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e e et THE SAN FRANCISCO C ALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. - e e e e T e mon country. Itshould not be forgotten, he said, as to the young men who had been educated &t West Point and Annapolis, that the expenses of those institutions had been contributed to proportionately by their own States. The Senate finally passed Hill's bill. Vest (D.) of Missouri modified his silver coinage resolution of last week by making ita joint resolution znd changing it in some other particulars so that it now di- rects the Secretary of the Treasury to coin as rapidly as possible the silver bullion in treasury purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, into standard silver dollars and with such dollars to redeem the treas- ury notes issued for the purchase of the bullion, when offered for redemption, vsiteh notes to be destroyed as soon as they are redeemed.’” It o directs the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the treasury notes, commonly called greenbacks, when pre- sented for redemption, in standard silve dollars or both, as the condition of the —the greenbacks so alsc trea redeemed ued as provided by the act of May 31, 1878. Morrill (R.) of Vermont moved to refer the resolution to the Finance Committee, but before calling for a vote for that motion he moved an adjournment, and the Senate at 2 p. 3. adjourned until Friday next. S g o INDORSES THE DOCTRINE. Professor Rogers Approves of the President’s Policy. CHICAGO, Iir., Dec. Rogers of the Northwesterr who also occupies the chai President Univers! of inter- national law at that college, has,in an come out flat- rview given out to-da: footed for President Clev 8 He says it is ly patriotic document. An assertion of attract some attention isthat the Monroe doctrine never hss been a part of inter- national law. When ked thonght of the messege President Regers said: “Yes, T approve of that message and I do | not re, iit as having its inspiration in for a third term. I have too i for the President of the United States to believe that he would place in a position of peril two great na tions, simply to further his own selfish ends.” The Monroe doct ne, he said, was broac enough to cover an attempt such as had been ma by England in regard to Ven While it was not now a part he expected it to be- Nations would be tely acknowledge the iit was one of the ) inciples which alone kept them from encroachmg on each other’s power. uela. g THERE WILL BE NO WAR. That Is the Candid View of Professor | Lawson. Judge John , professor of law in the State Uni- s the author of numerons legal His work “*Contracts” is used early all of th ng law schools of udge Lawson said : 1 be no war, for the simple riven too many hostages to fortune in the shape of Ameri- vestments. Every American citizen ased for the time from any debt oblig: became necs ry the United States Gov- s a war measure, wholly ations. 1l business relations would spension of Eng - panies doing business in America; all the obligations incurred | under these would be canceled. It will be a long time before a commercial country like England involves itself in a war with the United States.” Judge Lawson does not agree with the w professors of Yale and Harvard in hed utterances of international International law,” said Judge , ““is not a code of principles reck- oned from all that pertains to justice. It is simply certain important principles which each nation has been able to get other nations to acquiesce in through force. international law as soon as the Unite States, bolding firmx to its position, com- ALLIANCE. That Would Ensue in the Eveat of War. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 24.—A morn- ing paper publishes the following from Washington : It is an open secret among those whose counsel and advice will be prominentiy exerted in the proper settlement of the dis- pute with Great Britain that shounld war between England and this country spring out of the Venezuelan question the pro- gramme of this country would embrace a Russian alliance. One of the statesmen most familiar with the present condition of affairs—one who, | in the treatment of the Venezuelan situa- tion, will be most conspicuons—is author- ity for tbe declaration that sucb an aili- ance is not merely a possibility; that it is more, even, than a probability—that it is in part an accomplished fact. Sl CITIES WITHOUT DEFENSE. But Well-Armed Vessels Can Be Produced. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 24.