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12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896. esty’s High Commissioner (Sir Hercules Robinson) to extend the same protection i in behalf of John Hays Hammond and | any other American citizens involved in charges of rebellion as would be taken in the interest of British subjects under like circumstanci AMERICANS ARREST. | Mr. Wiltze Says Their Sympathies Are With the Uitlanders. ., Jan. 13.—An interview a col- league of J , the well- | known Ame! ining engineer. who | w3 member of the reform committee at Johannesburg and who is now under arrest for i Mr. Wiltze has 1. He said t le dispatches to Gen | m H. Crocker of San | of Mr. Hammond, and arrived f sent ¢ nd White of the serio on of the Americ: Johannes- Senator White b d the matter re the Department of State, which had | promised to pay prompt attention to the mat Senators Perkin n Among the Americans arrested is J. S. Curtis, who has for some time been a resi- dent of Johannesbu He held a leading Ty wealthy, wder arrest, { Ore Reduction | n Mein is chief engineer | ning Company. perty of t Americans ened with confi Mr. W lared that the United States Govern- | mient would never permit tbe Boer Govern- | ment to e e this threat. There is no doubt that Mr. Hammond and the other Amer! belonged to the reform com- | 1 a body formed in was sufficiently | tlanders in acting tze concluded by de- thies of all the | APPEALS TO AMERICA. Cecil Rhodes Makes a Plea That Arouses a Storm. LONDON, Exa., Jan. mg | 1 3.—The Post this | ning publishes a dispatch sent by | 1 Rhodes, ex-Prime Minister of Cape | Colony, in which he declared that England | e America’s sympathy in the 1 the Transvaal. In its issue to-mor: tack Mr. Rhodes United States. It will say dent Cleveland considers that the rights of | Americans bave been infringed he knows well how to vindicate them. States certainly do sistance of Mr. Rhoy ow the paper will at- | for appealing to the | that if Pres The United | not require the as- t put themselves rt by their action. That Mr. s much to answer apart from | the question of Dr. Jameson'’s raid and the | Uitlander: admitted. He must force at Mafeking | was ready for active service in the momenta letter from Johannesburg came to hand and | also why he aid not inform Governor Rob- | or, if he did inform him, why the | | African countr; | Transvaal, he African Republic, whenever such a power | HON. PAUL KRUEGER, PRES.DENT [From Lis lat st photograph, presented by the of Oa OF THE SOUIH AFRICAN REPUBLIC. President a few months ago to Dr. O. L. Jones kland.] called the Bond of Union, the object of | which is to unite under one government | the South African colonies, and to bid farewell to Great Britain. Nearly every Englishman, American and European is a member of the secret society, and al- though the name of Premier Rhodes does not appear in any connection with the Bond of Union it is a conceded fact that he is its actual head, and that he called it into existence to further the great plan of his life—a united South African republic, with Cecil Rhodes as president. is controlled by Cecil Rhodes,” said Dr. Jones, “‘and he sends out of the coun- | try just what news will best serve his purpose. He 1s undoubtedly a great man, | a modern Cromwell. In all the South with the exception of the is greatly respected and shall be called into existence. The filibus- tering of Jameson 1s another piece of work that was undertaken at the instigation of Rhodes’ agents for the same end. For many years there has existed in the South African colonies a secret society immensely popular. He has acquired great power and his possessions render him the most opulent man in the colonies ‘‘For years he has been doing all in his A G gy @ [From a photog aph prese — e N i —_—— a1 AT PRETORIA. nted by his Excellency.] latter did not communicate immediately with London. With these facts awaiting txplanation, the Post s: it does not see Iny justification for Mr. Rhodes’ extraor- finary appeal to the Americans. The Daily News will say: Mr. Rhodes’ Ingenuous argument in behalf of conces- sions to the Uitlanders proves too much. Dn the same showing it would justify Breat Britain in annexing the Transvaal, with all the consequences that such wicked Glibustering wonld entail. SUZ ERAIN NOT MENTIONED. The Transvaal Minister Talks of the Treaty of 1884. PARIS, Fraxce, Jan. 13.—The Temps publishes an interview with Junkheer Beelaerts von Blokland, Minister of the Bouth African republic to France and Bermany. The Minister declared that the Iransvaal fully accepts the convention of 1834 and does not dream of denounc- kg it, but it does not contain a word about British suzerainty. It only empowers Great Britain to veto iny treaty the Transvaal may conclude, if m the opinion of the British Government the treaty damages British interests. The fransvaasl wholly adhered to this. He fenied that he had had an interview with M. Berthelot, the French Foreign Minis- er, with a view to negotiating the holding ’f an international conference on the af- ‘airs of the Transvaal or on any other sub- fect of unusual importance. TURKISH COONSUL ARRESTED. dmong Those Taken Into Custody at Johannesburg. PRETORIA, SoutH Arrica, Jan. 13.