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The Morning Call.VOLUME LXXIV—NO. ]80. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY 31ORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1893. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

NATIONAL MONEY

Report Made by Treasurer;:;

• Morgan.

y CONDITIONS OF CURRENCY.-

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. :j: The Return Movement of Gold.;V } Offset the Exports.

|SURPLUS REVENUES DECREASE.

;.,With All the Fluctuations There Has•vY- Been No Important Change in"; ;; the Public Debt.

• ;-. Wasttinoton. Nov. 26.—United StatesTreasurer D. N. Morgan has submitted to

./'Secretary Carlisle his annual report onjthe operations and conditions of the treas-

V ury. Itshows the net ordinary revenues"'•Vlor the- fiscal year 1893 to be 5385.819.628,V;:.aq increase of 530.581.844 over the previous:% year. The net ordinary expenditures were

\u25a0 r5383.447.554, an increase of $38,454,623...'There was a decrease of 57.772.779 in the: surplus revenues, reducing them to §2,341,-

--.;..;\u25a0 674. Includingpublic debts, the total re-ceipts were 5732.871.214, and the total ex-

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'.; pendituros $773,007,1108. The public funds\u25a0\u25a0; amounted on June 30, 1892. to 8786,351,895,

iHaod on June 30, 1593, to 5746.538.655. There.:..:was left a reserve or general fund of $187,-

--012,740 in 1892, and 5165.167.391 in 1893.

v;.The actual available working balance is$165,945,886* and 8156,295,696 on the two

." / dates respectively.•-';a:By September 30 this balance was dimin-

ished to 5149.250.36S owing to tbe deficiency:.;;.in the revenues. In seven months begin-:•/ning last December upward of SSI.OOC,OOu,/.:was drawn out of the treasury in the re-"r-'demption of notes, and the cold reserve':'? was reduced during the same period by

}\u25a0 >;529.000,000. During the next three months,:. .: with a light redemption and a deficiency of:.'v.:519.000,C00 in the revenue, the treasury

:';.;"-rlost 5J5, 000,000 of gold, but the reserve fell'off only 52.000.000.' .:" The amount of gold during the fiscal

. year was the largest ever taken out of the•/•. country or brought into it in a like period,: •' being upward of 5108.600.000, and $102,-

--,."/ .000,000 of it was drawn out of the treasuryby presentation of legal-tender notes.

::With the exception of an increase of 545,---. r

500,000 in the amount of treasury notes is--.'-•.;Bue<J in the purchase of silver bullion and

','\u25a0 •a decrease of 550.000.000 in the combinedv volume of gold certificates and currency

\u25a0 certificates there has been, the reportsays, no important change in the public

:: debt. According to the revised estimate: the totatjj> of money of all kinds in the\u25a0 cr>.™^'<TJu&e 30 was 323, 977. orjtaMJSfly 851,000,000 less than last year.

contraction took place nntwithstanii-;is: has the addition of £45.500,000 to the stockup" ilver and an increase of 86,000,000 in !

standing bank notes and caused by the.exports of gold.

\u25a0 InJtly, however, there began a heavyreturn movement in the metal, supportedby til? raDiU expansion of banknote circu-lation.. By the .end ofN September thestock ofgold was restored to what it waswhen the exports trjuan. The total in-crease of the effective stock of money in

;. :three months was no lower than 595.000.000,• ? bringing itup to a figure much above the

'iijaighest ever reached before. The Treas-urer remarks this sudden contraction and

\u25a0 -expansion within a space of eleven months•\u25a0: .;affords a striking illustration of the degree;. L; of flexibilitypossessed by currency.V \u25a0.7 Tbe revised figures for the amount of

[•\u25a0 :.;..'.mi)'ney in circulation, that is, outside of,: ;-the treasury, on June 30 place it at 1,596,---::,;546,829, or about $0,000,000 less than it•:.-yvtyas the year before. During the four: :months ended with October there was anV;ifa crease .of 5125, 000,000. The record is.• altogether without parallel in the historyr:". efthw country. The redemptions of.:'.:i /United States paper currency have been

• ;;;qnt:sually heavy, amounting to 000,COO:'o-Vl-ii the fifteen months ended with October.:'\u25a0 •During the past two fiscal years there was; recolned nearly a fifth part of the whole;• estimated stock of subsidiary silver im-s:!

": provement The report says that there is.\u25a0.; : expected an increase of popularity and

V usefulness in this part of currency.

•i^ PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE.J'::'.Ah Interesting Review Made by Sec-:-;;; ?. retary Morton.

