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B THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1897 *0PROSITION 10 HAWAIAN ANNEXATION Senators of Ability to Make a Determined Battle. LIVELY DEBATES ARE PROMISED. If the Treaty Fails, Effort Will Be Made to Annex by Joint Resolution. SPAIN ATTENTION. PA. he Leaders In Congress Ex- pect That the Wishes of McKin~- ley Will Be Respzcted, Special Dispatch to THE CALL Cavr OFFicE, Rices Hovse,) W ASHINGTON, D.-C., Dec. 2. § Senator Allison, who arrived to-nignt, said in an interview: ““There will be determined opposi e Hawaian annexation coms from men whose ty is not to be gain<aid.” e Senator says that Hawaii will be given preference over Cuba, if Cuba is dis- cussed at all; that he is willing to follow the President’s lead in the tion; that practical currency legisiation is impossible in the Senate, and that the appropriations will be kept down to the lowest point. Senator Gray of Delaware, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, sald to-day that he thought it likely that there would be a protracted session of Congress with & great deal of discussion. There would be no change in the rules Senate and there would be great to debate. -~ With relation to ii, he said there would lively He was quite certain that the treaty annexation could not be ratified, but he 1ld not say how succesgful would be the tto annex the isian ion. He was sure, however, that there would be a great struggle before it was done. Senator Lodge to-day declined to dis- cuss tk ation, bnt expressed the opinion thatthe annexation of Hawaii as certain. He d. that the advocates ought ther had the neces- an ques- of latitude Hawail fight. of c wo-thirds of the Senate for the rati- n of the treaty at the close uf the special sessio t they had probably not lost a 1 since, but that at s vents the annexation woula be effécted, not by the ratificztion of the treaty, n by the passage of a joint resolution of Congress. There was no doubt about there being a.large ‘majority in each YORK, Dec. 2.—The Herald’s hington correspondent telegraphs: Congress will give in which to test the autonomous reforms ed to Cuba. Attempts will be maae to force the hand of the administra by the introduction of various kinds of in- tervention resolutions, but President Mc- Kinley assurances from leaders of voth houses of Congress that his sugges- tion for delay will be followed by the leg- ive brancn of the Government, Though the maj y in the House ght declare in favor of action at this 1e they will be controlled by ihelead- has ers and nothing will be done. The ad- ministration has made no attempt to poll Congress on the butthe President 1 members.of rbinet bave talked th Senators and Rerresentatives who callea on them since their return to Wash- ston. ard the statements made by as much more. significant ‘than v poll. by duals would be, and ey are satisfied that Congress will not precipitate action by this country until Spain has had reasonable time in which ) show whatcan be accomplishea by the w men and new politics put forward by e SagastajMinistry The President, without attempting to lead Coneress, bas ireated the Cuban sub- | jectin such a way as to make it very em- barrassing for a ‘Republican Congress to act bastily without causing-a rupture be- tween = the executive and legisiative branches of the Government. Some Senators and Revresentatives declare that it had not been ; at any time the intention of the Spanish Goy- ernment to carry out the reforms in good faith. wi istry time ‘to ‘show what it will.do. The consequence 1s. that while there will be resolutions of all kinds introduced in both houses, and while inflammatory speeches will be made -in” the Senate, there will be * no hasty aciion by the House of Repre- sentatives, as many of the men in this body are satistied with the results the President has already accomplished iu his Degotiations with Spain. NOW UNGER SUSPICION. One of the Men Selected to Try the Case of Luetgert the Second Time. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—One of the four men selected as jurors in the Luetger: case is under suspicion. - Reports have come to Mr. Deneen which imply that the man secured his position in the interests of the defense as he has for twenty years been a friend of the sausage-maker, and_has re- peatedly declared his belief that Luetgert is innocent, To-night Mr. Deneen had two of Inspec- tor Schask’'s most trusted men assigned to him and piaced the investigation in Jheir hands. A repori is expected to- morrow morning, and it may result in e discharge of the juror and subsequent roce-dings against him. No edditional Ji\ors were secured to-day. I AT CRUEL WIT OF HOUSE-BREAKERS. They Enter the Residence of the Presi- dent of the New England Burglar Insurance - Company. BOSTON, Dec. 2.