Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1898, Page 1

— —= = THE =VENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY CTCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penrsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Ni Com SH. EAUPFMANN Pret!) en The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fn the city by csrriers, on thir own account, at 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per month. jes at the ceunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere io the United — or Cenada—postage prepaid--50 ccnts “ Pfaterday Quiatuple Skeet ftar, $1 per year, with foreizn postage added, 00. (Entered a” the Post Office at Washington, D. C., mail matter.) TO SAIL TO Government Alaskan Relief Expedi- tion All Ready to Start. MORROW PARTY WILL LAND AT DYEA General Merriman Predicts Greater Need for Aid Next Winter. — = NEWS FROM GOLD - FIELDS POR January 31.— ‘rhe steamer with government | equipment ard forage for the Alaska relief expedition, is lying at the wharf at rae couver harrcks, ready to transfer her! freight to the steamer George W. Eldcr when she arrives from Alaska. The Elder is scheduled to sail again oa February 1. She will carry the escort of sixty enlisted men and 150 tons of supplies; and the steamer Signal, which sails from Seattle February 7, will carry 110 pack animals and twenty-four men and a portion of the supplies. Gen. Merriam, commanding the depart- ment of the Columbia, has decided upon landing the entire expedition at Dyea and pushing forward over the Chilkoot pass as fast as possible. He has notified the Chi- ¢ago Snow and Ice Transportation Com- pany, which has the contract to transport the supplies from Dyea to the interior, that train must + ready to receive freight y February 15. Gen. Merriam is working a plan to ascertain the number of people and the amount of supplies that will enter Alaska this summer. Speaking of this matter, he said: Probable Need Next Year. “From present indications, a greater ex- pedition will be needed next winter than this. Hundreds -are already embarking for the gold fields without more than sufficient supplies to last during the summer's pros- pecting. It appe that thousands more are on the way in a similar condition. Wntle many may come out at the end of the sea- son, others will stay with the hope of pur- chasing supplies. ‘Therefore it is my opin- fon that the Alaskan detachment of the army could not be better employed than in watching the train and keeping tally of the men and provisions passing to the in- terior. The government will have definite information as to whether there will he want or suffering in Alaska next winter.” Because of the conditions which may arise to alter the present arrangements, General Merriam will go in person, at least as far as Chilkoot pars, to direct opera- tions. Returned From Klondike. SEATTLE, Wash. January 31.—Four Klondikers have arrived here on the steam- er Alki. They are Homer Maris of Chicago, George Barrick, Cripple Creek, Col.; S. A. James, Kansas City, and J. E. Dousey, Stamford, Conn. They left Dawson on De- cember 15. They reported that between 150 and 20 men will arrive here from Dawson within the next six weeks. When the party left they sold their provisions at an aver- age of 80 cents per pound. The steamer Kosalie arrived last night from Alaska. Among her passengers was T. H. Wells, who left Dawson December 20. Wells claims to be the bearer of important dispatches from Captain Ray at Fort Yukon te the War Department. He has given no hint of their contents. Wells also says that Major Walsh has is- sued an order prohibiting persons from entering the Yukon country with less than 100 pounds of provisions, exclusiye of tea and coffee. The order was to be effective January 15. Riot at Skaguay. SKAGUAY, Alaska, January 22, via Se- atte, Wash., January 31.—A rict occurred esterday on the arrival of the steamer Alki between the Iecal longshoremen and the crew of the steamer, which brought 2 rumber of Indian Icngshoremen from Ju- Beau to discharge the vessel's cargo. As soon as the stear.er made fast to the dock. snd the Indian laborers began to wor! trouble began. A mob of at least 100 men made an onslaught cn the Indians, striking and beating them in a ferocious manner. The first mate of the steamship inter- fered, but in a mcment he was knocked down by the enraged mob. Then Capt. Henkle of the steamer ordered the hot wa- ter hos turned on the crowd, but the order Was not executed. Had it been, serious loss of life would have inevitably resulted. Sev- eral of the Indian longshcremen were bad- ly cat and bruised, Eut no fatalities re- sulted. A parley was subsequently resumed, which resulted in the white longshoremen securing the work of discharging the Alki cargo, the Indians being kept on board the steamer. Banco Men's Haven. Skaguay is rapidly filling up with the Test notorious bunco and confidence men in the United States, who see here a rich field for operations. Yesterday a man nam- ed C. J. Dumbolton of Minneapolis, a re- turning Klondiker, was relieved of a sack of gold dust valued at $150 in a poker game, News by the Alkt. PORT TOWNSEND, W: . January 31.