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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDA:Y, APRIL 13, 1895. OPPOSED BY RUSSIA Objects to Japan Getting Any of the Asiatic Territory. MAY RESORT TO FORCE. Her Army and Navy Being Massed in the Far East for the Purpose. CLOUDS ON THE PEACE PLANS. Unless Terms Are Speedily Con- cluded the Mikado’s Men Will March to Peking. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 2.—Tt isstated on excellent authority that Russia has determined to make diplomatic oppo- sition to the annexation by Japan of any The portion of the Asiatic continent. Russian army and navy in the far Eas being re-enforced, with the view of sup- porting this decision. The Russian Government has also re- solved not to interfere in Armenia, in order to have a free hand in the far China, considering it impos to accept the Japanese conditions of peace, is sounding Rusgia and other powers as to whether they will intervene. YOKOHAMA, Jaraxn, April 12Tt is | stated here on reliable authority that unless | peace is concluded within the period of the armistice truce it will not be extended, and the Japanese armies will in May advance upon Peking. It is officially stated that the cholera in the Pescador Islands, recently occupied by the Japanese forces as the base of opera- tions against the island ‘of Formosa, is abati: LONDON, Exc., April 12—A dispatch to the Times from Kobe says hopes are enter- tained of an early settlement of peace. | With regard to the prospective revision of the Japanese-Chinese apmmercial treaty, responsible Japanese statesmen claim that Japan will be placed on an equal footing | with the western powers, possibly with further trading facilities, but she will not | seek exclusive facilities. WASHINGTON, D- C., April 12—0ffi- cial advices received at the Japanese le- gation to-day from Japan indicate that an understanding has been reached between the Ja and Chinese plenipoten- tiaries, and the news of the definite con- clusion of peace may be expected at any time. The exact terms cannot be ascer- tained, but it 1s understood that, in re- sponse to repeated requests of the Chinese plenipotentiaries for the abatement of the demands originally made by them, the Japanese plenipotentiaries have granted some concessions. Brief as the foregoing official message is, it marks the close of the Japan-China war, barring the possi- bility, of course, of some unexpected hitch at the last moment. The announcement of the exact terms of peace is yet to come; but from what is known of the negotiations thus far every- thing points to a peaceful solution. It was officially announced that the terms being insisted on were as follows: First—The independence of Korea. Second—The permanent cession of the island of Formosa to hird—An indem taels, Chinese money. Fourth—The permanent occupation of Port Arthur and the immediate surround- ing territory. Fifth—The new Japan-China opening China to commerce. The two conditions which have caused trouble are the permanent occupation of Port Arthur and the payment of 300,000,000 taels. Minister Kurino of Japan said, concern- ing the Japan-China peace understanding announced to him by official cable from Tokio to-day: “The cablegram is quite brief, and does not recite the terms, nor does it say that peace as yet has actually been agreed upon, but an understanding has been reached between the envoys by which peace is assured. I have no doubt from this that we will have a treaty of peace within a few days. It undoubtedly will be concluded within the next seven days, as the armistice expires at the end of that time. Bhould it not be arranged by that | time there would probably be no difficulty n continuing a truce, now that a peace understanding has been definitate! reached. There may be some delay in ar- ranging the details of the new Japan- China treaty, as it will cover all of the commercial interests of the two countries. One of the most essential items will be that of the tariff. Heretofore the Japanese duty had 5 per cent on Chinese goods, and under the favored nation clause all other countries were entitled to the same rate. “But with Japan’s new treaties with the United States, Great Britain and all other countries which contain the favored-nation clause, it will not longer be possible to give China the 5 per cent rate.” Mr. Kurino said that in the absence of definite word from his Government as to the terms of the peace understanding he did not wish to speculate on the terms. He regarded it as settled, however, that the island of Formosa would bg perma- nently ceded to Japan. That much had already proceeded beyond the stage of con- tention. He also considered the inde- pendence of Korea as settled. This would leave the question of indemnity, of Port Arthur’s occupation and of future treaty arrangements as the subjects on which the Japanese plenipotentiaries may have granted some concessions. These conces- sions may apply to one or the other of the terms or to all of them. The Ministeris hardly prepared to be- lieve there is no occupation of Port Arthur. of 300,000,000 treaty It is possible that a term of years may be conceded instead of permanent occupa- tion, or else that the extent of surround- ing territory may be more restricted than at first contemplate d, Mr. Kurino takes a conservative view of the conclusion of peace. He shares the feeling of his coun- trymen that Japan had won the right to expect much as the price of peace. The Minister communicated the information from Japan to the State Department dur- ing the day. It was after the Cabinet meeting, however, and Secretary Gresham did not communicate the news to his Cabi- net colleagues. Later in the day President Cleveland was informed. PRINCE LI RECOVERING. Negotiations Weve Progressing Favorably When the Envoy Was Wounded. TOKIO, JArAN, March 20.