A DIRECTORS' REPORT
THE
ARGUS,
The Next Two Weeks May be
Decisive of the War.
Union Pacific Operations Dur
ing the Fiscal Year.
COLD WEATHER EXPECTED SOON
Til CAUSE OF ITS BANKRUPTCY
A CRISIS LOOKED FOR
panose Troop Bald to be Wholly Un
prepared for tho Klgorous Climate of
reklng-YYealthler Culuese Leaving
tbo Capital.
WxuniNUTON, October 10 The crisis of
the Chinese-Japanese war is looked for
within the next few dayi or two week
by those moat interested and bent in
formed in the contest. The legations of
the two countries are expecting daily to
hear that a decisive battle ban been
fought. This is baaed on the fact that
the Japanese have been gradually closing
in around Peking, and that the invading
army ia compelled by force of circum
stance to strike their blow at once or
not at all. The intents cold, which
cornea about the middle of October,
makei this imperative. The Japanese
troops are wholly unprepared for tho
rigorous clliriute about Peking, which is
due in about two weeks, the climate of
Japan being very mild even in winter,
The Chinese look upon this as one of
their resources, and the Japanese appre
ciate that it is necessary to concentrate
their campaign for this year upon the
next few weeks or perhaps days. For
that reason they are prepared to make
heroic efforts to decide the contest at
once. They are without the heavy cloth
ing, camp equipage, etc., for acampuign
in the bitter cold.
TAOTAI BIIK.NO IN D1SUUACK.
London, October 10. A Chinese dis
patch says a rebellion has broken out
In Jehol.
Tien Tain dispatches report that Slieng,
the Taotal of that city, is in disgrace for
charging the government over four times
as much as lie paid for some discarded
rifles bought in Germany. He also
boueht a Quantity of useless cartridges.
LI Hung Chang discovered the fraud,
and in an interview with Sheng is said
to have slapped Sheng's face. Slieng
has been granted a leave of absence.
A Che Poo dispatch says seven Japan
ese warships were sighted olT Wei Hal
Wei, Meaning westward.
A Tien Tsin dispatch says the steamer
Wen Chow, just arrived, reports sighting
a Japanese squadron ten miles south of
Che Poo. She was hailed and ques
tioned concerning the whereabouts of
the Chinese southern squadron.
A BATTLE IMMINENT.
Yokohama, October 10. The advance
guard of the Japanese army has crossed
the Yalu river and formed a new camp.
A. battle is believed imminent.
PBIPABINO FOB TUB ATTACK.
Nbw York, October 10. A Shanghai
dispatch via London says United States
Minister Denhy haa warned American
residents that Peking city is certain to
be attacked by the Japanese and advised
that the women and children be sent to
places of safety. Already many of the
wealthier natives are departing, and
others are making preparations to follow.
may havb Lxrr. ; " ''' '
London, October 10 A dispatch from
Che Foo to the Pall Mall Gazette this
afternoon says that the British and Rus
sian Ministers started for Peking yes
terday. The object of the meeting is
not known. All the women and children
belonging to foreigner! have left Peking
for places of safety.
OUARDKD BY MONGOLIANS.
London, October 10. The Vienna Tor
res ponden t of the Dai ly News telegraphs :
The palace in Peking is guarded by Mon
golians, because the Chinese are no
longer trusted. There are daily fights
between the Chinese and the Mongoli
ans. The latter are greatly hated.
THB BUBBIAN CONTINGENT.
Bbblin, October 10. The St, Peters
burg correspondent of . the Kolniclie
Zeitung says that Russia has sent a
Strong force to her Asiatic frontier to
prevent further inroads of the Chinese
marauders. The force consists of five
battalions of riflemen, two BqnadronB of
Cossacks and three batteries of artillery
under the command of General Schen.
WHY THB FBBNCH WBBB BENT.
Pabis, October 10. It is semi-offlclally
stated that the dispatch of French war
ships to China is by virtue of the inter
national agreement between Russia,
Great Britain, Germany and France al
ready announced.
TWO MOBB MEN-OJ-WAB.
Cbonstadt, October 10. The Russian
cruisers Djigit and Vladimir Monnmach
have been ordered to proceed to the far
fcast.
Opposition to the Canadian Fust Line.
Tobonto, Ont,, October 10. A specia
cablegram from London says : Opposl
tion to the proposed fast Canadian steam
ahip line is observable in more than one
quarter, and numorous ignominious nv
mors are being circulated with a view to
nnpopularizing the scheme. One of these
ia embodied in the statement made pub
lic to-day, in which officials in London
of the Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Company deny most emphatically
there is any truth whatever in the re
port that their company and the Pacific
Mail had entered into a combination
with a view to bringing strong opposi
tion to bear against the projected Cana
dian line.
All Given Life Terms. .
