state of public feeling in the Mikado'sempire over the complications of theFar East, centering in China, is shownl>y the last preas advices received herefrom Japan. That the Government it-self has an eye to the gravity of thequestion is shown l»y a statement ofthe Prime Minister, made in the courseof a reply to a delegation. He said:

'With affairs tending toward dan-gerous developments, as is now thecase in the East, w« shall not hesitateto ask the Diet for 30.000,000 yen, oreven 40,000,000 ifnecessary."

This was said only a short time be-fore the Premier was forced to resignbecause of a public feeling that theCabinet was too weak to deal with thedescent of the European powers uponChina and the probable dismember-ment of the latter country.

The Jijo Simpo, the most Influentialpaper in Japan, contains a scathingarraignment of Germany's course,declaring the occupation of Kiaochaushows that the laws and tenets of in-ternational morality have ceased to beanything more than specious pretensewith European powers and that thorule by which their conduct is reallyregulated is "the fi>sh of the weak isthe fond of the strong." After declar-ing that Germany thrown off th<?mask and haa tak.-n th«* lead of thewestern powers in the struggle to de-\our China, the paper adds, as to theattitude of Japan:

•The conflagration is on the otherside of the river, but the river is anarrow one, and the- sparks may easilyfly across. The le.sson for Japan isthat a country's security depends solelyon its strength to resist aggression, andthat aggression haw come to her owngates. It will not suffice that sheHh->uld be merely on the defensive. Topreserve what one already has it issometimes necessary to add more. Acrisis in the Orient now confrontsJapan, and her undivided strengthmust be devoted to guarding againstthe perils that menace her."

The Nichi Nichi Shimbun takes asimilar view, declaring that it is a partof the plan of encroachment of Euro-pean nations upon the East. Itaddsfor Japan that it has the greatest in-terest at stake in these operations, andmust prepare herself for the emer-gency.

The Nippon Fays the crisis calls fora resolute foreign policy by Japan, andavers that nothing tends to impair am-ity more than tame submission to in-sult and wrong. The course of Ger-many is arraigned as a flagrant vlola-tioon of international law.

The Pohuo declares that the time fortho partition of the Chinese empire hasarrived and adds:

"What shall Japan do? Shall she Join

in the scramble for pieces of the doom-ed State, or shall she oppose its parti-tion? In such a crisis, the like ofwhich has not occurerd since the res-toration, the portfolio of foreign af-fairs is in the hands of a man in whomthe nation has no confidence."

The TokJo Shimpo takes the radicalposition that it is Japan's duty to suc-cor China at this Juncture, on theground that the boasted civilisationand Christianity of the western worldIs slowly tramping down right andjustice in its descent upon the Orient.

Aside from the excited discussion ofthe problem in China, the Japanesepress is mainly concerned in the coun-try's extensive naval and military de-velopment. The expenditures on "ar-mament expansion" this year will be80,645,721 yen and next year 63,250,000yen.

Brilliant field maneuvers have beenexecuted by the two army corps of thenorth and the south, in the presence ofmany foreign diplomats and militaryexperts. The battle ship Yashima hasJust arrived from the English ship-yards. She is the second of the bigbattle ships added to Japan's newnavy, the first being the Fuji. They aresister ships of 12,517 tons displacementeach, of 20 knots speed and in arma-ment and general appearance muchlike the United States battle ship In-diana. The Yashima is the largest warship that ever passed the Suez canal,and it was found necessary to unshipthe heavy guns and take off some ofthe outer armor to get through thecanal.

\u2666

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Something of a Comparison of the Soldiersof the Two Powers.

The magnitude of operations In Asiais not understood by many people ofthe United Stat<r3. It seems now to beaccepted as a fact that Russia has oc-cupied Manchuria with the consent ofthe Chinese empire. This province, orstate contains a population exceeding12.000,000 inhabitants. The country Isrich, and the people, measured by thestandard of Chinese intelligence andprogress, are advancing: in the marchof civilization. Itis in the line of prob-ability that the railroad extendingfrom the main line of the trans-Siber-ian railway will be constructed to deepwater near Port Arthur. Accordingto the original plans of the Russian en-gineers, Vladivostok was selected asthe Pacific terminal point of the greatline 7000 miles in length from St.Petersburg eastward, but changed con-ditions in China following the late warwith Japan gave Russia concessions inManchuria which will permit the con-struction of the line to an open portmuch further south than Vladivostok.

