The Weather To-day:’ FAIR; WARMER.
The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. B<>.
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA HUES 11 NEWS AND CIRCULATE.
FOR THE WORLD'S
CHAMPIONSHIP
Agreement Signed for Jef
fries and Sharkey.
- - - —. i,
TO FIGHT OCTOBER 23RD
RULES TO BE MARQUIS OF
QUEENSBUIIY’S.
TWENTY-TIVE ROUNDS TO BE FOUGHT
f Either Man Suffers Dtfeal Between Now and
The Dale Fixed, Match is to be Declared
off. Winner Shall Take
the Purse.
New* York, June 19. —William A.
Brady and Tom O'l to like, representing
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey respect
ively, met today and signed articles of
agreement for a fight between their men.
The fighters agree to engage in a contest
for the championship of the world, un
der the following conditions:
That the contest shall be 25 rounds for
a decision and shall take place on Oc- j
tober 23, 1899. The principals agree to
accept the best inducements offered be
fore midnight, September Ist, 1899, and
if held in New York State the contest
is to be strictly under the interpretation
of the Horton law. The contest shall j
be governed by the Marquis of Queens
bury rules, and the men shall he permit
ted to fight with one hand free, each
protecting himself in the break away.
They are to part at the command of the
referee. Soft bandages are to be allow
ed but they must be satifaetory to the
referee and the opposing principal.
The gloves shall not weigh less than
five ounces, and each principal shall be ■
permitted to furnish his own gloves, j
which are to be submitted to the referee j
for his approval at 3 o’clock on the day
of the contest and remain in his custody
until the men enter the ring.
The official time keeper of the club j
must be satisfactory to both principals
and each contestant will be allowed one
time keeper.
George Siler was agreed upon as ref
eree.
The winner shall take the entire purse.
The agreement provides that if either
man shall suffer a defeat between now
and the time of the acceptance of the
purse, the match will be declared off.
After the club articles are signed neith
er man shall engage in any contest ex
cept with his sparring partner, or shall
forfeit the amount he has deposited.
The parties mutually agree to contest at
catch weights. The referee shall have
the lower to decide any and all points
which may arise that are not covered by
these articles of agreement. It is agreed
that if the contest takes place at the Le
nox Athletic Club or the Coney Island
Sporting Club, the present size of the
ring shall not be altered from this time
on under penalty of forfeiture of the
cash deposited by O’Rourke and Brady,
If the contest is held outside of either 1
of these clubs, the ring is to be 20 feet !
square in the clear.
ROUSSEAU FORMS NO CABINET.
Paris, June 19.—1 t was announced
late this evening that Senator Waldock-
Itousseau had declined the task of form
ing a new Cabinet.
The failure of M. Waldeck-Roussean
is due, it is said, to the refusal of Ca
mille Krantz to accept the portfolio of
public works, which he considers infe
rior to the portfolio of war. held by him
in the retiring Cabinet. But for this,
the Waldeck-Rousseau slate was com
pleted.
The failure of M. Waldeck-Rousseau
makes the situation exceedingly difficult.
Both M. Casimir-Perier and General
Brngere declined to enter the Cabinet.
It is quite uncertain whom M. Loubet
will now summon. Possibly he may call
upon M. Carrien or Poul Deschanel.
president of the Chamber of Deputies.
DREYFUS’ COFFIN PERPLEXES.
London, June 20.—Mrs. Emily Craw
ford. the Paris correspondent of the
Daily News, says:
“A curious message has been received
from the Isle of Devils—‘Dreyfus has
gone. What shall we do with the coffin
and embalming drugs?’ This coffin was
si>eciully made about the time of the
Zola trial and was sent out by the Me
line Government, because it was feared
that, if Dreyfus died, it would-be neces
sary to bring the remains to France for
identification to allay the suspicions of
the Anti-Semites that he had l>eeu al
lowed to escape like Marshal Bazaine.”
SHE WEDS A VISCOUNT.
