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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-20
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Major General joseph Reynolds (rctired)
/ IS critically i'll at Washington, as a result
/ Of stroke Of paralysis.
Yeste--a--'s statement of the condition
0f the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, S23l,l53,if4; gold reserve, S23o, So -
The Illinois house adopted q resolution
requesting the Illinois senators TO work
Spain.
Mr. White. the United States charge at
London, mas cabled the state de- artment
mat Lord Salisbury. the premier. had
said that her majesty would he glad TO
receive Mr.. ChOate as ambassador
Colonel James \. Sexton Of CHICAGO.
who is lying very seriously i'll at Wash
nglon, shows little cn2nge. lie has had
a severe attack of the grip, which has
been complicated with kidney trouble. and
is very weak.
The senate confirmed these nomina-
tons: Joseph II. Choate of New York,
BIickenstein, surveyor OF customs. Den
ver Colo: b. T.. Booth, postmaster at
Brigham, Utah.
The extraordinary activity in the New
0rk stock exchange has been reflected
IN steadily increasing prices for member
ship seats. a sale yesterday was made
q [ $3.50. which was record price Sub
secuenty $3S,O-O was BID, WIKI an offer
The Cuban evacuation commission was
dissolved yesterday. and its members sub
mityed TO the president, the secretary of
state and the secretary of war a report
on their labors- The report embodies no
political recommend uOns CONSISTING
practically Of a record OF its proceedings.
Governor Theodo-e Roosevelt of New
York, formerly colonel of the First United
States volunteer cavalry trough ridersl.
viii receive the breVet of brieadier gen
e-al OF volunteers for gallant and meritor-
ioUs conduct il the santiago cam-aign.
provided the senate confirms his nominal
Iion by the president
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CubanS Engaged In Butchering
Their Old Enemies.
MANY HAVE BEEN KILLED
GENERAL BROOKE TAKES STEPS
TO STOP LAWLESSNEsS.
Eight Spaniards Assassinated In
Santa Clara Province-Victims of
Spanish Cruelty Released From
Prison-Innocent Men Put to Tor
ture-Jealousy Among Officials.

Havana, Jan. 19.-General Castel-
lanos, former captain general of
Cuba, has complained to Governor
General Brooke that the Cubans
in the province of Santa Clara
are numbering Spanish ex-volunteers.
He says that eight have been killed
within a week.
A dispatch from Castellanos, who is
now at Cienfuegos, runs as follows:
Your EXcellency-I have received
several communications announcing
assaults and acts of violence commit
ted in various towns upon persons who,
during the last separatist war, served
in the Spanish guerilla and irregular
forces. 1t is reported likewise that
during the last week eight such indi-
VldualS have been aSsasSinated in the
municipal districts of Ranchuelo and
Esporanza, in this province, and that
like deeds have been committed at Sa-
qua Jaya- Knowing your just and no.
bic intentions, / have the honor TO call
your attention to the above and 70 beg
that you viii take suitable measures TO
punish the guilty and to prevent the
recurrence of similar acts in the future.
1 am, with great respect.
"CASTELLANOS.
The governor general, replying, said
he had referred the matter to Major
General John c. Bates, military gov
ernor of the department of Santa Clara,
with directions that prompt measures
be taken to punish the guilty and pre-
vent the recurrence of similar acts
INNOCENT VICTIMS TORTURED.
The American board of pardons yes
to-day recommended the release from
Jail OF seven men who have been con-
fined without trial since 1897 for the al
legged robbery from a safe of funds be-
longing to the navy paynaster for san
Juan de Puerto Rico. The prisoners
declare, and information from San Juan
tends to sustain them, that the alleged
robbery was a plot upon the part Of
Spanish officials 10 cover uD their de-
linquencies, and to obtain scapesoats
for the Spanish paymaster at San Juan,
Who it is further asserted. was prob
ably party to the dishonesty in ap-
propriating the funds. Following the
disappearance of the money at San
Juan. some 200 suspects were arrested,
and they were all released except seven,
who were tortured for the purpose OF
obtaining a confession. and were
shipped to Havana in March. 1897.
They now show the effects Of the tor
ture upon them.
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MATAAFA THE RIGHrFUL KING.
Chief Justices Decision Certain to
Provoke War

