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ANARCHIST SLAYS
AUSTRIAN EMPRESS
Assassin Drives a Keen Stiletto
Into Her Majesty's Heart.
SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
After Being Fatailij Wounded the Empress
Walked Upon Waiting Boat.
SHE THEN BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY
Carried to a Hotel She Lingers a Few Minutes and
Passes Away===The Murderer Is Captured and
Walks to Jail Singing===He Coolly
Admits His Crime.
Geneva, Switzerland, September 10.—The
, :npri of Austria was a<.~.. sinat. <1 near
the Hotel Beanrivago this afternoon by an
anarchist, who was arrested. He stabbed
her majesty with a stiletto.
||. ;■ majesty was walking from her hotel
to Hie landing place of the steamer at
ah nt 1 o’- n.l», win 11 an Italian anarchist
suddenly approached ami stabbed iter in
, r The empress fell, got up ami
walkid I’ll board the steamer, where she
• , 11. .a n.. The captain did not wish
to p it off from the quay, but did so at the
request of tin in;.| and her suite, there
being no a; ipreben on mat she was serious- I
|. ] irt _ The s teamcr was turned back
b. fore reaching the open lake and the cm- I
press, unconscious, was carried back to the ;
Hotel I:■ .i'll iv.igo ,m a stretcher.
Tli - s;ri iihir upon which the empros-s \
was c arried to the notel was hastily im- .
pi, >. a . with oars and sail cloth. Hodors
sts were nnim dialely summoned I
and a telegram was sent to Emperor Fran- ■
<•:, Joseph. All efforts Io revive her ma- 1
j.stv were unavailing and she expired at .
;; o’clock. The medical examination show- '
• d that the assassin must have used a '
small triangular tile.
'I lie wound was just over tile left bn-ast. ;
Tli. re was hardly any bleeding. A priest
, ami. in time to administer extreme tine- j
tion.
After strikb g the blew lie ran along Illis |
lire des Aipes, with the evident inten-
e . . ; \O. llUt I
|>, f, I'l ..vilil:,. J i- Wl> s' A ’") '.WO ■
cabmen, who had witnessed- the .rime,
Tory handed h.m over to a. boatman and
a cend.irme, win., conveyed him to the pu- •
he- station.
Prisoner hidmits the Crime.
T1 prisoner made no r<. ist.un e. He even
sang as lie walked along, saying:
■ : it,” and “S’no must be dead.”
At b- poll. rst.it on In do-hired that he
. i “siarviiig .in are'.iist, Wi'.’i no haired
for the poor, but onl) for the rich.”
I• i, wlu n t Io n to the courthouse and
interrog-i d by .i magistrate in ill l ' pres
» 1,,-, o; thro- members of the local gov
lice t 1',.'..
t-.’-d not to know Frencil and refused
to answer questions. Tin police, on Search
in," him, lot nd a document showing his
: ..m- to Is Luigi Laocbiir. born in Paris
■! 1<: ano an Italian soldier. A groat
I '.-.vd quickly is-'mbli-d around the Hotel
go, when lie officials ptsled
a: . r iaii rr.o'..lling the prisoner. The po
,j, .• s irc-e d the s.-.-m of Hie crime, tor
’i,< w- - >on ami th'- acmmpiiees of the as*
•-. it .•cn .irs that a boatman no
th id three p-ts follow ing the empress,
win. w s making purchases in the shops.
Tin- 1c al gov. rnnn nt immediately on re
ceiving tin- new’s of her majesty’s death
h. ill'- flag.-- on the municipal of
tii I s and fire, 1. did in a body to the hotel
, t-.k.-n of r tiet. The . x.-itenient in
•.. mi-, many of l.n- shops on Jursa.l 1
wen • ■ • ! Tht assin told the mag-
i. that Im inn- to Geneva in order
li, ■- i ati- an important person,” but I
had been unable to execute the project.
T- ■ r i-..n <■: h failure he did not give, I
but i o declared tli it it was only by acci- ;
dent hi learned of tile presence of the j
Tl i inpr. -of Austria was born De- I
cen 17 SI e was a daughter of
It is a d period
in a woman s life when /rif-.X?' "Y*
a d< •.■ little sti o -'.-r 1
com. driving dlow <l .ML
(■■it or -Io liana to 4 'a
make its home in her J.»
be nt and i ail her
mother. Yet the m; <sf f
jority of v imen ap- r ‘ ’..lt#
proach this time with „. ' '•' ■•'■ti a <■■■”»
fear .mil misgiving *’ . 4 w
both foi tin i;t I■< ■■ '*•*'’ "'i
and the expected little (* { /' i
one. The mother’s heart fore-
bodes some |
~ '’•< akness or ;
■'‘"•z _/ imperfection in the I
/- baby while the wom-
/ ( kA anly nature fears its
./■•V | own sufferings; and per-
J Imps a iittle spice of vani-
V-X' sit-'i? ty about het figure makes I
Vj ’A/’i h< i dread that its attrac- ,
l v *; 1 \ tier contour may be de-
V \ \ stroyed by maternity.
S. / i But a- a matter of fact j
£■/./. when a woman is in pi r-
s;/ feet health and condi- |
v 4 y tioti, motherhood should ■
/d'J , A only serve to enhance ;
/ri and aeeentiiate Inr pby-
£■—-■■, 1 steal attractiveness. l-.v-
// er. expectant mother ;
Lv should know and avail |
herself of the health giving, nerve-toning ;
properties of Dr Pierce - Favorite Pre
scription It gives specific strength and
endurance to the organism of maternity ;
promotes thorough, healthv constitutional
vigor and recuperative energy it makes
motherhood safe and comparatively com
fort 1 ■■ ' 11 n'l’J
preserves the mother’s buoyant it and i
womanly attractiveness.
Mrs Elizabeth Hull. Murick Street, Paw
tucket. R 1., write-. ■'! have taken Dr Pierce’s
Favorite Pt. liption and cannot speak too well
of it. I have had fifteen babie- and always had
a bad time, s oon times I bad to have two doe
t ■ Il n taking yom Prescription ’ last
Inly, and tn September I gave birth to two little
eirl-. and In< ver had such an easy time. 1 had
no doctor, and was not in pain halt ot the time
ns before M' wight is about two hundred ;
pounds My twins when born weighed ten I
pounds each. They are fine girls, now lour I
months old." ...
