Newspaper Page Text
the MORNING NEWS. i
Established 1850. - Incorporated S*SB l
J. H. ESTILL* President. )
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
IMMCATIONS THAT THE COMMIS
SION MAY CONSIDER IT TO-DAY'.
authorities at AVa*hinton Think
That Cuba anil Porto Rican Mat
iers Have Heen Concluded—Admir
al Dewey’s Opinion ot the Ability
nf Filipinos Likely to Have Much
Weiitht With American Commis
sioners—Apprehension Because of
I phenval in France.
Washington, Oct. 26.—There are Indioa
i,, is that (he peace commissioners in Par
is ire approaching the end of the consid
eration of the subject of Cuba and Porto
po. and officials here would not be sur
prised if to-day’s session of the commis
sion concluded those subjects, leaving the
commission free to take up the most im
l„,i tant matter in the protocol, namely, the
disiiosilion of tile Philippines.
Tiie Spanish case has been presented
y.,’h an ability and adroitness that com
mit ,1s the admiration of diplomats with
oi regard to nationality, and even our
own officials have been compelled to yield
a tribute of respect to the arguments pro
duced. but notwithstanding they have been
o’ no avail In affecting any substantial
mange in the first attitude of the Ameri
c iii commissioners, who are holding firm
lv to the line of procedure originally oui
lir.d. It is expected here that henceforth,
a!i r the courteous intimation that has
1- , n conveyer! to the Spanish commission
ers that it is time to regard the Cuban and
l’orto Rican matters as settled, better
progress will be made toward the final con
clusion of a treaty of peace.
No one knows officially just what the
extent of the United States claim will be
a to the Philippines. Admiral Dewey
has a much higher opinion of- the Philip
pine jioople and their capacity for self
government thart is generally supposed.
He has represented to the American com
missioners that the Phi ippines of the
northern group, meaning by that, first the
people on the island of Luzon, and after
that in order Cebu, Panay, Leite, Mlndora,
and Samar, are, as a rule, intelligent,
practicable, and (a most surprising state
ment) far better qualified for self-govern
ment than the inhabitants of Cuba.
Admiral Dewey Is as familiar with the
qualifications of the Cubans in this respect
as almost any naval officer having had
personal experience with the people, so
i hat his statement is bound to have
weight with the American commissioners,
bm with all this he has made no recom
meiulatlon ns to what, should constitute
the maximum or minimum demand of
the Americans and their demands conse
quently are likely to be based upon their
original instructions, qualified by any
change of opinion the President may have
< xperienced as a result of his Western
trip.
Home apprehension has been manifested
in certain quarters as to the possible ad
verse effect upon the peace commission of
an upheaval in France. It has been sug
gested that the Spanish cause is in such
shape that the Spanish government has
routing to iose and everything to gain by
unv change that can be brought about.
However, it may be slated that in the
opinion of the state department officials
!: IP, there is little danger of the situation
in Paris becoming so acute as to justify
an abandonment of the work of the com
mission on the ground that the commis
sioners themselves are in physical danger.
Paris, Oct. 2G.—The American peace com
missioners held a session of several hours'
duration to-day, prior to the joint session
of the two commissions, which opened at
4 o'clock (his afternoon.
The meeting of the commissioners lasted
en hour and five minutes, and was ad
journed until to-morrow.
f'oth the Spanish and American com
missioners were more reticent after this
session than ever before.
The Americans fully appreciale not only
Heir own serious responsibilities, hut also
'lie d-'.leate position of their Spanish col
!• agues, to the burden of whose duties here
•s now added the critical political situation
t .Madrid, which may compel the president
"f the Spanish commission (who is also
pta sideni of the Spanish Senate), Senor
.Mor.iero Rios, to leave Paris.
Tii" Madrid correspondent of the Temps
v "onfirmlng the report that Premier Sa
y -la and the Queen Regent have prevail
'd upon the minister of war, Gen. Cor
r, a. to indefinitely postpone his resigim
-1 pending the conclusion of the peace
'■ volitions, says that they represented
m Hie general that his withdrawal might
'until not only the fail of the cabinet,
1 ut cause the resignation of certain mem
'os of the Spanish commission, including
s i or Monti ro Rios, and thereby gravely
' unpromlse the issue of the peace nego
t aliens.
The correspondent of the Temps adds:
' Tito net result is that an open crisis
' rns to have been avoided until the cixi
-1 usion of the treaty of peace, lti any
" 1 '• this has done away with the neces
t 'y .oran ud Interim government, which
" lS lately suggested as likely to he the
C l V solution of the present difficulties.
A the peace negotiations ore now near
-Ithe discussion of the Philippine ques
' us Hie Americans feel that no stage
CO the proceedings has so demanded their
< in.-i.], rate treatment.
