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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1895, RATES WILL ASCEND. President Hill Candidly Announces His Policy. INCREASE OF PROFITS,! One Result of the Northern Pacific-Great Northern Consolidation. TRADE WITH THE ORIENT. The Magnate Says It Will Necessi- tate the Construction of Ocean Greyhounds. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 19.—President James J. Hill of the Great Northern Rail- way, who arrived from Europe yesterday, conferred with the Northern Pacific reor- ganization committee and then started for Chicago. Previous to his departure, Mr. Hill said in an interview that C. P. Huntington did not put the 10 per cent estimate on in- crease in business a bit too high as a result of the deal between these companies. Rates will be put up slightly all along the line and many expenses will be cut off. Moreover, it seems the Canadian Pacific will be given a lively race in the building and development of the Northwest. President Hill expects much from the town of Great Falls, Mont., as the *‘Pitts- burg of the West,” and should Tesla suc- ceed at Niagara Falls in making steel from iron ore by electricity, as he says he will soon, the Montana metropolis will become one of the great industrial cities of the Northwest, with its contiguous coal, iron and silver mines. “Will not the Canadian Pacific be a dan- gerous competitor?” he was asked. “Not in the least,” answered Mr. Hill. “We can compete with any transcontinen- tal line in the matter of fast time. We have nothing to fear from Canada.” Speaking of the proposed new line of steamships between Japan and the Pacific G Mr. Hill said: »w that the war between Chinaand Jupan is virtually over, I expect there will be a big industrial development in those two nations, and the United States will e as a consequence a good deal of busi- ess with the If such a line of steam- 1ips is established it will have to have new ships for fast service, like the Atlantic liners, and of course that would take some tir but it will come.” at is the feeling toward American ays in Europe?” “The present European buying seems to me to be the result of investors having more funds on hand than they know what to do There has been over-specula- tion in and a great many millions | sterlir been made in Africa in rp ises; here the people are :s 10 invest their profits. to get good European 5 ey driven somewhat iy to invest in our stocks and Of course this does not apply to rities that have always but to those that have been questioned by investors. Un- erican properties are better man- dmore closely economized, Europe will discount them in the future. We have t to establish a character for economic ministration if we want foreign invest- s to take up our securities.” *“What is the industrial situation across the water?” “The industrial situation is not picking ) by any means,” replied Mr. Hill. “The business has gone to China. The most active business in England is the manu- facture and sale of machinery on orders principally from Eastern nations like Japan and India, which are now manu- facturers and producers of goods which England has long held a monopoly. China and India are becoming great and im- portant factors in the textile world. The peace between Japan and China will open the way to great efforts on the part of those countries to compete with European | manufactured goods.” ALTGELD TAKES A HAND. Attempts to Save From Justice a Default~ ing Treaswrer's Accomplice. HURON, 8. D., May 19.—Goveraor Alt- geld of Illinois has taken a hand in the Benedict affair that aroused so much inter- est in South Dakota. Governor Sheldon received from Altgeld a telegram saying he had heard that Benedict, for whose extra- didion he had granted a requisition on the charge of larceny, had been acquitted on that ground and was about to be tried on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the State, and calling the attention of the Governor to the fact that he (Altgeld) believed this would be a violation of the laws governing extradition. Governor Sheldon has replied at length, setting forth all the facts of Benedict’s con- nection with defranding Treasurer Taylor, his presence with the latter in the bank in Chicago when the money was drawn, etc., the conveyance by Taylor to Benedict of a large-amount of property for the consider- ation of $1 and the various other points brought out in the course of the investiga- tion, with the fact that the officials of the ‘tate believed Benedict to have been in con- with Taylor, and adds: h - absence of a decision which jus- learly the action of the State in this 1it be possible that the State can be stopped from arresting and trying a person of this kind? Must all the rights of an individual be so jealously guarded and the State forbidden to protect itself with the West Virginia men in any way except to prevent their interference with the men who were disposed to work 1n the Virginia mines. “I am of the opinion that but for the presence of the military the Virginia mines would not have been permitted to continue operations and that there would have been bloodshed and destruction of property.” S s SENT THROUGH TO LIVERPOOL. New York Mo Longer Has Control of the Export Grain Trade. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 10.—The small- ness of the grain traffic of the Erie Canal is the subject of considerable comment in Produce Exchange circles. Some members of the body named say they are forced to the conelusion that the city no longer has control of the export grain trade of the country. The reason is alleged to be that the railroads have made through rates on grain from the West, and it is proposed to bave grain delivered in Liverpool from ‘Western interior shipping points on a through freight bill at a rate even lower than the same grain could be delivered in store at this port. One member is quoted as saying: “This port is discriminated against by the railroads on rates of through freights. The terminal charges on grain are higher th.natany other port. One great handi- cap to our trade here which other ports are free from is the double handling of grain received by rail; that is, it must be trans- {erred to lighters from cars and re-elevated | aboard ships. Vessels are practically pro- | hibited from loading grain alongside rail elevators under an extra charge of 1 cent per bushel.” AMERICA'S 1RO PRODUCT. Report of an Expert Shows the Output to Be Steadily Increasing. Michigan Leads In the Amount of Production and the Value of the Ore. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—Mr. John Berkenbine, the iron-ore expert of Philadelphia, has prepared for the di- vision of mineral resources of the United | States Geological Survey an exhaustive re: port of the iron-ore resources of the world, | in which the production of iron ore in | 1894 is estimated at about 52,500,000 long | tons. The portion of the report relating to the United States shows the total production of iron ore in this country in 1894 was 11,879.679 long tons of 224 pounds, as compared with 11,587.629 long tons in 1893. This is an increase of about 214 per cent. | This production is only 73 per cent of the | maximum production of the United States, namely: 16,296,666 long tons, which was the output in 1892, but is slightly greater | than 1893, the proportion in that year being 71 per cent of 1892, showing & re- | markable falling off. The falling off is further shown by the statement that the average production for the years from 1889 to 1892, inclusive, was 15,260,482 long tons, while for the last two years it has been but 11,733,654 long tons, a difference of 3,625,828 tons. | Of the classes of iron ore mined the red | hematite continues to be the leading vari- | ety, being 79 per cent of the total produc- tion, brown hematite, magnetic and carbonite following in the order named, the last being only about three-iourths of 1 per cent of the total product. The number of blast furnaces in opera- tion also shows an increase over 1893. The number in blast at the close of 1893 was 137; at the close of 1894, 185, Twenty-four States produced iron ore in 1894, ranging in amount from 4,419,074 tons in Michigan to 7915 tons in Maryland. Most of the increase in production was in the Lake Superior region, Minnesota show- ing the greatest increase, from 1,499,927 in 1593 to 2,960,463 tons in 1894, ranking second among the iron-producing States, while in 1893 she was third. Michigan continues to be the largest producer, hold- ing this rank for six years; Alabama isl third, Virginia fourth and Pennsylvania | fifth. In spite of the increase in production noted the total value of the product was but $13,577,325 or $1 14 a ton, as compared with $19,265,973 or $1 66 a ton in 1893. Michigan also leads the country in the value of her iron ores. In 1894 they were worth §5,844,955, while Texas foots the list with a value of $11,521. L PREACH, 4 Feature of the W. C. T. tion in London. LONDON, Exc., May 19.—A feature of the third biennial council of the World's W. C.T. U. and the nineteenth council of the British Woman’s Temperance Associa- tion is to be the preaching in pulpits of different denominations by women. Among | the churches in which women have | been invited to speak are three of the best | known churches in the world, among what are called in England ‘Nonconformists.” | These are Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, the City | Temvle (Dr. Parker’s) and the Western | City Road Chapel. Miss Jessie Ackerman and Mrs. Helen W. Barkel, who are Baptists, Miss Clara | Hoffman, who is a Congregationalist, Miss | Kate L. Stevens, who is a Methodist, with | Mrs. Wheeler and Rev. Kate Bushnell will | occupy those three representative pulpits. | Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Willard | are to speak in the City Temple at 3:30 ¢ o’clock on June 16, the day preceding the | great convention. Miss Lillian Phelps of Canada will also speak in some prominent church on that day. . MEXICO JUSTICE. Train-Robbers to Be Shot Without the Formality of a Trial. CITY OF MEXICO, Mex., May 19.