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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
CAMERON AND THE CUBANS.
The Foreign Affairs Committee win
stand by Its Action.

stand by Its Action.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Although the Gu
ban resolutions were not discussed in the
session of the committee on foreign re-
lations this morning, owing to the alb
sence of Mr.. Cameron, the members of the
committee talked about the resolutions in
formally. after the other business had
been finished. 1t seems certain from the
temper of the committee, that if the eff
fort is made to have the Cameron resolu-
tions referred back to the committee,
there will be bitter fight, and the COM
the report and resolutions, which are now
on the calendar.
Such an effort is not anticipated, for Mr..
Hale and those who are with him, are sat-
isfied with the present condition of things
and will do nothing to start the agitation.
Members of the committee appreciate
the strength of the organization that has
been effected to prevent final action by
the Senate, and there appears to be a
tacit understanding that the resolution
shall not now be pushed. A
sufficient number of senators have been
arrayed on the other side to prevent the
passage of the bill, and the friends of the
resolution find by rushing the resolutions
they will pass no appropriation bills. This
they do not care to do, although there
are a few of the more radical senators
who would even go to the extreme of
blocking the appropriation bills to secure
the passage of the resolutions The pres
eat Indications appear to be against action
on the Cameron resolution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
TRIBUTES TO CRISP.
List of Speakers for the Memorial
Exercises Completed.

Washington. Jan. 6.-Representative
Maddox, who has charge Of the arrange-
ments for the eulogies to be delivered TO
the memory of the late Judge Crisp, COM
pleted his list of speakers to-day. The
services will be held Saturday, the 18TH
inst, ana leaders on both sides of the
House will participate. on the republican
side Representatives Dingley of Maine;
Henderson of Iowa; Cannon Of lllinolsi
Dalzell Of Pennsylvania Hepburn OF
Iowa; Wheeler Of New York, and Stone OF
Pennsylvania will speak On the demo-
cratic side all Of the members of the Geor-
gia delegation will be heard, in addition 10
Gen. Wheeler of Alabama; Representa-
tives Dinsmore Of Arkansas; Cooper or
Florida; McCreary of Kentucky Buck Of
louisiana Rusk Of Indiana; Catchings or
Mississippi: DeArmond Of Missouri; Cum
mings Of New York. Woodward of South
Carolina: Layton of Ohio; McLaurin OF
South Carolina; Richardson OF Tennessee;
Bailey of Texas and Tucker OF virginia.
Representative Maddox will open the
symposium and Judge Turner will close.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
CONVENT BUILDING CONSUMED
SEVEN NUNS SMOTHER TO DEATH
IN THE SMOKE.

The Fire starts in the Chapel at g
o'clock in the Morning--A Lighted
Candle Near the Cradle of the In
FAINT Jesus sets Fire 20 the Drn-
peries and Floral OrnamentatiOns.
Most of the Pupils Home on Vnca-
ton.
Roberval, Quebec, Jan. 6-At o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the chapel
Of the convent here, caused by a lighted
candle near The Cradle of the Infant Je-
sus," setting fire to the draperies and lo-
raj ornamentations, and In an instant the
whole was a mass Of flames. The alarm
was given by sacrsty nun. but the fire
spread with such rapidity that nothing
could be done to save the building. Seven
nuns were smothered in the smoke Their
names are:
Mother ST. Francois de Paule.
Sister Providence Emma La Tourneau
Of Quebec.
Sister st. Ursule (Corinthe Garneau of
st. FOyne).
Sister st. Anne Q.aure Hudon of Hubert
ville).
Sister ST. Antonio de Padorie Catherine
Bouille of DeschambaulO.
Sister st. Dominique Marie Louise Gil
rard of RobervaD.
Sister St Louis Rose Gosseln Of st.
Jean Chrysastome).
Another nun was badly burned in try
ing to eXtinguish the fire.
The convent and school are a mass of
ruins The total loss is $4,000, with only
about $4,000 insurance The school was
closed on account of the holidays, and
most of the DilDils had gone, home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
ALTGELD's ANARCHY.
The Governor Pardons "A Number of
Undeaerving Convicts.