*' may not be stated to-night with cor
' '"hv that the Cuban question has re
" 'v.-d it s last consideration by the Ameri
' ; ' ns or have the Spaniards accepted as
'miniate the United States refusal to as
l‘me an y portion of the Cuban debt. It
u.y, however, be affirmed that the Philip
question was not reached to-day, but
■' 'u ! ‘o discussed at to-morrow's session,
■ h Will )k> the first occasion during
negotiations of a joint session of tlie
rnuiHSiong being held on succeeding
[ > which fact is in some degree signitl-
NKlv COr\TEH-HBMOR INDI N.
ConinilxMiuiiorni Con nllor
tug Spuin'* Lntest Proposal.
I indon, Oct. 27,—The Paris corrospon-
II of ihe Times says:
1 to-day's (Wednesday's) sitting, the
nish peace commissioners presented a
1 '■ounter-memorandum declaring their
hoes.*, provisionally, to accept an ar
' of a preliminary treaty stipulating
1 'Spain shall relinquish ail rights to
rcignty in Cuba without formulating
u other claim, arid to leave in suspense
ill yt ffetogl
ail remaining questions especially the
Philippines.
' The Americans asked until to-morrow
(Thursday) to reply to this new memoran
dum. This is regarded as a favorable
sign, being a slight relaxation of the
rigidity the Americans have hitherto
shown. They are perhaps aware that the
Cuban, and even the Spanish bondholders,
are becoming alarmed at the strange turn
of the financial side of the discussion
which Spain, ihe United States and Cuba,
with extraordinary unanimity and care
lessness, ail repudiate the Cuban debt.
“Nobody will be able to force Spain to
accept the debt, for, apart from bank
ruptcy, she could only meet the liabilities
at the expense of her foreign bondhold
ers, who, by a strange anomaly, would
thus have to pay for the independence of
Cuba. It is not likely that the United
States or any other power can or will
force Spain to ruin herself by meeting
the Cuban debt, and it will then either
be a total loss for Europe or be paid by
the Spanish bondholders.
“If, under the circumstances, an agree
ment cannot be effected, America will, in
deed, be wise to refer the question to the
arbitration of impartial men, entirely dis
interested in this delicate matter.”
RAIN' INTERRUPTS THE JUBILEE.
A Rig Reception Tendered the Pres
ident Lost Night.
Philadelphia, Oct. 26.—President McKin
ley and party arrived here at noon to
day, but instead of finding the city In
the midst of the enjoyment of Us peace
celebration he found a dreary, desolate
condition of affairs, and many thousand
citizens and visitors in the throes of dis
appointment on account of the interrup
tion of the jubilee exercises in conse
quences of a prevailing rainstorm.
Early in the day the citizens jubilee
committee met at the Mayor’s office and
very quickly concluded to abandon the
day’s programme and to postpone the civic
parade until Friday.
President McKinley was this evening
tendered a dinner and reception at the
Union League. The dinner was entirely
informal and was given by the board of
directors of the league.
Among those at the table was Vice
President Hobart. Postmaster General
Smith, Secretary Wilson, Secretary Alger,
Gen. Miles, Commodore Philiip, ‘Capt.
Robley D. Evans, Capt. Sigsbee, Gens.
Shafter, Wheeler, Chaffee, Patterson,
Sumner, Lawson, Y'oung and Sickles; Pri
vate Secretary Porter. Commodore Car
rick, Capt. A. Paget of the Royal British
navy; Gov. Hastings and Mayor Warwick.
At the reception which followed there
were fully 4,000 guests. The President
stood in one of the side rooms, the line of
visitors passing and shaking him by the
hand.
Naval Constructor Hobson was among
those who shook bands with the President,
and ho received a.ktndiy word of greeting.
The President to-morrow will review the
military parade. He will leave for Wash
ington to-morrow night.
It is learned that the President has had
with him at nil times since leaving Wash
ington a bodyguard of three detectives.
The President, however, said to-night that
he never felt so safe as he did while in
Philadelphia.
The only speech made by the President
was a brief one as he was leaving the
Union League, shortly before 11 o'clock.
A tremendoua crowd of people had gath
ered in the street outside the building.
Mayor Warwick and Naval Constructor
Hobson passed out the door just ahead
of the President and upon reaching the
top of the steps leading to the sidewalk,
the Mayor presented Lieut. Hobson to the
crowd. A great cheer arose and the hero
of the Merrlmac bowed his acknowledge
ments to the compliment.
Then the President was introduced to the
vast concourse of people by the Mayor.
When the cheering which followed the in
troduction of the Pres dent had subsided.
President McKinley said: “You have
cheered the President of the United States,
and also cheered a hero of the late war.
jg you will he patient a few moments you
will have an opportunity to cheer other
heroes of the Me-frlmae.”
The President then withdrew and was
escorted to the hold.
A moment later, four of the Crew of the
Merrimac came from the building and were
presented to the crowd. They received a
most tumultuous greeting. The Merrimac
heroes then retired and the crowd in the
street gradually dispersed.
SUDDEN MEETING OF CABINET.
President and Members in a Secret
Conference Last Mglit.
Philadelphia, Oct. 26.—Immediately aft
er the reception to the President to-night
at the Union League, a meeting of the
chief executive and those cabinet officers
who are in attendance with him at the
jubilee was held at the Hotel Bellevue.
