The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1896, Page 1

Th VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 75. MAY BATTLE N ARIZONA, Stuart’s Intentions Made Known to Governor Hughes. PROMPT ACTION TAKEN. Soldiers Hastened to the Front to Guard Against a Surprise. BUT STUART ONLY LAUGHS. He and His Followers Are Still Confi- dent That They Will Carry the Day. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Feb. 12—Major R. Allyn Lewis, commanding the Second Battalion N.G. A., wires from Bowie that he has positive information that the Maher-Fitzsimmons fight s to be brought off to-morrow within Arizona lines. This morning Governer Hughes, under authority of the provisions of the militia act of 1895, ordered to Eastern Arizona three companies of militia, two from Tucson and one from Yuma. They will be held at Bowie or Simon, where commissary positions are available. Companies at Nogales, Phenix, Tempe and Mesa were also instructed to prepare for active service at once. Each company must report twenty-five men ready for active duty. The Governor has telegraphed Major Lewis to prevent at all hazards the pass- age of persons to engage in a prize-fight, as they will be implicated in a conspiracy to commit a felony. This evening the Governor wired the Southern Pacific Company that he is in- formed an attempt will be made to bring off the fight in Arizona, and urging that company not to become accessories by carrying the fighters. Allen, who gives the information about the fight, was sent by Governor Hughes as a detective. All these preparations do not distract the sports in the least. They are still con- s‘ent and continue to declare that the zht will come off. Gus Hirschfeld main- tains that he is willing to place $10,000 against half that amount as a backer of his opinion. San —_——— TROOPS OEDERED TO SHOOT. Governor Ahwmada Will Resist Threatened Invasion. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 12.—The situation thirty-six hours before the time originally set for the appearance of Fitzsimmonsana Maher in the ring is in nearly every re- spect the counterpart of the conditions that immediately preceded the meeting of Sullivan and Kilrain st Ritchburg in July of 1880, The Texas and Federal authorities and those of the adjoining Mexican Btate are apparently determined to prevent the mill, as were the executives of Louis- iana and Mississippi seven years ago. By the same token, the active promoters of the contest are just as cool and collected and going ahead with their arrangements with as much energy as did Bud Renaud &nd his associates at New Orleans. There is no question but that they have carefully laid their plans and that they are confident of their ability to bring off the big fight at least. The battle ground bhas been finally se- lected. The arrangements for transporta- tion are effected, and every detail, includ- ing the hour at which the tip is to be given to the ticket-liolders to rendezvous, has been carefully planned, to the end that the powers that be of the locality selectea may be outwitted. To the remaining events of the carnival everything depenas upon the dutcome of Friday’s venture. The fight managers admit that it will hardly be possible to bring off two contests at the same spot, and their ability to find safe locations is serjously doubted. There is talk to-night that an effort{will’ be made to pull off the Everhardt-Leeds contest and that the others will be aban- doned, but this the managers neither deny nor affim. Their coolness and assurance concerning the big fight, however, has given renewed confidence to local people and visiting sports, and bets are freely offered to-night, with no takers, that the Australian and Irishman will come to- gether on shedule time. Meanwhile Governor Ahumada, with his headquarters at Juarez, is keeping in close touch with the situation. A detachment of the national cavalry, twenty-five strong, arrived from Chihuahua during the morn- ing and is quartered at the Juarez bar- racks, where there is also a company of fifty infantrymen. There are no rurales on the border or within a distance of two hundred miles, and the Governor is em- phatic in his statements that none are needed and that none will be brought on. To Judge Crosby of this city, who vis- ited him to-day to make a final effort toward inducing him to withhold inter- ference, Governor Ahumada said that he was satisfied that even with the small force at his command he could prevent an invasion of Mexican soil at any point. Later in the day the Governor waseven more emphatic, “This fight must not take place in Mexico,”” he said, “and if its promoters come onto our side of the line our soldiers will have orders to shoot without discrim- ination between combatants or non-com- batants. Principals or spectators, every- body has been given fair warning, and if they disregard it, then it will be at their own peéril.”” From his headquarters in the Federal tuilding Adjutant-General Mabry 1s also watching the movements of the managers sud receiving reports from Captain Me- the | for several hours to-day. | inclined to be morose. | who to all appearance is in first-class con- Donald, whose forty trusty Rangers are mixing with the crowds at the numerous hendqunrters and gathering in for their superiors all the floating