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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1895. is also felt by the same aiplomatists to be full of significance to Venezuela, and it is feared by them that, having once driven in the wedge Great Britain scarcely can be expected to refrain from pressing forward with very vigorous measures in the matter of Venezuelan boundary dispute, and at PORTS ARE BLOCKED, Belligerent Steps Taken by England in Nic~ aragua. USUAL RULE OF FORCE. British Troops to Land at Co- rinto and Seize Customs Receipts. COMME ER South American Republics Fear Other Debts May Be Collected in Similar Style. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24.—Exact | official information has been receive: Great Britain’s belligerent steps in Nic CE WILL BE CRIPPLED. once establishing herself as the mistress of the Orinoco. It is felt here that the pres- ent situation is one justifying apprehen- sion and anxiety on the part of our own Government. While it is not expected the Nicaraguan Government will offer any armed resistance to the landing of the British forces, still it is feared that during the time the town of Corinto is occupied by foréigners the natives may be restrained with difficulty, and the close contact into which the two discordant ele- ments will certainly be brought might at any moment lead to an outbreak, winding up in a general ir Julan Pauncefote, the British Em- ador, was at the State Department this morning and had an interview with ary ham, presumably on the of the British programme to be pursued at Corinto, Nicaragua. It cannot be learned that the State Department has had any notice from our own Minister at Managua, Mr. Baker, of the arrival of the British fleet, or anything further thanthe news communicated by the Nicaraguan Minister here. There is no indication ot any change in the policy determined upon, Of non-interference except in the event that American interests are molested ragua. British troops are to be landed at | or an attempt made upon the integrity of Corinto. Custom-house e to be occu- | Nicara n territory. pied and British officers are to exercise the | Dr, Guzman, Nicaraguan Minister, was | functions of collectors of customs. At ir ble to-day. He has been very an local comme to be crippled by blockade. The T Btates coast defense ves Monterey is | still at Acapul 800 miles north of ected to south- 1l orders have ed from San Corinto | confirm the | an | Diego. Reports statement t ports by Gre s that she is ands. understand- | ockade will begin next | s good reason to believe | demand will not be altered, re- 1 in the slightest main purposes of Great Br ister a lesson to Nica to all the South American s to the Bri methods of redress. As to the landing of British marines at o, it is stated by officials that this or endanger the in terests tish | at a threatened Britain wished | ners e Great t to do so she was com- | e some foreign inter was, therefore, ¢ s at | ven | d be protected le, and if the dent to the attac be made. Sub- gn interests which | remunerated by | the same policy s wou ha n B: n h c ted as certain for some time. as Great Britain has given the United States have been to Embas- | r Bayard in response to inquiries. to is the best port of the Central an States on the Pacific Coast. It rtant to Nicaragua, as itis the the line of the Central Rail- verage size and is in communi- | th Lake Nicaragua by a macadam | by the New York and California 15it Company. Corinto is the heaviest point in Nicaragua. The imports r 1891-92 were $6,006,805, while all imports to other points did not exceed It is evident from this why the British chose Corinto for their strike. Almost one-half of the imports at Corinto are from Great Britain, so that the British seizure of the custom-house will result in their receiving the customs dues from British merchant ships. The British imports in 1891-92 werc $2,- 142,601. Those of the United States came second at $1,497,670; Germany, $1,042,055; France, $9 44. The rest of the import trade was h neighboring South and Central American countries. The im- ports of San Juan were §198,820. As the Corinto imports average about $500,000 monthly, it would not take long for Great Britain to appropriate the $75,000 indem- nity demanded. The tariff rates of Nicaragua are such that the $6,006,805 of impor 1891 yielded $1,058,413 in custom dutie Most of this was collected at Corinto. At this rate the receipts at Corinto would reach $75,000 within thirty days unless commerce was diverted to other ports. It is a signif fact that the largest part of Nicarag i ign debt is repre- sented by bonds held