IP1.E ALLIANCE. BRITAIN AND JAPAN 1 VVANT OUR AID. , rrlal Purposes Only We Muy r„rty to Such »n Agree I, V„u Id Scare Off European vton, April 26.—Rumors of a . niance are afloat among the rps. The members of the ,;ionaI compact, if it be per ; be the greatest nations of •ats of Europe, Asia and I n other words an effort is be |, according to diplomatic au ,,, induce the United States to . t Britain and Japan in an al aiinst the powers of Europe and where else. ,,s well the disinclination of airy to entangle Itself with for .a'iies in defensive and offen ces, Great Britain and Japan :,i have suggested a mere com alliance. Should the invitation au'h an alliance be accepted by rnment the mere announce .1,1,1. it is thought, be sufficient Russia, Germany and France in their attempt to prevent the action of the treaty of peace japan and China by which ill cede certain of her territory it is impossible at this time n authentic corroboration or de 11.... tumor. If such an invita Pcen received the rumor about l- discussed by the cabinet Is ns correct. m,.r Kurlno of Japan has given vry significant interview on the i question. He said that in his n the commercial interests of the I states in the east, particularly i;in. are so much more extensive m riant than those of Germany nice, that it would be eminently 11, in the event of a Franco-Ger illiar.ce with Russia to prevent uifv initiation of the peace treaty, o Baited States to take an active n offsetting such an alliance. Kurino wished it to be clearly Fi- ud. however, that this was his ltd . onvlctlon. He had not, he received any instructions from his nn-.ont, and there had been no sug n of an official or unofficial char frnm him to the state department he Br.ited States should be enlist its support. His views were the ; of his personal information of stent of United States interests In ist. it' ri'inrueicmi mimesis ui me J ?tates in Japan are very much er than those of Germany and :e. Fractically their Interests are or nothing, while those of the d States are very extensive. The ih trade comes first, and after that e the trade of the United States. Duld be eminently proper, there if the United States in consldera cf her superior commercial inter should offset a demonstration on art of France and Germany, If any move is actually made. I am pot ally informed that it has been . nor am I apprehensive of the i should it be made. But In the t of its being realized, then there tie doubt in my opinion that the nereial interests of the United ps would make it expedient to take in the issue. This, of course, would mean that the United States was nsagp in a fight. Its co-operation • undoubtedly be effective without radiial step.” ;aty may be rejected. ins Chinese Officials Object to the Terms Agreed To. ndnn, April 27.—A Pekin dispatch London Times says that Mr. John lft'T, the American adviser of Chi Peace envoys and the secretary ■' Hung Chang have arrived there that the treaty of peace between na and Japan is now before the em ,'r and his ministers. The dispatch _inuts: “The Chinese foreign office teruay consulted with the different - sn legations. Many of the censors e presented memorials against the ,5' p"nce Kung, president of the i,n office and of the council of mln ’ ha® obtalned a seven days' ex , slck leave. Other officials to recommend the ratification |hrV hlT Viceroy L1 Hun« Chang tl ,ab'y not come here, but will ane a .n°° lf the ratifications are angcd there as is proposed." OUTLAWS wear armor. Fierce Fight Deputy Mars , ballets Have No Effect. ir^-April 27-Seaator ; ", ",h0 returned yesterday, g iat‘omLa desperate hght In the mie country between outlaws mother,!8; a sma11 er°v« ne n the Christie brothers and I the omfa°f tbe dePUties shot se\ as «lW3’ but the bullets Kla l,fch of the desperadoes i d' '"LC0Verlng back and cl ith the om, UnabIe t0 d0 anyt o-m. L “ ™S' wh0 outnumb 'ad comrade'1 ^ Norman bearir >ng a,.e n ®‘ Jhe Christies and 1 "• train aJ °Lthe band that rol 'ought te v81 " I'nnewood, and r other train robberies. W“h & nui £ Y'"^^i>;^r^rRobbea HaTnfleldPriM27rIt ,s repc Oilman. one of J” that ,|rst-•’atlonal hnru,he .dlrector3 of ,,s robbed Mona”*1 °f that clty. w *«* a etai men?.?' tover BMOO, r' was pernetrLUe ‘ 8 3lmilar Oru a “Perpetrated on a New ’ V,.,. 7 weeks ago tiL v r , u questioned here At m u ' ■Hers it v.-as naM _ At P°hce h 77 made. It is h n SUCh report h 11 robbery “as eVed the p “'•••n. Noy the work of es v ' -- work n - °ne is yet auspecte L^lln. Mo'P°UctI "* Silver. ,hem°mCrat of thl8P^ty2h7T?e EveninS members of the m, interviewed ifaJhe *»ver k«?0S°Url Ie«Ula. J-attor.111* United StaTes at‘th8e °f *H' democrat ive RePublican ‘n* PreSent ‘nmthe V„' a"^°w RepuM?