Senator Morgan Demands the Release
of the American Prisoners.
SPAIN MUST GIVE THEM UP.
11’ She Does Not, the United States, In
the Opinion of the Alabama Senator,
Should Use Force—Correspond-
ent Lawrence’s Testimony.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—In the senate
amendments to the joint resolution for
the reorganization of the Northern Pacific
were offered by Mr. Mitchell (Rep, Or.)
and Mr. Nelson (Rep, Minn.) providing
that the new company shall be liable on
‘ the land warranties of the old company
and also for injuries to persons and prop-
erties.
Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) asked for ac-
tion on his resolution requesting the presi-
dent for information as to the capture of
the Competitor by a Spanish warship and
the condemnation to death of United
States citizens and whether any demand
has been made for the release of the
U ited Status citizens. '
he senator said that while. the case
w 5 one of great gravity, involving the
u Warranted. condemnation to death of
American citizens, yet no information was
ava lahle except through press reperts and
ru are. The executive branch had not
given the slightest information on the
subject. Mr. Morgan read the statutes
requiring the president to make a demand
for the release of an American citizen.
Morgan Denounces Concealment.
He argued that it was the duty of the
president under the constitution to keep
congress advised on the state of the Union
and in particular on foreign afiairs. Of
late a courteous custom had arisen to
adopt resolutions making requests on the
president for information, but this did not
relieve the president from the duty of giv«
ing full information. And it was only of
late days, Mr. Morgan said, that this fail-
ure of the executive to give information to
congress had grown up.
When some question was raised by Mr.
Sherman as to the propriety of Mr. Mor-
gan’s making public use of the testimony
of Mr. Lawrence before the committee on
foreign relations, the Alabama senator
sharply rejoined that there should be no
such concealment and hiding of facts from
the country.
The President Assailed.
Mr. Morgan said the testimony of Law-
rence, who was present at the Competitor
trials at Havana, showed the grossly irreg-
ular character of the proceedings. “And
yet,” declared the senator. “the president
pays no more attention to the subject than
though it had been the slaughter of some
poor negro or mulatto in the Cuban
army.”
Mr. Morgan said he did not want con-
gress to leave Washington, thus commit-
ting to the president the whole authority
to demand or withhold a demand for the ‘
release of American citizens, to recognize
or withhold recognition of belligerency.
Mr. Mills reminded Mr. Morgan that the
Lawrence testimony had shown that the
American on trial at Havana had not un-
derstood any of the proceedings, which
ware conducted in Spanish.
“Yes, ” Mr. Morgan continued, “the tes-
timony of Mr. Lawrence shows that the
entire trial was in the Spanish language.
When the American prisoner was told to
stand up, he said: ‘I do not understand
what you have been saying. How am I to
answer you?’ A brief explanation was
made. Then the sentence of death was
pronounced on that American citizen.”
'Groans and Shrieks.
The senator said occasional groans and
shrieks wore heard from the stricken
country, telling us of the terrible butchery
going on there. But, so far as authentic
and official information was concerned, it
was withheld. He had received several
letters from Cuba, some with the seals
broken. detailing the conditions prevail-
ing. Before congress adjourned it should
know from the president what the situa-
tion in Cuba is, whether it is true that
hundreds of men are penned in a single
small room; whether these American citi-
zens are to meet death without a demand.
Mr. Morgan said he had great respect for
the office of president. It was an Ameri-
can characteristic to be proud of their gov-
ernment. But this was a government of
law, not of private will. The president is
enjoined to execute the lawa.. He swears
in his official oath to obey the law. The
senate had requested information of the
president, and he had replied that it was
incompatible with the public interest, al-
though section 2, 001 of the statutes pro-
vided when a demand was made for the
release of an American citizen that all the
facts relative thereto shall as soon as prac-
ticable be communicated by the president
to congress.
Correspondent Lawrence’s Testimony.
The testimony of Correspondent F reder-
ick W. Lawrence, taken before a subcom-
mittee of- the senate committee on foreign
relations in regard to the situation in
Cuba. was made a part ofqu. Morgan’s
remarks. Mr. Lawrence, in speaking of
the imprisonment of Walter Dygert, said:
“I found Mr. Dygert imprisoned at the
prison at Guinea in a little cell in which
there were 22 other men and in which
there were no sanitary arrangements
worth speaking of. The room was very
small, and it was simplyfilthy. The peo-
ple with him were the dirtiest men I ever,
100 ed on in my life?
