The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME Call 42, LXXIX.—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 11, 1896. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PUWERS ARRAVED AGAINST ENGLAND, Combined Effort to Compel a Surrender of African Suzerainty. EKRUEGER WILL APPEAL. Germany in a Position to Know That Nations Will Support the Transvaal. PREPARING FOR THE WORST. Twenty-Two Members of the Reform Committee Arrested for High Treason. LONDON, to-day of Jameson’s The features ving out of Dr. e arrest the ) charge of prisoners are se ttee on ading res ing Colonel \des, ex-Prime said to be ved here that 11 his influence, to bear to secure other. man who has done so South Africa as Mr. 2 out his plans s v mies, but it can aid that he is the most in that part of the world to- 1bhim 1s a large majority of Afri- hough he may have nominally e partizipation in poli- prevails that in any settlement of the Transvaal question e to be taken into considera- present nothing is heard of his plans, he has formulated , but those the man the power he th he has for years been hew- 1f. He may be for the mo- ment compelled to abide the issue of the present troubles, but that he will later sgain tak and in sha: the destinies of South Africa there can scarcely be a doubt. He has always been a man of ac- tion, not words, and his future policy will, once decided on, probably not be known until it is put into effect. Tk rrest of the membe: tional Reform Commiitt of the Na- es not cause 1g their fate, as t in no event severe punishment be inflicted generall an rele out to have been premature. Pr t to the message of Queen V' ntends to turn son and lish pris- 1e raid over to the ent, but a tates the be made ogation of the Anglo- f 1884, which gives Great v over the It is imposed by the tain that Great Britain ¢y rovernment is ntion in ugh the Transvaal that Dr. Jameson’s y safe to say that Great Britain s view of the matter ) 50, n now would reported atti- 1t the Trans- temper of the less she is compelled to To abrogate the conventi > to acknowledge that the s correct zlish peoy ill the is not such as to conced A e this, even to do so. a matter of fact the Governr will make not the test concession in the matter to Ger- k pre or preparing to what it believes are its rights by force of arms if necessary. Never e h the Britain been so completely driven home in the minds of the British people. Hitk to they have been accustomed to believing that should Euneland become embroiled in a war with a foreign power she would find sympathy, if not actual aid, from some of the European nations. Now it is known that in all Europe she has not a single friend, and many believe her enemies are only awaiting an opportunity vo attack ber and deprive her of some of her vast possessions. A dispatch from Berlin to-day, if it is true, shows that there some sort of understanding between the vowers as to the action to be taken by them relative to England. This dispatch states that unless Great Britain accedes to the demands of the Transvaal, which includes the abroga- tion of the treaty of 1884, Germany will urge President Krueger to appeal to the European powers to support him in his demands. This, if it means anything, means that Germany is in a position to know the powers would support the Trans- vaal, and the only way in which such sup- port could be given, unless England re- ceded from her position, would be to declare war upon Great Britain. That this will be done few persons believe. The situation is 2 complicated one, and the more it is studied the wider the vista of its possibilities becomes. But, with the hands of all the powers against her, Great Britain is waiting to see irom what direc- tion the first blow will be delivered. Should an attack be made upon her she will be found not unprepared. In every direction measures are being taken to ward off possible dangers and the nation is rapidly putting itself in a posi- tion where, if events warrant such a course, it will itseif be able to deal the first blow. The greatest activity is being displayed at the dockyards where tue torpedo- isolation of Great ters to sur- | at i members of | a 11 and void it | stroyers which are to be attached to the channel fleet and flving squadron are be- | ing prepared 1o go into commission. It is | believed orders have been sent to the Brit- | ish Mediterranean fleet now at Salonica for certain vesseisto be in readiness for other service. Were it necessary to send | furtier vessels to Delagoa Bay or to re- enforce the Cape of Good Hope squadron | the vessels now at Salenica could quickly | reach Sonth Africa, as they are not far | from the western entrance of the Suez canal. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain started to-day from London to the Isle of Wight, where he will visit the Queen and lay be- fore her Majesty the full details of the situation and explain to her the naval and {military preparations that are under way. i Much interest is felt in the Cabinet coun- cil which, 1t is said, has been summoned to meet to ow. It is believed that Lord Salisbury will then lay before his colleagues a full exposition of recent events and secure ap of the Govern- s to be threate: to iudge still and ded v over. those best quali- ew matters optimisti- clouds will soon This view is borne out to a >xtent by the course of events in the ck Lxchange, where, despite the alarm nd rumors of war, the markets to-day re quiet and steady. Even in Kaffir 1ining shares, which would be disastrously affected by a war or at least by hostilities in the Transvaal, there were fractional ad- vances, showing that speculators have no fear of trouble. _— | TO BACK UP THE BOUERS. | Luropean Powers Ieady to Rally to | e ger's Support. | NEW YORK, N. Jan. 10.—A special | cable dispatch to the Sun from London, “The development of the FEuropean s becomes hourly more interesting. The absence of all news regarding the in- tentions of both the Kaiser and the Czar receives a peaceful interpretation in most quarters. *‘It is doubtful if events take a really de- | cisive turn for several days; then we shall hs a decision in which St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin will all be represented. We shall learn then whether the Conti- nental combination for the overthrow of | British prestige includes war in its pro- ime. There is a strong disinclination France to support Germany in the pres- rrel. Russia had been the aggressor against England there would have been prompt and bearty support from both Germany and France. French embar- rassment, however, has probably been re- moved by President Kraeger. *“There is the highest authority for say- ing that the Boer President has submitted to the British Government his demands for redress or account of the recent inva- sion. | *If Great Britain refuses to satisfy them | President Krueger will appeal for assist- | ance to the Continental powers. Germany | will then no longer be the leader of the | quarrel, and there are strong reasons for believing that Russia, France and Ger- | many would act in concert in complying | with the Boer request. | “Itis not yet known positively what the Boer demands are,.but it is certain they |include more than a mere money in- |demnity. It is known that President Krueger has receivea from Europe strong encouragement to demand the complete independence of the Transvaal, and he | has probably done so.” | —— WILLIAM TO VICTORIA. | The Emperor’s Reply Probably able to the Queen. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 10.—The Telegraph will to-morrow pubiish a dispatch from Berlin, stating that Emperor William re- ceived by special messenger on January 8 an autograph letter from Queen Victori Accept- the Queen’s hands. It is understood that the Emperor remarked to his entourage that he believed the terms of his reply would be acceptable. The writer of the dispatch affirms that the letters referred to the political situation, and that his Majesty, in his reply in brief, general terms, proffered his hand to the English people. The letter, it s said, also confirms the assurances given by the German Min- isters that the Emperor had no intention of casting a slur on the dignity of Eng- land. e PRESIDENT KRUEGER'S Will Turn REPLY. Ocer the Prisoners at the Proper Time. | LONDON, 6., Jan. 10.—The Govern- ment has received a cablegram from Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Col- ony, embodying President Krueger's reply to the message communicated to him by Mr. Chamberlain expressing the satisfac- tion of the Queen at President Krueger's decision to turn over the British South Africa Company prisoners to officers of the Imperial Government. The reply is addressed to Governor Robinson, and is as | follows: “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the telegram received by your Excellency from the Secretary of State for the Colonies requesting you, by command of her Majesty, the Queen, to inform me of her message in which her Majesty ex- presses her satisfaction at my decision to hand over the prisoners to her