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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
0.Y A TOUR OF CUBA.
FJsh6dck and Consul General Lee to
Gather Information for the
administration.

HAVANA, CUBA, Aug. 24-The report
oil Fish backs arrival in Havana, intrusted
with a special mission from the admins
tration, is confirmed. Fishback will ac-
company Consul General Lee upon toul
of in pection throughout the island. They
will visit all the consulates and consular
agencies of the United States in Cuba
By this means Fishback will be able to
study the real situation on the island in
all the six provinces and report to the
American Government the state of war in
Santa Clara, Puerto Principe, Santiago de
Cuba, as well as Havana and Pinar del
Rio.
Up TO the present the American ad-
ninistration has had only the scattered
reports of consular agencies sent 10 Lee.
The most official information concerning
Cuba in Washington is chiefly derived
from Spanish sources.
Fishback's mission will result in placing
an important official report in the hands
ofMcKinley and will undoubtedly be of
great service to Woodford in carrying out
his instructions i'll Spain. The Spanish
Government cannot make the least OBJ
lection to Lee and Fishback's s visit TO the
interior and eastern part OF the island.
Furthermore, it is the undeniable right OF
the American Consul-General to inspect
consulates.
There is worthy precedent for this in
the visit to British coasuates in Cuba
about eight months ago by the British
Vice Consul, who availed himself OF the
opportunity to make report on the war
to the Foreign Office in London. The
most important matter for investigation
is the situation in eastern provinces, as
the state of the war in Matanzas has al
ready been personally studied by Lee.
Up TO this time all American consular re-
ports have confirmed the news previously
sent to the American press.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25

There is little doubt that this inquiry
will also officially confirm the information
already published. that the situation in
the east, where the revolution is is
stronger than IN the west, as confessed
by the Spanish Government itsels.
The report of the cruel orders Weyler
directed against the town of La Esper-
ANA, whose 5000 inhabitants were doomed
to arvatlon by the captain-general, has
had disagreeable result for the Mayor of
that town, D. Pedro Goicoechea. Weyler
has fined him $1,000 for having made pub
lie the communication. Goicoechea sent
to the Governor of Santa Clara asking
for the withdrawal Of the ecaptain-general's
decree forbidding the sale of food 10 in
habitants of La Esperanza.
The Mayor Of Santa Isabel de las Lajas,
Santa Clara province, has also been fined
$1,000 by the captain-general because he
could moi prevent a raid on the town by
the insurgents.
A report comes from Cienfuegos of the
arbitrary arrest in the town of Arriete of
the station master, Agustin Villegas and
the welI-known citizen, Emilio Alvarez
without any known charge against them.
They were sent manacled TO Cienfuegos,
and have been helI incommunicado since
August 16 General WeyIer has prom
ised to pay 81 IN Spanish paper money for
every head of cattle seized by the troops
IN the country. The average price in the
market is 81 in gold
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
TWO FORTS REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN ABANDONED.
Three Hundred of the Troops IN the Garrison
Of Ali Musjid Killed During Sortie.
Fort Maude IN Flames.

BOMBAY, India Aug 24.-Up late tonight
the frontier had Reports
indicate there has fighting Khyber garri
of Fort Ali Mud few miles Jamrood stubborny
resisting whemn odds An unconmed report says garrison
made sort in which they lost 900 killed.
warned to hold themselves hoses
shortest
SMLA nda Aug 24Advces from the of the native
report Fort Sadda Valley by
yesterday After preliminary kmshes the repued
the garrison Tne subjugaon of the Swat besmen
plete.
dispatch from Quetta, Beoochstan says: Sedon
reached the southernmos point the frontier Three the principal
chiefs Boochistan attempting
pervert the natives. They arrested"
dispatch from Peshawur says: Relief column under General
Wesmacott Khyber the
distance of yards The
to be in flames The the withdrew
0 artillery"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
VERIPABLY
A THORN IN
THE FLESH
The Pass Episode Daily Adds
Tribulation to Bryan's
Friends.
NIENlVNl tLn0UD IVNWGlTDDNLDSS.
Between Foote'S Lack and Law
lor's Surplus of Recollection
a Story Gets Out.
MILLS uses NAUGHTY LANGUAGE.
The Land Agent Feels That Silence
Is Now His Only Hope in
the Future.
MILLS uses NAUGHTY LANGUAGE.
The Land Agent Feels That Silence
Is Now His Only Hope in
the Future.

