rihme. txmxtom ' TWO CENTS. SCRANTON. PA.. MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1898. TWO CENTS. RUMORS OF EVACUATION Spaniards Given Until No vember to Leave Cuba. DISORDER AT HAVANA Thieves nnd Cut-throats at Work. Tho Terrible Atrocities Committed By the Spanish General Ignaclo Estruch Innocent PersonB As sassinated by Secret Service Police General Blanco Horrified nt the Present of a Bloody Dagger. Havana, Sept. 2. On Wednesday last a rumor was put into circulation to the effect that the American com missioners In answer to the Spanish demand that the term of evacuation shall extend until February had de livered a dispatch stating that the Washington government insisted that the evacuation be completed by the end of October. The rumor lacked of ficial confirmation, but the report gain ed considerable headway the next day and was generally believed to have of ficial foundation. This, however, was flatly contradicted officially by both sides, the commissioners absolutely de nying its truth to the Associated Press correspondent. It is the desire of the Cubans, of course, to see the Span iards go from the Island nt once, but it can be denied on good authority that any such ultimatum as that referred to has been received. It Is believed, however, that the Americans will In sist upon the evacuation being com pleted by the end of November. A committee has been appointed, consisting of Colonel3 Solerano, Ar guelles, Castillo and Cachaso, to agree upon measures for the dlsbandmcnt nnd disarming of the volunteer troops. It is understood that they will propose keeping the volunteers under arms un til the Cuban troops shall have been disbanded. Since Captain General Blanco par doned 260 prisoners confined on the Isle of Pines, among whom are many nanigos, habitual thieves and desper tite characters, Havana.whlch through out the blockade hatdly recorded a single burglary, theft or other crime, Is shown by tho police returns to bo nt present the scene of many assaults, house breakings, thefts and murders, which crlme3 are of almost dally oc currence. A lady of Habana, one of whose rel atives was undergoing n term of Im prisonment, recently visited Admiral Sampson and requested him to use his influence to secure tho liberation of her relatives. Admiral Sampson at once forwarded n petition to General Blan co, who ordered that the prisoner be released. ESTRUCH'S CRUELTIES. A prominent Spaniard who has Just arrived from Santo Esplritu tells of many atrocities committed by the Spanish general, Ignatius Estruch, In that vicinity. As a result many fam lles have fled to the fields and others have died panic stricken, suffering from untold cruelties. General Es truch surrounded himself with advisers who Indicated to him persons to be kill ed or exiled. Estruch made a list of fifty persons, submitting it for approv al to General Agulrre, commander of his division, who consulted with Marco Garcia, civil governor of Santa Clara provnee. Garcia said the list was not reliable, as nil the persons named therein were loyal autonomists. Agulrre returned the list to Estruch, refus ing to approve the latter's proposed action. Estruch. chagrined nt his fail ure, formed a secret police service of 23 gendarmes armed with daggers. The blacklisted persons were arrested by night and slain outside the city walls. When the families of the missing in quired, Estruch replied that they had been arrested and released, and had probably escaped to the fields and joined the rebels. Thus Estruch assas sinated about 30 persons. Estruch was arrested for his crimes, but was releas ed and sent to Jaucaro trocha, not being court martlalled on account of lack of proof. One of the daggers used by the Estruch police was presented to Captain General Blanoe, who was horrified at the sight. Among the persons assassinated was Ca nil I do Spalederon, a newspaper man, and a mulatto named Ventura Castancdal. THEY SEE LONDON. American Peace Commissioners View the Sights. London, Sept. 25. The peuce commis sioners devoted the day to sightseeing with the energy and enthusiasm of few tourists. Most cf tho ladles and beveral gentlemen of the party attend ed religious services in Westminster abbey and St. Paul's. Several Indulg ed in a steamboat excursion on the Thames and drove to many places of historic interest. The Hotel Cecil was filled with Amer icans all day, many calling on the commissioners or attaches, while oth ers grouped about the lobbies, discus sing the commission anil its work, guve the glided English hostelry the air of entertaining an American