VOL. XLTT. NO. 151. QUPUY DE LOME TO MRS. DAVIS * The Spanish Minister Con veys Queen’s Message RegardingCisneros. CLEMENCY FROM QUEEN NO TRIAL YET AND THE CASE 18 NOT READY TO RE l DISPOSED OF. I WILD STORY OF SENSATIONAL PAPERS i Enrique Speaks of the Good Heart of Amer-, I ica's Grand Lady and Scores the Ameri can Press for the Sensational Feature that is Placed Above Desire for News. New York. Aug. 25.—1 n response to an appeal cabled to the Queen of Spain ■ by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth j Cady Stanton, and other notable Amer ican women, urging clemency for the young girl Evangeline Cossie Cisneros, idlccerated at Havana by the Spanish military authorities and who it was re ported was to be exiled to the penal col ony at •outa, Africa, the resident Spanish minister, Dnpuy de Lome, has addressed the following letter to Mrs. Davis, giving the official Spanish ver sion of the arrest of the young Cuban and the alleged reasons for her detention and proposed trial: “Lenox, Mass., A rig. 24. Mrs. Varina Jefferson Davis, Narragansett Pier. Dear Madam: Don Joan Du Boso, first secretary of the royal Spanish legation, who went to see you in my name, has reported to me the conversation he has had the honor of having with you Sat urday last. “I have not failed to eonvey to her majesty, the queen, through her minister of State, the Dulfe of Tetuan, that you j had really telegraphed to Her Majesty and I have also supported the noble words you have expressed in your con versation. “Mr. Du Boso told you that when your cablegram was received, by the Queen, the' Spanish government had no knowl edge of the arrest of Miss Evangeline Cossie Cisneros, and also that Her Ma jesty had given orders, as soon as it wa« received, to report to her the merits of the case and had been pleased to com mand me to inform you, if your message was true, that she had received it favor ably and with all the regard due to a lady so worthy of respect as you are. “The information received from Cuba by the Spanish government and laid be fore Her Majesty, and that has been transmitted to me by cable shows, in my opinion, that a shameless conspiration to promote the interest of one or more sen sational papers is at the bottom of the romance that ha* touched your good heart. “The facta show that Miss Evangeline Cossie Cisneros, lured to her house the military commander of the Island of Pines, and had men concealed in it, who fried to assassinate him in connection with an uprising of the prisoners in the island. For that offense, far from being condemned and being ready to lie trans ported to a penal settlement in Africa, she ha a not yet been tried; the public prosecutor has not yet presented the case for the government; he has not yet, as is a requisite of our law, asked a sentence to be imposed on her, and the ease is not yet ready to lie finally disposed of. “These facts are very easy to prove. “The Consul General or any of the foreign consuls in Cuba willing to get information can convince themselves of the truth, and could have been applied to by the papers which have started this sensation, if they had really been prompted by a sentiment of humanity instead of having been prompted by the desire of increasing their circulation by their usual slanderous methods. “The absolute falsehood of the press publications in relation to concrete facts related with the ease, is not favorable certainly to the exactitude of the consid erations with which the innocence of the accused person pretends to be proved. “I have the honor of giving you the above information by order of Ilcr Ma jesty, and to inform you. by her special command, that she is well and favorably disposed to correspond to your earnest plea and I arm instructed to add that, as the case stands, and before the trial has been completed, and a sentence imposed, she is not allowed by the law to interfere but that instructions have been commun icated to the governor-general of Cuba to bring a speedy trial and to grant to Miss Cossie all possible consideration. “I am. madam, vorv respectfully yours, “ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOME.” CHIEF PETEK CON LIN RETIRED. New York, Aug. 25.—Chief of Police Peter Conlin was retired to-day by the police commissioners on his own applica tion. He win receive a pension of $3,- 000 a year, j \ otSnr Inspector John McCullagh will be appointed in CJonlin’s place. The question whether or not he must pass a civil service examination has been referred to the corporation counsel. JEFFRIES TO VIRGINIA SENATE. Richmond, Vs., Aug. 25. The Demo crats as the Senatorial district to-day ■omlnated for the State Senate I. L. JafMes. #f G«lpe**er «e*atf. The News 21 fid Oh^rver. I lit 1 NWfV 4J JiviTi \JP. ▼Wi ® TIE LARGEST :OLATI . | D ULY P PER. INCREASE OF EXPORTS. Annual Report of the Bureau of Statis tics For Chief Ports. Washington, Aug. 25.