ARBITRATE DISPUTES
. -
Japanese are willing
TO DO THIS. !
Official. of tbe War Drparlmral Treater
to • Little Surprise by tbe Japs—
War Vessels to lie lu Honolulu
Pcsdlsf Settlement of tbe
Disputed Claims.
0-:':' • ’• ' , • • •'*
Offrr« to Arbitrate Accepted.
Washington, July 41. —The state do.
partment was officially informed to
day that the Japanese government
hod accepted the offer made by Ha*
wall to arbitrate the disputes between
the two countries, including not only
the difficulty over the landing of the
Japanese immigrants, but also other
disagreements, the most important of
which is the tax imposed jpon sake, a
Japanese liquor largely imported and
consumed by tbe Japanese in Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi
tration , a brief synopsis of which has
been cabled to the Japanese minister
here and given to the state depart
Sy: ment, states that the Japanese gov
ernment accepts arbitration in prin
ciple and is prepared to enter upon
the terms for a settlement nf pending
disputes’ The formal letter of accept
ance' has been sent to Hawaii and the
conditions of arbitration will be eon
tained therein. -Those conditions are
not known here.
When tlie officials of the state de
partment were informed of the offer
and acceptance of arbitration the sec
retary of the Japanese legation here
was informed that until the annexa
tion treaty was concluded the United
States would not assume any author
ity in the matter, and that the present
dispute mnst be considered as between
Japan and Hawaii.
inn secretary saiu ne was giaa to
learn that such was the position of the
Utfited States, as it would permit
Japan sending two or three war ships
to Hawaii pending final action upon
the arbitration treaty.
This interpretation of the situation
rather surprised the state department
Official, who answered that the United
States would consider in a different
light an agreement of arbitration and
the sending of a war ship and intima
ted that non-interference by the
United States in one case could not be
construed as passive acceptance of the
latter position. The Japanese secre
tary was told, however, that in the
absence of Secretary Sherman and
Assistant Secrotary Day nothing could
or would be said officially upon tho
subject, and any conversation must be
considered as wholly unofficial.
The sake tax of which the Japanese
cpmplatn is an increase of the duty on
this liquor from IS cents to Si per
gallon. The tax was passed by the
Hawaiian legislature and vetoed by
President Dole upon the ground that
it was unconstitutional and in viola
tion of the treaty with Japan, who
had rights under the most favored na
tion clause. The tax was passed over
his veto almost unanimously, only one
vote being cast to sustain the presi
dent The pressure for taxing sake
was from the saloon Keepers and the
manufacturers of liquors, as tho Jap
anese use this liquor almost wholly,
to the exclusion of other beverages.
ENDEAVOR VOWS.
President Hall of Clark University ot>
tlie Chrletlan Order's Pledge. .
WoncESTKH, Mass., July 31. — Presi
dent Hall of Clark university, speak
ing in a lecture at the summer school
of the pledge taken by members of
tho Christian Endeavor society, said:
“We find elaborate vows in the Chris
tian Endeavor society. How much
shall we roly on them? This is o
grave question. The oath should not
be taken too early and certainly no
oath should bo taken that cannot be
kept For a young person to take an
oath which extends for years into the
future,'which is almost sure, it seems
* to be, to be broken, is a very serious
thing aud should not be entered upon
lightly.
“What shall we do about ail this? It
is a difficult question and the answer is
not easy. Borne of those forms of oaths
should be preserved. It seems to mo
proper that the regime of the soul
requires that the soul rise some
times to the very height of affirm
ation in a great crisis. I believe there
should be something by which the
■oul can express its whole conviction.
«, need to have standards It is a
grave and serious question, how far
»« should go in taking rows like that
of the Christlaa Endeavor society.
Certainly such vows should not be
NatUm Hadljr D»;i«ft«d.
