The Weather To-day: FAIR; VERY WARM.
The News and Observer.
VOL.XLVI. NO. 81.
IMIS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAILIES IN NEWS AND CIRCULATION.
ARTILLERY DUEL
WITH FILIPINOS
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Lawton Seeks Hidden Cannon
Near Las Pinas.
A FIERCE FIGHT FOLLOWS
AMERICANS DRAWN INTO A FIL
ITINO AMBUSCA 1)K.
BURST OUT AND ARE RALLIED BY LAW r ON
Filipino Forces Driven Across Zapote. Lying
for Hours Willi the Musketry One Pro
longed Poor. A Lull Late in
the Afternoon.
Manila. June I.'!. —((5:Oo I*. M.)—Gen
eral Lawton unexpectedly stirred up one
of tlie liveliest engagements of tlie war.
south of l.as Pinas this morning, upon
which occasion American field guns were
engaged in tire tirst artillery duel against
a Filipino hattery, concealed in tlie jun
gle.
Companies F and I. of the Twenty-
First infantry were nearly surrounded
by a large body of insurgents, but the
Americans cut their way om with heavy
loss. #
The Touted States turret ship Monad
nock and the gunboats Helena and Za
tiro trained their lotteries on Bakoor
and tlie relnd treiicnes near l.as Finns
all morning, Bakoor was onrt‘ on lire,
and the natives stopped tlie spread of
the flames.
During tin* night an insurgent can non
was fired three times at the Americans
on the outskirts of Las Pinas.
General Lawton this morning took a
battalion of the Fourteenth regiment
and two companies of the Twenty-first
regiment to locale tin* rebel battery,
and then two guns of tin* Sixth artil
lery and four mounted guns were planted
against it at 000 yards distance. The
rebels had a large gun from which they
were firing home-made canister loaded
with nails, and two smaller guns. Their
shooting was most accurate. The first
lot of canisters burst directly in front
of Scott’s guns and another shatteml
the legs of a private of the Fourteenth
infantry. Several shots struck the edge
of the town. The country traversed
was as bad as'it is possible to Is*. mainly
lagoons*, mud and water fringed with ■
hamlmos.
As soon as the lighting opened the
Americans were attacked by hidden rilie
im n on all siih-s, even the amigos, or
“friendly” natives in the houses of the
town shooting into their rear.
The companies of the Twenty-first
regiment, skirmishing along the beach
with amigo guides found, apparently, a
handful of relwls who retreated.
The iin*n of the Twenty-first followed
and suddenly the rebels opened a terrific
fire on tin* troops from the sides and
ivar. Tie* soldiers withdrew to tlie
water’s edge, finding what shelter they
could, and were picked ofT rapidly. Af
ter their ammunition was nearly ex
hausted the companies of the Tvventy
fiiMt retreated. lint (Tenoral Lawton
dashed down and rallied the men.
A little group made a desperate stand.
(Jeneral Lawton. Major Starr and Lieu
tenants Donovan and Donnelly taking
rifles from tin* wounded men and firing
at the enemy, bringing down some of
the rebel sharpshooters from a tree.
Filially their cartridges were all gone,
and they were forced to break through
the enemy's Hank, carrying tlie wounded
to the main body of tlie troops.
Lieutenant Donovan, whose leg was
broken, floundered for a mile through a
bog. after landing bis men in the face
of a greatly superior force.
(Jeneral Lawton ceased fighting until
reinforcements could be brought up.
Two battalions of tin* Fourth regiment
and one battalion of the ninth regiment
were hurried to the front, and in the
afternoon I lie hatlle was resumed.
The Moiiadnock anchored close to tln*
shore and her heavy guns pmunk-d the
rebels continuously, while the smaller
warships, steaming along the shore,
poured bullets from the rapid tire guns
at the enemy.
The Filipino force engaged appears
to have I icon the largest ami liest or
ganized body of men which lias met our
t roops.
The Americans are compelled to ad
vance along narrow roads and over
small bridges commanded ny earthworks
ten feet thick.
