Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1896 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 189B.

- . c!.3Trinr that his statements had been r JLs cn what he considered reliable au tr.crity. On motion or Mr. Chandler the resolution of ilr. Lodge concerning a bond investigation went over until Monday. Minor bills blocked the way for some time, but Mr. Call nnlly had the Cuban resolutions called up. The resolution as reported by the committee on foreign affairs is as follow?: 'Resolve 1 by the Senate (the House or Representatives concurring). That In the opinion of Congress a condition of public -war exists between the government of .-'pain and the government proclaimed and far pome time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, ami that the United States of American should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending iowern, according to each all the rights of belligerents In the ports and territory o! the United Stites." . Air. Cameron . moved the substitution of the following: "Resolved. That the President is hereby requested to interpose his friendly offices with the Spanish government for the recognition of the Independence of Cuba." Mr. Call thn addressed -the Senate on the resolutions. He spoke of the bloody contest now in progress, and the actual condition of war exltln. The course of Spain had caused revolt after revolt in Cuba. The Senator traced the history of these uprisings and the course of the United States. RealIns from a manifesto ls.ued bv the Cuban authorities, Mr. Call arraigned Spain for imposing enormous taxes on Cuba. The manifesto, as read by Mr. Call, reflectel seVerly on the offlclal administration cf Spain. "A of blood Is now running." asserted the 'Senator. Murder and reprisal prevailed. Mr. Call declared that the recent order of Captain General Weyler. visiting death on those even suspected of sympathy with the insurgents, was a brutal and bloody edict. CAMERON'S SPEECH. Mr. Cameron followed In - support of the tubstltute b had efferea. "For my own part." he said, "I .regard the question of belligerency as a false hsue, a mistake Into -which tho friends of Cuba should not fall. If Spain wishes to Impede or delay affective action on our part, she will encourage us to waste our energy and our initiative in struggling with the legal difficulties that involve this question of belligerency, which, when stripped of all Its popular notions,' Is at most an empty, or perhaps a mischievous lgal form. I ooject to it. In the first place, for the same reasons which caused General Grant to reject ft. In 1875 because it Is offensive to. Spain and delusive tr Cuba. The contest Js no laager one of belligerency, but one of Independence. In the second place. I oblect to Jt because It concedes to Spain the bflligerent right of searching our ships on the high seas and seizing them whenever they have anything on beard which nan considered contraband of war. I object to Jt. In the third place, because it impose belligerent duties as well as belligerent rights, and relieves Spain of all-further responsib. My for the destruction of American property In Cuba by transferring that responsibility to the Insurgents. "I wish the government to act. I want to ee the chronic misery of Cuba ended. I Know that the course J favor was the fixed policy of the Republican party of the United States nd of the American people. The course I prefer is. as I believe, the true expression of public feeling, which is unanimous In demanding action In favor of freedom. Evidently the government of the i n. ted States can do no Jes than to take up thA subject where President Grant left It. and to resume the friendly mediation which Tie actually began, with all the consequences which necessarily would follow Its -reiec-Mr-Cameron said, in conclusion, that if this resolution was adopted and Spain paid ro attention to It he would move the recognition of Cuba. IODGE TAKES A BOLJ3 POSITION.

Mr. lodge spoke vigorously as to tho ttce.1 of action. Ha would, he said, go further than, the resolution of the commrtte. While other Spanish dependencies had broken away from Spain, Cuba had remained faithful, earning the title "Faith ful Cuba." And yet. oppressions, dishonesty and robbery had been visited n the Island. The time had come, declared Mr. Lodsre. when it was the duty of the United State to act firmly and fully. The- past relations between this country and Spain Offered no ties of grandeur or blood to check our action. Tb Senator reviewed K1. "'rtship of Spain" toward the ijnted States. England was tho first to thrust her hand Into our bloody wound at rhe outbreak of the civil war; France wa3 next and Spain followed. Within three months of the firing- on Sumter, Spain had recognized the Confederacy. Mr. Ljodge Fpoke of the suppression of a free press and a free church in Cuba. A free Cuba would moan the development of that splendid -Island, one of the richest spots on the face of the earth. Hut there was a political, rather than a material interest which bid us act. Cuba fay athwart the route to the Nicaragua, canal. She was the sentinel of the gulf, the great bulkwark of the American coast. "Tho island Is to-day lost to Spain," sail Mr. Lodge, "they may continue to deluge the island with blood, but the Island is lost to them." The Senator analyzed the "bloody decrees" issued by General Weyler as a plan of "desolation and extermination." lie may prolong the agony until the island Is a solitude. And yet, we. six "hours away, stand idly by. As a matter of humanity the Senator appealed for.actlon. Our words or sympathy for Armenia were mere r.'ords. . Those fearful atrocitlef had proceeded while all Europe had not stirred. The rrotes-ts of Lord Salisbury were pitiful. The money power and the money tender was the real power of Europe nd his vast rower cored nothing for the- slaughter or Armenians. "Why was the flying1 squadron, that marvelous naval armament lyirtg Idly in the English channel. The world was now looking to Russia to protect Armenia. "Hut." proceeded Mr. Lodge, "the United States has an Armenia at its very door. The United States can stop the horrible state of thlng3 in Cuba. Let it once be Itnown that tho United States Intends that the pillage and slaughter shall stop and it will s:op. A firm and emphatic dipJomcy can accomplish this end. T'ie whele American people welcome action by jhe United Stages. Recognition, of belligeryncy was well enough, but we should do more. If that war goes on with that bloody commander In charge the responsibility is on our shoulders. We cannot avoid it." There was a burst of applause from the galleries as Mr. Ijodgo concluded, wfhich trt presiding cfilcer checked by rapping fcr order. MR. MORGAN'S PLEA. Mr. Morgan, who reported the resolutions, followed; He said the probabilities of war . between the United States and Spain should in no way embarrass the consideration of the fubject and the shaping of a proper