The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1896 T R R SO B O e R e R S e e e b e D e D e i s e e e s W e SRy T SPEECHES, THREE S They Take Up Most of the Senate's Four-Hour Session. | WHITE URGED CLOTURE. | Jones of Arkansas Argued the | Silver Substitute for the { Bond Bill. | PRITCHARD TALKED ON TARIFF. | | | A Concurrent Resolution Congratulat- ing the People of the Trans- vaal Republic. Jan. 10.—There | d in the | on as m ifferent sub- | ey occupied practically toe 1e four hours that the session ade by the Repub- ican Senator from North Carolina, Pritch- ard, and by the two Democratic Senators | from ( nd Arkansas, White and | | WASHINGTON, D, C set speeches deliv 1 d Ley were rd’s speech (his maiden one) was in favor of a higher protective d it ve Hill (.) of New York | rtunity of pointing out the anom- he St of North Carolina hav- | itly, by one combination, etected | ors, one of whom (Butler) had | other day that he had joined becau the Democratic 1 been false to its pledges of tariff e the other (Pritchard) now professed the most 1 protection How bott i Hi s speech jent of the Sen le the majority and force to a vote any pe s the mber of the free silver najority of the nance Committee who has charge of the stitute to the House bond vill. He exp! belief that th e Senato: nable to per- of 1 favor se debate ng measure. ed his re this free coin: substitute would bring relief to the country as no other measure- either an increase of tariff duties or the sale of bonds—would; and he stated his inte: to a ns, 1n re nquiry, to press the bill to a speedy determination. A concurrent resolution was offered by the late ch 1 of the Committee on 1 Relations, Morgan (D.) of Ala- ed to that committee on, cc the earnest ulation of the people of the United rh their representatives in Congress to the President and people of the Trans I republic heir success in establishing a free re atative govern- ment republican in form, and in defend- 1ng their rightful liberties. 4 r the transaction of some routine morning business Pritchard (R.) of North Carolina addressed the Senate in advocacy of an amendment intended to be offered | by bim to the emergency tariff bill. The | amendment is to impose or increase duties on clays or earths, lime, marble and stone and their manufactures, chromic ore, iron ore, timber and lumber, leaf tobacco, live animals and agricultural products. ill(D.) of New York replied to Pritch- ard’s speech, altbough he did not, he said, intend to open up a tariff discussion. It was somewhat difficult for this Congress to gratity the people of North Carolina. That State had sent recently to the Senate two distinguished gentlemen, elected sub- stantially the same time, by the same body and by the same combination. One | of them (Butler), 1n his speech the other day, had arraigned the Democratic admin- | istration for being false to its pledges of tariff reform and had given that as his reason for leaving the Democratic party | and joining the Populist Now came the other end of the combination and said that the people of North Carolina were extreme high protectionists and wanted the re- | enactment of the McKinley act. He (Hill) did not know how both of these Senators could be gratified. [Laughter.] On motion of Hale (R.) of Maine, it was ordered that when the Senate adjourn to-aay it adjourn until Monday next. White (D.) of California, then ad- | dressed the Senate in advocacy of his own | and Senator Hill's resolutions to amend the rules so as to establish the cloture | stem. In the course of his speech, | hite gave several ludicrous instances of | how in the recent history of the Senate, | action had been checked by the inliction | of unending speeches under a rule which | the Senate tolerated *‘in defiance of senti- | ment and sens; Morgan (D.) of Alabama, a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, | offered the following concurrent resolu- | tion, and had it referred to that com- | mittee: Resolved by the Senate, the House of Repre- sentatives concurring, That the people of the United States of America, through their repre- | sentatives in Congress assembled, convey (oi the President and the people of the republic of the Transvaal their earnest congratulations | upon their successin establishing free repre- | sentative government, republican in form, | and in their opposition to any foreign power | that denies to them the full enjoyment of | those rigntful liberties. The people of | America, having realized through the favor of God and of nations the blessings of govern- ment based upon the consent of the governed, entertain with confidence the pleasing hope and belief that the principles of self-govern- ment