VOLUME XLVII-NUMBER 57. WHEELING. W. YA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1898. PRICE TWO CENTS, j ? ? _ , -= SPAIN GIVES IN. Relinquishes Sovereignty Over and Claim to Cuba WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS Whteli Absolves (bi UulUd 8Ii(m from tnjr iCeipondMUtfr for Ota Catmn Dabt. Tha FirmnM* of Uia Amtrloui ComInlulonen Hroaght iba Dona to Tlma* It waH a TleklUh Point bat wu Wall Carried bjr Jad|i l>ajraod ltU Confareas. Tlia Philippine A'ut Nat will bo t'mcketl? to (hti Com the Debt 4?utloD ?. B?inatvh>t Camnllcutcd. PARIS, Oct. 17.?The American commissioners have (Irmly but courteously declined to aaumt tor the United States the entire or Joint responsibility for the fjpanlsh financial conditions. and the Spanish commissioners have Anally abandoned the effort and have agreed (hat the Cuban article of the protocol hall, without conditions, have a place In the ultimate treaty ot peace. It vu not until Monday that they became absolutely convinced that the Americans had. from the ouaet of their refusal to accept the Cutout debt, meant exactly what ttiey said. In spite of the fact that the Spanish /vimmusloners had, as a back ground of their effort*, doubts of succeeding, their > hope of so doing ho* been so keen and their contention has been 00 vigorously prosecuted that the final conviction of their Inability to win their point brought to the Spaniard* such a shock and depression thai, consistently with these dispatches at the time, there were grave doubts aa to the continuance of the negotiations. The support of these statements 1* the fact that Senor Montero Bios, after Monday's session and on Tuesday last, would have resigned the presidency of the Spanish peace commission, had he not believed that his so doing may have grievously stkoken, even If It had not unseated Senor tSagasta's government. From this stanlpolnt. If for no other reason. Senor Montero Rlos retained his 'position, and at yesterday's session, acting under the conviction arrived at on Monday, the Spaniards announced that they woold forego further argument on - the Cuban debt and agreed that, practically in the terms and absolutely In the nt +>** +h? about Cuba should go forward lota the final treafy. Thu.? Spain agrees to relinquish sovtrelgniy over and claim to Cuba without either lerms or conditions. All differences, If any existed, regard* -txrfarU Rlco-MItt mg-seln.Uuii uf the Island AC Guam, were atea arranged by a mutual understanding and the commts lontr* found themselves well nigh iouchlog the Philippine question, which will be taken up n?xt week. The session of the Joint commissioners which began to-day at 3 p. m? ended at < p. m. COULDN'T WEAKEN, I'oiltlon of United Statu on Cabfttt Debt QnMtlon was Unassailable?Th? Philippine Problem Comes Next. * . WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Intimation conveyed by the American commissioners to the Spanish commissioners at Monday'* session of the peace conference In Paris that the position of the United States with respect to Cuba and the Cuban debt could not be regarded ao subject to change, and that consequently the American commissioners were ready to proceed with the consideration of orher heads under the protocol the Farts advices siu>*r had the desired effect.' The one concession as to Cuba that our commissioners will make will be to guarantee for the United States that life and property shall be sej cure In Cuba. This responsibility the United 8tates will assume only to such time as a stable government shall be formed and operative In Cuba. There will be no perpetual guarantee on this score. Undue significance has been attached to the dispatch of a special messenger from Washington yesterday to the President at Philadelphia. Almost every day a long report has come by cable from Judge Day, president of j the American commissioners* ot Paris, telling what had been accomplished, what the Spanish commissioners were peeking, and what the American commissioners proposed to do at the next meeting. Th? President has gone over thene reports very carefully In company with Secretary Hay and sometimes with military or naval experts if their advice | flamed to biKwif? into tne fuojeui or hip j-nuifpinc debt about which there 1* murh Ignorance at thin end of the line. It is tinlikely rhrtt the name rule will be applied to that debt aft was instated upon relative *.o the Cuban debt. In other words If the United Stat?'