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ruF MORNING NEWS.
.„ Tf . ‘ - -Incorporated 1888.
s®*® 1 J JJ KSTILL. President.
TREATY talk to come.
, Ktll.ow THE INDIAN AND
•yK VIIAGI'A CANAL BILLS.
, rßlin will Try to Get it Vote on
| Hill on Tuesday-Senate
llie i ll
;|| in ue Il the Indian Appro-
Hill After Mr. Dinjcley’s
nrn |,M
IHiieral :Krienda nnd Opponents
(he | renty Both Express Confi
dence.
v ;.r. Jun. 15.—1 tis the purpose
, ,!. r i.m vis, In charge of the peace
10 in call it up ns soon as it
' J. ! without displacing other
..nr.s which take precedence under
. . (he Indian appropriation bill
an! the Ni aragua canal bill.
l ~ r lit. agreement made last week
II t . , n ai i'ill will be taken up at 3 o'clock
Tuesday ff discussion in speeches not to
~| fun minutes each, in duration.
Hi, ■¥ i- no agreement for a vote on the
I, bat the belief is general that the un
,, , M n ; - already reached will lead to
an eariy vote.
Tbc senators opposed to the pending hill
exprese no intention of trying to prevent
a v c ■ an ! the friends of the bill are very,
vorfidth’ i. at 'his culmination will not be
postrered lieyond Wednesday.
g cna lor Morgan, who has led the contest
for the measure, to-day expressed the
opinion that the final vote would be reach
ed before adjournment Tuesday. He does
not expect a great many fifteen-minute
fp.ecln and he predicts that the bill will
go through without being amended in any
ess ntial particular. The acceptance by
the committei of the Berry amendments
has had the effect of removing much of
the opposition to the hill, and there is be
lieved to be little doubt of Its passage
when the vote is taken.
Tlie Indian Hill.
The Senate will attend the funeral of
Representative Dingley Monday at noon,
but ..n, r tii- ceremony the senators will
return to i > ir desks and resume consider
ate:-. of tb Indian hill. This bill may
cvr, ii to hold attention until Tuesday,
and if such siiouid prove to be the case,
tin- further -or-[deration of the treaty
ti. le pM.-tponed until after action upon
the Nicaraguan canal hill.
In the meantime the pension and diplo
matic appropriation hills will have been
repornxl from the committee on appropria
tions, but.il is not the puriiose at present
to give them precedence over the treaty.
Senator Davie, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, and Senator Allison,
chairman of the appropriations committee,
are working in perfect harmony, so that
no clash let ween the treaty gind the sup
ply bills is probable.
Senator Bacon has given notice of a
speech on the general question of exten
sion of territory on Wednesday. His ad
dress will be based upon the resolutions
regarding tin status of the Filipinos intro
duni by bints, if some lime since, and its
ti l ery may lead to considerable debate
praeii ally on the treaty in open session.
It is also probable that there will be
more or hm- discussion of the resolution
of Senator Hoar for the recognition of the
India,ndence of the Filipinos, introduced
on Saturday last.
The War investigation.
It is also understood that Mr. Allen will,
ot the first opportunity, continue to talk
ttf'Ctt his r, solution for an investigation
ot 'he conduct of the war. Altogether,
the .unlock i.- igainst any serious consid
eration of tin treaty before Thursday.
1 he oppou, i is of the treaty profess great
coiifid, ii e ui being able to defeat its rati
t: uioii. Tie Democratic opponents of the
agreement have held several meetings
6uring the past week, and those who have
attend'd profess to be very hopeful con-
Cir;..!..: th. outlook. They claim thirty
four vot.s in opposition, or three more
th.,n ni..i ss.irv to defeat. They say they
satisfied to have the treaty rati
voting an amendment is incorpo
' in it, de.daring against the mainte
of sovereignly in the Philippines,
Dut 1 h,‘ sir..porters of the treaty decline
r tn grant any such concessions,
of them indicate a willingness to
’" •' p irate resolution to this end,
u ' ‘ 1 ls n -i impossible that this course
“ay be pursued.
! i "rs of the treaty do not claim
" bust disturbed over the out
-1 v count upon considerable de
s' iring action, but still hold to
'•''ion that the treaty will he
b 1 "v it came to the Senate.
H< " s,; 'HU ADJOURN TO-DAY.
A Lon *f>*t nml Hawaiian Cable Dill
Conic 111 Tula Week.
Jan. 15.—The work of the
,:Urin - the coming week will be
V " itn *be s ad rites attending the
l: to Mr. Dingley. These will
u , 1 * n House of Representatives
to-morrow and immediately fol
ds' ' ' " llou se will adjourn for the
H.,;., 1 IV l * lo legislative work of the
Pr-.n'"' " resumed, with the naval
u, 1 c onUng over from lust Frl
pla’,„| ' is rsonnel bin may be dis
liroiu con tested election case of
b, swunson, formal notice having
Tu. u would be called up on
ot 11 Section case has the high
om i ■ lu| d ‘f the notice is carried
V,. j , o,| ael bill will go over.
