THE HERALD Doable Sheet sM B | ?= TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 50. LOS ANGELES. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1897 Twelve Pages PRICE FIVE CENTS ALGER'S LAST REASON -OR DELAYING ACTION ON SAN PEDRO , No Money Has Been Provided to Pay Newspapers for Advertising the Bids WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?Another complication has arisen in connection with the project for the improvement of San Pedro Harbor, In California, that threatens to delay the advertisement calling for proposals until Congress meets and makes further provision, lt: has been discovered that the act makes j no provision to defray the expenses of the advertisement and the department Is now seeking for some means to carry out the Intent of Congress that shall be within the law. GRANT ROBBERS Made a Big Haul in Gold and Green Backs SANTA FE, N. M., Nov. 18.?A mer- chant from Grant, N. M., where the re- cent robbery of the Santa Fe Pacific train occurred, states that fully $150,- --000, If not more, was secured by the train robbers. About 100 pounds ln gold coin was taken, according to the statement of Fireman Abel, given the merchant half an hour after the robbery, and "than they piled into their sack bundle after bundle of paper currency," the fireman added. United States Marshal Foraker admits that at least $35,000 In gold was secured by the robbers and an unknown amount of greenbacks. The Marshal has gone south to meet Arizona officials, lt is believed that tho hiding place of the robbers has been located. Sir Henry's Record SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.?Chief Lees today received a letter from Detec- tive Roche of Sydney, informing him that Henry Westwood Cooper, the swindler in custody here, was known In Sydney in 1891 as Charle3 Ernest Chad- wlck. He was arrested there at that time under that name on two charges of obtaining money under false pretenses, but was released, as, ln order to prose- cute, It would have been necessary to send to the secretary of state's office, London, for a person to go to the colon- ies and testify that the Beal with which the documents issued by Cooper were sealed was bogus. Two years later he was sentenced to eighteen months at hard labor for a similar crime. Later on he came to the front as Dr. Henry Westwood Cooper at Regent street, Redfern. Chinese Rebellion VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 18.?The Em- press of Chla brings these Oriental ad- vices. The rebellion in Northern China Is spreading and fears are expressed that the insurgents will advance on Tien Tsln. The Imperial troops have been de- feated in several engagements and the number of insurgents is steadily in- creasing. The' Insurgents also expect to be joined by members of secret socie- ties who revolted unsuccessfully just be- fore the war with Japan. They are all well supplied with supplies and ammu- nition abandoned by "Chinese braves" in the recent war. Durrant's Spiritual Needs SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18.?At the request of Mr. and Mrs. Durrant the Rev. Wm. Ruder will from now on act as the spiritual adviser of tbjHr son. it Theodore Durrani is oompelUM to (rive BLACKLISTED STRIKER IS GIVEN HEAVY DAMAGES BY THE COUET Ketcham Grew Tired of Discharges Without Cause and Appealed to the Law for Justice CHICAGO, Nov. 18.?Fred Ketcham was awarded a verdict of $21,666.31 by the jury in Judge Clifford's court today in his suit against the Northwestern rail- road for $25,000 damages for blacklist. ! The case has been on trial nearly three weeks and has been of great |n- I terest to men employed In railroad busi- ness. During the great strike of the j American Railway Union Ketcham was employed as a conductor for the North- western road. He joined the strikers and the evidence showed that he attend- ed some of the meetings in the Interest of the American Railway Union. Since the strike, Ketcham claims, he has been unable to secure steady employment owing to the fact that he was black- listed. He obtained several position? with other roads, but after working a short time was discharged, he alleged, without cause. Not long ago Ketcham secured employment with the Michigan Centra*! Elevator Company at Kensing- ton and moved his family to that sub- urb. He worked a short time there and was discharged. The trial throughout was hotly contested on both sides and several interesting Incidents occurred. Judge Clifford was asked to Issue bench warraijs for the arrest of T. A. Lawson, Superintendent of the Wiscon- sin division of the Northwestern road, and E, E. Osborne, an attorney. It was reported to the court by the plaintiff's attorney that Lawson and Osborne and possibly other officials of the road had attempted to Induce Andrew Stader, who had been subpoenaed for the plaintiff, to leave the city for the purpose of avoid- ing the