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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1895. revolutionary movement is compelled to hait and defend itself the end is not faroff. “It would not be correctto say that the contest is over, because the sentiment in favor of the free coinage of silver is still quite strong in some parts of the country, but it is not strong enough to exert a con- trolling influence in the councils of either of the great political parties, and without this it can accomplish noth in the form of legislation or determination of admin- istrative policy. No well-informed man now believes that our standard of value will be changed or that the financial policy which has been steadily pursued by the present administration will be abandoned, and foreign holders of our securities and foreign investors in indusirial and com- mercial enterprises will make a great mis- take do they permit themselves to be in- fuenced by the fear that our currency will be depreciated, or that all our obligations will not be promptly and honestly dis- charged. The proposition that the United States alone shall adopt the policy of free coinage at a ratio which would make the silver dollar intrinsically worth only about half as much as the gold dollar, and de- clare both coins full legal tender in the payment of debts, is so unreasonable upon its face that it is difficult to understand how it could have receiyed the support of 50 large a part of our people.” Secretaryj Carlisle combated the sugges- tion that the gold standard has reduced He showed n circulation is larger than it was in 1873, gold standard was legally He stated that the entire in- tedness of the American people—that is {he current indebtedness contracted jin ordinary business affairs—has been in- curred since the adoption of the gold standard, and he contended that there in requiring payments to the prices of commod: that the amount of money per when the lopted. de be made in the kind of money recognized by law at the date of the contract. He as! ed that the average rate of interest was never lower than at the present time, and that profits upon investments have n reduced to the smallest percentage istent with the continuance of the en- in which the investments were withstanding this the great body of our producers, the laboring people of the country, are receiving as high wages ever received at any period in our and the money in which they are 1 purchase in the markets more orts than ever beiore. The constant tendency in this country is to give t rer more and capital less f the proc s of their joint products. law of our industrial prog- disturbed by violence or , and, U by unwise legislation, it will continue to operate until the relations between the two forces are permanently adjusted upon en equitable basis. Their real interests are not conflicting, but independent,sand attempt to array one against the is injurious to both. He regretted that one of the most effective weapons in the s of our free-silver opponents has heretofore consisted of appeals to the class and sectional prejudices of people, but these appeals appear now to have spent their force, “and,” he said, “I think we y congratulate the country upon the ect of a more dispassionate and in- ¢ discussion of the subject here- retary Carlisle went on to say that the defeat of the free-silver movement will not be sufficient to insure permanent financial peace in this country. The first great mistake in our currency legislation was, he said, made in the act of March 17, 1862, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to issue United States notes to the amount of $150,000,000, and made them legal tender in the payment of ail debts, public and private, except duties on im- ports and interest on the public debt. Fol- lowing this other acts were passed, under which additional notes of the same char- acter were issued, until the wkole amount of depre: legal-tender paper reached $382,000,000. This was a radical and dan- gerous departure from true financial prin- ciples, if not a serious infraction of the constitution of the United States. This depreciated paper, of course, expelied specie from circulation; but, as the Gov- ernment had not promised to redeem it at any phrticular time, it subjected the Treasury Department to no serious re- sponsibility or inconvenience. That de- partment, for the first time in our history, was invested with authority to issue notes to circulate as money, and for the time being it was exempt from all responsibil- ity for their redemption. But since the passage of the act of May 31, 1878, and the resumption of specie payments on the first day of January, 1879, the situation has entirely changed, and the Treasury Department is now merely an agency for the issue of circulating notes, but is re- quired to provide for their redemption in coin and to reissue them when redeemed. Tt thus appears that the Government has redeemed