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CRISIS PRECIPITATED IN SPAN¬ ISH LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. ATTRIBUTED TO TETUflN INCIDENT. ^neen Regent Accepts Resignation of all the Cabinet Ministerg—A Pro¬ found Sensation. A special dispatch received from Madrid states that the premier, Seuor Canovas del Castillo, tendered to the queen regent the resignation of the cabinet, owing to the difficulty the ministers experience in carrying on ihe government in view of the parlia¬ mentary situation caused by the refu¬ sal of the liberals to take part in the deliberations of the oortes. This attitude of the liberals is due to the personal encounter between the duke of Tetuan, the minister for for¬ eign affairs, and Professor Comas, a liberal senator, on May 21, when the duke slapped the face of the senator after a heated debate on the Morgan belligerency resolution, adopted by i the United States senate. | Resignation Accepted. Tho Madrid correspondent of The London Times says: “The queen regent has accepted the resignation of the cabinet of Senor Canovas del Castillo, It nas caused a profound sensation. “Before finally taking this step, her majesty begged Senor Canovas to ^emaiii in office twenty-four hours in,- order that site might have another opportunity to consider the matter in Council, but this only meant that the ^•esignntion would be accepted. resig¬ “Senor Canovas tendered his nation because be could not again un¬ dertake to re-establish relations with the liberals. He preferred to leave to the crown full liberty to decide as to the best solution. Both bouses of the cortes voted without debate the finan¬ cial suppliers necessary to enable the oortes to 1 adjourn sine diet and grant authority for the is si A of treasury bonds and the contrac¬ tion of loans guaranteed by tlie Spanish treasury to cover the expenses of the wars in Cuba and the Phillippine islands with a special lien on the revenues of Spain of the Cuban war loan. “The queen regent then signed the decree suspending the sittings, where¬ upon Senor Canovas immediately ten¬ dered his resignation. ” KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS MEET. %tate Convention Adopts a Humber of , Strong Resolutions. The silver democratic state conven¬ tion of Kentucky convened at Frank¬ fort Wednesday. The Chicago platform was unequivo¬ cally indorsed without a dissenting voice, and with great enthusiasm. Though there was a lively contest for lie appellate clerkship nomination,the only state office to be filled at the next election, the proceedings were harmo¬ nious throughout. adopted, in The platform part, was as follows: “liesolved, That we hereby reaffirm our Tailli ir. the principles set forth and enumer¬ ated in the platform adopted by the demo¬ cratic party in national convention, held at Chicago in July, 1896, and we adopt said platform as that of the democracy in Ken¬ tucky. “Second, That the principles adopted and set forth in that platform are the principles of democratic faith and wo urge upon all true democrats to stand by them at all times and under all circumstances and con¬ ditions. “That we indorse the canvass made by 'W. J. Bryan, the nominee of the democratic 'party for the presidency, in the late election. We commend its wisdom and approve it as Just and fair to all parties and all interests of our common country. Wc recognize him Kim as the fearless orator and statesman and the great champion of the people’s lights against the moneyed power, the mo- nopolists, the syndicates and the trusts. We pledge him the. support of a united democ¬ racy in our state.” The remaining half of the platform is devoted to a denunciation of the re¬ publican state administration, to a de¬ nunciation of allowing convict-made goods to compete with free labor and to a felicitation of Senator Blackburn and those who led in his two senato¬ rial fights. MILLIONAIRE AT SEVENTY-ONE. John Vance Full. Heir to Over Three Mil- lion Dollars. John Vance, who has lived in n sod ■shanty near Great Falls, Mont., for the past five years, has just received $20,000 as the returns from an endow¬ ment policy investment of years ago. He has further received notice of the settlement of a lawsuit, pending thirty-three years, in favor of his mother, who recently died, leaving him her sole heir. The property consists of a North -Carolina estate, stocks and bonds to the amount of $3,000,000. Though aged seventy one, he will marry Alice Crossman, a sixteeu-year-old girl, who nursed him through a severe illness. dauntless men on trial. Tliev I’leaileil Not Guilty and tin- Cane ' Against Them Wag Fo.tponed. At Key West, Wednesday,the thirty- five men found on the Dauntless were tried before United States Commis¬ sioner Otto charged with unlawfully and feloneously beginning to set on foot, provide or prepare the means for a military expedition against Spain. Colonel Nunez, their spokesman, pleaded not guilty, and ----- the case was postponed until the 9th. TILLMAN ASKS ADVICE. Want* Senate to Help Him Settle t)!