The only moans of crossing the Za
potc was by a small bridge which the
Filipinos commanded with trenches
spreading V-shaped, whence they could
concentrate their fire on the nridge. They
also had the advantage of the trees and
jungle so the Americans could hardly
see a head.
When the battle was resumed at one
o’clock with tin* reinforcements, our
baltiry having silenced the enemy’s
guns, the Americans wading waist-deep
in the mud of the Salt Flats, slowly
and pouring steady Volleys of musketry
ait the rebels, drove their opponents be
yond tin* river.
When the two armies lay facing each
etlu r across the deep stream, the enemy,
practically out of sight while the men
in blue and khaki lay in the maid and
bushes, many of them without any
sin Iter, for three hours, without a mo
ments’ cessation in tin* firing, imuring
bullets at the cm my as fast as they
could load, the thousand rifles blended
into a continuous roar were vastly dif
ferent from the intermittent skirmish
like rattle of most of the engagements.
Om* battalion after another, <Jeneral
Lawton summoned tin* reserves from
Las Finns until only enough troops were
left in the town to prevent the Filipinos
from attacking the Americans in tin*
rear, which was feared, as they were
creeping around our loft, through the
woods, delivering a Hanking fire which
put a great strain upon the endurance
of the Americans, who were floundering
in the mud across the river, while on
the right the Filipino sharpshooters.'hid
den in the trees, were peppering our
men. lint thanks to the poor marks
manship of the rebels, the loss was not
as great as if the Filipinos had shot
straight.
An army has seldom fought under a
greater handicap or more courageously
than did out* regulars, a majority of
whom were, comparatively shaking, re
cruits. who could have been pardoned
for retiring in tlie face or such a fierce
fire from their exposed positions.
The Fourteenth regiment lay to the
right of the bridge and in front of
them was the Twelfth regiment, with
the Ninth on the right and tin* Twenty
first up the road facing the bridge,
which was the key to tin* situation. On
the bridge were the bodies of two
Americans who had attempted to rush
across, and many wounded men were
carried from the open ground before
the bridge. »
After firing tn volleys for a short
time, the American- were ordenal to lire
w'ln* n and where they could see flu
ent my. It was every man for himself,
and the best out* men could do was to
aim at the mist made by the smokeless
powder.
General Lawton, though exhausted by
the morning’s tigut. rallied by sheet* wiil
power, and was the commanding figure
in the battle. Tie went along the lines
directing and encouraging tin* troops.
(Continued on Second Fageg.)
NO BASIS FOR THE STORY
GERMANY NOT OPPOSED TO ARBITRATION
IN PRINCIUE.
9
Mr. Ho'is Also Denies that We have Abandoned
Plan for Perm menl Arbitration Botrd.
Victory far Red Cross.
The Hague, June 13.—1 n view of tin*
stiflemenl. published in the I'nited
States, that Mr. Frederick Dolls, of tin*
American delegation to the Fence Con
ference. had cabled to tin* State Depart
ment at Washington that Germany was
opposed to arbitration in principle, the
correspondent of the Assmiateii Fress
called today upon Mr. Dolls who de
eland there was absolutely no founda
tion for such a statement. lie said
that, as a matter of fan, lie had not
sent llm State Department a message
of any kind since his arrival here, and
that the cable messages forwarded bv
tin* delegation had not contained the
least justification for the statnieut pub
lished.
“There is another story,” said Mr.
Dolls, “which 'is unite as false, ami
which, in the United States, may be
even more mischievous. 1 liman the ab
surd story that we have abandoned the
American plan for a |K*rmaiw*nt arbitra
tion beard. Tin* delegation, therefore,
has prepared for you the following state
ment:
“ ‘ln view of the misleading state
ments published in America regarding
tin course of tin* drafting committee,
of the Arbitration Committee, and the
exact position of the American propo
sals. you may say that the American
plan for a permanent tribunal, which
has been correctly set forth in tlie
American papers, has been referred with
wilier similar plans to the drartlng com
mittee. This committee will report to
the fnil committee on arbitration the
exact text of the unerican proposals
as submitted, as u* drafting commit
tee shall provisionally recommend. The
committee on arbitration and afterward
Hu* conference will then finally, pass on
the various projects. Tin* fact that
in the drafting committor the English
proposals have been used as the Jeisis
of discussion does mot indicate in the
least the abandonment of any of the
plans. It is not expected that tin*
drafting committee will be ready to re
]*>rt to the committee on arbitration
for a week or ten days; and all state
ments regarding its work or attitude
are mere surmises.’ ”
Sir Julian. Paiincofote. head of the
British delegation, this evening em
phatically confirmed the accuracy of tin*
statement of Mr. Dolls to tin* Associa
ted Fress.
