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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. VI. NO. 1.982
ON HAWAII.
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The Senate Committee on Ha
waii Has Reported.
A VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT
Senator Morgan Prepared the
Paper—lt Is and Ex
haustive.
Washington, Feb. 26.—A volume of
nearly 800 printed pages, exclusive of
maps, has just been laid before the sen
ate representing the testimony taken by
the senate committee on foreign rela
tions and their findings of facts thereon,
ander a resolution directing them to in
quire whether any, and if so, what
irregularities have occurred in the diplo
matic intercourse between the United
States and Hawaii in illation to tlia
recent revolution. It is the report of a
majority of the committee, and was
prepared by Chairman Morgan, of Ala
bama.
It exhaustively reviews facts, laws
and precedents; justifies Stevens’ ac
tions, except in proclaiming a protector
ate, and finds nothing irregular in ths
appointment of Commissioner Blount,
but iu effect says the evidence taken by
the committee under more favorable
olrcumstances lead (the committee to
different conclusions than those which
ho formed.
This report is concurred in as to all its
essential findings by the Republican
members of the committee—Sherman,
Frye, Dolph and Davis. They charac
terize it as an exceedingly able docu
ment, but they dissent on five points.
First, they condemn tiis appointment of
Commissioner Blount as unconstitution
al; 2. they say tiiat the executive orders
placing the navy in the harbor of Hono
lulu under the orders of either Blount
or Willis were without authority of law.
3, that the order of Mr. Blount to Ad
miral Skerrett to lower the flag was un
lawful and susceptible of being con
strued as unfriendly to the provisional
government, and they regard the inter
course of Mr. Blount and Mr. Willis
with the deposed queen as violative of
international law and unwarranted; 4.
they consider the president had no right
to reopen the predetermined question as
to the legality of the provisional gov
ernment.
5. They regard any discussion of tha
personal intentions of the good faith of
either Blount or Willis as immaterial.
Inasmuch as what they did iu regard to
the reinstatement of the queen was sim
ply the performance of a task plainly
commanded of them by this administra
tion.*
The report of the minority, signed by
Senators Butler, Turpie, Daniel and
Gray, without denying or conceding the
correctness of other portions of the re
port, dissents from that portion of it
which declares that the only substantial
Irregularity in the conduct of Stevens,
the late minister, was his declaration of
a protectorate by the United States over
Hawaii.
•‘While exempting from censure Cap
tain Wiltze, of the Boston, and his offi
cers, because their position was one of
extreme delicacy and difficulty, and we
appreciate their anxiety to afford pro
tection to the lives and property of
American citizens,” they add, “all can
not avoid the conviction that the inopor
tune zeal of Minister Stevens in the pro
{ect of the annexation of the Sandwich
dands to the United States caused him
to exceed the proper limits of hia official
duty and his diplomatic relations to the
government of those Islands.
“His course,as a public representative
of this government was directly condu
cive to bringing about the condition of
affairs which resul!ed in the overthrow
of the queen; the organization of the pro
visional government; the landing of the
United States troops, and an attempted
scheme of annexation. And upon this
conclusion his conduct is seriously rep
rehensible and deserving of public cen
sure.”
Senators Butler and Turpie file a sup
plemental report in which they say that
while the question of annexation was
not submitted to the committee, except
incidentally, they think it not improper
to say they are heartily in favor of ths
acquisition of those islands by ths
United States in a proper manner, but
not by taking advantage of internal dis
ee ic ons for which they believed the
United States is in some manner respon
sible.
SHE HIT TOO HARD.
A Young Woman Killed Her Alllanced
Lover Willi a Stick.
Triplet, W. Va., Feb. 26.—At ths
close of a prayer meeting held in a
schoolhouse here, Miss Lottie Gibson, a
visitor from Elkins, denounced “Pet"
Horrock, her affianced lover, as a slan
derer. He denied his guilt, and she
called witnesses to convict him. Thea
■he pro luced a loaded stick, and whils
bystanders prevented him from defend
ing himself she beat him savagely about
the head and face.
While the affair created a great sensa
tion, no thought was given so the young
man’s condition. Now the affair takes
on the character of a tragedy, ns ths
doctors called to attend Horrock say he
Will die from injuries received in the at
tack on him, his brain being injured.