In many cases where constipation is one I
the aggt ivating <au■■ ■ of disease, Dr. I
Pierce’s Pleas int Pellets should be used in
conjunction with the ’ I'avorite Prescrip
tion ' Thev are the simplest and most
perfectly i|..iurul laxative ever invented. |
, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria and was mar
: ried to li’rancis Joseph, emperor of Aus
l tiia and king of Hungary, April 21, ISSI.
Tin y had thro.' children, the Archduchess
Gisela, who i.s married to Prince J.uitpold
Os Bavaria; the An lidnke Rudolph, who
mat ried Princess Stephanie of Belgium, ami
who was (seemingly) assassinated in Iks'.),
and the Archduchess Maria Valeria, who
married the Archduke Franz Salvator of
Austria-Tuscany. The Into empress was an
enthusiastic horsewoman.
Assassin Coolly Confesses.
The a assin. while being interrogated by
t'h< mag ttrate, said he came to Geneva
: with tile intention of killing the Due
| d'Orleans. but the l itter had already left.
Ltle<-¥i. or Dacchcni, followed the duko
i of Evian about twenty-live mils-s northeast
of Geneva, v. re lie was again unsu --
fui. He then returmd to Geneva, end
' learned from the pap- rs of the presence of
tiie Austrian empress. Yesterday he
dogged hi r footsteps, but found no oppor
tunity to carry out his purpose, though
j lie watched th.- hotel B'-aurivago all day.
I This afternoon about 1:30, in- said, no saw
. tin- valet of the empress leaving the iio
-1 I'd .Old going toward the landing, lie in-
I ferrod from this that Hie empress was
go.ng to lake the steamboat, and io itld
' himself behind :: tree on Hie quay, with
■ the tile concealed in li s right sle'vc. in a
fi w minutes tae empress, accompanied by
I her lady of honor, appeared and the as
sassin struck tin- tile home.
laieessi confessed that lie has been an
anarchist since lie was la.r'-vu ■ I I.
■ 'll' ill an.Hi ii.sts did tacit dul ' as i
■ have done mine.” he said. “Bourgeois so
! cicti' would soon disappear.”
tie admitted that lie knew the crime
wls useli.s. but said he committed it for
( "the sake of example.”
I Jn spite of minute si arching. !')•• Wi upon
of t'iie murderer bus not been f und.
Dcmse crowds still surround the Hotel
];• aiirivago tiiiis < veiling.
Tile gem-rai of police, had no n >ti e of
the visit of the empress to the city.
rears for the Emperor.
Dondon, September li).—The gravest fears
are already expressed hen- regarding the
effect which the assassination of th" em
press may have upon the emperor, whose
health lias never n coviTed from the blow
of Crown I’rlnee Rudolph's tragic ib-ath,
and it is kn< wn that his majesty lately
has been very feeble,
NEWS RECEIVED IN VIENNA.
People of the Austrian City Could Not
Believe the Information.
Vienna, September I l ’, The in v. ol th "
assassination became known here shortly
before i» o’clock t .is af'i'-moon. it spread
iik" lightning. The streets were suddenly
filieil with multiiud s of pi-opl , many be
coming impss; abb- for vehicles. Extra edi
tions were issued by all tile papers. Many
Viennese considi r* d ihe r> post incredible
; until the semi oflicial Wiener Abend Post
appeared, coiitirniiip; tile statements of the
I other papers.
I jVH Hie papers accompanied the an
i niiuniemenl with warm tributes to rhe • ni
i press They were eagerly sn.it- lied from
’ Hie hands of tin- sellers and were read
I aloud to groups of citizens.
An indescribable grief overpowers the
1 people. U’iie porforni«i!i<;t*s ol t'.io court
theaters and the jubilee < xhibitlon have
been canceled
Emperor Brands Joseph revolved the
news at Schocnbrunn,
A.l the ’llieaters here and in the provin
cial towns are closed tonight
The extra edition of tiie s.-mi-ofli.-ial
Wiener Abend Bost app-arei- with black
borders. It expresses "Hi" universal sorrow
felt at the loss of our noble empress, whose
life was one long chain of philatitiirop,”
adding: “She had gone abroad in order
to obtain fresh strength, but only to be
come th' victim of a wickid and mad at
tack."' „ , .
; it concludes with an expression of sin
cere sympathy with tiie emperor, upon
■ whose L' love l head the grb'f l as fallen la
I the year of his jubilee.”
SWITZERLAND IS STUNNED.
j Assassin’s Life Is Safe, as Capital
Punishment Is Not Allowed.
I Berm . Switzerland. September I lae
1 president of Switzerland and other mmn
! tiers of Hie government vv -re ; :unm d with
i horror a,ml grief when Hie ■- ws reached
I the palace, that Hi- <mptess, so beloved bv
I , ,i Euroj'i an < b,d fallen a vi< tim to an
i as- irs-in within the borders of I'u-ir eoun
; trv. T'm-v immidi.itci.v arrang d to h 'l<l
i an exir:,ordinary federa’, ■■• un. il on Sun
! day i lotning in order tc ion. ider tin meas
m . to lake against the as -in. The
latter must bo tri- .I u e-irding Hie the
statutes of tin- canton in which the crime
was < oaimit :e<l, w'I■ i<-h I■ >rl ids capital pun
ishment and make Jlf.- imurisoiimmct tiie
most severe i" nalty that can ho im
posed .
When th'.- Austrian minister, Count
Kiiefstoin was infoiinfd of tiie tragedy,
hl- hurried to t.he palace and was met wit'ii
expressions of tliv deepest sympaHry. Sc-
as a special train could be arranged
the minister started for Geneva, ii.-com
panied by rhe deputy pr<a-o<-utor geneial,
who took up Hie ease at once, ids chief be.
I Ing on a "nealion. He will hold a prelim
inary inquiry at Geneva tonight or as s -on
as possible, ami return tomorrow in order
to report to t'iie federal council.
