Evening journal., 1888-10-30
he HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
Lord Saclrville's Lips Sealed
on the Great Sensation.
NO INFORMATION ANYWHERE.

stu II Remains tho Talk of Two Nations.
Who Wrote tho lDecoy Lettcr-ssurchi-
son IA Myth-Rumor That Sir Charles
rupper is TO Succeed West.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s0.-A London dis
patch, announcing that Lord Salisbury had
photographed Lord Saclxville that his accession
70 The peernge would offer sufficient excuse
FOR his retirement from his post at Washing
ton, was shown Lord Saclxvillo. He read it
carefully and then said:
II have nothing to say"
Whom the advisability Of confirmation or
denial OF the fact was suggested, he replied:
10 is very kind OF you, but have nothing
20 say
To all further gu sstions he returned the
same stereotyped answer All the legation
attaches were equally reticent. One Of the
secretaries said 60 a representative Of tho
United Press: "Why should the minister or
why should we be expected to say anything.
The very worst that could be printed or
spoken has been published or said Nothing
that we could say now would in any way
alter tho situation
Secretary Bayard said that no new facts,
foreign or domestic, bearing on the subject
had reached him, and therefore he had
nothing to say. II is admitted that cable
grams were exchanged by Secretary Bayard
and Minister Phelps on the subject of Lord
Snchvilles recall The secretary sent his
first cable after an extended conference with
the president, and a reply from Minister
Phelps is said TO have been received two
hours later The contents OF the various
messages is kept inviolato by the state de-
partment
Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct 30-Nothing
new has developed respecting the identity OF
the mysterious Charles +, Murchison, writer
OF the Pomona letter 10 Minister Saczville-
West The story photographed from here
that w. A. Bell, lawyer of Pomona, is the
real writer of the letter, has no foundation.
Col II. G. Otis, editor Of The Times Of this
city, who has been in the secret from the
first, stated that the story was absolutely
untrue Col Otis further said that the
name OF the person who wrote the letter
would be made public when the necessities
OF the case require 'and that, he added,
'is a question to be determined by those who
are in possession of the factsr He denied
he was the author OF the letter
POMONA, Cal, Oct 3O.-The excitement
over the Murohison affair is great Four de-
tectives are at work on clews. Gen Barnum,
of the national Democratic committee, has
sent word TO spare no expense In revealing
Murchson's identity, and especially 20 ascer-
tain II Patrick Egan had anything to do
with the authorship Of the letter.
New Yout, Oct. 80 Chairman Quay has
received a telegram from W r. Fitzgerald,
Of the Republican state committee OF Cali
fornia, denying that he, Henry T. Gage, or
Harrison G. Otis, OF The Los Angeles Times,
were responsible for the authorship Of the
Sackville-West letter, or that they or their
associates, 50 far as can be Learned, knew
anything Of its conception or Ind any knowl-
edge Of the correspondence until after its
publication
OTTAWA, Oct sO-The latest rumor in
political circles here is that Sir Charles Tup-
per, high commissioner to England, viii sue
ceed Lord Sackviile as British minister to
the United States. The authorship of the
story IL unknown.
LONDON, Oct 80 The Standard believes
that Lord Sackvllle has intimated his readi-
ness 10 resign.