notes in gold to the amount of $386,000,002, and the notes so redeemed are still outstanding and may be presented for redemption over and over again, as long as our legislation remains in its present condition. Under such a system of re- demption and compulsory reissue the diffi- culty of maintaining & permanent and adequate coin reserve would be very great even if the Treasury Department was properly organized and equipped for the transaction of a banking business, but the difficulty is greatly augmented by the fact that the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury is so limited by the law that he is not permitted to resort to any of the means usually adopted by financial institutions in cases of emergency. Gold can be procured only by sales of bonds or by voluntary ex- changes of gold coins for other forms of currency by the banks, and it is scarcely necessary to say that these voluntary ex- changes of gold coins for other forms of currency by the banks are most difficult to make at the very times when gold is most needed. When bonds are sold in our market ex- perience has shown .that a large part of the gold to pay for them is taken from the treasury reserve in the first instance, or withdrawn in a short time after the bonds have been paid for and delivered. A regu- lar banking institution can easily provide a proper reserve and can easily replenish it when reduced, because it can stop dis- countsor callin its outstanding loans if necessary, or borrow for short periods, but the Treasury Department can do none of these things. It was not established for any such purpose, and is unfitted: for the discharge of such duties. Itought not to be required to provide and hold a reserve for the redemption of circulating notes, or, if it is required to do so. the notes ought to be retired and canceled when redeemed, ar, in other words, the debt when. paid ought to be exiinguished. The Government of the United States onght not to be engaged in the business of 1ssuing notes to circulate as money. Itis not a proper function of that Government, and the sooner the truth is realized by the people the better it will be for the country. ““My contention is that the notes ought not to be kept outstanding,” said he, “but should be retired and canceled as speedily as a sound and safe currency can be pro- vided to take their places. There can be no financial repose in this country so long as these notes censtitute a part of our cur- rency, because the fact that they exist compels the Government to provide a large gold reserve, which, in the very nature of things, cannot be permanently main- tained at any fixed amount; and whenever it begins to diminish, distrust and appre- hension arise in the public mind; values are unsettled, business is disturbed, and more or less loss is entailed upon the peo- ple. The losses already sustained on this account are almost beyond computation, and there is no good reason to believe that the country can escape further danger in the future if the policy of the Government is unchanged in this respect. The fact that the soundness of our currency de- pends, or is supposed to depend, upon the maintenance of a certain fixed reserve in the treasury keeps the business of the country in an almost constant state of agi- tation and alarm, and is, from every point of view, detrimental to the interests of the people. ‘“‘After the experience of the last three years it seems almost incredible that a proposition to retire these notes should encounter serious opposition.” Secretary Carlisle demonstrated the fal- lacy of theclaim that these notes bear no interest and were the cheapest form of currency by figures showing that the United States note is the most expensive form of currency that the people can have, it having been necessary in order to secure and maintain a fund for the prompt re- demption of the notes to issue interest- bearing bonds to the amount of $257,915,- 400. He placed the responsibility upon the people and their representatives in Congress to determine whether the public debt should be increased from time to time in order to redeem and reissue this paper. which was, in his opinion, of doubtful con- stitutionality. The executive authorities must obey the laws as they stand, whether they be good or bad, but all the powers conferred upon them by the statutes, he promised, would be faithfully and fear- lessly exercised whenever necessary for the preservation of the public credit and the maintenance of a sound currency. In conclusion, the Secretary declared that until legislation provides a safe cur- rency the parity of the two metals would be maintained and the whole volume of our currency, paper and coin alike, would be kept equal to the highest standard recognized by the commercial nations of the world. Carlisle was followed by Councilor J. R Leeson, representing the commonwealth; Collector Warren, Charles B. Jackson and Hon. John E. Rus —_————— SENATOR A Powerful Combinations Will Work for the Western Statesman. DES MOINES, Towa, Oct. 12.