The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, U S e v 0 N A e 4510 S8 et Y S S b e s - e Sk e s e S e T e Ul o e i 5 D e e g T s SRR MR i S SRR e 1897 this country by the new administration. The action taken by the Senate regarding the expected execution of Rivera, though not formally presented to the Spanish Government, was brought to its attention by the Spanish Minister here and pro- duced it: eftect, supplementing as it did some very strong statements made ver- bally by Secreiary Sherman. 5 As soon as Rivera had been captured this Government proposed a vigorous re- monstrance against summary execution, expressing friendliness with Spain, but at thesame time intimating very strongly that the insargents of Cuba should be treated as soldiers when captured and not o8 felons. Instead of formally presenting this to Spain, as had at ficst been in- tended, it was decided to verbally com- municate its contents to the Spanish Minister. BICYCLE sWIDLEKS ARRESTED, They Sold Cheap jor Cash, but Sent the Wheels, NEW YORK, N. Y., April 15.—William 8. Thompson was arrested to-day uvon a warrant charging him with having con- ducted swindling operations through the mails. Postoffice Inspector Mayer of Chi- cego ssys Thompson and confederates bave swindled Bicyclists throughout the country to the extent of over $50,000. Mayer came from Chicago several days go in search of Thompson. “They advertised,” said the inspector, “‘to give prizes to the three persons who made the most words out of the title of their bicycle. Then they ssnt letters to hundreds of unsuccessful competitors, offering to sell a §100 bicycle for §45. They got money from many persons, but did not send the bikes.” Necer - EJEOTING THE PASSENGERS, Streetear Companies of Indianapolis Fe- fuse to Obcy the Latw. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp, April 15.—The city is excited over the ejection of many people from the streeicars to-day for re- fusing to pay illegal fares. At the recent session of the Legislature a law was passed reducing carfares from 5 to 3 cents. The act went into effect to-day. It pro- vides for the recovery of civil damages for a refusal to accept the fare, and all em- ployes collecting in excess of 3 cents for a single ride are subject %o a fine. This morning the passengers began to offer Jegal fare, but the conductors irefused to accept it, demandine 5 cents. Inall cases where this was not paid the passengers were ejected. One case is now pending in the Federal court, in which ex-President Harrison appears for the company, asking for an injunction against the enforcement of the 3-cent law. el s Ay Death of a Hussian Baron. HELENA, Moxt., April 15—At Clark Bros.” ranch, Chateau, Teton County, Baron Max von Grotthus, a Russian noble- man, died to-day. He once was a lieut-n- ant in the Czar's guard. He left Russia in 1835 on account of having lived too b. Hespent ayearin New York and Washington, where he was well known in society. He was a well-known charac- ter in Montana cities, where his presence war always indicated by great liberality. He was master of five languages. His body will be returned to St. Petersburg. 2 e SA Fits's Broken Thushb. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 15.—Fitz- simmons is greatly worried over s right thumb which he hurt in the Sharizey fight and broke on Corbett’s head Ister. It had become well, but now it is stiff and painful again. He intends to doctor, fearing that further bag punching may so injure the thumb he will have to abandon the starring tour. o Disastrous Fire in New Orleans: NEW ORLEANS, La., April 15.—Fire started to-day in the large furniture es- tablishment of J. B. Montgomery & Co., and destroyed eight buildings and dam- aged three others, including the Waverly Hotel. Three firemen were huri by fa ing walls. The total ioss will resch $750,- 000. RICH HONDURAS CONCESSION. Syndicate of American Capi alists Will Run the Country. TEGUCIGALPA, Hoxprr, A Honduras syndicate, composed -of prominent Americans, to-day received from the Government va§uable conces- sions of a most extensive nature. .The American projectors are empowere{l to undertake the building of an interoceanic railway and to establish a steamship line on the Atlantic coast to connecs with New York. The syndicate may also organize banks in the republic, collect customs, ad- minister general finances, control the mining interests of the country and ar- range all immigration privileges. Henry Sprague, Chauncey Depew, the A Vanderbilts are interested in th cate. Avpril 15— e Lord Wolesiey’s Bad Health, LONDON, Exc., April 15.—The Evening News revives the report of Lord Wolsele; being informed by his physicians he posi- uvely must retire from the post of com- mander-in-chief, the duties of which are seriously impairing his health. The News udds that Wolseley will probably be ap- pointed to the command at Gibraltar ana General Sir Redvers H. Buller, at present adjutant-general, is mentioned as his suc- cessor. Chinese Bound for Cuba. MONTREAL, Quesec, April 15.