The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895. BERING SEA MUDDLE: Officials Admit That the Situation Is Now Critical. ORDERS FOR THE GRANT. Urged to Make All Possible Speed to Warn the North- ern Fleet. SEIZURES TO BE AVOIDED. England’s Repudiation of the Agree- ment Places Affalrs In a Pretty Tangle. PORT TOWNSEND,Wasn., May15.—The United States Government realizes that it will be a difficult undertaking to intercept the revenue cutters now cruising in the North Pacific before they have an oppor- tunity of seizing Canadian sealing vessels which they ind within the prohibited | waters, violating the Bering Sea regula- tions as they presume them to exist, being ignorant of Great Britain’s repudiation. Almost a week will elapse before the cutter | Grant receives sufficient repairs for a sea voyage. The whereabouts of the patrol fleet is unknown, other than that of the cutter Rush, carrying commander of the | fleet, C. L. Hooper, which is supposed to be cruising slowly along the coast of Alaska tow Unal . The Bear Corwin had general in- | structions to take a zigzag cruise west and northwest of Cape Flattery and report at | Unalaska early in July. The territory to be covered reaches as far west as 180 de- | grees and south to 35 north latitude, cover- ing an area of about 40,000 square miles, | somewhere in which are the threz cutters | which the Government desires to nmify; not to seize vessels for violating the sealing | regulations. | That the tion is critical is evidenced | by the receipt of numerous dispatches | from the department by Captain Tozier of | the Grant, who is urged to make all pos- | sible haste to start out in quest of the fleet. It is believed that the Government will dis- patch a vessel at once from Mare Island on a similar mission. A well authenticated report comes from Victoria to-day that a prominent naval | officer the British warship Pheasant, now supposed to be cruising west along the Alaskan coast, had previous to his de- parture made the statement that Great Britain had s0 modified her orders this | year as to tically abrogate the restric- tive regulations. This statement was made about April 25, when the relations between > two Governments were somewhat ained over the Nicaragua incident. I iid that British naval officers at | 20 had received offi- cial intimation that their Government in- | tended repudiating the agreement of jointly patrolling the sea, and delayed making the announcement public pending the Nicaraguan trouble, thereby permitting the United States Government to send her fleet of v north. Under the present aspect of affairs, if the American cutters should seize any Canadian vessels for using g serious complications t arise between the two nations. Offic in communication with the de- partment admit the situation to be criti- cal and are bending every effort to get the Grant ready for sea by next Monday. i A CLASH OF LAWS. Trouble Likely to Result if Vessels Are Seized for Carrying Arms. WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 15.—It can be stated authoritatively that British ships will be sent to Bering Sea to patrol against poachers and to use every effort for the carrying out of the Paris award and the British law based thereupon. | The instructions to the British ships| will not, however, direct the seizure of ves- | sels found with arms, but will require | other exte evidence of sealing, such as | the possession of skins, the presence of | blood on the ship, etc., as a basis of seiz- ure. This will differ from the instructions | of last year, which made the open posses- sion of arms prima-facie evidence. The British law, based on the Paris award, does not forbid the open carrying of arms. The United States law, which is held by the authorities of Great Britain to have gone beyond the Paris award, makes the open possession of arms prima-facie evidence of sealing. The British regulations last year yielded | to “a certain extent to the United States | law. Now. however, the British law will | be strictly adhered- to, the theory of the British ~authorities being that the Paris arbitrators had the amplest means of pro- viding against the extermination of the seals, and that theaward fully executed | will give full protection, Under these circumstances, a serious question arises as to whether United States naval vessels will apprehend ' British seal- ers because they openly carry arms, this not being against the British regulations. Last year a United States ship appre- hended the British sealer Wanderer under section 10 of the United States law, which provides that possession of arms is prima facie evidence of sealing. Again a United States ship apprehended the British sealer Favorite, on the same grounds, This raised - the question whether a United States nayal ship