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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-01
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The Administration Opposed TO
Passing One Ibis Session.

Washington, Feb. S.-Representative
Lester says it seems to be pretty well
understood that there is to be no river
administration holds that most of the
principal waterways are taken care of
sufficiently in tho sundry civil bill. and
therefore in the interest of economy the
regular river and harbor bill would have
to go 10y the board, together with the long
string of public building bills now tied
up in committee. 1t remains 90 be seen
whether the House will tamely submit to
the sldetracking of this measure. Almost
every member of the House Is directly or
indirectly interested in river and harbor
improvements. and if there is any way by
which a test vote can be had on this
subject the indications are that Speaker
Reed and his committee on rules viii be
thrown down
At present the opposition to the speak
er's decree against rivers and harbors has
not taken form because there has been
no official report from the committee on
rivers and harbors. There has been so
much backing and filling on the subject
lildt up NHi Ap~'ldN lilt AiitiihS VI NAt Nv =
er and harbor appropriations could get no
definite information from either Speaker
Reed or Chairman Hooker. There is apt
TO be a row before the subject is finally
disposed Of.
Representative Lester is expecting Mr..
Whitfield OF Hawlinsville here tomorrow
to go before the river and harbor COM
mittee and urge an Appropriation of $4,000
for improving the Ocmulgee river. Sew
eral other delegations from the South are
also expected here within the next few
days on similar missions. and they will
be greatly disappointed If they discover
upon their arrival that their bill Is dead
and buried
1t is said that the friends OF the bill
on the committee believe it would be bet
ter to wait until the short session after
the congressional elections next fall, when
a complete and comprehensive bill can be
reported, rather than attempt to pass an
inadequate bill at this session.
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pendent examination and he will give the
Spanish divers such facilities as are possi-
bic.
Capt Sigsbee hopes the survey steamer
Bache will return to the Torugas to-mor-
row or the next day with all the Names
wounded left here, and he also hopes to
send on the Bache hereafter all the re-
mains of the dead recovered IN a condi-
ton making 1t possible to place them in
cofiins.
The difficulty experienced i'm recovering
the bodies is not understood by any but
the divers. The latter yesterday worked
for three hours trying to bring out one
body intact and one of the divers had q
bad fall and several got their air tubes
tangled. They could not eXtricate the re-
mains.
The principal efforts Of the divers are
now directed toward clearing the upper
wreckage, smokestacks, decks, guns,
matches, bridges and cranes and gratings.
Then, and not before, can all the dead
be removed.
Capt. Slgsbee continues to receive let
ters in great numbers. All the queries
about the men who lost their lives when
the Maine was blown up are answered as
soon as possible if there is anything TO
be told
One of the saddest letters received by
Capt. Sigsbee was from the brother of a
dead man, who wrote that when death was
claiming the victim his friends at home
were celebrating his birthday, and wishing
him many happy returns of the day
Chaplain Chadwick has been commended
by Capt Sigsbee as a man, a priest and an
officer He is always cheerful and is do
ing the most effective work possible
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MURDERED WITH A HAT PIN.
Mysterious Death at Chicago of n
Drummer From Paris.

Mysterious Death at Chicago of n
Drummer From Paris.
Chicago, Ill, Feb. 2S.-It Is almost a Ger
tainty that Bartholomew Brandt Bradner,
the Partisan drummer who is dead at the
Palmer House, was murdered with wo-
mans hat pin. The autopsy showed not
only conclusion Of the brain, but a small
puncture which began near the corner of
the left eye and extended far into the in
terror OF the skull II was not OF greater
diameter than the lead of a pencil. Four
detectives have been detailed on the case.
Rradner entered the hotel at late hour,
bleeding profusely and fell to the floor
Jealousy on the part Of woman IS now
believed to be the cause of the assault
which resulted In the death OF Bradner
Before delirium made his conversation in
coherent. he told his nurse that he had
had trouble with a woman in ST. Louis,
but when questioned further he refused
to say anything connecting the quarrel
and his injuries. Bradner, on the night
he was injured, said that he thought he
had been drugged, and this taken in con-
nection with a peculiar injury under the
left eye, the result Of a stab with a sharp
slender blade, probably the ornamental
min worn In a wOman's hair. has led to the
theory that BradneTs injuries resulted
from a prerneditated attack actuated by a
desire for revenge.
Thus far, the detectives at work on the
case have been unable to obtain any def
mite clues Of those supposed to be con-
nected with Bradner's death
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DIVERS work DIFFICULT.
Extrication of Some of the COrpses
Almost impossible.

