Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1897, Page 1

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Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should No. "13,816. WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, JUNE !12, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 2 TWO CENTS. sive the last address as well as the Tew one, TO ANNEX HAWAII Announcement That a Treaty is Being Negotiated. INTIMATED 70 REPUBLICAN CAUCUS No Action Taken on Abrogating Reciprocity. WILL MEET THIS AFTERNOON When the republican senatorial caucus met this morning to censider the question of the abrogation of the Hawalian treaty by a provision in th2 tariff Ml they were confronted with the fact that a treaty of anrexation is being negotiated and that prebably Hawaii will scon become a part of the United States. A number of propositions for dealing with the reciprocity treaty were made, and the subject occupied the attention of the cau- cus until time for the Senate to meet. The acus then adjourned until 4:30 this after- noon without baving taken final uction. The question of annexation occupied more attention than anything else, and Proved embarrassing to all propositions aimed at the abrogation of the treaty. The question of what was the proper man- 1, and » was some difference of opinion as . but there appeared to be little op- tion to anexation. the House Clause. ‘The indications are that at the meeting this noun the decision will be that the House exemption clause, which maintains the reciprocity treaty, will be restored, with a provision that if there has been no uew treaty or modification of the ex- isting treaty by January 1, 1898, the Presi- dent may act im ti atter at his discre- tion. ‘The New Anne: It is expected that before this = closes, and immediately after the pas: of the the President will send the treaty to Congress for action. To Restore Exemption is now being negotiated, and stion is as to method of admit- 1. Hawail gives its territory, including and crown lands, to the United States n exchange for its protection, and it will enter the Union under the name of “terri- y of Hawai = The United Stat Hawaii up to $4,000 3. AN Hawaiian citizens become citizens of the United States, except Asiatics, who ure excluded from the privilege, and It is ferbidden to Chinamen to sail from Hawail assumes the debt of to come to the United States. 4. The present government and laws will continue in fc til the Unite] States have had time to adapt, consider and make other arrangements. Both Sides Determined. From the opening until the close of the caucus this morning tnere was a deter- mined fight on beth sides. The fight In favor of the abrogation of the Hawatlan reciprocity y was led by Mr. Nelson and Mr. Perkins. ‘The support of the treaty was led by Mr. Frye and Mr. Davis, the chairman of the committee on foreign relations. The antagonists to the treaty were ex- tremely persistent, and there is a posstbil- ity that the advocates of abrogation might have been victorious had {t not been for the broad intimations of the other side that annexation was speedily to follow, and that an interference such as those favor- ing the abrcgation advocated would be en- tirely tnwarranted and injurious. The be- lief Is that this shadow of annexation wiil turn the tide in favor of the reciprocity treaty, so as to secure the retention of the exemption clause fn the tariff bill. to annexation is so weak identification of tor abroga- ably defeat the efforts of Mr. en and Mr. Perkins. If the caucus ms the treaty, as it is expected to, it Is not believed that any republicans will refuse to follow the caucus. In the Senate there is strong opposition to snnexation among the democrats, but Mt is not believed that they can defeat the acticn of the republican caucus. Various Propositions Advanced. The senators were in caucus for two hours, and devoted the entire time to agree upon a course of action to be pursued with regard to the reciprocity treaty. The meet- ing of the Senate at 12 o'clock forced an adjournment before there was time to Teach a conclusion, and the caucus di Persed to meet again at 4:30 in the afte Toon There were a half dozen different propo- Fitions submitted to the caucus, the prin- cipal of which were the following: By Senajor Frye, to leave it absolutely te the President to say what shall be done with the treaty, and providing against any interference with the provisions of the treaty pending any action he may take. By Senator Allison, a proposition very much in the same line as Senator Frye's but intimating more clearly to the Presi. dent the opinion of Congress that. the treaty shoul be modified. By Senator Perkins, a provision giving notice that unless something more is done within a year to continue the treaty in force that it shall be abrogated. By Senator Nelson, to abrogate the treaty absolutely after one year's notice. and giving the notice as a proviso in con. nection with the sugar schedule. Senator Nelson said that an attempt had been made to show that the sugar trust was trying to have the treaty abrogated. This was contradicted by the fact that the sen. ator from Maine (Frye), the most earnest advocate of the retention of the treaty. In the previous caucus had moved thatthe :fferential in favor of refined sugar he made one-quarter of a cent—the highent differential advocated by any one. Senator Frye for the Treaty. Senator Frye emphatic: ly resented the inference of the Minnesota senator, and said the two subjects could in no way be coupled together in that way. S or Frye said that the House pro- visior. on the Hawaiian question was am- ple to meet the demands of