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-..VOL.-XL SALISBURY. N. C YUDLTESDA PTEMBER 14, 1898. ::o. -lc. AUSTRM KTirlrtmit lAnrnincr an Annrnhifit T A VXJL V M V V V MJL AAAUJ W a.JL 4 . Stabs Her With Stiletto. I ID CM ED flilD SINGS Oil THE vM TO 1: Anarchist Intended to Kill the Due d'Orleans, But the Latter Coold Not Be Fonn Crime Occurred In Switzerland, . Where Capital Punishment Is Prohibited. The empress of Austria was assin ated in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday afternoon by an anarchist, who was arrested. He stabbed her majesty with a stiletto. Her majesty was walking from her hotel, the Beanrivage, to the landing place of the steamer about 1 o'clock, when an Italian anarchist suddenly approached and stabbed her in the heart. The empress fell, got up and walk ed on board the steamer, where she fell, fainting. The captain did not wish to put off from the quay, but did bo at the request of the empress and -her suite, there being no apprehen sion that she was seriously hurt. The steamer was turned back before teach ing the open lake and the empress, . unconscious, was carried back to the Hotel Beanrivage on a stretcher. Doctors were immediately summon ed and a telegram was sent to Emperor Francis Joseph. All efforts to revive her majesty were unavailing and she expired at, 3 o'clock. The medical ex amination showed that the assassin must have used a small triangular file. - : : The wound was just over the left breast. There was hardly any bleed ing. . '.- ; : After striking the blow the assassin ran along the line des Alps, but was seized by two cabmen, who had wit nessed the crime. They handed him over to a boatman and a gendarme, who conveyed him to the police sta tion. . ' - ... ' Prisoner Admits the Crime. The prisoner made no resistance. He even sang as he walked along, say ing: "I did it," and "She must bo dead." At Ihe police station he declarod that he was a "starving anarchist, with no hatred for the poor, but only for the rich." The assassin, while being interro?a ted by the magistrate, said' he visited Geneva- with the intention of .killing the Duo d'Orleans, but the latter had already left. Lucessi, or'Laccheni, followed the duke of Evian about twenty-five miles normeast oi ueneva, wnere ne was again unsuccessful. He then return cd to Geneva, and learned from the papers, of the presence of the Austrian empress." -All day Friday he dogged her. footsteps, but found no opportu nrty to carry out his. purpose, though ho watched Ihe hotel Beanrivage all day. Saturday afternoon about 1:30, he naid, he saw the valet of the empress leaving the hotel and going toward the landing. He inferred from, this that the empress was going to take the steamboat, and he hid himself behind a tree on the quay, with the file concealed in his right sleeve. In a few minutes the empress, accom panied by her lady of honor, appeared and the assassin struck the file home. Lucessi confessed that he has been an anarchist since he was thirteen years old. ii an anarcmats aid meir auty as I have done mine' he said, "Bour geois society would soon disappear.". He admitted that he knew the crime was useless, but said he committed it for the "sake of example." FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION. Four Killed Outright and a Voten More Will Probably Il. By the explosion of forty gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery store in Philadelphia Saturday night four and possibly a dozen more lives were lost. r As an immediate eoneequence of the explosion, the building where it oc curred and those adjoining it on either side collapsed. Shortly after the occurrence, four bodies had been recovered from the ruins and three of these identified. The fourth was that of a girl about ten years old. The cause of the explosion is unknown. rARA.DE WILL OCCUR. President Consents For Miles' Soldiers to March In New Tork. v- A Washington dispatch says: Gen eral Miles on leaving the white house Saturday where r he had made a for mal call, said the president had con sented to a parade of Porto Rican troops in New York next Saturday. It is expected that 3,000 of these troops will participate. . EMPRESS IS Ml In spite of minute searching, the weapon of the murderer has not been found. .