The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1895, Page 2

2 . I ————————— e e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1%95. BURNED WANYHOLSES Arrest of a Woman Who Is the Champion Firebug of the Country. A MANIA FOR BLAZES. Even Tried to Destroy at Differ- ent Times Her Own Dwelling. SENT TO AN INSANE ASYLUM. On Her Way There She Ignited the Coat of the Officer Who Accompanied Her. SOMERVILLE, Mass,, Nov. 2L.—The State police, acting under orders from the State Fire Mar: 's office, have been in- vestigat number of mysterious fires which occurred in Eastern Massachu- setts during the last three weeks, and as a result of their efforts, succeeded in arrest- a woman, who is the champion firebug o a week ago, when rmation that the State lice were after her and left town, but was She was hsequently arrested in Boston. taken to the Fire she broke down and conf rteen during the ng that time, in ad she confessed to have at different ri to destroy the house in which she had b Word was imme- diately sent to the Central police station with regard to orders which had been sent king the police or a female firebug. ord was received the Don hat thede allied & en by the Ma tts officers and that an officer would on to identify the woman. The im that she has been arly fifty fires in that on amounting to thou- ssed to ha n was notarraigned in court, ne Fire Marshal, but was ian Dearborn and ¥ | the woman was | ilar of having a mania estioned as to whether she had more fires she acknowledged ne so while living in Canada, en asked as to her purpose in doing tated that she was fond of seeing | urn out and watching the ex- and w so she Munden took her examination and acted 2s innocently if she | were unaware of the crime which was | charged against her, and acting nnder the advice of the State physicians Judge Story signed papers for her committal in the ‘Worcester Insane Asylum. Even on' her way there she showed her mania, as she tried to ignite the coat of the officer who | accompanied her and nearly succeeded in her purpose. LUBIV'S. PLAN JPPROVED An Important Resolution Adopted by the ~National Grange. Congress Asked to Protect American Agriculture and Shipping in the Foreign Trade. WORCESTER, Mass.,, Nov. 21.—The most important subject before the National Grange has been the Lubin proposition. Its discussion occupied more than half the time of the convention. The debate and vote indicated that the Eastern dele- gates as a rule opposed the proposition, whereas the Western and Southern dele- gates favored it. Itisclaimed thatat no meeting since the organization of the grange has there been presented a matter which created as much spirited discussion as this proposition. Final action on the matter was had this morning by the un- animous adoption of the following: WHEREAS, Agricultural staples being exports cannot be protected by & tariff on imports as are manifacturers and American ships in the foreign trade, being built of partly protected mat and under protection wages, are at & disadvantage to the world’s competition with ships constructed and operated in cheap-labor or free-irade countries. Resolved, By this conference, that the de- pressed condition demends the enactment of such legislation as will put both these great industries upon & footing of equality with those now specielly fostered by the Govern- mer Resolved, That we recommend to the con- sideration of the Congress of the United States and to the American people what is known as the “Lubin proposition” for the protection of American agriculture and shipping in the foreign trade. The Lubin proposition is claimed by its advocates to be for the protec- tion of American agricultural staples,s por- tion of which are exporied by the payment by the Federal Government upon such exports and the protection of American shipping in the foreign trade, to the end that 81l industries in the United States which in any manner compete with the cheaper labor of foreign countries may be protected, equally with such industries as are now protected by a tariff of imports. For seventy-six years & similar policy was in successful operation in Great Britain, and it only ceased when that nation nolonger exported agricultural staples, after which the tariff upon imports protected her agriculturists until the repeal of what fs known as the “corn laws.” We earnestly urge upon the American people and the Congress of the United States the early and favorable con- sideration of such measures as shall give pros- perity to all American industries by equitable protection. N s T WITHDRAWN FROM COURT. Dismissal of a Big Suit Regarding Ter- minal Facilities. CHICAGO, IrL., Nov. 21.