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o = e ———— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1896. Castillo a short time ago. The matter was considered in all its aspects and it was finally agreed that as the reierences to Cuba in the message affected the Cortes they must be read before that body. The Cortes’ is not in session now, and unless an extraordinary session is called it will not meet for some weeks. The Cabinet arrived at no decision as to when the mes- sage should be read. Admiral Beranger, Minister of Marine, submitted requests for money for the pur- chase of coal and for other naval pur- poses, and these were granted. U S AT NEBRASKANS ARE ALOUSED, Zhey Protest Against Spain’s Fiendish Warfare in Ouba. LINCOLN, NEBr., Dec. 22.—Governor Holcomb was unable to be present at the Cuban mass-meeting held to-night, but sent an extended letter expressing sym- pathy with tke movement and his hearty approval of the agitation in Congress and elsewhere looking to the relief from Span- ish oppression of the inhabitants of the island. The meeting was largely attended and intense earnestness was manifested. At the close of a number of speeches, the most extended of which was delivered by Captain L. W. Billingsley, a Federal offi- cial, resolutions were adopted which de- | clare in effect that the toleration of pillage, devastation and butchery perpetrated by the Spanish army against innocent non- combatants, under the gunise of warfare, almost within view of the shores of a great republic, without efforts to termi- nate the same, is a matter 6f deepest hu- miliation to people who love liberty and | jastice. The alleged assassination of General Maceo is declared a crime on a level with thoae of savages beyond the pale of civili- zation, and the ‘‘conservative and repres- sive policy which permits an oppressor 1o equip his armies on our shores and denies that right to the oppressed is to be con- demned.” In conclusion the resolutions urge Ne- ‘braska representatives in Congress to use their influence and votes for the according of belligerent rights to the Cubans. e ) ATTACK A SPANISH CONSULATE. Cuban Sympathizers in a Mexican Town Become Demonstrotive, SAN D1EGO, CAL., Dec. 22.—The Cuban war fever is at a strong pitch in sev ral parts of Mexico. Thatrepublic, not less than the free man of the United States, is in strong sympathy with the fighters for liberty on the island. On account of the large number of Spaniards in Mexico and the antipathy in which they are held the feeling runs much higher than iu the United States. The Mexicans hate their cousins across the watercordially. In the City of Mexico there have been more than a dozen personal encounters prominent men on account of the Cuban guestion, and in the city of San Luis Potosi the feeling runs so high that serious trouble is threatened. Last Wednesday night a mob gathered in that city inflamed by a circular said to have been written by a Spaniard, defam- ing Mexicars and Mexican institutions, especialiy in reference to the part taken in sympathy with the Cubans. The circular precipitated a small riot. The crowd gathered early in the evening, constantly growing in number, until at 10 ¢'clock it had reached the proportions of a mob that swept everything before it. The mob gathered in front of the Spanish Consulate and threatened to demolish the structure, but was finally controlled by one or two cooler heads. Banners in- scribed with liuge red letters were flaunted before the Consulate, and viclent talk and insults were bandied. The Spanish Consul was in great peril, and appealed to the authorities to protect bim. The mob finalily left, after severe meas- ures had been taken by the police, and vlans were hurriedly made to disperse any subsequent gathering. The Spanish Consul officially remonsirated with the | Governor of the State, General Diez Gutierrez, against the hostile demonstra- tion. The National Government is fearful of an outbreak that will assume danger- ous proporiions. e COLONEL CESPEDES RETURNS. Although Still on Crutches He Will Ke- swumne the ‘Batile for Freedom. NEW YORK, N. Y., Der. 22—Among the passengers who arrived from Kings- ton were Enrique Cespedes of the Cuban army, who was wounded in battle last summer and succeeded in getting through the Spanish liues, arriving in New York from Nassau. In November he went to Jamaica to restore his health. Learning of Maceo’s death he returned to New York in order to make his way back to the Cuban army. The colonel still uses crutches, but hopes to discard them shortly and again participate actively against the Spaniards. Robdrd Former Employers. CHATTANOOGA, Tesx., Dec. 22 — Benjamin F. Ragsdale, until recently as- sistant ticket agentin the local office of the Nashville, Chatianooga and St. Louis Railroad, who resigned ostensibly to as- cept a better position in Boise City, Idaho, has been arrested in Boi<e City on a charge of robbing his former employers. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF CONSIDERATION Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill Passed. Some Members of the House | Make a Vigorous Assault on the Civil Service. President Cleveland’s Action in Ex. tending the Scope Meets With Severe Criticism. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—At 3:40 this afternoon the House adjourned for the holiday recess, having then disposed of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation till after four davs’ consid- eration. [t was passed just as reported | from the Committee on Appropriations, with the single exception that the salary of the librarian of Congress was reduced from §6000 to $5000, and this after it had been antagonized by the joint committee on library and the opponents ox the eivil service law in a discussion running over | three davs. The bill carries a total ap- | propriation of $21,668,370 and provides for 10,065 salaries. To-day’s session was de- voted to a discussion of the appropriation for the Civil Service Commission, and un- der it the law and administration thereof were most vigorously attacked. The prin- | cipal speakers were Baker (R.) of New Hampshire, Gibson (R.) of Tennessee and Williams (D.) of Mississippi. The law was upheld by Brosius (R.) of Pennsylva- nia and Walker (R.) of Massachusetts. A motion to strike ott the appropriation failed—ayes 29, noes 62. This was the only vote counted, otber propositions to | amend the provision being setiled in the negative viva voce. The House agreed to the Senate amend- ment to the urgent deficiency bill. On motion oi Cooper (D.) of Texas the House bill was passed amending the act authorizing railroad companies whose lines run through the Indian Territory to | secure additional depot grounds. The biil between | was intended, it was stated, largely lor the benefit of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Compeany, which under its char- ter is permitted to charge 5 cents a mile for passenger travel, while all other roads traversing the Territory are restricted to 3 cents. The House on motion of Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania went into committee of the whole, Hepburn (R.) of Iowa in the chair, to further consider the legisiative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, the appropriation for the Civil Service Commission being the pending ques:ion. Gibson (R.) of Tennessee spoke against the present law, and Baker (R.) of New Hampshire foilowed in a speach upon a proposed amendment authorizing heads of departments to reappoint to places with- out examination employes who mav have been discharged for causes not sffecting their wmoral characters or efficiency. The present law, he said, was not a reform. It had been passed under misrepresenta- tion and executed in deceit. Ithad never been honest or sincere. Brosiu- (R.) of Pennsylvania, cbairman of the Committee on Civil Service Reform and Retrenchment, replied to the criti- cisms that had been-made by the preceli- ing speakers, and bis defense of the merit eystem aroused a number of the members. The usual animated colloquy attending civil service discussion for a short time raged on the floor, In answer to a question by Cannon (R.) of Illinois Brosius stated that he would not retain any part of civil service under the spoils system, believing 1t to bein- trinsically bad, iniquitous, inequitable and absolutely vernacular. While commending the action of Presi- dent Cleveland in his recent order extend- ing the classified service, Brosius de- nounced in unmeasured terms the preliminary action of the administration, leading up to that_action. Tnis brought up by McMiilin (D.) of Tennessee, who alluded to the suspension by President Harrison immediately after his inaugura- tion of the order issued by President Cleveland placing the railway mail service under the civil service law, and he asked Brosius what he thought of that. Brosius responded that in that instance the order resulted in a great and conspicuous im- provement in-the public service. When Cleveland issue | that order the railway service was a chaos, owing to the intro- duction of incompetent clerks by the Democratic administration. After the Harrison administration began restoring old and efficient clerks the average of errors decreased. The committes rose informally and the House received a message from the Senate transmitting ths urgent deficiency bill with a sli ht amendment. This was agreed to by the House, and the bill -now goes to the President. Resuming the sitting of the committee NEW TO-DAY. "APENTA" THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER: Bottled at the UJ HUNYADI Springs, Buda Pest, Hungary, Under the absolute control of the Royal Hungarian Chemical Instituts Ministry. of Agriculture), Buda Pest. “We know of no Sprizz which shows so great richness in Mineral Salts, or which combines such advantage®, as this water. “‘Professor Dr. R. C. 