The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895. W WEARY OF JOSEPH JR Mormon Apostles Tire of Waiting for the Revelation. NERVES AT A TENSION. There Seems to Be No Way of Filling Vacancies in the Quorum. THE PROPHET AND THE ANGEL. An Interesting Conversation From Which Sprung the Church of the Saints. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10.—Con- trary to expectations, the quorum of| twelve and Joseph Smith did not bring any revelations from the other world to-day. f the quorum does not have a revelation soon concerning some of the great matters of church government some of the saints end all the laity will grow very weary Bince the beginning of this conference the most intense interest has been shown in all of these sessions, the principal attrac- tion being Joseph Smith, son of the great prophet and himself a seer of highest standin, B ad of the church has to alleviate vacancies vears in the quc The rank and file ap- pear to ! hed the conclusion that there is too much “‘one man’’ power in the | ck The president and the twelve | have been in the habit, it is claimed, of disposing of all mooted questions by quietly referring them to th next conference, This has displeased the Wallace. As he was walking from the streetcar to his sister’s house he fell'to the sidewalk, exclaiming: “I am dying,” and pressing his hand to his left side. A crow gathered and an ambulance was called, but before it arrived Brown was dead. —_— HYPNOTISM CUT NO FIGURE. Justice Horton of Kansas Explains a Remarkable Case. TOPEKA, Kaxs., April 10.—The papers throughout the country have very gener- ally announced that through the decision handed down on Saturday. the Supreme Court of Kansas recognized hypnotism as a defensive plea in a charge of murder. Chief Justice Horton in an interview to- day says: “The inference is wholly un- warranted. A man named Gray procured a gun and incited McDonald to kill one Patten. Gray made McDonald believe that Patten was traducing the character of Mrs. McDonald. All were residents of Sumner County. McDonald, who did the killing, was acqitted. Gray was convicted in the lower court and the Supreme Court affirmed the decision. The case wasknown as the Hypnotist McDonald case, and was not presented to the Supreme Court. 1fit had been, and the same evidence presented to the United States against Gray had been presented against McDonald, the Supreme Court, had it the power, would have ruled for McDonald’s conviction. The acquittal of McDonald seems to have been a miscarriage of justice.” i ety Break én the Screwmen’s Strike. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 10.—The first break in the white screwmen's strike, which has caused such trouble on the levee for months past, occurred to-day, when a large number of the men agreed to go to work for any employer, whether a member of the union or not. APPROVED BY DIRECTORS, Indorsement of the Plan for the Reorganization of the Atchison, Methods by Which Interests of the Stockholders Are to Be Protected. and_their followers, and now they | propose to have a change in the system of | presenting and passing upon questions of | interest to the church. The story of Joseph Smith’s conversa- | tion with the angel Mormoni, from which | sprung the Mormon church, was the main ; feature of to-day’s session of the con ry was told by Mrs. Catherine | v, Joseph Smith’s sister, and the | vor of his immediate family. { lisbury is vears old, but she claims to recall the t the wonaerful sion as though it were but yesterday. | She told how the angel had come to her | brother in the ni d had stood in a glow of white light midway between the tioor and the ceil 1, and had talked for hours, telling where the' golden record was to be found on the hill of Cono- | ran. And then she tald how the plates | had been found, and after much tribula- tion on account of mobs of evil men, they were translated, and how the church of Jesus Christ was founded. At the afternoon session providing for the estab | “Order of Enoch” was laid over until the | next conference. The only other business of importance considered was 4 motion to transfer. the publication .of the Herald, now issued at Lamon, Jowa, to Indepen- dence. The matter was laid over until to- mMOITOW. BOSEBERRY 15 A HASCAL Disappearance of an! Omaha Real Estate Agent: Ex- plained. of the resolution hment of the | He Obtained Thousands of Dollars by Forging His ** Glit-Edge Securities. OMAHA, Nepr., April 10.