’l'i'e federal authoritii s had been inform
ed of tiie visit of tiie empress and the'.'
uotilnd Hie governors of Hie cantons 'lie
empriss expected to visj:, instructing them
to take special police measures for her
comfort a, d safety if it appeared nvces-
TIEE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1898.
i -c~„rt /
EMPRESS ELIZABETH, OF AUSTRIA, ST.AIX SATURDAY.
sarv. Thev were not informed of Jmr
majesty’s Intention t > visit G. neva. nor
wa re the local ollii ials aw !;• " pr- s
• nee. a.s she was traveling incognito. The
police are not Idann d. tliouga the eireiim
stances responsible for tin- lack of pre
caution are wim-lv r< grett.-d.
All Switzerland r profoundly mov-d v itHi
.nd mligmition. T - P i|>. • of all
; . ..." K s:
i Hi,- anarchist assassin, Jived a- i’aroma.
I Italy.
*
FRANCE KNOWS TIIE ASSASSIN.
Anarchists Met and Condemned Lead
ing European Sovereigns.
I’aris, September 10—President Eaure sent
a telegram of condo!.-." to Emperor
Eranel.-- Joseph imm.-. Ilat < ly upon r.-. . ipl
of nows of the assassination.
Tin- police In re b.-lu-ve Hie murd.-r the
re nil of u plot of It. li >n anat. hisl . am!
that, the nssassim is identical with ono
I.uccf-ssi, Who is wanted by lhe Bologna
i police as a dangerous anar.-liist. Tile man
, known .is l.m si w is : n pl . nt.-.i in the
i recent troubles at Milan, after which lie
| fl Whne 7 at ri Zurieh Luccessi was present nt
■ a meeting of Italian a nar.-hi.-1«. when s. ven
w< re .1. Including 1m..-. ,-i. io assas-
. small- the prim-ipal Eumpi m soveialgmg
I including th. king of Italy
Er. m h detectives, who w.-re pr. <.-nt at
I Hl.- meeting in il -giti:-. , w irm-d tiie Erench
j foreign otliee. which eommuni<’ated its in
! form ition to th.- Italian go\. rnm.-nt As
I a res ult Kin-; Humbi rt wis can fully
I guard.-d, a.s was also M. I' Hire
1 About a w. <-k ago amHl> i meeting of
tin- .-.Hue 1. Hid of ■ nat. hi-1,. w, t In Id at
i Ziiri.di, and thus, who Im.l be.-n s. eet. I
I at il;.- previous m< eting w er< act ... cd of
. uwardi. ■-. Tie r, upon lan ■ . . -i said:
“I w il show I hat 1 am no coward. I
will kill some one.”
The fo'lowing da- ho I- ft Zuriili, pro-
< Fit d o Geneva.
PRESIDENT McKINLEY INFORMED
Chief Executive Sends a Message of
Condolence to the Emperor.
Washington. Sept, mb r HI Th- state de
partment late this afternoon ri-e.ived a
confirmation of tiie reported assassination
of the empress of Au tria. I lie tollowing
dispatch wa rci vtv"d rum lhe I nile-1
I Slaii-s consul at Gi-m-va:
•’Geneva, September 10, 1S?8, 1:50 p. m
hereby'an Balinn'a:. h-.-I.i u RIDGELY.”
SCHLEY REACHES SAN JUAN
Continued from First Page.
d. in il advisable to lodge a complaint
and the police made m> arrest.
About noon todnv tiie Vmeriean commis
sion , eived a reply from Gaptain General
Macias. Ma.-i is said the Spanisii evai i..i
tion commissioners would be ready to me. t
tiie America ns at the p .hu-e tomoriow
morning al half-p ist 10 o', a ck.
I at. r in th-- da) Gen ral Brooke, Admiral
Schley and General Gordon held a r-.aifi r
enee at th.- Hotel Ingleterra. regarding
Hie attitude they will iiesume at tin; meet
ing.
The Amer .-in commissioners are d.-ter
! mined to brook no del . m- indieat. I by
tlu-ir action. Although Captain General
Macias recognized tln-ir pr.-.-.-m-.- by oflicial
visits they have not been >.'.titled of tile
appointment oi the names of tin' Spanish
commissioners and th.- mini. -of tin latter
have not bee:, oiiieially gazetted. :n .spit"
of the fact that it is undetstood. unoffi
cially, that Generals Ortega and \’al lr-i'ino,
and the auditor i f war, Sen. r Aguilar,
comprise the Spanish commission.
The thirty days expire on Sunday and
(he Spaniards miiet be prepared to pro
ceed on that date or th.-y must explain
matters.
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer rer
! r IT and the gunbo.lt I’om e de Leou sailed
1 for the Island of Martinique today, where
I tliey will I"- placed in dry docks, as tbeti
bottoms ire foul, before proceeding for
I Spain. The gunboats Isabella it and ( mi-
■ clia will follow on Minnd.-iy. Some "l_ our
i naval ofli'-'-rs regret the decision of \\ ash-
I ington tluit these ships, which formed part
I of the defense of the island, were not n. Id.
The bark.-ntine S< . pt.-r, from Dunenoiirg.
I N. S.. will a cargo if fish. Ims ariived
here. This is the first food cargo to reach
i this port since the blockade was raised,
i 'l'lii- censorship of press <1 spateiies by the
Spainisli niitliorities continues.
Eresli ouirages are report'd to have oe- ]
I curi-'-d in the interior. At Coc-eis, in Hie j
I n'-iehborli‘H.>d of Ciales, a number of brig- 1
I -cid - recently raid'-I a plantation nd shot |
Hi,. ~roprl'-ior hi Hu y Ad. t .-i.-limi-nt of
(if:v Spanish .ildi. i has been d . patidied
from Arecibo to ristore order.
FORTO RICAN COMMISSION MEETS
Spain Has Not Yet Sent Instructions !
to Her Representatives.
