New York Times, The (Newspaper) - September 15, 1898, New York, New York the News That's Fit to THE Probably showers the after- rising winds VOL. 1808, BT THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 15. 1898.-TWELVB THE NEWS Stock market Cash No. 2 cash No. Turkish Government sent a note to the powers yesterday refusing to comply with request that its troops from The Porte lays the blame for the recent massacres at upon the British mcl the measures enforced there by the The funeral bearing the body of the late Empress of Austria left Geneva amid demonstrations of and bells were lolled In Swiss towns where the train It Is now taken for granted that rhe Minister of Gen. will resign be- cause of tho Cabinet favoring a revision of the Dreyfus Pages 2 and 7. PRICE THREE Pni c 1. Tho account book of the Paymaster of the Cristobal Colon has been washed ashore at K. I. Richard Malcolm the Georgia la critically ill In the City pital at Thomas M. Osborne of Auburn was day named for Lieutenant Governor by rhe Independents to complete their State lie accepted the The Republicans of the Ninth Election Dis- of thn Twenty-third B. last night in- for The Spanish Cortes was prorogued day and the of decree an an end to a stormy session In the A duel between Count and Gen. Primo do Rivera is Senator HOOT has declined the offer of tha Ambassadorship to and tre post has tendered to It Is believed in will also re- fuse It. The police of Staten Island are over finding hist night of a woman's body by a party of searchers who looking for the oi a man which had been seen near the same Our Peace Commission will assemble in Washington to discuss the pine It Is believed that a the body is In favor keeping tha entire group of A. painful Impression has been caused In Madrid by a statement made by the Pais that this country will demand Indemnity In behalf of American citizens who have through tho tion In The Republican district leaders of New York mei last night and fixed tha dates for tho Assembly nnd Congressional Chairman was authorized to call together tho Convention delegates when he shall It Cable advices yesterday brought news of the havoc played by a hurricane in Hundreds wero killed and thousands left and The dead were burled in trenches on the Island St. Vincent and many whose homes were away are being fed at ihe public Cablo communication has been cut off. Senator yesterday announced that ho would not Accept a nomination for tor or any other public The reorganisation of the League of Re- publican Clubs of the State of New was perfected and officers elected day at Quartermaster Col. has been by tho War Department to sell formerly ridden by tho Rough ac auction in this Rough who had been mustered out wore scattered about this city yesterday and were heartily received About two hundred more members of the regiment arrived from President of Cornell President of Johns and K. J. James of the University of Chicago were among those mentioned In San cisco as likely to succeed Mr. as President of the University of Gen here from Washington yesterday and will start for Camp He was approached on the sub- ject of a and plans are on foot fnr though the one proposed for Saturday has been The Republican Convention for the of Slate met in pre- liminary session at New Haven last John 1'orter, the President's who Is a candidates for Governor yesterday Issued a statement in which ho arraigns the party organization of the State for which he verely concie May Antoinette the of ward of KM East One Hundred and Sixteenth was married day to Henry P. whose first wife Is now known as Mrs. Harry W. Mr. secured y. divorce from her In 1696, the case attracting much as decision of Justice Russell set aside as Illegal a div ree obtained by Mrs. in North and her marriage to Mr. Hell formed the statutory grounds on which the was granted to Mr. yesterday at N. John The plaintiff claims he advanced the money for the building of St. Mary's Polish Catholic Church at with the that Bishop Wigger was to give him a mortgage on the Bishop Wigger denied that he made any such and Judge postponed his T. Eugene was shot and killed last night In front of the Oriental 33 Carroll It is believed the was Intended for another Contracts for thirty-six fighting vessels be let within the next few day Secretary approved the con- tracts for building the three new residents aro excited over an an- It is on the of Capt. Chief of the Bureau of that the Naval College at Newport is to bo removed to Tho Identity of tho woman whose bered remains were found at remains a The police re- fuse to give information concerning their In the Coroner Dolen began his Inquest upon the case The family living at 125 West Sixty-ninth Street returned home from the country last night to find Lena a Russian lying -in her room with a broken She received her Injury in bus Avenue last through falling from or being struck by a cable and has since lain 12. President Callaway of the New York tral yesterday predicted an Increase In traffic this It was reported yesterday that the railways between Chicago and