Newport, 11. 1., June 39.—Tlie mar
riage is announced of Remain Viscomte
D’Osmay to Susan Deroy Dresser,
daughter of the late (Lionel George
Warren Dresser, United States Army,
on June 30th in Paris, at the Church of
St. Phillippe de Roule. Afterward Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, the
bride's brother-in-law and sister, gave a
reception at the Hotel Bristol.
Viscomte Itomain D’Osmay and his
bride left, after the wedding, for his
chateau »n Normandie, where they will
pass their honeymoon. Then they are
coming over here for a trip, and will
visit Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. John
Nicholas Brown at Newport.
STRIKE RIOT IN CLEVELAND.
Women Throw Bricks at Cars and Urge
Men to Violence.
Cleveland, Ohio. June 39. — Up to four
o’clock this afternoon this promised to
bo the most uneventful day in the big
street railroad strike. At that hour an
other serious riot broke out in an en
tirely new quarter, and one non-union
man was sent to the hospital in conse
quence.
The company began today the opera
tion of two new lines —those oil Scoville
and Central Avenues. The cars were
protected by policemen, and until after
noon no trouble occurred. Just before
four o’clock two of the Scoville cars
approached the erssing of the Pennsyl
vania railrad. There they were met by
a mob of more than 2,000 men aud wo
men. One of the ears was taken across
the railroad safely, but the other was
held up by the mob.
A perfect shower of paving bricks and
stones fell about the car and crashed
against the vestibule at the front end,
behind which the motorman was con
cealed. Women threw bricks and hand
ed them to the men who were in the
front of the crowd. The windows of
the ear had been lowered and the bricks
crashed against the seats and fell upon
the floor of the car. The conductor es
caped injury, but the motorman, A. J.
McGraw, of St. Louis, was struck, on
the head with a brick and rendered un
conscious. He was taken to a hospital.
The patrolman on the car was also
hit with a brick but was not seriously
A call was made for the police,
but when a detachment of officers ar
rived the mob had dispersed and no ar
rests were made.
RAID BY MASKED BANDITS
THEY BREAK OUT IN THE CITY OF BROTH
ERLY LOVE.
Get Away With Tnree Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars at Fairmount Park. Seveal
Arrtss Are Made-
Philadelphia, Pa., June 19.—A gang
of masked robbers, probable ten in num
ber. early this morning raided the re
ceiving office of the Fairmount Park
Transportation Company at Belmont, in
Fairmount Park, and after holding up
the receiver and five other employes of
the raiyway. blew open the safe, secur
ing $3,500.55, the company’s receipts for
two days.
In addition to the men who actually
committed the robbery, others operated
miles away from the scene by destroying
telegraph and telephone wires connecting
with the trolley company’s main office.
Peter Duffert and Charles Smith, who
say they live in Newark. N. J., and Al
bert Leeds, of Philadelphia, were ar
rested in Fairmount Park this afternoon
on suspicion of being connected with the
robbery. They were sent to prison for a
further hearing in default of bail.
Charles A. Porter, President of the
Fairmount Park Transportation Com
pany, said this afternoon:
“There is every reason to believe that
some former employes of the transporta
tion company were implicated in the rob
bery. We have been compelled to hire
men of whom we knew little. The
familiarity of the robbers with the meth
ods pursued by the company shows that
they were ignorant outsiders. It is my
i opinion that expert cracksmen have
j gained the ear of-some of our discharged
employes, ami in that way the conspir
acy was hatched and carried to a suc
cessful outcome.”
FEARS FOB THE ETHELWOLD.
The Brtxiklim* Brings in Four of Her
People Who Left Her in Distrees.
Kinston, Jamaica, June 19. —The Brit
ish steamer Brookline, Captain List.
Baltimore for Port Antonio, Jamaica,
which arrived here today, brought an of
ficer and three men of the British steam
er Ethclwold, Captain Henslmw, Phila
delphia. for Port Antonio, who were
picked up eighteen/ hours after they
had left the Ethclwold, then in great
distress, to seek assistance.
