The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1899, Page 6

‘THE S8AN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1899. SECRETS © F THE DREYFUS DOSSIER Contains Documents Compromis- ing the Mutual Relations of France, Germ any and Italy. (] PARIS, Jan. 15.—The Soir says that Count von Munster, the Ger- © man E: ador, who left for Berlin suddenly yesterday, was sum- © moned to confer with Baron von Bulow, German Secretary of State O for Foreign Affairs, concerning the Dreyfus case. [x] 1eral Mercier, who was Minister of War at the time of the [+] of Dreyfus, has been interviewed by a representative of Q vhom he declared that in 1894 he knew nothing of Comte [+] Esterhazy, or of the latters refations with Colonel Sand- [x] fus,” he added, “lied when he pretended I knew he had [x] s to a foreign power in order to obtain more im- [x] imen in return, with a view of obtaining some mitiga- However, I cuments he ha € > pointed to his gt al Mercier Germany and It OC0000COCOOOO C00Q00000C000000C asserted to the Soir contained documents its have been made to give Comte Ferdinand Ester- afe conduct to testify before the Court of Cassation sion inquiry, the Comte having forwarded to M. resident of the court, a synopsis of the evidence he is caused him to be asked the number ad supplied. He refused, and his nilt.”” representative that the ‘compromising the mutual re- aly.” CgcoceococcooooccooCcoCO0OORe 0000000000000 00 OPPONENTS OF TREATY ACTIVE Think They Can Cause Its Defeat. SPEECHES IN THE SENATE STATESMEN TO TALK AGAINST NICARAGUA CANAL BILL. After Attending the Funeral of Ding- ley the House of Representa- tives Will Adjourn for the Day. al Dispatch to The Call. 15.—It is the in charge of 3 n call it up it can be reached without me res which take under t ing orders of These ions are the iatic 1 bill. ler ment made last week the bill will be taken up at 3 o'clock y for discussion in speeches not eed A tes in duration. There is nc lacing other qu n bill and the Nic- agreement for a vote on lief is general that ing already reached will to an early vote. Those Senators sed to the pending bill express no f ng to prevent a vote, of the bill are confident nation will not be post- . Sentor Mor- contest for the expressed the opinion e would be reached adjournment Tuesday. He does t expect a great many fifteen minute eches and he predicts that the bill hrough without being amended in any ntial particular. The ac- ceptance by the committee of the Berry much of the opposition to the bill and there is believed to be little ot of its passage when the vote is The Senate will attend the funeral of Representative Dingley Monday at noon, but after this ceremony the Sen- ators will return to their desks and re- sume consideration of the Indian bill. This bill m: tention until Tuesday and if it should to be the the further con- tion of the treaty would be post- »d until after action upon the Nic- In the meantime the pen- prove sid 1 aragua bill. sion and diplomatic appropriation bills will have been reported from the Com- mittee on Appropriations, but it is not the purpose at present to give them precedence over the treaty. Senator Davis, chairman of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, and Senator Allison, chairman of the are working to perfect harmony, that no clash between the treaty and supply bills is probable. Senator Bacon has given notice of a speech on the general question of ex- tension of territory on Wednesday. His address will be based upon the resolu- tions regarding the status of the Fil- ipinos introduced by himself some time since and its delivery may lead to con- siderable debate, particularly on the treaty in open session. It is also probable that there will be more or less discussion of the resolu- tion of Senator Hoar for the independ- ence of the Filipinos introduced on Sat- urday last. It is also understood that Allen will, at the first opportunity, con- tinue the talk upon his resolution for an investigation of the condition of the W The greater outlook is against serious consideration of the treaty before Thursday. The opponents of the treaty profess great confidence in being able to defeat it upon a vote, and to believe that the friends of the argument will seek to postpone a vote until next session. The Demogcratic opponents of the argument have held several meetings during the st week and those who have attended pre the outlook. They claim twenty-four votes in opposition, or three more than necessary to defeat. They say they will be satisfied to have the treaty ratified, providing an amendment is engrafted upon it declaring against the main- ténance of sovereignty in the Philtpe pines, but the supporters of the treaty decline so far to grant any such cone cession. Some of them indicate a will- ingness