The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 1

MEN AND ARMS FOR INSURGENTS, Expedition Safely Landed at Batabano, Near Havana. WAS VERY OPPORTUNE. Gomez and Maceo Hovered in the Vicinity With Four Thousand Troops. AMMUNITION GREATLY NEEDED Now the Cubans Who Are Fighting for Freedom Have aGreater Chance for Success. NEW YORK, N. Y to-morrow: I The Sun 1 ence has been by a prominent member of the v in New York rty consisting of forty men under lership of Laborde has nded at Batabanc west coast of 1d within t distance of a. The ipppd with 200 ster r carfridges and utionary pa Alfrec ,on th party is e es, 100,00 1l exy successful ding of this expedi- Gomez and ypportune. g in the vi ty, some with upward of 4000 trcuble, lack of arms L now be partly rem- is considered of 11 the Cubans nicated. MACEO'S FORCE DEFEATED. In Retreating the Insurgents Fired Many Houses. ANA, Cu ts that 13.—General nand has had Maceo's force near west of this city. s, Ja is com Beiore the; destroyed vounded. te and the rebel commander, rrain on the West- een La Salud ened to kiil the train: The passengers freedom. Salomon, correspondent of 1 to-day on the steamer Saratoga rn to New York. 1DDRENS TO AN VOLUNTEERS. General Campos Says They Are at Pres- ent Needed in Havana. Jan. 4 (via Tampa, I Jan. 13). id cablegrams of to- that the Government has given ingle telegram, and that tion concerning the col- g the rebels. to the invasion of the 2 by the vanguard of 1 impo province of Hav Maceo’s arm news has ¢ anc d a painful impression ling the d f the rebels. e Spanish tr: ntic steamer sail- ing from Barcelona on the 5th will embark ent of artillery for Cuba. following ac <3 of Captain-Gen- 1e volunteers of | ur patriotic w ter on active service in the field been communi- ated to me. veral detach- ts of volunteers ha: nd properties on the ir action demonstrate their en- jasm patriotism. If a case of preme necessity arises you will be sent out on active duty. Meanwhile the city of Havana and its vicinity require a large garrison not only for defense but to main- tain the public order. “To you that commission is confided. Tf the rebels continue evading our columns and propose making a demonstration in the vicinity of this city, 1 rely on you to disperse them and drive them back. “Aslong as a drop af blood circulates in veins you will defend the flag of If occasion arises I shall lead you, - on your courage, discipline and prudence in giving a further proof that you form part of the army ot Spain.” S e INDORSES THE STRUGGLE. it this city to sugar estates. and Eesolution of Sympathy for Cubans in New York's Legislature. ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 13.—In the ¢ to-night the following resolu- introauced by Mr. Warner of a, referring to the Cuban struggle ty, was adopted : xEAS, A condition of civil war exists be- e Government of Spein and the Govern- procinimed and for some time maintained ¢ of arms by the people of Cuba; and The struggle for independence and institutions by the Cubans has awakened in the people of the United States a deep sympathy far their cause and a hope that may succeed in their momentous contest, olved, If the Senate concurs that we par- ticipate in the deep interest which js feit for success of the people of Cuba in their strug- to establish their liberty ana independ- i, That the President and Congress of States be and they are hereby peti- tioned to extend to the insurgents of Cuba a formal recognition of their rights as belliger- er That copies of this resolution be icd and be sent to the President and he presiding officers of the United States Sen- ate and House of Representatives, e WARSHIPS FOR THE CUBANS. Members of the Junta Ready to Contract For Vessels. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 13.—The Cuban junta in this country is very hope- ful that Cuba will secure recognition from tue present Congress, and with this end in acd | the Journal, who was arrested | ¥ arri of the s een released. He | | | 1 ew is preparing to arrange to send to the island a fairly strong fleet of vessels to act as a ns One of the leaders said last night: “Just as soon as we areaccorded belliger- ent rights either this or any other coun- y, then we will have a fleet of vessels ¢ able to cope with the great majority els the Spanish now have around the island of Cuba. Qur representatives at Washington have been very much en- couraged within the past week or ten days, and we think that recognition is not far With that end in view, the representa- tives of the juntain thisand other cities have heen canvassing the owners of vessels in various parts of this country and Eng- ! land. We have so far obtained options on five vessels, all that are needed. These options hold good for six months, and we have paid a small sum on each of them to hold this optior remainder of the money necessary to make these purchases has been guaranteed to us by a syndicate of wealthy capitalists composed of Cubans and Amer S SLASHING PASSENGER RATES. The Rate War Extended Westward Into What the Roads Consider Dangerous Ground. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan. 13.—The passen- ger officiais of the trans-Missouri lines were exercised to-day by the spreading of the Santa Fe-( roads’ fight over coal ratesin Colorado to the passenger business to St. Louis, Kansas City and 50 per cent from Denver to Pueblo and intermediate points, and yesterday began to sell, through brokers’ cut-rate tickets as far east as Chicago, thus entering the territory of the Western Passenger Asso- ciation without consulting the members of the association. The Santa Fe is the only through line involyed in the freight trouble, and it has promised not to meet these passenger cuts at present. Chairman Caldw to-day notified the Rio Grande and Union Pacific roads that th must desist from selling cut-rate ets east from the Mi uri River over he lines of the association companies and confine their cutting practices to local Colorado business. They have been fight- ing over Colorado-Utah business, but their latest move is to cut rates from Denver to | Pueblo, and sell throngh tickets based on the unauthorized rates, thus extending their fight to dan gerous ground. JUST A MEAY SWINDLER, Doings of a Sharper Who Was Written Up as an Agent of Cut a Wide Swath at Kansas City Until It Was Learned That He Was a Fraud. | | | | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 13.—One of | the smoothest confidence men that have come to Kansas City for some time regis- | tered at the Coates House last Friday after- noon. He signed the name of Laurence Daly, Anaconda, Mont. He has been in this city only three daysand yet there are a number of people who are sorry for hav- ing made his acquaintance. During his stay he has managed to swin- | dle the Metropolitan National Bank out of $300, with the aid of the indorsement of John H. McEwen, president of the South- west Miilers’ Dispatch. He also succeeded in fleecing an old man by the name of Pat- rick Mellody. Much of the success of Swindler Daly was due to the long complimentary notice given him in Saturday’s Journal, announc- ing under a scare head that Laurence Daly was the agent for the Rothschilds, who were contemplating the purchase of a large number of Cripple Creek mines; that Mr. Daly was a prominent miner and a principal stockholder in the famous Ana- conda mines. One of the first acquaintances that Daly made in Kansas City was that of John Maloney, an insurance man, who made him a firm and fast friend and introduced him to G. W. Bibbens, another insurance man. Mr. Bibbens bad known a man by the name of Daly in Virginia City, Nev., early in the sixties and Mr. Daly had no trouble in palming himself off as this same old acquaintance. Mr. Bibbens introduced Daly to-day to Cashier Stearn of the Metropolitan Na- tional Bank. Mr. Bibbens and J.H. Me- Ewen had just come from the Coates House,where they bad dined sumptuously as guests of Mr. Daly. McEwen indorsed a draft on Hoge, Brownlee, Daly & Co., bankers of Anaconda, Mont., for $300, and Cashier Stearn cashed it. That was about the last seen of Mr. Daly. Suspicion was first directed to Daly when he came to Secretary Charde’s office infthe Exchange building, aud said he desired to purchase 975,000 shares of the Fuller Min- ing Company’s stock, which he said had been lost trace of, bul he thought the stock Was now in the possession of the Barings of London. There were 1,000,000 shares of the stock, and he was already in possession of 25000 shares of it, he said. He would give $1 70 ver share for the other shares. He made this statement to Mr. Charde Saturday afternoon, and yesterday morning Patrick Mellody came into Mr. Charde’s office with a certificate for 10.000 shares of this same stock, which he had just purchased from Daly himself, giving only $50 for the entire amount. This soon developed the fact that Daly was an impostor, but he had left town. Pinkertons were employed and word is received at midnight that Daly was caught at Sedalia, Mo. USRS THE FLYER A MONEY-MAKER. Therefore There Is o Truth in the Story That the Train Is to Be Withdrawn. CHICAGO, TLrL., Jan. 13.