The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1895, Page 4

G SRS NEWS OF THE COAST, Italian Killed by Highwaymen Near San Diego. An WAS SCHULZE A THIEF. The Tacoma Suicide Said to Have Been Short in His Accounts. CRIME IN CURRAN CANYON. Northern Indlans Who Would Not Be Citizens--Suicide at San Bernardino. SAN DIEGO, Cav., April 18.—An Italian, known only as Antonio, was killed and robbed on the railroad, between Oceanside and Vista, just after dark last night. The murdered man had been seen with two Italians and an American walking from Escondido, where he had been work- ing on an irrigation ditch and had just been paid off. His three companionsappeared at Ocean- side this morning and said they were walking on the track single file, Antonio in the lcad, when a man jumped out from a culvert where he had been lying in wait and fired, wounding Antonio. He fired a second time, the bullet striking the wounded man in the breast, killing him instantly. .The others ran away. They said it was too dark to identify the murderer, and one of them declared that a man on horseback had chased him some distance. The men say that they returned to the spot this morning and found An- tonio’s body. All his money was gone. Three men were arrested at Oceanside and charged with the murder. The body was placed under guard await- ing the Goroner, who went up to-night with Deputy District Attorney Kirby. The latter received information which tended to confirm the suspicions that the three men killed their companion for the purpose of robbery. An inquest will be held to- morrow. e e SENSATION AT TACOMA. Investigating Alleged Shortages in the Accounts of the Late Paul Schulze. TACOMA, WasH., April 18.—Sensational rumors are in circulation here of large shortages in the accounts of Paul Schulze, the deposed general western land agent of the Northern Pacific, who committed sui- cide last week. Officials of the Northern Pacific are now conducting an investiga- tion, aided by experts. The statement that Paul Schulze had written & letter to Marie Wainwright, stat- ing that h tended to end his life and giving his reasons for the act, is denied in a dispatch received to-day from Quincy, IIl., where Miss Wainwright is at present. Miss Wainwright admitted that she and Schulze were on terms of intimacy and stated that it was none of the public’s business ‘if she did receive a letter from him. —_—— CURRAN CANYON AFFRAY. Joe Sylvester Shoots and Fatally Wounds Rancher Brazil. MODESTO, Carn., April 18. — Word reached Modesto this afternoon of a proba- bly fatal- shooting -affray in the Curran Canyon, Coast Range Mountains, thirty miles west of Modesto. Last evening at 8 o’clock A. J. Brazil, owner of a band of sheep, was shot by Joe Sylvester in the left side, the pistol ball going through his body. The trouble arose over a pair of blankets left by Sylvester at Brazil's camp last fall, when he left the employ of Bra- zil. Theé latter claimed to know nothing of the transaction. Witness es claim the shooting was with- out provocation, while Sylyester says he fired in self-defense. Brazil lives in Oak- land. Sylvester is underarrest and will be brought to the County Jail to-morrow. Air b e TIRED OF BEING CITIZENS. Umatilla Indians Petition to Again Be- come Government Wards. PENDLETON, O=., April 18.—Chief Peo | of the Umatilla Indians and Chief Young Chief of the Cayuses, accompanied by John McBean, interpreter, left to-day for Washington. They are delegated by a faction of the tribes to ask Congress to pass new laws again making Indians on allot- ment lands Government wards. Both be- fore leaving said they are tired of being citizens, and want the Indian agent to bave authority as formerly. They said the Indians are hopeless drunkards, and will under the present rulings of the eourts go to ruin by squandering all they have. i SAN BERNARDINO SUICIDE. William McCoy Kills Himself With a Dose of Strychnine. SAN BERNARDINO, Cawn,, April 18.— ‘William McCoy, aged 22, the son of W. W. McCoy, owner of the Tbex mine, and great- grandson of Dave McCoy, who died re- cently at the age of 107 years, committed suicide to-day by taking strychnine. He has been an inmate of the insane asylum. TOBE TAKEN FROM CARSON A Report That the Looted Mint Will Soon Be Dis- mantled. All Gold and Silver on Hand Or- dered Removed to San Francisco. CARSON, Nev., April 18 —Consterna- tion was caused here to-day by the receipt of a dispatch from Washington, D. C., an- pouncing a well-authenticated rumor that it is the intention of the Treasury Depart- ment officials to remove the mint from this city entirely. Several days ago the Cavy publisheq a report that all bullion in the mint was to be removed to San ¥ran- cisco. This statement proves to have been only too true, and to-day an order to make the transfer was issued by Director Pres- ton. The news was received here in the following dispatch from Washington: “Mr. Preston, the Director of the Mint, to-day ordered the $550,000 in gold bullion and 160,000 ounces of silver, now at the United States Mint at Carson, Nev., shipped at once to the mint at San Fran- cisco. The inference is that the Carson mint will soon be dismantled and its ma- chinery shipped to Denver for use in the coinage mint to be established there.” The case of John T. Jones, the first man to be arrested in connection with the mint scandal, was called this morning. A con- tinuance was taken until Tuesday, April 23. The examination of Jones will be held behind closed doors, and it is expected that numerous arrests will follow, if they have not already been made. e SAFE IN NEAH BAY PORT. The Foundered Vessel Near Carmanah Not the Bering Sea. TACOMA, Wasn., April 18.