The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1895. ALLNOT WITHDRAWN Japan Will Leave Some Troops to Guard Korea. WRATH AGAINST RUSSIA. Reports of Bitter Feeling and Warlike Preparation Exaggerated. AFTER THE COUNT ITO CABINET. Members of the Opposition Tempo- rarily Defeated by an Unex- pected Movement. TOKT0, Jaran, Nov. 16.—The statement that Japan intends to immediately with- draw all her troops from Korea has been ially denied. There is no ques- tion of withdrawing all the troops. A cer- tain force must be retained in the penin- sula for the protection of the legation and consulates, and to assist in preserving public peace and good order until the bodies of Korean police and troops, now being organized and trained according to Western methods, shall have acquired competence to discharge that function without foreign aid. The troops to be withdrawn are those hitherto employed for purely military purposes, thatis to say, for preserving the telegraphic and com- missariat lines from Korea to Japan’s po- sitions in Manchuria, which positions being now on the verge of rendition to China, there ceases to be any occasion for maintaining communication with them through Korea. It is a mistake to imagine, as many European and American journals do, that Japan is imbued with bitter wrath against Russia and is increasing her military and naval armaments merely for the purpose of flying at the northern power’s throat as soon as she feels strong enough to do so. The fact is that, although the inevit- able antagonism between Japan and Rus- sia has been emphasized by the events of the present year, Russia’s conduct has not offered any strong incitement to Japanese anger. Japan is not so unreasonable as to ecome enraged because a foreign State insists upon asserting its manifest inter- ests. If there are any solid reasons for Japan’s objection to a Russian occupation of Ko there aie equally solid reasons for Ru s objection to a Japanese occu- pation of Manchuria. Either contingency would place a warlike ple within striking d one of the other’s bord , and both States are mani- fest!, istified in making every effort to avert such a danger. Thus Japan, appreciating Russia’s mo- tives, is not exasperated by the course that the St. Petersburg statesmen have pur- sued, especially since it has been marked by perhaps h courtesy and forbear- ance asw ible under the circum- stances. Germany’s action it was that really exasperated Japan, for no German interests were directly concerned and the procedure taken at Berlin meant simply that Japan sacrificed on the altar of ropean polit There is considerable political uneasiness in Japan at present. Now that the conven- tion relating to the rendition of the Liao- tung peninsula has been concluded and no foreign es of pressing importance remain to be immediately settled the oppo- sition find the public more disposed to lis ten to their arraignmentof the Cabinet Ministers than was recently the case. Whether the latter in demanding cessions of Manchurian territory asked for more than they could hope to retain, or whether they did not make suflicient efforts to re- tain what they nad asked for, they are cer- tainly open to the charge of having ex- posed the nation to a grievous humiliation in the hour of victory. The Tto Cabinet shows a strong disposi- tian to respect this theory by retiring from office, and pourparlers have been for some time going on with the object of organiz- ing a new Cabinet, in which Count Mats- ukata, who from the first objected to any demand for territory in Manchuria, and Count Okuma, the head and front of the parties opposed to the Government, should occupy leading places. But just asan ar- rangement seemed to be coming within sight the situation has been complicated by an evident resolution on the part of the strongest political association in the coun- try to throw in its lot with the present Cabinet. No Japanese statesmen have ever commanded the avowed support of | animportant party in the House of Rep- resentatives, and if the Ito Cebinet, by remaining in office, can bring about the inauguration of that very wholesome feature of constitutional government they will hesitate to resign their portfolios. Hence it is impossible at the moment to predict anything definite. But there is a general feeling either that a reconstruc- tion of the Cabinet wiil take place or that an event will occur hitherto unprecedent- ed, namely, an open coalition between the Government and a great political party. The meeting of the Japanese Diet, which generally occurs in the latter days of November, will not take place this year until the 25th of December. The delay is due to difficulty in preparing Government bills for military and naval development. The War Office authorities elaborated at the outset a programme too extensive to receive the Government’s indorsement ana