—A party of ninety-one Chinamen are here bound for New York, where they will take the steamer for Havana. They will work on the sugar rlantations of Ouba, ne; lected during the past two years. Th say they are going at the instance of panish Government, which sent agents to China to induce immigration to Cuba, guaranteeing steady em ployment and pay- ing a part of their traveling expenses. Laag o ny Mexvican Railroad Ewmtension. SIERRA MOJADA, Mexico, April 15— Burvey for the extension of the Mexican Nortuern Railroad from this place to the rich mimning camp of Bouquilas del Carmen, on the Rio Gran:e border, hi been completed mnd submitted to the Federal Government for approval. It is the intention of the company to continue the road to Marathon, Texas, where con- nection will be made with the Southern Pacific road. HENSE'S EX1k.DITION REFUSED, Peoullar Conduct of the Govermor of Minnesota. TACOMA, Wass., April 15.—Governor Rogers of this State received a telegram to-day from the Governor of Minnesota stating that he bad refused to grant the extradition of Frank Hense, until recently a banker at Centralia, Wash., who was ar- tested in Minnesota several days ago by C. W. Johnson, Deputy Sheriff irom Cen. tralia, on a charge of baving unlawful), diverted $1694 belonging to Mary A. B Makee to his own use. The Governor's telegram stated that he hed found the requisition papers regular, but that he deciined to send Hense back becauss of his personal acquaintance with him and his belief in his'innocence. SAN RAFAEL, CAL, April 15.—Maxi- millian Herzog has bronght an action in the Buperior Court of Mann County against Cosme Sais for the recovery of $775, elleged to be due on a promissor: note executed in San Refael June 20, 1 Camille Grosjean 1s also made a delenda- ant as claiming & right in the property ;nc;’r‘.l‘a‘ud to the defendant to secure the el \ see a| tPPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIANS InterestingAmendments to the Bill Argued in the Senate. Vest Praises the Influence of Catholics in the Schools for RedsKins. But There Is a Paragraph Providing That No Money Is to Go to Sectarlan Schools. WASHINGTON, - D. C, Aopril 15—The Senate spent an hour and a half to-day in executive session on the arbitration but did not rerch a vote. Alter- ward the consideration of the Indian ap- propriation bill was resumed. A point of oideron the Uncompahgre amendment was withdrawn and the amendment agreed t0—331013, It de- clares that mineral lands in tbe Un- compahgre Indisn reservation in Utah are open to public entry under the min- eral land lawsof the United Btates, and no one person to be aliowed to make more than one claim on lands containing gil- sonite, and it opens the whole reservation except the portion allottea Indians Janu- ary 1, 1898, One paragraph in the bill enacts that all children born of marriage between whites and squaws shall have equal rights in the property of the tribe. A motion to strike this out was made by Gallinger, who argued its effect would be 1o despoil the Indians for the benefit of white adventurers. After some discussion the motion was rejected and the paragraph remains inthe bill, modified so as to require the consent of the majority of the tribe and the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Interiur. The subject of Indian schools was brought up by Vest in a speech in which he lauded the influence of the Catholic church on the Indians. He expressed a bitter contempt for people who imagine they have a monopoly of religion. He was a Protestant, without the slightest sympathy with any of the doctrines of | the Roman cnurch., He was exceedingly sorry he was not a good Catholic, because some af the best people he had ever known were members of tha.church. He had no doubt thet the Roman church had done more for practical charity than any other | denomination. As to the blanketed In- dians of the future he was entirely hope- less. The only chance for elevating the In- dian race was in rescuing younger In- dians from the infiuencs of the tepee. He had visited Irdian schools in Wyoming and Montana a few years ago, and obser- vations which hethen made uad fixed him in his opinions, and he now asserted there was not a single day the Indian school was worth a dollar to the Indians or to the cause of civilization, Those schools were travesties on education. The only schools that had done the Indians any good were those conducted by tne Jesuits, and 1if he had control of the subject he would give the education of the Indians to the people who could do it best and cheapest. Vest aid not seek to have any change made in the bill on the subject of Indian schools. A paragraph in regard to them appro- priates $1,200,000 for day and industrial schools for Indian childreu, and declares it the settled policy of the Government to make no appropriation hereaiter for edu- cation in any sectarian school. Consideration of the bill had not ended when, at 5 P. M., the Senate, in con- sideration of to-morrow being Good Friday, adjourned till Monday. EIER RO T COULD NOT GET TIME FOR 4 VOTE. dcting Chairman Davis of the Semate and the Arbitration Treaty. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—When the Senate took up the arbitration treaty in executive session to-day, Acting Chair- man Davis made another atiempt to ar- range by unanimous consent the time for a vote. He failea, however, owing to tha objec- tions raised by Morgan, Mills and Carter. Morgan would not consent to a vote until the return of Daniels of Virginia, who had expressea a desire to sprak against the treaty. Carter objected 15 a vote until the pairs had been arranged. The matter of pairs is purely & personal one, and the rules of the Senate do not cover it. Each Senator opposed to the treaty must be paired sgainst two in its favor. There is a difficuity in finding Benators willing to act as “halves.”” As this state of affairs bas existed almost two weeks it would appear the iriends of the treaty are not over-exerting themselves in trying to bring the matter to a final vote. However, Davis gave notice to-day he would on Monday renew his endeavors to have a specified time fixed. There was practically no debate to-day upon the treaty itself. Manile provoked desuitory discussion by proposing that Davis’ speech in favor and Morgan's against the treaty be vrinted. It was finally agreed to defer action until the treaty is disposed of. The presence of an official reporter who had been called in to make s shorthand record of an agreement for a vote if such should be reached, was made the occasion of a point of order by Chandler, whe claimed the reporter was not there by di- rection of the Senate. The point was sus- tained and the stenographer withdrew. COLONEL BUCK ON JAPAN, Indications Tnat 1he Japanese Intend to Colonise Hawaii. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15— Colonel Buck of Georgia, who captured the mission to Tokio last week, had a talk to-day about affairs in Japan with Toru Hoshi, the Japanese Minister, The con- versation touched on theaction of the Ha- waiian Government in prohibiting Japan- ese immigration, which was followed by sending* Japanese warships and the United States cruiser Philadelphia to Hono.alu. Colonel Buck carried away the im. pression that the situation was not se- rious. He said this afternoon that he dia Bot see how the United States counld in. terfere between Japan and Hawaii in the present circumstances, as the immigra- tion had been of a peaceful character.. .The report recently made to the State Department by Ellis Mills, Consul-Gen- eral of this Government to flonoluln, con- tains some eignificant figures about the influx of Japanese, which the Hawaiian authorities are seeking to check. Mills gives a summary of the aiian census, just completed at the time of his report, L showing that 24,407 Japanese reside in the islands, and that they lead the list of for- eign nationalities. © Hawaiians exceed Japanese by 6612 only. hat the Japaness intend to colonize Hawaii is indicated by the number of women they have brought with them. Their femsle population is 5195. while of Ohinese, who xnng next in point of num- b r at 21,616 persons of both sexes, only are women and girls. e UNDER ROOSEVELT’S SUPERVISION. Thers Is Likely to Be a More Thorough Enforcement of Civil Service Rules in the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—Sec- retary of the Navy Long has assigned to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt the duty of looking after the several navy- yards and stations — that part of their administration wuich pertains to thesys- tem now in vogue of the employment of labor, skilled and unskilled, and the car- rying out of the civil eervice law pertain- ing to the clerical forc A blank called “Digest of Record” has been forwarded to evary clerk now em- ployed under cognizance of the Navy De- partment, which, when completed, will show the age of each clerk, place of nativ- ity, State from which appointed, date of- appointment, previous occupation prior to appointment, previous experience as a clerk, a detailed account of present duti and whether such duties fully occupy hours of service. This paver will be supplemented by a report from each clerk’s superior officer setting forth the qualifications and abilities of the persons under their control. When inefficiency is reported discharges will result, and the conduct of clerks, both in and out of office, will be taken undar consideration. After the reports have sll been tabu- lated Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will visit every navy-yard and station in the United Biates, looking after matters n person, paying especial attenticn to the administration of the different boards of iabor employ ment. e MMODIFYING CIVIL SERVICE. Many Indications That the Oleveland Rules Hill Be Oreriurned. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—It was reported about the departments to- day that President McKinley would make an order modifying the civil service rales of the Cleveland administration so as to permit a wider field for appointments. Some indications that Cleveland’s rules are not to be allowed to stand have been furnished by the action of several heads of departments. A list of all soldiers who left their places or were reduced in grade under Cleveland’s two terms, and whose successors are now sheitered by the clvil service, is being prepared at the War De- partmen:, and a number of changes will follow when Becretary Alger gets through examining it Secretary Gage has reinstated a num- ber of clerks in the ‘Ireasury Department who were dismissed or reduced under Democratic rule. In neariy every case the person displaced was retained on the rolls in some other position by Gage, but 10-morrow a number of treasury employes will be dismissed outright. Representa- tive Grosvenor of Ohio, one of McKiniey’s close friends, said to-day Ie was con- fident that the President would in due season modily the civil service orders of his predecessor. Grosvenor is particu- larly anxious to have members of the pension examining boards taken out of the classified service. He said a South- ern Congressman had tola him that three- fourths of the board in the Congressman’s State is composed of ex-Confederate: while he knew tbat in Ohio the Repul licans on the boards consisted of less than 1 per cent. - ARRANGING THE COMMITTEES. Democratic and Kepublican Steerers Hold a Conference. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15. ~The Democratic and Republican steering com- mittees held another conference to-day, at which the latter presented a counter proposition for that proposea yesterday by the Democrats in fiiling the commit- tee vacancies by the members of the same political faith as former incumbents. This was that the Republicans be given control of the Appropriations and Postoffice com- mittees, which bave to date more or less B tisan questions, by including Silver &\Ibllclnl and Populists thereon as members of the minority. On the first-named committee the va- cancies are caused by the retirement of Call, Blackburn and Price, Democrats; but as Senators Telier and Pettigrew, who were classed as Republicans when the last apportionment was made, now vote with Democrats on leading issves, Repub- licans 1nsist that they should be zounted as members of the opnosition. Were this done one vacancy would be filled by a Democrat, while the Republicans could take care of two of their number. The Republicans would then control the com- mitiee by & vote of 7 t06. So, t00, with the Postoffice Committee, where all the Democrats and one Republican have re- tired, and under the Democratic plan But- ler, the Populist, would hold the balance of power. Tbe Democratic steering committee took the matier under consideration and will report conclusions at another conierence to-morrow. L e TO ADHEKE 10 ROME KULE. McKinley Will Not Go Owtside of Torri- tories to Select Ufficials. WASHINGTON, D. C., Avoril 15—Rep- resentative Young of Philadelphia to-day asked President McKinley to appoint Francis Tracy Tobin, a Philadelphis law- yer, Governor of New Mexico. The Presi- dent stated he intended to appoint a resi- dent of the Territory to the position. Young asked the President whether in the eventof a failure on the partof the New Mexico Republicans to agree on a candidate he would appoint an outside) “Most emphatically not,” replied the President. *‘Under no coaditions will I g0 outside the Territories or the District of Columbia to fill an office which rigbtly belongs to the residents of those places. I intend to stricily adhere to the home rule plank in the Republican platform.’ A e \CIVIL SERVICE 1)VESTIGATION. Semate Committee Will Probe the Ewtent and Effect of the Law. WABHINGTON, D. C, April 15.—The resolution recently introduced in the Sen- ate by Allen, which occasioned an! mated debate, has burne fruitin the deter- mination of the Committes on Civil Ser- vice to thoroughly investigaté the subject. The resolution authorized an inquiry into the extent to which the civil service laws were enforced and the effect upon the wel- fare of the public service. Particular attention will be paid to the recent civil service ordersof Cleveland. The inquiry will be conducted by a sub- committee consisting of Pritchard, Elkins and Chilton. e IO POPULAKIZE BREAD roobns. Proposal From Peltigrew That Would Go Hard With the Trusts. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—Sena- tor Hansbrough to-day introduced a bill appointing a commission of three and appropriating $50,000 to ascertain the best modes of introducing and popularizing bread foods of the Ufm-d States among peopies of Oriental countries. Pettierew rrnmfl an amendment to the tariff bill admitting free of duty arti- cles on the dutisble list when articles of like nature of domestic production are controlled by trusts. the latter fact to be determined by United Etates courts. CALLED PLAIN “DENNY" MULLAN More Popular in the Forecastle Than in the Wardroom. A Naval Officer Who Is Thor- oughly Democratic in His Ways. How the Commander Saved His Ship at Samoa and the Thanks He Got For It. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The charges against Commander Mulian have created no end of gossip in naval circles, and there is likely to be a very lively battle between the friends and enemies of that officer. Just now that ne is in trouble, numerous incidents in his career are being rehearsed, some to his credit and others directly the reverse. Commander Mullan, or plain “Denny” Mulian, as he is familiarly known fore and aft in the navy, is not nearly so vop. ular in the wardroom as be 1s in the fore- castle. He is reported to have an unoffi- cerlize way of going among his crew and forgetting his rank sufficiently to culti- vate their acquaintance. He is also said to be indifferent as to the effect of bis uniform upon a bluejacket, and is demo- cratic enough to believe that the high ficiency of the service does not wholly de- pend on the severe military manners of the enlisted men in the presence of their saperiors. *‘Denny” Mullan first came into actual conflict with naval authority at 8amoa in March, 188, after theawful hurricane had viled all the shipping in the basin of Apia upon the reef. When the wind went down two American and three German war vessels were ashore and hundreds of sailors were dead under the biue water. Mullan’s ship, the Nipsic, alone was afloat. She had backed on to the peach, where she bumped her keel off and the blades of her propeiler had curled up like autumn leaves. Admiral Kimberly swam ashore when his flagship, the Trenton, went down alongside of the sunken Vandalia, and from his headquarters on the beach ordered the Nipsic away to Auckland for relief. A mail steamer would soon touch at Apia and it was suggested that the survivors quietly await her coming, but the admiral, apparently animated by the sime spirit that had keot him and his three ships in an unsafe harbor, with the barometer sinking to a hurricane depth, started the shattered and disabled Nipsic out to ses in the most stormy season of the year. Mulian crawled back to Apia a few days afterward, having found it da gerous to proceed with the crivpled Nipsi Then the admiral relieved the man who had saved his ship from the command of ‘When the two officers met in Washing- ton some months afterward the admiral preferred charges of insubordination against the commander. The charges went intoadepartment pizeonhole. Later the admiral went o the retired list and the ‘“‘Hero of Samoa” went down to the Pensacola Navy-vard. UNITED STaiks AnMY CHANGES. Several Tramsfers of Quartermasters Ordered by Secretary Alger. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The following changes in stations and duties of officers of the quartermaster’s depart- ment are ordered by the Secretary of War: Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Marshall, deputy quartermaster-general, will trans- fer nis duties and responsibilities at Van- couver Barracks, Wash., to Captain Theo- dore E. True, assistant quariermaster, and then proceed to Omaaa, Nebr., and report in person to the commanding gen- erai, Department of the Platte, for assign- ment to duty as chief quartermaster of that department. Msjor John L. Clem, quartermaster. will transfer his duties and responsi ties at Atlanta, Ga., to Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Scully, deputy quartermaster- general, depot and disbursing quarter- master at New Orleans, La., ana then pro- ceed to Portland, Or., and relieve Major Joshua W. Jacobs, quartermaster, of nis Quties at that place. He will report by letter to the commanding general of the Department of tbe Coumbia. Major Jacobs upon being relieved by Major Clem will proceed to Vancouver barracks, W ingion, and report in person to the com- manding general, Department of the Columbia, for assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of that department. —_———— B16 BELL FOR GOLDEN GATE. Will Weigh 4500 Pounds and Can Be R-ard den Miles. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, April 15.—A monster bell is soon to be put in position at Mite Rocks in the Pacific Ocean, near the Golden Gate. It will weigh 4500 pounds and will be heard for a distance of ten miles. Congressman Loud of California calied on the secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Commander George F. Wild, to-day in re- ard to the beil. The one now at Mile ks is' a8 small affair, weighing only about 950 pounds, and cannot be heard at & great distance above the roar of the sea. The Lighthouse Board has been experi- menting with one of the new monster bells at Vineyard Haven, Mass. These bells designed to take the place of fog- borns, as the sound is not only more pen- etrating, but often thers is not room enough on ocean rocks for foghorns. Be- sides. the bells are worked automatically by coean waves and do not require an at- tendant. The experiments at Vineyard Haven have been very satisfactory, «nd Mr. Loud has received assurances from the Lighthouse Board t the bell at Mile Rocks will soon be hoisted into posi- tion. EES L L FOR ASSISTANT PREMIER. Bellamy Storer of Ohio Said te Be Slated for the Place. WASHINGTON, D. C.,;April 15.—A Sen- ator is autnority for the statement that President McKinley has finally deter- mine to appoint ex-Congressman Bel- lamy Storer of Cincinnati as Assistant Becretary of State, notwithsianding the opposition of Banator Foraker. he nomination will probably go to the Senate early next week. it Corwin May Escape Prosecution. WASHINGTON, D. 0., April 16.