Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 10, 1897, Page 6

The Merald-Review. |THE NEWS RESUME GRAND RAPIDS - Hawati is again rapping for admis- sion. Why not let her in? ‘Avarice, which too often attends wealth, is a greater evil than any that is found in poverty. It may be true that the gods are tn favor of the Greeks, but unfortunate- ly the odds are in favor of the Turks. We cannot conquer fate and necessi- ty, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could. Cremation is cheaper, and by many thought to be better than burial. With the advances in the prices of burial ground the crematory should receive consideration. Thirteen well-known physicians of the south are to be tried on the charge of advertising. When the medical pro- fession shall be so.far advanced that all doctors will advertise we shall hear no more of these contentions, and physicians generally will.be.more pros- perous. An important .and ia just ruling has been made recently by the postoffice department. The chief of a labor union in St. Louis mailed a letter hav- ing on its envelope a colored poster requesting the receiver to boycott a well known firm. ‘The |postoffice au- thorities decided that. the letter was 3 violation of the federal law prohibit- ing the sending through ‘the mails of matter designed ‘to ‘reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of an- other. There is much ‘flippant talk in Eng- land about conquering the Boers; but the Boer is not.a man to be despised, as English readers are told.in a recent article. The Boer is “a :man with whom the predikant (parson) is always an honored guest; who eves, and thinks much of the opinionof his wife; who is boundlessly hospitable, and whe can shoot straight.” The Boers, in their faith and in ‘their shooting,bring to mind Cromwell's men, .as good sol- diers as the world ever saw. Fighting the Boers in London club ‘talk, and fighting them within rifle range, are vastly different affairs, as Raider. Jame- son can testify. The literary societies of Central -col- lege, of Fayette, Mo.,.are in:a.quandary as to whom they will secure ‘to deliver the annual address during commence- ment in June. Several months.ago the Aristotelian society, whose time it .is to select the June speaker, invited .ex- Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas tc deliver the address, and the distin- guished gentleman accepted, but since he took so prominent a part in the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight ithe board of curators and faculty of Cen- tral college have entered a protest against the Kansas statesman, and the young men are at sea, and commence- ment day draws nigh. The National Provisioner publishes details of the visit of some Danish gen- tlemen to this country “for the pur- pose of buying meat wherewith to fil) contracts for supplying the Danist army.” Denmark, in common with oth- er European powers, has been feed- ing her soldiers and sailors for some time on Australian beef, but has lately notified the contractors, whose agents are now in this country, that a change for the better in the character of the meat furnished was desired. The or- ders, therefore, will hereafter be place¢ in Kansas City and Chicago, and pos- sibly at other centers. What is ou: gain is Australia’s loss. We also have this new evidence of the fact that wher it comes to a question of quantity an¢ quality in regard to beef, the Uniteé States stands without a rival.” When the great preacher, Spurgeon was at the height of his fame a well- known lecture agent wrote him, mak- ing him the tremendous offer of 3 hundred thousand dollars for a preach- ing tour, asking at the same time fo: a reply by cable. What was the agent’: surprise to receive a cable message consisting of only the words: “Acts vili: 20.” When the agent had finally procured a Bible he opened it and read these lines: “But Peter said unto him Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.” This was the last effort made to induce Spurgeon to do what so many emineni clergymen, too, of unquestioned piety —have done, namely, make a show oi himself for American gold. The greaf nonconformist’s scorn for money wa: always high, and not too common in these days when even the noblest gifts of God are not infrequently bought for so many dollars a sentence, In this re- spect Spurgeon was a good model tec follow. After what he rightly calls “half a eentury of honest hard work against the terrible drink curse,” the Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler sums up his judg- ment in these words: “Legislation to prohibit liquor-selling without