—Officials of the Santa Fe road, from President Ripley down, were kept busy to-day emphatically denying the report that the company in- tended to discontinue the California “flyer,” and lengthen the running time to the old figures because the train was be- ing run at a loss. Not only has there never been any intention of abandoning the train, but the officials announce that the “flyer” has been a money-maker from the start, and the company would not think of dropping such a train under. any cix_- cumstances during the feight of the Cali- Chicago. | § The Gulf road has cut passenger rates over iA SORRY TEAM AND A HEAVY LOAD FOR A THIRD - TERM RACE. fornia season. They declare that the pol- icy of President Ripley and his associates in the new management is to be as liberal and enterprising as that of the receivers. “CRAZY HORSE’ DISCOVERY. Fatal Experimennt of Bullet-Proof Medicine Made on the Pawnee Chief's Brother. PERRY, O. T., Jan. 13.—Pawnee Bill, who has returned from the four bands of | the Pawnee tribe, brings word that the Indians have all left their farms and moved into tepees on Black Bear Creek, and have gone to ghost-dancing and mak- ing medicine. “Crazy Horse” claimed to have made medicine that was bullet proof, but when tried as an experiment on his brotner, in front of the council of chiefs, the ballet penetrated his heart and caused instant aeath. All of “/Crazy Horse’s'’ cattle and ponies were taken from him asa penalty by the chiefs, and there is talk of the Federal officers indicting him on the charge of murder. st <Ly COLLIDED IN THE FOG. . Fatal Wreck of Southern Pacific Trains Near El Paso. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 13.—A collision | occurred on the Southern Pacific six miles | west of El Paso at 9 o’clock this morning between a double- header westbound freight and a construction train. Engi- neer Blanchard, aged 33, of Tucson, of the construction train engine was instantly killed. Engineer Love on the head engine of the freight train had his leg and wrist broken and was thrown forty feet. The other enginemen jumped and saved their lives. Travel was delayed ten hours. Three engines were destroyed. The cause of the accident was a dense fog. MIXED SCHOOL QUESTION. Stubborn Resistance Made to the Admission of Negro Children. Teachers Protested in Vain Against Receiving the Unwelcome Pupils. PERRY, 0. T., Jan. 13.—Perry was ex- cited to-day over the mixed public school question. Serious trouble has seemed cer- tain on several occasions. Professor J. W. Augustine denied admittance to colored children in the High School or other public school buildings, except those designated months ago for the exclusive use of colored children. The exception was George Wash- ington Alexander Webster, a boy of 10 years, in whose name the mandamus pro- ceedings were brought three months ago and decided in his favor. Professor Augus- tine holds that the decree of the court ap- plied only to this one boy. In the High School building 500 white children and about fifty colored children, two-thirds of tbe total number in the town, assembled. A crowd of white men and negroes was there. White school- boys had large stones in their pockets, with'the intention of using them on the negroes as they entered the building. It is said every negro child in the city asked for admittance. Officers escorted four colored children into the High School. Fach teacher made a vigorous protest against receiving them, but the children were made to sit down e FEW DIVORCES GRANTED. Applicants Receive a Setback From a New Judge. WICHITA, Kis., Jan. 13.—Consterna- tion reigne in the divorce colony of this city as the result of the policy inaugurated by the new Judge of the District Court, who, in less than four hours’ time to-day, disposed of twenty-two divorce cases, granting only two out of the entire lot. People from all parts of the country have taken up their temporary residence here for the purpose of obtaining divorces, and the sweeping denials at the hanas of the new Judge have convinced them that their cases wili share the same fate as those passed on to-day, hence they are prepa ing for a general exodus to Oklahoma, where divogees age obtained Bgre _eg;lLy; | GRATIFIED,OF COURSE Englishmen to Show Their Regard for Their Kin Beyond the Sea. |AN HONORABLE ESCAFE. London Newspapers Favor a Peaceful Settlement of the Controversy, | VENEZUELA MAY BE STUBBORN. The Little Republic Feels the Im- portance of Being Backed by Uncle Sam. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 13.