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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1896. COMMOTION IN A TOURIST PARTY, Two Enterprising Gentle- men Arrested in a Chi- cago Hotel. CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Prominent Philadelphians Invest Heavily in Canaigre Root Cultivation. SWINDLED BY AN OPTION DEAL Many Thousanls of Dollars Obtained by the Prisoners on Bonds That Are Now Worthless. CHICAGO, IrL., April 8.—John H. Crouthers and Henry B. Wall were ar-| rested this afternoon at the Auditorium | Annex Hotel by E. F. Gentner, an officer | State of Pennsylvania attached to | ate Attorney'soffice in Philadelphia, whose authority was a requisition on the | Governor, obtained on an indictment | jound against the men on April 1in that | i charging conspiracy to defraud C.| Arthur Beasley, a Philadelphia lawyer, and other prominent citizens. The arrests were accomplished while the men anda a distinguished party of twenty- eight Englishmen and their wives were preparing to resume a transcontinental journey in private Pullman cars. The party went East to-night, but Crouthers and Wall did not join them. . They are accused of getting the Phila- delp! people to organize the Chicago Canaigre Company for the purpose of cul- tivating the root on lands in Southern California. New Mexico and Arizona, who advanced $25,000 to the prisoners to under- write the corvoration’s bonds in London | for $1,800,000, and when they got to London it is alleged they made fraudulent use of | the options on the land which the Phila- | delphia company had secared and organ- | ized the Anglo-American Canaigre Com- pany, to whom the options were trans- fered, leaving the Phiiadelphians in the lurch. 3 It is alleged that Crouthers, who was | the original owner of the options, obtained | thousands of dollars from John H. Sutton | of Pniladelphia, giving him bonds in the | Chicago company, which are now worta- | less. The party with whom the prisoners | were traveling is composed of stockholders | and prospective investors in the company, | chief among them being C. A. Duff | Miller of Miller & Co., London, the largest | manufacturers of tannic extract in the | world. Mr. Miller, the men arrested and | George H. Tousey of Philadelphia, who is | slso one of the party which has been hav- | ing a luxurious trip to the Pacific Coast | from New York, are defendants in a civil | suit for $100,000 damages brought by Beas- | ley and others. | PATEOL. BSix Cutters Will Leare for the Within Two Weeks, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The | United States patrol fleet in Bering Sea | will leave for the scene of operations from | San Francisco about the 12th inst. and will rendezvous at Port Townsend, Wash., | leaving that port on April 20. Itisex- pected the fleet will arrive in Bering Seca on May 1. Captain C. L. Hooper will be | in charge. The fleet will be composed of | the best revenue cutters, viz.: Grant, Captain Slamm; Walcott, Captain Phil. | lips; Corwin, Captain Roth; Bear, Cap- 1ain Tuttle; Rush, Captain Roberts, and the Perry, Captain Smith. While the fleet is in the North Pacific Ocean its headquarters will be at Sitka, Alaska, and when it toucnes the Bering Sea the headquarters will be Dutch Har- bor, Unalaska. Captain Hooper will re- main_ashore during most of the sea- son, directing the operations of the fleet from shore headquarters. North | et A4 TRAMP'S WINDFALL. Drops Into a Fortune After a Five ¥ears’ Pilgrimage. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8.—A Herald special from Liberty, N. Y., says: Jehiel Judson, a tramp for the last five years, has been notified that by the deathof & friend in the State of Michigan he has become heir to a fortune of $40,000. Some years ago Judson was possessed of a com- petence, which he lost through unfortun- ate speculation, and becoming disheart- encd and dissipated was finally reduced to vagrancy. He wandered from place to place, homeless and friendless, until ne finally decided to reform, and_recently wrote a letter to his home in Michigan déclaring his intentions. A reply was soon received inclosing a return ticket and advising Judson that a_fortune of $40,000 was awaiting him. He left for his old bome yesterda ——— FIGHT WITH ROBBERS., Five Young Desperadoes Run Down in Indian Territory. INDEPENDENCE, Kaxs., April 8.— Two weeks ago the Exendine Commercial Company’s store at Ringo, I. T., was robbed by five outlaws, who got away with a large amount of booty. Two of the gang were soon captured, and the officers have been hard on the trail of the remain- ing three since Sunday. Yesterday Deputy Marshalls Gibson, Smith, Seaquay and Jackson unexpectedly came on them at a ravine near Bartlettsville. 