* ln '****• Native P1,100. Denver, Colo., April 27.—A special telegram from Cripple Creek, Colo., says: “The Denver & Rio Grande express office was robbed of about $1,100 at Vic tor early this morning. Express Agent Carlin says a powerfully built man en tered the depot shortly after midnight and, after talking a few minutes, struck Carlin a powerful blow, which laid him prostrate on the floor, where he re mained Insensible for some time. When he regained consciousness the robber had disappeared, the safe door was open and the money gone. ‘I had in my pocket,’ said Carlin, ‘the keys of the doors leading to the Inside room and the robber, when he knocked me down, must have taken them, unlocked the door and at his leisure worked the com bination to the safe.' “The express and railroad officials, although admitting that the deed had been committed, positively refused to state the amount of money taken and whom they suspect. Express Agent Car lin does not seem to have been injured. An examination of his books Is being made.” FIEND SHOT TO DEATH. James Smith Deiles an Officer and I* Instantly Killed. San Diego, Cal., April 27.—James Smith, a tramp, who has been working on a ranch one mile from Delmar, a small town near this city, was shot and Instantly killed by Constable John Bludworth while resisting arrest. Smith was working at the ranch of Hugh A. Fraser. Yesterday afternoon, during the absence of Frazer, Smith went Into the house and made an im proper proposal to Mrs. Frazer, who, as soon as possible, left the house, and, running to Delmar, notified the author ities. Constable Bludworth and a deputy went to the farm and found Smith in a stall in the barn, armed with a shot gun and dirk. He refused to surrender and the constable fired two shots, kill ing Smith. American Prisoner Released. New York, April 27.—A special fron. Santiago de Cube 'says: “Two Ameri can seamen who had been imprisoned here since Feb. 23 were released today. They are August Bolton and Gustav Rlchleu. The government authorities found them in a small boat near the coast under circumstances which aroused suspicion that they had land ed revolutionists on the island and were returning to the port they started' from. The men explained that they belonged to an American vessel. which was then at a port in Hayti, and that they had rowed across simply for their own pleasure. Their story of mere adventure was not be lieved.” England Can Mot Help Queen T.U. London, April 27.—Replying to a ques tion in the house of commons as to whether Hawaii is under the protection of the United States and if it is possible to approach the United States govern ment with the view of obtaining proper treatment for Queen Liliuokalanl, Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, said the Hawaiian republic was not under United States protection and that Great Britain did not see any opportunity of interfering in the matter. Will Distribute Bulletins. Washington, April 27.—The secretary of agriculture will in about ten days begin the publication and distribution of a series of bulletins relative to the foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States. The bul letins, it is believed, will be of great value to all persons seeking foreign markets for their products, as it will enable them to select the most ad vantageous markets and give them In advance all the information desired rel ative to the prices asked and received by their competitors. Pleased with the United States. London, April 27.—The Pall Mall Ga zette, commenting on the trouble be tween Great Britain and Nicaragua, says that nothing could be more cour teously correct than the attitude of the United States in the difficulty, adding: “It is a good omen for a close under standing upon the China-Japan ques tion. Our action may be expected to teach the Spanish-Amerlcan states that none of them is too insignificant to be have decently to foreigners." Arrested for an Old Murder. Anderson, Ind., April 27.—Williair. Desbenett of Muncie was arrested near here yesterday charged with murdering an unknown man in 1890. Henry Sey bert of this city was arrested as an ac cessory, and both men were taken to Terre Haute. Desbenett denies the charge but Seybert says he witnessed the killing and saw the fatal blow struck. Desbenett followed the man and knocked him down for the purpose of robbery. He got $14. The man died where he fell. The body was never identified. There is a reward of $500 for the murderers. Canal Bill to Pass. Springfield, 111., April 27.