The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895. - MERCY FOR CONVICTS| Strongly Urged at the National Prison Congress. PAROLES AND GRADING. Systems Which Tend to De- crease the Population of Jails. CONTRACT LABOR NOT PROPER. Warden Hale Insisted That Money- Making Was Not the Object of Punishment. DENVE , Coro., Sept. 16.—The first busine ion of the National Prison Congress w held this morning in Unity Chorch. Warden R. 8. Allen of Jo 111, read a paper describing the merits and advantages of the State account system of employment of convicts, which elicited a lively debate. In the debate which followed the read- | ing of the paper Warden George of Ken- tucky indorsed the plan. Kentucky has | had the system in vogue two years nndl has found it successful. About 1100 men | areemployed on “‘State account’” and about | forty on contract. The coutract men give | more trouble than the 1000 or more men employed by the other system. Warden Chambers of Michigan did not agree. It had not been successful in his State. By a question from Warden Hale of California it came out that the Illinois institution has a number of salesmen on | the road, selling all over the country to | jobbers only, and not at cut prices. Hale | insisted that “systems” for making money were not the end and aim of prisons. Warden French of the United States Prison at Leavenworth, Kans., made an impassioned appeal for an application to prisons of the principles set in action at Elmira, N, Y., by Mr. Brockway. He pleaded for humanitarianism and charity, and not for money-making. In reply to questions Warden Allen said that convicts produce less than ‘‘free men”; their hours are shorter and their tasks lighter, so that in his State there was no complaint from laboring men. The op- position to this system in 1llinois comes not from labor organizations, but from the contractors. In a paper on reformed prison methods Henry Wolfner, Warden of the Minnesota Penitentiary at Stillwater, said: “The object of prison government is to protect y stem which does not do this is a failure. The parole system | will raise the tone of prison life. It | teaches the prisoner selfstaught lessons of discipline and order. If he cannot re- form he ought to remain in prison. ‘“fhe parole and the indeterminate sen- tence will certainly bring a great reform in the conduct of prisons. We are coming to believe that crime, like insanity, may be b cured. Men who follow crime because they likeggislike paroles and grading. Show the: that the parole system, grading, the "indeterminate sentence and the Bertillon system have come to stay, and you decrease prison,population one- half. That is something to accomplish.” A paper on the parole system prepared by the Hon. W. F. Spaulding of Massa- chusetts was read by his colleague, Mr. Bailey. The prison chaplains held a session in the afternoon. Papers were read by the president, Rev. G. H. Hickox of Jackson, Mich.; Rev. 3. H. Albert of Stillwater, Minn., and Rev. W.J. Bott of Concord, Mauss. At the evening session of the Prison Con- gress a paper, prepared by Professor A. G. ‘Warner of the Leland Stanford University on the subject of ‘‘Politics and Crime,” was read by a delegate. It was marked by a frankness of assertion and a positiveness of conviction which created a sensation. Many delegates discussed the paper, but could not deny its statements. Warden Hale of San Quentin Peniten- tiary objected strongly to the statements contained in the paper and intimated clearly that much of it was not well founded in fact. In this paper Professor Warner held that the young of a community look upon the police officers, justices, constables and other officers of the law as succe. and their standard of morality is copied by the admiring youth. Thus political corruption begets crime. ‘I'he wealthy and influential citizen of such a community, even church members, in order to secure profitable prison contracts, franchises and the like are not averse to using corrupt methods to gain their selfish ends. They also set examples to the young which lead to crime, and political methods which are consequently vicious. ‘Warden Nichols of the Federal Prison at Fort Leavenworth made a statement of the inferior condition of that institution and of its needs, closing by stating that if he did not hold his position there but three weeks he would be boss and politics should not influence his work. 10 ENFORCE PEAALTIES Gunboats Hurriedly Sent to the Scene of Chiness Disturbances. There Seems to Be Another Pros- pect of Further Attacks Upon Missionaries. FOO CHOW, Curxa, Sept. 16.