Ban Fbancisco, October 10. Dennis
Moore, Cornelius Gerin and James Don
nelly, not one of whom is over 23 years
of age, were sentenced to S tate prison
. for life this morning by Judge Wallace.
The robberv forwhich the trio will spend
the reBt of their days in the penitentiary
was committed last Fourth of July. A
friend named Thomas Howard came
from Tuolumne county, and treated them
to the exposition; That afternoon hen
they left the grounds the three took
Howard to a secluded spot, assaulted
him, and after beating him tied his
hands and legs, stole $30 and left him in
a helpless condition.
Anarchy In Italy.
Rohb, October 10. The police are said
to have discovered an anarchistic plot
extending over the whole of Italy organ
ised by Albany, a notorious anarchist.
Refused Legal Recognition.
BuDA-PubTH, October 10. The House
of Magnates has rejected by a vote of 100
f) to 103 the government bill providing for
the legal recognition of the Jewish religion.
South Carolina's Dispensary Law.
Columbia, S. C, October 10. The de
cision of the Supreme Court in the dis
pensary cases was filed to-night. Jus
tices Pope and Gray declare the law
constitutional, from which Justice Mc
Jver dissents.
VOL. 1.
tueiu own offices.
These Hay bo Kstabllahed hy tho West
ern Lines.
Chicago, October 10. At to-day's
meeting of the advisory committee of
tlieemigrantclearing-bouse of the West
ern Passenger Association a formal pro
test was sent to the Trunk Line Associ
ation declaring that the distribution of
emigrant business was made a matter of
agreement between the two associations,
and the action of the trunk lines in can
celing the agreement, without confer
ence and apparently without cause, has
caused much surprise to Western lines.
It is asked that all action be suspended
immediately and until a conference of
the associations can be held in New
York. The Western lines say, if such
conference is to be held, they prefer it
should be held either the 15th or 17th.
The protest ends with the declaration
that it is the belief of the Western lines
that the trunk lines will not push the
matter so far that the Western lines
will be forced to take independent ac
tion, which means that if the trunk lines
persist in their present course the West
ern lines will find it necessary to estab
lish ticket offices of their own through
the East to look after their interests.
The trunk lines have made a demand
upon the Western lines that they with
draw all their orders from the trunk line
territory. They declare that the invasion
of the Eastern territory by the Western
lines is without reason or excuse, and ia
resulting in much loss of revenue to the
trunk lines. There is doubt as to whether
the association will pay any attention to
tiie demand for the reason that the mat
ter ia scarcely in the jurisdiction of the
association, and the lines are free to act
as they sue tit in the matter. They first
put all their orders in the territory of
(lie Eastern lines because they thought
they were not being treated with justice
in the matter of returning through busi
ness, and so took this remedy into their
own hands. The association as an as
sociation will probably take no action of
any kind in the matt- r. All in all there
seems to bean excellent chance for warm
words between the Western association
and the trunk lines before the thing is
adjusted.
HO LAST WORD SPOKEN.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' End Came
Unheralded and Hudden.
Boston, October 10. Death came to
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in a cham
ber overlooking the Charles river, im
mortalized in the famous poem, " My
Aviary." The members of the family
thought that the end might come in a
few months; that the aged autocrat
would not survive the chilling winds of
another New England winter; and they
were unprepared for his death Sunday.
Seated in his chair, unconsciousness
came to him, and in a short half hour
his spirit had flown. There was no time
to put him into bed, and before the phy
sician, who had been summoned, could
arrive Dr. Holmes was dead. There
were no last passing words spoken, for
the end came unheralded ana sudden.
Dr. Holmes and his distinguished son,
Judue Holmes, were in the midst of a
conversation in the poet's chamber Sun
day afternoon just preceding the former's
death, and to neither, certainly not to
the Judge, was there any evidence that
the end was so near. The conversation
.was such as was often held between the
two men. The dying poet, for he was
even then, it seems, passing away, was
sitting in a chair with his bead bowed
upon the arm of another chair, and it
was thought he would be more comfort
able if he could be moved into his favor
ite arm chair. Accordingly his son sup
ported him to the big chair, and as the
poet sank into it, he leaned his head on
one of the side rests and said :
"That is better; thank you."
This simple domestic phrase was the
final utterance of Dr. Holmes. His son
and Mrs. Dixwell, who were in the room,
soon noticed that the doctor's breathing
became irregular, and it almost ceased
altogether.
The residence was closed to all visit
ors. Messages of sympathy from all
over the country have been received, and
many callers have left their cards at the
house. The funeral will be to-day
at King's chapel, and the services will
le conducted by Dr. Edward Everett
Hale, a life-long companion' Ihe in
terment will be in the Jackson lot at
Mount Auburn. The pall-bearers will
be members of the family.
PULLMAN CHARTER CASE.