to adopt a separate resolution to this end, and it is not impossible that this course may be pursued. The sup- porters of the treaty do not claim te be in the least disturbed over the out- | look. They count upon considerable delay in securing action, but still hold to their contention that the treaty will be ratified just as it came to the Senate. The work of the House during the coming week will be forecast with the sad rights attending the funeral trib- utes to Dingley. These will be held in the House of Representatives and ime mediately following them the House will adjourn for the day. On Tuesday the legislative work of the House will be resumed with the naval personnel bill. But the personnel bill may be displaced by the contested election case of Brown vs, Swanson, formal notice ndments has had the effect of re- | continue to hold ats | Appropriation Commit- | ess to be very hopeful concerning | | having been given that it would be called up on Tuesday. An election case has the highest privilege, and if the | notice is carried out the personnel bill | will go over. | Wednesday has been set aside for the | Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and an agreement to that | effect has been made. The most im- | | portant bill this committee has on hand | is that providing for a Pacific cable | running to Hawaii and to Japan. By | Thursday the postoffice appropriation will be reported ready to take up in the House and perhaps the military acad- | emy bill. i The main interest attaches to the | | time when the important bill for the | increaese of the regular army can be taken up. |HONORS TO THE LATE | CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY | Arrangements for the Public Funeral To-Day in the House of | Representatives. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Final ar- | rangements were completed to-day for | the public funeral of the late Repre- | sentative Nelson Dingley in the hall | of the House of Representatives and | for the removal of the remains to their | last resting place in Maine. The body | has been inclosed in a casket of plain black, with silver handles. A silver plate bears the following inscription: “Nelson Dingley Jr. Born February 15, 1832. Died January 13, 1899.” The body will be taken from the Hamilton House to the Capitol about 10 o'clock in the morning and placed in the hall of the House, where the public funeral services, conducted by the Rev. S. M. Newman of the Comngre- gational Church, assisted by Chaplain | Couden of the House of Representa- tives, are to take place. Subsequently | the remains will be taken to the Penn- sylvania Railroad station and placed aboard a car attached to the 4:20 o’clock train for New York. They will be ac- | companied by members of the family now here, the committees of both houses of Congress and other friends. The citizens of Lewiston and Auburn, Me., have ekpressed to the family thelr desire to honor their former fellow townsman, and on reaching Lewiston the body will be consigned temporar- ily to the committee of citizens of those cities. Arrangements have been made by which it will lie in state in the City Hall at Lewiston between the hours of 1 and 5 o'clock in the after- noon. Whether there will be a public funeral service will depend entirely on the wishes of the local committee. Tuesday evening the remains will be removed to the Dingley residence in Lewiston and private services held there the next morning, after which they will be deposited in the receiving | vault next to the body of Mr. Ding- | ley’s father, who died recently. | Evidences of the sympathy for the family in their bereavement continued to be received at the Hamilton House during the day, and a number of pub- |lic men called and left their cards. | Both the American and Canadian mem- bers of the Joint High Commission now in session here sent floral pieces, |and in addition a large number have | been received from persons in private | and publie life. 'EAGAN COMPLETES HIS | | REVISED STATEMENT Apologizes to the Arm; Board, but Does Not Retract His Denounce- ment of Miles. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—A Washing- | ton special to the Herald says: Com- | migsary General Eagan placed the fin- | ishing touches upon his revised state- ment to-day, and he will forward the !dncument to the War Investigation | Commission to-morrow. | General Eagan will hold himself in | readiness to appear before the commis- | sion should he be wanted to explain |any of the matters contained in the statement. It is confidently expected | to-night that the President or Secre- tary of War will formally announce to- morrow that General BHagan will be | court-martialed. Secretary Alger did not appear at | the War Department to-day, but Gen- eral Eagan was in his office most of the afternoon. He declined to discuss | the statement which he was preparing. | Considerable curiosity is felt as to the | contents of the letter which will ac- | company the statement. No doubt is | expressed that it will contain an apol- ogy to the commission for the language employed in answering the charges of Major General Miles, but there is lit- tle reason to believe that there will be a retraction of the epithets applied to | the commanding general of the army. 