The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 1

?h'\s to be takel‘\ | the Library- e LIrER VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 147. MARCHED UPON THE MATABELES British Forces Engaged the Natives Who Beseige Buluwayo. MADE A RAPID SORTIE. Fierce and Deadly Fighting Along the Banks of the Umguza River, MANY OF THE SAVAGES SLAIN Heroic Acts of the Brave Defenders in Which Sacrifices Were Made to Save Companions. CAPE TOWN, SoutH AFRIcA, April 24.— A dispatch from Buluwayo dated April 23 says that Commander Duncan with 200 whites and 100 natives with Maxim and Hotchkiss guns met the Matabeles three miles out from Buluwayo. The details of the fizhting show that he defenders of Buluwayo decided to a sortie from that town and engage atives who were besieging it. L'he Sritisn partv wmet with no resistance until they re i the Umguza River where they came upon the enemy. The force from uwayo occupied the south bank of the river for a distance of a mile, while the Matabeles were stretched along the bank for four miles. h 100 natives, was stationed in the center, the Afrikanders formed the nd Guy’s scouts the right wing. 1 force crossed the river and n the Matabeles, who were ont- ked and dniven into the water. The enemy swarmed up and attempted to get the rear of the British, obliging the ikanders to gallop back to intercept Guy’s scouts fell into an ambush and had to make a rush to extricate themselves fronf the Matabeles, who were pouring a hot fire into them. There were many instances of personal hercism. Trooper Baxter, seeing Corporal Wise severely wounded and bis horse shot from under him, jumped from his own horse and helped Wise to mount him, thus enabling the corporal to escape. Baxter gave his life for his friend, for shortly after Wise's escape he was killed by a stroke from an assegai, hurled from one of the ambushed foe. Guy had a narrow escape, a bullet grazing hus scalp. Lieutenant Hood was severely and Lieutenant Crewe slightly wounded. ‘The latter insisted that Hood should take his horse, and Hood, after some demur, did so and effected his escape. Crewe also got away without further injury, but had great difficulty in escaping Baxter’s fate. The Hotchkiss and Maxim guns became jammed early in the fight. They were only fired twice. Had it not been for this the loss of the Matabeles would have been far heavier than it was. The horse that Belous was rding was killed in mid- stream and the rider barely escaped with his life. All the troops were cool and plucky. They drove the enemy up the river, inflicting heavy loss upon them. The exact number of the killed and wounded Matabeles is not known. The Matabeles were in full retreat and were being closely pursued by the British and their native allies when the order was given for the latter to fall back to Buluwayo, it being feared that a much stronger force would be met with. The Government has cautioned the offi- cers to act on the defensive only until re- enforcements shall have arrived, It is thought here that the sortie will prevent the natives from attempting to attack the town, which it was their evident intention to do. There is no truth in the report that the British were defeated. The only basis for it was a statement in the first dis- patches that the British had been driven into the river. Later details make no mention of this, and it is thought that the statement was a mistaken one, for the British crossed the river to reach the enemy at close quarters. It is reported that a large number of Boer wagons, conveying ammunition and other field requisites, are leaving Pretoria, the capital of the Transyaal. Their desti. nation is unknown. . Earl Grey, the newly appointed admin- istrator of the British South Africa Com. pany, who is at Palla on - his way to Pa- lapy, has sent a dispaich to the <ompany stating that he has very good reasons to believe that the defenders of Buluwayo will be able to hold the position until the arrival of re-enforcements. EaMteREtEe PLEAD GUILTY OF TREASON. But Reformers Had No Hostile Inten! Against the Transvaal. PRETORIA, SourH AFrRrica, April 24— Colorel Rhodes, Lionel Philllps and George Farrar, members of the Johannes- burg Reform Commiitee, who were ar- rested 1 Johannesburg and brought here for trial, have pleaded gnilty of treason under the first count of the indictment against them. The other members of the committee jointly convicted with Rho/és— Phillips and Farrar—pleaded guilty of lese majeste. but withont hostile intent against the ifdependence of the Transvaal repub- lic. The case was adjourned until Rhodes, Farrar and Phillips can prepare and hand in written pleas, when the prisoners wili be seutenced. LONDON, Exc., April 24.