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slaughter at sabanilla.
pO I S H VOLI'NTEEHS FIHK OX DE
fesseless citizens.
yroc Story of the Snhanllla Affair as
Compared With the Tale Told by
Spain's Official Liars—Ten Cubans,
\\ ho Had Surrendered and Given
U> Their Amis Also Untehered in
Cold Blood—A Day of Reckoning.
Though, May Yet Dawn Upon the
Murderers— Insurgent Forces Wel
comed In the Town With Enthuai
a*ie Shouts of “Viva Cuba Libre!”
The Shooting Ordered After the
Insurgents Had Left.
Havana, Jan. 29, via Tampa, Fla., Feb.
t—The true story of what occurred when
insurgents entered Sabanilla has
sever been told In print. The authorities
prevented the Havana papers from pub
lishing anything, but a garbled account
of the affair, and even that was not al
lowed to be cabled to the United States.
The official account, which I was permit
ted to transmit, stated that the Insur
gents entered Sabanilla on the 22d, burned
the railroad station and two or three
houses, and looted several stores. The
garrison of fifty men made a strong de
fense and drove away the insurgents,
killing seventeen. The Spanish losses were
given as three volunteers killed, ten civil
guards wounded. A later official account
says that eleven people of color who
were unarmed, but who were followers
of the insurgents, were killed, and that
vnfortunately three women were killed.
The true story is as follows: Sabanilla,
an important railroad town in Matanzas
province, was entered by about 400 Insur
gents under Eduardo Garcia at 8:30
o'clock a. m., Jan. 22. The main body of
insurgents, numbering over 1,000, remain
ed camped on the outskirts of the town.
Garcia, the leader, belongs to one of the
best families of Matanzas, and many of
his followers had friends and relatives
in Sabanill'a. Fifty regulars, under Capt.
Juan Galan, and ten guardias civiles, shut
themselves up in- the barracks, and after
being warned by Garcia's men, they re
frained from llring upon the Invaders. A
number of Spanish volunteers Bred upon
the rebels from the church which had
been transformed into a fort. The rebels
returned the Are, killing three volun
teers and wounded two civil guards.
One Insurgent was wounded by a shot
from the church tower. He was taken
out of town on horseback, and he Is said
to be mortally hurt. The townspeople re
ceived the insurgents with cheers, shouts
of "Viva Cuba Libre" were heard on all
stiles, and the invaders were surrounded
by men and women, as well, who wished
them success, and told of their woes un
der Spanish rule. The poor people of the
town told Garcia that they were without
food and had been eating nothing but
cane from nearby plantations for days, as
there was no work and no money.
The rebel leader then ordered the store
keepers to open their doors, and told the
people to help themselvs. One shop keep
er, who resisted, was shot. About twenty
stores were looted of provisions, shoes and
clothing. The railroad station was
burned. Then the invaders left the town.
As soon as they were gone, the Spanish
volunteers issued from the church and
Bred into the defenseless crowd of peo
ple in the streets, killing twenty-four, in
cluding several women and children. It Is
claimed that these people were among
those who looted the stores, but even the
Spanish papers say some were Innocent
even of the crime of taking food to pre
vent starvation.
Not satisfied with shooting these people
It, rhe streets, the Spanish volunteers
took ten Cubans who had been with the
Insurgents for a time, but who had pre
dated themselves to the alcalde a day or
two before the fight and had been set at
liberty under the proclamation of amnesty
to all rebels who surrendered their arms.
These ten men were shot in cold blood by
the volunteers in revenge for the losses
sustained In the fight around the church.
These are facts.
The alcalde or mayor of Sabanilla, Don
J tan Galvez, is now In Havana, and de
clines to go back until a strong force of
regulars is sent to Sabanilla as a perma
nent guard. Ha says that the rebels have
been informed of the shooting of the
towns people by the Spanish volunteers
and Garcia hag threatened to return and
•till the volunteers and burn the town.
One thousand five hundred refugees
from Sabanilla reached Matanzas Mon
day. They were men and women and
children and most of them said they fled
for f.ar of further outrages by Spanish
volunteers. Others said they expected
the town would be burned by the insur
gents.
There are dally reports of arrests of
suspects In all the provinces. They are
thrown into prison without a trial and
■ n many eases without any evidence, of
having aided the Cuban cause in any way.
ihoir gravest crime may be that they
sympathize with the patriotic rebels in
the field. Many of them hold American
citizenship papers, and speak good Eng
lish.
The American consul interposes In all
these eases and prevents a court mar
tial, as the people are not taken in arms.
The government, after much delay, In
forms the consul that civil trial has been
granted, but the time drags along and the
people remain in jail. For the first three
days they are “incommunicado.” That is,
no one, not even their counsel, if they have
One, is permitted to see them. During
that interval the government, having ar
restod the “suspect” without evidence, en
deavors, by curious and devious methods,
to build up m ease, or induce the prisoner
incriminate himself. Rodriguez, who
j' :,s taken off the American steamer Oli
'ette ten days ago, is still in jail. Ceparo,
jh'' American, who was an insurgent
Fader. and who was arrested on a south
ooaFt passenger steamer, and who claims
was on his way to Havana to surren
der and claim amnesty, is still in Morro
castle. Honore Laine, a Frenchman, who
claimed to have been kcpit prisoner by
eoinr-z for several weeks, but who is said
y‘ nave remained with the insurgents of
"!? "wn accord and came to Havana,
* c re he was arrested on a charge of car
c a messages, is in the Morro Castle,
V": ihe French consul has asked for a
vil trial. Sangually, whose case was the
c v one in which a trial has been held,
" is convicted, without legal evidence, and
“Oetned to life imprisonment.