AN OLD SCANDAL.
Tlia Beeclier.Tilton Sonsstlon Is Not Yet
Dead in London.
London, Feb. 26.—The case of Mrs.
John Biddulph Martin, formerly Victo
ria Woodhull, against the trustees of the
Er tish Museum, has been heard in the
high court of justice. Mrs. Martin
some time ago obtained an order from
the courts directing the trustees of the
British Museum to divulge the mimes of
the donors to ijie museuuj of two
xv sxjd xaeecner-liuon trial.
Mrs. Martin in her petition declared
tiiat the first of these books imputed
that she, as Mrs. Victoria Woodhull,
had made obscene and libellous state
ments.
The second book, according to Mrs.
Martin’s complaint, purported to Con
tain statements made during the Beech
er-Tilton litigation, which, she claimed,
reflected upon her. Sir Richard Web
ster. her attorney, said the books con
tained imaginary interviews with Mrs.
Victoria Woodhull, in which she was
quoted as stating that she had lived
with Mr. Tilton for three months. She
was also charged in these interviews
with blackmailing the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher.
Mrs. Martain then took the stand and
gave the story of her life. Daring tha
course of her statements Mrs. Martin
said that the interview published in a
Chicago paper in 1872 and copied into
the book donated to the British Museum,
and which was one of those which she
complained against, had never occurred.
When asked if she had ever been
guilty of immorality, Mrs. Martin said
that from 1870 to 1887 she was daily be
fore the American public, and that no
charge had ever been made against her
character. Cross questioned in regard
to the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs.
Martin said that if the Beecher-Tilton
affair was to bet ried again in London she
must have time to prepare her case.
BRECKINRIDGE’S SIDE.
Tb» !>®fens« Claims Haro Bmo rod Sev
eral Good Points. *
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 26.—The week
will probably be consumed in the taking
of depositions of witnesses iu ths noted
Pollard-Breckinridge case here. Two
things the defens* claims to have fully
established by the examination here are
that Miss Pollard is now 31 years old.
having been burn in 1803, and not in
1861, as she claims, and that she was a
frequent visitor to places of disrepute,
and was iu the habit of associating with
men for immoral purposes Before she
met Colonel Breckinridge.
According to the testimony she was
engaged to marry, respectively, Ales
Julian, William G. Wood, a bachelor of
40 years at the time of her engagement.
R. R. Rossell, a clerk at Sbillito’s, in
Cincinnati; Mr. Robertson, of Cincin
nati; James Rodes, the old bachelor who
paid for her schooling for three years
Under that understanding; a well known
society man of this city and Colonel
Breckinridge. She wore engagement
rings from most of these, and disap
pointed all save two. who disappointed
her.
The defense has covered the move
ments of Colonel Breckinridge between
Aug. 4, 1884, and Sept, 1894. by persons
here, at Nicholasville and at Winches
ter. Miss Pollard says on August 3, in
that year. Colonel Breckinridge called
on her at Wesleyan college, Cincinnati,
and on the following day he took her to
the George street house, in that; city, and
immediately after this she accompanied
him to Lexington, and he took her to a
disorderly house here. A witness testi
fied that Colonel Breckinridge voted
here on the 4th. another that he was in
Nicholasville on the 27tii, 28th and 29th.
and another that he was concerned in a
law suit here on the let, 3d, 3d and sth,
of August. 1894.
No TT»e to Count the Vote.
Wilkesbarrb, Pa.. Feb. 26.—The
election officers at Miners Mills neglected
to count the vote for congressman-at
large on the ground that it was too late
and that they knew Grow would be
elected anyhow. Ths court ordered a
recount of the vote, and called tha at
tention of the district attorney to the
flagrant violation of the law. The board
Will be arrested.
Much SulTorlng Iu T«im.
Houston, Feb. 26.—Information come*
from the Starr county section of the
state to the effect that a famine is threat
ened there. Ninety per cent of all cat
tie, horses and sheep are dead; no crept
of any kind have been raised or har
vested during the past year; great desti
tution and absolute want exist. Many
people are without food or propel
clothing.
Hard io Get Evidence.
Ithaca, N. ¥., Feb. 26.—The Identity
of the chlorine prisoners Is still unsettled.
