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2 THE BRYAN TALKS 10 TRAVELING MEN Says That the Promised Prosperity Is Not Yet Restored. Quotes Figures to Show That Commercial Failures Are on the Increase But the Defeated’ Candidate With One Iiea Is Rather Premature in His Criticism. LINCOLN, NEBr,, Dec. 28.—-The large dining-room ‘of the Lincoln Hotel was tastefully decorated to-night when the 175 invited guests of the Lincoln Traveling Men’s Bryan Club sat down to the ban- quet which was given in honor of W. J. Bryan. A large portrait of Mr. Bryan, draped in the National col rs, occupied a prominent place at the head of the room. The columns and arches of the dining- room were covered with smilax, while the north windows were banked with flowers and plants. Letters of rezret were read from Hon. R. P. Bland, Missouri; Hon. Charles A. Towne, Minnesota; C. 8. Thomas, Colorado; Hon. D. O. Meyer, Kansas; .Governor Stone, Missouri; Gov- ernor Altgeld, Illinois, and Congressman- elect W. L. Stark, Nebraska. In addition to the address delivered by Mr. Bryan Governor Holcomb, Senator W. V. Allen and other prominent men of the State spoke. Introducing Mr. Bryan Toastmaster Hitcheock said: ““The cause of the people is never beaten—the hero of the people is . mever vanquished, After the gloom at Val- ley Forge came the glory at Yorktown. After the disappointment of 1896 will come the joyful triumph of 1900. To-night we entertain a guest whom many millions love and whom all the werld respects. Gentlemen, I propose a toast to the great guest of the evening—our candidate that was, our leader that is, and our Presi- dent that is to bej—William Jennings Bryan of the United States.” In responding to the toast Mr. Bryan said: Ism glad to have the traveling men inter- ested in bimetallism, because they are always able to defend any posit.on taken and are traveling missionaries in behalf of any cause which they espouse. 1 expect them to be of great service during the next four yearsin resenting the merits of free coinage to the usiness men of this country. The traveling men are in a position to measure the promises made by the Republican fnrly with tne fulfillment of those promises. n other words they are prepared to compare the goods delivered since he election with the samples shown during the campaign. The public was told that Republican success would Testore confidence, and that confidenc- was the only thing lackiug. In Dun’s Review of November 7 we find these words: “A great revolution has been effected this week in the conditions which control business. It could not be in any fair degree reflected as yet in transactions or _in records, but there is ample evidence already that a crushing weight has been lifted and rolled away, and the business world has begun to adjust itself to a state of freedom and security waich it has not known for years. Dread of immeasurable disaster no “longer locks up resources and paralyzes in- .dnsiry, and new coutracts involving many n;illious have become binding sinee the elec- tion.” The tollowing week the same Review says: *“No one now doubts that the brighter aay is dawning, and it 1s the common remark that never before has business shown so great a change for the better within a single week. On the following week the Review starts out with thestatement: “The gain in volume of business_continues entirely without prece- dent.” By the fourth week disappointment began to manifest itseif and I find, according 1o Dpn’s report, that five of the eight reports since the election show an increase of weekly fatlures over the corresponaing weeks of last year. For the eight weekssince the election the reports show seventy-five business fajlures more than tor the corresponding eight weeks of 1895. Icail attentionto these figures be- cause they show either that confidence has not yet been restored, or that if confidence has been restored it has not restored prosperity. Every fallure among the wholesale houses maans a loss of employment to traveling men, and every failure among retail establishments means the'loss of a cusiomer. Bimetallists have contended that hard times are due mainiy to the rise in the pur- chasing nower of money. They have contend- ed that prospepity must begin with tne iarmer and laborer, and afterward reach the commercial ciasses. The Republicans have promised to restore normal conditions with- out increasing the volume of currency. What they may do hereafter remains to be seen, but itisevident that they have thus far failed to bring relief to the peovle. Dug's Review of December 26 reports & falling off of 24 per cent in bank exchanges in the leading citles Jor the five days ending December 24 from the corresponding days of last vear, and a falling off of 16 per cent from the correspond- ing days of 1892. WOLCOTIT VIS TS McKINLEZY. 