”If ygert, he said, had been there~about
t foe months at the time, and the Spam-
ish authorities had t on been satisfied for
two months that he was innocent of the
charges against him. Referring to the
trial of Laborde and Milton, captured on
board the Competitor. Mr. Lawrence said
that neither the prosecution nor the de-
fense asked any questions; that five men
were tried at once. and that the trial,
which resulted in the sentence of death,
lasted less than a day. There was an in-
terpreter present, but he did not make his
presence known to the prisoners until they
were asked whether they had anything to
say in their own defense. These long
statements Were read by the judge advo-
cate in Spanish. The evidence was given
in Spanish and not translated in their
hearing. Gildea, one of the prisoners, said,
“All I have got to say is I do not under-
stand one word that has been said today
for or against me, and at any rate I appeal
‘to both the British and American .con-
suls. ” .
There were two prisoners who could not
speak or understand Spanish—Milton and
Gildea. ' ‘ .
Morgan’s War Talk.
In closing his speech Mr. Morgan de-
clared that every day of the confinement
of the American prisoners at Havana was
a day of American dishonor.
Hedid not know what would come of
" Ithe delay and inaction. Pessiblyin the
end the Americans would be so humbled-
as to sue to Spain for pardon. - But con-
gross, which was the sole war power,
should not leave without authorizing that
.power to be used if necessary. ~ .
“In the event that those American pris-
oners are not released and delivered to the
president,” concluded Mr. Morgan, “We
should authorize him to send ships of
war to Cuba and make war sufficient to
secure their release.” '
The senate then went into executive ses—
sion to consider in secret the Competitor
case.
When the doors Were opened, the senate
took up the immigration bill. Mr. Mar.
gan offered an amendment that proposed
restrictions on immigration should not
apply to persons “arriving from the island
of Cuba.” Having secured the right of
way for the immigration bill, Mr. Lodge
agreed to allow it to be laid aside tem-
porarily, and Mr. Mitchell spoke on his
resolu’firn for the election of senators by
vote of the people.
Fourth Class Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—-The following
fourth class postmasters were appointed:
Marlyand—Forston, C. W. Williams.
Pennsylavnia—Fiscal, H. S. Hoover;
Martens Corner, William Stansburg; Pax-
inos, Mrs. A. S. Goodling.
New York—Eddyville, George Bowen.
The Maine to Watch Filibusters.
WASHINGTON, J une 6.—The armored
cruiser Maine has been put in order at the
N orfoik navy yard and will sail very soon
for Key West to watch for Cohen filibus-
tersin place of the monitor Amphitrite,
which will take the North Carolina naval
militia to sea‘ on their annual cruise.
Mrs. Lamont’s Father 111.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—Secretary La-
mont left this city immediately after the
cabinet meeting for McGrawville, N. Y.,
where he has been suddenly called by the
serious illness of Mrs. Lamont’s father.
Boynton For Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, June 6. —The president
has nominated Frank Boynton to be post-
master at Fayetteville. N. Y.
MORE DEATHS IN ST. LOUIS.
Mrs. Ramsey and an Engineer Succumb.
Relief Work Goes On.
ST. LOUIS, J une 6L—Afiairs in the storm
ridden district of the two cities are taking
on a more cheerful aspect. The first rush
for relief is over, and today there is evi-
dence of general improvement in the con-
dition of the tornado sufferers at the dis-
trict relief stations.
There is a noticeable decrease in the
number of applicants for aid, and it is the
expressed belief that the stations in St.
Louis will be closed on Saturday. The
relief fund continues to grow until it has
reached $183, 531. In East St. Louis the
work of restoration goes on steadily, and
there is no abatement of the relief com- '
mittee’s work.
William Cogan, an engineer on the Bal- “
timore and Ohio railway, who was injured
in the storm, died at the home of a friend
as a resullt of his wounds.
Mrs. J. H. Ramsey, sister-in-law to D.
G. Ramsey, ex-chief of the Order of Bali-
way Telegraphers, died in her. home at St.
Louis. Mrs. Ramsey’s death was due to
the heroic efforts she made in rescuing her
husband from the ruins of the Vandalia
freighthouse. Ramsey still hovers be
tween life and death.
She Claims Part of Stetson’s Estate.
KANSAS CITY, June 6.—Mrs. Catherine
Shirley, the local claimant of the Stetson
estate, claims to be the daughter of Mrs.
Kate Stokes-Stetson by Carl Anthony.
Her story is that her mother, then Kate
Stokes, the circus rider, married Anthony
many years ago. Mrs. Shirley claims that
she was born at Quincy, His, 19 years
ago as a result of that union, and that her
mother left her in the care of Mrs. Snyder.
Mr. and Mrs. Setson never had any chil-
dren, and it is doubtful if Stetson ever
knew that his wife had a child living.
A Bicycle Broke Up His Home.
