Herald-Despatch, The (Newspaper) - February 3, 1897, Decatur, Illinois uf tx i I'M I hi I y tr uu 4 N M la o 14 mid 111 vt of Oil Until i b a r it it thu burnt n v i ai 1 i rlun I wii hi i f t N nf thu 1 mn 1 I ho f 1 1 c i i i r lur i i i i s i i In- f r i nt n 11 A t u i 11 1 I I I ill i V I t I tl hu ti M i tth Itlm bo V r tho iii i i ty tlin Ilka t i- M Hi it man i i1 in MI mi II ir v thu ll i n WHS n A Uw l ntl Mtt k nf rholl t Hot ot tun tn i li n I i ti to il I Hi I Midi Umt ho n tiU tn t III Will i nf town und uuu Cur unit your win by tkn Hio town should j work ho 1 nt hu at- uin l-y Inw i- ub Mom iv day in tho unit 18 a 10 Will r of n for s SAYd wnU tlo Shu tn tdo hiT lit thu On A- Mill 1 with in n more ro- pr m J than to thi Grand It HI A I ON of M mod IHT nt in of mi I IIT iif a dir who woro or mil son mil Mr null Mri nk Hutin in of i Mi mill mil thu In i M i mi vh i fur n lime In: n in K il- nS hli 111 Iml A limn 11 I- w lit In known U to BL 10 o TtuM'lay at uf 111 ly n until i IMi HUNK in In two por ly find two others W J Morrison lent for i Sun Ohio mi oil who 1 from tho explosion was by Hying lootIs i jut by i she tell from I llo homo Hor aro U tho two men tin bo whan It ex- oro blomi to Tho pro pano ot n broken nnd Tho in I Us SI 03 PER YEAR 00 PER YhAR VOL 99 ILL WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3 1897 PER YEAR In Cabinet As of Agriculture WAS NAMED YESTERDAY ith That Ho to Bo They nuu Tiil Will to tho Enst and to Succeed t ton 0 Tho by lion of town ij nit In had tendered tho portfolio by Major 1 1 d tho with cor- i nt tlo c 111 of mid Tho i i t cluto muy bo i- S uf of Ohio of tho ol M of Wiir of Michigan of tho Long of ih Si uf tho of C of of lown tind Judge nit tho of holr und le a bute thu may bo did by L Woodford of Now York Oco of tho IIH will of bo to n New ir mid II tho of tho In tho to thu would bj thud thoro IH no thut tho or will bo by a ODD and nrr to bo to Mo among tho luttor lion H of tho of Judge Cloff o Virginia In to hta appointments Mnj jr found to nn U of III for thu position of comptroller of tho when Comptroller la or ho lu the und Mr Mr will Bee hit to for luur hla belug par tho ahull ho wuiiti to shorten Mr dont for several and bot the administrations hua made ull tho to tbo president nt etata Ho was born in tho District of Columbia Oct 8 1887 served ns a page in tho United sonale and graduated at tho military academy In Ho served In tho ordnance department and us au ar- tillery officer and waa twice brovetted cap- tain and major before bin second year in tho service hud fcr ry at Mil's and Hill Be waa then to tho engineer and the part of the war he wjs ant on General stall ro- throe brevets for around Since tho war he has served on and and harbor work In nil parts of tho country hla chief duties huve been in charge of public lugs nnd grounds nt tho National capital improving tho of Thomas erecting ti monument at the of Washington the statue ing ths und super of ilia military university conferred tho cf LL D on Wilson la 1890 Dispatches Carried For Ninety Miles In Dugouts BIG EXPEDITION LANDED Oo the Coast of the Santiago Evaded the Spanish War Ships But Had a Skirmish With the Troops Putting Them to Flight u Heavy Supplies Reached Garcia All Cuba yet abroad lurin Mr wnn In tho Ht und wna a of tho notional ut tho lu tho same He nan loader nf tho forces la Major Km Ivy him In tho Houso i but and out which ho wua told lio Ho n a bunk director the president of KIH a wilier of a book on in a of ho woa a nnd n icon ii of tlin llo la only iJ old wus a of at tho toi uy which on- i tho t intend to hla and go ovi r his Inaugural tbo Lnf II a 1 of and li Dorr of Now York D WILL SELt Jsin Ohio will be so kl nt auction Ky thn The lino runs to THE EXTRA SESSION Chicago Kcb A to a local input President March I i tilor tin of tho nte Thu will bo In Monday 15 Thu now wuya and moans committee will make its to tho by Maroh 22 It U proposed to tho new tariff within a fortnight from that Tho In to bo passed nnd cent tci th by thu Ural In April The re- publican lenders havo canvassed the nud expect tho to pass by Juno 15 tho laical and go into by 1 o tho waya committee In speaking of tbo program said Thero will bo no legislation during tho extra call congress In for tho of passing a Whon wo meet In March tho will bo ready to present to tho house und It be pasted thirty and to tho senate Nothing bo done by tbe house Ho will adjourn from day to day or take days adjournment according Io tho provisions of the constitution Tbe eyes of thu country the alone Tho will not pension bills ocr enter any Wo will remain nominally In until tho reaches a conclusion on tho and then the measure will go Into a conference where It will be perfected In n manner to null both houses of I do uot believe that tho nte will forco n long when nothing tit under except the tariff Mill CALLED Washington Fob com mission an opinion by Commissioner Pronty u lu the mbt tor of alleged unlawful rates and practices tn tho transportation of grain and grain products by tho Topeka and Santa Fo railway company the