The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898. DAY'S TALK IN CONGRESS. LATEST JoB sertion of a right which does not exist and could not axist without imperiling the independence of this great branch of the Federal Legislature. I am a Sen- ator from Kentucky, but I am also a Senator of the United States. “In questions local to Kentucky I am always ready to serve her interests to the best of my abllity, consistent with the obligations of honesty and falr dealing. When great public interests, affecting alike every portion of the Union, are to be acted upon, they are to be considered { v I T T T 7Y/ | from the standpoint of the broadest pa- fl < \ o | \ triotism, and this I propose to do, no L ik | matter who may condemn my action or DEFIES THE who may approve it. There are occasions when considerations of local favor and ty discipline must, for the time, give and if a Senator who acts upon that ple is to be driven from his place State Legislature whenever he may Senator Lindsay Says| cintravene local sentiment or temporary | passion the dignity of the Senate will That He Will Not | soon be a thing of the past. “A scrupulous regard for the division Resign. | = wa of powers between the State and Federal Governments, and the careful observance | of the boundary line which separates | those powers. a cardinal doctrine of e | Jeftersonian Demorra vet we have | here the spec of a-controlling ma- jority of a te Legislature boldly Upholds HisCourseinVot- | ing Against Free Silver. ne of demarcation n the nar he Democracy, de- manding that I shall surrender my com- because, in their estimation, I e ceased to be -a Democrat. They to be ignorant of the underlying the histerie Democratic par- | v regardiess of their obligations | observe those principles. Their right Democracy or to put me of my record as a and absolutely repu- ave thought it prop- h these remarks I dis- 1 tive request for ove: stepping Althou He Did Not Favor Teller’s Resolution, He Is Yet a Democrat. h motion of Davis of N » Foreign Relati e went into execu- | NOT CHANGED. | Con mmittee, ion. D. DA ROBINSON IS NOW FREE HIS VIEWS the m. the Senate adjourned till | i 1 | | The Young Girl Granted Legal | Release From Her Foster | | Parents. ture demand- | Had Been Destined to Follow in the nator. Lind- s position on the it clear that ve of the whole ‘Wanton Footsteps of Her Sister. Special Dispatch to The Call. | and not in any . § 3 \e Kentucky Legis- TACOMA, Feb. 4—The hearing of | he was, he said, a | the petition for a writ of habeas cor- | pus, filed by Hon. Jesse Ferguson, to secure the release of Miss Ida Robin- son from the custody of her foster | parents, was conducted to-day in the Superior Court at Olympia. Neither A. J. Robinson nor his wife put in an ap- | pearance, but the girl was subjected to | a critical examination on the witness stand to ascertain the justice of the | application for her release from the custody of her parents. a full investigation Judge Hodgden granted the writ, releasing the girl, and according to her the priv- ilege of filing petition for the appoint- | my of a guardian of her own selec- tion. Meantime she was given into | the custody of Mr. and Mrs. Henry | E rt, prominent residents of Belmore, that her desire to attend school might | be gratified. | The story recited by Miss Robinson | upon the witness stand was peculiarly | pathetic. She related that her foster | parents formerly resided in San Fran- | cisco and that at that time her foster sister, a daughter of Mrs. Robinson | by a former husband, was an inmate of | a notorious house. 1da was sent by her mother to that house to visit her sister, and upon | entering she found her sister in the companionship of two men, one of | whom was Marshall, whom her par- | ents tried to compel Ida to marry ‘early, this week. Shortly after her entrance | her sister and one of the men left the | room, leaving her alone with Marshall. | She effected her escape, but was taken | back to the house by her mother at dif- | ferent times. | Later her foster parents moved to | Oakland. Her foster sister was wont to visit the family there, being accom- panied on one of these visits by a | mulatto, who, she said, was not her | husband, though she claimed to have | been married four times. Miss Robi: son said that the notorious sister wi now in Seattle, and was destined for | Alaska with her parents, and that her | mother had told her (Ida) that she | wanted her to go to Dyea with them, | so that she might dance in the dance | houses. American peo- rform his du- accordance s and with the dic- ortance was trans- ion. After ion of three hours d until Monday. y Leg He had s de th and & demand ¥y place in order thus make room 4 pro- 1 desfre to pro- pation of ungranted ve it a place on complaint is that ee and unlimited he ratio of 16 to 1, ction of the ago convention, the trust re- | Diheiivie After relating these. circumstances, | e Judge Hodgdon did not hesitate to | the ‘e . which | grant the writ as prayed for. It is| repealed the pi the | thought that the Robinson family has | Sherman law, abandoned the fight for the custody of | “In the I declared | Ida, and that it will leave within a few | that I would vote for no ‘which merely experimen: of ratlo, or that did able safeguards to i amendment ed with a change | t provide reason- the te- days for Alaska. Marshall is still in jail at Olympla, being unable to glve | bonds to keep the peace. nance of the parity of gold silver | _— dollars. Thosé votes and that declara- | T tion were known to all _the intelligent | / people of the State of Kentucky. In | the month following the adjournment of | 134 this extra sesslon the General Assem-! bly, charged with the duty of selecting or, was chosen. It convened | 189, My name was the only one presented to the Democratic caucus, and when the election came to be held 1 | RS, MALIVAK member present . where T stoog | BEtrothed to the Wife of the “I stand to-day prec when 1 received the dmous indorse- | Condemned Murderer of Kentucky. It Mrs. Kmetz. ment of the Democrat those who were in accord with me four | Jears, ago are not so to-day it is because hey have changed their opinions, while I | remained steadfast. I criticize no for changing his opinio: against being denounced & betrayer of | my trust, because my views remain un- | changed. | “I deny the right of self-seeking polit- | fcal changelings, who were with me in opposition to free silver when free coin- age was unpopular, and are against me now when free cofnage seems to t Democratic approval in Kentucky, in judgment on my Democracy, or to c: in question my fealty to the constituency | I represent. 1 wiil remind those who one | IS < but I protest | Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The bellef that Michael Kmetz, who left Newark and went to Hungary several months ago, had gone thither to wed Marie Malinak, | wife of the man who murdered Mrs. | Kmetz last July, has been confirmed by a letter recelved this week by Daniel Zedlak, a Newark saloon keeper. The latter is a cousin of Mrs. Malinak. Mali- | | is now under sentence of death in voted for the resolution that I am not | Newark. He was to have been hanged on the mere agent of the Kentucky Legis- | January 27, but his execution wag stayed Jature. I do not exercise my Senator by the taking of his case to the urt o1 1 duties subject to legislation nor hold my place at the legislative will. I represent not merely a party or a faction, but ali | the people of Kentucky. My term of service is fixed vy the constitution of | the United States.” It cannot be abridged | by the action of the Kentucky Legisia- ture, and an attempt by certain mem- bers of that body to abridge it is the as- Errors and Appeals. The Information contained in the letter to Zedlak is meager, but from a woman who recently arrived from Hungary and who knows all the persons concerned he has heard of the plans for the marriage | of Kmetz apd Mrs. Malinak. The latter | has requested him to assist her in obtain- | | ing a divorce from her doomed husband and he will do what he can for her. Kmetz, says Zedlak, is living in Hann- soozce, Hungary. About a month ago, on ' | Sunday, he went to Hethors, where Mrs. 9 | Dalinak lives. Ho met her as she came | out of church and, without much cere- | mony, showed “her three children who were with him and told her that her hus- | band had made them motherless by kil ing his wife and that she must be a mot! er to them. She hesitated only a minute | and then agreed to do so, and the same | day she returned with him to his native village and took up her abode in his little cottage as housekeeper. They are to be married as soon as Mrs. Malinak, who now uses her maiden name of Marie Miko, can obtain legal release from Mali- | When told the story in the County Jail in Newark to-day Malinak was In no way disturbed. “Let them marry if they want to. 1 don’'t want her any more, because she no o Sround up with a tirade He wound u; a agalnst wo- ADVERTISEMENTS. Soap in stick form ; convenience-and econ- omy in shaving. “A balm for the skin,” | Powers | the Speaker to use his influence | the press. PROTECTION OF FEDERAL [NTERESTS Sale of Railroads is Again Before the House. Democrats Bring Up the Question on the Kan- sas Pacific. Maguire Says the Law Requires That the Government Collect the Debt in Full. PAY OR TAKE THE ROAD. Additional Required Explains That Legislation Is Not to Guide the Administration. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 4. This was private bill day in the House, but owing to systematic filibus- tering the private calendsr containing the bills reported by the Committee on | Claims was not reached, the whole day being consumed in passing eighteen of the twenty-four private pension bills | favorably acted upon by the House at | the session last Friday night. During the consideration of one of the bilis an interesting discussion of the approach- ing sale of the Kansas Pacific set for February 17 was precipitated by Flem- ing (D.) of Georgia, who, with his Dem- ocratic colleagues, desired legislation to require the President to bid the full amount, debt, principal and interest. Powers, chairman of the Pacific Rail- road Committee, contended that the real purpose of the opposition was to compel the Government to take the road and operate it. He said he thought the administration which had secured | every dollar owing from the Union Pa- cific could be safely trusted to protect the Government’s interest at the sale of the Kansas Pacific. A bill was passed to amend the act of January 31, 18 granting the rights-of- through the public domain for tram- s, canals and reservoirs so as to grant those rights for cities and ‘private cor- porations. At present the rights-of-way are given only for mining and irrigation purposes. Fieming (D.) of Georgia, during the consideration of one of the persion bills, took advantage of the latitude allowed for debate to discuss the question of pro- tecting the Government's interest at the approaching sale of the Kansas Pacific ailroad. The claim of the Government, he said, was over $13,000,000, and while it was claimed that the road could be paralleled for $3,000,000, he said that the engineer who buut the road, Senator Har- ris of Kansas, estimated its value at from $25.000,000 to $30,000.000. The average earn- ings of the road for the past ten years, $1.255,675, were 4 per cent interest on $30,- 000,000. Shattuck (R.) of Ohio said while Sena- tor Harris might be a very competent civil engineer, he knew no more about computing the earnings or value of a railroad than the portrait alongside of the Speaker’s chair. “Did you hear his speech on the Pa- cific railroads?” asked Shafroth (Sil. R.) of Colorado. “I read it,” replied Shattuck, “and there is nothing in it. It was wind, nothing more.” Fleming said Senator Harris, by the facts he had furnished the Government, had saved the treasury $ 0,000 on the sale of the Union Pacific. The press of the country built a fire under the ad- ministration,” said he, “‘and forced it to Fleming saild he had appealed to the Speaker and to Powers, the chairman of the Pacific Railroad Committee, to aid the consideration of the measure reported by the committee. “‘They were both cour- teous,” said Fleming, ‘“but I failed to get ‘with Powers, or Powers to use his influence with the Speaker. On yesterday I tried to get recognition from the Speaker. To- day, when I did get recognition, it availed notuing, because the chairman of the committee, Powers, said he would ob- ject”” Continuing, Fleming said he did not consider it commensurate with the dig- nity of the House to waive aside Indif- ferent the milllons involved. If the sale took place and the Government only bid the principal of the debt, the responsi- bility would be on the majority. The only hope that remained, he said, lay in It could force the administra- tion, as it did in the case of the Union Paclfie. Maguire (D.) of California said the law required that the Government should col- lect the full amount of the debt or take the road, and he believed the law should be obeyved. “In other words, you want Government ownership of railroads?”’ interposed Dal- zell (R.) of Pennsylvania. “TI want to collect the Government debt,” replied Maiulre" ‘“We had better have Government own- ership of railroads than railroad owner- ship of Government,” cried Terry (D.) of Arkansas. Powers (R.) of Vermont, chairman of the Pacific Rallroad Committee, denfed he had stated earlier in the day that the administration desired no further legiela- tion. He alleged that the whole purpose of those who were opposing the sale was the Government ownership and operation of rafiroads. ““The gentleman has heard me to little purpose for the past five years,” inter- rupted Maguire. “If he imagines I desire Government operation of railroads, I am in favor of the Government owning the highwavs of commerce, but not of operat- ing trains any more than wagons.” “I am glad the gentleman has made