has -the right to execute a United States law against a Brit- ish ship 'when the British law recognizes no such offenses. There is reason to be- lieve the British policy hereafter will be to allow United States ships to apprehend British ships under the British law, but not under the United States law. At the request of the British embassy, Earl - Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada, has been directed to furnish the list of ships for the patrol of Bering Sea. He will forward it as soon as it is received from the commander of the British fleet at Vancouver. In view of these facts, it is declared by the representatives of Great Britain in Washington that there will be a full and sincere co-operation in the patrolling of Bering Sea against poachers. 1t is insisted that the serious apprehen- sions of the officers of the United States Government are not justified, these offi- cers having grave fears that the result of Great Britain’s modification with respect to firearms will be the extermination of the seals. Allotting the Seal Catch. WASHINGTON, D. C,, May 15. — The Treasury officials have practically decided upon the number of skins which the North American Commercial Company may take during the coming season. The company will be authorized to take 7500 skins, and ’ this number may beincreased to any num- bernot exceeding 15,000, if in the judgment of the Department’s agent at the Pribyloff Islands such increase would not endanger the herds. % HOLD-UP NEAR SANTA CLARA. Two Men Rob a Gubserville Saloon of Cash and Cigars. SAN JOSE, Carn., May 15.—News was brought to San Jose officers to-night of a bold hold-up at Gubserville, near Santa Clara. Two men drove up to the saloon of Frank Gubser about 9 o’¢lock and held up the proprietor. They entered the saloon and ordered drinksand then covered him with revolvers. They secured about $28 out of the drawer, fifty cigars and a lot of cigarettes. After the robhers left the sa- loon the barkeeper followed them. They fired three shots at him without effect and then escaped. CONGREGATIONALISTS 1IN SESSION Interesting Features of the Meeting Held at san Jose. SAN JOSE, CaL., May 15.—The eigh- teenth semi-annual meeting of the Santa Clara County Congregational Association began at the First Congregational Church in this city last night. After a short business meeting devo- tional services were conducted by Rev. C. Victor Martin. Rev. L. D. Rathbone read a paper on “A Review of George D. Her- ron’s Lecture on ‘The Christian State.’”’ The session closed with a lengthy discus- sion on the paper. To-day’s session was well attended. Papers were read on ““Methods of Securing Attendance and Work,”” by H. L. Plant; “How to Make the Adult Bible-class Profitable,” by Abel Whitten; “The Chil- dren and the Church—How to Gather Them In,” by Myron E. Hall. The session this evening was an inter- esting one and was largely attended. A general discussion on international fellow- snip occupied the evening, participated in by pastors of different denominations, the subjects being: “Our Fellowship in Ex- perience,” by Rev. John G. Taylor of the | Congregational church; “Our Fellowship in Doctrine,” by J. W. Dinsmore of the Presbyterian church; “Our Fellowship Work,” by John Hannon, D.D., of the Methodist church; “Our Fellowship in Hope,” by L. Delos Mansfield, D.D., of the Episcopalian church. Iiecovered a Diamond Brooch. SAN JOSE, Car.,, May 15.—Detective Pickering to-day recovered a valuable dia- mond brooch belonging to Mrs. A. W. Bur- rell, the wife of a prominent bridge con- tractor of Oakland, from a pawnshop, where it had been sold for $7 50 by a man giving the name of B. F. Franklin. About a week ago Mr. and Mrs. Burrell were down here and made a trip to Mount Hamilton. On returning to the hotel the brooch was missed, but a thorough search of the vehicle failed to bring it to light. The brooch is composed of nine diamonds and a ruby and valued at about $100. The man who disposed of it is known, and he says he found it on the road. The man will probably not be arrested, as Mrs. Bur- rell has decided not to prosecute the case. Sues for a Divorce. SAN JOSE, CarL., May 15.—Isaac N. Van Doren to-day began an action for divorce against his wife, Jennie Van Doren, on statutory grounds. Two years ago a sim- ilar action was begun, but the parties compromised and the suit was not pressed. In the complaint at that time it was charged Mrs. Van Doren had eloped with Robert Gallimore, and had taken a trip through Oregon, Washington and Mon- tana. ' THO WOMER ARE AT WA, One Arrested on Charges of Larceny and Threats to Kill. The Imprisoned One Says Harsh Things About Her Ac- cuser. =CHICAGO, Irr., May 15.