St. Paul had agreed to pool passenger traffic between those Senator James H. Kyle of South was stricken paralysis yesterday in Ills condition is said to be The funeral of John P. who was President of the Bowery Savings was held yesterday at the Madison Avenue Baptist At the meeting of nio Booksellers ana National Association day officers were elected and Buffalo was selected as the meeting place for the next to be held Aug. 15 to Aug. 22, At meeting of the Armory Board Mayor Van Wyck said no more money could bo given soon for building Ho said as soon as money could be had it must be used to build more the now and the new East River Tho Borough School Board met yesterday and heard a report from Jasper showing tho crowded Several nominations were The Board of Education also met and took up tho question of the appointment of ex- is A. suit was begun In Brooklyn yesterday to compel the Clerk of Richmond County to fulfill the legal preliminaries for the Municipal Justices to succeed those holding office by The de- cision will affect all similar appointees In Defective Welser of Brooklyn returned from Maine without James T. an Orange who had been charged with the abduction of Maud It was found that the girl was over She persists In her ation for Percy M. a member of tho Orange Club of East was fined by In the City for contempt of and Incidentally told thaf he should pay his club tice Conian also said that he proposed to find out If Mr. had the means to do so. Gen. George W. yesterday dis- cussed the effort to shift tho blame for tho camp scandals from the War ment to the volunteer He affirmed the entire responsibility of the de- and said there Is a crying need for not in the Grace tho daughter of Reardon of sey while under the influence of gas In a dentist's chair Tuesday dreamed that her home was entered by That night a. burglar Ragged and bound her in her but was frightened away before he secured any Franz who was under bail to appear before Police Justice In Jersey City on a charge of attempting to Mrs. Mary his former Fierce Storm Plays Havoc in the West the of St. Reported Totally De- CABLES ARE GUT OFF A Tidal Wave Accompanies the and Many Estates Are Laid Waste Accurate Estimate of the Devastation and Sept. were re- ceded here late saying that a hurricane has swept over n the Windward group of the Lesser An- Two hundred persons have been killed and rendered the winds composing the body of the storm occasionally reach the velocity of over eighty miles an During a hurricane In 1871, the observers In Florida of the United States Signal Corps re- corded a velocity of eighty-five miles an The diameter of the cyclone often ex- a thousand and generally In- creases as the storm A dispatch from SL Danish West dated Monday said tho latest advices received late on Saturday Indicated that a hurricane was Shortly after this dispatch waa received cable communication was Inter- THE PHILIPPINES QUESTION Our Peace Commissioners to Con- fer Upon It To-day in bands and shouting Viva Viva Filipinos The merchants here expect heavy losses If a new tariff is enforced at an early because their present valued ly at have paid the highest ISLANDS MAY BE RETAINED waa found dead In bed In a Pour more infantry regiments left Montauk Point yesterday for their There were four deaths In Thn and Seventh New York Batteries the only troops in Camp to-day for The sailed last night for Puerto carrying a battalion of sixteen postal and army shipped by the Red Cro tor Santiago some time have pone Tno Supply Committee Is Investigating the Gen. Wheeler was In this city yesterday on hts way from In an lv gave his opinion of the Cubans and ho favored their ment in the United States The American Evacuation Commissioners met In de Puerto Rico The reply of Spanish forth position In Instructions from waa It Is that the first Spanish numbering In a to 3Pain ho room he occupied at the Washington County Physician Converse who examined the there was nothing to indicate that Muller had killed and that he would not make an autopsy unless the relatives demanded Maud a Jersey was ar- Justice charged with She tried to kill her stepfather John she he had made a drunkard out of her The lawyer said the girl had brooded over her mother's condition until she had become and he will ask to-day that she be committed for examination as to her ST. Danish West Sept. to the latest reports from St. Lucia the storm which broke upon the and Sunday night developed almost being accompanied by a tidal wave and tremendous Numerous landslides were and many and cocoa estates have been de- At least twelve lives have been the French island in the ward has experienced very heavy Nineteen deaths are and there have been A boat from the Island of St. 100 miles west of arrived to-day at the Island of Grenada and reports that St. Vincent has experienced the most violent and destructive cyclone ever known the capital of St. Is tally It is estimated that 300 lives have been lost in that and that people are The bodies of the dead are being burled In sands are starving or fed at the lic The amount of property destroyed In St. Vincent cannot yet be Every small house is and many large ones been The demolished Ings Include and almost all the estate Three large ships aro ashore on the windward and many smaller vessels are No Information is obtainable here as to the results of the ened hurricane of last Saturday Communication is cut off and the worst Is SENATOR HOAR Well Enough to Accept to Offered to Secretary Long. Sept. 14.