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News IB I 1 i 4LzV 27 SIXTEENTH YEAR NEW LONDON CONN WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 1897 PRICE TWO CENTS THE INAUGURATION LorrirrA Cooke Governor of Connecticut James Dewell Sworn in as Lieutenant Governor Synopsis of the In augural Address Organization of the General Assembly The Address Social to The Day Hartford Jan With simple but Impressive ceremonleH Gnv Dorrin A Cooke was inaugurated this afternoon Despite the unfavorable weather long before the hour for the ceremonies the windows of the eapltol and all available space on the floor and gal of the hotiHe was taken by spec tators while the strrets along the linef march were crowded with people Two companies cf the Governor's oot and Horse guards from New Ha ven and this city in full dress uni 1 forms escort the governor elect and Governor Coffin from the Allyn House to the eapltol Both dignitaries rode in the same carriage The outgoing and incoming military staff In their imposing uni forms also role in carriages At 130 the commander gave order to present arms The band played Hail to the Chief and revrbi ratk of ar tillery In the goverm salute of sev enteen guns was the signal for the starting of the inaugural parade At frequent intervals during the parade guns boomed forth the last salute liv ing lired as the governor's party left the carriage to enter the capital The senate and hom of reprepenta tlws had in the meantime met In Joint convention in the representative cham ber where IJeutmant Governor James Dewell presided over the delibera tions A few minutes after the committee delegated had informed the governor elect that the Joint convention had as s'mbh for his Inauguration he en tered the hall of the house In company with th other state officers and rnem Ntary of Naugatuck was appointed An Imjiortant vote was then taken by which Thursday ebruary 4th Is designated as the last day for the In troduction of new business and It was also voted that when the house ad journs today it will be until next Tues day The senate was called to order at 102V by cretary of State Mowry The roll call showed that every one of the twenty four senators was present and that body piwell to effect organiza tion at once by the election of William Marigold of Bridgeport as president pro tern Samuel A Eddy of North Ca naan as clerk and Henry Thompson of Hartford as chaplain Transaction of unimportant business was followed at 1103 by recess for fif teen minutes CAUCUS NOMINATIONS Democrt ts Compliment Jlr Beckwith With Speakeiship Nomination Tim general Republican caucus was called to order at 8 last evenig by Chairman yler Jtohert Colt of New London was chosen chairman and Henry Back of Union secretary Joseph Harbour of Har tford was nominated for speaker by Representa tive Griftin of Hartford His nomina tion was seconded by Hora back of Ca naan Cowell of Waterbury and Hutch ison of Essex His nomination was made unanimous by acclamation red A Scott of Plymouth assist ant clerk of tlm last house was unan imously nominated for clerk The candiil a res for assistant clerk wrv Califf of Middletown Albert Baldwin of New Haven rank Healy of "Windsor Docks and Ralph Lounsbury of Bridgeport rank Healy of Windsor Izcks was chosen on the second ballot by 115 ballots in a vote of 217 Rev A Richards pastor of the South Park Methodist Episcopal church of Hartford was chosen for chaplain Messrs Roraback of Canaan Averill of New Haven and Pendleton of Ston isgton were appointed caucus commit tee DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS Thu Democratic caucus was held in tbe lieutenant room A Calkins of Lyme nominated Cyrus Beckwith of New Condon for speaker Martin of New Haven was nom inated for clerk and John Cuff of Waterbury for assistant clerk Calkins of Lyme Kennedy of Derby and Neary of Naugatuck were chosen caucus committee NEW LONDON COUNTY The New London county caucus met at 7 in loom 55 at the Capitol and was called to order bj Senator of New Donodn who was chosen pel ma nent chairman Gilmour of Norwich' was chosen permanent secretary Rob ert Jewett of Dyme was chosen as candidate from New London county for doorkeeper It was voted to post pone act ion with reference to the nomination of a can didate fcr sheriff until Wednesday January 13 at 10 a NOMINATIONS The Republican senators held an ex citing session which lasted until Senator AV Marigold of Bridgeport was chosen president pro tempore Samuel Eddy of Litchfield clerk Rev Thompson of Hart ford' chaplain and John H'Tracy keep er of the coat room Mr elec ers of his staff The party was re eolVi with applause senators and rep resent a tives rising The oath of ottlce was administered