Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1895 — Page 4

THE- IKDLAKAFOCIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1895.

HILL URGES HASTE

SOMETHING MCST HE DOE TO AID TUB GOVERXMEST. dr Says the Connlrr Is Now Confrtinted. with a Steadily Growing Deficit in the National Treasury. THAT RELIEF IS NECESSARY THAT ; DEMOCH.ITS IN . CONGRESS SHOULD SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, Ind that There Is Xo Time to Be Lost -Currency Reform a Second and Later Consideration. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The Democratic Club was filled to-night with many prominent Democrats to enjoy a dinner and hear, among other speakers, Senator David B. III1U There were many prominent persona present. President John Fox presided, and Introduced Senator Hill, who said: "The country is now confronted with a steadily growing deficit in the Treasury, occasioned by a failure of the recent fiscal legislation to produce the necessary revenues for the needs of the government. It ia hoped that this difficulty will prove but temporary. But what is to be done in the Interim? How is the credit of the government to be maintained and its liabilities liquidated. The spectacle should no longer be presented; of a Democratic administration appealing to a Democratic Congress for necessary legislation to secure funds to carry on the government during a temporary emergency, and that appeal made in vain. Why should we put unnecessary obstacles in the way of our successful administration of the government, or wait, falter, haggle or do nothing and turn over a Democratic administration to the tender mercies of an Oncoming Republican Congress for relief? Such a course from a party standpoint is suicidal, demoralizing, unpatriotic. The simple legislation demanded should not be refused upon false or untenable grounds; It should not be . confounded with other proposed financial legislation, which may or may not be desirable; it should not be associated with the silver question, with which it has no connection, but it should be granted solely upon its merits, as a necessary measure of relief to a depleted treasury, and as an act of Justice and propriety from a Democratic Congress to a Democratic administration. Whether the moneys necessary to be borrowed should be raised upon bonds, treasury notes exchequer notes, certificates or Indebtedness or other means which are usual or which may be devised, is a mere" matter of detail, easily adjustable, Involving no essential principle, and which should not hinder or prevent the concession! of the main relief sought. No hostility to the .present administration; no political grievances and no fractional differences should be permitted to retard immediate leglslar1 tlon so indispensable at this time for the ' maintenance Of the credit and honor of the government. To arbitrarily refuse such action now unless some legislation for silver shall precede, accompany or supplant it and thereby compel the calling of an extra session of a Republican Congress is the ' height ..of political folly, only equaled by the opposition -to the repeal of the Republican Sherman law in 1893 and the foisting, of the Populist income tax upon the country in 1894. MONETARY REFORM ' 'In urging temporary financial relief I do not forget nor underestimate the Importance and desirability of some appropriate legislation In behalf of monetary reform. We are afflicted with too many different kinds of currency, issued under diverse and somewhat conflicting statutes, possessing different qualities and subserving different purposes, , some of which Is legal tender and some is not, and some is -limited legal tender. The establishment of a permanent monetary system adequate for the needs ef the country seems to be urgently demanded. Neither do we forget the fact that the Democratic party is, by tradition and interest, the hard money party, the party that believes in the money of our fathers, the money of the Constitution, the money of Intrinsic value. "In the carrying out of that policy the gradual retirement and extinguishment of the United States notes commonly known M 'greenbacks' is an important, if not the first step In the right direction. They are nbt 'money' according to the Democratic idea, but only 'currency,' redeemable in hard money They are a debt against the t government which should be paid and canceled. There is no time to be lost. The moneys necessary for their payment and extinguishment can be supplied through a popular loan, with low interest and longtime securities. "It is difficult to discover why the true friends ; of free bimetallic coinage in Congress or elsewhere should object to the , elimination of this greenback paper cur- " jrency. which Is now so generally conceded should be canceled. Yet most of the advocates of silver in Congress, with characteristic unwisdom, seem to regard it as their duty" to antagonize every practical suggestion In and of monetary reform unless it is coupled with the full and , Instant relief which they seek, declining even to assist in the very preparation which is absolutely necessary for the eventual success of their own proposition. They should be impressed with the fact that the goal which they help to attain can only be reached after adequate preparation, revised laws, with a full treasury, with competent administration and friendly administration. It cannot be done by magic. It will not come by miracle. It cannot be prematurely forced. The pathway must be cleared for it. It Is a business question, and it must be solved according to business principles. "In any event I see no- objection to the suggestion of the New York Chamber of " Commerce for the appointment of a monetary commission, composed of men of experience In financial affairs, men versed in monetary -science and also practical men having no selfish interest to serve, a commission representing all phases of the financial question In which the country will have confidence, to report to the next Congress a comprehensive system of national finance. It. at least, can do no harm; it may be productive of much good." Robert B. Roosevelt spoke on the currency question. aM0MMBMBHMISSl BKECKINEIDGE BOYCOTTED. Doth lie and Ills Wife Finally Cast Oat by Washington Society. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2G.-Back in a dark corner behind the messenger's desk, near the door of a Cabinet minister's official quarters, sat a veiled woman the other day. The spectacle was not unusual; indeed, it is very common for women to thus wait for a chance to gain audience with these great people.' But there was something so pathetically shrinking in this one's attitude,' and such an evident desire to escape attention, that more than one of the passing stream of men stopped to' look searchlngly at the soberly draped figure. In a little While a snowy haired man, with white beard and patriarchal' appearance, emerged from the minister's rooms. The woman silently aro.se, took his proffered arm, and the pair moved away without a word. The scene was repeated at another office, the woman remaining outside while her companion, went in to transact whatever business he might have had. Inquiry elicited the information that this couple made daily visits to one or more of the departments and that the woman invariably shrank into an obscure seat In the corlc'ors, while her ' escort made his call. She persistently refused all invitations to go with him into any of the offices. The man was Colonel Breckinridge, the disgraced Kentucky Congressman, and the woman his wife. The two are almost isolated, and it is clear that Mrs. Breckln-

