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FLASHED BY THE CABLE. L Late Dispatches About Occurrences ? in Foreign Lands. ue 00 THE CHINESE PEACE ENVOYS. S bt CO o. Text of Their Credentials?Fall of Wei- 01 Ot Hal-Wei Make* & Deep Impression in g(, China?Many Portuguese Killed by fr Rebellious KAffin?Native Outbreak on the West Count of Africa. ei The text of the credentials of the Chinese h; peace envoys, whom Japan refused to treat ^ With on account of the insufficiency of their tt powers, was as follows: m : "By decree we appoint you our Pienipoton- ai tlaries to meet and negotiate the matter with n( the Plenipotentiaries appointed by Japan, si You will, however, telegraph to the Tsung- R* Ll-Yamen (Chinese foreign office) for the pur- tj pose of obtaining our commands, by which you will abide. The members of your mis Ion are placed under your control. You will ^ oondiK-t your mission in a faithful and dill- 4, gent manner, and fulfil the trust reposed in tt you. Respeot this." gt A despatch to the London Times e: fmin Potin aava th? <>?ntlire of Tenff- n Chou (Wei-Hai-Wei) has made a deeper ^ Impression upon the Chinese than C( the fall of Port Arthur. The reported 'a1 refusal of Japan to treat with the Chinese ^ envoys confirms the bolief expressed in Pekin that the Japanese are not willing to name their terms of peace. jt Imprisonment of Armenians. a. A flaspatch from Constantinople, reporting recent trials of Armenians at Toozgat, a Pashaiio of Sivas, Asia Minor, says that many j of the prisoners were'condemned without be- S ing permitted to give evidence in their own B behalf. In one case a prominent Armenian re was convicted although he proved that ha ' was in prison at the time his alleged H offence was oommitted. There were many le similar cases, the trials being a complete at farce. Armenians are being swept into w prison by wholesale, tortured, and money extorted from them to gratify private a 4- q4r*ao fwQnfr />hJMrAn W^rA im prisoned for two months, their offence A being the formation of a society to raise subscriptions for the assistance of poorer children. Many Armenians have been thrown into prison for having in their possession ^ Bibles and other books that did not bear the w stamp of the oensor. m The Kaffir Rebellion. Advices received at Cape Town, South Africf, from Lourenzo Marqn 7. are to the effect that the rebellious Kaftirs entered the ijr Portuguese camp at Maraqueeu by the ^ treacherous use of a flag of truce and the pass- a, port , whioh they had by some means obtained. On<*<9 in the camp, they fiercely attacked the ,j .sleeping Portuguese, who were unable to 6( ?et at their big guna. Lieutenant Antonio rallied his men and kept fighting after his jj. body had been pierced by an assegai. Inde- c, pendent reports are that from fifty to seventy ^ of the Portuguese were killed and many m wounded. British and German men-of-wai aro in readiness to protect the subjects ol ^ their respective countries should such pro- e] tcf-tion become necessary. tt Held AjjaJnst African*. ;pi The British Commissioner, Major Six *{> Claude Maxwell Macdonald, is holding '? Brass, Niger Coast Protectorate, West Africa, j" wliich is one of the oentres of trade on thie & ooast, with 100 men, two seven-pound guns *c and one Nordenfeldt rapid-fire gun. Th? Niger Company's troops are holding Akassa, which was not destroyed as previously re- A ported; but, although all the buildings are standing, there was a great deal of pillaging during the disturbances. It is estimated ttiat 1500 natives were engaged in the outbreak. Eleven Killed (a Norway. U Dispatches received from Molde, Aaslund, $: Bergen and Christiansund in Norway report cr that at all these places earthquakes were ex- }d< perienced between 12.15 and 12.43 a. m. Th? jth shock ran in the direction of southeast to ; northwest No damage w<& done. at Eleven persons were killed by tho fall oi te an avalanche at Kvanagea. :w 75 Gold Find* in East Siberia. 9;: The Siberian newspapers announce the discovery of rich and extensive gold fields b; along the upper reaches of the Rivers Beya. oi Nena and UlDat, in the Province of Yeniseisk, $ East Siberia. tc 3; Revolution In Colombia. j{ General Reyes, with 3000 Government re troops, recently attacked the rebels at Honda, b; Colombia, and defeated them. Of the robe) b forces General Aldama and ninety men were U killed. Cholera In Constantinople. Cholera having broken out in Constantino- x pie, Turkey, all vessels ^arriving from that port are being subjeoted to five days' detention in quarantine. .1 TRAIN ROBBERY IN KANSAS. H Passengers Forced bj Masked Men t<x<!lv? |' Up Their Valuables. iy The Western express on the Atchison, tl Topeka and Sahte Fe Road, train No. 1, j bound for Colorado and California. v was held up one mile west of Sylvia, Reno d County, Kan., at 11.25 o'clock p. m. by ^ four masked men, who signalled danger. 0 Two of the robbers covered the engi- 81 neer and fireman and two wont to the ex- P prees car. For some reason they failed to effect an entrance and then went to the Jj coaches and made the passengers give up al? " their valuables. The train was held for an houi c and ten mdrfuee by the robbers, who then rode South- Conductor MeGrath ran the train back toSylviaand gavethe alarm, and Sheriff Patton was on the train with his posse in a few t minutes. The men were believed to be mem. bers of the Stafford band of desperadoes. One of the men who went through the train is described as five feet nine inches tall. He ? wore a wide-rimmed gray hat. The othei f( man was tall and wore a mackintosh. , It BOY KILLS HIS COMRADE. J William Perry, ? Kentucky Youth, Mni;- J1 dered in the Presence of His Schoolmate*. f Near Latonia, Ky., while at school. Richard p Perry murdered his cousin. William Terry, Both were pupils and both aged seventeen. 0 Their parents live on adjoining farms and n there has been a family fond between theii n fathers, who are brothers, for years. While the boys were quarreling at school ovei <1 the family difficulties, Richard knocked William senseless with a baseball bat. William died that night and Richard Ls in jail at Cov- . iugton. Both families are wealthy. All the school children who witnessed th?