The Brookline promptly returned to
rile jsiint where the Ethclwold was la
boring when tile boat put off, and made
a careful search for the steamer. No
traces of her. however, were found; and
it is feared that tSie Etheiwold lias foun
dered.
FOUR OF SOUTHERN FORTS.
Washington. June 19. —Acting Secre
tary Mciklejohn has ordered Major John
Pitman, of the Ordnance Corps, to make
a tour of inspection of Southern forts
and examine and test the guns and
equipment.
Commanding officers of the posts are
ordered to give Major Pitman all pos
sible assistance. The points to be visited
are:
Sulivan’s Island. Port Sumter. Hilton
Head and St. Helena Island, South
(.‘iuroli.ua; T.vbee Island, Georgia; Eg
mont Key. Key West and Fort Pickens,
Florida; and Fort Morgan. Alabama.
COGIIFAN’S PRESENT LvTIES.
Washington, June 10.- Captain J. C.
Green has l>een ordered to continue in
command o? the Puget Sound Naval Sta
tion. Captain Gogh lan was ordered to
command this station several weeks
ago. hut it having been found that
Captain Green cannot Ik* relieved dur
ing the present year on his own appli
cation, as hi 1 desired, he will be allowed
to retain his post. Meantime Capiaoi
Co-rldao will continue on the duly to
which he has been assigned of examining
torpedo lioat construction.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1899.
A BETRAYAL BY
THE FILIPINOS
The Fourth Infantry Attacked
in the Rear.
FIVE OF OUR BOYS KILLED
WHEATON FIRED ON, HAS A
NARROW ESCAPE.
THE ARTiLLERY WAS USED FREELY
Last Reports Represent the Americans as Push
ing the Enemy Hard. Arrival of the
Sherman at M. nl l Vih Ge is.
Bates and Grant.
Manila. June 19.-8:20 p. m. —A bat
talion of the Fourth infantry, which
left Imus, where General Wheaton is in
command, this morning, to reconnoitre
towards Peres das Marinas, where it
was believed most of the rebels who es
caped from Paranaque and Baceor had
tied was attacked in the rear by appa
rently friendly natives. This brought on
a sharp engagement, lasting several
hours, resulting in five Americans being
killed and about 25 being wounded. The
h»ss of tin* rebels was very heavy.
The battalion soon exhausted its am
munition, and at 2:30 this afternoon i
General Wheaton and his staff with the
Second battalion, two mounted guns and
one field piece, went to reinforce tin
troops attacked. General Wheaton was
fired on in a road and hud a narrow es
cape.
Later, the Third battalion was ordered
to the front and formed oa the Las Mar
inas road. Heavy firing on both sides
followed, the artillery being freely used.
The enemy was located in the woods
at four o'clock, showing signs of retir
ing. as the rebels were being pressed'
very hard. One gun of the Sixth artil
lery. in an advantageous position, did
great execution.
The fighting was still in progress at 5
o’clock at which time the Americans had
secured a quantity of Filipino arms
which had been abandoned in the woods.
The scene of the tight is over twenty
miles from Manila.
THE SHERMAN ARRIVES.
Manila, June 19. —10:45 n. in. —The
United States transport. Sherman which
sailed front San Francisco. .May 24th
with 1,800 men and 75 officers Hinder
command of Brigadier General F'-ed D.
Grant, has arrived here after a smooth
voyage. One private died after the
transport's arrival. The troops brought
by the transport will go to the Island
of Negros to relieve the California volun
teers. General Bates, who arrived on
the transjKirt and General Grant will
probably lie assigned to the commands
of the volunteer generals, some of v/hom
will leave for home soon.
Generals Hale and Fnnston desire to
accompany their respective regiments
home. The Utah , artillery, it is an
nounced. will accompany the Nebraska
troops <m board the transport Han
cock, leaving their guns here. The
Pennsylvanians will start for home on
the transport Senator this week. The
Indiana sailed today with 500 discharged
and sick soldiers. She will go into dock
for a few days at Nagasaki, Japan.
