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THE . SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897. 1§ THE BEALM OF JOHN BULL. Renewed Activity Among the Politicians Before Parliament Opens. Series of Amendments to Chal-| lenge the Government on Irish Reforms, England Awckening to the Great Suffering in India, an1 Will De- Relief Measures. v LONDON, Exa., Jan. 9.—The. return of 8 number of prominent politicians to Lon- don from the var places where they spent the Qi ays and the renewed activity at the several political cate the opening of the Parlia- season Before the session opens three Cabinet councils will be held. The first meeting of the Ministers will be de- voted to settling t tails of the work of the sessidn. At the second meeting, which it is ex- pected will be summoned for January 14, the Queen’s speech opening the session vill be prepared, and at the third meeting the general line to be taken by the Minis- ters on the debate in reply to the Queen’s eech will be decided upon. e most important of a series of ents to the address will directly allenze the Government on the Irish ncial reform question. As has before stated in this cable correspondence, Dillon and John Redmond will each n amendment, but under the de- opment of what is called the “New onism’ the Government will have to face much more formidable opponents n the leaders of the two sections of the amentary party. The Irish led by Colonel Saunderson, North Armagh, who is cele- bitter opposition to home e to attack the Government n question, and if the pend- | are carried out Colonel move an amendment, | be seconded either by Dillon or H showing the strange ows that have been made | ion agitation. e on the address'is expected o weeks, and there is in- siness among the ministe- s 1ssues. No defeat of the | nt is expected, but it is Jen'ed‘ Il'be such a depletion of the | jority as will force the Cabi- with Irish matters within con- 1 bed: 1ax: coalition | h rapidiy. Ireland will | ait a deliverance from the new com- gh which the Government dealing with the Irish redress. If the Irish | faiths fail to ob- ction of their de- e appointment of a new n they can make the wiole ses- e distres attitude of does not uation is or d to confront. | om the famine | even be said | ective of suf- | I lies behind the natives. The | rnment of India and the India Office | g what they can lo prevent in- n from independent sources from lic, and in response to e truth of statements ap- e newspapers of India re them to be exaggerations of fact. al aim in attempting to mini- he calamity can only be supposed to to anxiety to escape censure for a foresight; but the dually leaking out, and received here fully confirm | of the situation cabied ex- United Associated Presses ate and independent ad- | ting that thousands of | n siarvation, or from s them from as- Itis alpur 1 nati clusively to t last week. P known that in the - alone, a district which has a population of 2,000,000, 90,000 persons have aied. Thou- sands of others will have to perish, despite | efforts that may be made to succor m. There are people living in remcte | tricts, far from the railroads and other s of commgnication, to whom it wouid | impossible o carry food ux y swol rge as the existing Ind 1 is it is entirely unab e period which, it is d over the whole of Cable- s from the Viceroy of N been received here telling ciieeriully of rains that have fallen in several parts of the country, but of what possible use are rains to & people with starvation staring rem in the face? They cannot sit down it for crops to grow, ripen and be sted, but It appears that the Indis ment, with_incomprehensible f acted on ihe belief that rain an was wanting. Of course, rain ent a recurrence of the famine, ted now is food, and that | ly, to save thousands upon men, women and children t thousands of from a torturin . The Indian Office authorities here, act- ing on unfounded presumption that no aid was req aside from that which would be g oy the indian Govern- | ment, chec he Lord Mayor ot London | from starting a famine fund, but as the | t hand show that the ar- | fighting the famine are y inadequa rd Mayor, at the requegt of L ge Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, has opened 4 d that promises to reach’a large figure. he question of a national relief grant will be raisea in Parliament, Intense ‘anxiety is manifest in Irish circles concerning the probable fate of Edward J. Ivory. the dynamite suspeot, who wili be brought to trial next week., As the indictment bas already been found, there will be no preliminary delay, Al though an array of eminent counsel has been engaged in his bebalf, the net has been 8o closely woven around the unfor- inate man by the New York traitors and of whom he is the victim, that there t a shadow of doubt of his convic. | row said to be convinced that n made the tool of a number of so-called representative Irishmen in Amer. ica who think notbing of wrecking a life so that they may bave fresh material for demagogic proclamations concerning the batred of the British people for the Irish, and for new appeals to the ignorant and credulous for funds. There is absolutely no question but that Ivory was betrayed 10 the British detectives by the very men in New York and Brookiyn who induced him to uncertake the so-called mission, and itis also a fact that these same men have advised him to make a spread-eagle | | | [ | NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. SWEEPING CONTRACT! We have a sweeping contract on hand wherein we expect to unload all of our Overcoats, that is, all Overcoats that are down to 5, 4, 3, 2 and one of @ kind ; the same way with Suwits. together for Monday, a lot of swell Overcoats with velvet collar, where b o U Ny i SWEEPING FAST AND FURIOUS! Such trifles as a loss never enter our mind when we have @ sweep- ing contract on hand. A dreat many of our lines have been sold down to a few of a kind. These are not sold the