The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1895, Page 4

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1895. ONLY ONE DAY MORE, China Must Speedily Yield to the Demands of Japan. MONEY CLAIMS REDUCED, But It Would Seem There Is No Dodging the Ulti- matum. ONE PARTY HOLDING OUT. The Ancient Hunans May Prolong the War in the Far East. SHANGHAI, Cmrxa, v to-day reports t the Japanese sented an ultimatum to Viceroy | :, the Chinese peace com- rding that China accept or | ns offered by Japan no later | w. The paper adds that| ced her claim for a money | 100,000,000 yen, and is also | on of Shing King Arthur stands, | iditional territory. | cace party is wi 1 15, but the Hunan | | The Pall Mall lishes a dispatc! April 13.—The than to-mor Japan has red indemnity , on which F 1 not demar It is reported that t ing to accept these te otte this af from Hiogc n the Pesc ese forces a state that the at those islands S DIPLOMACY. His Negotiations Before an Armistice Was R Declared. VICTORIA, B. C ship Sikh, fourteen arrived th Press corresy ma, | ted ung Chang’s long | n March 22 rture from known. the J could be cons| notwith pleaded so ¢ admoni this | oon that { which a mover ditions mediately occupi and control of the kwan and Tientsin It is reported t anxiety with rega cerning the 1 for peace. The response of court to pan’s provision is not known, and _thereis no need that it should be, fo r the Emperor at Hiroshima suddenly took the direction of this partof the businessinto hisown hands. He summoned Count Ito to an audience d announced his resolve to ce without These con- ould be im- nese force -hai- nted. Li displayed greater he truce than con- an concede the arm ditious of any kind, in order consciousness of the annoy- ance and embarrassment suffered by the Embassador in c erice of thedelay in negotiations. Vi nt Mutsu was in- formed by telegraph of } jesty’s deci- sion, and on the afternoon of March 28 re- quested Lord Li, the oz, to come informally to the con hall, where the important news was made known. APPEALS OF CHINA. Russia_and Other Nations Asked to against a retaliatory war by China until the feeling of resentment may have worn away, for by the occupation of this strategic position the Chinese would find it almost impossible to keep their com- munication open between Peking and the sea in case of a renewal of hostilities. On the whole the officials here (asstim- ing that Japan pursues a policy of moder- ation), see nothing in this news from Rus- sia calculated to prevent the consumma- tion of peace, unless it should perhaps en- courage the Chinese to endeavor to recede from the terms already practically agreed upon, in the hope of securing better treat- ment from Japan while the latter nation is under apprehension of Russian inter- vention. Defeated the Hovas. BERLIN, GryANY, April 13.—The Tage- blatt learns that the French expedition of military operating in Madagascar has de- feated the Hovas at Maevaramo, in the western part of the island. It is added that the French are now advaneing into the interior. S Lieutenant Ward Released. CALCUTTA, Ixpma, April 13.—A dis- patch from Simla says that Umra Kahn has released Lieutenant Ward, one of the two British officers recently taken prison- ers by his force; Fete for Victorious Troops. COLON, Coromsra, April 13.—A fete has been prepared at Baranquilla for the troops now returning from Santander; the rebel- lion being practically at an end. - Will Wed a Lieutenant. PARIS, Fra April 13.—The eldest daughter of M. Ribot, ex-Premier, is to be married at Abbeville, April 28, to Lieuten- ant Bacquenalt de Vieville. e Austrian Village in Ruins. N A, AustRiA, April 13.—The Aus- trian village of Toplitz, a well-known health resort, has been almost destroyed i Yon Suppe Fery Ill. LONDON, Exc., April 13.—Von Suppe, the composer, is dangerotsly ill. OL PRCES OIMCG Top of the Boom Not Yet Reached in Pennsylvania Markets. Now the Wildest Excitement Suo- ceeds a Period of Great Stagnation. OIL CITY, Pa., April 13.—The advance f ents in Lima and Indiana oil yester- day was followed this morning by a notice irom the Seep Purchasing Agency that it pay 75 a barrel for Pennsylvania e. This advance of 25 cents day’s prices had a prompt effect ative oil market. A long period of stagnation preceding the present advance of nearly $1 05 per bar- rel for the commodity had driven the ma- jority of the brokers and speculators into | 5 § other business and to other portions of the country; but half a hundred of the old guard that have stood the speculative bat- tlesand storms of speculative adversity | from 1870 until now are reaping a wonder- ful harvest of good round dollars, as this is the only oil exchange left of those once established at. New York, Pittsburg, Brad- ford, Petrolia, Parker, Warren and Titus- ville. From all over the country orders are coming from would-be speculators, at- tracted by the unprecedented steady and great increave in prices. A limited num- ber of certificates (about 750 in all) pre- vents dealing in extensive lots, but the width of the fluctuations more than makes scrépancy in the excitement and inty of the business. On Monday the market closed at §1'30, and at 11:15 to- day it was selling at $1 96, an advance cf 66 cents, more than 10 cents a day for the week. Although there was some realizing of Modify Japan's Demands. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The Chinese legation has received no confirma- tion of the advices from pan that an understanding has been reached and there is a strong disposition on the part of the Chinese to regard the report as premature. | An ominous lull has occurred first brief dispatch came from Ja an understanding had been reached. the conce have not been reported, and it is stated they will not be made known for a week or | ten days. There is no doubt China has appealed to Russia and other European | nations against the terms Japan originally proposed. An interesting question arises as to whether the unmistakable threats of Rus- sia, and the appeal of that nation for inter- vention by the powers was antecedent or subsequent to the peace understanding re- ported yesterday between Japan and China. The views of the State Department officials is that the advices from Russia are really based upon the statuys of the peace negotiations several days*ago, and that since then the Japanese conditions have been materially modified, and are now assuming such shape as to make them more agreeable to Russia or to other Euro- pean powers. As officially stated in the Associated Press dispatches, among the original Jap- anese demands was one for the absolute cession of Port Arthur. Although not specifically stated it is probable this in- cluded a cession of a considerable tract of country in the vicinity of the port. As Port Arthur is within the limits of the great province of Manchuria, this demand, if persisted in, would conflict directly with the Russian ultimatum delivered at the very beginning of hostilities, and repeated more than once since in a semi-official manner, to wit: That she could not per- mit the acquisition by Japan of any por< tion of Manchuria. Officials of the State Department are con- fident that within the last few days the Japanese demand on this point has been modified so as to permit only the tempor- rary occcupation of Port Arthur, perhaps only so long as the war indemnity shall re- main unpaid. To such a stipulation, it is said, no reasonable objection could be made, as it would be based upon the precedent set by Germany in imposing terms of peace upon France, when she re- tained the great French fortress of Belfort until the indemnity was paid. The prac- tical effect of this in that case was to cause the French to pay the war indemnity in a space of time far shorter than was allowed by the treaty, in order to escape the humil- iation of foreign occupancy eof French ter- ritory. Of course if Japan follows a similar course in respect to Port Arthur the Rauossian Government will make sure that she has ample guarantee that the occu- pied port will be evacuated within a fixed period of time. It is also pointed out that Japan may justly make such a demand .for the temporary possession of Port Yet ions leading to the agreement profits on Thursd and to-day, the ma- rity of buying to-day was for speculative vestment. | It opened excited and strong with sales | | at §190, or 21 cents higher than on the | evening of Good Friday. In less than ten | minutes after the opening sales had been made at §1 95 and at $1 9214, There was a | fair volume of trading and no signsofa { break in the bull movement. At I | prices advanced to $1 961, and at 11 A. . | 15,000 barrels were sold at $2. The close was steady with sales at $1 99 bid. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 13.—0il con- tinued its upward course to-day and seemed | to be fulfilling the predictions of those who said it would go to $2 before the week was out. At the opening Standard put its price up 25 cents to $1 75. May options opened at $175 bid, and first sales were $195, an advance of 26 cents over closing quotations | of Thursday. From $195 it broke to $1 92, | and at 10:30 $1 9214 was bid. In the first five minutes of trading 19,000 barrels of { May options were sold, and there was some trading in cash oil at $1 913{. Although there is great inferest in the upward tendency of oil here there is little excitement, for the reason that nobody has certificates on which to trade. The new Producers’ Association, a competitor of the Standard in refining interests, is having rather a hard row to hoe at present. They are obliged to buy crude oil at high prices and sell the refined product at a low price. —raan Hayward& Expects to Hang. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., April 13.