Every Russian enterprise is guardedv ith so much secrecy that it is exceed-inglydifficult to obtain actual informa-tion as to the number of miles of roadto be constructed in order to completethis great work. The road is in opera-tion for a long distance east of Irkutskand for 400 miles west of Vladh-ostok.Water transportation is availablethrough much of the country betweenthe eastern and western terminalpoints. The work may be so far ad-vanced from Irkutsk eastward andVladivostok westward that troops andsupplies from Russia in Europe can bereadily dispatched to the expectedscene of conflict in Asia. Contractswere awarded to American builders forthe construction of large steamers tonavigate the immense lake in themountains o£ Siberia. These boats werebuilt to carry trains in about the fash-inn of the transfer steamer at PortCocUl It is quite within the line ofprobability that Russia Is in positionto march troops from the eastern'-tothe western terminal station. It isknown that an immense quantity ofarmy supplies has been stored atVladivostok, and that point is destinedto be the bu.«e of Russian operations ina war with Japan.

There is a powerful Russian army atVladivostok, but its strength in num-bers is known only to the Russianauthorities. Judging from the numberof troops on transport steamers callingat Nagasaki for coal during the pasttwo years, it is estimated by observersthat the force approximates 80,000.Japan is in position to throw a muchlarger army than this to the front inKorea with very little delay. On thewater as the fleets float to-day Japanis the stronger of the two, but Russiacannot be dislodged from her positionsin Manchuria and Korea by warships.

Korea, containing a population of fif-teen million people, is practically un-der the immediate control of the Rus-sians. Seoul, the capital, a. city of300.000 inhabitants, is only t.wenty-flvemiles from Chemulpo, the principalsea port of Korea, The military stu-dent would say that England and Ja-pan combined should be able to landa force at Chemulpo, which would beample to capture Seoul in a short time.The British had experience with theRussians in the Crimea and therelearned that the soldiers of the Czarare -not to be despised, henc* a smallBritish army would not be sent on thatmission.

The popular impression that the Ja-panese army of to-day knows some-thing of war is erroneous, althoughmany writers on current affairs speakof the Japanese soldiers as veterans.The Japanese conquered in the latewar because the Chinese refused tofipht and ran away. The entire lossin battla of the whole Japanese armythroughout the entire war with Chinawas less than the losses sustained by asingle division of the Union army atVicksburg in tho assault on the 22d ofMay, 1863. Japan may be a nation ofwarriors, but her present army knowsnothing of actual battle in conflictwith trained and effective troops. TheRussian troops are exceptional In theirability to preserve order and discip-line under withering tire. The Japan-ese may be equally resolute and ef-fective, but no opportunity was pre-sented in the late war between Japanand China to indicate what the Japan-ese army would do in the event of vig-orous resistance.

There is a quickening of commercebetween San Francisco and the Orientsince the concentration of warships inAsiatic waters. Large quantities ofmerchandise, presumably fleet sup-plies, have been shipped to Asia. Thebulk of supplies go the other waythrough the Suez canal, hut when aparticular line of provisions must behad at once San Francisco is the near-est point for the supply. The Cana-dian Pacific and the connecting Hne ofsteamships at Victoria are active bid-ders for the transportation of goods.Chicago is right in the race with SanFrancisco for the trade. The Cana-dian Pacific .is giving a very low raleon through consignments from Chicagoto Hongkong, but not lower than therate which San Francisco merchantsobtain from the steamships sailingfrom this port to the Orient. The ap-prehension of our merchants has beenexcited, however, by the figures whichChicago houses competing for this newtrade are able to quote.

condition vhen she reached this porton the 24th of Last November. "We hadbeen thirty-eight days from San Pe-dro, and during that time it seemedthat we could not make land again.We gut into Astoria the day prior toThanksprivinar. in a frightful condi-tion. The bark looked like a wreck.Wo stopped at Ranier, down the Co-lumbia, for thirteen days, making re-pairs, and then she came to Portland.When we gbt here the two mates, my-self, the cabin boy and the entire sixseamen left the wsnel. IlHced to sailon her, but Idecided that the Oaklandwould never survive another roughspell on the sea, and told the captain

that 1 would quit. The remainder ofthe crew left for the same reason."

