Junction City bulletin., April 18, 1901, Image 7

lilMM FEME
Has Reopened Negotiations With
the British.
COMBINE FORMED.
Four Alaska Transportation Compirv
ls Now In Two.
BAN FRANCISCO. April 12,-The
detail of the combination of a Dum
ber of AtttMka, commercial and trans
portation companies, which has been
pending for several week, have boon
completed. Tho Alaskan Commercial
Company, tho Alutika Exploration Com
pany, tho Seattle-Yukon Transporta
tlon Company and tho Kmplro Trans-
DOrtatloR Cumnnnv havn henn mri't
Into two corporations tho Northern ' Th Bor Oencril, Learning; That the Free
Navigation Company, with a capital of
$3,250,000, and tho Northern Commer
cial Company, with a capital of $7,-
000.000.
Too following official announcement
baa been made:
"For some weeka past tho rcpre
DCWET HAS NOT BEEN CONSULTED
SUUr'i Intellect Had Weakened. As
turned full Ruporulblllly.
CAPlfl TOWN, , April 12. General
Ilotlia haa reopened negotiations with
the InltUh for peace. It la underatood
entatlvea of tho principal transports- bere that although General Dewet, In
tlon and trading companlea doing bua- j bla recent Interview with General
Ineaa on tho Yukon have been In con- j jiotha, refused to aurrender, General
I'rHvf V-llf1, rp,?"e b,:lntoj Botha regarding him as Irresponsible,
arrive at aome understand ng whereby , . , . ,,, , , .
reasonable transportation ratea might undertakM t0 n,'oUat0 ,n ben8,f of
bo maintained and a remedy found for -n ent,r Bw!r forces. The British
the evils resulting from conflicts j authorities bere consider that if Gen
cauaed by divided Interests. As this Ural Botha surrenders. Dewct'a fol
dlscusslon progressed, the acheme en- lowIng Cttn te easily taken,
larged upon Itself so that It was ! xnlainil her thin action was
nally found that the best results could I Al "P1"1"6'1 hU ac'2," W"
be obtained only by a unity of their j determined In part by General nothaa
Interests In the Yukon. 8t. Mlchutl. ; discovery at a recent meeting that
Ilebrlng sea and Tort Clarence dls-! General Dewet's Intellect .had weak
trlcts. As a reault of this decision. ; ned. that his Influence with his fol
!,W..'T.,!.lehv, l".? ,n.r0.r" i lowera was diminishing and that con-
'-' nwv IMT? atawaj Ul Wi7 BlULH'.. m . . . . .. - . a. S 1.
at Sew JerMi.v cm! ihn uuum ni , u nuance oi tne campAign, in view u careiuny me mecuamiiiu ui ite kuu
buslnea. of the ?ol!ow?n comjanlc. Gl Dcwef. Irresponsibility, rest-1 than the . board I of ordnance has , the
bave been tramtfuweri i th .w i . ' t with o-neral Botha alone. (making of the new Held gun whlih la
FIELD GUN TESTS.
Will Be Made at Sandy Hook Next
Month.
WASHINGTON. April 13. Prepara
tlona are making for quite an exten
sive and Important test of field guns
at Bandy Hook same time In May. At
present the army ia not well equipped
with field guns, compared with other
nations, and the war department
wishes to obtain the very best guns
poKHlble for the equipment of this im
portant branch of the service. The
tests will be under the direction of the
board of ordnance and fortification.
The board not only will test such guna
as may be presented by manufacturers
and lnventora, but It la expected that
the new gun modeled on the plan of
the French field guns and constructed
under the direction of the board of
ordnance and fortifications will be
tested. The plana for this gun were
obtained by an army officer who was
sent abroad last summer, and who
claimed to have secured complete de
tails of this gun. which artillery ex
perts have asserted Is the best In the
world. The mechanism of this gun
has been concealed and Its secret
carefully guarded by the French gov
rnment. The report that the United
tatee army had obtained the plans
jf the French gun caused considerable
comment at the time It was made pub
lic, and since then the procedure of
the department with reference to the
gun has been watched with interest
by ordnance experts. The Frencn
government baa not guarded more
ESET1EE! HOIIEI
England Wants China Opened
to Commerce.
WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT BOTH NATIONS
corporations: Alaska Commercial
Company, Alaska Exploration Com
pany, Seattle-Yukon Transportation
Company. Empire Transportation Com
pany. '"The Northern Navigation Company
will take over all the assets of the
FRENCH ARE HAPPY.
to be tested In May.
POSTAL 8ERVICE IN PHILIPPINES.
Auditor Lawshee Found a Poor Sys
tem of Bookkeeping.
