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Calhoun Speaks of the
Condition of Affairs
in Cuba.
TriCkery and Deceit FaVorite
Methods Employed by
the SpaniardS.
Nothing Was Gained by the InVes-
tlgation Into the Murder of
DR.. Ruz.

NEW YORY, n. Y, June 7.-William
]. Calhoun, special counsel to Lee in the
Ruiz case, arrived here from Havana this
morning and spoke freely of his impress
sion of the state of affairs in Cuba. He
said he believed the war would only be
ended by the death of the last Cuban, or
the final desperation and disgust of Spain
after weary years of guerrilla warfare. He
intimated that the evidence Consul-G Gen
erai Lee has been able to gath r in the
Ruiz case is absolutely without value, and
manifested resentment for the lack of
courtesy shown him by Weyler ana Fons-
deviela, who was supposed TO be an I'M
portant witness in the case. He said:
"The whole state OF the island is pitia BILE
and disgrace to civilization. There is no
war as we speak of war. There is a COM
pact organized body of Spanish soldiers
and other thousands of individuals divided
loosely in guerrilla bands, ten, thirty or
fifty In party, ravaging the country and
running away. The Cubans are not look
ing for battle-they would be fools if they
did. The situation may best be desert bed
as comparing the Spanish to a big clumsy
animal that is attacked by swarms of in
sects. They buzz around him, sting him
torture into paroxysms of rage, and he can
do nothing but switch at them or trample
a few into the mud In an aimess way. The
fight will never end until the last gnat is
dead, or until the animal has been driven
out of its senses, so that it rushes to self
destruction.
alt is generally supposed that l was
sent 10 investigate the Cuban question
The supposition is wrong. OF course had
eyes in my head and could see .hings. If
the President asks me what | saw l will
tell him. l went out for the Ruiz case and
nothing else"
"Did the Spanish cooperate with you in
the Ruiz investigation ?" was asked.
''Dr. Congosta, who with Mr.. Lee made e
up the commission, was most coarte ous
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1t Causes Him to Hound
a Typewriter and At
tempt to Kill Her.
After Twice Firing at the Girl
He Sends a Bullet Through
His Own Brain.
For Years the Fellow Had Followed
and Prosecuted the Victim
of His Admiration.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 7.-Charles
E. Barber, a patent attorney, made an at
tempt this morning on the life OF Miss
Dorothy Squires, typewriter, p years
old, with whom he was in love, and after
shooting her twice, placed the pistol
against his temple and shot himself dead
Miss SquiIes will live unless blood
poisoning sets in. The shooting occurred
at o'clock on Four and One. half street,
above Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Squires
was going 10 her Office when accosted by
Barber, who had been concealed in an
area way. He addressed her, but Miss
Squres hurried on. Barber followed,
talking to his intended victim. She had
gone few rods when Barber drew a re-
volver and fired point blank at the girl.
The bullet struck the back of her head,
but the force was somewhat broken by
celluloid comb. Pieces of the comb were
driven into Miss Squires' skull. Miss
Squires dropped to her knees when the
bullet struck her. and while in that posi-
tion Barber fired again, wounding her i'll
the hand. Then he killed himself.
The girls brother, George Squires, said
tnat DarDer nau Deen prosecuting MS SIS
ter for several years. He telegraphed,
sent notes by messengers, came to the
house in person, waited for her on street
corners and tried in every way to be in
her company, but was repulsed each
time. Oaly a short while ago the brother
was walking down the street with his sis
ter when the fellow spoke, and ne whacked
him on the jaw.
Barber was from ST. Lawrence County.
n. Y, and was a protege of Secretary
Folger's. he went into the patent-law
business and secured a good practice.
Barber also came into little prominence
some weeks ago by presenting President
Mckinley with Newfoundland dog. The
President accepted the animal, and it is
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jurisdiction and died before the proper
tribunal considered his case. thereby giving
him no opportunity to prove his innocence.
Third-That he was kept Incomunicado" in
solitary cell for 315 hours in violation of
treaty rights which limit such confinement to
seventy-two hours.
Fourth-He died from congestion of the
brain produced by blow on the top of the
head.
F.fth-There are two theories connected
with the wound on the head. One is that in
a state of mental excitement he ran across
the CELL as desert bed by one OF the jailers, and
buuted his head on the door in frantic effort
TO get out. Another, that he was struck on
the head with one of the clubs carried by the
