The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBEF 17, 1895. ing things at once, with the Foreign Office pursuing one line of action, the military clique intriguing in another. and the mo- mentarily dominant- -courtier “influence bargaining away above their heads in the interest of some third course. So now Russia may mean one thing at Constanti- nople and quite another at Berlin, The Muscovite fu{ure is also a lottery. Out of the grab-bag even Czars may draw blanks. The birth of a daughter must be a weighty disappointment to Nicholas and his friends, for his next brother'is as good as:a dead man and the name ot the boy Michael has been seized upon by malcontents all over the empire as acort of rallying cry, which is in itself as exasperating as it is meaningless. This failure to get a direct male heir means an- other year of dynastic uncertainty, with the increasing danger of sinister stories getting a foothold among the ignorant aud superstitious millions of his subjects. It creates # sort- of ‘awkward dilemma in which the notion of leaning heavily 1ipon Germany- and Testoring the old close friendship between Berlin and St. Peters- burg may- as well as not appeal -to the young Czar. When William’s mood is -warm . toward Russia, it somehow happens that - the Liberal orators-and - editors- find their facilities for getting- info prison - enor- mously increased. Bemg the most im- nable of ‘creatures, it seems as if ser_could ‘nat veer,-be it “ever so | d the notion of Russia’s friend- This new batch -of press prosecu- ing really serious popular cur- Liebknecht is a man of though be 15 nominally | his mature views would not | prevent his being a Cabinet. Minister in England, or perhaps 1n America- either. his personal character- has won national | respect, and to see him go to. prison for four months-for a speech which even the | convicting magistrate said was objection- | able only for the inference that some hearers might have drawn from 1t is too a socialist, monstrou Even worse is the impending | Professor Delbrueck for a remark about the (Coomassie and King Prempeh.. The army is particularly keen on the subject. Of Wood and Buller-all made their first ten- strike in a former Ashantee campaign; but for the rank and file such an adventure offers nothing but discomfort, malaria and probable death by fever, and yet the most furious volunteering “zeal. has been dis- played in every barracks in England. The whole white force will be a small picked body of about 300 men, a score of the best fellows betyveen 24 and 28 years of age be- ing selected from each of a dozen or more regiments. But the West Indian troops and 600 native porters swell the column to impres- sive dimensions.- It is not expected, how- ever, that they will see much fighting, for the King is believed to be certain to sub- mit. The net result will probably be a new set of medals for the survivors: and & deeper blotch of British red on the African map north of the Gold Coast. The assiduous way that Chamberlain is advertising himself over this and numer- ous other colonial matters does not_ escape attention. Official Tetters from his depart- ment show that his secretaries are speak- ing of him as his Eminence with awe, as if he were- barely subordinate to .royalty itself, and he printsthese, every one. Not William O’Brien himself had a finer 1alent for getting his name in .the newspapers. Even the casnal press report that the Duke and Duchess 6f York may go to Australia next year is turned ictoa peg on which to hang a note that Mr. Chamber- lain’s influence is said to have had a good deal to do with this decision. s these dispatches said from the 'out- set, it was this itch for popular advertise- ment on Chamberlain’s part which gave to the Venezuela matter its .only possibie show of importance, - The theory is that Salisbury andthe other Tory Ministers submit to thisnoisy brummagem -bounce in colonial affairs as a price for Chamber- lain’s acquiescence in domestic and -.Conti- nental affairs that they are more concerned about. Some time there will be a'limit to their patience. Senator Lodge’s expesition of the Mon- police in the Preussische. Jahrbucher, | which is a most dignified historic political review, studionsly conservative in | traditionis and tone. Delbrueck:is indeed a | member ‘of the moderate conservative | | | party, and the nephew of the great finan- cial minister of the same name. If he can convicted no editor or writer in Ger- many is safe for aday. It ceasestobea plausible excuse that the police do all this against the imperial wish. People are be- ginning io see that it is nonsense. The Emperor’s circulation for public sale of his | ridiculous piciure of the nations of Eu- rope being ‘terrified by the advanceina | lurid cloud of devastating Buddha comes at just the right moment for disgusted Ger- mans to say under their breath, “ Why, the | man is mad.” . The temptation to say this | has been strong often before; it grows now toward being 1rresistible. The continued existence of the Bourgeois Ministry excites an amiable surprise, which is aroused by inexplicable but harmless phenomena. If any one got an- noyed at it 1t would disappear at once. Knowing this, the majority in the Chamber of Deputies holds its hand and watches with amused interest to see what