political con vention. Much nmusement was caused by the action of the hotel proprietor who, in tending to pay a graceful compliment to his guest, raised the American and Spanish flag side by side, The combi nation excited curious comments ntnong the thousand? of passers by during the day. Steamship Arrivals, New York, Sept. 25. Arrived: La Use. enjene, Havre; Kd.un. Amstoidum ana Bologna; Rotterdam. Rotterdam and J(o. lognc. Oceenbtown Sailed: Ktrurla, Liv erpool for New York. GAHCIA'S VERSION OF IT. Says Shaf tor Deliberately Went Back on His Agreement. New York, Sept. 20. To a Herald rep resentative at Santiago Saturday who asked him why ho resigned his com mand In tho Cuban army and what was tho nature of his dispute with Ocneral Shatter, General Garcia re plied: "1 should like It clearly set out that I had no personal quarrel with General Shatter. He had given mo a distinct promise that the American nnd Cu ban troops should enter tho town to gether. That promise ho has denied, but, nevertheless, it wns so. I felt keenly tho indignity and neglect of tho Cuban troops nnd still more strongly that the Spanish officials still retain of fice in Santiago. I could no longer obey instructions (to cooperate with tho Amerlcnn army, as this feeling was antagonistic to the orders I had re ceived from my commander-in-chief, I resigned my command, writing a let ter to General Shatter, which has been published. "I sent my resignation to General Gomez as my commander In chief. It wus accepted by General Gomez In his military capacity. Probably the cause was that It was feared that on the publication of my letter to Gen eral Shafter somo feeling might be stirred up against mo In tho United States, and therefore it would be Im politic to continue me in my command, but my letter caused exactly the re verse result. I have received from the United States thousands of letters of congratulation. I do not think It has caused mo in any way persona non grata to the American people or the American government. "I do not recognize any government on this island save that of the United States. From the moment the Amer ican troops landed on this soil but one govenment Is represented In Cuba. I should have liked to continue in my command until the Island was settled, but my work was over. War was end ed, and the duty now of the soldiers is to lay down their arms, resume work and to endeavor under the protecting arm of your great nnd free govern ment, to build up free Cuba." HORRORS OF THE KLONDIKE REGION. Fruitless Efforts to Cross the Ash croft Trail Members o a Mont real Klondike Syndicate Spend Four Months in Trying to Get Through to the Gold Country. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 23. A Vancou ver. H. C, special says Brindley Mills and P. Grant, two members of a Mon treal Klondike syndicate, arrived hero today after spending four months In trying to get through to the gold coun try over the Ashcroft trail. At Ques nclle they met Sir Arthur Curtis, an English baron, and his party and also ran across them at Mud river, where Sir Arthur mysteriously disappeared and was never seen ngain by a white man. Mr. Mills said they joined In tho search with Indians for the body nnd that they are confident that the latter not only knew all about the nobleman's death but where the body might be found. They want $1,000 reward for bringing It out of the woods. The un fortunate nobleman, Mills believes, met with foul play. Mills and his party were lost four daya without food one hundred miles from Telegraph .Creek. On one occa sion they took the advice of a treach erous Indian guide and went fifty miles out of their way. They describe the experience as ter rible. They declare emphatically that the route Is a fraud and that hun dreds of poor fellows are actuolly in danger of starvation on it now. They are stalled for fifty and one hundred miles apart without provision and without hope. Mills and Grant started out with fifty-eight horses and left thirty head on the road. Their outfits are also lost and when they reached Tel 'graph Creek, they were broken in health and without money. THE EMPEROR DEADP All Evidence Seems to Confirm the Supposition. London, Sept. 25. The Dally Tele graph's Hong Kong correspondent, wir ing Sunday, says: "Although there is no positive con firmation, all the evidence tends to the conviction that the emperor Is dead. "A private dispatch says ho died on Sept. 21, directly he issued the edict giving the dowager the regency. No body doubts that Yang and Chung Yen Hoon, who was minister at Washing ton in 1SS5, are