Those present beside the President were
Postmaster Genera! Smith, Secretary of
War Alger, Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son and Solicitor General Richards, in
place of Attorney General Griggs. The
utmost secrecy attended the proceedings,
and it was impossible to learn for what
purpose the meeting was called or what
subjects were discussed. From an unof
ficial. though ordlnariiy reliable source, it
was gleaned that J. C. Kellogg, private
secretary to Secretary Hay, reached here
to-night, bearing important dispatches
from the state department. Neither Sec
retary Porter nor any of the cabinet of
ficers could be seen after the meeting end
ed. and no information from other sources
could be obtained.
The meeting lasted nearly one hour and
was held in the President's room in the
hotel. Local -detectives prevented any one
from approaching the vicinity.
Mr. Kellogg, when questioned about the
matter, admitted being the bearer of a
message, but said that it was purely a
personal one from Secretary Hay.
That it was more than some ordinary
deliberation was apparent from the fact
that Mr. Kellogg reached the Union
League shortly before 11 o'clock and was
immediately taken to the President. He
then left and went to the hotel, the re
ception coming to an end very shortly.
After the President and the cabinet had
concluded (heir deliberations, Mr. Kellogg
left immediately for Washington in a spe
cial ear. It was reported some time after
midnight that the President might leave
for Washington in the morning and not
remain to review the military jubilee pa
rade.
Anti-Teller State Ticket.
Denver, Col., Oct. 26.—The committee to
fill vacancies on the anti-Teller Sliver Re
publican ticket to-day decided to place
Henry R. Wolcott, the Republican candi
date for Governor, at the head of the tick
et in place of Simon Guggenheim, resign
ed. Several other vacancies were also
filled by endorsing the Republican nomi
nees.
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOREK 27. 1808.
SEVENTH'S REORGANIZATION.
ORDERS ISSUED YESTERDAY BY
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Assignment nf tlie General Officer*
und of StnlT Officers of Gen. bee’s
Corps—ll rig. Gen. W'illlstnn Com.
nimulliiK Second Brigade. First Di
vision, and Rrljt. Gen. Dougins the
First Rrigadb. Second Division.
Assignment of First Corps at
Huntsville.
Washington, Ocl. 26.-An order has
been issued by the war department for
the reorganization of the Seventh Army
Corps, as follows:
Cavalry Brigade—Seventh United States
Cavalry, Eighth United States Cavalry.
First Division, First Brigade—First Tex
as Infantry, Second Louisiana Infantry,
Third Nebraska Infantrjp
Second Brigade—Ninth Illinois Infantry.
Second South Carolina Infantry, Fourth
Illinois Infantry.
Second Division, First Brigade—One
Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Infantry,
Second Illinois Infantry, First North
Carolina Infantry.
Second Brigade—Fourth Virginia In
fantry, Forty-ninth lowa Infantry, Sixth
Missouri Infantry.
The following assignments of general
officers by the President, and of staff offi
cers by the Secretary of War, to the Sev
enth Corps, are announced;
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, commanding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Lieut. Col.
Joseph H. Dorst.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. Ed
win St. J. Greble.
Chief Quartermaster—Lieut. Col. George
E. Pond.
Chief Commissary of Subsistence—Lieut.
Col. Oliver E. Wood.
Chief Surgeon—Lieut. Col. Louis M.
Mau*.
Inspector General—Lieut. Col. Curtis
Guild, Jr.
Judge Advocate—
Chief Signal Officer—Lieut. Col. Joseph
E. Maxfield.
Chief Engineer Officer—Lieut. Col. Will
iam R. Livermore.
Chief Ordnance Officer—Lieut. Col. Rog
er S. Birnie, Jr.
First Division—Maj. Gen. J. Warren
Kiefer, commanding.
Assislant Adjutant General—Maj. S.
Scott.
Inspector General—Maj. John G. Evans.
Chief Quartermaster— Maj. Noble H.
Creager.
Chief Commissary of Subsistence—Maj.
James M. Moody.
Engineer Officer—Maj. Hugh H. Gordon.
Ordnance Officer—Maj. John L. Cham
berlain.
Chief Surgeon—Maj. Jefferson R. Kean.
First Brigade, First Division—Brig. Gen.
Loyd Wheaton, commanding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt.
Charles H. McGill.
Quartermaster —Capt. Oscar C. Guessaz.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. James
E. B. Stuart.
Surgeon—Maj. George B. Bunn.
Second Brigade, First Division—Briga
dier General Edward B. Williston, com
manding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. Ja
cob E. Bloom.
Quartermaster —Capt. George L. Good
ale.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. Will
iam B. Hale.
Surgeon—Maj. Francis C. Ford.
Second Division—Maj. Gen. Francis V.
Greene, commanding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Maj. Rob
ert E. L. Michie.
Inspector General—Maj. Benjamin H.
Cheever.
Chief Quartermaster— Slnj. James L.
Wilson.