—In con- sequence of the attitude of obstruction as- sumed by the Chinese officials toward the progress of the inquiry into the recent out- rages at Ku Cheng, and their refusal to carry out the sentences imposed by the ex- amining court upon the ringleaders in the attacks upon the Christian missions at that place, two gunboats have been ordered to ascend the river to demand the enforce- ment of the penalties imposed. A rebel- lion has begun in the province of Fe Kien, and the local officials instead of attempt- ing to suppress the rising have fled. A force of imperial troopsare on their way to the scene to try to put down the insur- rection. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—The chief interest attaching in Washington to the dispatch from Foo Chow that a re- bellion has begun in the province of Fo- Kien is as to the fate which awaits the American and European missionaries in that province, should any still remain in the vicinity of Kue«Cheng. Reports ‘ municipal | reached here through diplomatic and pri- vate sources, several weeks ago, that the missionaries, after the recent massacres in the interior of the province, had with their families sought refuge at Foo Chow, which is near the coast, and where the presence of foreign men-of-war make them safe from turther violence. If they have re- mained at Foo Chow, or, rather, at Pagoda anchorage, which is a foreign settlement only a few miles removed, no danger can happen to them. 1f, however, in their zeal to begin again their work of Christianizing the natives they have returned to the interior of the province, the gravest apprehensions will be felt for their safety unless they receive the protection of the European or Ameri- can forces. It is surmised that the re- bellion is the work of the ‘Vegetarians,” who were responsible for the assaults some weeks ago upon the foreign missions. The State Department is without advices regarding the alleged latest phase of the Chinese situation in regard to a refusal of the Chinese Government to execute any of the men convicted of being connected with the missionary massacre unless they are asured that with the execution of these men all demands will cease. According to latest information, the Ku Cheng commis- sion was at work with its labors uncom- pleted. and the investigation had not besn begun. No dispatches have been received from Minister Denby, but they are expected this week and awaited with interest. e s GOLD IN ONTARIO. Rich Discoveries Made in Several North- ern Districts. QUEBEC, OxtArI0, Sept. 16.—Official re- ports of a recent visit to the gold mining districts of Ontario have just been made by William Hamilton Merritt, mining en- gineer, ot Toronto. He tells of the discov- ery of gold-bearing veins in the Seine River district and of the renewed sactivity in the mining and milling of gold ore in the northern part of the Lake of the Woods. Merritt expresses his surprise at the well-mineralized gold-bearing quartz veins that have been developed. He notes that in some of the Ontario goldfields it is not only in the mountainous districts where the disturbing influence has been pro- digious that auriferous veins have been disclosed, but in a comparatively flat country areas of ancient volcanic disturb- ance exist, in which a network of veins containing coarse gold is found. One of these areas which is attracting thousands of miners is near that part of the Seine River system which widens into Shoal Take. Between Shoal Lake and Bad Vermilion Lake an elongated mass of granite has a splendid example of a well- mineralized auriferous vein system. Some of the best ore tested at Mine Center went as high as $115 and $96 per ton, free mill- ing, with concentrates which assayed over $600 and $1100 per ton. The only capital to speak of which so far has come into the Seine district is from Duluth, In the dis- trict near Port Arthur, however, a mill of five stamps has just started through the enterprise of Port Arthur people. The first run of the mill yielded forty-nine and a half ounces of gold from seventy tons of ore in a five days’ run. The country is only beginning to be prospected, and its geological features have not yet been minutely define CAUGHT [N THE CABIN. Six Women and a Child Per- ished in a Fire at Sea. During the Panic Several of Those Imprisoned Were Burned to a Crisp. LONDON, Exo., Sept. 16.