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GRESHAM'S DISPA i CH His Friend Think It H' Served a Valuable Purpose. 1A lA1IN TO SPAIN8 The Exigencyof the Case Admitted of No De'ay. WILL BE JUSTIFED Those public man who Indorse Secretary Grshan's In the Allianca matter, and the number seems to be -growing, are very confident that no state of the caae can artise calculated to detract from the real effectiveneas of his first dispatch. The real Object of that, as they contend, has already been accomplished, and whether the reply of Siain Is prompt.or not make little difference In co'sidering the question upon Its merits. Mr.

Ureshana's Point. According to this view of the case, the point of greatest consequence which Judge Gresham had to consider was the bearing of the episode upon the general-question of the safety of Americsn shipping in or near Cuban waters. The "Allanca herself was safe. She had easily out-footed the Spanish gunboat, and was riding at anchor in New York harbor. Spain was not for a moment to be expected to justify the outrage.

The act of the gunboat was, as reported, in such flagrant violation of all law and comity that it would only be necessary to call Spain's attention to it to have her make the proper namende. But this should be done at once and In the firmest tones. To hold the matter up pending an official investigation. with Its slow processes and trying delays. would be to leave Anerican shipping in Cuban latitudes very greatly exposed.

It might not be (hat every vessel flying the American fag in that quarter could show her heels to a Spanish gunbcat. If all st.ch vessels were under suspicion, and the affair of the Allianca has to be taken as an example of what Spanish commanders patrolling the Cuban coast concelved tQ be within their rights, then the necessity of a prompt statement of the American case.was not only important, but imperative. And so the dispatch was written. The proper warning was served. It would not matter so much about the full details of the episode answering as the text.

The Spanish commander and Capt. Crossman might differ as to the position of the Allanca. and even as to the conduct of the Anianca in the premises, but that would be of-small condequence in comparison with notifying Spain: precisely what the United States was expecting and would demand for her shipping while passing within sight of Cuba. Eseet en the Spantah The Spanish commanders in Cuban waters received this information as promptly as the government at Madrid did. It did not come to them officially, of course, but it must have had Its effect on them.

The dispatch, which appeared authoritatively In print, needed no Interpretation. They could see what ibis government would do In given circumstances, and it was for them from that moment to study well the nature of the Instructions they had receivad from home on the subject, so as to be fully justified in their future course. That they will proceed with more caution from now on is firmly believed in State Department circles. There is no belief that Spain, however much provoked secretly because of certain sympathy felt in this country with the Cuban revolutionists, desires to offend the United States. A scrap on sea or land is not within the scope of her present calculations.

She is expected to make this plain in her instructions to her commanders in Cuban waters; but whether she Fdoes formally or not they are expected to be governed by the clear purpose. of this government not to submit to any search at sea not entirely consistent with national dignity and within the plain letter of the law. S. Famll Reply EXpeeted voom. It is conceded that a full reply to the dispatch as It relates to the Allianca proper cannot be made by Spain prior to the receipt by her of some official information on the subject.

In the absence of this she has nothing to go upon. She has so far received only an assertion, a complaint, and a demand from this government. She could only reply at this time, therefrre, that If the affair occurred as reported she stands ready to give the proper assurances of regret. She doesn't know the name of her offending commander, or even the' name of his ship, and both must be iertained. It may be decided to make that sailor, with the very guns he trained on the AlliancaL salute the flag he Is charged with having so Inexcusably Insulted.

What Greahasi's Friends Say. A very interesting discussion has grown Out of thia Incident, which brings the friends of Judge Gresham to the front. They have long chafed under the criticism assoclating his name with certain unAmerican ventures of the aministration, The Hawaiian matter, in particular, has always rsnkled in their bosoms. They have never believed that bin part in that businesa was more than to assist his chief in a policy which the chief 'hmself Sfad already conceived and determined upon. The story representing Mr.

Cleveland as having come to: W'uashingtomn in March, 1titi, with a -plan for the restoration of the monarchy complete has always found acceptance with them. And now, as they claim, it will no longer be possible to attack Judge Gresham with the former virulence, This Allianca episode should, they coigend, serve fully to show both his mettle and his Americanism. The action taken was his own. The President was not within reach, The case was pressing. It called for both sand and sense, and he has met the emergency in a way that delights the men who have been standing -by him through thick and thin.

They scout the suggestion that the President may not tack his premier up in the matter. They do not believe that the President, even If he desired to do so, could weaken the force of Judge Gresham's conlenton, or the popularity the dispatch has brought to its author, The great power of the communication, as they appraise it, is in the thorough way in which this government in committed by It. The matters In Interest were the dignity of the flag and the safety of American shipping, and a dispatch so clearly standing up for them cannot be made a subject of revision, The ofmclal who would understate such a case would err far more grievously than the one who would overstate it. A Vsaable Pumrpose Served. All the possibilities have been canvassed.

