The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895 = the New York OLNEY ON THE TAX The Government’s View on the Petition fora Rehearing. IS IT A DIRECT IMPOST? Import of the Stand Taken by the Chief Justice. Vast PROPERTY ILLEGALLY TAXFD.| Under the New Exposition of the Constitution Vast Sums Should Be Refunded. WASHINGTON, D. April 17.—The Attorney-General to- filed in the TUnited States Supreme Court a memoran- dum for the consideration of the Justi C., giving the Government’s view on the peti- tion for a rehearing of the income tax question filed by the oppone of the law. The memorandum is as follow Charles Pollock, appellant, vs. the Farm- ers’ Loan and st Compa L Lewis H. Hyde, appellant, vs. the | nental v of the c York et al. The Uni sents that above entitled case the rehearing should cover all of the legal and constitutional questions involved, and not merely those as to which ¢ F a direct tax hin the me 1 constitution, is a oris no of the Fy upon he whic been of Gove ne tion pra adoption ; by concu nd departments of the d by the consensu: authorities by whom the has been considere repeated Government, text writers subject her Second ment of ther announced in the oy : b g pushed to their I I de of t its invested personal p clude it bec if are taxed onl on its taxin, they and all Ty s and tely debar any resort practical in reply ing real meant { power; that pected to rely for its upon duties, impo the stion, | portance to the Govern: operation | tnat it was me: that impose direct only dinary emergen and as a sort of final resort. It isadmitted that the con- | stitution on a question of such vital im- Pportance in itself, and req; port an imputation to its f of specific vhich nothing in the text of the ution has any tendency to reveal, cannot be too carefully considered before being finally adopted. , though of minor that if this new exposition of the constitution re- ferred to is to prevail the United States has, under previous income-tax laws, col- lected vast su v which, on every principle of justice, it ought to refund, and which it must be assumed Congress will ke provision for lation. Re- deem itself bound to m propriate 1 ed, refunding by spectfully subn RICHARD OLX ey-General. 70 BRING SAILORS HOME. The Tars Whose Time Has Expired Will Be Brought From China. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The ng for itssup- | nportance, | | condition th ship will be dispatched to the Asiatic sta- tion to bring back the enlisted then of that squadron whose terms of service have ex- | pired. The departm which vessel to sen nt is considering If the Marion does not go the Philadelphia, now at Honolulu, | will be sent to the Asiatic station, after being relieved by the Olympia, and the Baltimore will bring these men back. Navy Department officials say that notwith- standing the cessation of warfare between China and Japan the United States will not only maintain its squadron in Chinese | waters, but will add to it as the various ships now under construction are com- pleted and placed in commission. Lieutenant Halpine is detached from the Wabash and assigned to the Ranger, re- | lieving Lieutenant Rogers, who is granted three months’ leave. INCOME TAX MUDDLE. Internal Revenue Officials Can Make No Statement for the Retwrns. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The Internal Revenue officials positively de- cline to make publi¢c any statement in re- gard to the income tax returns orio an- swer any question relating thereto. It is learned the real cause of this retic- ence is the great number of blunders made | by the collectors in their telegraphic re- ports received yesterday and to-day. Some of them contained only the number of re- turns received last Monday, while others included all that had been received from the beginning, included those below the $4000 exemption, while still others in- cluded returns on which no tax is payable. ‘Who is blamable for this state of things is not stated, but the result is that from what - has been received no intelligent statement can be given of the number or amount of returns filed with the collectors. It isun- doubtedly true that a large number of persons subject to the law bave made no returns at all and in consequence the officials see ahead of them a vast amount - of litigation and trouble. gt LOOKING AFTER WALLER. The State Department Will Seek the Re- ltease of the Consul. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The Btate Department has by no means aban- doned the case of ex-Consul Waller, who is now imprisoned in Madagascar under sentence of a French court-martial, and as soon as it has completed the preparation | proportion to the price of beef. | RESTRAINING suls at Tamatave and Port Louis the case will be brought to the attention of the French Government by Embassador Eus- tis, the release of the prisoner will be re- quested and an explanation sought. ‘The facts which the department expects to prove as a basis for this action are: First, that Waller isan American citizen; second, that he was not guilty of improper interference between the French and the Hovas; third, that even if he were he had not been accorded the fair trial to which he was entitled, the court-martial proceed- ings being obnoxious in every respect; and lastly, that Waller has been harshly treated and has been the object of persecution, because he stood in the way of other holders of concessions. . —— HAWAIL'S ARMY COMMANDER. R. H, McLean Receives the Appointment Without Solicitation. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17.—R. H. McLean, an ex-naval officer, has been ap- pointed to command the army of Hawaii with the rank, pay and allowances of a colonel in the United States army. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1872, and honorably resigned after an excellent record in 1888 to eo into business with his brother in Paris. He was adjutant general of the Naval Prigade at the Grant funeral exercises in New York, and was for some time instruc- tor at a military school near Philadelphia. His present appointment came to him un- sought, and when received he was prepar- | ing to take charge of the solar meter on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, at the Kiel canal cele- bratios, he having recently unavigated the ship by its w York to Europe, SCIRCITY OF THE CATILE | Investigation Into the Recent Rise in the Price of Beef. Why the Embargo on Mexican Cattle Is Raised by the Agricultural Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The icials at the Department of Agriculture ursuing their investigation into the recent big rise in the price of beef, and it is more than likely they will have something definite to say within the next week with reference to the cause of the matter and probable outcome. The action of the lepartment in raising the embargo on Mexican cattle is expected to have the effect of keeping the price of beef from go- higher even if it does not cause a Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau aid to-day there was v of cattle in the flicient to account in part for the ased price of dressed meats. e only question,” said he, “is whether sufficient to account for it rether the few big men reef market have not, to a st, anticipated the y; in other words, whether the effect has not come before the What we are anxious to know is whether the price of cattle has gone up in 1t is not any easy matter to settle and our agents are meeting some difficulty in getting at the facts in the matter, but their reports | are beginning to come in. “For some time past,” continued Dr. Salmon, “cattle have been getting scarcer and scarcer in the West and especially in the Southwest. The condition of the grass | has been so poor cattle have well nigh dis- | appeared entirely. In Southwestern Texa: for example, where there used to be ire- mendous herds, there are practically none to-day. There has been a great improve- ment in the grass this year in Texasand other Western States, but the cattle are not there to take advantage of it. That is one reason that influenced the department in its decision to raise the embargo on cattle from Mexico. Mexican cattle have been looked upon with disfavor for the reason that Texas fever is known to exist on the other side of the border and a quarantine has been kept up in the summer. The action of the packers in raising the price of beef to such an extent resulted in the de- partmeut raising the embargo. The de- partment has increased its force of in- spectors and all incoming cattle will be rigidly examined. Furthermore, the Mex- ican cattle seem to be in an unusually good . - ORDER ASKED. Belva Lockwood Wants Secretary Carlisle to Withhold a Treasury Draft. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Belva A. Lockwood of this city and James Taylor of Indian Territory, both attorneys-at-law, have asked the Supreme Court of the Dis trict of Columbia to issue an order restrain- ing Secretary Carlisle from paying and Edgar M. Marble of New York, George C. Hazelton and Lyman A. Newell of this city from receiving payment of a treasury drait for $10,000 issued to James J. Newell. The case arises out of a dispute over a fee in what was known as the “Old Settler” or Western Cherokee claim. ke s Nicaragua’s New Cabinet. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Minis- ter Baker at Managua has informed the State Department of the formation of a new Cabinet in Nicaragua on April 1. The composition is as follows: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor Manuel Caronel Matusi; Minister of War, Marine and Pub- lic Works, General Ruben Alonzo; Minis- ter of the Interior, Francisco Cobatladares Teran; Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Senor Esantiago Callejas. G R Working Up Sound-Moneu Sentiment. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Repre- sentative Josiah Patterson of Memphis, Tenn., is in Washington in the interest of the sound-money convention to be held in Memphis, May 23. The President will be invited to attend the Memphis convention, but no assurances have been given as to his acceptance or whether he will write a letter similar to his recent one. Secretary Car- lisle, however, will attend the convention and deliver the principal address. Zinoinany Army Promotions. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The retirement of Colonel James R. §mith as surgeon-general, which occurs to-morrow, wiil promote Lieutenant-Colonel Dallas Bach to be colonel, Major D. L. Huntington to be lieutenant-colonel, Captain Louis W. Shannon to be major. CaptainShannon is second on the list of captains. Captain Lewis Crampton, the first on the list, is to be jumped. e Placed on the Retired IList. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Lieu- tenant Ransom of Portland, who was re- cently appointed to a lieutenantcy in the army under a special act of Congress, has been placed on the retired list. Lieutenant Foster, U. 8. N., has been found physically disabled and recommended to the Presi- dent for retirement. L e Cash in the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—To- day’s treasury statement: Available cash balance, $183,829,273; gold reserve, $90,304,- of data supplied py the United States Comn | 398, PREPARING FOR WAR Armenians Propose to Fight for Liberty in May. HAVE EIDDEN WEAPONS, Leaders Promise an Attack Upon Constantinople as the Chief Event. BUTCHERY IS LOOKED FOR. Thelr Plans Are Being Kept Secret, but the People Are Aroused to a High Pitch. LONDON, Exg., April 17.—The corre- spondent of the Associated Press writing from Armenia, under date of March 17, says: “I have traveled many hundreds of miles in Russia and Persia and have visited Ar- menian colonies as far east as the Caspians and as far south as the city of Teheran, and have learned, after the most careful investigation and verification of the facts, that the Armenian question will soon reach an acute and painful cri In fact Ar- menia is preparing for war. The revolu- tionary party has now both money and guns. colonies in Batoum, Tiflis, Baku, Erivan, Etchmiadzin and other places in Russia, and frem Rescht, Kazvin, Teheran, Tebriz, Khoia and other cities in Persia. The central idea of the plan of campaign is a general uprising of Armenians through- out the Turkish empire some time during the month of May. The leaders promised the people in the eastern part of Armenia that the chief attack will be made in the city of Constantinople itself, and that the brunt of the fighting will be done by the Armenian residents therein, but this may only be a subterfuge to encourage the faint- hearted at Van, Bitlis and Moush. The Armenians have at least 4000 Martini- Henry rifles hidden in secret places in the mountains not a great distance from Lake Van. For a handful of untrained Ar- menians to deliberately begin a fight with the 300,000 regular troops of the Turkish empire would seem to be folly too colossal | for human conception; yet the purpose is not to bring Turkey to terms in a fair fight but to settle the quarrel by interven- tion of the European powers. Before the revolution is three months old the powers, it is believed, will be compelled to take a hand in the conflict, for the cruelty, atrocity, the outrage, the blood and butchery of the struggle will be so un- thinka horrible that Christian hu- manity will interfere. Armenia, it is then hoved, may get her freedom. For the most part the revolutionary lead- ers are of the younger generation of Ar- menians, who argue it is no worse that a few thousand Armenians should be killed separately during a period of a few months or years. To what extent the plans of the revolu- tionary leaders are approved by the Ar- menian people at large it is difficult to | tell. I seriously doubt if those plans are known in detail to more than five per cent of the Armenians. Still there are genuine patriots who believe that to free Armenia sunk they must surrender some of their fellow-countrymen to torture, outrage and | death. There isa belief in Europe that Russia desires to make the Armenians Russian subjects by annexing the eastern end of Turkey. Curiously enough, this belief is not shared by the Russians