—Frank Rose- berry, an Omaha real estate dealer who re suddenly two weeks ago, is alleged ve been connected with some very sive swindling through bogus mort- s placed with Eastern investors. He r years done a large business as a broker, handling many mortgages. ge of his crookedness has de- me to light yesterday through the commercial agency of Church & Co. They were instituted reclose on mortgages held by John B. ryker and others of ania. Each had advanced ruments, which purported to cover valu Omaha reaity, and were apparently recorded in proper form. In- vestigation developed that all the persons whose names appeared as mortgaging this property were myths, and the lots were not in existence. The notary and recorder of deeds signatures were forged. Roseberry, duri vas making city loans for various the East, and the conclusion is that} d m a mortgage, sign some fictitious name to it, put on its face the stateme always entered by the Registrar of Deeds and then “forge the Registrar’s name to it, receiving the money for “gilt-edged security” and putting it into his pocket. He must have kept up the interest on the mortgages, for they have not before been sent to this city | for foreclosure. The amount of the for- | geries cannot now be estimated, but judg- | ing from circumstances it will reach far | into the thousands, and his Eastern vic- | tims will probably be many, for Roseberry was loaning money right and left and | using it to plunge with on the Board of | Trade. $1000 on the ins 1890, WO — BODIES IN THE RUINS. Additional Victims of the Terrible Dis- aster at Wheeling. WHEELING, W. Va., April 10. — A large force of men has been at work all day clearing away the debris of the ruined buildings of Hutchinson, Chapman & Son, which fell yesterday. Only one body was recovered to-day, that of Harry Cowl, the méssenger-boy, who was buried in the alley. Three bodies, those of Robert Wincher, Eugene Birch and Michael Horan, are still in the ruins of the Hutch- inson building. 4 Crusade Against Gambling. FORT SMITH, ARk., April 10.—The State Grand Jury in session is making a hot fight on gambling. It has just leaked NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—The board of directors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company met to-day and issued the following circular letter to the stock- holders of the campany: When vour directors were elected they found ur company bankrupt, its property in the nds of receivers, its defaulted interest mounting to many millions of dollars, its floating debt more than $10,000,000, its re- pairs, renewalsand improvements not up to date, and its business badly demoralized. In addition to this the reorganization committee g been considering the problem of re- organization, and had already announced and withdrawn one plan. By the time your direc- tors had acquired & full knowledge of the con- ditions and requirements of your company the original reorganization committees, desiring perfect unity of action, had arranged for & com- mittee, known as the joint exccutive reorgan- ization committee, and this committee had taken up the task of making &, plan where the first committees had left it off. A plan has finally been formulated and announced. During the time throngh which the joint executive reorganization committee has de- voted itself to forming this plan your directors have given unceasing attention to it, and have left nothing undone to insure on the part of the committee a knowledge and consideration of all possible and pertinent facts and opinions relating to & proper recognition of the share- holders. In every feasible way the views of yourdirectors and individual shareholders and their friends have been brought to the atten- tion of the committee. What has been com- municated to it has also been communicated, so far as was proper, to many independent parties of great financlal strength, whose in- terest in the property has been repeatedly and earnestly appealed to or solicited. No new in- terest seemed willing to undertake so great a task as the one presented. The joint executive reorganization committee, therefore, has been alone in the field so far as relates to the actual promulgation of a plan. The reduction of the assessment from $12 per share in the stock, the amount fixed by the first committee, to $10, giving the preferred stock for this assessment, and the reduction of the fixed charges, so as to insure to the stock whatseems to be absolute immunity from the danger of foreclosure in the future, are provisions in line with our ap- peals for fair treatment to shareholders. Though the charges ahead of the present stock are somewhat increased, the property and its possibilities are bettered, and the net result is undoubtedly & great gain over existing con- ditions. In completion of the plan, it was underwrit- ten by Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co. of London and other strong foreign and American bank- ers, who should be able to estimate correctly the probable future of the shares. These under- writers have