\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•;;. Washington, Nov. 26.—The Secretary;.of Agriculture, in a report just Bub-

; tnltted to the President, regrets the:vague character of the Department or-• ganization, which, be says, "offers opu-lent opportunities for the exercise of

y,:tbe most pronounced paternalism." But,\u25a0 be add?, there are many proper ways in

/ ..which the Federal Government may legit-; imately serve the cause of agriculture.A :He devotes considerable space to a review

'•\u25a0\u25a0 :pf what be regards as anomalous between7::,the Government of the United States and:- .the Government of the respective States;.jfor th« conduct and encouragement of

'. ;iState agricultural colleges and experiment= 6tat:ous. He suggests the stations be en-tirely divorced from the department and

\u25a0•»;? the sum appropriated charged directly toV.:them,' or the Secretary should have some

•:.v.power direct and restrain their disburse-ments so as to insure a legitimate ex-:penditure of the same. He adds a thor-:'• :.'-ouch investigation should be made to deui-.'. -[Onstrate either the truth or falsity of the>,S reports, that moneys appropriated to sta-: ;.iious have been diverted from legitimate:;.v;:.T)urpoßes. In reference to the expendi-: tures of the department the Secretary saysv.'-,his strenuous endeavors are "to rationally

>.-• reduce expenditures by the elimination:!"!from (he payrolls of all persons not;.'.;: needed for the efficient conduct of the de--

"• partment." :'..... .The employes when he took charge.-:-. numbered 2497 and there are now on theV ;payroll only1994. The first quarter of the•

v: fiscal year he reduced the expenditures, in. ;\ -comparison with the corresponding quar-• .-tor last year, over 556.000. and estimates.-•fornext year show a saving over the ap-

\"..: propriations of the current year of $369,---,656 94. The classified service is pro-•

\u25a0 bounced defective, largely owing to in-: \u25a0-, equalities in compensation withreference=:. .to the services rendered. He argues that;I -.appropriations should be uinde in gross'•/•for? tb«;clerical force, and full discretion: ;,given t'u» head of the department in the

matter i -tnuneration.•-.;• ;He ata » only elgbty-seTen employes in.|

the classified service came in »<y certifica-tion by the Civil Service Commission,while 647 persons have been covered intothe classified service of the department byPresidential orders. The distribution ofseed is reviewed and a considerable savingshown to have b^en effected in the pur-chase and distribution of seed this year.IvtLe work of the bureau of animal in-dustry the result of the Texas fever regu-lations is pronounced highly satisfactory.But to increase the efficiency it is sug-gested a penalty should be attached for theviolation of department regulations byrailroad companies transporting infectedcattle. The total number of Import ani-mals inspected the past year was 463.359and the total exDort of cattle r.11,584. A fur-ther reduction was effected by vessel in-spection in the percentage of cattleii'-t at sea, the ratio being forlast year less than half 1 percent. An amendment providing forthe inspection of horses imported into thecountry is suggested. A careful compari-son of meat exports for 1893 with 1592shows the microscopic inspection has notincreased our foreign sales, and the Sec-retary thinks it does not pay. Furtherrecommendations in the work of thebureau for legislation compelling the im-mediate destruction of any animal or car-cass condemned by United States inspec-tors; for an extension of wort in regardto tuberculosis in cu-oporation with localauthorities until the danger to human lifehas been reduced to a minimum, and for acivil service examination for inspectorsaud assistant inspectors, with the require-ment of a diploma from a regular veterin-ary college.

An urgent recommendation Is made fora more thorough and extended effort onbehalf of forestry. The completion of ex-periments in sorghum sugar was aban-doned on tbe ground that a stage wasreached when "individual enterprise canand should take advantage of what the de-partment has accomplished." An investi-gation of the chemical characterof differenttypical soils of the United States is pro-nounced desirable, aud a recommendationis made for a small appropriation.

Of the weather bureau it is stated thework is carried on with improved efficiencyand economy. A reorganization of thebureau was partially effected. Itis de-signed to modify the expenses and magnifytbe value of the service to agriculture,commerce aud the people at large. Thevast importance of the work of the divi-sion in statistics is forcibly presented.

Referring to the possibility that a virtualclosing of markets for American productsin some parts of the Old World must bedue to high tariff duties upon all productsof foreigners who desire to sell inour ownmarkets, he says the question is presentedonce more to the American mind. "Canany country shut out commodities andproducts of other nations without shut-ting out a value equal to the things shutout?" A reference to the immense aegre-gate of imports of agricultural productssuggests the inquiry, "Ought not a largeproportion of these be produced upon ourown soil in proximity to our own markets,where an immense demand exists?" andthe reply is in the affirmative. Ourfarmers would be benefited by a largenumber of subsidiary crops, the overpro-duction of certain staples avoided, thevariety of our agricultural supplies in for-eign markets increased and tbe marketsthemselves multiplied. He promises im-proved services by the department infuture, and recommendations of useful in-novations relating to the work in detailare withheld in view of the indefinite char-acter of the duties, forces aud possibilitiesof tbe department.