—The Sun’s Washington special says: The fortifica- tions board, which some years ago drew an elaborate plan for coast defense, left out entirely the great Western cities near the Canadian line, the theory being that Canada, in the event of war, would be oc- cupied in ten days by the United States troops, and that such cities as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland would be in no danger from the enemy if that enemy should be Great Britain. No other coun- try fighting in the United States, it is claimed by military authorities, could pos- sibly reach these cities, as to get there its sbips would have to pass through Ca- nadian waters, which of itseli would be a declaration of war on England. General Miles, in discussing this feature of the country’s lack of defenses, said that it was a rather curious thing that the waterway through which an invading fleet could reach the great lakes ran through British territory, and for this reason it would be an exceedingly difficult thing for the United Btates to seize the Welland canal in time to prevent the transit of ships up the St. Lawrence. No single sys- tem of fortifications for the protection of Chicago and Cieveland, says the General, would be practicable, forthe reason that attack would come from the water, and it would be almost impossible to erect land —————re e The difference between good engraving and average engrav- ing is big in quality and little in cost. 227 Post street 215 Bush street. H S CROCKER Co whieh will probably | what he | g of the threatened war vion to Great Britain; and if it | Even without Govern- | The Monroe doctrine will become | | batteries which would afford safety to any one single city. Another reason why bat- teries on shore are not feasibie is that the cost would be enormous and aggregate in the whole almost as much as would be re- quired to fortify New York, Boston and the large cities on the Atlantic seaboard. Should this country, therefore, ever be forced to war with Great Britain it will { probably be the navy tbat will defend the lake cities, notwithstanding that there isa treaty between the two Governments | which forbids the maintenance of more than one vessel of war of a limited ton- nage on the lakes. The ships that would be depended upon to do this work, how- | ever, would not be regular battle-ships | and cruisers of the navy, but a great fleet of fast commerce steamers that ply be- tween Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and other large Weslern lake towns. This fleet, which has been reported as available for naval work, numbers thirty-six vessels, each of which has enormous tonnage and steaming radins. 1t is proposed by Secretary Herbert and Captain Sampson, head of the Ordnance Bureau, to order another inspection of large steamers to determine just how | many more would be valuable asauxil- liary cruisers. The first blow that might | be expected from England, it is claimed ! by naval experts, wonld be on the lakes, | and before this country could get troops to Canada there would be a fleet of gun- boats on the lakes ready to lay large cities in ruins. 2 The intelligence office of the Navy De- | partment contains records showing that | Great Britain has just fifty-two vessels of war whose draught will permit of their entrance through the Welland canal. One | of these carries eleven inches of armor, but the remainder are ordinary cruisers, | with no protection to their sides. To ef- fectually block the canal would prevent | the passage of a single vessel, but as tba! waterway runs through British soil itis | not probable that the United States could | | reach it in time to shut out the fleet. With { no United States warskips on the lakes to | meet it, there would be nothing to hinder | warships from playing bavoe with a city | ' like Chicago. The Navy Department, however, pro- | poses to provide against just such an emergency and will have satficient five and six inch high power rifles on hand | with which these auxiliary craisers are | {to pe equipped. A fleet of fifty of this | class of boats, it is asserted, could whip | any number of ships which Great Britain could possibly place on the la; INTERESTS THE ~ COAST, | | | Colonel Mendell to Be Succeeded | by Colonel Charles R. Suter. | Representative Johnson Introduces a | Bill to Carry Out Lubin’s | Plan. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—Secre- | | tary Lamont and Chief of Engineers Craig- i bill have determined to effect at least a partial reorganization of the engineers’ { corps of the army. These changes have been in contemplation ever since Colonel Mendell's retirement, last October. As | telegraphed to TuE CALL, an Eastern en- | | gineer is to succeed Coionel Mendell. He | {is Colonel Charles R. Suter, now a mem- ber of the Mississippi River Commission. | Major William Heuer, now in charge of | Humboldt Bay and Sacramento River im- provements, has been assigned to work at Cincinnati | Major Davis, who has been stationed | here in Wasl on, succeeds Major { Heuer in the California work. Major Thomas H. Handbury, who was formerly stationed on the North Pacific