Friends of William Jennings Bryan,
and even that distinguished gentleman
himself, seem 10 have a glimmer of real
izatioa tha! open confession is good for
the soul. They have given up attem pts
to conceal that Mr.. Bryan rode on pass,
but they have not yet reached the point
of admitting that as a statesman of re-
nown and hater of railroads he made a
mistake when he did so.
At first they were reticent. w. w,
Foote declared with due legal solemnlty
that he did not know anything about the
matter. Concerning passes for Mr.. Bryan
his mind was a comfortable blank. Yet
Mr.. Foote, at the request OF Mr.. Bryan,
had himself secured tie pass which has
incited inquiry, and published letter to
him from Bryan is evidence of the fact.
Mr.. Foote perhaps might refresh his mem
ory by reading the letter, which possibly
was turned over by him for publication
while he was in a trance. Still, the art OF
forgetting is not unknown.
The letter requested that the pass be
issued on World-Herald advertising ac-
count, and added that a telegram from
that paper had led to the issue of ticket
from Ogden to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
MY F0RFkIT ITS CHATTER.
The Southern Pacific Company contin.
ues to Ignore the kentucky
officials.

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 24-General
B. w. Duke. attorney for the Louisville
and Nashville, and who is also attorney
for the Southern Pacific Railroad, called
on Auditor Stone. secretary of the Board
of Valuation and Assessment, and held a
long private Nnference this afte rnoon
Both Stone and Duke refused TO make
pubic the nature of the conference The
Southern Pacific Company has not re-
established an Office at Louisville, and the
board is awaiting reply from the home
Office Of the company before ceeding
further. Mem bers of the board are clearly
of the opinion that unless the office is re-
established it will work forfeiture OF the
charter, and will probably authorize At
torney- General Taylor to bring suit to in
validate the charter if the company per-
sists in ignoring the board.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
AFRIDIS PROPOSE TERMS
They Are Willing to Cease Fighting
Under Terms the British VIII
Not Accept.

SIMLA, INDIA, Aug. 24.-After the fight
ing which occurred yesterday the Afridi
tribesmen retired to the hills about
Khyber Pass, where they are virtually
safe from pursuit by the British. To-day
everything was quiet and the Afridis sent
q delegation to General Wesmacott to
suggest conditions which, being accepted,
they would return to their homes.
These conditions provided the with
drawal of the British from Swat Valley
and Samana Mountains, the surrender of
all of the Afridi women on the Indian
side OF the frontier and a revision of the
salt re ulations. The TACT of the Atrldis
proposing terms is regard ed as sho wing a
most sublime audacity and is evidence that
they do not appreciate the gravity of
their offense in the eyes Of the Indian
Government. The Government Will un-
doubtedly pursue operations until the
power of the Afridis as the leading clan of
the Peshawur frontier is completely
broken.
The fate of Fort Ali Musiid has not
been definitely learned. 1t was reported
to-day that the whole garrison of 800
Sepoys had bean massacred and all arms
and ammunition seized.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25

A pass across Utah, Nevada and Cali
fornja. Where, oh, where was that stern
determination to clutch the railroad
tyrant by the throat? For one cannot we'll
eat bread and stick the breadknife into
his host. And where was that venerated
statute-the' interstate commerce law
before which even Mr.. Huntington bows
when he feels like it, statute barring
railroads from issuing passes from one
State into another?
AS TO the pass issued from Sacramento
to Portland for William Jennings Bryan,
it was cheerfuIly given by MIR. Mills, who
is stated by Mr.. Hearst's paper to have re-
garded the episode as an ordinary busi-
ness transaction. Mr.. Mills is less CHEEKY
now, since prattling conductor babbled
the snap, if so vulgar term is permissible,
into a listening ear. In fact. the repre-.
sentative of an Eastern paper. visiting Mr..
Mills yesterday in quest OF information on
the subject, received some to the effect
that the land agent didn't have darn
thing to say, and that he didn't give
whoop in hades what the visitor wired to
any Eastern paper, The visitor had not
been looking for this information par
ticularly, and realized that Mr.. Mills was
doing his whooping right here. albeit,
perhaps, with feeling of being in hades.
And Mr.. Mills did not, use the word
darn" What he really did say has been
modified, 80 as not to imperil public
m orals. nor shock the sensitive
To make a bad matter worse w. P.
Lawlor of the State Silver Committee.
anxious to save his friend Bryan from the
effects of bad break, had to open
mouth, and with an immediate kerpIunk
he put his foot in it. He said, did Mr..
Lawlor, that Bryan had told him that the
only way to get what they (the Southern
Pacific) owed us (the World Herald) was
to take it out in transportation. There
m ade this statement, and it speaks we'll
for their breeding that not one of them
winked nor was heard to say 'Ratsl"
The statement was calmly taken down.
and Mr.. Hearst's paper published it, and
says in:erentially that it is so, and there
you are. The ability of MIR. Lawlor to re-
mem Der, coupled with the Foote ability
to forget constitute a com bination fitted
for an emergency.
Interest just now centers upon the
right of Mr. Bryan to employ in speaking
of the paper on which he formerly worked
that broad and com prehensive "us," and
being as one of .sus'' entitled to ride with
out putting up a cent nor line of adver-
Using.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
Leo to Urue Glen, an or.

