EVASION OF 1HE ISSUE
A GREAT CONSPIRACY
State Department Worried
by England's Course.
An Organized Gang to Forge
Certificates.
VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY MATTER
PACIFIC COAST THEIR FIELD
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IIORSEMFiT AS FOOD' WASH,NOTO ,RYL4W' PAfiFlf, NORTHWEST. 0H-
No Heed Paid In London to Mr. Bay
ard's ltequ.it. Presented by Him at
til. Direction of Congress, Th.t til.
Matter II. Submitted to Arbitration.
Washington, April 3. The secretary
of elate is very much concerned over the
Venezuelan problem. The British ulti
matum delivered to Nicaragua is not a
source of political apprehension, for It
is not now believed that the British will
take action in the way of acquiring ter
ritory in that direction or jeopardize the
property of Americans in Nicaragua by
a bombardment in their efforts to col
lect the indemnity demanded from Nica
ragua, These are the two movements
tliut might cause the United States to
interfere. But in the case of the Vene
ruelan border dispute there is much
graver cause for apprehension. It ap
pears that our ambassador, Mr. Bayard,
has not succeeded in inducing the Brit
ish government to give heed to the re
quest, submitted by him at the direc
tion of congress, that the boundary dis
pute be submitted to arbitration.
The British are profuse in their dec
laration of a willingness to arbitrate
the title o( land weBt of the Schoomberg
line; but, in the view of the state de
partment, this is a pure evasion of the
real issue ; for there never has been any
reasonable assertion of a British right to
this territory, and it is territory lying
cast ol tins line that lorms tno sub
stance of the contention. The situation
is believed to be alarming, as armed
bodies of British and Venezuelans are
pressing each other cloBely in the dis
puted territory, ana mere may be a
hostile clash at any moment. The ad'
ministration has been considering the
course to he pursued in such case, and
it is entirely probable that, il the Brit-
ish still persist in bringing about such a
collision and fail to heed the reoeated
warnings and requests of the United
States to submit the matter to arbitra-
tion, then the United States will feel
obliged to follow the moral aid it has
given to Venezuela in this matter by
more substantial assistance.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Sui rem. Court Decides Against a Wash
lug-ton BUto Bottler.
Wabmnuton, April 3. The supreme
court to-day decided the case of George
Richcrd, William Alexander and Eben
Sperry vs. James A. France, consoli
dated, in error to the supreme court
from the stc.te of Washington.
The plaintiff contended the law re
garding pre-emption of public lands an-
thomes a n'usi-j'i Tidal hearing before
the recister and receivers, whose decis
ion is tantamount to a decision binding
both government and applicant in re
snect to the matter of settlement and
iinnrovenient. and not subject to re-ex
animation by the commissioners of the
general land office or secretary of the
ulterior.
The decision was adverse to. this view,
and held there was nothing in the law
to take such cases out of the general
power granted to the commissioners of
the general land office and the secretary
of the Interior to control all matters in
respect to the sale and disposal of public
lands, and continuing the judgment of
the slate court.
The court issued an order for the re
argument of the case of William Trega
vs. the board of directors of the Modesto
irrigation district of California. The
case involves the constitutionality of the
Wright irrigation law.
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR.
Norm." to B. Suns' nd "Trilby" to
H. Mead In th. Parlor.
New Yohk, April 3. Thomas A. Edi
son and his phonograph are going to join
hands once more, and the "Wizard of
Munlo Pork" promises improvements
and novelties which will astonish
the public. The phonograph has been
controlled by the North American Phon
ograph Company, which went into the
hands of Receiver John U. Hardin last
August. The company was capitalized
at 6,000,000 in 1880, and James Lip
pincott, the promoter, went insane
wnen lie lounu it was a lizzie. The re
ceiver has advertised for bids for the en
tire assets, and Mr. Edison's oiler of
$120,100 has been accepted. The ac
ceptance of the bid must be sanctioned
by the chancellor of New Jersey. A
circular has been sent by Receiver Har
din to the creditors and stockholders of
the bankrupt company, stating that
Monday, April 8, he will request per
mission from the court to convey the
property to Mr. Edison. Mr. Edison
said:
'The company has one asset which I
am willing to pay a high price for; that
is a claim on ail ray luture inventions
and improvements of the phonograph.
I do not care to have any one else have
a lien on my brains, so I made a bid
which proved higher than all others. I
shall manufacture the phonograph my
self now and expect to keep all the
promises I made when I first introduced
them. I am going in for households in
stead of nickle-in-the-slot machines,
and in a sliort time expect to produce
an entire opera or a complete novel on
a cylinder. It will cost a good deal, but
it will pay me. I suppose it will cost
me $2,000 to have the opera Norma sung
to the machine, but I can reproduce that
on almost as many cylinders as I please.
