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II1LLSBORO, OIlEfJON, THURSDAY, FEIlllUAItY 17, 1898.
NO. 48.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
RAILWAY IN WHITE PASS.
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Coinnrehcnaive Review of the Import
nut Happenings of the Cur
rent Wck.
An iuinionna land grant has been ub
tained from Mexico by Japanoso, who
will shortly launch a big colonization
projoot. The main industry will be
coif no raising.
Rev. C. O. Brown, the California
minister who figured in tho Overman
case, has been formally dropped from
membership in tho Chicago Congrega
tional Association.
The outlook in Franco in gloomy,
and many prominent men fear a down-
fall of the government may result from
the recent agitation. One writer de
clares that anarchy prevail in tho
Briny, the law and tho Btroots.
Dinpntoh.es from Guatemala state
that anarchy reigns supreme through
out tho country, as a direct result of
tho assassination of President Barrios
and the plotting of the lenders of vari
ous factions to get into power in tho
republic.
The house library oommittee has
made a favorable report on the bill to
appropriate $10,000 to erect a statue in
Monterey, (Jul., to Commodore John
D. Sloat, who, on July 7, 181(1, lam
ided
English Company tn llullil From Head
of Lynn Canal to Lake llenuett.
Montreal, Feb. 17. C. H. Wilkin
son, representing the British Yukon
Company, says tho construction of a
ruilroad through White pans, from the
head of Lynn oanal to Lake Bennett,
will ho begun immediately by his com-,
pany. The road, which will bo 45
miles in length, will bo comploted
within 1)0 days of the beginning of the
work.
Tho British Yukon Company, of
which the Duke of Teck is president,
also holds a charter I rem tho Dominion
lovernment for the construction of tho
road through White pass. Tho an
nouncement, some weeks ago, of tho
government's having negotiations with
Messrs. Mann and Mackenzie, deter
mined tho British Yukon Company to
build the road over Whito pass at once.
Tho width of tho tiack will bo three
feet six inches. Tho grade over the
pass will be three per cent, and at
points whero tho grade is tho steepest
what is known as the "A B. T." rail
will be laid. This rail, which is used
In tho Hurt mountains in Europe, has
notches for the grip to a cog wheel, and
is u part of the locomotive. Mr. Wil
kinson says the road will be completed
by tho middle of the summer.
Knlal Milliard In Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 17. During
tho last four days a terrible blizzard
has been raging along tho coast from
the head of Lynn canal to Fort Wran
gel. Account differ as to the number
of tho blizzard's victims, varying from
17 to 27. There is no means at present
of getting at tho facts.
THE MAINE BLOWN UP
Over Two Hundred of Crew
Killed and Wounded.
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION A MYSTERY
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
land
at Montoroy and declared the
United States territory.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Havana Bays; General Blanco's
ilasoo in Eastern Cuba, tho postponing
oi tho elections, De Lome's retire
ment, and the recont activity of the in
surgents make tho outlook black for
autonomy and for Spain. Tho failure
of the scheme of election will bo proof
to all nations that autonomy is dead,
and tho government is naturally de
laying tho evil hour.
There is a rumor in Havana that the
palace authorities have a letter written
by Consul-Ueneral Lee, the contents of
which are as interesting, even exciting,
for Spain, as the De Lome leltor to
Canalejas was for tho tho United
States. Another report was set afloat
that Ctenearl Lee had resigned. This,
however, is known to bo untrue. A
strong effort is being made to get Gen
eral Lee in tho same boat with De
Lome. The members of the autonomist
cabinet do not like him.
There is a general impression among
tho pan-American diplomats in Wash
ington, says a correspondent, that
Costa Kiea and Nicaragua are very
noar war. Both governments have as
suinod belligerent attitudes, according
to information which has reached
Washington, and it is the expectation
of Central Americans in Washington
that President Zolnya will demand a
disavowal of Costa Rica's responsi
bility in connection with the revolu
tion in San Juan del Sur. Two British
warships are now in Nlciiraguan wa
ters, and more are expected. One of
these now in Nicaragua is at Corinto
and the other at San Juan del Sur.
