THE EVENING GAZLTTL —-~_— .............,,..:.: Wfle.._..a.n.‘,.. .ru. o NAVY TI) VISIT SPAIN According to Rumors Prevailing at-the Navy Yard. IT DEPENDS UPON SAGASTAV If His l’eace Commission Are Refractory it is Believed That the United Staten i 1 Will Send a Sqadron to Europe Includl ing the Oregon, Iowa, the New York and the Brooklyn. ' Brooklyn, Oct. 6,—A widely circulated mor is going the rounds at the navy 3rd to the effect that the administra- Mon is preparing a strong fleet of war- '"ships for the purpose of making a na- val demonstration if_necessary on the coast of Spain. The fact that the battleships Iowa and Oregon were originally )rdered to sail from here for Manila some weeks ago, and even now, while they are all in readiness for sea, are being delayed, is thought to give substance to the above rumor, and in naval circles the fact is generally acceptetd as true. The fleet, according to the naval men. will consist of the two first class, bat- tleships named, and the cruisers New York and Brooklyn. All four ships are now at this station and in the course of a short time all of them will have beenoverhauled and " ‘put in the finest possible condition for active service. _ In addition to these the battleships Indiana and Massachusetts are here and are rapidly being put in shape. 0f cruisers there is also a variety to pick and choose from and if the ad- ministration is resolved on making the demonstration on the Spanish coast there is plenty of material at hand and immediately available. The fact that the administration 15 _ far from being pleased at the progress made by the peace commission now ne— gotiating at Paris is well known, as also is the fact that this feeling has been aggravated by Sagasta’s instruc- tions to his commissioners to positive- ly insist on the retention of Spain’s sovereignty over the entire Philippine group. " According to the cable dispatches from abroad these instructions have been couched in positive terms, and if carried out by the Spanish peace commission, or not modified, it is feared that the present negotiations for peace will be terminated and that a state of war may exist again between the United States and Spain as the re” sult. It is to prevent this contingency that the aforesaid fleet and demonstration is said at the navy yard to be prepar- ed. I Desolate Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 6.———The in- dustrial outlook here grows gloomier daily. Yesterday a. leading newspaper: an- nounced that many well to‘ do colon- ists, besides poorer ones, are deserting the island. This is owing to the government’s arbitrary action in enforcing the tobac- co and excise law passed last year, in spite of popular protests and a memo- rial. Most of the tobacco cultivators have given up that business, including all the Cuban exiles, who are returning to Cuba. . Many factories are closed and the government has now hastily appointed a commission to meet to-day to inquire into, the matter. i I Boston Goes to Tien Tsln. Washington, Oct. 6.-—A dispatch from. Admiral Dewey, dated Manila, October 5, informs the navy department that the cruiser Boston and the gunboat Petrel left" Manila for Tien-Tsin to furnish protectiont o the American in- terests. . The navy department ordered the ad- miral to send the Baltimore and the Petrel, but discretion is allowed to na- val officers in such matters and the Boston was substituted. Admiral Dewey did not explain why he sent the Boston instead of the Bal- timore. . Lynching at Annapolis. Annapolis, Oct. 6.—Wright Smith, (:01- ored, who a month ago attacked Mrs. Morrison, wife of Captain James Mor- rison of the Third district, living near Jones Station, was taken from the jail in this city shortly after two o’clock yesterday morning and shot by a mob. The lynching party went .to the jail, a. pointed guns at Night Watchman Du-. vall and taking“ the prisoner to Sand- ers’ lot, near the city cemetery, they riddled the body with bullets. Count A. Von Goetzen Rep rts Berlin, Oct. 6L—Count A. 1'1 Goet- zen, a cavalry officer on the general V staff and formerly military attache. to the German embassy at Washington, who was commissioned by Emperdr William to accompany the United States army during the Hispano—Amer- ican war, made his report to the em- peror yesterday. Afterwards the count dined at the imperial palace. Discovery About Our Bullets. Birmingham, Oct. 6.——The London correspondent of the Post says he is informed upon high Spanish authority .that it has been fully proved by the Spanish government naval and mili- tary commission that the bullets and shells used by the United States sin the war were filled with horsehair, wool and other improper materials. Will Fight in Syracuse. Buffalo, Oct. 6.—C. M. Wilson, secre- tary of the Hawthorne-Club, in an in- terview said. “You can say for: ac, as secretary of the Hawthorne Clul:, that the Corbett— NIQCOY match will take place in Syra— .4 cuse.” Spanish Warships for Sale. Madrid, Oct. 6.