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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUKSDAY, MARCH 2, 1899. SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD HERSCHELL ASHINGTON, March 1.—Lord Herschell, one of the High Joint Commissioners from Great Britain, died here at 7:30 o'clock this morning. Lord Herschell was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and was sent to the United States because of his eminent attainments to take a leading part in the negotiations designed to settle all existing differences between the United States and Canada. -During the win- weather, when the sidewalks were slippery, he fell heavily as he was about to get into his carriage, and broke one of the pelvic bones. He seemed to be progressing favor- ably toward recovery, and was in good health comparativ until about 7 a'clock this morning, when he was sud- denly stricken with heart failure. Dr. W. W. Johnson was summoned. He saw at a glance that the case was a desperate one, d called Dr. Maddox The two doctors, two I's two secre- in consultation. nurses and Lord Hersch taries, W. C. Cartwright and H. E. D. Worth Williams, were with him when he died half an hour later. Death occurred at the Shoreham Ho- where Lord Herschell had been ng since coming to Washington e months ago. rer Herschell, first baron of that name, was born November 2, 1837. H e was a son of the late Rev. Ridley Her- of London, and Helen, daughter , of Edinburgh. ird daughter of They have daughters living. and - tw schell was a Privy Councillor, t of the Grand Cross of the Doctor of Civil Law, Doctor of a Justice of the Peace, Captain of Deals Castle, Chanceilor of London 2 ;, and was appointed British the Venezuela and British boundary ation tribunal in 1897. He was knighted in 1880 and was created a peer in 1R86. Lord Herschell was educated at Lon- don University, where he g Bache of Arts, with classical honors. me a barrister df Lincoln’s Inn Queen's counsel in 1872; was of Carlisle from 1873 to 1 General from 1880 to 1885, nted the city of Dur- in the H e of Com from to 1875. He took part in the so- lled round-table conference on home the first meeting of which was n 8 d on the appoint- n mission to inquire into the working of the Metropolitan Board of Works Lord Herschell unanimously elected president. In 1888, ng his absence in India, Lord Her- £ : % | | | D I SR R o R S S o THE LATE BARON [ AP WD SO SN S S SO S e g schell was elected Alderman in the London County Council, but he de- clined to fill the office. Lord Herschell was a man of small stature, of florid complexion and wore the side-whiskers which are usually characteristic of the English barrister after his elevation to the bench. He arrived in the United States on July 27 of last year on the White Star steamer Teutonic, accom- panied by his son, Richard Farrer Her- schell, as a member of the Joint High Commission to consider the questions affecting the United States and Canada, including fur sealing in the Bering Sea * B O R R e S D e R R O O 2 FARRER HERSCHELL. and the North Pacific Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific Coast fisheries and fisheries in inland waters contiguous to the fron- tiers, the determination of the Alaska- | Canada boundaries, allen laws, the | transportation of merchandise in bond | through the United States and Canada, | naval vessels on the lakes, the mining | rights o: tizens of one country within | the territory of the other, and various | questions relating to trading and | reciprocity. The United States Supreme Court to- day adjourned upon the announcement | of Lord Herschell's death. | | VOLCANIC ERUPTION | CAUSES A FLOQOD ats zusiic zeception zeys « mwfi Melting Snow on a Mountain Side Endan- gers Many Lives in the Cariboo Country. VANCOUVER, B. C., daily paper this e in the famous Cariboo gold diggings =l & which is drained by Moffatt, Horse other famous gold creek: which have never been explored by Lookout, at the extreme end of the the p “The mountain and while the gold hunters watched from the crevices of the mountain. aroused the miners. they emerged from their cabins the has overflowed its bank, licked their streams in the valley had overflowed. everything before them. “The miners are fleeing, terror water is rising hourly and valuable plete destruction. C. Company’s ranch, hay ricks and swept away. Volcanic action, which undoubtedly tarily expected to become visible to the valley. a hundred little streams are dashing of property and a number of lives TS0 R0 8210100 1 $2 10K B2 10K SROI SRR LIGIOIECITEINGS K 83 0¥ 83 01 OO March 1.