INTERNAL REVENUE.

The Report of the CommissionerGives Interesting Statistics.

Washington, Nov. 26.— The annual re-port of the Connu issioner of Internal Rev-enue, which is very lengthy, shows thereceipts from all sources of internal reve-nue have increased from $116,902,809, lastyear, to $161,005,959 in1893. They includespirits, £94.720.260; tobacco, 831,889,771;fermented liquors, $32,548,983, oleomargar-ine, 51,670,643; miscellaneous, $175,390.The receipts for tbe first three months ofthe fiscal year 181*3 were $36,874,402, a de-crease of £5. 519. 143, as compared with thesame time in USB. Of this decrease $3,530,---858 was on spirits and 51.828.852 on to-bacco.

Seven hundred and twenty-two illicitstills were destroyed during the year andeighty-four were removed. The numberof persons arrested was 457 and threedeputy collectors were killed. The reportshows that 13,243 Chinese registered underthe Geary act, of which 4850 were in Cali-fornia and Nevada. The number of dis-tilleries operated during the year was4748. a decrease of1182 compared with 1892,but the decrease was whollyin the class offruit-distillers. Tbe number of gallons ofspirits produced from grain during tbeyear was 126,545,017 Gallons, which showsan increase of 13,732.294 gallons over theproduct, and 34,694,304 gallons more thanthe average produced for tbe last ten years.

The quantity of spirits withdrawn fromwarehouse and tax paid during the yearaggregated 97,424,525 gallons, an increaseof 4,439,560. The quantity withdrawn forexport was 3,762,231 gallons, an increase of543,444. The spirits remaining in ware-bouses at tbe close of tbe fiscal year were147,894.694 gallons.

The quantity of manufactured tobaccoinbond actually exported durine the yearwas 15,821,686 pounds; cigars exported,2,233,405, and cigarettes 397,826,260. Tbeincrease in the exportation of cigarettescontinues large, iiaving grown from 4,001,---500 in1882 to 397,826,260 in1593.

Regarding oleomargarine, the reportsaya there was an increase in the numberof persons engaged in tbe sale of thearticle as well as an increase in the pro-duction during the year. The amountproduced was 67,224,298 pounds. Tbecommissioner suggests a number ofamendments to the present law. There-port shows there were 6753 sugar producerslicensed to manufacture sugar during thefiscal year ended June 30, 1893, and 89,375,---130 was paid as a bounty upon 482,125,081pounds of sugar.

The total production of sugar of allkinds was 515,250,709 pounds. The opera-tion of the law had the effect as far as canesugar is concerned to increase the produc-

tion and lessen the number of sugar fac-tories or licensed producers. The beetsugar produced during tbe year amountedtn 7,083,288 pounds, compared with12,004,-

--848 pounds in 1892. There were but twosorghum factories in operation during theyear, one at Medicine Lodge, Kins., andthe other at Fort Scott, Kans. They pro-duced 1,026,100 pounds of sugar. The im-ports of sugar during the fiscal year 1893were 3,706,445,347 pounds, and the exports29,232,282,

NEW TARIFFRATES

Democrats Have FinishedTheir Bill.

REPUBLICANS HAD NO VOICE

But They Will Submit a LongMinority Report.

PROGRESSIVE BOUNTY REPEAL.

The Committee Makes Certain Por-tions of Its Work Public to

Head Off Speculators.

Washington; Nov. 26. —The Demo-cratic members of the Committee onWays and Means completed the tariff billlast night uear midnight, the last itemfinally acted upon being the sugar sched-ule. The. new bill is to be promulgatedto-morrow, and will show the followingchanges io the suuar schedule: The dutyon refiued suyar is reduced from one-halfto one-fourth of a cent per pound. Rawsugar remains free of tax. The MrKinleybounty id repealed progressively

—that is,

one-eighth each year, so at the end ofeight years itis to cease entirely.

The bill willbe laid before the. fullmem-bership of the Ways and Means Committeeto-morrow morning. So far the Republi-cans of the committee know nothing ofthe bill, except the knowledge derivedfrom newspaper reports and not ex-pected. To-morrow's meeting will be a"deliberative" one. The measure willbeadopted by a strict party vote. Itis nowdefinitely announced the internal revenueschedule will be reserved until a laterdate, as it in not yet completed. Thechange in this feature of the law, how-ever, willbe slight. Ingeneral terms, thenew tariff bill may be called a radicalmeasure. The free list will include woo),iron ore, coal, cotton, ties, copper, lumber,chocolate, salt, binding-twine, flax, leadore and mauy other articles of less import-ance.

