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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.
Prominent PhiIadelphians ImpIicat-
ed in Political Scandal.

Philadelphia March 22-Peter E.
Smith. the Republican politician. who
was accused by Councilman Stevenson
of attempted bribery, surrendered him
self to District Attorney Graham last
evening. and was released under $4,000
bail for his appearance at court. This is
the first important outcome of the inves-
tigation into the charge that bribery
was attempted in connection with the
passage of the Schuylkill Valley water
bill. 1t is due directly TO District At
torney Graham and the officers of the
Municipal League.
This news will be likely to chill the
marrow in the bones of some of the
members of the councils, for the arrest
is taken TO mean that the district attor-
ney is after big game, and that before
he gets, through somebody will suffer.
Smiths surrender-in fact, the an
nouncement that charge was preferred
| against him-was in the nature of a sur
! prise. The accused city committeeman
| at o'clock, walked into the district at
| torneys office with his counsel, A. S. L.
| Shields his prospective bOndsman and
a number of his political friends. De
| tective William Henderson. who had .
warrant, issued on March 16, was wait.
| ing for him, and formally took him into
| custody. Ban was ready, and District
! Attorney Graham ordered that the cour
! clerk be sent for.
While this was being done Smith, whc
| seemed to be thoroughly at ease, helC
| conferences with his political friends
| After Judge Gordon had approved o
| the bail which had been fixed at SO
900, Smith was formally released, an,
| with gripsack in hand hurriedly mad
for the Broad Street station to catch
| train for Atlantic City
1t was nearly I o'clock when the pre-
liminaries incident to the holding O
! Smith for hearing at court were end
! ed and the district attorneys office wa
cleared. OF course, Smiths surrende
was in accordance with an agreemen
| which had been made between Distric
Attorney Graham and Lawyer Shields
and the scene which took place in tn
district attorneys office had been pre-
| arranged.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
CAUGHT AT CINCINNATI.
= Reform school Runaway IL Can.
tured There.

Cincinnati, March 22.-Otis Holloway.
the boy who escaped from the Washing
ton Reform School a few days ago has
been captured here
The boy was sent to the Reform School
from Birmingham. Ala. to serve SEN
tence of three years for robbing the mails.
He carried the mail from Ashland to an
other town, tWenty-siX miles distant, aud
during one of his trips he stole three reg
iStered letters containing $S7. The theft
was discovered and the boy arrested be-
fore he could spend any of the money.
He was convicted and sent to Washing
ton, in July 1897. He was a willing work
er, and was made a trusty, but the temp
tation to escape was too great to resist
and he ran away last Thursday He
boarded a b. & o. train and beat his way
TO this city, intending to go to Alabama.
| The rain on Saturday night compelled
him to seek shelter and he boarded a box
| car. He fell asleep, and did not awake
until the officers placed him under arrest
When taken to Central station he did not
deny his identity. He said that he will
go back to the reform school if he is sent
| for. The boy has served twenty months
Of his term. He gave his age as 10 years,
! but the police have registered him II
! years of age. He will be held on charge
| of lettering until the Washington author
! tiles can be communicated with.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
SHE TRlUMPHS AT LAST.
The Princess de Sngan's Fnvoritc
SON VIII Inherit Millions.