4nd the Senator Thinks He Will Control Celorado Patronaqe. CANTON, Onro, Dec. 23.—Senator E. O. Wolcott spent two hours with Major Me- Kinley to-day, and departed in a very happy frame of mind. “I came to Canton,” said he, “as chair- man of the committee of five appointed by the Republican Senators in caucus to draft a bill to carry into effect that plank of the St. Lonis platform on the subjéet of international bimetallism. The bill meets the hearty approval of the President-elect. It authorizes the President to appointdele- gates to an international monetary confer- ence when such a meeting shall be called either by himself or by proper authorities on behalf of another convention. It also makes provision for meeting the expenses of the delegates of the commission, I think there will be an international con- ference. Several European countries are interested in the matter, and sentimentin favor of further recognition of silver through international agreement is spreading abroad. There will be a confer- ence within a short time after Major Me- Kinley is inaugurated.” Senator Wolcott talked on a number of other topics, and remarked that any pro- nounced ant-silverman with a seed of opposition to bimetallism would probably not be looked upon in the West with favor as Secretary of the Treasury. Itis understood that the Federal appointments in Colorado will be in the main made upon the recommendatiou of Senator Wolcott. Politicians from Minnesola who were bere to-day declare that there is active opposttion to the appointment of ex- Governor Merriam to the Cabinet and that if he were appointed Senator Davis would oppose his confirmation. Frank 8. Witherbee, an active factor in New York politics, spent an hour with Major McKinley this afternoon, He said the Republicans of New York had united in asking for the appointment of Mr. Bliss to the Osabinet, and declared Mr. Platt would be the next Senator from that Btate. Mrs. Maria 8. Saxton, an aunt of Mrs. McKinley’s by marriage, has been in- vited by Major and Mrs. McKinley to make her home in the White House with them. Mrs. Saxton has accepted the in- vitation. Bhe is one of Mrs, McKinley's warmest personal frienas and wiil be with her during all her residence in Wash- ington. - SAYS SHARKEY IS A DUB. Fitzsimmons Also Declares That Corbett Was Mixed Up in the “Foul” Deal He Recived Here. OMAHA, Nese. Dec. 28.—Bob Fitz- simmons arrived in the city this after- noon from Denver to give an exhibition of his skill as a professional boxer. To a representative of the United Assiciated Presses he said, in speaking of his recert fight with Sharkey at San Franciscd: “Yes, that wasa pretty bad deal I got out on the coast, and I am of the opinion that it has put a quietus for all time on that town as a sporting place. From cer- tain facls in my possession I am con- vinced that Jim Corbett was mixed up in the deal.” “And so am I,” interiected Julian. “Sharkey,” continued Fitzsimmons, ‘is nothing but a big, strong dub—that sums him up. I told Julian in the fourth round that he wanted to quit, for I could see by his actions that he was looking for a soft place to fall upon, but he did not dare to until the referee had given the word, which in this case was ‘Foul,’ and he gave it and Sharkey dropped. Every- body interested knows the rest.” Speaking of his anticipated fight with Corbett, Fitzsimmons said: “We will bein New York New Year's day, and we will then sizn the articles. I will not believe that Corbett means busi- ness until I see him in front of me in the ring. It’s a funny thing, if you have noticed 1t. Assoon as the articles are brought out, Corb-tt begins training. It seems to me that about all he does is to train. Why doesn’t he fight?’ Fitzsimmons is in excellent spirits, and says so far as he is concerned the articles for himself ana Corbett are perfectly sat- 1sfactory, and Julian also says that he can find no fault with them. The Fitzsim- mons party consists of the eminent pugi- list, his wife, Robert Jr., Martin Julian and Trainer Hickey. ———— Declared the Fight a Draw. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Four hun- dred people saw Matt Matthews of New York and John Laughlin of this city fight fourteen rattling rounds to a draw at the Conners Athletic Club to-night. Mat- thews was the a-gressor throughout. He weighed in at 133 pounds and Laughlin at 138. In the thirteenth round Matthews nearly floored his man with a right fling on the ear while in Lacghlin’s corner. While tryibg to finish his man, Matthews claimed that one of Laughlin’s seconds struck him, but the referee ordered the fight to go on. Matthews landed at least five times to his opponent’s once. but in the fifteenth round the referee declared the contest a draw. “Only a Fern” Makes o Hit. LONDON, Exc., Dec. 28.—Tribute to an American ballad writer is nightly be- inz paid st St. James’ Hall, in Piccadilly, where the singing of the descriptive ballad, “Only a Fern,” by the famous Moore and Burgess minstrels is rede- manded by the audiences. The song has also found its way into the entertainment vlaces of the provinces, as wel! as into private musical circles, The words and | music are by Frank S. Colburn, an American newspaper man, whose foot tours have gained for him the sobriquet of “The Yankee Tourist.” St Ball Breaks a Becord. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Dec. 28 — At Convention Hall to-night Ball broke the record for one half mile, his own, by ove- ffth of a second, the time being 1:06. Lin- ton made five miles in 12 minutes and 3 seconds, breaking the best former record of 12:40. . The close of the firstday in the six days’ bicycie contest found all the entries well bunched and in good condition. A large crowd witne:sed the races. The score ~tood: Ashin-er 146, Schoch 139, Waller 147, Chapple 141, Foster 142, Hunter 144, Maddex 147, Albert 130, Ball 142, Lawson 144, P Sl Winter Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 28.—One mile, Pete Kilchen won, Juage Steadman second, Laura Cotta third. Time, 1:44. One and a sixteenth miles, Anger won, Elyria second, Farmer Leigh third. Time, 1:51%. « six jurlongs, Shuttlecock won, Senator Mor- rill second, Campania third. Time, 1:141£. One and sn eighth miles, Sandoval won, i\'e‘:; ouse second, Constant third, Time, 15613, Six ‘furlongs, Santerne won, Sim W second, R. Q Ban third. Time, 1:1414. 1 Terra Archer won, Sir John third. Time, 1:20%. S e Won by Kid McKoy. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 28,—A dispatch from Johanuesburg, South Africa, says the fight between the Amer.can middle- weight bexer Kid McCoy ana Billy Doherty of Australia for the middie- weight championship and £100 a side (gate money divided) took vlace on Sun- day, and_was won by McCoy in nine rounds. Doherty was favorite. oo ashibutng second, Mamie Lansburgh’s Rink Burned. WASBHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28.—Lans- burgh’s “rink,” on New York avenue, be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, N. W., was entirely destroyed by fire this evening. The combustible nature of the stock, which consisted of all descriptions of furniture, gave easy materials for the flames, which enveloped the building within ten minutes after the fire was dis- covered. A general alarm was turned inand all the engines in the city burried to the scene. The fire was' not subdued until after two hours’ fighting. Mr. Land ‘bureh estimates his loss on stock at $90,000. 'He carried an insurance of $60,000. The build- ing was owned by a syndicate and valued at $30,000, on which there was a'partial in- surance. e Nine Frame Builaings Burned. OSCEOLA, Iowa, Dec. 28.—Sunday morning pine frame buildings on the southeastern part of the square were burned, and the herculean efforts of fire- men and citizens sayed the business por- tion of the town. The burned out are: R. Percell's grocery, Frank Edwards, cigar shop and lunch counter; J. B. Barnla, real estate; Long & Winters, meat market; McAnley Lumber Company; J. G. Watts, jewelry; A. L. Lash, shoe store; Wixom & Hargrover, innch counter, This is the third time that this part of town has been laia low by fire. The loss is placed at $10,000, with about half insared. e Lo Austin Corbin’s Estate. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 28.—It is learned that at a meeting of the creditors of Austin Corbin’s estate held Saturday it was decided to syndicate the collateral loans of the estate, most of which are chiefly secured by vledgesof Long Island stock, which ag-regate $1,000,000. Itis un- derstood that the syndicate, which in- cludes about thirty creditors, is guaran- teed against loss by Mrs. Corbin, who has placed several hundred thousand dolla; worth of real estate in trust for the pro- tection of the syndicate pending liguida- tion of the loans. R gt el Huntington Goes South. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28.