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j H ESTILL, President.
treaty to take up the week
’l'he memorable de
ll\ll- i l * >OW l\ SIGHT.
Sf , speeches Announced for Every
‘ , ))t ,| U . week—Will Hear on the
It) ..elution* \Kint Expansion.
1(111 a „,| tlii.on AVill insist on
,l". Adoption of a Qualifying Keso-
Int ion—Treaty’* Friends Are Most
Sanguine.
Wadnneton. Jan. 29,-The Senate will
J v, I1 1 .IcaUy all of Ihe time this week
to'uie iui)M.l>ration of the peace treaty,
senator Allison, chairman of the cora
' „ n appropriations, says he wil-f not
innrfc-re ai any lime with the consideration
of . he lr eaiy by asking to have appropria
t hi bills take n UP. and as a consequence
( j u , treai y will have complete right of
way. 1
Thio week will see the close of the mem
orable debali. boih in executive session
fti, I in the open Senate, as the vote is set
for 3 o'clock a week from to-morrow.
Nonce has been given of set speeches for
cvtrv day except Monday of the present
weik. Senator Berry will speak Tuesday,
Senaior Spooner Wednesday, Senator
li.nvlins Thursday, Senator Money Fri
day and Senator Chilton Saturday.
These speeches will be based upon the
various resolutions on the general ques
tion of expansion and will be delivered
in open session. They will, however, be
practically dtvoted to the treaty, and will
afford Senators an opportunity to say
openly what they would say in executive
s< sslon if the resolutions were not under
consideration.
There will be an effort to get the speech
e- in before 3 o’clock each day in order
to permit the closing of the doors at 2
o'clock in accordance with the unanimous
agreement to that effect, when the treaty
will be taken up formally and the execu
tive consideration of the subject proceed
ed with.
itncun ami tin.on \\ r ant Action.
Senator Bacon and Senator Mason both
announced their intention of continuing
their efforts to get action upon their re
spective resolutions before the vote is tak
en upon the resolution to ratify the
treaty, and hope to succeed some time
during the week.
The friends of the treaty are still most
sanguine of success, and most of them
announce that they will accept no com
promise. Others express a willingness to
accept some such resolution as that of
Senaior Sullivan.
Those professing to know say it is the
policy to force the treaty to a vote before
taking action on any compromise proposi
tion, and that if the treaty should by n y
chance be beaten, to move to reconsider
and then to consider the question of .ac
cepting some compromise like the Bacon
resolution, before final adjournment In
March.
Almost a month of the session will be
hit after the vote of Monday week, so
that it the Senate should prefer to accept
the treaty with a resolution of construc
tion and instruction, to postponing action
for an extra session, it could do so.
THE ARMY HILL, THIS WEEK.
Rivers and Harbors mid the Military
Hill Cornea Sell.
Washington. Jan. 29.—Interest centers In
tiic army bill in the House of Representa-
Jaes during the early part of the week.
• final vote will lie taken at 3 p. in.
iuosriay. Prior to this, the debate will
, under the five-minute rule, In the
nqn. although sufficient time has been
P> f 0,, ~ U Klve i,r - Buitey and some of
"tor leaders an opportunity for ex
tending speeches.
isVo.hT' 111 ilu " of <hp military committee
p V *" 1 ,lu ' *’**• Mill pass, saying that
• , uni. an disaffection wl.l not exceed
■ ' while several affirmative votes will
m , from Democra.lc Kk , e . Thp
tg e ."I 1,1 "? 1 ' 1 i,s efforts toward hav
ing tie hid recommitted.
Hons, 1 Jm ill,ny bill disposed of, the
U, tun, It. attention to the im
tlie miiuoVo "" l harbor bill, and then to
Tit,, . 1 aoemy appropriation bill.
1 ate \y t ., hart >or hill probably will
„n ~ ", ay , with two hours’ debate
Hk.lv I, . n' Tne military bill Is not
to read \ ,V' more time than is required
N' , through.
tb °rc-V"f l ’ rosra,n me has been fixed for
or of i,l.'. ' " week ’ but Chairman Mer
and groui'.is l mrn j ,t^e 0,1 Public buildings
ing * >< ' en pressing for a hear,
now , x , r; , " of ‘he public building bii.s
Hay. I ’lt drm'in" l h ° is , likely *° a
on , , ' 1 hacey also wants a day
The H u questions,
pi,,, , 1,1 hill is the most important
urg.,| t,,'' .' '' 1 iegislation which will be
mav |. , . ’'‘acing. although its friends
CO over until next week.
1,1 '""IS POISONING CASE.
liiilmrta,,. n,... , ~
Revelation* Made <o the
'evv fork Police.
•Him. V' 1 ' Jan ' 29 ’ — ■tuterest in Ihe
h.,„ . '" ''""uuf ease centered at police
Georg“ r ". rS '°'day
in lln ~k, h.uutniie, a young man living
mi..;,,. !; ’ • J" furnished one of the
P"i ~ , , 10 lhp Police. He told Ihe
had m„. . " lp evening of Dec. 23 he
B p. k who aake 'i him to deliver
h- k' •• ' rpHS<:(l to Harry Cornish at
he reins.,'i ■,?*** Athletic. Club. This,
it i . . said, but agreed to
" se at the general postofflee.
