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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
ssNA1ok WHITES vIE Hs.
Says Congress is Poscerless to Recoo-
nize the Cn6ans.

Says Congress is Po.rerfess to Reco0-
nixe tho Cu6ans.
NEW YORK, N. ", Jan. 1.-Stephen
NJ. White, United States Senator from
California, is at the Waldorf In talking
about Cuba to reporter Senator White
said:
mo matter how much. the citizens of
this great country may desire either to
reco ,nize the independence of Cuba or the
bellgerent rights of the Cuban insurgents
Congress is powerless to further their de-
sires, as the right OF recognition of belIig-
erency or independence rests solely with
the executive branch of the Government
"The sole right 10 act has been the pre-
rogative of the executive .sinca the foun-
dation of this Government. and has been
acknowledged BY all leading authorities.
1T is not at all likely that the con-
tentions of Senator Morgan of Alabama,
or any of the advocates of the Cameron
resolutions. will hold good when exposed
to full discussion.
"Both houses of Congress are groping
in the dark. The executive alone holds
the key to the situation, and the Presi-
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that ffty-one men, mprising the fill bus
terlng expedition recently landed upon
desert KEY by the steamer Three Friends,
have peen drowned. The men were hastily
out ashore on the barren island after the
Three Friends had been pursued by Span
ish gunboats, with which the hlibus.ering
steamer had an exchange of shots, and the
cargo of arms and ammunition, proyis-
ions, etc., on board tie steamer were also
landed with the men. The Three Friends,
being closely pursued by the Spanish war
vessels. was compelled to put the men
ashore on this barren island or take them
back to the United States, and it was in
making an attem pit to leave the island, the
dispatch says, that they were drowned.
The dispatch also says that $50 rifles,
which the filibusters had with them, were
lost in the sea.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 1.-Cubans in
this city scout the report of the drowning
OF the members of the Three Friends
expedition. They note the fact that the
news comes by way of Madrid, though the
island is not far from Key West, and such
a disaster must of certainty, if true, have
reached there. DR.. Costello of the Cuban
N~A-N SoANs AO 1CpOlb 40 4iOANQlOOS.
There is no truth in it. It is a pure fabri-
cation. We know where our men are
They are all right" Beyond this the
doctor would say nothing. =.
JACKSONVILLE, lila, Jan. .1--There
is no longer any doubt that the Three
Friends expedition was landed on Florida
Key after the vessel had been chased from
the Cuban coast by Spanish patrol-b boat.
a telegram from MAMA says that the
.Dauntless reported there last night and
went. on to No Name Key, where large
body Of men are reported. to be wrecked
and that two of their mum ber:are reported
to be dead. A telegram from Key West
says that when the steamer City of Rich.
.mond passed No Name Key the Dauntless
was then taking on board a party of men
and cargo.
The Three Friends is still in the custony
of the Collector of Customs. No legal
proceedings have yet been Instituted
against The vessel or crew.
The statement sent:from Madrid of the
drowning. OF ffty-one men landed on
Florida Key by the steamer Three Friends
is declared by the Cubans here to be a
mistake. J. a. Huau, agent of the Junta,
says if the story was true he would be so
informed.
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Minister of + breign. Affair
SAYS REBELs ARE HIDIse.
q But TeyIer Is Tasting No Chances IN the
0.RTbi IYiEIs