—The forthcom ing annual report of the Bureau of Sta tistics will show the percentages of the aggregate exports of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 110, 181)7, at seventy of the principal customs ports. It is shown that the exports from the port of Now York have fallen off from 40.32 per cent of the whole in 1895, to 37.2 in 1897. Boston’s exports were 9.41 per cent in 1890 and 9.00 in 1897. New Orleans has made a gain from 8.47 per cent in 1897 to 9.0)5 in 1897. Balti more also increased her exports from 7.52 per cent in .1890 to 8.15 per cent last year. This increase said to be duo to the large increase of the shipments in corn. The exports from Philadelphia increased from 7.52 per cent in 1890 to 8.15 per cent last year. This increase is said to lie due to the recent exceptionally large shipments of wheat. There was also an increase at San Francisco from 2.79 per cent in 1894 to 3.77 in 1897. Galveston, Texas increased from 4.12 per cent in 1890 to 5.54 last year and Newport News, Va., from 1.68 in 1890 to 2.10 last year. Puget Sound, Wash ington, increased from 0.78 per cent in 1896 to 1.13 in 1897. Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.. increas ed from 0.77 in 1890 to 1.77 last year. Chicago increased from 0.15 per coDt in 1890 to 0.22 per cent last year. In the matter of imports in New York shows a falling off from 04.12 per cent, of the whole imports of the United States in IS9G, to 62.86 in 1897. Boston shows an increase from 10.10 to 11.80 i>er cent. New Orleans increased from 1.74 to 2.17. Baltimore fell off from 1.73 to 1.49. Philadelphia increased from 5.02 to 0.29. San Francisco fell off from 5.41 to 4.50. Chicago fell off from 1.99 to 1.51 per cent. j These figures represent the goods that went through the several customs houses, and do not take into account the locality ! from which the shipments were made. Thus a cargo of cattle shipped from Chi cago by rail to Now York and there en tered for export to Liverpool, would be recorded as an export from New York. AMERICAN LAWYERS MEET G \THERING OF PROMINENT ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT CLEVELAND. Judge Samuel Hunt Delivers Address Before the Body -On Friday the Officers for En suing Year Will Be Nominated. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 25. —The Ameri can Bar Association was called to order at Association Hall this morning with an attendance of nearly 300 delegates. President J. M. Woolworth, of Omaha, delivered an address to the Association. President Woolworth introduced Judge Samuel F. Hunt, of Cincinnati, the rep esentative of the State Bar Association. Judge Hunt’s address was largely one of congratulation that Ohio had been se lected as the meeting place of the ua ! ional association. The salient feature of is address was that our legislative bod | ies are occupied rather witlPthe refine ments of civilization than with the fund amental questions of government. There i s need of the good and strong and stal vart in every part of the land to preserve the established principles of our nation i 1 life and to maintain unsullied our na- I ional honor. The people must look large | y to the lawyers of America for the en j hronement of the law. , Virgil P. Kline was expected to deliver ! the address of welcome on behalf of Cleveland, but failed to appear ana Hon. James H. Hoyt took ms place. Officers for the association for the en uing year will be nominated and elected | n Friday morning. Among those whose j names are mentioned for president are !Judge Samuel F. Hunt, of Cincinnati; fudge Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, ml., and Judge William Wirt Ilowe, of New Orleans. After admitting sixty-nine applicants to membership the association adjourned and spent the afternoon enjoying a lake excursion under the gu dance of the lo cal association. i TnE EVENING SESSION. The evening session began at 8 o’clock and lasted until after 11. It was devoted to the reading of reports and discussion | thereon. The first report presented was | that of the Committee on Jurisprudence, and Law Reform, which was read by! William Wirt Howe, of New Orleans. I The next report was that of Ihe Com-j | mittee on Judicial administration and !Remedial Procedure, which was present-! Jed by Judge Alvin McCreary, of Keo-' :kuk, lowa. | The report of the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar was ' presented by Judge George 11. Sharp, of I Baltimore. Judge I). M. Follette, of Marietta, 0., submitted the report of the Committee on International Law. ARKANSAS MURDERERS FREE. Not Yet Appreh nded, but Sheriff is J Searcning for Them. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 25.—The re ported wholesale lynching in Cleveland county proves to have been premature, though it is liable to occur at any time. It seems that the ring leaders in Satur day’s riot at Ivendayy’s mill have not yet been captured. The only definite in formation received from the scene of the trouble this evening is contained in a special dispatch to the Gazette as fol lows: Risen, Ark., Aug. 25.—Joe Smith, Frank Matthews, Frank Wright and George Callahan, the main actors in the murder of T. T. Johnson, near Kendall, on Saturday last, arc still at largo. “There is no mistake about the mur derous participation in this bloody affair of the negro Wiley, lynched on Sunday night, “There are six negroes in jail here at the present time charged with being con nected with the murder of Mr. Johnson. “Two of the number are thought to be innocent but the other four are be lieved to be guilty. Great excitement prevails and it is difficult to state what the outcome will be. The sheriff is scouring the country for the ring-leaders and it ia thought they cannot eacape.” RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY MORN ING, AIGIST 18J)7. CHANGE 1 HEIR PUSS Pittsburg Operators Fear in ternational Dissention, MINERS ALMOST WINNERS OPERATORS MAY YET MAKE SOME CONCESSION. PAT DOLAN ARRESTED BY SHERIFFS Denied the Privilege of Marching Past the Tramway—Carried to Washington County —Secret Committee of Operators Given Discretionary Power to Act. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 25.—C0al opera tors of the Pittsburg district made a decided change in front since yesterday. International dissensions mixed with fear on the part of some, caused a split in their forces and a change ,of base. On its face, the movement looked to many like a temporary surrender to the United Iron Workers of America. This, however, is denied in most em phatic terms by the most pu/iuiiient lake shippers who say they are going to start their mines and supply the de mand from the northwest and not stand idly by and let a large volume of busi ness go to operators of other States. They publicly state that they arc willing to wait for a week or ten days before a decided move is made. They claim that this will give them ample time to got tlie lake trade. Sonic of the o]s>ra tors in the meeting were frank enough to state that the situation at the present time in all branches of labor is critical and that they have no desire to make any move that would cast odium on the operators of the Pittsburg district. It was understood these conditions that the operators went into session this morning. There were many who had not signed the agreement to share their portion toward the expense that might accrue in the effort to start the mines and that they were the loudest in the appeal to hold off to await developments. No agreement could lie reached and the meeting adjourned sine die. In the afternoon meeting of the most prominent and largest lake shippers the following was issued by the press com mittee: The organization composed of all the coal operators which lias been in session at the Monongnhela have adjourned, this morning sine die. This action puts af fairs into the hands of a committee ap pointed under an agreement which was entered into at Cleveland and which has since been ratified and strengthened by the signatures of a large majority of the railroad producers of this district. This committee is vested with discretionary power to act. All efforts to find out who composed 'this special committee were futile. J. B. Zerbe, who presided at the meeting was emphatic in asserting that the operators who had orignally gone into the compact at Cleveland to break the strike had not changed their inten tions. • The Cleveland operators left for their homes to-night and it is probable that another meeting will be held in Cleve land within the next few days. Many of the local operators who took part in the conference and withdrew, seemed to be in a good humor. It is knoAvn that a number of the small pro ducers have been making more money in buying and selling coal than they would had their mines been in operation since the strike began. PATRICK DOLAN ARRESTED. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 25.