the freak will do ‘next. All the same this com- plaisance may have its far-reaching re- su. The ministerial bill now before the Chamber prohibiting directors of public companies- from sitting in Parliament seems to be drifting along toward passage simply because the majority is frightened by the notion that the radicals would make huge partisan capital out of its de- feat. Amendments are being offered dis- qualifying stockbrokers and prohibiting parristers from acting as advisers to the | Government departments, and there is recognizable a chance that fear of popular disfavor may carry these, too. | It is thought now that Bourgeois will | encounter a real crisis when the Madagas- | car treaty comes up a week hence, but ap- parently he and his colleagues are pre- pared to follow whatever lead the Chamber indicates on this as on domestic issues. They are concerned only in having their own way in internal matters and cheer- fully throw all élse to the wolves trotting along on both sidesof their cart. Mean- while the expectation grows that - the Senate, which is heavy anti-radical, will"| begin soon to assert itself, and that a| struggle between the two houses will be added to the perpiexities of the very cu- rious situation. The proceedings of the-two Nationalist bosses at Dublin excited much interest here until it was discovered ‘that their courage only ran to the length of putting Healy off the committee of the party. This tame conclusion settles nothing, for Healy’s principal point has been that 1t was useless for him and his' friends to be on the committee when- all its actions were controlled by a little group generally without the knowledge of the committee at all. He has simply obtained a freer hand to prosecute his fight againstthe | machine, and the refusal of the bosses to allow a press report of the meeting, like their earlier refusal to allow the commit- tee to inspect the election accounts and the disposal of the party funds, will be a pow- erful weapon in his appeal to the country. It has been an exorbitant price to pay-for Sexton’s consent not to defeat the ma- chine, which is wkat the whole wretched business amounts to.. A safe Liberal seat is about to be vacated at Montrose, and there have been efforts to get John Morley to take it, but it is understood - that he re- fuses on the double ground that he is-not Scotch and a home ruler and wants to stick to his books, There is discérnible, however, a growing notion among the radicals that he cffers the most dignified and creditable solution to. their difficulty about.a leader-in the Commors, and it looks as if pressure would be put on him to accept. % All of last week’s fine hopes of ending the shipbuilding deadlock have collapsed in thin air. The Government issaid to be furious with the Belfast owners, whose somber obstinacy defies alike Balfour's blandishment and Salisbury’s peremptory appeal, but apparently nothing can be done. Everybody else is disgusted with Belfast, but none can budge its mulish re- sistance a single inch. Meanwhile mel- ancholy reports are circulated daily of new foreign orders passing England by wnd go- ing to German shipyards. There is a gen- uine concern as to what Japan will do with the gold millions turned over to her at the Bank of England to-day. It has been understocd that she would make pay- ments at Tyneside on account of the three vessels ordered there, and it was hoped that more of it would be distributed among other British shipyards, but this criminal deadlock has rendered everything uncer- tain, and it is feared now tkat even the Tyneside contracts may be revoked. There has been a very inspiring display of popular enthusiasm over the hurried preparations for the Ashantee expedition, which must be ascribed almost wholly to the prevailing excitement about much larger martial possibilities. Usually these small punitive expeditions are fitted up and sent out with next to no public notice, but now England is quite stirred up, and roe doctrine to an interviewer here: has not profoundly interesteddbe British pub- lie. Even the papér printing the inter- view passed a-silently satirical comment on it by getting W. T. Stead, who now spends most of his time in being photo- graphed with ghosts on a negative, to write 8 rejoinder. Cardinal Manning's biography, based largely on his own written notes, journals and intimate correspondence, will ‘be out this month. It has unfortunately: been decided, however, to omit an important document, which he wrote in 1890 for the express purpose of inclusion in these memoirs, on the subject of the Jesuits, whom he disiikeda. This action is defended on the ground that the publication wenld provoke a controversy and give pain to the living, but that wiil hardly convince the publictbat the Cardinal’s views in the mat- ter should have been 1gnored. Inits revela- tions of his inner character, especiallv during the conversion period, the work is described as of exceptional interest. Still another uniform edition of Mar- ryat’s novels brings out the striking state- ment that over 100,000 of his books are stall sold annually. Meredith’s “An Amazing Marriage,” out to-day, gets a few hasty reviews which seem to foreshadow its acceptance among the top flights of his genius by the inner cult of his admirers, but-notto be so popu- lar as “Lord Ormont and His Aminta” undoubtedly has been. Poor old George Augustus Sala is said to be on his deathibed, while the papers are ving kindly notices to a new edition of his cook book, which lays particular claims to authority on what may be eaten with- out damage to health, Salahas been.for years the least healthiul looking man that one could meet on Fleet street, but ‘it was his unhappy financial failure in setting up a paper of his own which broke hisnerve and strength. HaroLp FrEDERIC. o e | AUSTRIA’S PLAN OF SETILEMENT Deposition of the Sultan and the Appoint- ment of a Ruler Pledged to Reform. LONDON, Ex Nov. 16.