The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1895, Page 2

o . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895. e R A COMMITTEE NAMED Three Republicans and a Democrat to Watch . Mileage. STATEHOOD TO ARIZONA. Delegate Murphy Renews the Effort Made at the Last Session. A RESOLUTION ON ARMENIA. Objection Made to an Urgent Ap- in the Interests of Humanity. peal WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—The House remained in session to-day half an hour and then adjourned to Monday next. Terry (D.) of Arkansas, and Boataer (D.) of Louisiana, appeared and took the oath. aker Reed announced his first com- tee, that on mileage, consisting of ht of Barnham of Massachusetts, joint resolution, introduced by Long- ley (R.) of Maine, was agreed to, author- izing the printing of 3500 additional copies of the monthly statistical abstract, pub- lished by the Treasury Department. Delegate Murphy of Arizona introduced & bill granting statehood to the Territory he represented. The measure is similar to that passed by the House last Congress. Dingley (R.) of Maine presented a joint resolution providing for the printing of 3500 copies of the monthly summary of imports and exports and other statistics prepared by the Treasury Department for the useof Congress and for distribution abroad. He spoke of the important char- acter of this publication and the urgent necessity for these additional numbers. r a suggestion by Cannon (R.) of ois that the printing law be over- hauled by some cne, the joint resolution was agreed to. Baker (R.) of New Hampshire offered a resolution asking immediate cousideration thereof, and calling upon the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the House his action in regard to the expenditure of the aporopriation made in the agricultural act for the purchase and distribution of seeds and the printing and publication of farm- ers’ bulletins. Also, if seeds had not, in accordance with the statutes, been pur- chased. The Secretary is also asked to transmit a copy of each bid made for seeds, bulbs, cuttings, etc., 1n response to the-de- partment’s circular of April 27 last, to- gether with any correspondence thereon. McMillin (D.) of Tennessee suggested that inasmuch as the resolution was not in the usual form of resolutions of in- quiry, it be referred to an appropriate com- mittee to put into proper shape. Baker—Will the gentleman please state in what respect it is not in form? McMillin—Idonot t £ it is the cus- tomary thing to criticize an officer’s action in a resolution of this kind. Baker—I understand the resolution is exactly in the usual form. The Speaker—The gentleman from Tennessee (McMillin) objects and the reso- lution will be referred to the Committee on Agriculture when appointed. Walker (R.) of Massachusetts asked per- mission to have read a resolution to be printed in the Record. This occasioned a colloquy between Crisp (D.) of Georgia and the Speaker over a question of procedure. Crisp said that such requests would constantly be made and asked the Speaker whether or not the reading of the resolution, or what- ever the document was, wold insure it a vlace in the Record, aiter an objection had been made to its introduction. The Speaker replied that circumstances wonld have to determine the matter. In some-cases the printing of the document might be necessary to explain the action of the House. In this case, as the request was for reading and printing, an objection would keep it out of the Record. The resolution was as follows: WHEREAS, There are many naturalized eiti- zens of Armenian birth now resident in the United States; and whereas, the Turkish Government neither permits such naturalized citizens to re-enter its terri- tory to visit their families, nor,on the other hand, allows these families to come to this country; and whereas, such wives and chil- dren having the rights of American citizens by virtue of naturalization of the head of the family, have been and are exposed to outrage and destruction in the cities which have lately been given over to massacre, and plundered. Therefore be it Resolved, That the people of the United States, through their representatives in Congress as- sembled, hereby express their deepest abhor- rence and condemnatiop of the outrages thus committed on their American fellow-citizens, as well as upon other Christian residents of Turkey. Resolved, Further, that this House, composed of the immediate representatives of the people, pledges its hearty support to the executive branch of the Government in every measure jus- tified by international law and a common humanity to vindicate the rights of our fellow- citizens and of their families in Turkey and to hinder and prevent, as far as practicable, the continuance of the outrages and massacres in that land, . Turner (D.) of Georgia expressed the opinion that such a resolution should not be presented to the House in its present condition and be therefore objected. On motion of Cannon (R.) of Iilinois the House at 12:30 o’clock adjourned until Mond ay next, NEW BILLS INTRODUCED. Two Are for the Free and Unlimited Coin- age of Silver. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Among the bills introduced in the House to-day were the following: By Bowers (K.) of California—To estab- lish a postal savings bank department; re- pealing all laws authorizing the issue and sale of United States bonds; establishing a uniform rule of naturalization; prohib- iting officers or employes of National banks from holding an office in any sav- ings bank; prohibiting the appointment of aliens to offices or places of honor, trust or profit under the Government of the United States. By Wheeling (D.) of Alabama—Provid- ing for the purchase of gold and siiver bullion and its free coinage; creating a turiff ‘statistical bureay in the Treasury Department; to dispense with the proof of loyalty in pension cases; admitting Okla- homa to Statehood; providing for a civil government for Alaska. By Mercer (R.) of Nebraska—Granting the State of Nebraska the Fort Omaha 1 military reservation for a school for the National Guard of the State. By Meikeljohn (R.) of Nebraska—Pro- hibiting the sale of intoxicants to Indians. By Lacey (R.) of Iowa—Appropriating $50,000 for & public building at Oskaloosa, Iowa. By Andrews (R.) of Nebraska—Appro- priating §$200,000 for a public building at Hastings, Nebr. By Hartman (R.) of Montana—For the free coinage of silver. By Flinn (R.) of Oklahoma—For free homesteads on public lands in Oklahoma. Miller (R.) of Kansas introduced a reso- lution requesting the President, if, in his opinion, it is not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate to the House all information received by him or the State Department in regard to the arrest and trial of John L. Waller, a United States citizen, by the French authorities in the island of Madagascar and his imprisonment in France, includ- ing all correspondence between Edward Telfair Wetter, United States Consul at Madagascar, and Edwin F. Uhi of the De- partment of State, and all records, docu- ments and evidence in any way touching the matter in nis possession or in the possession of the State Department. AS TO IMMIGRANT TRAVEL Owing to the Southern Pacific’s Stand an Agreement Was Not Reached. Rumors as to Who Will Become Second Vice.President of the Santa Fe System. CHICAGO, ILr, Dec. 6.—Another day of fruitless endeavor to fix upon the proper proportion of immigrant business to be awarded the Southern Pacific was spent by the advisory committee of the South- western Clearing-house. The lowest that could be given was decided upon, but no agreement could be reached as to the actual amount to be finally allotted. Asa result of this failure to agree it is probablé that the entire committee will leave for New York on Sunday morning, there to meet with the Southern Pacific’s repre- sentative and talk the whole matter over. An afternooon paper publishes a state- ment that W. W. Finlay, now third vice- vresident of the Southern Railw will probably be chosen to fill the position of second vice-president of the Santa Fe, which is the only one for which a man has not yet been selected. The story goes that E. 8. Washburn, freight and traffic man- ager of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis, will be the m At the offices of the Santa Fe in this City it is denied that there has yet been any attempt to fill the vacant position. It is well known that the position was only created to be given to Aldace ¥. Walker, in case he should fail to be chosen chairman of the board of managers. Now that he has been so chosen, there is considerable doubt whether the place will be filled at all, and, if it should be, it will probably be filled by a financial man and not by a traffic man- ager. — FOR STEALING A BODY. Three Years’ Imprisonment the Sentence of @ Missouri Doctor. LINNETUS, Mo., Dec. 6.—Dr. B. G. Fox, a prominent physician of this city, found guilty of stealing the body of Mrs. Gates, w sterday sentenced to three years’ im- prisonment in the penitentiary. The case has made a great sensation in this community ever since the body of Mrs. Shaw was traced to Dr. Fox. The doctor has always stood well in_this community, tional was the fact that everything indi- cates that the body of Mrs. Gates was not the ftirst one the doctor had illegally han- dled. The trunk in which the body was found was nearty covered with the pasters put on in the Union depot at Kansas City. These, when counted. proved that the ghastly trunk bad passed through the depot seventeen times. It is believed that each time it contained a dead body. 1t is believed, moreover, that this was not by any means his only method of handling dead bodies, and that the doctor did a big business as a body-snatcher. e Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANE, La., Dec. 6.