—The residence of Wil- liam H. Brewster, president of "the New England Burglar Insurance Company, was enterea by burglars to-night while the WILL RECEIVE DUE| s by joint reso- | Spain reasonable time | Others are. doubtful, but they are | ing to wait and give the Sagasta Min- | | famiiy was at supper, and $1200 worth of jewelry was stolen. —_—— DUTY ON DUTCH SUGARS. Export Bounty Paid by Netherlands Causes a Counter- vailing Measure. [ WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The Secretary of the Treasurv io-day decided that the Netherlands Government pays a bounty n all raw and refined sugzars exported from that country, and hence under the new tariff act all sugars from the Nether- tands entering the United States are snb- ject to a discriminating duty equal to the export bounty paid. The exact rate of this countervailing duty has not yet been definitely ascertained, but it is said that it will approximate 48 cents pe~ 100 pounds on raw sugar and a slight advance on those figures on refined. It is known that the Seretary has also | come to the conclusion that the Belgian | Government pays an export bounty on suzar, and a decree to this effect mav be ected in a short time. The additional ies will apply from September 22 lust. The amount o raw sugar imiportad from the Netheriands during the last vear was | over 88,000,000 pounds, of which 25,500,000 | were not above No..16, Dutch standard. An the du poand. | below No, 16. HENRY GEORGE MARSIED. | 1n the Presence of Intimate Friends and Relatives Miss Hitch Be- | comes His Brids. CHICAGOQ, Dec. 2.—The marriage of Miss Marie Hitcb, daugher of Captain E. Hitel, formerly of New Orleans, to | Henry George Jr., son of the late Henry | George of New York, was celetrated to- | day at the home of the bride’s iather, | Ontario street. The wedding was & quiet one, owing to | the recent death of Mr. George's father. | Only the most intimate friends witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. John Rusk of the Militant Church The bride, somely gowned in white silk and lace, was attended by her sister, Miss Elimore Hitch, and the groom was supported by { Ralph Crawford of New York as best man. A wedding breakfast was served, after which Mr. and Mrs. George leit for Wash- ington. Mrs, and Miss George, mother and sister of the groom, were amoug the zuests, The wedding was to have taken place a week 820, but the sudden death of Mr. George in the heatof the campaign caused a postponement of the event. BLANTHER WAS NOT 2 Therefore He Could Not Have Killed Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont. On the Days of the Emmanuel Church Murders He Was at Atlanta, Ga. Special Dispatch to THE CALL | ATLANTA, Dec. 2—Joseph E.Blanther, better known as Arthur D. Forbes, who was manager snd proprietor of the South- ars Purch.sing Agency in Atlanta, and who recently committea suicide in the county jail in Fort Worth, Tex., was in Atlanta on the very days when the mur- ders of Blanche Lamot and Minnie Wil- iiams occurred .in S rancisco. The | statement is made by versons in Atlanta who knew Forbes weli and who had business dealings with him, and to sup- port their statements the books and | records which were in Forbes’ office here have been . consulted and it is shown that between April 1 and April 14 1897, the time of the two murders in San Francisco, Forbes was here and was doing business with Keily, Bros. & Co. and other firms. 1i these statements be true, and there appears no reason to doubt the proofs sub- mited, Forbes, slias Blanther, could not have possibiy been the murderer of the young girls, and the decla n wade in a written confession admittin: that he killed the young women, is false. Mrs. Blanther, the widow of the suicide, has been exerting every energy and effort to show that her husband was the real mur- derer and Theodore Durrant, now under sentence of death for the crimes, is an innocent man. Mrs. Blanther, who was deceived by her husband, is doubtless sin- cere in what sne says, but her whole | course of action is bas’ d upon the alleged written confession, W aich it is said was found upon the persca of Blanther when | he committed suicide in the Fort Worth | jait | The story of Forbes, alias Blanther, in Atlanta is interesting in view of later de- | velopmants. He was well-to-do at one time ana fora number of ‘years he would not buy any goods unless” the shipments were made cash on delivery. He bought large amounss of groceries and grain from Kelly Bros. & Co. and his credit was the very best for quite n long time. He did business on North Pryor street, near the Equitable building, and was organizer and incorporator of the routhern Pur- chasing Agency, which he conducied for | more than a year. Just before he left | Atlanta his wife went to Newman, where she opened a large store, and then it was that Forbes began to buy on credit, eventuully failing to pay for any of the merchandise, and when he hurriedly left the city there was a long train of creditors in his “wake, The books of Kelly Bros. & Co. show that during.the ume that Forbes claimea to have been in San Francisco that he was in Atlanta, and a Jarge amount of g00ds were purchased by him from this firm on the very days that he is said to have been in ¥an Francisco. e DELLA McQUAID DEAD. | Was Unce an sctress at the Alcazar Theater. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 2.—A telegram re- ceived by Marysvilie relatives to-day an- nounced the death of Mrs. Arthur Liv- ingstone, an actress known to the theatri- cal world as Della McQuaid. For a long time Livingstone and wife were mem bers of a stock company at the Alcazar 7 he- ater in San Francisco. The lady’s ceith, which occurred last night at Louisville, Ky., was due 10 the effects of a surgical operation performed for the relief oi ap- pendicitis. Two married sisters, Mrs. J. B. Davis and Mrs. C. G. Sullivan, reside at Santa Rosa. A brother lives it Wood- land and one here. —_—— glf nmxmnmm’nnrq E See THE CALL of Next Sunday. ITH the “Lion of Plevna,” and 62,700,000 above thai number. The | sugar imports fx Belginm during the | lat yeur asgated over 125,000,000 of wlicn nearly 121,000,000 were who was simply but hand- | I¥ SAN FRANCISCO CRISPLT0 FAGE THE UHARGE Italy’s Aged Ex-Premier Demands a Full In- vestigation. |SAYS HE IS A VICTIM OF CALUMNY. | Pathetic Appeal of the Noted Statesmen to the Deputies. SO A COMMISSION IS NOW APPOINTED. | | | | Revival of the Bank Scandals, In Which Even King Humbert Figures. | Special Dispatch to THE CALL ROME, Dec. 2—To-day the Chamber of | Deputies appointed a commission of five to inquire into the charges against Signor | Francesco Crispi, former Premier, in con- nection with the Bank of Naples scandals |and the al'eged illegal -traficin decora- tions. The proceedings are the result of | arecent decision of the Italian Court of Cessation, which quashed the judicial in- dictment brought against him on the ground that the ordinary tribunals of jus- | tice were not competent to deal with such | charges brought against a fornter member | of the Government or his conduct while in the Government. The Court of Cessa- tion keld that such charges must be dealt | with by Parliament, which was the con- tention of Signor Crispi, and the judicial proceedings were thrown out. The special commission was appointed after an impressive speech by Signor Crispi, in which he declared that he de- | sired the most ample and complete dis- cussion of the whole question, and did not dread the light, which, he said, could re- veal nathing against him. “I am the victim of calumny,” he as- | serted, “and should have brought suit { ugainst my calumniators if the matter | had not been referred to the Chamber.” Signor Crispi recalled his past labors on behalf of Italy, and be aimitted that there had been times when he had erred. He claimed, however, from his conquerors an unbiased judgment, and assertea that he was prepared to testify before the com- | mission and to omit nothing, so that the | matter might be probed to the deepest, adding pathetically, “but it will be very hard at 78, after devoting sixty-three | years to the service of my country.” This passage of the speech provoked vio- lent interruption, and the president of the | | | deputies, who were particuiarly virnlent. Signor Crispi, after order was restored, said: *I remsin calm, even in the face of my adversaries’ invectives. I have a serene conscience, and I shall die, when my time comes, with the name of Italy upon my lips. But I ask to be allowed to pass my last days quietly. If Italy needs me I shall always be ready to serve her, but I do not have and never have had ambition for power.” At the conclusion of his speech a num- ber o1 deputies gathered about him to congratulate him and to shake his hand. Signor Crispi, the mcst brilliant Italian statesman since the days of Cavour, is called upon to face, in his extreme old age, not accusations of political erimes, | but’ ordinary felonles. He has already | been subjected to the humiliation of mag- | isterial examination in connection with | cuarges of complicity in the frauds that wrecked the Bank of Naples, the Bank Romona, the Bank of Sicily and other kindred institntions. The Crispi Cabinet was driven from office as the result of these scandals. In each ca:e the insolvency of the bank appeared to have been brought about through the blackmailing extortions to which it was subjected by leading poli- ticians and Government officials of the day. Mostof this dishonesty took place during the adminisiration of Crispi. Not even his most relentless enemy has ever | accused him of plunderine the banks to | his private resources. On the contrary, his countrymen, for the most part, accepted his assertion that the money exiorted from tnese institutions was used by nim for the secret service of the Government and in electoral expenditures. Unfortunately for him the judicial au- thorities who inquired into the circum- sances that led to the failure of the banks | discovered that among the most voracious | of the plunderers was Sigrora Crispi, the | veleran statesman’s wife. It was