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Pretoria saying that the prosecution with- drew all the counts of the indictments ex- cept those to which the defendants pleaded guilty. Messrs. Hammond and Curtis, who ere sick and who were released on bail, were not present at the proceedings. It is expected that they will attend Men- day. The dispatch adds that tie prosecn- tion was conducted in a fairly dispassion- ate manner, and that no vindictive feel- the defendants were actnated by cogent reasons in pleading guilty, and that these reasons will be published shortly. SOLD JEWELRY TO HIMSELF. Daring Frauds of an Agent That Cause the Failure of a New York Dealer. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 24.—The police are looking for Charies Querin, who was an agent of the Eagle Jewelry Com- pany, of which Frank Pollatchek was the proprietor. Mr. Pollatchek, who made an | assignment for the benefit of his creditors | last Wednesday, says that his financial coliapse followed the discovery that Quer- in had by means of bogus checks defrauded him in the last few months of $17,000. Querin has not been seen since last Monday. Pollatchek said last evening that he had employed Querin several months ago, and had given to him large quantities of dia- mond jeweiry on memorandum. The new agent made surprisingly quick sales, and every week gave his employer a check for the amount be was supposed to have col- lected. Querin's check was returned stamped ‘no funds” last week, and then he disappeared. Then Pollatchek began an investigation. He went in search of some of the persons to whom he supposed Querin had sold goods, and was surprised to find that no such persons had ever lived at the ad- dresses given. Then it was, according to the story of Mr. Pollatchek, that the man- ner of the operations of the agent were disclosed to him. For months Querin had been industri- ously selling jewelry to himself, making out forged bills of sale and keeping up the small weekly payments. Pollatchek found that the agent had disposed of $22,000 worth of jewelry to himself, paying $7000. When he finally took his departure he had about §14,000 worth and also about $3000 worth more on memorandum, of which he had made no returns whatever. It was the discovery of these alleged peculations which forced Pollatchek to make an | assignment. He expects shortly to re- sume business. e AR A ‘BLOWII DOWN BY A CYCLOKE. Houses in Roanoke County, Va., Razed and Many Colored People Injured. ROANOKE, Va., April 24.—This after- noon about 4:30 o’clock a cyclone, accom- panied by hail and a very heavy rainfall, struck the city of Salem, seven miles west of here, and, hesides blow- ing down several barns, unroofing outhouses and uprooting trees, demolished two houses, in one of which a family of eight colored people resided, all of whom and three visitors were in the house at the time of the disaster. Jane Harris and her 5-vezr-old son were taken from the ruins dead, and of the others four were badly injured, one, a 4-year-old girl, being fatally hurt. While considerabie damage was done to property in other places in Roanoke County no further loss of life is reported. B e T SUICIDE OF TWO GIRLS. They Died by Drowning in the Mill. pond. MENOMINEE, Wis,, April 24.—Edna Varney and Emma Cunningham, aged 18 and 15 years respectively, committed sui- cide by drowning in the millpond at Downsville, nine miles south of this eity. They were last seen on Tuesday evening. Their bodies were found yesterdav. A cloak, watch and bottle of laudanum were found on the bank of the milldam. Letters have also been found which throw some light on the cause of the double suicide. The names of prominent parties are mentioned in the letters. Let- ters were also found on their persons con- fessing they had gone astray, and had de- cided to drown themselves. The placeand names of parties implicated in their down- fall are likewise given. = As to the Gold Clause. OMAHA, NepR. April 24 — Judge | Keyser of the District Court has given ous a statement that the report sent ont in press dispatches that he had decided that the gold clause in a mortgage cannot be enforced. It appears he only refused to decree payment in gold because the