and Yalu have oDened the eves of all not willfully in different or blind that a new State has taken her rank in the hierarchy of na tions, and that her voice cannot longer be ignored in the councils. The Novoe Vremva. the Times adds, reminds us that Russia still hankers for the posses sion of a secure open harbor on the Pa cific. Such a possession would be a great menace to both England and Japan, who are likely to be found standing side by side on some important points ehould the powera intervene in the present aia pute. In another article discussing the war the Times calculates the Japanese will certainly reach Wiju from Ping Yang at the end ot this wees, anu mat mey win meet the Chinese troops that were land' ed on the Corean bank of the Yalu river by Admiral Ting. Continuing, the paper says: " It is not clear whether the Chinese transports had time to disembark their stores. At any rate the condition of the Chinese column must be precarious, and there seems nothing to prevent a Japan squadron from revisiting the mouth of the Yalu and destroying any Chinese trans ports remaining there. Further, it would be easy for the Japanese to move troops by sea from Ping Yang to the Yalu and then shift their base of operations farther north, thus supplying reinforcements to the column marching northward from Ping Yang. This is almost certain to be done if an advance in Manchuria is in tended. With regard to an attack upon Mukden, the Japanese cannot overlook the fact that, apart from its presumed sanctity, it is a position of little military value. It is not the shortest or best route to Peking. If the naval situation permits the free use of the Yalu river as a basis, it will eauallv allow a far nearer point of disembarkation. Whether or not such defenses as Mukden possesses would prove formidable to the Japanese artillery, the fighting power of the Chi nese would show to the beBt advantage in the defense of a walled city. " On the whole, difficulties and uncer tainties may still deter the Japanese commander from embarking upon such an adventure. The pacification and ad ministration of Corea would in them selves absorb the energies of a large military force during the winter. With regard to the naval battle the damage inflicted must have done in the days of the 'seventv-fours.' Of ramming we hear nothing, and it ia not clear that torpedoes played an effective part, while it 18 toieraDiy certain iie mory oi lueir deflection by Chinese nets is wholly mythical. " As to the political outcome of the struggle the restrictions which have converted Yokohama into a kind of Gibraltar cannot be much longer main tained against the aspirations of a power ful naval and military nation too long subjected to trammela. Unpleasant as the changed conditions may seem, they must be accepted." LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Young Breckinridge as No torious as His Sire. MORE DISGRACE FOR THE FAMILY The Favorite Son of Kentucky's Adul terous Congressman Attempts Mar. der In a Hotel He Also Abuses Judge Klnkald for Denouncing His Father. Lexington, Ky., September 24. Desha Breckinridge had a sensational altercation with James Duane Living ston, formerly of New York city, in the Phoenix Hotel this evening. Livingston was standing at the news stand reading, when Breckinridge came in and bought a package of cigarettes. "Livingston spoke to Desha, and extended his hand, saying: " It's all over now ; we ought to be friends ; shake hands." Breckinridge, with an angry look on his face, replied : " No, you one-horse scoundrel, I will not take vour hand. You profess to be a man's friend and then stab him in the back." Livingston replied to this by saying that he bad done nothing of the kind, whereupon Breckinridge called him a " damn liar." Then Livingston struck at Desha, and knocked his glasses on, following this up with a blow on the neck. Desha reached for his hip pocket, and instantly flashed in the air the long blade of a big dirk. Both men were as pale as death. Livingston in a moment of desperation grabbed at the glittering Diaoe wnicn rjrecKinriuKe aimeu at um heart. The knife went between the second and third fingers of Livingston's right hand, cutting the third finger to the bone. Breckinridge seemed - to de sire no more blood, and gave Livingston two strong kicks. The hotel clerks and several bystanders rushed in and seized Breckinridge, and at the same instant Matt Lane, a strong Breckinridge man, ran up and said he would take a hand in helping Desha. Two witnesses say that Lane also flourished a knife, but Lane denied this. Livingston was hurried into the wash room and then taken to a physician, where his hand was dressed. Just before, the trouble occurrrea De sha and Lane met Judge B. Kinkaid on Main street. Kinkaid made several speeches during the campaign denounc ing Colonel Breckinridge, in the most scathing terms. Desha Breckinridge said to Judge Kinkaid that the election was over, and he wanted to tell him he was a " damn liar." The Judge replied that he was unarmed and did not want to have any difficulty in the open streets. Desha told him