—Seven furlongs, Tom Sayre won, Miss Yong second, Mate third. Time, 1:28). Seven furlongs, Heretic won, Del Coronado second, Hewhouse third. Time, 1:29)4. One ' mile, Orinda_won, Ashland second, Robert batta third. Time, 1:43. One mile, Lightfoot won, Woolsey second, Peytonis third. Time, 1:42}4. Six furlongs, Souvenir won, Lucy Belle third. Time, 1:153 SR e Wheeling Around the World. CINCINNATI, Onro, Dec. 6.—Heinrich Horstmann of Prussia has arrived here on his trip around the world on a bicycle. He is to make the trip in two years, earn $1000, and, if he succeeds, will be given $5000 on his return to Dortmund. He will stop here eight days and lecture in Ger- man. From here he goes to New Orleans, and then to San Francisco by way of Ari- zona. Renaud second, . S e e Cut Down by the Ice. TOLEDO, Onro, Dec. 6.—The schooner Boscow bel, which was aground on the bar just off Turtle light, slipped over the bar last night as the water rose, dragged her anchor some distance and finally lost it. The ice was running freely at the time and cut the vessel down. She now lies at the bottom of the bay, with a large hole stove in her bottom. Preparations will be made to raise her before a freeze. g Seized an Illicit Still. ‘WILBER, NEER., Dec. 6.—Revenue offi- cers and United States Deputy Marshals late last night seized an illicit still on the premises of Albert Plecity,a Bohemian, in the eastern part of town. The appu- ratus was well constructed for whisky dis- tilling, but had been evidently in use only a short time. The apparatus was taken to Omaha and Plecity was placed under ar- rest. —_———— Married in Chicago. CHICAGO, IrL., Dec. 6.—The marriage of Miss Sophonisba Harrison, daughter of the late Carter H. Harrison, to Barrett Eastman, son of Colonel Eastman, was solemnized at 8 o’clock this evening at St. James Episcopal Church. ‘The church was elaborately decorated and was filled with the elite of Chicago society. e A Big Warehouse Burned. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec.6.—The six- story bonded warehouse of Elliott F. Driggs, on Water street, was burned this ‘morning. The damage is estimated at $100,000. The building was stored with spices, firecrackers, tea and other Chinese consignments. LI S, Greenwald Denied a Pardon. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—The President has denied a pardon to Louis Greenwald, convicted in the northern dis- trict of California of smuggling opium into the United States. This is the second de- nial in Greenwald’s case. ——— McAree Bros.” auction sale of Brittan Ranch. San Mateo Co., sure to-day. See advertisement, REPORT OF HARMON, Congress Enlightened by the New Attorney- General. PERALTA-REAVIS CASE. It Was the Greatest Fraud Ever Attempted Against "the Government. AS TO THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS. Recommendation That One Court in Washington Be Given Entire Jurisdiction. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—The re- port of Judson Harmon, Attorney-Gen- eral, was laid before Congress to-day. Harmon gives a brief summary of the cele- brated Peralta-Reavis case, decided re- cently in favor of the United States, and characterizes it as remarkable. “It was probably the greatest fraud ever attempted against the Government in its own courts and its decision removes a cloud from the thousands of titles held by actual settlers,”” says the report. The Attorney-General asks Congress for directions in the Bell telephone litigation. He discusses the Pacific railroads’ relations to the Government and says that Counsel Hoadley has protected the Government's large interests in the Union Pacific. He asks for a law immediately giving one court in Washington jurisdiction for all properties and parties in interest in Pacific railroads. He advises that a prison for Government prisoners be erected in some Southern State. “The present situation of litigation con- cerning the Union Pacific Railway and its branches,” says Harmon, “appears in the report of Hon. George Hoadley, special counsel for the United States. He has thus far succeeded in the difficult task of protecting the large interests of the Gov- ernment without subjecting them to risks which wauld be involved in its formal ap- pearance in court. He has also been able to defeat all the efforts to dismember the system by appointment of separate re- ivers for its different parts. The situation has beer maintained as it was when the last Congress adjourned, so far as legal proceedings are concerned, but large amounts of subsidy bonds are about to fall due of those issued to the Central