Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1898, Page 1

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No other paper, published anywhere, has so large a percentage of its circulation among the homes, families and busi- ness circles of the city where printed. In no other Washington paper, there- fore, is an advertisement worth half so much to an advertiser. SPINS NEW PLEA Protocol Was Signed Be- fore Manila Surrendered, CLAIM OF CONTINUGUS RULE Belief in Paris of a Satisfac- tory Agreement. BASED ON QUESTION OF PRICE Setter Terms Expected After Elec- tion Has Occurred. O PROTEST EXPECTED PARIS peace neg: United States, November —Referring to the ations between Spain and the the Gaulois this morning “The memorandum of the Spanish mmissioners extended to forty peges of ciesely written matter and included an ob- jection to the surrender of Manila, on the that It took place forty-eight hou fter the signing of the peace prelim There e plea also ar m that the con- tinued sovereignty of Spain over the Phil- ippine Islands was evidenced by the fact that this sovereignty by M. Cambe had been referred to (the French ambassador at on the of signing the nd was not objected to by plomats at the time.” Spaniards Are Encouraged. eve lots f the sing to the ude Speniaré: t an ag nt will be ar- the election in the Uni s republicans will show cting, The being relieved of all point to 2 sim- y to be the nt a ich rep w in demandin; sre tH obligations e insurgents. Ido in his opera- obliged to hat the finitely re- from Spar mn on th Snain and in erested the r in important > point.” Views of the Matin. point cf the Paris conference an n- The poi have kept and have not hag- Tnited sted on r outside a proto notably wich re- ‘ext of the Protocol. The Depar today for the first tim: public a copy of the protocol i ates and Spain for ent of the war. A from the jepartment of the otocol, joc u- led and embodying the governments have matters herein- ing in view the estab- between the two coun- ay Article I. quish all claim of s wilt eignty over and title to Cuba. Article Mm. will cede to the United States the Spain rel Spai Island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West In- dies, and also an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United Sta: Article IIL. United States wili oc and hold . bay and harbor of Manila ponding clusion of a treaty of peace whieh ermine the control, disposition ard ent of the Philippines. Article Iv. The the ci ay will immediately evacuate Cuba, ico and other fslands now under sovereignty in the West Indies: and to this end each government will, within ten days after the signing of this prot comm: 1, appol ioners st commissioners, and th appointed shall, within days after the signing of this proto- at Havana for the purpose of ar- sisning « this prot to Rico fer the her islands now eignty in the W under Spanis: Indi Article V. The United States and Spaih will each ap- point net more than five commissioners to treat of peace, and the commissioner: appointed shall meet at Paris not later October 1, 1898, and proceed to the negotia nm of a treaty treaty shall be subject to according to the respective cor forms of the two countries: Article VI. Upon the conclusion and signing of this Pretoecol, hostilities between the two coun- tries shall be suspended, and notice to t effect shall be given as soon as possible by euch government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. 2 Done at Washington in duplicate, in En- glish and in French, by the unders‘gned, who have hereunto set their hands and seals, the 12th day of August, 180s. (Seal) WILLIAM R. DAY. (Seal) JULES CAMBON. oC TO THE PRESIDENT. tion and conclus = AP Urged to Preserve the Peace in North Carolina. ‘The following address was presented at the White House by a committee toda: “To the President of the United States. “ At a mass meeting of citizens from any portions of the United States, held under the auspices of the Lyceum of the Second Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., on Tuesday evening, the Ist instant, a com- mittee was appointed to present to you the situation in the state of North Carolin: and to ask you to exercise your good of- fices to yreserve the peace and to maintain constitutional government in all portions of our common country. “We do not come to you as politicians, seeking some partisan end, 1m i colored nen aroused by the p: hour, but, sir, we come as economists, studemts of history and the science of gov- ernment patriots zealous of our coun- you, the chief executive of this gr tion, and commander-in-chief of the and naval forces, to exercise all constitu- tional power in you vested to protect every American citizen in the enjoyment of his constitutional rights. “The present situation in the state of North Carolina is but an act in the series of the reign of terror inaugurated in the year of 1873, to wrest from the legitimaie electors the siate governmen‘s in ceria n sections of the covntry and to nullify the recent amendment to the Constitution of the United States by resorting first to mcb violence and then to subterfuge in order to Geprive citizens of their right to vote and to hold office. “The lawless reiga was first inaugurated in the state of Loui and step by step it kas worked i eastward anl northwerd, until it now