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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
SICKENING ACCIDENT ON ELE.
VATOR.

| New York, February 13.-Mrs. Arthur
Levy of 90 West 4Sth street and the wife
of a member of the wholesale clothing
firm of Hays, Goldberg and Co., was in
stantly killed in the elevator at the
Holland hotel. The accident was most
extraordinary and is probably without q
parallel in the loag list, of elevator
casualties that have occurred since the
invention of that vehi gle.
party of ladies of which Mrs. Levy
was one had aocepsel an invitation
of II. G. Marks, ii St. Louis merchant,
to go to the Holland house, where he was
guest al LOOK at {, display of photo.
graphs which he had gathered. Reaching
the Holland. Mr.. Marks escorted the
ladies to the elevator and gave orders to
have them shown to the parlor, then re-
turning to the hotel desk.
On entering the elevator Mrs. Levy
placed her hand upon her forehead and
complained of dizzinegs TO her companion.
Before they coul1 reply the elevator boy
had closed the door of the shaft, gripped
his lever and the car shot up with
b1ul4As %A1hAOoo eso oAiO oesiaAO lAoiiChO 4AAk
Levy reeled and fell with her head out Of
the door. The elevator Was about an inch
and half from the walls of the shaft and
as far as the solid walls would permit,
her head extended out. There was a quick
sickening crash, and the boy with quick
move brought his car to g stop at the first
floor. It WAS too late. Mrs. Levy lay
lifeless on the bottom of the elevator, her
head crushed in as if by a heavy
bludgeon. 1t had been struck by ths
slight projection of the first floor into the
elevator shaft.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
REPORT OF ANOTHER EXPEDITION

Jacksonville, Fla. February ia
special to the Times and Citiz4n and
from Tampa, Fla, says:
Almost under the nose of Edward Tdy-
lor, superintendent of Pinkerton's
Spanish spies, large Cuban expedition
left Tampa last night and tonig hit sailed
from point on Pease river. The men,
about seventy in number walked through
the streets of Tampa about two O'Clock
this morning and boarded special train
which quickly bore them to point near
where they were to embark, and there
they remained in hiding until tonight,
when tug took them to the steamer
which bore them to Cuba. Col. Emilio
Nunez was in charge IL is said that
Gen. Sanguilly is the real commander
and color is given this rumor by the fact
that when the men left here they were in
charge of Col. Lechuga, who was first
lieutenant of the personal staff held by
Sanguilly when he failed to get away
from Jacksonville Superintendent Tay-
been here looking for Sanguilly. They
Imagined he was somewhere near 1t is
alleged that the Cubans have sent San
gully away on this trip 1t is understood
that 5000 rifles, 5000 pounds of dynamite,
200, 600 rounds of cartridges and large
lot of supplies made up the cargo.
BIG FIL1BUSTERING EXPEDITION.
New York, February ia special to
the World from Bridgeport, Conn, says
that the local collector of customs at
that port has received advices from
Washington to the effect that tug with
three barges has just departed from
Bridgeport, it is believed on filibuster-
ing expedition. According to the ad-
vices from Washington the tug and
barges are loaded with arms and dyna-
mite. The report has it that 1t is in
tended to transfer these articles to an
other boat while some where on Long
Island Sound The Washington author
tiles, it is said received tEeir first imti
nation of this tilibustering expedition
from Spanish spies stationed at Bridge
port. According to the advices received
by the World United States revenue
cutter has been ordered out of New Lon-
don, with the expectation OF intercepting
the alleged tilibustering expedition.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
MA TIERS IN PEKIN.

Pekin, February 13.-England is nego-
tiating with China to open Yuen-Chau
Flu in the province of HUMAN. as a treaty
port and is negotiating also on the SUBJ
ject of the navigation of inland waters.
The Chinese government has paid the
agreed indemnity of 10000 pounds, to M.
Laudet, the French man kidnapped by
Tonquin pirates in 1895.
The new years audience for the foreign
ministers has been fixed for February Is,
and the banquet by the Tsung- i-Yamen
will be given the following day. Owing
to the long delay the ministers had de-
clined an audience, but the Tsung Ii
Yamen has now arranged the matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
BELIEVES IN LOCAL OPTION.
Rev. Mr.. Moody Says Prohibition Can't be
Enforced in Large Cities.