CALIFORNIA OFFERS TROOPS.
Her Senators Declare Their Support of
the Administration.
Washington, June 19. The following
telegram was received at the War Do
partmeut today from the two Caiitor
ilia Senators:
“San Francisco, Cal., June 17th.
“Hon. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant G, n
oral, Washington.
“Southern California supports Admin
istration in its efforts to suppress * lit*
Philippine insurrection and tenders the
President for immediate service well or
gunized and thoroughly disciplin *d regi
ment of infantry. Officers and lmoi
ready to embark as soon is necessary
field equipment can be furnished,
cSigned)
“GEORGE C. PERKINS, V. S. S.
“STEVEN M. WHITE."
It is stated at tin* War Department
that no action can he taken in the mat
ter of the California regiment off, 'od
by Senators Perkins and White. Tin*
question of calling for volunteers has
imt been dctcrmimsl; besides it is not
intended to organize Stmt* troops if
volunteers are called for.
Till: OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
Washington, June 1!). General Otis
has cabled I In* War Department as fol
lows:
“Manila, June 19th.
“Adjutant General, Washington.
“Sherman arrived this niorning:eiisiinlty,
Edwin L. Gavett. Company T. Sixth in*
fa lit ry; Colonel Kellogg, twelve* men left
Honolulu sick; seventeen eases of ty
phoid en route. Sixth infantry leaves
for Iloilo to relieve Californians in
Negms. Transport Indiana, 334 officers
and soldiers discharged ns sick with
civilians loft for San Francisco, via
Nagasaki yesterday. Hancock and
Sherman, with Nebraska, Pennsylva
nia and Utah, leave for United States as
soon as collected. Colorado to follow on
first available transport.
! (Signed) “OTIS.”
I The arrival of tin* Sherman menus
that General Otis will receive substan
tial reinforcements. Tin* Sherman left
San Francisco. May 22nd and carried
file Sixth infantry and a number of re
cruits. numbering in all 41 officers and
1,85 ti enlisted men under command of
Brigadier General Bates. Colonel Kel
logg, of the Twenty-sixth infantry was
taken ill on tin* trip from San Francisco
to Honolulu and was invalided home
from the last named) port, ’toe trans
port Grant left San Francisco on tlm
30th of May with the Sixteenth infan
try and is expected to arrive at Manila
early next week. Some confusion re
sults from the coupling of Iloilo with
Negros. There is a battalion of the
First California at Negros, under com
mand of the officer at Iloilo, which is
the headquarters for that part of the
Philippines.
GENERAL WOOD ARRIVES.
Boston. Mass., June 19.—The Boston
Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral
Dewey, which arrived here today,
brought among her passengers Major
General Leonard Wood, Military Gover
nor of Santiago de Cuba, Mrs. Wood
and their two children.
General Wood talked about Cuban
affairs. He said:
“Everything is quiet in Santaigo Pro
vince. Every man who is entitled to
receive the United States bounty is
being paid: and he is very glad to gel
it. Os course there are n few agita
tors. men who want to control, whose
ambitions have net been gratified, but
they do net amount to anything.
“The condition of the island is improv
ing daily. The houses are being re
built and a large nmnlier of the people
are at work in the fields."
HIS BODY PARTLY EATEN
STORY OF HORRIBLE SUFFERING AND POS
SIBLE CANNIBALISM.
Three Men Tom d Dead in the Sr.ows of Alaska.
Hunger Driven Two M*y Have Ealen
the Third.
Circle City. Alaska. May 29. —(Vian
San Francisco, Cab, June 19.) —A story
of possible cannibalism on the Yukon
trail has just reached here. Three men
left here for Dahl River on December
sth, for Jimtown, and were not .heard
of again till the stcauMU* Hideout which
arrived to-day hrouglK a terrible tale of
suffering and horror.