will be securely established through the intluence of the republic of France in her colo- nies, and of the republics of Liberia and Transvasl, founded by the people in Africa, and that those republics will foster and give firm support to the peaceful progress of Christian civilization in the new and vast field | now being opened to the commerce and insti- tutions of a1l the nations of the earth through- out that great continent. That the President | of tne United States is requested to communi- cate this action of Congress to the President of | the republic of the Transvasal. | The House bond bill, with its free silver substitute, was then taken up, and Jones (D.) of Arkansas, having charge of the | substitute, addressed the Senate in its sup- | port. He expressed the belief of the ma- jority of the Finance Committee that the substitute would bring relief to the coun- try. The sale of bonds as proposed in the House bill could, he said, accomplish no good result, and would, in his opinion, be | productive of much evil. The laws now on the statute-books would with the re- vival of business produce ample revenue. The change needed was not in the revenue laws, but in the financial condition of the people at large. If a means could be de- vised ot relieving the present embarrass- ments there would be no difficulty about the condition of the Government or of the revenues. / Jones finished his speech at 3:50 p. »., delivery. It was listened to with manifest attention and interest on the Democratic side of the chamber, but the Republican Senators paid it scant courtesy. An inquiry was made by Teller (R.) of Colorado, as to the degree of speed pro- posed to be made with the bill and as to what time was to be given for its discus- sion. Jones replied that so far as he was personally concerned he proposed to defer to the wishes of the friends of the bill in a great measure. He would be glad to have the bill pressed as rapidly as possible and to have it passed at the earliest possible day. But he had no desire to cut off any Senator on either side who wished to dis- cuss it. And, in view of the fact that he had been assured by a number of Senators that they ted to speak on the bill, but were not ready, he might say that he would not ask for a vote for at least several days. At 3:50 the Senate adjourned until Mon- day next. e AMENDING THE RULES. Some of the Proposed Changes Defeated in the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—The discussion of the amendments proposed to be made to the rules of the House by the Committee on Rules, upon which the House entered to-day, for a time appar- ently threatened to extend over a week's session. But it was only a diversion. Hep- burn (R.) of Iowa proposed an amendment making it obligatory upon the Speaker to recognize a member who addresses him in accordance with the rule, and said that the prevailing practice smacked too much of the schoolmaster in the chair of the House. The motion was antagonized by Hender- | son (R.) of Towa, in charge of the commit- tee report, on the ground that no other custom was practicable than that which obtained of permitting the Speaker to de- termire who should be recognized and who should not. Bell (Pop.) of Colorado expressed his gratification at Hepburn’s motion, illus- trating what he claimed to be the unjust effect of the present practice by asserting that not since the session opened had a Populist member been recognized by the Speaker. He denounced the committee snments made by the Speaker, de- seribing the present organization and management of the House as that of a *‘body of bosses; a body of tyrran At the conclusion of Bell's speech F burn raised a general laugh by dramati ally withdrawing the amendment. Henderson (R.) of Iowa reported the changes in the rules recommended by the Committee on Rules, and the House pro- ceeded to consider them seriatim. The first amendment was one specifically directing the cierk to pay officers and employes their salaries, a provision adopted from the rules of the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. The next amendment struck out the pro n requiring the sergeant-at-arms to +bond in the sum of § was azreed to. It was proposed to amend rule cordance with the rules of the last Con- o as to permit the Committee on Rules to sitat any time and to prelnde any dilitory motion upon the consideration of a report from the committee (save one to adjourn) until the report was dis- posed of. Crisp (D.) of Georgia said that when that rule was proposed in the Fifty-second Con- gress gentlemen upon the Republican side expressed themselves earnestly in de- nouncing it as the methods the Democrats propesed for gagging the