— The bill which has just passed the Na- tional Congress here regulatin: the man- U. Conven- simply because it is a State?” FIKED UPON BY MINERS. HMajor Simons’ Statement of the Trouble in West Virginia. POCAHONTAS, Va., May 10.—The fol- lowing written statement has been given to the Associated Press representatives at Pocahontas by Major Simons, Commander - of the Virginia troops, in reply to Gov- ernor McCorkle’s statement: ““In reference to the statement of Gover- nor McCorkle that great injustice had been done the West Virginia miners by charg- ing them with firing on our pickets, I will state the facts in the case: *“On the night of the 8th, the officer in command reported that his sentinel was fired on six times. The officer in com- mand of the same post reported having been tired on fifteen times on the night of the I7th, ana that two of his sentinels nar- “ . Towly escaped being shot. *“In the last two instances I was within hearing of the shots, which were fired “from the adjacent hills toward the West Virginia side. We have not interfered ner in which train-robbers will hereafter be dealt with in Mexico, provides: “If, during the assault of any train, there should result a case of robbery or death of one or more passengers, the crim- inals, if apprehended, will then and there be condemned to snffer the death penalty without any other formality than the drafting of the minutes regarding the exe- cntion by the officers in charge of the forces effecting their capture. Those whose capture shall not be made at the moment of the commission of the crime, will be tried by the authorities most adja- | cent to the spot of their apprehension in | the peremptory period of fifteen days and be made to suffer the death penalty.” EL R, Death of General Fielden. "LONDON, Ex6., May 19.—Lieutenant- General Randal Joseph Fielden, Conserva- tive member of Parliament for Chorley, North Lancashire, isdead. He sat for Lan- cashire, north, from 1880 to 1885, and for Chorley since. His election from there was | unopposed. He was opposed even to the | consideration of the question of home rule for Ireland. RESULTS OF THE WAR, Japan Is Now Turning Its Attention to Commerce. TRADE WITH CHINESE. Markets of the Celestial King- dom Will Be Invaded by the Conquerors. SLAUGHTER OF TONG HAKS. Severe Measures Adopted by the Government In Suppressing the Rebellion. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—The latest budpets of mail received at the Japanese, Chinese and Korean legations at Washington give much space to the changed conditions resulting from the war. Lord Li, son of Li Hung Chang, is ex- pected to be the new Chinese Minister to Japan. The peace settlement will soon be followed by a restoration of diplomatic relations. Mr. Otori. now a member of the Japanese Privy Council, is mentioned as a probable Minister to China. He was formerly Min- ister to China and knows the country thoroughly. In an interview Mr. Otori says that, the Japanese having acquired commercial access to China, it will need much tact to carry on trade with the Chi- nese. He says British merchants have already pretty well occupied Southern China, which is the pest field, so that the Japanese had better turn their attention to the northern conntry, where the mar- kets are comparatively untouched, al- though they supply millions of natives. He gives all the details of the Chinese trade, showing, among other things, that the natives never pay cash for goods. They re scrupulously honest, and have their regular paydays on May 5, July 15 and December 13. - The talk in Japan shows the conquests by its armies are to be fol- lowed by an equally vigorous commercial campaign by the merchants. Korea has passed through troublous times of late. The Foreign Ministers feared un outbreak and armed guards were stationed at all legations. There were thirty United States marines with Minister Sill at Seoul. Now quiet has been restored and the armed guards witharawn. The trouble followed the rebellion of the Tong Haks. In suppressing them the Gov- ernment used great severity. A traveler Jately returned frem the disturbed districts reports that wherever he went he saw | houses burned down, corpses of murdered people and towns desolated and abandoned. This brought on a mob agitation which threatened Seoul and led to the armed de- fense of the legations. The authorities at Seoul are trying the ringleaders, and there is a liability that thev will be decapitated. The loan of 3,000,000 yen which Japan made to Korea in order to put the country on its feet has begun to be paid. Half a million was paid over the first of last month and the remaining 2,500,000 is sub- ject to call by Korea. The Japanese are looking over the pos- sessions they have recently acquired. A large force of expert surveyors are at work in and around Port