—Mrs. William J. McGowan, tormerly Vera Ava, alias Ann O’Delia Diss de Bar, who a few yearsago created a sensation in the East, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Miss Pheebe Love of this city on charges of mak- ing threats to kill and larceny- as bailee. Miss Love says she came to Chicago last vear from Beloit, Wis., and intended to take a course of music lessons. She, with her father, took rooms on West Harrison street, and soon after met Mrs. Mec- Gowan. The latter was introduced as Miss Ava and won her confidence. Continuing, Miss Love says she was continually bewailing her fate, and said that she was being persecuted. Two months ago Miss Love removed to a house on Park Row, where she claims Vera as- sumed control and refused to admit her after Miss Love had been away two weeks. So warrants were sworn out, Miss Love averring that Mrs. McGowan had threat- ened to kill her if she attempted to force her way into the house. At the station Mrs. McGowan declared she had been married tQa man worth $60,000. She said Miss Love hiad been her husband’s house- keeper and had been retained after the marriage. Mrs. McGowan also said Miss Love has a husband in the penitentiary and she threatened to make it warm for those who were prosecuting her. Miss Love deniesall this and saysshe has never been married. 2 T Granted Freight Rebates. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 15.—General Freight Aeent Wright of the Baltimore and Ohio was found guilty to-day in the United States District Court of violating the interstate commerce law, in granting freight rebates to F. H. Bruenning on goods shipped from Cincinnati. SETHARET, Shortage Causes Swicide. MANITOBA, Wis., May 15.—Frederick Haukohi, City Treasurer, shot himself through the head, dying instantly. He was re-elected City Treasurer last spring by the largest majority ever given a Re- publican. Shortage in his accounts is be- lieved to be the cause of his suicide. R Will Marry a Lord. CHICAGO, IrL., May 15.—A special from Dubugque, Towa, says: Miss Bigley, until a year ago a trained nurse at Finley Hos- pital, Dubuque, is soon to be married at Los Angeles, Cal, to Lord Arthur Hep- burn, the owner of large estates in Eng- land and New Zealand. pporegen it ¥ General Coppinger in Charge. - OMAHA, NeBR., May 15.—General Cop- pinger, who has been transferred to the Department of the Platte, arrived to-day and took charge. There has been no little curiosity expressed in army circles as to whom the general would select for his aids-de-camp. Gt The Railway Conductors. ATLANTA, Ga., May 14.—At the meet- ing of the Railway Conductors’ Associa- tion to-day Grand Chief Conductor E. E. Clarke was re-elected without opposition for two years. TRAITORS ARE SLAIN. Capture and Lynching of the Three Dunn ' Brothers. VENGEANCE OF OUTLAWS They Surround ‘a Fortified Cabin and Carry Off Their Victims. TAKEN TO THE MOUNTAINS. There the Disciples of Bob Ford Were Undoubtedly Hanged in Short Order. GUTHRIE, O. T., May 15.—Friends of Newcomb and Pierce, the Territory out- laws, who were betrayed by supposed friends and cowardly assassinated near Ingalls two weeks ago, have avenged thc‘ death of their comrades. According to the story of a courier who | came in to-day from Ingalls, O. T., John, Calvin and William Dunn have been kid- naped by a number of the dead outlaws' friends and lynched. At the time of the Killing local detectives took upon them- | selves the glory of the capture of the out- | laws and put in claims for the large rewards that had been offered for their heads. A week ago, however, the Dunns, at whose house, near Ingalls, the outlaws stopped on the night of the kil'ling, were charged with betraying them into their home under guise of friendship, and after getting the two desperadoes drunk riddling them with bullets as they slept. They had, it was said, been promised large sums cf money by detectives who had claimed the rewards. The friends of Newcomb and Pierce openly swore revenge. The Dunns barri- caded their place, secured a supply of arms and ammunition and made their ranch a veritable arsenal. They laid low until Sunday, says the courier, when some of them were seen about the place, apparently void of fear and believing that the expected raid was a bluff. That night the usual strict vigilance Kkept by the brothers was relaxed, in the further belief that they were free from molestation. The act, it appears, proved fatal, and the three brothers were easily taken by their enemies. Late Sunday night a body of heavi armed men drove up to the Dunn cabin, and forming a cordon around it called upon the brothers to come out and sur- render themselves, the marauders having previously fired a volley into the air to awaken their intended victims. When the Dunns, John, Calvin and Wil- liam, saw the number of those without they readily realized the worthlessneess of making a fight and were quickly surround- ed. The women folks tried to dissuade the captors from carrying oul'their pur- pose, but were rudely pushed aside. The Dunns were placed upon horses, and being told not to make an outery were hastily driven off toward the mountains. Since then nothing has been heard of the band or its captives, and the general opinion is that the Dunns have been lynched, as the feeling against them was most bitter. Searching parties are out looking for the bodies, but as the dese peradoes probably took the victims to one of their mountain rendezvous the prospect of tracing them is very small. FOUND NO BR JFFEY. Fire Department Officiale Ezonerated by the Investigators. ALBANY, N. Y., May 15.