summons of the court. Judge Clifford at the time refused the request and the matter is still pending. His honor said he would Institute an In- vestigation after the' case was sent to the Jury. Many witnesses for both sides were heard and at each session of the court the room was crowded with men who claimed to have been deprived of work ln the same manner as the plain- tiff. The case will probably be appealed. They Can't Walk Home NEW YORK, Nov. 18.?The Chinamen who were sent over to London to'appear in the initial production of the Chinese play. The First Born, are in a peck of trouble. They returned on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, and they were not allowed to land because of the Chinese exclusion law. The Chinamen are now being fed at the expense of the German steamship and are dividing their time between feasting and praying to an Im- provised Joss that they may be permitted to land. The McCord Claim WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?The Peru- vian minister. Dr. Egulgeren, was among Secretary Sherman's callers to- day. He came to talk over the last de- mand of our government for a settle- meat of the McCord claim and he has now in return proposed to arbitrate the case. This proposition is not acceptable to our government and the negotiations continue. Dockyard Inspection SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.? E. O. Matthews, chief of the United States bureau of yards and docks, arrived from the north today. He Is on* touf of ln- A FURIOUS WINDSTORM Raging Along the Northern Coast \u25a0 STEAMER TRUCKEE AGROUND * AND IS LIKELY TO PROVE A TOTAL LOSS Tha Mississippi River Steamer Bluff City Destroyed by Fire and Powder? English Disasters Associated Press Special Wire. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18.?For the past twenty-four hours a furious wind and rain storm has prevailed over the entire North Pacific coast. The wind today reached at velocity of fifty miles per hour and the rainfall for twenty-four hours has ben about three and one-half inches. The weather has been warm, which has melted the snow- in the foothills, causing a rapid rise in the streams. The storm played havoc with trees, billboards, awnings, signs and electric wires in the city today, and tele- phone and telegraphic service was seri- ously interrupted. A message from Yaqulna bay says a heavy storm Is raging there. Tho cus- toms house was blown down and tho records of the office lost In the bay. The telephone wires are prostrated and con- siderable damage has "been done to small craft on the bay. THE TRUCKEE WRECKED MARSHFIELD, Ore., Nov. 18.?News leached here this evening that the steamer Truckee, bound from Tillamook to San Francisco, lumber laden, went ashore this morning on the north spit of the Umpqua river. G. W. Freeman, superintendent of the Thirteenth light- house district, was a passenger on the stage down the beach from the Umpqua this afternoon, says that about 5 o'clock this morning the keeper of the Umpqua light heard a distress whistle, but on account of the darkness was unable to distinguish anything. At daylight the Truckee was in sight south, evidently in distress. It was blowing hard in the south and the Umpqua bar was break- ing clear across and nothing but a white strip. At 7 o'clock the captain hoisted his flag and headed for the bar. The steamer passed through the outer line of breakers successfully and the captain, trying to hold her in tile channel, hoisted his foresail, but the wind was too strong and it was carried' away. The square sail was also hoisted, and was immedi- ately carried overboard, throwing the vessel on the extreme end of the north spit. All this time the crew were dis- charging the cargo. The Umpqua) life- saving crew was promptly on hand and made three unsuccessful attempts to reach the steamer. When Mr. Freeman left the scene at 10:30 there had been no communication withfthe Truckee, and she was apparent- ly resting easy, with her bow Inshore and her stern to the wind. The sea was very rough and was breaking all around the steamer, but did not appear to be breaking over her. The Truckee went on at high tide this morning, but as the evening tides are the largest. It may be possible that If she did not go to pieces today that after discharging her deck-load of lumber she may be forced over the bar. News regarding the wreck Is very meager, and there will be no more In- formation from there before tomorrow evening. The Umpqua river ls twenty miles up the coast from here and has no wire communication. The stage driver says that he has never experienced such a storm on tha beach as that of today. The Truckee has a register of 342 tons and is owned by the Truckee Lumber company of San Francisco. A ROARING GALE ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 18.?One of the worst storms ever known has prevailed for the last thirty-six