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.