-It Is under- stood to-night that Senator Hoar has de- tho President's offer of the to He withheld his de- cision In the matter as long as as ho was very anxious to oblige the averse personally to accepting tho responsible duties of the post in the present state of his As soon as the President learned that Mr. Hoar would not accept he offered the post to Secretary Long. was done and it is believed that Mr. Long will decline If he It will bo upon the ground that the health of his wife Is such that ft would be Impossible for him to attend to the social demands of the It was learned to-night in connection that the post of Secretary of State was tendered to Mr. Long when Mr. Sherman and that the Secretary of the Navy declined for the same reason that leads him to reject tho tempting offer of tho English THE Mr. McKinley Apparently Determined to Have an Investigation of War Department Sept. to this time the has procured perhaps members of his commission to gate certain branches of the War The men who have actually ed the invitation are Dr. Oilman and Col willingness to accept or whose acceptance Those who have signified their has been assured by their are Dr. Gen. Dodge and Col. E. P. The list of those who have refused the proffer of a. seat on commission has now increased to and Is as and It is also reported that Col. who Is Just from his sion In declined It Is said that the President is a Jittle annoyed by the reports that he thinks of abandoning the The criticism the project has already aroused Is not ant to and especially the suggestion that the commission will be without ity and cannot enforce the attendance or testimony of He has caused it to be given out that he has no Intention of abandoning the and he will members make a investigation has the Is the statement that lias been repeatedly that the not fee confined to the but Commissary out should take h the entire War the wa o e war and not or two portions of it It is believed thai the President is averse to a wholesale because it would be a practical of Secretary Alger War h n of himself as Commander In Chief of the army a Of Mr However this may the President determined to have some sort of inv have i Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers 5. Marine Intelligence and Foreign Malls Page 3. Business 9 Yesterday's 2. Insurance 10 Court 10 United 4. Losses by 2. Real 10. 7. 1U 9. da Henry proprietor of the Princess Anne Cottage at Virginia Keach and Arthur of V and T. S K. of were drowned while ves J At the reunion of tho Society nf the of Kearny's First held at N. resolutions were adopted upholding the Administration in iis conduct of the war and protesting against adverse cism of the Government until an gation The so-called Provisional Government of tho Republic of Cuba has issued a manifesto to the Cuban people explaining Us Tho document recognizes the fits of this country's recalls that the motto of the United States was absolute Independence for the declares that though the Provisional Government has not been It has not been It an- that a new Assembly will ba called to deckle upon a future course of Another proclamation grants resty to those who have sided with Spain and announces a policy of 1'nge S. winners at yesterday were Bon Miss and The results of the National League baseball games New 6. 7; 2. 8; 5. 5; 1. 10; Chicago 2 3; 1. 2. Boston 11- St Foxhall Keene furnished the surprise of tho day at yesterday by de- feating James A. Tyng In the tournament for the amateur and Douglas won their and the eight surviving competitors will con- the match of the Newark Diocese waa the defendant In a civil suit for damages A STATEN ISLAND Men Find a Woman's Body When for a Man's Corpse Which Had Been Tho police of Richmond have a mystery on their Men went ing for the body of a man reported to tho woods on Grymes and instead of finding a man's body they under a heap of underbrush the body of a woman The woman had dead some one was shot by her own hand apparently for a revolver lay beside but thLs does not explain tho underbrush piled upon the A woman whose Is not known ed the search for the man's She said she was out gathering wood on the Cunard homestead on Grymes and had ered an armful when she came upon the body of a The body had on u black striped and russet shoes She said she was frightened and hurried She was positive assertions and the description of the clothing leaves little doubt that she saw the body of a man she says she the woman who told this story no one has as yet She told It at In Those who her supposed that every one else knew did not bother to ask her It was not until late at night after the subsequent