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<j trails leading through
the forests have been christened and the
infant town has a broad way and several
avenues. The Pass, in its present
crude condition is practicable for the
entire distance to lake Bennett and a
man without a pack can go over It in
24 hours. Pack animals can traverse it
with a load of 150 pounds and it seems
to be the better trail for those who nave
brought others with them. The miners
who have bo horses, the Chilkoot Pass
seems preferable as it is impossible to
hire men here to pack outfits. The white
trail has been cut through to lake Ben
nett only about a week and so far only
very few have passed out of the lower
end although hundreds of miners are
camped along t. Frank Slnvin, the
pugilist is said luhave been the first man
to emerge at the lake. Ilis outfit, how
ever, was badly broken up by the pack
ers and he refused to pay for its trans
portation.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE
; THE CZAR AND PRESIDENT TOAST THE
TWO NAVIES.
—-
* Review Parade of 50,000 Troops Among
Which Was the Imperial Guard--
Faure Banquetted.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 25.—The Czar
and Czarina and President Faure and
heir respective suites witnessed a march
past of 50,000 troops at the Krasnoo
Seloe camp today. The spectacle was
nost imposing.
As the Imperial Guard passed the
rand stand the Czar cried: “Thank you,
ny men!”
In the inarch past, Prince Napoleon led
the Czarina’s Lancers, himself galloping
to the front of the Imperial party, salut
ing with his sabre and bowing low.
At the conclusion of the march past a
military balloon ascended, bearing the
inscription: “Vive Le France, 1897.”
The end of the spectacle was some
what marred by a heavy shower.
At the luncheon which followed Presi
dent Faure toasted the Czar and Czarina
and the Russian army, to which, he ad
ded, he brought the greetings of its
French comrades.
The Czar replied by toasting “our com
rades of the valiant French army.”
Both toasts were drunk standing, and
he “Marseillase” and the Russian hymn
.vere played.
This evening the Emperor gave a ban
quet to M. Faure, with a special invita
tion to the officers of the French squad
*on. M. Faure toasted the Russian navy
ind the Czar the French navy.
15 YEARS FOR ASSAULT.
I li.it is What a Guilford County Negro
Gets.
Greensboro, N. C.. Aug. 25. —(Special)
—The negro Luke Richardson, who at
empted an outrageous assault on a young
lady named Seiffert in this place about a
month ago was sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment here to-day.
CLOAK MAKERS STRIKE.
New York, Aug. 25.—The general
•trike of the clonk makers of this city
and vicinity, which had been threatened
for a long time, has been ordered. Henry
Fisher, of the board of walking delegates
of the Brotherhood of Cloak Makers, an
notineod to-day that 12.000 cloak makers
in the brotherhood will be called out to
morrow. More than 5,000 went out this
afternoon.
DEATH OF MR. EDMUND JONES.
Lenoir, X’. C., Ang. 25. —Spe-
cial) —Mrs. Eugenia, wife of non.
Edmund .Tones died at two o’clock.
She had been complaining since
Sunday, but was not considered very
ill until a few minutes before she expir
ed. _ Her sudden death is a slink to the
community.
(HUB ARiVi rS Oaf
45,000 People Marched the
Streets of Buffalo,
M’KINLEY AT THE r RONf
HE WAVED HIS HAT TO THE
SHOUTING THOUSANDS.
G. A. R. VETERANS WITH TATTERED FLAGS
The Procession Was Five Hours and Forty-Two
Minutes Passing -Girls Scattered Flowers
Along the Route -Decorated Arches
Erected by Colored People.
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Forty-five
thousand people marched through the
; treats of Buffalo today, swathed in flags
' and bunting.
| When the line of the G. A. R. proces
sion moved at 10:30 a. in. the sky had
not a cloud. The rain storm of last night
left a clear, bracing air that was like a
I onic to the marching men. The proces
sion moved for five hours and forty-two
minutes. Along tin* route of the march
00 g'irls, dressed ill the colors of the tlag,
nattered flowers in the path of the sol
diers.