in London and pay- able there in 18%9. This foreign debt aggre- | gates $2,10: The London holders have | thus far received the interest on the bonds very promptly. If, however, Nicaragua is crippled by the seizure of her customs re- »ts it may react by a failure to meet the | interest on the bonds held in London. The | diplomatic representatives of the Central and South American republics are very much disturbed by this late feature of the | case (the meeting of bond obligations), for fear it opens a vista of endless trouble | and ag; on in the future. | Their idea is that once Great Britain has tted without interference to special indemnity she will of the excuse offered by the | failure of Nicaragua to meet her interest | payments on foreign debts to assume the | task of collecting this foreibly in the same manner, notwithstanding the fact that the failure may be brought about by her own of the customs receipts which were applied to the payment of thisin- terest. Of course, this would necessitate the occupation of Corinto after the original indemnity shall have been collected, which would ¢ 1d to the distress of Nicar- agua, and should she be then unable, as seems likely, to meet this last demand, the occupancy may be prolonged so in- definitely as to amount to a permanent oc m of the territory. isthe reasoning of the South Ame 5, and they find individual cause of ap- prehension in the fact that almost all of these little republics owe sums of money opean bondholders on account of st or principal of national debts, and v fear that for the first time the princi- ple may be laid down and enforged that a an Government may assume the collection of debts owing to_its citizens as individuals and not to the European na- tions.a doctrine which they assert would be particularly obnoxious” if applied to %ome of theStates of the American Union 3 | remaining before T ! value from $10 to $1000. since early morning. The brief time Great Britain’s final blow places a heavy responsibility on him. i hopes now almost entirely Washington. It is not be- that Guzman has suc- the intervention of the ic gua’s center on lieved, howeve ceeded in el United Stat THERE 15 AN OBJECTION, Although the License Is Out Marriage Has Been Post- poned. Young Wickes of Chicago and His Wooing of Miss Nelson of Kansas City. April 24.—A marriage cense was issued Tuesday to Thomas H. Wickes Jr., son of Vice-President Wickes of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and Miss Nina J. Nelson of Kansas City. Despite the possession of the legal permis sion to marry, the young people will not enter the matrimonial state until some future date. is the statement of the young man himself. The fact that Mr. Wickes has not been a permanent resident of St. Louis and that his bride-to-be comes from an- other city gave ground for the suspicion that an elopement was contemplated. | When Mr. Wickes was seen to-day at the en to protect for- | hould the latter suffer be compensated for ncefote, the British not been advised by the as to the contemplated | f troops in Nica- | cles this course has | | residence of his uncle, Mr. Harrison, he denied this emphatically. “Miss Nelson is in the house, here, and there will be no marriage for the present,” was his statemeé Mr. Wickes was un- willing to make any explanation of this peculiar state of things, but in answer to a question said that the marri fectly agreeable to the fam pariie: KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 24.—Miss Nelson is the daughter of George R. Nel- son, one of Kansas City’s solid men. In October, 1893, she was Queen of the Priests of Pallas ball at the close of the carnival season. M afternoon that she supposed her daughter to be in Leavenworth, Kans., and that she did not know when she went to St. Louis. Mrs. Nelson stated that the marriage if contemplated, which she did not believe, would be prevented. William Nelson, a brother of the young lady, left for St. Louis to bring her home. Mrs. Nelson states that her daughter met youne Wickes in Chicago several years ago, and that on sey- eral occasions she has visited Mi ence Wickes at the Wickes’ home, ago young Wickes proposed m the Nelsons objected and Mi: promised to give him up. The supposed the case had ended e THIEES GET G ooy, Nelson’s mother stated this had Nelsons | Professionals Make a Neat Raid on a New Jersey Bank. One Engages a Clerk In Conversa- tlon While His Confederates Take Two Bundles of Bills. PLAINFIELD, N. J., April 24.