? annexe* the Philippines. which seem* now to be the logical outcome of the situation, It might'}> reasonably contended that at leaet no much of the debt as represented moneys expended f ir the Improvement of the ishud* should put* to the United State* with the title. The situation I* regarded as materially different from that In Cuba, where the United State* gain* nothing *ub*tantlal, finr. with the annexation of the Philippine, wo should nrfjuh'' .1 territory almost as large an the British Isl's with a turning populaHon iif more thnn N.000,000 people, u will lie fiir the American commlasloncn! to arrange of the transferor the Philippines to the United States, ?* it Is eipreesly stipulated in th? p??ce protocol that -the deposition of the Philippines shall be arranged by tbe'peace commissioners so that there la ample warrant unlike the case of Cuba tor full discussion of all questions of tits Philip- I pins debt, municipal and Insular, COL. VINSON'S* CONVICTIONS t Mora him to Tiki ib? stamp la Favor or gonad Jlottey, Which mcsbi iii IU> pablluit Candidal*. g Spsolal DKpatcb to ths Intalllfsncsr. HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. Out. ST.-OoL Z. Taylor Vinson, the well known National Democratic leader lus consented to go on the stamp during the rest of the campaign. > He has a list of fpolntments, which were shown to an Intelligencer reporter, ?? -?t ?# iib In thm tVJIJt.il WJIi moo Uf (Hi V* liia wwo ... ... Fourth congressional district. I. The colonel 1* consistent with his put t record, In favor of sound money, and t will Insist upon the people putting their s vote* where they will do tbe most gxiod, c and, as his party haa no candidate, it Is d known that Judge Freer M to be the benefldary in the matter. t TWO BIG MEETINGS t f in Marlon Couty-Saulor XSlkllls* Kn* tlitulaitle Or.cC!ug Kt Falrraout? Dmj* loo and Otlaars fipuk at Montana* Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. ' FAIRMONT, W. Va., Oct. 27.?The Republican* erf Mnrlon county had a e grand rally at the opera house to-night. I A large and enthusiastic audience as- ' sembled lo hear the Issues of the cam- s palgn wiscusseu by Senator S. B. Elklnst j-' Judge W. S. Meredith, chairman of t the meeting, after a few well chosen remarks, introduced tne senator, who ? spoke for over an hour, and a halt He 0 briefly discussed the important quel- c tlona of the day, and clearly defined c the position of the Republicans relative thereto. He Impressed upon the people , the great necessity of sustaining the . Republican principles, and ibowtti cleariy the great advantage* it would be to tne.people of West Virginia to stand to the sound principles of Republicanism, and return a solid delegation to the nsxt bouse of representatives. His speech, dear cut and forcible, was received with the most hearty applause. Notwithstanding the fact that people for mile* around came to Fairmont to bear Senator Elklns, a large meeting was held at Montana, Just four miles belftw, Congressman Dayton, Alex. R. Campbell and Harry Shaw being the speakers. This meeting was made up largely of miners, who gave the speakers a warm reception. 9? far there have been few speeches made this ----- thm mitiitf hiit the indications are that from now or the Republicans will make a vigorous campaign from the stump. FEEZE ATO CALDWELL Aroass a Large Audtenoe at Klaatlagtoa 10 GrcaUai Salhnalumi Special Dispatch to th? Intelligencer. HUNTINGTON. W. Va., Oct. r.?The Republican meeting to-night - waa a magnificent success In every respect. The crowd was Immense and enthusiastic. Judge Freer, and Bon. C. T. Caldwell were the speakers. Both addresses were characteristic of the speakers, logical and forcible, accompanied by a depth of earnestness that Impressed the minds ot many who desired honestly to be informed upon the Issues of the day. It Is a known fact that several hundred dollars are on deposit In the city to be put up upon Judge Freer's election, at the odds of four to three, but no takers have shown up as ret Chairman Campbell says the judge's majority will be two thousand. OOTIMOE ATKH801 AtSllUmtll*?H> Meet* Withn Oration Id (h?t Town. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. SISTERSVILLB, W. Va., Oct. 27.? The meeting held here tills evening by Governor Atkinson was one of the best that has been held here so far, not excepting the rousing meeting held the early put of the week by Senator Elkins; The meeting this evening was held In the Opera House, and long before the speaker appeared the bouse waa well 1 filled, end when the meeting waa called I to order there was a large crowd pre* entTbe governor presented the Issues i ot the day In a lucid and Interesting manner, and he was frequently Interrupted by loud applause. , CUBAN* NEWS | Capt. Varaktr lUcaverlug?ITany Sehoan. ri Wrecked en the Coast. ' 1 HAVANA, Oct. 27.?Captain Foraker, of the United States military commission, Is out of danger and doing splen- < dldly. ; The steam launch belonging to the artillery depot foundered this morning Inside the bay, close to the entrance of 1 the harbor. No lives were lost. The schooner Cora Dunn went ashore , Sunday morning on the shoals known as the Cabesas de Cayo Romero, close (o Diana Key, Cardenas, and has proved to be a total loss. Her cargo consisted , of 3,500 tons of coal. , Th? schooner Kale left Key West on | | October IK, with a cargo of stores and ' * "*' -"?e>llaa fn- ttl? Pllhon fflPMI I mimical au^iic* iu? -?.?? under General Jose Mlquel Gomel at Hanctl 8plrltus. , At daylight on October 22 ahe struck , on the San Carloa reefs, between the I.'-vlia and Arena bays. province of PI' n?r del Bio. The members of the crew escaped death almost by a miracle. After swimming ashore they took refuge In a mmp, remaining burled In mud up to their waists for eight hours. They were eventually rescued and all arrived " here last night on the steamer Pravano, which picked them up nt Rio Blnnco. The cargo was a total loss. Army nfTunilMitfl Officer*. COLUMBUS, O.. Oct. 27.?A special to ' the Dispatch from Toledo, p., nays: The Society of (lie Army of the Tennonsee ' fleeted the following ofllcpra to-day: i 'msMnnt fiuna^.i eople of Philadelphia, but with th*. t >eople of the great west, where I have t ecently visited. In doing honor to the 't American army and the America^ f lavy. No nobler soldiers or sailors I iver assembled under any flag. Yoii h lad with you to-day the leaders Santiago. Porto Rico and Gaantanamo. \: IVe unfortunately had none of the he- e -m ~ ??*W TJ.it T ntn ctirn r oes UL AltUlliHi l?nil urn uu? * u>u ??.? . hat our hearts go out to them to-night I md to the brave Dewey and OUb and e tferritt and all the other gallant men t hat are now aiMUtnjagthg flag In the * larbbrclty or tfanTTaTTA voice: "How 1 ibout Hobson?") e "The American people are always a ready for any emergency and If the t Merltfmac Is to be sunk there Is an t American officer to do It. He succeeded r n doing what our foe hns been unable t o do?sink an American ship. (Ap>lause). . "I ask you, gentlemen of the Clover !Jlub, to unite with me In toasting the 1 irmy and navy of the United States vithojit whose valor and sacrifice we ;ould not celebrate the victory we have i jeen celebrating to-day. Not only the r nen at the front, not only the men on c he battleships and In the battle line, v 3ut the men at home with ambition to 1 fo to light the battles of American clvl- x MnlnlnnlB af (hn I II gratitude of the American people." At the Academy of Music the Presilent held an Informal reception for two hours. With Secretaries Alger and Wilson he stood on the slage and shook uands with a long line of people who padsed In one door and out another, rhere was no speech-making:, and after i light luncheon had been served in the foyer the President was escorted baok to his hotel and shortly afterwards, at hsif-past eleven o'clock, the party returned to Washington. Till: BIG PARAPH iteceotlng Philadelphia'* Peace Jubilee Celebration Ilerlewnd by the President. Many lltrnei In hint* PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.?For three tours to-day, William McKlnley, commander-in-chief of the United States irmy and navy .saw hit* victorious eons [>ass in review before him. It wae military and naval day of the great peace Jubilee, Twenty-flve thousand men inarched in the most brilliant and 6pcctaoular pageant the country has withbmaH In mTinv vprvm. Within a semi-circular enclosure of * Che big reviewing mand 1n the magnifl- ? :ent court of honor, the President stood arect and uncovered throughout the en- < tire proceMlon. An these legions prewi- J ed part his face was set, hut not stern, 1 tnd In his eyes was a gleam of