4 Ixwfnox, July 31. —A dispatch' fron -
Ctmp Malakand reports another night
attack by the tribesmen last night
The natives fought desperately for
aeseral hoars, but were repulsed at all
Joints Bonfire* had been lighted
arotind the camp and in the glare the
tribesmen were easy marksmen for
the British riflemen. Many fell and
in the light of the flames the natives
eonld be seen removing their dead. It
it reported that the Mollali was badly
Wounded and that several of his prin
cipal chiefs were disabled. The Brit
ian lost one killed and seventeen
wounded.
v*.
The Governmeot Feels the Uo!d erase.
Wamhnotox, July 31.—Moran Bros
tfl twattle, W ash.. who arc building
the torpedo boat Uowan, have ap
pealed to the navy department for
time extension on the ground that
many of their workmen have the gold
feret ahd have left, or are about Ur
leave, for the Northwest.
A' —
Hell Destroys Mlnaeeota Crops.
W UiefSiki*, Minn.. July 31. — The
- drops in a atrip five miles wide and
'■ Abkty relies long In this county were
' SWldrelr destroyed bv bail last night.
cVKfefc
COMPILED STATUTES.
Thnia for Nebraska are Nam From thl
Pram Alien 1 of Time.
The compiler and publishers of the
Compiled Statutes of the state of Ne
braska. says the Omaha Bee, have is
sued the bulky volume containing’ all
the state laws of a general nature in
force Jnly 10, 1997, some time in ad
vance of the session laws enacted by
the last legislature, and the book is
already in the hands of many of the
local attorneys. An examination of
the contents shows many important
changes, by way of additions, amend
ments and repeals, of which the fol
lowing are among the most notable:
Additions—Legislation as to: Mann
ufacture, adulteration and 6alc of vin
egar; leaving wells and ponds without
enclosure; quarantine for hog cholera
and disposal of carcasses; regulation
of stock yards and companies operat
ing the same; prohibiting free service
to public officers by steam and street
railways, and gas, water, telephone
and telegraph companies; insurance by
members of fraternal societies and mu
tual insurance societies covering plate
glass, hail and fire risks, and by the
owners of village lots, not less than 190
in number; payment of interest on
dally balances of state and county
funds by depositories, providing that
interest shall be covered into the pub
lic treasury, and that depositories
shall give bond and make quarterly
Htatements; appropriation of 9100,000
in aid of the Interstate Exposition and
state representation on the directory
of the Trans-Mississippi and Interna
tional Exposition, aad disbursement
of state funds by the state board; erec
tion of municipal courts in cities of the
metropolitan class; the initiative and
referendum; creation of advisory board
for state eleemosynary institutions; |
creation of a state free employment ,
bureau; consolidation of the Institu
tion for the blind with the Deaf and
Dumb Institute; prohibition of combi- |
nations of warehousemen, grain men
ind fire insurance companies; erection '
snd maintenance of public weighing '
scales at the public expense; right to
levy an execution or attachment on i
corporate stocks owned by a judgment |
debtor; game law; penalties for adul- |
teration of foods and provision for test- |
ing same, and penalties for removal |
from place of burial, etc., of dead hu- .
man bodies.
elections; law as to state banks and re- 1
ceiversof same; conditions under which i
municipal bonds may be issued; char- i
lers of cities of the first class; election i
af officers in first class cities (declared i
unconstitutional by the supreme court ]
lunc 28, 1897, in case of State against |
Stewart); regulation of telephone and ,
telegraph companies by the Stats ,
hoard of Transportation; purchase oi
state supplies by proposals after adver
tisement; regulation and government
of the state penitentiary; and placing
the supervision of the public printing
in the hands of state officers.
Repeals—The bounty nets; the char
ter for metropolitan cities; liabilities
of defendants primarily and collateral
ly liable to deficiency judgments in
foreclosure of real estate mortgages.
State Maj- Context for Asaeta,
There is a prospect of a lively legal
controversy between the state authori
ties and the depositors of the Ex
change bank of Atkinson over the pos
session of what available assets are
left from the collapse of the institu
tion. Attorney General Smyth paid a
visit to Atkinson and made a personal
examination of the books, which has
convinced him that the state will have
no difficulty in appropriating the Bart
ley shortage.
