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ESTABLISHED 1887.
OUT AS VICE CONSUL’
Clyde Shropshire Said to Have
Resigned
4
THEBE WERE DISiGREKENTS
Between Himself 'and Consul
General Morse
WHICH CAUSED HIS WITHDRAWAL
The Cor eul Agreed to Certain Arrangements
| Concerning a Division of Fees Attachable
Lto the Business of tne Consulate and Then
k Wanted More Than H's Allotted
■ Share.
■ Atlanta, July 27.—New York pa
pers which reached Atlanta this
K morning brought a story in which a
well known Georgian who has occu-
S pied a prominent position abroad
9* plays a prominent part. The story
tells of the resignation of Clyde
Shropshire as vice consul of the Amer
ican consulate at Paris.
The Paris special to the press, after
mentioning some gossip concerning
the resignation, says:
Mr. Shropshire gives other reasons for
his retirement. He alleges that he has
not received from Consul General Morss
the salary agreed upon before he entered
into the duties of the office, and that for
more than a year difficulties and disputes
have arisen between him and the consul
general in regard to his inability to in
crease his revenues from unofficial fees,
and that he, under great pressure and
without proper consideration, placed his
resignation in the hands of the consul
general, to be done as he saw fit.
The cause of these difficulties and dis
putes, he is understood to allege, arose
from the fact that Consul General Morse
and the vice-cbnsul general had entered
into an arrangement with the American
and International law offices, consisting
. of Messrs. Valoisis, Harper and De Foiard,
and known as the counsel of the consul
general of the United States, by which
the consul' general received one-half of
the fees collected from every law case
referred by him to this law firm, Mr.
Shropshire receiving one-fifth of the net
L y profits.
|1 Mr. Shropshire has declared that the
consul general demanded one-hajf of his
share of the profits. He refused to ac
cede to this, he says, aud the difficulties
arose.
v He also Says that in regard to the
t disinfection of rags, hides, etc , which,
f under the ruling of the treasury de
partment, could not enter the United
j States without first having been dis
infected by the consulate, the constl
general appointed a medical inspec
tor, whose fees he shared, and in the
absence of such medical inspector the
disinfection was conducted by a clerk
I from the office of the American and
International law offices. A lively
fight and many interesting develop
ments are expected.
Mr. Shropshire’s friends and relatives
in Atlanta declare their confidence in the
belief that he will emerge from the
, trouble in which it pictures him without
the slightest discredit to himself.
STRIKE IS AT AN END.
Th* Brown Hoisting Work* and It* Km
. ploy** Have Reached an Agreement.
Cleveland, July 37. The long
drawuout strike of the employes of the
Brown Hoisting and Conveying works,
Which was inaugurated nine weeks ago
and resulted in a series of bloody riots,
Is at an end, a satisfactory settlement
between the company and the repre
sentatives of the employes having been
reached.
The terms of settlement have not been
I: made public, but it is known that the
| company concedes all the main points
L j v were contested for. It is agreed to re
p selve the grievance committee from the
employes, grant a holiday on Saturday
t and time and a half for all over time.
All old employes are to b® reinstated re
gardless of any particular interests in
. the strike. The men ate to return to
•work at ance.
The announcement of the termination
of the trouble caused wild scends of en
thusiasm at the halls of the locked out
men. Grand Master O’OonneU said it
i had been the hardest fought and the
cleanest all round victory for labor that
had taken place ip many years.
Much credit is due to the state board
of arbitration, Mr. A. A. Russell, at
torney for the strikers, and Mr. James
O’OonneU, grand master Internatfonal
association of Machinists, who labored
indefatigably to bring the struggle to a
/close.
One Druggist Kill* Another.
. Gaiko, His., July 87.—1. N. Coffee,
; president of the state board of phar
macy, was stabbed and killed at mid
night while on his way to take a train
, to Springfield to attend a meeting of
the board, by Dr. Crabtree, in front of
the latter’s drug store. Crabtree is in •
jail. Coffee was stabbed twice with a
dagger, one thrust reaching the heart.
