The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1897. - SEAATOR MILLS PLEADS FOR CUBA Sharply Rebukes the Atti- tude of the Adminis- tration. What H: Would Do Had He the Puwer of the Presi- dent. “Reduce Thcs2 Fortresses and Make the Atmosphere Smell of Powder for a Month.” WASHINGTON, D.C., m ng business he e Senate to-da pposition to the Pacific the Record oads Com- or the erectic at the Tenn e thor tive branenes onglydesired mor d the nt resolution recc e of the re c of the 19th a ton. It 1s is gnal ill meet Where toe te obtains the diseretion of gave a_history of tbe recog Texas, in from the message of Pr kson 1n refation to Texasin t In this view, on the grou therefore consider it nece: to y_opinion as to the strict con- right of the executive.” sentence embraced the it was a question of ex- oceeded with his argument and the resoiution cffered in the J. Walker, ihen a Sen- sippi, for the recoguition e (R.) of Maine asked Mills ‘whether t resol the indep nce of Texas or whether it was only an expression of opinion that it should be recogaized. Mil!s remonstrated against interruptions which inter‘ered with the trena of his ar- gument. He said that he would not stop to discuss the q vresent Secreta the world that 10 do what was prop gress did so it would produce disaster. sforean (D.) of Alabama—On ih= ques- tion of taste, have you examined the re- port of Henry Winter Davis from the House Committee on Foreign Mg regard to theestablishment of a monarchy in Mexico? 1lls said he had got that report before and would refer to it. He recalled instructions given to Mr. Ciayton, ary of Siate under President Tay- to the agent sent to report on the ian revolution in 1848. One of the in these instructions read: Saould the new Government prove to be firm and stable, the President will cheer. fuily recommend ro Congress the recogni- tion of Hungarv.’ no authority sed and that if Con- Mills also recalied the resolution adopted | unanimously by the House of Represeata- tives condemning the action of Secretary Seward in instructing Mr. Dayton, Urited States Minister to France,that theadmin- istration of Mr. Ligcoin did not propose abandoning its lilly in reference to the French army in Mexico; and.he read ex- During | en | ion contained an assertion of | t-acts from the report of Henry Winter Davis condemning that assumption of Mr. Seward as equally novel and intolerable. That report, e said, bad been voted for by Mr. Morrill, now Secator from Ver- mont, and by Mr. Allison, now Senator from Iowa, and soon to be, if public ru- mor was to be believed, Seeretary of State himself, and 2 more capable one, fir, n the ize the President declining to recognize the republic of Cuba, tecause it had ng cities or towns or courts, and did not collect taxes, and said | that the report of Mr. Money of Missis- | sippi showed that the Cubans collected ain-General Weyler him- vernment there and and yet the President e has not come for recog- h two-thirds of the terri- a is in the hands of thein- d nine-tentbs,” Mr. Mills id have been more correct. se of the President and of ation has been to strengthen n and to hasten ihe hour of the insurrection in I do not know where the President the idea that tho recognition of bellig- | erency is no longer urged, he added, with | 2 most scornful expression.” The speaker | then continted: be possible that boards of trade, the the commercial clubs in the cities on the Atlantic seaboard io! and 1n the Northwest have access to his ear and give him that information. They say: “Bus viving, and now you are again. You want to bring have we got to do W now. Letus alone.”” spirit in the country The Presi- motto is “Indepen- * we are throwing all ration in the in- » God that we had am or of Presi- I would 1 of sulphur for & ther along in his speech Mills com- on the threats of n Governments and be scared b: that fon of the in- compli- gnor Crispi? Roman b, scourge = Roman nt that the day may martial President aved from the man- commercial spi closed with more invectives ainst the President. He was followed | by Hale of Maine, who gave the votes in e Senaie on _the Kobert ion as to Texas, <howing that it was Iy by a tie vote that it escaped being laid on the table, whereas in the House it | was laid on the table. Allen (Pop.) of New York asked Hale | whether he believed that the power to recognize for 1 governments I executive exciusiv, the affirmative. th: plied in He admitied, however, t in incidental matiers connected with ition, such as tbe sending of a toe action of Congress was R.) of Massachusetts asked Hale nis researc rea vears he had found a States, without action by Con- ess, and Hale replied in the negative. After further discussion bn the question Mills’ resolution went over ut action, Bacon giving notice that | be wou!d address the Senate upon it next Senate then proceeded to executive ess, and at 5:10 ad journed. ORLGON SHURT LINE, | Beturn of Keceivers Who Attended the Sale of the Koad. OMAHA, NesR., Jau. 11.