~C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, passed through here tu-night in his private car, en route to San Francisco. From here he went south over the Southern raiiway, his car being attached to the vestibule limited which left here at 10 . a. E VICTORY FOR THE SANTA FE SYSTEM Judge Myers Dismisses the Action for a Receiver in Kansas. Decides That a. Railroad Right of Way Is Not Real Estate in a Legal Sense. But Attorneys Will Appeal the Cele- brated Case to the Supreme Court of the State. OSKALOOSA, Kaxs., Dec. 28.—The cele- brated suit for a receiver of the Santa Fe property in Kansas was decided here this afternoon by Judge Lewis A. Myersin favor of the Santa Fe. Court convened at 3 o’clock, and Judge Myers at once handed down his decision. The gist of the decision is that the act known as the alien land law under which this suit was brought aoces not apply 10 railroads, and that the right of way of a railroad company is not real estate in the eves of the law, The other questions of law raised by the attorneys on both sides were not passed upon by Judge Myers, as he held this point alone was sufficient to end the litigation. The decision is a complete victory for the Santa Fe. The attorneys for the plain- tiff will at once tske steps to carry the case to the Supreme Court on an appeal, They will also make an effort to get the case reopened in this court on a new point suggested by Judge M yers’ decision that the right of way of the banta Feis held not be real estate. Every effort will be made to get a speedy hearing in the Su- preme Court, and it is thought 1t will come up at the February term. The decision to-day is upon the hearing recently had before Judge Myers at Leav- enworth. The opinion holds that the provisions of chapter 3, session laws of 1891, relating to aliens, under which the action was brought, are not applicable to raiiroads. The judge said: “It is only necessary to express an opin- ion upon the question argued before this court. That is the pivotal point in the case. ltis: Doeschapter 3 of the session laws of 1891 apply t> property necessarily used.in the operating of a railroad ?’’ The statute is then cited and the opinion con- tinue-: *The great weight of judicial authority in this country is that the prop- erty of a railroad company necessary for the operation of its railroad cannot be seized and soid in parcels under an execu- tion. “The courts have so held invariably when considering the words ‘real estate’ SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, the past and with no outlook for the fu- tura, There have of late been humerous inter- changes ot opinions between the chiefs of the different institutions, and suggestions have been broached for instituting mili- tary drills and various other exercises.in the open as a partial means of relieving the insanity-breeding monotony to which the sonvicts will be subjected under the new law, The convicts themselves dread the new order of things as much as their keepers, and the wardens of the princival institutions bave been deluged with oral and written communications from convicts appealing for employment in the kitchen or anywhere else within the institution, so that they might be kept physically active, The new law is the outcome of the con- stitutional convention of 1894, which com- pelled the passage by the Legislature of a law" forbidding, after Thursday of this week, the farming out or contracting of the labor of prisoners. SR WORST OF ALL LIVING FIENDS. Kimball Township, Mich., Has a Brutal Son Who Would Ornament the Gallows. DETROIT, Mros., Dec. 28.— A special to the Journal from Port Huron says: Of all the fiends that ever lived or have been banged Archie McCollom of Kimball Township, near here, is the worst. Me- Collom, who is 40 years old, lives with his aged mother, who ie 84 years old, on the Hiliiker Farm, in that township. Baturday nigkt he came home intcxicated and started abusing his mother. He knocked her down, kicked her, bit a big ehunk of flesh ont of her face and threw it into the stove, and after pound- ing her into insensibility finished his dastardly work by committing a eriminal ault on her person. The arrival of a farmhand prevented McCollom from further abuging his mother. McCollom has been arrested and will be locked up in the County Jail here. Talk of lynch- ing is heard. Doctors have doubts of Mrs. McCollom’s recovery, as she is ter- ribly injured, ey FROM CONFICT TO MANAGER. *Lord Beresford” Behaved Himself While He Wore the Stripes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 28.