Pacific, as well as of those issued to the Union Pa- cific, and no ‘assurance can be given that the present situation will be long mamn- tained. “‘Action should be promptly taken toward working out some solution of the problem presented by the Gevernment's relation to these properties. As it may become advisable or necessary for the Government to institute legal proceedings against one or both of the companies named, I beg to call attention to the neces- sity of a law giving some proper court in the District of Columbia jurisdiction of the entire property and of all parties in interest. What has been hereinbefore said as to the general necessity of giving one court full jurisdiction in such cases applies with especial force here. Such provision was included in a bill prepared by At- torney-General Olney at the request of the last Congress. It should now be put in the form of a separate act, so as te be made independent of any particular plan of re- organization. Until the passage of such an act any attempt of the Government to protect its rights by litigation will be greatly hampered.” Concerning the Stanford case, he says: “Since my last report,.wherein thisclaim was fully described, suit has been brought thereon in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Califor- nia. The side of the Government was ably represented by Hon. L. D. McKisick as special counsel, but judgment was ren- dered against the Government on a de- murrer to the bill, which judgment has been- affirmed by the Circuit Court of Ap- peals. The case has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States and set for argument in January next. *‘The cases in charge of Joseph H. Call, originating in Southern California, and involving the attempted recovery by the Government of the title to some 5,000,000 acres of land claimed by the Southern Pa- cific Railroad Company, have made prog- ress since the last report, but are not yet finally determined. The rulings of the courts have thus far been favorable to the Government. “The cases between the United States and the Union Pacitic Railway and West- ern Union Telegraph Company, mentioned in last report as awaiting a aecision by the Supreme Court, have just been decided in favor of the United States, the decisions of the lower courts being reversed. The opinions have not yet been printed, and I am not able, therefore, to give details, but the general result is that the contracts whereby the railroad company transferred to the telegraph company the telegraph business on the line of the former have been held void and set aside. 1tis believed that the result will be to enhance the value of the Government’s security for its sub- sidy bonds.” Concerning the Pacific Coast smuggling cases (Portland, Or.), he says: “All the leaders of this conspiracy have now been convicted and the combination referred to has been entirely broken up. The Haytien Republic has been confis- cated and sold by the Government, and the Wilmington only escaped a like fate by its destruction by ftire, and the moral effect of all this has been highly beneficial to the public. “Frank B. Lewis, special attorney for the Mission Indians of California, reports what has been done in matters under his charge during the past year, from which it appears that the services of counsel are still needed by those Indians. K COLORAD(®’'S MINING BOOM. The Market 1s Firm and Buyers Are Plentiful. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 6.—The mining stock market was firm to-day, but the sales were not so heavy as yesterday. Stocks regularly listed are not traded in because the demand has been mostly for the cheap stocks, which have been forced upward by the demand of buyers toas high a price as their prospects warrant. New companies are begging for a_hearing before the lisfinficommitten, and mining companies of ontana, Wyoming and other Western States are writing to the Denver Exchange seeking an entrance to this market. A number of new strikes in well-known claims in the Cripple Creek district was reported to-dsy. The interest in the new camp of West Creek and the reported gold discoveries near Salida and Fork Creek does not abate. rbrrerm g e OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Representative Hilborn Will Ask for a Mil- lion Dollars for a Gun Factory at Benicia. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Repre- sentative Hilborn has prepared a bill which he will introduce to-morrow, ap- propriating $1,000,000 for the erection and equipment of a gun factory at Benicia arsenal for finishing and assembling ord- nance for the army and navy under the joint direction and supervision of the Sec- retaries of War and the Navy and con- trolled jointly by the ordnance bureau of the army and navy. Mr. Hilborn also in- troduced a bill appropriating $500,000 for a publicbuilding at Oakland and $100,000 for one at Alameda. Senator White introduced a bill for ex- tensions to the Los Angeles Postoffice, appropriating $200,000 for the purpose. nator White has succeeded in getting from General Craighill, chief of engineers, an indorsemeni of Lieutenant-Colonel Benyaurd’s report, recommending an ap- propriation of $319,000 for deepening the inner barbor at San Pedro. Senator Perkins has in preparation a bill to estabiish a naval training-school on Goat Island. Senator Perkins to-day introduced a bill directing the Secretary of War to fur- nish-six pieces of cannon to ornament the Grand Army plat in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland. The Postoffice at Minturn, Merced County, Cal., has been discontinued. Mail service hereafter should be addressed to Athlone.. GENERL WAIGHTS DENTH Close of the Career of Onme of the Best-Known Men in Towa. During the Civil War He Made a Gallant Record and Afterward Held High Office. DES MOINES, Towa, Dec. 6.—General Edward Wright died at his home in this city at 2:30 o’clock this morning, after a lingering sickness of two months, follow- ing an operation for abscess of the liver. He was one of the best-known men in Iowa. The deceased was born in Salem, Ohio, of Quaker parents June 27, 1824, educated in the common schools and at Atwater (Ohio) Academy, and early learned the trade of a carpenter. He went to Cedar County, Towa, in 1852, and was elected to the House of the State Legislature in 1855 and re-elected in 1857 and 1859. In the spring of 1862 he was commissioned major of the Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry and served through the war, retiring as brevet brigadier-general. He was wounded at Champion Hill and Cedar Creek. In 1865 he was again chosen a member of the House and served as Speaker that winter. The following year he was elected Secre- tary of State, served three terms and re- tired 1n January, 1870, when he became secretary of the Capitol Building Commis- sion, a position he held until the edifice was completed, in 1884, when he was made its custodian and served until 1890. Early in 1894 he was appointed a member of the Board of Public Works of Des Moines, a position he held until his death. . Wright was married to Miss Martha Thompson of his native county in 1848, She died in 1876. Two daughters survive, Mrs. Celia Cleveland and Miss Flora Wright. General Wright was a Repub- Tican in politics. RSl TO BECOME A COMPETING PORT. Canadian Freight May Hereafter Be Shipped Directly From St. Johns in Winter. S7. JOHNS, N. B., Dec 6.—The commis- sion appointed by the British Home Gov- ernment to inquire into the distress pre- vailing in Newfoundland submitted its report nearly a fortnight ago, and in a message to the Dominion authorities to- day a possible solution of the evil was sug- gested by the Colonial Secretary, Dr. Chamberlain. In years gone by efforts have been 1ade to make this port a competitor with Port- land, Me., and Boston as a winter port, but all efforts have been unsuccessful, althougn no practical steps have been taken, the 1dea never passing the theoreti. cal stage. There is no doubt now but that what has long been a theory will be at once put.into practice, and that St. Johns will take the field against the American ports. Thus the home Government be- lieves that it has decided the manner in which supplies can be sent to the starving Newfoundlanders by means of a regnlar line _of steamers running to St. John, N. B., and thence being transferred to St. Johns, N. I There is a national idea underlying this movement which cannot be overlooked. It is a question of only a lttle time when Canadian freight will be carried from a Canadian port. On the experiment the eyes of all East- ern shipping men are turned, as with St. John becoming a successful winter port it means an enormous loss to tne two ports of Boston and Portland. g JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIAT1ON. Men Who Have Been Selected on the Board of Managers. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 6.—The board of managers of the new Joint Traffic Asso- ciation has been made up as follows: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad,’ Second Vice-President H. J. Hayden; Erie, Fourth Vice-President G. C. Coch- ran; Wabash, General Manager Knight; Lehigh Valley, Third Vice-President John B. Garrett; Baltimore and Ohio, First Vice-President Orland Smith; Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio,* Second Vice- Presiaent, 0. G. Murray; Pennsylvania, D. 8. Gray, second vice-president of the lines west of Pittsburg; Lackawanna, Freight Traffic Manager B. A. Hegeman; Grand Trunk of Canada, to be appointed. The board of arbitration will, it is under- stood, consist of two practical railroad men and one lawyer. They are to be chosen by the board of control, which is composed of the presidents of the various lines in the association. They must be disinterested persons, and therefore cannot be con- nected with the lines in any capacity. ’ —_——— 'Exeoution of a Murderer. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 6.—A special to the Scripps-McRae League from Ozark, Ark., says that Jesse Jones was hanged at that place at 11:45 o’clock this morning. Jones murdered Charles and Jessie Hib- n, cousins, near Booneville, Logan ounty, Ark., February 18, 1894. —— Rteceiver for a Bank. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Comp- troller Eckles to-day appointed Joseph 8. Dawson receiver of the Bellingham Bay National Bank of New Whatcom, Wash., Ivegich suspended payment November 4, —_— Died at Ukiah. UKIAH, Car, Dec. 7.— Miss Rena Strauss, who was badly burned at her thome in Hopland ten days ago, died yes- terday afternoon. ANGERED BY BELKNAP Canadians Object to the Ut- terances of the Admiral. CUTTERS ON THE LAKES. Dominion Authorities Deny That They Have Violated the Treaty. DIPLOMACY THE RIGHT THING. Premier Greenway Says That ‘the Naval Officer’s Talk Shows Vindictiveness. MONTREAL, Quesgc, Dec. 6.—Nothing has caused more excitement in diplomatic and Government circles for some time past than the report of the letter writt'en by Tnited States Admiral Belgnap to quhard P. Joy of Detroit, Mich., and pub:hshed subsequently in the Marine Review of Cleveland, Ohio, advocating the abroga- tion of the treaty with Great Britain pro- hibiting the building of warships on the great lakes on the grounds that Canada is constantly increasing the strength and armament of her revenue marine on the lakes, 8o as to be formidable iz the event of any difficulties between the two coun- ! Belknap to come forward with such start- tries. All of the afternoon papers make ref- erence to the published article and from all sides it is severely condemned. The Star, the Government organ, says, editorially, that ‘“The rash statements were not what should have been expected of a man holding the rank of Admiral Belknap in the navy or with a knowledge of naval affairs as is credited to him. If Canada has broken the treaty in regard to building more formidable ships than the treaty allows, it is the duty of the United States Government to investigate the mat- ter, and if it finds the facts true, or con- siders itseli in any way aggrieved, it has only to have recourse to diplomacy and not by means of any rash and jingoistic statements through the mouth of an unauthorized officer. The question as to Canada’saction was brought to the notice of the Unitea States Govern- ment over a month ago by her agents, and the matter had been supposed dropped, so that it is rather impolitic for Admiral ling allegations as he made in his printed article after his own Government had to all intents dismissed the whole affair as unworthy of further consideration.”” The Witness, another Government organ, also prints alikewise condemnatory editorial. ‘When seen to-night, none of the mem- bers of the Government would give their views on the subject. Premier Greenway, when aoproached, stated that he had given no thoughtto the matter, as the slightest perusal of the article ‘‘showed personal vindictiveness and not the voice of either the American Government or the American people. Accordingly it should be given no more prominence than the heated remarks of a single individual always on the lookout for pretended ag- gression."” LORD SALISBURY'S REPLY. It Will Soon Be in the Posses- sion of Secretary Olney. When Cleveland Returns From His Duck Hunting Congress Will Be Enlightened. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Lord Salisbury’s reply to Secretary Olney’s dis- patch, which, according to the President’s message, “called upon the British Govern- ment for & definite answer to the question whether it would or would not submit the territorial controversy between -itself and Venezuela in its entirety to impartial arbi- tration,” was received by Embassador Pauncefote thisevening. It will be handed to Secretary Olney to-morrow. At the same time that the formal reply was trans- mitted to the British Embassador here, an- other copy, according to diplomatic cus- tcm, was handed to Mr. Bayard, our Em- bassador in London, through whom last July Secretary Olney’s original note was presented to the British Foreign Office, Sir Julian Pauncefote being then absent in England on a vacation. This copy was undoubtedly placed in Mr. Bayard’s possession some days before the President’'s message was presented to Congress. It is inconceivable that in a matter of such importance some inkling of its contents should not have been com- municated by cable to Secretary Olney prior to the framing of the President’s