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I .••••■• . •;:-!: '/" • ' v\ *' 4 1 *?.' > - ; id* * mi MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1897 r’s Eeccptiota at the White Hoh*. MJflhMW WEB! THEBE |AXD M1U. i Decomtlow WW AH litleallr Ar>- Iaa4tkeVMiCrowd Mat.Tk *t An»MlhocepUo» . FloM.n- ho AdrntoU trot ion. >ty»o Ishlngtoo, Jon. 1.—1 'ha annual f ’eor’a deception at the White took pice toflay oc< wording to a iestabltahd custom. the yeaw ordeal of nlatreja they mui 1 thousam I he | tlvt i It coneti- president ve mansion, • Jtlth aev- lovvcll irettr leg?* .lumber of ^iallngulehed the executl shake handjb of their they bore thi lr part he- I however, and loot ding as they dt( ed aa treeh at the be at New Tear's da’ r, the orowd gated, in and w Itnesaed tbe ' Very large. It was the J of Its Rort in! which Mr. Iveland will fljgure a* the naracters, and] this may jbsponnible in part for the araded cor|rldors and Eurlng the time set apart ption. The interior of the 1 been lavlehljy decorated |on of the tropicJe was giveL • of the decorative arrange, ■the dainty oval-shaped blue |fflclal chamber o,f the While itB delicately! tapestried artistic effect wis well caf- t was In this apaJrtment tbit hi, Mrs. Cleveland and the lrty stood. Softfhued globes le gleams of electric light he room. The tlwo mantels M in solid masses of cfct |es of many varieties and 1 other blooms that the con- oC-the ns&nslon , could give Ire were draped in smllat, Icintillating pendants of tile Indellcr were profusely on- |h the delicate creeper. In t throe windows yvas a state- an ereca and] the others rthla variety—while smaller i banked around them to- t azaoleas and fetns. In tjhe ' were ferns galore and the l was completed bp fringes, ot ijles around the doors and cfor- fa room held a profusion of ball ^ants and palms. fjardfcicJ.es tinge holdiisb grovfng Imported well with fthc pertka- lo-tags of the greenl rooih. Irn Pr^brridor leading from «■» room past the leceptloiL chambj ivate staircase at t|he west “ enOker trees Miss Stevenson, Miss , Mrs. Ramsey, wife of .■y; iMts. Matthews, wife Matthews; Mrs. Qoodloe, Stanley 'Matthews, Miss Mitchell, William O. Rice. je first to greet the president was the British ambassador, sir Julian Pmunce- fots, dean of the dlpkmratlo corps. He was accompanied by Indy Feuocefote and daughters, and the attaches of the BrfUah legation. Next caone the ambae- sadoM, of France, Italy and Germany. With their legation staffs. After these caste tbs plain ministers, headed by Senor Romero of Mexioo and other diplomatic representatives in the order of their rank A year agaa Chinese woman was seen for the first time at the opening function of the official social season. She was Mrs. Fang Yu, the wife of . the envoy from tho Flowery Kingdom. Today she came again, and (rested finite as ranch interest and comment as she did on her previous appeangice at s new year's re. ception. Her wonderful silken robce were the admiration of all the women pres ent, while every man pronounced her as as a picture, and not a Chieues S either. Her attractive little beneath a curious head <Tro that fairly glittered with precious stones. She drew tn© lion’© share of attention, even more than her husband and the silk- fowled member* of his suite. Yang Yu’s costume was resplendent. In his wake came hie fcecreturies and attache*. It la probable that the participation of the wives of Chinese (ministers at official so cial functions will fee a permanent thing. Mr. Yang Yu will fee succeeded this year by another distinguished fellow countryman, and 1t is safe to say that his European wife will exercise all the pwrogufives to which her sex entitles her in her native hand. The presence of Mrs. Yang Yu waa not the only mark of Oriental advance? meat «t the reception. When the Koreau minister and his suite were announced, the spectators who erased their nocks to see the odd head dresses and gowns In which they*.had been accustomed to see the representatives of the Hermit King dom attired, met with xi disappointment, for they had discarded their picturesque oostume for j.he conventional garments of European* civilization* appearing iu them for tho first time at tl* New Year’* disfunction. HE’S ON A STILL HUNT. Senator-elect Money Prowling in Cuba FINDING OUT THE FACTS LOVE FOR LITTLE LEILA ABOUT THE CRUELTIES INFLICTED ON