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INSINUATION OF COW ARDLY CON¬
DUCT TAKEN TO HEART.
PARISIAN SOCIETY IS EXCITED.
D« Rognier and Montesquion Appeal To
the Sword—Results In No Damage,
as Is Usual In French Duels.
All Paris is talking of the duel with
awords fought Wednesday afternoon
between two members of tho old no¬
bility, Count Robert de Montesquiou
and Henri de Begnier, at Neuilly le
Yallois, growing out of a remark made
by Mlio. Heredia, ihe sister-in-law of
Begnier, a few (lays ago in the salon of
the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild.
Mile. Heredia, who was with her
eister, Mme. Begnier, turned the con¬
versation on a handsome cane carried
by the Count de Montesquion, who
stood near her, and remarked that it
was just tho sort of cane that might
have been used at the charity bazaar
fire to heat the ladies.
The count, who overheard the re¬
mark, interpreted it as an insinuation
of cowardly conduct on his part to¬
ward women at the fire. Immediately
withdrawing from the salon, he sent
a challenge to M. de Begnier, who was
escorting his wife and sister-in-law,
and before midnight seconds were ap¬
pointed, and the preliminaries of the
<Inel arranged.
On consideration, however, the sec¬
onds of De Begnier submitted to tlie
count’s seconds that the remark was
one of mere banter, upon which the
count ought not to place so serious a
construction, and urged that the mat-
fer be arbitrated.
The Count Montesquion thereupon
twitted De Begnier with being afraid
4o meet him and branded him in the
newspapers as a coward. This result¬
ed in a challenge from De Begnier
after three days spent in the discus-
sion of conflicting statements as to
the precise words used by Mile Her-
edia and Mme. de Begnier, who had
echoed her sister’s remarks. The
Count de Montesquion immediately
accepted this challenge.
TLe duel was fought in the presence
of Georges Hugo and the artists 51.
Forain and Caran d’Ache. The com-
hatants attacked each other with great
vigor and for ten minute fought to
kill. In the third encounter the
Count de Montesquion was wounded
In the hack of the right hand. The
surgeons then interfered and refused
to allow the combat to proceed. The
combatants on withdrawing declined
raven to bow to each other.
3Tie affair has made a tremendous
sensation, as it may prove the first in¬
cident to a boycott socially of a number
cl men who am persistenly accused in
certain quarters of having displayed
the rankest cowardice at the charity
bazaar tire.
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
5*rom«ncnt Citizens of Carrollton, Ga.,
Placed Under Arrest.
The Carrollton, Ga., community has
been thrown into a fever of excitement
by the arrest of the Grant men, some
of the most prominent people in the
section, on the charge of murder and
burglary. They have been locked in
jail and the evidence seems to be
them.
Several daring burglaries have been
committed of late in the neighborhood
and the authorities had been unable
to locate the guilty parties. It now
appears, however, that the Grants are
responsible for the crimes, and that
they murdered a negro who happened
to know of their dastardly deeds, for
fear he would betray them.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
dale on China Coast—Five Hundred
Drowned.
Meager particulars were brought to
Victoria, B. C., Wednesday by the ship
Empress of Japan of a disaster which
befell the fishermen of Chursan archi¬
pelago, oft' the coast of China. On
May 6th, when all, or at least most of
the fishing boats were out on the fish¬
ing banks, a terrible gale sprang up.
Of the several hundred boats out at
ihe time very few returned, and it is
estimated that some five hundred men
lost their lives.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN.
Jffegro Desperado In Mississippi Does
Bloody IVork With His Gun.
News has been received of the mur¬
der of five negroes in the extreme north¬
western portion of Kemper county,
Miss., Sunday night.
A negro named Sibley, while drunk,
secured a gun and started out to kill
every person he met. He came across
five negroes, three women and two
children. He shot them down. He
also shot at six other negroes, who
Barrowly escaped.
As soon as the bloody work of Sib¬
ley was discovered a mob was organized
to lynch the murderer. Sibley took with
to the woods, carrying his gup
him.