—Edward Johnson, one of the owners of the Bering Sea, received a dispatch from Neah Bay last night in reply to an inquiry, an- nouncing that the vessel was all right and | had not been wrecked, as indicated in a | Port Townsend dispatch published yester- | day morning. The dispatch added tbat the Bering Sea sailed from Neah Bay the eighth of this month, with a crew of five white men and fifteen Indian sealers. She is a 50-ton boat and is on her maiden voyage. Captain Larsen is from Seattle, as well as the four other white men. The Indians were shipped at Neah Bay. Mr. Johnson said the schooner would cruise along the coast, hunting for seals, and would be gone all summer, or until the close of the sealing season. The following special dispatch to the Ledger from Victoria probably refers to the same schooner: VICTORIA, B. C., April 18.—Collector of Customs A. R. Milne yesterday received the following telegram from Operator Day- kin of Carmanah giving most meager in- formation of the latest wreck on the south- | west coast: “A sealing schooner of about thirty or forty tons is ashore six miles from here. Sheisa wreck and deserted, and I have taken charge of her.” The name of the unlucky craft was not mentioned in the dispatch, nor was this information given in the office messages | in the same connection received by the Canadian Pacific Railroad Telegraph Com- pany. Mr. Daykin had not returned to | the lighthouse from the scene of the ves- | sel's coming ashore at a late hour last night and, in consequence, nothing could | be obtained over the wire. The schooner | is supposed to be one of the Indian fleet, | this.supposition being based chiefly upon the fact of her siz At Py NO REHEARIN® NOW. Jackson Cannot Attend Court Until the October Term. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—Thereis | no probability that there will be a rehearing | | upon the income-tax case before the Octo- | ber term, if at all. The letter from Justice Jackson which has recently been received in this city, in which he states that he can- | not be present before the October term, | settles the fact that there will not be a fall bench until that time, and without a full | bench there would be no reason for grant- | ing a rehearing, especially on the basis of | the petition of the Attorney-General. The | Justice ‘'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 189 Kt 0w B OS2 i ot 5 L s b mtont v o oL i b SRR e e CAPTURE A SHERIFF, Indian Police Place an Officer Under Ar- rest. HE WAS AFTER THEM. The Ejection of Settlers From the Reservation Caused the Trouble. HE HAD NO POSSE WITH HIM. Now He Goes With One to Arrest the Agent Who Ordered the Men to Take Him. OMAHA, NEsr., April 18.—A special to the Bee from Pender, Nebr., says: A new phase of the tronble on the reservation developed to-day when Sheriff Mullins | was captured by Indian police with drawn revolvers. At present the place of his continement is a secret known to none of his friends. The Federal court ordered all evictions of settlers on account of the difference between the Indian agentand the Flourney Land Company to cease until a rehearing could be had on April 22. The Indian police, however, have continued to eject settlers from the reser- vation. The Sheriff of this county secured a to-day, intending to surprise the Indians as they were ejecting settlers and arrest them. This morning he left for the reservation alone and at noon news of his arrest was received. Nothing has since been heard in regard to the Sheriff’s arrest. It is believed, however, that he has been taken to Dakota City for a pre- liminary hearing before United .States Commissioner Spencer. No effort is being made to release him from the custody of Captain Beck until word can be received but in the event of the Sheriff being held | by Beck he will probably be released to- morrow on & writ of habead corpus, that | being the first and only procedure now talked of. There are conflicting rumors regarding the manner in which the Sheriff was ar- rested this morning by the Indian police. One rumor is to the effect that they read a warrant to him, which had been issued letter of Justice Jackson seems also to have | settled another fact—that he does not in- | | 'tend to resign. | One hears many threats as to what the | | Internal Revenue Bureau intends to do to | | persons who have failed to make returns. | | The lawyers who have been connected with | this case say that these threats may be dis- | | regarded. They maintain that no penalty | can be enforced for failing to make returns, | that an examination of books and papers | cannot be permitted, and that no other per- son than the collector himself can made a demand for a statement for the tax. In other words, if persons have not made re- turns voluntarily, it is maintained that it is not in the power of the Government, un- less the law ghall be amended, to enforce the making o? any returns. — OF INTEREST TO THE GOAST. Additional Pensions Granted in Califor-| nia and Oregon. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—By direction | of the Assistant Secretary of War, Post Quarter- | master Sergeant Homer W. Newman, now at | Fort Townsend, Wash., will be sent to Presidio | of San Franciseo. He will report upon arrival | to the commanding officer of that post for duty. Commissary Sergeant Emil Miller, now at | Fort Townsend, will be sent to Fort Spokane, | Wash. He will report npon arrival at that | point to the commanding officer to relieve Commissary Sergeant Isidore Crone. Commissary Sergeant Crone, when thus re- lieved, will be sent to San Francisco. He will report upon arrival at that place to Major Charles P. Eagan, commissary of subsistence, | for duty. Hospital Steward Gustav Smith, Fort Mason, Cal., is placed on the retired list. Postofices were established to-day st Abrams, Trinity County, Cal. (special from Trinity), James G. Mather, Postmaster; Tejon, | Kern County, Charles L. Wood, Postmaster; | Lenox, Washington County, Or., Peter Jossy, | | Postmaster; Ellers, Shasta County, Cal., George | R. Eldredge, Postmaster; Talega, Orange | County, Cal.. Marietta Morris, Postmistress; | Mule, Harney County, Or., James F. Mahan, | Postmaster. Charles Cantrell has been com- missioned Postmaster at Pieta, Cal. | Pensions: California—Original—James E. | Owen, Pomona, Los Angeles County; Henry L. | Atwood, Hallack, San Bernardino County. In- crease—John Ford, Yountville, Napa County; Walter Lymen, Auburn, Placer County; Hor- ace Ashley, Pasadena. Restoration and supple- mental—John Jordan (deceased), Wilmington, Los Angeles County. Reissued—Smith Hub- bell, San Jose. Reissue and increase—Robert H. Mcliroy, Emmett, San Benito County. Origi- nal widows—Jane Jordan, Wilmington, Los Angeles County. Minors—W. Downing, Oak- San Franeisco; Adolph Mautner,San Francisco. Mexican waxsurvivors, increase—John Curtis, Bacramento. Oregon — Original — Widows and children, Martha A. Baldwin, Winchester, Douglas County; John Sanders, Wolf Creek, Josephine Daniel Watts, Myrtle Point, Coos y. Reissue—Calvin Bair, Salem, Marion County, Wash. Original—Henry Daum, Ran- kin, Lewis County; Gowen W. Wilson, Kenmo- wick, Yakima County. Washington—Increase—Horace R, Preston, Blaine, Whatcom County. Original widows and orphans—John Etheridge (father), Little Falls, Lewis County. Among the California arrivals ere J. F. Evans of San Francisco and W. P. Gould and William P. Gerdel of Santa Barbars. A.H. Ricketts, representing the California Miners’ Association, is here to see the Secretary of the Interior regarding the selecting of mineral lands by the Southern Pacific Railroad. He protests against valuable mineral Jands being patented to the road and insists that no vatents be granted until proper classification | has been made and adequate motice of the selections have been posted for the proper length of time. Ex-Representative Caminetti is alsoin com- munication with the department in the inter- est of the miners, Mrs. Hearst gave a luncheonm to twenty guests yesterday, this being the last of her brilliant series of hospitalities for the season before her departure for Europe. She will spend several months in travel. i s Counterfeiter Arvested. CHICAGO, ILL., April 18.—0. 0. Jones, formerly a newspaper artist, grrested last night by the United States Secret Service on a charge of counterfeiting 2-cent stamps, confessed to-day to Captain Porter that he and Morrison are one and the same. . Jones has been in Canada for a month, returning yesterday. Secret service men traced him to Cincinnati, where he wrote to a Chicago newspaper that his stamps were for sale at Monterey, Mexico. —_— Fire on Philippine Islands. MADRID, Sparx, April 18.—The town of Tayti, on one of the Philippine Islands, has been destroyed by fire. Two thousand houses were consumed. One life was lost. | tion. lend. “Reissue—minors of Benjamin Ingall, | several days ago by United States Com- missioner Spentor at Dakota City, and which the Indian police have since been carrying around awaiting a chance to catch him on the reservation, while an- other rumor says that when the Sheriff Em‘rived at Waterman’s place, the man whom the police were trying to dispossess of his land, and attempted to read the war- rant for their arrest, three or four of the Indians seized the Sheriff and handcuffed him, while others stood around with drawn revolvers as a warning for him not to re- sist the police. This story seems to be the most authen- tic and is generally accepted as reliable. ‘While a good many were to-day inclined to censure the Sheriff for attempting the arrest alone, it is believed now he acted wisely, for it is thought that had a posse of men went there would probably have been several lives lost, and the Sheriff thought by going alone the Indians would submit to arrest. Their action this morn- ing, however, confirms the story set afloat some time ago that Beck had instructed his police to resist arrest by civil authori- ties. Everything%is quiet to-night, and there will be no move made by the authori- ties of this county or by a mob to release the Sheriff through other than a legal pro- cess, 10:50 p. M.