The annual report of the civil service
commission for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1897, has been presented to
the president. It begins with a state
ment to show that after an experience
of nearly 15 years the hopes of. the ad
vooates of the oivil service law have
been largely realized. In practice the
law has proved effective in the direc
tion of economy. Consideiing the few
changes in the service under the merit
lystem, following the wholesale re
movals system the economy and effici
ency of the one Btands in striking con
trast to the extravagance and ineffici
ency of tho othor. The report speaks
highly of the promotion syBtoin, based
on the efficiency record.
The Rhode Island locomotive works
of Providence, has filed a petition in
insolvency.
0. S. Kelloaa. auod 70, was found
frozen to death near Reno, Nev., in
the Silver Hill mountains.
Potter Palmer, of Chiongo, is to
build a mansion at Newport which will
cost between $3,000,000 and $11,000,
000. Dordane, a nephew of ex-President
Duensk, of Salvador, is insane in a San
Francisco hospital,
A New York Herald dispatch from
San Juan del Pur says: Conservative
refugees who have beon threatening an
attack on the government since their
failure last September rushed through
the village without the slightest warn
ing and surprised the barracks. There
was one fatality on each side. Further
fighting is anticipated. A force of ma
rines from the U. S. battleship Alert
has been landed to protect American
interests.
Judge Hanford, of the federal court,
sitting in Taooma, has rendered a deci
sion in the case of the Tacoma Grain
Company vs. the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Company and the Great
Northern railway, whioh is vital im
portance to wheat growers of the state
and shippers. The decision sustains
the constitutionality of the recently
enacted railway transportation law,
fixing a maximum oharge for hauls
within the state. ,
The fourth session of the 14th parlia
ment of Queen Victoria and the 26th
of the United Kingdom, was opened by
the commission at 2 o'clock Tuesday
after with the customary ceremonies.
Previous to the reassembling of the
parliament, the usual party of beef
eaters, accompanied by a number of
officials and headed by the chief of po
lioe, made the customary search for
imitators of Guy Fawkes, formally as
certaining that the vaults of the house
of parliament did not oontain anything
inimical to the safety of its members.
Customs Regulations at Dyea.
Ottawa, Feb. 17. Mr. Mclnnis, of
British Columiba, speaking in the house
of commons, asked if the government
was aware that tho United States au
thorities at Skagway and Dyea continue
to compel all purchasers of Canadian
goods to take an official escort while
crossing tho disputed territory, and to
pay $6 per day for such escort. Mr.
Mclnnis also wanted to know If. some
arrangement had not been made be
tween the United States and Canadian
governments doing away with this "in
tolerable discrimination."
Premeir Laurier, in reply, said that
tho arrangoment referred to was an offi
cial one, and consisted of an under
standing that regulations should be
issued by tho secretary of the treasury
which would render effective the privi
leges of bonding Canadian goods over
United States territory at Dyea and
Skagway. These regulations, he said,
had been issued, though they had not
yet been officially oommunicated to tho
Canadian government. He believed
the regulations would prove satisfactory
to Canada.
From Denver to Dawion Afoot.
Logan, Utah, Feb. 17. A man giv
ing his name as Benjamin Caldwell,
who has arrived hero, claims to be
walking from Denver to DawBon City
on a wager, made by Millionaire
Stratton, of Colorado Springs, and an
other Colorado capitalist named Moffitt.
The conditions are that Caldwell
must walk the diBtanoe, starting with
10 cents in his pocket. If he succeeds
ho will receive $25,000 from Stratton,
from whom iie has a card of introduc
tion. No time is set for his .arrival at
Dawson, but he is expected to reacli
there by June 1.
Klomllkera from Texas.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 17. A voritable
rush for the Klondike region started
here Monday. Nearly 40 tickets were
sold from Dallas for Seattle at $45.
The M., K. &. T. sold 20 tickets and
the reBt went to the Santa Fe and the
Texas Paoifio. Passenger Agent Cady
says that Bince January 16 at least 600
tickets have been sold for the Klon
dike. ACCIDENT PLEA SUSTAINED.
Important Decision by Judge Sanborn
at St. Lonla.
