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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1896 N N T o R O e g g vl o B o O et Sl s Y e Yo gt o A O e e S o o SO S Sl e R R i e A S e e s burg are J. 8. Curtis, an American engin- eer, and several other Americans whose names are not given in the dispatches irom there. The Government has obtained a tem- porary interdict against the transfer of bank balances and real property. Sixty members of the reform committee at Johannesburg are now under arrest. It is betieved that only five ringleaders will be detained. LESS WARLIKE IN TONE. London Papers Profess to See No Ulterior Motive in the Kaiser's Message. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 12.—The Standard will to-morrow say it is in a position to state that President Kruger has made no demand for a change in the existing stip- ulation of the treaty between the South African republic and Great Britain. The Standard will also state: *‘It is now explained from Berlin that the Emperor’s message to President Kruger, instead of | indicating a new departure in German foreign policy, was at the most an expres- | | | | | | sion of momentary irritation, which we | are authorized to declare has passed away, leaving the relations between Germaay and Great Britain as friendly as hereto- fore. | Work was carried on all day to-day at the Plymouth and Devenport ordnanc yards, the men being engaged in complet- he use of the mend Great Britain for seeking the friend- ship of France and Rus It blames Lora & for hitherto always oblig- getting no in and | | ? nister of New | following cable | dispatch to L The Govern: ments of A 1ania view atisfaciion the prompt and fearle d by he ajesty’s G in defense of the integrity of the | We d to convey the united | pvort. ‘Che people | mpathy with the South Wale empire. assurancy of Au of the Governm Victoria, South Tasmania and We. Australi ™m Au The Standard will to-morrow pu dispatch from Johannesburg saying that the transfer of all registered property has heen suspended, the confiscation of the | property belonging to persons convicted of | sedition being a maxim of Roman-Dutch | i law. - HAMIZOND’S FRIENDS ACTIVE. Prominent Statesmen Working for the Cali- | fornian's Release—The Govern- ment Will Act. WASHINGTON, D. C,, s Perkins and White wi State to-m fore Lim the case of the ( been a 2.—Sena- | upon the ow and lay be- | Hammond, neer, who Kruger of the e Senators have | not vet received any pa veyond | > London cable di erday | d a brief telegram iriends in San Francisco. wili, how- ever, ask that the rights of Hammond, as | an American citizen, be protected, and if | he has been wrongfully imprisoned de- mand his release. Assistant Attorney-General W hitney, an old schoolmate of Mr. Hammond, will also interest himself in his friend’s behalf, | and having been associated intimately with Mr. Olney when the latter was Attor- | ney-General, he expects to enlist Secre- tary Olney’s earnest efforts for Ham- mond’s release. Charles Trunwell of New York, another of Mr. Hammond’s friends, is also here to | John Hays Hammond. do what he can. He will accompany Sen- | ators Perkins anc White and Assistant | Attorney-General Whitney to the State | Department to-morrow. | NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. A Herald special from Washington says: The ma- | chinery of the State Department will be | put in operation to-morrow in behalf of | John Hays Hammond, an American, un- | der arrest in the Transvaal by order ofi President Krueger. { Secretary Olney was informed to-day of4 Hammond’s trouble, and has announced that he will wire our Consul at Johannes- burg to make an investigation and to pro- | test against any action by the Transvaal | authorities until the case had been thor- oughly looked into by the American rep- Tesentative. Mr. Olney has appointed an hour to-morrow when he will talk to Sen- ators Perkins and White of (hlifonia con- cerning their constituent’s difficulty. L ITALY IS REASSURED. Germany's Quarre! With Great Britain Not Intended to Affect the Triple Alliance. BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. 12.—In view of the fact that the future of Germany’s rela- tions with England is involved in doubt, Chancellor Prince von Hohenlohe hassent assuring communications to the Govern- ments at Vienna and Rome, pointing out that any diplomatic action which might be taken by the Berlin Government would not involve either the triple alliance or the individual interests of Austria or Italy. It is understood that the Chancellor's communication expressed entirely pacific intentions on the part of Germany toward England, and alsoa belief thata good mutual understanding between Ger- many and Great Britain would be restored at an early aay. It is known that the Italian Govern- ment, fearing that the agreement with Lord Salisbury for the co-operation of the Ttalian and British squadrons in the event of certain contingencies in the Mediter- rean might be disturbed by a rupture be- tween England and Germany, bas asked certain explanations from Germany, and it is probable also that Austria has wanted | pose of the whole matter, but there is no { week have also di: | in Berlin and Frankfort financial circles to know how the Emperor