Mr. Smyth says that Mr. Bartlej
holds certificates of deposit from the
bank amounting to 855,000, and there
will be no difficulty in proving that at
least 845,000 of this amount was state
money. The state filed a claim to the
money some time ago and the issue
ivill probably be decided at the Septem- ,
ber term of court. The stockholder!
have organized and employed an at
torney to contest the claim of the state.
Cripple Creek at the Exposition.
The failure of the legislature of Col
orado to make an appropriation for a
state exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi
exposition will not shut the state out
entirely. There will be a Cripple
Creek at Omaha. Not .a miniature or
model, but a wideopen town, just as
it was in 1892 and 1893, with its stores,
hotels, saloons, variety theaters, post
express offices, miners’ cabins, grave
irard, mines and mills in operation, the
town peopled by those who have lived
Mid worked in mining camps. There '
will be stages, mule teams and burros,
In fact everything necessary to make 1
up the town as it existed eighteen i
months after it became the greatest <
gold camp in the world. i
Bndorans tho Kxpoaatltloo.
The congress in session at Salt Lake
endorsed the Trans-Mississippi exposi- '
tion in the following resolution: i
Resolved, That this congress reiter- i
ates its endorsement of the Trans-Mis i
sissippi exposition, and recommends |
most respectfully that the respective
states and territories give their sub- .
stantial support and encouragement to
the same by making exhibits of their
several interests and resources, credit- 1
able to each and commensurate with
the magnitude of this great enterprise; i
and that the several states and territo- :
ties, whose legislatures meet during 1
the coming winter, make liberal appro- ,
priations to further proper exhibits oi
their respective states and territories
Resists Payment of Taxes.
The C., B. & Q, railway company has
appealed to the supreme court against
the payment of taxes to the school dis
trict of Minden. The company claims
a 30 mill levy was assessed in the
district, being 15 mills more than the
law allows, as construed by the com
pany. The school tax was 25 mills and
the tax for school bonds was 10 mills.
The taxes in dispute amount to 8233.
Endorsed by Thornton.
P. j. Sadiliek, who visited the White
Bouse with Senator Thurston, says a
Washington dispatch, has been en
dorsed by the latter for a consularshif
in liohemia or some other place in Aus
tria. Should he obtain the position
bis appointment would not be consid
ered as the consulate which Nebraska
ts yet to receive. Senator Thurston
expects to get a place as good as Apis
or Panama for Nebraska. He has en
dorsed about twelve applicants fot
consulates from Nebraska.
Dakota county is suffering from at
I epidemic of hog cholera.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS' POR
; OUR RURAL READERS.
Bow Sneeerafnl Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hints as to the Care of Lire Stock
and Poultry.
N a government re
port E. A. De
Schweinltz has the
following to say on
the danger to be
found In the use of
butterine due to the
fact that the germs
are not killed by
heat In making the
compound.
The writer has
made a number of Inoculation ex
periments upon guinea pigs with
iifferent samples of oleomar
garine. The samples were purchased
in open market near the places where
they were manufactured. Sample No. 3
proved fatal, causing the death of the
inlmal in the one instance in two
months; in the other, in two weeks.
An examination showed the lungs con
gested, the liver soft and pale, one of
he kidneys badly congested, and 5 dis
tinct ulcers in the intestines, like ty
phoid-fever ulcerB. The bladder was
U the present writing the nature of
;hls disease has not been determined,
>ut the fatal effects were produced by
he oleomargarine. Another guinea
>lg Inoculated with a sample of oleo
>11, taken from a lot used in the man
ifacture of oleomargarine, died within
hree weeks, the autopsy showing bad
y congested lungs, liver dark, blood
vessels congested, and the small intes
ines containing bloody mucus.