iailers-his immediate watchman-who had
probably order him to ease his cries for
relief and for mis- children, and upon his not
doing so struck him with more force than he
intended; 1t is possible the blow was de-
livered to make him confess or give evidence
against the others. Possibly he went mad
ana many causes combined to produce such a
result His knowledge of his own innocence,
his confinement in a gloomy cell. where he
was not allowed to comm unicate with his
family or friends, TO send and write
All alone the thought doubtless impressed
itself upon his mind that he was liable
in the reign of terror then existing in
and around Guanabacoa to be sum marily exc
cuteQ AT any moment lie loved his wife and
children, and in the darkness of his cell was
constantly crying out for them. The thought
that they were but a few rods away and vet he
might never see them again or hear the sound
of their voices or feel the touch of their lips
and hands maddened him and proved too
much for the mind of the distracted and I'M
happy man, and it is not improbable as the
long hours passed by it may have given way
and left him a madman. His wife says his
4. Al
greatly torn when returned to her. But
whether when Dereft of reason he inflicted
the blows which produced the brain conges-
tion, or whether he died at the hands of 9TH
ers, the truth win probably only be known
when the hearts of ali are revealed. The fact re-
mains that his unjust confne ment killed him,
ead had he been released from incom unicado
by the hand of man at the end OF seventy-two
hours the hand of death might not have re-
leased him al the end of 315 hours and TODAY
the widow would have had the support of her
husband and the means of his fatherless chill
dren would never have been heard in the
land. l therefore conclude by saying as l
have done in all previous reports about this
case, that whether DR.. Ruiz killed him salt or
was KILLED by some one else will, under the
existing conditions always remain unknown.
Lee comments bitterly on the failure of
witnesses to appear. The whole report is
strongly condemnatory of Weyler's con-
duct in the case. The report is dated in
Hauana. May 81, and made to Secretary
Sherman
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Honestly, l think he was as anxious 10
know the truth as we were. He helped US
IN every possible way. Witnesses did not
run after US begging for permission to tes-
tlfy. We examined six or seven. Ruiz
received hurt resulting in concussion of
the brain. He was taken out of his cell
and died. II he was murdered the only
persons who know it are his jaiers, and
they were the witnesses. You may make
your own inferences about the value o!
such testimony. Fonsdeviela did not tes-
tify, but assure you l would very mucn
like to know where he was"
1t has been SAID that Calhoun TOOK an
affront at Weyler's absence from the city
during his three weeks stay there. View
Ter kept out of Havana all the time CAL
houn was there, returning only after he
lett.
Everything in Havana is done under.
ground, in the dark, in whispers" said
Calhoun. when you mean one thing
you must say just the opposite. They are
not acquainted with truth down there.
Neither side is. 1 doubt if there is such a
word in the language"
HAVANA, CUBA, June THE insur-
gents are now very active in Pinar del
Rio province. They received several small
expeditions from the United States and
Mexico and ammunition enough to keep
their army constantly fighting. Each
Cuban soldier in Pinar del Rio has proba-
bly, at present 100 cartridges.
The Spanish battalion at La Reina was
severely defeated at Laguna Colorado by
the Cubans under Ducasse. The Span
iards intended to take by a bayonet
charge four intrenchments behind which
Ducasse had fortified his men. The Span
ish soldiers fought like demons, attack
ing the position three times, and in their
last charge approaching within ten feet of
the intrenchments. They were repulsed
with heavy loss and had to leave their
dead on the field. More than $50 wounded
Spaniards were carried away by the col
umn.
At Alonzo Rojas, Pinar del Rio prov
vince, large Cuban hospital was attack
ed by the Spaniards and the sick and
wounded slain. The nurses fell also into
the hands of the Spaniards, and neither
woman nor children were spared. Fifty
persons of both sexes were victims. Wey-
Ter has issued orders forbidding the coun-
try townspeople to buy meat of any one
not having special license from him.
The meat sellers are in connivance with
the Spa anish officials, and the meat they
sell is from cattle stolen from farms by
the Spanish troops. The general distress
is so great that the fami ne is spreading in
the suburbs of the capital.
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IDA DENT WRIGHT WEEDS.
The WeH-Known Young Woman Becomes
the Bride of DR.. Walter Seymour
of BCSfo1

