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no further than Akasheh, or one-third of the way to Dongola. Jobn Redmond, member for Waterford City and one of the Parnelite leaders, said that if the expedition met with a misfor- tune similar to that which had befallen the Italians, the news would be received with satisfaction by the greater number of the Irish members of the House. Robert A. Yerburgh, Conservative mem- ber for Chester, asked if in view of the increasing dependence of the United Kingdom upon foreign wheat, the Govern- ment would take measures to secure the acceptance of the principle of international law, contention for which was originally advanced by the Unitea States, that pro- visions shall only be treated as contraband of war when they are destined to a place which is invested or blockaded. Mr. Baliour said he would not venture to express an opinion in regard to the ex- pediency of achange in the principle of international law. Auyhow, he said, it was not opportune to raise the question just now. Akasheh, the town referred to by Mr. Curson and Mr. Baifour, is the point south of Wady Halfa which itis the present in- tention of the Government to make the terminus of a railway from Wady Halfa. Part of aline is still 1 existence, but it has not been used since the evacuation of Dongela in 1885. Engineers report that the rapid completion of the line could be easily effected. All the Egyptian troops at Cairo will go to the frontier. Beyond the details of the preparations and the means of transit that will be employed there is no news of mo- ment concerning the expedition. There is an almost complete absence of enthusiasm on the subject in the London press. The Times, which of al! the papers most strongly favors the venture, advocates Egypt being allowed to eventually recon- quer tne Soudan. Elsewhere the feeling is expressed that the brief statement made in the House of Commons by Mr. Curzon does not supply sufficient data to enable a definite judgment to be made. U B HONORED BY THE CZAR. Russia’s Ruler Clearly Shows His Sym- pathy for Menelek. VIENNA, Avstria, March 16.—A dis- patch to the Neue Freie Press from St. Petersburg says that the Czar has conferred upou King Mene- lek of Abyssinia the grand cordon | of St. George, the highest mili- tary decoration in the gift of the Russian Emperor, and that Baron de Leyondorff, councilor of the Russian embassy at Rome, has been intrusted to transmit the decoration to Abyssinia. It is expected, the St. Petersburg dis. patch says, ‘that King Menelek will ask Raussia to intervene between Abyssinia and Italy for the conclusion of peace on the basis of the independence of Abyssinia and the restoration of the old frontiers of Erythrea. ROME, Iravry, March 16.—A dispatch from Massowah, under yesterday’s date, confirms the report that the Mahdist army is marching against Kassala. The Ital- jans are determined to hold Kassala,and with that object have forwarded re-enforce- ments which are expected to reach Kassala to-day. STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT Imported Clothing-Cutters duced to Quit Work and Depart. In- Leaders Declare That if New York Manufacturers Interfere There Will Be a Tie-Up There. CHICAGO, IrL., March 16. — Fourteen clothing-cutters who were induced to come here from New York to take the places of the strikers were yesterday prevailed upon to return, and the strikers were jubilant to-day over their success because others would be discouraged from coming. The strike leaders among the cutters said they will be able to hold out until July 1, and in the ‘meantime the manufacturers would lose their trade, and the victory of the latter would be a barren one. Itisclaimed that $7000 came into the strikers’ treasury yesterday from sympatbetic trade unions, Officials of the Cutters’ Union declare that if they discover New York manufacturers are in any way aiding those here by mak- ing clothing or sending non-union cutters, there will be another general tie-up of the clothing business in New York by order of the Garment-workers’ Union. disis s, Ay SWINDLED BUSINESS FIRMS. Clever Scheme of a Real Estate Broker and a Saloon - Keeper by Which They Secured a Big Sum. CHICAGO, Irr., March 16. — Patrick Larkins, a saloon-keeper, -and F. P. Vin- cent, a real estate broker, are under arrest here, charged with swindling @ number of Chicago business firms out of an aggregate of $40,000. - It is alleged that for the past tbree months Larkins, Vincent and an- other man, not yet under arrest, have been going around the city buying any- thing and everything they .could get on credit. In all cases notes were offered in payment indorsed by a man named Rein- bardt. The notes were accepted in numer- ous cases, as the indorser 1s rated as own- ing some property. It is alleged, however, that the notes indorsea by Reinhardt amount to many times the value of the property he owned, and thai now he has disposed of his holdings and left the city. Larkins and Vincent own practically noth- ing and are not good for the debts con- tracted. S ey KILLED AN INDIAN DESPERADO. An Oklahoma Farmer Compelled to Do Some Shooting to Recover a Stolen Horse. WICHITA, Kaxe., March 16.