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1 - ' -The Hood River .'.ill.-. (i lacier. " " " , ' , ' It's a Cold Pay When We Cet Left., . . , , , , vol. 7. ur:.' :k hood river, Oregon; Saturday, june i; 1895. : . no.i. . r. - . . . 1 1 , n , - . . " ' ' " - - . - - " " T" , , . v, . T" X r 1 ; 1 ; r-r rrr i rrr . . : - ; - . . : 1 : : : 1 ;3f odd fiver (Slaciefr.; PUBLISHED BVERT 8ATOBDAT MORNING BY -S.-F. BLYTHE, Publisher.- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six month. 1 00 Three month. M 8nk1. copy Cart. JHANT K VANS. v - KOBT, HUBBANI18, . THE GLACIER BARBER SHOP, , ..Second St., Neat Oak, Hood River, Or. EVANS 4 HUSBANDS, Proprietors. Bhavliig and-balr-euttlug neatly done, fusion guaranteed. ' ,.. s . j Satis- DETECTIVES ' PUZZLED San Francisco's Latest Sen sational Murder Case. ; POLICE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE Mrs. Matthews'., Death Undoubtedly Due ".'' to Polson-O.'W' Winthrop la "' Suapected of the Crime. San Francisco, May 29. The police are Btill engaged ''in "gathering ' testi mony against O.W. Winthrop, -who was arrested last week in connection with the death of Mrs. Jennie Matthews, who died under mysterious circum stances at the grave, of her child..-. .So far the only tangible clew " at hand is the one discovered by the Examiner, to the effect that Winthrop is named as the guardian of Mrs. Matthews daugh ter in a life-insurance olioy of $2,000, taken out a few days before her death. The ohild was made the beneficiary in the policy. Mrs. Matthews' husband did not know she had her life insured until after her death, Winthrop, it is said, . having cautioned her Jo say noth ing about it to anybody. ' While the evidence? against Winthrop: is by no means oonolusive, the polioe say the olew discovered by the Examiner ,. sug gests that the most . plausible1 explana tion of the mystery, taken in connec tion with' tbe fact that Mrs." Matthews' said shortly before he death; that1 she had been given a pill by Winthrop, a ' statement in which her.,., daughter , con curred. Captain Lees, who .had charge of the investigation into 1 the death of Mrs. Matthews," looked Up the law concern ing the right to open a sealed letter with view, to ascertaining if. he could be held responsible if he opened a letter written by Mr. Winthrop, and address ed to T. B. Linn, which the head of the detective foroe has in his possession. -Winthrop had placed a stamp on ' the envelope, and' - Captain' .Lees thought perhaps the federal statutes would , in dicate whether or not the presence of the stamp subjected the, letter j to the regulation postal servioe. He found that only letters which ' had actually been in transit through the postofflce are protected by congressional enact-, merit. But he found a statute in 1 the California code which is so broad in its scope that letters and notes of every de-l seription that "are sealed by the writer; are considered sacred, " and to open them without the consent of the wr.iter, or the person to , whom they - are-addressed would constitute a misdemean or. "In view of that law,'' said Cap-' tain Lees, "I think I will defer , open ing the letter until the coroner holds an inquest. Then we will endeavor to obtain judicial sanction for opening Captain Lees has locked the letter in a safe at police headquarters, as he re gards it a a valuable ' bit of evidence in the case. The ' detectives have'1 al most despaired of ascertaining whether' or not Winthrop has ever purchased strychnine in a ' San"' Francisco drug' store. Lees has madtf a systematic! and thorough canvass of the oity, employ ing not only his deteotives, bui police men from the various precinots, and found no trace of .what he -wants -to know. Retail druggists -who have been approached invariably say that they don't sell strychnine except on a phy sioian's prescription. t. A chemical analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Matthews -shows that she died from the effects of strychnine poison ing. ' : "We obtained one-third of a grain of strychnine in the stomach,'.'' said Mor gan, the chemist, who, with. Professor Green, made the analysis. "There was no other poison of any consequence, and absolutely no arsenic. . ' We found some chloral hydrate," but did not search for a quantity, as we knew it had been administered as an. antidote. We found a trace of morphia, but did not estimate the quantity, as we under stood that it had been administered to relieve the patient. The cause of death undoubtedly was strychnine poisoning. On that subject we have no doubt." CHANGE OF GOVERNORS. : v. i ...... Arizona Will Soon Have Another Ex ecutive In Place of Hughes. V Chicago,' May! 29. A Tribune spe cial from ...Washington says:,. Arizona is to have a change of governors. Prob ably the shift will be made within the next ten days. Hoke Smith is now in