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Torpedo Boat D stroyers Ordered ,
Prepared for Service.
RUSH WORK ON CRUISERS’
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No Foundation However for the ch‘u’r:
TI-at Notices Have .Been Sent to the
Cunard and White Star Lire. French
Troops to Be Sent to Toulon. North'
. Atlantic Sqnadr: n to Assemb'e.
London, Oct. 25.—T11e British admi-
ralty issued a number of significant or-
ders yesterday.
The dock yards at Portsmouth Dev-
onport and Chatham haVc (ac ,re-
ceived instructions to prepare six 30-
knot torpedo boat destroyers for corn.
missioning, so that they will beable to
put to sea in 24 hours. .
Overtime has been ordered begun on
the first class cruisers Europa and
Andromeda, so as to hurry them for
sea service. ‘
Several gunboats in the different
dock yards have been ordered to post-
pone necessary refitting.
There is no foundation for the report
that the British admiralty has ordered
the Cunard and \Vhite Star lines to
have their subsidized vessels in readi- I
ness to be handed over to the admiral-
ty ofiicials.
In spite of the news of war mobili-
zations which came, from France and
different parts of England yesterday "
there was a distinctly better feeling in
diplomatic circles last night and a
growing belief that the Fashoda dis«
pute will be arranged.
French Preparations.
Paris, Oct. 25.—'.l‘he municipality of
Toulon has been notified that the place
will be the center of'important mill,-
tary'andunaval preparations, and to ar-
range for the immediate reception of
four battalions of infantry, 1,500 ma—
rines and 600 artillerymen.
Consequently, the municipality has
decided to close the schools, which will
be used to lodge the troops.
The naval author1ties of Toulon have
been ordered to expedite preparations
for fitting out a new squadron of war—
ships. 4
,The newspapers here warmly praise
theexposition of the French side. of
- the Fashoda question presented by the
minister of foreign affairs, M. Deleas-
se, in the Yellow Book on the subject,
issued Sunday.
1;,The.Figaro says: “If the British
government rejects. France’s moderate
and just proposals, it.can only be be-
cause the government of Great Britain
desires, before everything else, the
humiliation of France."
The general tone of the press com-
ment is reflected by the Eclair, which
remarks:
“An agreement regarding Fashoda
can be arrived at provided Great Bri-
tain does not persist in asking for the
immediate recall of Major Marchand.
But, as to an outlet on the Nile,
havean absolute right thereto and Will
brook no refusal."
The Autorite declares that France
ought never to have gone to Fashoda,
adding:
“It was a stupid mistake, and now .
Iter Bug ah—Mah— Ge- Shig and his son
England calls on us to get out. Well,
it is no use talking, we shall have to
get out, otherwise there will be war
which would be madness.”
To )[nbi"z- at. Hulilux.
Halifax, Oct. 25.—~The commanders of
all warships of the British NorthlAm-
erican scuadror have 1eceived orders
to mobilize at Halifax.-
H. M. S. Pallets. l‘a1bot and Indefa-
tigable will come here at once, to-
gether with two torpedo boat destroy—
ers, now at Bermuda.
The torpedo boats at the dock yard ,
are being overhauled.
The crew of the flagship Renown Will I
be sent to Lawlor's island this Week
for field practice.
The Renown went to sea. yesterday '
morning for heavy gun practice.
An official at the dock yard said that
the calling together of.all the warships
was significant, in view of the strain-
ed relations between France and Eng-
land.
Federution of Lab 1r.
Washington, Oct. 25. -The executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor met at ten o’clock yesterday
morning at their headquarters in the
Typographical Temple. Those present
were: President Sampel Gompers, Sec-
retary Frank Morrison, Treasurer
Frank B. Lennon, First Vice President
P. J. McGuire, Second Vice President
James Duncan and Third Vice Presi-
dent James O’Connell.
The council will remain in session
three or four days. The principal ob-
ject ‘of the meeting is to prepare the
reports to .be submitted at the annual
convention to be held in Kansas City
next December.
The members of the council will also
confer with representatives of the' trade'
unionists of England.
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, The Yellow Fever.
Weshlngton, Oct. 25. —The rapid de-
clips of yellow fever in the South is
shown by the few reports now reach-
ing the Marine Hospital service, not a
single new case being reported, and
but a few dispatches relating to the
fever having been sent here in the last
forty- eight hours.