I think I can all'ord to pay Du Maurier
more than the Harpers and newspapers
have, so that any gentleman can I avj
Trilby read to him in his parlor in the
course of an evening. I shall manufac
ture the perfected phonograph individu
ally." Then the reporter asked the question
that the Wizard always expects to hear
from newspaper men: "What is the
latest?"
"Nothing at all," returned Mr. Edi
son, smiling, "except the kinetophone.
the combination of kinetescope and
phonograph. I am going to reproduce
the motions and words of life-size speak
ing figures. I have already the speak
ing and the motion ligures up to half
life size. I have paid more attention
lately to my mine than anything else.
Very soon now I'll get to work in the
laboralo'-y.
THE
Suggestion by an American
Consul in Germany. v"-
OPENING TO AMERICAN PACKERS
Provisions of th Aet P...d
Lata Leg-l.l.ture.
I Oltmpia, April 2. The new dairy law
makes it unlawful tor any person to sell
or offer for sale any adulterated, impure
or unwholesome milk. Every person
who shall manufacture cheese must
stamp it in a distinct and durable man
ner. The grade of the same as "Wash
ington full cream," "skim" or "half-
Tba Consumption of Horseflesh In th.
Large Cities In Germany Almost a.
Great as That of Beef and Mutton,
and Continually Growing;.
Washington, April 2. One of the
most striking novelties in the recent
consular mail received at the Btate de
partment is the deliberate recommenda
tion of a United StateB consul that
American packers should turn their at
tention to shipping horseflesh to Ger
many.
In view of the prohibition of Ger
man markets to American cattle, there
is another direction toward which Amer
ican packers might well turn their at
tention. That is the preparation and
sale of horsemeat." I
This is the opening paragraph of a re-
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parts of the States of Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho Items of
Interest to Pacltla Coast People.
PREACHER SUED.
P. I.
Vandusen Appointed Superintend
ent of the Grounds.
North Yakima, April 3. The stats
fair commissioners met to-day and ap
pointed F. L. Vandusen superintendent
of the grounds for the coming year.
Other appointments were postponed foi
two weeks on the telegraphic request ol
Governor McGraw, who wants further
time in naming the commissioners to
succeed J. R. Pat ton, of Tacoma, i. 1
John K. Reavis, of Spokane, whose
terms have expired. The fair will be
held this year at the close of the hop
picking season, when there will be 8,000
or 10,000 Indians in Yakima, and their
promised war dances and races will
prove an attractive feature. Last fall
the fair and the Indian festivities were
held at different periods, but so novel
and interesting were the latter that
many people traveled hundreds of miles
to be present, and were well repaid for
their journey.
An Inquiry at Butte.
Butte, Mont., April 3. Judge Speei
in the district court to-day summoned
Slander Hay lie Perpetrated In the Form
of Prayer.
Los Anoki.kb, April 3. Judge Clark
to-day overruled the demurrer inter
posed by the Rev. J. C. Campbell in the
suit charging him with slandering Miss
Tesa L. Kalso, the librarian of the Los
Angeles public library. The basis of the
action was a prayer ottered by the de-
fendunt before his congregation in the
First Methodist church, in which he
laid:
"0, Lord ! vouchsafe Thy saving grace
to the librarian of the Los Angeles city
lihrurv. and cleanse her of all sin, and
make her a woman worthy of her of-
fll-B .'
The reverend gentleman in his de
murrer took the position that his state
ment was privileged. The court held
that a slander can be perpetrated in the
form of a prayer as readily as in any
other form of speech, and no communi-
pnlinn mmtA lw nnrnnn or nriest to his
congregation is privileged because of
such relation, unless perhaps, when
made in the discharge of his pastoral
duties with one subject to this discipline
of the church, ana then only unless
made without malice.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Address
at the
by Chaunoey Uepew
Chicago Auditorium.
Chicago, April 3. A convocation of
the Chicago university was held in the
Auditorium to-night. Chauncey M
Depew delivered the address, and in the
course of his remarks said
"This institution, which owes its ex
istence to the beneficence of Rockefeller
is in itself a monument of the purpose
of wealth accumulated by a man of gen
ius. So is Vanderbilt, and so are the
old colleges, as they have received the
benefaction of generous, appreciative
and patriotic wealth. But in view of
the dangers which are about us and of
the difficulties which are before us, we
i i j i.,..4.j ii. i J cannot rely upon what the rich may do
Kr.m jury uu m.ucwu i "'' i or wnat the philanthropists may sug-
skimmi d," as the case may be, together
with tl 1 xality of the factory mast be
shown. Only such cheese as has been
manufactured from pure and wholesome
milk, unadulterated in any way, shall
be stamped "Washington lull cream,"
and such cheese only as shall be made The work of beautifying the custom
from pure milk having not more than ( bouse grounds in Port Towneend has
one-half of the cream extracted shall be begun.