^RESIDENT OFF FOR NASHVILLE.
Q,eft Washington With His Party On a
Special Train.
A special tram conveying President
JIcKinley and his party left Washing-
#on for Nashville at noon Wednesday
®ver the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
The private car of President M. E. In-
galls, in which President-McKinley
and his immediate family traveled,was
decorated with gigantic pillars of flow-
■ere.
MOUTHKIIN PROGRESS.
New Industrie* Established in the South
.During the Past Week.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported in the south for the
past week are the following: The North
State Brewing Co., capital $150,000,
Greensboro, N. C.; the Little Bock
Brick Works, capital $30,000, Little
Bock, Ark.; cotton compresses at Co :
lumbus and Wnxabachie, Texas, and
the Newport News Gas Co., capital
$75,000, Neport News, Va. At Em-
breeville, Tenu., it is reported that two
100-ton blast furnaces will be erected
by the Embreeville Furnace Co. The
Perking Machine Co., capital $100,000,
has been chartered at Boanoke,
Va.; tho Cartersville Manganese
and Mining Co., capital $10,000,
at Cartersville, Ga.; The George
B. Sheriff Coal Co., capital $100,000,
Martinsburg, W. Va.; the United
States Automatic Fan Co., capital
$50,000, Houston, Texas, and a cotton
mill at Charlotte, N. C. The Big
Pine Lumber Co., capital $25,000, has
been organized at Boggy, Ark., a
$40,000 stave factory will be erected
at Elizabethton, Tenn.; a $20,000
box, barrel and lumber manufacturing
plant at Macon, Ga., and other wood¬
working plants at Bridgeport, Ala.,
and Alexandria, La.
Among mining improvements re¬
ported is the erection of 60 coke
ovens at Ensley City, Ala., by the
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Bailroad Co.,
and 100 at Chiekamauga, Ga., by the
Ckickamauga & Durham Coal k Coke
Co.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
TO INVESTIGATE TILLMAN.
Reformers of South Carolina Petition
Governor Ellerbe.
A petition addressed to Governor
Ellerbe, of South Carolina, and number sign¬
ed by reformers, including a
of office holders, was received by his
excellency Wednesday. It asks for an
investigation of Senator Tillman, as
follows:
“Many of the newspapers through¬
out the state are charging Senator
Tillman with receiving dispensary re¬
bates, and Senator Tillman having in
his recent letter made a formal demand
upon your excellency for an immediate
investigation, now we, as reformers,
call upon you to order an immediate
investigation. If, after a fair and im-
partial trial, Mr. Tillman is found
guilty, let him bear the odium and
shame that will necessarily follow-,
“If, on the other hand, he is ad-
judged innocent, let the same news-
papers who have made the charges do
Senator Tillman justice by correcting
their charges and proclaiming him an
innocent man persecuted.”
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HAVANA TRAIN DYNAMITED.
Insurgents Cause Death of Twelve People
and Thirty-Five Wounded.
The passenger train which leaves
Havana for Matanzas daily at 6 a. m.
was dynamited Wednesday morning
about twelve miles from the city by a
party of insurgents. According to the
official account the object was plunder,
as about $6,000 was in the express car.
Both engineers and one fireman, one
conductor and seveu soldiers were
killed and three passengers severely
injured, while thirty-two suffered more
or less serious bruises.
Simultaneously with the explosion
the insurgents opened fire on the
train, seriously wounding a captain.
The military escort of the train quick¬
ly recovered and drove off the insur¬
gents.
DISCREPANCY IN TAX RETURNS.
Georgia’s Investigating Committee After
Corporations and Individuals.
The Georgia legislative investiga¬
tion committee has struck a hot trail,
and if its work is pushed along the
line now followed, a great deal of
money is likely to be saved to the
state.
The committee is looking into tax
returns, and finds a very large appar¬
ent discrepancy between the returns
and the known value of property.
This is true both as to corporations
and individuals. Banks and other
corporations have apparently made
returns far under the real value of
their property, and in some counties
the returns of laud are thousands of
dollars less than in other years.