—John Ed- wards, an Oklahoma farmer, went down into the Red Moon district, seventeen miles south of the village of Cheyénne, Oklahoma, yesterday in quest of a stolen horse. He found the animal in the pos- session of a bad man, a notorious despe- rado of the Arapahoe tribe. When he at- tempted to get vpossession of his property the Indian shot him in the right shouider, inflicting a dangerous wound. Edwards then shot the desperado in the bowels, and by the time the doctor arrived from Aupagoe the Inaian was dead. Edwards is & wealthy cattleman. Murder in the Second Degree. TOPEKA, Kaxs., March 16.—After being out thirty-six hours the jury in the cele- brated Matson murder case found Frank Nevils guilty of murder in the second de- ree, the purishment for such a crime ing not less than five years nor more than twenty in the penitentiary. On De- cember 20,"1894, the mutilated body of Mrs. A, D. Matson was found by boys on the floor of her residence in this city. She had been joully murdered. Suspicion rested on Frank Nevils and he was tried far the murder. CARLISLE AND- THE TWO METALS, An Explanation Made by the Secretary of the Treasury. A REPLY TO PATTERSON. Legal Tender Gold and Silver Coins Have Been Treated Precisely Alike, REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES, Epcouragement to Take the White Metal by the Payment of Ex- press Charges. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—Rep- resentative Patterson of Tennessce made public to-day the following, which he re- ceived this morning from Secretary Car- lisle: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, ; 'WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16, 1896. . Josiah Patterson, House of Representa- My DEARr SIR: Your favor of February 17 was duly received, and ought to have been answered at once, but the pressure of official business has compelled me to delay a response until now. You state that in a speech delivered by Hon. Charles F. Crisp in the House of Representa- tives on the 14th day of February that gentle- man said: “He (meaning the Secretary of the Treasury) refused to give silyer for gold be- cause he must hold the silver to pay the silver certificates and Sherman notes, issued under the act of 1890, and, when a Sherman note is- sued under the act of 1890 is presented, he re- deems it in gold and mnot in silver. What mockery is this? What sort of friendly treat- ment is accorded silver by this law and the practice that obtains at the Treasury of the TUnited States?”’ and you ask me to state fully how you (I) have dealt with the silver cur- rency since your (my) incumbency of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, and whether you (I) have in dealing with the subject discredited silver? In answer to your question I can onlysay that in all the operations of the Treasury De- partment during my administration of its affairs the legal tender gold and silver coins of the United States have been treated pre- cisely alike, except that great efforts have been made to keep silver coins in circulation rather than have been made to keep gold coins 1n circulation. The amount paid out by the department in silver coins and silver certifi- cates greatiy exceeds the amount paid outin gold coins and gold certificates, and in noin- stauce has the least discrimination been made against silver or its paper representative. In no instance has silver or silver certificates been refused in payment of & -debt or demand on the Government, and in no instance has the Goverriment refused to pay silver coins or silver certificates in the discharge of its obli- gations when the holders of the obligations demanded or requested such payment. ‘When United States notes or treasury notes are presented for redemption, gold is paid if it is demanded, and if silver is demanded the silver is paid. Thus the coins of the two metals are treated exeactly alike in making payments by the Government.as well as in the discharge of.debts due to the Government, It has always been the policy of the Treasury De- partment to encourage the use of silver to the largest possible extent, and in order to accom- plish this standatd silver dollars will be sent by express at the expense of the Government to any one who will deposit an equivalent amount of silver certificates or treasury notes of 1890 with the United States Treasurer or with a National bank depository, and subsi- diary silver coins will be sent by express at the expense of the Government to any one who will déposit with such officers or banks any kind of United States currency or National bank mofes} but gold is not sent to anybody free of charge. In August, 1893, there was & great and un- usual demand in nearly every part of the coun- try for currency of small denominations, and in its attempts to supply the demand the Treasury Department paid out in defraying the expenses of the Government and in ex- change for other forms of currency all the sil. wver that could be lawfully used for