Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avence, Cor. llth St, by The Evening Star V. Co '. eg ee er Kew York Ciice, 49 Fetter Euilding. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tm the ity by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents Wer week. or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or postage prepaid—50 cents month. wastorday Quint ae $1 per year, with for. tage a . Gintered_ atthe Peat fiare sat Washington, D. 0. second-class mail rmatter. “> Ail rail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rstes of advertising made known on application. _————————————_— ee Che Loening Star. No. 13,723, WASHINGTON, D. 0, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. “TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. FROM UP THE RIVER Waters at Williamsport Reported to Be Falling. ANXIETY ABOUT —_.+___. -_—— Devastation Caused in Pennsylvania. ON THE ——_—__+—__— HAGERSTOWN, danger point in the river Williamsport ports from above show receding waters, which perceptinle at ‘hat place. The present flood lacks but ten fect below that of ISN), marked by the Johnstown disaster, and that of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal At this hour (12 neon) the damage to the canal cannot be ascertained, as It Is yet submerged. Boatmen, shippers and ct%er: interested in this waterway of transporta- tion in this section are ‘ined alorg the banks waiting. It is certain that damage has been di lal Dispatch to The Evening Star. Md., February 24.—The rise of the Fotomic at has passed. Re- but to what extent causes the arxie This cannot be tained until iat morrow, if then. There has been great Icss to the farmers in the iowlands by the carrying away of fodler, straw and outbuildirgs of all descriptions BALTIMORE, February A telegram this morning from Fit the Ru jeneral Superintendent rald and Chief Engineer Manning of and ©. railroad. who are at Cherry on the second division, announces that the water has fallen about ‘12 feet during the night, and that at 7:0 a.m. there was still 8 feet of water over the track. It is not expected they will be able to get an engine through until about 1 o'clock this afternoon. As far as they have been able to go with an engine the main track at Sir Jonn’s Run is intact. It is expected that with the force of men now on the ground that as soon as the water receded it will be but a few hours until the track is placed in shape for traffic. WATERS RECEDING. Great Damaze in Western nnsyivanin. PITTSBURG, Pa. Feber 24.—The great flood has done its worst in this tion d the waters » now receding. A cold wave. which came broke the back of the flood, an reports from all points between Pittsburg and the head- this morning that all passed sin this reacHed a than at ing The r higher s' 2) feet 6 ® inches remaining sta- gan slowly to morning the the Allegheny o'cleck this had fallen one foo:, and from new will subside almost as rapidly as it Hardly a point in the Monongahela ire escaped many plac ered. Mills was 20) Uy out of harm's way were Works along the river were shut down, and workmen fore o flee from the rising tide. The damage can or be approximated, but it is less than a mil- a half in the Monongahela valley. the headwaters of the Youghio- also came a torrent that brought ruction to valuable property. were unable to move trains, in es the tracks being so far below surface that the top were visible. The t and Youghiogheny w bled, while trolley lin banks were so bad be several d. s along the wrecked that it will river operations can be several feet of muddy Water and di re are millions of doi- lars’ worth of valuable machinery. What ruin has been wrought cannot be told until ede. uses bullt in the lowlands in suburbs have heen flooded, in some in- es within a foot of the second-stery the great log boom without doing any dam- age. ALONG THE OHIO. Reports of Damage and Loss of Life by the High Waters. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 24.—Spe- cials to the Times Star show continued damage by flood in cities up the river. MAYSVILLE, Ky., February 24—The CANAL'S DAMAGE river is now rising two inches an hour. A portion of Front street between Market and Limestone is covered, and there is wa- ter in many houses. The Chesapeake and Western | onto railroad track has settled and slipped considerably. Aberdeen, across from here, resembles a lake. Many people are compelled to move. RIPLY, Ohio, February 24.—River fifty- seven feet and rising two inches an hour. SUSQUEHANNA | Weather clear and cold. The upper end of town is submerged, and fully 100 families have vacated their homes, while others are meving, some of them in boats. On East 2d street the water is three feet deep, and the ferrymen are reaping a harvest, as the East Riply people are compelled to cross in boats. Two more feet will bring it up in the business portion of town, when the damage will be incalculable. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, February 24.