'IMPROVEMENTS AT THE © MARE ISLAND NAVY-YARD | Liberal Appropriation Urged by ‘White and Perkins Agreed To | by the House Committee. | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The House Committee on Naval Affairs has agreed to incorporate into the naval appropria- tion bill, about to be reported, the follow- |ing items: For the navy yard at Mare | Island $815,750 for improvements, repairs | and construction, including $27,000 for the quay wall and $100,000 for improving the channel and anchorage grounds. For | buildings and wharf and other improve- ments_at the naval tralning station at Goat Island, $50,000, sald improvements | not to cost more than $100,000. For naval apprentice training stations, $30,000; for repairs and improvement of the con:\truct un! lant at Mlau;? Island, .000. Among other appropriations car- ried by the bfil are 353?5&7 g’r the Pug:t Sound naval station and $2500 for repairs and improvement of the construction WAR INQUIRY WILL NOT BE WHITEWASH Miles, Alger, Brooke and Shafter Will Receive Their Share of Blame in the Report. 2eral ) ministration. el orders. L4 tions for smokeless powder. NEW YORK, Jan. 15—The Herald’s Washington correspondent sends the follow- ing: President McKinley will have in his possession the full report of the War Commission within the next ten days. This report, it is asserted, will not be a whitewash of the army ad- It will be unanimous on all essential points. It will declare that the primary trouble is due to a lack of proper military organization. It will show that Secretary Alger was weak, especially in his relations with Major Gen- eral Miles, but it will not find him responsible for camp “horrors.” be blamed for conditions which existed with respect to these matters. will be criticized for his conduct before, during and since the war. It will show that General Miles was directed by the Secretary to make an inspection trip of all camps, but that he informed Alger that he was in the habit of making out his own It is also stated that the Secretary should never have permitted Miles to go to San- tiago, though an observation of this kind may not be included in the report. Coming down to the beef controversy, the commission will find that General Miles’ charges were unfounded. No fault will be found with General Shafter, except with respect to points which he in his testimony admitted. General Brooke will be criticized for condi- tions which existed at Camp Thomas, and the medical department will be blamed for lack of inspections and failure to carry out proper sanitary regulations. The report will also show that Congress was responsible for the equipment of soldiers with black powder, as the ordnance department did not get in time the necessary appropria- Subordinate officers will Major General Miles lant there. Congress will doubtless make Provision for dredging at Polnt Pinole, where improvements are badly ‘needed, but the appropriation, if obtained, will be provided in the River and Harbor bill. Authority for the survey and estimate will at least be given, which will insure the ultimate accomplishment of this urg- ent work. These provisions of the ap- propriation bill are ‘identical with the recommendations of Senators Perkins and White. LD EaE “HELL! NO, NO,” SAYS GENERAL SHAFTER Emphatic Statement Made When Asked if He Had Approved Beef Used in Cuba. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—A San An- tonio, Texas, special to the Herald says: General Shafter, his family and staff left to-night for San Francisco. Cap- tain J. H. Shafter and family accom- panied the party and a reunion of the Shafter family will be held when the party reaches the Golden Gate. I saw General Shafter to-day and called his attention to the statement in the testi- mony of Commissary General Eagan that he had approved the beef fur- nished the army in Cuba. “Hell! No, no!” replied the bluff old general, with emphasis. “How could I approve beef I never saw? I said the beef sent to Santiago was all right. and all the beef I saw at Santiago was good, but I did not see all the beef that was furnished the army, and it would be ridiculous for me to express an opinion about it.” “How about the 190,000 pounds of beef in the controversy between General Miles and General BEagan?” was asked. “I don’t know anything about it, and have never expressed an opinion on the subject.” “What do you think of General Ea- gan's testimony before the investiga- tion commission?” “General Eagan's tirade against Gen- eral Miles,” replied General Shafter, “Is utterly indefensible. But the contro- versy has taken such a serious turn that I cannot discuss it further.” - RETURNED HOME TO DIE. Captain Norris Stricken While Talk- ing to Friends. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 15.—Captain A. Wilson Norris of Harrisburg, assistant adjutant general on the staff of General J. P. 8. Gobin, commander of the Third Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, stationed at Augusta, Ga., died suddenly this evening at the Harrisburg Club. Captain Norris came home last night on leave to attend the inaugural ceremonies, and was apparently in good health until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when he was taken sick while conversing with friends, He was a nephew of the late auditor general, A. W. Norris, was a vice president of the State League of Re- ublican Clubs, and one of the best nown and most popular young men in the community. e Crew of a Schooner Rescued. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 15—The steam- ship City of Macon from Boston brought into port this evening Captain Kennerly and the ctew, nine men all told, of the gchooner Aloha of Bath, Me., abandoned Saturday night 250 miles southeast of Georgetown Light in a sinking condition. The Aloha left Ferdinandino a week ago with a cargo of phosphate rock, bound for New York. Sk Veteran Attempts Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.—John J. Kellogg of Washington, Iowa, a veteran of the Civil War, attempted suicide in Fairmount Park to-day by shooting him- gelf in the head. He was taken to the German Hospital in a critical condition, Despondency caused by ill-health is said to have vrompted the act. He is reported to have been in this city for several weeks relative to the settlement of an estate. n g R Prospect of « Riot. PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. 15.—Bloodshed is feared here to-morrow if the Redkey Glass Company, whose employes are on strike against a reduction in wages, at- tempts to start the factory with men im- ported from Pennsylvania, as the owners assert they will do. The company has ap- plied to the Sheriff for protection for the new men, but has been refused. —_——— Transvaal Fighting the Lease. LONDON, Jan. 15.—The Government of the Transvaal, says the Pretoria corre- spondent of the Times, has expended nearly £800,000 since 1894 in trying to in- fluence the European press and European officials to prevent the leasing of Delagoa Bay to Great Britain. —mg e} Hotel and Sanitarium Burned. WACO, Tex., Jan. 15.—The Arlington Hotel and Sanitarfum at Malin Falls burned to-day. Loss, $60,000; insurance, $20,000. There were a number of Invallaes in the hot tel, all of whom escaped safely. e o L Boxing Contest at Vacaville. SUISUN, Jan. 15.—In a boxing contest at Vacaville last evening Jack Joyce of Sulsun defeated Ivy arch in ~ three rounds and was awarded a purse of $100 and half of the gate receipts. g LA Death of a Mining Man. ANGELS CAMP, Jan. 15.—J. H. Black- hart, a well-known figure in mining cir- cles and superintendent of the Harris mine, died of heart fallure to-day. He leaves a widow and one son. { HERE TO ENLIST AMERICAN AID Arrival of Three Glasgow Commissioners. WILL CONFER WITH M’KINLEY ANXIOUS TO HAVE OUR MANU- FACTURERS REPRESENTED. After Their Interview With the President They Will Visit a Number of the Larger Cities. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Three Com- missioners from Glasgow arrived on the 8t. Louis to-day to lay before President McKinley and his Cabinet particulars regarding the Glasgow Exhibition to be held in 1901. They are R. Crawford, Thomas Mason and Michael Simons. They are former members of the cor- poration of Glasgow, and were appoint- ed Commissioners by the Lord Provost of that city., They are accompanied by J. M. Smith, editor of the Glasgow Evening News. He comes to study American journalism. R. Crawford is the chairman of the fine arts and archaeology department of the exhibition; Thomas Mason dep- uty chairman of the building, lights and grounds department, and Michael Simons chairman of the musical and entertainment department. “We have come over to assure Amer- ican representation at the exhibition,” said Mr. Crawford. “We wish to ob- tain representation from those hand- ling labor saving machinery and those engaged in commercial and industrial enterprises. We believe we will gain the sympathy if not the active co-op- eration of the United States Govern- ment in the exhibition. The success of 4 the affair will be largely due to the sympathy obtained