Tire Bed Cross suli-eoimniittee of the
Fence Conference lias reported in favor
of applying the Geneva **ouventioji to
naval warfare.
The adoption of the principles of the
Geneva convention to naval warfare is
regarded as the first real achievement
of the conference.
JAFS BE IT BN WAR SIDFS.
Fart of I'oliey to Protect Chiron From
Inroads of tin* Fowers.
Seattle, Wash., June I”..—A will 'au
thenticated story comes from Japan to
tin* effect that all of the men of war
captured from the Chinese In the late
war between tie* two countries are to
be returned to the Chinese Government.
This is part of the policy decided on
by Japan to protect her neighbor from
the inroads of the powers. It is said
that the only rpo|M|uirernent to be made
i-; that China invest so many millions in
new war vessels to lie built under
.1 apa iwse direct ion.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE It, 1899.
ASSASSINATION OF
GENERAL LUNA
He and His Aide Killed at
Aguinaldo’s Headquarters,
BAYONETED BY GUARDS
THEY WE BE THERE TO CON FEB
WITH AGFINALDO.
ALTERCATION WITH CAPTAIN OF GUARD
President Will Send Twenty-Fourth and -Fifth
Infantry to the Philippines. Both are
Negro Rrgiments that Served
Gallantly in Cuba.
Manila. June 13.—3:30 p. m. —Informa-
tion. bplieved to be reliable, has readied
here of the assassination of General
Luna, and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant
l’asco Bunion, June Bth, by Agivinaldo’s
guard at the headquarters of Aguinntdo.
Luna and Bunion, it appears, went to
tin* 'Filipino headquarters to confer with
Aguinahlo. got into an altercation with
tin- Captain of the Gttoard, and one of
them drew a revolver. The guard killed
Luna ami Bamon with their bayonets.
NEGBO TROOPS FOB PHILIP
PINES.
Washington, June 13.—Tlie President
lias decided to send the Twenty-fontth
and Twenty-fifth regiments of infantry
to the Philippines. Both are colored
regiments and rendered conspicuously
gallant service in the Santiago cam
paign. They are hardy soldiers, and it
is believed will be able to withstand the
hardships of a campaign in the tropics
better than the white troops.
Great reliance is placed on the Twen
ty-fourth ami Twenty-fifth infantry, as
they can probably stand the climatic
conditions nearly as well as the natives.
Acting Secretary Meilklcjohtl to-u.iy
issued the formal order for the two
regiments, excepting one major and
four companies of eaeh, to assemble at
San Francisco and prepare for duty in
tlie Philippines.
STEADY PRESS!'BE THE POLICY.
England to Back ii up by an Adequate
Increase in Force.
London, June 13- Tin* Cabinet Council
in session to-day discussed the Transvaal
question, and some definite policy is
t bought to have been agreed on.
'the Daily Mail says the Council was
unanimous that steady pressure should
la* exercised and .is policy backed up o.v
an adequate increase in force in South
Africa. It also says the Cu|h* Colony
t abinet officially urges time, saying its
Boers would become intractable.
Mr. ( lianiberlain. Secretary of State
for the Colonies, in a blue book issued lo
nigln. replying to the petition of the Out
la inters in the Transvaal Bepuhlic. free
ly admits their substantial grounds for
the complaints.
"Great Britain,” he announces, “can
not permanently ignore the arbitrary
treatment of the Out landers,” and the
Transvaal Republic's indifference to
British friendly representations. Mr.
