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THE MORNING NEWS, I
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I J. H. ESTILL. President. j
SENATORS DECIDE TO GO SLOW
THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION HILL
NOT PASSED YET.
tome of the Republican Leaders In
sist That the Commission Appoint
ed Shall He Confirmed by the Sen
ate and a Time Limit Filed for the
Making of Their Report—Senators
Morgan and Voorhees Fighting
for immediate Action on the House
Bill.
Washington, Dec. K>.—'There was war
talk and there was peace talk In the Sen
ate to-day over the bill providing for the
appointment of a commission to investi
gate the Venezuelan controversy, but
prompt action was prevented by the re
publicans, who insisted on referring tthe
proposed measure to the committee on
foreign relations. Public sentiment, as far
as heard from, favors the immediate pas
sage of the bill creating the commission,
which passed the House yesterday with
out a dissenting vote.
Senator Morgan, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, called at the
state department this morning and had a
consultation with Secretary Olney on tihe
subject, and the latter urged the imme
diate passage of the bill as adopted by the
House. Upon reaching the capitol Sen
ator Morgan discovered that the republi
cans, under the leadership of John Sher
man and Henry Cabot Lodge, would in
sist upon having the bill referred to the
committee, with the intention of amend
ing it so that the proposed commission
shall be appointed with the consent of
the Senate, and also that it shall be re
quired to submit its report within a lim
ited time.
Senators Morgan and Voorhees urged
Immediate action upon the bill, and In do
ing so they were merely indorsing the
course of the Presldeqt and punching holes
in the contention made by the iiritish
government. The republicans could r.ot
counteract the erfeet of the patri
otic utterance* of the two demo
cratic senators, so • while express
ing their hearty approval of the bold
position taken by the President, they in
sisted that the matter was of too much
importance to be rushed through the Sen
ate without more mature deliberation. In
the meantime they were strengthened in
their struggle for delay by a parliamen
tary objection to a second reading of the
bill by Senator Allen, populist, whlcti,
under the rules, carried the measure over
until to-morrow.
An effort will be made by Senator Mor
gan to-morrow morning to persuade the
members of the committee on foreign re
lations to meet with him and consider
the amendments that have been suggest
ed, so that when the Senate convenes, the
bill may be put through without further
delay. Borne of the liberal minded repub
licans, like Senators Teller of Colorado,
Davis of Minnesota and Mitchell of Ore
gon, are in favor of such action, but
Senators Sherman, Lodge and Chandler
cannot resist the temptation to play poli
tics, so they will endeavor to have the
bill referred to the committee, which
probably means that no aotlon will be
reached until after the holiday recess.
The patriotic members of the Senate,
who believe the President should have the
prompt support of congress In this mat
ter, will try to pass the bill, notwith
standing the political Juggling of Sena
tors Sherman, Lodge and Chandler.
There is more moderation and con
servatism among congressmen in discuss
ing the Venezuelan question to-day than
there was yestefday. Some of the parties
interested in the controversy as to the
strength of their respective claims, say
it would be wisdom on the part of the
United States government to proceed
cautiously and with great deliberation.
The men who thus assert themselves, as
sert that thoir views would not be popular
at this moment when public excitement
Is up to the highest pitch, hence they
do not dare give- voice to their actual
sentiments. Some significance is attached
to the fact that the Secretary of the Navy
10-day ordered the force at the gun shops
in this city to work night and day until
further orders, to complete the great
guns for the several warships awaiting
their armament.
By the Southern Associated Press.
Wa/dilngM|n, \Dec. 19.—The discussion
in the Senate to-day on the House bills
appropriating SIOO,OOO for the expenses of
the proposed Venezuelan commission was
marked by a unanimity of sentiment in
favor of the position taken by the Presi
dent in his recent message, and was sin
gularly free from passion and exMtement.
The debate proceeded by unanimous con
sent as there was really no question be
fore the Senate, objection having been
made to the second reading of the bill
to-day, and that objection carrying the
bill over till to/morrow. The debate was
opened by Mr. Morgan, who favored the
passage of the bill just as it came -from
the House, and would vote’for its refer
ence to the committee on foreign rela
tions only on condition that It would be
reported back and acted on to-morrow.
The only other senator who favored im
mediate action on the bill, without its
he.ng considered by the committee, was
-Mr. Voorhees, and his was the only speech
that breathed war and defiance. He de
dal ed emphatically that Great Britain
could not go to war with the United States
as long as Canada was a hostage on our
northern border.
Speeches were made, moderate in tone,
arid against hasty action, by Senators
Sherman, Lodge, Hawley and Teller.
Mr. Telleris speech was remarkable for
the declaration that if war should ensue
—which he deprecated and did not think
probable— the United Stales would not be
without European allies; and he specified
liussia particularly as wailing to seize
the opportunity of opening the Darda
nelles to her fleet, extending' her domiu
nation over China, and enlarging her
possessions in India.
At the close of the debate, Mr. Morgan
gave notice thpt there would he a meet
ing of the committee on foreign relations
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, -when
other resolutions embodying the princi
ple of the Houge bill, and which have been
heretofore referred to that committee,
would be taken up, so that a report should
be made and action had to-morrow. The
House hill will have its second reading
a* soon as the Journal is read, and then
the motion of which Mr. Sherman gave
notice to-day, to refer it to the committee
on foreign relations, maybe made. It is
>"'t at all likely that that motion will
men any opposition, but whether the
fill can be considered In committee, re
ported to the Senate and there acted upon
before the adjournment to-morrow is very
problematical. It not, the Joint resolu
tion for the holiday recess may fail.
As soon as the journal of yesterday was
lead this morning, a elork from the House
delivered to the Senate the Venezuelan
commission bill, and the Vice President
laid .t before the Senate.