—The First National Bank was robbed of $22,765 on Monday. It is thought that the theft committed while there were but two clerks in the bank, a stranger engaging them in conversation, while a confederate reached the vault through the directors’ room. The robbery was discovered when the cashier, Frank S. Runyon, was preparing to close the bank for the day. The money was in two packages; one contained $20,000 in new bills ranging in The other con- tained $265 in mutilated bills. All of the bank employes were immediately ques- tioned, and it was found that at the noon hour only two clerks were at their posts, Atthe front of the bank, receiving de- posits, was David N. Runyon. His window at the short end of an L-shaped coun- ter and faces the main street. The long end of the L fronts on a narrow passage- v, turning to the directors’ room in the rear of the bank. The counter is topped with fixtures of scratched glass. Albert Vail, a clerk, was alone at the wicket. A stranger cime in with a big sheet of paper on which was written a list of notes. He engaged Vail in conversa- tion. Itisthought the robbery was com- mitted then. The bank officials believe that the robbery was the work of profes- sionals. The affair was kept from the public until to-day. A Race War Dmminent. ATLANTA, GA., April 24.—A race riot seems immincnt at Forsythe, Ga. After the killing of a negro by the Sheriff and three deputies a mob of armed negroes met and threatened to make an outbreak. They had three deputies—Charles Searcy, D. R. Williams and Lum Harrison—ar- rested for murder. The negroes threaten 1o kill the prisoners if released. —_——— Forty Convicts Pardoned. NASHVILLE, Tesx.,, April 24.—Gov- ernor Turney to-day pardoned forty male Mhich have defaulted in their debts to for- dgn bondholders. ‘he outcome of this Nicaraguan incident | Prison Board. and female convicts—men, women and children—upon the recommendation of the l WORK OF WISE MEN Chief Justice Fuller Re-~ views the Federal Constitution. DIRECT TAX PROHIBITED, Reasons for Checking the Scope of the Troublesome Income Tax Law. TEXT OF A FAMOUS OPINION. From Its Birth This Country Has Held That Taxation and Repre- sentation Go Together. WASHINGTON, D, C., April 24.—The text of the opinion of Chief Justice Fuller in the income tax case, which was delivered on the 8th inst., was made public to-day. The opinion is preceded by an elaborate review of the history of the case. The opinion proper is introduced with ths statement, ““The constitution provides that representative and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States ac- cording to numbers, and that no direct tax shall be laid except according to the enumeration provided; and also that all duties, imposts and excises shall be uni- form throughout the United States.” The men, says the opinion, who framed the constitution had just emerged from the struggle for independence, whose rally- ing ery had been that “taxation and repre- sentation go together.” The mother coun- try had taught the colonists that self-taxa- tion constituted the main security against oppression. The States were careful to see that the taxation and repre- sentation should go tegether, so the sovereignty should not be impaired, and that when Congress voted a tax upon property it should do so with the conscionsness and under the responsibility that in so doing the tax so voted would proportionately fall upon the immediate constituents of those who passed it. More | than this, by the constitution the States | not only leave to the nation the concur- | rent power to tax persons and property | Girectly, but they surrender their own power to levy taxes on imports and to reg- | ulate commerce. So when the wealthier States between themselves and their | less favored associates, and all are between themselves and those who were to come, gave up for the common good the great source of revenne derived through com- merce, they did so in reliance of the pro- | tection afforded by restrictions on the grant of power. Thus in the matter of | taxation the constitution recognizes the | two great classes of direct and indirect | es and lays down two rules by which their imposition must he governed, namely: the rule of apportionment as to direct taxes and the rule of uniformity as to duties, imposts and excises. “There have been from time to time inti- mations,” said the Chief Justice, ‘‘that there might be some tax which was not a direct tax nor included under the words ‘duties, imposts and excises,” but such a tax for more than one hundred years of national existence has remained undiscov- ered. By far the greater part of the opinion is devoted to the consideration of the ques- tion whether the tax on rents is a direct tax within the meaning of the constitution. “Ordinarily,” said the Chief Justice in