Five months after Inoculation with
mother sample of oleomargarine, the
>lg which had been used for the experi
nent was chloroformed for examlna
lon. The animal was In fair condl
lon, but the left lung showed Incipient
uberculosis, and this disease was also
ipparent In the spleen, and there were
icveral calcareous tubercular nodules
idherent to the sternum. A prepara
lon made from this same sample had
ihown the presence of a germ which
ould scarcely be anything but the tu
>erculosis bacillus. The result of the
noculatlon confirmed this diagnosis,
rbe inoculations of all the animals
vere made by Introducing in the side
i bit of fat the size of a small pea.
PARTRIDGE COCHIN HEN.
rhe incision healed rapidly, and at
he time of the autopsies there was
10 evidence of local lesions or any
(fleet which might have been due dl
'ectly to the mechanical part of the
noculations.
A number of other guinea pigs have
teen inoculated with different samples
>f oleomargarine, but at this writing
after eight months) have not con
racted disease from the oleomargarine
noculatlon. Two of the samples
which caused disease in the animals
were made at a factory where the ma
erlal used may have been question
ible In character.
Our inoculation experiments show
conclusively that disease may be com
nunicated by means of oleomargarine,
rhe objection might he raised that dls
>ase could also be communicated in
;he same way by butter. It is, how
sver, a very simple and easy matter t»
pasteurize the cream before churning,
rhe temperature of pasteurization Is
infavorable for oleo-oll manufacture.
The statements of most authorities
have been to the effect that oleomar
garine is good and digestible and
healthful, provided it is made from
pure material and the process is prop
erly conducted. The legitimate and
safe manufacture of oelomwgarine can
he secured, therefore, only when there
Is careful and safe control end inspec
tion at the abattoirs and oleomargar
ine factories of both the finished pro
duct and the constituents which enter
into its manufacture. Then, too, all
the oleomargarine should be sold as
oleomargarine, and should have some
thing distinctive about its appearance
—absence of color, as Massachusettes
demands, or a specially bright color;
and every pound of it should be care
fully inspected at the factories before
being shipped, to see that the par
ticular distinctive character is pres
ent.
In conclusion analyses are given of
a number of samples of oelomargarine
and of butter. The melting point Of
the oleomargarine was about 10 de
grees C. lower than that of butter and
several of the samples contained con
siderable cotton-seed oil. The pres
ence of an abnormally large amount of
albuminoids in a number of samples
of the oleomargarine “points to a con
tamination with animal fiber and in
dicates that the material used was not
Standard Varieties of Chickens.
The Partridge Cochin is a beautiful
yet difficult fowl to breed, and in plum
age Is much after the pattern of the
Dark Brahma, the color being red and
brown, instead of the steel-gray effect
of the latter. The head of male in col
or is bright red hackle, bright red or
orange red, with a distinct black stripe
down the center of each feather; saddle
feathers same as hackle; breast and
body rich deep black; wing bows, red;
primaries, black on Inside web, with
a bay edging on the outside web; sec
ondaries, black on the inside web and
rich bay on the outside web, termina
ting with greenish-black at the end of
each feather; wing coverts, greenish
black, forming a well-defined bar of
that color across the wing when folded;
tall, black; sickles, coverts and lesser
coverts glossy greenish-black; the lat
ter may be edged with red; thighs,
black; shanks, yellow and well covered
with black or brownish feathers, the
middle toes being also well feathered.
The female Is the prettier of the two.
Her head Is small and of a rich brown
plumage, with a stout, well-curved
beak, yellow in - color. Her eyes are
bay and mild In expression. The head
is ornamented with a small single
comb set perfectly straight upon the
head and bright red in color. The
wattles are small, well-rounded and
fine In texture; the earlobes are well
developed and are also fine in texture.
The neck Is neatly curved, with abun
dant hackle flowing well over the
shoulders. The plumage is bright red
or orange red, with a broad black stripe
down the middle of each feather. The
black stripe in a good feather should
run to a point near the end of the
Feather. This stripe should be free
From penciling, but the standard per
mits a slight penciling of the black. A
good back and cushion helps make the
bird. Her back should be broad and
Sat, the broader the better, and the
cushion should rise with a gentle con- !
vex curve and partially cover the tall.