Chief Commissary of Subsistence—Maj.
Robert L. Longstreet.
Engineer Officer—i Maj. Hugh J. Mc-
Grath.
Ordnance Officer—Maj. Frank H. Ed
munds.
Chief Surgeon—Maj. George R. Fowler.
First Brigade. Second Division—Briga
dier General Henry T. Douglas, com
manding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. Rob
ert G. Paxton.
Quartermaster —Capt. Frederick W.
Cole.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. The.
odore B. Hacker.
Surgeon—Maj. John G. Davis.
Second Brigade. Second Division—Briga
dier General Henry C. Hasbrouck, com
manding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. Hugh
D. Wise.
Quartermaster— Capt. William G. Ball.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. James
C. Baldridge.
Surgeon—Maj. William S. Bryant.
Cavalry Brigade, Huntsville, Aia.—Brig
adier General Louis H. Carpenter, com
manding.
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. John
E. McMahon.
Acting Quartermaster—Lieut. C. J. Sim
monds, Seventh Cavalry.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. Will
iam M. Loveland.
Surgeon .
Washington, Oct. 26.—The following rs
signments of staff officers to brigades in
the First Army Corps have been made by
the war department:
First Corps, First Brigade, First Divi
sion, Atlanta, Ga.: Assistant Adjutant
General—Capt. William F. Hancock.
Quartermaster— Capt. Samuel A. Smoke.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. John
M. Tobin.
Surgeon—Maj. John C. Martin.
Second Brigade, First Division, Macon,
Ga.: Assistant Adjutant General—Capt.
Theodoelu* Botkin.
Quartermaster— Capt. Lewis V. Will
iam*. -
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. Will
iam n. Cowln.
Surgeon—Maj. Charles M. Drake.
Third Brigade. First Division, Macon,
Ga.: Assistant Adjutant General—Capt.
Sherrill Babcock.
Quartermaster— Capt. Samuel Baird.
Commissary of Subsistence—Cap*. Chae.
E. Cabell.
Surgeon—Maj. Elmer E. Hegg.
First Brigade. Second Division, Colum
bus, Ga.: Assistant Adjutant General—
Capt. Frederick J. Kountz.
Quartermaster—Capt. Moses Walton, Jr.
Commissary of Subsistence—fnpt. Wil
son I. Daveny.
Surgeon—Maj. John L. Macumber.
Second Brigade. Second Division, Ameri
cas, Ga.: Assistant Adjutant General—
Capt. Willard A. Holbrook.
Quartermaster— Capt. Walter Alien.
Commissury of Subsistence Capt.
Charles E. Golden.
Surgeon—Maj. Frank Breanze.
Third Brigade. Second Division. Albanv,
Ga.: Assistant Adjutant General—Capt,
W. R. Samples.
Quartermaster—Capt. Abraham S. Blck
ham.
Commissary of Subsistence—Capt. James
C. Grant.
Surgeon—Maj. Robert Burns.
ORDERED TO S YY YN \ AIL
Second Regiment of Engineers to
Join tlie Seventh Corps.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Four companies of
the Second Regiment of Volunteer Engin
eer*, now at Montauk, have been ordered
to join Gen. Lee's corps at Savannah.
The Sixth Missouri Infantry has been
designated to remain at Jacksonville and
guard the stores of the Seventh Corps un
til removed. This regiment will not i;o to
Savannah with tHe remainder of the corp.
INDIANS ItHIEK TO I'EACE.
YY bites In Minnesota Unused tlie ln
,lllln Trouble* at Leech Lake.
Washington. Oct. 26.—Commissioner of
Indian Affairs William A. Jones, who has
been for a week in Minnesota making ne
gotiations, which were successful, with the
Chippewa Indians for the resumption of
peaceful relations with the government,
has returned to Washington, and to-day
made n verbal report to Secretary Bliss
ui>on his work.
Commissioner Jones says the trouble is
attributable to the methods of the whites
in the vicinity, who are taking gross ad
vantage of the Indians.
QUIET AT MANILA.
Gen. Oils Think* Condition* There
Yre Improving.
■Washington, Oct. 26.—Tlie following ca
ble dispatch has been received at the war
department from Gen. Otis:
“Manilla, Ocl. 23.—Adjutant General,
Washington: Transport City of Para
leaves to-day for San Francisco via Naga
saki. Large mall. Maj. Whipple and Pay
Lieutenant Williams, ordnance, on board.
Transports Scandia and Condor still in
port. Scandia probably leave* within ten
days for San Francisco. Can lie utilized
for freight purposes. Quiet here and con
ditions believed to be improving.''
Officer* Hnmwnlilj !irlu:rwd.
Washington, Oct.’s6.—The following offi
cers have been honorably discharged, their
services being no longer required: Lieut.
Col. John Jacob Astor, inspector general,
appointed from New York; Capt. Freder
ick M. Alger, son of Secretary Alger, as
sistant adjutant general, appointed from
Michigan; Capt. James, H. McMillan, son
of Senator McMillan, assistant quarter
master, appointed from Michigan.