these pur- poses, so that for a short period it was com- pelled to suspend payment in standard silver dollars, except in the redemption of silver cer- tificates and treasury notes of 1890. The law authorizing the issue of silver certificatesupon deposits of silver proyides that “the coin de- posited for or representing the certificates shall be retained in the treasury for the pay- ment of the same on demand.” It is therefore ‘plain: that whenever the amount of silver dollars in the treasury does not exceed the amount of silver certificates outstanding the Secretary of the Treasury can- not, without & violation of 1aw, pay out such silver, except for the redemption of certifi- cates. At such times he has no more right to exchange silver dollars for gold than he has to pay them out in any other manner. But there isalso another fund in the treas- ury which is required by law to be held for a aifferent purpose. It consists of the bullion and the standard silverdollars coined from the bujlion purchased under the act of 1873. The act provides for the purchase of silver bullion at the market price and the issuance of treas- ury notes in payment for it,and it also de- clares that no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any one time than the cost of the silver dollars coined there- for. Under this provision the Secretary is re. quired to keep in the treasury at all times an amount of silver bullion at its cost price and in standard silver dollars coined from the pur- chased bullion, exactly equal to the amount of the treasury motes outstanding, and he can- not, therefore, use such standard silver dollars except for the redemption and cancellation of treasury notes. My letter to the United States Senate, upon which Mr. Crisp’s statement seems to have been based, was written on the 17th day of August, 1893, and at that time there was no free silver in the treasury; that is, there were no silver dollars in the treasury, except as the law re- quired to be held for the redemption of silver certificates and potes, During the month of August, 1893, treasury notes to the amount of $1,173,267 were redeemed in silver and can- celed, and since the first day of August, 1893, the total amount of such notes redeemed in silver and canceled is $19,533,722. Prior to my administration of the affairs of the department none of these noies had been redeemed in silver or canceled. Since the be- ginning of this sdministration nearly $110,- 000,000 of gold has been procured in exchange for other jorms of currency. Of this amount, $8,015,812 has been secured in exchange for silver comn and $10,329,330 in exchange for silver certificates. The department has never refused to exchange silver for goid when it has silver that could be lawfully used for that pur- pose, and 1£it had so refused, I am wholly un- able to see how it could be considerea a dis- crimination against silver. Is a refusal to pay out gold in exchange for silver a discrimina- tion against gold? Ifnot, it of course follows that a refusal to pay out silver for gold is nota discrimination against silver. 1In response to your verbal inquiry concern- ing the coinage of standard silver dollars dur- ing the present administration, you are ad- vised that it amounts to the sum of $6,662,000 up to the 15th day of this month, while the whole amount of such dollars coined in this country from the establisnment of the Mint in 1792 up to February, 1878, a period of eighty- - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1896. six years, was $8,030,000. I inclose herewith & copy of my letter to the United States Senate, referred to above. Yours truly, J. G. CARLISLE. URGED AS A CANDIDATE. Mary Lease May Enter the Race for Attorney-General of Kansas. WICHITA, Kaxs,, March 16.—Mrs. Mary E. Lease is being strongly urged as a candidate for the Populist nomination for Attorney-General of Kansas. When shown the dispatch to-night stating that the Agitator, a Populist paper of Garnett, Kans., had declared for her, she said: “The suggestion of my candidacy origi- nated, no doubt, with my friends and friends of reform who Go not believe that the so-called Populists who traded the principles of the Populist party for the services of a corporation attorney -wno holds office by the grace of the Republican party should be the only aspirants for the confidence of the people. Wendell Phillips says the advocates of reform must be independent of the office or the demands of bread and butter. This has been reversed by the reformers of to- day who have sold their party for the loaves and fishes. I would not trade my fearless independence for any office in the gift of the peonle, but as a resident of this State and a taxpayer I shall contribute my little mite toward keeping the people in formed as to the true inwardness of those who aspire to office. I believe it is neces- sary to assure my friends in this State that I shall always be with the people against party-fixers and boodler reformers.” The friends of Mrs. Lease here are anxious that she shall make tne race. She is a member of the local bar and enjoyed a good practice before she entered the lec- ture field. —_— WARNED BY THE LEAGUE. Republican Clubs Cautioned Against Indorsing Candidates. CHICAGO, Irr,, March 16.