After two months' deliberation on wooland woolen goods the committee finallyde-cided to adopt the Springer policy of thelast Congress and the wool and woolenschedule will be as follows: All wools,hair camel, goat, alpaca and other like an-imals and all wool and hair on the skin,all waste valued at not more than 30 centsper pound willbe rated at 3j per cent, whichis the ad valorem rate under the presentlaw without tbe specific duty which thatbill provides; on all woolnn or worstedmanufactures valued at not more than 30cents per pound, a duty of 40 per cent onblankets, hats or wool, flannels, under-wear, valued at not more than 30 cents perpound, duty 25 per cent; valued at notmore than SO csnts per pound, duty 30 percent; valued at more than 50 cents perpound, duty 35 per cent

In the schedule which Includes women'sand children's dress goods, coat linings,lalian cloths, etc.. the warp of which iscotton or other vegetable matter, valuenot exceeding 15 cents per square yard, aduty of 35 per cent is placed. On women'sand children's dress goods, etc., wholly orin part wool, worsted, etc.. the duty isfixed at 40 cer cent. On clothing ready-made aud articles of wearing apparel aduty of 45 per cent is placed. On cloaks,etc., for ladies and children, the duty is 45per cent, and on webbing, suspender,bolting, binding braids, galloons, fringes,etc., 40 per cent. Oo common carpets theduty will be about 35 per cent, and onfiner grades of carpets, all of which aretaxed 40 per cent in tn« Springer bill, theduty in this bill somewhat less. Steelrails willprobably be put at $8 or $9 a ton.Pig iron willprobably be put at 5 per cent,while bar iron will be reduced about 50per cent. Tbe rate on nearly all manu-factures or cotton will be 40 per cent.Manufactures of flax, hemp and jute willbe greatly reduced in view of placing rawmaterials on the free list. The compoundduty on collars aud cuffs, it is said, willbeabandoned and nothing left but an advalorem rate of 35 or 45 per cent. Thechlnawnre schedule will probably be re-duced 10 per cent.

The Republican members of the commit-tee are to be given ten days' time in whichto prepare a minority report dissentingfrom the recommendations of the majorityof the committee. In regard to the newtariff bill.Chairman Wilson said to-night:"The tariffbillwillbe given to the publicat 11 o'clock to-morrow morning, whenthe committee meets. The regular sched-ule we made public to-day because itisreported speculat' i ire attempting tomanipulate tbe m.Aitet on the strength ofalleged inside information, and we did notdesire to be considered a party to anythingof this kind. Tbe tariff bill will be quitevoluminous. It will really comprise twobills In one, as it will embrace both thecustoms billproper and tbe administrativebill. In some of tbe provisions, naturally,there willbe no change at all. This willparticularly be true of tbe administrativeprovisions, where changes are not sonumerous here as in tbe tariff sections."

KIDNAPER CAUGHT.A Trap Cleverly Baited Brings Him

to Time.Cincinnati. JSov. 26.— Aman giving the

name of Walter Feilmer, and claiming tobe a Detroit shoemaker, was arrested hereCo-night and held on suspicion of havingkidnaped Joseph Boughen. aged 17, whowent to Chicago last S«itnmber and hasnot been seen since. M. J. Boughen, tbeboy's father, recently received a numberof letters Buying that his son was heldsomewhere near Chicago, $5000 ransombeing demanded for bis release. Finallythe writer asked boughen for $250 to showthat be meant business. A clever trapwas laid by the police and the man cnughtlast night. He is beld to await develop-ments.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS NO.Incorporation of the Roby Athletic

Club Firmly Refused.Indianapolis. Nov. 26.—Attorney-Gen-

eral Smith has given an opinion on theRoby question, holding that Secretary ofState Meyers' office as pertaining to incor-poration is purely ministerial, and that behas no authority to refuse to luoorporalethe Roby Athletic Club, GovernorMathews said to-night that bis position inthe matter was unchanged, in spite of thecpiuion of Attorney-General Smitb, "1

still hold." said he, "that Secretary ofState Meyers is not compelled to Issue totbe club articles of incorporation, and hewillnot do so. The fisht has been post-poned to December 4, and any attempt topull itoff willbe frustrated by 600 men Inblue."

