The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895 3 e e AMERICAN COMMERCE Centennial of Its Liberty | Celebrated at a Great | Banquet. | | | | PROMINENT MEN THERE. Chauncey M. Depew Told of the Result of the War of 1812. | our decadence in ship-building. equipped shipyards, the best mechanics in the world, a wonderful inventive genius, an abundance of capital, an enormous foreign commerce, we have looked pas- sively on and seen the nations of the world, our inferiors in these regards, seize upon and oust us from all the great path- ways of the oceans.’ He dented that *‘protection” was to be held responsible for this condition. 1t is rather the logical result of a lack of pro- tection. He reviewed the maritime his- tory of the country and quoted copiously from treasury exhibits to sustain his position. The low wages of laborers in Europe and the subsidy system were the chief cause of ow, is there any remedy?” he asked. ships” would afford ragua canal would bring New York nearer to San Francisco, to be sure, but the Suez canal was an in- | jury rather than a benefit to the shipping PRINCIPLES OF THE JAY TREATY Senator Frye, General Porter and Don M. Dickinson Spoke on the Nation’s Progress. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 19.—American commerce celebrated the centennial of its | liberty to-night by a banquet at Del- To-night was chosen for the | banquet because it marked the one hun- dredth anniversary of the full approval by | the President and Senate of the treaty ne- | trade. Bounties and subsidies inight »2c- complish the desired object. But as his- tory has conclusively proved, discriminat- ing duties and taxes were cnce a lever vowerful enough to lift our marine from the depths of adversity to the heights of prosperity. Might they not again? He knew there were lions in the way, but | there never yet was an advancing pathway without a lion. Pluck and courage would generally make him a lamb. Responding to the toast of *The Ameri- can Bus! n,” General Horace Por- ter, in his usuzal happy vein, spoke of the dignity of labor, compared slavery with freedom and showed how the latter had made ‘‘two blaaes of erass grow where one had grown before.” Pluck and hard work were the true sources of success. If our £ JOHN JAY, WHO WON THE COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. th Great Britain by John Ja ctive business men of to-day had lived in Justice of the young Republic | the days of Greece they wounld haye been ritea Stat The feast also in- | the champion athletes, carrying off all the irated the annual observance of De- | prizes in the Olympian games. cember 19 as “Commerc y” by all| Hon. Don M. Dickinson of Michigan zed comme 1d un and contr eted history er of American ( . Depew, president of the t the Sons of the Revolution, presided at the ban- | quet, and at his right sat William Jay and | at his left S The others at the presi he auspices of the to the recently “One Hundred rce. er albodiesof the country . e Society of s table wer: Mayor Strong, Bishop Pott harles H. Taylor, Russel B. Hyde, William P. F Charles H. Cramp, Clement A. Gris- , James T. Kilbreth, Don M. Dickin- son, Charles A. Dana, Andrew H. Green and Wiltiam H. Webb When the covers had been removed Mr. Depew arose and said he had received ns from coma and eattle 1g that they were celebrating ““Cele- tel ) » in those places. He then went into a 1 of the Jay treaty and How it was a ished. He touched upon the war of 1312 “The victory of the war of 1812, saild Mr. Depew, * 1is: that the deck of an American vessel was the indisputable terri tory of the United States and was in- violable by any other nation. That was the Monroe doctrine of 18 Since that time we have figured in many arbitrations scarcely noticed beca: of lack of sensa- tionalism. “I trust that the principle of arbitration embodied in the Jay treaty, which has only been broken by four years of warin the history of the Umited States, will con- tinue to be be the guiding star in the rule | of the United States during the year 1896.” | This sally was received with great ap- plause. | senator William P. Frye of Maine spoke | | | on the subject of “Our Merchant Marine.” He said in part: “The occasion calls for eulogies; my speech will be more of an elegy. Our coastwise, lake and river fleet through the century has experienced a steady, healthy growth until it has reached magnificent pmportions—until its tonnage of docu- mented and undocumented vessels is 8,000,000 greater than that of Great -Brit- ain, Germany. France, Spain and Italy »mbined, employed ia like business. In 1892 it took 3,500,000 tonnage to carry our | hts, chiefly products of our