— Among the persons arrested at Johannes- surg is H. Bettelheim, the Turkish Consul. LIFE IN THE TRANSVAAL. 9r. Jones of Oakland Tells of the Existing Political Conditions in the Republic. Dr. O. L. Jones of Oakland spent many rears in the Transvaal and was intimately wquainted with Cecii Rhodes, President ?aul Krueger of the South African republie, Seneral Joubert of the Transvaal army, he officers of Krueger’s Cabinet and the- treat body of Ulitlanders, as all foreigners tre called by the Boers. He'was for some time physician to the dministration of the Transvaal and is ac- (uainted'with the country, the policies of 11 parties concerned and the great under- urrent of popular feeling that has been weeping along under the surface of South sfrica for many years and which has just Jdven evidence of its existence. The resig- ation of Cecil Rhodes, according to Dr. ‘ones, is in reality but a step toward his vpointment as president of a United South power to bring about the end desired by the Bond of Union,and the new republic would have been in extstence before now had it not been for the opposition to the scheme shown by the Boers, whose coun- Ty isat present governed independently by themselves. Paul Krueger is to the Transvaal what Rhodes is to the rest of the South African territory, and between the two there is intense hatred. Of course, owing to the powerful censorship of the | press very little of this is known to the outside world, and nowhere but in South Africa bave I ever heard the Bond of Union mentioned. *“The Chartered Company, which is really the private property of Cecil Rhodes, owes its existence to the fake statements sent out by the news agencies under the Premier's control. For years stories of crueity and plunder in Ma- shonaland were sent to England, and the British Government was led to believe thatit would be an act of charity to exercise & fatherly guardianship over that territory. When this feeling was sufficiently aroused Rhodes succeeded in launching the Char- tered Company, which immediately as- sumed a sovereignty over Mashonaland and a proprietary right over all its mines and products. “These mines and products were farmed out to individuals and subsidiary compa- nies as concessions, and under the terms his authority enabled him to dictate, Rhodes received one-half of everything produeed in the country. When it is un- derstood that the territory over which Great Britain, without any shadow of authority, gave Rhodes a charter, is about arly every newspaper in South Africa | | the size of the State of Oregon, his power and ability to exact tribute can be readily | conceived. All these Mashonaland con- | cessions helped to icrease Rhodes’ wealth | and influence and thus enable him to press | on toward his desired goal. *In Johannesburg there is a plaza, and | on every night in the year the local Denis | Kearney can be heard advocating the | union of the republics. Johannesourg is largely owned by foreigners, and their watchword is ‘Remember Kimberley.' There is a history in these two words that will not be forgotten in South Africa. “The words have a direct bearing on, and m fact are an important factor in, the present conflict. When the rich diamqgd mines of Kimberley were first discove®d there rapidly grew up a thriving all flourished till the town got entirely under the control of the British. Then the ‘compounds’ were formed, the dia- mond mines were all consolidated and guards placed around them, and the coolies who worked them were not per- mitted to leave but once a year. They lived in the mines, and in consequence the town died. It is to-day but a village, and | all over South Africa can be found men | who once owned property in Kimberly isnd were ruined as soon as English rule | was established. Should English rule | ever be established over the Transvaal the {efiect will be the same, so not a day | passes in Johannesburg that ‘Remember | Kimberley’ is not preached from the | plaza. Although all manner of hardships | are forced upon the foreigners by the | Boers, they can thrive better under such | restrictions than they believe they could | do under British rule. Everybody wants United South Africa, but Boer rule is pre- ferred to British authority. “It is not a surprise to any one inti- mately acquainted with the laws passed by the Boer Government that the Uitland- ers of the Transvaal should look for an improvement of their conditions, They are taxed to a degree never dreamed of in any civilized country. There is a law pro- bibiting mining machinery from running