the work of recasting involved delay. Meeting on Christmas day the Diet will rise almost immediately for the New Year’s recess, but the standing commit- tees will remain in session, and as the law of the houses provides that the budget committee shall present its report within fifteen days after receiving the draft esti- mates it will be possible for the lower house to proceed to the debate imme- diately on reassembling (January 10) after New Year's. The public awaits the issue of the estimates with great impatience, as they will show exactly what standard of military and naval development the Gov- ernment considers to be within the capacity of the national resources. The funeral of Prince Kitashirakawa, colonel of the Imperial Guards, took place on November 11. It was a very imposing affair, the cortege requiring nearly an hour and a half to pass a given point. No foreigner joined the procession, members of the foreign corps diplomatique and other Western friends or acquaintances of the deceased having proceeded direct to the cemetery. Tield Marshal Viscount Nozu, who commanded the First Army in Manchuria after the recall of Marquis Yamagata, has been appointed command- | | place. ant of the guards in succession to the late Prince. The facts that a newsvaper has been started in Peking and that a reform club has been organized are enthusiastically referred to as signs that China is at length awakening from the sleep of centuries. Itis difficult to found any solid hopes on such tokens. China can never enter the path of progress until the present admin- istrative system is radically changed, and that can hardly be so long as the Manchu dynasty rules. Where the personal inter- ests of every official make for conserv- atism, the chances of reform are small. Itis alleged that the French priests at Chengtu, having inspected the bodies of the six men executed nominally for the anti-Christian riots, found them to be wretched looking persons who had evi- dently lain a long time in prison, and must have been originally incarcerated for some other offense. It is plain that if Chinese officials choose to resort to such devices there is little to prevent them. Men lying in prison under sentence of death can always be carried out and exe- cuted to expiate a crime that they never committed. If the accounts thus far published be correct, the plot recently formed to seize Canton partook of the character of a genuine reform movement. The ring- leader, Huang, had been for many years abroad, spending his time in the United States, in England and in Germany. Possessed of wealth, social status, and a wide circle of friends in his natiye province of Kuangtung, he was easily able to foment discontent against the corrupt, un- progressive and incapable government of his country, and jhis propaganda found favor with emigrants returning from abroad, so that soon a very large number— 3000 men, it is said—were pledged to sup- port his scheme of overthrowing the dynasty. The capture of Canton would have placed the insurgents in an excellent posi- tion to procure arms and ammunition as well as supplies of money, and, moreover, numerous accessions to the ranks of the rebels were expected from among the literati of the city. The programme was to start the insur- rection at three points simultaneously in the north of the province, and when the troops had thus been drawn off from Can- ton to seize the city. As usual the cer- tainty of reward as an informer compared with the chance of it as a successful rebel induced one of the associates to betray the plot. But it is alleged that only a very small fraction of the rebels have been arrested, and at any rate the affair indi- cates that possibly there may arise from among the Chinese themselves a leader who, in his position as a usurping sov- ereign, would be compelled to centralize the administration and thus eliminate the provincial interests at present fatal to progress. L MURDER OF KOREA'S QUEEN. Savage Ferooily of the Assassins in the Palace. TACOMA, WasH., Nov. 20.—The officers of the steamship Tacoma, which has just arrived from the Orient after a perilous trip, give vivid accounts of the facts at- tendant upon the assassination of the Queen of Korea. It was a cruel murder, committed under the light of day, and occurred early 1n the morning of the 8th of October. The murder was participated in by some 200 Korean soldiers with Jap- anese officers, known as “troops of the household.” This band went to old Prince Tai Won Kun and prevailed upon him to gccom- pany them to the Palace. Opon arriving there they were let in by side doors (this fact proving that there were traitors in- side), while a large number scaled the walls. A Japanese officer with a small guard made a feeble attempt to stop the work of the assassins, but with poor suc- cess. The Palace guards, who should have been on hand