Chicago. Jan. 19.-F W. Pickard. a
Chicago newspaper man, who has re-
Gently returned from Samoa, has this
to say Of the situation Everybody
at Apia knew that a bloody conflict
would result if the court decided in ia
vOr of young TSnu. ana even the
friends of the latter admitted freely
was a fight. MaJaafa had. had a very
large majority Of the natives with him
from the first-fully so per cent, I
should say-and, Furthermore, he is by
far the best man for king. he is
intelligent, Gignified, courteous. and
has the years, which natives respect.
Aside from the question OF expediency,
there is no doubt in my mind that Ma
taafa was rightfully elected king. 1
reached this conclusion after two
months careful inquiry into the status
of the case.
THE trial itself had been a farce up
to the time I left. TWO days before its
close. Very few SamO1ns caa be re-
lied on to tell the truth. even under
oath, if the truth would harm their
cause, and the chief justice knows this
as well as anyone else.
The German consul has been at
loggerheads with the American and
British cOnsuls throughout the whole
affair, and has persistently refused To
act with them. be openly eSpOused
the cause of Mataafa, and he certain
ly went further than cOnsuls usually
do.
The British and American consuls
maintained a neutral attitude through
out the trial, only giving assurance
that they would protect the lives and
property of the white residents.
THE dispatches say that Mataafa's
army looted and burned Apia. That
evidently does not mean the munich
pality IS a whole. but the native vii
lage of Apia. which is only one Of sew
eral within the municipality.
If the powers undertake TO force the
chief Justices decision, they Will have
a tough job. The warships now there
cannot land over 400 men, and Ma
taafas forces number many thousands
The natives are fairly well armed,
though they have not great deal Of
ammunition. They could withdraw a
little way from the coast and keep up
the fight for months in country where
the white soldiers would find food very
scarce, and the bush too dense for eff
fective movements. It would not be
so easy to subdue and capture Mataafa
as it was in 1885, for at THAI time he
had sent nearly all OF his followers to
their homes, not desiring war
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COMMENT AT WASHINGTON.
Action of German Officials Precipi.
tates q Crisis.

Washington, Jan. I9.-The navy de-
partment has prepared orders for the
cruiser Philadelphia to proceed to Sa-
moa at once to represent the United
States interests there. The Pnuade.l-
phia arrived at San Diego today from
Acapulco. Meantime il any vessel
more quickly available can be found.
one of Dewey's feet, for instance, il
VIII be ordered at once to Samoa to an
swer the urgent appeal OF the United
states consul there. The commando.
Of the Philadelphia will act in con-
formity with the instructions of the
United States consul, 50 far as these
instructions. are in line with the treaty
of Berlin, which the United States con-
tends must be literally enforced until
amended. 1t would take the Philadel-
phia about sixteen days to make the
run from San Diego to Apia, touching
Honolulu Cor coal.
One resource open to the navy de-
partment is to send the Oregon to Sa-
moa. She left Callac on the 18th inst.
and should reach Honolulu about Feb.
S, where she can be Intercepted with
orders sent by the dispatch boat Iro-
quols, now at San Francisco. The big
battleship Iowa is due at San Fran
cisco just about the same date that
the Oregon is due at Honolulu, so that
the Pacific coast will not be left en-
tirely without naval force.
While the attention of the public has
been of late drawn from the Samoan
islands to other more Important sub
iects it appears that interesting events
have been succeeding one another with
rapidity in the islands,
1t has been realized for a long time
past that there was need for modihca-
ton of the terms of the tri-partite
treaty by which we assumed joint
guardianship with England and Ger
many. but up to this point it has not
been possible TO get all three of the
powers to agree upon any one project.
Negotiations have been on foot in re-
lation to the succession to the Samoan
throne. and it is calculated to lead to
ill-feeling. at least that the German
officers should resort to a coup d'etat
at this stage Of the negotiations Il is
believed that much of the responsible
ity for this arbitrary action must rest
upon Raffel. the German president of
the municipal council at Apia. whose
troublesome attitude of late has led to
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Fought Two Hours.

