MORGAN ON THE CANAL
RIGHTS OF SHIPPERS.
HE
ARGU
Ills Plea in the Senate for
Nicaragua's Waterway.
Report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
IHTCIIELLALSO FAVOIISTIIE DILL
Tli Alnlinma imlnr Bays That Arlloo
SI list be Taken at the Present Hes
sian r the ChhnI Woulu be Auau-
do ii oil to lis rate.
Washington, December 12. Harris,
President pro tem., called the Senate to
order to-day in tlie absence of Vice-
President Stevenson, who had not re'
turned from Abbeville, N, C. ChII pre
sented a resolution 'ttiii forth that the
independence of the Islaml of Cuba is
an object of great importance to the
United States and requesting the Prcsl-
dent to commence negotiations with
Spain for the recognition of the indo-
pendence of the Inland and for the guar
antee by the United Status of I he pay
ment of such a sum of money as shall
be agreed upon between the Unittd
States and Spain, The resolution went
over till to-morrow. Call also presented
a resolution declaring the furl her pro-ecu
tiun of the wur between China and
Japan will not be advuntaeous to the
people of civilization, and that intetwats
of the world require that ail govern
incuts should unite in negotiating with
Japan and China for a termination of
the war. Without discussion the reso
lution was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
Allen next called up bis resolution in
tended to pxpuntto a pot lion of the Con
gressional Record and to send a resolu
tion introduced by him last July to the
Attorney-General. The latter resolution
railed for information concerning I he
Pullman strike. This resolution wag
adopted, but was recnnsideind on motion
of Pugh. Allen bitterly assailed thin
action, and also attacked the Attorney
General, to whom he attribute ! the ac
tion of the Alabama Senator. Pugh
vigorously defended the attitude taken
by Olney, and declared the position of
the Senator from Nebraska was unrea
sonable and untenable
At 2 o'clock the whole matter went
over and the Semite on motion of Mor
gan took up the Nicaraguan Canal hill.
The bill was read at length, and Morgan
began his remarks by making a state
ni ;nt of the national and international
aspect of the subject, upon which the
Senate and House bills agreed. Careful
calculations, he insisted, showed that
the canal could he constructed at a cost
that would yield a remunerative profit,
(0 that it was a necessity ; thatjit would
bo of tho greatest importance to the
United States; that itcoiild beoperoted,
and that there was nothing to render
impossible tho concessions made by the
Central American government to the
cftizensof the United States. Finishing
this general statement, the Senator de
voted some time to the discussion of the
characteristic of the country through
which it is proposed to build the canal
and its advantageous route compared
with that of the Panama Canal route,
and asserted that no such improvement
could I given to commerce us the con
struction of this necessary complement
to the Suez Canal. The roil te is feasible,
the engineering work easy, and there
will be no extraordinary work required
at any place on the whole route. Mor
gan quoted from the report of Chief
Engineer Men oral, who estimates that
the canal could he built for 85,'J()0.000,
and said he thought the expenditure of
the f 4.000,000 already spent had demon
strated that the actual cost would be
even lower than that estimated by Mr.
Mcnocal. The two Houses of Congress
practical! v ngree that the cost of the ca
nal would be about 70,000,000.- Morgan
concluded:
" The manner of raising the money is
a matter that should not be allowed to
affect its construction. The canal must
be built under the fostering care of some
govern men t. We in ust act now or aban
don the canal to its (ate."
At the conclusion of Morgan's speech
Mitchell of Oregon briefly expressed his
hearty approval of the scheme to build
the canal, and said he thonghtthere was
no great difference among the people re
garding the propriety of the work of con
struction. - LANDS FORFEITED.
Milwaukee and St. I'd ill Did Not Live
Up to Its Agreeinont.
Washington, December 12. Tht
President has issued a proclamation for
feiting to tho United States certain lands
in the Sioux innervation in South Da
kota, alleged to have been owned by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road Company under an agreement be
tween the company and the Sioux In
dians ratified by an act of March 2, 1889
The lands involved are three lots in sec
tion 10 and two lots in section 15, town
ship 104 north, range 71 west, covering
184 acres, and 040 acres in ranges 71 and
72 west in the same township in South
Dakota, the plat of which was approved
January 4, 1880, by the Secretary of the
Interior. These lands were to inure to
the company upon the conditions that
it shall, within three years after the act
takes effect, construct and put in opera
tion its line of road as provided for in
the agreement, and due notice of which
was made within nine months after the
act took elj'ect. In case of failure to con
struct the road it was provided that the
lands granted for a right of way station
grounds or other railroad purposes
should be declared, by proclamation of
the President, forfeited and shall revert
to the United States, and be subject to
entry under the provisions of the act.
Case Agalniit Kellnin.