Coast, but | lately in Florida, will Le sent to St. Louis, | and Lieutenant-Colonel Benyaurd is or- | | dered to the relief of Major Handbury at the St. Au-ustine station. | | The California delegation will endeavor to have the fine imposed against the seal- | ing vessels Bowhead and Winchester of | San Francisco remitted. Tl.ey senta com- | | munication to the Treasury Department I | to-day. The petition for remission of the | penaity was signed by 100 merchants. | Representative Grove L. Johnson to-aay introduced a bill in the House to carry out | David Lubin’s plan to grant a bounty ot | from 1 to 10 cents on agricultural staples | | exported. | | Tue new harbor boat for service in San | | Francisco Bay is to be named Golden Gate. { The pilots of San Francisco have sent to | Senator Perkins, for presentation to the | Secretary of the Navy, a petition request- {ing that existing orders relative to the | engagement of pilots by United States ves- sels on entering and leaving the port of } San ¥rancisco be modified. They request | that Americaa pilots at American ports be employed as freely as foreign pilots at for- | eign ports, and call attention to the neces- sity of so employing them at San Fran- | cisco, because that port “is subject to fogs, the tides are irregular, and there is no anchorage from FPoint Bonita until Fort Point is reached.” The petition will be sent to the Secretary of the Navy, with a letter that it be granted if consistent with the good of the public service. This letter has been signed by Senators White and Perkins and Congressmen Barham, John- son, Hilborn and Bowers. A strenuous effort will be made this ses- sion to secure an appropriation for the improvement of the San Joaquin River, between Hills Ferry and Firebaughs, by | closing artificial sloughs. It is estimated that only $5000 will be necessary to ac- | complish this, which will enable naviga- tion to be carried on to an extent that has heretofore been impossible. Grove L. Johnson 1s taking the lead in the matter, and is strongly supported by Senator Perkine. California postmasters were appointed to-day as follows: J.T.Jones at Antelope, BSacramento County, vice E. R. Daly, re- signed; E. J. Steele at Clay, Sacramento County, vice Thomas Bteele, resigned, and Donald McBeth at East Riverside, River- side County, vice W. J. Marsh, removed. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original — Loais Namate, Santa Barbara. Increase — Charles M. Durand, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, Original widow—Mary Barry, Sacramento. Oregon: Original — Hiram Palmer, Princeville; William W. Wetsler, Port- land. Washington: Original—Robert Lyman, Puyallup; Michael Markey, Wilbur. In- crease—DeWitt C. Shultes, Seattle. e s Denver’s Mint Site. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—Super- intendent Preston has submitted to Secre- tary Carlisle his selection of a site for the Denver (Colo.) mint. Its location and | offer payment of the appraised amounts | ese capital and Japanese enterprise would | nese residing within territory ceded 10 Ja- {ever, one feature that | the United States. The unfortunate Queen | price is not divulged, and it remains for Becretary Carlisle to ratify Mr. Preston’s selection or to silect either of the four other sites named as alternate sites, Mr. Carlisle is so engrossed 1n financial mat- ters now that it is not probable he will give Mr. Preston’s report consideration until early next year, NOT FULLY RESTORED Peace in Formosa Prevented by Some Desultory Resistance. JAPAN NOW PUZZLED. Does Not Know What to Do With Insurgents After Sub- duing Them. THE LATEST RISING IN SEOUL. Friends of Korea’s Murdered Queen Sought in Vain to Avenge Her Death. TOXIO, Jarax, Dec. 7.—Peace is not yet fully restored in Formosa, althovgh the Governor-General has issued a proclama- tion announcing the establishment of good order. A desultory resistance is still kept up by scattered bands of insurgents, who probably prefer the chances of plunder to the risks of surrender. Japan is now thinking what she will do with the Chinese in Formoss. They num- ber 2,500,000, and it is as certain as any- thing human can be that if they are suf- fered to remain in the island they will never really coalesce with the Japanese or loyally aid in developing Formosan re- sources. They will be what they have been in America, a race apart, preserving | all their own evil habits and degraded | mode of living, and bent only on amass- | ing money to carry home to China. | It is strongly urged in several quarters | that Japan’s best plan would be to havea | fair valuation made of all the real property held by Chinese settlers in the island; to | with public money, and to proclaim that Chinamen declining to accept the offer, and remaining in Formosa after a certain time, will be