Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1898, Page 1

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. times as many pcople as read any other paper. TWO CENTS OCEAN LINER LOST -_-— Veendam of Rotterdam Sunk at Sea on February 6. PASSENGERS AND CREW ALL SAVED American Steamer St. Louis Gal- lanily Effected the Rescue. ae STRUCK SUBMERGED WREC. NEW YORK, February 12—The Amer- ican } steamer St. Loui. .R which ar day from Southampten, re- ports the ioss at sea of the Holland-Amer- ican line steamer Veendam, Capt. Stenger, ficm Rotterdam for New York. The pas- sengers and crew of the Veendam were saved by the St. Levis. At quarantine Captain Stenger of the Veendam reported as follows: “The Veendam left Rotterdam February 3 with a general cargo, nine cabin, 118 steer- age passengers and eighty-five crew, bound for New York. Had strong northwest gales and high W. and W.N.W. seas. February 6 at about 5:17 p.m., ship's time, being in latitude 49.35 2 longitude 20.01 W., the steamer struck a submerged wreck or wreckage, which probably tore a hole in the ship's bottem and. broke her propeller s 't. We found that our ship was making considerable water. We immediately set all pumps to work, but notwithstanding this the water gained on us. In the mean- time Gur boats were made ready in order, If necessary, to leave the ship at a moment's ne because she was now sinking rap- idly by the stern. St. Louis’ Lights Sighted. “At 1:30 a.m. we observed the masthead lights of a large steamer bearing about east by south from us. We made signals of distress, on which the vessel bore down on us. We then decided, for the safety of passengers and crew, to abandon the ship. The vi el proved to be the St. Louis ot the American line, bound from South- ampton for New York. We hailed her, and reported that our ship was sinking, and that we wished to be taken off. At 1:43 am. we cummenced to transfer ou the BIG BLAZE AT CLEVELAND Eoyt Euilding and Valuable Contents To- tally Destroyed. Damnge Estimated at $275,000—Te: mts Were Clothing Manufactur- crs nnd Were Insured. CLEVELAND. Ohio, February 12—The larze Hoyt building. on the northwest cor- ner of Clair and Bank streets, owned tate and oectpied principally mantfacturers of clothing, waolesale hetters ard furriers, caught fire early this mcrning ard was practically destroyed, with contents. The fire originated in the rear end of the -ding, and was caused by an explosion cf gasoline. It spread rapidly, and upon the arrival of the fire department it was evident that the structure could not be saved. A t2rriffic explesion rent the fourth flocr wall to pleces soon after the fire start- ed. Then the flames started with renewed force and raged with unabated fury until extinguished at 9 o'clock. The loss is esti- mated at $375,000, which is pretty well cov- ered by insurance. ‘The building cost $100,- 000. The following are the estimates of losses: Buckeye Woolen Compeny, $100,000, fully insured; Hexter & Wertheim, $75,000, cover- ed by insurance; S. M. Hexter & Co.. $50, x, futly insured; A. L. Bassett . $50,000 to $60,000, fully insured; V. sman, $20,000, insurance $8,000; H. C. €o., $25,000, covered by insurance; t Bros., $38,000; D. Moskowitz, $1,000; Frank Rardall, $1,000; M. J. Baker, $7,000; Hoyt estate cn building, $50,000; Liehenthal & Block, loss unknown, but it is believed will reach from $30,000 to $40,- 000, covered by insurance. ss ARMY AND NAVY. Movements of the Ships, Orders and Personal Notes. Word was received at the Navy Depart- ment today of the arrival of the flagship San Francisco and the gunboat Bancroft at Lisbon this morning from Genoa. The gunboat Helena is also at Lisbon. These ves: comprise the entire European squadron. The flagship Olympia sailed from Yoko- hama today for Hong Kong. The cruiser Detroit left Key West yesterdey for Mobile. The gunboat Marietta arrived at San Jose de Guatemala. sengers and crew, using three boa St. Louis and one of our ship's. Were kept at the pumy “At 4.08 o'clock M dy had been transferred to the St. When the last boat left the Veendam was labering very heavily and sinking rapidiy by the of the passen- and ¢ t difficulties and high hours and ten minutes, and was ac- hed without the itest accident. = the wreck wa erous obstruc- to navigation, + Which was he position of the wreck was then lat- itude 4¥.19 north, longitude 19.47 we: “On board the St. Louis we were v ed, and the captain aad his offi ating po ie for our comfort. to expre Our men gs every- gers sii a da e decided to set her e ¥ done. opportunity The captain of the St. Louis, in his re- port, says: Capt. RandJe’s Compliment. “We take pleasur> in saying that Capt. ained perfect cipline on their ship, and very ably as- ted us in disembarking the passengers.”” The pa rs of the St. Louis p Stepger and his officers mair cs icers and crew of th ue of the St. Louis Veendam’s pass the and @ Veendam was former! steamer Baltic. She was . by Harland & Wolff in 1s sted barkentin © registered 4, and ¥ 418 f 1.9 feet dezp. Mr. Segrave’s Story. the built at Bel- White The St. Louis was very slow in making her dock, owing to the dense fog which , ng the river today. A great crowd awaited her arrival. When, at aoon, the American liner was finally moored, Thomas B. Segrave, first officer of the St. Louis, who