—The London and Edinburgh Steamship Company’s steamer Iona, plying between Leith and London, caught fire early this morning while on her trip to Gravesend. The fire started in her cabin. Five women and one child, passengers, and the stewardess were burned to death, and a number of others were badly burned or otherwise in- jured. The fire was extinguished by the ship’s fire apparatus. The manacer of the London and Edin- burgh Steamship Company was inter- viewed, and made a statement as follows: The steamer Iona left Leith Saturday evening with 100 saloon passengers and fifty second-class. The part of the boat in which the second-class passengers slept was used as a saloon during the day and at night was divided by a partition into sleeping compartments for women and men. At 2 o’clock this (Monday) morning fire was discovered in the ladies’ compartment on the port side. The flames spread so | rapidly that fhe crew was prevented from g | resening all the passengers. ful men, | The fire was under control by 4 o’clock, and then the bodies of the victims were found. They were so badly burned that they were un- recognizable. The cabin on the starboard side was only slightly injured. During the progress of the flames the wildest excitement prevailed. The saloon passengers—men, women and children— rushed on deck. Some were almost naked. Women screamed and children cried, and it was not until the flames were subdued that they could be pacified. ‘The Tona is lying in the dock at Wap- ping. She was inspected by a representa- tive of the United Press to-day. The ladies’ cabin was completely demolished. Some of the killed appeared to have fallen from their berths in their efforts to escape. The bodies were found lying almost in ashes on the floor. The fire originated in the lamproom, which adjoins the cabin, GNP Affairs in Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 17.—Congress opened last night. The President’s mes- sage says that the arrangement with Guatemala has been duly ratified. The prevalence of gellow fever in Salvador and Guatemala rendered precautions necessary on the Mexican Pacific coast. On the re- iterated request of the managersof the Atlanta Exposition, a commission had been appointed to collect objects, and Mexico will be represented by exhibits. e Have a Mania for Duels. LONDON, Exc., Sept. 16.—A dispatch from Madrid says: A serious quarrel has recently been going on between the edi- torial staffs of the journals Pase and Nacion, which has resulted in 2 number of challenges. Four duels were fought with swords yesterday, with the result that in each incident;the Nacion’s representative was wounded. Twenty-four other duels are pending. L Wb Was Mayor Sutro’s Nephew. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 17.—The Her- ald’s special cable from Valparaiso, Chile, says: A. E. Sutro, the American who was missing when the En%lilh steamer Santiago landed here and checked off her passenger list, was, it is reported a nephew of the Mayor of San Francisco. There was a severe earthquake shock here last night, but no serious damage was done. s A s Death of Baron Beaumont. LONDON, Exe., Sept. 16.—Miles Staple- ton, tenth Baron Beaumont, died to-day. His death was caused by the accidental discharge of a gun while shooting on his estates. O EASTERN TRACKS, Interesting Eventsatthe Nebraska State Fair Meeting. BIG CROWDS ATTENDED. Jockev Ream Lost His Life by a Racehorse’s Somer- sault. TAME SPORT AT BRIGHTON. Three Favorites and Three Out- slders Won, But Did Not Finish Close Enough. OMAHA, NEBR., Sept. 16.—The Nebraska State Fair opened here to-day with the largest crowd in its history for opening day. This is the first of a five years’ term during which the fair will be at Omaha, and thecity is decorated in carnival colors as never before. It is estimated that there are already 25,000 visitors in the city, and to-morrow there will be 50,000. The finan- cial success of the fair is assured. Among the exhibits to attract most interest was the alfalfa palace, the first one ever erected, showing the many uses of alfalfa. The races were very well attended and the track is said to be nearly perfect. Two-year-old, trotting, 3:00 class, Belle J I)’(Jvllv‘/second, Lilly D O third. Time, Two.year-oid and under, pacing, 2:38 class, Lena V won, Nell