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VOL. LXVI. NO. 44. PRICE THREE CENTS.
NEW HAVEN CONN., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2t, 1898.
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HEADY FOR THE INQUIRY
NAT AIi COURT'S FIRST SESSION IN
BAT ASA TO-DAY,
Despatches from Captain Siesbee Divers
Now at Work on Outside Part of Wreck,
bat Only Professional Divers Considered
. Capable to Enter the Intricate Mass
Within Official Annonncement Made
' That Captain Sebrel, Military Attache at
the Spanish Legation, Has Been Recalled
His Insult to American Navy Called to
Attention of State Department.
"Washington, Feb. 20. The naval
court of inquiry appointed to investi
gate the Maine disaster will begin its
work at Havana to-morrow afternoon.
This news came to the navy depart
ment this afternoon from Admiral Si
card at Key West. He telegraphed
simply as follows: "The court of in
quiry sail for Havana, 20th, by light
house steamer Mangrove. Marix ar
rived to-day." This prompt aotion is
undoubtedly due to the express direc
tion from Secretary Long sent yes
terday to have the investigation at the
earliest --possible moment. The tele
gram was dated yesterday so the board
should have arrived there before nlght
falj and be ready to begin work to
morrow morning. The board undoubt
edly would have started previously but
for the necessity of awaiting the arriv
al at Key West from Washington of
Lieutenant Commander Marix, naval
officer well skilled in the intricacies of
marine law, who is to be judge advo
cate of the court,
" Dispatches From Sigsbee.
Captain Sigsbee was heard from late
last night, vbut the telegram was not
delivered at the navy department until
this morning. - His message goes to
confirm-the press reports of the events
of yesterday in Havana harbor as far
as they relate to the exploration of the
wreck. It reads as follows : "Havana,
Feb. 19. Only most experienced wreck
ing divers can do effective work on the
. Maine. . .In the upper works I can use
service divers.. Did some work to-day,
but with tittle success. Will do better
to-morrow. Parts of the Maine, es
peclally the superstructure and con
nections, are one confused mass of
metal."
Another brief telegram from Captain
Blgsbee read: "Havana, Feb. 20.
'Bache.' This means that the coast
survey steamer has arrived at Havana
bringing on board all of the diving ap
paratus sent from the squadron. .
The statement relative to experienc
ed divers is explained at the navy de
partment as no reflection upon the men
now engaged in the work, they being
Unlisted men belonging to the navv. It
is the practice .on board of men-of-war
to assign a few men, always volunteers
on account of the hazardous nature of
the work, to duty as divers in connec
tion with their regular work. The scope
of their work is the exploration of the
ship's bottom generally, the disentan
glement of cables from the propeller
shafts and sometimes the search for a
lost torpedo or anchor. Such work
rarely carries them deeper than twenty-six
feet into the water jvnrt it is
said that for operations in deeper wa
ter, such as would be involved in ex
amination of the Maine's bottom,
their training has not fitted them.
They are also lacking In that kind of
skill necessary . to enable a dive?1 to
grope his way safely through the Inter
nal parts of a mighty ship like the
Maine, torn and dismembered as she is,
and this work is highly dangerous.
Creeping through narrow iron-bound
passages and groping for the doors of
the numerous water-tight bulkheads
which divide the hull into many com
partments, on slimy floors and in per
fect darkness requires the highest ex
perience and skill and that is why Cap
tain Sigsbee, with only his sailor divers
at his command had not been able to
do much so far towards unraveling the
mystery of the Maine's untimely end.
' To Raise the Wreck.
" It is to meet just this emergency that
the navy department is making every
effort to hasten the beginning of the
work of recovery of goods and perhaps
the raising of the hull by professionals.
To that end Captain Lemly, the judge
advocate general of the department,
was at work to-day in his office with
representatives of wrecking companies
trying to draw up contracts for the im
mediate prosecution of the work. He
has been at the task now two days.
It is believed that the obstacles have
now been surmounted and that the
contracts oan be signed to-morrow. It
is the purpose of Captain Lemly to
hurry this work and to that end he is
arranging to have two of the compa
nies combine their forces. They will be
paid on the scale of day work with a
provision for a bonus if they succeed
in raising the vessel, thus ensuring the
recovery of as much of the valuable
equipment as is possible, should it not
be practicable to float the Maine again.
840,000 Turret Gnns.
