The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1897, Page 5

1 | { '"HE SAN FRANCISCO C LL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1897. 5 RUSSIA BOUND TO HUMILIATE BRAVE GREECE Fixed Policy of Coercion the Powers Are Compelled to Follow. WILL BLOCKADE THE PIRAEUS. Meanwhile the Horrors of a Fanatic Warfare Continue on Stricken Crete—An Italian Ctuiser Shells Christian Insurgents. 8T. PETERSBURG, Russta, March 9.— A firm rescive 13 manifested in Govern- quarters to adhere fixedly to the licy of coercion toward Greece should the Greek policy necessitat. Itis stated bere that the acmirals com nding the foreign fleets in Cretan decided, in addition to block- P 1 any Greek torpedo boat that ap- es the foreign warships. OXDON, Ex6., March 9.—The Chroni- 1l to-morrow publish a dispatci from Athens saying that the kernel of the situation is that Russia is pursuing Greece with a terrible vindictiveness that it isim- ble to explain. t Russia realizes that millions of Greek istians in the East yield a y to the Greek patriarch at Con: ., which is a serious bar to Russ M. Muravieff, the Russian Foreign Minister, is anxious to remove this bar by ating Greece and destroying herin- with the patriarch, Tepeated Kiosk respec cassions at g the fleets, its ineficiency is now admitted by the issu- | ing of an order directing it to remam for the present in the Golden Horn. \e House of Commons was on_the 2 this ev Sir Wil am Vernon Harcourt, the leader of the ral parly, aro-e and, while disavow- r desire to embarrass the Govern- ent in the negotiations necessarily aris- ing from Greece's reply, saia he desired an urance that the British forces should ainst Greece before sance to express ter. (Opposition Sir William said that he a situation bhad arisen in lement of the ques- He was confident that ttlement. He did st on constitutional right, but of the higher description, Mr. leade; the co Arthur Balfour, the Government in reply to Sir William, said that se demanded by the oppos expedient and absolu o precedent. The Government, could not be guided by the France, to which Sir William He recalled the bombard- in 1882, and the of Greece in 1886 wi Sir Wil- ) was a member of the Governmen believe that any stronger was extr trar mely ed. Alexandr ment o bloc He could not action and hoped that nothing as strong was now likely, but in neither case to which he referred had any notice been | civen to Parliament beforehand. The G .vernment was moest anxiously desirous an amicable settlement. every way conscious of its responsibility and was acting in the firm beiief that it was pursuing & policy that would bring to Crete and preserve the peace of 1t wds not prepared to imperil v a pledge which might hamper s action at a critical momer In reply to a question asked by Sir Charles Dilke, Mr. Baltour saia that he did think that the negotiations now n p-ogress would be terminated by sday, enabling a statement of the in- ons of the } owers to be made on that av, as had been promised by M. Hano- %, the French Foreign Minister. A dispatch trom Vienna to the Central Neuws savs that the Eighty-seventh Infan- y Regiment at Trieste has been ordered mobilized in readiness to procesd to meeting of the Cabinet to con- action of Greece was held this 1 one of the private rooms of the Commons. After ibe meeting er Salisbury went to the evenin House o Prime Foreign Office, where he was visited by Count Deym, the Austrian Embassador. Later 1 Salisbury sent telegrapnic messages to the foreign captains and to Admiral Sir Micnael Culme-Seymour, commander- f of the British Medi- terranean The Wesiminster Gazette publishes a dispatch from Canea, Crete, saying that the Greeks have been ordered by the com- mander of the united fleets to jeave that place immediately. The Greek Vice-Con- sul at Canea, who is included in this or- der, has replied that he will submit only to force, which, the dispatch adds, will be employed by the powers if necessary to compel obedience to the order. A dispatch from Candida, Crete, under yesterday’s date, says: A large number of Moslem women and children are con. fined in the t.0spital here, suffering from mutilation inflicted upon them by Chris. tisns. News from the interior show that massacres of Moslems by Christians are of almost hourly occurrence. Out of 165 Moslems in the village of Cykia, only one person, a child, escaped slaughter. PARIS, Fran March 9.—In Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Millerand, Socialist, acain interpellated the Govern- ment regarding the Cretan question and the action to be taken by France in view ol the refusal of Greece to heed the ulti- matum of the powers. Prime Minister Meline and M. Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked that the considera- tion of the subject be deferred until . Thurday, and this was agreed to by tne Cbamber by a vote of 342 to 205. VIENNA, Avereia, March ‘9. — The such a course. | aeus and the Greek coast, to | It is stated, however, | ndard tele- | t would do its best to se- | not base | g the issues of peace or | ion | tely | It was in| the | six great powers has been received at the | {Greek reply to the identical note of the | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it has been most carefully considered. It is not considered at all satisfactory, as it is evasive, Greece apparently being desirous | of dodging the very points upon which | the identical note was based. ROME. Irary, March 9.—The Italian Cabinet met this forenoon and discussed the reply of Greece. The result was a communication wired to each of the great powers saying that in Italy's opinion the powers were still out of accord as to the method of coercion which should be di- rected against Greece, and that nothing should be done until the question be settled. It is stated that the Cabinet, although hoping that a peaceful solution of the question would be arrived at, decided nnt to sbstain from taking part in the co- ercion of Greece if the other powers were unanimous on this point. CANEA, Crere, March 9.—M. Baraklis, the Greek Vice-Consul; the staff of the Consulate and a number of Greek news- paper reporters embarked upon a vessel this afterncon to return to Greece, Ad- miral Canevaro insisting that his order | that they leave the island must be obeyed. Msjor Bor, the British officer who was recently appointed to the command of the international gendarmerie, has refused to uisband the forces at the bidding ot the international command. He declares that ne will not abandon his post until or- derea by the Sultan to do so. The fight at Akroti ceased to-day, the nsurgents abandoned carrying ihe posi- tion, owing to their fears tiat they would | again be bombarded by the foreign war- ! ships. The stories of massacres of Mussulmane { at Sitia cannot be confirmed; though it | has been emphatically denied several | times, it was repeated again to-day, with | the addition that the Consuls at Herak- lion had been convinced by witnesses that : 400 Moslems were killed in the village in the vicinity of Sitia. It was first stated that 2000 Mussulmans had been massacred itia. The contemplated disbeanding of the i ternational gendarmerie causes-uneasiness here, as it will leave the city at the mercy af the unpaid Mussulman gendarmes. Ac- cording to a Turkish report six Moslems | | were killed and eight wounded in the ghting at Akrotiri. Advices from Hararpitra says that Mus- sulmans in possession of that town were summoned to surrender by the Christian | insurgents who were surronnding the town and th: he Mussulmans refused to The insurgents then fired a volley into the fort, which was held by the Mos- lems, when an Lialian cruiser lying off the | town fired upon tue insurgents, compel- ling them to retire. A Turkish transport with Turkish civil officers and soldiers on | board - arrived here from Kastell to-day, | but was refused a piiot to bring her into the harbor, owing to the fact of her hav- smallpox on board. Advices received from Retimo, on the north coast some thirty miles southeast of here, show that the pillaging of the houses and shops of the Christians there is still going ou. The Vice-Consuls stationed at Retimo have asked the Consuls here that protection be afforded the Christians. In Canea it is said there has been rob- bery of houses owned by Christians who are absent from the city. This piliaging is not the work of the Moslem inhabitants, but is done by the Turkish soldiers. Pro- tests have been made to the acting Gov- ernor, but no satisfaction was obtained, he saying that the robberies cannot be helped as the Turxish soldiers have to pillage to live. Tewfik Pasha, the Military ‘Governor, has sent to Heraklion for another battalion | of troops, which will make the condition of affairs worse than ever. CANEA, Crere, March 9.