I'rnm a staff correspondent of the Unl
’*'l Press;
Parana, Feb. 2.—Gen. Sabas Marin, the
captain general, who has taken
‘k* field in person against the rebels, Is
?' r *'' !ir -g active operations with a view to
j', r ': :! S Antonio Jiaeeo, who Is said ta be
vn the eastern boundary of Pinar riel Rio,
i' a decisive engagement. Yesterday
~ j- Marin was at Gu’ra de Melena and
P, : ?V wa3 at Quivican, province of
<■;' “Long force Is proceeding against
v'-muz, the rebel commander-in-chief,
o was last reported to be east of
A V! 'an, near the center of the prov
" °f Havana.
n agements in tween the troop#
i , i., r, 'b> 1 bands have taken place re
ijY; but no details are obtainable. A
A.- t train consisting of thirty cars was
lt<-1. insurgents yesterday at Poso
op' a few miles south of San Felipe,
Trcol* .Havana and Babatano railroad.
■ -°PS have been seat in pursuit of the
Slje iHofmng IXctoa.
rebel*, who stopped the train by remov
ing rails.
The engine was badly damged. It Is
not known whether the rebels made way
with any of the freight or not, but It Is
supposed they did.
The trocha. or military line, that has
been established across the Island with a
view to preventing Maceo from going
eastward across the province of Havana,
has been greatly strengthened and the
authorities believe that if Gomez is to
the east of the line and Maceo to the west
that Gen. Marin will be able to prevent a
Junction of their forces, and to defeat
each of the rebel commanders separately.
From a Staff Correspondent of the United
Press.
Havana, Jan. 29, via Tampa, Fla., Feb.
2-—Only brief items about Insur
gent operations in Pinar del
Rio, the most westerly of Cu
ba's five provinces, have been ca
bled from here. Taken separately, they
have only given a vague idea of what
has occurred during the past three weeks.
Now that the conquest of the province
has practically been completed, a review
of the campaign may not be uninteresting.
It will be remembered that when Max
imo Gomez and Antonio Maceo, with two
large columns of mounted men, Invaded
Havana province, coming almost to the
gates of the capital city, and burning cane
fields, destroying railroad bridges, sta
tions and cars all over the province, that
the two rebel leaders separated at the
Pinar del Rio line. Gomez passed the line
of troops thrown across the island south
of this city, and Maceo began the con
>loo3l of the western provinces. Spanish
official reports have had him fleeing be
fore the columns of Gen. Luque, Gen.
Navarro and Gen. Arizon, and being
driven towards the jumping off place at
the west end of the island. According to
these reports Maceo's band has been de
feated many times. Asa matter of fact,
he entered the province with 2,Out) men,
and he now has 5,000. All are mounted,
armed and Well equipped. He also has
plenty of ammunition. He obtained ll.odo
rounds at Cabanas, and a large quantity
at Guane.
He captured one mule train containing
100,000 rations, on Its way from Coloma
to Pinar Del Rio city and
food has been scarce in the
capita! ever since. At San Cristo
bal, one of the first towns entered, Maceo
found the houses covered with white
flags ini token of surrender. He was wel
comed with cheers by the people.
At Palacios, Uanos, Consolation Del
Stir, Mantou, and nearly a score of other
towns the same scenes were repeated.
These are a few incidents which the press
censor eliminated fnom cablegrams to
the United States. He permitted an ac
count of the only serious engagement of
the campaign in Pinar Del Rio to be sent,
but made It appear that it was a Spanish
victory, when as a matter of fact Maceo
captured the convoy of 100,000 rations
which the troops went out or the capital
to protect. Maceo probably had all told
twenty-five men killed and fifty wounded
in the conquest oi the western province.
From Clenfugos comes news of insur
gent doings in the province of Santa Clara.
Business is at a standstill in all cities,
railroads operate only when the trains
are guarded by detachments of troops,
the grinding of sugar cane on all but
one of the vast estates In that region has
been stopped, and the will of the insurgent
is law. An American mining prospector,
who had a quantity of ore which he
wished to ship to New York for assay,
was told that his people would be shot
if they attempted to haul the ore to the
railroad. One lumber merchant, who sent
out a load of lumber, after receiving u
similar warning, had his driver shot.
Mills that had prepared to grind sugar
cane were threatened with destruction
if Gomez' order was disobeyed. On the
other hand, the government talked about
removing the small detachments of troops
distributed among the plantations unless
the latter began grinding. The owners of
the estates are between the devil and the
deep sea.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Senor de Dome,
the Spanish minister, to-day received the
following dispatch:
Havana, Feb. 2.—A detachment of the
“Espanl” battalion was attacked in Buena
Ventura, province of Havana, by the en
emy, who were repulsed with a loss of
six men.
, Early in the morning of yesterday the
column of Col. Vicuna, In the "Carlota”
plantation at Jovellanos, province of Ma
tanzas, defeated part of the band of La
cret, killing five men.
A detachment employed In repairing the
railroad In Quintana, near Cardenans, in
the province of Matanzas, defeated a band
of forty men, killing one and wounding
three others. The troops had one man
seriously wounded.
The advance guard of the commander
in-ehief’s column, on its way from Qulv
ican to Guira de Melena, exchanged shots
with the scouts of the enemy, killing
one and taking one prisoner. Gen. Marin
supposes that Maximo Gomez is to the
south of his forces, detained by the com
mander-ln-chlef’s operations.
Suarez Valdez.
Acting Governor General.
M’CARTHY’S SUCCESSOR.
Anti-Pnrnellites Discuss the Ques
tion of the Party Readership.