ON A MISSION OF MERCY.Governor Peck and Staff Visit

Starving Miners.Hurley, Wlp., Nov. 26.—Governor

George W. Peck and military staff spentto-day on tbe Gogebic range furnishingrelief In the idle and suffering miners,

several thousand of which will be out ofwork for many months, and all are almostIn a starving condition. Governor Peckand party came on a special that broughttwo full carloads of provisions and cloth-Ing and organized in connection with thecitizens' committee. The Governor andparty visited scores of houses, questioningthe people, and looked into events. Manypitiable cases of destitution were dis-covered. The mines began closing downlast June and at present there is not asingle mine in operation on the entirerange of the region that mined something

like 10,000,000 ton? of ora last year.Altogether about 15,000 people are In a

helpless condition, but they are not near sobadly off as the miners across the line inMichigan. Governor Rich of Michiganyesterday issued an appeal for aid for theuuemi loyed on the upper peninsula, andone carload of provisions started to-dayfrom Lansing, to lronwood and Bessemer.Anofficial of Ironwood stated to an Asso-ciated Press correspondent the men weregetting desperate, and unless aid camewithin a few days there would be an out-break and bread riots. Thus far the un-employed have been very orderly, but they

are now desperate from continued destitu-tion. To add to the boiror of the situationin Ironwood there has been a typhoidferer epidemic. The indications are about10.000 or 12,000 of these people willhave tobe fed and clothed until spring.

DESPERATE ROBBERS.

They Capture an Eastern MeatTrain by Force.

Eight Men Try to Uncouple Cars andWreck the Express That Was

Following.

Goshex, Ind., Nov. 26.—The first Bec-tion of train No. 60, the fast meat expressbetween Chicago and New York, pulled

into this city last night witb eight des-perate robhers on board. Between thiscity and Elkhart they made repeated ef-forts to uncouple a number of cars withthe idea, it is believed, of wrecking tnefast express train which passes here closebehind the meat train. No. 60 left Elkhartat 1:23 this morning, and wnen a mileaway the crew found eight men concealedbetween the cars. The men made aneffort to uncouple the last ten cars, butthey fßiled after a hard fight by the train-men. Five mile 'farther another attemptwas made to uncouple the cars and a sec-ond fight resulted, which lasted until thetrain was on the point of pulling intoGoshen. Conductor John Hickck and twobrakemen were badly battered in thestruggle.

Tbe engineer whistled for assistanceand in a few minutes two officers and acrowd of citizens congregated at the trnln,but the robbers made their escape, taking

witb them the watches of several train-men and small sums of money. Late inthe night a man giving the name of HenryZimmerman was arrested, and $3, theamount taken from one brakeman, wasfound in his shoe. William Cone was alsotaken into custody, and $12, taken fromConductor Hickok, was found upon him.It is believed by all the officials the menintended to leave uncoupled cars on thetrack, with the idea of wrecking the ex-press-train and plundering it. PresidentNewell has offered a reward of $500 foreach bandit captured.

MISS GOULD IS ENGAGED.So Young Actor Woodruff Declares

to a Friend.Indianapoms, Nov. 26.—Joseph East-

man, son of Dr. Joseph Eastman, a dis-tinguished surgeon of this city, re-ceived in the last few days aletter from Mr. Woodruff, in which hestated that he was engaged to marry MissAnna Gould. The information leaks outfrom the Eastman family.

The statement :that Woodruff wouldmatriculate at Yale College for a threeyears' course, In addition, is affirmed by

the letter.Eastman refused to affirm or deny tbe

statement that such a letter was in bispossession, but the story is tboronghly au-thentic, as the letter was displayed tomembers of his household.

Burned to a Crisp.Pittrbuko, Nov. 26.

—Ferza Feucht,

aged 63, a sister of Henry Feucbt, theleader in the recent secession from theEconomite Society, was burned to deaththis morning at her home at Leetsdale,Pa. The old lady was winding a clock Infront of tha grate, when her clothingignited, and before assistance arrived shebad burned to a crisp.

His Football Days Are Over.Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 26.—T0-night

the indications are that Captain Waters'football days are over. The injuries hereceived in yesterday's game are likely toprove such that he will never again beable to take his place among his comradesIn tbe football arena.

A Great Railroad Deal.Bopton, Nov. 26.— 1t Is reported a great

railroad deal has almost reached comple-

tion by the conditions of which the Bos-ton and Maine road will absorb the Con-cord and Montreal and Maine Central, to-gether withanother road yet unnamed, bylong-time leases.

Charged With Embezzlement.Istdiaxapoi.is, Nov. 26 —E. D. Fulford

of Rochester, N. V.. champion wing shot,having incharge the construction of linesof tbe loug-distance telephone, is underarrest at Syracuse, ft. V., charged withembezzlement from the company.