commarded the first boat that was lowered, and who, acccrding to all ac- counts. is the real hero of the rescue, told of the occurren He E @ modest s “it was shortly after 1 o'clock Monday morning last that the officers on board t St. Louis first noticed the signals of dis. tress so familiar to and yet so dreaded by seamen. The rocke were being fired, a near as I can judge, about five miles to the starboard of us. Orders were at once given, and the St. Louis promptly changed her course. “As soon as we got close enough to the {iIl- fated v el signals were run up that the vessel was in sore stress, and that the passengers and crew desired to be taken off as soon as possible. With the aid of glasses we discovered that the ship in dis- tress had an imme: hole in her side to the aft and was slowly but steadily sink- ing. A high rolling sea was running at the ume. “A storm had been raging a few hours previously, but the sea had calmed con- siderably. Our captain at once ordered the lifeboats manned and the work of rescue gan. I was given command of the first at to be lowered. We were ‘then lying off about a quarter of a mile from the Veendam. As our lifeboats drew nearer we id plainly hear the cries of distress from the shivering and frightened pas- got close by Capt. Sten- e was no hope of saving and that all haste should be sferring the passengers to the Baby First Resxeued. “The first to be taken from the Veendam was a six month's old baby. Following this a ty more children, ranging in age from the swaddling clothes period to ten and twelve years, were lowered to our boat. As soon as this was done we a < made back to the St. Louis, e the youngsters were taken on board. © Veendam was laboring in a heavy and the work of rescue was difficult. passengers were lowered from the ship's sides by means of life slings. The excitement on board the Veendam was in- but Captain Stenger and his crew ep the passengers in some pline. After all the children had been taken off the women te trans- ferred to the life boats. = Next came the men, and last of all the ‘ew. Many of the women were so overcome that they had to be picked up 4 dropped overboard into the arms of life-boat crew. Capt. Stenger behaved like a hero. Not only d he dircet the efforts of his officers and c but he per- sonally asgisted in lowerinz the passengers. ——+—— United States Marines Land at Man: gua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Galveston, ‘Tex., February 12—A detachment of forty marines from the United States warship Alert landed a few days ago at San Juan- del Sur, and will guard the United States consulate and cable offices so long as the revolution lasts. Another British warship arrived today at Corinto and two more are expected this week. Post Chaplain Edward H. FitzGerald has been ordered from Fort Sheridan, IL, to Fort Crook, Neb. First Lieuts. Henry C. Cabell and Henry G. Learnard of the 1ith Infantry are re- lieved from duty with the National Guard of Oregon and Idaho and ordered to join their regiment at Vancouver Barrack, Wash. Major James Chester, $d Artuwery, has been retired. Lieut. Anton Springer, jr., 21st Infantry, has been granted one month's Major Lewis Smith, 4th y 1 retired under the forty years’ service . Arthur, paymaster, has been a from duty at Atlanta and ordered io await relirement. Commander W. H. Everett ached from the hydrographic ind ordered to take command of the H Faust has had his un- nee revoked and he is jeutenant W. t leave o| ant Commander R. Rush has been ched from command of the -uichigan and ordered home, and to be ready to com- mand the E urgeon J. C. Thompson has jetached from the Mare Island Navy raered to the Mohican. ‘ommander L. C. Logan of the Constellation is at the Army and Navy Club. S. Houston of the League F y yard is at 1418 20th street on leave of absence. Lieut, John Pope, Ist Artillery, and Lieut. Jas. Hamilton, 3d Artillery, have been re- tired on account of disability. Lieut. O. J. Clarke, 10th Infantry, ERE. Herron, Ist Cavalry, ure 3 De Sales stre: ‘ol. J. 1. Rodger: Ebbitt. Major E. H. Ruffver, Corps of Engineers, at the National. Capt. C. P. Miller, quartermaster’s de- partment, is at 725 20th street. —__—__——--e-— IN RECEIPTS. and at Sth Artillery, is at the Gratifying Results Coming From the Dingley Tarif. Assistant Secretary Howell of the Treas- ury Department has under his supervision the customs division of the government. He was one of the first to predict that the Dingley bill would furnish sufficient reve- hue to the government before it had been operating many mouths. He, therefore, takes pride in the constant increase which the customs receipts show. The total receipts of customs this week were $4,155,766, the largest by many thous- ands of any week since the Dingley Dill went into effect. The average daily re- ceipts this week were $602,624, the highest of any week since the Dingley bill went into operation and for more than a year before. The total customs receipts for the first twelve days of this month, including one Sunday, are $7,11 » giving indication that the receipts for this month will reach in the neighborhood of $16,000,000. _Com- pared with the first twelve days of Fepru- ary of last year the showing is splendid, the receipts for the previous year for the same time being $5,708), At