For an instance, so extreme an Inquiry has 'been propounded as that asking what would he the result If an absolute denIal of the Allianca matter should be entered by the Spanish authorities. Even this Is an-. swered. The dispatch, It Is contended, would still have served a valuable purpose. The episode was reported to this governsnt, andi It presented a question of the highest inmportance to American shipping interests, The government could not afford to put such a thing by.

It had no means of knowing how long the revolt In Cuba might be expected to last. American suipping could not be left In any periL. Its sights on the open sea must be defined, Sd as this wos a paramount duty it wan be executed with promptness and ex6splicitness. The claim is made, therefore, that. In any and all poesible circumstances, Judge Gresham's action will be found to CHARGED TO THE TARIFF Te raujlgh Off in Forign Cammerce Said to Be a Besult It the Deeresse contines It Will Be an Argument for Revision Next Winter.

It is said in financial circles that the business and financial situationi -df the country shows gradual and gratifying Improvement. The treasury is mintaining the gold and it is thought that the syndicate management will be successful in preventing gold exports under normal It is said that the banks are getting better employment for money, and that their customers give indications of doing more business. In the business world there have been advances in the price of some of the leading American staples, and there is a firmer tone in the domestic market value of other articles. Decresse In Foreign Conimeree. In contrast to these favorable conditions existing in the internal commerce 6f the country, is an unfavorable report of our foreign commerce.

The last bulletiP issued by the bureau of statistics, givirg quantities ad vaiues 0t tat prk.vpal articles of agricultural exports for the pest eight months, shows considerable falling off, both in quantities and average prices, compared with the corresponding sight months of the preceding year. The value of breadstoffs exported in the last eight months was a little over $71,000,000, a decreasp of over $17,00,000. There was a falling off in the exports of cotton amounting to over 1,00,000 bales and a decrease in price of nearly 21-4 cents a pound. The exports of dairy products have decreased, and there has been an increase in the amount of agricultural and dalry products imported into this country. There Las been a heavy increase in the imports of manufactured articles of a class similar to the products of the largest manufactug industries of this country.

This, of course, means the crowding out of just so much American product, Charged Against the Tarif. There in a proneness in some quarters to attribute these conditions of the foreign trade to the operations of the new tariff law. The Wilson-Gorman act has had full six months' operation now, and it is claimed that it in fair to begin to judge of its effects. Those who predicted disastrous results from the operation of the law are laying uponr it all of the responsibility for the falling off in the foreign trade, and say that since it is shown that the one great claim made in behalf of the low tariff, namely, that It would Increase the foreign trade, has been proven fallacious, the law now stands condemned beyond hope of defense. If the decrease in the foreign trade continues at the present rate until the assembl'ng of Congress next December, it will be a powerful argument in favor of an immediate revision of the tariff, it is said.

The impression prevails among those well posted that there will be considerable division of sentiment among the republicans as to the advisability of commencing an immediate and sweeping revision of the tariff. There in a well-known disposition on the part of some of the leaders to go slowly in tariff matters not unsettle the business of the country unnecessarily. On the other hand, there is an element which wants to go at the tariff hammer and tongs, and these people are the ones who are now keeping closest tab upon the shortcomings of the present law, accumulating all the evidence possible in favor of their plans for Immediate revision. THE NEW SILVER PARTY. Representative Stone Thinks It Will Not Get Maeh Strength in His State.

Representative Stone of the Allegheny district in Pennsylvania is in the city today on a flying visit. He has been home since the adjournment of Congress, and reports there is a marked improvement in business and a prospect of easier times this spring. "The new silver party will not get much strength in Pennsylvania," said Mr. Stone to a Star reporter in reply to a question. "There has never been a party or an "ism' that Pennsylvania did not contribute to in some degree, and I suppose it.

will be the same in this case, although the deserters fiom the ranks of' sound money principles will not be strong enough to cut any figure in politics. Pennsylvania is not unfavorable.to silver, for I believe every republican in the state would advocate bimetallism, but we would never agree to follow any plan for national free coinage. We don't want one standard-of money for this country and another standard for other countries. Pennsylvania would like to see an international agreement in behalf of an enlarged use of silver and gold, but until such an agreement can be reached with other nations of the world we don't want any free coinage." WILL PRACTICE LAW. Two Ex-Congressmaen Who Are Now Ready to Go HoMse.