THE CUBANS. Mr. Money’s Investigation Is His In dividual Work as a Citizen, Bat His Report Will Doubtless Have Mach Effect on Congress. e last of the dipiomats to pay bii respects was Senor J, D. Rodriguez, the first representative*of the Greater Re- ublle of Central America (Honduras, ficaragua and Salvador). Secretary Olney, who had made the resentaction of the members of the dip- . Mnatic feody, stepped to the rear a is the last of the foreigners had passed, and Col. Wilson took his place to Introduce those who followed. Chief Justice Fuller led the lino of grave-looking justices o-f the federal supreme court; Chief Justice Noht, the new presiding officer of the United States court of claims, was fol lowed by his associates on the bench; Chief Justice A Ivey of the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia, mem ber of the Venezuelan commission, pre ceded the district Judiciary. Then «une ex-menvbers of the cabinet and ex-min- laters of the United States. iMajor-Geneml Miles, attired in his full uniform, a broad golden scarf across his breast indicating that he was the com manding general of the military forces, led the large contingent of army officers. Adjutant-General Rugglea and the vari ous brigadier-generals who preside over the bureaux of the war department, were Immediately in his rear. Rear Admiral Ramsay, Rear Admiral Walker, Commodores Matthews, Bamp- •on, Hichborn, Melville and a number of other well-known officer© composed the naval jcontliigetat. Col. Haywood, th Special to The Telegraph. Washington. Jan, 1.—The Cuban ex- rcsB petition ot Senator-elect Money <14 be ginning to attract attention here. Mr. Money Is a Democratic leader and a man In whom there le great confidence on both aides of the house. He has the nerve and the determination to care fully sift affairs in Cuba and le expect ed to (bring back with hhn the exact facta. Whatever he says, no matter on what aide, will have great Influence and may yet have an important bear ing on the settlement of the Cuban question in congress. He is a .member of the foreign affairs committee of the house—also of the naval committee. It Is understood among his friends that he will try to secure .information from unofficial sources, and that be will have comparatively - little communication with Consul-General Lee or the Span ish commander. •Mir. Money Is a persistent, etrong- •illed man. and If he contas in con tact with Wevler there will 'be fun, es pecially If Wevler tries intimidation of any kind. The friends of the ’Mis sissippi man are looking for something The Murderer of the Aliena Talks. MADE HIM INSANELY SUSPICIOUS OF HER RELATIVES. J t^eeR .Mnd pafiffi, navai iconruigeeit. kjoi. H?ywood, the or decorative putvlaea kg'gii^uoomuiandlint of the marine corps, led ' that coul* he obUutiu! HiBary to accammodntt' the <lc,n hioving throng. j 5 I who paid their rcs;Jec«:s to th' and Mrs. Cleveland parsec e receiving chamber into /the oom and thence lntL thrt «h a - ■aat room, the scene elf no mkny pal occurrences. 81 J - * - f is the ordinary capaj Jrtmcnt. Today It wai |fortable degree with Ylcers of the army to muiiy n, g <er of ladieA^^ not so crowded, however, as to table to see and appreciate the J beauty displayed. As IP every ■part of the interior, tbe east room .those under him, and after them came Gen. OrdAvay, and the general staff of the militia of the District of Columbia. Senators and representatives in con gress had struggled along before anil be hind the militia and naval people. Speak er Reed bowled past the receiving party, attracting considerable attention. Sen ator Sherman and other veteran wearers of the toga were also present. Black frock coats became the rule at this point, and hundred .y of (this iled tA an qrcdgn *n- and nfrvy, s*naior8( datives,, and n\aasdstan’a to the heads of the executive largo number or and .the heads of govern- meni^i.bureaux. CarrylTJX their tattered battleflags came the afiwoelated veterans of the war with Mexico,-tJWr^Pwed down with the continued for some time. Passing along In the order assigned came the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Insti tution; the civil service commission: tho from Havana every day about ibis do ings. The Impression grows ifrir'^ger. that President Cleveland Is preparing a special measure to be sent to con gress on the Cuban queatJoin. It may