New York, December 12. Broker
David L. Kellam, charged with con
spiracy in raising money by selling notes
obtained from II. Simons, President of
the ProsBer Falls and Priest Rapids Ca
nal Company of Tacoma, was arraigned
in the Tombs Police Court to-day. Kel
lam assumed the' entire responsibility
for what he had done, saying he be
lieved he had a perfect right to change
the date of the notes. Justice Grady
held him in $2,000 bonds for trial by the
general sessions. The case of Lawyer
Haight, who is charged with uttering
the false notes, went over until Wednes
day, ,
Withdrawal of Gold.
Washington, December 13. Gold coi
tlnuea to be withdrawn from the treat
ury in exchange for legal tender notes.
Over $2,500,000 was taken yesterday and
to-day. Since November 13 withdrawals
bv days have been ! December 1, f4Q,
02; December 3, CG8,4S6; December 4,
827 650; December 6, 1,802,188; De
cember 6,l,188,737j December 7, $1,
313,004; December 8, j-1,704,172 ; Decem
. ber 10, 1847,022. The gold reserve at
the close of business tc-day declined to
(106,621,428. The general balance, which
includes the gold reserve, stood at $135,-3,000.
VOL. 1.
THE PENITENTIARY AFFAIR.
Governor Motiraw Talk of Coolants'
Defalcation.
Ciikimlis, Wash., December 12. Gov
ernor McGraw returned from Walla
Walla to Seattle to-night. Speaking of
the affair at the penitentiary, he said the
amount of Coblentz' defalcation might
not exceed fl2,5U0. The private mem
oranda kept by the superintendent of
the factory and the superintendent of
the warehouse after they began to sus
pect crookedness will probably enable
the directors to estimate with tolerable
exactness the anion ntCoblcntz con verted
to his own use. The iovernor does not
accuse Woodlake and Dusen berry of be
ing iOoicnu- accessories, lie says no
inducements were Held out to these men
to talk, but they were given an onuortu
nity. The Governor says that as far as
tie lias been able to discover Pusenber-
ry's actions were honest. Mr. Uisson.
oneof the bondsmen, was at Walla Walla
yesterday, and stated his readiness to
make good his portion of the shortage
whenever asceitained. The Governor
denied that when he was Sheriff of King
county he filed written charges against
moments, as stated ny a iacoma paper.
After the killing of Deputy Sheriff Poor,
at the request of Sheriff Voolery, Poor's
friends had written to Senator Allen
asking for Loblentz s dismissal. Learn
ng this, the Assistant Atlornev-Genera
protested that Coblentz was a most use
ful man in the service of the district.
and at his instance wired Allen not to
heed the letter. He had no aconaint
ancowith Coblentz then. He appointed
him Warden on the recommendation of
the most influential Republicans both of
rung ana nerce counties.
CURIOUS COMPROMISE.
Settlement Effected by a Liquor Dealer
With Government (Uncials.
hEArn.K, December 12, A curious
compromise has been made in a case
where Aaron Jaffe, one of the proprie
tors of the California wine house, plead'
ed guilty before a United States Com
missioner to the charge of wholesaling
liquor without a government license. He
was accused of manufacturing and sell
ing, wholesale and retail, a concoction of
iiis own manufacture purporting to be
the genuine whisky of a well-known
brand. The conditions of the release,
which were complied with, were that he
should pay the government for both a
wholesale and retail liquor license from
September 1 to the close of the present
fiscal year; that be should also pay 50
per cent penalty for not taking out li
censes; that he should give a good bond
to Jhe whisky manufacturers not to
counterfeit again either their product or
label and give, up all labels printed, and
finally should pay the costs incurred by
the govarnuient in prosecutimr the case.
The cost to him was about $500, but he
escapes a heavy line and perhaps im
prisonment. The settlement was made
between Jaffe's friend, J. P. Glcason,
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue,
and District Attorney Bl inker. '
NO FURTHER PROSECUTION.
Knox, Comntori riiiI Mullen Will Not b
Brought to Trial.
Sacramento, Cab, December 12. It
is not likely that either Knox, Compton
or Mullen, members of the mediation
committee during the recent strike, and
who were indicted for murder, will ever
be prosecuted. There has been a rumor
to that effect afloat for some time, and
the matter which gave rise to it has now
come to light, It seems that a suit for
$30,000 damages has recently been
brought against the railway company by
the wife of Edgar B. Grilfev, the engi
neer who was killed in a collision at
Davisville two years ago. The papers in
the case show that General A. L. Hart,
who has been defending the strikers in
their trials in Woodland, has been re
tained by the railroad company to de
fend them in this damage suit. There
is every reason to believe that besides
a money consideration as a fee in the
damage suit in which he was asked to
act General Hart demanded and re
ceived from the railroad company an
agreement to the effect that the mem
bers of the mediation committee should
suffer no further prosecution for the part
they took in the recent strike.
AN OLD MATTER REVIVED. '
Suit by a Surety Company Against a
Former Taoonia Man.