—E. Ellery An- | derson, John W. Doane and Frederic R. | Coundert, receivers of the Union Pacific, 1ruurned this morning from Salt Lake, | where they witnessed the sale of the Ore- gon Short Line and Utah Northern. They left for the East this afternoon over the | Rock Island. | “The sale was perfectly satisfactory in | every particular to the receivers,” said Doane. “The property sold for ex- what we expected it to bring and ere assurel by Mr. Carr, the vur- | chaser for the reorganization committee, | that there would be no changes in the | sent frienaly relations now existing | between the Short Line and the Union Pacific Mr. Carr announced the appointment of W. H. Bcneroft as seneral manager, S. Eccles as general fre ley as general passeng . Butler of the Boston law firm, who s had much to do with the committee, ‘reasurer. He @id not give out any r of the officers. some troudle with the Utah st what I am not familiar with, 1 prevents the location of the head- ers in Salt Lake City; but 1t is un- tood that the present session of the W 15 a | law, |w { 19 | de Leg | nee 7 50 that the headquarters will be al¢ ‘Lake City. I don’t understand | that the name of the company is to be | changed. | did not ask particularly re- | garding the opening of the Ogden gatewa. but I wunderstand that it 1s at present so that there will e le difference between the rela- | tions of the Short Line and the Union Pa- | sific from what they were previous to the sale. — GENUINE FINISH FIGHT. Fatal Termination of a Baut Between wo Colored Men, | BELAIR, Mp., Jan. 1L—During a fight to a finish between Oscar Banks, a local fighter, and Samuel Wiggins, both col- ored, Banks struck Wiggins a terrific blow over the heart, killng him. The men bad frequently quarreled and Saturday afternoou decided to setile who was the better man. [ They fought with caution at first, but | becoming warmed up went at e:ck oiher | Banks, who was a | bammer and tongs. bard bitter, watcied his opportuaity, and then landed with all the force he could command on Wigeins’ breast. The latter reeled and feil, dying almost instantly. | Banks fled, but was captured last night and is in jail. He is 25 years old. Wig- zins was Tt Another Big Failure. NEW ¥ORK, N. Y., Jan. 11.—Koch, Dreyfus & Co., wiolesale dealess in watches and diamonds on “John street, are in financial difficulty. Liabilities over $200,000, TARIFF HEARINGS ARE CONCLUDED Sundries and the Free List Occupy the Closing Session. Representatives of Many Indus- stries Present Their Claims for Protection. The Magnificent Revenus That a Duty on Tourists’ Wearing Apparel Would Yield. . WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 1L.—The | taiff hearings before the Ways and Means Committee were concluded to-day, the schedules containing ‘“sundries” and the “‘free list”” being convidered. | Representative Corliss of Mississippi | asked for a protective duty on tobacco, lumber, fish, wool and other industries of 4| 0n e fortresses to t of the| in the | s of mistory for | ht agent, D. E. | er agent and | ture will make such changes as are | | bis State. P J. S. Smith of Waterbury, Conn., repre- senting the manufacturers of vegetable ivory buttons, asked a specific duty on 7 | buttons of 1cent per line and 11-40 cents per inch gross. | S Licbman of New York aavocated a | | auty of 1 cent per line and per cent ad valorem on fancy metal and glass buttons, It was impossible, he said, to collect duties on these buttons under the present law. k and woolen buttons and button | forms the present law was satisfactory. | N.S. Greenoch of Cleveland, on bekalf [t the manniacturess of coll bz AsESI 8 lsmallspicmcduly on this article and a daty on its principal produet, pitch, of §2 | Both articles are now on the per ton. free list. Ex-Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn filed a paper protesting against any increase in the duty on hide Abe Gruber of New York spoke of the schedule on wearing apparel bought by tourists. A duty on this class of goods would yield a revenue of $10,000,000 per annum. In this connection he cited the | Astor case, which cavsed a member of the committee to remark that all tourists were not Astors. Mr. Grubey replie “No, and there will be less Astors here if is law is not changed.” tauer of New Yorz esdvocated duties on gloves at the rate of $2, $3 and $4 per doze2, accordi n to grade. Barnhart, representing Mar- | shall, Field & Co. of Chicago, counseled moderation in duties and submitted a schedule covering goods imported by his