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BOTH SIDES
CONFIDENT
Hanna Men and Their
Opponents Are Sure
of Victory.
HAVE VOTES TO SPARE
The Betting Men Favor Sena
tor Hanna.
Tlio Antl-IIminnites Claim to Havo
Enough to Control tlio Election.
Aside from tlio Doubtful Members.
They Also Expect to Win Uritlllli
mid Manuel ltnckA llcmnrknblu
Absence of Republican . Clubs.
Charges and Counter-Charges of
Bribery.
Columbus, O., Jan. 9. The senator
inl situation has not changed today.
Tim conferences continue day ond
night and the doubtful members are
given no rest. Hut no such Hops were
announced ns those of the previous two
days In favor of Hannn. The workers
for the senator say they now have
enough votes. The Kurtz workers say
thej can spare another vote or two
mill still defeat Hanna, but they Insist
that they have lost all of tlielr doubt
ful men now and will stand to the last
with at least eight Republicans and the
fi5 Democratic members against Hanna.
They even say that they expect to get
Manuel, of Montgomery, and Gritllth,
of Union, back on their side again be
l'oie Tuesday. It is also claimed by
the opposition that while Senator Hen
na's forces have been charging: on th'elr
lines, that they have been successful
ly attacking his line and have promises
from members on whom the senator is
depending. The Hanna men claim two
more accessions today but they will
not give any names as they did those
of Representative Manuel Friday
night and of Representative Grlfllth.
last night.
The opposition to Hanna has no bet
ting yet in Its favor. The bets, rang
ing from $600 to J5.000 for even money
on Hanna's election have remained
posted at the Nell house for-two days
without takers and there are other betH
offered, among them being one of $500
by General Grosvenor on Hanna's elec
tion. None of the bets are on the re
sult of the first or any other ballot
but all are offered on the llnal re
sult. "While the wot Iters on both sides
have been chasing doubtful members
and holding secret conferences today,
the general public has been agitated
over tlia result of the Inauguration at
noon and the Hanna mass meeting In
the afternoon. Both sides are toduy
arranging to avoid street collisions or
uny kind of trouble If possible at that
time. The mass meeting will not be
called to order by Chairman George
K. Nash, of the state Republican coni-
nutpc, till 3 p. m. tvnd those In charge
of thii Inauguration of Governor Bush
r.ell will seek to have the Inaugural
exerc'ses over before the clubs begin
the march to the auditorium of the
mass meeting. The railroads have ar
ranged to run the excursion trains for
those attending the Inauguration early
In the morning and for those coming1
to the mass meeting later in the day.
The Hanna men are seeking to have
as many here as possible in the after
noon and the opposition Is equally en
ergetic in rallying all they can In the
different counties for the morning
demonstration.
THE MILITIA ARRIVES.
The militia and other organizations
are arriving tonight to take part In
the inauguration. In the morning pa
rade there will be a marked absence
of Republican clubs. All the police of
the city and many detectives will be
on hand for both occasions. There
have in addition to the regular author
ities been over 100 sergeants-at-anns
nppolnted for the mass convention In
the afternoon with ex-Chief of Police
Alexis Keeler as chief sergeant-at
arms. Chairman Nash will state the
object of the mass convention, that it
was called on the requests of county
Republican committees, etc., and then
he will Introduce as chairman of the
muss convention Congressman Walter
Weaver, of Springfield, who was
spokesman last week of the Republi
can delegation that came from Bush-
neirs nome 10 can on tne governor
and protest against his course In the
senatorial contest. A. C. Calne and
John R. Malloy, the Republican cau
cus randldates, respectively for clerks
of .the senate and the house, will be
the secretaries. All the other Republi
can caucus nominees who were defeat
ed by the ten Republican members vot
ing with the Democrats on the organ
ization of the legislature, are Included
in the Hat of sergeants-at-arms.
While the resolutions that will bo
presented at the mass convention to
morrow will not differ materially from
those heretofore adopted In the coun
ties, It Is Intimated that there will be
one appealing to Senator Foraker aa
the senior senator from Ohio to declare
lilmself. There Is no doubt about the
tone of the resolutions on Governor
Bushnell and the bolting Republican
members of the legislature and In them
Is one which demands the resignation
of Charles L. Kurtz, as the Ohio mem
ber of .the Republican national com
mittee, but there are differences of
opinion among the Republican mana
gers as to the Foraker resolution. Since
the epidemic of local Indignation meet
ings and the crusade for a general
gathering here tomorrow, nome of the
managers of the opposition say two
mistakes have been made on their side.