—Chairman H. D. McMillan of the Republican State Central Committee to-day gave out the following interview on Senator Allison’s political candidacy : “Mr. Allison is certain to go into the convention with a strong following from the Northwest, and especially with the en- tire West. He will have the delegates from Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and New Mexico. There is every reason to believe he will secure the Wisconsin delegation, but that is not yet assured, so his friends are not counting on it. In the East he has a vowerful combi- nation at work in his interest, and there is" every assurance that he will have splendid support from New York and Pennsyl- vania. “‘Mat Quay, Tom Platt, Joe Manley, Ret Clarkson, Senator Davis and Frank Petti- grew are all pledged for the Western man and are working to secure the nomination of Allison. They are of the opinion that Tom Reed, while still a candidate, will have a show of success, and that the fight will be between Allison and McKiniey. Recent occurences in the East would indi- cate that the McKinley boom started oo soon and that the tide is setting for Alli- son, *In the past Allison’s name has been frequently mentioned, but conditions were such as to demand that the nominee be from one of the great doubtful States and has precluded the possible nomination of Allison. ‘‘This has also been the reason a Westarn man has not been nominated by one of the great parties. This is the time when the objections to a Western man will not stand in the way, and if the West combines on Allison it is reasonably certain he will have strength enough in the convention, with assistance he will secure from East- ern States, to give him a fighting show for the nomination. There 1s no favorite business about the Allison boom this time. 1t is aiready full-fledged and able to stand by itself, is growing every day and will be strictly in it when the convention is held.” e Pledged to Bimetallism. DENVER, Coro., Oct. 12.—Senator Chan- dler of New Hampshire has written a letter to T. C. Clayton, secretary of the Republi- can State League of Colorado, saying the Republican party will go into the next Presidential battle pledged to bimetallism. He suggests the calling of a bimetallic confereqce to be hela in the United States which would be attended by representa- tives from all western hemisphere govern- ments and from the Governments of Rus- sia, France, Japan and China and the de- cision of the conference that the nations should coin silver without limit at the ratio of 1524 to 1 will be irresistible even by England and Germany. AN OPERA-HOUSE BURNED Flames Broke Out Just After the Audience Had Departed. Disastrous Conflagration In the Masonlc Temple Block In Duluth. DULUTH, M., Oct. 13.—The Masonic Temple, one of the largest business blocks in the city, was discovered to be on fire at 12:30 this morning and at the present hour (1:45 A. .) is still burning and probably will be entirely destroyed. The Temple Opera-house occupies a part of the building and a large audience was there to see the play and had just dis- persed before the blaze wasseen. All of the scenery and other effects of the Daniel Sully company were saved. The building also contained the Masonic lodgerooms, fitted up at & cost of §$20,000; the public library, which contains 15, volumes; the Duluth Academy of Music; besides a grocery-store and several smaller establishments.” The whole loss will prob- ably reach a quarter of a million dollars. At 2:10 A. M, it is Probab]e that the busi- ness part of the building will be saved and only the opera-house will be destroyed. In that event the loss will not exceed $75,000. The fire 1s still burning. At 2:15 the fire is under control. The e R some damage to other par of the buifding by smoke gnd water, Lo Al Chicago’s Team Won. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 12.—The Chicago Athletic Association football team shut out the University of Illinois this after- noon on the Chicago A. A. gridi score of 8 to 0. g eiinie GOSSIPEROM GOTHAM Politicians Uncertain as to the German Vote. DR. PARKHURST'S MOVE. Good Government Men Left to Go It Alone in the Campaign. QUITE A STIR IN SWELLDOM. Soclety Eagerly Walting the Van- derbllt-Marlborough Wedding Next Month. NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct.12.