her position keenly. The women of Washington have set their faces Btonily against Breckinridge and his belongings, and have made existence for him a social nell. They have carried their resentment -so far that the couple have virtually ceased all attempts to establish friendly relations in the capital and have drawn within themselves. They live as much alone as though they were the only Inhabitants of a desert Island. Many of the other occupants of the hotel at which they are stopping have even carried their warfare, or persecution, or whatever name you may call it, to such a length that they will not sit at the same table with their victims in the dining-room, and one especially high-collared delegation of females visited the hotel office not long ago and asked If the objects of their virtuous fury could not be ordered from the establishment. The proprietor said he could not see wherein the atmosphere of his hotel was being vitiated by the presence of the Kentucky Colonel and his wife, and suggested that if any of the guests felt themselves in danger of defilement on that account they had his permission to go somewhere else. The delegation concluded to stay. Nevertheless, the erstwhile doughty Colonel is now ready to admit that the way of the convicted transgressor is corduroy. SUNK BY THE STORM

SEVEJf BAPGES LOST IN A GALE ALONG THE ATLANTIC CbAsT. ' Thirteen People Drowned and Two Saved Ten Still Missing Part of the Crew of a Schooner Lost. NEW LONDON, Conn., Jan. 26.-The ocean tug Sea King, of Philadelphia, from ! New York to Providence, with a tow of five coal-laden barges, put into this port late this morning and " reported .the loss of her entire tow and the consequent deaths of thirteen persons, including three women and two children. The drowned are: ' ' From the barge Crocus Capt. Frank Hoffman, his wife and daughter and a deck hand named Herman, all of South Amboy. From the Albert Capt. Henry Tucker, of South Amboy,- and Charles Carney, a deck hand, of Providence. ' From the barge F. A. Dlngee The captain, his wife and daughter and one deck hand, names unknown, all supposed to be of South Amboy. . From the barge American Eagle Captain Hartshorn and wife, and one deck hand, name unknown. f The saved were: Edward Melllcan. of Providence, and Andrew Purrich, of Hoboken, N. J. The barges were all owned by John C. Scully, of Perth Amboy, and their cargoes aggregated 3,500 tons of coal consigned to Providence and Newport. . Captain Umpstead, of. Philadelphia, who was in charge of the tug, tells this story: "We left New York Wednesday afternoon with the five barges in tow. Race Rock light was passed Friday afternoon about S o'clock with the weather good and everything favorable for a good run. Just before midnight a stiff breeze sprang up from the east and "soon blew up a strong southeast gale. The blow was accompanied by blinding snow gusts, and at 3 o'clock this morning the tow began pulling and hauling in ; a way that indicated trouble. All hands had gathered aft in order to do something to avert the 'threatened catastrophe, but when the three stern barges broke away and began to founder, we impatiently watched for them for about half an hour, all the time struggling to save the tug and the two remaining barges from destruction. Then the three barges , went down. At 6 o'clock the two remaining barges foundered and the hawser from them to the tug had to be cut. At great risk the tug was put about and, after repeated efforts, lines were got to two men who through the blinding snow could be discerned on the barge Nulty, which still floated. They jumped overboard and were pulled aboard the Sea King, fearfully exhausted. The tug unsuccessfully searched for the others, and it was necessary to run for port to save the tug from the increasing storm." v None of the tug's crew has hope that- any of the barges survived. The tug Ice King, with one barge in tow passed in Sandy Hook at 6:30 p. m. Heavy Blow Alone: the Coast. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The storm which visited this city and the Atlantic coast last night was quite a severe one. The wind come out from the sea and blew a very strong breeze, accompanied by a thick snowstorm, which, during the early morning, settled Into a driving rain, flooding streets and gutters and causing much discomfort to those who were compelled to walk to the early trains for the ferry. An unusually high tide prevailed along the Staten Island shores this morning. Several vessels were blown ashore along the coast and a number of barges sunk. At 1:30 a, m. during a heavy southeast gale and fog, when about seven miles off Long Branch, the coal barges Esepus and Fisher parted their hawser connecting them to the tug Ice King. They were coming from Philadelphia with a cargo of coal. Both barges - were shortly lost sight of. Five men are on each barge. The British bark Beatrice, which went ashore last night near Spermaceti life-saving station Is breaking up. The bark Is headed onto the beach. All the crew were rescued by the life-savers. The stores on the bark were valued at $3,000. With the exception of the Beatrice the coast is reported clear of wrecks as far as Barnegat. .Two Trains Snowed In." MEXICO, Mo., Jan. 26. Two trains on the Chicago & Alton branch, running from this city to Cedar City,' Mo., are "snowed in" in a deep cut about 2-4 mites south of here. Both freight train No. 140, en route to Cedar 'City, and passenger train No. 137. en route to this city, ran into the cut full of snow this morning, and are unable to advance. After attempting this for some time they tried to retreat, but were unable on account of the snow having drifted under the trucks t deeply. A large corps of men from this city have been shoveling the snow out of the cut all day. The passengers on No. 137 were met by a large wagonette and four horses this afternoon and brought to town. The train will not arrive until late to-night or to-morrow. There are eight Inches of snow n ere on a level. In some places it has drifted six and eight feet high. - - . Coal Fleet Sunk. - HICKMAN, Ky., Jan. 26. Last night, at about 6 o'clock, the Tom Rees No. 2 and the Mariner, both towboats in charge of coal fleets, were caught in a wind storm and tried to make the Missouri shore opposite this place. The waves beat both boats and their tows against the bank, sinking the entire tow of the Rees, consisting of eighteen coal boats of coal and two barges of slack. The Mariner has lost three boats already, and the others are in danger. At one time the water was two feet deep on the guards of the Rees and the boat was deserted both by officers and men, but she was finally saved. The quarter boat of the H. M. Graham, of the government fleet of this place, was also . badly damaged, one side being stove in and the rabln ruined by water. The loss will be betweera $40,000 and ViO.000. . Part of the Crew Lost. GLOUCESTER, Mas., Jan. 26." The fishing schooner Leader, of this port,, which went ashore this-morning on the Reef of Norman's Woe, ; was entirely broken this afternoon by the action of the sea. Fifteen men, friends of the-four men out of the crew of fourteen, who were drowned, went to the scene of the wreck this afternoon and succeeded in rescuing the bodies of three men from among the rocks. The bodies were mangled and hardly recognizable. The names of those whose bodies were recovered were Frank Dryer, married, and leaves two children: Albert S. Boatner, single; Joseph Francis, married, leavss two children. They were all Portuguese. Th body of Joseph Hume, the cook, is still wilssing. Train Burled In the Snow. CLINTON. Ia., Jan. 26. A Milwaukee road passenger train was shoveled out of the snow at noon to-day, after being for twenty hours burled In a deep cut between Miles and Preston by the blizzard. - Forty passengers were on the train and. owing to lack of provisions, considerable suffering was experienced. .. ( ; - ' V." j,' Observatory Demolished.' KINGSTON. N. Y.. Jan. 26 the' tal observatory on Mt. Utsayantha, near Stamford, in the Western Catskills. was struck

by a . violent gale last night with such force as to send it crashing down the east side of the mountain. - It made a path thirty feet wide through the forest for several hundred feet. This tower commanded one of the most extended and charming views in the Catskills. It was erected three years ago. From it. it is said, the Capitol at Albany was visible on a clear day.