The cold weather is accomplishing
all that was expected. The officials,
however, are adopting all necessary
precautionary measures.
Eleven Persons Drowned.
London, Oct. 25. —It has just devel-
oped that the German bark Satisfac-
tion, of 43 tons, hailing from Momel,
sank during the recent gales in the
North sea.
The captain, his wife and crew of
nine were drowned, being all on board
except a boy, who was saved.
Funeral of Harold Frederic.
London, Oct. , 25q—The funeral cI
Harold Frederic, the novelist and Lon.
don correspondent‘lof the New York
Times, who died last Wednesday, took
place at Waking yesterday. The body
was cremated immediately after the
services.
EVACUATION OF CUBA.
Spain to Be Allowed Until January 1 to
Remove Her Troops.
Washington, Oct. 25 .—The president
yesterday considered a telegram from
1 General Wade at Havana recommend-
ing that the limit of time allowed the
Spaniards to vacate Cuba be extended
from December 1 to January 1.
He said that it would be practically
impossible for the 124,000 Spanish
troops to leave before the first of the
year. The recommendation was ap-
proved. a
In the meantime the United States
trobps now in Cuba and others to be
. di'spat‘ched, will take possession of the
territory as fast as the Spaniards va-
cate it, probably leaving Havana until
- the last.
In regard to the reported pu1pose of
the Spaniards to dismount and remove
to Spain the heavy ordnance of the
forts and arsenals about Havana, it is
said in positive terms that nothing of
the kind will be permitted, and if this
movement had already begun, it would
be stopped at once.
The instructions given our evacua-
tion commissioners at Havana. covered
I all these questions, and explicitly pro-
‘ Vided that only the arms in the hands
of the troops and what is generally un-
derstood as f‘irnpedimcnts” would be
permitted to be taken away.
AFFAIRS AT SANTIAGO.
A Narrow Escape. fochn, \Vocd'. Free
lations Dmnnrnlizing.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. -25.—Gcneral
“food, the acting military commander
here. and Major Brooks. had a narrow
escape Sunday evening from a serious
disaster. They had started down the
bay. on the way to Morro Castle, on
boa-rd a steam launch. The engineer
carelessly started to fill the boilers
suddenly, while they were almost red
hot.
Major Brooks saw the danger, stop—
ped the launch, had the fire drawn, and
the launch was towed back to her star-
ting place.
The engineer was discharged. Ma-
jors Starr and Brooks returned yester-
day from a trip to Baracoa, Sagua and
other places. They report that there
is no destitution among the Cubans at
the places visited and that the distri—
bution of free rations is having a de—
moralizing effect upon the people, who
do not want to go to work on the
sugar estates, which, with other in-
Idustries, are badly in need of help, but
cannot obtain workmen.
Fear lullizm Troubles.
Perry, Oklahoma, Oct. 25,—Sezrious
trouble is brewing among the Com-
manche, Kiowa and Apache Indians.
For thirty years, since the Medicine
Lodge treaty, the government has fed
theSe Indians, but that treaty expired
July 1.
, belonging to
I A petition signed by fifteen
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They have commenced killing cattle
Texas cattlemen and a
crisis is nea1.
I The Indians have no crops, fev» cat-
tle, and have had no money for sev-
eral months. Men who know say star-
vation threatens them.
There are 1,500 Commanches. 1.
Kiowas and 600 Apaches. '
330
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Gone After Bug uh Mali Ge Shig.
lValker, Minn, Oct. 25.—It has been
learned from reliable sources that fif-
teen Indians, armed with VVinehesters
and carrying handcuffs, have gone af—
At the agency the excitement is great
and news will be anxiously a1.aited.
chiefs
and 183 braves, was sent to Seeietai y
'Bliss yesterday asking him to allow
that“ to cut logs during the coming
Winter.
1h lnl'oilna’a‘ Rum: “'ur
Oct. 23.——Advices
Nt)‘
Wilmington, N. C.,
from Ashpole say the town is closely
guarded by whites and that all is
' quiet.
Four negroes who shot the three
, white guards have been captured. They
were run down and brought to bay by
trained.
The negroes are now confined in box
cars at Ashpole, and heavily guarded.
It is uncertain yet what the fate 6
the negroes may be, but it is feared
that their cowardly attempt to assas-
sinate the guards will so exasperate the
whites as to cause fuither and more
serious trouble. '
The guard was composed of eight or
ten men who were standing around the
fire in the open air, thus becoming easy
targets for the negroes, who fired on
them under cover of darkness and then
fled.