To Investigate the Charges.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Secretary Doyle
and Law Clerk Waites of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, with a stenographer,
have gone to Richmond, Va., to Investi
gate the charges recently preferred against
federal officials there of political assess
ments and other offenses. The investiga
tion Is likely to occupy several days.
Experts in Municipal Improvements.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Experts In munici
pal improvements from various cities In
the United States and Canada met here
to-day at the Arlington Hotel in attend
ance at the fifth annual convention of the
American Society of Municipal Improve
ments. The only subjects discussed to-day
were sewerage and sanitation.
Torpedo Boot Destroyers.
Washington, Oct. 26.—The navy depart
ment entered into a contract with the firm
of Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilming
ton, Del., for the construction of the 30-
knst torpedo boat destroyers Hopkins and
Hull. _
COL. ROOSEVELT’S TOUR.
Many of lit* Constituent* Meet Him
nt Every Point.
Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 26.—Theodore
Roosevelt and party left Buffalo at 9:30
this morning.
The first stop was made at Tonawanda,
where, despite a drenching rain, 2,000 peo
ple crowded about the train. Col. Roose
velt spoke very briefly.
At Lyon* the party was transferred in
carriages to a hail that was literally jam
med with people. Col. Roosevelt, Dr. De
pew and Judge Olcott spoke In all about
fifteen minutes.
The reception given to Col. Roosevelt
and his pafty In Rochester to-night vied
with that which he received In Buafflo last
night. When the train pulled into the de
pot cannons were fired, cheers rent the
air and bands played. Two halls were
arranged, but they were not half large
enough to satisfy the demands. Col.
Roosevelt attended both meetings, betides
reviewing a monster parade and his car
riage could hardly be forced through the
ciowds that followed and surrounded it.
V YN YYICK AY ELI, RECEIVED.
Illtt Democratic Audience lo Ilenr
Him nt SyraeunF.
Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 26.—Justice Au
gustus Van Wyck, the Democratic candi
date for Governor, was given an enthusi
astic reception by the Democrats of Syra
cuse and vicinity to-night. Fully 3,000
voters were gatherid in the Alhambra,
where the meeting was held.
The meeting was presided over by Mayor
James K. McGuire, who referred briefly
to the issues of the campaign and also
mentioned W. J. Bryan as the logical lead
er of the party. This reference to Col.
Bryan roused greater enthusiasm than any
other event of the meeting.
Macedonia tttnrin Swept,
Ralonlca, European Turkey, Oct. 26.
Terrific storms have swept over Macedo
nia. doing an enormous amount of damage
and causing considerable loss of life. In
one Instance a caravan, consisting of for
ty-seven person* and 100 horses, was en
gulfed in the River Galice and all were
drowned.
SALISBURY MUST STAND FIRM.
PROMINENT lilt I CONS RECOGNIZE
THE GII.YYITA OF SITI YTION.
But Claim That, Even nt the Hisk ot
YYni*, It 1* Now ImpoMMihlc for
Lord Salisbury to Recede From 111*
Position—Report In Circulation
Thai France Had Yttreril lo Einc
iiute FuMhodn—-Naval Preparation
Coiitintb- in llolh Countries.
I -oil don Oct. 26.—This evening has wit
nessed a great outpouring of oratory on
the Fashoda question. Speeches were
made at various places by Hon. Charles
T. Ritchie, president of the Board of
Trade; Sir John Gorst, vice president of
the committee of Council and conservative
member of Parliament for Bumbrldge Uni
versity; George Wyndhum, under secre
tary of state for war; Lord Edmond Fliz
maurice and Alfred Lyttleton, liberal
unionist member of Parliament for Leam
lngion. All recognized the gravity of the
situation, but declared that, even at Ihe
risk of war, it was impossible for laird
Salisbury to recede from ids position.
Lord Salisbury held tlie usual foreign
office reception this afternoon.
The French ambassador, Baron de Cour
cei, was conspicuously absent. It is as
sumed, therefore, that whatever proposals
he bears from Paris were communicated
yesterday to Sir Thomas Sanderson, per
manent under secretary of state for for
eign affairs.
A report was in circulation In the city
this evening that the Rothschilds had been
informed that France had agreed to evac
uate Fashoda, but the foreign office has
no information on this subject.
The activity In naval preparations con
tinue on both sides of tlie channel.
THE SIRDAR REACHES PRANCE.
Gen. Kltclieucr and t'npt. liarntler
Proceed to* Pari* From !>lnr*eille*.
Marseilles, Oct. 26.—Gen. Kitchener of
Khartoum, and Capt. ltaratier, the bearer
of Maj. Marchand's Fashoda report, ar
rived from Alexandria, Egypt, to-day on
board the Mesagerle’s steamer from that
port. During the voyage the two officers
dined together and cordially conversed on
the customs of the tribes and |>eoplos each
had met.
The British consul here met Gen. Kitch
ener on landing and Capt. Unrulier receiv
ed an affectionate greeting from his moth
er and brother. Gen. Kitchener and Capt.