RIOTING IN ROME.

Serious Demonstrationsby Workmen.

AROUSED BYBANKSCANDALS

Furious Mobs Promptly Dis-persed by the Police.

THE MILITARYIS INREADINESS.

"To Prison With Thieves, DownWith Malefactors," Cry the En-

raged and Baffled Rioters.

Rome, Nov. 26.—

A serious disturbancetook place this evening on tbe PiazzaCilonla. A mob of workmen began tomake threatening demonstrations beforetbe Chamber of Deputies and utter loudand violent cries. The police ordered themob to disperse, which, however, onlyserved to still further enrage the indignantworkmen, who continued to shout: "Toprison witb thieves! Down with male-factors!"

Tbe police charged, scattering the work-men after a hard figbt and making a num-ber of arrests.

Liter the mob attempted to reassemble,causing the police to make another charge

and disperse the rioters, who were loud inthreats of vengence upon those concernedin the bank scandals. The police com-municated witb the military authoritiesand can at short notice have a strong forceof troops sent to their assistance.

At10 p. m. the cabinet crisis continued,but itis thought all danger of further riot-ing has passed away.

London, Nov. 26.— The Times' corre-spondent at Rome says no progress hasbeen made toward a solution of the crisis,although KingHumbert and son and allthe leading Italian statesmen are at work.Great pressure is being brought to bear toform the ministry from the more conserva-tive quarters of Parliament, but the ex-periment might be extremely dangerous.

The Pope's Condition.London, Nov. 2a—A dispiitch to the

Standard from Berlin says it is reported

there that the health of the Pope is exactlythe same as a week ago. He is said to beaging noticeably and to be subject to con-tinual trembling, but there is no new causefor alarm in regard to him.

ALMOST A CRISIS.Trouble in the Spanish Cabinet Over

the Meiilla Campaign.Madrid, Nov. 26.

—The negative result

of the conference at Melilla between Gen-eral Marciasand Muley Araat, the Sultan'sbrother, nearly led to a Cabinet crisis. Ata meeting of the Cabinet yesterday even-ing Minister of Finance Gamezo declaredif the Minister of War maintained that itwas impossible to immediately commenceactive operations against the Moors it wasevident the Minister ought to resign. Pre-mier Sagasta opposed the idea of the Min-ister's resigning and concluded by askingfor time to thoroughly consider the matterunder discussion. Before the meeting ofthe Cabinet, Minister of War Dominqueseinformed someof bis personal friends be haddetermined to resign unless be was giventhe chief command at Melilla while re-taining the portfolio of war during hisabsence from Spam. It is announced,however, to-day that Premier Sagasta suc-ceeded in averting a crisis by inducingGeneral Dominquese to withdraw bis de-mand in favor of General Martinez Cam-pos, who was recently appointed to thesupreme command of the Spanish forcesoperating against the Moors. GeneralMartinez Campos declares he proposes tostart for Melilla to-morrow. He believesthe campaign willbe short and decisive.

Martinez Campos has startedfor Malaga. He will embark to-night forMelilla with several generals and 7000 men.He was enthusiastically greeted. Allfor-eign Einbaseadors of the great powers yes-terday visited the Spanish Minister ofForeign Affairs, who gave them reassuring

declarations inregard to Spain's intentionstoward Morocco.

MELLO'S CAUSE WANINQ.A Fort Crippled and Another Launch

Is Sunk.Montevidf.o, Nov. 26.— Word has just

been received here from The Cali/s cor-respondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, thatduring the cannonading which took place

there on Friday last between rebels andPeixoto's artillerymen a shell from theloyal fortress at Sao Joao dislodged aheavy cannon in Fort Yillegaignon, whichIs fighting for the Insurgents' cause. TheSao Joaoa gunners have the sink-ing of the rebel warship Jar-vary to their credit; also Villegaignonhas bean so severely battered in this con-stant fighting that she has not asingle flagstaff left. One of the in-surgents' launches, which was convey-ingammunition to tbe ship, was sunk onthe same day by a shot from a shore bat-tery in Nictheroy. The sympathizers withMello's cause in this city are loath to be-lieve the accounts of Peixoto's recent suc-cesses.

VICTORY FOR SOCIALISTS.Carnot Having Difficultyin Forming

a New Cabinet.Paris, Nov. 26.— 1t is •emi-officially

announced to-day that Casimir-Perier,President of the Chamber of Dep-uties, has irrevocably decided not toform a Cabinet. Dupuy also declinedto undertake the formation of a ne-v Cab-inet Late this evening it was reported

President Carnot summoned Bourgeoise,late Minister of Justice, to consult as tothe formation of a new Cabinet.