course. The committee, In submitting this resolution, was not moved by retaliation or by any consideration of past relations between the countries. It was based solely oa the conditions and requirements of to-day. Mr. Morgan referred to the conflicting information at hand. Out of the mass of detail the committee felt that it stood on firm ground in presenting this resolution. While Cuba was surrounded by a navy and controlled by a censorship, many of the best means of information were unattainable. Hut certain definite and positive facts were established beyond question as a premise to the- action of the committee. Mr. Morgan then took up the legal questions if volvcd. explaining the duties and obligations of recognizing belligerency. Then , armies are formed and men leave their place as citizens and become soldiers, then the civilized world recognizes this transformation as creating a state of . belligerency. Under existing circumstances, those participating in the uprising were not recognized by Spain as soldiers but as felons rising agalrrst their government, to be treated with the ignominy of felons, they and their children. And yet, said Mr. Morgan, while war is public and beyond the possibility of question or denial. Spain refuse- to recognize the war. She fills Aloro Castle, exiles men to penal colonies in Africa; (she inflicts penalties unwarranted even if war did not exist. And. with war publlo and notorious, it became the duty of the United States and .ill other coun tries, to demand the .recognition of Cubans as soldiers, not as felons. The United iiiate should be the first to step to the front and say to Spain: "You have Ion'? enough lacerated those people." The Senator paid the attitude taken by the United States, according to its pl.ln duty, need glvo no offense to Siain. liu'.. if it did give offense, then it was a choice between that offense and one against the God of nations. Such a. choice could be made with firmness and confidence. ' Mr. Morgan said the Cuban republic already existed. It might ye-t be in embryo a Moses in the bullrushes yet in time the world would recognize It as rt-public. If trro lsJant or Cuba nad oeen as close to Great Rritaln as to the United States, Cuba would nave icn arsorid a century ago. Mr. Piatt asked if Mr. Morgan considered that the adoption of his concurrent resolution, net receiving the signature of the Pre Men t, would accomplish the recognition of Cuba, MAY RESULT IN WAR. -Mr. Morgan sail it was open to doubt. In view of tho lack of .authoritative determination, as to the need of the President's signature to a resolution. Mr. Morran saidhe approached this question rexnUy. but the committee ca foreign

relations had found Itself confronted by a !arge mass of petitions, 'and had felt It to be incumbent on It to take some action. It was necessary to report adversely or favorably, and he would pay here what he hail said in the committee. He contemplated war at the end of whatever action the United States might take, not that Spain would Ire Justified In resenting any Interference, but because of the feeling entertained by Spain toward thi3 country. He also said that he believed that Spain would be under obligations to this country for action which would provoke hostilities. Tae fetters which Spain had fastened on the limbs of Cuba in the beginning were rolling away, and If this revolution does r.ot free Cuba the next will. Spain knows and feel3 this, and would rather lo.e while In conflict with the United States than to lose It In any other way. Spain, he continued, and no legitimate excuse to hold Cuba after Mexico. Venezuela and tho Central American countries had achieved their Independence, and Cuba would have achieved her independence at the same time that the other countries Jid but for the existence of slavery. Now the circumstances

were different, and the very slaves are en gaged with tr.elr former masters in the fight for liberty. Mr. Morgan repeated hlo declaration of reluctance to enter on this assertion of the Arrerican position, but he had taken the step with deliberation and had felt that In doing this America hal practically drawn her sword and had in effect said to Spain she could resent the act if so disposed. This statement brought out a slight burst of applause in the galleries. Mr. Morgan said his opinion was that Congress had a perfect right to make a declaration of war, and an absolute, perfect and independent right to recognize belligerency or to recognize independence and to enforce the declaration by a military movement, either by land or eea; furthermore, Congress had tho right to command the commander-in-chief of the army to go on the field in the execution of the order. This statement brought out a burst of applause. Mr. Morgan did not conclude his speech, saying he would go on another day, as there were many points he wanted to toueh upon at greater length than he could do to-day. Mr. Chandler suggested that as the debate was taking a wide range, and then; were several speeches yet to be made, it would be well for the Senate to adopt a simple concurrent resolution of sympathy and then allow the debate to proceed in order that the Cubans might have the benefit of the knowledge of our Interest in them before the termination of war. Mr. Morgan said he was ready at this time for a vote If Mr. Chandler could secure unanimous consent. Mr. Chandler thereupon asked for a vote, but several Senators objected. Then, at 5:20 p. m.t the Senate adjourned until Saturday. ADMITTED REPORTERS DAUCillTEItS OF TUB AMERICAN REVOLUTION AUK TKIK AVOMDX. Exercised the Privilege of ChaiiKlnfr Their A'nnie Mrs. Stevenson Elected President-General. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Daughters of the American Revolution to-day decided that the exclusion of reporters from their meetings did not have the desired effect, so the newspaper reporters were admitted. The entire day was occupied In the election of officers, some of whom will not be announced until to-morrow, as the count of the vote was not completed to-night. Mrs. Letltla Green Stevenson, the wife of Vice President Stevenson, was elected pres ident-general. She acknowledged the honor in a gracious speech in which she expressed her thanks for the 'honor conferred upon her. "To our statesmen," she said In the course of her remarks, "we are indebted for the wise and conservative laws that govern our land. But, ladies, yours is a higher and nobler mission, for to you is committed the sacred duty of rearing; and molding the generation of youth who shall stand as the bulwark of our free institutions." t The other officers elected were as follows: yice president-general In charge of organization, Mrs. Philip HIekborn, District of Columbia: first vice president-general, Mrs. Rose F. Brackett; recording secretary general, Mrs. Herschel Main; corresponding secretary-general. ' Mrs. John L. Mitchell, Wisconsin: registrars-generals, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Hrackett, Virginia; treasuergeneral. Mrs. Amos G. Draper. District of Columbia: historian-general, Mis3 Elizabeth B. Johnston; sargeon-general, Mrs. Julia Cleaves Harrison; chaplain-general. Mrs. Elizabeth T. liullock; assistant historiangeneral. Miss Fedora Isabel Wilbur, and librarian-general. Mrs. A. N. McGee. Hon orary officers President-general. Mrs. John W. Foster; vice presidents, Mrs. A. C. Geer, Mrs. Samuel Elliott and Miss Clara Barton. Vice presidents-general were elected as follows: Mrs. Agnes M. Dennison. District of Columbia: Mrs. Mary M. Hill, Connecticut: Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee, Indiana; Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, District of Columbia; Mrs. Henry Striker, New Jersey; Mrs. Robert Stockton Hatcher, Indiana; Mrs. Clement A. Griscom. Pennsylvania: Mrs. Masury, Massachusetts; Mrs. Stephen J. Field, California; Mrs. Dickson, Georgia; Mrs. Henry V. Hoynton, District of Columbia: Mxs. De Keim, District of Columbia: Mrs. F. W. Dickens, Distriot or Columbia: Mrs. F. S. Nash, District of Columbia: Mrs. Levi P. Morton, New York; Mrs. A. Howard H inkle, Ohio. Much of the mornins session was noisy, and it was with difficulty at times that the presiding olhcer managed to keep order. At to-night's session reports from a number of State regents showing the work done during the year were read. llrlm to $JMM,000. W EST FIE LD, Mass., Feb. 20. James E. Wetmore, an organ builder, who has resided in this town for over forty years, has received news from his cousin. Jesse L. Wetmore. of Oakland, Cal.. that they are heirs to a fortune of $S.C0Of00O. which is now in the Bank of Holland, Amsterdam. Mr. Wetmore's grandfather married Anna Van Scctt. whose parents were natives of Amsterdam, and left a large sum of money, which has been accumulating fcr nearly one hundred years. It is said that the Holland courts have sent a committee of four persons to America to look up the heirs, and the committee will soon arrive in Boston. The Wetmores have engaged a lawyer to meet the committee, and expect to have no difficulty in proving their heirship, as they have tho history of the family for two hundred years. Catholic Young Men Institute. DENVER, Col.. Feb. 20. The Supreme Council of the Catholic Young Men's Institute now in sesion in this city has elected ofllcers as follows: Supreme chaplain, Archbishop P. W. Riordan. California; supreme president, J. J. McDade, California; supremo first vice president. Senator M. T. Corcoran, Ohio; supreme second vice president. P. R. Costfllo. Kansas; supreme secretary. F. I. Lyon, Kentucky: supreme treasurer, W. 11 Kenny, Ohio; supreme directors. P. B. O'Brien. Illinois; F. J. Furaskl. California: J. F. Klera. California; J. F. Collier. Indiana: H. W. Rivers, Kentucky: J. U Gaynor. Pennsylvania; E. McEntepe, Ohio; John P. McEntee. Oregon. Fight nt Hot Springs. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Feb. 20. Kid Ryan, of Chicago, and Joe Drew, of Little Rock, fought at Hot Springs this afternoon. Drew forced the fighting from the start, end knocked Ryan out in tho third round. The fWht rvonrrel in nublic. Harrv Pideon and Rob Faired had charge of the affair. They have matched ueorge waits, me iouisviiie mirtrU wHtrht. and Pleas Hutchlnsoa to Hr,t in tar w.oVs. nrd nromlsie to null off ft number of other lights. Governor Clarke is out of the city making a canvass tor tne United States Senate, and no steps have neen taxen as yet towaru stopping uiese prize lights. Oliltnnfy. PLYMOUTH. Mass.. Feb. 20.-Bnjamin M. atson. one of Plymouth s most re spected citizens ami an Intimate of Emer son. Thoreau and Aieotr. tiled here to-day frcm heart trouble, aged seventy-six years. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Ft. 23.1 udge John U. Crace, of the Court of Appeals, died of heart failure while sitting alone in his room at o'clock this morning. Movement of Steamers. VP.U vrmiv Fct tt Arrived nrtrtr. f I a-AMw-wkf llrttannii f mm A f a i-c m 1 1 a a Southwark. from Antwerp: Munchen, from Ger.ca; Werra, from Bremen. BREMEN. F-b. 2.-Arrived: Spree, from New York via Southampton. GLASGOW. Feb. 20. Arrived; Austrian, from New York. Lean nr McrtliiK PoKtponcd. CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. :-).-Prrsidr nt Pan T!iTw.-in rf thf Wrsfern R.nohil! I..t?tii announces tint the league meeting stt far f I'nl nn I'eh. "1 has been n3i--H.ired in March 2. to allow a commitfee from the organization to be present at the annual ppring meeting of the National League, to be held in New York Monday, Feb. 2L

MANY WERE MANGLED

DETAILS OP THE KXPLOSIOX OP PY.A!1ITB I. SOUTH AFIUCA. Part of Vledendorp, Transvaal, DcRtrojed nml IlandretlM of People Killed and Injnred. JOHANNESBURG. Transvaal, Feb. 20. The explosion of dynamite reported last night wa3 more disastrous in its effects than first accounts Indicated. The amount of dynamite which caused the disaster at Vaedendorp Is ascertained to have ben twenty ton3. This had been standing on the railroad switch for a period of three days, exposed to the sun and air, and this is supposed to have put It into a condition in which Its chemical constitution was very unstable, so that it was ready to be set off from the slightest disturbance. It is now definitely learned that the number of deaths resulting from the disaster Is over 100, 'besides the large number of maimed and in jured. The distress which has resulted from the accident is both keen and wide spread, and a large number of firms, both here and In London, are subscribing liber ally to afford relief. Thousands of people have been rendered homeless by the terrible calamity. Vledendorp, the scene of the calamity, Is a suburb of Johannesburg. In it are huddled members of the poorer classes of whites of the Rand Malays, Kaffirs and Chinamenwho subsist for the most part oy aoing Odd lobs about tho nlace. which Is a railway transfer station fnr the TYi'.nlnsr districts of the section. Among the freight cars standing on the shunt lines at Vleden dorp yesterday were eight trucks loaded witn dynamite. The deadiv stuff waa hid den under canvas coverings to protect It from the rain and sun. As evenning was approaching there was an explosion near the freight depot so awful In the intensity of its force that the ground for miles around was convulsed as if bv an earth quake, houses rocked and fell, masses of iron, earin. stone, wood and human re mains were hurled skywards, the windows ct almost every house in Johannesburg were broken and people were blown through the air like straws before a gust of wind. The explosion had torn a hole two hundred feet long and eighty feet wide under the snot where the eight tnleks of dynamite stood but a few minutes before. The whole of that quarter of Johannesburg was literally D.own to pieces. The effects of the explo sion could be seen over a radius of more than a mile, and almost everything within a half mile of the spot