—The $2,000,000 suit brought by the Chicago Elevated Ter- minal Company against the Santa Fe Rail- road was withdrawn from court this morn- ing. . The suit was brought on a charge of breach of contract in reference to General Torrence’s scheme for a great union depot at Twelfth street, with an elevated track to the city limits. At the same time asuit was pending for an injunction brought by bondholders of the Santa Fe for a revoca- tion of the contract made by the railroad with'\General Torrence’s company. Since the suit was brought, as has been an- nounced, the stock of the terminal elevated has been absorbed by the stockhoiders of the Santa Fe through the reorganization committee and the suitis accordingly with- drawn. R REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA. Rioting Continues and Crowds Cry “Death to Crespo’” and “Down With the Government.” CARACAS, VE~ezuera, Nov. 21— Despite all reports to the contrary given out by the Government the revolution is daily gaining headway, and the rebels claim now to have over 2500 men under arms in different sections of the country, with more ready as soon as arms arrive. They claim to hold possession of Areu, Cuidad Bolivar, and Cora Valencia, be- sides a number of smaller towns. Rioting continues at Maracaibo, where the garrison is only awaiting an oppor- tunity to join the rebels. The troops here are constantly under arms to suppress any attempted rising, which is momentarily expected. President Crespo is again reported as anxious to leave the country. A crowd passed through the streets last night yell- ing “Death to Crespo! Death to the Eng- lish! Down with the Government!” Over twenty military officers have been arrested and sent to Tarotonda, because they are believed to be implicated in the revolution. DEMANDS BIG DAMAGES Spalding’s Suit Against Ex-Post- master-Generals Vilas and Dickinson. An Attorney Who Claims to Have Been Maliciously Kept Out of His Fees. WASHINGTON, | Supreme Court to-day h | the two cases wherein ex: . 21.—The rd argument in Cabinet officers damages resulting from their off Attorney Spalding of this district had secured contracts with several thousand postmasters throughout the country for prosecuting their claims for a readju ment of salarles under the act of June 12, 1366. After money bad been appropriated | in 1885 for the payment of these claims, largely through his efforts, he claims, Postmaster-General W. F. Vilas “inter- posed all possible obstacles to the collec- ‘tion of said claims and undertook to in- duce the clients of the plaintiff to repu- diate the contracts they had made, and for such purpose and with such malicious intent caused the drafts or warrants for the payment of such claims to be sent directly to the claimants and for the malicious purpose of causing the claimants to disregard the contracts they had made with the plaintiff for fees, and to cause them {o believe that the same were null and void, and that plaintiff had ren- dered them no service, and that he was attempting falsely to claim for valuable services rendered under said contracts, falsely claimed to be valid, and using his ofticial character for such purpose, thus placing the plaintiff before thz country as a gommon swindler, and to bring him into public scandal, infamy and disgrace, sent about a thousand copies of a circular letter to Spalding’s clients.” For this he brought suit against Vilas in the District Court for $100,000 damages. He also brought suit against Don M. Dick- inson, who succeeded Vilas as Postmaster- General, for damages for continuing Vilas’ policy. The District Court tarew out the plaintiff’s bill on demurrer, and he applied P to the Supreme Court of the United States, Soa e Ao LABOR STATISTICAL BULLETINS. Commissioner Wright Will Publish Some Interesting Information. * WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.—Carroll D. Wright, the Commissioner of Labor, in compliince with the law which was enacted by the last Congress providing for the publication of a bulletin at stated in- tervals of the Department of Labor issued, to-day the first bullelin. Commissioner Wright says he shall limit the size of the publication to 100 octavo pages and issue it every alternate month. To-day’s bulletin treats exhaustively of strikes and lock-outs in the United States druring the thirteen years ending June 30, 1894; “strikes and lock-outs in Great Britain and Ireland in recent years; strikzs in the principal Continental countries dur- ing the same period ; of private and public debt in the United States and recent re- ports of State bureaus of labor statistics. Ten tholsand copies of each bulletin will be published and distributed grafitously. SRR S Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2L.—A post- office was to-day established at Gwinmine, Calavaras County, Califcrnia, and Hiram A. Messenger appointed postmaster. Pensions have been granted as follows: | California—Additional: David M. Frame, Veterans’ Home, Napa. Increase: Robert 8. Crane, Parkfield. Original, widows, etc. : Minor of William H. H. Williams, Oa land. +Mexican war survivors—Increas Charles Humphries, Petaluma. ‘Washington—Additional: William Mar- kle, Seattle. Reissue: James Heaton, Rockford. S LR Death of the Portuguese Minister. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.—Senor August de Sequeira Thedim, Portuguese Minister to the United States, died at his residence here this morning after a brief iliness. Death resulted from the effects of a very severe hemorrhage which came sud- denly last Sunday evening. Complete ar- rangements for his'funeral have not yet been made, but there will_be a state fun- eral at St. Matthew's Catholic Church Saturday morning. " Internal Revenwe Receipts. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.—The report of Joseph 8. Miiler, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was made public to- day. 1t states that the receipts for the fiscal year have fallen below his estimates 53,000. This he attributes to the de- cision of the Supreme Court deciaring the income tax unconstitutional after only $77,000 had been collected. His estimate for the year was $171,000,000 and the actnal receipts $143,246,000. Tt ZLynched at Midnight. KNOXVILLE, Texx., Nov. 21.—Charles Hurd, the negro who murdered Jasper D, Keeley near Harriman two days ago, was taken from glil at Warlburg by a mob, who effected an entrance by ~breaking down the jail doors, and lynched at mid- night last night. e Cruise After Smugglers. ST. JOHNS, N, F., Noy. 2L.—The reve- nue catter Fiona starts at midnight to- night on another cruise against the For- tune Bay smugglers, having information which it"is believed is certain to result in 4 number of new captures. ‘a it iy Buried by a Sandbank. LOUISVILLE, K., Nov. 21.—Six school boys were buried by a cave-in of a sand- bank at Twenty-eighth and Grayson streets this afternoon, two being killed and two injured. | bad been made defendants in actions for | al acts. | NOTED MEN PRESENT, Annual Dinner of the Home Market Club at Boston. PROTECTION IS NEEDED. President Stott Tells of the Vic- tories of Republicans in the East. THE DAWNING OF PROSPERITY. Warner Miller Points Out the Neces- sity of Seeking a Foreign Market for Products. BOSTON, M Nov. 21.—The annual dinner of the Home Market Club was held in Music Hall this evening. The huge auditorium was elaborately decorated for the occasion and plates were laid for about 500. The officers, speakers and guests were seated at tables which filled the platform. At the center of the head table sat the newly elected president of the club, Charles ! A. Stott of Lowell. On his right sat Hon. Warner Miiler of New York, Charles Emory of Philadelphia, General William F. Draper, Governor U. A, Wood- bury of Vermont, Hon. Elijah A. Morse, ex-Governor John B. Smith of New Hamp- shire, Hon. W. Beard, Hon. H. W. Haille, | E. P. Shaw, Hon. George Von L. Meyer | and J. P. Hutchinson. | At theleftof the president were: Hon. | Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee, Rev. E. { H. Capen, D.D., Hon. Joseph H. Walker, | Hon. E. H. Haskel, Hon. William I, Bent, Hon. William A. Russell, Jobn | Hopewell Jr., Frank W. Blood, Hon. John Simpkins and Hon. Jobn Shaw. It was nearly 8 o'clock when President Stott opened the speaking with a brief ad- dress, in which he reviewed the objects of the club. He said: “This club is not committed to any par- ticular rate of duties, but I believe I voice the sentiment of our members when I assert that justice demands protection from the raw as well as the manufactured product. My friends, the great battle of 1896 has already commenced. The Repub- | lican forces under command of ableleaders | have won signal victories all along the {line. New Jersev, -Maryland and Ken- | tucky are now inscribed upon the Repub- | lican banner, and we only wait the coming | of the great captain, Benjamin Harrison of | Indiana, or Levi P. Morton of New York, or William Allison of Towa, or Thomas B. | Reed of Maine, or William McKinley of | Ohio to lead us on to a National victory, | which will make it possidle for the new | century to dawn upon the most prosperous 1 and happy people the world has ever seen.”’ | President Stoti next introduced Hon. | Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia, | who spoke upon “True Americanism in ! Home Development, Commercial Expan- | sion and National Destiny.”” The next | speaker was Hon. Clay Evans, the Repub- | lican candidate for Governor of Tennessee last year and a Republican member of the famous Fity-first Congress. : Hon. Warner Miller of New York, who followed, spoke of the necessity of seeking a foreign market for our products, but said we need nos covet the possessions of Eu- rope in Africa or elsewhere, for we have lying at our doors to the south and at the Orient in the Pacific a market which will take all we have to give it if by wise states- | manship we cultivate such relations with | these, our neighbors, as will give us their friendship and take and hold their trade.” S S e HAKRISON IN THE RACE. Governor Matthews Talks of the Presi- dential Prospects. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 2L.—Hon. Claude Matthews, Governor of the State of i Indiana, reached the city this afternoon. | He is a guest of the Philadelphia Brigade, | who induced bhim to come to Philadelphia to lecture for them this evening at the | Academy of Music. A reporter called | upon the Governor this afternoon. | Do you think Harrison is a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomina- | tion?"" inquired the reporter. “Harrison is undoubtedly a candidate. Everybody in Indianaregards him as such. | There are localities, however, throughout | the State where McKinley has a strong following, and there is a great deai of | enthusiasm for him. Harrison, however, will have the united delegation from In- | dianapolis to the National Convention. | His supporters managed to talk down the | feeling for McKinley. You can’t find any one throughout the whole of Indiana who does not know that Harrison is a candi- date. That has been seen long ago. He | may say nothing himself, but those who {are his political friends know all about him, and they are working for him."” R ALGER ANSWERS SHERMAN, The General Much Disturbed by the Senator’s ¢ Recollections.” DETROIT, Micn., Nov. 21.—General Al- ger has replied ® tne charges made against him by Senator John Sherman in his sec- ond volume of Senator Sherman’s *Recol- lections.” The general guotes the references made to him on pages 1029 and 1032 of the book. General Alger says he should not intrude this matter at all upon the public “were it not for the fact that the Senator has ‘gone out of his way, it seems to me, to insult my friends as well as myself, this being, as far as I know, the first time he has put himself on record over his 'own name in | the matter, and what he writes would be less objectionable were it not that the sec- i ond word in the first paragraph 18 written in the present tense, showing the present state of his mind upon the subject.’” General Alger met Senator Sherman for the first time in hislife during the Ohio campaign of 1891 in a Lake Shore train, | which he boarded at Toledo. He con- tinues: “I find among my files the follow- ing autograph letter, which speaks for itself”: May 16, 18 General R. A. Alger—MyY DEAR Sir: Your very kind note of the 14th is received, I heartily reciprocate all you say, and assure you that since our interview on the cars last summer I cherish no prejudice or unkindness for the incident of the National €onvention of 1888. Isaidso to Colonel Duffield, and I re- peat it to you, Very sincerely yours, JOHN SHERMAN. General Alger quotes aletter from James Lewis, who was a delegate from Louisiana in 1888, who changed bis vote from Sher- man to Alger, declaring it was an injustice to charge the colored delegates with sell- SENATE CHAMBER, \\'A!Hmu‘mn,i 92. eV N e R e ing out. General Alger says,in conclu- sion: I will only add that if Senator Sher- man is willing to leave a record made up lurgely of adverse criticisms of the public men of his day, many of whom bhave passed from earth, he 15 welcome to the task. I am sure he stands alone among our public men who would be willing by his own act to blight the honorable record of the living and the dead.” PRESSURE OF THE POWERS. The Sultan to Be Forced to Yield in Armenian Afairs. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 21.—The Stand; will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople saying that the great coun- cil which assembled last night and was still sitting at the time the dispatch was sent is considering the question of admit- ting additional gunboats to the Bosphorus. All the Ministers and high civil, military and naval officers were sharing in the dis- cussion, as it is felt that the issue is of the gravest kind, The treaty of Paris renders it difhcult for the Sultan to refuse the demands that the powers make. If he should refuse it would possibly lead to the powers requesting that they be allowed to have three or four ves- sels each at Constantinople, instead of two each. Pessimists predict a stubborn re- sistance at the palace to the request of the powers and a possible rising should the boats appear. The writer of the dispatch believes that the palace will yield. SR HENRY F, POISNBY Death of the Noted General Who Was Victoria’s Private Secretary. As a Soldier He Made a Gallant Record and Fought Bravely in the Crimea. « LONDON, Exc., Nov. 21.