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saying every effort was being made to
trace the boat.
Mr.. Jones stated that he was sending
messages to every coast town between
New Orleans and Pensacola. and that an
ocean tug had started out from New Or
leans TO explore every bay and inlet.
The chances are an in favor of The
boats being ahoat," said Mr.. Woodland.
1t was built for an ocean yacht, and was
a staunch though not a large craft II
would not be surprising n nothing were
heard for days, even a week. Not tin
that time has passed viii / believe that
the boat IS lost. The intention was to
keep close to the coast. II is possible that
an exploration of some inlet or river has
caused the report OF disaster"
VIII Send Revenue Cutter.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. l5.-Mayor Tag
gart received a telegram from Senator
Fairbanks tonight, saying he would ask
the treasury department to send revenue
cutters in search of the Paul Jones' on
which Miss Florence Taggart, daughter
Of the Mayor was taking a cruise with
"a party of friends. Mayor Taggart will
leave for Mobile tomorrow unless favor
able tidiugs are heard.
Nothing Henrd at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 15-Nothing has
been heard here Of the launch Paul Jones
and the S. r. Simpson, one of the
fastest tugs belonging here, LEFT to-day
to make a search along the Gulf. She
has not yet returned, and probably nothing
definite viii. be known before tomorrow
or next day
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FUNERAL OF MIR. DINGLEY.
After Services in the House the Body
VIII Be Taken to Maine.

Washington. Jan. Ii Final arrange.
ments wcce to-day complete' for tho pub
lie funeral u mo low oI the ia;e Repre-
sentative Nelg.m D:nsley in the hall of
the House of Representatives, and for the
removal of tha remains L. their last rest
ing place in Ma.ne
The body has been enclosed il a casket
of plain black, with silver handles. A
silver plate bears the following inscription:
Nelson Dingley, Jr., born Feb. Is. 1882;
Died Jan 13, 1897
The body will be taken from the Ham
ilton House to the capitol about 10 o'clock
in the morning and placed in the han of
the House, where the public funeral serv-
ices conducted by Rev. S. NJ. Newman
of the Congregational Church, assisted by
Chaplain Couden of the House of Repre-
sentatives, will take place.
Subsequently the remains will be taken
to the Pennsylvania Railroad station and
placed aboard a car attached to the 4:2O
O'Clock train for New York.
They will be accompanied by
members of the family now here, the
committees of both houses of Congress and
other friends. The citizens of Lewiston
and Auburn, Me-, have expressed to the
family here their desire to honor their
former fellow-townsman, and on reaching
Lewiston the body will be consigned tenn
porarily to the committees of the citizens
of those cities. ARA ngements have been
made by which 1t win lie In state in the
city hall at Lewiston, probably between
the hours of / and o'clock in the after
noon. Whether or not there will be public
funeral services will depend entirely on
the wishes of the local committees
Tuesday evening the remains will be re-
moved to the Diugley residence in Lewis
ton, and private services held there the
next morning, after which they will be de-
posted in the receiving vault next TO the
body of Mr. Dingley's father, who died
recently.
Evidence of the sympathy for the fam
lily in their bereavement continued to be
received at the Hamilton House during the
day and a number of public men called
and left their cards
Both the American and Canadian mem
bers Of the joint high commission, now
in session here, sent floral pieces, and in
addition a large number havt been re-
ceived from persons in private and public
life.
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DISPOSED TO BE FRIENDLY.
But THE NATIVES WILL NOT LET
AMERICAN TROOPS LAND.

Some of the officials Mt IloiIO Will
ing to Accept an American Protec-
torate-They want to Go to
Stnte the Case to Aquinaldo--HiI-
Ier's Forces Anchored Near Gull
maraS-Natives Furnish Escort 10
American Officers.
Manila, Jan 15.-Omcial dispatches just
received here from Ilollo. Island of Panay,
indicate that the natives are disposed to
Do friendly although absolutely opposed
70 tho landing OF the United States forces
without orders from Ma.olos, the seat of
the so-called Filipino national govern
ment
Some of the officials az Ilollo are not
in accord with the revolutionary govern
ment but are willing to accept an Amer
lean protectorate, and viii go to state the
case to Aguinaldo If furnished transpor-
tation by the Americans.
The United States transports Newport,
Arizona and Pennsylvania with the
Eighteenth Infantry, the Iowa Battalion.
the Sixth Artillery and a detachment OF
the signal corps, constituting Gen. Miller >
expedition, are anchored close to Guimar-
as Island. between Panay and Negroa.
where an excellent water supply Is OBJ
tnnable.
The natives, though indisposed primar-
lily to furnish the Americans with fresh
supplies. now permit the American officers
80 go ashore and furnish them with am
escort during the daytime.
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AGoNorLLo GIVES REASONS.
Why the Philippine Government
should lie Recognized.