*|:en- Httry Question. The senate made greater progress on the tariff bill Wednesday than any day since the dehate opened, complet¬ ing more than halt of the important metal schedules. The speaking was done by the democratic senators, tho republican senators'taking no part in the debate except at rare intervals to answer questions which would expe¬ dite the advance of the bill. Early in the day Mr. Tillman se¬ cured the adoption of tho following resolution: “Whorens, the supreme court of the United States declared, in the ease of Leissy versus Hardin, that no state had the right to prohibit the sale of liquor within its own borders in original packages, upon the ground that it wa3 an interference with in¬ terstate commerce; and, “Whereas, In order to give relief to the people of Iowa congress passed what is known as the Wilson law. (Wilson law is then quoted:) “Whereas, Under the authority therein granted, the state of South Carolina in December, 1892, passed the dispensary law, under which provision is made for the sale of liquor by state officers under strict rules; and, “Whereas, Under this system experience has shown that the cause of temperance has been advanced and the good order and quiet of the state have been promoted, there beingnow less than 100 dispensaries in place of upward of 800 barrooms in 1892; and, “Whereas, A circuit judge of the Unitod states court, by judicial legislation in a re- C ont deeision, has repealed the act, of con- gress above recited as far as South Carolina is concerned, thus requiring that state to reopen the barrooms or allow the free and unlimited sale of liquor in original pack- ages; therefore, be it “liesolved, That the judiciary committee 0 f senate be instructed to consider what legislation, if any, is necessary to restore to South Carolina the right granted by the act of August, 1890, to control the sale of alco- liolio liquors within its own border in its own way in common with other states of this union.” Mr. Tillman spoke briefly in support , of the resolution saying the public impression was tliat making the device_was dispensary erro- laiv j a money neons and tWt it had accomplished much good in regulating the liquor traffic. Mr. Faulkner of West ^ Virginia, ... felt that the senate should not be commit- ted to the lengthy preamble, reciting the effect of the law, etc. Mr. Tillman modified the preamble so as to avoid the term “judicial leg- islation” in characterizing the recent decision a.nd substituting “judicial in- terpretation. ’ Mr. Hoar, of Miftsaehusetts, chair- man of the judiciary committee, pro- posed a substitute omitting all the preamble and simply directing the ju- diciary committee to consider and re¬ port, by bill or otherwise, what legis¬ lation, if any is necessary, to carry out the statute of 1890 relating to com¬ merce between the states. Mr. Tillman accepted the substitute and it was agreed to. KILLS HIS LITTLE ONES. Horrible Deed of a Crazy Baltimore Bet¬ ter Carrier. Wednesday Edgar Harris, a Balti¬ more letter carrier, thirty-two years of age, shot and killed his twelve-year- old son, George, and his daughter, aged fourteen, and then turned the pistol on himself. He is now lying at the point of death in the Johns Hop¬ kins hospital, He will die. Little Edgar Harris, Jr., aged nine years, was the only member of the family who escaped uninjured. He was lying in bed beside bis brother George. His father fired at him, but the bullet missed his liead by half an inch and buried itself in the pillow. The insane father then rushed into the room to kill the girls, and the little fellow ran down stairs and escaped. Harris is thought to have been men¬ tally unbalanced by the recent death of his wife, to whom he was deeply devoted. He has always been a de¬ voted husband and father. WHARF PROPERTY DESTROYED. Fire at Alexandria, Va., Hoe. Damage to Extent of #75,000. Fire broke out at an early hour Wednesday morning in the wharf property along the river front at Alex¬ andria, Va., and did damage to the ex¬ tent of about $75,000. Tlie chief sufferer is Captain Her¬ bert Bryant, fertilizing scores, where the damage amounts to $30,000, fully insured. BUTLER SAYS NAY. Would Not Run For Senate, Even If Offered All W liislty Rebates. General M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, has quieted gossip by an¬ nouncing that lie will not be a can¬ didate for the senatorsliip or enter polities if asked by every living thing in the state and offered all the liquor rebates, ___ NO EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSION Governor Kllerbe, of South Carolina. Makes tlie Announcement Positively. Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina, announces possitively that there will he no extra session of the legislature. He has not yet decided whether to dis¬ band the state constabulary. ENGLISH RIM ETA LLkSTN. X o BeHgtio Holds Annual Meeting In Manchester. The annual meeting of the English Bimetallic League opened at Manches¬ ter Wednesday morning. There was a large attendance, including over fifty delegates from labor associations. The lord mayor of Manchester pre¬ sided and welcomed the delegates. Letters of regret were read from many prominent mon, HI Ml 10 INTERFERE. MACON, GA., CITIZENS ARE AFTER THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD. CLAIM ILLEGAL CONSOLIDATION The Governor Is Asked to Investigate the Matter—May lie Finally Carried to the Courts. A petition has been filed with Gov¬ ernor Atkinson, of Georgia, asking him to direct tho attorney general of the state to institute proceedings to break the relations between the South¬ ern Railway, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia Southern & Florida and other lines. The petition was presented by at¬ torneys on behalf of citizens of Macon. Th! names of seven individuals and firms are signed to the petition. The petition was filed a few days ago and Judge Miller of Macqn, had a conference with the governor. It is alleged in the petition that the South¬ ern controls a number of railroads in Georgia and that the control tends to defeat competition in violation of the constitution of the state. The paper is a long one and recites the history of the Southern, explaining in detail bow it has grown up by the acquisition of the East Tennessee, Vir¬ ginia and Georgia,the Georgia Pacific, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia Southern and Florida, the Atlanta and Florida, the Georgia Midland and Gulf, the Macon and Birmingham and other lines. All these roads have been consolidated, the petition declares, and it goes on to say that tlie city of Macon has now no' competition and the pe- , j titioners ask the state to go to their 1 re jj e f and breab the relations existing between the lines. The governor lias been carefully ex- amining the paper and has been get- ting information about the relations Existing Janies. between the different coin¬ Under the Bacon act of 1893, pro- ce edings can be instituted in two ways to break an illegal consolidation of railroads. The governor is empowered £o direct the attorney general to bring gu p f or u ie forfeiture of charters or any party interested in the properties ca]1 g 0 into the courts for redress, After hearing from both sides, the governor can direct the attorney gen- era j to proceed in the name of the state or he may decline and leave the parties who are interested to appeal direct to £ he courts themselves, IIRED SOI LALIST DEPUTY, Soldiers Remove Member of French Cham¬ ber of Deputies. There was a dramatic incident in the chamber of deputies at Paris Saturday. During the discussion of the labor troubles at La Grand Combe, in the department of the Guard, noted for its coal mining, glass works and zinc smeltjing furnaces, M. Gerault Richard, a socialist deputy, referred to some of his colleagues as “police spies.” The chamber thereupon passed a vote to peremptorily expel him from the house. M. Richard, how¬ ever, refused to leave and the pre¬ sident of the chamber, M. Brisson, sustained the sitting and sent for the guard on duty. A moment or so later a squad of eight soldiers entered the chamber of deputies and the colonel in command placed his baud upon the shoulder of the socialist deputy, who thereupon consented to go with the officer, saying he yielded only to superior force. WILL RECALL WEYLER. Queen Regent of Spain Confirms Senor Canovas, the Premier. A special of Sunday from Madrid says: The queen regent has confirmed Senor Canovas, the premier, in his ministerial powers, and the cabinet will remain in office with personnel and policy unchanged. All of the leading members of the senate and of the chamber of deputies who were consulted by her majesty have advised the recall of Captain General Weyler from Cuba. At a cabinet council at his residence Senor Canovas, the premier, announc¬ ed that the queen regent had renewed his powers and tliose of the cabinet in terms most flattering to him.aud to all his colleagues. TO INVESTIGATE WATTS’ CONDUCT Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina, Names Members of a Court of Inquiry. Governor Ellerbe, of South Caro¬ lina, has appointed the court of in¬ quiry to sit in General Watts’ ease. The court will meet at Columbia aud take the evidence. The court consists of Brigadier Gen¬ eral Joseph L. Stoppelbein, Summer¬ ville, first brigade of cavalry; Colonel J. G. Wardlaw, Gaffney, third regi¬ ment of infantry; Captain Henry T. Thompson, Darlington; Darlington Guards. Senator S. G. Mayfield, of Barnwell, as judge advocate general on the gov¬ ernor’s staff, will prosecute the case. NAVAL OFFICER DEAD. Gallant Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Bee Dies From Paralysis* Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, United States navy, retired, the last of the commanders of