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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1896. porary railway, with which to transport them to their several positions, was laid. Some days will be necessary to get them in position. 2 Their extreme length is 37 feet, oir- cumference at breech 9 feet, diameter of bore 13 inches, muzzle 3 feet. They are of steel and rified, havi xty-eight grooves. 108, The weigit of each gun pounds, or over fifty tons. Their projectiles are of two kinds, both shelis, one having a burst- ing charge of thirteen pounds, the other forty-eight pounds. The guns are breech- loading. The weight of the projectiles is it of shot 36 to 46 inches, 1013 p and rang ds, hei e nine 1 OGNITION. - WORKING FOR RE Members of the Revolutionary Committee n. 8,—General Tomas Estrada Palma and the other mem- revolutionary committee bers of the Ct v on the subject of Jan belligerency by the Government of the United States. 1t wag ulated by Secretary Olney rview should be informal, and ess that the General therefore not given uny st capacity of envoy to the United States from : Cuban Pro- visional Government. retary Olney 1 not, of course, commit himself with reference to the m. KECRUITING IN AMERICA. Ofjicers Ave Being Secured to Drill the Cuban Arn E, Pa, Yo ecure offic to drill their sol ns d the s from rton have leave for become in- Jealousy Caused a Duel to the Death Between Two Flerida Young Men. One Shot Through the Heart After| fortally Wounding His Ad- versary. MOUNT PLEASANT, Fra., Jan. 8.— For love of a woman Henry B. Thomas 1 to thé a du ne 1 homas ) were on. friends. About that time, how- both began to pay attention to the oman, and jealousy soon emies. > gone about known that would fol- lar ex- afternoon the hunting par- ud it seemed that a general figh Thomas, however, u greed to. mas and Stafford, armed with pis- aced each other at thirty vards and n firing. Neither was injured by the t excha v advanced on each other. d shot Thomas fell with in the bowels. 1l advanced on the prostrate when Thomas staggered to foe’s heart. ing the corpses of the young men home they were borne past the residence | She | of the girl for whom they fought. showed no emoti and it has been lesrned that she hasall along been en- gaged to 2 man in Georgia. B RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Two Negroes Taken From Officers and Put to Death by a Tennessee Mob. X. MEMPHIS, T Fuller and Frank Jan. 8.— Harrison impson, two negroes, were to have been placed on trial at Lex- i ay to-day foran attack upon white, and her 16-year-old risoners were confined in ton and attempts were ughter. the jail at Le made by a mob to take them out for sum- | mary vengeance. They were quietly spir- ited away to Nashville by the Sheriff, where they remained until yesterday morning. The authorities supposing excitement at Lexington had subsided from the danger t the trial was set for to-day, and the prisoners were accordingly returned. When the train arrived at Lexington it was met by a strong mob, the Sheriff was over- powered and the prisoners secured. They were hustled into the woods, some dis- tance from town, where some fifty shots were fired into the body of each. Prior to the attack upon Mrs, Pomeroy and daughter Fuller and Simpson were guilty of a similer crime upon another white woman, - — WILL STRIKE AGAIN. Philadelphia Streetenr Men Ready for Another Walkout. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., n. 8. —To- night the possibility of another strike among the motormen and corductors has become & probability. General Manager Beetem to-cay refused to treat with the committee of the Amaigamated Associa- tion of Street Railway Emnloyes in regard to reinstating 151 of the oid employes, A meeting of all the divisions of the associa- tion will be held to-morrow night, President Mahon and the other officials of the association admit that the situa- tion is now more eerious than it has been since the first strikeof the men, three weeks ago. ——— Delving for Entombed Miners. COLORADO S8PRINGS, Coro., Jan. 8.— The rescue gangs at the Anna Lee mine at Victor have been working hard since Sat- urdey, but no bodies have yet been recoy- ered. The air in the shaftis very foul, owing to the decomposition of the buried bodies, and the shifts have to be changed every fifteen minutes. It isexpected that the first of the eight bodies will be reached within the next two hours. i Virginia Populist Nominees. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 8.—At the State Populist convention held here Judge A. A. Gunby of Monroe wag nominated for Governor and A. E. Booth of New Orleans for Lieutenant-Governor. It is believed that some dicker will be made with the regular Republican convention whereby the latter will indorse the Populist ticket. rd up to six months eadying himself by a smail | iberate aim and sent a builet | Thomas died two FOR. COAST DEFENSE Projects Considered by the Committee of the Senate. NEEDS OF THE NATION. General Craighill Explains That | Sepator Squire’s Bill Is Not Extravagant. WILL BE IN SESSION DAILY. | The Important Question of Torpedo- Boats to Be Discussed in All Its Details. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—A meet- ing of the Senate Committee on Coast De- | fenses was held this morning. General ighill, chief of engineers and his as- it, Japtain Black of the Engineer | Corps, made important statements, General Craighill explained to the com- | mittee the great need of immediate addi- | tional appropriations for coast defenses | and stated the amount which could be | economically and profitably expended by | the Bureau of Engineers for that purpose | during the rent fiseal year, and the jarger additional amount for each year thereafter until the completion of the project of the Government. The defenseless condition of the sea- coast wes explained, showing that the amount proposed in Senator Squire’s bill | for coast defenses is not only none too large 1t absolutely required. Gemeral Craighill explained that if the bill shail be | passed immediatety, the sum of $4,500,000 could be economicaily expended by the | Bureau of Engineers alone during the pres- | ent fiscal year. | The committee then proceeded to in- | | vestigate the question of torpedoes. The importance of this matter is such that the | committee will continue its sessions daily during the present week and next week, hoping to be able to report a bill at an | early date. { g FOR THE MEN NAFVE. | One Thousand to Be added at Oncs by Act of Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—A very important bill, urged by the Secretary of the Navy, was favorably reported from the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs to-day. | It authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to add 1000 additional men for the use of the regular navy, this being tne lowest esti- mate of the number needed for the new ps that have been placed in commis- on. The bill aiso gives the Secretary author- | ity in any emergency that may arise to en- | list the services of the National militia of | the seve States for manning the auxil- iary cruisers, and if this should not be sufficient to enlist as many more as may be sufficient for the purpose. The bill carries an aporooriation of $308,000 for 1000 men added to the: regular nav. SIN FRANCISC'S GUNS, | Three Pneumatic Dynamiters Accepted by the War Department. | Washington Officials Pleased With the | Excellent Showing Made in the Tests. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 8.—A Sun special from Washington says: The fortifications of San Francisco have been strengthened in the last week through the acceptance by the Government of three of the most powerful pneumatic guns yet tested, each of which threw 500 pounds of high explosive upward of 500 yards with precision and territic effect { upen the water where it struck. Columns | of water were thrown as high into the air | as the Washington monument, and the jaim was so true that there would have been no difficulty in hitting any ship which they might have been aimed at, With 500 pounds of gelatine a range of | 2100 yards was secured; explosions oc- | curred both on impact with the water and | with a fixed fuse two seconds after the | shot struck, the water in each instance | being tossed like a geyser spout over 600 | feet into the air. With projectiles of the same explosive and a charge reduced to 100 pounds the guns propelled shells three miles and it so near the mark aimed at that a battle-ship would have been easily blown to gieces had she been the target. These three guns are similar to those | which are now mounted at Sandy Hook, | but the tests demonstrated that improve- | ments have been made which place the | new weapons in advance of those at New | York, both in lccuncg and power of range. Other guns will be placed at Bos- ton and the important coastwise cities in- cluded in the fortifications plan of the War Department. The success attending the trials at San Francisco has settled to the satisfaction of ordance experts the value of this type of weapon as a part of the ordnance for the country’s land defenses, and hereafter some of these guns will be stationed at the important cities along the seaboard, where the department proposes construct- ing defenses invulnerable to attack from the sea. Eminent ordnance experts of the army, including General Flagler, have con- tended that the pnenmatic gun will be of | sreat value in dealing with a large fleet, and that ships would not dare approach within its range, knowing that an explo- sion of 500 pounds of gelatine in the vi- | cinity of a vessel would have a most dis- | astrous result upon those on board. Itis asserted further that one shot from a dynamite gun would be worth more than | & broadside from a warship, and that the | country can well risk mak&g a_true shot | occasionally with results as’ effective as | those following the impact of a projectile from a battle-ship. e | ARMING THE MONIZORS. Preparations for San Francisco’s De- Sense Arve Being Rushed. VALLEJO, CAL., Jan. 8.