to go and arm himself and he would meet him anywhere or at any time. He repeated this several times, men urae, wno ib a compara tive stranger in Lexington, having re cently come here irom Mount sterling, said, addressing the Judge: This ia Judge Kinkaid. is it? When von said decent people would not enter tain Colonel Breckinridge, you lied. My sister entertained blm in woodiora coun ty, and I say that you are a Judge Kinkaid said again he wanted no trouble on the streets, and that he was not armed. Lane threw his coat back, and said he was not armed, either, and repeated the offensive language. The Judge walked away. Later in speaking of the attatr Lane said : ' Yes. I did call him a , and I will fight him any way he wants to; and what's more, if any of his friendB want to take it up, I will fight them, too." James Livingston is a man of about 30 years, and is the financial agent of J. Kennedy Tod, owner of the Kentucky 1 ' - .. . -T . . 1-1 union railroad, ne was a strong uwens man, and worked night and day for the victorious candidate. t While, he says, he believes he saved himself from a fa tal stab by grabbing Desha's knife, he thinks he will have a sore hand for some time. Judge Kinkaid is a grandson of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky, and is a first cousin of John T. Shelby, Colonel Breckinridge's law partner, who slapped Johnson in the face during the famous Pollard trial. Judge Kinkaid is about 40 years old. He has always been considered a man of the highest phys ical courage, and everyone expects more blood will be shed before this trouble is over. BUSINESS DEPRESSED. feet of the Corean War Already Felt by the People of Japan. Sam Fbancisco, September 24. The effect of the Corean war is already being felt by the people of Japan. A large number of the Japanese attending pri vate and public schools in this city have received letters from their parents be wailing the present state of financial and commercial stringency. .Business is practically at a standstill. The Chi nese are affected in like manner, and one large firm which dealt extensively in sea weed, one variety of which is used for food in the Orient, lias already suspend ed. The commercial relations between the hostile countries are for the time be ing cut off, and as there is at present little prospect of a settlement, the situa tion is not likely to change in the imme diate future. The letters which have been received by the local students state that the trades people are in sore need of money. There is no suggestion oi actual want, hut from the tenor of the epistles there is every symptom of the effect of the war being apparent on all sides. In some cases appeals have been made for money. As soon as the true scope of the war became known here, a large number of Japanese residing in this country, who were members of the Japanese army and were here simply on a furlough, mustered together and left for their native land. It is said that, should the Japanese government call for volunteers, every one of its subjects re siding in this country would immediate ly answer the call and return to his home. Already subscriptions have been started in the local colony and oyer $4, 000 collected. This sum was forwarded to the Japanese government for the sup port of the hospitals for the wounded and distributed among those most af fected by the war. Another source of revenue for the mother country 1b the plans of the Japanese in this State for accumulating funds by leaving school and going into the country where they can worx at iruit-picxing. NO. 27. FIREMEN'S STAND. The Aetlon of Sympathetic Denounced. Strikers Habbisbubg, September 22. The Brotherhood of Firemen elected the fol lowing officers to-day: Grand Secre tary and Treasurer, Frank W. Arnold, Terre Haute, Ind. ; Grand Executive Board, E. A. Ball, Stratford, Ont., Chair man ; H. N. Lamb, Garrett, Ind., Secre tary; J. D. Byrne, Portland, Or.; J. D. May, Halstead, Pa,, and Asa Dillon, Ellis, Kan. The convention adopted a series of reso lutions denouncing the action of those members who struck through sympathy with the Pullman strikers ; pledged the brotherhood to hereafter abide by all its agreements to await the action of the Grand Lodge officers before going on strike; protested against other labor or- Sanizations on strike attempting to in uce the members of the brotherhood to join them through sympathy; declared against the position of Vice-Grand Mas ter Hanrahan in the Pullman strike in advising members not to go to work with non-union men, and approved that of Grand Master Sargent and other Grand Lodge officers. The convention reduced the salary of Vice-Grand Master Hanra han from $3,5U0 to $2,6UU yearly ; xiz.UUU was voted for the reliel oi the Bremen, who went out during the Lehigh Valley strikes, who are still idle. After listen ing to a speech from Debs the conven tion adjourned finally to meet two years henco at Galveston, Tex. UNITED STATES NAVY. Five Additional Dry Docks Will be Recommended. Washington, September 24. Speak ing of the additional need of dry docks for the navy, it was stated at the