—From infor- mation gathered s evening it is under- stood that Austria’s ‘proposal for the settlement of the Turkish question is the deposition of the Sultan and the appoint- ment of a successor pledged to reform, the granting of some measure of local au- | tonomy to Armenia and .the formation of an international commission to supervise the changes. ‘This scheme, like every other plan dealing with the future of Tur- key, bristles with difficulties and implies protracted mnegotiations, during which a conflagration may be started in the Otto- man empire. ‘The Spectator says that a joint ulti- matum will be presented to’ the Sultan transferring. the internal governmerit to | persons who are trusted by the powers. If | the Sultan . refuses to grant the demands made upon him the combined squadrons of the powers willadvance upon Constanti- | nople, and the - beginning of the end will | have airived. The Spectator adds: It is feared that the. powers may. be too late.” Far from:the danger to the Chris- tians béing exaggerated, évery account of the troubles -reaching the Embassadors at, Constantinople is worse than. those reach- ing the public. - Though the: Sultan ‘is re- ported to be terrified, he shows no signs of abandoning his’ position-of defiance, and even should- be .do-sv he could not be trusted. - 2 i “The moment. he -is ‘satisfied that the vowersdo not intend tohave any trifling with 'their demiands he may retreat to Broussa, the ancient capital of his house, where the shells of the allied squadron cannot reach him,” R The article’concludes with the statement that it seems ‘probable that Russia and Great Britain will come to some entente relative both to the far East and the near East, but the course ot action is not yet clear. The Spectator may bave obtained its knowledge from inside sources, but only its last remark can be held to be certain. hh i ATTITUDE OF THE KAISER. Belief That the Powers Are Nearing a Common Agreement. BERLIN, GEerMANY, Nov. 16.—Before starting on his hunting trip to Lenzlingen in company with the Grand Duke Vlad- imir, on Thursday, the Emperor held a prolonged conference with the Chancellor, Prince von Hohenlohe, and Freiherr Marschal von Beiberstein, Imperial Min- ister of Foreign Affairs. This, together with the audience which the Kaiser had civen to the Austrian FEmbassador on ‘Wednesday, led to the surmise that the foreign situation haa engaged his atten- tion, and at a subsequent dinner at the residence @f Herr Nieberding, Minister of Finance, @hich he attended, his Majesty, in the course of conversation, stated that while important dispatches had been re- ceived from Constantinople, there was nothing alarming in their purport. These dispatches, he said, related chiefly to def- iriite arrangements on the part of the powers, which were endeavoring to agree upon & plan of concerted action in view of possible grave eventualities. the papers cannot print enough about| Although there was nothing-of particu- course, it has not forgotten that Wolseley,: lar Siznificance in ‘his remarks ‘they left the impression that. the powers weré on the eve of an agreement committing them to common action in whatever might hap- pen. Since these incidents reports: have been current intended to summon ‘an international conference in Berlin -and these Tumors have evoked emphatic official contradic- tions. According to the ruling of the Foreign Office in calling attention to the absurdity of these reports no conference affecting the terms of the treaty of Berlin could be convened unless the result of war or a radical change in the position -covered by the treaty should alter the status of the signatory powers or the territory involved, In the meantime these authorities declare nothing-has occurred which demands a revision of the convention. oty LSty - SLAIN BY THE THOUSAND. Details of Massacres by Turks in Ar- menian Territory. LONDON, Exa., Nov. 16.