San Juan de Porto Riea, September 10.-
'lhe first joint mc'-lm;; of tb<- evacuation |
eommiosiom-i's was held in tiie conn 1-
chamber of tiie pahiei- Hus mroning. it j
was exei . dingly formal Major Ge: ral :
Hrcoke, Rear Admiral Sell!' y Hid Brigadier |
Gem-ral Gordon, accompanied by He ir per- l
sona.l stall’s, drove to the palace, wh-re
they were formally presented to the Span
i jsh < omtnissiom.i*.--. General orteg.i. Briga
dier of Maroine Vallerino and Senor Aguila,
auditor of war. The presentation was
made by Captain General Macias.
Both commissions then retired to the spa
cious council chamber, where credentials
were exchanged.
| Tiie Spani.-li commissioners were most
courteous.
Tliey explained that their emlntrraos
mi-nt was due to tiie fact that their in
structions had failed to arrive, though ex
pected on Hie Allonso XIII, overdue since
yesterday. They assured Hie American com
missioners of their confidence that their in-
structions would arrive during tiie day or
tomorrow ami suggested an adjournment
(Hili; Monday at Hi o', lock, to which Hie
American comm.ssiom-rs promptly agreed,
'l he Am. ri. in Iso agri ed to
the suggestion that tli- s. ssion of tim com
inission should !■■ s.-.-ict, so Hint if any
qm -imm, of .1 .m H .-h.ua. t.-r ,-hould
ai-i C, which if giv n publicity, might em-
■ barrass tin- work.
i The Iwo commis.-ioiis will mei-t S'-parate
i ly to begin with ami the joint sessions will
I bl- held Io exchange propositions.
, Tin American . ommi-.-i'im r will display
i a libera! spirit In the negotiations, l iking
the position that Hie-, .an aflord to be
g.-m-rmis to th-- mm . •-.-nliais. Tliey are
only anxious to bring about evacuation as
The'spam. Il' "Hi. i d- have be.-n at work
sev< ral days making inventories of tiie gov
ernment p: liei ;. . Mar. v ollied s b.iv. all
of Heir .fl'.- -, pa.-k- l and will w.-I.emo
Hie day on whi'-h tliey sail fur Spain.
BLANCO RECEIVES AMERICANS
Admiral Sampson and Generals Butler
and Wade Escorted to the Palace.
Havana, Septembf r 10. Shortly after
daybreak this m-i in; Mono castle sig
naled tbit a steamer was sighted in the
Otting. 'l’ll.- Ma. -oil. . .-' tli. Pi.-int line,
had just arrived and Morro ' lephom-d th"
captain of th" port th -.1 tile t- aim r slgh’.-
I ed appeared to in- an Am.t'l a i warship.
I To tiiis th.- captain of the port answered
I not to signa' mr. Ihe I n.led States
trim j rt liaving the United
'states Cuban evm Hou . inmlssion on
o’clot k. Then wen . . Spa i . fia . fl
. Ing at that time and no saint.- was fired.
I Immediately aitei th- arrival of tho
I Resolute, which r« in-.l here Hying some
I white bunting forw ird and an adm ial's
■ ensign from her ma -ima.st, she was visited
by the command, r of the Er.-neh gunboat
j Fulton, who boardi tin Res dute in full
' uniform.
i Shortly afterwards a government launch
I ran a long.-i.le th- i. solute. Sh- had < n
■ board Dr. Gongm io tim sicr.-t-iry g<-n<-i :1
lof the eovi-rnme-it G.-neral Solano, th
, chief of staff, ri •.- nting Captain Gem r.l
| Blanco, and Maim Gi.rcia B nit... of the
I general -ass Ti.- ■ visit lasted fully in
' hour. Gem til Solan > wore a crimson sash
outsid! li,s uniform; Major B i.ilo w.re a
I '’"l., sash; Dr. e. wm- a frock coat
and a silk hat.
At the expiration ..f the hoar s conference
\ with tiie i'ni'.'-d St a -s commissioners an
I• • iti■ irof tho Spani.sa a arshi ■ \ I'onso XIII
i pa-d hi.- resp. i-ts :.i R ar A.lmiial Sampson.
; This inti rview’ was < f a very formal na
tu re.
J Shortly afterward.-- <'• n-ral Solano, acting
I for Captain < 1 -- 1 pla I thi lat
i tcr's private .-orri e . t th- disposal of the
I commissioners.
Resolute Dips Her Colors.
’ All fill- foreign aid Am-ri-an ships in
i port displayed every v.-iilabi- pi ce of col
ored bun: ing and the Resolute dipped her
i colors in answer to ■ry alute. Tiie Re.i-
I olute is mi or-d to : imoy .-lose along side
I tli- steer i!oek. S. i w i surrounded all
the morning by hi nlreds of small boats,
1 which cir led .-iri i d 1 - ve-s.-l while
' the o-eitpanls v. vr.i their frits and hand
i ker< hiefs. At a qu I) o'cl >ck the
i Am' rl'-an i-ommi.- ,-i. i rs, accompanied by
I the Spanish officers representing Captain
| Gem-rtl Blanco, I ' d i at La Machina
| wharf and arrived I the palace at DUO
■ o’c’.oi k. when- ’lie • i 'tain 'general's body
j guard presented arm.- as they appeared.
! Captain nera’ I lanco, dressed In full
I uniform, received th- ommissloner.s in the
I reception room, whr ■ . after the formal
presentations bad taken place and the ofli
cial courtesies had l . n exchanged, they
i sat down and conf' n 1 for about twenty
i mtiiut"- The Spa: commander sat in
I the center with Gm r l Butler on his right
ral his loft Next to
I General Butler sat G neral i’arrado und
I next to ' im was ' ■•-•■•ral Wa.b. On Ad
| miral Sampson's !• ft -'U Colonel Clouse
and Captain Hart, tim official Interpreter.
■ Th- i-apt.iin gem -! addressed Hi" ern
j missiom-is in En : i h. He asked them to
' excuse any mistak. . which Im might make,
! explaining that tt va a lung tim - since
i he had us. d that a mu tge
! The Vailed Stat'.- ■■ mnissioners left the
I palace shortly after la /' lock, a e mpanted
d I »r. < longos o. TI ey
u ...... . to th , :lla IV.i opposi te
: the wre k of Hie U.ui where they look
i lunch In for.- r-: urn . to lhe R .-olute for
i. bl ea k fas i.
