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7 THE MORNING NEWS.
jf.Mhlished 1859. - Incorporated 1888. >
j F.stublisne estli ,l. President.
AUSTRIA LOOKS ON IN ALARM.
otIE R SEEN IN RUSSIA'S GAME IN
TURKEY.
tn Explicit Understanding Wanted
With the Kaiser n* to the Position
(..riiii.il> will Take In the Event
„i \n Outbreak Hequlrlns Armed
Intervention by Austria—Bosnia's
v . Minister of Foreign A trill rs a
pronounced Germano-phobe—The
Mry About Partitioning China
\nioutt the Power* Wholly Iniagl
native.
Cos ivright, 1597, by the United Associated
1 Press.
Berlin. Jan. 10.—Count Goluchowski,
Austrian minister of foreign affairs, will
arrive in Berlin on Jan. 17. The ostensi
ble object of his coming is to take part
in a meeting of the members of the Ger
man Order of the Red Eagle, of which he
ivears the decoration of the Grand Cross,
but it is known beyond the possibility of
doubt that the purpose of his visit is to
confer with the emperor and Prince Ho
henlohe, the imperial chancellor, upon
matters affecting the position of Austria
in the Dreibund. The radical changes in
the artillery arm of the German military
service, which it is the intention of the
government to effect, if the assent of the
Reichstag to the proposals for that pur
pose can be obtained, will necessitate the
pursuit of a similar policy in the army of
Austro-Hungary, involving an estimated
expenditure of at least 80,000,000 florins. 11,
as the result of the conference of the em
peror, Count Goluchowski and Prince Ho
henlohe, the kaiser should advise simul
taneous reforms in the armies of the pow
ers signatory to the Dreibund, it will be
a question as to how far in that direction
Austria will be able to assent, while it
will be a matter of still greater doubt as
to whether Us ally will be able to meet
the financial demands which the reforms
required will entail.
Despite its importance from every point
of view, however, the question of new
armaments is a matter of minor consider
ation compared with the crisis in the In
ternational relations of the Driebund pow
ers, arising from the policy of Russia
in regard to Turkey. Indeed, nobody,
even the diplomats themselves, knows
what will be ttie result of the conferences
of the ambassadors in Constantinople,
liarou de Caltce, the Austrian ambassa
dor to Turkey, who by reason of his
precedence as deanl of the diplomatic
corps, presided at the conference, does not
appear to send reports of the proceedings
of the meetings to Count Goluchowski,
which that statesman is justified in re
garding as of a comforting character,
and it is understood here that the Aus
trian government desires a fuller and
more explicit understanding with the Ger
man emperor as to what action Germany
will take in the event of an outbreak re
quiring the armed intervention of Aus
tria.
The nomination by the Russian emperor
of M. Shishkin as the successor of Prince
Lobanoit in the office of Russian minis
ter of foreign affairs, with Count Mura
vieft as his coadjutor, occupying the po
sition previous.y filled by M. Shishkin, has
greatly darkened the outlook from the
Dreibund point of view. Count Mura
ts ft was at one time secretary of the Rus
sian embassy at Berlin and Is known to
be an intense partisan of France and a
pronounced G< rmanophobe. Commenting
upon his appointment as the active Rus
sian foreign minister, the Volks Zeitung
larrs that it will drive the wedge which
wi.. bring about a dual alliance, if such a
d'ing can be accomplished. Germany, the
paper a ids, will find her present support
c. the policy of Russia in the east a great
mistake, and she, by all means, ought
miner to turn towards England.
Ihe St. Petersburg Novosti declares
tiat the seitlement of the difficulties can
>"t imply an extension of the Austrian
empire. "The Balkan peninsula," this in
s!,i, "'l journal says, “must be handed over
J the Balkan peoples. The question cott
<• i nir.g Asia Minor and Egypt can be set-
P" ■ under a Franco-Russian and British
f u :e and Constantinople made a free
j ,u ) 1 11 view of these semi-official ut
-1 sand the known circumstances,
t is clear that the Austrian government
•''it's the further development of the sit
| J tmn and ;s sending Count Goluchowski
‘ to ascertain the exact situation and
ian: precisely what Austria may rely
upon in the event of certain condition of
affairs.
n " sultan has sent Grumkoff Pasha to
: i . |,,m as the bearer of an autograph let
'f',to llle emperor expressing the thanks
" the sultan for the attitude assumed to
am him by the kaiser in preventing cn
,l;' uments upon his prerogatives.
