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SCARE FROM THE YELLOW SEA
BRITISH SAID TO HAVE FIRED ON
A Hl SSIAN MAN-OF-WAR.
ForeiKi* and Admiralty Offices at
London in Ignorance of the Alleg
ed Occurrence—London Papers Re
port England Pressing; China to
Declare Port Arthur a Free Port.
Presence of British Warships
i'here Believed to Be for the Pur
pose odt Securing,’ Free Access for
British Ships.
London, Jfm. T—A sensation has been
caused by a rumor from Plymouth that
the English admiral has fired on a Rus
sian man-of-war in Chinese waters.
Nothing is known as to the rumor at
the foreign office or the admiralty.
The morning papers also publish the
statement that England Is pressing China
to declare Port Arthur a free port.
It is supposed that the presence of Brit
ish war ships there is intended to secure
freedom of access for British trading ves
sels.
II IS ENGLAND ON THE HIP.
RiiHMinn Editor Says Rebellion in
Avin Would Follow War.
St. Petersburg, Jam 2.—lt is announced
that M. Kurlel Alexleff has been Instrust
ed with full powers to “promote the de
velopment of the commercial relations be
tween Russia and Korea in competition
with British and Japanese influences, and
to aid In furthering the permanent con
struction of the projected orthodox church
at Seoul.”
The Novoe Vremya, commenting upon
the respective positions of Sir McLeavy
Brown and M. Alexleff,under the promise
of an arrangement, according to which the
two will work, the Korean customs to
gether, says: “Nobody will regard Mr.
Brown as the representative of the Brit
ish flag. He Is a mere official in the ser
vice of the Korean government, directing
the customs. M. Alexleff will attend in a
higher sphere as adviser to the Korean
ministry of finance.”
The Novosti says: “Any serious con
flict between England and another power
would tend to excite rebellion among
Great Britain's Asiatic subjects. The only
course open to Great Britain is to main
tain the status quo in Asia and to main
tain friendly relations with Russia."
CHINA YIELDS TO GERMANY.
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Commandant of the Garrison nt T»ao
Chow Dismissed.
Jjteriin. Jan. 2. -Pl is announced th it
it?a"fiil.'t'y• air.l top ha dama.Hls of Ha.-on
vklng, t ador nt Pe-
king, for the dismissal of the command
ant of the Chinese garrison at Tsao
Chow, province of Chan Tun, because of
the use of threatening language to
German missionaries there. The Chinese
government has telegraphed a dismissal of
the commandant.
NO 111 SSO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
Kino Chon Occupied Without the
Csiir’s Cognizance.
London, Jan. 2.—The Daily Graphic
claims to have authority for the assertion
that no agreement exists between -Ger
many »n<l Russia with regard to China;
that Germany occupied Kiao-Chou with
out Russia's cognizance and that the oc
cupation was made on the advice of the
czar.
A dispatch to the Telegraph from Pekin
on Friday says: “The arrangements with
Russia for the guarantee loan are active
ly proceeding and when completed, the
Russians, on the plea of supervising the
collection of the land tax, will obtain the
right tOfnter every Yamen In the empire.”
HI SSI VS NEW RAILWAY.
It In to lie n Branch of the Trnnn-
Miiiicliurln Line.
London, Jan. 2.—The Bt. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Times says: “It is re
ported Chinn has given consent to
Russian surveys for a railway to Port Ar
thur as a branch of the Russian trans-
Manchuria railway, and not n mere exten
sion of the Chinese Tlen-Tsln railway. It
In also stipulated that the route is to avoid
Mukden, the capital city of the Tartar
dynasty.
Mukden Is the capital of the province of
Leao-Tong, Manchuria, and Is about 380
miles northeast of Pekin, it was the last
residence of the Manchu sovereign* before
the conquest of Chinn, and is the place
where the early emperors of the reigning
dynasty are burled,
1.1 111 NG (RANG HE< ALLED.
ills Plan far Military and Naval De
fences Taken I p.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 2.—The steamer In
drapuru ha* arrived from Japan, bringing
the latest advices regarding the oriental
situation. x
U Hhnt Chang has been recalled to
power at Pekin, the emperor nnd the inner
couneil desiring his assistance in the dip
lomatic crisis. Ij Hung Chang recently
' Mnrted to hl* estatss on account of ill
he illh. but he has now returned to Pekin,
and the government Ims taken up for se
riou* eenskkratiou his memorial on the
mtl.tary and nava|.defen»es of the empire.
This memorial was prepared on Kart Li's
return from America and Europe, but it
has remain'd in a pigeon hole until now
Thousand* of troop* are being recruited
hi the inferior, and It la Intended to double
the number of battalions In all the Chinese
maritime provinces within thirty days.