the great squad¬ ron during the civil war, died at his home at Silver Springs, Md. near Washington, Saturday afternoon,after a short illness of a stroke of paralysis. He was a Virginian by birth and a direct descendant of Lighthorse Harry Lee, of revolutionary fame. ' BANK PRESIDENT SUICIDES. McConnell, Accused of Crooked Trammc- tioiiM, Puts Bullet in His Brain. At Ocala, Fla., Saturday afternoon, R. B. McConnell, the defaulting pres¬ ident of the defunct Merchants' Na¬ tional bank, sent a bullet crashing through his brain, dying instantly. The deed was committed at the home of his brother-in-law, W. K. McDonald, where he and his wife and mother were taking dinner. It seems that the receiver of the Merchants’ National hank made some new developments in the bank’s busi¬ ness that showed up very badly against McConnell. He at once com¬ municated them to United States Com¬ missioner D. S. Williams, who at once issued a warrant for McConnell’s ar¬ rest. This was placed in the hands of a deputy United States marshal, who proceeded to McConnell’s residence. He learned there that the bank presi¬ dent was at dinner at Mr. McDonald’s. When he went thither and read the warrant McConnell asked for permis¬ sion to go up stairs and get his coat. In about two minutes the household was startled by the loud report of a pistol, and the fall of a heavy body on the floor told the tale. The officer rushed up stairs only to find McCon¬ nell breathing his last with a big hole in the right side of his head over the ear and a smoking revolver still in his hand. _ TRIED TO KILL WHOLE FAMILY. Story of a Midnight Assault Supposed to Have Knded In Lynching. News has been received of a fiend¬ ish crime which was perpetrated at Orangedale, Fla., about twenty miles from St. Augustine, in which an en¬ deavor was made to murder a whole family. The details are meagre. The story is that a negro supposed to be Isaac Barrett, entered the home of II. J. Hewson, a farmer, and mur¬ derously assaulted Mr. Hewson, his wife and seven-year-old son while they slept. All were hit on the head with a of scantling. The daughter, Miss Maggie, gvap- pled with the negro aud so bravely did she fight him that he lelt the house. The son is said to be dying, but the parents may possibly recover. Later on Barrett was arrested and the report is that a party of twelve men took the prisoner from the officers and a lynching was probably the result. CONDEMNS THE SHERIFF. Trouble at Urbana Bait! at His Door, Causing Him to Beave tbe City. A special from Urbana, Ohio, says that the city has resumed its normal condition and the scene has changed I entire] v. Immediately after the trouble Slier- iff McLain and Captain Leonard left for Springfield. mob of It was reported later that a 150 was organizing to go to Springfield after the sheriff and such word went to Springfield, having the effect, it is said, of driving the sheriff' oil' to Day- £oll Threats of getting the body of Mitchell and burning it were freely made. Before being removed from the courthouse yard relic hunters had nearly cut the coat off the dead man. Every button was gone aud even his shoes and stockings were taken oft' and carried away. GEORGIA DAY IN SENATE. Saturday Session tlie Occasion of Speeches By Bacon and Clay. Saturday was Georgia’s day in the senate. The notable features of the tariff discussion during the day were furnished by the Georgia senators. Senator Clay delivered his maiden speech as a member of the body, and Senator Bacon spoke at length upon a feature or the tariff of special interest to Georgia. schedule, and This was the lumber in favoring the tariff on lumber ns against a motion to put it on the free list, Senator Bacon took emphatic grounds against the doctrine of free raw materials, as did Senator Clay in the more elaborate speech in which he discussed this and other features of the tariff measure. ASK BARRETT’S RETENTION. President McKinley Receives a Telegram from Bangkok. A cablegram from Bangkok to the Associated Press says that the Ameri- cans of Siam have signed a unanimous petition asking President McKinley to retain John Barrett as United States minister to Siam. The dispatch is igned- “Hays, Beunette, committee.” PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Names Are Sent to tlie Senate l>y McKinley For Confirmation. The president has sent the following nominations to the senate: Andrew Barlow, of Missouri, to be consul general to the city of Mexico. Harold-S. Van Buren, of New Jer¬ sey, to be consul at Nice, France. Carl Bailey Hurst, of the District of Columbia, now consul at Paraguay, to be consul general at Vienna, Austria. Henry V. Morgan, of Louisiana, to be consul at Horgen, Switzerland. William W. Canada, of Indiana, to be consul at VeTa Cruz, Mexico. Louis A. Pradt, of Wisconsin, to be assistant attorney general. FIREMEN UNDER WALLS. Three Brave Baddies Bose Their Bivea At a San Francisco Fire. A fire in the southeastern part