—A special correspondent of a local ening sent the following from Lac La Hoche, a camp “The gold belt of which this camp is the center destruction and many lives are in danger. On all sides are high mountains, some of st week and hardy miners ceased work two days ago to watch it. was covered with snow ten feet in depth in places swept by a Chinook wind, while dense clouds of smoke or steam issued “Consternation spread through the camp, and it was augmented early yesterday morning when a loud, rumbling noise from the They hurriedly dressed, and not too soon, for as , and fed by a hundred ittle streams from the smoking, steaming mountain became raging torrents, carrying Buildings are partially submerged and at the B. X. Employes are preparing boats to leave for higher ground, and the greatest consternation prevails. “The rumbling from Lookout Mountain increases hourly in volume. The mountain’s sides are now completely bare of snow and in this province: is threatened with The camp is in a valley Fly, One Hundred and Eleven and white men. One of these, called valley, has been like a thing of life they saw the snow melt as though mountain waters of Horse Fly Creek, which doorsteps. By noon the several stricken, to higher ground. The mining claims are in danger of com- OSROBTOR ORODRORIOER 0 83 0 83 4 0Lt E outbuildings are in danger of being has already commenced, is momen- the terror-stricken inhabitants of down. Thousands of dollars’ worth are said to be in danger. BRI R RO R R L RO 83101 58 1 SO SORSORIN S 0RSOEO IGO0 83 06 82 10 SO0 BANK DIRECTORS MAY | HAVE TO BE OUSTED Officials of the Union Savings Con- | cern Seem Determined to { Hold On. [ SAN JOSE, March 1.—The stockholders | of the Union Savings Bank have selected | James W. Rea, Amasa Eaton, Cyrus Jones and L. Callisch to represent them | n the new board of directors that will be | cclected to close the bank’s business, | ese men were chosen at & meeting ot | stockholders’ committee this after- | It was decided that four of the s must resign. | O etiore gave the stockholders the | rance yesterday that they would re- but this afternoon a rumcr was | loat that they would refuse to keep their | All arrangements have been ted to begin proceedings to oust | rs have been promised a rep- board of directors in | Potter. This leaves two places for the old board of di-| 1t {s supposed these five direc- tors will be elected to-morrow and 'then | the Superior Court,will be asked to con- | firm the deposito >sentative on_the person of F. W. thi at Attorney General Wwould | Friday to oust the present | received to-day, but the ve determined not to wait fail to resign to-morTow. | The stockholders are wrangling over the selection of a fver and an attorney. "There Will be fat salaries connected with these places. “Jim" Rea is_trying to ob- tain the receivership for P. P. Austin stockholders that long if th and the attorneyship for John E. Rich- ards of San Francisco, Thomas F. Morri- son is a candidate for receiver. This pro- gramme do stockholders. CRABB DIVORCE CASE COMES T0 A CLOSE not suit the majority of Wife of the Preacher Denounced by the Attorney for the Plaintiff. SAN JOSE, March L—Argument in the Crabb divorce case closed this afternoon. The case was submitted to Judge Kit- tredge and he took it under advisement. Attorney Hassett finished his argument | the Randolph-street viaduct and | answer and, apparent! this morning. D. W. Burchard R D Blosing talk for Dr. Crabo. Fie maa > Mrs. Crabb, through éetty jealousy, had made’ her husband's life *‘a hell on earth.” Instead of comforting him and aiding in advancing him in his profession she had dragged him down and forced him to re- linquish good positions until now he filled a pulpit in a small churchyin San Fran- | cisco’'s Butchertown. He sdld it was best that the couple be separated and he hoped | the court would grant Dr. Crabb’s prayer. | i BECKER CONFESSES: TO WIFE-MURDER CHICAGO, March 1.—Albert Becker, the South Side butcher, who has been in cus- tody for a week on suspicion of having murdered his first wife, Teresa Becker, broke down to-night under the long con- tinued cross-questioning of the police and made a complete confession. “I killed her on January 21, said Becker defiantly. “We were walking on began quarreling. I became angry and threw her into the lake. Then I went home.” Since Becker's arrest his second wife, 17-year-old Eda Sutterlin, has been in cus- | tody. Becker inquired continually for her, asking the police why she was not re- leased. He was BIWBY! given an evasive y receiving the im- pression that a would in some way be connected with the dispappearance of his first wife, Becker, according to the theory of the police, made the confession In order to absolve her from any blame. The body (l,éumde murdered woman has not yet been. ITALY TAKES A HAND IN. THE CHINESE GRAB ® ROME, March 1.