—A circular letter 'signed by President McAlpin and Secretary Dowling of the National Repub- lican League was sent to-day to league officers throughout the country, drawing their attention to that articie of the league constitution which forbids it in any way influencing the action of any party con- vention or indicating its preference for any candidate before a convention. Itis stated that the circular is sent ‘‘owing to several complaints; based on information said to be reiiable, that have been made to officers of the National League.” The ‘circular adds that any eclub or organization affiliating with the National League is prohibited from indorsing any candidate for offi SHOT BY THE ABDUCTORS, Pursuit of Half- Breeds Who Were Stealing an In- dian’s Wife. Now There Is a Prospect of a Revival of the Feud Between Sioux and Shoshones. OMAHA, NgBr., March 16.—The facts in the case of the shooting of an Indian neur Fort Washakie bave been received at army headquarters from the commandant at that post. He says that Jim Washakie, grandson of Chief Washakie, was shot three times by Will Lameraux, accom- panied by Clem O’'Neal, both half-breeds. They were abducting Washakie’s wife when he with a hali-breed named Dodge met them. They were fired upon, Wash- akie being wounded in the leg, side and back, probably fatally. Lamaraux 2nd O’Neal continued on with the woman, bound for the British posses- sions, followed by a detachment of Indian police, who hope to apprehend the fugi- tives at Crow Agency, Mont., where it is believed they will stop to rest. Should young Washakie die the Indians will avenge him by making war on a number of Sioux hali-breeds who are on the reserve ation. The Sioux and the Shosbones had many battles from 1867 to 1873. Tradition says that the Shoshones consider themselves to have been badly treated by the Sioux war- riors and they have never had anoppor- tunity to get their revenge. Captain Wilson, acting Indian agent, fears that the old feud between the two tribes will be renewed should young Washakie die. DARING RAID BY BURGLARS. Over Seven Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Furs Takei» Frc.n a New York : Establishment, NEW YORK, N. Y., March 16.—One of thé most daring burgiaries which have ever taken place in ihis city was reported late last night to the police of the West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street station. Charles Jobnessen, a furrier, oceupies the third and fourth floors of a building on One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, and in addition to his own stock has kept a valuable collection of furs in store owned by vprivate individuals. The entire con- tents of the store were estimated at $10,000. About 10:15 last night a carriage stopped at the entrance to the building and three men alighted. One remained besige the carriage door, while the others ascended the stairs. A few minutes later the two men returned and placing three bundles in the carriage jumped in, drove away and disappeared. On the top floor of the house lives Charies A. Strasburg, who, with his wife, returned home late in the evening. Mrs. Strasburg, while passing Johnessen’s” warerooms, tripped and fell against the door, which gave way. It was then ascertained that the door had been pried open with a jimmy, which was found near by. Johnessen was at once notified and found that the rooms had been thoroughly ransacked and more than $7000 worth of furs had been taken away. At the time of the robbery the front of the building was brighfly illumi- nated by electric lights and the streets were filled with pedestrians. e SPEED OF THE OLYMPIA. Remarkable Recora Made by the Cruiser in a Storm. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—A re- cent speed run of the cruiser Olympia be- tween two Chinese ports was made the subject of an officiel report which has just reached the Navy Department. Notwithstanding very rough weather the Olympia averaged twenty knots an hour, and would bave made twenty-three knots according to her officers, in smoother water, thus becoming the fastest cruiser in the world. The Minneapolis of our navy, which holds the record, made her remarkable speed of twenty-three knots and a fraction in her official trial, where every condition was favorable to speed and where forced draught was used. : e Olympia ran under natural draught. Her headway wag so great that the deck was swept by the waves and it was neces- sary 1o slow down to avoid damage oc- curring. The Olympia was built under rivate contract at the Union Iron Works, n Fraucisco. FORECLOSURE ON - PACIFIC ROADS, Representative Hubbard of Missouri Has Prepared a Plan. BONDS MUST BE PAID. Failing in This the Lines Are to Be Sold by the Treasury Department. TERMS T0 THE PURCHASERS. All Public Lands Not Patented to Be Restored to the General Domain, WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—Rep- resentative Hubbard of