= jissault during play hour at noon testify that it was an exceptionally coldblooded murder. ^ ? . . - ... . . . t Ready to nauie lor tneir vunnirj. ' The Secretary of War seat to Congress au ^ abstract showing the militia force of the t country by States anil Territories. The entire i forc? is placed at 116,899, of whom 107,:{74 are privates and non-commissioned officer- :i ind 95C5 commissioned officers. The un- t organized military force of the country nam- t hers 9.532,080. t Five Killed ia an Kxplosior. 1 Near Blountsvillo, lad.. an old boiler used 1 by some men sawing wood on the farm ol Tasob Clapper exploded. Harvey Taylor, fohn Wilker, a man named N'ewton and his ( sou wore killed instantly and Wilson Drake died of his injuries. ! Child Boiled to Death. The three-year-old son of William Ball, of | Pensaeola, Fla., fell into a vat of boiling ] water that had been prepared for scalding ' hogs. He was drawn out as quickly as possi- ' ble, but died in a fow minutes. J 1 500,000 Fire in Cinclnnntl. The Bodmaaa tobacoo warehouse at 57 to 65 Front street, extending through to Water j street, Cincinnati, was destroyed by Are ( early In the morning. The loss is about f 9500.000. < CONGRESSMEN CAME TO BLOWS Tarbulent nail Extraordinary Scene li the Houne of Reprenentatlvea. There was a very exciting scene in the 3u?e of Representatives the other afternoon >presentative Breckinridge (Ky.) and Repre ntative Hoard (Mo.) came to blows in th< ntre aisle in the middle of the hall. Mt eard, who is Chairman of the District o jlumbia Committee, became r.ngered be ,use the Hawaiian question was bcinj ought forward in the time devoted to hi immittee and attempted to secure the flooi iddenly both members sprang towards eac! her, Mr. Breckinridge ehouting, uYou cui oundrei, and liar!'' striking at the mombe om Missouri a fierce blow which misse lm. Instantly they were seized by othe embers, but struggled llercely to get a kch other. Mr. Pence (Col.) seized Mr. Breckinridg 7 the throat, and Mr. McCreary (Ky. imbed over sevoral seats and heltl him b le shoulders. For three or four minute tere was a wild scramblo, while all tb embers in the House pourod into the aisli UU lilt; ^ICOtU^l The pounding of the Speaker's gavel coul ot be heard, but Mr. Crisp's voice ran bove the tumult, shouting. "The Sergeani t-Arms will arrest the members," and "Th srgeant will bring them before the bar < je House." Deputy Sergcant-at-Arm3 Isaac Hill rushe swn the aisle bearing the great mace, fo wed by his assistants. The two membej ere then brought up before the Speaker 3sk with two men on each side holdin leir arms and Representative Dockery (Mo, anding behind them. Mr. Breckinridge wt cceedingly rod in the face while Mr. Heart rho is a slender man, was ashen pale an as trembling. As the two men were bein inducted up the aisle Breckinridge yelle : Heard: "iou are a coward and a seoui rel." The Speaker ordered all persons to tab leir seats. Many of the members did so r< ictantly. "Take it back," shouted Mr. Breckinridgi 3 he glared at Mr. Heard. "You called me an impertinent puppy, nswered Mr. Heard. After all the members wore seated th peaker ordered both Mr. Heard and M reokinridge baok to their seats and the icognized the Kentucky member. In the course of an explanation to th ouse Mr. Breckinridsre practically cha inged Mr. Heard and "demanded personi itisfaotion. Both Heard and Breeklnridfi ere forced to apologize to the House. BULLION BLOWN UP. n Overland Train Robbed of Silver b; Masked Men In Arizona. Officials of the Southern Pacific Railroa ompany were notified of the robbery of th estbound overland train at 8.30 o'clock, j i., near Wiloox, Arizonia. The safe wn own open with dynamite by several maske ,en and $10,000* in Mexican silver ws iken. Five men were engaged in the robbery he actual work of the robbery was done b fo men who boarded the cars at Willcoa id when two miles west of the town sue snly appeared in the cab of the engine wit rawn pistols and compelled the engineer t op the train. While one of. the robbers kept him covere te other made the fireman and brakema it the express and mail oars loose from th *t of tho train. The engineer was the ade to pull the two detached cars for abou fo miles to a culvert, where two more c te gang were found holding horses for th itire party. It was here that the safo was blown oper te men with the horses having brought ej losives. Six explosions were effected b ie robbers before they felt satisfied wit leir work. As a result the top and sides c ie express car were thoroughly shattere id the express company's safe was blow; i pieces. THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. n Increase of 813,542,573 Daring; Janu ary, Making a Total of 81,069,049,573. The monthly public debt statement show net increase in the publio debt of th nited States Treasury', during January, c 13,542,573.30. The interest bearing debt ir eased $5,155,580, the non-interest bearin jbt decreased $314,172.50, and the cash i te Treasury deoreased $8,734,275.80. The balance of the several classes of del ; the close of business, January 31, were: Ir irest-bearing debt. $684,323,710; debt o hich interest has ceased since maturity, $1 >2,690.26; debt bearing no interest, $382 13.172.92; total, $l,069j049,573.18. The certificates and Treasury notes offs( r an equal amount of cash in the Treasur iitstanding at the end of the month wei 578,777,914, a decrease of $11,356,190. Th >tal cash in the Treasury was $761,470 52.77. The gold reserve was $44,705,96' et oash balance, $99,897,337.19. In tb lonth there was a docrease in gold ooin an ars of $42,252,577.78, the total at the clos eing $97,353,776.27. Of silver there was a icrease of $3,051,928.05. CAPTAIN AND MATE DROWNED. hey Were Father and Son and the S? Swept Them Overboard. Schooners Henry Wilson, Mondago, Wil am E. Morrissey and Senator Frye, froi 'ewfoundland, arrived at Gloucester, Haas rith two million frozen herring. They r ortthereoent gale to have been of gre< iolenoe. Considerable damage was done 1 lie Banks' fleet. Captain John O'Brien, of the Senate 'rye, and his son, who was mate, were bot rashed overboard by a heavy sea an rowned. Some of the crew were severe] ijured. The accident happened in the v inity of Western Bank, and the sailors ha ome difficulty in bring the vessel safely int ort. Captain O'Brien was a native of Newfounc ind and one of the most capable men in tt shing fleet. He leaves a widow and hildren in Gloucester. FIGHTING BELOW THE ISTHMUS. 