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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-10
PUBLISHED SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.
UNDER q CLOUD.
The Story Of Lost MEMORY.
BY HERBERT RUSSELL,

AUTHOR ga RAILWAY TUNNEL "THE
HAuN
DUIProN BLACkMAJI."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
MINISTRY ovERrHRowN.
Enemies Of Dreyms Rejoice over the Fall OF IN
French Cabinet.

As the result OF the failure of the
house Of deputies to vote an expression
of confidence in Premier M. Brisson
the French cabinet Tuesday resigned
their portfolios and left the chamber
amid tumult of applause or derision
from friend and foe. The entire session
was stormy, and during an enforced
recess the feelings of the members
seemed but to gather strength and bit
terness. When the chamber reassemb-
led the pcnt UP storm broke in fury
over the government and the resigna-
tions followed.
These events following each other SO
rapidly have caused tremendous SEN
sation throughout the city, and the
foes OF Dreyfus are wild over their VIC
tory The boulevards are alive with
excitement while the roadways are
constantly patrolled by detachments OF
the Republican Guard and infantry.
The city bears all the outward APP
pearance OF being, as II virtually is. In
state OF siege. Crowds of people are
moving restlessly about, ready to join
IN any disturbance that arises.
The most significant feature is the
appearance of a large number of fana-
ticaI viragos, the apostolic successors
OF those who played such part in the
commune. These fierce, unkempt, re-
peliant creatures are using all their
arts to incite their male companions
TO overt acts of violence. The cleavage
between the military and civil authori-
ties is so complete that NJ. Brisson does
not feel certain that troops could be
relied upon to quell any serious turbu-
lence.
About midnight a mob of members
OF the Patriotic League smashed the
windows and glass staircase OF a shop
whose owner is said to be a Hebrew, at
the corner Of the Rue Auber and the
Rue Scribe.
President Faure has asked M. Dupuy
10 form a cabinet in succession to the
Brisson ministry. which resigned on
tuesday. 1t is thought that the cabi-
net will be composed as follows:
NJ. Dupuy. premier and minister of
the interior; NJ. De Freycinct, minister
OF war; NJ. Ribot, minister of finance
M. Constans. minister of justice; NJ.
Bourgeois. minister of public instruc-
tion; NJ Delcasse, minister Of foreign
affairs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
PROTESTS No LONGER OVER CUBA..
SPAIN YIELDS.
America viii Not Assume the Debt of the Is
Iand-The Philippine Question to be
Considered Next.

The United States will not shoulder
the Cuban debt and the Spanish com
missioners will enter no further pro-
test
The American commissioners have
firmly but courteously declined to as
sumo for the United States the entire
or Joint responsibility for the Spanish
financial conditions. and the Spanish
commissioners have finally abandoned
the effort and have agreed that the
Cuban article of the protocol shall,
without conditions, have a place in the
ultimate treaty of peace.
In spite of the fact that the Spanish
commissioners had, as a background
OF their efforts. doubts OF succeeding,
their hope of so doing has been so keen
and their contention has been so Wig
orously prosecuted that the final con-
viction of their Inability to win their
point brought to the Spaniards such a
shock and depression that, consistent
~ with these dispatches at the time.
there were grave doubts as to the con-
tinuancc of the negotiations.
In support OF these statements Is the
fact that Senior Montero Rios, after
Mondays session and on Tuesday last,
would have resigned the presidency OF
the Spanish peace commission had he
not believed that his so doing may
have grlevously shaken. even II 1t had
not unseated Senor Sagasta's govern
ment. Thus Spain agrees to relinquish
sovereignty over and claim to Cuba
without either terms or conditions.
All differences, II any existed, regard
ing Porto Rico and the selection of the
island of Guam. were arranged by a
mutual understanding. The Philippine
question will be taken up next.
The American commissioners among
other things have been looking into
the subject Of the Philippine debt,
about which there is much ignorance
at this end of the line. II is unlikely
the same rule will be applied to that
debt as was insisted upon relative to
the Cuban debt
In other words II the United States
annexes the Philippines. which seems
now to be the logical outcome of the
situation, II might be reasonably con-
tended that at least so much of the
debt as represented moneys expended
for the Improvement of the islands
should pass to the United States with
the title. The situation is regarded as
materially different from that In Cuba
where the United States gains nothing
substantial, for with the annexation of
the Philippines this country would ac-
quire territory almost as large as the
British isles with a population of more
than 100000 people. 1t Will be for the
American commissioners to arrange
the details of the transfer of the
Philippines to the United States, as 1t
Ia expressly stipulated in the peace
protocol that the disposition of the
Philippines shall be arranged by the
peace commissioners
The court of cessation, which Is to
decide the Dreyfus case in Paris opened
its session last Friday. The general
opinion Is that the court will decide
that the condemnation was illegal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
CABLE FLASHES.

