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Newspaper Page Text( THE MORNISO NEWB, t ' Estabij-hxd 1850. { J. H. ESTILL, President, j FOOLED BY THE ITATA. THE SEIZED STEAMER SLIPS OCT OF THE HARBOR. Cannon Bristling at Her Bow and Stern and Her Decks Swarming with Armed Men—The Short-Sighted Mar shal Out Hunting for the Schooner. San Diego, Cal.. May 7.—About 5;80 o’clock yesterday afternoon the Chilean steamer Itata lifted her anohors and quietly steamed down the bay and out into the ocean, carrying with her Deputy United States Marshal Spencer, who, as far as known, is still on board. The departure of the Itata was not unexpected, though it was not supposed she would leave as soon as she did. It was rumored late in the afternoon that she was preparing to leave the harbor, and the absence of any of her crew from thd streets added weight to the story. After 2 o’clock the captain’s gig, which had been lying at the foot of H street, pulled off for the vessel with six men on board, and as soon as the boat was hoisted to the deck the Itata weighed her anchor and steamed down the stream. Marshal Qard was not aware that the captain had any intention of disregarding hi 9 authority, for he left for Point Loma in the launch Qia Juatio just cue hour ahead of the big steamer and had passed the point and proceeded some dis tance out to sea before he oould have been aware that the Itata was following him. OBJECT OF HIS TRIP. Marshal Card’s• errand on his second trip out of the harbor was to take the schooner Robert and Minnie anywhere she might be found in the open seas outside of Mexi can jurisdiction as a piratical craft. The marsnai’s launch left the wharf at 4 o’clock. Besides Marshal < rard there were on board A. C. Spaulding of San Francisco, A.M. Con oughy, Uapt. Crawford, and four soldiers from the barracks armed with rifles and ammunition belts, who had been detailed to go on the expedition at the request of mar shal Q-ard. It is known that the marshal received ins ructions from W ashiugton that he had authority to take the Robert and Minnie on the high seas under the neutrality atid piracy laws, but who these orders were issued by could nor be ascertained. Mar shal Card was very reticent w en ques tioned on this point, simply saving that he meant business and he intended to bring the schooner back if he came uo to her. At 4 o'clock Wednesday morning marshal bard and his party left for Coronada Island, where the Robert and Minnie was last seen on Tuesday. SIGHTED JUST OUTSIDE. Just outside a sail appeared, which the tug made for. As soon as her master saw the Qui Jauno he put about and ran south in order, it was supposed, to get into Mexi can waters before he was overhauled. The meeting place of the schooner and the tug was 2‘a miles south of the international line, about fifteen miles southwest of Point Lon a The tug passed to the,windward of the Robert and Minnie, and those aboard had almost room enough to go aboard. On her stern were the words “Robert and Minnie, Bail Francisco.” The schooner was sailing under her fore and mainsail with no jib or topsails, and was so heavily laden that she made but slow progress. There were but four of her crew visible, and these watched the movements of the tug anxiously through a glass from their position on the poop. The schooner being in Mexican waters. Marshal Hard returned to port to telegrapn for In structions. KNEW WHAT THEY WERE UP TO. There has at no time been any real doubt in the minds of those best informed that the ammunitio i which the Robert and Minnie carried was intended for a Chilean trans port, and that it would be transferred to the hold of the Itata for use by the insurgents as soon as the b:g steamer obtained what supplies she needed in port. It is definitely kno ■u that c >muiunicat<ons have passed between Capt. Terrall of the schooner and Capt. Mauzuai of the Itata, both wh iie the Robert and Minnie was at Catilua and since her arrival i fit this har bor. The Chileans laid their p atis well, aud they were carried out to the letter, re gardless of the interference of the United Stateß authorities. Just after midnight this morning Marshal Card and party re turned from the outride and reported that the R ibert and Minnie had completely disap peared. SWARMING WITH ARMED MEN. The deputy marshal, who had been placed in a small hint at the entranco of the ha bor to watch developments, re ported mat when the liata started out Pilot Dili nas sandwiched between two armed Chileans, while four cannons guarded both the bow and the stern. He also reported that at least eighty Chileans were drawn up in line on her decks, showing that while the vessel was in port she was plentifully supplied with men, arms and ammunition. While here she displayed only one small cannon and a crew of about sixty men. The deputy reports that when the vessel left the harbor she turned north and steamed toward San Clemente. THE GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, May 7.— Attorney General Miller this afternoon made public the sub stance of the correspondence that has passed between the officials here and the authoritiei at Wilmington and at San Diego, Cal., relating to the insurgent ves el Itata and the schooner Robert and Minnie. He refused to give out for publication the full text of the correspondence. The information given by the Attorney General agrees substantially with that received in the press dispatches from those two points. The representations upon which the orders were originally given to the collector ot customs at Wilmington and subsequently to the United States marshal at San Diego to detain the Robert and Min nie were made to Secre'ary Foster and At torney General by the Chilean minister and were to the effect that ho had information that the neutrality laws were being violated. the deputy handed. Telegrams received by the Attorney Gen eral indicate that the steamer Itata, after escaping from San Diego with