Chicago, October 10. The Pullman
quo warranto proceedings were brought
up again before Judge Gibbons this
morning, Attorney-General Maloney be
ing on hand early to see what procedure
the attorneys of the company would
adopt. General Counsel Bunnells of the
Pullman Company announced that his
company had decided to file a plea to
the information filed by the Attorney
General, and that it was now on file in
the Clerk's office. Attorney-General
Maloney in response said that the
Drobabiiitv would be that he would
demur to the plea after he had
read it, and in that case would
be in a position to argue his demurrer
during the day. Mr. Bunnells agreed to
give Mr. Maloney a copy of the plea in a
Bhort time, and Judge Gibbons there
upon gave the attorneys until 2 o'clock
this alternoon to present ine mailer mr
ther to him. The plea filed by the com
pany is a long document, and covers the
same ground as the information, deny
ing most of the charges of the latter docu
ment. It declares that the company is
not holding land or stocks or any other
corporations in violation of its charter,
and is not transacting any business be
yond us corporate rights.
Why " Old Hutch Closed Up.
Chicago, October 10. B. P. Hutchin
son, once Chicago's greatest Board ol
Trade operator and familiarly known at
" Old Hutch," closed his latest deal Sat
urday. It was his cigar business. He
opened a retail store near the corner of
Van tturen street and Pacific avenue a
week ago. Business was Blow. In the
rear of the cigar store, however, a poker
game flourished. The civic federation
became aware of the side issue to the
cigar store business, and a raid was
threatened. The management accord
ingly concluded to stop selling cigars, so
a "tor-rent" sign was placed in a con
spicuous place and the doors closed,
HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1894.
A BOUNDARY DISPUTE
Cleveland to Decide Between
Brazil and Argentine.
A YEEY COMPLICATED CASE.
Nearly Twelve Thousand Square Miles,
Mostly Peopled by Brazilians, Are to
bo Passed Upon Forthcoming De
cision Awaited With Anxiety.
Washington, October 9. President
Cleveland is expected to give his de
cision as arbitrator of the boundary dis
pute between Brazil and Argentine soon
after his return from Buzzard's Bay.
Baron Rio Branco, special envoy from
Brazil, accompanied by a large suite, is
now here awaiting the decision. The
case has been in Mr. Cleveland's hands
eight months, and as the treaty of arbi
tration provides the decision must be
made within a year, it is being looked
f, .1-n.t j Th lima fnr th.
lor almost any day. ihe time lor the
decision expires February 10 next; but,
IA - . . Vl
as Mr. Cleveland will be busy with Con
gress and public affairs after his return,
he is expected to dispose of the arbitra
tion question before taking up domestic
alfairs. It is understood that he has
made the arbitration his special study
during working hours at Buzzard's Bay
this summer. It is a very complicated
case, the brief of Baron Rio Branco
filling several large volumes, while the
maps, old treaties, etc., and the briefs of
Dr. Zaballos, the Argentine Minister,
make a fair aized-lihrary. Mr. Cleve-
land has not turned this mass of docu-
ments over to the State Department,
but has undertaken personally to go
through it and unravel the dispute. It
is a sell-imposed task which tne rresi-
dent does out of courtesy to the South
ern Republics, and in the extent of in
terests involved and legal complications
it is as large as any case pending in the
United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Cleveland's decision will settle
whether the eastern boundary of East
ern Argentine remains as usually given
in maps or is extended by a wedge-
shaped projection almost to the Atlantic
coast. If Argentine gains this strip, it
will have a considerable effect on South-
em Brazil, as it will almost sever the
great State of Rio Grande do Sul from
Upper Brazil, the remaining connection
being a very narrow isthmus compared
with the general width of Brazil. On
the other liana, it win give Argentine a
narrow arm of land stretching from the
north to within forty leagues of the At-1
lantic. The forthcoming decision is '
awaited with anxiety by the Southern
envoys, as it means much to the strat- i
egic strength of the two prominent j
South American countries. Moreover, '
the disputed territory is ltseii very vat
nable for its mineral and agricultural re-
sources. It embraces 11,832 square
miles, with towns and villages having a
population of 5,703, most of them Brazil-
ians.
Mr. Cleveland's arbitration Is the re
sult of the treaty made when Dom Pedro
was Emperor of Brazil. It has taken
since then to make the surveys and
present the case, and Mr. Cleveland's
decision will close the long controversy.
He is obliged under the treaty to give an
the disputed territory to Brazil or to Ar
gentine, so that there is no opportunity
for a compromise that will satisfy both
parties.
TOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
The
Acting Superintendent's
Annual
Report Submitted.
Washington, October 9. Captain H.
G. Gale of the Fourth Cavalry, Acting
Superintendent of the Yosemite Na
tional Park, Cel., has submitted his re
port to the Secretary of the Interior.