—Pay- master Johr Corwin of the navy, who was recently arrested on a charge of embezale- ment, and who gave a bond to appear for civil trial at Newport, R. L., will probably allowed to resign from the navy. He has refunded the money stole and strong influence has been brought to bear to let him get outof the service. Iiis probable that Corwin will not be prose- cuted by the civil authorities. DG S Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The Senate to-day confirmed the following | M nominations: James B. Angell, Michi- gan, Envov Extraordinary to Turkey; Georee D. M-iklejohn, Nebraska, Assistant Becretary of War] Seligman Brothers, Lon- don, Special Fiscal Agentsof the Navy Department. —_——— 4N ARTIST COLONEL’S COMPLAINT J. E. Battersby Sues a Publisher for Ale leaea Libel of a Picture. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 15.—A Christ- mas story by Edith Sessions Tupper, pub- lished in Once A Week, is the subject of an action brought by Colonel Jenyns E. Battersby, a West Point graduate, to re- cover $25,000 damages from the publisher, Peter Collier. The name of Colonei Bat- tersby is not mentioned, but he contends the story referred to him unmistakably, and to his large painting, *‘Surrender of General Lee at Appomaitox,” which he intended to exhibit at the World’s Fair. The picture was not exhibited there, and it is now claimed that the story affected the chances of its success. The story pictured the colonel's phy- sique unflatteringly and spoke of the pic- ture most disparagingly. At the trial to- day Brigadier-General Berrell testified that the colonel’s was a better picture than *The Surrender of Cornwailis,” now in the Capitol at Washington. Dr. Julius Skilton, & former Consul-General to Mexico, and two artists, testified to the same effect. The cause was adjourned to permit the jury to view the painting. B dastany Pacifle Coast Pensions, WABHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The following Pacific Coast pensions have been issued: California: Original—Thomas Bales, National Military Home, Los An- geles; Frank McDonald, Veterans’ Home, Napa; Michzel C. Hogan, San Francisco; Allen Cunningham, Pasadena; Jo'n T. Campbell, Lorin; Stephen Lever, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; John Nugent, Yreka; Frederick Linne, S8an Jose; Charles E. Adams, Los Angeles; Martin R. Gore, Durham. Reissue, speclal, April 6—Wil- liam L. Helderson, National City. Orig- inal widows, etc.—Antoinette M. Fowler, Ban Francisco. Oregon: Original—James Rees, Scotts Mills; Jobn W. Kitchen, Goshen. Orig- inal widows, etc.—Belle Fiaugher, Buker City. Mexican War survivors—Robert Rowark. Washington: Original—Levi Sargent, Aberdeen; George W. Beardsley, Orting; Patrick Coady, dead. Original widows, etc.—Margaret Coady, Susan Kassell, Pomeroy. e Captain Burker is Not to Blame. WACHINGTON, D. C., April 15—Cap- tain Barker of the Oregon telagraphed to Secretary Long to-day, disclaiming all responsibility for the accident to the vessel at the Puget Sound station. He says the piles and boulders haa been left unknown to him beneath the surface of the water in the entrance of the channel leading to the drydock, and a falling- tide allowed the Oregon to settie on these. Her great weight was sufficient cause for disarrangement of plates and other damage. Captain Barker says if the entrance of the channel had been free the Oregon would have had two feet of water 1o spare. —_——— Indemnity for Lynched Italians. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—After months of diplomatic negotiations the Department of State has decided to recom- mend an appropriation as indemnity for the families of the three Italians lynched near Hahaville, La., last August. The President has concurred. The department enaeavored to evade the responsibility by the contention that tne men had forfeited their rights as Italian subjects by exercis- ing the rights of citizens in Louisiana, but the Italian Government insisted and Sherman was,obliged to give in. s el iy Invited to the Centennial. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—Pres- ident McKinley declined an invitation by the committee of six from Nashville which calied upon him to ask his presence at the opening of the Nashville Centen- nial. He gave the committee to under- stand, however, that after the adjourn- ment of Congress be would be glad 1o ac- cepl. The committee left, promising to escort the President to the exposition any time he can conveniently arrange to get away. e Liewtenant Peary’s Order. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The Navy Department is much exercised over the order for Lieutenant Peary, the Arct ¢ explorer, to leave the New York Navs- yard and go to Mare Island. Peary’s {friends are raising a fund to defray the ex- pense of another expedition ceducted by Peary into the far North. [t is asserted his detachment from New York now will cause a failure of the enterprise. DWARF BROGMCORN OF KANSAS. Largest Single Shipment Ever Made From Any Point in' the World Goes From Sterling. ‘WICHITA, Kaxs,, April 15.