ROME, ITALY, Aug. 24-It is under
stood the Pope will recommend to the
Queen Regent OF Spain that special elem.
ency be exercised toward Senorita Even
geIina Cossio Cisneros, the Cuban girl in
prison at Havana.
DE has taken very deep interest in
the fate of the fair young Cuban girl, and
the Vatican will lose no time in making
Papal recommendation of mercy to the
Queen Regent of Spain.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
sEVERIr1 OF FRENcH JUSTICE.
sentences for Ihoss ResponsfbIe for the
(hdritH Bnznar Eire

bentenees for Those Responsfble for the
Charity Bnzaar Fire.
PARIS, FRANCE, Aug. 24.-The trial of
Baron Mackau, one of the principal pro-
moters OF the charity bazaar, which burned
on May a, when upward of 100 lives were
lost, together with NJ. Ba!lac and Nj.
Bagrachof, operators in the cinematograph
department, in which the fire stared. was
concluded to-day. Defendants were
charged with homicide through ne glecting
to take proper precautions. Baron
Mackau, whose wife was one of the victim q
OF the disaster, was found guilty of i'm.
prudence and sentenced to pay fine of
500 francs. Bailac and Bagrachof. it wa,
decided, were responsible for the fire. and
they were sentenced respectively to one
year in prison and 300 francs fine and eight
months Imprisonment and 200 francs fine.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
Rrunn Ls III ut Nen.

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. A-W. J. Bryan
has written that 1t will be impossible for
him to visit the State fair here. He has
decided 10 abandon his prooosed trip to
Mexico this fall. where he had decided
to study the financial and economical
conditions of thar country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
IDOPIS THE GOLD SrAND1Rn
Otoing to the sIump in StIrer Salvador
Chuu0ss ES Currsncu

Otoing to the sImmp in Sftrer Salvador
Changes Es Currency
PANAMA, COLOMBIA, Aug. 24.-SaIva-
dor has been forced by slump in silver
to adopt gold standard. Owing to the
financial straits of Salvador President
Rafael Gutierrez conyoked an extraor-
dinary session of Congress to consider the
monetary crisis. He sent to Congress a
message urging the necessity of a speedy
change in the currency, and yesterday
the bill passed.
The President was also authorized to
negotiate a foreign loan for So, SOC, ,O0O The
new loan will go into effect within two
months. After it becomes operative all
customs will be payable in gold.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25

Hanged in tho Presence of Hts. Victi,,.
FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va, Aug. "a
Jerry Brown, negro who assaulted Mrs
Isaac Radford on February 10, was
hanged this afternoon in the presence of
his victim.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
Important Paper Was
MiSlaid, However.
Later Release Turned Up and Is
Now Before the Court.
ITS VALIDITY IS ATTACKED.