of the Cau- casian region. The Georgians certainly would resent any further increase in the Armenian population. The business methods of the Armenians are not gene- rally approved by Georgians and Rus- sians. Itis therefore believed it is likely that Russia wants the Armenians, but whether or not she wants the Turkish territory which the Armenians inhabit is quite another matter. For the most part, the average Armenian is anxious to have some other man fight his battles, and he is willing to believe England and Russia are only waiting for a chance to come in and dismember the Turkish empire. The Armenian newspapersin Russiaand Persia contain no hint, however remote, of their preparations, but contaia only de- nunciations of Turkish tyranny, and de- mands for the enforcement of the sixty- first article of the Berlin treaty. The lower classes are less discreet. In Tiflis especially they fill themselves up with vodka and go about the streets clamoring for an Ar- menian king. As the time for the revo- lutionary uprising approaches, the words of the Armenian Catholic, Monsignor Ghrimiran, have an added significance: “Armenia is in sore distress, but her sufferings will soon be at an end.” NATIVES DEFEATED, British Troops Kout an Opposing Force With Great Loss. SIMLA, Ixpia, April 17.—The force com- manded by Keller, numbering 600 men, who are hastening to the relief of Chitral, reached Samoghar on April 12. They found that the enemy had constructed stone breastworks on the side of a ravine 250 feet in height, through which the ex- peaition had to pass. The natives were armed with Martini and Snyder rifies. Two of the British mounted guns were employed in bombarding the works. ‘While the pioneers attacked their breast- works in front a detached party crept up the side of the hill and took the natives on the flank, driving them out of their de- fenses. - The British loss in the engage- ment was six killed and fifteen wounded. The enemy left behind them fifty dead and carried away a large number of wounded. et tesaa i FIGHT A DUEL WITH SWORDS. Two Well-Known Writers Meet on the Freld of Homor. PARIS, Fraxce, April 17.—A duel with swords was fought to-day between two well-known writers, Jules Huret and Ca- tulle Mender, arising from the fact that the former connected the latter's name with that of Oscar Wilde. Mender was slightly wounded. Mender is a well-known French author and dramatist. He wrote many novels and several dramatic works, including the comic opera, ‘Le Capitaine Fracasse.” Ntk i it Bismarck’s Talk to Labor. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, GermANy, April 17.—Prince Bismarck in spite of the sensa- tional statements to the contrary, circu- lated in the United States by a news agency, continues to enjoy good health. The Prince to-day received a deputation of During the past eight weeks money | has poured into the revolutionary treasury { in a steady stream from the Armenian | T 5000 persons, representing the trades unions and guilds. Replying to an ad- dress the Prince eulogized labor and called for cheers for wage-earners. He also ex- pressed the wish that God would bless all honorable toil. —_———— ELECTIONS IN CANADA. The Manitoba School Question Pre-emi- nently the Issue. MONTREAL, Quesec, April 17.—Elec- tions were held to fill vacancies in Quebec constituencies to-day. In Vercheres, a French-Canadian and Roman Catholic con- stituency, the issue was pre-eminently the Manitoba school question, and the Govern- ment hoped to redeem a life-long Liberal seat on their pledge of remedial legislation to the Manitoba Catholic minority. The result was disappointing to them, as C. A. Coffion, Liberal, defeated F. J. Bissaleon, Ministerialist, by a majority of 251. In the general election of 1891 the Liberal majority was 148, In Quebec, West, the situation was dif- ferent. Thomas McGreevy, who was im- prisoned for defranding the Government in connection with the Quebec harbor works contract, stood for the seat which he lost on account of a scandal. Hon. J. H. Hearn, who succeeded him, was a Conservative, and his death has made the vacancy. Mr. McGreevy was opposed by R. R. Dobel, who defeated him by seven votes. Dobel is a supporter of the Liberal trade policy of tariff for revenue, but it is under- stood he will give the Government sup- port on other questions. TORONTO, OxtaRIO, April 17.