OAKLAND'S CREW MAYHAVE BEEN PICKED UP

BY THE LAURA MAY.

Unusually Large Number of Men Seen onthe Little Schooner by a Passing

Pilot.

ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 31.— What prom-ises to be the solution of the disap-pearance of the officers and crew ofthe bark Oakland, wrecked near CapeFlattery recently, has just beenbrought to light. The two schoonerswhich arrived in .the lower harbor onThursday were the Laura May andthe Jewell. They anchored near SandIsland, the Jewell being still in theharbor, but when they dragged theiranchors, as reported on Thursday, theLaura May, being nearest the mouthof the river and unable to get undercontrol, drifted out to sea again, andwas not seen in the offing to-day.

Shortly before these schoonersdragged their anchors the Germanship Henrietta came in, in charge ofPilot Malcolm, and anchored in thelower harbor. Malcolm reported thatas the May was drifting out he count-ed eleven men on her deck. She carriesa crew of only three or four men, andhe thinks it probable she picked up themen from the Oakland. Malcolm, whowas outside for a week, says theweather has been very nasty. Threedays ago they passed an Americanship, south bound, under full sail,name unknown.

The German ship Henrietta, CaptainSeemann, from Yokohama on Novem-ber 22, barely saved her charter by ar-riving up from the lower harbor be-fore 6 o'clock to-night. The captainsays he was thirteen days off themouth of the river and was very muchalarmed when he was anchored belowon Thursday night. He had a rough

but uneventful voyage.

The British ship Drumburton, Cap-tain Spurring, which sailed fromSwansea, Wales, on July 8, with a car-go of coal and coke, arrived in yester-day afternoon. The captain reports arough voyage, with every variety ofwe.-ither. In the lower Pacific he spokea Norwegian bark bound from Panamato the Sound.

The big tug Fearless, Captain ClemRandall, arrived from San Franciscoto-day and has been placed in servicehere in place of the Relief, which willproceed to San Francisco on Mondayfor repairs. The Fearless is perhapsthe finest tugboat on the Pacific Coast,with the possible exception of the Can-adian tug Lome.

HANNA ISCONFIDENT

OF ELECTIONNo Fear of Not Being

Returned to theSenate.

Goes Quietly to Columbusto Personally Direct

His Campaign.

State Employes of Ohio Are, ofCourse, Among the Bush-

nell Workers.

LEGISLATORS LINING UP.

And Now ItRemains to Be Seen if theHepublican Pledges Will Be

Carried Out.

Special Dispatch to The Call.

COLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—Nearly allof the members elect of the Legislaturehave arrived in this city to-night, andthe senatorial skirmish is at its height.

Not since the senatorial election of sixyears ago, when the Sherman-Forakercontest was on, have there been somany politicians in the city at onetime. Many have come merely out ofcuriosity, but a large number are hereto take active part in the contest be-tween the Hanna and anti-Hanna Re-publicans. To the Republicans atlarge the situation is inexplicable. Theanti-Hanna Republicans actually Inevidence are so few in number that theuninitiated can scarcely comprehend\u25a0why there should be such a struggle.Charles S. Kurtz, who is the leader

of the opposition to Senator Kanlna,to-day assumed personal charge of theanti-Hanna headquarters at the GreatSouthern Hotel, and a small army ofworkers, mostly appointees of Gov-ernor Bushnell in the State's depart-ments and the State institutions, be-sieged the rooms. The activity at theHanna headquarters at the three lead-ing hotels was even more formidable.

