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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SbNDAY, MARCH 22, 1896. bery vainly tried to secure in 1894, and which will give to the British a continuous stretch of territory on the whole length of the Dark Conti This .is the game, anda Chamberla so proud of its con- ception that the time came when he could no longer sit still and hear Curzon and Balfour twaddling about the danger of the dervish invasion of Egypt and the im- portance of assisting the Italians in Kgassala and similar paltry devices for obscuring the truth. So many official lies were told about the project at the beginning of the week that English only to- began the task of g bow they like this fine, bold ad- e. Plen of Tories were shaking their heads until yesterday, but Chamber- lain put a lot of heart in them last night, and I shall not be surprised if next week the, whoup for over- g everything scarl The argument that with such an enor- mous maj y in the Houss they can afford to do something prodigious appeals to every human instinct, and will probably’ sway them for a time, but I gravely doubt if the enterprise will be- popular i even if it remaing uncompl n war. After all, Eagland’s pe- iar strengtli is on the se2, and English- it when they stop to think, and hick risk re in a land rpr ng up thieir best troops m art of a savage continent, is bound in feared and bhated by them. For 1owever, the jingo craze may the mom oy full swing. he chances of French opposition and terf not to be measured nent on the e that it wiil e Frencn at any time to such cynical treatment of yptian qu be hara for listen quietl Eng! bout the evacution as js Chambe: n’s, but the Bri project 1ce even m y by men- 1s of a mid-African empire. of the French Congo defined by even the and can bardly get hout trampling on ms of some sort, and such an now outlined, not to men- an force, also preparing to those continually hinted at about otl_u: labor members, who are also trade union organizersand managers. It seems worthy of comment, however, that this necessity for vindication seems accepted as natural |in the case of a workingman member of the House, whereas a rich Tory ex-Minis- ter, like Forwood, who has failed almost as conspicuously to get a judge and jury to take his view of an allezed libel on his commercial honor, sits tight in his seat and nobody suggests that he ought to do anvthing else. Yesterday’s announcement of the resuit of the bye-election in South Louth was | awaited with a certain interest only be- cause of the idea which was abroad that the Dillonite candidate might actually be beaten. As it was he scraped through with about thirty of the Irish Nationalist majority. Next week the Hon. James | Roche, brother of Lord Fermoy, who is said to be a home ruler of some sort, but whose chief recommendation is that he will be able to draw a comfortable check for the bankrupt party fund, is to be smuggled into the vacancy in East Kerry. Ireland, however, no longer pays much attention to the performances of this kept party, and at Westminster they have | fallen into utter disregard. Dillon had tried to intervene in the Soudan debates | several times this week, but he was | snubbed by the Speaker and coughed down | by the impatient House. John Redmond, | on the contrary, with less than a dozen | votes all told, is coming to be listened to | by the Commons with more attention each | session. | Since the rise of the halfpenny evening | papers to popularity in London the in- | creasing space given to circumstantial de- | tail of salacious reports of divorce and breach of promise trials has grown to be generally regarded as harmful, and prac- | tically there are no two opinions among decent people as to the desirability of abating the nuisance, which is quite as | marked in the penny evening Standard and Globe as their cheaper rivals, but the question of means is another matter. The Lord Chancellor secured a second reading in the Honse of Lords yesterday by a narrow vote for his bill giving to | judees the power to indicate portions of | evidence which the press must leave alone, Osman Digna, the Famous Dervish Leader, at the Head of His Troops. [From a sketch made at the time of his warfare with the Egyptians thirteen years ago.] start out from the Congo frontier, makes the prospect of a collision somewhere in this no man’s land almost inevitable. Hence France feels bound te protest in plain language. It is clear that there will be a powerful outery for something more than a protest, and that it is to be difhcult for the Bourgeois Ministry to behave as cautiously as one feels sure it would pre- fer to do. But