—It is, €xpected that by noon half of the city will be under water. The river is fifty-eight feet three inches and rising one and a half inches per hour. About a thousand families have been compelled to move. Many houses are completely covered, and some have ficated away. ASHLAND, Ky., February 24—James Morgan, wife and child are reported crowned in the overflow of Beaver creek in Floyd county. —e DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Tmportant Amendment as to Street Exten- sions Proposed. DeSales Street to Be Continued Two Squares East—Other Lo- cal Matters. An important amendment to the District ef Columbia appropriation biil was today Proposed by Mr. Gallinger in the Senate. The amendment authorizes the Commis- sicners to make the following extensions, openings and gradings of streets in the city of Washington and District of Colum- bia in the manner provided by chapter II ef the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia: Extend and prolong the street known as De Sales street through the squares lying east of its present terminus at 17th stre. northwest. Open a street through the square lying between 14th and 15th and ' and U streets ncrthwest to conform to the street lying immediately east of said sqvare and known as Wallach place, except that the street shall be narrowed to 4) feet, such street when opened to be known as Caroline street. oxtend., open, widen and grade 14th street northwest from Park street and Whitney avenue to Spring road in accord- arce with the street extension plans. It is provided that the cost of the above improvements shall be paid by the District of Columbia, and the moncy shail be made immediately available. Metropolitan R. R. Extension. The House yesterday afternoon agreed to the conference report on the bill for the ex- tension of the Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany. The bill, as finally passed, reads as follows: “That the Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany be, and it is hereby, authorized end required, within six months from the date of the approval of this act, to extend the lines of its underground electric railroad from the intersection of Connecticut and Fiorida avenues northward along Columbia road to a point 9n the west line of Isth Street extended: Provided, That the said company 1s hereby authorizei to issue end seli such an amount of its capital stock as will, at the market value thereof, cover the cost of constructing and equipment of the extension herein provided fer.” ‘Vo Grade G Street. The Commissioners were recently re- quested by Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Co- lumbia, to report on the proposed amend- ment to the appropriation bill providing for the grading and paving of G street northeast from Ist to 4th strests. Yes- terday they reported that $5,000, which it is proposed by the amendment to appro- priate for improving the street, would not windo and are in danger of being from their foundations. At any y will be unfit fer habitation for Weeks to come. poor r who lived in es along the river ank, y a few feet above low utterly home- having hot early veg- arket, have small will in causing or three us Steam- trom d the sur- side (Al- were cooped up their means of escape Without fire or food they 3 bread and coffee and through their second story windows by policem:n ia patrol boats i of wagons. n Craig, & being received ch coal handed on, School, Revecs Kilbuck and Da) ave the wate knobs on the doors. The heny manufacturing con- rendered idle by water in- the Anderson Por! Co.'s stove works, trunk facto: Pittsburg ern repa: aries mpany, nut « al McCute f id iron wor works, Union it. wor! orks, ate spring and McK inne: ge factory, ‘al mi 's tan- tannery, Western utz pickling es- Voegt- itlum- dy flow ide the et down, w Ss were under entirely entire river front submerged. water and op- suspended. It will fore a general resump- Au era’ be + tion can SUSQUEHANNA, lee Gorge Carried Past Lock Haven Without Damage. Pa., February 24—The tce gorge which had formed in the Susque- ,hanna river“ Monday ftght-a few miles east of Renovo was dislodged about o'clock last night and was carried by the city of Lock Haven without doing any damage. There is a six foot flood this morning, but the river is clear of ice. No danger fs now apprehended. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., February 2 damage is feared in this ¢' y- A channel has been cut through the ice from Lin- den, ten miles above here, to the Pennsyl- and when the gorge breaks the ice can pass vania railroad bridge in this city, homes all } be sufficient. They urge that $14,000 be propriated for this purpose. NO A 1ON YET. The Bill to Fill the District Attorney Vacan The President has not yet acted upon the act authorizing the District Supreme Ccurt to fill a vacancy in the office of Unit- ed States attorney for the District of lumbia under certain circumstanc The impression is growing that he will either veto the bill or allow it to become a iaw without his approval. At any rate, It is certain that if he approyes it he will not do so untli just before the expiration of the constitutional ten days’ limit allowed for such action. ‘The bill was received at the White House from Congress on the 16th instant, and the ten days within which it may be signed or vetoed will exp!re Saturday. The Pres- ident ts personally interested In the case of Mr. Davis, and hesitates to act on the bill providing for the temporary appoint- ment of a district attorney, in the hope that the confirmation of that gentleman ; May render such legislation unnecessary in the present instance. o- Personal Mention. Among those who had interviews with the President today was Capt. J. Findlay of the steamer Michigan, of the Atlantic Transport Line, plying between London and New York. Capt. Findlay is a Scotch- man and has a number of friends in this city who have made the trip with him across the ocean. Miss Mary E. Rowe, formerly principal of the Seaton school, but now a resident of Indianapolis, has been selected to take charge of the teachers’ and children’s nor- mal classes at the De Funiak Springs, Fla, Chautauqua Assembly, in March. Secretary Herbert has gone to’ New York. Lient. J. C. Wilson