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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
PoINcARE OR DEscHANEL,
One of These Two Will Be frances Next
Premier.

Paris, June 13.-President Loubet
conferred with the president of the
Senate, NJ. Fallieres, and with the
president of the chamber of deputies,
M. Deschanel, this morning, and i'm
pressed them with the necessity of
quickly ending the cabinet crisis.
Later NJ. Poincare was summoned by
President Loubet and conferred with
him at the Elysee palace. 1t is be-
lieved he will be asked to form cab
to accept the task, and it is even said
that he has already selected cabinet
to be composed as follows:
M. Poincare, premier and minister of
public instruction.
M. Delcasse, minister of the interior.
M. Bourgeois, minister of foreign af-
fairs.
M. Krantz, minister of war.
M. Rouvier or M. Delombre, minister
of finance,
M. Waldeck-Rousseau or M. Monis,
minister of justice.
M. Lannessan, minister of commerce.
M. Sarrien, minister of public works.
Senator Jean Dupuy, minister of ag-
riculture.
M. Guillain, minister of the colonies
Late this evening it developed that
M. Poincare, while he refused the pre-
miership minated to the president
that he might enter a cabinet presided
over by M. Paul Deschanel, president
of the chamber of deputies. NM. Poin-
care and Deschanel are comforting with
their friends this evening and will re-
turn to the Elysee at l o'clock tomor-
row.
The air today is full of reports re-
garding the probable successor of M.
Dupuy as premier. M. PoincaIe was
the favorite this morning, but after an
hours conference with the president he
declined to accept the task. He is a
moderate republican and evidently
doubted his ability to succeed in form
ing cabinet, which the papers this af-
ternoon think after yesterdays vote
must be a radical cabinet.
The Journal Des Debats takes a mel
ancholy view of the parliamentary sit
uation and suggests the president
should dissolve the chamber, saying
that if the deputies cannot or will not
put an end to the par
liamentary and governmental anar-
chy, and instead, do everything to per-
petuate 1t, the president must consult
tn country, Eat this moment, when they
are preparing for a fresh ministerial
crisis under the gravest and most
alarming circumstances the country
has traversed for long time past"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
.LAWTON THE HERO.
Charges Ambuscade
With Handful of
Followers.
THIRTY AMERICAN DEAD.
Gen. Luna Said to Have
Been Assas-
sinated.
THIRTY AMERICAN DEAD.

Manila, June 13.-General Lawton
unexpectedly stirred up one Of the live
lest engagements of the war south of
Las Pinas this morning, upon which
occasion American field guns were en-
gagged in the first artillery duel against
a native battery concealed in the jun
gle. Companies F and I Of the Twen-
ty-first infantry were nearly surround
ed by large body of insurgents, but
the Americans cut their way with
heavy loss.
The United States turret ship Monad-
mock and the gunboats Helena and Ia
fro, trained their batteries on Bakoor,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
DRoUTH CONTINUES.
Hay Crop a Failure in All Southern New
England.

Hay Crop Failure In All Southern New
England.
Boston, June 13.-Reports received by
the Associated Press from various Sec
tions of New England indicate that
the present drought is general and de-
structive. The financial loss to farmers
will be excessive, for practically the
hay crop in southern New England is
a failure in quality and amount, and
market gardening in districts adjacent
to the larger cities has not yielded pay
ing returns.
In northern New England the condi-
ltions are vastly better than in Massa-
lchusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut, but strange to say, the entire
coast line is suffering from dryness,
while the interior states get a little
moisture. On Cape Cod no rain has
fallen for 81 days and, excepting for
a couple of showers, not sufficient rain
has fallen at any point between Nor
wich, Conn, and Bangor, Me-, during
the past month to be measured.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
YANKEE WINS.
Domlnlon's Mast Snaps and American
Yacht Finishes Alone.