"as been set aside for the
n>. , 1 'titerstate and foreign com
ing l Jt '..; " agreement to that effect hav
ttwt , ' 1 before the holidays. The
e>r. th- this committee has
1 : F t- i s that providing for a
th... , . " , funning to Hawaii and
®ce '‘! an -. B y Thursday the post
fin.] r , tion bill will b© roj>ort<?d
e-.l |M u be taken up in the House
1 u.so the military academy
Thf
*h.|, , " 1 Interest attaches to the time
' t . 1 !'°rtant l>ill for the increase
I army can be taken up. It
r'l'i. ‘l! e .,. recov ry of Chairman
•ft-v.j ’ military commission, and
o i f . " able to be present by the
'■ it .t this measure will be
1- i "and. Hut there Is little pros
’■'is ■ I, 1 " ' "iivalescence will permit
-fr,. t ' up yesterday, but
V * H hardly equal to leading in
w -i , beyond this there is little
‘aaiit.g ( “ature forecasted for the
fpje JHtrfran#
FINEH.iI OF HR. DINGLEY.
After Services in the llonse the Body
Will He Taken to Maine.
Washington, Jr. n. 13—Final arrange
ments wore to-day comp'eted for iho pub
lic funeral l >mo tow oi the lofe Repre
sentative Nekton Ding ley in the hall of
the House of Representatives, and for the
removal of th-" remains to tltelr last rest
ing place in -Va.oe.
The body has he°n enclosed ir, a casket
of plain black, with silver handles. A
silver plate bears the following inscription:
“Nelson Dingley, Jr., bom Feb. 15, 1832;
Died Jan 13,1899."
The body will be taken from the Ham
ilton House to the capitol about 10 o'clock
in the morning and placed in the hall of
the House, where the public funeral serv
ices, conducted by Rev. S. M. Newman
of the Congregational Church, assisted by
Chaplain Couden of the House of Repre
sentatives, will take place.
Subsequently the remains will be taken
to the Pennsylvania Railroad station and
placed aboard a car attached to the 4:20
o’clock train for New York.
They- will be accompanied by
members of the family now here, the
committees of both houses of Congress and
other friends. The citizens of Lewiston
and Auburn, Me., have expressed to the
family here their desire to honor their
former fellow-townsman, and on reaching
Lewiston the body will be consigned tem
porarily to the committees of the citizens
of those cities. Arrangements have been
made by which it will lie in state in the
city hall at Lewiston, probably between
the hours of 1 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon. Whether or not there will be public
funeral services will depend entirely on
the wishes of the local committees.
Tuesday evening the remains will be re
moved to the Dingley residence in Lewis
ton, and private services held there the
next morning, after which they will be de
posited in the receiving vault next to the
body of Mr. Dlngley's father, who died
recently.
Evidence of the sympathy for the fam
ily in their bereavement continued to be
received at the Hamilton House during the
day, and a number of public men called
and left their cards.
Both the American and Canadian mem
bers of the joint high commission, now
in session here, sent floral pieces, and in
addition a large number havt been re
ceived from persons in private and public
life.
MERCIEII DENOUNCES DREYFUS.
Says Refnsnl to Answer a, Question
Pointed to Ills Gnilt.
Paris, Jan. 15.—Le Soir says that Count
von Munster, the German ambassador,
who left for Berlin suddenly yesterday,
was summoned to confer with Baron von
Bulow, German secretary of state for for
eign affairs concerning the Dreyfus case.
Gen. Mercier, who was minister for war
at the time of the conviction of Dreyfus,
has been Interviewed by a representative
of Le Soir to whom he declared that in
1894 he knew nothing of Count Ferndinand
Esterhazy, or of the latter’s relations with
Col. Sandherr.
“Dreyfus,” he added, “lied when he pre
tended I knew he had supplied documents
to a foreign power in order to obtain more
important documents in return, with a
view of obtaining some mitigation of his
sentence. However, I caused him to be
asked the number and value of the docu
ments he had so supplied. He refused to
answer, and his refusal, therefore, pointed
to his guilt.”
Gen. Mercier asserted to the Soir repre
sentative that the Dreyfus dossier contain
ed documents “compromising the mutual
relations of France, Germany and Italy."
A CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Mtreler's Interview tlie Anti-Drey
finnird'd Last Pctnrd.
London, Jan 16—The Paris correspond
ent of the Daily News says:
“The Mercier interview in the Soir is
the anti-Dreyfusard's last petard. It has
been fired and turns out to have no more
force than touchwood. It has come for
ward to prejudice a case which Is sub
judice, and his act Is a clear case of con
tempt of the Court of Cassation.”