developments that the lice bepin to try and find and then it M i K llot one m the crowd to her story knew who Thomas Donohue and Richard Wall two of the party who heard the story a searching party and Hill The party had only terns and had to keep and the search was but the searchers after an hour's found the body which waa in an advanced state of de- The police heard nothing of the nn til almost when they were toln or the arrival of the body at the from the The woman appears have been about twenty-five She was 5 feet 0 Inches In height weighed The clothing was There was a purse cents In a pocket The police and those who heard the un known woman's story believe there Js a second body In the Swiftly and the ED speeds to Washington via Baltimore and Ohio R. R. In Five Leaves New York P. arrives Baltimore P. ington P. M. TERRITORY OF THE The Islands Swept by the Winds Have Been Frequently Visited in Similar The islands of tho West Indies are visited at this time of the year by severe storms of cyclonic which originate In that Those storms generally pass covering an Im- mense and considerable along the Atlantic tho French island In the Leeward which has felt the effect of the present Is the most important of the French possessions In the West It properly of two separated by a narrow channel not more than 30 to 100 yards called tho Riviere Salee or Salt This stream is navigable for small The area of ihe including dependencies Is square The island Is traversed by a mountain but most of the country is and Three-fourths of the population are St. one of the British West In- dia which has suffered most verely from the has an area of 132 square A of volcanic hills from north to A volcano Is situated In tho northwestern portion of the island called tho which has been In violent The lation of St. Vincent In 1801 was about 000. tho capital of the is situated near the southwest Its population Is over Of the entire population of the It Is that are African Sugar is one of the principal as the fertile fields make excellent growing country for the St. another of the British West India Is situated In the Windward and has an area of 242 square Its chief town is The population of the island IB St. Lucia Is as the home of the venomous tile styled the by the which abounds on the sugar causing a number of deaths iant electrical storms take place among the hills of the while the outside soa Is calm and storms are often witnessed by passing Barbados Is a possession of Great Brit- and Is twenty-one miles having an area of 166 square Bridgetown Is the capital of the which has Its and is the most Important member of the colony of the Windward The population in 1891 was The Island la almost encircled by coral which render the approach to the coast extremely A majority of the Inhabitants are The most disastrous hurricane ever known to originated West Indies was In 1873. It resulted In appalling de- struction among the Islands and destroyed over vessels on our Atlantic The rate oft progression of these storm centres often fifty an have U to certain sub- This thM War i his does not satisfy those who have de- manded a sweeping An clal said to-day that such a restricted I would not satisfy the conn and that those who feel that wrong agement has at the bottom of the It is generally believed here that if the matter had not reached so advanced a would gladly tha entire matter and leaver it for Congress to The refusal of such men as and Schofield to serve on the 1______ Believed in Washington that a ity of the Commission Is in Favor of Holding the Entire Sept. Peace Commissioners that are In this Messrs. and called upon the ident to-day and had an informal ence with Senators Frye and Gray will come in and the entire com- mission will meet at the office of the of State to-morrow and con- ference upon the Philippine After talking with the President Senator Davis and Mr. Reid called at the office of the Secretary of State and were engaged in conference with Judge Day for about two On Friday the commission will dine with the and again discuss with him tho various phases of the Intricate tions they will have In morrow the members of the commission will consider all branches of the question and go over tho history of the case With Judge who is familiar with it from first to Little could be learned to-day as to the position of the several members upon the question of the retention of the whole or part of tho As stated the only thing determined upon is the retention of the Island of Whether tho commission will So further than this is not definitely though It Is believed that a majority of the body favors holding the entire of the There are three distinct aspects of the Either this country must hold the Islands turn them over lo the or hand them back to It Is not considered possible for the United States to deliver the Archipelago into the of any other power than If the American forces are withdrawn and the Islands left to the far worse trouble is feared than could possibly result from the attempt to hold the It is confidently expected that wholesale cre