Berlin March 22.-Louis Napoleon de
Talleyrand Perigord. Duke of Talley-
rand and Sagan. Duke of Valencay, died
here yesterday. at the age of eighty
seven. He was born March II, ISL His
father was Duke Edmund and his moth
was the daughter of the Duke OF
Courlande Semgallen and Sagan. by
his first marriage to AliX, daughter OF
the Duke of Montmorency was born
the Prince of Sagan one of the most
famous profligates of the day, now ly-
ing a helpless paralytic in the palace
of his wife
Thus ends in triumph the schemes
of the Princess de Sagan, known to all
Paris as The Magnificent" By her
wondrous coup she has saved the titles
and estates of her father-in-law to her
favorte son. the Comte Bosom, and ad-
ded one more success to the many of
her life.
It was in last October that Paris
awoke to the fact that a great sensa-
ton had been sprung in its midst. The
! Prince de Sagan had been stolen! Paris
4 knew all about the Prince. 1t knew
! that he had run the gamut of Partisan
vices. He had squandered his substance
! in riotous living. When his fortune was
at low tide he married the daughter Of
Baron Settlers a man who had made
millions in fraudulent army contracts
and then killed himself on the day he
was to be brought TO trial, and he left
his house dramatically twenty-five years
ago. carrying naught but his umbrella,
! because the follies of his wife had made
life with her unbearable.
When at sixty his overtaXed brain be-
gan to succumb to that inCurable com
plaint known in this country as paresis
he found refuge in the home of his
brother, the Due de MontmorenCy and
Comte Heline, his eldest son. But one
day last October the princess drove up tc
his bachelor quarters unannounced. Hell
retainers seized the paralytic prince, and
bore him, protesting but helpless. to heI
carriage, and he was rapidly driven tc
her home, from which he had been self
banished for quarter Of a century.
His brother tried in vain to gain pos.
session of him. The princess said thai
she and her husband were reconciled
and as she was still his wife the courts
. held that she had the best right to take
care of him.
She nursed him tenderly, read to him
caressed him, hated him She had bu
one object in life, it seemed, re
garding him, and that was to keep hin
alive until the old Duke VaIencay shoul'
die, 1t is believed that she forced him t
sign a will leaving his fortune to hi
younger son, her pet. That was tn
prime ambition of her life. The Siellier
millions We're not sufficient to satisfy he
greed-for this son.
I BY the death of the old duke, Prime
? de Sagan becomes the owner Of vast es
, tates and many titles, the proudest in a
France. But he is helpless as sorry
wreck as ever lived. Death must com
. soon TO him, also. and when ii does ther
= will be few to mourn him, not even tn
f profligate son VINO vainly sought in sue
: cession the hands of Anna Gould an
Virginia Fair, and who is fast followin
: in his fathers footsteps.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
CONVICTS ESCAPE.
They Break Jail and Rob II Safe of
About $4,000.

Dedham Mass, March 22-Two pris-
oners at the Dedham House of Correc-
ton, having sawed themselves out of
their cell, overpowered a guard, yester-
day. and after binding him seized his
keys, opened the safe and took about 81,
800 in money belonging to the officials
and prisoners, and three reyOlvers, and
then escaped.
They were Patrick f. Gill. of Hyde
Park, who had served but a few months
of two years sentence for larceny. and
Charles Cook. of Walpole, who was
awaiting a hearing before the Norfolk
County grand jury, charged with break
ing and entering.
The break occurred when only one man,
Night Watchman Fairbanks. was on du-
ty. He was thrown down and his head
was covered with blanket before ne
had a chance to cry out, and he was
quickly bound with a cord which was in
the corridor. Then, taking his keys the
prisoners passed into the guard room and
opened the safe. which contained $50 be-
longing to s. y. Whitaker. assistant
turnkey, and S2.000 belonging to Turnkey
George White, as well as $3.50 which had
been taken from the prisoners. The fII-
gitives also found three revolvers and
some ammunition, which they also dp-
propriated.
Then. with the KEYS which they haC
taken from the guard. they unlocked the
guard room and the street doors anC
fled.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
WOULD WELCOME WAR.
The Voice OF the Spanish People Is
for Strife.


Madrid (via Bayonne. France). March
21-The war spirit here is intense, re
gardless of the subsidized or inspired re-
ports sent out to the contrary
Senior Emilio Castelar,. a Spanish man
of letters, who stands high in the estima-
ton of the people, sail yesterday;
''Our present thought Is to defend cur
honor which has been hasely attacked.
We are called proud and intractable.
say we are brave and intelligent
Senior MargaT member OF the Cortes
and who once was ihe leader of the re-
publican party, has put himself on rec
ord as follows:
while 1 was in favor of disposing of
Cuba. that is not now the FRS question
For the moment all differences are sank
in the face of common foe
The Marquis De Cerralbo, who stands
high in the Carlist party, makes no secret
of his desire for war. He says:
1--WE Carlists are said to be wealthy.
I tell you that all Spaniards are united.
and we will use our wealth against the
common enemy"
Francisco Silvela, the present republi-
can leader, who is mentioned as Sagas-
tas probable successor, announces his
platform in the press. He says:
while 1 was in favor of disposing OF
Cuba to the best advantage, recent hap
| penings induce me to lay more stress up
| on defending our honor"
Moret is known to still favor autonomy
and will do so even to the extent of war.
The views of these men reflect the senti-
ment of the Spanish populace. and it is
certain that people nearly all Span
iards would welcome hostilities.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
nrosnects Of hetterment. 50 long as the