ip? combinations of the brokers against
' tune dealing clauses of the stock and
proiUKe exchange reform act will succeed
ms if the government allows the tenor of
iut to be ignored. The produce cx
which have been dissolved, and
elate members now continue both
f ' ,Jn l U| ne dealings under the guise of
, ass °ciations, cannot be brought back
nisiness life by the mere flat of the
mi. I hut the free associations are
n , : , 111 supposing that the act can-
Hi lhmi'; k opcratl ® nß ln "futures" if the
br'kcr ■ UM ", lheir bowers. When the
intention to drive through tito
'■/, h came known, the Nord Deutehe
t ; ■'' i- published an official intimation
.. , provisions applied to all specula
nt'slness, time and other dealings
i . ' ‘U °utsld.) ns well us inside the
l is I lie scheme which the brokers,
’"k and their clients have devised for
of th <? act and which is now in
II "I" ta ion. set the law absolutely at
■- the government must either un
-11 a persistent and wholesale svstom
• attoil, or submit to seeing the act
ii -i TV’""' 1 letler ' Tho agrarian press
t „,hesitating terms demands prose-
L , ;.’. ~ ai ”‘ lh * government is
1’...,; :,v my „ ~nwj u i <o act.
• v Die issue of tt,j H
- i live mistake, will lie the earlv an
-1 1 uuce tn the Rcchatag of another bill
t, , “’c V” obnoxious provisions of
I’lcaent law.
WOry ,regardlLA the
1 hlna among tne leading Eu
e. wrrr which have been gravely
Ul Herr fr w r .7. mn - I,re *"’ originated
T-,„ ... Wolfs .etters from Tien
Ik ,i- „ il Tagehlatt. Herr Wolff has
! “udaclty as a correspondent,
i. ... " "lender basis of the Kusso-Chi
■ittay cot > -01100, he bam up an ew
1 le oiu-n heard of, und as often
T ; - !,epm treaty” with a fan
-- , . '/structure of Its results. China
.. ", 111 with like Afri 'She eant
i u-hn-i, lnfl uenee” is aplled lo
ri.i sphere l* C * le " l!al *'“!**• Rua
-1 "ere is to extend to the Yellow rlv
£ljr JUofniitfl rtos.
er, the German sphere front the Yellow
river to the Yang-tse-kiang, the English
indefinitely south of the Yang-ise-ktang
and the French northwards from Yunnan,
meeting the English Sphere. The partition
was suggested rather as a commercial
than a political division and it will be ob
served that the American interest was ig
nored. Not a shred of truth, not even
probability, justifies this romance.
The Russian ambassador at Pekin,
Count Cassini, who is credited with achiev
ing a tremendous diplomatic triumpn by
first securing the Russion “Sphere of in
fluence" in the north, has, according to
St. Petersburg advices, obtained nothing
beyond a diminution of frontier dues by
one-third as a concession in connection
with the Eastern Chinese railway. If.
is questionable whether this privilege can
be worked without its being granted to
all countries having commercial treaties
with China containing the most favored
nation clause.
The committee of the Deutscher Zeigler
Verband has fixed the JCiel internation tl
regatta for June, extending to July 1, in
clusive. The Nord Deutcher Regatta Ve
rin meets at Cuxhaven on June 21 and
again at Kiel on July 2 and 4. The in
ternational regatta promises to be the
greatest event of the kind seen In German
waters.
The members of the Reichstag who rep
resent the sugar interest do not intend lo
endanger what they have got by asking
for more. They will oppose any reduc
tion in the bounty grants, or alteration in
the arrangement for 1896-97, and they have
a majority of the Reichstag with them.
The export of German raw sugar to the
United States has assumed enormous pro
portions in the past year. From January
to November last the totals were 2,397,191
double (or metre) hundred weight, as
against 473,154 in 1895, and 675,057 in 1894.
The raw sugar exports to England dur
ing these periods has largely fallen off.
All of the German states have approved
the sentiment expressed in the recent
edict of the emperor in regard to duelling
in the army, and have adopted his ma
jesty’s suggestions in regard to the refer
ring of disputes to courts of honor instead
of a resort to independent action on the
part of the principles.
The North German Gazette, an inspired
organ, asserts that the German govern
ment has no intention of interfering in
the case of Cuba whatever, the final issue
of thei nsurrection in that island or the
differences growing out of it between the
United States and Spain may be.
A debate took place in the Prussian lower
house yesterday upon the question of the
dissolution by the police of meetings held
in Prussian Silisia in which the Polish lan
guage is spoken. Herr Von Recke Von
Der Horst, minister of the interior, took
an aggressive part in the debate and ad
vocated the adoption of energetic meas
ures against agitation on the part of the
Poles, the growing signs of which, he said,
Prussia must promptly and energetically
suppress.
RACE HORSES HOASTED.
Stable* of the Norfolk Driving Club
Burned With IB Hornet.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 10.—The extensive
racing stables of the Norrolk Driving
Club and Fair Association was burned
this morning at 3:30 o’clock, and thirteen
valuable racing horses, Including John
Mariner’s SIO,OOO Tlddley Winks, were
cremated alive. The fidelity of Tony
Brown, a hostler to this horse, will prob
ably cost him his life. In attempting to
lead the horse from the burning building,
he was frightfully burned about the face
and back, and his recovery is extremely
doubtful. The loss will be about $30,000,
on which there is barely $2,500 insurance.