The Ashpole incident has increased
the excitement at Wilmington, which
was already near the danger line.
Another Rise in Wheat
New York, Oct. 25.—-Wheat went up
again yesterday because of the war
scare abroad. The news that the gov-
ernment of France had given orders
to prepare for a reception of infantry
at, southern French ports threw the
Liverpool wheat pit into something ap-
proaching a panic just before the close
there, and the excitement became so
intense and fluctuations so wide that
cables reported an inability to more
than approximate the closing wheat
figures.
I The advance for the day was esti-
[mated at about 2 1- 8d., which carried
. the price of wheat in Liverpool to be-
tween 24 and 26 cents above the parity
in Chicago.
During the afternoon the excitement
continued in the local market, every-
body trying to buy wheat. Prices ad-
vanced steadily until they were two
cents over the opening figure, the De-
cember option selling at 77 3- 4 dents,
against 75 3- 4 cents in the early morn-
ing.
The Bull-Io 0H for the East.
Brooklyn, Oct. 25.—There is every in.
dication at the navy yard that the
cruiser Buffalo will get away for Mes
nila. to-day provided her coal is put
aboard in time. Her stores and crew
are already on board, and all that re;
mains to be dong is for her bunkers
to be filled. .
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Presidential Appointments.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 25.-—The pres.
ident has appointed Theodore J. {Arms
of New York an assistant paymaster
in the navy and Robert E. Steele of
Louisiana to be chaplaiuin the navy. ;
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TIRED (If SPANISH DELAY
TVe Will Not Assume the Debt. of Cuba
and the Spanish Commission is so In-
formed. Porto Rican and Ladrones
Questions-When They Are Finished the
Philippines Will Be Taken Up.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 25.-—At yes-
terday’s meeting of the peace commis-
sion in Paris the American commis-
siOners were ordered to deliver to their
adversaries something very closely ap—
proaching an ultimatum. The presi-
dent is satisfied at last that the Span-
ish commissioners are purposely delay-
ing the negotiations. This is the be-
lief of the American commission also.
The time has now come to cut off all
false pleas and to come directly to the
main issues left open by the p10t0co-,
namely, the disposition of the Philip-
pines.
Up to this point the entire time of
the peace commissioners has been con-
sumed in repeated efforts on the part
of the Spanish commissioners to force
the Cuban dcbt question upon the at-
tpntlon of the joint commission against
the firm opposition of the American
commissioners. The latter have stated
as positively as they could that under
no circumstances will they assume
sovereignty over Cuba, involving an
assumption of the Cuban debt, and the
time has now come when, in the opin-
ion of the American commissioners, the
Spaniards must be made to understand
~that this answer is final and conclu-
s1ve.
So far the American commissioners,
while preserving a firm attitude, have
treated the Spaniards with the utmost
courtesy and consideration, allowing
frequent postponements of the work of
the joint commission to accommodate
the Spaniards, but now, without de-
parting from their courteous treatment
of the Spaniards, the American com~
missioners find it incumbent upon
them to speak very plainly as to the.
determination of the United States
government in regard to this matter of
the Cuban debt and Ouban sovereignty
as passed over and beyond recall.
The 'lwo Commissions Meet.
Paris, Oct. 25.—The American peace
commissioners were in session yester~
day from 10 a. m. to almost 2 p. m.,
when they repaired to the joint ses-
sion.
They took with them a carefully
prepared written answar to the amen-
ded proposals of the Spaniards regard-
ing Cuba.
It is understood that the American
reply is to a certain degree in the na—
ture of a. compromise proposal.
The consideration by the commissions
of the Porto Rican and Ladrones ques-
tions has now been merged with the
Cuban questicz. and all the points in-
volved are bemg carried forward to a
When this
Philippines
simultaneous conclusion.
has been arrived at the
question will be taken up.
Of course there is a possibility of a.
disagreement, and ‘the Spaniards, if
the American commissioners decide not
to assume any portion of the Cuban
indebtedness, may announce their un-
willingness to proceed any farther with
negotiations based upon the protocol.
Should the Spaniards decide to do this,
it will be because they wish to excite
the pity of their creditors and of other
nations.
The Cortes may then be asked to in-
dorse their action.
In fact, Spain may even prefer a. re-
sumption of hostilities to acquiescence
‘in thepAmerican refusal to share their
financial burden.