a deputy tnarsha 1 aboard has sent him ashore at a point on the coast about eight miles below tuecity. The Itata is a Cmlean insurgent v osel, of iron build. She carries four can nons and about 100 men. The telegrams mention the probability that the Hubert and Minnie would go to Sau Cle mente Island and there transfer her arms and ammunition to the Itata. The Attor- General refused to ind.cate what further steps he had taken in the matter *ince the escajie of the two vessels, or to hucus the probability of any international complications arising in connection with the matter. MAY HE PURSUED. Ine Attorney General "bad several con ferences on tl.a subject with the Meoret iry 1 f the Navy during tbeiiav aud tins gave rto the story that efforts ware to he n ale to recapture the Itata. “Can you take the vessel on the high seas * ll bout violation of the law!” a reporter •“jeed heernutry Tracy, Ten, sir,” r> pi led the secretary, emphati- V “Will you do Itr asked the reporter. %\)t “I have no answer to make bo that ques- i tion,” replied the secretary. “You can’t skin a hare before you catch him.” This seems to summarize the present situ ation. The Itata will be recaptured, if pos- ; Bible, but she has a long start of any pur- * suer. THE CHARLESTON MAY CHASE HER. Probablv the new cruiser Charleston is j the only naval vessel in those waters that would be able to cope with the audacious and well-armed Itata. But the Charleston is at Bau Francisco, a day would be re quired to coal her and thou she would start from a point several hundred miles north of the place the itata left. So that practically the Chilean vessel has at least three days start of her pursuer. The navy department officials will not say whether or not the Charleston is to go in chase, but it is known that they have beeu canvassing the poss.bilities of the case. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The escape of the Itata raises tangled and important questions of international law. The Alabama claims, which cost the British government *20,000,000, arose in a similar manner, through the equipment of a con federate vessel ia an English port, and the supplying of men, guns and ammunition to her by British vessels. As the Itata haa been seized by the United States at San Diego, she was technically United State* property until discharged, and is, therefore, liable to recapture ou the high seas by a United States man-of war, or to confiscation if she ever enters United States ports. Bo far as is known there is no charge of piracy against either the Itata or the Robert and Minnie. They are charged with violation of the neutrality laws, which forbid the fitting out in the United States of vessels to war upon a couutry with which the United States is at peace, incidentally, legal determination of the force of this charge involves the ques tion as to whether the Chilean Insurgents are to be recognized by the United Slates (as they have been by Great Britain) as belligerents, and to a settlement of this question the state department officials are already applying themselves. At a late hour it was reported that the administration, chagrined at the escape of the Itata, had ordered the arrest of Con gressman Richard Trumbull of Chile, repre sentative of the congressional party of Chile, who is now supposed to be at San Francisco. No official confirmation of the report could be obtained. NO CHANCE FOR PEACE. Valparaiso. May 7. —President Balma ceda has rejected the demand of the dele gates from the congressional or Insurgent party, who have been trying to come to some understanding with the president by winch the civil war might be brought to a termination. There is, therefore, a com plete rupture in the peace negotiations, aud it would appear that tbo struggle which has been going on for months past between the president and congressional party must be renewed and fought out until outside inter vention or one side or the other is utterly crushed. Much excitement was caused here to-day by an attempt to assassinate leading mem bers of the cabinet by means of a bomb thrown at them iu the street. President balrnaceda has given notice of the withdrawal of bank notes at the rate of 10 per cent, monthly. The president also demands that all import duties shall be paid in silver. THE CHARLESTON AT FRISCO. San Francisco, Cal., May 7.—The United States cruiser Charleston came down from the Mare Island navy yard to-day and is now anohored in the bay off this city. THE OMAHA JUST TOO LATE. The Chronicle's special from San Diego says the United States' steamer Omaha entered San Diego harbor this morn ing on her way from the Asiatic station via Panama to San Francisco just twelve hours too late to be of any service to the United States marshal in detaining the Itata. The captain of the Omaha says he saw nothing of the Itata cr the Chilean warship ou the trip up the coast. The Omaha left Yoko horna March 9 and only stopped at San Diego for coal enough to take her to the Golden Gate, where the vessel will be thrown out cf commission and her crew paid off. This is her first visit to on American port for six years. The officers knew nothing of the sensational events transpiring. LONG ISLAND‘3 BIG FIRS. The Lumber Firms Gut of Pocket Nearly $500,000. Long Island, May 7. —Fire engines and tugs were this morning still playing on the ruins of the greatest fire Long Island City has ever had. The aggregate losses will ex ceed every estimate already made, and will reach, probably, *500,000. None of those burned out were willing to place more than nil approximate estimate on their individual losses. The iosses of the Export Lumber Company will probably reach $250,000. H. F. Burroughs aud Co.'s lumber yards were also entirely destroyed, and the loss is about $200,000. Done, Caster & Bros., iron founders, will lose $150,000; the Whitney Lumber Company, $50,000; Hummel’s stone yards, $5,000; Clark & Sampson, hay and feed, $15,000; Mclntosh &Cos., lumber com pany, $25,000; the Tunis Sims Company $1,005, and E. W. McClare SI,OOO. All the above firms are partially insured. Nothing definite about their exact losses and insur ance cau be learned from the fact that their offices were destroyed, and if any of the books were saved they are in the safes lying in the ruins. RACED FOR AN’ 0FF133. Two Men Tied for Treasurer Decide it by n 200-Yard Dash. Crawfordville, Ind., May 7.