Why the Philippine Government
should lie Recognized.
Washington, Jan. 15.-senC. Felipe Agon-
clio, the representative of Gen Aguinaldo
in Washington. has filed with the state
department a memorandum setting forth
at length the reasons for his claim that
the Philippine government should be rec
ognlzed by the United States
Accompanying the memorandum is let
ter, in which Senior Agoncilio states he
has received no reply to his communica-
ton OF Jan. 6, In which he asks that a
suitable time be arranged when he could
be presented to the President and heard
upon his claims. In view of the position
In which the representatives. of the Amer
lean government and the representatives
of the Philippine government find them
selves upon the Islands at this time, he
urges that the matter be given immediate
attention
The letter and the memorandum have
been listed as official documents IN the
state department, and, although the Of
flcials themselves have refused to make
them public, they have, nevertheless, ex-
pressed a willingness for Senor Agoncllo
to do so If he desired. The papers are
now in the hands Of Secretary Hay. The
memorandum IS along the same lines as
statements heretofore made public by the
Filipino representative.
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HAvANA's CUSTOMS DUTIES.
Collector bliss Now Has His Force
We'll Organized.

washington, Jan. 15.-Assistant Secre-
tary of War Melklejohn gave out to-day
a SYNOPSIS of a report recently made by
the collector of customs at Havana, Col.
Tasker H. Bliss.
Col. Bliss writes that the operations at
che custom house at Havana are proceed
ing very smoothly, considering all of the
conditions under which he has to work.
On the day following his installation a
number of employees vacated their posi-
tions. Some of them were Spaniards re-
turning 10 their own country, or were
oronloves. who under the Spanish law, had
become entitled to a retiring pension. Had
.hi, class remained in the service their
tensions would have been jeopardized.
others left for reasons best known to
themselves.
Al present Col. Bliss IS carefully read
i,lsting his force, placing only Americans
an guard where a general supervision
over the whole force is necessary.
Col. Bliss says that in his opinion the
.,,storos service of the island should be
rot only an object lesson but school OF
;netr1iction for the natives. It can, he
eavs. be made an object lesson by hav-
ing no one except Americans in the scr
vice. But it can be made school of
instruction only by having the natives for
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MAY CHANGE ms TESTIMONY.
Engan's Chief Clerk Talks of His
Resignation.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Apparently there
were no developments to-day in the case
growing out of the attack made by Com
missary General Eagan upon Gen. Miles
in the formers appearance before the war
investigating commission.
During the coming week the probability
is some word VIII be received by the war
investigating commission from Gen. Eagan
in answer to the letter of that body sug-
gesting the eXpungation of the objection
able part of his testimony. Gen Eagan
declines to make any statement In the
matter for publication at this time.
William A. De Caindry, the chief clerk
of the commissary generals office Of the
war department, is out in a card admit
ting that he had mailed his resignation
to the Secretary of War, through Gen
Eagan, on the morning after the submis-
sion of the latter's paper to the war in
Vestigating commission. He says the re-
port that the tender of 1t was due to
the action of Gen. Eagan in giving prac-
tical supervision and control of the office
of chief clerk to his military assistant
can only be surmised. The card con-
tinues:
THE reason for the presence of every
provision in the contracts made by him
(Gen. Eagan) with Swift & Co. for chilled.
refrigerated or frozen fresh beef for the
army can be explained by one; and not
being aware of any investigation by Gen.
Eagan as to who drew the contracts.
there is no dissatisfaction on my part
about the matter"
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A FUNCTION AT THE sCHLOss.
knights of the Order of the Crown
Entertained by william.