S-Cialist workmen had a punch partythis afternoon in honor of the Socialists'Deputies, who were instrumental inbring-ing about the resienation of the Cabinet.M.Jaures, after affirming that the Socialistswere moved by a spirit of patriotism, de-clared the fall of tbe Ministry the firstvictory for the socialistic parliamentarygroup, and it was an omen of success forfuture undertakings.

InMemory of Martyrs.Cork, Nov. 26.— A demonstration took

place here to-day iv memory of the Man-chester martyrs, Allen, Largin, O'Brienana other physical force men.

Aprocession was formed and beaded by

by bands, which played funeral music,and marched to St. Joseph's Cemetery,

where the graves were decorate"d withlaurel wreaths. A similar demonstrationwas held at Limerick.

Overtures to Parnellites.Wexford. Nov. 26.— John Redmond, a

leader of the Parnellite body, in address-ing a meeting here to-day said the Par-nellltes were denounced by opponentsas factionists, yet both the adherentsof Dillon and Healy had made overturesto the Parnell party. The Healy factionwanted to smash the Dillon men, and thelatter, in turn, were eager to destroyHealy's following.

six Anarchists Arrested.New Youk, Nov. 26— The Herald's

Buenos Ayres dispatch says: Six anar-chists were arrested here for plotting anattempt upon the lives of public officials.The anarchists were on close terms withthe Argentine Radicals.

Portugal's Cabinet to Be Re-Formed.Lisbox, Nov. 26.— 1t is reported the

Cabinet willbe re-formed, and the Ministerof Finance and a few others willresign.

Cabinet of Servia.Belgrade, Nov. 26.— The Kingbad re-

fused to accept the resignation of bisCabinet.

Schaefer and Ives Matched.Chicago, Nov. 26.—Schaefer and Ives

have signed an agreement for anotherbilliard match, to be played in January onconditions identical with the match justfinished, excepting tbe anchor nurse,which is barred.

VIOLENCE ALONG THE LINE.The Lehigh Valley Strike Takes a

Serious Turn.Wilkesbarre, Nov. 26.— At midnight

violence aras reported along the line of theLebigli Valley Railroad. At Sugar Notcha mob attacked the station and drove anon-union operator from the premises.The station was abandoned for the time-being. Burgess Shields of Sugar Notchnotified Sheriff Walters he was not ina po-sition to preserve the peace.

Philadelphia, Nov. 26.—Reports fromalong the Lehigh road to-day show thesituation is practically unchanged, thecompany running a good many trains atirregular intervals, and the strikers mak-ing inroads among the new employes.Both sides profess to be equally confidentof the result. Kumors ot outbreaks eitherlack substantiation or particulars are want-ing.

A wreck occurred at Perth Amboy be-tween two freight trains, by which En-gineer Mallory,, who was taking strikers tothe place, lost his life.

Advices from Buffalo indicate that thestrike is practically declared off there, butWilkesbarre still presents a btrong front,and to-day the company had cause for con-siderable complaint as the result of meninterfering with attempts to move trains.Buffalo. X. V., Nov. 26. —At midnight

the Lebigh Valley officials notified all theconnected lines at this point that theywould accept freight for all points on theLebigb Valley road and the strike was athing of the past.

POWDERLY CAN QUIT.

Knights of Labor WillDo WithoutHis Leadership.

Sovereign of lowa Will Probably BeElected to Succeed Him as

ilaster Workman.

Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 26.—1t istacitly understood to-day by the majorityof the delegates to the General Assemblyof the Knights of Labor that upon theopening of the session to-morrow morningPowderly's resignation willbe almost cer-tainly accepted. A telegram wa3 sent toJames K.Sovereign atDes Moines askinghim if he would accept the office whichPowderly seeks to vacate. Itwas sent laicthis afternoon and signed by nineteen del-egates, some of whom heretofore had beenknown as very friendly to the interests ofPowderly.

At 7:30 o'clock to-night a reply was re-ceived. In substance Sovereign said: "IfPowderly resigns Iwillaccept the officeofgeneral master workman if tendered me,and willdo all in m? power towork for thegood of the order."

This practically puts an end to the con-troversy now eoing on. The anti-Powder-lyites still hold a vote of twenty-four,wliich m a majority, and upon reassem-bling to-morrow will get right down tobusiness. Caucuses Rre being held to-nieht, both by Powderly's friends andthose of the Western favorite, for the pur-pose of getting the forces properly in-structed aiifi marshaled for the battle ofballots in the morning. The friends cfSovereign are loud in tneir claim for hisvictory and his fitting qualities foroffice.