Atlanta, but he expects to be in his offloe in a few days. His removal of Hughes, the present governor of Ari zona, will be the , first hard work he does. - It is ' among the probabilities that ex-Governor Zulick, being Cleve land's appointee during his first term,. will ( be named as Governor Hughes' successor. ;' ' Governor Hughes", twenty years ago, was a Republican, and became by ap pointment attorney-general of Arizona. Charges of financial .recklessness were made, and after a thorough insvestiga tion, the charges were sustained, and Attorney-General Hughes, to , use an army phrase,' . was cashiered. His Re publicanism , -it once . took wings and he became a Democrat. ' "' t Incidently about that time Hughes joined the church,: and became ' an ao tive factor in all churoh affairs. - It was church influence which procured his present appointment. No sooner was Cleveland , inaugurated ',.., than Hughes became an applicant for the position of governor, and backed his claims by earnest' appeals from the Young ' Men's ; Christian Association, the ' "Women's Christian Temperance Union, and all other excellent and re ligious institutions. .Tit was too strong a pressure for HokeSmith, himself a strong, churchman and superintendent of a. Sunday., school,-., and . he- named Hughes as Governor of Arizona. " Before three" months serious com plaints began to pour in." Hughes made his wife his seoretary and his daughter interpreter, although she was not a Spanish scholar. He also appointed his son to office, and in an all around way took care of ' the., entire .Hughes outfit. - ; . " -'..- '... -:-..'f...w But this was not all. Charges filed against him specified irregularities in connection' with public money. In spector Oliver," of the secret servioe, was sent to Arizona to investigate. This was about May 1, and he is now on his way home. He has sent private word to Hoke Smithy that Hughes is guilty of all that ' has been charged, J and, the president - and - Smith have determined---that 'Governor -.Hughes' re-' tnoval will be made at onoe.,!') Incident ally they have asked ex-Governor Zu Hoh if he will, take the place," and he has practically agreed to do so. Zulich is a resident of New Jersey. The office has a salary of only $2,500 a year, but ia rich, in opportunities, ij ',, i 1 1 ,. i li ,l..m. .yalkyrle III Launched. n Glasgow, May 29. Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie III was successfully launched this morning. . It was learned yesterday that the yaoht might be launched "on the night : tide. When it was found that the water would be sufficiently ) high, it was deoided that the launching should take place on the top flood. Shortly before midnight the yard .. was,, lighted , up brilliantly. A squad of carpenters were ready at the ship, but there was no cheering or - ex citement in the yards as the yacht took the water. J'The place was" almost de serted of .' visitors. Besides " Designer Watson, the workmen, three spectators on the railway and about twenty on the ferry wharf , no one saw the launching of the craft of which so much ' is ex peoted.tV ' - ' ...Guatemala Haa Made Reparation. -&New York.'VMay 29. A' special" to the Herald from Guatemala says: ., ,. t "1 . 1 t j 1 , ' . . 1 . r .Aidiiuugu mo cusugaiiioii jl rgie, ail American citizen, was not ordered by" the Guatemalan "government," the latter has aoceeded cheerfully and f ully to the demand for reparation made by Minister Young. Ample compensation has been made by President Barrios for the punishment inflicted i upon Argle and two others by the- prison, guard." Minister Young will leave here for the United States next Tuesday. ' .f -. The Bennington. Ordered to '.Honolulu. - New York, May 29. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Orders have been issued by the navy department r to .Commander Thomas, commanding the United States gunboat Bennington, to: sail !ior Honolulu, as soon as his vessel is ready for sea. Rear-Admiral Beardslee, commander-in-chief of s the Pacific, station,. -now in Hawaiian waters with his flagship, the Philadelphia, has been ordered " to re turn to the United States, if in his opinion the presenoe of the two Ameri can warships is unnecessary. , , . Expreaa Letter Service Abolished i San Francisco, May 27. The mail service of Wells, Fargo & Co., one of the old established institutions of the Pacific coast, was abolished today. l, At one time , 12, p00 letters were handled daily by this service. The falling off in its business is ascribed to the im proved servioe of the federal postal Ae partment. i fir, ' ' ;;?' h'ii . A Preacher Advocates War. , London, May 28. The Rev. Joseph Parker, D. D. , in a sermon at the Tem ple, advocated a war for the redress of Armenian wrongi, if necessary, ... WHYNO EXTRASESSION It Would Prevent the Return , of Prosperity. ONE REASON OP THE PRESIDENT Besides Incoming Congress, Which Is , Republican, Would Pass Needed - ,' :',".,; . ,- Tariff Legislation. : , , ; ! , Washington," May 28. It is 'under stood that Cleveland has said that one reason that why he will not call con gress to enact laws to meet the defici ency is because it would prevent the return to prosperity which he believes is pending. The president thinks there would be much r financial legislation talked of, andmuch tariff legislation suggested which would unsettle busi ness of all kinds and prevent business from going forward.. But, more, than all is the desire of the president to see the present tariff law given a ; longer test than it oould possibly have if con gress should , reassemble. 