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The object of this debate, he said, was plain; it was to make way or to prepare the country for an executive order or proclamation to be inaugurated March 4 next by which clerks appointed under this administration and supposed to be pro- tected by the civil service law may be dml- missed and their places filled by political antagonists. Walker (R.) of Massachusetts supported the civil service law and said in his opin- ion the most pernicious thing in the mat- ter of appoiniments was Congressional in- fluence. 4 Powers believed in the merit system in the public service, but was opposed to the fraudulent civil service reform which had been foisted ipon the American peo- ple. It was un-American, modeled after the British system. tended to the estab- lishment of classes in the country and made office-holders for the office. There was nothing but polities in the civil service reform of this administration. The President had waited until informed that every Rerubiican in a great depart- ments had been displaced by a Democrat and then issued his order putting all those positions under the classified service. In the customs service in California there was not a_single Republican left, and not one of their successors had been selected under examination. And vet they formed boards to examine all appli- cants who shall come after them. It was the widest extended scheme to secure par- tisan control of offices ever known. General debate was closed in a brief speech by Neill (D.) of Arkansas against the bill, Settle (R.) of North Carolina moved to strike out the appropriation for the Civil Service Commission. The niotion was lost despite manife<tations of approval—29 1o 62. Ot .er eff rts to amend the section were futile, and the committee ordered a favorable report of the bill as it was drarted by the Appropriations Committee, with the single chance of the librarian’s salary from $6000 to $5000. The bill was so reported and passed with- out division. A concurrent resolution was agreed to directing the printing of 1500 copies of a statement givine detailed information re- garding the public service. At 3:40 o’clock the House adjourned until January 5. RE1UL -8 Major McKinley Had a Most Enjoyabie Visit in Chicago. CHICAGO, Irn., Dec. 22.—Major Mc- Kinley ieft Chicego to-night in a special car attached 1o th: regular Pennsylvania vrain which departs at 11:30. The train is duein Canton at-1:35 Wednesaay after- noon. Major McKinley was accompanied by his wife, Miss Sara Duncan, a neice, and Captain H. O. Heistand. Before his departure Major McKinley said that his visit to Chicago had been an enjoyable one, ana had benefited both himself and Mrs. McKinley. He also remarked that he expected few callers at Canton during the holidays, This afternoon Major McKinley drove 20 CANTON. with his wife and Captain and Mrs. Macwilliams to one of the great stores. A number of the party went into the building to make a purchase, and in less than three min- utes employes and cu-tomers came stream- ing forth to see the President-elect. The street was speedily blockaued, and it was a quarter of an hour before traffic was resumed. Owing to the fact that it was announced that Major McKinley had left the city last evening, aside from the incident just mentioned, ne found this the most restful day of his visit to Chicago. BRI g THURSTON ND SHOUP. Tney Are Anwious for This Coast to Be Represented in the Cabinet. CLEVELAND, Oxnro, Dec. 22.—Senator Thurston of Nebraska, Senator Shoup of ldaho and Secretary of State McFarlane of Jowa were in the city to-day and each paid a visit to M. A. Hanna. This evening, to a United Associated Presses reporter, they said their cail on Mr. Hanna was of a purely social char- acter. Both, however, seemed deeply in- terested in the pending tariff legisiation and in a candidate for Postrnaster-Gen- eral. They denied thatthese subjects had been discussed with Mr. Hanna, how- ever. Pacific Coast representation in tke Cabi- net was favored by both the Senators, though each had a different candiaate for the same position. Senator Thurston talked of M. H.de Young for the Post- master-Generalship and Senator Shoup named Senator Perkins of California for that office. Secretary McFarlane was very much inclined to say nothing at all about the object of his visit, but among the local Cabinet-fixers he iscredited with an active interest in tne possible appointment of Senator Allison to a place in the Cabinet. g FIGRITING IN 1HE PHILIPPINES, Tactics of the Rebels to Tire Out the Spanish Troops. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Manila, via Honekong, says: I have just reiurned from the scene of operations. The affair at Maycauayun was trivial, the rebels, numbering: 4000, scarcely firing. That very few prisoners were taken goes to show that they were wretchedly armed. No pursuit was made, and, except a few who were killed by shells, all escaped east- ward to the hills. The Spanish troops behaved well, but ihe action was really no test. The rebels’ tactics are to tire the Spanish troops by constant alarms, retreating from a supe- rior force and refusing an engagement on equal terms. The affair at Maycauayun was intended to divert attention from Cavite. General Polavieja bas already cleared the Bulacan villages that were occupied by the rebels. Among the prisoners awaiting trial there are native priests, one the chapiain of a bishop, whose throat was to be cut while asleep. i EL e S ARE WAREHOUSEMEN ONLY. Elevator Companies Have No Right to Speculate in Grain. CHICAGO, Irn, Dec. 22.—The bill for an injunction brought against the Cen- tral Elevator Compsny by Attorney- General Moloney to restrain the company from dealing in grain was decided this morning by Judge Tuley against the ele- vator people. The court holds that by dealing in grain or mixing its own hold- ings of grain with that stored with itin its capacity as an elevator company the Central Company exceeded the legal scope of its authority, license or charter. This is practically a test case and is part of the flgfle being waged on elevator compani by the Board of Trade, although the lat is not a party to the case so far asis shown bv the court records. The decision is t the elevators and sustains the con- housemen only. bl e o A Mortgage for $20,000,000. PHILADELPHYA, Pa, Dec. 22—A mortgage given by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company to the Central Trust Company of New York for $20.000,000 and dated November 18, 1896, was filed with the Recorder of Deeds in this city this afternoon. It covers the pros:ny held by the old Reading Railroad m- pany and is a part of the reorganization plan. ————— Xmas News Letter. Illustrated; 88 pages; 15 cents. MORGAN FAVORS FEOERAL CONTROL Foreigners Should Not Get Hold of the Pacific Railroads. Vest of Missouri Seeks in Vain for an Interpretaton of the President’s Message. Preliminary Sk rmish in the Senate Over the Obncxious Refund- ing Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—The number of spectators in the galleries to- day when the Senate met was much larger than at the same time yesterday, the at- traction being Senator Vest's expected speech on the constitutional question raised in Mr. Olney’s preas statement. In his prayer Chaplain Milburn spoke of the happy prospect that between the Governments of Grear Britain and oar own country there should henceforward be peace, no appeal to the horrorsand hell of war, but to the rule of reason and right feeling, and added: ‘‘Grant that the ex- ample set by these nations may be imi- tated and followed by all the nations of the world, so that the time shall speedily come when the sword shall be’beaten into the plowshare and the spear into the pruning-book.” Early in the day the statement was passed around that Senator Hale, who is opposed to Cuban recognition under ex- isting circumsiances, would demand a quorum if the debate was resumed, and, doubting his abilityv to command a quorum, so many Senators having left the city. Vest had determined to postpone his effort till after the recess. After this im- pression had gained ground the proceed- ings rapidly assumed a listless account, which intensified when Hale, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported back the urgent deficiency bill and asked for its immediate consideration. There was no objection, and the bill was read with the amendments. Morgan was discussing the question of the Government interp.eading in one of the foreclosure suits pending, and ex- pressed the hope and the confidence that the Attorney-General would refuse to interplead. “I would like to ask the Senator,” Vest &D.) of Missourt interposed. “woat he un- ersiands by that part of the President’s message to the effect that unless some- thing be done by Congress in the very near future the Executive Department will take ste%s by the first of January next to protect the interests of the Govern- ment.” Morgan —The Senator from Missouri asks me to interpret the President’s mes- sage, while in Egypt tbere was found but asingle man (and he divinely inspired) who could interpret the dream of Pharoah, I suppose the Senator from