— The only story of a new strike of gold in Alaska brovght down on the Alki was to the effect that prospectors on the Big Sal- mon were enthusiastic over what they are taking ont, but no definite statement could be had. Hunker creek continues good, every claim that has been prospected prov- ing very rich. _-> NAVAL TRAINING STATION. idering the Question ‘Transference. ‘The Navy Department has under consid- eration a proposition for the transfer of the naval training station from Coaster’s Island, in Newport harbor, to New Lon- den. For some time past the officials have believed that the institution might be op- erated to greater advantage away from Newport, and the change would give the Naval War College the sole possession of the island. The proposition has now taken formal shape through a report to the Sec- retary of the Navy from Capt. Dickens, the officer in the department who has di. rect charge of the training school and ‘ts affairs. At New London the government now has a suitable reservation for the use of the apprentices, and while the few old buildings erected thereon are not entirely evfficient for the accommodation of the beys, not much money would be required to place them in condit‘on. —___-e -_______ Mallan © mists in Veneazue! The State Department has received from Secretary Russell of the United States le- gation at Caracas the details of a con- tract just made with the government of Venezuela by an Italian named Dettt, wherein, in consideration of large remis- sions of taxations and other privileges by the government, Detti binds himself te colorize in the country 1,000 Italian fam- ilies per annum, to establish a bank for the benefit of the agriculturalists with a capital of $3,750,000, and to maintain a line ene between the colonies and of | === WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 31 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. ae TWO CENTS The regular permanent family, circulation of The Evening Star. is more than doublé that of any, other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable LIEUT. BERNADOU’S REPORT Recent Perilous Experience of the Torpedo Boat Winslow. Proved Herself to Be an Excellent Sea Bont, Fully Capable of Riding Out a Heavy Gale. The little torpedo boat Winslow had a terrible time of it in the heavy weather that prevailed off the Atlantic coast last week, according to the official report of her commander, Lieut. Jno. BD. Bernadou, which was received at the Navy Depart- ment this morning. From Tuesday even- ing until Thursday morning the Winslow practically made no progress, the sea being so high that Lieut. Bernadou did not think it advisable to further strain the vessel on account of her lightness of build. He there- fore steamed slowly, heading against wind and sea, which were continually increas- ing. Wednesday morning the gale became violent, and Lieut. Bernadou found that half the coal supply had been consumed and the vessel had made no headway. Then he put over the sea anchor withvut difficulty, and for fifteen hours the little boat rode to the anchor, rolling heavily, but laboring less than when under steam. Oil bags were prepared to put under the Lows, out the vessel behaved so well, and shipped such a small amount of water, they were not used. With the sea anchor out the exhausted crew was enabled to get a night's rest. Thursday morning Lieut. Bernadou decided to try to make the Dela- ware breakwater, sixty miles distant, the nearest known land. The vessel made lit- ue headway at first, but gained as wind und sea fell, and reached the breakwater that night. “he Winslow proved herself to be an excellent sea boat,” says Lieutenant Ber- radou, “fully capable of riding out a heavy gale. 1 felt considerable apprehension as to whether the machinery would hold out or the hull suffer from the violent motion to which we were subjected. In both these respects the vessel proved stanch. In view of the limited supply of coal and provisions carried the position of a torpedo boat ex- posed to heavy weather on our Atlantic coast in an off-shore gale must be regarded us a perilous one, yet the Winslow has Froved sufficiently seaworthy to stand the Severe test to which she has been subject- ed. While at New York the Winslow's bow touched a spile at the ordnance dock through the failure of the engines to re- spond to the backing signal, as a result of which the stem and bow plates for a dis- tance of about one foot back from the stem are slightly bent. “The health of the Winslow's crew has remained excellent, although all were much fatigued by the excessive motion and vi- bration, while the deck force were wet through almost continually.” Lieutenant Bernadou mentions in_com- mendatory t=rms the istance afforded him by Ensign Bagley, Chief Gunner's Mate G. P. Brady and Chief Machinist T. C. Cooney and Hans Johnsen. It was Bag- ley, Brady and a man named O'Hearn who took off from the deserted lighters the two men rescued in the storm. According to the story told Lieutenant Bernadou by these two men, the tug Wallace, which was towing the scows, parted her tow line, or cast it off,and proceeded toward shore with- out signaling to the scows, which were thus abandoned to their fate. The two men were adrift from Sunday till Tuesday end were a day without food when rescued. PRESIDENT DOLE’S MOVEMENTS. Spending a Quiet Day at His Hotei— Some Future Engagements. President Dole and his party spent the day quietly at the Arlington, weather- bound by the snow storm. A few callers were received during the morning, but the elements were too unpropitious to make even social visiting pleasant, and the cards sent in were limited. The party was glad to see a snow storm without the wind and noise that accompanied the one they ex- perienced in Chicago, and if the flakes cease falling and a thaw does not prevent a sleigh ride will