Tacoma, December 12. Four years
ago the Northern Pacific Express Com
pany was robbed of a $2,000 package
consigned to Ritzville, Wash. About
the same time C. L. Jett, cashier of the
local office, was discharged. It was sus
pected that he was responsible for the
loss by carelessness, but no action was
brought against him. Attorney A. L,
lloppaugh of St. Paul and Hugh Childs,
general agentand inspectorof the Ameri
can Surety Company, are now in the
city acquiring evidence in the action that
has been brought in St. Paul against
Jett by the American Surety Company.
That corporation was on Jett's bond for
$50,000, and made good to the express
company the Iobs of the $2,000 package.
Jett is now prosperous, is living in St.
Paul, is employed as cashier in a whole
sale hoiiBe and is said to be possessed of
considerable property. The suit is
brought by the surety company as a
civil action against Jett for the recovery
of the $2,000 it paid on the bond.
Powers May Intervene.
Vienna, December 12. All foreign
diplomatic relations at Constantinople
have been suspended on account ol
Great Britain having taken the initia
tive in the matter of obtaining an inter
change of views of the powers, with s
view of taking joint action on the Ar
menian question. The Porte is vrj
anxious at this turn of athtirs. Thf
Turkish Ministry, assisted by Kiami
Sed and Clmkir Pasha, sat continuously
from noon Saturday until noon Sunday.
The Sultan expects the powers to inter
vene. Inferior Quality of Petroleum.
Berlin, "December 12. The govern
ment has instructed the Hamburg Cham
ber of Commerce to inquire into tht
complaint of the inferior quality of re
cent importations of petroleum by tht
Standard Oil Company. It is oharged
that the Pennsylvania oil fields are ex
hausted and the oil recently imported
came from Indiana and Ohio.
HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY,
NOISE OF SOCIALISM.
The German Reichstaj a
Scene of Confusion.
""'-MUSTS REFU
In the Belgian Chamber the Siiclntliti"
Speeches Had to be Drowned Willi
Cheers for the Kiug-Tlielr Attack.
Were Very Bitter.
Berlin, December 10. A disturbance
occurred to-day in the Reichstag palace
upon the occasion of the first sitting of
the Raichstag. After Preeident von
Levetsow had made a reminiscent speech
he called for cheers for the Emperor.
The cheers were given heartily by all ex
cept the Socialists, who remained seated
in spite ol the excited and anury protests
of the other members. A great uprour
followed. The Socialists resented the at
titude of the President, and Liebknecht
rose in his seat, bis manner being quite
threatening. Ulrich also sprang to his
feetand amid renewed cries of " Shame I"
'Shame I" shook his fist at the other
lTlPmhnrfl. When m-rloruraa at.tiiA t lm
weu. " u i v.i- vvy i vu t-1 lj
election of the officers of the House was
proceeded with. When this had been
concluded, President von LevetBOW ex
pressed his regret that he was unable to
punish the disloyal Socialists. Singer
thereupon arose and attempted to justify
the attitude of himself and his fellow-So-
Cilllifltjl. Il WfLQ rpn.iut.nllv tlta.t.,rAu.l
.. . lutva . U..CU
but was understood to say :
-we win never ue compelled to cheer
for one who ropptit.lv tnl.l 1a mMni.
Who were taking the 'service oath that,
should CirctltriRtani'PH ai-IRP. 1hv urnuM
be ordered, against the will of the peo-
T)le. to shnnt thpir nun href hnrn (athava
and mothers for the one who is now
introducing an anti-revolutionary bill
U' h i . ' f i i a rl i ral url a-a,nat T -.1. -
him would be irreconcilable with our
honor and dignity."
The rest of Singer's words were
drowned in a Htnrm r,f vntibmant Hhn.
tests, which only subsided when Von
I.vetsow called the speaker to order.
The House then opened a debate on the
motion to abandon the pending prose
cutions of Borne of the Socialist members,
dnrinff whir-h Prnmiur v.-m tunt.uill'..l
inveighed strongly against the conduct
01 me oociaiisu io-uay. An adjourn
ment was finally taken until Tuesday.
IN TI1R BELGIUM CHAM B KB.
RkiTKKKI.H. rplplnhnr 10 TI.p 5.,i.,l
ists made an exceptionally aggressive
demnnnt.i-iifinn rlnrinir tho rlLl. . tu'. tl.A
royal civil list in the Chamber to-day.
Their attacks were so bitter that eventu
ally tho. PinilRprvativpa man in a l.nl
and, led by the Premier, drowned the
socialist speecnea wun cheers for the
Kintr. The Socialists rpnliml. "Hnmli
for the npnnlfl.1' Tim flnnEarvatiun. .,nn-
tinued to cheer and wave their handker
chiefs until the confusion became hope
lets, and the Chamber adjourned.
FOREIGNERS IN PEKING.