rumors and gos- sip. General Mabry expresses himself as satistied that there is no intention to bring off the fights in this State, but yet he does not intend to relax his vigilance. A number of the Rangers went out tothe yards and sidetracks of the different roads this afternoon with a view of spotting the cars in which the kinetoscope, platform and other paraphernalia of the ring have been loaded, and then keeping track of them by numbers, as they may be shiited about the yards. Whatever information in this line may be obtained, the adjutant-general will communicate as a matter of courtesy to New Mexican and Mexican authorities. Information reached The United Press to-night from Fort Bliss that orders had been received from Washington counter- manding, until further notice, the fifteen days’ practice march upon which Com- pany H of the Fifteenth Infantry should have started to-morrow, and also ordering that the troops be confined to barracks to- morrow. Company B has just returned from its fifteen days’ march, and the offi- cers and men of Company H had every- thing in readiness for the start to-morrow. The orders, which came via the depart- ment headquarters at San Antonio are mterpreted at the fort as indicating that the troops will be ordered out in the event of indications pointing to the selection of New Mexican ground for a battlefield. There are at Fort Bliss two companiesof inhe Fifteenth Infantry, 150 men, and a troop of fifty of the Fifth Cavalry. Fitzsimmons. and Julian were in town Both sat around the headquarters uncommunicative and The Australian, dition, quit exercise to-night, and will take things easy to-morrow. He has all | of Stuart’s confidence that the Hot Springs fiasco will not be repeated, and exvressed himself as satisfied that he could make short work of his opponent. Mabher, Marshall and the rest of the crowd at Las Cruces will come down to- morrow. Rossof Colorado, who is looking after Marshall near Maher’s quarters, said this afternoon that the Irishman was in prime condition, and that there was no Dasis for the reports of his overtraining. A large number of dispatches from abroad were read at headquarters to-day, but it was given out that the'majority re- lated to the abandonment of excursions from various points in States west of the Alleghanies as a result of the action of Congress. . One of the managers frankly confesses that he will be terribly surprised if there are over 500 spectators at the ring- side. Al Smith of New York, who arrived to- day, has a good-sized roll to post as a for- of Corbett. Sam Austin received the following from R. K. Fox to-night: ‘“National Sporting Club, London, cables me authority to match Fitzsim- mons and Maher. Purse £1500.- Wiil al- low each £100 for expenses in case no fight 1n Texas.” OUAY 1S A CANDIDKTE Formal Announcement That He Seeks the Republican Nomination. Pennsylvania’s Delegation Will Pro- pose the Senator’s Name in the Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—The United Press is able to-night to announce positively that Senator Quay of Pennsyl- vania has consented to permit his name to go before the Republican National Con- vention at St. Louis. The Senator is now “in the hands of his friends,” and his prominence as a factor in the race will de- pend upon their efforts. It is understood that the Senator has full knowledge of the statement thus made public. For several days Quay has been besieged by his friends and the members of the delegation from his State to permit them to announce him as their candidate, but thus far he has declined to give his con- sent. After considering the matter care- fully, that consent was given this evening, and Mr. Quay’s personal friends and lieu- tenants throughout the State were doubt- less notified of the facts at once. Mr. Quay himselfdeclined to-night to be interviewed. CUBANS ATTACK MANAGUA Detachment of Spanish Troops Defeated in a Brief Conflict. Perez and Martinez Reported to Have Been Driven Back by . Cuenca Volunteers. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 12.—A party of rebels under the command of the in- surgent leader Castillo attacked the town of Managua in ‘the Havana province yesterday. A detachment of volunteers stationea in the town surrendered to the rebels, after having made a weak resistance, and joined the insurgents, taking with them all the arms and ammunition in their possession. A force of Spanish regulars made a strong defense, repulsing the enemy, who, according to the official report of the engagement, lost four killed and many wounded, including the leader, Castillo. The Spanish troops report that they sustained no losses. Bands of insurgents under Perez and Martinez attacked a detachment of forty Spanish soldiers in the vicinity of San Nicolas, in the province of Matanzas, yes- terday. The Spaniards retreated to Chico Chico, where they were re-enforced by the Cuenca battalion of volunteers, with whose aid they succeeded in defeating the rebels. The official report of this battle says that the Government force lost two wounded, while the insurgents lost five killed. L e e e General Dodds, who distinguished him- self by his conduct in the Dahomey cam- paign, has been appointed commander-in- chief of the troops in French Indo-China, succeeding General Duchemin. feit when challenging the winner in behalf- Cleveland — ““It takes me to raise the wind.” FOUND IN A CAPITOL VAULT, The Stolen Protest Against the Funding Bill Is Recovered. - - WHO WORE THE YOKE? Some One Had Carefully Con- cealed the Document After Its Passage. CLERK DUCKWORTH’S DENIAL. Declares That He Was Not Responsi- ble for the Loss of the Con- current Resolution. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 12.—The original draft of Assembly concurrent reso- lution 7, protesting against the Reilly funding bill, has been discovered. It was found this morning by Secretary ot State L. H. Brown and Ed McCabe, the Gov- ernor’s executive secretary, who have been making an exhaustive search for the docu- ment ever since the published report of its loss in THE CALL. The document was found in the vault adjoining the apartments at present occu- pied by the Bureau of Highways, but for- merly the rooms of the Secretary of State, and was mingled with a mass of useless documents which had been gathered in the Assembly chamber after the Legisla- ture adjourned. The document bears the signature of 8. J. Duckworth, chief clerk of the Assembly, stating that it was adopted in the Assembly January 30, 1895. It also has the signature of Secretary Brandon of the Senate, to the effect that it passed that body on the 30th of January, but there is nothing' to indicate that it ever went to the engrossing clerk or reached the hands of the Governor, and instead of being printed it is written. The bill, after reciting the purpose for which it was formulated, goes on to reci: We are unalterably opposed to any and all extensions of the payment of said debt (that of the Pacific railroads) and to the Reilly funding bill, and to any other bill of like import, and we hereby request our Representatives in Con- gress and instruct our Senators to use all hon- orable means to defeat said funding bill orany similar measure; and be it further Resolved, That we demand the immediate collection on maturity of said debts from the said railroad company and the stockholders thereof, and hereby call upon tne Federal Gov- ernment to exhaust every endeavor to recover the legal and equitable assets of sald roads wherever such assets may be found, whether the same be in the possession of private indi- viduals or in the possession of incorporated or other estates of deceased stockholders in said roads, or whether the same be in the possession of corporations, either railroad or otherwise; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed asa legislative decla- ration of a waiver of rights under State laws upon the subject of shareholders’ liability; and in the event that said debt cannot be col- lected then that the United States Government assume control, ownership and, operation of said roads, and we hereby memorialize Con- gress to this effect; and be it further Resolved, That the Governor be aund he is hereby requested to transmit by telegraph' a copy of these resolutions to each of our Repre- sentatives and Senators in Congress. But, unfortunately, the resolution never reached the Governor’s hands. ‘It would appear that considerable of the blame must rest on Chief Clerk Duckworth, as the document is indorsed by that gentle- man as having been received by him on the 30th of January, 1895. He was ordered to transmitit to the Governor immediately, | which he failed to do. Thisis more econ- | clusively proved by the fact that Mr. | Duckworth’s receipt-book shows that he | did not take it to the executive, there being | receipts for all resolutions passed but this one. The enrolling clerk, whose duty it was | to. transmit to the Governor all bills and resolutions which had passed the Legisla- ture, has no record in his stubbook to show that any receipt had ever been given by him to Mr. Duckworth for the resolu- tion—something which the latter always required before any bill orresolution passed by the Legislature was allowed to pass from his possession. Old employes of the State,« conversant with inside history of past sessions, seem inclined to believe that the resolution may have been mixed up in a massof other documents, lost sight of and forgot- ten, but it hardly appears plausible that such an important document, supposedly bearing great weight with Congress and rushed through both houses on the same day, should so easily have sunk into obliv- ion. Deputy Controller Douglass states that in his opinion concurrent resolution No. 7 was never telegraphed to Congress at all. He has made a thorough search of the an- nals of his office and cannot find that Chief Clerk Duckworth or any other per- son ever made any demand for telegraph rates for this purpose. In his opinion it was news of the former resolutions of a like nature which reached Washington, and not the document which was passed by both houses. DUCKWORTH'S DENIAL. Claims H. A. Kidaer Should Have Trans- mitted the Kesolution. MONTEREY, . Can., Feb. 12—I had no more to do with the disappearance of Belshaw’s anti-funding resolution than the man in the moon. Any one who will read the law governing the office of “chief ‘clerk of the Assembly will readily assent to this proposition. Section 253 of the Political Code prescribes the duty of the chief clerk, which consists of calling the roll, reading the journal and bills and superintending the copying of