St. Louis, Feb. 17. In a decision of
the United States court of appeals
affirming the lower court wherein Mrs.
Sarah Smith obtainod judgment against
tho Western Travelers' Association for
$5,000 for the death of her husband,
judge Sanborn gives the judicial con
ception of the word "accident."
F. M. Smith died from blood poison
in 1805 as the result of a sore toe, the
skin of which had been abraded by a
tight shoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to
collect the policy, but was resisted by
tho association. A jury in Judge Ad
ams' court gave her the full amount of
the policy. The aBBooiation appealed.
Judge Sanborn held that , the death
of the defendant had been brought
about by an external agent and' it was
an accident. What is not the result of
design or prearrangement, said the
iudire. is accidental. No man inten
tionally wears tne sum on ms toes,
and Buch injury must be considered ac
cidental.
Sealing Outlonk Not Encouraging
San Francisco, Feb. 17. The sealing
fleet this season is very Bmall, and the
outlook is not enoouraging. Captain
O'Learv. of the schooner Geneva, re-
norts that seals are very scarce and
wild, and the weather very unsuitable
for sealing. Captain Nelson, of the
schooner Mary Taylor, lost seven of
his mon by death, and had to put into
port for repairs. He also says that few
seals are to be found, and predicts a
light catch.
Working Double Time.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 16. The Car
pen ter Steel Company, of this city, is
working on double time, with a full
force of 250 men, and there is a report
that it has received an order from the
navy department for 27,000 steel pro-joctiles.
After
punish Sailors mill Ollli lals A id the
Injured Troop Hen, to the Scene
The Khl;i an Kntlre Lou.
Havana, Feb. 17. At a quarter to 10
o'clock this evening atorrible explosion
took place on board the United States
battle-ship Maine, in Havana harbor.
Many were killed or wounded.
All the boats of the Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XIII are assisting.
As yet the cause of tbe explosion is
not apparent. The wounded sailors of
the Maine are unable to explain it. It
is believed that tho battle-ship is total
ly destroyed.
The explosion shook the whole city.
The windows were broken in all the
houses.
A press correspondent says that lie
has conversed with several of the
wounded sailors, and understands
that the explosion took place while
they were asleep, so they can give no
particulars as to the cause.
Tho wildest consternation prevails in
Havana. The wharves are crowded
with thousands of people. It is1 be
lieved tho explosion occurred in a small
powder magazine.
At a quarter of 11 o'clock what re
mains of the Maine is still burning.
Captain Sigsbee and the other offi
cers have been saved.
It is estimated that over 200 of tho
crew were killed, but it is impossible
yet to give exact details.
Admiral Manterola has ordered that
boats of all kinds should go to the as
sistance of the Maine and her wounded.
The Havana firemen are giving aid,
tending oarefully to the wounded who
are brought on shore. It is a terriblo
flight.
General Zolana and the other gon
erals have been ordered by Captain
General Blanco to send tioops to help
the Maine crew in every way possible.
A press correspondent has been near
the Maine in a boat of the oruieer AI
fonso XIII. and has seen others of the
wounded, who corroborated the state
ments of those first interviewed that
they were already asleep when the ex
plosion occurred.
Captain Sigsbee says the explosion
occurred in the bow of the vessel.
Orders were given to the offloeri to
save themselves as best they could.
The latter, who were literally thrown
from their bunks in their night cloth-
imr. cave the necessary orders with
great self-possession and bravery.
At 1:30 the Maine continues burn
ing.
. The first theory was that there had
been a preliminary explosion in the
Santa Barbara magazine ot powder or
dynamite below the water.
Admiral Manterola believes that the
first explosion was of a grenade that
was hurled over the navy-yard.
The report that Captain Sigsbee was
wounded is inaocurate. Captain
beo, with other officers, went in a small
boat to the Ward line steamer City
Washington. Two officers ana mor
than 200 of the crew are missing.
Some of the crew who were able
support themselves by Bwimming were
saved by the boats. Six of the wound
ed crew and one of the officers have
been taken to the military hospital by
General Blanco's orders.
Reported Loss of the Staamship Clara
Nevada Sixty Lives at Stake.