the rate of $4,000,000 a month the re- ceipts, with those from other sources, will more than equal the expenditures. The same receipts, with a slight increase, would aiso aid in reducing the deficit that now exiets. ‘There is now thought to be no possibility that the coming month will show a deficit. A surplus is expected, with a surplus on the following months. Mr. Howell today gave out figures show- ing that the importations of sugar so far amount to comparatively little. With aver- age sugar importations the customs re- ceipts would be much larger than at pres- ent, and so soon as these importations reach the regular stage there is no telling hew much the customs receipts will amount to. In January last 98,952,716 pounds of sugar were received, against 194,527,458 pounds in January, 1897, and 247/859,628 pounds in January, 1896. —— ro TO EXCHANGE STATIONS. Mordecai and Lieut. Col. Arnold to Be Transferre: The War Department has settled the long-standing controversy over the com- mand at the Springfield armory by ordering an exchange of stations and commands be- tween Col. Alfred Merdecai, now at that armory, and Lieut. Colonel Isaac Arnold, the present commander at the Waterviiet, N. ¥., arsenal. Colonel Mordecai has been often the subject of charges, mostly pre- ferred by employes or ex-employes, nearly all of which are based upon allegations of Col severity, or discrimnation and such things, but none of which in any manner, however, reflect upon the integrity of the officer. Secretary Alger caused an inquiry to be made and summoned Colonel Mordecai to Washington, where the matter was talked over, the Secretary reaching the conclusion thet the officer’s usefulness would be great- er at another post, so the transfer was or- dered today. DEPUTIES WILL TESTIFY Sheriff Martin's Counsel Denies a Rumor of No Defense. The ‘Witnesses to Show the Strikers Prosecution Introduces More ‘Were Not Disorderly. WILKESBARRE, Pa., February 12.—Mike Krupa, a Crystal Ridge man, was the first witness in the Lattimer shooting case this morning. He joined the strikars at West Hazleton, with a number of his friends. They all carried sticks, but the strikers in- sisted that they threw them away before they allowed them to march. Thy did so and went on to Lattimer. “I was in the front rank at Lattimer,” the witness said, ‘and I stopp2d with the others when the sheriff ordered us to do so to hear what he had to say. ‘The other men pushed us on past the sheriff and then the firing commenc2d. I ran with the oth- ers. Two men near me fell wounded. The shooting stopped after I got to the school house. I cannot tell just now long the shooting lasted. There wer2 a number of shots fired after the volley.” Knew of No Violence. On cross-examination by counsel for the defense, the witness said he had not heard that any man had be2n beaten at Crystal Rod by the strikers because he would not jcin them. Matthew Long of the prosecuting com- mittee, said today that the commonwealth would have about lifty more witnesses to put on the stand. Mr. Lenahan, of counsel for the defense, denied the rumor that the defense would not call any witnesses, thereby allowing the case to go to the jury without any evidence. He stated that no motion would be made to the court to have the case dis- missed, on the ground that the common- wealth had made out no ca He said the cefense wanted to show th fair up in its proper light, and for thut purpose would put a large number of witnesses on the stand, including all the deputte: The second witness today was Anthony Gayno. He said that wnile he was at West Hazleton one of the deputies seized kim by the coat sleeve, tore it und hustled him around, frightening him so badly that he did not go to Lattimer. Misw Kohler Testifies. Miss Mary Kohler said that she saw the strikers arrive at Lattimer, and that they were quiet and orderly. She did not eee the shooting, having sone into tie house just before it occurred. On cross-examination by counsel for the defense, the witness admitted that the peo- ple of Lattimer seemed frightened when they heard that th s were coming, and that she knew of scver ne a Mrs. Case, who had fled to the mountat: The Lattimer residenis, she said, had be e of terrer sinc he previous when an body of strikers were in Lattimer. The fourth witness of the day was John Patiska Patiska sald that he saw some deputies out of a Hazleton har e store with guns. “I hear‘l them s he con- tinued, “they were going s. At Lattimer I saw the she to shoot the He was pushing his revol in the faces of some of them, but he did not shoot. Some of the deputies shouted, ‘Fire,’ and the shooting commenced. We all ran. 1 saw seven men fail rignt away, and some ot hool house. others fell as we ran A couple of deputies ri r 3 far as the rall- ad and shot at some of the strikers who re running in the brush. Could Not identify Deputies. The cross-examination brought out noth- ing new except that the witness could not identify the two deputies whom he saw run to the railroad track and shoot. Court then adjourned until Monday. Judge Woodward safd no court would be heid this afternoon because of it being a legal holiday. Prosecution Appeals for Funds. HAZLETON, Pa., February 12.