Missouri can interpret that message if anybody can, but I witl uot stop to do. Another remark of Vest’s as to the meaning of the was repiied to by Morgan with the sentence: ‘I wish the Senator from Missouri would nét bother me with that message, for certainly I am not paying attention to it.” Morgan went on to argue that under the charter of the railroad companies they would cease, whenever the first default in payment of their bonds was made, to have any right to the property, but that all the property passed immediately and without any action by Congress or the courts into possession of the Government of the United States. The control of tke Pacific raiiroads was absolutely &' necessity to the Government from a military point of view, and it was imperatively important to shut out the idea that the Government was ever going to abandon its control into pri- vate hands, particularly into the Lands of foreign stockholders, *“for,’”’ said he, “there is not a railroad two hundred miles long that is not owned abroad. American stockhelders in American railroads would be a curiosity thawshould be pur in a side show.” Gear said that he could point to a rail- road of over 7000 miles, of which 58 per cent was owned by American women and 8 per cent (including theownership of the women) was owned by trust companies and churches and estates. “Who owns the bonds ?”” Morgan asked. “They are owned by people all over the country,” Gear replied. *‘Show me the men who own the bonds,” Morgan said, “‘and I will show you the men who control the road.” “They only control the road,” Gear re- joined, “when the company defaults and this company has never aefaulted.”” Morgan spoke for abeut an hour and a half and when he had taken his seat Gear expressed his satisfactlon that the ques- tion had come up incidentally. It was evident, he said, that there was a desire on the part of the Senate to take up that important measure. The members of the comumittee were unanimous with the ex- ception of the Senator from Alabama in reporting the funding bill, but none of them were wedded to that specific plan. Personally he was opposed, now and in toto, to the operation of the Pacific rail- roads by the Government, experience having shown that Government operation of railroads in Europe was more expensive than operation by companies. He hoped that the Senate would take up and act upon the bill immediately alter recess. The joint resolution introduced yester- day by Pettigrew (R.) of South Dakota directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the interest on the 6 percent trust notes of the Southern Pucific Railway and to take possession of the bonds and stocks held as collateral for them and appropri- ating $10,000,000 for the purchase was taken up, and Pettigrew spoke in explanation and advocacy of it asa business measure to protect the interests of the Government. In the course of his remarks he as-erted that the receivers ot the Union Pacific Comovany did not desire to pay interest on those trust notes so as to complicate mat- ters. It was the duty of the Government, he said, to pay off those notes, take pos- session of the road and its branch lines and operate them in ‘the interest of the people all along the line. He believed that it was the fear that that would be done which had led the managers of the Union Pacific to bandle the property o as to be able to sever the branch lines from the main road, on which the Government had a lien. 3 Platt (R.) of Connecticut said that Pet- tigrew’s remarks should convince the Sen- ate of the necessity of immediate action to settte the uebt of the Union Pacific and tral Pacific to the Government. There was no question before the Senate and be- fore the country more imperatively de- manding attention. He could not under- siand woy Congress had been so utterly indifferent 1o the question whether a debt of over -$100,000,/ to the Government should be secured or should be lost, and he hoped that when Congress meu after the holidays the matter would be taken up and acted on. Morgan }D. of Alabama said that as a member of the Pacitic Railroad Commit- tee the matter was entirely new to him. He understood the plan of the managers to be to get control of the branch lines, unite them with the Nor hern system and gt \:nl dplnnel to the Union Pacific line. e alluded to the past history of the \ Union and Central Pacific roads as ‘‘a saturnalia of fraud,” and as a “labyrinth of fraud and rascalit.y”’ The statement made to-day by the Sen- ator from Sou:h Dakota made it proper that the Pacific railroads shouid be investi- gated, and proposed to ask that the com- mittee should sit during the vacation and investigate the subject. He was in favor of having the subject disposed of, but wanted it distinct/y anderstood