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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
THE CUSTOMS OF SANTIAGO.
Report Forwarded to Washington by
 Collector Donaldson.


 Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 22-1:30 p. m.-By the courtesy of General Law ton, The Associated Press correspond ent was to-day afforded an opportunity to peruse the report issued by Customs Collector Donaldson, covering the transactions of the custom house at Santiago during the period between July IS and September 1. The report, which was forwarded to Washington to-day, deals voluminously with the work of gradually recognizing this im- portant department of the capitulated territory Summarized the report states that thirty-five steamers with an aggre- gate tonnage of 53, 535 tons and twenty three sailing vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 3,S99 tons entered the port during the period named and that twen- ty-seven steamers and eighteen sailing vessels cleared. The discrepancy be- tween the entries and clearances is ac- counted for by the fact that many gov- ernment transports did not report for clearance at the custom house. The sum of $107 ,783 waa collected from va- rious sources, and payments were made of $13, 101 for sanitary and similar pur- poses, city, police and municipal sal- aries, salaries of custom house officials and miscellaneous expenses.
 Collector Donaldson estimates the an- nual income of the province of San tiago at S2,150,000. He makes strong plea for the assignment of revenue cutter for continuous employment in these waters The question of a defi- nite stable currency for Cuba Is dealt with. Duties at present are paid in gold coin of the United States, render ing necessary daily estimates and com- putations of comparative values, there being no absolute standard of a circula- ting medium, and confusion has arisen, particularly In the matter of the inter- changeable value of silver coins of the two countries. As a preliminary step to the disposing of the matter, 1t will be recommended as soon as practical that authoritative instructions be is- sued that duties be collected entirely in American gold. The revenue collect ed has been found sufficient to cover all the expenses of Santiago thus far authorized. Other resources disclosed in the archives of the office are availa- ble for the increased unexpected extra ordinary expenses. These resources are estimated at $165,000 yarly for Santiago city and for other towns in the prov ince of $1S,156. The sums authoritative ly collected will more than suffice to support all the expenses of administra- tion in the province. The lower rates of duty prescribed have resulted in in creased revenue receipts. The fact that the revenues collected hay been primar- fly devoted to the prompt payment of approved salaries and to authorized dis bursements incident to local adminis- tration, instead of being devoted to other purposes has produced excellent results.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
HON. AND MRS. CHAMBERLAIN. Reception in Their Remarks of
 British Colonial Secretary.


 Danvers, Mass, Sept. 22.-The Dan- vers Historical society gave an informal reception to Hon.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, and other guests, in it's rooms this afternoon. The English and American flags were intertWined over a picture of the battle of Lexing- an address of welcome and Hon. MT. Chamberlain responded. The distin- guished guests were made honorary members of the society. In replying to Dr. Putnam's welcome, MT Chamber lain said in part:
 q thank you very much for the warm welcome by the historical society and by the town. In England it is cus- tomary to think that Americans take more interest in historical matters than Englishmen and we are often surprised to have our American friends who visit us tell us about things of which we have forgotten. I attach much impor- tance to this interest, as it serves to draw us closer together. I desire to see a federation of the anglo-Saxon race. IL IS CoIllIB HedIer anu Iledrei. we di t bound by common ties, but we are con- tinually misunderstanding each other. The press statesmen, and others have -I will not say malicious, but by per- sistent misunderstanding us apart. Recent events have changed all that and we are feeling better than ever toward each other. I am pleased to see the flags of England America inter- twined over a picture of that historic scene, the battle of Lexington. I desire to see them always floating together"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
GOODRICH AND H4 WILEY.
Former Renominated for State Senator
 Latter Endorsed for U. s. Senator

Hartford, Sept. 22.-The republican senatorial convention of the Second dis trict was held in Putnam Phalanx hall this forenoon, George F. Smith of Southington presiding. Twenty mine delegates, representing ten towns, were present Senator E. $. Goodrich of Wethersfield was renominated receiv- ing 20 votes, M. Robbins of Rocky Hill 8 and one being a blank. The conven- tion took occasion to pronounce in fa- vor of HaWley for United States sena- tor. The nominee predicted a large majority for Lounsbury. He also en- tertained the delegates at the Hartford after the convention was over.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
FOR NEW NAVY RIFLES.
Orders Recently Placed-WtIl Supply
 the New Bnttleshtps.