Both men were prominent druggists.
Died on a Bleeping v»r.
Cincinnati, July 27. Mr. E. W.
Hutchins of the millinery firm of Os-
'' born, Hutchins & Hunt of this city, died
in ms berth on a sleeping car on the!
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton train,
near Toledo. His wife heard him gasp
ing, aud going to him found him breath
ing his last He had recently had a fall
from a street car, and it is thought that ’
L might have been the cause of his death.'
Resigned
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
THE JAMESON RAID.
A Committe* Find* That Cooil Bhoda* DM
Not Do Bia Duty a* Promt**.
Caps Town, July 87.—The house of
assembly has unanimously adopted the
report of the select committee on the
sabject of the Jameson raid at Johan
nesburg. The report finds that Mr. Ce
cil Rhodes, who nt the time was pre
mier of Cape Colony, was fully ac
quainted with the preparations ot ths
raid, and that Mr. Alfred Beit, a direc
tor of the British South Africa com
pany. Dr. Jameson and Dr. Rutherford
Mams, also a director of the British
South Africa company, were active pro
moters ot the raid.
The report further declares that there
if no evidence that Mr. Rhodes intended
tnat tne Pitsani force should invade the
uninvited, but at the same
time I®ere was an absence of any per
emptory command from Mr. Rhodes
forbidding the raid. Messrs. Rhodes
aqd Harris, it is alleged, drafted an or
ttcsaejMSsuT’
Witti these facts in view the report
says the cotnmittee cannot acquit Mr.
Rhodes of responsibility. The report
further alleged that all the funds for
the raid werq contributed by the British
South Africa company and with the
knowledge of the London office, the
Soney being afterwards refunded by
r. Rhodes.
In closing, the oojnmittee say that
they are forced to the conclusion that
the conduct of Mr. Rhodes was not con
sistent with his duty as premier of Cape
Colony.
RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA.
Six Men Killed and Seven Wounded—Fur
ther Trouble Feared.
Jasper, Fla., July 27.—1 tis reported
that a race war has occurred about 15
miles east of here, in which six men were
killed and seven seriously wounded.
Those reported killed are: Amos Camp
bell, Henry Jackson, Albert Sullivan
and Edward Johnson, white; Tom
Mitchell and James Solomon, negroes.
The tragedy is said to have taken
place at Haggard’s turpentine still,
where many negroes are employed. It
is said that the negro men gave a party,
and while it was in progress a number
of white men intruded and the shooting
resulted.
A posse of white men has left here
for the scene of the tragedy, and if the
reports of the affair are found true,
further trouble is expected.
Grand Jary Indict* Sheriff Kennedy.
Montgomery, Ala., July 37.—0 n the
the day of the meeting of the last Dem
ocratic state convention Sheriff Robert
Kennedy of Dallas county shot and
killed Percy Wood of Selma, Ala. Ken
nedy was trying to kill Wood’s brother,
Mardis Wood, who had seduced Kenne
dy’s wife ana induced her to go to Lou
isiana to live lyith him. Besides kill
ing Percy Wood, Kennedy seriously
wounded Mardis Wood. He was given
a preliminary trial and discharged from
custody, but the grand jury, which has
been in session for the past two weeks,
took up the case and has just returned
a true bill charging Kennedy with mur
der in the first degree. An officer was
sent to Selma to arrest Kennedy and he
will be brought to this city for trial.
Found the Skeleton of * Boy.
Montgomery, Ala., July 27.—About
a year ago an 18-year-old son of a Tus
caloosa county farmer named Parsons
disappeared, and a dilligent search
failed to discover any trace of him.
Saturday a man was hunting about five
miles from the Parsons farm when he
discovered, lying in a lonely spot, the
skeleton of the child. The tattered gar
ments identified the remains as those of
Walter Parsons, and the skeleton was
buried in the Parsons family burial
ground. How the boy came to his death
is not known.
Three Negroes Killed at Letahatchee.