not be as pro-iSDainish *6 the stories make out. a chandeliers and corjnlcei twined emilax. Trailing asparajpis also u -d a graceful drapery. Tile white hlercs on all the mantels hjeld Chi- jprljyAJses, rubber plants and cine- pDate and cocoamit palms spread J foliage high over the head* of the henading guests. The brejud and I east window was a mass of pom- i palm?, and grouped about the »m of these were ferns a plenty. I mirrors, the embrasures, Jhe flre- were oil suitably arranged, even o’clock was the hour **t for beginning of the reception. .Before time members of the diplomatic ,f, ambassadors, minister*, attaches their wives and daughters to arrive and wepe ushered into the room, where they awaited ihe sig- to pa^s along the line. Out in the Me lobby the United Btatts rnarlne under the leadership Of Profes- ir.ciulll. watted the KlgttBl to play, .ply Fanciulll waved hie baton various instruments burrt forth veil known air of "Hallto the ■Down the private siircase ■resident, Mrs. Clevcl* C, the Jif the cabinet ana tjtir Ia- |y Col. John M. Wil*or(6f the ile* army, superintenirtt of dings and grounds ar I mas- Imonle*. Mr. and .MruA’teve- b-Pre«ldent and Mr*. Iteven- Itary and Mrs. Olney, Recre- Ll/Mrs. Carlisle, Atlorn«y-G«n- R Mrs. Harmon, Postnastcr- ■and Mrs. Wilson, Secret*^, and Vrbert, Secretary andM*. La- lecretary and Mis* hf^jn. **¥» | y and Mrs. Fra nee* J <Jimpc*s- Lession, passed along) JJJ corri- Ithe blue room and MJJ their line president and wECteve- |>nc end, with Sectary* ’5 op at their right, *|'P thu Iu* ‘ g a line aero** apart cabinet officer* » )d«*tly the rear and er'B d into with some of '^ifladie*, REFORMS FOR TfTW ANTILLES. Spain Inclined to Graut Hroador Liberty and Right* }o Cuba. Washington. Jan. 1.—-Senor Do Lome, ■the Spanish minister resident here; fur- nteCies the Southern Aasoclated Press the following copy of a telegram from Foreign Minister Tetuan: In the cour.'cll of ministers presided over -today by her majesty the queen regent, a roval decree was signed, which applies to the Island of Porto Rico, the laws of reforms and voted in the cortes on the 15t»h of Marchs 1S95. The preamble to this decree is of the greatest importance because of the f tatements It contains regarding Cuba. It begins by explaining 'the reason* why the reforms are applied-today and wr*.»refore this hue not been do’jb be fore. Amongst other paragraph*, It contains the following, which, owing to their invoortanee. I copy in their en tirely: “In the actual circumstances the gov ernment considers that tho proper time ha»arrived for clvlng to the worlcVam- ple proof of its firm resolve to fulfill the engagements voluntarily contracted by the nation, and carrying Into effect at Porto Rico the reform system of government and civil administration, voted by the cortew and sanctioned by •her majesty, cind which, conveniently enlarged and extended, will be applied in due tlnvA to Cul>a. • “In unfolding the bases of the re forms with that scrupulous care which the complex nature of the case and Its many and varied problems demand, the undersigned minister -has been inspired with *a sense of the necessity df ample administrative decentralization and has proceeded to the utmost limit, which the actual law allows, without diminu tion of the inherent sovereignty of the nation. A t tho same time, true to the solemn promise made before parlla- __ mart fey its prefUdent, the government Grand Army of the^RepvftJie. the Loro l [proposes iojfbn * nyw nmph^ scope Legion, the Union Vcbwnn^ legion’Sfl'klTcraifi weiidit of years; tfieii jnetnfecrs of th«’ He Thoaght The? Had Made a Plot to Kill Him for III* Money—ne Ila* Em ployed Counsel and Has Money in the Bank. 1 Atlanta, ^Jan. 1.