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The western recorder., 1898-04-07
WAS DISPERSED BY A GALE.
spssa.s Much vaunted Torpedo Fiotiila /


sps<n's Much vaunted Torpedo Fiotiila In
Trouble.
New York. April 4.-The Worlds ca
BILE from st. Vincent. Cape Verde
islands. this morning says:
The Spanish fiotilla. bound from Gu
dis TO Porto Rico. under command of
Captain VillamiI, has put In here.
The Worlds cable from Madrid,
Spain. dated Friday night, by way OF
Bayonne. France. April 3, says: The
Spanish torpedo fiotilla was dispersed
by heavy gale in mid-ocean. Each
vessel of the flying squadron, upon
which Spain had staked her all, was
forced to make for st. Vincent, one OF
the Cape Verde islands, as best she
could.
Captain yillamil. in command, re-
ports some of the torpedo boats suf.
fered, but can be repaired ut st. Vim
cent.
After conference with Premier Sa.
gastn. the minister of marine. Admiral
BennIjo, tclcgraphcd to Captain VII
lamIl TO remain mt st. Vincent for re-
pairs and victualing until further or
ders from the government
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
HANNA BRIBERY CASE.
Tho Senate Investigating Committee VIII
Say "Guilty."

Say Guilty"
Columbus. o., April 4.-Senator
Burke, as chairman for the senate
committee appointed to Investigate
charges of bribery made against SEN
ator Hanna and his colleagues in the
recent senatorial contest, will make a
report Wednesday or Thursday of this
week.
The report will find Mr.. Hanna, Ma
j6r Dick, Major Rathbon, General
Boyce and p. p. Hollenbeck guilty of
suborning members of the Legislature
OF course there will be fight in
the Senate over adopting the report,
but 1t will be adopted by vote of
10 to II, Senator Burke voting with
the Democrats. The report will then
be sent to the United States Senate,
and 1t will devolve on that body to
say whether or not Senator Hanna
shall retain his seat in the highest
Legislative body in the nation. 1t is
said that in the event the matter is
dropped or pushed aside that Hanna
will have to answer criminal charge
In the, state courts.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
England Get. wei Hs, wei.

London, April Alt was semi-ofn
,ially announced to-day that Great Bri
tain had made arrangements with Chi
na to take over tho port of Wei Ha
Wei, on the Shang TuEg peninsula
when the Chinese government has paid
the war Indemnity due to Japan and
the Japanese troops have evacuated
the place. The arrangement. 1t Ii
added. was made with the knowledge
and approval of Japan, with which
country an agreement had previously
been arrived at. The latter fact was
kept secret until China had actually
agreed to the lease and the British
fleet had assembled in the vicinity.
1t is said on good authority that
neither Russia nor Germany Is pleased
at the arrangement, and 1t is added
that the island of Leu Kung Tau, nj
the entrance of Wei Hal Wei, will be
strongly fortified. while the land bat.
teries destroyed by the Japanese can
speedily be reconstructed.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
r...n. right ON tn. street.

Dallas, Texas, April IA special to
the News from Waco, Texas, says:
In the midst Of busy preparations for
city election meetings, while bands
were playing and scattering handbills
from their decorated vans. calling the
people together. w. @. Brann, editor
OF the Iconoclast. and Captain NJ. Il.
Davis met and fought revolver duel
to the death. The combatants met jus.
at 9 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, on
South Fourth street. In front Of the
Cotton Belt ticket Office, and after ex-
changing a few words, both began
emptying their revolvers into each
others bodies.
When the battle was over, .Brann
was found to be perforated In the left
lung, the left leg and the right foot;
Davis was shot through the right lung
and through both OF his arms
The difficulty between the two men
grew out of the Brann-Baylor feud Of
last year.
Brann died early this morning and
Davis is sinking
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
PUNISHED FoR HIS PATRIOTISM
English Sailor Put In the Brig for Wearing
Shamrock st. Pafrick's Day.