marked "half-skimmed." Every butter steveng county,i Waah., hag complete
"'"-v.. ...... tne sale of $4&,w0 current expense
dairy commissioner or person furnish
ing milk: to such creamery or tne num
ber of pounds of milk received daily,
and of the amount of butter and cheese
manufactured daily. The first Monday
in December of each year the manu
facturer must send a verified report of
the same to the board of dairy commis
sioners. Dor tne purposes ol this act
any butter or cheese manufacturer who
shall keep twenty or more milch cows,
and who shall manufacture the milk
... 1 . 1 T? 1 ' IIUIU Lilt DttUID 1UW UUt,C( Ul UiGCDD.
port just received from Consul Edward hall u. deemed to ,- rivate
dairy. JNo person snail manuiacture,
W. 8. Tingle at Brunswick, Germany.
Mr. Tingle adds :
"While exact statistics on the con
sumption of horseflesh are difficult to
obtain it seems almost as great as that
of beef and mutton in the large cities of
uermany. in smauer cities, partly out of any fat, oil or oleaginous
there is some prejudice against horse-. !, k..j; .J ijfti.
No person shall
sell, or oiler lor sale or nave in His pos
session with intent to sell or serve to
patrons or boarders in any hotel, restau
rant, hospital, asvlum. school or penal
institution any article made wholly or
pany
the 1
meat, the consumption is about one
third of that of beef, but in those places
the use of horsemeat is growing daily.
Its consumers are exclusively of the
poorer classes, but they comprise nine
tenths of the consumers of the country.
Beef and other first-class meats cost
from 15 cents to 25 cents per pound in
Germany, and are out of the reach of
the average workingman, who receives
75 cents or $1 per day."
Itie demand lor Horsemeat in Ger
many has grown to such an extent that
it is beginning to be difficult to supply
it, and this is where the opportunity for
American packerB comes in, according
to Mr. Tingle. Formerly the German
butcher bad little difficulty in procuring
for slaughter horses which were either
worn out or injured so as to be worth
less, but the supply of this class of ani
mals is about exhausted, and horses for
butchering now coBt from $45 to $50,
where formerly they could be had for
from $5 to $10. The consequence is that
just as people become attached to horse
meat, tne butchers find they must raise
their prices. Mr. Tingle adds :
"Horses can be raised in the United
States much cheaper than cattle. They
can be slaughtered by any of the Ameri
can parking houses as easily as c. ittle
and they can be shipped alive across
the sea much more easily than cattle,
and can be sold either on the hoof or
dressed at a price certainly greater than
even cents per pound. The meat is
consumed in Germany in both salted
and smoked state. With the astonish
ingly rapid disuse of horses in America
their raising, especiuuy m wo nm, in
far from being the profitable industry it
has been. The ranchman, however, can
make the raising of horses for food prof
itable. Why should he not do it? The
subject is of two-fold interest to the
American packer, whose beef and bee!
products are now excluded iromtue
(irmn market, and to the horse raiser.
whose invested capital brings him in
verv unsatisfactory returns. The preju-
dice against eating horsemeat 1b so great
in our own country that tnere win proo-
ably never be a demand ior meat oi mis
kind, but there is no reason why Ameri
can packers and ranchmen should not
take advantage of the existence of a dif
ferent state of things in other countries
to found what can be made a very prof
itable industry and extensive export
trade."
THE SMOKING NANAWOYD.
compound thereof, not produced directly
from milk or cream with or without
coloring matter. Nothing in this act
prohibits the manufacture or sale of
oleomargarine in a separate and distinct
lorm that will advise the consumer ol
its character.
The governor is directed to appoint a
competent person as dairy commis
sioner, whose term of office shall con
tinue four years. Said commissioner
may appoint one or more deputies. It
shall be the duty of the dairy commis
sioner to devote his attention to the
dairy interest of the state, and enforce
the laws in relation thereto. The dairy
commissioner shall have power to enter
any place where he has reason to belief
the dairv products or imitations are
keot. and make inspection thereof. The
commissioner shall receive an annual
salary of $1,200 and transportation ex
penses, which shall not exceed $1,000 in
any one year. The deputy shall receive
$3 per day while actually employed, to
gether with expenses. No denutv shall
be employed at the cost of the state for
more than thirty days in any one year.
The secretary of state, the president
of the agricultural college, and the dairy
commissioner compose a state board of
dairy commissioners, who snail receive
no compensation, but are allowed trav'
eling expenses.