- .: - THE NEWS IX VIENNA. Austrian Could Hot at First Believe the Startling Information. The news of the assassination became known in Vienna, Austria, shortly be fore 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. It spread like lightning. The streets, were suddenly filled with multitudes of people, many becoming impassable for whicles. Extra editions were is sued by all the papej. Many Vien nese considered the report incredible until the semi-official Wiener Abend Post appeared, confirming the state ments of the other papers. , All the papers, accompanied the an nouncement with warm tributes to the empress, ihey were eagerly snatched rom the bands of the sellers and were read aloud to groups of citizens. When the news had been fully veri fied an indescribable grief overpowered the people. The performances of the court, theaters and jubilee exhibition were canceled. Emperor Francis Jo seph received the news at Schoen- brunn. ' .'. ASSASSIN'S LIFE SAFE. The Laws of Switzerland Forbid Capital, . Punishment. Advices from Berne state that the pres ident of Switzerland and other mem bers of the government were stunned with horror and grief when, the news reached the palace that the empress, so beloved by all Europeans, had fallen a victim to an assassin within the borders of their country.- They immediately arranged to hold an extraordinary federal council in or der to consider the measures to take against the assassin. The latter must be tried according to the statutes of tho canton in which the crime was committed, which forbids capital pun ishment and make life imprisonment the most severe penalty that can be imposed. PRESIDENT SENDS CONDOLENCE. LtfcKlnley Wires Message of Smpathy to .Emperor JTranels Joseph. The state department received a con firmation of the reported assassination of the empress of Austria, from Con sul Ridgely late Saturday afternoon.. . Upon receipt of Colonel Ridgely's notification of the death of the em press, President McKinley sent the following message of condolence: . "Executive Mansion, Washington, September 10. To His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, Vienna: I have heard with profound regret of the as sassination of her majesty, the em press of Austria, while at Geneva, and tender to your majesty the deep sym pathy of the government, and people of the United mates. "WllLUM McKlXIiKT." ASSASSIx3,XN0WN IN FRANCE. Anarchists Met and Agreed to Exterminate' leading Karopean Sorerelgus. President Faureof, France sent a telegram of condolence to Emperor Francis Joseph', immediately upon re-' ceipt of news of the assassination. The Paris police believe the murder the. result of . a plotiof Italian anar chists, and that the assassin is identi cal with one Luccessi, who is wanted by the Bologna police as a dangerous anarchist. The man known as Luccessi was implicated in the recent troubles at Milan, after which he fled to Zu rich. WAR COMMISSION NAMED. General Gordon Declines to Serve Owing to Bad Health. The president urged the following named gentlemen, among others, to accept places on the committee re quested by Secretary Alger to investi gate the conddct of tho war: v - Generals John W. Schofi eld, John B. Gordon and Cranfield M. Dodge; rresident D. C. Gilman, Charles F. Manderson, Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Dr. W. W. Keen and Colonel James A. Sexton. General John B. Gordon has wired the president that he cannot, on ac connt of unstable health, accept a po sition on the committee. r ROOSEYELT IS READY. Itongb. Rider Says Ho Will Accept Gaber- natorlal Nomination. . A New York dispatch says j Colonel Theodore Roosevelt authorized the announcement that he will accept the nomination for governor of New York should it.be tendered to him by the convention of the party to be held at Saratoga, romo bican cohxission. Spain's Representatives 1Tm Awaiting Instructions at Time of Meeting. ' A special from San Juan. Porto Rico, ays: The first joint meeting of i the evacuation commissioners was held in the council chamber of the palace Saturday morning. It was exceed ingly formal. Major General Brooke, Bear Admiral Schley and Brigadier General Gordon, accompanied by their personal staffs, drove to the palace, ,wlrere they were formally presented to the . Spanish , commissioners. General Ortega, Brigadier of Maroine Valle- rino and Sencr Aguila. auditor of war. The presentation was-made by Captain General Macias. V Both commissions then retired to the spacious council chamber, where credentials were exchanged. The Spanish commissioners were most courteous. 