Chamberlain suggests a conference be
tween Sir Alfred .Milner and President
Kruger, leaving the former a free hand
.ind instructing fin* British representa
ti\<* that it his suggest!,ms, particularly
;is to franchises are not fairly received,
no turf Iter discuss,ion need be urged.
In tin* (House of ('ominons to-night,
Mr. Chamberlain announced the iufor
mation that the Transvaal was arming
the Boers in flu- British Colonv of
Natai and arming its own subjects
against Great Britain. Milner.ho showed,
had distinctly refused at tin* Biiocmfon
lainc conference, to arbitrate all ques
tions. though conceding that sonic ques
tions might lw* susceptible to settlement
bj arbitration, in no question, however,
was a foreigner to be the arbitrator.
SOME CADETS WHO PASSED.
West Point, X. Y., June 13.—Among
the candidates who passed their ex
amination this afternoon as cadets, are:
Winn Blair. Alabama: Levi G. Brown,
Mississippi; John I). Burnett. Jr., Ala
bama; Arthur AY. Fridge, Mississippi:
Marion S. Davis, North Carolina;
Flysess Grant, at large; Wm. W.
Hawes, South Carolina; Clifford Jones,
Georgia; Alexander M. Milton, Virginia;
George L. Morrison, Virginia; Wm. G.
Mot low. 1 ennesseo; A\ in. M. Niclmls,
Kentucky: Bay E. Owsley, Kentucky;
Robert E. Quarles, Kentucky; Alex
andre L. L. DeStaubin. Louisiana:
Bonbon C. Taylor, Alabama; Andros
Ponte, Venezuela; Luis Vglesias, Costa
Rica.
The two last named were admitted
under provisions of a joint resolution
of Congress,
BIOTS SPREADING IN INDIA.
Bombay, June 13.—The riots which
broke out last week in the Tinncvelly
District of the Madras Presidency, are
ass liming alarming proportions. They
have already spread over an area of a
hundred square miles.
Several more large villages have been
burned almost under the eyes of the
t roof is who were summoned from Trich
inopoly. The soldiers scarcely succeed
ed in saving the lives of the villagers.
The risings and burnings continue.
the jfdgesidf in doubt.
A Wealth of Aspirants Bob Up in
. Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Fa., June 13.—'With fully
a More of active aspirants for the Sit
preine court nomination there is no tell
ing who will secure the prize in tumor
row'- State Democrat ie convent ion. The
selection of iam'u'.ates for Superior
Court Judge and State Treasurer, amt
the making of a platform have been en
tirely lost sight of in the struggle for
it lie Supreme Judge.
There being two judges to elect next
November and no elector being allowed
to vote for more than one, the Democ
racy for the first tiyw* in many years
enters the campaign with tin* certainly
of the election of at leas! one of its
nominees.
A rough draft of the platform was
prepared at a meeting this afternoon of
a sub-coinmitto of the executive commit
tee. The platform will compliment tin
leadership of William J. Bryan: re
affirm (the principle's of the Chicago
platform and probably criticise the man
agement of tin* War Department and
the Philippine campaign.
M'KIXLEY AND HOBART AGAIN.
Dubuque. Town, June 13. —Senator W.
B. Allison said to-day:
“I have heard nothing said anywhere
about a Western candidate for N ice
President, and I believe we should re
nominate McKinley and Hobart and
elect them.”
GOLD DEMOCRATS TO MEET.
Cincinnati. Ohio. June 13. It is said
that Henry Watter.* .in has telegraphed
leading gold Democrats, who remained
with the party, to meet in New* York
June IT-I7ih. for conference. Pt is
added that tin* meeting x\ ill be of impor
ta nee.
SAVED BY AN OILSKIN
WAVED BY A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR, IT
BRINGS AID.
Capt. and Crt-w jf Six, All of Beaufor 1 , Rescued
from the Caps z 3 d Schooner George
A. Howes.
Norfolk, Ya.. June 13. —A yellow oil
skin coat attached to an oar and waved
frantically by a desperate man prevented
another of those tragedies of the sea
which, although now familiar, are never
heard without a shudder. This man
was a seaman on the schooner George
A. Howes and lives in Beaufort, X. C.,
and he, with his fellow sufferers were
rescued by the schooner Jesse VV. Starr.