where the trucks nad been snunted for th night was razed to the ground and crushed by the dynamite Leyond redemption; irons were twisted and torn, stones destroyed and brick work duIverlzed. On the ground were blackened heaps of human remains limbs, heads, trunks, scorched and torn. The victims were mostly Malays. Kaffirs and Chinamen, ' the whites being in a minority at Viedendorp; but In spita of this, quite a number of white peo ple. Including six girls, are among the many v.ctims or the calamity. In fifteen minutes after the explosion occurred, the bodies cf forty dead persons, all horrloly mutilated, were picked up and carried away from the scene, while the searching of the ruins continued without intermission. Over two hundred of tho most severely Injured per sons were also carried away, and hundreds of other wounded persons were taken to places where they might be cared for. In addition to the wounded, thousands of people, rendered homeless by the explosion, are being cared for by the charitable and will receive assistance until they can begin life anew. Pieces of Iron, stone and bricks are scattered all over Johannesburg. Every building has felt the great shock more or less. Every physician In or about Johannesburg Is assisting in the care of the wounded. The headquarters of the Wanderers' Club is being used as a mortuary chamber. In tho gayly decorated club room are horrible lines of memberless, blackened trunks of human bodies, rows of charred arms and legs, crushed and burned heads, hands, feet, pieces of flesh, etc, etc., tied up in bags, the whole presenting a sight as sickening as was ever witnessed. Around the club and the scene of the explosion the most harrowing scenes are being witnessed. Fathers looking fcr thefr children, wives staring blankly at what seemed to be the remains of husbands: the living, many of them badly hurt themselves, hunting for traces of their dead. Probably the best Idea of the force of the explosion can be gathered from the fact that the iron axles of the trucks on which tho dynamite was loaded have been driven twenty feet into the hard ground. How the explosion occurred 13 not known, but a belief prevails that a thieving Kaffir found his way to the shunted trucks and that in trying to break open one of the cases of the explosives, being In. Ignorance ol what it contained, he brought about the disaster which hai caused so great a loss of life and which has rendered so many people homeless and penniless. The exact extent of the disaster will never be known. According to the estimates, however, about one hundred persons have been killed and about two hundred people wounded severely. In addition it is estimated that about one hundred more have been less severely injured. Several of the wounded have since died of their Injuries. All the hospitals aie filled with sufferers from the explosion and many private houses have been turned into refuses for the wounded and homeless. Most of the houses in Vledendrop were built of corrugated iron, as is usual in South Africa suburbs, and of this material any way near the spot where the explosion took place, hardly a vestige remains. A popular subscription has been opened for the relief of the wounded and homeless. Already over jaoo.000 have been raised and this amount will soon reach $500,0tt. In addition, steps have already been taken to clear away the debris fium the ground. A portion of the money subscribed will be Invested in building materials and the work of reconstructing Viedendrop will be commenced so soon as the remains of the dead are interred. This will probably be to-morrow and the occasion will be marked by a turnout of almost the whole population of Johannesburg. The Boers and UltlanJers are working harmoniously In the succoring of the wounded and homeless. The dlsastf r seems to have done a great deal towards healing the soreness which remained from the Jameson raid and mav do much to cement a new and better feeling between the foreign population and their Boer ruler president Krugcr has telegraphed his symnathv with the people of Johannesburg in this emergency and he is being ke-pt posted on all the details or tne great caianuij. SIX PASSKXGEnS IIl'RT. Horse Car Struck by an Erie Rnllrray Cuhonne. JERSEY CITY. Feb. 20. About 4:30 o'clock this afternoon a caboose on the Erie roaJ tracks collided with a Grove-street horse car at the Grove-street crossing. A loco motive was making a flying switch at the time to Eldetrack the caboose. The gates at the crossing had not been lowered and the horse car attempted to cross the track, when it was struck by the caboose. There nKsM rW naeaonr'PM in the car. nil of whom were more or lest injured. Harry porMnl five vears oil. of Milton. N. J.. was badly bruised and internally hurt, while his mother was only siignuy injureu. ine boy was removed to Hi. Francis Hospital and It is thought he cannot live. The other passengers were removed to the Second precinct police station. In addition to the above mentioned persons, the following were injured: Mrs. M. Steward. No. 12T,$ Park avenue. Hoboken, crushed about the head anl body. Harry Gross, No. CS7 Grove street, hurt about the head and boly; Morris Fegelson. No. First street. Hoboken. foot ..nichMi- Klwar.l F. Voir hies. No. 2-"4 Green street. New York, body crushed. The car wa5 driven nv Micnaei renins, oi jioDoiten, and conducted by W. Jellett. Carried Away on the Ice. BUFFALO. N. Y., Feb. 20. A rumor was current in the city to-day that thirteen fishermen had lost their lives while out on the lake during yesterday's storm, and. though the report cannot be substantiated. It is believed that a number have perished Between Zfft and 400 men are known to have been on the Ice nhlnff when the storm sprang up. about J':.'J a. m.. and u is thoucht that some failed to make the land. As a lanre number of those fishermen are Bolacks. their absence would not be likely to be reported for some days, in any event. Several "of the returned fishermen report terrible experiences dunng tn? blinding snowstorm. Some narrow escapes occurred An unknown man was found frozen to death near the track of the Grand Trunk railway. this side of Port Coiiorne. unt.. this after noon. He is supposed to have been a farmer. Conductor nnd Ilrakeman Injnred. HOUGHTON. Mich.. Feb. 20. A wreck oc currel on the Dultith, South Shore & At lantic railroad last night, nine miles east of here. A freight train was unable to reach the siding at Chaajcl, where It was to be parsed by a passenger train, watch

was over air hour late." The passenger engine crashed Into the rear of the freight caboose at Sturgeon river. The caboose was telescoped and caught Are from the stove. Brakeman Jerry Donohue was perhaps fataJly burned, and conductor Horace Fee wa badly injured- The engineer-and fireman of the passenger train escaped by jumping. A flagman sent back by the freight crew could not be recn by the passenger engineer on account of the snowstorm.