Shamrock ST. Pafrick's Day.
London. April 5.-There was a scene
In the House of Commons to-day on
the acknowledgment by the first lord
of the admiralty. Mr.. Goschen. that n
seaman belonging 10 the British first
class battleship Resolution had been
sentenced to a fortnight's confinement
in the cell and TO be deprived Of his
good conduct badge for wearing the
shamrock on St Patrick's day in disc
bedience to orders. Mr.. Goschen ex-
planned that II was a matter OF disci-
pline. whereupon Mr.. William Red
mond, Parnellite member for East
Clare. hotly replied to Mr.. Goschen
and was called to order by the speak
er. who declared that his conduct was
grossly disorderly. Mr.. Redmond said
that at the risk of being grossly dis
orderly he must denounce as an out
rage the sentencing of a sailor to II
fortnight's Imprisonment for wearing
the shamrock.
The speaker then called upon Mr..
Redmond to withdraw. but Mr.. Red
mond did not leave his seat until the
sergeant-at-arms advanced, when he
followed that officer out of the House.
repeating: "It is an outrage"
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
THE msssAoE,s COMPLETED.
Secretary Long Authorized to Say It VIII
Be sent In Wednesday.

he sent IN Weunoeunys
Washington, April 5.-The President
has completed his Cuban message and
II VIII be presented TO Congress on
Wednesday. Secretary Long after the
special Cabinet meeting last night, an-
thorized the Associated Press to make
this statement.
The message. which In itself Is
long. will not be accompanied by the
consular reports dealing with the state
OF affairs In Cubn. These will go TO
the Senate for their private informa-
tion and will not be mnde public just
now. The diplomatic correspondence
between the United States and Spain
will not be submitted Mt the present.
The Cabinet meeting lasted from 8 un-
til after II and was devoted entirely
TO the careful reading and discussion OF
the Presidents draft OF bis message.
Every member OF the Cabinet was
present. The document was gone over
point by point and met with the ap.
proval OF the Cabinet In every material
respect. The only changes made were
in few few points OF verbiage. When
the meeting was over and the members
dispersed. there was n general air OF
relief and satisfaction on all faces, as
though the air had been cleared OF
doubt and the members. firmly re-
solved on what they deemed the prop
er course Of action. had set out to fol
low the course Of Its logical conclusion.
The suspense evidently was over.
That the message will contain some
definite recommendations may be In
ferred from the remark OF one mem
Der. while l can say nothing explicit
concerning the details OF the message,
said he. II may say that 1t Is strong,
explicit statement and one with which
Congress Will be thoroughly in ac-
cord"
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Wire Gia...

Wire glass, first suggested as early
as 1854. differs from ordinary glass
only in that sheet of wire netting is
inserted in the middle of the glass
sheet while in process of being rolled
into plates or sheets, and while the
glass is yet in n plastic state. The ad-
dition of the wire netting, when sue
cessfully inserted, does not affect
either the strength or ductility of the
glass to any appreciable extent, but
does most effectively prevent disinte-
grafton or separation of lie sheet after
fracture. whether from impact or heat.
II is now, and for several years has
been, manufactured to considerable
extent in the United States. England
and Belgium. and to less extent In
Germany and France. Its principaI
uses are for skylights, windows and
partitions. II is also extensively used
as n substitute for iron fire-proof shut-
ters, because 1t admits light and great
ly excels in Its fire-resisting qualities
Wire glass is made in sheets one-ouar-
ter inch thick, and of any size and
shape. the maximum size of sheets he
ing 80 inches wide by 100 inches long
The western recorder., 1898-04-07

No-To-B Bac for FIFTY Cent?.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wesi
men strong. blood pure boc- o. All drussisk
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
nuylnr Meats and rro,l.lon..

Chicago, April Libby. McNeill &
Libby have received orders from the
United States government for 100, 600
pounds OF provisions, including mess
pork and canned meats, to be shipped
at once TO the navy yard at Brooklyn.
The Schwarzschild Il Sulzberger Com
pany of Kansas City have also re-
ceived government order for 10000
pounds OF provisions for immediate
shipment to the Brooklyn navy yard.
10 fill this order the plant Of the COM
pany has been put at work both night
and day. Other large orders have been
prepared by the government and will
be placed under contract within the
next forty-eight hours 1t is estimated
that immediate government orders for
canned meats alone viii amount to
5,000,000 pounds.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
CHICAGO LAKE FRONT CASE.
Secretary bliss Gives Final Decision
Against the scrip CIaImants.


Washington. April 4.--Secretary Bliss
to-day decided the celebrated Chicago
lake front case. The decision Is in
forty-seven pages and was prepared by
Judge yandeyenfer. assistant attor-
ney general of the Interior Depart
ment. II reviews the history of the
land from 1921 TO the present time,
through the various contests
which have been had respecting II in
the Land Department and the courts.
Including the United States Supreme
Couri.
In brief. the decision holds that the
water line OF Lake Michigan constltut-
ed the eastern boundary line of the
section. that by the patent to Kinzie
the land to the water line was con.
veyed by the United States. and that
by the conveying of the patent the
United States ceased to be riparian
proprietor and has no right TO the sub
sequenl accrctious which formed the
greater portions of the lands now in
controversy. In conclusion, 1t Is held
that the land in question is not public
land. and that II cannot be acquired
by the use of scrip or Otherwise un-
der the public land laws.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
rHousANps Musr DE ANYHOW
Revocation of the Reconcentrsdo Ediet
and spanish A A~si~tance LIS N Farce.

