Newspaper Page Text
VOL. XIX.— NO. 345.
BULLETIN OF
TttE ST. PRrUl^ GL^OS^.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10. ISJKS.
"Weather for Today.
Fair and Warmer.
PAGE 1.
DiiiKley Bill Brought In.
Work of the Congress.
Payne a Cabinet Probability.
Spaniards Assert Yiaeeo Is Dead.
Train Rohbcry in St. Louis.
PAGE 2.
Tim Heard on Sned for Lihel.
_ Mrs. Casey's WIN! Trlu Ended.
Commercial Club's Xew Ofiieers.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
- Powers Will Oiler Terms to Turkey.
Stillwater Affairs.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Day's Social Events.
PAGE S.
Prom-ess of the Big Race.
Sharkey I'lot Told in Court.
Athletic Events of a Day.
PAGE O.
liar Silver t»."» I-4c.
Cash \\ heat in Chicago 75 5-Bc.
Fractional Gains in Stocks.
PAGE 7.
Reduced Bates for Settlers.
Kali way Goaalp.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Salvationists Lose a Bequest.
Xews of tile Courts.
State P. M"s Gel Together.
Gas Bids Will Be Accepted.
EVEXTS TODAY.
Metropolitan— Othello. 8.13.
Grand— Girl I Left Behind Me, S.VS.
Con over Hall — Anna Eva Fay, 8.13.
People's Church — Fisk Singers, 5.15.
MOVEMI VIS OF STEAYiSHIPS
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.— Arrived: Werra,
Mediterranean ports; Britannic, Liverpool:
Bouthwark, Antwerp: Majeslic, Liverpool;
Fulda. Genoa and Xaples; State of Califor
nia, Glasgow.
SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived: St. Paul, New-
York: Havel, New York for Bremen.
QURKKSTOWN— Arrived': Rhyniand, Phil
adelphia for Liverpool.
BOSTON— Arrived: Prussian, Glasgow.
Sailed: Austrian. Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Pavonia, Boston,
Teutonic, New York.
Several pictures of Satan are on ex
hibition in the British museum. They
look like the devil.
„ With Peffer out of it. t he next United
States senate will at least be consider
ably less hirsute.
t Ambassador Bayard merely gave the
British a tip that he was still able to
buy his own books.
Does it occur to anybody that too
many Ohio men are laying pipe for
places in the cabinet?
Our navy is cluing into such prime
fighting shape that probably no na
tion will car^ to hazard tackling it.
Mark Hanna and Tom Reed met yes
terday at the national capitol. Ice
froze in the room while they were talk
ing twenty minutes.
_ , _«9».
The most sensitive horses in the
world live in Indiana. A high-bred
equine at Lawrenceburg committed su
icide on being hitched to a cart.
George Gould has not yet joined a
temperance society. He has just ob
tained by personal application a license
for the sale of liquors in a New Jersey
club house.
— <=*
The young people of this nation
must be telling each other by word of
mouth how seriously love affects them.
There was a postal deficit of over $8,
--k 000,000 last year.
. — . — . <q«
The fighting editors of the South
have their war paint on all the time.
A Louisiana journalist has just killed
a man who was a little 100 aggressive
on short acquaintance.
A Colorado lawyer named Elliott de
clares that the old original Garden of
Eden was located in Colorado. Give
a Colorado lawyer a little room and
he will claim everything.
Mr. Dorirner, of Chicago, says he will
resign his seat in congress to run for
mayor of his beloved town. Suppose,
Mr. Lorimer. you should run for mayor
of Chicago and be defeated.
There is always sunshine somewhere
if we will only look for it. In spite
of the fact that the whole celery crop
of Kalamazoo has been ruined, the
price of celery will remain the same as
last year.
There are more ways than one to get
the girl one loves. A young Kentucki
an got a license to marry, the girl's
mother objected, and he got out a writ
of habeas corpus to secure possession
of his prize.
Eight is breaking in Indiana. Ben
jamin Harrison says he is not a can
didate for the senatorship, does not de-
Bire the nomination and could not ac
cept it. That ought to be sufficiently
explicit.
A Wisconsin man has made a will
Which is a novelty of the first water.
He gives $4,000 to a lodge with a stip
ulation that its members meet once
a year, read his will and drink two
kegs of beer at one sitting.
St. Louis if in a posiiion to shake
bands with St. Paul. The Republic
yesterday morning said: •'During' the
pact forty-eight hours the criminal ele
ment of this city have run the entire
gamut of crimes prohibited by the
Biatutes."
The Hon. Wash He sing is running for
mayor of Chicago, but the honorable
gentleman positively refuses to permit
his mail carriers to wear Hesing but
tons. This Is-'e'ruel because it is pre
sumed that mail carriers were Hesing
» buttons because they loved Mr. Hesing
or Mr. Hesing's whiskers, and not be
cause they wanted to see the hand
some postmaster b-come mayor of the
wicked city of Chicago.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
FORGE Tflßlf p ISSUE
DIXGLEY REVEXIE-SILVER BILL
TAKEN IP BY DECISIVE SENATE
VOTE.
THEN ALLOWED TO LAPSE.
ACTION XOT SO IMPORTANT AS IN
DICATED BY THE ROLL
CALL.
SOME SHARP PERSONAL REMARKS.
