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piino a VOL. XX.— NO. 248. BULLETIN OF THE ST. PflrUl^ Gl^Oß^ SUNDAY, SE2PT. 5, ISOT. Weather for Today- Fair and Cooler. page i. afiafe Emperor's Bod Break. r' SUhkiiiij- Trail Still Blocked. •- i Bnnkn Show Prosperity. St. Paul Gives the Glad Hand* Consul Lee Coming Home. ' : Ovation for McKinley. ;/.' f PAGF. 2. Week of Carnival in St. Paul. V U Activity at tbe Fair Groands. Djj PAGE 3. How St. Paul Lost a 'Phone Line. Collins' Itoom for Governor. PAGE 4. Editorial. Ar. ( i-Doriiiiites at \V»' "k. PAGE 5. St. Pnnl Provident Fund. Alaska Miner in St. Paul. PAGE 0. Gold Hay Go to the Orient. London Political GoHsip. More SrriotiN for Luetgert. PAGE 7. Minneapolis Matters. Fate of a Newspaper Correspondent. News of the North-west. PAGE 8. Globe's Priase Puxxle Pictures. Timely Settlement of Strike. Fatal Gas l'\ pioslmi in Indiana. PAGE 9. Business Men's Announcements. PAGE 10. WANTED Fol^^r^ FAR M fL' CONGRESS^fsT/ITE^IR. -^^ l/ V N C/*RN»VAL WELCOME TO AWONS-^ICWCULTURfIL PRESS ASSOCMT/ON . Saints Win and Lose. Millers Tvrtee Defeated. Tifffern and Bines Break: Even- RoMultt* ill tlie National. C'ajlur'N Hiinv Kail GoMlp. PAGE 11. Akclu A«aln an Kaß>' Winner. Cycling Cross ip. Golf Becoming More Popular, PAGE 12. Farmer Delegates Retnrn. Threwher'N Story of Crops. Wales a SiioriKiiinu. rAGB 18. Cabinet to Discuss Section 22. PAGE 14. Bonk Reviews. St. Paul Labor News. PAGE 15. BiiNincHH Men's Announcements. page: 16. Week's Society Events. page: 17. Suburban Society. Dramatic Gossip. PAGE 18. ■Woman's Page. Some Men's Fashions. PAGE 19. At Canada's Capital. Spring on the Klondike. PAGE 20. History of tbe Northern Pacific. PAGE 21. Tactics for Tars. Bar Silver, 63 »-Be. Cash Wheat in Chicago, O4 l-2c. World's Markets Reviewed. PAGE 22. Deer Season On. Secret Society GosHip. Wants of the People. PAGE 23. Wants of the People. PAGE 24. The Chevalier d'Auriac (Story). EVENTS TODAY. Met— "My Friend From India," 5.15. Grand— "South Before the War,' 1 5.15. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Maasdam, Rotter dam; La Touraine, Havre; Etruria, Liver pool. Sailed: Rotterdam, Rotterdam: La Champagne, Havre: Aller, Bremen; Kaiser Wilhelm, Genoa; Pennsylvania. Hamburg; Lueania, Liverpool: Ethopia, Glasgow. SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: St. Paul, New York. HAVRE— Sailed: La Bretagne, New York. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: I'mbria, New York. HAMBURG — Sailed: Persia. New York. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Bovic, New York. CHERBOURG— SaiIed: Fuerst Bismarck, New York. _ -«- Sweden is proud of its artist prince, Eugene. No mention is made of the princesses who paint. i^k- Paderewski has cut his hair short and is practicing- on the bicycle. This Is going from one extreme of crankism to the other. — . "You're not so warm," remarked a Minneapolis policeman yesterday to a crook who had on two or three suits of clothes, and then he gave the He to his own words by taking his prisoner to the cooler. AJnLJCi SSmuL-LN \L JIJ^LU jL. UrJu\JJLJJIu EMPEROR'S BAD BREAK. All Europe Laughing at the Bom bastic Speech of William. DIVINE RIGHT IDEA IS OUT OF DATE. Even in Germany It Is Cautiously Pointed Out to His Majesty That There Is Such a Thing as a Constitution to Protect the People in Th^ir Political Rights. BERL.IN, Sept. 4.— Emperor Wil liam's Coblentz rodomontade has been received abroad with derision. Even the German press cannot swallow the emperor's "Vice Regency of Heaven" and is describing the blast at Coblentz as the blaring of a war horn of the an cient German gods. Austria manifests considerable uneasiness on the subject, and throughout Germany a more sig nificant note of danger has been sounded. The emperor's speech is gen erally interpreted as meaning that his majesty is determined not to yield to | the wishes of parliament and the news papers, though hardly daring to say so openly, clearly intimate that the em peror's idea of his mission does pot agree with the constitution. While his majesty may be responsible to nobody but God, it is added, the responsibility for the empire is upon the ministers, whose work the nation intends to con trol, ro matter how omnipotent or om niscient his majesty proclaims himself. The thoughtful and liberal-minded in Germany feel much abashed and, naturally, the Conservative and the whole of the Reactionary press is loud ly acclaiming the speech. The Vorwarts on Thursday drew a parallel between the Roman emperors of the- Byzantine period and other half-made autocrats, saying: "The emperor evidently con templates, for the good of the Father land, to reign in violation of the peo ple's constitutional rights." Even so loyal and moderate a paper as the Na tional Zeitung guardedly takes the em peror to task, reminding him that, un der the constitution, his own duties and prerogatives and those of the trib une and the reichstag are bounded by certain limitations, which no one can transgress with impunity, adding: "His latest speech is unwelcome confirma tion of the rumors which have been current for months regarding the em peror's intentions." MENTAL UNWISDOM. A number of the leading papers pro test, that these imperial speeches and political toasts have been coming al together too frequently of late, and they further hold that they are injur- In the flick of Time. Miners Could Not Have Carried on the Strike Another Week. COLUMBUS. 