that when it came to be considered there would be a claim of latitude of debate commensurate with the magnitude of the question. He was in favor of the consideration of the bill reported last session from the com- mittee on the Pacific railroads. He was not in favor of its passaee, but was op- posed to it. No such petitions and remon- strances, Morgan said, had ever been put in Congress as had come from the Pacific Coast against the management of the Pa- cific railroads. ‘He hoped that the prople of California would not be denied a voice in those proceedings and would not be sacrific d to a gorgon of monopoly. The Union Pacific Company had in its treasury enough money to pay the in’er- est ‘on its first mortgage bonds, and the Central Pacific had paid such interest up to date and besides paid 1 per cent divi- dends to its British stockholders, and yet both these companies came to Congress as mendicants, stating that they were bank- rupts. All this was *‘a false pretense.” Pettigrew’s resolution was then referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Batler (Pop.) of Nortu Carolina offered a resolution for a committee of three Sen- ators to inquire into the principle of legis- lation through the initiative and referen- dum. Referred to the Committee on Con- tingent Expenses. / A re-olution was offered by Call (D.) of Florida, and was agreed to, asking the President for information as to the cir- cumstances of the death in Cuba of Charles Goving, an American citizen, said to ‘“‘have been hacked to pieces by Spanish soldiers.” A dozen private pension bills, one of them for the 90-year-old daughterof a revoiutionary soldier, were taken up and passed. Also Senate bill to pay $497 to the legal represeatative of Edwin de Lon, late Consul-General to Egypt, the amount due him on adjustment of accounts. At 2:40 P. M. the Senate went into execn- fiue session, and shortly afterward ad- journed until Tuesday, January 5. OF INTEKENT 10 THE COAST. Army Officers Who Will Be Examined With a View to Promotion. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Dec. 22.—The special postoffice service between Almond and Ramona, San Diego County; Aukum and Oleta, EI Dorado County; and La Habra and Whittier, Orange County, Cali- fornia, will be discontinued after Jan- uary 1. Abraham Haynes has been commis- sioned Postmaster at Madison, Cal. By direction of the Secretary of War the following named officers will report to Colonel Wiiliara R. Shafter at the Pre- sidio, S8an Francisco, at such times as they may be required by the Board of Ex- aminers as to their fitness for promotion: Second Lieutenant Miiton F. Davis, Fourth Cavalry; Becond Lieutenant James A. Ryan, Tenth Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Lawrence J. Fleming, Tenth Cavalry; Second Lieutenant James J. Hornbrook, Second Cavalry ; 8econd Lieu- tenant William F. Clark, Seventh Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Charles J. S8ymonds, Seventh Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Charles W. Fenton, Seventh Cavalry; Becond Lieutenant Edward D, Anderson, Fourth Cavalry. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Increase—George Lutz, San Francisco. Oregon: Original — Ira K. Vantress, Scotts Mills; Thomas Wells, Prosper; fruman Leighton, Cleone; original wid- ow—Mary A. Boothe, Joseph. W. E. Dennison of 8an Francisco, s~cre- tary of the City Street Improvement Com- vany, is in Washington, having visited most of the principal cities en route from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic in his in« vestigation of street improvements. He will visit Baltimore, Philadeiphia, New York and Boston before returning home. He s to THE CALL correspondent that i his opinion Cincinnati, whose topo- graphy and general characteristics wers very similar to San Francisco, had the best system of street-paving and car lines. Benator White arrived last night and will be at the Shoreham Hotel until Mrs. White and caildren arrive from Philadel- phia, when they will go to housekeeping. e FOR A DUTY ON vo4rL. Representative Loud Oblains Some In- teresting Figures on the Subject. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Dec. 22.