assumed the liabilities of paying the assessment and taking the stock. It is evident they would not have done this but for the belief that the stock would have its present value or & higher one. The outlook is, there- fore, that the general mortgage bondholders will deposit their bonds, the plan be effective and an entire reorganization of the system be speedily accomplished. In view of these considerations we approve the plan, recommending that the stock be de- posited and the assessment paid, and the re- nization be facilitated in every poseible way. William L. Bulle, James A. Blair, Edwin Berwind, B. P. Cheney, H. R. Duval, Thomas P. Fowler, Charles R. Gleed, Samuel P. Lawrerice, John A. McCall, George R. kerson, Thomas A. Osborne, Frank K. Sturg Fratsrd s s BY ROYAL COMMAND. A Disappointed Poet to Be Taken Buck to Denmark. CHICAGO, Irn., April 10.—Otto A. Dreier, Danish Vice-Consul, left Chicago to-night for Denmark with Gasta Blom- gren, a poet from Finland, who is taken home by royal command. Blomgren has the distinction of being a protege of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, & daughter of King Christian IX of Den- mark, and a sister of the Princess of Wales. The poet has written and sung for several years in America in a vain endeavor to win fame and fortune, and failing of success, wrote the Empress asking to be sent back to Finland. The royal lady immediately referred the matter to the Danish Consul- General at St. Petersburg and a royal order resulted, instructing Dreier to return the home-sick poet to his native land. g GONE T0 KILL HIS WIFE. Mission of a Denver Railroad Man to Salt Lake. D_EN\'F,R, Coro., April 10.—Chief of De- tectives Farrington to-day telegraphed to the Chief of Police of Salt Lake to prevent Clyde Price, a railroad man of Denver, from murdering his runaway wife. Price started for Salt Lake last night, vowing his intention to shoot his wife, who, he be- lieves, eloped with Henry Jamison, who boarded at her house, and is now living with him in Salt Lake. They disappeared early in the year. Mrs. Price is described as a pretty blonde woman of a vivacious disposition. out that they have returned indictments against several prominent society ladies for playing progressive euchre for prizes. L ——— Died on the Street. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10.—Julius : C. Brown| president of the Brown Nut Lock Company of Chicago, arrived this morning on a visit to his sister, Mrs, G, W. R, Frauduleatly Importing Goods. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 10.—United States Commissioner Gray to-day held W. A. C. Scudder and A. H. Gale, of the Scudder- Gale Grocery Company, to answer before the Grand Jury in $500 bail on a charge of fraudulently importing goods on an under- valuation. FLOODS IN THE EAST. Great Damage Is Being Done by Rising Waters. BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY, Rampage of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. HIGHEST IN THIRTY YEARS. In One New Jersey City Residents Leave Their Homes and Flee for Safety. LAMBERTVILLE, N. J., April 10.—Not since the freshet of 1862 has the Delaware River been so high as it was to-day. All the houses on the river frontare flooded and families are moving their furniture in boats. The railroad bridge at Martin’s Creek is under water and nothing can save it from going down, but heavily loaded cars were run on it during the night. Should this bridge give way all the bridges from Easton to Trenton will prob- ably go down. Many factories have been flooded and the aggregate loss will be great. Much excitement prevails and the banks are lined with people. BELVIDERE, N. J., April 10.—Much damage has been done by the freshet in the Delaware River here. The plant of the Belvidere Water Company has been considerabiy damaged. Dwellings on Water street were so flooded that the in- mates had to be taken away in boats. The large icehouse of Boardman Broth- ers was swept away with thousands of tons of ice. Farmers have sustained great losses along the river. The waters are receding to-night. FLEMINGTON, N. J., April 10.—At this point the river is higher than it has been for thirty years. The residents of Stock- ton fear the canal locks will break above the city and flood them. The situation at ‘Washington, N. J., is almost alarming. WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 1.—The Susquehanna River was eighteen feet above low-water mark at 8o’clock to-night. The low lands on the west side of the river between Pittston and Buttonwood are flooded. Many of the truck farmers | had to remove their livestock to higher grounds in a hurry. The flood was un- looked for. If the river continues to rise it is feared that much damage will be done. SUSQUEHANNA, Pa., April 10.