both Innocent of the charge of poisoning tho emperor." LI'S ENEMY DISHONORED. Chang Yen Hoon Stripped of All His Offices. London, Sept. 26. The Times' Pekln correspondent says: "Chang Yen Huon, the Cuntonese enemy and rival of LI Hung Chang, who Is charged with har boring Kang Yu Wei, has been ar rested. He Is now under trial by the board of punishment. He will be stripped of all his offices, his removal giving Increased honor to LI Hung Chang. "The officials generally welcome the empress' return to power, but the peo ple are indifferent. Ktung Yu Wei Is charged with conspiring ugalnst the empress dowager, and has been de clared an outlaw and his arrest has been ordered." ' m Youthful Soldier Dead. Philadelphia, Sept. 23. John T. Taylor, a private In Company A, First Maryland volunteers, died today In St. Joseph's hospital from typhoid pneumonia, 'i'uy. lor was brought to this city two weeks ago fioin Camp Meade. At the hospital he said he va Iti years ot uge, and that ho had previously given his age as 13 so thnt he could enlist. The body win to taken to Annapolis for interment. Spanish Peace Commissioners. Madrid. Sept. 25, Tim SiMlilsh pence commissioners started tor Paris this evt-nlnfc'. KHALIFA'S ARMY SUFFERS DEFEAT THE ONLY ORGANIZED NANT IS CRUSHED. REM- Gedarf, the Last Stronghold, Is Captured After Three Hours' Hard righting 1,300 Egyptians Route 3,000 Dervishes A Steamer Cap tured Gen. Kitchener Returns to Omdurmnn. Cairo, Sept. 23. General Kitchener, commanding the Anglo-Egyptian ex pedition, has returned to Omdurnian, having established posts at Fnshoda and on the Sobat river. The troops did no lighting except with a Dervish steamer on tho way south, which wna captured. Suaklm, Sept. 23. Tho only organized remnant of the Khalifa's army was de feated and Its last stronghold, Gedarf, captured on Sept. 22, after three hours' hard fighting, when an Egyptian force numbering 1,300, under command of Colonel Parsons, routed 3,000 Dervishes, of whom 300 were killed. Three British officers were wounded nnd thirty-seven Egyptlnn soldiers killed and fifty-nine wounded. CLASH AT FASHODA. General Kitchener Meets French and Orders Them to Retire. London, Sept. 26. The Pally Tele graph'." Cairo correspondent telegraph ing todny (Monday), says: "General Kitchener found the French at Fashoda. He notified Major March and that he had express Instructions that the territory was British and that the French must retire, and offered them passage to Cairo. Major March and absolutely declined to retire unless ordered to do so by his government. No fighting occurred. Major March and was given clearly to understand that tho British Insisted upon their claims, and the rest has been left to be settled by diplomacy between the respective governments. "General Kitchener sent a long of ficial dispatch to London, hoisted tho Union Jack and the Egyptian en sign, and left as a garrison the Elev enth nnd Thirteenth Soudanese bat talions and the Cameron Highlanders to protect the British flag. Colonel Juckson commands the garrison." SECRETARY ALGER'S TALK He Responds to a Toast at Jackson ville Sickness the Fault of Com manders. Jacksonville, Fla Sept. 23. Secre tary Alger nnd party, consisting ot General Sternberg, surgeon general; General Ludington, quartermaster gen eral, and others spent the day In Jack sonville, visiting the camp of the Sev enth armj corp. The distinguished party was met at the station by Gen eral Lee and a committee of citizens. Generul Alger proceeded at once to the camp of the First division and during the day inspected the three division hospitals, going through every ward. A luncheon was tendered to the sec retary and party at noon and in re sponse to a toast he said: "Sickness is largely the fault of the command ers, division, regimental and company commmanders. General Lee Is not looking very well nnd I have granted him a short leave of absence. "The organizing and equipping of an army of 250,000 men, carrying on a war in two continents in the space of three months lias been a tremendous under taking. The secretnry of war has been ably assisted In this undertaking by the surgeon general and the quarter master's department. They have been criticized but not to the extent the secretary of war has, yet I know the work they have accomplished has been little short of miraculous, When this war began the clothing that the men have worn was on the backs of ani mals. There was no ammunition, no transportation, there was nothing be hind the war department but a great rich nation burning with patriotism. Almost In