—The represen- tative of -the United Press at Constantino- ple reports under the date of November 15 that at 6 o’clock on the evening of Noyem- ber 14 M."A. Jewett, Consul at Sivas, sent a telegram to United States Minister Ter- rell informing him that in the disturb- ances which had taken place at Sivas 800 Armenians and ten Turks had been killed, aund that according to official reports a large body of Kurds were then approach- ing the town. Mr. Jewett gave no details of the disorders, but the discrepancy in the figures shows that the Turkish allega- tions that the Armenians were the aggres- sors are untrue, and that the Armenians were deliberately massacred. Mr. Terrell' bas also received a dispatch from.Harpoot, in the Pashalik of Diarbekir, and sixty. miles ‘west-fiorthwest of the city of that hame. ‘The dispatch is dated November 13, and says that in the massa- cre of Christigns at that place 500 persons were killed: Eight of the twelve .mission- ary buildings situated within the mission- ary compound or inclosure were burned. "The missionaries thémselves were spared, but many of the oceupants-of thetburned Buildings were killed. In the buildingswith- i the. iriclosure comprising the missionary -quatters were twélve :Armenians with their families and 500 theological students, and there was also conducted within the com- pound a ladies’ seminary. The houses re- maining in the place were stripped of everything of value, and the country ih the vicinity laii waste. Stores of pro- visions and clothing were destroyed or carried away, and the utmost destitution prevails. Thousands of men, women and children who were already difleudent for food upon those in the missionary buildings are homeless and starving, nothing having been saved either from the burned build- ings or those that, were not.byrned. The Mussulmans destroyed everything they could not carry away. A.dispatch from Mardin, in the Pashalik of Diarbekir, dated November 13, says the inhabitants of the villages burned in that vicinity are in the direst need of food and clothing and many are dying from starva- tion and exposure. It is stated in the dispatches’from per- fectly reliable authority that in the Syrian district of Gurunden 4000 men, women and children have been killed and many others are- suffering from wounds and lack of medicines, foodWand clothing. —_————— FURTHER HORRORS REPORTED. Missionary Buildings Burned During Massacres at Harpoal. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 16.—The following cable message was received at the rooms of the American Board of Foreign Missions to-day from Rev. H. O. Dwight of Con- stantinople, by way of Philipoppolis: “A terrible masgsacre has taken place at Harpool. Five hundred Armenians were killed, a large number of women taken away captives, eight or twelve mission buildings stripped and burned, and the Armenian portion of the city destroyed. Turks will regard thisas a test of theinten- tion of the United States to defend mis. sions. No European or American mis- sionaries killed ; villages everywhere deso- lated; people naked and starving; instant help needed.” The buildings destroyed are estimated to be worth $75,000 or $100,000. Harpool is one of the most prominent cities in Ar- menia, and the general feeling 1s that the Turks have delayed making their attacks on the Armenians there owing to its strength, and fully cognizant that such bare-faced action would at once call down upon their heads the wrath of the civllized nations. s At the society rooms in spite of the cable- gram the gravest fears are entertained for the American missionaries. Nearly all those in the city were from the United States, and the Euphrates College, which is the largest college in the East, has a full corps of American and English teachers. The cablegram was sent immediately af- ter the news of the massacre had been re- ceived, and there is no means yet of tell- ing whether the missionaries escaped eventually. All the important centers are occupied by the Turks, and itis almost impossible to get any.word to foreign countries in its true character. Immediately the news of the massacre was received at the society’s rooms a dis- patch was sent for further information, but up to, late this evening no word had been received. A Another dispatch to the American branch of the International Amenian Re- lief Committee from their special agent confirms the truth of the state of affairs at Harpool, adding that the atrocities com- mitted were more terrible than anything ever heard of in the history of the world. The same dispatch adds that the Turks have undoubt. edly made this their final blow, as with the prompt action which is to be taken by the combined nations the outrages must soon come to a close. A private letter to prominent Armen- igns in the Kast says that in addi- tion to those already reported that two fearful massacies took place at Gurinden and Mardin late in October. But few inhabitants of either of these villages were left alive, and those living are in the direst need of clothing and food, escaping the Turkish bullets and Kurdish sabers only to die from starva- tion. All those who are able are leaving the country for Russia, and a constant stream is crossing the border daily. At a special meeting of the American Board of Foreign Missions ‘held this evening it was decided to send agents at once to Washington and London to im- press upon the respective Governments the need of expedition in action in regard to- Armenian affairs. An effort will be made to hold .a mass-meeting this week to protest against the laxity in action of the civilized nations. e MISSIONARY BUILDINGS SACKED, There Were Eight Hundred Victime of the Harpoot Massacres. LONDON, Exe., Nov. 16.