Majesty’s Government. As I have already informed your Excellency, it is really my intention to act in this sense so that Jameson and the British subjects under his command may be punished by her Majesty’s Govern- ment. 1 will iniorm your Excellency of my fipal decision in this matter as soon as Johannesburg shall have reverted to quiet- ness and order. “In the meantime I request your Ex- cellency to assure the Queen of my high appreciation of her words and in proffer- ing her my respectful good wishes to ex- press my thanks for the same. 8. J. P. KrUEGER.” A dispatch from Johannesburg says the Standard of that place publishes the state- ment that the release of Dr. Jameson and those of his followers who were taken prisoners by the Boers will be made con- ditional upon the abrogation of the con- vention of 1884, co—— New Ministry Formed. CAPE TOWN, AFRICA, Jan. 10.—A new Ministry has been formed by Sir Jordan Sprigg, who succeeded the Hon. Cecil Rhodes as Prime Minister. e School Building Burned. MICHIGAN CITY, Ixp., Jan.10.—The city high school building was totally de- stroyed by fire this evening. Loss, $50,000; at de- | insurance, $30,000. The Emperor’s autograph reply is now in | “LET GO MY MUITON!™ The Cuban General Almost Captured While Seek- | ing Gomez. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.| Main Forces of the Insurgents| | Said to Be Surrounded by 1 the Spanish. | WIRES CUT BY THE REBELS.| From Havana (ome Reports of the Frequent Defeat of the Strug- gling Natives. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 10.—Reports are in circulation here that prior to the pur- | suit of his command by the Spanish {eolumn under General Prat Antonio | Maceo, the rebel leader, accompanied by | anescort, approached an expert guide in | | the province of Pinar del Rioand asked | to be conducted to the headquarters of Maximo Gomez, obviously having lost | track of the latter's whereabouts. While | the parleying with the guide was going on | Maceo was surprised by the firing of Gen- | eral Prat’s guns and made haste to escape, otherwise he would have been captured by the advancing Spaniards. As it was he was cut off from his command and forced to abandon his own troops. A number of engagements have taken place in the province of Pinar del Rio to- day. Itis believed that the main forces of | the rebels under Gomez and Maceo are surrounded and cannot escape. | General Suarez Valdez telegraphs officially from Gunanajay that the col- umns commanded by Colonels Navarro | and Arizon have dispersed Maceo’s force on the Regalado and Begona estates, in- flicting heavy loss on the rebels. Five men belonging to Navarro’s column were wounded. Colonel Arizon’s loss is un- known. The rebels retreated in the direc- tion of Cabanas, whence Colonels Navarro and Arizon are pursuing them. It is said that Gomez ison the south coast marching westward. Telegraphic communication with many points west has been interrupted by the rebels cutting the wires. A dispatch from Banes in the province of Pinar del Rio says that on January 8a force of 500 Spanish troops composed of cavalry and infantry pursued for two and a half hours the.rebels under command of Leaders Antonio Maceo and Zerfin San- chez. The insurgents refused to engage in battle with the Government troops and disbanded. Their killed they left upon the field, but carried away with them many wounded. MATANZAS, Cupa, Jan. 4 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 10).—The steamship Julia has arrived here with the Havana infantry regiment of 800 men and twenty-seven offi- cers. They bring with them 120 horses and mules to expedite cervice in the field As soon as possible the infantry will be mounied, thus enabling them to cope with the rebels, nearly all of whom are mounted. On the 28th of December fully 8000 rebels were in the central provinces of Cuba. R LOSS OF THE SUGAR CROP. How Spainw’s Revenwe Has Been De- creased by the War. WASHINGTON, D. C., jan. 10.—In re- sponse to a cablegram to Havana, sent by Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Min- ister, inquiring as to what effect the de- struction of the sugar crop would have upon the Government resources, the fol- lowing dispatch was received to-day: HAVANA, CuBa, Jan. 10.