-hcoordin- u at
front whom ,! ls f'ory- hl*o. the man
, ~ , , r . e<^ lv<x * <be package an-
K-m.r.,,,, ';"! l>,lon of one of the men
e„. mentioned in the poisoning
V ’lip etory to the New
U:, d> t MeClusky said it is now
h& ' nM, wp.-Ii 0 , 11 ’ , ! * e declined to say
P ' ? bt might attach to it.
K t.vw ;s ■ •wollncaux. with his eouns.,l.
1: "d' ,„t K ’"’ an<l George Gordon
I hut., a P hour’s conference with
€ , but the nature
_ !,>l disclosed.
"HUH ANT’S BODY FOUND.
II,P f file 111-Fated
v ( * "elit I’ll at Jones.
r r K , ,rt'"qr i 'na..'’ J “ n ’ 29 - A found
; s i 1 hllip was io-day Identified
t • ';, ap l’ the pilot of
P xviul Jones.
t T' i: i^almo° n " n , d c *°thing of the
Hit' i f certain that he was off
II 1 't the *J?., at the time <l*ath came,
: 1,1 ' during ,'he n,g 8 h^ recked by an *
fPje JUdfning ftohi
DUEYFI S RIDDLE STIRRED I P.
Iniperinliatie Demonstration Consid
ered Significant.
Paris, Jan. 29.—The government’s decis
ion to submit to the Chamber of Deputies
to-morrow a bill providing that eases of
trial revision shall be brought before the
united sections of the Court of Cassation,
has reopened the flood-gates of the Drey
fus agitation. The situation appears more
confusing and nieancing than ever.
For days the anti-Dreyfusiles have been
clamoring to have the case referred to the
united sections because they have consid
ered it certain that among more than thirty
judges they could rely upon an anti-Drey
fusite majority.
The anti-revisionist papers are Jubilant,
but the most serious and impartial jour
nals deprecate the government’s weakness.
In all political centers to-day there has
been unusual excitement and activity. It
is thought in some quarters that the Senate
will refuse to accept the bill, thus produc
ing n constitutional crisis.
The disturbance at the Nouveau Theater
last Friday evening, when, at the conclu
sion of the performance of the play, “The
King of Home," the Bonapartists In the
house hoisted a tri-color flag, surmounted
by an imperial eagle, and shouted “Vive
T.’Empereur!’’ was very significant of the
attitude the Imperialists take in the cir
cumstances. From stalls to gallery, 1,303
Bonapartists crowded the theater. Prince
Murat and all the titled and prominent
representatives of the party were pres
ent. Various pertinent allusions in the
drama, which is a glorification of the Na
poleonic lfgend, were greeted with thun
ders of applause.
PRESIDENT OF THE VISAYANS.
Kindly Dlk|m)c<l Toward Americana,
nnd Trouble May Cense.
Manila, Jan. 29.—According to a dispatch
just received from Iloilo, capital of the
Island of Panay, at the election held on
Jan. 17, Senor Ramon Melliza was chosen
president of the so-called Visayan Federa
tion for a term of two years, his predeces
sor, Gen. Lopez, being appointed com-*
mander-in-chief of the forces of the revo
lutionary government.
Senor Melliza is kindly disposed to the
Americans, and it is hoped that the dif
ficulty between the natives and the United
States authorities w'ill he settled amicably.
Business was being resumed there when
the dispatches in question left, and sugar
was entering from the Island of Negros.
Ships were loading hemp. The sugar crop
is far below the average and shows an
estimated deficiency of about 9,000 tons)
Although matured, the crop was not be
ing harvested, owing to the lack of labor,
but with the subsidence of the excitement
the local authorities were persuading the
natives to return to the provinces.
Six native commissioners, headed by Se
nor Ramon Avancona,, a lawyer, arrived
to-day from Iloilo by the United States
transport St: Paul. They have come to
consult with Aguinaldo.
A number of native soldiers who hod
lteen transported were landed on Jan. 23
in the Island of Panay, about twenty-five
miles north of Iloilo. .
IRELAND VISITS A r ATICAX.
AA ill Not Represent United State* at
Czar’a Convention.
Rome, Jail. 29.—Archbishop Ireland went
to the Vatican to-day, where he had a con
ference with Cardinal Rampolla, papal
secretary of state. Many cardinals and
other high ecclesiasticals visited the arch
bishop at the Hotel Bristol, where he is
staying.
In the course of an interview this after
noon he declared that there was absolute
ly no foundation for the statement that he
has been charged to represent the United
States at the forthcoming conference re
garding the limitation of armaments. The
United States, he said, had not yet nomi
nated a delegate.
The archbishop was very reserved In his
replies to questions respecting religious
problems in America, the gr<#nd that
it was necessary for him to wait for the
Holy See to pass upon such matters.
NO IMPROVEMENT AT COLON.
Fenra That tlie Striker* Contemplate
Firing the City.