Trained Butter-Makers Wanted.—
Colonel Ligget and Professor Haecker
unite in saying that Minnesota butter
Interests are handicapped because our
butter makers lack training and experi
ence. They say that a butter maker
ought to have two years training in a
factory before they enter the agricul
tural college, and then ought to act as
assistant in a creamery for another
year before taking full charge. There
certainly is little inducement^ for a
young man to spend two years in study
at his own expense, for a business
which pays scarcely better than any
trade in which even apprentices receive
wages. But we believe that trained but
ter makers will command an Increase
of salary sufficient to compensate them
for their expense in preparation. If
they can not, then the training is a
waste of time and money.—Northwest
srn Agriculturist
Capacity of Bins and Wagons.—Ev
ery boy around the farm of suitable
age should be taught how to figure out
the number of bushels of wheat and
oats in the bin and how much the wag
on box will hold. A wagon box ten
feet long, three feet wide and twenty
five Inches deep will hold 27.8 bushels
of ear corn or 60.2 bushels of shelled
corn. A crib ten feet wide, ten feet j
high and sixteen feet long wiil hold 711 I
bushels of ear corn. Of ear corn one I
bushel is contained in two and a quar- !
ter cubic feet. In figuring shelled corn ;
and grain, the same space will hold
one and four-fifths times as much grain
as It. will of car corn. A crib that will
hold 800 bushels of ear corn will hold
of shell corn or other grain 1,440 bush
els.—Ex.
The London policeman, on an aver
age, arrests seven persons every year.
Even the gossip helps to keep some
people straight.
GUARDING THE GOLD
REVENUE CUTTERS TO ESCORT
THE YELLOW STUFF.
Fear* of an Attack by Chlneno Pirate* I*
the Expectation of Secnrlnir Two
Million* In Gold Can*e* Uncle
" Sam to Take Precautions.
Armed For Marauders.
Washington. July 30.—Tho steamei
Portland, which is expected to leavi
St Michaels, Alaska, about Septem
ber 15, will, it is said, bring to Seattle
Wash., about $1,000,000 in gold from
the Alaskan fields.
P. B. Weare of Chicago, presiden'
of the North American Transportatior
and trading company, owner of tht
Portland, has advised the treasury
department that he fears an atteinp1
will be made by Chinese pirates t<
capture this cargo, and has asked tha‘
the government detail a revenue cut
ter to convoy the Portland out o'
Behring sea.
The request has been granted,
though the officers of the revenui
cutter service do not share the i-ar;
entertained. The revenue cutter Beai
and possibly one or two others will
convoy the Portland. They will be
fully armed i nd equipped to give pos
sible marauders a warm reception.
LAND OFFICES FOR ALASKA.
Washington, July :10.—The appoint
ments of register and receiver of the
land office at Sitka, Alaska, made by
the President yesterday, follow the
creation of those offices by a special
act passed on the last day of the ses
sion of Congress just ended. Far in
advance of the establishment of the
office applications for appointments
came pouring in at the general land
office, and a large number of papers
relating to them accumulated. Ros
well Shelly, named for receiver, is a
close friend of Commissioner Hermann
of the general land office, and is well
known in Oregon. He is a merchant
And lives in Portland. John W. Dud
ley of this city, nominated for regis
ter, is a lawyer and civil engineer. He
is a young man, a little over 35 years
old, and a son of General William W.
Dudley, the lawyer-politician and ex
commissioner of pensions.
The act on which these appoint
ments are based also provides for a
local land office for the Western dis
trict of Alaska. This, however, owing
to the lateness of the season and the
fact that little could be accomplished
there this winter, will not be carried
out until some time next spring, when,
according to. present expectations, a
land office will be established at Circle
City, 000 miles up the Yukop river,
near the gold fields. Subsequent de
velopments, however, may change this
location in view of tho rapid changes
and shifting population. The Sitka
office was created at once in view of
its coast location.