—General Right Hon. Sir Henry F. Ponsonby, private sec- etary to her Mejesty the Queen, died at Osborne Cottage, Cowes, this mornming. He was 70 years of age, He had been ill and incapaciated for several months. General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fred- erick Ponsonby, K.C.B., P.C., was the son of Major-General the Right Hon. Henry F. Ponsonby, and was born at Corfu in 1825. After receiving a profes- sional education at the Royal Military Col- 1ege, Sandhurst, he was appointed ensign in the Forty-ninth Regiment in 1842. After being transierred to the Grenadier Guards he was appointed aid-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and in 1849 was made private secretary to the Earl of Clarendon, an office which he held under Lords St. Germans and Carlisle, while Viceroys of Ireland. In 1855 he joined the Grenadier Guards in the Crimea and served at the siege of Sebastopol. At the conclusion of the war he was appointed Equerry to the Prince Consort, and after Lxs Royal Highness’ death, proceeded to Canada, where he commanded a battalion of the Grenadier Guards. On April 8, 1870, he was appoint- ed private secretary to her Majesty the Queen, and in October, 1878, keeper of her Majesty’s private purse. He was a mem- berof the Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the order of the Bath, Knight of the third elass of the order of Medjidieh, receiver-general of the Duchy of Lancaster and one of the Roval Commissioners in the exhibition of 1 He was stricken with paralysis at O: ne cottage, Isle of Wight, on Janua last, eince which time he has been in a more or less critical condition. DISCOVERED A SHORTAGE Result of an Inventory of Militia Stores of Kan- sas. Peculiar Manner in Which the State Became Indebted to the Government. TOPEKA, Kaxs.,, Nov. 2L.—Adjutant- General Fox, who bas just completed an inventory of the militia stores of the State, finds that it is indebted over $7000 to the National Government for equipment and clothing which cannot be accouated for. Congress appropriated $400,000 a year for the maintenance of the National Guard, and it 1s distributed in stores to the vari- ous States in proportion to their respective Congressional representation. Kansas is given a little over $3400. It must be ac- counted for to the War Department as other military stores issued by the Gov- ernment. Kansas has drawn regnlarly against its appropriation, receiving arms, ammuvition and clothing. Instead of making annual inventories the adjutant-general carried an ‘‘on hand” account on his books. When Adju- tant-General Fox came in he receipted only for the supplies actually on hand, and now his inventory shows that the ‘on hand’ account carries over §7000 worth of supplies that do not exist. When a com- pany has been disbanded its guns and other supplies have not been returned to the State and the stores have been lost in otber ways. The only way to square the account with the Government is to make a frank statement of the shortage and begin anew. The War Department might then take it up and run down the crookedness if any. RS T WAGNER'S FIRST VICTORY. The Ex-Priest Acquitted on a Charge of Embezzlement. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 2L.—Ex-priest Dominick Wagner won his first victory to- night when he was acquitted on the charge of embezzlement of the funds of St. Mary’s parish, the one over which he presided until he induced his present wife, then Miss Maud Steidel, to run off to Chicago, where he had arranged to join her after the storm had blown over. He wasar- raigned in the Criminal Court this fore- noon charged with the embezzlement of $1500 of parish funds. A great deal of bitterness was manifested in the trial, the two factions taking action to do what was vossible for their cause. When all of the evidence had been heard the attorneys for Wagner demurred to the case presented, on tri:e ground that it did not show that the priest had exceeded his .authority. The jury were instructed to return a ver- dict to that effect, which was done. The courtroom was packed to suffocation with interested s tors. The abduction charge against Wagner is set for trial next week. A CRREY S A Court Chaplain’s Conduct. DRESDEN, GermMANY, Nov. 2L—The Nachrichten says that Emperor William has ordered a disciplinary inquiry against tle Rev. Dr. Stoecker, the court chaplain, directing that, in the meantime, Dr. Stoecker abstsin from performing clerical functions. The inqng‘y relates to Dr. Stoecker’s knowledge of the guilt of Baron von Hammerstein, the absconding editor of the Kreuz Zeitung. ‘ TROOPS FROM KOREA, Japan Will No Longer Keep a Force in That Country. a DISGUST OF STATESMEN. The Tai Won-Kun Has Again Established His Power at Seoul. DICTATED A SHAMEFUL EDICT Prominent Army Officers of the Mikado in Custody on a Charge of Treason. TOKIO, Jarax, Nov. 6.