The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1897. 5] DISCONTENT 18 b REE N SPA Popular Impatience With the Government Daily Intensifiss. "Theusands of Young Men Sent to Cuba Are Mourned by Their Families. Couservative and Liberal Leaders Are Distrusied and the Outlook Is Dec d=dly Chaotic. popular nment because he repellion in is daily the young men to Ci ailure to he Phi Thousan they bardships of lies beiieve th t down the insurrection, 1plished littie, while ave been dying ers of both tne | parteis are dis- and the present outlook is cha- nge inthe ministry in circulation and as t in the present tem- mors ofac where. The fu- d to -with much looked forwar —_— IHEILLING TALE OF ADVENTURE. Hair-Raising Siory of Thres Americans Who Have Been to Cuba. 0.—James nd Charles W. Allen of arrived on the Southern West, Fla., on Satur- d they tell a tale of adventures in September the trio, iam Barry, also of ted for Cuba to join the nts, and arrived in of tb: vana on September 21. e they feil in with Jcsef Ruiz, a n patriot, who volunteered to guide t to the retreat of the Cuban They headed for the Pinar trict, and when near Maarid ed who decided to kill them. Re- the desperate situation they d to risk their lives in a vigorous to escape. dark they loosened the ropes that grabbing rifles and ma- es they empted to get away, but Spaniards pursued, firing a double shot through the heart, at | d Bond's right arm-was | The surviving | pursuers. They | to get back and recover | rry’s body, but were unsuccessful. ter a tor and wearisome journey, ved in the T of San Cristo- arra at his house for a few H s daughter betrayed them, and morning of the secona day they ed by aburly Spaniard ina his revolver and fired. The I, the ball having penetrated and passed through his 1g almost instant death, to the 1007, and from ashed, which the Making a great the line of soldiers, suit. For miles the kept up, but the quartet man- tool nd suffering intensely they made their way until they No sign of life Here the four into to a dese: or withour. de th ly on birds they could shoot and found in an old well on the ca fourth day they were surprised ody of Spanish patrollers. Sick-and ry, the men made no resistance and ndered. Their hands were tied be- eir backs and they were compelied h for & distance of over ten miles, bey were thrown into prison. day they were forced to march late in the afternoon, when were put in another prison, #nd so ¢ were marches m prison to prison Havana wa the three Americans General Weyler. Id that R the young Cu- ban, bad commitied icide by shooting f a revolver which be snatched nards. he suicide story and are he young Cuban was mur- ey were cffered their liberty if aring allegi- Spain and promising I they could against the 1 cause in the United States. This, they agreed to do and the thres were re leased. On Decembe: brought before ON AN ERE+ND OF MERCY. Captain Myers’ Eeport of the Last Trip of the Dauntless, JACKSONVILLE, Fra, Jan. 10—The 1 report'of Captain John W. Myers the steamer 7 t trip of the vessel was comple terday and forwarded by the Coliector of ic Customs o the Secretary of the Treasur: Int report Captain Myers gives a de- tailed account of the trip. He teils all about inding the men lett at No Name Key by the steamer Three Friends and of taking the men off the key and transfer- ring them to another steamer. As the report shows that the Dauntless wason nd of mercy rather than a filibus- pedition, it is very probable that the vessel will not be libeled for any lation of the neutrality or navigation ws. W. A. Bisbee, the owner of the vessel, is'auxious to secure clearance for the ves- sel to Nenvitas, Cuba, as he has a contract to deliver a cargo of arms and ammuni- tion at that peint. Nothing further has been heard of orders for the United States dispatch-boat Doiphin to accompany the Dauntless whenever that vessel may. be granted clearance and leaves this port. The revenue cu'ter Boutwell went down ane d taken prisoners by | with an old man | ir home for four days, | they were sgain thrown into pris- | to the bar early yesterday morning and carried Captain Clover, commander of tbe Dolphin, out to his vessel, The Dolphin has not yet entered the St. Jonns River |and she will not come in until the tides begin to run a little higher. The cruiser Newark is still anchored off | the bar. She has been there for nine days and in that time no attempt has been | made by any vessel to carry out an expedi- | tion of aky kind. In fact there is no boat in this port that is available for this work, as the Three Friends is in the hands of the marshal, and the Dauntless is in the custody of an officer of the Boutwell, The investigation by the Cubans under the direction of General Nunez and Hora- tio Rubens of the sinking of the Commo- dore has not vet been conciuded and noth- ing has been done toward making the re- | sult of the investigation public. SENATOR WHITE TALKS. Says ths Cuban Resolution Has a Poor Chance for Resurrection. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—"The | chances for resugrection of the Cuban reso- lution are about as good as for the passage | of the Pacific funding bill,’’ said Senator | White to-day; *‘that is to say, the chances poor.” California Senator is at present 7 interested in both oft ese proposi- Itisunderstood that Senators White ller had a conference yesterday to try anc. devise ways and means to bring up the Cuban resolution. They are about convinced of the hope- lessness of it, however, for obstrutionists |in the Benate will not permit it to be brought forward. It is tie opinion of Sen- ators White and Teller that at least part of the opposition comes from friends of the | incoming administration. One of the | Senators said that in his opinion Presi- | dent McKinley would adopt the policy resarding Cuba mow pursued by the Cleveland administration. | Senator White believes this to be true | and he has talked to members of Congress ana others who haye recently returned from Canton. It is said upon excellent | authority that Major McKinley does not desire the passage of the Cuban resolu- | tion. e RENEW:D BUICHERIES. losaly Staughtered. TAMPA, Fra,, Jan. 10.—Advices from Havaua per Oiivette tell of renewed butch- | eries of Cubans by Spaniards. It is as- | serted that Thursday night at Guana- | bacoa Spanish trogps under Colonel Fon- | deviels killed thirty men, women and | children and burned many houses. In | Pinar del Rio the Spanish troops are | accused of crimes against many Cuban “ girls. RACING STABLES BURNED. | | l Zhirty Men, Women and Children Ruth- The Noted Tiddleywinks and Thirteen | Other Horses Burned—Heroic Fidelity | of Tony Brown, a Jockey. | NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 10.—The extensive | racing stables of the Norfolk Driving Club | and Fair Association were burned to-day. | Thirteen of the racing horses, including | John Mariner's $10,000 Tiddley winks, were | cremated. | The fidelity of Tony Brown, hostler, to | this horse will probably cost him his life. In attempting to lead the horse from the | burning building he was frightfully burned about the face and back and his recovery isconsidered extremely doubtful. The loss will be about $30,000, on which there is barely $2600 insurance. William Burnett, a colored watchman, was at first supposed 1o have been burned alive. but he was later seen in the city and wus arrested, charged with having fired the building. A northeast gale which prevailed at the time saved the large | grandstand from destruction. e Gt { 4 SHOCK1 COLLISION. | Railroad Train Crashsd Into a Street | car With Probabiy Fatal Lesults | MINNEAPOLIS, Misy., Jan. 10.—A Great Western passenger train ran intoa suburban street car last night, injuring a | number of passengers, one of Whom may | die. The injured are: i Miss Helen Austin, a student at the uni- versity, cut about scalp and badly shocked. | Miss Erickson, injured about head and | body | i. 8. Oakley, student at the university, | cut about the face and head. | Daniel Johnson, conauctor, seriously cnt about the head and badly shaken up. W. W. Riddle, professor of mathematics, | State University, sustained serious inju- | ries about the head and a probable frac- ture of the skull; may die. ’ — e —— | DETECTIVE KILLS HIMSELF. G Conklin of Pinkerton’s Kansas . City Agency Dead in His Chair. | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 10.—Thomas | G. Conklin, resident superintendent of Pinkerton’s Detective Agency, committed | snicide in bis office this afternoon by | blowing out his brains with a 45-caliber Colt's revolver. He was found at 5:30 o'clock by his cashier, Dennison, seated | in his chair dead. By hisside lay the re- | volver with ons chamuer exploded. No motive is known for the suicide. An inquest will be heid to-morrow. He was ars old and had a wife and three ch: Mr. Conklin came here from Phila- delphia about four years ago, and was acknowledged as one of the best superin- tendents connected with the Pinkerton service. i g | A Five in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Mx Jav. 10.—Fire at1o'clock this morning totally destroyed | the packing-house of the Anchor flour- | mill, owned by the Pillsbury-Washburn | Mulling Company. Loss $200,C00, fully in- | sured. The flames originated in the third | car e, and for & time threatened to destroy the entire mill. The firewall, however, prevented further damage. et g b More Work at Johnstoww. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 10,—The Cam- bria rail mill, No. 1, the twelve and six- inch milis and the scrap mill will resume operations to-morrow, giving employment to many 1dle men. The Cambria steel mili was put in blast to-night. Two hun- dred men will al<o go to work tc-morrow morning at the Johnson Company steel motor works. —_—— Yan Valkenburg Indicted. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 10.—The Grand ! Jury has found a bill to-day against E. A. Van Valkenburg, charged with at- | tempting to bribe Representative Weiss to vote for Hon. Jobn Wanamaker for United States Senator. The trial will take place on Wednesday next. Lol Verdiot of Not Guilty. CHICAGO, IuL., Jan. 10.