mort- gage in question gave the debtor the option of paying in go!d or its equivalent, and the testimony showed other forms of money to be of equal value with gold at thistime. It is to be inferred from the Judge’s statement that he would enforce a gold clause, L Bire and Son Fight. TUNION CITY, Pa, April 24—Simon Hasselbach, aged 70, and his son, William, aged 85, engaged in a quarrel to-day. Both | were drunk. The young man attempted to kill his father with un ax, and the old man shot his son and then sent a bullet | through his own temple. Both will die. DEFENDER AND VALKYRIE Pians for Racing the Swift Yachts in American Waters This Summer, W. K. Vanderbilt Arranges for the International Contest With Harry McAlmont. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 24.—Yachts- men will probably be surprised and ple'xud o hear that there isevery probabil- ity of the Defender and Valkyrie [II meet- ing sagain this summer in American waters. The fact that W. K. Vanderbilt has as- sumed active control of the Defender was confirmed to-day, and there is a well- authenticated report that Harry McAl- mont, who was associated with Lord Dun- raven in the Valkyrie venture for tho America cup, has gained ownership of the British yacht. When Mr. Vanderbilt was in the Medit- erranean recently on the Valiant, it is said, be was introduced to Mr. McAlmont, and after some little talk the latter gen- tleman agreed to race the Valkyrie against the Defender in a series of races, and that this. more than anything else, caused Mr., Vanderbiit’s return to America a few days ago. Execution of a Negro. MALVERN, Azk., April 24 —Marshal] Anderson (colored) was hanged here to- ing was apparent. It is understood that day for the murder of his brother-in-law, Tom Hinson, September 8, . PRICE FIVE CENT! TOO MUCH OF A LOAD. GRAVE DANGER OF REVOLUTION Most Acute Is the Crisis Now Prevailing in France. YET WITHOUT A CABINET So Far Leading Statesmen Re- fuse to Select a New Ministry. DENUNCIATION OF THE SENATE Paraders, Headed by Socialist Depu- ties, Come in Coaflict With the Police. LONDON, Exe., April 24.—The Morning Post’s Paris correspondent hints at the be- ginning of a revolutionary era. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs that the crisis is the most acute of any that has prevailed since 1877. He adds that a curious factor is the im- vending arrival of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria from St. Petersburg. The Bourgeois Cabinet had already pro- vided for his official Teception, and now there is some anxiety for French prestige if there should be no Government to re- ceive Russia’s protege. Hence there is a great desire to form a Cabinet rapidly. President Faure has suggested that MM, Bourgeois and Sarien try to form a co- alition Ministry. MM. Petral and Poin- care, whom the President consulted, have refused to attempt to construct a Cabinet. Rumors and conjectures abound. States. men who were present at the last Cabinet council expressed the opinion in conversa- tion with the correspondent of the Daily News that the crisis would not be ended until the National Assembly should meet. PARIS, FraxcE, April 24.—A monster meeting was heid to-night at Tivoli Hall under socialist auspices to denounce the action of the senate which resulted in the overthrow of the Bourgeois Ministry, Thousands of people were unable to gain admission to the hall. MM. Pelletan, Jaures and Vaillani, socialist members of the Chamber of Deputies, spoke. Those present became greatly excited and there was much disorder, which continued after ihe meeting was closed. The crowd, which was frenzied, shouted, ‘“‘Down with the Senate!” and attempted to make a rush for the boulevards. In this, however, they were generally prevented by the police, who arrested a number of the more dem- onstrative. Several persons were injured. A few groups managed to reach the boulevards where they paraded and shouted against the Senate. Among those arrested was 8. M. Guerrin, editor of the Libre Parole, a Socialist organ. The police came into violent colli- sion with Deputies Juares and Sembat, who headed a section of the paraders. The Senate to-day unanimously voted the Madagascar credits, which they had refused to grant to the Bourgeois Ministry, ek Flavin Succeeds Sewton. DUBLIN, IRELAND, April 24.