Nanaimo, B. C, Feb. 16. News ar
rived here from Union at 5:30 o'clock
this evening by the Canadian Pacific
Navigation steamer Islander, that the
tine steel steamer Clara Nevada, which
sailed for Skagway frnm Seattle two
weeks ago, was lost with all on board.
The details of information received are
us follow :
The Clara Nevada left Skagway for
Juneau on her home trip, February 5,
and, when off Seward City, in Berner
bay, about 80 miles south of Skagway,
e was seen by the inhabitants of Sew
ard City, all abla?e, and from stem to
stern was one mass of hungry flames.
While the long wharf at Kerner bay
crowded with spectators of the
awful scene, a loud report was heard,
hich resembled the explosion of boil
ers, and nothing more wias seen ot tne
ill-fated steamer.
The following day the beach was
strewn with wreckage, which us 'mbled
that of the Clara Nevada. It is feared
the unfortunate 40 passengers and the
entire crew are lost, as no trace could
be found of them along the beach of
Berner bay. The sea was rough, and a
urious gale, was blowing. It is thought
she was trying to make Berner bay for
belter. This is the first trip of tho
Clara Nevada, and she was due to leavii
Seattle last Saturday on her second
trip, with all the berths sold.
The flteamer Rustler had left for tho
scene, but no report trom tier is ootam
able. The Islander reports terribly
weather at Skagway and long the coast.
TIIROUGIITOLEWISTON
O. R. & N. Said to Be Ready
to Extend Its Line
SPAIN MUST DISAVOW IT.
CP SNAKE RIVER F110M WALLULA
The Steamer's Ofllcera.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16. In the ab
sence of contrary news, the report oi
the wreck of the Clara Nevada is
credited in this city. The Clara No
vada was commanded by Captain C. II.
Lewis, and her crew consisted of 28
men. The officers are: Pilot, Ed
Kelly; first officer, Smith; engineer,
David Heed; purser, Forster Beck;
steward, O'Donnell, and freight clerk
George Rogers.
It cannot be ascertained now man)
passengers tne Clara JNevaua liau
aboard, as no report has been received
of the number who took passage at
Skagway and other Alaskan ports
The Nevada was formerly the Hassler,
which was built at Camden, N. J., in
1872 for the United States coast and
geodetio purvey service. Last smimiei
she was condemned by the government
for the reason that she was out of date
and sold to the Pacific & Alaska
Transportation Company, who had bet
thoroughly overhauled before placing
her on the Alaska run. She was con
sidered perfectly seaworthy.
Burlington Tarty Surveying a Koute
Through Lo Lo Pass Are
Heading for the Coaat.
Lewiston, Idaho, Feb. 15. J. Alex
ander, a prominent merchant, today
received a telegram from a high rail
road source that the O. R. & N. would
immediately commence operations on
an extension of its railroad line to
Lewiston. It has been understood
to be the boast of the O. R. & N. that
when the Northern Pacific entered this
field the former company would show a
bitter competition, and tbe information
received today is the general subject of
discussion on the streets. The com
pany will probably extend the line
irom Wallula up the Snake river val
ley, tapping the grain territory of the
hinh lands by chutes, as several sur
veys by that route have already been
made. By that route the road would
run on the north side of the Snake riv
er and cross the Clearwater river to
Lewiston.
Discussion of the matter has de
veloped the fact that two weeks ago a
party of Burlington surveyors lett
Uniontown for the Pierce City country
to work on the western approach to the
Lo Lo pass. This company has had a
survey party working on the Montana
side for some time past, but recently
returned to Billings, owing to heavy
6iiows. It is stated tnat uiey win re
sume work April 1, and will join a
party from this side on the Lo Lo trail
some time during the coming summer.
completing the survey. Billings is now
the western terminus ol the .Burling
ton, and it is generally understood to
be the policy of the company to push
the line to the coast as soon as the
most practicable and direct route could
b determined.
The attention given Lo Lo pass by
the company recently seems to give
substantial support to the belief that
that route has been accepted, in which
event the road will penetrate the
Pierce City mining region and drop
down into the Clearwater valley, and
by way of Lewiston proceed to Port
land, through the Columbia basin,
making the shortest transcontinental
route to the coast by 36 hours.