satisfaction. From his stead fast gaze one might have fancied him listening \o , sounds other thnn those which struck on the common eax?sounds of deeper ' Import, telling the meaning of this glittering panorama. Behind these mart] a J j tunes he might have heard the music of 1 cannon volleys, the sounds of falling 1 cities and the dying shrieks of a deca- j Jent people, But over these and louder ' he might have heard paens of praise from a helpless Infant nation lifted out j it nrvltude and cruelty by the work of J these embattled hosts. Yet the central theme and motive of it all was uno of ' |oy and pride In the men and their work and the nation of which they are. This was the true significance of the event. Here and there, when some particularly renowned body of troops marched by, the President smilingly , waved his hat and motioned the crowds t across the way to cheer. Mrs. McKlnley viewed the procession f from a small stand on the top of the Conservatory of the Llpplnoott Mansion, , Immediately behind the larger stand f where the President stood. She, too,Was j not chary of applause. , Naiaiil[utow?rd Ftainrn. , Th?PA was not an untoward feature < ot the day?the WMtfcor wa? tonlo an- ' Himn? unlit, RU?t y; tile vaat crowd* were handled wltheommendahlonkUl "nd whatever accidents occurred were of the ( moat trivial character. i Over the President's head hung a i canopy bearing on Its face the mat of i arms of the United States and nur- / fnounted by the new President's flaff. f.?r | r.he flrat time unfurled In the Uplted i States. *i 1 During the parado the Prenldent wan i (surrounded by a small party consisting < f Vice President Hobart Secretaryof Var Alger, Secretary iif. Agriculture Wlaon, Postmaster General Smith. Printe Secretaries Porter and Cortelyou, layor Warwick and a tor members of lie jubilee committee. Mr. McKtaley arose early this morning nd after a. lljcht breakfast taken is bis lellevue apartments, lie and his party 'ere driven to open carriages alone the sine of the parade, about seven miles In ' ngth. Tbe drive, was, of course, larked by Incessant applause from tbe rvwdu. While driving up Broad stret, . lie party passed General Miles and tils taff, who were riding to the place of ormsilon. The moment tbe general's word made its salutory sweep, the resident arose In the carriage - and ilsed his bat, holding It aloft until they ad passed. Returning to tbe Bellevue, le presidential party was escorted by a quadron of the First CKy Troop of avalry across Broad street, to tbe reiewlng stand. They bad been preceded . few moments by Generals Shatter, avton and Chaffee, wtth thylr aides na a parcy vt uiaicv. Ten minute* later, at U3S o'clock, the latoon of the emergency corpji which ad the head of the line, reached the tand and from then until !:30 o'clock : be. soldier* and gallons tramped on In < plendid marching order, every sword alsed In salute, every pin presented. Illnatrloiu fltrooa In Un,. 1 Many Illustrious bene* were In line, ' ut there was little partiality displayed ; t the kind or quality of enihusjism ac- , orded them. Major General Miles, as chief marshal, ode at the front, Inimediateiy l>ehlnd lie Emenrency corps, until he reached ' Is special reviewing stand at Broad 1 nd York streets, the northern and of lie mute. Here he dismounted and ' rom the stand watched his men file ' s?t. General "Joe" Wheeler rode behind lie governors, hts gray head bared for J ome minutes before and after the preslential stand was reached and bowing 1 peatediy to the President's waving hat nd tbe applause of the others of the 1 arty and the people generally. j General Sumner. Captain "Bob" 1 )vans, Commodore Philip, Captain ' Igsbee, Colonel Huntington, wltb his , larlncs of nuantanamo fame, all revived tumultuous gretlng, but, after all, erhaps, the loudest ovation was that iven Hobson and hts Merrlmac crew, 'hey rode on a tallyho and as they eached the reviewing stand all arose, aced the President and bowed their a red heads. ., * " - "? >??IJ Kw ?tin The rear or uie imc ? - 3 Jrand Army of the Republic and their Hied military organizations. As these ancient warriors filed past , pith none too lusty step. they saiuted ( he President in their own way. Some ( raved their hats; others timorously aised their hands in the conventional iray. while several companies halted, ( urned. and fronting the ^hlef Execu- , Ive, presented the tattered old battle , lags. One of the posts carried a bat- { ery of two Runs and saluted with a shot rom each as the stand was paei*>dy of police behind them passed the Hand, the crowds broke through the l ' ? H?h tnwnrdfl the opes ana idimc a >? ? 