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OF
ft An Anarchist
Commits
Crime of the
AUSTRIA'S
"While Walking From Her i Hotel to
The Empress is 'Attacked by an
in Sight! of Manyleo"plei-Taken to The Hotel. She Linger ;
Only a Short WhileThe Assassin Captured He, f n
1 t j ' ' ' j 7 i-". TV :.;!': -.:-: ii. j: F ,.fi! ii-Kii.-l-tu
i lias np Excuse to 3Iake Messages of Con- ,
dolcnce to the
Geneva," Switzerland, Ser
lember 10.
The empress of Austria' was assassl
i
1 nated at the Hotel Beaurlv
age this ev-
eningj by an anarchist, vf
h'o: was ar-
rested. He 'stabbed Lher majesty with
a'stilletto. h . .-:'
It appears that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to
the landing
i ll .
place of the steamer Jat about; 1 1 o'clock
whent an Italian
anarc
hisf .1 named
Lucchonir who was
born
in , I'aris of
approached
Italian parents, suddenly
and stabbed fher to the; heart
The em-
press ifell, got up agayi and was car
ried to the steamerrunconst-iouj. The
boat $tarted but, seeing
hei-empress
bad
not recovered eoriscidusness,
, i ;
the
captain returned and the empress was
carried to the hotel
she expired. I j
l?eun-age,j where
-
The -stretcher; upon which the
em
was press i was carried : to thei- hotel
hastily improvised with oars and sail
-cloths!. Doctors an,dl priests', were im
mediately summonedi andl a telegram
was sent 'to Jmperor Francis Joseph. 1
-All efforts to revive her majesty were
unavailing, and ; she expired i at- 3
oclock. , ' i ."":.v' ! - j " - 1 1 j ' .
"The medical examination showed that
the assassin must hd-ve use a Ismail
triangular file. Afteriistriking the blow
he ran along -the Rue des Alpes, witl
: the. evident iintentionj of entering the
square des Alpes, but before reaching
it he was seized by two capmen who
had witnessed the-crime. They handed.
him over to a boatman .and ,at gendarme-
who conveyed him to the' police sta
tion. The prisoner made ni Resistance.
He even sang as he alkedi along, say
ing:' "I did it." and "She f must be
dead.'? At . the i police "Station he de
clared that he was t "starving anar
chist, with rio hatred for the) poor, but
only. for theirich." Latere when taken
to the court ;house and interrogated by
a magistrate in! the presence of three
members of the local) government and
the. police officials,., he pretended - not
to know French! and Refused jto answer
questions. The! police.: on searching
him found a. document shewing his
name to bei Luigi Lucchwnl.i born in
Paris in 1873 and an Italian soldier.
-A. great crowd quickly- assembled
around the hotel j Beaurivgei where
the officials proceeded after in
terrogating i the prisoner.. The police
searched the scene of the ?r-ime for the
weapori and thei accomplices I of the as
sassin. I It appears that a boatman no-
f ticed I Ijhree persons closely:! following
the empresk, who was making' pur
chases sin the. shops. j :
' The: local government. Immediately
on receiving1: the;-news-of her majesty's
death, half-masted the ' flag! on the-Ho
tel de yille :(the municipal I offices) and
proceeded in a body to the Hotel Beau
rivage i as token of respect, i i
tThe: excitement i is Increasing and
many i of the shops on the Kursaal are
ciosea.:
The assassin told the ! magistrate that
he came ito Geneva in order to assassin'
nate r another ; important person buti
Vl ?1 fl V,k&Tl lmQla rfc aVAllta,tha TMrvl'
had been unable to execute
the project
The reason; of his -failure
give. ,but he declared , that
he did hot j
Is . 1 . '
jit w as umy .
by accident he had learned bf the pres
ence tif the Austrian empress in Ge-
The wound was just ovei the left
breast.
There; was har3Iy
nyt bleed-
"ing.
A priest was secured in ItimeTto ad
minister .extreme unction
; Berne, Switzerland! September 10.
