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The state herald., 1895-10-25
SILVER IN DEMAND.
DECREASE in THE PRODUCTION
Only es,ooo.ooo Ounces Mined This Year.
Japan and China Want sIlver.-The
Shelters Behind on Their Orders.

New York, Oct. 21.-The recent ad-
vance In the price Of silver caused by
the sharp demand for account of China
and Japan, has established scarcity
of the metal. Mr.. Townsend Of the
Hong Kong and Shanghai banking cor
poration, expresses the belief that any
accumulation of silver at London has
already found employment. London
statistics show that there has been de-
crease this year in the importations Of
silver into England Of 5000, coo ounces,
equivalent to about f1,OOO,OO0. This
year, also, there will be decrease In
importatiOns Of silver into Washington
or 54,OOO,OOO ounces, as result Of the
repeal Of the Sherman law. This indi-
Gates decrease In the production of the
white metal this year of about % OOO,-
900 ounces. The requirements for China
In silver In connection with the indemni-
ty payments to Japan will extend over
at least two years.
The best authorities OH silver look for
steadily improving demand for the
metal for some time to come. The will
ingness of Japan to accept the indemnl-
ty from China in silver contributed
largely to the Improvement in its price
which has been noted during the last
Few months and the accumulation Of the
metal In London will go on. in order
to complete the installments of the in
demnity at various dates of payment.
MI Townsend of the Hong Kong bank
confirms this view and reports In an in
terview that the bank Is about to make
a large shipment of silver to China.
Both China and Japan are showing In
creasing inquiry for silver as the large
accounts Of the metal distributed by
both countries In payment for war ma
terial and supplies has been diverted to
India and other silver countries.
MIR. Townsend adds that the silver
was ordered two months ago and has
only just been delivered. The silver
smelters are said to be sold ahead for
TWO months. Japan Is minting most
of its silver money.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
THE KUN PAL DISASTER.
Over One Hundred Live. Reported u,
Ias.,

Over One Hundred Lives Reported ne
Ios'.
Shanghai. Oct. a2.-Private adyices
from Kin Chow say the disaster to the
steamer Kun Pal occurred In the morn.
Ing OF October II about twenty miles
from Kin Chow. Captain Sowden. the
first and second mates. first and see.
ond engineers and one passenger are
dead. There We're 700 soldiers aboard
when the first powder explosion occur
red, setting the vessel on fire. The
crew worked hard for half an hour TO
extlngulsh the flames. when there was
a second explosion which almost wreck.
ed the vessel. The captain and the
chief officer, who were wounded In the
ilrst explosion. tried to get boat low.
cred. but the soldiers rushing pell nell
to the davlts. broke II away and the
boat was smashed by n heavy sea. The
survivors who We're the third engineer
and 200 soldiers sat In the stern for sew.
entecn hours. The sea was too heavy
for boats TO reach the wreck. Twenty
seven OF the wounded were brought 10
land and We're placed In the hospital nj
Kin Chow. The victims presented n
dreadful appearance.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
GAMBLING LEGAL IN MONTANA.
Decision Handed Down by tho Supreme
Court.

Court.
Helena, Mont, Oct. 21.-The Supreme
Court to-day handed down decision
in the gambling law test case which
upheld the decision Of Judge II. n
Blake of the First District court This
latter judge decided that gambling was
legal through the bungling Of the last
Legislature In passing some of It's laws
The matter became test cast through
the arrest Of Peter Kelly and Donald
Mitchell. They opened up faro game
and were arrested the first night. 1t
was decided that If caught they would
fight the matter In all the courts.
Mitchell decided to test the law and
Kelly was simply bonded to await the
outcome of the case. When Mitchell
was arraigned he admitted the facts
charged in the information and for his
defense he put forward the argument
that the law supposed to repeal the
gambling law of 1889 did not do so,
owing to defect in the title of the bill.
Senate bill No. As. known as the anti
gambling act, repealed chapter of the
penal code, which was not in existence
ter 0 concerning gambling had already
ptNh SthiChti out VI CO'it Wy
the Legislature, the new penal code
having been passed by both houses of
the Legislature five days previous 10
the Introduction Of bill No. 4S. There
was therefore no chapter concerning
gambling to be amended In the penal
code, as chapter o followed chapter 8.
Upon investigating these allegations
Judge Blake ordered the acqulttal of
H.. IL
appealed to the Supreme Court. Judge
Purcell appealed to the Supreme
Court. Judge w. II. Hunt
rendered the decision to-day, which
was concurred in by Chief
Justice Pemberton and Associate JUS
tlce Dewitt. The decision of the court
leaves the laws of 1889 unrepealed and
In force. They permit of faro and
round BILE DOker
The state herald., 1895-10-25
FooLHARDY BURGLARS.
They How Hank Vault to Pieces an
Are Captured.