equity with an additional provision authori the President to enter into negotiations for a modification of the trea He stated that President McKinley was brepared to enter upon such a negotiation, and added t the Hawalians were willing to ineet half way in the work. He made a Vigorous defense of the treaty and of the policy of maintaining the closest sort of Felations with Hawail, which had teen settled and civilized by Americans. Senator Davis Goes Into Details. Senator Davis also spoke in defense of the treaty, going into a detailed argument to show that the relations between this ccuntry and the Hawatiar. Islafds should be maintained upon the present reciprocal basis. He especially deprecated the effort to practically abrcgate the treaty in any but the prescribed form of proceeding in such cases. Mr. Davis went into the relations between this country and Hawaii at some le: and contended h, fort with the tariff. He held that the President should be empowered to act in the matter, and that beyond this no action should be taken. In the meantime the existing treaty should be continued in full effect. Senators Chandler, Hoar and others also spoke for the maintenance of the treaty. Senator Perkins spoke at some length in support of his proposition, which as orig- inally presented provided for giving the Hawatians one-third of the duty off on their importations. At Senator Thurston’s suggestion he modi- fied the proposition so as to make the rate in the future conform to the requirements of whatever treaty might be negotiated in the future. For Abrogation and Annexation. Senator Thurston announced himself to be decidedly in favor of abrogation, al- though he was a believer in the wisdom of annexing the Hawalian Islands to the United States. He said that if the present arrangement, which gives the Hawaiian sugar trust an annual gratuity of $9,000,000, was to be continued connection h the gratuity yesterday voted to the American trust, which amounted to not less than $5,000,009 a year, it would be utterly impossible to defend’ the course of the republican party. He said he had made his campaign last fall largely on the charge that the demo- cratic party had sold out to the trust, and he did not view with equanimity the pres- ent prospect with regard to republican legislation. He contended that Hawatian sugar _be- ing the product of cheap oriental labor, would, as long as it was admitted free of duty, renier the growth of the beet sugar inde an this coaniry imposs 9% Senator Hoar asked if he cid not believe that anzexation would have practically the same effect. To this Mr. Thurston replied that annexa- tion would bring so many advantages of another chara ver that ne woul f.rexo any scruples he might have against the free acn ion of sugar, in order to secure tve Islands <= a whole. Senate: Wellington aiso ch Hawaiian sugar production as : aise cenounced the suger schedule as a wh He urged an liace vote und ecmre.ses Ue hope that the treaty ®eud he spresaied on proper notice. —_ BRIDGE TO ARLINGTON Another Step Taken in the Proposed Un- Lieut. Col. Allen to Make Necessary Surveys — Another Rock Creek Crossing. Gen. J. M. Wilson, chief of engineers, has taken prompt action in two matters of spe- cial interest to the citizens of the District. One relates to the construction of the pro- posed memorial bridge to Arlington, and the other has to do with the bridging of Rock creek at Massachusetts avenue ex- tended. The sundry civil appropriation bill ap- proved June 4, 1897, contains the following provision in regard to the memorial bridge: “To enable the chief of engineers of the army to make the necessary surveys, sound- ings and borings and for securing designs and estimates for a memorial bridge from the most convenient point of the naval ob- servatozy grounds, or adjacent thereto, across the Potomac river to the most con- ent point of the Arlington estate prop- el $2,500." Gen. Wilson has assigned to Lieut. Col. Cc. J. Allen, the officer in charge of Poto- mac river improvements, the work entailed by the above provision of law. Urged by Secretary Lamont. Ex-Secretary Lamont 1s entitled to spe- cial credit for having interested Congress in this most commendable undertaking. In his annual report for 1895 he said: “Improved means of communication be- tween Washington and the Virginia shore must very soon be provided. Another bridge 1s not enly a conceded necessity to the population of both sides of the Potomac and as an approach to the national ceme- tery at Arlington, but also as a military convenience to bring the principal gurrison of the national capital within easy reach of its streets and public buildings. “Twice I have submitted the suggestion that such a structure can easily be made the most impressive of the world’s memori- als to heroism. The natural advantages of the site are unsurpassed. The region $s associated with war as no other region of cur country, and the site is distinctly na- tional. Such a memcrial bridge, ornament- ed with statues of our greatest warriors, with symbolical figures of the strong qual- ities that warfare brings into play, and with representations of the crucial evenis in national history, would be the same in- comparable memorial to the greatness of a peaceful people aroused by war as our single shaft to Washington is the worthiest monument to individual greatness which human genius has yet executed. It is pot proposed that the embellishment of the bridge shall now be provided for, but it is urged that its ultimate memorial charac- ter shall be considered in the first designs and earliest appropriations.” Last year he again brought the matter to the attention of Congress