The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 2

othet membersof the commission, and all have replied that they. would be here by Baturday with-the exception of Andrew D. White, who states that he will be un- able to attend ‘until Tuesday. Whether | it will be deemed advisable to ask -the | others to wait-until Tuesday before organ- izing I cannot say until I have seen the President, which I shall do the morn- | ing.” I will say, however, that just as| soon as the members . of this commission | can he got together we will oreanize to | see what we have to do. 8o far as I “am-concerned it is an abso- Iutely new que: n to me, and I don't know how extensive an investigation ‘will be necessary, and I am of the opinion that the other members are not any better in- | formed at present. I don’t know where n will sit, but I know it will State Department building, there is.no room for it. The Secre- tary of State told. me this afternoon that | he had a gentleman looking for quarters | for us, but of course no one will be em- powered to select them until we have effected some Kind of organization.” e e COUDERT WILL ACCEPT. Ready to Serve on the Venezuelan Com- mission. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Frederick | R, Coudert said to-day that he would act | as & member of the commission appointed.{ by President Cleveland to inquire into- the | rights of Great Britain and of Venezuela in the disputed South American territory. Mr. Coudert does not believe it will be | necessary for the commission to go to Ven- } ezuela as a body,as he believes the; | obtain access to- all. necessary documents | in this country, although some of them | are doubtless in the possession of Spain | and Holland. A HAVE A WAXY ovr. Some Information : Given the . -United States-and England. | LONDON, E~6,, Jan. 2,—A special repre- sentative of the Daily Chronicle, who naw in; Washington, cables to" that:paper that he has obtained from: a source'which be is. compelled: not to reveal. the official unpublished :correspondénce exchanged by Great Britain and Venezuela between No- vember, 1840, when Sir Robert Schomburg was appointed to delimitate the frontier of | British Guiana, and April, 1842, when E| land removed the boundary posts set up by Robert Schomburg. In October, 1841, Senor Fortiqae, Vene- zuelan Minister to Great Britain, wrote to Lord Aberdeen, Colonial Secretary of State in the Cabinet of .Sir Robert Peel, re- | ferring to Venezuela’s proposal to conclude a treaty on the boundaries and protesting that bofore the proposal was answered a sentry-box carrying ‘s -British flag had been built oh the republic’s. territory. Senor Fortique again urged that a bound- ary treaty be entered upon. Lord Aberdeen replied. that he had re- ceived Sir Robert Schomburg’s report that he had planted boundary posts at certain points in the country he had sur- wveyed, being fully aware that thedemarca- tion so made was merely a preliminary measure open to future discussion between Great Britain and Venezuela. -It did not appear, however, that Sir: Robert Schom- burg bad left any buildings. Senor Fortique replied -that Sir .Robert Schomburg had = planted at the ‘mouth of the Orinoco River several posts. He had also raised the ‘British flag with much show of force and performed other acts of dominion in Veneézuela. Extreme cour iesy alone prevented Venezuela from forci- bly expelling him from the country. After some delay Lord Aberdeen replied to Benor. Fortique, confirming his pre- vious statement and adding tbat much unnecessary inconvenience would rasult from the removal of the posts, as they would afford the: only tangibie means by which her Majesty’s Government could be prepared to discuss the question of boun- daries’ with' Venezuela. The posts were erected for that express purpose, and ‘not, @s the. Venezuelan Government appeared toapprehend, asan indication of dominion. In the same dispatch Lord Aberdeen ex- pressed pleasure at - learning that the Governor of ‘Guiana had assured the Venezuelan emissaries that Gréat Britain had not occupied Point Darima. In January, 1842, Benor Fortique again wrote ‘to reinsist-upon the removal of the posts, The Chronicle: then quotes from the second: note of Lord Balisbury to Secretary of State Olney the words: ‘‘At the urgent entreaty of the Venezuelan Government these two posts were afterward removed, as stated by Mr, Oiney, but this conces- sion was made on the distinct understana- ing that Great Bri{ain'did not thereby in any way abandon . her ‘claim to that position.” The Chronicle also quotes from the two documents in which this discussion was maee. :The first: document eonsisis of a dispatch sent’ in: March, 1842, by Henry Light, : Governor of ‘Guiana, to Daniel O’Leary, British-Consul at Caracas, stating that the Colonial Secretary had ordered the Governor to remove: the landmarks, The other document-is a dispatch from Mr. O'Leary to the:Venezuelan Govern- ment containing the substance of Governor Light's dispatch. ¥ The Chronicle remarks that nothing in- dicates