The Republicans Taunted by Allen.
of Xebraska, for a Lack of Good
Faith.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— The senate
today, by the decisive vote of 35 to 21,
adopted a motion to take up the Ding
: ley tariff-silver bill. Unexpected and
surprising as this action was, it did
not have the significance which the
vote itself appears to convey. Im
mediately following it, Mr. Aldrich, of
Rhode Island, one of the Republican
members of the finance committee,
moved to recommit the bill to the com
mittee, and this motion was pending
when, at 2 o'clock, the morning hour
expired, and the entire matter lapsed
as though no vote had been taken.
Neither the bill nor the Aldrich mo
tion to recommit enjoys any privilege :
| or precedence as a result of the action
i today. It served, however for some live
•j ly parliamentary fencing between Mr.
Allen (Pop., Neb.), the author of the
motion, and Messrs. Chandler, Hale and
Aldrich, as well as for an exposition
of the uncertain and shifty elements
within the senate when a vote is pre
cipitated on an important public ques
tion. The debate was at times sharp
and personal. Mr. Allen is very blunt
; in his expressions, and he taunted the
| Republican senators for shrinking from
i the Dingley bill after conducting a tar
! iff campaign.
"It has gone out from the powers
I that be in the Republican party," said
j Mr. Allen at one point, "that with the
! incoming administration we are to
I have an extraordinary session of con
gress for the purpose of revising the
| tariff laws."
Mr. Chandler reminded Mr. Allen that |
J not only had tariff won, but free silver
' by the United States alone had lost in '■
; the recent election, and he urged Mr.
Allen to aid in a genuine effort to
I execute the will of the people. Mr. I
i Hale took occasion to state with frank
! ness that the Republican senators ex- '
pected an actual majority in the next
senate, which would make tariff legis
lation more easy of accomplishment
than it is now.
Mr. Aldrich's first move was to ask
j to have the bill referred back to the
finance committee with instructions to
strike off the silver amendment but
hater he accepted the suggestion of Mr
! Hams to omit the instructions. It was
' in this form that the question of re
commital was pending when 2 o'clock
j arrived and cut off the debate
! hK ™^- ask . ed t0 cx P Ja i" the motive of
'„« ♦* l? n ln the senat^ kx&y to *ake
up the Dingley tariff bill. Senator Ud
cent a?w Ed: ?. had n ° motive" ex
■ ff^Nh, c ° say in the army - f -«
; feel the enemy. I wanted to sati«fv ■
| myself and the country as to the atM '
tude of the Republicans towards this
measure which they have professed to
i Jn/°T a £ X1 v U ? have b^ome a law.
and I think I have at least succeeded
in demonstrating that they have no In
tention of trying to do anything- " The
senator declined to .say* whether hi
, vould l In any way revive the question
I would lntlmated that he probably
TARIFF ISSUE FORCED
' te£ r "«f F sf (ReP ;' Me - } ' trident pro
tern of the senate, occupied the chair
today, in the absence of the vice presi
dent Mr. PJatt (Rep., Conn.), present
ed the report of the joint select eom
rnittee of congress, relative to the ques
tion of alcohol used in the arts etc
and offered a resolution for a continu
ance of this committee. After this came
a. flood of bills, covering every phase of
legislation, including an anti-trust bill
; and a measure to withdraw small notes'
■ from circulation, by Mr. Shoup- for
•the temporary reduction of salaries of
r. mted States officers," by Mr. Chand
■ J' .v, c for the continuance
or the joint committee inquiring into
the question of alcohol used in the aits
j was adopted.
! Mr. Morrill (Rep., Vt.), offered a res
olution evidently directed against the
use of the new congressional library for
the next inaugural ball, as has been
proposed. The resoltuion recites that
the new library shall not be used for
; any other purpose than library pur
; poses. The resolution was referred
Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.), offered a reso
| lution reciting that it is the settled doc
trine that no state has the power to
effect the integrity of contracts by leg
i illation or otherwise.
j Mr. Chandler (Rep., N. H.). secured
| the adoption, without comment, of a
: sweeping resolution directing the com
| mittee on interstate commerce to in
quire into the prevention of competi-
I tion by the Joint Traffic association
composed of the railroads of the eoun
; try; also the reported combination of
the flour and milling interests of the
I country; also the reported combina
i tion of the window glass interests.
The bill providing free homesteads on
public lands In Oklahoma territory for
actual and bonafide settlers, and re
serving the public lands for the pur
i pose, was made a special order to fol
; low the immigration bill. The calendar
j was then taken up, the first bill being
I one appropriating $60,000 to representa
; tives of Ersklne S. Allen for an inven
: tion in breech loading guns. The bill
was passed.
At this point, Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.),
made an unexpected move by proposing
| to take up the Dingley tariff bill, with
J its pending free silver substitute. Mr.
| Allen first asked unanimous consent
that the bill be taken up, and on Mr.
: Aldrich's objection, Mr. Allen moved to
take up the bill. There was much com
motion at the unexpected appearance
of the question, and pages hurried for
| the leaders of the various elements.
Mr. Piatt gained time by haying the
| bill read in full. After a whispered
i conference between Messrs. Piatt and
j Aldrich, the latter withdrew hts objec
; tion to taking up the bill.
"I renew it and object," interposed
j Mr. Palmer.