—The elec- tion in the north division of Kerry to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the resignation of Thomas Sex- ton (anti-Parnellite) took place yesterday and resulted in the election of Flavin (anti-Parnellite) for the position. —_—— Frotest of Powers. ¢ CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, April 24. Dragomans of the six embassies, German, French, British, Italian, Russian and Aus- trian, communicated in concert yesterday Affairs, settingforth that the nomination of a Mohammedan Governor of Zeitoun is a breach of the scheme of reforms which the Porte has already accepted and calling on the Porte to fulfill its agreement. The dragomans ins.sted that the matter should be immediately taken under con- sideration and it is now receiving atten- tion of the Porte. e g Vigilance of the Turks. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, April 24.—The Turkish Government will estab- lish a naval station on the Gulf ot Iskan- deroon to prevent the importation of arms to Armenians and also to watch the foreign squadrons, especially the British. Two torpedo-boats, a transport and four obsolete wooden vessels will be employed on the station. Defensive posts and watch-towers will be erected on the coast of the villayets Adana and Aleppo. S s Canadian High Commissioner. OTTAWA, ONTARIO, April 24.—At a Cab- net meeting to-night Sir Donald Smith, member of Parliament for Montreal West, was appointed Canadian High Comamis- sioner to Great Britain, replacing Sir Charles Tupper, who assumes the premier- ship of Canada. 2 For Elections in Ontario. OTTAW A, ONTaRIO, April 24.—A royal proclamation was issued this afternoon dissolving Parliament. Writs for the general election were also issued. The ?on\inalions will be made on the 16th of une. FLIGHT OF AGENT CARPENTER. Left Traces Evidently Prepared to ‘Make the Public Believe He Had Been Murdered. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., April 24.—The sudden disappearance of L. A. Carpenter, the general agent of the Prudential Insur- ance Company,from his home in this city, leaving behind traces evidently prepured to make the public think he was murdered, developed a new feature tu-day. It was found that he was not only heayily in debt, but had his life insured for several tbhousand dollars, and was a forger of numerous notes on which he has realized within the past few days. There is also reason for thinking that Carpenter has gone to the Colorado gold fields. His family do not believe that he has been murdered. FLEEING ROBBERS SHOT. Tlley Blew Up a Safe in a Postoffice and Aroused the Whole Town. Pursued While Escaping on a Train and Two Captured After Ex- changing Bullets. HAZELTON, Pa., April 24.—An excit- ing shooting affray occurred at White Haven this morning, when a posse of citi- zens attacked a band of robbers who were fleeing from Mauch Chunk. Shortly aiter midnight five men gained an entrance to the East Mauch Cbunk postoffice. They blew open the safe with dynamite. The noise aroused the citizens, and the robbers were chased away before they secured any plunder, and they boarded & Jersey Cen- tral freight train. Chief of Police Transnue of White Ha- ven was notified, and collecting a posse he flagged the train. The robbers were dis- covered in one of the cars and answered the summons to surrender with their re- volvers. One of the robbers dashed for the door and was mistaken by a companion tor an officer and was shot in the hip. He tumbled ount on the track followed by another man, who was struck by a deputy with his gun. The fellow ran and was shot. He went over the embankment and disappeared in the river and it is believed was drowned. Blood stains on the tracks show that he was wounded. Another memper of the gang was captured by another deputy and the others escaped during the excitement. The two men in custody to-day refused to give their names or say where they came from. No papers were found on them, but a quantity of dyramite, fuse, with Tewfik Pasha, Minister of Foreign lu“ and revolvers were ' taken from them. PERISH IN THE FELDS OF CANE, prevent rescue before reaching the city and mob violence afterward., The lower class of Spaniards gather about each batch of prisoners and elamor for their blood as they pass through the streets to the ferry to Cabanas Fortress or Moro Castle. The court-martial before which the prisoners are tried is a perfunc- tory affair composed of five military men, who order the death penalty under Wey- ler’s decree that all insurgents are bandits and incendiaries and deserving of death. The prisoners have no opportunity to make