—Until the peace conferences at Bakan were inter- rupted by the’ attempt to assassinate the . Chinese Embassador the entire course of proceedings indicated a speedy and satis- factory issue.' The credentials brought by Li Hung Chang, concerning which no little anxiety was felt, proved on examina- tion fo be exactly in accordance with the form guaranteed by the United States Minister in Peking. During their prepara- tion several efforts had been made to alter the phraseology in such a way as to assert the superiority of the sovereign of China over his imperial brother of Japan. The titlesof the former were recited with rigorous formality,while those of the latter were omitted. By an ingenious manipula- tion of words the document was made to declare that the envoy was dispatched in consequence of Japan’s desire to end the WA, These and other eccentricities of a like nature were pointed out and amended be- fore the departure of Li from Peking, but the uneasiness of the Japanese was not en- tirely removed until the papers delivered by the Embassador on March 20 were duly scrutinized. On the 21st the negotiations began in earnest. The demands of Japan were presented, and it is understood that they met with opposition upon one point only. Notwith- standing the apparent completeness of Li's powers, he expressed a desire to com- municate with his Government, and was granted three days for that purpose. On the 24th, however, he declared himself ready to proceed. In the interval, hisin- tercourse with the Japanese officials was extremely cordial. Visits were exchanged, during which the general conversation was in the lightest and gayest tones. When the session of the 24th ended it was believed that the meeting of the fol- lowing day would be the last. Thisim- pression was not, of course, based, upon any authoritative announcement, but the bearing of all concerned appeared to jus- tify it. The demeanor of the envoy, in particular, as he left the conference hall and entered his huge sedan chair, was more cheerful and confidert than on any previous day. A few moments later the town was in commotion and alarm, and before evening came the whole country learned, with dismay and indignation, that a murderous attack had been made upon the messenger whom the vanquished nation had sent to sue for peace and mercy. Since the 27th of March Prince Li has felt scarcely any pain. He received vis- itors continually and seemed to be greatly pleased with the friendly manifestations which his misadventure has called forth. If his recovery proceeds as rapidly as is expected, the business upon which he came will be resumed early in April. Perhaps the danger he has so narrowly escaped will reconcile the extremists of the war faction to an earlier termination of hostilities, which they once thought impossible. The Japanese are a generous people, and if the aged envoy can carry through the negotiations with greater ad- vantage to his stricken country than is commonly expected, they will not now grudge him. Upon the motive of the das- tardly criminal no light has yet been thrown. DEFEAT. BY THE SPANISH. Cuban Insurgent Leader Maceo Sur- rounded by the Enemy. MADRID, Sparx, April 12.—An official dispatch received here from Havana says that the rebel leader, General Maceo, has again been defeated by the Spanish troops, and that he is now surrounded by the lat- ter. Marti is believed to have fled to the United States. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—It was announced last night in Cuban circles in New York that General Martinez Campos, whom the Spanish Government sent to Cuba to put down the insurrection, has ar- rived at Puerto Rico. The Columbian line steamer Allianca arrived this evening from Colon. Captain Crossman reports that on the homeward voyage he passed within five miles of the Cuban coast. The officer on the bridge sighted the same barkentine-rigged Spanish gunboat that fired on the Allianca on her previous voyage. The gunboat was close under the Cuban coast, heading to the westward. She paid no attention to the Allianca, which steamed along on her usual course. e Oy, NATIVES LOOK TO FRANCE. Signatures to Petitions for British Rule Obtained by Force. PARIS, Francr, April 12.