in the following words: “The favorable consideration which Songress at its late session gave to the project for an Arlington memorial bridge. which has been repeatedly urged by this department, encourages the hope that this necessary structure will be authorized at the coming session. The bridge is an un- disputed commercial and military neces- sity as a means of communication between the banks of the Potomac at Washington, but its memorial character ought not to be overlooked. The natural site and national asscciations with it afford the opportunity for a mcnnmental structure unequaled in beauty and significance. The Aqueduct bridge is inadequate and unsightly, if not abs« lutely unsafe.”” The execution of this provision of law thas been entrusted to Captain D. D. Gail- lard, the engineer officer in charge of the Washington aqueduct. Another Rock Creek Bridge. The act making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the Dis- trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1808, contains the following pro- “That the chief of engineers of the army shall report to Congress at its next regular session plans for and the cost of erecting @ stone arch bridge, and alsc a steel bridge with stone foundations, over Rock creek on the line of Massachusetts avenue extend- ed, the full width of said avenue, and for this purpose the sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby ap- propriate TRIED TO SHOOT AN OFFICER. John Taylor Drew His Pistol on Special Officer Donahoe. Jchn Taylor, a colored man employed at Fort Myer, was arrested last night by Spe- clal Officer Gibbons for drawing a re- velver in a crowd at a hall in Odd Fel- lows’ Hall, or M street between 16th and 17th streets northwest. After being taken Into custody, Tayler tried to shoot Officer Donahoe, who was called 'n to assist Gibbons ‘In restoring order. Before this was done, however, Donahoe, it is alleged, struck Taylor over the head with his club with such force as to break the stick. After the prisoner was locked up it was developed that he had driven off from Fort Myer with a horse and buggy belonging to his employer, and the additional cl of larceny was put against him. When he was before Judge Kimball this morning, upon the request of his counsel, the hearing was postponed until Tuesday SHAKE UP OF ISSUES Disposition of Democrats to Abandon Free Trade. PROTECTION FOR SOUTH AND WEST Silver Men Inclined to Ignore Tariff Questions. RECENT VOTE ON COTTON Abundant evidence has been produced this week of the disintegration of the dem- ccratic party on the tariff question. There is nothing about it so very surprising to those who have been in with the current private talk among leaders. There Is really more indifference toward the tariff preten- sions of their party in the past among demccrats than the vote on cotton this week, or any yote that has been taken, clearly indicates. As far as its significance to the demo- cratic party is concerned, taxed cotton has a great deal to do with free silver. With the doctrine that high or low tariff has tittle to do with the condition of the coun- try, which has been preached by the silver pegple since the Chicago convention, there has developed among the democrats a greater or less indifference toward the con- tentions on the tariff between the two great parties during the past several years. As rapidly as the democrats are relieved of the idea that free trade is an essential article of faith the spirit of self- restraint grows weaker and the disposition tends toward looking out for local self- interest. The determined purpose to oblit- erate the tariff as an issue furnishes an excuse to every democrat to be as much of a protectionist as regards his local in- terests as he wants to. A significant fact is that those demo- cratic senators who voted for protection to cotton this week are the ones who have most recently come from among the peo- ple. Tillman, McLauren, Bacon and Clay all represent the new dispensation in the politics of the south. But the disposition to ignore the former tariff contentions of the democrats is more nearly universal than is indicated by this vote. If it were not so the consideration of the tariff bill during this extra session of Congress would rot be as rapid and free from obstruction as it Is. Opposed to the Tariff as an Issue. There is a fixed and definite purpose on the part of the opposition to the republican policy to prevent the tariff from becoming an issue. The free silver element of the democratic party are not protectionists as a first proposition or of necessity, but by force of circumstances they are compelled to be tolerant of a certain amount of protection sentiment, in order to advance the interests of silver. ‘The position of the party turns on this question. If the tariff is the para- mount issue democrats will fight for low duties, tariff for revenue only, or free trade, if you please, standing shoulder to shoulder, gold men and silver men alike, without re- gard to the financial question. All who op- pose protection are with them; all who favor protection are against them. With money as the issue, the situation is directly reversed. Fighting for free silver, those who are protectionists and those who are free traders may touch elbows in the fight so long as they siand by the main cause in the contest. Just as all wo fought together under the leadership of Mr. Cleve- land and Mr. Carlisle for low tariff entirely disregarded each other's opinions on the money question and stood together on the one main issue, so the present dominant silver element in the party ignore differ- ences on the tariff so long as there is an agreement on