"Then I move to take up the bill,"
: said Mr. Allen with emphasis. This
; precipitated a roll call, the question be
| ing. shall the Dingley tariff bill, with
i its substitute, be taken up. The roll
j call proceeded amid the closest atten
: tion and interest. It resulted as fol-
I lows:
Yeas— Republicans: Aldrich, Cameron,
i Chandler, Clark Davis. Elkins, Eyre, Gal
• linger, Gtar, Hale. Hansbrough, Hear, Lodge,
' McMillan. Mitchell (Or.). Morrill, Nelson,
, Perkins, Piatt, Pritchard, Quay, Sherman
! and Wolcott. Democrats: Gordon. Morgan,
I Murphy. Pugh. Roach, Smith. Populists:
! Allen. Eutler. Kyle, Peffer. Stewart. Inde-
I pendents: Pcttigrew. Total, 35.
Nays— Republicans: Baker, Carter. Demo
' erats: Blackburn, Blacchard, Daniel, Faulk-
THURSDAY MORNING, DISCEMBER 10, 1896.
ner, _Gibson, Gorman, Harris, Hill, Jones
(Ark.), Martin. Mills, Palmer, Paeco, Turpie,
Vest and Walthall, Independents: Gannon,
Dubois, Mantle. Total, 21.
The announcement of the vote was
no less a surprise than Mr. Allen's first
move. Mr. Aldrich quickly interposed a
motion to refer the bill to the commit
tee on finance, with instructions to re
port back the bill without the free sil
ver amendment. This brought Mr. Al
len to his feet in an
ENERGETIC PROTEST.
He said the Republican party had
prevailed at the recent election and
was now looking forward to enacting
tariff legislation. Throughout the cam
paign they had promised the people
tariff legislation. Why, therefore,
should they hesitate now? The Ne
braska senator declared that the sena
tor across the aisle did not want to
take up the tariff question at all.
Mr. Chandler responded, suggesting
that the recent election had not only
brought forward the tariff question,
but had relegated the silver question,
so far as independent action by the
United States was alone concerned. He
asked, therefore.whether Mr. Allen was
really acting in good faith in his de
sire to take up the Dingley bill and
free it from the sliver amendment. Mr.
Allen replied, that the silver question '
was far from settled by the recent elec- j
j tion. Six million votes had registered |
for silver. So far as the tariff was j
concerned, he wanted the Republicans j
to get into the saddle. Mr. Allen de- |
clared that the Republicans had aban- j
doned the Dingley bill.
"Nothing of the kind," remarked Mr. j
Galiinger, sotto voce, from his seat.
"It is so announced in Republican j
j newspapers today," declared Mr. Al- [
! lenr
"Let me ask the senator," interposed j
| Mr. Chandler, "if he is so anxious ;
about tariff legislation, will he aid to
rid this bill of the silver amendment j
| so that the original tariff measure can I
i be acted upon."
"1 will act in my own way," respond- j
ed Mr. Allen, "without bowing my j
neck to the Republican yoke."
Mr. Aldrich and Mr. Allen indulged
I in a further colloquy, the former en- j
; deavoring to secure time for a final ;
: vote.
He wanted a time fixed now or here
after, but Mr. Allen declared it was
futile to take a vote now, when the
; Republican senators had no idea of ;
I passing the Dingley bill in its original
i form.
Mr. Hale came into the debate with
| an inquiry of Mr. Allen as to whether
j it was proper to proceed to tariff lesis
! lation now, when the Republican sen-'
I ators expected to have a clear majority j
| in the next senate, capable of effective- '
1 ly conducting business.
"When will you get that majority?" j
queried Mr. Allen, amid laughter.
"I said 'expect,' " answered Mr. Hale.
He- went on to say that it was mam- j
fest that the Republican senators were j
'< not now in the position that they ex- i
petted to be in the next congress, and >
that it was manifest, from this condl- |
tion, that more effective action could |
come later.
Mr. Harris (Dem., Term.) moved a j
change of the Aldrich motion, omit
ting the constructions, which was ac- j
cepted %
At this point the morning hour, which
lasts until 2 o'clock, expired, and the !
heated controversy went over. This
leaves pending the motion to refer the
Dingley bill to the finance committee,
but the motion has no privilege giving
it preference tomorrow.
Efforts to secure an adjournment
and an executive session were sue- .
coss-fully resisted by Mr. Dodge, who !
succeeded in having the immigration
bill taken up. He yielded, however, to
a personal request from Mr. Gibson
(Dem.. Md.) for time to look into the
bill, and then, at 2:20, the senate went
into executive session, and soon after
adjourned.
MINOR BILLS PASSED.
Busy Three Hoar •ression Held by ;
the Hua.se.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— The house ,
held a three hour session today, and !
passed a dozen bills of minor impor
tance. Among them were the follow
ing: To extend for. five years the time
'■ in which the university of Utah shall ;
| occupy lands granted to it: to authorize
! the use of the abandoned Fort «Bid
| well military reservation in California
1 for a school for Indians; to confirm
j certain cash entries for public funds
j in Arkansas, made under the gradu
| ation act of 1S51; to provide for the lo
i cation and purchase of public lands j
1 for reservoir sites in Montana, South
i Dakota and Wyoming: to protect set
j tlement rights where two or more per- j
' sons settle on the same land before |
' survey; to adjust the accounts cf
' John Y. Williams, formerly agent of
I the Fort Hall Indian reservation; to
authorize Flagstaff. Ariz., to issue
i bonds for the construction of reser
, voir: pensioning the widow of Capt.
I John Hough to $50 per month.