The first alleged mistake was In expos
ing their strength In organizing the
legislature, and the second In allowing
It to adjourn from Wednesday to Mon
day so that such members as Manuel,
of Montgomery, and Grlfllth, of Union,
could go home and meet their consti
tuents. It was thought that the or
ganization of the legislature would set
tle things but It Is credited that since
Mason has been made speaker he Is
calling on Hnnna and since Grlfllth has
been sworn In ns speaker pro tern, he
has come out publicly for Hanna. Rep
resentative Joyce, of Guernsey, who
voted with ".the combine" on organi
zation, has announced positively that
he will support Hanna. His opposition
was solely against Boxwell for
speaker. Meantime Jones, of Stark
Rutan, of Carroll, and other Re
publicans who voted with the Dem
ocrats last Monday, have since under
gone such fire from their consti
tuents that they are expected yet to
sauarc themselves by voting for Han
na. While there were ten dissenting
Republican members last week, the
Hanna men say there will be only two
or three this week. These changes are
attributed more to the work that has
been done In the counties than here.
CHARGES OF BRIBERY.
While there have been charges and
countercharges of bribery, there was
considerable stir today over the publi
cation of the following In .the Cincin
nati Commercial-Tribune and In dif
ferent forme In other Republican pa
pers: While Senator Hanna and his managers
have been careful to make no Improper
nun nf tnnnpv In the senatorial contest,
they have all along known that the ethics
of the case were not so strictly observed
by the opposition. Therefore when an op
portunity wns afforded to get incrimin
ating evidence nrainst the combine, Mr.
Banna's manaccrs wore quick to .m
provo it. A trap was set for the- oppo
sition and worked through one of the
members of the combination who has
been trying to get away from Senator
Hanna. Some of the opposition kept try
ing to get an audlenco with this member
until It was decided to accommodate it.
Accordingly an Interview was arranged
for in a certain room In a certain hotel,
but in advance the precaution had been
taken by the member to conceal a sten
ographer In the room who took down ev
ery word of the Interview, an important
part of which was an offer of $3,000 rash
made to the member if he would vote
against Senator Hanna. Just what use
will be made of the stenographer's notes
will be governed by the course of tho
antl-Hanna people.
It Is stated on good authority that
the above case "became known to the
"opposition" soon after their organ
made a sensatlonnl publication about
the grand Jury being called on to in
vestigate the action of several workers
for Hanna. At any rate there has been
nothing said about the grand Jury's
work since last Wednesday. The notes
of the ricreted stenographer have
beer written out and they comprise
several pages of matter which Is In
the possession of a very prominent Re
publican. The two men who are ac
cused of offering $.'.,000 are ns welt
known in Ohio politics as either the
senior or the Junior senator, or the
governor. One of them holds nn Im
portant state office and the other 1ms
been an Important ofllclal and leader
in this city.
"These two prominent workers
against Hanna were not the ones In
the room with the member of the leg
islature, and his concealed stenograph
er, but they sent their man to the leg
islator's room, and when the member
insisted on knowing who authorized the
offer, the names of those two promin
ent parties were named as authorizing
the offer of $5,000.
The Democratic steering committee
reported to Mr. Kurtz this afternoon
that they must h'ave assurances from
him that tho dissenting Republicans
will hold oat before they can give him
n guarantee of the solid Democratic
vote of C5. It is said that tne demo
cratic steering committee finally gave
Kurtz till Monday midnight to pro
duce affidavits from at least eight Re
publican members that they would
vote against Hanna. The Hanna man
ners claim that Mr. Kurtz cannot se
cure the required number of affidavits
and that the contest will be over Mon
day nlclit.
WATCHMAN SHOT.
Frank Uackwith, of Mlddlotown,
Murdered by lidwnrd xtmpon.
MIddletown, N. Y., Jan. 9. Frank
BerUvvlth, a watchman in the employ
of tho Ontario and Western railroad,
while In the performance of. his duties
last night about 9 o'clock, noticed a
man acting suspiciously In the freight
yard near the station. He ran up be
hind the man and srrasoed him about
the arms, but the man broke loose and,
Immediately drawing a revolver, shot
Bcckwlth twice through the lungs.
Beckwlth died today.
The murder was Edward Simpson, n
former inmate of thft Elmlra reforma
tory, now out on parole. He had no
sooner committed the act than he be
came penitent and told tho whole story
to the persons who came up to him at
the sound of the revolver. Simpson
helped to carry the wounded man to
his home.
Yellow FeTcr Kerum.
New York, Jan. 9, Tho Norton line
steamer Mlramer, which arrived this
morning from the River Piatt ami Brazil
ian ports, brought throe packages of yel
low fever serum, forwarded by Dr. J.