The Imperial Edict That Was Ioed toi
Their Protection. .
New Yobk, December 10. A letter
has just been received by the misiiionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church from Rev. Dr. H. II. Lowry, a
missionary of the society in Peking,
China, containing the latest mail ad
vices from that country. In the course
of his communication Dr. Lowry says :
"There has been much anxiety here
and at the ports over the possibilities of
mobs, etc., and I think there is an un
necessary scare. The government wiil
do all in its power to protect us, as wit
ness the inclosed translation of the edict
published in the Peking Gazette :
"'Imperial edict From the time of
their establishment the churches of all
nations in Peking have enjoyed peace,
and according to the treaty should be
protected. Tlie present breach of faitli
of Eastern dwarfs the Japanese has
no relation to the foreign nations of the
West. And because this year many men
from every province are coming to Pe
king, we fear that there are ignorant
ones, who will wrongfully distrust, and
that evil-disposed vagabonds will take
advantage of these circumstances to pro
voke disturbance. It is well, therefore,
to take prompt measures for forestalling
all such. Therefore, the Mayor of Pe
king and the censors of the five cities are
commanded to charge those under their
authority to strictly watch anil suppres
disturbance and protect foreigners. If
there are those who disobey and cause
disturbance, let them be immediately
apprehended and severely punished with
unusual vigor and no leniency he used
in dealing with them. This is decreed.
"'Kuang Hsu, 20th year, ninth
month, 14th day (October 12, 1804.)' "
Storage Battery Trust.
Philadelphia, December 8. A finan
cial deal of considerable importance has
just been consummated whereby the
Electric Storage Battery Comwany of
this city has acquired all the rights, pat
ents, etc., of the Consolidated Electric
Street Railway Company; the battery
patents and rights of the Brush Electric
Company of Cleveland ; the battery pat
ents and all interests in connection with
batteries and the good will of that branch
of the business of the General Electric
Company; all the property, rights, pat
ents, etc., of tho General Electric Launch
Company, and the Electric Launch and
Navigation Company, and the rights, li
censes and patents of the Accumulator
Company. The completion of these pur
chases virtually places in control of the
Electric Storage Battery Company all its
former competitors in the business of
supplying storage batteries, and puts an
end to all litigation over patent rights.
" New Japan Commercial Treaty.
Washington, December 10. The new
treaty with Japan was sent to the Senate
to-day. It was accompanied by a
long letter from Gresbam, showing the
importance of the convention and urg
ing its ratification. In executive session
the treaty was referred by the Senate to
the Committee on Foreign Relations
without reading. It is understood there
will be no opposition to this treaty by
the Paeile OeMt 8eaaton for race tea-sou.
TERRITORY OF INDIANOLA.
Berry of Arkannae Proposal a DiTlelon
of Indian Territory.
Wahhinoton, December 7. The bill
introduced in the Senate to-duy by
Senator Berry to provide a temperory
government for the portion of the Indian
Territory occupied by the five civilized
tiibes provides that a Territory shall be
formed to be known as Indianola.
Among the first provisions made is one
that any time in the future the bounda
ries may be changed or any portion at
tached to any other State or Territory by
the action of Congress without consent
ol tlie inhabitants of the new Terzitorv,
The bill provides for a Governor and a
Secretary of the Territory, a Delegate to
congress, ana a legislative Assembly,
the latter to be composed of a Council
and Houeeof Kepreseutatives.theCoun
cil to consistof twenty-one members and
the House ol fortv-two. the sessions to
be held biennially and to continue for
sixty days. The Territory is to be di
vided into twenty-one counties. All
male citizens of the United States who
are actual residents and over 21 years of
atre are to have the right to vote, as are
also all male Indians who are citizens of
any irioe in the .territory, it is pro-v
viuau mat no law snail De passed Dv the
Legislature interfering with thenrirnartr
disposal of the soil or with the titles of
the Indians of the various tribes or their
manner of holding the same. Indian
homesteads are made inalienable and
are exempt from taxation. The bill Dro-
vides for a complete judicial system and
adopts a large number of the laws of the
State of Arkansas. All the provisions of
treaties heretofore made by the United
States with the civilized tribes, except
so iar as me treaties relate 10 land titles,
are aorogateu and repealed, and all gov
ernments established bv the tribes abol
ished. The lands now held in common
by the several tribes are to be divided in
severalty among the members of the
tribes, each to have a homestead of 140
acres, and after this division the residue
is to be sold and the proceeds divided
among tue inuiaua,
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
The
Paclflo Insurance Union
Holding
Stormy genitalis.
Pan Fbaxcisco, December 7. The af
fairs of the Pacific Insurance Union are
in a most critical condition, so critical
in fact that it would take very little to
bring about a dissolution of that impor
tant body. Some of its members, it is
charged, are not living up to the terms
of the compact, but are cutting rates and
doing other things which the unicn was
organized to prevent. Dissatisfied mem
bers are also withdrawing from the
union, the latest to do so is Arthur E.