—The elec- tion which took place in Haldimand to fill a vacancy in the Dominion Parliament was more important than is usnal with a by election, from the fact that it is the first time that an Ontario constituency has spoken since the order was issued from Ottawa suggesting relief for the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba. Dr. Mon- tague, who takes the portfolio of Secretary of State, represented the Dominion Gov- ernment, and Jeffery McCarthy, equal righter, solicited the Orange vote as a pro- test against interference with provincial rights. In the election last held Montague had a majority of 98. To-day the figures stand: Montague 873, McCarthy 226. Montague’s majority, 647. e — 4 PREHISTORIC RACE. It Is Said to Have sted 3000 Years Before Christ. LONDON, ExG., April 17.—The Edin- burgh correspondent of the Times says that, in a lecture delivered before the Edinburgh Royal Society, Professor W. Flinders Petrie, the distinguished Egyptian geologist, declares that recent excavations made in the district thirty miles north of Thebes, pointed to the existence 3000 years before Christ of a race quite distinct from the Egyptians. This race was probably the people who | overthrew Egyptian civilization at the close of the old kingdom. Who they were and whence they came was uncertain, but the indications suggested that they were a branch of the same eastward migration of Libyans which founded the Amorite race in Syria. The Times comments editorially on the importance of Professor Petrie’s discovery in transforming Egyptian history and in encouraging the excavators in Greece and elsewhere. e B R Condemns the Tyler Management. LONDON, Exc., April 17.—The com- mittee of stockholders of the Grand Trunk | Railway of Canada has issued a report | pased upon the report recently made by Melbacker, who was appointed to investi- gate the company’s affairs, virtually con- demning the management of Sir Henry Tyler, the president of the company, and asking proxies in favor of inviting Sir Charles Rivers Wilson to accept the presi- | dency. from the dreadful depth to which sheis | e ZLosses in India. CALCUTTA, Isvra, April 17.—A dis- patch from Simla to-day says that Umra Khan has informed Sir Robert Low, com- mander of the British expeaition advancing on Chitral, that if the British advance any farther he intends to flee from the country. The British loss in fighting on the Panj- kora River was four killed and twenty-one wounded. el Submitted for Approval. GUATEMALA, April 17.—The settle- ment arranged between Guatemalan En- voy de Leon and Mexican Minister of | Foreign Affairs Mariscal was submitted to the Legislative Assembly here yesterday for approval. AMERICANS IN GUATEMALA. It Is Claimed That They Have Been Subjected to Indignities. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—There was much complaint during the past year of the abuse of Americans in Guatemala in cases like that of Heury J. Stibbs. Officers of American ships were seized in Guate- malan ports and forced into military service. American workmen peacefully engaged in labors were imprisoned and maltreated. Some were subjected to the indignity of lashings upon their bare backs, The De- partment of State has called for explana- tions from the Guatemalan Government and directed investigations through con- sular officers, upon which to base demands for indemnity. s THE BALL WILL ROLL. Preparations to Open the Baseball Cham- pionship Season. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 17.—The opening of the championship season at the polo grounds to-morrow promises to be an auspicious event in the league series. The grounds are in fine condition and have been greatly beautified during the past few weeks. The maKe-up of the Giants will be as last year, with the exception that Stafford will occupy second base instead of Ward. Rus- sie and Farrell will be the battery. The Brooklyn team will be weakened by the absence of Lachance, who was injured in the foot by a foul ball on Monday and waose place on first will be taken by Foutz. Kennedy and Grom will handle the ball, barring accident. Bicyclist Johnson Suspended. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17.—John 8. Johnson, the bicyclist, was suspended from the L. A. W. to-day by otder of Chairman Gideon, who refused to state what the charges were. Johnson will be given thirty days in which to answer the charges. Itis generally understood that the charge upon which the well-known rider has been dropped is professionalism. Eck, Johnson’s trainer, is also included in the suspension. He declares they can clear themselves of the charges, and they will go ahead with their training. RS N The Smith-Ryan Contest. CHICAGO, Irr, April 17.—Parson Davies has signed and forwarded to Billy Smith’s manager an agreement calling for a twenty-five, or more, round contest be- tween Smith and Tommy Ryan to take place on May 27 before the Seaside or the Atlantic Club at Coney Island. The men are to weigh 142 pounds at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of the contest, ! i CHINA TO PAY CASH, Japan Will Get Three Hundred Millions in Coin. ALSO VAST TERRITORY. Port Arthur and Its Substan- tial Forts Included in the Agreement. THE LIKEN TAX REMOVED. This Opens the Channels of Trade, but Will Work Hardships Upon the Government. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The Chinese imperial edict sent by the Asso- ciated Press last night from Tientsin is accepted among the officials and diplomats here as setting at rest conflicting reports as to the final terms of peace. An indemnity of 200,000,000 taels is the compromise. Japan first demanded 300,000,000 taels, but on solicitation of Prince Li threw off 100,000,000. At the Chinese legation it is stated that a tael varies in value, but the present value of the customs or treasury tael, in which undoubtedly the payment will be made, is $1 50 in Mexican silver, or about 75 cents in gold. This would make the indemnity equiva- lent to $300,000,000 in Mexican silver dol- lars, or $150,000,000 in gold. The Mexican trade dollar is the current coin of China and the basis of calculation, so that the be- | lief is very strong, though intormation on the subject is lacking, that the payment | may be in silver. The edict that Japan is to occupy Liao Tung Peninsula up to the fortieth degree of latitude settles the important point that she will have a great fortress at Port Arthur and the immediate surrounding territory, as foreshadowed in the dispatches. Liao Tung Peninsula is a small pointof | land jutting southward into the Gulf of Pechili, with Port Arthur at its extreme point. The fortieth degree of latitude cuts across the mainland where the little penin- | sula broadens into the mainland of Man- | churia. This lower peninsula has the shape | of asword, and is known as the ‘‘Regent’s sword.” The edict does not state whether Japan | gets the acquisition permanently or until the indemnity is paid. She has contended for having it permanently. If the occu- pancy is temporary it will give Japan a military command over China as long as the occupation lasts. The permanent oc- cupancy of the island of Formosa has been settled for some time. The opening of Peking and four new ports of commerce marks the introduction of modern methods in the interior of China. Japan has gained the privilege of estab- lishing her cotton and other factories in China, but it remains to be seen whether Japanese capital will invest in these enter- prises or the Chinese buy these modern fabrics. The edict makes a significant omission as to the reported Japan-China alliance, offensive and defensive, which, if consum- mated, would have given the “Orient to the Orientals.” Japanese and Chinese officials in Washington have never credited the report of this alliance. REMOVES THE “LIKEN” TAX. All Nations May Be Favored by the Treaty of Peace. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—United States Minister Dun at Tokio has been heard from in an announcement of the conclusion of the treaty of peace between China and Japan, but he apparently does not know upon what terms this treaty has been signed. The Chinese legation and the Japanese legation here are also in ignorance as to the exact conditions. It is believed here that the Japanese have secured the abolition of the “liken” tax, by which is meant the tax imposed on goods transported from one point in China to another. This has been the object of all occidental diplomats accredited to China for months, and the officials of the State Department feel that all civilized nations will owe a debt of gratitude to Japan for thus re- moving this burden on their commerce with China, for it is not believed this con- cession would have been made in the in- terest of Japan alone. Should Japan, however, be the only beneficiary as re- gards this tax, it is fully expected thata strong protest will be made by the powers, which would be greatly handicapped in the competition with Japan for Chinese trade unless they could ciaim the same privilege of exemption under the favored- nation clauses of their treaties. The loss of the “liken” tax will be very severely felt by China. It averages about twelve million taels per annum, and China will supply the deficit in revenue with great difficulty. The total revenues of the country were estimated by a competent British consular officer in 1888 at 65,000,000 taels per annum, and as the custom taxes are limited by treaty to 5 percentitisa matter of much speculation as to how the country will raise the large indemnity de- manded by Japan. GOING TO THE ORIENT. China and Japen Looked Upon as the Coming Countries. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17—W. E. Curtis, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record, will leave here Satur- day and sail from San Francisco for Hong- kong on May 4. He goes to write a series of letters and to secure material for a book which shall show the possibilities of trade and commerce with China and Japan and Korea under conditions that will follow the restoration of peace between China and Japan. 1t is his belief that these countries of the far Bast are just upon the verge of an era of material prosperity and commercial de- velopment, and that for the next decade at least the attention of speculators and in- vestors will be turned toward them. The advance guard of these from the United States has already begun. One of the first was General George B. Williams, who goes in the' interest of the ship-build- ing firm of Charles Cramp’s Sons of Phila- delphia. It has been announced that Japan intends to expend the whole of the money for indemnity received from China in the extension of her military and naval establishments and it may be that the United States will furnish her part of her ships and military stores. Another departure this week is that of Chester A. Holcomb, for many years secre- tary of the United Stateslegation at Peking and aathor o & receat book autitled *Pis Rea? Ohtwamax.” Mz. Holomb is not onty familiar with the Chinese people,but speaks their language. He goes as the represefit- ative of a wealthy syndicate to investigate the conditions and prospects of the coun- try with a view to the establishment of banking-houses, which it is believed will be demanded by the increase of business. ONE LESSON OF THE WAR. ght the Value of Improved Repeating Rifles. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Com- mander Myaoka, an attache of the.J'apQ- nese legation, referring to ‘the military operations of the Japan-China war just closed, said: «Jt has afforded a wide field of ohserve- tion on modern methods of warfare, as it has been the first great conflict since the Franco-German war, when the implements of war were far less advanced than they are now. At the outset the Japanese sol- diers were armed with old-style xifles and the battle of Ping Yang was fought with single-fire guns. Among the guns cap- tured from the Chinese, it was found tgmt they had a very few superior repeating rifles, although the bulk of their arms were found primitive and useless. Japan }3&5 since undertaken to rearm all soldiers with repeating rifles of the latest type. Already one-third of the troops have this new arm and the Government arsenals are hard at work turning out the,guns for a complete equipment. / “The war footing of the Japanese army is now up to 180,000 men; their peace foot- ing was 60,000 distributed in six garrisons. Now that the war is over it is not likely that an immediate reduction will be made back to the peace basis, for if the final terms of peace include cessions of territory permanent or temporary, there will have to be forces for these localities, besides equipping the six home garrisons.” Japan Tau Li Hung Chang to Go Home. SHIMONESKI, Japaw, April 17.—Li Hung Chang will embark for China to-day on board the Kung Yi. American Naval Movements. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—The Yorktown has arrived at Shanghai. The San Francisco has sailed from Smyrna for Alexandria and the Concord from Shang- hai for Nagasaki FOR THE BENSLEY COIN. The New Claimant Says He Can Prove His Rela- tionship. The Attorneys Claim to Have Enough Evidence to Win the Suit The romantic story of Mary L. Ingles, better known as Mrs. John Bensley, pub- lished yesterday, reveals for the first time much that was shrouded in mystery. Dur- ing the famous struggle of Chandos and his sisters to secure Mrs. Bensley’'s estate the public occasionally caughta glimpse of what was behind the scenes, but the actors in the drama had schooled them- selves so perfectly that when the case ended the mystery was all the darker for the fitful gleam of light that flashed across its surface. It reveals, according to the evidence now in the possession of Mr. Tripp, years of scheming on the part of a brother and sis- ter to defraud an old man out of his for- tune, and the final accomplishment of that vile conception. Through all this the brother and sister were hand in glove, be- coming Mr. and Mrs. de Tarente when the occasion demanded, though they always sought strange places when double-dealing was needed. The man who poses as B. G. Chandos, it is indicated, is no other than Zachariah Ingles, and following out the line so long pursued by the deceased Mrs. Bensley and himself, he connived with others to de- fraud the son of his sister and co-worker in crime out of property valued at something over $300,000, which reverted to him on the death of his mother. Mr. Tripp says he has evidence to show all this to be the truth. Probabiy