—The situa- tion at Akrotir is similar to the condition | of affairs which prevailed there two weeks | ago, but the warships are very unwilling to fire upon the Christians, Each side accuses the other of beginning the com- bat. The trutb seems to be that the in- surgents began to advance upon the town an! the Turks began to fire upon them. The resuit of the mission of Bir Alfrea Biolitti, the Britisnh Consul here, in bebalf of the beseiged Moslems at Candamos, is as yet unknown, although yesterday it was siated that it had failed. When he arrived at Selino he communicated with the insurgent chiefs, who at first refused to meet him, but upon learning that it was proposed by the powers to grant | autonomy to the island, they eventually | invited bim to a conference. It is understood that 570 men from the British warships Rodney and Scout, and the ships of other nations are escorting Sir Alfred, who started for Candamos yes- terday morning. ATHENS, Greece, March 9, —Nea Ephemeris, the ministerial organ, says | that orders have been sent to Admiral | Sachtouri, the commander of the Greek warships at Canea, to retain his position and not to notice any directions that may be given to him by the foreign admirals, even if force is threatened to compel obedience to their directions. It is also stated that Prince George, on board the schoolship Kanaris, went to Piatania and instructed Colonel Vassos, the commander of the Greek army of oc- /Y T 1N FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF CANEA. [Reproduced from the Paris Illustre.] vowers and to withdraw into the interior of the island. The Greek squadron is blockading a immber of Turkish vessels in the Am- bracian Gulf. The Archbishop of Canterbury in reply to a messaze to the Metropolitan of Ath- ens has written that the Angelican church prays earnestly to the Almighty,to give Cretans liberty, justice and peace. Three hundred monks at Mount Athos have offered eir services as soldiers In the evert of war. They were expected to arrive at the Pireus to-day. gt el MNEW YOKK GREEKS FXCITED, Over a Thousand Men Ready to Go Home to Fight, NEW YORK, N. Y., March 9.—The probavility that war will be declared against Greece has aroused the Grecian residents of this city to a high state of ex- citement. Since the publication of Consul- General Botassi's call for reserves the en- thusiasm has been intensified at numerous meetings held by the natives of Greece. More than a thousand men have already responded to the Consul-General's call and have signified their willingness to enter the Grecian army if their passage is paid across the cea MIONIGHT TRAIN ROBBERY. Masked Men Hold Up the Louisville and Nashville Fast Mail and Secure About $10,000, BIRMINGHAM, Ara, March 10.— Louisville and Nashville northbound fast mail 4 was held up by six masked men three miles this side of Calera about 11:15 o’clock. The train had just left the tank and was on time. The engineer was ordered to halt his train by two men on the plat- form of the mail coach. Two ugly pistols added emphasis to the order. He obeyed. He stopped the train and was ordered down from the cab and made tocut loose the air, which he did promptly. He was then made to go with ‘the men to the express car. The only oc- capant was H. W. Gordon, who was made to open the doors. One of the men went ivside and secured a number of valuable packages, the contents of which are not known to-night. The men then accompanied the en- gineer buck to the engine, after he had reudjusted the air. He was then ordered to pull out. which he did. The passengers were not disturbed. Sheriff O'Brien and five deputies, with horses and dogs, left on a special for the scene. It is rumored that the robbers secured about §10,000. The facts are so meager and the railroad officials so reticent that it is impossible to substantiate the report at this hour. Sl e METEOE FALLS IN OHIO. Residents of New Henton Scared Out of Their Wits. WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, Onio, March 9.—A 10 o’clock this morning peo- ple at New Benton, this county, were greatly excited. Tiey saw a cylindrical light, from which three columns of smoke were issuing, producing a half-rumbling baif-bissing noise, which was heard for miles. Suddenly the ball burst, produc- ing a terrific report, which was heard twenty miles distant, and breaking the window lights of some of the houses. ‘When the meteor pasted over the house of David Leifure the iaiter was knocked down and 1of some time was unconscious. Shortlyafterward, unon going to hisstable, he found one of his horses dead in its stall, with the side of iits head blown off. An. other horse 1n an adjoining stail was made deaf by the concussion. Search is being made for the meteoric stones. ——— Maryland Steel Works to Start Up. BALTIMORE, Mp, March 9. —1It is cupation, to avoid a conflict with the |authoritatively stated that the works of the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point will ctart up in all its’ departments in a few weeks, thus giving employment 10 over 2000 men. W in operation the M a capacity of producin, dai jdYompany has g 1200 tous of iron e DISASTROUS FLOODS. Alarming Rise of the Mississippi at Mem- phis—Kentucky Family Reported Drowned. MEMPHIS, Texx., March 9.