viewed Eng- land’s warlike demonstrations. In these circumstances Prince Hohen- lohe, having nothing to conceal, could reply frankly that the whole matter was a question between Germany and England alone, and it is not deemed possible that the Chancellor could have given such assurances while German diplomacy was seeking to form a coalition of European | powers against England. The story of the attempt to form a FEuropean coalition originated in England, and ought now to be knocked in the head. Germany has not songht nor does she seek any active alliesin her endeavor to‘ check English encroachments in the Transvaal endangering Germans and Ger- man investments there and in Delagoa | Bay. It is not aquestion that ought to disturb the peace of Europe or to cause | any European power to intervene, except those concerned in the recent Hinterland conventions. The Government here has not sug- gested any European conference, but the envoy of the Transvaal Republic, Dr. Beerlaerts von Blokland, while in Berlin, | spoke of such a conference as among pos- sible expedients. { The Boer Envoy has been in Paris con- | suliing with the French Government in regard to the situation in the Transvaal, | and if the troubles there become more ag- | gravated and England refuses the Boers a just settlement, the result will be that the | Transvaal Government will make an ap- | peal for a conference of the powers to dis- | reason why Germany or France should insist upon such a conference. This is the semi-offi view of the situ- ation, but it obviously omits from calcula- | tion the results of England’s rejecting the | offices of a conference, and also England’s | | rejecting and declining to accept the view | | ken by the Berlin Government that the allied powers com posing the Dreibund | could not be affected, or that diplomatic | hostilities could and should be limited to fixed areas. It is significant, too, to find Prince Bis- marck, who is no friend to English pre- | tensions, warning the Berlin Government } through the Hamburger Nachrichten | against making external and internal | peace by the adoption of a policy of ad- | veaturous intervention. The Nachrichten describes the task of the German Govern- ment as that of walking at a great height upon a tightrove. The operations on the Bourse during the | past week show that considerable atten- | been directed to the excitement ing in England with a view of tak- | ing every advantage of it, and the conse- | quence has been that orders have been | quietly made to buy on any marked de- | cline in London. The operations of the losed a strong reliance upon the maintenance of peace. Imperial loans, Prussian consols and some bank stocks have declined, but the decline is not sufficiently heavy to indi- | cate that there is any fear that tte country | is on the eve of war. The Vossische Zeitung and the Lokal Anzeiger are the only Berlin papers which make any reference in their special London dispatches to the London Telegraph story ofan exchange of letters between Queen Victoria and Emveror William in regard | to Germany’s attitude in the Transvaal disturbances. The story is generally dis credited. The Hamburg Correspondenz reasserts that British suzerainty over the Transvaal | eannot be admitted, inasmuch as it ceased in 1884 L T KRUGER URGES PEACE. | Reforms Desired by the Uitlanders of Johannesburg Will Be Granted. PRETORTA, Traxsvaar, Jan. 12. rank andfile of the Jameson expedition } who were captured by the Boers and brought to this place have started for the | Natal border. The officers of the expedi- | tion are expected to follow-shortly. | The customs officials have opened a large safe that was consigned to Farrar, | one of the leaders in the Rand who was arrested, and found that it contained 100 \ revolvers and 7000 rounds of cartridges. President Krueger has issued a proclama- | tion to the people of the Rand saying he be- lieves they have been deceived by a small number of designing men outside of the country. He urges the Rand residents to | co-operate with the Government to make the republic a country where all nationali- | ties can live fraternally together. He promises that Johannesburg shall have a Mayor and 2 municipal council, and con- cludes: “Let the inhabitants of Johannesburg make it possible for the Government to ap- | pear before the Volksraad with the words, | ‘Forget and forgive.’ | = | | KRUEGER'S POSITION. England’s Suzerainty Over the Trans- vaal Was Never Acknowledged. HAMBURG, GerMANY, Jan, 12, he Hamburgerische Correspondenz publishes a semi-official dispatch from Berlin stating that the conditions the Transvaal Govern- ment wishes to impose for the invasion of | its territory is the payment of an in-| demnity of £1,000,000. The abolition | of British suzerainty is not an issue, for the Transvaal has not recognized that suzerainty since 1884. The alleged demand for the abolition of England’s rights at Delagoa Bay is untrue. - CECIL RHODES SPFEAKS. Declares That His Political Career 1Is Not Yet at an End. KIMBERLEY, SouTH AFRICA, Jan. 12— The Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes, formerly Prime Minister of Cape Colony, arrived here to-day and was cordially received. In a speech expressing his thanks for his reception he said that his political career was not at an end. It was only beginning. He firmly beheved that, encouraged by his friends, he would live to do much good work in be halfof the country. —_— LEAVES FOR DELAGOA BAY. Rear-Admiral Rawson Sails in His Flagship From Cape Town. CAPE TOWN, Care Coroxy, Jan. 12.