California's Storm Over. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. The storm that has for two months deluged California with rain Is over, and the usual fine winter weather has commenced. A north wind has made it a little cold, the temperature averaging about 50 degrees in San Francisco, but warmer weather is predicted during the next few days. UNITED STAThS LEADS. More Gold Mined In This Country l ast year Than in Any Other. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The Engineering and Mining Journal says: We have collected the statistics of output for the year in sufficient detail to be able to say that Vok Ud States still holds the first rank among" the gold producers, with an output of nearly $41,000,000, as compared with $35,860,000 in 1893, .an advance of about $5,000,OQO, oryJ4 per cent. The chief gain has been J It CoIaralo, where the Cripple Creek district' has -doubled its output and Leadville has also added an important contribution. California also shows an increase in amount, though less in proportion than Colorado. To this statement we have added below some notes of the gold output of other countries from advance reports received. The gold output of the Wil- . watersrand district in Transvaal for December is reported as exceeding by 5,397 ounces that of September last, which was previously the highest on record. This makes the total production of the WI1watersrand mines, for " the year 2,024,159 ounces, an amount which compares with 1,478.373 ounces for 1893, 1,108.893 ounces for 1892, 29.225 ounces for 1891 and 494,869 ounces for 1890. At the usual value of Wilwatersrand gold, 800 fine, this would make the output equivalent to 1,618,330 fine ounces of gold and, its value $33,471,551. For the other districts ; of the Transvaal December returns , have not been received, but estimating the 'amounts for December at the same rate as that for October and November, their product for the year would bo 14,900 ounces, equivalent to 11,920 fine ounces of gold. This would make the total productions of the Transvaal for 1894 1,631,250 fine ounces," with ' a value of $33,717,943. While showing a large increase over 1893, this is not suttlcient to put South Africa in the first; rank as a gold producer, as some of Its' ardent friends predicted. It3 output for 1894 is about $8,000,000 below that of the United States, and also below that of Australia, so that it will still hold the third rank.,. The total value of the gold exported from western Australia In 1894 is reported by telegraph at 787.100 ($3,395,000); the quantity 13 not given. In 1893 the gold exported was 170,891 ounces, valued at 421,183, so that the Increase last year was 365,917, or 87 per cent, a gain due to the remarkable development of the Cool Gardte almost entirely. ; . . ' AT THE PRISON .NORTH WARDEN FRENCH FORCED TO TELL ABOUT THAT BICYCLE PLANT. Governor Matthews eem to Have Had a Hand In the Scheme, Heine Probed by Legislators. Special; to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jan. 26. The Legislative and House investigating committee arrived in this city on the L. E. & W. train last evening, about two hours late, in the face of a blinding snow storm. They were escorted to The Vreeland Hotel, where they were met by a committee of citizens, and after a lunch introductions followed. This morning about 9 o'clock the committee went to the prison, where work in earnest began. The committee organized by choosing Representative Culbert chairman, then appointed two subcommittees, one consisting of Senators Wishard and Watson and Representative Culbert, whose duty it was to examine the books and records. The other committee was composed of Senators Vail, McDonald and Schneck and Representatives Allen and Hester. It was the duty of this second committee to investigate contracts, especially the bicycle contract. Senator Vail conducted the examination of the warden in regard to the bicycle contract, and to say he went over the warden with a curry comb is not putting it too strongly. The committee developed the following facts: On Feb. 20, a year ago, Warden French advertised for bids for the contracting of a number of convicts, to which he received two answers, one from J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co., of Chicago, and one from J. G. Matt, both of which were rejected , as being too low. From this until Aug. 1 there were no more advertisements published looking to the letting of contracts. Warden French claimed to the committee to have written many letters and' received answers to them regarding contract labor, but on being asked to produce copies of the letters or answers to the same he could not produce a single one, saying it was not customary to produce such papers. In August there was made a memorandum of an agreement for convict labor, but with no signature whatever to it, and no bond was executed; nothing but a verbal contract. At this time, at the suggestion of the Governor, the warden says he erected a four-story brick building which, he admits, cost $9,100. On Sept. 6, William C. Smith, manager of the bicycle factory, came in with a crowd of seventeen expert mechanics and began to set up machinery and make tools. Then, on Oct 1, two contracts were executed, one for one hundred convicts and the other for fifty, both with the same - person W. J. -Ball. These contracts were, made for ten years at 40 cents per man for the first five year, and 41 cents for the second five years. On Oct. 3 a bond was executed securing both contracts. The warden remarked to the committee that he. was not such a bad Democrat, and that he and the whole prison force supported the entire Republican ticket in the municipal election last spring. The committee then spent an hour or two inspecting the pi!ison- tinder the guidance of the war'denf"V'WfVa.f explained the features of the yarluSf departments, calling special attention to the insane ward In the hospital. He called the attention of the legislators to the necessity of some means for separating insane from sane convicts, and illustrated his remarks toy bringing out an insane prisoner, who is utterly devoid of intellect, and has net spoken a word for months. Some of the committee took special interest .in the hospital, from the fact that Theodore P. Haughey is the guardian angel of that department. He was found at the bedside of a sick man and was greeted by a number of friends among the committeemen. The committee finished its labors about 5 o'clock this evening. Some of them have left for home by way of Chicago, but others will remain in the city over Sunday. Business Embarrassments. CHICAGO, Jan, 26. Judge jfjnkins to-day Issued a preliminary injunction restraining the officers of the Hicks Stock-car Company from disposing of the property of the concern. The action was taken pending the hearing of arguments for the appointment of a receiver. The receiver is asked for by R. J. Whitney, a stockholder, who ''charges the officers with a deliberate attempt to wreck the company. The Hicks Stock Car Company was organized under the laws of West Virginia, with a capitalization of $5,000,000. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26. The Lombard Investment Company, through its recivers, filed its first report since its embarrassment with Circuit Court Judge Caldwell in chambers to-day. The details were not given out, but the judge stated that the report showed that of $34,000,000 in round numbers of indebtedness $8,000,000 had been paid off since Nov. 1. NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Three judgments, amounting to $100,522.63. were filed to-day against the Fifth-avenue Transportation Company, limited, in favor of the following creditors: August D. Shepard, executor of Elliot F. Shepard, $40,403.43: August I. Shepard, $27,816.68; Margaret L. V. Shepard, $32,662.77. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Jan. 26. In the United States Circuit Court, to-day. in foreclosure proceedings of the Northern Trust Company against the Columbia Strawboard Company, of Chicago, Judge Allen appointed George P. Jones, of Chicago, receiver for the paper company. " The Three B. B. B. B. has absolutely and exclusively reference to the "Columbia", and "Home Brew," breweJ and bottled by the HOME BREWING COMPANY. P. B. B. stands for "Best Beer Brewed." Telephone 1050. 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JOB FOR MR I. P. GRAY

OIR MINISTER TO MEXICO RECEIVES ORDERS FROM GRESHAM. He Will Return to His Post and Assist in Averting the War with Guatemala, If I) las Is Willing. VIEWS OF SENOR ROMERO FORMER EFFORT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ACT AS MEDIATOR. Blaine's Policy Reversed by ArthurPresident Dins Interviewed on the Situation War Sentiment.' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Minister Gray has been' in "Washington for a day or two on his return from Indianapolis to Mexico. Mr. Gray has taken occasion to see Secretary of State Gresham, and has given Mr. Gresham much information that will prove valuable to the State Department in the troubles that appear to be impending between Mexico and Guatemala. Mr. Gray will leave for his post on Monday, reinforced with Secretary Gresham's instructions for strict noninterference. To-night the minister , to Mexico attended the ball of the Chinese legation, the greatest social event of the season in Washington. An Associated Press dispatch say? that Minister Gray i3 acquainted with Secretary Gresham's wishes in the matter of bringing a friendly and peaceable settlement of the boundary dispute between Mexico and Guatemala,, and If the appeal of President Cleveland Is favorably entertained, Mr. Gray will probably co-operate with United State3 Minister Pierce Young, in Guatemala, In the effort to arrange a basis of settlement of the trouble., Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, in an interview, this evening,' said that he is and always has been a friend of peace, and that he has done everything in his power to have the question settled in a peaceful manner, and that he favors peace, not because of any personal motive, but because he considers as a calamity a war between two nations of the same race and civilization, having the same interests and the same destinies in this hemisphere, and because,"- for ' general principles, he is against the use of force to settle international disputes. , Mexico never thought to makis war on Guatemala to gain territory or other kind of advantages. In 1881, while Mr. Blaine Was ' Secretary of State, the government of the United States interfered in favor of Guatemala in her boundary dispute with Mexico, but said interference, instead of assisting the settlement of the question, only increased considerably the difficulties of the case, and, as Mr. Morgan, . the United States minister at the City of Mexico, reported to Mr. Blaine, it developed In Mexico some feeling, and he, therefore, advised "that unless the United States was prepared to announce to the Mexican government that it will actively, if necessary, preserve the peace, it would be the part of wisdom on our side to leave the matter as it is." When Vice President Arthur became President of the United States and Mr. Frelinghuysen Secretary of State they reversed Mr. Blaine's policy and expressed to Guatemala that the United States government, being equally friendly to both countries, would not take the part of. one as against the other, and that, therefore, they would not interfere in their dispute, unless both countries should ask for such Interference...! Then the President of Guatemala came to Washington, and when he became satisfied that he could not have the active assistance of the United States in her dispute with Mexico he signed, in New York, on Aug. 12, 1882, a treaty with Senor Romero, In which he.; recognized that Chiapas, which was then the disputed territory, lawfully belonged to Mexico, and agreed that a formal boundary treaty should be signed at the City of Mexico. It was stipulated in the New. York agreement that the- boundary between the two countries should be the one then recognized by both, with such alterations, to have natural boundaries of - parallels of latitude as both governments should agree on, and In case they disagreed about the line then recognized by both parties in a certain locality and in a specific case, they should ask the President of the United States to decide their difference as arbitrator. The line was fixed in the treaty of Sept. 27, 1882, by the mutual agreement of both interested parties, and, therefore, there was no occasion to ask the good offices of the President of the United States, and the stipulation of the New York agreement bearing on the subject came to an end, as It was not intended by the agreement that all future differences regarding boundaries between the two countries should be submitted to the arbitration of this government. Senor Romero said that, notwithstanding the news received showed a serious aspect, he still hopes that this unpleasant question will be settled in a peaceful and friendly way. NOT BURNING FOR WAR. Presitlent Dial Hopes' Mexico Will EnJoy the Blessings of Peace. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 26. President Diaz and Foreign Minister Marlcal had a long conference jo-day over the Guatemalan matters. The reply of Guatemala to the demand of Mexico, received yesterday at the National Palace,', was read and considered in many of its bearings. Another conference will probably be held next Monday, at which the entire cabinet, will doubtless be asked to be present. When interviewed neither ' President Diaz nor . the minister would" give any information. As to the various reports published by the press on the President's recent speech to students, President Diaz dictated the following to a, reporter: "The government appreciates this manly manifestation,' if being one of the results of the vehement and exact phases in which the press has presented the question of the day. I comply with a duty in stating that, although it is true that the government is sustaining a serious ana delicate controversy of a diplomatic nature, which, if not handled with correct logical and honorable means, may conduce to a war, and, although it is also true that we are not yet on the verge of war because honor, good faith and logic constitute the programme of the government, and because it has no right to arbitrate any ouer course to its adversary, the government believes and has practically demonstrated the belief for several years that the greatest blessings we can offer to our country is the present period of reconstruction and happy and visible development of peace and declare that it will only allow it to be interrupted when an unjust an pertinacious aggressor Insists on infringing upon its well established rights and assailing the national honor and decorum. In such an event, which I hope will not be realized, the government will confront the situation with true faith and energy inspired by its duty and its right. The government accepts, holds In esteem and will use with economy what you so patriotically offer. We soldiers of the generation now passing away ieei our biooa tingle wnen we think that we may be able-to baptize in a war. every way just on our part, the generation coming on, in whose hands we are going to leave the country and its fate." Public sentiment here to-night is very warlike. Rumors are that something definite will be known Monday. The CI Bias this evening says that a telegram was received here stating that an envoy from Guatemala has arrived at Tegucigalpa to negotiate a secret a'.lianc with Honduras. Nicaragua and Guatemala, and if there should be no war with Mexico, they will make war against Salvador, a small republic which the other three Central American states propose to attack in combination and divide its spoils between ithem. The President and several members of the Cab' net have been in secret session all day, but nothing reliable can be learned as to the result of their deliberations. It Is stated that the government Is now studying the .treaty of 1882. which Guatemala ignores. Article 4 in the treaty calls for arbitration. It is rumored that Mexico will not arbitrate. The feeling is general here among Americans that Mexico's case is right and that she has Justice on her side, also that all through the controversy President Diaz and the Mexican government has acted 'kindly and very leniently with Guatemala. It looks as If Guatemala was

j trying to gain more time to organize the

reaeration of Central (American repuo.ics. General Hinojosa, Secretary of War and Navy, went to Vera Cruz to-night, where General Perloxabal. senior commander of the army is at present. Captain McDonald, of the Texas Rangers, has tendered his services to Colonel R. C. Pate, with 300 scouts, in case of war. Aid Offered by a Texan. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 26. There is probably no American town so much interested In probable war between Mexico and Guatemala as this. In case of war this will be one of Mexico's base of supplies, which means much commercially. Then, too, the ' large Mexican population of the town largely affects feeling. Col. T. T. Teele, a pioneer .Texan, has written to proffer to President Diaz a company of troops from here in case of war. On the other hand, there is also a strong feeling here against Mexico, which has prompted another old Texan to offer his services to President Barrios Guatemalans Want Peace. GUATEMALA, Jan. 26. The populace here is very much excited and it is openly stated that unless Barrios makes peace proposals now and at once to Mexico that he will be asked to resign the presidency. SALVADOR, Jan. 26. The country Is absolutely quiet. The report that Salvador is endeavoring to have Guatemala declare war against Mexico Is officially denied. San Salvador remains neutral on the question and will not become entangled with it. . Munitions of War for Mexico. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2G. The steamer St. Paul sailed last evening for Mexican ports and in her cargo were fnirty-three cases of cartridges, one case of rifles and one case of shells. They were to be landed at Mazatlan. The shipment was hurriedly taken to the steamer and stowed so it would be reached quickly when the vessel reached the port to which it was consigned. THE CO-NsPlKACi' TRIAL. Opening Arguments in the American Railway I'nion Strike Cases. CHICAGO, Jan 26. The formal opening of the conspiracy trial in the United States Court took place to-day. The twelve jurors selected yesterday were sworn and three more defendants put In an appearance, making nineteen of the thirty-eight left on the omnibus indictment who were on trial. Judge Grosscup announced that after the opening sDeech for the defense counsel for defend ants might show to the jury wherein their clients differed from the position of leaders. Thomas C. Milchrist, one of the special counsel for the government opened the arguments. He said that the