farms, on | the Mississippi alone. In 1893 there were passed through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie in eight monihs a little over 11,000,- 090 tonnage, 2,000,000 more than the Suez canal carried in the entire year. | «Js there any American whose blood | does not quicken at the mention of such achievement? If the toast has reference to our ships engaged in the foreign carry- ing trade, a subject of much graver import- ance from a National point of view, th.en the picture T am conmelled_ to firnw is in- deed a morlifying and humiliating one for a rich, prosperous and [lr)WLjrllil maritime country, once the only rival oj Great | Britain on the ocean to look upon. : The speaker portrayed our _mar\ch_ms erowth in all but one of our mdufime_sv and which has been without a parallel in the history of nations. Gladstone’s early and unwilling prediction that *‘our daugh’: ter over the sea may overtake her mother’ bad been more than fulfilled, for the daughter had distanced ber. One ll’:ldus- try alone, and that too of prime Natioral importance, seems to have fallen into a stat: of hopeless bankraptcy. With an almost limitless seaboard, great | barrowful.”” harbors, boundless forests, inexhaust'ible mines of coal -and -iron, splendidly spoke at considerable length on “American Commerce.” He paid a glorious tribute to New York, saying: 5 “‘Material adversity anywhere in the United States causes immediate distress in New York, and substantial, material prosperity here is a guaranty of prosper- ous conditions throughout tie length and breadth of the land. When the genius of | America felt the virility and strong ambi- tion born of freedom and_independence, | he took commerce for his bride and New | York of to-day is their stalwart and beau- | tiful first born. Having'made her, we, the people of the North, of the West, of the East, of the South, claim New York as National. Proud of her, in our confident pride, we invite comparisons with the cities of the world and challenge for her | the admiration of mankind. “There must be no misunderstanding between the great producing populations of these States and New York. Their in- terests cannot be separated. There is of late the expression of too much of irrita- tion in the press and from public men. If the East differs from the West and South in diagnosis, it does not help toward a solution to use the term crank, socialist or anarchist on the one side, or goldbug, robber or traitor on the other. Yourfairly representative man of the East has yet but hazy and ill-defined ideas of territorial divisions and of people and affairs west of Buffalo.” General Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe had as his subject “The American Newspaper.” He compared foreign jour- nals, which were largely devoted to official reports, to our own, which were the unbiased histories of the day. Bennett, Greeley, Dana and other Nestors of the press were eulogized, as were their prac- tical ideas, which developed from four pages of aforetime to the “Sunday wheel- He paid a glowing tribute to the successful newspaper workers of the country, and in conclusion said: *‘Journalism carries just as little sorrow or trouble among the people as is possible, and 1t endeavors to scatter rays of sun- shine and feelings of hope in the homes of the toiling millions to encourage them and their familiesin the great battle of life.” Mr. Depew closed the speechmaking by saying a few words on the question of the day, and the procecdings then concluded. SANTA KOSA SUES. Wants a Contract Annulled Because He Was Incompetent. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Dec. 19.—John H. Chenoweth is suing Eben Skaggs to have a contract annulled ana retransfer of prop- erty effected. Chenoweth is an old man, and in his complaint alleges he is at times incom petent to transact business. On last February a transfer of property was made whereby Chenoweth traded Skaggs fifty acres ol land, near Occidental, valued at 7000, for a lodging-house and three lots in Santa Rosa, a lot in Windsor, and eighty acres of land in Lake County. Chenoweth claims the property he ac- quired by the trade was erossly inadequate in value to that of the land turned over by him to Skaggs, and that he was induced to make the transfer through fraud and mis- representation on the part of Skaggsand others. e e Sentenced to Prison. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Dec. 19.