—The jury in the case of Jobn A. Hanley, ex-traffic managerof the Santa Fe Railroad, charged with violating the interstate commerce iaws, returned a verdict of not guilty yes- terday. —— Caused by Family Troubl ZANESVILLE, Oxio, Jan. 10.—Herman Stimm shot and killed his wife and son last night and then committed suicide. Family troubles caused the deed. Stimm had been acting queerly of late and his friends believe that be was crazy. ———————— T0 CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY, Take laxative BromoQuinine Tablets. Alldru; §ists refund the money 15 it 1ails 1o cure. sfi ry of the building from an unknown | | | | | of way. ROLLCALL TO-DAY ON FUNDING BILL Vote Close, but It Is Thought the Bill Will Be Defeated. Senator Mills Booked for a Hot Speech on Independent Cuba. The Nicaragua Canal Bill Believed to Be Dead During This Conzress. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10.—Voting upon the Pacific raiiroad fanding bill and amenaments will occur in the House to- morrow. The vote is likely to be close, but it is believed the bill will be deleated. For the remainder of the week appro- priation bills will probably have the right The managers of the House are determined that no measures imposing additional charges either upon the credit or the revenues of the Government sball receive consideration at this session if they can prevent it. The Nicaragua canal bill and several other propositions in- volving financial responsibilities may therefore, be considered dead, so far as this Congress is concerned. On Saturday afternoon the House will constructively listen to eulogies upon the late ex-Speaker Crisp of Georgia. In the Senate to-morrow Mills of Texas is booked for a speech on Cuba. His text will be the resolution he intredaced a few days ago recognizing the independence of the republic of Cuba, declaring it to be the duty of the executive to act in har- mony with Congress 1n recognizing a new State, and appropriating a sum sufficient to pay a diplomatic representative to the repubiic when the President shall have appointed one. The extreme position taken by Mr. Mills leads to the belief that bis speech may be, to some extent, sensa- tional and that his criticism of the atti- tude’of Mr. Olney may be severe. Senators are awaiting the return to the city of Mr. Cameron, who isin charge of the Cuban question. There does not ap- pear to be any desire just now to push the Tecognition resolutions. Proctor of Vermont has given notice that to-morrow he will address the Senate on his resolution for a constitutional amendment making the Presidential office a six-year term and the occupant ineligi- ble for two terms in succession; also making the terms of members of Congress three instead of two years. Early in the week the attempt will be made to secure a vote on the Oklahoma free homestead bill, and when that is out of theway the Senate’s Pacific railroad funding bill may be taken up, unless the House shows such bostility to Pacific railroad legislation as to make the at- tempt hopeless GUVERNOR DEAKE IN CONTEMPT Conflict Balween lowa’s Executive and Judicial Departments. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 10.—Governor Drake must commission John R. Prime as brigadier in command of the First Brigade of the Iowa National Guard or answer for contempt of court. In case he is brought up for contempt, the Governor's attorney has stated he will pardon himself, and the interesting spectacle wil! be presented of the executive and judicial departments in direct conflict with each other. Nearly a year ago Prime was elected by the First Brigade as its commander. Adjutant-General Wright had befriended James A. Guest, his opponent, and de- clined to admit Prime’s election. He | ordered a new election and again Prime won. Then the vote was so canvassed as to throw out a large number oi Prime votes. Guaest was deciared elected and was commissioned. Prime sued for a mandamus to compel the Governor to commission him. “The case has been pending several months, and yesterday Judge Spurrier decided it. He holds that Prime was elected, that only personal spite :xcl\mtedu‘ha adjutant and Governor in refusing fim the commission, and holds that the Governor must commission him at onee. Attorney-General Remley represented the Governor at the trial.” He declared the Governor's authority as commander- in-chief of the guard paramount to t e court’s, and said he would not obay its orders; if committed for contempt, he would pardon himself. The defense will appeal at once, and an early heuring is expected. Prime will commence a proceeding 1o oust Guest as commander of the brigade, and some sen- sational features are expected, as the Gov- ernor is expected to refuse to obey the court’s orders. e IT 18 A GIGANIIC PROJECT. Eastern Mechanics to Build a Big Iron Plant at Part Angeles, PITTSBURG, Pa.,Jan.10.