William Hurett, a colored watchman,
was at first supposed to have been burned
alive, but he was later seen in the city,
and was arrested, charged with setting
fire to the building. A northeast gale,
which prevailed at the time, saved the
large grand stand from destruction.
STREET CAR SMASHED,
Seven Person* In)nrod hy Being nun
Down by n Train,
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 10.—A Great
Western passenger train ran into a subur
ban street car last night, injuring a num
ber of passengers, one of whom may die.
The injured are:
Miss Helen Austin, student at the uni
versity, cut about scalp and badly
shocked.
Miss Erlcson, injured about the head
and body.
E, S. Oakly, student at the university,
seriously cut about face and head.
Daniel Johnson, conductor, seriously cut
about the head and badly shaken up.
W. W. Riddle, professor of mathemat
ics, state university, sustained serious in
juries about head, probably fracture of
skull, may die.
P. M. Stevers, motorman, cut about
head and face, right arm fractured, recov
ery uncertain.
An unknown woman, who refused to
give her name, was only slightly injured,
but received a severe nervous shock.
CLASH OF CREEDS.
Greek nnil Homan Cnlliolle* Fight at
Jerusalem.
Constantinople, Jan. 10.—Official advices
received here from Jerusalem show that
there has been further trouble among the
worshippers at the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher. II appears that Homan Cath
olics were opposed to members of the or
thodox Greek church entering (ho church
hy a certain door on the eve of Jan. 6, the
day observed by the orthodox church as
Christmas. The latter Insisted upon their
right to enter and the resu-lt was that the
two factions became Involved in a serious
fight, which did not end until the Turkish
authorities Intervened to restore order.
Some of the eomhattunts were badly in
jured, but It is not known whether any
body was hilled.
CRUSHED UNDER A TRAIN.
South Carolina anil Georgia II on it
Yardman Kllleil.
Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 10.—George H.
Scharge, a yardman on the South Caro
lina and Georgia rullroad, fell from a
moving freight train, near the depot here
tills morning, and was crushed by the
wheels. He lived only a few hours after
the accident. Scharge was about 45 years
old. _
BANDITS HOB IND BURN.
After See or in a (I.tKK) in Ca*li They
Horn n Store anil It* Contents.
Guthrie,
held up Dr. Partridge and hla clerks at
his generul store, twenty miles east of
here, robbed the safe of SI,OOO, and th -n
set fire to the store, burning up $6,900
worth of goods.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 11. J 897.
PLEA MADE TO THE POPULISTS
WASHBURN URGES THEM TO STAND
BY THEIR PARTY.
The Democrat* Declared Merely the
Rear Gunril of the PopullHts anil
Not Worthy to He Trnstetl With
the Reform* of the Future—Popu
list* Do Not Stand For Redemp
tion Money, Hut For n Scientific
Dollar—A Living Issue With Both
Wings of the Gold Force*.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 10—George F. Wash
burn, member of the people’s party na
tional executive committee, and chairman
of the western headquarters during the
late campaign, has issued the following
appeal to the populists of the United
States:
"An appeal to the populists of the United
States:
"We are to be congratulated upon the
growth of our party and the fact that in
the recent election nearly half the voters
of the union indorsed much of our plat
form. Our party alone has a voting fores
larger than that which Lincoln polled
and an able and effective reform press of
nearly 20,000 papers. We hold the balance
of power in the United States Senate,
and have four times as many congress
men as ever before. We united with the
stiver forces in the recent campaign—no;
because we believe free coinage of silver
is the solution of the financial problem—
but because it would better existing con.
ditions, would meet with the least resist
ance, and become the entering wedge for
our main Issue, viz, full legal tender paper
money issued and regulated by the govern
ment. Having proved our loyalty at the
polls, we are free to act separately on ad
vanced lines and to emphasize the real is
sues our party was born to advocate. We
cannot in honor lay down our arms and
cease our activity until the whr for which
we enlisted has ended in victory for our
cause.
“The democratic party proposes to con
tinue the silver fight. Two parties cannot
exist on the same issue. The greater ab
sorbs the sma.ler. Therefore, if we re
main mere camp-followers of another par
ty, disintegration will result. Our party
success alone forced the democrats to
adopt the Chicago platform and nominate
a popocrat for President. Converts made
by party regularity cannot be trusted with
the reforms of the future. We are not dem
ocrats, and cannot be classed as such. We
simply united for a single cam
paign. The democrats are but the rear
guard of our own party. We do not stand
upon redemption money, but for a scien*
tific dollar, kept invariable by proper reg
ulation of the money volume. The mil
lions of converts to silver during the re
cent campaign must advance. They will
Opt renquin where they are. We must ed
ucate them yp to the main issue and the
time to do it is now, not just before a
presidential election. We must also hold
the democratic party to Its present posi
tion Or compel it to advance.