The pope will shortly issue an en-
cyclical denouncing anarchism.
The Japanese steamer Mirjagala has
been sunk In collision and so Japanese
were drowned.
The big canal bill. about to be corr
sidered by the German diet calls for
an expenditure of 400. .000.0 900 marks.
Luchini, the assassin of Empress
Elizabeth Of Austria. has lost the air
OF bravado which so distinguished
him at first and he Is now greatly
alarmed over the possibility OF being
extradited to Austria and made the
victim of an infuriated populace.
Five more Mussulmans. convicted Of
taking part In the massacre OF British
soldiers, September 8. were hanged In
Crete.
The failure Is announced In London
OF II. 8. Nichols. the well-known pub
Usher OF rare and curious works. His
liabilities are estimated at $3.50, 900.
The official relations between Russia
and Germany are becoming ruffied,
the visit OF Emperor William to Pales-
tine being taken as an effort to UNDER
mine Russian influence In Turkey.
Tho emperor and empress OF Ger
many arrived at Haifa. Palestine, last
Thursday. The town was decorated
profusely, every house hviug German
and Turkish nags.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
RACE DIFFERENCES.
Whites and Blacks Cannot Tolerate Each Other
and Murders Result.

Whites and Blacks Cannot Tolerate Each Other
and Murders Result.
Capt. James Crockett, commander
OF an oyster boat at Warsaw, Va,
was killed and his mate seriously
wounded by negro cook near Colonial
Beach Wednesday after a quarrel re-
garding his ability as a chef The
crew report that after the shooting the
negro jumped over board and was
drowned, but the supposition Is that he
was killed and then thrown overheard
by the enraged crew.
colored, were shot and killed the other
night In Edgefield county, Ca, by a
mob. The negroes were charged with
killing Mrs. Atkinson, white woman,
who was shot while sleeping beside her
husband. Speeches were made by citi-
seps, begging that no force be used,
but the mob insisted that killing was
the only way Of preserving the lives of
whites.
Information has reached New Or
leans to the effect that Henry Ruffin,
OF st. Helena parish, La. was shot
Sunday night for taking the part of a
negro labOrer. John Armsted, who
luarreled with white man, William
HutchesOn. Ruffin is a white man and
the lynching party was made up of
white men. 1t seems that Armsted
and Hutcheson were quarrelling and
the negro struck Hutcheson. Help
came and Ruffin took Armsted's part.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
GOVERNMENT. OWNS IHE TELEGRAPH
in PORTO RICO.
Spain Controlled All the Lines In the Island and
Turned Them Over to the United States.
Primitive Instruments.

An interesting experiment In Gov
ernment ownership of telegraph lines
is now being conducted in Puerto Rico.
II is expected that the test will DEM
onstrate the worth or fallacy of the
claims of those who demand Govern
ment ownership Of railroads and tele-
graph.
The Spanish government owned ev-
cry important line on the island and
even exacted a royalty from persons
having private lines. When the Span
ish evacuated Puerto Rico all the gov
eminent lines were turned over to the
United States. General Brooke placed
Lieutenant Colonel Glassford. of the
Signal Corps, in charge, and he in
stalled officers and men of his own
corps I'm the telegraph offices and has
been operating them since. The lines,
nominally under the control of the
War Department, are conducted in
longing to corporations in the United
States.
Every Office has a specially detailed
operator, who receives private mes
sages and press matter. AS in the
case of the telegraph companies in the
United States all government business
is given preference. The operators are
required to submit statements to Lieu
tenant Colonel Glassford, who COM
pares and checks the days business.
The facilities for telegraphing were
of the most primitive character. The
Spanish operators received messages
from the old register and tape, and
sound reading was practically un-
known. The instruments were antique
and in many instances practically
worthless for up-to-date work. The
Signal Corps has made frequent re-
QUESTIONS upon the War Department
for modern appliances, and 1t is ex-
pected that within a few weeks all the
offices will be equipped with the latest
instruments.
General A. w. Greely, chief signal
officer of the United States army, says
that up to the present time the work
OF improving the service has been re-
stricted to lines that we're military
necessities. Offices from which only
civil business was taken have been
left to the last. In many of the offices
the Spanish operators remain in order
that there may be no congestion of
business through the ignorance of
Spanish customs and language by the
American operators. About 100 men of
the Signal Corps are now employed In
this service, and with the introduction
of American customs II is believed the
number will be materially increased.
Cuba is likely to be subjected to sew
eral experiments of this kind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
PEACE JUBILEE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Grim Cruisers and Battieships Honored ~
Ocean craft Three Miles In Length-secre-
tary Long Represents the Government.