The men were Michael Daly. Victor
13,1 air and M. Provost. They were from
Providence. R. !., Woonsocket, R. 1..
and Brockton. Mass., resiieefively. Their
bodies were discovered seventeen miles
from the mouth of Old Man’s Creek,
they having lost the trail and become be
wildered. Having left Dahl River with
only three weeks’ food, but which was
amply sufficient for the 150 males to
Jimtown, they were soon reduced to star
vation.
Daly's Immlv was found portly eaten,
on the stove in the tent just as it was
left when death overtook the others.
Some scraps of moosehide and moccasin
were found, of which they were endeav
oring to make a stew. Daly’s body was
identified by the clothes. The other two
men were found dead five miles away
from the tent. The fact of the tent flaps
being shut down when found would
seem to preclude the possibility of Daly’s
laxly having been oaten by animals. The
other men doubtless were driven by
hunger to the awful extremity of canni
balism.
Four hundred dollars were found on
tin* bodies.
The seven boats which wintered at
Dahl River are all safe.
FROM DALY’S HOME.
Providence. R. 1., June 19. —Michael
A.’ Daly left this city on May loth.
1898. in company with John Kenney,
Tom Riley, Henry Costello and Ni< h
olas Swords, of Pawtucket. The last
heard from Daly personally was las:
September, when a letter was neeived
from him which iiad been s *nt from
St. Michaels. Daly was 80 years of
age. Ilis family live here.
HER MURDEROUS MADNESS.
A Child of Five Tries to Kill Various
Members of Her Family.
New York, June 39. — Jennie Fiero,
the five-year-old daughter of Marie and
Joseph Fiero, was committed to the in
sane pavilion at Bellevue hospital today,
to be examined as to her sanity. It is
said that she is the youngest person ever
committed by a magistrate toSan insane
institution. Mrs. Fiero told tin* mag
istral)* that the child has a murderous
instinct.
Yesterday tin* girl was discovered
creeping upon the ten mouths* old baby,
Tony, who was seated in a high chair.
The mother said sin* had a butcher knife
in her hand and was about to plunge it
into tin* baby’s side when she seized her
arm and wrenched the knife from her:
The girl then endeavored to jump from
the window of the house to file street.
A few days ago, Mrs. Fiero said, Jennie
endeavored to kill her nine year old
brother in the same way, and has made
attempts on the life of every member of
tin* family.
lIE GAVE TO THE SCHOOLS,
Boston, Mass., June 19.—The will of
tin- late Robert C. Billings, gives about
$700,000 in public liequests, including
$ I (H),()<H) each to Harvard College, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(with $50,00 additional to found the
Billings Student Fund) mid the Museum
of Fine Arts; $25,000 to the Hampton In
stltute, Hampton, Ya.,; SIO,OOO to the
Tuskcgee, Alabama, Normal School; and
$5,000 to Atlanta University.
ATLANTA'S MAYOR
IS A DISGRACE
So Said Rev, Len. G, Brough
ton on Sunday Night.
2,000 PEOPLE APPLAUD
CALLED MAYOR “A CONFESSED
LIBERTINE, A SOT AND A
DISGRACE."
BROUGHTON TO MOVE FOR IMPEACHMENT
Mayor Woodard Says that the Charges Against
him a e Ridicu'ous and Asks Public
to Suspend Judgment.
Atlanta, Gn., June IS. —In a sensation
al sermon Sunday night, Dr. L. G.
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Tabei
nnele, called upon the City Council to
impeach James \Y. Woodward. Mayor of
Atlanta. Dr. Bioughton said the chief
executive was a confessed ga.mbler, a
libertine, a sot, and a disgrace to the
city. At these words the audience of
about 2.000 people cheered, in the
course of his remarks, Dr. Broughton
said:
“When the Mayor was a member of ail
important committee to go to Washing
ton on the matter of tin* Federal prison
site, lie was drunk most of the time, and
then* were other things that occurred pi
connection with him that I hesitate to
mention from the pulpit, lie should b,*
impeached at once. If tin* members of
tin* City Council do not impeach him, 1
shall take steps myself. No win h man
lias a right to be Mayor of this city.