1 : They explained that their embar rassment was due to the iact that their instructions had fail to arrive, though expected on the Alfonso Xllf.overdue - -rsj 1 . .T .3 Since rriuaj, auu sugcaiou nu an- journment until Monday at 10 o'clock, to which the American commissioners promptly agreed. . - The American commission -. also agreed to the suggestion that the ses sions of the commission should be pecret, so that if any - questions of diplomatic character should arise, which if given publicity, might em barrass the work. SECOND GEORGIA STATS IN. First and Third Ordered Out By the War Department, The Second Georgia is to remain in the service, and the First and Third are to be mnstered out. That was de cided at the war department Friday. The following telegrani was received in Atlanta from Governor Atkinson,- who was in Washington: "W. G. Obeab, Acting Adj. Gen, : The war department decides to muster I out the First and Third regiments, the First to be mustered out at Macon, Savannah and Albany. All wishing to remain m the service will be trans ferred to the Second, and a like num ber wishing to retire will be discharg ed from the Second. W. T. Atkinson, Governor.,' This reta;ns in the service the Sec ond regiment of Georgia volunteers, commanded by Colonel Oscar Brown. NEW G. A. R. OFFICERS. The Great Encampment at Cincinnati Brought to a Close. The work of "the thirty-second an nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was happily concluded at Cincinnati Friday evening. At lnursday s session Gen James A. Sexton was elected commander-in chief. Friday morning the election of officers was concluded. The follow ing were elected by acclamation: Senior vice commander-in-chief. W. C. Johnson, of Cincinnati. Junior vice commander-in-chief. Da vid Ross, of Delaware. v Surgeon general, Dr. Pierce, of Nebraska. .. ' Chaplain-in-chief, Colonel Lucas, of Indianapolis. REPORT FROM LAvYTON. Gives Health Conditions of Onr Troops , Now at Santiago. General Lawton's report, received at Washington Sunday night of the health conditions of the American troops at Santiago is as follows; "Santiago de Cuba, September 4. Adjutant General, Washington, D. C: Total sick, 238; total fever, 184; total new .cases fever, 20; total returned to duty, 9. 'Deaths-! George R. Bray, private, First Illinois, typhoid fever; Eugene Mungei, private, First cavalry, per mcious malarial fever. JEWS BARRED OUT. Foreign Israelites Will Not Be Allowed to Enter Palestine. A Washington dispatch says : The Turkish legislation issues the follow- mg statement: "The entrance into Palestine is formally prohibited to foreign Israelites, and consequently the imperial Ottoman authorities have received orders to prevent the land ing of immigrant Jews in that pro vince. - DOCUMENTS .ARE MISSING. Papers Necessary In the Dreyfus Revision , Hard to Procure. A i'aris dispatch says: - mere is a lull in the Dreyfus affair. It is believed that the real difficulty in the way of revision is that the only documents really relied upon are those said to nave been obtained illicitly irom a foreign embassy, and the government is beginning to doubt the authenticity of these. RAISED QUARANTINE. There Are No Suspicious Yellow Fever Cases In Florida. State Health Officer Blunt, of Texas, received a telegram. from Jacksonville, Fla., Friday morning stating that all supposed cases I yeuow lever in m section had been pronounced nothing but mild dengue fever, and as a result Key West had raised the quarantine and other places would follow suit so far as Floiida was concerned. MANDERSON DECLINES To Accept st Place On the InTestia-atlat: - War Committee. . " y - A telegram received at Omaha, Neb., Monday morning from General Manderson says he has declined the proffer of a place on the army investi gating board. General Manderson has notified President McKinley of his in ability to serve. . SENOR CANALrjAS IIAIIO ZT SENSATIONAL CHARGES. SftYS PREMIER IS ONLY FOR SELF; Correa, Minister of War. and Aunon, Minister of Marine, Mercilessly At tacked For Their Incapacity. A Madrid epecial says: In the cham ber of deputies Friday Senor Canale- jas, in the course of- a long speeca ox violent and unmeasured abuse, de nouncing the government collectively and individually for its conduct dur ing the war and now in the peace ne gotiations.. . "-,.