The developments of the day weredecidedly favorable to Mr. Hajina, onthe surface at least. The arrival ofMr.Hanna on the scene during the af-ternoon seemed to turn the tide slight-lyin his favor. His arrival was a sur-prise to those not in touch with themanagers of Mr.Hanna's interests, ashe was not expected, according to pre-vious announcements, until Sunday.This change of programme was con-strued by some to indicate that Mr.Hanna's managers considered the s^tu-iition desperate but there was nothintr*to tm4tet*ta thar this surmise was wellfounded. On the contrary, Major Dickand his coworkers at the Hanna head-quarters were in the most cheerfulspirits and took a more hopeful view ofthe situation than yesterday.

There was some rejoicing over thepublic declarations of RepresentativesRedkey of Highland County and Smithof Delaware County that they wouldvote for Mr. Hanna. Both ofthese Representatives had been claim-ed by the opposition. Mr. Redkeycomes from a county where it wasexpected the majority of his partywould indorse his stand against Mr.Hanna, if maintained. RepresentativeSmith had a war of words with Mr.Kurtz as a result of his desertion from

k, the anti-Hanna ranks. Representa-

tives Mason and Brambley ofCuyahoga

now stand practically alone in theiropen opposition to Mr. Hanna, al-though they do not represent thestrength of the anti-Hanna Republi-cans. The others have, up to this time,kept closely under cover. Represen-tative Mason is the avowed candidateof Mr. Kurtz for Speaker in opposi-

tion to M. Boxwell.S. nator Jones of Youngtown arrived

this evening. He was reported to havesaid that Mr. Hanna would be defeat-ed. In an interview he said: "Iamhere to do my sworn duty under theconstitution. Ishall preside at th»- or-ganization of the Senate, and thinkthere will be no trouble. As to theSenatorial contest. Iknow nothingabout it,neither do Ipropose to takea hand in the matter. It is my placeand duty to be strictly neutral, andthat is the position Iwill eccapy. Ihope everything will come out satis-factory to the Republican party. Whatmore can Isay?"

Hanna badges were conspicuousabout the hotel lobbies to-night. Tht-y

bore a picture of Mr. Hanna and thewords, "For Senator, the party'schoice." The Senator was besieged by

callers all the evening, but accordeda correspondent an interview. In re-sponse to an inquiry as to what hethought of the situation he saifl:

"The contest between the Republi-can and Democratic parties was set-tled hy the people at the polls lastNovember. Tho verdict was in favorof the Republican party and it? plat-form. Since then Ihave not said any-thing or given any good reason whyth>- verdict .should be changed.

"The Toledo convention recommendedthe whole State ticket and indorsed theadministration of President McKinleyand Governor Bushnell. The platformwas adopted by the State conventionby unanimous vote. Itcontained an in-dorsement of my candidacy for theUnited States Senate, and so far as theparty could do in the State conven-tion it v.as committed to my electionto the high office to which Iaspire.That combined action was a part of theplatform of the party, and thereforeRepublicans all over the State thinkthe fruits of the victory obtained bythe success of the Republican party atthe polls means nothing less than thatthe willof the voters, as expressed lastNovember, shall be carried out by theirrepresentatives in the General Assem-bly. Iknow of no reason why thereshould be any change in the pro-gramme adopted at Toledo, and havingfaith in the loyalty and patriotism ofthe Republicans of Ohio Ihave no rea-son to doubt, the fulfillment of thepledges made to the people."

"What do you think of the action ofMr. Kurtz?""Ido not see any occasion why I

should indulge in personalities. Icon-sider that my own personality in thiscontest is insignificant as compared tothe importance of this issue, as affect-ing the future welfare of the Republi-can party. Iwill merely state that Iam confident that the attempt to de-feat the will of the party will not besuccessful."