—The Navy De- partment is evidently becoming alive to the necessity of, as far as possible, en- abling San Francisco to withstand attack from foreign invaders. The monitor Co- manche is at present alongside the quay wall at the yard here, being made ready for a bay trial. She is of 1875 tons, capa- ble of five to seven knots speed, is in prac- tical sea readiness and mounts two fifteen- inch smoothbores in a single turret, Telegraphic orders were received at the yard to-day to take on enough extra men to make the new monitor Monadnock, which is conceded to be one of the most powerful fighting craft in the world, in full completion by February 1. Accord- ingly, a large gang will be rushed aboard her to-morrow to-finish the work of fitting the hydraulic driving-gear of four 10-inch rifles in_her two turrets. They weigh twenty-eight tons each and are ugly war engines. HERBERT ACTIVE. Urgent Inquiries as to the Progress in Equipping the Monitors. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. & —Before Secretary Herbert left.this morning for New York he set on foot inquiries as to how quickly the coast-defense monitors Miantonomoh, Terror and Monadnock could be prepared for service. Statements Yurnished by the bureaus concerned show that the Miantonomokh, recently placed out of commission at League Island, could be recommissioned within two weeks; that the Monadnock could be finished by the 1st of February, and that the completion of the Terror within sixty days was as- sured. The Monadnock is at Mare Island, Cal., and the Terror at Brooklyn, N. Y. The reason for the request made by the Secretary cannot be ascertained. g Revenue Cutters for This Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—Cullom to-day intreduced a bill providing for the construction and equinpment of two steam revenue cutters of the first class for service on the Pacific Coast, the cost not to ex- ceed $400,000. SHOKT SESSIO. N IN THE HOUSE. Jackson Day Observed by Members of the Lower Chamber. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8—The House celebrated the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, known as Jackson day, by remaining in session but forty minutes. Half of that time was occupied in the reading of the journal. In the remaining twenty minutes rou- tine matters were considered, and a_joint resolution offered by Spaulding (E.) of Michigan was read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affaire looking to the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. ARMQR FOR BATTLE SHIPS Unsatisfactory Test of Plates for the Brooklyn and Towa. Shattered at Single Shot by a Thousand - Pound Wheeler Projectile. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—A plate, representing 415 tons of eight-inch turret and barbette armor of the battle-ship Iowa a |and the armored cruiser Brooklyn, was tested at the Indian Head proving gzrounds with results very unsatisfactory to the manufacturers, the Carnegie Steel Com- pany. Two ports were cut in the plate to make it represent as nearly as possible a port plate of the eight-inch turrets on these vessels. One shot only was necessary to deter- mine that the plate was not up to the standard. A 6-inch armor-piercing p& jectile of the Wheeler type, weighing 1 pounds, was fired at the big steel rarget with a velocity of 1700 feet a second. The contract for the group which this plate represented required that the shell should do no greater damage than to merely crack it, but after the shot was fired an examination disclosed that the target had been broken into three pieces. There was nothing further to be done, and Captain Sampson, chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance, and the other officers who witnessed the test returned to Wash- ington. The result of the test will cause the holding-up of this group of armor and its temporary rejection, but a second test will be had, which is likely to prove more suc- cessful for the Carnegie Company. The plate which fared so badly to-day was of inferior quality, and itis said that it did not fairly represent the other plates in the group. It was selected for the test be- cause of its inferiority, in accordance with the policy of the Ordnance Bureau to choose for this purpose the specimen which is believed to be the weakest in a group, the idea being that if the poorest plate can stand the severe test prescribed by the bureau, others must necessarily be able to withstand a greater striking force. e STATEHOOD FOR OKLAHOMA. Citizens of the Territory Meet to Frame a Petition to Congress. DENISON, Tex., Jan. 8.