—A dispatch from Constantinople to a news agency here says that the victims of the massacre at. Harpoot number 800. Eight of the twelve buildings belonging to the Ameri- can missionaries were sacked and burned. The missionaries escaped and are now that _ Prince Hohenlohe | safe. - There 3 tion-in the vicinity and thousands are des- titute. ‘The report that four Jesuit fathers, | who were under French protection, ;had beer killed during the riots at Malatia was untrue. = ‘When the disturbances at Malatia began the priests took refuge in the house of a prominent Turkish resident; under whose protection they have since been. 1t is stated that 400 Softas have been ar- rested recently in Constantinople. Various rumors are in circulation asto the reason for these arrests, but nothing definite is known. ROME, Itavy, Nov. 16.—Dispatches from Iskandorun, also known as Alexdretta, a seaport town of Northern Syria, reporta massacre of Christians in that vicinity. Itissaid that 300 Turkish soldiers saw the slanghter, but made no attempt to as- sist the victims, . The European :residents of the place are in a state of great alarm. They are in constant feaf of an attack from the Mnsstilman portion of the popu- lation. - TURKEY'S SIDFE OF THE STORY. Of Course the Sublime Porte Will Soon Restore Order. WASHINGTON, D. ., Nov. 16.—The Turkish legation has received from ithe Sublime Porte the following telegram un- der yesterday’s date: “The Armenian rioters of Zeitoun and Marash attacked the villages of Forsakh and Bitchi. Those of Aziron and Tchek- merzemenk plundered Pias and other Musselman villages, killed a great number of the inhabitants and set fire to many houses. Measures were taken for the res- toration of order. Advices from the village of Sivas are to the cffect that the arrest of the marauders who came for pilunder had been accomplished. Notwithstanding the false and gratuitous news about the situa- tion at Hadjin order prevails there. “The vali of Erzeroum telegraphsjthat the commissions appointed in the capital of the vilayet as well as at Parsinler with the view of finding and returning to their owners all articles lost during the recent troubles work with activity and are accom- plishing good . res The Marshal, Chakir Pasha, telegraphs also that a simi- lar commission appointed at Khonnear has already found and restored to the owners many of the articles that had veen lost. “In order to put a stop to disorders in some parts of Anatolia and to completely secure public tranquillity, theJfimperial Government has called 1o arms 128 battal- ions of the reserves, independently of the contingents of .the Fourth and Fifth corps of the imperial army and has sent fresh orders, firm and peremptory, to the valis and military commanders that quietness and peace should promptly and definitely be secured ‘ through the application of a treatment, equat and just, toward all sub- jects -withount distinction of race or re- ligion. “Tkere is no doubt that, thanks to the measures taken, order will shortly be re- stored everywhere, Besides Samy Effendi, councillor of state; Saaddedin and Abdul- lah Pashas, generals of divisions; Djomal Bev, member o1 the commission of ‘the staff, and Ibrahim Edhem Bey and Hus- sein Ruchdi Effendi, councilors of the high courts of appeals, were instructed to apply the administrative and -military measures for the maintenance of public order. Some of these functionaries will go to Trebizond, Gumuchhane, Bai- bourt, Erzeroum, Mongh and Bitlis. The others will visit S8assoun, Amassia, Tokat, Sivas, Malatia, Manortalarih and Diar- bekir. They have all left Constantinople. As for the commission instituted for the ap- plication of reforms, its work has already begun.” KILLS JM HILL'S PLAN, Illegality of the Proposed Traffic Arrangements of the Two Roads. Judge Kelly Decides That the North- ern Pacific and Great Northern Are Competing Lines. S8T. PAUL, M: Nov. 16.—Judge Kelly to-day rendered his decision in the case of the State of Minnesota against the Great Northern Railway Company, granting the injunction against the defendant company carrying into effect its proposed traffic arrangement with the Northern Pacific Railroad. While the action in itself ap- pears to be only a preliminary leeal step to block the scheme of President Hill, the judgment of the court virtually disposes of the whole subject, going thoroughly into the points at issue, discussing thé whole argument pro and con and deciding flatly against the legality and propriety of the proposition. i The main pointsdecided by the court are that the proposed traffic arrangement isa consolidation; that underthe laws of Min- nesota the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads are parallel and compet- ing lines and toat the arrangement is, therefore, contrary to the public policy of the State and the general laws of 1874 and 1881, The charter of the defendant does not contain either in. express terms or by necessary inference the right to make such agreement or consolidation, and that if any such power was ever conferred the charter was subject to amendment by the Legislature and the laws mentioned. Itis a notable fact that the conclusion reached by Judge Kelly is in exact oppo- sition to that of Judge Sanborn, who passed on the same question in the United States Circuit Court on the motion of Pearsall for an injunction against the Great Northern. NEWSPAPERS OLIDATED. The Chicago Journal and the Press Uuder One Management. CHICAGO, Irn., Nov. 16.