of San Francisco at noon Saturday cost three firemen their lives by falling walls and entailed a property loss of $ 100 , 000 . The killed are: Joseph N. Mahoney, of cheminal engine No. 6; Frank Kel¬ ler, steward of hose cart No. 2; James Hallin, driver of truck No. 1. LYNCHERS IN OHIO FIRED UPON BY STATE TROOPS. TWO MEN WERE KILLED OL'RIGHT. Mob, However, Succeeds In Swinging; Up Negro Convicted of Criminal Ax.nult Upon a White Woman. Two men were killed and ten wound¬ ed by a company of the Ohio National Guard at Urbana, O., at an early hour Friday morning. The soldiers were attemping to save Charles Mitchell, the colored assailant of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, from tbe hands of an infuriated mob, but their efforts " Mit U chen a 7a n sfeken from the jail at 7:30 o’clock am., and hanged to a tree m the courtyai . The dea ate. alv N tt>, no ’ ’ instantly lulled; Upton _ Baker, farmer north of Ui ana. Tlie fatally -wounded are: W Wesley I Bowen, Cable; Zach Wank, Urbana Less seriously wounded: Dennis Graney, Urba; Dr. Charles Thomson, North Lewisburv; S. 8. Deaton, Ur- bana, ’ serious; ’t> John McKeever, Urba- na, painful; . , Ray McClure, at TTvimno Uibana, P Ti this list, it is feared addition to that Mrs. Eliza Gaumer who was as- saulted by the negro, will not recover and several of the injured aie m a se- condition. There is intense feeling against some of the officials an, l further complications aie appre- bended. One week ago Mrs. Gaumer was - in daylight at her home in Urbana. She was prostrated and felt disgrace. She requested her son announce that she was assaulted tor It was given out that Mitchell at- tempted to But force Mrs. her to Gaumer’s sign a check j $500. as con- dition became more serious, the facts became known. Mitchell was first for robbery, but on last Wednes¬ day he was arraigned for assault. Mrs, Gaumer was unable to appear in court, and the heaving was held at her home. As Mitchell entered her room, she raised up in bed and exclaimed: “The brute, hang him. How dare you face me again, you brute?” Soon after the identification on Wed- nesday, there was talk of that lynching, Crowds surrounded the jail night and the sheriff' and local militia had trouble protecting the prisoner. Thurs- day a grand jury was empaneled and it soon returned an indictment for crimiqal assault. Mitchell, disguised iii a soldier’s uniform, was carried from jail into court. He waived the reading of the indictment, pleaded guilty and was promptly sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, the limit for assault. The trial was over before 9 o’clock, when an attempt was made to take Mitchell to Columbus on the train at 10 p. m. But the crowds were about the courthouse and jail and when the carriage drove up the crowd made a rush for the jail. The militia drove the people back, but the crowd soon increased in fury as well as in numbers, so that Sheriff McLean and the troops had all they could do to hold the jail at that time. It was 1:35 o’clock Friday morning when the first attack was made on the jail. The soldiers opened fire on the mob and twenty volleys were poured into the advancing crowd with the re¬ sults as above stated. The attacking party retired, but the sight of the dead and injured infuria¬ ted them and the crowd soon rallied. The final attack on the jail was made at 7 o’clock. The mob which had grown in num¬ bers at the break of day, seeing the way open, secured a large sledge ham- mer and started for the jail. The ham¬ mer was not needed, as Sheriff McLean delivered the keys and the crowd soon found Mitchell’s cell. A rope was thrown around the ne¬ gro’s neck and was dragged out into the yard. The rope was then thrown over one of the limbs of a tree. Mitch¬ ell was jerked up unlil his head struck the limb. His neck was broken and his body dropped to the ground. The crowd repeated the jerking several times until they were sure he was dead. AGAINST NIGHT WORK. Southern Cotton Spinners Will Meet To Curtail Output of Mills. The coming meeting of the Southern Cotton Spinners’ Association at Char¬ lotte, N. C., is of unusual importance to the cotton mills of the south. Some measures are to be adopted to curtail the production of yarns by re¬ ducing the hours of labor. The asso¬ ciation hopes to stop night work in yarn mills altogether. One of the board of governors says tnat unless the mills now running at night agree to discontinue the prac¬ tice, the other mills will advertise that they run only in the daytime and make a more uniform class of goods than is possible to produce at night. OFFICERS^WERE GAMBLING. An Alderman and Two Policemen Were Caught In the Kaid. A sensation in the police department of Chattanooga has leaked out. Several days ago a gambling houle on Market street was raided by the police. The only inmates caught were Ed Spencer, alderman from the Second ward, and Officers Robert Baird and I. C. Morgan, of the police force, in