'Joroner Brown and the Ithaca police
force have not relaxed their efforts, but
their work is greatly hampered by tha
reticence of the tradespeople, who fear
that if their testimony implicates any of
the students they will lose the custom of
the college, which is their main depend
ence.
Tlie Heading Will Reduce.
Pottsville. Pa., Feb. 26.—1 t is given
out here that the employes In all the
shops along the Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad will have their wages re
duced 10 per cent, commencing March
1. Local officials intimate that the cut
will include employes in all departments
of the railroad, but this has not yet been
verified.
Balfour Will Be Returned.
London, Feb. 20.—1 tis reported that
Jabez Spencer Balfour has been turned
over by the Argentine authorities to the
custody of the British police inspector
who went to Buenos Ayres with the pa
pers demanding his extradition. It is
understood that the inspector will im
mediately leave for England with his
prisoner.
a voiiector Aikou step one,
Washington, Feb. 26,-Secretary Car
lisle has requested the resignation of J
Rice Winchell, collector of customs at
New Haven, Conn.
Another Victim of Electrocution.
Sing Sing, Feb. 26.—Matthew John
sou was electrocuted at 11:34 a . m. foi
189> InUrJer ° f Kuckelhorn Dec. 9,
ROME. GA., TUESDAY MOkMNG, FLBttvAKY 27. 1»5<4
SENATOR£jCAUCUS.
Voorhees Explains the Work
of His Committee.
THE MEETING HARMONIOUS
The Tariff Bill Not Reported to
the Senate--Bouteile Wants
Willis Recalled.
Washington, Feb. 26. —About 30 sen
ators attended the Democratic senatorial
caucus, and nearly all participated in
the general discussion of the proposed
tariff bill. The utmost good feeling
prevailed throughout. Senator Voor
hees explained the motives which had
actuated the sub-committee and the cars
with which all changes had been made.
He said the interest of the whois
country had been continually upper
most in the minds of the committee and
expressed the confidence that the result
would give general satisfaction. No
formal resolutions were proposed at the
caucus, which dispersed just before
noon, after agreeing to resume its ses
sion as soon as possible.
The Tariff Bill Atust Wait a Day.
Washington, Feb. 26.—The senate
financs committed did not hold a meet
ing despite the notice sent out by the
chairman and the telegraphing for mem
bers who were out of the city. Promptly
at 10 o’clock a number of members were
present, but not a quorum, and the tariff
matter went over for a day.
The Senate at Executive Work.
In the senate, Senator Morgan, chair
man of the committee on foreign rela
tions, reported the opinion of the com
mittee on the subject of Hawaii. At
12:40 the senate proceed to executive
business and at 1 p. m. adjourned for
the day to enable Democratic senators
to resume the caucus meeting.
Counterfeiters Arretted.
The treasury department is informed
that secret service officers have arrested
at Opelika, Ala., the Stillmore gang of 13
persons for counterfeiting. The pre
liminary hearing takes places at Ma
con, Ga.
In tha House.
By a vote, yeas 167, nays 53, the house
agreed to discharge the committee on
ways and means from further considera
tion of the Hatch anti-option bill and
send it to the committee on agriculture
for report.
Mr. Boutelle offered a resolution recit
ing that the United States would not
permit the representative of any govern
ment to remain in the capitol who had
intrigued with its enemies for the over
throw of its government; and that the
same rights should be conceded to other
governments even the weakest; There
fore, be it resolved,
That Minister Willis he' recalled and a
minister be sent to Honolulu who will
represent the sentiments and wishes of thu
United States.
The speaker ruled that it was a ques
tion of privilege, and sent the resolution
to the committee onfoie'gn affairs.
Mr. Bland moved to take up and dis
cuss his seignorage bill until 4 o’clock
tomorrow. Yeas, 168; nays. 5—6 less
than a quorum. At 1:50 Mr. Bland
withdrew his motion, and offered one to
take all limitation off of the debate.
It was agreed to—ll 9to 0.