'he Insurgents Are Active In Colombii Ecuador and I'eru. A severe engagement has been fought < togota. Colombia, between the Governmei >rces and the rebels. Two hundred of tl itter were killed. The Government troo] rere under the personal command of tl 'resident. They nave oeen sent Dy trai rom Cartagena to Machina to engage tt ebels there. Sixty Liberals have been a ested ait Cartagena. Men are being in ressed into the service of the Government. The disorders at Quayaquil. Ecuado rhich have arisen owing to the sale of tt ruiser Esmeralda to Japan, are becomiu aore serious. The troojw have fired upon aob, killing several persons. The insurgents in Peru have seized Ax |Uipa. FALL OF WEI-HAUWEI. :hina's Stronghold Iteported Captured I the Japane.se. The Japanese have captured Wei-Hai-W 'hina. The Japanese infantry first capturt he eastern fort of Wei-Hal-Wei. The Ja mese fleet bombarded the forts of Wei- H Vei. landed a large body of troops, eaptun tiree 01 I HO lores nuu auiruicu uumuvi hj h leavy fire of the fleet. Wel-Hai-Wei is the Gibraltar of China; f tdmirably fortified place thirty miles west he Shan-Tung promontory. It is practical he key to Pokin. The arsenal is the mo omplete in China, and all the fortiflcatio vere constructed according to approvi Suropean methods and armed with lieu' nodum guns. National Wnmun StiITrasi?l>. The National Woman's Suffrage Associ ion session began at Atlanta, Ga.. wi ri^yer by Mrs. B. Bennett. of Kentucky. Nf ifork had thirteen delegates in attendance :he contention. The question of taxatii icithmit renrrvnontntion wm the flnbiect lively addresses by Rev. Anna Shaw. Mi Hatch, of Maine; Mrs. Chapman, of Broo lyn, and Miss Southworth, of Ohio. Mi inthony addressed the convention briefly favor of the establishment of woman suffra; papers. Wilson W&sJtinglou'A New Senator. The Republican caucus at Clytnpia non lated Congressman John T. Wilson for Ui ;ed States Senator from Washington. W ?on received 44 votes; necessary to a choic 11. [TBE QUEEN MlCMl: i 1 Liliuokalani at Last Acknowledges the ?> > Republic of Hawaii. c i t I MANY CONSPIRATORS ON TRIAL, 3 , f Text of the Document Sent by Her to Pre*?iI' dent Dole of Hawaii? Detail* of the Ar- j, ir rests?Facts Brought Out on the Trials? \ lt Rndolph Spreckels, of San Francisco, J ,e Implicated in the Conspiracy. J ) I y Qu?ea Liliuokalani has abdicated in favor j * * 11 rPUn ilAAiimanf fi >S 01 tQ0 KOptlDUC 01 Hawaii, xuo uwumou.. f wasdrawn up by A. 3. Hart well, at the request Jj of the Queen, and was presented to President ( d Dole. The document, acoordlng to the c S wording, was executed freely and volun- * g tarlly. It was addressed to the Preeident ^ ,f and goes on to say: < "After full and free consultation with my J* personal friends and with my legal advisers. J s both before and since my detention by mili- j 's tary order in the executive building, andact- 1 j V'"'" * ,6 THE TALACE IN 3 ing iu conformity to their advice and also I d upon my own free volition,and in pursuance r of my unalterable belief and understanding t of my duty to the people of Hawaii, and to c T' their highest and beat interests, and also for c y the sake of those misguided Hawaiians and t others who have recently engaged in rebel- i I- lion against the republic,and in an attempt to c ^ A# Oil QQn Trhl/>h 1 . t '** i ODVUl O UiO UW buu vx ^uwu nukw** ?. o held prior to the 17th day of January', 1893, c and without any claim that I shall become t d entitled by reason of anything that I may t n now say or do to any other or different treat- h o ment or consideration at the hands of the s u Government than I otherwise could and t it might legally receive, I now desire to express and make known, and do here- c 0 by express and make known to t yourself, as the only lawful and i? recognized head of the Government, and t c- to all the people of the Hawaiian Islands, r y whether or not they have yot become citizens r h of the republio, or have been adherents of the ?f late monarchy, and also to all diplomatic and a 1 other foreign representatives fnthe Hawaiian o a Islands, to all or whom I respectfully request e you to cause this statement and action of 1 mine to bo made known a=? soon as may be, r as follows, viz: > "'In order to avoid any possibility of doubt or misunderstanding on the subject, t although I do not think that any doubt or t 3 misunderstanding is either proper or i possible. I do hereby fully and unequivo- t cally admit and declare the Government of ? the Republio of Hawaii as the only law- f i- ful Government of the Hawaiian Islands, c g and that the late Hawaiian monarchy is f n finally and forever ended and no longer 1 of any legal or actual validity, for foroe a .a a? wKafaaavAP nnrl T do hereby t i- forever absolve all persons whomsoever, n n whether in the Hawaiian Islands or else- f where, from all and every manner of alleglance or official obligation or duty to me and my heirs and successors forever, and I jt hereby declare to all such persons in the Hay waiian Islands that I consider them as bound 0 in duty and honor henceforth to Bupport and te sustain the Government of Hawaii. The ex-Queen made a plea for Hawaiian.5) J. and others who took part in the rebellion. ie She hoped that executive clemency will be d exercised in their oases, and expressed a de?e sire to live in absolute privacy henceforth, a The document includes a copy of the oath of allegiance