Chicago Grout Western railway company and others concerning u transportation uf tho Chicago Groat Western railway This company owning tho entire lock ol tho Iowa company which lad boon for tho of holding tho title to lands of railway company to be purchased In City iu the of tho develop incut company transported over the lines of tie company to Chicago and thoro aold on tho market Tho ment company had no bone Interest in tho transaction Neither tho railway y nor tho company purchased tho for tho purpose of ownership ho transactions being a device to secure its transportation at other than published rules and the only rate paid waa tho upon the tion which varied with each shipment Tbo commission hold that this constituted a of tho third and sections of the act to regulate commerce and an order directing tho railway company to and from such violation been LATEST SYNDICATE MOVE Cincinnati Feb largo syndicate of English and American capitalists are ing B combine of wood working machinery manufacturers of the United States It Is said that twenty of tbo largest of tbe country huve agreed to join and have given options on their plants to ths syndicate which If the la will absolutely control tho markets of tho world Tho object is to it is claimed Tho company of ia tho largest woodworking chinery manufacturing concern In tho world nnd It Is stated tha ii has given an option on both its plants ta the syndicate President Thomas P when asked Is It true thut there Is a project on foot to consolidate the woodworking of tho I believe sV waa hia reply Hua tho company taut an opinion on Its ol that kind hua taken JUDGE MUNGER 0 Feb H ger of Fremont Nob who was today by tho president to be United States district of the Nebraska district was born in county N Y Nov 12 1815 Ho lived ii his nativo ts tutU January 1866 Bo waa educated In tho of hla native town and at Brockport and N Y In January 1808 bo went to Cleveland 0 and read law with Judge Barber of that city He was admitted to the bar in 1869 anc a mouth later removed to this state Ho settled in Fremont in October of that year and has beon engaged In tbo practice of law at thut place aince He wee a member of and uu active participant in the con- convention In 1875 In 1878 he was In partnership with Hon James M Wolworth of this The ment was well received among the legal fraternity In this city NEW CHIEF OP Washington John M Wilson today chief of has been tho friend of the TRY TO THROW POTATOES OUT Lansing Mich Fob first steps were tikon ID the on supreme court tonight to oust Governor Pingree from the office of mayor of Detroit which he has presumed to hold since his Inauguration as governor Tho proceeding waa commenced by Attorney Fred A Baker of Detroit the noted constitutional lawyer who asks for an order Detroit common council to show why mandamus should not issue the holding of a special in that at to choose a successor to Mayor Pingree who by accepting the office of is de- clared to have the office of mayor Tbe t offices are to be incompatible The couit will consider the petition morrow Jan nice of the United Associated Presses Although the Cuban revolutionary junta here under orders from in Now York makes no further attempts to send off filibustering expeditions from Jamaica since tho toad fiasco it up constant with tho ern const of Cuba particularly the Orients Thla ia done by means of fishing bouts chiefly but times tbo Cuban couriers come in open dugouts aa wna the week Despatches are sent honee and received weekly the alleged vigilance of tho police ing and such things are bent along with tho despatches nnd patriot officers send despatches this way Occasionally tho ate caught and placed in tine but for the moat part they are by pilots familiar with the coasts who put thorn lu undor the noses of the police and tho colony in Kingston swallows them up There are now at Port Maria six Cubans undergoing Quarantine including an officer who may bo released iu time to catch this mail for New York They arrived last week in an open boat or a h allowed out log which they made the ninety mile voyage in throe and two nights with nothing but a little and honey for provisions They bear im- portant from General Garcia for Senor T Estrada Palma the president of the New York junta Since tho capture and detention ot messengers another party has arrived who evaded the police and their despatches will doubtless be forwarded today The news they brought is of great importance for it tells of tbo landing on Sunday last of a big on tho coast of tli go The ba kod without molestation from tho ish which wero looking for but looked for it in the wrong place When it landed however Its troubles began The convoy was met by a body of Spanish troops that wero not looking for it and a The Cuban foroe In gutting between tbe troops ana that precious and their ground the had gone into a cure Then the Cubans fell back The troops pursued them hotly expecting an easy victory and the capture of the whole outfit but it was a decoy retreat which drew the troops into an ambush where a much stronger body of Cubans