borders on the state of Virginia, and will soon overshadow the national capital, and ere le > Jate laveholder will call his slaves base of Bunker Hill. The thing has gone far enough. This nation in establ now dealing with new problems hing governments in the islands of the sea, and we do not want our use fulness impaired before the eyes of the na- tions of the world by the charge, even though it be but tolerably well founded, that we have only a_quasi-constitutional government in the United States. The present situaticn is a grave one, and the it attitude of lawless men in the state of North Carolina will be far-reaching in its effects unless it is counteracted by the streng arm of government. “Jesse Lawson, R. W. Thompson, H. A. Clarke, Thomas Ware, C. L. Marshall, commit +9 « DISPLEASING TO FRANCE Announced Intention of the Government to Evacuate Fashoda. Otherwise the Policy Announced by M. Dupu Has Been Generally Well Received. PARIS. here. November commenting nounced ment ne tod upon intention of the French govern- se the Marchand mission to ¢ Fashoda, say they must wait for jaration of the minister of foreign . M. Deleasse, before pronouncing sn opinion on the subj But they poirt out that this check has caused a painful im- pression throvghout the country. The ministerial policy announced by the pers he an- to ¢: premier, M. Dupuy, in the chamber of den- uties vesterda been generally well re- ceived. The cabinet’s policy of conciliation and its decision to end the attacks on the army are approved of. and the chamber’s irdorsement of this po also meets with val. he Gaulois says the court of cassation has decided to hear the minister of M. De Freycinet, in its. inv vn the Dreyfus case. and that the court will content itself with tement thour ins upe secret documents in the case, The Fronde s the case against Col. t. who was charged with communi- to u orized persons the con- f important military documents, in ise of Dreyfus, has been quashed, i that the i will i LONDON, Ne prisoner, who. the Chirche released t as been Midi m prison, 5.—The at the Marquis rench t from remove hoda ter misgivin London ys under tock ex- LIEUT. NIBLACK IN THE CITY. He is on Hix Way to Join Admiral Dewey at Manila, Lieutenant Niblack, formerly in charge of the naval militia branch of the Navy Department, and just detached from the command of torpedo boat Winslow, which has gone out of commission, reported at the Navy Department today, en route to Manila. He sails from San Francisco on the igth, having been assigned to duty on Ad- miral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. It was in large part owing to the indefatiga- ble efforts of Lieutenant Niblack that the naval militia was developed to the point where it became of such valuable service during the war. ee Personal Mention. Paymaster Carmody of the navy, having been detached from duty on board the United States ship Wabash, where he has been serving since the war was declared between this country and Spain, has re- turned to the city with Mrs. Carmody and their daughter, Kathleen, and they have re- opened their 16th street home. Mr. James H. Ellis of Canon City, Col., who has been visiting his brother, Mr. T. F. Ellis, at 512 E_ street northwest, will leave this evening for Colorado to cast his vote for the republican ticket. Mr. Ellis firmly believes Mr. Wolcott wiil pe elected governor of Colorado, and that the state will wheel into the republican column. Mr. Gerome Desio has returned home after a three months’ tour of the White moun- tains. Mr. William A. King, chief clerk of the census, (s taking 2 hunting trip tn south- rm Ma 4 will be absent until the h of December. SPREADS LIKE FIRE a The Movement to Suppress Negro Vote in North Carolina. MASS MEETING IN CRAVEN COUNTY nd The White Men Advised to Win at All Hazards. A NEGRO PAPER’S ADVICE Special From a Staff Correspondent. NEWBERN, N. C., November 5.—Like a prairie fire before a northwest gale is the movement designed for the overturning of negro domination in politics, sweeping through North Carolina. The southern end of the state has been ablaze for a week, and now the fires are springing up along the northeast coast. Following the spreading of the “red shirt” movement in the southern counties comes the action of other communities looking to the regaining of white supremacy. Last night I was present at the kindling of the flames of racial struggle in Craven county, where up to this time the people have been dormant. This county contains about 3,200 republican voters, of whom sixty-seven are said to be white men, and «) democratic voters, all white. A mass meeting of the white citizens was held in the county court house, which was attend- ed and presided over by some of the most influential men of the city, bank presi- dents, lawyers, prominent’ business. men and professional men. Intense enthusiasm was mingled with, the greatest earnestness and there was no mi: taking the spirit of the meeting. Impa sioned speeches were delivered, all having for their declared purpose the deliverance of the county from republican and negro rule. The meeting took a serious turn by the adoption of resolutions urging the os- tracizing of the white men who lead the negroes and declaring that hereafter of labor shall give preferenc: men in all cases where practicable. The speakers of