Mr Sherman moved that the hill be re-
i erred to the committee on foreign reia
"ut BS *** s attention was called to
no fact that the present chairman of
• nat committee, Mr. Morgan, was not in
ie chamber, he withdrew the motion tem
porarily.
Mr. Cockrell, chairman of the commlt-
J'e on appropriations, reported back fa
'!'>• the concurrent resolution for the
' .. fecess. from Friday, Dec. 30, un-
H hriday, Jan. j.
'lr Chandler objected to the present
ii sider,tloti of trie concurrent resolu-
Ji‘ “J"; It went over till to-morrow.
Mr Allen, pop., of Nebraska, offered a
■ solution instructing the Anance com
'** JO Inquire whether It would not
i , 1 , .nt and proper for the govern- i
v hieel 1 l nited States at this time,
• uei eua toe contingency of aar be- J
She JUafnittji
tween the British empire and the United
States of America, may suddenly arise."
to open its mints to the free and un
limited coinage of gold anil silver at the
ratio of 16 to X; also to issue an ade
quate volume of greenbacks, and to with
draw the national bank power of currency
issue.
Mr. Platt moved to strike out the
‘‘whereas" in reference to war; and then
both he and Mr. Gorman objected to its
consideration to-day.
The Vice President then laid before the
Senate the President's message, with ac
companying documents, on the subject of
the outrages on Armenians in the Turk
ish empire; and it was referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
The House bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for
the expenses of the proposed commission
to Venezuela was laid before the Senate
and Mr. Morgan, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, addressed the
Senate on the subject. The Senate, ne
said, in consideration of a question of such
gravity ought to deliberate as long as
was proper and necessary 4n order to come
to an absolutely correct judgment; and he,
therefore, favored the reference of the
bill to the committee on foreign relations.
But he should object to any such ref
erence unless the Senate agreed that It
would take no recess until the committee
should make its report. For, while he
would hasten slowly in the matter, tie
would still make all necessary speed. It
was a question that was agitating the
people of the United States and of the
whole world; and delay would give an
opportunity for the formation of incor
rect opinions that might become very
unfortunate. He preferred to have ap
propriate and necessary deliberation. He
had doubts as to whether congress In
tended to intervene in that which was
a diplomatic question, or whether it in
tended to leave to the President of the
United States the full and unembar
rassed exercise of his constitutional pow
er in framing and shaping the diplo
matic question for the future considera
tion of congress. The division line
between the functions of congress
and of the President was a clear
one, and was one which he did
not cross by anticipation. As an illustra
tion of his meaning, he instanced the case
of Mr. Blount, who was sent by the Pres
ident as a special commissioner to Hawaii,
without nomination to or confirmation by
the Senate. That question was again in
volved In this matter, and ought to be duly
considered. It was for the Senate to de
termine whether It would interfere in the
matter, legislatively, now or whether it
would leave it where the President desired
(as indicated In his messaged it to be left,
in the hands of the executive. There was
no difference of opinion, he believed, be
tween the President and congress as to the
promptitude with wnich the questions
ought to be settled. He believed that the
President and congress were in entire
accord. So far as the Monroe doctrine was
concerned, that was settled by the action
of the executive, at least, and the con
clusions reached by the executive on it
would be absolutely and unequivocally con
firmed. He did not at all, he thought mis
take the sense of congress or of the peo
ple of the United States on the subject. The
question of the application of the doctrine
to the present case was one which was
settled by the President's message quite
as conclusively. But It was not Settled
absolutely. The government had passed
now to an attitude on the Monroe doc
trine that would gratify, ho thought, the
present generation of men and all genera
tions of Americans who might live here
after. Is was an assertion of the right
of the United States, as the controlling
nationality on this continent. It has been
made and would stand as the law af the
United States. He was incapable or ex
pressing the gratification he felt that a
question which hud been so long debated
had, at last, received such a clear-cut
definition. He could never express his
gratitude that a conclusion had been ar
rived at so entirely comporting with the
dignity and honor of the government of
the United States, with its prestige among
the nations of the world, and with the
sentiment of all the people of the coun
try.
Mr. Sherman, who is to be Mr. Morgan's
successor as chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, was the next speak
er. He expressed his general assent to
Mr. Morgan's views and commended the
President's message,' but favored a refer
ence of the House bill to the committee
on foreign relations and its deliberate
consideration by that committee and the
Senate. The bill, as passed by the House,
should be, he said, amended and defined
and limited. He endorsed the Monroe
doctrine, but argued that its application
to a speefie case was a matter of
the gravest importance to the
United States and to the world.
The controversy was a serious one, but
he had no doubt that the question would
be settled peaceably. An assertion
should tie made of ithe right of the United
States to prevent Eropean powers from
invading the American continent and
treating it as they treated Africa and
Asia. America was now settled in every
part by people of European origin, Eng
land having the greatest Interest.