—The Matin publishes a letter from M. Francois De- loncle, an anti-English French Deputy, whose presence at Cairo recently attracted considerable attention in view of the some- what strained relations between France and England, growing out of the Niger Company’s protest against the French in- trusion in certain districts of the Upper Nile. Deloncle says Egvpt was never more tranquil than now, and that signa- tures to petitions praying for a continu- ance of British rule in that country are only obtained by force. IHe adds that Lord Cromer, the British Minister Pleni- potentiary, is planning a French expedi- tion to Dongola in order to create a com- plication and afford an excuse to maintain the British occupation of Egypt. He con- cludes by asserting that the natives look to France for a solution of the presen situation. 7 e PLOTS TO ASSASSINATE. Arrest of Nihilists Who Were After a Russian General. LONDON, Excrasp, April 12—A dis- patch to the Daily News from Warsaw says: The police have discovered a plot to assassinate Governor-General Schouvaloff, who was lately Russian Embassador to Germany. Many arrests of persons charged with complicity in the plot, including two ladies, bave been made. The dispatch adds thata general who was arrested on the charge of selling mili- tary documents to Austria had wounded himself in an attempt to commit suicide. e i Life is short and art is long. The art of good cooking is facilitated through Dr. rice’s Cream Baking Powder. £ alaniey Miss Cameron’s Jewels Stolen. LONDON, Exg., April 12.—Sir Roderick Cameron, a well-known ship-owner of New York City, and one of his daughters were among the passengers intending to travel from this city to Paris yesterday evening by a mail train from Victoria station, Miss Cameron was carrying a tin case, in which was a quantity of very valuable jewelry and drafts and notes for a large amount. This box was snatched from Miss Cameron by a thief, who escaped in the confusion that followed. 2 i Ludlow Will Return. N, Exc., April 12.—Lieutenant- Colonel Ludlow, a military attache of the American Embassy here, recently ap- pointed a military engineer of the Nicara- guan Canal Commission, will sail for New York on the Berlin from Southampton Saturday. \ S I France Still Wants Herz, PARIS, Fraxce, April 12.—Soleil says that, contrary to the previous reports, the Government of France is not inclined to fibondon its demand for the extradition from England of Dr. Cornelius Herz, the Panama canal lobbyist. [T WAS VERY EXPENSIVE The Cutter Officers Are Called Upon for Campaign Funds. o RETIRING BILL COST $15000. Many of the Men Are Very Indignant But Dare Not Saya Word. Nine hours before the last Congress ad- journed Senator Frye succeeded in having a law enacted pertaining to the revenue cutter service, which is known to materi ally affect twenty-four officers, and pos- sibly as many more the moment the law becomes operative. Senator Frye's bill in its amended form reads as follows: The President of the United States is hereb; authorized to convene a board, to be composes of three surgeons of Marine Hospital service, to examine and report upon all officers now in the revenue cutter service who, through no vicious habits of their own, are incapacitated by reason of the infirmities of age or physical or mental disability to efficiently perform the respective dutiés of their offices. And such officers as, under the terms of this act, may be reported by said board to be so perma- nently incapacitated shall be placed on wait- ing orders out ot the line of promotion, with one-half actual duty pay, and the vacancies already created in the active list of officers shall be filled by promotion in the order of senfority, as now provided by law; provided, however, that no such promotion shall be made until the professional gualities of the candidates shall be determined by written ex- amination befere a board of officers of the revenue cutter service, convened by the Secre- tary of the Treasury for that purpose; pro- vided, further, that the number of officers upon the actual list now authorized by law shall not be increased by this act. This bill was passed through the instru- mentality of an organization composed of revenue-cutter officers, known as the “Alexander Hamilton Club.,”. The main object of this organization, which sprang into existence in 1886, was the general bet- terment of the service and the passage of a law of Congress retiring officers on a pen- sion after a certain age, or after they had been in active service a given time. In this bill the Hamilton Club has accom- plished a part of its mission, though now that the thing has been done some are in- clined to be dissatisfied. Those who have been on “‘waiting ‘orders’ for the past ten or fifteen years, drawing three-quarter pay, are naturally displeased with a reduc- tion to half pay. Those who can exclaim with pride, “l\\e are promoted,”’ are will- ing to embrace the bill fore and aft, but just at that point their enthusiasm comes to a sudden halt. About two weeks ago Lieutenant Wads- worth of the Rush received a longty written document from C. T. Shoema! chief of the bureau and tre: Hamilton Club, informing him that the expense of securing the passage of the bill was great and in_order to meet this outlay every member of the club was expected to pay the small sum of $112. When this de- mand was made on the officers a genuine howl of dismay and_a chorus of protests went up. But for all that every man ex- cept one in the eutter