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iLUME^^_^_i^6 1 _32 !; YLER'S POLICY NOW CONDEMNED yirid Newspapers Declare 1 hat His Promises A re j |H Not- Kept. ': T ;i [ H,4 !••"•*? " '■ ' ' ' * ■' ' Little Has Been* Done ward the Suppression of ; ke .Battle for Freedom. , . M-i ~~~I7T . . , ifo Bold Jjurtals Also Demand tff-'-Ijnffl-diat!?! Recall of the j I fiu.ciier.G.aeral. _/ i .. ;."•; j PrWd,' Spain*. Dec. 31.— The Im- ! _ and the'Herildo to-aay published s condemning the military admin ..-ton in Cuba and pointing out that ■nite his oft-repealed promises Captain leral Weyler has practically accom ihed very little in the direction of sup ss.:*.- the rebellion. Both papers nand that General Weyler be recalled -i that General Azcarraga, Minister of ■ Vbe appointed in his place. \, t. '■ ■ Ie articles caused a great sensation in - Icity and the , Government, • leafing/ pie would *• follow, ordered -that .th/ (Tot both ( papers be seized. - \ / : ye Gazette Official will to-morrow p^> a number of decrees regarding the/d --.istrative and other reforms to be/put > effect in Porto Rico. ;•_.-. • . .» |/> -{preamble, written by Prime Master nova* del Castillo, dealing wia the _»!on_al policy of Spam, will ac-j' m an _* .be decrees. The decrees appoir-- Febru ary 1 as the date lor holding municipal elections in Porto Rico afl*dA_»ril 14 as the date for the election of numbers of the provincial councils. -' '- ■*/ -'■ REFORMS ARE gHOMISEIi. Firat in ' Porto . Rico and Then in Cuba When l the, War la Over. ' WASHINGTON/ D. C, Dec. 31.— At tbe meeting to-day of the Spanish Min istry at Madrid, as cabled to the "Spanish legation in this, city, the Queen Regent presiding, the reforms for Porto Rico, which have been in contemplation for weeks, were agreed upon. These reforms must be submitted to the Cortes for its approval* when it meets ioe it spring, but the Ministry decided that yf i.c new measures would prove an accept } '**A_\ ---V-i gear's gift to the Porto Ricaus, JF .rg!* "■"-ought advisable to announce *\VJ., a once. Tbi/ will go into effect _ ••Jreduudij^— -r"" . ;:,:_, _'..,., :/ / .Vhoir'the're-Sntyti ____, _■_-___-__*-___ _*■' Indued an enlargement of these reforms i it is under be . given to that ' I id. It is claimed by * those who * are i .to speak intelligently regarding the k-ter that these reforms will be entirely ■{tisfactory to the home-rulers in Cuba, as owing the liberal spirit in which it is ■■ irpoeed to deal with the islands. Reforms of a similar character, it is amtained, were prepared for both lands nearly two years ago, but their ■romulgaiion was delayed on account of :be insurrection which almost immedi tely followed and which the Spanish tnistry assert was begun in order that *\ey might not be applied. t peaking to-night of the action of the t** arm a Minister, Mr. Dupuy de Lome i .d: W : *7" "The reform law was passed by the '.rtes in 1894. It was accepted unani mously by the autonomist party. Among them were Montero, Gilberga. La Bra, Ferry, Fernando Gonzales, all Cubans." The leaders of the Autonomist party of Vorto Rico have been a long time in Madrid this winter and the royal decree aeets entirely with their approval. The t .strictions on the appointment of coun cillors are not against the people, but are -i restriction of the powers of the Govern ment Nearly all the councilors appointed by ite crown are iq be liken from people **-h-> received vote*: from the electors or I-.79 been pior...nen* in the business com ity, or are _ iong the. principal tax -... it*. Enrique aro. a, the members of > Sew York Junta, and even people now \! c field could be pointed councilors y tne crown and of coarse elected. . ".Th ■ object of reform's ln Cuba and _?_?*■*« Rico is to transfer to the consejo de >-._£ istracion of each island powers wb.' . hitherto have been attributes of the O.i^fcrnmcnt officials and exercised in IridL ii "••'•. __» - — __. DEPARTURE Oh THE' BERMUDA. .i** •h Official, Thintt^the Steamer la ,yi on a Filibustering Trip. tW YORK, N. V.. Dec 31. _ The _,- v _t_er Bermuda, which gained wide .••-Tr."-!.-. early in the year as a Cuban •ix.Wii.-i-r, -ailed this moraine in ballast, ; rf ris.Uy for Bermuda on a wrecking *• ■;.. There is a well-defined fear in some V fcrtera that the filibuster is about to en ♦ in . another expedition to Cuba, a -.-. . .