The emperor has received forty-eight se
cret 'memorials regarding the defense of
the empire from high military and civil
ctnelals throughout China. All China is
n wake tuna
A number of paper* in Japan and the
Chinese maritiitH pert* express the belief
that a partition of China among the pow
ers is tnevitin Shanghai It Is renort
rd that France will lecelve Formosa from
Japan as part of tlte territory allotted her
Japanese paper* declare that part of the
Hon.
(WwX t* lv
l>el;vd with alone* and mud by a Chinese
mob while landing at Wu Chung in one of
the cruiser's boats, flying the German en
sign. The officers were landing to pay a
visit to the viceroy, Chang Chi Tung, who
on Germany's demand, has made prompt
nnd satisfactory epology for this insult,
the apology including a salute to the Ger
man flag of twenty-one guns.
It is claimed that the Chinese comman
dant at Kaio Chou was tricked into sur
rendering by the German admiral, who
offered his word that the emperor of Chi
na had consented to the occupation of
Kiao Chou and would regard any resist
ance as an act of rebellion.
The Ji-ji-Shimpo, the most influential
paper at Tokio says that according to the
most reliable authority, Russia, France
and Germany have reached an under
standing whereby Russia is to take Ko
rea and North China; Germany the Shan
Tun districts, while France will get For
mosa and parts of the Foo Kien coasts.
This story comes from Hong Kong, and is
not generally credited.
AMERICAN OFF FOR CHINA.
Appointed Director General of Rail
ways in the Celestial Empire.
Stevens Point, Wis., Jan. 2.—Capt. Rich,
formerly chief engineer of the Wisconsin
Central, and later connected in the same
capacity with the Soo line, has been ap
pointed director general of railways in
China. He has left Minneapolis en route
to China to assume the duties of his new
position.
AFRICAN. CRISIS ALARMING.
France, Russia nnd Menelik May
Unite Against the British.
Cairo, Jan. 2.—A battalion of the Came
ron Highlanders has been ordered to be in
readiness to ascend the Nile a fortnight
hence.
London, Jan. 2.—A dispatch from Malta
says a battalion of the Seaforth Highland
ers has been ordered to Egypt.
TJie Cairo correspondent of the Daily
Mail says, as part explanation of the
British expedition up the Nile, that it is
believed that French expeditions have ar
rived quite close to Khartoum. According
to the same authority the British force
will be commanded by Maj. Sir Francis
Grenfel.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: “I learn from private sources
that the Italian foreign office has received
information that Emperor Menelik has
summoned the Abyssinians to arms in
support of the French enterprises in
equatorial Africa, and especially the plans
ot the Russian, Count Leontieff, governor
of the equatorial provinces of Abyssinia.
“Emperor Menelik himself is setting out
at the head of an army, and it is believed
Jhe movement marks against
the Anglophile Ras Alangansia. whose
pre* Inces in the '.Tigre Vhe Niegus wishes
to annex. It is said also here that Em
peror Menelik, calculating upon the re
missness of the Italian government, pur
poses an advance toward the coast.”
The Daily Mail, commenting editorially
ujton the foregoing dispatches from Rome
and Cairo, suggests that the Marchan ex
pedition has gone beyond Fashoda and
reached Khartoum.
“It is Impossible,” says the Daily Mail,
“for the expedition to have fought Its
way there, and It can only have arrived
at an alliance with the Khalifa, thus cre
ating a very serious situation.”
In response to the request of Sir Her
bert Kitchener it has been arranged to
send four battalions to Cairo to replace
those destined to take part in the British
advance toward Khartoum, one each from
Malta and Gibraltar and two others to be
stopped while en route for home from In
din.
The morning papers editorially comment
on the great activity of the situation.
The Times suggests that it would be
safe to send a larger force.
The Morning Post calls the force insuf
ficient and points to the "suspicious atti
tude" of the Marchand expedition, which
it Is reported hits occupied Fashoda. It
says: "If the expedition has dvanced in
defiance of the authority of the Frencn
government, Its members are filibusters,
and must pay the penalty. If, howevei,
they have any sort of sanction it is time
for Great Britain to have her views clear
ly understood.”
A dispatch from Cairo says that while
It is thought, the dervishes will make their
projected attack, it is considered quite like
ly that in consideration of the British
preparations to meet them they will pre
fer to remain in their stronghold at Met
emmeh.
A dispatch from Cairo, via Paris, on Fri
day, announced that a French expedition
had occupied Fashoda. on the Nile, about
4U» miles south of Khartoum, and that It
was reported among the natives that the
French were descending the river.
AIMTRIA AND HUNGARY.
The Diet Aarces to Maintain the
Status Quo.
I’udanest. Jan. 2.—The Hungarian diet
ha* not formally issued decrees, but by
notes to Austria, has agreed to maintain
the status quo provided Austria adheres
I to the reciprocity arrangements.