obliged to move into settle- ments where they will possess only the status of Chinese subjects having treaty access to Japanese dominions. The 30,000,000 of taels paid by China for the recovery of Liaotung might be employed to buy out the Chinese, afier which Japan- quickly be directed toward the island. Itis uncertain what decision the Japa- nese Cabmet will take. They have still a year and a half to consider the matter, for the Shimonoseki treaty provides that Chi- pan shall be allowed to years two dizspose of | their property and remove to C they please, and that all remai the expiration of that ime may be made subjects of Japan at the option of the Jap- | anese Government. | The latest Korean emeute—that of No- vember 28—may be briefly described asan attempt primarily on the part of the Bin faction—the faction of the late Queen—and secondarily on that of other politicians | who found themselves deprived of influ- | ence and position by the supremacy of the | Tai Won-kun, to avenge the murder of the | royal consort on October8 and to drive the | Tai Won-kun out of power. American readers must be weary of de- | tails about these endless political squab- bles in Korea. It will suffice to say, there- | fore, that the conspirators marched | sgainst the palace in the dead of night, expecting to find sympathizers among the palace guards, but, being received by the latler with a hail of bullets, they fled incon- tinently, leaving four of their ringleaders in the hands of the guards. Thers is, how- imparts special interest to this affair, namely, the parti- cipation of foreigners, chiefly citizens of | had many friends among foreigners. She was on terms of close intimacy with Mme. Waeber, the wife of the Russian Charge d’Affaires; she had ziven encouragement and munificent snpport to American mis- sionaries, whether as a matter of convic- | tion or of policy, and she had won the re- spect and esteem of the American officers charged with the duty of instructing the Palace Guards. On the other hand, the murder of her Majesty had excited universal execration among foreigners of all classes in Seoul. | Hence is easy to understand that the passive sympathy of the whole community would have been with any effort to punish the aunthors of the brutal crime, and that the active sympathy of a few may have been enlisted. Among the latter are gen- erally mentioned the names of the Rev. Mr. Underwocd, whose wife, a physician, had medically attended the Queen, General W. McE. Dye and Colonel F.I.N. Nien- stead, who are employed by the Korean Government in the capacity of military instructors, and General Le Gendre, adviser to the Home Office. It is further alleged that some of the chief plotters of the conspiracy were men who, having escaped the coup d’etat of | out to assist China in developing the very | capacities that he denounced as a serious October 8, found asylum in the legations of Russia and the United States, where they planned the emeute. It is beyond question that refuge was given in the United States legation after the affair of the 8th of October to six Koreans of note, but they were persons in danger of death, and most assuredly the American representative had no knowledge of any such design as they afterward put into practice. As forthe Ruesian legation, the charge against it avpears to be totally baseless. The Japanese, however, were o vehemently censured because some of their people took part in the coup d’etat of October 8, that their desire to turn the tables leads them, perhaps, to exapgerate the participation of foreigners in the emeute of the 28th. The Korean Government, at the instance of the foreign representatives, has restored the late Queen’s rank, and given her a State funeral. Japanese commercial enterprise con- tinu\u to show remarkable activity, and something like a mania prevails in the stock market. Manufacturing schemes of various kinds are projected. The estab- lishment of a cotton-spinning mill in Shangbai has almost become an accom- plished fact, a site having been purchased and the necessary capital subscribed. There is a rumor that the Japanese Gov- ernment has entered into a provisionary arrangement with Lord Armstrong & Co., the great English firm of ship-builders and gunmakers, for the establishment of a dockyard and gun-factory ir Japan. The Japanese already possess dockyards, where they can build men-of-war, importing the armor-plates, etc., from Europe, and they possess also arsenals where excellent weapons and ammunition are manufac- tured. But they are obliged to depend on foreign countries for their steel, and there has long been a strong agitation in favor of starting a steel foundry in the country. Iron is forthcoming in sufficient quan- tities, but the deposits have scarcely begun to be exploited, and Japanese experts shrink from an