0.. Sept. 4.— Secretary Pierce, of the United Mine Workers, speaking today of the proposed strike settlement, stated that the agreement had been reached at a most opportune time for the miners. They had just reached the point of the highest suc cess in the strike, and if another week or ten days had passed, they would not have been in the condition to demand and secure even a settlement at the 64-cents rate, to say nothing of return ing to work at 65 cents. The strike had reached its height and was weak ening each day and no one was better aware of this fact than the miners' officials. In Illinois and West Vir ginia quite a large number of miners have resumed work and the probabil ity is that if another week had passed before a settlement had been reached, a great many more would have followed their example. The min ers knew of this, perhaps, better than the operators, and it is considered for tunate for the miners that they have secured even an advance of 11 cents per ton, and the officials should be con gratulated by the members of the or ganization in having secured so mater ial an advance in wages. While the national officials have given out the information that they have no doubt that the miners will accept the proposition when they meet in this city next week, there exists considerable apprehension as to what action the miners may take regarding the matter. The conservative element will no doubt ratify the action of the officials, but the radical element may prove rather hard to handle when it comes to a vote on the proposition. The call for the convention. Issued by SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1897. ing the authority and dignity of the crown, the Tageblatt declaring that his majesty is reintroducing the men tal unwisdom of Federick William. In spite of the flood of criticism the emperor is said to be preparing to make another speech, in the exchange of toasts between himself and the king of Italy, at Homburg, as a coun terblast to the Cronstadt glorification and as a fresh consolidation of tins dreibund. The correspondent of the Associated Press here understands on good au thority, that the time for Prince Ho hcnlohe to step out of office has been fixed for October, soon after the bun desrath resumes its session, and that the emperor will no longer try to hold the prince, since the latter on July 2 declared through the North German Gazette his inability to accede to any bill for the reform of the military pro- ST. PAUL GIVES THE GLAD HAND. cedure, which is" not in accord with the promise to the reichstag, namely, in consonance with modern ideas of justice and humanity. But it is just possible that his majesty may change his mind at the last moment. His present intention is to make Baron yon Buelow the next chancellor and in political circles the impression prevails that Baron yon Thirelmann, the late and present secretary of treasury, will be made secretary of state for foreign affairs. At the national convention of Ger man Catholics, just held at Landshut Bavaria, resolutions were passed re garding the restoration of the pope. The convention was largely attended from all parts of Germany. The military excesses of the past week or two have been much comment course of an orgie held by the officers of the One Hundred and Eleventh regi ment, First Lieut. Knoll was suddenly and murderously assaulted with a sabre by Maj. yon Jacobi, the cause being a toast. A general fight ensued, lasting an hour. Two non-commission ed officers, guards of an artillery regi ment, at Spandau, wantonly attacked and nearly killed, with sabres, two civilians, with whom they quarrelled in a street fight. Ijese majeste trials have been very prevalent recently. There were three at Dusseldorf during the past week. At Magdeburg a Socialist editor was arrested for speaking disrespectfully of the pantaloons worn by the emperor at the unveiling of a monument there. the national executive committee, sug gests that the delegates come to the convention unhampered by instruc tions or resolutions, and free to act for the best interests of the miners. On this point will depend