Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 211, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1899.

JOHN BULL TALKING

II CATC D DISCISSION IX LONDON oven not si) Ait y dispute. Conservative Advice to Canada f that She Accept a Temporary Loan of a ILurbor. HISTORY OF THE CONTROVERSY Canadian minister explains beCI.MG or TUB TROUBLE. Claim that Present Portland Channel la Sot the One Mentioned In the Itaulan Treaty of 1-3. rCbpyrirht. ISM, by the Asfoclated Fresi.l . LONDON, July 30. The Alaskan boundary dispute again looms large In the newspapers, and a heated discussion Is raging for and against the latest suggestion that a harbor should be leased to Canada. Tho official view seems to favor this compromise as a general basis for a friendly arrangement. It 13 pointed out that as the United States. Canada and Great Britain have to live as neighbors and In their hearts desire to live as friends, neither side can afford to assume a nonpossumus attitude or act as if this were to be the last transaction tfl be arranged, and a. the main question at i!ue, though almost lost to view among the multitude of irritating side issues, was a means of easy access to the Klondike, the lease of a harbor would seem to meet the practical needs of Canada. On the other hand, the Saturday Review voices the feeling of a considerable section of the public; In pointing out that by accepting the suggested settlement Canada debars herself from again raising the question of territorial right and becomes a mere licensee where he claims to be the. owner in fee simple, iljny think the proposed compromise would lead to endless complications, annoyances, acts of retaliation and attempts on one side to exceed their own or restrict the other side's rights. Under the proposed compromise, the Saturday Review fthlnks, Canada ought in no event to surrender her rights Jn international law, unless she concurrently. receives considerable concessions from the United States on other questions before the commission. The Saturday Review proceeds to claim that Canada now suffices for herself, both politically and economically, and has no further need of the United States; that only vthe most factious policy on the part of Great Britain could revive the annexationlift party in Canada, and asks what possible reason Canadians could have for involving the country in the gravest international questions. The article concludes as follows: "With thousands of Americans slaughtering Filipinos whom they want to free, while the truth is concealed from the public by methods worse than Russia's, as an instance of external aggression, and with a reign of terror in Cleveland, where a tram strike is conducted with- nitroglycerin tombs, as an example of Internal convulsion, there is raised the grave question of what will happen when the present tide of prosperity turns. Therefore, to urge Canada to go beyond the bounds of reasonable concession would be good neither for her nor the empire." : r DAVID MILLS'S AnGUJIENT. Cite Cases to Show the United States y' ' Is Inconsistent. NEW YORK, July 29. A dispatch to the Herald from Ottawa. Ont, contains the following statement concerning the Alaska boundary dispute, prepared by Mr. David Mill, Canadian minister of justice: "The United States obtained the cession of this territory from Russia at a time when the Alabama claims were unsettled, and the lcng strip of territory extending from Mount St. Ellas along the coast to the southeast of Prince of Wales island ought undoubtedly to be a Canadian possession. "If a similar strip of territory lay between the mainland of the United States and the sea I am quite sure its acquisition by us ould be regarded as a menace to that country. But It Is too late to consider how far this Is Injurious to this country. "Under the treaty of 1S25 the line drawn between the recognized territory of Russia and Great Britain was begun at the southeast of Prince of Wales island, and from that point was to ascend north along the channel called Portland channel. This could hardly be the channel called Portland channel in medern maps, because Portland channel of this day lies due east from the southern extremity of Prince of Wales Island, a distance of 130 miles. The line was to ascend the channel to a point on the coast on the fifty-sixth degree of north latitude. Now, what is known as Portland channel falls short of that point. The line was also to extend north .t such a way as to leave Prince of Wales Island to Russia. If the boundary started from the south extremity of Prince of Wales island and ran due east It would have left tho whole of the Island to Russia, but if drawn north from the south extremity It would have cut off a small portion of the southeast end of the Island. So the treaty would indicate a line drawn up that channel which is east of Prince of Wales island, to the tifty-sixth degree .of north latitude, a point which could not be reached by what is now known as Portland channel. So you see the Initial point of the boundary is in controversy. The boundary when it reached the ttftyfiith decree was to follow the rummit cZ the mountains which extends in a line parallel to the coast from the flfty-eixth degree to the Intersection of the One-hundred-and-forty-flrst parallel, but when the mountains prove to be more than ten marine leagues from the coast the limit between the British possessions and the coast was to be a line parallel to the winding of the coast, but which should never exceed a distance of ten marine leagues. It is clear that the makers of the treaty assumed that there was a mountain range which for the most part was within ten leagues of the coast. The treaty also provides hat neither contracting party shall form tettiements within the territory of the other. The United States1 received all the rights of Russia and no more. But the United States authorities seem to think that not only have they the right to form settlement on our side, but also that when they do so the territority ought to be considered as theirs and under no reference to arbitration should the sovereignty over our territory thus encroached on be open to question. "I return again to the Lynn canal. Bear In mind what the treaty says about the line, which should follow the coast, being within ten leagues of It. If a line were drawn around the head of Lynn inlet, as the United States contends it should be the point where It passed, that Inlet would be Ht least twenty leagues from the coast. There la a' well defined coast line from the One-hundred-nd-forty-first meridian to Cape Spencer on the Fifty-seventh degree of north latitude, and by the terms of the treaty the boundary could not be more than ten leagues from the coast. It must, in fact, be much nearer, because the range In this latitude sets in near ths coast. "The United States refuse to arbitrate unless we abandon our claim to the Lynn canal. Why should we abandon It? If it is ours why should we not have it? The British commissioners offered to compromise. The United States rejected the offer because it recognized our claim to Iyramld harbor and a strip of territory leading therefrom to what is Indisputably our territory In the Yukon. Under this compromise the United States would have held, both Dyea and Skagway, which we think are in Canadian territory. "Let m In conclusion recall history for the benefit of the American peopl. When the deputed boundary between Maine and New Urunswlck was be'ng discussed by the two Croverairents we claimed territory south of ths SL Johns river, known as the Mada-

waka settlement because It was a rettlement of French Canadians who had for a long reries of years been under British protection. Did the United States consent to concede it for that reason, which Is the same contention they are mskirg about Dyea and Skagway? Not at all. It claimed that as it was on territory which, in Its opinion, was part of Maine, no matter how long it had been under British protection, it ought to be yielded. Can any American statesman give any rfason for its retention of Madawaska. which would not at the present time apply to Dyea and Skagway if found by a competent tribunal to be on Canadian territory?" DENTISTS IN PORTO RICO.