No Combination Railroad Office.Rumor, recently and persistently circu-

lated, has had it that the Union Pacific,the Northwestern and the Vaatferbilt

lines offices In this city would very soonoccupy (marten together under one sotof officials in the large new offices of theNorthwestern under the Palace Hotel.The new lettering on the windows of theNorth western's renovated quarters hasbeen partly responsible for the belief thatthe ualoa Pacific would go over to thePalace .corner. Yesterday. however,Colonel Hitchcock for the Union Pa-cific, R. R. Richie for the Northwesternand C. C. Crane. for the Vanderfoilt linesseparately that there is abso-lutely no foundation, for the rumor, andthat no such combination or any othercombination is contemplated or likely tobe. • ' - -- • '••\u25a0- •>\u25a0\u25a0•.

NEW YEAR'S WISHES.Oakland, Dec. 31. 1897.

Rev. Robert F. Covle, D.D.—A new park for Oakhnd ;pros-perity in business interests ;right-eousness in municipal administra-tion, and great prosperity for ourchurches.

Rev E. R. Dilie, D. D.—ForCalifornia a golden jubilee markedby a revival of prosperity andmanufacturing interests. ForOakland improved streets, a Sun-day closing ordinance for saloons,the purchase of Adams Point andthe Jordan Tract for a parkworthy of our fair city. For Oak-landers religious quickening en-thusiasm foi humanity; appliedChristianity.

Rev. C. M. Hill, pastor Tenth-avenue Baptist Church

—Ishould

like to see the city improved in amaterial way

—the streets repaved

and some new boulevards built,and a large, centrally located parksecured. I should like to seemore factories here, so that moreof our people could find employ-ment Myprogramme would alsoinclude moral improvement, suchas stopping all disguised lotteriesand games of chance in connectionwith business, a closing of allthe saloons, or, failing of that,closing of as many of them aspossible. In a word, 1 should liketo see in the new year a revival inbusiness, morals and religion.

H. M. McKnight, pastor ofAsbury Church

—My first wish

for Oakland is not attainable dur-ing the new year. But this oneis possible now—fair and honestdealing, at living pric;s. 1 pledgemy influence against the creditsystem and allforms of gambling,whether with slot machines,coupons, stamps or gifts. Let usbe honest or nothing.

The exact cost of an English Cabiriet IMinister's full-dress uniform is 120 !guineas. j

IS NOW THESECOND CITYIN THE WORLD

Greater New YorkIs Under New-

Government.

Mayor Van Wyck HasSway Over a Vast

Empire.

Many Fat Appointments ThatWill Gladden the Tam-

many Tigers.

IN WITH A GREAT NOISE.

As the Stars and Stripes Float Fromthe City Hall Bedlam Breaks

Loose.

Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The citizensof New York, which to-morrow be-comes the second city of the world, en-ter then upon what is believed to bethe greatest problem of municipal gov-ernment ever presented. With the laststroke of the clock at midnight an-nouncing the advent of the New Year,there will be born a city such as theEmperors and Kings of history wouldhave deemed great for an empire.

For six months, unless the machin-ery of the new municipality gets intomotion, the Mayer of New York hasthe power of an autocrat. He may ap-point officials with salaries running in-to the thousands with as lavish ahand as ever Emperor treated his fa-vorites.

The Mayor will appoint every de-partment head in the city except theController, who is elected for fouryears. He will appoint all commis-sioners. Justices of interior criminalcourts, all the members of the schoolboards, with the exception of the Com-missioner of Education, the Justices ofspecial sessions and the police magis-trates, and is given the power to re-move any official in New York and ap-point his successor.

There are five boroughs in theGreater New York, namely, Manhattan,Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Rich-mond. The municipal legislature iscomposed of the Council with twenty-eight members and a Board of Alder-men of ; «.y members. The presidentof the Council was selected by the peo-ple. The Board of Aldermen will bechosen by the members of that body

Mayor Van Wyck is given power toveto any ordinance or resolution ofeither body of the municipal assemblyunless five-sixths of the members ofboth houses declare otherwise. Each ofthe five boroughs has a borough presi-dent, but his principal duty is to pre-side over the various local bodies inhisborough.

The exit of the old year and the in-auguration of Greater New York wascelebrated fittingly to-night. One ofthe events that marked the occasionwas a grand parade.