Montgomery, Ala., July 27.—Three
negroes were killed in a shooting bee at
Letahatchee. Two of them, Dave Gunter
and Burnett Means, got into an alterca
tion as to whose ride it was on a flying
jenny. Friends of each ran up and a
general fight ensued, in which pistols
were freely used, about 100 shots being
fired. At the final roundup Burnett
Means, Jerry Gilmer and Dave Gunter
were found to have been killed, and
several others were wounded.
Ex-President Harrison In New York.
New York, July 27.—Ex-President
Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Harrison
arrived in this city Monday from their
camp in Old Forge, in the Adirondacks.
General Harrison is a member of a com
mittee of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church, which is to meet
at the Fifth Avenue hotel Tuesday
morning, and it is probable that the
chief object of the ex-president’s visit is
to attend the sessions of the committee.
Jamped From a Steamboat.
Philadelphia, July 27.—Emmet Hall,
28 years old, of Indianapolis, jumped
from the steamboat Havana into Dela
ware bay, while returning from an ex
cursion. His body has not yet been re
covered. Hall is said to have been a
student at a local college, but inquire
failed to reveal his natne at any promi
nent institu! iob.
Crew of th* Herbert Faller at Boato*.
Boston, July 27. The Platt line
steamer Olivette arrived from Halifax
with First Mate Bram and the crew of
the barkentine Herbert Fuller on board.
The men, who are under arrest pending
a further investigation into the murder
of Captain Nash, Mrs. Nash and the
Sjond mate, were taken in charge by
e police.
THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896
MURDERS CONTINUE
The Powers Unable to Stop the Batch*
ery of Cretans.
SITUATION IN THE EAST IS GRAVE
The Concerted | Action of the
Powers
HAS FAILED TO EFFECT ANY GOOD
Turkish Troop* Being Equipped and Boat
to the Front a* Rapidly a* Po**ibl*—Of
ficial* Trying to Conceal th* Desperate
Condition of Affair* In Macedonia and
Crete—A Garman Lady Writ**.
Berlin, July 37.—Count Golnchow
ski, Austrian minister of foreign affairs,
returned to Ischl for the purpose of
holding an interview with Emperor
Francis Joseph after having had a con
ference with frince Hohenlohe, the
German chancellor, at the latter’s cha
teau at Alt-Hausse.
On the day of his return to Vienna
Count Goluchowski had an interview
with Count Nagra, the ItalUan ambas
sador to Austria, and since then Count
Nigra has been summoned to Rome bv
the Marquis Visoontj.- venosta, the Ital
ian minister of foreign affairs. These
comings and goings of the diplomatic
chiefs cannot be attributed to aby other
cause than the gravity of the situation
in the east.
A concert of the powers has failed to
effect any good results, as has already
been stated, and the events which are
now taking place completely overwhelm
diplomacy. According to telegraphic
advices received here, the rising of the
insurgents in Macedonia has become ex
tremely formidable.
A dispatch so the Vossitehe Zeitung
says that the redifs (reserves) who have
been called out under an irade from the
sultan are showing a disposition to re
volt in consequence of the fact that
their pay is very much in arrears and
the rations which are being issued to
them are very bad in quality and very
small in quantity.
Statements of Turkish Official*.
A special dispatch received by The
Neue Freie Presse from Salonica, says
that the statements made by the Turk
ish officials concerning the situation are
all calculated to conceal the desperate
condition of affairs in Macedonia.
Hard fighting is going on almost every
day at Drumnitzserres and all points in
the Perim mountains. The Turkish re
serves at Prizrend Preshtma and else
where in that section are being equipped
and sent to the front as rapidly as pos
sible. Even this force has not been
found sufficient to make any headway
against the insurrection which, under
the influence of the successes already
achieved by the insurgents in the field,
Is becoming stronger every day.
Stimulated by these and similar re
ports, semiofficial newspaper organs
like the North German Gazette and the
Cologne Gasqtte are taking a more defi
nite tone tn their article* commenting
upon the gravity of the situation. The
North German Gazette reproduces an
article from the Cologne Gazette which
declares that unless the powers inter
fere in an energetic way instead of sub
mitting proposals to the porte, the
troubles in Crete and Macedonia will
never end.