 Washington, Sept. 22.-The navy de- pertinent has recnetly placed orders for navy rifles to supply the new battle ships and in short time, the navy yard factory will begin to turn out ordnance embodying radical changes in gun construction and much more powerful than guns of the same calibre now afioat on our ships. The ordnance officers have for several years realized the possibility of improving the present standard naval gun, effective as it is, but time has not been opportune to do this nor was the money available to undertake the change on large scale until this year. The advent of smoke less powder has also aided to make the change possible. The new 12-inch gun will be as effective as the present 13- inch gun in range and striking force. The ordnance officers say that there is a very erroneous idea prevalent as to the value of ammunition shot away by Dewey at Manila and by Sampsons fleet at Santiago. Instead of this run ming up as high as two million dollars as asserted in some quarters, the fact was that Dewey at Manila fired SAT, ,000 worth of ammunition and the Atlantic fleet at Santiago on July not to exceed $100,000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING GO.

Cruz he was conducted into the office of Vice President Capote, where the of ficials of the embryo government were writing orders. With reference to Cu- ban affairs, Vice President Capote said: "The United States government has taken complete control of affairs in this province and is, I believe, conducting them in the right spirit. My own fear is that if the Cuban government, as it is now constituted, is left out of all consideration, and if all authority is taken away from it, the American gov ernment by ignoring its authority by its own people may perhaps find it more difficult to settle the problem of estab- fishing a permanent government among the people who for three years have looked to the Cuban government as the controlling power."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
sHAFTER,s DIsCL0SURE.
Says n Movement on Havana Was First
 Intended.

Constantine Mich, Sept. 22.-General Shafter in a speech tonight at the re- union of the Nineteenth Michigan regi- ment, of which he was colonel during the civil war, said that when the fleet first left Tampa it was intended to land twenty-five miles from Havana and the fleet put back because of the re- ported proximity of a Spanish squad ron, orders were received from Admiral Sampson that Santiago could be taken in twenty-four hours, and the army sailed for that point. He described the difficulties of the campaign at San tiago, and strove to show that the best possible was done under the circum- stances.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
SCOTTISH RITE PARSONS.
Supreme Body Adiourns to Meetin Phil-
 adelphia in 1899.

Cincinnati, Sept. 22.-The Scottish Rite Masons adjourned to-day to meet in Philadelphia the third week in Sep- tember, 1899. The report of the finan- cial committee was adopted. Its bal ances were all on the surplus side, in- cluding an item of $1S1, ,O00 in the in- vestment fund. The trustees made a report on the cathedral, which is To- cated here. Colonel Enoch T. Carson, who has been a Scottish Rite Mason for over fifty years, is in such poor health that he has been unable to par ticipate this year as much as formerly. He came to the cathedral to-day before the council closed and was given an enthusiastic ovation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
CHINA'S DOWAGER EMPRESS
THE EMPEROR RESIGNS HIS POW
 ER TO HER.
An Imperial Edict Issued-The Recent Reformatory Edicts Probably Caused the Change In All Probability Ii Hung Chang will be Retnstated and Russian Influence VIII Increase-A Blow to the Advance Steps.
Blow to the Advance Steps.

Pekin, Sept. 22.-An imperial edict just issued definitely announces that the emperor of China has resigned his power to the empress (dowager em- press) who has ordered the ministers to deliver to her in future, their official reports. It is difficult to obtain reliable information at the palace in regard to the proceedings, but the recent reforma- tory edicts probably caused the change. While the emperor was subservient and mere figurehead, the dowager em- press permitted him to remain in peace. his own initiative his practical deposit tion was the result. His principal ad- ciser, Kang- Yumoi the cantonese re- former, fled in spite of the vigorous at tempts made to arrest him and it is said he is now on his way to Shanghai. The effect of the change must be great and in all probability Li Hung Chang will be reinstated in power and Russian influence will increase. The hopes of reform so ardently cherished by the in- telligent factions of the Chinese are now impossible of fulfillment.
 The suddenness of the coup is said to be due to the desire of the dowager em- press to prevent the mission of the Mar quis Ito being successful. The Japan csc statesman recently came to Pekin with the object of trying to bring about an alliance offensive and defen- sive between Japan and China The new order of things will undoubtedly prejudice British interests in China. The Marquis Ito in an interview before the edict was issued, said the emperor received him yesterday in the most l cordial manner and said he hoped to have the advantage of the advice of the marquis in the reforms which his ma- jesty intended to undertake. The mar quis, even then. feared that the inac- tion and conservatism of the Chinese officials would nullify the reforms, al- though he believed the emperor was acting in good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
An Inquest Commenced.

Palmer, Mass, Sept. 22.-The inquest upon the grade crossing accident of August 27, in which five persons were killed and several injured, was heard to-day. No evidence of importance was brought out except that of the en- gineer fireman and baggagemaster, all of whom testified that the bell was rung and the whistle blown and none of whom heard the electric bell at the crossing. The inquest adjourned until the recovery of certain ones of the in jured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
Dowager Empress Incensed.