He says there are many misunderstand
ings owing to the private ownership of
land in the park. It would be wise, he
believes, for the government to purchase
WllViVOi iui viiv guiviuiuvus tviuivuisa
i Kia (tmnar lanH in t Via narlr onH ha
thinks it would also be advisable for a
commission to be appointed to appraise
learn if it could be secured. Game in
the park is on the increase. The report
recommends a reduction in the size of
the park by withdrawing the mining
and agricultural lands, and advocates
the addition of natural instead of arti-l
flnlal hnnndarv linen. The reduction
would be to throw out about twenty
townships and leave the remainder of
the park almost wholly in possession of
the government.
WEEVILS AND WHEAT.
Much of the Wheat Stored In San Fran
elsco Has Been Destroyed.
Ban Fbancisco, October 0. An even
ing paper states that weevils are playing
VtawAA tr irk tries afittttwl urVioaf In this ivirf
UnTUV Tfava uiv swtu w aaviev ems vinu pvi V)
..j., .u! : . a .i
u u 0.0tu.UB .e u. uUo ,u, v .B
will be no grain left with which to load
tne aisengagea snips now in port, come
days ago it was publicly stated that 6,700
tons of wheat at Port Costa was weevily,
and now it is announced that 11,000 tons
at the Nevada dock and 4,400 more at
Port Costa are infected and will have to
be removed. That makes 22,200 tons
unfit for shipment, and will have to be
uaedforplgorchickenfeed. Ifthewheat
had been shipped at the low rates of
freight in existence a few months ago, a
small prom, might nave oeen maae.
Now it will be a total loss.
Consolidation A fain Rumored,
San Francisco, October 7. It is stated
here that the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company is about to absorb the Occi- refused outright to recognize his natur
dental and Oriental Steamship Company. ; alization as an American citizen. As
The latter company was started about oon ' Mr- ?aY?rd became Secretary of
twelve years ago by the Southern Pacific aPs"?La.hn. "d. 7 Unit?
Company in opposition to the Pacific
Mail. For a time there was a lively rate
war, but a compromise was effected and
the steamerB of the two companies di
vided the business between this port and
the Orient. C. P. Huntington ia now
President of both companios, and bb it is
stated that the steamship linea ot the
Northern and Canadian Pacific have cut
into the business from this port, the con
solidation is proposed aa a measure of
economy. The Pacific Mail owns its own
vessels, but the Occidental and Oriental
leases its steamers from the White Star
ans.
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
Co-operstlon for Their Protection Sug
gested by Secretary Herbert.
Washington, October 7. Secretary
Herbert said to-day, when asked about
the steps he had taken for the safety of
Americans in China, that about two
weeks ago he had sent written instruc
tions to Admiral Carpenter, command
ing the American forces in Chinese wa
ters, suggesting to him that he place
himself in communication with the com
manders of the foreign fleets and co-operate
with them by arranging for con
certed action in guarding foreign inter
ests intrusted to their care. It was sug
gested that, if possible, an agreement
might be reached for an effective distri
bution of ships in such a way that all
the treaty and other ports where foreign
interests might be endangered should be
cared for by one or more ships from the
fleets, with the understanding that they
were mutually to give protection to the
citizens of all nations entering into the
agreement.
There are at present but five American
vessels on the Asiatic station, and though
this number will be increased to eight
by December 1, there are at least fifteen
ports where the lives of American citi
zens may be endangered. If Admiral
uarpenter can secure the co-operation of
the British Admiral, the British and
WJO aumirai, iue xritisn ana
Ameri.n Mn. mn,J u. j:.t,ihnwi i.
.
sucb a manner as to protect both Brit-
l.. I. .1 . : i : . jal-v. ..
ish and American subjects, and the Brit
ish ships would assist Americans and
Englishmen in one port while the Ameri
can vessels looked after the Englishmen
and Americans in others.
an ex-consdl's views.
New Yobk, Oetober 7. Henry T. An
drews, recently United States Consul at
Han Kow, China, was to-dav asked to
give his views of the present condition
hina, particularly in regard to the
oanger threatening loreign residents at
Peking, Shanghai, Han Kow and other
Places Pen t foreigners. He said in
"stance: . .
"The danger to foreigners at Peking
comes from the inability of the Chinese
vuixn rueuniii meir Boiuiera, vue un
ter always considering foreigners legit
imate objects of ridicule and abuse. Pe
king being to a certain extent an iso
lated place, it is more important that
the families of foreigners should betaken
to points where they can have the pro
tection of gunboats. The only access to
Peking being overland and a hard trip,
the road to Tien Tsin could easily be ob
structed and closed, which would render
" impossioie to Dring away tne women
mi children, except nnder a strong
frmed ? 1 do not thirik there will
1)6 tne hteat resistance offered to the
"try tDe British forces into Peking,
The 'reatv Prt n the Yang-tse-Kiang
W1'' hftrd 10 relieve in case of trouble,
necessity oi anticipating
it."