*-. -t by the fact that the United States .r one cutter Manhattan preceded 'the ' if 1 " t0 8 « a - .th the purpose of keep- A her com ymf "'** the three ■limit w:ttu llhelaW9o{ neutrality , ild not be violated ■ ' -Jpanish spies bave ►.»___. watching about dock where th* -"itching about dock where the Bermuda moored re " • il H'f,^ -? tUrn {rom Halifax, ft she had been in the peaceful char' lof a fruit-carrie* he vessel un d and cleared, on December 26 for faun ballast. All of thi, looked reg enough, and suspicion for a time Hayed. A day or two afterward her knee papers were; changed and t**e Nation of the vessel ' given as Ber -*'iil he Spanish Government officials V* b ly made complaint) to the United -q)s Government that they, feared the j uda was about to resume her old *LZ*ih £ libus -«. A revenue ■; officer - .•'ledthe.ves-ei yesterday for the pur se of Mar-Hi., her. He evidently found \ ... 6 T cPe P W' f ° lie evidently found >thiQg suspicious ff.r »k_ : uwu -l av T a r__« he vestiel Bailed iYw £' T c revenue cutter Manhattan, iVwever, : was hovering hard by '.and pui ;^^aalittle in advance of famous * ' r tT,'. Ue . < L ntter M^hattan Aid not Ito the three-miie li mit w ,| th JJ THE CALL junction of the main ship, and swash channel in the lower bay and returned to the city. As tbe vessels parted company tbe Bermuda gave prolonged blasts of her steam whistle as a salute, a little sarcasm to which the cutter people did . not •' reply. The agents and the owners of the Ber muda deny absolutely that she is bound on an nnlawful mission and "particularly; a r filibustering expedition. They insist that she is en route to. Bermuda to tow to this city the steamer Tynan, which 'i 3 there disabled and cannot be repaired at that port. SIX' EXGAGE3IEXTS BEBX. Insurgents Wage an Active Warfare in "Eastern Province*. "- PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Dec. 31.— Cuban insurgents are waging "an active warfare against -the Spanish army in the eastern provinces of; the island, according to reports brought to this city by Captain Gray of the British steamship .Tiverton,' which arrived from Santiago de Cuba.' After leaving Santiago no less than six en gagements •on the . edge lof the . Juragua Mountains between the insurgents 7 and the Spanish soldiers were witnessed from the deck of the Tiverton. -— ' tr - " "r*; Captain Gray says that shot and shell were scattered in all directions in the sea not far- from the vessel, and that many; wounded and dying men could' bs seen rolling down the steep mountains to the edge of the sea. The insurgents, the cap-; tain ' says. ? were ] * undoubtedly part of Gomez's army, who had been sent to the coast to convoy an insurgent expedition to the interior of the island. Nearly all the way from Santiago to Cape Mays! in surgent camps were visible. ..' . ■ . j While the Tiverton was 'In'Nuevltas the insurgents were encamped on the out skirts of the town 'and' could be plainly seen lh: the early morning preparing breakfast. \- Tbey even went _so • far, Cap tain Gray declares, as, to send challenges to the Spanish officers to attack them, but slipped away when the , soldiers appeared. When the Tiverton left Santiago the num ber of sick was growing less and the health of the city was much improved. , WE LER la _r_y TER vie wed. j. Talks About Modesty and Prudence in Organising Forces. HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 31.— The Hon H. D. Money, a member of the Committee on Foreign ! Affairs of : the American House of Representatives,* who ; is now here study-! ing the Cuban question, declines to make a statement about his proposed method of inquiry into the '. insurgents' ; side of the story. It is ; hard y to ■ believe it probable that he will be able to obtain a safe con duct that will enable him to reach the rebel lines. ' : : : '■;.'-. *,**• The. correspondent of the Liberal, at Madrid has had an interview with General jf? t?i SAN *BAtfbl*CO, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1897. Weyler at the tatter's camp at Candelaria. When questioned' if he would issue a de- cree declaring that the ■ province of Pinar del Rio had been pacified, General Weyler said he would not adopt: sucb a measure. He added that his modesty and prudence counseled him to only dictate measures for the organization of * the forces remain ing in the province, to pursue bandits. It was his- intontion, he declared, to send . two-thirds o.f . his forces to the . provinces of Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara, and to strengthen the central tiocha, which extends from Jucaro to Moron;'* He : would also order the concentration in the cities and towns of all the residents in the province -of Havana, as he -had* done in Pinar del Rio., .'