To carry out the provisions of this act
theie is appropriated $o,UUUlor the term
beginning April 1, 1895. An emergency
clause is attached,
THAT ELECTRIC ROAD.
to investigate the great dynamite ex
plosion of January 15, by which fifty
men were killed and 100 or more in
jured. The judge told the jury that
some one was responsible for the death
of these men, and he hoped the blame
would be fixed by the.iury. The prose
cuting attorney had refused to take the
responsibility ol tiling
and the jury was called.
f;est. It would be a long step forward
n popularizing higher education if the
government had established at WaBh-
1 1 w. n a (..ant natmnal ii n I varaifv. "
To Guard Public Lauds.
Washington, April 3. General Ruger
has ordered the post commanders of Ok
lahoma territory to send escorts to such
express officers as paymasters may
..designate for the purpose of guarding
public funds to their destination during
the payment of troops under the mus
ter of the present quarter.
tios Angeles Poolrooms to Close.
Los Angeles, April 3. The efforts
made against the municipal authorities
resulted to-"day in a decision by the city
council to close the poolrooms, which
are run by men from San Francisco and
Oakland, who transferred their gain
b in.j Ii ) l'!" ' L fl Angeled.
- Chang's Assailant's Sentence.
Washington, April 3. It is said at
the Japanese legation that the young
informations, 1 Japanese who shot LI Hung Chang will
probably be sent to the mines of North
ern Japan to serve his life sentence. The
locality is much like Siberia. Unofficial
reports of the sentence make no refer
ence to his trial or conviction. It is
understood there had been a civil trial,
as a military trial would have resulted
in death. Dr. Scriba's report on Li
Hung Chang's wound is regarded by the
Japanese legation as assuring recovery.
Scriba is One of Germany's most noted
surgeons, who has entered into service
in Japan.
Bogus Bullion Substituted..
Carson, Nev. , March 20. The Tribune
"this evening contains a statement,
claiming to be authoritative, that a
bogus bar of bullion composed of some
valueless composition has been discov
ered to have been substituted for a bar
of gold bullion to cover up the mint
shortage. This is one of the bars re
ceived by the present melter and re
finer, Harris, from the previous admin
istration at the Btamped value. Rumors
are current that arrests will soon be
ma'e, but nothing definite can be
learned.m,
The Bible In the Public School.
Bobanton, PA., April 3. By a deci
sion to-day of Judge Gunster, in a Wa
verly borough school case, the reading
of the Bible in the public schools of
Pennsylvania was practically declared
illegal. In his opinion Judge Gunster
said that denominational religious ex
ercises and instruction in sectarian doc
trines have no place in our syBtem of
common school education. They are
not only not authorised by any law,
common or statutory, but are expressly
forbidden by the constitution, the fund'
amental law of the commonwealth.
Leiow's First Witness.
New Yobk, April 3. Carl Priem, who
was the first witness to furnish the
Lexow investigation committee with
testimony regarding police corruption
in this city, was found dead in his room
to-day, having committed suicide by
taking poison.
White Hen Have Discovered What I-
dlaus Have Known for Years.
Pabis, Tex., April 2. A party of mea
just arrived bring news of a most singu
lar phenomenon recently noticed in the
wildest part of the Choctaw nation.
The Nanawoyd mountain is about fif
teen miles long and towers fully 1,00(1
feet above the surrounding country. It
is in a desolate position, no person liv
ing within fifteen miles of it. Prospec
tors saw smoke arising from the moun
tain, and on investigation found that
smoke was issuing from a fissure in the
rock. The rock was so not tney couia
not stand on it, while a strong odor ol
sulphur pervaded the atmosphere, and
occasionally detonations were heard.
The partv became alarmed and left the
vicinity.' Tney went to an old Indian
and informed him of their discovery.
He was familiar with the plain, and
said the smoke had been issuing from
it and the same noises had been heard
since 1832, when the Choctaws went to
that country. A further investigation
will be made as silver has been found
at the base of the mountain.
Love Finds a Way.
Santa Ckuz, April 2. Harry Eason,
aged 20, and Mary Hinckley, aged 17,
have been lovers for some time, but
their parents objected to their marriage.
Notwithstanding the opposition they
determined to wed, and to do so they
walked from Miss Hinckley's home at
Ben Lomond to this city, a distance of
fifteen miles. They chartered a boat
and secured the services of a justice of
the peace, by whom they were married
after being rowed three miles from
Bhore.
Why J.pnn Agreed to Stop.
Paris, April 2. The Journal des De-
bats says that the Chino-Japanese ar
mistice is due to the exhaustion of Jap
anese monetary resources and the injury
done to her trade Bince the beginning of
hostilities. The paper believes that Ja
pan will find it harder to turn her vie
toi ies to account than it had been to
gain them.
Revenues of Australian Colonies.
Melbourne, April 2. The revenue of
Victoria for tl e flrBt quarter of 1805 waB
1,767,000, i d wase of 123,000 com
pared with the same period in 1804. The
revenue of South Australia for the 'first
quarter of this year was 664,000, a de
crease of 31,000 as compared with 1894.