—The city election at Waynetown, Montgomery county, occurred Monday. William Sims and Frank Hollowell tied for the office of treasurer. Each gentleman received 323 votes. To decide the question as to which should hold the office a foot race was held yesterday.between the men. The race was a 20u yards dash and several thousand peo ple were on the ground betting on the out' come. Sims seemed a sure winner until he tripped and fell when within three yards of the goal. Hollowell fell over him, but, crawling over the line, won the race, amid the howls and cheers of the crowd. Hollowed was duly sworn in last evening. eufadga’s broken bank. A Motion to Discharge the Receiver Overruled. Montgomery, Ala., May 7.—ln the United States court here to-day. Judge Bruce overruled a motion to discharge the receiver of the McNab bank, which failed at Eufaula a short time ago, and at which time its affairs were placed in the hands of J. VV. Tullis, aa assignee. The order of the court places the affairs of the bank per manently iu the bauds of a reoelver, H. i>. Clayton. A Labor Header fieutenoed. New York, Mar 7.—Judge Van Brunt to-day sentenced Joseph Baroodeas, a labor leader, to one year and nine months’ impris onment in Ui state orison tor e* wrung #loo from I’opiiu & Marks. BERING SEA SEAL SKINS. BLAINE’S LAST LHTT3R TO SIR PAUNCBFOIB. Lord Eallsbury’s Modifications to the Questions for Arbitration Slightly Changed by President Harrison—The Six Questions as Proposed by the Pres dent—Questions That Grow Out of Them. Washington, May 7.—An addition to the Bering sea correspondence between Secretary Blaine and Lord Salisbury is mdde public by the state department. It is a letter from Secretary Blaine to the British minister, Sir Pauncefote, dated April 14, 1891, in reply to Lord Salisbury’s latest communication, heretofore published. Secretary Blaine says: Sir-The modifications which Lord Salisbury suggests In the questions for arbitration do not whody meet the views of the President ; but the President changes the text of the tnird and fifth in such a manner, it is hoped, as will result in an agreement between the two governments. While Lord Salisbury suggests a different mode of procedure from that emb .died lu the sixth question, the President does not understand him actually to object to the question, and be, therefore, assumes that it is agreed to. The six questions as now proposed by the President are at follows: 1. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now known as Bering sea. and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exeroise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States? 2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recognized and conceded by Great Britain? 8. Was the body of water now known as Bering sea Included in the phrase “Pacific ocean” as used in the treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia, and what rights, if any, in the Bering sea were held and exclusive ly exercised by Russia after said treaty? 4 bid not ail the rights of Russia as to juris diction. and as to the seal fisheries in Bering sea, east of the water boundary described in the treaty between the United States aud Russia of March 30, 1867, pass unimpaired to the United States uuder that treaty? 5. Has the United States any right, and if so, what right of protecc ion or property in the fur seals frequenting the islands of the United States in Bering s a, when such seals are fouud outside the ordinary three mile limit? 6. If the determination of the foregoing ques- tions shall leave the subject in such a position that the concurrence of Great Briiain is neces sary In prescribing the regulations for the kill ing of fur seals in any part of the waters of Bering sea. then it shall be further determined; 1. How far, if it all, outside the ordinary ter ritorial limits it is necessary that the United States should exercise an exclusive jurdisdiotion in order to protect seals for the time firing upon the islands of the United States and feeding therefrom? 2. Whether a closed season (during which the killing of seals iu the waters of Bering sea in the ordinary terr torial limits shall be prohib ited) is necessary to save the seal fishing indus try, so valuable and important to mankind, from deterioration or destruction? and. if so, 3. What months, or parts of months, should be included in such season, and over what waters it should extend? The President does not object to the addi tional questions respecting alleged damages to English ships, proposed by Lord Salisbury, If one condition can be added, namely, that after the issues of arbitration are Joined if the United States shall prevail, all s als taken bv Canadian vessels during the period shall be paid for at the ordinary price for which skins are sold. This seems to the President to he a complement of Lord Salisbury's proposition, and he doubts not that it will secure his lordship's assent. In the first paragraph of Lord Salisbury’s dis patch on Feb. 21 he makes the following dec laration: It is now quite clear that the advisers of the President do not claim Bering sea ns a mare clausum, and, indeed, that they repudiate that contention in express terms. Lord Sails bury’s expression is put in such form as to imply (whether be so Intended I know not) that the United States had hitherto been resting its contention upon the fact that Bering sea was a mare clausum. If that was his intention it would have been well for his lordship to specify wherein the United States ever