Another account of jthe assassination
of the empress- of Austria says: v
"After having been stabbed from be-,
hind, ithe empress rose and walked on
board t the . steamer wherfe she fell,
fainting.-: The ;captain did Inbt -.wish to
put off from the quay; but; did so at
the" request' of the empress and her
Buite, ! there- being no apprehension that
she was seriously hurt. The steamer
was turned back before reaching the
open ilake and; the
scious,; was carriea to tne notei on-a
stretcher." i. ; ;
The president of
other! members: of
were 'stunned with
Switzerland and
horror 'and Sef
i
when the news reached tne palace that
the empress; "so beloved by
all Europe
an assassin
ans, had fallen a victim to
vrithin-. the 1 borders bf .their country;
They immediately arranged :to hold an
extraordinary federal council on Sun
day morning In order to consider the
measures to take against the assassin.
The latter must be tried . according to
the statutes of the. iCantont In which
the crime was committed, I which for
bid capital punishment andj make life
imprisonment the most severe penalty
that can be4 imposed ; I S i I
When the Australian minister Count
ICuefsteln, was informed of!;the trage
dy he hurried, to the palace and was
met with expressions : of ; the deepest
sympathy. So soon as a special i train
could! be arranged, the minister start
ed for Geneva, accompanied -t by the
deputy prosecutor general, ii who took
up the case at once, tils chief being- on
a vacation. - He will hold a; preliminary
inquiry at Geneva tpnight- or as 'soon
as possible and retjurn- tomorrow irt
order to report to; the federal council;
The! federal authorities had been in
formed of the visit of; the. impress, and
they had notified :,the governors of the
cantons tne ; empress t expeqteu to visit.
! A
FIEND
the
Most ., Horrible .
Century.
EMPRESS MURDERED
the Steamer Landing rat Geneva
AnarchLst - - - Stabbed in the.Breasf
Emperor
IS.
instructing them to; take special police
measures for her Comfort and safety
if it appeared necessary. They were. i
not informed of her ' majesty's inten-
tion to yisitj,Geneva,noc were the j local ,
officials aware of her presence,; as she
was traveling j incognito. The police
are not blamed, : though the circum
stances responsible for.the Jack of pre
cautions! are widelyi regretted., i ' ; - ;
All Switzerland is profoundly; stirred
with' sorrow1 and indignation.1 The, pa
pers i' of all cities have printed extra
editions expressing horror of j.ithe
cringe. Lucchoni," the anarchist assas
sin, lived at Parma. 'Italy. i t
' .The empress of Austria was i born
December 2i, 1337. She was a daughter
"of Duke1 Maximilian, of . Bavaria ; and
was ; married to; ;Francis Joseph,! s em
peror of i Austria, rand king of Hungary
April 24 1S54. Theyi had three children,
the Archbishop! G.i sola,, who is married
to Prince Iuitpold, of i BaVaria; the
Archduke Rudolph,.' who! married Prin
cess Stehpartie; of; Belgium, and who
was (seemingly) i assassinated in 1889, '
.and the Archduchess Maria Valeria,
who married Archduke; Franz Salva- ;
tor, Of AustriarTuscany The1 late em-
press- was a"n (enthusiastic horse wo- ,
man. i ! H-f ;l '4--Vik !
TVashingtoh, ' September 10. The
state -department late this afternoon
received! a. confirmation of the reported
assassination -of j the -empress of Aus-x
tria. The following dispatcn wasre-
ceived from
atGeneA'ati
the: United: States eronSul
"Geneva; September-10' 1S9S. 1:50 p, mi
r "'The emprjess Of Austria just assas- !
sinated ! here by,; an Italian , anarchist. I v
"RIGLEY.",
Upon receipts of Con-sul .Rigley's no
tification of the death of the empress,,!
President McKlnley sent the following
message' of, qondolence: s i , - j ,
" , ' "executive Mansion,
l"Va!shington, September 10.';
"To His lMaiesty; the; Emperor tof-Aus
tria, Vienna s f ' ' 8 ' 1
. "1 .have heard with profound regret"
of the assassination of her;. majesty, '
the empress (ofiAnstria, 'twihile at Gen- 1
eva, and tender to your majesty the
deep sympathy of' the ; government and
people of the united States: l
"WILLIAM McKINLEJY."