London, Feb. 2.—The meeting of the
anti-Parnelllte section of the Irish parlia
mentary party to discuss the selection of
a leader In room of Mr. Justin McCarthy,
who. It is said, will retire from the lead
ership this week, will be held in Dublin
on March 8. Mr. McCarthy's retirement
is attributed solely to his declining health
and arrears of work. The Dublin meet
ing will merely discuss the question of
who shall succeed Mr. McCarthy. The
final selection will be made In London.
It is the opinion now that Mr. Thomas
Sexton, who represents North Kerry in
the House of Commons, will be selected
to lead the party.
BAD BLOWS AND BLOOD.
British and German Steamer Crews
Start a Little War.
London, Feb. 2.—The Daily News will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from Brus
sels saying that the crews of the Ger
man steamer Pruessen and the British
steamer Hathmore became involved in
a dispute Saturday over the message re
cently sent by Emperor William to Pres
ident Kruger of the South African re
public. Words soon led to blows, and the
fight was progressing fiercely when the
police Intervened and arrested several of
the combatants. One of the German sail
ors is so badly injured by the pounding
he received that he is likely to die.
COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH.
The Accident Occurred While Mass
Was Being Celebrated.
Paris, Feb. 2.—A church collapsed to-day
at Manlevrier, a village near Anglers, in
the department of Maine et Loire, while
mass was being celebrated. The struc
ture was comfortably filled, most of the
worshippers being women and children.
Suddenly and with very little warning, the
walls began to sway, and before all the
congregation could get outside, fell. Eight
people were killed and thirty wounded.
Will Nrt Antagonize England.
London Feb. 2.—The Observer claims
to have authority for the statement that
Germany recently invited Russia and
other powers to co-operate with her in a
plan hostile to the Brhish occupation of
Egypt. Russia refused to accept the pro
posal.
SAVANNAH. GA„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1896.
SALISBURY SHREWD AND SLY.
ALLEGED PLOT TO ELIMINATE
ITALY FHOM THE DRKIHUXD.
Vienna Feeln Alarmed at the Effect
of III* Intrigues and the Xegotia
ions to Effect u New Deni In the
Triple .Alliance Will He Accela
rated Hostility Between Great
Britain anil Germany Increases.
England Accused of Treachery,
Mendacity and All Manner of Hu 111 -
bnggery by Influential German
lie spapers— Moves of Ihr fiscial
ista and Other News by Special
fable.
Berlin, Feb. 2.—The relations between
the governments of Germany and Great
Britain have not shown any signs of im
provement within the last few days, and
particularly since It became known that
the diplomatic efforts of the latter have
been directed toward involving Italy In
the arrangement between Russia and Tur
key, independent of her present allies.
The treaty binding the triple alliance—
Austria, Germany and Italy—will fall re
newable In 1597. Hitherto, Germany and
Austria have had no reason to suppose
that there would be any change in the
relations of the contracting governments
which would cause Italy to desire to alter
the terms of the dreibund pact; but within
the last two weeks Signor Crispl, prime
minister of Italy, is reported to have sent
Instructions to the Italian ambassadors
at Vienna and Berlin to sound the re.
spective governments to which those dip
lomats are accredited as to their views
in regard to Important modifications of
the responsibilities of Italy under the con
ditions of the present treaty, and as the
result of Crispl's correspondence with his
representatives at foreign courts. Count
Nigra, Italian ambassador to Austria, an
ardent supporter of the triple alliance,
has gone to Rome to Influence the main
tenance of the dreibund.
In official circles here no alarm Is felt
that Italy's entire withdrawal from the
of the treaty upon its expiration
will be sought and accomplished, it be
ing held that as long as Crispi is In power
that would be improbable, if not impos
sible. The embarrassments of the Italian
government through Its expenditures of
men and money In Abyssinia are rec
ognized as supplying a fair reason for
the belief that there may be some reason
for a few minor changes in the treaty,
but the Vienna government seems to have
taken an alarm, especially since the In
trigues of Lord Salisbury against Ger
many have assumed a tendency to cut
off Italy from the triple alliance.
As an immediate result, the new diplo
matic negotiations with a view to the
determination of anew treaty are to be
accelerated. That the Berlin government
will not await movements of the British
government to ascertain how the drei
bund stands, goes without saying. The
passionato language indulged in by the
semi-official German press in referring to
lsird Salisbury's policy In Armenia has
behind it more than official inspiration
dare denote. Not only does the diverg
ence of policy between the German and
English governments increase, but the
hostility of their respective policies in
creases also.
The British blue book on the situation
in Armenia, which has Just been Issued,
has in the meantime become a surface
motive for a German attack upon Eng
land. The North German Gazette finds in
this official publication a reason easily
arrived at that the British government
delayed publicity of the report contained
in the book, not because England did
not desire to further arouse the public
against the Turks, but because the cur
rent stories of the massacres in Armenia
were found upon Investigation to have
been greatly minimized. The conflicts be
tween the Armenians and Turks or Kurds
at Sassoun have been shown to have had
their origin in the deviltry of Armenian
agitators who hatched plots Involving vio
lence in order to obtain the sympathy
of the credulous Christian world.
The Cologne Gazette, In an article upon
this subject, congratulates Germany and
the other continental powers upon hav
ing escaped following the British lines.
Involving the possible breaking up of the
Turkish empire, and the National Zel
tung, the Hamburger Nachrichten and
most of the other influential German
journals, concur in rejoicing over the
defeat of Ixird Salisbury, and in denounc
ing British hypocrisy and mendacity in
connection with affairs in the east.