Saranelll, of tho "Institute de Hygiene
Experimental" nt Montevideo. Two pack
ages are addressed to Surgeon General
Wymaii, of the Murine hospital service,
and tho other to Health Onlcer A. II.
Doty.
Br ii nil Not n Purchaser.
Indianapolis, Jan. 9.--John T. Brush
said today that neither ho nor hlB frlonrtg
had bought the St. I.ouls baso ball c.'ub,
nor was there any protpcot of their doln.t
so. Ho added that, in assisting Von Der
Aho out of tlnanclal difficulties, he se
cured Messrs. Dickson and Tulbott as
possible purchasers, but, said JJruali, Iw
club is so heavily Incumbered that they
refused to, consider It.
Will Fight Kid McCoy.
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 9. A contract to
light twenty rounds at 15S pounds for
$1,000 a side within four months before
the club holding out the greatest In
ducements, was signed early .this morn
ing by representatives of Kid McCoy
and Charles llofr. Billy MadSien, Goff's
manager, signed for McCoy, both by
previous authority from the principals.
This Cowboy "Died tiumr."
El Paso, Tex., Jan. t. Seth Burrows, a
cowboy of this county, got Into a fight
across the riven In Juarez, Mex last
night, and In a pitched battle stood oft
the Juarez police for one hour. Bur
rows was killed, but before his death he
had killed a gumbler, a policeman and
fatally wounded two other olnctrs.
STARVING IN
HAVANA CITY
Four Hundred sod Forty Women and
Children Dying of Hunger Fever.
TERRIBLE NARRATIVE OP SUFFERING
No Food, No Doctors. No Medicines.
Whom Is the 9100,000 lllnnco Snld
Would lio Used to Kcllcvo DIs-trord--l'ntrlots
Cnpturo n l'icolo
mid Send tlio Woman Home.
New York, Jan. 9. The Sun today
publishes the following account of the
sufferings of tho victims of Weyler's
brutality:
Havana, Jan. 8, via Key West. The
Sun's correspondent yesterday visited
Los Fosos, in this city, where the poor
concentrados have been huddled since
the days of Weyler. The spectacle of
misery offered by these people Is heart
rending. In the department called the
hospital the correspondent counted 440
women and children dying of fever
caused by hunger. Most of them lay
on the ground because there are only
12C cots. They have no food and no
medicines. There Is not the least In
dication that at any time they have re
ceived medical treatment. One of the
women who was able to speak was
asked If she had been attended by a
doctor. "What for?" she answered.
"Can a doctor cure without medicines?"
She was asked, also, what money the
concentrados had received from the
Spanish government nnd answered,
"Not a cent." Tho same reply was
given by several others. What has
become of the $100,000 in silver which
General Blanco announced was ready
for the relief of the starving paclflcos?
Other persons may know, but the con
centrados know nothing about It.
In one of the most central streets of
the capital a young woman fell dead
this morning. The cause of her death,
according to the medical certlllcate,
was starvation. Her baby was clasped
to her breast.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Vlllegas
of the Spanish army Invited many
young women of the town of Artemisa,
In this province, and their relatives to
take a trip to the Mariel-Majanta tro
cha. With the strong Spanish forces
near there nobody suspected an attack
from the insurgents. Sixty families ac
cepted the Invitation and went on a
kind of country picnic with the captain,
the guide Paez and some Spanish sold
iers. Near the forts they unexpectedly
met an insurgent detachment com
manded by Lieutenant Vicente Rubl of
the forces of Colonel Nunez. They were
all made prisoners by the patriots. Tho
women, treated with great courtesy,
wete released shortly afterward and
wre sent back to Artemisa with a Cu
ban escort. But Captain Vlllegas, tho
guide and all the other men In the
party were held. This occurred at
Montoto. Today, not having received
any more news of the prisoners, the
Spanish authorities telegraphed to
General Blanco, who suggested that
the family of Colonel Nunez, who live
In Artemisa, be requested to Intervene
with that leader on behalf of the pris
oners. So three women of the Nunez
family have started for the Insurgent
lines. No word has been heard from
them yet.
EFFECT OF AUTONOMY.
The effect of autonomy Is quite con
trary to that expected by the Span
iards. From all the towns men are go
ing to Join the Insurgents, who, better
provided now with arms and ammuni
tion, gladly welcome them and give
them places in their ranks. Dr. Mon
dcz, a prominent physician of Guana
Jay, and Senor Gonzalez, a druggist of
the same place, are among those who
have Joined the patriots. The general
Impression produced by the new re
gime among the Cuban people is that
It is a sign of the weakness of Spain.