'resident's enclosure. ,He merely bowd his acknowledgemtivts of the cheering ind then withdrew to the rear of the tand to th?*?|ld'>rice UfjMto. J. Dundas Jppmeott. immediately bacjc of the* ttand. Hera the party took luncheon tjtl shortly afterwards the President reIred tr? his hotel to *pend in re?t the ime remaining' until the CloverClubdlnler and the Academy of Musip reception o-night. PRESIDENTIAL EDICT diking 0,000 Place* Oit of CIrll Service Con-rot lo bo leaned >?ou. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.?It Is indorstood that a presidential edict, renovlng a large number of government ifflces from the civil service probably vill be 'promulgated shortly before rhanksglvlng day. The order Is one vhlch has been in contemplation many nonth*. having been deferred from time o time, owing to pressure of war bu?liess. As at present determined upon, the >rder will affect upwards of 6,000 plsces. t will include deputy collectors of inernal revenue, who are authorlied to >ocome acting collector*, actually, servng In that capacity. There are about ,000 of these deputies. The largest class affected li the.corps if examining surgeons of the pension bureau, of whom thero are in all over .100. Thero seems to be a general unlerntandlng that it will be better to lave these loft out of the civil aervlce, ilthough Secretary Bliss, while underload to favor such ac?!on, would not ecommend It. Over 3,000 of these surgeons are stated by the civil service commission never to have been classlled under the civil service law. The irder will clear up the misapprehension is to the actual status of lement on the Island of Cuba will bo 'fTectual In securing for tho T7nlte?l States ofllcers who are charged wltn idmlnlstratlon of the temporary government of Cuba the cordial suppcrt of he vast maJorKy of the Cuban projtlr. It is conceivable that the end of the ivnr will ilnd some bands of )awle$f> nan, perhaps Spaniards an well us Cu- J l>an*. roving remote and unprotected | Jlatrlcts, but this is in incwetu on T>o?t wnr? and even after our late civil war trouble wna encountered In suppressing such lawleai elements. ICnrihqtiftkr III OTTAWA, Ont.. Oct. 27.?About on.' o'clock thin morning an earthquake phock posted over the city. It was dlslinctlv felt on Handy Hill anll to Sow ? llmd Uul buiku; u l)u awl Culprit. PARIS, Oct. 37.?The court of CUMtlon, which la to decide upon the quesUoo of rtotwalox the cue of Alfred Dreyfus, the prisoner of Devil's UuA n-ho I* alleged to have been falsely sonvlsted of *etHng Important military plan* to Kent* at a rorelgn power, opened at noon to-day. The baH was Oiled with people, but there wu so lemonstration around the palace of lusttca. JT. Bard opened the proceeding* by rererrtsc to the excitement ami scanlails csiused by the 'case, even before the appeal tor a revision of the case sva* lodged. Ho then reviewed the history of the cage from the arrest of >eyfu?, and aald hi* oondemnatloo wa* 'or one of the crime* which Inspire universal horror, and It struck one of those n whom the country bud Vbe moat conlence. Continuing, M, Bard *poke of the effort* to obtain a revision of the case, eferring to the denunciation of Major Siterhaxy, and reviewed Mme. Dreyfus' ippeai for a revision of the case. In 00 doling, M. Jaaro asii? lujb ?as based on the assumption that the bordereau was written by Major Esteraazy. He then pointed out that there , ?ere suspicious facts which Justify tbe request for the revision. Mine. Dfty'u? contended that her husband did not vrlte the bordereau which nearly all the Mperts reported he did write. The court, therefore, would have to examine these [acts, and determine whether a revision ivua Justified. M. Bard added that the appeal for a revision was decided upon In consequence at the lata Lieut Col. Henry's confession' that he had forced a document In the case. M. Bard next read Col. Du Paty de Clam's report of tbe arrest of Dreyfus, then a captain of the French artillery, doing stsjff duty, In which the colonel said that Dreyfus, while writing at his dictation, betrayed Intense excitement. "But," -V. Bard added, amid tbe