The critical condition of foreign affairs
has altered the plans which the emperor
had made for his spring outing. Accord
ing to his present programme, he has
abandoned his notion of going to the
Mediterrenean on a yachting trip, and
the empress has also given up her sojourn
at Abaszai. The kaiser on Thursday had
a long conference at the foreign office
with Baron Marschal von Blerberstetn,
minister of foreign affairs and had a pro
longed Interview on Friday with M. De
Zegyeny-Marieh, the Austrian ambassa
dor.
Having been successful in getting rhl
of Dr. Stoeckor, formerly the court chap
lain, through his enforced resignation on
account of his refusal to declare himself
against the doctrines of the Christian so
cialists, the conservatives of thinking of
throwing overboard Herr von I'loetz, who
is the president of the Agrarian league.
The Boersen Courier, in an article on this
subject says it has been only through the
intervention of Baron von Manteuffel
that Herr von Floetz has been thus far
saved, his excess of zeal in behalf of
purely agrarian Interests having embar
rassed the leaders of the conservative
party in their plans for reconciliation
with the government.
Tbe Munich Allgemelne Zeltung accu
rately gives expression to conservative
sentiment in proclaiming the necessity for
the return of the party to its old tradi
tions and the cessation of Its opposition
to the government rather than to pursue
the aim of a union of all the parties of
order against the common foe, socialism.
According to the Berlin Post, the re
form of the military laws, which has been
promised, will not be brought before the
Reichstag this session. The time of that
body will be absorbed by consideration of
the civil code. An active agitation is pro
ceeding among the German women with
the object of obtaining the redress of
grievances which the present code ignores,
and it is the Intention of the leaders of
the movement to petition the Reichstag for
the Introduction of clauses Into the code
which will concede to married women
power to dispose of their own property
without requiring the consent of their
husbands.
It is also sought on behalf of married
women that they may absolutely con
trol their own estate and use the earnings
thereof as they may see fit. As the law
stands at present the women of Germany
are distinctly inferior in position to the
males. It is not believed that the Reich
stag will grant the demands of the peti
tion as the advocates of women's rights
are chiefly found In the ranks of the so
cialists.
The fetes which took place on the occa
sion of the thirty-seventh birthday of the
kaiser, on Jan. 27, gave the old Berlin
aldermen an opportunity to relate how
the emperor's father, Kaiser Frederick
111, when he was crown prince, invited a
deputation of the aldermanic body then in
office, to come to the palace and see his
baby son and heir, the present emperor
The story as told is that the babe was
carried by the crown prince and was
passed along the line of the deputation.
Attracted by the brightness of the bold
chains worn by the aldermen, the infant
seized one of them and held the chain
tightly, compelling the obese alderman to
follow along the line until Its father re
leased Its hold. A* the little one was
forced to relinquish his hold on the chain
he raised his hand In anger and at the
same time set up a roar of rage, whereupon
the father said: “You sea a real Ho
henzollern. What he once seizes hold
of he never lets go.”
The Rundersrath has adopted the gov
ernment hill increasing the bounty In su
?ar and It will now be considered In the
telehstag and undoubtedly pass that
body. The emperor and all the ministry
are favorable to It. There was a strong
minority opposed to It in the liundersrath,
mainly composed of representatives from
the South'slerman states.
Baron von Hammerstein. the abscond
ing ex-editor of the Kreuz Zeltung, who
was recently arrested In Athens by a
commissary of the German police, has ar
rived here in custody of hts captor and Is
In Jail awaiting trial.
Among the persona arrested In Hamburg
for an attempt to rob the North German
Bank of that city are three Americans.
Two of them gave their mimes as Titts,
claiming to be brothers, and the other
gave the name of Taylor. All of them
elalm to be commission merchants In New
Y’ork.
Tho members of the Berlin bourse held
a mass meeting yesterday, at which a res
olution was passed pledging the bourse
to oppose the government's bill which
alms to suppress what the measure de
scribes as illegal bourse transactions.
Frau Friedmann, wife of the Berlin law
yer, Fritz Friedmann, who recently ab
sconded with his mistress anil a large
sum of money belonging to his clients,
made her debut ns a singer In a Berlin
music hall last evening and scored a no
table success. The announcement of her
appearance was sufficient to crowd the
theater, and the lady was greeted with
prolonged applause.
The ministry of war has Issued a decree
making It obligatory that all non-com
mlssioned officers In the German army.
Including sergeants and corporals, shall
be conversant with shorthand work, and
prescribing the Stolxe system as that
which shall be generally used.
THE DEATH RECORD.
Gov. Morton’s llanklng Partner Dies
Suddenly— l Col. Knight Dead.
New York, Feb. 2.—George Bliss, the
senior member of the banking firm of
Morton, Bliss & Cos., died at 1 o’clock this
morning. The cause of death was paraly
sis of 4he heart. Mr. Bliss was in his 80th
year. He had r.ot been 111, and death came
to him suddenly. At midnight he com
plained of a choking sensation. A physi
cian was sent for and did all ho could for
Mr. Bliss, but he sank rapidly and died
an hour afterward. Several members of
his family were at his bedside.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2.—The state dinner,
whleh was to have been given by Gov.
Morton at the executive mansion Feb.
4, Is off. This dinner has been spoken of in
the newspapers as the harmony dinner,
and to It such well know n public men as
Mr. Platt, Mr. Miller, Mr. Depew, Mr.
Lauterbach, Mr. Hlseock and others be
sides, also the democratic 1-ader of each
house of the legislature. Cd. Ashley W.
Cole to-day said that, owlnij to the death
of Mr. George Bliss, of Morton, Bliss tk
Cos., the governor's bank- partner, that
the dinner had. been hid.!y postpon
ed. Col. Cole said he would notify the
twenty-five gentlemen who were expected
as guests that the dinner had been put off
for the reason stated. Mr. Bliss had been
In partnership with th governor for near
ly twenty-seven years, and they had been
almost life-long friends.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 2 —Col. William C.
