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the MORNING NEWS. )
F.taWlehed 1850. - Incorporated 1888. V
J. H. ESTILL, President. )
STORY OF THE LETTER STEAL
T „i Epistle rimoiKGD in the
POSTOFFICE AT HAVANA.
J Knowledge of Its Content* Oh
|iy Clerk In the Spanish
1. .-gallon at Washington—Head It
ttliile It Lai on Senor De Lome's
|lc*k— Synopal* of It Sent to the
junta In New York—Agent of the
junta Bogged It at Havana.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 13.-The Press
print to-morrow what it asserts to be
, i rue version of the acquisition and
|, ication of the letter from Senor tie
L , m p to Senor Canalejas.
1 , authority cited for Its authenticity
i* ■ i Cuban of the highest standing in the
councils of his party,” who receives his in
formation “from headquarters in New
York.”
The story proceeds to say: ‘‘The let
t. r was not stolen from the United States
,i;-, but was secured by an agent of the
Cuban junta in the postoflice at Havana.
Don Jose Canalejas, to whom the letter
was addressed, never saw the original. He
did not know until eight days after the let
ter reached Havana that such a letter
from Spain's representative in Washing
ton had been written him.
"De Lome wrote the letter in his pri
vate residence in Washington instead of
at the Spanish legation. The paper, how
ever, was marked with the official type,
and read in the corner ‘Legation de Es
pana.’ The same inscription was upon
the left hand upper corner of the envel
ope.
“Senor de Lome did not mall the letter
from his house. In fact, he had not quite
completed it upon the morning it was
written and carried it to the legation,
where it was first seen and noticed by a
IK tson who Is in the employ of the em
bassy, acting in a sub-offlcial capacity.
The letter lay upon the desk of the minis
ter in his inner office, the outer office be
ing his place of reception to visitors. Dur
ing an absence of half an hour from the
inner office of De Lome the clerk in ques
tion saw the open letter and read some
of It.
"The next day this same person sent
word to his Cuban associates in Washing
ton to the effect that he had seen a letter
from De Lome to Canalejas, in which
President McKinley was viUWied and au
tonomy called a scheme.
“Several of the Cuban leaders got to
gether and asked the employe of the em
bassy to secure the letter. They did rot
believe implicitly lit bis story, although
he urged them to come into the public
print and make charges against Senor De
Lome. Because they did not have the let
ter in their possession, the leaders refused
ii say anything about it. The employe of
the legation was urged to use all means
in his power to secure the letter, although
ii was considered probable it was already
in the mails when the Cubans at the Ho
nl Raleigh were informed of its exist
ence.
"The clerk in the employ of Senor de
Lome saw no more of the letter. His
memory-written abstracts were forwarded
to New York, and it was quickly agreed
that could possession of the letter lie ob
tained and his statements proven to lie
true, the letter would be of incalculable
value to the Cuban cause as substantiat
ing what Cuban leaders had maintained
i yarding autonomy and the general Span
ish policy, in official circles, toward tt is
country and its officers. Immediately
words of warning and urgings to be on
the alert were sent to every Cuban who
might be in a position to obtain track cf
or intercept the much sought for missive.
"The letter reached Havana five days
after its postmark in Washington. An
agent of the Cuban party, who is an em
ploye of the Spanish postoflice, knew that
the letter was on the way, and when It
came into his hands it was carried from
ih< postoflice and a-copy was made of it.
"Word to this effect was sent to the Cuban
leaders in Jacksonville, Fla., who at once
asked the secret Cuban junta in Havana
to secure tho original letter—that a copy
was not what was desired. The Havana
postoffice clerk was not willing to do this
m tirst, but afterwards consented, as he
w as obliged to account for a certain num-
I■ r of letters to other employes of the de
partment.
The original was then taken, several
thank sheets were substituted in place of
the paper upon which De Lome had
written, and the letter finally postmarked
in the Havana office and sent in its rou
tine way.
"Eight days from its arrival in the Ha
vana office the sealed envelope, properly
addressed to Senor Canalejas, was deliv
" 1 at the Hotel Inglaterra. Senor Can
a • jas did not regard the matter seriously
at the time, although the hotel boy who
brought him the letter and the postoffice
employe who had last charge of it were
arrested. So also was the hotel employe
Who went several times daily to the post
ntiiee for the mails. All three were dis
charged after an examination.
"Senor Canalejas communicated almost
Immediately with Minister de Lome, and
•r several weeks letters and Cablegrams
1 a-sed betwten the two, but no trace of the
letter could be obtained. Senor Canalejas
- irtly thereafter left Havana, going to
Madrid,
It is not explained why the letter was
kept by the Cubans for several weeks be
fore it was given out for publication. An
informant other than (he person who gave
•he foregoing, but who is on the inside in
' uhan official circles, declares that the
delay was occasioned by a desire on the
l art of the junta to be assured absolutely
that the writing was that of the Spanish
i mister, so that he might not have any
■ tance to deny its authorship and thus
* a use a reaction, which undoubtedly would
tif been the result of the propagation
*1 a fake.”