—The government has authorized aptain Aunon, minister of marina», to sell the Spanish war ves— a 5915 in-Cuban Waters to the Dominican - or other republics desiringto purchase such craft. \ ALGER SUBMiTS HIS REPLY. Answers the Commiséion’s SixEQuestions About. Copduct of the War. Washington, Oct. 6.—Secretary Alger yesterday handed to the president for transmission to the war department commission of inquiry his answers to the six questions asked him by the commlssion. The answers are very briefly given and cover only three typewritten pages, but there are a number of reports ap- pended to the communication to which the secretary refers the commission for information concerning its que- ries. As to the reasons for the delay in starting the Santiago expedition from Tampa, the secretary says that thte delay was due to the failure of the navy to provide convoys for the tran- sports. He appends telegrams to and from th'e‘ navy department and naval offi- cer-s to show that the report of the sighting of a Spanish fleet was the cause of. the six days’ delay. The questions. as to the reasons for the selection of the camps at Tampa. and other places are answered by re- ferring the commission to reports from the boards of officers sent to inspect the camp sites. These reports are ap- pended. In answer to the question as to the 'time at which the administration de- cided to begin operations in Cuba, Sec— retary- Afger says that a campaign against Havana was first decided on, but that it was afterwards determined to take Santiago first. He says that the Santiago campaign was not considered until Admiral Sampson asked for troops to capture Santiago so that Cervera’ s fleet could be driven out of the harbor or destroyed inside. Telegrams from Admiral Sampson to that effect are also submitted to the . board. 100 LIVES LOST IN THE STORM. Believed That That Number Was Lost in the Coast Hurriance. Savannah, Ga, Oct. 6.—-News from the storm stricken districts along the coast is coming in gradually, and it is probable that a hundred lives have been lost. News by way of a boat which arrived yesterday is that fifty people were drowned at Fernandina. From Campbell island, inhabited by about forty colored people, it is repor- ted that all but three were drowned. At Brunswick four people lost their lives and at Jessup, one hundred miles from the coast, one man was killed in a building which was blown down by the storm. ' At Sterling Station Charles A. Bright, a merchant, reports the disasters from the flood great to lives and property in the rice field districts of Glynn and McIntosh. There are a number of small islands at various points around Brunswick, Fernandina and Darien, in which small groups of families live. It will be some days before accurate reports are heard from these points. At Darien the water’ is reported high and the town badly damaged. -. There are many rumors of loss of life, but all of the reports that have been received thus far are believed to be exaggerated. The Obd am Delayed. _New York, Oct. 6.—-Major D. M. Ap- pel, surgeon of the United States army, who has charge of the care and dispo- sition of the sick men of the army ar- riving here, has learned that the tran- sport Obdam, on her way here with sick from the West Indies, had to put back into Santiago with her coal on fire. The Obdam' is not now expected un- til the 12th inst. Major Appel had been making arrangements to take care of the sick that were expected to arrive on the transport, which was due here to- day. The Red ross yacht is expected here to-day with a small number 'of sick and convalescent soldiers from Mon- tauk Point. A hospital car is expected to arrive this afternoon at Long Island City. Religion is the Origin of Distuib'mces. San Francisco, Oct. 6.—In a signed in- terview regarding the recent disturban- ces near Pekin, Ho Yow, the Chinese consul here, says: ~ “I believe that the recent trouble in China is due to religion; to efforts of the missionaries to carry on their work and the antagonistic relations existing between the Chinese, who still cling to their faith of centuries past, and those who have adopted the ideas of the Christian religion. I do not think it will result seriously owing to the fact that they have a lack of c0-opera— tion.” Filziminons’s Father Dead. New York, Oct. 6.——James Fitzsim- mons, father of Robert Fitzsimmons, the champion heavyweight boxer of the world, cfied on August 29, at Tim— aru, New Zealand, at the age of ninety years. - Robert Fitzsimmons received the first information of his father’s death through a brief cable dispatch a few days ago. Secretary Sherman Fatally Injured Albany, N. Y., Oct. 6.——Secretary Au- gustus Sherman of the state prison commission, whose skull was fractur~ ed as a result of an accident last night in New Baltimore, is not expected to live. Mr. Sherman lives in New Balti- more. — German Blarines Going to Pekin. Berlin, Oct. 6.——The German warship Kaiserin Augusta has left Iiao- Chau f01 Taku, at the entrance of the Pei- Ho river, with thi1ty marines, who will be sent to Pekin to act as a guard for the German legation there. Minister Sir-nus at Constantinople. Constantinople, Oct. 6.