—Ed Flanagan, the man who made a bloody attempt to exterminate the Allen family at Pop lar Springs, Do Kalb county, Iasi night, was allowed to see and trlk to news paper reporter* this afternoon, after repeated efforts had been made (o pre vail upon his attorneys for interviews. Lust night, after being landed In FuU ton county jail for safe fcecblng, Flana gan sent or Judge George Hillyer to represent him. No one was allowed to see the prisoner up to the arrival of his lawyer, and after Judge Hillyer had had a conference with him, he issued orders prohibiting newspaper reporters from communion ting with his client. The statement was given out that Flan agan was too drunk when brought to the Jail 1o talk to any om>, but thero/fs some mystery surrounding his alleged intoxication, lie had hod a drink or two without doubt, but thesis no ground for tbe belief that t|io,prisoner was kept out of reach of reporters last night so as to bring him within the plea of drunken insanity when put upon trial. This ipornlng Glenn & Rountree were also retained to defend Flanagan. At first they Joined Judge Hillyer in re fusing to uUow the prisoner to be in terviewed, but this afternoon the doors were opened, and Flanagan mado a statement for publication, in which ho gives his tide of the bloody affair. His Interview was evidently well thought out, and when he goes to trial the de fense will be made out along the line of hi* statement, with tho addition of the pica of temporary insanity. Flanagan’s statement adds new hor- ro.*s to tho bloody tragedy, lie adds to the blood stains upon Ills own hands in the killing of old Mrs. Allen, the fa tal shooting of Miss Black and tho wounding of George Allen and his father an accusation of terrible dis grace-to the Allen family. lit* accusa tion is) Indignantly refuted both by tho family and the neighbors who have known all about them since their resi dence at Poplar Springs. It is possible, however, that Flanagan believed or imagined the things to be true which caused him to commit his bloody as sault. He* had repeated to Dr. M. A. Purse these things, and If they are not true, the defense will probably urge the fact that tho man's mind was harassed by such'thoughts as an evidence of his beclouded mind. Flanagan say* that he loved Miss Leila Allen, the 12-year-old daughter of George Allen, the first of the family whose life he attempted to .take. He hadv been InfnJtuated with her, and he says she reciprocated this feeling M (him for some,time. He wanted lowed her and had propos 'd for her hand to her parents, who did not object, only asking that he wait un'Ml »he was a little older. This he -agreed to, a-nd mis 'hxpnlly and ipa/tlontly watching the growth and develo(pmc.n't of 'hi* In tended-bride. whon he was horrified by the discovery that her own father was a brute, his -conducti toward the child being too foul (to relate. This discov ery, he claims. Is ikho motive that prompted him to first kill the father and then end his own existence.' Life as no longer worth living to him, but before killing himself he wanted veng and had to go to Dr. Purse to have them treated. It. o<vurred to mo to tell Dr, Purse ail about the situation, and I did so. After this, when I would go to Dr. Purse 1 would meet a young man whom I was told was Dr. Love, a medi cal student. I thought though that he was a detective hired by the Allen fam ily to find out what I had told Dr. parse. It seemed that I wtw Wing watched by them all tho time, and they would not Jot me and Ix'lla get together. They np- Pcared to bo as friendly tis ever, though. “Oneo I went -to see Father Kennedy and told him my troivMo. I offered to give him a thousand dollars if he would take Leila away from home ami put her in a convent. lie oaid ho would send her to a house of correction if site was willing, but as it was her father who was a brute, it was ho who ought to bo sent. I hud -made up tny mind to get away from here, but Dr. Purno told mo to wait tilt my hand got better. With things In each shape I didn’t ever want to put my foot on Georgia soil again. "Yesterday evening I told them I wan going to take a walk. It seemed that they were all watching me. Miss Slack said she’d go down to the ear line with mie, and If I wanted to go as far as De catur ©he would go there with me. Think ing that they wore 'watching me, and 1 lying to And out. what I told Dr. Purs- and that they were after my money, I thought it waft about time to put iiu end to It. I’d rather die, I thought. Then I went ito my room and drank a tumbler mid a half of whisky. About 11 mo for supper 1 heard' whistle* blowing All around m« and some dogs barking. I thought the police were after me, mid when Allen came in the Uni ok way in stead of the front way I could neo that something •wrong was going on, but they were all a© friendly ns ever to me during supper. George Allen g<»t up and got mo a drink of water. After supper I went to my room and got out my pistol and put Homo cartridges in my pocket. I decided to kill