Colon. Colombia, Jan. 29.—The strike con
ditions do not Improve.
A special train from Panama brought
reinforcements last night, and to-day the
whole city has been under military guard.
Nevertheless an uneasy feeling prevails
everywhere, for though quiet has lteen re
stored, fears are entertained on all sides
that the striking doekmen and railway em
ployes are only awaiting an opportunity
to tire the city.
This morning a proclamation was issued
forbidding the assembling together in pub
lic places of more than three persons, un
der pain of imprisonment.
TO FORM A NEW CABINET.
The Grecoil Ministry io Replace
Thai of Stoiloff.
Sofia, Bulgaria. Jan. 29.—Prince Ferdi
nand has entrusted to M. Grecoff, the
formation of a coalition cabinet, to suc
ceed the Stoiloff ministry, which resigned
last week in consequence of the dissatis
faction caused by the persistence of the
premier in his schemes for assisting Mac
edonian autonomy, which his opponents
consider antagonistic to Bulgarian aspi
rations for predominance in Macedonian
affairs. _
VV’EALTHY AA IIXiAV MURDERED.
Supposed io Have Been Due to Sym
pathy AA'ith Striker*.
Pana, 111., Jan- 29.—Mrs. Mary Mclntyre,
a wealthy widow 0 years old, was found
murdered in her home to-day. The body
had been frightfully mutilated with an
3 Mrs Mclntyre is said to have sympa
thized with the union miners in their strug
gle against negro labor. Her house has
been tired on a number of times.
Explosion Kill* Fourteen.
Murcia. Spain, Jan. 29.—Fourteen persons
were killed to-day by an explosion of gas
In the Palia mine, near Mazarron, twenty
miles west of Cartagena. The other miners
succeeded in making their escape.
Resolute Reache* Havana.
Havana, Jan. 29.-The United States
transport Resolute arrived here to-day.
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. JANUARY 30 IStKt.
REGENERATION OF HAVANA.
LI'DLOW NOAV WORKING ON PLANS
TO MAKE IT A NEW’ CITY.
Bonded Indebtedness Now Reaelie*
K<l li..*oo.ooo—Proposition I* to Itou
l>le That Amount and l*nt the
Money In Improvement*—City For
merly Lost Much Through the Ex
pense of Tax Collection—Plan* to
Increase Revenue.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Havana, Jan. 24.—Maj. Gen. Ludlow has
on his table several projects for under
ground sewerage, street paving, and up
to date school system and improvements
of lesser importance.
He has had pressed on his attention a
series of brilliant suggestions of how to
create an ideal city. The only obstacle is
money. A million is nothing; something
between ten and twenty millions is want
ed, and Gen. Ludlow is turning over in
his mind the best way of asking Washing
ton, through Maj. Gen. Brooke, for leave
to bond the city, so that the next genera
tion, as well as thi3 one, may have an op
portunity to pay for the renaissance.
Ernest Lees Conant, chairman of the
financial inquiry commission deputed by
Gen. Ludlow to go into the finances of
the city, has prepared memoranda on the
subject. From among an orderly arrange
ment of many dry facts the following par
agraphs are extracted:
Havana’* Bonded Debt.
"The debt of the city of Havana Oct.
31, 1898, according to a statement signed
by the alcalde and comptroller was as fol
lows:
“Loan of April 22, 1889, 50-year fi per cent,
bonds (mortgagee Spanish Bank of the Is
land of Cuba; $0,721,000.
“Loan of Oct. 9, 1892, 50-year 6 per cent
(mortgagee Bank of Commerce, United
Railways and Regia Warehouses) $2,882,000.
Notes $23,830.94.
"Floating debt for salaries, materials, in
terest and sinking fund, $2,450,004.78. To
tal, $12,070,895.72. .
“At the close of the year the floating
debt was still greater and the total debt
was about $12,500,000.
“The mortgage to the Spanish Bank for
the loan of 1889 is a document of 158 printed
pages, including the index. It recites that
in 1877 the city borrowed from the Spanish
Bank a sum of money which, together
with interest, amounted in 1889 to $3,177,-
053.25; that the city was in arrears for inter
est and sinking fund and that lawsuits
had been In progress to compel the city to
pay; that the city also desired funds to
complete the waterworks and for other
purposes, and it was agreed that the city
should issue $0,600,000 0 per cent. 50-year
h# is to lake up the debts and finish the
water works, the expense of which was es
timated at $1,850,000, and that the balance
of th 6 iodn, which was taken at 90, be
turned over to the city for general pur
poses. There was a further provision that
the loan might be increased to $7,000,000,
and this was done.’’
The Waterworks Mortgaged.
“The city mortgaged the canal De Vento,
the aqueduct Ferdinand VII, the Chris
tina slaughter house, the Taeon and Colon
markets, with all their revenues, and fifty
houses which it owns in various parts of
the city. The canal De Vento alone is es
timated at $5,000,000.