- r ' He produced a sensation by assert ing that when Admiral J Cervera asked for instructions of war, the minister for the colonies replied to himr "May God help you.' . , . - . Senor Canalejas . accused Senor Sa- gasta of continuing himself dictator merely to satisfying his personal am bitions; and he attackei Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war, and Captain Aunon, minister of marine, mercilessly for their incapacity. The following statement has been made by an important Spanish official: "Senor Sil vela the leader of a sec tion of the conservative party refuses the government the support of his party, although "he is fully aware of the situation, lie is doubtless prompt ed by the desire to obtain power. We will do all in pur power to realize his 1 desire with short delay. The country will then see how soon' the man, who i now posing as: a liberal, win De transformed into a despotic dictator." General Polavieja has handed a sopy of; his manifesto to the newspaper men, but the censor L also" forbids its transmission by telegraph. 'X'"'?A- J i The Liberal (newspaper) again makes ihe assertion that premier Sagasta will resign as soon as the chamber adopts the peace bill. ! " The government s severe measures to prevent reports of the secret ses sions of the cortes are nuluhed by the sensational deputies of the opposition, who are eager to inform the foreign correspondents as to what goes on. Thursday s session of s the chamber ended with Senor "Bilvela" attacking the government and exclaiming t ' IThe Sagasta ministry is a corpse, and we do not discuss corpses. We bury them." Senor Canalejas, who is a lieutenant of Polavieja's new party, urged an. in quiry into the sources i of the charges. against the army and navy. Ihe de bate apparently weakened the govern-, ment. v"; It is reported that at the cabinet council Senor Sagasta '. told his col leagues that they must bel prepared for the fall of the cabinet. - General Blanco has appealed to the government for funds, representing that the situation in Cuba is distress- .- . - ing. - - ; j: -:. ?-y : : Senor Romero Giro, minister for the colonies, has asked the treasury for 100,000;000 pesetas." In reply he received 30,000,000. : The Bank of Spam nominally holds 1,000,000,000 pesetas in international fours, but the sumssupplied to the government on this guarantee are al ready exhausted. The government recently lorwaraea. to M.Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, a long and strongly worded statement respecting the Phil ippines, which -he will communicate verbally to the Washington govern ment.' ' . ' ' Spain protests against the capitula tion of Manila because it was effected two days after the protocol was sign ed. . It says that the revenue from the Manila customs may continue devoted to the service of the Philippine loan of 1897. and finally, it insists upon the United States compelling Aguinaldo to liberate a thousand Spaniards now in his custody, most of whom were placed there, the note asserts, by Admiral Dewey. . '. The Philippine question came up, but without final determination went over to the next cabinet meeting. At that time the American case will be prepared. in the rough, and it is tended that there shall be a. full m-at- tendance for a full discussion. WILL BA5S0JI PRISONERS. Money Sent From Madrid to Manila For Belief of Spanish. Troops. AjMadi id cable dispatch says: "The cabinet - has authorized the foreign minister, Duke Almodovar de Rio, to negotiate with the Philippine insur gents to ransom the 5,000 Spanish prisoners now in their hands, and it has been decided to transmit money to Manila for that purpose and for the relief of the Spanish troops, which are urgently in need of funds. The government has also, cabled to I Captain General Macias at San Joan I de Pprto Rico -requesting him to fur nish fuller details of the American economic regime in Porto Rieol ASSAY OFFICE .WASTED. Token Miners Join In Urgent Reqoest For One nt CIrels City. American miners on the Yukon have joined in urgent request for the gov ernment to locate an assay office and government banV depository at Circle City. ThVir object ia to protect jciin ers against the money brokers who charge what are considered extrava gant fees for drafts or exchange. 1 Gi'lhi VTEYLEB INFORMED THAT V SHOULD BE DISGRACED. HE OTHER ARMY OFFICERS IMPEACHED XJvely Seen la Madrid Senate A New ". Policy Annoaaed By Gen- eral Palavleja. . . 