his proposition more ridiculous than I could,” observed Powers. Balley (D.) of Texas objected to Pow- ers’ statement of the position of the Democrats. _He sald it was not a ques- tion of sacrificing the Government’s debt or Government ownership, and operation of railroads. *On this side,” sald he, “we belleve the Government can collect the debt. and. as a prudent creditor. that it should collect every dollar of it. Continuing. Powers said he did not be- lieve the administration should be re- quired to bid the full amount of the debt. principal and interest. The officers of the Government had full knowledge and he was willing to trust the matter to the officials who had obtained every dollar due from the Union Pacific. At 5 p. m. the House took a recess tfll 8 o’clock, the evening session to be devoted touthe consideration of private pension bills. SEVERE FIGHTING - . WITH TRIBESMEN. BONNY West Coast of Africa, Feb. 4.— The Niger River expedition, which _has been operat in the interior against the Ediba_tribes, has seen some severe fight- ing. Captain Fenton has been killed and Captain Middleton wounded. The enemy sustalned great loss. 10 MLCT I CIT. New Plan of the Los Angeles Water Company. Wants the Councilmen to Order a Reappraise- ment. Believes It Can Control Enough Votes to Bring This About. PEOPLE SCENT DANGER. Fear That the Company Wiil Be Greatly Enriched if the Deal Is Put Through. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4—It is nowi definitely known that the water com- | pany, with the aid of its newspaper | organs and campfollowers, will ex\—: deavor to persuade the City Council to make a reappraisement of the value of the improvements the corporation has | made to the municipal distributing | plant. The latest job is to get an order | for a reappraisement through the Coun- | cil about the middle of April or the first of May. The corporation Will come | in with a pretended showing of l.m-E provements made since the valuation of the property made by Abs Hagen and City Engineer Dockweiler. It will | claim that an absolute reappraisement all the way through is what must be | had, and it seems to think that it will | be able to handle enough votes in the | Council to obtain favorable action on | its request for a reappraisement. It is programmed for the Times, at the behest of the water company, to | editorially favor the proposition for an- | other set of figures. Then the Herald | and Express are to fall in and agree | that the proposition is one whichshould | be allowed. Here is where a job Ofi mammoth proportions is to be put up. | The great stumbling block now in cov- | ering up any robbery of the people in the purchase of the water plant im- | provements is the imate of their value fixed by the City Engineer and Abs Hagen. That figure is $1,190,625. | The justice and the equity of this ap-| praisement have never been questioned | by any of the water company’s news- papers or by the understrappers of the corporation. It is admittedly correct. | Now, though, the water company pro- | poses to sweep that estimate out of the way and have a new one made, which it expects will bring the figures up to approximately $1,600,000. When this es- timate is reported and turned in the water company will agree to arbitrate on the expectation that it can finally get a figure of $2,000,000 allowed by the board of arbitration. This would be just $800,000 taken out of the pockets of the people, for which they would receive no reciprocal value. Thirty days ago the water company would not for a moment have consid- ered any figure under $3,000,000; but The Call's exposure of the company’'s plan to mulct the taxpayers has caused | a revision of the plans for the big grab, and a consequent reduction of $1,000,000. | Thirty days more may cause another fall of $500,000, for the syndicated press 18 of no further value in defending and covering the tracks of the water com- pany conspirators. The water company is making a number of improvements that are not necessary to the continued operation of its system to the expiration of the franchise. The expectation is that by making these improvements another valuation can be procured. However, this scheme will probably fail—and it certainly ought to. The people have been given full inside information as to the plan through The Call, and there is to be such a general objection raised to it that the Council will hardly dare to order a reappraisement. The Council is going to have trouble with some local corporations other than the water company in a very ghort time. It has seemed as though these local corporations for some time past have looked upon the orders and direc- tions