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HAWAII WELL WORTH HAVING.
se> ator gormax gives his
VIEWS ON ANNEXATION.
Tl>r Stlr-np In China to Be Irjieil An
a lienKon Why the Islands Should
Become American—Arthur Sevvall
say* America Can Build Ship* to
I’er Cent. Cheaper Than England
i an.
Washington. Jan. 4.—A1l the power and
influence of the administration is to be
txerted upon congress in behalf of the rat
i*i. ation of the Hawaiian treaty. During.
uie Christmas holidays, those senators
а , ,1 representatives who are favorable to
die treaty have visited the executive man
б, on and conferred with the President on
the subject. Yesterday afternoon, an im
portant conference was held in the Presi
dent's office between Senators Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign re
lations, Cullom of Illinois, Elkins of West
Virginia, Allison and Gear of lowa, Fair
banks of Indiana, and Assistant Secretary
of State Day.
Senator Elkins, who is an enthusiastic
annexationist, says it is not the intention
o: the administration to urge the ratifica
tion of the treaty on the ground that the
United States needs Hawaii for purposes
of military and naval defense solely, but
on an entirely different basis. In view of
the existing complications in the far east,
the trade relations between the United
States and eastern countries must be care
fully guarded and protected. While it
may not be necessary for the United States
to become involved in the pending difficul
ties between China, Japan, Russia, Ger
many, England or France, it is important
that we should look after our constantly
increasing commerce with all of the na
tions mentioned.
It is therefore the policy of the friends
of annexation to make the fight for annex
ation on purely commercial grounds. Sen
ator Elkins says he does not favor the
idea that the present population of Ha
waii shall be taken into the brotherhood
of American citizenship. From a commer
cial standpoint alone, H*awaii is worth the
sl,'nOO,ooo of debt we are asked to assume,
if we only use the island as a resting
place for a cable. It is impossible for the
ships sailing out of San Francisco and Pa
cific coast ports to China, Japan and other
eastern countries to continue their voyage
wilhout stopping at Hawaii forcoal and
supplies. While he is not in favor of an
nexation on general principles, and he
would not be in favor of annexing either
Cuba or Canada, for. the reason that we
have all the territory' we can take care of,
yet, he believes the whole country would
be materially benefited by owning the Ha
waiian Isiands.
This is the substance of the talks which
have taken place at the white house re
(ently, and the friends of the treaty are
under the impression that they will have
ihc support of a number of democratic
rotes for ratification on this line. Sena
tor Gorman, who still wields considerable
influence on the democratic side of the
chamber, is greatly Impressed with the
Idea that our trade relations demand tjie
annexation of Hawaii. He does not favor
the wholesale acquisition of territory by
the United States, and he is too firm a be
liever in the Monroe doctrine to consent
to the acquisition of Hayraii by any other
nation.
In this connection, I feel warranted in
repeating the substance of a conversation
3 had with Senator Gorman on this sub
ject a few days ago. He had just re
i urned from a trip to New York, where
he met and discussed various business
propositions and also national affairs. Sen-
Rtor Gorman says Hawaii virtually be
longs to the United States to-day, by
reason of the concessions we have made
to her in connection with the revenue on
sugar. We have remitted duties amount
ing up to something in the neighborhood
of $40,000,000, and it would never do for
trs to allow any other nation to take pos
session of that territory. We could not
permit it and live up to the doctrine of
President Monroe. We have also a lease
or some kind of a claim upon Pearl har
bor, and if we needed Pearl harbor years
ago, we have greater need for it now.
if any other nation should attempt to
inquire Hawaii what are we going to do
about Pearl harbor? And what are we
going to do about all the friendly conces
sions we have been making to Hawaii all
those years? *
Senator Jones of Arkansas, who was
also a participant in the foregoing con
versation, and a strong anti-annexation
-Ist, confessed that he was somewhat puz
zled by the questions asked by the senator
from Maryland. The Arkansas senator re
marked that if the situation reached the
point that some other country attempted
lo acquire Hawaii and deprive us of what
ever title we may have to Pearl harbor,
ns a coaling station, he would be in favor
of fighting for our rights. This was an
unfortunate confession for Senator Jones,
us his friend from Maryland quickly took
him up with the suggestion that if Pearl
harbor Is worth fighting for, the Hawaiian
Islands are certainly worth something to
the United States. Senator Gorman went
on to say that now we have an opportu
ne v to obain possession of these islands,
including our coaling station at Pearl
Harbor, without going to war, and it
seemed to him to be part of wisdom to
annex the islands as a good busihess in
vestment.
Hooking at the subject from a commer
ce I standpoint, Senator Gorman called at
' ntion to the fact that for the first time
in many years, the balance of trade seems
10 lx. with the United States. The great
question to be met by this country is
'hal of transportation. He then went on
say that at last the American mechan
-11 are able to construct ships for the car
*-v'ng trade cheaper than they can be built
England. In verification of this state
ment. he said that in a recent talk with
Mr Arthur Sewell, the Well-known builder
c,f ships, at Bath, Me., the latter stated
'"at under the improved facilities for pro
ducing steel in this country, he can now
bold ocean going ships ’ten per cent.