moral efforts to diminish liquor-drinking, fails and will fail to the end of time.” Two factions in Kansas City are try- ing to settle the question as to wheth- er the production of brass band music ls labor or art. In some cases it is neither, but is a fashion of punish- ment. DIGEST ‘OF THE NEWS ‘FROM ALL PARTS‘OF THE ‘WORLD, A ‘Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- ‘egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That ‘Have Attracted Attention. The Nation’s Capital. The public debt decreased a million anda half in May. The products of the sugar trust will be barred out of the Indian reserva- tions in 1898, the Indian commissioner having decided to buy the sugar sup- ply in Holland. The senate committee on foreign re- lations has agreed to report favorably a convention between this country and Chili for the revival of the treaty of 1893 for the adjustment of claims against each of the two governments by citizens of the other. The policy of the potoffice depart- ment as to the appointment of minors in the postoffice department has been definitely fixed, and they will be de- barred from chief clerkships and dep- uty postmasterships, except in a few of the third-class offices, where circum- stances urge their peculiar fitness. Even then they will not be allowed to become acting postmasters. People Talked About. Capt. William M. Beck, Fifteenth cavalry, has been detailed as Indian agent at the Uintah and Ouray agency in Utah, in place of Maj. Charles S Isley, Ninth cavalry. George Pye died in the poor house, and unless friends intervene his body will go to the médical colleges. Mr. Pye was sixty-eight years old and a graduate of Dublin university. William H. Crawford of Chicago, well known as a breeder and owner of trotting horses, is dead. He once owned the famous Patchen Wilkes stock farm near Lexington, Ky. Col. John T. Dickinson, ex-secretary of the world’s fair, has been elected president and general manager of the Chicago Coliseum by the directors. Col. Dickinson originated the building. Charles H. Andrews, one of the pro- prieors of the Boston Herald, is dead at his home. He was born in Boston in 1834, and had been connected with the Herald. with the exception of a few years. since 1857. Lieut. Peary is negotiating at St. Johns, N. F., for a sealing steamer to carry him into the Arctie regions this summer. He will probably charter the steamer Hope, which took last year's expedition. In that event Capt. Bart- lett will go again as commander. Rey. Dr. David S. Schaff of Jackson- ville, Ill, who has been called to the chair of church history at Lane Theo- logical seminary, is known as the father of Ruzby foot ball in America. He was the captain of the first Yale foot ball team when it played its match with Columbia in 1827, the first inter- collegiate foot ball game in the coun- try: Accidental Happenings. At Abbott, Texas, Mrs. Nannie L. Barr, her four-year-old babe and her sis ie L. Alexander, aged fourteen, were all drowned in a tank near the- house. The women drowned in trying to reseae the child. J. W. Roberts, wife and two chil- dren, were struck by an Illinois Cen- tral north-bound passenger train at Alma, fifteen miles north of Centralia, Ill, and all were instantly killed. They were driving ina wagon and were caught at a crossing. A libel of the steamer Florida against the steamer George W- Roby, which sunk in collision in Thunder bay, Lake Huron, twelve days ago with her consort, the W. D. Becker, was filed in the United States court at Detroit. The amount of damage is claimed ‘to ‘be $172,400.. Fred Beeson, an employe on the ranch of Harry Morse, at Sunol, Cal., used arsenic instead of baking powder in making a ‘batch of bread. Beeson is dead, another man is dying and sev- eral others are dangerously ill. He found some white powder in a baking powder can and wsed jit as soda. Crimes and Criminals. W. H. Wilbur, the teamster who made nine-year-old Amande Gentry drunk at Sedalia, Mo., last Sunday and then mistreated her, has been identi- fied as the man who assaulted Ida Caton, a thirteen-year-old girl. ‘in East Sedalia a few weeks ago. He may be lynched. William Claxton of Campbell county, Tenn., was shot from ambush and killed by some unknown party. -The affair grew out of a feud between Claxton-and the Hughitts. Claxton shot Elsewick Hughitt from ambush in the same neighborhood about two months ago. A. J. Bjorklund of Bennett Siding, Wis., is in eustody at West Superior on the charge of taking improper lib- erties with his fourteen-year-old daughter. A lynching was narrowly averted, the officer having spirited the man away