made the assertion. The emphatic denial In my dispatch of Dec. 17 last was intended to put an end to the itera tion of the charge and to eliminate it from the current discussion. Trie remainder of the letter is in reply to the arguments and citations presented by Lord Salisbury in his communication last made public. WHAT BLAINE SAYS. Mr. Blaiue says: Lord Salisbury complains that I did not deal with certain protests, written by Lord London derry and the Duke of Wellington in 1822, which ho had before quoted. If he will recur to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh pages of my dispatcli of Dec. 17, he will observe that I specially dealt with these; that I maintained, and 1 think proved from the text that there was not a single word in those protes a referring to Bering sea, but that they referred to territory south of the Alaskan peninsular bordering on the Pacific and geographically snut out from Bering sea. Secretary Blaine regrets that his argu ment on the point which Lord Salisbury considered vital should have escaped the latter’s notice. Re then proceeds to say: In Lord Salisbury's judgment tne contention of the United States now rests wholly upon the the ukase of 1321, by Emperor Alexander I. of Russia. The U nlte d States has at no time rested its argument upon the ground above mentioned, and this government regrets that Lord Salisbury should have so misapprehended the American position as to limit its basis of right in Bering sea to the ukase of 1821. The United States has, among other grounds, insisted, without recurring to any of its inherited and superior rights, that this government has full authority for going beyi nd the three mile line In case of proved ne cessity as Great Britain poisesaes. Two or three i stances of power which Great Britain exercises beyond the three mile fine have already been quoted, but have failed, thus far, to secure comment or explanation from Lord Salisbury. Another case can be a Ided, which, perhaps, is still more to the point. In 1889. only two years ago, the britlsn pariia- ment enacted a law, the effect of which is fully shown by the map enclosed herewith. Note—The map referred to represents a triangular she st of water, with an apex formed by three small firths or Days. The great body of the water is nameless on the map. Across the base of the tr an vie is a line of exclusion, measuring eighty-five miles, and the two sides are fifty-six miles and sixty two miles long, making the total inclosed area 2,100 square miles]. Far outside the three-mile line the parliament of Great Britain has attempted to control a body of water situated beyond the northeastern section of Scotland. 2.700 square mile in extent, and to direct that certain methods of fishing shall uot be used within th.it great body of water under prescribe! pena'ty. It will be observed that the inhibition applies not alone aga>st British subjects, but against “any persons.’’ A PARAPHRASE. Secretary Blaine here quotes pertinent sections of the parliamentary act in ques tion and proceeds: If Great Britain may thus control an area of 2,TOu square miles of ocean on the coast of Scotland, why may not the United State* pre scribe tiie space aroun 1 the PribylofT Islands, in which similar prohibitions may be enforced? The following would be needed legislation for such purpose by congress, and it is but a paraphrase of the act of parliament. The fur seal board may. by by-law or by by-laws, direct that the methods of sealing known as spearing and harp >oniue, or with firearms, shall not he used within a line drawn fr on tlm snores of PribylofT Islands sixty uhles in Bering sea. and said board may, from time to time, make, alter and revoke the by-law* for the purpose of this section; h it no such by-law s all he of any validity unti! it has been confirmwl by the Secretary of the Treasury, Hecoiid, any person who use* suy such method of sealing in contrsvention of soeh by laws shall be liable on conviction to a Hue uot exceeding SM fortbo first o lsnss and uot sa cs ding (<0! for fun second or any sub sequent offeuie. *nd every tp-ai. harpoon or firearm atieiojk-d to b-> used to root aveatloe at nuy suso by law may !w seized and destroy and Of outer i# disposed of as sard fur seal hoard SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1891. may direct. It must not escape observation that the area of water outa.de of the tnree mile hue on the coast of Scotland, whose control is as turned by Great Britain, is as large as would be found insi.la a line drawn from Oa)a Ood to Portland harbor, on the New England coast. BERING SEA AND THE PACIFIC. Secretary Blaine then returns to Lord Salisbury’s reasserted contention that the words “rooific ocean” at the time of the treaty between Russia and Great Britain inoluded Bering sea. Secretary Blaine calls attention to hia former demon stration that Russia did draw a distinction between these waters, snd adds that, “so long as Russia drew that dis tinction, it must applv to aud must abso lutely deoide all contentions between the two countries as far os the waters of Bering sea arc concerned." To discuss this matter further would, in the opinion of the President, contribute nothing of value to the general contention. In the opiniou of the President, Lord Salisbury is wholly and strangely in error in making the following statement: “Nor do they (the advisers of the President) rely as justification for the seizure of British ships lu open sea upon a contention that the interests of the seal fisheries give to the United States govern ment eny right for that purpose which, according to international law, it would not otherwise posfcsiA'’ The govern ment of the United States has steadily held just the reverse of the position which Lord Salisbury has imputed to it. It holds that ownership of the islands upon wbiob teals breed, that the habit of seals iu regularly resorting thither and rearing their young thereon, that their going