the one question which they wish to maintain as the main issue. This gives freedom to all to follow their own bent as to tariff, unless they have an indi- vidual record of the past to regard. The older men have their records behind them, and, though they may be disposed to abandon the tariff issue, they are reluctant to make a public recantation of all they have said in the past about the wicked selfishness of protection. They are gener- ally ready, however, to let the matter slide quietly into oblivion. The new men are freer from the entanglements of the past. Free Traders More Tolerant. The attitude of the silver republicans, who are really the great leaders of the silver cause, encourages them in the posi- tion that they may do what they please as to the tariff, and the necessities of the case make even the hide-bound free trad- ers, like Vest of Missouri, in a measure tolerant of certain forms of protection. Men who have disagreed so long on one issue as have the democrats and silver re- publicans, now that they are united on an- other issue, are locking for points of agree- ment in the question on which they gen- erally disagree. They find this in the fact that they represent the so-called raw ma- terial districts, and have no important manufacturing interests to consider. The silver republicans may modify their pro- tection views so far as to exclude the manufactures of the east, and the new democracy will modify their views so far as to assent to the protection of the “raw materials” of the south and west, both finding a sympathetic impulse of antagon- ism toward the “monopolistic manufac- tures of the east.” This charge of issue and new associa- tion Is leading to an utter nment of the former tariff contentions of the de- mocracy. No declaration to that purpose is to be expected, but they will simply cease to contend. The free raw material proposition of Mr. Cleveland is openly and publicly abandoned, on the theory that it is consistent democracy to contend for the “equal distribution of burdens and benefits.” Silver and Protection. This means simply that the democrats are getting themselves into a position where it will be possible for them and the silver republicans to affiliate without any feeling of compunction on account of the tariff. Their tendency is toward the forma- tion of a party of free silver and incidental protection. The fact that Teller, Dubois, Cannon of Utah, Hartman end Mantle can be re- garded as acceptable allies and still be pro- tectionists of a sor! causes the democratic constituents of the leaders from the south to ask why they may not seek a measure of protection without being discredited. This more than anything else probably led the two South Carolina senators and the two Georgia senators to vote for a duty on products of their localities. Police Sti Hunting Foults. Interest in the Foultz-Robinson murder case has revived bécause of the number of people who hve calied on the police and claimed to have seen the fugitive, Dorsey Foultz. Most of the statemen:s are’ dis- credited by the police, but they investigate every rumor. This morning Lieut. Boyle had some information in the nature of a clue. This information was to the effect that the man has been in hiding im an oid steam plow near the reservoir, in the vicinity of Howardtown, and not far from Soldiers’ Home. Rumor had it that two colored women had been supplying him with food. Sergts. McTaggart and son and Policemen Willingham. and Van ‘Horn made the-search this afternoon, but failed to find the fugitive. MOB ASSAULTED THE TROOPS CISNEROS IS ALIVE Testimony of Dr. H. W. Danforth, His Physician, Just Arrived. Captain Leonard Testifies Regarding the Late Urbana Lynching. He Did Not Give Orders to Fire Until the Crewd Attacked the Jail. SAW CUBAN PRESIDENT APRIL 6 Doctor Says Cuba Has Over 30,000 Men Under Arms. CINCINNATI, Obio, June 12.A Commer- cial Tribure special frem Urbana, Onio, says: Coroner Hewitt has returned from Columbus, where he took the official state- ment of Captain Leonard concerning the Urbana tragedy. He filso took Captain Bradbury's official statement at Spring- field. He will render his verdict after ex- amining these statements. Captain Leonard says that the mob about midnight, June 8, sandbagged and struck the soldiers, tried to take their guns away, reviled the sokifers by name, and said they would hang the sheriff and Captain Leon- ard. The sheriff tried to address the mob, but they drowned his voice. Captain Leon- ard himself then gave the mob three min- utes to disperse or would give the order to fire. The mob shouted: ‘‘Shast, that’s what we want you to do. We sre armed as well as you, and will shoot to kill.” He then drew the soldiers inside the jell and stationed them at the doors and win- dows. These events covered the time from midnight till 2:30 Friday. morning, long after Captain Leonard's threat to fire,whicn he did not execute at the time. It was nearly 2:30 o'clock when he did draw the soldiers inside the jail. Then he says: “We had hardly got inside when a rush was made to the outside door, followed by blows upon the door ‘with some heavy instrument. A second blow was struck, which smashed in the door. At this time I heard pistol shots from the mob and break- ing glass and frightful howling noises. Then I said, ‘Fire.’ During the firing I heard fifty pistol shots from the outside on the south and east sides of the jail, After fir- ing the first volley I gave the command, ‘Cease firing.’ The mob fled immediately. “This was immediately “after the firing of the troops, which did not continue more than ten seconds. “This was several hours before the lynch- ing.’ Capt. Bradbury’s statement and Sheriff McLain’s testimony was taken. The latter is quite volumfhous. It differs from what has already been published o@ly in veing fuller and more specific, especially about the telephone on Gov. Bushnell for more troops and that the sheriff told the guards they must not fire any more, —_+—__ CLEANING THE €ONDUIT. ARE SWORN TO WIN OR DIE NEW YORK, June 12—Among the pas- sengers who landed in New York today on the steamer Valencia from Cuban ports via Nassau, N. P., was Dr. H. W. Dan- ferth 6f Milwaukee, Wis., who, for the Past fifteen months has been the personal physician of the president of the Cuban republic, Salvador Cisneros, the Marquis of Santa Lucia. The dcctor 1s in the United States on six months’ leave of absenco, having left Cuba in a sixteen-foot open boat on May 29 for the Island of New Providence. After much suffering and ex- Posure he reached Nassau, and there awaited the arrival of the Valencia. Ac- cording to Spanish reports, President Cis- neros died in Fevruary last, and this “news” was semi-officially confirmed in March last. But Dr. Danforth was wiih the president as late as April 6 last, ard had in his possession a letter, which he showed to the representative of the Asso- ciated Press, dated April 29, froin the president. The latter is not only not dead, bu? when Dr. Danforth left him he was full of quiet enthusiasm and animated by the most confident fecling for the eventual success of the Cuban cause. Capital at Aguara. Questioned as to the seat of the govern- ment of the Cuban republic, Dr. Danforth said it was at Aguara, province of Puerto Principe, where the insurgents have erect- ed a capital. The president, however, is not now at Aguara, but is in the provin of Santiago de Cuba. Dr. Danforth was usked to express an opinion as to the numerical strength of the Cuban insurgents, being informed that late advices from Cuba placed the number at 3,000 men. He said: -4 “I think the gentleman who made that j estimate could have made a little more ar 3 3 cereful enumeration; but he would find it May Work on the Washington Water. very difficult, if not impossible, to arrive Supply System. ata correct estimate. The Muriel, or Pinar Capt. Gaillard, Corps of Engineers, in Del Be military line, is impassable, and : | the Meron, or military line across the charge of the’ Washingtom: squeduct, Te) 7c Vigne of Puerto Principe, is also im- ports the condition of Potomac water a8} Dacsable. How, then, could he form any to clearness during the month of May as follows: At Great Falls, ‘very turbid sev- estimate of the insurgent forces? It would be as if you eat in your chair here in New enteen days, turbid eight days, slightly tur- bid onc day and clear. five ‘days. York and estimated the number of men the Turks were sending into Greece. It 1s At the effluent gate hou&e of the Dale- carlia receiving reservoir: Very turbid, 21 scmewhat difficult for me to make such an estimate, although, as you may imagine, I days; turbid, 3 days; sMghtly turbid, 2 days, and clear, 5 days. At the effluent am liable to have been able to obtain cor- gate house, distributing reservoir: Very rect information on the subject. But you can sfy that the Cubans, for a certainty, turbid, 10 day: turbid, 7 days; slightly turbid, 5 days, and clear, 9 days. have today at least 30,000 to 35,000 armed and in good shape. The Cubans have not been idle during the past few years, and have 22 importing arms and ammunition The water was shut ,off between Great} "snt algng. “The situation in a nutshell? You ask a Falls.and ihe nerth connection of the Dale- | siete question, Bi ee ee carlia reservoir twice during the month, for | bans are fighting a desperate fight, and the purpose of cleaning the eonduit and re-| are in a good condition to continue it. The moving deposits therefrom. | On each ocea-} Spaniands ace also engaged in a desperate sion the water was shut off for fifty-five } contest, but they are exhausted, or almost hours, and a total quantity of 140 cubic | so. yards of deposits was removed from tie conduit. Accareful inspection of the entire interior of the conduit between the Dale- carlia reservoir and Great: Falis showed that it was in excellent condition. Capt. Gaillard says that the north con- nection of the big conduit around the Dale- carlia reservoir, as for years past, is in very bad condition and will‘require exten- sive repairs to make it thoroughly efficient. Last year, at considerable risk, the by- conduit was thoroughly cleaned, but last month, when the water was shut off for the same purpose, the 1 was 80 great and the north connection se evidently un- safe that the workmen were ordered out. An attempt will be made to remove the small amount of deposit by flushing. Arrangements are being made for the construction of a new telephone line be- tween the engineer's office in Georgetown and Great Falls, for which work an ap- propriation of $5,000 is available. —____-e+____—_- EX-SOLDIERS TAKEK BACK. Thinks Cubans Will Succeed. “Do I think the Cubans will succeed? Most certainly I do. Not by reason of nu- merical strength, for the Spaniards have about 150,000 men in the field, but there is no question at all that the Cubans will ul- timately win. All their leaders are pledged and sworn not to give up until they are all dead—and even then I don't-know whether they will give up. They are bound by oa! to fight until the last, and they will do so.” “Now, as to Spanish atrocities. What do you know of them, of your own personal knowledge?” Dr. Danforth was asked. “The position which I occupied with the insurgent forces necessarily precluded my obtaining personal knowledge of the atroc- ities