—An agree ment has been reached between the val ley people and the Drainage trustees which will result in the passage of the drainage bill with the Leeper amend ment offered in the senate yesterday. No other amendment to the bill will be permitted. This agreement is satisfac tory to everybody concerned. The drain age trustees say they can comply with it without extra expense to the tax pay ers of the drainage district and the val ley people as well. This is an Important step in the settlement of the difficulty, snd there is no doubt as to itsconsum matlon in the senate. No swing bridge amendment will be attached to the bill nor will the original measure be changed in any way except as above indicated. Seven Men Injured. New York. April 27.—A gang of labor ers was employed on the third floor of the old Metropolitan hotel when the f twenty fourth annual meeting of the VVoman’s Presbyterian Board of Mlsslc-ie of the Northwest yesterday. The welcoming address of Mrs. D. M. Cooper of this city was responded to by Mrs. eorge H. Laflin of Chicago. The synodical re ports showed in some Instances the hard times caused a slight falling off In finan cial support, but the general average was encouraging. In the afternoon ad dresses were made by Mrs. Anna Rhea Wilson, missionary to Persia, and Mrs. £. W. McDowell, missionary to Mosul. In the evening the feature was an ad dress on Africa by Rev. R. H. Milligan. The sessions continue through to-day. Want the Old Soldiers. Cincinnati, April 26.—An invitation Was extended by President Glenn of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce, through General J. C. Underwood, to the distinguished guests who will be at Chicago on the occasion of the dedica tion of the monument to the memory of the confederate dead buried there to return homeward by way of Cincinnati and be the guests of this city for a day or more. Wheat Must Have Moisture. Cincinnati. O., April 2G.—Th» Price ' Current summarizes the crop conditions for the past week as follows: "Moisture Is increasingly needful in most of the winter wheat area. Many localities ure approaching a precarious situation. There has been more serious complaint from Kansas. The oats croo Is retard ed. but otherwise the eruditions are generally encouraging for spr.ng crops. Including northwestern wheat, but more moisture soon Is essential. The week's packing of hogs amounted to 225,000. against 230,000 for the corre sponding week last year,"_ THE MEMPHIS CONVENTION, Much Interest Vdt In tin Xonmut it' Washington. Washington, April 26. — "Sound” money democrats here are looking for ward to the Memphis monetary con vention with a great deal of hope. They believe that upon the strength of the showing made by the southern oppo nents of independent free coinage by the United States will depend In large measure the success or failure of their effort to have the democratic party In corporate In Its next national platform a straightforward declaration In favor of "sound” money. It Is not expected this convention will Indicate that the "sound” money men are In a majority In the south. The sliver men have made too much headway In that section for that to be possible. All that Is wanted of the Memphis gathering Is a showing that the south Is far from being solid on the question, and that there Is a large and Influential minority of Its citi zens In favor of “sound” money. The convention Is to be non-partisan and the "sound” money republicans in the south, of whom there are thought to be a considerable number among the men who have been attracted by the oppor tunities for profltable investments, will do all ln*thelr power to make It a suc cess. GIBSON ONTHE RACK. Pastor Suspected of Marian Williams’ Murder. San Francisco, April 26.—About the only tangible evidence against Durrant, the medical student accused of having killed Marian Williams, that has been adduced In the preliminary examina tion so far. Is that the prisoner was better acquainted with the dead girl than he at first would acknowledge. The Rev. John George Gibson, the preacher of the church, against whom suspicions have been publicly expressed as the guilty man, had a long siege In the witness box this morning. The min ister was nervouB and everybody en joyed his discomfiture. The length of the cross-examination and the manner of It Indicate that Durrant's lawyers propose to throw the preacher forward as the center of their theory of the mur ders. The undercurrent of opinion among those who doubt Durrant’s guilt Is that Gibson should be the man under police surveillance. DONS HUMBLE CARO Schwelnfurth Summoned Before the Grand Jury at Itockford. Rockford, 111., April 26.