Revocation of the seconcrntrsdo Edict
and spanish Assistance lis Farce
Washington, April 4.-Itev. Eugene
May. who has been travelling in Cuba.
returned to his home here yesterday.
His report OF the conditions In the
island differs In no essential detail
from that OF Senators Proctor. Thurs
ton. Gnliinger and others who have
recently spoken and written on the
subject. DIR. May says In addition:
1.-THE revocation of the reconcentra-
do order is farce. as the people to
whom It applies nre too Ill to work
and have nothing to start with.
Blanks have been issued to. the starv-
ing wretches which are to be filed out
with the requisitIon of whatever they
need and sent to Havana. The mock
cry OF 1t is that the farce ends with
sending In the blanks. Nothing more
Is ever heard of them
'"rhe relief work IL going forward
rapidly in 100 towns. but there are be-
tween 10000. and 10000 reconcentra-
does who must die. however generous
the relief. for they are beyond help"
The western recorder., 1898-04-07

Not since the opening Of the century
has the earth been so far filled with the
stern threat and preparation for armed
conflict. and It is where the CONNER
ciai spirit runs highest that the talk OF
war is londest. The ornaments Of the
great commercial powers have never
been so large either relatively or abso-
lutely as today, but this is not enough,
and to England's special call for $780,
100000 for more war ships. France
echoes $10o,oo0.oO0, Russia $4,000. 900,
Germany quite as much. and the Unit
ed States anywhere from s5o, 900 900 in
special and regular army and navy
bills.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
AsANpoNs THE MAINE.
Contract for Salvage CLOSED and IN
wreekers VIII Go North

Contract for Salvage CLOSED and the
wreekers VIII Go North
Hnvana, April 2.-An order was re-
ceived here to-day for the closing Of
the contract with the wreckers now at
work on the Maine. and directing that
salvage operations should be suspend
ed The tug Merritt and the barges
Chief and Sharp Will proceed north as
soon as practicable. II has been found
impossible 10 save the ten-lnch gun, un-
less dynamite is used to blow the tops
from the turrets.
All the other valuable material OF
the Maine which was not destroyed by
the explosion or sunk deep in the har-
Dor mud has nlrendy been sent north.
The bodies OF the victims OF the explos-
lon which have not been recovered,
numbering seventy-five or seventy-six.
are by this time probably completely
disintegrated. but arrangements can
be made with the local authorities
should any bodies appear upon the sur
face. and they will be cared for and
shipped north by Ward line steamer.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
IAN ILLINOIS FLOOD.
snAwNEsTown swEFT AWAY.
The Ohio River Breaks Thrsuxh the Lsvee
Two aanarsd People Ksportsd

Louisville, Ky. April 4---A special 70
the Courier Journal from Evansville
Indiana, says;
At O'Clock this afternoon the levee
at Shnwnecfown. Illinois. broke mile
above the town and from all the infor-
nation that can be obtained here, II
Il learned that a great part OF the
place llas been destroyed and perhaps
a large number of citizens have been
drowned
shawneetown is twenty-five miles
above Evansville. on the Ohio river.
II II situated In valley Of extremely
low innd- with hills skirting II In the
rear. and with twenty-five-foof ieyee
running FROM hill TO hill.
The town Is very much In the posi-
tion OF fortified city. and when the
levce gave way mile above town.
under the pressure OF the very high
river. the wnter shot through a twen-
fy-foot opening and struck the place
Ike hurricane. sweeping everything
before It,
Houses were turned and tossed about
like boxes. The people were not warned
OF the break. and for that reason many
were caught Those Mt home sought
refuge ip sccoEd stories and on house
tops Those I'm the streets were car
ried before the avalanche OF water and
probably mpjcrity were drowned
Citizens came from the place by
skiffs to telephone several miles
AWAY and asked for aid from Evans
vile.
They said that more than 200 people
were drowned and they had reason to
believe II would reach 500 or even
1000.
Tie watcr stands from twenty to
thirty feet all over the town.
There are, OF course. no fires or
lights in the place and total darkness
envelopes the desolate city. Conse-
qnently IL was impossible for them to
have anything like definite Informa-
ton The men Immediately left the
telephone and no further communica-
tlon has been had. No telegraph or
telephone wires are working and out
side communication appears impossi-
BILE. AT 10 o'clock two steamboats, and
n couple OF tugs started for Shawnee
town under full head of steam and 1t
is expected some of them Will arrive
there by . a. III. They carry large sup
plies OF food and blankets quickly col
lected by the city officials.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
The Capital of Klondlke.