"Under the circumstances,” Mr. Sher
man declared, "I do not **xpect that a
war will ensue. Ido not contemplate, or
wish to contemplate, the possibility of
such an event. I have seen enough of war
in my time to dread its principles and its
consequences. I do not wish, in the slight
est degree, to say a word that would in
dicate that a war was likely to ensue
about this small matter. At the same
time I think that the ITesident of the
United States did right in taking the
ground that it is our duty, as the most
powerful of American nations, to say to
the countries of Europe: ‘These
two continents are already occupied by
Christian people; and we are willing to
see that their rights shall not be tram
pled upon by European powers. Asa mat
ter of course, we cannot initerefere in any
agreement made between Venezuela and
Great Britain as to the boundary between
Venezuela and British Guiana; but I have
a map here (pointing to it), which shows
repeated encroachments made by Great
Britain. This is a serious controversy,
and Great Britain has taken the ground
that she will not even submit it to arbi
tration. Now, I think, that the British
people, when they understand this matter,
when they see that it has attracted the
attention of the civilized world, will not
insist on that refusal, especially when
it is recollected that the Monroe doctrine
was not, perhaps, as much the doctrine
of President Monroe as it was the doc
trine of -Mr. Canning, the English prime
minister. While we are in no hurry, I
do not wish this matter to pend beyond
the present session, but 1 do think that
the bill ought to be referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations, and that it
should he acted upon promptly. Let that
committee hear suggestions of amend
ment to the House bill. If all amendments
be voted down by the committee and the
Senate, and If they choose to take the
House bill, well and good. We will pass
it. But 1 demand the right of the Sen
ate to consider so grave a proposition as
this, a.nd not to be hurried in its con
sideration. It is supposed that we are
a slow-moving body. Well, we ought to
be. This bill ought to be referred to the
committee on foreign relations and the
committee should be instructed to report
it back—say to-morrow, or at any other
time necessary—and let it then be dis
cussed in the Senate. If the committee
reports amendments necessary and if the
Senate adopts those amendments. I have
no doubt that the House will also agree
to them; and if the committee do not
report any amendments, the Senate will
pass the bill as it came from the House.
That will show no baste, no excitement.”
Mr. Lodge said it would be difficult to
exaggerate the gravity of the question In
volved in the bill. It seemed to him that
the proper courts* for the Senate .to take
with such an !m|>ortant matter Was the
usual <'o'B#e to send the bill to the
committee on foreign relations und then
lntgu<-$ that commit<as to report at
once—to-morrow if the Hen#ie ho pleas
ed. H did not think that congress ought
to adjourn for the holidays until the bill
was dl|H>sed of He had not the least
desire to delay action. On th# contrary,
he wished to expedite it ln_every possible
(Continued m Fifth I'age.j
SAVANNAH, GA,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1893.
TURKEY’S REIGN OF TERROR.
A REPORT FROM SECRETARY OL
NEY SENT TO THE SENATE,
The Exact Number of American Cltl
>rn> Residing in the Turkish Em
pire laknown—AH the Missiona
ries So Far Heard From Have Es
caped Massacre, Hal Their Prop
erty- Destroyed—Reparation by
Turkey Demanded by Secretary
Olney,
Washington, Dec. 19.—The President to
day transmitted to congress a communica
tion from Secretary Olney on the Arme
nian outrages, in response to the resolu
tion of the Senate. Secretary Olney states
that the number of citizens of the United
States resident in the Turkish empire is
not exactly known, but there are 172 Amer
ican missionaries and dependents scat
tered over Asia Minor. There are also a
number of American citizens engaged in
business in the Turkish dominions and
others, originally Turkish subjects, but
now naturalized citizens of the United
States. The bulk of this American ele
ment is to be found remote lyoin our few
consular establishments. He bears testi
mony to the energy and promptness dis
played by our minister, .Mr. ferrell, in
taking measures for their protection,
which had received the moral supj/on of
the naval vessels of the United States.
He adds that while the physical safety
of the United States citizens seemed to
be assured, their properly has been de
stroyed at Harpoot and Maraah, in the
former case to the extent of Jtw.uuo. The
Turkisn government had been notiited
that it would be "held responsible for im
mediate and full satisfaction of ull in
juries on mat score." The loss of Ameri
can property at M a rash has not been as
certained, but a like demand for indem
nity would be made as soon as the facts
were known. The correspondence refers
to the killing of Frank Lena, an Ameri
can bicyclist, and states that six per
sons, Kurds and Armenians, were to
be put on trial for the murder.
The case of George Webber, a natu
ralized citizen of the United States, born
in Bavaria, is referred to as deserving
attention. He, an old man of 70, was ca
priciously arrested at Konla and trans
ported part of the distance on foot and
on a rough cart to Broussa and thrown
in prison, where he diePduring the night,
without medical attendance, irom the re
sult of his rough treatment. Demand had
been made’ for the removal of the offi
cials guilty of thifc cruelty, who. it is
stated, entirely disregarded Webber's
American passport, but it is added, "These
Just demands have not so far borne
fruit.”
A third incident is mentioned as fol
lows: "On the night of Aug. 4 last the
premises of Dr. Christie, principal of Hi.
Paul's Institute at Tarsus, who was
spending the summer months at the neigh
boring village of Namroun, were Invad
ed by an armed mob, obviously collected
in pursuance of a preconcerted plan, and
an outrageous attack made on a defense
less native servant ofs Dr. Christie, ana
on some students of the Institute, who
were then at Namroun. The authors of
this brutal attack were abundantly idem
tifled and through the prompt interven
tion of the United States consul at Beirut,
and the consular agent at* Mersined—the
nearest port—a number of arrests were
made. Notwithstanding ihe peremptory
demand of the United States minister
for simple justice, the assailants, when
taken before the local judge of Tarsus,
were released. So grave did this miscar
riage of Justice appear that an early oc
casion was taken to send the Marble
head to Marsinc to investigate the inci
dent, and lend all proper moral support
to the consular representatives or the
United States in pressing for due redress.
Their efforts to this end were most cor
dially seconded by the prefect of Marsine,
and on Oct.. 28 last, the accused, to the
number of eight, were brought to trial
at Tarsus, and convicted upon the evt
i dence, subsequently confessing their guilt.
The signal rebuke administered in high
places where responsibility really existed
and was abused, coupled with the estab
lishment of the important principle that
American domicile in Turkey may not be
violated with Impunity, renders the con
clusion of this incident satisfactory."
Secretary Olney continues as follows:
•Besides the foregoing cases of physical
injury to the persons of American citi
zens, or invasion of domieiaJiry rights,
the language of the Senate resolution may
be construed as covering the eases of ar
rest 06 such citizens, and of proceedings
against them in violation of treaty rights.
A number of instances of this character
have occurred.