largely the re sult of the convention. If a majority of the delegates come instructed, the result of the convention may be in doubt, but otherwise the action of the national board will doubtless be sanc tioned, with little objection. The striking miners encamped about the De Armitt mines do not look with favor upon the proposition to resume work at the rate of 65 cents per ton until the end of the year. Paul Trim mer, a district official, at Camp De termination, at Turtle. Creek, said there was sure to be considerable op position to the proposed settlement when the convention meets in Colum bus next week. The men made the usual march to the mines this morn ing, notwithstanding the rumors that an agreement had been reached. STRIKE WILL, BE SETTLED. President Dolnn Hopeful Over the Outlook for Peace. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Sept. 4.— District President Dolan, of the United Mine Workers, returned from Columbus at 7 o'clock this morning, and went at once to the headquarters, where he held a consultation with the other dis trict officials. When the conference closed a call was issued for a delegate convention in this city next Tuesday at 10 o'clock a. m., to consider the Columbus proposition. The call ad vises the delegates to come unin structed. When President Dolan was asked as to the probable outcome of the con vention, he said that he had decided to express no opinion or say anything on the subject until he met the miners' representatives In the convention next Tuesday. "It Is not policy," he said, "for me to say anything now, but I have no doubt that the convention will decide upon vriisut Is best for the min ers." District Secretary Warnsr, Cam eron Miller and other members cf the executive board also declined to talk. Meetings will be held all over the district on Monday to elect delegates and discuss the situation. It is be lieved that the general sentiment will be to accept the terms and go to work and await another advance on Jan. 1, which is assured if the uniformity agreement is accepted by 95 per cent of the operators. Some of the miners favor a continuance of the strike for the 69-cent rate, but they will likely be convinced by the more conservative men that the terms are as satisfactory as can be expected at the present time. The acceptance of these terms will also prevent the importation of new men into the district. It is known that the operators are prepared to carry out their threats, and some of the miners contend that the rejection of the prepo sition will result in disaster. The operators' committee returned from Columbus during the day. Chair man Schlenberg said that the con ference between the miners and oper ators was a very amicable one and that the meeting was productive of a better state of feeling between them. "When we, as a committee." he said, "began to look around us. we found that the miner was the recipient of a great deal of sympathy of a practical nature. The generosity of the public had enabled him to live, during the suspension, as well if not better, than when the mines were working. But we knew the time was coming when the contributions would cease. We always believed their cause would weaken when a fair price was offered for their work. We were also painfully aware that other districts were encroaching on our trade. Coal reaching lake points ..from other regions than ours was permitting our customers to form new trade ties to our future detri ment. We, knowing all this, made the miners an offer of 65 cents per ton Ovation For F^intey. President Warmly Welcomed by His Fel lew Townsmen. CANTON, O.,Sept. 4.— When the Val- I ley train steamed into Canton station at 6:20 this evening Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Kinley, who were passengers, expect ed to take a carnage and go quietly to the home of the president's mother, but the station grounds and the streets in every direction were crowded with a surging mass of humanity. The old McKinley reception committee of the historic campaign days greeted the party, a part of the committee having met the train at Akron. Men and women and children mape a rush for the McKinley car, and it was with difficulty the officers could keep a line open to allow the party and their es cort to reach the carriages. Cannons boomed and the street was a continu ous mass of cheering people. No for mal demonstration had been expected or planned. Later in- the evening, however, the earlier crowd was sur passed, when the reception commit tee, headed by the Grand Army band, which was at the St. Louis convention and the recent G. A. R. encampment, tendered President and Mrs. McKin ley a serenade. After "Home, Sweet Home" had been rendered, President McKinley, in response to thousands of calls, appeared on the stoop, by the electric lights, and, out under the foli age of the streets and surrounding door yard 3, he looked into the faces of solid acres of humanity, largely em- '. ployes of Canton factories, with their CHARNLEY'S SHORTAGE. Albert Lea. One of tlie Schools to Suffer by It. CHICAGO, Sept. 4.