' i -l.m. t'l'iit-i a -I C 'tain Hart, aecom
! panied b) a Span. t a di'mer. : 'ion paid a
I visit to A-, iial M -rc-la nd to the eap
-1 tl in (l s tie . ai, ' -.lnch tiny return
ed o boa 1 thi R lute
The gem pu iwded the wharf
when t il t - Resolute became
known, but there wi. no demonstration
Everybody behave, quietly and respect-
I fully.
Will Live Ashore.
I Bate this aftei'u i ise Xmerican com
| misslom-rs. on the ml. ce of the aceom
i pant ing pb.v.- ieiar.-. decided to live ashore
I whlii here, but time have not yet ehesen
I places of residence. They will probably re-
I main on board th. R solute ibis evening
i ami make th.- <-hi tern -rrow
I Tiie first session f t " < immissions will
i take pla-' tomorro ", n iniii ’. at S o'clock
at lite colonial gov riim -nt ofli es. Ju.lying
from conversation with tiie . omm.ssi niers
ij; the sessions will find -losed doors.
Z M noon today Lieutenant <’ C. Morse,
repl'-seiiting Rear A.ln. ral Sampson, piid
his respects tc tin tri consul, who re
turned the visit an hour .ater, when a
salute was fired.
The drawing In the government lottery
took place today ami ...gain th. principal
prize was drawn by Hie government.
Tile Spanish st' unci Ciudad de Cadiz
left this afternoon >r S|-tin with I'Uti sick
soldier.-., two generals and their staffs.
The Bent I’resei-jplion for ChiHs
and Feveris a bottle ut i; lt ..'. i<'s Ta.sti-.i.i;sm ihnr.L
T. .ic. It is simply iron m..' Huinino mu tasteless
to n. Xu cure, uo pay. Pj-jceuUC,
MILES STANDS BY STATEMENT
Continued from. First Page.
what the next move would be. When thev
withdrew along the line of the great mili
tary road between Ponce and San Juan
they destroyed tiie bridges, obstructed the
roads and fortified strong positions in the
mountain passes and then were surprised
that one column of his army was sweeping
around the west end of Hie island, captur
ing the principal cities and towns, while
another had passed over the mountains on
the trail which the Spaniards had supposed
impassable, and, therefore, had not forti
fied or guarded it, and tiie first they knew
of the march of the American army was
the appearance of a strong brigade within
twenty miles of the northern coast at the
terminus of tho railroad connecting San
Juan with Arecibo.
"The island of Porto Rico was fairly won
by the right of conquest ami lias become a
part of Hie United States. Tile sentim-nt
of the people was in no sense outtagid by
th- invaders, but on the contrary was suc
ce. 1 :-: ully propitiated. A people who have
ensured the severity of Spanisii rule for
four centuries hail witli joy the protection
of th- great republic. One of the richest
sections of the country over which our Hag
nojw floats has been added and will be of
lasting value to our nation, politically,
commercially and from a military or
strategic point of view. Possession of that
islftn.i lias rendered any further re
sistance of tho Spanisii forces in (tuba
homeless and General Miles firmly believes
that by fair and just treatment tho people
of i’nl,a can be as easily controlled either
as a friendly ally and neighbor or to be
come a part of our own country as the
peiiple of Porto Rico.
"General Miles remained in Porto Rieo
as long as he deemed his presence neces
sary for carrying out the wishes of tiie
president am! now returns to th- Unlte-l
Ft at cs, bringing with him nearly 5,000 rm-n.
who ar- no longer required, there being
soln- 12,000 still remaining, amply sufficient
sos- all purposes. He returns at ouee to
Washington, wh-r- he believes in <'.in be
most useful, as h<- -onsiders tiie most im
portant m ' I of th- hour now to lie tim im
mediate reduction of war expenses and
tiie r-t irn of as large a portion of those
in miliiity service as possible to their
foi rm r oe- upations, where they ar- most
needed.’’
WHY MILES MAKES BOLD MOVE
GENERAL WOULD LIKE TO BE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
If He Wins Present Fight He W<l
Train Guns on the Hanna-
McKinley Combination.
By Robert B. Cramer.
G imp Wikot'f. Montauk Point, N. Y., Sep
tember B.—(Special.)—Gem-ral Mibs has
m.ide .1 play for higher stakc-< than even
his closest friends dreamed of wlun tiie
first intimation dial hi- had d-<!:ii-<l v.ar
on Secretary Alger streaked into print. He
wants to b- pr-sid-nt. His opening gun
was fired in th- shape of .i n -wsp.iper inter
view in Porto Rieo ami h- follow' d it with
a broadside when he landed here yester
day. He has thrown down the gantl-t to
th- administration in his wlmh sale < riti
i-iom of Hie management of tin- war, ami
1 ; . darted ' >r ■ ' >day to m. t
his superiors with as ealm ami cool an <-x
--terior as though lie were going to a bar
becue, ‘ lie has no doubt tliat lie occupies
an enviable position in the impending con
flict. .111'1 ll' fa.- s it with a m-rv- and con
fidence that thn-.itens to cause more trou
ble to th- MeKlnley-Hanna-o.ger combin
ation tlia’n all tie advance work that tin’
,1. mo< ratio p irty lias .1 m- or will bi able
Plays a Desperate Game.
It is difficult for a layman to appreciate
the full latitude and longitude of the r. -
sjionsibilit v which Mil-s has assumed in his
open declaration of war upon his superiors.
It means life or de.Hli to him. That he
bl. carcfullv weighed his chan.-es and ac
quaint'd himself with all the facts, no man
who knows him will doubt for an instant,
and that he will put up a light to the death
evi n th w! > do no h.m will ap
pro ,'te if they bate read bis de.-l.iratlon
in i. pend< nee printed today. He his
either touched the furthest limit of insub
ordination or lie has invited martyrdom in
order to turn the calcium light of public
opinion into tiie Inside workings of the war
department.
The General's Political Ambitions.