/' V ■!...,'.;!! : Regarding the sugar crop General Wey ler said he would decide according to cir cumstances, whether or not to allow the planters to grind..i f ;»;_,v..i--_" '-. --. ■■'. - ;.. Reports have been received here that on December 14 the ' Spanish boat Vasco Nunez Balboa fired upon a rebel strong hold at Maravi, . near Baracoa, in the' province of Santiago de Cuba. The rebels replied to the attack and a rapid exchange of cannonading ensued, but the rebel bat teries were finally silenced. ' The gunboat received slight . damage tp her bull, boats 1 and rigging from the enemy's . shots and! had two gunners injured. j *' ;, ..... ' ; ' i , Colonel Cirujeua expresses - his ; belief that the rebel general Silverio Sanchez was killed in the battle recently fought at Cayo Rosa. i -■•*'•' -•--*: ' ". v J , Official reports give details of 'two en counters between the troops and parties of rebels *in the province of ; Matanzas, ) in' which the rebels .were defeated and s dis persed with ( , the loss of seventeen killed' and many wounded. The troops had five men wounded. ' ' . ■I ■ '• - ■ \ ■ _. ■■>.;■ : •_._■. ARMS FOR THE CUB ASS. The Commodore Makes Mo Secret of the. »V)£tvVi-,"' -: Pu, iness. ■ . . ■_•, "-' ." : . r ' ! ;.'; JACKSONVILLE, Fla., j Dec. 31.— The steamer Commodore, commanded by Can-' tain Edward Murphy, formerly of the steameF.L^urada. , was .granted clearance papers to-day by the Collector of Customs and.; left port - with a cargo of arms and ammunition for Cienfuegos, Cuba. ?: 'i:>~.r_ | ■ The arms were; loaded '. openly fat the railroad ; wharf and no attempt was made to prevent any one from seeing was going on. ; The ' cargo was j shipped by H. . P. "■ Fritot .; of this city and was consigned to S. ! Cisneros, President of the Cuban re-, public. Spanish Vice-Consul Poto-*OJ-i fused to vise \ the ■ clearance ' pa'pers^^!ut%e! ground k ' ; that * the': arms .should jjforbe shipped to a Cuban ''[port without »ermt>_-" sion of tbe Governor-General. ■'■^ \x^^ , He filed a formal protest with the**-JQoJ-' Continued on Itourth. rage. ' ' . . _. ' ___ NEW CANDIDATES FOR PORTFOLIOS Major -William Warner of Kansas . City; ; Urge for . , a Place. 'Friends of : Henry" Clay Evans Also Active in Supporting Him for the Cabinet - i Thomas Connors ,of 'San Francisco Would Like ;to Be Collector/ of J ' . ,'. the Port ,' :'. ; '_ CANTON, 111., Dec. 31.— A new, candi date for Cabinet recognition was suggested i to the nt-elect to-day. J. B. Tracy] of v Springfield,* William M. Treloar of Mexico, Mo., and C. G. Burton of Nevada, j Mo., urged 1 Major McKinley to appoint Major William Warn of Kansas City to the Cabinet, Major Warner was formerly an active member 'of Congress and was ; also' commander-in-chief of the Grand 1 Army of the * Republic. /It ' was said . in | Major Warner's behalf that he is not allied to either the Kerens or Filley fac tions and that he is strong with bis party.; Major McKinley said i> he • would take the matter under advisement. I ■ * •■-*■-./-• '.';' El wood* Vf. Mattson of * * Chattanooga called on Major McKinley to urge the rec ognition of Henry Clay Evans by appoint ■ ing him I to the Cabinet. The belief in Canton ; is that if Major McKinley! selects a Cabinet officer from the South he will; probably choose some one from West Vir h ginia or Maryland. W. Bayley of Wash ington, D. C, candidate for appointment to ; the office of Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, waa among Major McKinley's callers to-day. 'Another *** caller!;; was j ____3a_f_fi___a^Con hers 'of San Francisco, who s "*fJS©tt«S_^j. of ) Major McKinley's regi l^K___-.*^^fl\v* !_* ' _'* 'i' '/■'"* • '"- - i 1' ! 3rt__^r*-taipjcirs wants to be appointed Col- Tec-or of Mkejeort at San Francisco. -S-M_i_lr-«-^r'aXl_.binet position for the Pa !i_B_-'^r_opfij__B_^fv Connors said that, in his "_ipr_f__i__*J*i_ll the old soldiers and* nine tenths'' of the citizens of California fa ■ 1896 - 1897. - O'er all the earth a mantle wblte Is spread— A canopy of charity, tbat hides "-■' With blest forgetfulness all ills now dead ,;->.. 