—A joint stock company of Western Pennsylvania mill- workers has undertaken a gigantic project in tbe building of a great iron and steel piant at Port Angeles, on Puget Sound, thirty miles from Seattle, Wash. The works will cover thirty acres and the cost will exceed $1,500,000. Work, it is said, will begin in the spring. Over half the stock has aiready been taken by skilled workmen employed in mills located at Braddock. Duquesne, Homestead, Mc- Keesport, Turtle Creek, Wilmerding, Pitts- burg and Allegbany. The stock rates are $100 per share, some of \he subscribers taking some 20 to 100 shares. Many of the Carnegie and Westinghouse employes are interested. The Board of Trade and Chamber of Com- merce of Port Angeles offered a_tempting bonus, which was accepted. The officers of the'company are: George M. Nimmer, president; Thomas J. Murphy, vice- president, and M. E. George, secretary. The plant will employ 2000 men. Thé company has also zecured 600 acres of iroa ore and 10,000 acres of coal land. gt The Holland Dames. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10.—The cer- tificate of incorporation of the Holland Dames of tho New Netherlands was filed yesterday with the County Clerk. The parpose is to found a society of women of honorable Dutch descent to perpetuate the memory of early settlers, to collect and preserve all records relating to the Dutch in Americaand erect some monu- ment to their memory. The directors are: Lavinia H. Dempsey, Jessie L. Boggs, Martba H. Rbinelander, Mary J. Holland and Anetta J. Van Olden. ——— Lionel Lowrence Very Il NEW YORK, N. Y., Jao. 10.—Lionel Lawrence, lessee and manager of the S8avoy ‘Theater, is dangerously ill at the Metro- politan Hotel. Lawrence slipped and fell on the street on Monday and injured his spine in such & manner as to resuit in to- tal paralysis of both legs. His physician says that while there isa probability of his ultimate recovery it would be some time | before he would recover the use of his legs. sl A EXPLORER PEARY LECTURES. His Adventures in Greenland Told to a Large Audience in the Biookiyn Academy of Music. NEW YORK,N. Y., Jan, 10.—Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, for nearly two hours last night entertained a large aundience at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn with his new lecture, em bodying his observations in his trip to Greenland last summer. None of his pre- vious lectures have been more replete with instructive and picturesque description of the home of the “Arctic Highlanders and the habits and manner of life. From the beginning to the close Lieu- tenant Peary illustrated the scenes, inci- dents and people of the North with re- markably fine lantern slide pictures, many ol them beautifully colored and all of them, as he assured his audience, true to life with regard to the origin of the Green- land E:kimos. Lieutenant Peary is inclined to adopt the theory of President Markham of the Royal Geographical Bociety of Great Bri ain—that they are the remnant of an an- cient Siberian trive, the Onkilon, which was driven to the Arctic Ocean by the waves ol the Tartar invasion, passed to the New Siberian islands and thence to the northern grant and archipelago. He described the Arctic Hihlanders as resembling children in disposition and temperament—simple, kindly; cheertul and hospitable. In their ability to make use to the fuliest exient of the few po-si- bilities of their country they were, in his opinion. abead of any other aboriginal race. He could find no trace of any reli- gion among the people, although holding the superstitions customary among sav- age races. At the close of the lecture the stage cur- tain was raised and an Esquimau village revesled with its twelve inhabitants with their dogs and sleighs, movine about in their native costumes and engaged in their usual occupations. The E:quimau buts and kayaks and the other Arctic sur- roundings made a pretty scenc, o e Gets the Cullom Medal. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10.—The Amer- ican Geographical Society has awarded to Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary, U. 8. N., for his work in Greenland, the Cullom gold medal, which will be presented at its annual meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Peary is the first recipient of the medal, for which funds were provided by the late General George W. Culiom, U. 8. A., vice- president of the Geographical Society. Ertebdnd Walling Wants a New Hearing. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 10.—The attor- ney oi Alonzo Walling, sentenced to be banged at Covington for complicity in the Pearl Bryan murder, have filed a peti- tion with the Court of Appeals asking for a new hearing. o3k Sl Tobacco Factory Burned. DANVILLE, Va,, Jan. 10.—The big five- story brick tobacco factory of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company was entirely de- stroyed by fire, together with 1ts contents, lhisdmorniug‘ Loss, $150,000; fully in- sured. SNOWIPLOW FOR KOUMANIA, Zarge Botary to Be shipped From New Jersey Locomotive Works. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10.