Great difficulty is expected in recov
ering the big ten-inch turret guns, each
worth $40,000, owing not only to their
own weight, fifty tons apiece without
carriages, but to the enormous turrets
enclosing them with hundreds of tons
of steel. It is doubtful If the tops of
these turrets oan be removed as was
at first supposed by cutting off the bolt
heads that fix them to the sides, as
these large bolts are probably counter
sunk and the head below the surface of
the metal while the confined space
within the turrets would make it very
difficult to operate them there with the
inside ends under water. It is hoped
that it may be feasible to raise the tur
rets entire with the guns if lifting ap
paratus of sufficient power can be ap
plied. The newspaper reproductions of
photographs taken of the wreck were
studied with much interest to-day by
the naval officers here. Great surprise
was expressed at the extent of the
wreck and the vast mass of steel and
iron heaped in the forward part of the
ship was a particular object of atten
tion. The experts who had first ven
tured the theory of a bursting boiler as
the cause of the destruction claim
strong reinforcement in the' pictures.
The great mass of metal appears to
be thrown up over the boiler space and
not over the forward magazine, while
the forcing apart of the forward body
of the hull, they say, might have been
accomplished by the enormous expan
sive power of the high pressure steam
carried in these boilers with their
shells more than an inch thick. As
to what caused a boiler to explode,
whether a distinguished bomb in the
coal, low water, faulty construction,
they do not now undertake to say.
Secretary Long said this afternoon
after looking over his telegraphic and
mall correspondence that it contained
nothing of importance beyond the dis
patches above given. The secretary
referred with satisfaction to the dis
patch stating that the court of inquiry
would assemble at Havana to-morrow.
The plan had been for the court to
meet first at Key West and after dis
cussing such work as , was possible
there to proceed to Havana... Mr, Long
thought it was desirable to have the
court proceed at once to Havana, where
the inquiry could begin on the actual
scene of disaster and where personal
inspection would aid in an intelligent
judgment. On this account, the secre
tary sent orders yesterday for the court
to proceed direct to Havana and the
response of Admiral Sicard is in ac
cordance with these orders.
Spanish Captain's Insult.
When Mr. Long's attention was call
ed to reports that he had taken official
cognizance of Captain Sebrel's criti
cisms of the American navy the secre
tary said that ,he had called the sub
ject to the attention of the state de
partment with a view to having an in
quiry made by that branch. The par
ticular expression to which the secre
tary had directed the attention of the
state department was the following, at
tributed to Captain Sebrel: "It, was the
result of an explosion inside of the ship,
which took place in one of the forward
magazines. The fact of the matter is
that the discipline and the watch ob
served on the ship were very lax. This,
as one newspaper the other day declar
ed, is the case on American warships
generally. This sort of thing has oc
curred oh previous occasions on Amer
ican war vessels." '
The secretary said that he had not
called the attention of those other fea
tures of Captain Sebrel's alleged Inter
view in which he refers to the possi
bilities of war and to the information
he had gained while naval attache of
'the: Spanish legation.' As a whole, Mr.
Long did not treat the Sebrel matter
as profoundly serious.- Assistant Sec
retary Day received no dispatches from
Havana during the early part of the
day. He would not disouss the Sebrel
matter. It is understood, however,
that the state department does not at
tach deep significance to the reported
remarks of Sebrel- At the same time it
is felt that he should not be making
such remarks as attributed to him. As
Secretary Long has called official at
tention to them the department would
doubtless take steps to learn whether
the interview was accurate by making
a request on the Spanish legation. It
can be stated positively, however, that
reports that the state department made
such a request of. the Spanish legation
yesterday are incorrect. Nothing has
been done thus far, and an unexpected
development of to-day so changes the
aspect of the Sebrel case that the state
department may not feel that it is nec
essary to proceed further.
Spanish Military Attache's Recall.
This development was that Captain
Sebrel's services as naval attache at
.Washington were officially terminated
by Spain about four weeks ago. It
came from Senor Dubosc, charge d'af
faires of the Spanish legation, who,
when his attention was called to the
Sebrel case gave to the Associated
Press the following authorized state
ment: "As regards this reported inter
view, I know nothing about it beyond
what I have seen in the papers. I
should imagine Mr. Sebrel far too pur
prudent to say anything calculated to
offend brothers in arms. At the same
time I should state that on the 24th of
January last Captain Sebrel ceased to
be a member of this legation, according
to royal decree, which gazetted as his
successor Lieutenant Ramon Carraza
Y Reguera."
