The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-15
LEE HAS NOT SIGNED,
And tho Dupuy do LONE Incident Ii
About Closed.

Anu hlo Dapap NS
About Closed. IL
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. H.-The
state department to-day officially de-
MED reports alleging that General Fitz-
hugh Lee, consul general to Cuba, had
rendered his resignation.
|, can be stated also that while de-
,a!ls are not obtainable matters re-
earding the De LONE Incident have as
sumed such shape that an early and
entirely satisfactory adjustment Of the
affair between the United States and
Spain is confidently expected by the
state department. ...-S. ~; {
The officials Of the state, department.
fall maintain their reticence as to the
crnten.s OF the cablegram from Minister
Tooitord received late Saturday night.
It may be said that all statements so
Ear made as to the nature OF this dis
patch are speculative. The message
. " 70 : 7 H
was not deciphered until well along In
the afternoon yesterday. and tlien it
passed into the hands OF Assistant Sec
retary Day and the President in turn
who have been the only persons In
Washington save the employe who un-
ravelled the cipher to the dispatch-up
to this time. No answer has been. made
as vet TO Mr.. WoodfoTd's message, and
1t Is by no means certain that an an
swsr will be required.
Senior DuBosc, the Spanish Charge
d'Afa!res was one Of the early callers
as the state department and this nat
urally led to conjecture that his visit
was In connection with the De LONE In
cident. It Is stated positively, however,
that the Incident was not referred to.
but that the cal! had to do with other
pending Spanish affairs. Everything
relating TO the De LONE letter thus far
mas taken place at Madrid through
Minister Woodiord. In some well in
formed quarters |. was believed that
any formal disavdwal by Spain would
oe eeiesred until a new minister was
commissioned, one OF his first duties be-
ing 10 make proper amends and re-es-
tapl!sn cordial relations on all pending
questions tj.g5 ~
owing 10 the presence In Washington
.. DUKE de ARGOS, late Spanish minis
lee 70 Mexico. row absent on leave, 1t
was ieit that he would be named as
inih!sier In order that speedy adjust
Meat might be Effected In other off,
ciat quarters the view was entertained
taat SPANS dlsavowal would be prompt
ana would be made In the form OF an
Sl "lnc!al statement by the minister for
,GsegA affairs. Senior Gullon. express
.as !egres at the Incident. It Is under
s.g9i mat up to the present time no
" ot1eai iht.mation OF the appointment
" !'uHe de ARGOS hns come 10 Wash
n,stoa. he has had large experience In
spa'aS diplomatic service and in 1876
lion here. =" =
iactf was a rumor that Mr. calderon
la'!'s'e's letter had relation 10 prosecu-
t''as Tor the theft OF the De LONE let
- out 1t was stated later by those full
+" eoaVersans with the facts that no
S.ove aa toward the prosecution OF those
IIoMhected with the taking OF the De
Iva'e !e',er had been made or was at
mesent ,h IN contemplation. 1t IL said
,nat II the loss had occurred while the
,S''e. ,S was In the United States mails
,..SI ~ me usua! prosecutions by the pos
va -, authorities might occur, but In the
mTas"t ,,yS case there is no trace us to the
sont WherH the letter was abstracted,
".'u hnca evidence. ng is at hand goes to
'.H %J1w that the letter was taken after II
;5s ~ ~ Lhi,ed States mails and was In
ri. "",llS OF the Spanish authorities.
tn He Duke d'Arcos, whose name has
sIi5h Iii prominently mentioned as q pos
,"nn 's successor TO Dupuy! dc LONE, was
A,.. Az Io'day by representative OF the
.,"iyeAted 80, Press and said that he had
ia ia a'itoIFrnatlon whatever. as to the con-
,',', Nt'on Of his name for the WASHING
~. .oSi beyond what ne had seen In
,rs,, ,"t,wHpapers. He had just returned
i.,,. ." .le post in Mexico and was look
20 70 ".%afd 10 a period OF rest In Eu-
U,". U ! nc duke 10 n type OF the nobIl-
X o. spain. tail and or dlstjnguishod
,".sariAg, With q diplomacy 81 noljsh'
tsv,rg '.''' agreeable manners rather than
lsrs .rlceHce. lie WIS here from
i. " lsoi, being first secretary un.
t5,,,,,. no spanish ministers and his as
nIcais'ons "a s'ons In Washington were most
'', !'.Ss'', Feuulting a few years ago In