—The Susquehanna River has reached to-day the highest point since 1865. To-night half of the Susquehanna-Oakland bridge was washed away. the structure at the time had narrow escapes. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., April 10.—A thaw and heavy rains caused the Mohawk River to rise last night higher than it has been in several years. The entire valley is flooded and the losses are very heavy. TROY, N. Y., April 10.—The biggest freshet in the Hudson in years is threaten- ing this point. The water began to rise rapidly yesterday, and the heavy rains which fell last night added to the flood from the melting snow and ice north of here. The water is fourteen feet above low-tide mark. All the docks from State dam south are sui:merged. All the ferries have suspended, #nd considerable damage has been done to property in cellars and warehouses. MAKING VERY LOW RATES, Home-Seekers’ Excursions Are All the Rage in the East. Cuts of the Rock Island to Be Met by All the Competing Lines. . Al CHICAGO, TrL., April 10.—All the West- ern lines will on April 23 run home-seek- ers’ excursions from all points in their ter- ritory east of the Missouri Riverto points in the West and Southwest. - This action was taken because of the home-seekers’ excursions recently announced by the Texas lines and others in Southwest terri- tory. The excursions will be run at one fare plus $2 for the round trip, and the re- turn portion of the ticket will be good for twgnty days after the date of sale. After the lines had disposed of the ex- cursion business the matter of reduced rates made by the Rock Island, Burlington and Union Pacific because of the excur- sion to Eastern Colorado points run by the Atchison road came up for informal discus- sion. The notices of reduced rates made by the Rock Island, Burlington and Union Pacific were read and confirmed, but the Atchison stated that it was not disposed to take any action until it was assured of the relations of the Rock Island to the as- sociation agreement, as that line had given notice that it was determined to protect its interests if the association agreement was not sufficiently strong to protect its mem- bers. The Rock Island declared that it had no intention of withdrawing from the agree- ment and never had such intention. It had simply made an amicable declaration of its principles. No action was taken at the meeting, but it is probable that the whole thing will result in a revision of the agreement. As the matter stands at pres- ent, the agreement depends on good faith only, and any line has the privilege of doing just as it chooses. Beveral of the lines are beginning to feel that the free- and-easy plan is not productive of the best results and that an agreement with strict lines should be formulated. This will be probably done within a short time. o SR S DIGGING FUOR TREASURE. Cherokees Searching for Gold Buried Many Years Ago. PARIS, Tex., April 11.—Jim Wilinder’s farm near Goodland, in the Indian Terri- tory, is the scene of great excitement caused by searching parties who are digging up his estate in a hunt for $13,000 in gold said to have been buried there by the Cherokees when that triba split up in 1860, one-half joining the Confederate forces in the South. The party is led by two Chero- kees and an old California miner. They have maps and profiles to show where the treasure is buried, but as yet have been un- successful in their search. —_—— Jurors Unable to Agree. SCRANTON, Pa., April 10.—The jury in ' the case of Anna F. Dickinson against Dr. Several people who were on | Underwood, Dr. Hillman, John M. Bry- don, George B. Thompson and others, after being out seventeen hours, was dis- charged to-day, being unable to agree. The Judge announced, in discharging the jury, that he was led to do so only because of the death of a relative of one of the jurors. The majority of the jurors, it is said, favored a verdict for the plaintiff. Miss Dickinson sued to recover $50,000 damages for being incarcerated five weeks in the Danville Asylum in 1801, — ESCAPE UF LUNATICS. They Are Liberated by Train-Robber Perry. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—A tele- phone message from the Mattawan Insane Asylum to the Associated Press states that Train-robber Perry with four others over- powered a watchman at 11 o'clock last night and succeeded in making their escape from the premises. Perry was the ringleader of the plot which resulted in freeing at least four and probably several other persons. They over- powered, bound and gagged a night watch- man, and then made their way through the chapel of the insane asylum. From the chapel they made their way to one of the attics of the building. From there they easily made their escape. The following inmates escaped: Oliver Curtis Perry, Syracuse; Patrick Maguire, New York City; Michael O’Donnell, Brooklyn; Frank Davis, New York City; John Quigley, Brooklyn. The authorities at once gave the alarm and instituted a search for the escaped in- mates. ———— AGAIN SWEPT BY FIRE. The Principal Buildings of Monson, Mass., Threatened. MONSON, Mass., April 10.