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THE MORVINO NEWS, i ( established 18®- - r Incorporated ISBB V • _staoi j a gSTILL. President. f 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. I DAILY. $lO A YEAR. ■J . 5 CENTS A COPY. • WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A TEA*# 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<\