— Rear-Admiral Harry H. Rawson, com- manding the Cape and West African squadron, who was recently ordered to take his flagshin, the St. George, to Dela- goa Bay, arrived here to-day and at once proceeded to that place. The St. George is a twin-screw cruiser f the first class. She mountstwelve guns. —_— CALIFORNIANS IN AFRICA. Many of Them Are Drawing Down Princely Salaries and Piling Up Big Fortunes. Up to a late hour last night Majgr R. P. Hammond had received no further news {rom Africa about the arrest of hisbrother by order of President Kruger. Frederick Hellmann, a civil engineer well known in 8an Franeisco and on the Comstock, went to South Africa last July. He was men- tioned in the press dispatches recently as among the prominent Americans in Jo- hannesburg. Last Saturday he cabled the éollowinx message to his father in this ity : ““Well. The rebellion quelled.” The news of the arrest of Hammond and others will canse anxiety in many a home in California. Most of the big mining men in Africa are from this State. The first place the English capitalists turned to for miners when they needed men to open their mines was naturally California, where mining had been carried on on a larger scale and with better ap- pliances than in any other part of the world. Then, tco, Hamilton Smith, who was the mining engineer for the Roth- schilds, did much to bring California into good repute. It isso now that big syndi- cates in London accept the reports of some of the leading California engineers, such as Louis Janin, .A. J. Bowie, Ross Browne and others, as bankers would paper with the signatures of money kings. There are under Hammond alone seven- teen California miners as superintendents of mines, drawing salaries that aggregate nearly a quarter of a million. Harry Webb, Harry Dahm, Victor N. Clement and Ed Garthwaite draw from $10,000 to $25,000 a year. But then they have oppor- tunities to make money outside of that, and word comes here every once in awhile of their big strikes. Besides these, many others have gone over to fill minor posi- tions, as assayers, foremen, timbermen and millmen. In all they must be draw- ing in salaries nearly half a million dollars. Barnato Brothers and the other big com- panies have been steadily drawing for three years from this State the best min- ing talent. Hamilton Smith, who was long in | charge of the North Bloomfield, the largest hydraulic mines in the State, drifted over to London about the time of the debris troubles and soon became consulting min- ing engineer for the Rothschilas. He has lately organized a big exploration syndi- cate there and has made over a miliion. One of the men under him at North Bloomfield was Perkins, who was about ten years in Venezuela in charge of mines fora Lendon company. He went to Africa just alter the boom started, and has made a fortune outside of his princely salary. Gardiner Williams was one of the first California miners to go to Africa. About eighteen yesrs ago Baron Grant, who was then pushing some big schemes that later turned out failures and made him noto- i sent out bere for a manager and ssistants fora big eravel mining prop- y. His representative chose Gardiner Williams (oifering him $18,000 a year) and about half a dozen hydraulic miners and sent them on. At the same time a lot of hydraulic machines was purchased and forwarded, but when the Californians got over Grant I'ad gone to smash. Williams, however, soun showed what he could do and it was not long before he was in charge of the De Beers diamond mines, the largest in the world, a position he still holds on a princely salary. ‘The report received yesterday that Henry Ashe Tilghman of this City had been ar- rested with Hammond and others caused much anxiety to the young man’s friends in this City, as well as to the relatives of his young bride, a daughter of Captain W. L. Merry, to whom he was united in Johaanesburg recently, and a number of messages were cabled to the Transvaal metropolis for further information and asking whether any assistance could be rendered him. “Hal” Tilghman, as he was generally | called, was well known in San Francisco and in Stockton, where he was born. His father was secretary of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners for several years previous to his death, and the young man was an only son. After his father’s death voung Tiighman, who was then an nn- usually bright young fellow, was sent to a celebrated military academy in Virginia, whence he graduated with honors. Later, | having shown an aptitude for engineering, he was sent to Columbia College, and graduated from the mining engineering class of that institution. Previous to returning to his home in California he obtained a position in the Mining Bureau at the World’s Fair and was in charge of certain of the exhibits there. Young Tilghman is a cousin of John H. | Hammond, and was invited to go to South Africa with the well-known engineer, the latter believing that with his talent and