firm. Chbarles F. Smith of New York, a glove importer, was willing to have 20 per cent added to the present duty on gloves. Specific duiies on the basis he recom- mended, he said, would yield a revenue of about $2,900,000 annually. Representative Keifer of Minnesota, on behalt of his constituents, requested a res- toration of the McKinley rates on potatoes J. Walker reso- | and starch. W. J. Farrell of New York, an importer of corks, requested a reduction in the duty on corks, the duty to be made speeific at 5 cents per pound on those manufactured, with cork squares on the free list. H. Wallerstein of New York, represent- ing the importations in shoe leather, spoke against any increase in the duty on this article. C. J. Craft of New York, a maker of piano leathers, asked an increase im the duty on buckskin. Frank Chapot of Plainfield, N. J., ap- | vealed for a duty of 35 cents on chamois | L. D. Brandeis, a representative of the | New England Free-trade League, on be- | baif of the consumers and business men of | New England, objected to a change in the | condition of things. When it was sug- | gested by a memberof the committee that | revenue was needed, he said that $32,000,- 000 could be raised by a tax on bger. Representative Morse of Massachusetts, on behalf of the jewelry manufacturers of New England, asked an increase in the duty on jewelry. J. A. Banister of Newark, N. J., de- ed the present rates on leather contin- ued. J. H. Collett of New York, representing | 250 artificial flower manufacturers, said | the importation of these goods was de- priving American workmen of $2,000,000 in wages annually. Under the present law the raw material they used was pay- ing more auty than the finished product. Representative Sparkman of Florida desired the rate on oranges, lemons and | limes suggested a few days ago by Repre- sentative Bowers of California. He also suggzested that grape fruit be taken from the free list and a duty imposed. A. Gompers of New York, for the dia- mond-workers ¢t the United States, said that their business could not exist under present conditions, and asked for 15 per cent duty on manufactured diamonds, with the stones in the rough on the free list. This was the lowest rate under which cutters and polishers could live. Representative Walker of Iilinois, on behalf of Chicago factories, asked that asbesfos be taken from the free list and made dutiable at 30 per cent. R. B. Gregory of Chicago, on behalf of the manufacturers and importers of musical instruments, requested that the present rates of duty on these goods be | allowed to stand. Ex-Representative Davis of West Vir- ginia, speaking on coal, said that the duty on bitumizous coal was much too low, considering erther the revenue re- quired by the Government or an equitable distribution of duties. The duties should be 25 per cent. Under the McKinley bill a revenue of $882,188 was collected, while under the Wilson bill but $436 150 was yielded. E. H. MCullough of Pennsylvania also advocated an increase of duty in bebalf of the 300,000 men empioyed in the coal trade. Colonel William Lamb of Norfoik, Va., said that the Pocahontas coal region has lost 25 per cent of ils business under the Wilson law. Chairman Dingley announced that this would close the public hearings. SEQUEL TO A SULCIDE. Ihe Standard Glass and Paint Com- uy of Lincoln, Nebr., Fails. LINCOLN, Nese, Jan. 11.—The doors of the Standard Glass and Paint Company, one of the largest wholesale houses in the city, were closed 1o-night by local ereditors on mortgages gating slightly over $47,000. A schedule of total liabilities and assets Las not yet been filed. A week ago to-night Henry C. Sprung, a leading | elined stockholder and manager of the houses haneed himself in his barn. He had been talking wildly on political matters and his act was accepted as due to dement:a over election results. To-day’s developments indicate that he may have teen financially embarrassed. The house was supposed to have been prosperous. gk e BIG MONETARY CONFERENCE. Neorly All of the Two Kundred Delegates Are at Indianapolis and Ready for Bus.ness. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp., Jan. 1L—The hotel corridors to-night present much the same appearance as on the eve of a National political convention. Delegates with badges of the monetary conference pinned to their coats pash in and out of the crowds that throng the lobbies. Men gather in groups, earnestly discussing the problems that they have come here to help solve. £ Instead of professional politicians, how- ever, those present are heads of commer- cial bouses and mostly merchantsand im- porters, railroad presidents and bankers— men of importance and high standing in the community which they represent. Boards of Trade and Chambers of Com- merce in 200 cities have appointed dele- gates. Nearly half of the 400 delegates who are expected have arrived. The gathering is non-partisan. There 1s no cut-and-dried programme and no man can tell what will be the outvome of the deliberations which will be begun to-mor- row and continue two or three days. The conference will follow the'lines of a regular convention. 