from the village before dis- covery. Officers of Ottumwa, Iowa, have re- ceived a telegram from Burlington, Vt. announcing the capture there of Frank, alias “Buck” Murray, one of the men wanted for the Eldon bank robbery. He will be brought back at once. The jury at Cincinnati in the case of A. V. Limerick -has brought in a verdict of gailty. Limerick was a dis- charged employe of the Frazer Tablet Company of New York, and was in- dicted. with Health Officer Prender- gast. for attempting blackmail upon the Frazer company. Foreign Gossip. Mme. Arnould Plessy, the celebrated actress, is dead at Paris. The London Morning Post says: “We are requested to contradict the rumor that the uke of Leeds will sue- ceed the earl of Abardeen as governor- general of Canada.” Armytage. Lloyd, Osborne and Marks, the Winnipeg champion four- oared crew, accompanied by Trainer Murphy, have left for England to train for the Henley regatta. A correspondent at Paris saye it is now known that the doror of the mil- lion francs received by the commit- tee of the ill-fated charity bazaar was Madame Lebaudy. < Offcial news has been received at Brussels from the Congo Free State saying that a Belgian force had de- feeted 2,000 Mahdists in the westera part of that tercitory. The Japanese loan of 30,000,000 yen, equivalent to about $21,947,916, paya- ble in gold. the issue price of which is 1011-2, was subscribed several times over within an hour. The London Standard in an article in regard to the renouncing of the Belgian and German treaties says it is difficult to see how a definite con- clusion can be arrived at favorable to Canadian desires. By order of Emperor Francis Joseph Count Badeni, the Austrian premier and minister of the interior, has de- clared the session of the lower house of the diet to be closed. The czar and ezarina attended a re- quiem mass at the imperial church of the Peterhoff, in memory of the vic- tims of the terrible panie of May 30, 1896, on the Rhodinskv plain, Moscow, at tue time of the festivities attending the corenation of his majesty, when several thousand people were crushed to death. Otherwise. A Ward Line steamer is reported to have been fired upon by a Spanish cruiser. The Merchants’ Bank of Lincoln has closed its doors. No statement is yet given out. The bank had a capital of $50,000. Griswold & Gillett, bankers and brokers, New York, have made an as- signment for the benefit of their cred- itors to William F. Tufts. A dividend of 2 per cent has been de- clared on the preferred stock of the United States Rubber company, pay- able July 15, 1897. On a foreclosure bill filed at Chi- cago by Charles F. Gunther, Stewart Spalding was appointed receiver of the Libby Prison War Museum associa- tion. The Ohio supreme court has de clared the law unconstitutional which was passed last winter adopting the Torrens system of recording land titles. Goy. Ellerbee of South Carolina an- nounced positively last night that there would be no extra session of the legislature. He has not yet decided whether to disband the state constab- ulary. The Curry mine, at Norway, Mich., has closed down with small prospect of resuming this season. This leaves but one active iron mine in the town, which has already suffered severely by dull times. The judicial council of the American Medical association, at a meeting called at Philadelphia for that purpose, dismissed the charges which have been pending for three years against the Cleveland Medical society. Suit has been begun at Houghton, Mich., by the widow of Peter Malm- strom, a miner who was suffocated by the great fire in the Osceola mine in 1895, for $20,000 damages. It is the first of a series of thirty, all for the same sum. The Kentucky silver Democratic platform reaffirms faith in the princi- ples set forth in the Chicago platform and indorses the canvass made by Mr. Bryan. There was one dissenting vote out of 1,000 to the adoption of the re- port. State Treasurer Collins of Florida has resigned and J. B. Whitfield, ex- clerk of the supreme court, has been appointed. His resignation saves the state $20,000 expenses of trial, while the shortage will probably be made good by his bondsmen. The Kentucky Democratic state con- vention this year had only one nomina- tion to make. After the contest be- tween several aspirants was waged for two days Samuel J. Shackelord was nominated on the tenth ballot for clerk of the appellate court. It has been discovered that pieces have been chipped off several ancient gravestones in the old Granary bury- ing ground at Boston. The stones over the graves of Paul Revere, John Han- cock and