probably be enjoyed some- time tomorrow. Tonight the party will be the guests of Mrs. Castle at the Lafayette Square Theater. President Dole was a guest at the Gridi- ron Club dinner Saturday night, and en- joyed excedingly what he saw and hear: He attended the services at All Soul. Church yesterday morning, and in the af- ternoon visited the Congressional Library and the Corcoran Gallerys of Art. The magniticence of the library impressed him deeply. Tomorrow night the President and Mrs. Dole will be entertained by President and Mrs. McKinley at a dinner given in their honor. HARRITY NOT REMOVED. Chairman Jones Denies Another Has Been Substituted. Chairman Jones of the democratic na- ticnal committce says there Is no truth in the statement that he had remcved William F, Harrity, a Pennsylvania member, and substituted the man designated by the democratic state committee as his succes- sor. Mr. Jones says that Chairman Gar- man of the Pennsylvania committee and a number of Pennsylvania democrats called upon him last week and Mr. Garman jn- formed the senator of the action of the democratic committee of Pennsylvania, and said that the matter would be presented to Senator Jones in an official manner and all the papers and correspondence laid before him. Senator Jones informed Mr. Garman that the power of removal of a member of .he ratioral committee rested wholly with the cemmittee itself, and that he -would take the papers in the case when submitted to him and send a copy to Mr. Harrity, giv- irg him an opportunity to make a reply and present his side of the case. After both s:des had been fully heard he would take ell the correspondence’and papers in the case and send a copy to each memib2r of the committee and get an expression of epipion as to what should be doné. The committee might then be called together if the members so determine, when the cese cen be discussed and decided. ——_-e—____ SECRETARY ALGER BETTER. He Expects to Go te Fort Monroe About the Last of the Week. Secretary Alger was reported to be very much better and stronger this morning, and his friends are encouraged to believe that his improvement will be progressive from now on. He spent some time -this merning dictating letters to Stendgrapher Gay, and gave other evidences of an im- provement of strength and health. It has been decided that he shall go to Fort Mon- ree, and arrangements are being made for his removal about the end of the week. It is probable that the trip will be made in a revenue cutter and that it may be extend- ed farther south through the Dismal canal and the channels of North Carolina. -—_—_____ National Bank Dividends. © The controller of the currency has de- ciared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: Ten per cent, the First. National Bank of De- corah, Iowa; 5 per cent, the. Northwest- ern National Bank of Great. Falls, Mont. ————_-e * Gevernment Receipts. $453,080, interna) revenue, 3 miscel- laneous, $106,782; expenditures, . $1,080,000. PROUD OF A MURDER Spanish Butchers of the Sarsa Family Are Congratulated. OFFICERS WILL BE DECORATED Soldier Who Was Present Gives Details of the Shooting. TROUBLE AHEAD FOR BLANCO Special Dispatch to Th> Evening Star. PORT TAMPA, Fla., January 30.—(Ha- vana, January 20.)—Spanish officjals are not quick of comprehension. It might even be said that they are dull. Two days’ re- ficction, however, has taught them that the Arangueren killing is fraught with conse- quences of which they never dreamed. The army is yet glorying in its triumph, but the authorities have misgivings. They hoped by compassing Arangueren’s death to restore their own prestige, and cover up the folly which caused them to send Ruiz to his certain fate. The aim was to make {t appear that Ruiz had been assassinated in the camp of Arangueren. The official report of the killing of Arangueren calls him an assassin. The thirst for vengeance was to be slaked and popular glory ob- tained in Spain by the death of the insur- gent chief. Facts of Arangueren’s Killing. While Spanish authorities here, by ‘their centrol of the cable, were suppressing the facts, I learned some facts from per- scnal observation. They are as near what really happened as can possibly be learn- ed. My first information came Thursday night from the Spanish soldiers who took part In the killing of Arangueren, and the woman and child of the Sarsa family. They had just laid the corpse of Arangueren on the stretcher at the door of the morgue and were waiting for the door to be opened. Few people knew of the incident then, and the crowd had not gathered. The affair was fresh in the minds of the sol- diers and then they had not been forbid- den to talk. They told how the negro Clau- dio Morales guided the large body of troops to the Tapaste hills beyond Campo Florido; how the hut of the pacifico, where Aran- gueren had gone to visit his sweetheart, Was surrounded; how a child had seen them come and cried out “the soldiers, the seldic * how the volley had been fired at once, and how further firing had taken Piace. “Did you fire under orders?” I asked. “ We did not want to fire, but we were ordered,” was the simple reply. As to the exact manner of the killing of Avangueren and his servant, Hernandez, they were confused. They had not seen the child fall, either, but knew it could not have escaped the volley which followed its giving the alarm. Arangueren’s sweet- heart, they thought, was shot while es- caping from the hut and running across the open space to cover. She died on the