The Americans, however, have inti-
mated to the Spaniards the possibility
that Spain may at some future period
be able to deal with an independent
Cuban government regarding the as-
sumption of the provincial and munici-
pal portions of the Cuban debt, which
is estimated to have been $150, 000, 000
before the last rebellion in Cuba broke
out and $500,000,000 contracted since
1895.
But, should independent Cuba, as she
doubtless would, refuse to assume more
than her proportion of the debt. based
on actual betterments in Cuba, and
only, even in this case of obligations
contracted previous to 1895, Spain
would be compelled to appeal to her
people and confront them with practi-
cally seven-eighths of the debt con-
tracted before the last revolution and
the whole $500,000,000 contracted since.
Spain would also be compelled to de-
clare her inability to meet her obliga-
tions, and this, at present, seems to the
Spaniards a more bitter alternative
than to accept the United States' re-
fus'al to share the Cuban debt, with_
all that this means, the idea being that
the Spaniards would be able to call the
attention of their creditors to the un-
yielding, though fruitless efforts in
their behalf.
Finally, it is said that there are per-
sons high in the Spanish councils who
claim to believe that Spain would
rather submit dumbiy and helplessly
to decimation or dismemberment than
confront this continued financial bur-
den.
One course would leave her pride un-
sullied, it is claimed, and the other
vs regarded as doubtful, if not impos-
iible of adoption within the boundaries
of national solvency.
Mn. Gulll'ord Extradited.
London, Oct. 25.—Dr. Nancy Guilford,
the Bridgeport, Conn. midwife, who is
wanted in that city upon a charge of
:omplicity in the murder of Emma Gill,
was formally extradited in the Bow
street police court. yesterday. '
Solicitor Wilson. Mrs. Guilford's
:ounsel, said that he had read the evi-
dence and upon the strength of it he
could not resist his client's extradi-
tion. -
. The statement that the prisoner had
made a confessionu, he said, was in-
correct. On the contrary she had al-
ways denied her guilt. '
Detective Cronan of Bridgeport rec- ‘
ignized the ace used as Dr. Gullford of
51 Gilbert street, Bridgeport, Conn.
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LIEUTENANT NOBSON’S PLANS.
Naval Constructor Wants 81,000,000 to
A Raise the Hzcaya.
Boston, Oct. 25.—The Boston Fruit
Company’s steamer Beverly arrived
here at 7 o’clock yesterday morning,
having on board Naval Constructor
Richmond P. Hobson.
The Beverly was twenty-four hours
late, owing to a heavy storm. She left
Port Antonio, Jamaica, on Tuesday
last.
Lieutenant Hobson left the city on
the ten o’clock train for Washington.
When he started from the steamer to
go to a carriage at the head of the
Wharf, 3. large crowd impeded his pro-
gress and enthusiastically cheered
' him.
Hundreds wanted to shake hands
with the hero of the Merrimac and it
was with difliculty that he was able
to leave the wharf.
The naval constructor, before he left,
said that he was not aware that he
would attend the peace jubilee at Phil-
adelphia, as stated.
Speaking of his work in raising the
sunken Spanish war vessels off San-
tiago he said he was engaged in.the
preliminary work which is necessary
before an attempt is made to raise the
Cristobal Colon, and that it would take
at least three weeks more before any-
thing would be geady.
The government had appropriated
$500, 000 for the raising of the vessel,
but it will be money well spent, he
said, if the venture proves a success,
as the ship is worth $4,000,000.
The puipose of his visit to this
country he said, was to see the secre—
taiy of the navy regarding further
work 011 the warships. He thought that
if the Viscaya can be saved it would be
a paying venture, as she is estimated
to be \V orth $3, 000, 000.
The Vizcaya had settled in the sand,
which had formed a thick bed around
her, so that the vessel VV as resting in
an easy position, but a d1y dock Would
have to be built aiound her before she
could be raised.
An appropriation of $1,000,000 would
cover the work of raising the Vizcaya,
and would enable the government to
bring her north and put her in good
- condition. There was some doubt, how-
ever, of saving her.
The Almirante Oquendo, Hobson
says, is a hopeless wreck. The Reina
Mercedes, which was sunk in Santiago
harbor, is a good vessel, and can be
raised with little cost.