Gov. Increase Sumner all show marks of vandalism. Tke Amecican plate glass works, the largest outside of the trust, has re- sumed operations at Alexandria, Ind. In ali 500 skilled men are being put to work. The starting of this factory will cause a fluctuation of plate glass prices, which the trust increased when the fire occurred. About fifty employes of Sutherland Jcnes’ hardwood saw mill at Munising, Mich., are out on a strike. The men were getting $1.25 a day and up. They ask for $1.40 and up. The managers replied that hereafter they would pay but $1.10 and up, and the strike was the result. The new armored cruiser Brooklyn has sailed for England to participate in the queen’s jubilee celebration to take place this month. The Brooklyn sails under command of Rear Admiral J. N. Miller. She was chosen to rep- resent the United States as being one of the finest ships in the navy. Brig. Gen. John K. Mizner, recently promoted from colonel of the Tenth eavalry, has filed his application for retirement on account of service. The application will be granted and the nomination of his successor as briga- dier general, who will be Col. Henry C. Merriam, of the Seventh infantry. Nine German Catholic pastors of Cincinnati announce that hereafter ser- mons in English as well as in German will be preached in their churches. This is done in furtherance of the spirit of the recent papal decrees look- ing to the conduct of Catholic worship in the established language of the country: The Northern Christian Advocate proposes that a chapel be erected on the campus of the University of Syra- cuse as a memorial of Chancellor Win- chell, Chancellor Haven, Dean Vernon and Dean French. It is suggested that the gift be made by the alumni, and that “the erection of such a memorial could be promoted by making its win- dows individual memorials to deceased patrons, professors or graduates of the university.” - os TO ARREST CLOUGH THE HENNEPIN BENCH TO ISSUE A WRIT FOR THE GOVERNOR. Gov. Clough's Refusal to Appear Be- fore the Hennepin Grand Jury ‘With Documents From His Office is to Be Madea Test Case—Agree- ment Made Whereby the Matter Will Go Before the Supreme ‘Court. Minneapolis, June 9. — The hearing of the arguments before the full bench of the Fourth judicial district was an exceedingly important matter, so im- portant that the arguments were made in executive or star chamber session. Attorney General Childs was on hand with nis reasons why Gov. Clough should not be obliged to answer the subpoena served upon him by the Hennepin county grand jury. Judge Smith is strongly of the opin- ion that the governor ought to revort to the grand jury when required to do so, and especially to present to that body whatever documents he may have which would gssist them in their investigations. Judge Elliott is be- lieved to be of the same opinion. The bench, however, is not a unit. some of the bench believing that the governor, as chief executive of the state, is exempt from any process and canLot be compelled to appear and disclose before the grand jury as to the documents desired by that body. This position they believe to be upheld by a number of similar cases and to be sustained by the Minnesota State laws. After about fifteen minutes of executive session the siege was raised and the attorneys who had come down to the court house to hear the argu- ments with the newspaper men, were informed that there had been no argu- mente. Judge Smith proposes, as the easiest and most satisfactory way of settling the whole business, that an attach- ment for the governor be issued and given to an officer to serve. The at- tachment should be taken to St. Paul and the governor be placed under nominal arrest. Since the governor has determined that the supreme court should pass upon the question, the at- torney general was then, if the gov- ernor was still of the same mind, to refuse to obey the summons, to secure a writ of habeas corpus, which should be presented to the supreme court, and the argument heard by the su- preme bench at that time. This plan was z.cquiesced in by the attorney gen- eral. and the meeting broken up- The writ of attachment was to be signed by Judge Simpson, who had eharge of the ;rand jury. Carried by Republicans. Chicago, June 9.—The judicial elec- tion was carried by the Republicans, who elected all of their candidates by pluralities of about 12,000 in the city and 4,000 in the county outside of the city. Although the ticket was called “Republican” it included all the four- teen judges now on the circuit court bench — eight Republicans and six Democrats. New Political Party. Chicago, June 9.