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- - " !" cxv II ft hi h LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. At. RALEIGH; N. G., WEDNESDAY-.; FEBRUARY 16, 1898. No. 66 71 11 y t i fill 0 Havana Harbor the Scene of WiiiLst Confusion. Shock Felt Throughout the City and Troops Ordered to Quarters. It Cannot lie Stated How the Ex plosion Occurred, Whether it Was the Work of Spaniards or Not At Last Accounts it Was Feared the ttainc Was Sinking Details Not Obtainable. -. k this "morning The Post m f.. Mowing- despatch from . . v ;. ::. tin- regular course of its t. .;. ,s service. While the de t,: u iveu fully, because they . i (.. obtained at the hour we : - ind while The awful event :r. , American battleship, or i : i.. i ii'-.w ii up by the Spaniards, h .;iuh tli" act was committed in u :.. .ipjicity by the radical ele n : : n llaviina) is not ascertained to h,c- : - - ; i i t . i from an accident or from .t!i. r a i t j at h (.lust , the news, if correct, is of t startling nature. As the des n ads, the same news has been itl by New York dailies which th, !'; iTiinir publish it, concurrently . its app.-arance in The Post. Our . ; hi ji -ws service is. too reliable t I ; : l t the reliability of the V.. i k F.-b. 15. Despatches re us . ity tonight from Ha I States cruiser "Maine," h;irlior here, was the scene "f a terrific explosion.' I tliat many were killed, u s are as yet lacking. !! occurred shortly after effect of which was" felt the city, are till, d with excited cit : "ps have been ordered to sent ti the aid of the a number of ships in the v il'lest reports are cur- dedared that as many- is are killed. It is prob- t hat this estimate is ex nf the explosion."' It the cruiser is seriously. :itly crippled. There are will sink. 'NE INCIDENT AFTERAATH iustor Sails Today True Position of Spain stated. Etc. h to The Morning Post. -. "ii. Feb. 15. De Lome left " : '"' n on the Congressiona ! r New York, where he wil the continent, instead of return et iy to Spain. a asked if he had anything to bis departure, he only said -bye.", Over --0 boxes of Sthe late ' i s belongings have been ship- active Spanish Minister in --.-Honor Dubose, was 'very busy n the commercial treaty be- - e United States and Spajn. He ivod instructions from his Gov '. and he can now act in the n of the treaty. ciy from Senor Gullom will be Minister Woodford today. It re that Spain throughout the iis with tlit United States apt. i i feet good faith. That the - :.t never entertained an idea ' - such an agent to the United : ; -! al tlie fact that pe Lome's -: ' 'ii was instantly adopted ' that the Government recognized use. f ".neiusion, the Government re : the importance attached to a prir document. HIT OF I M HUD) IN NEW tORK GUARDED BT DE TECTIVES. New York, Feb. 15l Ex-Minister De Lome, his wife and two boys and a valet arrived in New York - tonight They will sail tomorrow. , A- curious crowd met them at the depot, and passed uncomplimentary re marks in their hearing. - De Lome grew very angry at this and turned his back on the reporters, and snapped out: "Nothing to say!" The crowd jostled about the carriage. and when De Lome got to his hotel a number of detectives appeared to guard him, and remained in the corridor out side of his apartments to prevent any harm coming to him., He will be guard ed by detectives on the -way to the steamer tomorrow morning "to prevent any possible attack from cranks or re- engeful Cubans. SPAIN'S POSITION.. Madrid, Feb. 15. A note addressed to Senor Gullom, Minister of Foreign Affairs, by United States Minister Woodford yesterday, referring to theJ De Lome letter, simply asked the Gov ernment whether the intentions attrib uted to Spain by the language of De Lome's letter were true, and also com plained 9t the attacks made in the let ter of the Spanish Minister on Presi dent McKinley. DISSOLUTION OF THE CORTES. It is believed that at a meeting held yesterday the Cabinet fixed the date of the dissolution of the Cortes. Ministers refuse to divulge the day, and will not do so until the cessation of friction, with the United States, but the general ideais that a dissolution will take place almost immediately. AUTONOAW IN CUBA. Blanco Urged to Prevail on Spanish Cabi net to Modify Constitution. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Havana, Feb. 15. The radical faction of the Autonomist party is making a strenuous effort to convince the Span- sh Government of the necessity of making further political concessions, if peace is to be reached within a short period. Senors Amblard; Giberga and other prominent Autonomists make frequent calls on Gen. Blanco and urge him to prevail upen the Madrid Cabinet that the recently decreed autonomic con stitution should bejmodified before the next general election. Kentucky Legislature Would Free Cubans. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Frankfort,- Ky., Feb. 15. In the House of.KepresaJjLesJ lution was Introduced by Ilepresenta- tive Williams, of Menifee county, urg ing Kentucky Congressmen and Sen ators to use all possible efforts to se cure the recognition of Cuban patriots and Cuba as an independent and free republic. The resolution urged that the Congressional delegation from Ken tucky do all in their power to have President McKinley intercede in behalf of the patriots. Tomorrow it will be sent to the Senate. Death of Bishop Quintard- By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 1. Bishop C. T. Quintard, one of the most , prom inent Episcopalian divines in the South, died today at Meridianville, Ga., where he had gone with the hope of regain ing his shattered health. He was an Englishman by birth, but moved to American more than fifty years ago. He was in the Confederate army, serv ing as chaplain" under Gen. Kirby Smith. Soon after he was elected Bishop of Tennessee, which position he held until his death. In 1S6$ he found the the University of the South, at Seawanee. Peace Again In McaraguaMnvaders Driven Out By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Feb. 15 Senor Corea, the Charges d'Affairesl of the Creates Republic of Central America, today in formed the State Department that he had received a cable message from the President of Nicaragua informing him eniered that that the invaders who State a few days ago have been utterly- routed, and consequently the Republic is now still at peace. Smallpox Spreading n Tennessee. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 15. Six cases of small-pox are reported at Johnson City, two developing lajst night. Nearl one hundred cases are reported in the neighborhood of Middlesborp, and from this source of infliction the disease has spread into several Tennessee towns. Vigorous steps are being taken to pre vent the further spreading of the plague. Mr. Broughton's Successor. Special Despatch to Ths Morning Post. Roanoke, Va., Feb. 15. The congre gation of Calvary Baptist church have extended a unanimous call to Rev. C G. Jones, of Covington Ky. to assume charge of that pastorate here, recently made vacant by the resignation of Rev, Mr.' Broughton. Trusts and Trusts Crackers Cornered i ; By Telegraph to The Morning Post. . Chicago, Feb. 15. 1 Is asserted to day that Moore Brothers hive received between $2,000,000 and mon stock for the organizing of the National Biscuit Company Issued to the People of the United States BY CHAIRMEN Of 11 PARTIES The Chairmen of the National Committees of the Democratic. Populist and Sliver Republican Parties Concurrently Issue Addresses Denouncing the Republican Party and Its Attempt to Fasten Gold Standard on the Country. - - ' ; By Telegraph to The Morning Post, t Washington, Feb. 15. Addresses "to the people," which are veritable cam paign bugle blasts, were concurrently issued today by the chairmen of the Democratic, Silver Republican, and Populist parties. " J-r The three addresses are on similar lino-s in denouncing the attempts of the Republican party to more thoroughly fasten the gold standard on the coun try, to retire greenbacks, and to in crease the power of national banks, and in appealing for concerted action .by three parties in the approaching Con gressional elections. ',.; The address of Chairman Jones, of the Democratic National committee, says. if- "The surrender of the Republican party to the gold standard and mono poly is at last complete. The depres sion of life and happiness, which Was inseparable from a long course of de clining prices, has now checked" de-r velophient, and if continued woujd ultimately stifle civilization." '!. The plan of the bill prepared by tie Monetary Commission declare to con template the formation of a great bank trust, pool or syndicate, with pbwejs such as no man ever before had the audacity to suggest. Chairman Jones urges the people everywhere to ""gird up their loins .. and at once "take steps to save themselves; and their children from the fetters now being openly forged to bind them1: ; 4 f The address of the Silver Republican party says,' that -while the issue re mains unsettled, Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans "must stand shoulder to shoulder, in one cauve united. United we can save the Repub lic, the last; refuge of . .self-govern ment, the one remaining, hope of liberty The address concludes with an ap peal for harmony and uo-operatlon in every State and Congressional : district among the opponents of gold and monch poly, in order that an undivided front may be presented to the common enemy. The Populist address says; "The gold syndicate, and its allied mono polies of the country, have subsidized the press, and that attempts to seat their well-paid attorneys in -the halls of legislation and of justice, and even in college faculties, are manoeuvered for either service or silence, by;' pre tended generosity or perverted philan thropy. That the divine right of kings is to be succeeded by the divine right of the millionaire, who proposes to run everything." They appeal to all citizens who op pose a government "of trusts, by rusts and for trusts." THE 'CLARA NEVADA" LOST. Desctlptton of the Fine Steamer Recently Wi exited. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 15. The Clari Nevada, a fine steel steamer, of Soattlc. has teii lost about fifty miles n rth of Juieau, Alaska, with her crew and forty passengers. Details of the disaster were receied here thi-s afternoon from Commodore John Irving, of the C P. N. Co.'s fleet, who is in charge of the steamer Islander, which will reach tiii city from Alaskan ports tomorrow. The Nevada left Dyea and Skaguay Feb ruary 5th fo'r Juneau, homeward bound. When off Seward City she encountered a heavy gale, and was in great dist;v?3 when she entered Berner Bay evidently for the purpose of seeking shelter. Citi zens of Seward, from the dock, : . saw the distressed vessel battling with the wi id and waves, but could iend no as sistance. In the words of George Beck anl wife, two of the spectators pn the dock, the scene is described as follows: The vessel was bucking a a'cong he id of wind and made little, if any, progress, something apparently being wrong with her engines. The waves at times were running mountains high, and in occasional glances of the vessel to be had by us, we saw that she w&s on fire. A high wind fanned the flames until they completely eveloped tne steamer, lighting up the night, but shutting out from view any signs cf huiman life on board. Then there was tremendous report, as of boilers ex ploding, was heard, accompanied by a brilliant flash, and when next we looked for- her the hull of the steamer was sinking slowly lout of sight." Cold Water Kentucky Legislators. Btf Telegraph to The Morning Post. Frankfort,. Ky., Feb. 15. Represen- s tative Pettv. of Grant rmintv. has In- J troduced a resolution in thA Wmise con. I grjatulating Miss Bradley on her choice christen the battleship "Kentucky." ID-IB US YESTERDAY Daily Proceedings of the Na. : tional Legislature. KftNS 8S "PilCIFr BILL IN SENATE The House Disposes of a Number of import ant Measures, Among Them One to More Perfectly Secure Alaskan Trade, - and Protect American Vessels Engaged , ln Klondike Carrying Trad. . By Telegraph to The Morning Post. . Washington, Feb. 15-A resolution of fered this morning by Harris, of Kan sas, f In relation to the proposed sale of the Kansas Pacific Rallro&d, was taken tip In the Senate todayV Harris charged that the Department .of . Justice had, under-the pressure of the reorganiza tion committee, retreated from the po sition it had. formerly taken and was now willing to sell the Government's claim for about 6,000,000. "The "Department had explained this by saying it was simply foregoing in terest on the debt. ; ' This is untrue, Harris said. Interest was money actually paid out by the United States as interest when the road had defaulted, and should, of course, be included in the debt. He at tributed the j Government's change of front to the representation of friends of the reorganization committee, whose every statement and claim had, by sub sequent developments, been proven false, he said, and reminded him of what the Senator from Missouri (Vest) had once said: "When they speak they lie, and when they are silent they steal." ' Senator Foraker said the change of programme of the administration was due to a course of events. That the President had used his best judgment in the matter. There had been- no jug glery, ho mystery, nothing that was not capable of the most satisfactory explanation. 'r The "motion, to refer the matter to the Pacific, Railroad Committee was de feated. " The resolution was then agreed to. It directs the Attorney General to inform the Senate if . he has authorized the abandonment of his agreed intention to redeem, the first mortgage bonds, and to -Ic for a p05"tponene"ht; of the sale and whether rhe has;, authorized an ; agree ment by - which the property is to be sold for the face value of the subsidy bonds, and whether the Government has agreed not to' be a bidder at the sale.- The Senate then went into secret ex ecutive session on the Hawaiian mat ter after which it adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. The House today disposed of quite a number of important bills. Among those passed were those to amend the navi gation laws, so as to more perfectly secure Alaskan trade for the American merchant marine; to prohibit officers or directors of national banks from overdrawing their accounts or of mak ing loans to any officer without the con sent and sanction of directors; author izing the use of private postal cards. The first bill noted above is intended to- protect American vessels engaged in the Klondike carrying trade, and is se vere in its penalties. At present, car goes destined from one American port to another can be carried partly or all the way by a vessel touching at Vic toria or Vancouver. This bill amends that law so as to require all such jroods to be transported by American wssls only. A violation of the provision is made punishable by a fine of $200. The pres ent fine is only $2. Mr. Terrey, of Arkansas, made a fierce attack on the bill, declaring it was in the interest of the "ship