—Patrick Do an, district president of the United Mine (Workers of America, was arrested in Washington county this afternom while eading a body of marchers past the Alli on mine of Cock & Sons, near McGov rn station. Ever since the strike started the miners have been making daily marches | from their camp to the mine. From the I mine to the railroad there is a tramway, under which runs the public road known as the Washington pike. | This morning, with a band at their head, about 400 marchers tramped along the pike and passed under the tramway, jOn their return they were stopped by deputy sheriffs and told that they could j not pass under the tramway, but must Toturn to their camp by crossing a field | and coming down the railroad. The marchers became enraged, and for a time jit looked as if there would be serious trouble. The marchers held a conference ' and decided to remain where they were j iid communicated with President Dolan i by telegraph. Dolan arrived shortly after 4 o’clock and made a speech to the strikers. He aid that the deputy sheriffs had no right o stop them from marching on the public thoroughfare as long as their mission | was a peaceful one, and told them he ,would lead the procession. The band, ( with Dolan at its head, and the marchers following, then started down the road to ! go under the tramway and on to the camp. When Dolan reached the tramway lie was told by the deputy sheriffs that lie could go no further, and when he wanted to know the reason why he was tohl that such a move was a violation of the law and the injunction. This Dolan denied and the arrest followed. lie was taken to Washington on the first train. I The marchers were disconcerted and were allowed to return to their camps ' unmolested. WARRENTON CHAMPIONS. Defeated Henderson Yesterday by a Score of 18 to 9. - Warronton, If. C., Aug. 25.—(Special.) —Warrenton won the championship of Vance and Warren counties today by defeating Henderson in an interesting game by a score of 18 to 9. | The feature of the game was the bat -1 ing of Casorloy, who cracked out three : wo-bnggers. ij Batteries for Warrenton, Foote and i Pendleton; for Henderson, Faulkner and Cheatham. A KLONDYKE RAILROAD. To Be Built Next Spring by an English Syndicate. Skaguay, Alaska, Aug. 17, via Seat tle, Washington, Aug. 25. —A civil engi neer of Juneau, )'. E. Garthside, and six assistants are now surveying the white pass in the interest of an English syn dicate, which intends to run a railroad from Skaguay, the entrance to the pass, to Taku Arm, a distance of 08 miles and eventually to the Hookatinqua river, 110 miles. F. A. Bellinghurst. of Victoria is one of the principal promoters of the scheme. This road when completed will form the shortest and quickest route to the Yukon country and it is the intention of the company to build wharves and warehouses at Skaguay. The highest altitude of the road will be at the sum mit of the White Pass, 20,000 feet. The summit is about twenty miles from Skaguay. The surveying party has been at work since July 28th and expects to have the survey completed in two weeks. They are now twelve miles up the river. Although the exact cost cannot yet be estimated, it is known that the road will cost more per mile than other railroads, but. as tlic trail is the natural outlet from tho Yukon, the promoters exiiect to reap largo returns. The present trail over the pass, used so much at present by miners with the idea of diverting the travel from the C’hilkoot trail and they made an attempt to prevent professional packers -from charging more than 15 cents a pound. Tn this, however, they were unsuccessful, as the date is now 30 cents. Mr. Garthside states that it will be impossible for more than one quarter of the people now on the trail to reach the Klondyke this year. Work on the railroad would be commenced in the spring and the road to Taku will probably be completed in six months from then. Skaguay is destined to be a large town and should the railroad be come an assured fact, will distance* Juneau as an outfitting and general com mercial point. Many of the Juneau mer chants have opened branch stores hero already. The great majority of people arriving here eanuot possibly get down the river this year and those of them who already realize this fact, are locating lots in Skaguay, and starting to build. In a year the town will undoubtedly con tain 2.500 to 5.000 inhabitants. The various paths nn. C., Aug. 25. —Consul-, General Lee has sent several reports to ; the State Department concerning the condition of affairs in Cuba. He reports j that Dominguez, who was arrested on the 10th and for whom he claimed all the rights to which he was entitled as an ! American citizen under the treaty and protocol, had given up his formally ac- I uired rights as an American citizen. An unofficial effort to save the man’s life brings the statement from Captain-Gen eral Wcyler that the proceedings have ! been sent to the prosecuting officer to , decide if the cognizance of the case per tains to the ordinary jurisdiction iu ac cordance with* the protocol of January 12, 1877. i The State Department is also informed that through tin* influence of Miss Luz Gay, the proprietress of a small illus ■ trated paper in Havana, the alleged , American citizen, Romero, who was ar