hours. At the Cape last night and this morning the wind was blowing at the rate of seventy- four to eighty-four miles per hour. The gale was from the southwest, and the mouth of tho river was obscured by a thick fog. The storm'lncreased in fury after midnight and reached a hurricane at 7 o'clock this morning. Little Informa- tion can be obtained from North Beach, as the wire is down, but the steamer llwaco returned and reported no great damage done there. A man nslecp on a woodscow, which has drifted away from Its moorlngsjhas not yet been found. The steamep State of California, which was due Tuesday from San Francisco, has not yet arrived. As no vessels have arrived or departed since the storm commenced, there ls no anxiety as to her safety. It is believed that she has been off the mouth of the river for wo'days and is simply waiting for the storm to subside. VESSELS IN DANGER SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.?A south- west hurricane is raging from Eureka to Cape Flattery. The steamer State of California was due at Astoria Wednes- day morning, but the chances are that she is hove to somewhere off the Colum- bia river awaiting a chance to get in. The Umatilla, from Puget sound for San Francisco, must also have encountered the full force of the storm. She was due this morning, but has not arrived. On Wednesday morning lt was blowing ninety-live miles an hour off the Oregon coast and today the storm reached Hum- boldt. The steamer Humboldt from San Francisco got Into Eureka, but Captain Bonnlfleld reports that the bar was breaking and the weather very heavy outside. At the rate it is traveling the storm should reach San Francisco to- morrow ifit does not die out In tbe mean- time. 1 The bar bound fleet that got out of Gray's harbor last Tuesday must also bef In trouble. The fair wind they had at starting would about bring them to the Columbia river, and there they would meet the full force of the storm. The steamer President was due Wednes- day ond the Truckee today from Yaqulna bay, and they also are delayed. DAMAGB ASHORE noon the rain was 5.3 Inches: for the last three hours ending the same time It waa 5.2 inches. A landslide on the Port Townsend Southern railway at Tull- water delayed tratns today. TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. EVERETT. Wash., Nov. 18.?At 11 oclock tonight the water in the Skyhom- ish and Stllllquamlsh rivers is higher than ever before known. The Great Northern track between Sultan and In- dex is practically all washed away. At Admiraltyhead yie new wharf for the government fortifications was wrecked by the wind. The new bridge across the South Fork has been washed away. RIVERS RISING SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 18.?A heavy wind and rain storm has prevailed over the Puget sound region for the past forty-eight hours. Up to 6 oclock to- night the rainfall had exceeded four Inches. The White and Black rivers are rising rapidly and will soon be out of their bounds. The Duwamish. Snoho- mish, Skagit and Stlllaguamlsh are all raging torrents. TWO ENGLISH DISASTERS LONDON, Nov. 18.?The British steamer Indralem, Capt. Campbell, which arrived at Grenock, Nov. 17th, from Norfolk and Newport News, via Belfast, reported Oct. 2Sth, in latitude 38, longitude 70, a ship was seen on lire. She was apparently about 1400 tons burden and built of iron. As far as could be seen from the Indralem's deck, there was not a sign of life on board and all the boats were gone. Her identity could not be made out. The British steamer Maritime. Capt HughC3, from Galveston, Oct. 23d, for Bremen, Is ashore at Egmond-Aan-Zee, on the North sea. Assistance has been sent to her. A STEAMER BURNED ST. LOUIS, Nov. IS.?The magnificent new Anchor Line steamer Bluff City, one of the finest and newest boats on the lower Mississippi, which left here Wed- nesday night bound for New Orleans with forty passengers and 1000 tons of miscellaneous freight on board, was burned to the water's edge at Chester, 111., seventy-five miles below here, at 9 a. m. today. All the passengers and crew escaped to land without Injury, but nothing on board was saved. The loss, which is total, will aggregate $100,000. A number of valuable race horses that were being taken to New Orleans for the races there were burned up. Flames were discovered) shortly be- fore 9 oclock ln the engine room and spread rapidly, soon enveloping the whole boat. The passengers and crew got to shore safely, not one of them be- ing injured in the least. They were un- able to save any baggage, however. Captain Conners nnd Clerk Cate did all they could to get the passengers out of harm's way, and though there was a rush for the gangplank, a panic was averted. Most of the passengers were yellow fever refugees who were return- ing to their homes In the south from St. Louis. When the flames reached the powder magazine there was