“President Cleveland supplies us with
fresh incentive for renewed effort in his
official demand for the retirement of the
greenbacks, and the issue and control of
paper money (except coin certificates) by
the banks. Senator Quay says this should
be made an Issue by the republicans and
advocates of the substitution of United
States notes payable in gold, for the green
backs.
“Here we have a living issue with both
wings of the gold forces, which brings our
main question to the front: Shall the pa
per money of the country ,be issued and
regulated by the people or by the banks?
This will precipitate a hot debate in con
gress that will cause public attention upon
the relative merits of scientific and re
demption money, which will become the
absorbing question of the day, just as the
silver movement followed the sliver debate
a year ago, and will afford our senators
and congressmen an opportunity to meas
ure the true attitude of the silver demo
cratic and republican leaders on an issue
vital to our party and the welfare of the
country, and to determine to what extent
our recent allies can be depended upon.
"The proposed retirement of the green
backs and the discussion of the Pacific
railroad question will bring before con
gress the two strongest measures of our
platform; and whatever issues the other
parties may adopt, the logic of events will
so force upon both congress and the peo
ple the consideration of these measures as
to overshadow all others and win to our
ranks thousands of voters from both the
republican and democratic parties.
"Let us act with patriotism, courage
and sagacity. Let us lose no time. If any
lack incentive, tt will be found In the
Intense suffering everywhere and In the
increasing arrogance, lawlessness and
heartlessuess of the trusts and monopo
lies. Against their power we put princi
ple, against their money we match man
hood, and urge all populists to continue
this contest during the next four years,
and then hold an early national conven
tion to strike the key note of the next
presidential campaign, or if desirable es
tablish an honorable alliance on leading
issues.
"I also suggest that a national confer
ence of party leaders and workers be held
as soon as practicable, that we may have
a full and free expression of opinion re
garding our future work. We hope there
fore that the reform press will give the
fullest possible exposition of their views
of this important subject; and our
friends are Invited to write me or our na
tional chairman expressing their Ideas on
the Independent party action iierein pro
posed.
“Shall we march to victory under our
own banner, or continue as stragglers un
der another? George F. Washburn."
In commenting u|>on the appeal Mr.
Washburn gives the following reason* for
its publication: "1 believe the sliver do.a
ocrats, silver republicans and populists,
constltu'lng the allied forces, will decide
to work separately, but on parallel line*
during the next four year*. In this way
each party will gain a momentum, which,
if combined four years hence, will give an
impetus to the campaign which it would
lack, if the three worked together during
all that time. We have other issue* of
greater Importance than the free coinage
of silver, though It will remain a part of
our platform.
"Then, again, should other questions oc
cupy public attention or should the re
publicans secure some form of Interna
tional agreement.%i will leave the demo
crats stranded high and dry and we do not
propose to be caught In such a predica
ment.”
"Does this proposed action," Mr. Wash
burn was asked, "meet with the approval
or the populist leaders?"
"Yes, I have corresponded with the lead
ers in every section of the country, and
all indorse this idea, including our na
tional chairman. The president of the Re
form Press Association has written me
that that organisation will meet in Mem
phis Feb. 22, and will strongly indorse the
plan, and if this appeal meets with general
acceptance, I believe it will be officially
indorsed by the national committee.
"This is not the result of any frlcuon
between the two national committees, as
they worked in perfect harmOny through
out the campaign, and I have only the
highest praise for the honesty, sincerity
and integrity of Senator Jonfs and his as
sociates. When the silver question was
discussed in congress the populists led the
fight in its defense, and not only forced
the issue upon the country, but compelled
the democrats to support it. Now, in like
manner, when the discussion of the retire,
ment of the greenbacks and the govern
ment ownership of the Pacific railroads
are precipitated on congress it will in
volve the whole question of government
paper money and government ownership
,of railroads, which will become the ab
sorbing subjects of discussion by con
gress, the press and the people. It would,
therefore, be folly for the populists to try
to force the silver issue when the whole
country Is to discuss another. This move
on the part of the populist party is good
generalship and will place it at the head of
the column of reform when the democrats
are protecting the rear.”
"What do you think the silver republi
cans will do?” was asked.
“It was noticeable that while the rank
and file blended well with tlqe populistH
during the campaign, they would have
nothing to do with the democrats, and I
believe if they decide to merge with any
party it will be with the populists. I be
lieve that our defense of the greenbacks,
the soldiers' money, will win thousands of
republicans and democrats to our ranks.
“Mr. Bryan is far ahead of his party
and is often spoken of as a populist, and
should the issues we raise become the dis
cussion of the tv hole country and Mr.
Bryan should champion them as he has
silver, it is easy to predict the result in
1900."
INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION.
It Open* To-morrow and KOO or 000
Dclogntes Expected.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. iO—The mone
tary convention will open at 2 o’clock next
Tuesday afternoon in Tomlinson hall. It
is expected to continue three days. The
names of 370 delegates to the convention
have been reported to the local executive
committee, and the latter says fully
delegates have been chosen by boards of
trade and commercial organizations,
whose names have not been reported, and
that the representation tvlll be between
500 and 600.