London, September 10. Grave fears
are already; expressed here regarding :
the effect which the assassination of
the empress jmay have -upon the em- j
peror, whose ihealth has inever recover- i
ed from the blow of Crown" Prince Ru- I
dolnh's ; traeric death, and: It! is known
that1 his , majesty, .lately iihas ;been very
feeble. ' -r I ' i ' " -i i
Niew London, Conn., September; 10. J
' The "news ofj the; assassination of the!
empress of Austria first ; reached Am j
bassador Heftgenmuller; - who with his
suite has beta spending the. summer
here, v through the Associated Press re
porter here; ! The ambassador was seen
at his cottage at Peqnot, and ;when '
told ' of j the tragedy 1 was completely
overcome. Me declined to oe inter
viewed on the subject at present; I ;
Paris, September ilO.rHPresidentfFelix
Faure sent i a. telesnranii ;of i condolence
to Emperor Francis Joseph immediate-
ly upon ireceipt of mews ; of the ,assas-
I pirttiAn ! Vi r I line ) -nrc& AMlntDr.
sination.l and he has I since : counter
manded the! arrangements for- - the
shooting partyi fixed 1-or tomorrow at .
the Marly preserves. ' if
Vienna, ; September ! j 10. Emperor
Francis I Joseph received the news at '
Sx?hoenbrunni His majesty's journey to
attend the L.rnanouvers ; ati Zips jiHun
gary, was, I of 'course,! abandoned. All
the theatres here and in the provincial
towns are closed tonight:' h ' : ' I
i Budapest,"; Hungary, ; September 10.
The! news ofj the assassination of the
quee;n of lHuhgary: and empress oil Aus
tria was; received; here -with consterna
tion. Men and women ;were sen jweep-
ing in the streets.! Everywhere! nriourn-
ing banners are displayed.. The Hunga-
riah diet will .be convened - ;in special
session tomorrow. ! '-! :? ,i 'i ' i
i More than 1 twenty million free
pies of De Witt's Witch 1 Hazel
gam !
Salve
have been distributed by the, ihanu
facturers
' confidence
It cures : piles, ! burns,; i scalds,! sorjes, in
hrteSt fPaCe ?Vtlme
1 lamy. i i , , , , ,
Th. nvfn Tak. ! :!
Paris, j September i 10. The ; Liberte
says the jexaminatiorf . of jthe documents
in the Dreyfus: case has 'led the minis- .
ter for war , to "the conclusion! that the j
prisonerlis guilty; "as .it did hislpred-
general has decided to resume1 the mil-
ecessors ana tnaf ; consequently the
itary governorship of Paris next week;
r. a : l. si l . a l '- m . ii i
A semi-official note issued this even
ing eays th minister, for War, has
handed to the minister fof justice the
papers in the. Dreyfus ; case, with his
definite; opinion thereonj j : :; i i
The council, It is added, will onijlon
day decide ; definitely upon the course
to be taken, Ii:; h-'A . j .':-. : ; . : -' j
Yellow Fever.Among Troops at Poneri
Washington,! September 10.-Surgeon )
general sternoerg toaay received a
dispatch, from; the ; chief y surgeon at
Ponce, Porto; Rico, saying that j there
were four cases ,pf (yellow fever and
outr uediu among me , troops mere.
This is the first report of yellow fever
among the troops i in Porto Rico.
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. What better proof of, their ct,nril xt-vna h hn h vaii t
in It's rmerits di vou want? ' ti: -..a i rr.C
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AKIIIVED AT II t VA A-
Tlie Amrrtan Commlwloam Iter!
L ed bj General BInco-FIrt iTIeellns
i of the CotnmUsloners Todajr. -1 ! j j
! Havana, September loi The United I
f'" -r' "TiT;. .J!! 1
mission on board, entered' : the port. -shortly
after 8 o'clock. There were no
Spanish flags flying at that tiro and
no ialute was fired. i I
Immediately after the arrival of the ,
Resolute, whkh reachexl , , here 1 flying
some whiter: buntine i. to rward and an-
admiral's flag from hfr mainmast.
1
she was visited by the leommandet pf
the French gunboat Full!on,who board
ed the Resolute in full uniform. Short
ly afterward, a government launch ran
alongside the Resolute,
board Dr. Congosto, .the
eral of the -government
She .had 1 on
secretary gen- j
General So
representing ,lano. the chief of 'stafa,
Captain General Blancof
and : Major
Garcia. Benitz, -of the
general staff, i
Their visit lasted fully
an hour. At
the expiration' of the conference an
officer of the Spanish, w
arship- Alfonso
XII paid his respects to
Rear Admiral-
Sampson. This interview
was of a very
formal .nature. Shortly alfterward Gen
eral Solano, acting; for Captain General
Blanco, placed the'latter's private car-
riage at the disposal .of the commis
sioners, i -v 1. '.-I-'! : .; '
All the foreign and American, ship
ping im port displajred ek'ery available
piece of colored bunting
and the Reso-
lute dipped her colors
lin i answer ltd
every salute. The Resolbte is moored
to a buoy close alongside; the steel
dock.. She was surrounded . all the
morning by hundreds of. small boats,
whose occupants: waved their hats and
handkerchiefs. ' ' :
s At 9:15 o'clock the American' commis
sioners, accompanied: by the Spanish
officers representing Captain General
Bianco, landed at la Machinal wharf
and arrived at the palace at 9:40 o'clolck
where the i captain general's i body
guard presented arms as they appear
ed. 1 ; i
is Captain General Blanco, ; dressed: ; in
full uniform, ireceived the commission
ers in the reception room, where, after
the formal, presentations had: taken
place and the official courtesies had
been exchanged. thejy sat down and
conferred for about twenty minutes.