this reappearance of the consolidated Triple Alliance on England’s side is telt to be very embarrassingin Paris. There are plenty of ways for Eng- land to take as much Egyptian money as she needs for the expenses of this invasion whether France or Russia refuse to con- sent or not. It is noteven certain yet that Russia will join France in this refusal, or if she goes that far that she will go fur- ther. Russia plays always her own hand in her own way. She can command French support for any conceivable plan of hers, but the French know betier or will soon learn better than suppose that the converse is true. Russia will not lift a finger for France if it be not plainly to Russian advantage. France alone can only scream reproaches at perfidious Al- bion. No doubt they will be tolerably well de- served, but by themselves they break no bones. It is of course pessible that Rus- sia may seea profit to herself in encourag- ing immediate disturbance, but her more probable policy is to counsel patience and silence until some dark day when England finds ber African task too terrible for her strength and must perforce submit to the will of her enemies. Therefore, unless Paris gets out of hand and thrusts a vio- Jent policy upon the Ministry, I fancy that England will be allowed to walk unre- resisted into th e Soudan morass. So wrapped up in the exciting theme of the Soudan has Parliament been this week that other topics have had- very litlle chance of attention. It is rumored now on the ministerial side that the ordinary ex- tra pension to the Duke of Cambridge will be dropped from the army estimates be- fore the House reaches a discussion of it. The first impulse was to ascribe its mys- terious appearance there after the definite government pledge that there would be no such thing to the personal interference of the Queen, but it is now known that she resented all her venerable cousin’s demon- strations of protest when he was forced to retire, and was especially. indignant at this effort to evade the stipulation which she herself sanctioned when it was made. Other information narrows the responsi- bility for the trick to the War Office, and if this sensational Egyptian business had not swamped everything else there wounld have been by this time a sharp outery against Landdowne. Very likely it may sull come, for he is the least popular mem- ber of the Cabivet, alike with his col- leagues and Parliament, and if troublous times are impending the country will readily respond to a demand for a stronger and abler War Minister than he has shown himseif to be. One of the best-known labor members in the House, Havelock Wilson, has waged an obscure warfare in the courts for a long time with some press critics, whom he describes as an organized gang of ene- mies who are banded together: to destroy him. TFinally the matter came to anissue, and his libel suit against them for calling him a thief resulted in the jury giving him a farthing of damages. This isequivi- lent to an indorsement of the epithet, and Havelock Wilson, who insists strenuously on his innocence, has begged the House of Commons to appoint a committee of in- vestigation. This the Government declined to do,and g0 Havelock Wilsor wiil resign his seat for re-election at the hands of his Middles- borough constituents, who gave him a ma- jority of 2000 votes last summer and will probably increase it now. The charges against him turn on his use of the ship- ping trades union funds, over which he had control, and only differ in degree from but a protest against it by the Lord Chief Justice, who said that the bench with a single exception was opposed to it, and by others in the name of the liberty of the press, renders it unlikely that the measure will ever pass.at least in its present form. The superior officers of the Balvation Army here dislike to say mach about the American trouble, but it has been a great shock to them and I fear they will hear some unpleasant reflex action over here, especiallv among their women who can- not fail to be more or less affected by the news that their seceding American sisters are to be rid of the odious poke bonnets and to have uniforms of engaging tints and shave. They profess to see in those changes ample evidence that Ballington’s head has been completely turned by social flattery and that he lost altogether the con- ception of primitive simplicity and poverty which is the essence of the army idea, and scout the notion that this defection will have any disintegrating in- fluence, but it is plain enough that the poke bonnet issue makes them nervous. There is a curious report afloat in Paris that a majority of the Academicians are