New Haven, Conn, February I'D.
L. Moody, the noted evangelist, addressed
the students of Yale this morning and
evening, and several hundreds of them
also attended the monster meeting in the
Hyperion theatre where two thousand
were turned away for lack of room. In
an interview tonight MIR. Moody expressed
himself as follows with regard to Yale,
appropos of the agitation now being
waged against the University by a certain
class of reforIners:
II have been pretty we'll - acquainted
with Yale for twenty years, and I have
never seen the univerlity in as good con-
dition religiously as aow. My Oldest son
graduated here, and II my other son, who
is now in the freshman class gets as much
good out Of Yale as his brother did,
shall have reason TO thank God through
time and eternity. I can honestly say
that l have never sEent so good day at
Yale as today has been and I never saw
so earnest and inquiring a crowd of young
men as that which attended the optional
service this evening. AS to the liquor
question believe in local option. If
satisfactory strong inoral sentiment can
be secured to keep it from becoming a
dead letter am in faTor Of prohibition.
But in states where there is large city
you can't enforce statutory prohibition
because of the lack of moral sentiment.
If 1T could be enfoiced I wish New
Haven would vote 500
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14

ssThe letter reached Havana five days
afterits postmark in Washington. AD
agent of the Cuban party, who is an EN-
pioye of the Spanish post Office, knew
that the letter was on the way and when
it came into his hands it was carried
from the postofiice and copy made of it.
Word to this effect was sent to the Cuban
leader in Jacksonville who at once asked
the secret Cuban Junta in Havana to
secure the original letter, that copy was
not what was desired. The Havana post
office clerk was not willing to do this at
first, but afterward consented, as he was
obliged to account for certain number
of letters to other employees of the depart
ment
"Ihe original was then taken, several
blank sheets were substituted in place of
the paper upon which De LONE had
written and the letter finally postmarked
in the Havana Office and sent in it's
routine way. Eight days from its arrival
in the Havana office the sealed envelope,
properly add lessed to Senior Canalejas,
was delivered at the Hotel Inglaterra
Senor Canalejas did not regard the matter
seriously at the time, although the hotel
boy who brought him the letter. and the
post office eInploye who had last charge of
it were arrested. So, also was the hotel
employees who went several Tins daily to
the post office for the mails All three
were discharged after an examination.
'sSunor Canalejas communicated almost
Immediately with Minister De LONE, and
for several weeks letters and cablegrams
passed between the two, but no trace of
the letter could be obtained. Canalejas
shortly thereafter left Havana, going to
Madrid.
''It is not explained why the letter was
kept by the Cubans for several weeks be-
fore it was given out for publication. An
informant, other then the person who
gave this foregoing, but who is onsthe in
side in Cuban official circles, declared
that the delay was occasioned by desire
on the part of the Junta to be assured alb
solutely that the writing was that of the
Spanish minister, that he might have
no chance to deny it's authorship and
thus cause q reaction which undoubtedly
would have been the result of the pro-
pagation of fake.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14