Spain Held Responsible.
Consul General Lee, at Havana, has
made bis report in the Ruiz matter to
President McKinley. In substance
the report lays the blame of Ruiz’s
death upon Spanish authorities.
CHURCHES CALLED ON
To Devote Fourt i of July Service to Cu¬
ban Cause.
The Cuban League of the United
States has called upon the churches of
the land to devote the principal ser¬
vice of Sunday, July 4th next, to the
cause of God, liberty and humanity,
as represented in the struggle of Cu¬
ba for independence, devoting the col¬
lection taken to the Cuban cause.
The league also requests that the
public school teachers devote the last
half day of the spring aud summer
session to the story of Cuba.
The league calls upon ex-patriotic
societies of America to make the 4th of
July, 18!)7, a “Memorial for Cuban
freedom. ”
AIRSHIP COLLAPSED.
Its Inventor, However, Came Down In
Safety.
Professor A. W. Barnard made an
ascension in his airship from the ex-
position grounds at Nashville Wednes-
,i ay a nd when at the height of a half
nl i[ e the balloon split.
The balloon descended with great
rapidity but when some distance from
the ground it formed a kind of a para-
c hute and the professor lauded safely
near the exposition grounds. '
PRESIDENT OF FRENCH REPUBLIC
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE.
BOMB THROWERS WERE AFTER HIM.
Several Parties Are Arrested on Suspicion
of Having a Hand In
the Affair.
A special from Paris says: An at¬
tempt was made Sunday to assassinate
Felix Faure, president of the French
republic, while lie was en route to
Long Champs to witness the grand
prix.
While M. Faure’s carriage was pass¬
ing a thicket near La Cascade restau¬
rant near the Bois de Bolouuge, a
bomb, which subsequently proved to
be a piece of tubing about six inches
long and two inches in diameter, with
a thickness of half an inch, charged
with powder and swan shot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explosion.
A mail in the crowd, suspected ns
the prime mover, was arrested. He
gave his name as Gallet and made
only the briefest replies to questions
put to him by the police. Gallet said
that he liad no occupation, but resided
at Levellers-Pere.
The police are making a thorough
search of his lodgings. He is believed
to be insane, for lie shouted as the
carriage passed along so loudly as to
attract general attention in the crowd.
The police have made another ar-
rest in tlie case—a youth—but it is
thought probable that tbe actual cul¬
prit escaped in the thicket.
The news of the attempt spread like
wildfire through the city, and when
M. Faure returned to the Elysee the
streets along the route where it was
known he would drive were crowded
with people who cheered vociferously.
It was at first reported that the
would-be assassin was a young man,
about twenty-five, who stood in the
crowd a hundred yards or more from
the race course and discharged a pistol
at M. Faure as he drove up to the
entrance; and there was another report
that both pistol and bomb were used.
But the police now believe the sup¬
posed pistol shot was merely the noise
of the bomb.
The bomb was a clumsily made af¬
fair, to which a piece of fuse was at¬
tached, and the fuse was probably
lighted by a paper fixed iu the end of
a stick as soon as the head of tho pro¬
cession came in view. Tbe presump¬
tion is that the moment the fuse was
lighted the culprit fled. In any case,
the bomb could not have done much
harm.
In the thicket where tlie police found
the remnants of the bomb they also
found a pistol, upon which were en¬
graved the words, “Morta Felix
Faure,’ and the names “Alsace-Lor¬
raine” and “Cologne.” Near the pis¬
tol was a small dagger bearing a simi¬
lar threatening inscription, and a few
feet away the police found a newspa¬
per with a cartoon grossly insulting to
the president. This contained an of¬
fensive inscription hinting at the ex¬
ecution of M. Faure.
The police made three arrests bomb on
suspicion of cpmplicity in the
explosion, among them being two
brothers, Galbel and Lauvin Gainier.
They were closely questioned by M.
Atbalin, the examining magistrate,
but as they gave satisfactory accounts
of themselves and their movements,
they were released about midnight.