Havana. Feb. Ex-senator Proctor had
expected to pay his personal respects to
Capt Cen Blanco to-day in company
with Col. Parker and Consul General Lee,
but the captain general has been unusu-
ally busy in getting ready for the outgo-
ing mails and has fixed / o'clock to-mor-
row afternoon for Secretary Proctors
call.
one body has been recovered to-day,
but it has not yet been identified.
Capt sigsbee was much gradfed at re-
covering to-day in good condition his in
sigma of the order of the Red Eagle (Prus-
sia) and the gold medal presented to
him by the International Fisheries Expo
sition in London in 1888.
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, the
executive officer of the Maine, who was
almost worn out with constant work on
the wreck, had a good rest yesterday and
saws he feels now Ike a new men.
Capt. sigsbee reports that the work Of
the divers to-day was slow and must nee
Guilty Of making an impression upon the
mass Of heavy debris. But they are do
ing the best they can.
Late to-day Capt. Magee OF the tug
Right Arm received orders from the con-
tractors TO hire such lighters as are nee
essary to remove the debris from the
wreck This will facilitate the work Of
removing the dead and generally hasten
operations.
Secretary Proctor, who passed most of
the day in doors writing private letters
and reading says his visit will be too
brief to make his obseryances Of any in
terest to the public. and. therefore, he has
nothing to offer for publication
Senator Proctor has net yet witnessed
the distribution Of relief under the
auspices Of the Red Cross Society of
the United states, but he will DO so to-
morrow.
Miss Clara Barton's latest additions 10
her staff are men who have been In the
Red Cross service for years and who have
seen duty in Armenia and elsewhere.
Capt. Sigsbee was on board the United
States lighthouse tender Fern until ?
o'clock this afternoon. He waited for the
Spanish divers, but they did not appear.
Capt Sigsbee thinks Spain has a moral
and International right to make an inde.
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y. external agencies are without founda-

by external agencies are without founda-
tion.
Capt. sigsbee has telegraphed that two
more bodies were recovered yesterday.
one was Cnrecognizable, but the other was
identified as that of ]. w Johnson. The
captain also announced the death in the
hospital at Havana of Holzer, who made
such a gallant struggle for life.
Commander Forsyth at Key West tele-
sraphed this morning that he had in exc
cutloh OF the departments order secured
a plot of ground in the cemetery at Key
West, in which will be inferred the re-
mains of such of the victims bodies as
are brought from Havana Admiral ST.
card personally will look after the funeral
arrangements
II IS learned that the Spanish officials at
havana have consented to the removal of
any bodies hereafter recovered, a formal
hy made necessary by the fact that the
cuban law does not permit such removals
from fear of extending contagion II is
understood that the remains are not TO
be permanently inferred at Key West, and
TINS gives a great deal of satisfaction to
the naval officials here, who have had
trouble In times past in maintaining graves
OF sailors In proper condition, owing to
the lnfilteration Of large quantities of wa
ter into the graves through the porous
ana low lying coral strands AS the re-
mains are enclosed in Theoretically sealed
zinc cases, it Is not believed that they viii
suffer during their brief interment at Key
West
The battleship Texas, which was at Gal
weston, returned to the. Tortugas yesterday
and rejoined the squadron.
The Terror reported her arrival at Tomp-
kinsville to-day.
The Castine has arrived at Port au
Prince in the West Indies.
capt Dickens, assistant chief of the
naval bureau has gone 10 Norfolk. Con-
trary to some reports that have been cir
culated, his visit has nothing to do with
war operations. He went to inspect the
old training ship Essex. This vessel has
JUST returned from a long cruise with the
apprentices, and the naval regulations re-
| quIre such an inspection upon the return
OF ship to this country. When this in
spectlon IS finished the Essex is to go up
to New York for some overhauling.
Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn returned
to the city by the nightboat from Fort
| Monroe. He declares that his visit to the
post has no war-like purpose, but that he
simply went for rest and recuperation.
Secretary Long went to the White House
early tonight and remained in conference
some time. He returned 10 his hotel about
| 10 O'Clock and Immediately retired, leav-
| ing word that there was no news
Lieut.. H. H. Whftlesey of the bureau
of navigation, who has charge of all tele-
grams received after department closing
hours, stated at a late hour tonight thai
nothing had been received from Capt.
Sigsbee at Havana or the court of inquiry
at Key West.
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AN ENGLISH VIEW ON CUBA.
Rev. DIR. C. A. Perry Thinks the Unit
ed States should Restore Order.