—A large rotary snowplow will be shipped from the | Cooke Locomotive Works at Paterson, | N. J., to-day for Roumanis, where it will do service on the Government railroads. It is the largest and most perfect of its kind ever made, weighing 122,000 pounds and being fitted with a special flange ae- vice on the trunk on the wheels wh.ch | will effectually remove.theice that usually clings to the rail and has to be removed by hand. \ "The wheel of the plow measures ten feet, with hollow, cone-shaped scoops and auto- matic reversible knives of the best steel. | There is no dead surface, and the monster i will, by the aid of its great hinged wings | and clearance-plates, ke able to cut its way throu h drifts twenty feet in height and leave a clean path beliind it. e RUNAWAY NEJE MODESTO, It Resulted Fatally for Blakeley Wallis, a Young Rancher. MODESTO, CAL, Jan. 10.—A runaway accident yesterday resulted in the death of the son of one of this county’s well- knowa residents. Blakeley Wallis, 17 years of age, son of T. K. Wallis, was engaged in runuing a | scraper about 11 o’clock yesterday morn- ing on his father's ranch, fourteen miles broke throwinz the young man forward. He fell in front of the scraper. -The team began to rum, and at every iump made by the horses the blade of the scraper struck the unfortunate farmer on the side of the head. The horses became freed from the implement. The noise attracted the mother and two sisters of young Wallis. They found him under the scraper, with its blade resting upon him. No men bein~ Eresent‘ they had to lift the machine off his body. He retained consclousness, and died about 6:30 o’clock last night. e b B Zo Light Santa Cruz Sireets. SANTA CRUZ, Cawn., Jan. 10.—Pacific avenue is to be lighted from end to end with arc lights. The city now maintains six lights, and to tufs number seventeen will be addea by a plan agreed upon by the Board of Trade. Property-owners on Pacific avenue are to contribute 3 cents per month per running foot of their respeciive holdings. The Santa Cruz Eléctric Light Company agrees for the amount thus realized to sup- ply lights and care for them. The distance to be lighted in this manner is 6650 feet ana tbe price per lamp will be about $12 per month. Gregon Short Line Sale. SALT LAKE, Utan, Jan. 10.—The Ore- gon Short Line and Utah Northern Rail- way and its extension, with all its prop- erty of every kind, was sold under foreclosure in this city yesterday. The re- organization committee, through Henry G. Nicholls, was the chief bidder, and to Nicholls the road was knocked down for $7.185,500. The amount realized on the American Loan and Trust Company’s general mortgage was $5,447,500, and on the two mortgages on the extensions, $1,738,000. —_— Sale of @ Petaluma Newspaper, PETALUMA, Car., Jan. 10.—Miss Rena Shattuck, proprietressof the Petalumian, has sold that journal to Frank Snow, who will change the name to the Budget. Miss Shattuck will take up her residence at Sutter “ Creek, where she will statt a weekly paper. Hatchetman in Sacramento, BACRAMENTO, Car, Jan. 10.—Ah Yung, a Chinese cook in a French restau- rant, was assaulted to-night by another Chinaman armed with a hatchet. The weapon landed on his neck, inflicting an ugly wound, but he will recover, He says he doks not know who his assailant is. Former News Ag Dead. BACRAMENTO, .CaL, Jan. 10.—A young man named Gilmer, formerly em- loyed as news agent.on the railroads, gied suddenly here to-night, probably of heart disease. His mother lives in Oak- land. —_—— Fell Dead at Sausalito. SAUSALITO, CAL., Jan. 10.—William Ludolph, a wine-broker and’ prominent resident of Sausalito, fell down dead this aiternoon about 3:45 o’clock. The remains are in charge of the ner. \ south of this place. Thespring to the brake | | AUSTRiA MUST GET INTO LINE What the Extension of the German Artillery Ser- vice Means. Russia’s Policy With Regard to Turkey Exercises the Driebund. The Sultan Thanks the Kaiser for Preventing - Encroachments on His Domain. [Copyrighted, 1897, by the United Assoclated Presses. | BERLIN, GerMaNy, Jan. 10.—Count Goluchowski, Austrian Mmister of For- eign Affairs, will arrive in Berlin on Janu- ary 17. The ostensible object of his com- ingis to take part in a meeting of the members of the Germas order of the Red Eagle, of which he wears the decoration of the Grand Cyoss, but it isknown beyvond the possibilily of doubt that the purpose of his visit is to confer with the Emperor and Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan- cellor, upon matters affecting the posi- tion of Austria in the Dreibund. The radical changes in the artillery arm of the German military service, which it is tne intention of the Government to effect if the assent of the Reichstag to the proposals for that purpose can be ob- tained, will necessitate the pursuit of a similar policy in the army of Austria- Hungary, involving an estimated expenditure of at least 80,000,000 florins. 