on Sunday. Of course, the Government nows that the machinery must run on indays to keep the mine from filling up, | but that makes no difference. There are about 120 mines, and every Monday morn- ing an official goes around and collects $25 fine from each superintendent for breaking the law. All hotels and lodging-houses | are taxed according to the number of beds | in them, and taxes are imposed so that about half a foreigner.s income is taken from him in this manner. It is almost | | | impossible for a foreigner to become a voter, as sixteen years’ residence is re- quired to qualify for the franchise and it costs several hundreds in expenses. Even after all that the admission to the privilege | has to be passed upon by a vote of two- thirds in the Legislature, which is com- posed entirely of Boers. “These restrictions have been endured for many years by all the foreigners and | the English have made loss kicking than the Americans. “‘All the import trade is farmea out by Krueger on the concession principle and | by this means he reaps an immense har- | vest of wealth.” | — o — | J. 4. HARRINGTON'S EXPERIENCE. He Tells of His Adventures in South Africa, and Declares That English Rule Is the Proper Thing. James A. Harrington, the artist, of this City, was one of a party that in 1884 missed the opportunity of opening the Johannes- burg mines and making fortunes through the blunder of some of the party who ex- amined the property and condemned it. When Baron Grant sent out here for men for the Lisbon-Berlin Gold and Ex- ploration Company’s exploring expedition in 1884, James A. Harrington, the artist, was chosen as the draughtsman and inter- preter of the expedition, and was expected to help boom the company with sketches | for the Illustrated London News and the Graphic. The first man chosen to go to Africa was Gardiner Williams, who went ahead of the others and took charge of the Pilgrims’ i Rest mine. A few months later Dwight Crittenden followed at the head of a party THE BOER PRISON AT fiRETORIL Wmfl’_ LT ! 7, /{r st in which were Jeff McClellan, an old Com- stocker; Fred Smith, “Uncle Billy”’ Reed- Bhaw, a gravel-miner, Mr. Harrington and a number of others who were fitted for special work in connection with gravel mining. Mr. Harrington, in speaking of their ex- perience yesterday, said: “We left here January 12, 1884, On our way out from England we stopped at Ma- deira, and there Crittenden received a tele- gram from Baron Grant saying that he had been offered the Moody’s Farm mine, which is the present site of Johannesburg, for £40,000, and instructing him on his ar- nival at Cape Town or Natal to leave the men and divide the machinery, sending one-half on to the Pilgrim’s Rest and stor- ing the other half at Cape Town to be for- warded to Moody’s farm in case he pur- chased that. Crittenden was also in- structed to proceed immediately to Moody’s farm and examine the mine. He did so, taking with him Jeff McClellan and Guinness, a brother of the Dublin brewer. When they returned they con- demned the property and advised the Baron not to touch it. The for- mation was so different from anything that they had seen in the Comstock or in California that they thought it worthless and we all lost an opportunity to make our fortunes. ‘“Then we all went on to Pilgrim’s Rest. The mines were really worthless. Baron Grant’s company had spent immense sums of money in machinery and build- ings and very little in development. work, and when we arrived there there was little money left to pay the men. Williams re- ported to his company that the Pilgrim’s Rest was worthless and gave up his posi- tion. “L stayed out there some time at art work, and on my way back met Gardiner Williams on Trafalgar square in London, He said that he was going out on a $10,- 000 salary to another mine, but if it did not turn out well he would try the dia- mond mines at Kimberley, and now he is in charge of the biggest mines of that sort in the world. “Dwight Crittenden, the last I heard of him, had gone to Norway and was making a fortune.” Speaking of the Boers and English there at the time and their reiations, Har- rington said: ‘‘The English were alwayssaying among themselves that it was only a question of time when there would be enough of them to turn the country over to the Queen and they expected all Uitlanders to join them. The result of the presen: troubles is bound to be the absorption of the country by the English. They are too strong and pro- eressive and the Boers are not. It would be a good thing for the country if it had English rule or any other rule except that of the Boers. The Boers themselves have been anticipating trouble of this sort and made preparations for it. While I was there Ilearned from some agents of the Government going to Germany that a se- cret treaty had been made between Krue- gerand Emperor William I of Germany by which it was agreed