I n “aper than similar ships can be built
'Ton the Clyde, England. Mr. Sewell ad
'••l that he now lias under contract ten
' r, w ships, and he predicted that in a
'civ years American built ships will be
II Trying the great bulk of the American
1 nmmerce. In view of these astonishing
•'"•menu. Senator Gorman says he is
■ 1 mg to help commerce by the anexa
hon of Hawaii.
BEITER Rin OK HIS LOAD,
* "Ulraets Reported Closed for Near
ly All Ilia Cash \\ lien I.
liicago, Jan. 4.—Joseph Uei4er is said to
• u 'e closed contracts for the greater part,
if "01 all, Of his 8.700,000 bushels of his
' ,ls * l wheat. Negotiations have been un
r way for several days and are about
' iosr and. The buyers are L. Dreyfnss & Cos.,
N, w York, the French exporters, and
? & Fisher of Baltimore..
•vH - fu* 8 ' man iK here looklhß over *he
neat and samples have been forwarded
the New York headquarters. Nothing
known about the terms, but they are
'd to he satisfactory to Mr. Belter,
'ili a & Fisher, the Baltimore exporters,
' ini °tig the largest cash grain handlers
the world.
HANNA MEN WORKING HARD.
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tor only 70 votes on joint ballot, or three
less than enough to elect.
In connection with the change of Repre
sentative Griffith back to the anti-Hanna
camp there are most scandalously sensa
tional reports in circulation. Mr. Griffith
has been on both sides several times and
has so pledged himself in willing. In these
dispatches of yesterday ii was announced
that the Hanna workers spent Sunday
night with Representative Griffith and
that he sent for his wife to come from the
Great Southern hotel to the Nell house to
join in the conference with the Hanna
men. At 8 a. m. the Kurtz men saw Mrs.
Griffith, and the all night work of the
Hanna men was undone just before her
husband went to the state house on Mon
day morning to qualify as speaker pro tem.
with the other candidates oijthe "com
bine.”
After the legislature had been organized
Mr. Griffith had another night of confer
ences on both sides of the senatorial cause,
and this morning he gave the Hanna men
a w'ritten pledge over his name that he
would vote for the senator. Later in the
day he was seen by the opponents of Sen
ator Hanna, and to-night he gave out the
following as his latest proclamation on
his position:
"To the Public: It is due to the public
and to myself that I make a statement of
my position on the senatorial matter.
While it is true that the convention which
nominated me issued a resolution request
ing me to support Senator Hanna, and
while I, at various times during the cam
paign and since, declared my intention to
follow that request, and even promised a
dozen or more of my constituents in Mr.
Hanna’s headquarters on Monday of this
week that I would do so, I have, however,
since learning the particulars of the
indignity heaped upon my wife on Mon
day morning, reached the conclusion that
I would be untrue to my manhood should
I cast my vote for a man who either uses
or employes such methods, and shall re
sent the indignities and insults heaped
upon myself and friends, and also do a
service for my state and country by vot
ing for a republican other than Mr. Hanna
for the United States Senate. Notwith
standing the threats that have been made
to me that I cannot return and live in
Union county, if I do not vote for Mr
Hanna, It is my hope that the good peo
ple who have honored me with their con
fidence, and whom I love and honor, will
uphold me in this determination that can
not under any circumstances now be
changed. J. E. Griffith.”
When a copy of the statement purport
ing to come from Representative Griffith
w'as shown to Senator Hanna this even
ing he said: "I do not believe Mr. GrirtUh
ever made this statement, because It Is
not true. It is represented to me that I;o
is an honorable man, and therefore I shall
not believe, without some further evidence,
that he ever made or authorized any such
statement.”
It is known that the document is in
Griffith’s handwriting, whether he prepar
ed it himself or not.
Congressman Grosvenor left for Wash
ington to-night and the anti-Hanna men
say he has gone there to confer as to the
legatee of Senator Hanna, who the oppo
sition representatives say is likely to be
Secretary Sherman.
The following statement was given out
to-night by M. C. Peck, a neighbor and
personal friend of Representative and
Mrs. Griffith of Marysville, Union county:
“In regard to Mr. Griffith’s statement, in
W'hich he says his wife has received indig
nities from Mr. Hanna and his friends,
I wish to say: When the newspapers re
ported on Sunday that Mr. Griffith had
refused to go into the republican caucus,
Mr. Chapman and myself, becoming
alarmed at what that might mean, came
over to Columbus from Marysville Sun
day afternoon to see him, having been his
warm personal and political friends. We
secured an interview with him at about
6:30 o’clock in the afternoon at the Great
Southern hotel, Mrs. Griffith being present
during the interview. From him we
learned that it was his purpose not to
vote for the republican nominees, and we
urged the necessity of his supporting
that ticket, with the agreement at
the end of the interview that
he should come to the Neil house about 10
o’clock for further conversation in regard
to the matter. Mr. Griffith kept his ap
pointment, and for probably three or four
hours the matter was discussed by Mr.