—The Mis- sissippi River has passed the danger line hero and is rising at the rate of nearly a foot in twenty-four hdurs, with the pros- pect of continuing until a height of about | thirty-six feet is attained. Intense interest is felt in Memphis and the big planting territory south of Mem- phis over the condition of the river and the probable point to which the waters may rise, with much speculation as to whether the levees will be sufficiently strong to nold the water within bounds. River men are generslly of the opinion that there is nodanger of their giving way. All agree, however, that they will be pretty fully tested by the present high water. LOUISVILLE, Kry., March 9. rainstorm in this section continu dispatch from Bedford, Ind., sav damage in that section will reach §2,000,- 000, alt the country roads having bee: washed out and bridges swept away Farm lands have been so badly washed that raising crops isout of the guestion thisyear. A family by the name of Wil- son is reported to have been drowned in Richland Creek while trying to escape from a flooded house. CINCINNATI, Onro, March 9.—The Ohio River is again rising at the rate of several inches an hour. INDIANAPOLIS, INp, March 9.—This city experienced another steady down- pour of rain throughout last night. Fall Creek and White River are already swol- len from the heavy rain of last week and are again risine rapidly. The Evansville and Richmond Railroad has entirely sus- pended operations. O'NEILL IN A NEW KOLE. The . A The Actor Sued’by a Young Man Who Claims to Be His Son: CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 9.—A mysterious suit which was filed against James O’Neill, the actor, late Saturday, and suppressed for service, was disclosed to-day. Two suits were begun in the Circuit Court by Alfred Hamilton O'Neill, who claims to be the son of the defendant. One of the bills is for the purpose of per- petuating testimony in regard to the | divorce suit, which was tried some years ago, and in connection with this suit | O'Neill brings suit for $20,000 damages. The complainant’s lawyers .admitted to-day that the damage suit was based on the allegations set forth in the suppressed bill, which alleges that the actor and the mother of the complainant, who is not mentioned by name, were married in 1871¢ when she was 15 years oid; that in 1873 James O'Neill deserted his wife, and in 1877 she filed a bill for divorce on the ground of desertion. The defendant, it is alleged, by adroit counsel and by false pretenses and prom- | ises and by threats of various sorts, worked most outrageous fraud on the court, and that the defendant procured a decree to be entered finding that no mar- riage ever existed anda having her bill dis- missed. Young O'Neill now asks that this decree be set aside, that his parénta e be estab- lished, that the defendant be restrained from leaving the jurisdiction of the court, and also for the appointment of a re. ceiver. The actor was served with process before leaving the city. e LA Kansas Railroad Bill Fetoed, TOPEKA, Kaxs, March 9.—Governor Leedy to-day vetoed the Harris railroad bili to empower the State Board of Rail- road Commissioners 1o ‘establish freight and passenger rates. —_— One Failure Cawses Another, LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 9.—The Ger- mania Safety Vault and Trust Company h all its furnaces | made an assignment this afternoon. The failure was caused by the suspension of the German National Bank, in which the Trust Company was a larve depositor. The capital stock is $200,000. The last | statement placed the assets and liabilities at $271,130 each. It is thought that stock: | holders will realize fifty cents on the dollar. — - WANTS THE TREATY RATIFIED. President Favors Arbitration, Not Only With England, but With O.her Europsan_Powsrs. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 9.