privately arranging to elect Alphonse Daudet to the Dumas vacancy, in defiance of the old rule about personal visits of ap- plication by a candidate and in soite of his savage onslaught on them in ‘L'Im- mortel”’ eight years ago. It iseven said thatan envoy has been appointed to sound him as to whether Le would accept. -His friends seem to credit the story and are divided in opinion only as to what view he is likely to take of the suggestion. The reactionary papers have been pointing out for years back, as the standard of literary performance was steadily lowered in the Academy elections, that the effect of the republic was to strangle literature, and soon, it will be difficult to find people with any qualification whatever for a ‘‘fau- teuil,” and very possibly some such idea is underlying whatever there 1s in this re- port. It might not be bad politics for what is called the ducal party in the academy to direct public attention to this alleged dearth of fit applicants by plump- ing for a man who has always laughed the academy to scorn. Besides, it would baye the merit of slamming the door once more in Zola’s anxious face. Dr. William Salmon, now living in Glamorgan, entered his one hundred and seventh year Monday. There is not the slightest room for doubt it the matter, for the vicarage record in Wickham, Suffolk, records his baptism on the day of his birth. This haste is being accounted for by the fact that he was a weakly infant. His father was a physician, a man of po- sition, so that no confusion on the subject was possible from the beginning. He is still in excellent health, though he has not driven out of doors since his hundredth year, and stopped smoking as a regular thing when he was ninety, though now and then he has a cigarette and drinks port more freely than he used to do. He derives deep pleasure from the faith that ne is the oidest justice of the peace, the oldest physician and the oldest Free Mason in the world, and Gladstone, who is young enough to be his son, sends him a birth- day telegram each year with sincere wishes for here and hereafter. Mr. Bayard quite naturally declines to say a word one way or the other about the House resolution, at least until after the full debate has reached him. Meanwhile Ican recall no other American perform- ance for the past dozen years which has been so unintelligible to European mirds, HaroLp FREDERIC, PR T0 MEET FORMIDABLE FOES. England’s Advance on Dongola Opposed by Well- Armed Dervishes. LONDON, ExG., March 21.—Last night’s debate in the House of Commons added nothing to the meager information that the Government deems it prudent to reveal regarding the expedition that is to go to Dongola and perhaps further in an attempt to reconquer the Soudan. The sensational rumorswith which the British press is unustally rife deal with the expeditioh as a sudden decision of the Government, the fact that it was to be dis- patched being unknown to the Khedive. The facts are that the expedilion was pro- jected last autumn, when General Kitch- enerof the Egyptian army was in England. Though the date of the campaign was not then hxed, ‘General Kitchener made no secret of the fact that some big scheme was being hatched. According to the plan originally decided upon, Kitchener’s first objective point was to be Dongola and then Berber, with a simultaneous advance frogs Suakin on the Red Sea. A railway was to be built to link Dongola and Berber before a march was made upon Khartoum. According to the Times Dongola may be reached in three or four weeks. The mil- itary authorities at Cairo, however, cal- culate that that place will not be reached before June. The position of the British Government is easier under official news from Paris that France will either not oppose the first credit of £500,000 from the Egyptian funds for the expenses of the Soudan expedition or will confine her opposition to a formal protest against the use of the money for this purpose. - Russia will remain strictly neutral and will give no support to France as against the expedition. Russia is even credited with viewing the British projects with some measure of good will as being likely to divert the whole energies of Great Britain 1 a direction where Russian in- terestssare not likely to be greatly con- cerned. M. Berthelot, the French Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs, clearly recognizes, though the French, peovle do not, that France is powerless to take an effective position. Russia has no vote in the commission of the Egyptian public debt, while Great Britain holds two votes, France two and Austria, Italy and Germany one each. A diiference of opinion exists as to whether