WOODFORD'S cable kept secret.
""to Information Concerning It* Con
tent* Obtainable.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The 300-word ci
pher dispatch received from Minister
Wkodford Saturday night was translated'
at the state department to-day, but no
intimation o? its import could Ire secured
from official sources.
Assistant Secretary f State Day, who
h <s been entrusted with the whole corre
spondence by the President, refused to
■iscusV the message. He said merely that
'lcrc was no development in the rise
vdiieh properly could Ik* made public at
"us time. In one instance he supplement
this statement by the remark that the
in're fact of Information bring withheld
Wag not to be taken as a serious indica-
She IRofrattg Jfotosl
Ifon' S reta ,7 Day dined at the White
House, Mrs. Day still being out of town.
Every effort to supplement Secretary
? ay m S .K Sta *T ent with ■ om ' :
from the W hite House failed. To urgent
£or something definite
tne i resident replied through Secretary
orter that the whole matter was in
Secretary Day’s hands and that the Pres
laent relied upon him to handle the infor
mation for the press.
It was stated at the White House, how.
ever, that there was no truth in the ru
mor of a censure upon Minister Woodford
for allowing Senor de Lome to forestall
him in presenting the application for the
ministers recall. (Minister Woodford’s
course, it was stated, had been entirely
satisfactory and any criticism at this time
was unfounded and unfair.
It could not be ascertained positively cr
not whether an answer to Minister Wood
ford s last dispatch has been sent. It\is
almost certain, however, that a reply has
been drafted, and that it was put in ci
fke state department this evening.
bydney L. Smith, chief of the diplomatic
bureau was at the department till after
Jo clock. Special orders had been issued
also to allow no one in the building with
out a pass.
The Duke d’Areos, mentioned in Madrid
dispatches as a possible successor to Sen
or de Lome, has been the guest of iiev.
Dr. Mackey Smith of this city during ‘ihe
past vveeek. With him is the Duchess
d’Areos, formerly Miss Virginia Lowery
of Washington. The duke was ambassa
dor to Mexico, and is stopping in Wash
ington en route to Spain. During the
week he has been entertained by the
British ambassador and Lady Pauncefote
at luncheon, and by the late Spanish Min
ister and Mme. Dupuy de Lome, who gave
a dinner in his honor Thursday evening.
DE LOME’S SUCCESSOR.
Spanish Cabinet to Discn** the Mat
ter To-d.v.
Madrid, Feb. 13.—The cabinet will dis
cuss to-morrow the choice of a successor
to Senor Dupuy de Lome at Washington.
The candidacy of Senor Pilo-Hernabe ap
pears to be abandoned.
Several members of the cabinet favor
the nomination of the Duke of Arcos Span
ish minister to Mexico, because he could
take charge of the Spanish legation at
Washington this week.
WORLD STORIES CONFLICT.
Spain'* Intention* a* to n Disavowal
in Doubt.
New York, Feb. 14.—A dispatch to the
World from Madrid says: “A formal
statement of regret at and censure of
Dupuy de Lome's conduct, coupled with
an expression of sincere desire that the
Canalejas letter incident shall not impair
the present friendly relations between the
governments of Spain and the United
States, or interrupt the negotiations for a
commercial treaty, will be made by For
eign Minister Gullon immediately follow
ing the gazetting of the royal decree ac
cepting Senor de Lome’s resignation and
appointing his successor as Spain’s rep
resentative at Washington.”
On the other hand the Washington cor
respondent of the World says Spain has
not disavowed responsibility for the ut
terances of Senor de Lome and does not
consider that any disclaimer of that char
acter is necessary.
From Spanish point of view the incident
is closed, not only as to Senor de Lome’s
reflections upon the President, and the
American people, but as to his declaration
that autonomy is a mockery and reci
procity a fraud.
Such is the unsatisfactory Information
contained in the long expected statement
from Mr. Woodford received late last
night.
POPE CELEBRATES MASS.
Congregation of Pilgrim* Present
ut the Ceremony.
Rome, Feb. IS.—The Pope celebrated
mass to-day in the Basilica, in the pres
ence of a congregation of pilgrims from
all parts of the country in honor of past
and coming anniversaries jointly of his
first mass, his election and coronation.
His Holiness was home to the church
in the Sedia Gestatoria and an elaborate
ceremony was observed. The Pope knelt
while his chaplain celebrated the second
thanksgiving mass and then, seated on
the throne, received the leaders of the
pilgrims. At the conclusion, he pronounc
ed the apostolic benediction in a strong
voice, after which he was carried from
the church with the same ceremony.
His Holiness appeared to be in excellent
health.
It is estimated that no fewer than 50,000
persons were present, of whom 20,000 were
pilgrims. While the Pope was being
borne through the church timid the ring
ing tones of silver trumpets, the assem
bly was raised to a pitch of excitement
almost reaching delirium.