Chicago, Jan. 6.--Gov. Altgeld capped
the climax of an unusual pardon record
yesterday by granting freedom to nine
teen convicts one whom is John McGrath,
for decade the leader of the Henry street
gang and an arch-enemy OF the police
Five other Cook county criminals were
turned loose by the retiring governor, but
not all Of them together will be received in
the city with so much fear and horror as
the noted McGrath
OF much interest to the police also Is the
commutation Of the sentence of Mamie
Starr, a life prisoner at Joliet, sentenced
from Chicago In 1890 for poisoning her
employers. The sentence in her case was
commnted to twelve years, and, allowing
for percentages, she will soon be free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

He Had Been Discharged After Being
Accused Of Arson.

Columbia, 5. c.. Jan. 6.-Lawrence
Brown. a young negro. was found hang
ing by the side of the South Carolina and
Georgia railroad, near Orangeburg, this
morning with a placard on his breast,
saying that Judge Lynch would execute
any man, woman or child who destroyed
their properly.
There is absolutely no clue, the coro-
hers jury adjourning until tomorrow.
Brown was accused of burning the barn
of r. L. Wannamaker, but was yesterday,
at Wannamakers request, discharged.
An unlikely theory is that he was lynch
ed by accomplices, who feared his telling
on them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
LYyCHER SHOT DEAD.
lie Proves to he n Nephew of the Man
who Killed Him.

Lexington, KY, Jan. GA second at
tempt was made yesterday morning to
lynch L. c. Combs of Perry county. Sew
eral weeks ago the ku-klux tried to do
him bodily harm, but he escaped. Yester-
day they came agin, forty strong. He fir
ed on Them killing one, who was left be-
hind, and badly wounding another, who
was carried off by his companions The
dead man proved to be Combs nephew,
John Hensley.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
JONES BEATS PULITzER.
The Court Decides in Favor of the
Editors Contract.

Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. Elm the state
supreme court en- banc this morning the
long expected decision in the Jones-Pu-
liter case was handed down. 1t is in
favor of Mr.. Jones on all the essential
points
Judge McFarlane wrote the opinion. and
it was concurred IN by Judges Bruce and
Barclay. Judges Sherwood and Robinson
dissented. Judge Burgess did not partci-
pate in the deliberation. The decision sus-
tains the opinion Of Judge Valiant OF the
circuit court Of st. Louis, In granting a
permanent injunction restraining Joseph
Pulitzer and the directors Of the Post
Dispatch from interfering with Col.
Charles n. Jones control and manage
ment Of that newspaper under a five years
contract held by the latter, which contin-
ues in force until 1901 4Es
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
BOMBAY's PLAGUE.
The Senior Physician of the Princi-
pal Hospital Succumbs.

NbI EnOHVthAA
Bombay, Jan. Cdr. Monzer, senior
physician of the principal hospital in Bonn
bay, died yesterday from the bubonic
plague, which is epidemic here. The au-
thorities of the Indian government at
Calcutta have sent DR.. cleghorn, the di-
rector general of the medical service of
the government, to Bombay to investi-
gate and report upon the increase, of the
plague in this city.
Despite the panic which prevails here,
many victims OF the plague refuse to ac-
cept medical treatment, regarding the dis
ease as a visitation of God. 1t is esti-
mated that in the aggregate 325,00O persons
have fed into the country from this city,
carrying the contagion to places where it
did not previously exist, or where there
were only a few cases of the disease.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
wATsON's CASE WEAK.
He Stands No Chance of Ousting Rep
resentutive Black.

Washington, Jan. 6.--The Black-Watson
contested election case is to be considered
by the elections committee next Friday.
Maj. ]. B. Cumming of Augusta will ap-
pear in behalf of Judge Black and W. c.
Glenn of Atlanta will represent Mr.. Wat
son.
The committee rule is to allow but three
hours for argument, that time to be divi-
ded equally between the parties interest
ed. The impression prevails here that
Mr. Watson has submitted a very, weak
case. Judge Blacks manly behavior in de-
manding a new election, together with his
high reputation among his congressional
associates will be a heavy handicap for
Mr. Watson to carry In his contest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
coUNTY JAIL CONSUMED.
A Negro Convict Supposed to Have
started the Fire.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 6.-The Goochland
county jail was burned this morning at
6 O'Clock. The fire is supposed TO have
been the work OF Frank Bowles, colored
confined In the jail, and but recently re-
leased from the penitentiary. This is the
third time this jail has been destroyed by
fire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
A Minister Loses His House and
Children by Fire.