—The un- certainty of the direction in which the German vote is going to flop is causing the leaders of the Tammany and anti-Tam- many movements no end of anxiety, and the Germans themselves are being pulled and hauled about much after the fashion of a rural visitor in the ‘‘old clo’ "’ quarter of Baxter street. About one-half of the Teutons have been delivered to Tammany by the Ridder-Amend contingent of the G. A. R., while the other half, rounded up by Editor Ottendorfer and Tax Commis- sioner Sutro, are on the fence with their faces turned toward the Republican-Fusion camp. The unattached army is going to hold a mass-meeting next week, and the indica- tions are that the Republican-Fusionists will gobble it in, so that Tammany will get only one-half of what it bargained for, while the Fusionists will get much more than it expected. The “Sunday beer” issue is the stumbling-block in the way of the Fusionists getting all the German votes, and unless a club is vigorously ap- plied by Editor Ottendorffer the German vote will be evenly split between the par- ties. . The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst has left the Good Government young men to “go it alone” in this campaign. In a public statement issued last night he declared that the Republican coalition ticket “fur- nishes all decent ana intelligent citizens a rallying ground,” and sums up his ideas of the campaign in these words: “If we stand shoulder to shoulder in the election of the names on that ticket the cause is gained and the enemy is worsted.” Dr. Parkhurst has reached this concnl- sion after cogitating several days as to what his attitude should be. He was em- barrassed by the nomination of Good Gov- ernment Club’s ticket, but while in sym- pathy with the Goo Goos he perceives that the only chance of defeating Tammany Hall is by the election of the Republican coalition ticket. He pointsout to all the municipal reformers their duty as being coincident to his, to the exclusion of per- sonal whims and fancies as to how the coalition could best have been brought about. The stories of Mrs. Harris’ visits to Car- lisle Harris while he was awaiting execu- tion in Sing Bing Prison, and the state- ment repeatedly published that she fur- nished him with poison with which he almost succeeded in defeating the law’s execution, were denied most positively yesterday. William ¥. Howe, who was counsel for Harris, declares that there is not one word of truth in the statements. He says that Mrs. Harris did at one time contemplate taking poison to her son. She had told certain of her friends of her de- termination to save him from the electric chair by this means. ‘When she first suggested the idea to him he urged her to give up any such idea, assuring her that if she was the means by which Harris received any poison she would pe guilty of murder and would be amenable to the law. She protested that she could not bear to see her son meet with such a frightful death, but the lawyer assured her that the Governor had been ap- vealed to and he might at the last moment save Carlisle from death. He obtained at last from the mother a promise that no matter what might- happen she would under no circumstances carry any poison or any weapon by which the desperate young man might end his life. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and her daughter, Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, who have been staying at the Savoy Hotel, went away yesterday to visit friends, but before their departure the matter of fixing the date of Miss Vanderbilt’s wedding with the Duke of Marlborough was settled, the date chosen being Wednesday, November 6, and the Church of St. Thomas. The ceremony will take place at noon. Three distin- guished prelates will be within the chan- cel rails during the ceremony—the Rey. Dr. John Wesley Brown, rector of St. Thomas, Bishop Littlejohn and the Bishop of the diocese of New York—the Right Rev. Henry Potter, who will perform the marriage ceremony. The other details of the wedding have not yet been completed. According to W. A. McNulty of this city, who was at one time president of the Ar- kansas Society for the Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals, thereis a law in the statute books of Arkansas under which the Cor- bett-Fitzsimmons fight can be prevented from taking place at Hot Springs. He said that the Legislature of 1879 passed a law to prevent cruelty to unimals, At the time it was supposed to apply only to the brute creation, but it was subsequently discov- ered that the interests of th® higher ani- mal—man—were considered as well. Mc- Nulty believes the law ample-to prevent the fight, and he has written to Governor Clarke to that effect. The law reads: ““In this act, and in every law of this State passed, or which shall be passed, relating to or affecting animals, the singular shall include the plural; the words ‘animals’ or ‘dumb animals’ shall be held to include every living creature; the words ‘torture,’ ‘torment’ or ‘cruelty’ shall be held to in- clude every act, omission or neglect where- by unjustifiable pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted ; and the words ‘owner’ or ‘person’ shall be held to include cor- porations as well as individuals, but noth- ing in this act shall be construed as pro- hibiting the shooting of birds or other game for the purpose of human food.” It is pretty certain that the orange and black will meet the crimson on the grid- iron this fall, provided