The ceremony was one of impressive
magnificence and the Pope's appearance
caused indescribable enthusiasm on all
sides.
MEMBER OF CUBAN JUNTA DYING.
Guatemalan Military Refugee* at a
Review in Mexico.
City of Mexico, Feb. 13.—Dominguez
Cowan, a member of the Cuban revolu
tionary junta, of New York, and head of
the Cuban committee here, is dying. He
has been very useful to the Cuban cause,
and will be a loss to the patriots.
The Guatemalan military refugee chiefs
attended the review of the artillery corps
by President Diaz and inspected the new
arms, especially taking Interest in the ma
chine guns of the latest patterns.
TORTURE of the anarchists.
Workmen of Brussel* Adopt Resolu
tion* of Protest.
Barcelona, Feb. 13.-Thlrty thousand
people, mostly workmen and orderly, dem
onstrated here against the torture
of the anarchists at the Mont Juich fort
ress Resolutions of protest and demand
ing the punishment of the torturers and
a revision of the trial were adopted and
Will l>e forwarded to the government.
GLADSTONE'S RETURN HOME.
n HI i.envc Cannes for a South of
England Watering Place.
Cannes. iPb. 13.—Henry Gladstone say*
his father and tho whole family Intend to
start about the end of next week for a
south of England watering place. Mr.
Gladstone's physidlan thinks his patient
has attained the utmost benefit from his
stay on the Riviera.
SAVANNAH, GA.. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 14, TS9S.
FILIBUSTERS TAKE FLIGHT.
EXPEDITION SAID TO HAVE LEFT
PEACE RIVER.
The Seventy Men in the Party Taken
From Tiitnpa to the Point of Em
barkation—-Col. Emilio None* Said
to Be in Command of the Steamer
on Whieh They Sailed—Gen. Snn
guilly Reported to lie in Command
of the Filibusters.
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 13.—Almost under the
nose of Edward Gaylor, superintendent of
Pinkerton's Spanish spies, a large Cuban
expedition left Tampa last night and to
night sailed from a point on Peace rfoer.
The men, about seventy in number,
walked through the streets of Tampa
about 2 o’clock this morning and boarded
a special train whieh quickly bore them
to a point near where they were to em
bark, and there they remained in hiding
until to-night, when a tug took them out
to the steamer which bore them away to
Cuba, Col. Emilio Nunez being in charge
of the steamer.
It is said that Gen. Sanguilly is the real
commander and color is given this rumor
by the fact that when the men left here
they were in charge of Col. Lechuga,
who was first lieutenant of the personal
staff selected by Gen. Sanguilly when he
failed to get away from Jacksonville.
Superintendant Gaylor, his son, and an
other Pinkerton man, have been here
looking for Gen. Sanguilly, they believing
I hat ho was somewhere near. It is alleg
ed that the Cubans have sent Gen. San
guilly away on this trip to get rid of him
in the United States."
The detectives are totally ignorant of
the departure of this expedition, and the
first they will know of it will be when
they see this.
It is understood that five thousand
rifles, 6,000 pounds of dynamite, 200,000
rounds of cartridges and a large lot of
sunplies made up the cargo.
The two Gaylors left here to-night,
presumably for Jacksonville.
Dr. Nunez, of Tampa, a relative of
Emilio Nunez, was among the party that
left for Cuba.
New York, Feb. 34. —A special to the
World, from Bridgeport, Conn., says that
the local Collector of Customs at that
port has received advices from "Washing
ton to the effect that a tug with three
barges has just departed from Bridgeport,
it is believed on a filibustering expedition.
According to advices from Washington the
tug and barges are loaded with arms and
dynamite. The reports have it that it is
intended to transfer these articles to an
other boat while somewhere on Long Is
land sound.
The Washington authorities received
their first information of this filibuster
ing expedition from Spanish spies sta
tioned at Bridgeport. According to the
advices received by the World a United
States revenue cuttter has been ordered
out from New London, Conn., with tiie
expectation of intercepting the alleged
filibustering expedition.
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Insurgent* Reported to Have At
tacked Three Towns.
Havana, Feb. 18.—Miss Clara Barton
has given a contract to a large bakery
here to make crackers for the reconcen
trados.
Advices from Nipe, on the north coast,
say the insurgents concentrated near
Sibanica and La Yaya on the 7th instant,
and attacked the outskirts of Puerto Pa
dre, San Miguel and Chaporr, but without
result.
Generals Linares and Vara Rey on Jan.
30 and Feb. 1, fell into a strong insurgent
ambuscade and suffered a continuous in
surgent Are for a day and a night. On
Feb. 7, Generals Linares and Vara Rey
left again, marching toward Bayamo and
Rejondon, continuing on toward the north.
Gen Castellano is at Puerto Principe.
Gen. Luque remains at Holguin. News is
awaited of an engagement that occurred
yesterday in that section.