The house also agreed to the senate
amendment approving certain acts of
i the legislature of New Mexico, for the
; issue of bonds so as to validate $172,500
iof bonds of Santa Fe county. The
Shafroth bill for the protection forests
from fire was defeated. The purpose i
\ of the bill authorizing any member of j
j the legislature of New Mexico to :
j swear in the presiding officer is to pre- j
I vent the secretary of the territory from j
performing that duty which in the past j
it is claimed has practically given him !
t the power to make up the preliminary ]
j roll. A resolution for the distribution
j of the president's message among the
various committees entitled to jurisdic
tion of the several topics was adopted.
GI "\XIXG FOR BELMOXT.
Bond Investigation Committee liny ;
Force Him i<i Talk.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.— The sub-esraamit
tee of the senate committee on finance, which
' was appointed prior to the adjournment of
! the last session of congress to investigate the
bond issues made by the present administra
tion, held a brief session today, but adjourned
I without taking any action, because of the ab
i sence of some of the members. When the
\eommittee adjourned after its last meeting
'■ in New York last summer, the question pend-
I ing before it was. What should be done in
! view of the refusal of J. Pierpont Morgan
i and Perry Belmont to answer questions as
I to how much they had realized upon the
bond transactions? and that, question Is still '<
I pending. It is presumed that this state of j
| affairs will be reported to the full committee, j
| and it is possible that the report will be ac- !
: companled by a recommendation for prosecu-
J tion.
Salary Cut Proponed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— Senator Chandler
i today introduced a bill in the senate for a
i 10 per cent reduction of the salaries of all
; federal employes. The reduction shall begin
on the 20th of June. 1897, and continue for
| three years, and shall include all officers and
! employes of the United States whose salaries
j are paid from the treasury, either annually,
j ouarterly. monthly or semi-monthly, except
i those whose compensation cannot be dimin
j ished during their continuance in ofHee.
Left io XVoieott.
WASIIINTON, Dec. 9.— Senator Sherman, j
chairman of the Republican senatorial caucus,
said today that he had not completed the j
committee provided for In Senator Wolcotfs
resolution to investigate the practicability
of securing an International agreement on
! silver, but that Senator Wolcott would be
j made chairman of the committee. It is under
stood that the selection of his colleagues on
the committee will be practically left to Mr.
Wolcott.
Settler* May Prove l"p .
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 9.— Senator Pet
tigrew today introduced a bill to amend the
act repealing the timber culture law. It pro
vides that settlers on the ceded portion of
the Sioux reservation in South Dakota may
obtain patents for the land embraced in their
entries after fourteen months residence by
filing proof of such residence and paying the
minimum price for the same.
PAYHEHASTHEGAIiu
REASON TO BELIEVE HI) M ILL GET
THE OFFICE OF POSTMASTER
/- GENERAL.
EVANS MUST SEEK OTHER PIE.
ALLISON TOO INDEPENDENT TO
BECOME SECRETARY* ©F THE
TREASI RV.
MIGHT DECLINE A PREMIERSHIP.
New l.ifflit on the Hunters Island
Boundary Secured From an
Old Map.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— When Harri
son's administration began Henry C.
Payne was anxious to be postmaster
general, but John Wannamaker was •
the recipient of that distinction. Payne !
has ever since desired the position. Last ;
spring he was regarded as an Alii- \
son man, because of his close relations j
with Clarkson. But Payne never open
ed his mouth until the Republican na
tiona] committee convened in St. Louis j
last June. On that occasion it was he j
who made the motion that Hanna be \
made chairman. After some discus- I
sion of pressing matters, it was Payne j
who moved that full powder be given !
Hanna to manage the campaign. When i
the headquarters were established in |
Chicago, it was Payne who became I
Hanna's alter ego. He now travels i
with Hanna, and is undoubtedly on the. j
inside of the national Republican or- i
ganization. He seems to thave the call j
on the postmaster generalship.
They who place Henry Clay Evans,
of Tennessee, in the postofflce possibil
ities and name Payne for the interior •
department port folio, forget that a j
lawyer must be at the head of the inte- j
rior department; and Payne is no law- |
yer. He is slated for the management ■
of the postoffice department, and Evans !
must look for something else at the pie i
counter.
An lowa man of rank, who is a long- I
time personal friend of your correspond- |
ent, says: "Allison will undoubtedly \
look at the position cf secretary of j
state, as he looked at the treasury port- j
folio when it was offered ham by Gar
field, Arthur and Harrison. Allison I
gave no reason for declining the cabi- i
net position to Garfield or Arthur, but
he said to Harrison: 'If I were assured I
that I would be secretary of the treas- !
ury, without any possibility of being j
overruled by the president in any mat- j
ter, I might consider the proposition '
favorably, and administer that depart- i
ment. But, every president wants to i
be secretary of the treasury, too, and
the average secretary is only a clerk.
[ could only accept with a safe assur
ance that I would have absolute charge
of the department "without any inter- j
ferer.ee whatever.' Allison' will look at'
the state department in ihe same man
ner, and will, of cour.-e: decline the
proffered honor."
HUNTERS ISLAND IS OURS.
__
Heatwole Receives a Map Which :
Conclusively Proves the Fact.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Representa
tive Heatwole today received a map of :
the Rainy Lake region of Minnesota
showing the true northern boundary
of the United States at Hunters' island
and all the water coursed in that vicin- '
Ity. According- to this map, the only j
continuous water course around Hunt- {
er's island is at the northern side.