The Colorado Horror. NEW CASTLE, Col.. Feb. 20.-Up to G o'clock this evening eight more victims of the Vulcan mine explosion had been recovered. At 5:20 o'clock this morning four bodies were found and brought to the surface. They were the remains of Nic Ross, Robert Cottle. Jr.. Will Funk, aged fourteen, and WiMie Doerr, aged thirteen. At 3 o'clock this afternoon two more bodies were found, and half an hour later two more. They were the remains of Robert Steiker. Tony Tapero. John Cambard and Charles Merchant. They were found in the first entry and all within a space of about one hundred feet. The bodies were covered with coal and timbers and terribly disfigured. Their legs, arms and ribs were broken, and the flames had blackened their faces almost beyond recognition. An additional pame was this morning added to the list of victims. It is that of Alfonso Boldls, and increases the number to fortynine. SPEECH BY M'KINLEY OHIO'S CANDIDATE TALKS AT A 11ANQUKT IX CLEVELAND. In Response to the Toast, "The ReIinhlirnn Party," He Enlojclaed Presidents Lincoln nnd Wnslttngton. CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 0.-The annual banquet of the Tippecanoe Club to-night at the Forest City House was participated in by nearly all the leading Republicans of the city. Covers were laid for 225. Governor McKInley was the guest of honor, and his address in response to the toast. 'The Republican Party," was the principal speech of the evening. Governor Bushncll was prevented from being present by a previous engagement, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Jones was kept away by the Illness of his wife. Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, who was to have responded to the toast, "The Republican Party Never Fights Behind Breastworks," sent his regrets.' The most notable address, aside from that of Governor McKInley, was de livered by Congressman William Smith, of Grand Rapids, in response to the toast, "Our Foreign Relations." In the course of his address Major Mc KInley said: "This is the month of important and patriotic anniversaries, marking impressive lessons to the people and peculiarly linked with the life of the Re public. . The 12th of the month marked the birth of the immortal Lincoln; the 22d of the month records the birth of the immortal Washington, the invincible patriot and soldier, but for whom and without whom, Bancroft says, the country could not have achieved its government and formed Its union." After referring to the part Washington took in framing the Constitution, especially in the adoption cf tho amendment providing for the representation of the States in the House, he paid a tribute to the wisdom and soundness of that instrument, and praised Washington for his administration of the government. In conclusion, he said: "Lincoln's Immortal proclamation of emancipation was but a fitting supplement and actual fulfillment of tho immortal Declaration of Independ ence, xorxtown pointed the way, but it was Appomattox that marked the complete and, glorious realization of both. The greatest names in American historv are Washington and Lincoln. These illustrious men achieved grander things during the less than century, from 1775 to IMS, than any other men ever accomplished in all the years since first the flight of time began. .Washington acknowdedged no throne but me peopie: Lincoln accepted war to save the Union." Mr. Overstret Honored. VASHINfrrON. Feb. 20.-The Republicans of the House and Senate held a Joint caucus In th hall cf the House of Representatives to-night, for. the purpose of the selection of a campaign committee. A resolution was adopted for the organization cf the committee to consist of one member from each State or Territory represented In either branch cf Congress, the selections to be made within ten days. Representative Grosvenor.of Ohio, was chairman, and- Representative Hooker, of New York, secretary of the caucus, which remained in session but fifteen minutes. The rumors that an attempt would be made to arrange for concerted action on a legislative programme for the remainder of the session proved to be utterly without foundation. The subject was not even mentioned. The following selections for membership of the campaign committee were announced to-night: Connecticut Representative Russell. Illinois Representative Cannon. Iowa Representative Hull. Kentucky Representative Colson. Montana Representative Hartman. New York Representative Sherman. Ohio Representative Bromwell. Fouth Dakota Senator Petigrew. Utah Repre?entative Allen. Arizona Delegate Murphy. Oklahoma Delegate Piynn. Indiana Representative Overstreet. Kansa5 Representative .Long. Massachusetts Representat ive Apsley. New Hampshire Senator Gallinger. North Dakota Representative Johnson. Pennsylvania Representative Reyburn. Tennessee Reprentative Gibach. West Virginia Representative Miller. New Mexico Delegate Catron. Hunter, 5!); IMnckliurn, ,"0. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 20. The death of Judge Grace cast a shadow of sorrow over both houses of the Legislature to-day. The roll call showed 12G members present, neces sary to a choice. 64. The ballot resulted: Hunter, w: B ackburn. x): Carlisle. 3: Mc creary. 1; Burchett, 1: Da vies, 1: Crawford, 1; Late, i. on reassembling arter tne joint assembly both houses adjourned out of respect to the memory of Judge Grace. The strained relations between Governor Bradley and Congressman Hunter, the Republican nominee for Senator against lilackburn, have reached a crisis since the publication In Louisville of an article charging Governor Bradley wdth the responsibility of Hunter not being elected. Governor Bradley to-day demanded that Dr. Hunter make a denial of the charge. Hunter declined to do so.and added that the gravity of the situation might have been prevented by the Governor. After this unpleasant passage Governor Hradley said Dr. Hunter was mad because the Governor would not come before a Republican caucus and p.edge lTimself to issue a certificate of election to Hunter on the plan of unseating enough Democrats to make suro of Hunter's election. More serious trouble is expected between Bradley and Hunter. May He Two Delegation. CHICAGO, Feb. 20. There is reason to believe that there will be contesting delegations from Illinois in the national Dynocratlc convention in July. The silver men in control of tho State organization will probably succeed in electing a full delegation of white metal enthusiasts. The opponents, consisting of Democrats who demand U sound-money plank in the platform, are determined to make a fight, and, led by Ben Cable, have already laid plans to drag the contest Into the convention. As proof of the sincerity of the sound-money wing of the party, it 1? said Mr. Cable has engaged sixteen rooms at the Auditorium for the accommodation of the forty-eight delegates he expects to have on the ground when the bill opens. July 7. The plan is to elect a Cable delegate in every congressional district where an Altgeld-Hinrlcbsen man Is chosen and then carry the contest to the committee on credentials to be choen by the national convention. It is also hinted that similar contests are to be made by xhe sound-money men In all of the silver States. A Kick at the Whitney Boom. JACKSON. wMiss., Feb. 20. The Senate today adopted the following resolutions: "Whereas. The so-called Whitney boom 1ms created an erroneous impression in some quarters in regard to the financial views of the Democracy of Misissippi; therefore, be It Resolved, That the people of the State are unalterably la favcr of the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present ratio of 16 to 1. regardless of the action cf any other government. "Resolved. That it is the sense of the Senate of Mississippi that States which habitually vote la the Electoral College against the nominees of the Democratic party should ncit shape the policies of the party or dictate Its nominees." The House yesterday passed similar resolutions.