Rev. DIR. c. A. Perry Thinks the Unit
ed States should Restore Order.
London, Feb. 2S.-Rev. DR.. Charles A.
Berry Of the Queens Tree Church, at
Southampton, who visited the United
States in October last as chairman of the
Congregational Union of England in an
effort, it was said, to induce the United
States Senate to confirm the arbitration
treaty, and also to advocate church union,
replying to an influential American, writes:
MY view, and l think il is generally
held by rational Englishmen, is that the
trouble in Cuba has gone on long enough.
1t is being fomented by men who flout
the authority of Spain, while protesting
against American Interference. This state
o. things is kept up for the sake of a num-
Der of rotten interests. Spain Is not 50
much contumacious as powerless, and the
United States government is the only
power which can restore order and with
due regard 10 its own Monroe doctrine and
collateral obligations, the Washington ex-
ecutiVe is justified in insisting upon order
even if it becomes necessary to superin-
tend the management of affairs"
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CARTER's FOES CORNERED.
Trust Company Officers mt New York
VIII Not Testify.


VIII Not Testify.
New York, Feb 2S-There will be only
a brief session of the Carter court martial
in the Army building on Whitehall street
tomorrow.
Col. Barr. the Judge Advocate, has not
succeeded in getting the consent of officers
or employees Of the Union Trust Company,
and his accounts as attorney for r. +.
Westcott were kept, to testify before the
court 1t is said on the part of the prose
cution that Capt. B. d. Green has in
structed the officers Of the Knickerbocker
Trust Company, where he deposited the
$4,000 received on the Savannah harbor
and Cumberland sound contracts Of 1896,
not to testify.
it seems, therefore, that the prosecution
viii not succeed in getting much If any,
testimony out of these banks, for though
they may be appealed to in behalf Of the
honor of the army, irrespective Of Capt.
Carter, they are not inclined TO. nor Will
they, II is said, give information as to
their dealings with their clients.
These witnesses may be summoned be-
fore the court, but IT remains to be seen
what will be gotten out of them. The only
witness yet summoned so far as Is known
Is a member Of the firm of Reed e. Flagg,
brokers for Mr.. Westcott. VINO looked af-
ter some of Capt. Carters transactions. He
IS to appear on the stand Wednesday
morning.
In spite of the war talk, considerable in
terest in the case has developed here, and
Col. Barr has been kept busy all the morn
ing telling newspaper men ne could not
discuss the case and had nothing to say.
1t is inferred from what Capt Mcclure
said that the prosecution Is after the
I<nicllerbocker Trust Company, where
Capt. Green Is said 20 have his accounts,
but that little success in the line Of prom
sed testimony has been secured, because
the officers OF these banks know that the
court cannot punish for contempt.
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KING GEORGES CLOSE CALL.
ONE OF THE MEN WHO SHOT AT
HIM sURRENDERs.