Around the opposite side there are two
portages. The treaty between the ■
United States and Great Britain pro
vides that the boundary between this
country and Canada shall be along
continuous water courses, and this map '
shows conclusively that Hunter's isl- j
and, the ownership of whifh has long
been in dispute, belongs to the Unit
ed States. In this connection, it may j
be said that Representative Towne's
bill appropriating ?80.009 for the ap- j
r ointment of a comnm-sion to deter
mine this boundary has been reported
favorably to the house, and may be
passed at this session.
MONEY FOR CHIPPEWAS.
Provided for in a Bill Offered By
Senator Unvis.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9.—Sen
ator Davis today introduced a bill pro
viding for the fulfilling of the treaty
obligations with the Chippewas of Mm- !
nesota and the Mississippi. It directs j
the secretary of the treasury to set
aside $301,923 for the payment of their i
obligations, and also directs that offl- j
cial to ascertain and set aside a sum
equal to Uie difference between the coin
and currency value of the payments
made to the Indians between 1843 and ;
IMS, with 5 per cent interest additional. '
The secretary of the interior is to dis
burse the money. Senator Davis iJso
presented to the Eenate a memorial
from Rev. E. V. Campbell and other
citizens of St Cloud, praying for the
recognition of the Deity in the consti- j
tution.
DUBOIS AS A DEMOCRAT.
Ills Chances for Re-election Are I
Good.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-.— Although \
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, announces to i
all inquiries that he does not expect |
to be re-elected, his chances are pretty :
good. He has been honored during
his entire lifetime by the Republican .
party, but he now expects to be elected !
by the legislature of Idaho as a Dem- .
ccrat. As a matter of fact, it is quite I
likely that he will go before the Dem
ocratic legislative caucus as a Demo, i
crat, and receive the caucus nomina- '.
tion. In that even, he will be elected |
to succeed himself, and thus be enabled
to continue his course in opposition to" I
all national legislation until silver shall I
be taken care of by congressional fiat. |
Eddy Is Laid Up. -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. — Representative
Eddy will not be able to attend- the meetings j
of the house for a few days, owing to a |
sprained ankle. He met with an accident !
while visiting in Illinois. Mr. Eddy is one
of the three members of the next house who
received a larger vote than McKinley. He is
preparing to push a bill for the benefit of
homesteaders who desire tp settle on the Red
Lake reservation. Today he received many
callers, several members of the Minnesota
delegation being among them.
Johnson Has 'Opes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. — Representative
Johnson, of North Dakota, has received as
surances that in case of a deadlock in the
North Dakota legislature he will receive
votes, but he is not a candidate for the sen
atorship.
l\ants Cash For Her Wardrobe.
Special to the Giobe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9.— Senator
Nelson today introduced a bill for relief of
Anna M. Osborne. It appropriates $6C* to pay j
for the lady's personal loss is a fire at Fort I
Ripley hospital, Minnesota, in 1877. I
HIS DEATH IN DOUBT
XO ACTUAL IDENTIFICATION OF
THE BODY OF THE CUBAN
LEADER,
SPAIN ACCEPTS THE STORY.
NO DOUBT PERMITTED IN THE OF
FICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
MACRO'S END.
CUBANS DISCREDIT THE ACCOUNT.
Details Do Not Carry Out the Posi
tive Assurance of the First Ac
' counts Given.
HAVANA, Dec. 9.— The confident
claims of the Spanish officials that they
have abundant proof of the death of j
Antonio Maceo and" his young aide, j
Francisco Gomez, son of Maximo Go
mez, continue without abatement. The i
details, which are announced today,
however, of the facts relied upon for
the identification of the two Cubans
have caused an undercurrent of doubt
j in this city. Maj. Cirujeda, who com- i
j manded the Spanish forces in the en
i gagement at Punta Brava on Monday, i
| and whose troops discovered the two
bodies and gave the evidence of identi
! fication, consented to be interviewed
lon the circumstances of the case. He
! said today that when the rebels were
routed, it was evident that the body :
of the chief was abandoned on the j
j field. The Spanish column, without !
I waiting to explore the field, went in hot :
I pursuit of the insurgents and followed
| them for a mile or more. Meantime,
j young Gomez is supposed to have com- |
mitted suicide by Maceo's side.
While the troops were returning to i
Guato, after the pursuit had ceased, j
I various guerrillas belonging to Maj.
Cirujeda's command went over the field
where the rout of the insurgents had
occurred and searched the bodies re
maining there for anything of impor
tance.
"The body of Maceo," Maj. Cirujeda
I continued, "was relieved of a ring, :
! clothing, etc. The guerrillas who per
| formed the act were, at the time, quite
! unaware that the body was that of \
Maceo. In fact, little attention was
\ paid to the identity of the bodies. It
' was aready dark on the field, and it j
[ was raining. Various other bodies were !
| also searched."
i It was an adjutant, according to Maj.
I Cirujeda's further statement, who in
! sisted that the above-mentioned body
and the other, which was lying by it's
I side, were evidently of first rate 1m
• portance, and that they must not thus
! be left without identification.
j "The two bodies were, therefore, tied j
; by the feet to the tails of some horses," j
j Maj. Cirujeda went on to relate, "and
i thus dragged over the ground, the in
j tention being to carry them to town for
identification. But after proceeding for
awhile the horses became tired with
their burden and the bodies were there
fore cut loose and left in the road."
When the troops reached Guato, Maj. I
Cirujeda proceeded to read the doeu
■ ments which had been found upon the
bodies. After reading these documents,
: Maj. Cirujeda says, he became convinc
! Ed that the bodies which his troops had
abandoned were those of Antonio
Maceo and Young Gomez. But it was
■ then too late to return and recover .