Annexation to the United States Is
freely and publicly discussed here even
by. the most uncompromising Span
lards. Many of them have resolved to
pro to New York and become American
citizens In order to save their prop
erty from confiscation by the Cuban
government when the Island Is free.
The news Is confirmed that General
Pando has received orders to return to
the East.
The Spanish garrison of the Fort of
Canast, Matanzas, was left ten days
without provisions. Yesterday the gar
rison abandoned the fort and entered
Matanzas city in a starving condition.
General Betancourt, commander of
the Cuban forces In Matanzas province,
yesterday raided the town of Guana-
bana and secured much booty.
The newspaper El Reconcentrado
printed this morning a savage attack
on Deputy Fermandez de Castro,
charging him with many crimes com
mitted in the time of Weyler. The
deputy has defended himself In a let
ter addressed to the press. The affair
is causing a great deal of comment.
ARRESTED FOR SWINDLINQ.
Four Italians at St. Louis Captured
After n Bitter right.
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 9. Four Italians,
Carlos Pasqulne, Jose Arno, Charles
Ceruttl and Frank BassI, have been
arrested on a charge of swindling. The
arrest was made after a bitter flgh't.
The prisoners are charged with being
the perpetrators of swindling in every
prominent city In tho United States.
Pasqulno has J4.CC0 in his possession
and could not explain where he got it.
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Sower Plpo Trust.
Cloveland, O., Jan, 9. The sewer plpo
manufacturers havo apparently not aban
doned their effort to form a pool, not
withstanding tho unsatisfactory results
of recent meetings. A meeting of manu
facturers has been called for Tuesday of
this week at the Monongah?la House In
Pittsburg, where another effort to form
the pool will be made.
Shovel Men HitI.
Chicago, Jan. 9. Tho aninal convention
of the Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of
America, adjourned today after a threo
days' session. Delegates were present
from nearly every Btato In tho Union und
from Canada.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Jan. 9. Arrived: Umbrla,'
Liverpool. (ueuiHtown Sailed: Servla
(from Liverpool), Now Yoik. Havre Ar
rived! La Champagne, New York,
PERCY-KELCY EXPLOSION.
Further Dcnth Caused by tlin Holler
Accident nt Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Jan. 9. Further death
and loss of property are being caused
by the explosion of the Fercy-Ketcey
boilers' Saturday. The number of
known dead reached sVx today when
Daniel Gamble, the boat's second cook,
died at Mercy hospital. The list of
dead now Is:
DANIEL. GAMBLE, cook..
MILTON Li WOOD, pilot.
THOMAS FLYNN, second engineer.
LEE WEINSTEIl, fireman.
JOHN SMITH, deck hand, body not re
covered.
LEE BECHTOIiD, fireman, body not ic-
covcrcd.
The eight men who were injured In
the explosion will all recover with tho
exception of Harry Hammers and Wil
liam Alexander whose wounds will
probably result fatally.
The wreck lying In the river at Glen
fleld caused the towboat Hornet, with
a tow belonging to James Jones & Sons,
to lose four loaded barges and a boat
early this morning. Other bonts that
were ready to start out tonight did not
venture down on account of the ob
struction. SEMINOLE INDIANS
BURNED AT THE STAKE
Barbarous Punishment Is Inflicted
Upon tlio Perpetrators of n Shock
ing Criino in Oklahoma.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 9. Justice in
a more horrible form than that meted
out to Henry Smith, at Paris, Tex.,
was administered by a mob on the
Oklahoma border Friday night to J.
Markus McGeisey and Palmer Simpson,
two Seminole Indians. They were
charged with murder, their victim be
ing Mrs. James Simmons, a respect
able farmer's wife living In Oklahoma.
The crime was a most revolting one
and .the criminals were punished In a
most revolting manner. Mrs. Simmons
was assaulted and murdered. The body
was horribly mutilated.
The entire populace turned out to
hunt down and punish the guilty par
ties. The trail led the posse to the
house of McGeisey, near Maud, a small
town In the Seminole nation, where
McGeisey and Simpson were arrested.
After securing their prisoners' the
mob set lire to McGelsey's house and
barn and did not leave until they saw
all of his earthly possessions reduced
to ashes. The prisoners were then car
ried back across the line Into Oklahoma
Territory, and near the scene of their
crime they were executed by Judge
Lynch's order, In the most horrible
manner that human minds could de
vise. They were burned at the stake. The
Indians met their fate wl'h the usual
stoicism of their race. ' Alter life was
extinct the mob allowed the fires to die
down and then quickly dispersed to
their homes.
