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REPUBLIC OF CUBA
NOW k REALITY
Uncle Sam Retires and
Islanders Take Charge.
PALMA INSTALLED PRESIDENT
.Natal Day Was One of Great Ju-
btlation—Stars and Stripes
Hauled Down.
At Havana Tuesday Senor Palma at-
'tacbed bis signature to a document as
president of tbe Cuban republic, after
aa exchange of congratulations, and
tbe veteran general, Gomez, ascended
to the roof of tbe palace, where he
■was accorded a great reception.
General Wood personally lowered
tbe American colors, which were sa
luted, and with his own hands hoisted
tbe Cuban flag, as an act of the Uulted
States, Gomes assisting.
At the time the transfer took place
In Havana, General Whiteside, at San
tiago, turned over his authority to bis
Cuban successor and sailed away with
the American cavalry which had been
in garrison there. ,
General Wood and his staff and the
American troop embarked Immedi
ately after the hoisting of the Cuban
flag, and the American ships steamed
out of tbe harbor.
HOLD THE MONEY
All Nature Smiles.
The natal day of Cuba found Havana
arrayed like a queen to await tbe com
ing of her lord; She seemed reinvest
ed for the occasion with tbe dignity
-of the prosperous days of her power
and wealth.
The, decorations were universal.
Tbero was not a residence, pretentious
or bumble that did not bear upon Its
quaint facade some emblem In honor
•of the event. The many arches erect
•ed at the entrance of plazas by pollt
leal societies, fraternal clubs, rest
-donees and business organizations had
an air of real grandeur,
The whole city seemed suddenly
burled beneath a forest of waiving
banners.
The decorations along the water
front were exceedingly lavish and all
the shipping In the harbor was dressed
In gala Attire. Tho majority of the
whips flew tho American ensign at the
main and tbe Cuban colors at the
fore or mlzsen. The United States
armored cruiser Brooklyn, which was
to take General Wood away, and tbe
steamer Moro Castle, of the Ward
Unc, on which the troops were to em
bark, as well aa the foreign warships
which had been sent by their govern
ments to be present at tho birth of the
new republic, were dressed with
streams of signal flags fore and aft,
man of war fashion. The American
-colors, which were to be hauled down
In a few hours, still floated above the
grim walls of the fortresses which
.guard the entrance of the harbor. Not
another bit Of color showed upon
.'them.
Much curiosity was aroused by a
stntutc of freedom which had been
raised during the night in Central
. park, upon the pedastal where, for
•coturiea, a statute of Queen Isabella
had stood. During the morning a
bountiful breakfast was given to sever
al thousand poor children by Mrs.
Paine, of Boston, who has passed the
winter In Havana for many years.
The actual transfer of the control
■of tho Island was scheduled to occur
-exactly at noon, Havana time, which
la 12:30 p. m., Washington time, but
those Invited to witneid the ceremony
were requested to be at the palace at
11:30 a. m. They Included besides the
American officers and the members of
President-Elect Palma’s cabinet, the
-members of congress, the supreme
.court Judges, the governors of the
provinces, the offleers of the visiting
warships, the foreign consuls, William
Jennings Bryan, the other visiting
American statesmen, several of Senor
Palma's Central Valley (N. Y.) neigh-
Horatio Rubena, counsel for the
Unless Congress Decrees Other
wise, is Decision of Methodists.
Book Agents Scored.
A special from Dallas, Texas, says:
Tuesday was the most sensational and
Interesting session of the Methodist
conference since its opening. The war
claim matter was made the special or
der of the day, and the debate has been
long and heated. It required an extra
session to dispose of the questions.
The strongest men of the conference
were brought to the fore, and Dallas
was treated to a display of forensic
oratory. As predicted, the conserva
tives have won a decisive victory.
The conference has decided on the fol
lowing action by fifty majority:
1. To condemn and repudiate the ac
tion of its agent*.
2. To hold the money until the sen
ate of the United States should, by af
firmative action, declare the passage
of tbe bill ordering Its payment was
due to the misleading statement of Its
agents.
3. To ratify tbe action of its bishops
In conditionally returning the money
and pledging Itself to redeem the
promise, should congress so require.
The minority fought every Inch of
ground before tbelr defeat
The feeling now la one of general
satisfaction that the vexed question
Is settled, and the general sentiment
Is that the wisest solution of the prob
lem has been reached. A few predlct-
d a disastrous effect upon the church
at large from the action of the con
ference, but these are regarded as
prophets of evil.
The attendance was the largest since
the conference convened. There was
plenty of life to the debate, but it
lacked acrimony which had been ex
pected.