the condition asserted by.Lord Salisbury and adds; If the above docu- ments are genuine, and their source ex- cludes suspicion, the Schomburg line is proved worthless as:a basis of any terri- torial claim whatever. Commienting editorially on the subject, the Chronicle says: ““We are bound to'say, assuming, as we are bound to assume, the accuracy of our representative’s citations, that they vitiate Lord Salisbury’s second dispatch to Secre- tary Olney and Tender. it necessary for us to revise our whole view of the situa- tion. Clearly there can now be no question regarding the Schomburg line as a ramrod thrust between Great Britain and Vene- zuela. Ina word, England and the United States bave a ‘way out. We look to the statesmren on botli sides to enlarge upon this information and escape from the ut- most peril.” —— - WAS ONCE CONCEDED. 4n Arbitration Clause in the Treaty 3 Made With Blanco. WASHINGTON, -D. C.; Jan. 2.—The State Department is in a position to con- clusively prove the statement of to-day’s London. Chronicle, cabled by The United Press, “‘that it has learned on the highest authority that Earl Granville, in 1885, vir- tually concluded with Blanco a treaty containing an arbitration clause covering the Venezuelan- international boundary dispute,’’ and that “the Marquis of Salis- bury, however, on coming into power later in the same year, virtually canceled this clause by limiting the provisions of the treaty t6 commercial questions.” The Chronicle adds that nothing could have been more unfortunate, inasmuch as the boundary dispute was on the eve of permanent settlement. s The records which Venezuela had + already presented to- the United States Government before the ad ministration had taken suth a firm stand in the matter with Eng'and leaves no doubt whatever on this point. General Guzman Blanco in 1885 negoti- ! THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 18Y6. e S ated with Earl Granville a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation to supplant the existing convention of 1825 between Great Britain and Venezuela. The pew treaty ‘included three para- graphs providing for the arbitration of any and all differences, and related par- ticularly to the boundary dispute. After the treaty was fully concluded the Glad- stone Government was overthrown on questions wholly disconnected from Vene- zvelan matters, which were conducted in secret, and Lord Salisbury, succeeding Earl Granville as Foreign Secretary, found 1t incumbent upon himself to complete the negotiations, which’ he immediately proceeded to do by sending General Guz- man Blanco a note on July 27, absolutely reversing Earl Granville's action. This throws an entirely new and unfav- orable light on a portion of Lord Salis- bury’s retort to Secretary Olney in the lat- ter part of the Foreign Office dispatch of November 26 last, in which he says: *“Mr. Olney is mistaken in supposing that in 1836 a treaty was practically agreed upon contaihing a weneral arbitration clause un- der which the parties might have sub- mitted the boundary <cispute to the de- cision of a third power or of several pow- ers in amity with both. ©It is true that General Guzman Blanco proposed that the commercial treaty be- tween the two countries should contain a clause of this nature, but in reference to future disputes only.” Lord Salisbury deemed prover in this dispatch to underscore the word “future,’’ and it was printed in italics in the Foreign Office official document. That there is an equivocation in this statement can hardly be doubted in connection with Salisbury’s own earlier letter to Guzman Blanco and | Earl Granville's notes. OBJECT TO ME. COUDERT. Utherwise the English Papers Like the Commissioners. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 2.—The Dai News, commenting on the appointment of the Venezuelan Commission, will to-mor- row say that the nominations will com- mand. géneral respect in England, where public -opinion will readily recog- nize a commission which diplomacy must necessarily ignore. -Its report cannot fail to be instructive to both sides. During the interval of the inquiry the jingoes of both sides will confer the greatest benefit on humanity by not making any noise. The Morning Post will say: *None of the members of the ‘commission, except Justice Brewer and the Hon. Andrew D. White, has any claim to’ occupy the great position assigned to him, while Frederick R. Coudert, on’ any principle of fair play or common sense, is disqualified by his public declarations: The position of the gentlemen appointed is in complete har- mony with the overbearing language of President Cleveland’'s Venezuelan mes- sage.” The Standard will comment on the ap- pointments in a sarcastic vein. It will say: “It. would not be right for English- men to criticize ‘the gentlemen who have consented to assist the President’s studies of . political geography. If their names command the confidence of the American people that is all that can be expected or desired, though we shall watch their doings with curiosity and even respect. That will be the beginning and end of. our interest.” The Chronicle will say that it must be admitted that President Cleveland has succeeded 1n forming a body that is cal- culated to command respect. The Times will say: “Excepting Mr. Coudert, all that can be =aid for the nomi- nees is that while the; re reputable and may be absolutely fair-minded, they have such weight as will not command for their conclusions any recognition outside of the United States.” e~ NOT ARBITRATE. Secretary Chamberlain Suys One Story Is Unfounded. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 2.—In regard to an inquiry on the subject the Colonial Secre- tary, the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, stated that the report that the Govern- ment was disposed’ to arbitrate the ques- tion of the British Guiana boundary out of deference to President Cleveland’s threats, was absolutely unfounded. B g WILL FOUND AT THE VATICAN. Documents Relating to Catholic Missions in Veneczuela. ROME, Iravy, Jan. 2.—The representa- tive of The United Press learns thatim- portant documents have been found in the archives of the Vatican relating to Cath- olic missions in Venezuela. These docu- ments show that the missions within the territory claimed by Great Britain were included in the diocese of Caracas prior to Great Britain’s acquiring Guiana. MoAULIFFE'S BAD ARM. It Was Improperly Set and May Be Broken Again. NEW YORK, N.Y,, Jan. 2.—Jack Mec- Auliffe wanted to have his left arm broken yesterday afternoon because it had been improperly set after a fracture. Elaborate preparations were made for the operation, which was to have taken place in the apartments of Dr. John Wilson Gibbs, at the Hotel St. Andrews. Dr. Bainbridge was called in consultation. When he got there he found McAuliffe calmly smoking a cigar and waiting for the “circus,” as he called it, to commence. The injured arm was carefully examined. The light-weight champion puffed away vigorously at his cigar while the examina- tion was in progress. ‘‘Break it any way you please,’” he said, ‘“but don’t use an ax or.a crowbar. That might hurt.” Dr, Gibbs and Dr. Bainbridge concluded to postpone the operation for thirty days. t may happen that the arm wiil come around all right without an operation. * “If it shouldn’t,” Dr. Gibbs told McAu- liffe, *‘we will be able to fix it up as good as new.” e e NEW YORK MINING EXCHANGE. How the Stocks Will Be Listed in Three Departments. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—The direc- tors of the New York Mining Exchange have elected the officers of the exchange as follows: Isham B. Porter, president; ‘W. Leslie Scrymser, vice-president; Edwin A. Beers, treasurer; Ogden P. Bell, secre- tary, and John Gay, chairman. The exchange will open about January 15 at 35 and 37 Broadway. There will be three departments in which stocks will be listed, known as ‘‘class A,” which will consist of dividend payers only; “class B,”&)roducing mines and occasional aivi- dend payers, and “‘class C,” in which will be placed prospects and mines requiring capital o develop them. An information bureau will be a feature of the exchange, where the public may secure information about the listed stocks. The officers state that there will be about 100 stocks listed to begin with. — Fire in a Big Building. CHICAGO, Irn., Jan. 3.—The big five- story flat building, occupying hali a block, at the corner of Sixty-second street and Lexington avenue, was almost totally de- stroyed by fire early this morning. The loss will be about §75.000. The building was owned by W. G. Press, the Board of Trade and real estate man, and was just completed. A strong northwest wind fanned the flames vigorousl{. and the fire- Een had a difficult task in overcoming em, T0 INSURE FAIRNESS, Senator Chandler’s Plan to Prevent Railroad In- fluences. CONTROL OF COMMERCE. Many Reasons for the Proposed Increase of Interstate Com- missioners. ONE MAN FROM EACH STATE. Salaries to Be Paid Members Only During the Business Ses- sions. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 2.—If the bill introduced by Senator Chandler on Tuesday becomes a law California will have a representative on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Chand- ler is thoroughly in earnest in support of his bill, in which he proposes to enlarge the Interstate Commerce Commission so as to-make-that body half the size of the United States Senate. “With all due respect to the Interstate Commerce Commission,” said he whnile talking of the bill to a Carn correspond- is impossible, I think, for any ion of five men to stand up against the pressure which the enormous railroad influente, with its capital of $2,000,000,000, is able to bring to bear against them. My bill proposes to make the commission con- sist of one man from every State and have the commission appoint a chairman and four of its members as an executive com- mittee. That would really leave the pres- ent Interstate Commerce Commission’s executive committee with working power extending the year round, as it