—The time of the errand jury was occupied yesterday In Investigating charges against Schwelnfurth. The bogus Messiah did not come to town in his luxurious car riage drawn by a prancing team, but appeared In an old wagon drawn by a dilapidated gray horse. A common looking sack coat replaced the Immacu late cutaway, and common, substantial boots superseded the habitual patent leathers. William H. Hill, the Chicago attorney who represented George W. Coudrey’s case and secured a judgment of $50,000 for him against Sshwelnfurth, came out from Chicago bringing with him Dr. A. M. Smith and George W. Ostrander, two important witnesses, who had a story of the life at the Wel don Farm. Both have lived at the place. Dr, Smith was the family phy sician for a long time. Ostrander, through Attorney Hill, secured $1,600 In cash out of Schwelnfurth a year or so ago In settlement of a suit to recover property—more than he asked for. Both testified In the Coudrey case, and It Is believed their evidence alone before the grand jury will be so damaging It can not fail to find an Indictment. LOOKING FOR FRAUDb. Is Said San Francisco Sngar Importers Have Cheated the Government. San Francisco, Cal., April 26.—For some time It has been whispered about the custom house and appraiser's build ing that extensive frauds were being committed In the Importation of sugar from Hong Kong and that the govern ment was losing thousands of dollars In duties. The alleged frauds consisted in undervaluing the Importations. Fully fifteen sugar Importers are accused of placing too low a valuation on their Im portations, and their cases are under investigation by Collector Wise. The Importers have been permitted In some Instances to withdraw their shipments, but not until after they were notified that they may be called upon to pay an Increased amount of duty and perhaps a heavy penalty. Mix Square Miles of Flames. Lakewood. N. J., April 26.—A forert fire covering six square miles and con suming valuable pine timber Is raging about two miles southeast of this place. A gang of laborers has been sent out to keep It from spreading. The fire Is gaining steadily, however, owing to the high winds. This place is filled with smoke and the roaring of the flames can easily be heard. Bishops of the World In Convention. Carlisle, Pa., April 26.—The Methodist Episcopal bishops of the entire world are In convention in this city, and will remain here until Thursday of next week. They will look over the various charges in the United States, fix dates for holding all the fall conferences, and designate their presiding officers. The meetings will be strictly private. Stanford University Will Mot Close. San Francisco, Cal., April 26.—The financial strain on Standford univer sity has been fixed up so that it will continue to run as usual for at least one year. When the federal government filed its $15,000,000 railroad claim against the Stanford estate the university re ceived a heavy blow. All through and local Passenget Trains of the M., K. & T. Ry. system now arrive and depart from the New Union Station at St. Louis, Mo. Schulze'* Cashier Steps Out. Tacoma, Wash., April 26.—W. h. Cushman, who has been cashier of the Northern Pacific land department since 1888, resigned at the request of Land Agent Cooper. He was In no way con nected with the Schulze shortage. C. H. Knapp, chief of the engineering de partment, will succeed him. North Carolina for McK’nley. Washington, April 26.—United States Senator Pitchard of North Carolina, who Is here, says that his state will send a solid McKinley delegation to the next national convention, and that the delegation wjll be for free silver. GRAND OLD PARTY. BNQLAND GETS THE LION'S SHARE OP PROFIT. And Other Foreign Countries Reap a Rleh Reward from Deiuorratlo Tariff I.egl*latlon—That Weakly, Wobbling Foreign l’olley. It Is no wonder that most Democratic organs are discreetly silent about the workings of the tariff which Grover Cleveland and the Fifty-third congress of malodorous memory Imposed upon the country In defiance of the practical ly unanimous protests of the American people. The confident predictions of the Democratic press and of Democrat ic congressmen that this measure would produce abundant revenue and Im mensely increase the sale of American products abroad have been falsified In every particular. So far the new tariff has accom plished three important results. It has produced a deficiency of about a hundred millions a year in the Incomo of the United States government. It has cut down our exports from $495, 277,844 for the six months ending March I, 1894, to $477,052,410 for the six months ending March 1, 1895—an average reduction In our export trade of about eight millions a month, or ninety-six millions a year. And It haB Increased the imports of foreign prod ucts