ordinary way, but swept out. Some remarkably clever Overcoats Monday adain, cleverly tai- lored, coats that if yow paid double the money for ’em, youw would be getting big bardains. A big lot of ’em Monday adain at $3.95. [CO0000000000000CI0000000000000000 Some mighty swell Suits in blues, where we’ve only 3 or } of a kind ; they’re all bunched together for Monday and they’ll do at the- $3.93. Sweep price. we have only a few of a kind left. Suits ; they’re all fashionable darments. ‘em. Monday you’ll find ’em in the Sweep at - $4.95. I IR IR A R A SRR AR R RS S We never stop at trifles ; such a thing as a loss we welcome cheerfully, especially when we want to We bear this out by our ex- hibits in our window and the values we’ll offer yow Monday. Eget rid of small lines. We have bunched ’em We have done the same with Our picture below shows RAPHAEL’S INCORPORATED), ——THE FRISCO BOYS—— KING-PINS FOR OVERCOATS. RAPHAEL’S INCORFPORATED). THAT BIG KEARNY-STREET HOUSE WITH THE TINY PRICES patriotic speech in the dock, which they can use in their next “proclamation to the Irish race.” Ivory may get off with ten years, but he is more likely to get twenty-five. Extra- ordinary precautions will be taken to in- sure the safety of Jones, the spy, upon whose evidence the case against Ivory mainly rests. He has been in strict clusion since the Police.Court proceedings and will be kept at Scotland - Yard during the forthcoming trial, being escorted to | and from the court every day by an armed | and mounted guard. The commission appointed to examine into the deprescion ia the West Indian sugar industry has already taken the evi- dence of Neville Lubbock, Mr. Alstone and other representatives of the West Indian traders. The leading recommen- dation far examined has been in favor of coun- tervailing duties, to offset the bounties paid to the continental makers of beet- root sugar in the event of it being impossible to arrive at an a-reement with the bounty-paying nations to abolish the bounties. Statistics pinced before the commission show that while the popula- tion of the British Wes: Indies increases at the rate of 14,000 annually, the sugar exports have fallen 25 per cent in fourteen years. The French sugar planters in Martinique and Guadaloupe are in as bad a_plight as those in the British colonies. They have memorialized the Frénch Government to the effect that the French colonial sugar industry is on the.verge of utter ruin, and demand that against the home bounty sy-tem théy shall be allowed a grant of 5 francs on every 100 kilograms they ex- port, whether to Krance or joreign coun- tries. The English Commissioners will sail for Demerara on the steamer Don on Sunday next. The Duchess of York, daughter-in-law of the Prince of Wales, expects 10 be ac- couched in April. The Prince and Prin- cess of Wales _returned to Sandringham on Thursday from Trentham Hall, Staf- fordsnire, where they bad been spending a week with the Duke of Sutherland. Orders have been given for the complete overhaul of Buckingham Palace, Marl- borough House and Clarence House, | made by all the witnesses thus | { where the crowd ot foreign royalties com- ing to tie Queen’s sixty years' reign | jubilee in June are to be put up. A sum | for repairs and part refurnishing will | figure in the e-timates. | "Henry Labouchere, M. P., the well- known Radical leader 2nd editor of Truth, will be the guest of the National Liberal Club at a dinner to be given on February {3. The_ cinner is to be given in recogni- | tion of Mr. Labouchere’s public services in journalism. No political importance at- taches to theevent. Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Captain-gen- eral and Governor of Jamaica, is about to retire from that post, to which he was ap- pointed in 1889. In 1887-88 he was Gov- ernor of Newfoundland. 8ir Cornelius Altred Moloneyv, Governor | and Commander-in-chief of British Hon- duras, will also shorily retire from his | position. Andrew Percy Bennett, who has been appointed British Consul ‘at New York, is only 26 years of age. Heis the youngest paid Consul in the British service. Prince Lucien Bonaparte's famous li- brary, which was reported purchased by the corporation of the city of London, is still in the market. The corporation had the offer of it for £6000, but has failed to secure it. An American agency is nego- tiating for the collection, which must be purchased en bloc or not at all, 510UX ON THE W.RPATH, *“Fire Water” Induces a Nwmber of Them to Have a “Good Time,” OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 9.—A number of Sioux Indians on the Pine Ridge ageney have been on the warpath. A report of the affair was received at army head- quarters to-day. The Indians succeeded in getting hold of large quantities of “fire water,” and, inflamea with the stimulant, started out to havea good time. The au- thorities are very reticent about giving de- tails. A number of fights and general disturbances are reported. After a chase the leaders were surrounded and locked up. United States Deputy Marshal Led- yard has started for the scene of the out- break. BUDGET BEFORE THE UNTERHAUS Prussian Finances Shown to Be in a Favorable Condition. Lively Times Expected in the Reichstag Over the Army Credits Bill. Warm Discussion Also Looked For on the Sugar Bounty and Cur- " rency Question. BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. 9.