Freight Will Be Taken From New York
to Chloago In One Day.
Chicago, April 2. The Interocean
Electric Railway Company incorporated
at Snrinefield vesterdav proposes to
make some decided changes in the pres
ent method of freight transportation
The com nan v has a capital stock of
$200,000,000, the largest ever incorpor
ated in the West, and a number of Chi
cago, New York and San Francisco capi
talists are interested in the corporation,
The intention is to construct an elevated
electric railway between Chicago and
New York for the tranoortation of coal
and grain. The plans and specifications
have been drawn by a Chicago engineer,
and the company owns a number of
patents on electrical devices to be used
by the road. John W. King, one of the
incorporators and attorney for the new
company, said yesterday:
"The road is a decided step in advance
of the electrical roads operated at pres
ent. Electricity is cheaper as a motive
power than steam and renders a much
hieher rate of speed possible. By ele
vating our road we expect to do away
with the necessity of buying a right-of-
way, and all delays incident to surface
traffic will be avoided. At present it
takes six davs for freight to travel from
Chicago to New York. On the new road
the trip will take one. ihe roaa will
have its own telegraphs and telephone
lines, and it is proposed in time to ex
tend the line to San Francisco. A nuin
U , A : 1 T tki.lr uwomI
foreign capitalists, are interested in tne
road, and building operations will begin
soon. A number of new inventions in
electrical transportation will be used by
the road, but 1 am not at liberty to dis
close their nature. The capital, while
large, is not out of proportion to the
business we expect to do, but I cannot
at present give the names of any of the
persons interested."
bonds at par,
The Columbia mine of Baker county,
Or., has the machinery on the way Irom
the East for a ten-stamp mill.
It iB estimated that the total output
of potatoes from Grand Konde, Or., this
season will reach 20U carloads.
Spokane is threatened with a meat
famine. Chicago buyers have bought
all the fat cattle and sheep, and shipped
them out of the country.
Mrs. Mary Phinney, of Seattle, is
suing the Mutual Life Insurance Com-
y to recover $1UU,444 insurance on
life of her deceased husband.
Cattle buyers from the East have pur
chased 2.000 head of cattle in the John
Day country. Ihey will be driven to
Huntington for shipment East' about
May 1.
A colony of Hollanders has bought
640 acres of land in Snohomish county,
Wash. The colonists are planning to
go into the butter-making business on a
large scale.
The Whatcom county commissioners
have let the contract for the improve
ment of the Lake ainish and rairha-
yen water front road, a distance of one
and one-quarter miles, for $j,U0.
Two national banks of Yakima,
Wash., show an increase in deposits be
tween January and March of about $14,
678.93, and hold a total deposit of $250,-
088.85 or about $bZ.5U per capita.
Whatcom county. Wash., is now as
rared of a wagon road outlet to the
jouth, and the completion of the new
road to Blanchard will connect the bay
ities with one of the finest farming sec
tions of the Btate.
Tacoma merchants have a grievance
upon the action of some of the sleanierB
f . , . m 1 o. .!..
lying oeiween lacuuia auu si-omo.
hev sav that these steamers work en
tirely to the interest of Seattle anu to
the detriment of lacoma.
Seattle street car companies contend
that thev cannot afford to light the
itreets aloni which their tracks run, a!
though their franchises call for it, and
ihey ask-to have tneir irancnises anienu
id to relieve tnem oi uiai expeuae
John E. Houeh. the fruitdealer and
inrservman. states that there will be on
i conservative estimate 250,000 fruit
set out in Grande Ronde valley
jr.. this season. And all trees that are
Ming planted are of first-class stock
The hop acreage in Lewis county,
iVash., this season will approximate
about 1.000 acres, of which 300 acres is
tributary to Chehalis. About fifty acres
of new yards come into bearing this sea-
A PRINEVILLE HORROR.
Unconditional Armlstlee Has Been
elared by Japan.
Tokio, April 1. The official declara
tion of an unconditional armistice with
China was made public by the emperor
of Japan to-day.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
Washington, April 1. The news that
an unconditional armistice had been de
clared by the emperor of Japan was con
firmed at the Japanese legation, where
it was stated a cablegram to this effect
had been received from the home gov
ernment. China made her offer of ar
mistice, and the peace plenipotentiaries
of Japan were empowered by the mi-
ado to accept without condition. This
was done in view of the attempted as
sassination of Li Hung Chang. The ar
mistice, Minister Knrino of the Japan
ese legation said, will be effective until
the peace negotiations are concluded.
After the meeting of the peace ambas
sadors had been decided on China re
quested a declaration of an armistice,
but Japan had, Minister Kurino said,
not been inclined to stop warlike opera
tions except on certain conditions.