by Judge Andrews of the supreme court and then Governor Cooke read his message upon the conclusion of which the senators repaired to their own room and received messages from the governor announcing his staff and other appointments Both bodies then adjourned until next Tuesday ASSKJHBLV OROAXlZHn Nominations ot Itepublican Caucus Ratified by House and Senate Hartford Jan 6 The general as sembly of Connecticut for B97 was' or ganized at 1020 this forenoon with ease and dispatch which augurs well for prompt transaction of business during the legislative session to come The members of both houses assembled in their respective halls shortly after 10 o'clock but it was 1020 before all were In their places and order could be ob tained In the absence of Hon Samuel es senden speaker of the last house Sam uel risb'v of armingtpn called the house to oi it Hinman as clerk called the roll and this proceeding showed that all except nineteen mem bers were In their seats After roll call the members were sworn in Then followed a short de bate which finally resulted in passing a resolution by which the following new members were declared seated to take the place of represntatives elected but who were unable to qualify: red A Jacobs of Killtngly A Eldredge of Willington nd George Gladden of Chester This business transacted the house proceeded to choose a speaker Joseph Barbour of Hartford was practically the unanimous choice of the represen tatives 1 Cyrus Beckwith of New London one of the few Democrats received a lew complimentary votes from his Democratic colleagues but when the formal vote was taken Attorney Bar hour wasfoumi to be the unanimous choice The new speaker proceeded to address the house At the conclusion of ad dress which was well received by the house a clerk messengers and door keepers were elected or clerk rederick A outh received votes Martin of New Haven declared elected rank Seeley of Windsor Dicks was named as assistant clerk ami Kev A Richards of Hartford chaplain The following messengers were elect ed: Niles Hartford county Dehart latehlleld county Gtten heimer Windham county and Dufrane airfield county Six doorkeepers were chosen: Orrin Hall Tolland county Jewett New Dondon county latt New Haven county II erry Middlesexcounty Noyes Windham coun ty and Chapman Middlesex county A committee on contestedelections consisting of Messrs Hurl burt of Norwalk Agard of Tolland and tlon occadone 1 considerable surprise as according to precedent the otlice be longed to George A Kellogg of Vernon ch rk of the bouse during the Last ses sion I Chairmen of th' joint standing com mittees were appointed as follows: Ju diciary Senator Warner school fund Senator Wright banks Senator Gay stat' prison Senator Mattoon: new towns and probate districts Senator Keeler incorporations Senator Brown of Norwich: claims Senator Beecher education Senator Mix sale of lands Senator Harrington finance Senator Marigoll railroads Senator Kendall military affairs Senator Lee agricul ture Senator Tjatham: humane Institu tions Senator Lounsliury: cities and boroughs Senator Goodrich fisheries Senator Lewis Insurance Senator Plimpton manufactures Senator Steele appropriations Senator Con verse lalor Senator Herman en grossed bills Senators Vinal and Con verse temperance Senator Tuttle for feited rights Senator Vinal Seb ct Committees Cbnstituo tional amendments Senator Herman eapltol furniture and grounds Senator Lake federal relations Senator Vinal: canvass of votes for justices of the peace Senator Tuttle wumih suffrage Senator Lounsbury judicial Senator Tuttle new counties and county seats I Senator Mattoon: joint rules Senator Marigold state library Senator Brown of Norwich public health Senator! Woodruff manual and roll Senator Harrington unfinished business Sena tor Blake Joint Special Committee Putnam Memorial camp Senator Woodruff Senate Committee Executive nomi nations Senators Herman Gay and Beecher contingent expenses Senators Wright Txwvls and Harrington rules Senator Warren THE INAUGURAL ADDRE's Synopsis of Governor Very Able fort Governor inaugural speech was unusually long The new execu tive touched upon all the departments which will come within his province and gave many facts and statistics to balance his general assertions The en tire address would occupy a page of The bay and as most of the figures have be reproduced in this paper heretofore from the various offi cial reports all the statistical matter Is eliminated from the following syn opsis of the inaugural address: Gentlemen of the General You are convened as the representa tives of a commonwealth ami by your seleetion are highly honored with the confidence and charged with tlm re sponsibility of legislating