—John Ne- meth, treasurer of the prosecuting commit- tee which supplied most of the funds for the prosecution of Sheriff Martin and his deputies, today issued an appeal for finan- cial aid. The funds at the disposal of the committee are nearly exhausted. ines SUN-DRIED FRUIT. German Experts Find n Jose S EXAMINING Few Cases of he. BERLIN, February 12—The government expert investigation to ascertain whether the San Jose scale may exist in the sun- dried fruit continues. Consul Pitkin reperted to the United States embassy today that out of 4,000 packages of fruit which arrived at Ham- burg this week, two small lots, shipped from infected California districts, were stopped. No northern fruit has so far be2n found infested. The lots stopped during the past fortnight from California were Scroma apples. During the coming weck 00 packages are expected. Afterward there will be a few straggling lots. ‘Tbe government tests are quite fair. Sampies are only taken for the purpos2 of examination, though the examination takes @ long time. : ——— THE CHARTER APPROVED. Memorial Park Association Receives Official Sanction. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 12.—Govern- or Tyler has just approved (on Abraham Lincoln's birthday) the charter of the Fredericksburg and Adjacent National Bat- tlefields Memorial Park Association, with incorporators from thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia, the object being to mark these battlefields by one memorial park, embracing in all about 6,500 acres? and including the battlefields of Freder- icksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spottsyivania Court House. The area is just about that of Chickamauga Park. ‘The association will organize at Freder- icksburg February 22, Washington's birth- day, and immediately thereafter bills will be introduced in both houses of Congress. More than forty Senators and Representa- tives in Congress, formerly Union and. con- federate soldiers, are included among the incorporators, among them Generals Sic- kles, Bragg, Butterfield, Horatio C. King of the Union army, and Generals Long- street and -Fitzhugh Lee and Colonel Walter H. Taylor, adjutant general of Gen- eral Robert EB. Lee’s army. Every one of <Le present officers of the Society of the Army of the Potomac has his name in- cluded among the incorporators. Both houses of the legislature have also unani- mously passed a joint resolution memorial- izing Congress to set aside this park. ABOLISH THE RECIPROCAL CLAUSE. Canadian Government is Not Satis- fled With Customs Law. OTTAWA, Ont., February 12—It is off- cially announced that the government is go- ing to ask parliament to change the cus- toms law by abolishing the reciprocal clause and making the minimum tariff ap- ply solely to Great Britain, with possibly by the discovery that even with the Ger- man and Belgian treaties out of the way the preferential tariff would apply to near- ly all the world, A BUSINESS. VIEW —_>—_++—. Description of the! Conditions in Cuba. | WHY AUTONOMY IS OPPOSED Revolt the Result of a Century of Wrongs. : PROGRESS OF THE WAR (Copyright, 1888, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, February 9, 1898. A business man in one of the western cities wants to know whether it isn’t time for this Cuban nuisance to stop. He writes me in a vein of expostulation, yet with a real desire to know why it doesn’t stop, and with an apparent belief that if the in- surgents understood how impatient the commercial interests of the United States are becoming they would accept what Spain offers them and quit. It is a hopeless task to make the conservative business man un- derstand foreign affairs, but as my corre- spondent is only an ordinary business man there may be hope for him. And he is ap- parently a type of many others who are beginning to realize that their own wishes do not control the situation, and to wonder why. If the prospect were for an early settlement it would not be worth while to go over well-trodden ground and to write of things that have become wearisome through writing of them so often. As it is I shall try to be as brief as if this were a commercial letter. A Century of Misgovernment. To begin at the beginning, the present war is thirty years old. It is a real revolu- tion which is supported by the mass of the Cuban people. The revolution began in 1868. It was the outcome of a hundred years of Spanish misgovernment. It lasted ten years, and that period came to be known as the ten years’ ‘war. The United States concerned itself then with the Cu- ban question, and Gen. Grant’s administra- tion was kept busy finding reasons for not recognizing either belligereney or independ- ence. Seventy volumes of public documents in the archives at Washington give the his- tory of the position taken by the United States. While the objeetions to recognizing either belligerency or independence were os- tensibly based on shadowy international law, the ground privately taken was that such action would harm the Cubans, because they were not strong enowgh to sustain themselves. In 1878 some of the leading in- surgent chiefs were persuaded to agree to what was called the compact of Zanjon. They had been keeping up the fight for eighteen months without artis. Under this treaty, or compact, Spain promised liberal and extensive reforms by which Cubans would have some share in the government of Cuba, An