a night an army was orgnn lzed and equipped that paralyzed the nation with which we had to deal, and has awakened tho admiration of the world. I have no apology to make for what has been done. I am willing to let the record of the campaign stand und speak for Itself. "It matters not what may become of me. I may be burled In oblivion or In the grave, but the unbiased histor ian will give the world the Impartial record of what has been accomplished and the record will aland forever as a monument to the greatness of this nation and Its boundless resources. "When this war was begun I Issued an order that the north and south should be brigaded together. They have been united nnd it is proven thnt the sectional lines of north and south no longer and I thank God thnt I have lived to see the day when he have a united country." FIVE MEN DROWNED. Tragedy of the Foundering of the Lighter Monitor. Salt Ste. Marie, Mich.. Sept. 25. Five men wpro drowned in St. .Mary's river today by tho foundering of the lighter Monitor. They ate Joseph Prior, Wil liam Corbler, John Itobalre, Emanuel itobalre, all ot this city, and John Foley, of West Bay City. Their bodies were recovered by a diver and brought here this evening. Tho Monitor was in tow of the tug Bruce und wus loaded with Iron ore, taken from the schooner Carrlngton, which was stranded in the river. In turning the light on the way to Point Aux Pin, the lighter foundered. SoidlerKilled. Trenton, N. J.. Sept. 23. An unknown soldier of tho Third Pennsylvania regi ment wus killed at Princeton Junction today by falling from a freight train on which ho was riding, Ills body Is now in the Trenton morgue. Ho Is small In stature, about 21 years old, and tho let ters "A. M. L." are tuttocd on his arm. THE MEW YORK SLATE. Ticket That Will Probably Bo Nomi nated Tuesday. Saratoga, N. Y Sept. 23. The Blatu prepared by tho leaders claiming to have control of the Itepubllcan stato convention and given out as that to be named on Tuesday by tho convention, is as follows. For Governor Theodoro ltooscvclt, Now York. Lieutenant governor Timothy L. Wood, ruff, of Kings. Secretary of stutcJohn T. McDonough, Albany. Comptroller William J. Morgan, of Erie. Stato treasurer John 1. Kaegcl, ot Ca yuga. Attorney general John K. Davlos, ot Oneida. Stato engineer Not selected. It is believed today that the conven tion will last but one day, It being the general opinion that nil differences will be settled on the first ballot for governor. The Black adherents have decided not to make a fight on tho organization of the convention, nnd it will be organized with Sercno E. Payne, of Cayuga, as temporary chair man, and Horace G. White, of Syra cuse, permanent chairman. Chauncey M. Dopew will name Mr. Roosevelt nnd Delegates Cullnan, of O.swego; Farnhnm, of Orange, and Wallace, of Queens, will serond it. Tho Black people have not arrived at a decision ns to who will bo named as their candidate. OLGA'S STRANGE VOYAGE The German Bark arrives nt Del aware Breakwater Aitor an Excit ing Experience Victims of Yellow Fover. Philadelphia, Sept. 23. The German bark Olga arrived nt the Delaware breakwater tonight for orders, from Samarangn, Java, laden with sugar. She brought to a close a voyage of strange fatalities, having only a few of the original officers on board, Cap tain Dreyer, her commander, and five others having died of that dread dis ease, scurvy, which so often breaks out on board vessels from tho far east. The Olga made sail from Souraba baya on April 30, and met with tho usual experiences until when about two months out ftom port. Here the dis ease mude Its first appearance, and one by one the men were overtaken, until the shin's crew wns decreased to four men able to be about. Captain Dreyer was among the first to be stricken down with the horrible disease. He lasted only a few days, suffering the greatest agony and praying for death. His body was sewed up in a canvas bag nnd consigned to the de'ep. It was then that the mate took charge and he, too, was stricken down, leaving in charge of the vessel men with only scant or no knowledge of navigation. A consul tation was held on board, and It wns decided to bear away for the nearest port, and on Investigation her original destination for orders, St. Michaels, wns determined to be the one to make for. Here she arrived July 29 with her crew nearly dead. Medical aid was at once summoned and with difficulty the sick men were removed to the hospital. The vessel's owners were communicated with and another captain was sent out to take charge of iter. After remaining