“The $7,000,000 loan,” continued Air. Co
nant, “has been reduced by the operations
of a sinking fund to $0,721,000. The mort
gage of 1891 for $3,000,000, now reduced to
$2,882,000, has the same property as se
curity. The arrears of Interest and sink
ing fund on the two loans is $313,600, w hich
figures as part of the floating debt.
"The floating debt arises from the fail
ure to pay any salaries, contractors, or for
materials during practically the whole of
1898, and for some debts of preceding
years, The floating debt is, prima facie,
a valid obligation of Ihe municipality and
should be funded. But before making a
new loan," Mr. Conant says, “for paying
these debts, a court of claims should be
formed before which all ihe municipalities
creditors should prove their claims."
The Debt Not Excessive.
Mr. Conant then argues: "For a city of
the size and wealth of Havana, a debt of
$12,500,000 Is not excessive. Under a stable
government, it is probable that its gen
eral credit is still sufficient to float an
additional loan. How large such a loan
could be made, I am not prepared to say
without much further study. The repre
sentatives of Dady & Cos., express their
willingness to lake pay for their sewerage
and paving scheme, say $12,500,000, in gen
eral city bonds, which would of course be
junior to the bonds already Issued, and
they say that they have already made ar
rangements with financiers in New York
to dispose of these bonds as fast as re
eelveu. This project alone would double
the present city debt and add more than
onc-third io its present annual extiense.”
Sources of Revenue.
The revenue of the city is derived en
tirely from licenses ati.l indirect taxation.
Real estate Is not directly taxed, and the
municipality does not directly receive any
thing from real estate.
The island imposes, among other (axes,
a tax of twelve per cent, on the estimated
rental of ali houses in the city and coun
try, and it pays to the city of Havana 18
per cent, of the amount thus collected on
rents within the city limits. The Island
also levies a tax on industry, commerce
and professions, and it pays to the city
of Havana 25 per cent, of a)! such taxes
collected within the city limits.
The other sources of city revenues,
which are directly collected by the muni
cipality are the rent of houses owned by
the municipality, revenue of the water
works, slaughter house and market, taxes
on meat, coke and wood, licenses on fac
tories and businesses of all kinds and vari
ous minor licenses. The total estimated
revenue for 1897-98 is siightiy in excess of
$2,000,000. The tax on meat amounted to
$663,000.
Small Receipt* Per Capita.
"These receipts,” says Mr. Conant,
amount to between $8 and $lO a head on a
population estimated between 200.000 and
250,000. In American cities 90 per cent., or
more of the revenues is derived from a di
rect tax on the assessed value of real es
tate, including vacant property. In New
York the revenue Is about S2B per head,
in Boston about S2O, Philadelphia about
sl3, in Chicago about sl2 per head.”
These figures are approximate only, Mr.
Conant says, and were based on censu*
statistics of 1890.
“New York is, of course, a city of excep
tional wealth and while the revenue pr
head is large, the taxation in proportion
to the true value of property is probably
less than in any city In the country.
Conl<l Be Increased.
“I am inclined to think, although furth
er study might modify this opinion, that
the wealth of Havana is such that a Ju
dicious system of taxation would yield
a revenue of sls per head or upward of
$3,090,000, and this, if honestly and Judici
ously Collected and expended, would prob
ably he twice the actual net revenue now
enjoyed by the city. The collection of tax
ers of all kinds was farmed out on a basis
of five per cent, commission for collec
tion.”’ i
Gen. Ludlow has been informed by oth
ers that about one-half the city's $2,000,-
000, has been going to the Bank of Spain
in Cuba, and the Bank of Commerce, in
the interest on bonds, interest on floating
debt, percentages in discounting notes and
revenues, and in paying for collection of
taxes. Of the remainder only $13,971 was
spent on the fire department and $96,546
on schools.
NO FOREIGN CAPITAL WANTED.
Santiago'* Hcnltli *o Good That tlie
Vulturea Are Starving.
Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 29.—The Cubano
I.lbre publishes a long article setting forth
its objections to the projects of foreign
capitalists for working "Cuba’s virgin
soil,” constructing railroads, establishing
electric light plains nnd carrying on r inl
lar enterprises.
“We do not want any one to invest tap
ital in Cuba except the natives,” says the
paper. "America is proof of what mo
nopolies can do in ruining a country."
The ball given by the Santiago club last
evening was the most important social
event that has occurrel here sine; the
American occupation. More thin 250
were present, representing the principal
elements, American and Cuban, in Santi
ago society.
The United States navy was well -ep
resented, the officers of the Detroit and
Yankton attending.
The health of Santiago was never-better
than it is now. Only one death has oc
curred within the city limits during the
last five days. Nothing approaching this
immunity Is recorded in tne history of
the city. The vultures, which were for
merly the city scavengers, are starving
and now pounce on cats and small dogs--
a thing very significant in illustrating the
changed sanitary condition.
I’un ishinent for C>rele**ne*.
Esteban Martinez, a former sergeant In
the Cuban army, who recently killed a
Baraeoa merchant under the impression
that he was the guerilla Oliva, who killed
Jose Marti 4hree years ago at Dos Rios,
has been convicted and sentenced to im
prisonment for fourteen years, eight
months and one day, and to a fine of
SI,OOO for the benefit of the family of his
victim, with police supervision for life.