CYCLONE WHELMS
TOWN IN TEXAS
Village of Goliad Almost
Wiped From the Earth.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Tornado Visited Three States, bu
Reports From Other Places
. Difficult to Obtain.
Astor Chanler, and a few other spe
cially Invited guests.
Ceremonies Were 8lmple.
The ceremony Itself was brief and
simple. After formal greetings Gen
eral Wood read the documentary trans
fer prepared by the war department,
pledging the new government to Im
mediately proclaim the constitution
and the Platt amendment contained In
the appendix and to undertake all obli
gations assumed by the United States,
with respect to Cuba, by the treaty of
Paris.
General Wood also delivered the
following letter:
“White House, Washington, May 10,
1902.—To the President and Congress
of tbe Republic of Cuba.—Sira: On the
20th of this month the military gover
nor of Cuba will, by my direction,
transfer to you the control and govern
ment of the Island of Cuba, to be
thenceforth exercised under the pro
visions of the constitution adopted by
your constitutional convention as on
that day promulgated, and he will
thereupon declare the occupation of
Cuba by the'United States to be at an
end.
“At the same time I desire to ex
press to you the sincere friendship and
good wishes of the United States and
our most earnest hopes for the stabil
ity and success of your government,
tor the blessings of peace, justice,
prosperity and ordered freedom among
your people, and for enduring friend
ship between the republic of the Uni
ted States and the republic of Cuba.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"President of the United States."
WALK-OUr was U3JUSTIFIED.
A special from Goliad, Texas, say«;
Ninety are dead, over a hundred
are wounded. In addition there Is a
gaping wound ln > the town—the path
of one of tho most destructive torna
does ever known In Texas.
The tornado struck the town about
3:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, last
ing only about five minutes, leaving
death and disaster everywhere In Its
wake.
It came from the southeaat without
a warning, completely demolishing a
strip about two blocks wide through
out the wholj western part of the town
about a mile long.
Among the many houses demolished
are the Baptist church and parsonage,
Just built, the Methodist church and a
colored church. .
The number of houses destroyed
will probably reach 100. Damage done
cannot be approximated aa yet, but it
is very great. About all the bumat
dead and wounded have been taken
care of.
The path of devastation was strewn
with all kinds of debris and dead and
wounded animals. The pitiful cries of
the wounded was heard everywhere,
and at-times was heartrending.
A report from the country around
Goliad Is to the effect that no damage
was done. A special train bearing the
O’Connor Guards, six physicians,
nurses and many volunteers came
from Victoria and a special train from
Cuero, bearing physicians, nurses,
druggists and volunteers.
The cyclone Is believed to have
originated on the gulf coast at a point
almost directly south of Goliad, and
traveled In a northeasterly direction
ns far as Kentucky. It left desolation
behind In four states, but Texas seems
to have suffered more than the others.
At 10 o'clock Sunday night there were
two reporter current concerning the
fate of the historic town of Goliad.
Both of them were sufficiently dis
tressing. One was that fifty Uvea were
lost and much of the town destroyed.
The other was that not less than two
hundred persona were killed and that
nearly every structure there was de
molished.
Wild rumors about the fate of Tex
arkana were In circulation for a time,
but the anxiety on that score was re
lieved by the statement from Incoming
tram crews that there had been no
damage at Marshall, Texarkana, or In-
termedlte points. - Shreveport, La.,
seems to be cut off from communica
tion with the world.
Damage at 8an Antonio.
At 12:40 o'clock the storm swept
over San Antonio, damaging property
not leas than 950,000, and It may reach
$75,000. No Uvea are reported lost.
The wind reached a velocity of 72
miles an hour, and .continued at that
rate for nearly twenty minutes.
IN HONTREAL HOTEL
So Declare South Carolina Committee
of Cotton Mill Workers.
A committee from the locked out
operatives of cotton mills in South
Carolina, who visited Augusta, Qa.,
Tuesday to confer with the mill own
ers and striking employes, announce
that In their opinion the King mill
men, who struck and brought on the
lockout, were not Justified In their ac
tion. The 8outh Carolina men tried
for some time to induce thf King men
to return to work, but the latter re
fused saying the Interference of the
locked out operatives was an Imperti
nence.
Considerable suffering is reported to
South Carolina among the locked out
men aa they are given no relief by the
former Cuban junta; Colonel William! textile union.
-GIGANTIC MKRMER PLAN.
'All Public Utilities at Norfolk, V*.,
Will be Consolidated.