taken by her and closes: "1 have caused the foregoing statement to De prepared and drawn, and have signed my name without hhving received the slightest a suggestion from the President of Hawaii concerning the same or any part thereof, or concerning any action or course of my own in 1* the premises." ? a THE MOVEMENT NOT UNEXPECTED. J it Some Eegarded It aa a Bum to Socure ( :o Clemency. , j The Ex-Queen's abdication was not unox- ( ? pected. In many quarters it is looked upon j tf a ruse to secure clemency when she ap- 1 :d pears before the military court now sitting. ^ v It is not generally considered that she is sin- 5 JT were in making the protestation. Since tht* i 1; j fm a, j ei GUARD BEFORE MILITARY 5d p. last advice?., evidence of a very damaging uj character has been piled around hor. She was arrested on a military warrant on Je the 16th instant. No protest was made when the papers were served on her, and without dem lay she was escorted to the executive building j 0j andconllued in a room where she now remains ] 2V under guard. On the evening of the day of i arrest her house was searched, with the result of llnding the largest amount of arms and ammunition at one time since the present ,.v trouble began. The munitions of war cyu- i sist.ed of thirty-four rille*>, eleven pistols, several swords, a Inrnc amount of cartridges, ami tweuty-on? dynamite liomlis. Tin* (lis | ciivory of t!:o small arsenal caused a great !l" deal of indignation among all clii?ni's, ami tli proved conclusively that tha Queen was iu league with th'> relmls. at The following day the promises were )n searched again, and a number of damaging of papers were found. They showed that 35, Liliuokalani felt certain of restoration, and jj. had gone so far as to have a now Cabinet made 53 out. It was to be composed as follows: jn Robert W. Wilcox. Minister of Foreign Afije fairs; Samuel Nowlein, Minister of the Interior; Charles T. Oullck, Minister of Finance, and C. W. Ashford, Attornfey-Oeneral. As Associate Justices she named Antone Rosa jj. and V. V. Ashford. W. H. Rickard was to be . Marshal. Governors for the different islands were selected. A new Constitution was pre11 pared by Charles T. Guliok. In fact, every ?> thing was in readiness for the restoration. Arrest* for treason and conspiracy have Cabin* een numerous. In all, there are about 350 treaso: len under look and key. This number in- in a fo ludes the prisoners of war. ed of It is thought that the Government has un- will m er arrest nearly all who took part in the re- bly be ellion. The last of the leaders to surrender South ras Lot Lane. He is half white, aud was onsidered a dangerous adversary. He gave limself up on the 17th, after wandering about he mountains for five days. Her I A MILITARY COURT. __ The "irgt in the History of the Hawaiian T#l- &nswe ands Convened to Try the Conspirator*. On the 21st the first military court in tho dstory of tho Hawaiian Islands was con- Durp0] ^ened. It was composed as follows: Colonel Vm. A. Whiting, Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. toforB Pisher. Captains C. W. Zeigler,J. M. CamarA, Anr hp rr.. J. W. Pratt. W. C. Wilder, Jr., Lioutenint Jones, and Captain William A. Kinney is Judge Advocate. The court was called pi^cin md named by President Dole, who was of jJjre jho opinion that under tho present circum- m{8('ln tances, better and quicker results would bo yjews ibtaiued than if the matter were left to the sivil courts. A large orowd was in attend- not^ mce. among the auditors being the United ,ie~Pf ttates Minister Willis and British Commis- j0 ?gu< doner Hawes. "After deliberation, tne court ^ . lecided to allow the prisoner's counsel. solrac In most of the cases Paul Neumann was lamed as one of the counsel. The fol- _{;0i owing day, Robert Wilcox, W. C. Lano. m:.eu2 Tames Laue, Samuel Nowlein, Carl Wideman, riJto William Creig, Henry Bertellmnn, and Louis " .Tanua , nounc ' 4 yourst 1 : i the laJ ',.1. "*? meat. HONOLULU. larehal were arraigned on a charge of open ebellion. Wilcox, Berteilman, and Nowleln, The A he three leaders, all pleaded guilty. The the : there refused to plead, on the advice of mjj lounsel, and a plea of not guilty was enerod against tnelr names. Paul Neu- uearly nann objected to the jurisdiction of the Philad ourt, claiming that under the proclamation 0f a^0 >f martial law the general authority of the . . , lourts of the republic created by the Consti- J)D.la 9 ution continued, and they had aole authority ?'J ?? o try persons accused of offeoces suoh as torty-< peoifled in the charges before the oommision. The court overruled the objection, and. he trial proceeded from day to day. A great deal of important testimony was secured from Nowlein and Bertellman, who urned State's evidence to save their neoks. The murderer of Charles L. Carter has >ean found. He is a half white carpenter lathed Thomas Poole. He admitted to a Ij^ lative rebel that ne aia me snooting. When Wilcox took the stand he told his J tory in a straightforward manner. He yc iaimed that he knew nothing of the throat:ned outbreak until one week before it began. le said that there were not more than 300 t\en at Diamond Head Sunday evening, rhen the first shot of the rebellion was tired. The trial of the leaders was conolnded on A le he 20th. The finding of the court had not declar leen made public when the last ship sailed, on the L member of the court was quoted as saying glneer hat if the death penalty was imposed, the learn < ixecutions would take place quietly, and the he thii ?ublic would not be informed until they were sent tc iver. The profound secrecy with which afalrs were conducted led many citizens to beieve that the offenders wjll be dealt with in i lenient manner. In consequence of this senat< heory members of the citizen's guard met ind signed a petition to President Dole to be Irm and punish the rebels as they deserve. The On the 21st Charles T. Gulick, W. H. 0f the liohard. T. B. Walker and W. T. Seward vere arraigned on a charge of treason. talker was the only one who