prospects Of betteIment. so long as the
war continues.
THE necessity for absolute uncondi-
tional repeal of the order of reconcen-
tration is apparent to every one who has
made even a cursory examination of the
situation. Gen. Blanco has merely mod
ihed il in its important particulars. The
excuses for its non-repeal are entirely
Inadequate, so far as the women and
children are concerned. There is abso-
lutclv no apology for its existence. As
for the men. they are a harmless class.
who seem to have lacked stamina to
take machetes and fight for their lib
erty. and have in consequence been
ground between the upper and neither
mill-stones Of the insurrection.
The autonomist administration is be-
tween two fires The Cubans will have
none OF il. and the intransigeante Span
iards are working tooth and nail TO de-
feat il in the coming elections. As to
that. however the autonomist govern
ment controls all the election machin-
cry. and makes no c0ncealment OF Its
purpose to return a ma jority of the new
colonial assembly.
'AW this. however. is dependent on the
failure Of any external effort to settle
the whole Cuban problem. Autonomy Is
doomed to failure. The autonomist lead
ers themselves have made oVertures 10
tonomy on far more radical lines Even
/ these have been contemptuously rejected.
cuba is to be ruled from Havana, not
! from Madrid. The most Sanguine Span
lard who is honest and intelligent admits
! that Snain can never regain her control
| Of the island.
! THE customs receipts at Havana are
| nearly doubled. not because importations
| have doubled. but because the receipts
! are finding their way into the treasury
| instead Of into the pockets of the corrupt
Spanish ring.
In military and naval circles the thiev-
| ing still goes on, but it is not as rampant
| as under Weyler. There is less to steal
The Cuban problem reduces itself TO
question of American policy. Internally
it is evident that 70 solution is possible
The present situation might continue for
years. With the reconcentrados temper
| arily relieved. the ends to be attained are
''First-Peace.
''Second-Stable government.
1T is painfully evident that peace viii
not come to Cuba until II is imposed b,
| the action of the United States Thi
country has suffered enormous and ir
reparable losses from the continuation o
a conflict which has few of the attribute
barbarous struggle.
Neither international obligations nor
of civilized warfare and all the evils of
desire for the maintenance Of peaceful
relations can justify the United State
in permitting further continuance o
] | this disturbance at our doors. Peace can
p not be attained except through interVen
, | ton. and the sooner that can be had tn
sooner can stable government be estat
: lished."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
STEAL A CANNON.
Three Patriotic Sailors Start for
Cuba,


New York. March 22-Policeman Aker-
ly, of the Old Ship station, discovered an
unusual commotion at Peck slip and
South Street yesterday and proceeded to
investigate. He saw three intoxicated
men struggle hard to take a small brass
cannon. weighing 200 pounds, and mount
ed on two small wheels, toward the Bat
terry.
Hold on, there. Where are you going
with that thing?" commanded the police
man.
Where suppose we're goin'?" replied
one of the men, who turned out to be
John Miner, aged twenty-four, steward of
the good ship Alliancia, which, by the
way. has proceeded to sea without him,
since he thought more of his whisky than
of the ships provender
We're goin' to fight enemy (hic), to
lick the Cubans. No (hic), to lick the
Spaniards." he protested, as Policeman
Akerly took him by the arms.
That's right" broke in the other two:
we're off fer the war. We're goin' ter
lick EN- dead easy"
Akerly took the men, cannon and all
TO the Old Slip station TO disentangle the
/ problem. Inc OtneT TWO men SODtred up
considerably at the sight Of the stern
visaged sergeant and his evident dispo
! sition to give their patriotism no con-
! sideration.
/ Anthony Hale and Arthur Ward. they
said their names are. and their ship the
! Mohawk. Like Miners vessel theirs had
/ gone to sea, leaving them three-fourths
/ drunk in a Front Street saloon. They
! had met Miner, and as all were in the
same boat, they drank to drown their
/ sorrows. Passing the store of Nicholas
Gains Sons, No. fl Peck Slip, thcy saw
the brass cannon in the window Cuba's
| wrongs appealed TO them with part.cula~
| force about that time, and Miner quickly
crawled through a hole in the wiadow
which the others had made with a paving
/ stone
once inside, he opened the door and the
! captured cannon waa soon in the street
II was half block away when they were
! overtaken by Pol eman Akerly
The three men were arraigned in the
Center Street court, and Miner was held
by the magistrate IN $500 bail Tor trial
The other men, then quite sobered. plead.
ed so hard to be allowed to ship <ar
England, where rhey said they had homes
and families, that Magistrate Cornell
gave them their liberty
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
A Roy HELPS LETTER.
he Sends 500 to the Young Million
Hire.