BREAD HIUTS IN SICILY.
! Municipal tiuildiaa* Fired I pon and
l.notetl by the Mob.
Rome, Jan. 2.—The Tribune reports that
bread riots have occurred in the province
of Girgenti, Sicily. The rioters have fired
i upon and looted the municipal buildings.
I The troops have been ca.led out.
CARLON OPENS THE CORTKS.
Kina Prontiae* a Snrplaa In the
Portuanrsc Budget.
Lisbon, Jan. 2.—King Carlos personally
oi«t*ned the eortea to-day. The speech
from the throne promised a budget surplus
and discussed the government's intention
to convert the external debt, and to con
clude various international conventions.
INDIA'S Cl RREN< Y.
; London Times Idvocntrs Putting It
On n Gold Basin.
London. Jan. S.—The Times, in its finan.
I ctal article* this morning, urges placing
the Indian currency upon a gold basis as
I soon as possible, for otherwise the mint*
must be reopened.
CUBA’S SKIES STILL CLOUDED.
CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
INTERIOR DEPLORABLE.
Small-pox Making Terrible Rava
ges in the Province of Pinar del
Rio—The Epidemic Also Sweeping
Santa Clara Province—Gen. Pando
Reported Disheartened by the
State of Affairs in Santiago de
Cuba I’rovince and Satisfied That
the Insurgents Will Not Accept Au
tonomy.
Havana, via Key West, Jan. 2.—The in
surgent general, Francisco Carillo, with
1,000 men from Santa Clara province, has
entered Matanzas province near Havana,
and is supposed to be on the way to re
unite with the concentrated . insurgent
forces under Brig. Gens. Suarez and Ce
pero, in Havana province.
Before the disarming of the laborers on
the tobacco plantation of Beck & Co., in
Pinar del Rio, recently reported, fifty
armed laborers are said to have, joined the
insurgents at Ceiba del Agua, Havana.
Three thousand concentrados have been
returned to their homes in Matanzas prov
ince, railroad transportation being furn
ished by the government.
El Diario de la Marina calls the atten
tion of the authorities to the pitiable con
dition of the people of the town of Alonzo
Rojas, in the province of Pinar del Rio.
During the first ten days of December 100
persons died. Whole families of eight and
ten persons have perished. Os ninety-rfwo
volunteers only nineteen are fit for duty,
the remainder being sick with smallpox.
At Santo Domingo, Santa Clara prov
ince, the smallpox epidemic has increas
ed terribly in spite of the splendid weath
er, but the fever has slowly decreased.
In the districts of Jicota, Menacas and
the central plantation, Esperanza, small
pox is raging among the concentrados,
many of whom have died. Most of the
concentrados are without medical atten
tion, food and the necessities of life. Fam
ilies resident in these stricken districts are
unable to emigrate thence because they
have no resources.
The government has for a second time
sent SIO,OOO for the relief of the con
centrados in Matanzas province.
It is reported from Santiago de Cuba
that Gen. Pando is disheartened on ac
count of the obstacles which prevented
a successful campaign against the insur
gents in that province. He declares he
has no base of operations, the insurgents
control being so complete that it is impos
sible to convey supplies to Spanish col
umns operating in the interior of the prov
ince. Gen. Pando is said to be convinced
that the insurgents of Santiago de Cuba
pr(Wince - 7!1! not, accept Wbca
he was in Spain he did not realize that the
insurgents in that province had much
strength.
It is said Gen. Sagua, operating in San
tiago de Cuba, has been unable to agree
with his superior officers, and on the pre
text that he is sick, has arrived in Ha
vana, and will return to Spain by the first
mail steamer.
Ex-Minister Canalejas, the Madrid editor
who has been investigating the sit
uation in Cuba, is said to be thoroughly
discouraged with the outlook. He will re
turn to Spain shortly, the sudden death of
his sister being given as the reason for
hastening his departure.
Senor Amblard, who has just returned
from the T.nlted States, Is said to take
the same hopeless view of the situation as
Senor Canalejas. and it is stated he will
decline the proffered appointment of sec
retary to the Cuban autonomist cabinet.
Senor Capules, governor of Santiago de
Cuba, has resigned, being unwilling to
make appointments dictated to him by the
government, through Gen. Pando.
The military commander. Oliver, is act
ing in Gov. Capule's place.
Four insurgents belonging to the force
of Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, have surren
dered, with a boat load of 62,000 cart
ridges, to the gunboat Contramaestre, off
Juearo, on the south coast.
Gem Blnnco to-day received $4,000,000 in
silver from Spain for war purposes.
Gen. Emilio March has arrived from
Spain.
Gen. Pando and Senor Losada, assistant
inspector of the health department, have
arrived from Manzanillo.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CUBA.
State Department Ennmerutes the
Article* Mo*t Needed.