in considerable numbers, reported only fourteen for action. A short skirmish resultedgin ths Palace falling into the hands of the rebels, who soon surrcunded the Queen’s quarters and entered her apartments, and not being sure who they were murdering, com- menced the carnage by killing all the ladies-in-waiting present. The Queen and her maid were dragged a long distance by the hair of the head and placed in sacks. They were then carried to the grove in the rear of the palace, which is called Deer Park, where they were murdered and burned. The soldfers had prepared for this purpose a pile, on which the bodies were laid, ana over this was poured a large quantity of oil. The torch was applied, the flames shot upward and soon all were ashes. The assassins were methodical in their plans. Old Prince Tai Won Kun, as he was in enmity with the Queen, probably gave the orders. The Queen’s mother, on learning the fate of her daughter, commit- ted suicide. In the massacre some thirty Korean men and women wers killed. The Koreans say that this is Japanese civilization with a vengeance and that it is the second time these atrocities have taken Count Inouye was considered an excellent and valuable man by a great many, and should have remained in Korea during its unsettled state. His successor is a man of inferior caste. AR O THE NTRUDERS, Cherokee Legislators Determined to Shut Out Their Pale- face Brothers. The Sharp Inter-Marriage Bill Con- sidered Another Nail in the Inclosure. TAHLEQUAH, I T., Nov. 29.—The Sharp inter-marriage bill, passed by the Cherokee Legislature with only one dis- senting vote in the Senate and five in the Council, provides for the entire repeal of the present inter-marriage law and that no non-citizen shall hereafter be adopted into the Cherokee tribe by marrying a Chero- kee, Shawnee or Delaware Indian. It also provides that those who have already be- come bona fide citizens by marriage shall continue to enjoy all the rights of citizens under the old law. This is another nail put in the inclosure to keep out the white man. The full- bloods, who control both branches of the Legislature, are trying to close up every means of entrance; in fact, to put a stone wall around their territory. It is thought that Chief Mayes, who is a progressive half-blood, will veto the bill, but, should be do so. the full-bloods are prepared to pass it over his veto. In the Muskogee court J. O. Cobb, an in- trader, bas sued Mrs. Lynch, a Cherokee citizen, for $11,000 for rents and damages on his confiscated property, which the Cherokee nation, after confiscating, sold to her. This will be a test case, and if the Cherokee nation wins it will sound the death knell of the intruders, BEATEN BY REGULARS Defeat of the Insurgents in Two Important Battles. FIVE HUNDRED KILLED. Spanish Batteries Caused Great Havoc in the Ranks of the Cubans. REBELS BADLY HANDICAPPED. It Is Feared That Their Army in the West Is in a Very Pre- carious Condition. BOSTON, Mass., Nov.29.—A dispatch to a morning paper from Santiago de Cuba, dated the 20th, says: News has just reached this city of two large battles fought on the 15thand 16th inst. near Puerto Principe. A portion of the insurgent army of the East on its way to re-enforce the army at present combat- ing with the Spanish advance from the direction of Havana was surprised by an equally large body of regulars, mostly cav- alry, who had been scouring the country for the purpose of putting a stop to the demolishment of railroad lines and the alleged terrorizing of the inhabitants of the suear plantations. The insurgents were totally unprepared for the attack. They rallied immediately and made ‘a desperate stand in the woods, but the Spanish batteries soon silenced their fire and caused them to retreatto the head- quarters of the Eastern Division, near Santiago de Cuba. The battie on the 16th, fought near the same spot, proved another victory for the regulars. A force of insur- gents, numbering about 300, were caught in a trap by Spanish cavalry and with the exception of a few, who managed to escape, killea or captured. The insurgents’ loss in both battles is stated at nearly 500 men, while a similar number were taken prisoners. In insur- gent ranks it is feared that the army now operating in the west at the approach to Havana isin a very precarious condition, as each day the Spanish field army is in- creasing in force and some desperate figh?- ing is expected. The insurgents are at all points heavily handicapped by the power of the Spanish field batteries, which thus far have caused more destruction in the insurgent ranks than from any other cause. Another dispatch from Havana says that General Campos has returned to that city for the purpose of sending re-enforcements to the front and to confer with the authori- ties. He states that his campaign is pro- gressing rapidiy and tbat Le is constantly forcing the insurgents backward. The Spanish authorities deny all state- ments that re-enforcements are teing landed for the insurgents. The cordon of warships has proved very effective und the filibustering expeditions have kept clear of the island. e NOT CHASED BY THE SPANISH. Indignant Denials Made by the Crew of the Horsa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 29.