CUBAN POSTOFFICB SYSTEM.
Seven More Military Station* E*tnh
ilNlied In the Island.
Washington, Jan. 29.—The postal service
in Cuba is being very vigorously pushed
under the dirpotion of cx-Assistant Post
master cfenerdl Rathbone, at Havana, rnd
military postal stations, in connection
with the New York city postofflee and hav
ing money order and registry system fa
cilities have been ordered established at
seven more Of the largest towns. They
are: Plaeeias. Sanlo Domingo, Sagua la
Grande, and Oaibarien, ail in Santa Clara
province, Batabano and Jucaro, Havana
province, and Santa Cruz, Puerto Prin
cipe province. These make thirty-live
military postal stations there in all.
MEN KILLED IN A TUNNEL.
Locomotive Wn* Knnning Through
it on the Wrong Track.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. 29.—A gang of twenty
six track repair men were working on the
railroad at the western opening of <ho
Gaililzin tunnel at 3 o’clock this afternoon,
when they heard the approach of a loco
motive which was running west through
the tunnel.
The workmen ,iU stepped from the north
track, on which west-bound trains move,
to the south track. The smoke in the tun
nel prevented them from seeing the ap
proaching locomotive, which In order io
avoid obstructions on the north track was
running on the south track. One man was
instantly killed, one died in the Alioona
hospital, and sixteen were more or less
seriously injured. None escaped without
injury. The dead are:
DAVID WILT, aged 40, killed Instantly.
THOMAS AV. SANKER, aged 25, died
in hospital.
The more seriously injured are: H. C.
Hull, gang foreman, ankle broken; George
Smith, aged 23, left leg broken; George
Guyer, arm and nose broken. Gallitzln is
the home of all the men.
The iocomotive that struck the men was
running empty from Altoona to Cone
maugh to bring east a freight train.
JAIL DELIVERY AT CANTON.
A "Trusty" NYlio Proved to He Ex
tremely Int rn*tworthy.
Canton, 0., Jan. 29.—Six prisoners escap
ed from the county jail this morning. They
were, James Sullivan, charged with high
way robbery; W. H. Cumming, Ralph Car
nahan, Charles Reed, Frank Balter, and
James Campbell, charged with burglary
and larceny. Campbell was a “trusty”
and Saturday night, pretended to lock the
cell doors. Instead, as he turned the keys
with the bolts outside the grooves, allow
ing the men the liberty of the corridor.
The bars of a rear window were sawed
and the prl. oners escaped.
FOUR MEN IHE BADLY BURNED.
Roller Explosion In Hie Chicago Tri
bane Building.
Chicago, Jan. 29.—Four men were badly
burned, one perhaps fatally, by the ex
plosion of a boiler to-day In the basement
of the Chicago Tribune building.
The injured are Bud Miller, fireman, in
juries probably fatal; Charles Lundin,
Peter Biege, William Murphy.
The man, who had Just completed put
ting in new grates In the furnace- of Ihe
boiler, were standing directly in front of
Ihe furnace when the explosion occurred,
and were covered first with Jive coals, and
then with scalding water.
Noted Novelist Dead.
Berlin, Jan. 29.—Baron Omptede. the
novelist, died yesterday at Welebaden.
CUBANS HONOR JOSE MARTI.
SENTIMENT OF THE ISLANDERS
WARMLY EXPRESSED.
Ringing Speeches Made a* a Tablet
XVa* In veiled In Honor t.o Hi*
Memory—One Orator Sabi the
American* Were I nfanilllar With
the Unban* nnd l.taltle to Make |
Mistake*—They All XA anted inde
pendence.
Havana, Jan. 29.—Four thousand per
sons, men in their best clothing, and
women gaily dressed, stood amid a lour
ing rain in Faula square to-day listening
to six intensely patriotic eulogies upon
Jose Marti, the Cuban patriot, and llrst
president of the Cuban revolutionary gov
ernment.
A tablet to Marli’s memory was unveilod
at the house where he was lorn, in a
street nearby, and eighty-two societies
consisting of 2,500 persons, with banners,
flags and five bands, marched through the
principal thoroughfares to the square.
The procession, whose distinguishing
feature was 300 girls wearing white dresses
and red liberty caps, started at 1 o’clock,
reaching the square two hours later. The
streets were gaily decorated with Cuban
and American flags, and ihougli the in
terest ran high, there was no disorder of
any kind.
Marti's widow, mother and son, led the
parade, wilh the first Cuban flag used by
the patriot, which was loudly cheered.
The eulogies contained few references io
the United States or the military adminis
tration, and the only two vituperative
references to the Spaniards were quicily
received.
They Want Independence.
The tendency of all the speeches was to
ward the ultimate independence of Cuba,
which the orators recognized as a fact
not yet accomplished. They declared that
ail Cubans should unite to reach that
great end, to make their desires known
to the world, and to claim independence
as a right when the proper time arrived.