The city is pretty well depleted of exCongressmen now and. the last few stragglers are getting back to their districts or to those portions of the country which they could once call their districts. Among the latest to depart are Representatives Hall of Minnesota and Caminetti of Califorria, both of whom go, but not to return. These two ex-Representatives are not among those who have lingered in Washington in the hope of being taken care of by the President and receiving federal appointments. Mr.

Hall said before leaving that he has got a big law practice on hand, and $25,000 worth of fees in sight. He has had the "giory" which attaches to two terms In Congress and says now that he is wilting to go in and make a little money for himseif. Mr. Camninetti also goes heck to resums a thriving practice, taking his place in the iaw firm of which he was a member at the tire of his election to Congress. -TE CRIBER COLUMBIA.

Secretary McAdoo Wilt Accompsany Her to the West Indies. Assistant Secreiary McAdoo wilU accompany the cruiser Columbia on her trip to the West Indies. He will go in an unofficial capacity as the guest of Captain Sumner, commanding the warship. She is now being fitted out at New York and is scheduled to start Thiursday morning. Her present orders are to join Admiral Meade's squadron at Kingston, Jamaica, or at Santo Domingo.

The fleet is now at La Guayra, Venesuela, but will probably be at Kingston before the arrivai of the Columbia. Mr. McAdoo left hers this morning for New York to keep an engagement to make an address at the banquet of the Friendiy Sons of St. Patrick at Delmonico's this evening. He will remain in New York nti the Coiumbia sails, and will probably leave her at Kingston, her first stopping place, and return to New York by mal steamer.

He expects to be gone three or four weeks. Naval Movements, The Castine has sailed from Malta for Port Said, on her way to Madagascar. The San Francisco is at Piraeus, Greece. The Bennington has arrived at San Francisco from Acapulco. The Raleigh has sailed from oirin for REPLY OF SPAIN the sconer had fro Key West, One Believed to Have Been Received Inques however, fail to show that any boat Is minsing or unreported, except those Throunh Eniter Taylor.

eneI reetl a par: AfAruIitH a toDlPadre. AT Ta AIJIAIA INcIDm Puerto diel Padre to 17 -lin longitude 76 deg. 42 mila. 'W. it WillAvoi Caue fo Comlain in has a long and narrow entrance and oefWif Avoid Cause for Complaint innot far from the place wherthe paish gunboat the Future.

fired on the A Not Believed The State Department has had no inMR. GRESHAM RETICENT formation from official sources touching the report that the. Spanish cruiser Arcedo fired upon and suink a msH American Although lacking official confirmation, schooner off the Cuban coast, and the rethere Is good reason for the belief that the port fids little credence here. The naval register shows the Arcedo is a smail Spanish government has made a prelim- schooner-rigged iron gunbiat. built in inary reply to Secretary Gresham's men- Spain In 1M.

and of about nine knots sage In regard to the Allianca affair. Ac- speed. It is not known whether or not she cording to thebest information, the Span- to in Cuban waters. Ish minister of foreign affairs courteos- Other sources of Informati th ly and temperately' acknowledges the re- Stat ntae likes wto any ceipt of Mr. Grdsham's note and expresses cued to discredit it.

his regrt that anything should. have occurred to interfere with the cordial rela- A GRAT TASK ACCOSIMMSHE I tions of the two governments. He calls at- tention to the entire absende of official in- Translation of the Bible late the formation in regard to the alleged firing Weal Language. upon the Allianca, adds that steps haye NEW YORK, March 19 At the meeting been taken to have the matter thoroughly of the board of dlrqctors and Foreign HisInvestigated, promising prompt action as sionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal soon as the report called for from the Church last Week It Was voted to make a captain general at Havana has been re- grant for the pubication of-the Holy Scripceived. tures In the classical Wenli language of The Spanish government also gives as- China, which Bishop Samuel 1.

Scheresurances that steps will be taken to pre- schewsky, late missionary bishep to China, vent any interference whatever with Amer- hap Just completed. after long years of icon commerce in- Spanish waters, and preparation. that there Is no likelihood of a repetition The work Upon which Bishop Schereof such an affair as that alleged by the echewaky has been engaged has attracted commander of the Allianca. It is made the attention of the church sidlecholars on 'Particularly clear that the Spanish gov- both aides of the Atlantic, and the publicaernment will endeavor to avoid any just caus for complaint on the part of the tidn of his translation of the Bible into United States. the Wenl language is being awaited with Minister Taylor's Telegrasm.