6 ADd buried.' Peace alone abides. . ' The quiet, restful calm that follows strife >■ . ■■ Now wraps the earth with soothing lull of sleep, . From which may spring a newer, better. life, -. " ..,. * Purged of Its past. With strength to keep . . . Good promises unbroken. Wiih eyes to see •"'**• Tbe "light divine" within humanity. , , *, ;.. * As comes forgiveness from the Father's breast, . bo falls the snow— as does redeeming love -. Flake after flake,' until the. earth it dressed . , .. In robe of mercy from above. ' irr : : i,*.. . Each lagged angle, knotted limb and scar. ..,->'-> Bounded and smooth and bidden from all sight; .':'■■: _ All woiu-* V,_U , i-i'terneß-. il wj • "* war, •''T.-rr** Had tn oblivion's l if^rMw-ilt-V';'.-, : V' ;".''* . '".''.'. 'Hiding the tears that for Armenia flow,' " "Crowning A nulla with bope'^brigbt'nlng glow. • i ' 80 speeds the night away. [ The dying year,' With stately tread, moves slowly to its close. Each failure, triumph, laughter, am ile and tear . . _ '" Grows dim and fades in bless'd repose. ] From tower and turret strident bells proclaim. : The midnight hour. And then soon Cometh ...... dawn. , - -j Tbe East grows rosy; wakes the earth again '• .With music of the .**• ew Year's morn. A feathered songster carols forth his lay— • "The night is gone. Awake and praise the day 1" F. M. C. vored the appointment of James A. Way mire. f Jud : c Waymire Is one of : the men whom = Major McKinley had under con sideration. .' * '.„. ' ". . f:y t: ■'-,:!;" .-. Major and Mrs. McKinley will go to Cleveland to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. A. 1 H ann_u* " : After they. • have fin-, ished their ~ visit at the Hanna residence they will spend a few days with Mr. nnd Mrs. Myron T. Herrick. ' The President elect r will , be absent from Canton most of next week. ; !'V"". ' _ .' '".'.-. -"".. ,"'. TO: PROMOTE.) BIMETALLISM. President - Elect McKinley *Favors ; Yin Monetary < onferencoo • CHICAGO, * 111., ' Dec. V 31.— A' special from ; Washington says: President-elect McKinley is heartily in favor of an inter national ;f monetary conference to pro •mote bimetallism. Those politicians who charged that the money plank ;in the St: : » Louis platform was merely a perfunctory declaration learned to-day that President elect McKinley" takes it seriously, 1 and be lieves the sooner action can be taken the better. Congressman Mbndell of Wyo ming, • who * arrived this * morning direct from . Canton, where ;he interviewed tbe President-elect, said :.'.* ! - -•- - ' Vi.'-:'-^'-.- : . s> i "Major McKinley is ' in ; earnest on the 1 subject of an international agreement.; He is in accord with the spirit of Senator Wolcott's resolution, and believes action should be taken at once. He is in • favor of calling the conference ,? in the early spring. v!- He says it is idle to talk of . postponing action until after the tariff is disposed of, because if ■ anything iis; to be accomplished - 1 he " preliminary - steps will have to *be taken at once." < ' • ' Western Republicans in Congress were much Interested in '- the word brought : from Canton by Mr. Mdndell. Said Con gressman f Cooper iof Wisconsin: -' "I am glad the President-elect « takes the pledge for bimetallism contained in the platform seriously. The large ' . majority fX of Re publicans sin the r Western and i Middle Western V States voted y the % Republican ticket'because they accepted the platform : pledges in good faith." *•'■•' " 1 THE HERO . OF THE ETEXIAO. Mark Hanna Honored by the Tippe >:,; '>'' <iy canoe Club of ("l-vcland. CLEVELAND. Ohio, Dec. 31.— The re- i ception by the Tippecanoe Club to-night j to Mark Hanna was a glittering snccess. . The affair took place In the armory of the j Cleveland Grays and some thousand ; ladles and gentlemen were present. The ; hero of the evening stood the strain for ah; . hour. ''! ''';,lV\V'!'-''-''- r '!'-i'i'---' '"• Mark Ilanna stood :in a beautifully draped box in the northeast corner of the \ hall and was assisted in receiving by , Colonel "'■ Myron jIT.V Herrick, Sylvester T. Everett, Andrew Squire and Robert Mc- \ Dowell of I Medina. ■' There was a banquet, ". which was quite informal, and the -new year was ushered in wit . dancing. Race for Palmer's Seat. . " CHICAGO, 111., Dec _ 31.— Congressman Robert Hitt . returned from' Washington; to-day, preparatory to leaving for Spring field Thursday next to open headquarters and engage in the contest for the seat in the United Stales Senate now held by General Palmer. , The other Javowed can didates are Alderman Martin B. Madden, e__?Congressmen William E. Mason and ex-Governcr Jobn M. Hamilton of Chicago and Hon. Clarke E. ; Carr of Galesburg, ex-Minister to Denmark. It is said tbat Samuel L. Alienor, tbe millionaire packer, will also enter the race. Arrest of a Train Robber. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. John Kennedy. was arrested here this morning, charged with being the leader of tbe gang which held up . and i robbed ! the Chicago and Alton train in the - Blue , Cut on the night of December 3. Officers . state that tbe evidence against him is conclusive. The Late JOSEPH B. Mc^LAGH; Editor of the St. Louis . Globs -Democrat. I tPeie^.FIVE ■; CENTS. : J. B. MCCULLAGH'S TRAGIC DEATH While Sick and Despondent the Editor Jumps From a Window. Suffered From Nervous Depres sion as a Result ol Arduous . ' Labors in the Election. '""'- — -: . From a Humble Position the Talented Men Worked ■ His Way to the; '- Head of the Profession. ST. .LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 31.— Joseph B. McCnllagh, editor of the Globe-Democrat, was found dead in the rear of his resi dence, 8378 West Pine boulevard, at" 6:30 o'clock t is morning. He had evidently jumped from the window of- his room on - the ; third t floor , some time between mid night and daybreak and dashed his brains out on the stone flagging of the yard. At 6:30 o'clock this morning one of the stable-boys employed 'by Mrs. Manion, a sister-in-law, with whom Mr.' McCullagh lived, found the body. ' The skull .was crushed in and the brains were scattered about on the flagging. Mr. McCullagh was attired in his nigbiciothes. Mr. Mc- Cullagh had been confined to his room since November 10 with acute asthma, complicated with nervous depression as a , result , of his arduous labors in the recent election. v • ■ <• . '..-■• Dr. C. H. Hughes, his physician, said this morning: • _•"'"'' "Mr. McCnllagh was tired of living and killed himself.' He gave' no premonition of suicide during bis illness. . I saw, him for a little while last evening. He said be could not sleep, and gave me to under stand be wanted me to leave him alone. His brain was affected, but bis intellect was all right.' He suffered from profound nervousness and exhaustion, complicated with a recurring kidney trouble. ' . The late campaign undermined his health." ,< \,l No writings were found In Mr. Mccul loch's room explaining bis ; act or leaving instructions for the arrangement of his effects after death.. --.. ; Joseph B.McCnJlagh; was born in Dub lin, Ireland, in November, 1842. and when about 11 years of, age came to thii country on a tciling^hip, working- his passage be fore the mast. ti .' Arriving in New York in 1853 he 'was. apprenticed to ; learn the printing business in the office of the Free j man's Journal. ;_. : ,,,. t'j~ '*•, ■.'-■. • ■ - Five years later, in 1858, he came to St. Louis and entered the office of the Chris tian! Advocate as a printer. When the war broke out he, acted as correspondent for the Cincinnati; Commercial and. this work gained him a great reputation. Later he acted as Washington correspondent for that paper. _. . , . .' -,-'■:': In 1868 he became editor of. the Cincin nati Enquirer, and subsequently, in 1870, went to Chicago and took charge of the Republican .of ..that city. The great fire of the. following year swept the Re publican out of existence' and Mr. McCul lagh assumed . editorisi management of the Missouri Democrat of St. Louis. The paper was later on consolidated with the Globe, and Mr. McCullagh . continued In charge of the Globe-Democrat from that time to the present. He never married. . Every minute detail surrounding the tragic death of Mr. McCullagh r has been developed and all confirm the theory of death by suicide. One of the mental tend* encies of the deceased, known only to a few. who were bis intimates, was the stoi cal belief that when life was a burden it could in good conscience be laid down. It is now admitted by his attendants that be committed suicide. At 10 o'clock last night -be was . found in bed almost asphyxiated and unlighted gas jets turned on. He was with difficulty revived. When nis room was , examined to day the gas jets were again found turned on. . The attempt at gas suffocation proved too slow for the determined man, and in despera tion be leaped from a window. ' The death of no citizen of Bt, Louis within a decade has caused such a. sensation.,' All classes grieve ! at his tragic end, and none more than the political opponents who he has