—The Government in- tends to send a squadron in charge of an admiral to Sanmun Bay in the prov- ince of Chihkiang, a $§-year leasé -of which has been granted to Italy by the Chinese Government. The newspapers are full of the imper- tance of the econcession. s Gt 2 ‘Will Bring an Admiral’s Body. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted 18%9, by James Gordon Bennett. MONTEVIDEO, March 1.—The Ameri- can- transport ship Badger will sall next Sunday, xolnE to San Francisco. At Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, she will em- bark ihs body of an. American admiral who ], there Blxicen yeass, &ge | EMBASSADOR CHOATE | HAS REACHED LONDON Compliment to Queen Victoria. LONDON, March 1—The United| States Embassador, Joseph H. Choate, and Mrs. Choate, members of the United States Embassy, and Mr. Addi- son C. Harrils of Indiana, the new United States Embassador to Austria- Hungary, arrived here this evening by | special train from Southampton. They were met at Waterloo station by the Jnited States Charge d’Affaires, Henry ‘White, and by other Americans. There was no formality in the welcome ex- tended to.Mr. Choate at the station. Mr. and Mrs. Choate were driven to| Claridge's Hotel, where they will re-| | main until their London residence is| | ready for occupancy. Mr. Choate was given a public recep- tion earlier in the day by the Mayor and corporation of Southampton. Mr. Choate in his address paid this com- pliment to the Queen: “As I go to present my. letter of cre- dence from the President to your illus- | trious sovereign, who after more than sixty years still reigns supreme over the hearts of her subjects and com- mands the affectionate admiration of my own countrymen as their very steadfast and faithful friend, I accept your cordial greeting as the harbinger of that practical friendship which is henceforth to control and govern the conduct of the two nations.” MAY HAVE PERISHED DURING A STORM Party of Ten Easterners and a Guide Lost in the Wilds of Alaska. SEATTLE, March 1.—The steamer City of Seattle arrived from Alaska to-day affer a stormy-trip. She had a number of | passengers, who brought,late news from | the interfor. G. T. Howard left Rampart | | City about December 15. He brings a story that a party of fen Eastern ‘“‘tenderfoots’ started out late in October to go from { Rampart City to the Koyukuk River. | They employed John Folger, an old-time | miner of the lower Yukon, to guide them | across the country. All had as heavy packs of provisions as they could carry, | but only enough for a flying trip. After they had been three days on the | trail a snow storm came up. They were | nearing the mountain range that sepa- rates the Yukon from the Koyukuk. Th gulde told them that it would be imposs| le for them to go on. The Kasterne would_not turn back, and finally suaded him to go on, although he told them it was as much as their lives were worth. Three of the party turned back and reached Rampart safeiy. Two_days later another blizzard came up and the mercury dropped to 42 degrees below zero. Late in November a party arrived from the Koyukuk and reported that the men under Folger had not ar- rived. Other parties have been in since but have heard nothing of them. Mr. Howard does not know their names. W. P. McDonald, a-United States mail- carrier, who left Circle City on January 23, brought sixty pounds of mail. He says the first mail from St. Michael since navi- | gation closed last fall reached there | within ten days. Early in January there Fere two stampedes. from Circle City to | McKinley and Weber creeks, about thirty | miles away. Lieutenant Castner of the Fourth United States Infantry, whose thrilling exFerlence on the Tanana was published acnew tda S ago, was a passenger on the v o RAISIN GROWERS' COMBINE. FRESNO, March 1.