The main question involved In the case
OF Edward Tucker ct al VS.. Albert III.
Carr ct al, heard in the Appellate Court
today. was as to how far reaching was
the effect of a RELEASE given after suit had
been begun, property attached or bond
given and before judgment was recovered.
In 1854 Abby Lawton sued Albert III.
Carr of Washington county. To recover
balance due her. The suit was begun by
attaching certain personal property of Mr.
Carr and the attachment was released on
his giving "A bond with Elisha Is. Potter
rs surety. Six days after the bond was
given Abby Lawton gave release TO
Carr Of all causes Of action she inight
have against him.
Notwithstanding the release Abby
Lawton permitted tie case against Carr
TO taKe Its course in court and she was
given judgment for sl026 80, and execution
was taken out and Edward Tucker, who
was then sheriff. demanded the amount
OF judgment OF Carr. The release rad
been mislaid and not until many yassrs
afterwardSwas IL found in an old desk.
Sheriff Tucger, on falling to get from
Carr satisfaction OF the Judgment proceed-
eel against Potter as surety on the bond
given TO release the attachment. The
bond was cbancerized and Mr. Potter was
TO pay s5i0. so.
Mr.. Potter managed, however. TO get
execution stayed anu petitioned for new
trial In the meanwhile Sheriff Tucker
died, and his wife, Hannah Tucker. rs
his exccutrix. continued the litigation.
:. w. h. Allen was counsel for Mrs
Tucker and he pushed the case forward
for hearing, hut on the day set Mr.
Perrin, who was attorney for MIR. Potter,
was very sick and afierward- -diea.-4hefe
was n hearing after some time and the
motion of the defendant was dismissed.
IL was only last year that the missing
release came To light and the claim is
made that Mrs. Lawton, who was an old
woman was SO weak in mind that she
did not know what she was doing when she
signfd il. The case was before the court
today on the defendants motion to vacate
the order of the court. oismissing defenu-
ants petition for q new trial, and the re-
fusal to make the stay OF execution per-
manent.
Walter T. Angel. counsel for the de-
fendants, argued that the release ended
all demands and that any one might rea-
sonably believe he had the right with
release In his pocket TO pay no attention
to court proceedings though 1t might be
better to plead tho release Mr.. Alien
argued that with two Judgments ngsinst
them and the long delay on the part OF the
defendants, the first Judgment teing
obtained in 1889 and the petition for new
trial denied about year ago, the uetend-
ants had no standing In court
The case was Eeld for adve~snent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
FLEUR DE LYS STUDIOS
Thrown Open Yesterday and Were
Thronged With yisitors.

The artists at the Fleur dc Lys yester-
day opened their studios TO tho public.
and the rooms of the different artists
were well filled with throng Of visitors
from 10 till O'Clock.
Mr.. Stacy Tolman had OH exhibition a
number of admirable pieces done last sum
mer. The large studio was very enticing
with it's draperies and little articles scat
tered about
Mr.. Sydney r. Burlei0h showed some
of his best cauvaSes. including water
co!ors made at Seaconnet Point last sum
mer, which portray most sKilfully the
lovely spots about that place
The rooms We're most tastefully ar
ranged with rugs and drsperies and fancy
articles.
Mr.. George W. Whitaker received in
his upper room, the walls of which
We're hung with many of his landscapes
and fruit and flower pieces.
Miss Gertrude Parmelee extended her
gracious hospitality to many OF her
friends in her attractive studio. The
room was well filed with many Rhode
Island sketches that show that our little
state has many beautiful spots worthy
the artists attention
Mr.. Frank g. Mathewson's studio was
filed with mauyfine oil and water colors Of
tlorentine and Nova Scotia scenes. These
were most admirably finished, and many
landscape effects were rendered I'm a mas
terly way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
ALLENDER TO HANG.
Killed Miss Fielmer and Her Sweet
heart.
Shot Them Down In the Street In
Cold Blood.

San Francisco, Dec. ~. Harvey Allen
der, the double murderer OF. San joss, will
be hanged at San Quentin prison Mt iO:30
o'clock today. He has occupied the death
chamber since Sunday last and appears
10 await his fate calmly and with cour-
age. The crime tor which Allender is TO
pay the extreme penalty was most re-
yolting one, prompted by jealousy.
He was infatuated with Miss Wallberga
Fielmer. an Intelligent, industrious girl
Of irreproachable character, who repulsed
him and became betrothed To Vinanzi
Crossetti, an Italian blacksmith. After
having repeatedly threatened the couple,
Aliender met them walking together
along Third stree, San Jose, on the
afternoon of Aug. 10, 1893. He accosred
the girl as she attempted TO pass. Allender
drew revolver and shot her In the neck.
she fell to the sidewalk aud Allepder then
fired again, killing her as she lay AT his
feet.
Crossetti attempted to arrest and dis
arm the murderer, but Allender turned
the pistol upon MIN and snot him In the
abdomen. inflicting fatal wound.
Allender then ran away and attempted
TO commit suicide, but tainted after
slightly wounding himself and was ar
restei before he recovered.
The murderer was carpenter, 80 years
OLD. when placed on trial Allender tried
to establish the plea of insanity, but was
convicted and sentenced TO be hanged.
After an unsuccessful attempt to appeal
TO the. State. Supreme Court he was sep
fenced to be executed on Sept. 10 last but
his attorney appealed to the Supreme
Court OF the United States on Sept 3, on
grounds relied upon by the Durrant de-
Tense, thus delaying execution. On. Nov.
20, however, the Supreme Court dismissed
the appeal and six days later Allender
was again sen fenced TO be hanged.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
COL. ROCK WELL ILL.
Has Been Stuff ring From Paralysis Since
thanksgiving.

