The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1895 PRESIDID'S BIG GUNS The New Battery to Be Completed During the Summer. READY FOR AN ATTACK. San Francisco’s Harbor Will Be Better Protected Than That of New York. THROW IMMENSE PROJECTILES. A Half-Ton of Dynamite Hurled Forth by Each Gun at Every Discharge. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—By next fall, if all goes well, the new battery of pneumatic guns located at Fort Winfield Scott, on the Presidio reservation, will be turned over to the War Department. The battery is even now practicaliy complete, ‘but owing to the difficulty of securing an adequate water supply, upon the applica- tion of the contractors the War Depart- nted an extension of the time for ery from April to November 27 next. To operate the plant a powerful steam pumping equipment is necessary to com- press the air which throws projec- tiles laden with half a ton of d, of course, the steam plant requires a water supply for When good progress had been in putt up the battery and ma- , the contractors found, to their dismay, that not a drop of fresh water was to be found on the site. To obtain water they were obliged to run pipes half a mile to tap the conduit leading to the Presidio, and then to install pumps to force the water up to the bluff. They have con- tended that the Government should defray the expense of this work, as the water is intended for the supply of the fort, but as the contract was so worded as to require them to furnish every appurtenance neces- &ary to the operation of the battery the success of their application is doubtful. This battery is composed of three fifteen- e more than the battery in- y Hook for the defense of arbor—and it is so placed as to give it a complete sweep of the main chan- nel leading up to San Francisco. At present there are but two of these batteries in use, and while it was contem- plated to install another in Boston harbor this project may have to be abandoned. The difficulty liesnot in the lack of money, but in a serious objection that has been made by engineer officers that the dyna- mite guns would, in such places as Boston harbor, endanger the whole of the costly and elaborate system of submarine de- fenses planned for the protection of the harbor. Wherever the depth of the water is not too great at the entrance to a large harbor the engineers have placed, or intend to place in case of war, submarine mines and anchored torpedoes, lying beneath the wurface of the water. The accepted plan of operations against such obstacles to the entrance of a fleet is to send ahead small torpedo-boats, which, by firing torpedoes or heavy charges of powder in the channels, succeed in ex- ploding the hidden mines by the shock, thus clearing the way for the larger This plan was used with succes: inese at Port Arthur and Wei- hai-wei, so that the engineer officers feel that it is necessary to protect their mines in turn by placing them under the line of fire of their shore batteries, which would be relied upon to keep off the torpedo- boats. But, in the case of the dynamite bat- ter: it has been urged that the effect of a miss in a shot would be to explode all of the mines in the vicinity of the places where the projectiles strike. This would open the very channels that the guns are signed to aid in keeping closed against a hostile fleet. Fortunately the objection does not lie against such harbors as that at San Fran- cisco, where the water is so deep that sub- marine mines cannot be effectively used, but it undoubtedly does apply to many of our other harbors. the boilers. NEW POSTAL REGULATIONS. Al Mail for China and Japan to Go ¥Via San Francisco. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The means of best facilitating the sending of trans-Pacific mails (which now leave the United States from San Fiancisco and Tacoma) is the subject of an order issued to the postmasters by Third Assistant Postmaster-General Craig. In- asmuch as it is impracticable for most of the postmasters throughout the country to keep accurately advised of the dates of sailing of steamships of different lines from different ports, Mr. Craig in- structs them to send all trans-Pacific mail to the Postmaster at San Francisco, unless specially addressed “via Tacoma, Wash.” Special instructions will be given to postmasters at several of the large cities to carefully note the time required for train dispatches between their respective offices and Tacoma, Wash., having refer- ence to the dates advertised for steamship sailings to China and Japan, and when ex- peditions can certainly be gained for regis- tered mail not specially addressed to go otherw they will bill such registered mail to San Francisco exchange office. i IT WAS A FALSE REPORT. Burveyors Stationed at Iattle Boggy Were Not Killed by Indians. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The report published in New York that a party of Government surveyors were killed by Chickasaw Indians near Little Boggy, I. T., last week is incorrect. A dispatch has been received at the geological survey from Henry Cannett, chief topographer at Lit- tle Boggy, stating there is no truth in the reports of a massacre. The survey has ten parties of about ten men each at work in Indian Territory, subdividing the lands of the Chickasaw nation. It is said the Indians know the workis for their benefit, and give the best of treatmentto the surveyors. —_———— CLEVELAND FISHING AGAIN. Sport Is Good and the Chief Executive Will Remain a Few Days. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The President left the city quiety on Saturday evening or Sunday morning on a fishing trip. He is expected to return to-day. At the White House secrecy is maintained concerning his movements. The President went to Leesburg, Va, a town about twenty miles from Washington. He re- turned to-night. The Trial of Captain Howgate Begun. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The trial of Captain Henry W. Howgate on two indictments, charging forgery and fal- sification of accounts while disbursing officer of the Signal Service in 1879, was be- gun to-day. The morning was consumed in obtaining a jury and making the open- ing speeches. SRR, Death of a United States Consul. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10. — A cablegram received at the State Depart- ment to-day from Vice-Consul Knight at Cape Town announces the death there of Consul Charles H. Benedict. Benedict was from Minnesots TRIAL OF THE ERICSSON. She Is Said to Have Averaged Twenty- Four Knots an Hour. ‘W LONDON, Coxx., June 10.—The Ericsson was given a trial trip down the harbor and out into the sound to-day. It was the first trip since her tests were inter- rupted by accidents to her machinery last fall. Superintendent Hopkins of the Iowa Iron Works, at which the Ericsson was built, and Lieutenant Lohrer, U. 8. N., were on board. She was out but a short time on account of the fog. The water was smooth and the machinery worked satis- factorily. She is estimated to have reached a speed of twenty-four knots an hour during one half hour of the time she was out. FAU CROPS A FALURE, The Season Is Described as Very Disastrous and Unprofitable. Apples Brought Twenty Per Cent Less Per Barrel Than They Did in 1893. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The review of the fruit conditions of the coun- try for the calendar year 1894 by the Pomologist of the Agricultural Department is printed for the first time in the year book, now almost completed. It characterizes the season as a pecu- liarly disastrous and unprofitable one in most lines of fruit culture. In the south the result was largely due to the unfavor- able climatic conditions that have pre- vailed during the late winter and early spring months. Fair fruit crops were harvested, however, in the New England, Middle Atlantic and Lake States, and in portions of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. st of the Rocky Mountains there was an abundant yiela, but losses due to the paralysis of freight traffic during the rail- road strikes in June and July, together with the low prices caused by the prevail- ing industrial depression, ends in very low net returns to the growers and shippers of that region. The year was characterized by excep- tional heat and cold, drought and moisture in different sections. The average value of apples per barrel exported was about 20 per cent less than in 1893, and exports of dried apples showed an increase of but 5 per cent over those'in 1893, in which year the exports were smaller than during any year since 1878. Peaches were almost a total failure in the commercial peach dis- tricts of the South, except in Florida and Texas. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. California Leads, but the General Aver- age Is Lower Than Last Year. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The Government crop from correspondents of the Agricultural Department makes the acreages of winter wheat at present grow- ing, after allowing for abandonments, 91.6 per cent of the area harvested in 1894. The percentage of winter wheat acreage upon the basis indicated in the principal States are as follows: Ohio 95, Michigan 90, Indiana 93, Illinois 93, Kansas 87 and California 103. The percentage of* the spring wheat area for the entire country is 99.5 per cent, being but a slight reduction from last year’s area. The percentages of spring wheat acreage of the principal States are: North Dakota 100, Wisconsin 107, Minne- sota 100, Nebraska 101, South Dakota 100. The condition of winter wheat has fallen decidedly since last reports, being 71.1 per cent, against 82,9 on May 1. The condition reported on June 1, 1894, was 83.2 per ¢ent. The percentage of the principal States is as follows: Ohio 70, Michigan 77, Indiana 56, Ilinois 51, Missouri 70, Kansas 37, Ne- braska 37, California 102. The condition of spring wheat shows an average for the whole country of 97.8 per cent, and for the principal spring wheat States as follows: Minnesota 109, Wis- consin 97, Towa 101, Nebraska 60, South Dakota 98, North Dakota 99, Washington 96, Oregon 99. The average percentage of all wheat is 97.1, and the condition of the same 78.6 per cent. The report vlaces the acreage of oats at 103.2 of last year’s area. The condition is 84.3, against 87.0 last June. The acreage of rice is 100.2 percent of last year, the condition being 89.2. Barley—Average condition 90.3 per cent, against 82.2 last year. Rye—Average condition 85.7 per cent. f e e APPRAISERS ARE REVERSED. Dress Goods Are Dutiable at 50 Per Cent Ad Valorem Only. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 10.—Judge Townsend in the United States Circuit Court rendered a decision reversing a re- cent decision, in which the board of ap- praisers held that animport of worsted dress goods was dutiable under the recent tariff act at half a cent per square yard and 50 per centad valorem. Judge Towns- end’s decision sustains the importers, who contend thut under the new law worsted dress goods were dutiable at 50 per cent ad valorem. SR A MURDERER AND SUICIDE. Henry Ledetke Shoots the Daughter of His Employer and Kills Himself. HYANNIS, Mass., June 10.—Lizzie Cole- man, the 14-year-old daughter of William Coleman of Osteryille, while on her way to school this morning was shot and killed by Henry Ledetke, a German, who imme- diately committed suicide. The murderer was employed as a farmhand and had been paying attentions to the little girl. Itis supposed jealousy led to the crime, Bt g i 4 Fatal Railroad Wreck. CINCINNATI, Onro, June 10,—Near Sydney there was a freight wreck on the Big Four to-day. Eight tramps were in the car. Ed Evans, Stephen Goddinger and an unknown man were taken out dead. George Brown of Latonia was fatally injured. The Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of the modern-time helps to perfect cook- ing, and every receipt requiring a raising ingredient should enjoin 1ts use: OREGON SHORT LINE Two Receivers Have Been Appointed in Salt Lake. REJOICINGS IN OMAHA. The American Loan and Trust Company Still Has a Fight- ing Chance. WILL HAVE TO PAY HEAVILY. W. H. Bancroft of the Union Pacific and J. M. Egan Will Oper- ate the Road. SALT LAKE, Uran, June 10.—The de- cision handed down by Judge Merritt of the Third District Court this morning ap- pointing J. M. Egan and W. H. Bancroft as receivers of the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railroad has been the all- absorbing topic in railroad and commercial circles to-day. Before the order of the court becomes operative it makes it incumbent upon the American Loan and Trust Company to pay $734,000 interest due on the mortgages July 1, and to pay all interest falling due thereafter within thirty days after matur- ity. This includes the interest due on the Utah Southern mortgages. If default should be made on theinterest the road is then to be surrendered to the present receivers. It was also stipulated that the entire road should be operated in one interest. No reference was made to the issuing of receiver’s certificates. The loan and trust company made a strong fight for a single receiver, claiming that the appointment of an associate receiver would defeat the ob- jects of the suit. In some quarters it is claimed that the loan and trust company will not accept the condition imposed by the court. This opinion is in part shared by Mr. Egan himself. The friends of Mr. Bancroft point to his lean and successful management of the irande Western road during his six years’ management as receiver and general superintendent; also, the vast improve- ments made by him on the Oregon Short Line, and think that his association with such an able railroad manager as Mr. Egan could not fail to bring satisfactory results to every interest involved. Mr. Egan leaves for the East to-night and Senator Thurston goes to Idaho for a few days’ recreation. OMAHA, June 10.