-——VIr. Oscar S. Straus, the new United States minister to Turkey, who was appointed to sue- ceed Dr. James B. Angeli in May last, the latter resigning, has arrived at , this place. spanish Gunboais for South America . Madrid, Oct. 6.—~’I.'he Spanish govern- ment has sanctioned the sale to South American republics of the Spanish gun- boats new lying in Cuban waters. . wards the people of the Philippines. , . ted by Alfred H. Oxley and Rose Dray- : There have been no more offenders. I i , and Steel Company filed articlbés of in- 1 corpbration with the secretary of state 'Cauvass of the situation With Gen. liter- .tapping one of the drawers in his desk, : Senator tell of drastic measures to pre- . PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 1...... Our Comnission’ s Stand on the; Philippiue Question. I GENERAL MEERlTT’S VIEWS , I ritt Practically Concluded. Rear Admi- ral Dewey’s Views Submitted “7101 His_0wn. Spanish Views Regarding ‘ Our Government’s Intentions. Paris, Oct. 6.—The United States peace commission held its usual session yesterday fiom ten a. In. to one p. 111. The commissioners ontinued their conference with Major General Me1ritt, and practically concluded an extended canvass of the Philippine situation. The members of the commission re- fused to discloSe the views of General Merritt or Rear Admiral Dewey in re- gard to the policy to be pursued to- Nothing could be learned as to whe- ther the general or rear admiral had recommended the retention or the evac- uation of the Philippine islands by the American forces. It was learned, how- ever, that Rear Admiral Dewey hand- ed to General Merritt a communication setting forth his judgment on‘ the sub— ject, and that the general submitted this to the commission, wi‘th reports from the American military officers at Manila touching on the condition pre- vailing in the islands. General Merritt concluded with a de- claration of his judgment in the cat- ter, and it'may be stated that he arriv- ed in Paris hoping that' the .United States commission would press for the possession of the Philippine archipela- go. The disposition of the troops in the Philippine islands before Gen. Mel- ritt’s departure was so ordered as to warrant the view that a large or com- plete holding of the Philippine islands by the United States‘was contemplat- ed. Two Spanish senate stenographers will arrive here from Madrid on Thurs- day, their presence having been re- quested by Senor Montero Rios, who, in addition to being president of the Spanish peace commission, is also pres; ident of the Spanish senate. a Madrid, Oct. 6.—A newspaper having declared that Major General Merritt has asserted that the Philippine islands must be annexed to the United States, Premier Sagasta, in an interview, has replied, sayinghe does not believe the general made the statement attributed to him, which, the premier says, is not in conformity with the peace proto- col. The Imparcial declares that the naval demonstration,’ which is beginning in hinese waters, is not only a. menace to France and Russia, but implies an An- glo-American understanding to pre- vent the powers from opposing Ameri- can designs in the Philippine islands. This fact, the paper says, will influence the Paris deliberations. Long Cipher Despatch Washington, Oct. é.—A long dispatch- in cipher was received at the war de- partment yesterday. It is said to have come from Major General Otis, in com- mand of the United States land forces at Manila, but the war department offi- cers decline to give any information about it. The message covered eleven pages. The translation of the dispatch was finished shortly after ten o’clock, and then Secretary Alger took it to the White House. The secretary was accompanied by Adjutant General Corbin. They spent more than two hours in conference with the president. Col. Roosevelt’s Report. W'ashington, Oct. 6,—It is quite cer- tain that the report of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in regard to military opera- tions in Santiago will never be made public by the war department. Adjutant General Corbin was indig- nant over a published hint that the Roosevelt report had been purposely” lost 'in the, war department, presuma- bly in his office. “You can say,” said General orbin, “that Roosevelt’s report _ is in that drawer, under a strong lock; that it has not been lost and won’t be lost. You can say, also, that it will never be pub- lished. ” Will Help Spain Borrow. London, Oct. 6.—The correspondent of the Financial News in Madrid learns that a banking company is to be form- ed fo1 the purpose of facilitating the commercial interests of Spain in Eng— land. The 11ame of the new concern is to be the Anglo—Spanish Banking Coin- pany, Manchester, which city is chiefly supposed, to furnish the capital—one million pounds in Spanish money—has already subscribed ten per cent. of the total amount. The Bridgeport Case. Bridgeport, onn., Oct. 6.—Coroner harles A. Doten has completed his in- quest into the death of Emma Gill of Southington, whose dismembered body was found in the Yellow Mill pond a few weeks ago, and rendered his find- ing. He finds that she came to her death by felonious homicide at the hands of Nancy A. Guilford, assisted and abet- ton. Threatened to Shoot Foragers. San Francisco, Oct. 6.