--United States Commissioner Bell gave a hearing to-day to Captain J. H. 8. Wiborg, Chief Mate James P. Peterson and Second Mate H. J. Johansen of the Danish fruit steamer Horsa, who were arrested on a warrant sworn out by Jose Congosia, Spanish Con- sul in this city, on the charge of carrying a Cuban filibustering expedition when she left this port on November 9. The steward, first assistant engineer and other witnesses gave testimony that the Horsa was not boarded by any person after she cleared the Delaware breakwater until she reached Port Antonio, Jamaica, and denied that there were any additions to the crew of twenty-five at any time during the voyage. These replies were brougbt about by a series of questions put in various forms with the object of proving that a party of Cuban filibusters boarded the vessel while she was at sea. John Matsen, a sailor, and Henry Col- thorst, the third cook, augmented their testimony by declarations that the Horsa was not chased by a Spanich gunboat off the coast of Cuba, as was chronicled. This important point was brought out by Cap- tain Kerr, counsel for the defendants. Captain Kerr then attempted to show that an effort had been made to bribe Colthorst on behalf of the Spanish authorities in this case, and the witness went so far as to make an affirmative reply, but the ex- aminer ruled out this testimony on the ground of irrelevancy. Commissioner Bell refused to place the defendants’ witnesses under bail, as the District Attorney requested, but held the witness, Arnston, under $400 bail and con- tinued the case uutil Monday, December 16. The defendants were held in $10¢0 bail each. It was agreed that in the event of the Horsa not having returned from Port Antonio by the 16th prox., the case would be continued day by day until the steamer’s arrival. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—A cipher cablegram received to-day in this city by Enrique Trujillo, editor of the Cuban newspaper, El Porvenor, announces the safe arrival near Santiago de Cuba of a small expedition of twelve men under leader Mariano Torres, coming from Ja- maica. The expedition arrived on -the 19th inst. carrying 60,000 cartridges and 160 rifles. L Rr G R NOTHING TO DO WITH SPAIN. Arrested the Captain and Mate of a Nor- wegian Steamer. WILMINGTON, DeL.,, Nov. 20.—War- rants sworn out to-day by the Spanish Consul, Jose Congesta, were served late this afternoon at the yards of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company by Deputy United States Marshal Hughes. They were against Frederick Svance, captain, and Ragnan Christiansen, first officer of the Norwegian steamer Leon. The men were found on the wharf. When the war- rants, signed by Congesta as complainant, were read, Captain Svance pointed to the boat and said: **What have I to do with Spain? This is a Norwegian vessel.” The two officers, accompanied by Super- intendent Benson of the ship-building firm, were taken to the Federal building, where they were arraigned before United States Commissioner Smith, charged with violating the neutrality laws under section 5286 of the Federal statutes, They pleaded not guilty and Captain Benson went their security for their appearance at noot to- morrow. The accused men expressed a wish to have their case transferred to Phil- adelphia and the question will be settled to-morrow. No levy was made upon the steamer and she was not searched. RIGID ECONOMY IN ORDER. The Republican Programme Prohibits Lavisn Expenditures. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Rigid econ- omy in public expenditures will be the Re- publican programme for next winter. Mr. Reed has impressed this necessity upon a number of the olaer members whom he honors with his confidence. This does not mean that a ‘‘cheese-paring’’ policy will be adopted, or that great public works now in process of construstion will be discon- tinued in order to reduce appropriations. But it does mean that not a dollar will be expended unnecessarily. It means, too, that no money will be voted for public buildings except where urgent necessity exists. It is also under- stood to mean that the River and Harbor Committee will be so constituted as to re- duce those appropriations to the lowest point consistent with the needs of the Government. Mr. Reed has not, so far as can be learned, formulated any policy with re- spect to tariff or financial legislation. Not only he, but the other Republican leaders in the House, are disposed to await the President’s message before deciding what course the party shall pursue upon this and other questions of National import- ance, . — e CAPTAIN HEALY DETACHED. The Veteran Revenue Officer No Longer Commands the Bear. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—Secre- tary Carlisle to-day detached Captain Michael Healy from the command of the revenue cutter Bear, and placed him on waiting orders. Captain Healy is in poor health, and unless he improves it is not probable that he will again be assigned to active duty. { Second Lieutenant Chester M. White of the Bear, who recently forwarded his resignation to the Treasury Department by telegraph, arrived here on Wednesday, and, after an interview with Assistant Sec- retary Hamlin, withdrew his resignation. Lieutenant White was then detached from the Bear and has been ordered to report at the Boston station for duty. Lieuten- ant White has not withdrawn his charges against Captain Healy, and so far Cap- f]nin Healy’s answer has not been received ere. T0 CARE FOR THE LEPERS Surgeon - General Wyman Asks for a National Hospital. If Congress Carries Out His Wishes the Establishment Will Be on This Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—Sur- geon-General Wyman of the United States Marine Hospital has made a report to Sec- retary Carlisle which will soon be made public. He recommends that Congress pass an appropriation for a National hos- pital for lepers. He does not recommend any amount of money nor any particular location, but if Congress carries out his wishes the hospital will be on the Pacific Coast, and in all probability near San Francisco. The recommendations of Dr. Wyman are in line with an address he made on this subject in Washington some months ago before the Congress of American Physi- cians and Surgeons. In 1889 a circular was issued by-the Surgeon-General forbid- ding the entry of any vessel unless a cer- tificate was shown that the vessel had no lepers aboard. Dr. Wyman said in his ad- dress that the immigration law of the United States providing for medical in- spection of immigrants forpids the landing of immigrants afflicted with loathsome or contagious diseases, and furnished an ad- ditional protection akainst importation of cases of leprosy. These laws and regula- tions have in a measure at least been effec- tive. “I am informed by the sanitary in- spector stationed at Havana,” he says, “that several persons afflicted with leprosy desiring to immigrate to Florida have been debarred from so doing by reason of these restrictions. National control of leprosy within the United States has been frequently advocated, particularly by State and municipal boards of health when finding such cases upon their hands and desirous of being relievea of their care. The arguments for such control, of course, are based uvon the presumption of contagiousness of the disease (even though moderately contagious) and upon the claim that where no segregation of cases or no supervision of cases not colonized is enforced the disease gradually increases in prevalence, and that where segregation or colonization? has been en- Sorceftbe disease has been made to dis- appear. One reason alleged for a National establishment is the fact that in some States the disease is of so rare occurrence that the erection of a special hospital or place of confinement for lepers is scarcely justified, and it is desirable, therefore, that there should be established an asylum to which any of the States might send these unusual but highly objectionable | patients. Eeu SeGRiE Captain Bassett Dying. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—A very unfavorable change is reported this even- ing in the condition of Captain Isaac Bas- sett, the venerable doorkeeper of the United States Senate, who has been con- fined to his bed by a serious illness for a long period. There are grave fears that he cannot survive the night. P Al Contracts for Gunboats. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—Con- tracts for the construction of two gunboats awarded to the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, were signed at the Navy De- partment to-day, Irving M. Scott repre- senting the company. rEl S Contract for a Lightship. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.—The contract for the building of lightship 67 was to-day awarded to J. . Stefin of Port- land, Or., at $69,700. —e MOLONEY XYET AFTER THE TRUST. Gas Stock Sold on a Rumor That He Was Very IU. CHICAGO, Iin., Nov. 29.—Attorney- General Moloney, who has been ill at the Leland Hotel here for a week, was sble to come to nis Chicago office to-day, and while there announced that the reorgani- zation plan of the Chicago gas trust was iven him at his hotel last Wednesday. 