MURDERED BT JAPANE8N.
On Place Where There la a Dearth of
Civilisation.
Ban Fbancisco, October 7. One hears
from time to time good reports concern-
,n8 tn pread of Christianity in Kocki
prefecture, says the Japan Mail. There
certainly is need of a civilizing factor in
that part of Japan. Elections are there
most fiercely contested, always with at
tendant bloodshed. The "Soshi" is
there in his native element. Ha swag
gers and threatens and carries sword
canes or bludgpons, and his services,
questionable and illegal thongh they be,
are constantly requisitioned by men who
ought to know better than to appeal to
brute force. Finally murders of colossal
dimensions are of not infrequent occur
rence. The death by violence of one
man generally includes that of most all
of the members of his family. August
23 another wholesale slaughter is re
corded as having taken place in Kami
Nata Mura, one of the larger villages in
that troubled prefecture. Two local Con
stables, brothers, had for some years
been connected with another man, the
husband of their only Bister, in the sake
brewing business. Some time in June
the brother-in-law suddenly announced
an intention to divorce his wife and re
tire from the trade. It was found that
he had expended a large sum to redeem
a prostitute from the house in which she
had lived. The woman thereupon be
came the new wifeof the ex-sake brewer,
who was urgently requested by the angry
brothers of his former spouse to return
1 moneys he held ot theirs, 'this he el
leged was an im possibility, as he had paid
out all the funds he possessed. Doubly
indignant at this and the harsh manner
in which he had divorced their sister.
the two brothers entered his house in
the dead of night and killed him, his two
children (their own nephew and neice),
1 the man's mother, the ex-orostitute wife
and another woman who happened to be
living in the house at the time. The
'der assassin thereupon immediately
disemboweled himself, while the younger
tnrew lumseii Iroin a height ot some
seventy feet into a bamboo grove, receiv
ing fatal injuries, although still alive ac
cording lo the latest reports. This is the
third or fourth time this year that simi
lar terrible crimes have been reported
from Kochi, while our readers may still
remember the story of those two des
peradoes last year who took to tne
- I n ,, , ,
mountains and finally committed sni-
d(,e after km. n) )e-g thftn t(jn ,e
Bn( terrorizing a whole district for more
man a montn.
QUESTION OF COMPENSATION.
Ecuadorian Congress Approves Mahaa
Vetsquea Claim Convention.
Washington, October 7. The Depart-
01 0laie nM Deen omc,a"y not,nea
that the Congress of Ecuador August 8
approved the Mahan-Vetsques claim
convention, providing for the arbitration
ot the claim of Julio K. Santos. Ten
years ago this Santos case created in
tense excitement. Santos was a natural
ized American, who was arreated in Ec-
j ndr ,or participation in
a revolution.
CTfL
"r ""1'
to enforce the peremptory demand for
tne release oi Bantos. This had the ef
fect of securing a full pardon for Santos,
and the negotiations between the two
countries have since been confined to the
Question of comnensatini Santos for the
injury done him. Little progress was
. ) n I ,ann . ..
uinuo mini reuruary, lovo, wnen me
American Minister to Ecuador, R. B.
Mahan, succeeded in negotiatinga treaty
nrnvitifnt fr an ophlfratinn nl tka Ji
We. and th is conven ion ha.
me action ot tne .cuaaorian uongress
since that time, which has bow been
reMed.
TIIE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Report of Commissioner
of
General Land Office.
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL PATENTS
Less Activity Thaa Formerly Beeae.se of
the Hard Times and tho railing Off
la Immigration Tho Total Cash Re
ceipts of tho Omco.
Washinoton, October 8. S. W. La-
moreaux, Commissioner of the Land Of
fice, in his annual report shows that
there has not been so much activity in
public land offices this year as formerly,
due to the hard times and consequent
falling off in immigration. Among other
recommendations made ia one for an
innovation in survey. Instead of the
contract system nnder which public lands
are now surveyed, he says the govern
ment should make the surveys. He sug
gests the work be done by the geological
survey, and points out that the geolog
ical survey is compelled to go over the
same ground which has been previously
fone over by the contractors' surveyors,
be geographical survey and the topo
graphical survey can be made at the
same time and with much less expense.
The disposal of land for the year ended
June 30 was as follows :
Acres.
Bold for ch sis ttj
MlteelUneous , , s tm mm
Indian lands .......... K (
Decrean from last rear........JMAU
The total cash receipts of the office
were $12,767,824, a decrease of $1,711,890.
and the total agricultural patents issued
86,268, a decrease of 8,429. The number
of mineral patents was 1,162.