4 A cable dispatch from Madrid states that the Spanish senate at Monday's session definitely adopted the Hispano American protocol. . The : session was a stormy : one. Count d'AImenas, challenged to give the names of the generals whom he re-, cently said ought to be disgraced, re plied: . - "Very well, as you wish it IwilL, The generals to : whom I referred are" General Weyler, General Blanco and General Primo de Rhrera. I will also include in the same category Admiral Cervera." - . This announcement led to an extra ordinary scene of tumult. Insurgents Still Active. ... Captain Aunon, minister of marine. received an important dispatch Mon day from the Philippines describing a conflict between the. Spanish gunboats and ;. insurgent flotilla in which the former successfully .prevented an in surgent landing in the Yiscayas. Ac cording to the dispatch, the insurgents have five vessels, all of' which, were sunk. The Spaniards suffered no loss, - but the telegram, - asserts that hundreds of insurgents are believed to have perished. ; General Camillo Polavieja, former governor general of Cuba and of the Philippines, in the manifesto declar ing his readiness : to place himself at the head of a neutral party in Spanish politics, denounces the "evils exist ing in the present system, and de clares that 'every department needs cleansing.",. -l . v - His programme, therefore, begins vith a "drastic purging of the admin istration," and - then advocates "re form in taxation, 'V and "purification oi the electoral system." After pledging his "unwavering loy alty to the throne," General Polavieja says: . . - .. '.. : ; -"Spain must shapa her fuiurff ca reer mnccordarice with he reduced sphere of sovereignty, without losing her aspirations for the future. Above all things, full light is required. The Spanish people must no longer be de luded by misapprehensions as to the country's strength." In conclusion he repudiates the charge that he is aiming at dictator ship, and appeals to all Spaniards not to be silent spectators of the ruin of our, country," "but to concentrate forces and place me in power." Will Send Envoys. - The French ambassador at Wash ington, M. Cambon, who has been act ing for Spain in the peace negotia tions, has cabled to the Madrid gov ernment the American reply to the Spanish note protesting against hostil ities upon tho part of the insurgents in the Philippines, in .spite of the peace protocol. - ' j . The United States promises to send envoys to induce the Togalos to re spect the suspension of hostilities and to prevent vessels leaving Manila with insurgents having the intention of propagating the insurrection in other islands. -.' : : .. ' " . . BURIAL OF TOUXG WHEELER. Body. Laid to. Rest 'In Family Plot at "Wheeler, Alabama. :, c -' The remains of Thomas Wheeler, son of General Wheeler, were taken from Montgomery' to the .family burial ground in Lawrence county, north Alabama, and interred at 11 o'clock Monday morning. A special from Wheeler, Ala., where the body was interred, says a great throng of people gathered from every part of the state to pay a last tribute to the dead, who was known all over the stsfte as an exceedingly bright and intelligent young man. General Wheeler's great grief is particularly noticeable and ihe weight of sorrow is plainly telling on the vet eran hero a almost iron constitution. He is almost prostrate and will remain at his home several days before re turning to Camp Montauk. COL. REAVES 0.UITS. Besizns, From Third ImnaM Regiment. Gordon Under Suspension. Advices from Santiago state . that Lieutenant Colonel Reaves of the Third regiment United States volunteers, commanded bv Colonel Ray. has re signed. Major Frank Gordon, of At lanta, also of the Third regiment, is under suspension pending the hearing of the charges against him for con duct unbecoming an officer. Lieutenant Colonel Reaves has de parted for the United States on ' the transport Nashville. For some time there has been decided friction be tween Colonel Ray and his second in command. TROOPS FOR HCNTSTILLE. General Frank Is Arranging- For Twenty- live Thousand Men.- General Frank, who is in command of Camp Shipp at Huntsville, Ala:, was wired Monday by the war depart ment to know how many troops this camp could accommodate. General Frank replied that he could easily take care of .two complete divisions or about 25.000 men. Telegrams are now Hin? exchanged arrausiflff ior the concentration.. in 11 SOUTHERN pr.cco. The New Industries T&eportod In tfae Sant unrinff the rast vreek. Selecting the more important from the usual number of sew enterprises reported during the past week, Alabama is creanea wita a woodworking com pany ia the Birainghasv district, a handle factory; iwith ' a capacity cf tU,U03 handles, and a land and indus trial development company managed from New England'; another cooperage plant is under way at a Florida port; Georgia sends word of a $50,000 bag and burlap mill, and a foundry and machine shop; Memphis capital will establish a refrigerator factory at Lou isville. . Louisville mentions a 5100.000 brewery, a local telephone company at Aew Urleans, and a small electno light plant. , An ice, light