out from the islands in search of food and regularly re turning thereto, aud ail the facts and inci dents of their relation to the island, give to the United States a property interest therein; that this property interest was claimed aud exercised by Ru-sia duriug the whole period of its sovereignty over the land and waters of Alaska; that England recognized this property interest so far us recognition is implied by abstaining from all interference with it during the whole period of Russia's ownership of Alaska and during the first nineteen years of tho sovereignty of the United States. It is yet to be dsteruiinnl whether the 'awless in trusion of Canadian vessels in 1880 and sub sequent years has changed the law aud equity of the case theretofore prevailing. it, is stated bn good authority that the probability is that the cutter Rush, now at Han Franoisoo, will not sail for the seal islands on May 14, as originally contem plated. BLAINE TO BE BUSY. Many Complicated Questions Before the State Department. Washington, May 7.— There is a vast accumulation of matters requiring atten tion from the state department just notv, and Secretary Blaine will probablv be a very busy man during the summer. Recent events in the Chilean situation nave added to to the complexity of affairs, and there is now a long docket of unsolved diplomatic problems, as follows: Tne Italian aud Bering sea complications; the Canadian reciprocity and Newfoundland fisheries negotiations; the Chilean troubles; the Hpani-iagreement; the Venezuelean treaty; the Haytian coaling station; the refusal of China to receive our minister; the trouble over the failure of the oonsul at Victoria to toast the queen, aud quite a number of minor matters, including the claim of the Bamindia family. KEYSTONE BANK LOSiES. All the Stolen Money Not Taken by Ex- Prestdent Lucas. Philadelphia, Pa., May 7.—lt is now established beyond a doubt that all of the money which has been taken irregularly from the Keystone Bank is not embraced In tbo operations of JohnG. Lucas. Trans actions which have oocurred since his death have come to light that tend strongly to oonflrm the assertion freely made that when money was gone they sai l, “Just charge it to the Lucas account." It is openly charged that in this manner large amounts of money were taken and the tracks of Its disappearance buried in the Lucas deficit. In this connection as tonishing revelations are exi<ected. Forgery is hinted at. Notes are said to have disappeared and memoranda been stolen. Extraordinary efforts an being made to keep the exact nature of the opera tions from the publio, aud these attempts of suppression will probably be carried in the proceedings of the hearing to-morrow. the city’s deposits. Controller Thompson has begun an in quiry into the acoounts of the city treasurer, who has a large deposit in the Keystone Bank. The controller said to-night;’ “The situation is such that I was forced to the conclusion that it was my duty as controller to take some official action of that kind. I have written to the different hanks for a statement and received a num ber of replies to-day.” Upon being pressed as to what the replies disclosed, the con troller said; “Possibly to-morrow I will feol at liberty to talk about that part of the subject. To-night, however, I cannot." DEPOSITED IN HIS OWN NAME. The statement of the city treasurer that he deposited taxes collected by the state in his individual name has as much as any thing else prompted the controller’s Inquiry. “I do not share the doctrine that public funds should be kept as individual accounts,” said the controller. He spent several hours to-day looking over the acts of the assembly aud ordinances giving the custody of the public funds for the purpose of as certaining if there was any law bearing on the subject of state funds. So far as his ■ search extended he found no law specifically forbidding the praotioe of keeping state money in any manner the treasurer saw fit. A RECEIVER TO BE APPOINTED. All possibility of the Keystone Bank effecting a reorganization or going into voluntary liquidation has been given up and a receiver will now be appointed by Con troller Laoey. The failure of the plan for the bank to liquidate has arisen chiefly through the pronounced hostility of a num ber of stockholders to the proposed assess ment upon them of the difference between the bank's liabilities and its assets. A NEW BTHAMEH SUNK. Her Officers Refused to Obey the Orders of the Pilot. Chattanqosa, Tenh., May 7.—A tele gram from Florenoe, Ala., to the Timet tells of the sinking of a large steamboat ju>t put in tho river trade by an association of merchants of Chattanooga. Th* boat was making her initial trip from St. Louis to <' attauooga, heavliy laden and towing !v-'tvy barge. The telegram reached tbo city •■ ■a to-night, and no further particulars co !>• learned. It H os follows: “The >■ ' Herbert sa.uk this moralug in the ii . q .snoal* canal. The accident occurred be woen locks One and B, in the open river, acu was doe entirely to negligence on the part of the boat's officials, who failod to obey the commands of the bead pitot. The Herbert now Use in the river w|:b her lower deck two feet under the water, and no im mediate hope or rsuing her. No live* were lost.” O'MALLEY GIVEN HIS SAY. A FIVE COLUMN INTERVIEW PUB LISHED AT NEW ORLEANS. He Reasserts Bla Alleged Belief of the Innocence of Five of the Italian Prisoners—He Has a Theory of the Murder, But It is Not Attributed to the Mafia. New Orleans, La., May 7.