RELIEF FOR WHALERS.
REPORTS CALLED FOR.
of
to
Morgan Desires Full Information Re
garding Cuban Matter.
Washington, Feb. 16. During the
short open session of the senate today
two phases of the Cuban question were
adverted to briefly. The amendment
of Allen to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill recognizing the bel-
igerency of Cuba was reported ad
versely by the foreign relations com
mittee, not, as Morgan explained, on
the merits of the amendment, but be
cause the committee did not approve of
tacking such legislation to appropria
tion bills.
Morgan's restriction calling upon
the president for the reports of United
States consuls in Cuba and for infor
mation as to whether any agent of the
autonomous government in Cuba had
been accredited to this government
and recognized by it, was adopted
without dissent. A feature of the ses
sion was a speeoh in advocacy of the
free coinage of standard silver dollars
by Allen, During the remainder of
the afternoon the senate was in ex
ecutive session.
Bethlehem. Pa., Fob. 16. After an
idleness of three months, the Bethle
hem Iron Company's steel mill, giving
employment to 1,000 hands, started up 1 bee and 0f
News at the Navy Department.
Washington, Feb. 17. The secretary
of the navy reoeived the following from
Captain Sigsbee:
The Maine was blown up in Ha
vana harbor at 9:45 and destroyed
Many were wounded, and doubtless
many were killed ana drowned, ine
wounded and others are on board the
Spanish man-of-war and the Ward
line steamer. Send the light-house-tender
from Key West for the crew and
the few pieces of equipment still above
water. No one hnd other clothes than
those upon him. Public opinion
should be suspended till further re
ports. All the officers are believed to.
be saved. Jenkins and Merritt are not
yet accounted for. Many Spanish offi
cers, including representatives of Gen
eral Blanco, are now with me and
express sympathy. SIGSBEE."
The officers referred to in the above
dispatoh are Lieutenant Frank W.
Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar
win R. Merritt. From the wording of
the dispatch, the navy department
thinks it is possible that they were on
Bhore at the time of the accident.
The secretary of the navy received
another dispatoh from Key West at the
same time as the above, but its con
tents were not made public.
Secretary Day received the following
dispatoh from General Lee:
"The Maine blew up at 9:40. The
explosion ooourred well forward, under
the men's quarters, consequently many
were lost. It is believed all three offi
cers were saved but Jenkins and Mer
ritt, who are not acoounted for. The
cause of the explosion is yet to be in
vestigated. Tho Spanish captain-general
and army and navy officers ren
dered everv assistance. Captain Sigs-
his officers are on
inconsiderable excitement was caused
amoWg the members of the house today
by' the rumor broadly circulated before
the house convened that important ac
tion relative to Cuba was to be taken.
It turned out to be simply a resolution
of inquiry unanimously reported by the
foreign affairs committee last week
calling on the state department for in
formation as to the condition of the
concentrados in Cuba and the progress
made in Spain's effort to induce the
Cubans to accept autonomy. The reso
lution was adopted without division.
Another resolution was adopted calling
for the correspondence relating to the
exclusion of our fruits, beef and horses
from Germany. The remainder of the
day was deovted to District of Columbia
business.
STRIFL IN GUATEMALA.
today.
board the steamer City of Washington.
Anarchy Beigna Supreme in That Little
Country.
New York, Feb. 16. Dispatches
from the Herald correspondent in
Guatemala states that anarchy reigni
supreme throughout the country, as a
direct result of the assassination ol
President Barrios and the plotting oi
leaders of various factions to get into
power in the republic.
General Mendizabela, who was called
upon by the military to assume the
presidency, is now mirching on the
capital, Guatemala City, with a foroe
of troops. Besides the military, Gen
eral Mendizabela has influential lead
ers, such as General Najera, behind
him.
General Prospero Morales, who with
General Fuentes was at the head of
the revolution in September, has been
called to Guatemala City by President
Cabrera to take a position in the new
cabinet. General Morales has been in
the City of Mexico. Reports reoeived
here state that General Morales, accom
panied by a party of friends, has started
for Guatemala.