that in case of an- other English invasion he would turn over his country to Germany.” Mr. Harrington has many sketches made while he was there. Among them is one of a prison for the confinement of Kaffirs. ‘“All the prisons,” he said, ‘‘are inclosed within stone walls, at the gate of which is a portcullis with a moat running round, such as those at old fortresses. The most common punishment meted out is flog- ging. The poor Kaffirs cannot be fined for they have nothing and they rather en- joy life in the prisons, so confinement is bardly punishment. The stocks and flog- ging are the principal means of inflicting punishment. Every Monday at 8 o’clock in the morning the flogging occurs. This sketch was made while two Kaffir women were being flogged for arson.” SWOTHERED THE FAMILY, By the Aid of Gas Peter Hou- gaard Killed His Wife, Chil- dren and Himself. Unable to Pay Overdue Notes, He Was Driven Fiendishly Insane by Despond ency. CHICAGO, ILv., Jan. 13.—Driven fiend- ishly insane by despondency, Peter Hougaard, a Dane, took the lives of his wife and five little children, and when he had completed his horrible work he coolly lay down in the noxious gas-saturated air of his home and breathed t he deadly fumes that swept an entire family from the list of the living. The dead: Peter Hougaard, husband and father, 40 years of age; Mrs. Hougaard, 38 vears; Hans, 14 years; Jennie, 10 years; Olga, 8 years; Maud, 6 years; Tella, 2 years, The bodies of Hougaard, his wife and two-year-old child were found in oneroom; in an adjoining room was found the body of Jennie, and in another room the corpses of the three remaining childpen. The jets of every gas fixture in tite Nouse had been turned on, and the cracks of the windows and doors had been plugged with cotton. Death had evidently overtaken every member of the family except the father while they slept. Friends of Hougaard say that in a busi- ness transaction a year ago he took sev- eral notes which have long since failen due, but were never paid, and it 1s thought this may have caused his despondency. ot Will Not Control the Road. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 13.—J. Pier- pont Morgan said this afternoon that there was no truth in the story that a syndicate of bankers, including J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., was to acquire control of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jer«ey. President Sam- uel Spencer of the Southern Railway also denied that he was to become president of the Baltimore and Ohio. Srang e Failure of a Bank. OGALLALA, NEBR., Jan. 13.—The Bank of Ogallala has closed its doors. The fol- lowing was found on the door of the bank this morning: By order of the cashier this bank is closed, and its assets have been handed over to the State Bauking Board. E. L. DoDDER JR., Examiner. Frank G. Hoxie, the cashier, says tho bank will pay up in full 2t SR The Sinking of a Steamboat. MEMPHIS, Texw., Jan. 18.—~The Mem- phis and Cincinnati steamboat Congo sank last night at Caruthersville, Mo, The boat is worth $20,000. Four persons are supposed to have been drowned, They are the barber, captain of the deck orew, the ash-hauler and a roustsbout. Two were injured. AU Gl Caused by Mixing Hats. ASHLAND, Kv., Jan. 13.—A mixing up of hats caused Tom Ross to shoot Frank Meade and John Higgins in Carter County. Meade is dead and Higgins is fatally wounded. ESPOUSED BY MORGAN The Silver Substitute Ably Supported by the Ala- bama Senator, ASSAILED MR. SHERMAN. Hostility to the White Metal on! the Part of the Ohio Statesman. DAVE HILL AND THE POPULISTS. Resolutions Empowering the President to Extend Belligerent Represen- tation to Cubans. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan., 13.—Sena- tor Morgan (D.)of Alabama delivered a | two hours’ speech in the Senate to-day on | the House bond bill and the free silver substitute for it reported from the Finance | Committee. Mr. Morgan assailed bitterly | the course of Sherman (R.) of Ohio, both | as Senator and as Secretary of the Treas- ury, in hostility to silver as currency on a | parity with gold. When he resumed his seat the floor was taken by Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina, who will speak on the bill to-morrow. A concurrent resolution empowering and directing the President to receive a depu- tation from the Cuban revolutionists and to extend belligerent representation to them was introduced by Kyle (Pop.) of South Pakota and referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations. A rather amusing colloquy between Hill (D.) of New York and the two North Caro- lina Senators-—Pritchard (R.) and Butler (Pop.)