— Papers here publish a five-column statement by Detective D. C. O’Malley, giving an ac count of his career since his arrival in this city in 1878. It gives dstails of bis em ployment by a number of re-pectable people and his connection with several famous criminal cases, in some of which he assisted the state. He then goes over the old Matranga-Provenzano case and finally the Henuessy case. A MAN WITH A THEORY. Ho reasse-U his belief that flvo of the Italians who were tried for the murder of Honnessv were innocent. O’Malley says: “As to my theory of the murder, 1 have one, of course; but in the absence of any direct evidence 1 should not like to say wbat that theory is. It is certainly not any Mafia or Dago business. Perhaps 1 may at some future day speak further on this subject, at which time I will have something to substantiate the statement I inny make. 1 will advauce no theory now, as by so doing I may throw suspicion on parties who may be perfectly innocent.” THE TALK OF LYNCHING. In conclusion, O’Mulley says: “I desire tossy this: Conscious of my innocence, in opposition to the advioe of my friouds, I re fused to leave the city, and surrendered myself S3 soo i as 1 had au intimation tiiat 1 had been indicted. lam not afraid of an investiaation, and only ask for a square trial. My life has been threatened, ami it is being bruited about that after I shall have been allowed toeujoy a form of trial, if the jury should be weak eunuch or foolish enough to acquit me, I shall not be per mitted to liva lu this community. I cannot make up my mind to the belief tiiat tills represents tho sense of this community.” A SEVERE COMMENT. London, May 8, 2 a. m. —The Post com ments severely upon the unsatisfactory aspect of the New Orleans dispute with reference to the relations of tho federal government with foroigu nations. “Wo cannot,” says the Post, "suppose that Btc refary Blaine deliberately intends to put forth document* of purely domestic signifi cance as the basis of negotiations with Italy." The Chronicle says: "Secretary Blaine’s comparison of Bering sea with Moray firth is fu> oical. The cases ure widely dissim ilar.” COLD COMFORT FOR ITALY. * London, May 7. —The News says: “The report of the New Orleans grand jury is cold comfort for Italy. The only satisfac tion which it is now in America’s power to offer is close pursuit of the corrupt jury men.” AIR BRAKES FAILED TO W ORK. A Disastrous Wreck on the Fan handle Road in Ohio. jCoLCMBUs, 0., May 7.—A disastrous wreck occurred on the Panhaudle railroad four miles west of Dennison, 0., at 11 o’olock this morning, beißg a collision between tho limited mail No. 7 west and a passenger. No. 10, east. Daniel Longneoker of Colum bus, baggage master of No. 10, was In stantly killed. He was formerly a con ductor on the same road and a prominent ex-soldier. Three or four cars were de molished and trains delayed about six hours. At the point of the accident the double track begins, and it is the usual place for trains to pass. RUNNING FAST. The passenger train was running ut a high speed, being heavily loaded, and also carried the privato oar of Hupt. J. F. Miller with a party of railroad officials. Engineer Thomas Irwin states tnat the air brakes failed him at the point of the accident, and he ran out into the single track aud was in the act of reversing to set back when tiie accident occurred. The two engine* were fairly weldsd together, so great was tne force. The first mail and i aggage car were smashed into kiudli ig wood. Tne engineers and firemen escaped with slight injuries. The occupants of the rear conches and mail cur were badly shaken up, but escaped serious injury. CRUSHED TO DEATH. In tho front cars of No. 10, however, the occupants fared differently. Longneeker was literally crushed to death, dying almost instantly. The express messenger, Marvin, was badly bruised, and Postal Clerks C. D. Rogers, Samuel Ci ouch and Miller, all of the first oar, were more or less injured inter nally and bruised about the body and limb 9. HARRI3O 2 COMING EA3T. A Beauttrul R'.do Through the Pictur esque Columbia Valley. Portland, Ore., May 7, —The President and party returned this morning from Puget Sound and loft at 7:15 o’olock over the Union Pacific railroad for the ea3t. A PICTURESQUE RIDE. The Dalles, Ore., May 7.— When the train left Portia and the skies were clouded, but about 10:30 o'clock they cleared, and the remainder of the trio through the picturesque ralley of Columbia was made in a bright light, wnioh disclosed the moun tains and cascades in all their beauty and grandeur. The first stop of any importance was made at The Dalles, where the party received an enthusiastic welcome. At Ohio the Presldeut visit'd a salmon can ning establishment and was presented with a large box of salmon caught this morning. ONE POINT NOT ENTHUSIASTIC. Pendleton, Ore., May 7. Before reaching Pendleton i short stop was made at Umatilla Junction, which place has the distinction of being the only place visited that allowed the occasion to pass without any recognition. A few people were assembled at the station, and the President stepped out on tno rear platform to greet them, but they made no demonstration whatever. 8 <on after leaving this point the travelers were treated to a sand storm which threatened to blockade the train, but the wind soon fell, and the train maintained Its schedule, arriviog at Pendleton on time. The presence of about 100 Indians, men and women, dressed in blankets and feathers, gave a picturesque ooluriug to the reception. The leader carried an American flag A Kentucky Feud. 1/OnieviLLE, Kv., May 7.—At Win chester, Ky., the French-Ever .-ole factions, whicu have been brought there os princi pals and witne->*e in the murder trials growing out of a feud, are on the point of an outbreak. B. If. French, tno leader, i last night seriously cut a man named Whit | k*r. whom he charged with attempting to I assassinate him. ENGLAND’S INFLUENZA. The Number of Prominent Men At tacked a Subject of Remark. Loudon, May- 7.—Each of the large hca pitals in London has an average of 100 cases of the influenza. There are signs of a con tinued increase of the epidemic. Several more members of the House of Commons have been attacked. Sis of the usual ocoupan's of the treasury bench were absent yesterday. Prince Christian and Count Hat.