The attempt on the life of M. Faure
was made on the very spot where
Berezowsky tried to shoot the czar
while driving to the military review
at Long Champs in 1867, and where
Faneois, a lunatic, last year fired his
revolver at M. Faure on July 14.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
Nineteen Negroes Were Charged With tlie
Murder of Jackson.
The sheriff of Georgetown, S. 0.,
carried nineteen negroes there Satur¬
day charged with the carving to death
of Jackson on an adjacent island, when
he attempted to kill their pastor.
They were arrested without any
trouble, although while the tragedy
was being enacted the negroes are said
to have been in a religious frenzy. Six¬
teen were released on bond, the others
committed for trial.
NEW ROAD FOB FITZGERALD,
The Wadley and lit. Vernon To Be Ex-
tended Seventy-Five Miles.
Fitzgerald, Ga., is to have another
railroad. It will be an extension of
the Wadley aud Mt. Vernon road,
which is an independent line about
50 miles long, connecting with the
Central at Wadley. It will be ex¬
tended 75 miles to Fitzgerald, crossing
the Southern railway and the Georgia
and Alabama at Helena.
When completed it will be an inde¬
pendent line 125 miles long, crossing
three different railway systems. It
will have a low bonded debt and a
paying business on the 50 miles
already in operation, with a fine pros¬
pect for business on the extension.
A DEGREE FOR GROVER.
Princeton Will Probably Give Ex-Presi¬
dent Cleveland a Title.
A dispatch from Princeton, N. J.,
says: In reference to the rumor
an honorary degreo of LL.D. will be
conferred upon Grover Cleveland, the
university authorities are reticent in
giving information and confirmation
or denial cannot be obtained. It is the
prevailing opinion among the profes¬
sors and students that the report is
true.
GLADSTONE’ IGNORED.
Official Programme of Queen's .Jubilee
Offend* Liberals.
A London cablegram says: The
official programme of the queen's ju¬
bilee procession as published has
given umbrage to the liberals, owing
to the utter absence of recognition of
the civil and industrial side of the
queen’s reign. Chronicle is out¬
The Daily subject, especially very at
spoken on the
the omitting of Mr. Gladstone, and
asks:
“What kind of a show is it that
gives a prominent plnce to the soldiers
of Emperor William and to the repre¬
sentatives of Turkish barbarism and
excludes the greatest living English
speaking statesman of the world?”
Continuing, The Chronicle remarks:
“The Victoria era is conspicuous
above all in the progress of labor and
the steady growth of self government.
Yet the working classes are ignored. A
still more Striking fact is that the pre¬
siding officers of the two houses of
parliament are not recognized. The
spearker’s office is centuries old. He
is the first commoner in England, pre¬
sides over its most famous representa¬
tive institution and is the figurehead
of democratic government, yet be has
no place in the procession. What will
the colonials, who are wedded to pure
democracy think of this?”
In conclusion, The Chronicle says:
“If the crown lias done something
for the country, it is also true that the
country had done much for the crown,
for its own progress and for the gen¬
eral cause of human welfare.”
INDIAN OUTLAWS IN LIMBO.
They Are Under Arrest and Will Be Tried;
For Murder.
The Indian ofiiee at Washington has
received from Captain Stoucb, of the
Tongue river, Montuna agency, a de¬
tailed report on the recent troubles-
there, arising from the murder of set¬
tler John Hoover by David Stanley, a
Cheyenne brave.
After much diplomacy on the part of
the agent, Stanley, with his two ac¬
complices—Sam Crow and Yellow-
Hair—are now lodged in jail in Miles
City, and will be tried by the civil
courts.
Captain Stoneh’s description of the
trouble is interesting in that it shows
constant conflict between federal offi-
cers and the state authorities in the
arrests of Indians. Iu this case the
presence of the sheriff and a large
posse came near causing a conflict with
the Indians.
ALDRICH TO TAKE A REST.
Tlie Senator’s Physician Orders Him To
Take a Vacation.
Senator Aldrich, republican mem¬
ber of the tariff hill committee, left
Washington Saturday by order of bis
physician. He has been confined to
his room at the Arlington almost all
the time since the first week of the
tariff debate with an aggravated attack
indigestion with other complications.