NEW YORK, N. Y, June Ida Dent
Wright, daughter of Mrs. Marie Robinson
Wright, was married to-day to Walter
Seymour of Boston. The bride is native
of Atlanta and at one time was engaged
to General Antonio Ezeta Vice President
of Salvador. The revolution in Salvador
caused a postponement. Ezeta escaped
20 San Francisco on United States war
ship. Extradition proceedings by San
Salvador were dismissed by Judge Morrow.
Miss Wright worked hard in the interest
of her fiance. A few months later the en-
gagement was broken off by mutual con-
sent, but the two are still firm friends.
The wedding to-day was private, only
few intimate friends being present. The
bride wore gown of blue silk muslin
over blue changeable taffeta silk figured
with terra-cotta flowers and trimmed
with terra a-cotta ribbons. She also wore
large leghorn hat. The couple will reside
in Boston.
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VITAL|A,
LEADER OF
THE SECT
SeIf-ImmoIation Taught
by a Strange Woman
in Russia.
WONDERFUL POWER OF
THE PRIESTESS,
Induced kovaloff to Wall Up
His Own Wife and
Children.
WONDERFUL POWER OF
THE PRIESTESs,
MAGISTRATES MAY SEND HIM
TO a MONASTERY.
Peculiar Doings of Fanatics Known
as Rasko) niL<t in Which the Gar
is Greatly Interested.

LONDON, ENG. June THE CORE
tPondent of the Daily News, who went to
ErespoI, Russia. to inquire into the case
of self-im notation OF a number of persons
belonging to a religious sect, known as
Raskolniki, says he learns that Feodore
kovaloff, on whose premises the bodies
OF fifteen victims were found includ ing
those OF Kovaloffs wife and two children,
will probably be confined in a monastery.
The magistrates examining into the mat
ter are convinced that KovaIoff was abso-
lutely unconscious of having committed a
crime in having buried six persons alive
and walIing up nine others in his cellar.
One OF the chief personalities of the
drama enacted at Ternofka, near Tirespol,
was woman called Vitalia, who was the
prophecies. priestess and preacher. She
was the daughter of respectable parents.
She entered an orthodox convent in her
youth. but later joined the Raskolniki.
Some time ago she suddenly vanished and
was not heard of until her corpse was ex-
= hGmed at Ternofka. She mad great infu-
ence with the other memb bers of the
strange sect, and persuaded all her fol-
lowers when sent to prison to starvs to
death. They refused to eat food offered.
and all would have perished had not the
alarmed governor of the prison released
them.
Another instance of the influence of
Vitalia was the walIing up of Kavooff'
wife and children. During the taking Of
. the census Kovaloff arrived home one
evening and found his young wife
strangely depressed. Inquiries as to what
was troubling her ELECTED the informat tion
That his wife was afraid that the enumera-
tors would enter the names of theiI two
children upon the accursed record, with
the result that ultimately they would be
forced to join an orthodox church and
perdition. She declared that she had
therefore resolved to sacrifice the children
with herself Kovaloff. who had hitherto
. been the least fanatical, began to be horri-
fed. Failing to dissuade her he went to
seek counsel and enlist the helpof Vitalia
The prophecies hastened to the mother
=. and instead of trying to prevent her self
sacrifice commended her for her holy and
laGdable resolve. Finally she convinced
Kovaloff that by self-martyrdom he and
his family could alone hope for salvation.
1t was in obedience to her behests that
Kovaloff performed the dreadful tragedy
himself meanwhile grieving continuously
that he was not allowed to die with his
wife and children.
The Czar is profoundly impressed by
the story, and is receiving minute reports
Of the progress of the inquiry.
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Fortune for Poor Heirs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June IL. D.
Boyer, an attorney of San Francisco,
came TO New Haven to-day TO apprise
Mrs. William F. Williams OF this city tha:
she and her children were heirs to an
estate worth $42, coo in Nevada and Cali
lornia, left by DR.. James Williams of
Nevada, brother of Mrs. Williams hus-
band. DR.. Williams died iniestate He
left deposits in California banks of $50. 900
and property in Nevada worth $4,000.
Mrs. Williams is poor.
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GHOULS 1907 A CEMETERY
An Indiana B2ryng Ground Almost
Empne6 OF Bodies by Most
D0ryB0 TbfrYes

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, June THE
that LICK Greek Cemetery, FIVE miles
southeast Of here. has been almost emp
tied recently o. buried bodies. At least
fifty bodies we're stolen by ghouls in par
ticular. The farmer saw lying near new
grave the shrou6 in which the body had
been buried. They examined other
graves and found they had also been
robbed. To-day a number of graves were
opened and in eight out of ten the bodies
had been stolen, and in three the coffin,
clothing and all were missing. Every one
who has friend buried is preparing to
open the grave. There is great excite
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Injured by a Falling EIerator.