Philadelphia Tuesday opened IT.
peace jubilee and gave a thunderous
greeting of praise, welcome and thanks
to puissant armada and the men who
swept IT on to unchallenged victory.
Some of the most illustrious actors OF
the war were there. sigsbee. Philip,
Evans and Wainwright were some OF
the men. and the Texas, Gloucester,
Winslow and Mayfiower were some OF
the ships.
The government was represented by
Secretary of the Navy Long; the peo-
pie by throng that lined either shore
of the Delaware river and jammed
every available craft to the point Of
danger. The marine pageant was one
Of SURPRISING brilliancy and grandeur.
The yacht May, with Secretary Long
and party abroad. led the parade, the
ships of the navy being anchored in
single file In midstream. the line ex-
tending from Christian to Hayrer
streets, a distance OF three miles.
Secretary Long, with Lieut. Souther-
land and Capt Bob" Evans on either
side, stationed himself on the bridge Of
the May, and presently the Columbia,
the first of the warships, was reached.
Her officers and men were drawn up
ON the forward and after decks, every
hand raised In salute. and then her
six-pounders began to roar out the Sec
With the beginning of the salute came
the bugle and drum salute from the
snip and before the echoes of the first
shot had been swallowed by the boom
of the second veritable pandemonium
OF whistles, smaller guns and the roar
of the crowds broke out and continued
throughout the procession.
:. For three hours last Thursday Will
liam Mckinley, commander-in-ch of
the United States army and navy. saw
his victorious sons pass in review be-
fore him. 1t was military and naval
day of the great peace jubilee. Twen-
ty-five thousand men marched In the
most brilliant and spectacular pageant
the country has witnessed In many
years.
Major General Miles, as chief mar
shall, rode at the front of the process
sion. Immediately behind the emer-
gency corps, until he reached his spec
ial reviewing stand at Broad and York
streets. the northern end of the route,
where he dismounted. General Joe"
Wheeler rode behind the governors, his
gray head barred for some minutes be-
fore and after the presidential stand
was reached. and bowling repeatedly to
the Presidents waving hat and the ap-
plause of the others of the party and
the people generally.
General Summer, Captain Bob"
Evans, Commodore Philip, Captain
Sigsbee. Colonel Huntington. with his
marines of Guantanamo fame, all re-
ceived tumultuous greeting. but, after
all. perhaps the loudest ovation was
that given Hobson and his Merrimac
crew. They rode on a tally-ho, and as
they reached the reviewing stand all
rose. faced the President and bowed
their barred heads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
GREAT BRIrAIN's TERMS.
France Must Withdraw Her Troops From. .Fa.
shoda. Marehand May Remain As n Visitor.