Caffrey second, Charauduz third. Best time, 2:243¢ 2:28 trot, Star Medium won, Callie K second, Dinah third. Best time, 2:25. Running, one mile, Joe Courtney won, Ber- wyn second, Captain Hardy third. Time, 1:4514. The last race was between a team and Ned Reading, a bicyclist, five miles. The horses won by twenty yards in 12:58 2-5. The great event of the day was the bicycle parade along the principal streets to-night. Over 5000 bicyclers were in line with Chinese lanterns, fireworks and floats. The mounted police led the procession, of which the first wheelmen were the West- ern Union messenger boys, then followed the various wheel clubs, male and female, all wearing carnival costumes. The sight was applauded by over 50,000 people, who gathered along the streets. WINDSOR RACETRACK, Oxrt., Sept. 16.—Lepros Lyon, in the first race to-day, was bumped into at the turn and got his feet tangled up so that he turned a com- plete somersault. Jockey Ream, who had the mount, fell under the horse and was carried to the Hotel Dieu Hospital in an unconscious condition, where he died an hour afterward. BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y., Sept. 16.— Brighton’s one-day meeting was not a suc- cess to-day, the attendance being very small. The weather was cool and clear, and the track in fastshape. Though three favorites and three outsiders carried off the honors to-day the finishes were notex- citing and on the whole the sport may be said to have been very tame. Five furlongs, Longbrook aon, Chattanooga second, Cuckoo third. Time, 1:01: Five furlongs, Sky Blue w ond, Imperial third. Time, 1:0315. One mile, Applause won, Second Attempt second, Thyra third. Time, 1:42)4. Handicap, one and an_eight miles, Adelbert won, Little Tom second, Prig third. Time, 1:56. One mile, Lookout,won, McKee second, Nero third. Time, 1:43}4. One mile, Dungarven won, Sprite second, Jack Rose third. me, 1:45. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 16.—Fra Diavolo won, Weaver second, Wells Street third. Time, 1:17. Nine-sixteenths of a mile, Ardelle won, Tag- liona second, Becky Sharpe third. Time, :57%4. One mile, Rel)' del Mar won, Crevasse second, Booze third. Time, 1:45!4, One mile and a sixteenth, Jack Bardley won, George W. Baileysecond, Sallie Woodford third. Time, 1:534. Four and a half furlongs, Albert 8 won, L;—‘-‘;" F Second, John Boone third., Time, A % vienta sec- s(é and a hali furlongs, Fortnel won, Mollie B second, Miss Young third. Time,1:23)5. OAKLEY, Omo, Sept. 16.—Four and & half furlongs, Fair Lady won, Passed second, imp. Sugar third. Time, :56!4. Seven furlongs, Monte Fonso won, Lady Pep- per second, Gateway third, Time, 1:28. Five furlongs, Fasig won, Wagtail second, Petrarch third. Time, 1:023; Seven furlongs, Nance second, The Preserver third. 2754 One mile, Lobengula won, Buck Massie sec- ond, St. Maxim third. Time, 1:41}{. et e BY PETALUMA. Company A of Oakland Defeated in the Match Shoot With Company C. PETALUMA, CaL, Sept. 16.—Com- panies A of Oakland and C of Petaluma, Fifth Regiment, N. G. C., held a twenty- men match shoot yesterday at the Peta- luma range. The match was won by Com- pany C by twelve points. Following i Cherrystone 1:273£. WON the score: COMPANY C—FETALUMA. Lieutenant Stockdale....5 4 54 4 4 34 4 4— 41 Lieutenant Phillips..... 4 4 44 434 34 4— 38 Sergeant Cassiday..... 4 4 248334454 87 Sergeant Dickson. 554454344— 41 Private Peck 454484444 39 Private Adam 44444444410 Private Emers 445453332 86 Private Densmore. 5434333454— 38 Private Hocking. 6444834644— 141 Private Campbell. 444544844— 39 Private Large. 4450544444~ 41 Private Zimme: 445440444 42 | Private Fisner. 444448454—40 455445054 d4— a4 343434834 35 544443244 38 444453404 41 444434334 37 843454434~ 37 432583043836 ..... .- COMPANY A—OAKLAND, Private Poulter... 54555454 4— 45 Private S. A. Puckett....4 45448445 Private Hopkins 443443383 priva:e C. Pucks Baddaaad Sergeant Alvard. 403343438 Sergeant Downle. 444445554 Sergeant Brier. 444452834 Private Taber. 4444548484 Private Ellis. 3484438344 Sergeant Cun: 54444454 Musician Petterson 34442343 Musician Summers 454444441 Corporal Taggart. 5445544338 Corporal McCormick.....3 44444334 Muslcian Stewart. 3484545400- 32 Private Littlefield 443344443 36 Private Maker. 545344453 41 Captain Poulte; 4443444544 40 Sergeant Vaughn. 5553445446 44 Corporal Puckett. .35654482430- 38 Total . 