Protest on Account of enforcing; an Ex Post Facto Law. WASHINGTON. July 2). A subject which Is likely to arouse active interest in the dental fraternity of the United States has been laid before the War Department by Dr. A. W. Sweeney, of this city. The question arose at the recent meeting of the New Jersey Dental Association whether the regulations now enforced in Porto Rico regarding dentistry do not work injustice to established dentists there. Dr. Julio Lamoutte, who grew up in the office of his brother there, and has been practicing for nearly ten years with some of the best business of the Island at his command, was recently notified that he must suspend practice because his education did not conform to the requirements of the laws. Dr. Lamoutte and Dr. Sweeney have not yet been able to ascertain whether the law under which the former was excluded from practice was an old Spanish law or an American edict. If it was a Spanish law it is one which has not been enforced, and if it is a new enactment it is considered unjust to make it retroactive. There seems to be no question of the professional qualifications of Dr. Lamoutte. According to the vague hints of the War Department upon the subject an American diploma from a unlversltyq 13 required. Dr. Sweeney pointed out in his talk at the War Department that the enforcement of a retroactive law was contrary to the rule followed In every American State when systems of dental examination and registration were established. He also pointed out that ex post facto laws were forbidden to the States by the Constitution of the United States. This rule, he said, might not govern the military authorities of Porto Rico, but seemed a reasonable rule to follow in overturning the practices and interests of established business and professional men In the island. The subject was taken under advisement by the War Department. BARON DE STAAL'S GAVEL BRINGS INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE TO AN END. Announcement Hade That Sixteen Nations Have Signed the Arbitration Convention. THE HAGUE, July 20. The international peace conference adjourned to-day. -It was announced that sixteen states had signed the arbitration convention, fifteen the other two conventions, seventeen the declaration prohibiting the throwing of projectiles or explosives from balloons, sixteen the declaration prohibiting the use of asphyxiating gas, and fifteen the declaration prohibiting use of expansive bullets. The three conventions dealing with arbitration, the laws and customs of war and the adaptation of the Geneva convention to naval warfare were not signed by Germany, Austria, "Hungary, China, England, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Servla, Switzerland or Turkey. The United States signed only the arbitration convention, and that under reserve. Roumania also made reservation. The three declarations prohibiting the throwing of explosives from balloons, the use of asphyxiating rrojectiles and the use of dum-dum bullets were not signed by Germany, Austria, Hungary, China, England, Italy, Japan,' Luxemburg, Servla or Switzerland, and the United States signed only tho declaration regarding the throwing" of explosives from balloons. A letter was read from the Queen of Holland to the Pope asking his moral support of the conference. The Pope's reply, which was read, promised co-operation, recalled the fact thaT he had many times performed the function of arbitrator, and assured her Majesty that the Pope would continue to seek the advancement -of civilization. Baron de Staal delivered the farewell address, thanking the representatives of foreign states. He said the work accomplished, while not so complete as might be desired, was sincere, wise and practical. The great principles of the sovereignty of individual states and international solidarity, apparently so opposing, had been reconciled by what they had accomplished. He affirmed that In time to come Institutions which had their origin in the need of concord would be the dominating influence, and that thus the work of the conference was truly meritorious. Minister Esteurnelles and Dr. Beaufort followed, the latter saying that If the conference had not realized Utopian dreams, nevertheless It had disproved pessimistic forebodings, and the moral effect would more and more Influence public opinion and aid governments to solve the question of the limitation of armaments, which still remain a source of grave consideration for statesmen of all countries. Baron de Staal then declared the conference closed. Senator, Novelist and Jockey Sail. LIVERPOOL. July 2?. -United States Senator Edward O. Wolcot;, of Colorado, Israel Zangwill, the critic and novelist, and Tod Sloan, the jockey, sailed for New York today on the Cunard line steamer Campania. Cnble Notes. Brlsson; Jameson & Co.'s timber yard and Sanor & Co.'s grain warehouse were destroyed by fire last night at Hull, England. The loss is 120,000. Brigandage and blackmailing have become so rampant In the neighborhood of Canton that silk merchants have been obliged to notify foreign buyers they will probably bo unable to fulfill their contracts, owing to the Insecurity of transportation. It is stated, on the authority of a Finnish official, that the Czar's desire to connect the Finnish and Russian railways and at the same time effect economy, necessitates the abandonment of the project for a railway connecting with Sweden and Norway, which was approved by the Finnish Senate. The Finnish railway will bo connected with the Russian system by bridging the Neva. It transpires the peasant woman who assisted the Czarewitch. when he was dying, belonged to the Protestant sect of Molokanos [Molokane]. The Czar has commanded the Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievitch to publicly express to the Molokan community the imperial thanks for the good feeling manifested by the woman and her coreligionists, who have also received recognition from tho dowager Empress. MANY LIQUOR DEALERS Will Join Issues for a Bitter Fight with the Whisky Trust. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. July 29. The Sentinel to-morrow will say: The wholesale liquor dealers of the country are girding on their armor for a lively tilt with tho whUky trust, known as the Kentucky Distlllerks and Warehouse Company, formed about three months ago, with a capital of ?.U),000. There have already been Indications that the trust will dictate prices and other terms to the dealers, and the wholesalers are prepared to fight the combination ta the bitter end. The formation of the trust and its effect upon the business will be one of the principal questions to be discussed at the annual meeting of the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association, an Incorporated body. In Milwaukee Aug. 15 and 16. In a call to the members of the association issued by President Leopoid Einstein, of Cleveland. tpecUl attention is paid to the need of protection to the trade against the combinations in the business being effected. William Bergenthal. a member of the board of control of the association, la aa

Interview to-night, says over 200 delegates are expected to attend the convention and that many of the 2,000 dealers to whom invitations have been sent will be represented by proxy. Action will be taken looking to the remedying of certain alleged evlLs of the trust of which the dealers claim they are the victims. The association wiil also attempt to have the internal revenue tax of $1 a gallon reduced to 70 cents.

where uncoln died REPAIRS FINALLY BEGIN TO PRESERVE THE OLD HOUSE. Broken Shutters Flnp In the Wind, Floors Rotting Away and Plaser Falling from the Walls. NEW YORK, July 29.-Under the direction of Col. Theodore Bingham, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, repair work has been begun on the old house at No. 615 Tenth street, where Abraham Lincoln died. This building is one of the first places visited by sight-seers who come to Washington and comment 13 Invariably made on the shocking condition into which the historic house has been allowed to fall. Viewed from the outside, the house is a dingy, battered looking structure. It would attract no attention, except as the most neglected building on the block, were it not for a weather-beaten plate on which a sentence setting forth that Lincoln died there can be made out. Broken shutters, from which the ancient paint has long been parting, flap against the windows. The whole aspect of the place is uninviting. Inside the house things are about as bad. The floors and supporting timbers in the lower part of the building are decayed. Plaster has fallen from the walls. The house has been made a museum of Lincoln relics, but the moldy, gloomy surroundings detract from the interest and Inspire most visitors with a tierce longing to get away from the house as coon as possible and see something more cheerful. The last Congress appropriated 13,833 for the purpose ot repairing the building, and Colonel Bingham will need it all. The iloors will be repaired, the broken plaster replaced, the yard in the rear paved with cement, and the old plumbing torn out and replaced by modern fixtures. Galvanized iron window caps will be placed over the windows and the rooms, excepting the one In which the President died will be papered and painted. Steam heat will be introduced end the decayed window sills will be renewed. A new brick addition, is being constructed in the rear of the building. TO SUPPRESS OUTBREAK GOVERNORS OF SAN DOMINGO PROVINCES PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. Another Story of Asftusslnatlon of President lleurennx Gomes Is Not a Candidate. FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Martinique, July 29. Tranquillity prevails at Monte Christ!, but all the people are anxiously awaiting . the important events which it is expected will occur shortly. General Pichardo, the governor of the city, has taken all possible measures to repel an attack which may be made by the followers of Senor Juan Jlmlnez, one of the candidates for the presidency of the republic. It is said that General Pichardo has advised the government to issue a decree proclaiming amnesty for all Dominican exiles with a view to appeasing the people. At La Bega Real General Don Fedro Bobea lias taken steps to suppress outbreaks should they occur. Up to the present time perfect order has been maintained, but, notwithstanding that fact, all law-abiding citizens have been called on to bear arms and hold themselves in immediate readiness for service. At Moca, where the people criticise harshly the laxity of the governor, General Juan Gonzales, many versions are In circulation legarding the killing of the President. One has it that the assassin shot him with the muzzle of the weapon held close to Heureaux'a breast, crying, as he fired the fatal shot: "Ah tyran tu n'es pas dlgne de c'gouverneur plus long temps." ("Ah, tyrant, you are not worthy to govern longer.") Almost before the words were uttered the President fell as if struck by lightning with a bullet through his heart. Other accounts say the President was stricken by several bullet3 and that the assassins made their escape on horses, which had been provided and were held in readiness for them by friends. Gen. Pedro Pepin, the governor of Santiago, is acting with the utmost energy, and has succeeded in overawing the enemies of the government. The greatest quiet reigns throughout the city. The population of Porto Plata are convinced that the grave events that have occurred are due to Incessant agitation. It Is known that JIminez and his partisans will not delay, but intend to disembark either at Porto Plata or Monte Chrlsti. Jimlnez Is not a popular candidate for the presidency, as it is believed he would ruin the country in the course of time and desires simply to make a fortune for himself and enrich his family and friends. It i3 said that the governors of all the provinces are disposed to energetically defend the existing government. The merchants of Porto Plata have held a meeting and decided to continue to accept paper money of the country for a period of thirty days. Summing up the situation. It may te said that a majority of the people seem to be favorable to the. present government. NO PRESIDENTIAL. HONORS Are Desired by Gomes Either in Cuba or Dorotngo. HAVANA, July 23.