New York. March 22.-Favor has come
to Francis Wells Van Praag. He was
comparatively unknown until last night
Now a nation knows him as the first
boy on record to come forward to rem
der aid to a down-trodden millionaire.
From Chicago. the storm center of
Joseph Letters wheat speculatiOns. the
telegraph wires have sent his name
ticking all over the world, and the boy
walked up this morning to find himself
heralded as a Juvenile philanthroDist-
Van Praag lives with his mother on
the top floor of No. 137 West Eighty
fourth Street He is bright boy, evil
IDENTIFY reads the newspapers and keeps
track Of Mr.. Letters wheat operations.
When the millionaire speculator reach
ed his office Saturday morning he re-
ceived the following letter lying On his
desk in a pile of others:
No l37 West Eighty-fourth street, New York city,
March 1S 1893.
My Dear Mr. Letter. have followed your deal
ing5 in the paper and everyone seems against You
that is. everyone who has anything to do with
wheat and things like that. % inclose SltJ,
which | hope viii help you to come out on top.
/ have saved the money out OF my allowance, and
have $50 lett. You can pay me back when YOU
win, because you are going to win have said
so all along.
! know hundred dollars is not very large
sum, but very often nicEel comes in handy,
/ even when have a dollar | am fourteen, and
/ can't see them all trying TO down you without
| doing what can to help YOU our faithful
| friend FRANCIS NELLES Won PRAAt-
| p. S.-Ii you need any more. have $50 left.
| Mr. Letter is accustomed TO surprises.
| but he was completely taken back by
/ young Van Praag's generosity He re-
| read the letter, handed the money 70
| an empIoye and filed it away.
Il will see that the young mans money
is well invested" Mr.. Letter said. Il
/ think such thing as this means good
/ luck This lad evidently knows a good
| thing when he sees it, and l will make
/ it point that he does not lose anything
| by his faith in me. | had no idea that
my deal was attracting such attention
that the children noticed it, but it seems
| that such is the case.
so far as I am concerned. this is a
| purely commercial matter, and not at al
speculative, and there is no chance OF
my losing. What the spectators and
gamblers have been saying and doing
does not concern me-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
oUEsADA INCIDENT CLOSED.
Vice President Hobart Explains Ills
Inyitation to the Cuban.

A slight misunderstanding which grew
out of an invitation extended by Vice
President Hobart to Secretary Quesada,
Of the Cuban Junta, has been satisfactory
Iy cleared up The incident at no time
attracted serious consideration When.
however, it came to the attention of Mr.
Hobart that political significance was be-
ing given to his receiving Senor Quesada
as guest the Vice President speedily
Informed the State Department that his
invitations were purely Of a social char
acter, and that there had been no purpose
in the remotest way TO give any political
or official significance TO Senor Quesada' 5
presence at his house. 1t appears that
the Spanish minister, on learning the
foregoing, dismissed the matter as Of no
Importance, so that the incident. such as
il was, is closed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
NO NORTH; NO SOUTH.
Confederate Veterans Want Mary
land TO Give II Battlcship.

Baltimore, March 22-At a regular
meeting of the James A. Herbert Camp,
Confederate Veterans of Maryland, the
mously: .
Resolved, That the legislature of the
State of Maryland be petitioned to au-
thoriZe the governor to tender to the
Government of the United States a mod
ern battleship fully manned and equip
ned for service against any foe to this
country; and that the legislature provide
for the issuance Of necessary bonds to
furnish funds for the above purpose and
the levying of a special tax for the re-
demption of the same.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
MISSIONARIES IN TROUBLE.
Ihe Foreign Consuis in Chinn Try
ing TO Protect Them.

Shanghai. March 22-An anti-foreign
demonstration has taken place at Ching
Kiang, in the province of Kiang 500. 4
mission student was murdered, and the
American Episcopal mission destroyed.
Three Of the murders Of the student were
sentenced to death. but a large force Of
Chinese militia refuse to allow the SEN
tence TO be executed.
The foreign consuls demand the disper-
sal Of the militia and the execution Of
the sentence of death upon the murderers.
They also demand that the authorities
offer a reward Of 5000 taels for the arrest
Of the ringleaders of the demonstration.
and that they afford full protection to
missionaries and their property
Il is feared that the authorities are too
weak TO control the disorderly element
and preserve order.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
GEN. MACEO'S DEATH.
Description Of tie Sad Event by u
Cuban Patriot.