| Auckland, n. H.. Jan. 19.-Further
particulars regarding the disturbances
at Samoa show Mataafa's followers
numbered about 5000 men. and that
the adherents of Malietoa Tanus were
only about 1000. There was two hours
/ fighting between the rival forces, dur
ing which several of the warriors were
decapitated.
The American consul issued proc
lamatiOn, claiming that the Berlin
treaty had the same force as Il law
of congress, and that an insult to the
supreme court Of Samoa is, therefore,
equivalent to an insult TO the govern
ment at Washington.
Berlin, Jan. 19.-The news from Sa-
mOa has been received with fOrebod-
ing. The Lokal Anzeiger says: 'AIl
this doubtless signifies an appreciate
quarrel, and with the unceremonious
course which the Americans have af-
fected lately toward US, it may easily
take a serious turn. The Samoa con-
dominium has always involved a Turk
ing danger"
The Vossiche Zeitung says: THE sit
uation will become even graver when
the American warship arrives at Apia.
II is said that the Washington depart
ment of state has instructed the
United States consul general there, L.
W. Osborn, not to trust the German
consul Evidently the United States,
who are least interested in Samoa
among the three powers, do not mean
to respect Germany's paramount in
terests. Germany viii have to show a
hrmness, all the more so as our posi-
ton is made the worse by the evident
desire of England TO help the United
States so as to retain the latters
friendship"
Wellington, n. T., Gan. LIT is re-
ported that owing to the trouble in
Samoa, growing out of the election of
4 successor to the late King Malietoa,
three British Warships Will proceed
there, and that one American warship
will start for the islands from Homo
lulu.
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London, Jan. ia special from
Auckland, N. H., says the British and
American consuls were compelled to
force the doors of the supreme court
at Apia, Samoa, in which the German
consul had established himself, and to
push him into the street.
All parties at Apia, the special dis
patch continues. unite in condemning
the German consul for the fighting
which has taken place between the
rival kings 1t is pointed out that, in
violation of all agreements, the consul
accompanied Mataafa'S. force when the
claimant invaded the town, and en-
couraged the opposition TO Malietoa
Tanus.
When the British and American con-
suls were informed as to the situation,
they adjourned the court and locked
the building. The German consul then
demanded the keys, and they were re-
fused him He then broke open the
doors, removed the locks and replaced
them with others. He afterwards
brought the German municipal presi-
dent into the chamber, and the latter
went on the balcony and shouted to
the British and American marines as
sembled on the square: Il am the SUI
preme court. 1 am the chief justice"
The crowd replied with jeers, and the
British consul demanded the keys of
the building, which were refused. A
Scotchman named Macie thereupon
climbed on top Of the building and
hoisted the Samoan flag, while the
British and American consuls and a
number of marines invaded the build
ing. forced the doors open and pushed
the German consul into the street.
Then the two consulS formally and
legally, according to the dispatch,
opened the court and issued a warning
against any further interference with
its jurisdiction, threatening to arrest
and imprisOn anyone attempting to do
So Matters, the dispatch concluded.
are now quiet, and the German consul
remains in his consulate.
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HAvANA's BONDED DEBT.
Evidence of Crookedness On the Part
of Spaniards.

New York, Jan. ia dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says: The finance
commission which is examining into
the financial condition of the city, dis
covered what seems to be an increase
in the bonded indebtedness. The debt
has been thought TO consist Of first
mortgage municipal bonds to the
amount of COG and municipal
mortgage bonds TO the amount of So
600, GOO. The figures today make the APP
parent first mortgage Indebtedness $10,-
000,0O0. An inquiry will be pursued fur
thur to determine whether this is the
actual Indebtedness. Witnesses will be
summoned under oath, and much light
is expected TO be thrown municipal
transactions under the Spanish author
tiles The vigor with which the in
quiry is being pressed distressss the
former officials.
The sanitary inspection of Havana
begins tomorrow. The city is divided
into 100 districts, and Cuban doctors are
assigned to each district. The people
will be forced to clean their houses, and
after that a corps OF plumbers viii visit
cach district. 1t viii be the first time
in the history of Havana that plumbers
nave been acquainted with the inhab-
itants
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NORTH DAKOTA SENATOR.
Peter j. McCumber VIII Be Elected
Today.