"As the subject is a development of the
long standing contention between the
United States and Turkey, touching the
true intent and construction of the
fourth article of the treaty of 1830, ip re
lation to the extreme territorial Jurisdic
tion of the United States over its citizens
committing offenses in Turkey, its elabo
rate discussion in this place is neither
practicable nor opportune. It suffices to
say that, although the treaty in terms
gives to the ministers and consuls au
thority and iKiwer to punish American of
fenders, and absolutely excludes their im
prisonment by the Turkish authorities.
The Ottoman government, while admit
ting to this extent the English rendering
of the treaty, has on frequent occasions
assumed to imprison citizens of the Uni
ted States on criminal charges ami de
nied the right of the agents of this gov
ernment to effect their punishment. A
fruitful source of such assertion of au
thority is found in the case of persons
of Armenian origin, naturalized In the
United States and remaining within the
territorial Jurisdiction of Turkey, under
circumstances suggesting their complicity
in the revolutionary schemes alleged to
be rife in Asia Minor. Holding, as it
must, and showed that no distinction can
exist under, the statuses of the United
States between native and naturalized
citizens, so that it is as clearly the right
and duty of this government to extend
the full measure of its protection to the
one as to the other, and finding neither
in the treaty nor in our jurisdictional
legislation any dist inction as to the char
acter of the criminal offense charged—
but, on the contrary, seeing that by our
laws our ministers and consuls have ex
press jurisdiction over charges of insur
rection and rebellion when committed in
the foreign country by an American citi
zen, as well as over lesser offenses of a
similar character—this government is un
able to forego its rights in the premises
and cannot relinquish Jurisdiction.over
any citizens, even though after
naturalization he returns to his
native land and identify himself with its
political conspiracies. The right to try and
punish our citizens committing offenses
in Turkey has been so uniformly and
ably upheld by the successive Secretaries
of State since the contention on the sub
ject was first broached In 1892, that no
diminution of our claim can be consid
ered at this Important Juncture*. Conse
quently. the United States minister at
Constantinople has been instructed to
claim all right* under the fourth article
of the treaty of 1830, and to offer to try
any American citizen charged with in
surrection. rebellion, sedition or like of*
fense. or, in the, event of such offer being
refused, to demand the release of the ac
cused. Inasmuch, however as this govern
ment does not contest the paramount
right of a sovereign state to exclude or
deport for adequate cause, and in a proper
manner, aliens whose resort to Its terrl- t
torles may bs pernicious to the safety of
the state, tlie release of such persons on
condition of their leaving the country is
not gainsaid."
Thr>*e instances of unjust treatment of
American citizens or Armenian birth are
given as illustrations.
gecretary Olney speaks of having lit*
irustworthy luformatlon as to the Arme
nian outrages, but a*i lb* fact Uist ui
the Sassoun district numbers of villages
j were destroyed and many thousands of
defenseless Armenians killed under cir
cumstances of great atrocity, and that no
serious efforts on the part of the Turkish
authorities were put forth to stay the
slaughter, seems to be generally conced
ed. Since that time appalling outbreaks
against the Armenians nave occurred in
many parts of Asia Minor. At the latest
advices, the report says, mob violence
and slaughter appear to have been chick
ed, or at least to have partially subsid
ed. The Turkish government has been
emphatic in assurances of its purpose
and ability to restore order in the affected
localities. But, skys Secretary Olney, at
the present moment the temporary lull
in the turbulenoe la believed to he more
apparent than real. A letter just re
ceived from Minister Terrell, under date
of Nov. 17, expreises tile gr.-atost appre
hension concerning the ultimate fate of
the American citizens in the disturbed re
gion unless the appalling massacres can
be stopped by the united efforts of the
Christian powers. He sees no hone, how
ever. of a European concert to that end.
He says that if the missionaries wish to
leave Turkey h* can procure their trans
portation to Chriatian ports; if the men
wish to remain he can get an escort for
all to the sea coast, whereupon the men
can return, but he adds that the women
and children should quit Turkey.
Constantinople, Dec. 19.—Dispatches
from the Interior of the country predict
a renewal of the massacres unless the
powers Interfere to prevent them. The
distress arising from tyranny is ns bad as
ever.
The Armenian insurgents at ZeKoun
have imprisoned the delegates who were
sent to treat for their surrender, believ
ing them to be Turkish spies. Turkish
troops have occupied the last defile lead
ing to Zeltoun and a battle is dally ex
pected.
• The United States cruiser Marblehead
has arrived at Merslna. Mr. Christie, a
missionary, and his family have arrived
at Meslna seeking protection.
Gibraltar, Dec. 19.—The American cruis
er Minneapolis will sail hence to-morrow
for Alexandretta.
BRITAIN'S FRONT STILL BOLD.
No Developments Expected Until
After Christmas.
London, Dec. 19.—1n a speech delivered
at Bristol to-day, the Rt. Hon. air Michael
Hlcks-Beach, chancellor of the exchequer,
made a passing reference to President
Cleveland's message v Some people, he
said appeared to regard a war between
the United States and Great Britain as
Impossible, owing to their ties of kinship.
Nothing, however, was impossible. War
had already happened between them. If
kinsmen unhappily differed they became
sometimes very bitter enemies. But he
did not believe that many persons, if
any, on either side of the Atlantic thought
the people of the United States or Great
Britain wanted war.
Lord Salisbury did not come to London
to-day. Business at the government of.
flees went along as usual, and there was
no bustlo of excitement. It Is the opinion
in official quarters that there will be no
developments in the Venezuela matter
until the Christmas holidays are over. It
is also thought that the government will
not act in any way until it receives a
formal intimation of the appointment at
the American commission.
All the morning papers will publish col
umn* of lengthy.oxiraets from the French,
German and Austrian pr< tjg- denouncing
President Cleveland’s positron* The ar
ticles, however, are In no wise all friendly
to England. 1 ,
Belfast, Dec. 19.—A. newspaper here
prints a suggestion that the Orangemen
volunteer their services in the event of
a war with the United States to enable
them to have a chance of meeting the pro
posed Irlsh-Amerlcan army.