Knight, father-in-law of Gov. O’Ferrall,
died in this city this afternoon at an ad
vanced age. Col. Knight had been closely
Identified with the agricultural Interests
of the state, was a wi ll known writer on
agricultural topics and was at one time
editor of the Southern Planter and Far
mer. He was also some’years back prom
inent In politics, and was a principal In
the Knlgnt-Johnson senatorial contest,
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson being tho other
principal.
TO OVERTIIIIONV HOHKNLOHK,
Coalition of German Pnrtles to Shnke
His ■ n flue nee.
London, Feb. 2.—The Berlin correspon
dent of the Times telegraphs that the
agrarian, conservative and Bismarck par
ties have entered Into a scheme to over
throw Chancellor von Hohenlohe, who
does not favor the emperor's proposals
for Increasing the naval strength of the
empire. There Is no sign that the chan
cellor’s position has been shaken, but
the coalitions hope to overthrow him Is
based on the emperor's energetic temperz
and his Insistence on the rullfllment of
his desires. Either Count von Waldersee
and Count NVartenslehcn Is mentioned as
Chancellor von Hohenlohe's successor,
hut their names are mentioned merely be
cause a premature disclosure of the real
candidates name would Jeopardize the
scheme. It is believed in some quarters
that the real candidate of the coalition is
Count Herbert Bismarck, but the corres
pondent adds, perhaps, the suggestion of
this name is made by friends or the chan
cellor in order to defeat the scheme by
connecting with it a name which Is dis
tasteful to the emperor.
REGRETS THE CENSURE.
London Papers Sny Hnynrd Is Very
Popular.
London, Feb. 2.—ln its Issue to-morrow
the Daily News will say it regrets the
action of the committee on foreign re
lations of the American House of Repre
sentatives In adopting a resolution cen
suring Ambassador Bayard for the state
ments uttered by him ln his recent
speeches at Edinburgh and Boston. It
will add that Mr. Bayard Is exceedingly
popular here, yet lie is a persistent de
fender of American Interests. The paper
admits that his speeches contained unus
ual attacks upon the commercial system
of hts own government, but says It hopes
he will not retire, seeing that the resolu
tion of censure was adopted by a purely
party vote.
IGNORED THE PROTEST.
The Porte Will Negotiate a Loan In
Germuny,
London, F' 2.—The Times will to
morrow pu’ i dispatch from Constan
tinople sat .bat the porte is stated
to be negc ig with the German bank
ing house jt Blelchroder for a loan of
30,000,000 francs, to be secured by the gov
ernment’s share of the lighthouse re
ceipts. This share was raised to 25 per
cent, ln October, 1894.
Great Britain protested against this
action, alleging that the efficiency of the
lighthouse service would be Impaired, or
excessive dues would be charged.
The porte made no reply to this protest,
and the palace has now Instructed the
government not to make any reply, but
to hasten the loan.
Deacon Smith's Threatened llllnd
nrss.
Chicago, Feb. 2.—A Cincinnati report
says: “Deacon" Richard Bmlth, presi
dent of the board of supervisors, known
the country over by newspaper men. is
threatened with blindness. He ts troubled
with a cataract which may destroy his
slum.
LINER STILL IN THE LURCH.
SUNDAY VISITORS NEARLY CREATE
A FAMINE AT LONG BRANCH.
Eight Excursion Trains Rnn by One
Railroad Yesterday, While Ntcnui
crs. Trolleys, Wagons, tarts anil
t'y*les Bring Thousands to \ lexv
the Stranded Oeeati Greyhound.
Hotels / Itestnurnnts Exhaust
Their Supplies and Tarn Away
Crowds of Hungry People—St. I’nnl
Bests Easy and n Tide or Two More
Will Float Her.
Long Branch, N. J., Feb. 2.—This fa
mous seaside resort In Its palmiest days
never saw larger crowds than those which
have visited the “Branch” since the
American line steamer St. Paul has been
aground opposite the Grand View hotel. A
conservative estimate of to-day's visitors
places the number at 23.000. The Penn
sylvania railroad ran eight excursion
trains from Philadelphia, but these could
not accommodate the people who wanted
to see the stranded steamer. Among the
sightseers were hundreds of the employes
of Cramp's shipyards, where the Bt. Paul
was built. The chief engineer of the yards
was one of the number.
Two special trains were run from New
York, and the trolley cars from Asbury
Park brought thousands of passengers.
Farmers drove In from the country, liv
ery men had all their rigs hired out, and
bicycle riders were out In large numbers.
Long Branch did not expect such a gath
ering, and as a result the accommodations
were exceedingly poor. Restaurants ran
out of edibles before 1 o'clock and were
compelled to turn thousands away hun
gry. When It was seen, however, that
the restaurants could not entertain the
visitors, the bakeries and grocery stores
were thrown open, and they
did a land office business in
selling cake, crackers and cheese. Profes
sional crooks mingled with the crowd on
shore and got away unmolested. Several
persons reported the loss of watches, poc
ketbooks and Jewelry to the police.
The wind was strong from the north
west all day and between 10 and 11 o’clock
in the morning, it registered forty-eight
miles an hour ut the local weather bu
reau. In the afternoon It fell to twenty
four miles and when the sun set, It became
very faint. The result of the northwest
wind was an extremely low tide; lower
In fact than at any other time since tho
liner stranded. At 3 o’clock this after
noon when the tide was at Its lowest
there was not over five feet of water on
lho bar. Sixteen feet of the red water
lino of the Bt. Paul showed, Indicating
that the steamer was In the sand ami
clay to the depth of at least six feet. The
two screws were out of water nearly all
day.