No secret was made of the fact that
the Indians had been burned to death,
nnd this morning their bodies, burned
beyond recognition were found, a ring
In the ashes of their funeral pyre.
Everybody In the vicinity seems to
know that the Indians were executed
for the murder of Mrs. Simmons, but
the officials appear to be entirely Ignor
ant of the individuals who composed
the mob.
Great uneasiness exists along the
border, and the Impression prevails that
much more bloodshed will follow the
work of the mob.
Muskogee, I. T Jan. 9. An alarm
ing state of riot prevails In the Semi
nole nation, nnd unless Immediate
steps are taken by the United States
authorities a bloody Indian uprising
may result.
This Is on account of tlio burning of
the two Indians by whites.
THE INDIANS ARE DEFIANT.
Tlioy 1'nsa Acts Comrnry to tlio Or
ders ol Secrctnry Bliss.
Muskogee, I. T Jan. 9. The Creek
council, In spite of the message of Sec
retary Bliss through Indian Agent
Wisdom, warning them not to do so,
has passed an act appropriating $20,
000 to be used In employing attorneys
to fight the constitutionality of the act
of congress giving the United States
courts full Jurisdiction after Jan. I.
Agent Wisdom has notified Secretary
Bliss by wire of the action of the coun
cil. All acts of the Indlun councils
after Jan. 1 must be upproved by the
president of the United States. Secre
tary Bliss had already said that he
would not recommend to the president
for approval such an act as the Creek
council passed.
HERCAR00 0NFIRE.
Dnngerous Situation ol the Steamer
Lumber!' Point.
St. Johns, N. F Jan. 9. The steamer '
Lamberts Point, Captain Humphreys,
which has been lying here for some
days since she arrived here with her
cotton cargo on fire, sailed for Liver
pool today, with the deck load of cot
ton still afire.
The crew refused to sail In her un
til compelled by the police. If the fire
becomes serlou3 it Is Intended to Jet
tison the cotton.
The Alnwyck has had her propeller
repaired and sailed today for Balti
more. The steamer Penarth (Br.) Captain
Morgan, nine days out from Norfolk,
Vn., for Manchester, with cotton and a
general cargo, arrived today short of
coal. She met Bevere weather, but es
caped without damage.
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IWilon ol Silver Forces.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 9. Action has been
taken In the city looking to the union of
all tho free silver forces at the coming
stato election In June. Tho statu central
committee of the Democrats) nnd tho
free sliver Republicans have decided to
hold stato conventions In this city on
March 23. It Is understood that tho Pop
ulists and tho Union party will also call
their stato conventions In this city for
the same date.
Duly on Petroleum.
Berlin, Jan. 9. The Madgeburg SSolt
ung asserts that the changes In the cus
toms regulations as to petroleum which
Count Posadowsky, minister of the Inte
rior foreshadowed In the relchstug, havo
already been made; and henceforth tho
duty, even upon mixtures of Caucusiuu
und American petroleums, will .bo fix
ablo by weight.
THE SITUATION
IN KLONDIKE
Stale of Affairs Related by Men Who
Have Just Come Out.
PROVISIONS ARE VERY SCARCE
Whllo Thero Is n Limited Supply ot
Food nt Present, It Is 1'robnblo
'I' hat Mnny Will Suffer from Hunger
llcloro Sprinc--In the Opinion ol
Miners Who llnvc Returned, tho
Government Relief Expedition Was
n AVIso Motisuro.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 9. During this
week upward of 100 men have returned
to Senttle by various stamers from the
Klondike gold mines. These men spent
from four months to three years there.
Most of them had been there less than
a year, their residence dating from the
first discovery of gold on Bonanza and
Eldorado creeks. Their experience Is
varied, but nearly nil have been more
or less successful In securing claims
and In opening them up. The older
Klondlkers, with few exceptions, ac
knowledge they have been driven from
the country through n shortage of pro
visions and fear of starvation. They
prefer losing their winter's work and
hnndsome spring clean-up to taking
the risks of an Arctic winter and half
rations.
Among these men was Charles Shade,
of Juneau, who located claims on Boul
der, Hunker, and Moosehldc creeks.and
where he was taking out good pay dirt
as high as $200 a day to the man.
Finding his provisions running short,
ho went to Dawson to lay In a supply,
but sacks of nuggets were not to be
considered when It came to an ex
change for the necessaries of life, and
he was compelled to choose between
sticking to his mines and a trip over
the rugged trails to the country of
plenty, and he chose the latter. Being
asked as to his opinion regarding the
probability of starvation, he said:
"It Is a wise precaution In the gov
ernment In sending a relief expedition.
It will save many a poor fellow's life.