The many friends OF Col +. II. Rock
well. factory inspector, are greatly grieved
TO learn Of his severe and protrscted Ill
ness. He has been confined 10 his bed
since Thanksgiving evening. having lost
the use of one side from paralysis. The
doctors have considered his condition very
serious, but today he seemed 10 be some
what better He seems to be gaining
some control over his arm and tha doctors
express the hor that the whole side NAV.
with careful treatment be brought back
TO normal condition. Col Rockwell sp~snt
part. OF TO-DAY on couch and this Is the
first time that he has left his bed since
Thanksgiving.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
Resignation of a Pastor.

The Rev. william +. Furman has re-
signed the pastorate of the Olney Street
Congregational Church TO take effect
.IAu. IL Mr.. Furman has received call
from Wilton. y. H.. and has also been
asked TO take charge ~ a new Unitarian
moveInsnt In ottawa, Canada. but has
not yet decided as TO his future
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
Car Damaged in Collision:

Brown street car and Broadway car No.
ll3 were coming down College street together
this forenoon, and when the foot OF the hill
was reached the Broadway car bumped into
the one bound for Prairie avenue. The Ian
tern on the Broadway car and part Of the
front dasher were smashed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
Imperial Bank statement.

Berlin, Dec. 10 The weekly statement
of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows
the following changes as compared with
the previous account:
Cash on hand, decrease 80. 600 marks:
treasury notes. decreased 100, 900 marks:
other securities decreased 40, 5U0 marks.
notes in circulation decreased ;7, 420 600
marks
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
SITUATION UNCHANGED.
Bel ef That Mr.. Farwcll Will Not
Make Any Concessions.

The situation at the Farwell Worsted
Mills in Central Falls is unchap ged. The
weavers have given MIR. Farwell until
Monday noon TO concede their demands.
and they threaten to strike IL they have
not been granted by that time.
Ii seems to bs the general impression
thai Mr.. Farwell will not make any con-
cessions. and those who are in the coun-
ellis Cf the wenvers state there is little
chance OF q strike being ordered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10
SAW A FLASH
OF LIGHT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyon We're
Looking For Gas Leak.
AN EXPLOSION FOLLOWED
Its Effect at the Corner Of Randall
ana Prlntery Streets.
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE.
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE.

There was big gas explosion on Ran
dali street at the corner of printery street
ana Baxter Lyon and his wife, who re-
side in the lower tenement OF the house
on the northern corner OF the two streets,
bad very narrow escape from serious in
jury, II not instant dsath. The results Of
the explosion were brilliant illumina-
ton, the shaking of the brick wall upon
which the house rests SO that 1t 5ulges
out couple Of inches, the raising OF u
catch basin cover two feet into the air,
the raising OF portion OF the sidewalk
and curbinR on Randall street and the
sinking Of portions OF the sidewalk and
roau bed on Printery street
new sewer had been put into both
streets and the PORTION of Randall street,
where the explosion occurred, had not
had the granite blocks replaced.
A bout $3.50 o'clock this morning Mrs.
Lyon woke up and smelled gas. 1t was
very strong smell and she became
alarmed and woke her husband. He
thought his wife's fears wers not un-
founded so he got up and went down 20
the cellar. He took no light with him
and there the gas was heavy and oppres-
siye, but In tho dark he managed to get
out the cellar windows and open a
bed but the gas seemed 10 I'll the house
Notwithstanding the open windows even
moro than ever.
Something over half hour went by
when Mrs. LYON and ner husband decided
TO make a more thorugh examination OF
the cellar and see just what was the
cause OF there being so much gas free.
Mr.: Lyon took n lamp which his wife
had lighted and thev both went down in
TO the cellar and walked quickly over TO
where the meters Were. There were two
meters on a shelf as Mr.. Lyon lived in
the front OF the house and another fam
lily in the rear. There were. up to a
couple OF days ago, three meters, but n
family mosing out ono meter was disoon-
nected and taken out.
Mr.. Lyon had bean standing a couple
of seconds In front Of the shelf his wife
a few yards behind him, when there was
a sudden fash OF light. Mrs. Lyon says
that almost as soon IA she saw the flash
shs heard great noise outside. Upon
hurrying o3t of the cellar she and her
husband went TO a front window and saw
great sheet OF flame. Mr.. Lyon sent
word to the Providence Gas Company and
at $40 o'clock employees of the company
came up and shut of tue gas on the
street.
The Investigation made by neighbors
who had bean awakened bv the explosion,
showed the ground in the immediate
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-10

In the police court this morning Pat
rick Sullivan was fined SO and costs for
driving on sidewalk contrary TO the
city ordinances.