and water company, capital $100,000, and a $35,000 water and light company are under - Way in Mississippi; a cotton mill supply plant and an independent telephone system in North Carolina; a flouring mill and a cotton seed oil mill in South Carolina; an improrement company and a water power company in Texas ; a sawmill and a municipal electiio light plant in Virginia, and an ice factory in West VirginiaTrades man (Chattanooga, Teno.) CERVERA OFF AT LAST. Spanish Prisoners ) For Santander Spain, on the City of Rome. A dispatch from Portsmouth, N. H., says: Most of the sailors and marines who survived the disaster which befell the warships of Admiral Pascual Cer vera at Santiago July 3d were taken from Seavey's island Monday morning to the steamer.City of Rome. By v o'clock all were embarked. : Admiral Cervera, with his son Jose, made fare well visits to the officers of the nary yard previous to boarding the City of Rome. -v:: v v ' "v-.. "V. On his way to the boat the admiral spoke enthusiastically to those who accompaflied him of the treatment the Americans had accorded to the Spanish prisoners,' to his staff and to himself. He detailed the many courtesies be had received : at Portsmouth, Annapo lis, Norfolk, New York and Washing ton. He said he would- carry home with him many happy recollections of the kindness and generosity of those high in official circles as well as of citizens in every walk of life. The city of Rome, with Admiral Cervera and staff and over 1,700 Span ish prisoners, sailed Monday after noon for- Santander, Spain. Of the number 1,668 - men were from the prison at Seavey's island." - AGENT BABBEE VINDICATED. Committee of Ministers Investlirates Charges Aealnst Methodist Book Man. A Nashville dispatch says: Several days ago Dr. J. 'A. Orman, presiding elder of the Murfreesboro district of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, upon his own motion and by virtue of the authority Tested in him by "the church discipline, appointed a com mittee of ministers to investigate ru mors that involved the moral character of Dr. J. D. Barbee, book agent of the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. These ru mors grew out of the Methodist pub lishing house claim matter. - v .The committee met at McKendree church, Nashville, and after a session lasting all day, gave out the following statement! ; ' - - - "The committee, after carefully and prayerfully examining all the testi mony in the case, reports atrial before the Tennessee conference, soon to meet, unnecessary, thereby -vindicating the good name of Dr. Barbee. . KILLED AT CROSSING. Train Demolishes Bnsey and ' Maof lei Two Toons Xadles. A most distressing accident occurred shoitly before 10 o'clock Sunday night . mmm m " a on tne wasnington ana uarnsDjirg branch of the Southern railway near Bowman's station, in Shenandoah county, Va., and as a result two young ladies 'of the ' neighborhood were killed and their escort, a young man, received perhaps fatal injuries. The party had been attending church and were returning home in a buggy. While crossing the railroad tracks they were struck, by the engine of a northbound freight and the two girls were instantly allied, tneir bodies being horribly mangled. The man was hurled a distance of twenty yards and sustained fearful injuries. . The buggy was crushed like an eggshell, while the horse escaped without a scratch. TO JOIN DEWET'S SQUADRON. Bis Battleships Oregon and Iowa Ordered -- to tb Pacific, 'j'--. A Washington dispatch says: Tbe battleships Oregon and Iowa have been detached from the North Atlantio squadron and ordered to join the Pacific squadron. These powerful warships win form a valuable rein forcement" for Admiral Dewey in the event of complications in the far east. The navy department is. shifting some oi the omcers on both battle ships, preparatory to their departure from New York on their long cruise to San Francisco by way of the straits of Magellan. TIIE PARADE ABANDONED. The Project It Finally Given Vp as Xzn practicable at This Time. The plan of having a parade in New York of the troops returning from Porto Rico and those at Montauk Point Las been indefinitely abandoned. This is the result of several conferences on the subject between the president and General Miles and of a consultation with army'ofneers in New York and a Camp WikoX f f f 1 I DEMOCRATS : ARE REFRESH' . ED. New XXeraber Is One of the r.eit ' nova j Hen In rnblie T-ir-nottj . "V- J - i" Jfew Complete. .. Justice White having declined the honor, the president 1 rutay named Senator