for an intel ligent critical and appreciative people Tbe gratitude you feel for the dignity of Iwing a Connecticut legislature can best be shown by earnest faithful and honest performance of duty I would be wanting in graceful sen timent did I not at this time publicly express my ovn appreciation of the honor of tbe position which in so gen erous a manner the people have I stowed uion me In compliance with the command of the constitution I at this time place before you some in formation of the state of the govern ment STATE INANCES The condition of the state treasury is one easily comprehended We have awakmed to the realize tlon of the simple fact that disbursements are in excess of receipts It is al I easy tn find th cause we as a state have been somewhat reckless and care less in our appropriation of the public funds The most important problem you will tcontinuol on page Gj was Scott and James 11 21 SEATS WAMMAKES i mi if" i Penrose Will Be Senator rom Pennsylvania One Ballot Settled the Big Merchant's ate Aiderman Madden of Chicago May Succeed Senator Palmer of California is Likely to Be Re Elected laOrisburg Pa Jan 6 The full republican caucus of the senate and house last night to choose a candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Cameron resulted in 133 votes for State Senator enrose of Philadel phia 75 for ex Postmaster General maker one for Senator Cameron one for ex congressman John Itobin son and one for Judge Pice president judge of the superior court Thus ends' the great fight for Senator Came ron's eat and Senator Boies Penrose has won When the chairman of the caucus announced that Senator Penrose had received the highest number of votes and was the caucus nominee Senator Kauffman the Wanamaker leader rose and in a brief speech moved to make the nomination unani mous He said the motion to make the nomination unanimous was at the request of Mr Wanamaker and the noble body of men who stood with him who arc loyal to their party Senator motion was adopted and Senator Penrose vas made the unanimous choice of the re publicans for United States senator The caucus then adjourned The democratic caucus was also held last evening ami ex Lieut Gov Chauncey Black of York was chosen as the democratic candidate forsenator KEYSTONE LEGISLATURE Organization Perfected and the Menage Bend la Jan 6 Both branches of the legislature convened at noon yesterday In the senate long before the opening hour visitors swarmed through the chamber greet ing senators of their acquaintance or viewing the changes that have been made since the session of 1895 The galleries were crowded and there was lively interest taken in the proceed ings When Senator Penrose entered tljc chamber as the gavel fell there was a cheer from the galleries but it was cut short by the lieutenant gov ernor Senator McCarroll of Dauphin was named on the part of the republi cans as president pro tern and Cochrane of Lycoming on the part of the who received the votes jf the six democrats Mr MeCar rcll was elected Chief clerk Ed ward Smith was re clccted After a short recess the was presented and read The governor urges strict economy in the expenditure of public inoueys owing to the falling off of the revenues The manner of the distribution of the live and one half million dollars ap propriated for the public schools he says is decidedly at fault and discrimi nates against districts which lack in dustries and the lack of school facili ties in the country is causing many citizens to move to boroughs and cities in order to educate their children The governor refers to the crowded condition of the state prisons and recommends the erection of another penitentary and the enlargement of the old ones individual or cor poration that seeks to obtain from you dishonest advantage over ip neighbor jr competitor or to bring gain to him self at the expense of the state should oe driven from your halls as the com enemy of the governor jays In the assemljly I Boyer of Philadelphia was elected speaker Bex of Huntingdon chief clerk and A 11 etterolf of Montgomery resident Illinois Seuatorslilp Springfield Ill Jan Edward Purtis was nominated forspeaker at caucus last night of the republican inembers of the lower house The ma of votes for him insures his alectlon He was the choice of thetate machine which is backing Alder nau Madden of Chicago for United States senator and the result of the aucus is taken by thejmachina leaders tnd their followers in the legislature Io forecast the election of Madden Perkin To Succeed Himself Saoramento Jan George Per xinswill succeed himself in the United Rates senate That was the conclu fiou arrived at by a joint caucus of the republicans last night rrozen to Death argo