In St. Michaels for three weeks the men were pronounced sufficiently recovered to go on board again and the fatal voyage was con tinued. The Olga upon her arrival today re ported that all on boatd were well. She Is now awaiting orders, and will prob ably romu to this port to discharge her cargo. REV. M'INTYRE'S CASE. Specialists on Nervous Diseases Ex amine the Oregon's Chaplain. Denver, Colo., Sept. 23. Drs. T. J. Eskrldge nnd H. T. Pershing, special ists on nervous diseases, yesterday ex amined Chaplain J. P. Mclntyre. of th battleship Oregon, with regard to his nervous and mental condition. The examination wns made at the re quest " of tho chaplain's brother and legal advisers. Indicating that his de fense be for the court-martial by which he Is to be tried on charges growing out of his criticism of the conduct of Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans In the battle of July :!, off Santiago, will probably be temporary aberration, due to sickness contracted while In the line of duty. British Steamer Sinks. Gibraltar. Sept. 25. The Spanish steam, er Carthagena. from Avilos for JJarce lona, proceeded, after being In collision on Sept. 22 oft Cape Ylllauo, with the Uritlsh steamer lthcubinu, trom Jiuelva for Lisbon. The latter vessel was sunn and the crew, with the exception of mo teaman and tho captain, who were land er ut Gibraltar, were drowned. Soldiers Return. New Yotk. Sept. 23. Twenty-live mem bers of the Sixth Massachusetts volun teers arrived here today on tho City ot Lowell from Hoston on their way to Porto Rico. The men havo been homo on furloughs and they nro now returning to their commands, They were sent to Governor's Island to await Instructions trom Quartermaster Colonel Kimball. Suicide on a Steamer. New York, Sept. 23,A man registered as M. Putzo, who was a passenger on tno steamer La Gusconno from Havre, was found dead In his cabin on the morning of Sept. IS, having committed suicide by hanging. Ho wns about 33 yean old, und left nothing that would reveal his Iden tity. Instantly Killed. New York, Sept. 25. a man and a wo man, both rolddlo aged, were run over and Instantly killed today in the Prospect tunnel, of tho Urighion llouch railroad in Ilrooklyu. Their Identity had not been learned nt it lato hour. Tho couple were walking through the tunnel, which Is six hundred feet long and unlimited. WAR DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION WILL BEGIN WORK TODAY. Tho Commlttco Effects an Organi zation by Electing General Green ville M. Dodge President Tho In quiry Will Probably Bo Searching and Rigid. Washington, Sept. 23. The com mission appointed by President Mc Kinlcy to Investigate the administra tion of the war department In relation to its conduct of tho Hlspuno-Amer-lean war will begin no uiDors formal ly tomorrow. The committee effected an organization yesterday by electing General Greenville M. Dodge, presi dent, Mr. Ulchard Welgthrnnn, secre tary and Major Stephen C. Mills, of the regular nrmy, recorder. Tho president Is understood to be thoroughly plensed with tho personnel of the commission. It was his effort to secure as members of the commis sion men of the highest character and standing, in whose opinions and Judgment the country would hnve nil confidence. He desired also to have represented on the board all phases of public and political feeling, every section of the country nnd nil classes of business, professional, commercial and military. The men whom he has appointed are possessed of varied ex perience, many of them having served with distinguished honor to themsel ves either In the Union or Confederate nrmy. The president feels assured that tho verdict of the commission, what ever It may be In the Inquiry It is about to conduct, will be accepted and ap proved by all right minded and right thinking American citizens. That It is the president's desire that tho Inquiry should be rigid nnd search ing wns Indicated by his statement to the commission when It assembled in the White House for n conference with him yesterdny. No limit Is placed by the president upon the course of the 'investigation. It is to include every uepartment of the army and the pres ident nssures the commission In ad vance that he will afford every facil ity in his power for the prosecution of the most searching Inquiry Into ev ery part of the administration of the war. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Addressing the commission the pres ident said, among other things: Gentlemen, before suggesting the mat tors which shall come before you tor In vestigation, I desire to express my nppre. elation to each or you for your willing ness to accept tho patrlotlo service to which you have been Invited. You aro to perform one of the highest public duties that can fall to a citizen, and your unselfishness in undertaking It makes me profoundly sratef.il. There has been In many quarters seveie criticism of the conduct of the war with Spain. Charges of criminal neglect of tno soldiers In camp and In the Held and hos pital and on transports have been so per sistent that, whether true or false, they have made u deep Impression upon tho country. It Is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly fnvestlsate these charges and make the fullest examination of the administration of the war depart ment In all Its branches, with the view to establishing the truth or falsity of these accusations. 1 put upon you no limit to the scope of your Investigation. Of all depa.rtments connected with the army 1 Invito the closest scrutiny and examination, and shall afford every facil ity for the most searching Inquiry. The records of the war department and tho assistance of its officers shall bo subject to your call. I cannot Impress upon you too strongly my wish that your Investigation shall lie so thorough nnd complete that your re port, when made, will fix the responsibil ity for any failure or fault by reason of neglect. Incompetency or maladministra tion upon tho office! s and bureau respons ible therefore If It be found that the ells co-nplalned of have existed. me people of the country nro entitled to know whether or not the citizens who so j romptly responded to the call ot duty hae been neglected or misused or mal treated by the government to which they so willingly gave their services. If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape, conviction nnd punishment. TROOPS IN CUBA. The Condition of American Soldiers Improving. Gunntnnamo. Cuba, Sept. 23. Two deaths from yellow fever, one from pneumonia, and twenty-live believed to have been caused by malaria, are re ported to have occurred since Aug. 20 among Colonel Ray's troops and the companies of the Third volunteers, numbering 610, now here. The condi tion of the troops Is Improving. Yes terday the men were given fresh meat, a number of head of cattle having been purchased by Colonel Ray at $75 each. General Perez and 300 Cuban troops have arrived and are receiving rations. They are waiting instructions from the junta to disband. The city, it Is believed, has less than 1,000 rations and the condition of the residents of tlfe country districts is bad, owing to lack ot clothing and supplies. These people are not allowed to enter the city. They nro In need of medi cines and treatment, and the aid of the Red Cross Is wanted. KILLED THE KLU-KLUX KLAN. Death of Author of the BUI Rooting out the Terrible Organization. Lancaster, Wis., Sept. 25. Uencrnl John H, Cnllls, a veteran of the Civil war, died last night. At tho close of tho war Gen eral Callls wus sent to Huntsvlllc, Ala., as assistant commissioner of tho Freed man's bureau, nnd latter was elected to congress from that district. While In congress he Introduced the or. iKlnal resolution on which was after wards based the celebrated Klu-Klux Klan bill, whlclsulted In rooting out that terrible organization. CONGRESS OF MOTHERS. Will Be a Feature of the Omaha Ex position, Oct. 8, 0 and 10. Washington, Sept. 25. A congress ot mothers, under the nusplces of tho Na tional organization, will bo held In Omumi Oct. S, 9 and 10. by Invltutlon of tho Trans. Mississippi exposition, All interested In tho movement are In vited to attend. There will be a meet ing In Omaha of the national board ot managers at tho close of this congress. THE news this mohninu Weather Indication! Todiyi Partly Cloudy; Cast to Southeast Winds. 1 General Agulnnldo Asks the Forbear- nnco of tho Nations. Evacuation Rumors ut Havana. Tho Khalifa's Only Organized Army Js Crushed. Investigating tho War Department. 2 General Tho Tln-Plnte Industry. Financial and Commercial. 3 Local Sunday In Scranton Churches. Coal Company Wins in tho Springer Case. 4 Editorial. Comment of tho Press. 5 Local Concert nt the Hillside Home. Reformers for Rcvenuo Only. 0 Local West Scranton nnd Suburban. 