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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
POLITICAL AMNESTY FOR CUBA.
Spanish Cabinet Council Approves
the PROPOSAL.

Spanish Cabinet Council Approves
the Proposal.
Madrid, Nov. THE cabinet council has
approved the proposal Of political amnesty
for Cuba and the Philippines.
The government denies that the action
to be taken with regard to the remarks
made by Lieut., Gen. Weyler to the deputa-
lions that waited upon him shortly before
he left Havana. is the result of any sug-
gestion on the subject received from
Washington. No communication has been
received from the American government
on that matter.
Ell Liberad, referring to the mysterious
threats made in New York by people in
terested in separatist affairs and to "the
revelation of gigantic immoral specula-
ton" says: mo doubt anxiety has been
greatly increased during the last twenty
four hours. 1t is known that the Cuban
revolutionary committee is trying to place
war bonds among filibusters' Offering ri
diculouS and imaginary guarantees. The
committee proposes also to stamp dollar
pieces "redeemable when the Spanish
troops have evacuated Cuba"
I'VE have done everything to assure
peace in Cuba and have thereby acquired
right. Therefore, we should not tolerate
Offensive interference; and we can meet
TRANQUILITY any complication arising out
of such interference. We do not believe
the United States government will asso-
ciate itself with those adventurers, but
even should this happen, we must not
deyate from the line of conduct that
honor and duty distates."
The government has received a cable
message from the autonomist leaders in
Cuba, accepting on behalf of the party,
the appointments rendered representative
autonomists on the nomination of Mar
shal Blanco among them the provincial
governorships, which have been assigned
as follows:
Province of Havana-Senor Jose Bruzon.
Pinar del Rio-Senor Marcos Garcia.
Puerto Principe-Senor Rafael Vassallo.
Santiago de Cuba-Senor Enrique Cap
riles.
Senior Fancisco de Armas, a reformist,
has been appointed governor Of Mantan-
zas province.
The senators and deputies of the old
Spanish-Cuban party met yesterday and
renewed their protest against any scheme
OF home rule for Cuba.
According to a cable message from Ha-
vana, the court-martial tomorrow will
try only such members of the crew of the
Competitor as are American citizens.
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CHINESE TO WORK IN MINES.
Eight Hundred 40 Take the Place of
Illinois strikers.

HtlthOAH SNEANFFNs
Chicago, H., Nov THE Times Herald
says: "Chinese coal miners are to take
the place of Americans in the Northern III
inois district. An attempt will be made
to break the strike that exists and 500
skilled Celestials have been picked for the
work They will all bear arms, live in
side Gatling gun equipped stockade, and
be body guarded by 100 former Chicago po-
licemen
"An agent of the Chinese six companies
was in Chicago last week and made a con-
tract with the Wilmington Coal Company
to deliver the 800 Cinnamon at the mines
of the Wilmington Braldwood district.
The first consignment of 200 will arrive
next Tuesday and the others will be on
hand as soon as provision can be made to
take care of them Arrangements
for an additional 1000 Chinese miners have
been made conditional on the success of
the first venture.
"Elaborate preparations have been COM
pleted TO take care of the first 800 China
men and to give them ample protection"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
CHURCH CHOIR QUITS.
Pastors Advocacy of Seth Low Re-
sented by Cuban Sympathizers.

sented by Cuban Sympathizers.
New York, Nov. 7.-The chorus choir of
the Peoples church, of which Rev. Thorn
as Dixon, Jr., is pastor, consisting of
about forty singers, refused to sing to-day
out of sympathy with Prof Agramonte,
their leader, because the pastor last Sun
day advocated the election of Seth Low
for mayor.
Prof. Agramonte is Cuban and men,
Der of the junta here. His son has been
in Spanish prison on the island of Cuba
for two years. The Cubans say that Seth
Low was opposed to any Intervention of
this country in Cuban affairs, and has
stood against the cause of Cuban liberty
since the outbreak of the last war.
Mr.. Dixon, in his sermon to-day, said
that he sympathized with Prof. Agra
monte, and had advocated voting for Low
last Sunday only because he stood the
best chance for election against Tammany
He was opposed to Low personally.
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BARCELONA STILL BITTER.
,7N1rED STATES BLAMED FOR CON-
TINUANCE OF CUBAN WAR.