Glasgow, Feb. 16,-The British gov
ernment has invited tenders for four
armored cruisers of 21,000 horsepower
and about 14,000 tons displacement.
Neva Received From Expedition of the
Btar.
Seattle, Feb. 15. News was re
ceived here today from the expedition
sent by the government last November
on the revenue cutter Bear to relieve
the whaling fleet, imprisoned in the
Arctic region. The news was brought
by the steam schooner Lakme, which
left Dutch harbor, Alaska, February 3.
The overland expedition, in charge of
Lieutenant Jarvis, left the Rear Decem
ber 16, for Tunnorok, a native village
north of Cape Vancouver, and the Bear
returned to Dutch harbor, where she
went into winter quarters. The over-
ind expedition, consisting of Lieuten
ant Jarvis, Lieutenant tsetholit, Mir-
geon Coll and F. Koltchof, the guide,
expected to proceed to St. Michaels,
which place they would reach in about
10 days after leaving the Bear, irom
St. Michaels, the overland expedition
will go -to Teller station, where rein
deer will be procured with which to
make the trip to Point Barrow. On
account of the ice, the Bear was only
able to get within 60 miles of Sledge
island, where it was originally intend
ed to land the overland expedition.
The Bear made the trip from Seattle
to Unalaska in 10 days, including a de
lay of 20 hours about S00 miles out,
caused by a severe stonn. No specia
incident attended the run to where the
overland expedition was landed.
The Lakme also brings news that
the bark Coloma. which left Tacoma
December 26, with lumber for Dutoli
harbor, had not reached her destina
tion, and it is feared that she ia lost.
The ontter Bear was preparing to go in
searoh of the Coloma.
Just before the Lakme left, a man
named Coley from Montana reported
having discovered rich gold quartz in
the vicinity of Dutch harbor.
Next spring, as soon as it is possible
to get through the ice, Captain Tuttle,
of the Bear, will start lor foint car
row. which dace he expects to reach
about July. The point where the over
land expedition was landed is 240 miles
south of St. Michaels, and 1,440 nau-
tioal miles from Point Barrow.
Yaqulna Bay Project.
Washington, Feb. 15. Acting Sec
retary Meiklejohn today approved the
project for the improvement of Yaquina
bay, Oregon, and instructions have
been telegraphed to Lieutenant Potter,
of the engineer oflioe at Portland, in
charge of the district, to immediately
begin preparation lor tbe detailed
plans and specifications which will be
advertised as soon as possible. The
appropriation of $25,000 already made
is entirely inadequate lor tne worx,
whioh will cost about $1,000,000 alto
gether, and further estimates will be
submitted, but meantime, the contracts
will be entered into. .
Fast Run on Santa Fe.
Topeka, Feb. 15. The Santa Fe
made another remarkable run on its
Western division vesterday, eclipsing
its former records bv several minutes,
Train No. 4, the Santa Fe's California
limited, covered the distance from La
Junta, Colo , to Dodge City, Kan., 203
miles in 3 hours and 44 minutes. De
ducting 10 minutes for slow-downs
taking water, etc., the actual speed was
56.7 miles per hour. This is faster
than the Empire State express runs be
tween New York and Buffalo.
Formal Repudiation of the De tome
tetter Requeated at Madrid.
New York, Feb. 18. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The De Lome incident is still unset
tled. The cipher dispatch received
from Minister Woodford was not satis
fsctory. It was taken to the president
by Assistant Secretary Day, and after
a short conference between them Mr.
Day sent another telegram to Minister
Woodford. Officially nothing will be
said about these two communications,
further than that the incident is not
yet entirely closed.
It is said that Minister Woodford's
cable was a report of his interview
with the Spanish minister of foreign
affairs, which showed that no direct
disclaimer had been made by Spain
of that feature of the De Lome letter
which hag been interpreted to indicate
the insincerity of the Spanish govern
ment in the mattefof autonomy and in
the negotiation! for commercial
treaty. Absence of such disclaimer is
not entirely satisfactory to the presi
dent. Accordingly Minister Woodford
has been given further instructions on
the subject.