1t will be called to order at 2. M. The Hon. E. O. Stanard, ex-Governor of Missouri, will be tem- porary chairman, and C. Stnart Patterson, dean ef the University of Pennsylvania, will be permanent presiding officer. At a meeting of the executive commit- tee to-day it was decided to recommend the appointment of committees on creden- tials, permanent organization and resolu- tions. To the latter committee ail papers and propositions will be referred, and only a limited time will be permitted to a delegate to state the substance of his prop- osition. This will save the conference from listening to 2 number of lengthy es- says on currency revision, and prevent interminable debate. Duriog the deliterations of the commit- tees there will be addresses by such rep- resentative men as Charles 8. Fairchild, ex-Secretary of the Treasury; Congress- man Walker of the House Committee on Banking and Currency and others. The consensus of opinion among the delegates who are here is that it will be impossible to digest the whole sabject of carrency reform during the time of the present convention and that the wisest plan will be to make a declaration of gen- eral principles and appoint a non-partisan representative committee to formulatea iegisiative plan or to act in conjunction with a committee of Congress in drawing up the legislation. pasiigit LAND FUE EVERY ONE. Remarkable Bill to Be Introduced in the Kansas Legislature. CHICAGO, Irn, Jan. 1L.—A Topeka special to a morning paper says: Chief Justice Frank Doster, who will be in- ducted into office to-day, will endeavor to | enact his famous campaign theory into law. He declered upon the stump that “the rights of the voter are paramount to the rights of the owner.”” Judge Doster’s lav partner, Henry Lean, hasdrafted a remarkable bill, which will be introduced early in the session. It will provide that no one shall own more land than a homestead if any person de- sires to purchase any additional tracts of 1and. For example, ‘mer Jones owns and lives on a farm ana is also owner of a farm which he rents. - Farmer Smith, who has no homestead, can go to Jones and make him a tender o a reasonable sum of money for the ad litional tract of land. It Jonas declines Smith's tender Smith can go into the courts and the jury will fix the price, which 1if below the sum ten- dered, then Jones must pay tie costs. It more then Smith pays the costs of the suit. This bill, if it becomes a law, will absolutely prevent the ownership of a large tract of land by one individaal. A T DENIED BY ME. DOANE. Did Not Engage in a Deal That Caused the Diamond Mateh Faslure. OMAHA, Nesr, Jan. 1l.—John W. Doane, one of the receivers of the Union Pacific, was last week re-elected president of the Merchants’ Loan and Trust Com- pany of Chicago, which position he de- to =sccept. At that time it was reported that while the president of that corporation he had been a beavy borrower from the funds of the company and that he was also involved in the deal which caused the sensational failure of the Diamond Mateh Company last summer. To-day Mr. Doane said that there was not the slightest truth in the iatter report, nor so far as he was aware the slightest foundation for such a story. He said that he bad been re-elected presi- dent of the company and for personal rea- sons deciined the position. He had tele- graphed his refrsal from Omaba while he was here last week. He emphatically de- nied th:s he had been a borrower from the company’s funds or that he had been in any way connected with the failure of the Diamond Match Company. He added that a correction of the errcneous reports bad been made in Chicazo. TiEaeg ey AGED LADY'S AWFUL DEATH. Every stireh of Cloching, Even the Shoes, Burn-d From Her Body. PARK RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 1L—Miss Charity Wortendyke, about 70 years old, in Chestnut Ridge, met with a horrible death Saturday night. Her clothing caught fire from & stove in her room as she was 2bout to retire for the night. Miss Wortendy ke went upstairs about an hour before the accident occurred. and was thought to be in bed by the rest of the famly. They were suddenly startled by the appearance of Jthe woman coming down siairs with ber clozhing in a blaze. and before they could do anytning for her every stitch of clothing was burned off Ler.” Even her shoes were burned. Sbe managed to tell her relatives before she lost consciousness that she had been standing by the window, sni in some manner !er clothes caugnt fire from the stove in the room. She lived but a few hours and expired in great agony. Asthe family lives some distance from a pby- sician, only such remedies as the family knew were used. e Racing at New Orieans. NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 11.