TO BE GIVEN A SAFE CONDUCT.
Esterhazy Will Testify Before the
Court of Cassation.
Paris, Jan. 15.—Arrangements have been
made to give Maj. Count Ferdinand Ester
hazy a virtual safe conduct to testify be
fore the Court of Cassation In the Dreyfus
revision case, the count having forwarded
to M. Mazeau, first vice president of the
court, a synopsis of the evidence he is pre
pared to give.
TO BE QUESTIONED AGAIN.
The Court Orders a Second Interro
gation of Dreyfus.
London, Jan. 16.—According to the cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph at Cay
enne, French Gulnna. the Court of Cassa
tion has ordered a second interrogation of
Dreyfus regarding his alleged confession
of guilt to Card. Lebrun Renault, in whose
charge he was placed at the time of his
degradation.
SPAIN WILD SELL ISLANDS.
Ladrones, Caroline* anil Others May
goon Go on tlie Market.
Madrid, Jan. 15.—The government, on
the reassembling of the Cortes, will im
mediately ask, 3a> s La Reforma, authority
to sell the Ladrones, Caroline and the
Pelew Island-, si me Spain is powerless
to maintain a sufliclent force to defend
t *The government arrived at this decision
In consequence of advices from Gen. Rios
that an army of 4,000 men, a man-of-war
and two gunboats, would be necessary for
the purpose. El Imparcial says.
“The go/emment has no fresh news
from the Philippines, but private advices
Drove that the position of the Americans
is very grave. Moreover, there arc many
sick among the American troops.”
\ Crnlser for flic Pacific.
Berlin Jan. 13.—The Vosslche Zeltung,
referring to the voyage next summer of
the German cruiser Arcona in the Pa
cific, says it will lie connected with the
intention of the government to acquire
the Caroline Islands,
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. JANUAKY IH, JS99.
SPANISH FLAG STIRS CUBANS.
INFANTRY CALLED OUT TO DIS
PEBSE A niOTOUS CROWD.
Two Men Drowned While Bathing
Near Camp Quemndos—Cubans Dis
pleased at the Acceptance of Posi
tions by Their Otiieers Under the
Military Government—Mayor Ln
eoste Calls on Governor General
Brooke.
Havana, Jan. 15.—This morning a Span
ish flag having been raised over a hotel on
the Calzada del Monte, a crowd of Cubans
gathered and began to throw stones at it.
Company B, Tenth regular infantry, was
called and proceeded to the scene of dis
turbance at double quick and with fixed
bayonets, speedily dispersing the crowd,
which was fast becoming ugly.
The officer in command explained to the
proprietor that the flag ought to be low
ered, because it was likely to produce
further disorder. The proprietor, In reply,
assured the officer that no offense had
lteen Intended, nnd that, having seen the
English and German flags flying, he
thought he would be at liberty to raise
the flag of Spain.
Two members of the company lowered
the flag.
Corpl. Francis Green, Company K,
Fourth Illinois Volunteers, was drowned
to-day while bathing in the Almendares
river. The body will probably be sent
home for interment at Litchfield.
• Yesterday a boy, who was called the
mascot of the Second South Carolina Regi
ment, was drotivned in the same stream.
His home was in Asheville, N. C.
Cabans Are Displeased.
At Marianao this morning at the house
of the Cuban chief. Leyto Vidal, a pri
vate meeting was held, at which a num
ber of prominent military men were pres
ent. Considerable displeasure was ex
pressed at the acceptance of Gen. Mario
Menocal and other Cuban'officers of po
sitions under the United States military
government, the criticism being that Men
ocal and the others had practically aban
doned the Cuban army, leaving their col
leagues of less influence to shift for
themselves.
Mayor Perfecto Lacoste of Havana call
ed yesterday upon Gov. Gen. Brooke, wir
ed greetings to President McKinley and
Gen. Gomez, and sent a friendly message
to the Cuban assembly at Marianao.
The Cuban general, Alfredo Rego, for
merly in command of the insurgent forces
in the province of Santa Clara, declines
to accept a position in the customs ser
vice on the ground that he might “crowd
out sortie worthier person.”
SANTIAGO NOW SATISFIED,
Negro Private Seriously Shot for
Stealing- a Diamond Ring.
Santiago, Jan. 15.—El Porvenie publishes
an extra to-day, giving a cable message
from Dr. Joaquin D. Castillo, now -in
Washington with Gen. Wood in the inter
est of the Santiago Board of Trade. Dr.
Castillo says that complete autonomy will
be granted to the province. The whole
city is talking to-night of a demonstration
to celebrate the prospect.