Missouri, a mem- ber of the Committee on Pacific Raiiroads, has prepared a bill looking to ‘the settle- ment of the indebtedness of the Pacific roads. . The measure directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain the actual amount due the Government by the roads up to and including July 1, 1896. ‘When this has been ascertained, he is to demand of all roads to which subsidy bonds have been issued that the bonds be paid on July 1 next. In case they do not pay on the day named, he is to take all their property, resl and personal, for the benefit of the Government. On that day, at 1 o’clock, he is to offer the property for sale at the Treasury Department. In case no one bids the amount of the Govern- ment debt she Attorney-General ig to bid itin for the Government. In ‘case a purchaser is found, one-third of the purchase money is to be paid within thirty days, and the balance in ten years, an equal amount each year. In case the property is sold the Presi- dent is to appoint three Government trustees, after which the employes of the road are to form an assotiation and elect three trustees to represent them. These trustees are to manage the roads. A por- tion of the earnings are to be set aside for the benefit of the employes and the net profits are to go toward the liquidation -of the debts of the corporations. All public lands not patented or subject to patent granted the roads are to be restored to the public domain. AT AN FOR BUILDING A BRANCH. Peculiar Proposition Arguéd Befove the House Commilttee. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—The House Committee on Pacific Railroads to- day heard Kepresentatives Meiklejohn of Nevada, Perkins of Towa and Fletcher of Minnesota in support of the proposition locking to the construction of a road from Sioux City to North Platte to connect with the Pacific roads. Meiklejobn said that the orginal plans providing for builaing the Pacific rail- road contemplated the construction of this branch. The branch, however, had never been built, the claim being made, but for which there was no foundation, that the condition of the country would not allow it. His proposition was that in settling the_affairs of the roads to allow $4,000,000 of the trust fund, accrued under the Thurman act, to be invested in bonds to aid in the construction of this road, He was asked if the Pacific roads would not object to this. He replied that the Government had the right to invest this fund in railroad bonds. The construction of this connection, he said, was one of great importance to this section of the country. & In reply to a question by Powers of Ver- mont he said in case of foreclosure the plan could hardly be carried out, but if there was an extension Or reorganization he wanted the committee to carefully con- sider the interests he had presented. Jobnson of California thought the propo- sition could be made the part of any organization scheme. Perkins indorsed what Meiklejohn had said. In setthng matters pertaining to the Pacific railroads he wanted Congress to improve its oppor- tunity and to right the great wrong which had been done to the section refgrred to. Fletcher asked the committee to care- fully consider the claims presented in forming a plan for settlement. He did not think any member of Congress would live to see the day that the Government would go into the railroad business. The committee adjourned until t8-morrow. INTERESTS THE COAST, Miners Pleased With the Lands Classification Bill as It Stands. Proposed Salaries for Federal District Attorneys and Marshals of California. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—Mr. Ford to-day received the following tele- gram from the California Miners' Asso- ciation: b The executive committee of the California Miners' Assoclation is well pleased with the mineral land bill as it stands, and indorses the amendments adopted in committee. We agree with thé opinion of Senators White and Per- kins and Congressmen "Hilborn, McLachlan, Barham, Maguire, Bowers, Loud and Jphnson that the amendments will not lessen the effi- ciency of the bill. ‘We also desire you to express to those gentle- men the thanks of the assoclation for their united efforts in behalf of the mining industry and miners of California. J. H. NEFF, President. JULIAN SONNTAG, Secretary. Mr. Ford said to Tug CALL correspond- ent to-night that he thought the bill would be considered and passed by the Senate during the latter part of this week, and says he is confident of success. Representative Bowers, who has been sick, was at the Capitol to-day for the first time in two weeks. . Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—John E. Hajek, United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island ; Lewis Vaughn, NulannY Soldiers’ Home, Los Anpgeies. Increase—Patrick O'Don- nell, Veterans' Home, Napa; Jonathan Newcomb Jr., San Francisco. Reissue— Isaac M. Van Blarcom, San Francisco. Original widow—Missouri E. Clark, Chico. Mexisan War survivor, increase—Simon i [} fizidlnger, Nationel Soldiers’ Home, Los ngeles. Oregon: Original—William A. Britton, Gales Creek; Wilber F. Thompson, New Bridge. Increase—William ‘G. Robbins, Whiteson. Mexican War survivor—James ‘Wilson, Lostine. Washington: Original—Isaiah B. Mer- rick, Clallam; Asa Hughes, Benson. _The House Naval Committee has de- cided to appropriate $525,000 for a timber drydock at Mare Island, $100,000 to be available for the next fiscal year. . Senator White to-day presented to the enate the petition of the Democratic State Central: Committee of Califoruia, yromting. against the passage of the re- unding bill. Senator Hoar from the Judiciary Com- mittee reported a bill tixing the salaries of United States District Attorneys and Mar- shals. Under the bill the United States District Attorney for the Northern Dis- trict of California is to receive a salary of $5000 & year and of the Southern District $3000. The Marshal for the Northern Cali- fornia District is to receive $4500 and he is to be allowed the appointment of a chief Deputy Marshal at a salary of $1500 per geur. The salary for Marshal of the outhern District of California is $3000, and he may appoint a chief deputy at a salary of $1200 per annum. pu i BT RN BELONGS TO UNCLE SAM. Claim to Greer County, Texas, Affirmed by the Supreme Cowrt. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—The claim of the United States to the territory known as Greer County, to which the State of Texas also made claim, was af- firmed by the ~decision of the Supreme Court of the Unite| States, announced to- day by Justice Harlan. The President this afternoon issued a proclamation withdrawing from disposi- tion under public land laws the territory known as Greer County, Texas, which the United States Supreme Court has decided belongs to the United States and not to the State " of Texas. The proclamation is issued on account of a claim of the Choc- taw Nation to Greer County and it is to re- main in force until the dispute is settled. TR FAILS TO PASS OVER THE BAR. Not Enough Water at Port Royal to Dock the Indiana. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—A telegram to the Navy Department from Beaufort, 8. C., reports that there was not enough water at Port Royal this morning to allow: the battleship Indiana to pass over the bar. The repeated delays in the attempt to get the big vessel into the_dry- dock are causing uneasiness at the Navf7 Department, as the hizh tide now prevail- ing is not expectea to continue for any great length of time. NEARING A SETTLEMENT, Olney’s Latest Suggestion to Salisbury on the Venezue- | lan Dispate. It Is Believed That Sir Julian Paunce- fote Has Been Instructed to Negotiate. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—While State Department officials. decline to di- vulge the nature of Secretary Olney’s lat- est suggestion to Lord Salisbury in regard to a method of settling the Venezuela dis- pute it is understood that a way has been opened for negotiations which are expvected to result in some plan of adjusting the boundary claims satisfactory to all con- cerned. . The reply of Great Britain to Mr. Olney’s note has not yet actually reached the State Department, but it is on the way, and there are good reasons for believing that Sir Julian Paunceforte, the British Embassador, has within the past twenty- four hours received full instructions to en- ter into negotiations here on the subject. The arrival in Washington just at this juncture of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, member of Parliament for Exeter and a diplomat and treaty negotiator of wide ex- perience, has been associated with the Ven- ezuelan affair. Sir Stafford Northcote, however, asserts that his visit is purely personal. He took luncheon with Sir Julian Paunceforte to-day. - Sir Stafford Northcote accompanied the Marquis of Ripon to Washington to ar- range the Alabama claims treaty of 1871, serving as secrétary of the British Claims Commission, and he was Lord Salisbury’s private secretary at Constantinople in 1876, during the important negotiations then in progress. He has always been considered an extremely valuable man in just such negotiations as are now about to take place in Washington. Diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Great Britain have been suspended for some years, and Minister Andrade and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the representatives of those respective nations in Washingt on have heretofore held no official communi- cation. On Wednesday next a formal state dinner to Secretary Olney wiil be given by the British Embassador. The Venezuelan Minister has accepted an invitation to the reception which is to follow. It is possible this occasion may be made the means of bringing about a resumption of diplomatic as well as social amenities between ths diplomats concerned. LONDON, ExG, March 16.