service with head- quarters in San Francisco either denies the story in toto or announces that he has nothing to say Some of the officers have flatly refused to contribute one cent for the purpose asked, while others have put up the coin of the realm to the amount asked for. A lieu- tenant in the cutter service and a member of the Alexander Hamilton Club stated positively that such a demand has been made, but that the men are afraid to enter any very vigorous protest for fear that their superior officers will make things so unpleasant for them that retirement from the service or open rupture would be bound to follow. In speaking of the mat- ter yesterday he said: Members of the Alexander Hamilton Club on the Pecific Coast have been asked to pay $112 each, presumably for the expenses attached to the pussage of the retiring bill. A paper was sent here two weeks ago to a lieutenant of one of the revenue-cutters for various officers to sign, agreeing to pay this amount. This money is nsked for over the signature of Captain Shoe- maker. Many of us strenuously object to being but I hardly see what we can do about i 3 1f every member of the club paid $112 that would mean at least $15,000, and possibly £20,000, for the passage of a bill that is only operative for the one time, and which must necessarily be passed at every session of Con- gress 1n order to do the good hoped for by the members of the Hamilton Club, Icannot see where Mr. Shoemaker can bring in an expense account of that amount, and it certalnly is against the rules of the Hamilton Club to spend one dollar without the authority of its mem- bers. The officers of the revenue cutters Bear and Rush are very reticent concerning the matter. They will neitheraffirm nor deny the truth of tfm alleged demand. Lieuten- ant Wardsworth of the Rush said: T hsrdly think that this is a matter in which the public is in any way interested. The Hamilton Club_has been fighting for the pas age of this bill for the past Six or eight year: and naturally it has lost a lot of money. Lawyers' fees In Washington are high, and there are & thousand other incidentals never thought of when the fight is begun. Captain Shoemaker is an honorable gentleman,and I am sure that any demand he has :aade on the officers is perfectly legitimate and honest. A CaLn reporter then asked Lieutenant Wardsworth the direct question, if it was true that he had received from Captain Shoemaker a type-written letter requesting him to demand $112 from every officer in his division? “I must respectfully decline to answer that question, as I consider it of noim- portance to the public.” Lieutenant Ballinger of the Rush heartily agreed with all that was said by his fellow-officer, and when it came to af- firming or denying the truth of the sto followed the example set by the first- named gentleman and declined to make a definite statement. \ The officers of the Bear were very much inclined to joke about the matter, repeat- edly asserting that such a sum of money could not be found in the entire ship. They, too, sought refuge in a simple ‘‘de- cline to answer’” when pressed to the point of a direct reply. Captain Colson of the Life Savings De- partment and Lieutenant McConnell of the revenue tug Hartley were equally un- communicative, though the last-named gentleman did say that he had personally received an item of expense amounting to $67, which was to be divided among abou 150 members. 5 Altogether there is considerable mystery surrounding the demand on the part of Captain Shoemaker for §112 from each officer interested. ok The lieutenant, who is authority for the statement that this sum has been de- manded of the members, cannot see how $15,000 could be spent in securing the pas- sage of so unimportant a bill, and says that only fear of Ll‘x’e ‘‘powers that be” pre- vents other oflicers from openly rebelling. A BEAM OF LIGHT. Professor Bell Thinks It Can Be Used to Telephone With. Professor Alexander Graham Bell be- lieves that telephoning by means of a beam of light will yet be commercially practica- ble. This belief has grown out of a long course of experiments with selenium, which is marvelously sensitive to the influ- ence of light, when exposed to which it gives vibrations that can be electrically transmitted. This remarkable power of transmission induced Professor Bell to test other materials with a view to deter- mine how far they possessed -the same quality. He placed various substances in a test tube, and, after making a connection with a hearing tube, subjected them to the influence of intermittent light. Sounds of various intensity are hear,flE through the tube, according to the intensity of thelizht and the color. Objects that were diffuse, as woolen, cotton, worsted, etc., gave out the loudest noises, says the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. One day, as an experiment, he blackened some red worsted with lampblack. The sounds it uttered were heightened to such a pitch that they positively rasped on the ear. Some soot was then put into the tube and exposed to the rays of an arc lamp. There was such a storm of sounds that Pro- fessor Bell describes it as a “‘frying’’ noise. This led him to