A negro private of the Twenty-third
Kansas Regiment broke Into a store oppo
site the police headquarters and stole a
diamond ring. The police were called and
the man was shot, though not seriously
injured. The local press Is making the
most of this situatibn, contending that it
is only another incident in the bad history
of the negro regiment. The sentiment of
the Americans, however, Is that It would
be unjust to blame the race for the act
of one man.
Charges of a very serious character
have teen brought against an officer of
the Third Immune Regiment in the Guan
tanamo district. More than SI,OOO is in
volved. The officer is under arrest.
GOMEZ AT SANTA CLARA.
Soldiers Well at Cienfnegos nnd Ev
erything Is Quiet.
Clenfuegos, Jan. 15.—The entire military
department of Santa Clara, Maj. Gen. J.
C. Bates, commanding, Is quiet. Twenty
seven thousand Spaniards still remain in
the vicinity of Clenfuegos, but one trans
port is now loading and twelve others are
expected to aßrive at an eariy date.
Six companies of the Fourth Tennessee
Regiment are at Trindad and six compa
nies at Sancti Spiritus, while the Sixth
Ohio Regiment is stationed here. A bat
talion of the Sixth Ohio will soon be as
signed to the city of Santa Clara. The
Sixth Obians are living in tents outside
Cienfuegos and the general health of the
men Is excellent.
Gen. Maximo Gomez is expected at San
ta Clara city to-morrow.
HAVANA'S CUSTOMS DUTIES.
Collector Bliss Now Has Bln Force
Well Organized.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Assistant Secre
tary of War Meiklejohn gave out to-day
a synopsis of a report recently made by
the collector of customs at Havana. Col.
Tasker H. Bliss.
Col. Bliss writes that the operations at
the custom house at Havana are proceed
ing very smoothly, considering all of the
conditions under which he has to work.
On the day following his Installation a
number of employes vacated their posi
tions. Some of them were Spaniards re
turning to their own country, or were
employes, who, under the Spanish law, had
become entitled to a retiring pension. Had
this class remained in the service their
pensions would have betn Jeopardized.
Others left for reasons best kilown to
themselves.
At present Col. Bliss Is carefully read
justing his force, placing only Americans
on guard where a general supervision
over the whole force Is necessary.
Col. Bliss says that in his opinion the
customs service of the Island should be
not only an object lesson, but a school of
instruction for the natives. It can, he
says, te made an object lesson by hav
ing no one except Americans in the ser
vice. But it can he made a school of
lastiuctlon only by having the natives for I
the great mass of employes, with just
enough Americans to see- that their work
is faithfully and honestly done.
Col. Bliss found on hand when he took
possession of the customs house at Ha
vana only $1,500, resulting from a special
tax, which was laid upon loading and un
loading vessels under the Spanish regime.
His collections on the first day amounted
In cash to $1,522.21. On the second day
they went up to $3,920.59.
MAY CHANGE HIS TESTIMONY.
Eagan’s Chief Clerk Talk* of HU
Resignation.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Apparently there
were no developments to-day in the case
growing out of the attack made by Com
missary General Eagan upon Gen. Miles
in the formers appearance before the war
investigating commission.
During the coming week the probability
is some word will be received by the war
investigating commission from Gen. Eagan
in answer to the letter of that body sug
gesting the expungation of the objection
able part of his testimony. Gen. Eagan
declines to make any statement in the
matter for publication at this time.
William A. De Caindry, the chief clerk
of the commissary general's office of the
war department, is out in a card admit
ting that ho had mailed his resignation
to the Secretary of War, through Gen.
Eagan, on the morning after the submis
sion of the latter’s paper to the war in
vestigating commission. He says the re
port that the tender of it was due to
the action of Gen. Eagan in giving prac
tical supervision and control of the office
of chief clerk to his military assistant
can only he surmised. The card con
tinues:
“The reason for the presence of every
provision in the contracts made by him
(Gen. Eagan) with Swift & Cos. for chilled,
refrigerated or frozen fresh beef for the
army can he explained by one; and not
being aware of any investigation by Gen.
Eagan as to who drew the contracts,
there ls no dissatisfaction on my part
aDout the matter.”
AN INDEFENSIBLE TIRADE.
Shatter Says He Never Toltl Eagan
That the Meat Was Good.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 15.—Maj. Gen.
Shatter and party left here this evening at
G o'clock for San Francisco. Before leav
ing, Gen. Shafter said to a representative
of the Associated Press:
“I do not wish to mix In anybody’s bus
iness. I have never said to Gen. Eagan
or any one else that the beef over which
the controversy has arisen was good, be
cause I know nothing about dt. I only
know and only have said that the beef at
Santiago was good. I saw it.
“I do not care to spy an thing in refer
ence to Gen. Eagan’s indefensible tlradb
of Gen. Miles. The matter has reached an
acute point, and It is not my wish or
province to have anything to say in con
nection with it, further than to disclaim
having made to Gen. Eagan or any one
else the remarks attributed by reports to
me.”