5 The desperadoes opened fire and the officers returned it. Two shots struck Jim Rook, one of the outlaws, seriously injuring him. The outlaws escaped, but were again located on Coon creek and cap- tared. All of them, with the exception of Rook, are on their way to Fort Smith to be tried. Rook is only 18 years old. Eri R 4. R, U. TROUBLES. ' Commission of Nebraska’s State Organ- izer Revoled—Charter Suspended. OMAHA, NeBR., April 8.—A letter has just been received from President Eugene V. Debs of the A. R. U. stating that the commission of State Organizer Waller has been revoked, and that the charter of local American Railway Union No. 341 has been suspended, pending the investigation of charges of boodling preferred against the officers. Mr. Debs states very emphati- cally that if the charges are proven Mr. Waller and otners implicated will be ex- petled from the order. This action may be taken as the aftermath of the conserva- tive and socialist s?unbble that has been disturbing labor circles here for the past two months. Waller wasthe leader of the socialist wing. —— Buried Under a Steam Excavator. TOLEDO, O=io, April 8.—At an early hour this morning a ponderous steam ex- | days. cavator being pushed along by a light en- ine, jumped the track while crossing the (\’hwling and Lake Erne bridge, over the Maumee River. It tore through the iron work, and carried the whole of an 80-foot span into the river with it. The engine remained on the track. A switchman named Briggs of Ironville, who was riding on the excavator, was carried down and drowned. His body has not yet been re- covered. He leaves a widow and four children. The property loss is estimated at $7000. N THE OHI10 HORROR. Smith Confesses the Murder of the Stone Family. AKRON, Ognro, April 8.—Johm Smith, the ex-hired man of the Stone family, three members of which were so crueliy murdered ten days ago at Tallmadge, was arrested to-night, brought to this cityfand charged with murder. Smith confessed, acknowledging that he killed Alvin N. Stone and wife and Ira Btillson and in- flicted severe injuries on Emma and Hattie Stone. Smith was discharged by Alvin Stone two weeks before the crime for pay- ing too much attention to the youngest daughter. —_—— THE INDIANA AT SEA. Successfully Backs Out of the Port Roval Drydock. CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 8.—A spe- cial to the News and Courier from Beau- fort, S. C.,says: At 4o0’clock this after- noon, one hour before high water, the battleship Indiana backed out of the dry- dock at Port Royal. Only one tug was re- quired to start her, and she steamed out without difficulty and proceeded seaward. Her exit without trouble, drawing 24 feet 6 inches in the dock to 25 feet outside, was a perfect success. Recgjver for a Questionable Concern. CHICAGO, Irv., Aprit 8.—A receiver | was appointed to-day for the Continental Investment and Loan Association by Judge Gibbons on the report of a real estate expert, who stated that the concern bhad been doing business since 1890 on | false representations and that the*inanage- | ment had been of the worst kind for the | investors. The association was attacked some time ago by Attorney-General oloney and an investigation ordered. BERING SEA VIOLATIONS, The Senate Holds a Brief Exec- utive Session on the Subject. Action to Be Taken on the Foreign Relations Committee Report in a Few Days. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The executive session of the Senate this after- noon was brief, and was devoted to the re- ception of a report from Sherman, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the treaty now before the Senate relating to the appointment of a commission for the assessment of dam- ages growing out of the seizure of the Canadian vessels for viotations of the regu- lations relating to Bering Sea fur-seal fisheries. Sherman reported a few amend- ments, which were ordered printed. The treaty will be taken up 1 a few Objection was made to its consid- eration on account of theillness of Senator Morgan, although Sherman stated that the State Department was very anxious to have the matter disposed of. The amendments reported are only ver- bal and will hot change the text of the treaty in any material manner. An addi- tion of four vessels not included in the statement of facts submitted to the Faris tribunal, and which were thrown out by the committee, have been permitted to stand. The word “‘award” as used in the treaty has, however, been expurgated for the reason thzt the committee does not agree with the claim of the British Em- bassador that the Paris tribunal made any