Owing to the royal decree relieving
Captain Sebrel, it is said that he at
present occupies the position of a pri
vate citizen. He- is in New York at
present, but his official status as
Spain's naval attache to the legation is
said to have terminated when the de
cree was gazetted last month. It is
a usual formality to notify the depart
ment of any change but owing to the
exciting events of recent days this noti
fication of the Spanish decree was not
conveyed to the authorities here at
the time it occurred, although the fact
has been made known with the infor
mation that Captain Sebrel's services
with the legation ended January- 24
last.
Mr. Dubosc received no advice of im
portance from Havana to-day. He ex
pressed entire satisfaction with the
plans by which the divers were operat
ing, and said there was no Justification
for talk about friction. Perfect har
mony existed, he said, and on both
sides, so far as he could see, there was
every disposition to give the amplest
possibilities for investigation. Mr. Du
bosc feels that the assembling of the
court of inquiry at Havana to-morrow
is quite advisable, owing to the rapid
rate at which the hull of the Maine is
sinking in the soft botton of the har
bor. Repairs on Monitors.
Norfolk, Va Feb. 20. Workmen at
the Norfolk navy yard have been en
gaged all day on the repairs to the
monitors Terror and Puritan. A draft
l of men for the latter vessel arrived
. this morning. one or. their number
PASSES THROUGH-NARROWS
V1ZCATA NOW AT VERY OATH OF
AMERICAN METROPOLIS.
Her Guns Boom Forth a Salute Which is
Answered From Governor's Island An
Officer in Full Unlfom Tenders Her the
Courtesies of the Port In the Name of
Admiral IS u nee Royal Spanish Ensign
at Half-Mast The Vessel Most Thor-
oughly Guarded.
New York, Feb. 20. The Spanish
warship Viscaya, in command of Cap
tain Eulate, came through the Narrows
this afternoon, and anchored off Tomp
kinsville, Staten Island, where she is
closely guarded by navy yard tugs and
police patrol boats. The Vizcaya has
been lying outside of the bar since
Friday night and was unable to come
into the harbor owing to the dense fog
and the rain storm. Rear Admiral
Bunce, the commandant of the New
York navy yard, received orders from
Washington last week to establish,
when the Vizcaya should have arrive-
ed, a careful and well appointed patrol
to guard against any harm being done
to the Spaniard because of public feel
ing. The commandant immediately
put himself In communication with
Chief of Police McCullach and appoint
ed Lieutenant John A. Dougherty, of
the navy, to take charge of the protec
tive patrol.
Chief McCullach responded imme
diately and informed Rear Admiral
Bunce that he had instructed Captain
Smith, of the harbor police, to hold
himself In readiness to supply the de
sired number of patrolmen to assist in
guarding the visiting vessel. The navy
yard tug boats Nina and Narkeeta, in
charge of Captain Bell and Catin, were
placed at the disposal of Lieutenant
Dougherty. Lieutenant W. C. Neville of
the marine corps, received instructions
to take command of thirty-eight men,
one first sergeant, three sergeants,
three corporals and thirty-one private
marines who will relieve each other in
four hour watches during the entire
stay of the Spanish cruiser.
By special permission of the navy de
partment at Washington, a represen
tative of the Associated Press was per
mitted to go aboard the Nina, on which
tug Lieutenant Dougherty established
his headquarters. This boat, as well as
the Narkeeta, had been in readiness to
go down the bay and meet the Vizcaya
from the moment that the latter should
be sighted off the Jersey coast last Fri
day, but it was not until 2 o'clock this
afternoon that the weather conditions
permitted the naval guards to proceed
down the bay. About that hour word
was received at the navy- yard that the
Spaniard was oh her way over the bar,
and the marines were immediately or
dered on board the Nina. Lieutenant
Aaron Ward, representing Admiral
Bunce, lost no time in hoarding the
commandant's barge Undine and the
three vessels left the navy yard at ten
minutes to 3 o'clock. There was a nasty
northeast wind blowing at the time,
which was accompanied by a continu
ous downpour of rain and a light fog.