—The attorneys in the Hayward murder case de- | cided to-day to submit a motion for a new trial on briefs, without argument. Judge | Smith took the matter under advisement. | He will unquestionably deny the motion. Hayward was in court and looked as fresh and debonair as ever. He said he ex- pected to hang and does not look for success from the legal maneuvers of his counsel. iy i To Complete the Enterprises. YANKTON, 8. D., April 13.—Harry Miller, private secretary for J. M. T. Pierce of fraudulent-bond notoriety, has returned from England, and announces that Pierce’s English creditors have de- cided to complete his unfinished enter- prises, chief among which is the Yankton and Norfolk Railway, and that they will commence work within thirty days. et On the Track of Perry. FISHKILL LANDING, N. Y., April 13.—The authorities of the Mattewan Asylum are at last on the track of Oliyer Curtis Perry, the notorious train robber, and the chances of catching him seem good. On Thursday night the house of Emil Schoenfelds, near Hugsenville, was entered by a burglar who turns out to have been Perry. e gl o Judgment Confessed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 13.~The Sunshine Publishing Company of this city confessed judgment to-day to Koermer & Hyde, lithographers, for $53,000. It is claimed tnat the creditors will be paid in Arthur as the means of insuring herself| full. FLOODS [N GERMANY, Rapid Overflow of the Rivers Spree and Havel. VILLAGES ARE INVADED. In Fact, the Whole Region Around Berlin Is Under Water. VON KO0TZ ON THE WARPATH Already the Court Marshal Has Had One Duel, and Is Seeking Others. BERLIN, GErmMaNY, April 13.—The spell of spring-like weather which marked the opening days of the week eompensated Berliners and Germans generally for the absence of excitément in political mat- ters, which, since the Bismarck celebra- tions, remain in a state of torpor. The bright, warm sunshine gave every promise of an agreeable Eastertide, and the dis- paraging weather prophecies of Professor Falb were met with bantering skepticism. Excursions to the Grunewald and other suburban resorts were widely planned by Berliners for Good Friday, but the profes- sor’s predictions were unfortunately veri- fied by the return of a cold northern wind and clouds, and the day was generally cheerless. Therefore the holiday makers mostly preferred to remain in Berlinrather than risk the inclement weather in the country. The fact announced here that the planets oceupied on Good Friday exactly the same position as on the day Christ was crucified aroused a good deal of curiosity among curious and religious folk, who, however, were disappointed in the observance, owing to the fact that the heavens were overcast. The sky to-day was somewhat brighter and hopes of a pleasant Easter are reviving. The sudden advent of warm®weather led to a rapid rise of the rivers Elbe and Oder, resulting in the inundation of large dis- tricts. The whole region around Berlin is under water owing to the overflow of the rivers Spreé and Havel. The people at Spandau are using boats to reach their churches and schools. In Dresden the waters of the Elbe are receding slowly after doing much damage and attaininga greater depth than for twelve years past. The dikes broke near Wynse, in spite of the exertions of the military enginéers,and seventeen villages of Verlande were inun- dated. Vegetation in Northern Germany is a month behind and the excessive mois- ture retards agriculture still further. Herr von Kotz, the Court Marshal,whose acquittal by the court on the charge of writing anonymous and insulting letters to the highest court personages has been confirmed by Emperor William, has not allowed the matter to rest there. He has determined to fiercely vindicate his honor and he and his family are trying to notonly find the culprit, but those who cast sus- picion upon himself. Von Kotz has already sent three chal- lenges, and the first duel came off to-day with Baron von Reischsach, the Court Chamberlain. Pistols were the weopons used, ana Von Kotz received a bullet in his hip. It is understood Barons Von Reischsach and Von Schrader, whose in- discretions are alleged to have caused in- jury o Von Kotz, will be dismissed. Von Kotz, after settling his duels, will retire permanently to his estates, where his wife has already preceded him. His wound is not a serious one and he is expected to re- cover shortly. The conditions of the duel required an exchange of shots until one of the combatants was disabled. Emperor William, when informed of the acquittal of Von Kotz by the military | court, sent his adjutant, Von Schotick, to | congratulate him. The Emperor will remove to the new palace at Potsdam next week. Emperor William is going on an eastern tour of Thuringia, Upper Hesse and Baden in order to enjoy some shooting. EmperorWilliam is not writing a military work, as reported, but is preparing a number of essays upon the campaigns of Frederick