! But HeyIer Is Taxing No CHanos5 tn the
RIbi HflLs.
'o HAVANA. CUBA, Jan. la reporter of
the Diario de la. Marina has had an inter
view with Captain General Weyler in the
Mate Tore. camp. Speaking of the situa-
TIN in the province of Pinar del Rio Gen
eral Weylers said that, speaking from the
standpoint of strength and importance,
the insurreetion in that province had been
crushed. The few insurgents remaining
were obliged'to hide like wolves in their
caves. Fevers and smallpox have thinned
O. the rebel ranks. His own column ami
those OF the other Spanish commanders
hadaoverrun the base and. interior OF the
hills and had met no rebels.
The insurgents, after the death of
Maceo, were without a leader. Riviera
Maceo's successor, was unpopular among
his men. General Weyler added that his
statements would be confirmed after Gem
erals Melguizo and Arolas had compIeted
their operations, which included the
sweeping of the province from east TO
west Generals Hernandez, Yelaeco.
0brein, Ruiz, Fuentes and Seguira were
nox in the center of the hiIlss Perhaps
General Arolas was also there. Once the
Rubi hills were fortified a severe blog
might be directed against the rebels Under
Ducassis.
An ODD feature of the above interview
is that General Weyler, while declaring
that Pinar del Rio is practically free OF
i insurgents, finds it necessary to have the
Rubi hills fortified before he will attempt
ITO strike blow at the rebels under Du-
cassis
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astrous to the mob. Ii mob should
come to the city from the country it
would be hard for them to find leader
desperate enough to make an attack on
the prison. The Greene County people
are incensed because one of Flanagan's s
victims. Miss Ruth Slack, lived there and
was at Decatur on visit.
Tne Aliens have lived in DeKalb County
for years and their nelghbors are enraged.
Grandfather Allen, who was knocked on
the mead and was supposed to be dead.
recovered consciousness this morning and
will probably recover. Miss Slack is not
dead, but she is paralyzed and unconcious,
and the doctors say that she cannot
possibly recover. Grandmother Allen was
buried to-day.
Flanagan sent for another lawyer to-
day, w. G. Glenn, accom- panying his mes
sage with a check for $500. 1t turns out
that Flanagan has considerable ready
money ia bank and he had more than
5000 in cash in his pockets when he was
brought into the Jail. The defense will be
insanity.
Flanagan says that he was in love with
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favor of International bimetallism. The
platform is plain on that point"
"You include Major Mckinley in that,
of course?"
"Yes. I believe Major Mckinley is
thoroughly interested in his desire to
carry out every pledge of the Republican
platform, including the one on interna-
.tional bimetallism. The country wan is
international bimetallism. Nine. tenths
of the people are in favor Oft. The Demo-
Gratis in Congress will support it,
Senator Wolcott was questioned as to
the probable attitude OF the old Demo
Gratis, but declined to discuss this phase OF
the question or TO signify what claim they
had upon the Republican party for their
part in the election of Mckinley. Speak
ing of prospective legislation by the pres
ent Congress to promote international bi-
metallism he said:
. A bill is being prepared by the Senate
caucus committee which will in due
course come before the caucus for discus
sion. amendment and approval before it is
introduced in the Senate. 1t is the wish
of the committee to give President Nc
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To S,.,,nrss, Abe Pres,.

LONDON, Eng, Jan. 1.-The Madrid
correspondent of the Standard telegraphs
that the Government intends to prosecute
several newspapers for initiating the I'm
parcial and Heraldo, which were seized
yesterday for condemniEg the military
administration in Cuba and demanding
General Weyler's recall. The Government
is determined to suppress the press cam
paign against the Cabinets policy in Cuba,
but Notwithstanding this fact the Opposi-
ton has decided that it will stir up things
on the Cuban question when the Cortes
opens
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DIR. DI4z.s BoLD OFFER.
HtIIfng TO Take CteveIand's agent an
Sh0tc Him the Facts.


Sh0tc Him the Facts.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. LA special
from Atlanta says: DR.. Diaz, who was
banished from Cuba by General WeyIer,
received a commission from President
Cisneros Betancourt to-day.
~ PROPOSE" said Diaz, ito put stop
to the talk about Cuba having no govern
ment and that government having no
residence. hereby declare my readiness
TO personally conduct any agent whom
President Cleveland may designate
straight to the seat of the Cuban Govern
ment and into. the presence of President
Gsneros. This 1 will undertake to DO, not
only with assured safety to the agent, but
with the same ease and speed with which
he could go to Havana.
sour Government only asks that the
agent shall examine the facts as to author
ity exercised and extent o.. territory con-
trolled. We challenge comparison as to
results between such personal investiga-
ton as has been made on behalf of the
Spaniards by Consul-General Lee from
Havana and by such agent as may be sent
TO Cuba on behalf of the Cubans. Consul
General Lee will find himself blocked on
the outskirts of Havana unless backed up
by an army, while the agent at Cubitas
will find the whole island open to him
except. the spots occupied by Spanish
forts"
Dr. Diaz spoke with great earnestness
He says that he is armed with official doc
uments to undertake the Cuban end Of
the task proposed.
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ON BOARD = F1L1BUsrER.
Rotr an Expedition Remained on Key
Until Taken to Cubd