The tug Nina led the way and, as she
rounded the battery, a large crowd had
assembled in the vicinity of pier A,
where the little vessel was to take the
harbor police aboard. As soon as the
Nina got along side the pier, Captain
Smith and Lieutenant Dougherty ex
changed greetings as well as official
documents. Two roundsmen and eight
patrolmen were immediately put
aboard and the tug once more turned
her nose in the direction of Staten Is
land. Just then through the thick fog
could be heard the booming of cannon
which was the salute given by the Viz
caya as she came through the Nar
nows. This salute was answered from
the guns at Castle William on Gover
nor's Island. As the Nina neared the
Staten Island shore, the Spanish cruis
er loomed up out of the mist, and
Lieutenant Neville ordered the marines
to stand at attention and salute the
visitor as the tug passed on her star
board side. The police officers on board
also remained at attention and the sa
lute was returned by the officers and
men who were grouped on the Viz
caya's deck
INSIDE
The Spaniard was still under way at
the time, with Pilot Gillespie on the
bridge. At 6:35 o'clock the big vessel
reached her anchorage in the sound
and dropped her mud-hook. As !oon
as she was anchored several boats in
the vicinity made toward her, but they
were quickly warned off by the naval
vessels and backed away to a. respect
able distance. The Undine, with Lieu
tenant Ward aboard, then made its
way alongside, and that officer, dressed
In full uniform, ascended the gangway,
which was lowered on the port side.
As soon as he reached the deck he was
greeted by the Spanish commander, to
whom he tendered, in the name of Ad
miral Bunce, the courtesies of the port,
whloh is the usual formality whenever
a foreign war vessel arrives in Ameri
can waters. Lieutenant Ward remain
ed on board about a quarter of an hour
and as he descended the gangway on
his return to the Undine the royal
Spanish ensign was pot at half-mast.
This was the first sign that the spec
tators afloat and ashore were given
that the visiting craft was aware of
the disaster in Havana harbor. Cap
tain Eulate ordered the flag placed at
half-mast as a token of regret of the
death of the American sailors. Mean
while the marines who were to take
up the first watch were transferred
from the Nina to the Narkeeta, as were
also four police and a roundsman- A
rowboat containing three men, two of
whom were rowing and the third was
sitting in the stern, came out from
Tompkinsvllle and headed directly for
the Vizcaya. The Nina intercepted the
little craft, and In response to inquiries
the man in the stern said that he had
a telegraphic dispatch for the com
mander of the cruiser. When this
communication was transferred to Cap-J
tain mutate tne latter tola lieutenant
Dpughertx to let the boat come along.
side and also said that he would see
any newspaper reporters who wished
to come aboard. As soon as this was
made known to the press boats, which
were hovering around, half a hundred
newspaper men took advantage of the
invitation and in less than ten minutes
were all aboard plying questions to the
commander and officers of the cruiser.
While all this was taking place the
crowd on shore became larger and the
keenest interest was taken in every
movement of the different vessels.
Lieutenant Dougherty will remain in
the vicinity of the cruiser while she
remains in port and will direct every
detail regarding the protective watch.
From 4 o'clock this afternoon until
midnight to-night the Nina and Nar
keeta patrolled the waters in the neigh
borhood of the big vessel. They were
relieved at midnight by the tugs Daniel
S. Lamont and Scout. These boats are
provided by the supervisor of the port.
Thev will take on the police and ma
rine guards and remain on watch until
8 o'clock to-morrow morning. At that
hour four police launches, manned by
policemen and marines, will go on duty
and stand by until 4 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon, when the naval tugs will
take up the same position which they
assumed this afternoon. These are the
plans so far arranged by Lieutenant
Dougherty, and they are not likely to
be changed. All the vessels mentioned
will remain off Tompkinsvllle until the
Vizcaya leaves her anchorage and
points out to sea. , In case the cruiser
comes through the upper bay and an
chors in the North river the patrol
boats and tugs will accompany her,
and the same arrangements will main
tain.
COAST DEFENSK DETAILS.
Nothing Significant in Them-Sigsbee
Denies Interviews.
Washington, Feb. 20. Referring to
General Miles' recent order to General
Merrltt, commanding the department
of the east, to immediately detail men
and officers to all coast defence points
where modern guns are mounted, it
was said at the war department to-day
that while the order was issued as re
ported, it was nothing more than fol
lowing out the plan of the war depart
ment formulated several years ago
when the present system of coast de
fence was inaugurated. The order
calls for at least twenty men and the
rlecessary officers to take charge of
such coast defence emplacements "as
have been completed and turned over
to the war department. These de
fence points are planned and construct
ed by the engineer corps and the guns
furnished by the ordnance department.
As soon as complete they are turned
over to the war djartment and men
are at once detailed to care for the
expensive work and ordnance. It is
said that twenty men are barely suffi
cient to properly care for the property.