BI11INUER NAMED.
Tba Appointment to Montreal la An
eonneed—Other Appointments.
Washington, July 30.—The Pres
ident has made the following' appoint
ments in the consular service: Church
Howe of Nebraska, at Palermo, Sicily;
Luther W. Osborne of Nebraska, at
Apia and Nukualofa, Tonga; John
N. Ruffin of Tennessee, nt Ascun
sion, Paraguay; A. H. Byington of
Connecticut, at’ Naples, Italy; Samuel
M. Taylor, Ohio, at Glasgow, Scot
land; Gustave C. E. Weber of Ohio, at
Nuremberg, Bavaria; John L. Bittin
ger of Missouri, consul general at
Montreal, Canada; John Jenkins of
Nebraska, rt San Salvador; Will
iam T. Louvelle of Ohio, at
Belfast, Ireland; William P,
Smith of Missouri, at Hull, Eng
land; Griffith W. Preesof Wisconsin at
Swansea, Wales; Urbain J. Ledos of
Maine, at Tree Rivers. Quebec; Wilbur
S. Glass of South Dakota, at Kehl,
Germany; George H. Jackson of Con
necticut, at Cognac, France; Hugh
Pitcairn of Pennsylvania, at Ham
burg, Germany; Ira B. Meyers of
Indiana at St Johns, New Bruns
wick.
DECIMATED BY FANATICS,
TIwt» Thonund Men Repotted Killed
in n llattle In Brazil.
Nf.w Yohk, July 30.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro, Bra
zil, says that authentic information
has ro&ched that city that more than
3,000 men were killed in a big battle
ne*\r the site of Canador. The fanat
ics, who numbered more than 3,000
men, all well armed, attacked the fed
eral troops. Whole brigades of. sol
diers were swept down. For miles the
ground around Canador is strewn with
the dead and dying. The government
troops were compelled to leave their
dead on the field and flee to save them
selves from complete destruction by
the fanatics.
An Arrested lllsaiu'st Commits Snlrlile.
Mu. ax, Mo., July 3D.—J. II. Sterling
has received a telegram from Prose
cutor Irwin, who had gone to Manilla,
Iowa, to arrest James Kerr for big
amy, Kerr having left a second wife
and two children here to return to his
first wife there, that Kerr had shot
himself dead immediately after his
apprehension.
Far tUo tJalbreath Murder.
Gai.ena, Kan., July 30.—Since the
finding of Frank Galbreath’s body,
two weeks ago, in an abandoned shaft
on West Seventh street. Deputy Sheriff
Charles Rains and Constables Roe and
Radley have been trying to run down
thp perpetrators of the murder. Yes
terday they arrested Ed Staftleback,
his mother. Mi's. Wilson, and her hus
band, Charles Wilson, George and
Cora tSIailleback, Anna McCombs and
K. Carpenter. The people arrested
nru a tough lot. Excitement is run
ning high and the prisoners wero hur
ried overland to Columbus last night
for protection.
SOUTHERN MURDERS.
Business Stopped In Habile, Ala., and
Lynching! Proposed.
Mobile, Ala., July 40.—As the result
of three murders last night, business
is practically suspended and on all
sides the opinion is freely expressed
that summary justice should be meted
out. If the day passes without a lynch
ing1 it will be a surprise.
At 7 o’clock last night Thomas Jones,
63 years of age, an ex-Confederate vet
eran, tried to get Isiah Davis, a negro
who had already served a term for as
sault with intent to murder a white
man, out of his house, into which he
had broken, when the negro, a power
fill man about 30 years of age, after
choking Jones, picked up a piece
of wood which had come off the fence
and broke Jones's neck. The crowd
which rapidly assembled was about to
lynch Davis, when police officers res
cued him with difficulty aud he was
put in the city jail, a building strongly
constructed, impossible of capture
without cat loss of life. All night
long a uetermined crowd of men
remained outside the jail, but
they knew the futility of an
attack and waited until the
prisoner should be removed. Before
midnight Mayor Bush called out the
local troops, but of the *00 men com
posing the First brigade in this city,
only seventy-five responded. With
their officers they lay under arms all
night expecting a call. This morning
Davis was brought before the recorder.