award in connection with this matter. On the contrary, they contend that the ques- tion of damages was not before the tri- bunal and that bigh court of arbitration expressly declined to consider any ques- tion relating to damages. Believing that the word “award,” if per- mitted to stand, therefore, may lead to confusion, the committee has reported in favor of striking it out and changing the text relating to the statement of fact so as to read “'as found by the Paris tribunal’ instead of ‘“‘as found by the award of the Paris tribunal,” etc. Tne only other amendment of conse- quence is one that provides that the com- mission may sit either in Vancouver or San Francisco, the original draft of the convention stipulating that the session shall be held in Vancouver. Should the illness of Mr. Morgan (who it may be stated, is antagonistic to any treaty) be prolonged, it is believed that the matter will be taken up and disposed of, for the State Department has béen urg- ing speedy action owing to the presencein ‘Washington of Sir Stafford "Northcote, who is understood to be the English mem- ber of the commission to be authorized by the treaty. The season for sealing is so far advanced that there is also an addi- tional reason why the matter should be disposed of at th¢ earliest opportunity. —_—— KINGS WITHOUT THRONES. West Point Is Turning Out Too Many Army Officers. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—Those cadets who will complete the four years’ course at West Point in June will be con- fronted with the most extraordinary situa- tion that ever has confronted the lot of young aspirants for army commissions. They will find on graduation morning probably not more than a dozen vacanciés in all departments of the service for some seventy men. This condition is due to the number of appointments made from the ranks in the last year and the compara- tively few retirements and casualties. Usually at this time of the year the class about to be graduated has some thirfy or forty vacancies waiting to be filled, and for years there has been generally a sur- plus above those necessary for West Pointers. The result was tnat a few years ago many civilians received appointments in the army, among them the sons of General Schofield -ng Senator Sewell. Despite the discouraging outlook all the cadets will be provided for eventually, as the law directs that all graduates shall be commissioned in some branch of the army. The department, therefore, will have to designate at least sixty of the cadets addi- tional second lieutenants, and place them on the list awaiting vacancies. —_—— MUST BE NON-SECTARIAN, Proviso Made in the Distriot of Colum- bia Appropriation. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The bill making appropriations for the District of Columbia was' reported to the House to-day. It authorizes the District Com- missioners’ to contract for the care and maintenance of orphans, paupers, sick and helpless, and appropriates ,100 for that purpose, with the proviso “that no part of the money herein appropriated shall be paid for the purpose of maintaining or aiding by payment for services or expenses or otherwise any church or religious de- nomination or any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.” This is the only substantial change made in the bill. CONGRESSNAL PROCEEDNGS Teller’s Bill to Govern the Reserves of Country Banks. CONGESTION IN CITIES. Millions Diverted From Business Channels and Lent to Stock Speculators. THE EVIL MUST BE STOPPED. Hoar of Massachusetts Indorses the Prcposed Reform of the Colo- rado Senater. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—A bill giving a pension of $50 a month to the widow of Charles 8. Hamilton, major- general of volunteers, was passed by the Senate to-day. Teller (R.) of Calorado introduced a bill providing that all National banking asso- ciations shall keep their reserves in their own vaults, and moved its reference to the Committee on Finance. He said there was a general impression that the conges- tion of money in the Eastern cities grew out of the practice of country banks keep- ing their reserves in the city of New York and other ‘‘reserve cities,”” The country bauks draw interest on these deposits in- stead of using their money in their own localities. That practice was considered very detrimental to the business interests of the country. He understood that in September last the ameunt of these reserves of country banks held in New York banks was $200,- 000,000. This money was largely lent out by the New York banks to stock speculators. His information was that 75 per cent of it was lent to stockbrokers and stock specu- lators. He desired the Finance Committee to inquire whether there was not some way to stop that evil. Possibly the banks ought not to'be required to keep all their reserves in their own vaults; but they ought to be required to keep a large pro- portion of them, so as to prevent an ac- cumulation of money in the banks of ‘‘re- serve cities.” Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts expressed his approval of Teller's proposition, and hoped that the Senator would succeed in effecting the reform he proposed. The bill was referred to the Finance Committee. —_— - IN THE HOUSE. Payne and Cummings Discuss the Bill to Abolish Compulsory Pilotage. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—Acting upon the operation of the previous ques- tion upon the engrossment and third read- ingrof the bill to adopt the metric system of weights and measures in the United States, the House proceeded immediately after the reading of the bill to vote upon it by ayes and noes, the result being ayes 119, noes 117. The vote was seen to be exceedingly close, and some minutes were spent in re- capitulating the vote and in changing of votes by members. At the last moment Dockery (D.) of Missouri changed his vote from “‘no” to *‘aye,’” thereby changing the result. Hurley (R.) of New York moved to re- consider the vote and to lay that motion on the table, on which another vote by ayes and noes was ordered. Therc was a decided change on this call, the motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote being defeated by 111 ayes to 132 noes. The vote recurring then on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House | ordered the engrossment and third reading of the bill that was also ordered taken by ayes and noes. The motion to recon- sider was carried by 141 ayes to 99 noes. C. W. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania asked unanimous consent to withdraw the bill from the further consideration of the House, but to this Dockery and others ob- jected. He then moved that it be recom- mitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures., 'This was agreed to by. 130 to 59. After the House had agreed to Senate amendments to certain bills Payne (R.) of New York called up the bill reported by him from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to abolish the com- pulsory pilotage system, otherwise known as a bill to relieve American coastwise shipping of an unjust discrimination. It was arranged that debate on the bill should continue throughout to-day’s ses- sion and until to-morrow to 2 ». M., whena vote on the passage of the bill shall be taken. Payne explained the intent and scope of the bill. He said: “It is contended that many of the Southern ports are ren- dered dangerous by the shifting channels and by the changing conditions of the sandbars and that a man must be upon the ground every day in order to know the dangerous places. It is hard to believe that this is true in the ports of Virginia, Georgia, South OCarolina, Alabama or Texas, as the Legislatures of those States have declared that their ports are safe without the services of a pilot if the owner paid a tax, annual or otherwise. There is not the slichtest danger that the service will godown or will even be seriously crippled by the proposed change. When pilots are necessary and can render rea! service they willbe employed. When they are rot necessary and their services are not used, they should not be permitted to become a charge upon interstate com- merce.” . Cummings (D.) of New York, opposing the bill, said it had appeared in every Con- gress in which he had been a member, and was defeated 1n the Fifiy-first Con. gress on'a question of consideration. It was a bill, he said, drawn in favor of the vessel-owners and against the pilots. Were not the ship-owners already sufficiently vrotected ? he asked. Cummin:s said tbhat Congress, while enacting plentiful, generous protection for the ship-owners, had done nothing for the pilots, relegating them to the Legislaturés of the several States. That was where the advocates of the bill should have gone for the relief ‘they seek. That wouid have been the manly thing to do. Referring to the statement by Payne and by Simpkins that the Pilots’ Associa- tion had sent representatives to Washing- ton tolobby against the bill Cummings said: *I have seen in the corridors and I ' know two or three members whom he has imvortuned in bebalf of this bill a myrmi- don of mugwumpery named Chamberlain, said to be the Commissioner of Naviga- tion. Grover Cleveland, President of the United Btates, has removed from the of- fice of Governor of Arizons a Mr. Hughes, because he was charged with sending