Washington, Jan. 2.—The following an
nouncement regarding the work of Cu
ban relief Inaugurated by this government
has been made by the state department:
“In view of the steps now being taken
by the Secretary of State for the organiza
tion in New Aork of central headquar
ters. with the co-operation of the National
Red Cross Society, for the reception and
forwarding of relief to the suffering peo
ple of Cuba and the probability that it
will be tn effective operation earlv in the
present week, the Secretary of State has
directed that the benevolently disposed
public of the L nited States be informed
through the medium of the press that the
consul general of the United States at
Havana mentions the following articles
as appropriate to be contributed, all of
them, as he reports, being greatly needed:
“Summer clothing for women and chil
dren, medicines for fevers, principally qui
nine; hard bread, flbur cornmeal, cereal
preparations, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes,
beans, pens, salt flsh, any canned
particularly nourishing meat extracts’
blankets, and especially large quantities
of condensed milk, as many persons are
at first too feeble for any other nourish
ment.
"Contributions of money are also urgent
ly needed, to enable the purchase of im
mediate supplies of medicines and articles
of prime necessity, ami to meet the ex
penses of local transportation in Cuba.
"The consul general, to whom all sup
plies and money will be sent, will at once
organize arrangements for the receipt,
storage and most effective distribution of
whatever he may receive from the humane
people of the United States.
• By direction of the Secretary of State
"Alvey A. Adee.
'Second Assistant Secretary."
WKYLER'S POLITICAL VIEWS.
The General Say* They Are Like
Thonh »C Senor Robledo.
Madrid. Jan. 2.—At the banquet given
Friday evening by Senor Romero R obledo
i to Lieut. Gen. Weyier and other officer*.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY. JANUARY 3, 1898.
Gen. Weyier says he did not aspire to be
a politician, but that he held the same
views on the situation as Senor Robledo
and he advised his friends to join the
latter party.
SAVED FROM THE FLOODED PIT.
Mexican Miners Rescued After Being
Given Up As Drowned.
City of Mexico, Jan. 2.—Various reports
have been in circulation regarding the
mine disaster at the middle of San Jose de
Garcia, at Guadanajuato, and at first it
was reported that thirty-five miners had
been drowned in the lower workings of
the mine.
Authentic but brief reports have just
been received, which show that the miners,
as stated, were at work in the lower levels
when they noticed that the water was be
ginning to come in slowly, and they be
came alarmed. When the water began
rushing in in greater volunje, their alarm
was turned into consternation, and the
men made a rush for the ladders. They
stayed within reaching distance of a higher
level, but could get no higher. When the
time for the shift came to go to the sur
face and did not appear, the rumor spread
that ail the men had been drowned.
A relief force volunteered to go to the
rescue, but it was deemed impossible to
give aid, and nothing more was done, as
it was learned that there was undoubtedly
a flood in the lower works. Four days
passed and naturally all hope was given
up and the families gave up in despair,
and the news was given out that the
men had perished in the mine.
Finally a relief party, still working, but
without hope, reached the place where the
miners had sought refuge and rescued
them.
The poor fellows were in a bad state of
exhaustion, having had no food during all
the time they were imprisoned on the level,
and some of them were so weak they could
hardly move. 411 were rescued, however,
and brought to the surface amid tumult
uous rejoicing among the fellow miners
and families of the rescued men. Food
and liquor were given them cautiously,
and they have been restored to their usual
strength, with the exception of a few who
were more prostrated than the rest.
BISMARCK IN NO DANGER.
He Take* a Midday Bath and Re
main* Up Liite.
Freidrichsruhe, Jan. 2.—Prince Bis
marck’s condition is in no way worse. He
took his midday bath as usual.
New Year's day he passed in the com
pany of Count Herbert Bismarck, the
Count and Countess William Bismarck,
the Countess von Arnheim and Count and
Countess von Reitzau. He did not retire
this morning until 1:30 o’clock.
London, Jan. 2.—Beyond printing the de
nials of the Reuter Telegram Company,
the morning papers practically ignore Sat
urday’s rumor of the death of Bismarck.
The Daily Mail, which is under the same
proprietorship as the Evening News, which
is A* spvlli*bl«- tl» A*/, bound-
ed report here, tries to explain by publish
ing a Berlin telegram, alleging that the
emperor was the innocent cause of the re
port. The dispatch in question says that
during the New Year’s reception in the
schloss in the course of a conversation
with some officers, the emperor mentioned
that he had received serious news from
Friedrichsruhe. This statement spread
throughout the city and grew into a ru
mor that Prince Bismarck was dead. No
other Berlin correspondent, however, men
tions the ingenious explanation.
LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY.