myself and George Alien, tod. He was the one I wanted to g** away with, and I won't out. into the hall and shot him through the curtain*, an he was getting up from table. I took good aim at him, and when he fell, I thought he wan dead. Then my courage to shoot myself failed me, and I jumped over his body to get away. I was going to Jump the fence In 'the back of tne 'house, but the door through which I wanted to get was blocked 4»y old Mrs. Allen and Miss Black. They tried to. stop me. They held on to me so tight that I was obliged to shoot to get loose. I guess the lamp was knocked over In the scuffle. I just shot any way. When I jumped out into the ball again, Mrs. Allen,, George’s wife, caught: me, and as I did not want to hurt her I would not shoot, any more. I did not want to hurt any one but George Allen." Mis© Black, the young sister of Mrs. Allen 1« not expected to live. The physi cians today alwmdoned all hope, and her death is looked for at any time. Miss Black wtw engaged to 1k* married to W. H. Epps, a conductor on -the Consolidated line, which runs In front of the Allen home. The wound of George Allen is not n serious one, nor is that of old mnn Allen, his father, who was struck sens*- loss by a blow' on the bond from the butt of Flanagan’s pistol. The struggle of Mr*. George Allen with the infuriated assassin was a most ter rible experience. All tile furniture In the house from the dining-room through the room occupied by obi 'Mr. Alien and to the kitchen bears marks of blood to tell the desperate story of the brave wo man’s flyUt for life. Blie grappled with Flanagan in the hallway, part of which was iwcd for a dining-room and where the first shot* were flred at her hus band, and the struggle continued on through the bouse to the kitchen, where the murderer was finally disarmed. In the Debt he exercised all of his maniacal strength to free himself from tho ter rific! woman and to get In position to shoot her, hut: her terror gave her mi- perhuman strength, and tills only snved nor life, as well a* the lives of the other people who were wounded, for If re leased, the murderer would In all prob ability have returned 'to finish 1ho a tighter. Berioiis fears were felt by tbe author ities tonight that there would be an ef fort made to take 33d Flanagan, tho De- Kalb county murderer, out of the Jail by a mob. He would undoubtedly have been lynched had he been allowed to re main in the DeKulh jail last, night, In stead of feeing quietly brought to Atlanta for ©ifo-kceping. Sheriff Austin, who the man un- Miss Kate Camp’s Assailant Stning Up.' GREAT CROWDS GATHERED TO WITNESS THE EXECUTION Ol THE BLACK CRIMINAL. Th* Body W*s Turned Over to Relatives and an All Night . Wake Was Held Over It-Story of the Horrible Crime for Which He Swung. Albany. Oft., Jan. I.—Sankoy Oun- nlntrhu-in. the young negro who made a murderous and brutal assault on iMIm Katie Camp, daughter of Air. Janie* Camp, near this city on Dooemiber 3. was -banged in IHe county Jail yard to day. Curun Ingham. It will be remembered, was a trusty In tho county chain gang and hi* victim W'as assaulted In hor home near the chain gang stockade. Tho arrest of (the negro and thie flight of tho offtcem with him to tho J3H»b county Jail to keep hhn from belag lynched, arc miatters which -have been fully reported in -tllw**e dispatches. Judgo ftponoe had tho pilsoner ar raigned just a -wcok after'tho <*vlmo bad been committed. !I« was promptly rotwfoteri and sentenced to death and was returned to tall 1n iMaoon, whore he remained until Thursday. Today he was -hanged a» alxvvo staled. lie nrwni- fested guilt on the gallows and clatlnied to have made Deuce with God. A great crowd oamo to town to w the hanging, und freight oar*, hom* tops and every other available foot i apace for block* around, from wthli the gallows could fee ee-en, wa« covei by curlouH eDootatora. Thore was excitement and tho execution nff quietly. The drop fell at 11:4 Cunningham was pronounced de nine minute*. Tonight Cunningham'* body I* i In <ono of tho colored churches If southern part of the city, and rdU and friend* aro holding an all-i woko over it. Cumvlingham was * convict three years for bufigier>* trusty in the convict oain|> at worked. On 'the day of t/uo, went to a well at. a hous- ounip and mv<tomlodJ to have] a bucket of water. Alls* Kaf a young lady highly