which take the place of American goods by about $56,000,000 In the same time. ThuB It cuts both ways, like a two-edged sword—diminishing our sales of goods for which foreigners must pay us and increasing our pur chases of Imported products for which we must pay foreign producers, to the detriment of our own manufacturers and farmers. England naturally gets tbe lion a share of profit under this characteris tic Democratic measure, says the Kew York Advertiser. During January and February, 1894, we Imported woolen goods from British ports to the value of |1,425,210, and raw wool to the amount of 3,117,000 pounds. This year we have imported British woolens to the value of $6,106,455, and British wool to the amount of 16,088,400 pounds in these two months! .Tmpor. - of linen goods from Great Britain have more than doubled, cottons have Increased 60 per cent, and the volume of British tin plate Imported has grown from 31, 709 tons to 41,827 tons. The Increase In other lines of British goods has been proportionately heavy. These figures are not given out from Washington. They are taken from the official British trade reports, and they show why Brit ish factory whistles were blown and British factory bells rung In jubilant celebration when the WUson-Gorman tariff passed the congress of the United States. But although England gains moBt from the legislation which the Demo cratic party has accommodatingly en acted for her special benefit, other for eign countries will also reap a rich re ward at the expense of American work men. From Canada, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzer land and many other countries an In creasing flood of Imports is setting in toward the United States. And every additional pound or yard of goods com peting with American products which enters our ports under the lower rateB of duty means so much less work and wages for American citizens. Dairy Farmers and the Public* An article on physical development recently published in Harper's Weekly refers Incidentally to the fact that an imals In confinement very frequently die of consumptlnon, and suggests that this is due more to the lack of physical exercise than to any other cause. Not ing this suggestion, a correspondent writes to call attention to the manner in which cows are cared for during the winter in our best dairies. He says that while boarding on a large dairy farm near Minneapolis he observed, to his surprise, that the cows were kept in their stalls from the beginning to the close of winter—a period of several months in that latitude—without be ing allowed any opportunity whatever for exercise, and that since coming east he learns that the same plan has been adopted in the best dairies of New York. The proprietors of the dairies, be says, justify their action by alleging that the cows look healthy, and they fall back in the last resort on the as sertion that, be it hygienic or unhy gienic, it “is business” to care for the cows in this way. If It be true, as would thus appear, that so harmful a custom as this is be coming widely prevalent, the subject is certainly worthy the attention of tbe department of agriculture. It can hard ly be questioned that a cow stanchioned for months at a time In such a manner that she is harly able to take a single step will be less robust and healthy, and more susceptible to disease, other things being equal, than one that is allowed a reasonable amount of out door exercise. And the healthfulness of dairy cows is a matter of such vital importance to the entire public that the matter of caring for them might very properly be made the subject of official inquiry and legislative restric tion. Particularly is this true in states where, as in New York, tuberculous cows are killed by order of the state veterinarian, and the owners reim bursed from the state treasury. Under such conditions it is plainly no more than just that owners of cows should be required to care for them in a way that will tend to ward off tuberculous rather than to invite the disease—Har per's Weekly. The Monetary Conference. Speculation as to whether President Cleveland will send delegates to the proposed monetary conference la en» tlrely harmless, but If any such con* ference is held there need bo no fear that the United States will bo repre- ■ sented there. Mr. Cleveland would not ‘ ' stand out against It because he would accomplish nothing by doing so. Tha . silver sentiment Is growing so rapidly, that it will soon be apparent to alt Europe that this country will Join In any movement for the restoration of the white metal. Mr. Cleveland can, see the tendency of the time even now, , and he will not undertake to shut out ,; the