Democrat* Deny That Corporation*
Are to Be Attacked.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2.—The caucuses
for the organization of the general as
sembly will be held to-morrow evening,
but there is very lUtle general interest in
the outcome. The absorbing question is
what will be the character of legislation
adopted at this session. Few politicians
of prominence had arrived here to-night.
Though there has been much talk of
violent attacks on corporations, members
say there is no ground for such a belief,
and that the democratic policy will be con
servative. The populist members will put
the democrats on record by introducing
some bills involving populist principles.
RAILROAD AVINS A SUIT.
Property at Hon*ton Valued at
<MM> Involved.
Houston. Tex., Jan. 2.—Judge Willson of
the civil district court has rendered a de
cision in the case of the city of Houston
vs. the International and Great Northern
involving an action to determine the title
to $300,000 worth of Houston property now
in use by the road. The decision quits
the title of the railroad company and
they will begin work next week on the
$30,000 passenger depot. The property in
question was deeded to the railroad by
the city council about twenty-five years
ago and the former has been using it for
the last twenty years.
BRVAN MAY GO TO CONGRESS.
Fu*ioni*tM to Offer Him tbc Nomina
tion nt Lincoln. ’
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 2.—A special to the
Republic from Lincoln, Neb., says: "Po
litical friends of Mr. Bryan have arrang
ed a little surprise for him on his return
to-morrow, in the shape of a proffer of the
fusion nomination for congress from this,
the First district. Some believe he will
accept; others say he still confidently ex
pects to be the democratic standard-bearer
in 1900. This district has been represented
by a republican since Mr. Bryan retired.”
HAWAII'S ANNEXATIONISTS.
The New* From TVaahinirton Said to
Have Greatly Dlnappointed Them.
Victoria, B. C.. Jan. 2.—The steamer
Miowera brings forty Australian miners
bound for the Yukon. She also brings ad
vices from Honolulu, under date of Dec. 24.
The annexationists profess to be disap
pointed with the news received from
Washington by the Mariposa, while the
other side say that it has caused con
sternation among the leaders of the gov
! ernment.
The United States training ship Adams
arrived on the 22d.
I'lnning Mill Bnrned.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 2.—The sash and door
planing mill of the C. J. Hamlin Com
pany. employing 125 men. burned to-night.
The loss Is $125,400. and the insurance $75,-
CLASH FEARED AT COLUMBUS.
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STATE HOUSE MAY BE THE SCENE
OF A RIOT.
The Vote On the Election of Officers
So Close That the Rival Factions
Are Dangerously Bitter and Ex
cited—Charges of Bribery- Fill the
Air—Senator Barke Expected to
Stay- Away- So As to Allow the Dem
ocrats to Elect the Officers of the
Senate—Sluggers to Be Sworn in
As Temporary- Sergeant-at-Arms
by the Hanna Faction in the
House.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 2.—There are indica
tions here to-night of serious trouble, at
least of disorder, at the state house to
morrow. Since the caucus of last night
both the Hanna men and the opposition
are claimng enough votes for the organiz
zaton of the House. No trouble is feared
in the Senate chamber, as it is believed
that Senator Burke, one of the republi
cans, will remain away, and thus permit
the democrats to elect the officers in that
body.
At the republican House caucus last
night there were ten absentees and Alex
ander Boxwell received only fifty-two
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votes for the nomination, while it requires
fifty-five votes to-morrow for election, if
all are present. Under the law after ten
ballots are taken, the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes is declared
elected, even if it is then not a majority
over all.
Mr. Griffith of Clinton county, who was
unable to be at the caucus last night, on
account of sickness, has announced that
he will here to-morrow to vote for Mr.
Boxwell, who is the Hanna candidate for
speaker, and Mr. Boxwell, without giving
any names, claims to have the two other
votes necessary for election.
In addition to the absent members many
other republicans been sent for to
day by both sides and many are arriving
to-night. It is charged that some of the
arrivals are known as "knockers” on sufeh
occasions as will probably be witnessed in
the hall of the House to-morrow.
Secretary of State Charles Kinney, a
strong Hanna man, will preside in the
House, till that body elects a speaker. In
anticipation of his rulings, there have been
threats made during the day. IMr. Kin
ney is said to have selected a strong force
of temporary sergeants, and is said to be
ready for any emergency.
The combination of democrats and antl-
Hanna republicans declare to-night that
they will elect Harry C. Mason of Cleve
land, an anti-Hanna republican, as speak
er, and succeed in-seating him.
If M the anti-Hanna republicans have the
requisite number of ,otes there wUI oe
no trouble about him qualifying and tak
ing his seat, but there is apprehension of
disorder before the balloting begins and
possibly during the balloting and the
counting of the votes.
They claim they have one more than
enougi} to elect the Mason ticket. They
are figuring very closely, and claim that
the republicans who did not attend the
caucus last night are staying with thens.