A FUNCTION AT THE SCHLOSS.
Knlglits of the Order of the Crown
Entertained by William.
Berlin, Jan. 16.—T0-day being corona
tion and decoration day. the first day in
the carnival week of the Prussian court,
Emperor William held a chapter of the
Knights of the Order of the Crown, In
cluding all upon whom decorations were
conferred last year and, others of to-day’s
conferring.
The function took place at the Schioss
and was attended by Empress Augusta
Victoria and all the members of the im
perial family, with the ministers of state,
the foreign envoys and many high offi
cers. The company was unusually large
and the festival one of unwonted bril
liancy.
Among the newly decorated are Col.
Schwarzkoppen, formerly military attache
at the German embassy in Paris, who has
frequently teen mentioned in connection
with the Dreyfus case; M. Bertillon, in
ventor of the Beriillon system of measur
ing criminals, and Prof, von Zorn of Ko
nigsberg University, the upholder of th©
claims of the Schaumberf house to the
Lippe-Detmold inheritance.
SUICIDE OF MISS SCHLEY.
Hclniive of the Admiral Broods
Over Her Father’s Death.
Baltimore. Md„ Jan. 15.—Miss Anna
Mary Hoeke Schlev, 25 years old, daughter
of the late Cof. William Louis Schley, poet,
lawyer and veteran of two wars, and sec
ond cousin of Rear Admiral Schley, com
mitted suicide to-day at her home, No.
717 West Saratoga street.
Since the death of her father, to whom
she was much attached. Just a month ago
to-day. Miss Schiey has been inconsolable.
A week since her men:,if condition became
alarming to her friends and attendants
were almost constantly at her bedside.
This afternoon her sister, who had been
chatting with her, went down stairs for a
few minutes, and when she returned she
found Miss Schley lying on her bed with
a bullet hole In her lef breast. She had
shot herself through the heart with one
of her father’s revolvers.
Two letters which she had written to
friends indicate that she labored under the
hallucination that she and her family were
being pursued by some phantom.
HELD THE PLAC K OF HONOR.
Mis. Draper Sat at the Right of King
Humbert.
Rome, Jan. 16.—At the banquet given
at the palace this evening to the members
of the diplomatic corps, Mrs. Draper, wife
of the United States ambassador, Gen.
William F. Draper, sat on the right of
King Humbert.
His majesty this afternoon granted a
farewell audience to Capt. G. I*. Scrlven,
military attache of the United States em
bassy.
WAS COMING TO SAVANNAH.
Italian Hark Veil ova r Put Ashore to
Save Life.
Nassau, N. P„ Jan. 15.—The Italian bark
Vedovar, before reported lost Jan. 4, at
Cat Island, was in ballast from Genoa to
Savannah. She sprung a leak in heavy
weather and to save life the master put
her ashore. C’apt. Capuro and the crew,
with saved materials, have reached Nas
sau.
PAUL JONES REPORTED LOST.
PLEASURE YACIIT SUPPOSED TO
HAVE SINK IN THE OULF.
tarried Party of Prominent Society
People for u Cruise In Southern
Waters—St. Lou's, Indianapolis
nnd t 111 i’ll go People Mere on
Hoard—No Tidings Heeelved, and
Relative* Are MueU Perturbed.
Tugs Sent in Search.
Louisville, Ky„ Jan. 15.—There seems to
he every reason to believe that the naph
tha yacht Paul Jones, which left Louis
ville Dec. 7 with a pleasure parly of
prominent society people, bound for Pen
sacola, Fla., and other porls In Southern
waters, has gone down in a gale in the
Gu.f of Mexico, with ail on board.
The party consisted of Col. H. C. Yo
cum and daughter, Miss Yocum and G.
M. Yocum, all of St. Louis; Miss Florence
Taggart, daughter of Mayor Taggart, of
Indianapolis, and Misa Margarie Wood
land of Chicago.
Deckhand John Barry and Engineer
Baigley were the only two member of the
crew of four known in Louisville.
The last heard from the yacht was when
it left the mouth of the Mississippi river,
on Jan. 3. It was tho plan of Col. Yo
cum, under whose direction the yacht was
sailing, to coast along the various ports
between the Mississippi's mouth and Pen
sacola, Fla., where it was the intention
of the party to make a considerable stay.
According to weather reports received at
the local bureau, the yacht encountered a
storm when Ihreo days out.
Relatives Most Anxious,
The relatives of those on board are in
a terribly perturbed state of mind on ac
count of lack of information. They have
been telegraphing every port on the Gulf
coast where it Is thought the slightest
chance of information could be obtained.
No word of the missing craft hud been
learned up to a late hour to-night. Tugs
have put out from a number of ports in
search of her, and sorpe definite informa
tion ought to be learned concerning the
vessel's fate to-morrow.