Letter From a German Lady.
The Reiohsbote (conservative) pub
lishes a letter written by a German lady
living at Monastir, wherein the writer i
narrates atrocities which are practiced
there every day without the slightest I
attempt at interference on the part of
the authorities.
Among the horrors of which the lady i
(treats in her communication she details ,
the fact of Turks outraging Macedo
nian women and girls publicly in the
streets, before the eyes of their husbands i
and parents. This letter has stirred up
a strong feeling of indignation here, ,
more, in fact, than the remoter massa
cres and outrages in Armenia.
The Reiohsbote, in an article accom- '
panying the letter, appeals to the powers ,
to cease their jealousies and interfere in ■
behalf of the Macedonians and Cretans '
In the interest of humanity.
The Bismarckian organ on the other
hand, are strongly opposed to any policy
of interference on the part of Germany.
The Neuste Nachrichten declares that
the powers must continue in their agree- j
ment to maintain Turkish rule in Crete
and Macedonia, which the insurgents
are trying to shake off. If they con
tinue their efforts to throw off the ,
Turkish yoke, the paper adds, they must
suffer the consequences. Europe cannot
stake the peace of the world on their .
account.
Turk* Wanted to Attack Christian*.
Athens, July 37. —A dispatch received ‘
here from the island of Crete says that f
while the national assembly was sitting
Saturday, a panic occurred and the 1
Turks prepared to attack the Christians, <
whereupon the commander of the Brit- '
ish ironclad Hood lowered five boats 1
with which to land a force of marines. 1
Order was restored, howev r, before ac- <
tion became necessary. During the dis- •
turbances a Turk was killed by a shot f
fired by another Turk. E
— . t
Had Hi® Kye Knocked Oat.
Youngstown, 0., July 27. While
watching a game of ball here Oscar Gil- ]
Christ was struck in the eye by a foul .
tip with such force that the eye was 1
knocked into a pulp and fell out of his I
head. It rolled over his cheek and fell 1
to the ground. <
THE POPULIS MET
What Prominent Men of All Parties
Think of it.
WILL TOM WATSON WITHDRAW?
Both Say They Will Support
Bryan Simply
BECAUSE HE IS A BIMETALLIST
Congressman Hartman Say* That In Thirty
Day* There Will Be But One Bimetallic
Ticket la the Field- -Pepullat* and Dem
ocrat* of Kansas Will Probably Fuse.
■Cyclone" Devi* on the Situation.
Butte, Mon., July 37.—Senator Man
tle and Congressman Hartman have ar
rived here. Both say they support
Bryan because he is a bimetallist, and
not because he is a Democrat. When
the question is settled they will be Re
publicans in all things once more.
•‘While I deplore that the Populists
put up another ticket,” said Mr. Hart
man, ”y!t I think that in 80 days were
will be out one bimetallic ticket in the
field. I think Watson will allow his
name to be withdrawn. The ticket,
from a point of good policy, must be
Bryan and Sewall. On second thought,
Watson ana the men who nominated
him must concede this.”
Mr. Mantle spoke on the same line.
He said:
"I regard the action of placing an in
dependent ticket in the field by the Pop
ulists very bad policy, as the Populist
party has been crying for free coinage
so many years, louder than the others.
It is one of their cardinal principles of
faith. I believe the vast majority of the
Populist party is honest and sincere in
their advocacy of bimetallism and con
sequently I believe that influence will
be brought to get Watson to withdraw.
Kansas Fops and Democrat* Will Fuse.
Kansas City, July 27.—Relative to
fusion of Kansas Democrats and Popu
lists, The Times prints an interview
with ex-Congressman Harris, in which
he is quoted as saying:
“The Kansas plan is for the Populists
of the state convention at Abilene, A tig.