—Sugar does not pay direct taxes. Sugar only pays a port duty or permit toload of 75 cents per ton. If the total sugar crop were lost, and the average ex- portation of 600,000 tons were impossible, the lost to the treasury would be $450,000, less than 1 per centof the war expenses. CADENAS, | Senorde Lowme, in giving this informa- MACED BECAME LOST | Mrs. Vanderbilt suegested Trinity Church | tion, said that it could be proved by in- quiring of those interested in the sugar in- dustry in New York, Boston and Phila- | elphia, and poinfed to the fact that the | rebels in their efforts to ruin the island by | burning the canefields of Spaniards, Cubans and foreigners have deprived the Spanish Government of less than half a million dollars of taxe: EP. OBJECT. SCOPALIANS The Church Does prrove of the Bel- | mont.Vanderbilt Marriage. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. 10.—Rev. F. | W. B. Jackson, acting rector of Trinity | Episcopal Church in Newport during the absence ot Rev. Dr. McGill in Europe, was asked to-day if he had been requested to perform the marriage ceremony for Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt and Mr. Belmont. The clergyman said he had heard from New York that some talk nad been had sbout a ceremony at Newport, and that at the pluce. The clergyman said he ‘“could not perform the ceremony on | account of the parties having been divorced—doubly divorced.” He thcught there was no way for the couple to secure a ! marriage ceremony 1n the Bpiscopal church except it could be shown that both Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mr. Belmont secured the divorce on grounds of in- fidelity and that both were guiltless. Then the rector of Trinity Church could perform the ceremony. ! — | HELD UP A BROKER. | i i Arrest of Lawyers for Forcibly Taking a Note. CHICAGO, I1x., Jan. 10.—F. H. Drury and Otto R. Barnett, members of the law firm of Raymond & Omohundro in the Monadnock building, were arrested to-day and charged with assault with intent to kill and robbery. C.F.Jacobs, real estate broker, | accuses them of holding him up in the Major block, which is in the heart of the business district, and robbing him of a note for $700 at the voint of a revolver. | At the station the note was found on Bar- | nett, minus the signature, and he assaulted | Jucobs again, getting a sound thrashing | in return. TACEH FROM THE CRWVES Bodies in Iowa Cemeteries Stolen by a Band of Daring Ghouls. Officers of the Medical Department of Drake University Say the Corpses Were Shipped to Them. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 10. — The police to-day discovered in the medical de- parument of the Drake University two odies, those of Mrs. Rachael Townsend and Alexander Bell, which had been buried in the Saylorville Cemetery within ten days and taken from the graves by ghouls. The graves were discovered to have been tampered with, and officers were notified. They found the ghouls had dug down at the head of each grave, broken open the coffing, dragged out the bodies and refilled the graves. The two bodies were positively identified. Three other bodies were found in the dissecting-rooms which are supposed to have been taken from other graves in the same cemetery that appeared to have been entered; but no examination has been made to prove this. There is no trace of | the robbers, the au‘horities of the school claiming the bodies were shipped to them. Other graves have been discovered to have been tampered with in other country cemeteries in the last two months, and the officers have been for a' month tryving to discover a gang of ghouls which they be- lieve have been robbing graves in consid- erable numbers in rural burying-grounds. | Blackburn Eenominated. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 10.—Senator Joseph C. Blackburn was to-night renomi- nated for United States Senator by the Democratic joint caucus on the first bal- | lot. The vote stcod: Blackburn 37, Mc- Creary 13, Jobn Young Brown 6. Four Senators and nine Representatives were absent. —— Mother and Daughter Perish. LYNN, Mass,, Jan. 10.—Mrs. Lemoire nd her daughter Annie were burned to | death this morning. Their residence took fire while the father and son, who subse- quently escaped, were both drunk, JUSTICE WAS SWIFT, An Assassin Surrounded by a Posse and Riddled " With Bullets. WOULD NOT SURRENDER. Fought the Pursuing Officers Until His Life Paid the Penalty. SLEW AN AGED FATHER-IN-LAW Was a Brutal Husband and Swore Revenge Because His Wife Se- cured a Divorce. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 10.