—The exact terms of tne convention concluded in Peking on November 4 for the restoration of the Liaotung Peninsula to China are kept se- cret for the present. The facts that China has agreed to pay 30,000,000 taels; that the money is to be at once handed over to the Japanese legation in London, and that the evacuation of the peninsula is to take place within three monthsare well known. But there isalsoa clause not yet published by which China pledges herself not to cede the peninsula to any other nation orto grant to a foreign power any special privileges connected with the territory. The withdrawal of the Japanese troops wiil commence at once, and it is probable that the operation will be completed and that the restoration of the perinsula will become an accomplished fact before the close of the year. Meanwhile, as Japan has dismantled the fortresses at Talien and Port Arthur and destroyed the dockyard at the latter place, many years must elapse before the peninsula can recover its old significance from a military point of view. Japan has decided to withdraw her troops from Korea. She never contem- plated keeping them there permanently, but it is possible that if her programme of reform had met with greater success she might have been disposed to make a more continuous effort for the preservation of public peace and good order in the penin- sular kingdom. Her statesmen, however, seem to be thoroughly disgusted with Korea. They see plainly that to push the country into the path of progress would require constant and often forcible inter- ference in its administrative affairs. No reliance whatever can be placed on the progressive instinets of the Koreans them- selves, and to civilize them by force would expose Japan's action to great misconcep- tion. She has accomplished her object by freeing the peninsula from China’s effete | protectior. and by securing from the great ! powers of the West a constructive-declara- ton of its independence. Hence she thinks that the time has come to with- draw her troops, and though by superficial observers this step will be falsely inter- preted as an abandonment of her self- assumed mission in Korea, it is, in trath, quite consistent with her policy through- out. S8he néver had any real object except to avert the occupation of the peninsula by Russia, and that is practically attained. With the settlement of the Liaotung question, the withdrawal of the Japanese troops from Korea and the complete sub- jugation of Formosa, peace may be said to be finally restored in the East. All sorts of rumors have been recently circulated, the general tendency being to attribute to Russia warlike designs against Japan. These conjectures are based chiefly upon the fact that Russia has raised her Pacific fleet to an exceptional strength, People cannot believe that so many ships have been brought from Europe for nothing. But the truth is that Russia, not having been accustomed to play a leading part in the affairs of the far East, entertains a somewhat exaggerated estimate of the force suitable for that role. She hasas- sembled a large number of ships rather {o justify her new status than to pursue belligerent designs, and, on the whole, the effect of her display of strength has been to avert warlike complications. Allout- standing issues having now been disposed of, an era of tranquility man be expected, the anti-foreign, or anti-Christian lawless- ness of the Chinese population being the only dark spot on the immediate horizon. The war with China bas cost Japan an- oiber imperial life. Prince Arisugawa, uncle of the Emperor, died Jast year irom an illness contracted at Hiroshima, the heavy work falling upon him as chief of the staff having undermined his constitu- tion; and now the country has to mourn the decease of his Imperial Highness Prince Kitashirakawa, cousin of the Em- peror. The Prince commanded the Guards throughout their arduons campaign in Formosa. Onthe 8th of October, just as the insurgents had been completely quelled, his Imperial Highness was at- tacked at Tainan by the terrible malarial fever for which the igland is notorious. He expired on the h of the same month, but, in accordance with the eti- quet of the Japanese court, no official announcement of the fact was made until the corpse had been carried to the Prince’s valace in Tokio—that is to say, until No- vember 5. Lieutenant-General Viscount Miura, who represented Japan in Korea at the time of the recent conp d’etat; Colonel Mayabara, who commanded the Legation Guards, and several other officers and officials, as well as private persons, were arrested immedi- ately on reaching Japan, whither they had been ordered to réturn, and are now under- going criminal examination. They num- ber “about fifty, and are believed to com- vprise all the responsible Japanese that took. any part in the coup d’etat. - The Japanese Government’s theory in arraigning Vis- count Miura on a criminal charge is not wmerely that innocent lives were sacrificed and the public peace disturbed by an emeute for which he was in great part re- sponsible, but also that he was guilty of e —————————————— Great Cures Proved by the voluntary statements of thonu'nndl of men and women, show that gzu& s %arnag-nlln pu{mu al;‘d enrjches ood, and cures catarrh, 1l ati scrofula and all blood aiseases. s Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. $1; 