wero low Tha of it waa roua for the Spaniards who did not get out of the mess until they had lost so heavily hat the remnant were glad to retreat and allow the convoy to continue its march into ha Interior The expedition got Into the camp of Garcia without further Tbe supplies received by this expedition will go far toward equipping the army of Orient for its abate in the big struggle Weyler and Gomez that ia coming olf soon The case against the veteran pilot Lanza who was recently caught red landed trying to get with an armed ex- of which the junta knew nothing ins resolved Itself Into a of the corn lav He was indicted under the foreign enlistment act but tbo attorney general dis- covered the same flaw that the United Statas courts bate noted That is that there can be no technical breach of neutrality while no of war officially The result was that Lansa waa fined for Ing to ship goods without warrant and be has appealed tbe case to the higher courts on tho ground that aa the arrest was premature there la no evidence of the at- tempt to The outlook ia that he will get off with a fine of for a breach of a police out a No News of Havana Peb is no public news regarding Captain General Weyler and if tbe officiate at the palace have any tion regarding hia movements the refused to In fact his whereabouts aie unknown and for some reason It seems to be necessary that mystery should attach to bis Marcos Garcia and Juan returned to Spritus yesterday TBE THREE FRIENDS A Washington Feb Genera Harmon today Instructed the United States district attorney at Jacksonville to proceed the steamer Three Pi lends an a The prosecution will be against the and not against htr officers and crew in accordance with section 4297 ol the revised The purpose of the attorney general In bringing tho prosecution la largely to test tho opinion recently given by Judge Locke of tbe United States court at Jacksonville in the Three Friends case In Discharging her officers from custody Judge Locke held that thore was no of war ia Cuba and the Friends was not therefore on- gaged in a political According to tho at the department of justice this opinion clearly made the Three amenable to prosecution for piracy granting that tho statements made through certain York newspapers are true that cho armed und upon a Spanish venae 1 for if her was was In armed attack on or re- to a friendly state The has an additional from tho fact that tho case will be heard before Judge Locke No one here however believes thut the yarns about this tug boat training a solitary gun on a wo 1 Spanish gunboat can be sustained by the slightest fragment of proof IK IS A BUSY DAY Passes A Number of ant BUT REFUSED TO TAKE UP The Measure Reported by tiia Commerce to et Appropriation Under Chandler to Know If a Republican Form of in Delaware BEATS LITTLE St Louie of the dining of tie Merchants on Washington wBi the ecene Eight of an exhibition which eur- the recent Seeley affair in New York The tbo fifth annual dinner of the St Louis electrical exchange Among tho guests were politicians professional men and wealthy with for About midnight tha boari was cleared and a curtain drawn around tin dais in the rear cf the hall Tho master o ceremonies asked all those who opposed tho Seeley dinner dessert to raise their hands Not a hand wap ceremony or music the curtain across tho dias waa drawn revealing a light colored and girl She waa in a shott dancing stockings danc ing shoes and the abbreviated raiment o n fin de There was no in Sho at once began the gyra twists atd curves made familiar on the Midway in tbe World's Whon she became the curtain was drawn The applause waa tremendous and calls were loud for Little Africa In the altogether The girl de- for a timeL but noise and numbers For a second time she steppec forth but now clad only ia dancing and a broad grin The uproar that fol lowed waa ample testimony of the of the to please For an hour including several breathing spells tbo performance continued Every one present was pledged to but the story came out today and thoro wea much ineffective ellort to the newspapers The dinner H the reigning scandal and ia full of dire to many of the participants SEVERE ACCUSATIONS Milwaukee Wis Feb J W late general counsel for the Northern Pacific railroad company ia severely attacked in tho ol the com- pany filed today to the suit brought by him to recover for alleged services and for an unnamed amount for services as a byist before the North Dakota legislature when the was which made 16 possible for tha Northern o buy Pacific and Manitoba railroad com- The company accuses Colonel conveying to himself while president of the Manitoba road rty in Winnipeg for which the company laid The property is improved and Colonel McNaught receives the Phe assertion is trade that McNaught owes be company which is specified as an offset The answer recites the fact hat McNaught WES a surety on the bond of General Land Agent Paul who was abort in bla accounts and that liability thus incurred has never been paid The company only asked for the dismissal of the suit POUND OUT