6, to indorse; the Bryan and Sewall
electors, whom the Democrats will name
at Hutchiilton the preceding day. It Is
generally understood that there will be
fusion in Kansas this year, although
there have been no conferences on the
subject and consequently no plans have
been formulated, but fusion is in the
air. We will nominate our candidate
for state officers and telegraph the Dem
ocrats the result. They will indorse our
nomineesand we will indorse their’s.”
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson of
Kansas, who was present during the in
terview, is quoted as saying there was
nothing else to do but accept the plan,
and ex-Congressman Jeff Hudson voiced
the same sentiments. The Times also
prints an interview with ex-United
States Senator John Mqrtin, who w-
C roves of the plan as far as It goes. He,
owever, would have conference com
mittees appointed by the Hutchinson
and Abilene conventions to arrange the
details.
Populist ex-Governor Lewelling of
Kansas, in a published interview, also
approves of the plan of fusion.
United States Senator William Pef
fer was interviewed as he passed
through the city enroute home from the
St. Louis convention. He said: “The
mass of the Populist party wishes to see
William J. Bryan the next president,
and no matter what differences of opin
ions may arise nothing oan prevent him
from oartying every southern state.
He will also carry every western state.
He will carry Kansas by 50,000 major
ity-”
To Take the Stamp For Bryan and Watson.
St. Louis, July 27.—Among the speak
ers who will take the stump for the
Populist ticket will be Senator Butler
and ex-Chairman Taubeneck, Eugene
V. Debs of Terre Haute, Ind., Robert
Schilling of Milwaukee, Senator Allen
of Nebraska, Senator Peffer of Kansas,
Governor Lewelling of Kansas, Mrs.
Mary E. Lease of Kansas, Mrs. Roberts
of Colorado and many others, including
Coxey and Carl Browne. Mr. Debs is a
strong supporter of the initiative and
referendum. The currency will be the
pivot around which the majority* of the
speeches will revolve and the women
that will be sent out will make it their
special point of attack. Mrs. Roberts
made a speech in the convention sec
onding the nomination of Bryan, and
in the five minutes she was before the
convention won for herself the reputa
tion of being one of the most forcible
and logical speakers that has ever ad
dressed a Populist gathering.
“Cyclone” Davis has discussed the
outcome of the convention with a party
of friends in the Lindell corridors. He
said:
“There were 1,000 men in that con
vention that differed with me and there
could have been but one result—the se
lection of Bryan. It was a case of either
making them believe they were wrong
and that myself and the little band of
250 were right, or give up what we had
to give. Os course we were not all
statesmen, but the 1,000 on the other
side were neither fools nor traitors. We
concluded they were right.”
A London Banker on the Situation.
London, July 37.—The Dally News
has an interview with Mr. Joseph Her
bert Tritton, a banker of the firm of
Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bon
verie and company, in which he is
quoted aa saying:
“The possibility ot Mr. Bryan’* *lec-
tiotf creates great insecurity, me pas
sage of a free silver bill would cause a
■ rise in prices and would glut America
with silver from the eastern countries,
pausing a complete dislocation of the
c entire basis of exchange between east
and west. It would also cause the hord
ing and disappearance of gold from cir
culation. Gold would go to premium.
Early there would be a disappearance of
9 foreign capital, causing a severe panic
• and general commercial ruin.
“The first cure for American financial
j distress must be the contraction of their
paper issues, both bank notes and treas
ury issues. If Bryan wins international
bimetallists will see an opportunity.
FBut it is very doubtful if they will be
able to seize it. The history of the
Latin union has conclvsively shown
that any international metallic union
r must collapse through its own weight.”
5 Think* British Interest* Are Sure to Sailer.
London, July 27.—The Globe pub
lishes a long article headed “American
Communism" and concludes as follows:
“There is a elear issue between the
gold standard allied to extreme protec
s tion, and free coinage coupled with opn
. flscatory socialism. Whether McKinley
or Bryan is elected, British interests are
1 bound to suffer. While the victory of
McKinley is certain to harass our trade
with th* United States, that of Bryan
• could not fail to produce a convulsion
which might shake the old world to its
' very foundations.”