Senor Gonzalos Llerenle suggested lhal
the Cubans should take some steps to
preserve the house itself in Marti’s mem
ory, and should give financial assistance
to those he had left behind. He ca.ied
upon the Cubans to go Io work.
Juan Gomez, a mulatto, with a consider
able reputation as an orator, made the best
speech of the day. He counselled firm
ness, concord and determination as means
to gain Hie covens I independence.
"The (lower which has intervened be
iween the old regime and the one we arc
striving for," lie said, “is unfamiliar with
the ways and habits of our race, and
naturally it will sometimes blunder in ns
efforts to fulfill its obligations to Cuba.
The Cubans must realize this and keep it
in mind. They must ca.miy Indicate a
mistake when it is made and perhaps the
error will be corrected.”
The -Sell time lit in the I*lnnd.
All the references to Cuba libre were
applauded, nnd Marti was held up as an
example for nil Cubans. A telegram of
salutation was seh( to Gen. Gomez. Only
two Spanish flags were in view through
out the day, one over a building used by
the Spanish Steamship Line, nnd the other
over the Banco Espanol.
The plan of Gen. Gomez to unite the
Spaniards In Cuba with the Cubans proper
in a parly whoee platform should lie the
independence of the island does not alio
gether thrive in the Spanish mind.
Some Spaniards say: “Yes, give us the
Gomez programme of amity,’’ Others are
silent. As for the annexationists, they are
very outspoken in Havana, hut more re
served in the interior of the island where
they are outnumbered and far from the
protection of the American troops.
The Marquis of Pinar del Rio has caus
ed some apprehension among Ihe Span
iards by the assertion that, during his
recent visit to the United States he be
came convinced that the American gov
ernment did not intend to hold Cuba per
manently. Spanish bankers and mer
chants decline to lend money or to give
liberal credits because they fear that the
American occupation will be brief and
that the reconstruction of the insular sys
tem of government will be retarded In
consequence.
To Oppose Annexation.
This promises to be a lively week in Cu
ban politics. The special commission from
the Cuban military assembly will return
to Havana, after Its Interviews with the
Washington government, and popular In
terest is increasing in the preparations
for the mass meeting on Feb. 6 at the
Taeon Thcuter. when a Separatist party,
proclaiming the principles of independence
wili be founded under the direction of
such men as Senor Glberga, a noted au
tonomist; Gen. la-yte Vidal, Gen, Lacret,
Senor Font Sterling and other opponents
of annexation.
TETANUS FROM VACCINATION.
Lockjaw Lend* to Death of n Boy in
Horrible Agony.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 29.—An investigation
is being made of the causes of the death
of William Nagengast, aged 11, which oc
curred on Friday.
The lad was vaccinated at a free dispen
sary on Jan. 4. On Thursday he called
to see the physician. His arm was ter
ribly swollen. That night he was attack
ed with symptoms of tetanus, or lockjaw,
and died the next morning in terrible
agony. Three physlcans attended him at
the last, but could do nothing for him.
The doctor who vaccinated him said that
he used pure lymph and applied antisep
tic treatment, bu, when th" buy came to
him on Thursday, his arm was very fllthy.
TO LAY OUT A MAIL ROUTE.
I’ostnl Service to Be Established for
Miner* In tlie Klondike.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 29.—Private advices
received here state that tho government
will send three detachments of soldiers In
to Ihe Copper river district of Alaska
next spring to lay out a mail route to the
Yukon river and establish posts.
The purpose is to establish an all-
American route to the Yukon. It will ex
tend from the mouth of Copper river to
Eagle City, sixty miles below Dawson.
No More Wnrslilp* for Samoa,
London, Jan. 30.—1 t Is semi-offlcial.y as
serted, says the Berlin correspondent of
the Times, that all three protecting Pow
ers have agreed to refrain from sending
'further moat reinforcements to Samoa.
U'THH SKWTOHIVL MO\KY.
The Alleged llrlltery In Olilo Still n**-
iro the (onrli.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 29.—Judge Dompsoy
hiul before him attain yesterday the mo
tion to compel T. (\ Campbell to pay Into
court the money which It was ullegcd was
Riven to hint to pay last January to I* -
tslator Otis by li. 11. Boyce, who wft sup
posed to be acting for Senator Hanna
when the latter was a candidate.
A suit was tiled here, and the attempt
was made to garnishee the money alleged
to be in the possession of Campbell, lie
appeared In court and said that the money
was in New York, where it was tied up by
an order of court in suits tiled there
against Boyce, and that it could not lw?
brought here without incurring the pen
alty of the court there.
It was also asserted by counsel for
Campbell that the money was not the
property of Boyce, but of Senator Hanna.
This was denied, and it was asserted that
they could not show that the money ever
belonged to the senator. Judge Dempsey
took the matter under advisement!
John C. Otis is the Republican member
of tin' legislature from Cincinnati who
claimed a year ago to have been offered
91,700 for his vot© for senator. Campbell
is his ‘attorney and it was claimed that
11. 11. Boyce paid the money to Campbell.