Magill, manager on this coast of the
Home Insurance Company of New York
and Phoenix of Hartford. His resigna
tion lias been tendered by him to the
union, uiher resignations, it is report
ed, are about to be sent in.
The union held two very important
meetings to-day to consider what was
best to do in the circunstances. Pro
ceedings were secret, but it is said that
they w ere stormy. It was plainly pointed
iut that unless members stood together
and made a determined fight aeainBtthe
deserters tlie union would be disrupted..
It was finally resolved that such a fight
should be made, and that union com
panies would stand together to the last
ditch. A dissolution would lead to many
cancellations of policies on which pre
miums have not yet been paid. It is
understood that aliout one-fourth of the
premiums on policies are allowed to re
main on credit, and should they not be
collected companies on this coast would
lose about 13,000,000.
DUNRAVEN'S CONDITIONS.
Same Terms as In Last Tear's It aces and
Earlier Than October.
London, December 8. An intimate
friend of Lord Dunraven was questioned
to-day concerning the report that Lord
Dunraven had already forwarded to the
New York Yacht Club a challenge for
the American cup. The gentleman in
terviewed appeared not to be aware that
a challenge had been sent, but added
that a letter might have been sent with
the view of gaining time under the ten
months' notice clause of the deed of gift,
which letter under certain conditions
might be construed as a challenge. He
was certain that if a challenge were sent
it would not hold good unless the cup
committee granted the two conditions
demanded by Lord Dunraven. One of
these conditions is that the race be sailed
on terms identical with those in the Valkyrie-Vigilant
contests. The other is
that the race be sailed earlier than Oc
tober. He believed that after the latter
announcing the cup committee's decision
had been received by the Royal Yacht
squadron a letter had been sent to J. V.
S. Oddie, Secretary of the New York
Yacht Club, offering to challenge for the
cup on the conditions mentioned.
Medals for Army Officers.
Washington, December 9. By direc
tion of the President a medal of honor
in the name of Congress has been award
ed to Captain Frank T. Baldwin, Fifth
Infantry, for distinguished gallantry in
the action with hostile Indians near Mc
Clellan creek, Tex., November 8, 1874,
when that officer led two companies of
troops against a band of Indians consid
erably outnumbering his forces and suc
ceeded in rescuing two white girls, who
had been taken captive. - Similar medals
were awarded to-day to Major Miles
Moylan, U. 8. A., retired, for gallantry
in action with Nez Perce Indians at Bear
Paw Mountain, Mont., September 80,
1377, 'and to Captain E. 8. Huggins, Sec
ond Cavalry, for conspicuous bravery in
an engagement with hostiles near O'Fal
lon creek, Mont., April 1, 1880.
How Thny Feel In New York.
New York, December 10. The Cham
ber of Commerce to-day adopted the
following resolutions: That the com
mercial and industrial interests of the
country need a rest from tariff agitation ;
that our fleet in Chinese waters should
be reinforced ; that railroads should be
permitted to make pooling agreements;
that the representation of the American
agricultural products abroad should aot
be dUcoutiniwaV
DECEMBER 13. 1894.
JAPAN IS NO SUITOR.
China Reminded She is tha
One Suing for Peace.
CHINA'S TEMPORIZING POLICY.
No Further Peace Proposals Will be
Considered Unless Sent by a Itegu
larly Accredited Ambassador From
the Chinese Court.
Tokio, December 8. Japan baa noti
fied China that no further peace pro
posals will be considered unless sent by
a regularly accredited Ambassador from
the Chinese court. At the same time
Japan reminds China that it is .not Ja
pan that is suing for peace. Japan is
dissatisfied with China's temporizing
policy, and claims that China is seeking
concessions in advance of a formal con
ference looking to a settlement.
WHAT JAPAN WOULD ACCEPT.
Washington, December 8. The an
nouncement that Japan was willing to
accept an indemnity of 400,000,000 yen
and the cession of territory now occupied
by her forces as a condition for the termi
nation of the war without further delay,
and that the demands weie to be in
creased if hostilities were prolonged, is
similar to those that have appeared in
the Japanese newspapers for some time
East. Such statements are regarded
ere as merely the opinions of the
writers as to what Japan should insist
upon. The authentic news now at hand
shows that the negotiations have pro
gressed no further than an insistence by
Japan npon the condition that the Chi
nese government shad send an Ambas
sador to Tokio to make its overtures,
and this information is credited hvih,,
officials of the Japanese legation iiere,
wno nave been ol the opinion for some
time past that the anDoiutuunt of a Chi
nese Ambassador to sue for peace would
probably be the first move in that direc
tion which would be acceDtable to t.hn
Japanese government and people.
still explaining detbino's failure.