These conditions are not known,' but it
is suggested the probable occupation of
Taku mizht have been one, Japan wish
ing something as a guarantee oi tne
willingness and earnestness of the Chi
nese for an amicable settlement of the
war. China evidently could not arrive
at the conclusion to agree to the stipu
lations demanded by japan, out at
tempt on the life of the Chinese peace
ambassador solved the problem for the
time being, and hostilities will be sus
pended. There will be no withdrawal
of Japanese troops from Chinese terri
tory, however.
The power oi tne Japanese govern
ment to execute the armistice will now
be put to a crucial test. The military
power of Japan has almost outstripped
the civil power during the war. This
lias caused Berions concern, as it was
feared that the military element, backed
by the war spirit among the people,
would not submit to an armistice, even
if the civil authorities ordered one. To
meet this emergency a change of army
commanders was recently made. There
have been three army corps operating
in different campaigns, and each under
a general of supreme authority over his
particular campaign. About tnree weeks
azo. in anticipation oi tne- armistice,
frince Komatsu was created command
er-in-chief over all the armies. The ob
ject of this step was to concentrate au
I, -' i : . . I. !,l
inority m uue mau iu viuee iaiuuu wiiu
the imperial household, who could thus
execute an armistice by a simultaneous
cessation of hostilities by the army. It
now remains to be seen whether frince
Komatsu can execute the important
commission given him. The splendid
discipline shown by the army during
the war gives assurance that there win
be immediate acquiescense by the mili
tary. And yet Prince Komatsu has to
contend against a war spirit inflamed by
many victories, it has been said tnat
an armistice would oe so unpopular
among the people and soldiery that it
would assure tne political retirement oi
two Japanese statesmen Count Ito and
Mr. Matsu who have served as peace
envoys. The full text of the cablegram
received at the Japanese legation to-day
regarding the armistice is as lollows:
On the opening of the negotiations
the Chinese plenipotentiary proposed
an armistice, which Japan was willing
Plan to Furnish Chinese Fraudulent
Registration Balked by Arrests In
San Franclsc Ageneleso Had Been
Established In Important Cities.
San Francisco, March 30. Federal
officers to-night caught two men in the
act of forging Chinese registration cer
tificates and arrested them. They are
employes of the Oceanic Steamship
Company, and are named Fobs and Cip
rico. These two were arrested at 769
Clay street, in Chinatown, the head
quarters of the gang. Besides F. C.
Ciprico and H. L. Fobs, J. D. Sullivan,
Max Katznaur and Moses Greenwald
were also arrested. Katznaur was ar
rested in a saloon. He is said to be a
relative of Banker Seligman, of New
York. Greenwald is a cousin of Louis
Greenwald, one of the Emerald opium
smuggling gang. Ciprico has an office
in Wells-Fargo's building, which was
also one of the headquarters of the gang.
Of the other men nothing is known.
The government officials claim to have
unearthed a gigantic conspiracy to forge
such certificates, and that the gang had
established agencies in at important
points on the coast, as well as in the
principal Eastern cities. Todd, who is
said to be at the head, has a number of
associates, who have laid their plans
carefully with reference to selling the
forged certificates throughout the coun
try at a uniform price. The rate on
Chinese laborers was $50 and on others
$100. Robert Burns, jr., says that H.
L. Foss, the freight clerk on the Oceanic
dock, w 10 baa hitherto been charged
with smuggling and other onenses, is
one of the ringleaders of the forgers,
and that Foss and a co-forger the no
torious ex-Customs Officer Ciprico had
their plans perfected to begin issuing
to-day.
A photographer, formerly m the ser
vice of the government, is suspected of
being one o? the most skillful 'members
of the gang, which embraced men named
Wicbman, breenwaid, Davis, Bates,
Harvey and Devereaux. There is a
Erobabilitv that a great deal of the work
as been done in Victoria, and that the
plates from which the certificates were
printed are now there, though the signa-
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ture and photographs for identification
have been made here. The penman is
from Victoria, and is an expert of rare
skill.
In laving plans to entrap the agents
of the forgers the collector hired several
Chinese engaged in business in China to
act as decoys. A member ol the band,
who came from Oregon to help Bell the
forged instruments, stumbled upon one
of the department's Chinese decoys al
most at the outset of his negotiations,
and it was through this blunder that
the forgers betrayed themselves, ior
days and weeks the investigations have
been pushed, and every detective's re
port has shown that the plans of tho
operators were far-reaching, their rami
fications being bo great as to involvo
several men who formerly held places of
honor in this country. Some of the first
evidence of the far-reaching plans ol
the operators came from New Mexico in
December, at which time it was discov
ered that some of the forged certificates
had been offered for sale at Santa Fe.