Montreal, June 1S.-The second race
of the series for the special cup be-
tween the Yankee, of the White Bear
Club, st. Paul and the Dominion, of the
Royal St. Lawrence Club, was walk
over for the Yankee, the Dominion
breaking her mast in making the sec
ond buoy of the race.
The wind early in the day was 10
mile breeze, but gradually freshened
to a blow. The yachts got away at
.05, the Dominion slightly in the lead.
She increased this lead to the first
mark and led down to the second mark,
when her mast snapped off short. She
was towed into the Judges boat and
taken to Dorval, the Yankee continu-
ing over the course alone.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
PlQuART ExoNERATED.
Court Of Indictment Decides There Is No
case Against Him.

e. Paris, June 13.-Tbe chamber Of in
dictments today decided that there is
10 case against Lieutenant Colonel Fic-
quart, charged with forgery in the
Dreyfus case, or against MaitTe Lee
bois, his counsel, against whom oharg-
es were also made in connection with
the case. The Judgment of the court
thus finally exonerates Picquart. who
was released from prison after being
nearly a year in confinement, as the
court declares the charges Against Pc
quart and Leblois are entirely incom-
patible with the judgment recently rem
6ered by the court of cessation, ana
that, therefore, there is no case against
them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
LUNA REPORTED DEAD.
Rumor Says AguinaIdo Ordered Him to
Be Assassinated.

Manila, June 13.-Information, be-
lieved to be reliable, has reached here
of the assassination of Gen. Luna and
his aide-de-camp, Lieut.. Pasco Ramon,
June 8, by Aguinaldo's guard, at the
headquarters of Aguinaldo.
Luna and Ramon, it appears, went
to the native headquarters to confer
with Aguinaldo, got into an alteration
with the captain of the guard and one
of them drew a revolver. The guard
then killed Luna and Ramon with their
bayonets.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
HELDIN HARTFORD.

Hartford, Conn, June 13.-Frank
Walker, arrested yesterday afternoon,
on a charge alleging the murder of
Thomas Saunders. in Fayetteville,
w. Va, March 10. was before Judge
Bill, in the police court, today. Judge
Bin adjourned the case for one week,
the prisoner being held without bail
to afford the West Virginia officers an
opportunity TO come to Hartford.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
OLD DOMINION STRANDED.

Richmond, June 13.-The Old Domin-
ion steamship Old Dominion, outward
bound, tonight went on the rocks in
the James river Just below the city,
and is badly damaged. No loss Of life.
The ship has about II feet Of water in
her hold.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
VILLAGE DESTROYED.

st. Johns. N. F., June 13.-The village
of Bay of Islands, a settlement on the
western coast of New Foundland, form
ing part of what is called the French
shore, was destroyed by forest fires yes
terday. Sixty-nine houses were burned to
the ground and fifty-seven families rem
dered homeless. The French and British
warships on the coast are affording as
to the destitute.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
INFANTS BODY FOUND.

New London, June 13.-The body Of
a male infant has been found floating
off Eastern Point and the medical ex-
aminer is OF the opinion that the child
was strangled to death. The body Of a
female infant has also been found in
the water at Winthrop's Cove. The
police are Investigating, but thus far no
clews have been discovered
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
BLOOD AND MoLAssEs.
Stains of Both on Frank 8. Parks CIothe s
Are oamagI g.

Alfred, Me-, June 13.-The trial of
Frank P. Parks Of Kittery, on charge
of numbering Mrs. Mary e. Tarlton, at
that place last Januray, began today.
Parks pleaded not guilty. The govern
ment presented 40 witnesses, and their
testimony was entirely circumstantial,
although very damaging to the defend
ant.
1t was shown that Mrs. Tarlton was
killed with glass pitcher in which
there was molasses. Witnesses testt-
fed that they saw Parks either going
into or running away from the Tarl-
ton premises. The constables who ar
rested him found stains of blood and
molasses on his clothing. They said
he was under the influence of liquor
when arrested. The defense will open
tomorrO DIV.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
PRESIDENT SHOWS MERCY.

washington. June BIN the case OF
Daniel c. Brown. assistant postmaster at
Marblehead. Mass. who was convicted In
1897 Of taking money from the mails and
sentenced to serve three years and six
months in a reformatory. the president
has commuted the sentence 70 two years
Imprisonment which will expire next De-
cember
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
COMING TO BOSTON.
Gen. Wood Leaves Santiago on Short
Vacation.