The craft was the property of Mr. Law
rence Jones of this city. He purchased
It in the East, where it had been espe
cially constructed for pleasure cruising.
It was launched here about the middle of
the summer.
Mr. Jones offered the use of the craft
to Col. Kocum for a winter cruise in
Southern waters. The three young ladies
X>f the parly were schoolmates, Just hav
ing completed school last June. It was
for their special entertainment that the
party had been gotten up.
Tub Sent in Search of Party.
About midnight Mayor Taggart, In re
sponse to a query, wired from Indianapolis
as follows:
“Latest I have ls what Mr. Lawrence
Jones says, that they left the lighthouse
at the mouth of the Mississippi river on
Jan. 3 for Pensacola, since which time
nothing has been heard. (Signed)
"Taggart.”
A telegram from Mobile, Ala., late to
night said:
“There are no new particulars to be ob
tained regarding the reported loss of the
yacht Paul Jones. Tugs have been sent
out -of Southern ports, and all shipping
people have been requested to keep a look
out for the missing boat, but no tidings
have as yet been received. Vessels ar
riving report that severe gales have been
blowing for the last few days on the
Gulf. They say the winds have been very
strong for several weeks. Every means Is
being taken to find some trace of the
yacht.”
It is barely possible that the Paul Jones
put in during the gale at a point along the
coast where there is no telegraphic office,
hence no tidings.
An Elearaut Pleasure Yacht.
The Paul Jones was one of the finest
pleasure yachts of her size afloat, being
sixty feet in length, ten feet'beam and
five feet draught. A twenty-horse power
gasoline engine in the center of the boat
furnished the power to turn the single
screw propeller in the rear. Fuel for 1,200
miles was carried. The Interior of the
four cosy cabins was finished iri mahog
any and plate glass mirrors, and these
were changed to sleeping rooms, much as
a sleeping ear Is changed from a coach to
a skeper at night.
The complete equipment and handsome
decorations made it a veritable floating
palace.
The fine lines of the hull and unusually
powerful engine and screw made this
yacht as speedy and seaworthy as it was
possible to construct.
Had Many Accident*.
When the yacht left Louisville a quick
trip to New Orleans was expected and
would have been made had all gone well.
However, she sustained a number of accl
dents which held her up at various points
along the way. 11l luck seemed to follow
her persistently.
While the boat lay at Elizabethtown,
111., one night, a fire broke out in the
gasoline room about 12 o’clock, while all
were asleep. One of the crew was awak
ened by the smoke and succeeded In arous
ing all on hoard. The flames were only
extinguished after a hard light. This de
tained tier considerably over time. A
short distance below Memphis the boat's
machinery became disabled and she was
forced to tie up quite a length of time.
There were also one or two other minor
accidents before the Crescent City was
reached.
In addition to this Col. Yocum had much
trouble with his pilots.
Plans ot the Party.
St. Louis, Jan. 15.—Mr. Yocum Is presi
dent of the Yocum & Racer Manufactur
ing Company at 2<flß South Eighth street.
The cruise of the Paul Jones was to have
lasted until next June. From New Or
leans the yacht was to go to Mobile and
thence to Clearwater, Fla., where the
party was to spend some of the time at
Mr. Yocum's cottage, which he erected
during the past summer. There Mr. Paul
Jones was to have Joined them.
Th© plan was then to proceed to Key
West. Havana, and circle Cuba before
their return, visiting Porto Rican waters
also.
The Paul Jones ls 51 feet long and 13
feet beam.
May Have Gone Into an Inlet.
Chicago, Jan. 15.—George Woodland, the
father of Miss Margie Woodland, who was
a guest on hoard the yacht Paul Jones, re
ceived a telegram from the owner of the
fcout, Lawrence Jones of lioulsville, Ky.,
saying every effort was being made to
truce the boat.
Mr. Jones stated that he was sending ;
messages to every coast town between !
New Orleans anil Pensacola, amt that an
ocean tug hail Started out from New Or
leans to explore every bay ami Inlet.
"The chances arc all in favor of the
boat’s being afloat," said Mr. Woodland.
"It was built for an ocean yacht, and was
n staunch, though not a large craft. It
would not lie surprising if nothing were
heard for days, even a week. Not till
that time has passed will I believe thal
the boat Is lost. The intention was to
keep close to the roast. It Is possible that
tin exploration of some inlet or river has
caused tho report of disaster.”
Will Send Revenue Cutter.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 15.—Mayor Tag
gart received a telegram from Senator
Fairbanks to-night, saying he would ask
the treasury department to send revenue
cutters in search of the Paul Jones, on
which Miss Florence Taggart, daughter
of the Mayor, was taking a cruise with
u party of friends. Mayor Taggarl will
leave for Mobile to-morrow unless favor
able tidings are heard.
