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VOL. XII.
City Suffers Most Disas
tory of '
flk'E RAG Hi AI.L DAY SUNDAY
Toward Midnight the Fire Begin
Hating Its NVay Into tin- Financial
District "layer /TcLean Says the
Loss Cannot Be listlmated.
Baltimore. Special.?The nost doul
ntftivo. en ! ion in ti?t hi<;ti)i V
of Haltinuut occurred here Sunday in
Hie wholesale dry goods business district.
raging practically unchecked
during many hours, completely destraying
snore.s of the largest bus
lies;; houses in the wholesale district,
involving losses which cannot be estimated.
as the fire was still burning
fiercely wlioti night fell. Owing to the
wide e-.tem i.C the calamity it will be
tomorrow before even an approximate
estimate can be made, though it is
certain that it has already exceeded
$J5,000,000. The tire was still burning
ai nightfall, but was under control.No
loss of life was reported at this
hour.
HKOKE OUT ON HOPKIN S Pl.ACK.
The lire broke out shortly before 11
o (Mock tills morning in tne wholesale
dry goods store of John' T. Hurst &
Co., on Hopkins place, in the heart
of the business district, with a series
of loud explosions, which were heard
in remote parts of the city, and spread
with fearful rapidity. In half an hour
there were a dozen big warehouses in
the wholesale dry goods and notions
district burning fiercely. The entire
tiiv department was called out,hut was
utterly powerless to check the spread
of the flame.;, which were aided by
lhe high wind.-,, and by noon there
wore sa\a fires in at least 30 1 ig
warehouses, and the conflagration was
steadily eating its way into successive
blocks, cast, north, west and south.
On Halt itnore street, the blocks between
liberty and Sharp streets was
soon ablaze, then came the next block
cast to Hanover and after that the
block'on the south side to Charles
street lircke out into flames, the Consolidated
Gas Company's building anu
Oehm's Acme Hall burning fiercely.
Mcauivhile there were stores north
of llaltimoro street being similarly
consumed. Mullin's Hotel caught an.
other buildings near it caught. West
of Liberty street, on the south side
of Italtimorc street, the block was
doomed, and the big bargain house also
caught. Down in Hopkins' place
where the conflagration started,
Hurst's building and other wholesale
bouses on both sides of the street
crumbled and fell.
The big dry goods houses of Daniel
Miller A: Sons and It. .M. Sutton &
Co. were soon aflame, and alone tier
man street?oast and west. from the
llurst building?there were a dozer,
buildings limning.
Mass A: Kemper's big wholesale
store on Baltimore street, quickly
Succumbed to the tlamos. On Hopkins'
place the Hopkins' Savings Bank
itnd the National Exchange Bank
were gutter] by the flames. Across
the street were the ruins of John K.
llurst ft Co., and next to it Hechl. Jr..
ft Sons, were in flames.
THE BLOCK A CAULDRON.
All these buildings were swept away
by the flames, and the whole hiock
was nothing but a cauldron of lire.
At 1:30 o'clock Mullin's Hotel, a
seven-story structure, at Liberty and
Baltimore streets, was in flames from
garret to cellar and its great height
and narrowness acted as, a torch. AJ1
the guests had been ordered out, and
none, consequently, was Injured.
Though every bit of fire fighting apparatus
in the city was called Into
requisition as the flames continued to
spread, at 10 o'clock six engines ar,
rived from Washington and four from
Philadelphia. It is roughly estimated
that there wore 350 hose playing on
different parts of tho conflagration at
the same time.
; FfNU BUN FOR THEIR LIVES.
Wall nftc r wall toppled into the
ffretr., and flrt.non ran for their lives.
All kinds of wires had to be cut to
clear the way for the fire fighters. The
liloi k 1> untied by Gorman. Liberty,
ialtlmoiv . and Sharp streets was
#arly four 1 to be doomed, and the
rstnen, turned tin ir attention to 3avIpg
tho buildings on Baltimore street.
" * east of Sharp, hut the fire was beyjnJ
^ Red hot. .fnders Ignited the roof of
QRT
FO.
.irous Blaze in the iiisthe
Sou tit
| Front Street Theatre at least half a
raljile from the main conflagration,
which shows t ? what distance
fiery rain I' ll. The blaze was extinguish
tl by the flivmen, assisted by
?-it!i:r.( ns.
Fur a time cciisidorahl alarm wis
felt at the City Hospital. The Sisters
of Merry in charge of the institution
ivere all at their posts, iuul an effort
was made to keep the fiy* of the confew
cinders fell on the roof of the lmsflagraticui
a sec -et from the patients. A
pit&l, hut were extinguislied by tlu
i physician.- of the house staff.