—Rep- resentative Loud of California will pre- sent to the Committee on Ways and Means for its con-ideration in the prepa- ration of a tariff bill a letter from a San Francisco broker, giving the statistics of the importations of foreign anthracite coal at that port. The letter, Loud says, will cause general surprise, and in his opinion the statement it contains warrants serious consideration from both a revenue and a protection standpoint. From the letter it appears that in 1886, 1926 tons were im- ported at San Francisco; the importations increased every vear and in 1895 they amounted to 50,930 tons, while for the first eleven montus of this year they have amounted to 81,255 tons. From 1862 to 1864 the duty on anthracite coal was 60 cents a ton; from 1864 to 1870 it was 40 cents and since then it has been on the iree list, for the reason that the quantity of anthracite coal produced outside the United States was, prior to 1870, so in- finitely small that it was considered an absurdity to retain it on the dutiable list, but since then extensive fields of anthra- cite have been discovered near Swansea, Wales, from which the California impor- tations come; Canads, Mexico and Ton- quin, and the low price of labor at some of those producing sections, the letter says, should make protection a prudent measure. gy FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. Morgan & Co. Did Not Bid High Enough for Cemtral Pacific Securities. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—Bids for $2,780,000 first mortgage bonds now held in the sinking fund of the Central Pacific Railroad Company were offered at the Treasury Department to-day, and this afternoon awards were made as follows: Speyer & Co., New York, Cautrzs Puacific 1897, $218,000 at 100 and accrued “nterest; Speyer & Co., New York, Central Pacific 1898, $1,321,000 at 100 and acorued interest; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York, Union Pa- citic 1896 and 1897, $338,000 at 103.05; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., N»w York, Union Pacific 1898 and 1899, $601,000 at 103 30; Kubn. L eb & Co., New York, Kansas Puacitic 1806, $142,- 000 at 109; Asivl& Co., New York, Kansas Pucific 1895, $158,000 at 105.51. The Government has been guaranteed a srice for these bonds, and prospective bid- ers were notified that bids below this would be rejected. The guaranteers were J. P. Morgan & Co., New York. They offered to take all the bonds at par and interest at least or none. A computation showed that the highest bids in each ‘group would net the Government abou $600,000 more than the Morgan guarantee and the awards were made as stated Tohzssél.lorg-p company's offer amounted to 2 RV Improvement of Mare Island. ' WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—Secre- tary Lamont sent to the House to-day the report of Major Davis of the corps of engineers on the survey of Mare Island Strait, Cal. Major Davis recommends the dredging of the channel thirty feet deep and 800 feet wide across the outer bar and 600 feet wide through the main channel, The cost of the improvement is estimatea at $319,950. TO CURE A COLv 1IN ONE DAY, Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. munmnm-m%unmuwmfi”fi& JAPAN'S POLICY CLEARLY QUTLINED Minister Okuma Says the Country Seeks Perfect : Peace. Will Endeavor to Lead Korea and China Into the Path of Progress. Sixteen Lives Lost in a Foolish At- tempt to Shoot the Rapids of the Fuji River. TOKIO, Jaraw, Dec. 5.—In a speech re- cently delivered before the Oriental Asso- ciation the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Okuma, clearly outlined his foreign polity. Brefly speaking, bis principle is that Japan should seek to de- velop relations of perfect peace and friend- ship with Western powers; that she should endeavor to lead China and Korea into the path of progress, treating their conservatism, their displays of anti- foreign feeling, and their embarrassments with patience born of her own experience in the days immediately preceding the present era, and that she should devote attention, above all things, to fostering her foreign trade, since the ties that grow out of mutual material interests are the strongest bonds of international amity. The Minister alluded in very severe terms to the conduct of his nationals in Korea. He said that although the foreign- ers that came to Japan in the early days of her opening were persons of the mid- dle class at best, they were, nevertheless, incomparably superior to the Japanese in general erudition and in the knowl- edge that makes for prosperity, whereas the Japanese now in Korea showed no such superiority to the Koreans with whom they were brought in contact. If, despite this difference, the Japanese them- selves had often been guilty of rudeness and violence toward their foreign visitors, there was all the more excuse for occa- sional outbursts of similar anti-Japanese feeling on the part of the Koreans to-day. A terrible accident recently occurred on the Fuji River, a stream celebrated for its rapids, the shooting of whoich in specially constructed boats is one of the d-lights of tourists. Eighteen youths, of whom six- teen were conscripts, hired a boat on October 27 to travel down the rapids and view the splendid autumnal tints for which the place is famous. 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