Navy Department to-day that Commodore Matthews, the present chief of the bu rn of yards and docks, will In his forthcoming report recommend the con struction of no less than five, one of the number being at San Diego, Cal., and another at Mare Island; and he also favors the enlargement of the one already at the latter place. If the two new ones proposed are constructed and the one now in use is enlarged, it is believed these, with the new one on Puget Sound that is approaching completion, will be sufficient for the needs of the service for some time. As for San Diego, its harbor is of first importance, as being the south ernmost one of the Pacific Coast, and it would also be convenient for vessels re turning from South and Central America that need docking. As to the size of these docks, the Commodore will recom mend that they all be of the largest class because of the tendency to increase the size of ships. The beam of the Ore gon and other vessels just completed ex hibits the tendency to increase the ca pacity of vessels. NEW STANDARD. The Old " Em " System of Measuring Type Abolished. Philadelphia, September 22. A new system of measuring the volume of type was adopted by the United States Ty pothetse of America last night. The matter was brought up in the conven tion by President McFetridge, who pointed out the disadvantages of the present system of the " em " standard of measure. The committee recommended the adoption of a system of measure ment with the whole alphabet as a standard system that would be equitable to both employe and employer. It is stated this system permitted the accu rate measure of the work actually done, and customers could be made to under stand that the use of broad-face type would cost more than narrow-faced. There is no intention of reducing wages. New Southern Line. San Fbancisco, September 22. The Chronicle will say: The Pacific Mail Company is to have a competitor from the Gulf of Tehuantepec to San Fran cisco, and one which will prove a for midable rival to the old line for the Mexican trade. The franchise has been granted by the Mexican government, and in a few months at furthest the steamers of the Compania del Ferro Car ril Occidental de Mexico will run into San Francisco. Seven steamers will be run on the line, which is an extension north and south of the Occidental Com pany now operating between Guaymas and Manzanillo, in conjunction with a railroad from Culiacan to Altata in the State of Sinaloa. The new line will un doubtedly greatly increase the commerce between Mexican ports and this city. Implicated In the Big Strike. Little Rock, Ark., September 83. Since Saturday the Missouri Pacific is said to have discharged fourteen firemen and 'six engineers at this end of the line and eight or ten firemen at Van Buren on the charge of being implicated in the recent strike or expressing sympathy with it. There are said to be twenty five more names on the list to be dis charged. The railroad men are much excited over this action, and state on good authority that the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers have issued an ultimatum to the enect that, unless the company restores the men by September 20, a general strike will be declared. General Booth Coming. St. Johns, N. F., September 23. Gen eral William Booth, who founded the Salvation Army, has arrived here. He is the guest of Sir Robert Thornbury, ex-Premier. General Booth will make a tour of America, visiting all the large cities in Canada and the United States during the next six months. He will visit Tacoma December 27 and Seattle December 28. Leaving Seattle, the Gen eral will go to Vancouver; thence he will traverse the great Canadian North- "est. - Movement of Currency. New York, September 22. A move ment of currency of some magnitnde is in progress, the objective point being New Orleans. The balk of the money is not shipped in the regular way by ex press, but from the banks that are tak ing advantage of a 76-cent rate given by the subtreasury here for telegraphic transfer through the subtreasury at New Orleans, bv which interest is saved, as delivery is made at once and all work of miscarriage is avoided. For Twenty Days of This Month They Show an Increase of Nearly Three Million Dollars Other Happenings at the National Capital. Washington, September 24. At tha close of business to-day the net cash in the Treasury Department was $125,763, 176, of which $58,006,097 represented the . gold reserve. The gold reserve passed another million mark, and reached the . . i i ' T 1 no 1 it nignest point since iuiy o, wuou is began to dwindle to the lowest point In the history of the department, $52,000, 000. A treasury statement issued to-day shows that the custom receipts at the New York custom-house for the first twenty days of this month have been $7,411,797, against $4,852,952 for the first twenty days of last month, and $5,697, 671 for the first twenty days of Septem ber, 1893. Not one dollar in gold coin or gold certificates was received at the New York custom-house during the first twenty days of September. obdebs to common cabbiibs. The