pleaded guilty, flclern t was generally supposed that Seward vice, i iurchased the arms and ammunition be cod or the rebels during his recent visit to sage o ian Francisco. It was proved in court that elude le hired a native to remain on a small ceptC sland on the west side of Oahu to watch citizer 'or a vessel that was expected from and tl California. The schooner was a sealer forme lamed W. C. Wehlbom. belonging class, n Han Francisco. The vessel was sighted The >n December 19. The arms and ammuni- the fo ion were placed on board the steamer tary < iVaimnnalo, an island vessel. They were of- $3500; erwards landed on Diamond Head. Captain $3000; Davies. master of the steamer, admitted all $2500; ;hls, and said he was approached lirst by W. $2000; EI. Rickard. who engaged him to intercept Consu he sealer and secure the arms. He was first c promised $10,000 for doing so. He received Vice-C J 20 of the amount mentioned. seconi John Cummings, formerly a Cabinet Minis- $1200. ;er. and under arrest for conspiraoy, stated The :hat he was told by Seward that -he had re- twent ;eived a letter from the Queen telling him to aide o ;o to San Francisco, where he would be fur- to the lished with funds by Rudolph Spreckels in th< with which to purchase arms. A friend of servec Spreckels. named Willis, was also implicated be In q the transaction. graau the pc "rV to the passis The to the 1. 1 ! treatii 1 presei 2. I 3. 1 4. I 5. E 6. C litical T: -y 7- A tea u | sr. BATIKACKS IN HONOLULU. J?"? Wash Samuel Nowleiu tolii of freequent meetings ' held at Gulick's residence, at which plan? ^ouat were discussed be himself, Guliek, ltlcknrd '?a(V nad Seward. The rebellion was planned for (Ivi! months. The new Constitution was com- ,5^ pletnd about Christmas. The rebels iiad a . illt martial law proclamation all ready. Nowleiu , , "l said that many foreigners had agreed to help '^!n him, but they failed to appear in the Held. Hi' Charles T. Guliek presented a written state- J,, mnut to the court in which he denied every- a*e 1 thing but the drafting of the Constitution. On the 24th a number of natives were tried on a charge of treason. They were ou the Th^ Hold of IjiittU-. A fourth ol l>risouer> I t wiT" trifd on the following tiny. Endear- 11 *" against tlu'ni was conclusive. John Bowler wars!: was trlc??l on tin* 2'Jtli ou a chargo of mis- ' tl"!u" * prision of treason. V. V. Ash ford ia now on trial on tho same charge. It was estimated that tho commission would Nea l>e in session for at least two weeks longer, the Bi as there were a large number of prisoners to on Ap be disposed of. Martini law gave validity to iyjR the verdicts of the courts. A SuggRHtion of JKaulfthment. recorc Minister Thurston, resident at Washington, was entirely non-committal In regard to <?ra 0 the probable course of events in Honolulu. He waa curious to know what the sentiment coa9tof the people of this country would be In At 1 oase the Hawaiian Government decided to serpei banish Mrs. Domlnls. and tt From inside sources it wan learned that the blggei >t has decided to try Mrs. Domlnia for a, and that ber trial will be concluded rtnight. Although she will be convict- Th treason.it is thought her abdication ittgate the sentence, which will probabanishment to Tahiti or some other I Pacific island. wa rHE GOVERNMENT'S REPLY. o t Enunciation Will Not Exempt Her ge] From Liability to Punishment. ma Government has issued a copy of its r to the ex-Queen. It reads as follows: ' Executive Buildiso, Hoxolttlu, ) January 29,1895. f dame?The document executed by you rting to contain your abdication and Nation of all the sovereign riphts horeclftimfid hv von has been delivered in half to the * President. As you were arrest at the time this instrument wa< i. it is desired before accepting and \ g the same on file to make clear to you .illuokalani Dominis, in order that nc derstanding may hereafter arise, the of the Government in the matter: j ) The execution of this document can- ? taken to exempt you in the slightest ; from personal and individual Uabilitj i ?h complicity as the investigation and I lay show that you had in the late con y against the Government and the conit loss of life, -which position ia recogby you in your letter. ,) It oannot be conceded that suob and claims as you voluntarily relinhave had any legal existence since . ry 24, 1893, when by your public anement you no longer considered ? )lf bound by the fundamental law of ad under which you took office." Called an "EnglUh Rebellion." ? J? ' the fifty foreigners under arrest in i. seventy-five per cent, are English. t. the number of English leaders and tnizers has caused this revolt to be the -'English rebellion." >f the important rebels in the field and 8?< >f their white accomplices and instigaiva now boon arrested. Up to January , persons were held prisoners by the iment on account of the rebellion. Of *or t rr?ft ? ?_? fA?. Air, JUU5 IUB.CU LTUU1 IUD UC1U IVUI n lilv. ?V43 and 125 natives. Ot accomplices jac nine were foreigners and 111 natives. ^ e Hawaiian Government'* Army. adi >ster of the array of Hawaii shows 13 urj (fleers nnd 310 non-commissioned offl- Tri nd privates. There is in addition a to ,ny of 54 sharpshooters. The roster of for izens' guard shows 719 men in sixteen $2! <. During the insurrection, besides lo\ >lice and special police, between 300 ' DO persons belonging to no orgaaiza- 28, endered service, making in all 1500 dit inder arms in support of the Govern- tin en 3 If THE PHILADELPHIA'S TRIP. ?