CHICAGO, ILL, June An elevator
in the building at 80 Dearborn street fell
from the second floor TO the basement
with three passengers and the elevator
man to-day, injuring al of them. They
are: f. Deem, Albert Dougherty. = Nc
Gee and A. Z. Van Furnish, the elevator
man. The fall was attended by no seri-
Gus consequences, but the iron weights
which balance the car were released from
their place and crashed down upon the
roof of the elevator, crushing it in and in
juring the occupants.
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Atrtkers h-furning to Work.

PITTSBURG, PA. June The strike
at Jones g. Laughlin's American Iron
Works is broken and resumption is ex-
pected in a few days. When the gates
were opened this morning the machinists,
chain makers, bolt-makers an foundry
men returned to work. Over 700 men are
now working, and the impression is gem
eral that ali the old men will go back be-
fore the end of the week.
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Nox-PARTIsAx rIcK WINS.

LitfEe Inte4'est TAKEN Ia fIe EEeott0n or
Judges at Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL, June The Nom
Partisan Judges ticket was victorious in
TO Us election by 10000 majority. Ten
Of the newly elected Judges are Repubii-
cans and six Democrats. Little interest
was man Tested and only hall of the regis
tered vote poled. The Silver ticket cut a
very small figure. This is due to some
extent TO factIonal quarreis.
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GENEBAL DEk,s REPoHr.

1t Condemns the Violation of Treatv
lights fn the Cave of Ruix.
NEW YORK, N. Y, June THE Jour
nal prints the full text OF Lees report on
the Ruiz case. ItdetaiIs the case at length,
giving facts already known. and sums up
in conclusion as follows:
First-Ruiz was arrested on a false charge.
Second-He was placed under improper
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-22

Special Dispatch to the Intenlgsnesr.
CHARLESTON. ". Va. Jan. 2l.-This
was a very interesting day in the senate,
and at o'clock Il. c. Getzendanner was
sworn In as a senator from the Thir-
teenth senatorial district Senator Farr.
OF Doddrldge. a member OF the elections
committee, made mastery legal argu-
ment In favor Of seating Getzendanner.
Senator Young. Republican, of Upshur,
argued the case in favor Of shaffer, the
sitting Democratic senator, and made as
strong a case as could be made for him.
He said he regretted to have 20 80
against his party. but he must follow
conscience before party.
Senator Cole. OF Lewis. speaking IN
favor OF the committees report, made
one OF the clsarsst arguments ever heard
in the senate. He showed that shafer,
by neglectlng % make a return notice,
had left himself nothing 10 stand on.
Mr.. Shafer made a dramatic appeal
for himself, talked well, but talked all
around the real question. When the
vote was taken the four Democrats and
Senator Young voted FOR shafier, and all
the Republicans. nineteen, present. voted
to seat Getzendanner. II Is understood
that Mr. Shafter will make his unssating
ground fGr claim 20 the Democratic nom
inauon for Congress in the Second dis
trict.
Delegate Hughes. OF Tyler. wishes It
distinctly understood that he opposes
the bill TO change the vote by which
county seat may be removed. somehow
the impression has gone cut that MT.
Hughes IS chanpioning the Dill.
Tonight the Republican caucus dis
cussed further the various propositions
10 revise the constitution. No definite
conclusion was reached. The caucus
viii meet again next Monday night.
The senate judiciary committee will
report favorably the bill 20 allow a for
eicn corporation TO incvrease ITS land
holdings. The bill as II will be recon-
mendad to the senate will allow a tam
Ming company TO hold 1900 acres OF land
for each tannery or extract bark factory
il may have In the staie.
CFor routine proceedings OF the leEisla-
ture see Seventh PaSe)
-. D. IL
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STATE DENTAL SOCIETY.