a defense, and all Cubans in the rebel armies know that capture means death. Most of those brought in, it seems, have been wounded, cut off from they columns or caught without arms. "¥hen con- demned to death they are given twenty- four or forty-eight hours to prepare for the end. They are given what they want to eat, and are placed in the chapel at Cabanas Fortress with priests in constant attendance for the last twelve hours. Most of the Cuban patriots who have paid the extreme penalty since Weyler has teen here bave died bravely. I saw three of them meet their fate last Friday morn- ing. They were Jose Bascallao and Estiva Hernandez (white) and Gregorio Borges (colored). During the night before the execution Bascallao made several feigned atrempts to escape from the chapel, hoping that the guards would shoot him down, preferring that to public execution. The guards forced him back each time without firing at him. I crossed the bay a few moments after 6 o’clock on the morning set for the execu- tion. It took place promptly at 7. The three men, escorted by a file of soldiers and supported by an order of lay brethren of the Catholic church, were taken from the chapel to a space between the outer and the inner walls and at the eastern end of the fortress, where a battalion of Spanish regulars formed three sides of a square. The fourth side was the main wall of the fortress. In frontof that the prison- ers’ arms were tied behind their backs and they were led out. Just outside the square a hundred people had gathered to witness the execution of the rebels, most of them Spaniards. On the walls of the fortress 200 or 300 soldiers were grouped where a good view could be obtained. I heard no expression of pity from the spectators for the men who knelt with the priests and prepared for the end. A young lieuten- ant of the guard, who was ordered out to do the shooting, however, askea to be ex- cused. He was a Cuban, serving in the Spanish army. Another officer took his place. The men knelt facing the wall and with their backs toward the firing squad. They showed no signs of flinching. A file of soldiers, twelve in number, was drawn up about ten paces away. Four men were Retreating Insurgents Meet Death in Flames They Started. PURSUED BY SPANIARDS. But There Is a Possibility That the Killed Were Not Combatants, PRISONERS OF WAR ARE SHOT. General Weyler Carrying Out His Policy of Treating All Rebels as Brigands. HAVANA, Cusa, April 24.—Official ad- vices received here state that Colonel Al- dea, while in pursuit of parties of rebels, encountered several bands of them on the Carmen estate, near Sabanilla, in the province of Matanzas. The insurgents were fleeing from an attack which had been made upon them by the Rey column. The troops charged upon the rebels on all sides, forcing them to take refuge in the cane fields, which were burning fiercely, and many of them perished in the flames which they themselves had started. The troops continued in pursuit of the fleeing rebels, killing many of them. Twenty-:hree dead insurgents were left behind, and it is believed more than that number perished in the cane fields. Others than Government authorities assert that the affair was similar to many others which have occurred wherein unarmed men were killed. The official report say the troops had one man killed and one wounded. Colonel Francis reports that the rebels fired upon the rear guard of his line near Mariel, but retreated as soon as the troops returned the fire. Captain Medina Lajas, with a force of guerillas, together with the forces of Vizcaya, dislodged the enemy from the estate of Estrella, near Cienfue- gos, of which the Bpanish took possession. The rebels lost twelve killed and the troops lost one wounded. Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen who was acquitted yesterdav of the charge of kidnaping a Spaniard named De Castro, is still held in prison here penaing the de- cision of the Supreme Court in Madrid upon his conviction and sentence last De- cember, to life imprisonment in the mines of Ceuta, Africa, for the crime of rebellion. General Weyler is satisfied that nothing in the line of intervention or recognition of belligerency may be looked for from Washingion, at least for the present, and the public executions of prisoners of war which were suspended for a time have been resumed. - There is supposed to be a gen- eral uladérstanding amonyg commanders of Spanish columris that no prisoners are to be