768 RED WOOD CITY SPRINTEKS. Firemen Anwious to Race With Gilroy’s Crack Hose-Team. REDWOOD CITY, Cax., Sept. 16.—Dur- ing the Red Men’s convention recently held at this place, one day was set apart as a county fete day. Among other things the firemen got up a race between local hose-teams. It was a good race. The boys now believe they could match the time made by the best team in the re- cent tournament at Gilroy, It is there- fore an open secret that if the Gilroy champions want more worlds to conquer and should feel inclined to challenge the Redwood City teams that the local fire- men would make up a fund to cover purse and training expenses and try to meet the Gilroy team in a friendly race. A e San Mateo Championship Race. REDWOOD CITY, CarL., Sept. 16.—In the five-mile bicycle race for the county championship and gold medals, Rod Tay- lor of Menlo Park led almost from the startand won in 18:54. Chris Madsen of Redwood City was a very close. second and was awarded the silver medal. There were nine entries, only five of whom fin- ished, four of the contestants having met with accidents during the race. e RACES AT STOCKTON. Two Events on the Opening Day of the San Joaquin Fair. STOCKTON, Cav., Sept. 16.—The San Joaquin Valley Fair opened here to-day very auspiciously. There were not & great many people in the city, but the crowd was considered good for a first day. At the track there was a fair first-day attendance, with many ladies in the grand- stand. Betting was not very heavy, and, as usual on the first day, favorites won. The programme was short, consisting of only two races, a district rnnning race, five-eighths of & mile dash, fora purse of $100, and a trotting race, 2:40 class, for a $1000 purse. The entries for the first event were Pem- brook, ridden by Gilbert, J. Shepherd, owner; Jim Bozman (Gannon), owned by Mrs. E. Starkey; Mrs. E. Ruggles’ Nevere, ridden by Donohne, and May Jones, ridden by Dennison and owned by. J. F. Davis. ay Jones was easily the favorite in the betting. It was twenty minutes after the horses went to the post before they got off. Boz- man acted badly and caused the quartet to be sent back several times. Nevere led at the half. Bozman then passed her. May Jones was nearly four lengths behind and taking it easy. 'In the stretch the favorite caught the leaders and came under the wire a short length ahead of Nevere, Boz- man third. The second event, the 2:40 trot, creatad but little interest among spectators. The starters were Theresa, driven by T. N. Duncan and owned by T. L. Duncan; Chanivari (T. C. Snyder), owned by C. W. Hug; H. W. Meek's . Edwina (George Gray); T. J. Cecil’s Peter Jackson, driven by owner; Anita, driven by C. Rodriquez owned by E. F. Breen and, Jasper Paulson (T. Keating), owned by Winship & Keat- ing. Paulson was easily a favorite. The trotters got off well in the first heat, Paulson in the lead. He kept his advan- tage all the way around, coming under the wire in 2:2034. Charivari was second and Peter Jackson third. In the second and third heats the results were the same. S o e Un the Ball Field, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—First game: Washingtons 16, 19, 6. Brooklyns 12,17, 0. Batteries—Mercer and McGuire, Kennedy and Grim. Umpire, Hydler. Second game: Wash- ingtons 3,3,5. Brooklyns 11,10, 1. (Called at end of sixth inning on aceount of dukuuz Batteries — Anderson, Malarkey, Boswell ani McGuire; Abbey and Grim. Um!?lrl, Keefe. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 16.—New Yorks 5, 8.1. Philadelphias 9, 11,1. Batteries — Do- heny and Wilson, Carsey and Clements. Um- pire, Hurst. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 16.—Bostons 4, 6, 4. Baltimores 7, 9, 2. Batteries — Stivetts and Ganzel, Hemming and Robinson. Umpire, Murray. CLE{'ELAND, OxI0, Bept. 16.—Clevelands 7, 13, 2. Cincinnatls 0,4, 1. Batteries—Cuppy a{lg Zimmer, Parrott and Vaughn. Umpire, ay. PYFTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 1. — Pittsburg vs. Chicago game postponed; rain LOUISVILLE, KY., Bept. 16.—Louisyille vs. 8t. Louisgame postponed; rain. e Death of a Turf Man. PONTIAC, MicH., Sept. 16.—Ezra R. King, Michigan’s oldest turf man, died suddenly at Sturgis, Mich., yesterday. He has been his entire life a follower of grand and smaller circuit races. He was known from Maine to California, and from the great lakes to the gulf. e One Fight Postponed. NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 16.