-La Lucha to-day prints the report of an interview with Senor Nolasco, secretary to Goneral Gomez, who was seen by the paper's representative because Gomez was too busy to talk with him. Senor Nolasco said: "General Gomez has served Cuba for forty years in the cause of independence, and only desires to see an independent and honorable republic established. He has no ambition to be president of Cuba or San Domingo. Though such an ambition were, perhaps, legitimate, it has never taken root In the heart of tho old fighter for Cuban liberty." PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. Insurgents Cut Telegraph Wires and Waiting for Jliuluez. CAPE ILAYTIEN, July 29. Advices Just received from the Dominican frontier say the insurgents have cut the telegraph wires in the neighborhood of Santiago de los Caballeros and also near Moca. The insurgents in the western part of Santa Domingo await the arrival of Don Juan Isidoro Jimlnez. under whose leadership they expect to attack Santiago. Gunboat and Cruiser Ready. WASHINGTON, July 29. A cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from the commander of the Machlas, now at St. Thomas, W. I., stating that In conformity with the department's order he would sail from that port to-morrow for San Domingo. She will stop at San Juan, Porto Rica on the way, to land Commander Snow, who Is to take charge of the naval station there. The commander of the New Orleans also announced his readiness to start for San Domingo to-day, so that before the middle of next week the American navy will be sufficiently represented in San Domingo to protect American interests of all kinds should there be a revolution. The Navy Department had not heard up to the cloie of office hours to-day of the sailing of the New Orleans for Santo Domingo City. There were no dispatches indicating cause for alarm over the situation in the Island. Sailed Without Her 3Ien. NEWPORT. R. I.. July 29.-The United States cruiser New Orleans, Captain Longnecker commanding, was ordered to leave Newport to-night for Santo Domingo to protect American interests there in the event of trouble growing out of the assassination of President Hcureaux. The New Orleans left without fifty men of her regular crew, who were absent on leave, and the necessary complement was made up from other ships of the North Atlantic squadron, now off this port. The men will report on board the flagship.

ENGLAND IS IN FOR IT

SALISBURY'S TALK ON TRANSVAAL EXPECTED lO AROUSE KRUGER. Emperor Wllhelm Dreams- of n Strong Coalltion Against England and United States. THE COURAGE OF GALL1FET FRENCH WAR MINISTER ATTRACTING ATTENTION OF EUROPE. Discipline of Popular Generals May Be Responsible for Savins Life of the Republic CopjTlfht. 1SS9, by th Associated Press. LONDON, July 29. Ths Marquis of Salisbury having at last broken silence on the Transvaal question in so decided a manner, it may be expected that President Kruger will hardly be likely to refuse to listen to the government's new proposal for a Joint commission to examine the franchise bill. Thl3 proposal meets varying criticism here. Liberals are inclined to regard it as another Instance of the incurable tendency, of the Salisbury government to shelve every difficulty by referring it to a commission. Mr. Labouchere call3 It a climb-down on Mr. Chamberlain's part; and undoubtedly it savors more of Salisbury than Chamberlain. Others think it a concession to the Transvaal's contention that the matter should be referred to arbitration. All agree, however, that it forms a practical bridge of which Kruger can avail himself to retire from an impossible position. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury and government leader in the House of Commons, gave another strong hint In the Commons yesterday, announcing in reply to a question that in the unfortunate event of war there was no intention to employ other than white troops. The prospect of a Chlno-Japanese alliance has been welcomed by England and Germany on the ground that it will reinvigorate China and enable her to resist the Russian advance. The Spectator, in the course of an Interesting article this week, asserts that Japanese reorganization of the Chinese army and navy and finances would be successful because the Japanese are more In sympathy with Chinese national feeling than western nations. Japan, the article says, would abolish corruption and organize a formidable, well-armed Chinese army, while the combined Chinese and Japanese navies would be able to prevent any invading army reaching China by the sea. Thus, It is argued, China would be again a powerful nation, able to exclude European trade from Manchuria and threaten India through Thibet, while a Chinese victory over Russia, even if possible, would be a victory of barbarism over civilization and could bo of no possible benefit to Europe. The disgrace of General Negrler has created a profound impression, not only in France, but all over Europe and has brought Into prominent notice the depth of the civil as well as the military courage possessed by the new French minister of war, General the Marquis de Galllfet. Before him the pasteboard patriots, who threatened terrible vengeance with the army If they were thwarted by the republic, double up and fall to pieces and the public is beginning to realize that at last the right man has been found to suppress the real traducers of the army, those who degraded its honor and shamed its uniform by chicanery and intrigue. It is symbolic of the change in the situation to fee General De Pellieux, who in full regimentals attempted to bully the Jury into tho conviction of Zola, now whining pitifully for a pension from the position to which he has been a