Baratler left for Paris on the same train.
A crowd which assembled on the plat
form cheered (Nipt. Banfßef and a 'dele
gation from the naval and commercial
schools presented hlrn with a bejeweled
insignia of the Legion of Honor, lo which
his appointment has Just been announced.
A deputation from Ihe Geographical So
ciety of Marseilles, after congratulating
Capt. Baratler, proceeded to Gen. Kitche
ner’s saloon ear. There the spokesman
of the French party expressed admira
tion of the general's remarkable campaign
and work in behalf of civilization and
thanked him for the courtesy he had ex
tended to Maj. Marchand and his col
li agues. The general thanketl his visitors
warmly and eulogized Maj. Marchand,
whose expedition, he said, had excited the
admiration of the whole world.
The train then departed amid shouts of
"Vive BaraiicrN.’ “Vive Marchand!"
Paris, Oct. 26.—Gen. Lord Herbert Kitch
ener, commander of the Anglo-Egyptlan
forces In the Soudan, and Capt. Baratler,
the French officer who brings Maj. Mar
chand’s dispatches from Fashoda, arrived
here at 10 o'clock this evening. Gen.
Kitchener left the railway station unno
ticed.
Capt. Baratler received an ovation from
hundreds of members of the patriotic
?eague> and others. Marlel Habert. a mem
ber of the Chamber of Deputies, on behalf
of the I’atriotic League, presented to ('apt.
liaratier a gold medal. The friendly dem
onstration continued until Capt. Baratler
reached his resilience. There was no fur
ther incident. The city is quiet this even
ing.
LIBBIIAIi LEADER'S VIEW.
Sir Willin in Vernon Hiirconrt I rgo
tlte Government's Support.
London, Oct. 26.—The keen desire to
hear the view of the Liberal leader in
the House of Commons, Sir William Ver
non Jlareourt, on the Fashoda question,
was satisfied this evening by his speech
at Aberyst, Wales.
air William Vernon Harcourt said it was
the urgent duty of every one, without re
gard to political difference, to support the
government in maintaining the rights of
the empire in the present crisis, a crisis
specially dangerous, owing to the unex
ampled situation in France.
FRANCE TO EVACUATE.
Lord Salisbury's \eH Argument De
fended by the /loir.
Paris, Oct. 26.—The fsoir hears in diplo
matic circles that France Is prepared to
evacuate Fashoda, with the reservation
that she shall receive some compensation,
to be arranged hereafter.
''This result,” Buys the' Solr, ‘‘is the out
come of anew argument- advanced by
Lord Salisbury to the effect that as the
dispatch of Maj. Murchand’s mission was
not notified to Great Britain, as Is the
custom, Great Britain is entitled to dispute
Maj. Marchand's right to hold the terri
tory oe oil pi-'d.
"As the Qua* D'Orsay is thus placed in a
false position, through the fault of M.
Hanotaux, the predecessor of M. Delcasge,
the latter is foreed to recognize the Jus
tice of British objections."
A feeling distinctly more peaceable re
garding ihc Fashoda affair prevails in
Paris this evening. President Faure is
taking the crisis quietly, and the belief
Is stronger than it was yesterday that
M. IJrtsson fell because he wished to fall.
it is now rumored that Gen. Chanolne
resigned the war office portfolio out of
pique at the refusal of the general staff
committee to give him command of an
aimy corps.
Extraordinary precautions have been
oidered against possible disturbances at
the Court of Cassation to-morrow, when
the Dreyfus revision appeal will be heard.
A Curious Report.
London. Oct. 27.—The Cairo correspond
ent of the Daily Mail telegraphs a curi
ous report that Maj. Marchand has been
ipquestcd to withdraw from Fashoda by
the way he reached it.
SPANISH Til OOPS \\ \\T MONEY. j
Bitter Peeling Against tlie Govern- j
mem, nml Outbreaks Possible.
Havana, via Key West, Oct. 26.—The bit
ter feeling among the Spanish troops
against the government for not paying
them is increasing daily, und menaces
possible outbreaks, entailing serious trou
ble before long. The ortkii publico forces,
who. as the names indicates, are entrust
ed with maintaining order In the city,
constitute ttie most seditious and turbu
l<nt element. At first the government pro
liosed to pay only those who were dis
charged. Then, alter protest, it offered to
pay all by promissory notes, a proposal
which was refused. No cash settlement
has been made, and the entire body ex
presses Its dissatisfaction openly.
Yesterday eighty regulars, movtlllsados,
from tlie Catnajunni regiment, arrived
here and went to the palace to demand
pay. Their attitude liefore Gen. Blanco
was such that he ordered them to he
taken So the Cabanas prison on pretext of
liciusr fed there, but they have not been
allowed to leave the prison and to all in
tents and purposes are under arrest.
These incidents prove the real feeling of
the troops. The possibility of an outbreak
Is confirmed in private conversation with
the men who threaten riot If they are or
dered to embark without payment.