Washington. December 8. A tele
gram has been received in this city from
xvuuo io me eueot tuai jir, uetring,
Commissioner in the Chinese customs
service at iien Tsin, arrived at that
place November 2ti and expressed the
wisnoi personally ueuvei ing to Count
lto a letter from Viceroy Li Hung Chang.
As under the circumstances this nro-
ceeding was considered anomalous and
contrary to usage, Count lto refused to
meet Detiing, At the same time Mr.
Detring received telegraphic orders from
Prince Kung, President of Tsimg Li Ya
men, recalling him to China. Accord
ingly he left Kobe November 29, but be
fore going he sent the Vicerov's letter to
Count lto bypoBt. The object of the
letter was to ascertain the conditions
upon which pes.ee might be restored. It
is also stated that Li Hune Chancr had
obtained the sanction of the Emperor of
China to the mission of Mr. Detiing,
which had for its object the nurnose of
confidentially ascertaining the views of
the Japanese government, but Mr. Det
ring's sudden return to China under or
ders of the President of the Tsung Li
lamen appears to throw some doubt
upon the accuacy of this statement.
TUB OTHER VIEW.
London, December 8. According to
advices received from an excellent au
thority upon the subjtct of tlie negotia
tions for peace between China and Ja
pan the negotiations are not making as
rapid strides as supposed. It seems that
Japan intends to insist upon stronger
and more tangible proofs of China's sub
mission before talking peace.
TO BE INVALIDED HOME.
Tokio, December 8. A report, to
which much credence is given, is current
here to the effect that Field Marshal
Yamagata, commander of the Japanese
army, is so seriously indisposed that it has
been decided necessarv for bun to be in
valided. The Court Chamberlain has
started for the front with a message ap
pointing Liieutenant-uenorai JNouezu a
General, and the latter will assume com
mand of the first Japanese army. Cap
tain Miura lias been appointed to the
cemmand of the cruiser Yoshima, and
the late harbor-master at Sa Se Bo has
been made Governor of Port Arthur.
HANNEKEN RAISING AN ARMY. '
Che Foo. December 8. Commissioner
Detring says that Colonel Hanneken,
the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese
forces, is raisinn 100,000 soldiers to be
officered entirely by Europeans, mostly
German. Some of these officers have al
ready arrived, and others are on the way
to China. Seven thousand soldiers have
been ordered to reinforce Tunir Chow.
fifty miles west of Che Foo, and are be
ing supplied from Wei Hai Wei.
FRANCE WANTS A BnARE.
London, December 8. The Standard's
Paris correspondent savs : It io rumored
in diplomatic quarters here that France
means to nave a share, if the Dowers
seize territory, in the event of the dis
ruption of China. It is supposed that
she covets Formosa, which Admiral
Gourcet blockaded in 1884, occupying
ICelung and the mines in the vicinity.
Anyhow, it is doubtful whether she will
allow Japan pr any other power to seize
Formosa. It is understood here that tha
Japanese have set their hearts nponsign
ing a treaty of peace in Peking. The
Japanese Minister here stated recently
that Japan meant to have a treaty of
Peking as Europeans had a treaty of
fans.
inocyb's vigorous policy.
Seoul, Corea, December 8. Count
Inouye, the Japanese Minister, is taking
vigorous measures to restore internal or
der. Radical changes are being made in
the Departments of the Interior, Justice
and Education. A combined force of
Japanese and Coreans was conveyed by
steamer to Asan and marched thence to
Kongji to attack the Tong Haka. This
force routed thousands of Tong Haks,
and killed a large number.
CHINA CAN BORROW THE MONEY.
London, December 8. The Central
News says that China has been offered
all the money that the treatv powers are
likely to allow Japan to claim as in
demnity, on the basis of a 4 per cent
gold loan secured by the uncharged rev
enues of the treaty ports.
WAB MATERIAL FOR CHINA
Shanghai, December 8 The British
steamer Guy Mannering is landing from
Hnmbnrg war material valued at 175,-000.
NO. 38.
FORESTRY RESERVATIONS.
Amendments to the Bill Agreed Upon
by Western Representatives.
Washington, December 10. A num'
ber of Western Representatives, includ
ing Coffeen of Wyoming, Pickler of South
Dakota, Hermann and Ellis of Oregon,
Doolittle and Wilson of Washington,
MuRae of Arkansas, Caminetti of Cali
fornia, Hartman of Montana, Hall of
Minnesota, and Wells and Lynch of
Wisconsin, have agreed upon a series of
amendments to the bill to protect for
estry reservations, which came np in the
House to-day, and went over by nnani
mous consent. Tbev will be offered to
the bill when it is called iro to-morrow,
The amendments provide that, for the
sole purpose ol preserving the living and
growing timber in forest reservations
the Secretary of the Interior may elimi
nate so much only of the dead or ma
tured trees thereon as may be necessary
to preserve the remaining timber. The
secretary is to designate, appraise and
advertise tor sale the dead or matured
trees in limited Quantities to suit tt.a
purchaser. The proceeds of the sales
are to be expended in the care and man
agement of the reservation. Upon rec
ommendation ofjthe Secretary of the In
terior and with the approval of the
President and after due notice anv Dub-
lie lands embraced within the limits of
any forest, which shall be found better
adapted to agricultural t .an to forest
nsea, may be restored to the public do
main ; and lands in any forest reserva
tion, the character of which may be
shown to be mineral, in accordance with
the mining laws may be restored to min
eral location and "entry. Prospectors
and mineral claimants are to have access
to the forest reservations for the pur
pose of prospecting, locating and de
veloping their mineral resources.