Griffith and his friends, with the conclu
sion that we believed he was going to sup
port the republican legislative candidates,
and at Mr. Griffith's request Mr. Chap
man and myself went to the Great South
ern hotel and told Mrs. Griffith that Mr.
Griffith wished her to come to the Neil
house, saying, however, that if she pre
ferred to remain there until morning that
she should follow her own pleasure. Mr.
Chapman and myself took a cab and wfent
to the Great Southern hotel, found Mrs.
Griffith at room 312. delivered the message,
and she immediately got ready and came
with us In the cab to the Neil house, and
Mr. Chapman accompanied her to her
room. Afterwards- she came to room 15,
where her husband was. Her husband
returned to the Great Southern
hotel and left her in room 15,
in company with Mr. Chapman
and Jerry P. Bliss. As Mr. Bliss did
not seem inclined to leave her room and
give her a chance to retire, we invited her
into the public reception room with the ex
pectation that Mr. Bliss would then leave
the room. I also had some conversation
with her at the same time.
"At all times, while at the Neil house,
Mrs. Griffith received most courteous
treatment on the part of Senator Hanna
and all his friends.
”1 will say further that for many years
past the relations between Mr. Griffith's
family and Mr. Chapman and myself and
our families, have been of a very cordial
character and that Mr. Chapman and
myself have been very warm political as
well as personal friends of Mr. Griffith;
and if any indignity had been offered to
Mrs. Griffith by any person while she was
in our presence, we would have resented
it. It is unreasonable to suppose that
Senator Hanna or any of his friends would
offer any indignity to any lady, and es
pecially the wife of a member who had
promised to vote for Mr. Hanna for United
States senator, and whose vote at that
time, as he has through the entire cam
paign, fully expected to receive. (Signed)
George M. Peck.”
Judge Frank E. Dellinbaugh, of Cleve
land, to-dav gave the following statement
to the public:
“I am surprised to say as coming from
.the lips of Senator Burke that he will cast
his vote for M. A. Hanna as senator."
Mr. Dallenbuugh is the republican who,
by remaining awav, larmitted the demo
crats to organize the S< iate.
RIVALS A QUEEN IN’ DIAMONDS.
Wife of Ainbn*ador Draper All
Alltter With Jewel*.
London. Jan. 4.-The Rome eorrespon.
dent of the Morning Post says that Mrs.
Draper, the wife of United States Ambas
sador Draper, almost rivalled Queen Mar
ghcrlta at the New Year reception in the
value and magnificence of her diamonds.
JEALOUS LOVER’S MADNESS.
Shoot* a Woman Who Married An
other and Kill* Hlin*elf.
Sherbrooke, Que.. Jan. 4.-Isaac Dubois
to-day shot and probably fatally wounded
Mrs. Emily Tanguay and then killed him
self She had been engaged to him. but
married Tanguay. Dubois swore to be re
venged, and 10-duy tragedy was the le
ault.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY fe, isos.
MBS. ELLA M’GARVY,
Writing to Mrs. Pinkham.
She says:—l have been using your
Vegetable Compound and find that iv
does all that it is recommended to do.
I have been a sufferer for the last four
was persuaded to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, andto-day,
I am feeling like anew woman.—
Mrs. Ei.i.a MoGarvy, Nee be Bead
Station, Cincinnati. O.
LIVELY EIRE AT WASHINGTON.
The Franklin Block Burned Willi It*
Stock* of Good*.
Washington, Ga., Jan. 4.—The fire this
morning wiped out one of the old land
marks of this town—the Franklin building.
It was a large three-story brick structure,
built in 1826, occupied by two merchants,
and containing a number of offices and
young men’s room. Its estimated value
was about $12,000, mostly covered by in
surance.
The total loss is supposed to be between
$50,000 and, $60,000, while the insurance will
amount to $37,800.
At one time the whole business portion
of the town seemed to be doomed, but
when the fire reached the double wall be
tween the King building and W. E. Shel.
verton’s grocery store, almost superhuman
efforts were made by the volunteer fire
men to stop it there, knowing that there
would be no chance to save the town if
the flames could not lx? stayed then. The
weather was bitterly cold, the water freez
ing as it fell. The origin of the fire is not
certainly known. It is supposed to have
caught from a, match or cigar stump
thrown carelessly down.
The whole town was shocked and griev
ed to-day when a dispatch was received
here from Atlanta stating that George
E. Dillard of this place had fallen dead at
his office in Atlanta. Mr. Dillard was en
gaged in the insurance business, having
his headquarters in Atlanta, while his
family remained here.