Paris, Dec. 19.—The Temps savs that the
possibility of a war between Great Britain
and the United States controverts the
proverb that "Blood is thicker than wa
ter,” and pricks the bubble of a gigantic
Anglo-Saxon federation. It add* that the
violence of American politicians is laugh
able, although the matter becomes grave
when it is remembered that the excitement
is echoed in England.
DEFENSES OF SAVANNAH.
Mayor Myers Called on to Make Sug
gest lons to the Senate.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Senator Bacon was
an interested listener to the debate in the
Senate to-day, and after the adjournment
he talked freely to the correspondent at
the Morning News about the war pros
pects. Senator Bacon says he does not
believe England can afford to go to war
with the l. nited States, and he looks for
an amicable adjustment of the pending
difficulty. In view of the strained relations
between the United States and Great Brit
ain, the Georgia senator insists that our
government should take prompt measures
to protect our gca coast cities, and to that
end he has forwarded to the mayor of Sa
vannah a oopv of Senator Hqiilre's sea
coast defense bill with a request that the
mayor will offer such suggestions as will
appeal to him in connection with Savan
nah. So far as the city of Savannah Is con
cerned, Senator Bacon savs that city would
have but little to fear from the British
war ships In case of war, as it would be
impossible for the English vessels to get
up the twelve miles of river to the city.
As to the commerce of the southern ports
he says it would naturally suffer, but he
does not think there is any danger of open
hostilities between the two countries He
is a firm believer in the Monroe doctrine
and he believes that the people of Georgia
would only be too g)ad to rush to the sup
port of the President in the position he has
assumed, if a conflict should take place.
INDORSED AT BERLIN.
Americans at Germany’s Capital Like
the Message,
Berlin, Dec. 19.-Th* American colony,
irrespective of party preferences or af
filiations, are unanimous in approval of
President Cleveland's message which
they regard as a matter of national honor
not of party tactics. The colony cheer
the Americans for rousing from their
recent inaction in the face of foreign as
sumption.
SIICIDE IN AN ASYLUM.
A Woman Improvises a Rope anil
Hangs Herself.
Nashville. Tenn., Dec. IS.—Mis. U. A.
Duneaji, aged 40, of Bedford county, Ten
nessee. an inmate of -the Retreat for the
Insane of this place, committed suicide
this morning by hanging herself with a
piece of lied sheeting attached to an iron
grating. She had been an Inmate of -the
asylum less than one day. Hot husband
is a well-to-do farmer, living near Man
chester.
An Appeal la tbe Holmes Case.
Philadelphia. Dec. 19.-An appeal to th*
supreme court was taken to-day by At
torney Rotan of the counsel for H H
Holmes, th# convicted murderer. The ar.
gurnent in th* caaa before tbe supreme
court Is set down for Monday, Jan. tb.
1896,
Two Nominations InslraH.
Washington, Dor. 19 -The Nanais, In e*.
M-uUve session to-day confirmed the f4.
lowing nomination* Willis L Mo ora to
be chief of the weather bureau, Wtoc-lock
O Garvey, to be an interstate couiui>*>o*
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CARDINAL SATOLLI S NEW CAP.
THE ZUrniETTA AND BERRETTA
CONFERRED ON HIM.
Marches* Sacrupantl Arrives at
Washington From Rome AVlth the
Insignia of the New rarillnnl's
Rank The Conslstortnl Letter
Head by Marches* Sbaretti—The
Cardinal Touches on the Venezue
lan Incident In tils Speech.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Marrhese Sacra
pantl, the noble guard of Pope Loe XIII,
bringing the zuochetta and berretta to
be conferred on Mgr. Satolli, arrived In
Washington at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon,
accompanied by Dr. Hookers, Mgr. Sa
tolli'a secretary, and was immediately
driven to the legation building. Maj. John
D. Kelley, city treasurer of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and Mr. McGuire, surveyor of the
port of New York, came over to Wash
ington as the guests of the noble guard.
Mgr. Satolll was advised by telegram
this morning that the zuochetta would be
conferred this evening and he sent out
invitations at once to his friends to be
present at the legation at 6 o’clock. Those
who responded were: M. Patenotre, am
bassador of France; Senor Dupuoy De
Lome, minister of Spain; Mr. Ploda, min
ister of Switzerland; Dr. Rooker, Mgr.
Sbaretti, Bishop Keene, rector of tho
Catholic University; Father McMahon,
who founded the McMahon Hall of Phil
osophy at the Catholic University; Father
Stephen, Father Gillespie, Father Mag
nien, rector of St. Mary's Seminary at
Baltimore; Father Urban of the Catholic
University; Maj. Kelley, Mr. McGuire
and Mr. Nagle.
At 6 o'clock Mgr. Satolli received the
noble guard In the reception room of the
legation. Marehese Sacrapantl, in the full
dress uniform of a noble guard, had with
him the little ted zuochetta lo be confer
red on Mgr. Satolli. He presented Mgr.
Satolli with the conaistori&l letter and In
doing so made a brief address. He ex
plained his mission and said that at the
consistory on Nov. 29 last, the holy father
had made Archbishop Satolli a cardinal,
and hail honored him by giving him tho
mission to bring the insignia and docu
ment to America. Marcheße Sbaretti
then opened the conslstorlal letter and
road it. It was a brief and official an
nouncement that the pope hail created
Mgr. Satolli a cardinal.
The latter then made a speech in Ital
ian, directing it to the noble guard. Af
ter eloquently expressing his gratitude for
the honor bestowed by the holy father.