* cos ustrnlia Beat Her Two Days, Thongh Philadelphia Had One Day's Start. ^ steamer Australia arrived at Honolulu lai forty-eight hours ahead of the crniser ^ lelphia, although the latter had a start ^ ut twenty-four hours. The Philadel- 56J coal consumption averaged 110 tons while the Australia made Its time on >ne tons. A Tl CBUIBE2 PHILADELPHIA. thl T rj[t tter from an officer ol the Philadelphia ^ es that the starboard engine gave out 0g voyage, thus causing delay. The en- < of the steamer Australia said he could ^ jf no mishap to the machinery. Hence 0aks the vessel is simply slow. 8he was yt( ) Hawaii to protect American interests. ^ THE CONSULAR SERVICE. ^ ~? . nJb it Morgan's Bill to Reorganize and Tt Increase Its Efficiency. Wt bill reported by Mr. Morgan. Chairman ) Senate Committee on Foreign Relate reorganize and increase the ef- xt y of the Consular and Diplomatic serequires the plan of reorganization to ; amenced within one year from the pas- . ' f the bill. The reorganization is to inall offices of the Consular service (ex- op onsular agents and Vice-Consuls not T1 is, who cannot be in line for promotion), ^ le offices of Consular Clerk are trans- ^ d into Vice-Consulates of the third ipj reorganized service is to provide for 2^ llowing classes: Offices of the Secre- ^ >f Embassy of the first class, salary, ^ Secretary of Embassy, second class, r0 i Secretary of Legation, third class, _j(' ; Secretary of Legation, second class, ?0 Consul-General, first class. 45000; vj l-General. second class, $4000; Consul. lass, $3000; Consul, second class, $2000; Jonsul, first class, $1800; Vice-Consul, i i class, $1500; Vice-Consul, third class, 0? 1)0 aec limitation is fixed at between y-one and forty-five years, no one outf this limit being eligible to admission service, certain exceptions being made i case of those who huve previously A 1 in the Consul service or who now may that service. Incumbents are to be ally recalled within three years from _' issage of the bill, but may be readmitted "l Ir present or to a higher service upon pl< ig the requisite examination. hi i subjects of examination for admission service are stipulated to be as follows: .'he history of the most important , as from the peace of Westphalia to the . it time. * Ilstory of the United States. h .'he Constitution of the United States nternational law, public and private. Moments of commercial law. v reography, physical, historical and po- ^ irithmetir* Inirliah luucruage. 'oreigu languages; examination, writ- ?o id oral, in eitherGerman. French, Spanortuguese, Italian. Russian. Chinese or ese. s also required that one attache shall jointed to each Embassy and Legation, salary of '91200, who, after one year's s? e, shall be eligible as a Consul ot ary of Legation of the second class passing an examination. Hereafter all ntments shall be to a designated class, in lot to a particular place within that 0f and the President Is authorized, in hi? . ition, to transfer at any time, from to place, Diplomatic or Consular ofllf the same class. T on New Faced in tlie Senate. i uew Senator-elect from Wyoming, Mr. ge .appeared in the Senate Chamber al ington and took and subscribed to thf j?)f office. This last acquisition to thi ^ e makes the total number eighty-sever m| vacancy from the State of Washington), , ich there are forty-three Democrats, Ja -nine Republicans, and five Populists. fei i credentials of Mr. Elkias as Senator , the State of West Virginia for the term 111 ning March 4. 18i'5, were presonted, auil placed on Hie. Also the ereden>f Horace Chilton ;v* Senator from the of Texas. D< CoiirorcIV >Ier. Released. 1 Central News correspondent in Shaag- be ,ys tlmt th? nieu froni the American all i[i Concord who were seized by natives ae Jhin-Kiaug have bee'n released. se Tt (h'i'iirrt>iiris. on ai.v 5000 Gorman students will attend dii smarrk birthday eommers in Hamburg sn ril 1. Chasbe. >>l Biddeford, Me., claims to i best jumper oa skates in the State. His I is "sixteen feet and up." ? Vinalhaven (Mass.) men, with a recI thirty-two bushels of clams dug in oue laim the clam record of the Atlantic M< Sa the Bombay zoological garden a "sea w? it's skin" sixty-four feet long is shown, of io ourator wants to know who's got a ou : one. eij w< THREE STARS FOR SCHOFIELD. < e Grade of Lieutenant-General Revived in Order to Promote Him. n the House of Representatives Mr. Outh? Ite, Chairman of the Military Affairs Com:tee, called up the bill passed by the Senreviving the grade of Lieutenant-General, 16 c onferred upon Major-General Schod. As amended by the committee, the bill de the rank permanent, but as the amend LIZUTESAXT-OBSIBAX SCHOPIELD. nt evoked considerable opposition It was ihdrawn, and the bill was passed as it came m the Senate. It was sent to the President 1 was signed by him at onoe. ["he promotion of Major-General Schofleld J make a vacanoyln the list of major-gen,1s, which, by law, must always be kept up Its quota of three officers, and whioh will filled by the appointment of Brigadierneral T. M. Ruger. A SURPLUS OF $22,000,000. i artUiiy Carlisle's Official Estimate of the Revenues for 1898. lecretary Carlisle submitted a letter of inmation to the United States Senate which sipates the gloomy foreholdings as to a k of revenue to carry on the.Government. Is in response to a resolution of Inquiry Dpted when Mr. .Gorman, of Maryland, ?ed the seriously crippled condition of the sasury. Mr. Carlisle s letter Is brief and the point, and estimates that the revenues ' the current year will exceed expenditures 3,563,023. The text 01 tno letter is as 101VS: 'Iu reply to Senate resolution of January 1895, that the Secretary of the Treasury bo ected to inform the 8enate what la the eslated deficiency in the revenues of the Govunenttopay current expenses between the it day of Deoqmber, 1894, and the 31st day December, 1895, and if the $153,337,579.99 jh balance in the Treasury on the 31st day December, 1894. will be sufficient to meet :h defioency, I have the honor to state it from estimates made upon the basis of vs now in force, It Is believed that for the elve months ending December 31,1895,the renues of the Government from all sources 11 exceed ordinary expenditures by $22,1,023. Bcspeotfully. "J. G. Carlisle, Secretary." BODIES FROM THE ELBE. iat of a Passenger and Some Mall-Bags Recovered?Number of Lost. rhe fishing smack Verona nao lanaea at i westoft, England, the body of Frederick ) nst, of Magdeburg, Prussia, one of the owned passengers of the Elbe, and soma ill-bags, one of whiob was marked "Stocklm." The body of Ernst