— John McDonald, who passed bogus checks on two local merchants, yesterday pleaded guilty to the chsrge and was sentenced to ne year in the State penitentiary, FOUND NO' FRIENDS Arrest of Two Filibusters Who Recently Went to Honolulu. IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL. Morrow of Oakland and Dr. Un- derwood May Serve Five Years on the Reef. REPUDIATED BY ROYALISTS. Their Scheme of Revolution Said to Have Been Backed by a Lottery Concern. HONOLULU, Hawan, Dec. 12.—On the 9th inst. arrests were made of two men | who are now in prison without bail charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government. The names given by the prisoners are W. T. Sheridan and Dr. Un- derwood. Sheridan is understood to be the same person as Morrow of Oakland, who not long ago figured in the California papers as organizing a filibustering expe- dition. These men landed here about six weeks ago from a sailing vessel. They have been short of money, Underwood getting em- ployment in putting up refrigerator works. They have been faithfully shadowed since their arrival, until ample evidence has been secured of their having approached a number of persons with proposals to co- operate with a filibustering expedition to be landed here. They have wenerally met with a cold re- ception, no Royalists desiring to engage in another attempt to overthrow the Dole Government. It is learned from high authority, though not fully verified, that these men have been seeking to secure from Liliuoka- lani a pledge, if restored, to license a lot- tery in Honolulu. It is supposed that some lottery organization has promised them funds o equip an expedition if they can secure such a promise from the ex- Queen. 1t is probable that the two men will get five years’ imprisonment on the reef. The United States Consul sees no ground for interfering in their bebalf. This affair seems unlikely to affect favorably the de sired release of Gulick and the other five political prisoners. Minister Willis has presented to this Government a claim from Ritman for $25,000 damages. Ritman and Whitc were exiled last February'for having cast cer tain iron shells which T. B. Walker filled with dynamite. The Government expects to furnish full evidence of Ritman’s com- plicity with the'late insurrection. Earthquake shocks of considerable force awoke sleeping persons in Honolulu at 11 P. M., on the 8th inst., and at 3 A. M., on the 9th. Four lighter shakes intervened. No damage was done. Clocks gererally stopped and a few dishes were broken. Steamers lying at Mahukona and Kailua on the west coast of Hawaii were smartly shaken. By a rather imperfect telephone, fifty miles from Kau, it was learned that eight severe shocks were experienced ai Punaluu harbor. Experts here believe that an eruption is working upward to an outlet on Mauna Loa. Itis nine years since the last eruption, and another is fully due. Two plantations in Kau will be imperiled, which turn out 12,000 tons of sugar. Their chief danger is from dam- age to machinery from the earthquakes. Justice R. F. Bickerton of the Supreme Court died on the 10th inst. There was no foundation for the report sent from here November 20 that Dole, Wilder and Brown were to proceed to Washington December 19 in order to work for annexation. These gentlemen heard no whisper of such a plan until it was re- ported back from San Francisco. Late repeated assertions of President Cleveland’s intention to recommend the annexation of Hawaii, conditioned on the consent of the native people, are received with jubilation by the enemies of annexa- tion. A leading Senatorintimate with native sentiment declares that no possible effort can ever convert the natives to the belief that annexation will be anyvthing but rob- bing them of their country. Another prominent man says that the British enemies of American influence have thoroughly poisoned the native mind against annexation, and that such a propo- sition to submit the question to the native vote is simply playing into the hands of the British enemies of Americanism in Hawaii. AFFAIRS IN JAPAN., Cabinet Ministers Acquicsce in the Alli- ance With Radicals. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 19.—The Em- press of India arrived this afternoon. Japanese political news 1s but slight. Members of the Cabinet appear to acqui- esce in the alliance with the radicals and at present affairs seem to be going on smoothly. Count Inouye, whose return from Korea was anxiously looked for, has arrived at Tokio and his influence may be sufficient to accommodate dissenting views. Of Korea the news is unreliable. Ac- cording to the newspaper correspondents American missionaries and the Russians were implicated 1n the last attack on the palace, whiie Colonel Cockerill, the corre- spondent of the New York Herald, nas written a letter in which he dexno unces the news sent by native journalists as a tissue of untruths. The troops are gradually returning from Formosa, but the war on that island is evidently not yet conciuded, as operations are still being carried on. A celebration in commemoration of the recent victories, lasting over several days, is to be held about the middle of this month. 