s,oniards Can't Understand How So
Nany FiIibustering Expeditions
Can Get Away-NO Talk of War
with This Country Heard-COm-
merciaI ProstratiOn Widespread
owing to the Closing Down of Fac
.ories on Account of the War.
Now York. Nov. 7.-Capt. William Wynd-
hom who has been transferred as British
consul at Chicago, after three years in
similar capacity at Barcelona, Spain, was
a passenger on La Bretagne, which ar
rived from Havre to-day. After spending
q week with relatives in Philadelphia, he
will leave for his new post at Chicago. He
said. 1.-The feeling In Spain against the
United States is one of great bitterness.
There have been no demonstrations in Bar
oeona or thereabouts within the last year
AGAINST the United States and the Span
tsh government is taking care that there
shall be none The bitterness, however,
Is very marked, particularly in Barcelo-
ma. Before the Cuban war, Barcelona,
one of the great manufacturing centers of
Spain, prospered chiefly in its trade with
Cuba and Manila The war in Cuba and
the Philippine Islands has cut off this
trade. Barcelona has lost the best and most
lucrative market she enjoyed. Only one
third of the men hitherto en-
Moved in her factories are now
working and they are on reduced time. All
over the manufacturing centers of Spain
there is similar commercial prostration.
The Spanish cannot understand why the
United States or any other nation, should
allow so many f1libustering expeditions to
get away safely to Cuba. That fact makes
them additionally bitter. When I left Spain
there were no symptoms of anger against
the late minister of the United States to
that country, Hannis Taylor. The Spanish
were too much absorbed in what Gen.
Woodford, your new minister might say
and do. I heard no talk there of war
with the United States Spain has not the
money to wage war with you. As for the
reported prospective uprising of the Car
lists. I do not think there is much danger
of that now. The Carlists would not stand
much of a chance of gain, as things are
now governed in SPAIN
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MINING PROPERTY SOLD.
Reorganization Committee Bids 1t In
For S450,52O.

ST. Paul. MINI, Nov. IA Pioneer
Press special from Helena, Mont, says:
Judge Henry ". Blake, master-ln-chan-
Gerry at Phillipsburg, Granite county, has
sold all the property Of the Golden Scep-
ter Mining Company at Quigley, including
mines, 100-stamp mill, electric tramway,
water rights and town site to J. M. Keith
of Missoula, Mont, as trustee for the re-
organization committee, for $459, $40. The
property will be operated by a new com
pany recently incorporated, composed
principally of creditors of the old corpor-
alton. Grover Cleveland, William c.
Whitney and ex-United States Senator
Higgins of Delaware were interested in
the old company"
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Jacobins, several of whom have been ar
rested"

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Brazilian le-
cation to-day received a cablegram from
the minister of foreign relations at Rio de
Janeiro announcing the funeral of Mar
shal Bittencourt, who was fatally wound
ed on Friday while protecting President
Moraes from assassination. The dispatch
read: THE funeral of Marshal, Bitten
court, minister of war; took place yester-
day. The president of the republic fol-
lowed the remains to the cemetery, and
was enthusiastically acclaimed by the peo-
pie of all classes on the passage of the
funeral which congregated more than
10000 persons"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
CRESCENT CITY MORE cHEERFUL
Large Decrease in the Number of
Yellow Fever Cases.

New Orleans, La, Nov. 7.-There has
been big decrease in the number OF yell
low fever cases since yesterday, and the
situation is stll further improved. Very
few places are now quarantined against
New Orleans, and there has been a gem
eral revival in business.
The record of new cases and deaths to-
day is:
New Cases-R. Bartletts, Colosella,
DR.. A. B. Chopin, Miss e. Smith, Charles
Puri& Mrs S. +. Ninara, J. e. HarroA,
Louis r. Rotherson, Genevieve Davey, j.
McAdam, Henry Larouse Miss Petrie.
Deaths-Mrs. Philomene Wild, Julia An
gell John Morgan. ID. Laporte, Rosa Rio
Tornabene, Giuseppe Tumalla, Thomas
Trimble, Ramon Rodriguez,
Cases of yellow fever to-day, 10; deaths
to-day, 8; total cases to date, L.
74s total deaths, 2S6; total cases
absolutely recovered, $40; total cases un-
der treatment. 5G6.
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KILLS HIS -FOUR SISTERS.
The PerpetratOr of the RawdOn
Tragedy COnfesses His Crime.