Interest For many years Bishop schereMinister Taylor, at Madrid- was the medi- schewsky was one of the missoaries of the EilcopalChurch in the'Chfinese emum of communication In this correspond- pire, and was made bishop of Shanghai In eate. 18 While the officials of the State Depart-. The Wenl Is the written, hut unspoken ment are unwilling to say anything what- language of Chins-'It is understood by the ever concerning the contents of Minister Chinese In ali parts of the em, by the natives of Coes and many of LheinhabitTaylor's cablegram, it is believed the fore- ants Of japan, going is a fairly accurate interpretation During the summer of last the very of the dispatch. It will be noted that the Rev. F.

A. Hoffman of the Sepal theeSpanish government promptly complies logical'seminUr went to Eepi at the with one of the most important of Secre- Instan a of the ashop of tary Gresham's demands, which was for Canterbury, auth the "Immediate assurance" that the war ves- English Church to the work Scheresels patrolling Cuban waters should not schewaky had In hand. The archbihop begive further offense in the manner com- came Interested In the subet and applained of In the Allianca affair. As to Poitod.alss.ltev. Dh Legge of Oxterd Unithe other demand made by Secretary ores- versity and Prof.

Dougias of Kigs colham that the Spanish government should lege, London, to eVamune tramalapromptly express its regrets for the at- ton with a view of having a geglon. of the tempted detention of the Allianca, Ministel' expnse of the publiation tt Tayldr's dispatch indicates the willingness he kw of the Madrid government to comply there- edge. with in due time, should the facts on In- With the completion of the unwatlth vestigation prove to be in accordance with and the publication of the maluof his the unofficial representations made by the untiring labor whiiegting soUnited States. -ver pain, the diatingulsd tedasueThe Usal Cutout. will consider his life-work will Thenot however, permit the pCiaon of the In taking this position Spain is simply translation except under his own personal acting in accordance with the usual cue- supervision, and as this will be done in tom In like procedures.

The Spanish gov- China. he wilt Se our far the flowery kingdom In there. ha ernment is said to -have stated that no de- to end his days in th lad to Ic Is tailed information from Cuba bearing on most atached througho ashi a the affair l-as been received, and this is His fa sta borne out by the debate in the cortes yes- an adult son and daughter. he terday, when the minister had no facts to ye behind. offer.

It was not to be expected that any declaration would be made by Spain until ANNEXATION INEVITABLE. such a report had reached Madrid, and this Is believed to be the view taken by 'the eort of Ju Dixon Of teatana President and the Secretary of State. The Regarding Satina Aairs. cablegram is understood to contain, moret BUTTE, March strong expressions of good feeling man W. W.

Dixon, who, It is Vnderetood, toward the United States and a recital of the fact that Spain had no doubt that the Incident would be settled to the satisfac- Creary of the foreign afairs toimittee of tion of both nations. the House to make a Investigation of reConference With the President. coat events on the Islands, has returned toSecretarypresham had a long conference Butte, He says he made an hn'vestigatlon I with the President on the subject of our bf affairs In Hawaii even to events as far I foreign complications this afternoon. Be- remote as the overthrow of tlie queen, and fore entering the White House he informed the entire tenor of his remarks is In pralse a group of reporters that he had nothing to of President Dole and his govelment. He say in regard to the Almanca case, and he found the annexation sentiaeft growing declined to affirm or deny the correctness among the natives and who of the published synopsis of Mr.

Taylor's recognied the hopelessness of cause of message conveying the reply of the Spanish royalty and believed annexationwould give government. He explained that he could Hawaiian sugar free entry Into the United not properly discuss the matter in its pres- States and would Vierefore boom the inent state, but assured the reporters that lands all the correspondence would be given out Judge Dixon.found that the recent atIn due course of time. in de corseof tmetempted revolution has strengthened the Mr. Grenhan Indorsed. provisional government greatiy and that It is understood that the President has the government Is very conservative in fullythe treatment of revolutionists and not at full indrse thecouse prsud byMrall vindictive toward the supporters the Gresham, in his absence, in the affair with queen.

The stories of torture; he says, Spain, with the single exception that he did were unfounded entireiy. and no one was not think the message to Mr. Taylor should forced to leave the country, but many have been published until the Spanish gov- were given the option of standing courtmartial or leaving the islands sucht ernment had had an opportunity to submit time as they would be given permission its reply. It Is possible that an effort will to return. He aim found that tbe men be made to ascertain how the press secured who claimed the protection of the United the manifesto on the very -lay it was tel- States had a fair hearing and will reegrarhed to Madri.

calve fair treatment. Martl law will he Minister Muruaga Will Say Nothing. removed within a month or six weeks. and the queen's sentence remitted, The klegila- 4e Senor Muruaga, the Spanish minister, de- ture will be convened In the spring, and clined to see callers or to receive any mess- a general election called for the election Of ages. In response to urgent requests for a president.

information on the Allianca affair and the Judge Dixon thinks annexation Is Inevitable and says that the only people who answer of Spain, a note from the minister are opposed to it are the English residents was presented to all inquiries, saying: of the islands "Excuse me. I have nothing further for publication." Representative McCreary, who Is referred Among the callers on the minister was to In the dispatch from Butte, Mont, as Mr. Gray, former owner of the Alliance having commissioned ex-Congresman Dix- I but he. too, was unable to secure an inter- on to ake an Investigation at Hawaii, view. went to the State Depart- "wish to deny the whole story.