—A deal was made this afternoon by which the Chicago Evening Journal and the Chicago Evening Press were consolidated. The Press Pub- lishing Company was reorganized and its capital increasea to $500,000. ames E. Scripps and George G. Booth will retain a controlling interest in the company. John R. Wilson, who now con- trols the Journal, will have a minority in- terest in the new concern and will be one of the directors. The details of the new deal have not yet been perfected. e g Suicide of an Aged Man. LIBERTY, Mo., Nov. 16.—At Kearney this morning Jesse Cole, 67 years of age, who bad been complaining of being sick for a few days, went to the chicken-house, carrying a pillow, laid down and fired a shot through his heart. He was a brother of Mrs. Zerelda Samuels, the mother of Frank and Jesse James. O R AU Quiet in Fenczuela. NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 16.—The fol- lowing cable dispatch was received to-day by Flint, Eddy & Co., the South Ametican merchants, from their representative in Venezuelz, with which country they have alarge trade: “The revolution has been suppressed and the country is quiet. No fears are entertained of further trouble.” | Campbell Says Cleveland Has No Notion of a Third Term. REST FOR WATTERSON. The Noted Writer and Speaker Will Go to Europe on & Pri- vate Mission. LATEST EVENTS IN SWELLDOM. Peculiar Incident Connected With- the Visit of Marlborough and Wife to the Horse Show. NEW YORK,N. Y., Nov. 16.—“I don’t believe that Cleveland has any more idea of receiving a nomination for'a third term than he has of becoming the Queen. of England,” said Cleveland’s earnest friend, ex-Governor Campbell of ‘Ohio, last night. “I think,”” he continued, “that Cleve- land is treating the:subject of his. can- didacy for a third term with the contempt that it deserves. The idea is toosilly for him to deny.: To admit that he ever dreams of such a possibility as his being chosen to serve a third term is to admit that he is bereft of his senses. He is not called upon to deny that he is a candidate. The whole matter is too senseless and absurd. “Neither he nor any other living man could be elected to a third term of. the Presidency of the. United States. He would not carry a single precinct. What- ever the President has been accused of, he has not been accused of lacking common horse-sense, and I think he has far too much of that quality to regard this third- term talk as meriting anything but silent contempt on his part.” The popular interpretation put upon the projected trip abroad of Henry Watterson has been that the distinguished editor was in need of a protracted rest. This turns out not to be the case. Wattersonis going to Europe, the Star says, to write a life of Abraham Lincoln. He will take his fam- ily with him and seek a retreat in some quiet place, probably some Swiss town, where he may work when the fit is on him and yet be close enough to Paris to look in on brisker life when he. feels the need of recreation. He has bis material all col- lected and only the writing of the book remains to be done. It is expected that this will consume eight months or more. The line that Watterson will take is still his own secret. His friends are con- fident that he will find something new and important to say, and will, of course, say it in a style all his own, which in caily journalism has proved to be spirited and effective. Lincoln’s biographers up to date have been. his personal friends and political supporters. ~ Watterson will write as an ex-Confederate. . He is none the less a passionate admirer of Lincoln’s character and genius, and from kis editor- ial perch at Louisville he enjoyed a long survey of the country and a long study of the conditions which produced the most uniquie man in American history. The horse show’s closing event last night—the exhibit of hunters—had nearly ended, and the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, who were in W. K. Vander- bilt's box, were preparing to leave, when suddenly the band above their heads be- gan to play ““God Save the Queen.” The Duke uncovered and rose to his feet. The Duchess paused a moment, and then, following his example, stood by his side. The ducal couple stood thus at-the upper end of the box. A few persons in their immediate neighborhood rose and uncovered also, but the Americans in the bhox remained seatea. The whole thing had a dramatic touch that brought some involuntary applause from many of the spectators. One of the special features of the winter, the Wednesday cotillon at Sherry’s, will be the most briiliant. The members of this asgociation are largely fashionable Southerners who made homes here. Their dances last winter were among the most successful of the season, and it has been decided to form the Wednesday cotillon into a permanent association. The Salmagundi Club, which recently moved from its rooms on Twenty-second street to the General Winfield Scott house, at 14 West One Hundred and Twenty- eighth street, where, latterly, John Rogers, the sculptor, lived, had its bouse- warming last night. It was the twenty- fourth anniversary of the club’s organiza- tion. Most of the 100 members—all artists and amateurs—and many guests came to see the new clubhouse and to enjoy an en- tertainment in the gallery, into which Rogers’ studio had been converted. The new home of the club is to have a distinciion in the decoration of the main hall, where is a frieze of thirty mahogany panels, painted by some of the leading members. Not all the panels are in place yet, but those in position last evening evoked the commendation of the assembly of painters. There is nothing in the city like this panel, and when it is completed it will be shown with pride. A New Baseball League. DETROIT, Micr., Nov. 16.