minority. He was in favor of the rule then, was in favor of it now, and he only wanted to con- gratulate the Republicans upon having at last reached that point where they were wiiling to admit that a Democratic rule was a proper method of procedure. [Langhter.] Speaker Reed—I imagine that the feeling is mutual. [Renewed langhter.) This rule indicated the committees that had leave to report at any time. They are those on Rules, Elections, Ways and Means, Rivers and Harbors, Public Lands, gress Territories, Enrolled Bills, Invalid Pen- | sions, Printing and Accounts, besides the committees having charge of the general appropriation bills, Waiker (R.) of Massachusetts, endeav- ored to secure the same privilege for the | Committee on Banking and Currency, and Bailey (1).) of Texas, for the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. This led to a wide discussion of the relative importance of the several committees of the House, but by an aye and noe vote | of 111 to 183, they rejected Bailey’s amend- ments, Democrats and Populists voting for it, and Republicans generally against it. On Walker’s amendment to insert the Committee on Banking and Currency, the vote was: Ayes 112, noes 160. As in the former vote, Democrats and Populists voted for the amendment and Republi- cans, with few exceptions, in opposition. The adoption of the proposition of the Forty-seventh Congress to regulate the as- certainment of a quorum was discussed upon legal lines by several lines, In response to the views of Bailey of Texas, who maintained that a bill must re- ceive the affirmative votes of a majority of the House in order to pass, Speaker Reed, who took a brief part in the discussion, said if Bailey’s position was correct, he | must hold that no bill could pass the House receiving less than eighty-nine af- firmative votes. The discussion continued until 4:45, when the House ad journed until to-morrow. FOR BIDDERS GUIDANCE. Statement of the Treasury Department as to Interest on Bonds. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—The Treasury Department to-day, for the guid- ance of intending bidders to the new $100,- 000,000 loan, made public the prices upon February 1,1896, of United States four-per- cent bonds, matiring February 1, 1992, corresponding to certain realized rates of interest to the investors: Two and a half per cent, 130.8749; two and three-quarter per cent, 124.9234; three per cent, 119.3229; three and one-sixteenth per cent, 117.9749; three and one-eighth per cent, 116.6471: three and three-sixteenths percent,115.3391; three andla quarter per cent,114.0506; three and five-sixteenths per cent, 1 814; three and three-eighths per cent, 111.5310; three and seven-sixteenths per cent, 110.- 2992; three and a half per cent, 109.0856; three and nine-sixteenths, 107.8900; three und five-eighths per cent, 106.7121; three and eleven-sixteenths per cent, 105.5516; three and three-quarters ver cent, 104.4082; three and thirteen-sixteenths per cent, 103.2816; three and seven-eighths per cent, 2.1716; three and fifteen-sixteenths per cent, 101.0778; four per cent, 100.0000. ——— NO OFFICIAL ADVICES. The Navy Department Awaits Further News From the Baltimore, _WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—No offi- cial advices have reached the Navy De- partment concerning the terrible expe- rience of the cruiser Baltimore in the China Sea which resulted in the death of two men and injury to seven others. The first news of the calamity came to the de- partment in a United Press dispatch and the Navy Department_expects official ad- vices by the next mail steamer from Hon- olulu, wlucbfiuint the Baltimore reached |in safety. er delay in reaching San | Francisco has been commented on for sev- havipg occupied an hour and a balf inits [} eral daysat the department, but no hint Was given of the apprehension felt. THROUGH SAN CARLOS Efforts of the Southern Pa- cific for a Right of Way. NO HOPE IN CONGRESS. President Cleveland Would Cer- tainly Veto the Bill a Second Time. AFTER THE PRODUCTIVE LANDS. Arizonans Anxious That Most of the Reservation Be Opened for Settlement. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—THE CaLn corresvondent to-day investigated the report that the Southern Pacific was trying to condemn a right of way through the San Carlos (Apache Indian) reserva- tion, Arizona, for a branch railroad with- out compensation to the Indians. No such bill has yet been introduced in Congres: The proposed road is about 140 miles in length, from Bowie (on the Southern Paci- fic) to Globe. In the last Congress a biil was passed condeming a right of way with- ing the Indians for the land, but as vetoed by President Cleveland. It is understood that the railroad will not repeat its attempt to pass this bill through Congress, as Cleveland would veto it again, but the railroad is bringing pressure to bear on the Interior Depart- ment. The Apaches were located on San Carlos reservation merely by executive order, according 10 ex-Governor Murphy, delegate from Arizona, and the Interior Department can segregate their lands and open the same to settlement if it chooses, but Murphy has deemed it best to have a bill passed by Congress directing the Se retary of the Interior to segregate these lands and open the surplus acres to settle- ment. The reservation embraces about 4000 square miles, and Arizona people, who are clamoring for its segregation, claim that the Apaches only occupy about 500 square miles, the best part of which is in the bottoms of Gila River., . They want seven-eighths of it opened to settlement. Delegats Murphy has intro- duced a bill for a survey of the reservation by the Interior Department and a segrega- tion of the lands occupied by the Indians from those acres unoccupied and providing that the surplus lands be open to settle- ment. Delegate Murphy says the northern part of San Carlos reservation contains rich coal, copper and other mineral deposits, which would be valuable whites but not to Indians. This is the territory which the Southern Pacific wishes to tap. They will make no further attempt to get their right of way from Congress until they have failed to induce the Indians to give their consent for a consideration. Itis understood that the Interior Department will send an in- spector to San Carlos to ascertain the feel- ing among these Indians. It is altogether improbable that the Interior Department will arbitrarily (without the consent of Congress) grant this right of way, and it is equally im- | probable that Congress will pass any such act with a certainty that the President would veto it. So the railroad must gain consent of the Indians before they can build a road through the San Carlos reservation. CAMINETTI 00D WORK. Maguire Tells of the Efforts to Defeat the Funding Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—Chair- man Powers of the House Pacific Roads Committee has notified Representative Maguire that he would be given a hearing in opposition to any funding scheme. Maguire will introduce in the House, as a substitute for any funding bill that may be offered by the committee, the bill in- troduced by Representative Caminetti in the last Congress, with some modifica- tions. He does not have any idea what bill the committee will report, but it will be some sort of a funding scheme. Maguire said to-night: “I am glad to see that THE CALL has editorially recommended that Mr. Cami- retti be selected by the commiitee of fifty as one of the representatives to come to ‘Washington to oppose the passage of the funding bill, because, in my opinion, no man can besent from California who could render us more valuable assistance in that behalf than Mr. Caminetti. His work in defeating the funding bill in the Fifty- third Congress was of very great import- ance, and I have never lost an opportunity since that fight to commend his efforts. To select him now as one of the committee to go to Washington in this matter would not only be the best thing that could be done for California, but it would be a tit- tingrecognition of his valuable services in the past in the same matter. Mr. Cami- netti was not only zealous and untiring in his work against the funding bill and other schemes of the Southern Pacific in the last Congress, but he was self-sacrificing as well, and in order that the case of the Pacific Coast may be strengthened by being fully and connectedly presented, repeatedly re- frained from speaking, and gave to me the time to which he was entitled on the floor. “He realized, of course, that if each member of the delegation should speak during the five minutes’ debate a series of disconnected fragments would be made, rather confusing than enlightening the House; whereas if one member of the delegation were given all the time he could, even under the five-minute rule, make a tolerable presentation of California’s ob- jection to the funding bill. The arrange- ment and my selection for the purpose of making the argument was the secret of my prominence in the fight against the funding bill, but it is due to other mem- bers of the delegation that it should be understood by the public. Without dis- couraging the work of any other member of the delegation, I think that Mr. Cami- netti’s fight against the funding bill in the Fifty-third Congress was particularly effec- tive, and that his constant and zealous efforts deserve the recognition