—A new political or- ganization already christened “the Sil- ver Republican Party of the United States” is about to be formed in this city. Its promoters are Henry M. Tell- er, Fred J. Dubois, John P. Jones, I. J. Cannon, Richard F. Pettigrew, Sen- ator Mantle, Charles A- Towne, C. H. Hartman, John F. Shaforth and Chas. H. Allen. Brighter Days in the Shops. Lincoln, Neb., June 9. — All the re- paix men in the Burlington railroad machine shops at Havelock have been put on extra time for an indefinite period. The change is made necessary to keep rolling stock in condition, due to increased traffic. In the building department all the men have for some time been working on full time. Afraid to Return to Urbana. Columbus, Ohio, June 9.—Capt. Leon- ed, of the Urbana military company, is here, and will remain here for some time. Citizens of Urbana have tele- phoned him to come home, assuring him safety. He left the jail in a bug- gy and was recognized by somebody who shouted: “Hang him." The horse was put to full speed. Maxwell’s Executioner. St. Louis, June 9. — Michael Fortin, the man who hanged Walter H. Len- nox Maxwell, the slsyer of Arthur Preller, has been taken to the insane asylum, his mind having gone wrong from constant brooding over what he thought to have been one of the most notable cases ever tried in St. Louis. ; Ought to Be Cured. Appleton, Wis., June 9.—Paul Ihnow, the young man who was struck by a train three weeks ago and injured, has recovered sufficiently to leave the hos- pital, but is now insane, presumably from the pressure of his skull on the brain, where the fracture existed. He was taken to the asylum to-day. Sorg ror Senate. Cincinnati, June 9.—The Times-Star publishes an interview with Congress- man Paul J. Sorg, in which he official- ly announces his candidacy for United States senator in the event the Demo- crats secure a majority of the mem- bers of the legislature to be elected next November. Gold in Terre Del Fuego. Buenos Ayres, June 9.—The Ameri- can expedition which has been explor- ing in Terra del Fuego has been suc- cessful in finding gold in quantities which will yield large profits for the working. Floods in Switzerland, Berne, June 9.—Heavy Floods are re’ ported from various parts of Switzer land, which have caused considerable damage to the crops. The railroad near Brienz is covered by debris from the river. Burhyter Cuts His Thrgat. Fond du Lac, Wis., June 9. — T. L Burhyter, a traveling salesman, com- mitted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Despondency and fam- fly troubles are thought to be the cause. - STRUCK BY A TRAIN. Mon and Wife Instantly Killed at a ‘Crossing. New Prague, Minn., June 9.—An ac- cident caused the instant death of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sachles, living near this place. They were driving to the creamery with milk, as usual, and when crossing the Minneapolis & St. Louis track the wegon was struck by the Flying Dutchman, a passenger train of that road. Both were thrown to the ground with great force and killed. The horse was killed and the wagon smashed to bits. There is no gate or flagman at the crossing and the train was rumning thirty miles an hour. There has been repeated pro- tests by the authorities here as to the crossing, and the danger has been well known. NORTHERN COPPER MINES. Once More Daluth Men Think They Have Found It. Duluth, Minn., June 9. — Ex-Sheriff Butchart and William Osborn of Du- luth have located a new copper prop- erty that will be developed at once. It is near the city limits of Duluth and only about half a mile from the site of the new municipal water plant at Lakewood, just east of Lester river. Some Chicago parties are interested with Butchart and Osborne and will furnish the money. Four experts have examined the property and have pronounced it all righi, and are of the opinion that the vein is a continuation of the Calumet and Hecla vein. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. Chicago, June 9. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 75a77e; No. 3 red, T2aT4c; No. 2 spring, 68369¢e; No. 3 spring, 68a66c; No. 2 hard winter, 68c; No. 3 hard winter, 62a65c; No. 1 Northern spring, 70aiz2e. Corn—Cash No. 2, 23 3-4a24e; No. 3, 223-4a28¢e. Oats—Cash No. 2, 18 1-2c; No. 3, 17a19¢e. Chicago, June 9. — Hogs — Light, $3.45a3.65; mixed, 5003.6: heavy. $3.25a3.60; rough, $3-25a3.35. Cattle— Beeves, $425.10; cows and_ heifers, $2a4.45; Texas steers, $3.15a4.35: stock- ers and feeders, $3.6524.60. Sheep— Natives, $2.75a4.85; Westerns, $3.50a 4.60; lambs, $3.25a5.75. Minneapolis, June 9.