—It was a foregone conclusion that the Short Line and Utah Northern would be placed under the con- trol of a separate receiver, the only hope of the interests antagonistic to the American Loan and Trust Company being to securea co-receiver who would be fair to the Union Pacific, which has now been accomplishea by the appointment of W. H. Bancroft, superintendent of the mountain division of the Union Pacific. General Manager Dickinson was elated over the appoint- ment of Mr. Bancroft, whom he regards as the one man to direct the interests of the separated property. “But I do not believe Mr. Egan will ac- cept the terms of the transfer, embodying, as it does, the Utah Southern, a property which has not paid operating expenses. Our people feel satisfied with the terms of the order as made by Judge Merritt, and if it is accepted by the American Loan and Trust Company it must be done at great cost to the corporation. The Ameri- can Loan and Trust Company, through its attorneys, has fought the co-receivership idea from the beginning, and this, coupled with the interest feature of the order, which is along the lines outlined by the attorneys for the first mortgage interests, receivers for the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line, will probably prove too much of a load for the receivers to carry. *‘Should Mr. Egan acceptit will notaffect the forces at the Union Pacific headquar- ters to the extent of more than thirty men, and as for our mechanical forces, they are reduced to a minimum. It has been my idea, however, all the way through, if two receivers were accredited to the property and the contentions of the attorneys for the first mortgage and other interests fol- lowed, that the successor receiver could not consistently take the property. “Mr. Egan will now operate the proper- ties in the eighth and ninth circuits, but I can hardly believe this, as Ogden is the key to the situation and it would leave Mr. Egan the ends of the line to operate, while the great middie would be operated by the present receivers, for I take it that Mr. Bancroft would refuse to take the road if his senior should object to the order.” There was considerable satisfaction ex- pressed about the headquarters when the terms of the order became known, for the majority of the heads of departments felt that Mr. Egan would not take the Short Line loaded down with non-paying divi- sions, as in the case of the Utah Southern and Southern Extension. ORDER OF THE IRON HALL. Many Claims Allowed by the Cowrt—A Dividend Will Soon Be Paid. INDIANAPOLIS, June 10.—To-day marked the limit of time allowed by the Superior Court of this county for filing claims against the Order of the Tron Hall. Fifty claims on matured certificates, aggre- gating $32,000, were allowed by the court and ordered paid. A claim of peculiar character, and which will not be allowed, was filed by Joseph Robinson of this city for$1739. He claimed to have done secret work. All claims for attorney’s fees must be filed this week and will be heard next Sat- urday. ‘Work is now going on at the receiver's office in preparing for the payment of a dividend not later than June 29. This dividend will be so large asto naturally cut down the balance in the receiver's hands. The building in which the su- preme officers were so long located in this city will be sold at public auction next Sat- urday. . 1IN JAIL FOR FIVE MONTHS. An American Held by Germans for Some Cause Unknown to the Prisoner. PATERSON, N. J., June 10.—Herman Ficx of Paterson, a naturalized citizen of the United States, has for five months been confined under military charge in the village of Kohlen-by-Ringstedt, in Germany. The cause alleged for impris- onment is his liability to service in the army of his country, but as he is provid- ed with passports from the Department of State, and is moreover much under the height required for recruits, it is thought there are other reassons. Just before his illness began, Secretary Gres- ham received some startling information concerning the continued imprisonment of an American citizen in Germany, and although his iliness prevented immediate action, the department has now taken hold of it vigorously Gres o i DEBS TO SERVE HIS TIME. He Leaves To-Morrow for Woodstock Jail Along With Other Prisoners. CHICAGO, IrL., June 10.