All were brought to this city to-day.
The schooner Howes, Captain Beveridge
and crew* of six men left Fatchogue, L.
1., last Thursday for Bogue Inlet, N.
C. light and to-load lumber. When off
liarnegat she was struck by a squall
and took in all her sails. Shortly
afterwards, or about .T:3O o’clock in the
evening, another heavy wind caught her
by surprise and capsized her almost im
mediately.
The men climbed over the side of the
vessel and hung on until rescued. The
last seen of the Howes she was drifting
out to sea.
Captain Beveridge and all of his men
were taken aboard of the Starr, ex
hausted, the cook fainted when he was
battled over the rescuing schooner’s rail.
The survivors saved only the clothes
they stood in. and several had removed
their shoes that they might with more
ease hold on to the slippery hull of the
wreck.
The entire crew* of the ill-fated schoon
er live in Beaufort, N. C., where they
will he sent to-morrow.
PATRIOTISM OF THE SOUTH.
Postmaster General Smith's Address at
Salem, Virginia.
Salem, Va., June 13.—At the triennial
reunion exercises held at Roanoke col
lege to-day addresses were delivered by
Benjamin linden, of Fincastle, Va.;
Rev. B. A. Goodwin, of Richmond, Va.;
and Professor It. L. Fritz, of Elizabeth
college, Charlotte, N. C.
The aiiimni banquet took place this
afternoon. Postmaster General Smith
responded to tin* toast “Our Country.”
This evening the annual address before
the literary societies was delivered by
Postmaster General Smith.
Among other things lie said that his
auditors .were chiefly of the South,
while he was of tin* North, hut the
whole country is united now, as it has
not been since the foundation of the Re
public. The war of the past year has oh.
literateil all sectionalism. We of the
North do not forget that the first Ameri
can blood shed in this war was that of
the South. In the very exultation of
triumph, the tears were first brought to
our eyes by the heroic dash and tin* sad
but glorious death of Ensign Bagley of
North Carolina. He belonged to a
family which was described as “first at
Bethel and last at Appomattox,” and it
was a circumstance not without its sug
gestive and significant force that the
first blood spilled in this contest waged
by a reunited country for humanity and
liberty was that of a chivalrous and
intrepid representative of the South.
MB. BLAND'S IMPROVEMENT.
Lebanon, Mo., June 13. —Mr. Bland
continues to improve and liis condition
to-night inspires liis physicians and
friends to hope for his ultimate recov
ery. The’announcement of the proposed
visit of Colonel William J. Bryan, on
Sunday lias acted as a tonic to liis
spirits.
TOWN BLOTTED
FROM THE EARTH
HeFman in Nebraska Ex
punged by a Tornado.
IT WAS A SMALL TOWN
CONTAINING ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED INHABITANTS.
HORRORS OF NEW RICHMOND DISASTER
Out of 500 Buildings in Town Fully 300 Were
Wrecked by Storm or Destroyed by
6Fire. Dead Estimated at
100 or More.
Omaha, Neb.. June 13.- A tornado
struck the town of Herman in Washing
ten county this evening and wiped the
place out of existeiMM*. Herman Is a
place of about 300 inhabitants, in tin*
extreme northern part of Washington
county. It is on the line of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Bail
way. Details as .soon as possible.
WROUGHT FKABFUL HAVOC.
Omaha. Neb.. June 13. —The tornado
thu't struck flu* village of Herman this
eventing wrought fearful destruction.
A conductor on the evening train from
Sioux City passed through tin* place not
lung after the storm and he says not
a building is left standing in town, lie
counted twelve dead bodies lying in the
streets.
The fatalities will undoubtedly run
up to a hundred if not higher. A special
tiain has left Blair, the county seat, ten
miles distant, for the scene of the disas
ter. carrying surgeons and all needed
supplies. Wires are all down north of
Herman, antd it is not known how much
further north the storm went, but re
ports ar«* coming in to tin* eff«*ot that
a large i art ion of country nort h of
Herman is laid waste. The entire East
ern portion of Nebraska is being swept
by a terrific wind and electric storm to
\ night.