Until Taken to Cuba.
ON BOARD DFILIBUSTER, Dec. IS. via
Key West, Fla. Dec. 29-The expedition
Fernandina on the night of December 13
failed in its two attempts to Land.
Alter the sea fight with the two Spanish
gunboats off the river San Juan, on De-
cember 10, the tilibuster tried to put
ashore her men and arms in the Cienaga
del Zapata, but was unable to do so. and
was forced to put back to Key West for
coal in the face of a heavy gale.
The run home was on course OF 1160
miles, giving Cape San Antonio the wide-
est berth possible, as Spanish cruisers
were f1ocking to head off the boat which
had fred upon and beaten off the Spanish
flag.
The expedition was landed on key
thirty miles from Key West on the night
OF Wednesday, December q.
The men built camps and settled down
for an indefinite stay. The key was a
mangrove swamp without water, and the
party suffered extremely, being without
water for two days and threatened by
every high tide, which might sweep clear
over the low island.
Provisions ran short, and the whole ex-
perence from the lack of food and water
and other hardships was terrible. The
location of the expedition was known in
Key West. but there was no interference
from the United States authorities.
On December 26 the men were moved to
Pine key, where there was dry land and
fresh water and where two schooner loads
of provisions had been brought from Key
West, so affairs were brighter. Last night
another steamer arrived 10 take off the
supplies.
The party bad settled down for long
stay, not knowing when they would be
taken off, and the coming OF the second
steamer was hailed with great JOY. The
work of loading the cargo went on
through the uight ana this afternoon
every thing was on board and the fill
buster was ready for sea. am writing
ttrese last words as the steamer is weighing
anchor to head for Cuba.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
PREPARING TO LYNCH FLANAGAN.
Enraged Georgians win Gre the .Hur-
dsrer Short Shrift if They Can Get I.
into the Jail

ATLANTA, GA, Jan. Information
was received here tonight that party of
Greene and De Kaib men would arrive
during the night and attack the County
Jail. They want to get Edward Flanagan
and lynch him for the murders he COM
mitted last night near Decautur.
The county changed Sheriffs to-day and
Sheriff Nelms placed extra men on duty.
He also notified the police and military
that he would call upon them if necessary.
Nelms is welI-known tighter and an at
tempt 10 lynch his prisoner would be dis
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
BURNED THE NEWSPAPERS.
Peculiar Conduct of a cancda Postmaster
Who Acted on the Adyce of
fhe Cure


MONTREAL. QUEBEC, Jan. IA report
comes from Crane Island, in Charlevoix
County, to the effect that after reading
the Bishops mandament there Sunday
last the cure ordered all copies OF
L'Electeur in the local posoffice awaiting
delivery to subscribers to be burned. The
postmaster demonstrated, declaring it was
contrary to law, but upon the cure assur-
ing him that lie would Iake the whole re-
sponsibility the papers were burned.
1t is now understood that the proposed
joint mandament against the Manitoba
school settlement will be delayed q week,
owing 10 the death OF Arch bishop Fabre,
and that the document will be accom-
panied by letter written by the Arch
bishop recently, expressing his approba-
ton of the document.
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mURDEs on The HIGH SEAS.
Mate Thomas Bran, on Trial for Afro
cious Grimes.

Mate Thomas Bran, on Trial for Afro
cious Grimes.
BOSTON, MASS, Jan. 1.-The jury which
has been trying the case of Mate Thomas
Bran for the muroer of the captain, his
wife and the second mate of the barkens
tine Herbert Fuller retired at :l5 o'clock
this afternoon. At 80 the court reassem-
bled. but upon being informed that the
jury had not reached a decision an .ad-
journment was taken until tomorrow
morning.
The Herbert Fuller sailed from Boston
on July 8 in charge OF Captain Charles J.
Nash. Thomas Bran: a mulatto, was
first mate. Its destination was Rosario,
in the Ar,entine Republic. The vessel
reached Halifax harbor on July q, having
on board the murdered bodies of Captain
Nash, his wife and Second Mate August
Blandburg.
Monks; passenger. discovered the hor-
ribly m ang gled forms on the 18th and when
he met Bran in the companionway the
latter tried to brain him. There was a
strong chain of circumstantial evidence
against Bran.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
7rtn of ,hee Con,,,.oaore.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Jan. 1.-The
filibnstering steamer Commodore left
Jacksonville this morning with acargo of
arms and ammunition. Three miles be-
low the city she stuck in the mud, and
the revenue cutter Boutwell,, passing down
the river, pulled her off and escorted her
safely scross the bar.
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are all animated by the same love of inde-
pendence and hatred of the Spaniards.
General Maximo Gomez is we'll on his
way westward. He crossed the Morin
trocha into Santa Clara during the last
week of NoYem ber.N
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Q eENERAL GAEcr4 SENDS NEWS.
Says the Cuban Flag Wares Undispitted
In Orienfe Ernrinc.