—A Herald special from Washington says: President | McKinley is emphasizing his earnest de- | sire for the prompt ratification of the gen- eral arbitration treaty by personal appeals | to his friends in the Senate. It is understood that to Chairman Davis of the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen- ator Cullom and to others who have called | President McKinley has manifested the | greatest interest in the treaty and urged | | them to use their best efforts to secure its prompt ratification in practically the same shape it was sent to the Senate. President McKinley, it is said, thinks so woll of the good work accomplished by | Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote that he stands ready and willing o be- | gin negotiations for similar treaties with other European powers. Since McKinley has declared himself so strongly in favor of the treaty In‘its origi- nal form many Republican Senators who before favored radical amendments now incline, for the sake of harmony with the administration, to stand by the original instrument, with perhaps some slight modifications. Senator Davis, the new chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, isdis- posed to yield to the President’s wishes on nearly all points except the one nam- ing King Oscar as the sovereign to select the rinal umpire. Itis understood that { he and other Republican members of the committee will insist on striking out the | clause. The chief opposition to the treaty as a whole will come from Senators Morgan and Daniel, both of whom stand resdy to resort to dilatory tactics to prevent its rat- ification in the form in which it was drawn and as it is now indorsed by the i new ad ministration. e Mother and Three Daughters Drowned. ST. LOUILS, Mo.,, March 9.—A special to-day from Brownsville, Tex., says that a Mexican woman named Luz Santos Rod- rignez and her three daughters were drowned. They went to the lagoon to get a barrel of water, one girl voing in to bathe, getting beyond her depth. Two sisters rushed in to suve her. They also began to sink. The motner then threw herself into the water to save the children and all were drowned. — - Judge Caswrll Leaves for Home. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—Judge Thomas S. Caswell of San Francisco, who came here to attend the inaugural ceremonies, left for home to-night. He served as a member of the reception com- mittee, of which General Miles was chair- man, and was also honored by being se. lected as amember of the special escort tc the President during the inaugural cere- monies. ——— Ineendiarism Cauves Four Fatalities. BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 9.—Two per- sons were killed and two others fatally wounded in the fire at Aueurn place. The dead are Charles Goddard and an eight- year-old cluld, suffucated in the smoke. Mre. Goldard jumped from a fifth-story window and wili die. Mr. Dunkin leaped from a third-story window and was fatally injured. The fire was the work of an in- cendiary. The money loss is small. p LA T War Again in Kentucku’s Senate, FRANKFORT, Ky. March 9.—When the State Senate meets on Thursday thirty- three Senators are entitled to vote, Five new men will present credentials. Four of these are Repubticans. The silver Dem- ocrats wili endeavor to prevent their being seated, and thus prevent an election of a Republican Senator, It is going to be the old fight of last winter over aj | to-day by Chairman Allison. | PARTY DIVIDED NGHIST ITSELF Fruitless Caucus of Demo- cratic Members of the Senate. Plots to Cépture the Organiza- tion of That Budy Come | to Naught. Republicans, cn the Other Hand, Are | United, but L2ck a Working M jority. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, March 9.—For more than two hours to-day the Demo- | cratic members of the Senate endeavored to reach some conclusion on the question | of the organization of the Senate. Like the Republican conference of Friday it was fruitless in results. The two factions | are arrayed against each other. Onthe | one hand the Republicans present a solid phalanx of forty-two votes that will stand by each other through thick and thin; on the other there are the divided ranks of the goid standard Democrats, silver Dem- ocrats, bolting silver Republicans and Populists. The problem before those seeking to | take the control of the Senate from the Re. | publicans is, How can these various fac- | tions be solidified and made one in inter- est? No satisfactory answer to this ques- tion has been proposed, and the more the discussion proceeds the less appears to be | the chance of definite action, by reason of | the inability of the seceding factions to | cohere into one determined party of oppo- | *sition. | Caucuses and conferences have been numerous since the new Senate convened. The Populists, while holding no formal caucus, have agreed among themselves that they will support any plan that may be indorsed by the Democrats. So, too. the silver Republicans—those who bolted | the St. Louis piatform—have agreed to | stand by whatever policy may be inaug- urated by the stronger of the bodies in opposition to the element now in control of the Senate committees, When