undertaking of such mag- nitnde and costliness as the establishment of a steel factory, their experience not be- ing yet sufficient to warrant the effort. Hence the idea of utilizing the aid of a great British firm to organize and carry on the enterprise in Japan for a fixed term of years. An attempt to open coal mines in the Ch’unan district of Chekiang province in China has been temporarily defeated by an outery about the sterotyped fengshui, & superstition that blocks the path of all progress in the Middle Kingdom. The survey of the proposed line of rail- way between Shanghai and Soochow has been actually commenced. Perhaps the era of railways is at length about to dawn on China. The Rev. G. John, having just returned from a nineteen days’ trip in Tienmen and Kingshan, in China, reports that he found the people everywhere thoroughly friendly, To repeated inquiries as to whether any objection existed to the open- ing of chapels and the residence of Chris- tian propagandists, the invariable answer was that the doctrine preached being good, no objecsion cou!d possibly ex- ist. Messrs. John and Bonsey lectured to thousands, had to deal with “immense crowds of people that had never seen a for- eigner before,” and baptised 101 persons, yet they never experienced the smallest rudeness or obstruction anywhere. They attribute the people’s amicable demecanor entirely to the absence of any anti-foreign attitude on the part of officials or literati, and they piace on record the conciusion that “whenever and wherever foreigners have trouble in China it may be taken for granted that the oflicials or gentry, or both, are at the bottom of it.” The negotiation of the new commercial treaty between China and Japan is pro- ceeding very siowiy. The Chinese pleni- potentiary has proposed a treaty of abso- lute equslity, quietly ignoring the fact that under the sixth article of the Siimon- | oseki treaty China has piedged herself to take as a basis “‘the ireaties, conventions | and regulations now subsisting between China and European powers.” It matters little to Japan what obstructions or aelays are created in Peking, for the Shimonoseki treaty secures to her people most-favored- nation treatment in all respects pending the couclusion of the new treaty. It is now definitely settled that Herr von Brandt, formerly German representa- tive in Peking, is to discharge the duties of commercial embassador on his return to Chiina—not an ofiicial appointment, but a commission from German merchants and manufacturers. The idea of the Ger- mans is said to be not merely to take ad- ventage of the needs that China must feel in the sequel to the late war, but =2lso to cultivate and develop her progressive desire to manufacture her own rsw material and to be seli-supplying in ‘the matter of warlike apparatus. Herr von Brandt bhas hitherto posed asan uncompromising foe to Japan's expansion, on the ground that ber manu- facturing capacitics would make her a keen competitor with the West in the mar- kets of the world, He now offers proof of his sincerity and consistence by coming menace to the Occident in Japan’s case. It seems pretty certain that the Moham- medan rebeliion is petering out. The fol- lowers of Islam are fighting among them- l selves, and the imperial forces have com- menced the terrible role of extermination that always forms the concluding page of such chapters in Chinese history. The world will probably bear little more of an insurrection that threaiened at one time to overtax the resources of the Manchu dynasty. 0T LIFE IMPRISONMENT Sentence of a Man Who Murdered the Woman He Supposed Was His Wife. His Story So Affected the Court That an Effort Will Be Made to Se- cure a Pardon. OMAHA, Nep., Dec. 24.—Fred Wahl- gren, who murdered Mrs. Augusta Mait- land at a lanndry here last July for infi- | delity to him, pleaded guilty this morning and was sentenced to a life term in prison. Wahlgren's story when he made his plea so affected the court and the spectators that a movement to have him pardoned was begun and may result successfully in afew months. The couple lived as man and wife in Minneapoiis for five years and it was proved that Wahlgren thought that this fact made it a lezal marriage. When the woman leit him last June and fled to Omaha in secret and married John { Neither the American nor the English | | and cast themselves on the protection of | Maitland, he became crazy and followed her, killing her July 30. They had two children which the woman had taken with her. IMPORITS A EXPORTS. Busin ess Done With Great Britain and Dependencies: WASHINGTON, D. C., Deg. 24.