directors of the American Railway Union Were charged with others with conspiring to obstruct and retard the passage of the United States mail. He insisted that tne counsel was not defending or representing any of the railroads but the government. He then proceeded to review the indictment as it set forth the particular overt act alleged by the government to have been the result and the consequences of the conspiracy. He began with the throwing of a switch at BlueIsland on June 30 by Mervln. Mr. Milchrist proceeded with his review of the indictment claiming that the government would prove that a conspiracy existed between the officers of the American Railway Union. Mr. Darrow followed for the defense. He disclaimed any conspiracy in the acts of the officers of the American Railway Union with the conduct of their followers. The strike, he said, was a protest of the railroad emploves against the Pullman car company's treatment of its employes. He alleged that if any i conspiracy had been committed it was by the general managers association. The government, he said, was being used as a cloak by the general managers' association the only body of men in the world that sympathizes with Pullman. He added that if the government did not call the members of the general managers' association the defense would nd the conspiracy would then be shown. Mr. Harper, for John J. Hannahan, said his client was an officer of the flremens' organization and had. under the instructions of his superior officer, declined to take part in the strike and his overt act, as alleged by the indictment was to call out some men on the Fort Wayne road. The facts were that the firemen were opposed to the American Railway Union and as great animosity existed between the two organizations as between the strikers and the railroads, and Mr. Hannahan's conduct was out of regard for the lives of two men who he dissuaded from running engines. Mr. Geeting insisted that there was no conspiracy between his clients and. the officers of the American Railway Union and he read several of Debs' s telegrams cautioning the men not to interfere with the mails. The other counsel, said they would reserve their addresses to the jury until after the eovernment had submitted its testimony. On Monday the first witness,, Wallace Rice, a newspaper reporter will be placed on the stand. Admission to the court is restricted to the holders of tickets Issued by the clerk of the court. . AN EXCITED LEGISLATOR. Scene In the Washington Senate Ankeny Now Ahead. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 28. There was Intense excitement in the Senate to-day when Sergeant, of Pierce county, rose to a question of privilege and demanded of Senator F. W. Taylor an explanation of an article in the Tacoma Ledger over his signature which Sergeant read, intimating that Senators Foot, Campbell and himself were supporting Ankenny for a. constderat'on. Sergeant's excitement was at times beyond his control, and he told Taylor that if he impugned the motives of himself and his colleagues for voting for Ankenny, he was a contemptible liar. Taylor explained that he referred to the lobby of Pierce county men who came over to coerce him (Taylor) to vote for Ankenny. Sergeant accepted the apology. ' Following was the vote on the fifteenth joint ballot: Ankenny, 23; Wilson, 18; Allen.. 17; McMillan, 8; Wallace, 5; iTurner, 10; Rodgers, 23; C. H. Warner, 1; Manning, L One hundred votes cast, necessary for choice, 54. " ' Kansas Legislation. TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 26. In the Senate to-day Senator O'Brien Introduced a bill making attempted train robbery a crime punishable by-not less than twenty years in the penitentiary. Senator Sterne presented ' a bill to abolish all justice courts in cities of the first class, substituting therefore a city court with greatly reduced fees. The Senate passed the House concurrent bill asking the Kansas delegation at Washington to work for an amendment to the national Constitution to provide for the election of President by popular vote and limiting the term to four years. The Senate spent much of the day in debate on a bill to prohibit gambling. , Legislators Resign. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 26. J. G. Torrey. Speaker of the House, and Senator Woodruff caused! a sensation to-day by sending their resignations as members of the Legislature to the Governor. The action was brought about by some of their constituents sending a delegation to the Capitol to lobby for' a bill appropriating funds for an agricultural college in Fremont county, after the members from Fremont, Messrs. Torrey, Woodruff and Ranney. had advised that it would be unwise. The Delaware Senatorial Deadlock. DOVER. Del., Jan. 26. One ballot was taken to-day In the United States Senatorial fight without result. It Is believed that the deadlock will be broken early next week by the selection of a compromise candidate, possibly Harry A. Richardson, .who was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1890. It is thought that the break will occur not later than Wednesday. Dolph Has Forty-Two Votes. SALEM. Ore., Jan. 26. There was an Important change in the senatorial deadlock to-day. The Democrats changed from Judge A. S. Bennett to A. K. Weatherford. The vote stood: Dolph, 42; Moore, 5; Hare, 10; Hermann, 8; Williams, 4; Weatherford, C; Ijord, 2; Lowell, 4; Tongue, 1; Barley, 3; Simon, 1; absent, 2. Aue of Consent Itaiaed. DENVER, Col., Jan. 26. The House today passed the bill raising tne age of consent for girls from sixteen to twenty-one years. This bill was introduced by Mrs. Holly, Representative from Pueblo, who is receiving much praise for her successful efforts in the face of strong opposition. Flint Glass Combinattou. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 26. The ffint glass manufacturers have formed another organization for, the purpose of co-operating with the jobbars" association in the adjustment of differences which may arise from time to time and it is not Improbable that a uniform price list on common products will be made later. This makes the third a-ssociatlon among tn manufacturers and embraces the entire trade. A meeting will be held in New York next month at which several propositions will be submitted to the manufacturers for the better regulation of the trade.