1 He knows that the Republican congress will insist upon raising the necessary revenue for the government by an increase of duty "on foreign goods, . and he would ; be placed in a most disagreeable position by refusing his assent to it, and, at the same time, depriving the ' treasury of the money needed. ' . ' ' ; It is now generally talked that , an effort will be made in the next congress to pass a proposed .constitutional amendment eliminating the direct tax clause from , the constitution, which would allow an income tax to be lev ied. It is very doubtful if suoh a prop osition can pass congress. It would re quire a two-thirds vote in each house to put the proposed amendment before the people. Taking the vote in the last house for example, it ; is pretty plain that two-thirds of the house could not be found willing to vote for the amend ment ' The same difficulty would also be met in the senate. ,: The vote , on the income tax propositon in the senate in dicated that the , necessary , two-thirds was , lacking. ,,, Besides, . after such a propostion had run the , gauntlet of , a two-thirds vote in each of the houses of congress, it would still have to secure three-fourths of - the states either by legislation or conventions authorized" for the purpose. There are, or will be, forty-fiv states after next , December. Consequently, thirty-four states would have- to .ratify: the amendment , , If thirteen refused to do so the amend ment would : fail. It is almost sure there would be that number who would refuse assent ' But the grater difficulty would be in ; passing the : proposed amendment ., through . congress. It would seem that little attention need be given that idea for the present, although there are those ; who claim that an election could be carried on the issue. v." RAISED BY HERMANN. An Important Question Regarding In dian Schools on Reservations. Washington, May 28. Representa tive Hermann, of Oregon has raised a very important question in the interior department in relation to Indian schools on reservations where allot ments in severalty have occurred. . He has presented the right of a state to ex tend its common school system over the Indians' land, with the right to estab lish school districts in the reservation, and for the Indian the right to choose teachers according to the school : law, and to be under the law for taxation purposes, ', except as to the taxation lands held by allotment only.' . The In dian bureau is inclined to take this yiew, and further, to hold that it may aid such schools from the fund out of which it already contributes 1 to some district schools certain suins for each Indian taught in , them. ;' Mr. .Her mann has formally presented the mat ter to the secretary, and it will likely soon, be submitted .to the attorney general, as the department says it is the first time the question has come in this shape. '' Indians on : allotments, being now citizens, . assert their right to enjoy a common school education. - ' I'roject for an Air-Line.' ( ' Tacoma, . May ,27. The , project of building an air-line broad-gauge, rail road between Tacoma' and Seattle has been revived ' by ' Henry - Buoey, who will start at once to secure the right-of-way and land subsidies. He expects then to float bonds." The line would be thirty miles long, a saving of twelve miles, oyer ; the , present , route. , The grade would be 1 per cent, , and the cost of building and 'equipment $600,000. The Taooma and Seattle Air-Line rail road was incorporated five years ago to build the line. The depression ' caused a postponement of the project. Rubinstein's "Christus" Produced. ; ; ; Berlin, May 2 8. Anton Rubinstein's opera "Christus" was produced Satur day, night at Bremen. The. city thea ter was suitably decorated in a manner in harmony with the , religious nature of the opera. The splendid rendering created an overwhelming ; impression. "Christus" is in seven tableaux and epilogue, the bible story being adhered to throughout. NO DEAL AFTER ALL. Brayt n Ives Opposes President Hill's , Programme. , Chicago, May 28. President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern will not get control of the Northern Pacific. It was supposed the deal was complete, and its details have been published as already settled. Information has come to the Times-Herald, from reliable sources, that this story has absolutely no foundation, except that the minority of the Northern Pacific bonaholders, who are also interested in the Great Northern, want to see it brought about ,'. j To those acquainted with the man and his fighting ability, it is sufficient to say that Bray ton Ives is utterly op posed to the deal. . No one is more in fluential in Northern Pacific affairs. Back of him is a much .larger propor tion of secuirties than is back of the faction favoring the Hill deal. While the Hill following has been publishing its plan broadcast as .' an accomplished fact, ; the , Ives .following., has been strengthening until there is, ' in, their opinion, no human possibility of the Hill people winning control. Certain it is that Hill and the other outsiders could not afford to' buy control unless the bonds were scaled dawn very low and .the stock practically wiped out. This is contemplated in the published plan of the Hill deal. : V , . v . .? The actual holders of these stocks and bonds are now rallying to the Ives standard, and can easily afford to out bid the Hill people when the road is organized. . So many holders have done this that they have already decided . to bid in the road and operate it . them selves. . - Unless the totally unexpected happens, this is exactly the plan which will be carried out 1 ' ' - ':' ' This movement has only, crystallized in a' few days, since the Hill plan was broached. . It gathered strength rapidly on account of the extremely favorable earning statements of late and the sum mary method of the Hill plan of deal ing with the securities which , were constantly increasing rapidly in value. There Undoubtedly will be a scaling down of securities, but the owners pre fer to do it themselves. Brayton Ives himself will be president, if the present plan is carried out. . , , , . . . ' FINANCES OF THE RAILROADS. Statements From the ' Union and Cen- " tral Pacific. '' ', New York, May 28. A preliminary report of the Union. Pacific system ,for the year 1894 shows: i Gross earnings, $28,284,054; decrease, v-.-. $4,605,991; operating : expenses, $16,758, 128; de crease, $1,126,078; net earnings,' $6,- 474,927; decrease, $3,479,913; total net income, $6,389,169; decrease,. $3,308, 607; , charges,. $10,397,895; decrease, $324,179; ;, deficit, ., $4,008,226; .in crease, $2,984,428. .-':..'.; .,:S,-, The per centage . of operating ex penses and taxes to gross earnings was 75 per cent against 68 per cent in 1893. The gross earnings per mile decreased $926 in 1894; operating, expenses de creased $297, and net earnings decreased $629 per mile. : . The report of the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railroad for the year ending December 81, 1894, shows gross earnings of $5,046,682, a de crease of $814,952. '. The operating ex penses' amounted to $3,673,707," an in crease of $11,562; the , net earnings were $1,372,975, a decrease of $926,- 514..' The total net income was $1,249, 950, a decrease of $1,527, 750; charges, $2,803,681; decrease, $212,345; deficit, $1,553,731, an increase of $1,815,230. In the land department there was a de ficit of $296,540, against a deficit of $122,901 in 1893. The balance credited to the land and trust income up to De cember 81, .1894, was $24,455,279. The report of the Central Pacific for the year ending December 81, '1894, shows: , Gross earnings, $13,118,244, a decrease of $1,201,663. ' The operating expenses aggregated $8, 168,857, a' de crease of , $393,032,. The net earnings were $4,949,887, a decrease of 848,681; charges, $4,804,791; decrease,, $208,- 508. tfr-i ., ::'; -.- The reorganization committee of the Atchison road has received deposits of' $52,392,500 general ; mortgage bonds. Certificates of deposit for this amount were issued by the committee and they have been listed on the stock exchange. , The London Stock Market. -( f , London,, May 28. With the decline in New York exchange,'- the demand last week for gold in the open' 1 market entirely disappeared. The, - business of the stock exchange was ' much re duced, and the scale of the settlement which was, going s on , revealed some weakness., n All the mortgages,;: how ever, closed in good tone.; , The publio continued - to favor' American issues,. which were higher all around. " Mexi can railways have fallen in the break up of the pool. Canadians were weak on adverse orders and rumors regarding Canadian Pacific. Except for a rise of 1.1-2 in Erie seconds and a fall of 1 1-4 in Lake Shore, the- week's changes were fractional. - " ' v . j ..