education he would soon find an opening in his profession. After his return from the FEast Mr. Tilghman formed an attachment for Miss lice Tenison Merry, daughter of Captain Merry, and as his affection was recipro- cated an engagement soon followed. Though both his mother and the family of his fiancee looked with favor on the match it was deemed advisable, on ac- count of the youth of the parties and the unsettled condition of Tilghman’s busi- ness prospects, to defer the marriage until | he had established himself firmly in a po- ition where he would be able to care for a wife. His engagement with Hammond when he left S8an Franecisco two years ago called for a salary of $60 a month, but he had not been long in South Africa before his thor- ough understanding of mining engineer- ing and assayving made him conspicuous and he was offered a position with Bar- nato Bros., the Kaffir kings, at a hand- some salary. He accepted and from that on his advance was rapid. A few months ago his salary was raised to $1000 per month and he decided that 1t was time he should be united to Miss Merry. As he could not well leave his business she consented to accompany his mother, who was going to join her son, and be mar- ried tar from home. Mrs. Tilghman and Miss Merry were accompanied to New York by several members of the pros- pective bride’s family, who bade them good-by when they took the steamer for Liverpool. Mrs. Tilghman and Miss Merry arrived in Johannesb urg in the latter part of No- vember last and the young couple were married on December 3. The letter announcing the marriage was the last word received by the mother of the bride from her daughter, and every effort is being made to confirm or disprove the alarming news of Tilghman's arrest. The relatives and friends of the newly married couple are inclined to believe that there is some mistake in the report of Tilghman’s arrest, or that if he has been taken into custody it was through some misunderstanding, and that he will speed- ily be released. They point to the fact that he was not in ex-Premier Cecil Rhodes’ employ, that he is but 23 years of age, and that he would hardly bhive engaged in_plots against the Goyernment with the bride of a month and his mother to occupy his care and at- tention. SRR FRANCE 18 FOR PEACE. Prime Minister Bowrgeois Touches Upon the Present COrisis. PARIS, France, Jan. 12—Prime Minis- ter Bourgeois attended a banquet at Lyons this evening, and delivered a speech, in the course of which he said changes at home never rendered France's policy abroad in the least degree uncertain. The whole policy of France could be summed up in the declaration that she was for the main- tenance of peace and deyelopment of jus- tice. France would maintain peace, not only for herself, but she has recently been helping to maintain it for all in the inter- ests of civilization. A FEUD OF ROYALTY, German Society Agog Over the Quarrel at Court. KAISER AGAINST PRINCE Frederick Leopold Is Smarting Under the Treatment of William. CAUSE OF HIS IMPRISONMENT. It Is Charged That His Cruelty Caused the Princess to Attempt Suicide. BERLIN, GerMany, Jan. 12, — The quarrel between the Kaiser and Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, husband of the Empress’ sister, over the Prince’s harsh treatment of his wife after her recent acci- dent in breaking through the ice while skating near Glenicke Castle, Potsdam, is still the absorbing topic of discussion in society. The Prince’s period of arrest and con- finement in aroom in the castle is over, but the feud between him and the Empe- ror is not terminated by any means. Prince Frederick Leopold has not vet re- sumed his military service, and it is now recalled how the Emperor publicly re- buked him for mistakes he made in the military maneuvers around Bornstedt. The ocigin of the present row between the two dates back to the time when the Princess, who was on the eve of accouche- ment, attended a state ball, and danced throughout the function. The Emupress, the Princess’ sister, protested, and got snubbed for her pains. Tne Emperor then told the Princess’ lady in waiting that the Princess ought not to dznce and bade her tell her mistress what he had said. This resulted in a coolness between the sisters, the Princess avoiding the Empress when- ever she could. When the Princess broke through the ice while skating on Glenicke Lake, and came near drowning, the Empress called at Glenicke Castle'to inquire as to her con- dition, and the Princess refased to receive her. The Empress nevertheless remained at the castle and sent for the Emperor. The Emperor on receiving the summons at once rode from the New Palace to Glen- icke Castle, and a furious quarrel ensued between the Kaiser and the Prince, who fiercely resented the Emperor's interfer- ence in his private family affairs. During the period of the Prince’s confinement in the fortress of the castle, which lasted two weeks, guards with loaded rifles were piaced before every entrance to the castle and all lights were ordered extinguished at 8 o’clock in the evenin Socialistic malice has seized the occa- sion to circulate the very worst rumors concerning the quarrel. The Vorwaerts, the principal Socialist organ, is the most conspicuous offender in this respect, and