—Wheat — June closed at 691-4c; July opened at 7 7-8c and closed at 681-4c; Septem- ber opened at 611-2c and closed at 613-4e. On track—No. 1 hard, 713-8c; No. 1 Northern, 79 1-8c; No. 2 North- ern, 68 5-8¢. Milwaukee, June 9. — Flour steady. Wheat nominal; . 2 spring, 69¢; No. 1 Northern, 741 1-4c. Corn dull and unchanged; Barley steady and quie i Ze 2c; sample, 24a32c. Rye lower; No. 1, 34e. South St. Paul, June 9. $3.30. Cattle—Feeders, $: $4.15; bulls, $2.05a2.35; heifers, $2.75a 2-90; cows, $2.75a3.80. St. Paul, June 9. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 7la711-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 69 1-2a70 1-2c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 20a21c; No. 3, 19a20ce. Oats — No. 3 white, 19219 1-2c; No. 3, 18a18 1-2e. Barley and rye—Sample_ barley, 20a 25s; No. 2 rye, 33a34ce; No. 3 rye, 32a 383c. Seeds—No. 1 flax. T3aT4v; timothy, 90a$1.10; clover, $3.50a4.20. 8 AT ROME IN 1903. The Universal Postal Congress De- cides the Next Place of Meeting. Chicago, June 9.—The universal post- al congress will hold its next sexten- nial convention at Rome. Italy, in Feb- ruary, 1903. This decision was reached at the last meeting of the body held at Washington, but was withheld from the public. it will be formally announced at the close of the present convention next week. The congress has disposed of all the work before it save for signing the general convention of treaty and to take final action on the question of parcels post, looking principally to extending the parcels of this country with various individual countries like Great Britain, Austria-Hungary. France, Germany and Belgiuf. The formal convention is now being printed, and the remain- ing work will occupy scarcely a couple jays. 2 y of the delegates have ve New York on the 17th. EUI WHA IS HERE. The Corean Prince to Be Run Through a Learning Mill. San Francisco, June 9. — Prince Eul Wha. who will probably succeed to the throne of Korea on the death of his father, the reigning king, has ar- rived here on the steamer Coptic from the Orient-. The young man, who is only twenty years of age, has come to America to finish his education, and is accompanied by two Koreans of noble birth, who have been commissioned by the king to see the prince comfortably established in some Eastern institution of learning where he can take a three years’ course in English branches. The prince is the second son of the king, but is expected to succeed, since it is generally understood that the crown prince is an imbecile. APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES. Starving Reconcenirados in Matan- zas Call on Us. New York, June 9.—A special from Havana says: An appeal on behalf of the starving and dying reconcentrados in Matanzas, who excited pity in the hearts of Gen. Lee and Mr. Calhoun. has been made to the people of the United States. Since the United States goverament has begun meas- ures for the relief of American citizens in Matanzas, the desperate plight of the Cuban reconcentrados there has re- sulted in a petiticn, signed by a hun- dred of them, in which they beg in the name of common humanity that they may be included in the charity. The petition is beaded “An appeal to the [nited States.” It is now on its way to Washingtcn. Robery at Chaska. Chaska, Minn., June 9.—A desperate attempt was made to rob the jewelry store of L. Deacon. Three men stood guard while a fourth gained entrance to the store by knocking and arousing the jeweler, who mistook him for the night police. He opened the door, when the man rushed upon him with a large knife, and demanded that he open the safe. The struggle awakened the family. who gave the alarm. The police arrested the man in the store. The others made their escape. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY JEALOUSY RESPONSIBLE FOR THB: DEATH OF TWO PERSONS. Richard Caldwell Shoots and Killa Mary Jenkins—He Was Jealous of Favors Bestowed oP Others— While Resisting Arrest He Ig Shot and Killed by & Deputy, Sheriff. 7. ldwelk ‘airo, INl., June 7.—Richard Ca ' Sabie shot and killed gst Jenkins because he was jealous et - favors she had bestowed on ot we Immediately after the shootlng: = fled to a lumber yard back of a sor where he was found two hours a 4 by the officers. He was ordered a with some difficulty when he poe ; fire on the officers. His first s' . passed through the wrist of Deputy, W. Moore, who Te- Sheriff George Te turned the fire, killing Caldwell - stantly. Moore was acquitted of @ blame by a coroner's jury. THE SULTAN NOT IN IT. ns Are Being Cone Pence A ky the Turkish Ministry. London, June 7.