Soon thereafter the certificates were
found in Oregon.
WHO TEST ABB.
Seattle, March 30. Max Katznaur
ij a Victoria man and reputed to be the
leading smuggler on Puget Sound. Todd
is said to have been collector of internal
revenue at Spokane.
. . v . . t i : i : n My hiia
son, while about htteen acres are oeing to accept on certain conumuun.
put out in new yards. this negotiation was going uu u
Everett, Wash., expects soon to see wa. evenl nappe? IT .T
work begin on a new whaleback. Esti- umnese piempouHumr,. "
a ... ill l I Aofit 4-Ua am narnr in V1BW (t tnlfl U II"
mates on the earnings ol tne wnaieoacx ""j. -i. . - T
City of Everett show a net profit of happy occurence, commanded the Jap-
$5,000 a month. This would provide anese plenipotentiaries to consent to the
for 20 per cent yearly dividends and pay temporary armistice without i Mitwnj.
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for the boat in five years.
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Corvallifl. Or.. DeoDle will be disap- t': t.hp
pointed when the census returns are all wblegrBm Baid .
in. Assessor Alexander has pratiolly ..fas immediately after the close
completed the enumeration of the city, o th gecond Be8gkm the eace pleni.
witn tne exception oi joc is mi, potentiaries that Li Hung Chang was
and gives it as his opinion that the total . t . b fanatic Up to that
population will not reach AUW. f, nothing had been considered but
The city council of Fairhaven, Wash., China's request for an armistice pend-
has concluded to connect with the Sa- ing the consideration of the terms oi
mish road at an expense of $1,800. The peace. The proposition had been met
work will be let in sections. The Fair- by the presentation of certain condi-
haven Land Company will improve the tions from the Japanese pienipotentiar
rosid over its holdings, and the improve- ies. The discussion of the terms of
ment at the Skagit end is now assured, final peace had not been entered upon.
TI m t o i lne emperor s commanst oi a leiupomry
Hon. George Turner, of Spokane, ,..:.. : , iT Mm
anti-corpation attorney, has been em- t, t j u di8posed to humiliate
ployed by the farmers of Walla Walla China 0 merelv to acquire territory,
and Columbia counties to conduct their j 'ha8 gainei the e4nd 0f demon-
oases againBt the Oregon Railway & Tan.o immrinn in Eastern
Navivofinn Pjimnanir nnn K ATnNeill ua . ?. ' r
.,.B..U w-.r.. - anairs."
TO SEARCH FOR PEARY.
receiver, before the interstate commerce
commission, which will take testimony
in the cases, commencing April u,
J. Fritsch and Coran Watts have pur
chased a site at Ellensbnrg, Wash., and
are erecting a cheese lactory, using one
vat and twelve thirty-inch presses as a
starter. They will handle 10,000 pounds
Minister Kurino promptly notified
Secretary Gresham of the armistice, and
it was made known to President Cleveland.
The declaration of an armistice was
most welcome news to the Chinese lega
tion, although it waB accepted with the
stolidity and passive dignity which is
of milk, and produce 1,000 pounds ol characteristic of the race. The first
The City Jailed Burned to th Ground
and a Drunkard Met His Death,
Pbineville, April 2. Shortly before
3 o'clock this morning the fire alarm was
sounded, and it was discovered that the
town jail and old engine house were
ablaze. Before the fire department could
reach the spot the fire in these buildings
was beyond control, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the blaze was
kept from extending to other buildings
in the vicinity. Frank McNally was
locked in jail a few hours before by
Marshal Dobson, and it is suppoed he
set fire to the bed. He was burned to
death and his charred remains were
found beneath the debris after the
flames had been subdued. Coroner
1'ringle called a jury to-day to inquire
into the cause of the death of McNally,
and the jury rendered a verdict in ac
cordance with the facts.
The victim of the fire was about 40
years of age. He came from Michigan
to this state and has resided in Crook
county for the past six years. He ap
peared to be a man of education, and
had many good trafts of character, but
his love for drink had wrecked his life
and brought to an untimely end the ex
istence of one who otherwise would
have been a useful citizen.
The general supposition is that Mc
Nally set fire to the building himBelf in
a tit of despondency.
cheese daily. The building will be 20x
48 feet in dimensions and two stories
high. The creamery business has multi
plied so rapidly in the Kittitas valley
that the number of cows is insufficient
to supply the various plants.
Two adventurous residents of Puyal
lup. Wash., are preparing to go to the
gold fields of the Yukon district in
Alaska. They will not make the trip in
the ordinary manner, but propose to get
out of the beaten track. Instead ol
traveling over the Chilkoot paes to
Lakes Bennett and Lindeman and there
building a boat to trasport them down
the streams leading to the Yukon, they
propose taking their boat with them
and transporting it on runners over the
pass.