-.feldt, the ftsrmnn ambassa dor, were unable to attend the dinner given at the German hospital. The Duchess of Marlborough, Justice Homer and a host of public officials aro among those affected. The Earl of Powis died last night. The cause of his death is not yet reported. Ollier prominent persons affected are making eatislactory|progrosi. In Sheffield the epidemic is abauug somewhat. Else where in the provinces the epidemic con tinues. The large number of prominent men attacked is a subject of remark. It U supp sod the stiain of overwork renders them an easy prey. The registrar's returns show a serious in crease in the death rate in England. This is largely attiihuted to influenza. FIGHTING IN HONDURAS. The Rebels Dislodged From the Cuartel at amalpa. La Libertad, Salvador, May 7.—Ad vices received here from Honduras state that at 3 o’olock yesterday morning a force under the oointnaDd of Col. Molina and Gen. Bardales, both leading rebels, made an attack upon the cuartel at Auialpa. The guard was taken by surprise, and the rebels were soon in possession of the cuartel. The government troops were soon sum moned. and a force comprising tttO men, under command of Col. liarrera, made a movement against the cuartel. Severe lighting followed but at noon the government troops hod succeeded iu driving tho rebels from the ouartel. Inflicting a groat loss upon them. Among the killed was Gan. Hard alec Auialpa is situated upon the island of tuat . nine, and the rebels were driven to the mainland. Col. Barrera has a force of 300 infantry aud 40 cavalry guarding the island. The rebels are besieging the plaoe, aud evidently intend to make another at tack as soon as the reiufoioetuents, which they aro expecting, arrive. A PLOT IN NICARAGUA. Plans to Overthrow the President of the Republic. Ban Juan del Suit, Nicaragua, May 7.—From offioial sources it is learned that on April 30 a conspiracy was discovered In Han J ose, C isttt Ivica, to overthrow Presi dent Rogriguez. The government immedi ately requested aud received permission from the permanent council to suspend the constitution, mid the were caDtured. Every thing ft pow quiet. From other sources it is learned that tue revolu tionists attacked the barracks in Bau Jose, but were repulsed, live being killed. BELGIUM'S STRIKERS. A Denial That Thep Are Aaaleted From This Country. Parir, May 7.—A leading member of the oounoil of the Belgian workingmen's organ izations, in an interview to-day, denied that the Belgian strikers were assisted in their present struggle against their employers by funds forwarded them from the United Btstes or from England. The Belgian strik ers, lie said, had funds enough to carry on tho strike uud they in tended to light to the bitter end. The strike In Belgium is spreading. It is estimated that 1(M,000 men are on strike. Russia's Finances. Bt. Petersburg, May 7. —The Novae Vrunya, in an article op the tinanoial situation brought about by the withdrawal of the offer of the Rothschild syndicate to place the new Russian loan, urges the Russian government to withdraw a ma jority of Its deposits held in private bauks outside of the Russian empire. Italian Anarchists Arrested. Rome, May 7. —Additional arrests bare been made of anarchists who were con cerned in the Mayday riot In this city. Per sons arrested to-day had in th ir possession a pamphlet issued by Malotesta, an Italian refugee in isondon, explaining the manu facture and use of bombs. ' 1 ' ! ' renewal of the Dreibund. London, May 7.— The Berlin correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph, says that tbo Marquis di Rudlui, the Italian premier, has signed u treaty renewing the dreibund for live years. Expulsion of Jews. London, May 7. —The Newt correspond ent at Moscow says: “The expulsion of the Jews continues. Harsher measures are ex pected with the approach of the Master hol idays.” AN EXPLOSION IN A MINH. All but Four of the Forty-one Men In the Pit Rescued Alive. Clarksburg, W. Va., May 7.—This morning about 7 o’clock at tho Ocean coal mines, northeast of this city, owned by Wilson, Black & Sheridan, a terrific ex plosion of gas occurred. The report wag keardjfor many miles and brought a throng of people from all the surrounding country to the vicinity of the disas ter. Forty-one men bad desoendud into the mine, and about forty more were waiting to descend when the catastrophe took place. Two great clouds of smoke and a large volume of water were forced from the two entrances to tne mine, located about 1,000 feet apart, and there was no idea that any of the men would cotue out alive, but a rescuing party s arted imme diately after the explosion and thirty-seven of the men were got out alive, they having been in a part of the mine remote from the chamber where the gas was igniter). The other four were instantly kilted. The mine at once took fire and is burning furiously, and there is no hope of obtaining the bodies. Had the explosion occurred fifteen minute later forty lives would have been sacrificed. HIS FATHER KILLED 16 MCN. The Son Start* Out by Coming Out 1/irat Beet in a Dual. Knoxville, Tenn., May 7.—A bloody duel was fought near this city late yester day by two men named Johnson and Hize inore. Trouble has existed a long time be tween the men and failing to settle the difference, Johnson sent word to .Sisemore to meet him in a feoludivi spit, Tne chal lenge was aocspted, and In the fight John sou was kills 1. Sixain ru is the sou of a in tn who killed nineteen men before being himself killed. A reward ties besn offered for Kite more's arrest and a large posse is now hunting hi m down. 1 DAILY. *lO A YEAR. 1 5 C - NTS A COPY. > i WEEKLY, 1.26 A YEAR.I BLAINE A PARK HOUSE. HARRIEON MEN WORRIED BY Hl® PERSISTENT SILENCE. The President To Have a Talk With Elm When He Returns From the Slope— a Belief That He Will Offer To Get Off tho Track If Blclne la Id the Race. Washington, May 7.