It is believed in Spanish military circles
that the insurgent general, Caiixto Garcia,
has fallen back to the camp of Gen. Jesus
Rat*. , ...
Additional supplies are greatly needed by
the Spanish, particularly for use at the
hospitals, and the chiefs commanding the
battalions lack the force necessary for
operations and to replace their losses.
Moreover, the guerrillas are very much
discontented. There Is great need of horses
for the cavalry. At Mayarl the supplies
have failed.
The column operating near Pla'tantllo
sustained a fire all the morning of Feb.
9, the insurgents rendering tt exceedingly
difficult to continue the work of construc
tion of the forts at Coneholi. The exact
result is not yet known.
Col. Ordonez, while reconnoitering with
700 men near the insurgent camp at Ca-
I>lro, met the insurgents in strong force
and lost several killed and wounded.
YLBN-CHAU-FU MAY BE OPENED.
Navigation of the Inland Waters Also
Under Negotiation.
Peking, Feb. 13.—England is negotiating
with China to open Yuen-Chau-Fu, in the
province of Hu-Nan, as a treaty port, and
is negotiating also on the subject of the
navigation of the inland waters.
Chinese government has paid the
agreed indemnity of £4,000 ($20,000) to M.
Lyaudet, the Frenchman kidnapped by
the Tonquin pirate* in 18)5.
The New Year’s audience for the foreign
ministers has been fixed for Feb. 15, and
the banquet by the Tsung-Li-Yamen will
be given the following day. Owing to the
long delay the ministers had declined an
audience, but the Tsung-Li-Yamen has
now arranged the matter.
VON HER ABE HAS A FRIEND LEFT.
President of the Cleveland Club
Willing to Help llim Oat.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 13.—Frank de Haas
Robinson, president of the Cleveland Base
Ball Club, to-day sent a dispatch to Pres
ident Young of the National League, sug
gesting that something be done to help
Chris Von Der Ahe. Robinson thinks the
league should pay Von Der Ahe's debts
and get him out of jail, ami he proposes
that President Young take a vote by tele
graph on the question.
COUNT KALNOK V DEAD.
Former Anutpi-liungsriitn Premier
Pusses Annj.
Brunn, Feb. 13.— Count Gustav Sleg
munnd Kalnoky de Koros-Pai.tk, former
Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign af
fairs, died here this afternoon.
Count Kalnoky, who was Ixirn at Letto
witz. Moravia, Dec. 29, 1832, was descend
ed from the Moravian branch of un old
Bohemian family. He entered the diplo
matic service of Austria in 1850. From
1800 to 1870 he was councillor of legation
at tho Austrian embassy in London, in
1874 he was minister at Copenhagen; in 1880
he was sent as ambassador to St. Peters
burg, and in 1881 he was appointed Austro-
Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, a
post he held with distinction, until May
16, 3895, when he was succeeded by the
present Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ter, Count Goluchowski. The cause for
his resignation was found in Count Kul
noky's action in reference to the denun
ciation of ecclesiastical laws by the papa!
nuncio at Vienna, Monslgnor Agllardi,
who was charged by Baron Banffv, tiie
Hungarian Prime Minister, with having
made statements at Hilda Pest which
amounted to interference in Hungarian af
fairs.
Baron Banffy addressed a note to Count
Kalnoky informing him that un Interpella
tion was about to be put forward in the
Hungarian Parliament concerning the ut
terances of the nuncio which had appeared
in the Hungarian newspapers and had
never been disclaimed by their author.
Count Kalnoky replied that the nuncio
had displayed lack of tact, overstepped
the limits prescribed for foreign diplomatic
representatives and deserved that a for
eign office note be sent to the Vatican to
complain of his conduct. He went so far
as to sketch a communication to the Vat
ican, and the Hungarian Premier tele
graphed his approval of it. A few days
after, Baron Banffy said in the Hunga
rian Parliament the papal nuncio's
acts were not approved in Vienna.
As soon as thus speech was recited to
Count Kalnoky he telegraphed to ltuda
Pest that only part of his letter to Baron
Banffy was for public knowledge; that the
test was confidential, and that the protest
to the Vatican had not been sent. Efforts
were made to reconcile the two ministers,
but these were unavailing. The Hunga
rian House approved Baron Banffy’s at
titude unreservedly, and Count Kalnoky
resigned.
KILLED IN AN ELEVATOR.
Woman'* Skull Crushed In by the
Projection of a Fior.
New York, Feb. 13.— Mrs. Arthur Levy,
wife of a member of the wholesale clothing
firm of Hays, Goldberg & Cos., was In
stantly killed to-night in an elevator at
the Holland House.
A party of ladies, of which Mr*. Levy
was one, had accepted an invitation of H.
C. Marks, a St. Louis merchant, to go to
the Holland House, where he was a guest,
and look at a display of photograph*
which he had gathered. Reaching the
Holland House, Mr. Marks escorted the la
dies to the elevator and gave orders to
have them escorted to the parlor, he re
turning to the hotel desk.