—The Bheriff returned at 10 o’clock. He was released on bail by a Jus- tice of the Peace. He at once procured a posse of six men and left for the reserva- Itissaid he will attempt to arrest Captain Beck and the Indian police. STOPPED BY A BRITISHER. An Amevican Vessel Said to Have Been Overhauled at Sea. KINGSTON, Jamarca, April 18, — A strange report has been received here. It is said that the steamer Barnstable, from Boston for Port Antonio, was fired on off Grandinague by the British cruiser Canada. It is said that the Barnstable stopped and was boarded by British officers. No reason for tbis action and none of the details have been received. BOSTON, Mass., April 18.—The steamer Barnstable, which was reported overhauled and boarded by the British warship Can- ada, is itself a British craft, leased by the ! Boston Fruit Company for the West Indies | trade. She left Boston for Port Antonio | April 4, and was probably on ber return | trip when stopped. | A. W. Preston, general manager of the Boston Fruit Company, which is the lessee | of the Ethelred, stopped by the Spanish a | short time ago, said last night: “I have | received no hintof the tsarnstable being | intercepted, and cannot conceive why it should have been done, especially by an English vessel. She is now on her return trip, and should reach here next Monday morning.” Sr L BRADFORD NOT 1IN IT. The Big 0il Boom Will Be on a Cash Basis There. BRADFORD, Pa., April 18.—As far as speculation in oil is concerned, Bradford was not in the hunt to-day to any extent. Information was received from Oil City to the effect that all outstanding oil trades must be closed before more orders would be accepted of any kind of margins, and business would not be transacted in the oil exchange until there was some money in sight. It began to dawn on the people in Brad- ford that yesterday’s slump was a move manipulated by the Standard to gobble up and it is said no less than 500 of them were dumped on the market during the break. There are but 750 of them outstanding, and assoon as the remainder of them have been sold speculation in oil will be a thing of the past. Field operations continue brisk and will probavly remain so as long as the pipe-line price remains above the §2 mark. Refined oil has advanced to 12}4 cents per gallon in this city by retail. INGALLS FOR SILVER. He Wants the Presidentinl Candidate to Favor the Metal. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 18.—A spe- cial to the journal from Macon, Mo., says: In conversation with a member of the G. A. R. at the State encampment being held here, Hon. John J. Ingalls declarcd he was not only in favor of putting a plank into the national platform favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver, but from the Attorney-General of the State, | what few certificates were in circulation, {- that he was strongly in favor of nominat- ing a candidate who was personally in fayor of that principle. “Why,” remarked a prominent G. A. R. member,” you will knoek out McKinley.” “No,” replied ex-Senator Ingalls, “I do not mean that, or go so far, because there is plenty of time and men often change their positions.”” SRR R A VERDICT FOR BARTILETT. Ex-Congressman Coffeen Must Pay His Private Secretary’s Claim. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 18.—The case of I. S. Bartlett against ex-Congressman Coffeen has been concluded in the District Court. Mr. Bartlett was private secretary to Mr. Coffeen from August, 1893, to Au- gust, 1894. He alleged that the ex-Con- gressman was in the habit of withholding from $20 to $30 per month from his secre- tary’s salary. This money, it was alleged, Mr. Coffeen gave to his daughter and nephew, who were attending school in Washington, for alleged services performed in the capacity of stenographer and type- writer. Mr. Bartlett further alleged that Coffeen compelled him to contribute from $5 to $10 per month as a part of his office rent and hire of a typewriting machine. In addition to the $30 per month with- beld from his salary for twelve months, Mr. Bartlett asked for a further judgment of §24250 for extraordinary services per- formed in preparing numerous newspaper interviews, enlogies and puffs, which were prepared by him at Mr. Coffeen’s request for the purpose of advertising the work and accomplishments of Wyoming’s ex- Congressman. Many ridiculous features were brought out in the course of the trial. The jury was out several hours, and brought in a verdict in Bartlett’s favor: for $202 50. — TROUBLE ARG INERS. Tennessee Coal Diggers Strike and Then Indulge in Whisky and Rioting. Many Shots Exchanged With the Superintendent’s Party Who Have to Leave. KNOXVILLE, Te~x., April 18.—Four hundred miners in the Royal Coal and Coke Company’s mines at Coal Creek, Tenn., have walked out because the com- pany refused to discharge a mine superin- tendent and thirteen miners brought from Ohio. The shutting down of the mines throws out of employment 200 peo- ple besides the miners. It is feared to-night that the trouble of two years ago with the miners will be re- peated. This morning a supply of whisky reached the camp, and becoming intoxi- cated, a number of the leaders made an at- tack on Morgan, the superintendent, whose ! discharge the men demanded. Morgan and his friends opened fire, fatally wound- ing a miner named Hendricks. This precipitated a free fight in which a number of shots were fired, the Morgan party retreating to the woods. The miners refuse to tell how many of their number were hurt, but they are greatly excited und the whole valley is arming. The Sheriffs of Campbell and Anderson counties are on the scene with deputies, but it is feared the miners will get afresh supply of liquor and cause trouble. e AR OREGON IMPROVEMENT TAXES. 