In view of this plan, which, at the time
of it's adoption, seemed to meet with gen.
eral acquiescence, the action of the con-
ference. 1t would seem, is direct shift Of
tactics to thus revert to general strike.
The delegates to the conference will re-
port the new plan to their several unions
for their consideration and although the
Boston conference adjourned without
date, 1t is presumed that after action Ii
| taken by the unions another conference
will be called to take action in accord
| ance with the action of the unions. Sec
retary Cunnane Of the general strike
council reports on the collections received
up to p. m. Saturday. The total
amount for the week was 81 ,475. 45 as
against l,345.64, for the previous week
or an increase of $780,
Both of the Biddeford delegates be-
lieved that all of the mills in New Eng
land should be closed down as soon as
possible, they claiming that this would
lead to an earlier settlement in the cities
where strikes were in operation.
They said they went into the fight
against the reduction because the wages
paid were lower than self respecting
man or woman should be compelled to
work for. They also stated that the
storerooms in their city were empty and
that if a general strike were ordered the
manufacturers would lie forced to give
in.
NEW BEDFORD DOESN'T LIKE IT.
New Bedford, Mass, February 49,
From the point of view Of the New Bed
ford strikers the action taken by the con-
ference of textile unions in Boston is
scarcely calculated to be received with
JOY, inasumch as it is against the policy
adopted at the meetings Of the executive
committee of the National Spinners
union, that New Bedford should be made
the battle-ground and until the conclusion
of the strike here the other textile centers
should remain at work, thereby acquiring
the means to assist the New Bedford
necr and his assistant and attacked a
passenger, Thomas Hall, in his berth,
cutting his head open with a marlin
spike. According to the account in the
telegraph, the officers and most of the
passengers were driven to the bridge,
where, unarIned forty Englishmen kept
one hundred drink .maddened japanese at
bay during the entire night by brandish-
ing their walking sticks.
The Shang Hal Recorder deplores any
partition of China, which it says will
certainly be unfavorable to nissionar4
not only for China, but for all concerned
if the Powers undertake suoh action, pre-
dieting that partition would be the begin
ming of unending strife and bloodshed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
TREACHERY OF A CLERK.
How De Lome's Famous Letter Was Given
to the Public

|
Philadelphia, February 13-The Press
will print tomorrow what it asserts to be
the true version Of the acquisition and
publication of the letter from Spanish
Minister De LONE to Senior Canalejas.
The authority cited for its authenticity is
tCuban of the highest standing in the
councils of his party who receives his
| information "from headquarters in New
York"
The story goes Oh to say: Tho letter
was not stolen from the United States
| mails, but was secured by an agent OF. the
Cuban Junta in the post office at Havana.
Don Jose Canalejas, to whom the letter
was addressed never saw the original.
Hs did not know until eight days after
the letter reached Havana that such a
letter from Spain's representative in
Washington had been written him. De
LONE wrote the letter in his private resi-.
dence in Washington instead of at the
Spanish legation. The letter lay upon
the desk of the minister in his inner
Office, the outer. Office being his place of
ISCCpblOA W NlSluOISs OuIlAS AAc oOoSASO
of half an hour from the inner o flee OF
De LONE, the clerk saw the open letter
and read some of it.
"The next day the same person sent
word to his Cuban associates in Washing
ton to the effect that he had seen a letter
from De LONE to Canalejas, in which
President Mckinley was villified and
autonomy called a scheme Several of the
Cuban leaders got together and asked the
employe of the embassy to secure the
letter. They did not believe implicitly in
his story, although he urged them to
come in to the public print and make
charges against De LONE. Because they
did not have the letter in their possession
the leaders refused TO say anything about
it. The employe of the legation was urged
to use all means in his power to secure
the letter, although it was considered
probable that the letter was already in
the mails when the Cubans at the hotel
Raleigh were informed of its existence.
The clerk in the employ of Minister De
Lome saw no more of the letter. His
memory written abstracts were forwarded
to New York, and it was quickly agreed
that could possession of the letter be OBJ
tained and his statements proven to be
true the letter would be of 1ncalculable
value to the Cuban cause as substantial
ing what Cuban leaders had maintained
regarding autonomy, and the general
Spanish policy in official circles toward
this country and it's officers. Immediate
ly words of warming and urgings to be
on the lookout were sent to every CUBAN
VINO might be in position to obtain
track of Or intercept the much sought Tor
missive.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14

pleted their harvesting. Where fields had
notabeen cultivated the ice wasted badly
but the Kennebec still has enough left to
supply the whole country. Work will be
continued at all points tomorrow.
bangor, February 1S.-The recent thaw
has rather badly affected the ice fields in
the river. Some concerns stopped work
1or time. 1t will probably not affect the
total harvest much.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14