There have been a number of these
coast defence works completed recently
and the order detailing men to care for
them is merely a routine matter. In
addition to detailingi.tlie men a special
board is now in session in Washington
preparing plans for permanent quar
ters at the various new posts and work
will be begun on these as soon as prac
ticable. The men who are stationed at these
new points will be drilled in the use of
the guns and will form the nucleus of
a permanent heavy artillery force
which will be augmented from time to
time. It is for this serviec that the
war department has asked of congress
two additional artillery regiments and
the officials express great hope that
this request will be speedily complied
with as there are at present not enough
men to effectively man the many new
works which in the development of the
modern coast defence system are being
rapidly completed and turned over to
the department.
Captain Sigsbee to-day sent two tele
grams to the navy department on the
subject of interviews with him. The
first merely said: "I have consistently
refrained from expressing any opinion
on the Maine disaster." Later in the
day he wired: "No newspaper divers
have been used on wreck examination
of the Maine. One man engaged by me
was subsequently bought up by a
newspaper. I declined his services.
Subsequently on his being uncondition
ally released, I might have used him
in charge of an officer in recovering
bodies but decided not to do so. Any
Interviews with me If printed, are un
true." The following telegram was re
celved by Secretary Long to-day from
New York: "When I arrived at New
York, I heard of the Maine disaster.
We feel very deep sorrow and send
our condolences for the dead and their
families. (Signed) Eulate, captain
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya."
MEMBERS OF COURT OF INQUIRY.
Leave Key West for Havana on the Tender
Mangrove.
Key West, Fla., Feb. 20. The light
house tender Mangrove left for Havana
this afternoon. She carries the mem
bers of the court of inquiry into the
Maine disaster. They are: Lieutenant
Commander Adolph Marix, executive
officer of the receiving ship Vermont,
judge advocate; Captain William T.
Sampson, commanding the battleship
Iowa, president; R. R. Chad wick and
Lieutenant Commander W. P. Potter
of the New York, and Lieutenant Com
mander Schroeder of the Massachu
setts. The Mangrove will stop at the
Tortugas to take on board Captain
Henry C. Taylor of the Indiana. She
carries also air pumps, electric lamps
for the divers and other divfng appara
tus. The injured men at the barracks
and the marine hospital continue slow
ly improving.
Blaze on Grand Avenue.
An alarm of fire was rung about 12
o'clock last night for a blaze in the va
cant tenement over the saloon of John
Mortell at 503 Grand avenue. The
flames were soon extinguished after the
firemen arrived, and the damage done
was slight. The.. cause of the fire is
unknown,.
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
FRENCH FORCE ARRIVES AT AR
OUNOI AND TAGGA.
They Are in British Territory and a Clash
Between French and British Arms is Im
minent It is Asserted that Royal Nicer
Company is Instructed to Compel French
to Evacuate by Force If Necessary.
Akassa, Niger Coast Protectorate,
West Africa, Feb. 20. Intelligence has
arrived here that two French expedi
tions are advancing toward Sokoto,
capital of the Sultanate of Sokoto, on
the Sokoto river, in the extreme north
of the Haussa states, and that six
French officers, with a force of two
hundred men, have arrived at Argungu
(Argungi) and Tagga. The former
town is an important place on the So
koto river, about half way between the
sultan's capital and the River Niger,
and is within the British sphere. The
sultan of Sokoto has, commanded the
French force to halt about forty miles
from the capital. The Royal Niger
company's representative and deputy
agent, General William Wallau, is
holding the company's forces, with am
munition and stores, in readiness and
is awaiting instructions to assist the
sultan of Sokoto and to secure French
evacuation of British territory.
London, Feb. 21. It is asserted on
good authority that the Royal Niger
company has been instructed, after
trying all peaceable means, to compel
the retirement of the French from Brit
ish territory by force. The sultanate
of SoWbto is a feudatory of the compa
ny and was recently replaced under
British possession. The situation is re
garded as extremely grave. Great
Britain's forces in the protectorate dis
trict number between five and six
thousand men under British officers in
Lagos and gold coast Uinterland and
at the three separate points of British
and French territorial disputes, Boria,
Wae and Argungu. The Daily Mail
says it has received confirmation of the
news from Sokoto.
.Transvaal Government Preparing.
London, Feb. 21. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
The Transvaal government is mounting
guns at Johannesburg and conveying
Maxims, shells, rifles and cartridges to
the point in an offensive and ostenta
tious manner. During the last week
the railway truck loads of war material
were paraded through the - streets of
Johannesburg and carried, under escort
of an artillery detachment, to the fort
on the hill outside the town.