suggested.” SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Tariff Bill to Be Reported as It Came From the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—There will probably be no meeting of the Senate Finance Committee until next Tuesday, the regular meeting day. The Republican members say that at that time they ex- ct to report the tariff bill just as it came rom the House. They understand that Joues of Nevada will no longer insist upon to | the imposition of the additional 15 per cent on raw sugar. Allison and Aldrich of the committee are both out of the city for a few days. S e Ui BOWERS' BILL APPROVED. An Amendment to the Plan of Giving Itights of Way- WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—The House Committee on Public Lands to-day reported favorably Representative Bowers’ bill to amena the act approved March 3, 1891, granting a right of way upon public lands for reseryoir and eanal purposes by adding thereto the following: ‘‘Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and thereby is, authorized and empowered under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of right of way to the extent of twenty-five feet, to- gether with the use of necessary ground, not exceeding forty acres, upon vublic lands and forest reservations of the United States, by any citizen or association of citi- zens of the United States for the purpose of generating, manufacturing or distribu- ting electric power.” In California and elsewhere small towns and cities located in valleys can utilize electric light and power at minimum cost if allowed the right of way across Govern- ment lands in the toothills of the moun- tains, as thisbill permits. Secretary Hoke Smith says: “I see no objection to the amendment suggested by the Commissioner, providing that right of way through forest reserva- tions may be authorized under regulations to be adopted by the Secretary relative to the use of grounds for the purpose of gen- erating and distributing electric power.” —_— FEATURES OF THE TARIFF LAW. Arguments Made Before the Ways and Means Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—Mr. Summerville, a member of the Board of General Appraisers, addressing the House Ways and Meuns Committee on the ad- ministrative features of the tariff law this morning, favored amending the law re- garding the assessment of additional duties so as to take from the Secretary of the Treasury the power to remit penalties assessed for undervaluation. He would limit the additional ussessment to 100 per cent of the appraised value of the mer- chandise. T. S. Sharrets, also a member of the Board of General Appraisers, suggested that the law be amendei so as to allow the board to determine the value of such goods by the price at which they were freely offered for sale in United States. The committee then ned until next Wednesday. a PILOTS FOR WARVESSELS, Secretary Herbert Does Not Favor Their Employment by the Navy. Navigating Officers Are Now Taught to Become Familiar With All Home Ports. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—Some time ago San Francisco pilots petitioned the Navy Department through Senator Perkins that Government vessels be em- powered to employ pilots ou entering or leaving the port of San Francisco as freely as if in a foreign port, or according to the practice of foreign vessels at our own ports. The entire California de legation indorsed | this petition, but Secretary Herbert to-day | replied as follows in a letter to Senator Perkins: ’ ‘‘The regulations of the navy now pro- vide that captains of men-of-war shall take pilots when they consider it neces- | sary, but they require that officers shall | pilot their own ships under all ordinary circumstances. This may be considered the settled policy of the Navy Department. The reasons for it are many. First, the piloting of ships gives an officer self-confi- | dence, teaches him to rely upon himself in icult circumstances and makes it nec- y for nim to be familiar with the nces to our home ports, which is dependent upon the services of pilots in time of war it might be possible for a pilot who was hostile to our interests to gain control of one of our vessels and by running | the ship ashore do great damage to the | Government. This is not meant in the | slightest degree to reflect upon pilots, whom it is the policy of the department to encourage as far as it legitimately can, but the danger of such a thing is self-evident. The department does nov believe it is the practice of other governments to employ pilots more freely on vessels of war than is done in our own service, ‘*‘The English Government allows to the navigating officer of his vessel who pilots