disgrace. When General De Pellieux searched Colonel Picquart s rooms he found a bundle of love letters from a Mme. M , the wife of a wellknown judge, to Colonel Picquart. General De Pellieux read the letters carefully and rent them to the woman's husband, who, on the evidence they furnished, obtained a Judicial separation from her. When asked by General De Gallifet if he had sent the letters General De Pellieux denied on his word of honor that he had done so. but the minister of war found the general had been lying, hence the punishment imposed on him was in even greater degree than it would otherwise have been. The removal of General De Negrler tends to the salvation of the republic, as, if his flagrant Insubordination had been overlooked, the discipline of the army could scarcely have been maintained. Details of the Interview between General De Gallifet and General De Negrier show how misplaced was the confidence of the public in De Negrier. When taxed with issuing seditious circulars, instead of boldly sticking to his guns the general equivocated, prevaricated and behaved like a poltroon until forced Into a corner. General De.Gallifet then treated hlra like a whipped schoolboy and ordered him to go forthwith and fetch the original documents. Even then De Negrler had not the courage to return until De Gallifet sent him a command to come and not forget the circular. General De Gallifet's communication, issued yesterday, in which he avowed full responsibility for the disciplinary measures adopted towards the generals, contrasting so strikingly with the pusillanimity of previous French ministers of war, will add to the respect both of the army and the nation for htm, and fulLy justifies Premier Wal-deck-Rousseau's bold step in appointing him to prescribe for the grave political disease. No member of the general staff has dared to lift a finger against General De Galllfet. General Zuriinden left Paris without a murmur: General De Pellieux, who lied to his superior, also left; General Bois has done nothing to save his tool. Lieutenant Colonel Du Paty de Clam. The National' Review, in an article discussing the probability of an alliance between France and Germany against England, has reached the conclusion that such a move is within the bounds of practical politics. The writer points out that Germany's future expansion must be colonial and that France has similar interests. In this respect both France and Germany are somewhat barred by England's widespread holdings. The common belief that England is the enemy of every power with maritime ambitions, the writer asserts, supplies both Frenchmen and Germans with an argument in support of union. Emperor William, it is argued, is acting on the supposition that, much as France dislikes Germany, she must dislike England more after the Fashoda incident. T,be Emperor dreams of forming a coalition of central and western powers of the continent to be used, firstly, against England, secondly, against the United States and finally against Russia, though at the commencement the latter power will be Included in the German firm. The National Review writer finds in these dreams an explanation Of the hitherto almost inexplicable pclicy of the German Emperor towards the United States. The article continues: "The reason for Emperor William's seeming desire to unnecessarily quarrel with a state of such gigantic strength is that he wished to assume the position of champion of Europe against transmarine powers." The article says further: "To the continent, before IMS. the United States appeared a huge drowsy monster that spent its energy in rare moments of nibbling the lion's tali. No one objected much to this, but when the huge beast shook itself and planted one paw on the Spanish West Indies and another on the Philippines, it became an object of real terror to European statesmen, who did not know whom it might next attack. The conditions were all the more unnerving as England refused to walk into the trap and turn her navy against the United States. So the events of 1S98 only served to bring the two transmarine powers together. While the American university athletes have been made much of during their tay In England, they have not entirely escaped the criticism which generally greeted their predecessors here. They have been severely criticised owing to the fact they brought a tape measure on the grounds and checked the rings measured for their hammer throwing; and the English public has taken every opportunity - to emphasize the fact

that the English won every event where stamina and endurance were required. At best the praise given the Americans has been mixed with condescension. President Hunter, of the Cambridge University Athletic Club, saying In his speech at Saturday's dinner that they really did not know or care exactly where they came from, but were satisfied they were real good sportsmen; while Truth says: "The lesson we learned Is one that will do an Immensity of good and that is that the men of Harvard and Yale are real good fellows; so very, very different from what many believe Americans' to be." Want Joint Inquiry Enlarged. PRETORIA, July 29. The general tone of the parliamentary debate in London is regarded as satisfactory, but doubt 13 expressed in official quarters as to the acceptability of the proposed Joint Inquiry unless it shall include all questions in dispute. NEWSPAPER VICTORY.

