Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-15
Spanish Minister De Lone
Making Preparations to
Start for Home.
Resignation Accepted by Mad
rid Officials at His Ur-
gent Request.
Believed President Mckinley
Will Not Push the Hat
ter Further.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.--Spanish Min.
lister de LONE is acting on the presump D.
ton that his services are closed and is
preparing his household for departure.
On his being relieved, the first secre.
tary of the legation, Senior Pablo Sober,
will be charge d'afTalres al interim.
The latter has had long experience il,
diplomacy and at one time WAS conf
Dental secretary 10 TIE late premier OF
Spain, Senior Canovas. 1t is not OK
pectcd that tho service as charge will
be more than Temporary, as new min.
lister, chosen from Premier SagasGa' S
Liberal adherents, is expected to be
named at an early day.
Under the peculiar circumstances ex-
listing the cerem ony attending the de-
par1ure of the Spanish minister is at.
tended with much doubt. 1t is usual
when foreign representative leaves
the country Tor him to 10 received in
formal audience at the White House,
when an exchange CT we'll wishes takes
place between HIM and the president.
1t is hardly expected that this formal
Ivy will be observed in the present case
owing to the personal aspects OF the in.
cldenr.
Consider the Matter Settled.
Up to the close of Office hours tho
state department had not heard from
NJ. Woodford, it was said. However,
there was no disposition to question
the correctness of tho report OF the
Spanish cabinets action upon Minister
de Lcme's resignation, and the opinion
is entertained that the matter is now
practically settled. 1t is believed that
when Mr.. Woodford is heard from it
VIII be i'll the shape OF Il message say.
ing that the Spanish government ex.
presses regret at the incident; that the
resignation of MIR. Dupuy de Lone
makes it unnecessary to 80 further in
the direction OF the request OF the pres
ldcnt for his recall, and announces that
the FIRST secretary OF the legation will
conduct it's business i'll Washington un-
til another minister is named. 1t is
said at the state department. that there
is 10 rime limit within which Minister
dc Loln,. must leave Wasnin gton, and,
beng now only I, private Spanish citi-
zen, he may take q reasonable time to
arrange ms affairs hero without calling
tor criticism.
Letter Was Stolen in Transit.
When inquiries were mado at the
Spanish lcgat1on'as to how the letter
reached the hands OF the Cuban junta,
it was sad that the statements made
by the junta as to Canalejas receiving
the letter were absolutely false. Pri-
vale inquiries, it was stated, had been
made through New York gentleman
wnlch had disclosed that Cunalejas
never saw the letter. This inquiry was
sent direct to Canaiejas, now at Mad.
rid, and he was asked II he had ever re-
celved a letter of the character de-
scribed. 10 this Senior Canaiejas an
swered that he never received the let.
tor aud knew nothing OF its contents
After this statement from Canalejas,
the Spanish authorities regard it as
plain that the letter was stolen in
transit, and that the report of Canalejas
receiving it and reading it to DIR. Con.
gosto are fabrlcations intended to cover
up the plan by which the letter was
abs tracted,