Nothing Heard ut Pensacola,
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 15.—Nothing has
been heard here of the launch Paul Jones,
nnd the S. F. Simpson, one of the
fastest tugs belonging here, left to-il.iy
to make a search along the Gulf. She
has not yet returned, and probably nothing
definite will, be known before to-morrow
or next day.
BATTLE WITH DERVISHES.
Soudanese linttnllon Destroyed nnd
Another Fight Imminent.
London, Jan. 16.—Tho Morning Leader
publishes the following dispatch from Cai
ro:
“Rumors aro in circulation hero that
on Dec. 28 the dervishes, under Emir Fc
dll, on the Blue Nile, defeated the Egyp
tian forces, the Tenth Soudanese Battal
ion being entirely destroyed. It Is report
er that reinforcements nro being hurried
to the scene, and that another battle la
imminent.”
According to a dispatch from Cairo, on
Jan. 5, Col. Lewis, with a Soudanese regi
ment and a detachment of irregular
troops, attacked Fedll, the last remaining
formidable Dervish chief, while he was
crossing the Blue Nile on Dec. 26 at the
cataract south of Roseiro, storming the
island on which Fedll took up his posi
tion, and capturing 1,500 dervishes. Fe
dll, however, escaped with 300 followers.
COUNTESS AS A GOVERNESS.
Left Her Hushnnd Ileennsc He Mar
ried Her for Money.
London, Jan. 16.—The Vienna corre
spondent of the Daily Mall says:
"Countess Rosemont de Rouge-Alx,
daughter of Mr. Steward, a Boston mill
ionaire, has been living In this clfy In
cognito, ns n governess In a gentleman’s
house. It appears that within a few min
utes after her wedding she learned by
chance that the Count hail only married
her because her father had promised to
pay his debs, amounting to i300,000 (sl,-
500,000).
"Overcome by this disclosure she ran
away as n protest against being sold in
tills way, and she Intends to earn her liv
ing here until she can divorce her mercen
ary husband.”
NO USE FOR NEW INVENTIONS.
Cxnr Wants to Shut Oat Explosives
and Submarine Vessels,
London, Jan. 16.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times, who confirms
Friday’s statement by the Vienna corre
spondent of the Standard as to tho issu
ance of, a circular from St. Petersburg to
the Powers embodying a programme to
be considered at the proposed conference
on the limitation of armaments, asserts
that the suggested bases of discussion are
given with great detail.
He cites, for examp.e, the prohlhilon of
employment of new Inventions, of tho use
of explosives, sub-marine vessels and the
practice of ramming vessels. The pro
gramme also proposes, he says, a discus
sion of the avoidance of war by recourse
to arbitration wherever possible.
BROKE UP IN A FREE FIGHT.
Stormy Meeting of British Residents
at .lohnnnefthnrg.
Cape Town, Jan. 16.—N0 news has reach
ed here from Johannesburg since yester
day afternoon, when word was received
that a public meeting of British residents,
convened with the object of protesting
against the grievances of ihe TJltlandcrs,
had broken up In a free fight, involving
Boers, Afrikanders and Britons. '
Telegraphic communication Is closed
down and there Is much uneasiness here.
VAN WICK MADE COUNSEL.
Will Run Legal Part of One of
Broker's Companies.
New York, Jan. 15.—The Herald will to
morrow announce that ex-Judge Augustus
Van Wyck, recent candidate for Governor
of New York on the Democratic ticket,
has been appointed general counsel of
Richard Croker's New York Auto-Truck
Company. George H. Graham, cx-dlstrlct
attorney of Philadelphia, Is associate
counsel.
Reports of Serious Fighting.
London, Jan. 16.—The Cayenne corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
"Rumors are current here that the
Franeo-Brazlllan commission, now engag
ed In seltling the frontier disputes be
tween French Guiana und Brazil, has been
attacked by the natives at Oounanl und
that serious fig..ting has taken place. No
further details have been received here.”
Murder of a Missionary,
Brussels, Jan. 15.—Word has been re
ceived hero that a Belgian missionary.
Father Belbrouek, has been murdered by
the Chinese Huh Peh, In tho province of
the same name, Central China, and that
the mission house has been burned.
■Spanish Troops Reneli Home.
Madrid, Jan. 15.—Tlie Spanish transport
Alicante has arrived ut Malaga and Ihe
French steamer Caroline at Cadiz, with
Spanish troops from the Antilles
DAILY. $lO A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEKK $1 A YEAR
DISPOSED TO BE FRIENDLY.
BIT THE NATIVES WILL NOT LET
AMERICAN TROOPS LAND.