4 Rehearing of the Case Granted at Albany, N. ¥. ALBANY, N. Y., April 18,—Deputy Comptroller Morgan gave a hearing this afternoon in the matter of the application of the Oregon Improvement Company for a readjustment of their corporation tax imposed by the State. The company holds its annual elections in New York, where it has its office. It also deposits its bonds, etc., in the safe deposit company of New York City. It also pays a large force of clerks and has a bapk account in that city. The State holds that §70,000 of its capital is in actual operation in this State and has imposed a tax under the corporation tax law for the past fourteen years. On the other hand the company claimsg its capital does not come within the provisions of the law. il t L FIRST OF THE SEASON. A Man Killed While Going to the Baseoall Ground. CINCINNATI, Oxto, April 18.—A horri- ble accident attended the opening day of the ‘baseball season here. On oneof the densely crowded open electrical cars pass- ing up Vine street on its way to the grounds an elderly man stood on the foot rail on the side of the car. When the car reached the canal bridge he was so far out that his body struck the ironwork of the bridge. His ribs were broken, his skull crushed ana as the car left the bridge he fell dead on the street. He was identi- fied as J. Hilrich, a jewelry peddler. PSR i Elkins Not a Candidate. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 18,—Ex- Senator G. Davis of West Virginia, father- in-law of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, was at the Fifth-avenue Hotel last night. Mr. Davis, who is a Democrat, declared that his son-in-law would positively not be a candi- date for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Astothe Democratic nomi- nee he did not agree with Senator Hill that a Southern man should be named. “But the Vice-President,” he added, “‘could well be selected from the South. One thing I wish to say emphatically. We should not select any more candidates for our party from New York. We have had too many candidates from the Empire State.” —_— Failure of a Woolen Mill. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 18.—The firm of Sevill, Schofield & Sons, proprietors of the Economy Woolen Mills, Manayunk, executed an assignment for the benefit of creditors to-day. The employes of the mills, to the number of 500 out of a total of nearly 2000 hands, went on a strike Tues- day evening after making a demand on the firm for an increase of 15 per cent in wages. No statement of liabilities or sets has yet been made. e e MeConnell Resigns. CHICAGO, Irr, April 18.—Fx-Judge Samuel P. McConnell, who yesterday came out as an advocate of the free coinage of silver, to-day tendered his resignation as president of the Iroquois Club. Mec- Connell says the position he took on the currency question he knew to be contra to that {e‘ld by a majority of the club, nxl:-g he felt it would be unfair for him to longer act as the presiding officer. pees Relegigr il The Pope and the Schools. ROME, Irany, April 18. — The Pope through the congregation of the Propa- ganda, has addressed a letter to tha Cana- dian bishops condemning the frequenting of Protestant and neutral schools by the Catholics of Manitoba. ———— . Opposed to Reorganization. _ NEW YORK, N. Y., April 18.—A cable- gram from London to the Evening Post says: The Atchison income bondholders are preparing to resist the reorganization scheme, BRYAN ASKS GROVER, He Wants to Know What Is Meant by Sound Money. AN OPEN LETTER SENT. If a Clear Expression Is Given a Line of Battle May Be Unnecessary. DOES HE WANT ALL GOLD? Another Letter Might Set the People Right Regarding the President’s Meaning. OMAHA, NEBR., April 18 —Ex-Congress- man Bryan, through the Omaha paper of which he is the editor, to-day made public an open letter to the President in reply to Mr. Cleveland’s recent financial epistle. After praising Coin’s financial school the letter says: “What do you mean by the phrase, ‘sound money ?” In your letter you make frequent use of that and kindred phrases. In fact, in the course of your letter you speak three times of ‘sound money,’ twice of a ‘safe currency,’ once of a ‘sound cur- rency,’ once of a ‘safe and sound currency,’ once of ‘safe and prudent financlal ideas’ and once of ‘wholesome financial doctrine. You also speak once of a ‘debased cur- rency,’” once of a ‘degenerated currency’ and once of ‘cheap money.” In one place you describe your opponents as ‘the forces of silver monometallism,’ but you nowhere explain what you mean by ‘sound money” or what you consider ‘cheap money.’ “Now everybody favors ‘sound money’ and a ‘safe currency,’ and a plain and simple statement of what you mean by these euphonious and universally admired phrases might dispel the warclouds and make a ‘line of battle’ unnecessary. “If by ‘sound money’ you mean a gold standard, why did you avoid the use of the word ‘gold’ in your letter? If by a ‘safe currency’ you mean bimetallism, why did you avoid the use of the word ‘bi- metallism’ in your letter? ““Your opponents favor the free and un- limited coinage of gold bullion into dollars, each containing 25.8 grains of standard gold. Are you in favor of this? Your op- ponents are in favor of the free and unlim- ited coinage of silver bullion into dollars, each containing 412.5 grains of standard silver. Are you in favor of this? If mnot, are you in favor of the coinage of silver bullion into dollars of any size? If not in favor of the free Coinage of silver, what charge, if any, would you make for coin- age? “Is the failure of goldstandard advocates to define their purpos#$ and defend their financial system due to lack of knowledge of the subject or to' an unwillingness to let people know what they intend? If the ‘proprieties of ;your official place’ oblige you to ‘forego the enjoyment’ which you would derive from the writing of another letter explaining your last letter and defining your position on the finan- cial question please designate some one who has authority to speak for you, so that the people may be ‘afforded an in- telligent opportunity,’ as you suggest, to study and decide this now paramount public question. NICARAGUAN- CONCESSION No Likelihood of the Company Losing Any of Its Rights Already Granted. Reports to That Effect Resulted From a Misapprehension of the Ministers. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister, was asked to-day concerning a report that Nic- aragua desired that the present Nicaraguan Canal Company should surrender the con- cession under which work has been done thus far and that the United States and Nicaragua should jointly undertake the future work as a governmental enterprise. The Minister explained the report was due to a misapprehension. The Nicaraguan Government had no wish, he said, that the company should surrender its concession. It had every confidence that the company would push the enterprise with all possible speed. Under the circumstances, Dr. Guzman said, the joint governmental action was not a live one and it was needless to spec- ulate on a contingency which Nicaragua did not regard as a remote possibility. The Government wanted to give every en- couragement to the company and did not want the impression to get abroad that it considered a forfeiture likely or even pos- sible. Dr. Guzman says the misapprehension arose through crediting to him a statement which he hbad communicated to the State Department as an inclosure. The state- ment had been made during an interview between the United States Minister at Nicaragua and the Government authorities. It was forwarded to Dr. Guzman and by bim sent to the State Department without any intention of indorsing the views. It has since been found that the report of the interview at Managua was very de- fective. Minister Baker was talking in English and understood mo Spanish. The Nicaraguan Minister was talking in Spanish and understood no English. There was naturally some misunderstanding from which the recent reports have arisen. GREAT BRIIAIN'S DEMANDS. Little Doubt That She Will Carry Yut the Niearaguan Claims. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—The impression is growing here that President Zelaya of:Nicaragua has taken too optim- istic a view of the state of the relations be- tween Great Britain and his own country in assuming that the former has decided to desist from carrying out her ultimatim to Nicaragua and that she will agree ta allow the claim for indemnity to go to arbitra- tion. g 1t is regarded as a_significant “fact here that the Earl of Kimberly, the British For- eign Minister, has just returned suddenly to London, and it is believed the true ex- planation of the delay in action isto be found in the fact that none of the subor- dinates in the British Foreign Office felt like assuming the responsibility for action in the absence of the Earl. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaragua Minister bere, has not heard from his Government asto Great Britain’s purpose, b_ut be is hourly expecting an answer to his ‘ubled inquiry. From the delay in answering he believes the Nicaraguan Government is yet uninformed as to the latest phase of the situation and it probably is in com- munication with its representative at Lon- don. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Em- bassador, received no advices on the sub- ject to-day. While there is an absence of official information, the diplomatic o@- eials regard it as settled that Great Britain will proceed to enforce her ch}xm against Nicaragua by moderate but firm means. The impression also prevails that with Par- liament in session the Government would not risk an appeal to that body by moder- erating or yielding to the proposals of a minor power. — g T0 HELP FRUIT-GROWERS. An FEffort Being Made to Collect Duty on Currants. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—Secre- tary Carlisle and Assistant Secretary Ham- lin are interesting themselyes in behalf of California small-fruit growers, to prevent, if possible, the free importation of currants into this country. The New York board of general appraisers recently decided that under the new tariff law all currants, save Zante currants, could be admitted iree, and so for several days past the Treasury Department has received a large number of protests against allowing this decision to stand. Itis learned that yesterday Collec- tor Kilbrath, at New York, heard argu- ments on both sides of the question, and concluded the law was too plain to admit of any other construction than that given it by the board. The action of Congress in striking all currants from the dutiable list save those grown in Greece, called Zante currants, was a blunder, and yet the amendments made from time to time to the particular section plainly shows an interested purpose on the part of some to remove the duty from cur- rants. The Treasury officials have little faith in a favorable result, and will very likely appeal to the courts from the decision of the New York board on behalf of the small-fruit growers of the country. —_—— INCOME-TAX RECEIPTS, The Amount Will Be Very Close to the Original Estimate. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—1It is authoritatively stated at the Treasury De- partment that reports of collectors so far received show that the amount of income- tax receipts no doubt will reach the esti- mate made before the decision of the Su- preme Court was rendered. This is inter- preted to mean about $15,000,000. No information as to the number and amount of returns already reported is given out. Much to the surprise and annoyance of the officials information reached the de- partment from several cities that income- tax returns were still being offered, and asked for instructions. Several returns were offered to the officer for this city and he was instructed to re- ceive them, subject to whatever action that might be taken later. INSPECTORS' REGULATIONS. Baggage May Be Landed From Steam- ships After Sunset. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—As- sistant Secretary Hamlin to-day issued a circular to Collectors of Customs directing that hereafter when any steamship from abroad shall reach her dock after the hour of sunset the baggage and effects of her passengers, other than emigrants, may be delivered forthwith, waiving the existing requirements so far as they may affect the treatment of passengers’ baggage. In- spectors are cautioned to conduct them- selves with patience and courtesy while examining baggage and are instructed that the examinations are not so much with a view to the duties incidentally collected as to the prevention of intentional violations of the customs laws. gt ASKES FOR INTERFERENCE. Dr. Buchanaw's Counsel Wants British Protection From Execution. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—The British embassy has received a telegram from the New York counsel of Dr. Buch- anan, who is condemned to be electro- cuted next Monday, asking the Embassa- dor’s intervention on the ground that Dr. Buchanan is a British subject and has not een given a fair trial according to the constitution, It is understood that any action by Sir Julian Pauncefote would be confined to an unofficial suggestion to Secretary Gresham that the Governor of New York be asked to grant a temporary reprieve, uat such a suggestion is very unlikely, as the settled policy of the British officials is to give full credit to the action of the American courts. e Sustained Rev. W. N. Cleveland. WATERTOWN, N. Y. April 18.— Some time ago a dispute at the Chaumont Presbyterian Church resulted in the par- ishioners voting to ask for the resignation of Rev. W. N. Cleveland, a brother of President Cleveland. An appeal to the St. Lawrence Presbytery has been seftled by the approval of Rev. Mr. Cleveland's course and his election as a representative to the General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church. Washington Wants the Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—The Evening News and Morning Times have set to work in earnest endeavor to capture the national convention. The Times emphasizes the assertion made that Thomas B. Reed favors Washington, e Condition of the Treasury, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—To- day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $184,788,187; gold reserve, $90,503,835. ——-——'_? MISTAKES COMMON TO MANY, Blunders Which Often Result Seriously Should Be Avoided in Time. Many people are of the opinion (and wrongly), that whenever they do not feel well they should physic themselves with pills, powdersor purga- tives. This constant dosing of one’s self with physic is all wrong, as the effect of this treat- ment is to weaken the natural digestive forces which nature has given us, and this results in the awful chain of maladies which successtully attack the weak. Thousands to-day linger and suffer through ignorance of the proper mode of treating the ills which affect them through fatigue, overwork or indigestion. Peruvian Bitters are the proper thing to use to tone up and invigorate the system, and to enliven all the functions of the body. Peruvian Bitters are not & physic, but a pleasant and invigor- ating drink, made of the very finest California Brandy, blended with aromatic and medicinal herbs and roots, and particularly the almost sacred Peruvian Bark, so celebrated the world over for its tonic and anti-malarial properties. Peruvian Bitters enable the system to ward off the attacks of colds, coughs and similar di: eases, and if you are weak and shaky from former attack of the above diseases, Peruvian Bitters will make you strongagain. Appetizers are beneficial to the tired, overworked or weak, and Peruvian Bitters are & perfect tonic, better than whisky or similar stimulants. Beautiful, clear complexions are desired by sll, and Peru- vian Bitters will create complexions of beauty by restoring vigorous action of the functions of the body. Try it and be convinced. Mack & Co., 8an Francisco. All druggists and dealers. JAPAN'S PEACE TERNS Not Until Ratified Will the Facts Be Known. THE 0UTCOME DOUBTFUL, Public Sentiment Being Op- posed to the Measure May Renew the War. WANT TO AVOID EUROPEANS, Minister Dun Can Get No Positlve Information Beyond What He - Has Unofficially. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18.—TIt is stated by diplomatic officials that the ex- tension of the Japanese-Chinese armistice to May 8 is in order that the peace terms may be ratified by the respective govern- ments. This brings out for the first time that the action of the peace envoys wasnot conclusive and that there is still a possibil- ity of a failure to ratify the agreement. ‘Accompanying this are the reports of popular sgitation in Japan against the peace terms and the suppression of many newspapers which assail the government. This expression of popular sentiment, coming at a time when the Japanese parliament would be called on to accept or reject the agreement, causes some appre- hension as to the outcome, though the government is expected to prevail and carry out its programme. It has been feared from the outset of the negotiations that the- military element of Japan, encouraged by their constant vic- tories and supported by the universal war spirit among the people, could hardly be induced to accept moderate terms of peace. This was the main reason for making Prince Komatsu commander in-chief of the army and navy, thus concentrating all military power in one man instead of leaving it with the generals and ad- mirals. The final terms are far short of what the radical element demanded, and the agita- tion in Japan is taken to indicate that there will be some difficulty in getting the terms ratified. It is stated by a diplomatic official that China’s ratification would be made by an edict of the Emperor. This notification is accepted as certain, as the Emperor has already issued & preliminary edict author- izing Li Hung Changto accept the peace terms. Neitherthe Japanese nor Chinese legation here received any further details of the peace terms. The attitude of the Japanese Foreign Office in refusing to make an official statement of the terms of peace meets with responsive action at the Japa- nese legation at Washington. Little doubt is felt here that the reti- cence in disclosing the exact nature of the peace treaty is due to a desire to wait until the document is ratified and thus placed beyond the reach of possible interference by the powers of Europe. e BANKRUPTCY —of the physical being is the result of wing incessantly upon the reserve capital of nerve force. The wear, tear and strain of modem life are concen- trated upon the nervous system. The young men of our day become sufferers from nervous debility or exhaustion, nervous prostration or weakness. This may be the result of too much mental worry and excitement, or the result of bad practices and excesses, or pernicious habits, contracted in youth, through ig- norance. They feel irritable, weai and nervous with such distressing p- toms as backache, dizziness, shootin, pains in head or chest, sometimes indi- gestion. The middle-aged men, as well, suffer from exhaustion, loss of manly power, low spirits, impaired memory, and many derangements of mind an body. The ill-used brain is morbidly wide awake when the overworked busi- ness man attempts to find rest in bed. Thgfhyslcmm and specialists of the Invalids’ 'Hotel and Surgical Institute devote their best energies to reclaiming and restoring such unfortunates to health and ha?pmcss. They have written a book of 163 pages, treating of these maladies “and “setting forth a rational means of home-treatment for their cure. It is sent Securely sealed, in plain envel- 0pe, on receipt of 10 cents for postage. Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY MED- ICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE [NEBRIATE (Incorporated 1883). 2000 Stockton St., 8. F, Cal, HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drug Habits and Nervous Diseases n’n‘lmoh;:e xhel;fmn;i alsa temporary care an rvation s suspected of Ihsanity. Terms $10 w0 $35 per week. Txtracts from the report of the Grand Jury, filed Decomber 8, 1894: “While not a pubiic (nstit- tlon, in consequence of complaints made to us by the press and others, thorough examination was made of the canduct 0f the Home of Inebriates, and as a result of our nvestigations we are satis. fled that the same has been and is being properly . “The charges made 10 s of Lmproper of the patients were not sustained.” BURNS (Pre WAL, MARTIN (Secretary), . dent), persons suspected managed treatment Trustees—H. J. D. SAW- YER, WM. G. BALUGER, J. K, 0O .‘y'o&s; [DENSMORE, 3. W BUTTEL: For further information address The Sup-rintendent and Resident Physician. R Downtown office — Room 13, sixth floor, Mills building, S to 4:30 p. x. dally. COAL S5 $3.00 Per Half Ton. BRISTOL NUT COAL. N QS00T AND BUT LITTLE ASH. EAL NS COAL. ' Deilvered at hovse. W. G. STAFFORD & CO., 217 East St., Bet. Folsom and Howard. 1 Telephone (main) 495, -