the evening began by pi turing thecomplete domination of the county by negro office holders and declaring their ituation to be longer unendurable. To Ostracize White Leaders. Mr. H. C. Whitehurse, a prominent law- yer, sald the conditions in Newbern City were made possible by the leadership of about twenty white men who organized the negro vote. He said these leaders were given social equality with the other resi dents, living, as he declared, upon ill-gotten ains of office. Too much forbearance had n yielded them and they should no long- er be tolerated Another speaker, Mr. Jame Bryan, president of a national bank, said that i the worst comes to the worst, and there is a clash between the races, wrath should not be wreaked upon the ignorant negro alone, but also upon the white-skinned scoundreis who lead them. In that ¢ gory he mentioned United States § Butler of thi tate, ‘Win this election peaceably i said Mr. Bryan, and t have got to win it; win it.’ Other speakers urged upon the audience the necessity of the county doing its shure in the general movement going on through- state and acco: h effective re- ain R. D. Shaw, well known in in the city on cam- the democratic ticket, pnator put you got to in that strain Win this fight,” he said, “by the peace- ful means of the ballotbox if you can, but win it “Such significant utterances loudly cheered by the audience. All the sneakers entreated the white men to for- sake all confiicting party affiliations and Join the movement which Mr. A. D. Was the chairman, declared was an is rty, an issue of civilization. Committee Reports Resolutions. A committee on resolutions, composed of n of the most substantial men of the city, brought in the resolutions, which were read amid frequent interruptions and ex- pressions of approval. The resolutions de- clared “that the republican party in North lina 1s founded on negro, nd com- s these were sue above ba in Its ranks all the 1 and the democratic party is composed wholly of white men, and no negro: The Gemo- cratic party is the white man’s parry The resolutions declared it to be the dviy of every white man to do everything in his power to win an honorable celiver- ance from negro domination and its ae- companying ruin and disgrace. The ostva- cizing clause of the resolutions was as fol- lows: “That it is the sense of this racet- ing that henceforth all white men who vote with and ally themselves with the negro in polities shall be regarded and de- nounced as traitors to their race and coun- y. 2 s public enemies, and not to be We denounce su make a busi -gro, and ulty of be! orey, to be driven 4 % lutions pledged the community y means that brave and honor- able men may for the deliverance and sal- ion of our state from the horrible fate threatens. The resolutions were adopted t rising vote. When that por tion of the solutions declaring ostracism ef the white republican fers was read the audience cheered loudly, and from the body of the hall came demands that the leaders should be mentioned by name. assoc to the white r: nizing the upon pe h. Leaders’ Names Mentioned. The chairman of the committee then called the names of the sheriff of the county, J. L. Hahn, Robert Hancock, Sey- mour Hancock and others, and they were incorporated in the resolutions. The decla- ration that preferment should be given to white labor was also received with vocifer- ous applause. ‘This county, Craven, is described as pre- senting one of the most conspicuous cases of complete negro domination in the state. ‘There are sixty-eight negroes holding offi- ces in the county. There !s a ma- jority of negro voters over whites of near! 1,000. It is this majority which has elected some of them to office, while others hold position by virtue of ap- pointment from a republican governor. ‘The list of negro office holders includes one register of deeds, two deputy register of deeds, four deputy sheriffs, one coroner, four constables, twenty-seven magistrates, one county commissioner, one member of the board of education, thirteen school com- missioners, three road overseers, one city attorney, three city aldermen, four police- men, one engineer at the United States government building and two janitors at the United-States government building. Negroes on the Ticket. The candidates on the republican ticket include negroes for the offices of assem- blyman, register of deeds, county treas- urer, coroner and one magistrate. As far as can be ascertained, it is not the pur- pose of the whites of Newbern to forcibly prevent the negroes from voting as pro- posed in Wilmington. No steps have been taken tp that end. and it ts too late to do so. 'The advice of the sneakers at to- night’s meeting was to win the election by the ballot if possible. but at any rate to win it. A campaign weekly published here by a gro who loves his mother-an@ father, his wife and children, and is @ppesed to dem- ocratic slavery, bury white supremacy on next Tuesday face downward in order that it may never rise again to vilify the negro, lie against their own homes and call white men black. Vote against white supremac which, through its advocatés, has claime that North Carolina was not fit to live in, because the people had turned.them out of office. Vote against white supremacy whose advocates are trying in thig grand old state of ours.te-disfranchise yau and put a property and-edweational ation Upon your vote. Vote the people's and repub- lican ticket and save the state. Vote the whole official ticket, scratet me: man on the ticket. We must win this eleetion.” The democratic campaign Managers will teke action upon the publication, which they declare to be incendiary. N.O. M. Butler's Engagement Canceled. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. WILSON, N. C., November Senator Butler will not speak in Wilson this after- noon, having canceled nis engage nent. The democratic party managers here de- clare they are in no way responsible for Senator Butler canceling his engagement to speak here, and have not prevented him. It is understood that the populist-repub- Mean managers decided that it would be unwise, in the present critical state of af- fairs between the races here, to arouse the negroes by further campaign talk at this time, and that Senator Butler was so ad- vised by his followers. Riots Expected in Asheville. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, RICHMOND, Va., November —Clark Price, one of the leading lawyers of North Carolina, in an interview here, says grave fears of trouble are epprehended over the election in Asheville, N. C., next Tuesday. Judge James H. Merriman of Ashe told Mr. Price that he expected rioting in the streets of Asheville next Tuesday. The excitement there has reached a fever heat, and there is every indication of a clash between CGemccrats aid repubtieans. alta a MR. KERR’S FORECAST His Estimate Causes a Smile at Republi- can Headquarters, The Democratic | Sceretary Denies That He Offered to Bet and De- ned When His Offer Was Taken. The statement of Secrptary Kerr of the democratic congressional Comamittee, fore- casting the events that will take Mace next Tuesday, is simply smile@ at at republican headquarters, where it is said that Mr. Kerr has overdone his part invendeavoring to show a democratic victory which will give to that party complete egntrol of the House of Re entatives. Mr. Kerr, however, seid te a Star re- porter this morning that.his prediction had i no Way been biased by his own desires, and that in every instamce his conclusion had been reached upon statements made by reliable and conservasive people regard- ing conditions in the various ongressional districts. tements, he said been used only when they were known to be reliable, and that wherever the situa- tien was reported upon by men who showed that their enthusiasm for demotratie suc- cess overcame thelf sober judgment they Were thrown out. Mr. Kerr was quite indignant over the re- port that bad been circulated to the effect that he had offered to wager four or five thousand dollars with the republican con- sressional committee on the results of the election, and had withdrawn his offer when there Was an indication tat it would be accepted. § id today that he not only had not offered to bet anybody, but had no intention of doing so, and if any such offer should be made to him he should merely regard it an evidence of weakness on the other sid , ecretary Kerr's’ Forecast. Secretary Kerr's statement regards the result cf the election follows: The republi 206 members in the present Hous presentatives. ‘Three of these they have acquired by use of the chinery of th election committee, refore, based on thé rr of the elections tives 4 ocrats, 23 populists and 4ysilver tu the total opposition to the republil in the Fifi th Congress bei ing a republican majority of > changes necessary’ to carry the rep ans to the minority side, provided the demecrats should hold all the districts they now have. What ere the chances of demo- eratic succes According to the advices recelyed by committee from scurces which are vei rie, there are only 123 districts concct to the republicans as certain. Fert this, others are in the doubtful column, five of which are held by the opposition in the Fifty-fifth Congress, leaying forty-three r publican districts in which there is a close and hopeful contest in favor of the democ- , and 186 districts in which the oppos' to th publican party 18 positively and local republ dmitted as lost. So, publicans must cence sible chance to conirol tion Arry ve the r no pos certain to mittees hi; hour, his committee believes the next Con- gress will be democratic. Some of the for this are that thirty-two dis- re held by. republicans on so na row a margin as an average of only s7+ and when if is taken into con- jon that there is an average of post offices in these congressio ets, most of them be' , and there were at least four appli is for every fice, 762 republicans in each of th tric the po! 440) vote: were disappointed Dy not reaching office pic counter. An average of will lose them any of these di tricts; of 2 per cent of the repu lican vote will give the democrats a m: jority in the next How “And when it is considered that, in ad- dition, the republicans concede a loss of twenty-two districts north of Mason and Dixon’s line, it must be plain to every one the sorry plight their statistician must be in to make it anpear they have any republicans have twenty-six members at present from*New England, while the dem- ocrats have one, which wwil}’be increased to three, and possibly five, in the next House. In the middle and wesgern atates the re- publicans have 152 members fm the present