ABOUT A LITTLE WORD.
Negroes Wish to Lit Admitted to Labor
Organisations.
Philadelphia, December 10. A vigor
ous effort will be made by leading colored
men at the labor conference to be held
in Denver this week to have the word
" white " stricken from the constitution
of the labor organizations. To-day's
issue of the Christian Recorder, the organ
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, contains an open letter to John
Burns, who has come to this country
from England for the purpose of attend
ing the conference, to espouse the cause
of the colored men in the fight for equal
rights. The letter says in part :
" In the name of the rights of labor we
ask you to make some notes for your
countrymen at home concerning more
than 8,000,000 workmen in this country,
who suffer the greatest injustice at the
hands of organized labor in the United
States. In the name of these colored
workmen we urge you to report upon the
conditions which exist in this country
and to recommend that there be no co
operation on the part of the British
trades unions until the American trades
unions shall give all workmen in (his
broad land equality of opportunity.
"Mr. Powderly made a mazniflcent
stand for justice at Richmond, and his
influence began to wane from that mo
ment. Mr. (jomDers has attempted to
do something, but he stands almost
aione. mere are a lew leaders line
these, who. unable to inaugurate an agi
tation for equality, would welcome from
you a fraternal word ol warning to the
effect that they who would demand their
rights must respect the rights of others."
ANOTHER HOLD-UP.
Tha Texas and Paolfle Road Selected
This Time.
Fort Worth, December 9. The east-
bound Texas and Pacific passenger train
was held up at a trestle seven miles west
of here at 5:50 p. u. to-day. Several
shots were fired from the front end of
the train, and the passengers were
warned to keep their heads in the win
dows. The train was detained ten or
fifteen minutes, during which time those
who caught a glimpse of the proceedings
saw three masked men with guns leveled
marching the engineer and trainmen in
and out of the baggage car. When they
nnished their work the robbers made
the engineer back the train over a tres
tle, and while it was crossing disap
peared in a thick forest. The passengers
kept so close while the train was being
robbed that they did not know much
about what was going on, and the rail
road men and express officials will not
make any statements. It is not known
now much booty was secured. The rob
bers bad possession of the express car
until they accomplished their object.
One valuable package is known to have
been obtained. The safe of the messen
ger was carried off. It is learned on good
authority that upward of $100,000 was
secured. The passengers say. the whole
tiina was done so quickly that there was
little of a story to tell. ;
THE AMOUNT SECURED.
Fort Worth, December 10. The train
held up on tho Texas and Pacific is now
said to have been robbed of $140,000 in
money, gold bullion en route from San
Francisco to Washington, and Texas and
Pacific certificates.
MADAGASCAR EXPEDITION.
The Approplntlon Bill Has Passed the
French Senate.
Paris, December 10. The Senate 'to
day passed the Madagascar appropri
ation bill by a vote of 267 to 3. M.
Honotaax, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
t'dd the Senate that the only object of
Madagascar expedition was to civilize
the land. This was to be done iu virtue
of a Fiench protectorate, which would
be established on the Hues followed in
the United States. M. De Fieycinet,
President of the committee appointed to
consider the appropriation, said that
with the assumption of the Madagascar
protectorate the period of French colo
nial expansion should be ended.
The Nicaragua BUI.
Washington, December 10. Speaker
Crisp to-day informed Representative
Geary that the Nicaraguan canal bill
would be given recognition. Geary be
lieves that there will be action on it this
session, and is inclined to believe it will
be favorable te the eanal's onstroetiM,
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS TREATED
It Declares In Favor of a Single Classi
fication of Commodities for tho Whela
Country Congress Can Prescribe
Knles Kegnlating Couiineroe.
WASHiNOTON.December 9. The eighth
annual report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which was sent to
Congress yesterday, ranges through
variety of subjects, opening with that of
court decisions, noting the case of Brim
eon and others. The Supreme Court
held that Congress may employ any ap
propriate means to accomplish the ob
ject of the law granted to it by the con
stitution, and that Congress has plenary
power to prescribe the rules regulating
interstate commerce; that provisions ol
the 12th section of the act to regulate
commerce, requiring the courts to use
their process in aid of inquiries before
the commission, are constitutional and
valid ; that in a proceeding to complete
the attendance and testimony of wit
nesses before the commission or to com
pel the production of books, papers and
documents, in a case of which under the
constitution a Federal court may take
cognizance, the failure to obey an order
of the court requiring the giving of such
testimony or the production of docu
ments before the commission is properly
punishable as contempt of court.