Bid PRICE PAID.Fortune Given for Professor Ward's

Natural Science Collection.San Diego. Nov. 20.— Professor Ward

of Kochester, N. V., who owns the Coro-naito Beach Museum, has just sold bisnatural science collection at the World'sFair to the Columbian Museum. The sumof $100,000 in cash was paid for it, thelargest sum ever paid in America for anatural science collection. The purchasewas made by Edward E. Ayer, chairmanof the finance committee of the museumtrustees.

GETS THE INSURANCE.A Heavy Verdict Against Members

of the Pacific Mine.Tacoma, Nov. 26.—Tbe jury la tbe

George £. Hart mill-burning suit handedin a sealed verdict this muring which willbe opened to-morrow.ItIs stated that the verdict willbe found

for Mr. Hart and against the several fireinsurance companies, members of the Pa-cific Insurance Union, which;refused topay $10,000 insurance on the burned prop-erty, alleging that Hart either burned orcaused the mill to be burned.

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LIQUOR-DEALER ARRESTED.An Attempt to Have the Laws En-

forced.Lakeport, Cal., Nov. 26.—T. J. Ganett,

a saloon-keeper of this place, was arrestedto-day for selling liquor in violation of theprohibition ordinance in this connty thatwent into effect November 1, 1893. Thisis the first arrest under this law.

The saloons have been ostensibly closedall over thn county since toe first of themonth except here at tbe county seat,where they are keeping open under alicense granted by tbe corporation ofLakoport,

NOT FOR A UNION.

Denial of a Story AboutCentral America.

FIVE LITTLE REPUBLICS.

Barrios IsNot Anxious to BecomeTheir Dictator.

DEFENDED BY HIS MINISTER.

ItIs Claimed That the President ofGuatemala Has Not Been

Rebuked.

New York. Nov. 26.—A statement wasprimed to-day which asserted that ascheme is on foot in Central America forreviving the union of its five republics-Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaraeua, Salva-dor and Costa Rica—under the Presidencyof Barrios. How the union was to beeffected was given in prolificdetail. An-tonio Logo Arriaga, Minister to the UnitedStates at Washington from the republic ofGuatemala, who was at the Victoria Hotelthis evening, said of this assertion :"Therehave been no conferences looking to thereturn to the union of the five republics, ashas been reported."

Arriaga, speaking of Guatemalan affairs,said that they had been misunderstood inthis country. "The President of the re-public," he said, "has not declared himselfdictator and has not attempted to do so.The country is at peace and the constitu-tion is infull force. What did occur wasthis: We suffered as did the United Statesth rough an enormous depreciation in thevalue of silver.

"The Government was unable to meet itsforeign obligations in gold. The Presi-dent, in the interim of Congress, declaredthat 25 per cent customs duties should bepaid in gold, and that interest on the na-tional debt should also be paid in gold.The constitutional body which representsthe Guatemalan Congress, when not in ses-sion, is a body which does not exist in theUnited States.

"Itwas thought that the President hadexceeded h's powers under the constitu-tion and issued a call for an extra sessionoi Congress. The minority party, how-ever, realize that the President had notexceeded his constitutional power and thathis purpose was a patriotic one. The re-sult is that the scheme did not materializeand Congress willnot meet unless calledby the President himself."

A PECULIAR ELECTION.Voting-Tables at .Montevideo Sur-

rounded by Armed Men.New York, Nov. 26.—The Herald't

special dispatch from Montevideo says:Legislative elections are in progress hereto-dar. and the city is practically inastate of siege. The voting-tables are sur-rounded by the military and by armedpolicemen. The people are terrorized ando»ly Government employes and partisansare votinc. Itis unanimously agreed thatsuch flagrantly fraudulent elections havenever taken place hnre before, even underthe worst military dictatorship.

IN HIGH FEATHER.Mexican Revolutionists Scid to Have

Gained a Great Victory.El Paso, Tex., Nov. 26.—Revolutionist

symoathizers in El Paso are in nigh,feather to-night. They say ihat a mes-senger arrived from Santa Ana Perez as-suring them of a great victory last Thurs-day over the Federal troops.It is claimed that the regulars lost

twenty-five men killed, besides a numberwounded, and their guns, ammunition andprovisions were left in the hands of themountaineers.

PERISHED BY THOUSANDS.Terrible Loss of Life by the Earth-

quakes in Persia.London, Nov. 26.—A dispatch to the

Times from Teheran says 12,000 perishedInthe earthquake at Kuchan. Ten thou-sand bodies have already been recovered,and 2000 are still in the ruins. Fifty thou-sand cattle were destroyed so far. Theshocks still continue.

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