—A Her- ald special rrom Atlanta, Ga., says: Sid- ney Lascelles, alias “Lord Beresford,” came up yesterday from the Gress Lumber Company’s Works, where he has been a conviet, and for the first time talked about his plans for the future. He would say nothing about the report that he expects to marry Miss Maud Lilienthal of Yonk- ers, N. Y. In Kramer he has kept books for the Gress Lumber Comvany. Tbe Gress peo- ple have shown their confidence in him by offering him the managemeat of their big lumber interests in Kramer, and he will go back as manager to the camp where until yesterday he wore convict stripes. Tesingen o SUICIDE WHILE DESPONDENT. Verdict of the Coroner’'s Jury in the Cass of Kanker Wasmansdorf. OHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 28.—The Coroner's inquest over the body of the banker, Otto F. D. Wasmansdorff, who committed sui- cide yesterday, was held this morning at tae family residence on Cleveland avenue. The sad scene was brightened early by the childish prattle of the suicide’s only grand- child, who ad been his constant com- panion since his misfortune, ana the one THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE. BIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 28.—-Donald Mc¢Lean, the original organizer of the Pa- cific Short Line, arrived here to-day to arsange for a survey of the road from O’Neill, Nebr.,, to San Francisco. Thé road was started six years ago, but only got irom Sioux City to O'Neill before the crash of local business enterprises in 1893 forced its abandonment., As planned it will be 246 miles shorter than any other trans- continental line. Mr. McLean claims to be backed by $32,000,000 of English capi- tal and says the work will be rushed through. and ‘lands’ that the same should not be taken to mean roadbed or right of way of a railroad company, or other property necessary for it to use in the performance of its chartered obligations. The real estate held or acquired by a public cor- poration, like that held or owned bya railroad company in the exercise of emi- nent domain and necessary for usesin which, the public is concerned, is not within the meaning of the law real estate.” Then follow citations in several cases, and the opinion concludes as follows: “Consiaering all of the provisions of the statute of 1891, in view of the well-known mischief intended to be remedied thereby, and especially in view of the express terms of the statute providing -how rcai estate forfeited must be divided into par- cels and sold, I am forced to conclude that the term ‘real estate’ employed in section 2 and otber sections of the statute was not intended to embrace a rallroad or essen- tial part thereof. The Legialature did not intend to make the provisions of the statute applicable to railroads, The re- sult follows that the plaintiff’s petition in this case does not state a cause of action. The statute fails to provide for a forfeiture of railroads on account of alien ownership of capital stock in every corporation, and no petition can be formulated under the provision of this statute which should be sufficient to forfeit and sell the property of the defendant corporation, used in the operation of its railroad. In my opinion, neither the letter nor the spirit of the statute includes railroads. The orders ap- pointing a receiver and granting injunce tions in aid thereof, will be vacated and set aside.” CONTRACT LABOR ABOLISHED, Strange as It May Seem the New Law Does Not Please the Empire State Prisoners. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 28.—The prison- ers in the various penal institutions of the Empire State are finishing up the work on hand with all possible dispatch. in view of the fact that the law abolishing contract labor goes 1nto effect at mianight Thurs- day. In Sing Sing, Auburn and Danne- mora large numbers of convicts are already id'e, the tasks upon which they have been occupied having been finished and the au- thorities being unwilling to start them on new jobs in the limited time remaining. Over 10,000 prisoners are affected by the new law, and the Biate is doprlnt{o( a source of revenue which of late years has e“:]f“d a quarter of a million dollars an- nually. Eventually a small proportion of the risoners can be mployadm mantfactur- ng supplies for institutions controlled by the Btate, but to do this considerable ex- ive machinery will be wired, and ibe convicts must needs be trained in the new worle The outlook has given great concern & the wardens and others in au- thority, from the fact that it is recognized that condinement without employment is 8 menace to the mental and sical health of the convi and renders the mflnunmu of discipline twice as diffi- cul Statistics have shown that inactivity and solitude are potent factors in driving convicts to