I |. irii'--l witli surprise today that Mil's
h. ; ,| poliii'al ambition, for Ido not re.-all
< ver liaving seen such a d claration in
print before. But when I say that lie will
be a eandi.late for presidential honors if
he whips this fight, I repeat th" w irils
which eanm from friends too -iose to him
to b' mi.-taken. it is trit" tliat he is after
Alger and Shafter, but his aim is for bigger
game than tliey. He wants McKinley.
And u' he g< ts him, he will ask for the
presidency.
In the unique politic.il probi-m which tills
sudden revelation presents, it is not possi
ble to induE:'' in intelligent speculation
a.s to the future, beiaus- there is no way of
preili.'ting what is to follow. But one t’nitig
is ci rtain, witli Miles rio'tin ’ ound in
the war d partment lie will become an
agent of distrust, eomi nr-d to which a
bull in a -bina shop will be :i butt' i lly in
harm-ss, and the public will g-t at the plain
truth.
Which is wi 11.
MILES REACHES WASHINGTON.
GENERAL ARRIVES AT CAPITAL
FROM NEW YORK.
Enters His Carriage and Is Driven
to His Residence —He Kst’uses
To Talk.
Washington. S. ptemb. . S.-Major General
Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army of
the United Stat-s, accompanied by Mrs.
Mil-s ;.ml Colonel Haus and Colonel Jlirh
ler of ills staff, arrived here from New
York at o'eloek this ev-ning. General
Mills ami party came by th- I ’. nnsylv.mta
rail,-.,-I in a private ear attached to 1b
.....'.hiuml train. They were met
"Ltl - Sixth s’.r.-'-t station by Ma i >r Black,
ml •• o' Gem-ral Mil- Ys staff, m l
,in Morton, chl< 1 clerk In th.- office
tcomm mdfng general.
|„ amici,, H -.n of lhe .rrival of General
Miles, set.-ral hundred people had assem
-1,:.-<1 th- station. A don of P M.'-'
officers opened away through the crowd
from til.- wieket gate, through which the
distinguisiied party passed to tiie i.itiiage
which Stood in waiting at the main en
trance.
As G- neral M ll< s steppt <1 from the rear
platform of bis ear, he gave i kind greet
ing to Ids coachman, who stood awaiting
him, ami then hamh-d .o him a Imndi- of
souvenir cams, while be grasp'd tiie hands
of Captain Morton Major Black and two
or three newspaper men. He was attired
in an unconventional blue serge sack suit
and w-re a white fiber, broad-brimm* d
Porto Rican hat.
As General Miles passed through tho
crowd in tho station his hands w.-r.- grasp
i d a score of times by enthusiastic men
and women Ho gave a cordial greeting
to all. and as lie and Mrs. Milos and Colo-
DEAR EDJ’l'Olt VVe want a lew men in every
-tiite t > exhibit our Cuban I’anoraiuie War Views in
balls, schoolhouses and ehurches, an t good men with
<»ut. experience make (fi to sl2 per day. Only a few
dollars capital is necessary to start and we furnish
everythin-'. If you know of a few such men, or will
make mention of it in your paper, those who write us
will receive full particulars by return mail. Very
truly, gears, Roebuck & Co. [lnc.J, Chicago.
nel Michler stepped into tiie carriage the
crowd burst into cheers.
While expressing his gratification at the
successful termination of the war and his
pleasure at once more being at home. Gen
eral Miles said he had nothing to say at
this time In addition tfl the statement given
to tho press by him in New York.
From tho Pennsylvania station General
ami Mrs. Miles were conveyed directly to
their residence.
General Mil-s did not leave his home
'luring the evening. It was expected that
he would call at the white house, but ho
said that ho had no intention of doing so
tonight. He will resume his duties at Hie
headquarters of the army in tim war de
partment tomorrow morning and will avail
himself of an early opportunity to pay his
respects to the president.
Declines To Discuss Reports.
New oYrk. September B.—General Miles
was asked today what he thought of tho
published reports that It is believed in
Wnshinglon circles that the present public
discussion of army affairs will be dropped
after his expected interview with President
M<Kinlcy He said:
I decline to be led into a discussion of
the matter.”
General Miles went shopping this morn
ing with his wife and daughter. Before
leaving tli- W iidorf-Astorla lie said:
‘I shad leave for Washington at noon
today. | shall immediately enter tiie ‘tread
mill,’ meaning my official duties. 1 shall
call at the war department first and pay my
respects and shall then go at once to the
president’s mansion to pay my respects to
President McKinley.”
ALGER ASKS INVESTIGATION.
Secretary Demands That McKinley
Order Searching Inquiry.
Washington, September S.—Secretary
Alger has requested the president to order
a tnorough and searching investigation
of Hie war department. Jn this request
tiie secretary Jias been joined by Adjutant
General Corbin.
No decision lias been reached yet by tiie
president as to what course ho will pur
sue. He has the request of Secretary Al
ger under consideration, but has not yet
determined whether he will grant it or nos.
Secretary Alger had a long conference
with the president tonight before leaving
th city and impressed upon him bis earn
est <li sire that an investigation such as
he had requested be ordered. Tiie ques
tion was very thoroughly disctissoil in .ill
of its phases. Secretary Wilson participat
ed in the conference ami General Corbin
was present during a greater part of tiie
time.
It seems now not unlikely that tiie inves
tigation will be ordered, but it is tile wish
of Hie pies.dent to further consider the
matter before announcing a. definite policy.
Tin question probably will receive •■on
sideration at Hie. cabinet meeting tomor
row. While all of tiie members of Hie
Cabinet are not in the city, Secretaries Al
ger and Long and Attorney Gem-ral Griggs
are among those who will not be present
at tomorrow’s meeting. It is said to be
tiie wislt of till' president to take up tile
whole subject witli those of his advisers
wiio may be there.
Should Hie investigation be ordered It
will include probably all matters relating
to t'iie conduct of the war o far .is may
concern the war department. Secretary
Alger expresses himself as confident I hat
such an investigation, if conducted prompt
ly and thoroughly, wiil result in much
Such an investigation as has been re
quested . d out, beset vith
some difficulties. X’o charges of :i definite
character I ivi been filed by any responsi
ble person or oflicial. Sensational stories
and rumors, for which the administration
. ■ that re is no
foundation, nave been circulated, and ob
jection is made Io dignifying them by the
ordering of an investigation. By those wlho
desire and advocate the investigation, ii is
maintained i can do no possible harm, and
may be of positive benefit in ci* .iring away
manifest error from the minds of many
people and in placing the blame, if any is
to be placed, where it rightfully belongs.