The House will, on Wednesday, enter
upon the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill which the majority of the judiciary
committee has reported as a substitute
for the Nelson bill, passed by the Senate
at the extra session last Summer. Under
the order made the bill is to be debated
on Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday Of
this week, and voted upon Monday of
next week at four O'Clock. The substitute
which the minority contend practically is
the old Terry bill, including both the
voluntary and involuntary features, will
be opposed by the United Democrats and
Populist opposition, but if there shall be
no arpreciabIe detection from the ranks
of the majority, the measure will pass.
The Democrats and Populists are both
favorable to this passage OF voluntary
bankruptcy bill, but have always vigor-
ously opposed the Terry and other bills,
including Involuntary feature. claiming
that itsspurpose is practically to create a
law for the collection of debts.
Tomorrow is District Of Colum bia. day,
Tuesday probably will be devoted to the
consideration of such business as is re-
ported from the committees and call Of
committees, and Friday which was ex-
cluded from the order providing for the
consideration OF. the bankruptcy bill, will.
under the rules be devoted to private bills.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14

| Boston, February 13.-At meeting to-
day in this city of 55 representatives OF
Textile unions of New England, it was
unanimously voted to recommend to oil
unions to call out the operatives in every
cotton mill in New England.
The meeting was practically the out
come of the recommendation which Presi-
dent Gompers made to the Federation OF
Labor last Sunday, in which he urged the
different unions to unite on some settled
policy regarding the mill situation in
New England. At that meeting COM
mittee of three was appointed to take
charge of the matter and after confer
ence this committee recommended that a
general meeting be held to take definite
action.
Today the representatives of the various
national textile unions assembled in the
discussed the situation from every stand
point. The primary object of the meeting
was to devise some method of ren iering
assistance to the New Bedford strikers.
1t was pointed out today that if the
strikers at New Bedford could hold out
for four weeks without receiving more
than twenty cents per operative per week
in the way of outside assistance other
mill operatives could stand a similar
strain and that if all went out it would
precipitate a crisis which would have to
be met within a short time by the manu-
e. ~, oil oh hot ha
mule spinners were in most excellent
shape as regards funds, that the United
Textile Workers and the New England
Federation of Weavers were also in good
shape but that the rest were short of
funds. Other questions were also dis
to vote, and no one was registered as
against the motion that the different
unions should order general strike in
every cotton mill in New England, until
a satisfactory adjustment of wages could
be arranged,
1t now remains for the various national
unions to take action on the recommend,
but what this action will be is matter
of conjecture If all should acquiesce
and vote to strike. 174.O0o operatives
would undoubtedly cease work and the
manufacture of cotton goods throughout
New England would be at a standstill.
Ii on the other hand only few unions
voted to strike. tho refusal of the others
may still keep o larger portion of the
operatives in their struggle. Then, at
the conclusion of New Bedford's fight,
the plan was whether New Bedford won
or lost, the strike against the general re-
duction should be extended, in one
district at time until the whole of New
England had been covered.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
WOODFORD'S s DESPATCH RECEIVED
State Department Refuses to Give Out
the Contents.
This Must Not be Co onsidered as Serious
Indication Says Secretary Day-Rumor
of Censure Upon American Minister
Unfounded.

Unfounded.
Washington, February 13.-The three
hundred word cipher despatch received
from Minister Woodford Saturday night
was translated at the State Department
today, but no intimation of its import
could be secured from, official sources.
Assistant Secretary Day, who has been
entrusted with the whole correspondence
by the President, refused to discuss the
message He said merely that there was
no developments in the case which proper
ly could be made public at this time. In
one instance he supplemented this state
ment by the remark that the mere fact of
information being withheld was not to
be taken as a serious indication.
Every effort to supplement- Secretary
Days statement with some information
from the White House failed. To urgent
appeals for something definite, the Presi :
dent through Secretary Porter said that
the whole matter was in Secretary Day S
hands and that the President relied on
him to handle the information for the
press. 1t was stated at the White House,
however, that there was no truth in the
rumor of q censure upon Minister Wood
ford for allowing Dupuy de LONE to fore
stall him in presenting the application
for the minister's recall. Minister Wood
ford q course, 1t was stated, had been en-
tirely satisfactory and any criticism at
this time was unfounded and unfair
1t would not be ascertained positively
Woodford' s last dispatch has been sent.
1t is almost certain, however, that reply
has been drafted and that it was put in
cipher at tho State Department. this even
ing Mr.. Sidney I. Smith, chief of the
diplomatic bureau was at the department
till after nine O'Clock. Special orders had
been issued also to allow no one in the
building without q pass. The Duke
,D'Arcos. mentioned in Madrid dispatches
as possible successor to Dupuy de LONE,
has been the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
Hackey- Smith of this city during the
past week With him is the Duchess
D'Arcos, formerly Miss Virginia Lowery
of Washington. The Duke was ambassa-
dor to Mexico, and is stopping in Wash
ington, en- route to Spain. During the
week he has been entertained by the
Br~s..;sa ambassador and Lady Pauneefote
at luncheon and by the late Spanish
minister and Mime. Dlpuy de LONE, who
gave dinner in his honor Thursday
evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
Weather Observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Feb. 10, taken
at 8 p. M, meridian time, the observa-
ton for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston, SO degrees, Sc. clear; New
York. "A degrees, Sc, clear; Philadel-
phia. AZ degrees, Sc, clear; Washing
ton, 39 degrees, NV. clear; Albany. "a
degrees, N, clear; Buffalo, 81 degrees
S, cloudy; Detroit. 81 degrees, S,
clear; Chicago. "a degrees, W, snow;
ST. Paul. 26 degrees, NV, clear; Huron,
OAK, 80 degrees. SW, cloudy; Bismarck,
so degrees, S, cloudy; Jacksonville, IS
degrees, W, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
DE LOME's SUCCESSOR.