'he Attorney-General said: “I have not exsmined the document closely, and beyond reading it I have given the contents no consideration. I cannot say now whether the plan will be acceptable to me. It will have to conform strictly to the laws of Illinois against such combinations,” After a brief stay at his office, Mr. Moloney left for Ottawa, where he will re- main until he has entirely recovered his health. News came to the Stock Exchange to-day that Wall street was selling Chicago gas on a report that Attorney-General Moloney was dangerously ill. St g General Colborne Dead. LONDON, Exc., Nov.29.—The death is announced at Honiton of General Col- borne. He first saw service in the Cana- dian rebellion of 1338, MERCUR GOLD STRIKE Vast Fields of Ore Found Around the Utah Town. WILD RUSH FOR CLAIMS. A Yellow-Streaked Lode That Promises to Yield Many Fortunes. UNLIMITED 1IN QUANTITY. It Surpasses in Richness and Scope the Famous South African Region. SALT LAKE, Uran, Nov. 29.—Recent discoveries of vast gold fields have been made at Mercur, about sixty“tive miles south of Salt Lake City, which give every indication of making that place not only the largest and richest gold mining camp in America, but in the world. For about two years only one property has been operated, and that by the Mercur Gold Mining and Milling Company, and in that period it has paid dividends of over §600,000. It now appears that the valley for many miles in every direction contains ore equally as rich or richer than the Mercur Company’s property. Within a very short period, a district of seven by three miles has been almost entirely taken up, and fully 1000 miners and prospectors are at work. Three new mills have been started, and are now operating even more profit- ably than the original one. New discover- ies are being made daily, and there is great excitement. The extent of the surface in which the ore is found appears to be prac- tically unlimited, and the stock of numer- ous companies which have been recently incorporated is eagerly sought for at from 50 cents to $2 a share. Captain de Lamar, the multi-millionaire, recently obtained an orption to purchase the properties of the Mercur Comvany for $1,500,000. The option runs until January 6, and there is scarcely a doubt but that he will take it up. The ore is of a character different from any other gold ore in the world. It bears some resemblance to quartz, and is being treated by an adapted cyanide process. It is medium grade, running from $12 to $14 to the ton, although in spots it runsas high as $200, but the quantity of it seems to be practically unlimited. English experts who have thoroughly examined the ground say that in richness and scope this field is greater than those of South Africa. Pay ore is found at a depth of 200 feet. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Representative McLachlan Will Introduce a Bill to Improve San Pedro Harbor. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—Repre- sentative McLachlan is the only member of the California delegation who got in on the ground floor of the House organization. He went to the McDowell headquarters yesterday and signified his intention of voting for the combination. It issaid that Mr. McLachlan will be allowed to name one subordinate officer, although he was rather late in getting into the ring. The other California members will, it is be- lieved, support General Henderson for whatever position he wants, but Mr. Hen- derson has not much chance to win any- thing against the ‘“combine.” Representative McLachlan wills intro- duce a bill appropriating $300,000 for im- proving San Pedro harbor. He prefers San Pedro to_Santa Monica as a deep harbor site. It isexpected that the Southern Pa- cific will continue its fight against San Pe- droand in favor of Santa Monica, its own harbor. The clerk at the Hotel Normandie says Huntington is expected here to-morrow. This is sooner than he was expected to ar- rive, as he contemplated a trip into Mex- ico when he left San Francisco. Among bills to be ntroduced in Congress on Monday will be one by Grove Johnson, restricting immigration. He has another providing the manner of naturalizing aliens and one appointing Government engineers to report on needed improvements for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries. Mr. Johnson’s bill will not name any specific sum of money, but after the engineers make their report he will try to secure enough money, in addi- tion to the $130,000 already available, to make the entire sum a half million dollars in round numbers. Representative McLachlan wants about $500,000 for Los Angeles public buildings enlargement, and Mr. Johnson will ask for about §250,000 for San Jose. Mr. Hilborn will also irtroduce his bill for a public building at Oakland. Charles Barham of Santa Rosa, who is here, will act as his father’s secretary. J. W. R. Conrad was to-day apfmnted postmaster at Paynes Creek, Tehama County, Cal., vice P. M. Anderson, re- signed. Representative Hermann of Oregon an- nounces that one of his chief efforts this winter will be directed toward securing the construction of the Nicaragua Canal by the Government. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Owen Prunty, San Francisco; Thomas McGuillin, San Jose. Increase—William Roberts, Azusa; Wil- liam Phair, Yolo. Original widows—Ad- elaide Clark, Oakdale, L ae et GOING TO SEE CORBETT. Stuart Hopes to Arvange a Yight for Fitzsimmons. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 29.—Dan Stuart arrived here from Dallas, Tex., to-day en route to New York. “I shall personally see Corbett,” said Stuart, *‘and urge him to agree to meet Fitzsimmons. The latter has conceded everything to Corbett. I carry with me articles of agreement signed by Fitzsim- mons, with the understanding that Cor- bett can make any reasonable changes, Corbett is further given the right to choose the referee, all the Fitzsimmons party asks being»that a man well known in the sporting world be named. If Corbett does happen to refuse to meet Fitzsimmons, Maher will be accommodated.” AT S Won by Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Carn., Nov. 29.— The Santa Barbara baseball nine to-day defeated the Ventura boys badly on the diamond, scoring 25 to4. The two teams Enrted upon the most amicable terms, the ome club giving a banquet with sixty covers to the visitors. SLALANCnle . Withdrawals of Gold. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 29.—The sum of $1,250,000, gold, was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for export to Europe to-morrow. Of this amount $750,000 was in coin and $500,000 iu bars. It is stated that X. von Hoffman & Co. will Bold $500,000 of the $1,000,000 which they in- tend shipping to-morrow. It 1s also rumored that one or more firms may with- draw $1,000,000 early to-morrow for ship- ment by the European steamers, which do not sail until a late hour. The sum of $90,000 was deposited in the sub-treasury to-day. e SPECULATION IN COLORADO. Much Money Changing Hands in the Purchase of Stocks. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 29.—The Denver Mining Exchange was wild to-day and stocks made advances, some rushing up at great advances over Wednesday's quota- tions. Thebroker complained thatthe up- ward tendency of cheap stocks was not war- ranted and already they predict an early smash. It was impossible to fill buying orders because of this unexpected advange, and in some stocks offers in advance of the quotations failed to bring the sellers out. Dividend-paying stocks are now held for an expected skyrocket . Many holders of cheap stocks are turning their money only to reinvest. It is the demand for stocks which causes this advance in prices and nov the reports from the mines. The sales reported on the Denver Mining Ex- change amounted to $1,230,000. The three Colorado Springs exchanges ageregated $1,200,000, Pueblo §$88,000 and Cripple Creek $1,000,000. The Denver Real-estate Ex- chauge will open for mining stocks on Monday. A dozen new mining companies were incorporated to-day to operate in Cripple Creek. The capitalizations range from one to one and a half million dollars. LSO i Miners on a Strike. DENISON, Tex., Nov. 29. — Intelli- gence was received to-day to the effect that the miners in Indian Territory will strike. They number all told 10,000. The old scale of prices is demanded. It is more than likely thata general strike will take place, as the various mining companies cannot afford to pay more than they are already paying. General Jordon’s Funeral. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 29.—The funeral of the late General E. Jordon took place this morning at St. Francis Xavier Church. The ceremonies, in accordance with the wishes of the general, were with- out pomp or show. The great church was filled by friends. SR Failure of a Georgia Bank. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 29.—The Chatta- nooche National Bank of Columbus, Ga., one of the oldest institutions of the kind in the South, failed to open its doors this morning. The bank was heavily interested in tne Chattanooche Brewery, which has been ordered sold to satisfy creditors. H. P. Epping is president of the bank. S As to Ezeta’s Latest Scheme. SAN SALVADOR, Nov. 29.—Inquiries were made to-day respecting the rumors that a new conspiracy to favor Antonio Ezeta had been discovered with an at- tempt to seize one of the Pacific Mail steamers, but nothing could be verified. Here, in Government circles, the rumors are ridiculed as preposterous. Steamship men laugh at Ezeta and say this is another of his ridiculous schemes. The Govern- ment has ordered the arrest of General Figeroa, who is now uniting all the mal- contents under his tlag. e Death of Count Taafe, VIENNA, Avstris, Nov. 29.