He had just returned to his business In
Atlanta after spending the holidays.
Mr. Dillard was a native of Alabama. He
made his home here some fifteen years
ago and married a daughter of judge
William M. Reese, who, with a family of
several children, survive him.
ALDER MAX It' FIGHT ENJOINED.
Surprise Sprang Before the Ordinary
at Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 4.—The aldermamc
contest proceedings before Ordinary Dart
this morning were interrupted by an in
junction issued by Judge Sweat. The in
junction was to prevent a hearing by the
ordinary until Judge Sweat could pass
upon the case next Friday and decide
whether himself or the ordinary had juris
diction in the matter. The injunction pro
ceedings was a surprise sprung by the ad
ministration side.
Capt. Robley D. Evans, “Fighting Bob,”
commander of the Indiana, arrived in port
to-day on board the lighthouse supply boat
Armeria. He was accompanied by a party
ot ladies, and all of them are merely out
for a run down the Atlantic coast on a
pleasure trip.
Mrs. Mabry left to-day for Savannah to
be present at her husband’s bedside.
LONG JOl It NBY ON WHEELS.
Three Cyclist* to Ylake Tlielr Start
From Savannail.
New York, Jan. 4.—With the prospect
of a journey of five yeors’ duration con
fronting them, three hardy cyclists sailed
from this port to-day on the Savannah line
steamer for Savannah, from which point
a ride awheel will begin. The riders are
Albert H. Postel, an exeprienced traveler;
Frederick Turner and Walter B. Young,
all from Pennsylvania.
They will go from Savannah to Key
West, across war-stricken Cuba, through
Central America, down the east coast of
South America, up the west coast and
entering North America, they will proceed
as close to the coast line as possible all
the way to Alaska. From the latter point
the route will lie through Asia and Eu
rope.
PENSION LAWYERS’ ADS.
Commissioner Order* n Close Watch
Kept On Them.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The commissioner
of pensions has issued an order to special
examiners directing them to keep a close
watch for any circular, circular letter,
advertising circular, advertising card or
advertisement used for the solicitation of
business before this bureau or advertising
for business or claims before this bu
reau. published by any attorney,
agent or sub-agent, in any news
paper, periodical or in pamphlet form,
where such attorney, agent or sub-agent
is practicing or preparing cases for filing,
cases in this bureau.”
Copies of such printed or written matter
are ordered forwarded to the bureau with
full particulars.
GOLD FIELDS IN LABRADOR.
They Are Reported of Ihe Same
linage A* Those of the Klondike.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan, 4.—Represen
tatives of a Canadian and American com
pany, who visited Labrador for the pur
pose of erecting saw mills, report that the
country contains deposits of gold of great
richness, and is destined to become a great
milling country. It is stated that the de
posits in Labrador are of the same range
as those in the Klondike. Preliminary ar
rangements for a gold seeking expedition,
which is to start by vessel in the spring,
hava already been made.
HISTORIC SPOT IN NEYV YORK.
Place Found YA here Ihe First Blood
f the Revolution Was Shed.
New York, Jan. 4.—The Daughters of the
American Revolution say that they have
discovered that the site of the general post
office in this city marks the spot where
the first Mood of the American revolution
was shed. A tablet will be placed over the
clock in the south corridor, on the ground
floor of that bulldtrig.
Dr. Ayer’* YA Blow Dead.
New York, Jan. 4.—Josephine Mellin,
widow of Dr. James C. Ayer, died sud
denly at her home here to-day of paraly
sis, aged 75 year*.
PROUD BRIDE OF A PRINCE.
LADY ANNE COVENTRY LEO TO THE
ALTAR.
ller Husband a Sou of the Late Ylah
rnjuli of Lahore—Courtship Mark
ed by Considerable Opposition On
the Fart of the Lady** Faltilly.
Their Objection* Overeome Only
by the Intervention of the Prince
of Wale*.
London, Jan. 4.—Lady Anne Coventry,
third daughter of the Karl of Coventry,
was married this afternoon ai St. Peter's
church, Eaton square, to Prince Dhulesp
Singh, son of the late Marajah of Lahore.
The courtship of tne prince and Lady
Anne has been marked by considerable
opposition on the part of the lady's fam
ily, which was mainly' overcome by the
intervention of the Prince of Wales.
There was a large and distinguished
company present in the church. The dec
orations were elaborate, palms, ferns and
white flowers being prominently displayed.
The Bari of Coventry' gave Ills daughter
away.
The bridesmaids were Lady Dorothy
Coventry, sister of the bride; the Prin
cess Sophie Samba Dhuleep Singh, Miss
Van de Weyer, Lady Victoria Herbert and
miss Eispeth Campbell.
Prince Frederick Dhuleep Singh was the
best man.
The service was choral.
After the wedding there was a reception
at Coventry house on Park lane.
Later the couple started for Paris.
The presents were costly. The queen
sent a bronze statuette of herself.