respect® co-mmun-itv In which wh-e livi alone In 'the house where 'Uhl went to get the wafer. While i Viet, wcih there another trusty . ud said ho h-ad a note for Ml* from her brother, who was the ortinp. Cunningham asked other tr.ist v to give h'lm the note •onId deliver dt. Ounnlni^ham j the note for (the young lady «uUL to the door of the houoc. MJesI oaime to -the door when t:all«d, knocked, down l»v the bruto piec>e of Iron. Her skull was and the negro succeeded in < ing his pur do ho. However, i ed, and in a elrort time i otvmo to the house. (Borne moment* after, the young lady rerovci for ii moment and Ounningham. A and a hunt wan *f oal. V' unT1 * n<l office#* and < Jail for safe the Bouthrwe a-bovo Alb^ lng. Oldest In habit n afs’ Association of the District of Columbia. It was nearly 1 o’clock when the p»Yu- lic reception began. Men. women and children of nil walks of life passed In a seemingly endless procession through the reception rooms. For each Ihe president and Mr*. Cleveland bad a smile and a handshake. At 2 o’clock the doors were elo*ed, and the last of the most trying social or deals of the Cleveland administration was over. that contin •ted “behind t jeMnd the line ol Senator El life of Senator Gear; * of Senator Gordon: Wnntor Hale: Mrs. I i. wUc ■tnc Lod*«: Mt> 15m r RH; Mrs. Frsaldi ’ York; Mu. Cow«, M Urrlson, Mil. VcCon I os. Miss Turner, lit | Mrs. Wsehlnetoo, Mr*. Mr* ThonSer, ■ Tturter; Mrs. DW* nmlin. Mrs. Ooorjwi. r * com ine.'' Mm. Mr*. k. Oor- l. Bale. _r». Conrail. snmirftfn. DI<kW n wife otihr comptrol' y; Mrs.’Harriet E. I ° iann-r ladj of thV wl* rr. 14ft of Chief Ji ns >.w Prckhsin. Jr.; tmon, Mrs. Minot, Ifif. Jtalph Cross J, *ya!ler. Ml*. * TSefi riff of artlett iraper, •K Mi*s Wftda- •d© M. Ytvftte of tbg Jobn- hoftse; PLAN OF TIIE BILLEl’ POOL. A Gigantic Combination to Control Iron and Hteel Price*. Pittsburg) Jan. 1.—The special commit tee appointed at the last meeting of the Amerfcnu Bessemer Association to figure out a plan by which the defunct pool mnv again bo placed on Its feet as the gren'r dictator of prices in the Iron and steel world, has completed Its report, which will be presented at a meeting of the members to be held Monday next, probably in Pitts burg, but possibly In New York. The iden tity of the committee Is cot known. Tbe report made by them wilt, however, aston ish tbe iron and steel works beyond doubt. The plqq ts that the larger concerns will buy un the allotment of the older and small er mills and pay the owners to turn the keys in tbe doors and practically retire from the billet manufacturing business with the exception of pocketing the dividends that tbev will receive from tho concerns that will then make tbe billets for the whole country. In this respect the billet pool will emulate the nail pool, but with more hope* of success. The consummation of the protrct means that tho trade in bil let* and finished product* would be con- Abed to tbe larger preducers, or a concen tration of production placed In the hands of a few large firms, who will then control production, set the price and share with tbe Idle mill owner*. SUICIDE OF HENRY 8EERUNG. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1.—Ex-Slate Sen ator Henry Bee rung, at the head of the Standard Glass and Paint Company, oue of the moat prominent aa well a* popu lar btwlnesa men in Lincoln, committed •uldde fey banging himself yesterday. He was 54 year* old, high in the ranks of Masonry and was reputed to fee wealthy, of aenroe temperament and nnparently without business care*. Orirfnafly a Re publican, he deserted that party at the last election and wpa one of tbe strong supporter* of W. J. Bryan, of whom he was a n**r neighbor. On tbe subject of free silver fee waa almost a fanatic, and among his intimate* it in known fac brooded much over it* defeat, and that of hi* candidate, far the presidency. HI* peace, the happy vmwnemt arrives for the definite awllcatkwi of the reforms to both the Antilles. Aa soon a* possi ble her madeety’* government will has ten to annlv to Cuba, not only the re forms which form the groundwork of the law Applied today to Porto Rico, but also will extend to both province* the reform* which have been offered with the view of conferring upon both the Antillew an administrative and eco- no-nvlc -personality of a local character; \Mhdoh shall facilitate the complete' In