shoda. Marehand May Remain As Visitor.
Great Britain has determined not to
allow the French to rule in Africa and
the action of the cabinet i'm regard to
Gen. Marchand and the French troops
now at Fashoda can be summarized as
follows:
First-Marchand must be withdrawn
Internationally and no undertaking or
promise can be given to discuss the
questions raised by France in regard
to access to the Nile and such like.
Second-When Marchand is with
drawn 1t will be determined whether
the questions raised admit of discus
sion and under what conditions the
discussion can be proceeded with.
Third-Every possible facility will be
afforded to assist in Marchand's with
ara wal by whichever route selected
Fourth-If Marchand Is not with
drawn there will be no interference
with his remaining at Fashoda, nor
date fixed for his withdrawal. Neces-
sarily reinforcements will not be per-
mitted to reach him. He will be treated
courteously. as a foreign visitor. and
will be regarded in no other light.
Fifth-Therefore it is left to France
to adopt any active measures to pre-
cipitate conflict.
The Pail Mall Gazette adds that It
has good reason to believe that while
Russia has counselled France to tide
over the difficulty and avoid war. she
has promised to throw her weight in
the scale at no distant date, for the
purpose of bringing the whole Egyp-
tian question and the British occupa-
tion of Egypt to the front for settle
ment.
Gen. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum
and Capt. Baratier, the bearer of Maj
Marchands Fashoda report, arrived
from Alexandria, Egypt. at Marseilles
France, Wednesday. During the voy-
age the two officers dined together and
cordially conversed on the customs Of
the tribes and peoples each had met.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail telegraphs a curious
report that Major Marchand has been
requested to withdraw from Fashoda
by the way he reached It.
The arrival Of Major Marchand, the
French leader. at Khartoum on his
way to Cairo, Egypt, Is taken in Eng
land as meaning that France is about
to retire gracefully from the disputed
position at Fashoda.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.

President Mckinley after referring
to the honored custom of our ances-
tors in setting aside a day for National
Thanksgiving concludes his proclama-
tion as follows:
l do, therefore. invite all my fellow
citizens. as well those at home as those
who may be at sea or sojourning in
foreign lands. to set apart and observe
Thursday. the oath day OF November.
as day Of national Thanksgiving. to
come together In their several places
of worship for q service OF praise and
thanks to Almighty God for all the
blessings Of the year. for the mildness
Of the seasons and the fruitfulness OF
the soil. for the continued prosperity
OF the people. for the. devotion and
valor Of our countrymen, for the glory
OF our victory and the hope of q right
eous peace. and to pray that the Di-
vine guidance which has brought US
heretofore to safety and honor may be
graciously continued In the years to
come.
. In witness whereof. etc.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
WOULD NOT RECEIVE ADVICE.
Gen. Greedy Holds shaiter Responsible for Loss
Of Life at Santiago.

Gen. Greedy Holds Shafter Responsible for Loss
Of Life at Santiago.
Brigadier General A. w. Greedy, chief
signal officer has presented to Secre-
tary Alger his report of the operations
of the Signal Corps during the recent
war with Spain.
General Greedy strongly commends
the use of the war balloon, and declares
that it's utility was thoroughly demon
strated. Concerning the criticism made
of the balloon operations at Santiago,
he says:
THE forcing of the Signal Corps bal
loon to the sltirmish line, where Its po-
sition is reported to have caused seri-
Gus loss to the troops by disclosing
their movement and attracting the
enemy's fire. was the action of Major
General Shafter, through his Chief En-
gineer, Colonel George McC. Derby. in
face of the professional advice given
by Lieutenant Colonel Maxfield, of the
United States Volunteer Signal Corps.
who is charged with the practical ope-
ration OF the balloon, and who. besides
sharing absolutely every danger to
which Colonel Derby was subjected, in
addition had his horse shot under him
In previous reconnaissance Of the
ground"
General Greedy says that "the Signal
Corps failed to receive from Major
General Shafter In his original report
even a notice that 1t participated in the
Santiago campaign"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
To chris,en Ba,,ieship With Beer.

The battleship christening commits
sion of Wisconsin Is in receipt of
proposition from Milwaukee brewing
company, to the effect that beer in
place of champagne, be used in chris
tening the battleship Wisconsin next
month. The brewing company sup
ports the proposition with arguments
in which 1t claims that, as beer is
distinctive Wisconsin product, some of
the largest breweries in the country
being located here, II Is eminently ft
and proper that the malt beverage
should be used in christening the big
ship
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
TURBULENT SPANISH TROOPS.
Demand Pay From Blanco and He Places Then
In Prison.