New York, April 1.-THE Canadian
government has decided to establish
the Yukon headquarters of the admins
tration at Fort Selkirk, where the
Lewes and Pey rivers join to form the
Yukon. Fort Selkirk is 200 miles up
the Yukon from Dawson City. Fort
Selkirk commands the route of ingress
to the territory of the gold district by
the rivers named, as well as by the
Stewart and Macmillan, all of which
will be early sought out by prospec-
tors during the coming season. For
these reasons the government has de-
cided to make the police headquarters
at Fort Selkirk and there the protected
bank will be established, so that Fort
Selkirk and not Dawson City will be
soon the capital of the Yukon gold
fields.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Tho vatican Proposition.

London. April 5.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Archbishop ireland has cabled de-
precating formal offer of interven-
lion and explaining that the Pope could
only intervene successfully by recog-
nizing the Monroe doctrine. which
would be inpolitic. A rumor is cur
rent here that Emperor William first
hroached the idea OF papal mediation
and was warmly seconded by Austria.
The solution the Vatican proposes Is
an arinistice TO save Spanish troops
during the rainy season. allay excite
mcnt oil both sides and prepare the
way for Cuban Independence in the
nutumn. Spain is agreeable to this,
but there Is little hope that the Cuban
insurgents or their American sympa-
thizers will accede TO the proposal.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Appeal OF tho Autonomlst..

Washington. ID. O.. April 5.-The
home rule government of Cuba. the
Cuban Cabinet of which Premier Gal
vez is the head, yesterday issued n
manifesto appealing to all those bear
ing arms in Cuba. insurgents as well
as Spaniards. by mutual consent and
understanding TO cease hostilities and
consider re-establishment Of peace
on strong basis. The manifesto will
appear In an extraordinary issue of
the Official Gazette. explaining that
the colonial constitution may be re-
formed on broad lines and making n
patriotic call for the celebration Of
peace under previous understanding
and mutual consent
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Not oolnx to the Klondlle.

Tacoma, Wash, April 2.-Travel to
Alaska has fallen on tremendously.
During the last two weeks arrivals
from eastern states have been fewer
than at any time since December,
while almost every day has seen an
other steamship added to the Alaskan
feet. The steamship Cleveland IL tied
at the seawall, the business offering
this week being insufficient to warrant
sending her out.
The steamship Australia sailed last
night with only 100 passengers from
Tacoma to Seattle, though she can
carry 600. Her freight is likewise
light The falling on In travel IL at
trIbuted to dIscouraging reports from
the trails.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Local rr.lrht war End.a.

Denver, April 2.--At a conference Of
the traffic officials of the Gulf, Rio
Grande. Midland, Midland Terminal
and Florence & Cripple Greek rail
roads yesterday, the local freight rah
was was declared on. and It wns de
clded to restore rates next Monday.
l.. @. Cannon, assistant to President
1tistine OF the Midland, said TINT all
The lines interested in the Cripple Greek
and Grand Junction business. on which
the fight was made, agreed TO the
treaty OF peace. aud he said that they
would all 20 back 10 tarin rates.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07

The autographic pane of glass has
many q poor relation Of whom II may
well be ashamed. A young woman
waiting in a railway station the other
day noticed on much h-scratched win
dow her own name She had written
1t there years before with her first 1T
tie diamond ring. Some stranger had
scratched heart below II with the
name. John Smith. The young woman
let her train go by. and obtained per
mission from the station master te
have the obnoxious glass replaced by
new pane.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
Amrr.ran. L.nvlnr n1adrid.