Prince Victor Albert Jay Dhuleep Singh,
who is 32 years of age, is the grandson of
that East Indian Prince whose struggle
against the British earned for him the
title of “the Lion of the Punjab.”
The young prince's father, the late Mah
rajah of Lahore, fought against the Brit
ish in India, but was eventually compell
ed to swear allegiance to Queen Victoria.
He was allowed ape nsion of $200,000 a year,
the revenues of Lahore being turned into
the Indian treasury.
Later the Mahrajah entered into negotia
tions with Russia, for which the British
stopped his pension. The Mahrajah return
ed to his allegiance, was pardoned and his
pension was restored. The famous Kohi
noor diamond was formerly the property
of the late Mahrajah of Lahore.
Prince Dhuleep Singh was educated in
England, and was for a time on the staff
of Gen. Sir John Ross, K. C. 8., when the
latter was in command of the British
forces in Canada. The prince became quite
prominent at Halifax and visited New
York, Newport and Lenox.
Lady Anne Coventry is the third daugh
ter of the ninth Earl of Coventry. She
was born in 1874. Her brother, Viscount
Deerhurst, married Miss Virginia Bonynge,
formerly of California, and her first cousin,
the Earl of Craven, married Cornelia,
daughter of Bradley Martin, of New York.
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN.
The Annual Meet to Be Held Till*
Year at Indianapolis.
New York, Jan. 4.—The executive com
mittee of the League of American Wheel
men decided to-day' to adopt the invita
tion of the Indiana slate division and vari
ous clubs in that ,-t.ffe to hold the an
nual meet at Indianapolis.
The following telegrams were sent to
Chief Consul Wallace Sherwood:
“Exeutive committee by unanimous vote
accepts Indiana’s invitation and awards
the meet of 1898 to your city. We extend
congratulations and offer our best co-op
eration to aeconijdish the most successful
meet in the history of the organization.”
August was fixed upon as the month of
the annual meet, it being left to the state
division to fix the exact date,
LaCrosse, Wis., Jan. 4.—The LaCrosse
County Wheelmen at a meeting to-day de
cided to withdraw from the League of
American Wheelmen in order to have Sun
day races.
JANUARY ON THE OCEAN.
Naval Ilydrugruphle Prediction*
for (he I’re*en Month.
Washington, Jan. 4.-—The January
weather on the North Atlantic ocean, ac
cording to the naval hydrographic predic
tions, will be stormy, north of the 40th
parallel and along the American coast
north of Hatteras.
Strong westerly and northwesterly gales
will occur along the
ship routes. The effect of these gales is
frequently felt so far south as latitude 45
(about Hatteras) with occasional gales In
the vicinity of the Azores.
Northers may be expected in the Gulf
of Mexico. ,
Fog at intervals on the grand banks, but
not in extended areas.
Ice near Cape Race, probably as far
south as the northern steamship routes.
FRENCH LITERATURE.
Lecture Fund of g.'tP.tMH* Given (he
Cercle Froncaiic.
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 4.—J. H. Hyde of
New York has given to the Cercle Fran
eaise, the crack literary and dramatic so
ciety, a $30,000-fund to establish an annual
lectureship'on French literature.
The full course of eight lectures will be
given next March by Rene. Doumic, the
well-known literary critic of the Revue
d‘>s Deux Mondes. The subject this year
will be “French Romanticism.”
MAKIME* A MILLION.
Frank McNutt YVed* Margaret Van
Cnurtlnndt Ogden.
New York, Jan. 4.—Miss Margaret Van
Courtlandt Ogden, of this city was mar
ried to-day to Frank McNutt, of Rich
mond, Ind., ex-secretary of legation at
Madrid and at Rome. Archbishop Corri
gan performed the ceremony. The bride is
an orphan and po seased of a fortune es
timated at $1,000,000.
ENCYCLICAL ON MANITOBA.
Catholic Rlsliop* Go to Ylontreal to
Consider It.
Montreal, Jan. 4.—The Catholic bishop*
from various parts of Canada. Including
the Mitred Abbot of the Trappists, have
arrived here to consider the pope's encycli
cal on the Manitoba, which will be pub!
lished from the pulpits next Sunday.
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TENNESSEE KIY KR'S MID At *.
Convention In (lie Intrre-t of lm
)>roveinen t Held at < liatfnnuouii
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 4.—Pui-mVim to
a call from the chamber of cornu . i .. of
this city, a delegate eonvennon w < ~|
in this city to-day for the puip, . , f.
fecting a permanent organization u the
advancement of the navigation of the Ten
nessee river, and to adopt a inemori.il to
congress on the subject of n, ii im
provements to the channel ol the T. i uts
see river.
The following cities and towns u mo
olis to the river and interested in ihc pur
poses of the meeting, were repp . n>. and.
Bridgeport, Sheffield, tin Decaturs, Tus
cumbia, Florence, Huntsvlll. amt win-, 1-
er, Ala.; Rossrville, Lafayette u I Chat
tanooga. Tenn.