WASHINGTON, April 13. . letter
Russia Gives Another Proof of Her
Friendship.
PAWS, April 12. The Important
above companies which are connected S festivities attending President Lou- j from a. L. Lawshee, auditor of the
with tho transportation In that coun-i bet's visit to the Riviera were j PhlllDDineB. has been received at the
try. and will bo handled as a separate ; brought to a climax today in the! war department, and certain portions
corporation doing a purely tranxoorta-1 - j ...,.i , vm. i of it have been sent to the postmaster
tlon business. It Is capitalized at j "uum" M"" "Bl h "' "; I neral for bla information. The let
I3.2S0.000. jfranche aud Toulon. Uoth proved j ef reUtM ,argey t0 the metnodB of
The Northern Commercial Com- splendid spectacles. The profuse dec-; keeplng accounts, which are not ap
lny. rapltallxed at $7,000,000, will j orations at Toulon, the flotillas of pr0ved by Mr. Lawshee, and which
tk over all the plants and stocks of; pleasure boats flitting about the har-jhavo not been In accordance with the
iiierrhanillKe now under the control I bor, the gaily dressed warships lying; forma prescribed. Mr. Lawshee took
of the niove-ni(utlnnii companies In j in the roadstead and the a-1 mat Ion of i four expert clerks when he went to
the territory described. the Immense crowds of strangers Jot- j the Philippines, and these are going
"Th new companies expert to re-1 ling one another In the streets and j over the accounts. It Is said at the
duce the price of supplier to avoid j along the wharves Imparted a color j department that there Is no Intimation
In future any ponnible shortage of I iml nicturcKmiencsB to the scene j of any fraud, but a system of book-
tieceasltlca In the North, and to make j which outvied the situation at Ville- i keeping Is In vogue which lacks the
Its legitimate profit In the reduction t Tranche. The French people, however,
of expense, which the conditions of J ,u,rve as much pleasure from the In
Inte years have made abnormally cldents at Vlllefranche as from the
large. meeting of M. Ixiubet and the Duke
"The principal oOecs of the new 0f Genoa at Toulon,
companies will be at San Francisco, j "The Russian squadron." says Le
Heaftle, lctorla and ancouver. i Journal des Debats. "saluted the pres-
Bctter Than Demanding a Cash Indemnity fe
Boxer Outrage Japan Satisfied with
Rutfia's Backdown.
LONDON, April 15. Great Britain
Jias not yet defintely estimated the
money indemnity she desires China
to pay. The government adheres to
the belief that little can be gained by
Insisting upon cash payment from
China, and though the government re
grets thia will possibly be a cause for
delay, It continues to instruct Sir Er
nest Satow to try to Induce the pow
ers to argee to a demand for greater
trading privileges Instead of money.
The government is of the opinion that
the opening of those rich provinces
hitherto closed to foreign commerce
wuld result In much greater benefit
to the nations concerned and to China
herself than the extraction of lump
sums of money.
Regarding Japan's attitude toward
Russia, opinion In Downing street In
clines to the belief that Japan, in
common with the other powers, la sat
isfied with what Is termed as Rus
sia's backdown, but that Japan will
continue to keep a sharp eye on Corea
and have no hesitation in threatening
hostilities should Russia menace that
country.
"The officers of the companies hnvo
not been selected as yet. but will be
Ident on his departure for Toulon so
that Russia will be associated as com'
choMcn at the first meeting of the j pietely as could be desired with the
board of directors
PROTECTION OF SEALS.
United Statea Will Have Cutters In
Behrlng Sea.
WASHINGTON. April 12.-The rich-
ring sea seal grounds will be pa
trolled by revenue cutters this sum-CBmo to salute the president at the
iner, as In past seasons, In co-opera-1 very moment when the fetes at lou
fetes on the Riviera. Those who have
spoken about the coolness of two
friendly and allied countries are now
compelled to admit that they took the
desire for the reality. Those who con
tended that Russia wished to manifest,
hostility toward the Franco-Italian
rapprochement now have proof to the
contrary In the fact that the Russians
,tlon w.ifc Ilrltlsh warships, which
have taken a hand In this special duty
for the past two seasons. The treas
ury department, which has direct su
pervision in such cases, flatters Itself
that In the course of the last five
years there has been less Illegal seal
fishing In Alaskan waters than before,
especially during that period when the
question of Jurisdiction was In dispute
between the United States and Can
ada. - Hlnco an agreement has been
reached, the two Kovornments havo
entered Into a hearty co-operation, and
established a sufficient patrol to utarnp
out the unlawful practice. This sea
son the United States will have five
revenue cutters In Ilehrlng sea, which
will be aided by several of the smaller
Hrltlsh gunboats. The cutters to be
nnslgned to this duty are the Hear,
Thetis, Manning. Grant and Rush. It
la to be understood, of course, that
their entire time will not be devoted
to the protection of seals, but while
on other duty In Alaskan waters, will
look out for Beal protection. The Rear
will go to the Point Barrow region,
where she will remain throughout the
open season, and the Rush will be sta
tioned at Sitka, for duty particularly
In tho Southern Alaskan waters. The
several cutterB are expected to start
for Alaska between the 1st and 20th
of May, next.