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FRENCH CABINET AGAIN SI' STAIN ED 11 Y THE DE1TT1ES. Trouble Pcnretl liy Senators Correupomlcnt Sninlley on the Venezuelan Qneation Qld Mapi Found. LONDON. Feb. 21. The French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, by a. vote of C09 to 1S, affirmed the vote of confidence which it passed in the government on Feb. 13. Tho vote on Feb. 13 stood 326 to 43. During the course of the debate M. Raymond Poincare, Republican, representing the district of Commercy, declared that If M. Bourgeois sheltered himself behind a vote of confidence the general policy of the government would have the appearance of being afraid. These remarks so annoyed the Premier that after the sitting he sent two cf his friends to Polncare In order to . demand explanations. Tho matter, however, was arranged without a duel. A Paris dispatch to the Daily News says that the government victory has caused astonishment in the Senate. "As a matter of precaution," the dispatch continues, "access to the Luxemburg (where the sittings of tte Senate are held) ha? been forbidden, jcxcept with special passes. The guards we're doubled, and extra precautions were taken to secure telephone service to General Saussier (the Military Governor of Paris), and" the prefect of police. M. Lcuvet is disinclined to give battle. His idea is to let the quarrel cool down by means of a long adjournment." The Post's Paris correspondent says: "Throughout the sitting the Radicals maintained a storm of hooting, howling, cheering and banging with desk lii?, while the Centre was equally noisy. It seemed some times as though M. Brisson, President of the Chamber of Deputies, would be obliged to abandon the task of attempting to keen order in despair. Both M. Ribot and M. Polncare left the tribune with their speeches unfinished. The chamber took an adjournment until Monday." The Paris correspondent of the Times says: "The Cabinet has obtained a victory after declarations which have minimized considerably its revolutionary tendencies, and under conditions which show that its days are numbered." SMALLEV HAS KEAIIS. Amerlcnn JlncoeM May Kill the Joint Con in I s ion Scheme. LONDON, Feb. 21.-G. W. Smalley, in a dispatch from New York to the Times, states that it is not open to the British government to pick out one part of the plan for a Venezuelan settlement which he has outlined in dispatches to that paper as being favorably looked on by the United States government for acceptance, while rejecting others. "In any case," continued Mr. Smalley, "it does not follow that Washington would not consider a counter proposal or a reasonable modification. But embarrassments are thickening. Jingo opposition to the scheme is daily rising here and a similar disposition is appearing in some nonjlngo quarters." The correspondent quotes some of the leading New York papers on the scheme to illustrate the above views. An editorial In the Times this morning says: "The turning- point has been reached in the Venezuelan dispute. The press has been called on to play a novel and delicate part on both sides of the Atlantic. It has now done its work. It is for the diplomates to complete the good work the Journals have begun by diplomatic usage. The next move rests with Secretary Olney. It H for him to resume the correspondence and to submit the present views of his government to Lord Salisbury. We are confident that they are practically the same as those embodied in our Washington dispatches, and that they would be received here with the greatest respect and a desire for an amicable settlement. When negotiations are resumed, it Is only fair that they should be conducted in Washington in preference U London, since we are unfortunately deprived of the presence of a Venezuelan envoy here. Nothing is further from our Intentions than to imply that Lord Salisbury should accept the joint commission and should reject the rest. It is quite understood here that the project of the Washington government stands or falls as a whole. We have every reason to hope and believe that it will bring blessings and a firm and enduring peace to the two great branches of the Kngllsh-speaklng race." A Canadian's Dlncovery. OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 2a In the House of Commons to-night Hon. David Mills, Canada's foremost authority on Internation al lav, made an important announcement. "I would like to call the attention of the government, he said, to the fact that I have discovered in the parliamentary library here, several old maps, some French and some Dutch, which give the boundaries of the Spanish and Datch possessions in South America and according to which the boundary line drawn is at least as extensive as the present claim of the British government. Now, these maps may be in the TVrljrn Office nf Fncland or thev mar not. and it seems to me that it would be a proper thing and in tne puunc interest u me government were to order copies of these maps and have them placed at the disposal of the Foreign Office. There Is a map of M. iv t.UIp u-hft waa first ceotrraoher to the King of France, of 1722: there is also a map of l'epple At .Mitcnen. aatea in. irvinc thA hminrtarv of Venezuela and Alusia and Surinam; also an atlas of the whole continent of America rrom ltiH to iws; uan--ni.'c man nf the north nart of South America, 177b. and also Mortieruex's map of 1746. There is also a map of Robert de Vanroudy, who was geographer to the King cf Poland, bearing date ini. am or mem cvtonj tho hn-mdarv of Dutch Guiana as far west as tho mouth of the Orinoco river and some of them follow up that river for a conslaeraoie aistance. Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., said the government would forward copies of the maps to the imperial aumormes. Mexico's Portion. CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. 20. Foreign Ttelations Minister Mariscal said to-day that the Mexican government had never thought of making an offer of its good offices to Eng land, either In the boundary question or in I the Uruan Incident, but the Venezuelan min ister at Washington proposed to the Mexi can minister Romero that we should au ithnrize our minister In I)ndon. and subse quently let Mr. Romero go on some kind of a mission for the purpose of negotiating with the British government respecting the Venezuelan incident. Before making any nrnnnsals of our uood offices we procured rhe necessary information, and ascertained that on motion of Venezuela another minister accredited to the court of St. James had already offered his mediation in the matter, and that the offer had been accepted by Lord Salisbury, and that negotiations were pending. Consequently, we have nothing to do in the matter, at least for the present. SPEECH TO IlRANIHIMllRGERS. Emperor William Flatterx Members of the Diet. BERLIN. Feb. 20. At the annual banquet of tho Brandenburg Diet to-day, Emperor William made a long, eloquent speech, in which ho referred to the splendid feats of arms of the UranJenburg corps at Metz, and his own emotions in visiting the scene of the sacrifices. He had then vowed that no mark of gratitude should bp too great for such services. He exhorted his hearers to defend the sacred memory of William I acaint every attack, for to him they owed all the benefits they experienced. He trusted that the German wives and maidens who had cheerfully yielded their sons, husbands dx 1 lovers for the fatherland would ever be mindful of their high calling and would train their children to e good and able men. He called upon his hearers to work for the welfare of the fatherland. Hohenlohe'N Trlbntr to ItlNinnrck. BERLIN, Feb. 20. At a banquet of the Bundezrath to-night, in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the empire, Chancellor Von Hohenlohe, in proposing the health of Emperor William and the German princes, said that he was well aware that another, a better and greater man than 1 e, should occupy the position he has filled, the man Germany, next to the great Emperor William, honored as the founder of its unity. For himself, he had only taken a preliminary share in the great work, to

which the sacrifices of the German princes, made in the patriotic decision to Join the empire, had contributed. The national movement of 181$ and 1S70 had to reckon with the local patriotism which had prown op In the individual states and which had been strengthened by the course of history. It was this feeling which the Emperor, who always fatthlully upaeld tho rights of his federal allies, had ever taken Into account. Tney must always be able to count, he said, on harmonious co-operation of the different members of the empire. He concluled by calling for cheers for the Emperor an 1 the princes of the empire and for the free cities.