Then' are some who and ny the whole
story, claiming that the money was never
turned over to any one or offered to Otis,
and suit is brought l>oth to test the claim
that was thought to have been made for
effect on the senatorial contest, and also
for the bene tit of Boyce’s creditors. The
matter was investigated by the legisla
ture a year ago by a committee, of whi h
Vernon Burke of Cleveland, was chairman.
iti:idi;\i:s h ill land.
Col. I.i \ illusion Sntislieil 11- Will He
tln* \ov Circuit .Indue.
Washington, Jan. 29.—(8 peels I).—Con
gressman IdvingMon iKdieves Col. John T.
Glenn will bo npiwinted to i the Circuit
Court judgeship, and docs not hesitate
to say so. He has been supporting Col.
Glenn from the first, and his belief in the
victory of the Atlanta man is based ui>on
a talk he had with the president, in the
course of which he urged tlie appoint
ment of liis friend.
The President has not said whom he is
going to appoint or when he is going to
make an appoint men I. but he has been
considering ami discussing the paj>era in
the case, and Will doubtless make an ap
pointment within the next few days.
There is no apparent change in the situ
ation. The Alabama people consider that
the race is between Shelby and Glenn, and
they are hopeful of landing their man, but
the friends of Judge T>rnpkins and of
Judge Hammond are also hopeful. A* It
stands, however, nothing has been de
cided.
SC HOOLi:h mist at bt. < roiy.
Captain unit Crew llrought Home on
(lie Steamer Mini in mi.
New York. Jan. 29.—0n the K-tenmer Ma
rt iana, which arrived to-day froth the West
Indies, were Capt. Mills and flvef mem
bers of the crew of the schooner Harry ami
Grace Reynolds, which went ashore at
Bt. Croix while on a voyage from South
Amboy with a cargo of coal.
The schooner was off the port of Bt.
Croix awaiting a pl’ot, when she was driv
en ashore by a strong set of Che current
and became a total loss. A small porthai
of th© cargo and the vessel's effects were
saved.
The Ilatry and Grace Reynolds was built
in New Haven, Conn., in 1891, and hailed
from Philadelphia. Bhe registered SB6
tons.
THE HOI M WIW AT \K\V YOIIK.
Transport for Head Soldiers Xow
Awaiting Orders.
New York, Jan. 29.—The United States
transport Roumanian, Capt. Walcott,' ar
rived to-day from Nuevltas, Cuba, where
she landed the Third Georgia volunteers
from Savannah.
The Roumanian brings twenty-eight
passenge rs, discharged soldiers,carpenters,
electricians and ttome atowaw'ays who
have drifted down to Cuba in government
transports and are now sent home by the
military authorities. The Roumanian will
anchor off Liberty Island to await In
structions from Col. Kimball.
FIXERAL AT LITTLES HOCK.
Gttrlnnirn ItemnliiM on ttic Way to
Tlielr Last ItcNtlng; Plnee.
Pt. Louis, Jan. 29.—The remains of tho
late ex-Attorney General A. H. Garland
arrived here this evening from Washing
ton over the Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railway.
Accompanying the i>ody was a son, Ru
fus G. Garland, and James K. Jones, Jr.,
son of Senator Jones of Arkansas. Th< y
left on a later train over the Missouri Pa
cific-Iron Mountain Route for Little Rock,
where funeral services will be held to
morrow.
BITIATIOX IX CALIFORNIA.
Warm Debate Expected on Investi
gation Committee's Report.
Sacramento, Ca-7., Jan. 29.—The week
open* with the senatorial situation prac
tically as it was last week at this time.
Th're has been no change whatever In th©
vote, the members of the legislature re
maining firm by their favorih- candidates.
To-morrow the assembly will consider
the report of the special investigating
committee. Unless Speaker Wright take*
action before that time a warm debate Is
looked for.
the c ar list agitation.
Causes Hpnlii f Retain Stringent
.Measures for Rome Time.
London, Jan. 30.—Th© Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard says that owing
to the recent development of the Carlist
agitation, the government haf? decided to
retain the stat* of siege and the suspen
sion of the constitutional guarantees for
some time longer.
A Trust In Derby Hats.
Danbury. Conn.. Jan. 29.—Tho manufac
turers of the lower priced Derby hats have
effected a combination to go Into effect
Feb. 1. The firms represent practically
all the large manufacturers of this class
of goods.
DAILY, m A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMKB-A-WUJEK SI A TEAK
WORLD’S SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
I’HEI’.AR ATIONS FOR THE WTEHJfA
TIO.V AI. CONVKNTIO.V.
" ill 'loti In Atlnntn In April, onit
'•■111, . omitrlc* Hill Hi- Repre
sented—line.lion of Extending tin*
Work in S.iv Pommiloiiii to Hn
lll.i’iiM.t'il-riip Color Lin. Ndt
Ill'll I, n In Hu- Con vrnllna— CkangM
In Work >lny Hr Made.
Atlantic On., Jan, 29.—The locnl commit
tee having In charge the arrangements for
llie Ninth Triennial International Sunday
Si-hool Convention, which Is to be held
here in April, met In the Y. M. C. A. par
lors to-day and took up tho work of car
liir for the blit gathering and looking into
other details.