5 The new tariff convention between Great Britain and Japan has been ratified and published, as has also the treaty for the retrocession of Liao Tung. The United States steamship Baltimore sailed for home on the 3d inst. The Belgic, which is now at Hongkoug for repairs, has been examined and upward of sixty 'lllle! of her hull are fouud damaged by !;zeing either cracked, indented or twisted out of shape. .1t is calculated that it will take some six weeks to effect all that is neces- sary, and that the cost will be likely to amount to about $100,000. AT T NEWS FROM SAMOA. The Copra Season a Failure and Traders Are on the Brink of Ruin. APIA, Samoa, Dec. 4—The Tumna na- tive party still stands aloof, although all chiefs were promised safe conduct if they cared to come to town. The copra season is a failure and many of the traders are on the brink of ruin. There is agitation among the whites for a consideration of their position by the three great treaty powers. Discontent is assuming dangerous proportions. Every attempt will be made to persuade the three powers to abolish the position of “President.” The return of Herr Brandeis is proposed by a section of the community. 'he administrators in Cornwall’s estate have secured 23.000 acres from native ob- jectors in Suval - STRANDED ON WARDEN LEDGE. Tugs Fail to Release a Steamer From a Bad Position. LONDON, E~G, Dec. 19.—Lloyds’ agents at the Isle of Wight telegraphed this morning that the German steamship Spree, from New York for Bremen, was stranded at Warden Ledge, but would probably float at flood tide. In the height of this afternoon’s flood tide three tugs tried but failed to release the Spree. She lies on the rocks sheltered from high winds and heavy seas. [lhe passengers were landed on’ rocks. She cannot be released until the next high tide. S E e DEFEAT OF THE MINERS. Secretary Smith Affirms the Decision of the Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—The Secretary of the Interior to-day affirmed the decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in dismissing three protests of E. H. Benjamin, referring to the Miners’ Association of California, who claimed certain land in that State to be mineral, but which were about to be granted to railroads. The case involved an old controversy between the miners and the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies, who made applica- tions for grants. Eleven lists were pre- sented by the miners. The lists rejected are Nos. 54 and 24 in the Sacramento land district and 25 in the Redding district, because the miners were not specific as to the location of the lands and as to their being of a mineral character. AN EXPLOSION IN A MINE. Thirty-Eight Men Reported Killed in a Disaster in North Carolina. Rescuers Could Not Make Any Head- way Against the Overpow- ering Firedamp. ‘RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 19.—News has been received here of a bad accident in the Cumnock coal mine, located about forty miles from here. Shortly after the day shift began work a violent explosion of firedamp took place. Advices at 6 o’clock this evening from Colon regarding the coal mine disaster at Cumnock were to the effect that forty- three persons were caught by the explo- sion and that all hope of rescuing the men was abandoned, owing to firedamp, which at several times nearly overcame those who attempted to rescue the imprisoned men. Only two of the rescuers were in sight of some of the victims, but had to retire in the face of the overpowerine firedamp. A telegram was received here at 7 o’clock saying there are thirty-eight dead and that twenty-five escaped. Telegraphic com- munication with the scene of the disaster is difficult. —_——— REVIVED AFTER THREE YEARS. Strange Recovery of a Woman Who Suf- fered From Catalepsy. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 19.