Without making any express de
mand for a disavowal, Minister Wood
ford is requested by his new instruc
tions to impress upon the Madrid au
thorities the importance to all con
cerned of some distinct repudiation of
Senor de Lome's declarations, which
the president can believe correctly
represents the position of the Spanish
government.
Mr. McKinley believes that when
the Spanish minister of foreign affairs
fully appreciates the interpretation
which has been put upon Senor de
Lome's letter in some quarters of the
United States, he will hasten to dis
avow it. Minister Woodford has been
told in a positive way that the presi
dent would like to have done; in other
words, that he must use delicate di
plomacy to secure the end desired, and
the president is sincere in the belief
that another interview between Minis
ter Woodford and the minister of for
eign affairs in Madrid will end the
whole trouble.
As far as that feature of the case, the
De Lome letter criticising the presi
dent is concerned, the incident is
closed. That was established when
the state department received Senoi
Du Boso as charge d'affaires of the
Spanish legation to succeed Senor de
Lome. The other phase of the letter,
the president considers, should very
properly be made the subject for fur
ther negotiations, in order that Spain
Bhould have an opportunity to show
that Senor de Lome falsely lepresented
her position when he made the state
ment he did.
Spain Will Disavow It.
New York, Feb. 16. Tho World's
Madrid correspondent describing the
formal statement of regret at the cen
sure of De Lome's conduct, which he
says is about to be made by Foreign
Minister Gullon, says the statement
will be in the form of a note in reply
to a communication from the Ameri
can government, and will set forth
the substance of what the foreign
minister said in an interview
with United States Minister
Woodford, February 10, when the
latter submitted the note
government at Washington
the Madrid government of
TOLD TO COME HOME
De Lome Recalled by Span
ish Cabinet and Queen.
HIS SUCCESSOR NOT YET CHOSEN
The ex-Minister Packing Hia Trunk for
an Early Departure A dmlta
Writing the tetter.
Madrid, Feb. 14. At a meeting of
the Spanish cabinet, held today, un
der the presidency of the queen-regent,
the minister of foreign affairs read a
dispatch from Senor Dupuy de Lome,
saying that the published letter to
Senor Canalejas was written by him,
and tenderin? his resignation. The
cabinet decided to accept his resigna
tion, and be was so notified, the lega
tion to be entrusted to the first secre
tary. Senor Sagasta, the premier, and
other members of the cabinet, state
publicly that the De Lome incident
will not affect the relations between
Spain and the United States, and that
a new envoy competent to conduct the
commercial negotiations will be se
lected. Regards Himself aa a Private Citizen.
Washington, Feb. 14. The state de
prtment this morning gave out for pub
lication the substance of the cablegram
sent Saturday tn our minister at Madrid
in reference to the De Lome letter. The
statement was as follows:
There has appeared in the pub'lio
prints a letter addressed by the Span
ish minister to Mr. Canelajas. This
letter the minister admits was written
by him. It contains expressions con
cerning the president of the United
States of such a character as to termi
nate the minister's usefulness as a rep
resentative of the government to this
oountry. General Woodford, therefore,
was instructed at once to say to the
minister of state that the immediate
recall of De Lome is expected by the
president. It is stated that up to this
time no response has been received from
the Spanish government.
Up to 10 o'olock de Lome had not re
ceived from the Spanish government an
aceptance of his resignation, but it is
believed it will soon be given, and the
minister's offlaial connection with the
government as Spanish representative
to the termination without the neces
sity of action by this government by
giving the minister his passpoits. De
Lome regards himself now as a private
citizen, although technically still the
Spanish representative.
from the
informing
Senor de
Lome's offense and requesting his re
call.
The cabinet had supposed that the
prompt acceptance of Senor de Lome's
resignation would be sufficient satisfac
tion for America, the writing of the
letter to Canalejaa not being an official
but a purely private offense. Conse
quently the telegram from New York
representing that the United States
government expeoted further satisfac
tion for the minister's conduct was a
surprise.
It has been arranged that the new
Spanish minister shall arrive in Wash
ington before the arrival of the dele
gates form Spain, Cuba and Porto Rico,
appointed to participate in the draf itng
of a commercial treaty, which Premier
Sagasta considers to be of the very
highest importance.