-(,- .. . .. ..r ... ' . f A Defaulter (lven Five Years.' A ' Chicago,'May 27. Fred Griffin,' who was cashier of the Northwestern Na tional bank, and defaulter for .about $50,000, was today sentenced by, the United States circuit ; oourt to five years' imprisonment r . :,! : i J PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re . ports of Late Events. - BRIEF SPARES FROM THS WIRES Budget of News Tor Easy Dlgeatlom Froas 'All Parts of Oregon, Wash- ., . lag-ton and Idaho. " The Tacoma Whist Club proposes to send a team to the whist congress in Minneapolis. The Spokane1 ordinance to fund the waterworks indebtedness was passed by the council over Mayor Belt's veto.' : .'Assessor Zumwaldt' estimates the population of Curry county, Or., at 3,500, double what it was five years ago. ... , t. ,; .. ' Hannah Pease, of Seattle, has de manded of D. B. Denton, through the courts,, that he pay her $30,000 for breaking his promise to marry her. ' Rev. Dr. Cooper, of Plymouth, Eng., who recently visited Gray's harbor, says he will' send to the harbor ' a col ony of Cornish fishermen. ' : About 1,000 Seventh Day Adventists from Oregon, Washington and " Idaho, attended the general assembly confer ence at Walla Walla reoently. ' ' Judge Stallcup, of the superior court of Pierce ' county, has dismissed the jurymen in his court because there are no funds with which to pay them, , '' --The Concentrator of Monte Cristd1 is now running steadily and sending two or three carloads of concentrates to the Everett, Wash. , smelter by every train. t A party, of engineers is inspecting the Okanogan river for persons who contemplate putting in a line of light draught steamers between , Virginia City, Wash., and the boundary line. . Mrs. Crouch denies the story of the death of Jonathan Dise by starvation in Eden valley, ; Or. She ' says , Mrs. Dise is very much alive, and living with Mr. and Mrs. Crouch in Camas valley. A proposition is - informally being considered among some of the Taooma councilraen for the calling of a conven tion this summer to revise the charter, under the provision of the new law on the subjoct. , . , ' T , .. , , . ; Engineer Burrows is having platted the lines of, the ;Wishkah .(river, , in Washington, ' to present them to the state land commissioner when the ques tion of tide lands on that river . oomes up for decision. ):ty -,. . , County Treasurer Young, ' of Union county, Or.; gives notice that he has funds on hand with which to pay all outstanding warrants which were pre sented and , indorsed by the county treasurer up to the first day of Septem ber, 1890. . James G. Kidwell, of Walla Walla, has taken a carload of twenty-two polo ponies to Philadelphia and disposed of them at good prices, finding an active demand for them. ' The ponies were raised near Walla ' Walla, and partly trained near that place. ' ' ' V ', . Cord wood dealers ; who float - their wood to the boat landings in Astoria by water chutes, some of which extend four miles back into the' hills,' have completely knocked the small dealers, who have heretofore hauled their wood to the landings by team,, out of the business.: ; . ';. -'. -"v';-,t!:j. .,. . The last sections of the gates have arrived at the Cascades, and . these will be put in position as soon as the water will permit , i The gates that have been erected keep the water out of the canal and permit work to be "done and the contractors are pushing": forward the improvement as rapidly as possible. - .William D. Humbert, a woolen mill man who has been interested in the mills at Bandon, Coos county," Or. , has been in Ashland in consultation 'with the owners Of the Ashland woolen mills property,.' and looking over, the field with a view to starting the . mills . up again if satisfactory arrangements oan be made. - '. .:1:'''.!' The Hood ; River, Or. ," -strawberry orop "gives promise of going fat "ahead of any previous year. A scarcity of pickers is. feared, . as nearly everyone has determined not to use Indian labor, and so far but few Indians have put in an appearance. Growers expect to pay 1 1-2 cents per pound and good pickers can make $2 per day. ' : ' ': i x : "' The ravages of the caterpillar' in' the orohards in various parts of Whatcom county is assuming alarming propor tions. . In the vicinity, of : Ferndale, Lnmmi and Fort Bellingham,: Wash.y whole orchards' are stripped of their foliage and the trees are dying. " The Allen orchard at Marietta, has been, it is said, completely ruined. . . ' E. D. Boyd.of Pendleton, has filed his first report in the administration of the estate of Robert Sargent, deceased. -.' It shows the total receipts from all sources to be $2,755.48; total disbursements, $1 ,966.42; balance on hand,' $789.06. On the preferred claims payments have been made to the amount, of $374.40; on notes,, 41,492.46. The . administra tor haa petitioned for an ' order to pay a 8 1-2 per cent dividend. THE JUMP IN WHEAT. Advance Caused by Small