The committee rooms in the Denison ho
tel presented a busy scene yesterday. Over
200 of the prominent business men of the
city came to the rooms, said they had
been appointed members of the various
committees, asked where they were to re
port for work and were Supplied with
tickets of admission to the ||all and with
blue silk badges bearing thTjwßsis, "Re
ception committee," stampedon them in
gold. These committees will begin work
early Monday morning, when it is ex
pected that delegates will begin arriving
in force. The tickets bear the words,
"Indianapolis Monetary Convention, Tues
day, Jan. 12, 1897.”
The executive committee is trying to ar
range it so that all strangers coming into
town to attend the convention will be
taken care of. In response to letters
from delegates the executive committee
has engaged rooms at the leading hotels.
W. F. Golt, who has been appointed ser
geant-at-arms for the convention has ap
pointed eleven assistants to guard the
doors and take care of the sessions. In
addition to ihiß Supt. Colbert of the police
department has detailed six policemen to
guard the place and maintain order. The
chairman of the executive committee will
call the meeting to order and will nomi
nate B. O. Standard, ex-governor of Mis
souri, as temporary chairman. Jacob
VV. Smith, acting secretary of the commit
tee, will be the temporary secretary, it
is understood that Evans Woolen will bo
pressed for permanent secretary. Mr.
Standard will have some remarks to offer,
and this, together with the completion of
the organization, will consume most of
the first session.
GOV. DRAKE DEFIES THE COURT'S,
If Convicted of Contempt He Will
Pardon Himself.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 10.—Gov. Drake
must commission John R. Prime as briga
dier general in command of the First bri
gade of the lowa National Guard or an
swer for contempt of court. In case he
is brought up for contempt the govern
or's attorney has stated he will pardon
himself, and the interesting spectacle will
be presented of the executive and judicial
departments in direct conflict with each
other.
Nearly a year ago Prime was elected
by the first brigade as its commander.
Adjt. Gen. White had befriended James
A. Guest, hla opponent, and declined to
admit Prime’* election. He ordered a
new election and again Prime won. Then
the vote was so canvassed as to throw
out a large number of Prime votes. Guest
was declared elected and wan commis
sioned. Prime su<td for a madamus to
compel the governor to commission him.
The case has been pending several months
and yesterday Judge Spurrier decided It.
He held that Prime was elected; that only
personal spite actuated the adjutant and
governor in refusing and the governor
must commission him. The mandamus
will Issue to-morrow. The attorney gen
eral represented the governor at the
trial. He declared the governor’s author
ity as commander-in-chlef of the guard
paramount to the court, and said he
would not obey its orders. If committed
for contempt he would pardon himself.
The defense will appeal at once, and an
early hearing -is expected. Prime will
commence a proceeding to oust Guest as
commander of the brigade, and some sen
sational features are expected, as the
governor is expected to refuse to obey
the court’s orders.
NEBRASKA'S ELECTORAL VOTE*.
It 1* Halil There Will Re Mix For
Watson nnd Two for Sewall.
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 10.—Nebraska’s eight
presidential electors, selected on the
Bryan and Sewall-Watson fusion ticket,
met yesterday at the atate capitol and or
ganized by electing a chairman and aocre
tary. The formal voto of the electors for
President and Vice President will bo cast
to-morrow. It la reported that instead of
being four and four for Watson and
Bewail a* agreed upon, there will be alx
for Watson and two for Bewail,
CHILE TO SETTLE THE CLAIMS.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO UE
REHABILITATED.
Seventeen American Claim* nnd
Two Claim* ly Chile Remain to
He Settled—They Were Left I'udl*-
l>o*ed of \\ lien the Previou* Six
Mouth* Term of the Coinnii**iou
Expired nod It Ha* Been lni|io>ai
ble Until Now to Have the Coni
int*nion Reappointed.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Secretary utney
and the Chilean minister have practically
reached a successful conclusion to the long
negotiations for a rehabilitation of the
Chilean claims commission, which ended
its existence by limitation nearly two
years ago without completing its labors,
and it is understood that the commission
will assemble in this city next October and
consider the remaining cases, of which
seventeen are American claims against
Chile, and two, including that for the cap
ture and detention of the Italia, support
ed by Chile against the United States.
These constitute the sole causes for fric
tion between the two countries, which
have been notably cordial In the profes
sion of friendship for the past year, and it
is believed the settlement will dispose of
any lingering animosity which resulted
from the Baltimore affair and other inci
dents which led the Chileans to the verge
of war with tills country. The present
visit of Admiral Bearslee in the flagship
Philadelphia to Valparaiso is thought to
have contributed considerably to this re
sult.
When the six months’ existence of the
last commission, of which the then Swiss
minister, Alfred de Claparede, was presi
dent, came to an end, after having dis
posed of twenty-five cases, every effort
was made by Secretary Gresham to In
duce Chile to extend its term, but a cabi
net crisis occurring in that country Just
at that time, it was found Impossible to
accomplish anything in that direction.