—Monson, which was visited by a disastrous fire two years ago, was again visited by flames to- night and at midnight the fire was still beyond the control of the firemen, and aid had been summoned from Palmer. The buildings already burned are: Green’s block, formerly the old Congre- gational Chureh; Gray’s Hall and two tenement houses. ‘The wind is fanning the flames directly toward the thickly set- tled portion of the village, and the princi- pal buildings are threatened. The fire started probably in the furniture store of Gray & Lombard, though the cause is not known. e WOMEN CAN'T VOTE THERE. An Towa Judge Declares Female Suffrage Unconstitutional. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 10.— Judge Thompson of the District Court handed down an opinion this after- noon in a contested school elecion case brought before him, holding that the Iowa law granting women the right to | vote in school and municipal elections on tax levies is unconstitutional, on the ground that the constitution of the State provides that only i Dr. Buchanaw’s Last Hope. SING SING, N. Y., April 10.—Dr. Bu- chanan has still one hope of escape from the death chair. C. W. Gibbins, a New York lawyer, will go to Washington to- night to ask the Supreme Court of the United States for a stay of action pending a motion for a new trial. Mr. Gibbins alleges the discovery of new evidence for the defense. Failing to secure a stay upon that ground it is said Gibbins will appeal for the intervention of the British Minister upon the ground that Buchanan is a Brit- ish subject and has not had a fair trial. e Repealing Ordinances. CHICAGO, Iup.. April 10.—The new City Council, at its first session to-night, passed ordinances repealing the Cos- mopolitan electric and Ogden gas or- dinances. It was the passing of these ordinances by the iast Council that created so much public indignation, charges of “‘boodling” being {*eely made against many Aldermen. e 3 Sentence of Rioters. BROODKLYN, N. Y., April 10.—Judge Moore in the Court of Sessions this after- noon fentenced twelve of the prisoners who héd been found guilty of rioting dur- ing the recent strike on the trolley lines. The sentences ranged from sixteen days to a year and six months, the heaviest being for cutting trolley wires. All were sent to the penitentiary. Death of Mrs. James. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—Mrs. James, wife of ex-Postmaster-General Thomas L. James, died to-night from pneumonia at the Murray Hill Hotel. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Will.am Court Gulley isChosen to Preside in the Com- mons. Exclting Scenes During tha Eiection of Sir Arthur Wellssicy Peel’s Successor. LONDON, Ex April 10.—William Court Gulley, member of Parliament for Carlisle, the Government candidate, was elected Speaker of the House of Commons to-day in succession to Sir Arthur Welles- ley Peel, who resigned on Monday, by a narrow majority of eleven. The Parnellites voted against the Government. Mr. Gulley is a Liberal, who supports Gladstone’s Irish policy. Samuel Whitebread, a Liberal member of the House Committee on Selections since 1866, nominated Gulley for the speakership. Right Hon. Sir John Mowbray, Conser- vative, chairman on the committee on selections since 1874, nominated the Right Hon. Sir Matthew Ridley, Conservative member for Blackpool Division of Lanca- shire. A. J. Baliour supported Ridlay’'s nomi- nation. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, a Liberal leader, said he regretted that Balfour had given a party character to the proceedings. The yote re- sulted: Ayes 235, noes 274. The election of Gulley to the speaker- ship was attended by exciting scenes. Bal- four said that it was wrong that a man so absolutely unknown in a parliamentary capacity as Mr, Gulley should be nomi- nated. Sir William Vernon Harcourt re- plied warmly, and Balfour again arose. He was received with loud cries of “‘Spoken, epoken‘” from the McCarthy- ites, led by Thomas Healy. This continued for several minutes,while Balfour stood unmoved at a table. Amid great excitement the members vainly en- deavored to induce Healy to desist. There were loud, angry cries of “Name,” but the chair being vacant it was impossible to call him to order. Ultimately, however, Bal- four was allowed to speak. —_— Wilde’s Books Withdrawn. LONDON, Exa., April 10.