House, while the demoggats nd fusionists have only fifty-one, whinh-wilk be increased to seventy-four, with asfightimg chance in thiriy-five additional digtricts; leaving only ninety-four districts cemgain ito the repub- licans. The south sentetwemfy-five repub- licans and 102 demacrags angi populfsts to the last House. The gepubiicans cannot hope to retain more than: cleven of these members in the next, giving tthe opposition a gain of fourteen mem&ers fgom the south alone, with a fighting chance for four more. And thus is made up the-statement which indicates that the republicans are only cer- tain of 123 districts, and if they were able to carry all of the remaining forty-one doubtful districts they could not have a majority of the next House.” —_—__ +0 The Roumania Sails From Arroyo. The following cablegram was received at the War Department at 11 o'clock this morning: “PONCE, Porto Ricb, November 5, 1858. “Adjutant General, Wshington: Roumania sailed ffor§ Arroyo November 3; 41 officers, 966 men, ‘td Diinois. HENRY, “Brigadier General.” ++ “(Signed.) PARTY LINES DRAWN Personality of Candidates Will Not Decide in New York. EFFECT ABOUT EVENLY BALANCED The Result Tuesday Will Settle State's Place Politically. ee ROOSEVELT CLOSING CANVASS Special From a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, October 5.—The fight in New York has got down about as close to party lines this time as it ever does. New York can safely be put in the list of repub- lican states hereafter if Roosevelt is elected. The issues in the campaign, while numer- ous, are not broad enough to cover the whole state. They have to be bunched, and then the upshot of it is that the democrats are on one side and the republicans on the other, with a very small floating or erratic vote to be considered. Practically all dem- ocrats who have not resolved to be classed permanently as republicans, or at least to sever forever their connection with the democratic party, are going to vote for Van Wyck. The men who in the last presiden- tial election called themselves gold demo- crats are for Van Wyck. Only those who dropped the name democrat are against him. ae ion, therefore, is whether or not rk has become a republican state. If the democrats do not carry it now they cannot hope to do so on a presidential elec- tion. They are stronger by reason of the absence of a direct nationa, issue. Many of those who are supporting Van Wyck would not vote for a democratic candidate for President. Van Wyck Personally Popular. Contrary to the general opinion outside the state, Van Wyck’s personality counts for as much among the class of men who have big interests and who often, if not usually, distrust the democratic party, as does Roosevelt's war record count with the younger and more impressionable element. The much-ta'ked-of money power and “corporation ccmbine” is not opposed to Van Wy Other considerations aside, they prefer him to Roosevelt; but for the most part mer. of this class will divide on the old party lines of “befcre '06."" 3 , therefore, presented on ection apparent in eitner re is, is individual and not ‘The committee state that in the various pre- cnets tw or three or five or a dozen dem- reports received by the republican oerats in this precinct or that are going to vote for Roosevelt, on account of their op- position to Crokerism; but practically non of the democratic vote is affected by na- tional issues. Where the disaffections are reported they are on account of local can- siderations, chiefly of a personal character. 4n the city of New York there is no evi- dence of republican disaffections ¢ of this minor character. Each party claims that there are disaffections in the other up the state, but, again, not disaffections by cl Probably both are correct-im their Gaims, In the rural districts these indi- vidual disaffections are probably confined to democrt lusively. In the cities they are on bota sides. Along the Canal. In the towns along the ca hun- dred and eighty, I believe—perhaps the republicans will lose more of their votes than will the democrats, for the canal question is a live one with the people di- rectly along the line. It is not so much a moral question as one of ‘self-interest. The expenditure of a large sum of money ex- travagantly, or even dishonestly, would not necessarily excite a general indignant protest. A certain amount of dishonesty would be © ected of either party. The vital question seems to be whether a share of the squandered money goes into the communities along the route. It is said that the chief reason for com- plaint now Is that very little of the money alleged to have been squandered found its way into the trade of these cities and towns. It is questionable whether in lo- calities far enough away from the canal to make the issue merely a moral one it will count for much in the campaign. view of the voter will depend much upon the party he belongs. The personal liberty, er e: some both w cistricts. The democrats have been care- ful not to send any literature on this sub- ject into the rural cistricts. they probably derive a net tage, since, while some votes will be lost on the ground that a curtailment of license is beneficial to the community, there are probably more who resent any interference. It is a mistake, however, to assume that the German vote is