—Referring to the request of the American Government that Great Britain use her good offices in behalf of the Americans arrested at Johan- nesburg the News will say: “Whatever may be the result of the re- cent occurrences in the Transvaal, the Government and the people of the United States must be gratified that so cordial and gratifying a response was made to Mr. Olney’s request. It wili be to Englishmen a source of peculiar pleasure if they can in any way testify to their regard for their kin beyond the sea.” The News reiterates the importance of finding an honorable escape from the Ven- ezuelan difficulty and says: “If things are allowed to continue as they are now there may be a war, no mat- ter how many excellent people may be horrified at the idea. Lord Salisbury has never declined to arbitrate. It wasupon the scope, not the principle of reference, that he ana Venezuela failed to agree. “We believe that Lord Salisbury has clearly shown that Venezuela is in the wrong, but we are notimnvartial judges. The stronger the British case the more eager should Lord Salisbury be to submit it to a competent court. Surely we are willing to make a sentimental sacrifice for the sake of retaining the friendship of the United States. We expect something more from Lord Salibury than an argu- mentative victory on paper,”’ In its issue to-morrow the Times, refer- ring to the editorial published by the New York Times on Sunday urging a direct ar- rangement between Great Britain and Venezuela for the setilement of the dis- puwe, which article is supposed to have been inspired by President Cleveland, will say it rejoices to see as time has come for re-election there is evidently a desire to revert t5 the plan for reaching a settlement to which President Cleveland gave his formal sanction at the very moment his own policy seemed to render it impracti- cable. Itadds: “What we have now to consider is the possibility of entering upon such negotia- tions with Venezuela. It is not for Great Britain to take the iniative. Several years ago Venezuela broke off diplomatic relations with Great Britain without any better reason than a difference of opinion regarding the boundary. The Foreign Office cannot, therefore, take any step in the matter until Venezuela chooses to re- sume negotiations in the ordinary way; but Great Britain is open to negotiations, as she has been throughout, on friendly terms. “The obstacle, if any exists, has been created by the belief of the Venezuelans that they will be supported with aH the power of the United States in any de- mands they may make on Great Britain, and we are sure this is a grotesque mis- take. The obvious course of Venzuela to adopt is to ask the United States to place her again in communication with Great Britain,” ‘The Times coucludes by rejoicing over the request of the United States that Great Britain use her good offiges in bebalf of | | the Americans arrested in the Transvaal | and the British reply thereto. | —-— READY FOR SETTLEMENT. Visible Signs on Englond’s Part for an Agreement. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 13.—A Herald special from Washington says: There are visible signs of a purpose on the part of Great Britain to come to an un- derstanding with Venezuela on the boundary dispute indepenaent of the action of the TUnited States. The statement published Saturday that Lord Salisbury was seeking, through some American power other than the United States to establish diplomatic rela- tions with Venezuela, is generally be- lieved here. In fact, it has semi-official confirmation by information received here in diplomatic quarters. The Chilean Government, it has been stated, is the channel through which Great Britain is working to secure an understanding with Venezuela. If Lord Salisbury is willing to abandon that line and to submit all or practically all of the disputed territory to arbitration, no doubt exists that Venezuela will be found tractable. But Venezuela will not enter into any convention even for this purpose without first ascertaining if its terms are satisfactory to the United States. As to England’s ability to reach a settle- ment directly with Venezuela there isonly one opinion in Washington. It is that this can be done only by a concession of virtually all of the claims set up by Great Britain. The Venezuelans have time and again refused to arbitrate on the Schom- burg line, and it is believed they wili now be more. positive than ever in their refusal. | Sensational articles recently published | to the effect that the British war prepara- tions now goingon are not really designed | for the threatened struggle with Germany, but as an effective measure against Vene- zuela and the United States, are laughed at in diplomatic and naval circles. e e BOYCOTTING THE ENGLISH. In Venczuela an Embargo Is Placed on British Concerns. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 13.—News has been received in this city from Caracas, Venezuela, that residents of that city are boycotting English concerns there and also in La Guayra, Vancia and other Venezu- elan cities. It is said that a financial house in Cara- cas was chartered by the Government as the Anglo-Venezuelan Bank, to begin operations on December 28, 1895, but ow- ing to a failure of the stockholders to have their full capital on hand at that time an extension of date of starting business was asked for. The directors of the bank notified the Secretary of the Venezuelan Treasury last week that the bank was ready to begin business, and they were told that the char- ter had been annulled. The bank imme- diately made application for a new charter, and it was refused. Merchants and tradesmen in the leading Venezuelan cities are reported to be hav- ing the telephones of the English compa- nies taken out of their stores and offices and replacing them with American tele- phones. —— DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS. Salisbury Trying to Resume Relations With Venezuela. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 13.—The United Press learns upon good authority that Lord Salisbury is endeavoring, through a neutral power, to resume direct negotia- tions with Venezuela. He proposes the appointment of a joint commission to de- limit the disputed frontier. If the joint commission should fail to reach a com- plete agreement the points in dispute to be | referred to a third power. ikl HENRY NORMANS V1EWS. His Work in Enlightening the English on America’s Attitude. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 13.—The Mail and Express prints the following: Henry Norman, whose work as the special commissioner of the London Chron- icle has done so much to inform the Brit- ish people of the attitude of Americans upon the Venezuelan - boundary dispute and of the strength of their claim to inter- pose the Monroe doctrine to vprevent the despoiling of a weaker nation, is at the Waldorf Hotel. He will saii for London on the Majestic on Wednesday. Mr. Nor- man is a keen-eyed, fluent talker, observ- ant man, yet in his thirties, and speaks which has done so much to bring about a better understanding between this Gov- ernment and the British Foreign Office. “I have no hesitation in saying the Americans have the best case in the Ven- ezuelan question,” said Mr. Norman to a Mail and Express reporter. *‘Before I left London to undertake this inquiry it was manifest that the British people had no expectation of war. They could not un- derstand the full force oi American pur- pose to assert anda maintain the Monroe doctrine, but they could understand that Lord Salisbury had declined to arbitrate an international question, and that was an extent they were not prepared to fol- low him. The notion of a war between the two great English-speaking nations to grow out of a question offering ample scope for arbitration was regarded as unthink- able by nearly every Englishman with whom T talked before sailing. *My first impression after my early in- quiries in this country was the stern de- termination of the American people to sustain President Cleveland in his asser- tion of the Monroe doctrine. I was not liable to mistake this feeling, for one of the most useful inspirations of my life was that which led me to select Harvard Uni- versity for my alma mater. In my four years there, and since I required an ac- quaintance with Americans and American thought and purpose, that has often been highly useful and important in my work. “After study of the American contention in the Venezuelan question the conclusion was irresistible that it was right and that England was wrong. The facts and data upon which the judgment were founded were readily placed at my disposal. After my investigating work was over I had occasion to see many American statesmen with the view of obtaining their signed opinions upon the general question of arbitration. I had the merest casual acquaintance with just one Senator, but the kindly and hearty way in which eminent Americans at the Capitol received me was | exceedingly gratifying. They, without exception, approved of the results of my work and of the correctness of my view of the situation. “Now, as to the newer entanglement which has superseded the Venezuelan matter in popular interest, it is important to note the difference in the way it has been received by the British people. War, based upon the refusal to arbitrate, did not raise patriotism to any appreciable extent. The threat of a foreign power to