stretcher, while they were carrying her to Campo Florido. They did not know how badly the sister was wounded, but as she subsequently died, it cam be safely said the wound was a bad one. Whether the moth- er was hurt they did not seem to know, but they were sure the father, mother and two children had been taken prisoners. The scldfers who told this story were members of the Reina Battalion. Proud of their Work. They were particular to impress me wich the fact that .while the Plazarro Cavalry tcok part in the movement, the real work had been done by the Reina Battalion. They did not give credit to the Lealtad or Canaries columns for helping them. I gathered from what they said that not fewer than fifteen hundred troops had been in the rendezvous. While the soldiers were teiling this story the body of Aranguzren was lying at the door of the morgue, It was just as it had been brought from the train—the face was covered, the left foot, on which no shoe had been put, was exposed and the shank bare to th> knee. Later in the evening I was able’ to con- firm the account given by the soldiers at the Hotel Inglaterra. His brother officers were congratulating Col. Aranzabe, who had bean in command of the combined col- umns. He was dusty and his uniform was tern. He laughed and jested with his friends. They were sure he would receive the cross of Marla Cristina, one of the highest of Spanish military’ d2corations. It carries pay equal to brevet rank. Lieut. Col. Benedicto, who was in immediate com- mand of the Reina Battalion, it was said, would also come in for a decoration and a pension. Whether Col. Aranzabe wanted to take Arangueren alive, and whether Ben- edicto and other officers protested, is not established. His Fate No Surprise. Arangueren’s fate does not cause surprise. It was known that the Spanish govern- ment was bound to encompass his death in revenge for the killing of Ruiz. Various plots were formed for that purpose when Representative King of Utah was here early in January. He had arranged to see Arangueren and other insurgent chiefs at a house twenty miles out of Havana. The proposed interview was brok2n up by per- sons who know the situation. The Spanish authorities did not know Arangueren’s whereabouts, but they knew of King’s ex- pected visit. Warning was sent to Aran- gueren and Mr. King r2mained quletly in Havana. The manner in which Arangueren and the members of the Sarsa family were killed does not seem to be in accordance with Gen. Blanco’s g2neral order that the war should be conducted on humane and civilized principles. That is one of many unpleasant circumstances he has to face on his return from the eastern provinces, The captain general has a bad w2ek ahead. PEPPER. Congosto’s Account. Senor de Lome, the Spanish minister, has received the following telegram from Senor Congosto at Havana in regard to the death of Arangueren: “The correspondents of certain press are already starting for a series of horrors in connection with the killing of Nestor Aran- eren. Not one of them has been out of bana and all they will say has been manufactured by rebel agents. The facts are as follows: A combination of columns that had been operating several days de- feated on the 27th the band of Arangueren of about 130 men. They captured pris- oner, who led-a small force as gufde, and the rest of the troops covered all the issues of ‘a place called ‘La Pilaen el Monte,’ where Arangueren in hi ‘The rebels "when, Pica , Which replied, advancing the escort, es. escort. at the her by giving proper atten@ance. As a proof of the falsehood ‘ef the reports to be circulated there is the“fact that five pris- oners have been ‘eaptared and that none of the dead had a single saber or machete cut. The documents Captured on the body of Arangueren prove that he was Ruiz’s as- sassin. The saddle he used was Ruiz’s saddle and he had two battons of Ruizs uniform in his pocket, as already reported.” —__—__-+-«i. BOMB AFMED_AT DIAZ Returned Guban From African Prison At- tempts Ex-Mayor's Life, Explosion Arowses Havana, but Does Little Damage—Lazo, the Per- petrator, is Captured. HAVANA, January 81.—At about 12 o'clock last night a man named Luis Coro Lazo, who recently returned to Cuba from the African prisons, exploded a bomb at the residence of the cohservative ex-mayor of Havana, Senor Maguil Diaz. The noise of the explosion was heard throughout Havana, although the scene of the explosion was at Jesus Del Monte. The door was broken anda large hole was made in the house. Phe Diaz family and those inhabiting neighboring houses were panic stricken. Laz@ drove to Jesus Del Monte from Havang in @ cab. He was captured while attempting to escape. Senor Diaz says he does not know Lazo and believes he has political accompli NO WORD FROM GEN. LEE. Belief ‘That Quiet Havhaa. Assistant Secretary Day of the State De- partment told a Star reporter about noon today that he had not received any word from Consul Genera}, Lee since Saturday, and therefore he deemed it a safe assump- tion that there has been no change in the situation at Havana and that quiet and good order still prevail. “In résponse to a direct inquiry he said he had been informed that the Spanish authorities had seized certain supplies consigned to a private in- dividual in Havana and said to be intended for the relief of the suffering Cubans, but that he did not attach any special signifi- cance to the matter. for the reason that the understanding with the 8; ish government was that all supplies intended for the re- Hef