Arthur, with the pur- pose of finishing the survey by July, al- though these plans may be altered, now that the permanent possession of Port Arthur has been given up on account of the protests of European powers. The investigation as to the islands of Formosa and the Pescadores has not been encouraging. Tie Chinese natives on the Pascadores seem to be a race of blind people, about half of them groping about unable to see. The place is almost a solid mass of coral. It is used for building houses, etc., giving a beautiful red appear- ance to everything, which, however, is offset by the absence of trees or verdure from the soil and by the blindness every- where. Formosa gives better prospects and al- ready capital is being invested to put in large sugar refineries, which will, it is said, add a new element to the world’s sugar production. THE CHINESE INDEMNITY. No Trouble Will Be Had in Raising the Required Amount. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—A care- ful compilation of the figures of the Chi- nese national debt shows that at the pres- ent moment it only aggregates about £10,000,000, a sum insignificant in view of the great resources of the nation. The first loan was madg in 1875, and since that date there have been various issues, mostly for small amounts. The rate of interest on the loan varies consider- ably, probably owing to the different char- acter of the security offered, but the high- est figure is 10 per cent, and it may be significait that the last, made during the pendency of the war last year, was placed as low as 7 percent. Most of these loans were paid to the Chinese in silver, but in only two instances is it stipulated that they shall be repaid in the same metal and the balance must be refunded in gold. In view of this small floating debt it is believed here the Cninese will have no difficulty in raising the entire amount of the indemnity to be paid to Japan at a low rate of interest, the Chinese taking silver and paying the loan off in gold. Li Hung Chang’s Son Honored. LONDON, E~6., May 10'—The Times to- morrow will publish a dispatch from Tien- tsin which says that Li Tien Fang, son of Li Hung Chang, has been appointed a committee to hand over the island of For- mosa to Japan. BORN IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Death of the Unly Male Person Who Enjoyed That Distihction. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—The only malé person ever born in the White House, Robert Tyler Jones, a grandson of President Tyler, 1s dead in this city. Jones was the son of Mary Tyler Jones, the eldest and favorite daughter of the President. He served in the Confederate army as a captain and was a brave and faithful soldier. In later years he was emploved in the Treasury Department. Since his retirement from that position he has had practically no employment, e g CARLISLE ON FINANCES. The Secretary to Enlighten Southerners on His Gold Policy. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—8ecre- tary of the Treasury Carlisle and party left ‘Washington at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for the South, where the Sccretary is to make ! saveral addresses in support of his money i policy. The party will reach Covington, Ky., to- morrow morning, and in the evening Sec- retary Carlisle will speak at the rink. Thursday afternoon he will speak it the convention of “sound moneyites” at Mem- phis. The following Saturday afternoon he will make an address at Bowling Green, Ky., and will then go direct to Louisville. He will speak in Louisville on the follow- ing Tuesday. His return to Washington will be made the Wednesday after. — Waller’s Nephew in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—Paul Bray, the nephew of ex-Consul Walser, who arrived in New York yesterday, is now in Washington. To-day he saw As- sistant Secretary Uhl of the State Depart- ment, to whom he told his story. Mr. Uhl declined to give the press anything con- cerning the matt y AR ol Collector Wise at the Capital. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—Collec- tor of Customs Wise of S8an Francisco ar- rived here to-aay. He states he is here simply to look after the routine business of his office. $ L el R Secretary Gresham’s Condition. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—Secre- tary Gresham had a quiet, restful day. Representative Hitt's condition to-day was the best since his illness. LIGHT FOR THE PERSIANS, Splendid Work Done in the Missionary Schools of Teheran. Minister McDonald’s Report of the Commencement Exercises That Recently Took Place. - WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—In a dispatch to the State Department from Teheran, April 10, Minister McDonald gives an interesting account of the work of the American missionary schools in that city. He states that he had the pleasure, by special invitation, on the 9th of April of attending the commencement exercises at the school for boys of the American Mis- sion for Teheran, of which Rev. 8. Law- rence Ward is principal. The exercises took place in the American Church, which was filled with an assemblage of both natives and foreigners. Mr. McDonald oc- cupied a seat on the platform, and a repre- sentative of the Shah’s college was present and made a brief speech of commendation of the school. The Rev. Messrs. Potter and Styns also took part in the proceed- ings. “The exercises,”” said Mr. McDonald, ‘‘were such as take place at an American school of high grade. Speeches in four languages were made by the several honor graduates—in Persian, Armenian, French and English. The young men spoke with perfect ease and fluency. The branches taught in the school are the languages alrcady named, with Arabic and Hebrew added; arithmatic, Persian and European; algebra, bookkeeping, geography, general history, etc. There are over 100 students and nine feachers. Some of the pupils are assisted in their living expenses.” There were twenty-two graduates. The school, in Mr. McDonald’s opinion, is doing much good, and he desctibed it as being “not the least of the praiseworthy works carried on by the disinterested Americans in Teheran.” The Sbah has visited it in person and commends it. A girls’ school, conducted ‘in a like man- ner, is regarded by Mr. McDonald as being equally worthy of praise. [n it the pupils receive board and lodgings, either free or at nominal rates, and the *‘excellent ladies in charge are devoting themselves nobly to a laudable work; girls are sent out by them every year fit to support themselves or to become ornaments of society.” Minister McDonald also makes mention of the American hospital in charge of Dr. J. G. Wiseard, which he says, is a splendid charity in high favor with both Govern- ment and people. The hospital has like- wise received the commendations of the Shah. ‘At all the missionary stations in Per- sia,”” adds Mr. McDonald, “I believe there are similar institutions enecaged in - the same ends, not to speak of tne faithful and zealous labors in behali of the spread of the Christian religion by the mission- aries.” SUED BY A CHORUS GIRL, The Hon. Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks Involved in a Scandal. Damages for Breach of Promise Demanded by *Birdie” Sutherland. LONDON, ExG., May 19.—If the case of Miss *Birdie” Sutherland, the chorus girl in the Gaiety Theater, against the Hon. Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks.'eldest son of Baron Tweedmouth, for breach of prom- ise, ever comes into court, it will be the most sensaitonal trial since Miss For- tesque, the actress, won £10,000 from Lord Garmoyle on a similar charge. Miss Sutherland is very handsome, be- ing nearly six feet tall and only 18 years old. Her real name is Anuie Louise Wat- kins. She first met the Hon. Dudley Marjoribanks at the Prince of Wales Club. It was a case of love at firsi sight. He pro- posed and was accepted. When his parents learned of the affair they were very much disturbed. Mr. Marjoribanks went to Canada with his mother on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada. The young man did not return with his mother to England, but remained in Canada, and the match was broken off. Miss Sutherland then placed the case in the hands of a well-known theatrical lawyer, who retained in her behalf Sir Edward Clarke, who defended Oscar Wilde, in his recent trial. Mr. C. F. Gill, who ap- peared against Wilde on behalf of the Treasury and yarious other legal talent, has also been retained. Hora 7~ Repulsed. PARIS, Frasce, May 19.—A dispatch from Majanez, Madaascar, says: The first battalion »f the Colonial Regi- ment had a sharp fight with a large body of Hovas near Marovoay. The Hovas fled at the point of the bayonet, leaving sixty dead and wounded. There were thirteen of the French wounded. The French then occupied the Hova camp. ——-—— Death of a Newjoundiand Statcsman. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 19.—Moses Mon- roe, one of the most distin uished o New- foundland’s statesmen, an ex-memnver of the State Legislative Council, and ' ' . gate to the British Parliament on French shore questions, died this morning, CUBANS DRIVEN BACK. Heavy Loss in a Battle With the Regulars of Spain. SEVEN HUNDRED FALL An Attack on Joviato Results Disastrously to the Rebel Army. i CAMPOS CALLS FOR TROOPS. Spanish Soldiers on the Island Fall Victims to the Ravages of Disease. TAMPA, Fra, May 19.