11, as the result of the conference of the Emperor, Count Gulochowski and Prince Hohenlohe, the Kaiser should advise si- multaneous reforms in the armies of the powers signatory to the Dreibund it will be & question as to how farin that direc- tion Austria will be able to assent, while it will be a matter of still greater doubt as to whether its ally will be able to meet the financial demands which the reforms reqaired will entail. Despite its importance from every point of v iew, however, the question of new armaments is a matter of minor con- sideration compared with the erisis in the international relations of the Dreibund powers arising from the policy of Russia in regard to Turkey. Indeed nobody, even the diplomats themselves, knows wnat will be the result of the con- ferences of the Embassadors in Constanti- nople. Baron de Calice, the Austrian Embassador to Turkey, who, by reason of his precedence as dean of the diplomatic corps, presides at the conference, does not appear to send reports of the proceedings of the meetings to Count Goluchowski which that statesmahn is justified in re- garding as of a comforting character, and it is understood tbat the Austrian Gov- ernment desires a fuller and more explicit understanding with the German Emperor as to what action Germany will take in the event of an outbreak requiring the armed intervention of Austria. The nomination by the Hussian Em- peror of M. Shishkin as the successor of Prince Lobanoff in the office of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, with Count Muravieff as his coadjutor, occupying the position previously filled by M. Shishkin, has greatly retardsd the outlook from the Dreibund point of view. Count Muravieff was at one time secretary of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, and is known to be an intense partisan of the French and a pro- nounced German opponent. Commenting upon his appointment as the active Russian Minister, the Volks Zeitung declares that it will drive the wedge which will bring about & dual alli- ance, if such a thing can be accomplished. Germany, the paper adds, will find her present support of the policy of Russia in the East a great mistake and should by all means turn toward England. The St. Petersburg Novosti declares that the settlement of the difficulties in Tur- key cannot imply an extension of the Austrian _empire. ‘'‘The Balkan penin- sula,” this inspired journal says be handed over to tne Balkan peoples. The question concerning Asia Minor and Egypt can be settled under a Franco- Russian and British entente and Con- stantinople made a free port.” In view of the semi-official utterances and the known circumstances it is clear that the Austrian Government fears the further development of the situation and is sending Count Goluchowski here to as- certain the exact situation and learn pre- cisely what Austria may rely upon in the event of certain conditions ot affairs. The Suitan has sent Grumbkoff Pasha to Berlin as the bearer of an autograph letter to the Emperor expressing the thanks of the Suitan for the attitude as- sumed toward him by the Kaiser in pre- venting encroachments upon his preroga- tives. The combination of brokers against the time-dealing ciauses of the Stock and Prod- duce Exchange reform account will only succeed ir the Government allows the tenor of the act to be ignored. The produce exchanges, which have been dis- solved and whose late members continue both cash und time dealings under the guise_of free associations, cannot be brought back into business life by the mere fiat of the Government, but the free associations are mistaken in supposing that the act cannot check either opera- tionsin “lutures’” if the authorities use their powers. When the brokers’ intention to drive throngh the act first became known the Nord Deutsche Zeitung published an official intimation that its provisions applied to all seculutive business, time and other dealings transacted outside as weil as inside the bourses. The scheme which the brokers, banks and their clients have devised for the evasion of the act, and which is now in full operation. set the law absolutely at naught. The Govern- ment must either underiake a persistent ana wholesale system of prosecution or submit to seeing the act become a dead letter. The Agrarian press, in rather hesitating terms, demands prosecution, and the Government is undoubiedly reluctant to act. Probably the issue of this legislative mistake, which is now recognized by the moderates of the Agrarian party as something of a blunder, wiil be the early appearance in the Reichstag of another bill rescinding the obnoxious provisions of the present law. An extraordinary story regarding the partition of China among the leading European powers, which bas been gravely discussed in the German press, originated i Herr Eugen Wolf's letters irom Tien Tsin to the Tageblatt. Herr Woll bas never lacked audacity as a correspondent. Upon the slender basis of the Russo- Chinesa railway convention he built up a new version of the often-heard-of and as often contradicted “‘secret treaty,” with a fanciful superstructure of its results, China is to be dealt with like Africa. Russia’s sphere is to extend to the Yellow River, the German sphere from the Y low River to the Yan Tse Kiang; the Eng- lish indefinitely south of the Yan. Tse Kiang, and the French northward from Yunnan, meeting the English sphere, The partition was sugeested rather as a com- mercial than a politicai division, in which, it will be observed, the American interest was ignored. Not a shred of truth, not even of prob- ability, justifies this