The convention will meet April 27, 28 amt
29, and about 2,000 delegates from nil parts
of the United Staten, Several South Amor.
Iran countries. Canada, Mexico, England
and possibly India will be here.
Several days before the convention thd
international lesson committee, of whiebi
Rev. John Potts, 1). I'., of Toronto, Out.,
Is chairman, will meet In Atlanta to map
out tli> Sunday school lessons for tha
next six years.
Possibly the most Important work to
come before the convenllon will be lie
study of what Sunday school work can
and should ts> done In the newly acquired
t. rrllory of the United States and in Cuba.
The Raptist, Methodist and other denom
ination.it Sunday school boards have al
ii idy begun iho establishment of Sunday!
schools in Porio Rico, Cuba and even Ha
ll nil.
The International organization will taka
up this matter, and these new acquisitions
to onr territory will undoubtedly be taken
In the International Held. If the Philip
pines are |>ermanent!y acquired the worlc
will be carried on over there.
A number of changes in Sunday school
worjt will Is l discussed and Home Import
ant changes inaugurated. Tho work „m n*
the colored population of Iho South will
lie given especial attention. Mexico ha a
only recently been taken into the Held, and
the work there must also tic considered.
C olor I.lne Hot Drawn.
The convenllon does not draw the lino
at color or race. There will be a num
ber of negro delegates, and In view of
this fact, two or three of Atlanta's lead
ing eo.ored citizens have been placed on
tho local arrangements committee.
At. to-day’s meeting It was decided to
open the convention with a monster meet
ing and chorus of 10,000 voices at th Au
ditorium In Exposition park. The enter
tainment committee, headed by H. M.
Cubenlss, Includes among Its memliers,
Hon. Hoke Smith and ex-Oov. Northern It
has sub-eommittcos In each of the 110
churches of Atlanta.
Rev. E. R. Carter, pastor of a colored
church, with 5,000 members. Is leading tint
colored people ill the matter.
The convention will represent 30,000,000
Sunday school scholars and about 200.000
schools. The largest gathering in the his
tory of the International Association m
expected.
AN ENTIRE FA'IU.Y DROWNED.
Were on the Way to llnry the llodjs
of n Little Hoy.
Toledo, 0., Jan. 29.—The loss of an en
tire family in Lake Erie is reported hern
to-day. On one of the Islands in the Bass
group lived a family named Robson. Tho
family consisted of the father, mother, a
daughter of 20, a son of 5, and a hired
man, Henry M. Martel.
The little boy dial and his parents de
termined to take the body hack lo Can
ada, whence they came. A clinker boat
was used, the entire family starting on tho
Is-rllouM journey. The battered clinker
boat has been found, and the body of a
woman reported found recaptly near Port
Burrell, on the Canadian shore, Is pre
sumed to have been Mrs. Hobson. Tha
other bodies have not been found.
MAY CAPSE DISCUSSION.
Use of the Term All|nee ns to Re
lations With England.
London, Jan. 29.—Right Hon. Walter
Ifumo Ing, president of tho board of
agriculture, addressing the farmers' club
at lyicwoastle yesterday, used the word
"alliance” In referring to the future Ye
lations between Great Britain and tho
United States.
The frank employment of this term by
a member of ihe government is likely to
evoke much discussion, not all of which
will he of the friendliest character. Inas
much as seeking an alliance to fight Eng
land's battles is not regarded as the best
policy to promote an Anglo-American esi
tentc. /
LIBERAL MEMBERS TO MEET.
0
Sir Henry Cmnphell llimnernann to
lie Mode Lender.
London, Jan. 29.—A meeting of the J.ib
eutl members of the House of Commons
has been called for Feb. 6 to discuss tha
question of party leadership In the House.
Tho proceedings, It is expected, will be
very brief, and Hlr Hcjiry Campbell Ban
nerman, who was chief secretary for Ire
land in 1884 and secretary of state for
war In 1886 and again from 1892 to 1895,
and who now represents Stirling district,
will lie chosen leader.
ORLE ANS HOLDS REC EPTIONS.
Thousand* of Hattons With Ills
Portrait Distributed.
Jgtndon, Jan. 30.—The Brussels corre
spondent of the Daily News says:
"The Duke of Orleans holds daily re
ceptions for the Orlcanlsts In Brussels. A
local factory has received an order for
thousund.i of buttons adorned with his por
trait and bearing the inscription, 'Le Rol
est Rentre. Vivo le Rol.' Many royalists
are a.ready wearing these buttons."
FIT* TO MEET JIM JEFFRIES.
The I-niter llns Covered Fitzsim
mons' Forfeit In New York.
Chicago, Jan. 29.—William Black, Martin
Julians representative, who passed
through Chicago to-night on his way to
New York, soys that Bob Fitzsimmons will
bo matched to meet Jim Jeffries for a aide
Let of SIO,OUO. and the largest purse offered.
Jeffries has covered Fitzsimmons’ forfeit
posted In New York. Black will meet Jef
fries' manager, William A. Brady, In New
York, and arrunge the match.