The Perpetrator of the RawdOn
Tragedy COnfesses His Crime.
Montreal, Nov Thomas Nulty, aged
q, brother and confessed murderer of the
victims of the Rawdon tragedy, was taken
to Toilette jail to-day. Tom and the two
older sisters had frequently quarrelled, and
it appears that on Thursday he had row
with the eldest girl, Elizabeth. Words had
been succeeded by oaths and blows until
Tom drove his sister out of the house.
Then, according to the confession of the
crime made by him, he followed her to
the barn, threatening to murder her
The second sister, Annie, arming herself
with a keen-bladed AK, followed Tom, re-
solved to protect her sister from violence,
even If she had to use the ak. Tom turned
sharply around and before she was aware
he came suddenly upon her. A brief strug-
gle for the weapon was followed by Tom
wrestling the ak from her hands and strik-
ing savagely at her neck. His woodmans s
skill did not fail him. The keen weapon
was buried in her neck and she fell dead,
just as the Mortified Elizabeth ran up to
see what had happened.
As Elizabeth turned to fee the murderer
remembered her as the first cause of his
crime, and resolved to carry out his orig
inal impulse of revenge. He chased the
shrieking girl to the barn and struck her
also with the ak, telling her as he had
done poor Annie. Tom then returned to
the house and forced open the door, which
the two other children had barricaded
and killed them as he had the others.
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SHIP GOES TO THE BOTTOM.
The Vessel valued at $4,000 and
Her Cargo at 100000.

Halifax, N. S., Nov. THE ship John
Mcleod, Capt Stewart, from Iloio, via
Delaware Breakwater, with cargo of su-
gar, bound to this port, struck on Black
Rock, one of the Sister shoals, near Sam
bro, entrance of this harbor, at o'clock
this morning during thick fog. The ves-
sci commenced to make water fast, and
the crew all took to the boats. The ship
soon sank after crew left, going down In
about thirty fathoms, ana is a total loss.
She was $40 tons and twelves years old
and owned by Troop " Son of ST. Johns
She was worth about $40 600. and her cargo
was valued at about 100000. 1t was for
the Arcadia refinery, and is insured in
New York The captain and crew lost all
their effects
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STEAMER FOR THE KLONDIISE.
over 5000 Persons visit the City of
CoInmbin at New York.


Columbia at New York.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE steamer City OF
Columbia, which will leave this city for
the KlondllSe gold region via Cape Horn,
on Dec. 1, was visited to-day at her dock,
foot of East Ninth street here, bys over
$500 people, half of whom were women
and children. Nearly all of the 800 men
and women already booked for the pas
sage visited the steamer during the hours
now open for inspection, besides a large
number of invited guests. Among the lat
ter were H. A. Herbert, ex-Secretary of
the Navy; Gen. IT, " Boynton. e. v. Ca
mack of Philadelphia, Nicholas Biddle,
C. p. Huntington and d. o. Mills, and a
delegation of seventy-five business men
and bankers of Philadelphia, who are In
terested in the project of sending out the
Columbia Sixty Of the passengers already
booked are females, the major portion
Of whom are married women. There are
few widows among them.
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SHOT AWAY POWER OF SPEECH.
FOOtpads BrutalIy Maim Man For
Being PenniIess.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 7--William Kastner,
a cook. was held up by two foot pads when
passing under the Lake street elevated
railroad structure in Market street this
evening. The robbers searched Kastner's
pockets, but finding nothing of value
there, they determined to rob him of his
speech. One of them placed a revolver
close to the victims throat and fired. The
bullet cut through the vocal chords and
completely destroyed Kastner's power of
speech. The robbers escaped.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
CORPSE ExHUMED AND CUT OPEN
Chastity Work by Grave Robbers
Armed With an Ak.

Mlllville, N. j.. Nov. 7.--While Richard
Simpkins and Charles Wise were walking
through Mount Pleasant cemetery to-day,
they were startled by finding that the
grave Of Mrs. Phoebe Tilton had been
opened and the body exhumed They fol-
lowed the tracks where the body had been
dragged. and about 200 yards in the woods
found the corpse cut open with an ak from
breast TO pelvis and the heart missing.
ghc police have no clue.
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BOLD RAID OF THE BANDITS.
LET THE ENGINE RUN WILD AFTER
THE EMPRESS ROBBERY.