Mgr. Satolli welcomed the marehese to
America. "You will find, as 1 have found.”
said Mgr. Satolli, "that the American
people are second to none In their gen
erous hospitality. You will be received
with the same kindness as I met with
when I came here a stranger. You will
find much to admire and to wonder at in
this great country. Much that to you,
coming from the old world, will be new
and marvelous. I am certain, however,
that you will admire nothing more than
the wonderful spirit of union and broth
erly love which prevails in this
great republic. You will see a people
scattered over an enormous extent of
country with an infinite variety of tastes
and desires, and of material interests,
but all tipped In the one great object of
the maintenance of their constitutional
unity and liberty."
Opntinulng, he made rather a pointed
reference to the Venezuelan matter:
"You have arrived at a particularly In
teresting moment In this regard. At a,
moment when a spark has been sent
throughout the length and breadth of tho
country, which calls the attention of all
its citizens to the danger -which Is
thought to menace it, and whatever may
have been up to to-day, dividing the In
terests of this great people, anew mani
festation of patriotic spirit has responded
at once to this impulse, and in reply but
one voice is heard, proclaiming (hat if
real danger does threaten, all are, and
will be, united for the common welfare
of thw nation."
He then took the little* red zucchetta
and placed It pn his head and walked with
the noble guard into the dining hall, the
other guests following, where a well ap
pointed banquet was partaken of. The
ecclesiastics present wore their sacred
dotal raiment, and Marehese Sacrapantl
was habited in a military garment, which
consisted of trousers at dark blue and
coat of black cloth, with Immense golden
epaulettes and a sword.
On Jan. 5. the berretta will be conferred
on Mgr. Satolli by Cardinal Gibbons at
Baltimore, which will he the last act of
making him a cardinal. Ho will, however,
have to go to Rome In order to receive the
"Cardinal's Hat," but at what time he
will depart he Is not yet aware. Asa card
inal cannot be a delegate, the office he has
occupied as archbishop, Mgr. Satolli is now
a pro-delegate.
A NEW TRIAL FOR WUHAN.
The Court of Appeals Affirms the
General Term Ruling;*
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 19.—The court of
appeals to-day rendered a decision sus
taining the decision of the general term
in the case of the people, appellants,
against Erastus Wlman. This was an ap
pel from a Judgment and order made by
the general term reversing the judgment
of conviction and granting anew trial.
Wlman was a member of the firm of
R. G. Dun & Cos. anil was convicted of
forgery, and sentenced to live and a half
years in state prison. The court of ap
peals' decision affirms the general term
decision granting anew trial, mainly on
account of the judge misdirecting the
Jury in his charge on the trial.
LOADED WITH COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Three Men Taken Into Custody by
the Police of Jackson.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 19.—The Jackson
police arrested three men last night for
passing counterfeit money. One is a
white man who gives his name as Wil
liam Stanley, and claims to be a plasterer
from Chicago. The others are negroes,
giving their names os Alexander Saun
ders and Henry Mitchell of Rockville,
Inil. Ail of them had their pocketa full
of tho spurious coin when arrested. They
hail been in Jackson since Sunday, and
had "shoved tho queer” right and left, es
pecially among the colored people, i The
police think that In Stanley they have a
iirjrt-clasH all round crook. He claims to
havo found the bag of bad quarters on
the street. United States Commissioner
Mosley will investigate.
SAVED ItY ANTI-TOXINE.
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Tbe Child Trealed Lives, While the
Other Is Dead.
Burlington, la., Dec. 19.—Physicians
and parents have bean brotnftit face to
face with the necessity of making a
strange chplce In this city. Two Ultls
sisters were sick with diphtheria. Tim
Chicago and Hi. Lulls boards of health
acre appealed to, hot anil-lozln* suffi
elsit for only one treatment could be ob
tained This meant life for one chip] and
death for Ihe other Tbs relatives shrank
front the 'choice and the prystei*n* made I
application of the remedy to Ui* ehlbj I
moat critically ill. |( Hi vs, Tbv other is J
dead. *
A NEW PLOT IN HAWAII.
A Lottery Company at the Hack of a
Conspiracy.
Honolulu, Dec. 12 (Correspondence of
the United Press Per Steamer Alameda).
-On Dec. 9 arrests were made of two
men who are now In prison, without
hail, charged with conspiracy to over
throw the government. The names given
by them are: W. T. Sheridan and Dr.
Underwood. Sheridan is understood to be
the same persons as Morrow of Oakland,
who not long ago figured In tho Califor
nia papers as organizing a filibustering
expedition. These men arrived here six
weeks ago and have been shadowed, and
evidence was obtained against them suf
ficient to arrest them and connect them
with a filibustering expedition. They have
generally met with a cold reception, no
royalists desiring to engage in another
attempt. It la learned from high author
ity, though not fully verified, that these
men have been seeking to secure from ex-
Queen LiliuokalaPi a pledge, if restored,
to license a lottery In Honolulu. It is sup
posed that some lottery organization has
promised them funits to equip an expedi
tion if they can secure su‘'h a promise
from the ex-queen. It is probable that tho
two men will get five years each.
The United States consul sees no ground
for Interfering In their behalf. This af
fair is unlikely to uffeet favorably the de
sired release of GuUck and the other five
political prisoners.
Minister Willis has presented to this
govornmdnt the claim of Hitman for $25,-
flui damages. Hitman and Whyte were ex
iled last February for having east certain
iron shells which B. Walker had filled with
dynamite. The government expects to fur
nish full evidence of Hitman s Inmpllca
tlon In the Insurrection.