of the navy is in the . E. B. Foote, president of the Liberal League of New York city, is spending a few days in Washington, and will probably address the Secular League while here. Gen. John S. Witcher, paymaster U. 8" w No A., stationed at San Francisco, ts in town jon leave, and is stopping at Willard’s. — Executive Clemency. The President has pardoned Robert E. Baker, alias Hamilton E. Baker, convicted in Missouri of embezzling post office funds, Clemency is extended on account of the distressed condition of the cenvict’s family. | He has already served one year of a two years’ seritence. The President has also pardoned (to restore citizenship) Henry Mullaney, convicted in Missouri of traud- ulent registration. This prisoner was re- leased from jail nine years ago. 3 DANGER IS PAST, | But He Will Probably Arrive in Washington The Flood is a Foot Lower Than the Highest Yesterday. A TREMENDOUS RUSH OF WATERS No Serious Damage Done Along the River Front. ——— HIGH WATER UPSTREAM The water in the river rose last night several inches higher than it was at the time The Star went to press, but did not cause any damage to property on the wharves at the foot of 7th and other atreets. Some of the persons doing busi- ness there had their movable property taken to higher ground, but later devel- opments showed that there was no neces- sity for the precaution. Today the river has been gradually fall- ing, and at 1 o'clock this afternoon, which ¥.as the period of high tide, and when there was the most danger to be feared from the thieatened flood, the water at the foot of 7th street was twelve inches lower than the highest point reached yesterday. While the height of the flood is watched with interest at all points on the line of the river, the sure judge of the height of the water at this piace is the height at Harper’ Ferry. So long as the water does not reach an extraordinary height at that place, there appears to be very little danger along the water front of Washington and George- town. Happy Conditions, The Shenandoah river, fortunately for the local property owners, did not do as much damage as was thought, and to this fact is attributed the comparatively low height of the water at this city to the height reached at other places farther up stream. The Shenandoah river enters the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. The high water of the upper Potomac was coming down, and the great danger to the wharf property at this place was in the fact that if the Shenan- doah was at flood height and turned its overtlow into the flooded Potomac the vol- ume of water would deluge the whary and lower streets, and equal, if it not & ceed, the big flood of Iss. Fortunately it happened that while the Shenandoah river was high, the water began to recede be- fore the high waters of the Potomac reached Harper's Ferry, and as a result the water did not reach an extra height, but remained in a high and turbulent con- dition. General Manager G. L. Chesapeake and Ohio ca encouraging report This morring shortly before ‘ ceived a telegram from Harper's Fe i t the water at that point ‘y slowly since slock this morn and that up to the the telegram Nicol: on of the eived this corded. The signal office, ed a report that the highest point had bee ched in the river at that place o'clock this mcurning, wnen the nei; twenty-thr and a half feet abov normal, At ‘2 last evening the wate the same place was a fraction over iwent two feet high. Another telegram receive by Mr. N nm stated that at William: port, Md., 100 miles from here, the water -egan to fall at 2 o'clock this morning, that at 7 o'clock this morning it had f: fi inches. At Hancock, Md., about 1: up, the receding commenced about 4 o'clock last evening, when at that time the water was just seven feet below the high water mark of the flood of 15sv. No Great Damnge. The damage to the canal so far as learn- ed has been very slight, and the general manager hopes that nothing more serious will occur. As yet it is too early to ascer- tain what infury has been done to the canal. From telegrams recelved it is stat- ed that slight washouts have occurred near Harper's Ferry, while no word has heen re- ceived at all from the points farther up the canal. The corporation will feel ex- tremely lucky if no further damage is re- ported, though it seems imposible for the canal to escape with such high water. Along the Georgetown river front the flood reached a height of a few inches over five feet aboyt 10 o'clock this morning, and is still gradually rising. Flood tide was ex- pected about 1 o'clock, and those along the water front predicted that at that time the river would reach its greatest height. Reports from Great Falls to the aqueduct eflice show the water was 156 feet above datum, as it is expressed, which would mean about six feet above the dam which diverts the water supply for this c! Fortunately the improvements in raising the dam to increase the water supply have been completed, and it is expected that little or no damage will be done to it. 