He was able to he present at the
first caucus on the sugar schedule and
was taken with a relapse afterwards.
As he did not improve, his physician
directed that he should go where he
would have absolute rest and be free
from the possibility of any consultation
with him on the tariff. The senator
accordingly went to his Rhode Island
home.
TO WATCH FOR FILIBUSTERS.
Treasury Department Sends Instructions
To Patrol Fleet In Florida.
The treasury department has re¬
ceived, by reference from the secretary
of state, a communication from the
Spanish minister to the effect that he
has information that an important
filibustering expedition is being or¬
ganized on the coast of Florida, and
asks that steps Vie taken by the gov¬
ernment to frustrate it.
The department communicated this
information to all collectors and mas¬
ters of the patrol fleet on the Florida
coast with instructions to be on the
alert to prevent the departure of any
suspected expedition.
MILES IS HONORED.
He Will Ride Near Queen Vic In the Jubi¬
lee Parade.
A special to The New' Y’ork World
from London says:
General Miles, who recently came to
Europe to witness the Greeo-Turkish
war as the representative of the United
States army, is to ride mounted in the
queen’s jubilee parade in a position
very near to the queen’s carriage.
Nominations by McKinley.
The president sent the following
nominations to the senate Wednesday:
To be envoys extraordinary and min¬
ister plenipotentiary of the United
States—Henry L. Wilson of Washing¬
ton, to Chili: William F. Powell,
colored, of New Jersey, to Hayti;
John G. A. Leishmau of Pennsylvania
to Switzerland; John A. Cowery of
Washington to be consul general at
Kanagawa, Japan.
A Desporado’s Deed.
A.cutting affray took place about six
miles from Mound City, Tenn., Wed¬
nesday, in which Burt Price, a North
Caiolina desperado, killed William
Hamilton and . fatally wounded his
brother, Theo. Hamilton.
TURKS IGNORE ARMISTICE.
The Sultan Has Been Busy Mobilizing His
Re-Enforcements.
A special dispatch from Athens to
the Exchange Telegraph company re¬
ports that the armistice between
Greece and Turkey has been broken
by the Turks mobilizing re-enforce¬
ments, fortifying Volo and Prevesa
and sending troops to various islands.
The dispatch reports that the Turk¬
ish fleet passed out through the
Dardanelles Saturday night.
J T
PRE8IDEXT IS ROYALLY RECEIVED
AT TENNESSEE’S SHOW.
HE MAKES A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS.
l>ay Was Appropriately Celebrated By the
Immense Throngs In the City
and at the Grounds.
Friday was McKinley day at the
Tennessee exposition. Tbe president
and his party arrived at Nashville at
1 :30 a. m. and were met by President
J. W. Thomas of the Tennessee Cen¬
tennial exposition, and the members of
the exposition executive committee.
After cordial greetings had been ex¬
tended to the visitors they were takeu
in carriages to the Maxwell House.
They breakfasted and at 10 o’clock
Governor Taylor of Tennessee and
Governor Bushnell of Ohio, accom¬
panied by their staffs, called upon the
president. Mrs. Van Leer Kirk man,
president of the woman s board of the |
exposition, also called upon President j
and Mrs. McKinley and party.
Leaving the hotel the president was .
greeted by the thousands of people ’
who lined the streets.
A detachment of ex-Confederate vet- ;
erans acted as a guard of honor for the
president. line of march continued out
The
Broad street to West End avenue, aud
to the main entrance of the exposition.
Arriving at the grounds the presi- 1 |
dent was greeted Secretaries with hearty cheers I
and so were Sherman,
Alger, Gary, Wilson and the other :
panying distinguished ladies. guests Mrs. and McKinley, their aceom- much | :
to the regret of every one, did not feel
equal to the heat and stress aud re¬
mained in her room at the hotel. I
A variation upon “Old Kentucky |
Home” was a fitting prelude to the !
speeches at the auditorium. Presi¬ I
dent Thomas introduced Governor
Taylor, who delivered an address of
-welcome, and introduced the president
of the United States. The president
amon g other things said:
■Officers of the Centennial Exposition,
Ladies and Gentlemen: American nation-
atity compared with that of Europe and the
east is still very young: and yet we are be¬
ginning to have age enough for centennial
aim iversaries in states other than the origi¬
nal thirteen. Such occasions are always in¬
teresting and when celebrated in a practical
way are useful and instructive.