—Eugene V. Debs and other officials of the A.R. U. will be sent to Woodstock jail to-morrow. Certified copies of the orders of the Su- preme Court were Teceived here to-day. The men under sentence are E. V. Debs, G. W. Howard Keliher, L. W. Rogers, James Hogan, W. E. Burns, R. M. Good- win and Martin Elliott. There is a question as to the time the men will serve. The original sentence was six months for Debs and three months for his associates in two different contempt cases. Thedefendants’ attorneys later had the sentences made camulative in order to take desired legal action. 1t is thought probable that an effort will be made to have Judge Wood reinstate the concur- Tent sentences. George Howard, the former vice-presi- dent of the union, now president of the Industrial Union, which is a rival organ- ization of the A.R. U, desires to be sent to some county jail in Indiana, and has secured what he construes as a promise from Judge Woods to gratify his desire. A NEW EL DORACO FOUR Specimens That Give Very Large Returns Have Been Brought In. The Rush Is Now On and One Hun- dred Claims a Day Are Being Staked Out. GUTHRIE, 0. T., June 10.—For several days rumors have been current that gold had been discovered in paying quantities on Boggy Creek. some fourteen miles southwest from Arapaho, G County. Friday Tom Bell came in town and stated that some very rich leads had been found and that people were flocking into the mineral region from all points of the com- pass. In less than two hours several par- ties were equipped and on the road to the field. Messrs. Lee Wells and Alex Hen- shaw returned to-day and reported very rich fields and that hundreds of men were on the ground staking off claims. They say thata vein running from Cobb Creek, in Caddo County, to the head of the Boggy, a distance of forty miles, and ranging from three to eleven miles wide, has been discovered. Messrs. Wells and Henshaw brought back some specimens, which have been tested by Mr. Cramer, an experienced miner and assayist, who re- ports the specimens very rich with the precious metal. The strata of gold is found on an average of about seven feet below the surface and is very easy gotten out. A mining town has been laid out and platted under the townsite laws. Reports say that people are coming in and staking out claims at the rate of 100 a day. ANOTHER STAGE ROBBER.. The Line Between Frisco and Luna in Colorado Held Up. DENVER, Covo., June 10.—Postoffice In- spector McMechen has received tele- graphic information from United States Marshal Hall at Santa Fe of the robbery of a stage on a line between Frisco and Duna, near the Arizona line, It is presumed that the stage was attacked by armed ban- dits who have been recently operating in Arizona. The amount of plunder secured is not known. g THE RESERVOIR DAM REPAIRED. A Waterspout in Kansas Valley Does a Little Damage. DENVER, Coro., June 10.—By the ac- tive efforts of a large force of men under the direction of State Engineer Sumner the break which occurred in the Monu- ment reservoir dam was closed to-day. It is believed that the dam will be safe un- less heavy rains should occur. There was a waterspout in the upper Kansas Valley last night and the river is very high. No serious damage is reported. B e DENVER WOMEN MAY VOTE. The Colorado Methodist Episcopal Con- ference in Favor of the Innovation. DENVER, Coro., June 10.—The Colo- rado Methodist Episcopal conference to- day voted 66 to 3 in favor of the eligibility of women to the general conference. The matter is to come up before all the con- ferences during next year. Colorado is the first to take this action. —_— Colonel Coit Has Given Bonds. CIRCLEVILLE, Curo, June 10.—Colonel A. B. Coit and bondsmen arrived here from Columbus this afternoon and signed a recognizance bond in each of the three charges of manslaughter growing out of the Washington Courthouse riot last Oc- tober. The trial has been postponed until September. s e One of the Negro’s Victims Sinking. PRINCETON, N. J., June 10.—Fred Ohl, .the student who was shot by the mnegro Jackson Saturday night, is reported to be in a critical condition. Harris Cochrane,who was shot in the mouth, rested quietly last night and will probably live. bt S Will Stand Trial for Murder. BUTTE, Besk., June 10.—The alleged Barrett Scott murderers were in court to- day and arrangements for impanneling a jury commenced. Several days will be consumed in this direction before the case reaches its merit: . Burglars Steal a Fortune, LOVELL, ME., June 10.—The fact has just become known that last Thursday night the grocery store of J. A. Hutchin- son was entered by burglars and $50,000 in cash, stocks, notes and bonds were stolen from a small tin box in the safe. e e Will Accept the Reduction. COLUMBUS, Onro, June 10.