era of industrial and commercial pros- perity followed the temporary restoration of peace. It was the period betwecn 18s and 1800, when all the world ‘was prosper- ous, or felt prosperous. Spain quickly for- got her promises of reforms. In the first years her forgetfulness wa no: so mark- ed, but gradually the inherent vices cf her corrupt and oppressive system showed themselves. “Hard times,” which came to Cuba as to the United States, made the misgovernment unbearable. In the early part of 1895 it was felt that the interreg- ar of the revolution was drawing to an end. The Outbreak in 1805. The insurrection broke out in February of that year. The outbreak was prema- ture. The plans of the leaders were not matured. The arms they had arranged to bring to the island were not here. The Spanish government had every chance to crush incipient rebellion. It was unable to do so. That may fairly be accepted as one test of the hold the-revolution has on the mass of the Cuban people. Its roots were deep down and could mot be pulled up. They have sustained the struggle for lib- erty for three years by great hardship and sacrifice. They will sustain it longer. What is more important is their ability to do so. At the start they trusted their cause to military leaders who nad been tried in the ten years’ war. Among these were Maxi- mo Gomez, Maceo and Calixto Garcia. Their trust has not been betrayed. Maceo’s genius for arms carried them through the first and critical stages of the insurrection. Since his death Gomez and Garcia have shown equal ability. It is now three years’ since the outbreak. A review of the events of that period is not necessary to understamd that Cuba is neither conquered nor pacified. What the impatient business men of the United States want to know is whether the island is going to pacify itself through the medium of autonomy. They may judge for them- selves from existing conditions. During the first period of the revolution from 1868 to 1878 the fighting was not around Havana or in the western part of tne island. It was limited to the central and eastern provinces. This ume it has spread over the whole is- land. Gomez decided on that plan. The War in the West. When the Spanish troops were strongest, with Maceo as his ileutenant, he swept from the eastern eng to the western point. The Spaniards call that march “the inva- sion.” It was a remarkable military move- ment, and the results age still felt. Busi- ness in Havana and elsewhere received a shock which endures. The insurgents in these provinces have a hard time, harder than their fellows in the east. The Spanish troops are easily massed, and when miltary operations are active these insurgents are harrassed constantly. But they perform their part, which is to. keep the provinces from becoming pacifie€. A few thousand of them are able to do that‘in half the ts- land. Many of them @re net nice people. They do not have drawing room manners. in the field they are fot, al a rule, jovial company. They are apé to be sour and sul- len. Three years in ae pi. away from civiliz , the refinements of has made them so. Untit recently they were ragged. Nevertheless few of tHem would think of giving up short of death. é One day I noticed among the list of pre- sentadoes the name of a young Cuban who belonged to a prow#inent family. Knowing him to be an ‘uncofpromising in- surgent, I asked a eee What it meant, and expressed a desire to se him. “It is too late,” was the reply; would not know you. He is dyitig ‘ his brother's house. Hearing of his condition, his rela- tives tried for weeks te get kim to present himself. They iad the promfiso from the authorities that he shosid ‘home. But he would not present iilingel! til his com- mander not sii gave him permission, i but ordered him to’do so.’ The Spirit-of the People. Probably the case of this young Cuban would not appeat to practical business men, who would take the cémmon sense view that @ man sick and dying ought to seek the shelter of his home, without waiting DIPLOMATIC HARA-KIRI. The Pen is Mightier than the Machete. === SPAIN’S GOOD FAITH The Issue Created by the De Lome Letter. ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION Propriety of the Act is Now Ques- tioned. AWAITING MAIL REPORTS pec eager se ee It was announced at the State Depart- ment this afternoon that there was nothing to be said respecting the De Lome letter at present; that so far Minister Woodford has not yet forwarded the full report of the in- terview had by him with the Spanish for- eign office. So the situation is precisely as it was yesterday. A point that may become of importance in considering the propriety of the action of the Spanish government in accepting the resignation of the minister without eo far disclaiming responsibility for the utter- ances contained in his letter has been broached—that is, whether the Spanish goy- ernment was aware of the contents of the letter. There is reason to believe that at least when it acted upon Mr. de Lome’s resignation, if not, indeed, up to the pres- ent moment, the Spanish foreign office has full text of the letter, it has acted on the not had before tt the and it may be that assumption, that mi ples in the show case, or the big red ep- ples in the top of the barrel. It 13 possible to travel through scme parts