YESTERDAY'S LIQUOR RAIDS.
Evidences of Violation of Sunday Law
Found in Three Precincts.
Sergeant Doherty and Officer McAvoy
at the Grand avenue preoinct yesterday
morning visited the saloon of Patrick
King at 178 Hamilton street and found
that the screen had not been removed
from in front of the front door and
windows as the law requires. On in
vestigation the officers found that King
was selling liquor from a room back of
the saloon, the view of the back of the
saloon from the front windows being
obstructed by the screens. It was as
certalned that King was handing out
liquor from a back door to a man out
side, who in turn handed it over the
rear fence to customers. King will be
arrested probably to-day and will be
charged with violation of the screen
law and violating the Sunday law.
Officers Bright and Hanrahan found
evidence of liquor being sold by Daniel
McAllen at his living apartments, 672
East street, yesterday morning. Sev
eral men were seen to go in the place
and the officers entered and found Mc
Allin in the cellar of his house, which
adjoins his saloon. A hole had been
cut through the partition wall between
the saloon cellar and the house cellar
and through the hole liquor was being
passed to customers in the cellar under
the living apartments. MoAllin told
the officers that he had cut the hole
through in order to carry coal through
from one cellar to the other, but while
the policemen stood in the saloon cel
lar with him a man appeared at the
other side of the wall and called for
some beer and whiskey. McAllln will
be arrested later.
Sergeant Dunn with Officers Phil
Smith and Doughan in citizens' clothes
dropped into the Aldrich house on
State street, where they suspected an,
illegal liquor business was being done.
As they were going up the stairs they
met a man coming down carrying a
beer box full of empty beer bottles, the
man being evidently on his way down
stairs to get a new stock of beer. Up
stairs in the wash room the officers
found several men who had evidently
been drinking, fifteen bottles of beer,
a quart bottle of whiskey and empty
wine and whiskey bottles. Arrests will
follow later.
Sergeant McGann and Policemen Mo
Keon and Cook at 9:45 last night raided
the living apartments of Mrs. Ellen
Blake at 81 Carlisle street, adjoining
her saloon at No. 83. The officers found
Mrs. Blake and three men in the
kitchen. They also found beer and ale
in glasses, a dozen half empty bottles.
They found evidence that beer and ale
had just been turned into the sink in
the kitchen, probably in order to get it
out or sight. Mrs. Blake will be ar
rested to-day.
Two Hundred Fishermen Saved.
Copenhagen, Feb. 20. A dispatch re
ceived here from Helslngfors, says that
the 200 fishermen who were carried to
sea last Wednesday on a tract of ice
that broke adrift on the coast of the
RECTOR FENN RESIGNS.
Culmination of Trouble In St. John's P. E.
Church of Essex.
Essex, Feb. 20. As the culmination
of trouble which has existed between
Rev. Percy T. Fenn, reotor of St.
John's P. E. church, and the wardens
and other members of the society, for
the past year, the rector has severed
his connection with St. John's and the
church was closed to-day. Services
will be held next Sunday as usual, how
ever. Rev. Dr. Fenn came here from
Boontown, N. Y., in November, 1895,
and arrangements were made with him
to remain three years. The society,
which recently completed a handsome
new church, and numbers some of the
most prominent people of Essex among
its members, commenced to have trou
ble with the rector over the church
rules, about a year ago. His ideas
were were more in the line of the high
church ritual than found favor with
the wardens. He was asked to send in
his reslgantion, when his conduct of
the church matters caused so much
dissatisfaction and as soon as he for
warded it, it was at once accepted by
the wardens. It was voted, however,
to pay him $1,200, the amount of his
salary. up to November 1 next, when
his agreement with the society would
expire., The rector has likewise been
unable to do but little preaching the
past year, owing to throat trouble, and
this was a matter of no little dissatis
faction among many members of the
society. Dr. Fenn and family will
leave next Thursday for Asheville, N.
C, and it is understood when he has
recuperated somewhat he will engage
in missionary work in the south.
FUNERAL OF MISS WILLARD.
Services Over the Remains at the Broad
way Tabernaole. .
New York, Feb- 20. The funeral ser
vice over the remains of Miss Frances
E. Willard, president of the World's
and the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, took place to-day
in the Broadway Tabernacle. The ser
vice was held in this city, by the'bffl
clal decree of the W. C. T. U., because
of Miss Willard's many friends and ad
mirers in the east. On Thursday next
a service will be held at Evanston, 111.