ALGER AND SHAFTER CONFER.
WAR SECRETARY AND SANTIAGO
COMMANDER AT CAMP MEADE.
Gen. Graham’s Army of Twenty Thous
and Men Pass in Review Be
fore the Officers.
Camp Meade, Middletown, Ba.. September
9. -■ >1 War \ et nd G
Shafter net • at C i'.np Mei'de today. 1 tie.,
witnes-"d a. r-view of tiie Hoops and m ol >
(i hurried tour of the i-amp. Gene..i| Alger
resumed ills journey .it no-m to l>
. nd G -rer ti SI after v. n: to Wa ■•.!>.-.'.’.1 ■ ■
They were cl-seted together an b-» tr t'i'.s
morning in the setretarys pi: vale 11.
which was run onto a siding .it < amp
Meade station.
While General Graham was arranging for
the r'-view Secretary Alger ai d G. ner.il
Shafter had another i-onfcrcn.ee lasting
thirty minutes. What passed bi tween them
neither would say, exe-pt that it was a
private affair. Getur.i! Shafter said tho
a VCI lear fi
they hail been in the civil war tog' th' r a-’
colonels. He is at work on his report of
th- Santiago campaign and expects to com
plete It. tomorrow. Speaking of the contro
versy with Gem-ral Miles, he a-l;
"It is all poppycock. There is no fric
tion between Genera! Miles and m_)si-lf. at
li-asi there was not when he left Sant tgo.
Our relations have always been pleasant
and 1 no not Understand th- meaning or
nil tiiis talk. Tile geneial may ’nav- been
talking, lint I believe that much of il is
due to antagonistic newspapers who mo
tives are c< rtuinij not p itriotic.”
Secretary Alger is accompanied by Mrs.
Alger and their >n, Captain l-’red Alger,
who i.s suffi-ring from camp figer, and was
too weak to witness tlio review.
General Shafter brought with him his
aid, Major Miley, and a little Cuban boy
whom he took a fancy to while In Santiago
ami adopted.
The entire corps of 20,000 troops was
massed In two great fields and rmit-clu-d
before General Graham ami staff and his
distinguished guests
M lien .i- k.-d wliat he bad to say about
the eritieisn. of tiie war ilepirtnunt, Hie
secretary replied tliat the people have no
idea of tin' great task of equipping mid
sending an army aeross the waler.
"’I’ll" war department." lie add'd, ’’.asks
no favors; ill it wants .iml expicts is fair
treatment.”
Shafter Reaches Washington.
W.-ishiiigton. Si-pt -mbar U. Major G.-ne
ral Shafter, commander of the Fifth corps,
arrived in Washington this ovi-ning at
8:30 o'clock, coming directly from Camp
M.-ade, i’.i. lb was a. ,-ompanied by ids
aid and s'-ci • i irj. Lieutenant Colonel J
D. Mlle). Tliey made th.- trip over the
Benn vlv ..nH rii.i-io. and as the time of
their arrival had not been annoum-< d no
demonstration occurred at Hi,, station.
General Shafter denied ihlim-elf to all call
ers iml retired early. Tomorrow morn
ing Io- will report to the w.u department
and inter wi 1 ..ill upon Hie president. The
general comes to W is.’.lngton b) .In. -
Hon Os the war department, but lor want
specific purpose is not known.
CUBAN INSURGENTS ARE t
General Wood Provides Those who
Lay Down Arms with Rations.
M ashington. September s. As announced
in an Associated Press 'li.-tiat.eh from San
tiago. a few days ago. General Law.on,
military governor o.' Santiago province,
will furnish food to such of the Cuban In
surgents as lay down their arms and re
turn to their homes.
It was also said that he had given em
ployment to such men of the Cuban army
“I’m So Tired!”
As tired in the morning as when I go to
bed! Why Is It? Simply because your
blood Is in such a poor, thin, sluggish con
dition it does not keep up your s-trem tli
and you do not get the benefit of your sleep.
To feel strong end keep strong just t
the 'tonic and purifying effects of Hood J
Sarsaparilla.
have taken several botiles of Hood b
Sarsaparilla. Before I began taking It
my whole svstem seemed run down and I
had a disagreeable tired feeling, as If I
nad not had a night’s rest. I now fee] re
freshed and bitter in every way. and I
owe it to Hood’s Sarsaparilla." AMANDA
GHLTMACHER. Eakle’s Mills, Md.
Hood’s pari Ila
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. ?1. six
for 15. Prepared l>y C. I. Hood & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
it » . tkillf. cure 1.1 ver Illsjessyto
liOOCI S 111 IS take.easy to operate, ilk:
os could be utilized. This plan of Gem :al
Lawton’s has been approved by tiie ad
ministration.
It is believed tliat ills action will hav" i.
tendency to turn tho Cubans into peaceful
walks of life, and tliat if it. Is extended to
other parts of tiie Island much trouble tb it
formerly menaced the government in Cuba,
will be avoided.
ALGER GIVES HIS VIEWS.
SAYS DELICACIES SHOULD NOT
BE GIVEN SOLDIERS.
The Army Ration Is Good Enough and
Is Healthy—What He Says
About Mustering Out.
Washington, September 7. Secret arv Al
ger is now putting'ills affairs in shape to
admit of his absence from Washington on
a tour of inspection of Hie army camps
throughout the country. He will icive to
morrow evening, going first to Camp M' ld'.-.
Ba., and thence to Detroit. Now tliat tile
active war operations have idosed, Hie s-< -
rotary feels free to express certain v.' w.s
entertained by the president and liim.- it’
respecting Hie plans of tins treatin' nt of
the soldiers and touching the persons upon
whom responsibilities should lie plat. -d for
some of tiie matters of complaint.