6 for $5. Hood’s Pills oy fo bur, asv toteke, treason in directly contravening the in- structions issued to him by the Ministers of the Crown at the time of his appoint- ment to the legation in Seoul. Mhe Viscount is a profound believer in Buddhism and therefore holds the doctrine of fatality. When required to choose be- tween obeying his instructions or suffering the cause of progress in Korea to go by the board, he seems to have thought that he himself was the particular link destined to complete the circle of the kingdom's fate. | He is therefore quite resigned to the ills that have overtaken him. ceration he has refused to see any of his friends or relatives and devoted his time to religious meditation and the perusal of the sutras. s The Tai Won-kun is firmiy established in the seat of power in Seould@nd is begin- ning to show that his old imperiousness 2nd cruel instincts are as dominant as ever. It was he who dictated the shame- ful edict reviling and deposing the mur- dered Queen. [t was supposed at first that the King bad signed the edict, but the truth now ascertained is that he declared that he would rather have his hand cut off than perform such an act. Thus the edict appeared over the signa- tures of the Cabinet Ministers only. The general belief is that the situation has many elements of instability. Above all, the Tai Won-kun himself is an object of suspicion. Twice in the past he endeav- ored to depose his son, the King, seeking to replace him, first, by another son, and secondly, by his favorite grandson. To procure the crown for the latter is stiil be- lieved to be the most cherished desire of the old Prince’s life, and, if he pursues it, fresh disturbances must be anticipated. Meanywhile, the grotesque proposal that the King should assume the title of Em- peror has been abandoned in deference to the protests of the foreign powers, espe- cially Japan. To save their face the Korean Ministers contrived a kind of mock pageant, in which the title was solemnly offered to the King, and, by prearrange- ment, solemnly declined. The prcposals of surrender made by the Black Flag chief Liu to the Japanese commanders included a stipulation that Liu himself should receive $100,000 and each of his men $10 with a free passage to the mainland. Tt was certainly one of the coolest conceivable proposals, coming from a general in such a hopeless position. It has been ascertained that the destruc- tion of the steamer Kungpai was due toan explosion of gunpowder, not to the blow- ing up of her boilers, as was at first sup- posed. Of the foreigners on boara at the time six lost their lives, the third engineer alone being saved. About 500 Chinese per- ished. The disaster occurred on the morn- ing of the 14th of October. The steamer had on board 700 soidiers when the powder explosion set heron fire. Thecrew worked hard for more than half an hour to extin- guish the flames, but in vain, and another explosion, probably from the boilers, fol- lowed. The captain and chief officer, being wounded by the first explosion, were laid in a boat to be brought in shore, but the soldiers crowding into the boat, the davits broke and the boat was smashed by the heavy sea running at the time. The steamer sank in shalow water and the survivors, one foreigner and 200 soldiers, were sitiing on the wreck for seventeen hours, the sea being too heavy for any boat to reach thewmn. John Dillon Marvied. LONDON, Ex6., Nov. 21.—The marriage of John Dillon, member of Parliament, to Miss Elizabeth Matthew, daughter of Jus- tice Matthew of the Queen’s Bench Higi Court of Justice, took place this morning at the oratory at Brompton. Right Rev. Francis_Maccormack, Bishop of Galway, who officiated at_tbe ceremony, read a telegram from the Pope bestowing a Papal benediction upon Dillon and his wife. i v Intercepted Government Messages. COLON, Coroxsia, Nov. 21.—There has lately been discovered at the house of Joseph Bonita Guitan, at Bogota, a tele- raph operator who has been 1nterceptin, rovernment messazes. At the moment o! his arrest there were found on a table near the apparatus a very important dispatch, sent by one of the Secretaries of State, and also copies of other communications. bl e Avbitration of Labor Disputes. PARIS, Fraxcg, Nov. 21.—The Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies made a motion to-day urging econsideration of the bill introcuced by M. Jaurez (Socialist) pro- viding for the arbitration of labor dis- putes. Prime Minister Bourgeois opposed SHIVER, SHAKE, SNEEZE, SICK. Neglected buying ;— your Overcoat or Ulster ;— Winter’s bound to come. We haven’t the cheapest Overcoats or Ulsters in town ;—but as good as we know how to make, or find them. OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS— $10, $12.50, $15, $17.50, $18, §20, $22.50, $25, $27.50. $30, §35, $40,845, $55. 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