Charleston, s. c., Jan. ga special to
the News and Courier from Pickens, s.
c., says: THE most appalling calamity
that has ever befallen any one in this
county happened to Rev. l.. NJ. Jones last
night His residence, five miles north Of
Pickens, with its entire contents, was de-
stroyed by fire, and his son Elbert and
daughter Mary, both about grown, per-
ished in the flames. Mr.. Jones was alb
sent. An inquest was held to-day. The
verdict was accidental"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
FAKE YARN ABOUT CUBA.
A Young Man Tells story That
Jacksonville Says Is Untrue.

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 6-Arthur B. Jack,
young man who has been with Gomez's
army in Cuba since last May, acting as a
newspaper correspondent part of the time,
arrived here last night en- route to mis-
home in Virginia. The Cuban troops, he
says, have plenty of food, such as it is,
consisting of meats and fruits, but their
chief anxiety is about artillery, which is
OF great Importance to them. They have
an abundance of small arms ana Lmmu-
milton and have a good supply of dyna-
mite, which they use very effectively in
exploding mines and blowing up railroad
trains. He says there is no doubt of the
death of Maceo, and states that he was
present when the body of that general was
buried in the mountains, thirty-eight miles
from where he was killed.
Mr.. Jack is impressed with the belief
that the Cubans will win their struggle
for freedom. They are fighting desperate
ly, he said. and are daily gaining acces-
sions to their numbers.
In speaking of the reported cruelties of
the Spanish soldiers, he says numbers of
cases came under his observation where
children of insurgents had their eyes put
out or their heads cut off.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 6.-The young
man, A. B. Jack, now in Baltimore, who is
quoted as saying that he had been in Co
mez's camp since last May as newspaper
correspondent, was arrested in Jackson
vile in October and tried and convicted
on the charge of obtaining meals under
false pretenses.
Jack was sentenced to sixty days con-
finement in the county Jail and was COM
PEELED to do labor on the public roads. At
the expiration of his imprisonment which
was in December, Jack left Jacksonville
for some northern point He was connected
also with the force of Spanish spies that
infested this city in October. Instead of
having returned from Cuba, Jack has Just
been released from a Florida convict
camp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
GEN. -LACRETE NOT DEAD.
Delegate Palma of the Junta Re-
ceives a Letter From Him.

New York, Jan. 6.--Delegate Palma of
the Cuban junta, in this city. has received
a letter from Gen. Jose Lacrete, who is
in command of the Matanzas province,
and whom the Spanish officially report
TO have been killed some weeks ago.
Gen. Lacrete writes me-" said Senior
Palma, "that everything is prospering in
his province and the Cubans have started
two newspapers, which shows that they
are not always fighting. He further states
that he is expecting Cen Gomez in nis
province and is making preparations TO
receive him. He reports everything in
side the Cuban line to be prospering."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
ROTARY ENGINE RIGHTS.
Grant BrambIe Sells This COuntry's
Privileges for 80, 100000.

sleepy Eye, Mimi, Jan. 6.-Grant Bram-
BILE, who invented and patented the won
derful rotary engine, states that he has
to-day transferred the right to manufac-
ture and sell the engines to Henry Francis
Allen, representing the Allen syndicate Of
England, for $S,i0O,00o
This represents the sale for only the
United States England Germany France
and Europe having been previously sold
for s4,0C00O0. The inventor yet controls
the engine for Mexico and the Canadian
provinces. The inventor yesterday was
elected an alderman Of the village here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

OMAHA BANK RESUMES.
II Gives Bond TO Pay It's DeDosItors
Dollar for Dollar

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 6.-The Omaha Saw
ings Bank, which closed its doors last
Saturday. owing depositors $1O5,OOO after
paying out 100000 in six months previous
ly, has given an approved bond to pay
dollar for dollar within four years, and
its off .ers are again In charge to wind up
the affairs of the bank. This course has
given renewed confidence in banking cir
cles, and the slight runs on one or two in
stitutions that followed the closing Of the
savings bank have ceased.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
stole a Tray of Diamonds.