Interstate Commerce Commission to-day ordered that all common carriers subject to the act to regulate commerce shall in all future issues of their rata sheets, schedules and joint tariffs include all future amendments with the the gen eral rules laid down in a pamphlet of the commission of December 1, 1891, as . modified by this order; that all joint tariffs hereafter filed, and all future amendments and supplements to exist ing joint tariffs, be hereafter so arranged and printed as to show distinctly the names of the several parties thereto; that all common carriers subject to the act which shall hereafter be named as parties to any joint tariff, filed and submitted by another carrier, or as parties to- any amendments or sup plements to existing joint tariffs, shall forthwith, upon publication thereof, file with the commission a statement showing that acceptance of and concur rence therein and making themselves parties thereof. INTIRIOB DEPARTMENT DECISION. The Interior Department has just passed on a case in which a peculiar fraud is being practiced. Some time ago a resident of Tennessee wrote to the Attorney-General stating that last May he saw an advertisement in a Chicago paper offering for sale 160 acres of land in Gov ernor county, Kan. The real-estate agent lived at Lathrop, Mo., and through him the land was purchased by the man from Tennessee. It was then found that the government owned the land, although the Lathron aoent had furnished a com plete deed and abstract of title. Since then the same land has been advertised by the same agent. It is held by the Interior that, as the rights of the gov ernment are in no way affected, there is ' nothing for the department to do in the premises. It is suggested, however, that the attention ef the proper authorities be called to the fraud with a view of saving innocent parties who do not take the trouble to make a thorough investi gation of land titles. ALL THE LOTS ABB SOLD. The Interior Department has been no tified that all the lota in the townsite of Woodward, O. T have been disposed of, and the Commissioner of the general land office has ordered the board lor the town discontinued. Some questions arose as to whether the sales of the last Register and Receiver of the land district, in which Woodward was situated, would be approved. The Commissioner says that, if the officers insist upon their purchases, the deeds of lots will be delivered to them, but the practice is most emphat ically discouraged. A strict order has been granted against the purchase of lots bv boards appointed to make sales. and when such purchases have been made the deeds are ordered canceled and the lots resold. . XDBDfO CONriBS WITH OBI8HAM. The new Japanese Minister. Mr. En- rino, had a conference with Secretary Gresham to-day, discussing the terms of a convention to supersede the extra ter ritorial jurisdiction now exercised by the United States Consuls in Japan. It ii understood that the instrument undei discussion in its general character dif fers only slightly from the treaty recent ly negotiated between Great Britain and japan. FLOUR IOB CHEROKEB INDIANS. Acting Secretary Sims has decided not to pay $i ' " 1 ' " Uherokee ' will buy 1 uiuuuu uniD a. uuu. uuu a . ,uvu iwvi vation, and the Indian bureau wanted to make use of it; but, as the Indians have raised no wheat of their own. the other alternative is deemed proper. OKLAHOMA P08T0PFICE BUILDINGS. Acting Secretary SimB has informed the Postmaster-General that the Land Department haa no objection to the erec tion of postoffice buildings on the gov ernment reservations at Guthrie and Perry, O. T. The buildings are to be come the property of the government in five years, and meanwhile will be used as postoffice buildings. Bellicose Editors. Chicago, September 22. Two duels instead of one may be fought by Editor Reubesamen of the Abend Post. Editor J. P. Stephens of the Freie Presse, chal lenged by Reubesamen because of an ar ticle reflecting on the German Press Club, said that, if Reubesamen insisted, he should have all the satisfaction he desired. Both served in the German f. in thnnarhf. iha flnnl will, vwenlfc in bloodshed. Reubesamen this afternoon . challenged City Editor Seldman of the Freie Presse after a quarrel. The Right to Criticise. New York, September 24. Superin tendent Byrnes was asked to-day if he cared to say anything about the criti cism of him by Dr. Parkhurst in the . Eighteenth-street Methodist Church last night. He said: "He had a perfect right to criticise me, as any other citizen has. Further than that I have nothing to say." Space In the Center of a Room. Don't use a tuble lamp of herculean ' proportions on a small table or in a smalt loom. Give the eye spare as well as the lungs. Spui ejn the center of the room is ab iirecioiia as the most costly piece of Furnitv.re. for it enriches all the furnish ings. Decorator and Furnisher. He Told Her. Mother (patting the boy out of the pari try)How many more times will I nave to tell yon to keep ont of that preserve Jarf , , Small Boy (sobWng) No more, mamma, They're all gonu.--Detroit Free Press.