I never ment. Mr. Gray was receiver of the Amer- set Judge Dixon to Hawaii- and did not Ican and Brasillan Steamship Company, ko fhsgigutlatrh a oe which operated the Allanca, and sold herHe entorcpaethhalhfhi to the present owners. He speaks In highsoM.Dxtirmnnga nFaterms of her capabilities. Mr.

Gray says aewtarltieomnh ttwy that his present business with the Spanish haeerdfhitipbtnvshad minister and the State Department' is of a fa netgto aaiSrigcfo private nature and does not concern the tefrinafiscmiteadIhv Allianca trouble, He is well acquaintednoadwilotrcvearotonht with the coast trade between the Unitedsuec" States, Cuba and South America and does not believe our commercial interests will CAPS SCPTI AL be seriously affected by the Cuban uprising or t-y the Allanca incident. MiitrTyo Sed Nws fte The President Holds a Conferenee. anhCbieChge President Cleveland conferred at noon Thfolwndipth as'cedhs today with Secretaries Gresham and Car- atronfo iitrTya'a ard lisle. Representative McCreary, until re- "GvrmnhareiedCaosacently chairman of the House committee pitdtpangnrlo art of foreign affaIrs, was aiso present. It Is gvrmn rbbeudr(nvs understood that the status of the negotia- (ind TYO.

tion with Spain over the Allianca affair was gone over.PrsdnilApoa en. The statement is made that the present ThPrsdnmaeteflwngecs aspect of the subject is such as to give as-aponm tsody surace to the authorities that there would be no trouble of a serious character be- oehR eo fInini esce tween the United States and ayo eaino ntdSae AMERICAN SCHOONER SUNK. HerA.CEmyatteno th The Spaaish Gunboat Areedo Charged slt fteUie ttsa igo With the Act. Cie A Key West, special dispatcb to the Gog New York Herald, dated yesterday, says: Uie tts ob nepee otecn Passengers on the steamer which arrived nlt fteUie ttsa sk from Havana last night bring news of re- PsmsesDvdC Vrh tEs ports in circulation there of further depre- SitLus oiiBad tDivle dations by Spanish cruisers on AmericanIl.Binhr tr esric vesseis along the Cuban coast. Dne utelnM.

The latest report Is to the effrt that the Hita Spanish gunboat Arcedo fired into and idel t.tsbs1 ihe sunk Amricanschoner nf Purt veM Hoc, nunerg rnkeylr, atr Padre. It is rported.that thscrewoofttheinchestera Penn LYNCHED A WOMAN BEHIND CLOSED DCORS Foreign Shroudea in Xystery by Almost heredible Story of Western DeprkmL Brutality. The American Policy-The Publie Not informed of. important Matters. Cattle "Rustlers" Thought to Be A recent Associated Prs dispatch repat the Bottom of It.

as a diplomatc lmprorlety certain comments of Consul General Williams at Bam. on Cuban affairs. Undoubtedly Secretary Glresham Was perfectly sincere in DESPERATE FIGHT MADE what he said. and his solicitude that United States representatives abroad should not subject themselves to merited crticesm ws OMAHA. March special to altogether natural.

But a careful reading the Bee from Butte, says: Of what Mr. Williams said discloses really Mrs. W. E. Holton of Keyahoho county no material enlarxement of the latitude was found dead in her home last night by.

usually accorded to men occupying diplo teighbors. She had been lynched. nac Positions, and sentiment in diploHer body was lying on the floor with nlatic circles here attaches no particular Aece of rope about ten feet long and a signifcance to Mr. William utterances in batchet and hammer lying by her aid. the Premises.

Possibly, of coure, the MadThe croner was summoned and an rid govermentwhich.according to common autopsy showed that she had died of rumor, had previously for some reason strangulation, and had also been as- taken umbrage at Mr. WiliamV. may seek saulted. more or lebs significance to tne The wofian was living alone. as.ner us- ccurrece, but this will not alter the nu-position of the case.

In this connection It bad been sent to an insane asylum. is pertinent and interesting to nute that of It is supposed the motive of the lynching late years. under democratic as as was t- prevant the woman from giving-tes- republican adminlstratiut in this country agins asFhethe custom of shrouding in almost impenetrable mystery the discussion of all quesrad been summoned as a witness against a tions concerning foreign affairs seems to. Paag of thieves In the county. She had be steadily growing.