the statutes relating to the commission re- quire a unanimous or a majority vote. In several instances decisions have been based on a majority vote, notably the grant of £250,000 for the abolition of the corvee, at which time France bprotested against the grant. At any rate, M. Berthelot, "feeling himself powerless to prevent the expedition, has beaten a re- treat. The War Offfce officials here declare that the expedition will be only a recon- noissance in force, and will notadmit.that the present phase is anything but an ini- tial step in the autumn campaign. The Army Intelligence Department possesses only the most vague information regard- ing the strength of the Mahdists. Military experts distrust the estimates made by Slatin Pasha, though as a mutter of fact his long captivity among the Mahdists should, on the face of things, make him an authority on the subject. The experts consider that a re port made by the Russian traveler Elisefef, who was recently elected a member of the Russian Geographical Society, is more reliable than that of Slatin Pasha. He says that the Khalifa’s force numbers 40,000 men, in- cluding 10,000 cavalry and camelry. They possess 100,000 rifles, of which 20,000 are Remingtons, really it for service. The artillery is poor. There are twenty guns at Dongola, and five Xrupp and ten siege gans at Omdurman. A correspondent of the Army and Navy Gazette says that the dervishes are now able to deliver a deadly rifle fire. They will combine European tactics with the formidable onsets of cavalry and spearmen in the old style. The correspondent de- clares that the British tactics of forming squares and awaiting the shock of battle will not do now in fighting the dervishes, and if they are followed will result in rout and ruin. The consensus of military opinion is that if a reconquest of the Soundan is in- tended a picked force of British and Indian troops, 20,000 strong, will be necessary. It is no wonder that the British Government is reticent regarding the details and ulti- mate aim of the expedition. Even with a solid Parliamentary majority the Cabinet does not dare, in the meantime, to arouse the opinion of the country on the great en- terprise, which is certain to ultimately in- volve large expenditures by the British treasury. Until Parliament rises in Au- gust, Lord Salisbury will' not disclose the game that the Government is playing. The Belgian-Congo Free State expedi- tion, under the ccmmand of Baron Dhanis, which will attack. the dervishes on the Upper Nile simultaneously with the Anglo-Egyntian attack upon those on the Lower Nile, is an assured fact. The French press denied that it was the intention to dispatch such an expedition, but the semi-official Etoile Belge confirms the statement made by The United Press last Saturday that such an expedition had ‘been formed, and that with the consent of the British Colonial Office a number of Houssas had been recruited forit at Lagos. King Leopold will shortly come to Lon- don to conclude the arrangements for the aavance of this expedition to the Nile. Baron Dbanis, with a strong force, is now nearing Bahr-el-Bazel. He has with him a number of Maxim and Krupp guns. The coming conference of the National Liberal Federation will discuss a special resolution against the Soudan expedition, preliminary to the Liberal leaders opening an agitation against it throughout the country. T e AFRICAN CREDITS APPROVED, During the Wrangle of Deputies a Chal- lenge for a Duel Is Accepted. ROME, Itavry, March 21.—The Chamber of Deputies to-day approved the African credits by a large majority, after reiecting by a vote of 219 to 119 a hostile motion made by Signor Sennino, ex-Minister of the Treasury. In the course of a speech in defense ot the credits Prime Minister di Rudini at- tacked the Socialists. He said the Govern- ment regarded the friendship of England as completing Italy’s alliance. He expressed pleasure because of the friendly attitude of the British Parliament. A wrangle during the session resulted in General Mocenni, ex-Minister of War, | challenging Signor Salvatore Barzilai, Radical, who represents the fifth district of Rome, to fight a duel. The challenge was accepted and the meeting will take place to-morrow. After the adoption of the credits the Chamber adjourned until April 28, e e UNDER RUSSIAN ADVICE. Turkey’s Sultan May Protest Against the Nile Expedition. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 21.