Fort Worth. Tex, Jan. 6.-At z O'Clock
tonight a thief threw rock through the
show-window Of Hairs jewelry store, cor
ner Eleventh and Main streets, and grab
bed tray Of diamond rings, valued at
81. 900. The man escaped In the darkness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
TWO BANKERS PARDoNED.
They Receive Deposits Up to The
Time of Their Failure.

Springfield, H., Jan. 6.Gov. Altgeld to-
day commuted the sentence OF Charles j.
and Frank r. Meadowcroft. convicted OF
receiving deposits up to the time their
bank in Chicago was placed in the hands
of a receiver, from one year in the peni-
tentiary to sixty days In Jail. Executive
clemency was recommended by Judge
Brentano, the trial judge, and ex-State's =
Attorney Kern.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
STEAMER SINKS A TUG.
The Engineer and Steward Go to the
Bottom With Her.

HFWNNVTEH
Baltimore, Nd. Jan. 6.-T'wo lives were
lost as a result of a collision in the Chesa-
peake bay, near Fort Carroll this morn
ing. The Merchants and Miners steamer
Howard from Boston and Norfolk crashed
Dredging Company and sunk her
The engineer, James Chilrus, 81 years
old, and Charles c. Chappell, aged %, son
of the captain of the tug. were drowned
The captain and other four members of
the crew clug to the mud seows which
were in tow of the tug, until rescued. Chill
rus leaves a widow and four children at
Chappelrs home was in Rich
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
SHOT DEAD IN HIS YARD.
nrviving Principal in a Murder As
sassinated.

chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 6.-The sur
pvng principal in murder scene en-
fted in McMinn county, one month ago
p-day, fell victim to the assassin's bull
H.
George Jack, a farmer living near No
PDurgh, Tenn, while gathering wood in
fs own yard, was shot and killed by un-
PoWn parties, who lay in wait in a
picket about $50 yards from the house.
; I've shots were fired.
he crime is thought to be the venge-
Y deed of friends of Taylor Miller, who
rs cut TO pieces recently in a quarrel by
Hok Both men were farmers, and Mil
~ was wealthy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
GOMEZ DEFEATED.
He Is Said to Have Left 1O5 Dead at
Arroyo Blanche.

Arroyo Blanche.
Madrid, Jan. 6.-Dispatches from Ha-
vana give details of the recent victory
achieved by Gen. Luque over the insur-
gent leader Maxine Gomez, in the prov
ince of Santa Clara, the advices saying
that Gomez left 1O6 dead on the field at
Arroyo Blanche.
The dispatches also assert that there
are only a few small bands of rebels now
left in the province of Pinar del Rio, and
that these are fast melting away.
A formal denial of the statement that 1t
is the intention of the government to de-
pose Gen. Weyler, as captain general of
Cuba, is published in the Epoca, an in
snired organ. TODAY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
steeI Viii 40 Resume.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 6.-The south steel
mill OF the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
Company will be put In operation to-mor-
row. after an idleness of four months.
Fifteen hundred employees will get work
by tho resumption.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
LAST Of the Armcninns Trecd.

,staD,i;, Jan. d.-The latest advices from
4 tb'iil'opie tbo 10 the Central News state
lstan,ta,eI aeI OF the Armenian prisoners in
the uVple s,,i1lple We're released to-day un-
''an proclamation of amnesty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
DODGE WANTED FOR RECEIVER.
The Columbia Nationals President
owes IL 100000.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6--Most of the
deposltors Of the defunct Columbia Ma
tional Bank Of this city have Joined in
telegram to Controller Eckels asking for
the appointment of f. B. Dodge Of Min
neapolis as receiver. 1t was stated In the
meeting Of the depositors that Charles
I<ittelson, president OF the bank. is indebt-
ed TO the bank to the amount Of SeOO0O
The capital of the bank Is 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
TWO MEN SHOT DEAD.
'ain for Following a Deer On 10
Another Mans Property.

Another Mans Property.
harieston, s. c., Jan. 6.-L. r. Brown
stephen Mazyck were killed at Otran-
y about fifteen miles from Charleston,
Fday by John Poppenheim. All of the
~rues are white. Brown and Mazyck had
~ out hunting with a party and were
3OSslng Goose creek in a boat when Pop
y Fnheim came UP and fired.
i oly meager particulars have been re
,eu mere of the shooting, but it is said
~ u resulted from Mazyck and Brown s
emptlng to follow a deer INTO Poppen-
"A ,n property Poppenheim tonight
,% .eHuered to the sheriff of Berkeley
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
CUBANs PUT TO FLIGHT.