now ha: “My bill proposes to pay to the execu- tive committee the same salaries now paid to the Interstate Commerce Commission. It would thus really amount to adding to the commission the advice and co-opera- tion of a body of men selected from every State in the Union. This would make, if the men were properly chosen, a body of men which could not be controlled by the railroads. They mightown a few of them, and occasionally one might get ready to go out of the commission and become a rail- road corperation attorney, as Aldace F. Walker did when he left the commission, but certainly there would be more than a | majority who could be relied upon not to be controlled by railroads.”” “You would not have the.entire com- mission constartly in session, then, Sen- “No, my bill provides that they shall meet four times a year, and also provides for.their payment at the rate of $10 per day during forty days in the year. This would mean an average quarter of a session of ten days in which they conld advise and co-operate with the commission, bringing to its aid the information and judgment of men from every State who would be fresh from the field of operation of the railroads of thgir sections, and be able to give the executive committee, which would be the real working part of the commission, very valuable assistance.” Just then Senator Elkins, who is a heavy ownerin railroads, came along and listened a moment with a smile to Senator Chand- ler's remarks. ““Come on. Chandler,” he said; “let’s go down and have some lunch.” *“Wait till I finish telling the newspapers how I am going to circumvent you rail- road fellows with a commission half the size of the Senate,”” said Senator Chandler, with a sly twinkle of the eye. ““Yes,” said Elkins, smilingly, “and you have your pocket full of passes now, I warrant.”” “Not a pass,” eaid Senator Chandler. “I haven’'t had one for twelve years.” “Then come along and I will give you one new," said Elkins as they turned away toward the restaurant. Senator Chandler’s bill provides that all power and authority conferred by law upon the Interstate Commerce Commnis- sion at present shall be held and exer- cised by the enlarged commission, and when said commission is not in session the executive committee shall hotd and ex- ercise such power and perform such duties with the same force and effect as if the commission were in session. The members of the commission are to be paid $10 per day when the commission is in session and their actual traveling ex- penses, with an allowance of $3 per day for subsistence, the total number of days of the session not to exceed forty per annum. The chairman, secretary and members of the executive committee are to receive in lieu of per diem allowance the salaries pro- vided by law for members ana officers of the present commission. All members of the commission are to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, but it remains in the power of the forty- five commissioners themselves to deter- mine the membership of the executive com- mittee, which would be really the commis- sion itself, in most cases. OF INTEREST T O THE COAST. Some Legislation Prepared by Represen- tative Johnson. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—Repre- sentative Johnson of California will to- morrow introduce the following bills: Ap- propriating $5000 for the closing of artificial sloughs between Hills Ferry and Fire- baugh, on the San Joaquin River; appro- priating $2175 32 to pay Sacramento city for improving Seventh and K streets and Oak avenue, adjoining the United States vostoffice in Sacramento; a bill to remove a charge of desertion against Franz S, Zoller, a late private. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Additional — Andrew T, Shanks, Santa Monica; Eli N. Underwood, Vallejo; Franklin N. Hayden, Callahan, Onginal widows, etc.—Belle A Fulton, Los Angeles; Nannie McGrew, San Fran- cisco; Mary Ann Roy, Vallejo. Restora- tion and uupplemenzsfi—Miuon of John obker,-Pomona. Mexican War survivor —Alvis Bergler, San Jose. Wasblington: Original—George ‘W.Olney, Thorp. Original widow—Mary Dowell Blaughter, Goldendale. —_—— Sawyer Gets a Clerkship. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—Frank H. Bawyer, a former newspaper man of San Fraucisco, has been appointed clerk to the Committee on Mississippi River Improvement, of which Senator Perkins is chairman. e, For Coast Defenses. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—Senator Squire has called the attention of the Com- mittee on Coast Defenses for to-morrow to consider his bill on fortifications and thus | coast defenses. General Craighill, ehief of engineers, U. S. A.; General Flagler, chief of oranance, and General Miles, com- manding the army, are ready to make statements to the committee showing the necessity of immediate and energetic action by the Government. SR ] CLEVELAND'S STATE DINNER. It Inaugurated the Social Gayeties of the Winter. WASHINGTON, D. C.,” Jan. 2.