—Seven- eighths of a mile, Campanis won, Judge Stendman second, F M B third. Time, 1:30. Six furlongs, Dawn won, Lottsecond, Redena third. Time, 1:16%. One mile and iwenty yards, Terra Archer won, Cotton King second, Davezac third. Time, 1:45%. Seven fur.ongs, Farmer Leigh won, Elyria second, Burney Adier third. Time, 1:30%4 Seven turlougs, Percy won, Gracie C second, Ida Wagner third. Time, 1:30. Six furiongs, Alamo won, \oodlake second, Sky Blue thi Time, 1:15%4. e The Lewis-Turner MLl SACRAMENTO, Caw, Jan.11.—Thomas Dwyer, a well-known boxer of this city, will referee the match between Billy Lewis and Charley Turner at the Metro- litan Theater to-morrow night. The g:hun are reported to be in excellent conaition. Several minor events are on the programme. 3 > A NEW GOVERNORS ASSUME OFFICE Unusual Pomp Marks the! Induction of Captain Tanner. Pageant Miles in Length Winds Through the Streets of Springfield, Il Altgeld’s Farewell Address Ruled Out by the Managers—Inaugurals in Other States. SPRINGFIELD, Ii, Jan. 1L—The only novelty in the inauguration fanction at the capital to-day was the departure from custom in preventing ex-Governor Jobn P. Altgeld from delivering a 4000- word address, whick he had prepared for the occasion and was on the point of be- ginning, when a Republican motion to adjourn the joint assembly was declared carried by Speaker Curtis. Immediately after the announeement of the chair that John R. Tanner was Governor of Illinois, Senator J. Mahoney (D.) offered a resolution that the retiring Governor be invited to speak after Gov- ernor Tanner had delivered his address. This was done because the Democratic members had learned that the programme of the Republican managers of the in. auguration ceremonies did not include a farewell address by Mr. Altgeld. The president of the Senate, to whom the mo- tion was addressed, referred it to Speaker Curtis, who was in charge of the joint session, but the Speaker refused to enter- tain it at that time. This interjection in tbe set ceremony caused a ripple of excitement among: the big assemblage. Senator Mahoney said privately that Speaker Curtis had informed | him that there would not be time for Mr. Altgela o speak. The trouble wasallowed to subside for an hour by the delivery of Governor Tanner’s address in a hoarse, broken voice, from type-written manu- scripr. His address was not audible to many. At the ccuclusion of the Governor's speech, Representative Nope (R.) mibved the sdjosrnment of the Assembly. Cries of “No!” “Shame!” “Dirty politics!” ana other remarks were heard throughout ihe Hall of Representatives, but Speaker Car- tis promptly deciared the motion carris refusing to notice Mr. Maboney, Mr. Alt. zeld, who had occupied a prominent posi- tion on the stage, with the manuscript of his speech in his hand, turned a little pale | and then red, smiled sarcastically at his | successor, pocketed his speech and left the stage. Governor Tanner and his colesgues were inducted into office with much pomp acd parade, largely military, which occu- pied thirty blocks. The head of the parade moved at 10 o’clock. Chief Marshal J. N. Reece had promised that it should outdo everything of a similar character in the history of the State capital, and it did. There was a division of military that took an hour to pass, a detachment of “sound money” advocates from Chicago, the ma- chine aad its henchmen in carriages down to the third and fourth generation, Grand Army posts, Sons of Veterans, Patriarchs Militant, Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias, and marching clubs from all parts of the State. There was a ball at the Capitol in the evening. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 1L—At noon to-day Chief Justice Barclay of the Supreme Coart administered the oath of office to Governor Lawrence Vest Stevens in the Hall of Representatives in this city. The exercises; which were exceed- ingly simple and devoid of display, were attended by the various State officers, members of the Supreme Court prominent Democratic politicians through- out the State. The Governor in his ad- dress indorses the ‘‘fellow-servant” bill, as recommended in the State platform; suggests improvements in the Australian bailot; asdvises taxation on public iran- chises, and asks that the office of Bank Commissioner be created. INDIANAPOLIS, Pyp. Jan. 1L—At 12 o'clock to-day James A. Mount and Thomas Haggard were inaugurated Gov- ernor and Lieutenant-Governor respect- iwely of Indiana. The ceremonies took place upon a plattorm erected in the main corridor of the Capitol building and were witnessed by a big crowd of people. TOPEKA, Kass, Jan. 11.