Regarding criminal and civil proce
dure under the law the commission, call
ing attention to misapprehension upon
this point, explains that its duty.is to
report to the department of Justice facts
concerning alleged violations of the pe
nal clauses of tlie act, and says this does
not clothe the commission with detective
or prosecuting functions, its connection
with the criminal side of the law ending
with Buch report to the Department of
Justice. The report says that it is the
duty of shippers , railway manaaers and
citizens generally to assist the govern
ment in running down violations of
statutes designed to protect their inter
ests. Transportation should not be re
garded as a part of the private business
of shippers. It should be viewed as an
agency provided under government sanc
tion. It recommends that the carrying
corporations be made indictable and
subject to nne lor violation of the act.
The report presents at length a state
ment of the work of the commission
and discusses the long and short-haul
clause. Due observance of that clause,
it says, will encourage legitimate and re
strain illegitimate competition in the
carrying trade.
bpeakingottheclassitication of freights
the commission refers to the progress al
ready made toward harmonious railway
operation, which is desirable for the pub
lic interests, and explains the necessity
of providing single classification of com
modities for the whole country. Tho
advance in the past, it asserts, demon
strates that uniformity is prni-ticable.
ana me iauure to secure satisiaciory
progress in this work is due to the fact
that the three classifications now in use
have been separately developed by the
associated lines operating in sections
where the classifications apply, and that
each group of carriers has accomplished
its separate task, but seems unable to
agree upon and enforce a single classifi
cation. Uniform classification, the re
port says, depends upon the passage ol
a statute requiring its accomplishment,
and the commission recommends that it
be directed to makeand prescribe within
a time to be named for such classifica
tion.
UTAH COMMISSION'S EEPORT.
Washington. December 9. The an
nual report of the Utah Commission sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Interior
yesterday reviews the general perform
ance of its duties in the supervision of
the elections in that Territory. The
commission says the registratiou of vot
ers preparatory to the general election
was made in fairness. About 3.00? reg
istration offices were apportioned amone
the twenty-six counties and over l.OOf)
judges of election appointed. The total
amount of appropriations for the com
mission for the fiscal year was $32,000,
and the disbursementa $20,673.
GREAT BRITAIN IGNORED.
Tho Officials Down In Nicaragua Vary
Independent,
Kingston, Jamaica, December 10.
Somewhat startling news has been re
ceived here. It comes direct from Nica
ragua. The treaty between Great Brit
ain and Nicaragua has been quietly
ignored by President Zelaya's officials.'
General Cabeza has been named Gov
ernor of Mosquito on a salary of $300
per month, ms brother has been named
Governor of Corn Island, which is lust
on the coast of Nicaragua. Recently he
obtained the concession for a number of
years to use the island, it is said, aa a
coaling station. In the event of a com
pleted Nicaraguan canal Corn Island will
have an immense value both as acoaling
station and owing to its strategic situa
tion, practically commanding the Atlan
tic entrance to the canal. The Governor
obtained this remarkable concession
from President Zelaya while Governor of
the island.
The case of the Moravians has been
duly submitted to the government of her
Britannic Majesty, setting forth all tha
facts as well as the attempt of the Nica
ragnans to sell the valuable properties
of the missionaries. General Cabeza's
decrees in the Mosquito reserve, where
inconsistent with the treaty of Mana
gua, have been refused recognition by
Great Britain. General Barrios, the
Nicaraguan Minister to England, epe
cialjy appointed by his government, was
so informed in London. Nicaragua is
practically under a dictatorship. Under
the new constitution formulated by Gen
eral Zelaya, the President, any one de
nounced to the go-ernnientof Nicaragua'
as unfriendly to i. may be fined $0,000
or have his property confiscated.
Criminal Libel Charged.
San Francisco, December 8. In the
Police Court this morning Judge Low
held Thomas Flynn, editor of the Wasp,
to be tried before the Superior Court on
charge of criminal libel preferred by
Arthur MeEwen.
Moqui Ringleaders Arrested.
Washington, December 13. Captain
Williams, the Indian Agent at the Nav-
ftln aoenev. Ari'nna ronm-fo tn 41, a T...
terior Department that he hat arrested
and sent to Fort Winzate eight ten of
the ringleaders in the recent troubles
among the Moqui Indians at Oraibi,
Arizona.
The Fooling Bill. 1
Washington, December 13. Blair's
amendment to the Cooper substitute,
which gave Congress power to change,
rescind or dissolve pooling arrangements
at any time, was agreed to without ut
vision. .