Supplies In Foreign Countries. ; New York May 27. Bradstreet's to morrow will say. The moderate re action in the stock market last week and this week caused primarily by frosts and reports of severe damage to cereal crops, was followed only in part by a corresponding check to the move- ment, in general trade. ; Not one of the larger grain states confirm the re ports of severe damage ' to' wheat and corn, with whioh the exchanges have abounded, and there is less reason to believe in the extent of it than current- -ly reported. ' The most bullish feature in the wheat situation lies in the an nouced restriction of Argentine and Russian exports, the reduced export ability of nearly all the leading pro ducing countries and shorter supplies of importing countries. ,Few believe that wheat has touched ." its highest point on this wave, although it is 25 ' cents per bushel above the lowest since the panic . : : ; Exports of wheat ; from the United States, both coasts, this week amount to 2,754,000 bushels, against 2,897,000 : bushels last week, 2,810,000 bushels in the third week of May, 1894; 8,108, 000 bushels in the third week of May, 1893; 2,280,000 in the year before that, and as compared with 2,845,000 bushels exported in 1891. '' . This week's record of 'advances is as ' conspicuous as ever, and includes hides, shoes, leather, Bessemer pig iron, steel billets, nails, bar iron, oopper, zinc, wheat, Indian corn, oats, pork, lard, " flour; coffee, cotton, naval stores, pota toes, poultry and butter twenty-three in all. . The tone of the iron and steel markets is the strongest since the de pression of 1898-94. . -v ' . Woolen manufacturers are working on old orders, and some refuse to stock up with raw materials, as prices in the interior are above a parity with those at the seaboard. .-Western views are that manufacturers may be short of supplies to meet fall contracts. The immense advance in - petroleum ; prices has so far failed; to induce any large increase in the well output, thus point- ' ing to approaohing exhaustion of sub terranean stores of this product in the Appalachian region. , Consumption is . still lighter than production. THE COUNTRY NORTH. Married Canadians May Marry Again in j,-"-'' ':' " the United States. Quebec, May 27. Bigamy in ' the United States by Canadian .citizens is one' of the subjects to be grappled with next week at Toronto by the National Council of Women of Canada under the , presidency of its founder, the Coun tess of Aberden.' 1 It has latly been de-' cided that a married person who is a British subject resident in Canada, and there goes through a form of marriage with another person cannot in Canada be convicted of bigamy; This .is the case when even no divorce has been ob tained in the United States. ,Tq law yers it seems clear enough that bigamy in the United States is not an offense against Canadian laws, and therefore it is not unresonable to expect , that there should not be any machinery ; for con victing the offender in Canada, ,&' ' i But the Countess of Aberdeen and the ladies affiliated with her upon the executive committee ' of" the National Council of Women of Canada are bound to have such provision made if by any means possible, and there have recently been some very sad cases of .wife deser tion in Canada and remarriage in the United States, calculated to call out female sympathy in general. MEXICAN MATTERS, i No Export Duty Discriminating Against American Capital. ; f. 'Washington,; May 27. Senor f, Ro-. mero, Mexican minister, said today, concerning the .intention of . Mexico to decree an export duty discriminating against the, American -capital invested is Mexican mining enterprises, that he was not aware that such a bill had been approved by the : Mexican con gress, but that, as it was presented; by -the executive, he believed that it was 1 very likely to be approved. Senor Ro mero further said that the real object of the pending bill was to .distribute on the whole mining industry of .Mex ico the very high duty now levied upon the mining of silver. .The present min ing duty is 4.44 per cent. Senor Romero further said that the real ob ject of the new bill is to - distribute equally between all the silver produ cers of, Mexico the present taxes which now lie on some classes of miners, and . that the imputation ' that it is a dis- -criminating measure against American capital invested in Mexico is utterly without foundation. ' Allegiance to England Renounced. New York, May 27. Ballington Booth, 'of the Salvation Army, and his wife are' no longer British subjects. They formally renounced allegiance to.' the queen of England and all other for eign rulers in the county clerk's office, in the Hudson county courthouse, on Jersey City Heights, and they have taken the oath ' of allegiance to the United States, administered by Judge) Kenny. : ,