At the instance of this government,
however, negotiations were resumed and
eventually Chile proposed an arrangement
for the pro rata settlement of the remain
ing cases by the payment of such
amount of the face of the remain
ing Claims, as the aggregate amount
awarded by the commissioners on claims
they had already settled bore to the face
amount of the claims left over. Chile
pointed out that England, France, Spain
and other countries had found this method
satisfactory with their claims, but tho
administration insisted tnai every claim
had to be examined and settled on its
merits by a commission. Chile then sug
gested a lump compromise and when this
was also rejected, that government of
fered to agree to another commission,
provided it sat at Santiago, as the claim
ants were mostly Americans, and on con
dition that the claim of the North and
South American Construction Company
should be ruled out.
Secretary Olney declined to consent to
either of these propositions and sought to
have the old commission rehabilitated as
far as John Goode, the American mem
ber and Sanor Gana, the Chilean member,
were concerned with anew president in
place of M. de Caparede, who had gone
home, and that the proceedings should
continue from the point at which they
were interrupted after twenty-five cases
had been’ adjudicated. Fortunately a year
ago it was found possible to get rid of the
North and South American Construction
Company as an impediment, and by a
compromise, Senor Gana paying Secretary
Olney $159,000 on Jan. 15, last, tills was set
tled permanently. With this out of the
way it is understood that Chile has at last
consented to resuscitate as early aa pos
sible the old commission,and have it com
plete its work next fall.
DUBOIS' CHANCES GOOD.
Populist* anil Democrat* Unable to
Agree on a Canillilatc.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 10.—The democrats
and populists have determined to caucus
separately and there Is little prospect at
present of the breach between them being
patched up. The Dubois men are san
guine and all the indications point strong
ly to their success. The democrats have
absolutely refused to support Claggett,
populist, and some of his own party have
gone back on him, so that he is considered
practically out of the race. Johnson Is urg
ed by the democrats, but only a few of the
populists are satisfied with him and it
looks very unlikely that the democrats
and populists can agree upon any candi
date. Neither Angell nor Cooper, populists,
can command even the full support of
their own party, all of which goes to Im
prove the chances of Duboise.
MUHDEREK'S SENTENCE COMMUTED
Instead of Serving Fourteen Y'ear*
He Will He Set Free Next Mouth.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 10,-tGov. Altgeld
yesterday pardoned Joseph F. Backman, a
Chicago murderer, by commuting his sen
tence of fourteen years Imprisonment in
Joliiet to five years, which releases the
convict early next month. The petition
for executive clemency was signed by a
large number of citizen*, who claimed to
believe the ends of Justice would be best
served by Backman's release. The gover
nor gives no reason for his act.
FIRE IN A PACKING HOUSE.
Flour Mill Narrowly E*en|ie*
Destruction.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 10.—Fire at 10
o'clock this morning totally destroyed the
packing house of the Anchor flour mill,
owned by the Pillsbury-YVashlngton Mill
ing Company. The loss Is $200,000. fully
insured. The flames originated in the
third story of the building from an un
known cause, and for a time the fire
threatened the destruction of the entire
mill. A fire wail, however, prevented
further damage.
ENGLAND'S CHOLERA SHIP.
Another Death on Hoard—Men With
Mild Case* Removed.
Plymouth, Jan. 10.—The transport Nu
bia, which arrived here from Calcutta
with cholera on board, has been disin
fected. Another death occurred on board
this morning. The men who are suffering
from the disease In a mild form, have
been removed to the hospital ship.
SHAH OR ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
Or. Hjdrr Resort* to Eire nnl Water
l nauceeutnll)'.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10.—Dr. W. L. Ry
der, under sentence for the murder of
Miss Owens at Talbotton, and confined in
Muscogee jail for safe keeping, attempt
ed to kill himself In a curious manner this
afternoon. There was a bucket of water
In Ryder’s cell and by some means he se
cured a match, with which he set fire to a
pillow and old shtrt, attempting to suffo
cate or strangle himself by breathing the
hot smoke and alternately holding Ills
head in the bucket of water as long as
he could without breathing.
When discovered by the Jailor Ryder
was apparently dying. Dr. Manstleld was
hastily summoned and revived the wretch
ed man, but stated he would have been
dead had he reached him a few minutes
later.
Ryder was sentenced to be hung this
month, but his ease will go to the supreme
court, deferring his execution. Counsel
for Ryder declare him insane and point
to his attempted suicide as confirmation.
Others say it was only a bluff to strength
en the Insanity theory, and suggest that
If Ryder had really meant to kill himself
he could have done so easily by setting
tire to his bed and Ills clothing.
Ryder's crime was *ne of the most
shocking in the criminal annals of the
state, he having entered the parlor of the
residence of a respected citizen of Talbot
ton and shot to death the beautiful Miss
Owen, as she sat talking to State Senator
Ous Persons. Ryder was in love with
Miss Owen and she had rejected his suit.