Mr. Catchings offered the following res
olution proposing a change in the rules
of the house:
Resolved. That whenever in pursuance
of section 5, r>t article 1 of the constitu
tion of the United States the house of rep
resentatives, at the request of one-fifth of
Its members. present shall order the
ye.i* and nays of Its members on
any question to be entered on
its journal, and upon a call of the roll of
its members for that purpose and a quo
rum thereof shall fait to vote, it shall he
the duty of the clerk to certify to the ser
geant at arms of the house the names of
such members as failed to vote and the
sergennt-at-aEns shall deduct from the
compensation of such members as failed
to vote, the sum of t ; the salaries of
members shall be as now allowed by law,
leas such amount as may be deducted
therefrom as herein provided and as may
now be provided by law.
Mr. Catchings is the leading Demo
cratic member of the rules committee.
HOWARD’S APPEAL.
The Convicted Swindler Will Carry III*
Case to the Supreme Court.
Washington, Feb. 26.—G. F. B.
Howard, convicted nt Jackson, Tenn.,
for violating the postal laws, has ap
pealed his case to the United State su
preme court.
Howard is charged with an extensive
series of swindles as attorney for claim
ants to mythical English estates which
he was constantly bringing to the atten
tion of hts victims. Ex-Alinister Lincoln
and ex-Consul General New were wit
nMses for the government in the case.
CONGRESSMAN WILSON SICK.
■o Hao Typhoid Favor In Mexico—Hl*
Condition I* Trecarlon*.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Congressman
William L. Wilson has been stricken
with typhoid fever in Mexico. The fol
lowing dispatch has been received at the
state department:
City of Mexico, Feb. 24.—Secretary of
State, Washington: Mr. Wilson has devel
oped a marked typhoid fever. General
condition grave, though fever is yet
of a mild type. Dr. Mallet Provost, whom
I sent from here to Aguas Calientes to see
him, has had him removed to Guadalajara,
which he considers the location which will
give him the best sanitary surroundings
m Mexico. To bring him to this city
would bo most dangerous. He shall have
the best attention.
Crittenden, U. S. Consul General.
A conv of this telegram was pent to
william ti. vviison. tne son ana
secretary of the congressman. Young
Mr. Wilson had already received a dis
patch from his father asking him to be
sure to pay the premium on his life in
surance policy, due Feb. 27. Mr. Wil
son added only that his health had not
improved. The receipt of these dis
patches has alarmed Congressman Wil
son’s relatives an-1 friends here.
Congressman Wilson’s physical condi
tion was exhausted by his labors on the
tariff bill, and his physician and friends
united in urging him to take a long va
cation. He started for the City of
Mexico, believing that a sojourn in the
high altitudes of that comparatively
mild climate would prove beneficial.
The disease which was lurking in his
system made its appearance before he
reached his destination, making it neces
sary for him to proceed by easy stages.
The point he has now reached is one of
the healthiest in Mexico, and his friend*
hope to hear of his speedy recovery.
HAPPY INDIANS.
The Government Distribute* Many Thous
and* of Dollars Among Thein.
Chamberlain, S. D., Feb. 26.—The
Indians composing the Sioux nation this
spring are the happiest and most con
tented mortals in the country. This
state of affairs is brought about by the
distribution among them of tens of
thousands of dollars by the government,
being the first payment made for ceding
about a ijrtllion acres of land to the gov
ernment a few years ago. As a further
payment for the land the Sionx will re
ceive during the next few months large
i quantities of agricultural implements,
thousands of horses, cattle, oxen, etc.
The Indians who are entitled to their
, portion of the money and goods distrib
i nted are those at Pine Ridge. Rosebud,
Santse, Flandreau, Lower Brule, Crow
Creek, Forest City, Standing Rockland
and Poncea agencies.
As a result of these cash payments,
, the towns nearest the agencies have been
. filled of late with Indians of all ages,
i sexes and condition, who lost no time in
exchanging their money for articles of
■ various kinds.
CITY WARRANTS STOLEN.
Tacoma May Logo Many Thousands by
the Theft.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 26.—Nine hun
dred and ninety-nine blank city war
rants have been stolen from the city
clerk’s office in the city hall. The stol
en warrants are of the series B, and are
! numbered from 8,750 to 9,749. As war
rants, as a rule, are never drawn for
amounts below SIOO, it is possible that
the warrant forgers have raised $100,006
at least on the forged warrants.