romance. The Rus- sian Kmbassador at Pekin, Count Cassin, who 1s credited with achieving a tremen- | dous diplomatic triumph by first securing the Russian sphere of influence in the north, bas, according to St. Petersburg advices, obtained notiung beyond a diminution of frontier dues Ly one-third as a concession in connection with the Eastern Chinese Raiiway. It is question- able whether this privilege can be worked without its being granted to all countries having commercial ireaties with China | containing the mostfayored nation clause. _The committee of the Deutscher Zegler Verband has fixed the Kiel international regatia for June 25, extending to July 1, inclusive. The Nordseutscher Kegalta Verein meets at Cuxhaven on June 21 and again on July 23 anl 24. The inter- | national regatia promises o be the great- est event of tLe kind ever seen in German waters. The members of the Reichstag who will represent the sugar interests do not in- tend to endanger what they have got by asking for more. They will oppose any reduction in the bounty grants or altera- tion iu the arrangement for 1896-97, and they have a lmjomy of the Keichsiag with them. The exvort of German raw sugar to the United States assumed enormous pro- portions in the past year. From January to November last the totals were 2,397,191 double (or meter} hundred-weigut, as against 47, in 1895 and 675,057 in 1894. The raw sugar exporis to Eugland during these periods fell off lurgely. All of the German States have ap- proved the sentiment expressed in the Tecent ea:ct of the Emperor in regard to dueling in the army and have adopied his Majesty’s suggesuons in regard to the re- ferring of disputes to courts of honor in- stead of a resort to independent action on the part of the principals. Th youthful Imperal Princes visited and in their peculiar way inspected the new Reichistag building on Tnesdsy. The voungsters were conducted by Councilor Knerk. Their visit was somewhat formal at its beginning, but when the boys | reached the spacious lobbies and later en- tered the hall in which the sittings of the Reichstag were held they ran about liks schoolboys at play, as they really were. When they were ushered- into the session ball and bad its uses explained to them the imperial children expressed their as- tonishment at its arrangement, ‘which required men of middle and advanced age to sit at desks all in a line like schoolboys and laughed heartily at the idea. Tne boys were presented with photographs of the session hall and other parts of the building, but paid little attention to Counciior Knark’s description of the character of the great bui.ding. The North German Gazette, an inspired organ, asserts tnat the German Govern- ment has no intention of interfering in the case of Cuba, whatever the final issue of the insurrection in that island or the differences growing out of it between the United States and Spain may be. A debate took place in the Prussian lower house yesterday upon the question of dissolution by the police of meetings held in Prussian Silesia, at which the Polish language is spoken. Freiherr von ger Recke von der Horst, Minister of the Interior, 100k an aggressive part in-the debate and advocated the adoption of energetic measures against agitation on the part of the Poles, the growing signs of which he said Prussia must promptly and energetically suppress. Professor Rudolph Falb, the meteoro- logist of Vienna, is lying bedridden in that ciiy. He has a wife and five children, and the entire family are in a state of extreme destitution. A number of Berlin scientists and savants have started a fund for their reiief. Mrs. William Walter Phelps, widow of the late United States Minister to Ger- many, is visiting her daughter, the Coun- tess yon Rottenburg, whose husband is curator of the university at Bonn. SONOMA CHURCH DEDICATION, Impressive Ceremonies Conducted by Archbishop Riordan, Assisted by the Pastor and Visiting Divines. | EONOMA, Can., Jan. 10.—The new Church of St. Francis Solano, which has just been completed on the site of the old building, which was accidentally de- stroyed by fire some rhonths ago, was dedicated this morning by Archbishop | Riordan, assisted by Rev. Father Quill, | Tector of the parish, and visiting clergy: men from San Francisco and Petaluma. The ceremony was very impressive and the music_avpropriate to the occasion. Miss Caroline Hersey sang the Christmas canticle, “Noel.” The parish of St. Francis ranks among the oldest rn Northern. Califcrnia. As early as 1823, it is said, Franciscan priests were here as missionaries among the In- dians, Shortly afterward the late General Vailejo appeared on the scene, and due largely to his efforts the old Mission| Church was constructed. This church, with its long adobe convent, is still | standing, but it has long since passed out of the hands of the priests, und since its abandonment twelve years ago, when a new church was built in a more populous part of the eity, it has been employed as a storercom for hay and grain. The new church is a handsome struc- ture, of pure Gothic architecture, and is in every way suited to the needs of a large and growing congregation. —_——— BUILDING TO AZUSA, | Southern Pacific hranch Line Rapidly Extended From Monrovia. AZUSA, CAL, Jan. 10.