The report further shows:
Acres.
Railroad lind grants patented ...... fto.vt
ApP'Ovedto-tatKnnderpabllcgrauta, 810,793
incusn sua nuceiiaueous ...
M6'8M
Total arras patented..
..2,633,735
Surveys amounting, to 6.935.837 acres
have been approved durins the vear.
The Commissioner recommends that an
appropriation be made for at least six
attorneys to supervise and direct the
proceedings of the special agents in oper
ating in the districts designated by the
Commissioner, the attorneys to have
charge of the prosecution of cases dis
covered by the special agents. He re
news his recommendation of last vear
that the law permitting cutting of tim
ber on the public lands be repealed.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Their Custody In California Belongs to
tho County Treasurer.
Sax Fbancisco, October 7. The Su
preme Court has decided that the cus
tody of State and county school funds
belongs to the County Treasurer, and not
to the City Treasurer, as a legislative
amendment of 1893 decreed. The Su
preme Court decided that the Legisla
ture exceeded its power in making such
amendments to former acts. The case
in point was that of Louis Bruch, a prin
cipal in the public schools of San Jose,
who asked for a writ of mandamus on
the refusal of the City Treasurer to pay
his salary as School Treasurer. The
court's opinion, written by Commis
sioner Jackson Temple ana concurred
in by the court, closes with the follow
ing words :
" I think the law authorizing the City
Treasurer to have the custody of State
and school moneys is invalid, both be
cause it violates the requirements of unt
formity and the provisions prohibiting
special and local laws in the manage
ment of the common schools. On this
ground, therefore, I am of the opinion
that the writ of mandate should be de
nied." THB LOTTKBT LAWS.
Alleged
Tlolatlon by Life
Insurance
Company.
Chioaoo, October 8. Ex-Governot
John T. Beveridge ot Illinois, F. D. Ar
nold and S. M. Biddison were prisoners
in United States Commissioner Hoyne'i
court this afternoon, charged with violat
ing the postal laws by practicing a lot
tery scheme through the mails. The men
are the President, Vice-President and
Treasurer respectively, of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, which ia al
leged to be a mere imitation in its meth
ods of the late Guarantee Investment
Company, which lately had trouble with
the authorities. Mr. Biddison, however,
denies that this is the case, and claims
that his company contains no lottery
element All the parties to the case gave
bail and were released. Ex-Governor
Beveridge ia said to be glad of the op
portunity to show that the company ia
not in the wrong. Assistant State's At
torney Fagin states that in some manner
the subscribers have a chance to draw
$500 for a few dollars.
Hay Lead to a Conrt-Hartlal.
Omaha, October 8. A letter of Colonel
Merritt Barber, Adjutant-General of the
department of the Platte, to local repre
sentatives ot the Army of the Tennessee,
refusing to have anything to do with that
society and referring to it in the most
discourteous manner, may cause a court
martial. General Howard was very
angry when he read Barber's letter, and
said he would "attend to the matter"
when he got back East. General Stone,
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
determined to suppress all correspond
ence with Colonel Barber, bnt some ot
the committee insisted upon having
copies. Barber in his letter declared he
had never heard of the association and
cared nothing for it.
Discouraging Reports.
Washington, October 8. The reports
of naval officers commanding the ves
sels of the Behring Sea patrol present a'
very discouraging outlook for the future
of our seal fisheries. One officer ven
tures the assertion that at the present
rate oi siaugnter tne seats will be ex-
terminated within five years.
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'or South Dakota Institutions.
Washington, October . Acting See
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has approved selections of land for loath
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NO. 29.
MORE MAIL ADVICES.
Tho Demands of Japan and Ihe Good
Offices of the United States.
San Fbancisco, October 9. Advices
from Yokohama announce the arrival
there from the United States of Ye Hung
Boo, Corean Minister to Washington,
who is on his return to Corea. Thy
also give some interesting details of that
celebrated chapter in the correspondence
between the United States and Japan,
which culminated in the letter from Sec
retary Gresham to United States Min
ister Dunn, touching the Chinese alti
tude toward Corea, which had been the
subject of much comment in the United
States. It will be remembered at the
time that Japan was in military control
of Seoul. Her demands were very
sweeping, being as follows:
"A reorganization of the duties and
service of revenue officers of the various
departments ; the appointment of a new
Minister in charge of the commercial in
tercourse and foreign relations; the pub
lic roads must be widened, and railroad
and telegraph lines built by the govern
ment between Seoul and other important
places ; the number of government bu
reaus must be reduced and salaries of
officers sufficiently increased so that they
may live properly: the system of records
of receipts and disbursements of the gov
ernment must be changed and a way of
increasing the public revenues deter
mined upon ; the monetary system must
be changed ; new rules and regulations
for the management of the custom-houses
must be adopted; the farming lands of
all the provinces must be resurveyed and
numbered for purposes of taxation in or
der that the amount received for public
improvements may be raised; the ad
ministration of justice mnst be changed ;
military officers must be educated, and
the other systems of the army and navy
must be abolished and reorganised on a
modern basis ; the police system must be
thoroughly reorganised, and stations es
tablished in Seoul and other important
places ; the school system must be recog
nizee.