going to be gathered in as a whole on this issue. It was 1 political mistake for the cemocrats to the Germans out particularly a ss that demand a “wide-open” to’ The fact is that the “personal liberty ople are not distinguished by nationality, nor the Germans sympathize with the open” town proposition. Those who do not, ent being Classified by na ality. ‘Therefore, by mak'ng the cla the democrats lose some of the vote they would otherwise get. Croker Lacks Frankness. It is said that Croker has not been en- urely frank in his defense against the charge of trying to contro! the judiciary, which has grown out of the failure of the democrats to renominate Justice Daly He has disclaimed any personal influence in the matter, and charged Daly with being a corporation man. Some democrats say that if he had given the real controlling reason for the dropping of Daly the party would not have been as much hurt by the issue that been made of it by the bar a: sociation. This reason, it is said, w Daly was not general enough in his di tribution of refereeships. Being appointed referee by the court is a great help to young lawyers when their practice is not quite enough to pull them through. It is said that Daly instead of distributing these favors, gave them always to just two men, friends of his, and never gave any of the struggling young lawyers a show, and it was for this that Tammany turned him down. As Senator Aldrich said yesterday, there is little doubt that both parties are sincere in expecting victory on Tuesda, The re- publicans have not been quite as sanguine, in truth, as the democrats, but they are gaining confidegce and are going to the fin- ish as if they had no doubt of winning. They undoubtedly suffered some disap. pointment us to the lasting strength of the soldier campaign. Other soldiers, and the friends of other soldiers, do not seem to take to the idea of Roosevelt being made such a hero of. But recovering from this disappointment Mr. Roosevelt's supporters are now basing their hopes on more sub- stantial grounds, Confident.of a big vote up state they are making a good fight to reduce the democratic majority this side of the Bronx, by a telling canvass in Kings, Queens and Richmond countie: Campaign is About Over. The work of the two campaign committees is over, and the campaign will he wound up with a whirl here tonight. Roosew ing through the Bowery ienight German The | balcony waiving his hat in time with all th martial music that was played, but he cou not talk. His voice was so far gone that he could only whisper huskily into the ear of Platt, who had him by the arm. But he was almost dancing with enthusiasm. Th Gemonstration in the crowd was more em¢ onal than that attending the Tammany parade the night before. The Arabs of New York seem to be with Roosevelt. They can’t resist the capti tion of his dash. in following him they are all rough riders, charging imaginary San Juan Hills. He is te them the “real thing,” of which their dashing hero in a Bowery theater is the represeniative. He evidently realizes this and is playing for the bo: His dash through the Bowery tonight HY surely be picturesque. He is bound to have a noisy time of it, and will probably swamp the crowd along with him. How much this sort of popularity will count for it is hard to tell. He is liable to get some votes that do not usually go with the republicans. Republican Committee Satisfied. The republican state committee are rat- isfied with their canvass. Their repo from nearly all quarters are reassuring, and they are in better plume today than at any time before in three weeks. They feel that they are pulling up at the finish The becting seesaws. The democratic oads have been driven down, and the odds will probably go up and down until Mon- day night, responding to manipulation first on one side and then on the oth This public betting is not significant. The odds on Van Wyék were the result of maniou! tion. The various changes in betting hav been anti ed the night before. Odds are given where even money could he had The democratic state committee do not know anything about the condition of their vote in Greater New York. They rely on Croker for that, and his word is enough. This canv. up state is interesting and in its result surprising. Their returns from punvass by Voting district are in. and audited” and re-examined for They say that Roosevelt's y up state is going to be very small, s their canvassers have been “Joilied.” These reports show considerable demo- atic gains all through the state. And the committe, believe in them. The commit- tee may be misled, but there is no doubt what their reports stow, and members of the committee say, not being able to find any defect in the canvass, they must be- Heve the reports. These reports indleste a majority to the Bronx for Roosevelt of but #0, and it is insisted that 60,000 is the very outside figure. My information as to these reports comes in a way to leave no doubt that the claim Is sincere, though the canvass may be faulty and the reports ut- terly misleading. Claims of the Republicans. ‘The republican committee claim 109.000 to the Bronx. and a claim of fully 80,000 ts warranted by their reports, though it is ad- mitted that there is some trouble in two or three localities that might cost the party a few thousand votes. In one county, for