Jan 6 News has just reached argo of the death of Edward and John Pettit in the blizzard of Sun day were caught not far from their home at Hunter twenty milesIrom this city and were frozen to death Application for New TrlaL Boston Jan 6 Counsel for Thomas Dram convicted of the murder of Captain Nash of the barkentine Her bert uller filed yesterday afternoon in the United Stales court an applica tion for a new trial ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONISTS Clielr JIopeleH Struggle Againt the Turk the Cause of the Massacres Boston Jan 6 A special meeting of the Board of Missions was held in the Park street church yester day afternoon to listen to addresses by missionaries returned from Turkey Dr Grace Kimball formerly of the Van mission in eastern Turkey was the first speaker She said she would speak plainly about the Armenian revolutionists If they had been con tent to live as beasts of burden and slaves they would be safe from perse cution The young men many of whom were educated in this country and Europe formed clubs They com prised but one per cent of the Arme nian population in Turkey The great moss of Armenians are as much op posed to the revolutionary party as the Turks themselves because they saw that the cause was a nopeless one and tended only to bring destruction on themselves Of the 100 QpO Armenians who were butchered 09 per cent were people who knew nothing and cared nothing about revo lution Itev A arnsworth of Cesarea in western Turkey gave the audience some conception of the extent of the Armenian massacres by com paring the loss in killed id some of the big battles of the civil war ith the number killed in various places in Ar menia by the Turks showing that in many cases the Armenian loss was greater Both speakers made appeals for aid for the Armenians DULL D0 Nothing of Unusual Interest Eo foro Either House MANY MEMBERS ARE STILL ABSENT Hr Call's Reaolntlon IemBndlng San Release Before the Sen Loud Bill In the Hoose Washington Jan The proceed ings iu both branches of congress to day are almost devoid of general in terest and only about half the mem bers have returned to the city since the close of the holiday recess to complete the work of the last session of the 54th congress In the senate this after noon Mr Call will speak nn his joint resolution instructing the presideut to the immediate release of I i Jules banguilly condemned to per petual imprisonment for his connec tion with the Cuban Mr Peffer pop Kan read a speech in fa vor of a joint resolution introduced by him on the 14th of December for the appointment of ti natiopal monetary commission to examine and study the general subject of finance in its prac tical relations to the business affairs of the people of the United States After the speech the joint resolution was referred to the committee on fi nances A memorial was presented from the Massachusetts Historical so ciety for the repair and preservation of the famous old frigatl Constitution as a naval museum just as battleship Victory is preserved at Portsmouth House of Representative The Doud bill to aufend the postal laws by excluding serial novel publications from second class mail matter is the suuject of dis cussion in the house to day aud a vote will be taken at 4 this after noon on its passage A resolution in troduced by Mr Broderick rep Kan was agreed to calling upon the secre tary of the interior to report to the house the reason why patents for lands in Kansas granted to the old Kansas Pacific Railroad company had not been patented to the company and why homestead entries upon them were being permitted to be made by the officers of the Topeka land district WANTS THEM PENSIONED A TMI1 in the House for the Re tirement of Civil Service Ktnployes Washington Jan 6 Mr Brosius of Pennsylvania the chairman of the house committee on civil service re form has introduced a bill to provide for the retirement of government em ployes in the classified service bill creates a retirement fund by with holding 2 per cent monthly of the salaries received by clerks in the civil service Provision is made for retire ment under three qualifications each retiring clerk to receive for life an income amounting to 75 per cent of the highest pay received by him while employed in the civil service this in come to be drawn from the retiring fund Every persox ho has been cm ployed in the service twenty years aud who shall have become mentally or physically disqualified will be retired on his application or compulsorily re tired Every person who has attained the age of GO and shall have been em ployed thirty years may be retired on iiis application person who has attained the age of 70 and leen cm ployed in the civii service