On entering the elevator, Mrs. Levy
placed her hand upon her forehead and
complained of dizziness to her compan
ions. Before they could reply the eleva
tor boy had closed the door of shaft,
gripped bis lever, and the car shot up with
a bound. Almost at the same moment,
Mrs. Levy reeled and fell with her head
out of the door. The elevator was about
an Inch and a half from the wails of the
shaft and as far as the solid walls would
permit, her head extended out. There
was a crush and the boy with a dexterous
move brought his car to a stop at the first
floor. It was too late. Mrs. Levy lay
lifeless on the bottom.of the elevator, her
head crushed in as if Wy a heavy bludgeon.
It had been struck by the slight projec
tion of the first floor into the elevator
shaft.
DESPER ATE DUEL.
Three Men Fight AVitli Knives and
• Pistol* at Louisville.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 33.—A desperate
duel with knives and pistols l>etween Ar
thur Waldron and Georg© Vogt was fought
to-day at Fourth avenue and K street.
Fred Vogt, the son of George Vogt, was
also drawn Into the encounter.
Asa result, Waldron is lying at the city
hospital in a precarious condition end
is not expected to live. Fred Vogt Is at
the Gray street infirmary, badly wounded,
anti the elder Vogt is in jail, charged with
malicious shooting.
The primary cause of the trouble was a
murder case tried in the Jefferson county
Circuit Court about eight years ago in
which the father of Arthur Waldron was
one of the principal witnesses for the state
against the elder Vogt, who was charged
with murder. A bitter hatred has existed
between the Waldron and Vogt families
ever /since, finally culminating in to-day’*
affair.
FAST RUN TO BUFFALO.
Newnpuper Train Cover* 425 .Miles In
42(1 Minutes.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 13.—New York to
Buffalo, 425 miles, in 426 minutes, actual
running time, was the record mad© over
the Erie Railroad to-day by a special news
paper train. Tho train left Jersey City
at 3:18 o’clock and reached Buffalo at 10:48
o’clock this morning. In stops twenty-four
minutes were lost.
The train was made up of engine and
three baggage cars. The ninety-three
miles between Hornellsvllle and Buffalo
were covered In eighty-five minutes. Next
Sunday an effort Is to be made to improve
on this fast run.
FORCED TO FAST.
Woman tlivr After 44 Day’s Pn**e)l
Without Fating.
N T ashvi!ie, Tcnn., Feb. 13.-<A sad case of
forced fasting was disclosed to-night. Mrs.
Annie Burr, a respectable white woman,
afflicted with throat trouble, has taken no
food for forty-four days anil drunk noth
ing for Iwenty-two days. She is 21 years
of age. Physicians of note have been un
able to relieve her, and she Is slowly
starving to death.
Dreyfus Meeting* In France.
Paris, Feb. 13 —Numerous meetings were
held In ihe provinces to-day in connection
with the Dreyfus agitutlon. In some cases
resolutions against the government were
adopted, but there were no serious disor
ders.
SHOT STOPS SUNDAY SERVICE.
MURDER OF A STRANGER FOLLOW
ED BY KILLING tIF HIS SLAYER.
The Murdered Mail About to Enter
the Sanctuary When He llecnine
Involved in a Fight in Resenting
■in Disalt—Companion of the Man
With Whom He Was Fighting
Shoot* Him—Hl* Slayer Shot Deud
While IteaiNttng Arrest.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10.—A special frrm
Blue Ridge, Ga., to the Constitution rays;
“Tho country around here Is greatly ex
cited over a bloody murder and the sub
sequent killing of the murderer by at
tendants at the church, tho murder tak
ing place in a country church to-day.
"The arrival of Mr. Weekes to call upon
the sheriff and posse to proceed to the
scene of the tragedy and restore quiet,
brought tho first news of the terrible oc
currence. The sheriff at once summoned
a strong force, and is now absent upon
the mission.
“It seems that' the congregation of the
church, situated about twelve miles dis
tant from this point, had quietly assem
bleel for the purpose of devotion, while
some of tho young men remained outside
todiscatss the topics of the day rather than
enter the houso of worship.
“A young man named Rawlins from
North Carolina, who has been visiting
this section, made his appearance and was
proceeding quietly towards the church
door when some of the boys began pok
ing fun at him because of some pecu
liarity in his gait. The worda spoken
were, so offensive that Rawlins turned
around to reply to what was said, when
a young man named Frey began abusing
him.
“The two men came together and the
young North Carolinian was about to get
the best of the fight when Whit Dillard,
another of the onlookers, drew his pistol
and fired at Rawlins. The ball entered
the man’s face on the left cheek and rang
ing to the back of his neck, killed him
instantly, and he died in the clutches of
his adversary.