insanity, and fears are enter- tained that the new law, while it may benefit free labor, as it 1s intended to do, will bring about an unenviable condition of affairs inside the prisons, and more especially in the cases of the long-term or fife convicts, who wiil be compelled to sit day aliex daa ia sbaix ¢slls brooding over to whom he addressed his last words. She was searching for her grandfather, while every other member of the family was stricken with grief. Mrs, Wasman=dorif is still in a serious condition. Aiter hear- ing the testimony of the dead banker's two sons as to the mental condition of their father, and hearing the circum- stances of the tragedy, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while despondent. IR Ay After One Hundred X, EASTON, Pa., Dec. 28.—The Lehigh mills, in South Easton, manufacturers of cotton goods, have shut down fer four months, and there is said to be but little prosvect of a resumption at the end of that period. The mills are the oldest in the Lehigh Valley, Depression in busi- ness is given as the cause of the shut- down. One bundred employes are ai- fected. The plant was started neariy 100 {e." ago and this is the first shutdown it as experienced. Insolvent. J-welers. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Dec. 28.—The jewelry firm of C. C. Adams is insolvent and in the hands of a receiver. The valte of the firm’s property in New York State is $43,000. The outstanding indebiedness is claimed to be about $35,000. —— V Central Pacific Dividend. | NEW YORK, N, Y., Dec. 28 —The Pouthern Pacitic Company announces that after January 1 it will pay a dividend of ? per cent on the stock of the Central acific Railroad in dividend warrant No. 3L ——— Upset Price, Uno Million. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Deoc. 28—Judge Barr of the United States Court this afternoon ordered the sale of the Ohio Valley Railroad. The upset priceis fixed at $1,000,000. et Death of a Life Senator. PARIS, France, Dec. 28.—M. Antoine Theodore Joseph Thery, life Senaior, died to-day. He was born at Lilie, March 4, 1367, and was elected a life Senator by the National Assembly in 1875, A A st A Car Company Insolvent. LACONIA, N. H., Dec. 28.—The La- conia Car Company, with total liabilities placed at $617,000 and assets at $407,000, was petitioned 1nto involuntary insolvency to-day. B LA Failure of @ shoe Company. B8IOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 28, — The White and Howe Company, retail shoe- dealers here, failed to-day with assets of $25,000 and liabiliries of ;% 387. Cemeteries of Elephants. The ivory trade with Africa is conducted on a scale of far greater dimensions than most pmln have any idea of, Last year nearly tons were imported into London alone, 8ays Mrs. Pearson’s Weekly. This would mean that in the ordinary way the elephants would soon become killed off, were not the lar, vart of the importation taken from the stores which have been laid up by nature, as if in an- noxp?flon of the requirements of modern people, These stores are practically the ceme- teries of the elephant world for centuries and centuries, and the ivory is fetched from them by the natives, and sold to the traders, to be by them exported with com- paratively little trouble and without in- curring any risk to their lives. nnual “cattle crop” of New SBouth is about 400,000, with an annual ption in B‘ydn‘:r.ol 110‘000 head. ca 1,000, u;wn‘drlth an n‘::fl e lom of about 60,000 bead. o DECEMBER 29, 1896. % SOON 70 PASS INTO HISTORY Venezuela Incident Closed So Far as Uncle Sam Is Concerned. Further Negotiations Lie Wholly Between Great Britain and Venezuela. Senor Andrade Ready to Sign the Treaty, but Sir Ju ian Must First Hear From London. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.—The international incident of the Venezuelan boundary dispute is considered closed, as far as the United States is concerned, and all further negotiations for its adjudica- tion lié wholly with the two parties to the controversy, Venezuela and Great Britain. This explanation comes from the State Department, where it is further stated that, with the acceptance of the Venezue- lan executive three weeks ago of the heads for the proposed treaty of arbitration as signed by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Mr. Olney on November 12, the friendly inter- vention of the United States had been completed and the only additional acts of the United States in the matter will be the publication of evidence and reports coliected by the Venezuelan High Com- mission and the eventual reference to the United States Supreme Cours of the