1 President McKinley rode in a carriage
at the head of the procession and waved
his hat at the cheering crowds,
j After passing the gayly decorated
arches erected by the colored people of
Buffalo the President saw before him a
great living shield and caught the music
«f two thousand young voices lifted up in
tlio national anthem. As the columns
moved on nearer and nearer to the shield,
the first platoons wheeling up Delaware
avenue, the human sympathy that had
| been pent up for an hour of waiting,
broke out in one tumultuous climax of
enthusiasm.
j At the reviewing stand, a large gaily
decorated compartment in the middle of
the three thousand scats for spectators,
had been set apart for the President, the
Governor, the Secretary of War and
; other distinguished guests. Archbishop
Ireland was the first comer to receive
recognition from the assemblage, a
hearty cheer being accorded him as he
took his position on the stand. General
j Ruggles, the adjutant general of the
army, and General Sickles were recog
nized. Senator Mark Hanna came to the
stand early, but few people seemed to
i cognize him and such greeting as he re
ceived was from friends in the McKin
e.v portion of the stand,
j Mrs. • McKinley, Mrs. Alger, Miss Al
ger and Mr. Fred Alger drove to the
house of George ’,. Miller and saw the
parade from there.
| It was 11:22 when the head of the col
umn reached the reviewing stand. When
the mounted escort had passed the car
' riagos containing the President and Gov.
Black drove up and, attended by the com
mittee and the Governor’s staff, they dis
mounted, the vast crowd rising and
cheering vociferously.
At 11:30 the parade moved again and
s the staff and aides passed and saluted,
the President and Gov. Black arose and
doffed their hats, remaining standing un
j-til the aged veterans composing the staff
I had all passed. Then they seated them
' solves, President McKinley in the center,
| Governor Black on Ue right and General
Clarkson on the left.
When the Illinois division passed the
veterans uncovered and waved hats and
handkerchiefs and the President again
rising, returned the salute by kissing
his hand to them. When the Pennsyl
vania division passed with twenty-two
tattered flags of the regiments of the
var. President McKinley motioned to
the crowd on the stands and with one
accord they arose and uncovered.
The President paid a pretty tribute to
some colored veterans as they passed,
by waving his hand to them. Some
men from a post at Bardford, Pa., hit
upon a novel method of obtaining recog
nition from the President. The man
nearest the President’s end was directed
to get near the I'resideut and shake his
hand. The others formed a chain by
grasping hands. The President laughed
very heartily at the scheme.
At 1:30 the President and Governor
Black left the reviewing stand. Lunch
was served at a private residence near
by. The stay at lunch was very brief
however, and the President and Gov
ernor Black were son back in their
places and the President was again bow
ing and smiling and lifting his hat to
’ e veterans i and indefatigable manner.
When Fairbank Post, of Detriot, came
along, Secretary of War Alger was seen
upon the right flank of the first com-,
puny, marching in the post uniform.!
When the President saw him he pointed
him out and the stand occupants gave
him a round of applause.
With Lafayette Post, of Indiana, walk
ed General Lew Wallace, and he received
a welcome.
Not oric of tlic interesting features of
the parade missed the President’s atten
tion, and he laughed heartily at the'
corn and wheat displays of the west, 1
and the complimentary references to
prosperity.
The battered flag of New York
elicited great applause, and Gettysburg
Post of New York city was heartily
clieored.
General Alger joined the reviewing
party while New York’s delegation was
passing. It. was nearly 5 o’clock when
the last of New York State division,
comprising a brigade of Buffalo posts,
passed the stand, and after nearly six
hours of constant attention, the Presi
dent and Governor Black were driven
to their hotel amid the hurrahs of the
old soldiers and the applause of the
vast crowd of people. Throughout the
entire day the great crowd was orderly
and there was no intrusion upon the
President.
The closing event of the iNtening was
a reception to the President at Music
IlnlT.
Other events to-night were a reception
by Mrs. Catherine F. Hurst, president
of the Ladies of the G. A. R., at the
Iroquois Hotel, a reception by Mrs. F.
C. Woodley, national president of the
Army Nurses at the Women’s Union and
, numerous receptions by minor organizar
tions.
THE CUBAN BUDGET.
Newspaper Correspondent Has Been!
Ordered From the Island. ,
I Washington, I>. 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.