The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-04-28

| ol w dltS, III WHICH
so many miners were entombed, is
about out, but the gases are so thick
still that it is impossible to explore the
mine for the remains of the dead or
search for those who may possibly be
alive.
striking Miners.
| BRUSSELS, April l.. The strike
movement is spreading. Three hun
dred miners engaged in the strike per-
petrated much damage at Quaregnon
to-day. There were many men work
ing in the pit who refused to Join the
strikers, and the mob's effort is against
them as much as against the owners
of the pit. The striking coal-miners
rioted all the afternoon at Cuesmes.
Four thousand men attacked the
buildings near the pits mouth shortly
after noon, drove off the guards and
officials, and demolished all the ma
chiHeTy, houses and shops. Rioters
have possession of most of the town.
| An Editors Death.
| DETROIT, April 12.-John a. Bill,
managing editor of the Free Press,
died this afternoon of typhoid fever.
Wealthy Men at Law
New YORK, April 12.-Several suits
| in ejectment, involving several mil
| lions of dollars, were begun this after
noon by Hopper s. Mott, Alexander
III. Mott and Ruth and Walder, claim
| ing title to properties from Forty
ninth to Fifty-third street on Broad
way. The estate originally belonged
to the Hopper farm, and the present
suits were anticipated month or
more ago. Among the defendants is
| William K. Vanderbilt, who holds or
| at present holds title to property OH
the east side of Broadway, beginning
about twenty-five feet north ofFiftieth
street and extending to the corner of
| F'ifty-first street, which is owned by
| Amos r. Emo.
An Unprecedented Orange Crop.
Los ANGELES, April 12.-The Or
| ange shipments from Southern Cali
fornia continue very heavy, the Earl
Fruit Company alone having shipped
| over 200 carloads the last two weeks.
| The fruit is going to all American
markets, including Canada, also to
New England. Regular shipments
are also being made to Liverpool,
where the fruit is bringing satisfactory
prices. The present orange crop is
the largest ever grown and is not yet
| half marketed.
| France and America.
WASHINGToN, April I'm. Pate
| nOtre, the diplomatic representative
of the French republic in Washing
ton, was received in his new capacity
| by the President this afternoon. NJ.
| Patenotre presented bis credentials as
| ambassador, and made speech eX
| pressing the cordial feelings of the
| French Government toward that of
| the United States, to which Mr..
| Cleveland replied in similar terms.
Adverse to Britain.
PARIS, April 12.-Upon the open
ing of the Behring Sea Court Of Arbi-
tration to-day the President, Baron
De Courcelles, announced that the
court had decided not to admit the
| British supplementary report for the
| present. The President added that
this decision was without prejudice to
| the right of counsel to introduce the
report in the pleadings by word of
mouth. The President further an
nouneed that the tribunal had deci-
| ded to defer its ruling on the demand
of the United States for the rejection
of portions of the British counter
case.
| CarlisIe's Policy.
WASHINGTON, April 12-The action
| of Secretary Carlisle in refusing to
purchase the Bowling Green site,
| New York city, for custom house
and in declining to accept the Chest
nut-street site in Philadelphia for the
United States Mint, is taken as indi-
| eating his policy in regard to the
erection of public buildings, which is
understood to be that he will defer
entering upon any costly public
works in the present condition of the
Treasury. 1t is generally believed
| that Colonel Lamont, who as Secre-
| tary of War will have charge of the
river and harbor expenditures, will
follow on this same line of action.
Between the two departments the
payment of sums aggregating be-
tween S50,000,0G and S75,0O0,000 a
year can be easily deferred without
hampering the public service until
the Treasury surplus begins to grow
again.
First Check to San Jose.
SACRAMENTO, April II. - Sacra-
mento fired her first gun in the
Capital removal battle this afternoon,
when a petition for a restraining
order against Secretary of State Waite
and State Printer Johnston was filed
in the Supreme Court. Horatio p.
Livermore, who, with Albert Gallatin,
| owns electric car franchises IN this
city and the Folsom Water Power
Works, brings the action. Mr.. Liver
more sues as taxpayer. The injunc-
ton, If granted, will apply to State
Printer Johnston, and prohibit him
from publishing the Capital removal
amendments in the laws passed by
the late Legislature.
Native Christians Beaten.
VANCOUVER, b. c., April r. The
steamer Empress of Japan, just ar
rived, brings information from Hong
kong of q brutal attack on native
Christians by the literati at FOotsin,
seventy miles northeast of Annoy. A
band of ruffians led by literati grad
uate attacked small company Of
Christians gathered for worship in
the house of one OF the number. The
worshippers were seized and beaten
most cruelty. One woman was killed,
her husband had his queue torn out
by the roots and her two sons were so
badly treated that one is not expected
to live. Others present were hung up
by ropes tied around their wrists,
beaten and left hanging whole night
stripped of every particle of clothing.
A few days later the ringleader in
the atrocities was arrested in the