A GOOD THING Newport News Feb Frees newspaper of this city which hae been ing the news of the Chicago PreM that ecrrice and begun tonight taking the full leased wire news repot t of the Southern and Unit cd Per don io Guzman and Enrique Sellee Osma were ut sunrise this UK et the fortress for the crime of rebellion Twenty-three prisoners hate been tried by court martial at Three of them were condemned to death fire were released and the others were sen to terma of imprisonment ranging from all to lifa A correspondent the details of en engagement between General command and u body ol at La near Guane province of Pinar del Tbe fighting lasted two hours and a Tbe Spanish used artillery Mo Rio half tlon le made of on either elde though tbe correspondent that the fighting was GEN SMITH BURIED St Louis Feb remains ol eral Andrew Jackson Smith who died last at bis home in thla city weie juried today In Calvary cemetery with mil tary honors were held at the of the Immaculate Conception Jefferson avenue and Locust street by Rev G D Power The Arsenal band tions from barracks the National Guard the Mexican war veterans the Loral Legion and the Grand of tbe Republic accompanied tbe to tbe grave After services at tbe church Colonel Guy V Henry commandant di Jefferson barracks oak charge The coffin v placed on a caisson and covered with an American flag by eight geants from the barracke and taken to the cemetery Muffled drama arms reversed and dead marches characterized tba cor tege After services at tbe ceme tery a volley was fired over the grave and tbe buglers sounded taps as la custom ary In a military funeral Washington Feb the house did was to refute to consider tho by the committee on in and foreign railroad ticket In the course o the session which was devoted to tho following bills were To prohibit tho Jrom one to another of literature or designed for Indecent or K officers in the service c the Stilus tho brevet rank held by them and the right to wear tho of that rank for the protection of nation nl military providing that of soldiers may bo appointed from others time those who have been in thu service of tho United Stales extend ing the authority of the president to issu medals of honor to others than officers und enlisted men to restore to his former rank io tho navy and place on the retired lis Commander John N Quackenbush grant ing to Colorado 557 acres in Fort Lyon 10 for n state soldiers the entry of public lands undor the mining laws tbe issue of patents for the located bat un farmed lands in tracts con about acres After the passage of minor bil the consular and diplomatic appropriate waa taken up Mr Hitt stated in general terms the pro visions of tho The total amoun carried was loss by more tha than tha sent by the sec of state Tho net increase in th over the of the present law was Thla was made up of items her carried in tbe sundry civil prin those of fcr continuing th of tbe water boundary between tb United rnd Mexico and tho sub- scription uf the United Stales as a ier of the prison Mr Hitt explained that by order of Saft 25 1890 it decided that the consular salaries or fees did not ex- nor fall below should be appointed by promotion in he service or after examination by a board of in the department It was not speaking an extension of the civil service law The paragraph appropriating to carry out tho treat arrangements with Germany and Great Britain regarding Samoa met tbo decided disapproval of Messrs Turner dem Ga dem Kj and dom Tenn The latter said he did not believe the bouse under any duty to our system of ment waa justified it tilling the to maintain any king heaven Mr Hitt rep ia a treaty ob- and the gentleman would have the louse repudiate itT Mr can repeal it Che house can refuse to appropriate and do so A motion out tho appropriation vaa disagreed to without division out completing tbe reading of the the rope and after passing a to Catherine G Leo of Virginia daughter of William a soldier and a widow of 87 years tbe bouse adjourned until tomorrow The Senate Washington Fob two resolutions were offered last week by Mr Allen pop Neb looking to tbe suspension of he proceedings for the judicial sale of the Union Pacific railway property and which are 1 j on the vico president's table to be taken up for acting in tbo morning hour were not taken up today although Mr Thurston rep who had indicated an intention to upon them was In the chamber He favored hat project but opposed which the pending to effect it Mr Vilas advocated his motion to re- alluding to the as ac historic dream He minded the senators that they had been old the other day by Mr Sherman who as to be tbe chief character in the next that the could not pass the buse at this congress and e Mr Vilas trusted fervently thut the from Ohio was right He protested that no appeal was ad- to those who opposed the he constant repetition of amendments on he part of tbe senator from Louisiana elf showed the necessity of log the Mr Vilas went on to criticise the in letall stating that the stock was ble that tha stockholders were not to be called on to a dollar