'y I!ttle damage has been done to local wharf property in Georgetown and no arti- cles of value have been reported as wash- ed away or lost. Several scows which were moored near the Aqueduct bridge broke loose yesterday. One struck against the shoal of rocks on Analostan island, opposite 82d street, and remained there, while the water dashed over its sides. The other scow lodged on the flats this side of the Long bridge. The Flood Scene. It was well worth a visit to the river front today to witness the sight of the flood. The water came down with a rush, the current being fully ten or twelve miles an hour, and sweeping on like a monster. There was driftwood in abundance, and logs borne rapidly downward toward the bay were seen everywhere, with occasion- ally a whole tree to vary the scene. Out toward the center of the river there ap- peared to be nothing that could resist the force of the water, and no one was willing to risk crossing the stream in a boat. Along the shore the current was more quiet, and the water gradually surged in with gentle ripples, creeping upward stead- ily, while large numbers of people witness- ed the sight from all of the wharves. ‘The water yesterday began to slowly crawl upwerd and it was not long before the height was above the level of the wharves. The entire river front of George- tewn was submerged, though up to 11 o'clock this morning the water was still a good distance from Water street. The low places suffered the most. The Potomac Boat Club house was entirely submerged, or, at least, the first floor was. Before noon the water was nearly three feet deep in the structure, the front doors being left open to give the water passageway. The boat house of the Columbia Athletic Club, being several feet higher, escaped the high water, which, however, crept up as far as the sills. The coffer dam which for sev- eral years has been around the damaged fourth pier of the Aqueduct bridge was entirely submerged, and the small sheds erected on the dam looked lost out In the seething waters. ‘The report received by the weather bu- endoah indicate a tremendous rise of water in that river. No mails have come across the river by stage from Winchester for several days. 7 tot ‘The reports recelved by the weath¢r. bu-. réau today ts that the river is falling slow- ly*at Harper's Ferry. It reached its high. est pgint last uight at 8' o'clock, when. the-| water ‘was 23 feet above: low-water ivvel. The bureau expected its predictions of yes: terday aseto the rise here» to be fulfilled. It is believed that the water reached its highest point here this* afternoon with high tide. 72 MR. BYRAN DELAYED This Afternoon. Some Have Been to the Station Many Times Expecting Him—A Din- ner Proposed, W. J. Bryan, accompanted by his wife and little daughter, Grace Dexter Bryan, six years old, will reach the city this after- noon at 3:30 o'clock, for a social visit of a few days. Mr. Bryan will go to the house of Mr. Carter T. Bride, 129 B street south- east, where he will be served with lunch, and where he will remain until he leaves the city. Mrs. Bryan and her little daugh- ter will probably remain with Mrs. Bride until Monday, and possibly later. They have not fixed any program for their stay. lt will be remembered that Mr. Bryan, when a member of Congress, boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Bride, and has always cher- ished their friendship. Miss Grace Bryan is to be the guest of Miss Louise Bride, the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bride. Mr. Bryan has been expected in the city since yesterday at noon, and a large num- ber of his friends, including Mr. Bride and Zames L. Norris, have been at many of the trains since then. This uncertainty as to the time of his arrival was due to the floods along the Baltimore and Ohio road. Mr. Bryan was at Chillicothe Monday and ex- pected to come straight through to Wash- ington on the following day, but has been tied up by the floods. This morning Mrs. Bride received a telegram from him dated at Harrisburg, sating that he would proba- bly arrive about 1 o'clock today over the Baltimore and Ohio road. and Ohio is now running its trains from Cumberland over the tracks of the Penn- sylvania road to Harrisburg, and from thence to Baltimore. The telegram from Mr. Bryan induced his friends to suppose that he would reach here on the 1:40 train from Baltimore and a number of them were at the depot at that time. Among these were J s L. Norris, Rep- resentative Sulzer of New York, ex-Repre- sentative C. H. Turner, William f. Ryan of New York and T. V. Noonan. ‘There were few others, because of the lack of knowledge of the exact time of arrival. In fact, outside of those named, ani the reporters who were on hand, the many strangers around the depot had no idea who was being looked fot “Looking for somebod. men of a bystander. z looking for W. Bryan; you know.’ “Oh, yes, you mean Bryan the dooelist, don’t you? Upon being assured that, this was the man the cabman went on. seeking other customers. lf Mr. Bryan gets into the city on time this afternoon he will be tendered a dinner tonight at the home of John R. McLean, inquired a cab- J. Bryan—Billy at which a number of citizens will be Outside of that the Bryan will have no political significance whatever. ‘This will probably be the only occasion of the kind that M Bryan will attend while in the city unle: he returns here after he soes to New York city, where he will deliver a lecture in Carnegie Hiall on Friday night. It is not thought, however, that Mr. Brytn will be in the city next week. His friends do not look for him to be here when the inaugura- tion of McKinley takes place. It is also doubtful if Mrs. Bryan will be here that long, although she will remain here while her husband goes to Ni York. — CAP HEISTAND’S ORDER. To Come to Washington and Report to the Secretary of War. Capt. H. O. S. Heistand of the 11th In- fantry, who has been acting as secretary to the President-elect since ‘the election, will accompany the presidential party to Washington early next week. In order to permit him to do this, Secretary Lamont has ordered him to come to Washington “and report In person to the Seeretary of