Federal Jury Refuses to Convict the Denver Times for Libel. NEW YORK, July 29,-After nearly a month of trial of the suit of W. S. Brewer against the Denver Times for libel before Justice Thomas and a Jury in the United States court, this city, a verdict was this afternoon rendered against Brewer and in favor of the Times on the merits. The jury was out two hours and twenty minutes framing replies to questions formulated by the court as determinative. These are the questions and replies: First Were the charges against the plaintiff in the article published by the Denver Times Jan. 15, 1593, true? Answer Yes. Second Was the article published in Denver Times by consent, knowledge or direction of defendant (Coo) or while defendant was in Denver in actual superintendence of the production of the Issue of the paper published Jan. 15, 1&95? Answer No. Third-Was the article published by the Denver Times from the report sent by the Associated Press on Jan. 14, 1S95, and on that day delivered by the agent of the Associated Press to the agent of the Denver Times? Answer Yes. Fourth We find a verdict for defendant. The defendant was represented by Louis W. Stotesbury, of New York. MONSTER CATTLE POOL COMBINATION OF TEXAS RANCHES WITH S2S,000,000 CAPITAL. J , Round-Up of 600,000 Ilead nnd Option on 25,000,000 Acres of erasing Land for the Bis Trust. NEW YORK, July 29. The round-up of GOO.Otf) head of cattle on ranches in the Panhandle district of Western Texas and in Eastern New Mexico is contemplated by the promoters of the proposed Consolidated Cattle Company. A large proportion of the profits which should be derived from the sale of Texas and New Mexico cattle in the beef market is diverted to the Northern rangemen. With a view to remedying this, the Texas cattlemen have pooled their interests. It is proposed that. New York capital to the amount of $25,000,000 shall be invested In the new company. To that end options have been given to George B. Loving, who represents the cattlemen oC Texas and New Mexico, and who is at present in this city at the Waldorf-Astoria. He la tha editor and publisher of the Texas Live Stock and Farm Journal. He conducts a live stock commission business In San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas, and for many years he ha9 been Identified with cattle Interests in the Southwest. Mr. Loving showed options covering 25, OP), 000 acres of ranch land in Texas and New Mexico. Of this vast district four million acres are held In fee simple, four million are leased to the ranchmen, and the remainder is government land held by right of prior occupancy. More than GOO, 000 head of cattle graze upon this land. The district covered by the contemplated cornrany embraces 300 miles from north to south In Texas, and about 200 miles east and west in that State and New Mexico. Asked as to the advantages which the ranchmen expect to derive if the proposed company becomes a fact, Mr. Loving said: "I believe that expenses can be largely reduced by such a combination as is proposed. It has been the rule in Texas and New Mexico that cattle at two years old have been taken over by rangemen from Montana and Dakota, driven off to the ranges, there matured, and sold as beef on the Chicago market with large profits to the rangemen. We believe that with such a company as is proposed the ranchmen will be enabled to keep the young cattle on the ranches, to mature then there, and instead of selling them as two-year-olds at $20 a head, to hold them until fit to be disposed of on the Chicago market at $50 or $t a bead. Property can certainly be handled to better advantage and at less expense by a company of the magnitude proposed than by several hundred competing ranch owners." Mr. Loving showed options intrusted to him by such ranch owners as the Capitol syndicate, of Chicago and Texas, at the head of which is former United States Senator Farwell, of Chicago. This syndicate controls 3.100.000 acres of patented land in the Panhandle region. Over this vast district 1CO.O0O head of cattle feed. About thirty of the largest ranches In westorn Texas and eastern New Mexico are Included in the negotiations. All of the leading members of the Texas cattle raisers' association, which have headquarters at Fort Worth, have signified approval of Mr. Loving's plan and have given him options on their ra'nches and cattle. "I believe," said Mr. Loving, "that $25,000,000 wdll be ample for the enterprise, and I am convinced that the results achieved Inside of a year will be such that an additional investment In ranch property and cattle to the extent of $15,000,000 or $25,000.01) will be made by business men in the North." Mr. Loving was asked if the Texas antitrust law would Interfere with the proposed Consolidated Cattle Company. In answer he showed a letter from Thomas S. Smith, attorney general of Texas, who said: "The law does not presume that because large capital is invested it is a trust. Our law does not limit the amount of capital stock which corporations may have. If your company is chartered with a large capital stock in the beginning the presumption would not be against you at all. The idea which the law seeks to prohibit is the amalgamation or combination of several corporations into one for the purpose of influencing prices. In your general plan and outline I think your business legitimate." Not only New York, but Chicago capitalists, also, are said to be considering the proposed consolidation. Swift & Co., Chicago packers, recently invested $300,000 In Texas cattle, and. It is said, are about to invest $1,000,000 more. 910,000,000 Combine of Duck 31111s. MANCHESTER, N. H., July 29. The Mirror says: It has developed from the sale by the Citizens' Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore of the Columbia Mills Company, of Columbia, S. C, that a combination of all the duck mills in the country has been formed. The capital is $16,000,000, and there are thirteen mills, mostly located in the vicinity of Baltimore. The president of the Columbia mills is Hon. Frank P. Carpenter, of this city. The sale will be completed next week. IOWA LAW TO BE TESTED. Foreign Insurance Companies Cnrry It to Highest Court. DES MOINES. Ia., July 2?. Thirty European Insurance companies have notified the State of Iowa they will go to the federal Supreme Court with the case seeking to prove the unconstitutionality of this State's insurance taxation law. Judge Shlras, In the federal Circuit Court, held the law constitutional. It provides that Iowa companies must pay annually 1 per cent, of premiums received; American companies, outside Iowa, 2H per cent.; non-American companies, ner cent.