teresting light on the dispute. He said in vart: “The Venezuelan question is one that is sure to be the subject of considerable con- troversy. It is unwise for the United States Government to be constantly cast- ing slurs on the British investigation of the matter, for every effort has been made to obtain an amicable settlement. The better class of people in Venezuela recog- nize the claims of the British Govern- ment, but President Crespo prefers ratter to listen to ‘the counsel of the motley rabble, a number of whom have not the faintest idea of what the exact trouble is. I can say that England in no measure is trying to raise the issue of the right of the Monroe doctrine. She has been lmposgd upon, her citizens insul.ted. _aqd, as in every previous case in which similar argu- ments have been brought forth, dhe de- mands a prompt and sufficient settlement and she will do so in the present case.” e g ey SHOTS FIRED IN THE CHAMBER. The French Deputies Startled by the Acts of a Crank. PARIS, Fraxce, Dec. 6.—Just at the time of the closing of business in the Chamber of Deputies to-day a man in the public gallery fired two shots from a revolver. His shots were not directed to- ward anybody, but merely fired in the air. The offender was promptly arrested. The shots created a sensation for a moment, but matters quieted down when it was discovered that they were harmless and evidently not fired with the intention of doing harm to any one. The electric bells, which were placed all over the building after the bomb outrages committed by Vailliant, the anarchist, were rung, and the doors were instantly closed and guarded. The stranger was ar- rested. NTS THE CUP. 4 Syndicate Yacht to Challenge the American Defender. MONTREAL, Queskc, Dec. 6.—During the last few days the rumor has leaked out in yachting circles that the America’s cup after all would not have to go begging for a race during the coming year,and that whether anv action were taken by British yachtsmen or not, Canada would enter the field. Asa result of that rumor interesting developments have come 1o iight. Sir George Newnes, the London pub- lisner, it is stated on good authority, will challenge for the cup, as had been re- ported some time ago; but the true facts of the case are that he will be only one of a Canadian syndicate, and that the cup- challenger will be built in Canada, thus saving the racing qualities sacrificed by the necessity of an Atlantic voyage. No definite facts have been given out as yetr, but there is every reason to believe the rumor true. LRt THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS. Fire Destroys the Town of Mariestad in Sweden. STOCKHOLM, Swepex, Dec. 6.—The town of Mariestad has been virtually burned by a fire which started yesterday evening and is still burning. The telegraph wires are prostrated and railway trains are unable to leave the town, so that details are not readily ob- tained, and houseless inhabitants are un- able to take refuge in other places. The town, which is situated at the mouth of the Lida, 156 miles from here, has a popu- lation of 3000, three-fourths of whom have already been rendered homeless. o e s Arton to Be Extradited. LONDON, Ex6., Dec. 6.—Emil Arton, arrested here November 14 upon an extra- dition warrant charging him with com- plicity with Baron Reinach in the Panama canal frauds, and subsequently arraigned in the Bow-street Police Court, was again arraigned to-day for final hearing. The magistrate refused to admit the testimony offered by Arton’s counsel or to discuss the political questions, and ordered Arton extradited, but allowed him two weeks in which to maxe appeal. —_—— Asks Kussia for Help. PARIS, France, Dec. 6.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg to Eclair says that it is reported that China has asked Russia whether the Russian Government would be willing, if requested, to send an army corps to help suppress the rebellion in Northern China. SEARCH FOR LOS STEAMERS. Request That the Government Will Send Help to Missing Pessels. PORTLAND, Og., Dec. 6.—Shipping men of the Sound will unite in presenting a re- quest to the Government authorities ask- ing them to send a cruiser to search the Pacific Ocean for the missing steamships Strathnevis, Gorsedd and Evandale and the bark Lord Brassey, long overdue. The steamship Tacoma, which sails for the Orient, will carry a duplicate order of lum- ber shipped by the lost Strathnevis. S geh el Woman’s Leagne at Phenix. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Dec. 7.—The first steps to organize a woman’s suffrage league were taken here to-night when Mrs. Laura M. Johns addressed a large audience com- posed of the best people of Pheenix. Ari- zona and Delaware are the only State and Territory without such organization. To- morrow this will be remedied, so far as Arizona is concerned, for arrangements have already been made to organize a local league. SUOL i Steamer Sunk on Clear Lake. SULPHUR BANKS, CaL., Dec. 7.