documents at ‘the desk. Section 254 of the same code makes it the duty of the assistant clerks to take charge of all bills, petitions and other papers and file and enter them in the book provided for that purpose. i When the Belshaw resolution was in- troduced Iread itatthe desk and passed it tothe minute clerk, R. Q. Wickham, who, after copying it, passed it to John Varcoe, assistant clerk in charge of the register of Assembly bills. In due time I it on atablein “The Well,”” wher e I had lunched with my wife, and then regained possession of it. ‘When the Senate concurred and returned the document to the House I read the mes- sag e announcing this fact. It then went to Mr. Varcoe for the final entry in our register. Furtner than this I know nothing about it. Mr. Varcoe was in charge at that end of the desk, and D. G. Holt of Rio Vista was his immediate assistant. Herbert A. Kidder of Sacramento was enrolling clerk, and it was his duty to .present the resolu- tion to the Governor, after it had been properly enrolled. The journal of the As- sembly does not show any report of the Enrolling Committee that this was done. The duties of the enrolling clerk are pre- scribed at page 426, statutes of 1891, 8. J. DuckworTH. Pleasant Valley Frnit-Growers Fail. SUISUN, CarL., Feb. 12.—A prominent firm of fruit-growers, Tucker & Tubbs, who reside in Pleasant Valley, situated between Vacaville and Winters, .has' filed a petition in the Superior Court of Solano County to be declared insolvent debtors. T he liabilities amount to $53,865 and the assets are under $10,000. The largest cred- itors are some merchants in Vacaville and ‘Winters and the Bank of Dixon and the Bank of Yolo and Woodland. . delivered it in the Senate, having first left ' HUNTINGTON'S GAME BLOCKED, Lobbyists Are Idle While He Arranges New FINDS MANY OBSTACLES. Opposition of the Goulds and Vanderbilts May Mean Defeat. SENATOR -CULLOM'S JOKER. A Resolution Which Has Aroused the Suspicions of Congressman Maguire. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—The story printed in Monday's Cary, to the effect thut the Union Pacific and Central Pacific people were unable to agree upon the terms of a bill to settle or extend their Government debt, has created the liveliest interest in New York City and Washing- ton, the story having been wired to New York from San Francisco. Judge Maguire says there is no doubt but that the Vanderbilts and Goulds and other Chicago and Northwestern stock- holders are anxious to buy the Union Pa- cific and Central Pacific, as this would give them (with the New York Central) a through line from New York to San Fran- cisco—something they have long sought. Maguire says he has had a suspicion for some time that this was to be the scheme, and his suspicions were strengthened by a bill introduced by Senator Thurston of Ne- braska, providing for foreclosure and sale, and by the questions asked by Senator ‘Wolcott of Colorado in the committee last Saturday. i Mr. Huntington finds his game blocked for the time being, and his Jobbyists have been called off until he has time to gather his wits and decide upon some new plan of campaign. He realizes he cannot make a fight successfully for refunding single-handed, and that if the Vanderbilt, Gouid and Chicago and Northwester inter- ests oppose his funding scheme it will be an almost hopeless fight. Judge Maguire says he concluded, after hearing Counsel Pierce of the Union Pa- cific reorganization committee against the Smith funding bill, that the Union and CGentral Pacific would not pull together, but that the Vanderbilts and Goulds were behind that opposition. He says the lat- ter could afford to pay for the Union and Central Pacific (at foreclosure sale) twice as much as it would cost to build a new road from Omaha to 8an Francisco. Senator Cullom of Illinois to-day intro- duced a resolution to foreclose on the Pa- cific roads. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to close up the sinking-fund ac- count of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific roads and report the necessary ap- propriations, if any, to balance the ac- count, the amount of balance to be placed to the credit of lawful and just claimants, known and unknown. Mr. Cullom intro- duced his resolution with the following preamble: ~ WHEREAS, The obligations of the Union and Central Pacific and other Pacific railroad com- panies, designated by the statutes of the United States as or lien indebtedness, prior and, paramount to their indebtedness to the United States, has matured; and, whereas, no public notice of the maturity of sucn indebt- ed ness has been given to the public, or to the | Congress of the United States; and, whereas, PRICE FIVE CENTS. all interest accrued on the bonds rep- resenting such paramount lien indebted- ness for the purpose of a sinking fund have by the terms of the statute under which they were issued also matured; and, whereas, without the lawful notice of maturity in respect thereof being given, such indebted- Tess must continue to increase at the rate of 5 per cent on sinking-fund securities and of 6 per cent on original bonds so secured by sinking fund: and, whereas, by reason of the premises, as well as for older causes of public 700d and justice, the powers provided and re- served to Congress in acts of 1862, 