There are three democrats who are op
posed to fusion, or rather to voting with
republicans for the defeat of Senator Han
na. These three democrats were not pres
ent at the democratic caucus last night
until they were assured that they would
not thus be pledged to vote for the repub
lican nominees. But they did not say to
day that they would not vote for Mason or
the other republican candidates.
With the result depending upon the
change of one vote either way, these three
democrats and the republicans who did not
enter the caucus are undergoing the
strongest pressure to-night of all the in
fluences that can be brought to bear upon
them. There have been irresponsible
charges during the day of bribery, but no
evidences of it are discernible.
The opposition to Boxwsll to-night de
clare that any excess of 53 votes for him
for speaker will be followed by an inves
tigation, but there are charges and coun
ter-charges of undue influences on both
sidea and on all hands that cannot be trac
ed to anything reliable.
Hanna claims that Mason will be short
three democratic votes and four republi
cans, and that he will not have 50 votes.
Both sides count less than a majority for
their opponents, neither side claims more
than one vote to spare, and the circum*-
stance seeems to require such close watch
ing as to cause the most bitter feeling.
Judge George K. Nash, chairman of the
republican state committee, to-day sent a
letter to Gov. Bushnell resigning his posi
tion as a trustee of the Ohio asylum at
Galliopolis for epileptics, for which posi
tion Judge Nash had been appointed by
Gov. Bushnell. The letter is said to lie
very caustic, but Judge Nash will not give
it out for publication till after it has been
received by the governor in his mall to
morrow.
On being asked for the reasons for his
action Judge Nash said tornlght:
“On Friday. I am informed by a most
reliable gentleman, Gov. Bushnell said
that the republican state executive com
mittee in the national campaign did not
do a thing to assist him as a candidate. In
justice to my associates on that commit
tee. than whom a more loyal set of men
to a party ticket and to a great cause was
never banded together, as well as to my
self, as the chairman, I could do not
otherwise than resent the insult.
"Now. if Gov. Bushnell really believes I
was disloyal to him as chairman of the
committee, he must be uneasy as to
whether I can properly perform my duties
an as officer and I will relieve his mind of
this worry.
"1 am also disgusted with the conduct
of Gov. Bushnell. Before the election, in
public speeches, he pretended - that he de
sired Mr. Hanna’s return to the United
States Senate. Since that time he has con
sorted with the enemies of the republican
party to defeat the will of the people. I
look upon this as his excuse to obtain
votes by false pretenses.”
Judge Nash, as chairman of the state
committee, is taking an active interest in
the election of Senator "Hanna, and claims
that the last state convention at Toledo
named Mr. Hanna for senator, as well as
nominated Mr. Bushnell for governor. At
the last state convention in Toledo Gov.
Bushnell wanted Charles L. Kurtz select
ed as chairman of the state executive
committee, a position which Mr. Kurtz
has held for two .previous campaigns, in
1895. when Bushnell was first electe-1 gov
ernor. and in 1896. when the presidential
ticket was in the field.
It is claimed that the head of the state
ticket, by precedent, has always named
the state campaign chairman. In 1896 Sec
retary of State Charles Kinney beaded the
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state ticket and opposed Kurtz for chair
man, but Gov. Bushnell secured the re
appointment of Kurtz as chairman over
the protest of Mr. Kinney. When the last
state convention nominated Bushnell for
governor and Hanna for senator, the lat
ter defeated Kurtz for chairman and se
cured the election of Nash for chairman.
That is the cause for the present fight
against Hanna. It has involved all the
old fights of former years that existed be
tween what were called the Sherman and
the Foster factions, and later
between the so-called McKinley
and Foraker factions, until now
the lines are drawn between what
are termed the Hanna and Bushnell fac
tions, but these factional fights never in
cluded a combing with the democrats until
the present contest. During the last state
campaign it is stated that Gov. Bushnell
visited the state headquarters Onlv once
and then on invitation. It is qlso stated
that Mr. Kurtz, who is state oli inspector,
under Gov. Bushnell and leader of the op
position against Hanna, conducted the
state headquarters in the interests of Gov.
Bushnell and of the anti-Hanna republi
can candidates for the legislature. There
were charges during the campaign that
Judge Nash was conducting the campaign
for the legislative tickets and Kurtz for
the state ticket.