of the Council with contempt. If they saw fit, the managers of the cor- porations complied with the instruc- tions and regulations, but if they did not, they simply defied the Council. This policy of arrogance on the part of the monopolies has been made pos- sible by the subservient local press | which has smothered all complaint. But now the Councilmen announce that they are going to take a deter- mined stand, to the end the orders they give the local corporations shall either be obeyed or those corporations sHall g0 out of business. In April last the Council fixed a con- duit district. Within this district, all wires were to be placed underground within one year. The telephone com- pany has its conduit system about completed. The San Gabriel Power Company is now putting in its system, and the Edison Electric Company has filed its plans for a complete system, work upon which is to be commenced at once. This leaves only the Los An- geles Lighting Company, which corpo- ration has not taken one single step to comply with the ordinance. The manager of the Los Angeles Lighting | Company will ask to have the time ex- tended for another year before his cor- poration is compelled to comply with the municipal law. He has boasted that he can secure any favor of the Council he desires, and it remains to be seen whether he will be able to get special consideration as a reward for contemptuous disregard of the Coun- cil’s orders. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. A Lad Refuses to Study Physiology as He Considers Investigation of Anatomy Sacrilegious. ELGIN, I, Feb. 4—A recent fine im- posed upon a practitioner of the Chris- tian Sclence faith in Elgin serves only as a stimulant to those of like belief. Even the youth have caught the infection. A lad who attends the High School refuses to study physiology, as, being a Christian Scientist, he considers the study of anat- omy sacrilegious. The teacher referred the case to the superintendent, and the superintendent to the 1 Board. It ‘was referred back to the superintendent to make tion of the case as he sees fit. nmt.mum,mw It has caused much discusion eration. here. DON CARLOS PECULIAR MANIA ATTACKS A BOY OF TENDER YEARS A Knights Ferry Child Becomes Insane and Acts Like a Wild Animal. STOCKTON, Feb. 4 —Sometimes snarling between his tightly, clenched teeth, attacking every one around him at frequent intervals, little Willle Willis, an extremely bright boy for his age, was last even- ing brought to this city and placed under the care of Dr. S. N. Cross at the Commercial Hotel. His case—or, more particularly, the inci- dents preceding it—are most unusual. Dr. Cross says that his little patient is suffering from acute mania, but it was thought at first by the relatives of the boy that it was a manifestation of hydrophobia. Little Willie Willis is 9 years of age. His father is Rev. Mr. Willis, formerly of Point Arena, lately of Knights Ferry, but now occupy- in a pulpit in Colorado. His mother is dead, and Willie has been under the care of his Sister, Mrs. Samuel Hoppin of Knights ‘Ferry. His dementia was brought to a climax last night, when he exhib- ited the most peculiar symptoms, although he had been acting queerly all day. In the morning he began to be nervous and would tolerate no one near him. One time he saw the house cat running across the floor and he took after the pussy like a flash, running on all fours. The cat’s hair bristled, as if a dog were after her, and she scurried out of the room. Three nights ago Willle was put to bed and his sister left the house to go to a store near by. When she came back, the boy was not there. A searching party was organized, and he was found some distance from the house, mounted on a horse all saddled and bridled. He had gone to the stable of the doctor next door, and, although only a weak little fel- low, had done what he had never done before—saddled the animal. He was riding away, they did not know where, when he was found. The most peculiar incident of the malady, and the one to which the superstitious inclinations of many clung, occurred a few days ago, when Willie went out roaming over the hills with a dog. He was gone a long time. When he came back, he said that he had been asleep and was awakened by the dog licking his face. This is where the hydro- phobia notion gained credence. Night before last he was strapped to his bed and yesterday morning the drive was made to Oakdaie, and the boy brought here on the train. He was afraid of everything he saw, and particularly of the street cars, begging his brother-in-law, Mr. Hoppin, not to let them kill him. Dr. Cross says that the case is not a dangerous