full uniform, The three, together with a well known gambler, were play¬ ing poker and drinking. SUGAR SCANDAL IN SENATE. Tillman Score. Committee for Failure to Report HI* Resolution. Senator Tillman shook the red flag of sugar investigation-in the face of the senate republican bull Thursday, and was the result of a very lively discus¬ sion, in which several senators took part, the South Carolinian scored a point. He got from members of the sub-committee, to which has been re¬ ferred his investigation resolution, a promise that the resolution shall be reported to tbe senate at no late day. That is what the aggressive Carolin¬ ian was after. He wants action. He had read apparently authorized news¬ paper statements which told of a pur¬ pose to suppress his resolutions and _ he didn’t propose they should be sup¬ pressed if he could help it. that he It was with this purpose moved that the committee he discharged from the consideration of bis resolu¬ tion and that an immediate vote on that reg£)lution be had by the 8enate . Jhfe indent closed, the tariff bill T ™ hou £ procee dings Thursday were enlivened by a single incident, the attempt of Mr. Terry, ^deration democrat, of 8ecure as a privileged b matter of a resolution for * tho >™nediate . ,. , appointment, . , , of c the committee on foreign affairs m order, as the. preliminary whereas recited to actlon on the seuate Cuban belligerency resolution. . , It was ruled out of order and an ap- ^ ^ from tbe decision o£ the chl f was laid on the table by a strict pa ”/J;7' unani billg were passe(J by . consent. At 3:50 p. m„ the bouse adjourned unti! Monday, DENOUNCED BY WOODROW. The Reverend College President Says Militia Were Trespassers. President James Woodrow, the head of the South Carolina college at Co¬ lumbia, and known throughout the United States by reason of bis con¬ nection with the evolution controversy £be Presbyterian church, has taken s j t | es with the students in the matter of tbe j r collision with the military some days ago. had absent Dr. Woodrow been since the clash occurred until Thursday when he appeared at the morning chapel exercises. In addressing the students, Dr. Woodrow referred to the trouble and said: “When I gave permission for the millitia to go upon any part of the ground, I was under the impression the officers were gentlemen.” The doctor declared that the militia and police were trespassers; that the troops had never been given permis¬ sion to cross the baseball field, but that they had been expressly warned not to do so. The rights of the college must and shall be respected, be de¬ clared. Pistols bad been drawn and students and the acting president, a professor, had been clubbed, a stu¬ dent’s skull crushed and the responsi¬ bility must be placed. greeted Dr. Woodrow’s remarks were with cheers by the college boys. CALHOUN COMES HOME. His Cuban Report Will Recommend Peace, If Peace Be Possible. A special to The New York Herald from Havana, Cuba, via Key West, Fla., says; puzzled. “Mr. Calhoun goes home He sailed on a Ward Line steamer. Many contradictory stories of the in¬ surrection have been poured into his ear. He has declined to be interview- ed, but your correspondent has an ab¬ solute authority as to the nature of his’views. “Mr. Calhoun is for peace, if peace be possible, and, if need be, for war. He will recommend that war here be stopped at all hazards. He will urge in support of this position the condi¬ tion of Americans and American inter¬ ests here, and with more force the frightful conditions of the country folks, which he knows from personal experience. And so in the long run Mr. Calhoun will report to President McKinley, and with whatever weight he has as the president’s personal rep¬ resentative here, will suggest that Spain be told that the war on the women and children in the island of Cuba must cease. “The Ruiz investigation is closed. As predicted, the matter is exactly where General Lee left it in February last.” PROTEST MADE BY DURRANT. A Formal Demand For Release, Claiming Unjust Imprisonment. A San Francisco dispatch says: There will be two hundred invita¬ tions issued for the execution of Pur- rant and Warden Hale has fixed 10:30 a. m. as the hour of hanging. Twenty- five medical men will be permitted to witness the execution. Duvrant has made a formal demand for releaso, claiming to be unjustly imprisoned. This will be part of the appeal to the supreme court and is to cover the point which might be made that by failing to protest and demand his liberty he had lost the right to complain. NEW APELLATE COURT CLERK. Only One Nomination By tho Kentucky Democratic Convention. The Kentucky democratic state con¬ vention had only one nomination to make at the Frankfort meeting. After the contest between seven as¬ pirants was waged for two days, Sam¬ uel J. Shackelford was Thursday af¬ ternoon nominated on the tenth ballot for clerk of the appellate court over Green the present incumbent.