To these demands Corea replied she
was and for manv veara had been sub-'
stitiiting changes in the governmental
svatjm an tho nnlilm rpvHnnp wonlil
support, and that, while Corea realized required to meet the interest on the en
the superior military power of Japan, tire issue of the 3 per cent bonds above
which the l oreans would not resist, iney
hoped their independence would be re
spected and that the Japanese troops,
then in possession of the capital of the
country, wonld be withdrawn. At the
same time the King instructed the Co
rean Minister at Washington to repre
sent the conditions to the United States
to the end that the good offices of the
United States might be used to nrtng'
about the withdrawal of the Japanese
troops. He was further instrncte.l to
say that the exact conditions described
bvthe treaty of 1883 with the United
Slates had arisen and to beg the United
States to carry out the obligation it had
assumed in the article reading:
" If other power deal unjustly or op
pressively with either government, the
other will exert their good offices on be
ing informed of the case to bring alxjnt
amicable arrangement and thus show
their friendly feelings."
Secretary Gresham responded to this
appeal by cnmmunicatinB with both
China and Japan in Coiea's interest.
China aereed to withdraw he' trnnn.
but Japan declined to do so. Then the
Secretary addressed the note of instruc
tions to Minister Dunn, which after sum
ming np the sitnation and the obligation
of the United States concludes in the
following words:
"Cherishing a sincere iriencismp tor
both Japan and Corea, the United States
indulges the hope that Corea's independ
ence and sovereignty will be respected.
You are instructed to say to the govern
ment at Tokio that the President is pain
fully disappointed should Japan visit
upon her feeble and defenseless neigh
bor the horrors of an nnjust war."
ABOUT THB IRISH.
TheLnll In Factional Strife la Merely
. a Cloak.
London, October 9. The lull in the
factional strife in the Irish party is mere
ly a cloak to internal intrigues. The
Freeman's Journal keeps up its attacks
upon T. M. Healy, who ia credited with
collecting evidence to prove that the Mo
Carthyites have repeatedly received
financial assistance from the English
Liberals. Mr. Healy's efforts are directed
to destroy the influence of Thomas Sex
ton and John Dillon in order to secure
for himself the leadership of the party
on the retirement of Justin McCarthy.
The unity of the party rests upon Mr.
McCarthy, whom all sections respect,
and it is. therefore, more than ever like
ly that he will not retire for some time
to come.
TBI INDIAN NATIONALS.
The British Committee of the Indian
National Congress has invited the Hon.
Edward Blake, member of Parliament,
who is now in Canada, to preside at the
coming meeting at Madras. If Mr.
Blake declines. Michael Davitt or John
Dillon will be invited to preside. The
Indian Nationals desire to associate their
agitation with that of the Irish as repre
senting tne same principle.
LARGEST ON BKCOnn.
The nrocession held in Dublin Sunday
in commemoration of the death ol Par
nell was the largest on record. In the
line were political societies from all parts
of the country, every county in Ireland
betas' represented. Timothy Harring
ton, who organized the procession ; Par
nell's brother and sister; John and Will
iam Redmond and many other Parnell
ite members of the House of Commons;
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mayor of
Cork and a portion of the corporation in
their robes of office took part in the
namde. Over fifty bands were in line.
The streets were so packed with spec
tators that it was difficult for the proces
sion to move. At Glasnevin cemetery
the narade deposited hundreds of beau
tiful wreaths on Parnell's grave. A feat
ure of the day was the thousands of
women who wore ivy leaves on their
breasts or in their hair.
Tho Banger's Return.
Ban Fbancisco .October 8. The United
States steamship Ranger, one of the first
vessels dispatched last spring for patrol
duty In Behring Sea, steamed into port
this morning, and soon afterward left for
the Mare Island navy yard. The Ranger
and Mohican left Ounalaska together,
.r .
bled, she is coming down slowly uader
but, as the Mohican's machinery is dis-
sail.
Government Directors Say II Was the
Losses Arising From tho Guarantee
and Other Contracts Plan Km bodied
la Rellly Bill Sot Entirely Approved.
Niw Tour, October .The govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific this
afternoon made public their report to the
Secretary of the Interior of the oper
ations of the system for the year ending
June 30, 1894. After reviewing the causes
which led to the appointment ot receiv
ers in October last, they discuss the dif
ficulties experienced by the latter, and
add:
"We feel that we are entirely, with in
bounds in saying that the result of the
guaranty traffic and construction con
tracts entered into by the Union Pacific
Bailway Company since 1887 have caused
that company a loss exceeding $7,000,
000, and have been an important, if not
the controlling, factor in causing tho
bankruptcy of the company."