reproduces the repons that the Princess, when she was rescued from the icy waters in the lake, had no skates, nor did her companion, the Baroness Colmar, her lady in waiting, have any. The only inference to be drawn from this fact, the Vorwaerts declares, is that the breaking through the ice was not an accident, but a deliperate attempt on the vart of the Princess to commit suicide, be- cause of the brutal treatment to which she was constantly subjected by her husband. It is understood that Prince Frederick Leopold will resign from the army and henceforth live in privacy. United States Embassador Runyon at- tended the funeral of Prince Alexander of Prussia, which took place last Thursday. The dance given by Charles de Kay, the United States Consul-General here, at his private residence, on January 6, was at- tended by all the embassy and consular officials except Kmbassador Runyon, who remained at home with his family, prior to his going to England. Poultney Bigelow left Berlin on Friday on his return to New York. His mission, which was to obtain the readmission of the New York Life and Mutual Lite Insurance companies into Prussia under the old con- ditions, has been a complete failure. Con- trary to his expectations, the Emperor did not receive him The Berlin papers say ke spoiled his relations with the Kaiser by mixing up a commercial enterprise with the imperial name. The great court reception which was to have taken place this week has been post- poned until January 29, and the court ball, vhich was to have occurred on January has been abandoned owing to the death of Prince Alexander and the consequent period of court mourning. The wife of the absconding lawyer Fritz Freidmann is about to utilize the sensa- tion caused by her husband’s disappear- ance with another woman and a large sum of other people’s money, by appearing as a singer in the Berlin Theatre Varietes. The trial of the American trotting-horse owner, Robert T. Kneebs, upon the charge of entering the mare Bethel under the name of Nellie Kneebs and starticg her in races on German tracks, opened here yes- terday. Three American witnesses from Wakefield testified on behalf of Kneebs that the Nellie Kneebs produced before the court was not Bethel, each one declar- ing that a few weeks ago he saw Bethel at Wakefield. Great interest istaken in the trial in sporting circles. The trial was adjourned until Monday. Mrs. Hoskins, daughter of United States Embassador Runyon, has completed anew society novel entitled **Richard Forrest.” The work will appear as a serial in Ameri- can papers and a German translation of the story will be published here. United States Consul-General de Kay has finished a poem entitlea *‘Nimrod’s Vision,”” the first of which hAs alreaay been published. A German translation of the poem is being prepared. Siems & Halske, the great electrical firm of Berlin, have obtained a concession to exploit the water falls of San Simon at Tenancingo for the purpose of producing electrical power in the City of Mexico. The power will be transmitted thirty miles. BURNED TO THE WATER'S EDGE. The Fast Ohio River Steamer Koyal De- stroyed by Fire. EVANSVILLE, Isp., Jan. 12—The sternwheel steamer Royal, the fastest boat on the Ohio below Cincinnati, caught fire and burned to the water's edge this even- ing at 7:30 o’clock. The boat had just tied up at Tardy’s Landing, a mile above this city, after kaving made three round trips during the day to Henderson in place of the regular packet Jewel. The fire origi- nated in a statercom in the lacdies’ cabin. The Royal was a full-rigged steamer, 160 feet long and 20 feet beam, with two cabins and a texas. She was five years old and cost $21,000 new. She was neavily insured. The crew escaped without injury. e RACE WAR FEARED. Whites and Negroes May Clash Over an Oklahoma Scnool Question. PERRY, O. 1., Jan 12.—Conservative people of this place fear trouble to-morrow between the white and black races. Ac- cording to the derision of the court, schools were opened for the admission of pupils of any race or color. The fight has been going on for three months. The school board voted a few days ago to suspend schools, but the. colored people sted out a writ of mandamus compelling the board to open them azain. This was supported by people who preferred mixed schools to none, so the board was compelled to re- consider its action, and to-morrow the public schools of the city will contain both whites and blacks. Several white men declare they will keep their children from school, nor will they send them where colored children attend. Colored people are firm and trouble is expected. S 5 RECEIVYE. FATAL BURNS. Fate of Three Boys Who Were Experi- menting at Safe-Cracking. PHILADELF HIA, Pa., Jan. 12.—Three boys whom the police believed to be ama- teur burglars wre so badly burned by an explosion at their home, 2862 Leithgow street, this aft¢rnoon, that they cannot live. 3 The boys wert David, aged 19, William, aged 17, and Ceorge McKisson, aged 7, brothers. They were in the house aloneat the time the ¢xplosion took place, and they refuse to give any details of the acci- dent. . The exvlosior house and badly ing dwellings. It was undcibtedly caused by gun- powder, as_the gulphurous fumes of that explosive filled /he building. A fuse was found, and amasg the debris was a toy bank with the dyor biown off. The police be’ieve thai the boys were experimenting ipon this little safe when the accident occurred. CREMATED IN HI HOME, Fate of a ‘lleveland Man Who Tried t» Save Clothing From Destruction. completely shattered the amaged the two adjoin- Overcome hy: Smoke After He Had Passed the Door of His Burning Dwelling. CLEVELAND, Onio, Jan. 12.