—A large mass-meet- ing of raisin growers was in session here 4ll day, determining the fate of the Cali- fornia Raisin Growers’ Association. - The decisive action of the meeting was taken at the morming session. It evidently was the unanimous opinion of the growers that some modification must be made in the packers’ contracts, as none of the packers would sign them as at present constituted. A resolution was adopted re- leasing the directors from the obligation imposed by a former meeting mnot to change the packers’ contract, and author- izing the appointment of a_committee of four bankers to confer with the packers and directors of the association and ar- range some terms to which both could eattle. agree. This actlon gave general satisfaction, and it is thought that it wil solve the difficulties of the association in short or- der.eIt is understood that a packers’ as- sociation will be formed and that the associated growers and the associated packers will then confer through their r?spe;:uve r:mfifmtfi‘;‘"s uutnd r:‘r'r‘:nge a plan for controlling the entire’ usi- uess from both Ju s | then shot GIVES POISON T0 HER FOUR BABES Oregon Woman’s Insane Freak. FOLLOWS IT WITH SUICIDE ONLY ONE OF THE CHILDREN IS IN DANGER. Opportune Arrival of Assistance Be- fore the Deadly Drug Has Had Time to Act. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or, March 1—Mrs. Laura Browning of Montavilla, a sub- urb, gave her four little children lauda- num yesterday afternoon, then partook of the poison herself and soon after- ward blew her brains out with a pistol. One child did not drink the dose pre- pared for it, but the other three are seriously affected by the poison and the youngest, a two-year-old girl, may not recover. Although there is no evi- dence that the woman had been of un- sound mind, the theory of insanity is the only one which will account for such an unnatural crime. The woman was at home with all four of the children. Shé asked them all to take a dose of laudanum, calling it “senna tea.” The little ones found.it bitter and demurred, but the mother said, “You must take it,” and all par- ;ook except Clyde, the nine-year-old oy. Mrs. Browning then took a dose her- self, went into an adjoining room, lay down on a bed and placing a pistol against her right temple fired. The boy attempted to enter the chamber, but found the door locked. He went around in front of the house just as his father and uncle were approaching. By this time the three poisoned child- ren were beginning to lose conscious- ness. Neighbors were summoned and assisted in applying remedies, walking the children around to keep them awake. The children affected are Jen- nie, aged 10; Elva, a girl of 11, and Ethel, the baby girl of 2. The family arrived several months ago from Tlli- nois, having, it is said; left that State | on account of the poor health of the parents. Mrs. Browning was 36 years old. The scene of the tragedy is a small cottage near the base line road. The family evidently was in straitened cir- cumstances, according to the immedi- ate surroundings, the children being poorly clad and the house bare of fur- niture. PROBING A YOLO COUNTY SHOOTING WOODLAND, March 1L.—Attorney R. E. H. Epsey and H. Fumikara, representing the Japanese Consul in San Francisco, ar- rived in this city to-day. The purpose of their visit was to make an effort to clear the mystery which surrounds the shoot- ing of a Japanese known as Kishmoto, which occurred a few weeks ago on a ranch near Blacks. H. C. Howard, the lessee of the ranch, employed a large number of Japanese to | cut wood. One night he was summoned to the Japanese camp and found Kish- | moto suffering from a pistol shot wound. The Japanese told him a white man, who was detected in the act of robbing the camp, fired the shot and escaped. Kish- | | moto was brought to the County Hospi- tal and eventually recovered, being dis- charged about a week ago. Neither ' Mr. Howard nor the officers, who made an investigation, crédited the story. From all the circumstances they deducted the theory that the Japanese engaged in a quarrel among themselves, which resulted in the shooting, but they failed to get any positive evidence sup- porting this theory, and the matter was finally dropped. Resident Japanese of San Francisco heard of the matter and, through the Jap- anese Consul, demanded an investigation. To inquiries made by the Consul the offi- cers made r(*gly in "accordance with the foregoing. The Japanese evidently were not satisfied with the explanation and the Consul accordingly sent an attorney and his personal representative to make fur- ther investigation. They visited the wood camp and also_ questioned Mr. Howard. If they learned any additional particu- lars they have not as yet disclosed them. - BASEBALL AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, March 1.