of the tec- bacco raising province of Pinar eel Rio and by shutting ihe eyes between stitions not Know that war is going on in Cuba. During the civil war in the United States one might have ridden clear across the state of Ohio on tie raitroai train and not have seen a sign of warfare. He could have done it with his eyes wide open, too. In the Eastern Privince: The tendency to measure the entire geog- raphy of Cuba by the bounds of Havana has helped to blind people to the existence of the insurrection in the eastern prov- inces. Though it is often explained they do not yet appreciate that except a few towns the insurgents control those provinces. And until she regains control of Santiago and of Puerto Principe, Spain’s authority in Cuba cannot be said to be’ respected, much less re-established. I do not write from personal observation, because I have never been in those provinces. But the conditions are admitted by the Spanish au- thorities themselves, and this general knowledge I have supplemented by the statemenis of persons who have been in the eastern end of the isiand. In parts of Santa Clara, in most of Puerto Principe and in substantially all of Santiago the country districts and the smaller villages are in undisputed possession of the insur- gents. They are the peaceful inhabitants, cultivating their fields and raising cattle, which are driven to the camps of their brothers who are under arms. In Santiago for six months the forces under Calixto Garcia have been attacking the towns, generally with success. This is part of the policy of making the country uninhabitable for the Spaniards. They can hold tne cities and with large bodies of troops they can temporarily oceupy some portions of the country; but this tempo- rary occupancy makes no headway again: the insurrection. An American from Garcia’s command, in which he held a commission, was telling me about the military operations, so called. I interrupt- ed him to ask jf there were no presenta- dces. “Yes,” he replied, time high as twenty-five a They are a nuisatce; we den’t always know what to do with them.” The state puzzling until I learn- cd that in § ) the presentations are from the Spanish lines to the insurzents. When the latter besiege a town or cut off its food supply a gcod many of the foreswear their allegiance to Spain 2 present. them: to the insurgents. A whole chapter could not make the desperate uation of the Spanish authority in the orient clearer than this single statement. Talking Autonomy Forbidden. The same American told me that when the intention to propose autcnomy was known Garcia posted up a notice saying that anybody talking autoncmy would be shot as a deserter. Garcia’s troops are not regular soldiers. They are a loose army of volunteer insurgents. If they, or the people who sustain them, wanted to talk autonomy cr to accept autonomy no man whom they had made their general would be able to stop them by sticking a few lines of writing on the bark of a tree. This American also gave me the infor- mation that there would be little fighting on the part of the insurgents for months to come. This is in obedience to the orders of Gomez, which have been impressed on the insurgent chiefs in every corner of the island. If Spain should make a supreme effort to save her sovereignty by a last desperate assault with powder and bayo- net the insurgents are saving their strength so as to be able to meet her. At present the condition of the Spanish army in Cuba is such that the supreme effort cannot be made. It is for the future, if it ever comes. The probability is strong that the insur- gents will continue their tactics in utter disregard of the impatience of the business men in the United States. Autonomy may seem a good thing to American business men. They have been told so. Yet the in- surgents are the ones to be consulted, and they spurn it, though proffered them in purses of gold. The insurgent campaign is conducted with the double purpose of bankrupting Spain and securing intervention. Some statesmen in Washington have thought that financial bankruptcy must compel Spain to let go without the United States mixing in the affair. The cost of the war to Spain is $8,000,000 gold monthly._ That means that a war debt of $300,000,000 has been incur- red. Besides this, Spain owes her army, the transportation companies, the munici- palities of the island and various private companies $70,000,000. Then there is. the $20,000,000 of paper currency, known as “Weyler’s” scrip. Nevertheless, business men appreciate how a bankrupt manages to run along because the fact is known that he is bankrupt. The same thing ap- plies to a nation. They will therefore not be so apt to look for an early collapse through this source of weakness.as do pub- lic men untrained in business matters. Hoping for Intervention. There remains intervention. When they began the fight many of the insurgents thought it was only a matter of a few months before the United States would step in and help them out. They did not fore- see how determinedly two administrations would struggle to keep the United Statea out of the muddle. Experience has taught them. They no longer fix a period of a few menths, though they believe intervention will ultimately come. By planning a year’s campaign they. may be bringing it before