—The President gave his first state dinner of the season to-night, thus inaugurating the social guyeties of the winter. The dinner, in its official sense, was a dinner to the members of the Cabinet, but the guests in- cluded several otherswell known in offi- cial social circles. Following is a full list of those present at this State function: President and Mrs, Cleveland, Vice-President Stevenson, Sec- retary of State and Mrs. Olney, Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Carlisle, Secre- tary of War and Mrs. Lamont, Attorney- General and Mrs. Harmon, Postmaster- General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary of the Navy and Miss Herbert, Secretary of the Interior Smith, Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Morton, Speaker Reed, Senator and Mrs. Morrill, Senator and Mrs. Haw- ley, Senator and Mrs. Palmer, Senator and Mrs. Brice, Representative and Mrs. Catch- ings, Mrs. J. T. Woodward, Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild, Edward R. Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stewart, Frank Thompson, Miss Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Mrs. Minot, Miss Boardman, Miss Frances Walker, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Henderson and Mrs. Micou. _The parlors and stateroom of the execu- tive mansion were as usual resplendent with tasteful floral and artistic decorations and the electric light display formed no small parz of the pleasing spectacle. FINANCES OF THE NATION, During the Past Month There Was a Decrease in the Public Debt. There Has Been a Lopping Off of Expenditures, Particularly in the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—The debt statement issued this afternoon shows anet decrease in the public debt, less cash in the treasury during December, of $1,- 179,319 80. The interest-bearing debt is un- changed. The non-interest-bearing debt decreased $558,535 50, and cash in the treasury increased §$620,814 30. The bal- ance of several classes of debt at the close of business December 31 was: Interest- bearing debt, 361,960; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,674,- 2; debt bearing no interest, $376,288, 992 14; total, $1,125,325,462 40. The certifi- cates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstand- ing at the end of the month were: $368 - 73, a decrease of $14,964,000. The total cash in the treasury was § 447 62. The gold reserve was $63,262,265. Net cash balance, $114,764,932 92. During the month there was a decrezse in gold coin and bars of $16,369,237 65, the total at the close being $113,198,705 67, Of silver there was a decrease of $704,186 95. Of the surplus there was in National bank depositories $14,271 , against $14,418,- 308 53 at the end of the preceding month. The treasury oflicial statement of receipts and expenditures were issued to-day. The receipts for December were $26,288,937, and the expenditures $25814,317, showing a surplus for the month of $474,620. For the first six months of the fiscal vear the re- ceipts were $167,568,053, and the expendi- tures $152,962,760, making the deficit $15,- 393,707. As compared with the last fiscal year at the same period, customs receipts show an increase of §13,000.000,and internal revenue receipts a decrease of $6,000,000. Expenditures show a decrease for the same period of $4,000,000, of which $1,000,- 000is in pensions and $3,000,000 in navy establishment. Theé war expenditures have increased $1,000,000, and the interest account nearly $3,000,000, while the civil expenditures have decreased $5,000,000. Other items show slight changes making up the differenc St CONSIDERED MONTA VA RATES. Meeting of the Western Passenger Agents at Omaha. OMAHA, NEger., Jan. The Western Passenger Association was in session to-day in the office of E. L. Lomax, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific. It dealt with Montana rates, which have been demoralized for some time. The general passenger agents present were: John Se- bastian, Rock Istand; George C. Nichol- son, Santa Fe; F. I Whitney, Great Northern; A. L. Craig, Northern Pacific; J. Francis and Assistant Smith, Burling- ton; J. R. Buchanan and Assistant Munn, Elk Horn; E. L. Lomax, C Clerk Mur- oy, Union Pacific, and Chairman Cald- well. . The day was taken up by the members in the discussion of tickets for continuous passage from Montana to Missouri River points. Previous to December 1 last tick- els were sold for a stopover, and the re- sult was that manv of the tickets fell into the hands of brokers. It is to obviate this that the meeting was called. With the 1st of December tickets good for cortinu- ous passage were placed on sale, and the outcome of the meeting to-day will be to order this class of tickets alone sold, and not those good for a stopover. SRR SUSPECTEDU OF MURDER. A Drug Clerk Who s Accused of Killing His Uncle and Aunt. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Max Bach, a drug clerk, was arrested in Brooklyn last night on complaint of the Florida authori- ties. They had reason to suspect that he was the murderer of his uncle and aunt, Gustavus and Mrs. Droishagan of Lawty, Bradford County. The Droishagans had_money saved and property worth about $25,000. Bach was their heir. One day he offended the old man and he cut Bach's name out i the will. He was seen about the house on June 21, 1892, and two hours later the ola people were found dead. Droishagan had been shot in the back of the head and his wife through the eye. All the cash in the house, §900, was gone. The envelope in which the will had been kept was found on the floor, but the wiil was gone, e dirdiiadl 2 Horseman Daly Married. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan 3.—William C. Daly, the horseman, best known as “Father Bill'” Daly, was married to Miss Ellen O'Mahoney in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon. Miss 0O’'Mahoney was for seve- ral years in the cloak department of a de- partment-store in Brooklyn. She is 25 years of age. Her fatherdied several years ago and left to his iwo daughters over $20,000, with the provision that they could not use the money until they were married. B Y i Failure of Stationers. DES MOINES, Towa, Jan. 2—The Lath- rop Rhoades Company, wholesale and re- tail stationers and book-sellers, gave a cbattel mortgage to-day to Richard T. Wellslager, trustee, for $20,000 to secure himself, the Polk County Savings Bank, Des Moines National Bank, J. M. Jennings and the First National Bank of Lyons, Towa. Unsecured liabilities are estimated at $30,000; nominal assets are $100,000. The failure results from the refusal of the banks to extena further accommodations, MAKE KO PROGRESS Meeting of the = Finance Committee of “the Senate. BOND BILL CONSIDERED.| Silver Men Know Their Power and Are Determined to Exercise It. PREPARING A SUBSTITUTE. This to Provide for Opening the Mints to Free and Unlim- ited Coinage. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—But lit- tle progress was made in the Senate Com- mittee on Finance to-day toward an agree- ment on the House bond bill. No vote of any kind was taken, nor did the silver men, who are in the majority on the com- mittee, submit any definite proposition. There was a great deal of informal dis- cussion, during which -the absolute and undeniable fact was demonstrated that the silver men know their power, and propose to exercise it. The diicussion was at times quite heated, especially when 8herman was accused by some of his silver colleagues with seeking to retire the greenbacks, although he had, they said, up to the day he introduced his resolution in the Senate been strongly in favor of keeping those notes in constant circulation. 2 Sherman, it is understood, denied that he was in favor of cancellation of the greenbacks, and asserted that such Sen- ators as understood his position in that light evidently did not understand the purport of the resolution he had intro- duced. Recegs until to-morrow morning was taken. i Immediately after the adjournment the Democrats, together with Jones (Pop.) of Nevada, held a conference and discussed the terms of a. bill which they offer as a substitute. Jones of Arkansas was appointed as a sub-committee to draw the bill and pre- sent it to the silver men before the meet- ing of the committee to-morrow morning. This substitute, it is believed, provides for legislation that will open the United States mints to the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and the issue of the certificates thereon 1n the man- ner now provided by law, withdraw from circulation all National bank notes of denominations of less than $10 and the substitution therefor of notes of $10 or more; directing the Secretary of the Treasury to coin the bullion in the treasury purchased under the Sherman act into standard silver dollars; directing the See- retary of the Treasury to redeem green- backs in either silver or gold or both as the condition of the treasury may require, and when so redeemed requiring them to be reissued. et REGARDED AS SIGNIFICANT. Three Bond Syndicate Men at the Presi- dent’s Dinner. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2. —The presence in the city to-night of J. A. Stew- art, J.T. Woodward and E. R. Bacon of New York, the two former of whom were prominent in the last bond syndicate, is regarded as significant. All three were guests of the President to-night at the first official dinner of the season. KILLED FOE TEASING. Two Youths Shot Down by a Lad They Were Tormenting. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 2.—A Recorder special from Palatka, Fla., says: A tragedy that darkened three homes was enacted here yesterday, when Ramon Pacetti, aged 12, shot Harry Keller and James Thomp- son, agea 16 and 13 respectively. The boys, with several others, were play- ing together, when Keller and Thompson began to tease Pacetti. The latter asked Kel- ler and Thompson to let him alone. They pérsisted, however, and Pacetti, remarking “I’ll make you quit,”” went to his home across the street. He soon returned with a pistol and opened fire on his tormentors. The first bullet struck Thompson in the abdomen and the second went through Keller's arm. Pacetti was in the act of firing again at Thompson, who was pros- trate, when he was caught by Mr. Wilson, who had been attracted by the shots. Thompson’s wound is mortal. Pacetti has been arrested. He expresses no regret for his deed, saying, ‘‘the boys ought not to. have teased me.” \ > SHOT BY A POLICE JUDGE. Two Chicago Garroters Met More Than Their Match. CHICAGO, ILL., Jan. 2.