Santiago de Cuba, June 13.-Gen.
Leonard Wood, military governor of
the province of Santiago, and the
members of his family. will leave to-
morrow for Boston, New York and
Washington. The Admiral Dewey of
the Boston Fruit Company's line from
Jamaica will stop off Ell MORO to en-
bark the party.
Gen. Wood expects to return here in
about three weeks. The city council,
at a special meeting today, changed
the name of the principal residential
street to Wood" in compliment to the
military governor.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
NO FURTHER NEWS.

New York, June A. 100 a. MP to
this hour nothing has been seen at
Sandy Hook nor at points along the Jer-
sey coast, of the steamer Macedonia. It
is not definitely known whether the
steamer is still afioat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
WEATHER REPORT.

Boston, June 10. - Local forecast for
Wednesday: Fair weather, possibly fol-
lowed by light showers Wednesday eve
ming or night; cooler Wednesday; fresh
southwest winds, probably becoming north
and east Wednesday night.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
WILL PLAY AT sTRATFoRD,

London. June 1S-Madame Sarah
Bernhard has arranged to play Ham
let" June % in the famous theatre at
Stratford- the town where
SHAKESPEARE was born
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
THlRT-YTwo CASES.

FAN River. June 13.-The number OF
smallpox patients in the isolation hospi-
tai stands now at g. with no new cases
since Sunday Three more schools OF
lower grade have been closed In the tn
fectsd districts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
WORK OF THE WIND.
One Hundred Bodies In the Debris at New
Richmond.

Minneapolis, Mimi. June ia spe-
cial to the Times from New Richmond,
Wis, SAYS: Your correspondent has
the names of Y dead. Probably the
entire casualty list in the city will
reach 100, but very doubtful if any
more will be recognized, the bodies be-
ing dismembered or charred in the
fire.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
FIGHT THE SCHEME.
Smaller Banks Object to Boston Clearing
House Plan.

House Plan.
Boston. June 13.-A circular bearing the
name of Albert II. Eastman of Berlin, N.
H, which antagonized the purposes Of
Boston banks to compal payment of
checks drawn on country banks IN Bos-
ton funds at par on day of receipt. has
been sent to all the country bankers of
New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
The circular invites cooperation by the
banks Of the northern New England
states in an effort to defeat the plan,
which is declared unfair to the banks out
side Of Boston. II is thought the smaller
Massachusetts banks will be approached
later.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13

the meeting, later on. Mr.. Hill and some
of his clan took occasion to remark
that the policy which the resolution
foreshadows would cost the New York
democracy all of the state beyond Har-
lem bridge. That prediction may safely
be thrown into the waste-basket; long
ago Mr.. Hill ceased to be a political
prophet worth listening to-he is has
been.
This resolution. the circumstances I'M
der which it was presented and the rep
resentative character of those who were
compelled to pass upon it. are incidents
of more than common significance. 1t is
a proof Of the vitality of the frec-coin-
age movement in a great constituency
where, a few weeks prior to the national
convention of 1896, silver was known to
be practically friendless. The vote on
the resolution was twenty-eight in its
favor with twenty in the negative. AS
the Standard recalls the figures. that is
a total close up to the full membership
of the committee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13
possible to avoid the force Of this rea.