New York, March Gen. Macco was the only
man shot in the vocy which killed him. and
when he fell from his horse | turned and saw his
adjutant. young Gomez, blow out his own brains
under the impression that the battle was lost with
the death Of Macoo."
Col. and Dr. Machado. at the United States
Hotel having arrived on the Ward Line steamer
Concho from Havana yesterday, the
speaker Col Machado has come to New York for
medical and surgical treatment his right arm,
side and leg being paralyzed He is a aative
Cuban, and man Of education and means.
81 shall not return to Cuba until she is free -
he said Sometimes we have had to dig worms
for food. but all well horsed, armed and
dressed, and within three months we will be tree
without external political influences
''Thc Spaniards have not fighting chance with
rs, although we insurgents have bur 30 900 tIeht-
ing men in the feld-30, 900 in one body and GOO
In another"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
A REPAIR SHIP.
The ChnInette to, he Added "a tin.
Navy ut Once.

New York, March 22.-rhe naval auNil-
iary board, at its meeting today, decided
to recommend the leasing of the Morgan
line steamship Chalmette for use as a
repair ship for the Navy.
The Chalmette was built in 1879 by the
Cramps. She is an iron vessel 800 feet
long In obtaining a vessel for use as a
repair ship the Navy Department is fol
lowing the plan adopted in the Chill
can trouble. 1t is said that
the deal for the Chalmette will be com
pleted at once so that the vessel can be
fitted for repairing disabled warshps.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
BLANCo GETTING SCARED.
lie and MonteroIa Want the Torpedo
FIotiIia AT Havana

New York March PA special to an
evening paper from Havana declares that
Captain General Blanco and Admiral
Monterola have sent conditional resigna-
tions to the Spanish government. They
protest against the torpedo flotilla being
held at the canaries. If the Spanish au-
thorities intend TO persist in this course
they ask 70 be relieved.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-23
THos, DOWNING s co, .,Auetioneers,612 E
TRUSTEES SALE OF UNTIPROvED PROPERTY
.LLN---L-Lr ELL m


By virtue OF 4 deed Of trust, duly recorded N
Liber 1888, at foliO S25 ct seq, among the land
records OF the District OF Columbia, and At. the
request Of the holder Of the notes secured there
by the undersigned trustees will oher tog sale az
public auction in front OF the premises al clock
o m on MONDAY, MARCH 2S, ISIS, the follow
ing described real estate, situated IN the
County Of Washington, IN the District
OF Columbia TO wit: Lots l. !, ;, 9, 10. II, i,
l3 H. Is. % 81, 36, g. 3. 50. 20, IL, p 45, II,
As and 49, in the subdivision OF lots made Oy ia
cob Clark and Edward B. Cotrrell. trustees (of paFs
of lot numbered one in the subdivision Of a track
in the District Of Columbia called ''W nlteh9yen,
among the heirs OF Ahner Cloud, for the Palisades
OF the Potomac Land Improvement Company, sald
subdivision being recorded in the ONCE Of ING
Surveyor Of the District OF Columbia, IN BOOK
County 5. at page 10.
Terms Of sale-One-t Of the purchase money
TO be paid in cash and the balance
in equal installmeuts one and Two
years after date OF sale, secured by deed oI Ifsl
on the property sold, with interest upon lhe It-
fcrred payments at the rate Of per cent per
aunum, until paid all cash. al the option o.
the purchaser. \ deposit OF 50 viii be required
on each lot at the time OF sale Terms OF SAFE %
be complied with within fifteen days nom Inc
day of sale OF the trustees reserve the rlSht %
resell at the risk and cost Of the deIluitllE pH,
chaser or purchasers, after five days previous -u-
/ vertisement Of such resale
WM. Z LEWIS.
Trustee.
| WILLIAM ". AYRES
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CHAMPAGNE WILL BE USED.
-,rs. WinsIow Declines to Chrfsten
Kearsarge With Water.

NVtI 9tt I 70 " ENIk ~ titti
Newport. r. l.. March 22.-Lieut.
Comdr. WinsIow and Mrs. Winslow left
here last night for Newport News. Va.
where Mrs. Winslow is to christen the
battleship Kearsarge which is to be
launched on Thursday.
The w c. r L. has been using its
utmost endeavors to get Mrs. Winslow
to use water for the christening. but she
stated today that she would follow the
custom and use champagne.