The Spanish commander sat in the cen
tre," with General Butlen on his right
"and Admiral' Sampson i.'on his left.
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IHPOETANT EVEHTS Of THE rY.
l lie ; September cotton Crop
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The Empress of j Austria is Assassinated H? an Aiiarchist at k
Hotel in Switzerland
General Gordon Declines to
vestigatei the War Efepartment.
Four i Cases I of
Yellow Fever and OnePeath
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Among Our Troops is Reported
i Roosevelt Says ,he Will Accent the Gubernatorial Nomina-
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Thirteen Soldiers Die at Sea
i The American Commissioners
ceived f by General Blanco.
Today; . If.. ljv;;li ' ';':V-'
The French Council Vill Decide
Will be Done in the Dreyfus' Case.;
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The'Crisis in the Spanish Cabinet will Cot this
The Spanish Senate Passes
The American and Spanish
Hold Their First Meeting J and
Instructions for the Spaniards.
American Authority is Being
Next to General Biftlef I Jat General
Parrado, and -next to, him vas General
Wade. On Admiral ! Sanpson'B - Ifeft
sat Colonel Clous and Gaiptairi Hart,
the officiaU Interpreter. 1 I 1 51
; The captain general addressed -rthe
commissioners in English;! Hei asked
them-to excuse any mistakes which he
might make, explaining that it! was a.
,iong unit; since ne xiau ustu umi lan
guage, j j , ,
I The United States commissioners left
the: palace shortly after 10; o'clock ac
companied jby General Solano and Df.
Congosto. They were driven to the
Machiria wharf opposite the wteck- of
the Main, i where they took lunch, be
fore returning to the Resolute for
breakfast. t ' ' 1 - '
Colonel CloUs and Captain Hart,f ac
companied by Spanish officer, then
paid a visit to AMmiral' Mintorolo! and
to the captain of the port, after which
tney returnea on Doara tne cespmte.
! The general -publiCx..' crowded i the
wnarr wnen tne arrival or jene esoiute
oecame Known, dui tnere was no -gem-
i ; ) onstration. j livery body behaved quiet-
l.-.M -i 11 :-H J V.. :S
Late this afternoon the . American
commissioners, on .the advice of ?the ac-
will probably remain 'fen board the Res
olute this evening and make the change
tomorrow: ;. " i ' . ; 1 i
The first; session bfj thei commission
will take place tomorrow mornlng at
3 o'clock at the colonial government
office. Judging from' conversation with
the commissioners, all the jsessons will
be behind closed doors. : -j j :
- At noon j today Lieutenant I: Cj. C.
j Morse, representing Rear Admiral
I lsh consul, i who returned-'the
! iiis ipFtui :nv-
V1SJL : itU
hour later, when a salute was
.;.:' ; TViia 2ri nfoVi et4imai if i i r
fired.
The Spanish steamer CiUdad de Ca
diz left this afternoon for Spain .with
609 :, sicc i soldiers, r two i generals 1 and
their staffs. 1 i
. Captla and Crew Lot
i Planter; i Fla., i September l0. The
schooner i Belle, ; from Indian j river.
Captain Powell, was caught in a; gale
off. Key Largo last : night an4l driven
on: the reef. The captain a!nd ckew are
supposed to be lost. i i
s -; MS . :H ij-'i-.ij- I. h,';..! f:-V ; -! -' - ;
; Miss Davis' Condition EJinebalnred
Xarragansett Pier,. 1 September 10.
ThP rinritirTi nric!r
Winnie! Davis
tonight was unchanged-
She pissed a
fairly comfortable day.