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ADMIRAL DEWEY REPORTED SAYING TOLL BE WITH GER3IANY. Believed Prince Henry of Prussia Intended to Interfere with Operations at Slanlla. ALGER'S CABLEGRAM TO OTIS SECRETARY WARNED THE GENERAL OF CRITICISMS AT HOME. Pretentious Naval Fleet to Be Organised on Pacific Coast Around Battleship Iowa. NEW YORK, July 29.-A dispatch to the Herald from Trieste says: "Your correspondent had a conversation with Admiral Dewey. In reply to the remark that Germany had' Intended to interfere at Manila he said: Yes, Prince Henry of Prussia, is a man of the type of his brother, the German Emperor.' " 'And Admiral Von Dledrlchs?" he was asked. " 'He was relieved from his Manila post in accordance with an arrangement of long standing and because his time was up, not as a concession made in friendliness to the American government. Germany's policy is to prevent other rowers from obtaining what she cannot acquire herself. "After we had spoken of Samoa as evidence of her policy the admiral said: 'We need a large and thoroughly equippedT navy that can cope with any other power. England is our natural ally and differences such as these about the Venezuela boundary and the fisheries do not Interfere with a friendly understanding existing between the two nations. Our next war will be with Germany. " e PACIFIC NAVAL FLEET. Capt. Goodrich Has Beexi Given Command of the Iowa. WASHINGTON, July 29.-Capt. C. F. Goodrich has been detached from command of the cruiser Newark and ordered to assume command of the battleship Iowa on Sept. 1, relieving Capt. Terry, who is ordered home on waiting orders. The assignment is of special Interest In connection with the plans to make the Iowa the nucleus of a considerable fleet on the Pacific coast and execute an extensive programme of naval maneuvers. Being the only battleship of the fleet the Iowa will probably rank first among the ships of that station, and Captain Goodrich doubtless wiil have command. Three Regiments Nearly Ready. WASHINGTON. July 29.-Col. Pettlt, commanding the Thirty-first Regiment, at Fort Thomas, Ky., telegraphed the War Department to-day that his enlistments number 1.150, which is within 200 of the full quota of the regiment. He will withdraw the recruiting officers on Monday, and the regiment will then be organized for actual service. He thinks that in a month it will be ready for the front. It is stated at the War Department that the Thirty-first Regiment, the Twenty-ceventh and the Thirtieth will no doubt be ready to sail for Manila on the Grant, Sherman and Sheridan about Sept. 10. The number of enlistments for the Philippine regiments yesterday was 456, making a total of 7,092. Volunteer Officer Assigned. WASHINGTON, July 2&-The following officers have been assigned to tho volunteer regiments: Thirty-third Infantry; Fort Sara Houston, Tex., Capt. Frederick Iladra assistant surgeon, and First Lieut. John C. Greenwalt, assistant surgeon. Thirty-sixth Infantry, Philippine Islands, Joseph F. Titus, surgeon; Capt George W. Matthews, assistant surgeon and First Lieut. Isaac W. Brewer, assistant surgeon. Thirty-seventh Infantry.Phllipplne islands. Major F. A. Winter, surgeon, and Capt. Thomas B. A d rson, assistant surgeon. Alger Gives Otis a Tip. WASHINGTON, July 29. About ten days ago Secretary Alger cabled General Otis saying there was some criticism of him in the American press, but assuring him he had the entire confidence of the secretary of war and the administration. So far as known at the War Department the . only messages sent by President McKInley to Otis were those which have been made public, and consisted of commendatory words of the general and the troops in the field for what they accomplished. Why Volunteers Return Is Delayed. WASHINGTON, July 29.-There has been great difficulty In coaling the transports at Manila, which has caused delay In sending home the volunteeis. There is now on the way to Manila hoisting apparatus which will enable the ships to be coaled at the rate of 000 tons a day. Quartermaster Pope has been instructed to have old hulks loaded with coal so that they may be brought alongside the transports and the coal transferred by the new machinery. Visited Imperial Stables. TRIESTE, July 29. Admiral Dewey, accompanied by Capt. B. P. Lambert on, commander of the United States cruiser Olympia, and Flag Lieut. Thomas M. Brumby and Consul Doerr visited the Imperial stables at Lopizza to-day, returning on board the Olympia this afternoon. Cable Across Lag una de Bay. WASHINGTON, July 29.-General Greely, chief signal officer, has received a dispatch from MaJ. R. E. Thompson, commanding the signal corps in the Philippines, saying that Major Maxfield has laid a cable Across Leguna de Bay from Taguig to Calamba, the last town to be captured from the insurgents. This Insures uninterrupted telegraphic communication between Manila and the advanced posts of what has been the insurgent country. OUT OF RECEIVERS' HANDS. The B. JL O. S. W. to Be Turned Over to Reorganised Company Monday. CINCINNATI,' O., July 29. Arrangements are now under way for taking the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern road out of the hands of the receivers, Messrs. Harmon and Robinson, and the property will be turned over to the reorganized company at midnight next MoncJ- y. The articles of incorporation of the new company are about prepared and will be filed at once. The reorganized company will be known as the Baltimore & Onlo Southwesetrn Railroad Compaq. The name is the same as the corpoiate name of the present company, except that the word "railroad" is to be used instead of railway. The directors of the new company and officers will be elected next Monday. E. R. Bacon will be the president and W. M. Greene vice president of the new company. Both are at headquarters here now. Genr E. R. Cowen. the special master commissioner, who recently sold the property at the foreclosure sale, has executed and delivered the deed to the purchasers, who represent the reorganized company. v Mormon Elders Mobbed. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 23.-A telegram was received at the Southern headquarters of the Mormon Church in this city

to-day from the postmaster at Flovllla. Ga., in which he stated that Elders Rogers and Porter, who were mobbed on Wednesday nlKht. appeared there thU morning almost naked. The men told an awful story of their treatment at the hands of the mob and of their escape by swimming a swollen stream. Friends of the elders have recovered their grip and other property. They will abandon Jasper county for the present. MILES WANTS TO KNOW