the Great, into which hitherto unpublished material will be introduced. The military instructor of the Crown Prince is drawing plans of battles for these esasys. The Emperor will read an essay to an andience at the War Academy this spring or summer. Toward the end of the month his Majesty goes grouse shooting in Alsace-Lorraine and will stay a few days at his Chateau d@’Arville in Lorraine. A laborer, 72 years of age, has walked 72 from Gumbinnen, a town of East Prussia, to Berlin, taking twenty-nine days to make the journey and arriving here on Wednes- day last in order to see the Emperor and implore his Majesty to grant him an old- age pension. The old man obtained an audience with the Emperor, who read his papers and promised to inquire into the case. The committee charged with the arrange- ments to erect a national monument to Prince Bismarck has received over 250,000 marks in subscriptions and intends to erect the monument outside Berlin on account of the recent hostile exhibition of the municipal court of this city. This site will be chosen on the summit of & moun- tain, probably the Zugspitz. A curious case of the punishment of a deserter from the army has attracted a great deal of attention. A trooper belong- ing to the Fourth Regiment of Uhlans deserted during the siege of Paris and fled to China, where he served with the Chinese for fourteen years. He lately returned to Germany and acted as overseer in a manu- facturing plant, was discovered and ar- rested, tried by court-martial and sen- tenced to five years' imprisonment in a fortress. John B. Jackson, sécretary of the United States embassy here, and Mrs. Jackson, sail for the United States on Tuesday next. Mr. Jackson is_on leave of absence. He and his wife will return on July 1. They gave a farewell dinner to-night to the United States Embassador, Theodore Run- yon, and Mrs. Runyon, and the personnel of the United States embassy and the United States Consul-General, Charles De- kay, and Mrs. Dekay, Dr. Nuttall, the young American hygienist of the Berlin University, is to be married to-morrow to Fraulein von Oertzen of the Mecklenburg nobility. — T0 LESSEN THEIR HARDSHIPS. Bettor Clothing to Be Given the National -IAfe.Savers. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The general superintendent of the life-saving station, with the approval of the Becretary of the Treasury, has issued amended regu- lations relative to the uniforeis of surf- men. The amendnients consist of the sub- stitution of a dark-blue jersey or flannel coat, very similat to a Norfolk jacket, in place of the guernsey or cardigan jacket now worn, and the introduceion of a wins ter service is so arfinged that in extremely cold weather itcan be so adjusted as to vrotect the ears. Diring: the pnst severe winter the ears of many of the surfmen have been frozen, some on patrol duty and many more while engaged in rescuing shipwrecked sailors. The option of wearing this cap is there- fore given the surfmen. It is represented that these changes will be generally ac- ceptable to the crews. The amended regu- lations take effect upon the Atlantic and Gulf coasts at the commencement of the next active season, August 1, on the Pacific Coast July 1,and on the lake coasts assoon after the commencement of the active sea- son of 1895 as the articles can be obtained. — i OF INTEREST 7TO THE COAST. Important Changes Among Army and Navy Officers. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The following assignment is made: First Lieu- tenant George A. Detchmedy (promoted from second lieutenant), Sixth Infantry, to First Infantry, Company G, to date from April 6, 1895, vice Starr, promoted. He will proceed to join his proper station, Angel Island, California. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Private Edward H. Gibson, Light Battery F, Fifth Artillery, now at the Pre- sidio of San Francisco, having enlisted under false pretenses, will be discharged without honor from the service of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding officer of his station. He is not entitled to pay or allowances, and final statements, except for deposits or de- tained pay, shall not be furnished him. Lieutenant-Commander R. I. Jasper is detached from the Bennington and or- dered home on two months’ leave. Lieu- tenant Spier is detached from the Rich- mond and ordered to the Bennington. Erastus H. Weegar has been commis- sioned postmaster at the Potrero, Cal., and Thomas J. Elms at Unity. A postoffice was established to-day at Bourne, Baker County, Or., with Robert R. Weathered as postmaster. The mail service from Tuscorora to Stofel, Nev., will be discontinued after May 15. Pacific Coast pensions have been granted as follows: California—Original—Joseph E. Emery, San Jose; Daniel Keating, Na- tional Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; Wil- liam A. Graham, alias William Arthur, 8an Francisco; William 8. Miller (de- ceased), Los Angeles. Restoration and in- crease — Henry B. Storey, Fresno. In- crease — Charles D. Shuffleon, Eureka, Humboldt County. Original widow—Fan- nie L. Miller, Los Angeles. Oregon: Original—Charles O. Bowles, Baker City, Baker County. Reissue and increase — John 8. Dunham, Wardton, Douglas County. Washington: Original—Jantes D. Organ, Catlin, Cowlita County. Receeng s Séttlement Near at Hand. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 138.—Ad- vices received here state that General Bar- rios, the President of Nicaragua, who vis- ited London and Washington, reached the capital on April 1,and has since been in conference with the Government on the British ultimatum to Nicaragua. It is stated positively by thosé in a position to know that Nicaragua’s ahswer has not been given. It is intimated, however, that a settlement is very ne hand. Boilers of the Bennington. WASHINGTON, D. 0., April 13.—The court of inquiry convened at Mare Island Navy-yard to determine the responsibility for the injuty to the boiler of the United States steamer Bennington while on her way from Mare Island to Acapulco about the end of last January has reported that it could not determine positively the cause of the injury, and therefore could not fasten the blame on any person. The find- ings have been approved. ———a Walter Nicholson Dead. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13.—Wal- ter Nicholson, the topographer of the Postoffice Department, died to-day. He was the son of one of the founders of the Royal Scottish Academy. Condition of Mansur. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—As- sistant Comptroller Mansur was conscious at times to-day and brighter than for some time. He was, however, weaker, and his death is looked for at any time. PR i Berthy Book Bright Dead. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13.—Mrs. Berthy Book Bright, widow of the late ex- Senator Bright of Indiana, died here to- day, aged 86 years. INSURGENTS ROUTED, In One Engagement With the Spanish They Met Defeat. HAVANA, Cusa,April 13.—Capt. Bonas- tra, on his way at the head of a detach- ment of Spanish troops to the assistance of Songo, a village in the province of Santiago de Cuba, which was threatened by the re- bellion, came acrosssome bands of insur- gents at Socorro and attacked them. After an engagement, which lasted half an hour, the rebels were defeated and compelled to disperse, leaving four men dead on the field. The Spanish troops sustained no losses and captured one prisoner. They followed in pursuit of the insurgents. —na Bankers Resist the Tax. TOLEDO, 0., April 13.—The directors of the Union Savings Bank of this city are to be requested to bring suit to test the in- come tax law insofar as it applies to in- comes derived from mortgages held by savings banks. 5 ——pais Browne Arrested for Libel. MASSILLON, Omnro, April 13.— Carl Browne of Coxey’s army notoriety was to-day held for the Grand Jury in $200 bail to answer to the charge of criminal libel. His arrest grew out of the recent municipal election. pEPRCR IR Refused a New Trial. FREDERICKSBURG, VA., April 13— Judge William Barron of the Circuit Court of Stafford County to-day refused a new trial to Charles Morgan, the train-robber, and his case will now be taken to the Court of Appeals. i Shower of Angleworms. ALLIANCE, Osro, April 13,~During the heavy storm last night millions of angleworms fell, making the pavements so slippery that it was nearly impossible to walk on them. g Jewelers Assign. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—B. Eck- stein & Co., mannfacturers and dealers in jewelry, assigned to-day to William Skelly. Liabilities about $80,000. The stock on hand js valued at $25,000. i i ol Whisky Trust Prices. CINCINNATI, Onro, April13.—The Cin- cinnati Whisky Trust directors at their meeting to-day fixed the basis for fin- ished goods at $1 21, EXO0US FROM LONDON Those in the Swim Are Hurrying to Country and Seaside. WORRY OF POLITICIANS, Liberal - Unionists Becoming Alarmed at the Leaning Toward “Fair Trade.” CROKER AND DWYER'S HORSES, American Strings Giving English Turf Experts Considerable Uneasiness. LONDON, Ex6., April 13.—There was a general exodus from London on Thursday last, everybody who could do so hurrying away to the country or seaside for the Easter holidays. The fashionable houses of the metropolis are as a rule closed for the present, and Brighton and other re- sorts are crowded with holiday makers. The Princess of Wales has abandoned her contemplated journey to Denmark, where she was to visit her parents, and in- stead a family party, including the Duke and Duchess of York and the Duke and Duchess of Fife, has assembled at Sand- ringham for the Easter holidays. Parliament will not meeet again until April 22, which will give time for a change in the political atmosphere. The situation is now charged with electricity and a rup- ture between the