“Combining retrospect and review, they
recall what has been done by stato and na¬
tion and point out what yet remains for both
to accomplish in order to fulfill their high¬
est destiny.
“This celebration is of general interest to
tho whole country and of special signifi¬
cance to the people of the south and west.
It marks the end of the first century of the
state of Tennessee and closes the first year
of its second century.
“Your exposition shows better than any
words of mine can tell the details of your
w-ealth of resources and power of produc¬
tion.
“You have done wisely in exhibiting these
to your own people and to your sister states,
and at no time could the display be more
effective than now, when what the country
needs more than all else is restored confi¬
dence in itself. This exposition demon¬
strates directly your own faith and purpose
and signifies in the widest sense your true
and unfailing belief in tho irrepressible
pluck of the American people and is a
promising Indication of American prosper-
ity.
“Let oursolves and let them always re¬
member that whatever differences about
politics may have existed, or still exist, we
are all Americans before we are partisans t
and value the welfare of all the people
above party or section. Citizens of differ¬
ent states, wo yet love all the states. The
lesson of the hour, then, is this—that what¬
ever adverse conditions may temporarily
impede the pathway of our national prog¬
ress, nothing can permanently defeat it.”
After a musical interlude, Governor
Asa S. Bushnell, of Ohio, was then in¬
troduced, receiving a flattering recep¬
tion,' in which the ladies participated
with hands and handkerchiefs.
No more loyal demonstration was
made iu any section or state of the
union than that which helped to make
the day’s festivities memorable.
The speech by President McKinley,
the feature of the day, is pronounced
one of the best ever delivered in the
city, and provoked loud applause.
KILLED IN WRECK.
Freight Train Tumbles Into a Washout
With Disastrous Results.
The most serious freight wreck on
the Boston and Maine road in many
months occurred on the western divis¬
ion near Exeter, N. H., Thursday
morning. The Portland and Boston
through night freight ran into a wash¬
out south of Ferland’s culvert. The
locomotive and three cars were demol¬
ished aud three men killed.
The engine and cars and the contents
of the latter were practically ruined.
The engineer and two brakemen, w-ho
were on the front of tbe train, had no
chance to jump and were caught in the
wreckage.
NEW FREIGHT ASSOCIATION
Organized In Cincinnati and Officers
Elected—Purse Is Chairman.
The Freight Commissioners’ Associ¬
ation of the United States was organized
at Cincinnati Wednesday.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, D. G. Purse, Savannah;
secretary, N. B. Kelly, Philadelphia;
treasurer, E. P. Wilson, Cincinnati.
Committee of plan of organization,
N. B. Kelly, J. S. Durant, A. J. Van
Landingham.
TOM 1)ELK IS DOOMED.
Hlg Respite Will Soon End, While the
Gallows Await* Him.
Tom Delk must die Friday, .Tune
18th. His respite will expire then,
and the governor of Georgia says it
will not be extended.
Tom Delk has been repeatedly re¬
spited in order that he might testify
in behalf of his father; Taylor Delk,
whose trial, concluded a day or two
ago at Zebulon, has resulted in con-
victiou of murder. The Delks, father
and son, partners in crime, both con-,
victed of the murder of Sheriff Guinn,
stand face to face with death. Tom
dies within a week and Taylor at the
end of six weeks.
The crime which they will expiate
upon the gallows was one of the most
shocking in the annals of Pike county,
and the popular feeling aroused by it
was so intense that at one time it was
doubtful whether they would live to
be tried. The judge that tried them
found it necessary to shoulder a Win¬
chester rifle and join the posse that did
guard duty about tbe jail between the
suns, while the trial was in progress.