stated |at the time thal from one bank alone something like 10,000,000 francs (about | $2.090,000) found its way into ner privaie banking account; and it was urged and is | 8till urged that Signor Crispi, not being a rin man, m'st have known of his wite’s precs wry démands, as in no other way conld ¢ have accounted for the large sums: of money she expended upon her estabiishment while he was in power. Last spring, when the matter wus be- | fore the courts, a friend of Signor Crispi undertook 1o explain the transactions which led to the collapse of the Bank of Naples. According to this story Signor Crispi, just_before tie elections in 1895, asked the Bank of Naples for a loan o1 400,000 lire for election expenses, the money t0 be repaid to the bank from the secret service funds. Then came the downfall of the Crispi Cabinet, with only a little more than half the loan repaia. - Crispi told King Humbert of his pre- dicament and his Maj sty gave 120,000 lire toward the remainder of the indebt- edness, Baron Bianc furnishing what was necessary 10 make up the full amount. Trus, according to the story, Signor Crispi repaid the bank in full, When the accusations recently before the courts and now before the special com- mission of the Chamber of Deputies were being revived, with the talk of prosecu- tion, Signor Crispi bestened from Naples to Rome, demanded an audience with tbe King, showed him the receipt of tne bank for full payment and demanded that his Majesty put an end to what Crispi char- acterized as “the campaign of injustice.” The ex-Premier, according to the story, declared that unless his persecutors were called off he would deiend himself to the last, edaing, *“In such a case, sir, two persons will go into exile—1 as a poor man and you with your millions.”” The Bocialist press interpreted his au- dacious language to be a threat of dis- closures; that in consegnence of a tip King Humbert had saved the whole mat- ter of bis large deposits in the Bank of Naples just before' tie crash came. charged Withzihe Baden Murder. REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 2.—-C. H. Ray- Chamber formally warned two Socialist | ‘CONSTRUGTION FORCE mond, alias Moore, was taken to Baden yesterday by Sheriff Mansfield and ar- raigned for the murder of C. A. Andrews, the young man who was killed by robbers at the Grand Hotel at that place. Next Wednesday is the time set for his prelim- inary examination. —_— MGR. SCHROEDER’S CASE. To Prevent Friction the Pope Has Decided to kccept His Resignation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The purposes of Rome concerning the case of Mgr. Schroeder of the Catholic University have been made known to the Catholic au- thoritées in this country. 1t isunderstood that the Vatican neither wili approve nor disapprove the_ action of the board of directors of the Catholic University, as it is felt that such approval or disapproval would lead to further irri- tation and scandal. It has been deemed best to clos: the controversy as speedily as possible and without formal orders from Rome, which would humiliate one side or the other. . The main desire 1sto accomplish results with the least possible outward agiiation. To that end an understanding has been reached that Mgr. Schroeder will resign within the present sc.olastic year, and probablv at an early day. The resigna- tion will be accepted. Mgr. Schroeder gave assurances to the university board that he would resign ii the Pope permitted bim 1o do so, and no. further doubt exists s 10 the perm:ssion being given. This conclusion bas doubtless been brought about by a letter Mgr. Schroeder recently addressed to Rome. ONCE LIVED IN SEATTLE. Early Career of Mrs. Kittenger, Be- cause of Whom Baron Passetti Committed Suicide. SEATTLE, Dec. 2—Thestory from Lon- don that Baron Passetti has committed suicide in Vienna, at the Goor of the woman he ioved, is of local interest, from the fact that Mrs. Kittenger, the woman in the case, formerly resided here with her husbang, Cnarles Kittenger, a well- known real estate man, While living here the separation occurred and Mrs. Kittenger went to New York, where she entered unon a theatrical career. WILMINGTON, DEL., Dec. 2. Mrs. Kit- tenger’s maiden name was Writney, and she was married at Seattle in 1839, She is a handsome woman about 30 years of age. She always had & fondness for the stage, and after ber separation from her hus- band she want to New York, where she joined one of the Frobman comvanies, ap- pearing in a miner part. HELD UP BY HINERS Work on the Railway Into Randsburg Delayed Tem- porarily. Two Men Armed With Winchesters Attempt to Check Opara=- tions. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—Two men with Winchesters in a six-foot-deep mining shaft dug between the grade stakes aiong the line of the Randsburg Railroad held up the whole construction gang and stopped the building of tbe road foral- most two days this week. The hold-up occurred about six miles from Johannes- burg, ‘he terminus of the line, President Albert Smith of the road told the particu- lars to-night. “Beyond annoyance and temporary de- lay,” said President Smith, ‘‘the hold-un amounted to nothing. It was qnick:yl settled by law and there is no chance of similar trouble in future. | “When we reached the point of the | trouble two men named Wren ana Webb bobbed up out of the hole between the | grade stakes and told our men they could | not cross their claim until a right of way had been secured. I would have been ready to pay the men a small sum to get | out end prevent delay, but they wanted | hundreds for a hole 1n the ground where there was no sigzn of ore. I realized | that if we peia these men to get out we would have forty holes between the grade stakes within the next six miles, which we would have to buy. So we went to San Bernardino and got a perma- nent injunction from the court against Wrenn and Webb and went ahead laying our track. Wrenn and Webb were on claims owned by other people and had no right to demand anything of us. “The road will begraded into Johannes- | burg by Saturday night, and we will have | traios ranning into that place not later | than December 10.” | TRYING 70 PROVE DAVIDSON INSANE Defense of the Randsburgl Wife-Murderer Begun at Bakersfield. Admits the Kiling and Seeks to Show rhat the Criminal Was N>t Rasponsib a. Special Dispatch to THE CALL BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 2.—The taking of | testimony was begun thi> morning by the | prosecution in the Davidson wife-murder case. It rested at 0 0’clock, and then the defense proceeded. The prosecution proved a seemingly vlain case of cold- blooded murder. The defense offered a weak cross-examination, apparently rak- ! g thekilling for granted. The only feat- ure was where any of the testimony hore | on the prisoner’s emotional actions at the | time of the killing. This was done, as | was afterward shown, to halp out the in- | sanity ‘plea, which the defense is trying 10 substantiate. The defense began by producing and reading the deposition of Davidson’s father | and Los Angeles police officials. ‘The deposition of the father, who resides in Missouri, and that of a reighbor tendeu to show that the prisoner’s mother was in- sane at the time of his birth and for some time prior, and that when a small boy he fell trom a loft and hurt his head. Dar. ing his youth he displayed insane charac- teristics. { The depositions of the Los Angeles po- ! lice officers disclosed that Davidson and his wife had trouble & year or 50 ago while residing in Los Angeles, which resulted in a separation. lhrough this ordeal, it was shown, the prisoner acted exceedingly crazy. The trouble bstween Davidson and his wife arose over Mrs. Davidson's fondness for another man, named Wilb- 2. | led. JEALOUSY LEADS T0 A CONFESSION William Kern Tells of the Murder of His Father. SHOT DOWN BY HIS SWEETHEART. Lured Into the Woods, Slain and His Body Set on Fire. ALSO PLANNED TO KILL THE MOTHER. Flendish Crimses Planned by Yourg Woman Agreed to by Her Lover. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. WATERLOO, Iowa., Dec. 2—The Kern murder mystery is a mystery no longer. Out of the gnawing of a guilty conscience the truth bas finally become known. Con- stanily harassed by the blackened corpse of a father lylng in the selitude of the woods where he met hisdeath, and haunt- ed by the specter at night, William Kern, a party to the vile conspiracy, has broken down and confessed. His sweetheart, Delilah Fales, stands accased of the cold- blooded murder of Jerome Kern, and the dead man’s only son confesses himself to have been a willing accomylice. She sug- geswed and he assented. It mattered not that the plot contemplated the killing of his father; he blindly followed where she Nor did it matter 1hat this crime was to be followed by pnother more hor- rible —the slaying of the mother who gave him birth. Kern’s confession was brought about by the plan of Mrs. Parrott, wife of the Bre- mer County Sheriff. She visited him in the cell and aroused a spirit of jealousy by Fales from other men. Then sne narrated harrowing ghost stories calculated to work upon his fears. Last night after she had toid a blood-curdiing tale before the lamps were lighted Mrs. Parrott closed with the remark; haunted to the end of his days.” At this junciure young Kern started and '-”nomeu: "My God, I see my father now! Toat was his first admission of impor tauce, but thereafter he was easily drawn out, and to-day he made a complete con- fes<ion to the County Attorney. His father had borsewhippsd bim for telling of the attentions accepted by Miss | | “Any one hay- i | ing a guilty conscience of murder will be going with Delilah. She suggested that they zet rid of him as well as_his motber, and that they get married. W:iliam gave the programme his approval. On the suc- | ceeding Monday his father was enticed into the woods, where Delilah waited for him. She fired the fatal shot from a re- volver young Kern had given her for tbe purpose. illiam was working about tne carden when his father left the. house. Ere the echo of the shot had died away tbe youth hastened to the scene of the tragedy. He and Delilah saturated the ciothing of the dead man with oil from a can she had brought and set fire to it, the object beinz to conceal the manner in which he died. Both Miss Fales and young Kern are in custody awaiting the action of the Grana Jury, though neither is aware of the other’s imprisonment, GREAT DISTREsS FrEVAILS. Progress of the Commission Sent Out to Investigate the Armenian Question. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. ERZEROUM, Dec. 2 —My mission is delayed here bo the illness of yhe con- ductor of our party. We are moving heaven and earth to get away. The neither carivans cor muils can move. have obtained important material regard- ing the Armenian question, in particular authentic revolutionary documents, which Iam sending by mail. The whole coun- try isin a state of exireme curiosily, and bosh sides are eager to present their case. Great distress prevaile everywhere among botnh Armenians snd Moslems, owing to past events. GeorGeE H. HEPWORTH, ONE RESULT OF THE ~ DINGLEY TARIFF Receipts at the Nogales Cus- tom-~House Increased Fourfold. Those of November $32,578 as Compared With $8640 the Same Month a Year Ago, spectal Dispatch to THE CALL NOGALES, Arrz, Dec. 2—The full meaning of the Dingley tariff bill has been exemplified in the Nogales custom- house during the month of November. It would be difficult to find a better illus- tration of the difference between the present tariff and its predecessor than that furnished by the Nogales customs office at the close of business last Tuesday evening. The shipment of . Mexican oranges from Sonora, Mex., into the United States com- mences in November of each year, while a goodly number of Mexican cattle from the same State can always be counted un auring the same month. In November, 1896, under the Wilson bill, the total receipts at the Nogaies Custom-house from this tariff amounted to $8640 20. During the same month in 1897, under the Dingley bill, the receipts amounted to $32.578 73. Collector of Cus- toms Harry K. Chenoweth says this was district of Arizona. The difference be- tween the two months gives $23 988 53 in | favor of the Dingley tariff, being enough | to pay the salaries and expenses of the | customs force in the entire district for a I who'e ye: mountain pass to Bitlis is blocked, and | 1l the banner month in the history of the | HAYTIANS ARMING FOR THE FRAY GreatExcitementat Port au Prince Unduly Caused. |GERMAN WARSHIPS ON THE WAY. Reports That Make Residents of the Island Capital Pre- pare for War. PACIFIC INTENTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED. But the United States Will Hasten the Departure of the Crulser Marblehead. Special Dispatch to THE CALI. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—A Washington special to the Herald says: There may be trouble get at Port au Prince, Hayti, on account of the imprisonment there by the Haytian authorities of Herr Emil Lueders, a German snbject. Dispatches were received here to-day by the State Department and tbe Haytian Minister, saying that there was great ex- citement in Port au Prince on account of the receipt of a dispatch from the Hay- tian Consul onone of the other West In- dian Islands, stating that iwo German warships had passed the town wher~ he was stationed under full speed for Port au Prince. Dispatches turther stated that resiapnts of Port au Prince were arming, and \ere preparing to resist to the utter- most any forcible action by the German naval forces. Embassador von Hollenben called at the State Department to-day and assured Assistant Secretary Day of the pacific in- tentions of his Government and of the moderation with which the demand for | indemnity would be insisted. It is believed that these ships were started when the controversy arose and that they will find orders awaiting them at Portau Prince which will modify any previous orders which may have been given them as to bringing pressure to bear upon the Haytian Government. In view, however, of the disturbed con- dition of affairs in Hayti and the pos: bility that civil disturbances might arise out of the present excitement, the admin- istration has thonght it wise to have an American ship there to protect the in- terests of citizens of the United States as soon as possible, and for this reason orders were sent to the Marblehead, now coaling | at Norfolk, directin- her to proceed as soon as possible to Portau Prince. She is expected to get away within the vext two | or three days. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. I ——AarT—— CROWDED TO THE DOORS! The Remarkable Increase of Business PAUSON & CO.'S Is Something Marvelous ! Frisco. S We have the s the BEST LIGHTED STORES IN AMERICA. in America! 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