! NEW YORK. n. Y, Jan. 1.-General
CaIixto Garcia-wrote OF the condition o.
the eastern part of Cuba in letter to his
wife, received yesterday. 1t was dated
December z. "The flag of the Cuban re-
public Garcia wrote. waves in 'undis-
puted sway over the entire province of
0riente. You can drive for miles across
the countEy and never meet Spaniard. !.
Free schools. modelled after those of the
United States, have been established. The
farmers are planting and tilling their
fields as though no revolution existed.
My army of 1000 men is in splendid
condition. The officers are all brave
young fellows, many OF whom belong to
the most aristocratic families in Cuba.
Jealousy among them is unknown. We
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the child Leila and the family had con-
sented to their marriage when she grew
older Flanagan was for time travel
ing agent of the Standard Oil Company.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
MkN AND ARMs 1os4.

FsH6'ssters Landed By the Three Friends
Reporfed DroWned.
MADRID. SPAIN. Jan. la special dis
patch from Havana to the impartial says
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dent has the right to withhold .informa-
ton if the executive believes it to the best
interests of the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05

A German story OF an American Attempt 70
Boom n Sewing Machine In ..Faust.o

A German story or an American Attempt to
Boom n sewing Machine In .'Faust."
Tho following story. which was published In
German recently in connection with the death
OF Marie Scebach, tho noted German actress,
shows very well the conception of American af-
fairs which still prevails In Germany to O GER
tain extent. Seebach was here more than
twenty years ago. and 1t Is scarcely possible
that such an incident, as Is described would
have taken place then. but many such stories
arc told in Germany to-day as illustrative of
American enterprise.
According TO this "reminiscences Marie Seebach
one day received q message that u gentleman
wished to see her. She told the servant to send
him to her drawing room in the hotel. and when
he arrived he introduced himself as a certain
Col. Smith. Then no plunged at the object Of
his visit. and said that he represented q certain
well'known mako of sewing machines.
al have already heard" he said. that you
are a great artist. l want to find out II you are
to mako some money T.
"Oh, I've no objections to make to that"
she said. 80 is possible In a perfectly correct
,"Oh, it's in no most correct way possible
o that ! 1 Pr0 gio l6od ,f FOR y doIns continued and l
What have to do In returnf = asked See
"Nothlng in tho world" the Colonel replied.
and az no noticed tho expression Of astonish-
ment on her face he went Oh: :" told you that
came from n sewing mach ne conPany-on Of
the largest in the world. All that ] demand of
YOU in return for tho 10000 is that AS Mar
ouerife in the spinning wheel scene from
fFnust' you will use one of our sewing ma
chimes instead OF the wheel. and Just keep IT. In
motion Tor a fow seconds. Then we would let
handbills drop from the gallery, saying that the
machine used by Marie Seebach was made by
our firm
ond, but ~ the saa, he 6o respect spfin iU ofr, G ch e1H ss 7
her artistic reputation.
This story is of a type that disappeared from
Told about i. 7. Barnum In the earlier days OF
his career. But stories OF the kind still pass
attempted anything, Of the kind in this country
"a, ,uId sonn lose his lob.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
WHEAT FROM TIE YUKON.
It Was an Accidental Product or CuaAhy and
ls or Hair Quality.

OTTAWA, Sept. 1.-The Department of the
Interior has received from Mr.. Osilvio. tho Do
minion surveyor now in the Yukon country, q
bunch OF wheat bearing tho following inscrlp-
ton on a card: "Grown at Fort Cudahy from
accidental planting in the autumn of 1898.
All from one root and cut fourteen Inches
above ground, on Sept, 7, 1895. Aug. 81, min.
temp, 31.S'; Aug. 81, min. temp, 27.2'; seIt.
/. min. temp, 27.l'."
This Is probably tho first wheat ever grown
In tho Yukon, and though not Of the highest
grade, u demonstrates what may, be done,
Tho detachment OF mounted police starting on
tho overland trip will follow the beaten trail
used by the force to the Peace River. They
will take a train of pack horses and dogs. as
their provisions are abundant. IL not being OK;
Journey this year. The probability Is that they
will have 10 winter on the road at some point
beyond Fort Nelson. The police will be formed
Of picked men, who will be called upon to vol
unteer for the service.
Tho Interior Department has been advised
that Mr.. Jennings and his engineering party
OF about fourteen men have left Vancouver, 10
explore and report on an estimate for construo-
ton Of q road way, or narrow gauge railway,
from Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
FAURE FOR CLEANLINEss.
he Upsets Provincial France with His Ds-
mands for Bathtubs.