—The Plant steamship Cuba to-night brings reports of an engagement on the 12th near Joviato. The Spanish papers say 2000 Cubans at- tacked the city. The Cubans are said to have opened a general fire from three sides on the Spaniards, who retreated, sending eighty men to another station for re-en- forcements. When these arrived the Cubans withdrew. The Cuban loss is placed at 700. The Spanish lost twelve soldiers, one priest, Dr. Ruiz the physician, and Lieutenant- Colonel Joaguin Bosch. Cubans discredit the story, saying that Major Robles, second chief of the Spanish column, has asked to be decorated with the cross of San Fernando. To deserve this decoration, by army laws, one must fight against triple his force, sustain the battle fora number of hours,aud lose at least two-thirds of his force in killed and wounded. Therefore the Spanish loss, ac- cording to Robles’ claim, must necessarily be great. A passenger arriving states that the Spanish troops are sick and dying. Cam- pos has called for more troops. Campos saw Havana merchants regarding the issue of paper money similar to the last revolution issue, but the merchants refuse to use it. QUESADA MAY COMMAND., He Is Asked to Take the Leadership of the Insurgent Forces. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 20.—A local paper says General Quesada, who landed yesterday from the steamship Philadelphia, is at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. The general says the insurgents have offered to him the command of all the insurgent forces, pro- viding he will join them and accept tle position. He bas this offer under serious consid- eration, and it is possible that he will dis- appear quietly in a few days, and that the next the country will hear of him will be of his safe arrival inside the lines of the insurgents. It is known he received much encouragement from leading Cubans in to learn. This will not be his first military posi- tion in Cuba. Ata previous insurrection he led the largest body of soldiers to the island ever landed. He fought under President Juarez of Mexico against Maxi- milian and his sword has been unsheathed a number of times. His movements will be watched with interest by the Spanish Government. REUNION OF CONFEDERATES. Warriors of the Gray Gathering in Num- bers at Houston, Tex. HOUSTON, Tex., May 19.—Every train arriving since last night has brought in military men, and there are now in camp at Camp Culberson twenty-five companies, besides a.battery of regulars and a United States mounted band from San Antonio. General Stephen D. Lee arrived last night and General Joe Wheeler will arrive in the morning. There will be a grand military parade to-morrow of State troops and United States regulars. On Wednesday the Confederate rewnion proper begins. One of the features of that day will be a decorated procession to escort Miss Winnie Davis and sister to the audi- torium, where they will be formally wel- comed. These ladies will be tendered sev- eral receptions. Sponsors and maids of honor to the number of 1000 will have daily receptions at the Light Guard Armory. Governor Culberson will welcome the United Confederate Veterans, GeneralJ. B. Gordon, commander in chief, respond- ing, and on Friday there will be a parade of the Confederate veterans. - HOTEL MEN ELECT OFFICERS. Los Angeles Is Selected as the Next Place of Meeting. CHICAGO, IrL., May 19.—Officers of the Nartional Hotel Men’s Association were elected by the directors at a meeting here last night, as follows: President, Benjamin H. Lark of Spring Lake, N. J.; vice-president, John W. Lynch of Los Angeles, Cal.; secretary and treasurer, Walter Barnes of Chicago. The directors are: Charles H. Hilton, L. E. Howard, Jewett Wilcox, F. W. Rice, E. 8. Penny, H. J. Bohn, W. H. Worth and T. G. Sherman, all of Chicago. The next meeting of the association will be held at Los Angeles, Cal. Thestug Catholics Celebrate at Dubuque. DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 19.—The third annual convention of the Luxemberg and Central Society of the United States com- menced here to-day. The programme in- cludes a parade of several thousand mem- bers of Catholic societies, high mass by Bishop Schebach of La Crosse and a ser- mon by Rev R. Willmes of Milwaukee. In the afternoon a statue was dedicated with appropriate exercises. This evening Bishop Schebach of La Crosse delivered an ad- dress. Regular business meetings will begin Monday and continue Tuesday. LRGeS s Ordered to Suspend Publication. PAWHUSKA, 0. T., May 19.—Colonel H. B. Freeman, the Osage Indian agent, yesterday ordered the stoppaee of the pub- lication of the Wahshahshe News, the newspaper at this place. The News has been making a fight on the agent for hi-: methods in regard to the confiscation of the lumberforce and the stoppage of the construction of the bridge across the Ar- kansas River at Blackburn, O. T. It is sup- posed that Freeman will order Mr. Tinker to move the paper off the reservation. R S8 Killed by an Assassin. VINCENNES, INp, May 19. — Mose Latta was assassinated just after he had left the home of Miss Agnes Conlin, his betrothed sweetheart, in North Vincennes, last night. gy o 0Odd Fellows Invade Philadelphia. ! PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 19. — All | this city is errayed in bright colors in | quake was also felt in Moravia, Southern this city, but from whom it is impossible | honor of the Odd Fellows’ convention, which practically began to-day. The pur- pose of the assemblage is the dedication of thenew temple at Broad and Cherry streets on Tuesday next. Over 100,000 visitors from other cities are expected. e Celebrating the Czar’s Birthday. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 19.—The cele- bration of the birthday of the Czar of Russia was continued to-day with even more show and festivity than on Saturday. In the house occupied by the Russian people of the city as a church there were two services, the one at 10 . M. being high mass, the other being vespers. Both were celebrated by Bishop Nicholas. e Wiped Out by Fire : COLUMBIA, 8. C., May 19.—A special to the Register says: The oldest business block in Bennett- ville, 8. C., was burned this morning, seven stores being burned. Loss $75,000. R Rejoicing in Hoke Smith’s Home. ATHENS, Ga.,, May 19.—Secretary Smith reached Athens to-day, and met a new baby girl. g A S Wrecked on the Red Sea. JIDDAH, Arapia, May 19.—A Turkish pilgrim steamer carrying Mahommedan pilgrims going to Mecca was wrecked on the Red Sea to-day. There were 700 per- sons on board, all of whom were saved. et oV Riots at Antwerp. ANTWERP, Bereiom, May 19.—A col- lision of some Catholic ‘societies with the Liberal associations occurred this after- noon, and the police were obliged to charge the mob. Many arrests were made. EARTHQUAKES IN' TTALY Scores of Buildings Razed and Their Occupants Buried in the Ruins. At San Martino a Church Is De-~ molished While Filled With Worshipers. FLORENCE, ItaLy, May 19.—Theearth- quake which occurred here at 9 o'clock last evening has proved more serious than it seemed at first. Thousandsof people spent Saturday night in the streets, and a second shock at 11 o’clock increased a thousand- fold the first alarm. Similar events occurred at Baris, near here. The casualities there included four deaths and many injured. Numbers of houses were badly cracked. Other villages in the vicinity suffered still worse damage. At Grassina forty houses were wrecked. - At La Paggiseveral buildings fell, and three persons were en- tombed. The church at San Martino was destroyed while full of worshipers. Sev- eral persons were crushed to death in the ruins. Many who were wounded are still in the ruins. The villages of Gallezzo and Gambino were badly damaged. The Prince of Naples and a corps of en- gineers have gone to these villages to aid in the work of rescue. LONDON, ExG., May 19.—The Stand- ard’s dispatch from Vienna says the earth- Hungary and Dalmatia and also at Lai- bach, where hardly a day now passes with- out one or two shocks being felt. Serious earthquakes have also been felt in the Ionian Islands. o I e Tl Death of a Famous Banker. FRANKFORT, Prussia, May 19.—John Speyer, the banker, is dead. LATE SPORTING EVENTS, The Winners Are Picked In the Olympic Swimming | % Tourney. Max Jaques Made His Bicycle Trip From New Orleans in Sixty Days. The swimming tournament at the Olym- pic Club Tuesday evening promises to be a very interesting event. There will be a lively contest over the | John Lind special medal for fancy diving, and the wise ones are already picking out the winners in the several feats. F. Cravel is thought to have strings on the 50-yard maiden race and also on the 100-yard race. The breast-stroke race, it is thought, will go to either Krelling or Wheaton. Both | are expert in the stroke which gives its name to this race. Pape is said to have the quarter-mile race sure. Itisorne of thosethings which in sporting parlance is sometimes called ‘“*dead.” | J. P. Jackson is the favorite for the fancy | diving, with McComb and Wheaton a close | second and third. Jackson dces the most | dliktl\)cult. diving among the members of the | club. There are to be six dives, go as you lease—the somersault, somersault and a | alf, the corkscrew dive, cut-off from the | gallery dive and a back dive from the gal- | lery. "’ryhere will be five dives, “zo as you please,” for the special Lind medal. W. J. Kennedy has completely reorgan- ized the Olympic baseball nine, and claims for the club the strongest nine on tue coast. He has retained the old battery, O’Kane and Waldon, but the other posi- tions have been rearranged. Fallensbee plays tirst base, Beckett second, Monahan shortstop, Corbett ihird base, Gimmel left field, Shean center field, Cosgrave right field. If circumstances are propitious Manager Kennedy will take his nine to Portland and Denver during the season. The first game to be played by the reor- ganized team will be with the Alliance club of Oakland next Sunday. If suitable grounds can be secured the game will probably come off in S8an Rafael. At the boxing tournament on the night of the 28th inst. four or five good ex- hibitions out of the six contests are as- sured. The men are in good training and some lively work is expected. Herman Oelrichs has promised to be the patron of a tournament heid later in the season and will furnish several handsome trophies, providing the club will give it the title of the ‘‘Oelrichs Tournament.” The offer will no doubt be accepted. Max Jaques of Warsaw, Ind., who