During these last few weeks Spanish
rule In the island has been marked by un
bridled corruption and license on the part
of every man in power.
GEN. BLANCO'S ORDER.
He Will Suspend All Further Dis
charges of' Sold iers.
Havana. Oct. 26.—Yesterday Gen. Blan
co issued tlie following general order:
"Having received by cable on Oct. 17 a
communication from the minister of war
at Madrid, announcing that the troopg
will be paid and discharged upon their
arrival in Spain, 1 have resolved to sus
l>end—until the minister of wur replies
to an inquiry I have since made—all fur
ther discharges, pursuant to iny order of
Oct. 4, of troops desiring to remain in the
island.
U lias been agreed by the Spanish au
thorities, in view of the protest of the
United States evacuation commissioners,
to leave the matter of tlie sale of alleged
obsolete ordnance In abeyance until the
question can be decided at the peace con
ference In Baris. This afternoon, how
ever, two 6-lnch guns, from batteries at
El Vedado, Just back of the Hotel Tro
cha, were carted away before the very
eyes of the American commissioners, pre
sumably for shipment to Spain.
The Spanish mail steamers Montevideo
and Ciudad do Cadiz will leave Havana
on Saturday for Gtbnra to embark the re
minder of the Holguin division of.Spanish
troops.
WHY GEN. CIIANOINE RESIGNED.
Minister of Alar und Premier Differ
ed Regurdlng Plcquurt Affair.
Paris, Oct. 26.—The Petit Journal to-day
published an Interview with the former
minister of war, Gen. Chanolne, who ex
plained that he resigned on account of
the difference of opinion with the pre
mier, M. Brisson, about tlie Plcquurt af.
fair. He added that he had not demand
ed the prosecution of the papers which
had been attacking the army, because he
considered that the penalties provided by
the laws were insufficient.
President Faure this morning received
in audience Senator Loubet, president of
the Senate, and M. Des Chanel, president of
tlie Chamber of Deputies.
It is the intention of M. Faure to form
anew cabinet as rapidly ns* possible, and
the names of MM. Rlbot and X>eFreye|net
are the most prominently mentioned In
connection with the premiership.
During the afternoon M. Faure consulted
willi M. Leygues, vice president of the
Chamber of Deputies, who advised the for
mation of u concentration cabinet to in-
Includc among Its members MM. Htbot and
Dupuys as the principal ministers.
In the lobbies of the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day the deputies of all shades of
opinion expressed the conviction that M.
Deicasse should remain at the head of the
foreign office In order to assure the con
tinuity of the Fashoda negotiations.
WITHDRAWS MIS RESIGNATION.
Gen. Corren, Minister of War, Will
Remain in Spuln's Ministry.
Madrid, Oct. 26.—Gen. Cornea, the min
ister of war, has been prevailed upon to
withdraw ids resignation for the present,
In view of the difficulties with which the
country is confronted.
MINISTRY CHANGE IMPOSSIBLE.
Sngnata Will Rentals at tlie Helm
Till Treaty Is Signed.
London, Oct. 27.—The Madrid correspond
ent of the Standard, telegraphing Tuesday,
by way of the frontier, dealing with the
threatened cabinet crisis, points out the
Impossibility of a change of government
localise a change would almost certainly
cause the resignation of the Spanish com
missioners in Paris, he says: "Senor Ba
gnsta, therefore, will remain at the helm
until the treaty of peace is signed, unless
Gen. Weyler or the military elements give
trouble.”
DEATH IN A COLLISION.
Three Men Killed and One Injured
on the I nlnn Paclfle.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 26.—A rear-end collis
ion on the Union Pacific to-day resulted
in the death of three men and the serious
Injury of one other.
The dead arc Samuel Hindman, engineer;
William Itanan, fireman, and B. Shannon,
brakeman.
The seriously injured is John Griffin, fire
man.
An extra freight train standing on the
sidetrack and the swith being left open,
freight No. 27. going at a good rale of
speed, crashed Into the rear end of the
extra The engine was badly wrecked and
four freight cars reduced almost to
kindling wood.
Chinese to Re Punished.
Pekin, Oct. 26.—in response lo the de
mand of the British minister, Sir Claude
Mat Donald, the Empress Dowager has is
sued .in edict directing the punishment of
the Chinese soldiers who on Sunday at
tacked a party of English railroad engi
neers at the Marco Polo bridge, on the
iVkin-Hanhow line.
DAILY. 110 A YEAR.
$ CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2TIitES-A-WELK Jl A TEAK
FINAL DECISION THIS WEEK.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT DELAY AC.
TION IN THE CARTER CASE.
Sentence Is Relieved lo Be Dismissal,
Five A ears' 1 niprlstniment and a.
Ilrnvy Fine—Appropriations foe
Sninnnnli Harbor lo Be VVltlihehl
I mil the Curler Case Is Thorough
ly In vesllgnteil—Combination of
Cniitrnrtors Suspected, mill n Con.
grrsalonu! Inquiry Will Be Had.