—While Justice Jarvis Blume of the West Chicago-avenue police station was passing under the Alley L structure at Thirteenth street at 1:30 o’clock this morning, in company with his daughter, he was stopped by two men. One of the robbers threw his arms about the Justice’s neck, but the latter drew a revolver and shot and fatally wounded the robber, who died within twenty minutes. The dead robber’s companion ran away, and the Justice fired after him, but none of the bullets took effect, so far as is known. e Drank a Fatal Potion. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 2.—Police- man Paul Gerzwiski welcomed the advent of the new year by taking a long pull out of a black bottle, and half an hour later he was a dead man. John Lukowitz, father- in-law of Gerzwiski, also drank to the new year out of the same bottle and is now close to death, but may recover. The men supposed the bottle contained whisky, but it proved to be chloride of zine, a deadly poison. B Stole the Barnes Gems. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Acting Captain O’Brien has succeeded in connect- ing the two negroes and the young white woman arrested by his detectives Tuesday night with the robbery of Mrs. Barnes’ diamonds. Two diamonds, found in their possession have been positively identified as jewels stolen from Mrs. Barnes, whose flat was recently entered by burglars and $7000 worth of diamonds and jewelry stolen. —_—— 4 Fery Cold Wave. OMAHA, Nesr., Jan. 2.—A severe cold wave rushed upon this section last mght, the mercury falling fifty degrees in a few hours. Fierce winds have been blowing all day and there is zero weather all over the State to-night. An Entive Block Burne ‘WEST PALM BEACH, Fra., Jan, 2.— Fire this afternoon destroyed half the business portion af.the town. The started at 1:30 o’clock in- Hewlett’s saloon and restaurant building on Banyon street, and before it could be checked the entire block, including the Seminole Hotel,| valued at $25,000, was burned.” Several per-. sons were badly injured by the explosion:| of dynanite to “save other buildings. The loss isestimated at about § £ ——— AT THE COLORADO MINES. An Explosion of Dynamite Caused Con= 5 siderable: Damage. ; :ORIPPLE CREEK, Coro., Jan. 2.—In the 100-foot level of the Ingram mine, ad- joining the rich Doctor, a strike of silvan~ ite ore is.reported that runs$5000 to the ton. : J. J. Smith has sold to Mesdames De- mond and Schlessinger the Perhaps claim, a fraction -of six acres, for $1000. . Both these women have made successfil mining investments. : George W. McKee wason l{u way up the shaft in the Orphan Belle mine yesterday, when a lot of dynamite left in the shaft. house for. the purpose of thawing out Le- came overheated and exploded. The engineer had vpresencé of mind enough to turn the windlass lgose and let McKee down. The whole shafthouse, ma- chinery, etc., were blown into atoms. An- other peculiar thing was that the engineer, named Walcott, escaped from the wreck- age and debris without a scratch. The claim-jumping soing on yesterday and last night resulted in no trouble. A large number of claims were jumped and PERISHED IN FLAMES Six Deaths the Result of a Most Mysterious % Fire; ATTRIBUTED - TO = GAS, It Ts - Believed ‘That: the Confla- gration Was Caused by an Explosion. ALL THE VICTIMS IN ONE ROOM, Members of a Family Were Sleeping When Overcome by the Gas. equally as many had the required work done at the last” moment and saved their claims. P THE SHOOTING AT VICTOR. Evidence That Ferguson Killed Smith in Self-Defense. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Jan: 2.— Coroner Marlow returned from Victor this morning, where he was investizating the deaths of George Smith, manager of the Union Theater, and Thomas Pasco, one.of the spectators of the variety show. The story as brought out” at the Coro- ner’s inquest differs’ somewhat from that given publicity yesterday, in that Pasco is is now found to have been only a spectator and not a participant in the fight. With- out doubt bad blood had existed between Ferguson, who had been- a -deputy mar- shal, and Smith. The veraict was that Ferguson acted i self-defense in firing the shot that kilied Smith, and that Pasco re- ceived his death wound from an unknown hand. e WILL FOUND A COLONY, Mr. Smythe Profioses to Bring Many Settlers to Cali- fornia. Suitable Lands to. Be Provided at Ashurst, in the Sacra. mento Valley. NEW YORK, N.Y,, Jan. 2—A scheme contemplating the formation of a colony from New York and other cities and its planting in California was broached here to-night by William E. Smythe of Chicago. Smythe is a specialist on irrigation. He was the leader in