Late to-night tlifi fusionists encounter
trouble in the divlsOn of the legislative of
fices. There were two democrats who re
fused to vote for Judge Difcty for chief
clerk of the Senate, unless they secured
their men for minor places. At the con
ferences last night it was decided what
places should be given the anti-Hanna
republicans and what places should go to
the democrats, but the personnel of the
assistant clerkships and sergeant-at-arms
was not definitely fixed. At separate con
ferences to-night it was decided to hold a
joint caucus at Ba. m. to-morrow. At
that caucus the Senate and House steering
committees will report.
iSome trouble about the division of offi
ces also exists in the joint programme
for the organization of the House. Rep
resentatives Powell, Wiley and Niles, three
democratic members, are not yet pledged
to vote for Mason for speaker, or for any
republican. The managers of the combine
say these men will finally vote with the
other democrats. If they vote for a third
candidate for speaker, then the vote would
stand 53 for Boxwell, 53 for Mason and 3
scattering, and there would be a deadlock
on organization. *
The democratic steering committee were
busy all night looking after unpledged
members. All who would sign the pledge
roll were induced to do so. ’
The Hanna men express no confidence of
a majority over all for Boxwell, but say
they expect to elect him by receiving the
highest number of votes cast for Boxwell.
Mr. Kurtz claimed' to-night that his
combination would organize both the
House and the Senate. Mayor McKisson,
Allen O. Myers, and all at the joint head
quarters expressed the same belief. Gov.
Bushnell also is of the same opinion,
and he stated that the defeat of Boxwell
for speakei' and of Hanna for the Senate,
would not have a bad effect on the party.
He added that Hanna had never confer
red with him during the last campaign and
that the party would not tolerate bossism.
BUSHNELL BERATED. ,
Republican* of Hi* Home City Con
demn Hi* Flight On Hanna.
Springfield, 0., Jan. 2. Republicans of
the home of Gov. Bushnell held an indig
nation meeting to-day, condemned the
governor’s action and engaged a special
train to take a crowd of 200 to Columbus
Tuesday to boom Senator Hanna. The
meeting was attended by Auditor Young,
Probate Judge Goodwin, Prosecutor Staf
ford, County Chairman Beard, Sheriff
Sheets and others of equal prominence. A
band and transparencies condemning Gov.
.Bushnell and Kurtz are in preparation to
take to Columbus Tuesday. The most
prominent republicans in this countv are
in the movement and the indignation is
immense.
IlAt'K FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Party Just Returned Report* Relief
Supplies Neee*«ary.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 2.—Forty-five Klon
dikers arrived here this morning on the
steamer Corona, from Shaguay a nd Dyea,
They brought no late news, as all of them
left Dawson previous to Nov. 25,
In reference to the food situation they
condemn the stories of last week’s arrivals
that there will be no famine this winter,
as provisions are scarce. It will be nec
sary, however, they think, to send supplies
in the early spring, as the stock on hand
will be pretty well exhausted by the time
the Yukon opens for navigation.,
MRS. NACK TO GO UP FOR 20 YEARS.
Her Plea of Guilty of Mannlanghtrr
to Be Accepted.
New York, Jan. 2.—Mrs. Augusta Nack,
the accomplice off Martin Thorn in the
murder of Guldensuppe, the bath rubber
at the cottage at Woodside, L. 1., will be
arraigned at Long Island City to-morrow,
and will plead guilty to manslaughter.
District Attorney Youngs, it is under
stood, will consent to the Imposition of a
sentence of twenty years in the peniten
tiary at Sing Sing. This sentence, It is also
understood, will be acceptable to Mr*.
Nack's attorney.
CAN’T LOCATE MRS. LI ETGERT.
Schofield Denie* Offerink to Produce
Her for S I.5,<HH>.
New Haven,* Conn., Jan. 2.—John P.
Schofield of Boston, who is In the city,
pronounces untrue the statement that lie
had noitfi(*i the friends of Adolph Luet
gert, the Chicago sausage maker, now on
trial for the murder of his wife, that if
given SIS,(XX) he" would divulge the hiding
place of the missing wife.
Mr. Schofield has been interested in fol
lowing up clues of the reported appearance
of the woman and believes she is alive, but
disclaims any knowledge of her where
abouts.
SIX BULLS SLAIN.
Alazzantin in Fine Form at Hi* Ben
efit Performance.
City of Mexico, Jan. 2.—Mhzzantin, the
bull fighter, had a benefit thia afternoon.
He was in fine form, killing six bulls in
a masterful manner, reflecting the highest
credit on his skill as a matador. Four
teen horses were killed by the bulls.
Archl»l»hop of Naple* Dead.
Rome. Jan. 2.—Mgr. Saranelli, arch
bishop of Naples, is dead.
SIX DIE IN FIRE AND SMOKE.
FLAMES NEARLY WIPE OUT A FAM*
ILY AT JERSEY CITY.
The Fire Breaks Out While All Aret
Asleep—Father and One Son Reach
the Street in Safety—Son Runs to
Turn in An Alarm and Fathen
Rushes Back to Save His Family
and Perishes His Corpse Found
Lying On the Body of One of Him
Daughters With the Body of Ona
of His Sons in His Arms.
New York, Jan. 2.—Six members of one
fami.y were killed by flames and smoka
in a Are that occurred in Jersey City to
day. The dead are:
Adolph Reich, 42 years old, the father.