his ship into port the pay which would otherwise go to a pilot, and this is con- ceived to be for direcct encouragement of their officers to assume this responsibility and to become familiar with the channels of their own ports. However, it should be noted that the regulations leave the com- manding officer of the ship perfectly free to determine when the service of a pilot is required. Such pilots are sometimes taken when entering San Francisco Bay in thick weather, but 1n clear weather the facilities of the entrance to this harbor are such that it would be impossible for the department to consider the employment of a pilot a necessity. To require or to allow commanding officers to take pilots at any and all times would tend materi- ally to injure the habit of self-reliance, which is naturally one of the first qualities of a good officer, and would prevent his thorough familiarity with the entrances to our harbors, which is deemed by the de- partment to be its duty to encourage so far as is in its power.” ZOE R SITES FOR FORTIFICATIONS. The Expenditure of a Million Dollars Requived at Once. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—Gene- ral Craighill, Chief of Kngineers, laid be- fore the Senate Committee on Coast De- fenses yesterday detailed estimates of the money that can be profitably expended by the Bureau of Engineers during the pres- ent and next fiscal vear at the ports of New York, San francisco, Boston, the lake ports and at the Atlantic coast ports. He also gave a statement of the condi- tion of work at the present time at each of the ports named, from which it appeared that at but very few of them had any work been done, owing to the lack of appropria- tions. The question of sites for the forti- fications was then taken up by the com- mittee. Itwas stated that at least $1,000,000 is re\}uired at once for the purchase of sites for fortifications. s Rt To Prosecute Peralta-Reavis, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—Attor- ney-General Harmon has appointed Mat- thew G. Reynolds, Department of Justice, a special Assistant United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Cali- fornia, to prosecute James A. Peralta- Reavis for perjury. Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—At the close of business to-day the treasury gold reserve stood at $56,100,164. The with- drawals of gold at New York to-day amounted to $1,626,000. most important; second, were our officers | BRYAN HAS A PLAN, Says Democratic Senators Could Compel Free Coinage. HOW TO FORCE CONSENT. One Method of Blending the Tariff and Silver Bills Into One Measure. CAN OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT. The Nebraska Editor Declares That if Republicans Refuse the Party Will Be Injured. OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 10.—The World- Herald will to-morrow morning pubiish an open editorial letter to the silver Demo- cratic Senators, signed by the editor-in- chief, Hon. W. J. Bryan, in which he pro- poses a unique plan for union to secure free coinage. He says: “Circumstances have placed it within your power to compel Republican leaders to consent to free coinage or admit that their love for the gold standard is greater than their affection for a protective tariit. The Republicans, having a two-thirds ma- Jority in the House of Representatives, can t in passing over the President’s veto any bill which can command two-thirds of the votes of the Senate. The Populists, with eleven Democrats, can give the Re- publicans a two-thirds majority in the Senate. The Republicans of the House have passed a tariff bill which they say would be a sure cure for our financial ills, if the Senate and President would only consent to its becoming a law. The Senate will doubtless pass the free-coinage bill re- ported by the Finance Committee, but even if it should pass the House the Presi- dent would veto it. “Desperate cases sometimies require he- roic treatment. Are there eleven Demo- cratic Senators who believe that the imme- diate restoration of bimetallism, even bur- dened by the tariff legislation proposed by the House—unnecessary and unjust as it is—would be better for the country than the present tariff schedules embarrassed by bonds and the gold standard? If so I suggest that they, together with the five Populists (who would doubtless favor the plan) offer to furnish the Republican Sen- ators enough votes to carry over the Pre: dent’s veto a bill combining the tariff bill passed by the House and the silver bill re- ported by the Senate Finance Committee. If the Republicans of the House agree to such a bill the President cannot prevent the restoration of silver to its anciext place by the side of