—The Hud- son County Athletic Club announced late this afternoon that the “Kid"’ Madden- Jimmy Barrett fight, scheduled for to- night, was postponed because of the deci- sion of the Jersey City authorities to pre- vent the contest. Broke a Local Record. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Sept. 16.— James W. Hutchins, a Marysville wheel- man, has broken the cycling recora be- tween Santa Maria and this place, coyer- ine the distance, estimated at ninety miles, in twelve hours. CEIE A A Racing Meet at Carson. CARSON, NEv., Sept. 16.—The directors of the Agricultural Association have de- cided to hold a five-days’ racing meet here, beginning October 1. Two thousand dol- lars in premiums will be given. g Victory for Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 16.—The University of Pennsylvania-Oxford-Cam- bridee cricket match was finished this afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the former team by 100 runs. FLOW OF THE RESERVE, Domestic Bankers May Supply Gold to the Govern~ ment Coifers. Varlous Men of Money Who Would Readily Assist In Preventing the issue of Bonds. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—The true treasury gold reserve stood at the close of business to-day at $95,248,642, the lowest point it bas reached since the last bond issue raised the reserve above the $100,000,000 mark. Secretary Carlisle to-day declined to ac- cept the tender of $100,000 in gold from the Associated Banks of Springfield, IlL, as the conditions imposed were unfavorable to the Government. This particular lot of gold is said to have been light. PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 16.—Telegraphic advices from Washington and New York state that Pittsburg banks are going to furnish the United States treasury with $1,000,000 in gold to help keep the reserve fund aboye vhe $100,000,000 mark. “What I saw in the papers is as far as my knowledge of this matter goes,” stated Wiiliam Montgomery of the Allegheny National Bank this morning. ‘“‘There is always plenty of gold on hand in the local banks, and I do not believe there is any question but that the Pittsburg bankers could spare $1,000,000 to the Government if it was wanted. An estimate, which [ do not claim to be accurate, would give the aggregate of gold usually in the Pittsburg banks at $2,000,000, and it possibly may be $3,000,000. President Given of the Farmers’ Deposit Bank, who is on the Clearing-house com- mittee, was asked if the Clearing-house was going todo anything in regard to as- sisting the Government. “I know of no concerted action as yet, but I believe there is a willingness on the part of some of the banks to give the Goy- ernment some of their gold. I heard yes- terday that two banks had made offers to this effect. Any kind of money is of course good, and we would just as soon have pa- per as gold.” — Reform Leadors Quarreled. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Bept. 16.—In the constitutional convention to-day the two reform leaders,” Tillman and Irby, along with other political stalwarts in South Carolina, became entangled in a personal and glifiul controversy. The president had to call upon the sergeant-at-arms of the convention and order to preserve the eace. The trouble arose from General orge D. Tillman’s speech in regard to the establishment of Butler County and the and naming it in the absence of Mr., Til man, - action of the convention in so exhhlhhinfi l ENTERED THE TRAPS Spanish Soldiers Met Death From Rebel Dynamite. THE EXPLOSIVE BURIED. While Marching Over a Road Two Officers and Sixteen Men Were Blown Up. TROOPS FLED IN WILD TERROR. One Entire Company Then Deserted and Joined the Insurgent Forces. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cusa (via Key West, Fla.), Sept. 16.