Entertained by william.
Berlin, Jan. 15.-To-day being corona
ton and decoration day. the first day in
the carnival week of the Prussian court,
Emperor William held a chapter of the
knights of the Order of the Crown, in
Guiding all upon whom decorations were
conferred last year and others of to-day's
conferring.
The function took place at the Schloss
and was attended by Empress Augusta
Victoria and all the members of the i'm
perial family with the ministers of state,
the foreign ENJOYS and many high Off
GERS. The company was unusually large
and the festival one of unwonted bril-
liancy.
Among the newly decorated are Col
Schwarzkoppen, formerly military attache
at the German embassy in Paris, who has
frequently been mentioned in connection
with the Dreyfus case; M. Bertillon, in
ventor of the Bertillon system of measur-
ing criminals, and Prof. Won Zorn of Ko-
nigsberg University, the upholder of the
claims of the Schaumberf house to the
Lippe-Detmold inheritance
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MERCER DENoUNCEs DREYFUs.
Says Refusal to Answer a Question
Pointed to His Guilt.

Paris, Jan. 15.-Le Soir says that Count
Won Munster, the German ambassador,
who left for Berlin suddenly yesterday,
was summoned to confer with Baron Won
Bulow, German secretary of state for for
eign affairs concerning the Dreyfus case
Gen. Mercler, who was minister for war
at the time of the conviction of Dreyfus,
has been interviewed by a representative
of lie Soir to whom he declared that in
1894 he knew nothing of Count Ferdinand
Esterhazy, or of the latter's relations with
Col. Sandherr.
"Dreyfus," he added "lied when he pre-
tended I knew he had supplied documents
to a foreign power in order to obtain more
important documents in return, with a
view of obtaining some mitigation of his
sentence. However, 1 caused him to be
asked the number and value of the docu-
ments he had so supplied. He refused to
answer, and his refusal, therefore, pointed
to his guilt"
Gen. Mercier asserted to the Soir repre-
sentative that the Dreyfus dossier contain
ed documents Compromising the mutual
relations of France, Germany and Italy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
SPANISH FLAG STIRS CUBANS.
INFANTRY CALLED OUT TO DIS
PERsE A RIOTOUs CROWD.

Two Men Drowned While Bathing
Near Camp QuemadOs-CubansD Dis
pleased at the Acceptance of Posi-
tions by Their Officers Under the
Military GOvernmeDt-MayOr La
cOste Calls on Governor General
Brooke.
Havana, Jan. 15.-This morning Span
ish flag having been raised over a hotel on
the Calzada del Monte, a crowd of Cubans
gathered and began to throw stones at it.
Company B, Tenth regular infantry, was
called and proceeded to the scene of dis
turbance at double quick and with fixed
bayonets, speedily dispensing the crowd,
which was fast becoming ugly.
The officer in command explained to the
proprietor that the flag ought to be low
cred, because it was likely to produce
further disorder. The proprietor, in reply,
assured the officer that no offense had
been intended, and that having seen the
English and German flags flying, he
thought he would be at liberty to raise
the flag of Spain.
Two members of the company lowered
the flag
Corpl Francis Green, Company X,
Fourth Illinois Volunteers, was drowned
to-day while bathing in the Almendares
river. The body will probably be sent
home for interment at Litchfeld.
Yesterday a boy. who was called the
mascot of the Second South Carolina Regi-
ment, was drowned in the same stream.
His home was in Asheville, N. C.
Cubans Are DispIeased.
At Marianao this morning at the house
of the Cuban chief, Leyto Vidal a pri-
vate meeting was held, at which num-
Der of prominent military men were pres
ent. Considerable displeasure was ex-
pressed at the acceptance of Gen. Mario
Menocal and other Cuban officers of po-
sitions under the United States military
government, the criticism being that Men
ocal and the others had practically aban-
doned the Cuban army, leaving their coll
leagues of less influence to shift for
themselves.
Mayor Perfecto Lacoste of Havana call
ed yesterday upon Gov. Gen. Brooke, wir-
cd greetings to President Mckinley and
Gen. Gomez and sent a friendly message
to the Cuban assembly at Marianao.
The Cuban general, Alfredo Rego, for
merly in command of the insurgent forces
in the province Of Santa Clara, declines
to accept position in the customs SER
vice on the ground that he might crowd
out some worthier person"
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SUICIDE OF MISS sCHLEY.
Relative of the Admiral BrOOds
over Her Fathers Death.