complained of. But, from the reports received at headquarters, there is abso- lutely no doubt of their existence. I re- member one little incident. It was last September. Some 38,000 or 4,000 Spanish soldiers had been sent to relieve Cascarro. In the fight which followed the Spanish column killed, among others, an insurgent captain. Poor fellow. He was to have been promoted the next day to the rank of major. Well, when we secured his body it was a horrible sight. Completely covered with bayonet wounds and machete cuts, hacked and stabbed with the most horrible and unnecessary cruelty. “But from good sources I have heard and feel justified in asserting that men, women and children have been most outrageously treated by the Spaniards in nearly all the devastated parts of Cuba. Their homes have been burned, their property destroyed and they have been relegated to Weyler's ‘zones of protection’—zones of starvation is what they should be termed.” Next Step of Spaniards. “What, in your opinion, will be the next step taken by the Spaniards in Cuba?” “It is difficult to answer that question. But it is to be presumed that Weyler will continue wandering about the island, cer- tlfying to the pacification of the provinces. This may be followed by putting the scheme in operation. But they will soon find_out the errors, if not the lies told them. Weyler will then be recalled, and some other general will be sent to Cuba in his place. Accerding to reports current in the island when I left there, Campos will be the man who will succeed Weyler, and he will be Instructed, broadly, to do the best he can under the circumstances. “It is a crying shame,” continued Dr. Danforth, with energy, “that United States citizens are not more thoroughly protected. As for the Spaniards, why they shoot first and inquire after as to the standing of the man, American or Cuban, and then they Say he was shot by his own friends. “When 1 left the president and his party they were all filled with hope and trusting in the United States. “Should the United States intervene? Most’ emphatically yes! I sincerely hope that the United Sta will soon decide to recognize’the belligerency of the Cubans. “How would that assist them? Why, by giving the Cubans the right to float their bonds and by compelling the Span- jards to treat their prisoners with some show of consideration. If the Cubans were recoynized as belligerents any Cuban taken prisoner would have a chance to be created as a prisoner of war.” “What is the present condition of the Cuban insurgents?” Insurgenis’ Condition is Satisfactory. “Their condition is satisfactory. It is true they are hard pressed in the provinces on account of want of rations, but as a whole they are doing very well. In San- tiago de Cuba there are no cattle, but Plenty of vegetables, and in the province of Fuerto Principe there is an abundance of cattle and no vegetables. In Santa Clara, on the other hand, there ts everything, and Announcement of Reingtatements in the Interior Department. The following official changes in the De- partment of the Interior have been official- ly announced: General land office—Reinstatements: Al- bert B. White of New Jersey, clerk, $1,600. John 8. Stidger of Colorado, Warren F. Sherman of Michigan and Clark E. Loomis of Oregon, special agents, $1,200. Promo- tions: Charles L. Dubois of District of Co- lumbia, clerk, $1,600, from $1,400; Hugh H. Williams of Kansas, clerk, $1,400, from $1,200. Pension office—Reinstatemenis: Thomas W. Wainwright of Missouri and Chauncey H. Dewey of New Yerk, copyists, §$00v. Promotion: Logan Johnson of Connecticu clerk, $1,000, from copyist, $900. tion: John W. Clampitt of Illinois, special examiner, $1,300. e Geological survey—Appointment by trans- fer from general land office: Abner F. Dun- nington of Califernia, topographer, $1,600. Reinstatement: James W. Spencer of Iowa, spectal disbursing agent, $1,600. All_of the above reinstatements are of ex-Union soldiers who were removed dur- ing the last administration,,except in the case of Mr. White, who resigned from a $1,600 place in the general Jand office. Oe Fa THE MAHONE LOT. A Structure for the ‘Pristing Office Being Erecte@ on St. A large one-story store homse, covering about three-quarters of an -asre, is being erected on the southeast corner of the Mehone lot, which is bounded by North Capitol and 1st, L and Pierce streets north- east, for the governmént) printing office. The Mahone lot is now ‘the tproperty of Wilbur F. Nash. The store louse is near the Baltimore and Ohio omd tracks, so as to be convenient for receiving and dis. patching-stores. The Mahoge lot was tong urged upon Congress as'‘a site for a new government ‘printing office, but the present policy of Congress is gajd to be to provide fer necessary additional accommodations fcr the big printing establishment_by en- largement of the bullding ft} now o@uptes. The erection of an extensive store house on the Mahone lot will have a tendency to keep expensive improvements off the lot and in that, way leave i€ available for further negotiations’ the govern. ment -should:decide-in Gute years to pu: chase it as..a site foma model printing office butldh Age LL —— TRYING TO KEEP COOL President McKinley and Party Find Hot Weather at Nashville. ee LEAVE FOR CHATTANOOGA TONIGHT junta. It has heen intimated that money has been wasted by that body.” “If this is the case, I have heard of no es complaints. Not a word on the sub- ject has been mentioned at the Cuban headquarters on the island, and my rela- tions with President Cisneros were such that I must have heard of the complaints if they existed.” Gen. Roloffs Expedition. “When was the last