—An event of unusual importance to Central Kansas is the shipment from Sterling, Rice County, of an entire trainload of dwarf broomcorn, consisting of twenty heavily Iaden freightears, to the Onondaga Whisk- troom Works of Syracuse, N. Y. It is the 1argest single shipment of broomcorn ever made from auy point in the world and was shipped by Robert Findlay & Co., broomeorn _commission _merchants of Bterling. Tbe route of the train will be over the Missouri Pacific to St. Louis and thence by Red Line fast freight to Syra- cuse. The brush was grown around Sterling in 1896, and is part of a crop of 1600 tons which was raised * within a radius of twenty miles of that point. Nowhere in this cruntry, except in the three Kansas counties for which the city of Sterling is the central market, h-,' the dwarf variety of broomcorn been grown_successfully on a large scale, and it is there that manu- facturers come annually to buy their year’s stock. The standard broomcorn grows very tall, frequently reaching a height of ten or twelve feei, and bears a brush twelve to twenty-four inches long. The dwar! variety on.y grows as high asa man’s shoulder. It has a brush much shorter and of very fine, silky fiber, and 15 in greatest demand by factories making wkisk or clothes brushes. During 1896 there were 350 cars of dwarl broomcorn_shipped from Sterling to vari- ous parts of the world, some of them even going to foreign ports. There were prob- a8ly 200 additional cars shipped from that district, nearly all of which was handled by the commission men of Sterling. The crop of 1896 was not a large one, having been scarcely half as big as that of 1805, when there was an enormous yield, Be- tween 500 and 600 cars were shipped from Sterling that year. The train is gayly decorated with flags and banners and unique designs wrought in broomcorn, und when it was side- tracked in the Missouri Pacific yards it attracted unusual interest. no oratory as when the famous McKinley decorated train was sent on ils way to the National Republican Convention at Si. Louis, but the inscriptions on the banners that adorned it and the great shipment it- self spoke volumes for the wonderful natural resources of this much maligned Statg. Sl Immenve Prison for Nexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, April 15.— The Government is considering plans for the establishment of an immense Federal prison on the Isiand of Socorro just off the coast of the State of Colima. It is proposed to make the prison suffi- ciently large for the accommodation not only oi Federal prisoners but also for thosé from all the western States of exic0. N REST FOR THE PRESIDENT Office-Seekers Camp in the White House Corridors. McKinley Asks for Time to Attend to Correspondence, But It Is Refused. Statesmen and Others Force Thelr Way Into the Presence of the Chief Executives | ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 15.—Presi- dent McKinley’s patience and endurance were subjected to a severe test to-day. The big corridor on the outside of the President’s room was so crowded at 10 o'clock this morning it was almost im- possible to pass from one end to theother. People lined the walls, sat on the tables and leaned on the statues of Lincoin and Johnson, there being absolutely no at- | tempt to keep the crowd in line. Senators and Representatives touched elbows with office-seekers, and all waited their turn 10 pass the watchful eye of the colored door- | keeper. Beng in arrears with correspondence the President directed the porter to send out word he would like to be excused. This information was conveyed to the crowd and many left. Several members of Congress, however, managed to im- press upon the porter ihe necessity for | seeing the President. It was finally agreed to let the crowd enter. From 10 o’clock until 1, three successive hours, the President listened to claimants for office. | Senator Wellngton of Maryland intro- duced Colonel 8. B. Hege,district passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, candi- date for Railroad Commissioner, to suc- | ceed Wade Hampton. It is not likely that asuccessor 1o General Hampton will be named until he recovers from his present | iliness. { Representative Ellis of Oregon saw the President about local offices. Nelson of Minnesota also called. Benator Carter of Montara and National | Commiiteeman Leonard wanted to talk with the President, but the crowd ahead | was too grea Allan Arthur, son of the late President, | filed additional papers with his applica- | | | Knute | tion for the Netherlands mission. STANFORD'S +QUAD” FOR '96. Novel Features Contamed in the Fourth Vclume of the Students’ Publication, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CarL., April 15.—By rusthing matters the 98 annual | board will be able to get out the fourth | volume of the Stanford Quad two weeks | before the regular time. The work is now in press and will be issned on April 30, which is the day set apart for junior promenade. Proof of the subject matter contained in the book is in the hands of the board of editors. The book will have 330 pages, including | the advertisements at the end. Special attention has been paid to the typographi- cal feaiures. A greenish black ink has been used, which showis off engravings to | the best advantage. A feature has been made of both the art and literary departments. The exceilence of the prizs poem and the prize story— the for-aer written by Wallace Irwin '00, the latier by his brotner, W. H. Irwin '93—has been commented o by the faculty | committee. The voem,“Sleep Song,” and