con- current request of the two countries for the appointment of two jurists as mem- bers-of the tribupal as provided by the treaty. As the Venezuelan Congress, which must pass upon this treaty, has been called to meet in extra session on Feb- ruary 1, instead of waiting until its con- stitutional meeting day, February 20, it is presumed that Mr. Andrade and the British Embassador will complete the de- tails of the convention directly in order that it may reach Caracas witnin a month. Such negotiation is thought to be devoid of any great importance as the heads of the treaty have already been disposed of and only certain well-defined formulas of introduction are wanting. At noon to-day Secretary Olney drove to the British embassy and had a long conference with Sir Julian Pauncefote, presumably with reference to the treaty. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan Min- ister, who arrived from Venezuela last night, also met Sir Julian at the’British embassy this afternoon and discussed the few remaining details relating to the treaty. The Venezuelan Government is very desirous that a citizen of thatcoun- try should be placed on the board of arbi- tration, and it 18 well known that Senor Andrade cherishes the hope that this may be done, though his wishes are not likely to be gratified. It was the belief in Car- acas that this consideration would not be shown to Venezuela and this foriaed the basis of some of the opposition to its ap- proval.’, The treaty itself simply provides that two jurists of the United States Supreme Court and two members of the British Su- preme Court shall select the "board ana t: at in the event of their failure to agree King Oscar of Sweden shall nominate the fifth umpire. The time afd place of the meeting have been left blank in the treaty, to be agreed upon by B8ir Julian and Senor Andrade. It may be stated that these meetings will not be held either in Venezuela, the United States or in British territory. Neutral ground, sat- isfactory to both gountries, will be select. ed, and it is not improbable that for a variety of reasons Paris or Brussels may be chosen. It may be ten or twelve days before the protocol may be signed. The -treaty pro- vides that Sir Julian and Senor Andrade may sign for their respective Govern- ments, but Sir Julian cannat do this until he receives iormal instructions from Lon- don, and it is understood these have not been mailed. Senor Andrade, on the other hand, is said to have brought. this authority with him to Washington, but he will defer ac- tion until Sir Julian can act conjointly with him, ——— ANGLO-AMERICAN TREA1Y, It Will Soon Be Signed and Ready for Action by Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28.—The latest information respecting the Anglo- Amwerican treaty, under the terms of which future disputes between the United States and Great Britain not involving the na- tional honor of the two Governments are to bereferred to an arbitration tribunal, is that it will be signed by the British Em- bassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, and by Secretary Olney this week. The point of difference between the two gentlemen was settled a few days ago and cabled to Lord Balisbury for his approval. State Department officials believe that Lord Salisbury’s reply, which 1s expected to be favorable, will reach Washington not later than Wednesday, in which event the formal signing of the treaty will im- mediately follow. It is predicted to-day that the treaty will be sent to the Senate within a few days after the reassembling of Congress next week, i —_— BOXING UP A STEAMSHIP. Portable Vessels for Use in South Amer- ica a New Idea ip Shipbuilding. The task of building a steamship, setting it up and then shipping it to Soutn Amer- ica in boxes, such as was performed re- cently at Nixon’s shipyard, in Blizabeth. port, was novel in shipping experiences in this countrr. Portable houses have been common for many years. Portable steam- era have been not uncommon in this coun- try. They bave been set up on many lakes, especially in the West, where there has been no facility for building such craft. The two vessels that ply on Devils Lake, in North Dakota, are instances of that, for they were brought from the banks of the Mississippi ‘even in the days when the hostile Sioux ranged through North Da- k::v‘r-ed 8::‘!1 "':ull h:u usvally 'x!