interfere with the treaty rights of the imperial Government aroused the British people to stern purpose to defend material interests at all hazards. The Government this time is right, and the people are unanimous in their determination to up- hold it. “The act of Germany in asking Portugal to permit the landing of German troops at Delagoa Bay, with a view to encouraging the Boers to declare their independence, comes very near to being an act of war. If they had obtained permission and acted upon it, war must immediately have re- sulted. The tension of the situation, then, is very strained, and war may yet result. It is inconceivable that any encouragement should have gone out to Dr. Jameson’s mis- guided enterprise from England, although he may have had encourgement in South Africa. Still the British Government is n no way implicated, although it may be called upon to pay indemnity. 11*‘What I wish to mark is the distinction between the way the two principal events were received by Englishmen. The Ven- ezuelan imbroglio scarcely stirred their patriotic impulses, while the South African complications have aroused the nation to the most vigorous and determined asser- tion of national honor and power.” By ARE IN NO GREAT HASTE. Members of the Commission to Proceed Slowly but Surely. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—The Venezuelan Boundary Commissioners,who separated on Saturday to meet at the call of the president, Justice Brewer, and in the meantime to consider, independently of each other, plans for the procedure of the commiscion, did not reassemble to-day. The next meeting will not be held until the permanent quarters are ready for oc- cupancy, which is expected to be the last of this week. Severro Malet-Prevost of New York made a very favorable impression on the Commissioners at the last meeting, and in all probability he will be the executive officer of the body. It is evident that no unseemly haste is to be exhibited by the commission in reaching its conclusions, though all the members will lose no time in studying the various phases of the con- troversy. VENEZUELA CUTS NO FIGURE. Brazil’s Attitude on the Guiana Bound- ary Dispute. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 13.—The repre- sentative of the United Press to-day had an interview with the secretary of the Brazilian legation here who informed him tbat negotiations were proceeding with the Government at Rio Janeiro anent the Guiana boundary. There was no fric- tion, he added, between Great Britain and Brazil on this question, nor was any likely to occur. It was probable that a joint commission of delimitation would be ap- pointed. He had no reason to believe that Brazil would abandon her claims in ex- change for a money consideration. The Venezuelan dispute had no connection with the Brazilians and therefore there was no necessity for delaying the settie- ment of the Anglo-Brazilian question until the Venezuelan issues were arranged. PRINCE LEOPOLD TO DEPART. Resigns His Command of a German Army Brigade. BERLIN, Germayy, Jan. 13. — Prince Frederick Leopo!d of Prussia and his wife, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Hol- stein, sister of the Empress of Germany, are about to start for Southern Europe, to be absent at least a year. The Prince has resigned his command of the Fourth Brigade in the German army. His depar- ture from Germany and resignation of his command are due to his quarrel with the Emperor. SR SUCCEEDED BY HIS FATHER. Charles Hibbert Tupper Will Not Re-enter the Canadian Parliament. OTTAWA, Oxtario, Jan. 13.—The latest report regarding the Cabinet reconstruc- tion is that all the striking Ministers have come back to the Cabinet except Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, ex-Minister of Justice, whose place has been taken by his father, the Canadlan High Commissioner. Sir Mackenzie Bowell will retain the pre- miership for the present at least. There are several important matters yet to be dinggzed of before the du} is complete, CLOUDS OF WAR DRIFTING AWAY, Abatement of Excitement Over Affairs in the Transvaal. WARSHIPS IN READINESS Two British Squadrons Equipped, but Their Destination Is a Secret. PRISONERS T0O BE PROTECTED, Authorities Will Not Permit the Con- fiscation of the Property of Arrested Americans. LONDON, Exg., Jan 13.