London, Sept. 2S.-The Daily Mails Pekin correspondent, telegraphing We'd nesday, says: "The dowager empress Is greatly incensed over Russia's pas- sivity over Li Hung Chang's degrada- tion and Sir Claude MacDonald's atti- tude since Li Hung Chang's fall. She has granted to M. Pavloff, the Russian charge d'affaires, several lengthy audi ences. Probably Ii Hung Chang will return to power, but not to office. The widest rumors are afloat. It is report ed that the emperor has had alterca- tions with the Tsung- Li-Yamen and the doWager empress"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
BRIDGEPORT MURDER CASE.
Identification Seems to be COmplete-Dl
 Gui1ford's Son Arrested.

0uAAlOAu SoAh hAACstcut
 Bridgeport, Sept. 22.-For the second time the remains of the unfortunate young woman who was found dismem- bered in Yellow Mil pond just ten days ago have been claimed by relatives, and tomorrow for the second time they will be received by parents who for many days had anxiously awaited news of their missing daughter, only at last to learn of her end under heart rend- ing circumstances. As was the case last week when MT. Perkins of Middle boro, Mass, after positively identifying the remains of the victim of the trag- edy as those of his missing daughter and had them taken to his Massachu- made all the funeral arrangements, so also tomorrow will Henry Gill of Southington take those same remains which he unfortunately knows only too well are those of his missing daughter to the parental home and have them in- tered in their final resting place.
 After the inquest held this afternoon at which the father of the murdered girl and three brothers appeared also Dr. G. c. Eighme, a dentist of this city, with a chart prepared by the Hartford dentist who filled Miss Gill s teeth, Coroner Doten felt convinced that the identity was thoroughly es- tablished and gave a permit to exhume the portion of the body now buried in Potter's field and that with the head now at the morgue they be turned over to MT Gill and the latter at once made arrangements with the undertaken to take them to Southington at 10 a. m. to- morrow Should the Middleboro incl dent be repeated and Miss Gill return home alive and well then further eff forts at Identification would be futile as the head was so badly cut up to-day in the efforts to compare the teeth fill ing with that of the chart that all the strong points of he features were de- stroyed But not the slightest hope is entertained by any member of the Gill family that Emma will ever put in an appearance again alive.
 The new death certificate issued by Coroner Doten differs from the one is- sued when it was supposed the victim was Grace Perkins ill several minor noints apart from the difference in name. The old certificate gives the nlace of death as Bridgeport while the new one says probably Bridgeport. The date of death is blank in the old certificate, in the new one it is un- Enown. Duration of disease, few days in the old certificate; week is stated in the new; the second cause of death was said to be septicemia, in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
Another Soldier Sent Home.

John Williams, quartermaster ser- geant of Company F, Twenty-fifth in- fantry, one of the sick soldiers at the New Haven hospital, was yesterday sent to his home in Mississippi. There are now fifty-fve soldiers at the New Haven hospital and forty-two in Grace hospital. Those in the New Haven hos- pital are now all on the way to recov- cry, but some of those at Grace hospi- taL received since those at the New Haven hospital, are still very ill.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
DEBS IN TORONTO.
Belief That Ills Visit is Connected With Threatened Strike.

Toronto, Sept. 22.-The report of the grand trustees was presented to the delegates at this mornings session of the Locomotive Bremen. The report proposes no important alterations. It is generally recognized that the visit of Eugene V. Debs to Toronto is intimate ly connected with the brotherhood con- vention. Few here doubt that he comes to lay before their officers, in an unoffi- cial way the exact position of the many railway associations which threaten a great strike on all railroads entering Pittsburg.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
AN ELOPING GIRL ARR ESTED.
Ella Lynch, Aged 17, in Company With
 William Martin, Aged B.

Middletown, Sept. 22.-In response to a telegram from Constable Pomeroy of Wethersfield, Patrolman Kinsella met the steamer Middletown at the dock here and took in custody Miss Ella Lynch, a seventeen-year-old girl whose home is in Wethersfield. The girl left home to-day and took the steamer at Hartford for New York. She was ac- companied by William Martin, aged thirty-five, also a resident of Wethers- field. The girl said she was going to New York to get married to Martin with her mothers consent. It was the girls mother, however, that asked the officers to detain her, as she stated that her daughter was eloping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
purser Charged With Embezzlement

Newport, R. l., Sept. 22.-Frederick E. Caswell, assistant purser of the steamer Priscilla, who was arrested here on a charge of stealing and selling tickets on the Fall River line, was ar raigned here this noon on a warrant charging him with embedding $1 ,029. He pleaded not guilty, waived examina- ton and was held in S1,20O bail for his appearance before the grand jury.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
Smith College Opens.

Northampton, Mass, Sept. 22.-Smith college opened to-day with about eleven hundred students, the largest number in the history of the institution. The exact number in the freshman class cannot be given, but the class will probably number fully 375, or nearly fifty more than the entering class a year ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
Health Conditions tn Cuba.