War for duty in his office.”” Because of his intimate relations with Major and Mrs. McKinley ‘It has been popularly supposed that Capt. Heistand would succeed Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, in charge of public buildings and grounds, the duties of which include supervision over the arrangements for state and social functions in the Executiv Mansion. It is now understood, however, that other arrangeme: will be made and that Capt. Heistand will he assigned to special duty in the War Department, and that an officer of the corps of engineers will be placed in charge of the olfice of superintendent of public buildings and grounds. Heretofore the law bearing on the subject has ben construed at the War Department as limiting such assignments to officers of the corps of engineers. ++ PION APPLICS DENIED. The President on Indecent Newspaper Publications. The President has delivered a most scath- ing criticism upon indecent newspaper pub- cations in denyirg the application for pardon in the case of James B. Wilson, senteaced in December, 1895, in Indiana, to two years’ imprisonment and $250 fine and cests for mailing obscene papers. The President’s indorsement reads: “Denied. This convict was one of the editors and proprietors and a distributor through the mails and otherwise of a disgustingly vile and obscene newspaper. His conviction and sentence was an event distinctively tending to the promotion of public morals and the protection of the sons and daughters of our land from filth and corruption at a time when indecent newspaper, publications are so dangerous and common. Everybody in favor of cleanliness should encourage the punishment of such offenses and desire that it should be more frequently imposed. While I am much surpriséd by the number of respectable people who have joined in urging clemency in this case, my duty seems so clear that I am not in the least tempted to interfere with e just and wholesome sentence of the irt.’” ———— MR. SANDS’ NOMENA PION. It Was Not Considered by the Senate Committee Today. ‘The subcommittee of the Sebate commit- tee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred the nomination of Mr. Sands to be District Commissioner, did not hold a@ meeting today. The three*members of this subcommittee, consisting: of Senators Proctor, Faulkner and Bacon, it is expected will get together before the full committee meeting on Friday morning, in order to make some report at that meeting. As the Benaie nen eee ae 11 o'clock, it nar ae difficult for the District committee to consider Mr. Sands’ nomination if tine should be serious objection in the commit- tee to his confirmation, get, _ SENATE'S S$ AEXTRA ‘The President Prééiamation the Hodyxto Meet March ‘he Pr ig@ued a proclamation, in thé-usud® fe igh wegen Senate at noon“on the 4th of March to re- ceive communications the executive, This is the usual Senate extra senston to eer The Baltimore | LEE AND CUBA Story About His Resignation Still Denied Here. MOTIVES OF THE CONSUL GENERAL See A Desire to Put the Blame Where It Belongs. THE SANGUILLY CASE Congress is showing excitement again over the Cuban situation. The report of friction between Consul General Lee and the administration has aroused the friends of Cuba, and those who, without reference to the fate of Cuba, are in favor of vigor- ously maintaining the rights of American citizens abroad, and the hope is freely ex- pressed that Gen. Lee will maintain a firm attitude and insist upon resigning if he is not sustained by his home government. This action on his part will force the issue, and the sympathy of Congress is strongly with Mr. Lee. His friends cay they have known all along that his position was at variance with that of the administration, and.that he was kept under restraint. It has been almost intolerable to him, it is said, to contemplate without resistance outrages upon American Gitizens. It is urged that he cannot afford to have the case closed, as far as the present adminis- tration is concerned, without making plain the attitude he has occupied. It is declared that when the new administration comes in a state of facts as regards Cuba not at all creditable to the present administration will be disclosed. Gen, Lee's Course. It is believed that General Lee desires, as is his right, to clear himself from all responsibility for the policy which has been followed. It is claimed that his cor- respondence will show that he has been active in the defense of American citizens and has iccurately represented the state of affairs in Cuba, but that he has not been backed up except in a perfunctory manner which kas been utterly ineffectual. The slow forms of inquiry and “diplomatic representations” have been resorted to where demands of a peremptory charac- ter would alone have been effectual. Under this policy American citizens have been enduring imprisonment in violation of treaty rights, while the negotiations have dragged their weary length along. The case of Jules Sanguilly, which was acted on by the Senate committee today, furnishes an example of this sort of diplomacy. It is said that this ts not a par- ticularly strong case, and for that very rea- son the Spanish government was more ready to treat upon it, with the purpose of releasing the prisoner after he had been punished to their satisfaction by imprison- ment, “pending the adjudication” of the case. The Sanguilly Case. It is understood that the resolution re- Ported by the Senate committee today directing a demand for the immediate re- lease of Sanguilly was entirely unneces- sary, as he was about to be set free as a “friendly act” on