trust." He wanted the shipping laws repealed, so as to permit Americans to buy ships in the cheapest market. Then they could hope to compete with foreigners for trade, he said. The House agreed to take a vote on the bankruptcy bill next Saturday, and also to discuss and vote on the Loud bill, regulating second class mail mat ter, on MarchSrd. EVENING SESSION. After the executive session; of the Senate, the doors were re-opened, j at 5 o'clock, and the reply of the Attorney General to resolution adopted earlier in the day with relation to the. Kansas Pacific Railroad was read. The status of the case, and events leading up to it, we're cited at some length As there was no law for the opera tion of the road by the government or its agents, doubt existed whether tne court, after the sale, would appoint re ceivers for that purpose. In order to put the government in a position to secure better prices for its property the Attorney-General proposed (under power given him) to redeem the first-mortgage bonds; and appeared in court to ask a further postponement of sale. The organization committee propsed. If this proceeding were abandoned, . to guarantee a minimum bid equal to the principal of the government debt of $5,303,000. instead of $2,500,000, the price fixed by the court. ' This proposition the Attorney-General accepted, buf he did not agree to -refrain from bidding at the sale. The r,rr,r,ertr ha nAAoA will be SO Id at PUD- lt k1p tin nnn vTnretltion. to - w . . . . V. higher bidder, subject only to the above A WARNING TO GOV. RUSSELL. A Little Memorandum of Some Lawyers " Fees In a Georgia Railway Case. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Atfanta. Ga.. Feb. 15. In the settling up of the Southwestern Railroad liti gation, there Is an illustration of how money goes when a railroad gets Into court. The fees of United States Senator Bacon, as attorney, amounted to $3,000. Services of Col. Moller, of Augusta, and of , the New York law firm, were valued at $25,000 each. It. T. Wilson, of New York, expert of the Southwestern Railroad, received $150,000 for arrang ing the bond of the Southwestern,-. and for other services; and President W. G. Raoul, of the Mexican National Rail ways came In for $50,000 for the part he took in protecting the interests of tie Southwestern. WILKES RAILROAD BOND CASE. Will be Argued at Winston This Morning Before Judge Starbuck. Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Winston, N. C, Feb. 15. The WJJkea county bond case, which was set for ar gument before Judge Starbuck tonight, has been postponed until 9:30 tomorrow (Wednesday) "morning. Judge Avery, II. L. Green, T. B, Fin ley and Sheriff Call, of Wilkes county, are all here. The losing side will ap peal to the Supreme Court, It is as serted here tonight. Winston, N. C. Feb. 15. The Board of Directors of the Winston-Salem Y. M. . C. A. today elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi dent, R. A. Spaugh; Vice-Presidents, D. H. Blair and W. M Hendren. Mr. A. W. Hicks was re-elected General Secretary. ' HOLCM" SHOUTED THE SPEAKER. The South Carolina Legislature In a Com motion Again. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 15. The Senate could not stand the pressure, and today reconsidered its action of last night In killing the House resolution for an In vestigation of the members of the Gen eral Assembly, in connection with the sample-room dispensary Incident noted yesterday. It passed that resolution, and then another resolution was passed, looking to ascertaining to .what .extent the .... 5rs nr n ftRcf,TS" r " " ' " c Ktj ti oi J--"... u r-1 tigers and drinking with variety show actresses. - . Still another resolution was present ed, but it was not read through, and yet ft caused a commotion. The clerk began tp read: "Whereas, There have been rumors that certain members of the House have been seen monkeying " "Hold!" shouted Speaker Gary. No more was heard of the resolution, and -members breathed freely again. FISHERMEN FROZEN UP- Perilous Position of a Number tost on Lake Erie Last Night. By Telegraph to The Morning Post Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15. Fifteen to eighteen fishermen who were caught in a blinding snow storm this afternoon are lost on the Ice. In Lake Erie, and it is feared that they win freeze before the air clears enough to permit search ing parties to go after-them. Bonfires are blazing all along the beach, and bells are ringing and whistle's blowing to guide those who may come within sight or sound. A $1,000 PACKAGE DISAPPEARED. Slick Trick of a St. Louis Thief Imperson ating Teleuhone Inspector By Telegraph to The Morning Post. St. Iouis. Mo., Feb. 15. An unknown man succeeded In robbing the Franklin Bank here to-day. of $1,003, representing himself to be a telephone Inspector. Only one clerk was present, the others being at lunch, of whom the thief aak ed permission to inspect the telephone. The clerk Invited him Inside the railing where the telephone box was situated. The clerk was called to the front of the bank at that Juncture, and when he looked a moment later, the "insjt r" had disappeared with a package con taining JlXKX i Big Blaze In a Missouri Town. By Telegraph to The Morning Poet. Chillicoth. Mo., Feb. 15. Robbers set fire to the town of Wheeling, ten miles east of here," before dawn this morn ing. The townsmeq hastened from their beds to fight the flames, but be fore the fire was subdued the post office, prison, bank, and a dozen other buildings were d est rayed. The first blaze was discovered in a grocery store, the safe of which was looted, the rob bers getting only $0, however. They were traced three miles east, where the empty roony drawer of the store was found. Logg $;5.000. New Postmaster for Wadesboro. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington. Feb.) 13. John L. Mathe son was today appointed postmaster of Wadesboro. X. a. anl Andrew v. w u vashvllle Tenn. THE 1 STILL ill Testimony and Scenes at Yesterday's Session. A That Is Wll CalcMiated to Frighten "Scary9 People-Says the streets of Paris May be Strewn With Thousands ' of Dead Men Before the Miserable Bus nrss Is OverWants to Lead His Regi ment Against the Jews. By Cable. to The Morning Post. - Paris. Feb. 15. At the Zola trial to day four experts testified that they were conrinced that the bordereau was written by Rsterhazy. Comparisons were - made between specimens of Esterhazy's writing, the photographic fac-slmlle of the bor dereau and the actual writings of Dreyfus. One witness declared that any expert who did not believe the bordereau was the work of Esterhasy deserved to bo disqualified as an expert thereafter. Depositions by Mile. 'Cormlngee and Mme. Boulancy were read, Mme. Bou Iancy acknowledged receiving several - letters from Esterhasy, which were per haps more compromising than his traitorous Uhlan letter. She declared that she was unwilling to submit these letters to the court. Esterhasy has called several times lately, she said, to demand the return of these letters. Once he gained her door, which was partly open, but which was held from opening further by .a safety chain. The defense applied to the court for an order compelling the production of the letters. The decision was reserved. More expert testimony was Intro duced, showing the handwriting of. the bordereau and Esterhazy. Several members of the French Insti tute testified, declaring that Dreyfus was not guilty of writing the borde reau. M. Grimaud, especially, made H. sensation by declaring that because he had signed a protest against the con clusions of other experts regarding the origin of the bordereau het was dis missed. interview With esterhazy. Paris, Feb. IS. In an interview with . 4 ..... r! - I . - I ,-.,! 1. f ? reach a close without bCiUci c v.u!...w. It 19 likely enough that the streets of Paris will be strewn with hundreds and thousands of dead men before the mis erable business is concluded. "I should ask nothing better than to lead my regiment against the Jews. I would shoot them without hatred or anger, but as a work of public safety as if they were so many rabbits!" FREE SILVER ABANDONED By Wyoming Republicans Whose Commit tee Adopts St. Louis Platform. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 15. The Re publican Central committee of Wyom ing met here today and discussed the plan of campaign for this year. It was decided that Wyoming Republicans will abandon the free' silver, platform adopted at the last three Ktate conven tions and endorse without qualification the platform adopted at Ht. Louis. SHUF0RD AND KITCHIN PROTEST Against the Annual Subsidy Paid Southern for Vaster Mall Service. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Feb. 15. Representa tives Shuford arid Kitchln. of North Carolina; Lamb, of Virginia, and Kle b?rg. of Texa. appeared before the llou.ne Committee on Postofflce and Post roads this morning and strongly objected to a continuance of the special subsidy of $115,000 paid the Southern Hallway. for carrying the malls. Although the Pontofflce Department has rfjeatedly urged that the payment of the subsidy to the Southern cease, and Committees on postofflces" and PoM roads have heretofore omitted the Item from the appropriation bills, the Houre has always voted it back Into the bill. The ' advocates of the Item declare It secures a faster mall service for the Fou th Atlantic. States, Us op ponents believing otherwise. - A FALSE ALARM. Mr. Orubbs of Forsyth County Dltda nat ural Death. Special Despatch to The Morning PosL Winston. N. C. Feb. 15. James Grubb. an aged citizen of Walkertown, this county, died Sunday, supposedly of. , appoplexy. At the request of relatives, however Coroner Linville had the body exhumed and examined today, to see if the old man's' death was caused by cruel treatment which he was alleged to have received from two young men who went to Grubb's 'house ten days ago, and It is said, gave him a severe beating. The" Jury decided that the young men were not responsible for his death. . MS PK1I 4 . ! S ) . -y
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