gold, nor can he prevent the enactment of a tariff lJaw which the Re- publicans of the House have declared to be a sufficient remedy for the present treas- ury difficulties. *If the Republican leaders refuse to ac- cept a tariff bill when coupied with a free- coinage bill it will be an admission that the maintenance of a gold standard is, in their opinion, more important than a pro- tective tariff. In other words, you can compel the Republicans to accept free sil- ver or reject their own tariff measure. If they accept we shall have the free and un- linvited coinage of silver and gold. If they refuse the Republican party will be rent in twain.” SMITH, THE BCRAX KING. He Has Decided Not to Establish a Re- finery in England. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 10.—William H. Chickering of Oakland, Cal., arrived from Europe on the Majestic Wednesday and is registered at the Holland House. Chickering is a well-known lawyer in San Francisco. He went abroad in September last as the legal adviser of Frank H. Smith, the “Borax King” of the Pacific slope. It was generally reported that the object of Smith’s visit to England was for the purpose of breaking the borax trust in London. This was aenied by Lawyer Chickering yesterday. Nearly all the mines from which borate of lime is pro- duced in this country are owned or controlled by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The greater part of the stock in the company is owned by Smith, and the mines now being worked are sitnated at Daggett, San Bernardino County, Cal. ‘‘For some time past,” said Chickering, “Mr. Smith had been contemplating es- tablishing a refinery at Liverpool or some other point in England. to enable him to refine the raw material, which could be shipped from these mines on the Pacific Coast, and sell the manufactured article in Europe. He alsocontemplated organizing a company under the laws of Great Britain for the purpose of handling the product of the American company, and it was with a view to examining these matters that Mr. Srith went to Lurope. After exam- ining into the condition of the borax mar- ket in Europe he was satisfied that it would be better for him tosell the raw ma- terial to the outside refiners than to_equip and carry on his own refinery. He is now in the south of France, and "has not sold any of his borax stock, nor was his trip to England in connection with his railroad enterprises in California.” e PROSECUTION OF BOLLIN. Placed in Jail on Two.Charges of Em- bezzlement. OMAHA, NEgBR., Jan. 10.—Mayor W. J. Broateh, who was inaugurated Wednes- day, notified the Assistant City Attorney this afternoon to prepare a complaint against Henry Bollin, ex-City Treasurer, charging him with embeszlement, and at 5 o'clock Bollin was arrested. There were two complaints, one relating to an item of $35,000 in the school fund, and the other an itern of $2000 from the city. As soon as other complaints are prepared they will be filed against him. The total amount of the defalcation 1s §$115,000, but criminal action cannot be brought for the whole amount. Bollin was taken to the City Jail and placed in a cell and no attempt was made to bail him out. RS AL R SUICIDE OF SWIFT. The Officer Had No Bad Habits and Struggled to Support a Big Famaily. OMAHA, Nepr., Jan. 10.—Much sym- vathy is expressed in the army for Lieu- tenant Swift, who committed suicide at Fort Robinson. He served through the war in the telegraph corps and was an expert. When the signal corps was reor- fiamzed he was transferred to the line. e had no bad habits and siruggled to support his family of ten and a daughter and her two children, who are also de- pendent upon him. If he took any funds it must have been to eke out his pay as second lieutenant to provide for them. e Harrison’s Summer Hesort. ROME, N.Y., Jan. 10.—Ex-President Harrison, who spent a portion of last sum- Imer at Dodds Camp, First Lake, Fulton l Druggists, | Chain, was so well pleased with the North Woods that he has bought of Dr. Seward ‘Webb about twenty-five acres of land at that point, where First and Second Lakes jomn, and will build a cottage, which he expects to have readvy for occupancy next summer. e VERY G THIEFES. Willing to Return the Burden Jewels to the Owner. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan.10.