The Portland daily press., 1895-07-17
JAPAN NOT FOR SILVER.
Country Did Not Prosper Under Free
Coinage Policy.

New York, July 1e.-S. Kurino, Japan
ese ambassador TO Washington, arrived
at the Imperial hotel yesterday from
Newport, en- route for Washington. He
was accompanied by his secretary
To a reporter the ambassador denied
the report that his government decided
to assume control of foreign missionaries
in Japan, banishing those against whom
the government had grievances and form
ing a protectorate over those that were
allowed to remain.
elf there are any grievances against
missionaries, he said, "They are purely
personal in their nature, and the govern
ment would not hear them.
''It is the attitude of Russia as hostile
| toward Japan as we have been given to
understand it is?' asked the reporter.
lis far.-from hostile" " replied Mr.;
never have signed the treaty she did The
press has created the hostility to a great
extent, and has then enlarged upon 1t,
until Americans have been led 60 believe
that another war is imminent
| Japan has been very prosperous under
| a free silver policy, has it not9'' asked
| the reporter
"No, it has not, and never was. 1t is
not, in fact, on such "a base. We had
silver standard some years ago, but soon
found that our currency was deprecated
and our business detcriorating. We have
at present a limited coinage. Congress
man Newlands in recent interview
claimed that we had silver standard In
this he was evidently misinformed +"
A Family Butchered.
Havana, July 16-A family comprising
man. three women and two girls,
To1~1 A-41r
this province was attacked by five
negroes last night and the two girls were
murdered, and the two women seriously
wound with knives and hatchets. The
bodies of the girls were horribly slashcd.
All of the miscreants were captE-ed by
the civil guard
Zella Clings to That $4,000 Che,k-
New York, July 16.-Papers in the
motion of Mrs. Zella Nichols Ruhman
for the preliminary examination of
George Jay Gould of New York before
the trial of her suit to recover a $40, 600
check, were submitted to Judge Lippin-
cott in the Hudson county courc, Jersey
City today. Judge Lippincott took the
papers in the case ana reserved his de-
olson.
Unsonists Gain 81 Seats.
London, July 16-Steady increase in
the Unionist strength has again been
feature in today's polling for mem bers OF
the new Parliament. The returns re-
ceived up to midnight show sthe elactlon
of 2S1 Conservatives and Un1on1sts, 20
Liberals 13 McCarthyites and Earnell-
ties, making a net Unionist gain OF 81
seats.
Affairs of the Banque du Peuple.
Montreal, July 16.-The Banque du
Peuple today was open for the payment
of notes falling due. No payments are
going out of the bank. jacques Grencer,
the president, said this afternoon, he be-
| lieyed the bank would again resume busi-
ness. The best business men of the city
generally agree the bank will go into
liquidation at the end of the time OF
| suspension, ninety days. PRESIDENT
Grenier stated that had the other city
| banks advanced four millions dollars re-
quested of them the bank would have
been able to go on without suspension. lU
is stated that John Crawford OF this city
is interested to the extent of $500, 0O0 IN
| deposits and stocks, and the urn OF
| William Glendenning is indebted S79O Oo0
and that large advances were maze tc
Shomer Park, Montreal Park and lsland
railway and the Montreal Trading ana
Shipping company, besides mlllton
dollars expenditures on the banE
premises. A million dollars was advanced
| by the other city banks and paid out IN
the last few days in liquidation OF the
claims of small depositors, who had peen
making regular run on the branches Oh
| the bank in this city.