“\Vhen the work on the Infanta. Ma—
ria. Teresa commenced,” continued
Lieutenant Hobson, “I had fifty Amer-
ican laborers employed, but owing to
the foul atmosphere, foul gases and
foul water very few escaped sickness,
and I was obliged to fall back 011 Cu-
ban laborers. These men seem to
stand the work very well, and under
proper supervision can accomplish good
results.
“There is a. growing sentiment, I
find, among naval officers that every
one of the sunken Spanish ships should
be raised, and, if found to be unsea-
worthy, to be kept as 1elics. The
Spanish Vessels which have been. and
those that no doubt will be saved and
put in commission snould retain their
names as a memento of the prowess
of America.”
PHILADELPHIA’S PEACE JUBILEE.
Preparations for the Celebration Being
Completed.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.—Thousands of
visitors are already in town for the
exercises of the peace jubilee. Exer-
cises were held in many churches on
Sunday in connection with the celebra-
tion, but the real jubilee will begin to--
day, when Secretary Long will review
the naval vessels which are here.
The scene of the review will be the
Delaware river, and it will take place
at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
The warships that will be in line are
the Texas, the New Orleans, the May-
flower, the Columbia, the Marblehead,
the Dolphin the Topeka, the Glouces-.
ter, the Winslow, and the Japanese
cruiser Kasagi. The Texas is the flag
ship of the squadron.
On Wednesday will take place the
big civic parade. and on the evening
of that day there will be a reception
to President McKinley at the Union
League Club.
The military parade will take place
on Thursday, and will be reviewed by
the president and General Miles.
In the evening there will be a recep-
tion to general officers in the Academy
of Music.
The president, vice president and
members of his cabinet will arrive in
this city on Wednesday afternoon. Sec-
retary Long reached here this morn-
ing. '
Several Vesnels “’reckrd.
Orient, L. 1., Oct. '5.—-The seventy-
ton schooner Oscar C. Aiken of New-
port, R. I. Captain Orr, coal laden,
struck on Plum island and sunk. The
crew were saved.
Buffalo, Oct. 25.—-The steamship Ma-
jestic reports the loss of the schooner
Churchill in Lake Superior on the night
of October 13. Captain Cainand Bar-'
ney Nelson, 3. seaman went down with ‘
the boat. The mate, with three other
seamen, and the woman cook, were
rescued by the _Majestic.
Southwest arbor, Me., Oct. 25.-—-News
was received here yesterday that the
schooner Two Brothers. Capt. Joseph
Andre, bound from Weymouth. N. 8..
for Portland, went ashore on Little
Duck island yesterday and is a total
loss. The captain and crew were sav-
ed.
Halifax, N. 8., Oct. 25.--The crew of
the brigantine Irma, which went ashore
on Thrum Cape Shoals, on Saturday
night, were rescued yesterday morning.
App-lung Disaster in China.
Tacoma, Vi'ash” Oct. 25.—Advices
fi‘om China. say that the overflowing
of the Yellow river in Shantung prov—
ince has caused the most appalling dis-
aster of modern times in Central China.
Villages were swept away by nun-
dreds.
One hundred thousand people' are
ruined and homeless, crouching along
the river banks in the pitiless rain. Two '
thousand were drowned.
The general distress. is augmented by
the spoiling of the cereal crops by the
rainy weather.
Famine V'V'ill prevail this winter in a
district populated by more than a. mil-
lion people. . . - .
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FREIIIH CLAIM FISIIIIIII
A Yellow Book Published Giving
Information.
ENGLAND BLAMES FRANCE
Demand for the Evacuatlon of the Dis-
, puted Point Regarded as Equival II"-
to an Ultimatum, Which France Must
Resist.
Paris, Oct. 24.—A semi-official note
issued last evening, says: ‘
“There is no foundation for the alar-
mist rumors regarding the relations be-
tween France and Great Britain. It is
equally incorrc-‘ct to say that extraordi-
nary measures have been taken at any
of our naval ports."
The Fashoda Yellow Book is volum-
inous. but it does not include Major
Marchand’s report, which will be pub-
lished later. The dispatches were large-
ly anticipated by the English Fashoda
Blue Book.