—In re- sponse to a Senate resolution the Secretary of the Treasury this morning sent to the Senate a statement showing for each of the last five years and for the whole period the gross amount of imports from ports of Great Britain and her colonies and dependencies, together with the amount of the exports to sach ports. The totals for the whole period of five years are as follows: United Kingdom, imports, $800,340,150; exports, $2,184,048,634. Bermuda, imports, $2,222,463; exports, $3,620,675. British Honduras, imports, $902,55¢; ex- ports, $2,065,769. Canada, ncluding Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Co- lumbia, ete., imports, $179,184,682; exports, $237,760,759. Newfoundland and Labrador, imports, $2,103,627; exports, $7,492,483. British West Indies, imports, $67,556,530; exports, $42,230,435. British Guiana, imports, $21,021,262; ex- ports, $9,913,065. British India and East Indies, imports, $110,194,324; exports, $18,410,214. Hongkong, imports, $3,873,663; exports, $22,342,235. British Australasia, imports, $30,635,989; exports, $49,471,244. British Africa, imports, $3,732,575; ex- ports, $19,482,824. Allother British possessions, including Aden, Falkland Isiands, Malta, etc., im- ports, $9,319,582; exports, $2,804,060. Ll sl asa Fire in Business Blocks. CHARLOITE, Mircn., Dec. 24— Fire this morning gutted the Warren block and P2 ‘;lil:fly l’};}’bhvlyod the Gmnhblgfi, ad- 2. e losses partially covered by insteance. e BESEIGED BY KURDS, The Alarming Situation at Hadjin, in Central Turkey. ENCOMPASSED BY FOES. So Far the Government Has Done Nothing to Check Murder and Pillage. INCREASE OF THE RAIDERS. | | Consuls Have Given Warnings and Missionaries May Receive Some Protection. BOSTON, Mass., Dee. 24.—A letter was received in Boston to-day stating that the situation in Hadjin, Central Turkey, is | daily becoming more serious. Hadjin is | encompassed by a large band of Kurds and | Turks, who have rained and sacked every viilage in the neighborhood. The Government, the leiter says, does nothing to put a stop {o this work of mur- der and pillage. The consequence is that not oniy have tke raiders taken fresh cour- age, but their numbers have swollen so that they constitute an army of sufficient strength to attack Hadjin, The letter continues: “There is practically no government. Anarchy sits enthroned. The Christians | of Hadjin, notwithstanding the treatment to which they bave been subjected, offered | no resistance, and in their conduct throughout have been most praiseworthy. | Consul has put in an appearance. Travel is extremely dangerous, and, indeed, no | one ventures these days even under the | escort of gendarmes. BSupplies are be- | coming exhausted and already some are suffering from hunger. The Vali gives assurance that the missionaries shall be protected, and consuls have warned him that they hold him responsible for their safety.” Another letter was received from the vicinity of Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, stat- ing that the apologists for the ruler of Turkey will doubtless try to make out that all the aisturbance is the fault of Moslem fanaticism and quite conirary to the wishes of the Suitan. “The Government itself will represent,” the leiter says, “it has already begun to represent that the Armenians provoked the attecks. As tothe Armemans, in most places in this region they had given up their arms and cast themselves wholly on the protection of the Government. The day before the outbreak in Harpoot the colonel in commond telegraphed to his commander-in-chief in Mexreh that the Christians had given up their weapons the Government with their women and children and asked what they should do. He received noreply. It isperfectly plain that this whoie thing emanated from the Sultan. “For twomonths the Dersin and Moslem Kurds have been deciaring that they had orders from the Sultan to kill the Chris- tians. The Turks in the cities also have said the same. Prominent Turkish offi- oials haye acknowledged that suck an im- pression was prevalent. Then simulta- neously with the proclamation of the acceptance ot the reforms all these differ- ent tribes of Kurds and the Turks dwell- ing in localities widely separated began to move. It was like the calling out of the reserves, and it was accomplished in a way that showed that the forces were directed by orders emanating from one head.” e ADFVANCE OF THE TURKS. Orders Issued to Spare Neither Man, HWoman Nor Child. LONDON, Exe., Dec 24.