Washington. Oct. 26.—1n spite of the pow.
erful iKilitlcal and social Influence belli.#
exerted in tie halt of Capt. O. M. Carter to
induce the President to delay action upon
the findings of Ihe court martial, it is oak)
to-night that a linad decision may fie ex
peoted ihc latter [sirl of the present week,
Tlie eentcoce is believed to be dismissal,
with Ignominy, five years' imprtsonmena
and a heavy tine. Those who profess m
be advised on the subject predict aotrri
mitigation of the sentence.
The moil Interesting development in th*
case Is Ihe statement that plans have al
ready been laid for a congressional Inves
tigation, when it Is expected to be shown
that a combination exists between a num
ber of professional river and harbor can.
tractors by which a practical monopoly of
nearly all of the river and harbor work in
the Southern waters Is maintained.
Most of the work Is being done under
what is known as the continuous eontracf
syetem, which provides that there shall h
annual appropriations until the work im
completed.
Savannah Is one of the places where tha
continuous contract system prevails, an!
there is signethlng like $.1,000,0f10 yet to ha
expended upon the hnrtwr before the pres,
ent project Is completed.
It ts the intention of (lie committee on
appropriations to withhold all further r.p
proprlatlons for Savannah hariior until th<
Carter case lias been fully investigated
and disposed of.
REGRETS THE COURT'S DECISION,
Commissioner Blanche’s < o ill men f
Jtcgnrdlng Joint Trnlllc Verdict.
New York, Get. 26. Commissioner Geos
It. Blanche of the Joint Traffic Associa
tion, after reading tlie full text of the Su
preme Court in the Joint Traffic case, sael
to-day: "The decision of the United Stalest
Supreme Court in the Joint Traffic Asso
ciation case naturally attracts whl. spread
attention by reason of its influence upo;
the railway earnings and securities of the
country and also because R may affect:
their patrons by stimulating dissimilar and
non*permnont rates and fares under tht
misnomer of ‘competition.’
"While I, therefore, greatly regret the
decision, it Is now the interpreted law
of the land and must lie loyally observed.
It. neverd Iteless, forcibly illustrates the
power which may lie exercised by om*
mind which.becomes a majority in the par
amount court of the land. I am not, how
ever. an alarmist, who believes that rail
road properties are to Is- immediately dam
aged thereby. Our contract did not accom
plish Its purpooes becaupo from the tlrat it
encountered Ihe opposition, rather than
the support, of the governmental authori
ties. It will, therefore, continue for thei
time being an anomally that the law of
the land paased for the declared purpose
of securing uniform methods is substan
tially declared void and Inoperative. Every
member of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission thoroughly understands that even
the most reasonable rate* cannot be main
tained wrihout railway co-operation and
understanding of some sort.
"I quite concur in the view expressed hy
President Fowler of the. Ontario and West
ern Hallway Company that the ground is
now cleured for an endeavor to secure suffix
legislation at Washington as will remove
these apprehensions tn lhi country (a
they have been in England) from all un
certainty and doubt.’’
PRESIDENT INGALLS’ OPINION.
No Doubt But That the Association
Will Dissolve.
Cincinnati, Oct. 26.—President M. E. In
galls of the Big Four Railway, who re
turned from Virginia to-day, said, when
asked al>out the effect of the decision of lha
United States Supreme Court on the Join#
Traffic Association: "I have no doubt lha
association will have to dtesolve. When
the Sherman anti-trust law waa declared
to apply to railroads, we knew that lha
present agreement between lines could noe
stand.
'This will be worse for the shippers than
for the railroads. 1 look to see demands
from every commercial body in trie coun
try for Congress to paw* a law legalizing:
agreements between railroads aa to rates,
etc.
"In the meantime it became a question
of honor and self-respect for every railroad
manager to look after his own revenue and
act conservatively in a crisis like this.
“I pally expect lo see I letter rates for
the next three months than during th
past three."
NEGOTIATION'S CONCLUDED.
Commissioner Weed nnd President
Delimits Bound for Charleston.
Nassau, N. P., Oct. 26,-The United
States cruiser Montgomery sailed foe
Charleston to-day. having on board th*
commission headed by Smith M. Weed,
and President Heuraux of San Domingo.
It is understood that all the negotiation*
have been concluded on a satisfactory
basis.
The commission headed by Smith M.
Weed is not a governmental body. Mr.
Weed represents an American company,
which is said to control all the railroads
of San Domingo.
AN ALLEGED HOTEL ROBBERY.
1.. I). I.ewmsn and Wife of Atlanta
( I ill in They Were Hobhed.
New York, Oct. 26.—L. D. Lew man at.
wife of Atlanta. Ua., allege that th.
room .It the Hotel Imperial was entei/ |
while they were at the theater last ft
urday night and robbed of Jewelry w(
Si.SOtl. The Lowtnans started for At}
on Monday without reporting the al*.
robbery to the police.
The manager of the Imperial says ?
not convinced that there was any ro'
in the hotel, and that Mr. Lewman '
have tost the Jewels elsewhere.