The diplomatic conversations record-
ed show a curious endeavor on the
French side to represent that March-
and’s mission was quite as important
as General Kitchener’s, on the ground
that the struggle was against the Kha-
lifa and barbarism. '
On September 18 M. Delcasse, the
foreign minister, informed the British
ambassador to France, Sir Edmund
Monson, in explicit language that
France did not regard Lord Salisbury’s
claim to the Soudan by virtue of con-
quest as applying to Fashoda, on the
ground that the Marchand expedition
went to the relief of the French expe-
dition under Captain Lieotard, which
dated from a period long before the
declaration in the House of Commons
by Sir Edward Grey, under secretary
of state for foreign affairs under Lord
Rosebery’s cabinet, as to the policy of
the British government toward the
Soudan, and at a time when the equa-
torial provinces were lost to civiliza-
tion. In fact, M. Delcasse argued, un-
less Great Bliltain possessed the suit-
an’s mandate as well as the Khedive‘s
to acquire all former Egyptian prov-
inces. France considered herself equal-
ly entitled with England to possession
of any point occupied gy French oili-
cers.
Judging from' the Yellow Book dis-
patches the foregoing represents the
French standpoint, and M. Delcasse
contends that as Marchand reached
Fashoda first, England has no right to
demand an evacuation of Fashoda prior
to negotiations.
On September 0 M. Delcasse declared
to Sir Edmund Monson that such a de-
mand would be equivalent to an ulti-
matum, and while he could afford to
sacrifice France’s material interests so
long as her honor was intact, for the
sake of the Anglo-French entente,, no
one could doubt what would be the re-
ply of France to such a. demand.
The subsequent dispatches appearing
in the yellow book relate to the con-
versations between Baron de Courcel,
French ambassador in London, and
Lord Salisbury, the latter contending
that the capture of Khartoum entitled
Egypt to possession of all the Mahdi’s
dominions, and the French ambassa-
dor arguing that Major Marchand had
.captured Fashoda before Gen. Kitch-
ener took Khartoum, and that France
had for a long time held several posts
in the Bahr-el-Gazal. ‘Lord Salisbury
retorted that the French forces in the
regions referred to were too weak to
constitute effective occupation.
London, Oct. 24.—The British cabinet
has been summoned to meet early this
week for the purpose of discussing the
Fashoda question, and it is understood
that the government proposes to take
the steps necessary to insist-upon an'
early and definite statement on the
subject f1 om France. .
The British admiralty has ordered
every sea going warship to have its
crew made up to the full complement,
as ordered in case of mobilization.
This order of the British admiralty
practically means the complete telling
off prospectively of every ship’s com-
pany in detail.
Four torpedo boat destroyers, which
. were about to be fitted with new water
tube boilers, have had their orders
countermanded, and have been instruc- ,
ted to withdraw their stores.
Officers on leave of absence or un-
employed have been notified to hold
themselves in readiness to commission
the reserved ships, if required.
The Times, referring to the Fashoda
question, says:
“It is not we who are trying to
mlliate France, but it is France that
seeks to put a great humiliation upon
us. We have beaten the Khalifa and
have effectively occupied the provinces
he usurped. We are now asked to
he.
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‘clear out at the orders of an exploring
party of nine Frenchmen, who owe
their escape from destruction to our
military success; or, if we' are kindly
permitted not‘to clear out, we are to
rangements, but they are now admit-
tedly directed against Great Britain.
The minister of marine, M. Lockroy,
is dispatching orders to all the naval
stations along the coast. and he isre-
calving reports as to their condition.
The French dockyards and arsenals
are working at full pressure, hurriedly.
preparing warships and torpedo boats
for active service.
Commission Powerless.
Havana, Oct. 24.—The American
evacuation commission has been in-
formed that J. B. Hamel was moving.
the old guns, bought from the Spanish
government at a "sale held by the au-
thorities, despite the commission's pro.
test.
Captain Brooks was at once detailed
to go to the artillery depot and make
an investigation. When he arrived
there the commandant of the depot] at-
tempted to prevent Captain Brooks en-
tering, asserting that it was against
his orders, but the American insisted
and finally got in.
Captain Brooks reported that the en-
tire purchase had been removed, with
the wagons and carriages. Each arti-
cle was checked as it went out.
The commission addressed a note to
Mr. Hamel, warning him that the Am.-
erican government would claim full
right in the property and would hold
him responsible hr every piece mov.
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Spain’s New Proposition for the
Cuban Debt Settlement.
A REPLY EXPECTED TO-DAY
Our Commission to Consider a Voluml-
nous Communication Presented by the
Spanigrds. Secretary of State Bay to
Have an Important Conference \Vith
the President. I I 1
Paris, Oct. 24.—-—The state peace com-
mission held two sittings Saturday to
consider the voluminous communica-
tion presented by the Spanish commis-
Stoners.