1 ; pomnanvina nhvsicians. decided I t.v livTe
i i yen cnuseji ytaces ui resiueticeji.; ine'
TIIIKIMfi I SPA IX
Expected ' t& Culminate ThU
The AdmiKturmUn Lf ng
Baptdly
5? ?
9, via Bayon
September; 10; the position, of the.rnn
istry has be&,! great? y shaken by the
charges . mad-todalr : Friday) ngakSft
the ;governmi t icollectively! and irti-
viauaiiyj Dy inor ranaiejas. editor or
El Heraldo, hd now. a recognizij.
lieutenant1 m le newly organized peJr
ty beaded ' b. General Polevieja. xifa
believed thatC enor
Canal ej as h
bmeints to sfj:port
his accusati
onsf
Incapacity aga inst .Lieutenant Gerid
Corroe, minisr for war, and Captain
Aunon, minls"t-r of marine. - ' -Hi
- A iminister, ;v: reply. to a question
day, as" to therumo- that a minjisteial
crisis is immlsient, said it wasjidleio
attempt to jnceal thefact xhats la
crises was Inevitable ; and would, cme
next week, loiter : the chambers jimdi
adopted the gfyernr lent's bill autho-i,lz-!
ing f the alie;4.4.tion of national teiri-
tory as, a. cortition of peace. . j js'rj
The queenliegent, it is : understoid,
informed Senf Sagiista yesterday tQ&t
she would coitinue to bestow her con
fidence uponbim fc r some days yefit j
, Several t tiretninent. deDuties lareMln!
hfavdr of (joining denerali Polaviej'sj
party.
- During the enate
session today Sn
i " . : -i if t:i.I. II
ator! Lastres. luf Porto Rico, and Segja
tor, Pinedo, oLCubcu
violently ' attached
the United tfesjor "haying; sefzed
the AnUlleStf'FvTO&rd
legality' i ais 'for
mask of hutinit;y
to get possesion ,o
the great maH'rity
devoited, to Sp4ip; '
of whose people is
Soldiers ie o& the Voyage Prom Sa-
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Camp Wiko1, Mor tauk Point, 1. 41
September 10-The Missouri tarried
this morning lhavinjr on ; board a "
tachmentlof ?he Ssventy-first relfl
ment, New Tok yol anteers, who fwie
left - 3nJ'4iospltjUs atj Santiago i; rhjifjn
Colonel! Downs' men came away ifrQri
there three ft'Seks .go. The Missoilf-i
had Bl, sicker en wlen she left Santi
ago. They Trtre taken from the! dif
ferent hospkils. During the voyage
jap thirteen ipd ami Were all .buried
at sea excep one.
J :l'l
I The "transpiitl VigitanGe also arriv
from j Santiago todayl bringing several
hiinri-ffi. rf riniis reeiments
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Ml
Keport S lows
kt Condition
. i ';
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erve Ion thd;.Comrn
ission to In-
Therefrom
from Ponce.?;
1 j : ;-?-:::. 1- .
on. the Returttfrom-Santiago.
Reach Jlarana; and are Re
The Commisi. doners
Will Meet,
Definit ly Mdnday What
Week.
the Peace Bill
Com mission jjrs fori
Porto Rico ! ! !
Adjourn until Monddy, Awaiting i ffc
;;
tlxtendedi in ifantiago Province. ! 8
Spaniards a d Cubki
Kr aterniztnjj
'Havana; SfeRe'mber 9, via KeyiWgst.
Fla, Septem5. feif 10, 10:30 p. m.f Ttijs
CFridav mon.triar thA entire flrrh?s
were carted rjm", ti e military g
ernors palace-td the wharf, where tfcj?y
were ideliveref ito ligr ters for shipmJit
to the Spanifbl mail steamer Ciuflid
row. Similar preparations are" j bei-rig
made for . ear 1 1 dep arture lnj ey'e.ry
branch . of, the isgoverr ment, ' i it; ; i
I On the i afternoon of September tjt
the Cjuban geral, Pedro Diaz, j$d
his staff, witi, a'band ;of musicjjarrH
ed at Artemi ia, . in the province foP
Pinaif del Ri'lrto pjiy a visit to.e
Spanish miy ;ary g o Verfaor, -ColoI
Duelo, who, 5fith th j mayor bf'.jel
townj receiv4t:them with the utmt
cordiality.- T' visitors and their hoUs
drank one an dtherfs health, and p$o
tographs werl taken of the fraternis
ing officers, While the band played CU
ban and Spanish airs. r Before the Cu
bans left theory ?'Viva la Paz?' Wis
raise4 inwhiflt all joined hartilyi TJiis
spirit isi oecouung more ana more prv
alent and the old time feeling of. Ki-l
iternessjis paigjng away.