tele- grams to Congressmen asking them to vole for some school bill. 1say to the gentlemen on the other side that if they are iriends of Mr. Chamberlain they will allow this bill to be killed, for if it shall pass and Mr. Cleveland held to the rule he laid down in the Atizona case, Mr. Chamber- lain will navigate out of Washington very epeed.ly.” [Applause.] Wadsworth (R.) of New York, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, pre- sented the report of the conferees on the agricultural appropriation bill. The ac- companying statement showed that the bill, as finally agreed upon by the con- {erees, carried a total appropriation of $3,- 802,792—1less by $78,120 than the bill carried as it passed the Senate. The report was agreed to, and at 5:30 o'clock the House adjonrned until to- morrow, YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILWAY. Senator Perkins Introduces a Bill Granting Rights of Way Through the Mari- - Posa Forest Reservation. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—Sen- ator Perkins to-day introduced a bill granting a right of way 200 feet wide to the Yosemite Vailey and Merced Railway Company from Merced to the Cascades, on the Merced River, Mariposa County, through the Mariposa forest reservation and over such vacant public lands as may be required for such right of way by the shortest practicable route between said points. The right of way asked is through Town- ship No.2 south, range 20 east, Meunt Diablo meridian; Township No. 8 south, range 19 east, Mount Diablo meridian; Township No. 3 south, range 20 east, Mount Diablo meridian. The company shall have the right to take from public lands adjacent material, earth, stone and timber necessary to construct eaid road, and shall have the ground ad- jacent, for station buildings, depots, machine-shops, sidetracks, turnouts and water stations, nét to exceed in amount twenty acres for each station, to the ex- teontdof one stiation for each ten miles of its road. No right shall vest in the company until plats thereof, made upon actual survey, shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior and are approved by him. The company shall not assign, or transfer, or morteage the right of way for any purpose whatever until completion of the line; provided, however, the company may mortgage seid franchise and execute a deed of trust couveying the same assurity for bonds to construct and complete the said road. RESTRAINING BARRIERS, Apprepriation for Their Construc- tion Discussed by California’s Delegation. An Understanding Arrived At Which Will Be Satisfactory to All Concerned. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The California delegation held a meeting to- day for the purpose of considering certain amendments to the appropriation for the restraining barriers proposed by Robert T. Devlin, who is here representing the Anti- Debris Association of California. Mr. Devlin addressed the delegation at length and urged upon them the addition of a provision expressly limiting the pur- pose of the proposed appropriation to the construction of works for the detention of detritus now in the canyons, and a further provision to the efiect that no works need be constructed if the engineers iu charge deem them unnecessary wunder present conditions, Mr. Devlin explained that he was op- posed to the appropriation altogether, but upon ascertaining the condition of affairs here he had conciuded to abandon his op- position to the agpmpriatifln as 4 whole and confine his efforts to an attempt to secure the changes above noted. Tirey L. Ford followed Mr. pevlin and showed that the amendments suggested by Mr. Devlin would, 1n effect, change the terms of the Caminetti act and would thus be a step in the direction of undoing what Congress had already done. After considerable discussion the dele- gation concluded to reject Mr. Devlin's amendments, but practically agreed upon modifying the laneuage of the appropria- {.ion so that the same should read as fol- ows: ““For the construction of restraining barriers for the protection of th~ Sacra- mento and Feather rivers in California, $250,000; such restraining barriers to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the recommendations of the California Debris Commission.” Mr. Devlin seemed inclined to accept this modification as the best he could secure, and Mr. Ford, while declining to commit himself finally upon the matter until he could hear from Oalifornia, is understood to be personally satisfied with the change in language. There seems to be no ques- tion about the appropriation being made, the sole remaining question being as to the language in which it shall be clothed. Fai e R LA CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Four Cases Disposed of by the House Committee. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—House Committee on Elections No. 8, Me- Call chairman, to-day decided four contested election cases. The case of Murray against Elliott, from the First South Carolina District, was de- cided in favor of Murray, colored (R.), the contestant. In the case of Johnson vs. Stokes, from the Seventh Bouth Carolina District, it is :Zi:mmended that Stokes (D.) retain the ‘The case of Kearny (Pop.j agsinst Ab- bott (D.), from tke ysi(xthpijaxfs- District, was decided 1n favor of Abbott, the sitting member. In the case of Ratcliffe (Pop.)against Williams (D.), from the Fifth Mississippi District, the contestant failed to appear, -m}dtha committee unanimously recoms mended that Williams retain the seat. S Gl TRE NORTHEH®N PACIFIC: Senator Mitchell Proposes Restrictions in Ats Future Management. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The Northern Pacific Railroad, which will in the near future be sold at foreclosure sale, Was the subject of a joint resolution intro- duced in the Senate at a late hour to-day by _Senltor Mitchell of Oregon. The reso- lution is quite voluminous and is intended to facilitate the reorganization of the Northern Pacific system and to secure to the settlers along that line the right to purchase at a price not exceeding $2 50 per acre the agricultural lands within its grant. It also prohibits the present company, the purchaser under the foreclosure or any other persons who may become its owners, from giving by consolidation, sale or other corporate action, control of its railroad any corporation, Bnmplll(. person or asso- ciation of persons owning, operating or controlling a paratlei or competing road, ) ! to LADY OM MG BULES KOREA, Succeeds the Late Queen as Dictator to the King. AFFAIRS IN A CHAOS. Forty Japanese Murdered at Seoul During the Recent Uprisings. APPEAL FROM A RUSSIAN JAIL. Californians at Viadivestock Want News of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fizht. TOKIO, Jaran, March 29.—At the capi- tal of Korea things are still in chaos. Dissensions in the new Cabinet at Seoul grow more pronounced. It is believed four leading members will sever their con- nection with the Cabinet shortly, owing to the arbitrariness of the three Lis. Since the assassination of the Queen, a worthy successor to her has appeared in the per- son of Lady Om Sang, who, it is said, en- joys great favor with the King and to have that weak-minded monarch as much under her control as he was under that of his late consort. While the Queen lLived, her jealousy obliged Lady Om Sang to re- main aloof from the court. Lady Om Sang devised the King’s flight to the Russian embassy, and. now directs his actiens from behind the curtain, and there are likely to be more chapters to this almond-eyed romance before it draws to a close. At what time the King will return to the palace is still problematical. His re- moval from tke Russian legation to a detached paiace close by is contemplated. The Russians have a strong fleet in the Orient, and their officers of high rank are very much in evidence at all functions on shore, where their fine physique and the beauty of their uniform attract attention, and are said to throw the American and British naval officers in the shade in these regards. The number of Japanese murdered in Seoul during the recent disturbances is forty, as officially reported, and Korean officials have fared no better. Nine pro- vincial Governors have been assassinated and three others obliged to flee for their lives. Riots have occurred in nineteen places. The insurgents no longer receive from the Cabinet the title of *“patriots,” but are now called ‘“rebels’” in the official dis- patches. It had been the habit’ for “patriot” ringleaders to appear at the ‘War Office to claim reward for the move- ments they had led. The assassins of the late Minister of Finance audaciously came to claim a reward, but were thrown into prison. Reports from Kucheng district show that the severe measures against the vege- tarians after the Whasang massacre have produced a marked effect upon the people, who now show a strong disposition to em- brace Christianity. Theapplicants for ad- mission to English-speaking schools have also greatly increased. The average China- man begins to believe that the future is with the foreigners; but anti-foreign feel- ing is exhibiting itself again in Cheng-Tu. FPetty acts of hostility against the Cana- dian missions are reported. The extraordinary length of the voyage made by the Pacific Mail steamship City of Rio de Janeiro