the Princeton grad- uate advisory committee, which meets at the Princeton Inn in Princeton this after- noon in conference with the executive committee of the undergraduates, shall agree to the formal challenge and agree- ment which have been submitted” by the Harvard representatives. Harvard has submitted her proposition, which contains nothing to which the Tigers can possibly object and nothing remains but for the Princeton conference to accept the chal- lenge. The conditions under which the prorosea game this fall will be played are, of course, important, and, as outlined by a promi- nent graduate of one of the interested col- leges, include the following terms: The game will be played at Princeton. Harvard has consented to any needed changes in the rules which will permit both teams to meet on common grounds. The agreement will befor a term of years, three being the minimum, ¢ Dean Van Amringe delivered an address to the freshman class of the Columbian School of Arts yesterday and read a letter from the head of the department of psy- chology, inviting members of the class to undergo an examination to determine their physical and mental powers. The dean strongly recommends that every freshman should be examined. The dean pleased the freshmen when he approved of ‘“rushing” with sophomores. “But,” he added, “it must be done at the proper time and in the proper place. Itis contrary to the regulations of the college to have any disorderly conduct about the grounds or in the streets, and I shall most emphatically enforce these rules. Enter into your work heartily and do it faith- fully; but do not neglect the pleasure side. There are debating societies, singing and musical organizations and the athletic union, all of which are good things foryou to join in,” At the close of the dean’s address he was warmly applaunded by the students. TWO NOTED CONVENTIONS, Proceedings of the Episco- palians and the Active Congregationalists. Plerpont Morgan Furnished an Excursion to the Athens of Minnesota. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 12.—The fourth day’s session of the triennial council of the Congregational church was held this morning. Rev. Dr. D. P. Reed of Wyan- dotte submitted a resolution, which was carried, that a committee be appointed for the government of the council to take action on the matter of protecting the lives and property of citizens of foreign ports. Encouraging statements from the theo- logical seminaries were made by Rev. Professor Graham Taylor for Chicago, and Professor Bostwick for Oberlin, Rev. Dr, McLean for the Pacific Coast at Oakland, Cal., and others. Addresses on “Education for the Min- istry’ were delivered by Rev. E. F. Wil- liams of Chicago and Arthur H. Wellman of Boston. Rev. John K. McLean of Oakland, Cal., submitted the report of the committee on ministerial standing, which was to have been given by Professor Paine. S Ny AS GUESTS OF MORGAN. Excursion of Episcopalians to the Min- nesota Athens. MINNEAPQOLIS, Mixx., Oct. 12—The delegates to the Episcopal convention took a whole day instead of the usual half- day Saturday holiday to-day for the pur- pose of visiting Faribault and its institu- tions. Two trains were required to carry the party, which numbered nearly 1000 and included a large numbers of the ‘Women’s Auxiliary convention. Trans- portation was furnished at the expense cf J. Piervont Morgan, the New York finan- cier, and who entertained a number of Bishops en route in his private car. Uvon reaching the Minnesota Athens at 11 o’clock the visitors found several hun- dred vehicles in waiting, and under escort of the reception committee were driven about the principal business streets and through the surrounding country. On their return the numerous State and church, the G. W. Seabury Hall, St. Mary’s Hall and Shattuck school building were inspected in detail by the guests. At the luncheon, which was the contribution of the ladies of Faribault to the entertain- ment of the day, Mayor B. B. Sheffield bade the visitors welcome and Bishop Coxe of Western New York made a happy response, Other events of the afternoon were a re- view of the cadet corpsand a public recep- tion at the residence of Bishop Whipple, and after a brief service at the cathedral the visitors returned to this city, which was reached at 7 o’clock. The condition of ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, who is suffering from erysipe- las, is somewhat improved, although it is doubtful wnether he will again be able to take his seat in the convention for another week at least. Quite a numbper of delegates, especially from the South, are said to be suffering from the same complaint, and which is be- lieved to have been superinduced by the change of climate, the local temperature for the past two weeks having been consid- erably below the average normal at this time of the year, while the visitors, not ac- counting from’ going from one extreme to another, had