New York, April 4.-Advices to the
Journal from Madrid are that General
Woodford has warned Mr. Reed. the
American agent OF the New York Life
Insurance Company. to stay away
from Madrid at present. The only 9TH
er American residents of the Spanish
capital. DIR. Highlands and DIR. Cad
wallader. will not remain in Madrid
Dr. Highlands has gone 10 Paris and
his family will join him. Minister
Woodford is prepared to lenve Madrid
nt moments notice.
Recently a Spanish officer invaded
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
zol... ssptenc. - Anu,Isa,

Paris, April 4.-The Court of Cessa-
tion has quashed the sentence of one
years Imprisonment and 1900 francs
fine imposed on NJ. Emile. Zola, the
result of charges made by him in the
Aurore against the conduct of the Es-
terhazy court martial, but the court
has not ordered trial before another
asslze. The decision is based upon the
fact that the president of the court
martial should have lodged the COM
plant against NJ. Zola, instead of the
minister of war, as 1t was the court
martial that was assaiIed by the famous
author and editor.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
A usat.,. In Cuba.

Havana. April 5.--A Spanish report
says that a party of 200 insurgents. at
the plantation OF III Disqule, Puerto
Principe. recently surprised - Spanish
soldiers by amhuscnde. killing one Off.
Ger and twelve soldiers and wounding
six soldiers. II Is alleged that n de
tachment Of 100 Spanish troops went
TO the assistance of the surviving Span
iards. who were surrounded, and dis
persed the insurgents. infiicting con
siderable loss upon the enemy.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
schaefsr Defeat. Ives.

Chicago, April BIN a match al
three-cushion carom billiards to-day
Jacob Shaefer defeated Frank Ives by
a score of 125 to 103. The match was
for 500 side. Sixty points were
played In the afternoon and Schaefer
reached that point in his ninety-fourth
inning. leaving Ives ut 40.
At the evening session Schaefer
ended the game in the 169th inning
with jump shot that sent his cue
ball up to the chandelier. yet 1t came
back to the table and made the count.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07

II Is doubtful II people generally re-
nlize the stealthy attack that Is being
made from one end Of the country to
the other upon the public rights II
does not take a practiced eye to see
that In almost every city the street car
companies are making extraordinary
efforts to invade the rights of the citi-
gems; to fasten themselves for long pc
RODS upon the taxpayers.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
a Mndr.orer Cruiser.

London, April 4.-The cruiser which
Lieutenant Commander Colwell, Unit
ed States attache here, purchased Sat
urday from the Thames Iron Works,
and over which he hoisted the stars
and stripes, was built by the Thames
Iron Works for Peru. 1t was finished
during the war between Peru and
Chile and the British government
would not allow II to leave.
The cruiser has been entirely refitied
during. the past year and modernized
at an expense of $125,0O0.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
nrown.on Pricing shIp..

London, April 4.-The Daily Mails
Rome correspondent says:
Commander Brownson of the United
States navy has not finally concluded
the purchase Of any Italian warships.
learn from a reliable authority that
the United States are not really eager
to buy ships. but rather to investigate
and II possible to prevent Spain's pro-
posed purchases.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
HAWAI-, a BASE OF SUPPLIES.
Il WIN Ne Mads suoh In Case Of . war En-
suing with Spain

suhnk Win sp4iu
Honolulu, March "a, via San Fran
cisco. April 2.-The United States ship
Mohican arrived on the 10Th, nine days
from San Francisco. She brought am
munition and supplies for the United
States ship Baltimore, which will leave
for Hong Kong early tomorrow.
A telegram received direct from
Washington on the 10th says that in
the event OF war with Spain the neu-
trRlity Of these islands Will not be
kept, but that they will Mt once lie
made depot for naval supplies for
the United States.
A lengthy dispatch was received
by the Hawaiian government on the
same date from Minister Hatch, at
Washington II gives practically the
newspaper accounts of delay with the
treaty on account of the Maine dIsas-
ter. The minister mentions that one
OF the assumptions of the. situation is
that In case of war these islands would
be made a base of supplies by the
United States fleets operating In the
Pacific.
The western recorder., 1898-04-07
LOOKING ron TROUBLE.
Lee and the British Consul ~ HsvAr
working IN Harmony


Working IN Harmony
New York. April 4.-The Hernids
Washington special snys-
Consul General Lee has been IN
structed to turn the American CONSUL
ate over to British Consul Gollan, and
already made the necessary arrange
ments with GoIlnn to do so. This Is
mere precaution In case General Lee
has to leave suddenly He Is simply
setting his house IN order.
General Lee had long conference
with Consul Gollan. who courteously
agreed to do everything in his power
In case Lee receives orders to leave, or
is forced to seek a refuge on the Fern
with the other Americans by sudden
uprising OF the Havana populace-
Lee and British Consul Gollan are
prepared to act together In protecting
English and Americans. and In any
case but one of sudden uprising, viii
see to 1t that the protection offered by
BIanco Is taken advantage Of fully
The remaining Americans will stick
closely to Lee