one, if attended to, and that the child will soon be well again. While at Point Arena, six vears ago, the little fellow fell on his head, and it may be that the mania is due ta that fall. . ©OC00000000000000000000000000C0000000 OPPOSITION T0 -~ THE SCHEME Plan to Construct and Maintain a Big Dry- dock. V0000000000000 0000000000000000000C00C000C000 o o ] o o [ [+] ] ] o o (] o o [+ (] (4] o 4 (] [*] (] [*] © o [+ o o (] < o o (] o [+ © o (] (] o o o DAUGHTER FREE! Princess Elvira Legally Separated From Count Philip Folehi. Offer of the International Com- pany Unfavorably Com- mented Upon. Sequel to Her Elopement From ; Rome With an Ugly | Married Man. Hypnotism Was Alleged as the Cause of the Strange Conduct of the Pretender’s Child. Newport News Company Wants the Government to Use the Struc- ture It Will Buiid. Special Dispatch to The Cail. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The Herald's correspondent telegraphs from Wash- ington: Considerable opposition has de- veloped to the proposition of the In- ternational Drydock and Construction Company of New York to construct and maintain a steel floating drydock, to be subsidized by the Government. The House Naval Committee has received a Copyrighted 1898 by James Gordon Bennett. ROME, Feb. 4—A bill of separation has been granted severing the marital relations of Count Philip Folchi and Princess Elvira, daughter of Don Car- los, pretender to the Spanish throne. By the terms of the separationPrincess Elvira receives 300 francs a month. Donna Elvira Bourbon-Anjou, sec- ond daughter of Don Carlos, caused a sensation in Europe in the middle of | November, 1896, when she eloped from Rome, where she was visiting her sis- ter, Princess Massimo, with Count Fol- | chi, an artist, who was described as| dentally that report will inform the being a married man with a family. | committee of the disadvantages which Donna Elvira took with her her jew- | the Newport News Company believes elry, which was valuea at $60,000, ac- | would result from the acceptance of the cording to current report. Hypnotism was alleged to be the cause of the elopement, Folchi, it was added, being penniless, ugly and crippled, as well as a married man. It was at first sup- posed the couple were in hiding in Ber- lin, but the police of that city failed to find them and expressed the belief that they were somewhere in the south | e. 2 or'r:.;algrcincess is not a beautiful wo- | man, but she is alleged to be high- | strung, of an artless temperament, which caused her to fall an easy victim | to Folchi's hypnotic powers. About a month after the elopement Donna Elvira is said to have addressed a letter to her father from Barcelona, imploring pardon, and declaring that since his second marriage with the Princess Berthe de Rohan, in 1894, her building and Drydock Company, re- questing that it hear a report of that firm on the subject of drydocks. Inci- dicate. Those interested in Erie Basin mittee that they are opposed to the scheme of the International Drydock Company. Attention has been called to | the fact that the proposition submitted by the company only permits the use of floating docks for 100 days a year, ny’'s proposition contemplates an ex- penditure of $1,500,000 in the construc- tion of the dock, upon which the de- partment is required to pay 6 per cent interest for twenty years, or in all a total of $1,800,000. Suggestions were made to the Navy Department some two months ago by the Newport News Company that it letter from the Newport News Ship- | plan proposed by the New York syn- | docks have also indicated to the com- | and also to the fact that the compa- | home life had become intolerable. This | letter is described as having been a sort of answer to a communication which Don Carlos addressed to his followers, in which he informed them that his| daughter Elvira was “dead to him,” and asking them to pray for “her mis- erable soul.” ‘When Don Jaime, son of the pre- tender, heard of his sister’s escapade, he obtained a leave of absence, accord- ing to report, from a Russian cavalry regiment, the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Russian Dragoons of Lubny, to which he was attached, and went to the Spanish frontier with the intention of killing Folchi if the latter crossed the frontier into France. The Arch- bishop of Barcelona, a stanch support- er of the pretender, realizing the in- jury which the affair might do the cause of the legitimists, wrote to Don Carlos and to Don Jaime, imploring them not to commit any act which would cloud their future prospects in Spain, and there matters seem to have rested until the annduncement from Rome to-day. MAKING SOME VERY : ACCURATE SURVEYS. No Time Lost by the United States Nicaragua Canal Commission in Its Important Work. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 4—The United States Canal Commission will complete Its examination of the western division, including Lake Nicaragua, and westward to the Pacific on Monday next. * The Commissioners are mappi out accurate resurveys on the scale ':)’ one inch to me:lm. with sections show- ing the o the ground several ; ‘;n b; borhlf& T eet deep by ers will travel on foot to Ochoa to the Caribbean Sea at the rate of about three miles a day, examining both sides of the route and wading twenty miles thro the swamp in the river delta. All members of the American party are in good health. was willing to construct a dock of the largest capacity under Government su- pervision, beginning the work at once and completing it in a year, providing it cculd be assured of some agreement for its use by the Government. for this dock. It will be 850 feet long, 100 feet wide and will accommodate the 15.;5?51 \'essed 1 in the world. t is understood that Secre Lo is not whelly favorable to m‘:r:hnl:)gt the International Drydock and Con- struction Company, and “will probably make an adverse report to Congress on the subject. There seems to be a dispo- sition on the part of the sub-committee on appropriations of the House Naval Committee to comply with some of the department’s recommendations in the matter of authorizing the construction of additional docks. T understand that the sub-committee has agreed to appro- priate $1,000,000 for smokeless and $37,000 for the erection of a smoke- less powder factory. The sub-commit- tee has also allowed $2,300,000 for re- pairs to vessels in commission and an increase of $25,000 for repairs in the | steam engineering department. pretitinfon T o TO THE RANK OF ~ AN EMBASSADOR. Ethan Hitchcock, the Representative of the United States in Rus- sia, Receives Promotion. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The Presiden to-day sent to the Senate the name o: Ethan Hitchcock of Missour!, now Min- ister to Russia, to be Embassador Extra- &r:gx:ry and Minister Plenipotentiary to The President also made additional nonum:!.;ma Postmasters—Arizong dams, Pho::‘lx: Calitornia,” Fen® i ‘Clwp: & Mr. Hitchcoek is named dor under the law ;uthorlliu.: l?}h Where foreign countries name Embassa. dors to the United Stat: Pt T is on every wrapper of CASTORIA, The | company has already broken ground | Powder | the following rank on Count Cassini, her diplomatie representative in the United States. st 3 daiciiy CHILE WILL ACCEPT PROPOSALS OF PERU. Ready to Return Provinces Without the Plebiscite Provided or Exact- . ing a Stipulated Sum. Copyright, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. VALPARAISO, Feb. 4—Persons gener- ally well informed have assured me that the Chilean Government will accept the roposals of Vice-President Biliinghurstof %eru, who is now in Santiago negotiating for a settlement of questions between Peru and Chile arising out of the holding of the provinces of Tacna and Arica. Ac- cording to my informant Chile is willing to return the provinces to Peru without the plebiscite provided in the treaty orex- acting the stipulated sum of 10,000,000 soles. giving Bolivia 3,000,000 soles for a strip of land ending at Victor Cove. Sl b OPERATED AS ONE ROAD. The Lake Shore Is Merged Into the New Yorz Central System. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The Lake Shore to-day became the property of the New York Central and Hudson River Raltl- | road Company. The final arrangements | for the tr?:ns{er of the Lake Shore sys- tem to the contral of the Central were made this morning when the directors | of the Central met here to consider the | proposition made some time agg for & | union of the two roads into one’system, | to be operated hereafter as one road, | stretching from New York to CthaK’); | Nearly all of the directors were present | and those who could not be on hand sent | proxies favoring the purchase by the Central of the Lake Shore road. gt Great Petroleum Fire in Russia. BAKU, Russian Caucasus, Feb. 4—The petroleum fire that broke out here last week destroyed almost half a million poods of naphtha. It is still burning fiercely and many deaths are reported. e The Castine at Pernambuco. BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 4—Advices | from the Herald’s correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, state that thes United | States gunboat Castine has arrived at Pernambuco en route to West Indies. | Al gone, gloomy, melancholy, he sits as you now sit. 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