—Physicians in the Essex County Hospital for the In- sane are watching with the greatest inter- est the case of Mrs. Anna Larsen, who, after being in a stupor for neariy three years, has suddenly aroused. She is a Swede, who was admitted to this hospital early 1n 1892, She was then suffering from a slight aberration of the mind. After she had been some months in the hospital she developed pronounced catalepsy, from which nothing could rouse her. Mrs. Larsen sat inone position day in and day out, never moving or speaking or heeding anything around her. An at- tendant fed her with a spoon. She was dead to the world, A few days ago, when the dinner-bell rang for the other patients, to the amazement of the attendants, she got up from her chair and followed the pa- tients into the dining-hall. She sat down and ate just like other folks. When her plate was empty she followed the waiter about until he gave hera second helping. Now she has begun totalk a little. She seems to have regained her senses. The physicians decline to express any opinion as to the outcome of the case and are unable to explain how, after three vears of stupor, she should have regained her faculties so suddenly and of her own accord. — e COLORADO MININ STOCKS. An Advance i Prices All Along the Line. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 19.—The mining market is hardening daily. Trading was retarded again to-day by another advance along the entire line of both listed and un- listed stocks, outgrowing the limit placed upon the buying orders. A Denver man has bought out a bond and lease held by another upon two claims on the southwestern slope of Bull Hill. The bond was for $60,000, with six months to run, and a liberal bonus had to be paid. It is reported that the Elkton, on Raven Hill, has been acquired by an English com- pany for $500,000, the stock being placed in escrow awaiting the arrivalof the purchase money. The Elkton has produced over $250,000 in gold, the ore running from $50 to $200 to the ton. . NEVADA’S N Mr. Preston Says Uncle Sam ls Not Concerned About It. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10.—Mr. Preston, Superintendent of the Mint, said that he had heard intimations that the State Treasurer of Nevada had a large quantity of silver doliars of the coinage of 1893 on hand, as stated in to-day’s San Francisco Carr. During that year 677,- 000 standard silver dollars were coined at Carson, Nev. The Mint there was closed on June 1 last. The accounts of the Mint were settled, the presses dismantled and he did not think there could have been any secret coinage. Why the State Treas- urer had so many as 73,000 new standard siiver dollars in his cash was a matter that concerned the State of Nevada and not the United States. e Destroyed by Fire. CHICAGO, Iiv, Dec. 19, — Fire to- night destroyed the stock of William Osner, wholesale shoe-dealer, in the large four-story building, 235 Lake street, and damaged the belting factory of C. E. Woodruff. 8. S. Scribner, dealer in wagon materials, will also lose something by the fire. Osner occupied the two top floors and is the main loser. Twenty thousand dollars will probably cover his loss. The firms on the other two floors will lose less than $5000. Collapse of a Barracks. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 19.—A dis- patch to a news agency from Buenos Avres says: A part of the barracks here collapsed yesterday. Twelve soldiers were killed and sixty were injured. e e Swept by a Cyelone. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 19.—A special from Sherman, Tex., says that a cyclone swept over the country four miles north of there Tuesday. One house was blown away and one wan injured, SENATORS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES OF WAR. Continued from First Page. considering the advisability of united ac- tion for calling in their American credits. It is undoubtedly within the power of English capitalists by such a combined movement to deal America a blow which would temporarily be terribly embarras- sing and disastrous. It would, however, prove to a certain extent a boomerang, and this view had its influence upon the ma- jority of those who attended yesterday’s meeting. The conference was private and it was not intended even that the fact that it took place should be allowed to be made public. A strong sentiment of resentment against President Cleveland and a spirit of retaliation were expressed at the outset of the consultation by several gentlemen. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 19.—The Times will say to-morrow: We earnestly hope that the opinion of the sagacious, far- seeing men of the United States, which has already begun to assert itself, will pre- vail over the reckless policy of the Presi- dent. © The fact cannot be ignored, however, that the latter is gupported by a majority of both houses and the great body of the public opinior of the country. As we can- not yield to Mr. Olney’s demands,whether they are supported by the people or not, without surrendering the title to almost the whole of our empire we must hold our- selves prepared. WITHOUT PROTECTION. Defenseless Condition of the Puget Sound Cities. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Dec. 19.— The President’s message, showing the vague possibilities of trouble between the two governments over the Venezuelan matter, occasions a serious interest here and over Puget Sound in view of the en- tirely defenseless condition of the great inland sea. No one seriously contemplates a possibility of actual warfare, but the message and possible results bring a reali- zation how fully this section would be at the mercy of British invaders. In the event of a declaration of war it would take no time at all for the British forces at Esquimalt to string torpedo lines across the straits from Victoria to Port Angeles, block traffic and all hope of as- sistance, while a British gunboat could at its leisure bombard every city on the Sound off the map. The sum total of the force at hand in case of an emergency would be the two revenue cutters Grant and Corwin, which one shot from a big piece of ordnance would remove from the scene of action. The aspect of affairs with the possibilities have awakened the resi- dents to the Government negligence in leaving the Sound without proper defense and no effort will be spared to have Con- gress remedy the evil atits present session. e B TALK OF PENNOYFR. Oregon’s Ex-Governor Utters the Usual Complaint. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 19. — A local paper prints a symposium of opinions of leading Oregonians regarding the Presi- dent’s message on the Monroe doctrine. Ex-Governor Pennoyer, the President’s old-time enemy, says: “The President, after having aided very materially, by the adoption of the British single gold-stundard policy, in thorough subjugation of the United States to Great Britain, is now ex- tremely opposed to unjust absorption by that Government of any portion of Ven- ezuela. It is the old policy of watching the spigot and neglecting the bungnole. It is to be hoped that Congress will see to it that the commission to be appointed shall not be entirely left to the President, as we want no more obsequious Blounts than necessary. The Senate should appoint one, the House one and the President one.”’ CONSULS EIPECT O WAR They Anticipate an Amicable Settlement Through Diplomacy. Resident Representatives of Foreign Countries Express Sympathy With America. Those of the resident Consuls for for- eign countries who allowed themselves to express an opinivn yesterday, agreed that. there was slightif any probability of war between England and the United States. Their views, especially those of the repre- sentatives of South American countries, were so evidently tinged with warm sym- pathy for America as to possess special in- terest. The Consuls spoke as follows: Juan M. Luco, Consul for Chile—I think there will be no war. England has every- thing to lose and nothingto win. With vessels armed with letters of marque America could wipe out of existence Eng- land’s great merchant marine. The entire English trade, which means the existence of the country, could be stopped. And when, at the cessation of hostilities, the channels of trade were once more opened England would fird that the United States would have the ships necessary to take up a large portion of England’s former carry- ing business and her manufacturers would take their share of England’s old trade. England’s loss would be too great for her to be able to afford this war. The Monroe doctrine will stand, and the position taken by Cleveland will undoubtedly make the relations of the United States with Chile and other South American countries warmer, both socially and from a business standpoint. Jose L. Schleiden, Consul for the Argen- tine Republic and editor of the Revista del Pacifico—I think that diplomacy will set- tle the trouble amicably. The lesson taught by the evident feeling of the entire American people will never be forgotten though. Thisis the first time in several decades that the matter of the “Monroe doctrine” has been brought to an ultimate issue. That the United States is a unit in demandaing its observance will be fraught with most important results. The differ- ent republics of South America will be strengthened, and [ am sure the building of the Nicaragua canal will be expedited. John T. Wright, Consul for Honduras— I have not had time to study the matter sufficiently to express an opinion as to the probability of war being resorted to by England. The South American and Cen- tral American states realize that it is prac- tically through the moral support of the ! United States that they have been able to preserve their autonomy. In consequence their sympatby would be actively with the Americans should there beastruggcle. Jose Costa. Consul of Urnguay—Civil- ization