SO REIGN OF TERROR

REPORTS OF ATROCITIES AT PORT ARTHUR WERE EXAGGERATED. Military Experts Who Accompanied the Japanme Say They Saw No Such Outrages as Described. GENERAL NODZITS ADVICES ARMY OF -0,000 CHINESE PUT TO FLIGHT AT HAI-CHENG. No Cessation by Turku In Their Persecution of Armenians New French Cabinet with 31. Rlbot as Premier. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 26. The Northern Pacific liner Sikh arrived this evening from Yokohama with advices to Jan, 13 as follows: The misconduct of the Japanese soldiers at Port Arthur is still a subject of earnest discussion among the natives and foreigners. The newspaper correspondents who have described these events in their worst aspect are understood to have expressed a willingness that -the question of their accuracy be settled by the reports of the foreign military experts who were present. What the tendency and purport of these reports will be is clearly foreseen. A representative of the French army, who followed the movements of the Japanese from beginning to end, asserts that after the day on which Port Arthur was taken, he witnessed no such atrocities as have been publicly charged. Until last week an American officer remained on the field after the others had returned -to Toklo. His view of the affair is set forth in private letters, which entirely fall Ito substantiate the accusation that an unrestrained reign of terror continued for three days. These letters were written without the slightest idea of controversy, and before anything had been heard at Port Arthur concerning the statements telegraphed to America. The Japanese Diet reassembled Jan. 8. The two houses were informed that no consideratton would at present be given to Internal enterprises. The budget for the current year was presented showing an estimated revenue of ninety million three hundred thousand yen, and an estimated expenditure of eighty-nine million seven hundred thousand yen. Compared with the estimates of last year, the increase in revenue is over two million yan and in expenditure over nine million. The budgets of recent years have encountered the most strenuous opposition form from the anti government factions in most strenuous opposition from the anti government factions In the House of Representatives, not a single one having passed and for some years past the finances of the empire have been managed upon a basis established when Parliament first came into existence. This year, however, it ia expected that party dissensions will be burled. Preparations for the projected expedition from the Li a Tung peninsula are continued, but no signs of departure are perceived. Transportation of additional troops from Japan is now to progress. The conviction is general that We-Hal-Wei will be the object of attack. Advices from Lieutenant General Nozu. dated Jan. 8, contain nothing to show that the. military situation is unsatisfactory.-, . - , - . Although the Japanese government has undertaken to provide Corea with a loan of five million yen, some difficulty is experienced in carrying the promise into effect. It was thought that money might be obtained at a high rate of interest from some of the leading capitalists of Tokio, but the three largest financial houses of the empire have declined to negotiate. The Bank of Japan has likewise intimated its distrust of Corean securities, and the government finds itself in an exceedingly awkward position. .If the public lands could be held as guarantee the Japanese bankers would advance the required sum, but the officials in power at Seoul strenuously object to such an expedient, and Japan will not, in tnis particular, use compulsory measures. BATTLE OF HAI-CHENG. Twenty Thousand Chinese Repulsed by General Kodsa's Army. YOKOHAMA, Jan. 26. A dispatch received here from General Nodzu gives details of the fighting which occurred between Japanese and Chinese troops at HaiCheng. die says that the Japanese waited until the Chinese were within six hundred yards of their position, and then a large portion of the Fifth brigade, with a battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry, supported by three batteries of artillery, charged the Chinese left flank. The enemy, taken by surprise, fled in confusion toward the northeast and New Chwang. The Chinese prisoners who were captured state that the Chinese attack was conducted by Generals Chang Sung and Iku Tang. The Chinese numbered 20,000 men. Official dispatches which have been received here from Yung Cheng Ken, state that a second batch of Japanese transports completed the landing of the troops by noon on Jan, 22. The enemy made but little resistance. These despatches add that during the afternoon of Jan. 21 heavy firing was heard in the direction of Wei-Hal-Wei, and the Japanese outposts reported that the flashing of electric lights could be seen In the same direction. A dispatch received at the Japanese headquarters in Hiroshima from Admiral Ito announces that the Chinese war ships are still lying in the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wel. and he adds that the Chinese forts and torpedo boats opened fire on the Japanese fleet on Monday last, Jan. 21, but without effect. The firing mentioned in the. dispatch from Yung Cheng Ken was undoubtedly the ineffective cannonade announced by Admiral Ito, and the electric lights which the Japanese outposts saw In the direction of Wei-Hal-Wei must have -been those of the Chinese war ships-and forts which were turned upon the Japanese fleet. General Nodzu reports that 6,000 Chinese troops, commanded by Generals Sung and Chang, are in the vicinity of Ylng Kow. The General adds that General Hsu has occupied New Chwang. He also reports that the Chinese yesterday renewed the attack upon Hai-Cheng, and were repulsed after a short engagement. TURKS STILL AT WORK. No Let lp in the Persecution of Arnieniaus What May Happen. LONDON. Jan. 26. A dispatch to the speaker from Constantinople Says that the work of persecuting the . Armenians in Armenia and Asia Minor is proceeding as vigorously as before, and adds: "The Turkish newspapers are evidently under orders to keep up the excitement and it is extremely difficult to get information from the interior. Even consular dispatches have been opened in the past, and . very few Armenians are allowed to come to Constantinople. The Sultan believes that Europe will not actively intervene. One contingency, however, gives the Sultan anxiety. If the present crisis is prolonged it is not improbable lhat there will be trouble in Macedonia in the spring and if it is serious, Bulgaria, Greece and vServia will Inevitably be involved and the eastern question will be raised in its most acute form. I have good evidence that such a contingency I in the minds of some of the statesmen of Europe as well as In that of the Sultan for there Is revival of the discussions respecting how the remaining European territory of the Sultan, including Constantinople, can best be disposed of. Whether it would be best for AustrU to come to Salonica; how much of Macedonia and Thrace should be given to Bulgaria; what should be given to Greece; how Albania will be disposed jf, and what will be done with Constantinople are the problems. The answers which 1 have' heard recently to these questions are much more rational and satisfactory than any 1 have heard in past years." Two KnsUsh reporters representing leading papers here have received passports from the Foreign Office and permission to Ev to Luusumiiiopie ana to sassgun

the purpose of investigating the Armenlai question. The Turkish envoy here was first appealed to for the passports. He sent the documents to the Turkish consul-general, with arequest to sign them. Then it was that the Foreign Secretary took action in the matter and the Sultan yielded, giving permission to the newspaper men t travel in Armenia,