—There has been a dearth of news regarding the situ- ation in South Africa and England’s rela- tions elsewhere, but it can be said that the outlook in general is better now than it has been for some time past. The excite- ment has almost completely died away, but the naval preparations of the Govern- ment are proceeding apace, and so far as is known to the public have almost been completed. Nothing has yet been learned as to the destination of the flying squad- ron, although much conjecture is indulged in as to where its field of duty will be. The fact that Countvon Hatzfeldt, the German Embassador, went from London to-day to makea visit to Brighton is pretty strong evidence that there has been no fur- ther tension in the Anglo-German rela- tions. The ebullition of popular feeling against Germany, caused by Emperor Wil- liams’ attitude toward the nsvaal, was altogether too violent to last long, aud there are now very few evidencesof any great desire to open active hostilities against Germany. It may be stated that the suggestion made to-day by the Manchester Guardian tkat the preparations now under way are intended to support a new British policy anent Armenia contains some germ of truth, hut doubters ask why it was neces- sary to make all these navzal preparations against Turkey when one of the strongest fleets the world has ever seen was lying at anchor within easy distance of the Golden Horn. So far as the Transvaal is con- cerned, all serious trouble in that direction is undoubtedly ended. As stated in these dispatches yesterday the rank and file of Dr. Jameson’s expedis tion has started for the Natal boundary, and the release of the officers of the expe- dition is expected shortly. Every effort will be made to protect the members of the Rand Reform Committee who have been placed under arrest, inciuding the Americans. It is certain that a bitter fight will be made against allowing the Boer Government to confiscate their prop- erty as punishment for their alleged of- fense. The statement of ex-Prime Minister Rhodes at Kimberley yesterday that his political career was just opening and that he hoped to live long enough to do much good for South Africa again arouses the idea that the objective point of his ambi- tion is the establishment of a South Afri- can republic that will inciude all the ter- ritory south of the Zambes: River, includ- ing the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. In or out of office he wields vast influence, and his doings in the future will be watched with even greater interest than in the past. Little reliance can be placed in many of the newspaper dispatches published here purporting to explain the attitude of the powers toward Great Britain. The Conti- nental nations may not be friendly to this country, but it is thought that any one of them would hesitate for a long while be- fore striking a blow at England. The repre- sentative of the United Press, collating all the information it has been possible to ob- tain, has all along predicted that the storm clouds world blow away, leaving the political atmosphere clearer than it was before, and this predictlon bids fair to prove true in a very short time unless some hidden trouble whereof the public knows nothing complicates the present situation. —_——— NOW READY FOE SEA. The Destination of the British Squadrons Kept a Secret. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 13.—A dispatch from Portsmouth to the Pall Mall Gazette says that the Channel squadron is now ready for sea. The vessels comprising the squadron have provisions on board suf- ficient to last six months. The ships will assemble at the end of the week to receive final orders. The ships of the new flying squadron are nearly ready for sea. A large force of men worked upon them all day yesterday fitting them out, and the work is almost complete. It is not yet known when the squadron will sail or what is its destina= tion. - KINGLEADERS KEPT IN JAIL. Boer Authorities Will Not Release All the Frisoners. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 13.—The Pall Mall Giazette publishes a dispatch from Cape Town saying that advices have been re- ceived from Pretoria thot the Boer authori- ties have refused to accept bail for the ringleaders of the disturbances at Johan- nesburg, but that the others have been re- leased on £1000 bail each. A dispatch to the Times denies the truth of the report that the deposition of Dr. Jameson from the office of administrator of the British South Africa Company was made upon the recommendation of the company. This denial, the dispatch says, comes from the officials of the company. e N JUST AS BRITISH SUBJECTS. Hammond and Other Americans to Rea ceive Protection. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—This afternoon Secretary Olney received a ca- blegram from Mr. Bayard saying that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain gave gssurance that he had instructed her Majs