7 News Round About Scranton. S General Doings nt Camp Meade. Interesting Letters from Porto Hlco REV. BRADY'S CHARGF The Archdeacon ns Chaplain of th First Regiment Gives Startling Testimony Regarding Care of Sick. Philadelphia, Sept. 23. Rev. Cyrus T. Brady, archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Eastern Penn sylvania, nnd chaplain of the First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, In a sermon tonight severely criticised the management of the volunteer oamps which enme under his supervision at Chlcknmauga, where his regiment was stationed for a long time, lie sntd the medical commissary, quartermaster and ordnance departments were all to blame, and continued thus: "I per sonally saw men left in the hospltnls In camps for thirty-six hours without any medical attendance whntever, "I saw men In those hopltnls suffer ing from fever with the rain beating down upon them. "I saw men committed to the care of unskilled attendants when It was absolutely Impossible for them to re ceive anything like the attention they deserved. "I saw men, suffering from fever, lying with their mouths open and their mouths filled with files." In conclusion tho archdeacon said: "I wonder If I dare, being still In the government service, say mere. There Is much more that might be told If 11 were proper for me to tell It, but per haps this will suffice. I had not In tended to touch upon this phase of our experiences nt all, but when I think that these things have taken plnee In this, the richest, greatest and presum ably, the most advanced nation on the face of the earth, I cannot hold my peace." The reverend spenker also said that the officers of the First regiment had done everything possible to alleviate the condition of the men. DREYFUS CASE AGAIN. A Meeting Held to Protest Against a Revision. Paris, Sept. 23. Paul Deroulede pre sided at a meeting held today for the purpose of protesting against a revis ion of the Dreyfus proceedings, at which he made a speech violently de nouncing M. Brisson, and all the prom inent supporters of revision nnd de clared that It a revolution broke out and the scaffold was erected In Paris the first head to fall ought to bo that of M. Clcmenceau. If Dreyfus ever returned to France, M. Deroulede as serted, he would be lynched. In con clusion he announced the Intention to reconstitute the league of patilots, which the government for metly dissolved, and a itsolutinn to this effect was carried bv acclaim. Slight demonstrations were made late this afternoon but the crowds which gathered were quickly dispersed by the police. London, Sept. 2fi. The Dally News this morning publishes a teport of an Interview with Comte Esterhazy, in the course of which the comte admitted having had a conversation with Mrs. Rachel Heer. wife of the editor of the Observer, on the 16th Inst., but denied energetically that he had made the avowals credited to him. He then pro duced a long letter which he had ad dressed to Mrs. Heer last week, giving a general denial In advance to anything which might be published without his signature, and protesting that he had been deceived by lying demonstrations of friendship on the part of the man agers of the Observer, "when far from foreseeing the scandalous manoeuvre of which I was the Intended object." Incidentally, Comte Esterhazy de clared that the pretended witness to the revelation wns utterly ignorant of the French language. "The above mentioned letter, dated September 21, "Is" the paper says "ap aparently all that Count Ezterhazy Is able to submit In proof of admis sions which are now everywhere in London accepted us facts." Count Ezterhnzy made not the slightest attempt to deny the Obser vor's categorical statement as to Mrs. Ueers, the enterprising editress of the Sunday Times and the actual directress of the Observor. The Dally News observes editorially: "If the Observor's statements are un true Count Ezterhazy should Immedi ately seek u remedy in the proper quar ter and retire with a substantial uddl tlon to his fortune." COLOMBIA RELENTS. British Minister Represents Italian Interests. Colon, Colombtn, Sept. 25. A special dispatch from Bogota says the Colom bia government has reconsidered the decree recently issued severing diplo matic relations with Italy; and tho British minister Is now recognized as representing Italian interests in the absence of the Italian minister. Permission, moreover, bus been granted to consular olllcors of friendly nations to net in a similar manner throughout the republic. Bryan at Washington. Washington, Sept. 25.