Emma Reich, 42 years old, the mother.
Tillie Reich, 22 years old.
Ida Reich, 15 years old.
Albert Reich. 14 years old.
Gustave Reich, 6 years old.
Several others were injured, and it mafl
be that another member of the ill-fated
family will die. He is the 19-year-old son,
and his body is covered with burns.
John Conway, chief of the Jersey City,
Are department, was very bqdly burned.
He fell through a burning floor, and wag
rescued with difficulty.
Adolph Reich's home was at 317 Germa
nia avenue. He was a real estate agent
and well-to-do.
It is believed the fire broke out from a
heater in the basement, and it worked ilg
way up to the third floor, where the sleep
ing apartments of the family were located.
Henry Reich said it was late when th®
family retired, the evening having been
spent in entertaining New Year’s callers.
Early in the morning he was awakened
by shouts. Running to the hall, he saw
the smoke and flames in the lower hall.
His father was there, and they managed
to get out of the house in their rfighc
clothes. Young Reich ran down tire street
and gave the alarm. Wlmn he returned
his father was nowhere to be seen, but ona
of his brothers, Sigismund, was there,
badly burned. He was taken to a*neigh
boring house, and said that some one had
awakened him and he jumped through the
blinding flames and smoke down stairs
and out into the open air.
Several Are engines responded promptly:
to the alarm, arid in a few minutes the
Are was put out. A search for bodies wag
then begun.
The firemen, with the aid of lanterns,
discovered charred bodies against the wall
at the foot of the stairway. They were
those of Adolph Reich, his daughter, Til
lie, and little Gustav. The father had
fallen upon the daughter and the son was
in his arms. They were burned almost
beyond recognit
In the the house the search
party the remains of jda
and Albert, —SWiT'——
nrms entiwined/JPortions of the little
boy’s head had been badly burned, and the
faces of the dead were horribly distorted.
The mother wets found in the dining-room.
She was but' slightly burned. Her face
shewed no look of pain. She undoubtedly,
dietv from suffocation.
LOSS OF THE GERONA.
Only One Man Drowned in Getting}
Away From the Sinking; Steamer.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 2.—The two boats
'containing Capt. Baxter and thirty-six of
the crew of the Thompson line steamer
Gerona, which was lost off Seal Island
yesterday, while on a voyage from Port
land, Me., to London, reached the island
safely.
One man, named Carl, who was sup
posed to be in the boat in charge of Sec
ond Officer Alfred Watson, which landed
at Woods Harbor, is. and 1.4
thought to have been drowned in getting
away from the ship.
Most of the men who were in Second
Officer Watson's boat, were cattlemen.
The captain and the remainder of the
crew were in the ship’s lifeboat and a gig.
Second Officer Watson and his compan
ions had a fearful experience, having been
afloat for nearly nine hours before they
made the shore at Forbes point. It was
pitch dark when they pulled away from
the helpless steamer, and it was not until
after daylight that they were able to de
termine in which direction to point their.
craft in order to make land. The fierce
gale beat upon them all the morning, and
the sea threatened to swamp them at
every moment. The weather was bitter
cold and they suffered terribly from the
exposure.* When the finally pulled up on
the rocky beach at noon, they were thor
oughly exhausted, having been rowing
constantly through a stormy sea since
shortly after 4 a. m.
The cargo of the Gerona was valued nt
$210,000, and the ship was worth about $250,-
oco.
SWIFT SHIPS FOR CUBA.
Five of 5,000 Tons and n Speed of Id
Knots to Be Built.
New York, Jan. 2.—The New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship Company has com
pleted a contract with the William Cramp
Company of Philadelphia for Ave new 5,000-
ton, IS-knot, twin-screw steamers. The
plan of the proposed ships fully meets the
government’s requirements for second
class auxiliary cruisers.
One hundred and fifty first and second
class and from 100 to 150 steerage passen
gers can be carried. Next to the St. Louis
and Paris, these will be the largest mer
chant steamers built in the United States.
( Ol AT TELSENER DEAD.
He Married a foiinger Sister of Mrs.
John W. Mnckay.
New York. Jan. 3.—The death of Count
Telsener is announced at Rome yester
day. He married a younger sister of Mrs.
John W. Mackay, and she and Mrs. Hun
gerford, her mother, were at the bedside
of the count when he died. He was as
well known in this country as he was in
Italy. When last in the United States,
which he has visited many times, his mis
sion was the construction of a railway,
which was known as the New York, Texas
and Mexico system. After its construction
it was absorbed by the Southern Pacific
railway system.
Afridis Heady for Peace.
Calcutta, Jan. 2.—lt is reported from Ku
ram that the Afridis are assembling in
tribal council with a view of concluding
peace.