Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1897 — AFTER SENOR DELOME [ARTICLE]

AFTER SENOR DELOME

STATE DEPARTMENT MAKES HIM UNCOMFORTABLE. Bpain Made to Believe that the United States Winked at Violations of International Law-Next Congress Will Pass an Immigration Bill. < Put Government in Bad Light. The State Department at Washington is making it very uncomfortable for Senor Don Enrique de Puy de Lome, the Spanish Minister, The charge is laid at his _ door that he has, in his communications to Madrid, persistently and willfully misrepresented the facts in connection with the Cuban filibustering expeditions and has made his home Government believe that the Federal authorities winked at this violation of international law, whereas he should have known that directly the contrary was the case. The Spanish Minister, assisted by his counsel, Calderon Carlisle, drew up an indictmemt against this Government some time ago In which was catalogued all the filibustering expeditions that had left American shores with arms, ammunition and supplies for the Cuban insurgents, the facts being so presented as to produce the impression that they could all have been stopped if the United States had been desirous of so doing, and that failure to prevent the filibustering made this Government responsible for it all. At the State Department the claim is made that the Spanish Minister was fully advised of the efforts which had been made and which are being made continually by our Government to prevent filibustering, and that he knew that more than $2,000,000 had been spent in the work. This side of the case appears to have been entirely ignored in De Lome's official communications and reports.

FOOD SCARCE AT DAWSON. Canadian Officials Consider It Expedient to Collect Royalty. The steamer George W. Elder has arrived at Nanaimo, B. C. Among her passengers was Donald Nicholson, who left Dawson Sept. 23. Mr. Nicholson says the food problem was a most perplexing question when he left Dawson. Seven steamers were then overdue. Nicholson says that Skookum Gulch proved an absolute failure outside of one claim. He believes the country to be rich, biit it can never be properly developed until provisions nre cheaper. Work is plenty «t $1.50 per hour. The gold commissioner and mounted police do not consider it advisable, under existing circumstances, to collect the 20 per cent, royalty and to reserve alternate claims for the Government. The miners are not required to take out licenses, but have to pay sls for staking claims, which pnys for surveying and recording, and SIOO for the claim the second year. F. W. Vaille, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service at Portland, Ore., has received a letter from Dyea stating that a party started Oct. 22 with 300 pounds of late mail for Dawson. The Canadian police were in charge, and the mail was drawn by dog teams. IMMIGRATION BILL. New and Stringent One to Be Enacted by Next Congress. A Washington dispatch says: One of the first measures of public importance that will come up for consideration in Congress next session will be a bill to restrict immigration. The administrat on is committed to such a bill and the Republican leaders in the House and Senate will devote their attention to its passage early in the session. It is certain that the bill which the next Congress will pass will be even more stringent in some features than the old one. The new bill will provide for the exclusion of anarchists. It will aim to keep out the ignorant classes of immigrants who form the dangerous elements in the cities. Encouraging Railway Outlook. Gen. Wade Hampton, who has just been succeeded by Gen. Longstreet as commissioner of railroads, has submitted to the interior department at Washington his report for the last fiscal year. He Bays that the year marked the low-water mark of railway construction. During the year thirty-four companies, with 5,441 miles of road, passed into the hands of the courts, and fifty-eight others previously placed in receivership were sold at foreclosure. A steady improvement in railroad earnings during the first six months of the current year is noted, an improvement particularly apparent in the bond-aided Pacific railroads. The outlook in the West generally for the present year is reported encouraging.