in this country. It is to be held the year after the Paris Exposition and we are hopeful of hav- ing many of the American exhibits at the former city sent to Glasgow. They will be stored at the expense of the city. We are not assisted by the Gov- ernment of Great Britain, but by the local authorities. It will be held in Kelvin Grove, in the city of Glasgow, from May 1 to October 19, 1901. We have Just completed in this grove a magnifi- cent art gallery and museum at a cost of over a million dollars. This gallery will occupy a central position.” The Commissioners will go to Wash- ington Thursday. After visiting the President they will visit other cities to meet commercial bodies. GERMAN IMPORTS ARE NOW BARRED Ruling of the Supreme Court on Cot- ton Velvets a Blow to Euro- pean Manufacturers. LONDON, Jan. 15.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Times says: The Cologne Gazette, commenting upon the decision of the United States Supreme Court recarding cotton velvet, says the rule will, of course, be applied to all German manufactures, so that it will be useless in the future for a German manufacturer to produce his goods in bond with a view of saving the duty on raw material. The article con- cludes: ; ““To put it briefly, imports to America are forbidden and the export trade is destroyed, at least for countries which, like Germany and France, must pay considerable duties upon the raw ma- terial they import.” For a country which, like England, does not impose a duty on raw ma- terial the decision, in the opinion of the Cologne Gazette, cannot be regarded as bad news, inasmuch, for once, extreme protection would seem to have done free trade a good turn in the course of the internecine war of protectionist countries. LT T Payment of Ohio Troops. CLEVELAND, Jan.,15.—Adjutant Gen- eral Kingsley to-night said a proposition had been made by the War Department concerning the payment of the members of the Fourth Ohio Regiment, which would settle the controversy, It is pro- posed that if the State will waive Its right to reimbursement for money paid the troops before they left camp at Soolldu‘mbu:;, the hrul] amount dus ers from the Government pald. Adjutant Gener i proposition would the | T be eral Kingsley said the be accepted. —_— BIMETALLISTS TO MEET AT LOUISVILLE Bryan, Williams, Towne, Altgeld and Jones Will Address the Convention Next Summer. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 15.—Judge James P. Tarvin of Covington, president of the League of Bimetallic Clubs of the Ohio Valley, met a local committee of the | Young Men's Democratic Club to-day and | made arrangements for the convention which the league will hold in Louisville rext summer. This is the first active \w;k 10: preparation made toward this | gathering'of advocates of the white metal, | Judie Tarvin stated to the committee that he had certainly secured as speak- ers for the occasion Willlam J. Bryan, Lveurge Fred Willlams of Massachusetts | and Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, also probably ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois and Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of ‘tne National Democratic Committee. There will also be a number of prominent speakers of +ha four States to be represented—Kentucky, Indiana, Illinofs ana Ohio. The executive commit- tee of the league will hoid a session in Chicago during the next ten days. At | that meeting further matters pertaining to tne Louisville meeting will be definitely ?‘itt(ledih Judge Tarvin states that he ex- | cts the convention to bring fully I delegates to Louisville. g M FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF A YACHTING PARTY Believed to Have Becn Lost Durin; a Cruise Along the the Gulf Coast. PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 15.—Dispatches received here from Chicago and Indianap- olis indicate that great fear is felt for the | safety of the naphtha launch Paul Jones, | halling from Louisville, which left the mouth of the Mississippi River January 3 for this port with a party of ladies and gentlem®n from Chicago and Indian- apolis on board. Nothing has been heard | here of the launch and the E. E. Simpson, one of the fastest and best tugs belong: | ing here, left to-day to make a thorough | search on the gulf. She has not yet re- | turned and probably notning definite will be known before to-morrow or next day LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 15.