has advanced too far for a war to result between England and the United States on account of Venezuela territory. Reason will take the place of feeling and the matter will be settled peaceably. Saburo Koya, Consul for Japan—As a student of international law, I have been intensely interested in the controversy now pending. There is every reason to be- lieve that no war will ensue. In the first place, disinterested students of history will have observed that the relations, both social and business, of England and the United States have been growing more friendly each year. The bonds thus es- tablished have in no case been weakened by any strong uniriendly spirit, and unless an issue vitally affecting both countries arises there will be no appesal to arms. Besides, I believe that the diplomats of these two great nations are far too wise to allow of the necessity for ph ssical force in a matter that can be settled by arbitra- tion. Alexander K. Coney, Consul for Mexico— A war between England and the United States, the banner nations, they might well be called, of the world, would be an awful calamity. I hope there will be none. As toits probability I cannot say. Ido not see how Mexico would be involved in the result. Camillo Martin, Consul for Spain—I have read with interest of the trouble be- tween England and America. There will beno war. Some way will be found by the diplomats for settling the matter. I can- not see, though, how Mr. Cleveland can re- cede from his position, now that the chief legislative body of the Nation and the en- tire press of the country, without regard to party, have declared he was right. Rafael Gallegos, Consul for Costa Rico— I approve of Cleveland's message and also of the Monroe doctrine and believe that they should be upheld. I hardly antici- pate war as an outcome of this present difficulty, but think it will be amicably settled within a short time by arbitration. Captain W. 8. Merry—The action of President Cleveland receives the general approval of the American people because they believe in the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine as a necessity to the | peace and welfare of this and all other American republics. England has shown an aggressive policy against the United States in the Bering Sea, in Alaska, in Nica- ragua, Brazil and Venezuela. being appar- ently determined to extend her boundaries regardless of right or justice. We have been very quiescent until pushed to the wall, and the Government apparently thinks it time to assert its rights. In fact it is probable that greater firmness hereto- fore would have prevented the present difficulty. In Alaska England advances her boundary claims, and without pre- tense of consideration for the United States occupies the territory ceded to us by Russia with military police. The American people will not ultimately vermit a wrong aeainst their countcy where that wrong is made plainly appar- ent; and, as the President remarks, na- tional disgrace is worse than war, bad as that may be. In Nicaragua England has pursued the same arbitrary course, regard- less of American interests, relying upon our indifference and the military weakness of that republic. ~The position of our country on the Monroe doctrine may as well be established now asata later period, when we have sacrificed our self-respect. The ‘“‘balance of power” on the Amer- ican continent is as important to us as the “balance of power” so often quoted by English statesmen in Europe. E. A. Pesoli, acting Consul for France, was too impressed by the possibility of his being so unwise as to say something indis- creet that he absolutely refused to express an opinion of any sort. The other Con- suls who thought it best to say nothing were E. Calderon of Salvador, Adolph Rosenthal of Germany, M. Carrillo of Gua- temala, Charles T. Wilder of Hawaiian Islands, Wilfred B. Chapman of Belgium, John Simoson of Denmark, and Robert B. Huie of Peru. ATCHISON REORGANIZATION. Where Headquarters of Executive Offi- cers Wiil Be Located. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 19.