JERSEY CITY, June 6. ~Walter Thomas
is suing for absolute divorce and claims
that a bicycle is the primary cause of his
woes. Last year Mrs. Thomas got the
cycling fever, and J. R. Berm, a friend of
her husband’s, offered to teach her to ride.
He taught her. When Thomas at last re-
monstrated, his wife rode away on her
wheel and failed to return. :Berm is
named as corespondent.
French Drive Americans Out.
LONDON, June 6.—A dispatch to The
Daily Telegraph from Lourenco Marques,
Delagoa Bay, says that Mr. Pointer, an
American prospector, has arrived "there
aboard the Harlech Castle from Tama-
tave, Madagascar, where the English and
American consuls told him that it was
useless to remain because the French re«
fused licenses to foreign prospectors.
Corbett \Vants Sharkey.
SAN FRANCIsco, June 6.-Champion
James J. Corbett, who is in this city, has
made a proposition to Tom Sharkey, the
sailor pugilist who stood up for eight
rounds before Choynski recently and de-
feated Jim Williams of Salt Lake at
Wednesday night’s boxing tournament, to‘
become his boxing partner. Sharkey will
probably accept.
Edward Scott Dead.
MONTREAL, J une 6.‘—-Edward Scott,
who is well known throughout the United
States as a manager of exhibitions, died
here. Mr. Scott came to Montreal to take
charge of the international exposition ar-
rangements.
Restrained From Opening 'Bids.
BRIDGETON, N. J., June 6.—-The mayor
and common council of Millville were
served with a writ restraining them from
opening or considering bids for the con-
struction of the new electric light plant.
Brewer Hauck Dead.
CINCINNATI, J une 6..--Herr John Hauck,
president of the John Hauck Brewing
company, is dead. aged 65 years. He was
a multimillionaire and one of the most
prominent brewers‘in the west. ,
Stabbed a woman.
NEW YORK, June 6.—Hester Golden, 30
years old, of 114 Sullivan street, was stab-
bed in the head and left breast by Horace '
Sharper, who escaped. The Woman was
sent to St. Vincent’s hospital.
{Magowan Sued by ‘Hls Lawyer.
EL RENO, O. T., June 6.—W.'H. Winn,
the lawyer who brought the divorce suits
for F. A. Magowan and Mrs. Barnes of
Trenton, has filed suits against Mr. Ma-'
gowan amounting to $2,400.
Torn to Pieces by Bulldogs. .
RACINm'Wis” June 6.—The 8-year-old .
son of Henry Aoklam was torn to pieces
by twa bulldogs while returning from
school. His body, badly mangled, Was re-
covered. . ,t - ‘ , " '_
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A DWAR-F'S' QUEER ‘BUSE,
Had Himself Shipped in' a Box in Order to-.
"' Beat the Railway. '
Four or five years ago one of-the most
celebrated of European prodigies was.
the Polish dwarf, Hermann Zeitung, at
one time one of the chief attractions at
.the Folies Bergere, says the New York
world. Latterly Zeitung has been lit-
tle in the public eye, or rather was un-
til the other day, when he started in to
carry out an interesting exploit which
very nearly succeeded.
He had himself fastened up in a box
addressed to a large importing lieuse .
at Madrid and labeled: “Fragile. 'With
care. Top.” Holes had been made in
this box for breathmg‘ purposes and
one of its sides was so constructed that
it could be opened from within to give
the little dwarf 'a way of getting out
unnoticed when he reached his destina-
tion. The box was fitted up with a
cushion seat and an abundant supply
of provisions Was placed within it.
The start was made at Vienna, where
Zeitung had been living for some time,
and after the dwarf had placed him-
self inside and fastened himself in two
lusty porters carried him off to the sta-
tion, having been paid beforehand a.
fee of sixty cents each. They gave the
box in charge to the stationmaste‘r to
be shipped to Madrid by express.
. According , to Zeitung', the journey
was an uninteresting one and with-
out incident, but when he got to the
Spanish capital his troubles began.
The Madrid stationmaster evidently
had a. poor knowledge as to the fragil- '
ity of glass, for he turned the box over
and over, and at last came to the con-
clusion that its contents ought to be in-
vestigated. His aids, therefore, opened
it and dragged out the dwarf more dead
than alive from the shaking he had re-
ceived. It would have puzzled a man
less full of expedient-s how to further
punish Zeitung, but the stationmaster
solved the problem by having himar-
rested for trying to swindle the rail-
road companies out of their fares.
The dwarf’s defense was that he was
traveling in this manner on a bet of
three thousand francs, the terms of
the wager being that he was to get to
Madrid without a cent in his pocket.