There was no attempt made to float the
vessel during the day on account of the
low tide.
When the ship was moved at high water
last evening Frederick Rellley, who has
charge of the telephone on hoard, was
compelled to pay out on the wire to pre
vent It from snapping In two. He esti
mated that the steamer moved twenty
feet.
Capt. Merritt, one of those In charge of
floating the ship, says that she Is below
the sand in the sticky clay, making It
exceedingly hard to move her. He further
says that she Is In a fairly easy position
and will be pulled off with two or three
more high tides.
To-day Dlsplayman Martin, who has
dally weather reports from Washington,
received the following message from W.
L. Moore, chief of the United States
weather bureau at Washington: “Winds
will probably shift to northeasterly by or
before Monday evening, increasing to
much force. Notify stranded steamer St.
Paul."
Copies of the telegram wer* furnished
Capts. Jamison. Merritt and Chapman.
To-night the barometer Is falling, good
evidence that the storm predicted is on
Its way. Mr. Martin, who Is somewhat
of a weather sharp, said to-night that In
his opinion, the Bt. Paul will be floated
to-morrow or Tuesday.
A UNION VETERAN'S SUICIDE.
Despondency After n Spree tile Only
Cause AmlKneA.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 2.—J. W. Cus
ter, a highly respected citizen, commit
ted suicide to-night by taking laudanum.
The old man had been drinking and no
other cause can be assigned for his dls
pondency. Before the act, he told bis
sons that he was going to leave them and
requested that his body be Interred In
the national cemetery. The oldcßt son
followed his father, who entered a closet,
and having a foreboding of evil from his
queer action hastened after a physician.
He found a half emptied bottle of lauda
num and his father In a deep sleep from
which he could not l>e aroused. Deceas
ed was a union soldier, having volunteer
ed for service in an Ohio regiment.
A RESTRAINING ORDER,
Affairs of a Minnesota l.onn Associa
tion in the Courts.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 2.—The dis
trict court Issued an order yesterday re
straining the Home Savings and Loan As
sociation from disposing of any assets. A
receiver Is asked for by some of the
shareholders. The plaintiffs claim the as
sociation has assets of only IHOO.OOO, while
the liabilities are $900,000. When the assets
are properly scaled ft Is alleged that they
will amount to but $430,000. Another
claim is that withdrawing members had
been paid off In real estate to an amount
of $40,000, the assets being depreciated that
much.
SENT THE BOV HOME.
A Yonng Tennesseean Wanders Off
fo St. I.ouls.
St. Louis, Feb. 2.—Edward FiSchell, a
scion of a wealthy and prominent family
of Nashville, Tenn., cama to St. Louis
some time last week. On Thursday, he
appeared at the store of Rice, Stlx & Cos.
Mr. Rice, who Is a friend of his famiy,
seeing the youth was not right mentally,
notified the boy's parents by telegraph ani
Mr. Fischell arrived yesterday and took
his son home. Until recently young Fls
chell has been confined In a private hos
pital. How he got to St. Louts Is not
known.
Sullivan Improving Rapidly.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 2.—John L. Sul
livan Is recovering. The inflammation In
his wounds Is subsiding and he eats and
sleeps well. Dr. Ryan, his attending phy
sician, thinks that If no unfavorable sym
toms develop. Sullivan will be able to
leave here Tuesday to rejoin his company.
Resigned of Ills Own Volition.
London, Feb, 2.—The Dally Graphic will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from Ber
lin saying that Dr. von Boettlcher, sec
retary or the imperial home office, and
representative of the chancellor, will im
mediately resign of his own volition.
THE NICARAGUAN CONGRESS.
Finances of the Hepnbllr Improved.
President ZrU)'i Message.
Washington. Feb. 2.—The state depart
ment has received from Lewis Baker,
United States minister to Nicaragua, an
account of the opening of the present
session of the legislature of that country,
together with extract* from the message
of President Zelaya. According to the
message, Nicaragua Is gradually freeing
herself from debt. When President Zel
aya assumed power there was a large de
ficit In the national treasury, and the
country was with limited credit at home
and abroad. During hts Incumbency
1379,379 of the foreign debt has been paid,
and 82,157,446 of the domestic debt, leav
ing In the .treasury 1713.179. Referring to
these figures. President Zelaya says such
a rale of puyment will free the republic
from debt In three years. It Is not pro
posed, however, to keep on reducing tho
debt so rapidly. The domestic debt is
now small, and the foreign debt amounts
to $285,000 only, drawing 4 per cent. Inter
est, with twenty years to run. With som*
of this surplus income the president pro
poses to build a railroad lino from Like
Nicaragua to Rama, there to connect with
ocean steamers running to the United
States and Europe.
Concerning this work, which was Inau
gurated last July, the message snygi
“This is one of the greatest works that
will lie carried on In Nicaragua; and the
day when It Is finished our country will
see Its doors opened to universal com
merce and the unlimited riches thus de
veloped will add to the strength and wel
fare of our country."
Continuing, the President makes tho
following reference to the Nicaragua ca
nal project: "it has been a lamentable
error to have set aside tho great high
way that nature has given u* lo connect
ourselves with the Atlantic ocean so that
it is now nearly lost; and to mend part of
this great mistake the railroad to ltanm
will bring us into Immediate contact
with the world, and will give us material
pass ess lon of that rich part of the At
lantic coast In which Nicaraguans have
o many Interest*, ltut this does not
mean to say that we ought to leave tho
Riven Han Juan alone. Wo are obliged
to do everything In our power to recon
struct that principal artery of commerce
at once th in<wt. valuable and beautiful
possession nature lias given us."
AVOIIK IIIIFOHE THE SENATE.