1864 and 1878 (sections 7 and 8) and of March 3, 1887 (sections 4 and 5), are adequate to the protec- tion by Congressional legislation of the joint interests of the United States and all lawful and just creditors, as expressed in safd sections 7and8; Resolved, Ete. Appended to the resolutions isa brief respecting Paciric railroads, which states that all Congressional legislation upon bond-aided railroads, from the beginning, reserves the right for further legislation, Hence the early acts were merged by those of later dates. Judge Maguire said to a CALL corres- pondent to-night: *‘Senator Cullom’s reso- Iution, on its face, seems to hasten the foreclosure of the Government lien of the Pacific railroads, but the provision for ap- plying the sinking fund to the payment of paramount liens, superior to the Govern- ment lien, has a sinister look to me. It seems to me one of the purposesof the resolution, if not the only purpose, 13 to acknowledge by resolution the priority of the so-called first mortgage. “The Secretary of the Treasury had refused to apply the sinking fund to the payment of overdue first mortgage install- ments, The Collum resolution, if passed, would probably override the Secretary’s decision and action in this matter and might be held to be a complete abandon- ment of the Governments claim to priority. “At any rate, I see no necessity for-the passage of any such resolution at this time, and I am," therefore, opposed to the resolution.” Eai g THE KENTUCKY FI1GHT. Votes for Repeal Gained Through the Senatorial Contest. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 12.—Few peo- ple, even here in Frankfort and interested in the contest, have any idea of how much influence the fight against the Goebel re- peal billis exciting in the Senatorial fight; but it is very evident to one not interested in that contest especially and who is watching the work against the other, to see.that the opponents of the bill are making use of every point to help their cause. General Basil W. Duke, with abie as- sistants, is looking after the Democratic side «of the House, and St. John Bogle, with his contingent of Republican work- ers, after the other. Heretofore the general, being a life-long Democrat and with a war record in Morgan’s command that gave him a strong influence in every section of the State, could have things done pretty much as he liked; but now the situation is different, and he is much hampered by the fact that the Re- publicans have a membership equal to that of his own party, so General Echols had to send him.assistance to handle that side cf the House, which bedid 1 the per- son of his co-receiver on the C. O.andS. ‘W. R. R.—8t. John Boyle. Mr. Boyle has always been a Republican, stands well with his party, and has a great deal of personal influence. General Duke has heretofore always taken an active part in the Senatorial con- tests, which have been practically decided in the Democratic caucus; but this time, while apparently interested in that fight, he and his assistants are working up the opposition to that repeal bill—first, last and all the time. So with St, John Boyle and his helpers on the other side of the House. In the Senate they no longer expect to do more than delay matters until they get things fixed in the Hquse. With Goebel, Fulton and Sims among the Democrats and Landes, Lyons, Deboe and Jones of the Republicans making a fight for the bill, the efforts of Wessinger, Hays and Bennett against it will be of little avail, ex- cept in making delay. They hope for better luck in the House, and are fixing for a strong fight there from start to finish. The first effort will be to have it buried in the committee until the.last moment and then delay its passage until the time for adjournment comes. They may be suc- cessful in this, but it is doubtful, and de- vendent in a large measure on the course and result of the Senatorial fight. The campaign of education as to the enormities perpetrated on the veople of the Pacific Coast under this charter is having its effect. The matter is being read with interest and a strong sentiment in favor of the repeal is growing among the members of the House. Huntington is doing all he can to counteract this in the shape of personal letters and appeals from various parties along the lines of his roads. Colonel Breckinridge has not put in an appearance yet to lead Huntington's forces against the bill, and even when he does come he can do but little additional harm. The fact that he is fighting the bill will be sufficient evidence that he is doing it for a consideration, and that will lessen his influence greatly. It is not strong as it is. Breckinridge hasinevertforgiven Senator Blackburn for the part he and his wife took in the Pollard-Breckinridge matter, and he has by his course toward the Benator aroused the ill-feeling of the latter’s friends. Goebel and repeal seem to be favored by Providence at this time. Huntington’s managers are not so blind that they do not see this. They do not wear the look of jubilant joy of victory assured, but are quietly attending to business, They well know, that barring those directly in- terested and under the control of Mr. Huntington the sentiment of the Legislature is in favor of repealing that charter, but they still hope to counteract that and secure” the defeat of the pill in some way. How? FRANKFORT, Kv., Feb. 12.