—In the engage- ment between the Spanish Colonel Ca- nellas and Jose Maceo in Santa Maria Savigne, near Ramon de las Yaguas, on August 31, the rebels had prepared more than sixty holes filled with dynamite on the different roads the troops had to pass. When the engagement was over a Spanish regiment marched past one of the traps and the dynamite exploded, blowing to pieces Lieutenant Francisco Ruiz, Captain Gregorio Romero and thirteen soldiers. ‘When the troops saw this they were so filled with terror that a company deserted to the rebels and remained with them. During the engagement between the Span- ish General Dinares and the rebel leader Rabi, in Descanao del Muerto, near Man- gangis, the Spaniards took a Spanish soldier prisoner who had joined the in- surgents at the beginning of the revolu- tion. His name was Pedro Rovira Esterez, and he belonged to the regiment of Havana. He was brought to this city, tried by court- martial and sentenced to death. He was shot this morningin front of the slaughter- bouse in the presence of all the troops that were in the city., He was so weak that he had to be taken to the place of execution in a carriage. This is the first execution of a rebel in this city. He was taken pris- oner because during the engagement he went into the Spanish ranks to obtain arms and killed a Spanish lieutenant ana a Cuban mulatte. HAVANA, Cusa, Sept. 16.—A force of 600 rebels made an attack a day or two ago upon a plantation at Altamira, where a force of Government troops were stationed. The insurgents were forced to retreat after a sharp fight, in which a number of them were killed, and the Government loss was five killed and three wounded. NEW YORK, N. Ya Sept. 16.—In an interview this afternoon with a represen- tative of the United Press Senor Dupuy de Lome, Spanish Minister, said that he was in receipt of a personal letter from General Campos, in which the campaign for the fall was fully outlined. No active opera- tions will be undertaken until the excessive heat is over. To push matters now would cause an unnecessary loss of life owing to the great beat on the coast and its many types of disease. Early in October some aggressive work may be done, but no sérious battling will be in order before November or December. Then siege trains and assaulting columns will be sent against the rebels. Tuey will be hemmed in and attacked simultaneously on all sides by the best regiments in the island. Meanwhile vigorous organization goes on. Immense quantities of supplies are being received and distributed to bases of supplies all over the island. Small fortifi- cations have been erected in a number of places. General Campos in his letter said that more troops had been sent him than he had asked for. General Campos believed that he had all the men necessary, ar- tillery, cavalry, engineers and infantry. In addition to these are the Cuban volun- teers and commissary corps. Spain, un- asked by him, has mobilized a third army corps of 25,000 men and they are ready for embarkation. The Recorder says: Spain will fight the Cuban patriots with convicts. A royal de- cree has just been issued directing that the convicts in the various penal institutions, both on the peninsula, Africa and else- where, be liberated forthwith and em- barked for Cuba. The Herald correspondent at Puerto Principe says: Itis reported that General Bartolome Masso has resigned and that the Presidency isnow in the hands of the Cuban Assembly at Najasa. Delegates from the provinces of Santiago and Las Villas are urging Masso to withdraw his resignation, but Masso thinks that Gomez should be President, and the election of the latter is now believed probable. Tne appointment of Masso to take command of the insurgent army at Camaguey is also talked of. The Herald’s Havana special says that Major-General Salcedo, who was lately re- lieved of his command by General Mar- tinez Campos and received passports for the peninsula, is to-day much talked about in Cuban cafes. Salcedo’s column of 1800 men having been ingloriously repulsed on the heights of Jarajueca the latter part of April by Maceo’s body guard, numbering less than 180 men and all of them badly armed, he returned to Santiago disposed to wreak vengeance upon insurgent sympathizers in this city. His orders were so arbitrary and unjust that Campos refused to indorse them. Salcedo endeavored to convince Campos that the time had arrived for the bitter persecution of rebel symvathizers, and suggested that by way of example the political prisoners Frank Agramente, Banz and others confined in the castle at the mouth of the harbor should be pub- licly shot. Campos refused to agree to this, and Salcedo became such an unruly assistant that it was decided necessary to put a more willing man in his place. John A. Pemon Dead. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., Sept. 18, — Hon. John A. Lemon, ex-Auditor-General of Pennsylvania, and who was the incum- bent of a seat in the Btate Senate from Blair-Cambria district for the fifth term, died at his home in this city at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon from tyohoid-pneumonia. e 4 Reformatory Quarantine. TOPEKA, Kaxs., Sept. 16.