Are Captured.
Butte. Mont. Oct. PA most daring
but foolhardy attempt was made about
o'clock yesterday morning by two men
to blow up and rob the bank OF Hoge,
DAILY 4 Co. at Anaconda. and both
men. A. l.. Firpo and VIII II. Darling,
two blacksmiths. Were captured aud are
now In Jail.
Two watchmcn, T.. l.. Kunkle and
Thos. Hammerle. who We're sleeping In
the building. Were awakened about 2
o'clock by n grating sound, which
seemed to come from the inside of the
vault, but as they could discover moth.
Ing wrong. they went to sleep again.
About an hour later they were again
awakened by the same noise and got
up and left the building to call an Of.
iiccr.
They had barely reached the sidewalk
when terrific explosion occurred.
which rocked the building and shattered
nearly all the plate glass within block.
The explosion came from within the
vault. and ripped out the whole front OF
the big safe and scattered papers and
bank notes all over the street. The ex-
plosion aroused the whole town and In
very few moments the bank building
was surrounded by crowd and sew.
eral officers assembled to the roof OF tho
building, which Is only one story high,
and there found Flrpo standing In nm
apparently dazed condition. Near him
was hole cut through the roof large
enough to ADM, n man. and extended
down through about three feet OF brick
work Into the vault.
Firpo was arrested without resistance
and was taken TO jail. where he WIS
soon frightened Into making confes.
sion. He said he and Darling had been
planning the robbery for about three
months. and had made all the tools with
which the work was done. They had
been working on the roof for two nights.
Early this morning they got down lnto
the vault and found about $1,000 In sill
yer piled up In the main part OF the
vault. They could easily have made
away with that, but their greed was NOT
satisfied. as they knew the vault con-
talncd about 100000 In gold and cur.
rcncy. 80 they decided to employ dyna.
mite. with which they had no previous
experience. and consequently mlscnlcu.
lated Its explosive powers.
They put u fuse 10 II and retired To
tho roof to await the result, which,
when II came. surprised them. Darling
ran across several buildings and dropped
through the trap-,ioor In the roof or a
restaurant. distance OF forty feet. nnI
broke two Ribs. lie walked to his room
aud went TO bed. where he was found by
the officers and arrested.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
The Hor..le.. vehicle oontss..

Electricians are studying with great
deal of interest and doubt their chances
in the hcrseless vehicle contest tint the
Chicago Times Herald has organized. to
take place next November between Chi
cago and Milwaukee, distance OF
about eighty-five miles, with two relay
stations, one at Kenosha, Wisconsin,
and one at Waukegan, Illinois, where
renewal of power Is permitted. Already.
says the Evening POst,over seventy-five
entries have been made for this race,
but 1t IL said that the electrical Compel
itors are comparatively few. The main
reason for the lack of prominence of
electricity Is that the batteries hitherto
In use and on the market have been al
together too heavy and have had too
limited storage capacity. Hence, with
the Increase In strength Of tire frame to
bear the burden has come further
drain on the insufficient power, and no.
body seems able to reconcile these quail
tiles. Yet another reason for the alb
sence Of electrical carriages Is the rare
ness Of charging stations, although the
condition In this respect Is steadily i'm
proving all the time. 1t Is believed by
electricians that not many years will
pass before trolley systems penetrating
into the rural districts will allow their
circuits to be tapped for lines to run over
roads in such way that any cart can
hitch on by it's trolley pole and get all
the current 1t needs.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
ENGLAND'S POSITION.
MADE CLEAR TO VENEZUELA
The South Americans Must Back Down
English Press Comment on the situs-
tion.