of suffering on the sland should be consigned direct to Comsul General Lee in ondary to insure free entry amd prompt de- ivery. In order to avoid the posaibllity of fraud upon the revenue it was mutually agreed that the privilege of free emtry should not apply to cases of goods consigned to pri- vate institutions or indfviduals. This point was made clear in the»several appeals 1s- sued by the State Department and pub- lished in all the newspapers asking for contributions of money-and sepplies for the benefit of the distressed tmhabitants of Cuba. Assistant Secretary Day said he was confident that there will/be no trouble whatever in this rnatter if people will sim- ply follow the advice-of the department und consign their supplies to the consul general. Naval Officials! Not Alarmed. Naval officials are ‘not alggmed over the report that the hafbor of Havana is pro- tected by torpedoes ané submarine mines, inasmuch as the ‘game ig true of the har- bors of all up-to-date countfies, including our own. It is incomprehensible to them, however, that the battle ship Maine ts in any danger in the port of the Cuban capi- tal while the United States and Spajn are at peace. The port is in daily use by the vessels of all countries, and it is not be- leved that the Maine is in any greater Jeopardy than the vessels of Great Britain and Germany or even those of the Spanish navy or the merchant ghips that visit the harbor daily. A naval officer stated that while the harbor may, be arranged for sub- marine mines and torpedoes he was con- fident that they were not.charged inasmuch as it would be unusual/and as dangerous to Spanish shipping aswell as to others to adopt such a course in time of peace with the outside world. No Injury to the Indiana. A gocd deal of amusement was excited emong the officials of the Navy Department at the attempts made convey the im- pressjon that the fifé Wattle ship Indiana had suffered some severe and dangerous breakdown while on the way south recent- ly through the failuge of her boilers. As 4 matter of fact, the extent of the mishap was the leakage of one or two tubes in a boiler, an event so jngignificant and of such frequent occurrence on all kinds of steamships, that Admjral Sicard made but a passirg reference tp it as an explana- tion why he took the Indiana in tow for six hours to prevent her,from delaying the Erogress of the remainder of the squadron. Otherwise the matter would not have been called to the attention of the department save in one of the monthly work reports. Expected Spanish Fleet. No official advices have been received here as yet to confirm the reported inten- tion of the Spanish government to send a fleet of warships to Hayana. The Spanish legation wag informed some time ago that the’ small “gunboats: now engaged in patrolling the Cuban coast would be strengthened soon by the addition: of a number of torpedo boats, and it is this flotilla that is expected to sail for Havana as soon as conditions permit. The boats are said to be wanted particularly for serv- ice on the Canto river and in Havana har- bor. The coming“ of the fine cruiser Cris- tobel Colon, one of thebest ships in the Spanish navy, with the torpedo boats, 1s sald to be necessary. to their safety, a3 these ttle craft must have a convoy to come to their relief in case of ‘severe weather, and to help out’ their coal supply. Even with this assistance, it is said the boats will have a risky voyage. in og ee REPORTED ADVERSELY. Action of Ways and fifénus Committce on Teller Resolution. The ways and meansseommittee decided this morning by @ votesf 11 ‘to 5, on party lines, to report at once:the Weller resolu- tion, for payment of bend im silver, with @ recommendation thatéitj de not pass. Thé committee met smpecial cail at 10:30, there being a fult attendance, with the exception of Mr. MeBMillin, democrat, of Tennessee. : y at once brought forward the ten, and with- out discussion Mr. P; pat New York moved that it be reposted to the House, with a recommendation#that %t do not pass. Mr. Bailey of roxas Behalf of the demccrats, moved ‘that it be Ported with a recommeniation that "te pags. ; im * s The vote on-the- Bailey amendment was first taken, resutting: i On the Payne motion th vot was reversed, all the’ Midis sotag se beg owed i be in the Semntite: amendments were proposed, and no discussion in ag to the zt Herenst Heed’ ana ‘iis 2,Qn rules as- CAUGHT IN ICE PACK Steamer Portia Has a Perilous Voy- age From St, John’s, N. F. ae DISTRESS ON HEWPOUNDLAND COAST Settlers Dying by the Hundred of Exposure and Stasvation. AID CANNOT REACH THEM —>—_—__ NEW YORK, January 31.—The Red Cross Line steamship Portia arrived today, four days overdue, from St. John’s, N. F., and Halifax, after a desperate encounter with Pack ice off the Newfoundland coast, and with a harrowing tale of blizzards there and destitution In the coast section of that country. Hundreds of men, women and children, dead or dying from exposure and starva- tion, with abundance close by, and hun-~ dreds more threatened with a like fate, sre the brief details of the condition of affairs brought by the Portia. Penned in Ice Four Days. For four days the Portia was penned in huge arctic floes in plain sight of St. John’s, unable to move. She managed to €scape by the merest accident. Many other craft, several of them relief vessels sent by the Canadian government io succor desti- tute fishermen, had to abandon their er- rands of mercy and return to St. John’s, where they were still in the ice when