Madrid, February 13.-The cabinet will
discuss tomorrow the choice of success
sor to Senior. .Dupuy de LONE at Washing
ton. The candidacy Of Senior Polo Ber-
nabe appears to be abandoned. Several
members of the cabinet favor the nomina-
ton of the Duke of ARGOS, Spanish
minister to Mexico, because he could take
charge of the Spanish legation at Wash
ington this week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
GLoUCEsTER's ANNUAL TRIBUTE.

|GLOUCESTER' ANNUAL TRIBUTE.
Gloucester, February 13.-Gloucester' s
annual tribute to her lost fishermen was
observed here today. The annual memorial
services under the auspices of the
Gloucester Hishermans Institute were
held i'll the First Baptist church during
the afternoon before large and repre-
sentative audience, many of whom were
relatives and friends of lost fishermen.
Practically all of the clergy of the city
were in the pulpit, and participated in
the services.
The memorial list as read shows that 96
hardy men lost their lives while in the
pursuit of their dangerous calling during
the year 1897, their average age being
thirty -one years. There are seventeen
widows and forty-fve children left to
mourn their loss. A large percentage of
the unfortunate fishermen were natives
of the British provinces. The sermon by
Rev. S. B. Nobbs was particularly fitting
to the occasion and was eloquently de.
especially that portion which referred to
some recent publications by famous
writer's, who have caricatured the hardy
fishermen and their homes, and the
speaker thought that Gloucester, which
is living monument to the skill OF the
fishermen should rise up IN her might
against such utterances. He said he hoped
some legislative measures would be taken
TO compel the owners of vessels to equip
them with proper safety devices for life
saving. He closed by paying high
tribute to the fishermen and their chill
dren
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
THE WEATHER.

Washington, February 13.-Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont: Increas-
ing cloudiness, probably light rains,
southerly winds.
Boston, February 13-Forecast for
Boston and vicinity for Monday: In
creasing cloudliness, probably continued
fair; south to southwest winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
POST OFFICE BUkGLARIzED.

New Britain. Conn.,, February 13.-The
post office at Kensington was burg1arized
shortly after two o'clock this morning,
but only about 81 worth of stamps and
small amount of change were secured.
The safe was completely wrecked by
dynamite
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
THAW AND ICE CROP.

Augusta, February 13.-The recent
thaw caused many of the Kennebeo Ice
companies to suspend operations tor q
few days, but will not affect the size Oh
the crop. Some firms had already COLI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-14
ENGLISH STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Halifax, N. S., February 13.-Arrived,
steamers Laurentian, Brown, Liverpool,
and proceeded to Portland.
London, February 13.-Sailed the 18th,
steamer Cervona, Portland.
Kinsale, February 13.-Passed, steamer
Numidian, Liverpool for Portland via
Halifax.
Liverpool, February 1s. = Arrived,
steamer Armenian, Boston.