— Charles M. Charnley. who is alleged to have em bezzled at least $50,000 from the treas ury of Presbyterian board for colleges, Is still at large, although the officials of the American Surety company will not admit the fact. Rumors are freely cir culated to the effect that Charnley is being shadowed by the company awaiting the possibility of a settle ment of the amount of the alleged de falcation. It is said that an under standing has been affected between Charnley and friends and the Surety company, but the present indications are that there is little hope of Charn ley being able to make things right. Daniel T. Hunt, manager of the Amer ican Security company, admits Charn ley was short probably $50,000. He could not be induced to say what ac tion the company would take in the matter. Many Presbyterian college^ are part ly dependent upon the board for aid. Fear is expressed thai some of them will be seriously embarrassed. Fol lowing are the colleges affected by the defalcation: Albany, Oregon; Albert Lea (for women), Minn.; Alma, Mich.; Bellevue, Neb.; Coates (for women), Terre Haute. Ind.'; German Theological seminary, Dubuque, 10., Hastings, Neb.; Highland, Kan.; Montana, Deer Lodge. Mont.; Occidental, Los Angeles, Cal.; Oswego, (for women) Kan.; Pierre, S. D. ; Southwest, Del Nort, Col.; Whitworth, iSumner) Wash.; Buena Vista, Storm Lake, Io.; Colum bia high school, Lebanon, Ky.; Corn ing, Io.; Gensee, 111.; Glen Rose, Tex.; Grassy Cove, Term. ; Huntsville, Term.; Idaho, Cal dwell, Idaho; Lewis, for all coal mined from now until Jan. 1, 1898. We also agreed when that time came to enter into negotiations witn the miners to arrange a price for the ensuing year." "These propositions were favorably met and we were assured that the best efforts of the miners' committee would be exerted to have the strike terminat ed on these conditions. We feel very sanguine that an acceptance will reach us from Mr. Dolan about Thursday of next week. As we do not presume that much would be done on Friday or Saturday, we will say that we are con vinced that every miner in the district will make a start on the following Monday. "The offer, we think, is a very fair one, and should be accepted, and, as delay will not be of any advantage to any of the parties, we do not think miners will be idle longer than the time specified." J. C. Dysart, another member of the committee, said resumption of work in the mines now would mean millions of dollars in all lines of industry. "The operators," said he, "seem to have the worst end of the affair, but they are standing in the last trenches from which they will not move an inch. I believe that the miners, in duty to themselves and to the many lines of trade dependent upon the coal indus try, had better accept the offer and start up the mines, doing away with that depression which has existed as a consequence of the strike." Will Stay Oat. SPRINGFIELD. lIL, Sept. 4.— A conven tion of miners of the Springfield district was held in this city today, with a very large at tendance of delegates. It was decided tfiat the men here shall remain out pending the action af the national miners' convention on Sept. 8. Synod Closed. RACINE, Wis.. Sept. 4.— The business of the synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church came to a close today. The reports showed that there are fifty-one ministers, in the synod who serve fifty-five churches in various states, and that there are 5.000 communicant mem bers. The religious exercises will close to morrow evening, when the following" persons will be ordained: G. H. Meillman. Robert Neuman, John Kupper and Hugo Brown, all of Indiana. The next synod will be held at Beardstown, 111. wives and children. It was some mo ments before the applause had sub sided that he could be heard, when he said: "My fellow eitiizens: I do not know what I can say to this great concourse of my fellow townsmen except that I am glad to be with you once more. I am sure that it Is reciprocated fully from the bottom of my heart, and I beg you good-night." AKRON. 0., Sept. 4.