—A spe- cial cable dispatch to the Herald from Bt. Petersburg says: The active negotiations going on be- tween St. Petersburg and Constantinople make 1t likely that as a result of Russian advice a formal protest will emanate from the Sultan concerning the Nile expedition. The Novoe Vremya says that neither Russia nor France will agree to England’s using Egyptian funds for the expedition, and that we are on the verge of most serious events, thus giving it to be under- stood that France is prepared to act. PARIS, France, March 21.—The news- papers this evening contain a semi-official note affirming that unanimity on the part of the powers is necessary to enable the expenditure of any part of the Egyptian reserve fund for the defraying of the ex- penses of an expedition to Dongola, such as proposed by Engiand. Germany’s adhesion to England’s propo- sals, the note contends, does not imply that Germany regards unanimity needless. e el e e ] EIGHT THOUSAND KILLED. Frightful Slaughter Reported From Oorfa, Asiatic Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Tumkey, March 21.—Sir Philip Currie, the British Embas- sador, has a telegram from British Vice- Consul Fitzmaurice stating that 8000 per- sons were killed at Oorfa in the recent dis- turbances. " It is reported that an agitation of the Albanians is in progress on the frontier of Montenegro, and a massacre of Christians is feared there. The Montenegrin Government has for- warded a note to M. Nelidoff, the Russian Embassador here, calling Russia’s atten- tion to the murder. — - Train Blocked by Snow. TORONTO, Osr., March 21.—The condi- tion of railway traffic to-day is very little better than yesterday, the -snow still mak- ing the moving of trains very difficult. The line west of Hamilton is still the only .one open, and no trains on the main line have gone through since Thursday night. Bk oY T Banker, the Cyclist, Dead. NICE, Fraxce, March 21.—George A. Banker, the American cyclist who was taken down with typhoid fever while so- journing in this city, died this afternoon. The direcc cause of death was heart failure. POLITICS N NHSSOUR, Chaotic State of Affairs Among Both Republicans and Democrats. National Convention Delegates Elected in Various Places North and South. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 21.—Both the great political parties in Missouri are almost hopelessly divided within their own ranks.: The silver Democrats, led by Governor Stone, have an unwieldy major- ity that is likely to go to pieces on local issues, while the sound-money Democrats, led by ex-Governor Francis, the best fight- ers and organizers, are alert to take advan- tage of their enemies’ mistakes. Each fac- tion has newspapers here that are rivals for vituperative honors. Missouri Republicanism is in even a worse tangle. With the dawn of hope for carrying the State the canker of ambition for gubernatorial honors is eating away all semblance of harmony. Several as- pirants have refused to longer train under the dictatorship of Chauncey I Filley, and the “‘Old Man” is using the lash. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 2L—Dele- gates to the Republican State Convention, which is to be held at the Grand Central Palace, this citf, next Tuesday, have been arriving here all day, and this evening the hotels are crowded with the up-State politicians. All the party leaaers of the Siate or- ganization are on the ground and have al- ready mapped out the programme for Tuesday’s meeting, Platt, Depew, Miller and Lauterbach are slated for delegates-at- large to the St. Louis Conventlon. WATERTOWN, N. Y., March 21.—The Republican Convention to-day elected del- egates to St. Louis and declared Morton to be the candidate of the people of this dis- trict. PENNYAN, N. Y., March 2L.—The Re- publican convention which was beld in this city to-day did not issue any instruc- tions to the State delegates regarding the candidacy of Governor Morton for the Presidency. DENVER, Coro., March 21.—The execu- tive committee of the Republican State party organization to-day decided to hold the State convention_for the selection of delegates to the St. Louis convention, on May 14, in Pueblo. STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 21.—Sena- tor Quay carried Monroe County to-day. The McKinley men were routed easily. SUNBURY, PA., March 21.—Quay. won in the Northumberland County Reupblican primaries to-day. HOT SPRINGS, 8. D., March 21.—Major A. R. Anderson, the ex-Congressman from Iowa who beat Congressman Hepburn, and who has trained with the Populists since his arrival in this State, has re- nounced that g)arly for Republicanism and was received with such a welcome to the ranks that the Republican Oity Con- vention gave him the unanimous nomina- tion for Mayor this afternoon. EUTAW, Ara., March 21.—The Repub- licans of the Fifth District to-day nomi- nated delegates to St. Louis and sent them uninstructed. GALVESTON, Tex., March 2{.