would the Spaniards be and the islands given over to a reign of bloodshed and So unpopular is the Idea of handing back to Spanish rule an inch of territory that has escaped either through the direct or indirect Interference of this that the Peace Commission will not give It a it Is If this be the demand of tho Peace Commission would be the same as has been made upon Spain with references to Cuba and Puerto clear After this country could take up and Bottle the problems might after It Is thought by politicians here that no matter what course this country determines tho will practically have only to make a demand upon which this country would be compelled to by arms if It seems to be agreed that the continuance of Spanish rule In those Islands will not be tolerated In any and there Is nothing to discuss with the ish as the representatives of this country would hot debate tho tion of the policy of this country In matters that no longer concerned The further question as to the Sept. Manila of The telegraphing Fully Insurgent troops evacuated the suburbs The Americans gave a parade and granted full military Perfect harmony and the natives were evidently delighted at tho opportunity for a public display of the efficiency of their troops in firmness and tact of Gen. Otis produced an excellent The Governor of Hollo is facilitating according to his and with ern ports Is Increasing JAPAN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN LEADERS MEET The Dates Fixed for Assembly Dis- and Congressional BLACK'S STRENGTH ESTIMATED Mr. Gibbs Says the Governor Will Have 38 Votes from Greater New York Chairman Quigg to Assemble State Con- vention Wants VH to Hold tnc Advance newspapers reaching the Slate Department in the of- malls from the Kast show that tho most universal expression in public press of Japan is In favor of 1he United Slates permanently and governing the Philippine position taken Is that this will be In the Interest of peace nnd commerci anil good The editorials insist that this is the only issue of the that will satisfy highest Interests of tho Islands The York County mot K. 1 I behind their to K i a and Black .i tlon dates wet and the demands of The declare that the In assuming the control of the will receive Un- moral If not the active of Japan and Great of 1. SPANISH CORTES Decree Ends a Stormy Session of the nnd Rivera May Sept. lias obtained the Queen Regent's signature to a proroguing ihe with it ended a stormy session of Ihe Primo dc Rivera had demanded Inquiry Into his administration of the 1'hll- Islands and In so he said of Count were only fur from the of a miserable Count ivas endeavoring reply when read I ho decree the Count and Primo de Rivera approached Ihe in a tile manner ami a duel Is Premier ai road Hie cree In the of The Government had intended ihe to sit an Indemnity for pension of the lias been but ihe on the part of Gen. and with the evidence of divisions in both the Liberal and convinced of the of closing down debates which the progress of s passed man of to mil th. d. lion lojn tfn r seems In a Mr. in shall I Thc Cortes will be next convoked to ratify the final treaty of to the Sept. is J Dial Seilor members of the Chamber of ed for the Frynch frontier late not been Mr. M. VISITS Saya He to Find It So Fine n. Sept. 14.-KM. the French Ambassador United States was here by his M. Cambon had been in this city Ho said In a brief conversation that the business he to the shows so there is so much going on And these avenues Indicating smooth thoroughfare before his and the other street in the Back Bay are finer than Fifth in New York l seen to compare with them in any of the other cities I havo city spreads out more broadly that I I had no Idea that it so BOOK FROM THE of the Paymaster of the Colon Washed Tip at n. I. R. Sept. ing along Second Beach a few days ago Philip who resides in noticed a book In the and It out took it It proved to bo an account book written In a foreign and to-day he took It to a drug store on Bellevue Avenue the proprietor of which Is a The ter found that it was the account hook of the Paymaster of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Tho last record of tho book shows a balance of pesetas and Is dated June 1, It is not believed that the book floated here from One theory Is that It was thrown overboard from one of the ed cruisers engaged In Spanish from Santiago to An- other hypothesis is the showing a balance in the hands of the Paymaster at the time of the destruction of was thrown for obvious tion of the Philippines Is It Is that will have to be solved with the gents or the majority of the If the United States is oust It does not concern the Spanish Government what disposition may be made of the IVo Policy Yet The commission Is very much afraid that Its real policy may be disclosed before it meets the Spanish Commissioners in They think It would embarrass them -in the It seems pretty that no policy has as yet been agreed further than the determination to hold Luzon at any For the the commission awaits ther Information from the In awaits tho clearer