—The repre- sentatives of the several baseball clubs of the National League began the an- nual schedule meeting of the league this afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Ho- | tel. They accomplished very little, how- ever, and after five hours’ deliberation adjourned until to-morrow morning. Yesterday the board of arbitration and the board of directors passed upon the standing of the St. Louis club, and when they adjourned it looked as though the franchise of the St. Louis organization was in danger of being wiped out, owing to the failure of the management to pay to the Wilkesbarre Eastern League club $750 awarded by the board of arbitration for the release of Player Sullivan and for the further failure to pay a claim of $1000 due to the Chicago club. When the magnates met to-day the first question taken up was the St. Loufs muddle, and after a thorough dis- cussion it was decided by a vote of seven to four that the report of the di- rectors recommending expulsion be re- ceived and placed on file. In view of the fact that the assets of the club in question are to be sold at public auction in St. Louis on the 14th inst., it would seem that the magnates 'had decided not to take action which might be con- trary to law. Whether any further move will be made in the matter during the present session could not be ascertained to- night, but in all probability a twelve club schedule will be adopted, with St. Louis left in. s —_—— FORMING A NEW PARTY. CINCINNATI, March 1.—A new politi- cal party is to be organized this week. The general conference began a session of two days at the Odd Fellows’ Audi- torium to-day. - The new_organization is to be called the Union Reform D&rt{, and it will seek to amalgamate the Silver Republicans, the Popullsts, the Social Labor party an the Liberty party—in fact, all o?’ the minor parties except the Prohibitionists. In response to the call sent out by the chairman, R. 8. Thompson, and Secretary M. Neff, there were seventeen States represented in the national conference. No credentials were required, as all who favor the referendum principles of direct legislation were admitted. e promoters of the proposed amalgamation hope to have their party organization so perfected as to become a factor in the Presidential contest next year. S Sheriff Shoots a Prisoner. OLYMPIA, Wash., Billings to-day shot and dangerously wounded John Cronin. Cronin murdered Antonio Ferari a year ago last Christmas and for this crime he was about to be transported to the geflltenllary. Sherift Billings went to the cell to b the risoner out. Cronin became violent and W a at . The March 1.—Sheriff KIPLING VERY MUCH- IMPROVED Passes the Crisis in the Disease. DOCTORS NOW FEEL EASIER| IN EVERY DIRECTION IMPROVE- MENT IS NOTED. Telegrams Making Anxious Inquiries [ Received, and One Message Is Said to Come From Queen Victoria. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 1.—The condi- tion of Rudyard Kipling is very much improved to-night. The crisis in the disease was passed this morning. At 2:15 this afternoon the following bulle- tin was posted: “Mr. Kipling has-gained since this | morning. The temperature and pulse are low and in every direction an im- provement is noted. “E. G. JANEWAY, “THEODORE DUNHAM.” This is the ninth day of Kipling's ill- ness. In pneumonia cases the crisis is usually reached by the seventh or ninth day, but it may be delayed until the fourteenth. Therefore, there were f(\rty%‘}ght hours during which the physicians hardly left their patient’s slde. During that time Kipling suffered greatly during his conscious moments, but he was frequently unconscious or ‘suffering from attending delirium. The most advanced scientific methods have been adopted for the treatment and for several days oxygen was forced into the lungs to tide over the times that Kipling was unable to breathe suf- ficient air to sustain life. The oxygen method was abandoned yesterday, a hopeful sign. The patient began to breathe more freely early this morn- | ing and after a few hours dropped into | a refreshing sleep, the first in days and | the one essential to restore his fast | waning strength. Later the tempera- | ture dropped rapidly from 104 to 99, | which is about normal. This is the or- | dinary course of the disease. That the crisis had passed was quick |1y known throughout the hot Dr. | Dunham came down stairs at 5 a. m. |and he hardly had to tell the glad | news. In response to inquiries he said: | “I am well pleased with Mr. Kipling's | condition. He is now resting quietly.” ! Mrs. Kipling, accompanied by her { maid, left the hotel and remained out for an hour’s walk. From prominent