possible to avoid the force Of this rea-
soning.
But we need not stop even here. If
| it would have been wrong. or against
our established policy to wrest the ISL
ands by conquest from Spain, how can
it be right to wrest them by con-
quest from the natives who had occu-
pied and owned them hundreds of
years before any Spaniard ever saw
them. whose title was infinitely better,
and who at the time of our treaty with
Spain held actual possession of ninety
nine one-hundredths of the whole coun-
try?
6pain's title was merely title by
conquest, and not perfect one at
that. So. whether we claim by con-
quest or by purchase. we could get no
better title than Spain had to part
with This is elementary law with
which even a country lawyer" ought
to be familiar.
But Judge Days whole statement is
very well that Spain was forced to
part with her title, such as it was, and
that she sold under duress, which in
law will make any sale utterly null
and void. This leaves it merely Con
quest after all, and Judge Day tells
us that as a mere matter of conquest
we have no rights beyond the bay and
harbor and city of Manila.
There can be no doubt that ex-See-
rotary Day. like the present Secretary
Hay, was put forward with his state
ment at this time to influence the Ohio
election. His aim was to get the ad-
ministration out from under the odium
that attaches to the idea of conquest,
and which he comedies to be un-Amer-
lean in principle. 1t is not easy to see,
though, how it can help the republicans
much in view of the fact that in his
first proclamation to the Filipinos, Mr..
Mckinley claimed the islands by vir
tue of both conquest" and purchase"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13
A Quibbling Plea.

IN his public statement just made
concerning the acquisition of the
Philippines, ex-secretary Day, VINO
was president of the American peace
commission, says that our title rests
upon purchase" and not upon con
quest If he really thought that this
plea would tend to improve our title,
then this gentleman's characterization
as country lawyer" is a just one.
although the average country lawyer
will be strongly inclined to think him
self entitled to something in the way of
an apology from those who thus apply
the term.
As matter of fact, Mr.. Day very
seriously impairs our title by his state
ment. In the first place, he practically
comedies that it is wrong. and certain
ly that it has been against the policy
of the United States to wrest from a
foreign country lands or possessions,
simply by right of conquest. In this
he is unquestionably right
Then he goes on to say that we We're
not in position to claim the islands
~ i4soAl u conquest bSIduSe We were
in possession Of only the city and bay
and harbor of Manila at the time.
Where does that statement leave those
"conquestadors" who are so vocifer-
ously claiming that the raising of the
flag at Manila gives US a clear title to
the whole twelve hundred islands con-
shutting the archipelago?
Right here another important point
suggests itself-what parts Of the lis
ands were in possession of Spain at
that time? The answer ought 10 be
known to every school boy. Spain sim
ply had few-very few-sea coast
towns, having been ousted from all
the vast remainder of the territory by
the natives themselves. Then if Judge
Day is right in his view that we could
claim nothing by conquest except what
we held in possession, the same princi-
pie must apply to Spain. Consequent
ly she held nothing to sell beyond her
actual possessions, and when she un-
dertook to sell US the entire group, she
conveyed nothing more than right
to wrest possession Of the remainder
from the natives who held it, 1t is i'm
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES,
Mr.. Henderson and Gold.
~ The Boston Herald remark.
that when David B. Hender

~ The Boston Herald remarks
that when David B. Hender-
son stands up and says that
the incoming congress will nail the
gold standard to the statute books, it
lis reasonably safe to calculate that this
'adea is going to have the powerful sup
port of the speaker of the house,
And so it will. At the same time, it
may not be inopportune to remind the
READERS Of the Standard that it is not
so many years since this same David
sB. Henderson was exhibiting the thor
oughness of his knowledge of the sill
Yer question by inquiring of some of
the extreme silver men what sixteen
to one means" Nevertheless, about
that same date Mr.. Henderson was OPP
posing the Window BILL" if not very
learnedly, at least with all the power
of his stentorian voice. on the ground
fhat it was a "Wall-street measure"
and declaring that rather than support
dt he would vote for free coinage
Then, too, it, can easily be recalled;
how Mr. Henderson, yielding to some
potent influence, stood up in the house
a couple of years later and voted to
repeal the Sherman law" which he
had previously voted for: and while
doing so expressed the belief that the
Sherman law was not the cause of the
panic then raging. But he said that
some people thought it was. and he
would repeal the law just as he would
administer an opiate to a patient suf-
fering intense pain. Think of the
craftsmanship which would thus
prompt member of congress to help
repeal law which he believed to be
"a, good one, merely as an opiate to al
hay the fears of a few people VINO
Fthought It was a bad one!
From that day to this Mr.. Hender-
ison has never given the slightest evil
dence of having either knowledge or
convictions upon the subject Still. he
was member of the republican eau
Gus committee that has been formulat-
ing a gold-standard measure and, in
all human probability, he will be the
next speaker of the house
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13
How 1t Came About.