—The vote of Ohio miners as to whether they will accept or reject the proposition of the operators to pay 51 cents for screened coal per ton for mining resulted as follows: For acceptance 5091, against 4351, e Another World’s Record. BRIDGEPORT, Cosx., June 10.—C. Ford Seely did fourteen miles on the Westport- road race this afternoon in 33 minutes flat, beating the world’s record for distance, e g Off on a Lecturing Tour. DENVER, Coro, June 10.—Ex-Governor David H. Waite left Denver to-day for Montana, where he goes on an extended lecturing tour. — To manufacturers like the Royal Baking Powder Company the public is under a large debt of gratitude for the increased gurity of articles of food sold at the present ay. RAZED THE MISSIONS Reports of Chinese Out- rages at Cheng Tu Confirmed. FOREIGNERS DRIVEN 0UT Seek Safety in Flight After Their Homes Have Been Destroyed.j — ARE REFUSED PROTECTION. The Mob of Natives Unchecked in Its Attack Upon the De- fenseless Whites. SHANGHAT, CHixa, June 10.—The re- port of the total destruction of the mis- sions on Cheng Tu, Kiatting and Yoachopu has been confirmed. The local officials refused protection to the missionaries until the mob had completed the work of demolishing the buildings. The mis- sion stations at other places have been threatened. About twenty adults, besides a number of children, have taken refuge at the Cheng Tu Yamen. Viceroy Lin is blamed for the affair. NO NEWS AT WASHINGTON. Reports From the Scene of the Alleged Massacre Have Not Been Keceived. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.—The Chinese legation has received no informa- tion as to the reports of the massacre of American missionaries in Cheng-Tu, and strong hopes are entertained that the affair may be less serious than the meager re- vorts indicate. Cheng-Tuis a large city in the interior of China, the capital of See Chun. It is stated at the legation that the people of Cheng Tu are far removed from the centers of foreign commerce, such as Canton and Shanghai. Recently, how- ever, by the treaty of peace, this interior city was one of several places to be opened to foreigners and foreign commerce. This, it is explained, has agitated the people, who have lived by themselves from time immemorial. The missionaries are the only foreigners who have heretofore settled in Cheng Tu. Their number is not known. It is said that the number of missionaries, includ- ing their families, in the entire province of See Chun, of which Cheng Tu is the capital, must be less than 100, includ- ing all nationalities. The missionary headquarters is at Cheng Tu, where, it is believed, there are not exceed- ing ten missionaries, the rest being scattered through the province. But this estimate is based only on the general information of Chinese officials, as there are no exact details as to the extent of the missionary servibe through China. The Tsung-li Yamen sought to secure from each foreign Government a complete list of the missionaries and their place of service, but this was not given. It is said that the Emperor of China and the ‘Tsung-li Yamen have given every possible protection to the mis- sionaries, although it has been found im- possible to guard against mob violence, particularly at remote interior points. The Chinese Government has asked foreign Governments to appreciate these difficulties, and has advised that the missions should be kept within safe limits. But the zeal of the missionaries has led them to vush inward without fear of results to places where Chinese officials have had difficulty in affording full protection. Notwithstanding this the authorities at Peking have done their utmost. They have placed upon the Viceroys of the provinces the responsibility of protecting the missionaries, churches, etc., the viceroys understanding that they will be degraded if mobs are per- mitted to disturb the missions. Asa re- sult the Viceroys and their prefects of police are active in restraining mob out- breaks. The Official Gazette of China, recently received here, shows that a change had been made in the Viceroy at Cheng Tu, and that a new one has just assumed his duties. This, added to the agitation of opening the city to foreigners, may ac- count for the fact that news of the dis- turbances has not reached the Chinese officials here. It is stated that Wu Chang, the place to which the French ship has been sent, is another large interior town near the river Yang-tse Kiang. The river affords inland navigation to large vessels up to Wu Chang, but is unnavigable further up. It is prob- able, therefore, that the French ship goes to Wu Chang, as it is the furthest western port reached by navigation, and is on the way