—A new base- ball league, to be known as the Pacific League of Professional Baseball Clubs, was organized here to-day. The league will be composed of Portland, Or.; Tacoma, Wash,; Seattle, Wash., and Victoria, B. C., and ts under protection of the National agreement, class B. The percentage plan was adopted, and M. J. Roach, sporting editor of the Portland Oregonian, was elected president. Mrs. Eaton Gets a Divorce. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Nov. 16.— Mrs. Minnie Eaton of San Francisco has won her counter suit for divorce against her husband, William V. Eaton. The de- cree wasfdecided in her favor by Judge Murpby, who awarded her the custody of the.two children and $50 weekly alimony. Duncan B. Harrison and several other well-known men were charged as core- spondents by Eaton. Trip of Nebraska Editors. LINCOLN, NEeB., Nov. 16.—Nebraska editors to the numbers of forty, all mem- bers of the State Press Association, left in a private sleeper on the Burlington route for the Atlahta exposition. The trip will consume about two weeks, and the route coming and returning will be via St. Louis and Nashville. Four days will be spent at the exposition and short stops will be made at the larger towns en route. RS e Ebb of the Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—The actual gold reserve this aftergoon is less tlian $89,500,000. ‘The official figures given ‘out at 2 o'clock put the reserve at $01,823,- 039 but: from’ this st be taken §1,250.000 withdrawn yesterday, and 31,134,000 taken “out to-day, but not yet deducted by : treas- ury bookkeepers. - This is the lowest notch reached by the treasury since last March. —_—— Firam an Accidental Shat. NEW ORLEANS; LA, Nov. 16.-~~Ribert 8. Day, a prominent cotton ‘fuctor and:one ‘|:of the best known and most popular nrems bers of the: New- Orleans Cotton Exch:mfe, died at 5:30 this. morfiir,sg frowm a pistol shot wound ‘accidentially. seif-inflicted .at 1:30 this niorning. - ZThe Cashier Has Absconded BRUSSELS, Brtcru, Nov..16—The Cashier of ‘the Societe “Generale: has ab- sconded; leaving a. deficit in his accounts of 2,500,000 francs, When it was discoy- ered that he was: missing a warrant: wis issved for his arrest. ‘It is.supposed that his defalcation was caused: by speculation in gold mniines. 2 : ——— An Ttaligwn Steamer Ashore. 7 LONDON, Exc.; Nov.. 16.-~The Italian steamer Solferino; from Genoaand Naples for Rio Janeiro,is ashare at Ceuta, Mo- rocco, :seventeen: rniles: from - Gibraltar; The Solferino has 1200 emigrants on hoard. The vessél was built in 1881 at Newcastle, England, and belongs to the Ttdlian Cen- tral Navigation Company. P S, The Queen at Windsor. LONDON, “Exe.; . Nov. 16.-The Queen has arrived aty Windsor Castle from Bsk moral. ' She: is enjoying prime health. | Recent alterations ‘made - in ‘the internal fittings of the royal train on: which she travels to_ and from the Highlands en- hanced ‘her:comfort, pini TN, Baron Kinsale Dead. LONDOY; Exa., Nov.. 16,—~Baron Kin- sale, Premier Baron of Ireland; died to- day at his residence at Stoketon, Saltash, Cornwall. He was born September 29, B0 FO THE BCCLITS Western Lines Will Soon Cease Carrying Wheels as Baggage. Additional Charges by the Railroads That Will Not Be Relished by Riders. CHICAGO, Irn., Nov. 16.—Not having been able to get an answer from the South- ern Pacific as to whether that line would be present at the consideraon of immi- grant matters, the clearing-house of the ‘Western roads took an adjournment this morning until Wednesday, when it is ex- pected the Southern Pacific will be repre- sented. The meeting of the transcontinental lines to consider the Western passenger agreement is called for the next day, and the Southern Pacific has already promised to be représented there on that day. It is thought, however, to be improbable that it will join the immigrant agreement, as its position is such as to make a' membership in that association of little value to 1t, though of the greatest importance to the other roads. A joint circular issued to-day by the Western lines isaimed at the bicyelist. It Teads thu: - s . “Notice is-given that after December 1 charge will be made between all points for the transportation.. on - baggage .cars of bicycles, tricycles and baby carriages, whether crated or not, to be’ charged for the same as fifty pounds excess baggage, the minimum charge in- each case-to'be 25 cents. These articles- will not be . carried as the regular baggage allowance or as part of it.”” e OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Captain Hooper Appointed to Superintend Cutter Construction WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. Captain C. L. Hooper of the revenue ¢utter service, for the past two years. commander Bering Sea fleet, has been in Washington some time in consultation with Treasury Depart- ment officials. Yesterday he was assigned to duty as superintendent of construction and repairs of all vessels of the revenue cutter service on the Pacific Coast. His headquarters will be at San Francisco. He has received his detailed instructions and has left for San Francisco, to enter upon his duties. The assignment, which is regarded as highly important, is a marked compliment to an excellent officer and distinct recognition of the ability and efficiency with which he performed his duties in Bering Sea. Henry Behring was to-day appointed Postmaster at Downing, Cal. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original widow—Julia Gold- wood, San Francisco. Mexican war sur- vivor, increase—Cormick McNulty, Camp- tonville; Philip Anderson, Los Angeles, Increase—Henry Willard Allen, National Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles. ‘Washington: Original — Orlando Gra- ham, Anacortes; John W. Smith, Quilla- yute; Martin L. Spear, Brookfield; Jarls Easter, Orting. The New York Sun correspondent tele- graphs his aner tha® Senators Jones and Btewart will vote with the Republicans if in the reorganization of the Senate George . Gorham, formerly of Californis, is re- stored to his old position as secretary of the Senate. e POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE. Japan Does Not Intend to Bother About Korean Affairs. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—The Japanese Minister, Mr. Kurino, referring ;o a recent dispatch from Korea, said to- ay: “The Japanese Government disavows all responsibility for the coup d’etat in Seoul on the 8th of last month, which resulted in }he death of the Queen at the hands of Tai Won Kun and hisfollowers. The Jap- anese Minister, Mr. Muira, who was Te- ported to be indirectly connected with the uprising, together with the members of his legation, has been recalled to J. apan, as Before Winter Sets in see that your blood is rich and pur ty e and your physical system in perfect nrr:iar. In this way You may avoid coughs, colds and serious diseases which attack weak systems. Avoid danger by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. & : Hood’s Pills §i bbitus] constipe- AUCTION SALES. MAMMERSWITH & FIELD / AUCTION Of high grade JEWELRY., WATCHES, DIA- MONDS and SILVERWARE will be resumed, commencing TUESDAY, November 19, with Mr. J. H. French of New York as auctioneer. Sales daily at 2 ». M. Absolutely NO RESERVE, 118 SUTTER STREET, [ Jeft this afternoon on a special ‘these as ‘wéll as other Japanese subjecky whoare understood to have been implicated will “be tried’ in -the Criminal Court at Tokio.” . The Minister continued: “The Japanese Government has no intention of interfer- ing-in Korean affairs.. Our policy there is one: -of -nonintervention, distinctly so stated and as distinctly to be observed. ‘When the Japanese troops shall evacuats the ‘peninsular of LiaoTung all the Jap- anese soldiery in- Korea will withdraw except a_limited number; whose y_usence s necessary to . protect Japanese life anid property. - And -these- will be removed when ' the Koreans shall have established & stable government possessed of sufficlent strength. to maintain itself and the for- eigners residenttherein.’” g Pennsylvanians at the Fair, ATEANTA;, GA.; Nov. 16.~The Pennsyl- vanians had possession of the exposition yesterday.:Governor Hastingsand staff, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Manu- facturers’ Club: of Philadelphia and the Pittsburg Press Cadéts camie in on special { traing'early in the morning. There were 200" in- the Manufacturers’ Club party. During the forenoon the Governor and his staff were escorted to the Exposition by ‘the Governor's Horse Guards of Atlanta. The:speechés were. délivered at Pennsyl- yania’s iandsome building. Judge Greene of the Supreme Court: presided. Pt damg On'the Trail of Robbers. DENVER, Co1o., Nov. 16.—Upon a tele- gram -from . Sheriff = Harper of Elbert County, stating he was on’ the trail of the Colorado Springs express robbers, Sheriff Bowers, accompamed by six armed men, train for TFibert station. It is reparted that Mont- gomery has been arrested in Cripple €Creek and the fact suppressed that accomplices mzy be apprenended. NEW TO-DAY. EAGLESON&Co WINTER Underwear From 50c each up to the very best. DIRECT From the Mills to us and sold at about WHOLESALE PRICES. The Largest Stock And Greatest Assortment Of Underwear of any Retail Men’s Furnishing Goods Concern in the United States ALL EXTRA VALUE: 748 and 750 Market St. 242 Montgomery St. 112 S. Spring St., L. Ang. Shirt Factory 535 Market St., Si F. and, because very deaf, used Ely's Cream Baim and in three weeks could hear as well as ever.—A. E. Newman, Graling, aich, 2.4 M Upens and cleanses Protects s"‘"ma' Sopses of Taste Sroai*r quickly absorved and gives s, Restores Smell. The Balmis relief at once. each nostril - and. 1 A particle is applied fut agre ‘at Drugeists or by mail, é:'hlfingrfn;:;e;' Warren St., New ¥York. DISEASES SWAYNE'S PEREEE . OINTMENT of “:Swaraw's Omerumer” Without il ‘eure any ease of Tetter, Suis No Percentags Phatmacy, 995 Markot St. Y FOR BARBERS, BAR- BRUSHES ==tz M . houses, biiliard- tables, brewers, canners, jourmills, _found; Iaundri 7o, Corinters, palniers. ‘:m‘a'.'.m — BUCHAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers, 609 SacramentoSt NEW WESTERN HOTEL. NY AND WASHINGTON STS— lezx‘:o%flad Tenovated. 1 S Ry ) P {oB8par week, 38 to Dbaéhs; A wacck Svory Thom hre praias 10 ey om: elevator runs all night. - » )