Tin* situation is indecent and disgrace
ful.”
When asked after the sermon why In*
nvovisl against Mayor Woodward, Dr.
Broughton said: “I have given this mat
ter much consideration, ami I believe I
have taken a step in the rigid direction,
i know what I am talking about. Tin*
actions of tin* present Mayor of Atlanta
since lit* has held office are a disgrace to
this city, and the people this man repre
sents.”
May or Woodward was informed of Dr.
Broughton's remarks this evening. The
executive said: "I regard the state
ments of Dr. Broughton as ridiculous. I
ask tin* public to suspend judgment."
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
Atlanta’s Council Appoints a Committee
for This Fnrpo.se.
Atlanta. Ga., June 39. —The city coun
cil at its meeting this evening apihdiiteil
a eommilte of five to investigate the
charges made hv Dr. Broughton in his
sermon last night against Mayor Wood
ward. of At hunt a, and which ended n
a call for the executive's impteachmeiit.
Dr. Broughton was present at the coun
cil meeting but was not heard.
Dr. Broughton claims that Mayor
Woodward confessed it, the charge
made against him today and has decided
to throw himself on tin* mercy of tin*
council.
Mayor Woodward was ill today end
did not leave his house.
CASE RETURNS TO GRAND JURY
Foreman of Jury Failing to Conviet
Molineux Answers Charges.
New York. June 19.--Justiee Furman,
in the criminal term of the Supreme
curt today, signed tin* order resubmit
ting tin* cast* of Roland B. Molineux
accused of llu* poisoning of Mrs. Kate
J. Adams, to the grand jury.
Colonel Church, foreman of the grand
jury that failed to indict Molineux.
handed down an affidavit today, in an
swer to charges preferred by Assistant
District Attorney Oslnum*. a few days
ago. Mr. Osborne in his charges said
that tile grand jury asked questions of
wit nesses which tended to exonerate the
accused instead of convicting the guilty
person. The substance of Colonel
Church's answer is a complete denial
of Mr. Osborne's charge*.
Colonel Church said that neither he
nor any other member of the grand
jmy had any feeling or lias in the
trial, and that his acquaintance with
General Molineux, the father of tin*
accused man, was confined entirely to
military matters. Colonel Church being
editor of the Army and Navy Journal.
The grand jury, in* says, gave careful
anil exhaustive consideration to the case,
and not a member was convinced that
the address on the poison package was
written by Molineux,
TWO MEN DIE FOR A SHEEP.
Roanoke, Vn„ June 39. —Matthew
Pratt and Joseph Haines, farmers, liv
ing four miles west of Pulaski. Ya., be
came involved in a quarrel yesterday
over a sheep. One word brought on
another until finally both men drew re
volvers ami commenced firing. Pratt
was instantly killed and Raines died of
his wounds this morning. The men had
been on bad terms for some time. Re
ports are conflicting as to the first cause
of the trouble. Pratt's father was tried
at Pulaski two years ago for horse steal
ing, aud this probably led to the dis
pute on Sunday as all parties were in
terested in tin* trial.
PRICE FIVE CENT?
THEY
English Company Wit. a Suit Against
B. S. Ac T. R. Railroad.
New York. June 19.- The Supreme
court jury, in the suit brought bv :!e*
Industrial and General Trust (Limited*,
an English corporation, against J. K*n
nedy Tod and James S. L*iim*r. as the
reorganization committee of the Bir
mingham, Sheffield and Tennessee River
Railroad Company, today hand'd in a
verdict for $350,0tM) in favor if the
English corporation.