Sllverlte .tones of Ncvnrin May Hold
Up the Tariff Hill.
Washington, Feb. 2—Tho Senate does not
convene again until Tuesday. It has no
unfinished business before It, and conse
quently tho course of procedure during
the week may depend largely upon the
action of the finance committee upon the
tariff bill. Republicans hope to be able
to report that measure Tuesday, but Mr.
Jones of Nevada, who holds the balance
of power In the committee, and who has
insisted upon the sugar schedule being
raised In the same proportion on the
other schedules, stated yesterday that he
thought the bid would not be ready to
report on Tuesday. This was said somo
hours after the free silver amendment
had passed the Senate and is therefore
regarded as Indicating that Mr. Jones'
opposition to the speedy reporting of tho
tariff bill has something besides sliver
back of It.
Mr. Dubois has kept his resolution pro
viding for a distribution of the appro
priation bills among tho various commit
tees In the background, because of his
desire not to antagonize the silver bill.
That being now out of the way, it Is not
unlikely that he may call this resolution
up at an early day.
The Cuban resolutions adopted last
week and the Davis resolutions on the
Monroe doctrine, both of which are In
the calendar, may possibly he taken up,
and If so will afford abundant opportunity
for debate.
The majority and minority report In the
Dupont case, Involving the seat of a sen
ator from Delaware, will he called up as
a privileged question l>y Mr. Mltenell,
chairman of trie committee on privileges
and elections, at the first opportunity.
For routine matter the Senate has the
urgent deficiency and pension appropria
tions bills ready for consideration.
Neither of them i likely to call out any
great amount of discussion.
FREE COINAGE IN THE HOUSE.
Probable Reception of Senate
Amendments to the Bond gale Bill.
Washington, Feb. 2.—When the bond
sale bill, with the Senate’s free coinage
amendment, Is reported In the House of
Representatives to-morrow It will prob
ably be referred to the committee on ways
and means, and. If so, on Tuesday next
when that committee meetw it will un
doubtedly recommend non-concurrence ln
the Senate amendment. But whether or
not the bill so amended Shall he permitted
at once to engage the attention of the
House, to the exclusion of other business,
has not been determined. The jproba
bllftftes are said to be that It will be sent
to conference without much debate and
the House will proceed with the appro
priation bills.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bIH will come up Monday for further, and
It is hoped, final consideration. Tt|e agri
cultural appropriation bill is already on
the calendar, and the Indian and military
bills are simply waiting to be reported
from the committees having charge of
their preparation. The foreign affairs
committee will be ready at some time
during the week to report the resolution
censuring Ambassador Bayard for his
speeches at Edinburg, and Boston. Eng
land. and an interesting debate will
doubtless occur when that matter Is call
ed up for action.
TO FEEL THE SOUTHERN PULSE.
Hearty Co-operation With Chlcngo
Promised by Dixie.
Chicago. Feb. 3.—Mayor Swift Issued a
formal Invitation yesterday to the gov
ernors of eleven southern states and to
the mayors of fifty-five southern cities,
asking them to send delegates to a meet
ing to be held In Chicago Feb. 19, for the
purpose of organizing the exposition com
pany and completing all necessary pre
liminary arrangements.
Thus far the work accomplished by its
projectors has been largely of the nature
of feeling the pulse of the people of Chi
cago and the south In order to judge of
the promise they held out for a successful
Issue of the venture. According to the
reports made to Mayor Swift yesterday
afternoon this showing has been satisfac
tory.
Letters have been received from hun
dreds of Influential southerners applaud
ing the Idea and promising their hearty
co-operation.
THE DOOM OF DOCDAS9AT.
Hew Orleans’ Boodle Alderman Sent
to the I'enltentlary.
New Orleans, Feb. 2. —After exhausting
every legal devise and quibble Numa Dou
dassat, one of the convicted boodle coun
cllmen, was to-day taken to Baton Rouge
and placed In the penitentiary to serve
his sentence. Deducting the time he has
been in the parish prison he will have
about six months to serve in state's prison.
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PHILADELPHIA'S SCORCHER.
DESTRUCTIVE AND STI HBORN SUN
DAY MORNING BLAZE.
The Handsome llasrltlne llniluiug
and the llnlldlng of the American
llaptlat Publication Society Burn
ed With Other Property—Statement
of the Various I.ossea and Insur
ance—N Large Number of Valnabla
Stereotype Plate* of the llaptlat
Publication Society Probably Dr
atroyed—Hard and Effective NYorl*
Done by the Firemen.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.— The fiercest, moat
stubborn and most destructive fire that
has visited Philadelphia in year 9 broke
out at 3:30 o'clock this morning In the
cellar of tha Hazeltlne buildings, No. 141#
and 1418 Chestnut street, end before It had
been sutxlued the Hazeltlne building and
the American Baptist Publication Socie
ty's building, at Nos. 1430 and 1422 Chest
nut street, were destroyed, the dry good*
store of Momer Leßouttlller A Cos., No.
1412 and 1414 Chestnut street, was bad)]#
damaged, and the rear of the Hotel La
fayette, which faces on Broad street, wa#
damaged to tho extent of $76,000. The ap
proximate total loss by the Are Is $1,075,000*
the greater part of which Is covered by|
Insurance. The cause of the firs Is not
definitely known. When the firemen ar
rived, the Hazeltlne building was already!
a mass of names In the Interior. Tha
building was seven stories In hlght, wins
an ornate front of brick and terracotta.
It was very substantially built and a#
first the firemen thought they could con
fine the fire within Its walls. The flames,
however, spread through the building wltl*
great fury and the fire was soon beyond
the control of the department. Several
‘i„ IP” l) '' o '‘Kht neurly every fire company
in tho city to the scene. The flame#
U P nigh Into the atr and burst ous
,ho , lm l ,<l| hg on Ransont
linoai “["J lbrcatoned the handsome club
the Union League Club with de
siruouon.