Notwithstanding the warring ele-ments and the announcement made inthe early afternoon that the carnivaland parade would be postponed, agreat crowd of merry-makers, mask-ers, wheelmen and members of varioussocieties with numberless floats, met atthe rendezvous around Union Squareready to march through the rain andmud to honor the old city and welcomethe new.

An hour before midnight bombsplaced on the lawn gave the signaland the parade was approaching, andjust a little later the first of the pro-cession turned into the park. A hugeballoon with trailing light was sent upand as it swept across the park ablazing American flag floated downand remained burning until the bal-loon went out of sight.

The drizzling rain had turned tosnow, but the great crowds remainedsurrounding the paraders, who hadgathered in the park for the chief cere-mc.-ny of the night.

At exactly 12 o'clock the search-lights on the neighboring buildingswere turned upon the flagstaff of theCity Hall. As the hands pointed theexact hour a little white ball was seento climb the staff slowly. The Mayorof San Francisco had touched the but-ton and the electrical current Bent thefurled flag of the city of New York tothe top of the staff. Here itbroke outand swung into the breeze. Then bed-lam broke loose. Hundreds of bombswere thrown into the air, sendingdown their showers of blazing stars,and the salute of 100 guns was fired bythe Second Battery of the NationalGuard. Soon after the crowd dis-perse. ____________

ALAMEDANOTES.AL.AMEDA, Dec. 31.— Watch-night

server-es were held at a number ofj the churches in this city to-night.

The Presbyterian Sunday-school hadj its Chrißtmas tree and entertainmentlast evening.

The second regiment of the Boys'Brigade will hold itn annual shoot to-

Imorrow at the High-street range.The Encinals and a flicked nine from

Stanford and Berkeley will piny ngame of baseball to-morrow morning at

i the Recreation grounds.The Bellevue Tennis Club will hold a

| tournament to-morrow at their San'\u25a0 Jose avenue court.

Matthew Politeo, an architect of thiscity, has started for the Klondike.

At the annual meeting of the Congre-gational Church it was reported thatthe society was entirely out of debt andin a prosperous condition.

There will be a lively game of foot-ball between the Vampires and theOakland Association team to-morrow

iafternoon in this city.Parties who claim to have inside in-

formation now allege that M.B. Culverhas the best chance to obtain the ap-pointment as Postmaster of this city.Culver is at present superintendent of

Istation B.Itis now claimed that the appoint-

ment of E. W. Masltn to the positionof trustee of the free library is not le-gal, as he is not an elector, though aresident of this city. And it is alsoclaimed that the appointment of Welleras librarian Is also not legal. This andother important matters will come be-fore the board at Its meeting nextTuesday evening.

New Y«ar's at the Chutes.New Year's will be fittingly celebrated

at the Chutes, and in addition to theBoston Ladles' Military Hand and regu-lar attractions there v.ill be a balloonascension and parachute drop at 3 o clocksharp. The school children of th<» citywill be the guests of the management.

FOR RELIEFGRATUITOUSLY

DISTRIBUTEDLimit on the Permit

of Canada for theExpedition.

Goods That Are for SaleNot to Be Entered Free

of Duty.

It Is Hoped, However, That the

Government WillBe Granted

More Latitude.

FOOD FOR HUNGRY MINERS

At Present Mule Pack Trains Will

Be Used in Taking Supplies

to Daweon.

Special Dispatch to The Call.

Call Office, Riggs House,WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.

Ithas been discovered, on careful in-spection of the permit granted by theBritish Government for the taking ofsupplies into the Klondike countryEn B of duty, that the exemption ex-tends only to such goods as are gra-tuitously distributed. Under the termsof the act of Congress the Secretaryof War is permitted to give supplies' tosuch persons as are unable to pay forthem, but the act seems to require thatwhere the miners are able to pay forfood the money is to be applied to de-fray the expenses of the relief expedi-tion.