The railroad company went into tin*
hands of a receiver in 1893. and the de
fendants were constituted a re-organi
zation committee representing the bond
holders. !t was agreed, however, that
tin* re-organization committee before
ratification should submit their plan to
the bondholders, and that any bond
holders not agnsing therewith should
have the right to receive the vatu* of
the securities owned by him. The
plaintiff corporation deposited $575,000
worth of hoods amt afterward refus-d
to indorse-the scheme of tin* re-organiza
tion! committee. The suit was then
brought to recover this sum with Inter
est.
It was contended on behalf of the
plaintiff that tin* :v-organization com
mittee reserved the right to construe flu*
provisions of the re-organization
scheme, which it was con fen led was
inequitable. The defendants alleged
that tin* English coris,ration was ,*i par
ty to all the transactions of the re
organization committee and could m*r
recover. The jury return* 1 a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff company for
$35.-1.090. llu* amount c!aine*l, with in
terest, amounting to $700,000.
WHAT IRELAND TEACHES
COL. WM. JENM'GT BRYAN POINTS TO
THE GOVf RNMENT T«URF.
They are a People Governed Ag:,insl their Will.
Desire for Self Government Strength
ened by Deniii.
St. Louis. Mo., .Tun,* 19.—Colonel Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, in a letter de
clining an invitation to attend a picnic
I to be given by the Ancient Order of
| Hibernians, owing to other engagements,
says: ,
“All races have exhibited more or less
of race pride and attachment, but none
have shown themselves more devoted
than the Irish to the land of their birth
and the people of their blood. Our na
tion can learn from the Irish people a
lesson of great importance just at this
time, namely: That one race cannot
govern another race by for,*e; nor can it
govern without exciting the continued
enmity of the governed. Ireland has
long been denied the right of self-gov
ernment but the desire for self-govern
ment has increased rather than dimin
ished with the lapse of time.”
OKRMA N Y'S i <)KITTON.
Baron Von Buelow in a Speech in tie*
Reichstag Makes if Plain.
Berlin. June 19.—1 n the Reichstag to
day. the Anglo-American treaty was re
ferred tq a eommitlee of twenty-one
members.
During the course of the debate, Herr
Liehermaim von Konnenberg attack, >
Great Britain's proceedings <iu Sam ta.
1 In* Minister of Foreign Affairs. Baron
Von Buelow, replied saying:
"We shall mu depart from the stipu
lations of the Samoan treaty nor allow
others to turn us from our course. We
recognize the rights of ilthcrs while
maintaining our own."
Baron Yon. Buelow said, in conclu
sion:
“1 repeat emphatically, we will ♦»!:,*
in, side in the local disputes or in re
gard to the candidates for the thr me.
We do not approve of the partisanship
of the agents of other |x>wers in behalf
of Malietoa Tanus.
“Another task before us is to see our
subjects in Samoa indemnified, in ac
cordance with tlu* principles of tin*
laws of nations, for losses through de
struction of property or illegal arrest
(loud cheers).
"This question, however, will only b.>
ripe for diplomatic action after the res
toration! of order.
“I hope the activity of the commis
sion will result in a just and equitable
settlement. We will not cede any of
our rights, but at the same tine* w<>
do not forget that complicated inter
national disputes must Ik* treated with
quiet deliberation and in cool blood."
HE SUCCEEDS MR. DING LEV.
Charles E. Littlefield Elected by an
Overwhelming Majority.
Rockland, Maine, June 19. —Charles
E. Littlefield, Republican, has been
elected to Congress to succeed the late
Nelson Diugley, defeating John Scott,
of Bath, by an overwhelming majority.
Scott polled a smaller vote than when
he stood against Mr. Diugley in the IS9K
elections.
THE PARIS IN A GALE.
Falmouth. England, June 19.—The
American Liner Paris, on the rocks near
the Manacles, experienced the first
southeasterly gale today which has
blown since she was wrecked.
This compelled tlu* salvagers to desert
their work. The divers had succeeded
in blasting away the rocks and had
cleared the steamer of water above tlu*
false bottom, when tlu* storm came lip
and drove them off. It is now feared
I hat the liner will la* forced further
ashore and be broken* in two.