London, Oct. 21.-In view of the many
reports in circulation regarding the atti.
tude Of Great Britain towards Venezue-
la, the following official announcement
was made to-day:
"In consequence of Venezuela not Of
fering an apology or PREPARATION for the
Urban incident, the Marquis Of Sails
bury has taken steps to inform her rs
to what reparatlon Great Britain re-
qulres. But as the relations between the
two countries have been broken of for
years, the communication was not sent
through the direct diplomatic channel.
''As the document has not reached It's
destination, It is not considered desir-
able to give details of Its contents; but
1t is couched in forcible terms, and
points out that Great Britain will not
permit Venezuela to overstep the bound
aries marked by the courses Of the rivers
Cuyuni and Amacura, but Is willing that
the question of the other disputed terri
tory should be submitted to arbitration"
London, Oct. 21.-The dispute be-
tween Venezuela and Great Britain,
which has resulted in the sending OF an
ultimatum to the South American re-
public, is much commented upon by the
London press to-day.
The Westminster Gazette this after
noon says: 1.-THE Nicaraguan Incident
turned out to be ridiculously small
affair, and In a short time we shall
have made the same discovery In the
Venezuela matter. Great Britain and
the United States are not going to be
set by the ears by pack of Venezu-
clans.
president Cleveland knows we have
no intention of land grabbing in South
America, and the Monroe doctrine has
no better friend than the old country.
Our colonial minister, who married an
American, has given tokens of his
friendship to the United States and Its
people, and he is not likely to go out
of his way to get the marquis of Sails
bury to tread on cousin Jonathan's
corns.
In due time Secretary Olney will no
doubt tell the VeneZuelans that they
cannot expect the United States TO es-
pouse a quarrel when they deliberately
presume, on their limited resources, to
attempt to blur great power"
The Standard Conservative says:
''The Venezuelan ultimatum is unlikely
to lead to doubtful complications. The
convention of 1850 has been repeatedly
infringed by the Venezuelans In en-
croaching upon soil indisputably Brit
ish. These CALLING and high-handed
acts might have been overlooked had
not the outrages by the Venezuelan
authorities reached lengths no longer
endurable. II such an aggression as
the Urban affair is to be ignored, we
might as well abandon British Guiana.
We shall be surprised If the responsible
diplomats Of the United States persist
in maintaining that the Monroe doctrine
has any bearing in the present case"
The Daily Telegraph says: at is diff
ficult to see how Monroism is applica-
BILE TO the Venezuelan affair. II the
Venezuelans invaded British Guiana
they must either be punished directly
by us or they must be forced by their
assumed protectors In the United
States TO respect international laws"
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Minneapolis. MINI. oct. i0-Gov.
Clouph has issued formal invitation
TO the governors Of ten states and 10
the mayors " the principal cities there.
In 10 send representatives 10 n convcn.
ton 10 be- held IN Minneapolis NovcD,.
Der 20. The object " the convention
In 10 tnke the iirsi steps toward holding
u gron' mld.coniincnini exposition BE-.
tween Minneapolis nnl ~ Paul In 1907
or 1spS, The states invited nrc Wis.
consln. Michigan. Iowa. North Dnkotn.
South Dakota. Nebraska. Montana,
Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Cincinnati. Oct. 2I.-tspcciai.)-Rc.
ports say thu, leading life Insurance
company IN accepting risks TO the
nmnuni OF S3O0Oo0 ON lives Of con.
sumpilycs taking the Amlck Chemical
Trenimcn, for lung disease. The
Amlck Chemical company, Of Cincin.
nntl. Is actually paying the premiums
ON this Insurance md presenting pol.
lcirs to their patients. This company
claims 10 have the most complete stu.
iisiIc- Oh consumption IN the world.
and TINT these risks ARE good. provld.
Ing the patients take n course OF the
Amick treatment
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Atlanta. Ga, Oct. 2i.-Ncgro Day
was the largest In point Of attendance
the exposition Inns had. The rncc made
u great success OF the day set apart for
them. They Ind nm grafton and ad.
dresses by state and exposition officials.
and the blnck- did their part Of II with
eminent success. Their purpose was
expressed In the opening stanza Of the
ode by Daniel Webster Davis OF Rich.
mond. virginia. who wrote:
To-day we come 10 show the world
what God FOR rs hath wrought.
Here. where. but thirty years ngo. we
were NJ chnitels bought
The orator Of the day wns Rev. J. W.
Bowman. prominent negro educator
OF Atlanta. His subject was AN APP
peal TO the King"
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Lcavcnwor'h. Kan. oct. 2i.-'rhc 300
miners employed NJ North tcnvcnworih
coal shaft quli work this morning and
visited tho Home. Riverside mines for
the purpose OF Inducing the men en-.
ploycd there TO quit. The North Lcnv.
cnworih company Is paying eighty
cents n ton for mlnc'run conl and the
Home company seventy cents. The
wnllsout IL 10 force the Home riverside
company Ia pny eighty cents A mass
meeting VIII be held tonight and n
general strike seems almost certain. M
the Home riverside people nrc not dis.
posed TO ncccdc TO the demands made.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
CAMPoS ALL RIGHT.
Said to Hold Al the Important Point. In
Cuba.