Collision With the Main Part of the
Train Followed by the Destruc-
tiOn of Four Coaches by Fire-Pas-
sengers Out of the Cars Before the
Collision Occurred and No Lives
LOst-The Bandits Believed to he
long to the Black Jack Gang From
Mexico.
Albuquerque. N. NJ, Nov 7.-Atlantic
and Pacific passenger train No,
2. from the west, was held
up by four men near Grants
station, ninety-hve miles west of this city,
at 7:9O o'clock last night After blowing
open the express company's safe, the rob
.bers wrecked the train, which caught fire,
the express, baggage and smoking cars
being totally destroyed
1t is not yet known whether they were
successful in obtaining booty, but it Is
thought that there was a large amount
of money carried on the train.
The robbers had boarded the train at
some point further west, and when near
Grants one of them boarded the engine,
and covering the engineer with a gun,
ordered him to stop the train. The coaches
We're cut off and left al the stock yards.
The rest of the train was taken out a mile
and a half from the station, where the
express safe was dismanted.
After robbing the safe, the robbers re-
versed the engine and made their escape.
The engine and baggage car ran at ter
rife rate until they struck the coaches,
which were standing near the stock yards.
The cars were wrecked and caught
fire, four of them being burned.
Fortunately the passengers had all left
FIo. T,gc h nnna
were injured.
Santa Fe, N. M, Nov. 7-United States
Marshal Foraker to-day telegraphed to
Washington for authority to employ five
picked men to take the trail of the gang
who last night held up the Atlantic and
Pacific train near Grants station.
The marshal left for Grants station to-
night and expects to receive an answer
from the Washington authorities there.
He IS satisfied that the original Black Jack
gang ef desperadoes is responsible for this
crime. He says there are eight men In the
band and last week he had information
that they had returned from Mexico and
were in Arizona.
For some time Marshal Foraker has been
trying to get authority from the Mexican
government to arrest the gang He has
known the location of their stronghold in
the mountains and mad hoped to be able
to bring them into the United States to
stand trial for the many crimes supposed
to have been committed by them In New
Mexico and Arizona, but the government
of Mexico refused 10 give any authority
In this matter, insisting that before any
step was taken all the evidence against
Black Jack and his gang should be laid
before and reviewed by Minister Romero
at Washington.
1t is feared that before their arrest can
be effected the Black Jack gang VIII have
reached their mountain hiding place and
be free from arrest untll Mexico can be
prevailed upon to consent TO their extradi-
ton
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NEW YORK. CHURCHES DENOUNCED.
Clergyman Scores Them For Oppos-
ing Henry George.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. TAT a Henry
George memorial meeting this afternoon,
Rev. John Williams, rector of St. Barna-
bas Protestant Episcopal church, denounc-
ed the churches of New York city for
their opposition to Mr.. George.
The reverend gentleman said the New
York churches, especially the Protestant
Episcopal, were under the control of the
Vanderbilts and Astors, and while Henry
George was a Christian in his every fiber,
plutocratc influence in the church was
strong enough to shut him out.
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ORAkzHIAs SUE FOR PEACE.
The Afridis Give No Sign of Yielding
and Attacks Continue.

Simla, Nov. 7.-OfficiaI dispatches from
MADAM in the Madam valley, where the
British column, under Sir William Lock
hart, is encamped, say that a large depu-
tation of the Orakzhais has entered the
camp to treat for peace, but that as yet
the Afridis give no sign of yielding.
Meanwhile, the tribesmen cut the tele-
graph wires nightly, persistently harass
the expedition, fire al long range on every
baggage convoy crossing Arhanga pass
and attack every foraging party. One of
the latter narrowly escaped massacre
Several have been killed or wounded in
these desultory encounters. Among the
killed was Lieut.. Giffard of the Northamp-
tonshire regiment. Lieut.. Sullivan of the
Sfkhs was badly wounded.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST JAILED.
Health Officials After Her For Con-
ccaIins Case of Diphtheria.

cSaIinE case OF DiDhtherta.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 7.--Nothing ever
stirred the Christian Scientists Of Kansas
City as has the arrest Of Mrs. A. j. Baird,
Christian Science healer, for failing TO
notify the health authorities of a case of
diphtheria, which she had treated Among
the 1,500 or 1900 Scientists in the city,
there are few who do not support Mrs.
Baird in her controversy with the health
officials. She win not lack able lawyers
when she appears in court on Wednesday
next, and should she be convicted 1t is
certain that an appeal to the court Of final
resort will be taken. The health officers
look on Mrs. Balrd's offense as serious
they say the laws TO protect the public
health will be quite useless if people are
to be allowed to conceal contagious dis
eases as Mrs. Baird did In this case, and
they are determined on a test case.
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PUBLIC OFFICE a PUBLIC TRUST.
Cardinal Gibbons on the Duties OF
officials.