ibe story, “The Professor, the S8oph and the Phantom,”” have both been illustrated by Mis Hyde, the staff artist, Dr. O. L. Eltiott has contributed an ex- celient articie on “The History of the University.” It is much tne same as will appebr in a forthcoming number of Harper's Monthly. Besides the prize story there is one con- tributed by Merle Johnson '97 and Miss Mary Meyrick '98. A number of poems will appear. Whils the “joshes” this year are all good-natured, there is a snap to some of them that makes them unusually inter- esting No one is safe from attack and the editor of this department was ex- tremely active in originating the jokes on his feliow-students. rauk Keesling, the energetic editor-10- chief of the Annual, graduated from the | San Jose High School, and since his en- trance st Stanford has taken a_prominent part in university affairs. He was the first president of the class of '98 and has been president and treasurer of the Philo- lexian Debating Society, of which he was a charter member. Keesling isa member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Skulland Snakes Junior and Senior Society, the re- cently organized Pui Delta Phi legal fra- ternity and the Stanford Press Club. A i SAN BAFAEL’S MILLIONAIEE, Colomel Finigan’s Attorneys Him to Remain Silent. SAN RAFAEL, CAL., April 15.—Colonel Peter A. Finigan was asked this afternoon | when he expected to leave the County Instruct Jail, where he is confined for refusing to comply with the order of Superior Judge | Angelotti. He said that his attorneys visited him vasterday and told him to be patient a litile longer and he wouid be all right. Ten days have now passed. A woman calling herself a female detec- tive has visited him, but Colonel Finigan says that he is not aware of her purpose, that he has employed no such person, and does not know why she is conceraned in his affairs. The colonel’s attorneys have instructed him not to talk in recard to his | case, but the millionaire eays he h | 8:80 o’clock. | vais which is due in Mill Valley a nothing to conceal, and does not ses wh they wish him to remain silent. He hay saved all the letters which he has received from different partiés, and these pe i treasuring. His daughters visit him regularly. THE AIRSHIP VISITS sPDK;ME.,' Numerous Citizens of Uadoub'ed Veraeity Tell of Seeing the Mysterious Sky Craft, TACOMA, Wasa., April 15.—A strange light, resembling accurately the one seen over Minneapolis on April 10, was seen over Spokane this evening between 8 and It was moving west by northwest, which course would bring it over Puget Sound in a short time. James L. Ford, s reputable salesman of thi city, who lives in Whiting’s Addition, about two miles from the center of town, first saw it at 8 o’clock and describes it as follows: “When I first saw it it must have been two miles high. It was moving faster than a star and seemed to be hovering over the town. Itsuddenly dropped sev- eral hundred feet, but it was too dark for me to make out its outlines, although the sky wasclear. The iight was larger than anyt ing I ever before saw in the heavens. Tt occupied a space of four or five inches, according to my sight, in the sky, whicn means_that it must have been of great size. While I watched it the light turned irom an intense whiie to a light ereen. Tt slowly passed over the town and twen- ty-five minutes after it was first seen it disappeared beybnd the northwestern horizon, se mingly sinking. “It was maintaining a certain course. When first seen it was above us at an angle of abvut 45 deg. Iexamined itas weil as I could with a powerful opera- glass, but failed to make out anything but the lizht. It was certainly operated by human beings.” All four of Mr. Ford’s fanily testifiedy o the same iacts.. Miss T. Kiesling, a tramed nurse, with her mother and family | residing near Ford’s house, is also willing to make affidavit to se-ing the same thing. Other people in different parts of the city also testify to having seen the light as it was disappearing beyond the horizon. They feel positive it was an air- ship. A% 9:45 Louis Titus and A. J. Charon saw the light again from the Spokesman- Review tower. It was moving west by south and hovering over the mountains to the west of this cit S TAMALPAIS VISITORS DELAYED. The Mountain ZTrain Leaves Aear the Summit. MILL VALLEY, CaL, April 15.—The train from the summit of Mount Tamal- the Rail P. M, to connect wita the North Pacific Coast road to San Francisco, jumped the track to-day, halfway between the sum- mit of the mountain and Mill Valley, and in consequence the passengers failed to make connections and reach the metropo- lis to-night, There were about forty persons on the train, and these were brought to Mill | Valiey. The trainmen made efforts to get | the car on the rails n time to reach the valley, but were not successful, While the accident amounts to nothing at all it has caused a_stedious deiay, as the last train left Mill*Valley for the City at 5:20 M. S R Hunting for & Funaway Chinaman. TACOMA, Wasn, April 15. — Wong Fow, the Chinese second fireman on the steamship Tacoma, has escaped from the vessel. 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