—The new Populist State officers of Kansas were in- augurated to-day with elaborate ceremo- nies. Ex-Governor Thomas A. Osborne presidea and Chief Justice David Martin administered the oath of office. Governor John W. Leedy’s inaugural address was brief and contained nothing of general in- terest. LITILE ROCK, Agrx., Jan. 1L—The Arkansas Legislature convened here to- day. Governor-eiect Jones wili be inaugu- rated next Monda; ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRATION. Treaty Signed at Washington and Trans- mitted to the Senate With a Message From the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11..—The arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States was signed in the State Department this atternoon, and the President sent the following ‘message to the Senate in transmitting the document: To_the Senmate: Itransmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration ot all matters of difference between the United Statesand Great Britain. The provistons of the treaty are the resuit of ioag and patient deliberation and represent coucessions made by each party ior the sake of agreement upon the general acheme. Though the result reached may not meet the views of the advocates of immediate, unlimited and irrevocaple arbitration of all international controversies, it is nevertheless confidently believed that the treaty canuot fail to be everywhere recognized S making a long step 1n the rignt direction snd as embodying & raciical working plan by which disputes Between the two countries will reach s peace. ful adjusiment as & matter of course and in ordinary routine. In the initiation of such an important move- ment it must be expected that some of its features will sssume a tentative character, looking 10 & further advancement, and yet 1t is apparent that the treaty which has been formulated not only makes war between the parties to it a remote possibility, but pre- cludes those fears and rumors of war which of tnemselves too often assume the propor- tions ot a National disturbance. Itis eminently fitting, as well as fortunate, that the attempt to schieve results so benefi- cent should b= initiated by kindred peoples, speaking the sume iongue and joined by ail tne ties of common tious, common insti- tutions and common sspirations. The experi- ‘ments of substital civilized methods for brute force as the mesns of settling interna- &Ml&mfio- of right thus be tried under the Bapplest auspices. Its success ought and | ‘mot to doubtful, and the fact that its ultimate ensuing bevefits are not likely to be limited to the two countries immediately concerned should cause it to be promoted all the more eegerly. The example set and the lesson fur- nished by the successiul operation of this treatg are sure to be felt and taken to heart sooner or later by other nations, and will thus gnrk the beginning of a mew epoch in elviliza- on. Profoundly impressed, as I am, therefore, by the promise of good which this treaty affords, I do not hesitate to sccompany its iransmis- sion with an expression of my earnest hope that it msy commend itseif to the favorable consideration of the Senate. GBOVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, January 11, 1897. The proposed treaty consists of .thirteen articles and covers twenty pages of the special paper on which all conventions | are spread for original signature. Each copy is clearly written in legible mano- script without flourishes, the only orna- mentation consisting of the red, white and blue twisted cord with which all State Department documents are held together. It was shortly after 12 o’clock to-day when the British Embassador reacted the State Department with Viscount Gough, one of his secretaries. He bad earlier 1 the morning received a final cablegram from Lord Salisbury authoriz- ing the signature, and had made an ap- pointment with Secretary O'ney for con- summating the negotiations. The Secretary promptly met Sir Julian in the diplo- m room on his arrival and the two plenipotentiaries immed ately presented their credentials to each other. Secretary Olney signed as designated by the Presi- dent of the United States, and Julian | Pauncefote signed as designated by the Queen on behalf of Great Britsin. The formalities having been completed, the tecretary and Sir Julian shook nands, congratulating each other, and the British representative returned to the embassy, taking his copy of the document with | bim. The “copy’’ was immediately sent | over to the Executive Mansion and de- livered to the President, who a moment later sent it to the Senate with & message for its ratification. it ol DEBS GOING TO LEADVILLE. Says If Organized Labor Is Broken Up | in Colorado the Miners Will Simply Be Convicts. DENVER, Coro., Jan. 1L.