The coroner’s jury and the lower court
sent him up for murder, though he
tried to play off insane.
Between 12 and 1 o’clock this morn
ing Willie Knight, known os the
“Pensacola Kid,” shot and instantly
killed another negro named Dantzler,
and as he was being chased by officers
shot and mortally wounded Policeman
Tucker. He was arrested by Hubbard,
a section boss, at Hurricane bayou at
7 o’clock, and a special engine with
officers brought him to town, but the
engine was stopped upon the outskirts
and the negro rushed thror- ’; the
suburbs to the county jail.
IRISHMEN MAY BE FREED.
Clomency for the Five Remaining Ufa
Political Prl<on«rs Expected.
London, July .10.—As a result of the
efforts of John Redmond, the Parnell
ite leader, it is probable that the gov
ernment will soon release the five re
maining Irish prisoners — Wilson,
Burton, Dalton, Flanagan and
Featherstone—now undergoing sen
tences of penal servitude for life in
Portland prison.
Sir Matthew White-Ridley, the
home secretary, has already promised
to treat them as convicted under the
dynamite act of 1883, which carries a
maximum penalty of twenty years’
imprisonment, instead of under the
treason-felony act of 1848. Deducting
for “good conduct commutation” the
term of imprisonment would be fifteen
years.
All five have now entered upon the
fifteenth year of their imprisonment,
and there are strong hopes of relief
before the expiration c* the year, as
the result of special pressure brought
to bear upon the government, sup
ported by a large section of the press.
It is thought probable that the forth
coming visit of the Duke and Duchess
of York to Ireland will be signalized
by the release of all Irish political
prisoners.
DAVIS FAVORS CLAIMANTS
The Kulea for Pension Adjudication*
Very Materially Modified.
Washington, July 30.—A thorough
revision of the rules governing the
adjudication of pension claims undei
the second section of the act of June
27, 1800, has been mado by Webster
Davis, assistant secretary of the in
terior, and sweeping modifications in
the present practice are the result.
The new code will furnish, it is said,
a safe, speedy and uniform system ol
adjusting this large class of cases.
Assistant Secretary Davis holds that
the application of the strictness and
technicality of court proceedings is
unwise and that it was not Congress’s
intention to hedge the administration
of these laws with the difficulties and
pitfalls of any system of special
pleading whose technicalities and re
finements may tend to a practical de
feat of the government’s benevolent
pu rposes.
Locomotives for Japan.
Philadelphia, July 30.—The Bald
win locomotive works has just booked
an order for twenty locomotives for
Japan. This, with orders already re
ceived, makes a total of fifty for that
Oriental empire. Thirty have just
been shipped. Of these, eighteen were
for the government roads, and twelve
for a private railroad corporation.
The order just received is for the Jap
anese government.
To Sell Another Railroad.
Vinita. L T., July 30 —A bill has
been filed in the United States court
here against the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad company and the American
Loan and Trust company of Boston
for the foreclosure of the first mort
gage upon the Central division of the
road, extending from Seneca, Mo., to
SaDulpa. I. T., 112 miles.
High Premium for Alaska Tickets.
Sax Francisco, Cal., July .it).—The
steamer Excelsior, chartered by the
Alaska Commercial company, left Mis
sion street at 2 p. m., sailing direct
for St. Michaels. This is the last of
the company's fleet which will con
nect with the Yukon river steamers
this season. Three times the original
price was asked for tickets. One pas
senger changed his mind after receiv
ing an offer of $1,500 for the paste
board for which he originally paid but
$150. Over 5.000 people gathered upon
the wharf to bid farewell to the ilO
passengers for the Kloadyke.