NEW PROCESS DISCOVERED.
Ion. sealing this rapprochement, were
about to take place."
VETERAN IS INSANE.
Armor Plate May Now be Furniahed
Cheap.
NEW YORK, April 12. A special
to the Herald says: Armor plate for
naval vessels may be sold to the gov
ernment for only $150 a ton and the
manufacturer may .make a fair profit
at that price, An experimental plate,
manufactured by an entirely new pro
cess, has recently been shipped from
Pittsburg to the naval ordnance prov
ing ground at Indian Head to be sub
jected to the regulation ballistic test.
Upon the result of this test will de
pend further experiments which may
result in the adoption by the govern
ment of this new armor instead of
that for which the navy department
la now paying at the rate of $455 a
ton.
If the new armor is a success and
can be sold for 1150 a ton it will mean
a Bavlng to the government of $305
on each ton of armor. On a battle
ship of the Alabama class, carrying
s.non tons of armor, this would mean
a clear saving to the government of
Brigadier-General John B. Turchln
Must Go to Asylum.
CHICAGO, April 12. A special to
the Tribune from Nashville 111., says:
Brlgad!r-General John B. Turchln,
soldier, scholar and author, Is Insane,
and confined In the county Jail In this
city, whence he will be transferred
to the Anna asylum tomorrow.
General Turchln was born in Rua-
ala, and received a military training,
He was commissioned colonel of the
Nineteenth Illinois Infantry by Gov
ernor Yates, In 18b. He organized
his regiment at Chle igo. and left for
Tennessee, where General uueii
placed him at tho head of a brigade.
Here Turchln offered a plan to his
superior officers for capturing Hunts
vlllo, which was accepted and proved
auccessful. In recognition of this ser
vice, he was appointed brigadier-general.
In 18C3 Turchln organized the
Chicago Board of Trade Battery Into
a battery of horse artillery. He com
manded this division throughout the
Tullahoma campaign.
During the Chlckamauga cam
paign, with his command he distin
guished himself upon Beveral occa
sions. During the Atlanta campaign
in 1864 Turchln participated In the
engagements of Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain and others. Here he was
forced to leave the army, and later
resigned.
MOVE TO NEW CAPITOL.
Governor Rogers Says It Will Prob
ably Be Made In Summer.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 12. Re
garding when the state will take pos
session of its new capitol building,
Governor Rogers today said :
"There was a tacit understanding
between the capitol commission and
the board of county commissioners
that, inasmuch as the county will
nrobably rent part of the present state
building for a time, at least, the two
boards would work in harmony, bo
far as possible, in making the ex
change of offices, without dlscommod
lng either party to the transaction.
In the summer months, during which
the supreme court is not in session,
will, no doubt, be the best time at
which this exchange could be made
with the least possible inconvenience
As the county will only have need of
two floors of the present state build
lng, the exchange can be made without
serlouB difficulties."
business methods necessary to secure
the best results.
"The accounts as filed here," Bald
Postmaster General Smith, "are cer
tainly ample. They account satisfac
torily for everything. As to Irregular
ities, there Is absolutely no word of
foundation for such a story. Not long
ago one of the most experienced In
spectors In the postal service was
int to the PhtllDDinea. and he made
a thorough inspection of every detail:
of the work there. His report paid a
high tribute to the condition of affair. ;
The reports from there show a hand
some surplus, a showing that I only
wish the service In the United States
could make."
THE STOLEN GOLD BARS.
Steamer Officials 8ay They Were
Taken in New York.
BREMEN, April 13. In support of
their belief that the gold bars reported
missing from the specie room of the
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse In transit
between New York and Cherbourg
were stolen it New York, the officials
of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company point out that the specie
room on the Kaiser Wllhelmder Grosse
is Bltuated behind the baggage room,
and that the trunks of hundreds of
nassenaers are oiled up against the
doors of the specie room. The officials
of the company are satisfied tnat tne
eold was abstracted between the after
noon when the barrels containing the
2,000.000 marks were placed In the
strong room and the following morn
ing, when the passengers- Daggage
vii stowed away. The officials are
of the belief that the thief allowed
himself to be locked up In the bag
gage room after the gold was depos
ited In the Btrong room, and managed
to take the booty ashore during the
confusion of arriving passengers and
the stowing away of the baggage.