—Fire broke out in the house of Patrick Mangan, at 56 Old River straet, early this morning. Mangan, his wife and little daughter were in bed at the time. Awakened by the crackling wood, Mangan heroically res- cued che two f2males, who were entirely overcome by the smoke. Then he re- entered the ho:se in an attempt to obtain his elothing. The effort was fatal. Overcome by the smoke, he fell unconscious a few feet in- side the door, where he became an easy victim of the flames. The fire communicated to the two ad- joining dwellings, and the occupants were rescued with difficulty by the firemen. The houses are situated in a thickly built- up distriet, and for a time a serfous con- flagration was threatened. All three dwellings were destroyed. The loss amounts to about $5000. Mangan’s body was found charred, unrecognizable mass. later—a He was 31 vears of age, and was employed on the ore docks. e FOR BETTEK MORALITY. Proposed Laws to Kegulate Among Children. LINCOLN, NEBR., Jan. 12.—President Alexander Hoagland of the Boys’ and Girls’ National Home and Employment Association has by resolution of the Na- tional Board forwarded to the Governors of the following ten States where Legisla- tures convene this winter the five laws regulating crimes among youth: Georgia, Alabama, lowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, M ippi, Obio, Utah and Vermont. Il encompassing these laws calls for no appropriation, and can be carried out by officials already in office. It includes the following sections: First—The restoration to their homes of all truant and tramping youths found in any of the cities, towns ana villages of each State.’ Second—The opening of iree county intelli- gence offices in the oflice of the County Clerk in each county. Third—Protection of children in the homes of dissipated and immoral parents. Fourth—Imprisoning of sll youths apart from old eriminals. 5 s 2 Fifth—Providing for boys and girlsand minor children in &l cities, towns and villages being at their homes after nightfall. Saswid o inay) MURDERED IN A BATHROOM. Crimes Trivial Quarrel Between Two Young Men ZLeads to a Killing. GRAND RAPIDS, Micy., Jan. 12.—Al- bert Johnson, a motorman on the Consoli- dated Street Railway, was murdered by J. L. H. Holmes in their boarding-house, 358 Ottawa street, at 11:30 this morning. ‘When they met in the washroom John- son began bantering Holmes and ran his cold hands down Holmes’ back. A fight ensued, in which Jolnson pounded Holmes, blacking his eyes and cutting his head. fiol(nes got away from him and went upstairs, got his revolver and re- entering the washroom began firing at Johnson. Five shots were fred, only one taking effect. It entered the left side near the heart and lodged under the right nipple. Johnson staggered from the washroom to the dining-room and fell dead. Holmes gave himself up. The murderer is a son of ex-Postmaster Holmes of Grand Ledge, Mich., and a graduate of the University of fiichigan, class, ’93. S FIRE RAGES FOR HOURS. A Blook of Business Houses ina Nebraska Zown Destroyed. CHADRON, Nesr, Jan. 12.—Fire de- stroyed a block of business housesin Craw- ford early this morning. Only meager in- formation has been received here, but it is learned that the State Bank, a drug store, two large general stores, the Gazette office, a shoe store and a barber-shop were totally consumed. The fire started at 4 o’clock this morning and nfied for three hours. The loss is es- timated to be $50,000. The insurance is not large. kL Killed in a Wreck. LOUISVILLE, Kv., Jan. 12.—The engine of a passenger train on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railway djumped the track near Huntin, burg, Ind., this evening. Fireman Buscl was killed, but nobody was injured. —_— Loss of a Fine Residence. LINCOLN, NEpr., Jan. 12.—The beau- tiful residence of ex-Mayor C. C. Burr, one of the best in the city, was badly damaged by fire this evening and the furnishings ruined. The loss is $20,000, fully insured. 'Nebraska Free Silverites Adopt Resolu- RECORD OF HORRORS, Figures That Reveal the Terrible Work in Armenia. THE HARPOOT MASSACRE. Nearly Sixteen Thousand Persons Are Known to Have Been | Slain. SCORES OF TOWNS DESTROYED. Embassador Cambon Gives 50,000 as the Total Number of Murders in Anatolia. LONDON, Exa., Jan. 12.—The Constan- tinople representative of The United Press, telegraphing under date of yesterday, says that more complete tables of the persons killed and property destroyed in the prov- inces of Harpoot and Diarbeki! 