the movement which led to the formation of several irrigation con- gresses held in the far West during the past five years. Mr. Smythe last year was interested.in forming the New Piymouth colony in Idaho. This year he is promoting the col- ony of Ashurst. This is to be located on the Ashurst ranch, which is in the Sacra- mento Valley, opposite Vina, the country seat of the late Senator Stanford. Smythe lectured on the scheme to-night. The speaker said his idea was to give to dwellers in large cities a chance to find a home where they might have a good aver- age living and would be able to bring up their children under good conditions. The colony was to be founded at Ashurst on the plan adopted by other colonies in the West. Farm lands were to be sold st $85 per acre, $20 of that amount to go into the fund for improvement, which would be in the direction of establishing a creamery, cannery and other necessary institutions. The colony is to be started on the farm- wvillage plan. The purchaser of twenty acres of farming land would have one acre of land in the village, and propor- tionately, more or less, according to the amount of his purchase. Smythe said he had reached that conclusion after study- ing the subject, particularly among the Mormons, whose style of farming was all along thatline. Hegave examplesof pros- perity that bad come to Mormon -colonies and to the colony of Greeley, Colo., to il- lustrate the benefits of the co-operative plan. His idea is that much money can be made by men from cities who will take ten and twenty acre irrigation farms and raise vegetables and poultry and make butter. These things are now largely im- vorted into California because most of those who have gone to the land of sun- shine have taken to raising fruit. e Dismissed From the Pastorate, BOSTON, Mass.,, Jan. 2.—A church council held at the North-avenue Congre- gational Church in Cambridge to-night formally dismissed from the pastorate of that church Rev. Frank Hoytt Smith, who was recently arrested ‘in Denver and brought here for trial for sending objec- tionable matter through the.mails, and subsequently committed to the Govern- ment Insane Asylum at Washington. —_— Greenhalge Inaugurditea. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 2.—Governor Greenhalge was inaugurated at noon to- day before the Legislature, which met in joint session. The oath of office was ad- ministered by President Lawrin of the Senate, and after the proclamation had been made by Secretary of State Olin, Govy- ernor Greenhalge delivered his inaugural address to the Legislature. ks Exposure To a contagious disease does not me: - tracting that disease, if you have st;:-::g?h and vigor to repel it. Strencth and vigor are given and safety to health is insured by Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. $1; 6 for $5. Prepared only by C. I Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. are gentle, mild, effec- ’ Hood’s Pills tive. All druggists 250, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Are acknowledged by thousands of persons who have used them for over forty years to cure SICK HEADACHE, GIDI{ILE%, CONSTIPA- TION, Torpid Liver, Weak Stomach, Pimples, and COLUMBUS, Onro, Jan, 2, — Six deaths are the result of a mysterious fire-that occurred at 4:30- o’cloek this morning at the residence of John H. Hibbard, at 1598 East Long street. The dead are: John H. Hibbard, Mrs. John Hibbard, Mrs. Charles Lee, Miss Fay Hibbard, Dorothy Hibbard'and Allen Hib- bard. Mrs. Lee and Miss ‘Hibbard of Barfies- ville are -sistersof M. ‘Hibbard and were spending the holidays with® their brother. Besides these unfortunate peoplathe were in the liduse.at tlie iime Annie B & colored.servant; an¢ fous other child of the Hibbard family, whose' ages ranged from 8 to 14 years. AllesCaped by jamp- ing from the second-story window. Annie Bell “suiffered ‘fractures of. the ankle, Walter -Hibbard sprained ene of his ankles and ‘the others were not hur The house is a: largé .modern frame two stories and atfic. - It was heated with natvral gas by means of a furnace.. The fire probably resulted from-an explosion f natural gas, though thé facts as to the origin will-probabply never be kno When theair was sufficiently clarged with 1t it was ignited from’a burning ga jet.” There does not seem.to have been much explosive . forcé, however,: as tue walls were not shattered in the least. All the bodies were’ found in the same room. They hadevidently been awakened and ran there to escape and were ‘suffo- cated. The bodies wereal terribly burned. A neighbor, Who wis ‘awakened by. the screams of Annie Bell, called out the fi department. Tt was the work of buta minutes to extinguish the flames. Hibbard was- a “well-kiown business man, and - was' secretary and manager of the Central Ohio: - Several plumbers. who have. examined. the. premises deny that the fire resulted from a natural gas ex- plosion, but there seems'to be no other ex- planation of it. NEW TO-DAY. “When'I get big,” ete. 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