Demand Pay From Blanco and He Places Them
In Prison.
The bitter feeling among the Spanish
troops at Havana against the govern
ment for not paying them is increas-
ing daily, and menaces possible out
breaks. entertaining serious trouble,
before long. The Orden Publico con-
stitute the most seditiOus and turbu-
lent element. At first the government
proposed to pay only those who were
discharged Then. after protest, II Of
fefed to pay all by promissory notes,
proposal which was refused. No cash
settlement has been made, and the
entire body expresses its dissatisfac-
tion openly.
A few days ago so irregulars. Movi-
iizados. from the Camajauani regi-
mept, arrived at Havana and went to
the palace to demand pay. Their at
titude before Gen. .Blanco was such
that he ordered them to be taken to
the Cabanas prison. on pretext of be-
ing fed there. but they have NOT been
allowed to leave the prison. and to ali
intents and purposes are under arrest,
TWenty-one members of the civil
guards Of this province also presented
themselves at the palace to demand
payment. They arrived just as the
Movtlizad0e were leaving for Cabanas
priaon and met Gen. Blanco's aide.
who threatened to send them there
also. The threat had the desired effect
and they left the palace without
further trouble.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
A CRUEL MURDER.
To Please Step Mother Louis Jackson is Killed
by an Inhuman Father.

by an Inhuman Father.
Nicholas Jackson, of Hackensack,
who was sent to Trenton prison, last
week, to serve ten years for causing
the death of his 6-year-old son Louis.
confessed to Sheriff Herring and
Deputy Sheriff Jackson while they
were on their way to Trenton from
Hackensack with the prisoner. On
this information Mrs. Jackson is held
as an accessory to the murder of her
stepson. Here are Jackson's words to
the Sheriff:
MY wife, whom I had only recently
married, did not like Louis, my little
boy, and we had many quarrels about
him. She helped me to plan the mur-
der, and l was to put the boy on the
tracks. / went to Teaneck and stood
near the West Shore Railroad track.
was afraid to put the youngster on the
track alive for fear he would get off.
so / struck him in the stomach with
an iron bolt and that made him un-
conscious.
Then 1 put him on the track just
below the crossing, and waited for a
train to come along. When / was
convinced that he was dead I went
home. l fixed up the story about my
leaving the boy asleep on the hill near
the tracks, to save my life. The jury
believed me and found me guilty of
manslaughter, thinking that Louis
walked on the track and was struck
by train. got of dead easy"
Prosecutor Stage will go to Trenton
this week and make arrangements to
have Jackson appear before the next
sons connection with the plan Of mur-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

Each discharged Spanish soldier re-
naming In Cuba will be paid $25 by
Gen. Blanco.
Penniless negroes from Haiti and
other parts will not be permitted to
land In Santiago.
Admiral Dewey says that unless
Aguinaido releases all of the Spanish
prisoners he will seize the vessels of
the insurgents.
When the troops now en- route arrive
at Manila. Gen. Otis will have at his
command 1880 men.
The last note on the Cuban evacua-
tion bias been sent to Spain by the
United States government. The troops
must leave Cuba by Januarys1.
The government Ia removing all the
beggars from the streets OF Havana.
There are hordes Of them and they
are taken to various asylums and
penal institutions.
The opinion seems to be settled In
Paris that the American commissions
ers win arrange for the cesslon to the
United States Of the entire Philippines
archipelago. this country assuming the
dsht of eto.ooe'ooo on thu islands-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
Wool King Dead.

President Mckinley Monday sent the
following message to the family of the
late David Harpster the wool king"
u. l.. Lewis-Please present to the
family of Mr.. Harpster my sincere
sympathy In their great bereave-
ment." Hon. David Harpster, the
wool king" of the United States, died
at his home at Harpster, six miles
south of Upper Sandusky. Saturday
night. Three years ago he was stricken
with paralysis, and has been confined
to his home ever since. He clipped
:, 600 head of sheep annually.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
Once Holders to be Removed.

1t is understood that presidential
edict removing large number of Gov
ernment offices from the civil service
will probably be promulgated before
Thanksgiving Day. Upwards of 5000
places will be affected. 1t will include
1000 deputy collectors of internal rev.
enue who are authorized to become
acting collectors, actually serving in
that capacity. The largest class af-
fected is the corps of examining sur
geons of the pension bureau. of whom
there are in all over 400. Over $500 OF
these surgeons have. 1t Is said. never
been classified under the civil service
law.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-02
Dreaded Plague ON shipbesrd.

The French bark Duchesse Anne ar
rived at San Francisco a few days ago
from Hong Kong. flying the yellow
flag. Both the federal and state quar-
antine launches put out to the vessel
and soon the news came back to port
that there had been two deaths on
board during the voyage from the
bubonic plague.
Captain, Cervary. master OF the ship
was the hrst to succumb to the dread
disease. Nearly a month afterward q
sailor named Menier was stricken with
the plague and on September 10 he
died and was buried at sea.