! them. Maj. Cirujeda. however, ex- I
, presses the firm conviction that they !
j were those of Maceo and Gomez's son.
With the insurgents in the battle,
i Maj. Cirujeda says, was a beautiful
amazon about twenty-two years old,
who urged the rebels "A la machete,"
but at the same time interposed to pre
■ vent prisoners from being killed.
Ma,i. Cirujeda. has taken charge of
i the objects found on the body said to
be that of Maceo for further exam-
I ination. There were a gold watch, a
i splendid pair of cuff buttons made by
; Moreau Twin. Paris, with five pointed
, stars on them and inclosed in a big
: strapped leather case, a hunting knife
with an ebony handle and gold mount
: cd. and a good water-proof coat. All .
of these were taken from the body by !
the scout Santa Anna.
It is thus seen that there has been j
no actual identifications cf the bodies ■
: themselves, the conviction as to their \
• identity resting upon the evidence of
documents' and articles found upon
them. There is no doubt, however, of
the assurance of the genral public here j
that Maceo is dead. It is pointed out ;
that he met his death in a mannei |
similar to that of Jose Marti and Zay-
I as. His loss is regarded as the heav- 1
! test blow the revolution has received. ,
| and it is felt that his continued life
j was all that could save the insurgent
i movement. He was the most striking
i personal character of the outbreak.
CONFLICTING STORIES.
Maceo's Death Both Confirmed and
Denied.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.— The follow
ing dispatch, in detail confirmatory of
his previous advices, was received to- j
! night by Minister De Lome from the j
! Spanish minister of foreign affairs:
The insurgent leader, Antonio Maceo, real- '
j izlng the imposs'.bility of remaining in Pinar
! de! Rio province, and being constantly pur
j sued by Spanish columns, crossed the trocha |
on the 4th inst. He was at the head of over j
2,000 men whom he had recruited from the
j local bands of the western part of the pro-
I vince of Havana. When he was overtaken
; by Maj. Cireujida's column. 350 men strong, ■
! Maceo's forces were routed, the leader being '
! killed in the engagement and Gomez's son
! committing suicide after being wounded. The
'■ corpses have been identified, and the cloth
ing, arms and documents found In their pcs- !
I session were taken by the Spaniards. The ;
i remainder of the band has dispersed in con- j
j sequence of this brilliant victory of our i
I troops.
KEY WEST, Fla.. Dec. 9.— The Cv
; ban leaders here and at Tampa deny
: the reports from the Spanish office at
I Havana of the deaths of £len. Maceo
! or the son cf Gen. Gomez. Although re
| ports from Havana are meager, yet
I enough has been received to prove that
; the friends of the insurgents in the
Spanish capital do not believe the re
; ports of Maceo's death. The palace of
i ficials do not confirm the morning's
j report by any further details, which
! leads the Cubans to think that this is
only a canard intended to influence the
American congress now in session.
The leaders here have made diligent in
quiry today, but have received nothing
to induce them to believe that Maceo
has been killed.
The correspondents' reports from Ha
vana this evening differ in details re
garding the reported death of Maceo.
American correspondents sent couriers
to the scene of the battle, but they
were chased back to this city by the
Spanish troops. Gen. Weyler tele
graphed from Artemisa to Havana for
reinforcements on the 7th inst.. stat
ing that he had Maceo hemmed in.
Following is a copy of the letter
written In pencil which was found on
the body of the youth supposed to be
Francisco Gomez:
Dear Mamma. Papa. Dear Brothers: I die
I at my poet. I did not want to abandon the
I body of Gea. Maceo, and I stayed with him.
I I til wounded in two places, and as I did
PRJCE TWO CENTS— { F f?*«js"«"
not fall into the hands of the enemy, I have
killed myself. I am, dying. I die pleased at
being in the defense of the Cuban cause. I
wait for you in the other world. Your son,
— Francisco Gomez.
Torro in San Domingo.
Friends or Foes: Please transmit to its
destination as requested by one dead.
The bugler of the battalion of San
Quentin was taking away from the
fallen Cuban, said to be Gomez, a ring,
when he found that he was still alive.
He thereupon killed him with the
machete.
DEXIED BY CCBAXS.
They Do Xot Believe That Mateo
Is Dead.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— Senor Le
Lome, the Spanish minister, has re
ceived a cable dispatch from Havana
which seems to bear out the press re
port of the death of Antonio Maceo and
young Gomez. He has also received, of
ficial confirmation from Madrid.
At the Cuban headquarters here no
alarm is felt at the reported death of
the insurgent general. Second Secre
tary Diaz Albertini, who is the only
member of the junta now in the city,
epressed himself in most positive terms
that the story had no basis of truth,
and was sent for the sole purpose of
influencing, and, if possible, deferring !
action by the congress of the United j
States.
"You will notice," said the secretary, I
"that the story contains very many
details of the finding of the body, the |
marked linen and letters from the eld
er to the younger Gomez. It is really
amusing to learn that Maceo wore !
silk socks containing his initials |
worked in red silk, and that his linen i
and that of the younger Gomez, whose j
body is said to have been found near j
that of his chief, was also marked with !
bis initials. Any one who knows el- j
ther of these men knows that they ;
have not seen, much less worn, liner. !
shirts and silk socks for many a day. I
This part of the story is quite ridicu- j
lous, and bears unmistakable evidences j
of Spanish origin, and then the letter j
to young Gomez. A Cuban father, in !
writing to his child, never signs his j
name as this letter was signed— "M.