A strict Interpretation of the Brit-ish permit would not sanction this ac-tion. Still, as the permit was in theshape of a letter from Sir JulianPauncefote, the British Embassador.transmitting a telegraphic acquies-cence by the Governor-General of Can-ada, and since it was sent the Cana-dian Secretary of the Interior has con-ferred with Acting Secretary Meikle-john, with a full knowledge of the in-tention of the War Department, it isbelieved that the Canadian Govern-ment will not interpose any objeetlonto our Government recouping itself asfar as possible by selling supplies atcost to miners able to pay for them.It appears that tne plan of using

reindeer as a means of transportationfrom the seaboard to the Klondikedoes not promise success owing to theinability of the Government agent, Mr.KJellmann, to get the animals fromLapland in time tr» be of any servicethis winter. It is the present purposeof the War Department, therefore, topush through with the mule packtrains as far as possible, and old cam-paigners assert that they can get toFort Selkirk at least, leaving the rein-deer to follow up the trail if they comealone: at all. The dee'- would be of thegreatest use if they could be gottenthrough to Dawson, even without apack load, as they could be slaugh-tered for fresh meat.

Canadians Wilt ProtestVICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 31.—1t Is

stated that a formal protest will bemade to the Dominion Government bythe different boards of trade and mem-bers of Parliament of British Columbiaagainst allowing the admission of theVnited States expedition goods Into theNorthwest Territory free of duty. Theycontend that ifrelief is needed at Daw-son the Canadian Government aloneshould be able to attend to It

SAYS HE WAS FOOLING.BERKELKY, Dec. 31.—Otto Eck-

burg of Lorin, who was brought backto life by San Franciaco physiciansafter almost succumbing to an over-dose of morphine, supposed to havebeen taken with suicidal Intent, de-clares that he was only shamming andthat It was carbonate of soda, notmorphine, that he took.

There is an increased demand for finetortoise-shell goods.

SLOAN LIKESTHE ENGLISH

Repudiates an AllegedInterview Scoring

Them.

Says He Received iv:ost Courte-ous Treatment by Jockeys

and Trainers.

Never Stated That He Had tn Offerto Ride for the Prince o»

Wales.

Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon BenneU

PARIS, Dec. 31.— The Herald's European edition publishes the following:

To the Editor of tho Herald: Severaldays ago there appeared in the columnsof the Herald what was purported to bean interview with me. It contained somany statements that are absolutely In-correct that Ithink Iam justified intailing your attention to the matter. Imay say, in the first plate, that thetreatment Ireceived in England fromboth jockeys and trainers was courteousand friendly; that it would have beentrOTM than a breach of good taste tomake ;iny criticism upon them, even hadIhad any to make, which i» far from be-ing the case. In the second place Inever stated that Ihad received offersto ride next season, either for Lord Wil-liam Beresforrl or the Prince <>£ Wales.Indeed, it in highly improbable that Ican riiie in England next season, as myexchange contract* in America seemlikely to take up the whole of my time.Should Ibe able to arrange it Imayride for Lord William Beresford andMr. Pierre Lorillard. but this is a ques-tion that it is impossible for me to speakconfidentially about untilIhave been toAmerica.

The two items will be sufficient toshow you how your correspondent hasbeen mistaken In the remarks he at-tributed to me—remarks, Irepeat, thatInever made

—and Ibeg you will give

these few lines of correction the sameprominence that you gave to the originalarticle. TOD SLOANE.

Monte Carlo, Dec. 31, 1897.

SHARKEY SHIES HIS CASTOR.

Proclaims Himself World's Champion andWants a Battle.

VALLEJO, Dec. 31.—The VallejoMorning News of to-morrow morningwill publish the following challengefrom Tom Sharkey:

VALLEJO, Cal., Jan. 1, 1898.To Robert Kitzsimmons, Esq., so-calledChampion of the World—Dear sir: As

the columns of the leading papers in theUnited States have been used during thepast few days to give expression to theviews of yourself, your brilliant man-ager, Martin Julian, and James J. Cor-bett, ex-champion of the world, in re-gard to pugilistic matters, 1 deem thatit is not impertinent Inme to ask that Ibe considered before this championship isfinally done up in elegant tissue paper,tied with pretty silk ribbon and handedabout with scented kid gloves betweenyou and Mr. Corbett.