1 The St. James Gazette publishes an
1 editorial article of the same tenor of the
article in The Globe.
McKinley Still at Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 87.—Major McKin
ley has decided to remain in Cleveland
until Wednesday next, and will return
to his home in Canton on that day. He
spent the morning at Windemere, the
i home of Mr. Hanna, quietly, chatting
I With the members of the household ana
a few callers. In if the
' weather permits, he will review from
the stand in front of the city hall, the
great centennial bicycle parade, which
is scheduled for 3 o’clock. The weather
is very threatening and it is probable
that the parade will again have to be
postponed on account of the rain. Chair
man Hanna will depart for New York
, at once and has arranged to meet all the
party leaders in the east during his stay
in the metropolis.
Say* Pop* Ar* No Better Than Anarchist*.
Asbury Park, N. J., July 37.—At
the national service in the Asbury Park
auditorium, Bidhop John P. Newman
created a sensation by declaring that
Populists wore no better than anarchists
and were not good American citizens.
Instantly a man in the rear of the hall
jumped out and shouted:
“Bryan is a good American!”
He tried to propose three cheers for
th* Democratic-Populist candidate for
president, but his voice was drowned by
the music of the choir.
Republican Campaign to Open Aug. 12.
Chicago, July 27.—Charles M. Kurts,
national committeeman from Ohio, is
authority for the statement that the Re
publican national campaign will be offi
cially opened at Columbus, 0., Aug. 12.
On that day a great ratification will be
held and it is expected Major McKinley
will be present to make the first speech
of the campaign.
To Call a Massmeating of Gold Democrat*.
Kansas City, July 37.—L. O. Kar
throff, who went to Chicago to attend
the conference of the gold standard
Democrats, has returned to this cite. It
is said that as soon as possible probably
a conference of all gold standard Dem
ocrats will be had to call a Democratic
massmeeting in the near future.
ON FHE WAY TO LONDON.
The Venezuelan Statement Will Be Laid
Before th* House of Common*.
London, July 37. —In the house of
commons the parliamentary secretary for
the foreign office, Mr. George N. Cur
zon, said that the Venezuelan statement
had not yet reached the government,
but was on its way here from Washing
ton, and would be laid upon the table
upon its arrival.
Mr. Curzon was also asked whether
the government was aware that another
king has been elected in Samoa in op
position to King Malietoa and that it
was at German instigation.
Mr. Curzon replied in the negative.
Later Mr. Curzon was as to
whether the government had been in
formed that Herr Branders, whose en
deavors to annex Samoa to Germany,
some years ago, were only defeated by
the action of the United States, is re
turning to Samoa in the capacity of
chief justice.
Mr. Curzon replied that the govern
ment was not aware that such was the
case.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the secre
tary of state for the colonies, replying
to Mr. John Morley, late chief secretary
for Ireland, who asked him whether the
government would lay on the table in
formation relative to the limits and pop
ulation of the settlements within the
territory in dispute between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela, said that the defini
tion of the settlements would have to
be decided first by negotiations and then
by investigations on the spot, and the
government, therefore, could not give
the desired information.
Two Killed at a Crossing.
Lancaster, Pa., July 27.—Enos M.
Barge, aged 21 years, and Barbara
Herschoy, slightly younger, while re
turning from an outing in a buggy,
were struck and instantly killed while
crossing the track of the Pennsylvania
railroad. The young woman’s body was
carried several hundred feet on the pilot
of the engine, finally being hurled under
the wheels and literally cut into frag
ments. ,
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WANT OLNEY TO ACT
Floridians Desire That Ona Mellon
Sball be Released,
THEY ARE VERY MUCH INCENSED
Because of the Continued In~
caratlon of Melton
IN CABANA FORTRESS AT HAVANA
Addr*** a Petition to th* S*or*tery o 4
Sfrte Requesting That Officer to U** Hi*
<food Office* With the Spaniard* Toward
Snoorlng th* Freedom of th* Aaaerioan
Newepaper Oorr**pond*nt.