the part of Spain. Nego- tiations for the release of Sanguilly have been completed, and he was to be set at liberty in a few days. Persons unfriendly to the present ad- miristration’s policy as to Cuba attribute to Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney a pur- pese to make a dramatic close to the ad- ministration by a display of this case as an example of what has been done by di- plomacy, and as an evidence of the friend- ly disposition of Spain, to justify the course that has been pursued by this government. The action of the Senate committee, it is feared by the administration, may destroy the effect of this ‘diplomatic triumph.” It is said that if the Senate should adopt the resolution it might cause the revocation by Spain of what she has ylelded in the Sanguilly case and might lead to serious trouble. It is intimated that it is a mistake to base action by this country on this case. The Ruiz case and the Scott case are re- garded as more aggravated and demanding vigorous action. 2 It is understood that General Lee sug- gested that there should be an American war vessel in Cuban waters, and that there has been an increasing irritation between the Secretary and General Lee. It is said that the correspondence between Olney and Lee has been more vigorous than has been the American policy In Cuba. Resignation Story Denied. Notwithstanding repeated statements from outside sources to the contrary, the officials of the White House and State Department are firm in the denial of the reported resignation of United States Con- sul General Lee, and the impression is given out today that any trouble that threatened between the department and the consul general has been composed ani that there is no longer danger of a rup~ ture. It is conceded that there has been some friction growing out of the cases of Amer- icans arrested in Cuba, but the officials re- fuse to discuss the matter. From a reliable source, however, the facts appear to be as {cllows: The consul general while in Washington last autumn did not conceal his belief that much credit might be gained for the administration about to conclude its term by making a bold stroke for Cuban freedom, at least going to the length of recognizing the belligerency of the insur- gents. He did upt tak2 iss1e openly with the administration in its polic: but it was realized here that his sympathies lay strongly with the Cubans. Possibly feel- ing that he was under suspicion of lack of sympathy with the department's policy, Gen. Lee, upon his reiurn to his post, was particular to stick closely to instructions and to insist in every case concerning an American captive upon explicit orders from the departmeat. ‘This finally led to friction with the department, almost seri- ous in the Rulz case. The Rutz Incident. The consul general knew of Ruiz’s cap- ture and reported it to the department, but, it is intimated, stopped at that and waited for further instructions. The department feli that the genéral in- structions in the consular regulations im- Posing upon a consular officer the duty of moving promptly for the relief of an Amer- ican citizen in such cases should have been sufficient to guide General Lee to a proper course. However, without losing time, the department, upon being informed of the facts, promptly referred the case to the at- tention of the authorities at Madrid. Ac- ecrding to the Staite Department's view it can scarcely be regarded as a case justify- ing an ultimatum-at+this; point at least, for there is a reasonable doubt whether or not Ruiz lost his American,citizenship by voluntarily staying in: Cuba for sixteen years in the pursuit.of his-business, and without keeping up his registration regu- larly. Of course, -the ‘department-has not yet conceded this point, but its statement is sufficient to show that it is a case re- It-is conjectured that the death of Ruiz consider nominations to importantiofftces. in jail aroused General Lee to a recom- mendation that a demand be made upon the Spanish authorities for the release of all American prisoners held in Cuban pris- ons. This was regarded by the department as a step too iong and radical to be taken out offhand and in a flush of resentment. The safety of the prisoners, assumed to be the object of such a demand, would, it is claimed, In many cases be jeopardized by the very means taken to secure their release. Our demand would have te be put in the form of one for an immediate trial of the prisoners or their immediate release. In case the Spanish cfficials elect- ed to adopt the first named course, some of the prisoners would perhaps lose their } lives, for they were taken with arms in hard, end so are subject to the extreme penalty that may be imposed by a military court-martial. For such prisoners the hope of their lives lies in the delay of a trial as leng as possible, taking the chance that meantime general amnesty will be pro- claimed and their lives spared in that wa: Specific denial is made at the State De- partment that a telegram has been received from Gen. Lee, as alleged in New York papers today, saying that he has mailed his resignation by steamer, and that Sec- retary Olney has asked him to withhold It. His Blood Boiled. A special from Havana to the New York Times reports an interview with Gen. Lee, in which Gen. Lec is quoted as saying: “From the moment I landed my American blood began to boil, and if I stay here much longer and am forced to witness all the in- dignities heaped upon my countrymen without restraint it will literally all boil away. They trample on our flag, hiss us on the streets. Americans are murdered, roped