rested and placed in prison incommuni cado, early in August, has been deported to the Isle of Pines. Romero resided in Now Orleans for a number of years, and Miss Gay, who is engaged to marry him, reported to General Lee that she thought her affianeee had become a naturalized citizen of the United States, but Romero, though able to do so, never eommuni , cated with the Consul-General at all. General Weyler lias given to General Lee his reasons for expelling George Eu gene Bryson, a correspondent of the New York Journal. Weyler says that the correspondent was found to have on his person several documents containing false and injurious news and that the conduct observed by , him is systematically hostile to the cause of Spain. The governor of the re gion and General Lee are to fix the day on which the corespondent sliouhl leave the island. He had not been expelled on I the 21st. WAS FREED BY A GUARD i JOHN DOE WAS AIDED IN HIS ESCAPE BY GUARD KINNEY. t • Promised to Pay Him SSOO--Guard Only Discharged- Fraud Alleged Against ex- Board of Directors-Babb Preaching. * Weldon, N. ug. 25.—(Special.)—It ‘ i now crops out that John Doe, alias Forest M. Rivers, the white convict who ► I . escaped some days ago from the Nortli ■ j a mot on State farm, was aided by one j of the State guards In the ,prqfHrSe-spf - > <*soo to be sent to the guard*as ‘soqu/as ' ! Rivers reached his home,- 'Which lie “. claims is Leavenworth. Kan. The name | of the guard is J. E. Kennedy, from ■ 'Davidson county, and 1 am told that I I lion. Zeb. Vance Wulser recommended ■ j Kinney to Captain ltliem. The guard not , \ only allowed Rivers to walk off but also ■' gave him money, and there is evidence . j that lie (Kinney) also furnished him with a pistol and several rounds of car tridges. As soon as those facts became known to Superintendent Khom he promtly discharged Kinney, who left for Richmond, Va. I have learned that Kinney has been making efforts to -join i the United States army. He is a Republi can in politics and lnuj only been a guard since the new administration took charge of the State government. It is learned here that the new board of penitentiary directors charge tlio old board with a misappropriation of funds, and that the exjiert employed by them I at their last meeting to examine the books, for which he is to lie paid SIOO, was employed for the purpose of hunting ! for fraudulent entries. Rev. Mr. Babb preached at the State farms again last Sunday, morning and evening. He says the charges against him are all false and were gotten up simply because he joined the Populist ’ party, and that he drank whiskey with every member of the committee pre ferring the charges. DUE TO-DAY FROM KLONDYKE. The Portia ml Expected to Bring Tons of Yellow Stuff. Port Townsend, Wis., Aug. 25.—The team ship Portland is due to arrive from ; the mouth of the Yukon river to-morrow and it is expected she will bring several j tons of gold from the Klondyke gold fields. Great excitement was caused last night by the receipt of a message from I Toosh island that a vessel was passing iin and it was believed to bo the Port land. Three tugs loft immediately down ! the straits to meet her. The Associated Tress tug, after steaming forty miles | spoke the steamer Williamette from Dyea and Skaguay, which proved to lie the vessel reported at Toosh. The tug will lie in the straits till the Portland is sighted. Special lookouts have been placed at every telegraph station oil either side of the straits and there is little probability that she can slip by j without being sighted although weather in the straits is thick and is likely to re ! main so in this season of the year. While officials of the North American Transpor tation and Trading Company look for the Portland to-morrow they say it may he three days yet before she puts in an ap pearance. j JAPANESE MINISTER DEAD. Ex-Minister to the Lnited Stales Passed Away Yesterday. Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.—A tele ,ram was received at the Japanese loguw ; tion today announcing the death of , Count Mutsu, ex-Mlnister of Foreign Af ,j fairs and Japanese Minister to the United States in ISBS. The news was not at all unexpected, as the Count has been , ill with lung trouble for a long time and i was compelled by ill health to resign his ■ office about a year ago. His illness re jcently took an acute form and his son, i who was at the time secretary of the le gation here, was recalled to his father’s (. bedside. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. URUGUAY'S CHIEF ASSASSINATED President Jidiart Borda Shot During the Exercises of a National Fete. - i ASSASSIN WAS A YOUTH AND FIRED THE FATAL SHOT AS THE EXECUTIVE LEFT THE CATHEDRAL. BORDA UNPOPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE Was Elected as a "Combination Candidate" and His Elevation Was Distasteful to the Advanced Element -Several Attempts Previously Made to Assas sinate Him. Montevideo, Aug. 25. During a na tional fete which was held here to-day President Jidiarte Borda was shot and killed by an assassin. The assassination of the President oc curred as lie was leaving the cathedral where u tedeuni had been sung. Presi dent Borda died almost immediately af ter he was shot. The assassin, a youth, named Arrenda, was arrested. Senor Cuestos, president of the Senate, has as sumed the presidency ot the Republic ad interim, Senor Jidiarte Borda was elected President of Uruguay for the term ex tending fiom March, 1894 to 1898. The fete at which he was assassinated waa being held in celebration of the inde pendence of Uruguay, which wa* achieved on August 25, 1825. At the time of Senor Borda’s election he belonged to the official party, and was elected by a very narrow majority. The people, it was said, were sadly dis appointed at the result but order and quiet was maintained. The leading pa pers of Uruguay deplored the election of Senor Borda and declared that it marked a reaction in the country’s progress. Later President Borda issued a procla mation to the effect that his administra tion would conduct the business for the stated interest of the whole nation and that he would invite the assistance of gil political parties to that end. This proclamation made a very favorable im pression. On that occasion the president, accom panied by his aide lieutenant, Col. Turrene, had been horseback riding. As he dismounted in front of the govern ment palace, a youth approached him and drew it pistol. Before the trigger could be pulled, Lieut. Col. Turrene struck up the arm of the would-be as sassin, and the ball passed over the president’s bead. Another attempt to assassinate him was made on May 20, when lie received a bomb sent to him from La Plata, Ar gentine. It was in a box and so ar ranged that it would explode when the box wfts opened. Fortunately, suspi cion was aroused, and the box was turned over to the police and destroyed. MURDER A SOCIALIST. The murdered president was about fifty years of age. lie was married and had a family and also a brother who is an officer in the Uruguayan army. He was elected three years ago, being a “combination candidate” of several par ties. So far as is known Tie had not been very popularly identified with the people nor had lie held any number of important offices. Ilis elevation to the chief magistracy is said to have been distatsteful to the more advanced ele ment of the people. Much interest attaches to the na tionality of the assassin of the president. “It would not be surprising,” said one diplomat, speaking of the affair to-night, “if the murderer belonged to the So cialists or anarchists. There are a num lier of societies of Socialists in Uruguay. Many of those classes leave their native countries and come to Uruguay where they continue the propagation of their ideas.” NO SURPRISE TO OFFICIALS. Washington, Aug. 25.—The assassina tion of President Borda, of Uruguay was not altogether a surprise to the officials here who have watched the recent out breaks in Urngauy. The last mail ad vices received here showed that the revolution had broken out afresh, the pence delegates from the insurgents having given up the hope of securing peace and withdrawn to Argentine Re public. Further agitation was occasion ed by the reports that government re ceipts had shrunk $1,600,000 during the year as a result of the revolution. The last issue of the Montevideo Times, re ceived here, states that the president re mained ayny from the state house in evident fear of his life. At the same time a “Colorado” or Junta of those seeking to overthrow the government had established active operations at the enpi tol. The assassination of the president doubtless’ will bring the country to a revolutionary crisis which has been long impending. The revolution thus far has been confined to the country districts, where several extensive engagements have been fought, the government forces securing tlio advantage. , There is no Uruguayan representative in Washington. THE DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. L Pittsburg. T\i., Aug. 23. —The second session of the convention of the Daugh ters of Liberty was devoted to the read ing and adoption of reports. The re ports showed that the order has been established in four now States—North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Montana. Throughout its jurisdiction. P>s new councils have been added to the roster: that there has boon an Increase of over 4,000 in membership. The total number of councils Is 345. During the year there were 319 deaths in the order.