—The State Reform School here, with 200 boy inmates, has been placed under quarantine restric- tions by Dr. A. L. Ryder, the attending physician, on account of a case of diph- theria. The patient is from Cloud County and has the disease in a malignant form. e e < Sowns of Veterans. NASHVILLE, TsxN, Sept. 16.—The ninth annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans of the United States assembled in Knoxzville to-day. Commander-in- | Chief William E. Burdy of Cincinnati pre- sided. Every State division, with the ex- ception of Colorado, California and Ore- gon, was represented. Three thousand visitors, many of National importance, are in attendance. PENSIONS AS A VESTED RIGHT. Commander Walker to Cause an Import- ant Test Suit. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Sept. 16.—Com- mander-in-Chief Walker of the G. A. R. announces that it is his wish that during his term of office a suit shall be prose- cuted in the United States Court to settle the question as to whether a pension once granted by the Government becomes a vested right. Commander Walker will meet the mem- bers of his council of administration here soon after his return from Chickamauga and Atlanta and the proposed litigation will be discussed. It will be necessary for the council to pick outthe case of some veteran whose pension has been arbitrarily cut off by the department at Washington and bring suit to have the pension re- stored. It has been suggested by some that Gen- eral Harrison should be retained to rep- resent the G. A. R. In case the suit is be- gun it will be hurried to the Supreme Court of the United States as soon as pos- sible. RETIRING THE GREENBACKS It Is Said That Tom Reed Is in Accord With the Presi- dent. The Proposition Is to Redeem All Paper Morey in Interest- Bearing Bonds. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—The views expressed by Benator Gray in an interview Saturday, favoring the retire- ment of greenbacks by their redemption in bonds, are understood to accord entirely with the idea of the administration. The bankers and Eastern financiers gen- erally have the same thing in view. Therefore, when the proposition is recom- mended by Cleveland, as it is understood it will be, the division of the question will probably not be on party lines. It is expected that Mr. Reed and the Esstern representatives, without distinc- tion as to party, will advocate the conver- sion of the non-interest-bearing debt repre- sented by greenbacks into interest-bearing bonds. The preference of interest-hearing over non-interest-bearing debt is on account of the fact that the latter is a demand obliga- tion, payable in gold, while the other leaves the hour of settlement indefinitely in the future. The men who are expected to oppose the retirement of greenbacks are all anti-administration Democrats and many of the Western Republicans. Men representing districts in which there are important banking interests will probably to a man vote for the proposi- tion. It is not impossible that the majority in the next Congress may be induced to support the recommendations of the President in this respect. If this should prove true the suggestion would be as to how far the opposition would carry the fight. The administration will have to go to Congress with the confession that the shortness of revenues now compels a re- issue of both greenbacks and notes of 1890 independently of requirements of the law as to the former and that their redemption cannot come in the form of liquidation of the debt. A confession of this sort, involving the inefliciency of the tariff law as a revenue producer, must go far toward gntisiyiné the partisan spirit of the Republicans an disposing to that which their constitnents favor, even if it isin accordance with the recommendation of an opposition exec- utive. This, however, will not apply to Repub- licans who are not influenced by the banker sentiment and all silver men of both parties. Populists and those who believe in greenbacks as a currency will stand in opposition. If it is trye, as believed, that Mr. Reed is in sympathy with the retirement of green- backs it is probable that the minority could not prevent che passage of such a measure in the House. 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