taking up this branch of the subject, “all taxes paid primarily by persons who can shift the burden on some one else, or who are under no legal compulsion to pay them, are considered indirect taxes, but a tax upon property-holders in respect to their estates, whether real or personal, or of the income yielded by such estates, and the payment of which cannot be avoided, is a direct tax. Nevertheless, it may be admitted that although this definition of and direct taxes is prima facie cor- and to be applied in the consideration of the question before us, yet the constitu- tion may bear a different meaning and such different meaning must be recog- nized. But in arriving at any conclusion upon this point we are at liberty to refer to the historical circumstances attending the framing and adoption ‘of the constitu- tion as well as the entire frame and scope of the instrument and the consequences naturally attendant upon the one construc- tion or the other.” Discussing the qualifications of the mem- bers of the convention, he said they were men of great sagacity, fully conversant with governmental problems, deeply con- scious of the nature of their task and pro- foundly convinced that they were laying the foundations of a vast future empire. Various authorities are quoted at consid- erable length to show the process by which the compromise by which the con- vention delegated to Congress the power to tax the various States was arrived at, and the Chief Justice adds: “The compro- mise, in embracing the power of direct taxation, consisted not simply in includ- ing part of the slaves in the enumeration of population, but in providing that as be- tween State and State such taxation should be proportioned to representation.” Many quotations are also made for the purpose of demonstrating that the right of Federal Government to directly assess and collect its own taxes at least until after requisitions upon the States had been made and failed, was one of the chief points of conflict. Discussing the Hilton case, so frequently referred to in connection with this case, in which the Supreme Court in 1894 decided that a tax on carriages was not a direct tax, the Chief Justice says that each of the Justices, while suggesting doubt whether anything but a capitation or a land tax was a direct tax within the meaning of the constitution, distinctly avoided expressing an opinion on that question or laying down a comprehensive definition, but confined his opinion to the case before their court, The acts of July 14, 1848, and of August 5, 1861, are reviewed, after which the fol- lowing propositions are laid down: First—That the distinetion between direct and indirect taxation was well understood by the framers of the constitution and those who adopted it. Second—That under the State systems of tax- ation all taxes on real estate or personal prop- erty, or the rents or incomes thereof, were re: garded as direct taxes. Third—That the rules of apportionment, and of uniformity were adopted in view of that dis- tinction and those systems. Fourth—That whether the tax on carriages was direct or indirect was disputed, but the tax was sustained as a tax on their nse and an excise, Fifth—Tnpat the original expectation was that the power of direct taxation would be exer- cispd only in extraordinary exigencies, and down to August 15, 1894, this éxpectation has in a time of profound peace, and if we assume no special exigeney called for unusual legis- lation, and that Tesort to this mode of taxa- tion is to become an ordinary and usual means of supply, that fact furnishesan additional reason for circumspection and care in dispos- ing of the case. The opinion here reviews numerous de- cisions under the act of 1861, including the Springer case, which was largely relied upon by counsel for the Government in the present cases to sustain their conten- tion. Chief Justice Fuller says: “It is conceded in all these cases from that of Hilton to thatof Springer that taxes on land are direct taxes, and in none of them is it determined that taxes on rents or income derived from land are not taxes on land.” Summing up. the Chief Justice says among other things: “The requirement of the constitution is that no direct tax shall be laid otherwise than by apportionment—the prohibition is not against direct taxes on land, from which the implication is sought to be drawn that indirect taxes on land would be constitutional, but it is against all di- rect taxes—and it is admitted that a tax on real estate is a direct tax. Unless, there- fore, a tax upon rents or incomeissuing out of lands is intrinsically so different from a tax on the land itself