—The British Museum has withdrawn from public use in the library books of which Oscar Wilde is the author. RALLY OF SILVER MEN Rapid Progress in the Battle for Free Coinage. PLAN OF THE NEW PARTY Laboring Men Interested in the Movement in the East. VIEWS OF SENATOR DUBOIS. Voters WIill No Longer Be Fooled by Meaningless Phrases In Platforms. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—Sen- ator Dubois, who has just returnea from New York, says: “It requires but little effort to discover that the silver sentiment is making rapid progress thronghout the East. Mr. Depew is reported to have said that the East was almost unanimously in favor of a single gold standard; that 99 out of every 100 people in the East were gold mono- metallists. *Unless he was misquoted he has cer- tainly not been very observing. I will venture the assertion that a large number of the employes of his road favor a full restoration of silver by this country alone. Probably the directors and large stock- holders do not. I have taken some pains to talk with cardrivers and conductors and laboring men in New York City during the past six weeks, also with a very consider- able number of business men, and know there is a most decided free-silver senti- ment even in New York City. ““The producers, wage-earners and busi- ness men of moderate means do not listen any longer with patience to advocates of the gold standard. They are no longer frightened by stock phrases of ‘Cheap money,” ‘50-cent dollars,’ ‘Silver Barons,” etc. They know they are hurt. They understand that times are hard and see no prospect of their getting better. “People realize now that the prosperity promised did not follow the repeal of the Sherman act and they understand that we are on a gold basis and that the money- holders intend to keep us there. They know that there is not sufficient gold to e | serve as a safe basis for money and that a male citizens may vote. | large majority of our people will continue in want and suffering until silver is again placed alongside of gold as a basis for cur- rency. *In my judgment the outlook for silver is brighter. A great majority of voters want it restored, and they will find a way to secure what they want. They will not be fooled any more with meaningless reso- lutions in national platforms, nor by poli- icians who talk one way and vote another.”” The leaders of the new silver party are said to be laying plans for the attempted conversion of the labor elements of the East to the free-silver doctrine. They are credited with the opinion that the existi unrest and dissatisfaction among the labor- ing classes can be used to excellent advan- tage in furthering their plans. An outline of their intentions, furnished to-day, contains the statement that they will charge that much of the trouble of the laboring classes is due to what they term contracted currency and to the monopoly of the goldbugs. Secialistic classes will be arrayed against the gold standard as being synonymous with capital and monopoly. Wall street and the Rothschilds were set up asthe bugbears of the workingmen, and were re- sponsible for all their ills, and the free coinage of silver and enlarged circulating medium will be suggested as the only cure for the existing troubles. Hundreds of books and pamphlets pre- senting the silver question are being cir- culated throughout the country. Every time an Eastern man makes a declaration in Jfavor of free coinage the promoters of the new party seize upon it eagerly and give it the widest circulation. On the other hand, the assertion of Senator Sherman that free coinage ‘“would result in the most tremendous financial panic this country has ever known, and would paralyze business and trade beyond anything ever known by any nation in the world.” is hooted as merely the raving of a “goldbug.” DENOUNCED BY PALMER. He Speaks of the Call for Free Silver in No Measwured Terms. SPRINGFIELD, IrL., April 10.—From present indications, United States Senator John M. Palmer proposes to fight the so- called free-silver Democrats of Illinois to a finish. The venerable Senator this even- ing made such a declaration. “T am in this fight to stay,” hesaid, “and I will not be beaten either. “Some members of the State committee were in the secret, others were not. Some of the committee attached but little impor- tance to the meeting of the State commit- tee and gave their proxies thoughtlessly, and others who appeared in person are re- ported to have asked some delay in a measure which was intended by the man- agers to separate the Democracy of Illinois from the Democratic party of other States. “I had no notice, formal or otherwise, of the meeting of the State committee, nor do I understand that the Democracy of the State was better informed than I was. ‘When the committee assembled, I am