—The re- assembling of the Prussian Unterhaus after the Christmas recess excited very little attention. The attendance of mem- bers was small. Some surprise was ex- pressed, however, that so few members were present, in view of the presentation of the budget by Dr. Miquel, Prussian Minister of Finance. The budget state- ment is replete with interesting features, all combining to show the existence of an exceptionally favorable condition of the finances of Prussia and a steady advance- ment of the prosperity of the country. The debate on the question of the first reading of the budget will take place next | week, and it is a foregone conclusion that the budget proposals will be accepted without amendment. The only adverse criticism to them has come from the radical Freissinige Zeitung in an attack upon Dr. Miquel. With the exception of the Freissinige Zeitung all parties concur that Dr. Miquel’s present budget wiil greatly heighten his reputation. Lively times are expected in the Reich- stag immediately after the reassembling of that body next Tuesday, the matters to be considered by that Chamber being numerous and important. Among the measures which will be submitted are the Government's demands for army credits, which, besides providing for the adaition of a large number of quick-firing guns, contemplate the purchase of a railway vlant for the purpose of accelerating the mobilization of troops, the extension of the fort works at the Kiel and Holtenau ends of the North Sea and Baltic canal the construction of docks and other addi- tfons and improvements of military value. The sugar bounties and currency ques- tions will also be brought up, the former | through the joint action of France and Austria in arranging for a European con- ference on a basis which German pro- ducers contend that it would be impossi- ble for Germany toaccept, France desiring to maintain a system of indirect bounty, tbough assenting to the abolition of the direct export premium. 1n regard to the currency, it is given ont by the bimetallists that they intend to ex- ert pressure upon the Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, to the end of influencing him to seize the opportunity presented by the mission of United States Senator Wolcott, who has arrived in England and will visit the Continent for the purpose of sounding the sentiment of Europe upon the silver question, to arrange for a bimetallic con- ference either with or without the par- ticipation of England. The election of the executive committee of the Stock Bourse, which, in view of the operation of the new bLourse law, was looked forward to with great interest, took place on Wednesday as appointed, but the result is not very promising for the peace of the Government. Of the fifteen mem- bers of the committee elected all are stronely opposed to the new law, and not 2 single one of them is a representative of a great financial house. The members of the Produce Exchange simply ignored the election for members of the executiva committee of the Produce Bourse. Not a voter made his appearance and there was consequently no voting. The appointment o Geheimrath Wen- delstadt, tne public prosecutor of Cologne, as the chief of the Bourse Department in the Prussian Ministry of Commerce \is taken as a warning to the produce bour- siers that the Government intend$ to take vigorous action 1n the eniorcement of the law, The agrarian newspapers are de- manding the dissolution of the free asso- ciations which have been formed in the various German commercial centers to take the places of the Bourses, and fur- ther demanding the prosecuting of the produce brokers who have transacted time deals under the rules of the free associa- tions upon the charge of illegal trading. Emperor William and Empress Frede- Tick placed wreaths upon the tomb of the Emperor’s grandmother, Empress Au- gusta, in the mausoleum at Charlotten- burg on the anuiversary of her death on Thursday. The German Protestant church in Jeru- salem, the tower of which was designed by the Emperor, is expected to be completed by the end of the present yesr. The edi- fice, the construction of which will cost 800,000 marks, was originally planned by the eminent German architect, Professor Abler, in 1875, but the plans have since been modified. The hearing of the American horseman, Robert Kneebs, against the judgment of the court condemning him to nine months’ imprisonment for entering the trotting mare Bethel on races on the German tracks under the name of Nellie Kneebs has been fixed for February. The decision will hinge upon the testimony of the vet- erinary expert, Professor Eggeling, who recently returned from America,where he examined the mare Bethel, which Kneebs claims_was not identical with the mare Nellie Kneebs. Empress Frederick received United States Embassador Uhl'and Mrs. Uhl at a special audience on Monday last, and a grand tunction was held at the residence of Embassador Uhl to-day, upon the occa= sion of the Embassador's reception of members of the imperial court. PASSENGER CO4CH EUNS WILD. Dashes Into a Trolley.Car and Fatally Injures an Ocoupant. WILKESBARRE, Pi., Jan. 9. — An empty passenger car attacked to a freight train on the Wilkesbarre and Northern Railroad broke its coupling this afternoon near New Dallas and dashed down a heavy grade for several miles. When near- ing Luzerneborough, at & crossing and at a frightful rate of speed, it collided with a trolley-car. The force of the collision hurled the trolley-car through the side of a dwelling-house, 2nd one passenger, Da- vid Smith, was fatally injured. Two brakemen were on the passenger coach and they put on the brakes, but the chains refused to work and they jumped to save their lives. The passengers in the electric car saw the dangerabead and made a rush for tve doors. All escaped injury with the exception of Smith, who was dug out of the wreck. e Greneral Porter Their Guest. NEW YORK, N.Y.,Jan. 9.—General Hor- ace Porter was the guest of honor to-night ata dinner given by the Lotus Club. A large number of prominent persons were pres- ent, among them being General Thomas H. Ruger, U. 8. A.; Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, General Steward L. Woodford, General Martin T. McMahon, General Anson G. McCook, General Sam Thomas, Chester 8. Lord, former Mayor Abram 8. Hewitt and ex-Postmaster Dr. Thomas L. James. Hon. Frank R. Lawrence pre- sided and a number of addresses were made. All the speakers vaid high tribute to Geueral Porter’s ability as a soldier and his character as a citigen.