—In the House of Commons to-day Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, Independent Conservative, mem- ber for the south division of Islington, asged what truth there was in the reports that the United States Government had expressed willingness that the Venezuelan dispute be referred to 8 joint commission for consideration and settlement. Hon, George Curzon, Parliamenlary Sec- retary to the Foreign Office. replied that the Government had received official pro- posals from the United States Govern- ment upon the subject of the Venezuelan difficulty and that these proposals were now in course of negotiation and, there- fore, be could not communicate them to the House. Mr. Curzon, bowever, stated that the proposals made by the United States were not accurately described by the language in question. Aoy Findings in the Healy Trial WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16.—The findings in the court-martial of Captain Healy of the revenue-cutter service, held at San Francisco, were received at the treasury to-day. They are very volumin- ous and may not be promulgated for a month. —rtr Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $127,564,712, The withdrawals for the day amounted to $16,000. There remains to be paid in on account of recent bond issue about $9,000,- 000 in gold. s Al Without Cleveland’s Signatuve. ‘WADLHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—The joint resolution authorizing and directing |’ the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and distribute seeds, bulbs, etc., has be- come a law without the President’s signa- ture, 2 r——— Appointed Fish Commissioner. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—The President to-day nominated John J. Boyce to be Commissioner of Fish an l"ldflrr;. vice Marshall McDonald, deceased. ROUTINE WORK OF CONGRESS, Senator Cannon Attacks the Policy of Secretary Smith, HAS IGNORED THE LAW. Lodge Argues -in Favor of the Further Restriction of Immigration. PUGH TALKS ABOUT FINANCES. The Restoration of Silver to the Same Rights of Gold Coinage Is Advocated. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.— Cannon (R.) of Utah called up in the Senate to-day a bill in reference to the Uintah and Uncompahgre Indian reserva- tions in Utah and attacked the policy of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to those lands—declaring that the Secretary had no right to set up his individual opinion against the plain provisions of the law. He protested in the name of the people of the West against the course of the Secretary. The bill went over for the present. Palmer (D.) of Illinois offered a resolu- tion, which went over for a future day, de- claring that the unlimited coinage of sil- ver by the United States with forced legal- tender quality would subvert the existing legal and commercial established values. Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts then took the floor and addressed the Senate on the immigration bill. He made a strong ar- gument in favor of the further restriction of immigration so far as illiterate and ig- norant immigrants are concerned. At the close of Lodge’s remarks the measure was returned to the calendar. and the House tariff bill, with the Finance Committee's free coinage amendment, was taken up. Pugh (D.) of Alabama addressed the Senate on the financial question. He argued as a remedy for the present finan- cial situation the restoration of silver to the same rights of coinage that gold has by the re-enactment of the coinage act of 1837, which President Jackson approved, and the re-establishment thereby of the only true bimetallic system. FIE S SO IT WAS SUSPENSION DAY. So Several Important Bills Were Passed by the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—This was suspension day in che House, and the following bills were passed under suspen- sion of the rules or by unanimous consent: Providing free homesteads on the public lands of Oklahoma for actual bona fide settlers—with an amendment suspending until further legislation can be had by Congress on the operations of the land laws in Greer County, Texas—due to the | decision to-day of the Supreme Court de- | claring that county a partof the public domain. N Increasing the penalty for mutilating or | defacing coins and making'the passing of | such coins a felony. Extending the collection limits of the port of New Orleans. r To adjust the rank and pay of solicitor and judge advocate-general of the navy. | To dispose of the lands within aban- | doned townsites in Oklahama and to| create a second division of the Southern | Judicial District of California, court to be ! held at San Diego. | The bill relieving the Supreme Court of | jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital, | failed of passage. | The House agreed to take up Wednesday at 1:30 o’clock the resolutions reported from the Foreign Affairs Committee re- garding the speeches delivered at Edin- burgh and Boston, Eng., by Embassador Bayard. —_— S i Medicine is only another term for Hood’s Sar- saparilla. Its unequaled sales show that the people recognize it as the one true blood puri- fier. Its grand effects as & Spring Medicine give renewed vigor, new hope, high ambitions, mental strength, steady nerves, good uppetite, prevent the “blues,” drive away that tired feel- ing. 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