—The pleas ure yacht Paul Jones, mentioned in the dispatch from Pensacola, left Louisville in December for a trip along the gulf coast, via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. She carried as passengers Colonel Carey Yocum and daughter of St. Louis, Miss ‘Woodland of Chicago, Miss Taggart of In- dianapolis, daughter of Mavor Taggart, and a crew of four men. It was the inten- tlon of Colonel Yocum to visit the vari- ous winter resorts along the gulf coast. It was learned to-night that Louisville | people had received intelligence of the | vacht passing out of the Mississippl on anuary 8. Nothing mors has been heard from her since then, and grave fears are entertained for the party's safety. £ sl NEVADA SENATORSHIP g IN A BAD MUDDLEi° Both Stewart and Newlands Claim | They Will Carry Off the Prize, CARSON, Nev., Jan. 15—To-day has been a busy one for both factions in the Senatorial fight. A caucus was called for 2 p. m., but not enough were present to organize for either side. Democrats, Re- publicans and Silver members will hold separate caucuses to-night at 8 o'clock. Stewart claims 17 votes in the Assembly and 8 in the Senate. This afternoon it was rumored that a Newlands man will be chosen Speaker. Several members ar- rived to-night, but nothing definite can be determined until the caucus. e FATAL COLLISION. A Freight Train 4t Butte Crashes Into a Switch Engine. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 15.—A train of empty cars on the Oregon Short Line, while leaving Butte this morning, ran into an open swith near the city and crashed into a switch engine. Both engines and a number of cars were wrecked. Conductor Joseph Grant of the freight was thrown under the wreck and will die. Fireman Dowling was injured. e STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY. Death of Mrs. A. A. Wetherill, a Wealthy Widow of Salinas. SALINAS, Jan. 15—Mrs. A. A. Weth- erill, one of the wealthiest and most high- ly respected ladies of this town, died at 6 o'clock this evening of apoplexy. De- ceased was a widow. and leaves a son who is a student at Stanford University. Accidentally Shot His Friend. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 15.—To-day TL. Churchill and T. Plum were hunting quail at Big Creek, when the former went in some bushes and Plum thought some quail were there. He fired, the shot taking ef- fect in Churchill's face. The wound is not serious. —— Perished in a Blizzard. BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 15.—The body of James Fain, a prominent mine-owner of this place, was found last night in a snow bank near the Ibex mine. He was overtaken by a blizzard in R pefluhes. the ‘mountains SAD SUICIDE OF MISS ANNA SCHLEY Second Cousin of the Rear dd- miral Could Not Survive Her Father’s Death. veteran of two wars, and second co mitted suicide to-day in her home, were almost constantly at her beds! had been chatting with her, went and when she returned found Mis: bullet hole in her left breast. She ten to friends inflicate that she wa; tion that she and her family were CO00C00000000C000 000000000000 0000000000 BALTIMORE, Jan. 15.—Miss Anna Mary Hoeke Schley, 25 years old, daughter of the late Willlam Louis Schley, poet, lawyer and the death of her father, to whom she was much attached, just a month to-day, Miss Schley had been inconsolable. mental condition became alarming to her friends with one of her father's revolvers. usin of Rear Admiral Schley, com- , 717 West Saratoga street. Since A week since her and attendants ide. This afternoon her sister, who below stairs for a few moments, s Schley lying on her bed with a had shot herself through the heart Two letters which she had writ- s laboring under the hallucina- being pursued by some phantom. 00000000000 O0O0OOCCO00000000 LONG TERMS FOR ALASKA OUTLAWS Punishment of ““Soapy” Smith’s Gang. LAW AND ORDER ESTABLISHED GOOD WORK DONE BY THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. R. A. Friedrich Secures Nearly Two Hundred Convictions of Per- sons Charged With All XKinds of Crime. Speclal Correspondence of The Call. BY HAL HOFFMAN. JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 9.—The Uni- | ted States Court for the district of Alaska has about completed its No- | encouraged, and public confidence restored. United States is District Attorney Friedrich said: “So far, I am pleased with Alaska. The conditions, physical and otherwise, are much better than I expected to find. The enforcement of aw and order means a good deal for Alaska. I know of capital seeking in- vestment here which was timid till it was seen whether the officials and courts were going to enforce the law. If you are going to say anything about me you may tell my friends that I expect to make California a visit in April or Ma NO CHANCE FOR ALIENS. Their Exclusion From British Co= lumbia Mines Seems Assured. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 15—An Asso- clated Press reporter was assured t night by the Lieutenant Governor ar members of the Government that no let- ter had been received by the British Co- lumbian Government from Lord He opposing the bill to exclude alien the Atlin and other placer mines. Interost in the bill is increasing here, many mer- chants believing that the passage of bill will be a deathblow to the outfitting trade they expected to do. The ama= ments proposed so far are likely to make the provisions of the bill more stringent. There is quite a strong feeling that it should be made to apply to quartz min- ing, a feeling, howeves, which is not shared by some of the members from the Rossland and Slocan districi rom A Self-Propelling Boat. In the Christmas number of Pearson's some interesting particulars are furnished by Mr. Herbert C. ‘e of a craft that vember term. One of the mockeries | of semi-annual justice in Alaska is| that as soon as the Government appro- ; priation for the expenses of the court | is exhausted all proceedings must stop, | whether the docket, criminal or civil, | is cleared or not. This time the calen- | dar is fairly well cleared, though a | number of cases will go over to the | next term. General Robert A. Friedrich of San Francisco, formerly president of the Union League Club and well known in California, now attorney of the United | States for Alaska, has tried and dis- | posed of pearly 200 cases of all kindsg on the criminal docket. He has se- | cured conviztions in all but two or | three instances, and the record of the court in this particular has greatly | strengthened the feeling of confidence here and abroad that Alaska laws | will be enforced and life and property protected. ! This is particularly true with refer- ence to what are known as the| “Soapy Smith” cases. Wilder, who | went down to the wharf meeting armed | and made a demonstration against Reid, whom “Soapy’” shot, and Jack- son, another bad man with a gun, got seven and ten years respectively. Ed- ward Fay, who shot and killed An- drew MecGrath and United States Dep- uty Marshal Rowan in the Skaguay Opera House in January last, gets eight years in San Quentin. men are now on their way to San Quentin under a strong guard aboard | ship. W. E. Foster, Van B. Triplet and | John Bowers, who ‘assisted in the rob- | bing of Klondiker J. D. Stewart of | 158 ounces of gold dust and nuggets in | “Soapy” Smith’s saloon, which re- | sulted in the indipnation meeting and the killing of Smith, were convicted and sentenced to one year each in the Sitka Jail, Foster also to pay a $1000 fine, which he cannot do, and must gerve it out. A hard fight was made in all these cases by the defense. ‘With these convictions of a very bad element, which came to Skaguay dur- ing the rush and practically con- trolled the town for months, capital, which was previously timid, now feels | | All these | g propels itself, and to which the inventor, Mr. Linden of the Zoological Station at Naples, has given the designation of the Autonaut. Without the help of engines or steam or electricity or “man power” this curious vessel makes headway against wind and wave at a speed, it seems, of from three to four miles an hour. Singu- lar enough, too, the rougher the sea the faster she moves, the exy ation being that she is propelled by the action of the waves. The secret of her propulsion lies in a couple of pieces of apparatus, not un- like gridirons, fixed, one at the bow and the other at the stern, about level with the keel. These strips of steel are what the ingenious inventor calls “feathering fins,” and it is stated that he was led to his discovery by closely observing the motion of fish's fins, especlally tne dolphin’s tail. In the case of the Auto- naut, these so-called “fins”” are moved by the waves in one direction, and rebound back of their own elasticity. Hence, it is explained. no engines are required fo propel the strange craft.—London Tele- graph. z —_——————— Egyptian Moralities. Here are some extracts from the advice that Ani, an Egyptian scribe, gave his son in the thirteenth century before Christ: “If a man cometh to thee for counsel let this drive thee to books for information.” “Consider what hath been; set before thee a correct rule of life as an example to follow. The messenger of death will come to thee as to all others to carry thee away; yea, he standeth ready.” “Take heed with all diligence that thou woundest no man with thy words.” ‘““The man who, having received much, | giveth little, is as one who committeth an injury. "\‘\1'}0509\@!' sneaketh evil recelveth no 00d.” “When thou hast arrived at years of maturity and art married and hast a house, forget never the pains which thou hast cost thy mother, nor the care which she hath bestowed upon thee. Never give her cause to complain of thee, lest she lift up her hands to God in heaven, and He listen to her complaint.”” “Be watchful to keep »—The ‘Westminster Review. —_———— Force of Habit. 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