Earthquakes of considerable force oc
curred in Honolulu at 11 p. m. of the Sth
and 3 a. m., of the 9th. Four light shakes
Intervened, no damage being done. Clocks
wire generally stopped and a few dishes
broken. Steamers lying at Mahukona ami
Kailua, on the west coast of Hawaii were
smurtl.v shaken, lly rather Imperfect tele
phone fifty miles from Kan it Was learned
that eight severe shocks Were experienced
at I’unaluxu harbor. Experts here believe
that an eruption is working upwards to
an outlet on Mauna Loa. It is nine years
since the last eruption and another Is fully
due. Two plantations In Kail will be im
perilled, wlitrh turnout 12,(K) tons of sugar
per year. Their chief danger is from dam
age to machinery.
Justice H. F. Byckert of the supreme
court died on the 10th.
HOUSE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
C'nmrrnn Apt to Agnln Henil the Ap
propriations Committee.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Speaker Reed will
announce the House committees to-mor
row, provided the resolution for the holi
day recess from Dec. 20 to Jan. 3, is con
curred .In by the Senate; but In case of
non-action on the resolution, the an
nouncement of the committees will be
postponed until tho day of adjournment
for the holidays.
It is asserted to-night that Rep
resentative Henderson of lowa will
not be tho chairman of the ap
propriations committee, of Which he la tlho
senior republican member. If Gils Report
be true, and It is apparently well founded,
there 1s little doubt that the POMltlon, will
go again to Mr. Cameron of Illinois, who
held the chairmanship In the Fifty-first
congress. It la not unlikely that Speaker
Reed, In order to compensate Mr. Hen
derson for his disappointment, and to
show hta appreciation of that gentleman's
excellent service, will place him upon the
committee on rules and bestow the chair
manship of a good committee Upon him.
Previous statements indicating that Mr.
Dlngley of Maine will be the next chair
man of the committee on ways and means
and that Representative Payne of New
York will be placed second on that com
mittee, are repeated with so much posl
tlveness as to give assurance of sulattan
ttal foundation, though, as Speaker Retd
himself says, he may revise the list even
after it gets In the hands of the clerk of
the House.
Tho work is practically completed,
although changes may he made
until me moment of their announcement.
Speaker Reed explained to-day that he
changed three chairmanships In the
Fifty-first congress while the list was
being yea/1 from the clerk's desk, and
the haste with which the committee* were
made up at Mils tlma might result simi
larly.
A RATTLE IMMINENT IN CUBA.
Insurgents anil Troops to Clash at
Malauzas.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 19.—Passengers to
day by yie Olivette say that great ex
citement" prevails in Havana over a
report that a great battle is imminent
between the Spaniards and rebels near
Matanzas. Four thousand Spaniards un
der Gen. Pando are said to be. facing a
large body of Insurgents, and When the
Olivette left Havana it was believed that
a great battle would occur in twenty-four
hours.
It Is reported In Havana that the Madrid
government has ordered Gen. Campos to
make desperate efforts to break the pow
er of the insurgents within the next few
weeks. The finance minister has cabled
Gen. Campoe that unless decisive victo
ries are won over the insurgents shortly
Spain will be unable to procure money to
maintain an army on the island. Gen.
Campos is urged to suppress the rebellion,
no matter by what methods.
Madrid, Deo. 19.—The Herald repeats
Its assertion that Gen. Martinez Campoe
Insists upon resigning his command in
Cuba and that Gen. Weyler, commanding
the Fourth corps of the Spanish army
stationed in the province of Catalonia,
with headquarters in Barcelona, will suc
ceed him. The statement cannot be con
firmed.
A dispatch from Havana to the LlberaJ
says that Gomez, with 6,0(j0 Infantry and
cavalry, is on the banks of the Hanabana
river, which forms part of tho western
boundary of the province of Santa Clara.
Ho has two field pieces, and a large quan
tity of ammunition and dynamite. He in
tends to Invade the province of Matanzas
and destroy property.
STEAMER SPREE STRANDED.
She Grounds Off the Isle of Higiil,
Hut Is In no Danger.
London, Doc. 19.—Lloyd's agent at Tot
land Hay, Isle of Wight, telegraphed at
5:10 o'clock this morning that the German
steamship Spree, from New York Dec. 10
for Bremen, was stranded on Warden
ledge, but would probably float at the
next flood tide. Tugs are now landing her
passengers and maiis. It Is likely that
a portion of her cargo will have to be re
moved. The-weather is quiet and the sea
calm. ,
Southampton, Dec. 19.—Tho passengers
of the Spree were landed here. Those des
tined for Bremen and ihsneo to other part*
of the continent will wait a reasonable
time for the floating of the Spree, and re
embark on hsr If sha should is* floated.
She cannot be put afloat, however, before
midnight, when the tide will again be at
the flood. Many of Ihe iiansengare In the
event of her not being floated, will prole
tidy take a railway train for London, and
proceed (hems on their jourasy by th*
way of Flushing while some trill remain
awaiting th* sailing of a special atvsisur I
for iircuicu oh Hatorogy, 1
I DAILY, $lO A TEAR. I
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) WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. A YEAR f
HAYWARD A TRIFLE MURDERER
AFTER THE FIRST KILLING HE
LIKED THE EXCITEMENT.
Ills First Victim a Chlnuma*n He Wmi
Gambling With In Sun Francisco.
An Ailvenlnress He Fell In With af
Pasadena. Shot Dead AYhile Ho
Alas Out Riiilnic AVlth Her—He Also
Shot a Girl's Brother and YVoaud
I p \\ ith the Glsg Murder.
Minneapolis, Minn., Deo. 19.—Harrr
Hayward's ante-mortem statement, dic
tated to a stenographer tlie night befor*
his execution, contains his confeoeioa of
the (ring murder and also the startling
information that he committed three mur
ders bnforo that crime. Hayward stated
in his confession that he never got into
trouble until he began to gamble. This
led him to form the acquaintance of coun
terfeiters, with whom ho associated for
somo time, but he never spent much of
the green goods; it was too risky.
One time, when he was out riding In St.