experiment with the sounds produced by artificial light, but he found that the light was neither nendY enough nor strong enough. Professor Bell’s stor: of the way in which he became convincex of the possibility of telephoning without wire is interesting. Some yearsago he.had fixed a thin, highly polished reflector in such a position that it directed the light from a distant schoolhouse roof through the window of his laboratory in Washing- ton, and a friend who was assisting him stcod on the schoolhouse roof. As Profes- sor Bell describes it: ‘A bit of selenium was placed in a test tube, and all was in readiness, All of a sudden, as I was listen- i;lf, out of the sunbeam came these words: ‘Mr. Bell, Mr. Bell! If you hear what 1 am saying come to the window and wave your arms.’” Professor Bell considers the success of these experiments as even more wonderful and of greater siznificance than was the discovery of the telephone. THE GAAND ARMY LADIES, Mrs. Gunlock, President of the Society, Is Here on Her Work. A Busy and Enthusiastic Worker for a Flourishing Or- ganization. Mrs. Nettie A. Gunlock, the national president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, is out here on her work among the different circles of the order, visiting the different departments, forming new circles and getting up a feel- ing of interest among those who are eligible to membership. Those are the mothers, wives, sisters and danghters of Mrs. Gunlock. [Drawn from a photograph.] the men who hold honorable discharges from the army for service during the Civil War., Mrs. Gunlock is very enthusiastic in her work and most energetic. She misses no encampments and is visiting every depart- ment in theUnited States. She is tobe at the coming State encampment in Sacra- mento on the,.22d:but expects to go to Oregon and Washington on the work of her mission before that. - Last evening, sl;l)enkmg of the society and her worlk, she said : The national headquarters ot the Ladies of the G. A. R. is this year at Chicago, which is my home. The association was formed on the 18th of November, 1886, out of and by the union of the State Relief Corps of Maine and the Ladies of the Loyal Legion. It is not auxil- iary but co-ordinaté to the Grand Army of the Republic. In fact we form circles al times where there is no_post of the G. A. R. We are doing & good and noble work in helping our old and poor veterans in trying to get them all out of the poorhouses and we are doing much toward establishing homes. The work is going on gradually all the time and all over the country. For an organization of women it is doing n great deal of good. The department of Illinois of the Grand Army hsldeur recognized our work officially, not as auxiliery but as co- workers and helpers. There are over 20,000 members in the United States now. Since the first of last Ncvember we have added 30 new_circles and 745 new members. In this State there is a number of circles, all of which I expect to visit before I return home. You have here in tnis city one of the banner circles of the whole country, and that is the Beven Pines Circle. The day will couie when our organization will bear to the Civil War the relation that the Daughters of the Revolution do to the War of Independence, for none are eligible to membership except those whose ';le({,plt earned them the right to it on the field of battle. ALV KELLOGG DEAD A Pioneer Merchant of This City Passes Suddenly Away. One of Those ldentified With the Early Progress of San Francisco. Calvin Whitwood Kellogg died at his residence, 2009 O’Farrell street, yesterday after a brief illness. Mr. Kellogg was 73 years of age at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and three children by a former marriage. Mr. Kellogg was one of the pioneers of California. He came to 8an Francisco in 1854. After a few years spent in mining he became connected with the house of Fargo & Co., wholesale wine and spirit mer- chants. Ten years later Mr. Fargo retired and the firm chan to Wilmerding, Kellogg & Co. Mr. Kellogg has been con- nected with the firm eyer since. Like most of the California pionee.s, Mr. Kellogg experienced many of the vieissi- tudes of life. He made and lost large sums in stocks. He was president of the Com- mercial Insurance Company, and with Alvinza Hayward founded the Merchants’ Exchange "Bank, of which he was president. 3 Mr. Kellogg had many friends, being known over the entire Pacific Coast. Though 73 years of age at the time of his death, he was full of vigor, and his demise was unexpected. Six weeks ago he seemed well. He was then stricken with acute Bnfihts disease. The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon from his late residence, 2009 O"Farrell street. % —————————— Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder wants your patronage. Unexcelled qualities of strength and purity. A trialiséonvincing. e Protect Americans. CONSTANTINOPLE, Tursey, April 12, —The impending arrival of the American warships San Francisco and Marblehead off the coast of Syria has created a sensa- tion in Government circles here. United States Minister Terrell,, replying to a question on the subject, said the war ves- sels were only