Conservatives and the Liberal-Unionists is predicted. There are growing differences in policy between the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Conservative leader in the House of Com- mons, and the Right Hon. Joseph Cham- berlain, the the leader of the Liberal- Unionists. The latter isknown to bitterly | resent the recent criticisms upon his con- duct which have appeared in different Con-~ servative newspapers, and as a result he has sounddd a note of warningin his newspaper organ at Birmingham, for which city he has been a representative in Par- liament since 1878. There is no doubt that the TLiberal - Unionists are becoming alarmed at the leanings of certain promi- nent members of the Conservative party toward what is known here as “fair trade.” The Birmingham Post the other day, discussing this feature of the Conservative policy declared: “If free trade and free corn are to be put in the balance against an Irish Nationalist Parliament, then we say that the latter would be an infinitely lesser evil than a return to protection.” Those who are in charge of the string of American horses belonging to Mr. Croker and Mr. Dwyer of New York, which are now in active training at Newmarket for a number of important events of the racing season here, are reticent concerning the date of their first appearance in public. But the American horses are beginning to be looked upon with more respect than when they first lJanded in England at the end of January last. Consequently the chances of Stonewell, Don Alonzo, Banquet, Harry Reed, Montauk and others are being quietly discussed by thesporting fraternity. The Newmarket correspondent, “The Man of the World” of the midweekly edition of the Sporting Times, says: “The Americans are gradually coming into favor at Newmarket as their trials progress. They are certainly a fine-look- ing lot and there are already several good judges who think they may give us trouble. If our handicap horses are bad, Stonenell may cut us up as easily as Parole and Fox- hall did some years ago. At any rate I have seen enough to make me regard them as extremely dangerous.” The English newspapers announce that Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K: Vanderbilt, and Miss Ger- trude Vanderbilt, will both be presented to the Queen at the drawing-room which her Majesty is expected to hold in April. There was a picturesque scene in West- minster Abbey on Thursday, when, in the presence of a large congregation, “Royal Maundy” was distributed to seventy-six poor men and to seventy-six poor women selected from the various parishes to re- ceive the Queen’s bounty. Each woman received £1 15 shillings and each man re- ceived £2. In addition both men and women were given specially coined pennies. The Criterion Theater is announced to reopen with Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband,” which has been transferred there from the Haymarket Theater. An American society has been formed in London on the lines of the Ohio society of New York. The United States Embas- sador, Mr. Bayard; the United States Consul-General, General P. A. Collins, the attaches of the United States embassy and a number of well-known resident Ameri- cans are on the committee. The feeling of alarm which has been caused in the woolen manufacturing dis- tricts by the announcement thatan Ameri- can firm had sold to a Bradford house a quantity of woolen goods comparing favor- ably with anything Bradford could offer continues and is widely commented on. The Pall Mall Gazette has investigated the matter and tries to quiet the alarm, saying the shipment is not likely to be repeated, and explaining that the American house had a quantity of stuff which it counld not dispose of in America, and consequently offered it to Yorkshire at a great sacrifice. The Armenian agitation has received a fresh impetus by a letter from Mr. Glad- stone written to Mr. Atkin. The Con- servative newspapers pronounce the letter “another indiscretion”” upon the part of the great Englishman. In the letter Glad- stone says: “The share lying ahead is that we may be tempted to ®bandon all useful action by promises of reform. Mere words irom the Turks are not worth the breath in speaking them.” Mr. Gladstone to-day received at Ha- warden three Armenian refugees who are being exhibited in London as a means of exciting sympathy. The refugees were persuaded to leave Bitlis by an Armenian named Hoyadjanz, who arrived there re- cently from America. The Armenians of Bitlis are indignant at the action of Hoyadjanz, and say the refugees were vir- tually kidnaped and that they wanted to return to their own villages. The fight arranged for to-night between Frank Craig, the ‘‘Harlem Coffee Cooler,” and Ted Pritchard has been -abandoned, owing to the latter’s illness. Pritchard pays the-forfeit, and Craig thereby be- comes the middle-weight champion of England, which title he declares he will defend against all comers. John O’Brien, who was defeated by the ““Coffee Cooler” a few months ago, met the latter to-night at catchweights, Craig is soon to visit the United States, prior to settling perma- nently in England. ARRIVED ON THE PARIS, Return From Forelgn ZLands. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—The Rev. J. M. Thoburn, missionary bishop of the Methodist Bpiscopal Cl:mrch in India, arrived by the steamer Paris to-day. Other passengers on the same ship were: Anthony Howells, United Stnt.es Consul at Cardiff; James Ewing and humly.and Mrs. Yerkes of Chicago; Miss Katherine Clem- mons, the actress; Hon. W. D. Dexla Trench and H. de Windt of England. i On board the Lucania were Henty Vil- lard and Cornelius Vanderbilt and fam- ily, D. 0. Mills, Mrs. C. J. Bloomfield More, Mrs. Arthur Paget, daughter of the late Mrs, Paran Stevens, and Mr. and Mrs. William Dodge. e i Yet Reducing the Wages. ; OMAHA, Nrsr., April 13.—A complaint is made by the Union Pacific s}wpmen that the company is now violating the order of Judge Caldwell prohibiting a re- duction of wages. Many men were let out the past few monthsand then re-employed. When these were discharged, “on‘account of lack of work,” they were working eight hours a day. When hired again they are put to work ten hours a day, at the same wages they were getting for eight hours. g Noted Persons Cheap Fares for Educators. CHICAGO, Irt., April 13.— Western roads have decided to make a round-trip rate of $60 from California to Denver for the annual convention of the National Educational Society, which will meet there July 5. Practically the same rate will pre- vail from Portland, but the Bouthern Pa- cific will add $15to the Portland rate via the Shasta route and Sacramento. —pinac Wrecked by an Explosion. COLUMBIA, Pa., April 13.—The general merchandise . store of H. Keller & Son, at ‘Wrightsville was blown up this morning. The building, 125 feet long, had both ends blown out and the interior totally wrecked. The damage is $13,000. The explosion is thought to be the work of enemies of Kel- ler & Son. It is not known what kind of explosive was used. — e — A Poisoner Sentenced to Death. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 13.—Judge Wilson of the Court of Common Pleas pro- nounced the death penalty on Martin Adams to-day, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree in poisoning his employer, John Ohmer. The time fixed for his execution is July 31. —ae Five Prisoners Break Jail. BRADFORD, Pa., April 13.—Five pris- oners broke jail at Smithport at 6 o’clock to-night by removing a stone from the wall, They had been at work digging their way out for the past week. e Sutherland at Sing Sing. SING SING, N. Y., April 13.—Kenneth F. Sutherland, John Y. McKane's old lien- tenant at Coney Island, arrived at the prison from New York this afternoon to serve his sentence. pnaad SO Death of an Aged Editor. NASHVILLE, TexN., April 13.—Colonel Thomas Boyers, the oldest editor in the State and for forty-one years owner of the Gallatin Examiner, died to-day. He was ex-President of the Tennessee Press Asso- ciation. [, Burned Her Infant to Death. RALEIGH, N. C., April 13.—In Pamlico County, ten miles from Bayboro, a colored woman burned her infant child to death. She put it in the fireplace in the hot coals. The woman is in jail. ——— e “Cherokee Bill”’ Must Die. FORT SMITH, Arx., April 13.—Crawford Goldsby, alias *‘Cherokee Bill,” the mur- dererand train-robber,was to day sentenced to be hanged on June 25 for the murder of Ernest Melton. A Daring Cyeclist. Broadway pedestrians saw a daring bit of bicy;fle riding just above Union square one day last week. 'he rider was & young man of athletic bnild, who managed his wheel with the ease and confidence of an expert, dodging in and out among the trucks'and cable- cars, and whenever an opportunity offered getting on the cable-slot and making good time on that smooth and narrow path. He had turned onto the downtown track and was pushing along uptown ata d pace when a down-bound car forced im to turn off. An up-bound car was close behind him, too close to admit of his swinging across on the up track, and a score of voices raised in warning called : “You’ll be run down! Stop the car!” The rider turned into the narrow space between the tracks, and as the two cars rolled past each other, each gripman sure that he was aboutto be mixed upin a tragedy, and tugging at_his brake with all his strength, the bicyelist with a burst of speed, got his right handle bar in front of the ufubound car, and keeping abreast of the platform, rode outon the other side, having passed throuih the space thata man could hardly walk in, and continued on his way, watched until he disnpdpcared by a wongaring and admiring crowd. There would not have been space for the full breadth of his handle bar between the cars.—New York Sun. 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