Bismarck. N. D., Jan. 19.-Porter ].
McCumber of Richland county was to-
night nominated for United States sena-
tor Dy caucus OF the Republican field
Candidates and their supporters, and un-
der the caucus agreement the nomination
Is considered equivalent TO election, as
TWO more than enough votes to elect were
cast N the caucus
I,he selection of McCumber came after
u mad been demonstrated that Little and
Marshall. who have led the Republican
Ileid against Congressman Johnson, were
unable to win. Little had within two
votes OF the number necessary on one
oa--ot. put could gain no more, and then
joined I-amoure in supporting McCumber.
ne selection was made unanimous.
Inc present senatorial fight has been
one OF the most remarkable in the his
tory OF the state. The campaign has been
the climax Of the struggle between the
Johnson and anti-Johnson clements, and
me CONGRESSMAN has been beaten.
ter = McCumber, the caucus nomi-
nee, IS native of Rochester. Mimi. and
Is g years of age. He is of Scotch
4arentage- He was raised on the farm
and educated in the common schools at
Hochester, in later years taking a law
course at Ann Arbor. Mich. lie came to
North Dakota in 1880 residing at Wah-
Deton. As an orator he has few equals
N the state. He was a member of the
territorial house of representatives and
council IN lSS5-S6, and states attorney of
Rlchand county. Mr.. McCumber is re-
puted TO be wealthy.
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TREACHERY OF NEWLANDS.
Read Out of Silver Party By Nevada
State Committee. ~

Carson, New, Jan. 19.-Increased bit
terress has been injected into the sen
atorial contest by the action of the
state central committee of the silver
party, which this afternoon deDOsed
from the Craftsmanship W. F. Sharon.
who is managing Frank Newlands'
fight for senator, and then read out of
the silver party both Newlands and
Sharon The chief charge against both
the Geposed members was treachery TO
the platform adopted at Reno. Sharon
was expelled from the committee by a
vote Of IS 10 il, and Newlands was read
out of the party by u vote Of % to 10.
\ resolution was then offered reading
William NJ. Stewart out OF the silver
party, but it was voted down, 81 to 10.
Sharon then left the committee room,
followed by eleven members, and an
nounced that he would form a new
committee. The Republicans are elated
over the committees action. believing
that with a division of the silver forces
they viii exercise more influence in the
contest. The silver people profess to be
pleased at what they term the weed
ing out Of the reneSades," and Con-
gresham Newlands asserts that his po-
sition has been strengthened by his en-
forced independence of silver party
MANAGEMENT.
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day practically decided the Browns
swanson contested election case from
the Fifth Virginia district in favor OF
the sitting. rnember.. Mr. Ransom, a
Democrat, by declining to consider the
case Iwenty-four Republicans Joined
with the Democrats and Populists on
this vote.
The postofiice appropriation bill was
then taken up The greatest surprise
OF the Gay was the adoption of two
amendments striking ont of the bill the
appropriation OF SI71, 900 for the fast
southern mail and $25, 900 for special
mlSll facilities from Kansas City to
Newton, Kan. This appropriation for
the southern mail has been fought an
hually lcr SIX or seven years, but has
always been retained The increase in
the appropriation for the pneumatic
service from S225, 600 to 100000 was
knocked out by the elimination of the
provision, which fell under a point of
order, Tor the repeal of the law against
the extension of this service. The house
adjourned with motion to recommit
II pending. The motion carried instruc-
uons 10 strike cut the words, Newly
acquired territory" in connection with
an appropriation of $500. 900 for mail
1acllltleS IN Puerto Rico, Cuba and the
Philippines
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Senatorial Ballots.