—The statehood convention convened at Oklahoma City, 0. T., to-day. It seems now as if the Democrats have captured the convention, and will pass resolutions favoring single Statehiood only. Thers will. be naarly 500 delegates present. A hot fight between the single ana double statehood men is anticipated. A draft of the memorial to Congress, and which will be submitted to the conven- tion, contaius, among others, the fallowing arguments: 4 “We have a &opuht)on of mearly 300,000 people. e have wealth suf- ficient to meet the necessary expenscs of a Btate government. We are an in- telligent, ind ustrious, progressive, patri- otic people. We have better homes, a bet- ter system of public schools and in many other respects are far in advance of many of the States that were admitted into the Union more than a scoreof years ago. We have reduced the fertile acres of Oklahoma from the state of nature to a high state of cultivation. We have laid out and con- structed highways. We have builded cities and towns, schoolhouses and churches. That we have accomplished all this in spiteof the wrongdoings and num- berless privations which, because of un- friendly legislation we have been forced to undergo, proves peyond question our ca- pacity for self-government." —_————— FAMED FOR HIS PLUCK. Death of Charles C. Bassett, the Noted Sporting Man. KANBAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 8.—Charles C. Bassett, known to the sporting frater- nity all over the country as a prominent figure in the frontier days of Kansas, is dead, Newsof hisdeath at Hot Springs Sunday was received here yesterday. The life history of Charlie Bassett, or “Senator,” is closely entwined with that of “Bat”’ Masterson and Luke Short. Bassett was born in New Bedford about forty-nine years ago. He came Westafter the war, and after drifting about the mining camps and_frontier towns for a time took up his abode in Dodge City, Kans. The town was overrun witha lawless element. Finall *‘Bat” Masterson was made Marshal. He chose Bassett as his right-hand man and chief deputy. Masterson and Bassett soon established a record as fearless and desperate officiais. Several of the desperadoes were killed and the remainderdriven from the town. After- ward, in recognition of his services, Bassett was made Sheriff of the county. e CUT OFF HIS HAND. % Kansas Robbers Fearfully Mutilate a Man in His Own Home. HOLLAND, Kans, Jan. 8.—Unknown men called at the home of Ed Welch last night, blindfolded him, threwy him upon the floor, cut off his left hand with an ax and robbed him. The community was aroused by the outrage, and bloodhounds were put on the trail of the assailants, who took away the severed hand, JONES BARS THE WAY, Prospects of a Deadlock in the Senate Finance Committee. TARIFF ON RAW SUGAR. If It Is Not Imposed the Revised Schedule May Not Be Reported. MR. TELLER THROWS A BOMB. Declares in the Republican Caucus for a Free.Coinage Amendment to the Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—If the Republican members of the Senate Com- mittee on Finance actin accordance with the vote of the Republican caucus this afternoon, and if Jones persists in his intention to demand that raw sugar shall be given the 15 per cent of an increase pro- vided by the House in every otber sched- ule, there will probably be a deadlock in the committee and the bill cannot be re- ported. There is a general belief, however, that Jones will relent and act with the Republicans. The resolution introduced yesterday by Quay, declaring it to be the sense of the caucus that the Republicans should report the tanif bill from the committee as it came from the House, passed the caucus this afternoon after an hour and a half of | debate, without division and by a practi- cally unanimous voie. The chief pointin the discussion was the probable attitude of the silver Republica ns. Many of these were outspoken in their desire to have the tariff bill pass and de- clared that it would be unwise to place a iree-coinage rider thereon, especially in view of the fact that such a bill was now before the Senate and would be passed be- fore action was had on the tariff bill. Teller of Colorado threw a bomb among his assocjates when he mede a vigorous speech and said that for one he proposed to assist in placing a free-coinage amend- ment on every tariff bill until such a | measure became a law. He would not only vote to put onein this bill, but he declared it to be his intention to en- deavor to assist in having such an amend- ment placed on a tariff bill in the next Congress if the Republicans controlled | both branches of the Legislature and the executive. The statement embarrassed the Repub- licans greatly. Teller did not only say that he would offer such an amend- ment, but stated positively if cffered he would vote for it. Other slver men ex- pressed the intention of being satisfied with the free-coinage substitute to the bond bill. Conservative men wil! not join him in this vote, and the votes of the sound money men on the other side of the cham- ber are counted upon to defeat such a proposition. Just as the caucus was about to adjourn Pectigrew asked when the Republicans pro- posed to consider the question of the | reorganization of the elective offices of the Senate, and suggested this would be as good a time as any. Nevertheless, Mitchell made a motion to adjourn and it was carried. This left the silver and the new Senators in the lurch. They are the ones who have been urging reorganization, and they were somewhat angered to thipk that the adjournment had been carried on the motion of their own men. Immediately a request was circulated for Sherman, chairman of the caucus, to issue a call for another caucus, and it was generally sigued, the names attached to it including Eastern men as well as West- ern and silver men. This caucus will be called probably to-morrow and will deal with the subject of the further reorganiza- tion of the Senate. CAN TALK IT TO DEATH, Senator White’s Scheme to Beat the Funding Bill in the Senate. The Californian Not. Without Hope of the Success of the Oppo- sition. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 8. — The Committee on Pacific Railroads will not begin to give its brief hearings on various bills for the settlement of the Pacific rail- road debts until February. Meantime the committee will study up on the subject. Many of the members are new and want to become posted before the hearing, 1t is understood that ex-Representative Geary will be here, among other Californians, Senator White said to-day that there was some hope of beating the funding bill in the Senate. He did not eay what the tactics of its opponents would be, but said, “I will fight it tooth and nail.” It is believed that White proposes to filibus. ter against it. During the last session he said: “If that bill comes up in the Senate we can talk it to dedth.” it COLUSA HAS A GRIEVANCE. Charges Preferred Against a Recently Appointed Postmaster. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—On De- cember 16 C. 8. Callan was appointed Post- masterat Williams, Colusa County, Cal. The citizens of that town and vicinity have now preferred charges against him and want him removed. They are writing letters charging Callan with inebriety and immorality. One letter received by Rep- resentative Hilborn charges him with being grossly immoral. Senator White and Representative Hil- born have received telegrams asking that an Inspector of the Postotfice Department be sent there. Ithas not yet been decided to comply with this 1equest, although an %fvantig:mon of some kind will possibly be i e SENATE PROCEEDINGS, An Effort to Agree Upon Action on the Tariff Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8,.—Theses- sion of the Senate to-day occupied less than an hour, the rest of the afternoon being given to the Benators to agree upon a line of action on the House .tariff bill. When Sherman made the motion to adjourn he gave a hint as to the purpose he had in view in making it, and assured the Senate i that an early adjournment would expe- dite business. And so the motion was agreed to without dissent from any Sena- tor except Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada, who desired the Senate to continpe in session an hour longer in order that he ufight make a speech in fuvor of the free coinage of silver. The only incidents of note during the fifty minutes of session were these: The swearing 1n of Senator Wolcott (R.) of Colorado for his new term; the reporting of anmportant hill from the Committee on Naval Affairs for the enlistment of ad- ditional men for the navy, and the notice by Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina of an amendment to the House bond bill, with the free coinage substi The amend- ments gropose to probibit any issue of United States bonds without the authority of Congress and to require the payment of greenbacks, {reasury notes and the in- terest and principal of bonds in either gold or silver, but in the cheaper of either metals. The adjournment was until to-morrow. Ehewe 5 COMPETITION DESIRED. Secretary Herbert Answors an Inguiry as to Building New Battle-Ships. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—In re- sponse to the Quay resolution requiring information as to whether the Navy De- partment deemed it advisable to build six battle-ships instead of the two authorized by the last Congress, on the basis of the bids submitted for these two, Secretary Herbert sent to the Senate to-day a long letter on the subject. After informing the Senate that con- tracts for both the battle-ships author- ized have alrcady been awarded to the Newport News Ship-building and Drydock * Company, the Secretary the Department does not deem it advi to recommend that any bids received and not accepted should be further considered, becaue it sees no reason why, if other ships are now authorized, the building of them shall not also be open to competi- tion. 1If an advertisement for new bids for battle-ships were issued, he says, ten days from the date thereof for receiving and opening the bids would give ample time and opportunity for competition. Under such an advertisement the department would also, as iu like cases heretofore, call for bids upon the plans of the bidders, and any plans heretofore prepared by bidders might be submitted upon the new bids. INTERESTS THE COST, Senator Perkins’ Efforts in Be- half of California” Sugar Producers. Many Candidates for the Sacramento Postmastership—Bilis Affect- ing Seamen. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—Senator Perkins made a strong effort in the Re- publican Senatorial conference this after- noon to secure a higher tariff on sugar, as he wished to encourage the beet sugar planters of California. He explained the beet sugar industry andits capacity for development. Senator Thurston, whose State (Nebraska) is also greatly interested in beet sugar, earnestly supvorted Senator Perkins, and other Senators indicated their willingness to afford the protection asked, but the majority of the Senators present finally concluded that no amend- ments to this emergency bill should be al- lowed, as they misht endanger its passage. It was thought, however, that many if not a majority of the Senators were in full sympathy with the proposition to .protect sugar by horizontal increase or specific duty. Senator Perkins believes that where the Republicans can secure control of the Senate protection will be granted by bounty or increase of duty. By the direction of the Secretary of War the board of oflicers is appointed to meet at the call of the president thereof at San Francisco for examination of such ofiicers of the corps of engineers as may be ordered before it to determine their fitness for pro- motion, The detail is: Colonel Charles R. Suter, corps of engineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, deputy surgeon-gen- eral; Major Charles E. L. B. Davis, corps of engineers; Captain Walter L. Fisk, corps of engineers, and First Lieutenant Georze M. Wells, assistant surgeon. The junior engineer officer will act as recorder. ~ First Lieutenant Harry Taylor, corps of engi- neers, will report in person to Colonel Suter for examination. Senator White is receiving letters by the score from iriends of various candidates for_the Sacramento postoflice, vice Leake, resigned. He immediately sends them to the Postoffice Department, and these Sacramentans could save him consiaerable trouble by sending indorsements and etitions girect. to the cepartment, for Evmo says that before he makes any recommendations he will examine all the papers on file there. Mr. Leake has written that be will perform the duties of the office until about March 1, so White T0 TAKE N HAWAI, Opening of the Campaign for Annexation, in Congress. PLANS OF SPAULDING. His Joint Resolution Calls for the Erection of a New State. OVERTURES TO THE ISLANDERS, Money to Be Appropriated to Defray the Expense of Nego- tiations. WASKHINGTON, D. Jan, 8.—The fol- | lowing joint resolution relating to the n Islands, offered by Representa- 5 2 (R.) of Michigan, was read in the House to-day and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs: That Congress doth consent that the terri- tory properly included with it and rightfully belonging to the Government of Hawaii, and commonly known as the Sandwich Islands, may be erected into & new State, to be called the State of Hawaii, with & republican form of government to be adopted by the people of said Government of Hawaii by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing Government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union. g Further, that the foregoing consent of Con- gress is given upon the following conditions and with the following guarantees, to wit: 1. Said Stute to be formed subject to the ad- justment by this Government of all questions of boundary or jurisdiction that may arise with other governmenis or former govern- ments of Hawaii; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of the Government of Hawaii, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action on or before January 1, 1898. 2. Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public property aud means belonging to the Govern- ment of Hawaii, shall retain all public funds | of every kind which may belong to or be due said Governments, and also all vacant end un- populated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payments of the deots and lia- bilities of said Government of Hawaii, the residue of said lands to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no case are said debts and liabilities to become & charge upen the | United States, Further, that if the President of the United | States shall in his judgment deem it most ad- | visable instead of proceeding to submit the foregoing resolution to the Government of Hawsii as an over.wre on the pert of the| United States for admission, to negotiate with that Government, then, resolved, that a State 10 be formed out of the present Government of Hawaii with one representative in Congress shali be admitted into the Union by virtue of this act as soon as the terms and _conditions of such admission shall be agreed upon by the Governments of Hawaii and the United States, and that $100,000 be appropriated to defray the expe ses of missions and negotiations either by treaty or articles as the President may decide. SUPREME COURT CASES. Two Actions in Which the Gov- ernment Figures as Ap- pellant. . Santa Fe's Suit to Gain Possession of a Public Plaza Argued and Submitted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—Litiga- tion to which the United