Three hundred francs, however, vcre’
found concealed in his shoes. The real
reason for his traveling in this remark-
able manner was that he might save
railroad fare and also get a good adver-
tisement for the engagement inMadrid,
for which he was billed.
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HIGHLY MAGNETIZED.
What Happened to a. Family from Drink-
"”ing Impregnated Water.
A remarkable story comes from the
upper Yakima country, \Vashington.
Two years ago Peter Stromshadt lo-
cated on a piece of land near what is
now known as Borax Springs, his fami-
ly consisting of his wife and two chil-
dren. A few days after his settlement
Strorz: .hadt discovered a spring- close
to th:: shack he had built, the water of
which was strongly impregnated with
iron, but not unpalatabble. Stromstadt
dug and deepened the spring, and since
July, 1893, the family has used the
water for all domestic purposes.
One night recently a heavy electric
storm passed over the cascades. ac- ‘
companied by vivid displays of light-
ning. The following day Mrs. Strom- .
stadt, while kindling a fire in the stove,
found it almost impossible to separate
the stove lifter from her hand. Her
husband, hearing her scream, ran to
her assistance, when, to his surprise,
he found that he, too, experienced great
difficulty in detaching any article of
iron with which his hands came in con-
tact.
Breakfast was finally prepared and
the family sat down to the meal. The
children, girls of five or seven years,
respectively, drank their milk from tin
cups, and upon raising the cups to their
mouths found thcmsclvcs unable to
detach the cups from their lips. Strom-
stadt, who is an intelligent immigrant
from Sweden, was nonplussed, and,
while unable to account for the won-
derful occurrence, nevertheless laughed
at his wife‘s excited declarations that
the family was bewitched.
A member of the Portland, Ore.,
academy of science, to whom the cir-
cumstance was related, says that the
Stromstadt family has become satu-
rated with iron, which was rendered
magnetic by the passage of electricity
from the clouds to the earth during the
recent electric storm. Stromstadt him-
self takes the matter philosophically,
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and aside from the inconvenience of .
having his head decorated with a
fringe of knives, forks and teaspoons,
which are attached to him, is inclined
to regardthe occurrence lightly.
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Queen Rainovalona of Madagascar
signed the treaty conveying the island
to France with a steel pen made in
Birmingham. Gen. Duchesne, who com-
manded the French expedition, now
has the pen and bolder.
SCRATCH
SCREAM ‘
My baby broke out with a rash. He would
scratch and scream. it would take two to hold
him, and one to put medicine on him. We had
to hold him sometimes an hour before we could .
get him quieted down. All said that they never
saw such a face or body on any baby as on him.
I had to tie his hands tighten a cloth, night and
da , for five months. My sister had used CUTI-
Cl RA, and I began to use it. After only one
, applicationJie lay drum and 81:?188 he had not
for a mouth. Poor little fellow. I e has not a scar
‘ or. him now, and is as fair and his flesh is as soft
as any baby While he. had this diseasevI had to
cut the sleeves out of his clothes, and put gauze
underwear on him to keep him cool. ‘I had to
keep“ pieces of soft cloth around his neck, it was
so wet with moisture from the sores, and I had to
change the cloths sometimes ten or twelve times
aday. MRS. A9 HAYNES. Lisbon, N. I).
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is beautiful in this month of roses. This is the time-instead mother
thinks of her little cues and plans how to make them look well, at the
same time cool and comfortable. We have just placed in our IMMENsE
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RE A l-‘Ew‘ OF‘ THE GREAT LINE:
Children’s‘Dr’esses .
White Lawn Dresses,
White Cambric Dresses, Hamburgand ruffle, 39c. , .
White Nainsook Dresses, fucking and lace, 980, $1.25, 1.49. 1.75 and 2.25, 27‘
trimmed with Hamburg, sizes 3 months to 5 years, 250.
Children’s Colored Chambray 'Dresses, sizes 4 to 14 years, 750.
Children’s Duck Suits, 2,pieces, skirt and blazer, $1.25 and $149.
Children’s Hats
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Colored Lawn Hats, trimmed with lace, 190. I . ' l - “i
Children’s Silk Hats, pink, blue and cream, 49c. l d V
Children’s Colored Crepe Hats, red, blue and white. 49c.
Children’s “Champs Elysee” Hats, pink, blue, tan and white, 980.
Children’s Bonnets
Children’s Lace Bonnets, 25c, 39c, 490, 75c, 988, to $1.49.
In order that we shall
not carry over one JACKET or CAPE,.We Shall continue-to sell
them at HALF PRICE, You know that we'marked all our goods in plain figures. It is easy
to see that you get them at Half Price-
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