the Portia struggied into clear water. Close to wher: the Portia lay the big steamship Virginia was locked tight. She had been sent north by the Canadian gov- ernment with food for the starving fishcr- men, but a short distance up the coast she found the route securely blocked, and was ferced to return to port to prevent being icebound all winter. Before her departure news had reached St. John’s that unless assistance wes promptly dispatched the un- fortunate inhabitants would soon ne be- yond relief. Among the detained fleet at St. John’s were a dozen or more sailing vessels, load- ed with codfish for England and Brazil. Suffering at St. John's. The city of St. John’s was in a terrible ccndition on account of the blizzard. The streets were rendered impassable, the rail- reads suspended work and the poor were suffering from hunger and cold. Prices of feod had advanced until they were beyond the reach of the poor. When the Portia was working her way out to sea she was clesely followed by the bark Flora, and these two vessels were the only ones that succeeded in leaving St. John’s. x22 Several miles off shore the Portia passed the steamer Grand Lake fast in the ice and in a perilous condition. Veasels Are Released. The steamer Virginia was released from her perilous position after the departure of the Portia from St. John’s, and the position of the rest of the distressed fleet has been réported by telegraph to be relieved. posieancneraenecs ‘RELIEF FOR“ DCNKAND PILGRM™s. They Left Arkansus for the Holy Land in ‘1895. CHICAGO, January: 31.—A special to the Tribune from Shubert, Neb., says: George Yantic ard A. M. Hyde started last night cn their journey to the holy land, where they go to carry assistance to the party of Dunkards- who went to Palestine in 1895. Ms. and Mrs. Myers end Mr. and Mrs. Yantic claimed to have received a revelation from God which gave them directions to visit the holy land. At the head of the party of Dunk- ards from Shubert and Smith county, Ark., they started in November, 1895. Nothing was heard of them by friends until re- ceutly, when a letter reached the brother of Yantic at Shubert relating tales of suf- fering, distress and death. The party went direct to Jerusalem. They traveled some distance from there to find further evidence of Divine revela- tion. The death lst, so far as is known, includes five persons from Smith count two from Shubert and three from Philade!- phia. ne GREAT ENGINEER'S STRIKE OV Works Throughout England General- ly Resume Operations Today. LONDON, January 31.—Th2 engineering works throughout the country reopened to- day, owing to the. settlement of the great strike. About 25 per cent of the men were employed. The others will be given work gradually, as the machinery gets in full swing. See TO RECOVER PALESTINE. = Orthodox Hebrews in San Francisco Agitate the Question. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 31.—At a meeting last night of Zionists, or Ortho- dox Hebrews, who are in favor of the pur- chase and occupation of Palestine, the speakers were Rabbi Elias Berman, Rabbi M. A. Markwitz and Rabbi N. Mosessohn, D. D., editor of the Light, from Dallas, Texas. All of these speakers made earnest refer- ences to the present feeling against the Jews in France as an occasion for the Propagation and. better revelation to the world of the aims and principles of “Zion- ism.” It was claimed that at least a por- tion of the agitation in France is due to a misunderstanding of the entirely peacea- ble and largely spiritual aims of this move- ment to unite the Jews. SS WISCONSIN ’VARSITY CREW’S AIMS. Getting Ready for the Great Hudson Regatta Next Summer. MADISON, January 31.—The training of the University of Wisconsin crew has be- gun. Preparations are already on foot for the race on the Hudson with the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia col- leges, which, it is confidently expected, the Wisconsins will be invited to enter. Be- sides this-race, plans are on foot to secure @ race with the Yale crew, if possible, and to secure a race with Pennsylvania on eee bay during the carnival there in june. ES SEAS ARRAIGNED ON PERJURY CHARGE. Actor Ratcliffe’s Counsel Secures a rf it of Trial. " NEW YORK, January 31.—E. J. Ratcliffe was again arraigned before Recorder Goff im general sessions today to plead to the ckarge of perjury. His counsel was not UNITED PRESS RESTRAINED English Court Prohibits Its Use of. Asso- = ciated Press’ Name. Sweeping Decision Against the Pre- tensio of © Defunct News- gathering Concern, LONDON, January 31.—About one year 8g0 the Uniied Press, a n=ws organization which has since discontinu>d business and gone into the hands of an assignee, placed signs upon ‘ts quarters in London, using the name “Associated Press” in a manner calculated to convey th» impression that it was the headquarters of the Associated Press. One of the signs was “The United Associated Presses.” i At the same time companies w=re incof- porated in England under the ttle of “The Associated Press of America” and “The Western Assoclated Press.” Since the col- laps2 of the United Press another news concern has retained the quarters and igns formerly used by the United Press. tis created confusion in the public mind, and the Associated Press filed a bill for an injunction to restrain any parties from using the name of ‘Associated Press.” Justice Sterling on Saturday last framed an injunction perpetually restraining the United Press, either at one or in combini-e| tion, from using any name