thirty five years shall be compulsorily retired To rteilucB Guierinu nt Employes Pay Washington Jan Senator Chan dler lias offered as an amendment to tte deficiency bill his bill reducing the salaries of all government employes and officers 10 per ecu South A frican Outbreak Cape Town Jan 6 Advices from Vryburg say that a trader named Rob 1 inson on the Mashoning river had been murdered by the natives and his wife aud child made prisoners It feared that the whole of the Baltoros tribe is revolting The police station at Takceu has been abandoned and grave fears are felt for the many set lers letween the scene of the murder ami Vryburg Volunteers are starting rfor the disturbed districts SCHOONER BURNED Bonnell Destroyed in the Sound Vessel Drifted and Burned All Night NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Both Brunches Convened This Morning and Oranzation Perfected Albany Jan 6 Both branches ol the legislature met at 11 this morning to organize In the assembly the officers chosen by the republican caucus" last night were elected and Speaker read his address The senate organized with the old officers and Lieut Gov Woodruff rend his ad dress After the message is read the legislature will adjourn un til the evening of Jan 13 when the committees will be announced WORK THE CAUCUSES Xot a Single Contest and "Everything Done Vnanltnonsly LATEST EBDM CUBA Senator Money Visits A General Weyler riends of Henry Delgado Prove His Citizenship Towed to the Cockenoe Islands and Still Burning Abandoned by Her Crew cf the Men Possibly Lost Special to The Day South Norwalk Jan 6 The three masted achooner Bonnell whose hailing port destination and owners aj unknown was buml to the water's edse in Irnng Island Sound last night near the Cockenoe Islands The vessel caught fire at about 7 last night off Oak Neck Leng Island and drifted in the sound all ffight until this mbrning when she was discovered off Copp Island one of the Norwalk group of islands about four miles off shore Steamers Medea and Jt Howard Lowneles of this city early this morn ing put out to the burning wreck The Dwnties reached the wreck first and found the name otf the schooner to be that given above The vessel had been abandoned and there Is not the slightest trace of cap tain or crew The sehooner is now practically turned to the edge Her main and mizzenmasts are gone although some of the sails are still set The cargo is evidently of the nature of an acid and is stored in casks As the fin reaches the cargo in the hold these casks explode and add fuel to the flames Captain Lowndes succeeded in get ting a line to the burning vessel and towed her to a bar on the Cockenoe Islands where he Is still burning It is impossible to board the vessel as the fire is still burning fiercely In the hold It Impossible that a portion or whole of the crew have lost their lives but it is believed that the vessel was aban doned and that the crew made for some jxint on the Long Inland shore Also sdghteR Ulf Southport Special to The Day Southport Conn Jan 6 At o'clock this morning what appeared to be a serious fire at sea was discovered by the inhabitants of Southport About on? mile off shore a vessel of some kind was burning fiercely and in about half an hour it was apparent that the vessel would probably be burned to the edge At daylight the weather began to thicken and the burning vessel soon di 'fteil out of view to the westward Owing to the darkness and the thick weather it was impossible to tell the character of the vessel but from the volume of flames it Is believed that it was either a three masted schooner or a Sound steamer A tug has put out toward the scene from sonic to the west of South port Lord Beresford's Condition London Jan 6 Lord William Beresford husband of the former Duchess of Marlborough who was in jured by the falling of his horse while riding to hounds a few days ago is not progressing as favorably towards re as could desired though heIocs not appear to have grown weaker He passes restless nights and is some what feverish Ivory Advised To Plead Guilty London Jan 6 Solicitor Russell sou of Lord Russell of Killowen lord chief justice of England who is one of the lawyers defending Edward Ivory alias Edward Bell the alleged Irish American dynamiter is extreme ly reticent regarding the case He does not deny however that he has advised Ivory to plead guilty Zilaarhnett To Be nepreentrd Boston Jan 6 A special meeting of the executive council of the Massa chusetts board of trade was held yes terday afternoon at the Parker house The advisability of having the board represented at the monetary conven tion at Indianapolis was considered and President Adams was elected a Jelegate to that conference