‘nan s a on monster ba ;mwlythbc:nif woodnmmm ey e one that Mr, TUnited States of Colomhh,r:o';?; n'/: :g: Magdalena River, had to be put in boxes, big and little. Altogether there were something like 200 of these boxes. They filled three lighters, and were loaded from the lighters to a tramp steamship. The name of the portable steamer was the Maria Hanabergh. -Of course it was a small affair, but it was built with as much oo b e T, fL asi er: Enz'phu and beam was put in pl.u:: all ‘woodwork was nmE, the engine and every part of the craft was made to fit just as if the boat was to ply in these waters, The rivets, however, were not put in. The vessel was painted blue on one side of the interior and white on the other side of t..e inter.or. This was to facilitate the erection of the vessel on the Magda- lena River. Every plate, bolt and frame was marked to correspond with the plans, and then the little craft was taken apart and this and that part packed away in boxes. The boilers, of course, needed no boxes, but each piece of the machinery and each part of the hull was stowed away without dif- ficulty. ¥ Mr. Nixon will send one of his assist- ants to the destination of the vessei co su- perintend her erection. She will be put together on ways and launched precisely as she would have been launched had she remained in this country. It is simply & question of riveting the huil together, and of fastening the varts of the 'enile e to- gether, and then the vessel will com- plete. It is interesting to know that Mr. Nixon had foreign competition in securing the contract for the vessel. He underbid three foreign shipyards as to price, and also guaranteed to deliver the vessel quicker than any other bidder. He built ‘the craft in almost exactly sixty days.— New York Sun. TO0 BLOW UP VESSELS. The Automatic Sentinel Lieutenant Bradt. An improvement in the method of pro- tecting a harbor with submarine torpe- does has recently been invented by Lieu- tenant Francis B. Bradt of the Siemens Halske Company of America. This he terms an ‘‘electro-magnetic’’ sentinel. The special object of Lieutenant Bradt's invention is automatically to give warn- ing of the presence of a vessel in the vicinity of a sudmarine mine and to pro- vide means for exploding it at such time. The method of accomplishing this object at the right moment in ola systems is Dy means of the electric range finder, but this necessitates two stations and two ob- servers, and, moreover, is inoperative at night or in foggy or stormy weather, when vision is obstructed. . Lieutenant Bradt’s invention, however, | is automatic in its action, zives warnings day or night and is absolutely sure in its operation. The device, as described in ti.e Electrical Review, consists of a hugze induction coil, located under water at the place of the concealed mine, the core o1 which forms an open magnetic -circuit The terminals of the wire coil forming the induction coil are connected with a source of rapidly alternating currents situated on the shore. This induction coil is secured to the mine or torpedo and is provided with a fuse, which can be connected with a source of powerful, direct electric cur- rents through a switch operated by the observer. The circuit of the fuse being highly self-inductive, alternating currents cannot pass of sufficient strengtn to oper- ate the fu-e, but which offers no great re- sistance to the passage of direct currents, The action oi the device is as follows: When an iron vessel passes over the ends of the iron core of the induction coil the magnetic current is thereby made more complete, increasing the self-induction of the coil, and, consequently, decreasing the strength of the alternating currents passing through it, which currents are supplied by the insulated wires connect- ing the apparatus with the source of cur- rent on the shore. In this circuit is placed an insgrument for indicating any varia- tion in the current strength, so that the attendant knows by watching the index of the instrument when to throw the switch and explode the mine. Or, if de- sired, the instrument may be made auto- matic by providing a contact device, such that when the current decreases to a cer- tain predetermined limit the exploding circuit is completed and the explosion occurs.—Philadelphia Record. PRSI G AT Russian Malachite. One of the most beautiful minerals as well as rich ores of copper is the green carbonate, malachite. As a fine marble for carving the Russian malachite 1s bighly . prized. It is very compact, and prettily banded 1in different shades of green. The malachite from Arizona 1s equally beautiful as specimens, although not vften occuring solid enouzh for use as a marble. The specimens of velvet mala- chite consisting of surfaces ot capillary crystals in tufts and radiations are es- pecmll{ handsome. 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