to the remoter point of Cheng Tu. At the French Legation no information had been received concerning the reported massacre. The French Embassador, M. Patenotre, who represented his Government at Peking some ten years ago, and who negotiated the treaty by which Tonquin became a French province, expressed his doubt of the cor- rectness of the report that the Chinese were intercepting dispatches bearing upon the alleged massacre. When he was in China ten years ago, he said, dis- patches were never intercepted, and he had always had free communication, both with his Government and with admiral of the French fleet. He says it is possible for a French gunboat to go up the Yang- tse Kiang River, which is navigable as far as Han Kow. Minister Petenetre, by referring to some documents at the legation, ascertained that there were about 100 Catholic mis- sions in China, of which 64 were French and 25 Italian. Concerning the number of Protestant missions he had no specific knowledge. The regulation number of missionaries at a post varies from two to ten or more. The State Department has received no dispatches from Minister Denby or other officials in China regarding the reported missionary massacre at Cheng Tu. There are no rtecords at the department showing the number of missionaries there. There is a telegraph line to Cheng Tu, and the State Depart- ment officials think there should be no diffi- culty in learning all the facts in the case, and as no report of the massacre has been re- ceived by the department, it was thought that the outrage may have consisted of the destruction of property only, and not re- sulted in the death of any of the mission- aries. It is said in the State Department if the Cheng Tu mentioned in the dispatches is the point on the Yang-tse Kiang it is Pprobable that there aze five or six Protes- tant missionaries and two or three Catholic missionaries at the place. LOSS OF LIFE DOUBTED. Cheng Tu Missionaries Had Cabled That Their Property Was Destroyed. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 10.—The of- ficials of the Methodist Missionary Society in this city are very hopeful that the report of the massatre of missionaries at Cheng- Tu has been exaggerated. Dr. Stephen J. Baldwin, the recording secretary, sai “I do not think the rumors are subse- quent to the assurances we received by cable from our mission in Cheng Tn under date of June 3. The cable read: ‘ Property destroyed, but all safe. Inform Toronto.’ This would indicate that our people are safe, although their property has been de- stroyed.” The missionaries who are at Cheng Tu are: Rev. H. Olin Cady and wife, F. L. Cartwright, M.D., and wife, Rev. J. F. Peat and wife, Rev. J. 0. Curnow and wife, Rev. Dr. H. V. C. Hart, formerly of the Central China mission, and several associates of the Canadian Methodist Church. The property at Ching Tu M sion, including dwellings, chapels, schoo etc., was valued at $4000. A NEW CABLE SYNDICATE It Wants Concessions for a Line From Australia to San Francisco. Statlons Would Be Established on Samoa and Hawaii—Other Island News. HONOLULU, H. L, June 3.—Audley Coote, the well-known Australian, who is interested in different cables, arrived on the Ist to confer with the Hawaiian Gov- ernment regarding the proposed Pacific cable. He has made a proposition which will be considered by President Dole and his Cabinet. Mr. Coote returns to Australia on the 6th inst., and after a short there will leave for Washington. He expects to arrive there on the 7th of Oc- tober. He represents a French company that is willing to build from Sydney to San Francisco, taking in Auckland, Samoa and Honolulu. He wants the Hawaii; ernment to pay an annual subs In return no charge will be made for official messages. He will make a similar proposition to the United States. Mr. Coote feels confi- dent that both Governments will assist his company. He declares that the cable will be built within eighteen months. W. N. Armstrong left for Japan on the Istinst. His intended departure was not known until he appeared on the steamer, and his close connection with the Govern- ment gave rise to many conjectures. Mr. Armstrong stated that he does not go to Japan in any paid official position. As 2 member of the Labor Commission he has come to the conclusion that the Japa- nese, both as a manufacturing people and as an available supply for laborers, are worthy of the closest study. There is now in the old city of Kioto an exhibition of the manufacturing resources of the empire. Mr. Armstrong expects to be gone about two months, and will spend the most of his time in studying the