United States from any interna* tional discussion of the subject that 7 may be had. Congress has signified a consent to such a conference in an* swer to a courteous suggestion, and It would be extremely impolitic for tha president to negative the proposal. A Tin Fan Display. When Mr. Gresham had It given out ' ; that he had promptly called the Spanish 7 government down and demanded a prompt apology for the insult to tha ;7i American flag and assurances that the American merchant marine, what la left of it, should in the future be suit ably respected, the Kansas City Journal regarded It all as a piece of fake hero- \, icB. The course of the administra tion had not been such as to warrant the belief that the apparent adoption of a policy of positive Americanism meant anything more serious than a ' , peal of stage thunder for the cdlflca tlon of a crowd in the gallery. And up 7 to the present moment nothing mora has been heard of the affair. 7 Then there is the affair of Nicaragua, that of Venezuela, and a still fresher M Incident In Madagascar crowding upon the state department with never a sign of attention other than the sailing away from Venezuelan waters of the ships of our navy at the very time when they should be oiling up their machin ery for possible action. It will be remembered that follow ing the announcement of the embargo. placed upon our foreign trade by th» concerted action of the various Euro pean countrlos, Mr. Gresham permitted a bombaetlc declaration as to retalia tion to leak out from the state depart-', ment. But nobody has since heard a word about It from any official source. We are compelled to take Just what any other power, first, second, or third1 class, sees fit to give us. Mr. Gresham has been praised without stint by the newspaper pross all over the land for the boldness of his stand In the Alll anca affair, and so sure was everybody that the administration had adopted a new foreign policy, one In keeping with the patriotic sentiments universal! throughout the land, that when Great Britain's ultimatum to Nicaragua be came known an Immediate show of the talons of the proud bird of freedom! was bespoken. But there are unmlstadr able Indications that the administration has come to the conclusion that the first step taken In a new policy of Americanism was too harsh and the gait muBt be modified. The evident wobbling Is an assur ance that the weakness that has marked the whole course of Mr. Cleveland’s foreign policy Is Inseparable from his administration of public affairs. No amount of tin pan display can rein state the state department In the con fidence of the people. Oh, for one month of an Adams, % Webster, a Clay, an Evarts, a Blaine, a Foster, or any one of a long line of true Americans In the chair of secretary, of, state, with a president who has one spark of patriotic fire In his moral make-up to back up the messages that would surely keep the cables warm un til American rights should be recog nized in every foreign capital con cerned in the present difficulties. m Ah, That Accounts for It I The manly American letter form the anca outrage was written on his own state department following the Alll responslblllty, it is said, by Edwin F. Uhl, a Michigan man, who was In tem porary charge of the department dur ing the Indisposition of Secretary Gresham and the absence of President Cleveland. If this be so, a motion to make the secretary pro tem permanent wehld receive a heavy popular rote.—• Cincinnati Tlmes-Star. Contradict# Itself, That rabid goldite sheet, the New York Evening Post, says that If stiver were remonetized wages in this country would fall 60 per cent immediately, but if the Post really believed what It said' It would be the most ardent advocate of free coinage in the world, because If there is anything it hates worse than another It Is American labor.—Denver Republican. “It He, Done ’Em." "What hez this Democratic free trade congress done?” asked the rural stump speaker In strident tones of in dignation. As he paused for a reply a man with 'a big double bass voice answered: "It hez done the American people.”—Washington Star. Free Trade and Farmers. In free-trade England the number of sheep declined by 1,420,000 last year and the number of cattle by 353,500 head. This shows that the loss of farm stock under free trade is not Merely temporary, but continuous. Evil* Come Toget!*«r. “Drought and Democracy” coming at the same time is an unparalleled calamity,” writes a farmer from Far ragut, Iowa. Settlements Unsatisfactory. The fact that Populism won't marry ^ the new silver party Indicates that .'*■ the latter must be a trifle shy In the, matter of dowry.—Detroit Tribune. '■