Among the guaranty contracts spe
cially mentioned as disastrous are those
with the Oregon Short Line and Utah
Northern, the Oregon Railway and Navi
gation, and the Union Pacific, Denver
and Gulf Companies. In spite of these
criticisms the directors believe the best
interests of the government will be ad
vanced by retaining the auxiliary prop
erties in the system nnder proper man
agement, and that every exertion should
be made to bring about a reorganisation
of the system intact, as dismemberment
would largely impair its value and earn
ing power.
The directors, however, do not entirely
approve the plan embodied in theKeilly
bill now before Congress, and otter some
suggestions of their own. They would
issue $160,000,000 of 3 per cent 100-year
gold bunds, $20,000,000 of 6 per cent
non-cumulative preferred stock and fOl,
000,000 of common stock. On the capi
tal stock outstanding they would levy an
assessment of $10 per share and issue
new common for the old stock-paying
assessment. Of the new bonds they
would award $70,600,000 to the govern
ment at par in settlement of its debt,
and for its ultimate redemption a sink
ing fund is recommended, which shall
vest in the trustees of tiie general mort
gage all securities and lands now held in
the Orexel-Moryan 6 percent note trust
andih.R na mnfc trnut. Tho amnnnt
suggested is less than the actual net
The annual payment to the United States
would exceed $2,000,000, and would be
larger than the payments called for nn
der the Beilly bill. New bonds at vary
ing rates would lie offered to other cred
itors. Foreclosure of all the properties
involved would he necessary. Separata
plans based on the same general lnn.
pies are recommended for the Orettnn
Short Line ami the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company.
The report is signed by E. Ellery An
derson, J. W. Dnatie, Fitzbugh Lee und
Joseph W. Paddock.
TO KCOXOSIlZE.
Directors of tho Whisky Trust Decide
to Cnt Down Kxpouses.
Pxobia, III., October 0. The directors
of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany concluded their deliberations late
this afternoon, and adjourned sine die.
The utmost sec.cy was observed regard
ing the work dona by the directors, and
outside of the fact that the rebate sys
tem has been abolished little can be
learned of what the directors have done.
It is known, however, that the trust haa
decided to economize, and that the cler
ical force at headquarters will not be
nearly so large as in times past. When
the trust houses are in operation there
are about thirty-two running. Each of
these houses has had a manaser at a sal
ary of from $300 to $480 a month. It
will therefore be seen that when this
vast expenditure is cnt off by placing alt
the distilleries under one manager, which
has been decided upon, it will reduce
expenses about $12,000 or more a month.
Well-intormed men say the saving in
this regard will amount to nearly 200,
000 a year. It is understood that John
Begga, Vice-President of the trust, is to
be general managerot all the distilleries,
and that all the selling and buying will
be done by or through mm.
BXNHAH HOKOBBD.
Union
League Bestows Upon Hlaa Its
Eleventh Modal of Honor.
Philadkphia, October 6. In'recognl-
tion of his long and honorable career as
an officer of the United States navy the
Union League Club of Philadelphia this
evening tendered a reception to Rear-.
Admiral Benham. The Union League,
however, more particularly honored Ad
miral Benham for his firmness and cour
age in upholding the dignity and honor
of the flag of the United States In the
harbor of Rio de Janeiro during the lato
rebellion there, when with a single shot
from the guns of the Detroit he broke
De Mello's blockade and opened the har
bor to the shipping of the world. In
commemoration of this act of Admiral
Benham the Union League to-night pre
sented him with a sold medal. But ten
others of these gold -medals have been
given by the league, one to President
Andrew Johnson in 1866; one to William
J. Meredith, ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury, and the other eight to members of
the league.
Sent Back to Europe.
Washington, October 6. The Colum
bia relics loaned for display at the Chi-
caso Fair by the Pope,- King ot Spain
and others were shipped to-day. They
will be delivered on board the crniser
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Approved hy tho Department.
Washinoton, October $. The Interior
Department has approved 15,839 acres
of land to Idaho to-day.
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A duehoBS rofjuiriag a larjy'o niai.l
had an interview v;ith one,-to whow,
after having examined her r.ppeaiuuce,'
she said: ; .,
"Ot course you will be able to tlrew
my hair for me?"
"Oh, yes, " replied tho fjirl. "It never
takes me more than half au hour to dress
a lady's hair. " v
"Half an hoar, voy child I'! exclaimed
the duchess in ncccuts of terror. "And
what on earth then should I be' ablo to
do with myself all the remainder c the
morning?" London Tit-Bita ;'