—-Soldiers who returned from Honolulu on the steamer vent foraging. General King policed Honolulu with one hundred mounted men and ordered that any soldier caught foraging would be ordered court martialed and shot A Steel Company Incorporated. Trenton, Oct. 6,—The American Iron yes telday. The company has an authorized cau- ital of one million dollars, and is em- powered to do all kinds of mining and manufacturing. I Wham '— OLD GLORY. THRILLING SCENE AT HONOLULU WHEN IT WENT UP. lIarines From American l'c'arships and Hawaiian Troops Took Part and the Exercises Partook cf Genuine Joy Over — the Event. August 13, 1898 was memorable for Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands. It was a day long looked for by a cer- tain number of citizens and property holders, :1 day many had doubts and fears would never come, and give to them the security of a permanent gov- ernment, homes of peace and content- ment, and future prosperity. This day, so long looked for, was the taking down of the Hawaiian flag, and in its place floating to the breeze the Stars and Stripes. As the appointed hour of 11:30 drew near every official was in his proper pgace, and by the crowds that could be seen in all directions it seemed as if everybody was there to- witness what will never be seen again on these islands. When every one was in sus- pense, waiting for the exercises to be- gin, Rev, G. L. Pearson alose and of- fe1ed praye1, after which United States Minister Sewell addressed Mr. Dole, saying: “Mr. President, I pre- sent you a certified copy of a joint res olution of the Congress of the United States, approved by the President July 7, 1898, entitled ‘Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.’ This joint resolution accepts, ratifies and confirms, on the part of the United States, the cession formerly consented to, and approved by the Republic of Hawaii. ” President Dole replied by saying: treaty of political union having been made, and the cession formally cou- sented to by the Republic of Hawaii. having been accepted by the United States‘ of America, I now, in the in terest of the Hawaiian body politic and _ with full confidence in the honor, jus; tice and friendship of the American people, yield up to you, as the rcpre~ sentntive .of the Government of the United States, the sovereignty and public property of the Hawaiian Isi- ands." Minister Sewell replied by saying: “Mr. President—In the name of the United States I accept the transfer of the sovereignty and'puoperty of the Hawaiian Government. The admiral commanding the United States naval forces in these waters will proceed to perform the duty entrusted to him.” “A PRESIDENT DOLE. The Hawaiian Government Band cornetist sounded “to the colors,” and the color bearers began slowly to haul down the Hawaiian flag. This beauti- ful flag came to the ground from the flagpole on top of the Executive Build- ing, and lay there in. a lifeless condi— tion, and looked upon by all as if a great hero had fallen. One’s burial could not have been any more solemn than this part of the ceremony. Many shed tears, and others, as one lady Awho expressed her feelings, had large lumps in their throats. Feelings of sorrow were not only shown by the natives, who loved their. flag as they loved their country, but by many who were born under other colors and had lived on these islands long enough to become identified as citizens and prop- erty holders. As the Hawaiian flag was being folded and placed in other hands, a salute of twenty-one guns was given, after which Admiral Miller gave the signal for the American flag to be raised. The trumpeter for the-naval forces sounded “to, the colors,” and slowly the Stars and Stripes ascended the halyards to the top of the flagstaff on the central tower of the Executive Building. drawn up by the color-bear- ers of the American Navy. As Old Glory neared the top of the flagstaff the breeze of the trade Winds unfurled to its full length that beau- tiful silk flag, thirty-eight or forty by eighteen or nineteen feet. On it shone the bright sunlight, far and near, saw a new flag, and real- ized there had been born a new na- tion, and that Uncle Sam was and al- ways would be the father of this new- born child. There was a momentary silence, fol: lowed by one united cheerand hurrah of the thousands, mingled with the music from the marine band playing the. “Star-Spangled Banner” and a sa- lute of twenty-one guns. No descrip- tion can give an adequate idea of the contagious effect of the enthusiasmvof this part of the exercise. Every Amer- lean and all who were in sympathy with the Ameiican flag were full to overflowing with pat1iotism, and filled with pride to see this happy day, one never to be forgotten. ' There is a table in the city school that» has been used for 2,000 years, and is as good as ever-,—t-he multiplication tabla—Winchester, Ky, Democrat. and every eye,‘ . 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