—The report of the Senate committee appointed to investi- gate the allegations of bribery in connec- tion with the New York City firemen’ salary bill will be submitted to the Senate to-morrow. It finds that the allegations were based upon the idle gossip of mem- bers of the Fire Department. The utmost diligence failed to show that there had been any corruption, and the three Senators accused, it is declared, acted in the best of faith. The report deplores the alleged disposi- tion of newspapers to cast odium on mem- bers Aof the Legislature. The report is unanimous. g INCREASING THE WAGES., Other Companies Must Follow the Carne- gie’s Lxample, PITTSBURG, Pa., May 15.—It is gener- ally believed that 10 per cent increase in wages granted by the Carnegie Company yesterday will cause a similar increase in all the steel mills of the country. An offi- cial of the Carnegie Compauny stated to- day that the other companies would be forced to give the same advance to avoid strikes, which they cannot afford to stand at the present time. To-day a member ot the Sheet Manufacturers’ Association de- clared, however, that the Carnegie advance is not justitied by the present market con- ditions, and that there must be a general advance in the price of rails, beams, villets and plates inside of thirty days. U R Ay The Verdict Approved. ATCHISON, Kaxs., May 14.—The jury in the case of Jim Nutt, who made a mur- derous assault upon Leonard Coleman and Mrs. Jessie Peyton in thiscounty, last Feb- ruary, returned a verdict of guilty in the Coleman case this evening. The jury was out forty minutes. The extreme penalty on this charge isten years in prison. Nutt made no statement, but it is expected that the usual application for a new trial will be made. The verdict is approved by the people here. Nutt will be arraigned to- morrow on the charge of assault with at- tempt to kill Mrs. Peyton. S e Unpatriotic to Participate. BLOOMINGTON, Irv., May 15.—An ex- citing discussion took place at to-day’s ses- sion of the Illinois encampment of the G. A. R. over the proposition to dedicate on Decoration day the Confederate mdnu- ment at Chicago. There seems no doubt that the encampment will passa resolu- tion declaring that such use of the holiday is grossly improper and unpatriotic and de- claring that G. A. R. posts should not par- ticipate. e e Bought for Two Millions. PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 15.—At the auction sale to-day of the plantof the Pennsylvania Steel Company the property was bought in by E. B. Byers, chairman of the reorganization committee, for $2,000,- 000, the amount of the bonded indebted- ness of the concern. il s Regulating the Price of Coffins. CLEVELAND, Osuro, May 15.—The Na- tional Burial Case Association was formed here to-day by the amalgamation of the old Nalions or{;-nizafion and the Eastern burial case organization. The object of the combination is to regulate prices. Two hundred coffin-manufacturers, or 75 per cent of all in the country, are in-the new association. e TACTICS OF THE SYNDICATE, Gold Being Rushed Intothe Government Coffers. : NEW YORK, N. Y., May 16—The World this morning says: Another chapter was added to the big syndicate history yesterday. A notice was sent to the bond banks in- terested in.the gold deal, requesting the deposit by the banks of a large gquantity of gold in the sub-treasury there. The ex- planation of this last move letsa bit of light on the bargain which the syndicate made with the Goyernment. Most of the banks co-operating with the bond syndicate were members of original pools which subscribed for the last bond issue at about 104. It is estimated that the banks will now deposit about §$13,000,000 additional gold in the Sub-treasury, raising the reserve to about $111,000,000, In addition to this call the syndicate is rushing forward foreign gold to complete that end of the contract. Some ap- prehensive operators see in this activity of payment a probability that the syndicate will complete its con- tract with the Government so soon that | there will be time for another “scare” and the need of another bond issue before fall, when the heavy exports of grain usually bring a natural flow of gold from Europe to this country. BOVCOTT ON THE CARADIN Action of the Trunk Line As- sociation on the Northern Road. All the Differential Rates on Coast Business Are Can- celled. CHICAGO, IrnL., May 15.