—The headquarters of the executive officers of the reorganized Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad will be as follows: In New York—Chairman, - Aldace F. Walker; comptroller, John P. Whitehead ; assistant secretary, L. C. Deming, and as- sistant treasurer, George C. Goodwin. In Chicago—President, E. P. Ripley; vice-president, D. B. Robinson; third vice-president, Paul Morton; freight traffic manager, W. B. Biddle; passenger traffic manager, W. F. White; general freight agent, W. A. Bissell; general passenger agent, George F. Nicholson; general soli- citor, E. D. Kenna, and general auditor, W. K. Gillett. In Topeka—General manager, J. J. Frey; secretary and treasurer, Edward Wilde: general superintendent, H. U. Mudge, and su{»erimendem of machinery, John %’layer. n addition the following officers will have their headquarters at Topeka: Chief engineer, general claim agent, assistant general freicht agent, assistant general passenger agent, superintendent of tele- graph, land commissioner, tax commis- sioner, master car builderand superintend- ent of car service. The board of directors of the Atchison will have a meeting in New York on Mon- day next. DISASTER NEAR CISCO, Story of Narrow Escape From Death in a Fierce Storm. BURNED OUT OF HOME, Two Miners, a Woman and Child Left Destitute at La Trin- idad Mine. CAMPED IN A SNOWBANK. Badly Frozen, One of the Men and the Girl Reach Help and Send Rescuers. COLFAX, Car., Dec. 19.—Word reached here to-day of a case of extreme suffering and narrow escape from death in a snow- storm in the mountains near Cisco. On the 14th inst. the house and supplies at the Trinidad mine, twenty miles east of Forest Hill, where J. H. Treviilion, bis wife and daughter and P. M. Taylor were staying for the winter, was destroved by fire. Mrs. Trevillion and her child were alone in the house when it took fire, and they immediately ran to the mine where the men were at work and gave the alarm, but they reached the house too late to save anything. v The men then went two miles up the canyon to an old cabin, where they secured a small quantity of provisions and two old blankets. Late in the afternoon the party started over a dangerous trail for Cisco, fifteen miles distant. They camped at nigkt in anold Indian hut. About 11 o’clock there was a fierce snowstorm, and knowing full well thatit meant death to stay there they lit a candle lantern and started again. ‘When they had gone about three miles the wind extinguished their light, and their matches had become wet, so they were forced to proceed in the darkness and soon lost the trail. The party was then obliged to camp in three feet of snow until morning. At 2 p. M. Taylor reached Cisco, badly frozen and almost exhausted, with the child lassoed to his back. He madg a brief statement and said Trevillion and wife were lost. A searching party, composed of H. M. Spore and Foreman Gavin, with his sec- tion-hands, started out, and after a long and vigorous search found the man and wife, nearly buried in the snow, at Hysink Lake, three miles from Cisco, where they had fallen side by side in exhaustion and despair to die. They were brought to Cisco at dark, and although their faces, hands and feet are badly frozen, they are now considered out of danger. The little child escaped unharmed. KILLED AT SANGER. A Miner Crushed to Death in the Brade ley Mine. UNION, Or, Dec.19.—An accident oo~ curred in the Bradley mine, at Sanger, twenty-five miles southeast of this city, yesterday morning, in which an Aus- trian miner, A. L. Megalove, was “in- stantly killed. He had put in a shot a short time before loosening up a large quantity of ore and rock in a slope that " runs at an angle of about 45 degrees, and was removing the ore at the lower end when the loose rock suddenly slid upon him. He was instantly crushed to death, and was so completely covered that the- debris had to be picked away before the body could be removed. He had been working only about a week in the mine. He was about 53 years old and has no rela- tives in this part of the country, so far as known. e Died at Newman. NEWMAN, CaL., Dec. 19.—Supervisor J. H. Edwards died at his home near New- man yesterday and was buried to-day. He was a native of Alabama, 65 years of age. He was for many years a member of the Board of Supervisors of Merced County. His conduct while acting in that capacity was irreproachable. He was admired for his many good qualities, respected for his, honesty and greatly beloved by a large cire cle of acquaintances. His remains wera followed to the cemetery by a very long processlon, the funeral being conducted by! the local lodge of Knights of Honor, of” which he was an honored member. SR s R MY Convicted at Madera. MADERA, CaL., Dec. 19.—The jury in the case of Abe Speckerman charged with shooting A. Cnvafinaro, after being out three hours and a half, rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life, Bank at New Whatcom Reopened. NEW WHATCOM, WasH., Dec. 19—The Bennett National Bank reopened its doors to-day. It was forced to suspend Noveme ber 5, when it was found that the liabilitiess wese only $81,000. NEW TO-DAY. SIMPLY:—— “Sloanes”’ W. &, SLOANE & CO,, 641-647 MARKET ST. 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