Kicked Off a'Moving Train. Henry Smith, a young man who lived at Garrettsville, Ohio, was assaulted by a gang of tramps on an Erie freight train. He was robbed of a small sum of money, and then thrown from the train, M’hich passed over his legs, cutting off both of them. Smith lived but a short time after being hurt. Ex-Queen Won’t Give Up. Honolulu friends of ex-Queen Lil are going to Washington this M’inter to plead her cause before Congress. The antiannexation movement appears to be gathering strength, many Mealthy sugar planters having joined it. Governors’s Son a Vagrant, j James Penn. M’ho claims to he the son es ex-Gov. Penn, of Louisiana, is serving a term of thirty days in the Louisville (Ky.) workhouse for being a vagrant. Fortune for Mrs. McKinley. 1 The Campbell family, including John and Alexander Campbell of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. McKinley, mother of President McKinley, and others have notice of a fortune left them in Scotland by an ancestor. The estate is large and steps M’ill be taken to secure it. Madhouse in Flames. • The Georgia lunatic asylum at Milledgeville M’as partially destroyed by fire. Nearly 1,000 colored inmates M’ere placed in peril. One M’as burned to death and the rest saved M’ith difficulty. Dies of Poißon. At Kansas City, Mo, Allen M. Bishop, vrfco bad been employed as an undertaker's assistant, M-as found unconscious te the rear of the store. He was removed t* police headquarters, where he died in tea minutes. He had committed suicide I<f1 <f driok ciK embalming fluid. (Hrmm He Stole $2,0,000. Mm Fortier, wanted by the Chicago MS***- <*• (we indictments for larceny and fflgliii i itirmrsf. was arrested at Longeuil, djaifeftc Fwtier admits having stolen 'PRjiiftMi tmm »t«w. McCoy & Co, clothimw impmrlwm *4 Chicago, for whom be

WHAT SPAIN SAYS. More Particulars of the Contenta of the Spanish Note. A semi-official note ha* been circulated hi Madrid giving a more exact indication of the contents of the Spanish note in reply to the communication of the United States on the subject of Cuba than has hitherto been published. The first part of the reply is a paraphrase of the latest note of the United States. It concludes With the assurance that Spain is animated by the same friendly feeling aa expressed on behalf of the United States. The second part of the reply goes into elaborate details concerning the various filibustering expeditions. Spain, in concluding that portion of her reply to the United States, expresses the hope that this phase of the situation will be changed and that the United States will try to “prevent further violations of international law.’’ Replying to the offer of mediation made by the United States, Spain says she Hopes the United States will act “loyally and correctly in helping Spain to pacify Cuba, especially in view of the fact that such an extended form of autonomist government is about to be sincerely granted.” The general feeling In Spain’s capital is more hopeful of a peaceful outcome of the situation, especially since Marshal Blanco’s arrival at Havnna, as it is believed his presence will greatly further the solving of the Cuban problem. STOLE HER DIAMONDS. Mysterious Theft of $20,000 Worth of Jewels in New York. Capt. George McCluskey, chief of the detective bureau at New York police headquarter*, and a score of the ablest men under his command have been engaged during the past week in trying to solve the mystery of a great diamond robbery. Mrs. Alice Norton, a wealthy young widow, living at the Hotel Bartholdi, left her room in the hotel over Tammany’s headquarters one evening last week to take dinner with a woman friend, who also lives at the hotel. Mrs. Norton had a large collection of diamond*, many of them having been bought abroad. They Mere considered of great value. When Mrs. Norton left her room she locked the door and put the key in her pocket. In a drawer in a bureau were the jewels she did not wear that evening. There M’ere several diamond rings, a large sunburst, u-liich had been purchased in Paris, and u brooch valued at SI,OOO. The exact value of the diamonds left by Mrs. Norton is not knon’n, but it is estimated to bo about $20,000. When she returned at 11 p. ni. her jeM’els were gone, and there is no clew to the thief.