!• ortunately, tho wind blew tho flams#
and sparks In another direction. Tha
rear stories of tho Lafayette hotSi tow!
rwl*tn, B aboVo tho Hazeltlne building,
,i Humes poured over the wall tol
ward the hotel. By this time most of tha
guests In the hotel had been awakened.
52J} “ the hullding seemed In Immediate
v fL;h U J' y J' , ' r< ’ warne<l ‘o leave. Beant-
Brns i -trl an,1 1 wor hen poured Into
trunk. „MU I dr “*Bf‘hK With them their
in ?h. All the night cabmen
J® neighborhood had been attracted
ie.| h of H Hna < '' an , lJ thfy garnered a har
dest of dollars in conveying the guests
tu other hotels. Police patrol wagons
were alsg> pressed Into service for this
hose who availed them
stlves of this sort of a vehicle was Mayor
° r A,,a,lt *h H,| d the other Al-
EJn . Ca £“ on h, ' r ® wlth the liberty
“- 11 ' They . , ?" k , Possession of one patrol
wagon, and their sachets and grips filled
of o th nl t hi <l | l, ,e y I’*'"" 3l the remainder
0 mwL 2'* h ? ln i ha continental hotel.
~™\C ru i n ‘h® meanwhile had spr-ad
sto?i Ine bufidmg to the four-
L bunding of tho American
iJftptlst 1 übllcatlon Bo<*lety, and this, too
hus noon a mass of flamt'S Lik* th
building, if extends 230 feet back
SX?# Ch £" t , n V t J° amson street. The La*
nmniH £ju®’ Jus only been recently re
opened, after having been altered and re
fmrnlshed at a cost of $600,000.
lre " ,nn directed the most of their
wn nn a-'°^ a i rJ sav, ' l K th l* building. It
left m ut a half hundred tfmes.
‘he department did splendidly efli
clont work and confined the flames to
facing 01 th B n°si the *m!*'hth and ninth floors
racing tho fire. The party wall of the
Hazeltlne building, towering three stories
i lry k° o ‘lstore of Homer Le-
Cos. fell In upon the latter
place and crashed through a akyllght In
mho c s nter of , th ® store into the cellar,
ine Ilremen, however, poured a great
wa * or upon the smoking mass
a " J avp<l the store from de
?o r .¥?, ,lon ' was not un,n the Hazel tin#
bulding and Baptist building had been
entlr-ly destroyed and after five hours’
W i9 r * < * that the fir© was subdued.
Hazeltlne building was owned by
Charles I<. Hazeltlne, an art dealer. Th#
ground floors were occupied by the Btet
°°“;P an Y. and the second floor
by Mr, Hazeltlne as an art gallery. Hi#
rest of the building was taken up with
studios and offices. Only the front of th
hullding remains standing. Tha loss on
tho building Is probably *260,000, and Mr.
Hazeltlne claims that his stock of pic
tures was worth $150,000. The bulletin*
was fully covered by Insurance, and ther#
8 P art l a l Insurance on the pictures.
J. If. Woodford, manager of the Stetson
company, could not estimate his loss, bus
U is probably about $76,000, fully Insured.
The loss to the tenants of tho bufldln*
will probably foot up $25,000 more.
The loss to the American Baptist Pub
lication Society is $230,000 on Stock and
machinery and $160,000 on the building. On
the stock there Is an Insurance of $300,000
and on the building $116,000. In the celler
of the Baptist Publication Society, In
vaults, Is $300,000 worth of plates of pub
lications, and It Is not known whether
these have been destroyed. The most se
rious loss to the publication society I#
the destruction of the valuable library
of the Baptist Historical Society and
several hundred historical papers of tha
denomination that cannot be replaced.
The tenants of the publication society
building lose about $25,000.
Homer Leßojtillier & Co.'s loss is $75,-
000, Insured. Tlie loss on the Lafayette
hotel la $75,000 by fire and water. This
loss Is covered by Insurance. The hotel Is
owned by the Moro Phillips estate, and
Is leased by 11. C. Smith, a well-known
western hotel man. The hotel was re
opened this evening for guests.
Eight or nine firemen were injured by
falling bricks, but none of them wer*
dangerously hurt. Frank Hines of Pitts
burg. a guest at the Lafayette hotel, In
descending the stairs, tripped and fell and
broke hts arm and several ribs. These
were the only casualties.
RIOTOUS NEGRO KILLED.
Ills Slayer Narrowly Escapes a Cols
ored Mob.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 2.—A white man
named Mixon killed a negro In a dispute
at the works of the Charleston Mining
Company late last night. The works are
located near Bee’s Ferry, and are some
distance out of the city. Mixon Is a
clerk in the company's store, and the
negro came Into the building and began
a difficulty with him. After the shooting
Mixon was fired on by a number of ne
groes who had hid in the bushes, and
narrowly escaped with his life. He had
to run to the woods. He came down to
the city thi3 morning and surrendered
Himself.
Heaviest Rains on Record.
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 2.—Reports from
over fifty points In different parts of the
state show the heaviest rains known in
Texas at this season of the year for
years. Streams are out of their banks
and still rising. Much damage will re
sult. The Brazos river Is rising rapidly.
Houston. Tex., Feb. 2.—A perfect deluge
of water has fallen here. The water Is
from two to four feet deep on several
streets and on half the lines the street
cars could not run. Some portions of the
city are practically isolated. The M. K.
and T. railroad track, near the city, has
been washed away, and trains are greatly
behind tim<\