presented ashock? appearance, with its hands clenched across 5 chest and the month wide open. It was ind eforty-five milee southeast of this westoft. i Dunkirk (Scotland) telegram says that i master of a Danish steamer that has ared at that port reports that he saw a numr of bodies with life belts on them floating ' the Dutch Banks. The number of persons drowned through 3 foundering of the Elbe, according to the lolal statement of the North German-Lloyd samshlp Company is 835. The crew numred 155 persons, including four postmen d two pilots; of this number fifteen were ved. in the saloon cabins there were fortyle passengers, of whom four were saved, te steerage contained 151 passengers, of xlch number only one was saved. BANK ROBBERS MAKE A HAUL iejr Blow Up the Vault and Get Away With the Caah and Securities. Five masked men entered the town of Mll, Ohio, and at 4 o'olock a. m. blew en the vault iQ the Lookwood Bank. ie explosion was so great that It wrecked e building in which the bank was located d awakened the entire population, te citizens poured into the streets in time to 3 the thieves drive off in a buggy toward nduskv. Thev took some $15,000 in cash, 0.000 In Government, Nickel Plate, and ndusky, Milan and Norwalk-Eleotrip Kailad bonds. Cashier Stoddard heard the exDslon, and rushing out with his gun he was nlronted by three ol the burglars, who told ox to stand off and fired at him. Stoddard turned the flre, but apparently without efJt. The police of Sandusky arrested two men i the oharge of being implicated in the rotK ry of the Milan Bank. THREE WERE KILLED. Fatal Boll?r Explosion at Mafthapaag Pond, Providence, R. I. k boiler exploded at Mashapaug Pond, . evidence, R. L Three were blown to aces. Patrick Hehir, fifty years old, and j cousin, John Hehir, thirty-five years old, d Michael Dary, twenty-one, were killed d sixteen others injured. The explosion took plaoe at Earl Carpenter Sons' ice houses at Mashapaug Poi^d at 8.20 m. Patriok Hehir leaves a wife and nine ildren and his relative leaves a wife and ree cnnaren. At the time there were 100 men standing out the engine house waiting for orders to gin harvesting. Mertie Cross and John ilson, the fireman and engineer, got inruotions to start the engine, and they did so. The boiler, which had been In use since 65, was filled with water and the gauge tncated sixty-two pounds pressure. THROUCH AN OPEN DRAW. ? vera! Persons Drowned in a Trolley Accident at Milwaukee, Win. A trolley car loaded with passengers ran to an open draw on the Russell avenue Una the Milwaukee (Wis.) Stroet Railway line the Kinniokinnic bridge. The passengers 3re all dumped Into the Icy water. Thousands of persons wore on the spot at ice, and the people in the water were fished it as fast as they appeared on the surface. One woman, the motorman, and one pasnger were taken out drowned. The (lead are: Miss Ehlman, a typewriter: Iss Smlckens, employed in the National litting Works, and John Kennedy, motormi. The accident wa3 caused by the motorman lling to stop his oar until within fifteen st of the open draw. Theu he sot the ake, but tho track wus icy una me ear .mu to the river. A MEXICAN TOWN IN RUINS. sstructive Work of Karthiiuake Shocks in the State of Oaxaca. The severe earthquake shocks which hava en felt In the district of Tuxtepec, Mexico most daily for the la^t four weeks, at Inst couutd wore Iwcomliig more frequent and vere. Almost every house in tho town of ixtepee was in ruins, and the damage will lount to many thousands of dollare. That strict is very mountainous, and there is loke pouring from the cruter of a longent vole mo near the town, which indicates at the earthquake shocks are caused by e threatened volcanic eruption. Forty-roar Miner* Killed. A.n explosion of Are damp has occurred at jnteeau-les-Mines, In tha Department of one-et-Loire, France. Forty-four miners ire reported to have been killed. The bodies twenty-one of the dead miners were taken t of the pit at Montoeau-les-Hines and ;ht were taken out alive. Ail of the latter ire Injured. . THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. :f Eastern and Middle States. Wabszn F. Putwak, ex-President of thl Exeter (N. H.) National Bank, who waI found guilty of embezzlement, was sentenced ? to fire years In State Prison. His defalcations ; 1 wrecked the bank. A todxo woman named Catherine Morrison ; |? killed herself with a razor in a confessional- 0 box in the Boman Catholic Church of th? Epiphany, in New York City. Religion* 1 mania was supposed to have been the cause. t*J All the troops remaining on duty In Brook- . V, | lyn were ordered back to their armories and . y yM for the first time since the beginning of the 1^ trolley tie-up, the peace of the city was en- VI tirfilv In hanria nt t.hA rtlril authorities. / " H Much disorder prevailed, though the cars v J~were run on almost schedule ttme. The East Side Bonk, a State institution, ol . j 135 Grand street, New York City, was obliged J$j to suspend payments. Theodobi Weld, one of the last anti- J '? slavery agitators, died at his home in Hyde , v; j; Park, Mass., at the aj?e of ninety-one years. He was born in Hampton, Conn. He died ol ' 'A old age. Ebooklyk trolley strikers made a big d?