HRl0NtNe OF Ihe A0HIFBl bfOOuS
over Her Fathers Death.
Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 15.-Miss Anna
Mary Hoeke Schley, % years old. daughter
of the late Col. William Louis Schley. poet.
lawyer and veteran of two wars, and sec
ond cousin of Rear Admiral Schley, COM
mitted suicide to-day at her home, No.
III West Saratoga street.
Since the death of her father to whom
she was much attached just a month ago
to-day. Miss Schley has been inconsolable
A week since her mental condition became
alarming to her friends and attendants
were almost constantly at her bedside.
This afternoon her sister, who had been
chatting with her went down stairs for a
few minutes and when she returned she
found Miss Schley lying on her bed with
a bullet hole in her left breast. She had
shot herself through the heart with one
of her fathers revolvers.
Two letters which she had written to
friends indicate that she labored under the
hallucination that she and her family were
being pursued by some phantom.
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NO USE FOR NEW INVENTIONS.

Gar Wants to shut Ont Explosives
and Submarine Vessels.
London, jan 1.-THE ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times who confirms
Fridays statement by the Vienna corre-
spondent of the Standard as to the issu-
ance OF. a circular from st. Petersburg to
the Powers embodying programme to
be considered at the proposed conference
ON the limitation of armaments, asserts
that the suggested bases of discussion are
given with great detail.
He cites, for example, the prohibition of
employment Of new inventions, Of the use
of explosives. submarine vessels and the
practice of ramming vessels. The pro-
gramme also proposes, he says. a discus
sion Of the avoidance OF war by recourse
70 arbitration wherever possible.
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Reports of serious Fighting.

London, Jan. 1.-THE Cayenne corre-
spondent Of the Daily Telegraph says:
"Runlors are current here that the
Franco Brazilian commission, now engag-
ed in settling the frontier disputes be-
tween French Guiana and Brazil, has been
attacked by the natives at Counani and
that serious fighting has taken place. No
further details have been received here E"
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BATTLE WITH DERvIsHEs.
sCudanese battalion Destroyed and
Another Fight Imminent.


London, Jan. 16.-The Morning Leader
publishes the following dispatch from Cat
TO:
"Rumors are in circulation here that
on Dec. 2S the dervishes, under Emir Fe-
dill on the Blue Nile, defeated the Egyp-
tian forces, the Tenth Soudancse Battal-
ion being entirely destroyed 1t is report
eo that reinforcements are being hurried
to the scene ana that another battle Is
imminent"
According to a dispatch from Cairo, on
Jan. 3, Col. Lewis, with a Soudanese regi-
ment and "a detachment of irregular
troops, attacked Fedn. the last remaining
formidable Dervish chief, while ne was
crossing the Blue Nile on Dec. 26 at the
cataract south of Roseiro, storming the
island on which Fedil took up his posi-
ton, and capturing 1,500 dervishes. Fe-
dill however, escaped with 300 followers.
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HOUSE WILL ADJOURN TODAY.
'ohteSt and Hawaiian Cable Bill
TO Come Up This Week.

'o"'eSt and Hawaiian Cable Bill
to Come Up This Week.
=, ""SA'nston, Jan. 15.-The work of the
-''-Se during the coming week will be
overcast with the sad rites attending the
,'''l tributes to Mr.. Dingley. These will
w. n'l in the House of Representatives
"0on tomorrow and Immediately fol-
ds, d"s The House will adjourn for the
H5,., iuesaay the legislative work of the
NJ VIII be resumed, with the naval
dsg l'i oil coming over from last Fri
pho.5' 'll ,he personnel bill may be dis
pr,n, Wy the contested election case of
been vs.. swanson, formal notice having
Tp,s,s ,s"en mat it would be called IN on
est or..,, An election case has the high
ON a., "'7' ana if the notice is carried
WeI personnel bill will go over.
corrri,, mas been set aside for the
hero on interstate and foreign COM
irp 'N agreement to that effect bav-
mos made before the holtuavs. Tho
On f '"portant bill this committee bos
Pacif. ehdar is that providing for a
theros 'l.e running to Hawaii and
of5os 10 Japan. By Thursday The most
end r.,,'I 'opriation bill will be reported
end l5 n.. to be taken up in the House
Bin ','"aps also the military academy
when tba KAN interest attaches to the time
0, tbe r',..j important bill for the increase
is aU,i' ,i'osu'ar army can be taken IN n
Hui the recovery of Chairnan
should "e military commission. and
tnj ar 1t M be able to be presen, bv the
brought tle t week, this measure viii be
peci tb,, ward But there is little pros
ths. u' ms convalescenoe viii permit
his stre, was sitting up yesterday. but
hs c,r,7,ll is hardly equal to leading in
Of a das-.I Beyond this there is little
eonl1g veai. ,',te nature forecasted for the
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HELD THE PLACE OF HONOR.
Mis-. Draper Sat at the Right of King
Humbert.