sent to protect American interests. Lt The Salvation Army issued last year 51,- 000,000 newspapers, magazines, periodicals, tracts and other publications. - made. IT FAVORS THE WEALTHY. Rent From Real Estate and Interest on Bonds Are Not Taxable. INCOME TAX REGULATIONS. Owners of Real Estate and Stocks and Bonds Will Be Benefited. The rush of people anxious. to file their income-tax statements still continues. Chief Deputy Collector Loup was unable to get any lunch yesterday, owing to the crowds that besieged the revenue office. Despite the enormous amount of work to be done he never once got rufiled, and was the same courteous and obliging gentle- man at 4 ». M. as when the day’s work began. During the afternoon a telegram was re- ceived from Washington that will throw a great volume of extra work on the em- ployes of the Revenue Department. All the statements that weie forwarded to Washington are on their way back, in order that they may be corrected and the affidavit of the taxpayer attached. The new ruling was made necessary by the de- cision of the United States Supreme Court. It will principaily affect the owner of stocks and bonds and real estate, and will not relieve the middle classes in any way. The instructions which are issued by Jose};{xh 8. Miller, Commuissioner of Inter- nal Revenue, and approved by J. G. Car- lisle, Secretary of the Treasury, are as fol- lows: 0. M. Welburn, Collector, San Francisco : In- terest received from State, county and munici- pal bonds or securities and rents from real estate are not taxsble as income. But the per- sons and corporations receiving said interest or rents shall include in their returns as re- ceiving the full amount thereof received or ac- crued within the vear for which return is made, ana shall deduct the same as not sub- ject to taxation. The amount actually paid for taxes and insurance and repairs on real estate_may be deducted from income as here- tofore “provided by the law and regulations. Al persons and corporations that have hereto- fore rendered income-tax returns for the year 1894 to a Collector or Deputy Collector, includ- ing therein interest received from State, county or municipal bonds or from Tents from real | estate, may have the amounts of said interest and rents deducted from their income by duly making an affidavit and delivering the same to the Collector or Deputy Collector to whom the original return was rendered. The affidavit simply sets forth that the taxpayer between J ber 31, 1894, actually received so many dollars and cents as interest on stocks, bonds and real estate, and not for the use of any personal property or franchise, and that the amount being included in bis in- come he asks that it be decucted. Continuing the instructions say : The Collector, uppn receipt of the foregoing affidavit, shall aflgch said affidayit to the return of the afliang heretofore made and shall make the correctign in saia return in con- formity with the facts stated in said affidavit and forward said amended return, with the aflidavit attached, to the Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue. [0sEPH 8. MILLER, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Approved: J. G. CARLISLE, Becretary of the Treasu: Over 1400 statements and thirty-eight pages of a report have been sent on to Sec- retary of the Treasury Carlisle and these are now on their way back. The necessary changes will have to be made and the affidavits attached, after which they will again be sent to Washington, accompanied by & pew report, which will have to be i oA Sa il Ak @ ednotion of at least 20 per cent in the amount of the tax and it will principally favor the mil- lionaires. Blossoming “Sweet Girl Graduates”’ and American “Princes of the Blood" rendered alertly vigorous, mentally and bodily, with food raised by Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. OIL FIELDS BOOMING. Steady Advance in the Ohio and Pennsyl- vania Prices. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 12.—The extra- ordinary movement in the oil market this week from $1 17 last Saturday to $1 80 yes- terday, with a net advance of 52 cents, has revived the ieverin the intensest degree. There never was & time when the wild- catter was more alert than now. Men are in the field day and night looking for pos- sible developments. Some idea of the activity in the field of operations may be had when it is stated that'on April 1 the number of new wells, drilling and rigs in course of construction was 1401. The monthly average of the new opera- tions last year was only 232, and the total number of wells completed was only 2548 for the entire year. Whether the present search is suclessful or not, there will be an enormous amount of money spent pros- pecting. No less thau $6,000,000 is now being ex- pended in the new work. Within a fe weeks the Standard Oil Company is esti- mated to have purchesed $8,000,000 worth of territory from individual producers. TOLEDO, Omro, April 12.—Ohio crude oil jumped up 24}¢ cents this morning. North of Lima is quoted $1i07, South of Lima $1 05, Indians 97 cents, The entire Ohio field is going wild, and intense ac- tivity in putting down new wellsis the result. CLEVELAND, Onro, April 12.