The stories you hear about gold dust
being piled up In stores and cabins
are not exaggerated, for I have seen
it corded up like salt sacks on a gro
cer's counter. At the mouth of the
Eldorado creek In one of the early
slutclngs they took It out at the rate
of an ounce a minute. I have seen It
piled up In sluice boxes so that you
could scoop it out by the double hand
ful. I Intend returning in March, and
will carry in a large amount of sup
plies. I know a great many miners In
the country and know of but few who
have not done well.
"Zacfc Hickman, -who went in early
in July, returned after securing valu
able Interests In claims. He also came
out because of shortage of supplies,
but will return with a printing outfit
and provisions and will start a news
paper. He thinks It the most wonder
ful mining country In the world."
MILLIONS IN DUST.
While It Is asserted by all late Klon
dlkers that the output of claims this
winter will be lessened on account of
the lack of sufficient food. It Is also
asserted by the best-Informed that
$25,000,000 In dust and nuggets will be
shipped down the river In the sum
mer. New districts opened this win
ter are reported as panning out well.
Claims on Beram Gold Bottom, Last
Chance, Boulder, Dominion, Sulphur,
and Moose Hide creeks and Irish Gulch
that are being worked are prospecting
well and rich strikes In pay streaks are
reported on all the streams named on
Bonnnza, and Eldorado, the mines are
yielding heavily. Men in camp who
have food enough are working like
beavers and dumps are being stacked
high with rich dirt from the pay
streaks.
J. M. Kempner, n well-known broker
and banker of Chehalls, who left Se
attle In July with eleven other men,
Is one of the last men from Dawson.
Said he:
"I know people are saying that there
will be no suffering at Dawson on ac
count of food shortage, but you can
quote me as saying that there Is not
enough food In Dawson to feed people
who will be forced to live there this
winter. It's not necessary to say that
there will bo starving. There is no
need of making matters worse than
they are or of giving needless alarm
to' people who have relatives and
friends there. But the truth Is bad
enough. I know hundreds of miners
who will suffer before spring opens the
Yukon liver to the Trading company's
boats, nnd It will be because they have
not enough food to keep them well
this winter. Men who went through
last winter at Dawson are physical
wrecks now. I know hundreds of
miners In Dawson who are facing tho
long Alaskan winter with a little more
than a sack of flour and other provis
ions in proportion."
QUIET LYNCHING.
Killing ol Marshall Accomplished
with Neatness nud Despatch.
Colefax., Wash., Jan. 9. "Dakota
Slim" McDonald hnB been taken to
Walla Walla for safe keeping. A ma
jority of the people hero denounce the
lynching of his companion In Jail,
Chadwlck Marshall.
The lynching was done so quietly
that the town was not alarmed, and
persons sleeping In tho basement of tho
court house were not nroused.
Chadwlck Marshall, the victim of the
mob, waB a member of .le famous
Murshall family, of Virginia. Whllo
confined in the Jail here he received
word of the death of his father, Judge
Thomas Jefferson Marshall, at tho res
idence of his daughter, Mrs. W. F.
Smiley, near Santa Fe, N. M. Judgo
Marshall was born In Virginia In 1812,
und removed to Missouri In 1831. For
eighteen years he held the oltlce of
county clerk of Warren county. In
1SC5 he moved to Mexico, Missouri,
where he held various public olllces.
Supplies Distributed.
Havann, Jan. 9. Today at the residence
of Dr. Vllllosola, of tho special commit
tee appointed by Senor Druzon, governor
of;llavana, and Consul General Fltzliugh
Lee to superintend the work, took place
the first distribution of supplies received
from tho United States consulate for tho
reconcentrados.
THE NEWS THIS M0MINU.
Weather Indications Today:
Vr
(Mill Southcisterly Winds.
General No Change In tho Ohio Sen
torlal Situation.
Programme of Congress for the Week.
Heartrending Spectacle of Misery In
Havana.
Btato of Affairs Ifi Klondike.
State Serious Charge Against Ash
land Hospital Authorities.
Plttston Recluse Dies ot Starvation.
Locat Moro Hopeful View for An
thracite. Erie Now Controls the N. Y S and W.
Clark's Summit Elopers Arrested,
Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
Advcrsitcmenls.
Local Why Rev. Dr. Gllfln is Not an
Agnostic,
Convention of tho C. T. A. U.
Local Results of the Republican Pri
maries. Ingenious Scheme for Defrauding.
West Side and Suburban.
Story "A Second Opinion."
Tho Markets.
THE TURKISH OUTRAGES.
They Arouse American Christians in
New York--An Indemnity Asked.