failed to provide themselves with winter clothing. The adjourned meeting of the missionary board was called to order at 8:30 p. M. Bishop Jones of Albany presided. Re- ports from committees were called as fol- lows: Women’s auxiliary, no report; colored people, no report; Church Mis- siorary. Society, no report; building fund commission, no report; prayer-book dis- tribution, no report. Bishop SBeymour of Springfield spoke of the organization of missionary lalors among the negroes in Southern Illinois, and stated that he had organized and cared for them all these years. He offered a resolution providing that the negroes of Cairo, 11, in the diocese of Springfield, be placed under the care of the board and cared for out of the fund devoted to evan- gelization of ex-slave negroes. The Bishop of Springfield said that this resolution was only for the purpose of re- moving & technical difficulty. The resolu- tion was adopted. Dr. Battershaw offered a resolution ex- pressing thanks to the people of Faribault for the day’s entertainment and their ap- preciation of the great work accomplished by the Bishop of Minnesota. Pierpont Morgan suggested an amend- ment that the thanks of the convention be extended to Roswell Miller of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway for his courtesy in furnishing a special train to Faribault. ’I'::xe resolution was edopted by a rising vote. Mr. Butler of Central Pennsylvania announced that the offering of the chil- dren of America to the board amounted to more than §200,000, and offered a resolu- tion expressing the gratitude of the board and sending its cordial congratulations to these Christian children wherever scate tered. Adopted. Rev. Gregory Lines of Connecticut sub- mitted a resolution indorsing the church missionary magazine, the Spirit of Mis- sions, and spoke briefly as to the use and importance of the publication. A resolu- tion was adopted th#t the board be re- quired to use the enrollment fund in the same manner as it had been used for the past three years, ALL EYES ON CHINA Great Britain’s Diplo- mats Will Not Stand Any Nonsense. LORD SALISBURY FIRM. His Ultimatum May Demand the Degradation of Chang Chih Tung. NOT TO PASS THE DARDANELLES, English Warships Not Likely to Proceed to Constantinople as Has Been Repotted. LONDON, Exe., Oct. 12—The Right Hon. George Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Duke of Devonshire, presi- dent of the council, and the Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas- ury, have been summoned by Prime Min- ister Salisbury to a conference in London. These officials, with the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, form a council within the Cabi- net. They are preparing decisions on which the Plenary Council’s opinion will be known. Goschen’s hurried arrival from Switzerland yesterday and his long subsequent stay at the Admiralty created the impression that dangerous develop- ments are impending, involving action on the part of the British Mediterranean squadron. Reliable Foreign Office opinion is, how- ever, that it is not the Turkish Govern- ment, but that of China which is earnestly engaging the attention of the Ministers. Viceroy Chang Chih Tung, undaunted by the demonstration made lately by the British fleet on the Min River and the Yang-tse-Kiang, has curtly refused to be used as a medium to convey to Peking the British demands for fuller inquiry into the Kucheng massacre and reparation therefor. It is believed Great Britain will not remain content with the action she has already taken. Itis generally expected that another ultimatum will be sent simul- taneously to Chang Chih Tung and the Government at Peking within the next few days. 2 Probably Lord Salisbury will consult with the full Cabinet before the ultimatum is sent, as the official expectation is that the official issue of this ultimatum will be followed by action on the part of the British squadron in the Chinese waters. The position recalls a speech that was made by Lord Salisbury as_far back as 1871 during a debate in the House of Lords on the massacre of missionaries in Tien- tsin. He then said that the Government of China did not have the power, even if it had the will, to prevent the native feeling against foreigners culminating in out- rages. The only way to deter the Chinese from committing such outrages was to inspire fear in the places where they oc- curred. It is the conviction in official circles that Lord Salisbury is inspired by the same opinion now and that he means to take decisive action. It is believed that the ul- timatum will demand the summary degra- dation of Chang Chih Tung. If the Peking Government hesitates in conceding the British demands startling reprisals will be made within the region accessible to the squadron on the expiration of the period fixed by the ultimatum. As Chang Chih Tung is, next to Li Hung Chang, the most potent man in China, it is feared that the Tsungli