'.The plan to Consolidate the atreet
railway, lighting, heating, refrigerat
ing. ferry and kindred Interests at Nor
folk, Va., and vicinity, was .consum
mated at Baltimore Tuesday. An un
derwriting syndicate Is being formed
to finance the deal.
Tho capltallration of the company
•will bo at tdllowa: First mortgage
bonds (authorized $4,000,000). $3,000,-
000; Income bonds. $2,000,000; capital
stock (authorized $10,000,000), $4,-
<100,000; total, $9,000,000.
BACON OR PHILIPPINES.
Georgian Entertains Senate With an
Interesting Talk on Islands.
Senator Bacon waslthe star speak
er In the Philippine debate in the sen
ate Tuesday, devoting himself for near
ly-four hours to discussing the differ
ent problems presented In the question
of poltcy toward the legislation for the
Philippine Islands. The Georgia sena
tor was listened to by a large majority
ot the senatg and the galleries were
well filled, which is an unoaual thing
in A debate which has lasted as long
as this one.
CJaynor and Greene are Held Pris
oners to Await Extradi
tion Trial.
On Friday John F. Gaynor and B. D.
Greene were Involuntarily registered
as guests at tbe Windsor hotel, In Mon
treal, each guarded by a local detec
tive, with a force of United States se
cret service agents unofficially In re
serve. They will not go bacx to Que
bec, as they and their friends desire,
and In spite ot the writ ot habeas cor-
pur granted Thursday by Judge An
drews, of'Quebec, directing Chief De
tective Carpenter to return his prison
ers to that city.
, When the Spray arrived in Montreal
Friday morning the party drove to the
Windsor. At 7 o’clock they again left
the hotel, Just as the- pursuing force
from Qpebec, which had come up from
Sorel on tbe Quebec boat reached the
hotel.
Chief Carpenter took hla prisoners
to Judge Lafontalne’s residence and an
Impromptu court was convened In the
judge’s library, Mr. Carpenter handed
hi* prisoners over to the judge and the
latter, after remanding them for exam
ination on Monday, committed them to
the care-ot two detectives with permis
sion to reside at the Windsor.
Detective Carpenter handed the
judge the warrants with the return
marked upon the back as la usual. The
prisoners were asked If they were
guilty or not guilty, and not replying,
the judge’s clerks aocepted their fail
ure to plead as a plea of not guilty.
Judge Lafontalne then said;
“Prisoners, I remand you for trial
until Monday, the 19th of this month,
without ball."
Quebec People Thrown Down.
In the meantime High Constable
Gale, of Quebec, with the writ of ha
beas corpus, was searching diligently
tor Mr. Carpenter. At 10 o’clook he
fouhd him In hla office and served the
writ. Mr. Carpenter was placed: ta a
dilemma. He was In possession of a
document calling upon him to produce
the bodies of Gaynor and Greene be
fore Judge Andrews in Quebec Friday,
and he no longer had the prisoners In
hla’possession, having been, delivered
to Judge Lafontalne. He consulted hla
counsel and was Informed that if he
attempted to return the prisoners to
Quebec he would be liable to arrest for
contempt of the local court, whose
mandate be had received and executed.
So an answer setting forth the facts
In the matter was prepared and sent
down to Quebec, and with that It IX ex
pected the Quebec people will have to
remain satisfied.
The Jurisdiction ot an extradition
commissioner extends over the entire
dominion and the arrests of Greeao
and Gaynor were made by an offleer
qualified to make arrests In any por
tion of the province, consequently
there Is no doubt that they will bold.
Killed a High-Living Wolf.
The biggest wolf story of k the sea
son comes from Billings county, N. D,
where G. W. Myers was tbe Incky cap-
tor. Lupus In this case la reported to
have been seven foot and ten lnchej
from his nose to tbe tip of his
and to have weighed 168 pounds dead
Ho had been a long-time offender ”*
Mr. Myers had for years made
standing offer of $50 for his capture.
It is estimated that he has killed
$5,000 worth of stock. Within the
last few months he has killed a num
ber of full-grown cattle on Mr. Myers'
ranch. The hide was tanned and will
be retained as a souvenir.—St- Pan]
Dispatch.
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y- “A Xnr Typewriter.
Scientists claim' that the noise made by an
ordinary typewriter tends to cause nervous
ness. A German Inventor hae therefore per
fected one that is operated by air pressure
on the keyboard, which doea away with the
noise. Then Is a much better and less ex
pensive way to pnvent nervousness,.and
that is by using Hoatettey*g StomaohBItters.
It aids digestion, promotes sound sleep,
steadies the nerves and eures indigestion,
flatulency, constipation and malaria, fever
and ague. Try a bottle.