the Democratic caucus was called for to-day there was no distinction made between the men who indorsed the Chi- cago ticket and those who'stood upon the Indianapolis platform. Notices of the | caucus were sent to every Democrat. Of | the gold men only Lindsay of Kentucky | attended. Gray of Delaware and Caffery | of Louisiana weie absent. The absence of Gray is not looked upon as significant, for the reason that whenever the Senate ad- journs over he always runs up to his home jor the few days at his disposal. Caffery, | the second absentee, was the permanent chairman of the Indianapolis convention and his absence may have some political significance. | The situation was discussed in a raiher | informal manner, and the only result | reached was the appointment of the ola steerin: committee, wilh Faulkner of | West Virginia and Smith of New Jersey | substituted for Brice and Blackburn, | | whose terms expired last Tnursday. The effort to take the committees from the Republicans is antagonized by some | leading Democrats for various reasons. Gorman thinks the scheme to consolidate all the factions in the Senate by a com- bination with the silver Republicans and the Populists would be dangerous and | would result in the establishment of a precedent that might prove embarrassing | in the future. | Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the National Committee, is said to be opposed | to it because the Democrats have not suffi- | cient votes with those of their allies to do what is proposed to be done. This con- clusion is based upon theassumption that Lindsay of Kentucky, Gray of Delaware and Caffery of Louisiana, each of whom supported the Indianapolis tickets, are not Democrats. Jones is supported by several of the more radical silver men, who thus hope to emphasize their disapproval of tue course of these Senators. These same wen also appreciate the fact that if they had possession of the committees they would be handicapped by the Repablican | House and the Republican President and | would be unable to consummiate any of their own plans of legislation. The result of the two_hours’ zalk, there- fore, was concentrited on the appoint- ment of the committee mentioned, and this committee will confer with the other factions and possibly with the Re- publican steering committee announced The Republicans do not expect any serious result from all the tslk of setting aside the present organization of the | committee. They have so far failed to see | just how the opposing elements in the Senate will be able to agree upon a plan of action. At the same_ time the Republicans renlize their impotence, nou having more than forty-two votes, and with little hope of having the two Senators appointed from Kentucky and Oregon seated. They also believe that vacancies in the various tommittees will be filied by agreement be- tween the Republicans and Democrats, and until such agreement is rescned it is very certain the vacancies will not be filled. It cannot be verified, but it is stated to-night with much positiveness that Senator Teller of Colorado was at tne caucus. The scheme ior a reory ation of the Senata on silver linss contempiates the election of ex-Senator Duboise oi [daho as Secretary oi the Senate in plice of Mr, Cox of North Carolinn, and the r wenton of Colonel Richard Bright of Inliana as sergeant-at-arms. A note was sent to- night to each Republican Senator, urging him to be in his seatt noon. CUBA LGST Ta SPAIN. Sinews of War Wil Soon 8e Exhaus'ed and Two Home Revolut.ons Are Threatened. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 10.—The Sun’s correspondent in Havana sends the following : In the month of May Spain’s sinews of war will be exhausted, and the Spanish Government, confronted by the two threatening revolutions at home—one by the Carlists and the other by the Repub- licans—will be obliged to give up the struggle in Cuba, abandoning the island to the insurgen Such, at least, is the substance of al! the news and opinion received here from Madrid in private letters to leading Span- iards who have important relations with thecourt. Senor Romero Robledo, who wrote one of the letters, says that the sit- uatior, in his opinion, is extremely erit- ical. General Martinez Campos says in an- other letter that the Cubans are now stronger than ever, and that to crush the revolution Spain needs to make three times &s great an effort now as three years ago, which means 600,000 men and $320,000,000. Can such an effort be made? Martinez Campos says that the answer wili be given by those who know the real situatiow in Spain. *For reforms cr home rule,” he