Havana, Sept. 22.-Reports from all points of the island, besides confirming the statements regarding the want and Restitution existing among the Cuban soldiers, say that dysentery and mala- ria are decimating their forces. Off, cial returns as to the mortality in the Santa Clara province during July show 2,969 deaths, of which 115 resulted from small poX.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT
Headquarters at Santa Cruz-Vfce-Pres-
 fdent Capote's Statement.

Santiago, Sept. 22.-Two hundred miles west of Santiago is the desolate fishing village of Santa Cruz, surround ed by vast swamps. Here the Cuban government has established headquar- ters and during the past month has held sessions for the conduct of affairs of the several towns in complete charge of the Cubans. When the Associated Press correspondent arrived at Santa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
In Distress.

St. Johns N. F., Sept. 22.-The British steamer Ethaldia, from Philadelphia for Rotterdam, passed Cape Race at noon to-day, bound for this port, in dis tress. It is said that she has eight feet of water in her hold and the seas are making a clean breach oyer her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
American Boards Financial Statement.

Boston, Sept. 22.-The American board of commissioners for foreign missions issued a financial statement to-day showing that the debt Septem- Der 1, 1S97 was $45, ,130 and that the dis bursements during the fiscal year end ing August 31, 1898, were S692. .369 The receipts were s6ST,2OS, leaving a debt for the current year of s20,4
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
POLICY REGARDING CUBA,
Special Commissioners Porter Gathers
 Information to Shape It.

Havana, Sept. 22.-Robert P. Porter, who is in Cuba on a special mission from the United States, returned last night from Cienfuegos and Trinidad. During his trip MT. Porter interviewed leading planters, such as the Marquis of Apeteguia and others, gathering in- formation which he will send to Presi- dent Mckinley. MT. Porter expresses himself as pleased with the success of his trip, during which he has obtained information as to the conditions on the island which will be invaluable to the American government in shaping its future policy in regard to Cuba.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
Loan of $50. .ooo, ,ooo for Japan.

Yokohama, Sept. 22.-It is under stood the Japanese government has de- cided to negotiate for a foreign loan of $50, 900, ,000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-23
THEY WILL NOT COMBINE
M1NUFA CTURERS OF SILYERW4RE
 F1IL TO AGREE,
The Proposed Colossal Corporation With Capital Stock of s3O,OOO,OOO Dealt a Death Blow-R. Wallace & Sons, After Engaging i'm the PreIimi- nary Organization Withdraw and Two Other Companies Immediately Follow.

Two Other Companies Immediately
 Follow.
 New York, Sept. 22.-A death blow has been dealt the movement to consoli- date all the leading concerns manu- featuring silverware in this country controlling 75 per cent. of the total out put, into colossal corporation. Ac- cording to seemingly well warranted assertions made at the manufacturers branches in this city, one company, said to be R. Wallace & Sons of 225 Fifth avenue and Wallingford, Conn.,, after engaging in the preliminary organiza- tion withdrew, and was immediately followed by two other companies, whose agreement to the proposal had been conditional upon the first company re- maining.
 The talk of consolidating has been iii the air for several weeks. About a fortnight ago it was thought the deal had been finally arranged. The Meri- den Britannia company and the Wilcox Silver Plate company, it is said, went so far as to send circulars to their stockholders, asserting that the Inter national Silver company had been formed under the laws of New Jersey and capitalized at S30, ,00O one-half preferred stock, the other common. Compensation to companie entering into the scheme of consolidation was to be part cash, more than a third in some cases. It is said that the Meriden Bri- tannia company, the father of silver ware concerns, was to received $4, 400 900 for it's plant. The Wilcox Silver Plate company was to have received $1, 1,375, 900 and c. Rogers and Brothers, $500,OOO.
 A successful organization seemed as- sured. Nearly all the concerns of prominence had signif1ed an absolute or conditional acceptance. Allurements in the way of the great saving to be gained by cooperation held forth by the promoters maintained confidence until some of the hard-headed, conserv- ative manufacturers of Connecticut re- fected that it was an experiment, for which the past had furnished many failures as precedents. They consider ed that if they merged their individual regulations into that of a general body the value of trademarks earned by years of honest struggle would fall to nothing at stroke. The upshot was that a reaction followed and one of the principal companies withdrew, and the keystone being removed, as it were, the whole fabric of the promoters fell to the ground.
 The New York manager of R. Wal lace & Sons said yesterday that it was true the combination had failed. George H. Wilcox, vice president of the Meri- den Britannia company, which has a New York branch at POS Fifth avenue, who, it is said, was slated for president of the big corporation, was not at his office yesterday It was said there he had gone to Meriden.