instance, reports indicate the possibility of the loss of 1,000. It may be readily under- stood how the party leaders are perplexed by the confidence evidently felt by the others. Croker dces not count on any democratic votes in Greater New York going to Roo: velt, and he expects a tremendously hea German vote for Van Wyck. He is likel3 to be disappcinted to some extent in both these. Roosevelt will get a fair German vote and scme democratic votes in New York. Amid all the confusion and doubt in the situation one thing that stands out clearly is that the democrats will get a vote relatively much larger than they can hope for in the state on presidential year. A very considerable portion of their pres- ent support will leave them when it comes to vote for a national election. J. P. M. WAS NOT DISAPPOINTING Spain's Reply to Our Proposition Regard- ing the Philippines, The Way Now Open to a Compromixe Between the Two Sides—A Large Sum in Dispute. The reports which the State D»partment has received from the peace commission- ers in Paris indicate that that body has proceeded in exactly the line anticipated, consequently the action of yesterday was not a disappointment. It was fully ex- pected that the Spanish commissioners would endeavor to make better terms than these offered by the American com sioners. It was not exp2cted that they would close at once with the American proposition. While they have not in exact terms submitted a counter proposition, the Spaniards, by entering upon the argument of the American proposition hay> shown a disposition to negotiate relative to the Philippines that has at once shown to be erroneous the prediction that they would indignantly spurn any proposition that con- templated a relinquishment of Spanish sov- ersignty over the archipelago. It is quite probable that the w is now open to a cer promise between the two sides nd that a monetary difference will be found to be the only one of substance. The Money in Dispate. This, it is believed, is represented Ly the difference between about $40,000,080, prob- ably the maximum allowance which the United States will be willing to pay to Spain for the improvements in the Philip Pines, and $200,000,000, which represe: about the minimum of the Span: for compensation on account of sion of the entire group. With aboui % 000,000 at stake in this issue, it will be seen that there is fair reason te expect that the negotiations at P: between thi two parties will not be speedily termina:ec It is freely admitted here that the presen- tation of the Spanish objections to the latest American proposal yesterday was admirab’e in many respects, and evideneod the poz on of the keenest legal talent by the Spanish Yet the objections and points made were not new, znd were in most cases taken into considera by the persons who made up the United States case before leaving Washington, and duly prepared for. The Occupation of Manila, The strongest point made by the Spanish side relates to the teking of Manila two days after the signing of the protocol in this city, on which they base their assump- tion that the United States was not in possession of any part of the Philippines outside of the insignificant station at Ca- vite at the time hostilities ceased and we were estopped legally from extending our possessions. But as against this conten- tion it can be shown by the Americans that, regardless of the exact date of the surrender of Manila, Admiral Dewey afloat lay for two months before the city, while for most of the time United States troops were ashore near the Spanish positions, and that the town might have been taken at any moment during that period. fe only restraining influence was a desire to make sure before taking possession the lives and property of the inhabitants of the city should be safeguarded to the utmost, and in reality the American forces were as much in possession of the place then as now. This is only one illustration of the argu- ments that have been prepared to rebut the Spanish contentions, and it may be stated that there are many other strong points in reserve. Secretary Hay visited the White House this afternoon. He said that the America commissioners had not then telegraphed the text of the Spanish answer to the mands of this country how the ship fluence of a h just emerged from the and to make her course was obliged to with her head about northwest. bring the heav' side, and unde vessel must have soon succumbed. was no alternative. vices over schmidt, the late United States general here, who died on November today. Many American consuls, from var- fous places in Germany, were present. MARIA TERESA LOST Captured Spanish Cruiser Abandoned in the Bahama’s, CAUGHT IN A TERRIFIC GALE Bea one Crew Reaches Charleston and Re~ ports to Navy Department. —— DETAILS OF FEW LOSS CHARLESTON, 8. C., November 5.