Statesisa party occupied the attention of the Supreme Court to-day exclusively. The first’ case under argument was that of the city of Santa Ke, N. Mex., | against the United States, appealed by the latter from the Court of Private Claims. The city of Santa Fe brought suit before that tribunal to have confirmed to it a tract of land of four square leagues, the will not make any recommendations until the last days of February. It isaltozether Jikely that Stephens will be appointed; i fact, it is all but assured that he will win. It is not believed that Congress will make an appropriation for an outer harbor at either Santa Monica or San Pedro, as there 15 a controversy over these rival sites, and Congress will be loth to appro- riate $4,000,000 for this purpose. Senator Vhite believes an appropriation of $390,000 may be secured for an inner harbor, over which there is no dispute. Senator Frye, chairman of the Com- merce Committee, to-day introauced a bill to amend the Revised Statues by provid- ing that the name of every documented vessel of the United States shall be marked upon each boaf, and upon the stern the home port shall also be marked. These names shall be painted or gilded, or consist of cut or carved or cast Roman letters in light color on dark ground, or in dark color on light ground, Plain and dis- tinctly visible. The small letters used shall not be less than four inches in size. If any such vessel shall be found with- out these names being so marked the owners shall be liable to a penalty of $10 for each name omitted. Thedraftof every registered vessel shall be marked upon stem and stern-in English feet or deci- meters, either Arabic or Roman numerals. The bottom of each numeral shall indicate the draft to that line. Frye introduced another bill which will be read with interest by Pacific Coast sea- center of which was the public plaza. The claim of the city was founded upon both direct grant from the Spanish Government and the operation of law, the papers of the grant having been destroyed in the In- dian insurrection in 1680. About 1500 heads of families are living upon the land claimed by the city and hold title under the grantto the munici- pality. A number of private parties were made defendants to the suit of the city, who, it is alleged, claimed landsin the limit of the grant, and answers were put in by them settling up their claims. The court held adversely to them, and they have taken no appeal in_this case. The brief for the city of Santa Fe says: “The case is here on the appeal of the United States alone, which insists upon the court taking notice of the evidence and claims of the other defendants who have not appealed, based on allegzed Spanish and Mexican grants, thus not presuming any grant in Santa Fe.” Argument in the case was made by the Assistant Attorney-General J. M. Dickin- son and Matt Reynolds, special assistant to the Attorney-General for the United States, and T. B. Catron, who formerly was Delegate to Congress from New Mexico for the city of Santa Fe. both cases the United States appealed. For the Government Assistant Attorney- General Conrad appeared and for the rail- way company Thomas Hart Jr. — e TROUBLE IN STORE. The Armenian Question Promises to Cause Much Anmoyance. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan.8.—The Sen- ate Committee on Foreign Relations held its first meeting this morning since the reorganization of the Senme,_Chlcx among the matters referred to this c(}mnuttz-e were affairs relating to Cuba, Venezuela and Armenia. The members of the com- mittee say that the laiter one will cause this Government no end of trouble. ];!;)Dy;g before the committee indicate that half 10t been told. How to effec re without violating the policy of evading entangiing allia: with foreign powers is a problem of diplo- macy that the State Department alone can solve. ? 5 "The recognition of the belligerent right of Cuba is also pressing upon the com- mittee. This will be the first thing taken up next Saturday. ST Trip of the Minneapolis. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—The Navy Department has been informed that the cruiser Minneapolis left Alexandretta for Smyrna, on the 6th inst. DECORATED FOE BRAVERY. Ten Kee Sing and His Medals Seen in @ Police Court. NEW YORC, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Ten ;{ra Sing, a Chinese who served in the United States navy and who has been decorated by Congress for bravery, was a prisoner yesterday in the Court of General Sessions. He was arrested on complaint of C ing, a gamller, who charges that Ten Kee Sing and five other Shinamen entered his place October and knocking him down robbed him of § . Ten Kee Sing denied the charge and was held in $1000 bail to await trial. He claimed that he was the victim of & conspiracy on the part of the Chinese gamblers of Mott street, who were incensed because he had testified against them in several trials. As he stood at the bar of the court Ten Kee Sing wore two medals pinned to his waist- coat. One of them was of gold and had been presented to him by the Navy Depart- ment. The other, of silver, bore this in- scription : «Po Charles Tong Sing. In commemo- ration of perils encountered, and in ex- pression of the high esteem in which Con- cress held his services. [Act approved September 30, 1891.] 