that time elapses. I know that the mejor- ity of bag riers men in the United a ours their country meddling, as they call it, in Cuban affairs, though viduals they may feel sorry for the Cu- bans as the vic! of who has recently returned } ee 26 from the short mes Everett had not warned off European na- | Lome, When he resigne tions and asserted a paramount authorit; for the Unfted States in Cuba the position previously taken might have been torgot- ten, And if Mr. Cleveland and Major Mc- Kinley had not gone further then. their predecessors and asserted an intention to \intervene if Spain did not succeed in doing certain things the busine men in the United States might be able to escape the consequences of such doctrines. But since It Is too late to reverse every step cf the , that the document sonal criticisms upon the In this case the statements respecting the autonomy and reciprocity measures, which are regarded as of greater importance than the personal criticisms passed by the ntinister upon the President, may not have been known to the Spanish government when it acted. The fact that Senor Canale- jas, the person addressed by the minister, Who is now in Madrid, is said to have de- policy that after seventy-five years is |Coted to the government that he never reaching its culmination American business | Tocawed the letter would warrant such en men may now prepare for something else. | Sreciy ancd by the Spanish mention mee” I do not know whether the climax is | tly used by the Spanish legation here. ceming in weeks, months or a year. Every Conferring With the President, bedy in power apparently dreads it and Judge Day, the assistant secretary of Would delay the inevitable end. Neverthe-| state visited the President early this less, th> end is in sight, and the American people must scon face the issue whether Congress and the national administration sFall go forward or go backward. The tests laid down by President McKinley in his message for establishing the succ>ss of autonomy and Spain’s ability to re-estab- mornirg, being the first and most tmport- ant visitor of the day. To a Star reporter Judge Day said that the Department of State was awaiting further advices from Gen. Woodford and expected to hear some- =3 thi rnoon, Until the advic were lish her sovereignty by giving peace to the | + ” vas ot ght n tain | isiand cannot be met. The neutral inter- | Tecelved it was mot thought that anytaing Vention to end th> war by imposing a ra-| "5\ ane“) ether it is the ticnal compromise is approaching. intention of this rment to ask an ex- Imperial Views. pianation of of certain sentiments in EEA Se the De Lome letter as to autonomy and ‘To some of us'who have watched the pro- | Commercial relations. He said that nothing Sress of events right in the midst of them | yould be done until Gen. Woodford is it seems clear, yet the individual judgment | heard from. This was all the answer he is sometim2s biased. I have, therefore, | cared to give to the question. sorght the impression of others who have Pol of the Administration, more recently arrived on the scene. Amcng| The policy of the administration can be them are tobacco buyers, who have been out in the country. As a rul2, thi Americans do not sympathize with the in- strrection. They cry a plague on the j houses of both Cubans and Spaniards. But they judge from what they see. 1 have not met one of them who could find the 2vidence that Spain was re-establishing her stated brie question follows: The President is awaiting the full re- port of United States Minister Woodford, who, in the brief report already made, stated that fuller details will be forwarded. o far as the personal allusions of the late minister to the President are concerned and on authority not open to scvereignty, or that autonomy was mere | the incident is undoubtedly clos No de- than a figment. A broader view was given | mand has been or will be ma according me by a man who is accustomed to judge | to the present intentions, for a disavowal of men and of measures. He came to Cuba | of them, though should it be made, would for a special purpose. H> could not afford | be Fr as a graceful act. But the in- {to form a mistaken judgment. His means | ferem > letter which in ques- of information were exceptionally good, | tion od faith on stions of including the representatives of Spa reciprogity, and inferentially autonomy for power and leading autonomists holding | Cuba, if not disavowed voluntarily official: position. After a two , come the subject of further diplo correspondence, though as to this matter, as has been stated heretofore, the Prest- dent will await Minister Woodford’s fuller gation, he thr is | Rame,” he said, “will y up hi uu tell me wheth: there is any one in Havana who thy ent X Spain can hold this island?” 