a tremendous ex- plosion which shattered the boat \u25a0and ' caused lt to sink to the bottom of tho river. Numerous windows in buildings on shore were broken and the town of Chester was badly shaken. IN DISTRESS NEW YORK, Nov. 18? The steamer Megantlc, from London, Nov. 4th, for this port, anchored outside the bar this forenoon, signaling that she was dis- abled and ln need of assistance. THEY COUGHED A Kansas Crook Stands Up Arresting Officers EMPORIA, Kan., Nov. 18. ? Sheriff Gaughan has received a telegram say- ing that a man named Cooken should be arrested. Deputy Sheriff Fred Wagner, Santa Fe detective Laws and Policeman Al Randolph placed Cooken under arrest while he was reading a letter at the post- office. , "All right, gentlemen," said Cooken. "I'llgo with you in a minute," and com- menced placing his letter in his pocket. Like a flash he pulled out a revolver in each hand. He shoved one Into the face of Wagner and coolly said: "Cough up your gun," and with the same breath covered the other two officers. In a mo- ment the three men were disarmed.Shov- ing the pistols into his overcoat pockets he rushed for the door and disappeared. A posse of deputy sheriffs and the en- tire police are out hunting for him. KERN COUNTY CATTLE Said to Be Suffering From Splenetic Fever SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.?Dr. W. P. Matthews, secretary of the state board of health, will leave for Bakersfteld, Kern county, this evening to Join the members of the board at that place. To- morrow the board of health will make a tour of Inspection over some of the great stock ranches in that vicinity lo inquire whether splenetic fever exists among the cattle, with a view to having the United States quarantine laws re- moved. Under the existing quarantine laws cattle raisers cannot make ship- ments of stock. The state board of health desires, if it is possible, to confine the splenetic fever, If any exists, to one district and to help out cattle raisers who are under the ban, but whose stock is not afflicted. A Cretan Commissioner BERLIN, Nov. 18.?A dispatch pub- lished by the Frankfort Zeltung from Constantinople today says the candi- dacy of Col. Schaeffer, an offcer in the army of Luxemburg, as provisional commissioner of the powers to the island of Crete, has been abandoned. The Ottoman government has announced ob- jection to the colonel and was supported In this matter by Oermany. Count Muravleff, the Russian minister for for- eign affairs, It is now said, Insists that the commissioner must be of the ortho- dox Greek faith and has so Informed the representatives of the powers. A Consul's Return SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.-D. W. | Maratt, who has Just retired from the | position of United States consul general I at Melbourne, and wife, arrived on this morning's steamer from Australia en ! route to their home in Dakota. An Aged Couple ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 18.?John J. Overton, aged 100 years and 1 month, was married to Mrs. Mary Henderson, aged 77 years, in this oity today. Both were ln excellent health. The National Orange HARRISBURO, No*. 18.?The Na- tional closed Its session tonight. li y'-y"* < M?»^*TOPJ^Md PRISONERS LIBERATED On Pardon Extended by the Spanish Queen CREW OF THE COMPETITOR NOW ON THE WAY TO AMERICA AND FREEDOM The United States Formally Expresses Its Satisfaction With the Set- tlement of the Case Associated Press Special Wire. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18?Minister Woodford has telegraphed the State De- partment that the Spanish Cabinet has notified him that the Queen has par- doned the Competitor prisoners. The State Department announces that the Competitor prisoners were turned over to Consul-General Lee last Monday and will be sent by him direct to New York today. It is not doubted here that the pris- oners arc liberated on such conditions as were imposed in the case of former pris- oners; that is, that they will not return to Cuba. It is singular that the men should have been four days in the custody of Consul- General Lee without the fact having become generally known, but it iB sup- posed that the secrecy was observed in order, to insure departure from Havana without exciting trouble from the ex- treme conservative Spanish faction. There were four prisoners, namely: Alfredo Lahore, the captain of the Com- petitor, a native of New Orleans. Wm. Glide/, tho mate, a naturalized citizen. Ona Melton, who claims Kansas as his native state, and who went on the Com- petitor in the capacity of a newspaper correspondent. Charles Barnett, of British birth, but who claimed the protection of the United States government by virtue of his sail- ing on an American vessel. The conditions under which the Com- petitor was captured April 27, 1896, off the Cuban coast while engaged ln land- ing arms for the insurgents, have been often