When Gen. Grant a good reputation. was President there were constantly ariaIt was evident that she had fought a hard log delicate and difficult International for her life and honor, as the bed- tions. ling and the clothing were torn and scat- With the exception at times of reserva-, ered about the home. tions which no one could disapprove full Information all, these subjects Was alDISCOVERY OF ARGON.

ways attainable, both at the White House and the Department of State. There never lir. Edison SayE It lllustrates Our was, any tr'uble about "Interviewing" Comparative Iraoranee. President Grant and frequent personal NEW YORK, March soon as statements from him cn public matters aprhomas A. Edison can find the time -he peared In the public prints.

Neither the President. the government nor the country neans 'to learn something about argon, Pe suffered by this. ietvly-discovered gaseous constituent of the atmosphere. Mr. Edison says that he not Chage Sisce Grant's ime.

mnly belives In the discovery of Lord Ray- Since his time all this has changed. No elgh and his co-werkers, but thinks it President who succeeded him has followed robable that further experiments will dis- his example, except where there was some other new elements in the air. particular private object to be gained, and "To tell the truth," he says, "the dis- the Egyptian sphinx was not a parallel to of argon is a fresh evidence of how the equivocal repies received at the Dettle we know even of the commonest partient of State to interrogatories bearnatters. The air has been analyzed over log on questions of public concern. All und over-again for half a century without this is different from the habit and the iuspecting that It held any new elements." Practice of other governments In the do you suppose this discovery was eW offices of European capitals the most nade?" liberal construction Prevails as to the you see, the Investigators would priety of providing Information of public wvithdraw the carbonic acid and the oxys'lthdawd the cabncat adteo interest, with the restriction to which no en and say that what was left was ni- exception can be taken, of sound Judgerogen." 'mn omnsne "Then you think Lord Rayleigh did not It thu happensn se recept this as final?" I freqen a thettatcidsread "Certainly not," he replied.

"Being an co fment a thespied incommonly close observer, he no doubt Stat ai the first nfot ino ioticed that this nitrogen possessed slight- wat te own goernmet Isfoin dIfferent propertIes from pure nitrogen the cable dispatches. In the lsst few yes obtained in other ways, and, going further, there have been Many occaOns where ie- discovered Mr. Edison explained that his investiga- mos discos inthost cmions concerning his Incandescent lamp stancesdconneted with negoians ihowed him phenomena which could only le explained on the of a new ilement. Blt he was unable to say whether argonrecogwrasresponsible for those phenomena. is tig sitis ndeed that any official of that government FAILED TO OPEN.

declines to give a straight answer to the -h atoa pointed questions constantly put as to rhe Natinal Bank of Kansas City what is going on. It )a a common expel' Forced to Suspend. Ince for those who gather news In this KANSAS CITY, March Na- city to obtain what they are seeking from tonal Bank of Kansas City failed to open members of the diplomatic corps, after to doors this morning. The direct causeThe United ts dorsthinmoringThediret cuseStates stands singular in its foeeg policy, the fillure was the unfavorable state- reg nent of, the bank's affairs given out other powers, and what Is the use of conlarch 5. In the panic of 19 the bank cealing what there can be no poesible Inuspended, but through 'an arrangement jury in communicating? etween depositors and the stockholders ansa Oyster.

was permitted to resume business. The The State Department has been dumb as teddy withdrawal of deposits since that an oyster on nearly every Point connected lsne has placed the bank In an embarrass- with the Aflanca affair, while the Spanish ng position and necessitated another sous- minister talk all about it without the osnaoni The statement given out is not omplete. It shows assets of lia- sget reshave' dispth ou Ilities, The Star this afternoon will say editorial- tater to Madrid was cabled he refused to that none. of the other banks of the give out one word of it to his own counIty will In any way be affected, being in trymen, and even declined to admit that' plendid condition. such a document had been transmitted, But the very Instant it was laid beThe controller of the currency today fore the Spanish minister for foreign eceived a telegram.

announcing the sus- affairs its contents were disclosed to the Persion of the National Bank of Kansas people of Spain, and the American Bank Examiner G. W. Galbreath papers were subjected to the great expense ras immediately appointed temporary re- of having It cabled across the ocean for elver. them. No ministry In Europe would think TROBLEof acting in this manner or dre to occupy TROSLEYE a position Indicating that the public had ihe Militia Stn Guarding the 'Nei no business tolearn about-its own conOrleansi n.

cars, We see the force of example in the Orleam Bier Nomi. action of the District Commissioners imNEW ORLEANS, March 1s-The situa- itating the "closed doors" business of ion in the labor troubles remains unchang- superior officials. d. Were It not for the fact that the miiiIa are still' guarding the levee there would SENATR YELLERS VIEWS. Pe no interest taken in the great strike.