adds, “it is too late.” All the officers in the Spanish army now in Cuba who belonged 1o the Carlist army during the last warin the peninsula have receivel secret advices from the agents of Don Carlos that their military rank will be recognized by “The King,” and they will receive promotion in case they return to the service of “‘their rightful sover- eign.” From reliable sources the correspondent is able to say that the agents of Don Car- ios are working with great energy in Cuba among the old Carlist element. A scheme for a general uprising in the peninsula was planned a few montns ago, and was ready to becarried out when Don Carlos’ daughter ran away with a married man in Italy. This incident from a royal point of view worked much injury for a time to thie Carlist cause and it was decided to wait a few more months. Now the time is con- sidered ripe and Spain will probably be- come once more the scene of a civil war. In consequence of this critical condition of affatrs the Central Government has notitied General Weyler that he must ex- pect no more re-enforcements from Spain. Moreover, no more money is to be ex- pected for Cuba after May 1, because the Government has to attend also 1o the war in the Philippines and to the course of events at home. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 9.—A World special from Washington says: Secretary Sherman has cablea Consul- General Lee that every reasonable de- mand or request he may make of the Spanish authorities in Cuba will ba sup- vorted by the power of the United States Government. The first dispatch received by the new Secretary of State from General Lee, out- side of the ordinary routine, came yester- day. It wassimple and brief, asking what he could do in the way of teing relieved of further service at Havana, and calling attention to a desire expressed that he might be permitted to return home. Senator Sberman took the dispatch to the Executive mansion, afterward cabling to General Lee requesting him to continue at his post, stating that no one has been selected as his successor and it would bs inconvenient to consider that matter for some time. He was assured of fair treat- ment by the new administration and told that his remaining as Consul-General would be regarded by the President ass personal favor. For Assistant Secretary of the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—Rear- Admniral Walker, who will reach the re- tiring age on the 20th of March, is spoken of for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mr. McAdoo, it is stated, has been requested to act until his suc- cessor qualifies and has consented to do so. OSEPH DE RICHMOND IS street line. table Sarsaparilla. matter of time and he is off anyway. Vegetable Sarsaparilla. stuff—not on your life! for dyspepsia, so at last I gave in and went Why, 1 laughed HIS GOOD FORTUNE. NO LONGER A GRIPMAN ON THE HAIGHT He is now on his way to the south of France. him a <nug fortune, so De Richmond goes to France. what he thougt of the vegetable preparation grown in California called Joy's Vege- His uncle has just lefc Before he left he told the writer Said he: ‘A man on the cable-cars has to be out in all sorts of weather, and he needs a fairly good constitution with which to battle life. kidney complaint he may as well get off the cars right away, for it is only a small ‘Well, sir, T had a pretty good scare myself. I began to feel kind of queer, would get smothering sensations, and as soon as I put food in my stomach it would blost and then I would be uneasy all the rest of the day. I consulted a doctor and he told me I was suffering from dyspepsia. medicine about two months and I was constantly getting worse. g was surely going to be serious. A fellow-gripman told me to get a bottle of Joy’s 1f ne is at all disposed to I used his I thought this thing at him. Get a bottle of that advertised Well, sir, he told me that this Sarsaparilla was just the thing for a bottle. I went toa cerner drugstore acd the fellow sized me up wrong—he started in to string me; ne wanted me to take something in place of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I got hot in the collar and left his substituting store, and I went to a respectable drugstore and got a bottle of Joy’s. “It was no good for a week. ot more regalar. I didn’t feel any relief, oniy my bowels were kind Alter the second week I began to feel like my old self again. Yes, you may say, young feilow, that Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla is a fine medicine. Wha my face or a sore, either.”” Did I get any pimples or sores on my iace? No, sir. I never got a pimple on