described. The defense of the men was that they were forced Into the expedition against their will by the Insurgent party on board the vessel. They were tried by a naval court-mar- tial, before which they could make only a poor showing, principally because of their Ignorance of the Spanish language, In which the proceedings were conduct- ed, so that their conviction and the impo- sition of the death sentence was not a matter of surprise. At that point, however, the case as- sumed diplomatic importance. Our government, through its consul- general at Havana, Ramon Williams, and also through Minister Taylor at Madrid, interposed an energetic pro- test against the execution ot the sen- tence, claiming that the men were im- properly tried without the guarantees held out in the famous Cushlng protocol. This protest caused the removal of the case to the higher judicial authorities at Madrid, by whom a new trial was or- dered. The Spanish government, how- ever, did not and has not yet conceded that the Cushlng protocol applies to such cases. To admit that would, ln the opin- ion of the Spanish authorities, greatly stimulate the fitting out of filibustering parties in the nUited States. The new trial had been ordered by the Madrid supreme court on the ground of irregularities in the original trial, not because of any concessions of the sound- ness of the objections interposed by the United States. It was to have begun last Monday and It iB thought would have resulted-in the Imposition of the death sentence again. This would.how- ever have provoked an explosion In this country, according to the anticipations of the department officials, that would have been hardly less violent than the feeling caused by the famous Virglnius episode, so it is to them a matter of sat- isfaction that the Spanish queen has cut the diplomatic tangle by the par- don of the men before the second trial. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, had a long conference with Assistant Secretary Day today, and it is believed the Spanish government ls voluntarily about to remove another troublesome factor from' the field of ne- gotiations In revoking the decree) made by Weyler prohibiting the exportation of tobacco from Cuba. This prohibition has worked hardships on American cigar making interests, and up to this time all efforts of the state department to secure an amelioration of the harsh conditions of the decree have been un- availing. The reason set up by General Weyler for the order was the necessity of keeping in Havana the supply of tobacco necessary to run the domestic cigar factories, and thus, by giving em- ployment to workmen keep them from drlflng away into the Insurgent ranks It was a matter of common report, how- ever, that another potent reason was a desiro to cripple Cuban cigar makers In the United States, from whom the insurgents drew funds. Reports that come to Washington are to the effect that the new crop of to- bacco that will be ripe in February next is of excellent quality an damounts to four-fifths of an average crop. ON THEIR WAY HAVANA, Nov. IS.?ln pursuance with cabled Instructions from Spain, received yesterday, Gen. Blanco released from Cabanas fortress Alfred Labord-;, Chas. Earnett, Ona Melton and Wm. Glldoa, members of the crew of the American schooner Competitor. They were delivered to the American and British consuls and have taken passage on the steamer Saratoga of the Ward line for New York. A REPORTED SURRENDER LONDON, Nov. 18.?A special dispatch from Madrid, published here- this even- ing, says all the important insurgent chiefs of the Philippine Islands have surrendered to the Spanish authorities and Captain-General Prlmo de Reves announces that the Island Is completely pacified. NOT A BWOLB^rj^si^^^ paper that in spite of the concessions made to the Cuban autonomists and in spite of the appointment of autonomist prefects in the different provinces, there does not exist a single sign of the ap- proaching submission of the insurgents. At the meeting of the cabinet today a letter from United States Minister Woodford, warmly expressing the satis- faction and gratitude of the United States government relative to the set- tlement of the Competitor case and other current questions. The communi- cation created a good impression in political circles, INSURGENTS DEFEATED HAVANA, Nov. 18.?It is officiallyre- ported that the combined forces under Col. Esteban recently had an engage- ment with an insurgent force under the leadership of Varano at Mogole, in the province of Pinar del Rio, with the re- sult that the insurgents were put to flight, leaving twenty-one of their num- ber dead on the field. Anmong the slain were the leader, Torriente, and the In- surgent prefecto of galafre, Montes de Oca. The Spanish force captured a quantity of arms and ammunition and also de- stroyed the insurgents' camp. The infanta