Gen. Wheeler, member of congress from
the Eighth Alabama district, was pres, ut
and addressed the convention on th. is
of the river and pointed out th. method*
to lie adopted to secure government aid.
A committee was appointed at the con
clusion of Gen. Wheeler’s address to draft
a plan for the organization of the Tennes
see River Association.
A'commlttee was appointed to prepare
a memorial to congress, after which th,
convention adjourned for two hours.
On reassemtiling at 4 o’clock the commit
tee on memorial recommended that the
chairman of a committee of five be em
powered to appoint a committee of one
from each town on the line of the Ten
nessee, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, to lie
come a member of this committee, un i go
to Washington for the purpose of a -:.m
ing the effort to secure the appropriation
desired and needed for improvements.
On motion the convention unanimously
adopted all the recommendations of the
committee, and Gen. Wheeler was request,
ed to confer with the rivers and harbors
committee of congress and have a dale
fixed to hear the committee's address nut
later than Feb. 1.
The committee on organization report, 1,
recommending that a permanent associa
tion be organized, to be known as the Ten
nessee River Improvement Association,
and outlining the plan for such an organi
zation. The report was unanimously
adopted.
CABINET AND CIVIL SERVICE.
Replies of Hie Secretaries to the Sen
ate Discussed.
Washington, Jan. 4.—lAt the meeting of
the cabinet to-day. attended by all the
members except Secretaries Alger and
Long, the replies to be submitted by the
various secretaries to the Senate resolution
calling for information as to the apnlica
tion of the civil service law to the several
departments of the government, and the
recommendations, if any, the secretaries
liav'e to make regarding the administration
of the law, were fully discussed. The head
of each department will submit to the Sen
ate his individual reply to the resolution,
and it was only the general tenor of the
replies (hat was under discussion. All of
the replies have been completed and it is
said all the replies will be submitted to the
Senate to-morrow.
Aside from the civil service question no
matter of great importance was discussed.
The senatorial situation in Ohio was
alluded to, and the President expressed not
only his deep concern, but also his belief
that Senator Hanna will succeed himself.
COL. AV. N. M’DDNALD DEAD.
Entered the War A* a Private auil
Came Onl il Cuptulu.
Ky„ Jan. 4.—A telegram has
been received announcing the death of
Capt. William >N. McDonald at his home
in Berryville, Va., from heart disease.
He was born in 1834 in Romney',' Va. In
1857 he took the degree of Master of Arts
at the University of Vienna.
At the beginning of the war lie enlisted
as a private in the Second Regiment of
Virginia, the Stonewall Brigade, and at
the end of the war was captain of artillery
arid chief of ordnance in Mahotie’s divis
ion of Lee s army. He wrote in conjunc
tion with Prof. j. S. Blackburn the first
southern school history of the United
States, which has been used extensively
as a text book ill the south. For several
years he was editor of the Southern Bi
vouac. He leaves a widow and four chil
dren. He was a member of the Confeder
ate Association of Kentucky while in
Kentucky.
LAW IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Court Jnrlsilietion Over (lie Tribes
Operative Without Friction.
Washington, Jan. 4.—Telegrams received
at the interior department indicaie that
the law of congress extending the juris
diction of the federal courts of the Indian
Territory over the five civilized tribe’s
has become operative apparently without
particular friction. One of th*- nations
sought to secure a delay In the application
of the law, but Secretary Bliss Issued u
warning against any move in that direc-
tlon.
A dispatch received from Agent Wisdom
at the Union agency, says that so far the
law has gone into effect without material
friction and that in his belief the better
elements of the Indians are satisfied to
pass under the full Jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States.
INDIANA MINERS STRIKE.
Difference Over Union Due* the
Cause of the Trouble.
Brazil, Ind., Jan. 4.—Two hundred min
ers. employed at the No. 8 Brazil Block
Coal Company mine, Inaugurated a strike
to-day because the lank bosses refused to
allow three drivers to work who had not
settled their dues In the miners’ union Lst
month.
SCHOOL BOY' S'l YHS.
Drive* a Pocket Knife to (lie Henri
of a Pln> male,
Russellville, Ky., Jan. 4.--A deplorable
tragedy occurred here this afternoon. Rob
ert Evans and George Duncan, school
boys, each aged 17 year*, became involved
In a quarrel, when Evans stabbed Duncan
in the heart with a pocket knife. Duncan
died instantly. Evans warn arrested charg
ed with murder. Both boy* were attend
ing the Fuqua High School.
YtlnrllnelU Coming East.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 4.—Mgr. Martlnelli
left for Washington to-day after spending
about two weeks In St. Paul as the guest
of Archbishop Ireland,
ST. KM Is mi l, <-|,l II SIII O.
Two nf the ( 111 111 go Magnate* Deny
••m lug Bought li.
Chicago. Ja i the lions of Cap*.