TRANSPORT GOES DOWN.
Rawlina Catches Fire at her Dock In
New York and Sinks.
NEW YORK. April 12. Fire was
discovered in the second hold of the
transport Rawlins early today. The
Rawlins was at the government pier,
Brooklyn, and was to have sauea ror
Cuba today.
The fire was unaer control aner
about two hours' work by firemen,
but the Rawlins listed to port from
the Immense quantity of water
pumped through the port holes Dy tne
fireboats. She finally sank In the mud
at her pier. .
The cargo, a large portion of which
consisted of horse feed for army use,
will prove a total loss. The damage
to the transport is estimated at $30,
000, and the cargo at $80,000.
8ulcida of a New York Broker.
New York. April 12. Benjamin
ForBt, a broker and member of the
consolidated exchange, committed eul
clde today In the Hoffman House.
After a night of meditation, spent no
one seems to know where, he went to
the hotel at 5 o'clock this morning.
a hnttle which had contained carbollo
acid was. found in the room. Mr. Forst
had outstanding debts at the close of
business on the exchange yesterday,
and this in believed to have been the
cause of his suicide. Forst had lost
more than $320,000 in his stock deal
ings. In some quarters there was an
tmprebilon that Mr. ForBt waa worth
China's Resources.
Pekln. April 15. The committee of
ministers which is considering China's
financial resources has reported the
conclusion, based on what Information
is thus far obtainable, that $300,000,
000 in gold can be raised without in
juring China's resources. The exami
nation by the committee into the sub
ject is thus far Incomplete, and it will
probably subsequently learn that
other Chinese resources for indemni
ties are available.
The discussion of politics has this
week given place to amusement, com
mencing with the German races at the
Hunting Park, Monday last. The re
mainder of the week was devoted to
International races, an assault at arms
and tent pegging at the Temple of
Heaven. The Russians particularly
are celebrating the Easter holidays.
The ministers openly express their
desire that the foreign troops leave
Pekln. They are seemingly as anx
ious for the departure aa were the be
sieged ministers anxious for the arri
val of the troops.
THE FLOW REDUCED.
Current in the Chicago River, la Too
Strong.
CHICAGO, April 15. The Post to
day says:
"Federal authorities have ordered
the flow in the Chicago river reduced
from 300,000 to 200.000 cubic feet a
minute. Word to this effect came
from Washington to the sanitary board
today. The board will act immediately
upon receipt of the official order, and
the current will not be Increased, as
the channel has been widened and
deepened and existing obstructions to
navigation have been removed. Ac
tion on the part of the war department
was brought about by the protest of
local river interests and the Lake Car
riers' Association, which, since the
opening of the big canal, have com-
plained that 300,000 cubic feet pro
vided by law was dangerous to navl
gatlon under present conditions. Lo
cal authorities are apprehensive of the
effect it may have upon the St. Louis
litigation. With the full flow to dilute
the sewage carried down tne canal
from the Chicago river, the board had
no fear of the charge that Chicago
was polluting the water supply of St
Louis. In view of the action of the
war department, the outcome of the
St. Louis appeal to the courts la doubt
ful. If the legislature passes the bill
authorizing the commission to collect
one-half of 1 per cent tax to be used
for the improvement of the river, it is
believed the current can be Increased
gradually after September, as the
work of widening and deepening the
channel progresses. Otherwise it will
be four or five years before relief can
be obtained."
M'KINLEY ON WHEELS.
Toui1 to Be Made by Prealdent and
HI Cabinet
Washington Correspondence.
President McKinley's tour to the Pa
cific coast and thence eastward to
Buffalo, whence the return to Wash
Ington will be made, will be one xf
splendor. The train upon which he
will travel will be most gorgeous and
costly.
r President McKinley will travel
across the continent surrounded by
his cabinet, with the exception of Sec
retary Gage, who remains In Wash
j Ington. It ia proposed to transact Im
portant business while en route. Tne
cabinet officers will keep In close
touch with the heads of bureaus of
the respective departments. The pres
ident will transact all of the vast
routine which the chief executive
must look after while In Washington.