battalion, according to the official report, attacked a force of in- surgents at Sierra Yngles, province of Pinar del Rio, and the Spanish guide and several of the soldiers were wounded. The troops, the official report says, captured the mother of the insurgent Nunez and her two sisters. The insur- gents' camp and nfty-two huts were de- stroyed. WEYLER'S RETURN CORUNNA, Spain, Nov. 18.?The Spanish steamer Montserrat, which left Havana Sunday, October 31st, with Gen - eral Weyler, the former Captain-Gen- eral of Cuba, on board, and subsequently touched at Gibrara and' Porto Rico, ar- rived here unexpectedly today. She was not due to arrive here, according to the announcements, until Friday evening. The newspaper campaign for and against a popular demonstration ln honor of General Weyler is so fierce that the editor of the antl-Weyler paper, La Voce De Galllcia, has challenged the editor of the Weyler organ, El Nord- quest, to fight a duel. The Moderate Republicans and Car- lists are in favor of the demonstrations. Every craft of every description that the port afforded was chartered to con- vey individuals, societies and clubs to the Montserrat. A number of deputa- tions went on board the vessel. The commandant of Corunna had a brief In- terview with General Weyler, simply conveying to him the desire of the queen regent and government to receive him as speedily at Madrid. General Weyler did not come on shore. He has decided to remain on the Mont- serrat until she reaches Barcelona, for which port she will sail direct at 6 oclock tomorrow morning. Thus far there has been no disturbance whatever. INDEX TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS Woman suffragists' convention be- gins at Chicago today. A Mississippi river steamer de- stroyed by fire; other marine disas- ters. Butler Keller placed in the sweat- box at Chicago; sticks stoutly to his story. Senator Chandler outlines the, probable result of the coming session of congress. A furious storm raging along the North Pacific coast; the steamer Truckee aground. A Chicago railroad man gets a $20,- --000 verdict against the Northwestern road for blacklisting. The Competitor prisoners pardoned by the Queen of Spain and are now on their way to New York. Secretary Alger finds one more rea- son for delaying action on the San Pedro harbor improvement. A serious wreck on the Memphis road near Williford, Ark.; one passen- ger killed and thirty injured. California fruit growers discuss horticultural subjects and ask for the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Sharkey takes a decision over Joe Ooddard, after a thoroughly unsatis- factory exhibition of rough-and-tum- ble scrapping. McKenna practically certain to be appointed to a supreme court justice- ship; his successor as attorney-gen- eral is somewhat in doubt. Every member of the Western Pas- senger association accuses every other member of violating the agree- ment relative to commissions. NANSEN'S NEXT TRIP Plans Laid for Attempts to Beach the Pole CHRISTIANA, Nov. IS.?Hjalmar Johnannes, the Norwegian army officer who was with Dr. Nansen in the latter'a recent Arctic expedition, referring to the plans of the doctor's next trip north, says arrangements have already been made for a sojourn hut on Franz Joseph - land. The Fram, Nansen's ship, will be accompanied by a large vessel called Starkodder. There will be many more dogs and more scientific men and one of the ships will advance through the ice until it becomes icebound. From there sled expeditions will start north. The other ship will go along the border, making scientific researches ln the ice, in the water and at the bottom of the sea. A Rapist Sentenced CINCINNATI, 0., Nov. 18.?Duke Croxton, the first to be tried of the nine men who follovyed Mr. and Mrs. Geasou out of Newport, Ky., and taking the woman, at the point of a revolver, brutally outraged her, was today found guilty and his punishment was fixed by the jury at twenty years in the peniten- tiary. The trial was held at Newport, Ky. A San Jose Pioneer SAN JOSE, Nov. 18? E. A. Vandal- sem, a pioneer contractor of this city, died today. , «c was the builder of tbe hall of T^°jt 1, Sulnte clair * °lub bouse CHANDLER'S FORECAST Of the Work of the Coming Session RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION NOT LIKELY TO AFFECT BORDEB NEIOHBOBS Cuban. Policy Is Problematical, But the Hawaiian Annexation Treaty Will Be Ratified Associated Press Special Wire. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?Senator William E. Chandler ot New Hamp- shire, in an interview regarding legisla- tion at the coming session of congress, said: "Senator Lodge proposes pushing tha measure looking to the restriction of im- migration and of demanding Its pas- sage without delay. <, "Bills proposing to bar the undesirable foreign element from entering) Into this country are now pending ln both the house and the senate, and there is no doubt that the two houses will be able to agree upon a bill. The house measure lays restrictions on what are called 'birds of passage,' but the senate bill does not. The class referred to is that which lives along, the northern and southern border lines of the country and embraces Mexi- cans and Canadians who work daily ln the United States but live in their native countries. This part of the bill, ln my Judgment, eventually will be omitted and the senate bill, which applies to Im- migrants from European and Oriental countries, passed. "Some action, I believe, will! be taken looking to the relief of the Cuban in- surgents. Of course, the Republican policy will largely depend onlthe presi- dent's message, but my opinion is he will leave the entire matter to the judgment of congress. "The prospects for the ratification of the Hawaiian treaty are excellent. The Republicans will stand by it to a unit, and many Democrats will do likewise. I think the necessary two-thirds' vote will be secured. "As to final legislation, especially as to the revision of the banking laws, T cannot see how any such legislation can be passed." PROSPECTIVE PENSIONS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?Secretary of the Interior Bliss, In his annual report made public tonigtht, submits estimates aggregating $156,532,419 for appropria- tions by congress for the fiscal year end- ing June 30,1899. Discussing pensions, he says 200,000 pension claims are awaiting adjudica- tion, and it Is estimated that forty or fifty per cent of these will be finally ad- mitted. If they are rapidly adjudicated and the first payments made thereon, the amount of the pension roll will de- crease very rapidly, possibly to $125,000,- --000 or $130,000,000 for the first year. Concerning Alaska, Secretary Bliss says existing conditions demand a rad- ical change in the laws relating thereto, and he recommends that the public land laws be extended to that district, that additional land offices be created and appropriations made to carry them Into effect; that the granting of rights of way for railways, telegraph and telephone lines and the construction of roads and trails be specially authorized; that pro- vision be made for the incorporation of municipalities, providing for the hold- ing of elections, defining qualifications for voting and giving such powers as are used and exercised by municipalities elsewhere; that the legal and political status of the native population, which ls in doubt, be defined; that citizenship be extended to the Metlakahtla Indians, who emigrated from British Columbia and under authority of an act of con- gress approved March 30, 1891, now oc- cupy Annette islands; that complete territorial government be authorized and established and that representation in congress be granted. A STRANGE SUIT Side Lights Cast on Methods of Stock Gamblers NEW YORK, Nov. 18.?The Journal and Advertiser says that J. R. McMur- ran, formerly of St. Paul, Minn., has filed suit for $3000 damages against Ed- win Barbour, formerly of Virginia, and now a Wall street broker. It ls alleged that McMurran arranged with Barbour that in return for advance information of the Supreme Court's decision in the Bell telephone case last May, Barbour should buy or sell 1000 shares of 8011, telephone stock, and ln the event of a profit give McMurran two-thirds and retain one-third himself. McMurran alleges that on May 8. 1897, he gave Mr. Barbour the promised Information, which he says he obtained from one of the clerks of the Supreme Court. On May 10th the decision was handed down and Bell telephone stock went up. Bar- bour, McMurran alleges, refused to pay for the "tip," saying he did not use it. Hence the suit. James R. Keene, Mc- Murran alleges, got the same tip and paid $10,000 for it. HORSES FOR JAPAN Kentucky Stallions to Improve ths Native Breeds SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.?The steamer Coptic, which will sail today for the Orient, will convey to Japan seven thoroughbred stallions purchased in Lexington, Ky., by Y. Maisumokos, the representative of Japan and exporting; manager of the great Japanese trading company, besides the one in New York, The animals are all dark bay, and none are less than 15V4' hands in height. Their average weight Is 1000 pounds, and their cost when delivered ln Yokohama will be about $4500 each. These stallions will be crossed with mares from tha union of Hungarian with the native breed of horses, with a view ofproduc- Los Angeles Theater 'F^S%^"' o rtdTr, - uror "- w 11. C. vV xAir,Manager. Tonight and remainder of week. Matinee Saturday 2:10 p. m. at People's Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c. No higher. Tho Famous . . c f \u25a0 st : Orau Comic Opera Company .... Voniyht fatinilxa Voniyht \u25a0ATDRDAY B KVK B 5i*\S. 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