Representatives of tho Missionaries
Visit tho President.
Washington, Jan. 9. A committee,
consisting of William E. Dodge, Ever
ett P. Wheeler, and Darwin R. James,
of New York and others, and accom
panied by ex-Secretary John W. Fos
ter, of this city, had a long interview
with the president yesterday morning
on the outrages perpetrated upon
Christians In Asiatic Turkey, and the
failure of the porte to pay the Indem
nity demanded by this government for
losses suffered by Its citizens at the
hands of Turkish subjects. The com
mittee laid before the president the fact
that the educational and religious in
terests endowed and managed by
Amei leans In Turkey represent a total
valuation of about $7,000,000, and that
Americans, chiefly missionaries and
their families, to the number of about
seven hundred persons, havo their res
idence In the sultan's dominions.
The president was asked to nuke the
porte understand that the United
States government, with all its
strength and resources, stood behind
these people, and that their rights must
be respected, actually as well as nom
inally. As It is now, they admitted,
the porte granted n number of conces
sions as an outward evidence of good
will and respect to our government:
but these, the committee Insisted, must
be back..! tip by such plain proofs of
the sultan's good faith that his sub
jects would take their cue from him,
ard let Americans live In peace and
enjoy their property without molesta
tion. Particular stress was laid upon tho
fact that In calling for the prompt pun
ishment of offenders against American
rights, the committee was not actuated
by any motive or revenge, but merely
by a desire to teach' the Turks a whole
some lesson for the guidance of their
conduct in the future.
The president was furnished with the
briefs prepared by Mr. Wheeler on
"The Rights of American Citizens In
Turkey," and "The Duty of .the United
States to American Citizens in Tur
key," and he was reminded that the
Republican national platform of 189G,
on which he was elected, contained a
paragraph wholly devoted to this sub
ject, and which, after expressing the
sympathy and Indignation aroused in
America by the Armenian massacres,
declared the party's belief that the
United States should exercise all the
Influence It could properly exert to
bring these atrocities to an end. "In
Turkey, American residents have been
exposed to the gravest dangers, and
American property destroyed. There
and everywhere American citizens and
American property must be absolutely
protected at all hazards and at any
cost."
It was the opinion ot some members
of the committee that If the Porte could
not be made to see Us duty In any oth
er way, It must be done by American
ships and arms.
The committee did not feel at liberty,
after 'tlio Interview, to repeat what the
president had said In reply: but It was
Intimated from other sources that he
said that he had chosen the present
minister to Turkey, Dr. Angell, be
cause he believed him to be thoroughly
Interested In the subject the committee
had In hand, and a firm and wise diplo
matist; that measures were now In pro
gress which, It was believed, would
bring the issue to a head very soon;
but that In any event, he (the presi
dent) held tho cause which they rep
resented In tho heartiest sympathy, and
they might safely depend upon him to
see American rights enforced In Tur
key with the full power of our gov
ernment. To Prooopd Against Wcylor.
Madrid, Jan. 9. The captain general of
Madrid has already received all the doc
uments necessary for proceeding against
Lieutenant General Valerelna Weyler. A
dispatch from Madrid on Friday last Bald
the cabinet council had that day decided
to submit General Weyler's conduct with
reference to the protest against Presi
dent McKlnloy's message nnd as to other
matters to a fresh Inquiry, under tho di
rection of the general commanding tho
first army corps (whoso station Includes
Madrid), Lieutenant General Dalian, and
that there waB a possibility that a minis
tcrlal crisis might thus be averted.
Pnniiiiin Cniuil Route.
Colon, Colombia, via Galveston, Tex.,
Jan, 9. Lyman 13. Coolcy, the well known
engineer, of Chicago drainage canal tamo,
nnd other engineers bound for Nicaragua,
havo carefully examined tho Culobra cut
extending from Pedro Miguel to Bas
Obispo. They aro unanimous In admitting
the feasibility of tho Panama canal
along that route, alleging that the ob
Btacles to bo overcome elsewhere would
be greater,
The Hernld's Wenl.lior Forecnst.
New York, Jan. 10. In the middle states
and New England, today, cloudy weather
will prevail with rain, becoming heavy
locally and turning Into anow In the
northern districts, slltfht temperature
changes and fresh to brisk northeasterly
winds to southeasterly, becoming high
on the coasts followed by u cold wave in
the lake region. On Tuesday, In both of
these sections, partly cloudy to clearing
ond decidedly colder weather will pre-
I1 iiMnmiAf hv Know nn thn unnpr
rnJii. with brink to hieh northwrateriv
winds.