A corps of expert telegraph operators,
representing the two bla; telegraph
companies, will accompany the train
to handle official messages, and every
telegraph station along the lines of
the railroads which are to be tra
versed will be subject to their orders
to the exclusion of all commercial and
newspaper business. Cabinet meet
ings are to be held on Tuesdays and
Fridays, Just as they are now held in
Washington. . The questions pertain
ing to domestic and foreign policies
will be discussed. Cipher dispatches
from all over the world will be laid
before the president, experts from the
state department being in attendance
to reduce them .to English. The con
clusions reached upon all public ques
tions will b conveyed to the acting
heads of the departments in this city,
and will by them be disseminated to
all those concerned.
Trip for Recreation.
As this is to be a trip for recrea
tion and pleasure, the president wants
it understood that he will avoid formal
receptions wherever possible and
make speeches only where be cannot
escape doing bo. They want to see
everything that will serve to give
them an idea of the progress and ad
vancement of the country, and its
commercial growth and mercantile
stability. They will pay a special
visit to the great cotton -wharves of
New Orleans to witness the loading
of steamers of all nations with the
staple product of the fields of the
South. The party la due In San Fran
cisco, "May 8, and will participate in
the launching of the battleship Ohio,
and will remain five days. The coast
is to be followed north to Salem, Port
land. Seattle and Spokane, and thence
the party will move eastward into
Montana, where, after an inspection
of the vast copper mines, they will
pay a flying visit to the Yellowstone.
Thence they will go to Ogden and
Salt Lake and then eastward tnrougn
Colorado, stopping at Denver for a
protracted visit. From Denver the
train goes to Topeka, Leavenworth
and Kansas City. St Louis will be
honored by a visit of two days. The
Mississippi valley will be traversed
from that city to St Paul, with stops
at Keokuk. Burlington and Dubuque.
From Train to Steamer.
From St Paul the party goes to
Minneapolis and then to Duluth, where
a steamer of the Great Northern line
will be waiting to convey them
through Lake Superior, the famous
Sault canal, with its wonderful lockB.
the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Huron,
the St Clair and Detroit rivers, and
Lake Erie to Buffalo. The trip down
the lakes will possess novelty and
interest for every member of the
party, even for those who have al
ready made it and at the same time
will constitute a recreation after
nearly five weeks of travel by rail
through plain and prairie, desert and
mountain and valley.
The president will visit the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo. Then
he is to go to Niagara Falls and make
a trip down the American rapids.
After he has done that he and his
party will embark on a new special
train for Washington, arriving there
June 15.
President McKinley will travel
about 13,000 miles on the fastest,
safest, most comfortable and best
equipped trala America can produce.
He will visit 25 states and territor
ies, and touch the southern, western
and northern boundaries of the coun
try. . ... . ; .
Mr. McKInlev and tne memoers oi
his cabinet are to be accompanied by
their wives and several other ladles.
well known in Washington society.
will accompany the party.
A Mystery Cleared.
Sedalla, Mo.. April 13. The mystery
surrounding the theft of $10,000 In
greenbacks from the Bank 'Of Com
merce, of this city, August 1, 1898,
has been cleared by a convict named
Freeman, now in the Michigan City,
Ind., penitentiary. According to Free
man, the theft was committed by
Irwin Gamble, who entered the vault
of the Bank of Commerce at the noon
hour, and got away with the money
while be watched outside.
Radicals on Top.
Havana, 'April 15. the Cuban con
stitutional convention placed itself
upon record today against the Piatt
amendment by a vote of 18 to 10 on
a resolution that tho convention should
declare Itself opposed to the amend
ment "on account of the terms of some
of its clauses and the way In which
they are drawn, and also on the con
tents of the others, especially clauses
3, 6 and 7." The conservatives assert
that this action ia embarrassing, In
asmuch as it practically ties the hands
of any commission that might be sent
to Washington.
ASK FOR RECEIVER.
Depositors Will Wait on Bank Which
Failed No Longer.
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., April 15.
After waiting 45 days at the request
of the bank officers to enable them to
raise funds with which to reopen the
Scandinavian-American bank In this
city, which failed February 27, the de
positors today unanimously requested
the court to appoint Robert Muir per
manent receiver, and he waa request
ed. If appointed, to take Immediate
Btepa to punish those responsible for
the failure of the institution. Presi
dent H. St John, of the institution, is
said to be in London to secure funds
from his family with which to pay de
positors. His legal adviser is In New
York trying to dispose of some pic
tures belonging to the St John fam
ily, with the same object In view.
St. John was also president of the
Bank of Blaine, of Blaine, Wash.,
which failed the eame time as the
Scandinavian-American. The liabili
ties of the two institutions are said
to be about $50,000. It is believed the
assets are practically valuelses.
The London Times was first printed
by steam power on the morning of No
vember 29, 1814.
$793,000.
tt least $rw,0Q0.