' ;-! M.-.-lf,'!-'
1 1 Tou inviteSeijappointment when ju
expeijment.' :eWitt's Little Earfy'
Risers, are Kiejsant,
little pills. Xiey c
easy. f thoraupi
nil rp ; . r.n-n st 1 1 li-afetrm
and sick hesOa che just as sure as -&u
tase them. k. Bliatnv - .1
im
Suspicious sH, knesni on' a Trooph
I Chalrlestonitsrc.. September 10. "TSe
vuiieu oiait,? iiranspon , iiinneasia.
i-uAL a.i 1 1 vevi jre ; iast nignt, was t
jiHowed to cme -up iothe city 'by! the
l . 1 '-. i -'1 l:l'--il : .,'-.; f'il . H-i.. It-BJ .
peaith authH ties: - Quarantine
cer Iebby hSij d vered that, thrfj-e
was a suspioi-jps caie of7sickness fftn
board; .the vffiel and -as she was ift
seventeen da our f Santiago '.'rftej
board; of he3'h decided he had Wzi,
pot b alloC J to i touch liere. ; T$-Mne'
were forty ies qt sickness on r&e
Ship1 when s&f -went 10 New -Terk c$,iM
ryingj troop.om,S intiago. X !
i- i - r m3
Trjoop Ar ?f ve pr m forto Rie &i
I - Newport H1 ws, Va.,- September t"'
a he steamsyp' Pariama arrived lkt'
Fort Monroe tonighC, from Porto fUeo
M5;lrTerS lonH
Massachusetts Iowa, ' PennsylvaJiil
and Illinois. regiments. Thirty of ?heJ
men are sick nd wl$ go into the
tiftaT Th kKr o,L
pital
The e)th.rs
arf eU ,enousr f
go to
their httes.
ii. .! "V If ! I ! I IX ; ! Ai-1 I All, lA I I I l
Goes to -White House
ference With
THE : COMMISSIONERS? 'SELECTED
'
Bv theTresident to Make the Investigation Iota the Conduct of thciWar
bylhe War Depart'nvefat A! Sketch of th'o. 3Un Selected lfcrt
-1 -T'i I: xA':) -:A- t ,'.1-i;-lvil- ". .; ' -'-.v M-ii Tv;-,t.: V- I -i: iJi'M
motions in the Navy No Protest frou.i Spdin Against the
3 i - :r i ri:!. ii.!t. J- L. n..!ILI .1
surrenuer 01 jiianna iius r;oiuj i w uwwuuu
!( ,.-,.-':,
by the Peace Comihission-Gcorgia
: :
Troops
.Washington September 10. The
pfesidefit ,has ' urged 1 the following
named fgentlcrmn.. a.mong others, to ac
cept pljice; onr the committee requested
by Secretary Alger- to iirtvestigate the
. .. t J- '- ' . ' - - i .
cpnduc of the war; General Jonn M
SchofieH;
General
John
B. ' Gordon,
General. Granfield' M. Dodge, President
D c; General Charles F, Man-
discarding j i;ne. UCIU1,J "wu.i 'kjwhi a, uvn.
aissumed in orer 1 Daniel S. Lamont, " W.., W. Kean, Col
the two islands, f rtTV, T!mM t tnn
It w(Juld have been difficult for' the
praesident to , have selected I nine men
more favorably known to the Ameri-canl-petple
and yet equipped perfectly
for the work they willibej caljed upon
to perform.' Lieutenant' General Scho-
field w.s General Miles' predecessor as
commanding, general
States sirmy arid has
landii
of the United
held; the unlimit
ed confidence of all "the ; presidents n ofr
the United; States since "Grant with re-
gard tp political adherence. His ex-
perience in' the civil war as a crpS
commander eminently fits, him t;o pass
judgement upon the operations inthe
field Just concluded. ; H ! ' 1
General ; Gordon has had I about the
same experience in the confe-derate; ar
my as general Schofield On the north
ern si dp and, in addition he has rep
resented his;, state, Georgia, for . two
terms &i the; United States senate and
retired in the face of a popular de
mand tor i his ; re-election..; 1 1
General Granfield M.i Dodge is well
known asja man of large business in
terests,! lnj New York, but even better
among soldiers whom he led to success
in '-the Jcivil' warV; He also commanded
an larnfy corps' and has never lost; his '
interest in ; military affairs: since ; en-
j tering ,civil . life. ; -h. .i ' ;.;;:
f D. G.?Gilman; is one of the best known
educatrsUn .the United States,; j at
preseni ; holding the honored post of
president lof Johns Hopkins; 'uniyersity
in Baltimore. He was selected !! by
President! Cleveland as a member i of,
the coifimission appointed to settle the
Venezuelan ( boundary 'controversy v
;; : Charles IFi-Manderson, j of Nebraska,
v-as senator from that" state for itwo
terms and also served : with distinction
in the war, as a division commander.