tervention of the country in its own affairs, maintaining, at -the same time, intact the right of soverlgnty and' the condition necessary to a maintenance of that right, on was stated in the wordl h.?r majesty deigned to address to the cortea. bv the advice of her re sponsible covern-mcnt. upon the open ing cif parliamenfl These amplified reforms can be partly put into -practice by means of the power possessed bv the executive gov ernment, end ipartly will require the sanction of oariiament. The govern ment is confident that It will not en counter Insuperable obstacles to it* rapid notion in this sense, looking to the patriotic uplformity of opinion re specting I'Ve rijndamontfli Ideas which underlie *he application of the reforms. "Briefly, the law of reforms voted by th«»corte* and sanctioned by the crown, •which •« today to fee applied to Porto Rico, will form the foundation ©tone of the new regime: but nn additional decree, account of w-hlrth will be given to the cort«. wJll amplify to »U''h an extent these reform* that a genuine home aAmdolwtratlon wtll be conntltu- t?d In our Antilie*, in the flrst. instance for Cuba, but to be extended to Porto Rico a* soon and at the same time as it may fee fweatble to apply it to the former Inland. Teutan, “M4ftt*ter of Foreign Affairs.’ 1 CAPTURED A BURGLAR. The Chief of Police of Dallas Says He Haa a Bad Man. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 1.—A burglar, giv ing the name of Charles Wilson and residence Btwte. Mont., was captured here thla morning robbing the house of Eugene Crowder, a wholesale drug gist. Chief of PoHce Arnold says the capture is the most Important made by his force In year*. Wilnon, he *ay*. is an alia*,* and that the prisoner la one of the moat desperate criminal* In the country, having operated in the eltie* of New York, Chicago. St. Louis, San Francisco, Lna Angeles and New Orleans. Chief Arnold declined to make known Wilson’* true identity until be gogtanuntcateg with police department* In various part* of the country with the hope of capturing confederates. ( MU«*«a Will Protest. ’, Otda., Jan. l.-Hi report from Secretary Francf* th# Wichita, Kiowa vluSL it h fUi’Vared that If there has Jv»en any villainy going on In the Allen home Flanagan Is (ht should have this charged up to hi: count In addition to the bloody crimes of last night. Arcorllng to this wife of the Ftoi’y. Flanagan was surprised In an effort to mistreat the little girl and th-nt bis attempt to exterminate the fa/mlly was brought on by his desire* to protect himself in this villainy. Flanagan Is an ordinary looking man of the working class. He claims that he is 28 yenrs of age, though since his effocU -have been searched there Is some doubt ns to his age, certain m*' pern In his trunk Indicating that ho Is at least ton years older 4han that. A bottle- of h.a.!r d/ve Was among the nr- tie'es ferind in his valise. A man of 28 would hardly need that. Ho says that ho originally came from Polntrlba, (Mo., 'but came to Atlanta from Mll- ledgevllle last (March. He first secured employment with/the Standard Oil company, and lived at Austell. “I went out to Poplar Springs to board with -the Aliens,“ he *akl, when seen tin his cell this afternoon by T^ie Telegraph correspondent, “b-»cause it was a nice plaice to stay In the *unim*T •time. East Lake was near by and that was a pleasartt place to stroll on Bun- day** or other times when I had noth ing to do. I was frequently at East Lake with the'Allen family, and It was in these meeting* th-re that I first be came attached to them. This was lost July or August. I had not been long at the Allen house before I became •much attached to 1/clla, Bhe was very young, but more than commonly well developed for one of her age. She was l arge and womanly In her appearance. Bhe «oon 'began to like me, too, and I can #av that we soon both became In fatuated with each other. We would go -to w;iik to East Luke together as of ten aa we could, and I frequently, bought her little present*. In Beptem-' bef laort. when #he began to go to school •he could not «o with me except on Sundays, and then we most always own* to the city, end sometime* want to tbe matinee together. "Our attachment ww so strong for each other that I finally proposed to marr/ her end asked her mother about It, and she afterward *atd that her father had no objection*. «o ft was settled thflr I should have Leila when she got a lit tle: larger. Bhe wan growing fast, ami 1 knew !i it it would not be long before we could marry, and ** I wa* w illing to watt. 1 spoke to her father about it my- •elf afterward, and / rion, except I But aftt* this U* not act the • like there wa* l ww* nvt nm t. Leila, and would hay nee ujwn the man who -hud so basely rU i" C m l ted° n ^‘wcvor. this story told. f >TW* .WflQ&k «>y Fla our >n today l» d. nlial w«h In- ' ,'Jt-rJ" 1 "*® 1lal i.v ' v-.ftboatl m hv t*rt. Alloa-dvn-Jv •w’,'FrATW tun do to allow hhn to oluy wllh- ^*1,I »> t-a.