All rumors about the sending of
Spanish ironclads and torpedo-boats to
Cuban waters are premature.
Spaniarila Said to Have Opened Letters
New York, Feb. 16. It is now
known on the highest authority that
the real reason for sending the torpedo
boat Cushing to Havana was that the
authorities have been tampering with
the mail sent to the battle-ship Maine
in Havana harbor, says the Washington
correspondent of the Herald. This re
sulted in Captain Sigsbee, of the
Maine, sending a protest to Washing.
ton, with the suggestion that a regular
service be established between Kej
West and Havana by means of torpedo
boats. On the strength of this protest
the Cushing was sent to Havana.
Although it has been freely reported
that offloial mail has been tampered
with in the past, Secretary Long said
last night that he had received no re
ports from Captain Sigsbee saying that
the Spanish authorities had interfered
with his letters in any way.
"The dispatch of the Cushing to
Havana," he said "was in line with
the department's action in sending the
Maine on a friendly visit to that port
and the Montgomery to Santiago de
Cuba. I expect she is now on her way
baok to Key WeBt."
Reaignation Considered Euough
Madrid, Feb. 16. The note from
Minister Woodford demanded that
Spain should formally disavow the in
suits to President McKinley contained
in Senor de Lome's letter to Senoi
Canalejas. The caWnet council today.
it is reported, decided uunanimously
to renlv to Minister Woodford that
Senor de Lome's spontaneous resigna
tion and the terms of the deoree accept-
ine it were considered sufficient. It
is understood that a long cipher tele
gram was sent to Washington.
De tome Anxious to Go.
New York, Feb. 14. Diplomatio
relations between the United States
and Spain through Minister de Lome
are at an end, and correspondence will
be oonduoted exclusively through Min
ister Woodford in Madrid until Spain
sends a new minister to Washington,
or designates a charge d'affaires, says
the Herald's Washington correspond
ent. Minister de Lome has cabled bis res
ignation to his government. Assistant
Secretary of State Day admitted that
this was true, by saying that Minister
de Lome did not deny the authenticity
of the letter to Canelejas, and by stat
ing that a cablegram bad been sent to
Minister Woodford in Madrid, the con
tents of which would not be made pub
lic until it had reached its destination.
While no official statement will be
made as to the contents of thiB cable
gram until its substance has been com
municated to the Spanish minister of
foreign affairs, it informs Minister
Woodford of the publication of the let
ter, says that De Lome does not deny
its authenticity, and directs him to
suggest to the Spanish foreign office
that De Lome cannoti.be regarded
as persona grata arid to suggest that
another minister be sent to Washington.
While naturally regretting the un
pleasant incident whioh has terminated
his diplomatio career in Washington,
Minister de Lome will not regret being
relieved of the onerous duties which
have developed upon him as the Span
ish representative here during the insur
rection in Cuba. As soon as he learned
that the letter had been obtained by
the junta he realized that its publica
tion would make his official stay in
Washington as Spanish minister impos
sible, and he immediately cabled bis
government the facts and tendered his
resignation.. When the letter appeared
he again cabled to his government,
Btating that the letter had been pub
lished and reiterating his wish to be
relieved. !
This is not the first time that De
Lome has placed his resignation at the
disposal of the Sagasta ministry.
When Senor Sagasta came into power,
the minister being of the opposing
party in Spain, tendered his resigna
tion, and he has offered his resignation
again in all on five separate occasions
sinoe that time. He has been retained
by Senor Sagasta, however, on account
of his intimate knowledge of the Cuban
question and of the situation in the
United States.
Holland Doga for Alaska.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 14. Thirty
dogs direct from Holland were shipped
to Alaska today on the bark Shirley.
Japan Refuaed Afore Time.
London, Feb. 14. The Peking cor
respondent of the Times Bays: The
Japanese minister, Curino, regretfully
intimates to the tsung-li-yamen the
inability of hia government, in regard
to the obligations oontraoted by Japan,
to grant an extension of the time for
payment of . the war indemnity.
Though no official statement has been
issued, the negotiations for a loan from
British sources are regarded as having
failed-