The militia, after their day's rest yeserday, were prompt in responding to the Sento Tl old all of duty this morning, and, as a result, ultimate benefit to silver in he various commands were on the move case Japan requires China to pay the war ary, By 9 q'clock the troops had reach- Indemnity In gold. "I have no fear," said their destination, and work was resumd.everywhere on the river front. The "n- Senator Toler, "that In that event Japan iouncement on Saturday that several com- will go to a gold bass. The people there Ponies of militia from the country would have too long-een accustomed to the use rrive this morning to take the place of of slver, and the country is too prosperous he city troops seems to have been eroneous, for Gov. Foster said yesterday hat he would not call on the country as they are for them to desire a change roops for a while yet.

Naturally, however, and, notwithstanding When seen by an Associated Press re- the popularity of sllver for local purposes, orter this'morning the governor said that thy ask that the Indemnity be paid he military would be kept on the levee or an indefinte period, probably thirty In because of Its greater purchasin lays, for he was determined that no repe- powei' in Europe and America, with wh ition of last Tuesday's scenes should take continents Japan has large dealings, and lace. He saId nothing was as yet ac- as eas ilhv rbbycn omplished in the way of settlement oftrce alrgwrdb.SilIJan he troubles.shudcnldtogtoaglbsiht AMOS TOWXSEN4D od ol av nte lcm One of the Leading supfply.lan Passes Awray. Laigoto oieain wa CLEVELAND, Ohio, March Jpnmydcd od ihrfrnet fressman Amos Townsend, a prominentamoerybsthdmndunCia nerchant of this city, died at St. Augus- fr nglwudncs 1ne, yesterday of heart ea hn osno olc oece Ex-Representative Amos Townsend wasduisanthtIteolywyhegv morn in Fayette county, in 1831; re-emnthafogtiggldnteornoved at an early age to Ohio and became nr oreo uies twud tee a citisen of Cleveland, with -whose com- frb eesr htsesol oit nercial interests he was Identified for temrs ihhrbns as hirty years; he was for ten years a mom-godiAmrcanEupeInttevt ner of the city council, serving seven offultw-hrsoteam ntoldb hose years as Its president; was a member tknfo hscuty a the state constitutIonal convention ineaiysew tadrnItoudrveo 873; was elected to the Forty-fifth andh.Tiswldaobemeagatbjc Congresses, and was re-elected lsoadwud eivsrnte the Forty-seventh Congress as a re- tesie as. receiving 2t.333- votes, against for Hutchins, democrat.

AALAE PASNE IROVE INTO THE RIVEN ceie il a 'lhe Singular Death of Edward Blis- Te oFre mlya sard of Cedlarville, N. J. Tepbi rne anucdtdyta BRIDGETON, N. March pyet fport ovso bec Ilizzard of Cedarville hired a horse andcretofmreplysfthgvrn uggy last night and drove to Port Norris.mn rnigofc ineJl Carly this morning he was "found aettahtndicnogueda ftt corpse In the Maurice river, near Portno. torris.

One foot waS resting on the hub Ti sdn nacrac iharcn the wheel, one hand on the tire and two ogesmkn prpitost he other clutching some reeds on the river yprraalaeofbsnetpros ank. It -is thought he accidentally drovewh weedsardeigdor id nto the river in the night and got fast I he mud, and that the excitement broughtthtl.yhatlrdy adhrydys heart trouble, with which he was af, ev fasne ihpy uigtefs retdseehosnadtteedld a a ro Sectary ervam ascndereding hemdaihre.a rvous fiscal oo ofpe(fisseblgs in totnfn, eare' gIsaonanb6conn of abeerfIseinrnts, sabe of 958 sepat announs mets, tog" abeeris DANA IS COMMITTED Arraigned Before fimmianina. Shields for Criminal LibeL ilE 1 EW llf T0I1 lfl The Case to Come Up Before Judge Brown April 2. LEGAL POINTS INVOLVED NEW YORE, March 1L-The ibel On against Charles A. Dana of the New ork Sun.

which was brought at the instance of Frank B. Noyes of The Washington Star for criminal libel, drew a big crowd of newspaper men and lawyers to Comnisstoner Shields' room. Mr. Dana was represented by Lawyers Elihu Root and Franklin Bartlett, and United States District Attorney Macfarlane appeared for the people. The question at issue was whether the courts of the District of Columbia had the right of demanding Mr.