that it be- longs to a wholly different class of taxes; such taxes must be regarded as falling within the same category as a tax on real estate. The name of the tax is unim- portant. The real question is, Is there any basis upon which to rest the contention that real estate belongs to one of the two great classes of taxes and the rent or in- come, which is the incident of its owner- ship, belongs to the other? We are un- able to perceive any ground for the alleged distinction. An annual tax upon the an- nual value or annual uses of real estate ap- pears to us the same in substance as an annual tax on real estate which would be paid out of the rent or income. Thislaw taxes the income received from land and the growth or product of the land. “Justice Patterson observed in Hilton’s case ‘land independently of its products is of no value,” and certainly had no thought that direct taxes were confined to unpro- ductive land. If it be true that by varying the form the substance may be changed, it is not easy to see that anything would remain of the limitations of the constitu- tion or of the rule of taxation and repre- ntation so carefully recognized and arded in favor of the citizens of each | State. But constitutional provisions can- not be thus evaded. It is the substance and not the form which control has indeed been established by repeated de- | cisions of this court. It is notdoubted that property-owners ought to contribute in just measure to the expenses of the Government. As to the State and their municipalities this largely through the imposition of direct taxes. As to the Federal Government it is attained in part through excises and indirect taxes upon luxuries and consumption, generally to which direct taxes may be added to the extent the rule of apportionment allows. And through one mode or the other the entire wealth of the country, real and personal, may be made, as it should be, to contribute to the common defense and gen- eral welfare. But the acceptance of the rule of apportionment was one of the com- promises which made the adoption of the constitution possible and secured the creation of that dual form of government, so elastic and so strong, which has thus far survived in unabated vigor. “If, by calling a tax indirect when itis es- sentially direct, the rule of protection could be frittered away, one of the greatland marks defining the boundary between the nation and the States of which it is com- posed would have disappeared and with it one of the bulwarks of private rights and private property. *We are of the opinion that the law in question, so far as it levies a tax on the Tents or income of real estate, is in viola- tion of the constitution and is invalid.” Comparatively brief space is devoted to the question of tax on the income derived from municipal bonds. “The constitation,”” says the opinion, “contemplates the independent exercise by the nation and the States severally, of our constitutional powers. As the States cannot tax the powers, the operations or the property of the United States, nor the means which they employ to carry their powers into execution, so it has been held the United States has no power under the constitution to tax either the instrumen- talities or the property of a State. A muni- cipal corporation is the representative of the State and one of the instrumentalities of the State government, It waslongago determined that property and revenues of municipal corporations are not subjects of Federal taxation.” After reference to the decision the opin- ion proceeds, concluding as follows : ‘The law under consideration provides ‘that nothing herein contained shall apply to States, counties or municipalities.” It is contended that, although the property or revenues of the States or their instru- mentalities cannot be taxed, nevertheless the income derived from State, county and municipal securities can be taxed. Butwe think the same want of power to tax the property or revenues of the States or their instrumentalities exists in relation to a tax on the incomes from their securities, and for the same reason, and that reason is given by Chief Justice Maxwell in Weston vs. Charlestown, where he says: ‘The right to tax the contract to any extent when made must operate on the power to borrow before it is exercised and have a sensible influence on the contract. The extent of this power depends on the will of a distinct Government. To any extent, however inconsiderable, it is a burden on the operations of government. It may be carried to an extent which shall arrest them entirely.” “The tax on Government stock is thought by the court to be a tax on contracts, a tax on the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States, and conse- quently to be repugnant to the constitu- tion. Applying this language to these municipal securities it is obvious that taxa- tion on the interest therefrom would oper- ate on the power to borrow before it is exercised, and would have a sensible in- fluence on the contract, and that the tax in question is a tax on the power of the States and their instrumentalities to bor- row money, and consequently repugnant to the constitution.” WATTERSON 70 REMAIN. He Has No Idea of Selling His Interest in the Courier-Journal. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 24.—Henry ‘Watterson to-day emphanicglly denied the vublished statement that he would soon relinquish his interest in the Courier- Journal to form a connection with the Chicago Times-Herald. He declared his intention to live and die in Louisville. The story probably arose, he says, from the fact that he was in Chicago just before Mr. Kohlsaat purchased the Times-Herald and Post. Mrs. Parnell Is Dying. BORDENTOWN, N. J., April 24.—At 2 A. M., Mrs. Parnell is still alive but very weak. Her physicians say she may die before sunrise. Rumors are current that been realized, The act of that date was passed | important arzests will be made to-marraw. NAMES NO DELEGATES Cleveland Opposes the Proposed Monetary Conference. WISER THAN CONGRESS. At Least the President Thinks He Is and WIil Act Ac- cordingly. FREE SILVER IS THE THORN. More Reasons Than One for Calling Down Secretary of Agricul- ture Morton. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22.—When President Cleveland a day or two ago deemed it necessary to repudiate the inter- view of his Secretary of Agriculture it was generally believed that he intended to dis- avow particularly that portion of Mr. Morton’s statement which expressed con- tempt for the provosed international bi- metallic conference. But it appears that whatever Mr. Cleveland may privately think of the proposed conference, he does not intend to send delegates, for it is re- ported on most trustworthy authority that within the past two days he has reiterated his opinion that under the wording of the resolution he will not be able to do so. The President regards the scheme of an international conference as arranged by the last Congress as nothing more nor less than a free silver trap. Not many days since 8t. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, an administration paper, came to Washington and had a talk with the Presidenton the subject of mnational finances. In the course of their conver- sation the question of a possible inter- national conterence was broached. The President declared in most positive terms that he would not appoint delegates to such a conference under the restrictions and limitations contained in the amend- ment to the sundry civil law. He said it was simply a project devised by free silver men in both Houses of Congress to com- mit this Government to a policy of free coinage, and that he would not contribute the power of the administration to such a purpose. Since that date the President has reiter- ated his determination to refuse his assent to any such conference as that evidently contemplated by Congress in its enact- ment. On this last occasion he emphat- ically declared that he would not appoint delegates in response to the invitation of Germany nor of any other European power. His reason for this determination was the same as expressed to Mr. McKelway. He said that under the authority conferred by law delegates of the United States would be committed toa policy of free coinage; that they would be deprived of the broad discretion which should be vested in such delegates, and therefore, in his opinion, a better plan would be to refrain from send- ing delegates, The interview with Congressman Culber- son, one of the delegates of the House of Representatives, must be taken in close connection with the recent declarations of the President. Mr. Culberson, a prominent Democrat of the House for many years and recog- nized by members on both sides as one of the ablest lawyers in that body, pointed out this very defect in the enactment of Congress. He was appointed as one of the delegates to any international conference that might be called as a pronounced pro- silver man, He has served continuously in Congress for twenty years, and during that entire period has been known and recognized as a friend of silver, yet at the beginning of his studies of the duties which would devolve upon him in th event of an international conference he discovered the very difficulties which the President now calls attention to. The natural inference is that there is no prospect of the silver question being set- tled by international agreement pending further and more definite action by Con- gress. UNOH PACF MEN MEET Annual Election of Directors and Officers for the Road. Reports Show the Finances of the Company to Be in a Rather Tangled State. BOSTON, Mass., April 24.