—In keep- ing with the sharp advance in crude oil the Cleveland refiners to-day marked up the price of refined oil. Ohio State test was advanced 3714 cents a barrel of fifty gallons. The advance in other grades was still more marked, a full cent being added per gallon to the price of water white, Ohio State test headlight oil and Eocene. oz Sty BURIED IN MOLTEN IRON. Terrible Death of a Molder in a Type FPeundry. 2 PHILLIPSBURG, N. J,, April 12.— Charles Richenstein, a molder at the War- ren type foundry in this city, met with a terrible death this afternoon. While he was assisting to pour a ton of molten iron into a mold the chain holding the ladle broke, and he was jerked into a pit with the liqnid metal on top of him. His eyes were burned out and his legs and hands were almost severed from the body. He died in terrible agony an hour afterward. oy D) BURIED BY RBURNING DEBRIS. One Fireman Killed and Others Badly Wounded. WORCESTER, Mass.,, April 12.—The most serious fire which has visited this city for a long time did $50,000 damage to- nigit to a hve-story block owned by the Kinnicut estate, killing one fireman, prob- ably fatally injuring another and slightly injuring three others. The dead fireman is William McLaugh- lin. Frank Jones is not expected to live through the night. 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She begins the | wearing-out process as a child, staying up | at night until the whole family retires; and | keeps it upasa growing girl, staying awake until ten oreleven o’clock, when she should | be asleep by nine; and as a woman she has s0 many things to do and to keep up with | that she positively hasn’t a minute to rest. | By and by her cheeks grow thinand h gard ; languor takes the place of her old- | time high spirits; she has a generally worn- | out air; her nerves are gnawed .by pain, | and sleeplessness makes fearful inroads upon her health. , Her physician tells her simply that her | nervous system is exhausted, and that| help must comé by feeding the brain and | entire nervous tract richly, rapidly and | completely. It is the experience of the most careful medicinal men in this country | that nothing proves so uniformly success- ful as Paine’s celery compound in cases of brain weariness, nervous inability, failure of vital force, dyspepsia, sleeplessness and for restoring health and vigor to the brain and body when exhausted by overwork or dissipation. Every such weary, nervous, thin-blooded person should take Paine’s celery com- pound. It makes such peopte well. Paine’s celery compound improves the | general health by making new, ruddy blood and refreshing the nerves. It reanimates the languid body and vitalizes the important organs, sothat they work in harmony with each other. The accomplished editor of the Oakland (T11.) Ledger, a portrait of whose wife is | | no appetite and was all run down. given above, says in his own paper, edi- torially : “Our leading druggist, Dr. W. G. Gregory, informs us that his sales of Paine’s celery compound have been wonderful; in facthe states that he has in six months sold more celery compound than all other medicines combined. There hasbeena constant de- mand for it. “One of the noticeable cures that this medicine has made is the case of Mr. Phil Clinard, who last spring was Republican candidate for County Treasurer. Mr. Clinard’s nerves were all unstrung, he had He coms= commenced using Paine’s celery | pound, and to-day there is not a more well and vigorous citizen in this whole com- munity than Mr. Clinard. Another case that comes closer is that of the wife of the editor of the Ledger. Every one in Oak- land knows that Mrs. Yeargin was confined to her bed for three whole months with neuralgia. As times her pains were awful, so much so that her hands would. clinch, and it took the united strength of two per- sons to straighten out her fingers. Dr. Garvey, the family physician, treated her for months, ‘but all he could do was to alleviate the pains, not effecting a cure. Along last winter she commenced using Paine’s celery compound. ‘“‘She commenced to gain in flesh at once. | Her pain all went away; her vitality ina creased weekly, and to-ddy-there is not a more healthy woman in town than she. Her neighbors all marvel at her complete recovery and ask her the cause, and she has no hesitancy in saying that it is all due to Paine’s celery compound. Thisis given voluntarily in the hopes that others who are afflicted may be profited by nsing this great medicine, which to-day is without a peer in the land.” with him, and upon her refusal he drew a | pistol and shot her. the wound being fatal. —_———— The Trial of Debs. CHICAGO, Inn.,, April 12.—The Debs trial for conspiracy will be taken up again on May 6 in the Federal Court, the time originally set by Judge Grosscup. A month ago an agreement was made to ad- vance the trial one week. District Attorney-General Black was doubtful if the trial could be advanced without the presence and assent in open court of all the defendants, and he bas, therefore, set the trial for the original time. —_———— Shot in Self-Defense. CINCINNATI, Osm, April 12. — After hearing witnesses ali day the Coroner of Covington, Ky., this afternoon rendered a verdict of self-defense in the case of J. L. Sanford, killed yesterday by Senator Wil- liam Goebel. The preliminary hearing of Goebel be- fore the Police Judge is set for to-morrow, when the friends of the dead banker state that they will procure evidence to show assassination. g Overpowered the Jailer. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M,, April 12—A telegram from Roswell, N. M., says that the prisoners in jail there overpowered Jailer Taliaferro to-day and locked him up. They then armed themselves and es- | caped. Three are murderers. Nearly all the citizens started in pursuit, and, a short distance from town, a pitched battle was fought. One of the fugitives was danger- ously wounded. The remainder surren- dered. S The Cripple Creek Robbery. PUEBLO, Coro., April 12—Two men answering the description of the Cripple Creek express robbers were arrested here to-day. They gave the names of F. M. Miller and A. E. Wilhill, and said they had just come from Oklahoma City. Chief of Police Abbey will hold them until their identity is established. S e Committed Murder for Robbery. AUBURN, N. Y., April 12.—Officers from Emporium, Pa., to-day arrested Robert E. Wright Jr., at the home of his father in Fairhaven, on the charge of the murder of Christian Drum in 1888, The object of the crime was robbery. Young Wright, who is 22 years of age, comes from respectable parentage. —_— Mother and Children Burned. DETROIT, MicH., April 12—A special to the Free Press from Hoard City, Mich., says: The residence of Mrs. Gilmore, one mile north of town, was burned early this morning with all its contents. One child, 9 years of age, was burned to a crisp, and another cannot live. The mother was also severely burned. el I, Miners Not Violent. CENTERVILLE, Iowa, April 12.—Af- fairs at Cincinnati, Towa, have not ma- terially changed in the last twenty-four hours. One company of militia, thirty- eight strong, is on duty there, but, accord- ing to all accounts, there has been'no offer of actual violence. X ————— SHANTS 10 MEET HERE Scientists From All Over the Country Coming This Summer. They WIIl Probably Make Mount Hamilton Thelr Object- ive Poiat. *‘An event which is looked forward to with a great deal of eagerness,”” said Miss Rose O’Halloran, the noted la 3 mer of the ci ast evening, ‘‘is the great gathering of scientists here which is to occur during the summer. I mean the an- nual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a society which includes in its membership.all the famous savants in the country. The gath« ering will take place here in August, and one of the things upon the programme of entertainment will doubtless be a visit to Mount Hamilton, under the auspices of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. “Their coming here will afford them an opportunity, long desired by some, of hav- inga look at the Lick Observatory, Of course, I do not know what men whose work in scientific research has won for them a national reputation will be here, but Lam satisfied that our distance from the centers of learning in the East, in- stead of keeping them from attending, will operate to the very contrary. It will give many a chance of a trip across the continent to the coast, and that will fully compensate an observing mind for the slight physical troubie involved.”. The American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science embraces within the scope of its_investigation a great variety of studies. It is therefore divided into sec- tions, each presided over by oneof its vice-presidents and each with a special sec- retary. Professor E. 8. Holden of the Lick Observatory and President David Starr Jordan of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univer- sity are both vice-presidents of the asso- ciation, the section of mathematics and astronomy being intrusted to the former, and that of zoology to the latter. Profes- sor J. Perrin Smith of Palo Alto is secre- tary of the section of geology and geog- raphy, and Professor E. A. Ross of that of economic science andStatistics. The other sections cover physics, chem- istry, engineering, botany and anthro- pology. If the association keeps up its record as to the duration of its meetings the gathering will last about two weeks. Among the well-known literati who may be looked for are Professor S.P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institution, whose writings have so dealt with the nature of the sun that he is universally regarded as an autherity upon the orb of day, and who has also made some valuable “contri- butions on the temperature of the moon; Professor Pickering of Arizona, who has been a close observer of Mars; Jed Hotch- kiss of Staunton, Va., a well-known_geolo- gist, and Professor C. A. Young of Prince- ton College. —————— Bark is a favorite fuel in the North The evergreens of the region mn;f\:r; quickly in the open fireplace and leave nothing but light ashes, but the bark of these same trees, very thick and heavy, burns more slowly and falls into embers At Gravelotte 320,000 men were endgn d, of whom 40,000 were killed or wounded. that give out a satisfyi el fying heat for many