—The nervous desire of the Harrison men here, chiefly officeholders, that Secretary Blaine should come out in a public declaration that be will not contest with President Harrison for the nomination next year throws doubt on their constantly reiterated prediction that Secretary Blaine will soon appear in a letter or Interview aa they hope. They are talking all the tune In the tone of tbs ltussell-Harrison editorials about Secretary Blaine’s duty to be loyal, to give President Harrison tho credit for everything done by the state department, as well as the rest of the administration, and to forget and try to make everybody else forget that the chief achievement of the administration, re ciprocity, was stubbornly opposed by President Harrison until his hand war forced by Secretary Blaine’s diroot appeal to the people. HAS DELUDED HIMHKLF. President Harrison, judging from what his friends say, saenm to have brought him self to believe that he did not for nearly a year try to smother Secretary Biaioo’s reciprocity scheme, using all the influence of Lis office, together with Secretary Blaine’s personal enemy. Speaker Reed, to prevent even its consideration; that he did not succeed in keening it out of the McKin ley bill until it had gotten out of the finance committee the second time alter passing the House. and that he did not, by personal instructions to unwspaper malingers under obligations to him, secure at once the opposition of thetr newspapers to Secretary Blaine’s scheme anil ths reiteration again and again of President Harrison's disavowal of it. blaine'h surprise. When Secretary Blaine wiis asked by a friend the other (lay whether he had read what tho President had been saying about reciprocity In his little speeches, Secretary Blaine said: "Yes, and I wondered whether I was dreaming, my recollection of his nttitudo on that question being so totally the opposite of bis. If he did occupy the position he now claims, why did 1 have to write the letters to Senator Frye to get recognition for reciprocity?” But th J Hai is in men's answer is that the Prescient is entitled to all the credit and his secretaries to all the blame fol whatever is done In the several departments, regardless of the position the President may have taken while matters were pending. HARRISON TO TALK TO BLAINE. One of tho Prod dent's friends, who gets as close to him as any one can, said to day. ‘‘When the President returns ho will hav a plain talk with Secretary Blaine, in which tie will tell him that be ought to publicly uvow bis intentions, whatever they are, with respect to next year's nominar tion. Tho President is prepared, I believe, to say to Mr. Blaiue: ‘lf you are a candidate l sba'l not be, but if you are not I shall be, and 1 want to know now for my own sake aud for the pnrty's sake just where you stand, aud then I want the country to know it." THINK THEY HAVE HIM IN A CORNEA Evidently tlis Harrlsoniani believe that Secretary Blaine, unwilling to announce hnnself n candidate, although perfectly willing to accept the nomination, will as sure the President and subsequently the country that he is not a candidate, but they may be disappointed. Secretary Blame may refuse to comply with the President's request and may avail ,bimself of several convenient pretexts to leave the cabinet now that he has concluded his reciprocity agreements with Braid, Spain and Venezuela, and has little mors to hope for In that direction. Of course Sec. retary Blaine will not announce that he will accept the nomination in 1892, and his re fusal to announce that be is not a candidate would be bad enough for the Harrisoniana EXPEIiI.VE.sTB WITH LYMPH. Now York Doctors Who Have Tried If Compare Notes. New York, May 7.— Prof, liooh’s lympb was under discussion at the New York Academy of Medicine to-night. The spe cialist! who have been experimenting In a large number of varying cases for a con siderable length of time submitted the re sults of their investigations. Dr. A. L, Loomis, of Bellevue. Dr. K. P. Kinuicutt, of St. Luke’s, Dr. B. N. Hainneraan of Mount Sinai, and Dr. E. L. Tottdonner explained their experiments. Dr. Kinnicutt said that in early pulmonary diseases the results were certain. a great risk. In advanced stages it was attended with a great amount of risk. Dr. Loomis speak ing of thirteen cases, said eignt we e first stage, two second stage and four third stage. The average ago was 38 years. All gained at the first injection. One died after six weeks treatineut. The greatest gain In fleth was fourteen poauds, and the least three and one-half pounds. The doctor’s conclusion was that more careful experience was necessary before the posi tive quality of the lymph can be asserted. Of twenty-three cases, Dr. Heiuceman de clared two were cured, three improved and four made worse. He expected further de velopments. A BLOC K BURRED. A Hardware and Other Merchants Burned Out at Syracuse. Syracuse, N. Y., May 7.—Fire to-day destroyed the four-st ry brick block in Walton street, owned by James W. Eager a hardware merchant. Other occupants of the building were Frank Dill, stores and hardware; Joseph Fessenger, manu facturer of paper boxes and Perfec tion door ha r gem; Cl aries Gilehtr & Cos., manufacturers of children’s slioei. and the Hyraous i Cabinet Company. The loss on tne building and all of its oontents will reach (130,000. The insurance is about hall Its value._ SHOT HIS WIFE'S 818 TUBS. Thirty Tennesseeans Anxious to Hang the Scoundrel. Louisville, Kt., May 7.—Thirty Ten nesseeans came across the border into Ken tucky yesterday after Williams, who yes terday shot his wife’s two sisters, at O.eun Mary; Tone. They threaten hanging, if they find him. Williams went to the w: men’s house, and when they barricaded the door against him be shot through tbs door. ______________ A New Newspaper Bu id.ug. Chattanooga, Tenn., My 7.—The cornerstone of the new Timet bull link, • structure to cost tlbq,ooo, was laid to-day with appropriate ceremonies. Thor* were 3.00 J peoj Is present.