BPAIN MAY CHANGE HER POLICY. Expected to Tell the United States She Will Do as t he Pleases. There is likely to be a complete change in the polity of Spain in dealing with the United States, according to the view taken by Englishmen. This is attributed to the printed utterances of former United States Minister to Spain Ilannis Taylor. News comes from Madrid that the cabinet intends to abandon its plan of conciliation and will inform the United States in diplomatic but plain language that Spain will do ns she pleases regarding the granting of reforms in Cuba. It is also said in Madrid that Mr. Taylor’s strictures on Spain will u-ork hardship for the Competitor prisoners in Havana. It has been understood that these Americans would have only a perfunctory trial and wuld be released as a mode of appeasing public clamor in the United States, but now the statement is made on apparent authority that they are to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Spain will claim that her officers were within their rights in capturing the Competitor, and that the protocol of 1887 referred to American citizens residing in Cuba. Great Canadian Project. With the arrival of ex-Mayor McLeod Sten-nrt cf Ottawa! from London in a few days there will be begun the projected Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay canal. Mr. Stewart has been in Englnnd laying the big scheme before the British financiers and the British Government. Cable dispntches received a few days ago say he has succeeded in interesting the British money bags in the project. About $25,000,000 is needed to do the work. The Georgian Bay canal when built will make a cut of over 400 miles to the seaboard. In other words, grain and general produce will he enrried from the great lakes, through an all-Canadian route with far less expense and time than by any existing American or Canadian watern-ay. The canal once built Mill be a severe blow to the carrying trade now controlled by Chicago and Buffalo, ns the difference in cost and the immense saving of time Mill be certain to forse the bulk of the carrying trade lo the nen- route. An effort Mill he made at the coming session of the Dominion Parliament to get the Government to guarantee the payment of $15,000,000 worth of bonds for the canal at 3 per cent.

Most Valuable Gold. Lester Turner, cashier of the First National Bank of Seattle; George Renniek and George Stinson, old Alaska miners, are interested in on Alaskan mining proposition that apparently out-Klondikes the Klondike. Renniek and Stinson u-ent to Seattle, Wash, from Alaska last August and M’ent to the First National Bank, where Turner cashed for them $33,000 M’orth of gold dust at $lB an ounce, or $2 more than is given for Klondike gold. Turner became interested in the men and found out that they took the gold out of two churns in sixty days. It is supposed that the claims are thirty days’ journey from Prince William Sound, on Americnn soil. The steam schooner Augusta has sailed from Seattle with Renniek and a party of tM-enty-five miners. Each miner is under contract to take a claim and deed half to the original discoverers. Virginia Railroad Wreck. The “F. F. V.” thcough vestibule train from Cincinnati to New York on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad plunged into the Rivanna river nbout three miles east of Charlottesville, Va. Four people M’ere killed outright and a large number badly injured. The accident M’as caused by spreading rails. Made Insane by Jealousy. At Tiffin, O, James Reed went home, drew a revolver and with the M’ords, “I have decided to kill you,” shot his wife three times. He then turned the weapon to his own head and fired, but Btumbled and the shot went wild. He M’as captured by the police and lodged in the county jail. Jealousy. Former Millionaire Kills Himself. M. W. Bremen of Globe, A. T, a well- ‘ known mining man, committed suicide at a hospital in Silver City. About ten years ago he took $3,000,000 from his silver mines at that place. Recent business reverses M’ere the cause of the suicide. Hope for Trade Revival. Commercial Agent Hamilton, at Morrisburgb, Ont, in a report to the State Department at Washington, says the merchants of the United States are making a great mistake in not sending their agents into Canada. Triple Crime at The United States steamship Lancaster dropped anchor in Hamjfton roads from Bahia, Brazil. In military confinement on the u-nrship M-ere five men of the cren•Wf the schooner Olive Pecker, whose Cap-

