Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-12
FOREIGN CABLEGRAMs.

gIedb OiSSdttbIdCtlOu diuOuR tuc
natives over the methods pursued
by the commissioner appointed by
the three foreign powers, the United
States, England and Germany, in
the application Of funds received for
taxes. The complaint is made that
the tax fund is consumed in the
of high salaries to the com
and his appointees, and
that they get no return In the way
Of Improvement for the heavy as
sessments made upon them. Con-
sequeDtly affairs In the Samoan
group are unsatisfactory and threat
ening. For this reason an order
will be sent by the mail steamer
which leaves San Francisco tomor-
row for the cruiser Alliance, now at
Honolulu to go to Samoa. 1t is not
the intention to seed another vessel
to Honolulu to relieve the Alliance,
The Boston is now there and will be
kept In readiness at San Francisco
for service in Honolulu the moment
it becomes apparent that the Boston
requires reinforcements.
PARIS, Nov. 12.-Many accusa-
tions haye been made that the
German agents in Dahomey have
furnished King Behanzin with
quick-firing rifles. These have been
denied by the Germans, who assert
If Behanzin had such weapons he
procured them from the British.
The latter assertions are borne out
by capture just made off the coast
of Dahomey. The Brandon, a
French dispatch boat, cruising of
the coast, surprised the British
steamer John Holly, with a cargo OF
Winchester rifles and ammunition,
beyond all doubt intended for the
Dahomeyan army. The vessel was
seized and the cargo confiscated.
The matter will undoubtedly be
made the subject Of diplomatic re.
monstrance.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE French
anarchist, Francois, arrested in
this city on charge of causing an
explosion in the restaurant of Veray
In Paris, in April last, was again ar
raigned in the extradition court.
A French detective testified to the
arrest in France of another anarch-
list named Bricon, and to the latter's
making a confession In which he
implicated Francois in the Cafe
veray explosion. Bricon, the de-
tective further said, disclosed to the
police the spot where l4l dynamite
cartridges had been hidden. These
cartridges were taken by the police.
The magistrate again remanded
Francois.
PARIS, Nov. 12.-The victims of
the recent anarchist bomb explosion
In Paris were given a state funeral.
The scene at the cemetery, as the
bodies were consigned to the graves,
was most distressing. The relatives
of the dead would not be comforted.
Their grief was heartrendlng.
LONDON, Nov. 12.--No event In
the recent history Of the conserva-
tive party approaches In Importance
the adoption Of a new program by
the conservative associations inEdin-
burgh. The platform, which Is
frankly Democratic, even goes be-
yond the New Castle program of the
liberals In admitting popular con-
troll of party legislation, and further
contrasts favorably with liberal fed
erations Of policy as allowing greater
independence of opinion among ad.
herents of the principle OF unionism.
The rigidity Of old toryism has abso-
lutely vanished, and Is replaced by
elastic constitutionalism which Bal.
four and other leaders accepted.
though II is certain that older men,
ben Of the party continue to think
It Incompatible with genuine con-
servatism and dangerous to the sue
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gram includes electoral registration
form, with equalization Of seats aud
reduction Of period Of occupancy re-
qulred to qualify voters. This. in
itself, tvumps the liberal proposals
In the same direction. The confer
snce next approved extension ofthe
franchise TO female rate-payep. dis
iIiiterai votes. popular