% REF as it was, the press dispatch
u of yesterday morning, relating to
the New York democracy, was a
message of good tidings for those whose
hearts are in the struggle for silver's
restoration. The dispatch summed UP
the proceedings of the democratic state
committee.
In recent months the ambition of
David B. Hill has been to pose as the
democratic leader Of the party every
where in the state the city of New
York itself excepted, and to try it on
with the Tammany leaders for the con-
troll of the committee This ambition
was brought to test at the committee
meeting held on Wednesday, The issue
that brought about this test was evil
IDENTIFY manufactured for the OCCASION
that was done by drawing the Bryan
line. AS the public has read recently
in the newspapers. Bryan has been
more or less indisposed, although there
has been nothing in his case seriously
TO awaken alarm among his friends
But this was a sood-enough case Of
fndisposition for the purposes of bring
ing the New York democratic commit
tee to show down-the members
found themselves obliged to record
their votes on this resolution: The
democratic committee of New York,
recognizing that William j. Bryan is
the natural and approved leader of the
democratic party in the nation, ex-
presses it's solcitude for his health and
strength, and while he is temporarily
stricken on the peoples battlefield, they
beg to assure him Of their loyalty and
love-
Here was Rubicon to cross. Noto-
riously, Mr.. Hill never was loyal to Mr..
Bryan, nor is he to-day willing to sub
scribe to the assertion that Bryan is
ION the peoples battlefield" The quon-
dam leader in New York did more than
pause on the brink of this Rubicon.
He concluded not TO cross, he camped
right there. During the proceedings Of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-13

IF Clinton Dotson killed Eugene Cul-
linane-and in the public mind
there appears to be no doubt that
and most brutal ever committed in
Deer Lodge county. Burglary was the
preface to this murder; Dotson was
one of the men who wanted to possess
themselves of the money which they
supposed was kept by Cullinane in his
lonely cabin, in the northern part of
the county.
10 all appearance, the case against
the accused was as strong as the
proofs in trial of the sort could pos
sibly be. The county authorities ex-
pedited the hearing with commendable
zeal--in it's preliminaries it was not
permitted to drag. In the court room,
last week, days were spent in finding
for jury service men who had no opin-
ions, who do not read the newspapers
and who were not guilty Of having ut
tered a word one way or the other in
comment on this henous crime. The
routine Of questions asked in the selec-
tioii "a eAiS jul the1a tlG uiS
in the run of such cases-was a mani
festation of a desire to select those who
claim to be as densely ignorant as pos
sible of the important events transpir-
ing in the neighborhood where they
live.
We have product that is altogether
natural-the verdict of the jury, hand
ed in last night, is that Dotson is gull
ty of second-degree murder OF course,
this is a mockery and travesty. I'm
der laws that are as good as universal,
under the instructions of the court that
tried this case and under the terms
of the argument made by the prosecut-
ing attorney. the duty of the jury was
either to find the prisoner guilty of
murder in the first degree or to acquit
him. If he committed the crime at all,
his was, indisputably, first-degree
murder. If there was doubt as to his
commission Of the act, if it was not, to
the minds of the jurors, an absolute
certainty that Dotson committed a
tirst-degree murder, then. in all jus
tice and fairness, he should have been
acquitted.
This is a case where a Deer Lodge
jury furnishes a parallel for the ia
nous Scotch verdict, which was that
1.-The jury finds the prisoner guilty of
murder, although the jury Is IN some
doubt about it," The clumsy resort in
the Dotson case settles nothing, except
as it is in witness of the fact that this
Deer Lodge jury has really done an
unlawful thing.
But the verdict stands. In cases of
this kind the jury is a law unto itself,
and in this country the jury system
will fall deeper and deeper into disre-
pute as long as the theory is that the
man who knows the least as to what
is going on about him is the right sort
of stuff for jury duty.