President Felix Faure devotes special and I'M
ceasing attention to cleanliness. He Is doing
more TO spread the use Of the bathtub In France
than any other Frenchnan Of these or former
times. A Paris correspondent says that
wherever the President goes for q week or ten
days there must BIO q bathhouse with all mod.
ern improvements. lie refuses to stop oven
overnight In a house or hotel that has no bath.
room. His hobby causes many persons incon.
venience. for the bathroom 10 not a universal in.
stitution In France as In this country. In fact,
the provincial French towns are as barren OF
private bathtubs as most prairie villages In this
to the bathtub AS a condition precedent to his
visit 10 any town or castle.
In the Presidential palace In Paris and in the
castle at FOntaincbloau, ri. Faure had elaborate
bathrooms lifted with he latest appliances md
luNurles. In tho castle at RambOillot last year
the President caused 100000 francs to he spent
for bathrooms which he, might use during his
three or four weeks residence there.
Tho Presidents passion for cleanliness has
been a source OF nlu, Ia ~veNati0n and industry
at all the provincial procedures which he has
visited since succeeding NJ. Carnot. Usually on
his excursions through the land he lodges at
these procedures. and, as none of them was
tours, there has, been a great bustling about to
mako good the deficiencies. A large bathhouso
was built last year at the prefecture in Rennes,
preparatory TO his brief sOjourn there, and o
similar house was erected at the prefecture In
Valence this year In anticipation OF his visit.
The vigor with which the President Ia leading
his movement for bath reform is said TO have
the neglected bathtub industry a great boom In
tho republic,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
A PRINCES CRIoKE EFT BOOK.
RanjitsinbjI Puts Forth . stirring Work in tho
Great English Game.

Prince RanJitsinhji's Jubilee Book of
Cricket " has Just been published. and II shows
that Ranjitsinhji takes cricket seriously. How.
ever, he does not disdain TO brighten his pages
with an occasional epiRram. as when he obscrvcs:
1.-THE placing of IL field 10 like the losing OF IL seat
In a Parliamentary election. 1t counts two on a
division" 1t has been said that "Ranji," at the
wicket, is like a cat batting, 80 extraordinary an
impression of supple agility does he make. An
other feline comparison 10 not Inappropriate. for
Ranjitsinhji playing cricket must 10 like a cat
watching a mouse. for his eye doesn't seem TO
have missed the smallest point of the game.
Some pictures in the book are vivid. Thore Is
one In particular OF a batsman. the last hope of
his toam, just at the moment when the bowler
at the other end Is about to discharge tho ball.
The rest OF the story 10 In the Princes words,
There Is a little worn and dusty hollow in the
and. II the bail lights on that, goodness knows
what 1t VIM DO; II may break either way or It
saas Of oT one's head as well as ones w lex To- I OK:
ward rusbe5 The ball and fair and true IL
I h,5s the s sSsEy fi RpSh Of Fh e. 09 siHSp d has fol- Sl:
muscies and his nerves turn to steel as
il approaches. For the tiniest fraction Of a
and in that time he endures Whit seems Ike
a lifetime OF painful doubt. But, here II comes.
T. hss taken 9h Sgly twist toward the on stump.
into tho wicket, Short time remains to MAKE
the decision on which the honor of a county
and the fame OF a batsman depend. But
the bowler, than he ought to boz; there
Is q tempting, gap IN The neld. Forward
comes tho bat with . straight, strong sweep,
and away speeds the ball, a yard or so ont OF the
reach OF cover point" who. accompanied by
the Boundary, because OF course. the man In the
deep held. who ought TO have been there, hlt
arc scored, and tho match Is won.
joy S such as the=o art worth living for. and
! worth reading IN Prince RanjitsinhjiS book.