—The correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says: “Acting upon the advice of Iz zet Bey, the sultan is leaving the peace negotiations wholly in the hands of the ministers, thus evading personal re- sponsibility and placing himself in @ position to sacrifice them to popular indignation if necessary. It is report- ed that the palace party has entered into extensive stock exchange opera~ tions on the theory that the market will show 2 rise as the prospects of peace increase. The Ottoman ambas- sador at St. Petersburg has informed the porte that Count Muravieff. the Russian foreign minister, told him he personally objected to Russian inter- vention on behalf of Greece, and had counteracted the feminine intrigues started with that object, but the holy, synod induced the czar to intervene. CONVICTS UNDER CONTROL. Trouble in the San Quentin Prisom at an End. San Quentin, Cal, June 7. — The trouble with the convicts émployed in the jute mill in the prison is about over and no further disturbances is looked for. Work will be started up in that portion of the mill known as the “old jute,” with 400 men. This leaves about 250 of the most desperate and mutinous of the criminals still confined on a diet of bread and water, and it is expected that of these all but the ringleaders of the attack will soon be at work again. The ringleaders and those who took part in the attempt to break from the dungeon will be brought up before the board of direct- ors and their cases considered for pun- ishment. Canada’s Fast Steamship Line. London, Juae James E. Huddart, the Canadian Pacific steamship line promoter, in a long letter to the Times in the course of which he reviews the history of he various attmpts to se- cure a fast service between England and Australia by way of Canada, says. that if he could have foreseen the re- sult, he would not have touched the project with a pitchfork. He is quite certain that the service as contracted for by the firm of Peterson, Tate & Co. of Newcastle, is doomed to fail, and he conclude: “T believe if Can- ada is to receive a fast Atlantic ser- vice she will receive it through me, or it will be deferred indefinitely.” Remarkable Chess Playing. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 7.—A remark- able exhibition of simultaneous blind- fold chess playi Brooklyn ‘J Pills! y. Eight members of the club ‘y: studied the game at chess tal one room while Mr. Pill y from memory in an adjoining room. The games were well conducted om both sides. Mr. Pillsbury frequently. startling his opponents by his combi- nations. After four hours’ playing the score showed that Pillsbury had won six games, lost none. two being drawn. Civil Service and the Indians. Washington, June 7. — The senate committee on civil service has resumed its hearing. Capt. Pratt. superintend- ent of the Carlisle Indian school, con- tinued his testimony. He criticised the civil service system in the Indian ser- vice, saying that as long as he ha@& been in the work he doubted whether he could pass an examination. W. N. Hailman, superintendent of Indian schools, followed Mr. Pratt and took an opposite view. holding that the civil service system had been favor able to the Indian school service. Correspondents to Be Tried. Washington, June 7—It is announced@ that the trial of John S. Schriven. the Washington correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, indicted in 1894 for having refused to answer cer- tain questions asked him by the sen- ate sugar trust investigating commit- tee, will be proceded with immediate- ly. His trial will be followed by that of E. Jay Edwards, the New York cor- respondent of the Philadelphia Presa who stands similarly charged. Cabinet Will Remain in Office. Madrid, June 7.—The queen regent has confirmed Senor Canovas, the ‘pre- mier, in his ministerial powers, an@ the cabinet will remain in office with personnel and policy unchanged. AIF the leading members of the senate and of the chamber of deputies who were consulted by her majesty, as- wens the ee marshals, have ad- vise ie recall of Capt. - Wi from Cuba. i Soe eee —_—____—_.. Denth of Mrs. Nicholson. _ Washington, June 7. — Mrs. H. M. Nicholson. wife of Commodore Nichol- son. retired. died suddenly here. She leaves a family of two daughters and five sons, one of the latter being in the army and the other in the navy. ee Want a Gold Standard. ' Lima, Peru, June 7.—The merchants of Guayaquil held a meeting at which. they resolved, in view of the improve- ment in exchange rates. to petition the government to adopt 7 standard. pt a gold Coren { x |, (> ~ : anne ann » , } — a » — | ‘A — # 4 =