-u of tho neWHbor* of hi, victim*. c 51 ! : " is r '" ri - wore w-* 11 grounded, for ho Jn thehirhofit o>ft m, and In torn j H ,-.|]y gotten away from tin* oceno , „ lioforo the ponplc. hecamo excited with ^on in m. Atiennomo j: h , lyncliinc Hiririt. Thromthout tlte day I thlB excitement haa lieen crowfiiK, many jH'ople cougregiitlng nliout the Alien noiiMc to <IIkcush Hid tcrriblo tragedy. Tonljdiit tills feeling \yus ho detcrmlncsl that a Well organized plan wa* perfected for the purpose of attacking the Fulton county jail. As soon as information of this plan wan gained, Judge John H. Can dler and Sheriff Austin of DcKalli put Sheriff Nelms and Chief of PoHce Con nolly on notice. Sheriff Nelms Imme diately took up Ills itordlion at the Jail, surrounded by liId full force of deputies and bailiffs, all well armed and prepared to meet (lie mob nt any montent. Ho set men on guard for several block* around the jail to give warning of the approach of the exported mofe, and while tin hc prer.mtions <wero taken there. Chief of Police Connolly organized tho entire day-watch, of the police force Into a rc- s*»rve. Tlir^e men were held In nwllne** nt the police station, armed with Win- HieMlcr rifles, nut 11 raldnlghi, ready to go to tin* assistance of the eherlff at a moment’* notice, l T p to midnight, how ever, the wofe has not put in an uppoar- Bevcral •small squad* of men, believed by the sheriff to be parts of the gang which Intended to storm the Jail, passed along the street In front of the building about 10 o'clock. They were supposed to have been sent to reconnolter, and upon reporting to the mob, whi^h was 1 •uttered about the nelgfej>orhoo<l of the Allen house, four‘mile* from town, It wa* discemetl that «the preparation# to defend the prisoner were too effective to give h ope of miicc/w* for the attack, and it wo* a1»andoncd, at least for the night. Bherlff Nelms and hi* deputies remained on guard until daylight, and a strong guard will be maintained until the ex citement among the people of DeKalfe over tbe killing ha* subsided. Lynched Two Innocent Men. Kansu* City, Jan. 1.—Prosecuting At torney Aul of Lafayette county, In *n interview here yesterday, expre**cd tho opinion that the two men, Jame* Nelson and Je**e Winner, who were lymfeed fey a mob at Lexington a short time age, were innocent of the murder of Mr*. Winner and her baby. Ho claim* to hata sufficient evidence to cause the Indict*, meat of fifty of the lyncher*. Murder and ttalclde. Poplar Bluff. Mo„ jaix l.-At B< a small t<mo near hare, .via iliot aad nRt r the rev^l Into bk - Paine’* i 'Chief between < lice si a tic and making shooter and wa* ovorpowerwr rushed to tfeo r lodged in jail. Cillery the hospital, 'where m he !ia<l received two right knee and one in' probably rc/ovor. While the shooting wl Mayor Mayo was wrllini pending Capt. Wo-xl from 1 for drunkenness, wtilch ofl reporte<l by Chief Ryan. Thl hluxoiug. Capt. Woo«l I* un valuable fireman and exce ular. But hi* one wcakne*— for drink, wn* generally m though he did not often ylcK j •wu* Intoxicated when lie did ing today. He I* *tiU in Jait. HIX BUBPECTH ARREHT^ The Slayer of Captain Miller ! Lynched and Burned. Milan, Tonn.. Jan. 1.--4U* nogj under urre*L for tho brutaidM Chtd. H. P. Miller, Bouthem Pacific Hotel, found yesterday In an \ with hi* bend beaten jp groe* are heavily guarded, and as a* any *ort of 4* obtained, tbe en tire aix wiM prohafely h* lynched and burned, a* several people aye at fever beat over the affair. Cope Miller was beaten over the bead -with ferae* knuck*, and the cash drawer robbed of it* wa- tent*. CUT HIM HEAD OFF. An Alabama Fataier Wok* From feiam- ber to Meet D*#tk. •sl i rmmor $ t; Y'/uratMow., J,—: 'ivy/f I *ii» rot ihe 1 |Twny ».«wri :&3Z% 1 «■■>■* *sa