-Colonel W. J. Uryau, of tho Third Nebraska, Is still In Washington awaiting an answer from the war department regarding his request for the dltcharge of tho sick men ot his reg iment. He will leuvo piububly tomorrow for Jacksonville. AGUINALDO'S GREAT TASK Insurgent Leader Begins to Realize His Large Contract. FILIPINOS UNREASONABLE Many of tho Natives Refuse to Pay Taxes to Support the Insurgent Army Spanish Intriguers Are Actively at Work Endeavoring to Create Disturbance and Distrust. Aguinaldo Still Has Hope. Manila, Sept. 23. The Filipino con gress Is engaged In the consideration of the question of raising funds to defray the heavy expenses of the maintenance of the army, pending a decision by tho Paris conference. Hitherto the nrmy of the Fllpinos had been chiefly sup ported by pubic subscription, but now the native government contemplates tho imposition of various taxes. The in habitants of the northern provinces, however, especially of Pampang and llocos, flatly refuse to pay land or poll taxes, because it wus the popular Im pression that the revolutionists would abolish taxation entirely. The natives of Pampang and Tan gaslnan, the two richest agricultural provinces of the island, nnd those of llocos and Zambales, who are the stur diest mountaineers, distrust the TagaN and Insist upon the establishment of an American protectorate. Yesterday the assembly debated the question of a land tax. A majority of the members were opposed to the main tenance of a burden unequally distrib uted and unduly favoring the Tugals, and demanded thnt a statement of ex penditures be submltetd bpfore the matter was decided. The statement was not forthcoming, and the question wns shelved. Aguinaldo realizes the difficulty of reconciling the conflicting Interests, but hopes that the nations will allow the Filipinos a fair chance to show that they are capable of self-government. INTRIGUERS AT WORK. Aguinaldo desires tho Associated Pres.8 to Inform the world that "there Is conclusive evidence that many Span lards and priests are intriguing with a faction of the natives to foment dis turbances so that Americans will be lieve the whale population to be irre concilable." He asserts that the Intriguers pay monev and provide uniforms to per sons to Impersonate rebel officers and enter the town, und accuses Eugeno Hlanco of being the chief paid agent of these Intriguers. In the course of an interview with the Associated Press correspondent, Agulnildo said that the Filipino fleet comprises eight steamers which ar-j now engaged In conveying troops for a grand campaign against the Spanish garrisons In tho southern Islands. These vessels are practically unarmed. The Spanish gunboat El Cnno. ha says, recently entered Mnsbate and caught and sank the Filipino troopship Hurlsan, which was lying ut anchor there. He admitted the recent purchase of tlv steamer Abbey, formerly the Paslg, but denied that she had landed rilles and ammunition at Batangas though he admitted that she curled two Max ims and a ship load of stores. The United States steamer Hugh Mc culloch captured the Abbey sixty miles south of Manila. It Is believed that th Abbey bad landed 7.000 rifies. MARIA TERESA FLOATS. The Spanish War Ships Raised by the Air Bags. Playa del Este, Guantanamo Hay, Cuba, Sept. 25. The wrecking company engaged under Lieutenant Ilobson In the work of saving the wrecked Span ish warships has succeeded lit tloatlng the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser after being got atloat was taken In tow by the Potomac and convoyed by the cruiser Newark, the Scorpion ami the Alvarado, proceeded for Gunntnn amo bay, where she arrived last night. The successful Issue of the attempt to float her was greeted with the blowln? of whistles, the firing of national sa lutes and by cheers, In which tho Cubans Joined, disturbing tho noon siesta. Off Slhoney the barometer and the wind Indicated the approach of a hur ricane, and the- towing power was In creased. The Newark, under Captain Good rich, rendered valuable assistance in the work of saving the Maria Teresa. The cruiser is being put in condition for her trip north by the repair ship Vulcan. SPANIARDS OBJECT. They Will Not Live Under the American Flag. Madrid. Sept. 25. It Is announced here that 10.000 Spaniards, residing In the Island of Porto Rico, havo refused to live in thj Island under the Ameri can Hag and hue demanded that they be returned to Spain at the expense of the government. Tho question of the repatriation of the discontented h'punlnrds has been referred to the statu council. -f-t- -f 1 -t-t-f-t-f -t-t WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Sept. 23. Forecast tor Monday: For Eastern Penn sylvania, partly cloudy weuthur; light east to sOLtluast winds. For Western Pennsylvania, partly cloudy weather; light urluble winds. tt-K-m-mtttt-t-tv-rtti-t ft, W
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