“By this time everybody within- hearing
was aroused and the deepest indignation
prevailed that the young men should have
precipitated a tragedy in such a place.
“Dillard had quietly slipped away with
several of hie companions.
"Esquire Galloway, one of the leading
citizens, and a number of responsible men
got together and decided thut foul
tragedy should be avenged.
"Mounting the horses, they put out in
pursuit and soon overtook the flying homi
cide. He was called upon to surrender,
but paid no attention to the command.
"Finally, when he saw that the men were
in earnest, he backet! himself against a
tree and announced that he would die
game.
"Then the firing began, when a bullet
from the posse struck him with fatal ef
fect, ami he fell to the ground with his
finger upon the trigger of his pistol, dying
In the very act of giving response to his
assailants.
"All conservative and law abiding people
indorse the action of the posse, but the
dead man had friends and trouble Is ex
pected from that quarter.”
LINCOLN FEARED A SURRENDER.
McClellan So Hnnl l’re**eil Ity Lee
the President Wn* Worried.
Lebanon, Tnd., Feb. 13.—President Lip
coin’s birthday was celebrated here last
night and among the prominent guests
at the banquet was Gen. Lew Wallace.
During his address he referred to the dark
days of the war when Gen. McClellan hail
been driven back to Harrison’s Landing
by Gen. Lee. At this time, Gen. Wallace
said: "X was near Washington and went
there with a party to see the President. I
noticed that Mr. Lincoln’s face was unus
ually sad. I thought he was sick and was
solicitous. I kindly asked him if ho was
unwell, but he said, no, he was well
enough, but that he was anxiously await
ing for the time to arrive when a boat
would start for Harrison’s Landing, that
he wanted to go and persuade Gen. Mc-
Clellan not to surrender the army to Gen.
Lie.”
Gen. Wallace said he had never told this
sterry before except privately to friends.
OFF FOR UVEA AND SHAG LAY.
Steamer Leave* Portland With StKI
Passenger*.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 13.—The steamer
Oregon left to-ntght for Dyea and Skaguay
with 500 passengers and 1,200 tons of
freight.
Capt. D. L. Brainard, who is the dis
bursing officer of the government relief
expedition, was among the passengers. At
Dyea he will await the arrival of the
government reindeer and the snow and ice
locomotives which will be used In trans-
Itorting supplies to Dawson. It is exact
ed the expedition will leave Dyea by
March 1.
WOMAN’* SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
Thirteenth Annual Meeting Now In
Progress at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The thirteenth
annual meeting of the National American
Women Suffrage Association began this
afternoon at the Columbia theater.
The meeting also signalized the fiftieth
anniversary of the first convention of wo
men devoted to women's rights In this
country.
The feature of the meeting was a ser
mon by Rev. Anna Shaw.
Miss Susan B. Anthony also spoke brief
ly on the present outlook.
GOOD MONTH FOR THE -V, C. & ST. L.
Rond’* Grn** Earning* Lust Month
liiereu*e $110,020.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13.—The monthly
statement of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St, Louis Railway for last January,
made public to-day, shows an increase of
$48,026 in gross earnings compared with
January. 1897, and a surplus for the month
of $21,671. For seven months ending Jan.
31, 1898, surplus is $310,405, against $272,182
Jan. 31, 1897. ,
France’s W heat Crop.
Paris, Feb. 13.—The French wheat crop
promises to be very good in thirteen de
partments, good In forty-four, and fair In
thirty.
Norway)* New Cabinet.
Christiana, Feb. 13.—King Oscar has en
trusted to former Premier Steen the task
of forming anew cabinet.
STRIKE TO SI'KGAn,
o|ifrfllv In Every Cotton Allll In
New England to lie Culled Out.
Boston, Feb. 13.—At a meeting to-dny In
Oils city of the fifty-live representatives
of textile unions of New England, It was
unanimously voted to recommend that all
unions eiUl out the operatives In every cot
ton mill m New England.
The meeting was practically the out
come of the recommendation which Pres
ident QomiK-rs made to the Federation of
I.ahor last Sunday, In which he urged the
different unions to unite on some settled
policy regarding the mill situation in New
England. At that meeting a committee
of three was appointed to take charge of
the matter and after a conference this
committee recommended that a general
meeting tie held to take definite action.
To-day the representatives of the vari
ous national textile associations assem
bled In the Wells' Memorial hall, and for
four hours discussed the situation from
eVrry standpoint. The primary
object of the meeting was to devise some
method of rendering assistance to the New
Bedford strikers. It was pointed out to
day that If (he strikers at New Bedford
could hold out for four weeks without
receiving more than at) cents per operative
per week in the way of outside assistance,
other mill operatives could aland a simi
lar strain, and that If all went out In would
precipitate a crisis that would have to he
met within a short time hy the manufac
turers. It was ulso shown that the mule
spinners were In excellent condition as re
gards funds; that the United Textile
Workers and the New England Federation
of Weavers were also in good shape, hut
that the rest wore short of funds. Other
questions were also discussed and at
length the matter was put to a vote, no
one being registered against the motion
that the different unions should order a
general strike in every cotton mill in New
England, until a "Satisfactory adjustment
of wages could be arranged.