To RrMtrlct Cattle Importation. LONDON. Feb. 20. In the House of Commons, to-day. Right Hon. W. H. Ixng. president of the Board of Agriculture, introduced a bill to amend the diseases of animals act of 1891, with the object of alolishIshing the discretion now enjoyeJ by he Minister of Agriculture to admit foreign cattle and to make the present restrictions permanent. lie says that the government did not desire to interfere unfairly in any way with foreign countries, and he showed that the restrictions at present existing had not prevented a large increase in the number of cattle Imported from the United States and Argentina, but that they hal almost abolished disease in imported cattle. Mr. Long said that he sincerely believed that the bill would encourage cattle breeding in England, and would thus do something for the agricultural interests. The bill was read for the first time. One of the features of Mr. Long's bill Is that it renders the slaughter of foreign cattle at the port of entry compulsoryThe Indian Mint. LONDON. Feb. 20. The government, in the House of Commons, to-day, was asked by Sir W. II. Houldsworth. Conservative for Northwest Manchester, if It had refused to co-operate with Germany in furthering an international monetary agreement by reopening the Indian mints. The First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. A. J. Balfor, replied. avimr that there ns nn truth in ts m ' ' " av a I ti v. rumor that the government had been approached on the subject by Germany. He added: "We would nMiHniHv mnci.ior n conjunction with the Indian government. me icupeiunt, oi me inaian mints li the measure comprised a. sntisfnctnrv ehma for currency reform." BERLIN. "Pp.li vo TVuint Vrt. raF the German bimetallist champion, admitted mat me movement nad progressed but slowly, but he continued to feel hopeful. A resolution was adontd in favnr rtf M metalllsm - for Germnnv but nnh in operation with England. France and the T n 1 1 Minister Taylor Reason. MADRID, Feb. 20, Mr. Hannis Taylor, the United States minister. In a note to the Duke of Tetuan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, says that he preferred to call the attention of the Spanish government to the lecture delivered hv commanded the caravel Santa Maria! Knt by Spain to the Columbian Exposition. which contained offensive allusions to the neonle and the customs nf th TTnitri States, so that the cordial relations between tne two countries should not be disturbed. Turkey Concessions to Kngland. LONDON.. Feb.. 21. A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople says that the Sultan has Instructed Costakl Pasha, Turk ish embassador in London, to invite Eng land to regulate the situation in Egypt with suzerain power on the basis of guaranties being given for the security of communications between India and England. W. IV. Aator to Wed Lady Chnrchtll. LONDON, Feb. 20. The Leeds Mercury says to-day that the engagement of William Waldorf Astor and Lady Randolph Churchill, formerly Miss Jennie Jerome, of New York, will Boon be announced. Mrs. Astor died Dec. 22. 1894, and Lord Randolph Churchill died Jan. 24, 1895. Sues Canal Blocked. PORT SAID, Feb. 20. The German steamer Kantzler, from Hamburg for Delagoa bay, remains aground at Ismailia, Twentysix steamers are already awaiting1 her release In order that they may b able to proceed through the Suez canaL Italian Losses In Africa, MASSOWAH, Feb. 20. General Baratieri, commander of the Italian forces In Africa, has telegraphed from Adublcho that in the recent skirmishes with the Shoans the Italian losses were fifty killed, Including two officers and fifty wounded. Uprising; of the Maroons. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 20. An upris ing of the Maroons has taken place at St. t unzauein. Cable Notes. It Is stated that 7.000,000 will be devoted to naval work in this year's British budget. M. A. Jewett has left Constantinople on 'his return to Sivas, at which place he occupies the position of United States consul. The Madrid police have arrested several persons on suspicion of exploding a petard Wednesday night in the square in front of the palace. The explosion alarmed the royal family, but only a street lamp was damaged. The London Chronicle announces that Sir Philip Currie. the present British embassador at Constantinople, will succeed the Marquis of Dufferin, the present British embassador. at Paris, upon the latter's impending retirement. The great tailors' strike, which has been In force for several weeks in many cities of Germany, has been ended by the employers granting a 12Vi Per cent. Increase of wages. The seamstresses strike, a movement allied to the tailors' strike, is also on the eve of a settlement. Venezuela Finances. Baltimore Sun. Venezuela is now undergoing a reaction from the inflation experienced while money was b1ng spent on railroad building. Since 18S3 some fc,0u0,000 of foreign capital has been brought into the country for railroads and other public works under the promise oL a government guarantee of 7 per cent. little of which is being paid. The total public dot is about $40,000, 0io, the principal and .interest on which have been scaled, but for fl! teen years no Interest has been paid on u, larzo part of it. The politicians find a bettfr use for the money. The last revolufica U. tt:mated to cost $359,000. Too for IHoodrd l)os. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Owners and caretakers are lv. pt busy at Madison-square Garden o-rtay looking after the comfort of the dcs entered for the We?tminster Kennel Club's bench show, the cold snap making it dim ult to keep the more delicate of the animals from suffering. Berry's Bradshaw, a bloodhound owned by Dr. longest, of Boston, died of cold during the night. He w.s valued at 11.000. Collies were the rrst judged to-day. J. Pierpont Morgan's S'fton Hall. Chorlton Phi'dis and Rufcrd Onn vJe were prize winners. V;v- 31 en Scalded. CHICAGO . Feb. 20.-Ry the explosion of a boiler a t e world's fair site in Jackson Park t I ty. .five employes of the Columbian Saiv i ,e Company were terribly scaldfd. jl.c boiler was near Machinery Hall. The lollowlng were Injured: John Swar, John Origan. William Murray, Michael Sherry and John Balzy. All were badly scalded, but it Is believed none fatally. life depeids

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Whim TOBACCO PURE. HARMLESS, SATISFYING. NERVOUS RECEPTION TO COL. WALKER. The? Grand Army Commander "Welcomed to ProTitlenre. 'PROVIDENCE. B. I., Feb. 20. The Grand 1 Army reception to Commander-in-chief I. X. Walker, this afternoon and evening, was of h most enthusiastic nature. On his arrival he was accorded a reception at the XarraKansett Hotel. With him were Inspectorgeneral Win. Olln, of Massachusetts; Past Commander-in-chief J. G. B. Adams, Past Deputy Commander V m. A. Wetherbee, of Massachusetts: Samuel Alman. rear admiral National Association of Naval Veterans; Col. I J. Marcy. commander Hons of Veterans, of New York: Col. F. F. Bolton. Massachusetts commander Sons of Veterans; Quartermaster T. J. Hammond, of Boston. To-nI?ht at Infantry Hall a banquet wa neld. the honors of t03stmaster beinc divided between Deputy Commander W. K. Stone and Past Deputy Commander Dan 'Ballon, of Rhode Island. The speakers were col. F. v. k. Allen, representing Governor Lflppitt; Mayor Edward McGuinness, of Iro-ldence; Mayor Tlepke. of Pawtucket; Commander-ia-o'hief Walker, Commander-in-chief Russell. Sons of Veterans; Bear Admiral Samuel Alman and others. A company of the Sons of Veterans of Woonsockct ffave an, exhibition drill. X Plnrc for Iteforin. "Washington Post. "There is bound to be a reform In tha matter of funerals ere manv years," sali Mr. Edward P. St. John, of Boston, at the Hotel Pase. "'I was talking with a. leadlnr undertaker of our city the other dav, and he advanced the opinion that the custom of following the remains of departed friends to the place of burial would at no distant day be discontinued. It is often the direct cause of sickness and death to some one in the party by reason of exposure to Inclement weather, intensified by a long wait In some bleak cemetery. It would bo a sensible thrnp to abandon the practice, but It has been too lonsr In the nature of an established Institution to be dropped all at once." ; . Ills Time to La ash, New York Mall and Express. They say that Senator Quay laughs outright every time his presidential boom If mentioned. Ho Is a wise man to Indulge la his hilarity now, wh?n It Is comparatively free from the suspicion of affectation. Too 3Iany Lain. Washington Post. The Cincinnati murder mystery Is becomin? almost aa monotonous as the Fit-simmons-Maner affair. A Possibility. Detroit Tribune. The stirring events of a presidential campaign may serve to remind Senator Sherman of still others. Too Suspicions. Washington Post. It Is barely possible that Brother Harrison is merely giving the other candidate the alkali eye. "DR. MILES, Through His Nervine Is a Bea efactor to Thousands." r. -iii , WO' H WIDELY knoTrn Wisconsin publisher, who resides at Crcen Bay. write March eth, 1S05, as f ollowa : 'Fivo years ago I became ko ncrrous that mental work was a burden. I could not rest at night on account of ilceplcssncss. My attention tvts called to Dr. Miles4 I&cstorailvo Nervine, and I commenced to uso 1 vlth the very best effect. Since then I bavo kept a Lottlo In my bouso and us It whenever ny nerves become tin truns. with always the same good results. My son also Dr. Miles takes It for cervousnesj with liLo never failing success. I have rccomuicndod It to many and it cures tlicrn. All who suffer from nerve troubles fdiould try It, Nervine Restores Health It la frco from narcotics, perfectly harmless, and yet scot lies ar.d irentbcn. Ir. Miles, through his Nervine in a I c no fact or to thousands." , A. C. LF.H 11 Alt, Editor and proprietor of ftzn Lanismajc. Dr. Miles' Ncrrino is bold on frcaractee first bottle will bencflt or money refunded. NATIONAL Tube Works WroD$bt-Iroa Pipe for Gtf, Steaa and Niter. ' ItoiW Tu C&M arid U&T.atl Iron rrytnif black &d glvinUti. Yfdrm. Mof (VhKs. Ingles Trlmrnlnt, htrair. Causes. Pips Torgx Hi Cutter. VlM. Srrt 1'lats a 11 Is. Wrfn.b. Mrain Ttsr. rrwp. Klt b m Mny. Hoe. Ilitinc. I5atwt Me:! suiur. What an t Colored AVlpi&z Wxste. d4 ail oibtr :uT':lls usa1 la -rmie-tlfn with dr.. Mean ml Water. Natural im Siipp'.lri a eria:ty. sutm batins Api-arstui for lui ISulMincs. More-room JlilKstioi. tanrt. laundries. Liuut-er Irydlouj, etc. u; an. I Thread u ordT aur sik Wrixittir-litxi ipr. trrnii ,' lura t 1J inch? thamtU-r. KNIGHT & JILLSOU, ".5 and 11 C PE-N:H ST. m:ai.s, ste.nxils. stamps. SEALS??! STEHCILS5TAT1PS; CATALOSUrrRtZ liADCSS. CHECKS LZ.

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