Won by an American Monte Carlo Jan 6 An exciting pigeon shooting in a tch was held here yesterday between Mr Robinson an American and Mr Beresford an En glishman The match which was for kllOO a side 1(50 birds was won by Mr" Robinson who killed 95 birds Mr Beresford killed 91 Double Harelux Norfolk Norfolk Jan 6 William Down ing and Charles Williams both ne groes were hanged here yesterday Downing killed a woman of the name of Emma Lane in this city last May Williams killed George Bess a negro on board" a schooner liuborilo Plague In ludla Bombay Jan 6 Tne bubonic plagues raging with much violence at Kur rache in Sinde one of the chief sea ports in India The panic caused by lhe spread of the disease is increasing dally The natives continue to flee from the city Albany Jan The caucuses of the two parties in the legislature were held last night and had all finished their business inside of twenty five minutes It required less time than usual to prepare for the organization of the legislature as there was not a single contest and everything was done unanimously The republican assembly caucus chose James O'Grady of Rochester for speaker Archie Baxter of Elmira for clerk James Crawford of New York for sergeant at arms Joseph Bauer of Monroe far head doorkeeper Johnson of Erie for first assistant doorkeeper ex assemblyman Eugene Demers of Lansingburg for second assistant doorkeeper and Henry Lammert of Brooklyn the assembly stenographer of last year was again named All of the nominations were unanimosly agreed to by the caucus The speaker was given authority to appoint a caucus committee to call fu ture caucuses democratic Assemblymen The democratic assemblymen met in causus in the assembly parlor and made the following complimentary nominations: Speaker Daniel inn of New York clerk Charles Marshall of Erie sergeant at arms Thomas II Murphy of New York head door keeper Edward Owens of New York stenographer Thomas Hassett of Steu ben Assemblyman inn is to be the democratic leader on the floor of the assembly Senate Caucus The caucus of the republican sena tors was very brief Senator Ells worth offered a resolution that the places allotted to the several senators by the senate caucus last year be con tinued to the same senators this and that they be authorized to name the appointee for the different places for this year such names tube handed to the clerk of the senate The sena tors can name the employees of last session or make new appointments Nearly all of lut year's appointments will stand for the present session The resolution was unanimously adopted NEARING THE AGeTiMIT" ive Army and Three Navy Officers Will Retiro During the Present Year Washington Jan ive general officers of the army and three of the navy will retire on reaching the age limit during the present year The first of these Brigadier Gen Michael IL Morgan the commissary general of subsistence goes off the active list on the 18th of the present month when he will without doubt be succeeded by Col Tfiomas Sullivan his assist ant and next in rank The other staff retirements are those of Gen Craighill chief of engineers July 1 and Gen Ruggles adjutant general September 11 Gen vacancy will fall to Col IL Robert now stationed at New York city or Col John MjWilson stationed at Washing ton both of whom retire in 1901 5n the succession to Gen Rug gles while Gen Greene now at San rancisco and Gen Breck Gen chief of staff are thejranking officers both of them retiring next year would ordinarily be expected to secure the promotion but the impression is strong in army mu'' political circles that Col Corbin for a long time Gen Rug assistant and now Gen Huger chief of staff at Governors Island will receive the appointment The two line retirements of the army arc those of Major Gens Thomas Huger commanding department of the east and rank Wheaton commanding de partment of the Colorado the former retiring April 2 and the latter May 8 In the navy the succession is absolutely fixed and the three important retire ments there simply cause advancement throughout the service Admiral John Walker presidentof the light house board retires March 20 Admiral Ramsay chief of navigation fol lows April 5 and Admiral George Brown for some time past the rank ing officer of the navy goes out July 19 State Civil Service Commis Inn Albany Jan 6 The state civil serv ice commission met yesterday and ap proved new regulations for local boa rds in New York city Syracuse and Bing hamton The commission talked over its annual report to the governor and then called upon Gov Black and paid their respects Declined the Honor of Knighthood Montreal Jan While Hon Wil fred Laurier the Dominion premier declines to discuss the matter it