SI'AMIHUS SICK. OF STRIFE.
The People Tirol of the Goveru
inent'* Unfulfilled Promises.
Madrid, Jan. 10.—The popular Impatience
with the government because of failures
to suppress the rebellions in Cuba and the
Philippine Islands Is dally Increasing.
Thousands of young men of Spain have
been sent to Cuba, where they have met
their death from disease or the hardships
of the campaign. Their families believe
that they would yet bo alive If It were
not for the procrastinating policy of Capt.
Gen. Weyler, who, despite his promises
to put down the Insurrection, has appar
ently accomplished little, while his unac
climated troops have been dying by scores
of hundreds.
The leaders of both the conservative an.l
liberal parties are distrusted, and the
present outlook is chaotic. Rumors of a
change In the ministry are frequently tint
In circulation, and us frequently denied,
but In the present temper of the people
the succession of the liberals to power
would not banish the distrust which pro
vails everywhere. The future Is looked
forward to with anxiety.
LCMREIf VAItIIS LA, RID.
One of the Biggest Firms at Buffalo
Burned Out.
BufTalo, N. Y., Jan. 11, 2 a. m.—The large
lumber yards of Haines & Cos. were dis
covered on tire at 4 o’clock Sunday after
noon. The yards are bounded
by Erie and River streets,
the Colt slip and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad tracks.
The flames spread quickly, and in response
to a second alarm all the fire apparatus
In the southern section of the city re
sponded, and were reinforced by the Are
tugs Potter and Richardson. Fully 15,000
people gathered to see the conflagration.
While the Are was prevented from spread
ing further, the utmost efforts of the fire
departments were powerless to entirely
subdue the blaze, and up to 1 a. m. the
firemen were at work on the place. There
is $150,000 worth of lumber In the yard and
it Is Insured for $140,000. The loss Is esti
mated at about $50,000. Three firemen were
overcome by smoke and had to be taken
to the hospital.
POPULIST UNDER A CLOUD.
He In Accused of Emlieszlenicnt by
Hin Law Partner*.
Fort Scott, Kan,, Jan. 10.—Judge John
M. McDonald, a prominent attorney of
this city, and a leading Kansas populist,
being an ex-member of the board of par
dons under Gov. Lewellyn, is charged by
his partners, Judges McClevery and Hill,
with embezzling $7,000 to SB,OOO belonging to
the firm and poor clients In Crawford
county. This money he is said to have se
cured from the Pittsburg Coal and Mining
Company, as a compromise for a number
of damage suits brought by the survivors
of the 29 miners who lost their lives in the
terrible mine explosion at Frontenac.
Kan.,ln 18S8. Judge McDonald, then a res
ident of Parsons, was among the first on
the ground and induced the relatives of
the dead men to place their cases In hts
hands. Afterward they were compromised,
but it Is alleged the money was never paid
the clients or to his partners.
Suit was Instituted against him by his
partners yesterday and they also state
they will prosecute him for embezzlement.
MO HE CUBANS BUTCHERED.
The Spanish Troop* Keeping Up the
Work of Massacre.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 10.—Advices from Ha
vana per steamer Olivette tell of renewed
butcheries of Cubans by Spaniards.
It Is asserted that Thursday night at
Guanabaeoa, Spanish troops under Col.
Fomlavellla killed thirty men, women and
children and burned many houses.
Jn Plnar del Rio Spanish troops are ac
cused of ravishing many Cuban girls.
DETECTIVE A SUICIDE.
Ilian* Out III* llrnln* Without Ap
parent Cause.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 10.—Thomas G.
Conklin, resident superintendent of the
Pinkerton detective agency, committed
suicide in his office this afternoon by
blowing out his brains with a colts re
volver. No motive is known for the sui
cide. He was 35 years old, has a wife and
three children and came here from Phila
delphia about four years ago.
Fund For Famine Sufferer*.
London, Jan. 10.—The queen has contri
buted £6OU ($2,500) to the fund that has been
started by George F. Phillips, lord mayor
of Ixmdon, for the relief of the famine
sufferers In India.
i DAILY, $lO A YEAR. I
< 5 CENTS A COPY. >
I WKEKX.Y 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR >
COMING EVENTS IN CONGRESS.
HOI SB TO VOTE ON REFUNDING
HILL TO-DAY.
Defeat of (lie Measure Probable,
Appropriation 11111* to Have the
Itlglit of \Nn> For the Remainder
of the Week—No Other Measure*
lmpoNing Additional Charge* I pon
Either the Revenue or Credit of
the Govncrment to He Paused Thin
Session— >1 i 11* to Speak on Culm
To-day.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Voting upon tno
Par'llie railroad funding bill will occupy
tike House to-morrow. The vote is like
ly to be close, but it is believed the bill
will be defeated.