Thus far only four warrants have been
discovered. Owing to the fact tiiat but
few of the warrants handled by the
forgers have turned up hero, it is sup
posed that thejforgeries in bulk have been
worked off in the east at a discount.
Assistant City Clerk F. D. McCain
and his brother John are held in $10,060
bonds each, charged with forging city
warrants. Their accomplices, under
stood to be draughtsmen in the en
gineer's and surveyor’s department of
the city, have not been arrested.
ALABAMA’S BLIZZARD.
Enin, Hail and Snow Fell In Succession.
Much Sufiering.
St. Louis, Feb. 26. —A special to The
Republic from Birmingham, Ala., says:
The worst blizzard in a decade has pre
vailed throughout Alabama for two
days. Rain, hail and snow fell in suc
cession.
It snowed all over the northern portion
of the state heavily, and as a result tha
early fruit crop is cut short 50 per cent.
There is much suffering among ths poor
er classes.
Against Interstate Commerce Law.
Chicago, Feb. 26.—Judge Crosscup
has discharged the rule on railroad men
directing them to answer questions put
to them by the grand jury. This decis
ion practically nullifies the interstate
commerce law.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Forecast till
Bp. in. Tuesday. For North Carolina.
Fair tonight and Tuesday, slight changes
in the temperature, westerly winds.
South Carolina. Georgia, Eastern Flori
da, Western Florida and Alabama—Fair
and warmer, westerly winds, becoming
variable. Mississippi—Fair and warmer
tonight and Tuesday, winds shifting to
southerly.
xn ArAciiiitirr rqtiflT\B up.
Toronto, Feb. 26.—Thomas Ambrose,
formerly of Cincinnati, who has lived in
Toronto for seven years, has settled his
differences with the United States gov
ernment and has gone to his former
home. Twelve years ago he was clerk
of the United States circuit court for
the southern division of Ohio. He left
Buddeuly, and an examination of his
books showed that he was $70,000 short
in his accounts. He fled to England,
then caine to Canada, and has lived here
ever since, in Cincinnati he was famil
iarly known as “Diamond Tom,” be
cause of his profuse display of diamonds.
To Help th. Unemployed.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 26.—T0 give em
ployment to the unemployed laborers,
Mayor Alexander issued a call for 200
men to apply to the chief of police • <
clean the streets and crossings of sleet
They will be paid $1 a day. It is esti
mated that the damage to merchant/
stocks by leaks will amount to S3O,UOu.
A Dad Biax. in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 2G.—At 3 o’clocl
Sunday morning, fire was discovered ;
the basement of Charles P. Kello;r.r’
grocery in Masonic temple, corner of I
and Ninth streets, and before it w
gotten under control, five hours Hit
property of the estimated value of m-n
ly $50,000 had been destroyed.
FUTURE OF WHEAT.
The Chicago Herald’s Three-
Column Article.
MAY NOT SEE $1 AGAIN.
That Cereal Worth Less Than
the Cost of Production—
It Is Under a Cloud.
Chicago, Feb, 26.—The Herald prints,
under the caption "Wheat Is a Drug," a
three column article, bristling with sta
tistics, tending to show that the present
low price of wheat is the natural
result of the prevailing financial depres
sion, assisted by overproduction and the
holding back the marketable supplies of
the cereals by farmers. Interviews with
bankers and merchants are also cited,
the trend of their views seeming to indi
cate that the effects of existing condi
tions on finance are not great, but are
, directly attributable to the law of sup
ply and demand. The position taken by
the Herald is extremely bearish, as will
be seen by the subjoined excerpts:
“Wheat is dull in all the markets of
the world. For weeks it has been a
drug at the prices unprecedented since
speculation in farm products began. It
has sunk below all low marks, refused
to respond to bullish influences and gone
begging at quotations known to be under
the actual cost of production. Theories
that crop products, like articles of man
ufacture, had an intrinsic value under
which they could not long be sold have
been exploded and wheat has continued
to fall. How long this condition of de
pressed prices will last is a question
tiiat interests American farmers, who
devote 35,000,000 acres every year to
cultivating the cereal; to merchants in
the land and, incidentally, tospeculators
the world over.