Gomez." That is a cold formality that
a Cuban never employs. He would
have signed 'Your Father.'
"The whole story is a feeble and
transparent attempt to deiay action by
congress, and nothing else. The Unit
ed States and the Spaniards, too. will
soon learn that Maceo is very much
alive."
SPAIX DELIGHTED.
At the Xew* of the Death of the Cu
ban Leader.
MADRID, Dec. 9.— The official an- !
nouncement of the death of Antonio j
Maceo and Francisco Gomez, the son l
of Maximo Gomez, has been published, j
and has caused the greatest enthu- !
siasm. Crowds of students are march- |
ing through the streets, manifestations
being held in front of the ministry {
for t*ie colonies, and the crowds cheer- !
ing for Spain; the army and for Maj. j
Girujeda, whose column defeated the I
insurgents under Maceo, near Punta .
Brava, in Havana province.
RADICAL CIBAX RESOLCTIOXS.
Three Calling for Decisive Action
Offered in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— The senate \
committee on foreign relations met to- !
day and discussed the Cuban situation.
j but did not. take any action upon the
I bills and resolutions before it. The dis- I
cussion was extremely general in char- \
acter, and, while there was recognition
: of the importance of some action, there j
! was considerable division of opinion as (
to what course should be pursued.
Senator Mills advocated active imer- '
vention by the United States govern- |
ment with its armies, and announced
hi.s intention to introduce a resolution
directing this course. Senator Cam
eron also gave notice of his purpose to
I press for a decided course by this gov
! ernment. and to introduce another res
olution. In view of these intentions, [
and because of the importance of the j
subject, the entire matter was post- !
poned for future consideration. The ;
friends of Cuba, who are largely in the
majority in the committee, express the
opinion that the Cubans are holding
their own, which they say is, under
the circumstances, a decided gain.
In •the senate itself a series of vig- j
orous Cuban resolutions was offered.
-The first, by Mr. Oomeron (Rep., Pa.), '
was as follows:
Resolved, by the senate and house of repre- !
sentatives. That the independence of the re- i
public of Cuba be, and the same is hereby !
acknowledged by the United States of Amer- i
ica.
Resolved, That the United States should
use its friendly offices with the government '
cf Spain to bring to a close the war between i
Spain and Cuba.
Mr. Mills (Dem.. Texas) followed the i
Cameron resolution at once with the ,
followink resolution:
Joint resolution directing the president of
the United States to take possession of the
island of Cuba, and hold it until its inhabi- I
tants can institute such government as they \
may wish, and organize and arm such forces j
as may be necessary to protect them against
invasion.
Resolved. That the president of the United
States Is hereby directed to take possession
of the island of Cuba, with the military and
naval forces of the United States, and hold
the same until the people of Cuba can or- \
ganize a government, deriving its power from
the consent of the governed, and arm and \
equip such military and naval forces as may \
be necessary to secure them against foreign i
invasion.
Without comment, the Mills resolution was !
referred to the committee on foreign re-o'.u- |
tions. Mr. Call followed with another joint :
resolution, as follows:
Resolved, by the senate and house of repre- ;
sentatives. That the United States of America j
recognizes the republic of Cuba as a free and j
independent government, and accord to the I
people of Cuba all the rights of a sovereign !
and independent government, in the ports and
within the jurisdiction of the United Srates.
The Call resolution went to the table.
Mr. Call announced that he would
speak on it at^an early day. The three
Cuban resolutions came in quick suc
cession, each being read in full and '
occasioned marked attention, owing to i
the directness and vigor of the lan. j
guage used by the three senators.
Senator Mills, speaking of his resolu- |
tion, said: "It is in line with what 1 i
have always advocated, and what I ,
think should be done. The United j
States has assumed control of the
Island to the extent of saying, 'Here,
no one else shall interfere or take con
trol of the island. We will fight any
and all nations who set foot on the
island.' This has been done for a nun- I
dred years, and here we stand, holding
the island for Spain and allowing the
people to be butchered. We should •
take control of Cuba and give the peo- I
pie there a government."
REED MEETS H.VXXA,
leaders See Each Other For the First ;
Time.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.— A ripple
of interest swept over the house to- !
day, when it became known that '
Speaker Reed was the recipient of a j
call from M. A. Hanna, accom
panied by Gen. Horace Porter, of New j
York, who is to be marshal of the in- \ ■
augural parade, dropped into the j
speaker's room at the house at 1
o'clock. The speaker was then in the
chair, but Representative Smith, of '<
Michigan, told Mr. Reed, who was
waiting for him. The speaker turned
over the gavel to Mr. Sherman, of New
York, and stepped back to his office, i
It is said that the speaker and the |
managers of McKinley's campaign had
never met before. Several members,
who had been active in Mr. Reed' 3 j
anti-convention campaign, and Repre
sentative W. A. Stone, who managed
Senator Quay's boom at the capital
, last spring, took part in the meeting, j
ST. LOUIS BAfIDITS
EXPRESS TRAIN ATTACKED WITR>-
IN A MILE OF THE UNION
DEPOT.
THE CAR DOOR BLEW OPEN.
ROBBERS UNABLE TO FORCE THE
SAFE AND.. SECURED XO
BOOTY.
CITY IN A STATE OF TERROR.