— President Mc- Kinley was given an enthusiastic re ception here this afterno-on. The train bearing the president from Columbus arrived at 4:30 o'clock. A large crowd had assembled at the station. The presidential party was met by a re ception committee of which Mayor Young, a Democrat, was the chair man. The party was escorted in car riages to Grace park, passing for five or six blocks through the principal streets. A crowd of at least 25,000 peo ple was assembled along the streets and in the park. The president was introduced by Paul E. Warner, the chairman of the meeting, and made a brief speech telling of his pleasure at the heartiness of the greeting extend ed him. At 5:30 the president and Mrs. McKinley started for Canton. Secre tary Alger and Secretary Wilson and daughter, who accompanied the presi dent from Columbus, went to Cleve land with Senator Hanna. whose guests they will be tonight. Secretary Wilson wiil return to Washington on Monday, and Secretary Alger will start back on Sunday afternoon. Wyo. ; Newmarket Term.; Poynette, Wis. ; Princeton, S. D.; Union, New Haven. Charnley came to Chicago thirty years ago from Philadelphia. His father was a well known banker in New Haven. DECEMBER AND MAY. Gen. Longstreet to Wed a Very Yovdk Bride. CHICAGO, Sept. 4.— A special to «he Times-Herald from Atlanta, Ga., says: The positive announcement was made today by the friends of both parties concerned that the marriage of Miss Ellen Dortch to Gen. James G. Long street, would be celebrated at noon next Wednesday, at the executive mansion in this city. Arrangements for the ceremony have been perfected by Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Gov. Atkin son, and the best man will be former Senator H. J. Ham. Gen. Longstreet Is eighty years old and very deaf. Miss Dortch " is twenty-two years old and very pretty. Golf at Mawnra. NIAGARA-ON-THE-LiAKE. Ont., Sept. 4.— In the semi-final in the international event at the gold tournament, today J. C. Powers, of Rochester, beat J. A. Dupuy, also of Rochester, by seven up and five to play. In the other semi-final, A. P. Scott, of Toronto, and <_.. K. Brown, of London, were even at the ninth hole. a» Xew Shoe Factory. MENOMINIE. Mich., Sept. 4.— The articles of association for Menominie's new shoe fac tory, involving stock aggregating $65,000, were signed today and work on the building ■will soon begin. Menominie capitalists sub cribed $35,000 and the Lamars, 10., parties hold the balance of the stock. The factory will give employment to 200 hands. PRICE Ff^EfcCraKTS. XRAIL STILL BLOCKED. The Efforts to Open a Route at Skaguay All in Vain. FLOUNDERING ABOUT IN MUD AND MIRE. Two Thousand Men and Horses at the Foot of the First Hill Waiting for an Opportunity to Get Into the Klondike Country— flany Will Now Give Up the Struggle. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 4.— A1l efforts to break the blockade at Ska. gxtay have failed. Advices received by the steamer Rosalie, which left Ska guay Monday last, and arrived here today, state that when the trail was opened Monday morning, 2,000 men and horses were striving to get over. Soon the path was in a bad condition, as it was before repaired. "Where the road had been corduroyed over the muddy places, the logs slipped out and horses went floundering in the mire, many of them never to emerge. These state ments were made today by Harry Fredericks, well-known in this city, who spent some weeks at Skaguay, re turning today. He says that hundreds of these at Skaguay have given up all hope of getting through this winter and will stay until February at the fcot of the pass. Hundreds are com ing back from the trail, stopping at Skaguay or Juneau for the winter. A few more of the more adventuresome will go over when the first freeze cov ers the bogs with ice. A letter to the Seattle Times from John W. Troy, at Skaguay, tells how the Yankees on the steamer Bristol cheated Uncle Sam out of duty on their horses. When the Bristol arrived, pas sengers who owned foreign horses were startled by the announcement that a duty of 3C per cent would be levied. The manifest of the Kingston, on which steamer the horses had been shipped to Victoria, was in the posses sion of the purser. It was easy for the American managers of the Bristol expedition to fit out these horses of foreign birth, with Seattle shipping receipts and American clearance pa pers. The passengers were more than willing to pay the Bristol people $10 for each horse, when by so doing they avoided the payment of $30 to the crown government. A letter to the Associated Press, dat ed at Skaguay, Aug. 30, which came by the Rosalie, says: The miners on the Skaguay trail spent two days blasting out rocks and corduroying the wet places, and last night decided to throw the trail open. Banks Show Prosperity. NEW YORK, Sept. 4.— The Finan cier says. As predicted in our last week's issue, there are considerable changes in the bank statements this week, bearing out the fact of continued business improvement. Loans increas ed $8,416,700, and deposits $4,763,400, while the excess in reserves shows a decrease of $5,402,600. Currency ship ments to the interior were between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, and the state ment reflects this, in a decrease of le gal tenders to the amount of $4,000,000, while specie is $24,700 lower. It is prob able that next week will see a much larger demand for currency from the interior banks. Compared with the statement of the corresponding period of last year, there CONSUL LEE COJIIING HOmE. It Is Not Likely That He Will Return Officially to Havana. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— No official information could be obtained here re garding the return of Gen. Lee, but it is understood that he has been granted leave of absence by the state depart ment with permission to return to this country. The business of the consu late will be in charge of the vice con sul during his absence. The course pursued by the administration in not naming his successor leaves no ground for the intimation that there was dis satisfaction with him officially. Now there has been a period of comparative quiet in Havana, and Gen. Lee has remained long enough to demonstrate that his course was not disapproved. MHltt The work already done has made a wonderful improvement, fully 100 per cent for the first 150 miles. But little work was done on the third hill, the worst one of the whole trail, and last night at a meeting:, it was proposed to levy a toll of $5 per head on each man going over for the purpose of hir ing men to open a cut off, where con siderable blasting has to be done, but which would save three and a half miles of the worst part of the entire trail. The meeting broke up in a row and nothing was accomplished. The former proposition to throw the trail open this morning carried by de fault and long before daylight the trail was crowded from the beach to the foot of the first hill with swearing miners anxious to be first to get over the hill. I predict that by tonight there will be 3,000 men and horses at the foot of the first hill unable to get over, and after they have had a day to consider, thty will go to work on the cut off and put it through. Mr. Scovell has stored the remain-der of the blasting powder and tools at the foot of the hill, where they are ready. The first robbery of any account oc curred yesterday morning at the foot of the first hill. W. H. Davidson, of Seattle, lost $1,400 in gold taken from his tent while he was temporarily ab sent taking care of a sick horse. No clue could be obtained of the thief and Mr. Davidson had to send home for more money. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 4.— The steamer Queen arrived from Skaguay bringing thirty men who have given up the idea of getting across tho passes. A thousand men have gone to work on the Skaguay trail to try and open it up, no one to be allowed meantime to go through. Many men will wait until snow falls and take outfits over on sleighs. In fact, sleighs are already being used to cross the summit on the Dyea trail. There have been twenty desertions from the Unit ed States ship Concord, at Juneau, the men leaving to go to the mines. E. M. Losikotos, who went into the Klon dike last spring, sent out word to his partner, Mr. Hens, of Juneau, that he had struck it rich. He says: "I sunk two prospect holes without finding anything, but in the third I could pick up the nuggets with my hands. I am so excited that I cannot write. We are rich. The amount of gold that people have here is something appall ing." Loans Larger by Mil lions Than at This Time Last Year. are the following changes: Loans have increased $116,221,100, or about 2b per cent; net deposits, $194,687,600, or .about 43 per cent, and the total reserve has increased $73,557,500. That prosperity is here and likely to remain can be no longer doubted. Chicago and St. Louis are, to a con siderable extent, supplying the present demand for money for crop movements, but the demand on these centers is pretty sure to be felt soon by the New York banks. The strength of foreign exchange, which is over the sold ex porting figure, would indicate Ja*ge balances due us from the other side are being utilized to purchase our own securities or being lent at better rates than can be obtained in New, lork. and, if he is relieved, no criticism of him officially will stand. While state department officials are unusually ret icent regarding the return of Gen. Lee, there seems to be little doubt that he will not return to Havana, and that his. successor will soon be selected. Mr. George Fishback, at present !n Havana, has written a letter to the state department concerning the re ports that he Is in Cuba on govern ment business. The implication is that he is making a special investi gation of the conditions there as ef fected by the insurrection. Mr. Fish back is much annoyed by these pub lications, and asserts that his business in Havana is of a purely personal character