surprise of his hearers, "the photograph taken of this writing doe* not give tbe slightest indication that Dreyfus was laboring under excitement." Dreyfus, M. Bard also sold, denied to " -* r"v" "*Hint- Ha hod Aver VMI. J^U uc w.?i. ...? had relations, directly or Indirectly, with foreign powers. During the session of the court an f^reYWonly;n^,,J^m^? rtoul 100 persons, atid neaclco oy MM. Drumont. MUtevoys and Lasc, shouting: "Vive I'Armee" and "A morte les Juifs," attempted to enter the court of cassation. But the passage of the mob was barred by the police, and large reinforccmnts were sent to guard the approaches to the court. Great stress was laid by M. Bard on Col. Flcquart's letter or July H, 11198, to the minister of Juaticc. inwhleh he gave seven principal arguments against the probability of guilt of Dreyfus, including the Impossibility of Dreyfus procuring the plans of fortresses and projects for the movement of troops undetected, whereas Major Esterhaxy had tree access thereto. This letter also cites Interviews which Col. Ptcqtmrt had, with Generals Billot and Gonre, and says: "With the proof in my hand. I have established the Innocence of Dreyfus." To this, General Gonxe replied, acmriUn* to the letter to (he minister of JurWce: "What is It ti> you it Dreyfus is on DevH's Island V Col. icquart?"But he In Innocent." General Oonze?"You know Mercier (former minister of war) end 8aussier (former military governor of Paris) ar? mixed up in: this affair. Do you wish to compromise them?" The letter then continued that on leaving General Oonze. Col. Picquart declared he was convinced of the innocence of Dreyfus, and he proposed to flirht the matter out, and reveal what he knew. These statement# caused a sensation in court. After further references to CoL Picquart's charge* that the ministry of war had tampered with documents and manufactured evidence In the Dreyfus case, and a presentation of the contradictory statements of Col. Picquart and the ministry of war. relative to the secret document alleged to have been communicated to the court, the hearing of the ca? waa adjournedi until to-morrow. Tho court hoiun emptied quietly. There wan no demonstration and no cries of any sort. THE ABMY'8 HOHOR ? TbiHnlC?QKof > o(th? BiIimu, Mlntatay* LONDON, Oct. 88.?The Pari* correspondent of the Dally News says: "The Brlsson' cabinet was overturned ostensibly because It failed to protect the army from standee The real facta are that the ministers constantly but vainly urged the slandered staff officers to take proceeding against their slanderers. General Morcler, General Zurllnden and General Chanolne all decided to assist the government 10 vindicate dm iirinv'n honor, on the olea that It wan useless to proceed against 'filthy newspuper rags.' "General Chanoine's resignation was timed to prevent the civil power getting hold of the Dreyfus dossier. It was calculated that if he went out, Hamming the door, the government would be parliament, afraid of having the army and people against It. The coup was fixed for to-day (Thursday) but if. Derouiede'a sting provoked Chanolne r Henry's for- ~ rery hail been discovered. The drift of M. Bard's conclusion wsa that Comte * Eaterhasy was the real culprit, but that hla condemnation would mean the ruin of the Intelligence department It look* aa though an attempt Is being made to stifle tbe real truth by liberating Dreyfus, without a new trial. It Is asked by the Dreyfualtea, If the secret dossier ex nnrtMM Ml) A ?on mitBiui " m > be served by the court of cassation rlVj In* a decision without seeing It, aloe* % that Is the only real proof, If any, of the guilt of Dreyfus. To-morrow's sitting of the court ot cassation Is awaited with the most intense anxiety. Homm Hop* for Drayrms. PARIS, Oct 27.?The belief Is general to-night that the court of cassation will pronounce neither for revision nor for annulment of the decision In the Drey fus case. as either course would entail awkward consequences. To avoid these W?l?'expected the court will decide that as the affair now presents Itself them has been no treason, and therefore, the condemnation pronouncod upon Captain Dreyfus by the court-martial cannot be upheld. "00111" HARVEY 80LI1* 1 With CJMlrraan John, of lt)e A lien* A J>mi. m 44 13 47 died! ROW.?On Thursday. October 57. ISM. nt 11:15 o'clock, WILLIAM ROW, w 71 ymca. Funeral notice hereafter.