Yamen will try to evade the demands. ‘With the exception of the news that the Porte is preparing to bar the passage of the Dardanelles with mines to re-enforce the troops and to strengthen the fort's works, the position of affairs in Turkey, according to the latest Foreign Office ad- vices, is more satisfactory, The British squadron remains at the Island of Lemnos, at the enirance of the Dardanelles, despite the request of the Sultan that the fleet be taken to a more distant point. Whatever else may happen no coup like the absurd canard reported from Vienna last night, to the effect that the fleet was ready to sail for Constanti- nople &ad that a Russian squadron was anchored near the Bosphorus, is within the range of probability. If the British fleet ultimately appears at Constantinople it will be after due formalities that will be announced the world over. 1In the meantime the best informed diplo- matic opinion here regards a pacific settle- ment of the pending questions as almost certain, the Sultan granting the full con- cessions demanded in connection with Armenia. The situation appears to be so much ameliorated that there will be no plenary Cabinet council called until the end of the month, the usual time for the Ministry to begin to consider the Parlia- mentary programme. The Westminster Gazette says that peo- ple are asking why the Cabinet does not meet, forgetting that Government business is now carried on by an inner Cabinet con- sisting of Lord Salisbury, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty; the Duke of Devonshire, President of the Council; the Right Hon. Arthur J. Bal- four, First Lord of the Treasury, and the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Though this is true, Lord Salisbury will never commit the country to armed coercion of Turkey without consulting the whole Cabinet in council. Sir F. C. Lacelles, who is vacating the post of British Embassador to Russia, in which he will be succeeded by Sir Nicholas 0’Connor, now British Minister to China, is timed to arrive in London on Wednes- day next. As 8ir Nicholas O’Connor will not assume the post until the middle of January there will be an interval in which no critical development of Anglo-Russian relations can be expected. Trouble has arisen between Great Britain and France over the Burmese-Chinese frontier. Under the Chinese convention France acquired a larze area of territory in the State of Kiang Shun. Great Britain denies the right of China to cede this terri- tory, which is part of the buffer State between the French and British posses- sions in that part of the world. If France declines to give up the territory in ques- tion British troops will occupy that por- tion of it which is claimed to be part of Burmah, which is to all intents and pur- poses British territory. ¢ The Spectator publishes a striking article on the Monroe doctrine. It says that Englishmen have no sort of objection to the true Monroe doctrine. They want no extension of territory on the American continent, but rather desire that the’Anglo- Saxon race be left to develop unmolested. This the Monroe doctrine secures. Can ning’s keen political imagination fore- casted the doctrine, he haviug been the first to propose its practical applicatjon. The doctrine must be the foundzation-stone of an alliance between the two peoples, Great Britain and the United States agree- ing to guarantee their possessions in America, applying the Monroe doctrine to all the other powers, Only one serious danger to the doctrine exists. If Great Britain ever lost command of the sea, that command passing to France or Russia, the United States would find that the doctrine was waste paver, and would be obliged to conquer the sea from the victor or abandon the doctrine. Attacked by a Lioness. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 12.—Matt Johnson, a lion-tamer, while performing in a cage at the fair grounds to-day, was attacked by a lioness and barely escaped with his life. He was lacerated about the breast and one arm was nearly torn off. —_—— Earthquake in the Black Hills. LEAD CITY, S. D, Oct. 12.—An earth- quake shock was felt last night at 7 o’clock in the central and north central portions of the Black Hills. PAUPER AND MILLIONAIRE An Inmate of a County Alms- house Inherits a Vast Fortune. Cheated Out of Riches He Became a Cripple and an ObJect of Charlty. LEWISTON, ME., Oct. 12.