It isn’t always true that be who hesl-
-fates is lost. At an auction sale he who
hesitates may save. •
l'LAYEl) “PENAY AXTL” POKKK.
Prominent Missouri official* Indicted
by Grand Jnry for •-ambling.
.Harry B. Hawes, president ot tbe
St. Louis board of police commission
era, Congressman W. W. Rucker, Wil
liam Flynn, of SL Louis, and about
thirty other men, Including several
mayors of small Missouri towns and a
judge from the Missouri supreme court
have been Indicted by the grand jury
ot Charlton county, Missouri, on
charge of gambling. The specific
charge. It Is said, Is that the defend
ants played “penny ante” poker.
Tbe gambling Is alleged to have oc
curred last summer during a fishing
trip In Charlton county. Complaint
was made by some farmers who said
they taw the game In progress.
Weak?
“ I suffered terribly and was ex
tremely weak for 12 years. The
doctors said my blood was all
turning to water. At last I tried
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and was soon
feeling all right again “
" J. W. Flats, 1
Mrs.
, Hadlymc, Ct.
No nutter how longyou
have been ill, nor now
poorly you may be today,
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the
best medicine you can
take for purifying and en
riching the blood.
Don’t doubt't, put your
whole trust in it, throw
away everything else.
llJIltoU*. AUdrsnMs.
svi-gysSirSSS
wo wiU bo satlifled.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold la balk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
“something Jnsi as good."
DOES LEADKKH TALK PEACE.
They Assemble at Verenlntog to Con
sider Kitchener’s Proposal*.
Advices from Pretoria state that e<t
the Beor delegates are now assem
bled at Verenlnlng. Transvaal, where
every facility has been afforded them
tor private sessions, the first of which
was arranged for Friday. All the vot
ing will be by ballot
.During the deliberations at Verenln
lng Lord Kitchener has guaranteed Im
munity from attack to all commandoes
whose leaden are participating n the
conference.
On Methodist War Claim Hatter
Criticises Book Agents
• and Attorney.
The committee on-publishing Inter
ests In the Methodist conference at
Dallas, Texas,, finished with the war
claim , matter Friday and wiU make
their report to the conference. There
was much excitement among tbe dele
gates when tho substance of tbe re
port was made known. The report
read*:
“We deplore any departure on the
part of the attorney from the laatruc-
Uons given him by the book commit
tee."
This refers te Major Stahlman. An
effort will be made to strike this Item
out of the report, as many claim that
the conference hat nothing to do with
a matter which relates to an attorney
who Is not an officer of tbe church.
The second item reads:
“The language of the book agents
In the telegrams tent to Senators
Bate and Pasco Is disapproved, as
theae senators were misled by 1L”
The third Item concludes the report
sad Is as follows:
“The bishops having conditionally
tendered the money, and the United
States aenate having signified that the
church was under no obligation to re
turn the same, and that no stain rests
upon the church, and eighty senators
over their own signatures having de
clared the church blameless, this
should be deemed a full settlement ot
the whole matter."
It will be seen that the report is a
triumph of the conservative element
In the committee. The minority, how
ever, will also present n report recom
mending the Immediate return ot the
money to congress.
Cdombas Day at Exposition.
The Columbus, Ga., Guards toted
Friday night to go to Charleston on
May 21, which will be “Calumhiu Day”
at tbe exposition.
Vaat ftolar IjtUU u$41
'xQticcxnlreaieQfialah
1,660,720 Ml
is&aigfigg;
LDOUGLASj
girtrMItkrl till,
l?OB more than a quarter
‘Shoes for stylo, eotniort,
and-wear has ozaellad all
other makes. They an
worst by mon men ns all
stations of lit* than any
other make, because they
are tbs ouly Shoes that In
ovary way equal *3.00 and
SAOO shoes. They arc the
standard of tho world.
This Is tho reason W. L.
Douglas makes and rolls
moro man’s *3AO and *3X0
shoos than any other two
monufaeturara A trial
will convinoo yon they an
tho but In tho world.
W. L DOUGLAS $4 SHOES
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
Sold by S3 Douglas stores to American
ClUeo and bast shoo dealers everywhere.
CAVTIOX. Tt.lHOlMln.WASu.
|ti. .IM. m4 |HM KuH M htOo,
VT. L DOUGLAS, Brockton. Halo.
MORE COTTON
to the acre at less cost, means
more money.
More Potash
la the Cotton fertilizer Improve* tho
soil; increases yield—larger profits.
Sand for our took {Ores) explaining how to
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
U Xuuu St., Ntv York.