In this connection he says:
"Tiie regiments taal have be' il ordered
mu ■ ■ . out will " ■ ni . ■ • ou ■ .
leg.meius tmit nave be.n ue.-ignaud by
tne president to remain in tiie service w.ll
have to remain. A.s soon as we have mus
tered out IOO.UjO, mot ' or 1< s.-., we snail
reorganize tn-- army—every brigade, di
vision and corps, and put tin in into com
fortable .-amps until sui.it of them as are
needed are withdrawn from servi'-'- m
Cuba, Porto Ra o and the l’nilip;>im.- In
these camps, with the experience of t. ■
past to gu.de us, sanitary eondi: "ns will
be .strictly enforced. The ni. n compos ng
ine army will be treated as so Ilers I ■
will be'shown ever) possible emsid. :aj on
and their health will be pt'-- i'ved T .■
officers comma tiding regimen;.' and i-ompi
n.|es will b Id stt idly a.eeout.t f
the sanitary condlt ons of Hu camps. 'I he.v
are the ones who should be held resi".n.<l
i. During the war many of these ■
disregarded tiie .-<’ ■' ' ' n ons Hint
had been given looking to the pr ipi-r care
of their men X'"W :t !■- ttm f r I -oni io
take this work upon thems'-lves. and with
tho knowledge that ■'!">' an to remain in
the service, thev will lie to 'V-vo"-
their best '-nergies to the w >rk. W iere
men are incompeten to dischnrgi these du
ties they must give way to •: nmpetonf ni'-n.
for again I wish I.> make " ar that
tliese . ompinv and r :ine*H il til ■ r
io lie held to account, for the welfare of
their men.
"Now. n word as 'Io the cd ng of ’io
troop= Tho arrnv ration is all ili.ii !- : noe
sss i'-v for n soldier. I hone that there will
I, P ;,-.ss food given to th-'- men from out.
s’de sources. The d.-' ■ ■ ici-s gra'l'b'd t “
tastes of ti men. but I ■■■■ nr of no a
and onlv tend to bid d.ssn tisfadion
where thev don’: 'iduallv destroy H'"
bc ili’) nf the ii.» n. Thn nrrm’ rnM~»n */’-
.]av. a.: !? b ’< and v.’ l be in tnn
■'■■'r'Y princ ■■■'■ ' .- vc had to
Tn i' ■ vigor of sonn I all’i. ■'• - ' "
m"n who '.v'”v t’ in''.-" n;-> o.i- ar"
eonld not iml"■ •■d t " r ■ ’:< ’’ ' ”
„f Hiom-eb. .- ’I” "v ‘'-ink f:'-”
can harm th n m: t'-at ♦hey c• •< v MH< n""
and al! the lnw« .f I" .IB' w ’
PEACE COMKISSION COMPLETE
Washington, September 2. The pr'-si'lent
today mimed Senator Gray, et L'H;ovii'.’.
as tiie fifth member of the peace commis
sion. This compl'-t's tiie personnel of the
commission, which stands.
Secretary Day. Senators Dnv ; s, Frye and
Gray and Hon. Whitelaw Reid.
Jn selecting Senator Gray tiie pre.-ldent
lias given democratic re present a.'.lon on tiie
commission. The appo!ntm*-nt prt'b ibl) will
necessitate the retirement of Mr. Gray
from the Anglo-American commission
which is coiidiieting its session in Canada,
ns tiiis commission wiil resume its work
about the lime the peace commissioners
sail for Paris.
Tiie position was offered to the semi tor
several days ago, but at tliat time wus
declined, 'll’" piesident, liow-V'-r. further
urged -Mr. Gray to accept and his final
agreement was secured today.
Senator Gray is one of the best known
men in public life, liaving been u proinin* n
figure in the senate for the las’, twelve
years. Ho was born at New Castle, Del.,
in and was graduated at J-’rineetoii.
He served as attorney general of Delaware
and later was appointed t.i lie. senate wja-tt
Thomas F. Bayard entered the first Cleve
land cabinet as sceretary of suite. Mr.
Gray lias been in the senate continuously
since then, serving with distinction, In ing
cue of the recognized forces in debate and
In the shaping of important i'-glsi ;i-on. H •
is a member of the senate <-omr.illtee ■ •
foreign relations, thus making tlitee niem
b, is of tliat eomintltee—Davis. Ur), an I
Gray—on the peace < ommiss cm,
<>n foreign questions Mr. Gray lias gen
erally been regarded as op[X>.-i-d Io e\| a::
slop, ills senate votes having been .igniii.it.
tho anm xatlon of Hawaii.
Now tliat Hie eommissi n is < oinplete
is expected the American e ise will b< m . o
up and the ci mmisslon giV'-n its linal in
structions. Tiie commissioners wi!. ne t
here about the 15th inslant, prior to sailit- ,
for Parts, at which time they will nn t
tiie president and be made aware in i gen
eral way of lbw views of tiie adminieti.i
tion.
Atlanta College of Physicians and Sur-
geons.
Tiiis institution will open on the s!h >f
October. Tiie faculty is composed of th’
very best professional men In the st.it
and present conditions are such as io in
dicate tliat tiie next session wilt open w'i i
a mm. larger number of stial-.-nts tbio
the combined enrollment (if tho AH' t
and Southern Medical colleges lias hit a- ' >
been.
Tim consolidation of the two above named
colleges cannot fail to result in v.i t '
to the profession throughout tiie s'liith.
'file instruction will be tiiorough. praeia il
and system Hie. Clinical advantages af'
especially tine.
Tib' climate o'- Atl mt t is mild and ■ m
not bo surpi- sod in hoalthfnln.
city is not exposed l" tiie i-ontim- " ies
liable to tiie c* velopnicnt of epldem!- -.
There is no danger whatever from > 11
fever. Exp-rts on this point say t ■■
fui contagi >n cannot live in thi-= lun l *
altitude.
A voting man i imi'l be too . .ir< 1 ' >• 11
selecting the very b. st in dlcal col
within liis r< i >n, and tiie faculty of th”
Atlanta College of Physicians end r-iir
g. ons invlt. a close consider iti'-n "I th >
laeillties afforded by this ,ns::t ut ."ii.
For catalogue write to Dr. W. S. Ken
drick, dean.