The streets of Omaha are flooded and
! the plav of the lightning is rearful.
THE NEW RICHMOND HORRORS.
New Richmond, Wis., June 13. —In-
describably sad arc the scenes of deso
lation wrought hy last night's tornado,
that iias practically swept out of exis
tence tin* prosperous little city of New
Bichnn ml. (tut of 300 houses and store
buildings, comprising tin* town, fully 300
were wrecked by the storm, or de
stroyed by tire. Almost every family
has one or more nietnliers dead, injured
or missing, little groups are seen every
where searching, by the light of lan
tern or torch, for loved ones who may
In* buried in the piles of debris on
every band. With frantic energy tin*
search has been conducted all day and
up to 0 o’clock fifty-four bodies had Iwen
found, although the number of dead
certainly vdill reach 100 or more. These
have, for t'he most part, been taken t<l
the Dal Indie and ('ongregationnleliurehas
which although in the very path of the
storm, miraculously escaped Its fury.
In these temporary morgues, the
sights are such as to touch tin* hardest
heart, as tin* grief-stricken living recog
nize tin* bodies, horribly mangled and
often dismembered remains of missing
dear ones.
The wounded find temporary asylums
in the uninjured dwellings om cither side
of the path, where doctors and nurses
fiom nearby cities and towns are doing
heroic work without stop or rest. As
many as possible of the injured whose
chances for recovery are considered
good, arc being sent to the hospitals at
St. Faul and Mtinneapolis, where they
will have better care.
The business port ion of the city cov
ered a space of four squares each way.
and was bt:::U solidly of brick and
stone. This entire space was swept
clear, foundation walls and in some
places masses of debris alone marking
where the business places formerly
stood. Trees that had lined the streets
of tin* neighboring residence district
were broken clear off or twisted anu
uproidetl. Till* tornado came up the
river from Hudson, where tin* damage
was co-mparatiively light. Following tin*
general course of tin* river and tin*
lira licit of tin* Omaha road, the storm
gained in intensity as it progressed and
was at its worst wlnn it struck tin*
business center of New Richmond. Out
lying residences in path of tin*
storm were stripped of shingles and
hoards or si dies were blown off. or. as
more frequently happened, were Torn
asunder and tin* fragments were scat
tered to tin* four winds of heaven.
Tries were uprooted and roadways
blocked, washed away or so overflowed
as •<> be made entirely unrecognizable.
The desolate view of the New Rich
mond of today is not one soon to be
forgotten. Among the .broken fragments
of their homes the people wander help
lessly, striving somewhat aimflessiy and
hopelessly to gather together what had
been left to them, (hi the east and west
limits of the city many houses are still
standing with little or no damage, and
to these homes the occupants welcomed
their less fortunate neighbors and
friends, giving them such aid as was
possible, and the sympathy that is so
much to stricken souls. I lie property
loss cannot Im* estimated at this time
and may never be accurately known. It
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
was almost total, for tin* * lice
agents i iqiort that no tornado tj, tin a*
was carried in the town, and i a a
small number of places. -* gstiro
joined in the destruction of pn .Swill
tin business men be at all I 0 —*seil
for their losses.
DEAD BODIES IN THE t _i; &T.
Omaha, Neb.. June 13. dual
details are dribbling in the
tornado at Ilenivan. Advices received
by tin* Bee up to 11 o'clock tonight
state that every dwelling in the town
is destroyed, except the public school and
a small dwelling, both of which arc on
I lie outsjciits. The force of Ihe wind was
terrific, as* scarcely one piece <>r any of
the many structures destroyed was left
intact. The scene in the streets of the
once thriving jtnd beautiful little town
is one of destruction. Wrecked build
ings and broken: furniture are strewn
all around, while dead bodies lie in
many places*, the corpses badly disfigured
and some of them hardly recognizable.
The moans of the injured mingle with
tin* calls of tin* rescuers as they puisne
their humanitarian task in the darkness
by the flickering gleams of lanterns.