to the work and that the government of the United a is to pay all the of construction nnd become the sole owner and proprietor of the canal assuming all risks which in- cluded possibly that of war He quoted some other provisions of ths the effect of which waa that the United States should not crawl into tho skin of this de- Canal company There was onn section In tbe ho said became immediately operative if no were ever be- gun already route and that was for the payment of and in- terest to the company although all tha property of the company at the moment could not bo estimated at it oro than He bound t3 protect from such robbery the tax payera of the United Stales Mr Vilas occupied the floor up tc 5 o'clock when he yielded for a motion to pro ceed to executive business That motion was agreed to and afterwards senate adjourned until tomorrow BUSHNELL AND THE MINERS Pa Feb Bush cell of Ohio has taken up the case of tbe coal miners of that state He bu sent t personal to see better conditions cannot be arranged for In this district which will help alleviate the sufferings and want of many ID Pennsylvania and Ohio If a fair rate to rep N H and was referred to the com- on and elections ing that committee to investigate tbe presidential and state election In Delaware and to report to the senate whether a re- publican form of government in that state The canal was taken up and an unsuccessful effort was made to hare a da and hour fixed for a final vote Tbe discussion then proceeded on Mr Vilas moton submitted last Thursday to bare tbe recommitted Mr Vilas spoke of the canal project as an historic dream and quoted Senator Sherman's statement tbe other day that tbe canal could not be constructed by an in- com par y and must be built U at all by tbe government and also that the could not paes tbe house in the present congrew Tbe Details Mr Caffery dem La eaid that it was not to be taken for granted that the WILL AT COST Washington Feb Herbert has accepted an offer promptly made by the Cramps today Lewis Nixon to make thu cruiser Brooklyn as good as nsw in the shortest possible time et actual cost Tbe Cramp sare deeply concerned in thee welfare of the vessel which is of own construction and for which they will not bj fully paid until the vessel has hud her final Inspection at sea several months honce Mr Nixon had visited the hurrying to Washington with the tion and found that about 126 feet of plating on each side of the keel bad been bent and torn rivets being sheared off and steel platea ripped away in many places He says all necessary tugi and lighters will be alongside the vessel out the ammunition and heavier stores to make the ship enough to pats over tho ledges on her re- turn trip up the river to tho navy yard where she will to docked for the repairs On account of the rhec current at the yard a bar has formed and tbc receiving ship Richmond is anchored This tar is too low fcj let the Brooklyn let the deck in her present condition tut a dredge will bo I'D mod lately put to work to open a nel The ice boats owned by the city of Philadelphia will be utilized to make a passage tbo ice and no will be spared to get the Brooklyn into the dock tomorrow If absolutely her heavy guns will be taken off It is estimated that the vessel can be made ready for sea again in about two In the meantime a court of inquiry bo held at tho League Island uavj yard meeting in B few days Edwin S Cramp chief engineer of the Cramp Ship and Engine company this evening made the following statement the accident to tbe Secretary of tho Navy Shla after- noon telegraphed President Sharks H Cramp of our him to take entire charge of the repairs to tbe Brooklyn aud push the work rapidly aa possible The materials ordered for other war can be used In making repairs which will result io the early com- of toe job The tugs and will by tomorrow be along side to her stocks ammunition and coal end this will reduce her draught by more than two feet thus ua to dock her at League Island with ease The dry dick will be pumped outi tomorrow ing to the condition of tbe ing preparatory to docking which will be done at the earliest possible moment The Cramps will do the lightering dredging towing and everything connected in any way with of repairs The company's plans were all perfected this iring and not a be lost In beginning tbe actual work of repairs The extent of damage known until the vessel has been docked WANT SATISFACTION Washington Feb later John Barrett et Bangkok Slam has been by Secretary to press for a the on Vice Consul General to a tribunal and for a prompt bearing The gunboat was ordered to Bangkok and ii now there It ia believed other will be ordered to Bangkok OVERCOME BT GAS Feb and hie wife Sophia were overcome by cotl gu In their room at US West Chicago avenue today Thla afternoon neighbors forced open tbe door and tbe were ing The waa dead and tbe roan It its Ita lida to Nicaragua canal were atore were off Tbe victims ia paid In It will help he Ohio opposed to the scheme of connecting tbe bed and it miners I Pacific and Atlantic by a daring the night