—A large ‘orce of men and teams are busily at work con- structing the new branch road of the Southern Pacific Railway between Monro- via and this place. Work is also being rapidly pushed upon the company’s new bridge over the San Gabriel River. This new road, which is expected to be completed inside of sixty days, will pass through a very rich coun- try, end will place Azasa upon two trans- continental railroads, the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. INDIAN UPRISING AT CAPE MUDGE Suppression of a “ Potlach” May Lead to Dire Results. The Son of a Defiant Chief Is Carried Off by Whitz 0 ficials. Whisky-Craz:d Tribesmen Vow Ven- geance, and Sottlers Fear a Massacre. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 10.—Edward Wilson of Cape Mudge, on the northern coast of this province, arrived in the city last night to seek help of the Indian De- partment to avoid a threatened uprising of the natives. The trouble 15 caused by the determination of the Government to put down the disgusting practice of ‘‘pot- laches.” These potlach gatherings of the Indians are held in winter after their re- turn from sealing and fishing and are rel- ics of old barbarian rites that the authori- ties had not interfered with until strongly urged to do so by the missionaries. At these feasts the young braves torture themselves in various ways, and one fea- ture is the tearing up of a live dog with their teeth and devouring the reeking flesh. The Cape Mudge Indians refused to de- sist and Chief Moon recently issued in- vitations for a big potlach. Constable Manson of Cortez Island last Tuesday arrested Chief Moon and his son, and the tribesmen, wildly excited, flocked down to the landing-place as the prison- ers were being taken away and rescued the chief, the constable, with the assist- ance of some determined white men, man- aging to hustle the son on to a boat and carry him away. The Indians, furious at this interference with their orgies, called a gathering of the tribe and medicine men, and, though some older heads counseled peace, the younger bloods have spread the news abroad among the coast tribes and they are flocking to Cape Mudge armed, deter- mined to hold a potlach in spite of every« thing. White settlers on the coast near that part are few, and grave fears are enter- tained that, once maddened with whisky, which is smuggled in to them in spite of the efforts to stamp out the traffic, the Indians will break loose from all control and a massacre of the whites result. All warships are at present away from Victoria, but there is a company of regu- lars at tbe fort and enough militia here and in Vancouver to send to the scene if the situation keeps a3 threatening as at present. The flagship Imperieuse 1s to- ward the north of Vancouver Island now and can be summoned in short order. However, the proyincial police force un- der Superintendent Hussey is very effi- clent and it is likely that a number of | them well armed will be dispatched to Cape Mudge as a first precaution before the soldiers are called out. It is not many years since a strong force had to be sent to Skeena to quell a native | uprising there and since then the Indians have been overawed and no trouble has oceurred until the present. VALLEJO MINISTER'S MISSION. | Will Interview Rn!il;e Condemned Mur- derer, and Endeavor to Obtain Material for a Sermon. VALLEJO, CAL., Jan. 10.—Rev. W. L. Gaston, . pastor of the Cornell Baptist Church, will visit the jail at Napa to-mor- row for the purpose of having a conversa- tion with the condemned murderer Rowe, who is to hang Friday next. The pastor desires to obtain data for a sermon to be delivered in his church at this place next Sunday night., Among the questions to be propounded to the condemned man are: To what does he attribute his downfall; what drink had to do with it; and whether he desires to make any statement or leave any mes- sages behind ? Sheriff McKenzie, vho has given per- mission to the pastor to interview the man, has warned him not to disclose his profession prior to the queries being pro- pounded, otherwise, like all others who have endeavored to hold religious con- verse with him, he will meet with a cold rebuff, as Rowe does not seem to care for the company of any spiritnal advisers. It is now claimed that Rowe is one of the two inhuman mounsters that carried a young girl into the brush near Winters a few years ago, and after a brutal assault left her bound hand and foot to die. ——— Mid-Winter Fair Musician Swicides. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 10.—A man supposed to be J. Burgobiz, one time a musician in Vienna Praeter Orchestra at the Mid-Winter Fair, took a dose of rouzh- ou-rats to-night and died afew minutes after reaching the receiving hospital. A pass into the fair grounds was found on him, but his letters were addressed toJ. Burkovits. Hehad been out of work and was greatly despondent. NEW TO-DAY. 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