important landing of arms made in Cuba?” “General Roloff in April last landed 2,200 stands of arms near Bayamo, and they are now in transit toward their destination in the province of Santa Clara. They are go- ing very slowly with General Garras’ army, the latter having been compelled to re- trace his steps in order to pick up another smaller expedition.” “It has been stated that the Cubans are afraid to engage the Spaniards in a pitched battle.” “The policy of the Cuban leaders has been successful up to the present, and I think that is a sufficient answer to this statemert. But eleven days before I left Cube repeated heavy volleying of musket- ry and artillery was heard from the direc- ton of General Gomez's camp, west of the Moron trecha. The firing was heard twen- ty-four miles east of the trocha, and I think a very heavy engagement has been Arrangements for an Elaborate Re- ception at That Point. ALL OF THE PARTY ARE WELL —— Special From a Staff © PRESS BUILDING, a GROUNDS, NASHVILLE, n., June —Iatenselye hot weather continues to pi vail here, detra>ting much from the pleas- ENTENNIAL fought between General Gomez and the | ure of the President and his party. All Spanish forces, but I have no knowledge | the party is well, however. Ge see ene “Secretary Sherman's daughter w Valencia Incident Unimportant. Referring to the firing upon the Valencia by the Spanish warship Reina Mercedes, Dr. Danfcrth said it was an affair of little importance. The Spanish cruiser sighted the steamer, which was not flying a flag ard fired a blank shot to make her show her colors. The Valencia was not prompt in so doing, and the cruiser fired a solid shot, which passed twenty or thirty feet astern of the steamer. The latter then threatened with tonsilit is all right again today ecretary W son, Postmaster General ry, Secretary Horton and others bought new headgear this morning. Each has a ght wht straw hat, with a black band. The Presi- dent appeared in a whiie waistcoat this mcrning, and was doing all he can to keep comfortable. He rested well last night, owing to pleasant quarters, but others of yestorda showed the stars and stripes, the cruiser] the party suffered from the heat. He got saluted and the incident ended. away early from his hotel this morning, Dr. Danforth is bound for 's home at Milwaukee. He will spend his six months’ leave of absence there and will probably return to Cuba at the expiration of that time. leaving there without demons‘ration, reached the grounds ea Cincinrati building to taki caticn. He » going to the part In its dedi- Program for Today. The day's program for the President ts an extersive one, but cwing to the heat he will probably not be persuaded to go through with it all. He will meke another tour of the build- ings and grounds, stopping for a time at the negro building, where a concert will be tendered him. After luncheon a recep- tion will be given by’the President at the government building, at which the public will get a chance to shake hands with the chief executive, and all want to do that. “Why, gol-darn it, we never saw a live President before, and nobody is working in Nashville,” said a man, and that expresses the situation here. The presidential Chattanooga at 7 DIED ON HIS WAY HOME Archbishop Janssens of the New Orleans Dio- cese Passes Away, He Wi on Board the Steamer Creole En Route to Ho! nd—Remains Taken Back. NEW ORLEANS, La., June 12.—Arch- bishop Francis Jansseis Gied on the steamer Creole on Thursday. The arch- bishop sailed hence on Wednesday for New York. From the latter port he was to take a shiv for Europe, and was on his way to visit his family in Holland. Three years ago he visited them and on his return ke was in the best of health. Since then his party will leave for o'clock this evening. National Committeeman Chas. Dawes of IMinois, the next controller of the cur- rency, will go as far as Chattanooga on the presidential car. Reception at Chattanooga. = The reception at Chattanooga will be rece labored very hurd, and for some time] i -ularty ciaborate. At 9:20 o'cdeck Sun- it has been apparent that he was breaking day morning the party will take a train down and that the germs of an insidious disease were in his Mer. Janssens was one of the dignitaries of the church in America. He came here as a priest, became a bishop in Minnesota, and on the death of Archbishop Leray was appointed, in 1888, archbishop of this dio- cese, one of the largest and most important in America. The remains will be brought to the city tonight from Port Bads, and ar- 1angements are now being made for the funeral, which will be a magnificent re- ligious function. The archbishop’s body was transferred at sea frcm the steamship Creole to the Hud- sen of the same line, and will arrive in New Orleans this afternoon, ————— ENSIGN STONE EXONERATED. for the National Military Park, returning by carriages at 1:30 o'clock. Then the pariy will go to Lookout mountain, lunching at the inn at 2:30 p.m. In the evening the President and Mrs. McKinley will attend divine service at the Auditorium. The special train over the Southern rail- way for home will leave Chattanooga at 2 o'clock Monday morning, reaching Ashe- ville at 10 a.m. The train will leave there at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, reaching Washington at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morn- ing. Col. Brown, the Washington passenger agent of the Southern railway, is here and is preparing to give the party a pleasant return trip. The proverbial hospitality of the Southern will be lavished on the presi- dential party. The Nashville papers publish pictures of the party. Old cuts of ex-Senator