- M monstration at City Hall Plaza to induce the <$9 Aldermen to vote to revoke trolley car licensee. The police dispersed the crowd with clubs. The Aldermen passed the resolution, \ 10 to 8. Resolutiohs were passed at a groat Reform .. mass meeting in Coopar Union, New York City, denouncing the>L$xow Police bills and ,<v demanding the establishment of the principle' /A of non-partisanship in municipal affairs. Fbedebtci Daxkkllbb and his six-yea^old son were burned to death during a Are in Danmeller's house at - PlttsLurar, Penn. l Fireman John Patterson fell from tine build ng and was fatally injured. A stobv of love, jealously, murder, and suicide ended in the killing of WiWam Becker S/fM by Carl Feaooke, who then killed himself. In an immigrants' Doarding house at New York , City. South ft ad West. SnsAir B. Amthont has again been elected '$ President of the Woman Suffrage Association . at Atlanta, Oa. < Th* new -United States revenue cutter ' ^Tf Guthrie was successfully launched at Spar- < v, row's Point, Md. Judo* Gbosscup, in 'Chicago, ousted ex- 'jn President Greenhut from the receivership of . '-'1 the Whisky Trust and nameft General J.. G. -3. MoNulta and John J. Mltchell reoeiverein hU I stead. That 225 families, averaging five'to ai family, are threatened With starvation vu the message conveyed to Governor McKinley s by a committee of three citizens from Bend- > ville, Perry County, Ohio. Bktween 12 and 1 o'olock p. m. an attempt t W was made te rob the First National Bank ot 7* East Portland. Oregon. Strange to say. thef . would-be robber was a clergyman, the Bev. J. C. Beed, and ho came very near aecom- , >?; pliahing his purpose. Washington. -.rv Colonkl WiBBElf 8. Busk, Populist, o( p. 'ifcfi Alabama, appeared in Washington with credentials as United States Senator signed "B. : I F. Kolb, Governor of Alabama." They were presented to the Senate: Tax President nominated Holmes Conrad ^ of Virginia, to be Solicitor-General, vioe Lawrence Maxwell, resigned, and J. & Dickinson, of Tennessee, to be Assistant At- - torney-General. Tax Beilly bill to fund the debt of the Pa- j ciflc roads to theGoverment was recommitted! J by the House by a vote of 177 to 108. This kills the bill. : An addition was mado to the ranks of tha jv $? Republicad Senators in the person of Lee Mantle, elected Senator from the State of Montana. This makes the total number ol t.'zm Seimtoraeighty-six and leaves the political "iS? complexion of the Senate as follows: Demo- M orats, forty-two; Republicans, thirty-nine; Populists, five. The Supreme Court of the United States \ Vl overruled Judge Parker, of the Western Die- '$3| trict of Arkansas, in the matter of Lafayette Hudson, who applied for a writ of man- ; damus to compel Judge 0. Parker, to admit' > ,'k'? him to bail. J. Piebpont Moboan. the New York to-' anoier, consulted-with President Cleveland on the financial situation. Peovision was inserted in the Japanese . treaty by the 8enate, making it impossible to abrogate the treaty before it goes into effect / President Cleveland decided the boun- . -J dary dispute between Brazil and Argentina, . i n favor of BrazlL The President nominated General Schofleld.. to be Lieutenant-General in the Army. ? Foreign. Emil Stakg, the Conservative leader M fij? Norway, and his Cabinet have resigned thei* , ^ offices. All the Wei-Hal-Wei ("China) land fortx .Vjg have been captured by the Japanese; the f-n Chinese lost 2000 men; the Chinese peaat envoys were received by Premier Ito at : Hiroshima, Japan. ' Pbehikb Gbekke, of Newfoundland, re* ? 3lgned his office; Sir William White way will J&jj sucoeed him. A cobbkct list of the persons on the sunken ' ' Elbe is as follows: .Cabin passengers, 50; steerage passengers, 149; officers and crew, ' . 149; postal clerks, 4; pilots. 2, a total of 851. Twenty were saved, of watch fifteen wen officers and seamen, making the number ol lost 334. m Txjbkibh judges are ordered to give oon- | victed Armenians all the punishment the lav allows. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In the Senate. 3Dth Day.?A confereooe report on the Fortification bill was made by Mr. CalL? The Senate agreed to Mr. Hill's reaolatlon calling on the Secretary of the Treasury tot information as to forms'/ used In collecting the income tax. Mr. Teat . ' reported back the House bill for the ' erection of a Government building at Chicago, 111., with an amendment In the nature of a substitute, and it was placed on I the calendar. Mr. Mantle was sworn in u 1 senator irom Montana. 40th Dat.?Secretary Carlisle sent to th? Senate a communication which emphasize* the olalm of the Administration that then ' will soon b? a surplus of money in the Treasury. The District of Columbia Appropriation bill was debated. 41st Day.?Mr. Mitchell attempted to ad? dress the Senate on some sugar bounty claims. Mr. Harris objected because it waI District day, and there was a stormy colloquy between the two gentlemen. Th? . District of Columbia Appropriation bill wa? rH passed. Mr. Hansbrough introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment to use the flag of the United States for advertising purposes. 42d Day.?Tho establishment of a cable to Hawaii by tho Government was discussed. Sir. Clark, the new Senator from Wyoming, took his seat. The credentials of Mr, Elkins, of West Virginia, and of Mr. Chilton, > lexas. wuru presouivu. . In the Houk. >v-$J 44th Dat.?The House passed the Senate bill reviving the rank of Lieutenant-General in the army, to be conferred upon MajorGeneral Sehofield. The Pacific Railroads Refunding bill after three days' discussion was recommitted to the Committee on Pacific , Railroads, at the close of a somewhat exciting session of over six hours, by the decisive vote of 177 to 108. 45th Day.?Mr. Livingston presented the conference report on the Fortifications Appropriation bill. Mr. Outhwaite presented the report of the conferees on the Army Appropriation bill. Tin- roport was adopted. -?-'Mr. Doekery reported the Legislative, Ex vutive, and Judicial Appropriation bill. It carrios an appropriation of $21,305,526.52. ??The House then w.-nt mto Committee of the Whole on the Agricultural Appropriation bill. After a short debate the bill was passed. 46th Day. ?Dohato on '.he Administration 'oiil to authorize the issue of $200,000,000 gold bonds to retire the legal tenders and Treasury notes began in the House and continued for six hours. Speeches were made by Messrs. Reod, Springer, Walker, Pence, McKeighan. Cox and Patterson. 47tk Day.?The House in Committee of the Whole, prooeeded to th9 further consideration of the Banking and Currency bill, and several speeches were made for and against it. The District of Columbia Appropriation bill, as passed by the Senate, was laid beforo the House, and on motion the Senate amendments were non-ooncurred in, and a conference ordered.