—Allison 11, Reed 11 and McKinley 8 is the estimate of how the delegates of tke Texas Republi- cans will go to their National nominating convention. There are thirteen Congres- sional Districts in the Lone Star State, giv- ing her thirty delegates to the National Convention. Ten conventions have thus far been held in these districts. BB The Indiana Stranded. NEW YORK, 'N. Y., March 21.—A Sun special from Washington says: The big battle-ship Indiana, which failed to be docked at Port Royal this week for lack of water, is now in a situation where she can neither dock nor reach the ocean, and should her services be suddenly required the Government would find itself minus the most powerful fighting sbip now in | commission, The high western winds swept the water of tue sound out to sea and_reduced its normal depth several feet. Where there was thirty feet atthe dock’s entrance some time ago there is now hardly twenty-four. The vessel therefore now lies in a hole a few nundred yards below the deck, unable to get to the sill or pass across the bar to sea. She will have to remain until next week, when the moon is full and the tide getsup to the normal height, when she will probably slip into the dock without trouble. . The question of the location of this dock is one about which there is a difference of opinion, and some _of the best-known of- ficers of the Navy Department believe that a serious mis‘:{e was made when Port Royal was selected by a commission ap- pointed by Secretary Tracy. A dock, these officers say, should be so situated thata big battle-ship can enter it at all times, Tegardless of tga direction of the wind or its effect on the tide. ——————— Government Deposits]Increase. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2L.—Sec- retary Carlisle has recently issued orders llowing United States banks of deposit a longer margin on United States dasouita on the same amount of United States bonds than heretofore. Under this ruling Government deposits have increased dur- ng the past week about $1,500,000. The Government is absolutely secured as here- tofore in all its dealings with National banks designated as United States deposi- taries. — Detectives Given a New Trial, CHICAGO, Irr., March 2L.—Five of the Berry Detective Agency operators who were concerned in the murder of Frank Vhite in mistake for his brother were iven a new trial to-day, but William J. ix, who was given a life term, was denied ak "1‘1‘; trial, he having fired the shot which 1lled. SPANISH FORCES BADLY BEATEN. Severe Losses Are Suffered at Candelaria and Cayajahos. TWO HUNDRED SLAIN. Insurgents Defeat the Foe and Capiure Some of Their Badly Needed Rifles. GENERAL WEYLER DISTRACTED It Is Said That He Will Soon Resign or Be Recalled From [ Cuba. HAVANA, Cusa, March 21 (via Key West, Fla., March 21.)—The Government has suffered severe losses at Candelaria and Cayajabos, in Pinar del Rio, and its attempts to check the westward march of Maceo completely failed. Wednesday Colonel Francis with a column of 1200 troops fought Maceo amid the ruins of Cayajabos. Maceo used cannon. The details of the encounter are difficult to obtain. The Government sent out a special ambulance train and eight train- loads of troops for the relief of the columns of Francis, Inclan and Linares, which were badly routed. . Colonel Francis was brought here se- verely wounded. Information from a re- liable source says four captains and seven lieutenants are dead. The total losses of the Spaniards in killed, wounded and missing sre over 200. The rebels are said 10 have captured over a thousand rifles. General Weyler is nearly distracted be- tween the failure of military operations on the one bhand and the horrors being committed on the other. The report is in- sisted on that he will soon resign or be re- calted. It is admitted on all sides that Weyler has proved a failure. The way matters are going recently has produced a great increase in the insurgent ranks and the Cubans are much encouraged. J. FRANK CLARK. e FEOM SPANISH SOURCES. The Government Reports Only a Small Loss. HAVANA, CuBa, March 21.—The Gov- ernment now reports their loss in the battle at Cayajabos on Wednesday last as seven soldiers killed, and three officers and forty-four soldiers wounded. The rebels are said to have left fourteen dead on the feld. A rebel force which attacked the town of Roaue, province of Matanzas, was repulsed after the troops had repeatedly charged them with bayonets.. In their flight, however; the insurgents set fire to and de- stroyed sixty-one houses. o ERT SRR AUNK BY 4 CRUISER. Reported Loss of a Steamer in Cuban Waters. KEY WEST, FrA., March -21.