—The annual meeting of the Union Pacific Railroad Company was held in this city to-day, Six stockholders were present, represent- ing 186,133 shares. President S. H. H. Clark presided. There were also present the following directors: Joseph Miller, Sidney Ripley, G. M. Dodge, J. W. Doane and Mr. Patrick. The acts of the directors for the past year and also the acts of the attorney for the company were ratified. The meeting then adjourned un- til afternoon, when instead of the usual annual report the preliminary one was ac- cepted, which was explained as follows: Owing to complications brought about through the receivership it was found im- practicable to include in this report the sums payable under traffic contracts with the Oregon Short Line and the Utah North- ern Railroad, Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf, Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado, St. Joseph and Grand Island and the Kan- sas City and Omaha railway companies. The difference between the deficit of the income for 1894 as shown in the income account, $1,862,733 79, and the deficit, as it appears in the general balance sheet, $2,- 857,604 23, is due to the fact that the latter includes sums ordinarily payable under traffic contracts with other companies. No account has been made of the sum payable under the traffic contract with the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railroad Com- pany, since the sum payable there cannot be determined. The following directors were elected: Oliver Ames second, Edward F. Atkins, Boston; 8. H. H, Clark, Omaha; Gordon Dexter, Boston; Granville M. Dodge, George J. Gould, New York; Marvin Hughitt, Chicago; Henry B. Hyde, New York; Joseph H. Millard, Omaha; Oliver ‘W. Mink, Boston; Alexander E. Orr, New York; S. Endicott Peabody, Boston; Sid- ney bilion Ri ley, Raussell Sage, New York; James Sharpe, Salt Lake City. Oli- ver W. Mink was elected, vice Gardner M. Lane, resigned. The following committees were chosen: Executi 8. H, H. Clark, Oliver Ames second, 0. W. Mink, Edwin F. Atkins, George J. Gould, Government Director E. Ellery Andersen. Finance—Oliver Ames second, Henry B. Hyde, George J. Gould, S. E. Peabody, Marvin Hughitt, Alex E. Orr, Government Director J. W. Doane. Land—Edwin Atkins, Alex E. Orr, George J. Gould, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Joseph H. Millard, Russell Sage, Govern- ment Director J. N. Patrick. The directors also re-elected the follow- ing officers: Alex E. Orr, chairman of the board, New York; 8. H. H. Clark, presi- dent, Omaha; Edwin F. Atkins, vice-presi- dent, Boston; Oliver W. Mink, second vice-president and comptroller, Boston; Alex Millard, secretary and assistant comptroller, Boston; James G. Harris, treasurer, Boston; Frank D. Buttrick, as- sistant treasurer and transfer agent, Bos- ton. p i g re FEDERATION OF LABOR. President McBride Exonerated on the Charge of Corruption. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp., April 24.—The executive council of the American Feder- ation of Labor completed its work late this afternoon and adjourned. The resolution was adopted exonerating President Mc- Bride from the charges made against him by Mark Wild, president of the Columbus Trades Assembly, but at the request of Mr. McBride a member of the council will be sent to Columbus to investigate further. Wild claimed that McBride betrayed the A. R. U. in the settlement of the strike and that he had been bought to keep quiet. The drafting of proposed laws was left to President McBride and Secretary McGrath. CHASE OF A HAWKSHAW, An Indianapolis Woman Goes Gunning for a Private Detective. While on the Way to Visit Relatlves the Girls Are Headed Off by Rascals. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 2¢.