Anson and .I sA. Hurt, m , .r ot the
Chicago I-., i.,i l r, ~tn, ii u , said to
niahi tha , no i , r con
nected will! !!„. purchase of t St. Louis
base ball . ,1, and ku-vv non. n-r about
it in any way.
St. Louis. Jlo., Jan, 4.—W let .r or not
John L. Brush and \\ Ilham ■ i Schmidt
c.f Indianapolis are In Si. L, 10-nighf
cannot he stulwl as i certainly. It is
said, howeier, und generally b. .ed they
arrived in-,lay to confer win, t'hrla von
der Ahe for the pur, base of i, • St Louis
Base Ball Club.
Information has been n siduously
searched ;,t the hotels to-night out up to
midnight no traces of Brush and Sehmidt
have been found. It Is reported that Hie
gentlemen referred to register, and at a hotel
and early' ibis evening, (in company with
Mr. von del the and Secretary Mueken
fuss, engaged , hack to drive around to a
hot. I where ihe quartette could talk the
matter over in seerc y. ii Is now report
■ and that Mr. Brush proposes to buy the
Browns and another deal is on foot.
When the muting adjourned Ir was an
nounced that sNs,titX) would u. turned over
to Ml von der Ahe within a day or two
by Mr. Anson, and in return they would
receive a clean bill of sale. Messrs. My
erson and Fry,- slated 10-nighi that Mr.
you der Ahe had treated with them tn
the matter, and that the prospects wer**
exceedingly bright for them being In con
trol within the next day or two
A diligent search of the city 10-nlght has
failed In finding Mr. von der Ahe. , 1
Cincinnati, Jan. 4.-Dispatches from In
dianapolis indicate that a plan to acquire
the St. Louis club In the Interest of promi
nent base hull people of Indianapolis has
li.vii (.Ilk. .1 of, but the deal iiasnot really
been closed, us was reported.
A special to Hie Tribune from St. Louis,
says: “The deal by which John. Brush,
president of tile Cincinnati Base Ball club
gained control of the St. Louis National
am, is purely a business .leal of
Indianapolis business men. The real owners
are John Brush, George A. Dickson and
Henry M. Talboi, of the theatrical firm of
Hickson & Talbot. County Treasurer Wm.
Schmidt, who accompanied Mr. Brush to
St Louis to complete (lie deal to-day, may
take a SIO,OOO Mock of stock.
The Is kept a secret, but it Is
understood to tie close to $75,000, and em
braces the team and real estate. Mr. Brush
and Mr. Tulbot Were in St. Louis last week
‘Hd practically completed the dual at that
time. Before leaving Mr. Brush said It was
Ids Intention to make tne St. Louis one of
ihc best chibs in ihe league, nu.l lie gave
his yvord that the old Browns would be re-
Juvinated and not found in the last section
of players next season.
It N understood Henry M. Talbot will be
ihe active business head of the club.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
( ontraet YYlth the Alins Line Doesn’t
Interfere With 11.
-Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 4.—President
/.claya. In his message to the Nicaraguan
congress, declared that the contract of
the Atlas .Steamship Company, limited,
with the Nicaraguan government does not
Interfere with the contract between the.
government and (lie Maritime Banal Com
pany of New York.
Hr. Games, the president of the eongresa,
in the course of his reply to the presiden
tial message, said the Nicaraguan canal,
when constructed, would transform Con
tra! America and lead to its being brought
under the United States flag.
This sentiment is cordially approved by
President Zelaya ami tlie members of the
cabinet.
ARTIST DROPS DEAD.
I’nlnleil the Famous Picture of the
Eleetornl College.
Washington, Jan. 4—Mrs. Adeline M.
Fasset, on artist of national prominence,
dropped dead on the street this morning,
Mrs. Fasset’H specialty was portraiture
an.) her most notable work was “The
Electoral College," now among tile paint
ings hung in Hie enpltol. It represented
the tribunal which decided the llayes-Tll
'den coniest. Each one of more than JCO
faces in this distinguished gathering w'as
a minuture portrait., and it Is considered
ihe greatest curiosity of art In the posses
sion of this government.
SWEETHEART SI El>.
Gate a Man (lit* Laugh After Getting
All III* Property.
Trenton. N. J.. J.in. 4.—Michael H. Col
lins, of South Brunswick township, to-day
brought suit In the court of ongneerjr to
have set aside a deed made by him in con>-
veylng all his property, to Agnus Allen.
The property was conveyed hi July, 1896,
for $1 and "other valuable considerations.”
The other valuable consideration was her
agreement to marry him. The bill charg
es iliat afterwards the woman only laugh
, I at him and had him ejected from one, of
the houses hei had deeded to her. Collins,
therefore, asks that the deed be set aside.
CIGARS FROM MEXICO.
AAurraul* laaned AgiHn*t a Number
of Person* at St. Loiiln.