He Is n Minor EmplOyc in the Mayors
once at Athens, and Was Formers
Iy observation-disclosures officer im
the Army-DeIOngs to "A Glass oE
Doubtful Repute-PIan Was to XIII
COachman and Horses First and
Then Dispatch the King with Res
VOIvers.
Athens. Feb. 2S-One of the men who att
tempted the life of the King of Greece on
Saturday has been arrested His name is
Karditza, and he is a minor employe i'm
the Mayors Office here. He refuses To
give the name of his accomplice.
The municipal councils throughout the
country are addressing messages of SYM
pathy TO the King and thousands of cons
gratulatory kilograms are arriving at the
palace. The royal family is said 10 be
greatly touched at the expressions of loy-
atty.
Karditza, who is So years of age, was
formerly a non-commissioned officer In tho
army. lie belongs to a class of doubtful
repute, locally designated as the Koutza~
wants.
The authorities obtained information THAI
Karditza was hiding in a house of III re-
pute, which they caused to be surrounded
by police, but in the meanwhile Karditza
had gone TO the pubic pfOSecuIOFS ONCE
and surrendered himself, declaring his In
nocence. Closely pressed, however, hs
confessed to be one of the Kings assail-
ants He did not express any regret and
declared that IL the gun had not trembled
in the hands of his accomplice the King
would have been killed. Karditza refused
to furnish any further Information.
According to the Astay Ii was decided
at a secret meeting of a certain club held
outside the city to assassinate the King
because he had accepted the proposition
for international financial control of the
revenues, in order to arrange the war
loan This decision, II further appears,
was recorded on the minutes of tho club.
copy OF which was sent to the Xing.
who paid no attention to the threat.
Later Karditza said the plan was TO shoot
the Kings coachman and the horses, and
then to dispatch the King with pistols,
which he and his companion were car
rying.
King George has identified a photographs
of Karditza as that of one of his assail-
ants. His majesty has received a mes-
sage OF congratulation from President
| Mckinley
Two friends of Kardltza have been ara
rested on suspicion OF being his accom-
pllces lie has become greatly depressed.
| King George has received a very affect-
Ing telegram Of congratulation from Nine.
| Carnot.
The municipal court has decided to erech
! a memorial chapel near the scene of the
| attempt.
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WORK AT wATERvLIET.
The Rush the Greatest since Fort
sumter Was Fired On.

sumter w as H1feO On.
Albany, n. Y, Feb. 2s.-The activity az
the Watervliet Arsenal and Gun Foundry
continued to-day. Since the Maine disas-
ter there has been a hush Of anxious sus-
pense about the place.
Old residents in that vicinity who re-
member the rush orders that were given
when Fort Sumter was fired on, state the
conditions now are the same as at that
time. Officers win not say anything.
1t was learned at the gun factory to-
day that twelve mortars have been boxed,
and are ready for shipment as soon as cars
arrive to convey them to their destination.
SANDY Hook" It Is understood part OF
the shipment will be made tomorrow
morning.
Twenty machinists whose names appoar
on the eligible civil service list were noti-
fed Saturday by the secretary of the To-
cal service board to report at the gun
shop tomorrow ready to 20 TO work. IA
is the intention of the authorities to put
the men to work on parts OF rifles which
are IN fair way to completion
The master mechanic. Alfred Malcon,-
sen, an expert on the building Of rifles OF
large caliber, and who has superintended
the manufacture Of rifles at the arsenal
for the past eight years, viii leave to-nor-
row ostensioly for Washington al the or
dcrs Of the war department, but in real
ity for the forts and coast defenges where
the guns which have been sent from the
Watervliet arsenal are located. He win
make a thorough examination Of the con-
dition of the ordnance.
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DRoTnERs-rN-LAw IN RATTLE.
One shot Through the Head and the
other stabbed I'm the Meek.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 2s.--An old grudge
between Walter Minor and Merritt Cooley,
both OF whom formerly lived In LOUIS
vile, was settled last Saturday near the
border line between Marion and Nelson
counties. The men became involved In a
quarrel, and Cooley stabbed Minor In ths
neck and Minor shot Cooley through the
brain. From the last reports Cooley was
dying.
Minor is a half-brother of J. s. Minor.
vice president Of the Bryant & Stratton
Business College, who is now en- route to
Venezuela TO arrange for the construc-
tion of a big distillery. Cooley Is of u
wealthy Marion county family.
A few years ago Minor married Cooley's
sister, and since lived near Gravel Switch.
KY IL Is said the men often quarreled.
and that a grudge had existed between
them for some time.
Both, as contractors have been con-
structing big tobacco warehouse near
Gravel Switch The men were on their
way home from the warehouse late Sat-
urday afternoon.
Cooley broke the silence by sayingl
"Minor. I am going TO kill you right now.
] have been intending to end our little
difficulty for some time, and there mighE
as well be a settlement of it here"
Cooley then drew his knife and began
to whlttle on a stick which he carried in
his hand. He. suddenly darted toward
Minor and stabbed him In the neck.
Minor quickly drew his revolver ana
fired at close range the bullet entering
Cooley's head and crashing through the
skull and into the brain. Both men fell
unconscious to the ground, and were found
some time later by neighbors. They wers
removed TO their homes and physicians
were summoned.
Minor wil recover.
The last report from Gravel Switch was
that Cooley was dying.
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CENTRAL AMERICAS WAR CLOUD.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua Threaten
TO EmbrOiI All the Republics.