—At Ransom- ville this afternoon Robert Clapsaddle, an aged farmer, was brutally murdered by his profligate son-in-law, George H. Smith, ana three hours later a posse meted out swift justice to the assassin, riddling his body with a score of bullets. About three years ago Smith’s dissolute habits and brutality caused his wife to obtain a separation from him. Smith nursed the idea that Clapsaddle had in- duced his daughter to make this move, and just after the separation proceedings were begun, he beat the old farmer in a brutal manner. He was sent to prison three | times for this and other offenses, but the | terms of his confinement were short. About eighteen months ago Smith’s di- vorced wife married John de Clute, a farmer, living about four miles from the Clapsaddle house. Smith swore revenge upon old man Clapsaddle for alienating his wife’s affections, but about this time be was convicted of perjury on swearing falsely against Farmer John Moore, whom be charged with smugeling Chinamen, and was sent to prison for a year. As he was taken from court he swore to kill Clapsaddle when he regained his lib- erty. His term expired November 1, and since that time he has led a vagrant’s life. Early this afternoon he went to the house of his father-in-law, whom he found read- ing a paper, and without a word of warn- ing fired a bulletinto his head, killing him instantly. The murderer then fled across the field and the alarm being soon given a posse, headed by a Deputy Sheriff and a Con- stable, gathered and started in pursuit, being increased by additions as the chase proceeded until it numbered more than threcscore. Smith’s course lay in the direction of De Clute’s house, the home of his divorced wife, and the posse, fearing he meditated further murder, hurried in the same direc- tion. They had gone about two and a half miles when Smith was sighted in the distance about a quarter of a mile from De Clute’s house. When the hunted murderer saw the posse closing in upon him be changed his airection and sped toward the house of a farmer named Brown, which he reached just as the posse came up. Turning in the doorway of the house Smith fired a shot at his pursuers, shout- ing, “The first man who follows me in here will be killed.” The posse sur- rounded the house, and Farmer Brown came out and told them that Smith was secreted in a clothespress, which had a window looking upon the yard. A rush was made for this window, but Smith, thrusting his arm out of the opening, fired another shot, which broke the arm of Elmer Clapsaddle, a relative of the mur- dered man, and the crowd drew back. Deputy Sheriff Wolf called upon the murderer to surrender, but received no re- sponse, and fearing that Smith was pre- paring for another attack he ordered the posse to fire. Two score of rifles and shot- guns rang out and poured their contents into the wall of the house. The sound of a falling body and a groan followed the volley, and the posse on entering the house found Smith on the floor, bleeding from a dozen wounds and unconscious, He was taken to Ransomville, where he died late to-night. Farmer Clapsaddle was one of the most respected men in Niagara County. BLEW OPEN A BANK VAULT. Seven Daring Robbers Who Were Compelled to Retreat Before Securing Any Plunder. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 10.—The Farmers’ Bank at Verona was entered early this morning by seven unknown men, but so far as can be learned now they got no money. At1 o’clock, as the night watchman, Mr, Cantrell, was making his rounds, he was confronted by a man with a drawn revolver, who commanded bim to throw wp his hands. He was struck on the head and knocked senseless, bound hand and foot, and the robbers proceeded with their work. The heavy doors lead- ing to the vault were blown open and badly damaged. The safe was also at- tacked and blown open, the safe falling face downward. It is believed the robbers were frightened away before they succeeded in turning the safe over. H. R. Grammer heard the ex- plosion and went out. He was greeted with a shot and a command to get back by one of the robbers, the ball barely missing him. When a posse was organized the gang was gone, having hastily left without securing anything, according to the bank officials. FORGED WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. Sequel to the Failure of Bartley, Johnson & Co. and the Belle of Neison Distillery Company. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 1¢.