the most important document that will be offered in evidence is the sworn statement of Mrs. Mary Ingles, mother of Mrs. Bensley, of Chandos, gnd of the three sisters who secured a portion of the estate. This statement was made twenty years ago, and it was only after weeks of diligent search in one of the big Eastern cities that Mr. Tripp was able to locate the notary be- fore whom the paper was signed, and ob- tain a certified copy of the same. _ After describing the early and wayward life of her daughter, Mrs. Bensley, Mrs. Ingles says: “The child, E. A. Macmahon, was given that name because one of my daughters, now Mrs. Hardesty, had married a Mac- mahon, and that seemed the most ex- pedient means of concealing the child’s identity should the English husband, Greville, or Grething, ever put in a claim for him. Greville did call later to see the child, but was told that he had died when only a few weeks old. Greville then left, and all trace of him has been lost. One o! my daughters in a fit of anger one day at- tempted to smother the infant by wrap- ping his head in a shawl, though she said she was only teasing him. Fearing for Edward’s life, I carried him to another lace, where he remained until sent for by is mother.” There is said to be no want of proof relative to Macmahon being the son of Mrs. Bensley. Macmahon is in Kansas City, but it is understood that he will come to San Fran- cisco within the next few weeks. In a statement in the possession of Mr. Tripp among other things Macmahon says: **Within the last ninety days I have dis- covered evidence proving that I am the son of Mrs. Bensley and not her nephew, as I have always believed. I recall that after the death of my mother the proprie- tor of the hotel at Las Vegas said that Mrs. Bensley remarked in his presence, ‘Edward Macmahon is my son.’ Idid not notiee it at the time, because I had always been taught to call her aunt. Prior to the death of my mother I had always addressed Mrs. Hardesty as aunt, but after that event I was told to call her ‘mother.’ “After the death of my grandmother I I lived with Mrs. Hardesty nine monthsin Pittsburg and never lived with her over twenty-one months all told. She always introduced me as her n%phew, and in Bir- mingham and Kansas City, Mo., the peo- le believe that I bear that relation to her. feel that a great wrong has been done me, and intentionally, too, by my aunts and uncle, and the object of this suit is to right that wrong."” G. Chandos, who figures as one of the P incipals in the suit filed Tuesday, is living in Centralia, Wis. It is the inten- iton of the attorneys in charge of the case, Mr. Tripp says, to file an action to-day at Centralia, tying up the property owned and controlled by him there. In this con- nection it is not"inappropriate to remark that Chandos swore in open court that he did not know either Marian de Tarente or James de Tarente, Documents are on file which prove that Chandos masqueraded as James de Tarente and that Mrs. Bensley represented herself to be Marian de Tarente. HADN'T SEEN PAPER MONEY. How an Immigrant Were Swindled. Bridget Williamson was brought before Justice Taintor, in the Jefferson Market Court,charged:with having passed a $50 Con- Couple | federate bill on John Hughes, s bartgads m B gaivon, S0 Yprwy street. Mrs. Wil liamson was arrested by Court Officer Hunt on a warrant, s: Times. Accompanied by her husband, James, and her 13-year-old son, John Henry, she came to this city last week from Mansville, Jefferson County, N. Y. They had sold their property there, consisting of two cows and a pig. They took rooms at the Spring-street address, and last Friday Mrs. Williamson gave Hughes the $50 bill in question to pay her room rent. Hughes ia\'e the woman $41 change. He did not now that the money was Confederate un- til he had taken it to the bank. ‘When Mrs, Williamson was brought to court she at once admitted that she had given the bill to Hughes. She said that it had been given to her by her husband, who | had received it from thie man to whom he sold the cows and the pig. Justice Taintor told the woman to send for her husband. She turned to her boy, Tohn Henry, who had come to court with her, and said: “John Henry!” Then followed some words in a tongue never before heard in the Jef- ferson Market Court. The lad answered in the same tongue, while an old police- man ejaculated : , hayving come and. When the husband appeared he corroborated in every way the story told by his wife. He added that this was the first paper money he and his wiie had ever seen. He had never heard of Confederate money. Justice Tainter held Mrs. Williamson in $500 bonds for examination on Monday. . 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