Gray, of Delaware, as the fifth member of the peace commission. This completes the personnel of the com mission, which stands: and Gray and lion. JVhitelaw Reid. In selecting Senator Gray the prcsi- . dent his given denocratio representa tion on the commission. The ap pointment probably " will necessitate the retirement of Mr. Gray from the Anglo-American commission which is conducting its session in Canada, as this commission will resume its work about the time the peace commission ers sail for Paris. - c The position was offered to the sen ator several days s go, but at that time was declined. The president, how ever, farther urged Mr. Gray to ac cept and his final agreement was se cured Friday. lyX:.r.r -y '-. vv' ' Senator Gray is one of the best known men in public life, having been , a prominent figure in the senate for the last twelve years. lie was born at New Castle. Del., in 4810. and was graduated at Princeton. He served as attorney general of Delaware and later was appointed to the senate when Thomas F. Bayard entered the first Cleveland cabinet as secretary of state. Mr. Oray has been in the senate continuously since then, serving with distinction, being one of the recog nized forces in debate and in the shap ing of important legislation. He is a . member of the. senate committee on foreign relations, thus making three members, of that committee Davis, Frve and Grar on the commission. . On "foreign questions Mr. Gray has generally been regarded as opposed to expansion, his, senate votes having been against the annexation of Hawaii. Now that the commission is com plete it is expected the American case will be made up and the commission given its final instructions The com missioners will meet here about the . rn i l i r a - w . T : low immm, prior to sailing ior x arm, at which time they will meet the presi dent and he made aware in a general , way of the views of the administra tion. : - ':' V.-, X. (JEN. pORltJONORED. President McKinley Nau- XIifB For Place on Important Commission. Information was received in Atlan- ta. Ga.. that General John B. Gordon, commander of the Confederate Vete rans' Association, has been asked by President McKinley to accept a posi tion as a member of the commission to examine into the conduct of the com missary and medical departments of the army. :;X": A teleffram signed by President Mc- Kinler was received bv General Gor don's family in the absence of the gen eral, who has been out or the city xor a number ox aays. ; In . the 'communication President McKinley expressed the opinion that General- Uordon would do the country a rreat service by accenting a position and earnestly hoped that he would see fit to become a member. ; r , The specific object of the commis- inii in whiih f landral tlordon has been placed is to examine into the con duct of the commissary, quartermas ter and medical bureaus of the war de partment, and into the extent, cannes anu ireamieufc ui . aicaucoa u - ax. - ' : .' ana in ine csmpi. to It is the desire of the war denariv ment that the president shall be made acquainted with the whole and exact truth as to the conduct of , the depart ment of the army mentioned, since so much criticisim has been directed at them by the press and even offlcials of the army. ;- - v- The appointment of uencrai uoraon. i one of esDecial honor, since the work of the board will be of far reach- in tt imnortance. as the result of the commission's investigation will teach valuable lessons to the country in case another war is undertaken. SILES VISITS PRESIDENT. A Formal and Brief Call to Pay Kcspeets to Chief Ezccnti ve. A Washington special says: General Miles, accompanied by Colonel Mich ler, of his staff, called at the white house Friday. ' : The meeting between the president and the commanding general was com paratively brief, lasting about fire minutes. ' It was not in the nature of a con ference, in which' qticslions relating to the war weitf discussed, but was the formal call of respect usual on the re turn of a high oScial. The confer ence for more extended discussion cf war will doubtless come later. QUARANTINE RilSED. KeTellow Fever Aay where In the Welsh- - borhood of Floriaa. State Health OScer Blunt, cf Texav received a telegram from Jacksonville, FU., Friday morning stating that alt supposed cases of yellow fever in that section ha 1 been pronounced nothing but mild dengue fever, and a a result Key West bid raised the quarantine and other places would follow suit so far as Florida was concerned. 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