For the remainder of the week appro
priation bills will probably have the right
of-way. The managers of the House are
determined that no measures Imposing ad
ditional charges cither upon the credit or
the revenues of the government shall re
ceive consideration at this session If they
can prevent it.
The Nicaraguan canal bill and several
other propositions Involving financial re
sponsibilities may therefore be consid
ered dead so far as this congress is con
cerned.
On Saturday afternoon the House will
constructively listen to eulogies upon tho
late Speaker Crisp of Georgia.
In the Senate to-morrow Mr. Mills of
Texas Is booked for a speceh on Cuba.
His text will be the resolution he in
troduced a few days ago recognizing tlii
Independence of the republic of Cuba, de
claring it to be the duty of the executive
to act In harmony with congress In recog
nizing a new state and appropriating a
sum sufficient to pay a diplomatic repre
sentative to the republic when the Presi
dent shall have appointed one. The ex
treme position taken by Mr. Mills leads
to the heller that his speech may be, to
some extent, sensational and that his criti
cism of the attitude of Mr. Olney may bo
severe.
Senators are awaiting the return to the
city of Mr. Cameron, who Is In charge of
rhe Cuban question. There does not ap
pear to be any desire just now to push tho
recognition question.
Mr. Proctor of Vermont has given no
tice that to-morrow he will address tho
Senate upon his resolution for a constitu
tional amendment making the presidential
office a six-year term and the occupant
ineligible for two terms In succession; also
making the terms of the members of con
gress three instead of two years. Early in
the week, the attempt will be made to se
cure a vote on the Oklahoma homestead
bill, and when that is out of the way, the
Se;iate’ Pacific railroad funding bill may
be taken up, unless the House shows such
hostility to Pacific railroad legislation as
to make the attempt hopeless.
STORY OF THE DAUNTLESS.
Her Captain Send* It to the Collector
of Custom*.
Jacksonville. Fla., Jan. 10.—The official
report of Capt. John W. Myers of tho
steamer Dauntless, regarding the last trip
of the vessel, was completed yesterday
and forwarded by the collector of customs
to the Secretary of the Treasury. In this
report, Capt. Myers gives a detailed ac
count of the trip. He tells all about find
ing the men left on Key No Name by tha
steamer Three Friends, and of taking tha
men off the key and transferring them
to another steamer. As the report shows
that the Dauntless was on an errand of
mercy rather than a filibustering expedi
tion. It Is very probable that the vessel
will not be libelled for any violation of tha
neutrality or navigation laws. W. A. Bls
bee, the owner of the vessel, Is anxious to
secure clearance for the vessel for Nuevi
tas, Cuba, as he has a contract to deliver
a cargo of arms and ammunition at that
port.
Nothing further has been heard of tha
orders of the United States dispatch boat
Dolphin, to accompany the Dauntlesa
whenever that vessel may be granted
clearance.
The revenue cutter Boutwel! went down
to the baf early yesterday morning anil
carried Capt. Clover, the commander of
the Dolphin, out to his vessel. The Dol
phin has not yet entered the St. Johns
river, and she will not come In until tha
tides begin to run a little higher.
The cruiser Newark Is still anchored
off the bar. She has been mere for nine
days, and In that time no attempt has
been made by any vessel to carry out an
expedition of any kind. In fact there Is
no boat In this port that Is available toe
this work, as the Three Friends Is In tha
hands of the marshal, and the Dauntlesa
Is In the custody of an officer of the Bout
well.
The Investigation by the Cubans under
the direction of Gen. Nunez and Horatio
Reubens, of the sinking of the Commo
dore, has not been concluded yet, and
nothing has been done toward making tha
result of the Investigation public,
B<sl IRE’S SUCCESSOR.
NYnahinglon’* Senatorial Fialit to ll*
a Lively One.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 10.—The state legis
lature, which assembles to-morrow aC
Olympia, will choose a successor to United
States Senator Watson C. Squire. Tha
Indications point to a bitter contest. Judge
George Turner of Spokane, free silver re
publican; Richard Wlnser of Seattle, r‘>P
ulist, and Senator Squire free silver re
publican, are the leading candidates, and
some dark horses are being groomed.
The legislature stands on Joint ballot:
Fifteen sliver republicans, fifteen demo
crats, flfty-slx populists and iwenty-Ava
republicans, with one contest between a
populist and straight republican.
The legislature which elected John L.
Wilson to tho Senate two years'ago stood
on Joint ballot: Seventy-eight republi
cans, twenty-four populists and ten demo
crats.
O’NEAL TO FIGHT TRACY.
Tlie Club Offering the Largest Pars*
ta Get the Haul.
Chicago, Jan. 10,—Frank O’Neal, tho
colored light welter weight boxer, has been
matched to meet Tommy Tracy In a twen
ty-round contest. The match is for SI,OOO
a side and the heat purse offered. Tha
men are to weigh in at 138 pounds. O’Neal
Is In training at College Point, L. 1., whllo
Tracy is at work near Chicago.