I tai*, J. W. Whitman of Rockland, Me., I and First Mate William Saunders of Sandy Cove, N. S., were murdered at sea in August last. In the ship’s brig, closely ironed, is J. Anderson, the schooner’s cook, who is the self-confessed perpetrator of the murders, and who afterward set fire ro the vessel. The Olive Pecker sailed from Boston on June 27 with a cargo of lumber for Bahia, and the story of the tragedy is told by the murderer, who gives a signed version of his crime. The seamen remained in the old prison at Bahia for four weeks before the arrival of the Lancaster. When the men were sent aboard the cruiser they were found to l>e so filthy and poorly clad that it was necessary to give them baths and new wearing apparel. - SKY IS CLEARING. Bradstrcet’s Takes a Favorable View of the Business Situation. Bradstreet’s commercial report says: “Killing frosts South, the raising of quarantine embargoes at nearly all States invaded by yellow fever, the resumption of traffic and a prospective revival in demand for staple merchandise constitute the trade features of the week. Rains in central western and n - estern States, folloM'ed by colder weather, have favored farmers and stimulated demand from interior storekeepers. This has had a favorable effect at Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas City. Jobbers in northwestern States are awaiting seasonable weather to stimulate the movement of heavy dry goods and winter clothing. Leading manufacturing Industries continue fairly well employed. In addition to lower prices for Southern and Bessemer pig and for steel billets, quotations for naval stores, wools, copper, coffee, pork, flour, oats and n r heat are lower, u'hile those for cotton, print cloths, sugar and beef are unchanged, and for Indian com and lead, are a shade higher. Wheat exports—flour included as wheat—from both coasts of the United States and from Montreal this week aggregate 5,575,210 bushels, compared with 5,DU,391 bushels last week. Exports of Indian corn this n-eek amount to 2,199,550 bushels, compared with 1,589,000 bushels last week.” GROWTH OF PENSION ROLL. Evans Shows That the List Hus Increased 5,336 in a Year. The first nnnual report of Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans to the Secretary of the Interior at Washington has been made public. A summary follows: “There Mere added to the rolls during the year the names of 50,101 new pensioners, and there M’ere restored to the rolls 3,971 pensioners who had been previously dfopped; n total of 54,072. During the same period the losses to the roll M’ere 81,900 by death, 1,074 by remarriage of M’idows and mothers, 1,845 by legal limitatiou (minors), 2,623 for failure to claim pension for three years and 4,500 for other causes; nn aggregate of 41,122. The v.hole number of pensioners on the rolls June 30, 1897, Mas 970,014. The net gain over the previous year was 5,330. The nmount disbursed for pensions hy the pension agents during the year M - ns $139,799,242.12, and the nmount disbursed by treasury settlement was $150,475.23; a total of $139,949,717. This exceeds the amount disbursed during the fiscal year 1890 by the sum of $1,584,480.”

Lost in Lake Erie. Nineteen lives Mere lost hy the sinking of the steamer Idaho of the Western Transit line. The accident happened off Long Point, in Lake Erie, about sixtyfive miles M’est of Buffalo, on the Canadian side. A strong southM'est gale was blowing at the time. Off Long Point the steamer shipped n big sea, which quenched the fires in the engines and the boat M-as helpless. The captain and crew were lowering the lifeboat when the vessel gave a lurch nnd n’ent down on her side, stern first. Two of the crew managed to reach the top of a single spar that stood above the M’ater. There they clung until eight hours later, when they M’ere discovered by the outlook on the Mariposa of the Minnesota line. Firebugs Burn a Big Hotel. The Hotel San Marco, one of the finest and most commodious in St. Augustine, Fla., M’as burned to the ground, entailing a loss of nbout $250,000, M’ith less than $50,000 insurance. The fire M’as started by incendiaries, who made {he M’ork sure. Earth Shakes in Montana. A slight earthquake shock Was felt at Helena, Mont., rocking buildings. It was of seven seconds’ duration. The shock was also felt iu Butte and Anaconda. Many people were shaken out of bed, chimneys tell and plate glass was broken. laslgi Is Found Guilty. The Superior Court jury in Boston, which has been trying the ease against Joseph A. lasigi, ex-Turkish consul, charged Mrlth embezzling $140,000 from French estates, reported a verdict of guilty. Fire in Boston. At Boston, the shops of Heyn’ood Bros, and the Wakefield company, manufacturers of rattan furniture, M’ere badly damaged by tire. Loss $50,000. Death of G. D. McLean. G. D. McLean, the millionaire miner of Grass Valley, Cal., died at San Francisco, after a lingering illness.