calculated to lead to the belief that the United Press was the same as the Associated Press. They were likewise restrained from in any manner representing themselves as be ing in any way connected with t Asso- ciated Press, and from promoting any company in which the words “the Associ- ated Press” form a distinct part. The coart aiso assessed the costs against the United Press. The effect of the decisien is that no one other than the Associated Press can use the name of the Associated Press in Great Britain or any name that could be mis- taken for it. — SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS. Henring of Collector White's Case Fixed for March 7. The United States Supreme Court today adjourned until the 21st of February with- out deciding any of the important cases be- fore it. The court, upon a stipulation of counsel on both sides, advanced the cages of In- ternal Revenue Collector White of West Virginia against various persons, involving his right of transfer, to be heard March 7. The case involves the construction of sec- tions 3,154 and 3,163 of the Revised Statutes and the powers and duties of the commissioner of internal revenue with re- spect to the transfer and assignment of in- ternal revenue storekeepers and gaugers; and also the effecrs of the civil service act, and the executive orders from time to time made and issued thereunder, upon the duties of the commissioner of internal revenue. They a!so invcive the question as te whether the courts of the United States can, by injunction, restrain the collectors of internal revenue in the various dis- tricts, or the commissioner of internai revenue acting through the collectors, from relieving from duty storekeepers and gaug- ers, or from assigning these officers to duty or transferring them from one place of duty to another. - The hearing in the La Abra Silver Mining Company case was postponed until second Monday of the next term, because of the iliness of Mr. Crammond Kenedy, coun- sel in the case for the La Abra company. In the case of Wilson agt. the Etate of North Carolina a rule was ordered to issue against the defendants in error to show cause why they should not be attached for contempt in violating the supersedeas, and {t was made returnable on the 2ist of February, when the case will be argued. The case involves the right of the governor of North Carolina to remove the railroad commissioners of the state. The case of the territory of New Mexico agt. the United States Trust Company was advanced on the docket, to be heard on the second Monday of the term of court be- ginning next October. The hearing in the case of King agt. Mul- lens was advanced to be heard on March 7, after the other cases on the docket for that date. The ca involves the construc- tion of the provision in the West Virginia state constitution in regard to the taxa- tion of lands in the state. +e MOHICAN TO VISIT Samoa. American Interests There Need the Presence of a Warship. Orders have been given for the cruiser Mohican, which has been converted into a training ship for service on the Pacific sta- tion, to visit Apia, Samoa, on her proposed cruise in the mid-Pacific. It has been sev- eral years since an American warship has visited the Samoan Islands, and, it is said, the natives are inclined to believe that the United States is losing interest in their country. Great Britain and Germany, which are parties to the protectorate over Samoa, have been almost constantly rep- resented there by one or more ships. Samoa was included in the itinerary of the Mo- hican on the representations of Mr. Churchill, formerly United States consui general at Apia, who is now in this city, that the material interests.of the United States in that distant quarter have suf- fered by the policy of the last administra- uon, In ignoring all appeals for a display of the American flag in the harbor of Apia. Mr. Churchill reports a case where a man from Arizona, who had established a mis- sion near Apia, was Insuited by the ne- tives and jeered at when he said he would call on his government for protection. Ac- cording to the ex-consul the natives are iosing their respect for the United States because it has not sent a vessel there for such a -long time to look out for its in- terests. The Navy Department is arranging the itinerary for the coming cruise of the Mo- hican with her crew of apprentices through the Islands of Oceanica, and particularly to Samoa. ‘fhe vessel is expected to start about the last of Feoruary and occu; eight months on the cruise. An effort now being made to increase the number of apprentices on the vessel from sixty, as at present, to 150, which will give her a full complement. Probably the first stop will be made at Honolulu and the next at Fan- Island, half way from Hawaii to Islands. There is said to be no diplomatic significance in the voyage, beyond a desire on the part of the State Department avail itself of this opportunity to show the American flag on a warship in Samoa partial pa: Imsarance Companies Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 31.