Danas removal from this city to Washington, and Lawyer' strenuously asserted that the Washington courts had not the power. Slie insisted that it a crime were committed by the publication of any statement In this city the case should be tried In New York city, and that there was power Invested in the District courts at Washington to try such a Udr. Dana arrived shortly after 11 o'cloek and k-is son Paul came in a fsw minutes later. United States District Attorney Macfarlane presented a certified copy of the papers, which contain three counts of a criminal libel. Lawyer Root objected to the papers being put in evidence, on the ground that they were not properly authenticated.

and that the statements contained in them were Incompetent and Irrelevant. Louis A. Kennedy, who is a clerk In the marsha's office, was the first witness called, and was questioned as to the identity of Mr. Dana. Thomas Hitchcock was next examlesA and Paul Dana was the only other witness.

The lawyers for the defense raised a point as to whether Mr. Dana had anything to do with the publication or circulation at the New York Sun. and whether he could be held responsible for anything that was published in that paper on February 22 of this year Lawyer Root's objections were Javarilaly overruled by Commissioner Shields. Mr. Hitchcock said that Mr.

Dana had nothing to do with the business of the Sun newspaper. Mr. Root said that he was advised that Mr. Noyes was a citizen of the state of Maryland. which fact he contended should be considered by the commissioner In making any ruling based upon the cdninal indictment returned by the United States court of the District of Columobia.

Commissioner Shields ruled without ftrther argument that an order of em ment should issue for Mr. Dan te a urt, Wp district court, -and Paroled tedafadaut In the custody of his taw United States District AttarheyMhefarlane at once 'weit before fudos Brown with the order from the 0esamimesier. and the court announced that he would hear the argument upon the motion for a warrant of removal for the defendant to the city of -Washington on April ESURGENTS REJECT TEUN. Umsweeessful Efferts to the Cub-a. Roelt.

KEY WIEST. Mnrch IL-The chief topic among the passengers by the steamer which just arrived from Havana was the unsatisfactory outcome of the interview the commiesioners sent by the government to treat with the rebelleaders In arms in the eastern.provinces. What Inducements were offered by the In. for the cessation of hostilities. or what guarantees were promised are not known.

but al propositions were reJeeted by the insurgents. They said they held the situation, and were In a position to dictate their own terms. The entire press, editorially, depeate the result of the confernce. and asserts that it has done more harm than good. ATLANTA.

March A. J. Dia, a native of Cuba, but an American citisen, who is at the head of the missionary work of the southern Baptist convention in the island, is in this city today. having come directly from Havana. The doctor's ostensible mission is to confer with the authorities of the convention's home board here.

but his sudden appearance at this juncture and his well known sympathy with the cause of Cuben ladependenco have given rise to the rumor ti-at he has found it expedient to be away from the island during the pending tronbles. Dr: Dies declines absolutely to talk shout the rebellion. He says that the papers in Havana contain no news bearing upon the subject, and that It is impossible for the people there to form any idea of what is going on in the Interior. MAY NOT APFEAR. The Goverment's Cseas Sn the U.

P. Peroetesore 5.5t. CHICAO, March special to the Record from Omaha. sa: It is given cut here from the office of John C. Cowsn, specIal attorney for the Uwiel in the Union Paciie matter, that the govern- ment will not appeag in the foreclosure suit brought by the trustees for the first mortgage bo'od holders.

In deciding on thin action the attorneys for the governmmet hold that the foreclosure will not affect the status of the government's lion. Unlessthe government nppears voluntarily, It cannot be made a party defendant to the suit, and no order of the court can operate prejudicially to its interests. The Chicago Record's special from Omnaha was shown to Attorney General Otney. Mr. Oiney said that no conclusion such as stated had beta -reached as yet, but he could neither affirm nor deny It, as it might' or might not he decided to take the.

course indicated. JERsEY STATE NOUSE5 FRAUDS. Ex-Bookkeeper Esrphy of Eullins Ce. on the Stand. TRENTON, N.

March hearing of the senate Investigating committee Into the state house expenditures was resumed this morning. Eugene Murphy. ex-bookkeeper of John Mullins Company, was again called to the stand-to Identify certain stube in Mut lIns Company's check books. Mr. Corbba.then showed that the checks so referred to were drawn between the dates of July IS, itlO and March 31, 11, and aggregated They were drawn to the order of "Mullins Company." "John MullinS," "Cash" and "Self," and the total was equivalent to a 10 per cent discount on goods furnished for the old part of the state house and 20 per cent of the goods furnished to the new part of the state house the furnishings of the assembly quarters.

Murphy admitted that he had been dismissed from Mullins Company's employ for the races and that he had testified against Mullins Company out ofa spirits of.