—The ocean tug Merritt put into Charleston this morning for supplies, She report=d the loss of the cruiser Maria Teresa, raised Con- structor Hobson recently, off San Safvador, Bahamas, November 1, furious storm. The cruiser left Caimanera, Cuba, on e morning of October 30, in tow for New York. She had already passed Cape Maysi and started northeast around the Banamas. A furious orm, warning of which had already been sent out, overtook her, and in her condition she was unabie to weather the gale. The strain opened rents in her hull which had been patched to enable her to make the journey and she began to fill rapid The Merritt took off Capt. Harris and the crew from the sinking ship and she soon went down. The Merritt brought the captain and in the midst of a men, who will proceed north by rail. lives were lost, as far as known. The Merrit is now at quarantine, six miles from the city, communication with her being difficult. News in New York. NEW YORK, November —A special from Charleston, S. C., to the Journal says says: “The former Spanish cruiser Maria Ter- esa has gone to th: bottom of the sea, “Dr. Lebby, quarantine officer at this port, has just sent word that the crew of the Teresa has arrived at his station with news of the sinking. “Full particulars are not yet obtainable, but the wreck has alrsady been officially reported.” “Private information received in this city this afternoon from Charleston says that the Infanta Maria Teresa was abandoned thirty miles north of Watling Island, one of the Bahamas. Regret in Official Circles. The greatest regret was expressed in official circles regarding the loss of the Maria Teresa. Secretary of State Hay said that he was indeed sorry to hear that it nad been found impossible to bring the vessel to the United States. when every- was so much interested in her. He ed gratification that no loss of life Was reported in ccnsequence of the dis- aster. Acting Secretary Allen of the navy said the less was much gfcater than any intrin- sic value represented in the ship. She was the link that connected the great navaf victory with the United States. It was @ sentiment bred in this country that suc- ceeded tn raising her, and it was the wish of the whole people that she shot be brought to the United State: It was the general impression that the loss of the Maria Tercsa would preven: any further attempt to bring any of the other vessels to this country. Report to the Navy Department. The news of the of the Spanish loss cruiser came to the Navy Department in a telegraph dispatch from Lieutenant Com- mander Harris, received at about 1 o'clock this morning. Secretary Long being tem- porarily absent from the department officials of the navigation bureau, acting under a strict construction of official eti- the quette, refused to make the dispatch pub- Ne until the Secretary had giv n his ¢ sent. Consequently, the publication of 1 news Was delayed until the afternoon. When finally published the dispatch read as follows “CHARLESTON, 8. C., November 5. “Secretary of the Navy, Washington: “Arrived here last night in steamer Mer- ritt with all of the crew of the Infanta Maria Teresa, abandoned in heavy north- ovember 1, thirty miles north of Have fifty-eight cnlisted “HARRI (Signed) The Scene of the Dixasxter. the ion bures Upon the receipt of the new naval officers attached to the naviga u immediately consulted the charts to locate the scene of the disaster. The first glance satisfied them that the last had been seen of the ill-fated Marla Teresa. As near as they could calculate the vessel livs in about 300 fathoms of wa or nearly threa miles. The location is 24 degre latitude by 74.30 west longitude, miles distant from Nassau. At the ‘Teresa sank she was about #10 nites distant from Caimanera, the port from which she started a little over two day# before Looking at the chart it was not difficult for the officers at the 4 tment to sce 1 foundered under th 'y gale reported. Crooked This would sea fairly over her forward such severe pounding the There On her lee lay the rocky Bahamas and innumerable shoals with shallows between and with shallow water in ev except straight To have turned about and sought another passage would have been an extremely per- ilous undertaking, to begin with, and even after getting safely about the vessel would have been obliged to have traveied many hundred miles more in order to have picked up another course, this time closer to the North American added dangers that proximity to the Flor- ida shoals might brir direction ahead or directly astern. continent, and with the It is said at the Navy Department that Lieutenant Commander Harris will be or- dered at once to Norfolk, where the rescued seamen will be placed aboard a receiving ship. A dispatch from Gen. Juan announces the death of Sister Mary Larkin, contract nurse, of typhoid. Brooke at San + 0 Consul Goldschmidt’s Funeral. BERLIN, November 5.—The funeral ser- the remains of Julius Gold+ , took place pe Ad ets Sinmese Minister Arrives, NEW YORK, November 5.—llis excel- lency, Phya Visudcha, minister of Siam te the United States, was a passenger on He thought negro, called the Republican, offers the fol- lewing advice to negro voters “Every lover of political liberty, every ne- board the steamer Campania, ich ar- rived today. Another passenger en the Campania was the Most Rev. Dr. Moore, bishop of Ballarat, Australia. It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled * through them, out evacuation of Por there was a rousing Italivn parade, and demonstration in front of the Fifth Avenue ‘Hotel in his honcr. Roosevelt was on the McG. Hiczer, manager of the Cler- tottesville, Va., is at the Rale'gh, the delay was due to the nslation of the reply inte English. This would have to be done with great care. possible hope. To be -more explicit, the ag