people all over the ’coumry telegrams are still pouring in | with words of condolence to Mrs. Kip- | ling and anxious inquiries as to Mr. | Kipling’s condition, and there was what | seemed _to be an authentic rumor that Queen Victoria had sent a most solici- | ous request for full inforntation regard- ing the author’s illness. Mr. Double- day, one of Mr. Kipling's publishers, when asked if this report were true, replied that it was merely a family matter and one that he would not dis- cuss. Dr. Janeway remained away from Mr. Kipling's bedside for nearly the entire day. He called at 6 o'clock to-night, however, and remained an hour. Dr. Janeway showed how relieved he was, | but would give no positive assurance of his patient’s recovery. “I never tell more than I know,” was his cautlous reply to an inquiry. Both Dr. Janeway and Dr. Dunham spent considerable time away from the patient's apartments to-night. The !tm‘mer. on leaving the hotel at 7:30 o’clock, gave instructions to warn him of any change.” He said he would not | return until morning unless some con- | tingency made it necessary. At 10 | o’clock Mr. Doubleday, who had just left the patient’s bedside, said: “Mr. Kipling is resting easily. He has his consciousness restored and has put his shoulder to the wheel. And it's a good shoulder. We shall insist on Mrs. Kipling taking a long rest. Poor little woman, she needs it, for her vigil has been faithful and unceasing.” The following bulletin was posted at 11:15 p. m.: “Mr. Kipling has contin- ued to improve.” At a late hour Mr. Kipling was rest- ing easily and with every chance of a restful night. GOES UNGUARDED TO HIS EXECUTION WICHITA, Kans. March 1.—Walla Tonka, the Indian baseball player who toured the country with an Indian team while under sentence of death, was executed on February 27 at Allkehi - GET Natives to Samoan correspondent a story of rec trouble to the attempts of Germany cure supremacy “The Germans, long jeal portunity to break faith. victorious if supplied with arm party.” The correspondent then proceeds man plot to induce Mataafa's force storm.” He says on this point: to British subjects. looting was terrible. YDNEY, N. S. W., March 1.—Ad- vices received here from Apia, under date of February 17, say that affairs there are still un- satisfactory. The provisional Gov- ernment, it appears, is interfering with native and British subjects and also with the servants of British subjects, and is taxing the Malietoa people $2 and Mataafa people $1 each. Dr. Raffel, the German President of the Municipal Council at Apia, at the instigation of the British Consul, has apologized for boycotting the British third-class cruiser Porpoise and for in- sulting the Chief Justice and Malietoa’s lawyer while they were guests on board the Porpoise. A landing party from the Porpoise, ready with machine guns, was there- fore not sent ashore, though a plan to make an attack on Mulinuu had been all arranged. Several of the Mataafas have died of wounds, including a woman, who was shot in the breast. There is much indignation at the act of the provisional Government in keep- ing in exile prisoners whose only offense is loyalty. The house of Chief Sum- manua, whose bravery in saving life during the historical hurricane was re- warded by the Americans with the present of a whaleboat, has been burned and looted. Summanua is still in exile. | “The German Consul continues to pro- tect the Germans from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, but Herr Groves- | muhl paid $55 for contempt of court when the court advertised the sale of his property. Herr Grovesmuhl remains at his consulate, fearing arrest and hav- ing to serve a sentence of 100 days’ im- prisonment. “It s added that he is also DOUBLE DEALING OF GERMANS TO LONDON, March 1.—The Daily Graphie publishes th ent events there, at to upset the Berlin treaty a in the islands. The lous of growing Britis Malietoa’s party would s and ammunition as Mataafa, but the British, loyal to the treaty, re “The Germans tried their utmost to ma ish Consulate and the mission house, where t Tt was only respect and fea held the natives back.. The Germans told the na lish missionaries and to sweep the ‘pigs of Eng Twenty villages were utter stroyed and the villagers left destitute.” SUPREMACY Tried in Vain to Caus¢ Samoan Attack the British Consulate. is morning from a tributing the whole nd to se- says: COI‘I‘ESDOHGE}]H';“““@CE‘ seized the op- undoubtedly have been the Germans supplied fused to supply either describe what he calls the “Ger- to 5000 men to take’the jslands by of ke the natives attack the Brit- he Consul was giving refuge r for the British flag that tives to kill all the Eng- land’ into the sea. The 1y wrecked, the houses de- afraid of being arrested on ths charge of drunkenness. Drx.