Before final interment takes place,
however, the body will lie in state in
Willard hall at the W. C. T. U.: temple
at Chicago probably the greater por
tion of Wednesday next, and while en
route to the western metropolis will
also lie in state for a short time in
Churchville, N. Y., Miss Willard's
birthplace.
The church was crowded, among the
attendants being many women from
neighboring states, representing the
state unions. A great many floral trib
utes had been received and these, to
gether with palms, were used as dec?
orations in the church. Miss Willard's
request that her funeral service be
simple was carried out. . Portions of
the Sorlpture were read and hymns
were sung, and then the Methodist
Episcopal funeral service was raed.
Rev. E- S. Tipple, pastor of St. James'
Methodist Episcopal church, was the
principal officiating clergyman. He
was assisted by Bishop John P. New
man and others.
NAT GOODWIN MARRIED,
Miss Maxlne Elliott, Hli Leading Lady,
the Bride.
Cleveland, Feb. 20. Nat C. Goodwin,
the actor, and Miss Maxlne Elliott, the
leading lady of his company, were mar
ried in this city at 1 o'clock to-day.
The ceremony was performed in the
parlor of the bridal suite at the Hol-
lenden. Rev. S. S. Precher, pastor of
the Euclid avenue Presbyterian church,
officiated. The only witnesses of the
marriage were Miss Gertrude Elliott,
sister of the bride; Manager Appleton
of the Goodwin company, Mrs. Apple-
ton and Manager F. A.' Probst of the
Hollenden. Immediately after the cer
emony Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin were
driven to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William B'oardman on Euclid avenue,
where they were entertained at din
ner. Three weeks ago Goodwin receiv
ed official notice that his former wife
had secured a divorce from him in New
York. By the decree he was prohibit
ed from marrying during the life of his
divorced wife. This prohibition, while
legally operative In New York, has no
effect in this state.
A SPANISH BOAST.
Intimation That Cuban Junta Members
May be "Bought Up."
Havana, via Key West., Fla., Feb.
20. Senor Jose Congosto, the secretary
general, is said to have asserted in a
private interview, that the government
expected to be able to "buy up" sever
al members of the New York junta. It
Is generally believed, however, that the
statement was made in order to quiet
discontentment here arising from the
military failures of General Blanoo and
General Pando in the east. Senora Is
abelle Rubia, owner of many tobacco
estates in the eastern part of the island
and an active insurgent, has been cap
tured by the Spanish in the province of
Pinar del Rio and is now in the hospi
tal. At the time of the Maceo Incur
sion, she induced half the province to
join the Insurgent cause. Rumors have
reached here of the landing of Import
ant expeditions near the River Maria-
nao, this province, but as yet the name
of the vessel or the leader of the party
is undisclosed.
Stole Bracket Saws.
Patrolman Ledwith Saturday night
arrested a man about twenty-five years
of age, named James Kelley, on suspi
cion of his having committed a theft.
Ledwith found the man at a pawn shop
trying to sell for what he could get
three, boxes of small bracket saws.
Kelley was locked up on a charge of
drunkenness and yesterday It was as
certalned that a dozen boxes of saws
corresponding to those which Kelley
was endeavoring to sell had been stol
en from an Adams Express company's
truok. The charge against him wag
ZOLA WILL BE CONVICTED
ANY OTHER RESULT SAID TO SB AL
MOST IMPOSSIBLE,
The Overwhelming Feeling of the Publla
Against the Jews Is the Cause Mora
Demonstrations in Paris "Vive la Com
mune" Cried aad "Death to the Jew"
The Police Called Out.
Paris, Feb. 20. The trial of M. Zola
and the publisher of the Aurore is re
garded as practically ended; and M.
Zola's conviction is looked upon as a
foregone conclusion. ' Publio feeling
against the Jews is sa overwhelming
that any other result is almost Impossi
ble.
Two thousand people assembled this)
afternoon in front of the St. Felagla
prison, (well known as a prison for of ,
fending journalists), to greet M. Henry,
Jttocnetort, editor of the Intrasigant.
on entering to serve a sentence of five
days' imprisonment for libelling , M.