—took place apropos of a sarcastic remark of Hill’s a few days ago, w the effect that although the two North Caro- lina Senators were elected at the same time and by the same combination their state- ments were inconsistent, one of them claiming that the State was in favor of high protective duties, while the other asserted that it was in favor of tariif re- form. Hill declared that it would be utterly impossible in the next Presidential | election for either of the two great parties to gratify the constituency of North Caro- | lina. Kyle (Pop.) of South Dakota introduced a concurrent resolution empowering and directing the President to receive such persons as may present themselves, satis- | factorily accredited to act on behalf of the | Cuban patriots and extend belligerent | rights. The resolution was referred to the | Committee on Foreign Relations. A communication was received from the Secretary of the Treasury. in reply to a resolution of the Senate offered by Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas, which asked whether the gold reserve of $100,000,000 had ever been actually segregated or set apart from other currency. The Secretary states that, “At no time since the establishment of the so- | called gold reserve has the sum of $100- 000,000, or any other sum, been segregated or set apart from the general cash in the treasury,’”” and that thereis no provision of law requiring it to be done, The Secre- tary adds: “In the exercise of the discretion con- ferred by Congress upon him, the Secre- tary sold for redemption purposes in 1877 | and 1878, United States 4 per cent and 4 | per cent bonds to the amount of $95,500,000 | and deposited the proceeds, $96,000,000 in gold, in the general cash in the treasury. This, with other gold, which had been received as surplus revenues, con- stituted the fund prepared and pro- vided by the Secretary of the Treasury for the redemption directed in the act of Jan- uary 14, 1875. The existence of the reserve fund was generally recognized at the time of its establishment as stated, and one of the measures adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent its unnecessary depletion was the discontinuance of the issue of the gold certificates authorized by the act of March, 1863. This act author- ized, but did not direct such issue and some inconvenience resulted from this discon- tinuance by section 12 of the bank act of July 12, 1882, and the Secratary was author- ized and directed to receive deposits of gold coin and bullion and to issue certifi- cates therefor; but it was provided that the Secretary of the Treasury shall sus- pend the issue of such gold certificates whenever the amount of gold coin and gold builion in the treasury reserved for the re- demption of the United States notes falls below $100,000,000. No other reference to the reserve fund is contained in the laws of the United States.” Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Chandler (R.) of New Hawp- shire for the refunding of United States notes in 2 per cent bonds. Kyle (Pop.) of South Dakota introduced a concurrent resolution empowering and directing the President of the United States to receive such persons as may pre- sent themselves, satisfactorily accredited to act on behalf of the Cuban patriots, and extend belligerent rights, The resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A bill to amend the act forfeiting rail- road lands was reported back by McBride (R.) of Oreeon and passed. It was ex- plained as having no other effect than to require the fencing, improving and cul- tivating ot such lands to be regarded as fulfilling the requirement of “possession.’” A bill to amend the act forfeiting rajl- road lands was reported back by McBride (R.) of Oregon and passed. It was ex- plained as baving no other effect than to require the fencing, improving and ctilti- vating of such lands to be regarded as fulfilling the requirement of ‘‘possession.’” A spirited colloquy occurred between Hill (D.) of New York and the two North Carolina Senators — Pritchard (R.) and Butler (Pop.)—in which the politics of each were sarcastically criticized. Pritchard suggested that the difference between his colleague (Butler) and the New York Senator was that the former left the Democratic party because its abuses could not be corrected inside of the organi- zation, while the latter had been kicked out and branded as a “‘traitor.” Hill revorted that ‘““the Democratic party has met with some reverses within the last two or three years, but I still flatter my- self that Iam a lively member of what is left of that organization.” [Laughter.] Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina defended his political course and his present posi- tion on the tariff question, contrasting both with those of Hill. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska joined Hill and the two Carolina Senators, and the colloquy was still going on when the Vice-President at 2 p. . put a stop to it by announcing | changes made by it in the existing law, | spoke in advocacy of it. the unfinished business—the House bond bill with the Finance Commiitee iree silver substitute thereto, and Morgan (D.) of Alabama addressed the Senate in a| prepared speech in favor of the substitute, The speech was directed principally against Sherman’s course both as Senator and Secretary of the Treasury, adverse to the recognition of silver on an equality with gold, in the payment of the liabilities of the Government. He spoke of Sherman in a sarcastic vein as the Napoleon of finance, and predicted for him an ap- proaching Waterloo and a relegation to a St. Helena. He charged him with having done all that could be done to drive silver out of circulation and to deprive it of its bullion value. Morgan occupied two hours in reading his speech. The floor was then taken by Butler (Pop.) of North Curolina, who will speak on the bill to-morrow. The Senate then, at 4:10 p. M., adjourned until to-morrow. . PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. An Agreement on the Pension Appropri- ation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—To-day being the second Monday in the month was, under the rules, set aside for the con- sideration of the business relating to the District of Columbia, and two measures of local interest were passed. The pension appropriation bill for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1897, the first general sppro- priation bill reported, was then takenup n commuittee of the whole. It appropri- ,820, which is some $50,000 less than the amount carried by the last bill and about the same amount below the estimates. W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsyl- vania explained the bill, and the two which were to make a pension granted date from the time of the first applica- tion without regard to intervening rejec- tions, and fimiting to $500 the income which the dependent widows may receive and yet be eligible to a pension. Graff (R.) of Illinois gave notice of an amendment making a pension a vested right, and attacked the present pension policy. Bartlett (D.) of New York op-| posed any further extension of the pension system. At the conclusion of District business the House went into committee of the whole on the annual pension appropria- tion bill. It carries a total of $141,384,570, whach is practically the same as the appro- priation for the current year and a few thousands less than the estimates of the Commissioner of Pensions. Morse (R.) of Massachusetts offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into the expe- diency of reporting to the House an ex- pression of this Government in regard to the Armenian outrages and looking to the | co-operation of the allied powers to “wipe, the Turkish Government off the face of the earth.” It was referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania, in charge of the bill, explaired thc few changes in the amounts and the amendments to existing laws proposed by the committee. Graff (R.)of Illinois proposed an amend - ment making a pension a vested right and Bartlett (D.) of New York raised a point of order against the proposed amendment and criticized the Appropriations Com- mittee for engrafting general legislation on a general aporopriation- bill. He op- posed the amendment on the ground that it would be placing a premium on fraud. In view of the present condition of the treasury, and the numerous calis which would soon be made upon it, he did not think that an unnecessary enlargement of the existing pension laws would find fauor on either side of the House. Discussing the merits of making a pen- sion a vested right, Willis (R.) of Delaware said that it was better to let ninety-nine criminals escape than to condemn one in- nocent man. He asked to whom the country belonged if not to the men who saved it. In conclusion he advised Bart- lett to get his inspiration from that grand old soldier (then on the floor), General Daniel E. Sickles, and to follow his lead. At the close of Willis’ speech the com- mittee, without reaching a conclusion on the bill, rose and the House at 4:35 ad- journed until to-morrow. SUPREME COUHT CASES. Two Errors of a Judge Were Shown Quite Glaringly. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13.—Judge Parker of the United States Court for the ‘Western District of Arkansas was “turned down” in two capital cases in the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. Assistant Attorney-General Dickinson confessed that Judge Parker made such errors 1n conducting the trial of Thomas J. Thornton that he was entitled to a new trial and it was so ordered. In Frank Carvyer’'s case Chief Justice Fuller stated that substantial error was made by Judge Parker in the admission of certain testi- mony and a new trial was ordered for him. In the case of tbe Raven Gold Mining Company vs. the Miners’ Union, etc., a trades union case from Colorado, the Chief Justice announced that “the court requires before the considera- tion of "this ease affidavits to be filed, stating the facts in respect of the matters therein involved upon which coun- sel for appellant rely as showing that there is now an actual controversy between the parties to the 1ecord arising in said cause, a_decision of which can be carried into effect by its judgment.” Upon the joint request of Attorney- General Harmon and_Joseph H. Choate, argument on the big land case of the United States vs. the Southern Pacific Railway Company was postponed from the first Monday in March to the third Monday in March. el The Claimant Not a Citizen. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—A test case involving the liability of the United States in a claim by Benjamin Johnson for $40,105 for property destroyed in Utah by Ute Indians in 1866 was decided to-day by the Supreme Court of the United States, affirming the contention that the Court of Claims had no jurizdiction, because the claimant was not a citizen when the damage was inflicted. Lol Military Academy Appropriations. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—The military academy appropriation bill will be reported to the H(c‘mse to-morrow. appropriates, in round numbers, 443,000, vghicalu $175,000 velow the Secret:ry's es. timate. Pains Of rheumatism increase with winter wenth_er. Rheumatism is caused by lactic acid in the blood. Cure rheumatism by | pn.rifyfng the blood and neutralizing this acid with Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. $1; six for$5. only by C. I. Hood & Co,, Lowell, Mase. Hood’s Pi“s act harmonio: ';;h;l Hood’s Sarsa TURKEY IS STUBBORN, Objects to the Distribution of Aid to Afflicted Armenians. NO MONEY FROM ABROAD. This Bars the Way to Relief Work by the Red Cross Society. ATTITUDE OF THIS COUNTRY. Can Only Declare Abherrence and Urge the Powers of Europe to Interfere. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—The Turkish legation gave out this afternoon the following o6fficial communication: “The Imperial Government will not per- mit any distribution among its subjects in its own territory, by any for- eign society or 1ndividuals, how- ever respectable the same may be (2s for instance the Red Cross Society) of money coliected abroad. Such inter- ference no independent Government has ever allowed, especially when the collec- tions are made on the strength of speeches delivered in public meetings by irrecon- cilable enemies of the Turkish race and religion, and on the basis of false accusa- tions ttat Turkey repudiates. “Besides the sublime Porte, mindful of the true interest of its subjects, and dis- tinguishing between the real state of things and the calumnies and wild exag- gerations of interested or fanatical par- ties, will, as it hasdone heretofore under its own legitimate control, alleviate the wants of a!l Turkish subjects living in certain provinces irrespective of creed or race.” At the headquarters of the American National Red Cross Society this evening it was stated authoritatively for Miss Clara Barton by George H. Pullman, finan- cial secretary, that no alteration in the plans of the Red Cross to go to Turkey had been made on account of the Turkish Minister’s com- munication to the United Press and none of the officers would comment on the mat- ter. When the Red Cross became officially aware that Turkey would not permit the proposed relief it wounld then be necessary for its executive board to meet and deter- mine upon what future action was advis- able. Senator Cullom, chairman of the Sub- committee on Foreign Relations, had a conference with Secretary Olney on the Armenian question ay. The Ar- menian sub-committee will probably port to the full meeting at the next ses- sion. It is believed that it will take the ground that the United States can only declare its abhorrence at the crimes com- mitted in Armenia and urge the powers of Europe, who have relations with the Tur- ish Government, to extend their protection to the Armenians. The further Jisplay of force in Turkish waters by this Govern- ment will not be indorsed. Soldiers to e Bicycles. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—Briga- dier-General Wheaton has issued general orders to the troops under his command in the Department of the Colorado calling for stricter observance of the regulations requiring that practice reconnoisances be frequently made for ten miles in all directions from the forts, and directing that as much use as possible be made of bicycles. The fitness of bicycles for milli- tary use in a rough country on the plains will be thus determined. NEW TO-DAY. TO BE GIVEN AWAY. Though we have already made a big cut in the price of our Men’s, Boys’ and Child- ren’s Clothing, for a SPECIAL INDUCE- MENT we will present with every $10 purchase one of these elegant Parisian Writing Portfolios, including patent ink well, and worth at the very least $2. This is an opportunity you should not miss. 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