—Forged warehouse receipts to the amount of §100 000, it is alleged, have appeared as a s quel to the failure of Bartley, Johnson & Co. and the Belle of Nelson Distillery Com- pany. It is also alleged that there has been an overissue of warehonse receipts for probably $125,000 or more made within the last eighteen months by a member of the Bartley, Johnson & Co. firm and secre- tary of the Belle of Nelson Dislillery. he assignee refused to give out any official statement at present, and the news of the alleged irreguiarities was a surprise to all the associates of the accused man. About $70,000 of this paper is believed to be held by Louisville bankers and individuals and $35,000 on Chicago and New York. WITHOUT A GOFERNOR'S WARRANT Proceedings to Secure the Execution of Marsh’s Murderers. TOPEKA, Ka: Jan. 10.—The proceed- ing which seeks to secure the execution of the death sentence in the case of the mur- derers of Mayor Marsh of Kinsley without a warrant from the Governor has been sub- mitted to the State Supreme Court. Asso- ciated with County Attorney Dyer in the proceedings is Frederick Dumont Smith who has made a thorough study of the law bearing on the case. Mr. Smith said: “The case of the murderers of Mayor Marsh has received more attention than it perhaps merits, as the crime itself was not more heinous than many others. The un- usual interest isdueto the fact that in this case capital punishment in Kansas is challenged in a way that will set the ques- tion at rest.” e P ST THREE BODIES RECOVERED. It Is Thought That Some of the Entombed Miners Yet Live. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Jan. 10.— The bodies of Superintendent Sheldon and Miners Hancock and Meade have been recovered in the Anna Lee mine, which caved in nearly a week ago at Victor. The Portland Company refuses to admit any- | thing, but as the doctors at the mine have been buying medicines of a stimulating character, it is believed in some quarters that some of the imprisoned men were found alive. The work still continues, but is very dangerous. LEAVING: THE SYNDICATE, Other Banks Will Follow the Example Set by the Chemical. It Is Expected That There Will Be No Trouble in Disposing of the Bonds. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10.—The with- drawal of the Chemical Bank from the Morgan syndicate was much commented upon in banking circtes to-day. There is more than an impression that a Nassau- street bank, which is also a large holder of gold, will serve notice of its irtention to withdraw from the syndicate either to-day or to-morrow. The withdrawals by no means endanger | the success of the loan, no matter what the result may be, so far as the syndicate is concerned. Not a few bankers believed that there will be further defections before the time for filing subscriptions has expired. The demand for ¢old from intending bidders is good, and mo difficulty is experienced in obtaining a small premium for the metal, say 14 per cent. Itis expected that the Importers’ and Traders’ Bank and several of the largest insurance companies of this city would make individual bids for the new Govern- ment loans. One of the insurance compa- uies, it is thought, will bid for $10,000,000 of the issue. 8 S Gould Inhervitance Tax. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10.—Surrogate Fitzgerald to-day signed an order fixing the amount of the inheritance tax to be paid by the heirs of the late Jay Gould as follows: George J. Gould, $30,771; Jay Gould, $5000; Helen Gouid, $93.437; Edwin Gould, $92,157; Howard Gould, $95,152; Frank J. Gould, $98,175, and Anna, now the Countess de Castellane, §97,122. e May Cause Another Strike. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 10.—The probability of another strike of the motor- men and conductors of the Union Traction Company was not lessened by develop- ments to-day. The men claim the com- pany 18 violating the acreement upon which they returned to work on the occa- sion of the first strike. Meetings were held to-night, but it was decided not to strike to-day. S Asiesdn Death of Pilot Mediwm. BATTLE CREEK, Micn., Jan. 10.—The celebrated stallion Pilot Medium, for which the owner, Walter Clark, had re- SURVIVORS FROM THE LOST EALING, Nine Men Reach Canso After Terrible Exposure in an Open Boat. ENSHROUDED IN THEJCE. Few of Those Who Reached Port Can Recover From the Hardships. MANY PERISHED ON THE WAY, Captain Meek of the Ili-Fated Steamer Among Those Who Succumbed to the Cold. CANSO, Nova Scorra, Jan. 10.