Wilson of Iowa are made to do duty for Secretary Wilson. Secretary Sherman is enjoying himself hugely. He attracts almost as much at- tention and is nearly as big a drawing card as the President. The President was scheduled for a speech at Cincinnati build- ing this morning, but he did not make one, preferring not to work so hard today. Yes- terday he was on the go for fourteen hours, the strain being severe. Mrs. H. Clay Evans will entertain Mrs. McKinley at Chattanooga tomorrow. Color Question Comes Up. ‘There is still talk here cver an incident Secretary Long Says That Naval Reg- ulations Have Not Been Broken. Secretary Long has acted in the case of Ensign Stone, as was expected, exonerating him from the charges preferred against him and removing all restrictions that had teen placed upon his movements in conse- quence thereof. The position of the de- partment in the matter is defined in letters written by the Secretary to the three par- ties in interest, to wit: Ensigns Stone and Osborne and Mr. Swits Conde. In them it is shown that the naval investigation was based on a telegram from Mr. Conde to the department, as follows: “Ensigns Stone and Osborne and confed- erates, probably naval officers, using as- sumed names and attempting to enter my residence, under various pretexts, causing scandalous newspaper articles and great personal annoyance, I respectfully ask fa EO immediate action and further investiga- | t the Maxwell House ones tuop by your department.” ored member of the Illinois legislature Having considered all the facts in the case, Secretary Long says in a letter to Mr. Conde that the department “finds that E: L. P. Stone made no attempt to enter your residence; that Ensign R. H. Osborne, in entering your residence, was culpable only in so far that he used an assumed name, the same being a part cf his own name; that these officers were not to blame for the scandalous newspaper ar- Uucles, nor can the department hold them responsible for the personal annoyance to yourself. The department does not find that these officers have committed any in- fractions of naval regulations. The inves- tigation has attained much more impor- tance than the department would have Permitted had the scope of the case been more clearly understood at the time of the receipt of your telegram.” named Buckner came here with a party of legislators from that state and went to the Maxweil House to stop. He is also a mem- ber of the Illinois commission to the expo- sition. The hotel people at first refused to entertain, him. He was walking with Mrs. Fitch, the wife of a white member of the legislature. The Illinois delegation made big kick, protesting against the discrimina- tion. Their protest at first had no effect. Ferdinand Peck, the Chicago millionaire, then entered an emphatic protest, saying Buckner was a member of the delegation. The hotel people then placed Buckner in a room with white members of the Illinois party. It is said that he was instrumental in securing an appropriation from the state legislature for the Illinois building at the exposition grounds. Ww. W. P. o—-—_ TROUBLE IN A CHURCH. Trustees Bring Suit for Injunction >, Aga SPAIN CAN DEFEND HER RIGHTS. inst Two Members, Richard Holland and John and William Colbert, trustees of the Monticello M. P.1 Church, today filed a bill in equity against Francis Lofty end Joseph W. Lee, praying that they be enjoined from disturbing or in any way molesting or interfering with the complairants in the management of the church. ‘The complainants charge that the de- fendants have forfeited their membership in ‘and severed their connection with the affairs of the church by informing the con- ference they would no longer serve under its jurisdiction. Nevertheless, so the com- plainants allege, the defendants have since then caused great disturbance by closing and locking the door of the house of wor- ship, preventing them and other members of the congregation from peaceably en- tering or assembling therein for any pur- pose whatever. One of the defendants ts also chi with having last Sunday assaulted the pastor of the church, the Rev. Henson Primrose, forcing him to leave the pulpit and church. Attorney W. C. Martin represents the lainants, comp! aa SE ES Treasury Promotions, Secretary Gage today promoted J. W. Significant Remarks of Senor Canovas Regarding Rats Case. . MADRID, June 12.—The Spanish premier, Senor Canovas Del Castillo, in an inter-, “lew, is reported as saying that the al- leged demands of the United States in the case of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, the American citizen who expired in the jail at Guana- bacoa, apparently from injuries received there, must be exaggerated. The premier added, however, that if the widow of Dr. Ruiz ‘demanded an indemnity, and her claim was shown to be justified, Spain would see that justice is done. Senor Canoves Del Castillo further re- marked: “I do not believe President Mc- Kinley has any unfriendly intentions to- ward Spain, but if the United States de- parts from a friendly attitude, Spain will be able to defend her rights.” —aae EARTHQUAKE AT CALCUTTA. it Howrak Buildings Collapsed and Several Lives Were Lost. CALCUTTA, June 12—A smart earth- William Bilasland from $1,200 to $1,400 in the office of the audi- tor for ‘War Department. 5 a, ——_ oo some Ii were lost and a number of win ple ives ares ere Recorder of Deeds Cheatham today re- Cee tomes instated Miss Florence Williams as a copy. | Civil: Service Investigation Pat On. ist in his office, Miss Williams, who is a| Owing to the republican caucus this sister of Dr. Daniel'H. Williams, ‘surmeon- I een: we pointed ‘by ‘and was re- r