Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-09-17
THE ALLEGED PCT.
CONSERVATION of Iris'r I 'edor3 ct
the Arrest OF the Dynsm..ora
The EXECUTION OF GOWN Ii CUBA.


LONDUN. D6Dt. 10 - hOIo hiteutiOU !
being paid To the d-ta Is II the allege'
dynamite conspiracy han any othe
subject. not ex iipg the situation il
Turkey. Tho.e VINO do no. participant
10 the horror PROBES etDy thu authori
ties over The diabolical de al Of tn
plot which they ae claiming, witt
sensational impressiveness, 10 have un
e,rthed. find suffictn entertainment
in the express ons Of their skep'icism
A rep. tentative OF the Associated
press has made some iaqu ries at Scot
land yari as IN the methods pur
sued in sh DO wing the potter
and a, to how il happened that the
authorities were Sd we'll informed Of
the pan, Of the plo'ters In advance
1t was stated Their that the work had
ieen done In the Unite States by the
Pinkerton arency, which had for years
forwarded every week the fullest re-
ports OF every meet ny Of any revolu'
tionary body in the United States. par
ticularly in Chicago and New York.
The espionage maintained on the gath
erings in those two cities is remarkably
complete There Is a full file in Scot
land yard OF all resolutions, etc, per-
tanning to the gath rings, and full de-
scripiions OF the members and their
actions.
The Irish leaders in London and
Dublin re yard the arrests OF the al
legged dynamite ploters with conster-
nation. A project has been on foot
ever since the adjournment OF parlia-
mpnt to obtain the release Of all the
Irish political prisoners-a project
which WAS encouraged by the recent
action Of the government In releasing
from Portland prison DR.. Thomas Gall
la her, Albert g. Whitehead, John
DAILY and Thomas Devany 1t was in.
tended to inauyurste q great demon
stration 10 behalf OF the prisoners and
an agitation in the press, followed by
a fierce attack In the house Of com.
mons in January. The disclosures 10
connection with the arrests are consid.
cred uniavorable TO the success Of this
plan.
In an interview, the president Of the
Amnesty association says: 1.-THE arrests
are matter Of Indifference to US, ex.
cept for their probable effect on the
Irish movement. The followers Of
lyman are the enemies Of Ireland, and
this association will not raise penny
for their defense. 1t cannot compro.
mise itself by any connection with
them"
THE EXECUTION OF GOWN IN CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. The state de-
partment has taken steps to have a
investigation made Of
the circumstances surrounding the
killing Of Charles Gown, a young
American accompanying the Cuban
revolutionary army in the capacity Of
correspondent for a Florida newspaper.
Affidavits procured by counsel for the
family Of Gown 20 to show that while
he was with force Of rebels under
Maj. Valencia at Corredas, near Ha-
vana, last July, a strong force of
Spanish troops was encountered,
and Gown, who was unarmed, and,
tits asserted, was non-combatant, sur
rendered TO the Spanish colonel. 1t is
a legged that, although he was supplied
with an American passport and papers
TO establish his newspaper connection,
be was executed on the day following
his capture, without an opportunity to
claim and to exercise his rights under
treaty as an American citizen. Consul
General Lee will endeavor to ascertain
III Of the facts as the basis for further
action by the state department, direct
" through Minister Taylor, but the
work is necessarily slow, as Is the case
in many such affairs, because Of the
great difficulty experienced in securing
reports OF the facts when the killing
occurs outside OF the large towns.
sLADsToNE's FEELING FOR ARMENIANs.
LONDON, Sept. 49, Mr. Gladstone has
written a letter to the Liverpool Re-
form club urging the holding Of mass
meeting In behalf Of the Armenians,
md stating that, II desired, it might
be possible for him to take part In the
proceedings.