New York. Oct. 2i.-Dr. william
Shaw Bowen writes TO the New York
World from this city. where he is stay
ing for few days: ''The report from
Cuba that General Campos is insane is
probably unfounded. Its value as news
is on par with four-fifths Of the So
called news OF the Cuban rebellion. II
there has been any departure from the
normal In General Campos' condition
the change has occurred since l saw
him last fortnight ago.
To-day Campos controls every sea
port, every town, every hamlet. every
point Of consequence on the railways.
In fact nearly every cross road In the
district In revolt lie needs more
troops for this policy OF guarding every
important point has fully occupied his
army. The total number of men In
the Spanish army In Cuba Is less than
$1,000. This includes nearly G0,OOO reg
ular troops. volunteers. civic guards and
guerlllas. Considering the difficulties
OF the country prudent commander
should insist on having at least $1,000
more soldiers At the present time
Campos is supreme"
The state herald., 1895-10-25
The Indian, a rn., shlr.

i,osion. Mass. oct. to-Thc battle.
ship Indiana made her official trial run
yesterday over the government occnn
course. thirty knots eastward from
cnpc Ann mud return, nnd showed mn
average speed Of ~ ~ knots per hour.
which. n not decreased by the tide nj.
lownncc. viii cnllilo the Cramps, her
builders. 10 n bonus ~ $4,000. The
ship WINS required 10 show speed Of
II knots, nnd for every quarter knot
nboyc That requirement Is entitled to
$4,000, AZ The end Of her runs the
indlann had shown herself to be the
finest vessel of her class nfloni. The
government board IA satisfied.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Washington, Oct. Ex-senator Teller,
who has Just arrived In Washington Tor
the winter. said last night the silver Re
publlcans In the Senate would not agree
to the reorganization OF the Senate by
tho Republicans when Congress re-.
convcnes. except upon condition that
they be allowed to MI the vacancy on
the finance committee caused by the re-
tlrcmcnt OF senator Mcpherson.
lie also expressed the opinion that the
president In his annual message would
recommend the retirement Of the green.
backs and predicted that II he should do
so. the recommendation would have Tho
effect Of opening up the entire financial
question.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The sheriff and coroner from Lander
have succeeded In finding the body Of
Louis Mnrilnsscn. who was murdered
by Grant, the prisoner now IN the coun,
~ jail there. The body had been bur.
led under bank eight miles south of
Lander nnd forty rods west Of the mnln
rad, The body WIS cShumcd nnd
placed In colin aud brought 10 town.
The cor0ner's Jury Investigated the
cnse and found Two wounds Of a dead.
~ character, one n bullet holu which
entered the bncl, VI the bend. mud cnmu
out OF the forehead The other deep
eat three Inches long, lust above the loft
temple Grnni Inns made full copfcs.
sion OF the crime.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Richmond, Mo-, oct. 2i.-rhc grand
Jury OF ltny County Inns returned four
indictments against Dr. George Frnkcr.
the alleged Insurance swindirr Three
OF the indictments chnrgc an attempt
TO obtnln money under false prcienses.
The fourth charges mn attempt by
fraudulent representations Ia cheat and
dcfrnud. The mniicr occupied tho nj.
tentlon OF the Jury four days Or.
Trnkcr II nj present confined IN the
Ray County jail. and his trial IL set for!
next February. His lawyers nrc max.
Ing mn attempt 10 hive The prisoners
bail, 10000. reduced To 5000.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

at San Juan, had the Indians get up an
entertainment for the benefit Of the car
dinal and party. The Indians perform
ed various games and dances, and the
cardinal, who had never before visited
an Indian village, expressed himself
highly entertained and delighted. The
party returned to Santa Fe this evening,
and Cardinal Gibbons will leave In his
special car for Baltimore tonight He
expressed himself as highly pleased
with everything he had seen on his
trip. 1t is the first time cardinal has
been this far west.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
An Important Iowa Land Case Is Acted
Upon.


Upon.
Washington, ID. c., Oct. 2t.--In the
United States Supreme Court to-day
opinions were rendered In a number of
cases argued at the last term Of the
court. Justice Harlan read the courts
opinion in the suits over lands embrac-
ed In the grant TO the Sioux City L. st,
Paul Railway Company, in O'Brlen and
Dickinson counties, Iowa, to which tho
Sioux City road, the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul road, the United States
and the settlers on the land were par
ties. 1t was claimed by the govern
ment and the settlers that the Sioux
City road had failed to earn about o.
600 acres Of these lands, and the deci-
sion Of the court to-day sustained this
contention. The court failed to take
cognizance Of the claims Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul road. that 1t was
entitled to the lands ut the intersection
of the two lines which the Sioux City
road had failed to earn.
The cases of the Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific companies VS.. the PEG
pie of California were advanced and
set for the first Monday in January, as
Were the eases involving the constitu.
tionallty Of the California irrigation
laws.
The state herald., 1895-10-25
THE ASSESSMENT ROLL.
Most of the Counties OF Colorado Show a
Decrease.