—The steamer Whitney arrived here to-day and reported that it is ramored in Havana that a Spanish cruiser sunk a steamer between Cardenas and Matanzas yesterday. It is thought to be Coilaquaz’s party. S S SPAIN’'S SWAY DESPOTIC. But Ribot Objects to the United States In- terfering. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 21.—A spe- cial cable dispatch to the Herald from Madrid, Spain, says: Senor Valles y Ribot, the well-known Federal leader, has just made the following statement: “Although it is absolutely undeniable that the colonial policy of Spain and Cuba has been disastrous and despotic to the extent of fully justifying the insurrections which have arisen against various Spanish governments, still the United States is the very last nation justified in raising its voice, as the Spanish policy can in no way be compared to the sanguinary methods employed in American térritories which they have forcibly annexed.” It is stated on the best authority that the boats available to Bpain for naval priva- teering purposes number nearly-300. This includes many small almost worthless boats, the majority being ocean tramps and coastwise traders. ke tal 5 IN SYMPATHY WITH CUBA. But Venezuela Prefers to Await Cleve- land’s Action. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 2L—A special dispatch to the Herald from Cara- cas, Venezuela, says: A Cuban belliger- ency resolution introducea by Carlos Fombona Palacio Friday was tabled in the House of Deputies by a vote of 20 to 16, pending further war advices. President Crespo and the majority of Senators and Deputies favor the recogni- tion of the revolutionists, but are disposed to await President Cleveland’s.action. MADE VERY GOOD SPEED Satisfactory Builders’ Trial of the Big Battle-Ship Massachusetts. ItIs Estimated That the Cramps Will Secure a Handsome Bonus., PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 21.—The battleship Massachusetts dropped anchor i the Delaware River this evening at Deepwater Point, off Wilmington, after having been put through a most satisfac- tory trial yesterday off the Delaware Capes by her builders, the Cramps of this city. The ship made a record of 15.6 knots in an hour's run, which transiated means 1834 miles of land variety. Should she do as well when called upon for her official trial under-Government auspices she will net the Cramps $50,000 in premiums, every quarter knot in excess of 15 knots, the re- quired sp eed, meaning $25,000. 3 That the vessel will easily accomplish this and probably do better is not doubted by the builders, for the trial just com- pleted was made under anything but the favorable conditions that surround an offi- cial .test. During yesterday’s trial only steamhoat coal was used, and, while it is good enough for ordinary purposes, it has not the ua‘tum-mnkingry grggusgfies of hand-picked Pocahountas coal, which will be used on the official trial. In aadition the bottom of the battleship was decidedly foul as the result of two years’ immersion in fresh water, and this acted asa draw- back to great speed. Most important of all, the course off the Delaware Capes isnot as fayorable asis the Government run off the New England coast, . No specia! effort was made to push the ship to her full speed except for one hour. This, in fact, was divided into halves, and the ship had only reached her speed when the end of the course was neared. : The Massachusetts left Cramps’ ship- ard on Tuesday in command of Captain argent, the machinery being under the ersonal supervision of Edwin S. Cramp. ghe arrived at the Delaware Breakwater on Wednesday and waited until Thursday to proceed to sea. 4 0ld ocean was anything but kind to the new ship, meeting her with a terrific gale that caused a tremendous sea. Beyond fiivin a few plunges to see how she be- aved nothing was done on this day, and the ship was put in safety behind the breakwater for the night. The Massachu- setts demonstrated her seaworthiness to the satisfaction of all on board. She was steady and broke the billows easily. Yes- terday the sea was in a more pleasant frame of mind, and at 8 A. M. the vessel eleared the capes and headed for deep water. Off Five Fathom Bank lightship to Fen- wick Island lightship, a distance of eleven knots, the trial was made. The shis sped over the course in grand style, and after being turned about sped back again, com- vleting her trial and making 15.6 knots as her best hour’s run. After some_trials of the steering-gear, which were satisfactory, the battleship was headed for the capes, and she passed in during the afternoon. The run up the Delaware River to-day was uneventful, except