1 told him the | #dyices before anything is de i upon. army still thought so, but not b feature of the ex-minister’s letter is ‘These points may aid the American b y disassociated from the personal ness men in gi ing a situation to whic which resulted in his retirement. they have seemingly given little thought. expected by this govern- | 1 have sought to present a sober busine: will take early oppor- of the conditions. From th: of its late iti can be gathe ntiment is out of placa. oiution must be analyzed in the cold light mit Spain to g faith open to doubt. It is felt to be of reason. In such an analysis the, sto rea geet neeh Mere rd tchiabcer ton thn wretchedness and misery which appeal to | P@ve no Coubt as to Spain's veal the natural prompiings of humanity might | 2! feelings on those vit unconsciously infltence the judgment have been , Fe CHARLES af PEPEL likely to become such in the future. ot Numerous prominent republicans who GONE TO OLD POINT. visit the White House consider this the most important phase of the entire ques- Secretary Alger Lenves for the Sea-| tion, und they have said s0 to Presi- shore. dent. ‘They have congratulated him on the Secretary Alger lef i ig | Manner be bas handled the m: “roup to TGR Haren ne | thin tines tat NE epee the hope for Fort Mcnroe. He was accompanied by ” ak oO her that he will take cognizance of these Mrs. Alger, Miss Alger, Dr. Wood of the | things. army and a nurse and an attendant. The} The unani of cor.fidence in the Presi- | Party occupied a private car attached to t is somethin wey 2 the 10:57 o'clock train of the Chesapeake | When he becom: atin d Ohio read. ‘The car was fitted up with | Hct-headed reput ner pte on sees ap they would have id warm every arrangement for the comfort and] exit to De Lome in t h aver convenience of the distinguished invalid, that the President is acting ely and and arrangements were made for close con- | Car=fully. These expressions of trust come Richmond. that! thi | from all sides. The congratulations ex- nections at Richmond, so that the party | tended the President by callers have not can go through to Fort Monroe without | cucceeded in inducing him to talk as to his interruption. Mr. Justice McKenna, Acting Secretary Meiklejohn and other friends were at the talks to few and Cuba. 2tor Davis of the policy as to the future. on matters concern’ Ovtsid> of Judge D: Station to see the ty off. Secretary Al- | fcreign relati «~ Senate ger Was in good spirits and expressed the | was probably the caly caller at the White cpinion that he would soon be all right] House today who would probably have again. He walked from his carriage to| bcen taken into the President's confidence the train without assistance. Although | as to the situation, -sull weak he is much improved. While At the Spanixh Legation. at Fort Monrce the party will be quartered at Chamberlin Hotel. The length of their stay will depend on the Secretary’s health, but will probably not last over two weeks. ee SECRETARY GAGE IN DEMAND. At the Spanish legation affairs as- sumed a normal condition. Senor Du Bose is in actual charge. He did not visit the State Department today, having no occa- sion to do so. This afternoon he made calls on the foreign representatives, thus fulfill- ing a social and an official duty, by which the fact of his assuming charge of the post was made known to them. Senor de Lome was busy during the fore- noon winding up his affairs preparatory to his return to Spain. The date of his de- parture has not yet been fixed. Mme. de Lome is superintending the work of pack- ing and reports of her being prostrated by the recent occurrence are groundless. The New Minister. No intimation has come to any one of the legation with regard to the ‘new minister. The several names mentioned are, well known, but all comment is now regarded as purely conjectural. Assistant Secretary Day Misquoted. Assistant Secretary Day is very indig- nant today over what he claims to be mis- representations of his attitude on the De Lome affair. He says most positively that he has never told any one, newspaper man Many Invitations to Make Addresses Received. Secretary Gage is besieged with invita- tions to make speeches throughout the country, and is unable to accept many of them. He ‘s now in Chicago and will de- liver an address this evening before the Marquette Club at its Lincoln anniversary banquet. The Secretary will return early next week. Two rival political organiza- tions of Harvard have invited the Secretary to speak before them. He has asked them to get together, so that he may address both at the same time. ————o+_____ Personal Mention. Secretary Bliss of the Interior Depart- ment has gone to New York, to be absent two or three days. Commissioner Duell of the patent office has gcne to his home in Syracuse, N. Y., on private business. He will remain away @ week. be closed until en eee: ais- claims resvonsibili statements Friends of Mrs. E. W. Ayres will be sorry | made by Senor de Lome in’ his letter to to learn that she is seriously ill with grip. | Canalejas. 2 Colonel Henry Casson of Wisconsin, who} A Star reporter who was present when has been the guest of Representative Bab- | Judge Day received a large d2legation of ‘cock, left today for his home. newspaper men in his office yesterday did ‘Tue friends of Mrs. William J. Caulfield | not hear him make any such remark as will regret to learn that-she is still con-| that attributed to him in some of the ‘Aeststant Sooretary "Vanderlip Statement but in reply ‘to auostions pre: * of the a pro- ‘Treasury- went to Williams- | pounded by different r>porters, said, in sub- port, Pa., to make a fontaht stance, that the department was expecti: pee 5 eee aa will @ further report from Minister Wi brate day with a banquet. bearing on this question and that the inci