Louis, the horse became frisky and ha
shot him dead. Ho settled for tho ani
mal with the owner,
Tho confession then reads; "The first
murder I committed was In San Fran
cisco, in. the latter part of 1893. I wua
playing with a Chi Hainan for small stakes
anl the Celestial was cheating me, X
Jumped up and told him that 1 had found
him out, and ho came at me with a
knife. I pulled the heavy chair from un
der me, but 1 could not get a good swing
to strike him, so I poked the leg at him.
and struck him In the face.
“He fell and then I punched the leg In
to his eye and it crushed right. Into the
skull, and he lay still. After that I dug
a hole in the place under the floor in
the shed, broke up the chair and burned
it with the body there. 1 never heard
any trouble from It, although the papers
made a report of the finding of the body.
“After beginning j rather liked the ex
citement. Then luck followed me and X
went from there to Pasadena, iuul form
ed the acquaintance of a llkoly girl, a
regular adventuress. I was a little press
ed for money, and the girl hod saved s6i)o.
1 had her pat, but I could not get tha
cash except by pretending I had an In
vestment for her that was a money
maker. S9ie turned over the money and
I took her out riding, shot her and buried
the body, bhe was not very well known
and was never missed. I never heard of
that matter from that day to this.
"The last trouble before this, was at
Paso del Norte, I was mixed up with a
girl there and used to paint things one#
in a while. One night her brother caught
us together In my room, and had u#
dead to rights. He was crazy, and cam®
at me with a knife, i tried to beat him
off with a chair, and the girl cried to me
to shoot him, or he would kill me and
she would be found out. I fired at him and
•truck him in the shoulder, he dropped
the knife, and the girl Jumped out of the
bed ami nicked him up. He was quiet
enough after that and 1 took him to a
drug store and had his wound dressed.
He made up a story of how it happened
to ward ofr suspicion, and I promised to
marry the girl, and all was well for tho
time. I left there and learned afterward
that he died from blood poisoning from
tho wound.
"I was Introduced to Kate Ging m
January, 1891. That was at a time when
1 had been suffering pretty heavy losses.
It was about April l before I wkis real weli
acquainted with her, and then I set out
to got her money. I secured about <3.800
from her. That was right about my
playing the lsuik with her for a partner,
and that Chicago business. I did not loss
the money there and did not Intend to. I
never took any note# nor gave any up
Oo the time when we fixed up the last
scheme. I hypnotized her and played her
right. She was a good business woman,
but she was not highly educated, and
yet wanted to pretend that she under
stood things readily. In that way I could
work on her only through mystery. Mor
ally, with Kate Ging, there was abooliKe
iy nothing wrong. I say honestly, that
w'hllo 1 talked preity plain to her, I
Played the noble racket with her and
said that, even though 1 was a wild devil,
I would not do her a wrong for tho
world. I woe playing her for other pur
poses, you see."
Tho confession then relates that Hay
ward had tho mill at Humll burned, and
that, ho collected the Insurance. Ho pro
posal to Adry to help him murder Mis#
Ging. but dropped him because h# was
too "white llvered.”
Then follows tjie details of placing
SIO,OUO Insurance on Mtss Ging'# life, how
they arrunged for flashing money m res
taurants. visiting fortune tellers, paying
over $7,000 to her, of which $6,000 was
counterfeit, and turning over the poli
cies, etc.
Hayward then related how ho hypno
tized BLixt and Interested him In the plot
to murder Miss Glng, but he claimed that
Bllxt was eager to commit tho crime.
Hayward took Miss Ging out riding on
two occasions, showing her on the first
drive a house where he fold her counter
feit money could be secured. These drive#
were taken on the Saturday anil Sunday
nights preceding the murder, Mies Ging
taking the buckskin mare and meettng
HAyward at the West hotel. Ho Intended
to smash her head” with a T rail each
time, bht found no suitable place In which
to commit the murder. The last time he
R xw her was at 11 o'clock on the morning
of the murder.
The rest of the confession gives an ac-
JPV®*; the WUH 1 *' and coincides with
the evidence which came out ait the trial
Hayward meeting Miss Ging' near the
West hotel and driving with her to the
point where he met Blixt. when the latte"
drove her to Lake Calhoun and shot her
eiic yi v,? rd ln th* confession how he
fixed his alibi, and how he took Miss
Bartleeon to the theater. The Bartleeon
clock was wrong, and this accounts for
the discrepancy In time, which bothered
the lawyers in the case. “
TATE’S HO.VDSMKN SAFE.
The Court of Appeals Holds Thai
They Are Not Liable.
Frankfort. Ky., Doc. 19.-The court of
appeals this morning rendered a decis
ion in the last of several cases ponding
against the fiondsmen of ex-State Treas
urer Dick Tate, who decamped in 1888*
with $247,000 of state funds. Tire amount
sued for by the state in this caSe was
$59,000, but the decision holds that the
defalcation did not occur during the m
riod at which the bond sued on was in
forte, and the sureties, therefore, are not
liable. Tate's shortage in full was 124 -
-000, but' the state received SIOO,OOO from h'e
personal assets and also a Judgement for
SM* ', n , a ult against the bondsmen.
The opinion was rendered by CUef Jus
tice Pryor.
SIX NEW BATTLESHIPS.
Representative Hale Also Wants S3
Torpedo Routs Coualraeted.
Washington, Deo. — p -|
Hale introduced in the Senate to-day a
bill authorizing tho President to have
constructed, bv contract to th# lowest
responsible bidder, six sea-going coast
line steel battleships of about 11,000 ton#
displacement, dnalsnml to carry the heav
iest armor and the most powerful ord
naiiee; and of the highest rate of ISMSL
to cost H.uuo.noo inch; and n
I M/at*, to earn sacti Not more
than two of tin battleships nor more than
■ls of the torpedo boa's are to b# hunt
on the Pacific eusat; nor more thou two
wf t iU.er class built m on# yard