and more em- phatic announcement of the If the retention of the Philippines Is seen to be the Philippines will bo This Is about tho extent of the President's and the Peace READY TO GIVE ITP THE Spanish Politicians Them for Sept. Madrid of The Dally Mall The politicians for the most part favor an entire renunciation of the Philippines In exchange for economic The Standard says editorially this Spain appears knowing whatever differences may arise In the peace she Is bound to to reports that Indemnity will United States knows that no money can be got out of and is therefore unlikely to make such a demand 1C the United secures Luzon it Is most probable that Spain will give up tho remainder of the islands as a useless NORWEGIAN SHIP Crew of the America Rescued in Mid- ocean by the English Steamer Sept. Capt. from for with a was wrecked in .by a ricane on Scut her en of nn n rescued by the steamer rongo and landed Here this The America left Quebec on and had good weather until a gale from the eastward sprang nnd was blowing The ship labored until of stays and her main and topmast d over Die The fall the heavy started her deck load of and in ihe heavy seas soon began 10 afterward a into the of heavy waves came which shook the still until by noon ui the Hh America was and a The all the of luid long before taken to the nal of and just before sunset die Marengo hove in and lur ship had drilled during the so Dial when the came in sight she was in north and longitude The work of by the crew of Marengo began at although heavy a mass of wreckage ing over Uic made the work larly seven men at taken while Capt. ihe of the managed In launch and man the only remaining boat on the ship By dark the America had been as a aim the crew was safe on board the The America was a full-rigged 7 tons net and was Her home port was The members of the crew will hi for by ihe in rnv and later to i The which arrived the which although signal of the wrecked sel were out to rend like those of the TC bark Alpha BLACK'S Their Brooklyn Keep nn dorsing Says He's The fi tin i i i I nn n i THE COL. B. M. JOHNSTON ILL. Novelist Is in City Hospital In a. Critical Sept. Col. ard Malcolm the who has been sick In the City Hospital for eral Is reported to be In a most ical condition and the physicians at the Institution express little hope of his Col. Johnson has been a contributor to the leading magazines for a number of His best-known work Is tho a collection of short stories illustrative of life In where the author was born and lived for many Col. Johnston served In the Confederate during the civil Ho was at the Mercer and pied the Chair of English Literature at the University of Georgia for some He has lived In this city for the past BIG CLAIM OF. Madrid Paper Says Will flc Demanded for American Sept. A painful Impression has been caused here by a statement made by the saying the United States In- tends to demand Indemnity la behalf of American who have through the Insurrection In The Spanish Peace Commissioners will strongly oppose H Is but fears prevail that tho United States will become pitiless and press Its advantage to the Christina the Protocol Sept. The Queen Regent signed the Protocol this The Spanish Peace Sept. is expected that tho Spanish Peace Commissioners will be pointed without INSURGENTS LEAVE Out of the Sept. The insurgents ated the suburbs of Manila They did so In a grand in which nearly men took carrying colors The local forecast may bu found at the too of this page to the right ot tlic A storm of slight intensity appears tj be central off the southeast coast of Florida Thunderstorms and rains have occurred In the lake the Mississippi and Ohio and the Middle Atlantic States and The temperature has risen from the Middle and Lower Hooky Mountain re glon to the Middle and Lower Valley and In tho Ohio arid rising temperature may be ed from the Mississippi Valley to the generally fair weather elsewhere Tho record of temperature four hours ended at midnight as taken from THE NKW YORK thermometer -in from Hie thermometer of the Weather is as Tin 3 A. 0 A W 11 A. til 12 7. 4 P. C7 77 P. 0 P. 12 P. M TUB thermometer is 6 feet above the street that of the Weather 13u- reau IB above the street Average temperatures yesterday were Printing House Weather Corresponding date 1807........... Corresponding date for last 20 years nii The maximum temperature yesterday Vus 74 at 2 P. and the minimum 50 at A. M. The humidity at S A. M. wan 84 per and at g p. per Poland Recommended and prescribed for Its rare .ii ii 1 i 1 nt U a I n Mr and In y. Mi rd n ni i til U ii i a i din I Ole Ihe lie 10 an lie Ills rusini in for 111.- no n is in I ili 1< i mil I l. veil teranl r I n in n Vi It of the COM should yii id INDEPENDENTS NAME Auburn Manufacturer on tlie for Lieutenant Governor He Thomas M. of ed Hie i i miliee on Ci and H Ihe for i Is known a I was recently d Mayor oC home i- of more known n man than -is a i. 1 of ii the ticket Friday th. for i been d that to Sa as he lieutenant vol i i v found thai it i to the Mr. in the city Isaac H. Klein uald Tho tuv