Denver. Oct. 21.-Rcports have now
been received from all the county as
SCISSORS In the state, showing the as.
sessed valuation Of Colorado at the pres
ent time. The estimate made by State
Auditor Parks that there would be Il
decrease this year OF about S6.0O0.00O
has been more than verified, the exact
decrease being S1,596.il005. Thirty
four counties show an increase In their
valuation. while twenty-five are the re-.
verse. Arapahoe heads the list alpha.
bctIcally and with the heaviest decrease.
Its loss being much more than one-hnlf
the total loss for the state. In 1891 the
assessed valuation for the county was
Ss5. s60,II0, while this year the assess.
or's figures amount 10 but Ssl. $3.50
The detailed figures for the entire state
are AS follows:
The state herald., 1895-10-25
r,nn.,i,n.,. Con, M,,,,..

JohnsiowD. Pm. Oct. ?i.-'ihc mining
situation IN the mountain region or.
tending from this city 10 Altoona il not
nearly 80 serious as reported. From
authentic sources II IL learned TINT
about 10000 men nrc ont. and nt lcnst
1000 nrc working. ON the Crescent
aud Clcnfilcld division the men nrc
wording NJ spnnglcr. iInrnsboro and
Hastings, AZ frugnliiy nboui 200 men
nre out. III the Clenriel1 region only
one mine Ia Idle. which hns 200 men.
II IL the general opinion among railroad
met, nnd operators TINT by tomorrow
or wednesday the men will either DO
all out or they viii DO at work.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Inasmuch rs n collision will send q
ship like tho Edam to the bottom In
smooth water In less than three hours
after tho shock. Is II right TO allow
such vessels to 20 to soa carrying many
hundreds Of pnsscngcrs1 II might DO
we'll for the United States to Investigate
the condition OF all steamers coming
into or leaving our ports. and limit the
number OF persons permitted TO travel
In them. 1t would be easy to enforce
such rulc whether the steamers wero
going out or coming In. II IL said that
the Edam has carried 1900 passengers
at once.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Thes test of religious principle in the
eyes OF the world is honesty Of life.
II 1t be apparent that one Is not honest
In temporal things his profession of re-
ligion will not be accepted as Of much
worth. They will be suspected as hy-
pocrltical. The effect of genuine piety
is to lead men to do what God requires
of them. The prophet sums 1t all up
In one sentence-"What doth God re-
quire OF thee but to do Justly, love
mercy and walk humbly with thy
God?"
The state herald., 1895-10-25
FIGHT DECLARED OFF.
The Florida Athletic Club and Cerbett
and Fity.immons.

Ihe fIoridA Athletic Club and Corbett
and Fitssmmons.
Hot Springs, Ark. Oct. 21.-The fight
between Corbett and FitZsimmons is
declared or by the Florida Athletic
Club at n conference this morning be-
tween managers of Corbett and Fitz-
simmons. The club asked that the con
test be postponed until November II.
Brady aclulesced, but Julian would
not The contest was declared of.
Brady then said his last say, that Cor
bett would meet any man In the world,
Fitzslmmons preferred, ON November
l1th. the man TO be named within TWEEN
ty-four hours. Ncndlg announced that
he would match Mahcr against Cor
bett and find someone TO take his placs
against O'Donnell, the contest between
Maher and Corbett 10 be for $4,000
side.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

The Mergenthaler typesetting ma
chimes are being so heavily taxed in
various parts of the country that their
owners have had to resort to court. This
tax on machines is all wrong. 1t can
not stop the tide of progress as indi-
Gated by invention. The fault with the
machinery lies not in the fact that they
cheaper and facilitate production, but
that the product is not eQuitably dis
trIbuted.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Two Russian gunboats, the Teretz
and the Uralotz. nominally attached to
the Black sea feet. are now allowed to
pass freely between the Black sea and
the Mediterranean without objection on
the part OF the Ottoman authorities.
This is considered by Russia as the
thin edge of the wedge that win open
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to
the Black sea fleet in spite Of the Paris
and Berlin treaties.
The state herald., 1895-10-25

Washington Oct. Ex-senator Chnnd.
Ter Of New Hampshire has written nddl.
tlonal letters 10 the president and to lln
Interstate Commerce Commission. urg.
lnr Immediate action Ia prevent the *
ccuIlon Of the newly formed railroad
trunk line agreement signed by the prns.
ldentS Of nine roads running from the
selboard TO the West