—The bal- lot for Senator in the joint Assembly was not especially different from that of yester- day. glsuem, Carpenter and Rummons (Republicans) again voted for Holt, Ben- nett and Cochran, and Hunter was further from election than he was five weeks ago. “*Sound-money”’ Democrats were divided between Carlisle ana McCreary and Popu- list Poor voted for Bate. Only sixty-seven votes were required to elect to-day and the ballot stood: Hunter 62, Blackburn 61, scattering 9. Mo Vicker Recovering. i CHICAGO, I1rn., Feb. 12.—J. H. McVick- er, the veteran theatrical manager, who GUAYAQUIL 15 FLAME-SWEPT, Property to the Value of Two Million Dollars Destroyed. MANY LIVES ARE LOST. At Least Thirty Persons Known to Have Met Death in the Conflagration. CREMATED IN A CONVENT, Panic-Stricken Nuns Fall Victims to the Flames—The Cathedral Lies in Ashes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 12.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: A great fire raged in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to-day, beginning at 1 o’clock in the morning. When the firemen, and the soldiers who were hurriedly ordered out to aid them, finally brought it under con- trol, crowds of panic-stricken per- sons were wandering homeless in the streets, many lay dead-in the morgues, and property worth nearly two million dollars had been destroyed, including the noble cathedral and the convent which adjoined it. 3 The panic which began among the nuns in the convent, several of whom were burned, was contagious, and the city be- came terror-stricken when the seriousness of the situation was grasped. President General Alfaro, with his fam« ily, took refuge on board a steamship in the harbor. It is believed that at least thirty persons suffered death and it is known that many were injured. ERROR TN THE TRENTY, The Agreement for a Settlement of Bering Sea Claims Is Corrected. Had Ignored the Possible Existence of Counter-Claims Against Great Britain. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—Yester- day afternoon in executive session the treaty between this Government and Great Britain for the settlement of the claims growing out of the alleged Bering Sea seal fisheries seizures was laid before the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The conyention was considered by the committee but no conclusion was reached, the time being consumed by Senator Mor- gan, yho made an elaborate speech to the committee of his views on the subject and its relation to the finding of the court of arbitration held in Paris. B The convention is signea on behalf of the United States by Secretary of State Olney and on Lehalf of Great Britain by Embassador Pauncefote. 1t provides for the appointment of one commissioner by each Government. If these two cannot reach a conclusion then an umpire, or third commissioner, is to be selected. 1f the two Governments cannot agree upon this umpire the convention stipulates that he shall be named by the President of the Swiss Republic. Whatever may be agreed to by these Commissioners is to be binding upon the two Governments parties to the treaty. The text of the convention is unsatisfac- tory to the.committee in one particular, .and was amended. It provides for the finding of claims of the subjects of Great Britain against the United States for illegal seizing and ignores the possible existence of any claims by citizens of theZUnited States agninst the Dominion of Canada or Great Britain. The amendment will correct this oversight. This treaty i1s the outgrowth of the find~ ing of the Paris tribunal. q‘hnt high court of arbitration refused to consider the question of damages, but left that to the future determination of the two governments. Great Britain subse- quently claimed a specific amount, and an executive communication to the last Con- gress urged the appropriation of a lump sum of $425,000 to pay these claims. The Senate, however, chiefly through the influence of Senator Morgan, refused to allow the appropriation, his contention being that the subject of such a bill was equivalent to the admission that the Paris award had included the sunbject of dam- ages. It was then held that the only way the question of damages could be settled was by a separate investigation. The legality of the claims then presented to this Government was denied. The con- vention brings the matter before the Sen- ate in what is hela by the committee to be the only proper manner, and it is said - there will be but little delay in making a report to the Senate in favor of the treaty after it has been so amended as to protect the rights of the United States equally with those of Great Britain. A TG Earthgquake at Colon. COLON, Coroxsia, Feb. 12.—A severe shock of earthquake was felt in this city at noon to-day. e About Champagne. It may not be generally known that of was lightly stricken with paralysis on Mon- day, rested easily to-day, and the physi- cian said he was sure there was no ground for alerm, as within a few days Mr. Mec- Xififg would be restored to his normal ealth. . the 239,845 cases of champagne brought to this country in 1895 two-thirds were im- rted by four houses, and the imports of B?H. Mumm’s Extra Dry equal the other ;m-ee being 45,125 more than of any other rand.