—The order of Insurance FOR NATIONAL HONOR ee Mr. Dingley Addresses the House of Representatives, OPPOSING THE TELLER RESOLUTION A Vote to Be Taken at 5 P. M, Today. gee GREAT INTEREST SNOWN There was a great deal of activity among the leaders on both sides before (he House of Representatives met today in anticipa- tion of a very exciting debate over the Teller resolution, ceclaring the bonds cf the United States payable in gold or silver at the option of the governm which those in control had decided to defeat be- fere sundown tonight. The members on beth sides had been notified in advance, and the attendance on the floor was large. A great deal of excitement was mani+ fested. There was a disposition to discuss the situation between man and man all over the House. Even after Mr. Dingley began his speech, opening the debate, tt took the utmost power of the Speaker to secure order. Again and again the Speaker had to command members to take their Spats and cease conversation. Finally complete order was secured, and Mr. Dingley proceeded with his which, contrary to his custom, After he had proceeded for a few minutes nearly every member on the democratic side had got over into the middle aisle and the space in front of the Spcaker's desk, and they remained crowded theré in perfect silence until the close of Mr. Dingley’s remarks. Mr. Dingley’s apeal to the republicans to deferd the nation’s hone or, preserve iis credit and to st the pledge of the republican plat preserve every dollar of equal value every other dollar was loudly applauded by republicans. The situation became almost farcical when, after Mr. Dingley took his seat, twenty minutes of time was given Gen. Wheeier of Alabama, who, after speaking for a few minutes in his usual style, dis+ tributed the rest of his time in one-minute lots to other democrats, < Dock- ery and Haynes, ‘h of was cut short in the mi of a sentence by the minute's expiration. Twenty minutes being thus consumed in “broken English.” without any one having « expressed an idea or an opinion with suf- ficient fullness to be understood, Mr. Bailey resumed contro! of the time on the demo- cratic side and yiclded ten minutes to Mr. Bland. who made a characteristic speech, insisting that the terms of the coutract in the bonds made the bonds payable in silver as well as in gold. and that a d right to pay in silver was a against siiver money. There was a renewal of interest debate, with Mr. fire into it, and this interest was suxtained when Mr. Payne took the floor in defense of the report of the committee. The Struggle Opened. in the Bland’s throwing some The struggle ogened immedictely after the reading of the journal, when Mr. Dingley (Me.), chairman of the s and means committee, reported back the tion with the recommendation that not pass.” Mr. Henderson (lowa), one of the leaders of the majority, followed this by present- Irg the special order agreed upon by the committee on rules providing for the im- mediate consideration of the resolution an@ & vote without intervening motion at 5 o'clock today. The rule was as follows: immediately upon the adoption solu- “it do “Resolved, That of this resolution the House shall proceed to the consideration of Senate concurrent resolu- 22 (Teller resolution); that general hour tion debate shall be had thereon until the of 5 o'clock, at which time, without intervening motion, a vote shall be upon the passage of said resolution. eral lezve to print upon the subject resolution for five days from this hereby granted Mr. Henderson yielded a moment Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader, who sald that while the minority strenuously op- posed the undue limitation of the dehate Proposed by the rule, still as his side de- sired as much time as possible for debate they would rot consume any of the time allowed on a roll call. Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) and Mr. De (Mo.) protested vigorously, howev the latter said if he had had P tunity he would have proposed a Cuban belligerency amendment. To this suggestion Speaker Reed retorted curtly that it would not be in order, and when Mr. De Armond appealed to him not to decide the quesiion hastily the Speaker exclaimed: “That it is not in order is tuo plain for argument.” During tits colloguy there were evidences of disturbance and excitement on the re- publican side, of which Mr. Johnson (Ind.) was the center. At last Mr. Johnson in- sisted on asking a question of Mr. Hender- son. He asked with much emphasis wheth- er it was true that all the time was to be consumed by the members of the ways and means committee. “There is no such proposition,” called out Mr. Dalzell (Pa.), but Mr. Johnson did not subside and ccntinued to protest, declaring loudly that he antagonized this rule if such was the intention. He had a wordy war with Mr. Dingley, but in 3 tone so low that it could not be heard in the confusion. The Speaker cut off further incident by putting the question and the rule was adopted, 143—115, the democrats refraining from de- manding a roll call. There followed a controversy division of time. Mr. Bailey suggested that two hours be given each to the republicans and dem- ecrats and forty minutes to the pepulists ang Silver republicans. Mr. Dingley replied that the time should be divided equally for and against the res- clution. Mr. Simpson (Kan.) thought the present over the _4 divisions of the minority should be officially POT ears nenie tit there wan niny lo tinction between the populists and demo- crats as at present constituted,” retorted Mr. Dingley, dryly. | Mr. Dingley Opposes the Resolution. Without any agreement as to the division of the time, the Speaker Mr. Dingley, who opened the debate in opposi- ~ tion to the resolution. Contrary to his usual custom, Mr. Dingley read his care- fully prepared argument from manuscript. The intense interest in his utterances caus- ed the democratic side of the chamber to be deserted crowdd the the effort to