—The Trunk Line Association has virtually declared a boyeott against the Canadian Pacific road. All the Western roads this morning re- ceived official notice from the Trunk Line Association that after May 14 all rates via the Canadian Pacific (mentioned in tariff sheet 32) would be cancelled. Some West- ern lines did not receive the circular until this morning and the rates were abolished last night. ““Tariff sheet 32 is the sheet which in- cludes all the differential rates made on Pacific Coast business from Trunk Line Association territory in favor of the Canadian Pacific. These are now entirely wiped out of East Buffalo and Pittsburg, and of course the differential on immigrant traffic, which has been accorded the Canadian Pacitic, is done away with as well. The Western lines are entirely in the dark as to the cause of the boycott. That it sprung from the fight between the Can- adian Pacific and the Grand Trunk there is little doubt, and the opinion is general here that the Grand Trunk, which is a member of the Trunk Line Association, has induced its fellow-members to make common cause with it against an outside line. e \ THE MINE WAS “SALTED” Excitement Caused by the Foreclosure on the Good Hope Property. HAVERHILL, Mass., May 15.—The re- port of the foreclosure of a $100,000 mort- gage on the Good Hope gold mine at Riverside, Cal., has created considerable excitement in this city. Dudley Porter, president of the Merrimac National Bank of this city,a shareholder of the mine, said to-day: The Good Hope mine was bought by a party of local gentlemen about a year &go for $150,000. G.W. Morse, at the time trus- tee of the Charleston estate here, was in- strumental in foisting the mine upon us by false representations as to its value- We oon discovered that the mine had been ‘salted”’ and was worth nothing like the price paid. Several of the stockholders lost every cent put into it. The original owner of the mine, a New York man named Sigalfus, has foreclosed the $100,000 mortgage, but the stockholders will fight the foreclose, alleging that the mine was worth much less than they paid for it. The mine is now paying expenses. e PERUVIAN BONDS RISING. Prosperity Follows the Formiug of the Provisional Government. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.—Reports received here indicate thatsince the provis- ional government was set up in Peru, the bonds of the Peruvian corporation have risen seven points and are now at 43. This advance has caused surprise as it was be- lieved that the new administration would take steps to annul the contracts under which the corporation controls all of Peru’s railroads. Itissaid the bonds are being bought up by Frenchmen who wish to get control of the bonds. A majority of the those interested in the Peruvian Corpora- tion are Englishmen. Sir Alfred Dent is its president; ex-Mayor William R. Grace and his brother, M. P. Grace, own con- siderable stock in it. The election for Congressmen will be held in Peru June 26. The new congress will elect a President. The withdrawal of Valcarsol and Caceres from the race leaves the field clear for Pierola. Sonr YET A PROHIBITIONIST. John P. §t. John Denies That He Is a Free-Silver Advocate. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May +15.—Ex- Governor John p. St. John writes to the Star from New York denying that he is to drop prohibition and advocate free silver. Hesays: “1 have not laid aside prohibi- tion and don’t intend to. Nor have I dis- couraged the nomination of a Prohibition ticket, and have not even thought of doing any such thing. Nor am I bigenough fool to advocate free silver as the only remedy for the ills which afflict the coun- try.” i L Buchanan’s Delayed Execution, NEW YORK, N. Y., May. 15.—An order signed by District Attorney Fellows has been served on Davis & Kimball, consul for Dr. Robert B. Buchanan, the convicted wife-murderer, requiring them to appear in the Court of Appealsin Albany on Mon- day, May 20, to show cause why an order should not be issued to the warden of Sing Sing prison to execute the sentence of the court. SR Secretary Carlisle Declines. CINCINNATI, Omnro, May 15—The Chamber of Commerce here recently in- vited Secretary Carlisle to address its mem- bers on “sound money,” when he makes his Western trip. Secretary Carlisle to- night telegraphed as follows: “I cannot deviate from- the programme announced, :pd am. compelled to decline your invita- ion.” - COMING TO THE 1T, Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw on the Way. THEIR WORK IN UTAH. The Conference of -Great Im- portance to .the Women of the Territory. MANY CONVERTS ARE MADE. The Victories Won by the Energetic Upholders of Equal Rights. SALT LAKE, Utan, May 15.—Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Stans- bury and Mrs. Bradford, the noted woman suffragists who have been in Salt Lake for some days in attendance upon the confer- ence of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, left this afternoon for Ogden, where an elaborate banquet was spread by the ladies of that city in honor of the vis- itors, and a suffrage meeting was held in the City Hall, the speakers being Miss An- thony, Rev. Anna Shay and others prom- inent in the movement in Weber County. Mrs. Emily 8. Richards, Dr. Ellen Fer- guson and Mrs. Margaret Caine of Salt Lake accompanied the ladies to the junc- tion city and will there bid good-by to Miss Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw, who are scheduled to leave on the midnight train for San Francisco. In conversation this afternoon with the correspondent of the Cavrr, Mrs. E. B. Wells, president of the Utah Suffrage As- sociation, said that the conference was decided upon at thelate general conference held in Atlanta, and it was decided that as Utah has been so prominent in the National organization it would be most appropriate to have the leaders visit the Territory, but when this decision was arrived at it was not known that so soon would the question be brought to publio notice, as was evidenced by the late fight in the constitutional convention, but in the light of the victory won by the up- holders of equal rights in this convention and the insertion of the desired article in the constitution the conference just closed was of the utmost importance to the women of the Territory, as it had made many converts, and the interests of the Territorial Association were brought di- rectly to the notice of the leaders in the National organization. Miss Anthony expressed the greatest appreciation of the magnificent reception tendered to herself and her colleagues during their stay in Salt Lake. RAILROAD _ REGULATIONS, Important Subjects Considered at the Wasnington Con- vention. Unliform Olassification of Frelght Reconsldered and Finally Acted Upon. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15 convention of State Railroad Commission- ers finished its business and adjourned. The officers elected were: Chairman, Com- missioner Billings of Michigan; vice-chair- man, Commissioner Currie of North Da- kota; secretary, E. A. Mosley of the Inter- state Commerce Commission; assistant secretary, M. 8. Decker. The committee on railroad statistics was continued with authority to report at the next annual meeting and a committee of five was appointed to considerthe question of the regulation of the State and inter- state electric railroads which was .pre- sented in a paper by Commissioner Wood- ruff of Chicago. Commissioner Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission read a paper on railroad legislation. Statistician Adams presented a paper making suggestions for reorganizing the accounting systems of railroads in conformity with the revised classification of overating expense, which took effect in July, 1894. The subject of the umiform classification of freight was reconsidered. The recom- mendations embodied in the report of the committee on statistics were adopted. The resolutions introduced yesterday by Mr. Leisburg of Minnesota, asking Con- gress to authorize the collection of in- formation regarding cost and value of railroads on which the estimates for Gov- ernment control might be based, were again considered. Mr. Woodruff of Con- necticut, who opposed their object, urged that the information would be of value at any rate, and on his motion the resolu- tions were referred to a committee ot five to report at the next meeting, D e WASHINGTON’S SICK FOLK. Beeretary Gresham Improved and Ad- miral Almy Dying. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Sec- retary Gresham slept well during the first part of the night, but was very restless in the morning hours. There is no marked change in his condition. Representative Coggwell’s condition remains unchanged. General Casey is slightly better. Miss Dodge (Gail Hamilton) rested well last night and is about the same. Representative Hitt's condition is un- changed. The condition of Rear-Admiral Almy is much worse. He is 80 years old, and his family is apprehensive that the end is quite near. He rallied a little in the after- noon, but it is thought cannot survive an- other twenty-four hours. St HAD NO AUTHORITY. Senator Mitchell Criticizes the Conduct of Delaware’s Acting Governor. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Sena- tor Mitchell of Oregon; who is the senior Republican member of the Senate Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections, which will passon the credentials of Henry A. Dupont, and of any other appointed Sena- tor by the Governor of Delaware, has written a letter to Senator Higgins, in which he says: - “I have no hesitation in giving you personally my present impressions, which are very strongly to the effect that the acting Governor of your State, holding the office of Governor, and exercising its func- tions, has no right to exercise any of the functions of a Senator, eitiser those relating to the election of a United States Senator or otherwise. If I am right in this, then it would seem to follow very clearly that Mr. Dupont was legally elected Senator.” He adds: ‘‘Possibly on full argument of able counsel the view I have taken might be changed.” —_—— COURYT OF LAND CLAIMS. Some Noted Cases to Be Considered in New Mexico. SANTA FE, N. M., May 15.—The United States Courtof Private Land Claims has convened here for a sixty days’ trial. Chief Justice J. R. Read of Iowa pre- sides -and a full bench is present. A very large docket has been arranged, and among the. cagses is the famous Peralta grant, in Arizona and Southsvest New Mexico, which willcome to trial in June. This claim has been hanging over the best partof Ari- zona for thirty-five years. It has delayed settlement and development because of clouded title. United States Attorney M. C. Reynolds says he is prepared not only to defeat the right of the present claimants to the alleged grant, but to go even further aud challenge the existence of such a grant to the alleged Baron Peralta. In other words, the Governmant inves- tightion just concluded by Mr. Reynolds discloses that the claim to the property valued at $75,000,000 and growing in value rapidly rests upon nothing but a stupen- dous foundation of fraud. Mr. Reynolds believes that the Government will be able to do more than this, as he has collected the evidence which will show the parties responsible for the manufacture of the bogus title and of the false testimony and records. PLAYED A CLEVER GAME, Arnold Received Considerabie Sums of Money to Buy a “Trousseau.” Men of the West Who Were Anxlous to Marry Contributed to the Swindler. CHICAGO, IrL., May 15.—C. G. Arnold of this city was arrested to-day, charged with using the mails for fraudulent pur- poses. He has made a practice of insert- ing matrimonial advertisements in various papers representing himself as a woman. Then he would induce his male corre- spondents to send him money,“with which to buy a trousseau.” b The authorities have quite a collection of letters from Arnold’s reputed dupes. They are all addressed to either Miss Clara LeClaire, Miss Cora Williams or Miss Jen- nie May Lamont. The only evidence of any money procured by Arnold’s epis- tolary efforts is a plaintive ap- peal from M. O. Thomas of Bry- antville, Mass.,, who writes to the inspector that he corresponded with ““Miss Lamont” all of last winter and en- gaged himself to marry her. He sent her $20 to buy a wedding troussean and a gold band to seal the matrimonial compact. ‘When Thomas’ letter was shown to him, Arnold laughed and remarked: “That guy got out a marriage license for us. I sold his ring for $3.” ‘W. C. Miller of Idaho Springs, Idaho, gets down to bedrock principles and in a short, businesslike way asks the fair claim- ant her object before he writes any fur- ther. James Brown of Martindale, Mont., says he could tell Clara more in an hour than he could write in a week. He regrets that he is eighty-five juiles from the pho- tographer. William Spangler of Defiance, Ohio, sends in his name as a correspondent, and cannot help wondering how many other gents are doing the same and what spirit is prompting them to do it. G ger s AT CAMP SCHOFIELD. “Arkansas Day” Celebrated by Some In- teresting Drills. MEMPHIS, Tex~., May 15.—~This is Ar- kansas day” at Camp Schofield, so named n honor of the Arkansas companies that drilied for prizes this afternoon. The dele- gation of 2000 came over frm Little Rock to cheer the local soldiers. The attraction in the morning was an exhibition drill by Troops E and K, Third United States Cavalry. This afternoon two Little Rock companies drilled. The feature ot the afternoon drill was the drill of the Morton cadets of Washing- ton, in class B. The youngsters had al- iready appeared in class C, and from the time they marched upon the field the im- provement in their work was noticeable, they having lost all the nervousness they showed on Monday. The usual dress parade and band concert were attended by large crowds this even- ing. p To Pay Homage to the C zar. PITTSBURG, PA., May 15.