—Eugene V. Debs passed through the city to-day | enroute to Leadville to investigate the | minery’ strike which has been in progress | there for the past five months. “I desire,” he said, ‘“‘to look over the military company which has been main- tained against the miners to see how much force has been considerea necesssry to keep the miners in order. In the East we have heard that over 2000 men were kept there, bat I am 1nformed bere that there never has been over 957 soldiers in camp. My conviction is that the miners’ stand is wholly one to maintain wages. No labering man upholds violent mea- sures and I do not believe that the Lead- ville miners, the body of them, were in- terested in the attack. ©In so far as the miners seek a peaceful, | lawiul way to maintain wages they ought | to be supported by every class of orzanized labor. Every wage worker is vitally in- terested in the result. 1t is my impression that the men will win, for the mine owners cannot operate with the men they have taken in. I do not know that this isa move to break up lab.r organizations, but ! Iam satistied if they can break up the organization here it will be the initial step. Break up organized labor in Colorado and the miners will soon be in the condition of the Pennsylvania coal miners. They will simply be convicts.” Bl PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. They Meet in Various States and Cast the Deciding Votes for McKinley and Hobart. CHICAGO, Iir., Jan. 11.—Presidential electors met to-day and cast their votes as follows: | New York—McKinley and Hobart. Maine—McKiniey and Hobart. Nebraska—Bryan for President. Four Démocrats voted for Sewall and four Populists for Watson. Arkansas—Eight for Bryan, five for| Sewall and three for' Watson. | Indiana—McKinley and Hobart. Tilinois—MeKinley and Hobart. New Jersey—McKinley and Hobart. Ohio—McKinley and Hobart. West Virginia—McKinley and Hobart. | Connecticut—McKinley and Hobart. Missouri—Bryan for President, thirteen for Sewall and four for Watzon. Pennsylvania—McKinley and Hobart. New Hampshire--McKinlev and Hobart. Michigan—McKinley ana Hobart. Maryland—McKinley and Hobart. as—Bryan aud Sewall. I¢aho—Bryan and Sewall. Czlifornia — McKinley and Hobart 8, Bryan and Sewall L. Utah—Bryan 3, Sewel 2, Watson L. Orezon—McKinley and Hoba s Nevada—Bryan anc tewa!l. Colorado—Brvan and tewa . Kentucky—McKinley .nd Hobarb 12, 4 Bryan and Sewall L. Mississippi—Bryaa and Sexas Alabama—Bryan and Sewal. Florida—Bryan and Sewall. | Virginia—Bryan and Sewall. North Carolina—Bryan 11, Sewall 6, Watsoa 5. Witcniiehs Mclkicley and Hobast: .} DENVER, Coro., Jan. 11.—Colorado’s | four electoral votes were cast to-day for | Bryan and Sewall. Hon. Georze W. | Thatcher, one of the Electors, wasap-| pointed messenger to deliver the returas | to the President of the Senate at Wash- | ineton. | DES MOINES, Towa, Jan. 11.—The| | Towa electoral_coilege to-day cast thirteen votes for McKinley and Hobart. Towa is | the only State outside of New England | that never since 1856 zave an electoral vote to any save a Republican. E. Conger was named to convey the cert cate to Washington. Eldred S. James, elector at large, was made chairman of the college. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 11. — The Wyoming mémbers of the electoral col- lege met at noon to-day. For President | William J. Bryan received the three eiec. | toral votes. For Vice-President Arthur Sewall received two and Thomas C. Wat- son one vote. John A. Martin of this rlace was selected messenger to carry the returns ‘o Washington. —_— i LAVIGNE-ZEIGLEL BOUT. A Sig-Kound Contest in Which No De- cision s Giren. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 1L— Georze Lavigne, the ohampion light- weight, made his first appearance in Philadelphia to-night in a six-round bout with Owen Zeicler, the Philadelphia pugilist, at the Arena Athletic Club. In the first round the champion nearly put Zeigler out with a left sWing in the fece. Zeigler took & lot of hard punching in the’ second round, but in the third and fourth it was give and take between the two. The fifth round openel well, but the champion would not be denied. In a mix-up e caught Zeigler fair in the face with his right, aad it took some inter- ference from the master of ceremonies io prevent the end from coming. The sixth was mild, Lavigne seemed satisfied to let things rest as they were, and Zeigler had no fightin him. Node- csion was given. Setigal s Foots for the Major’s Inaugural. LAMBERTVILLE, N. J, Jan. 11 —W. J. Scott, a local shoemaker, i3 making a pair of boots which he expects Major McKinley will wear during the inaugura- tion ceremony, March 4. Just after ihe election Scott wrote to Major McKinley eon‘sntnhti ng him and asking permission to make the boots. The foot measure was sent and Scott is making the pair. | was received here that MASSACRED IN UPPER GUINEA King of Benin's Subjects Annihilate a British Expedition. The Members Said to Have Pesn Urarmed and on a Peace- able Mission. An Acting Consul-General and Several Military Officers Among the V.ctims. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 11.—A dispatch from SBonny, on the coast of Upper Guinea, reports the massacre of all the members of a peaceful British expeditton, which left the coast about January 1, in- tending to proceed to Benin”City, on the Benin River, by way of Sapele. The ex- pedition consisted of Acting Consul-Gen- eral Phillips, Major Copeland Crawford, Captain Boisragen, who was in command of the force of the Niger Coast protec- torate; Captain Maling, belonging to the same force; Messrs. Campbell and Locke, consular officials; Dr. Etliott, Messrs. Powis and uordon, civilians, and a num- | ber of Kroomen and native cairiers. The yacht Ivy, belonging to the British Consul has retarned to Bonny and reports that the entireexpedition were killed by the subjects of the King of Benin, which territory is included in the Niger coast protectorate. A scanty uanofficial report of the affair whicn has reached the forei-n office says that the members of the expedition were captured and not killed. The foreign office deprecates the assumption that they vere massacred until official advices shail have been received. It isstated that the expedition was not armed and 1t is likely it has fallen a victim to some of the wild tribes infesting the borders. It is probable that the King of Benin will not be involived in the matte ZERRIFIC STUKMS AT SEA, Several Fessels Missing and Great Loss of Life Is Feared. LONDON, Esa, Jan. 1L — Terrific storms have prevailed within the last | twenty-four hours in the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay. The steamer Three Brothers, belonging at Fecamp, France, is overdue at that place, and it is reported that she bas foundered off Ushant. She had sixteen men on bosrd. The Briuish steamer Diomedea, belonging to _tue Diomedea Steamsbip Company of Lon- don, has been sunk in a collision off Yar- mouth. Al on board were saved. A wreck can also be seen from the Fame Isiands. A number of Yarmoath fishing- boats have been wrecked or damaged by the storm, but the loss of lite is mot known. g bl Kirkpatrick’s Condition. LONDOYN, ExG., Jan. 11.—The condition | of Hon. George A. Kirkpatrick, Lieuten- ant-Governor of Ontario, who is lying ill in the South Strol Hospital, is somewhat improved, and he is now in a state justi- fying hopes of his speedy recovery. His wife, who has arrivea here in response o a summons from Canada, is in constant attendance upon him. The operation, which the physicians decided a week ago was imperatively necessary in order to save the patient’s life, has now been post- poned until Wednesday. —_— Irory Arraigned for Comspiracy. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 1L.—Edward J. Ivory, alias Edward Bell, the alleged Irish-American conspirator, was arraigned to-day. Recorder Sir Charles Hall charged the Grand Jury, saying that letters and documents found in Ivory’s possession when arrested clearly showed the charac- ter of the plot in which be and his associ- ates were engaged. anes VAR Relief for a Steamer in Distress. HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 11.—The steamer in distress off Whitehead Is reported to be the Darham City. Tais morning word another large steamer was bearing down on the onein distress. et An Honest Bellboy. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 1lL—George Moore, & negro bellboy at the Lindell Hotel, this evening found in one of the second-floor halls a lady’s silk shopping- bag and turned it over to the clerk. Five minutes later an excited lady rushed out of the dining-room and declared she had lost $40,000. The silk bag was hers and contained about $40,000 in bills, bonds and mining stocks. She was Mrs. A. T. Ham- mond of Canyon City, Colo., who with her usband, 8 weaithy mine-owner, is stop- ping here for a short time. The bellboy was handsomely rewarde.l. ————————— The Baltimore Postoffice during the past year handled 105,000,000 pieces of mail marter. NEW TO-DAY. No use chang. ing except for something bet- ter; no use buy- ing Jrophy Baking Powder unless you are willing to use and enjoy the best. 3 Tillmann & Bende], Mfrg