St. Louis. Mo.. Jan. 4.—Warrants were
issued to-day by United Slates Commis
sioner Gray against a number of persons
charged with smuggling Mexican cigars in
to the United States. Samuel Nichols, a
baggagemaster on the Iron Mountain rail
way; Charles James, John Graham and
Sandy Bides, colored, have lieen arrested,
Nichols, it Is claimed, had a quantity of
cigars on sale in a restaurant owped by
him n Poplar Bluffs, Mo. A number of
other arrests will follow.
Harvard’* Athlete*.
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 4 —One hundred
and fifty-four men responded to-night to
the call for candidates of the Harvard
track and field teamii.
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DUEL FEARED l\ VIRGINIA.
Gen. George J. Hundley Tut Under
Bond to Keep Hie Pence.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 4.—The investiga
tion of the charges against Col. James N.
Stubbs, grand commander of the Camp of
Confederate Veterans of Virginia, culmin
ated this afternoon in the arrest of Gen.
George J. Hundley, of Amelia county, by
the police authorities of this city.
Soon after the investigation Gen. Hund
ley, who acted as counsel for Col. Stubbs
of the investigation committee, published
a card In defense of his client which con
tained matter to which Col. John Cussons,
the past grand commander of the grand
camp, and who had been prominent In
bringing about ihe investigation, took ex
ception. Col. Cussons replied through
the press and Gen. Hundley
published a rejoinder. Sunday
morning Col. Cussons came out In an
other sharp card, in which the following
appeared. ”1 have accorded to Gen. Hund
ley’s unruly pen a license which no other
gentleman has required ot me; and to his
unprovoked and recklessly Intemperate as
saults 1 have replied with a courtesy and
forbearance which lie seems most strange
ly to have dlsconstrued. But now I will
say to him that the respect and reverence
which are the just due of a conf.xierata
general have yielded at last to the trucu
lent Insolence of u brow-beating attor
ney.”
Gen. Hundley immediately came to the
city and last night the public were In ex
pectation of trouble between the two gen
tlemen. This afternoon Gen. Hundley
was arrested and put finder a peace bond
of SI,OOO.
It Is understood that Gen. Hundley was
arresled on information of the possibility
of his fighting a duel. A warrant is out
for one of hi* sons, but ho had not been
arrested up to midnight.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER BURSTS.
T>vo Men Killed and Twelve Freight
Cars Wrecked.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 4.—A terrible ac
cident occurred on tlie Cincinnati Southern
to-day, causing the death of two of the
best known men In the service of that
road.
Thomas Lennehan, engineer, and Fire
man Denham were the unfortunate vic
tims of on explosion, which, besides caus
ing the death of the two men, derailed
twelve freight ears and did other damage.
The explosion occurred twenty-seven
miles from Harrimau at about 11:30 o’clock
this morning.
Train No. 32, the fastest freight train
between Chattanooga and Cincinnati, whs
running at a high rate of speed, the train
being a double-header, having two engines
attached on account of a heavy grade at
this point, when the boiler of one of the
engines exploded, with the results stated
above.
Engineer Irf'nnehan was killed outright.
Fireman Denham received fatal Injuries
and died about two hours after the time
the accident occurred.
Twelve cars of freight of every descrip
tion wiA thrown from the track. The cars
were torn in small pieces, and the freight,
a great deal of which was perishable, was
thrown to the four winds of the earth.
A most pitiful thing in connection with
the death of the engineer is the fact that
he had been married only about two
months.
LIBIT. NEVILLE A BRIDEGROOM.
Daughter of Commodore Howell His
Brlile.
Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 4. Lieut. Wen
dell Cushing Neville of the United
Staten marine corps, located in New
York, was married In this city to-day to
Miss Francis Adelphia Howell, the daugh
ter of Commodore Howell, of the North
Atlantic squadron.
PENSIONERS PIT TO SHAME.
Light of Pnhlielty More Than They
Fan Stand.
Washington, Jan. 4.—Since the agitation
concerning the publication of the list of
pensioners has commenced, Commissioner
Evans has received several letters from
pensioners requesting a cancellation of
their pension*.
HATtLIKFK DENIES BIGAMV.
London Mall Claims He lias n AVlfe
in England.
New York, Jan. 4.—E. J. Ratcllffe, the
English actor under sentence of six
months imprisonment for beating his wife,
to-day denied point blank the story pub
lished in the London Mall that he had an
other wife In England.
SALOONKEEPER SLAIN.
Raid On Ills Slot Machines Coats Him
Ills Life.
Chicago. Jan. 4.—The crusade against
Chicago gambling resulted to-day in a
tragedy. Henry Kohl, a saloonkeeper at
Clark and Van Buren streets, died this
afternoon as the result of injuries received
while resisting constables who were mak
ing a raid on his slot machines.
Marie Corelli 111.
London. Jan. 4.—>llss Marie Con.lli, the
novelist, has been seriously itt. and has
been comitelied to undergo an operation,
but she is now recovering.
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