TO EmbrOiI All the Republics.
Washington. Feb. 2S.-The condition of
affairs between Nicaragua and Costa Riea
is beginning TO arouse serious apprehen-
sion in official circles, and IL Is said TO
threaten TO involve not only these two
countries in war, but also to draw all of
the Central American republics into an
armed conflict
The Diet of the Greater Republic In
cluding Nicaragua, Honduras and Saliva
dor, has submitted a demand on Costa
Rica for an explanat tion OF the entrance
Of an armed force of 600 men from Costa
Rica into Nicaragua. No reply has been
given so far as Is known to officials here.
The Nicaraguan authorities assert that
the 500 armed men entering from Costa
Rica We're not an unarmed force. but
were acting with the knowledge of the
President OF Costa Rica. If Costa Rica
gives no explanation In response to the
demand II is feared serious trouble will
follow
The real controversy between Nicaragua
and Costa Rica Is over the territory ad-
jacent to the inter-oceanic canal. A recent
incident has intensified the feeling of the
Costa Ricans over the boundary matter
This was The arrest OF Mr.. Bache, the
Costa Rican consul general TO Nicaragua,
on the charge Of being, a rebel. He was
tried, convicted and sentenced 10 five
years imprisonment, but subsequently
escaped. II Is not generally known that
Secretary Sherman interfered successfully
In this matter, and that Nicaragua re-
leased Mr. Bache. Since then Nicaragua
has published the secret cipher dispatches
alleged to have passed between Mr.. Bache
and the Nicaraguan rebels in Salvador.
and these, Nicaragua claims. fully estab-
lsh q charge that Costa Rica's official
was working to overthrow President Ze-
lava's government
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ENGLAND wouLnN'T RACK SPAIN.
Evils of the NTisgOvcrnment of Cuba
Admitted.


London, March l, 4 a. m.-The Daily
News, commenting editorialy this morn
ing on the relations between the United
States and Spain says: "Spain can ex-
pect no support, moral or otherwise, from
England against the United States. She
has ruined Cuba, as she has ruined or
lost every other colony, by the grossest
corruption, cruelty and mal-administra-
ton, and she must be left to settle the
account for its policy with those whom
it may concern without any aid or SYM
pathy on our part"
The Standard, in an editorial on the
same general topic, highly praises Presi-
dent McKinleys statesmanlike modera-
ton and recognizes that "it would be only
human nature that proof of the Maine's
having been blown up from the outside
should endanger a dangerous war feeling
In America"
Sir Edward James Reed, the eminent
naval expert writes to the Times this
morning expressing the opinion that the
Maine could be refioated for a 1.-THE of her
cost.
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DIsGUsTED WITH ALASKA.
Seventeen Deaths From Spinal Men
ingitis in n Hours.

Nanaimo, b. c., Feb. 2s.-The steamer
Oregon arrived here this morning from
skaguay and Dyea, Alaska.
She had a number Of passengers who
are returning home disgusted with
Alaska.
Before the Oregon left skaguay seven
teen deaths from cerebro spinal menen-
gifts were reported in twenty-four hours
DR.. o. y. Estees OF Astoria, who was
a passenger on the Oregon, predicts that
the number Of deaths will soon run into
the hundreds.
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rEnIERA PROTESTING INNOCENCE.

He Denies All Completely In Presi-
dent Moraes' Assassination.
Rio de Janelro. Feb. 2s.-vice President
Periera has issued a long address strong
ly protesting that he Is innocent of coml
pliclty in the attempt made to assassinate
President Moraes last year. He refuses to
appear in court, invoking parliamentary
immunity. The general elections will take
place tomorrow.
In his address he attacks President Mo-
raes, to whom he attributes the agitatIons
and misfortunes of the republic. He con-
demns the state Of siege and adds that
all the laws of Congress voted under the
siege are invalid
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MORE PENSIONERS PROBABLE.
Benefits of nn Act of 1890 Likely to
he Extended.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-The invalid pen
sion committee has agreed on and favor
ably reported the Gibson bill extending
the benefits Of the act Of June q, 1880. to
men who served less than six months in
the Confederate army and who Joined the
Union army before Sept. ], 1864, and did
not enlist out Of a prison in Northern
state. The bin provoked animated discus
sion but was finally agreed on by a vote
Of 5 TO 4.