CONGRESSIONAL
PROGRAMME
Annexation of Hawaii
Will Be Discussed in
the Senate.
DEBATE ON THE TREATY
The Flow of Oratory Will
Begin Tuday.
Civil Sorvlco Debnte in tho House of
Representatives Will Doubtless Do
Concluded on Tuesday Next-Fuw
Enemies of tho Law Arc Willing to
Voto lor Its HcpcnN-Domocrnts
Prefer tb Voto for n Ilcponl Ilnthor
than a Modification That Will Turn
Domocrnts Out of OHico.
Washington, Jan. 9. Interest in tho
senate proceedings for the week cen
ters In tho promised debate ot the
treaty for the annexation of Hawaii
which will be taken up Monday.
Senator Davis has given notice that
he will move an executive session of
the senate for consideration of the
treaty each day until the treaty shall
be finally disposed of. The first effort
on Monday will be to secure open doors
for the debate. This motion will be
made by Senator Pettlgrew, of the
opposition, but there Is no likelihood
that It will carry.
The prevailing opinion Is that the
debate will not be prolonged on the
treaty, but theories as to the length of
time very all the way from a week to
a month.
Xlie opposition to the treaty assert
that they have no disposition to pro
long the discussion owing to their con
fidence In their ability to defeat tho
treaty. They tlalm 35 votes In oppo
sition and state that among these thero
will be more than one Republican. Sen
ator Morrill adheres to his original de
termination to oppose the ratification
resolution, and lie Is preparing a speech
on that side of the question. The
name of Senator Money, on the Demo
cratic side, Is added to the list of sup
porters of the treaty, making five Dem
ocrats who will certainly favor nnn'x
ntlon. Senator Butler (Pop.), whose
position has not heretofore been gen
erally known, today announced him-,
self as opposed to ratification.
It may be accepted as true that 1J
the opponents of annexation become
thoroughly convinced that they can
secure the one-third vote necessary to
accomplish that end they will allow the
vote to come without delay, reserving
any dilatory tactics to which they may
be- disposed to resort for use in con
nection with the consideration of the
Joint resolution for annexation, which
would follow the defeat of the treaty.
This resolution would require only a
majority vote, and It Is conceded on nil
hands that tho annexationists havo
the necessary majority.
In open session the calendar presents
many subjects that may receive atten
tion. Including especially the Immigra
tion and the census bill, the latter nf
fordtng a basis for speeches upon the
civil service.
Senator Fairbanks has given notice
of a speech on the Immigration bill on
Tuesday and Senator Butler will spealc
on his resolution providing for the elec
tion of federal Judges by the people
some day during tho week.
Discussion of the financial question
Is also among the probabilities. Senator
Davis Is expected to open the Hawaiian
debate with a set speech on Monday,
but there Is a possibility that he will
defer his main argument until later
In the discussion.
CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE.
The civil service debate, which has
been In progress in the house during
the past week, will be concluded prob
ably on Tuesduy, when tho vote will bo
taken on a motion to strike out the
appropriation for the maintenance of
the commission. The motion is fore
doomed to defeat, so that the political
contributions to the literature of this
vexed question will eventuate In noth
ing. The debate, however, has served
to define the position of the members.
It has proven that comparatively few
ot the enemies of the system are will
ing to go to the length of voting for
the repeal ot the law. It Is claimed
that a preliminary canvnss of the Re
publicans of tho house has developed
over one hundred on the side who aro
willing to voto for a modification ot
the law. If with these could be com
bined the Democratic opponents ot the
law, many of whom are ngulnst the
entire law and desire to see It wiped
off tho statute books, they would prob
ably command a majority. But quite
a number of Democrats whoso hostil
ity to the law' Is outspoken say they
will not vote for modlllcatlon of tho
law, which will simply result In the
removal of Democrats from ofllce and
the substitution ot Republicans. They
prefer, if It Is not to bo repealed, to
see the law stand as It Is, The entlie
Popullstlo strength will oppose every
motion to repeal or modify the law.
After tho legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill Is out of tho
way, either tho agricultural or diplo
matic and consular bill will be taken
up.
An urgent deficiency bill will also be
ready, so that the remainder of the
week, except Saturday, set apart for
paying tribute to the memory of the
lato Representative MUllkcn, of Maine,
will be occupied with appropriation
bills. The diplomatic and consular bill
Is very likely to cnuso extended debate
on tho pending foreign questions, Cuba,
Hawaii, the situation in tho Orient, any
one of which could be made a fruitful
theme of discussion. It is understood
to be the Intention ot the Democrats
to force the Republicans to define tho
administration's position toward Cu
1 bun independence durlnu tbo debate.
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