—The Constanti- nople correspondent of the United Press, telegraphing under date of December 23, says an official telegram received there from Zeitoun reports that the Turkish forces which have been advancing for some upon the latter place, made a success- ful ambuscade and were victorious, but withdrew to Marash, which place offered better iacilities for the encampment of the troops. The correspondent says also that other reporis of the engagement have it that the Armenians gained a victory over the! Turkish troops and took about 100 of them prisoners. Letters received in Constanti- nople from the interior show that orders have been issued to the Turkish soldiers to spare neitber man, woman nor child. A Protestant clergyman, pastor of a church in Zeitoun, has acted in the capac- ity of envoy in the parleying that has taken place between the Turks and Ar- menians at that place, the latter being in ‘possession of the town. A division of the Turkish army has ad- vanced to Geben, two days’ march from Zeitoun. Upon the appearance of the troops the inhabitants of the town, about 2000 persons, fled and took refuge in Zei- toun, leaving their cattle and other prop- erty. The soldiers are burning all of the houses and their contents, provisions, etc., as they | tured her about noon. go along. Terriffic rains have prevailed, causing the roads to be knee-deep with mud. The wood, the only available fuel, is green and watersoaked, and the men are | eating meat that is only half cooked, in consequence of which a large number of them are sick. The sick ones were returned to Adana, and others who were unfit to march further were left at Geben. When the soldiers arrived at Geben they ordered 8000 loaves of bread to be supplied by the Christians. The bread was fur- nished and the ravenous soldiers ate every loaf before the last animal bearing the food was unloaded. Another division of Turkish troopsis advancing upon Zeitoun from Marasb, but the prevailing floods make the fording of streams difficult. A ,third division is ad- vancing from Coekoun. This division must trverse a difficuit pass which 100 men can defend. The general opinion is that the Armenians in possession of Zeitoum have nothing to fear except hunger. It is reported that the United States cruiser Marble head has fired a number of blank shots at the town of Mersina, in Asla Minor, If the report is true the shots were probabiy fired with the object of frightening the Turks as a means of se- curing the protection of American prop- erty at Tarsus and Adana. An official telegram, dated December 24, says that the Armenians at Zeitoun have made an attack upon the village of Mehel, killing two men, five women and three children and carrying away all the cattle and the roods in the shops and houses. The inhabitants of the village went to Genksun. Suodiigs iy MADE AN ASSIGNMEMT. Cullapse of the Lewis Investment Com- pany of Des Moines. DES MOINES, Iowa., Dec. 24.—The | Lewis Investment Company, one of the oldest financial concerns in the city, as- signed this afternoon, naming Nelson Royal as assignee. The company had §400,000 capital. The failure was directly caused by the refusal of local banks to fur- | ther carry the company’s accommodation | paper. The schedules of assets and liabil- | ities were not filed, but President George H. Lewis says the assets are ahout $425,000 | nominally, and liabilities $100,000. It is understood that the assets will shrink in { liquidation to about 50 cents cn the dollar. | FOUND BIBLES, NOT OPIUM Capture of a Mysterious Schooner | by the Hawaiian Tug- boat Eleu. Testimony Against the Two Men Who Went on a Filibustering Expedition. HONOLULU, Hawam, Deec. 18.—After several days’ cruising after a reported schooner with opium, the tug Elen harried | away early yesterday morning in search of a craft telephoned as off Waialua, and cap- The schooner was towed in in the evening. Her cargo proved to be not opium, but Bibles. It was the little missionary packet R. W. Logan, twenty-nine days from San Franciseo, bound to Ruk. The Boston 1ission secretaries’ delega- tion, returning from Japan, have been spending the day in visiting the various mission schools and churches. Dr, Joseph Cook, the famoas lecturer, is also returning home, in & sad condition of nervous pros- tration. The examination of Sheridan and Un- derwood was postponed till the 23d inst., awaiting the arrival of Witness F. Hay- i selden from Maui. The chief testimony (ugninst them is that of Hayselden and Paul Neumann. They solicited Hayselden to give them the use of his island, Lauai, for the purpose of colonizing there a num- ber of men suited to the end in view under the guise of agriculturists. These should be ready to move upon Oahu at the proper time and co-operate with a force to be landed thbere from San Francisco to over- throw the Government and restore the Queen. They sought to get Neumann’s services in general arrangements for forces here to aid the invading force, but especially to negotiate with the ex-Queen for a lottery franchise. On securing the promise of such a franchise a strong gambling syndi- cate in San Francisco would provide the means of arming and sending a force oi filibusters to restore the Queen. Neumann at first laughed aside their provositions. They continued to wurge | them, when he informed the Minister of | Foreign Affairs. Hayselden did the same. Both these gentlemen are strongly in oppo- sition to the Government. A sufficient motive for their disclosure was to avoid being involved in misprision of treason. The two conspirators seem to be men of no great force and of no pecuniary means. Their scheme seems a shallow one. S S T0 JOINT TRAFHC, The Senate Receives Some Information on the Combine. ACTION OF TRUNK LINES. So Far There Has Not Been Any Obstruction of Interstate Commerce. FUTURE MOVES TO BE AWAITED. If at Any Time Laws Are Violated Proper Proceedings Will Be Taken. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—The Senate to-day received from the Interstate Commerce Commission, in response to a Senate resolution, a report on the joint traffic agreement recently entered mnto be- tween the trunk lines operating between the Atiantic seaboard and the West. Chairman Morrison in this report says that owing to the fact that the agreement is in- complete, the commission cannot deter- mine whether the contract which may be finally perfected will be a violation of the law or not. & Mr. Morrison says it is competent for the commission of its own motion, under the recent decisions of the courts, to begir proceedings in the case of any obstruction to interstate commerce caused py such a | combination as is contemplated in this agreement. With regard to the feasibility of enforc- ing the penal prov ne of the interstate commerce law, Mr. Morrison calls atten- tion to the fact that it is necessary to pro- ceed through the courts todo this and that it has so far in such cases been found very difficult to secure the necessary testimony. UnderZthe present ruling of the courts any inquiry may be arrested by the refusal of witnesses to testify on the plea of se!f-in- crimination. He furtber says that the commission has satisfied itself by careful investigation that no increase of charges or lessening of facilities has occurred as the result of this contract, and adds: “In view of the fact that any action by injunction or otherwise which might be used to prevent the completion or con- summation of a contract, agreement or combination not vet made can be used to prevent 1s being carried into effect in the event of it being finally entered into, and in addition thereto the persons represent- ing the corvorations becoming liable for misdemeanor, the commission has be- lieved, and still believes, that it best per- forms duty by postponing any request to the United States District Attorney to investigate until such railroad companies shall actually, for a joint traffic assocta- tion, enter into an agreement wtich shall be uniawful.” “8ICK OF HIS BARGAIN.” Fastidious folks who've had more than enough of the average ‘‘bargain’’; close buyers who can’t “'stomach’ fancy prices— COME TO-DAY. Bmoking Jackets, House Coats, Gowns, Bath Robes, Traveling Shawls, Rugs, etc. —bargainsin the Roos Brothers’ sense—ime proving with close acquaintance. GOOD, STYLISH AND CHEAP. Men’s Overcoats, good ones, at §5, $7 50, and $10. Men's Suits at $7 50, $10, $15—but/ fine full-dress Suits, equaling best tailor- made, cost $30 to $50. Tuxedos, Inverness, Overcoats. Hats at 50 per cent less than MANITOBA’S SCHOOL QUESTION. There Is Considerable Excitement Pre- ceding the Eicction. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Dec. 24.—There is much excitement Lere over the election on the school question, which takes place within three weeks in connection with the school fight. Itis announced to-night that Archbishop Langevin, head of the Roman Catholic church in this country, departs at once for Baltimore. The object of his visit is to be present at the conferring of the red hat on Cardinal Satolli on January 5, but many believe the school question will also be discussed. >, NEW TO-DAY. A A s REPORT oF THE ACADEMIE Apollinaris “THE QUEER OF THE RESULTS INVESTIGATIONS IN PARIS AND THE REPORT OF THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE OF FRANCE HAVE PLACED APOLLINARIS WATER AT THE HEAD OF ALL THE WATERS EXAMINED e DE MEDECINE oF FRANCE TABLE WATERS.” OF THE RECENT FOR PURITY AND FREEDOM FROM DISEASE GERMS. JOHN CAFFREY, aw, 47 First St., San Francisco, Representing CHARLES GRAEF & CO., N. Y., for Mineral Waters. &t hatters. OPELN TO-DAY TILL NOON. .Out-of-town mail orders carefully filled. WALL PAPER! JAS. DUFFY & CO. Have REMOVED to No. 20 Geary Street. GREAT REDUCTION TO CLOSE UUT LAST SEASON’S PATTERNS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW. WINDOW SHADES! Any Color, Size or Kind. WHOLESALE—AND—RETAIL. Qon aume mx bouses, billiard-tables, M:naymm. canners, RUS pRugte fou laundries, ps) printers, N':.'m“::fiu ¢ Iactories acabier rooters, lora, BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturere, 609SacramentoSt. Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. 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