1879-1382. He explained that under the name of Charles Tong Sing he bad served as a steward on the ill-fated Jeanette of the Arctic expedition. He shared the suffe ings of the party under command of Engi- neer Melville, which traveled 700 miles over the ice and_escaped the fate of the rest of the expedition. Two other facts in Ten Kee Sing’s career are that he was born in San Francisco thirty-eight years ago and served as a policeman in Port- land, Or. e MEDICAL COLLEGES OUTLAWED. Diplomae of Three Missouri Institutions Canceled. 8AS CITY, Mo., Jen. 8.—The State of Health, in session at St. Louis, med- Boar Monday outlawed three Kansas Cit 1cal colleges, as follows: The U Medical, the Woman's Medical and the Homeopathic Medical. Notice of this action was made public to-day by Secre- tary King. The board has absoiute power in ail matters relating to the practice of mec cine in the State, and if a college is de- clared not to_be in good standing the diploma issued by it is void. NEW TO-DAY. “A big falling off.” Second-class clothiers and high-price tais lors have had a big falling off; the ten- dency of trade is towards the golden mid- dle way—which is spelt R-0-0-8 B-r-o-s. ‘We promise to make the falling off big- ger in '96; and it shall include that half- and-bali—the cheap tailor. Fine Blue Kersey Overcoat or Black Cheviot Ulster, $12—something first-class and genteel. Men's heavy All-Wool Pants, $2.50, Special competent man in charge of mail orders. SELECT the GOOD, AVOID the BAD, That argument having been concluded, the somewhat famous case of the United | States ys. a certain tract of land in Cum- men. It amends Revised Statute, section 4536, s0 as to read: No wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice shall be subject to astachment or arrestment from any court, and every payment of wages to seamen or apprentices shall be valid in law, notwithstanding any previous Tate or assignment of wages, or any attach- ment, incumbrance or arrestment thereon; and assignment or sale of wege or salvage mado prior to the accruing thereof berland, Adams County, Pa.. involving the effort of the War Department officials, acting under an act of Congress to secure . possession by condemnation for use as a part of the Gettysburg National Park of certain portions of the battlefield over which runs the tracks of the Gettysburg Electric Railway Company. Two tract were sought to be obtained, of 7.02 acres, for which the jury assessed the damages | shall bind party making same, except such ad- vance securities as are authorized by this titl and provisions of this section shail extend to and embrace seamen and apprentices in do- mestic or coast trade and trade between the United States and ports in the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland and West India Islands and Mexico, and to seamen in whale or other fishing business. It is hereby further enacted that any writ of attachment or other paper for enforced collec- tion of seamen’s wages in contrayention of this section shall be void, and any officer exe- cuting the same shall be punished, upon con- Yiction thereof before any State or United States court, by a fine not to exceed $300, or imprisonmentnot to exceed three months, at "1‘10 discretion of the court, for each and every offense. Ay Champions the Veterans. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8 —Repre- sentative' Pickler (R.) of South Dakota, chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensiops, to-day introduced into the House a bill to prevent discontinuance of pensions, to restore pensions discontinued, to establish a unitorm rate of pensions, and to facilitate the allowance of pensions in the matters of proof, of the railway company at $30,000, and the other of 3.12 ocres.” The petition to condemn this the lower court ordered to be quashed, and from the judgments in - War Is declared by Hood’s Sa impure blood and all its dis:“x:::lbll‘:-‘;‘x’::- toms. By puri blood it cures 3 ifying the rheumatism, neu: scrofula and ca- 3, tarrh, and gives viufi‘ty’. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. $1; 6 for $5. Prepared only by C. 1. Hoed & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills &, s, o0 o0 tive. 25 cen! Suggestive when buying Shoes. Over 100,000 pairs of ‘“Rough-and-Ready” and “Knox All” School Shoes were sold this year at the BIG SHOE FACTORY, ROSENTHAL, FEDER & (0, 581-583 MARKET ST., Near Second. THESUCCESS OF THE SEASON THE LADIES' GRILL ROOK ——OF THE— PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET ST, OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Estaplisned in 1854 for the t; 2 1854 for the treatment of Private . Debility or dis wearingonbodyand. B, _ st others fail. Try him, Charges low, Cwa teed. orwril +d. F- GABEON, Box 1007, fev bonuriia