“After analyzing all the influences
that have contributed to the tnmble.and
there are any number of them, it would
appear that a new level is about to be
established for wheat, beyond which it
is not likely to rise except by the boldest
manipulation, and then only for brief
periods. There are speculators who be
lieve that those good old days, when $1
a bushel was the rule, will never come
again, and that 75 cents may be looked
to as the future top notch quotation.
These men are by no means bears, for
they concede that wheat cannot hover
long aronnd the depressing figures of to
day. They have ransacked the statistics
of the world and claim to have discov
ered that the cheap product of Russia,
India and the southern hemisphere,
which has lately turned an almost inex
haustible supply into the markets of
Europe, will finally drive the American
crop out.
“Exposed to that fatal competition,
they argue that wheat raising will somo
day become an American question to be
treated without reference to‘the export
market and on the theory -that-Europe,
will be supplied from the fields that
start from the Baltic, from the rich
plains, from India and from South
America. It rmiy be said that this
gloomy view is not shared by the pro
fessional ‘bull,’ who, with all his buoy
ancy, offers no promise of an early re
turn to prosperous prices, ft is conceded
by all speculators, as well as by those
whose interests are greater than margin
profits or losses, that wheat declined
during the panic through sympathy with
other stocks and commodities. It would
be unreasonable to expect it to stand
firm and alone in the general collapse
that carried everything else down. But
the decline cannot be charged exclu
sively to the panic, nor is its continued
prostration after other stock rallied ex
plained by those who point to that as the
cause of prices prevailing now.
“The acreage and yield of wheat in
the United States were less in 1893 than
for any year since 1885. and yet the
farm price, 52 cents, was far below that
of any previous years. It is undeniably
a fact that the tremendous overproduc
tion of 1892 and 1891, which leftalarger
visible supply than the country had ever
known, is responsible, in a measure, for
the present low quotations.”
Statistics of visible supplies, acreage,
yield and farm price from 1886 to 1893,
inclusive, are then quoted, an analysis
of which follows:
In 1885 the acreage fell to 34,189,246
and the yield to 337,112,000 bushels, but
the farm price increased to 73.3 cents.
From that time back to 1880 the acreage
never fell below 36,393.319, and the low
est yield was 380.280.0(10 bushels. The
farm price ranged from 64.5 cents in
1884, to 110.3 in 1881.
Only twice since 1880 has the United
States crop fallen below the figures of
1893. and "that was in 1885, when the
farm price was 81.1 cents, and 1881,
when the yield was 380.280,000 and the
the price at the farm 110.3.
In 1887 with a visible supply of 61,-
885,000. the high and low price record
was 74 5-8. 78 3-4, and the Herald reas
ons that the present phenomenally low
prices are not unreasonable in view of
the glutted condition of the principal
wheat producing sections, and that the
fact of the cerial being worth less than
the actual cost of production will but
tend to divert the present acreage to the
production of some more profitable crop.
R. G. DUN INTERVIEWED.
He Bays All the Charges Against Wiman
Will Be Substantiated.
Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 26.—R. G. Dun,
prsident of the Mercantile Ag«ncy asso
ciation, arrived in Pasadena about a
week ago, and is quartered at Rose Cot
tage, Raymond hotel, with his wife.
When questioned with regard to the ar
rest of Ernstus Wiman, he stated that
the report sent out from New York was
so intirely correct it lelt him nothing to
say, as he did not deem it necessary to
enter into further particulars.
The report referred to was verified in
every particular. Wiman’s speculate* s .
were known, Mr. Dun said, before s'
connection with the mercantile ag
wua uivurad and were the causa Xjf.SC's 1
PRICE MVE CKNTb.
action on the part of the agency officials.
This was in February, 1893.
When questioned as to why action in
the case had been so long delayed, Mr.
Dim said it was largely on account of
Wimau's wife and relatives. With ref
erence to the circular published and in
dustriously circulated about a month
ago by some person unknown, in winch
were revealed many hitherto very dimly
understood tacts in regard to mercantile
agencies and their methods of doing
business, Mr. Dun said he did not at
tribute its authorship to Wiman, nor di4
it have the slightest bearing on pushing
the case against him. He, however,
thought that Wiman had given the au
thor some valuable suggestions.