Tom Delk’s conviction was affirmed
by the supreme court, but there was a
trifle more of doubt as to the conclu-
a iveness of the evidence against the
( q ( | man> and Taylor got a new trial,
Tom insiBted that his father was not
j n t|, e house from which Sheriff Guinn
was s i 10 t > and he was respited in order
to giye tllis testimony for Taylor Delk.
Tom’s evidenoe was submitted at the
trial held in Zebulon tbe past week,
but did not save his father from convic¬
tion.
AN ULTIMATUM TREATY
Rein" Prepared By President McKinley
Regarding; Cuban Matter.
President McKinley i's pre-par'ng an
ultimatum to Spain. In consequence
of the report of Consul General Lee,
at Havana, bearing on the Ruiz mat¬
ter, iu which Spain is held responsible
for the death of tbe American dentist,
intense interest centers upon tho doc¬
ument.
This message will cover the whole
ground. Judge Day, assistant secre-
tary of state, has the work under his
liersonal supervision. The report of
Mr. Calhoun has made no material
change in the wording or purpose of
the ultimatum. The information which
he brings is in the nature of cumula¬
tive and confirmatory evidence. To¬
gether with other reports of a statisti¬
cal and informatory character, it will
be attached to the dispatch as an ap¬
pendix.
The note has now been in course of
preparation for several weeks. Every
incident and precedent of diplomacy
bearing on the question of belligeren¬
cy, the recognition of independence
and the preservation of treaty guaran
tees, has been collated and embodied.
Senor De Lome has been officially
informed of the attitude of the admin¬
istration and its contemplated purpose
of Bonding a note offering'mediation
oil the basis of the independence of
the island with the payment of an in¬
demnity. He has replied very adroitly
that Spain would not consider such a
note as an unfriendly act, but would
give careful consideration to its con¬
tents. This reply is not to be con¬
strued, however, as indicating a pur¬
pose to accept the offer.
TEST VOTE IN SENATE.
Republican Caucus Amendment On Sugar
Schedule Adopted.
The first test vote of the sugar
schedule was taken in the senate
Friday, resulting in the adoption of
the republican caucus amendment
changing the house rate to 1.95 per
pound, by the close vote of yeas, 32;
nays, 30.
The affirmative vote was made up of
tw-enty-nine republicans and one dem¬
ocrat, McEnery, of Louisiana, one
silver republican, Jones, of Nevada,
and one populist, Stewart, of Nevada.
The negative vote was made up of
twenty-five democrats, three populists
and two silver republicans. It was
the closest vote thus far taken on an
issue of importance and was accepted
as showing that any amendment hav¬
ing the sanction of the caucus w-as as¬
sured of adoption.
FARE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL.
The supreme court of Indiana has
decided .that the 3-ceut street car fare
law in constitutional. It relates to the
city of Indianapolis only.
In the federal court recently the
same law,passed by the last legislature,
was declared unconstitutional and in¬
junctions were granted.
BROKER CHAPMAN IS FREE.
Serves His Short Sentence In the District
Jail at Washington.
Broker Elvbrton B. Chapman spent
the final night of his term in the dis¬
trict jail at Washington Thursday
night. His sentence expired at mid¬
night, but, according to custom, he
was “allowed to remain” till Friday
morning.
Ho accepted the final courtesy at the
hands of Warden Leonard laughingly,
saying he should be sorry to requite
the hospitality he received by seeming
to hurry off precipitately. He might
had he so desired, have left in time for
breakfast at the Arlington, but, in¬
stead, he breakfasted at the jail.
FOR MINISTER TO SPAIN.
General Cox, of Ohio, May 15e Appointed
to the Flace.
General Jacob D. Cox of Cincinnati,
who is said to have been tendered the
post of United States minister to
Spain, says there has been as yet no
official action taken, and he seems in¬
clined to doubt that the president will
appoint him. General Cox is one of
the foremost men of Ohio. His career
as a civil and military officer is most
brilliant, and he has been one of Ohio’s
most respected private citizens.