on her last trip between San Francisco and Yokohama causad so mach inconvenjence to consignees that several claims are preferred in the United States consulate in Yokohama. Master and officers were consequently obliged to swear to a statement that the delay was due entirely to bad weather and lack of fuel, and that faulty seamanship was in no way responsible. Last year a Japanese volcano called Kirishima, bursting suddenly into erup- tion, caused the death of three men. On the 15th of March of this year the pay- master of the French cruiser Parfait de- termined to ascend the mountain. Just as he and a guide reached the vicinity of the crater formed by last year’s eruption the volcano developed mew activity. ‘A large stone struck the guide on the spine, killing him instantly. The watch factory established two years ago in Osaka with the intention of cutting into the eastern trade of the great Wal- tham firm, did not prove successful. The watches produced there could not compete with the imported, the Japanese prefer- ring to pay a little more for the latter. The factory has now dispensea witn the services of its American experts and prom- ises to undersell its foreign competitors. The Japanese Diet has voted to abolish import duty on wool. Atiention is now being actively directed to the manufacture of woolen fabrics in Japan and in view of the remarkable success made in the case of cotton yarn there seems to be no rea- son why a similar record should not be achieved with regard to woole n fabrics, At the opening of the Chirese Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong the Chinese colonel in command of the imperial forces at Kowloon on the mainland crossed over to the British dominign and presided at the ceremony. That looked so very much like an attempt on the part of the Chinese to interfere with Great Britain’s jurisdic- tion within the ceded territory that a sharp remonstrance was at once addressed by the Governor of Hongkong to the Viceroy of Canton. The result was a pub- lic reprimand for the colonel and an inti- mation that if he misbehaved similarly again he would be dismissed. A letter from Vladivostock jail has been received at Yokohama from Henry Ross, saying that he, Stephen Beeman and Ma- honey of 8 ‘rancisco and Edward Howe of Petaluma, sailors of the sealer Silver Fleece, are in jail for five months for being found in Russian waters without papers. He hopes and expects that they will all be freein July. He asks for newspapers and news of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, and says to address favors to ‘‘the Ameri- cansin jail,” Vladivostock. ‘Wholesale silk merchants are experienc- ing considerable trouble owing to the de- pression in trade and the steady fall in prices. Over 30,000 bales of silk are stocked in Yekohama, for which no buyers are forthcoming. The prospect is not cheer- ing, for business with America is entirely suspendcd at present, and the European demand extremely meager. i From the standpoint of national indus- try this is a significant period. As an evi- dence of the expansion of Japanese mari- time enterprise, it is noted that the Japan- ese steamer Tosa Maru hasdeparted on the ploneer voyage of the new service to Eu- rope. The goods shipped by her were un- expectedly numerous, her cargo reaching the limit of her capacity. THE HOLMES EXECUTION. A Scientist Is Refused Permission to Wit- ness It—The Murderer's So-Called Confession. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 8.—Hun- dreds of applications have been made for permission to witness the execution of Holmes, the murderer, who is to hang on May 7. The most interesting is that of Dr. Arthur Macdonald, the head of the Psycho-Neurologist department of the National Bureau of Edacation in Wash- ington. His study has been among crim- inals. Science has contrived an instru- ment which is known as the kymographi- con. 1t is for recording in visible lines buman emotion. With this machine the scientist wishes to ascertain the emotions of the convicted murderer just before he Roes to the gallows. Dr. Macdonald explained that it was in the interest of science and that he was act- ingin his official capacity. But the au- thorities have refused to grant the doctor’s request. Holmes was consulted, and de- clined to submit to such examination. The Sheriff says the prisoner is entitled to a quiet, peaceable hanging. The time of the condemned man is taken up chiefly with efforts to dispose of a state- ment which he has written purporting to be a true autobiography, or ‘‘confession,” asitis called. Itis said a New York pa- per has secured it for a large sum. e—— BALLINGTON AN MAUD, The Volunteer Commanders Ad- dress Two Immense Audi- ences at Chicago. Eva Booth Does Not Anticipate Many Desertions From the Regular Salvationists. CHICAGO, IrL., April 8.