That the United States is importing
flax seed in large quantities from Ar
gentina is a good indication, says the
West Coast Trade, that there is a home
market for a considerably increased pro
duction, and that the farmers in the
eastern portion of Washington who are
sowing nearly all the seed obtainable
are making no mistake. Argentina im
ports, after paying duty, are worth $1.28
per bushel in New York, and dealers
who are lurniBiung seed to Washington
growers are guaranteeing 80 cents to $1
a ousiiei, wiucu is earn iu insure a con
siderably increased profit over wheat
growing. It is believed that the manu
facture of flax-seed oils will soon be
come an industry of considerable im
portance in the state, while in Western
Washington, where the flax fiber is
equal if not superior to that produced
anywhere in the world, another profit
able branch of manufacture will be
opened up, should flax culture assume
the proportions which experiments ex
tending over a considerable period seem
to justify.
word of the armistice reached the lega
tion through the press reports. .Mr.
Yanc Yu had received no official infor
mation from China or from the state
department. Under the circumstances
he asked to be excused from discussing
the situation. The numerous attaches
of the legation were evidently glad that
the serious and discouraging struggle
was at an end. There was some doubt
as to the meaning of the term "uncon
ditional armistice," though it was ac
cented as meanins that recent events
concluding probably with the shooting
of Prince Li, had induced the envoys to
agree to an armistice before agreeing
exactlv on the terms of peace. It is
felt that the arrangement of these terms
will be a difficult UBk. The feeling in
the interior of China, where the direct
effects of the war have not been felt, is
very strong againBt a cession of terri
tory. Moreover, the payment of a cash
indemnity will necessitate the imposi
tion of heavy taxes on the people, and
conseauent depression. These consid
erations, together with the recent losses
and ravages of the war, make the future
of China so problematic that the offi
cials would not . discuss it beyond the
probabilities of resuming commerce,
Efforts to Secure a Vessel for a Rescu
ing Party.
New Bepfobd, Mass., March 30. Ef
forts are being made this season to se
cure a vessel to carry a party north to
search for and rescue Mr. Peary and
party, who remained in Greenland aftei
the relief vessel last year brought down
Mrs. Peary and the child born to her in
that high latitude. It is stated that the
cost of fitting the vessel and sending hei
on the rescuing mission would be $12,-
000, and doubts are expressed if that
amount can be obtained. It was thought
that an effort would be made to secure
the services oi a whaling vessel engaged
in Greenland or Hudson Bay whalefish
ing to engage in the search for and rescue
of the Peary party. The only vessels
known which are going to Hudson Bay
this season are the barks A. R. Tucker
and Canton of this port, of which J. and
W. R. Wing are agents. They are
whalers, and will sail about May 1.
The agents of these vessels had inquir
ies some time ago in regard to engaging
in a search for Mr. Peary, but the an
swer was returned that the vessels wero
only fitted out for Hudson Bay, whicli
is a long distance from the icy north,
where the Peary party is supposed to
be, and since that time the agents have
heard nothing further in regard to the
search for and rescue ot the explorer.
More Morality In San Franoisoo.
San Francisco, April 1. The health
and police committee of the board oi
supervisors has recommended for pas
sage an ordinance preventing the dis
play of indecent pictures. This ordi
nance is destined to prevent the publi
cation or diBplav of pictorial advertise
ments and theatrical posters, in which
nude or partly nude figures are ex poser'
and the sale oi indecent literature
photographs and other illustrations.
IN OPPOSITION TO PULLMAN.
A New Car, Onequaled In Point of Com
fort and Convenience.
Kansas City, March SO. The Will
iams Palace Sleeping Car Company has
been organized, with a capital stock of
$5,000,000, to manufacture a new car,
unequaled in point of comfort, conveni
ence and elegance by any sleeping car
now in use. The new car is the inven
tion of a local railroad man who was
formerly connected with the Missouii
Pacific and Rock Island roads. The
leading shareholders of the company ai a
Eastern capitalists who are heavily in
terested in railroads and railroad ma
chinery. The main feature of the car is
a berth which disappears at the will (if
the passengers into the wall of the cai ,
and is confined in a space of inches
Mattresses of air are to be used and alt
bedclothing can be put in lockers under
neath the seats. The berths will be
made of steel and aluminum.
A Pistol Used by a Boy.
Bakeb City, Or., March 30. After at
tending prayer meeting last night two
boys, Ralph Walters and George Palmer,
became involved in a quarrel. After ex
changing blows the former drew a 22
caliber pistol and fired at hisopponem.
The ball struck a steel badge which
Palmer fortunately had In his lower vent
pocket, and the leaden missile was flat
tened and split in two pieces. Walter
was arrested and will answer to the
charge of assault with Intent to commit
Biuraer.