Some of the Officials nt Iloilo Will
ing to Accept mi American Protest
tr.ruti—They Want to Go to
State the Case to Afiolnaldo—Mil
ler’s Forces Anchored Near Gnl
lourus—Natives Furnish Eseort to
American Ollieers,
Manila, Jan. 15.—Official dispatches Just
received here from Iloilo, Island of Panay,
indicate that tho natives are disposed to
bo friendly, although absolutely opposed
to tho landing of the United States forces
without orders from Malolos, the seat of
the so-called Filipino national govern
ment.
Some of the officials at Iloilo are not
in accord with tho revolutionary govern
ment, but arc willing to accept nn Amer
ican protectorate, and will go to state tho
ease to Agulnaldo, if furnished transpor
tation by the Americans.
The Uni ltd States transports Newport,
Azizona and Pennsylvania, with tho
Eighteenth Infantry, the lowa Battalion,
the Sixth Artillery nnd a detachment of
the signal corps, constituting Gen. Miller's
expedition, are anchored close to Gulmar
ns Island, between Puriay and Negro*,
where an excellent water supply Is ob
tainable.
The natives, though Indisposed primar
ily to furnish the Americans with fresh
supplies, now permit Ihe American officers
to go ashore and furnish them with am
escort during the daytime.
AGONCILLO GIVES REASONS.
Why the Philippine Government
Should He Beeotxnixed.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Sene. Felipe Agon
cillo, Ihe representative of Gen. Agulnaldo
in Washington, has filed with the stats
department a memorandum netting forth
at length the reasons for his claim that
the I'Tillipplne government should be rec
ognized by the United States.
Accompanying the memorandum is a let
ter, in whieh Senor Agonclllo slates hs
has received no reply to hlg communica
tion of Jan. 6, in which he asks that a
suitable time be arranged when he could
be presented to the President and heard
upon Ills claims. In view of the position
in which the represen tat I vea of the Amer
ican government and the representatives
of the Philippine government find them
selves upon the Islands nt this lime, ha
urges that the matter be given immediate
attention.
The U lter anil the memorandum havs
been Dried as official documents In tha
stale department, and, although the of
ficials themsolveß have refused to make
them public, they have, nevertheless, ex
pressed a willingness for Senor Agonclllo
to do so if he desired. The papers are
now In the hands of Secretary Hay. Tha
memorandum is along the same lines as
statements heretofore made public by tho
Filipino representative.
GERMANY IS NOT MEDDLING.
It Is Certain, Nays the Times, That
Site Will Not Interfere.
London, Jan. 16.—1n this morning’s Issue
In the course of a reference to the denial
given last Friday by Baron von Bulow,
German minister of foreign affairs,
through tho Berlin correspondent of lha
Associated Press, to the reports that Ger
many had been intriguing In the Philip
pines against the Americans, the Times
says editorially:
"It is to be regretted that the Irresponsi
ble enthusiasm of some Washington poli
ticians should have led to the use of lan
guage unnecessarily offensive to Oermany.
It may well be believed that Agulnaldo
and the Insurgents would have been In
clined to establish relations wllh Germany
or any other power, but, whatever views
Germany may formerly have held, It Is
certain that she has not the least idea of
Interfering with the plans of the United
States as to the Philippines. Rather than
Involve herself in such difficulties she Is
more likely thinking of tha Carolines,
which the American government has ad
visedly refused to concern Itself about.
Neither has England anything against Ger
man acquisition of the Carolines.”
GERMANY’S ATTITUDE.
Rumors of Annexation of Vvn
Called au Invention.
London, Jan. 16.—The Berlin correspond
ent of the Times quotes from the Co
logne Gazette to tho effect that “Rumor*
ns to the annexation of Vavua, one of
the Friendly Islands, by Germany are an
Invention of those who desire to stir up
lil feeling between Germany and tho
United States."
Ho says, however, that as the Cologne
Gazette was among the most active in
originally spreading the reports of Ger
many's Intention to annex the Philippines,
Its excessive Indignation in the present
Instance is somewhat overdone.
OFF TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Fourth Regulars Mart on Their
Long Journey.
Chicago, Jan. 15.—The Fourth Regular
Infantry, recruited up to its full strength
of over 1,200 men, In command of Col.
Robert H. Hall, left Fort Sheridan tq-day
on Its long Journey to the Philippines,
where the regiment has been ordered for
service.
Soldiers for the Philippine*.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 15.—The first detach
ment of the Seventeenth United State*
Infantry left Columbus at 5 o’clock p. in.
for New York, en route to the Philip
pines.
HEAVY GALE IN SWITZERLAND.
Fears Expressed That There Will Be
Avalanche Disasters,
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 15.—A heavy
gale is blowing, accompanied in different
I Kiris of Switzerland by torrential rain*
und snow. Great damage has been done.
Many of the mountain (.asses are block
ed, and it there will be seri
ous avalanche disasters. i