told, a call for a convention to meet in June was produced, of which Mr. Hinrichsen was the author. On this call the Democracy of the | State was told by the committee that the only question before the country is that of the currency. There are other statements in the call to which I only revert fora moment. One of them is that the Federal election laws are repealed, never to bere- enacted, when there are good reasons for believing that upon a return of the Repub- lican party to power they will enact laws still more vigorous in character. “‘It is further declared in the call that no general tariff legislation will be attempted for many years, while it is known that upon a return of the Republican party to power they will attempt to apply and ex- tend the doctrine of protection to the foreign commerce of the United States. Protection, with all of its socialistic fea- tures, is republicanism. I repeat that, in my opinion, the call for a State convention was issued as a means of entrapping the Democratic party into the silver move- ment. “The call is without precedent, not only in the history of the Democratic party in 1llinois, but “of any other party in other States.” , ¥ Mails for the Orient. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—Super- intendent Wright of the Railway Mail Service has issued an order directing Post- masters and railway postal clerks making up mails for China, Japan and other coun- tries west of the Pacific to mark them “Trans-Pacific foreign.” The practice of labeling these packages ‘‘San Francisco, Cal.,” and “Tacoma, Wash.,” will be dis- continued. Under the new arrangements, packages of Pacific Mail will be forwarded by the steamer first sailifg, whether from San Francisco or Tacoma. —_——— ARE EASILY DETECTED. An Expert Government Engraver Exam- ines the Counterfeit Stamps. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—A quantity of the counterfeit stamps were sent from the Postoffice Department to the bureau of engraving and printing to be ex- amined by the chief of the bureau. After careful study the chief said that from cer- tain peculiarities he believed the paper on which the counterfeits were printed was manufactured in England and was gummed before it was printed. It could have been made in this country, however, without violation of law, as the manufac- ture of paper for postage stamps is not pro- hibited as is that intended for greenbacks. Recently the bureau has decided to adopt paper having a certain distinguishing wa- termark, and the manufacture of paper with this mark will fall within the counter- feit laws. The ink used on the counter- feits, Mr. Johnson says, is of an ordinary character and could have been obtained easily. The specially weak point of the present counterfeits is in the plate and press used. The impressions are good enough to deceive ordinary inspection, but their fraudulency is clearly evident on a close inspection without the aid of magni- fying glasses. AAMOR-PIERCING SHELLS Some Successful Tests Made | at the Indian Head Prov- ing Grounds. Projectiles That Will Explode After Passing Through a Ship’s Side. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—There | were several interesting tests at the naval proving grounds at Indian Head to-day. First came an acceptance test of a semi- armor piercing 13-inch shell carrying a large explosive charge and representing a lot of fifty such shells. This was required to pierce a 7-inch nickel-steel plate and carry its burst charge through in condition to explode on the other side. The shell | tested to-day was of the Sterling type and completely met the conditions imposed. 1t was made of forged steel and penetrated the plate without sensible deformation or fracture of the shell. Next came a test of fixed ammunition for a 6-inch rapid-fire gun, the largest gun of this type intended for naval use. The shells were made by the Winchester ‘Arms Works and func- tioned perfectly. A few days ago some tests were made of the service percussion fuse for shells of the 5-inch guns when fired at 2-inch steel armor plates. The fuse then -carried through the plates before exploding. There were further experiments to-day to settle an important point that had been left unsettled, namely, the distance that the shells carried beyond the plate before exploding. A plate was supported on piles over the water. Behind this stakes were placed at intervals of six feet and an ob- server was stationed to one side to note where the explosions occurred. It was seen that the shells, after perforating the plates, burst at distances ranging from ten to thirteen feet in the rear. This was ex- actly what was wanted, as it insures the explosion of the shell in the interior of a ship if it gets through its side, —_— OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Increase of the Pension List on the Pacific Slope. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—Far- rier Thomas Smith, Presidio of San Fran- cisco, is placed on the retired list by order of the Secretary of War. A postoffice has been established at Heceta, Or., with Andrew P. C. Huld as postmaster. Pensions have been granted as follows: California, original —B. Homer Fair- child, deceased, Pomona, Los Angeles County; John H. Murphy, Petaluma, Sonoma County; George May, Ecklin, Placer County. Increase—George New- comb, Verdue, Los Angeles County. Origi- nal widows, etc.—Catharine McCleery, Stockton: Sarah A. Fairchild, Pomona, Los Angeles County. Oregon: Original — Adam J. Williams. Roseburg, Douglas County. Washington: Original—George W. Zig- ler, Calispell, Stevens County ; Jacob Shaf- ter, Seattle. ARE ALMOST AGREED, The Negotiations of the Envoys for Perma- nent Peace. ONE TERM NOT SETTLED. Seven of the Eight Demands of Japan Are Virtually Accepted. TRADE MATTERS IN DISPUTE. It Would Seem, However, That the War in the Far East Will Soon End. SHOMONESKI, Jaraw, April 10.—The negotiations were continued to-day be- tween Count Ito and Li Hung Chang. | The conference lasted two hours. Vis- | count Mutsu, one of the Japanese commis- sioners, was ill and not able to attend the | ‘conference. TIENTSIN, Cuixa, April 10.—The Brit- ish steamship Yik Sang, which was cap- tured by a Japanese man-of-war outside of Taku, having on board 220,000 cartridges, shipped at Shanghai by a respectable Ger- man firm as “bamboo and steel,”’ has been taken to Port Arthur. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—The cable report that seven of the eight terms of peace between Japan and China have been agreed upon occasions much specula- tion here as to the eighth term on which Japan insists. The Japanese officials say they have no information of the eight conditions. There is no doubt, however, that five of the most | essential conditions are those given in these dispatches at the outset of the negotiations, viz.: A new Japan-China treaty conceding Japan extra- territorial courts in China, but denying the latter country extraterritorial courts | in Japan; independence of Korea; an in- | demnity of about $200,000,000; occupation of Port Arthur and Wei-hai-wei for aterm of years; cession of the island of Formosa. | "The five terms are now fully confirmed | by the later developments of the confer- | ence. Three additional ones have now been added and these, it is believed, relate to trade matters. Which one of these eight terms of peace is the cause of delay is not known here. REPLY TO MORGAN, English Statesmen to Act on the Bering Sea Question. LOXDON, Exa., April 10.—The Earl ot Kimberly probably will lay before the House of Commmons an elaborate reply to Senator Morgan’s speech in the United States Senate on the Bering Sea question. The reply was prepared by Sir Julian Pauncefote, and an analysis of many of Morgan’s statements shows them, if is stated, to be erroneous in fact in many particulars and unjust in con- clusion. The subject is handled in the | form of a report from Sir Julian as to the status of the negotiations for paying the claim of the masters of the Canadian seal- | ers seized in Bering Sea. It shows Mor- gan erred in stating that ficticious values had been put on some of the vessels and cargoes seized. It also appears, itis stated, that Morgan’s statement of interest is erroneous, and that no interest was included. The total amount is declared to be merely about one-half the just and reasonable allowance agreed to by the Canadian masters, although they finally agreed to a a reduction of their claims. B Vietory of Radical Danes. COPENHAGEN, DexmaRk, April 10.— The great Radical victory in the general election for members of the Lower House of the Danish Diet, when sixty-one Radicals were elected—a gain of fifteen seats for that party—causes immense excitement, and augurs badly for the peaceful settlement of the political situa- tion. The defeat of the Conservatives in Copenhagen was entirely unexpected. Bl Ex-Minister Manoz Dead. CITY OF MEXICO, Mex., April 10. Jesus Fuentos Manez, ex-Minister of Fi- nance and director of the Monte de Piete, is dead. — They Have No Quarrel. BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINE, April 10. It is officially denied that there is any quarrel between Argentine and Chile. NEW TO-DAY. —=HOYS — —F0 FHE~ —FRONT— ‘This is Boys’ Week at Summerfield’s. All over the store and ornamenting the big windows you will see high class novelties in Boys’ and Children’s Clothing for Easter. We alone of the big Clothiers of S. F. buy our entire stock at spot cash. 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