Joseph Relmach, conservative deputy
for the distriot of Digne and editor of
the Republique Francalse, by charging r
him with intending to prove the inno
cence of Alfred Dreyfus by the use. of
forged documents. At first there were
no signs of force to preserve order, but
as the crowd increased, a company of
republican guards, headed by buglers
and drummers, a detachment of polioe
and two squadrons of cuirassiers were
drawn up. on each side the suare in
front of the prison. The troops were
received with cries of "Vive l'Arme."
It was 4 o'clock before M. Rochef ort i
arrived.- The crowd flocked around hia
carriage . shouting "Vive ; Rochef ort" ,
and "Vive la Commune," the police be- ;.,
ing powerless to restrain them. M.
Rochefort alighted waving his hand
kerchief and esc6rted by the .people,
walked to the'prison gates. About fifty
of his friends, including M. Ernest
Roche, one of the deputies for Paris,
editor of Jour, and the assistant editors
of Intransigeant,- accompanied him in
side the building amid continuous
cheers from the populace. The ward
ers, with the governor of the prison, .
at their side waiting, cap in hand,.
and respectfully received the prisoner. '
The crowd meanwhile dispersed, sing
ing Carmagnole and shouting "Vive
Rochefort" and "Vive la Commune" ,
and completely-blocking traffic on the
Rue Monge. So far, though there was
such exoitement, the crowd was good
humored. .j-.ii'
Suddenly a new gathering of three
thousand, headed by MM. Millevoye, , '
Thlebaud and Regis, marched toward
the Pantheon, yelling "Down with Zo
la!" and "Death to the Jews!" The
police formed across th,e road and .(flop
ped the progress of the demonstrators.
M. Thiebaud and M. Thleyala began
haranguing the crowd from some steps,
despite the' efforts'of "the police to dis- r
lodge them." They advised the crowd
to disperse in orderly fashion, but they
kept' on Shouting loyal cries. Finally
the mob dispersed amid shouts of
"Conspuez Zola!" and similar cries.
MM. Millevoye and Thiebaud went to
the police station to demand the liber
ation of a dozen people, including the
editor of Petit Parisien, arrested in the
course of the demonstration.
SECRET COMPACT.
Russia to Sell France to Germany for Cer.
tain Information.
London, Feb. 21. The Dally Tele
graph this morning publishes an alleg
ed explanation of the Dreyfus minis
try. According to this explanation a'
secret compact between Russia and
Germany existed before the Franco
Prussian alliance was arranged. Under
its terms Russia undertook to supply
Germany with all the Information ob
tainable by spies or otherwise regard-'
ing French military affairs, Germany
supplying Russia in return with infor
mation concerning another power, pre-:
sumably Austria-Hungary. Dreyfus
discovered and-traded upon this com
pact. Whether the bordereau was
written by him or not, it was merely
the ostensible basis of the indictment
against him. The real secret document
referred to a compact, the revelation
of which would have imperrilled the
Russian alliance. The same motives of
secrecy, says the Daily Telegraph's in
formant, will compel the different gov
ernments to deny the truth of this in
formation, which is, nevertheless, cor
rect. -
Held for Embezzlement.
Howard C. Payne, a salesman em
ployed by the Metropolis Manufactur
ing company on Elm street, was arrest
ed in Guilford yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Bradley of that place for em
bezzlement from the company, for
which he has been working. The com
pany notified the police on Saturday
that Payne had taken goods from its .
place of business. It was ascertained
that he had gone to Guilford and In-.
structlon8 were telephoned to Deputy
Sheriff Bradley to arrest Payne and
hold him. Detective McGrath went to
Guilford yesterday afternoon and'
brought him to New Haven. Payna
is charged with taking from the plane
of business of the Metropolis Manufac
turing oompany four lace ourtalns vai
ued at $40 and two rugs valued at $15.-
A Freshet Feared.
Derby, Feb. 20. Grave fears are en
tertained that the prevailing heavy
rains, if much longer continued, will
result in a freshet that will cause much
damage in the Naugatuck valley. Ear
ly this evening the Housatonic river
had reached the high-water mark, and
though no immediate danger Is antlcl-
pated, the several factories in Shelton .
that are run by water power will be
obliged to shut down to-morrow on ac
count of the baok water.
Switzerland to Own Boads.
Berne, Switzerland. Feb. 20. The ref
erendum has resulted in popular ap
proval of the proposed state purchase
of the railroads of Switzerland at a cost
of about a billion francs (1200,000,000)..
The vote was 384,146 in. favjortq 17513
exMaat. X
Gulf pi J utland have been saved.