taken in engagements in the field. " All Cuban patriots who fall into the hands of the: troops through being wounded, or some other reason, are liable to be shot at once and counted with the number killed in battle. Some of the Spanish commanders act according to this understanding, but others decline to slay unarmed and wounded men and deliver their prisoners to . General Weyler in Havana. Many of these so-called pris- oners of war never carried a gun or en- gaged in battle, but were taken from plan- tations or small towns: or hamlets in the interior where the Spaniards assume that all men are rebels, and are not far from being right. The prisoners are brought to lHnlns, bound and strongly guarded to ordered to aim at each prisoner, There was an interval of silence when all was ready. The officers raised their swords, there was a rattle of musketry and the men fell forward on their faces. Hernandez and Bascallao showed signs of life. A sergeant with his revolver gave Hernandez an extra shot, the tiro de gracia, as it is called. He was obliged to fire twice at Bascallao before it was over. The lay brothers carried the bodies to Havana and buried them in pauper burial grounds. J. FRANK CLARK. At o THEY HELD THE FORT. Spanish Forces Sent to the Relief of Zanya Just in Time. MADRID, Sparw, April 24.—A dispatch to the Imparcial from Havana says General Gonzales,who sailed from Manzanillo with a large force, landed near Fort Zanya and marched to the relief of that place. The fort had been besieged for five days by 300 rebels under Rabi, whose guns were served by Americans. When General Gonzales relieved the fort its garrison was in a des- perate plight. The supply of water was running short and the stores had been burned. Three times the Spaniards had been summoned to surrender, but each time they refused. According to the dispatch, which comes from official sources, only eight of the de- fenders of the forl were wounded, while on the first day of the siege thirty-three rebels were killed. e e Aty NOT AFRAID OF CLEVELAND. Spaniards Do Not Think He Will Recog- mize the Cubans. LONDON, ENg., April 24.—The Standard will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Madrid stating that after the Cabinet council that was held on rriday Prime Minister Canovas del Oastillo said that neither the Government nor tne insur- gents were aware that President Cleveland harbored an idea of recognizing the rebels as belligerents. The military situation in Cuba, he added, was more satisfactory. There were symptoms that the insurgents lacked ammunition and other resources. Fifteen hundred people in one province bad submitted and the Government was bound to assist such as these. FORGERS ARE SET FREE Charles Becker and James Cre- gan Escorted by Officers From Philadelphia. Most of the Money in Their Possession Attached by the Swindled Banks. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 24.—Ac- companied by a voluntary escort repre- venting the city detective bureau, Charles Becker and James Cregan, the professional forgers and check-raisers who were ar- rested here Saturday night, were yester- day hastened to the Pennsylvania Rail- road statioh, where they took a train for New York. Magistrate Sonth found that he could not hold them under the professional thieves act,so he warned them to leave town forthwith, which they were glad to do. Of the $1700 which they had at the time of their arrest they were given only suffi- cient money to buy tickets to New York. The remainder has been attached by vie- timized banks at San Francisco, which are alleged to have lost $20,000 through this couple. SRR B Reports of a Lynching. KNOXVILLE, Texx., April 24.—Itis re- ported that a mob bad lynched C. H. Givens, the wife-murderer, at Dandridge. and are coming here after Haven, his ac- complice, MILITIA DRIVEN OFF SAND ISLAND Regulars Take a Hand in the Columbia River War. GUARDS MADE TO GO. Are Given the Alternative of Evacuating Quickly or Be- ing Thrown Off. CHOOSE THE SIMPLER METHOD Fishtraps Along the Island to Be Removed on Orders From Washington. ASTORIA, Or., April 24.