The history of tho prize-ring will bearout my claim to be the first man that youshould meet, now that you have decidedto re-enter the ring. It is a well-knownfact that Corbett had the police interfereto stop the light when Ihad him boatonin B&n Francisco. It is a fact known toyou that Ireceived a decision over youin that same city when we met there,and, atide from all contention, you knowthat you fairly lost the contest by foulfighting. However, Iam willingto letthat pas*, and to show to the world be-yond dispute that Iam your superior, Ichallenge you to a fight to verify the de-cision given in my favor in 1896. Iam theundefeated champion of the world, andthere is no need of you and your brilliantmanager looking about for new worlds toconquer till you show beyond cavil that\<u are clearly entitled to the champion-ship that you claim.Inow challenge you to meet me In a

finish fight at the earliest possible date.

for a Bide bet of any amount, before theclub offering the best inducement, eitherin England or America, to settle thequestion as to whether you orIam thechampion. Yours respectfully,

THOMAS J. SHARKEY,Undefeated Champion of the World.

WANTS CATCH WEIGHTS.

"Parson"

Da vies Submits an Ultimatum toMcCoy for Choynski.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—"Parson" Davies,manager for Joe Choynski. the heavy-weight pugilist, to-day issued the fol-lowing ultimatum in answer to "Kid"McCoy's announcement that he wouldmeet the Californian at 162 pounds:

"Joe Choynski will fight "Kid" Mc-Coy at catch weights at any place andat any time for a purse of $5000. He willagree to no particular weight."

Prospects for a meeting between thetwo pugilists, therefore, are not verybright at present. McCoy's first propo-sition to Choynski was a meeting at158 pounds. He afterward agreed toallow Choynski to enter the ring at 162pounds, but Parson Davies willnot lis-ten to any proposition limiting theweight of Choynski.

"Heretofore the question of weightdoes not seem to have bothered McCoyso much," he said to-day. "Now, whyis he so particular in this instance? Hefought Creedon at catch weights, andDick O'Brien, and when he promisedme a match with Joe after the LongIsland City match, he said nothing'bout 162 pounds. "VVe will not agree« pull the fight off at Carson City justt° please Dan Stuart. That is too faraw*y. and we won't postpone thennJat'h until next summer either topleas, McCoy and Dan Stuart."

COCHRAN MAY COACHTHE CALIFORNIA TEAM.

Captain of Princeton's Football ElevenNegativing With the Berkeley

Eleven.PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 31.-Garrett

Cochran, captain of the Princeton foot-ball team, is negotiating with A. J.Brown of the University of California.It is generally believed here that hewill be coach at the Western collegenext fall.

Cochran makes no secret of the factthat he would like to go to California,but his father is likely to prove astumbling block. He is greatly op-posed to his son being further mixedup with the game of football.

BRANDISHED A REVOLVER.Novel Mear)s Employed by a Berke-

ley Landlord to CollectRent.

BERKELEY, Dec. 31.—John Hart of2219 Dana street tried to collect rentfrom Mrs- Margaret C. Sullivan andher son Charles at the point of a re-volver yesterday, and In consequencethe warlike landlord is under $2000bonds to answer a charge of assaultwith a deadly weapon.

Hart was formerly janitor of themechanical building at the university.Yesterday he demanded $48 of the Sul-livans for the premises, 2417 Allstonway. The Sullivans tendered $24,claiming that was all they owed. Hartswore that they should pay the $48before moving a stick of furniturefrom the house, but the Sullivansw^re equally determined and startedto move their belongings. An express-man was called, but when he attempt-ed to move the furniture Hart drewand began to brandish a revolver. Mrs.Sullivan immediately set out to securea warrant, and soon Hart was arrestedand taken to Jail. Later he securedhis release on bonds to the amount of$2000, furnished by W. F. Woodsunand D. O. Kane.

In the meantime Mrs. Sullivan had'

again sent for the expressman, andthe moving proceeded without furtherinterruption. Hart's case will come upbefore Justice Clift next week.

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