—For the last five years there has lived in the poorhouse here a man who was known to the au- thorities as John Bell. He was, taken in in 1890, after being discovered an ap- parently dying condition on the roadside, and has been an inmate ever since. He has steadily refused to reveal any of his previous history, but he undoubtedly came of a good family, and to some of the in- mates had confided the fact that he was heir to a large fortune, but he had been cheated out of it. He has dwelt on this subject for the last five years, and the keepers thought he was mildly insane on this subject, though he was perfectly ra- tional on everything else. To-day, however, they received informa- tion from the British Home Government that a fortune had been left to one John Bell and that they had reason to believe that he was the same as the man living at the poorhouse. The information was at once carried to Bell and he gave proof which shows conclusively that he is heir to the fortune which amounts to nearly $15,000,000. These proofs and the affidavits of Bell were at once sent to the home Govern- ment and he will shortly go to England to establish his claim. His story is a most remarkable one. Ten years ago he, in company with his father and brother,went to South Africa and engaged in sheep farming. . On the death of his father his elder brother was able to secure the whole of the property, and he was left without any property at all. He came to the United States and landed without food or money. ‘While walking he broke his leg, and it being improperly set his limb was ren- dered useless. In this condition and abso- lutely starving he was taken to the poor- house and has remained there ever since. About a year ago the brother died, leaving his whole property to Bell, and the au- thorities have been trying to trace him ever since, and have only of late located him. During the whole time he has not had the least communication with any of his relatives and had given up all hopes of ever living elsewhere than in the poor- house, the injury to his leg preventing him from active work. The British Consul at Halifax will see that he receives immedi- ate transportation to England, where, if he is able to prove his identity, the whole fortune will be turned «over to him. REBELS CAPTURED CORO, Many Slain During Sharp Fighting Down in Venezuela. After Looting a Taken Town the In- surgents Were Surprised by Government Troops. CARACAS, VENEZUELA, Oct. 12, — In spite of all denials of the Government it is known that revolutionary bands are now out at Angostura, Valencia, Coro and Areu, causing some damage and making all travel unsafe. It is known that revo- lutionists received arms from neighboring,| islands within a fortnight. Saturday morning & rebel force under command of Colonel Maximo Fragoso attacked Coro, and after a hard fight, last- ing over four hours, succeeded in captur- ing that town, after having killed seventy- three soldiers and wounding many more, while the assailants lost thirty - eight killed and fifty-two were wounded. After the capture of the town the rebels com- menced pillaging, murdering and robbing. Scarcely a house escaped looting, and many were fired during Saturday night while the citizens were organizing newly for defense. While the rebels were drunk Sunday morning they were surprised by troops and citizens. The rebels tried to fiee, but were shot down in cold blood. The Government is now sending troops against these so- called bandits. The rebels throughout the country announce that they are trying to make a junction of all dispersed bands, The Government semi-officially an- nounced that it had received a most posi- tive knowledee that England had signified its intention to submit the pending diffi- culties to arbitration, but this is doubted, because the Government is sending troops to the Orinoco country, and because it is stated that the British within the last few days have been concentrating troops on the Guyuni River with orders that these troops advance into Venezunalan territory, though as yet they are only covering the line which ‘they have been claiming. Facts 1st—Catarrh is a constitutional disease. The best doctors in the world say so. 2d — 1t requires a constitutional remedy. Every one can see that this is sense. 3d—The experience of Thousands proves that the true remedy is founa in Hood's Sarsaparilla Hood’s Pills cure Liver Ills. 25 cents NEW TO-DAY. NEW SHOES. PRETTY STYLES. FAULTLESS FITTERS. 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A LADY'S PRETTY OXFORDS, with finest cloth or kid tops, extreme polnted toes or stylish narrow square, made with 8 ylish patent-leather toe- caps and genuine hand-sewed soles. Theso shoes are sold everywhere at@] 5() 3, and our special price will be......D L+ SPECIAL No. 5. MEN'S GENUINE CORK - SOLE SHOES (no imitation), made in_all style toes, in either lace or congress, with genuine hand-sewed soles, and warranted the easiest waterproof walking shoes made. Shoes like these are sold everywhere by all d\-nl~$4 00 ers at $7. Our special price will be.. . SPECIAL NO. 6. SULLIVAN’S BOYS' WEAR-RESISTERS the most complete and best wearing Line of shoes ever made, made on the most improved, best fitting 1asts, in lace or button style. Sizes 11 to 2. Bizes 213 t0 THESE SHOES HAVE ALWAYS SOLD FOR $2 and $2 50. In ordering by mail state size, width and style of toe wanted. Country orders must be dated before Wednesday, October 16. 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