—Count Ed- ward Taafe, formerly Prime Minister of Austria, died this morning on hisestate at Eliachau, in Bohemia. He had been ill | for several months with heart affection and subsequently pyw®mia, GLASGOW, Scorraxp, Nov. 29.—A con- ference has been arranged between the Clyde shipbuilders and their striking or locked-out employes, and it is thought that there is now a prospect of a settlement of the trouble. A MILITARY INQUIRY. A Special Commission Investigating the Affairs of the Nationals. Companies C and G, better known as the Nationals, of the First Infantry Regiment are being investigated by the order of Gov- ernor Budd. Thnese companies are the oldest military organizations in the City and their armory on Ellis street, near Polk, is elegantly furnished. Naturally the other military companies are jealous, and from time to time rumors have been set atloat concerning the manner | in which the companies spent their appro- priations. 5 Complaints on these lines reached the Governor, who was not sorry to order an investigation, as he had been told that the Nationals had worked against him in politics. During the past fourteen years the Nationals have received $40,000 from the State. The _investigating commission is composed of Lieutenant- Colonel Fisher of the Governor’s staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Stone of General Di- mond’s staff, Major Jansen of the First Infantry and Major Duboce of General Warfield’s staff. : The board is instructed to ascertain how _this $40,000 has been dis- { bursed and whether or not in the proper direction. So far the inquiry, which was bezun Wednesday evening, has not been productive of startling develop- ments. The captains of both companies say they can account for every cent, and are not in the least worried over the in- quiry. — e - A Wise Minister. The potentate whas plainly agitated. “My couriers,” said he in angry tones to his Minister of War, *“‘inform me _that all is in readiness to squelch the rebels wko have dared to 3uesnon our authority, and vet I find you delaying the advance. If I thought there were any treachery—"’ “Have patience, O brother of the sun and boss of the moon,” replied the Minis- ter in the tone of oue who was sure of his ground. “We are but waiting for them to get out a set ofrf:ost:\ge stamps, which we will rush in and seize, and by the sale of them pay the whole expense of the war.” “Verily,”” said the admiring monarch, GETCHELL'S ROMANCE Rancher Beamish’s Fate Is Learned After Nine Years. FOUND. HIS SKELETON The Garments Inclosing It Are Identified by the Missthg Man’s Widow. NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY. Persons Suspected of Having Killed the Rancher Are Exonerated by the Find. PORTLAND, Og., Nov. 29.—After nine years the mystery surrounding the disap- pearance of Andrew Beamish, from his ranch near Getchell, in Snohomish County, has been cleared by the finding of his skeleton in the forest about two miles from his house. The discovery was made by a rancher named Trajack, a few days ago, while he was cutting a trail through the woods to Lake Cassidy. Trajack struck the skull first and thought it was a stone. On closer investi- gation he found that it was a skeleton, which had long since been stripped of its flesh. The clothing, protected by the fall of leaves, was in a better state of preserva« tion than might have been supposed. An examination of the clothing and effects satisfied the dead man’s widow, now Mrs. Jackson, that the remains were beyond doubt those of her former husband. She recognized the coat, which was lined with red flannel, and also two pocket-books, a comb and a watch. The money found on the body consisted of a $20 gold piece, two silver dollars, two halves and three 10-cent pieces. The watch had stopped at 6:50 o’clock. Beamish was a man of 53 years of age, and left home about 3 o’clock on the after- noon of September 14, 1886, leaving his wife and three children. That was the last seen of him. It was believed that he had been foully dealt with, and the marriage of his widow a short time afterward to a man named Roder or Rody, living near by, created much unfavorable comment. This man was not long afterward arrested and placed in jail at Snohomish on a charge of attacking one of the daughtersof Beamish, While in jail he committed suicide by hanging himself, but he left a statement implicating two women in the mysterious disappearance of Beamish. A close examination of the skeleton by the Coroner and others failed to reveal any evidence of assault or wounds, and the neighbors are fully satisfied that the widow of Beamish is exonerated from the unjust suspicion that had been cast upon her. As the widow of both Beamish and Roder, she came into possession of both their claims, and subsequeutly married a Mr. Jackson, with whom she is now living, Raining at Pasadena. 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