It now remains for the various unions
to take action on the recommendation, bill
what this notion will !*■ Is a matter of
conjecture. If all should acquiesce and
vote to strike H7,(XX) operatives would un
doubtedly cease work, and the manufac
ture of cotton goods throughout New
England would he at n standstill.
If, on the other hand, only a few un
ions should vote to strike, the refusal of
the others would still keep a large portion
of the mills In operation.
Inasmuch, however, as the meeting was
the outcome of President Gompers sug
gestion, and as he admonished the mem
bers of the Federation of Gabor to join'
hands and assist the New Bedford strik
ers, It seems probable nearly every union
will carry out the recommendations and
that one of the greatest strikes ever seen
in this country is impending.
New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 13.—From the
point of view of the New Bedford strikers,
the action taken by the conference of tex
tile unions In Boston to-day Is scarcely
likely to Is’ received with joy, inasmuch
as It is against the tiollcy adopted at the
meetings of the executive committee of the
National Spinners’ Union, to wit; That
New Bedford should be made the battle
ground, and until the conclusion of the
strike hero the other textile centers should
remain at work, thereby acquiring the
means to assist the New Bedford operat
ives In their struggle. Then, at the con
clusion of New Bedford's light, the plan
was, whether New Bedford won or lost,
the strike against tha gen
eml reduction should be extend
ed in one district at a time
until the whole of New England had ls-en
covered. In view of this plan, which at
ttie time of Its adoption seemed to meet
general acquiescence, the action of ihe
conference, It would seem, is u direct
change of tactics. The delegates to the
conference will report the new plan lo
their several unions for their considera
tion, and although the Boston conference
adjourned without date, It is presumed
that after action Is taken hy the unions,
another conference will be called to take
action in accordance with the action of
the unions.
Secretary Cunnane of the general strike
council reports on the collection received
up to 9 p. m. Saturday. The total amount
for tho week was $!.47!i, as against $1,345
for the previous week,
Daniel do Geon, die Socialist organiser,
to-duy closed the series of meetings which
he has addressed In the Interest of his
party. Asa result of tht-Be meetings, a
branch of the Socialist trade and labor
alliance has been formed in this eity. This
Is the. new trades union movement vouch
ed for by the Soelalists, and Its funda
mental principle is the wiping out of the
capitalist els rh at the In Hot l>ox rather
than the settlement of the. differences be
tween capital and labor by strikes.
Notwithstanding the attitude of the
trade and labor alliance and the Socialists
generally toward strikes, they declare they
wish to do nothing to Injure the present
strike, hut after It Is over they wont the
Socialists to exert their Influence at the
[Mils.
I.OWEII RATES TO 3BW YORK.
Alerelinnt*’ Association to Appeal to
the Passenger Agent.,
New York, Feb. 13.—A representative
of the Merchants’ Association of this city
left for Washington to-day and will lie
present at the conference of general pas
sengers agents of the country which will
I* held there to-morrow, and will make
an application for reduced rates to New
York from territory where such rates
have not been grant eel.
A delegation from the Houston, Tex.,
Business Gcague Is now In this city with
power to act as a committee for the pur-
IMse of having New York co-operate In
obtaining for the Houston ship canal the
appropriations recommended for that pur
pose by the war department. A special
meeting of the committee will be held to
morrow.
REAR EM) COLLISION.
Plant System Train Rims Into a
Freight nt Adams Run,
Charleston, Feb. 13.—At Adams Run, on
the Charleston snd Savannah road, Mere
was a rear-end collision at 5 o’dock this
morning between passenger train No. 73
of tho Plant system and a freight train.
The caboose of Ihe freight was demol
ished. and the passenger engine was
slightly damaged.
Engineer Tucker of No. 78 sprained his
ankle badly when he Jumped from.his cab.
No one else was injured. |
l rattnay's .Me.v Mate Department.
London, Feb. 14.—A dispatch to the
Times from Montevideo says the new state
department was established Saturday
amid popular enthusiasm,
Dr. Juan Carlos a Blanco was unani
mously elected president of the council.
f DAIGY, $lO A YEAR. '
J 5 CENTS A COPY.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-VVEEK *1 A YEAH
JAPANESE CREWS MUTINOUS.
EUROPEAN OFFICERS AND PASSEN
GERS ATTACKED.
The Sailors Resent Any Instrnetlona
or Survellnnee From Foreign
Ollieers—(llllcers Who Have Fnlleii
to Resign Victims of Marderog*
Attacks From Amhusbed Japa
nese Enemies—omeers unit Passen
gers Driven to the Bridge hy m
Drunken Cre.v ami Held There fort
Hours.