NEW FRENCH CABINET. Ribot to Be Premier, and Hanolsnt Minister of Foreign Affairs. PARIS, Jan. 26. M. Ribot saw the President to-day and informed him that he believed he could now form a Cabinet, taking the portfolio of Minister of Finace himself, and M. Hanotaux as Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Leygues as Minister of the Interior and M. Chautemps as Minister of Marine. M. Hanotaux was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Depuy Cabinet, and is now holding over in that office; M. Leyguea held the positon as Minister of Public Instruction In the same Cabinet, and M. Chautemps. who represents one of the divisions of Paris in the Chamber of Deputies, ia classed as a "republican-radlcal-soclalist." and Is in favor of a revision of the constitution in the most democratic sense by a constitutional assembly, the suppression of the Senate and, the suppression of the Presidency of the republic and other radical reforms of a like nature. The Official Gazette publls'ajs the statement that in all probability to-morrow the following Cabinet announcements will be made: Premier and Minister of Finance, Ribot; Justice, Triraux; Foreign Affairs, Hanotaux; Interior, Leyguesr Instruction, Poincare; Public Works, Dupuy-Dutemps; Commerce, Andre Ledon; Husbandry, Gadeau; Colonies, Chautemps; War, General Jamont; .Marine, Admiral Bernard. It is said that the men to whom these positions have been tendered have accepted. No one has yet been selected to occupy the post nf Vfinleroi. nf Pnhlln Wnrahln Armenians to Be Executed. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 26. The Court of Cassation has confirmed the judgment of Court of Erzlnghlara, rendered on Nov. 15, by which twenty-four Armenians were condemned to death and thirty-four others were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The decision of the Court of Cassation has caused strong feeling among the Armenltans, especially as it is reported that the condemned men will be executed forthwith. Biicaraugua's Discovery. MANAGUA, Jan. 26. The government claims that the British envoy here is but consul on the coast and has not come to relieve Minister Gesllng, and full explanations of his mission have been sent to Mr. Guzman at Washington with a request to present the matter to the American government in a fair manner. Pelxoto Dying. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 26. Peixeto is sinking rapidly and his death is expected at any hour. Cable Notes. ' Cholera is increasing in Brazil despite the denials of the government. The relations of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria with Austria are becoming worse. Rumors are afloat that a conspiracy is ia existence to depose him. WOULD'AT HEAR PLNGREE. Five Thousand Citlsena of Detroit Try, to Drown Their Mayor's Voice. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 26. Five thousand excited, howling citizens called together tonight by Mayor Pingree refused to listen to the Mayor when he essayed to address them. For over an hour and a half the chief executive of Detroit tried to make himself heard above the clamor of his opponents, and finally, hoarse and exhausted, was induced by his friends to cease from vain efforts. The meeting was called to bring out a popular expression of opimon upon a bill pending before the Legislature, which aims to transfer control of health, police and school boards from the Mayor to the Governor. The principal basis ' of complaint by the press and public against the Mayor is the prevalence of smallpox and disapproval of the Masyor and Health Board for reinstating health officer McLeod, who is alleged to be an incompetent official. The Mayor'w eloquent plea for "home rule," was unheard by his audience, owing to the tremendous -din, .but his opponents installed a chairman and resolutions were declared adopted, appointing a committee of fifty to lobby tor the proposed measure. Mayor Pingree asserts that the newspapers all. refused to publish his call for the mass meeting either as news or advertising matter. The papers deny that the matter was offered as advertising and state that they declined to print It as news, because it contained false censures on the press. Dr. W. H. Hut ton, of the Marine Hospital, was appointed city health officer at a special meeting of the Board of Health held early this evening. The appointment was made on motion of Mayor Pingree. Four Victims in All. LOUISVILLE, Ky.; Jan. 26. Two more bodies of colored men, supposed to ; have been drowned by the sinking of the steamer State of Missouri, have been found in the Ohio river near Wolf creek. , Theso make four bodies recovered so far, one of the two found a few days ago having been counted twice toy being reported from different sources. :r Two Children Fatally Burned. LIMA, O., Jan. 26. Twp children of Thomas Williams, who lives near Lima, were fatally burned to-day. The father was away from home and the mother was at the stable! She rescued one child at was frightfully burned herself, but the other child was dead before she reached it. Mrs. Williams will recover, but the other child will die. Movements of Steamers.'. BREMEN, Jan. 26. Arrived: Dresden, from Baltimore; Elbe, from New York, i LIVERPOOL, Jan. 26. Arrived: Sagamore, from Boston. - ' , .: HAVRE, Jan. 26. Arrived: Alcydes, from New York. . ; NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Arrived: Etrurla, from Liverpool. ; Cowhlded by Four Women. V NEWTON, Miss.. Jan. 26 W. A. Dunigan, a prominent merchant of this place was cowhided to-day by four women, the wife, mother and sisters of Eugene Wilson, whom Dunigan and others thrashed last summer for the alleged slandering of a young lady of this city. Bert Hale Won. ' CINCINNATI, Jan. 26. Bert Walker, of this city, failed. at the People's Theater tonight to throw Bert Hale, of Indianapolis, twice within an hour, Graeco-Roman style, and thus lost the match. Louisiana's Contribution to ftebrnsKa. NEW ORLEANS, La.. Jan. 26. Twenty carloads of provisions for the relief of Nebraska left here to-night as Louisiana's contribution. RUMOR OF A PRIZE FIGHT Caused the Police to Surround the Light Artillery Armory. , In some way the police reached the conclusion Uw.. night that there was to be a prize fight at the armory of the Light Artillery, corner of Mississippi and s Seventh streets. It was said that the fight was to be strictly private, with two well-known young men about town as the contestants. The police surrounded the building, prepared to arrest the entire crowd. They entered and found a few of the members of the artillery engaged in an athletic exhibition. There was sparring and wrestling, but nothing to indicate a prize fight. The members laughed when the officers made their suspicions known, and denied that a prize fight was Intended. The exhibition was friendly, and the police, after watching it for a time, departed. Had No State License. Charles H. Stevens, who owns a saloon at No. 408 Blake street, was arrested, (yesterday afternoon, by officer Balcom, for selling liquor without a license. Stevens has a city license, but be has had no State license for over two years. He has been giving the police considerable trouble on account of violating the liquor laws and his violations caused an examination f the records with the discovery that he had no State license. FruitleMs Safe niowlnif. Yesterday mornings about 3:30. burglars forced an entrance into a carpenter shop at No. 77Vi Massachusetts avenue. There was a safe in the room, and th thieves broke it open, seeming to believe there was money In IL The doors were broken open and it was otherwise demolished, but there was nothing but a few paper within. Nothing was taken from the buojp.