and imprisoned; indignities are heaped upon our women, and every atrocity conceivable for a Spaniard to put on Amer- icans is thrust upon us.” THE SANGUILLY CASE The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Presents a Report. The Facts Set Fo in Detail and the Course of the Spanish Gov- ernment Criticined, The resolution presented in the Senate teday by Senator Mergan from the com- mittee on foreign relations demanding the reiease of General Julio Sanguilly was ac- ccmpanied by a written report. The report is introduced by quoting the joint declaration by the Spanish minister and the minister of the United States tn 1877, making the Spanish law of 1821 part of the treaty between the two govern- ments. After commenting upon the ex- plicit character of this agreement the re- port proceeds with the declaration that during the present hostilities in Cuba this declaration has been frequently called to the attention of the Spanish authorities in the effurt to secure the benefit of its stipu- lations in favor of the citizens of the United States who have been arrested, tried and condenined for alleged offenses “in gross violation of our treaty rights. The case of Sanguilly is then taken up eaplicitly, of which it is said that it is “characterized by deliberate injustice an persistent disregard of these engage- ment: A Law-Abiding Citizen. After quoting the dispatch of Consul General Lee of January 6, describing the ecndition and environment of Sanguilly, the report proceeds: It ts only just and in accord with the well-established opinions of mankind to attribute to a man who has exhibited high courage and devotion to honorable duties in behalf of Mr. San- guilly a due sense of obedience to whatever obligations he has voluntarily assumed to- ward the United States with reference to Spain under his oath of naturalization un- til the contrary 1s made to appear. In this instance there is no evidence that Mr. Sanguilly has manifested toward the Spanish government in Cuba any hostility, ill-feeling or want of due respect. In ail respects he has been true to his duty to the United States while residing in Cuba— his native country—under the passport and registry of the United States and also of Cuba. The only ground of proceeding against him has been an unjust suspicion derived from the honorable devotion and courage he exhibited in his efforts to free Cuba from Spanish dominion in the for- mer revolution that ended nearly twenty years ago. Tramped-up Charges. It is shown that Mr. Sanguilly is now a feeble old man, still suffering from the wounds of twenty years ago, and that for eighteen years he has lived in peace in the island. It is charged that the Spanish authorities have concealed from this gov- ernment much of the actual record of the proceedings against the prisoner and that this has been done notwithstanding the frequent demands of our government for full information. Attention fs called to the facts that the proceedings were by court-martial and in secret and thus con- trary to our treaty rights. It-is then as serted that the 's so far as they have been obtained “show a deliberate purpose to -prosecute an innocent man.” It is shown that he was alone with his family and without arms when arrested and the details of the prosecution are en- tered into at length, as are the efforts of this government to secure fair treatment for him, and it is declared that “every step taken in the trumped-up cases only added to the burden of his wrongs and made his deliv:rance more hopeless. The evident purpose was to multiply prosecu- tions against him in crder to hold him in prison.” ——_—_—-e - FASTEST IN THE WORLD. Torpedo Boat No. G Coming to W ington. The residents of Washington will have an opportunity in a few days of seeing the fleetest vessel in the United States navy and one of the fastest vessels in the world. This is torpedo boat No. 6, constructed by the Herreshoffs at Bristol, R. I. She made 28.70 knots per hour on her official speed trial, and, as a consequence, was imme- diately accepted by the government, with- out the usual preliminaries. Secretary Herbert has ordered her to Washington as an object lesson to Congress of thé ca- pabilities of American ship builders. A telegram was received at the Navy Department today saying that “No. 6” left Newport this morning for Washing- ton. She will proceed by way of Long Island sound to New York, and, after a short stop, will come direct to this city by the outside route. If pushed she will reach here by tomorrow evening, but the probabliities are that she will proceed un- der easy steam, so as to be able to cast anchor off the Washington navy yard Fri- day morning. Lieut. Fremont, formerly of the Cushing, is in command of the marine “flyer,” and is assisted in her management by the other officers and the crew of that vessel, which was recently put out of com- mission at Norfolk. ioe . H Presidential Nominations. ; The Presdent today sent the following nominattons to the Senate: -W. W. Follett, to be consulting engineer. of. the United States in the international (water) boundary ccmmission, provided for in the convention with Mexico of March 1, War—First Lieut. Rion F. Willcox, 6th’ fon # Davin, 4th Cavalry, tobe” nent Heutenant. . FIRES SET AT CANEA Destruction of the Governor's Palace With Its Archives, EXCITED MUSSULMANS PARADING Mad Rush of Turkish Soldiers to Obtain a Treasury. CRETAN ATTACKS CONTINUE fc epithe eee CANEA, Island of Crete, February 24.