OHeA&lBs
Baltimore, Md, Nov. 7.-At the Cathe-
dral to-day Cardinal Gibbons preached
sermon, in which he dwelt upon the re-
sponsibiliues of those elected to public
Office and the duties of the citizens to
those elected. The cardinal took for his
text: Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesars, and to God the things that
are Gods"
He said in part: ''The state is what we
ourselves make it. 1t is our creation, for
the state is made up Of units of citizens.
The destiny of the state under God is in
our hands. The citizen has a perfect
right to criticise the official conduct OF
the public functonarles. A dispassionate
Judgment passed upon the public and Of
fetal acts of those in authority, serves a
wise and useful purpose. 1t reminds them
that they are not the masters, but the
servants of their constituents"
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pccIxer PRISONERS Transferred.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 7-The prisoners
from the bark Olive Pecker were this
morning transferred from the United
States steamship Lancaster at Fort Nom
roe. to the Norfolk city JAIN. No one is
allowed to see them.
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NEGRO MURDERER CAPTURED.
Kicked His White Wife to Death In
Row About Another Woman.

Row About Another Woman.
New York, Nov. John Parker, alias
'B1oodsore,'' a colored man who Is want
ed here for the murder of his wife, Kitty,
on Oct II, 1896. and George Walker, alias
Chicago Kid" also colored, who killed a
negro on Thompson street in this city on
oct. 4, 1890, were arrested in Pittsburg on
Saturday by Detectives Brown and Null
care of this city.
Parker kicked his wife to death on West
Twenty-ninth street during q quarrel
about another white woman.
The murderer fled and was traced to
Richmond Va, but there the trail was
lost and he was not heard from again un-
til news was received here that he was In
Pittsburg.
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COLLISION ON A SIDING.
One Man Killed and Another PrOba-
bly, Fatally Injured.

Napanee, Ont, Nov. IA freight train
on a Grand Trunk siding near Brock
Vile was run into by mixed train to-
day. DR.. H. b. Wray, a dentist of the
town, was instantly killed, and r. ].
Bicknell of Camden, East. received inju-
rles, which, it is feared, will prove fatal.
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Havana's New Dry Dock.

fTavana, Nov. THE long-expected
floating dry-dock, built in England and
spacious enough to accommodate large
ironclads, arrived here to-day. 1t crossed
the Atlantic without damage.
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st. Paul Mimi. Nov. 7.-Judge sanborn
OF the United States circuit court has
confirmed the government foreclosure sale
Of the main line Of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
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BUTTERwORTH's CHANCES Bad.
His Physicians Have Only slight
Homes of Hin Recovery.

Hopes of His Recovery.
Cleveland o., Nov. 1.-THE physicians In
attendance upon Maj. Benjamin Butter
worth, commissioner of pensions, who is
i'll with pneumonia at the Hollenden hotel,
give but little encouragement of his re-
covery. 1t was stated at 10 o'clock this
evening that he would not die during the
night, but the physicians could not tell
yet whether he would get well. Mr.. But
terworth's wife and daughter who were
summoned from Cincinnati, are at his bed
side
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sen ATCHED in A DUEL,
Theater Manager and Editor Engage
in n Duel in France.

III ~ DUVA IN y IHnCEs
Paris, Nov. Ia duel was fought to-day
between Albert Carre. manager of the
Theater du Vaudeville and NJ. Servanines.
editor of the Paris. The former received
a scratch on the arm.
The encounter grew out Of an article
published in the Paris containing illusions
to the private affairs Of M. Care, which
he regarded as insulting.
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Newport, VT, Nov. 1.-The Green noun
tains were snow-capped this morning for.
the first time this season. The first fall
Of snow last year was three weeks earlier.
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FOUR NEW CASES AT MOBILE.
The Fever Decreasing Mt AInbnma's
Gulf Port.

Mobile, Ala, Nov THE number of
new cases of yellow fever continues to
fall off from last weeks big average. The
report to-day is the most favorable since
the first week of the appearance of the
fever. 1t is: Four new cases, no deaths
and Is recoYeries
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GERMANY's REICHsrAG.
A Naval Bill and Measure For Re-
form of Military Procedure.

Berlin, Nov. THE Reiehstag will meet
on Nov. 80. 1T is understood that, in ad-
dition to the budget, a naval bill and a
measure for the reform of military pro-
cedure, both of which have been under
past, will be introduced as soon as the
session opens.