manufacturing and labor systemsof that country. He stated that he has nothing to do, directly or indirectly, with political matters, and will have no relations with the Japanese Government, beyond that of receiving the usual courtesies extended to visiting the French policy in refusing to support Russia at this juncture. He bel ed himself to be the faithful inter- preter of the feelings of the country when he telegraphed to St. Petersburg that France places her alliance in the first rank of her considerations and the Government of the republic was then disposed to support with all possible efficacy the views of the imperial Govern- ment concerning the condition of peace between China and France. Contgnuing his remarks upon the subject of the presence of the French squadron M. Hanotaux said the interests of France, too, justified the attitude adopted, and he pointed out the situation in Egypt at the present time as a resultof the mistaken policy of absten- tion which the French Parliament had forced upon Gambetta, who foresaw the result of the evils of the policy of restraining the Government from ac- tivity so far as the Suez canal was concerned. The recent policy of activity and expansion adopted by France had lifted her again to her proper place among the nations of the world and had brought about the alliance with Russia—an alliance which had given France the point d’appui she longed for. M. Hanotaux concluded by asking for the unequivocal support of all members of the Chamber, for he a pol i lation would only weaken French prestige abroad. M. Florens said in return for French support in the East Russia would aid France to obtain the freedom of M. Gobel demanded the put the treaty of alliance with Rus: was in existence. At this point M. Ribot interposed, sa ing: “You know well enough we cannot publish it.” M. Gobel continued his remarks, insist- ing that the visit of the French squadron to Kiel was the unfortunate result of French co - operation with d Germany in the Frenchmen would never under- stand any policy of approachment with Germany so long as the disputed question of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine remained unsettled. M. Ribot concluded the debate by in- dorsing all the remarks of M. Hanotaux. The order of the day approv declarations of the Government w hen adopted by 362 to 105, and amid cheers the Chamber of Deputies adjourned. er to the House of LONDON, Ex~craxp, June Countess of Essex, who before riage was Miss Adele Grant, daughter of Mrs. Beach Grant of New York, has been accouched of a daughter. L ~ [Over a Aundred Houses Destroyed. BUDA PESTH, June 10.—The fire which broke out at Meriny was not under control until 320 houses were destroyed. Several persons lost their lives. 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He is one of the leading lawyers of the islands and has always taken a prominent partin all move- ments for the moral, political and com- mercial advancement of the country. During the troubles of 1893 Mr. Castle was a member of the Committee of Safety, and later went to Washington as one of the Annexation Commission which pre- sented the treaty of annexation to Presi- dent Harrison. He has held many impor- tant Government positions and is at present president of the Board of Educa- tion. E. C. Crick pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy on the 1st inst. He was sen- tenced to three years’ imprisonment, but the sentence was suspended with the under- standing that the defendant would leave the country. He left the same day for China by the City of Peking. Crick, along with John E. Bush and Jo- seph Nawahi, was arrested last September. Nawahi has since been acquitted by a jury; Bush'’s trial resulted in a disagreement. The three men were to engineer a revolu- tion, but were arrested before it came to a head. — TRUE T HER ALLIANCE France Feels Bound to Give Support to Russia in the East. Exceptlon Taken to the Apparent Policy of Rapprochement With Germany. PARIS, Fraxce, June 10.—The question of France’s policy in the far East was re- vived in the Chamber of Deputies to-day by M. Millereaud, the socialist deputy, who protested against France play- ing what he termed “Germany’s game.” M. Millereaud was supported by other Socialists of the Chamber, who ob- jected to the participation of Frauce in the coming festivities in connection with the cpening of the Baltic and North Sea canal. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Hanotaux, replied amid interruptions, which were met by Centrist cries of “Silence, Communists.” M. 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