—The Times this morning says: It was announced yes- terday that I. Townsend Burden had been in commurication with burglars whoon December 27 stole from his residence dia- monds and jewelry worth over $50,000. He offered a reward for the return of the sto- len property. In reply the thieves offered to rre)l.u}rj'n the jewels provided $5000 was paid and there was no attempt to arrest m. nIfAs:]sunmce was given that the jewelry had not been broken up, and that it would be returned in the condition it was when stolen. The suggestion was made that one of the small stones would be returneda to show tnat the senders of the letter were in a position to do as they agreed. Burden caused a personal to be inserted in a news- paper yesterday calling on “Layer ——, which was the signature of the writer, to give proof by sending a piece of jewelry or setting. He had received no answer to his personal last night. He said he would make sure he was dealing with the right varties before going further. — - SUING FOR THEIR SHARE. Sons of Ferdinand Heim Seel: an Account- ing. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 10.—T. A. Heim and George M. Heim of Los Angeles, Cal., brought suit through their attorney, W. R. Bacon, in the Probate Court to-day against the estate of the late Ferdinand Heim, the miilionaire brewer, who was the bead of the Heim Brewing Company. The plaintiffs are the sons of Michael Heim, brother of the late Ferdinand Heim. They asserc that their father and Ferd nand Heim were equal partners ina bu ness which resulted in the large estate which Ferdinand Heim left at his death. They say that Ferdinand Heim continued to conduct the business without a division of interest after their father’s death, and they ask for a half interest in all of Ferdi- nand Heim’s e; 5 The estate includes property in St. Louis and East St. Louis, the large brewery in the east bottoms and ranches and other properties in California. HOT PREPARED FOR WAR. Venezuela Alarmingly Deficient in Cannon and all Kinds of Ammunition Suggestions Are Made That Europeans Be Added to This Country’s Commission. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 10.—A cable dispatch to the Herald from Caracas, Vene- zuela, says: It is learned ou excellent authority that the supply of cannon and ammunition in the possession of the Venezuelan Govern- ment is so small that even with careful re- striction in practice it is likely soon to be exhausted. Where in one instance manifests upon their face showed that the Government had bought 50,000 cartridges, examination proved that only 4000 were in store. It is believed that there is a dangerous leak somewhere. The cartridges are said to have been obtained from a man named King. The arrest of political suspects continue. LONDON, Ex6., Jan. 10.—In an inter- view to-day N. G. Burch, the Venezuelan Consul here, said that 1f the United States wishes to make the Venezuelan High Com- mission unassailable it should appoint one or two European members, because of the necessity of an exhaustive study of Euro- pean archives. It is obvious thata war would be very disastrous to Venezuela, even were the latter backed by the United States. He did not believe, however, that the United States would be so ill-advised as to make Venezuela the scene of war, for in that case the protection of the United States would be} disastrous to the conntry’s inter- ests, whatever might be the result of the conflict. The Chronicle will to-morrow publish an interview with Lord Playfair, in which he suggests that a conference be held be- tween American and English delegates, for the purpose of defining. the Monroe doctrine and of carrying through a system of arbitration. PARIS, Fraxcg, Jan. 10.—The Gaulois publishes a report of an interview with General Guzman Blanco, formerly Presi- dent of the republic of Venezuela, in which he says: “I have absolutely retired from politics. The allegations that I am concerned in an insurrection in Venezuela is an absurd calumny, circulated by persons who are my enemies. 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The Liner Sighted by the Warri- moo Near the Hawaiian Islands. HAD LOST THE STRATHNEVIS, Proceeded on Its, Way After a Vain Search for the Disabled Freighter. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 10.—The Cana- dian-Australian steamer Miowera, which broke towlines off Cape Flattery while attempting to bring the disabled steamer Strathnevis to port, and about whose safety grave apprehensions have been felt, is safe, The Warrimoo of the same line arrived this morning. She reports that she passed the Miowera 100 miles south of the Ha- waiian Islands. The Miowera reported that after her towlines broke she stood by in the vicinity for fifteen hours searching for the Strathnevis, and then, being un- able to find the big steamer, proceeded on her voyage, which had already been greatly delayed. It will be remembered that after towing the disabled Strathnevis for several days the towlines broke in a gale off Cape Flat- tery. 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