Election efOmesrs-VyhssIinE Selected -
the NEXT Place OF Meeting.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligeneer.
CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jan. H.
The closing session OF the State Dental
Society was held this evening. A pa-
per by DR.. Harrison, OF Wheeling. was
read by DR.. Storer. Papers by Drs,
cummins, Of weIlsburg, and Tener. OF
Wheeling, were also read. Wheeling
was selected as the place for the next
meeting, the first week In October, 1891
The election OF officers for the ensu-
ing wear resulted as follows:
President. DR.. Terer, Of Wheeling;
vice president, Or. Hammill. Of Mar
tinsSurg; secretary, Dr.. Parshall, OF
Petersburg: treasurer, Or. Cumminsr
OF Wellsburg.
A banquet was served at II p. m, TO
the members and a number Of their
legislative friends. The meeting was a
success in every respect. Ten new
members were admitted and every
thing points 10 a most successful fu-
ture for the association.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-22
CARNEGIE OPTIMISTIC
In Regard to the BuIInea, Futuro ar ths
County.


Country.
JoHNsTowN. Pa. Jan. 21.-Andrew
Carnegie Is the guest Of Johnstown this
evening and his reception on the arrival
oft he special train from Pittsburgh was
the cordial and hearty tribute OF honor
by a grateful people. The reception was
prompted by the fact that Mr.. Carnegie
rebuilt the public library here after the
food and was the largest individual con-
tributor to the relief fund At So'eIock
Mr.. Carnegie, as the guest OF the board
OF trade. was greeted by an immense
audience At the opera house. Mayor
Wagner and Hon. John II. Rose, presl-
dent OF the board OF trade. delivered the
address OF welcome.
In the course OF Mr.. Carnegie's ad-
dress IN response. he said.
The business Of this country. for the
last Few years, has been at low ebb.
Never perhaps. "a orr day. has there
been such continued depression. TAX
ing capital as a whole, invested in man
ufacturing in the United States, doubt
II IL has earned one dollar OF profit for
three years past; that Is 20 say, the loss
is my opinion that our adverslty has
been aggravated and our recovery post
poned, because a large number OF our
people began an agitation some years
ago threatening the maintenance OF the
standard OF value which has hitherto
been maintained in this country.
Mr.. Carnegie then reiterate his we'll
known opinions on the relation OF labor
and capital, and said rich and poor en-
ployes and employer should be equally
interested in the maintenance OF the
same standard. whether gold or silver,
because the employer OF labor Is pros
porous only when labor Is prosperous
and in great demand. Therefore. my
friends. believe me. the man who above
all others longs for and labors for gem
eral prosperity. IS the employer Of
labor.
why Is It that business has not re-
viyed as was expected, after the result
OF the national election was declared2
Wen, think people expected too much,
or too early q recovery. The season OF
the year for recovery Is after spring
opens. and we could scarcely expect suf-
ficient momentum in January 70 over
come the inertia OF the mass which lay
immoyable. but the conditions are all
most favorable; and business as a whole
is upon a sound foundation. There ls
no imitation in anything: prices are all
low. To supplement this, We have gain
ed more than $500, 900 900 last year in cur
foreign trade-a most remarkable cir
cumstance. Unless some surprise Is
sprung upon the country, nothing can
hold II back from a period OF genuine
prosperity. am optimistic TO degree
In regard TO the future"
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EANNA's BOON
For Eas senate viii be started at the Leg
isIaflTe Banquet

For Ehs senate VIII be Started at the Leg
isIauvs Banquet.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 2L-There were
many callers at Chairman Hanna's Of
fee to-day and he was busily engaged
in holding conferences with his visitors
throughout the morning. Mr.. Hanna
VIII leave the city tomorrow morning
f0r Columbus. where he goes 10 attend
the Ohio legislative reunion and ban
quot tomorrow evening. at which Gov
crnor Bushnell, Seuator-elect Foraker
and all of the prominent Republican
leaders OF the state win be In attend
ance. Accompanying Air. Hanna on his
Journey 20 Columbus wiz be State sena-
tor. Garfield, aiuior Charles i. Dick,
Major Haskell and q number uf other
prominent Republicans.
Mr.. Hanna stated toan Associated Press
repregantutfve to-day that 10 was NOT
urobable that he would male an address
NJ nc banquet. Ills friends. however.
saw that he Will Lnd0Slt4lr ls prevail
"a upon 10 make br.sl ah il was
repor;el here to-day that previous % the
ban0urt az Columbus Tomorrow evrn-
frr. a g1.etir. Of Mr. 4aurl'1 friends
ard POLITICAL advisers Will Oc fali in the
iaticr city. a. which the chnirmnr's real
geuatorlaI boom VIII be inluEufated.
Tbis rsp0ut cogid not be vriEct az Ar.
Hsnna'F orc. to-day, but Well-pp9 tod
politicians sny that such d meeting VIII
Lea held