‘ Raffel has been adjudged guilty of contempt of court, but has refused to come forward for sentence. He was formally arrested without forc but sought the protection of Herr Rose, the German Consul. Lieutenant von Bulon, a former offi- cer in the German army and organizer of the Matdafan forces, is still at Sa- vaal. He refuses to come to court.on the charge of contempt in breaking jail, and claims that he should be tried by a German military court at Berlin. Mr. Moore, an American citizen. who is said to favor the Germans, wrote threatening letters to Chief Justice Chambers. He was found gullty of contempt of court, but was discharged after making ample apology. The feeling in favor of Malletoa Tanu is growing, and Mataafa's fol- lowing is disintegrating. The whole of Tutuila and most of Savaai now favor Malletoa Tanu. Generally, the dis- patches assert, there is a strong feeling in favor of British annexation. The German Vice Consul has returned here from Tonga or Amsterdam Island. one of the southernmost of the Tonga Islands, and the residence of their sov- ereign, after having unsuccessfully urged the King to dismiss his Premier. The natives are heavily indebted to the Germans, but are unable to pay. The treasury is depleted, and salaries have not been paid for six months. Eight hundred thousand dollars. sup- posed to have been lodged in a safe at Haapai, one of the Tonga Islands, are miseing. The Treasurer has been im- prisoned at Tonga, and the arrest of the native Chief Justice and the native President, who were joint custodians of the keys of the safe, was being dis- cussed. NOW NEW YORK, March 1.—The ent sends the following: Within taining four white stars, flag of a navy. the world. honors. D R R Admiral George Dewey will run up on the Olympia the blue flag con- By unanimous vote of the House of Representatives to-day the bill which had already passed the Senate, authorizing the President to appoint by selection and promotion an admiral, was agreed to. The bill was signed by the President as soon as it reached him and Admiral Dewey was notified by cable of his promotion. - give Admiral Dewey as high rank as any other naval commander in It makes him outrank not only all the officers of the United States navy, but all the officers of the United States army, for there is no officer in the army higher than major general, which is a grade corresponding with that of rear admiral in the navy. This bill is also of importance politically, for it enables Admiral Dewey to realize his highest ambition, that of being promoted by special act of Congress to the highest grade of naval command. Although he has not been a Presidential candidate, and has de- clined to allow his name to be used in connection with the nomina- tion, it is more than ever assured now that he will not seek political P O O R e e R R R GEORGE DEWEY IS AN ADMIRAL Herald’s Washington correspond- the next forty-eight hours Rear full admiral of the United States This will R R S R S S S E S B ] Courthouse in the Chocataw Natlon. Tonka murdered his uncle, Lampson Young, in the summer of 1897. He was convicted and sentenced to be shot in August, 1897, but the execution of the sentence was delayed until April, 1898. When that time came he was again re- prieved until February 27, 1899. He came alone to the place of execution and was shot to death by the Sheriff. His body fell into an epen grave and was covered over without ceremony. Tonka has never been under bonds or surety of any kind for his appearance, and could have escaped had he desired. The Sheriff simply relied on his word that he would appear for execution when summoned. Walla Tonka was faithful to the tra- ditions of his race. He came when called to die, and met his death without flinching. ADVERTISEMENTS. DR. M. ¢#+f+§&++00}4t¢i}fi+++++f++*+#f#+#:§++§++#++’f§d##§f¢ 4 P O S G O O G U S S S S S S O O S R e L R + {COCCO00CIO000000CISO000000E Dear Sir: May, 1898. first night. Yours willingly, Are You . ‘When a man is sick there is no remove the effects of his disease. e Hevoii i onnis it Sestey (o STy BeiEnuesiana He Now Says: “What More Could Man Ask?” LEXINGTON, Nebr. DR. M. A. McLAUGHLIN. e, I purchased one o I had long and night losses, and can say has done for me what all medic me. 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