Key West, July 87.—Friends of Ona
Melton in this city have Veen active
dqring the past few days circulating ■
petition addressed to the Hon. Richard
Olney, secretary of state at Washing
ton, requesting that officer to use his
good offices with the Spanish authori
ties in Cuba toward securing the release
of Melton, who is nemr confined in the
Oabanas fortress at Havana.
It will be remembered that Ona Mel
ton, who went to Quba on the ill fated
schooner Competitor as the representa
tive of a Jacksonville paper, was arrested
aboard that vqpsel when she was cap
tured by a Spanish orniser after hating
landed an expedition op the north cobm
under command of Colonel Monzon.
Uxe erpw of the schooner were also ap
wfeVended and taken to Havana, where
toty Were subsequently tried by a drum
head courtmartial and sentenced to be
•hot for piracy. An energetic protest,
inade by the late Consul General Wil
liams under instructions from Wash
ington, secured a temporary reprieve
for the prisoners, and the case, which
assumed the character of an interna
tional complication, threatening at the
time to involve the United States in
war with Spain, was referred to Madrid
for revision.
May Pat Off Trial Indefinitely.
The Spanish home government has
since ordered a new trial for the prison
ers by the civil courts, as provided by
the terms of the protocol and treaty
stipulations, but like all official matters
on the island of Cuba, the trial may be
put off indefinitely through redtapeism.
Meanwhile Melton, with the other
prisoners captured on the Competitor, is
confined in the military fortress of Ca
banas, at the entrance to Havana har
bor, In a little dark cell, reeking with
filth and vermin and, as if to add to the
horror of their situation, a drain runs
through their room, breeding pestilence
and death. Twenty other prisoners of
all colors and nationalities, and accused
of every crime in the decalogue, are
also huddled together within the nar
row confines of the cell, and if reports
received here lately are correct, a leper
has been thrown into the dungeon to
increase the distress of the other pris
oners.
Did Not Intend Taking Up Arm*.
The only offense committed by Mel
ton was over-zealousness in carrying
out the instructions of his employers.
As a correspondent his aim was to get
witnin the insurgent lines in order to
furnish his paper with reliable news
from the seat of war. He was not en
rolled as a member of Monzon’s expedi
tion, and did not intend taking up arms
against the Spanish government. His
mission to Cuba, as stated, was merely
to supply his paper with Cuban corres
pondence and no evidence has been pre
sented nor can any be shown to the
contrary.
The late Consul General Williams, in
view of these facts and on account of
the prisoner’s extreme youth and un
doubted innocence, made every effort to
have Melton released, and General Lee,
the present consul general at Havana,
has also endeavored to have his condi
tion improved, but apparently every
effort seems to have been in vain.
If the reports which have reached here
lately are to be credited, Melton, on ac
count of being a newspaper representa
tive, has been singled out as the one
upon whom the Spanish officials de
light to vent their spite, his life even
having been threatened because of some
alleged newspaper criticism on the con
duct of the prison authorities. The
friends of the unfortunate correspondent
in this city trust their present efforts
in behalf of his release may meet with
better success.
Think* a Zollvereln Impoislblo.
London, July 25. The Times com
ments upon a dispatch from its Mel
bourne correspondent, reporting that
Hon. G. H. Reid, premier of New South
Wales, thinks that a zollvereia between
England and her colonies would be im
possible because the clashing of selfish
trade interests would tend to destroy the
present loyalty and the zollvereia might
unite the rest ot the world in a hostile
combination with the new and substan
tial motive of revenge. “Only Canada
among the colonies,” says The Times,
“is really desirous of a zollverein and
as the conditions of the trade with Can
ada are altogether artificial it forces us
to diagnose more fully the nature and
extent of the cause which proposed the
suggestion of a zollverein beforte enter
ing into a change of the whole system.
This may do us a vital injury and re
strict our relations with foreign coun
tries. ’ ’
Au American Win* In London.
London, July 27.—Ross Winans, the
American pistol shot, has won first prise
in the first, second and third series of
the revolver competitions here, the score
Mtog 42 and 38.