Hi affiliation with the veteran ele-
ment 'wlHgive' weight i to a!ny conclu
sions' le may reach. He is at present
in Washington. -v ' I ' I "
Hon. Robert T-.ALincoln, is. so well
known3 aa to needno Introduction to
the' public j and the samef is almost
equally true! of ."Daniel S.; Lamont. sec
retary ?of!war under the! second Cleve
land aamlnistraffon. ! j r I
; Dr. W; Wi Keen is'acitizen of Phil
adelphia and enjoys the; reputation of
baring ne of the most scientific and
ablest opticians in that city. In his
selection the , president, supplies ,the
.technical litalent : necessary ;'to ensure a
sound inquiry ; into the ; conduct of the
medicajL department of .the,' army. ; h v -
Coloijel James T. Sexton; i has .best
beep rjiade ! known to the 1 1 American
people slay his recent election to the post
of commander-in-chief of: the .G rand'
Armyf the Republic. ; : : vni
The'gmessage which i Presidents Mc-
Kinley addressed to .each of ithese,was
as follows r - . ' f ' !. '
: "W1IJ you: render the country a great
service' by ; accepting appointment; as a
member of i the committee to examine
into' tlie conduct of the commissary.
quartermaster1; and medical bureaus of
the' wkr department during the war
and into the , -extent, causes and treat
ment of sickness in the field ; and in the
canapsv; ! -:i;:' -L nj";!;" I--':
. "It is my .desire that the full and; ex
act truth! ! shall, be . ascertained and
made known. I cannot to stronglyslm
press nipoln ;you my earnest; wish that
this committee shall be .of such high
characften as will- command i the com
plete onndence. of the country,, and I
trust you. w'jll consent to serve." : ;
NAVAL1 OFFICERS PROMOTED: A
Among the naval drders issued today
were the 'following promotions:
Captain' If igginson, of. the Massachu
setts, -to : be commodore from August
10th; Assistant Naval Constructor. R.
P. Hobson to be full naval "constructoV,:
to dati from June 23rd. the: delav in
making- the; last promotion, being caus
ed by ! the1 impossibility of having! ran
eariei examination. , i
SH AFTER i WITH THE PRESIDENT.!
General Shatter had nearly an hour's
conference Iwith thei president today
He; came over to the-White house from
the ; war department with Colonel Mi-
ley.j of his staff, and Adjutant Generaf
Corbis. The general went . over ' the
Santiago campaign with the president.
.goInginto,details as far as possible in
the trne at the president's- disposal.
un iea.vingi .ine v njte nouse tne gen
eral said he had about: completed ! his
repori; and would have lit' ready for de
livery! to the secretary of, war by next
. Moknda.y i morning. He 'wonld ; then
leave to take command at Camp WI
koff. The I general did not i seem to
credit' the report that later on he would
be ut infeommand of Ithe department
of caiifornia. j. He expressed himself as
Wrongly in favor of ad
tion of the conduct of' th.
ii. ,f!the
investiga
Santiago Genlral Riean "of thp'rftmm5c
.enfrai Kagan, or the commissary
' department also called; at the White
uwusc- auMjuau a uxiiw nun ine presi-
' . ! I - f:; ,-' i . ! I ..Fr l' A .-. - i .:! : i , :
a Long .Con-
the President,
I ; , i ": ' .i; . . f-
and Has
Disbanded ,
dent. IAter on, the general eavd that -
he had instated, upon a most searching
investigj'lun-of the copimimiary ,. de-
partmertfi and felt sure Ithat when tho I
truth btamv known. It would t eeen
4hat maVy ; published resportB Iconcern-'i
fng the xdi8upplied to the army were
absolutetyylthout; any foundation.