San Francisco, Feb. 13.—The Oriental
and Occidental Stramship Company’s
steamer Gaelic arrived to-day from Ilona
Kong. Yokohama and Honolulu, britiglna
the following Oriental advices;
The Hong Kong Telegraph says that
continual trouble Is being reported from
vessels manned by Japanese crews, tha
Japanese resenting any Instructions of
surveillance from European ctltlcers and
reserving an especial grudge for European
lwssongers. Several cases have been rs
ported where officers have already been
marked for attack by the Japanese, and
warned to withdraw from the service,
their retention of their [>osttlon being In
variably followed by a murderous attaclC
from ambushed Japanese enemies.
A case In [Mint Is reported from the N.
Y. K. liner Hakuta Mcru, from Japan Alai
llong Kong for England. There were thir
ty-eight passengers on board the liner,
many of whom were repeatedly attacked
by Ihe Jiijuinrse crew whenever they left
their own state-rooms after nightfall. On
New Year’s day, the Telegraph says, all
tho Japanese sailors and waiters, “mad
drunk," and clad only In breech clouts,
made an organized attack on the English/
officers aiul passengers of the Hakata Ma
ru. Tho Japanese were armed with!
knives, crowbars and belaying pins, bru
tally beat tho chief engineer and his thlrj
assistant, and attacked a passenger, Thom
as Hall, in his berth, cutting his head
open wilh a marlin spike.
According to the account In the Tele
graph the officers and most of the pas
sengers were driven to the bridge, where,
unarmed, forty Englishmen kept one hun
dred drink-maddened Japanese nt bay
during the entire night by brandishing
their walking sticks.
The Shanghai Recorder deplores any
partition of China, which, ft says, will
certainly Is: unfavorable to missionary
work, adding that it will be a sad thing,
not only for Chlrtff, but for all concerned.
If the powers undertake such action, pre
dicting that partition would bo the begin
ning of unending strife and bloodshed.
Tho Recorder calls upon Great Britain to
Interfere and say that China shall not
be divided, but that she shall tie reform
ed and saved, predicting that in such in
terference England would have the sup,
port of Japan and the active acquiescence
of tile United States.
THREW AWAY HIS TALENTS.
IMtinliie 1?ml of a Alan Once a Promi
nent I’liyslclan.
Goutsvlile, Ky. F.eb. 13.—Dr. John R,
de Vellla, who was found In destitute cir
cumstances with hts daughter. Miss Cora
de Veliia, in a comfortless room on East
Main street several weeks ago, died to
day In a New Albany, Ind., insane asylum.
He was taken to the institution a week
ago to undergo treatment there, but his
vitality had become so low that the man
ager of the sanitarium did not think It ad
visable to give him any treatment other
than to relieve his pain by the use of tho
drugs, the use of which he was addicted
to. The body was almost one mass of
sores caused by the use of the hyperdemic
needle, there being ISO abscesses on him
when he died. These abscesses brought oi
pyaemia, wlhch caused his death.
Miss Cora de •Veliia, who was taken to
the New Albany sanitarium with her
father, has been steadily Improving, and
her physician feels certain that she will
recover her health. Wealthy and influen
tial friends of her father, who reside in
this eity, tqrve taken her case ,n hand, and
they will care for her after her recovery.
Dr. de Vellla was for many years a
prosperous and highly respected physician
until wrecked by the morphine und cocaine
habits.
He was an Italian by birth, was highly
educated and accomplished, and spoko
many languages with great fluency. His
learning, no loss then the mystery of his
life, which, no doubt died with him, was
a constant source of wonder to those who
were thrown In contact with him. Ho
came to this city right after the war,
though he is said to have been in Gouls
vlile during the war as a Confederate spy.
Many strange stories have been told con
cerning him, especially since attention has
boon called to the sad ending of what once
promised to be a brilliant career. It has
been said he was a political exile; that ho
killed a man in a duel In his youth and
other theories have been advanced to ac
count for his reticence concerning his ear
ly life.
BI LLET’S FATAL FLIGHT.
Basses Through One Alan’s Face and
Kills Another.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 13.—1n Lexington
last night, John Kamlner, a white store
keeper, fired at Sid and Lewis Davis, who
were In his store.
The same shot passed through Sid’s face
and killed Lewis. -
A Jury to-day found a verdict of felo
nious homicide.
The murderer has fled and is being pur
sued by the sheriff.
EXBHESS CAR ROIIIIED,
The Robbers Carry Off the Safe and*
Get 18100.
Darien, Gn., Feb. 13.—The express car
at Darien and Western Railroad depot
was broken into last night and the safo
carried off. It contained over one hundred
dollars. There Is no clew to the burglar*.
HAWAII TO HIT MACHINERY.
Cleveland Firm Receives a Request
to Make an Estimate.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 13.—The City Forge
and Iron Company of this city has Just
received a big order for sugar -making ma
chinery to be put into a refinery tn Ha
waii. The amount of the order has not
yet been estimated.