“The matter,” said Mr. Dun, “was
put in the hands of our attorney a year
ago. As before stated, action was de
layed chie ly on account of his family.
His wrong doings, however, became su
general and of such enormity that ws
deemed it our duty to the public as well
as to ourselves to bring action against
him in the criminal courts. When the
case comes to trial all our charges will
be fully substantiated.”
Holding; Up for Wiman.
New York, Feb. 26.—After his dis
charge on bail Saturday, Mr. Wiman
Was closeted with his counsel, and Gen
eral Tracy mads tbs following state
ment:
“I have just ss«n for too first timo
the indictments against Mr. Wiman. and
have learned the history of the case and
facts upon which the indictments are
founded. lam entirely satisfied, after
much examination, that Mr. Wiman J*m
committed no crime, and, unless lam
greatly misinformed, th* trial will do
velop a state of facts which will show
that Mr. Wiman is not only not a crim
inal, but that he has done nothing that
can seriously reflect upon his honor as a
man.”
GROVER SETTLES IT.
Those Correspondents Who Say He If
Sick Must, The nisei res. Be Ailing*.
Washington, Feb. 26.—False reports
that President Cleveland is suffering
from a serious malady and is about to
undergo an operation have been printed
in some newspapers for the past three o»
four days. President Cleveland said to
a reporter, at the White House, in refer-*
ence to these reports:
"I have been engaged every day in my
office on public business, and have every
day seen the people who called, senators,
representatives and others. Nothing
would have been easier than to ascertain
the absolute falsity of these reports. X
am forced to conclude that there is an
epidemic of mendacity emanating from
the dull and stupid brains of some ot
these correspondents. These men must
be influenced either by a desire to de
ceive the public or to annoy those af
fected by their disreputable work. Those
who read newspapers should under
stand the extent to which their credulity
is calculated upon.”
h
Who Changed The*. Award*?
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 26.—Commission
er Larke is in receipt of a communica
tion from Mr. Dickinson, secretary of
the World’s Fair, stating that the court
of appeals at Washington has decided
against Canada iu the matter of with
holding awards from certain Canadian
exhibitors of agricultural implements.
Mr. Larke says that after the cards con
taining the awards had been handed in,
some person changed them into non
awards.
The Valkyrie Going Hom*.
New York, Feb. 26.—1 t is announced
that the English yacht Valkyrie, which
was defeated by the American cuttei
Vigilant last summer, will leave Brook
lyn about May 1 for the Clyde. Hei
crew are to arrive here by the Majestic,
which will leave Liverpool April 4. It
is understood that Lord Dunraven was
advised to take the Valkyrie back, as
both the Vigilant and Colona were fol
sale, and may not race next season.
A Curious Case of Killing.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 26.—Am
brose Knapp had a quarrel with Mrs,
Sarah Milton some timo ago. and Mrs.
Mil ton seized a rail from a fence as if to
strike him. Knapp pulled the rail out
of her hands and lacerated one of them
so badlv that blood po'soning set in and
Mrs. Milton died. Now the administra
tors of Mrs. Milton are suing him for
$5,000 damages. The ease will be tried
in March.
Hill Will Not Kun for Governor*
Amsterdam, N. Y., Feb. 26.—Senator
David B. Hll has written a private let
ter to the ed tor of The Morning Senti
nel. saying that he was not and would
not boa gubernatorial candidate this
year. At the same time, he expressed
his belief that Governor Flower would
bo nominated.
Norman U. Munroe Deed.
New York, Feb. 26.—Norman L.
Munroe, well known to th* American
public as a publisher and yachtsman,
died at 6:20 o’clock Saturday evening in
the Hoffman Hons* from the effects of
an operation performed upon him Fri
day for the removal of the vermiform
appendix.
Itusila’* Treaty With Italy OJt
St. Petersburg, Feb. 26.—1 t is said
that, in consequence of the proposal ta
increase the Italian grain tariff, Russia
will abandon her intention to conclude a
commercial treatv with Italy,
Prince Colonna Will Enter Politic*.
Naples, Feb. 26.—1 tis announced
that Prince Ferdinand Galatro-Colonna
has yielded to the requests of his friends
to enter political life an 1 will accept ths
invitation to contest the province of
Salerno for a seat iu the chamber cZ
deputies.