Rome, Jan. 15.-At the banquet given
at the palace this evening to the members
of the diplomatic corps, Mrs. Draper, wife
OF the United States ambassador, Gen.
William F. Draper, sat on the right of
King Humbert.
His majesty this afternoon granted a
farewell audience to Capt. G. =. scrlven
military attache of the United States EN-
bassy.
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GOMEZ AT SANTA CLARA.
Soldiers Well at CienfuegOs and Ev-
erything Is Quiet.

Cienfuegos, Jan. 15.-The entire military
department of Santa Clara, Maj. Gen. j.
C. Bates, commanding, is quiet. Twenty
seven thousand Spaniards still remain in
the vicinity Of Cienfuegos, but one trans
port is now loading and twelve others are
expected to arrive at an early date.
six companies of the Fourth Tennessee
Regiment are at Trinidad and six compa-
nies at Sanch Spiritus, while the Sixth
Ohio Regiment is stationed here. A bat
talon of the Sixth Ohio will soon be as
signed to the city of Santa Clara The
sixth Ohians are living In tents outside
Cienfuegos and the general health of the
men is excellent.
Gen. Maxine Gomez is expected at San
tn Clara city tomorrow.
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GERMANY's ATTITUDE.

RumOrs OF Annexation of Vavua
Called an Invention.
London, Jan. 1.-THE Berlin correspond
ent of the Times quotes from the Co
logne Gazette to the effect that ''Rumors
as to the annexation of Vavua, one OF
the Friendly Islands, by Germany are an
invention OF those who desire to stir up
I'll feeling between Germany and the
United States"
He says, however, that as the Cologne
Gazette was among the most active in
originally spreading the reports of Ger
many's intention to annex the Philippines.
its excessive Indignation in the present
instance is somewhat overdone.
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SAVANNAH GA, MONDAY. JANUARY 16 1899

the great mass of employees, with just
enough Americans TO see that their work
is faithfully and honestly done.
Col. Bliss found on hand when he took
possession of the customs house at Ha-
vana only 1850, resulting from a special
tax, which was laid upon loading and un-
loading vessels under the Spanish regime.
His collections on the first day amounted
in cash to $1,522.21. On the second day
they went up to $S,92059.
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TO BE GIVEN A SAFE CONDUCT.

Esterhaxy VIII Testify Before the
Court of Cessation.
Paris, Jan. 15.-Arrangements have been
made to give Maj. Count Ferdinand Ester
hazy a virtual safe conduct to testify be-
fore the Court of Cessation in the Dreyfus
revision case, the count having forwarded
to M. Mazeau, first vice president of the
court, a synopsis of the evidence he is pre-
Dared TO give.
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Brussels, Jan. 15.--Word has been re-
ceived here that a Belgian missionary,
Father Belbrouck, has been murdered by
the Chinese Huh Peh, In the province OF
the same name, Central China, and that
the mission house has been burned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
AN INDEFENsIBLH TRADE.
shafter Says He Never Told Eagan
That the Meat Was Good.

S"AA'er Says ne never TOLD E0gRn
That the Meat Was Good.
San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 15-Maj Gen.
Shafter and party left here this evening at
o'clock for San Francisco. Before leav-
ing, Gen. Shafter said to representative
of the Associated Press:
Il do not wish to mix In anybody's bus
mess. l have never said TO Gen. Eagan
or any one else that the beef over which
the controversy has arisen was good, be-
cause l know nothing about it. / only
know and only have said that the beef at
Santiago was good. 1 saw it,
Il do not care to say an thing IN refer
ence to Gen. Eagan's indefensible TRADE
of Gen. Miles. The matter has reached an
acute point, and 1t is not my wish or
province to have anything to say In con-
nection with 1t, further than to disciaim
having made to Gen. Eagan or any one
else the remarks attributed by reports TO
me-"
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OFF TO THE PHILIPPINES.

Fourth Regulars start on Their
Long Journey.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE Fourth Regular
Infantry, recruited up to it's full strength
Of over 1900 men, in command Of Col.
Robert H. Hall, left Fort Sheridan to-day
on It's long journey to the Philippines,
where the regiment has been ordered for
eprvicp.