GEN. AroIas ROuts Several Bands in
Pinar del Rio Province.
Havana, Jan. 6,-oficial news has been
received here reporting the fact that Gen.
Arolas, while accommodating in the vicin-
ity Of Caya Jabos, in the eastern part of
Pinar del Rio province, met and complete
" routed a number Of rebel parties, kill
ing seventeen insurgents and taking twelve
prisoners. The losses of the troops are
not stated. Gen. Arolas also destroyed
several rebel camps and a number of huts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07

Jefferson, Ia, Jan. 6.--The president and
faculty OF storm Lake College, the Pres
byterian school for Western Iowa, have
resigned, and the Institution Is financially
stranded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
STEAMER DAUNTLEss SEIZED.
use Aboard Her Deny Landing an
Expedition in Cuba.

Expedition in Cuba.
4 la0AsohYllle, Fla, Jan. 6.-The steamer
'''ess arrived in port at o'clock, and
custody of an officer of the revenue
= BOUTWELL, The captain and men
'ne story Of their landing an expedi-
~" 'he coast of Cuba. They say that
men taken from No Name Key last
aI were transferred to another steam
a u may have been landed by that
Ioh,. The Dauntless slipped into the
iSa. Sun. river after dark, between the
4 St nSi. Newark and the dispatch boat
4 er er'n without being seen by the men on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
CE-r,r, - -tp--e----------
"'iL RHODES SETS SAIL.

own Gives Him an Ovation ON
MS Departure for England.
pe lown, Jan. G-All Of the quays ana
3'"pping in the harbor were alive with
'o-uay upon the occasion of the
.'s Oh Cecil Rhodes for England on
o,5 ,1e British steamer Dunvegan Cas-
tion '' Mr. Rhodes was given grand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
SPANS CABINET.

EnfIure 10 Meet sthfts HuMOrs OF a
Crisis.
London, Jan. 6.-The Daily News to-mor-
row will publish dispatch from Madrid
saying that the postponement of the usual
wednesday meeting Of the cabinet until
Friday caused a great deal of uneasiness
In the Spanish capital and gave rise to ru-
mors that a ministerial crisis was immi-
nent 1t Is considered more likely, how
ever. that Gen. Weyler has been ordered
to send TO the Spanish government good
news at any cost, before the next meeting
of the cabinet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
GEN. NEGRfTE DEAD.
He Was One of MexicO's Most CcIc-
bratcd Military Men.

st. Louis. Mo-. Jan. GA special from
the City Of Mexico announces the death
there Of Maj. Gen. Miguel Negrete one Of
The most celebrated military men of Mex
leo. He served under Santa Ana, and
Fought with distinction against Gen. Tay-
lor. He served several years as secretary
Of war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
Money HcacheS Key West.

Key West, Fla, Jan. 6.-United states
Senator Money passed through this city
tonight from Havana, en- route to Tampa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-21

the appointment of Federal offce-holders from
the following Of Mr.. Edward Lauteroach mehhs
To conscientious Republicans, who cherish
desire for honest municipal government rs
fundamental Republican principle and are cor
respondlngly hostile to the Tammany De'ioc'
racy as the relentless foe Of all that pertains "
good government this state OF Things ooes
not seem encouraging or hopeful MOI 'ha'
It will swerve them from the support OF the
Citizens Union or whatever form the oppos'ioh
to Tammany may take. 1t will rather draw
them closer together and contribute 10 uhi'eu
action. But the reflection that an Admlhlslra'
ton of their own choosing, and PRESIDENT
whom they helped nominate as well as elect. mas
mistakenly adopted a policy directly hostile 10
Them cannot be other than depressing
However, the lines are drawn. The elecuoh
next November will turn upon the issue or nom
est municipal government and the PROFANITY
now is that both the old party machines VIII ne
arrayed against 1t. OF the result of that con-
test we do not permit ourselves to entertain a
doubt even with the Federal Government lndi-
rectly aiding the upholders of the machines.