—Right Rev. Bishop Nicholas of San Francisco, whose title in the Russian church is Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, wasin the city yesterday en route for New York, whence he sails for Russia to pay homage to the Czar. The mission on which the Bishop is going isa religious obligation and one that is imposed on all Russian Bishops, it being imperative that they visit as soon as possible each succeeding Czar, who is the visible head of the church. e Scared a Debtor to Death. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., May 15.—Mil- ton White, a wealthy farmer, has been in- dicted for murder. It is charged that his victim, William Hines, also a farmer, was scared to death. White claimed that Hines owed him $1000. He waylaid Hines, pre- sented a double-barreled shotgun, with both hammers cocked, and compelled him to sign a check for the amount claimed. Within a few minutes Hines became violently ill and died. His physicians said he died from fright. —_— Jack Smith Yet Lives. CRIPPLE CREEK, Coro., May 15.—Jack Smith, the leader of the Bull Hill miners during the war last summer, who was shot by Marshal Kelly at Altman last even- ing, is still alive, but cannot live long. His companion, George Papst, although seri- ously wounded, may recover. Smith refuses to make any statement. Papst says he was not shot by Kelly but by Dep- uty Sheriff Benton. Kelly says he shot both men. Public sentiment in the camp favors the officers. el o Harrison Goes East. INDIANAPOLIS, Isp., May 15.—Ex- President Benjamin Harrison left for the East this afternoon. To-morrow he will stop at Newark, N. J., where he will re- ceive a medal from the New Jersey His- torical Society. From there he will go to New York and stay at the Fifth-avenue Hotel two weeks. He will sit for a portrait by Eastman Johnson, which is to be hung in the White House with the other pictures of the Presidents. it Miners of the West. DENVER, Coro., May 15.—The sessions of Western Federation of Miners w—dgy were taken up with the reading and dis- cussing of the reports of several commit- tees. Pending the report of various other committees business came to a standstill, and but little was actually accomplished. | pr.d. ¥ FGAY WILL CONTRL Separate Receiver for the Oregon Short Line. ANOTHER DECISION MADE No End to the Controversy With the Union Pacific Road. JUDGE GILBERT IS UPHELD, Therefore the Property Iin Dispute Will Be Controlled by the Present Official. ST. PAUL, Mixy, May 15.—Judge Same born of the United States Circuit Court handed down his decision in the receiver- ship controversy of the Union Pacitic and Oregon Short Line Railway. It is practi- cally a victory for the petitioners for the appointment of a separate receiver for the Short Line. If the conditions are met it is conceded hat the receiver will be John M. Egan, who has already been appointed by Judga Gilbert at Portland, Oregon. The matter came up ten days ago, tha American Loan and Trust Company of Boston, holders of the second mortgace of $10,873,000, moving for a separate receivers ship. The Union Pacific receivers opposd the motion. The action proposed here is thq same as has already been taken in Judg Gilbert’s court as applied to property i his circuit. Under Judge Sanborn’s order, the rei ceivers are directed to prepare a statemen$ of moneys in their hands applicable tq paying interest on the first mortgage of thé Oregon 8hort Line. The order further provides for a hearing at which will be determined the amoun which will be necessary to pay into th. court to “satisfy the interest of the firs| mortgage, and in case such amouut is pai to arrange as to the form of the transf of the property to the receiver appoint under this last bill of the second mortgagh. The petitioners had agreed to pay this interest in case a separate receivership b§ granted, so that the separate receivershi% seems assured. As John M. Egan ha! been so appointed for part of the road by Judge Gilbert, and as his appointment is desired by the petitioners, he seems as« sured as the receiver for the entire Oregon Short Line. CATHOLIC KN1GHTS. There Is Considerable Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation. OMAHA, NggR., May 15.—In convention to-day, the Catholic Knights of America considered the proposition of inviting all other Catholic bodies of similar character to consolidate with it. No definite action was taken, but the indications are that something of the kind will be done. Thera is much objection to that feature, how- ever. Chairman O'Connor, in behalf of the committee, reported adversely on the pro- posed amalgamation, receiving encourage- ment in the way of applause from the anti« federation portion of the convention. The majority of the law committee has adopted a conservative policy and favors as few changes as possible. 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