is laarned from reliable sources that he has definitely refused the proffered honor of knighthood and that it is not open to question Potmater Nominated Washington Jan 6 The president jas sent the folfowing nominations forostmasterships to the senate: Connec ticut 15 Benham Hamden Mass achusetts 'A Torrey South Brain tree Aaintloa of Armeutaa Official Constantinople Jan 6 Eedros Ef lecdi the Armenian who was recently appointed sub kaimakan of Tsbhar andjak was assassinated two daysftr hh arrival there London and Paris Newspapers for Cuban Independence Congress man Sulzer Wants To ight Spain in Thirty Days Havana Jan 6 Mr Money accom panied by Consul General Lee last evening visited Captain General Wey ler and was received very cordially General Weyler expressed regret that he was not in the city when "Mr Money arrived lie added that had ha been here he would have invited him to join him in his trip to the province of Dinar del Rio and he would then have had an excellent opportunity to see the country Mr Money said ho was enchanted with the little he had seen of Cuba ie alluded to the com ments that have been made on trip to San Jose de las Lajas to which General Weyler replied cheerfully that he had paid no attention to what had been said He declared that he would be pleased if others came to Cuba with the same purpose as Mr Money that is to admire and study the country Alexander Brice American consul nt Matanzas and Walter Barker American consular agent at Sagua la Grande have arrived here to pay their respects to Mr Money Mr Barker comes from the same state as Mr on cy The Cne of Henry Delgndo Washington Jan 6 The friends of the American newspaper correspond ent Henry Delgado now lying ill in a Spanish prison in Cuba have taken measures to clear away a misunder standing that exists as to his identity It has been asserted by the Spaniards that he is the noted Cuban leader Ri cardo Delgado The affidavit of Maria Elena Delgado Green of Nev York has been tiled with the state department asserting that Henry Delgado is an American citizen born in Brooklyn in 1SG5 and adopted by her father Jose Delgado According to the affiant he lived in the United States most of his life and went to Cuba to act as a cor respondent for a New York newspa per He was ill when he lauded in Cuba and went into the hos pital where he was arrested Tho affidavit further says that Ricardo Delgado is her cousin He is a Cuban a Spanish subject and an officer of tho Cuban artillery He has been in the United States since July 1896 4 oreign Papera for Cuban Independence New York Jan 6 Nicola Cardimus a well to do Cuban patriot who went to Paris some four months ago tn raise money there for the Cubans has re turned to this city and reported at ouce to Delegate Palma at the Cuban junta He told the general that most of the foreign papers were for Cuban independence especially two aris newspapers and the Tjondon Times He gave General Palma $1000 which he had collected and said that he would return shortly to Europe to obtain more aid for his fellow countrymen Sulzer' Cnbnn Washington Jan Mr Sulzer dem yesterday introduced in the house a resolution which declares that the kingdom of Spain is not con ducting the war in Cuba in accordance with the laws of war as recognized by all civilized nations The resolution calls upon the United States to notify Spain that if the barbarous manner in which the war is being conducted does not cease within thirty days the United States shall recognize the in dependence of the island and maintain it by force of arms Conflicting About the Dope London Jan The Vienna corre spondent of the Daily News telegraphs that he learns from an official source that the condition of the pope is very grave He adds that Austria having certain prescriptive rights in a conJ jlave to elect the successor would be one of the first powers to be informed of his condition Other re eports received here agree that iris holiness is enjoying his usual good health and that to dayjhe received the papal secretary of state Western Train Late Louis Jan Every train ar rived at Union station late this morn ing owing to the severe storm that had covered the whole Mississippi val ley The heavy raiqs of the past two lays have Hooded all tne streams ana washouts delayed travel on the Iron Mountain and the roads The succeeding clear and cold weather has however been of benefit Maine Legislature Augusta Me Jan At the re publican caucus of the house of repreen tati res last night beth Larrab of Portland was nominated for speak er The republicans of the senate nominated Albert IL Day of Corrina lor president Most of the oldf officers bojh brancnes were also renouji uated The democrats held no caucuses.