— The governor's palace, with all the chives, was destroyed by fire today, and, ax fires broke out elsewhere in the town « the same time, it is suspected that incendi- aries have been at work. The situation is most grave. Armed at excited Mussulmans are parading the streets, full of indignation at the news fro Selinos, where Mussulmans are besieged. The Benghezi Arabs threaten to burn the whole of Canea. While the palace was burning a strong box containing £7,000 fell into the ruins and broke open, whereupon there was a wild rush of Turkish soldiers and Mussulmans to secure the treasure. The foreign ma- rines were obliged to fire blank cartridges to restrain them, and for a time a sertous conflict between the Turks and Europeans was threatened. The admirals are about to iss: @ procia- mation in all the towns and villages ex- plaining the reason for the presence of the in foreign fleets Cretan waters, and ex- herting tranquillity. » This view is spreading with the popula- tion, which is so divided in inveterate hi tred that schemes for reforms are futile. The best plan, it rgued, is to permit the Greek tr>>ps to occupy the co: try and e: cort the besieged Mussulmans abroad, for Mussulmans cannot remain in Crete. The suggestions of the consuls that a foreign force be landed at Selinos in order to cover the retreat of the beieagured Mus- sulmans has 10t been adopted, owing to the available number of marines being in- sufficient. In view of the large force of the insurgents, the admirals have decided to confine their action to the dispatch of war- ships to Selincs. The attacks of the ins rgents continue at various points. The insurgents have de- scended into the plain behind the Convent of Chrysopighi, and have set fire to Mus- sulman houses. Powers Agri ree Greece. COLOGNE, February 24.—The © Gazette publishes a dispatch from Be saying that all the pow ogne lin, the event of > not yielding promp to moral pr that the proposal blockade the adopted. At the kn. Loy ry 24—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Athens says: “The Greek army is leaving Platanta, fearing the capture of their guns by the’ foreign marines.” The Canea correspondent of the Times visited the scene of the bombarding, and* ascertained that three persons were killed and twelve wounded as a result of the cannonaje. Says the Canea correspondent of the Times “The encouraging effect of the bombard- ment on the Turks is already visible, Both yesterday and today the Turkish cannon Were busily engaged In firing on the Greek outposts at Platania and the Christians at Akrotiri, The fire of the Turks was not returned, through fear of incurring a repe- tition of the bombardment. “The insurgents, through the Greek com- modore, have addressed a formal protest against the bombardment to the foreig admirals, solemnly assertir that the Turks were the aggressors in Sunday's firing. The Christians are now at the mercy of the Turks, since they do not dare to reply to the fire for fear of b barded. More Grecks L CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkish government has rm o patch saying that six hundred troops, three guns and a quantit munition have been landed at Che in the province of Candia, Isi: aS FROM Fe dis- Greek of am- onesus, ad of Crete, a ESCAPED HAVANA, Employe of a Havana Bank Tells His Story. NEW YORK, February 24—Among the passengers arriving today by the Ward line steamer Seguranca from Havana was & Cuban refugee traveling under the name of John White, He was not a regular ps senger, having stowed himself away aboard the steamer and making his first appear- ance after she was three or four hours her voyag>. He said he iad held a pos’ in a Havana bank with a salary of month, and was denounced for } patriot and in sympathy with tie the Cubans, the basis that seven of his relaui Gomez's army. He heard t police wer? about to arre: himself. Donning a sult clothes he went aboard a with 2 cargo for guranca, and then managed to get aboard the sicamer and hid. When found he offered to pay his fare, amd told his story. He left his wife and six children in Havana. PAS CaS CAUSE BLOODSHED. members of at the military him and hid of workman's lighter loaded MAY Cherokees Said to Have Been Treated Unjustly. MUSKOGEE, I. T., February William Bates, a hackman, brings a report from Hayden, the post office where the $800,000 payment was to be made by the govern- ment to the Cherokee freedmen, of a startling nature. The payment should have begun last Thursday, but has, Bates alleges, been postponed from day to day for the same reason. In addition to the delay the freedmen became enraged over alleged extortion which they claimed was being practiced by Payinaster Dixon’s son, and Monday night burned the temporary hotel occupied by Mr. Dixon and his clerks. Young Dixon is the only notary public on the ground, and Bates alleges that he cherged the freedmen $3 for administering the oath, while the legal rate is said to be 50 cents. There are several thousand peo- ple at Hayden interested in the payment, and if Bates’ story, which some doubt, is true, there will undoubtedly be great trou- ble and perhaps bloodshed. — POLICE CHIEF CONLINS OFFENSE. Said to Have Criticised the Conduct of His Superiors. NEW YORK, February 24.—It was an- nounced-on high authority at police head- quarters today that charges have been formulated against Chief of Police Conlin, and thet the matter will be presented by Commissioner Andrews at the meeting of the police board today. It is understood that the chief's offending was in the state- ment recently made by him that petty bickerings in the board of police commis- siorers impaired the discipline of the po- lice force and lowered the commissioners in the estimation of officers and men alike.