This new proposition of the Spaniards
looks to a compromise between the re—
fusal of the Americans to assume any.
of the Cuban debt and the Spanish
holding that the United States should
assume it wholly.
The terms of this proposal are obvi-
ously unknown except to the commis-
s1oners.
The American commissioners will
reply to the communication at to-day's
joint session and an extended argu~
ment will then follow. The matter will
possibly be carried over to another
meeting.
Le Temps deals editorially with the
work of the Spanish and American
peace commissions, remarking at the
outset that little progress has thus far
been made in the negotiations. Both
sides, the paper says, have the best
intentions. No Spaniard desires a re-
newal of hostilities and no American
has the purpose to crush the vanquish-
ed adversary.
Le Temps then cites the methods of
written interchanges between the com-
missions as a. cause or the slow prog—
ress and says it is very evident that
such procedure is being adopted to re—,
tard and complicate the progress of
the negotiations such a. system of mon-
ologues, instead of dialogues, requiring
illimitable time, labor and good hu-
mor.
It should be wenthloally stated
that, though contra-allegations have
been made, the plan of written inter-
change had its birth in the Spanish
commission, the Americans having
been more disposed to a. free hand dis-
cussion to the end of more speedily ar—
riving at conclusions.
On this point Le Temps is clearly,
misinformed, for it afiirms that the
Spaniards would have been glad tol
simplify the procedure, and that Senor
Abarzuza of the Spanish commission
attempted a free discussion instead of
long writings, but was not listened to.
This last statement is also misinfor-
mation, as all utterances on both sides
are received with due attention.
Le Temps, continuing, remarks that
the present cumbersome methods em-
ployed here mark a return to those
of the interminable Congress of ,Mnn-
ster, which after eight years produced
a treatycf Westphalia.
Le Temps regards as very curious
the fact that the modern republic of
the United States has assisted in that
species of archaeological resurrection.
The paper then recites at some ex—
tent the Spanish contention regarding
the Cuban debt in terms as to indicate
the Spaniards as the source Of infor—
mation, thus:
“Spain claims that there cannot be
an interregnum of sovereignty, that
from the moment Spain abandons Cu-
ba it passes ipso facto and necessarily"
to the United States, and that the Uni—'
ted States cannot repudiate either its
prerogative or its obligation.”
Le Temps closes with a defense of the;
choice of Paris as a place for holdingi
the conferences. .
Additional Instructions" May Be Sent:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 24—11: is said'
that Secretary of State Hay will at
an early date hold an important con-
ference with the president in reference
to the peace commission complcatons
and the delay in the evacuation of
Cuba.
Additional and imperative instruc- -
tions to the American commissioners.
to meet the new conditions in Paris
will probably be the result.
It is generally conceded here tha the:
president returns to Washington more
than ever impressed with the import-:
ance of our government retaining the
Philippine islands.
Gold Boom in Ohio
Canal Dover Oct. 24. —-Excitement f01--
lowed the discovery of gold at Malvern '
no1th of here, and the extensive plans
for mining it continue unabated, and
to-day the little town is crowded with
strangers.
This hamlet of scarcely five hundred
souls has been transformed into a. bOOm
town.
The gold quartz vein has been probed
for ninety feet. It is four feet thick
and perhaps six feet Wide. These di-
mensions are almost uniform so far as
found.
At all points the quartz is rich and
will average up to the assays which
have been made. Speculators are buy.»
ing up the land at fancy prices.
Kafl'irn Repulsed by Burghers.
Pretoria, Transvaal Republic, Oct. 24.
The Magato Kaflirs have been repulsed
by the force of burghers sent against
them. The burghers chased them into
the mountains, killing several of the
natives. The burgher artillery did good
execution, and the Transvaal forces
suffered no loss.
The fact that the natives attacked
the burghers is regarded as a. declara-
tion of w.ar
Gen. Lawton at: New Haven,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 24.—Majc.r
General Lawton, who recently return-
ed from Cuba, is with friends in New
Haven, Conn., and will not come 1,,
\Vashington until he has recovered his
health and feels in condition to make
a personal report of what he wishes to
lay before the department.
In Honor of Germany's Empress
Shanghai, Oct. 24 .——Prince Henry 0
Prussia paraded all the troops at Tsln-
Tau fort in honor of the birthday of
the Empress of Germany, his sister.
ill-law.
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