What His OfHclal Relations Will Bo vrith Secretary Root. WASHINGTON, July 2?. -The Pest tomorrow will say: "General Miles will ask Secretary Root for a speedy decision as to the relations existing between the general commanding the army and the secretary of war. He is now preparing his side of the case, which will be submitted to the neW secretary. "The condition which has existed In ths War Department since the campaign in Porto Rico is reviewed, showing that Gen. Miles, while the major general commanding the army, has had little or no voice in the management of affairs of th armv. nn1 it is stated that with the Incoming secretary he hopes the present condition will change LIGHTNING KILLS LINEMAN. Postal Telegraph Employe Knocked from a Pole In New Mexico. LAGUNA, N. M.. July 29.-R. C, Richards, an operator and lineman for the Postal Telegraph Company at Gallup, was killed by lightning to-day at McCarthy's Station, about eighteen miles east cf this place. He was rerched on a pole testing a wire and talking to the wire chief at Albuquerque when he was struck, the shock knocking him off the pole and killing him instantly. His parents reside at Strong City, Kan. The bolt was a heavy one. felt the entire length of the wires from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. BROUGHT BACK $500,000 LITTLE BUNCH OF LUCKY MINERS RETURN ON THE ST. PAUL. The New Towns of Anvil and Noma City, on Snake River, Combined with the Name of Nome. SAN FRANCISCO. July 29. A close estimate places the amount of gold brought down by the steamer St. Paul, which arrived this morning from St. Michael's, at something over $.VXMKK), of which one-half belongs, to the Alaskan Commercial Company, the rest being divided amor.g a number of mining men. The largest amount In the possession of any one person is $70,000, which is credited to John Erlcson. Other fortunate miners are R. C Alexander and brother, of Maryville, Mo., C. S. Judy.' of Golden, I1L. and F. C. Day, of Newark. N. J. The usual conflicting stories regarding the outlook at Dawson and prospects at Cape Nome are told by the passengers. H. J. Dlgnln. of Rochester, N. Y., whfc has ben In Dawson for two years, has sold out his claims and says that the future of that section is not promising. He asserts that the Canadian government wants the lion's share. In order to work a claim a miner's certificate is necessary and this cannot be obtained unles a person has property or has worked In the district before. Lieutenant Spalding. U. S. A-, with fifteen men of his command, who had been stationed at St. Michael's and Cape Nome, came down on the St. PauL Ills company will probably be recruited to its full strength and may be tent with other regulars to Manila, Captain Turamond, assistant surgeon U. S. A., returned on the St Paul today. He made the trip with Colonel Ray's expedition. Colonel Ray, with the company of the Seventh Infantry in his command, landed safely at St. Michael's, and when last seen the command was starting up tho Yukon on two river boats, the, Leah and Sarah. The St. Paul brought 2IS passengers, th majority being returning prospectors. It was a ten days' passage from St. Michael's and during the trip two passengers who had come down the Y'ukon, J. A. Fisher and Israel Desroslero, died. Lieutenant Spalding, Third Artillery, U. S. A., whose detail of twenty-five men has, been relieved from duty at Cape Nome, explains his action In dispersing a miners' meeting on July 10 on the ground that a large number of lawless newcomers propo5ed to pass resolutions throwing open the. district for relocation. They had force ready to jump all the best claims in the district. This, the lieutenant says, would Inevitably have resulted In much bloodshed, so he stopped it at once. THEY ARE NOW X).ll TOWN. Anvil and Nome In the New Gold Field Are United. NOME CITY, Alaska, July 16. via San Francisco, July 29. This camp is to be spared the rivalry that usually exhts between two towns striving for supremacy. Anvil City, situated near the mouth of Snake river, and Nome City, at the mouth of Nome river, are about four miles apart, and from this start the former took the lead because of Its proximity to the rich claims on Anvil creek, a tributary of Snake river. A town site wa3 staked and several merchants sent out for stationery bearing th name Anvil City, having every assurance that the name would not be changed. In tht meantime. Nome City was gradually exEanding and it was freely predicted that efore the sjmmer should wear away tha two cities would merge into one. This result was unexpectedly precipitated, however, by the Postotlice Department establishing a postoillce and naming it Nome. Fearing that a contest might result in the office being moved to Nome, the people of Anvil City consented to call their camp Nome. When the beach between Snake and Nome river Is built up it will present a tin sight for a city, standing well above the level of the sea and presenting an unbroken stretch of country. Several large buildings are contemplated and will bo erected as toon as lumber in large quantities arrives. Charles D. Lane, the millionaire mining . man of California, who is interested witU . G. W. Price in some of the best claims in the district, arrived a fortnight ago on the steamer Townsend from San Francisco with a complete outfit for a mining camp, including lumber, general supplies and horses. He will erect substantial buildings and epare no expense in developing his claims, Man Who Found Gold at Cape Nome. ST. MICHAEL'S, July 17, via San Francisco. July 29. Dr. Hultberg. the Swedish missionary who first found gold In Cape ' Nome, arrived yesterday from his clalja, en route to Golevin bay, where he owns valua- . ble claims on Ophlr and MeUlng creeks. Hultberg brings the information that several promising quartz properties have been found in the Nome district and. while he is reticent regarding the exact location of the find and the value of the quartz, he does not disguise the fact the ledges carry gold in large quantities. TRAIN WRECKERS Try to Ditch a Wabash Train at Taylorvllle, 111. SPRIN -D. 111., July 29 An attempt was raad night near tho coal company's shaft at .aylorville to wreck the Wabash . accommodation by placing a large iron pulley on the track. Carl Nyblem, a resident of Chicago, was walking on the track and stepped aside to allow the train to pass, snd when It dashed by an Iron pulley weighing seventy-five pounds was hurled from In front of the locomotive with such force as to strike him on the left leg below the knee. He was later picked up by coal miners. There Is no doubt but that the pulley was placed on the track with the intention of wrecking the train. Fever Epidemic. Has Subsided. COLON. Colombia. July 29.-U !s officially announced from 1'anami that the yellow fever has ceased to be nn epidemic there, The total number of cases reported since the outbreak or the disease is eirhty-tishA, 01 wnica &urijuo icouiicu iaidio,