is making the tour of the United States on his wheel for a wager of $5000, will leave {for Portland Tuesday or Wednesday. He arrived from New Orleans Friday evening, having left there on March 14. ' He is to make the trip on the money he is able to earn along the route. As is usual with such wagers he will lose his time as well as the stakes if he accepts donationsor asks for assistance, He says he has had no serious trouble so far, though he “‘went broke” twice. Each time he was among the Mexicans on the frontier of Texas. He is 20 years of age and the son of are- tired capitalist of Warsaw. His average daily expenses are $150, which he earns any way he can. ——————————— Thedproduction oi aluminum has in- creased from 150 pounds in 1834 to 339,629 pounds last year. During the time the %rxca l‘\:'u dropped from $9a pound to about cen CUT DOWN BY REBELS, Slaughter of Mexican Troops by Chihua- hua Insurgents. NATIVES WIN THE DAY. The Small Force Sent to Quell Them Is Almost Wholly Annihilated. TWENTY SURVEYORS SLAIN. The Appointment of an American to Settle Boundaries Leads to the Revolt. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 19.—A special from El Paso, Tex., says: Information has been received here of a bloody revolt which took place ina settlement between Guadaloupe Calva and Varvagama, in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, a few days ago. The trouble began when the natives living in the district attacked a surveying party under Captain Morrison and killed twenty of the party. The affair was re- ported to the commander of the Mexican troops at Parrat, who immediately started a detachment of 100 men to the scene. Lagt Wednesday the troops were assaulted by the natives, and retreating, left half of their dead and wounded on the battle- field. The appointment-of the American, Mor- rison,!to survey Government land, which is now occupied by native farmers, caused the trouble. Morrison was to receive a certain portion of the lands for his work. The natives namber about 2000 men, living in a district surrounded by mountains, Troops have been ordered from Chihuahua to quell the revolt. Morrson escaped. GAYGS OF B0V BURCLAS The Hayes Valley Contingent Has a Long Record to Answer For. The Quartet Committed Twenty- Two Burglaries During the Past Four Weeks: The Hayes Valley gangof boy burglars who were arrested by Policemen Harry Reynoldsand J. T. Donovan were booked at the City Prison yesterday. There were four in the gang and their ages ranged from 14 to 17 years. They are sons of re- spectable parents, and their names are Joseph Hess, Thomas Lawler, Frank Coo- alias Smith, and Hugo Forrest. Within the past four weeks they have committed no less than twenty-two bur- glaries in the following places: 902 Eddy street, corner of Turk and Gough; 2439 Jackson street, corner of Bush and H. 5 Pierce and = McAllister; Grand View Hotel, Pine street, between Polk and Van Ness avenue, corner of Franklin and Bush streets; hotel on Bush and Stockton streets; 027 Pine street, corner of Van Ness and Ash ; Van Ness avenue, be- tween Geary and O’Farrell streets; 2202 Jackson street, 2628 Steiner sireet, 1615 Lyon street, 841 Post street. corner of Jack- son and Pierce streets, 2444 Jackson street, 2334 Devisadero street, 1935 Pacific avenue, 2001 California street and 2101 Webster street. In the house on Van Ness avenue they tore up $1600 worth of mining stock when they found it was not greenbacks, as they expected. With the $45 stolen from the house on Pierce and McAllister streets two of them bought new suits of clothes. Asa rule they hunted for money and when they did not find any they took articles of tritling value, which they could readily sell to other boys. Reynolds and Donovan have recovered a lot of old coins, stamps, two watches, a ring, two pairs of trousers, silk handker- chiefs, stockings, neckties, two scarfpins and a purse. The officers also arrested two other boys on Saturday. James Brown was caught begging at a house on Leavenworth street, near Filbert. When searched a skeleton key and other burglars’ tools -were found in his pockets and he was charged with carrying burglars’ tools. Edward Reniager was arrested while sneaking through fixe back yards of houses on Jackson street, near Fillmore, and was booked for va- grancy. Of the six boys three of them, Lawler, Brown and Reniager, are ex-messenger: boys. Cooney, alias Smith, has already ved three years in the Whittier Reform- This is the third gang that Reynolds and Donovan have broken up within the past four months., They have arrested thirteen boys and five young men, all of whom operated in the Western Addition. And they say they are not done yet. NEW TO-DAY. Tan Stockings To match Tan Shoes. 300 dozen to-day. Best grade, narrow ribbed, double soles and knees, seamless. “For little folks, sizes 5 to 9. . 20C For all sizes. AT THE BIG STORE, OF COURSE. Raphael’s 9, I, 13 and 15 KEARNY STREET. Two Buildings, 8 Floors, 130 Employes to Serve You.