—In- formation was received here yesterday of the sinking of the little steamer Eula, near Soda Bay, on Clear Lake. The vessel was owned and run by George Wilcox of Kel- seyville, and was being used to carry wood and lamber to this place. The boat was message. Bearing in view this point the passage of the message in which the Presi- dent says that the United States will not be satisfied ““if one of the powers con- cerned is permitted to draw an arbitrary line through the territory in debate and declare that it will submit to arbitration only the portion lying on one side of it,” will be regardeéd as having much signifi- cance. There is a promise in the President’s message that when the text of the answer of the British Government, ‘“exvected shortly,” shall have been received, further communication on the subject will be made anchored and the men had gone away for the night. On returning next day only the smoke stack was visible. NEW TO-DAY. WEAK ORGANS! to Congress, Of course, this cannot be done while the President is absent duck shooting, and the probabilities seem to be that the correspondence will not see the light until after the Christmas holidays, unless it should be made public on the other side of the Atlantic. — FROM THE BRITISH SIDE. Commissioner Hopkins Speaks of the Venezuelan Controversy. OTTAWA, Oxst.,, Dec. 6.—The Hon. Charles Lewis Hopkins, British Comm sioner to inquire into the boundary dis- pute in Venezuela, left to-day for New York, whence he will sail directly to England. He has the entire correspond- ence and surveys in regard to the bound- ary question, and on his arrival will em- body them in the form of an official re- port to the Colonial Secretary. Previous to leaving he was given a complimentary dinner by a number of the Government officials, the meeting being presided over by Sir F. G. Hawkes. In the after-dinner speaking the Commissioner gave some in- N Edison’s Electrie Belt ki Vitalizer el Weak Organs. F YOUR POWER SEEMS TO BE DIMINISH- ing, if you have any unnatural dischargs, it you have Rbeumatism, Kidney, Bladder or Urinary trouble, if you are becoming unfitted for marriage or business, remember we guarantee it to cure 10ss o vitality in young, muddie-aged and old men or money refunded. Dr. Edison’s Electric Vitalizer given free. Send for circular. For sale by GEQ. DAHLBENDER & CO., Druggists, 214 Kearny street, San Francisco, Cal. CHECK THE SPANISH, Cubans Said to Be Rapidly Regaining All Lost Ground. FIERCE FIGHTS AHEAD. Cavalry and Field Batteries at Disadvantage in the Mountains. RIFLE FIRE VERY DISASTROUS, With Smaller Arms and Guerrilla Warfare Natives Have Things Their Own Way. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 6.—A dispatch to a morning paper from Santiago de Cuba, dated November 26, states that the insur- gants are rapidly making up the ground lost in the recen: fighting in the vicinity of Santa Clara, and are effectually check- ing the Spanish advance from Havana. Both General Maceo and General Gomez have amalgamated their forces, and it is expected that during the next fortnight some terrific fighting will take place. In the mountainous districts to which the struggle is now chiefly confined, the Span- ish cavalry and field batteries are practi- cally useless. The insurgents, on the other hand, have every advantage, having strongly fortified all the strategic points, while the regulars are absolutely power- less, being unused to this sort of bush fighting. The dispatch also brings reports of a fierce engagement which took place on the 23d, near Matanzas, between a force of regulars numbering nearly 1000 men and about a like number of insurgents. The Spanish had built a pontoon bridge across the little river Neos and made a fierce at. tack on the insurgents, who had control of the hills at the rear. The insurgents’ rifle fire, however, proved very disastrous and a charge with bayonets and machetes proved too much for the regulars, who retreated in wild dis- orderacross the bridge. - Many were unable to struggie across and were mowed down by the riflemen on shore. The Spanish loss was fully 200 men,while the insurgents’ was mnot over fifty. Considerable muni. tions fell into the hands of the victors, S Sy DYNAMITE FOR CUBA, An Unusually Heavy BShipment Baltimore. * BALTIMORE, Mp., Dec.6.—A permit to ship 100,000 pounds of dynamite car. tridges to Cuba and Mexican ports was is- sued by acting Mayor Sennighausenito- day. In view of the recent effort to aid Cuban insurgents considerable comment was indulged in about town when the is- suance of the permit became generally known. 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