—Willard Hall, in the Woman’s Temple, was jammed at noon to-day with people who came to hear Ballington and Maud Booth, the com- manders of the Volunteers, they having been invited by the W. C. T. U. to address the usual noon hour meeting. The motto of his address was, “‘Our God, Our Country and Our Work.” He was followed by Mrs. Booth, and the hearts of those who crushed to see and hear the noted Salva- tionists were touched by her tenderness and pathos. No relerence was made to the old army. Although apparently wearied by their exertions since leaving New York, the commander and his wife addressed an- other immense audience to-night at the Oakland Methodist Church. Miss Eva Booth was in a bhappy mood when seen at the Salvation Army head- quarters this morning and spoke uncon- cernedly of the Ballington Booth demon- stration at the Auditorium. “I think there were a few of our soldiers at that meeting,” she said, ‘‘but if any of our officers join the new movement it will be only the weaker ones. We are receiving reésorts from all parts of the countr{ which indicate that the old army will stand true to the colors. England next week.” Miss Booth will remain_here until Com- mander and Mrs. lgoath-‘l‘u«:ker arrive next Saturday and until the new brigadier of the Northwest division assumes charge. At the Volunteers’ headquarters the claim was made that 800 Salvationists had joined the Volunteers from this division alone. They will be organized into corps near the old army halls in all parts of the city. Colonel Fielding will assume charge of the division to-morrow. ‘When Commander Booth was shown a dispatch irom New York alleging a recon- ciliation he said it was all bosh. e BULLETIN. Official Handicappers—New Profession- als—Accepted Records. PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 8.—The following is the official L. A. W, bulletin issued by Chairman Gideon: Official handicappers appointed — William Rosborough, St. Louis, Mo.; W. P. Morarity, Kansas City, Kaps,; F. B, Thrall, Ottumwa, Towa; W. Tobie, Portland, Me.; M. J. Fleck, Louisville, Ky.: N. R.Stevensou, Wheeling, W. Va.; R. A. Smyth, San Francisco; H. C. F. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal. Declared professionals Los Angeles, Cal., clause Oscar Lane, San Diego, Cal., ¢lause E; W, H. Palmer, San Diego, Cal., clause E. ¥ Sanctiong granted—May 9, Garden City Cy- clers, San Jose, Cal. Records accepted—W. W. Hamilton, ronedo, Cal., one mile 1:39 1.5, March 27, 1896. —_—— RECORDS FA AT CORONADO. I will leave for L. 4. Godfrey Schmidt, Co- paced, fiying start, Wheelmen of the Stearns Team Make Fast ZTime on Tandems. SAN DIEGO, CaL., April 8. — Two world’s bicycle records were broken this morning at Coronado by the speedy young men of the Stearns team now in training there. They were the half and the quar- ter mile tandem records, unpaced. The half mile was made by Randall and Schef- skiin :508-5. The best previous record was :52 3-5, made by Terrill and Taylor, on e ——— NEW TO-DAY. An unusual occurrence. Our 20 per cent reduction on French Bathrobes is a rare oc- currence and will last but a week. Profit by a peep into our Post street window. Too many . Sweaters—down for one week to $1.35, from $2. They're all wool, {four shades, in all sizes. Bike and outing Leather Belts —a big special, 25¢. In view ln. earny-street windows. In this instance haste pre- vents waste. <31-20-31-33_35-37 KEAR Mail order customers! Here's your chance, the same track on Marcy 2. Randall lives at Rochester, N. Y., and Schefski at Sait Lake City. Both have zssisted in break- ing tandemn records before. The quarter-mile taniem record was broken by Randall and Kiser of Dayton, Ohio, the «time being :232-5. The_best previous time was :24 3-5, made by Long and Delmas, at Sacraments on October 10, 1894. A perfect day, with scarcely s breath of air stirring, made the parform- ance of the two tandem teymsof double value to both men and wheel, for hereto- fore all tandem and short-distance records, unpaced, have besn made with the aid of a zale of wind. — Pacifio Coast Pensio WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—Pacific Coast pensions to-day were issued as fol- lows: C:luornia——Origiunl, Benton Jones, Sol- diers’ Home, Los Ai‘ngeles; William Woods, Veterans’ Howne, Napa. Oregon — (l)‘ri inal, James W. Paul, Dallas; William Byrne, Grants Pass. ‘Washington—Original, Wilson 8. Cavill, Shelton. - Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. 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