for the continuous salute of all passing craft, and she an- cuored for the night off Deep Water Point to avoid any chances of an accident in the dark. Eawin 8. Cramp and several others left the vessel to-niggi and returned to Phila- delphia in a tug.. Mr. Cramp was much pleased with the success of the trial. He said the engines worked nicely, marking 128 revolutions when the ship was put at her speed. The Government will be noti- fied 1mmediately that the battleship is ready for her official trial, and this will probably take place within a month. If possible she will be docked before it occurs 2nd have her underwater body thoroughl cleansed. She will come up to her bert. at the shipyard to-morrow. CALLING [N WORN COINS, Subsidiary Silver to Be Replaced by the New Design of 1892. Since 1890 the Government Has Lost Over a Million Dollars in This Way. WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21.—All the old and worn subsidiary silver coin of the United States will soon be replaced by the new design adopted in 1892. The progress being made in that direction by the United States mints is most encourag- ing to treasury officials. For some years past efforts have been made by the Treasury Department to keep the subsidiary silver coin in good condi- tion. ‘With this view appropriations have been obtained from time to time to reimburse the treasury of the United States for the difference between the face value of worn subsidary silver coin and what they would produce when transferred to the mints for recoinage. Since 1890 the amount of such coin, worn and uncurrent, and subsidary coin transferred by the treasury to the mints for recoinage, has amounted to $29,- 642,384, The value of the same in the new sub- sidiary silver coin is §28,535,745, showing a | loss by wear of $1,106,638, which was re- imbursed to the treasury of the United States from appropriations for that pur- pose. The amount transferred from the | tredsury to the mints from July 1, 1893, to December 31, 1895, was larger than from any other period, amounting in the aggre- sale to $20,964,962, face value, and pro- ucing $20,113,820, showing a loss on coin- age of $848,843, NO DECIsSIO. REACHED. Mallett- Prevost False Bumor. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21.—Sec- retary Mallett-Prevost for the Venezuelan Commission this afternoon issued the fol- lowing statement: During the past week reports have been industriously circulated to the effect that the commission has reached a decision with reference to the boundary question favorable to Venezuela. This having been denied, the report has been circulaled in another forir, and it is now asserted that while the commission as a body has reached no such conclusion the Commis- sioners individually entertain the views referred to. It must be evident to all that so long as anything remains to be examined and con- sidered the Commissioners are not in a position to form an ovinion respecting the merits of the controversy. As a matter of fact neither the commission nor the indi- Spring Is the season for purifying, cleansing and renewing. The accumulations of waste everywhere are being removea. Winter's icy grasp is broken, and on all sides are indications of nature’s returning life, renewed force and awakening power. Spring Is the time for purifying the blood, cleans- ing the system and renewing the physical powers. Owing to close confinement, diminished perspiration and other causes, in the winter, impurities have not passed out of the system as they should, but bave accumulated in the blood. Secretary Corrects a vidual Commissioners are as yet in pos- session of all the evidence. The papers presented by Venezuela are but a part of has been promised. e blue book of the British Govern- ment, while remarkably full and detailed, does not include all the documents which may be adduced in support of its conten- tions. The commission has not and will limit itself to the consideration of what those two Governments may present. It has been engaged upon independent lines of inquiry, .n§ will continue to follow those lines until all its sources of informa- tion shall have been exhausted. Then, and not until then, will it be in a position to form any opinion or make any report. — e JOY’S A NEW R0AD TO PROFIT SHARING! NEW COMBINATIONS : Comfix;tion For Twenty-Five l?ellts;5 Oc JOoy’s JOY’s Cuticura Soap...... Vaseline, large size Sponge, 15¢ size... JOY’s Discount for combination... JOY’s McKenzie's Sxin Soap. Piso Consumption Cure. One pound of Epsom S JOY’S 51 Discount for combination... 30c JOY’S Pint bottle of Canada Mak Whisky . 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