QUESTION iBnFOHR
THE, PHACEj
COMMISSION t 1 ,
. io is Bfeiieveu at : im
state dtart-
iment thttt ftbme Of the 4ata being pre
, w
pared irf M'jidi'ld for the- guidance ot
the Spanish,1' ' members of , the. peace
.cpmmiH.'on in :he. presentation of their
case has e'h erroneously -ouniied to
form thisuj)je?t of a djrect protect to'
the Yahn$tin i poverament! through
M. Camionj the French ambassador,
as reported ifrojm Knglish. sourceaj yes
terday. ojTsuch communication! i-has
reached ftetiv?:r the state ! department'
or; the Freych: embassy as thatii de-'
scriled f in- the) IndOn - dispatches' aa
formingth basis -of the protejsti touch
ing, the Attjerijcan, occupation; of Ma
nila. ! ; : r:. i t lii-"
The determined di.spositior ' on tho"
gard as niegaL.and unwarrantel by In
ternatlun,nl sSaw thr American claim to
Manna juy;$ virtue or xne i .urrenaer
which tAk,5pTace two daT' after tho
signature Uhe protocol : suspending i .
hostiliti? i l&ut I motive. Triei 'peace ;
commiss'lpn. which t is charged ito deal ,
with th.f. whole Phillppinei question :
will prorpabfy imake a very, substantial
distinction fn1 disitosing, of iterrltorles
aciuauy ff COBquereu vanu occupies : uy
military: forced of; the Unitekfi States, ,
and thoj. rfninfiuished under; the terms
of the pyatoiol. : These are all fjuestions
which nt'ay promptly come before the
comn)is3Tont! abd therefore j t i Isi as
sumed jat thy will not be, presented
to the Hnlte! States government in
ad-vancef of the meeting of that com
mission. ; !!'-!.
GEOR0"l4 TROOPS DISBANDED.
Orders h&ve hbeen prepared I atr the
war department, which will receive the
president s jsignature tonight for; the
mustering out of the First and Second
Georgia regiments of volunteers. This
action hyts been' taken after careful : re
consideration of the- facts, and! amounts
to a revision -of the original pro
gramme although for atime the de
partmenl had intended to miuster out
the Third instead of the'Secsond regl-ment,l:J!i$t-j
,!" ( M .i!;,, ,
LAW fOKS (HEALTH REPORT.
GenersJ L,wtons health report from 1
Santiagcf tdnight was more I eneourag- ;
ing in i he j mortality- list. It -was as -;
follows: V Total isick 524, total fever' :
254, tota'i pe.w: cases of ; fever) ?9, total
Cr ieJs ICavmlry From Ponee
New. jnTorkj I September UOj Crack
cavalry organizations from New York
and Philadelphia comprised Ithe ! great
majority f these who reached 1 this
port todji'y on board the United States
transpo'il Mississippi from Pice, Pof-
to Rlco.i hje transport sajlel bn Sep
tember :JrdjJ s having on boarjdj twenty
officers, 1 ;32 men 60 civilianf and 194
horse's, ihe Soldiers belonging! to Troops'
A and CjrJ0w (York cavalry: First city,
troop, ol:Rtglaaelphia; Sheridan' Troop
of Tyrone,, t Pal,; the governor's troop,
of Harrlnburg",, and Battery Aj Pennsyl
vania Vf.lurstee artillery. The Missis
sippi was met down the bay by a fleet
of snial'i gteanjiers and tugboats n car
rying Fjiniladelphians and Nfew York
ers wholh ad! relatives or friends In-one-
or otherof the companies. .Twelve sol-
uiers ar ugni;iy in witn malaria ana
general .debflit brought onj by" the
wxrk of: th ? : clampairn. The ' general
'conditio o the troops Is excellent. Tho
Mississippi experienced fine weather
during tne foyage.
tripartite Kalbn
k Coloratla ;prings,' Cdl. September.
10. Fusin bet ween ! the . democrats,
populist al the Teller branjeh of the
silver rerpufcllcins is-an accomplished
fact.' Altera struggle lasting thirty
six hours. between the 'conference com
mittees iyt tjie'Jthree parties an agree-,
ment was reached today by which the
offices iy eref apportioned between the
parties. ) The-, democrats received ' the
governorships i l
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