The relief train from Blair arrived
about an hour after the storm, and the
work of picking up the wounded was
begun. Willing hands did what they
canid to help the injured, and in the
course of an hour tin* train pulled out
for Blair with J’o injured on board.
They were taken to Blair, as there is
absolutely no place left at Herman at:
which treatment can In* administered.
All the citizens of Blair have thrown
open their houses to tin* wounded, and
the unfortunates are being cared for by
competent surgeons. Many of tin* in
jured will die. but some of them re
ceived but slight injuries. It is impossi
ble at this hour, owing to tin* confusion,
to ascertain the mm diet* of dead, hut
twelve are known to have been killed
and the 1 isit will run very much higher.
Superintendent Jaynes*, of the Omaha
road, was at Tekaniah when he heard
(Continued on Second Page.)
FRENCH CABINET CRISIS
POINCARE MAY UNDERTAKE THE FORMA
TION OF A NEW ONE.
Chrisliani f els Four Years for Sinking President
Wi h a Cane ScrDrc* Thought to
be 100 Severe.
Fails. June 13.—Tito air today, is
full of reports regarding the probable
successor of Al. Dtipuy as Premier. M.
Poincare was the favorite this morning,
but after tliroe-quartors of an hour
spent in conference with the President
ho declined to accept the task. He is
a .Moderate Bipublican, and evidently
doubted lie would lie able To succeed in
forming a Cabinet, which iln* papers
this afternoon think, alter yesterday's
vote, must boa Radical (’abutter.
Tue Journal des Debats takes a mel
ancholy view of the parliamentary sit
uation and suggests the President should
dissolve tin* Chamber, saying that if the
present Deputies can not or will not put
an end t<> the parliamentary and gov
ernmental anarchy, and. instead, do
cveiything to perpetuate it. the President
must consult the country "at this mo
no nt, wlk.u preparing for a fresh minis
terial crisis under the gravest and most
alarming circumstances tlie country has
traversed for a long time past.”
M. Poincare, ha*, been asked by M.
L outlet to return to the Ely see Palace
tomorrow morning, when Lt is expected
a definite proposal will tie made to him
to construct a Cabinet. It is said that
M. Dclias.se insists on retaining tin*
Foreign Office portfolio, rather than ac
cepting that of the Interior, and that M.
Bourgeois prefers continuing a member
of the French delegation, at The Hague
to accepting a Cabinet i«>st.
Eleven participants in the case riots
last Sunday have been variously sen
te lieid, the maximum si n.tence being
juxteeu days imprison,nienr.
Bate this evening if, developed that
M. Poincare, while he refused lln*
Premiership, intimated to tin* President
that in* might enter a Cabinet presided
over by M. Paul Descham*!. President
of the Chamber of Deputies, who had
nicviop-iy been in conference with M.
Bouhift. M. Poincare and Disehanel
are conferring with their friends this
evening and will return to the Klysce
at 1 o’clock tomorrow morning t.i report
the result.
* I,BIN NANI GETS FOI B YEARS.
A Majority of Those Who Heard the
Sentence Thought it Severe.
Paris. June 13. Baron Christiani.
who assaulted President Lou ind with
a cane al Hie Auteuil races, June Itli,
was sentenced to four years imprison
ment.
In liis own behalf, tin* prisoner said,
lie did not belong to tin* Royalist (dub
nor to the White Carnation Club ami
asserled that has act was wholly unpre
meditated.
There was no i-rocidcrot worth noting
•Inning Hie trial, but is appeared that
tin* majority of those present thought
the sentence very severe, though it was
not expected the prisoner would receive
lenient treatment.
A THREE CORNERED FIGHT.
Jackson, Miss.. June 13.—At a mass
convention held in Yazoo City to-day
Hon. John Sharpe Williams made for
mal announcement of his candidacy for
the long term in the United Stubs Sen
ate commencing March 4th. 15)01. Wil
liams is at present the member of Con
gress from the Fifth District, and It's
entrance complicates the Senatorial
race between Governor MoLauriu an!
“Private” John Allen considerably.