176 towns and villages, cont Armenian houses, were burned. The Ar- menians in these towns and villages num- bered 92,000, and of these 15,845 were killed. This excludes the uncertamn re- ports of killings. M. Cambon, the French Embassador, estimates the total number of Armenians killed in Anatolia at 50,000. It 18 stated that the French Government, through the influence of Munir Bey, the Turkish Embassador, will agree to surren- der to the Sultan the Turkish subjects in France who are wanted by the Porte. Baron von Calice, the Austrian Embas- sador, and Baron von Saurma-Jeltsch, the German Embassador, had private audi- ences with the Sultan on Friday. The Government is trying to force the resigna- tion of the Armenian Patriarch, and is comrpelling Armenians to sign papers ex- pressing dissatisfaction with him. The new consuls for interior points have not left Aleppo yet. PETITION QU VICTORIA. England’s Ruler Asked to Check the Atrocities in Armenia. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 12.—A citizens’ meeting to express sympathy for ‘“sufferc ing Armenia” was held in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church here this aft- ernoon. Thechurch was crowded. Gen- eral R. A. Alger presided. Letters were read from Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Right Rev. Bishop John . Foley and Hon. Don M. Dickinson. Stir- ring addresses were delivered by General | Alger, Bishop W. X. Ninde, Rev. D. D. | MacLaurin, Rev. W. H. Davis, Rev. Wil- liam Prall, Rev. John Reid and Herant M. Kiertchjian of New York, general secre- tary of the Armenis reiation. Resolutions were adopted petitionirg the Government at Washington to bring to bear upon the Christian powers of Europe all possible moral influence to end the Turkish atrocities. A cablegram was also sent to her Ma- jesty, Queen Victoria, from the meeting, appealing to her to use her great power without further delay to stop the slaughter of the Armenians, and suggesting that, if circumstances beyond her control prohibit such action on her part, the European powers jointly invite the United States or some other Christian power to intervene to end this outrage on humanity and modern civilization. A collection of $500 was taken up and a committee appointed to receive subscrip- tions. e ANTICIPATE NO TROUBLE. The Sultan Not Likely to Interfere With Relief Expeditions. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—G. H. | Pullman, the financial secretary of the Red Cross Society, does not anticipate | that the officials of that order in !hcirl work of ministering to the distressed and | starving people of Asia Minor will meet with the slightest obstacle from the Turk- ish Government, as has been suggested in some quarters. “The American relief on reaching Con- stantinople,” said he, ‘‘will probably go airect to Harpoot, which is to be the dis- tributing point for the Harpoot district. Of the fifteen selected members embraced in the American relief Miss Barton wiil probably choose three women. Though January 22 has been set as the date of de- parture from New York, it is possible that the officers of the society will not sail until three days later, and will remain in Asia Minor until July next.” KENTUCKY'S TANGLE. Speaker Blanford Fails to Arrange for Selecting Wilson’s Successor. FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan. 12—A new feature is added to the Senatorial muddle to-night by the failure of Speaker Blanford to promulgate his writ for a special elec- tion to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Wilson, of Nelson County, which occurred Friday. It was stated positively last night that he had made out his proclamation callingan elec- tion January 21, but the Speaker said to- night he had not had time to examine the law and did not know when he would have it held. The Democrats of course express great indignation, as Mr. Wilson’s successor cannot be namec in time to vote for Senator unless the writ is promulgated to- morrow. As the election of a Senator hinges on this vote, much interest is being taken init. Nelson County has a normal Democratic majority of over 800, so the Republicans will make no special effort to elect his successor. Sl BOND IS5SUE CONDEMNED. tions of Prot LINCOLN, NEBR., Jan. 12.—At the free- silver mass-meeting last night ex-Con- | gressman Bryan introduced the following resolution against the proposed bond issue, which was adopted : Resolved, That we, the citizens of Lincoln, Nebr., irrespective of party, in mass-meeting sssembled, earnestly protest against the issue of bonds to buy gold, and heartily approve of the bill recently reported to the Senate by the Finance Committee, providing for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, for the coining of tne seigniorage, and direeting the Secretary of the Treasury to exercise the right vested 1n him by redeeming greenbacks and Treasury notes in silver. o il I0WA’S LEGISLATURE. Code Kevision the Most Important Mat- | ter to Come Up. i DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 12—The two | houses of the Legislature meet to-morrow | morning to perfect their organizations, and will then adjourn till Tuesday, when Senator Allison will be re-elected. This evening the leading members of both houses met and discussed informally the question of how to handle the code revi- sion. The result was an agreement which will be formulatea into resolutions to- morrow morning for a joint conference of members of both houses at the capitol to- morrow evening to discuss the matter. The code revision is the most important matter that will come before the session, and there are two plans for handling it. One is to have each house name a large committee, to which the entire code shall be referred, to be distributed among sub- committees for careful consideration; re- ported back to the general committee and from this to the House. The other is to have the code referced by titles to the ap- propriate standing committees and let these make the investigation, reporting directly back to the House. Each plan Las strong advocates and the discussion will be an important one. e CONVENTION BOOMERS. Four Cities Racing to Secure the Demo- eratic Gathering. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—Wash- ington is azain filling up with convention boomers. Four citiesare actively at work— C'hicugv. St. Lowss, Cincinnati and New York. The contest seems to be between the latter cities. _ The interview with Colone! Dick Bright in TrECALL, republished in Washington, has made the Chicago people very wrathy toward him, and they may try to defeat Colonel Bright for sergeant-at-arms of the convention. Mr. Bright is not a candi- date, however, and will _make no fight for it, and will only accept if it is tendered to him. Opinion is about evenly divided as to whether Cincinnati or New York will win. Many Democratic leaders, including Har- ity, Whitney and Lamont, favor New but the Westerners are strongly opposed to the metropolis and will vote for Cincinnati and some of them for St. Louis. The only exceptions among the Western- ers who have arnived is Colonel Merritt of Utah, who will cast a complimentary vote for San Francisco and then support New York, and Colonel William R. Morrison of who is also understood to fa New York if Chicago can’t win. Secretary Sheerin is understood to be for Cincinnati. The committee will meet on Thursday. SILVER MEN STAND FIRN, The Free-Coinage Substitute for the Bond Bill Will Pass the Senate. Both Factions Disposed to Bring the Question to a Vote Without Delay. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 12.—The de- bate in the Senate this week will be very much like the debate during the extra sese sion, when Congress was convened for the purpose of repealing the purchasingclau:e of the Sherman act. The silver substitute to the House bond bill is now the unfin- ished business, and will be called up any day at the conclusion of the morning hour. No one has given notice of the intention to speak during the week, but the subject is fruitful in debate and a number of speeches will be delivered. There appears, however, to be a disposi- tion on the part of both silver and anti- silver men to permit the question to come to a vote without delay, some of the anti- silver people believing it would be the best thing to let the country know, at the earliest opportunity, what element it is that controls the Senate. Itis believei the free-coinage substitute will pass by at least half a dozen votes. The Finance Committee meets in regu- lar session again Tuesday, and the Repub- lican members, counting on the vote of Jones of Nevada, confidently expect at that time to report the tariff bill as it came from the House, in accordance with the sentiment of the Republican caucus last week. The House will probably continue to- morrow the consideration of the rule re- garding the counting of a quorum, which alone remains to be acted upon. That can be disposed of at one session, it is believed, but whenever it is out of the way the pen- sion appropriation bill will be called up. This is the only matter now in sight to en- gage the attention of the House this week, and they may occupy the entire time. A number of members it is understood, are anxious to make speeches on the pension question, and, as there is nothing else on toe docket as yet, their longings are likely to _be satisfied. Whenever the Senate shall return the revenue or bond bill with ameadment its consideration will at once supersede all other business, but neither one is expected to reach the House this week. There may be a diversion by the presentation of a reply by the Secretary of State to any one of the four or five resolutions of inguiry which the House passed week before last, but no intimation has been given, so far as known, that any of the replies will be transmitted by the President tuis week. v O TItaly’s Parliament Prorogued. ROME, Itary, Jan. 12.—The Govern- ment has grorogutd Parliament until the end of F “HURRY UPI” “We want to get to Roos Bros. befora those New Year bargains are all gobbied up; besides, you know every purchaser of $10 worth gets one of those beautiful and useful Parisian Writing Portfolios FREE OF CHARGE, and of course we mustn't miss THAT. . Still selling—those steel mixed heavy Melton Overcoats with high collars for men at—$6.75. Still selling—those men's Cheviot, Cassimere ana Kersey Overcoats; long and medium cut, also box styles, at—$10. Still selling—those men's Chinchilla Ulsters in blues and blacks, extra length, with extra high collars, at—g11. Still selling—those dressy, serviceable men's biue and black Kersey Ulsters ai—$13, Still selling —men’s suits of all kinds at immeuse reductions. Still selling—but hurry up, or you may get left. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEaRNy a1, in 1834 fflll'.l'h‘. treatment of Privats