Vigilance Committee, to Put Down
the Reign of Crime, Talked of
By BuMineNg Men.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 9.-The Iron
Mountain fast express train, out-going
was held up one mile from the union
station, within the city limits, tonight
at 9:30 by six masked men. The ex
press safe could not be opened, and
the bandits fled without booty.
One of the men stood in the center
of the track and waved a red lantern.
The engineer stopped the train, and
no sooner had he done so than two
masked men jumped on the engine
cab and, presenting revolvers, told him
to hold the engine still on pain of
death. Two of the other robbers made
for the express car, while the remain
ing two stood guard outside. In less
than fifteen minutes the whole thing
was over, and the conductor hastened
to the nearest telephone and notified
the police.
The two robbers who went to the ex-
press car were refuse* admittance by
Express Messenger W. J. Egan. They
threatened to kill him if he did not
let them in, and, thus threatening, phey
placed a stick of dynamite at the car
door, blowing it to pieces and bady
shattering one side of the car. Find
ing it useless to try to blow the safe
open, the robbers jumped off and noti
fied their companions on the engine
that they had failed to get anything.
At this juncture. Conductor William
Hall came forward to find out why the
train had stopped, but was met by one
of the thieves, who. pointing a revolver
at his head, ordered him back on the
train. The robbers then left, and En
gineer William Green started on.
As the train pulled away, Express
Messenger Egari came to the shattered
door of his car intending to shoot at
the marauders. No sooner did they
see him. however, than they opened
fire and he fled. behind a pile of boxes.
The noise of the shooting attracted the
clerks in the mail car and when they
opened the doors, a perfect fusilade
followed.
At Jefferson Barracks, Express Mes
senger Egan said the Pacific Express
company had lost nothing. "Had it
been a local instead of a thiough tra'n,"
he said, "they might have secured
some booty, but the through cars al
ways carry burglar-pioof, time lock
safes. The thieves finding they could
get nothing, left, and Engineer Green
prilled out at full speed."
The place where the robbery occurred
was at the Bates street crossing. There
is a deep cut there, and the noise of the
exploding dynamite was smothered by
the cliffs at each side of the track.
The passengers on the train were in no
way disturbed, and it was half an hour
before any one realized what had hap
pened.
As soon as the matter was reported at
the Central station every detective on
hand was called into service, and under
instructions from Chief of Detectives
'Desmond, sent out on the case. The
conductor telephoned in a description
of the men as near as he could, but
owing to the fact that they all wore
masks, it was but meager. The robbers
had planned the job well, for within
two minutes after they had disappear
ed from view they were lost in the
crowds of the city. For boldness, the
robbery has no equal fn the» annals of
train' hold-ups in Missouri. It is believ
ed by the police that >he three men who
recently entered the office of the Home
Brewing company in Proad daylight
and bound and gagged the office em
ployes and got away with $1,000 were
leaders in this job.
At midnight the police had made no
arrests. The only clew they could get
was from a citizen residing near Bates
street crossing where the hold-up oc
curred. He said he heard the shots,
and a few minutes latter two buggies
with three men in each, came tearing
down Bates street at full g-allop.
The news of the hold-up soon spread
throughout the city. Business men
gathered together in the lobbies of
the hotels after the theater to discuss
the affair. Some were in favor of or
ganizing a vigilance committee for the
purpose of putting down the epidemic
of crime that has flourished for the last
three weeks. Scarcely a night has
passed in that time, but half a dozen
citizens have been sandbagged and
robbed, and numerous houses burglar
ized.
Half an hour after the robbery had
occurred all the mounted police from
the various parks and boulevards, were
colled upon to aid in running the rob
bers down. The officials of the Iron
Mountain road brought out all their
special officers to help run the high
waymen down. Never before within
the knowledge of the present police
officials has a crime occasioned so much
excitement. Every man on the police
force who coulel be, was brought into
service.
PEFFER FOR FREE TRADE.
The Kansas Senator Committed to
Tariff Reform.
TQPEKA. Kan., Dec. 9.— Senator
Peffer. who until recently has been a
moderate protectionist, today published
in his paper, the Topeka Advocate, a
tariff platform that practically com
mits him to the tariff reform policy laid
down by President Cleveland. He is
driven to this expression by the hard
fight which his opponents are mak
ing against his re-election. The Ad
vocate, in the course of a lengthy
statement setting forth Senator Pef
fer's views, says:
He wou:d lay high duties on all article:-; of
luxury used only by the rich and fastidious,
and he would admit frea of duty all arii:l3s
of •very day use among the poorer t'la<-3ps of
rur people. For revenue ha would substitute
a graduated tax on landed cstate-s and in
comes. If the ri^i people arc to run the coun
try let them pay the taxes.
Harrison FinsJly Refuses.
INDIANAPOLIS, Deo. 9.— Ex-Predlcnt Har
rison today settled the controversy as to
whether he would allow hi 3 name to go before
the legislative caucus cf Republicans fur
United States senator by giving out an in
terview, in which he says ho is not a candi
date, does not want the nomination, and could
not accost it
I'higiie Still Si»reauti»£\
BOMBAY. Dec. P.--The bubonic plague is
spreading everywhere. On Tuesday there
were fifty-five fre3h case 3 and thi-.ty-scvp-i
deaths here. Since the outbreak there havo.
bee:> 1,128 cases and 004 deaths. Tlw mor
tality in this city during the past week frcnu
all dieeasea was about 1.006. while t_e nor
mal death rate is only aocut SOO.