—A sensation was caused to-day when Mrs. George Laird of Indianapolis, at the point of a revolver chased Joseph L. Fendrichs, who says he is a Philadelphia detective, into the arms of a policeman, who took the two and the woman’s daughter, Miss Della Maud, to the Four Courts, where the details of an elopement were revealed. The young lady told her story as follows: “The lady, Mrs. Laird, is my mother. I am 19, and my sister, Gracie Marie Is- greg, is 15. We could not agree with our stepfather, George Laird, and we wanted to go away. Our home is on E street, In- dianapolis. About four weeks ago we met two gentlemen at the Dennison House in Indianapolis. Oneof them is Mr. Fend- richs. Mother sent us to relatives [at Mon- mouth, IlL, last week, but the gentlemen wired us money from St. Louis and we changed cars at Peoria for St. Lou “We arrived here Friday evening and the gentlemen met us at the Union station. They took us to the Planters’ Hotel, and Mr., Fendrichs and I have been stopping there. My sister and the other gentleman stopped there, too, and they in- tended to get a marriage license this morn- ing. Idon’tcare for myself, but I do for my sister. She is only fifteen. I have no present intention of marrying Fendrichs, and just want to have a good time.”” She said the man with her ter was Lawrence Dinklespiel, alias Larry Ra; mond, a detective working for Fendrichs' agency in Philadelphia. . The police took Fendrichs with them in their rearch for klespiel and Grace Marie Isgreg. The girl’'s mother persisted in s: g that they were her nieces, that her name was Mrs, Anna Rice and her home was at Lebanon, Ind. She finally admitted her name was Laird and the girls were her daughters. Fendrichs admitted that he met the girl at the Union station, but denied he was stopping at the Planter’s THEIR PROT ENTERED. Nations Trying to Keep Japan From the Chinese Mainland. BERLIN, GerMany, April 24.—A dis- pateh from Tokio the envoys of Rus- sia, Germany and France have formally protested to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the incorporation, by the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan, of any Chinese mainland in the Japanese Empire. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 24— The Government has sent a note to Japan intimating that there are various condi- tions to the treaty of peace between Japan and China that Russia cannot allow to be put into execution. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24.—The Japanese officials here are disposed to treat lightly the reports from European capitals as to troubles over the China-Japan settle- ment. Minister Kurino is satisfied that all will be amicably arranged, if, as he jocu- larly expressed 1t, “‘a temporary armistice of the European press reports can be ar- ranged.” In other official quarters, however, there is considerable apprehension at the menacing attitude of Russia, Germany and France. 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ELINQUENT SALE NOTICE — GOLDEN Eagle Mining Company—Location of principal place of business, San Francisco, California; loca tion of works, Devils Gate Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada. Notice—There are delinquent upon the following described stock, e account of ssessment (No. 1), levied on the 8th day of January, 1895, the several amounts set opposite the names of the res spective sharehiolders, as follows: N 0. Names. No. Cert. Shares, Amount, Morris Hoeflich... 10,000 $1,500 00 H. M. Levy, Trustee, 3,000 00 H. M. Levy, Trustee. 150 00 H. Levy, Trustee.. 150 00 Levy, Trustee. 150 00 Levy, Truste: 150 00 . M. Levy, Trustee. 75 00 E. B. Holmes, Trust 8,000 00 E. B. Holmes, Trustes 1,185 00 E. B. Holmes, Trustee. 149 25 And in accordance with law, and an _order from the Board of Directors. made on the eighth day of January, 1895, 80 many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary, will be sold at pub- Iic auction at the office of the company, room 50, Nevada Block, No. 509 Montgomery sireet. San Francisco, California, on MONDAY, the fourth day of March, 1895, at the hour of 2'0'clock P. M. of said day, to pay said delinquent assessment thereon, together with costs of advertising and ex- nses of e i E. B. HOLMES. Secretary. Office—Room 650, Nevada Block. No. 309 Monb gomery atreet, San Francisco, California. POSTPO INT. Notice I8 hereby given that by order of the Board ot Directors the date of the sale of delinquent stock for assessment No. 1 is hereby postponed to MON- DAY, the 26th day of March, A. D. 1895, ai the same time and place. . p HOLMES, Secrotary. EN EAGLE MINING COMPANY, GOLII"URTHER POSTPONEMENT. Notice is hereby given that by orderof the Board Directors the day of the sale of delinquent stock for assessment No. 1 is hereby further postponed to WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of April, A. D. ‘same {ime and place. aouseas o E.B. HOLMES. Secretary. FURTHER PO! TPONEMENT. Notice is h@l’el:l)“‘ll'fn that by order of the Board of Directors the date of sale of delinquent stock for assessment No. 1 is hereby further postponed to TUESDAMIIQ a‘l}:fid‘y of May, A. D. 1895, at same 1@ AL €. o3 P maracs, secretare.