Helena, Mont. Jan. 19.-Today's sen
atorial ballot: Conrad, 80; Clark, 2S;
Fox. 5; Maginnis, ): Toole, 4, all DEM
ocrats; Malone (Rep.), 10.
Olympia, Wash. Jan. 19.-The vote on
United States senator today was as
follows: Foster, y; Wilson, %; Humes,
Il; Ankeny. Z; Lewis (Dern.), &c; Aller,
l. Necessary to Il choice 81.
Bismarck, n. D., Jan. 19.-The ballot
for senator today resulted: Thompson
Dem.), "A; Johnson (Rep). 80; Mar
shall. u; Little, S; Lamoure, Z; McCum-
Der, Z: Hanna, s; Cooper, 3.
Dover, Del. Jan. 1.-the third bal
lot in joint session taken by the Della
ware legislature at neon today resulted
as follows: G. Gray (Dem.), Is; Adj
dicks (Rep.). Is; Henry NJ. Dupont
(Rep), Il; John G. Gray Oem.), 6:
William S. Hilles (Rep.), 2.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 19.-The second
joint assembly ballot resulted:
Quay (Rep), Ill; George A. jerks
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DIPLOMATS CONCERNED-

The immediate effect of the publica-
ton in the morning papers of the news
from Samoa was To bring TO the state
department Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
BRUSH ambassador. and Baron Spech
Won Sternberg, the secretary of the
Germany embassy. Under the strict
rules laid down for the government of
diplomatic intercourse, neither Secre-
tary Hay nor the two diplomatic rep
resentatives named would say any
thing whatever as to the nature of the
conversation that took place between
them.
these parties to the agreement at the
outlook. The common belief is that the
German representatives in Samoa, act
ing in the arbitrary manner they did,
completely exceeded their instructions
from their own government II is quite
certain that they exceeded the author
lty wirh which they were clothed by the
treaty of Berlin, and it is expected that
the German government will unhesi-
tatinSiy condemn their actions as soon
as II has become officially advised as
to what has actually happened. The au-
thorities feel that the greatest element
Of danger lies in the possibility of
trouble before Raffel and Rose can be
restrained by government advices. 1t
is not conceivable that they would IN
dertake 10 carry out the threat report
ed to have been made by them to for
chilly board the British gunboat Por-
poiSe, for even though the latter might
have to reckon with the German gun
boat Fake, lying in her immediate vi
cinity, it is felt here that her captain
would resist such an attack or demand
to the last extremity
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HOT DAY AT CHARLESTON.
West Virginia Houses Are Still At
Ioggerheads.

Charleston, W. Va, Jan. 19.-This Is
the hottest day of the senatorial con-
test With the Republicans controlling
the senate and the Democrats controll-
ing the house, these two bodies are still
at loggerheads, and nothing is likely to
be done until the contested seats are
settled in both branches.
At the Democratic joint senatorial
caucus last night, Hon. John 7. Nc
Grew v-as named as the successor of
Senator Faulkner, but as the contested
seats are held now. he viii lack one
vote Of enough to elect. The Repub-
lican senators claim that if the house
unseats any more Republicans it will
unseat a corresponding number of
Democrats, and that the Republicans
will have a majority of at least one in
any event on joint ballot.
The governor recognized the house
organization today by sending his mes
sage to that body. The message was
sent to the senate over q week ago.
The Republican senatorial caucus to-
night, on the fifth ballot, stood Scott,
p; Atkinson, 10; scattering, 8.
Scott needed then but one more vote
to nominate, and the nomination was
conceded to him. Three Republican
members refused to enter the caucus.
or abide by the caucus decree.
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RIOT AT CHATTANOOGA.
Negro Soldiers Attacked Walters and
Several Were Wounded.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. ia
bloody riOt occurred tonight in a negro
saloon between the baTkeePers and
walters ana several negro soldiers o.:
the Eighth United States volunteer in
fantry, now in camp at Chic:samaug-z-
y quarrel arose between one of the
soldiers and d waiter over a matter Of
change, when the soldier pulled q pistol
and fred at the waiter. The barkeeper
and several others in the saloon opened
fire on the soldiers, and as a result.
Sergeant J. L. Williams, company
clerk of company I, was shot in the
abdomen: John Reed, private, company
F, was shot in the thigh and through
the cheSt, and Louis Brown. the bar
keeper, was shot twice through the
lungs and viii die. Sergeant Williams
wound is regarded as fatal.