—Lieutenant Stranb of the Fifth Artillery, United States army, took possession of Sand Island yesterday with a detail of eighteen men, and drove the Washington militia, which has been in possession for the past ten days guarding fish traps, off the island. The militiamen are accused of in- timidating fishermen, and protecting Washington State trapmen who placed traps in the open channel of the Columbia River, contrary to the directions of the United States engineers, at the same time occupying the Sand Island Government reserve, within the original State line of Oregon off the island. The Oregon au- thorities were very conservative, simply directing the attention of the Federal Government to the acts of the Washing- ton militia under the open direction of Governor McGraw. United States engineers made a hasty re- survey of Sand Island to be sure it con- formed to the old lines. The post com- mandant at Fort Canby was directed to clear S8and Island of Washington militia, take possession, permit no one to approach the island nearer than low-water mark. The officer, to be polite, delivered to the militia officer in charge orders to evacuate. The militia officer refused until he had consulted his superiors. When the com- mandant of the post had this reported to him he sent officers back with an order for the militia to prepare to leave within twenty minrvtes, or they would be thrown off: This hurried the militia and in a few hours they were back to the Washington shore. Lieutenant Straub, with a detail, took possession and is now in charge. It is reported on good authority, but not officially substantiated, that orders have been given to have all traps along Sand Istand removed. BAKERSFIELD STRIFE. Repeated Arrest of a Liguor-Dealer at the Instance of the Law and Order Society. BAKERSFIELD, CaL., April 24.—For some time a determined warfare has been waged "here against dives by an organiza- tion of citizens. For a short time last year all the disorderly places were closed, owing to the efforts of this organization, and no- torious ‘“‘Big Bertha,”” who kept the most aisreputable house, was driven from town. Several months ago, however, two places were opened. Last week, after a hard fight, the Supervisors revoked their licenses and both were closed. One is said to belong to San Francisco breweries and isrun by one Holmes. After being closed for one night he reopened the place. He was arrested, but persisted in keeping open. Last night two attachments were filed for debts due here and the place was closed. San Francisco breweries are represented here by R. G. Morrison, and he conducts a place where bottled beer is sold. The lead- ers of the Law and Order Society ascer- tained on Tuesday that he bad no license, and accordingly on Wednesday Rev. J. W. Phillips, a Congregational minister and a leader in the purity movement, swore put a warrant and had Morrison arrested. He gave bonds but refused to get a license. On Thursday he was rearrested, gave bonds and continued to defy the law. To- aay another warrant was sworn out. This wifi be kept up every day until he either shuts up Eis place or takes out a license. He claims that the breweries directed him not to take out a license, and threatens to retaliate by having the Law and Order So- ciety leaders arrested for malicious prose- cution. —_—— BERING SEA PATROL. But One British Vessel to Assist the Six American Cutters. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., April 24.— H. B. M. fourth-rate protected gunboat Pheasant, Captain Garfort, dropped anchor here at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The visit is for the purpose of conferring with Cap- tain Hooper of the American Bering Sea squadron 1n relation to plans for a success- ful and systematic policing of the north- ern seas against the ravages of pelagic sealers. The bulk of the work will fall upon the shoulders of Uncle Sam, who is sending six vessels north as against the Pheasant, which, alone and unaided, will look after British interests during the closed season. It is probable that the Pheasant will take an assignment the same as the revenue cutters, making her headquarters at_Unalaska, which will also be the point of direction for the Federal vessels. The Pheasant returns to Esqui- malt to-morrow at noon to coal and provi- sion in time to accompany the United States vessels, which sail from here on May 2 SALT RIVER VALLEY PLAGUE. Thousands of Swine Lost by the Spread ing of an Epidemio. TUCSON, Ariz., April 24.—The swin- plague is rayaging herds in the Salt River Valley. Over 8000 swine have died. The area infected covers sixteen square miles, There are said to be 125,000 hogs in the valley. The lossthus far is $100,000. Quar- antine has been ordered by the Livestock Sanitary Commissioner. e ] For Interesting Pacific Coast Teles grams See Pages 3 and ¢