—A boat from the wrecked steamer Ealing reached here just as night and afurious snowstorm were closing in on the coast. The boau contained nine survivors of the wreck in a deplorable condition and the story they tell of their sufferings since Monday even- ing, when their ship was wrecked, is thritling. The sad particulars can only be gathered from them with difiiculty, as all are severely frostbitten, some unable to talk, others in delirium. From Second Officer Thomas, although his sufferings are intense, was gathered the following particulars: The ship struck about 6 ». . Monday in a dense vapor, hiding everything from view. They were unable to see land or lights and were going at quarter speed. An hour afterward it was necessary to take to the boats, as the ship was settling fast and the sea was very heavy. They were unable to get the starboard boats clear, as the ship listed to starboard. The port boats were cleared, and Cap- tain Meek, with the first engineer, second officer, boatswain and fourteen others, got in the largest boat, while the first officer, second and third engineers and three sea- men took the smaller boat. For several hours they hung by the line to the wreck, the smaller boat astern the larger one, spray and vapor covering the boats and men with a sheeting of ice. Toward daylight they saw the foremast of the wreck go by the board, and the ship it. settled after Then the sea began vreaking heavily around them, and they were obliged to let go in the hope of reach~ ing shore. They soon lost sight of the small boat, and concluded that she could not have lived in the sea that was running, and her crew of six had probably perished. The large boat, in charge of Captain Meek, was unable to pull to shore and lost its spar and rudder in the effort to make sail. They were obliged to drift before the gale and two of the men succumbed to exposure during Tuesday night. The captain and Fireman Wilson died yester- day morning and later in the day the first engineer and three others expired. To- day at noon, as they caught sight of land, the ninth of the crew, an apprentice named Gilroy, died. All the dead were consigned to the sea to keep the heavily iced boat from sinking and make room for the living to work. It is scarcely possible that the rest of the men can recover, so far gone are some of them. JACQUES ARRESTED. Accused of Being One of the Black- mailers of Max Lebawdy. PARIS, Francg, Jan. 10.—In connec- nection with the blackmailing of Max Lebaudy, the young millionaire who died recently while serving his time in the army as a conscript, the police this morn- ing searched the residence of M. Rosen- thal, who, under the nom de plume of Jacques St. Cere, has charge of the de= partment of foreign politics in the office of the Figaro. Afterward M. Rosenthal was taken before Judge Meyer at the Palais de Jus- tice, who lenghthily questioned him. Judge Meyer then conferred with the Pro- cureur de la Republique, and afterward ordered that .M. Rosenthal be imprisoned on the charge of attempted extortion. - AFFAIRS OF HAWAIL Release of FEight Political Prisoners From Oahw Jail. HONOLULU, Hawarr, Jan. 2 (via Vie- toria, B. C., Jan. 10.)—On New Year's morning the eight remaining political prisoners were released from Oahu prison, They were Guillicks, Ward and Bowler, with Wilcox, Wise and three natives. Each of the men had sent letters to the executive earnestly expressinz the sense of their error and promising loyal support to the Government. General satisfaction ie expressed at this result. aptain Anderson and Passenger Gaile of the captured opium schooner Henrietta have been sentenced to eizhteen months’ imprisonment and §500 fine. The cook and three sailors each ot three months and $300 fine. An appeal has been taken on technical points. The Gazette Company has destroyed its issue of the December number of Julian D, Haynes’ Hawailan Magazine because of its “immoral and indecent” contents. On the 23th Kate Field inspected Pearl harbor in the Bennington’s launch. B e Dead Stowaways in the Tank. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 10.—In the tank of the steamer Hermann, which arrived at Hull from Buenos Ayres to-day, was of them ining nine were in an insensible condition and would have died in a few hours, Relief for Armenians. CONTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Jan. 10.— A committee has been formed under the presidency of the Sultan for the relief of the sufferers in Anatolia. Assistance will be rendered to all persons in need of it, no matter what their religion may be. B S S Swdden Death of @ Writer. DENVER, Coro., Jan. 10.—Walter Clark Nichols, who arrived last night from New York City commissioned to write up Crips ple Creek for Harper Brothers, was found dead in bed at the St. James Hotel at noon to-day. The cause assigned is heart dis- fused $90,000, died here at noon suddenly. | ease.