Rightoi 11 women, two babies and
seven nurses were taken from the
Maternity Hospital, on West Lombard
street, in police ambulances and given
nuarters at the ritv h .vital \ w an
? ------ ...
who was ill in bod with typhoid fever
was taken to the city hospital.
CITY TERRIFIED IIY EXPLOSION.
At 3 o'clock a tremendous explosion j
of about ir.O barrels of whiskey stored
in the upper doors of No. 24 Hanover
street hurled tons of burning matter
across the street onto the roofs of the
buildings opposite which the firemen
were drenching with water in a vain
hope to make Hanover street, the eastern
boundary line of the conflagration.
; Here an engine was buried by a falling
. wall, the firemen fleeing tor their
| lives.
I The whole city was notified of the
i conflagration lty a terrific explosi. n.
! which occurred some minutes aft'-r 11
I o'clock. A sharp, spitting roar went
j up wilh reverberating thunder. This
j was followed by a peculiar whistling
! noise like that made by a shrill wind.
I The churches i:i the central putt of
! the city wen filled with worship,oe s.
many of whom were frigh > n"d, and.
while no panics ensu 1 hundreds )f'
men and women won; outside to .< i
w hat had hnppem d. in a few moments
! the strteis au l pavements all over the
| city were craw tied with excited people.
! Anothet deafening crash occurred, and ,
I dense columns of cinders and stnoho J
' shot up over the < *,tral section of j
the city, and in a huge brown column '
moved rapidly toward the north o i. !
: liorne on the strong southeast wio.d
the column of smoke, blazing cinders
; and even pieces of tin moling sprea i
ever the center of the city, and a ram
of cinders fell, compelling pedestrians
j to ilogc red hot pieces of wood.
; PEOPLE r.OlKlINC; EIRE URANIhS.
I Two more explosions followed, and
! thousands of people hurried to the I
scene of the lire. Of all the speeta- '
torn, comparatively few saw the fire j
itseir. They coil Id not got within half n 1
block of it. Even the policemen guard- ;
ing Ihe approaches to the tiro had to j
shif their positions repeatedly and j
dodge falling cinders. Pieces of tin '
C> by 8 feet square v.ore lifted into the j
| air liv the tcrillc heat, sailed upward i
like paper kites, and when they \
reached a point heyond the seene of
the most intense heat, fell Inhering i
to the streets.
RAGING WITH I'XAMATED FURY. )
9:20 p. m.?The fl-p is stil' raging J
with unabated fury. The Are department
is helpless with the flames steadily
traveling eastward on Haltimore j
I and Fayette streets. The t't.ion Trust
building has fallen in. The Carrollton
Hotel is on fire. The Herald building
I is apparentv doomed, and the occupants
have moved out. The Sun is
preparing to move, "loads of burning
cinders cover the whole city.
FIRE NEAR COURT HOUSE.
10:20 p. m.?The tire sweeping east
en Fayettcvllle street is within a short
distance of the court house, which occupies
the block hounded by Fayette.
Lexington and Calvert streets. Opposite
is,the postoffice adjoining this
I is the temporary custom house and j
opposite to this is the city hall. The
| Calvert office building, at Fa yet t" and
I St. Paul street, is afire, and the Equitable,
building, which adjoins it. is now
threatened. The riain office of the
| Western Union Telegraph Company is
! located in the Equitable building, and
' the force Is leaving for a branch office.
A number of buildings are being
1 dynamited in an effort to r.Uip Vm
| fire.
11:45?The fire Is still orr.ing its vay
i eastward on Baltimore sii\.ct an' c.n
Fouth and German streets, including
, tiro financial district. Mayor Jlel.anc,
i who has been on the scene all day and
; night, says It Is utterly impossible to
make an estimate of loss. The fire
ft
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IKSDAY, FEBRUARY
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
hivru^S.w. ^ *- -
MI]
LIT MILL, S. C., WLl?
officials Fay that thus far it will user
orate $40,000,000.
Cra>h after crash could bo hoard
within the burning district, but even
the firemen could not tell front what
buildings they proceeded. In the seething
furnace of flames all sense of the
direction of location of buildings was
lost.
Hundreds of merchants and business
men with offices on the threatened district
\.,re untitled by watchmen and
1'i-ii . . .u.i:iy iuok steps 10 nave i:11 ir
book- removed to a place of safety.
A. C. Meyer & Co., and the CarrollIon
Chemical Company removed boxes
containing explosives to a point s ' ral
sqiMina away from the fire.
SOME Ol' THE BUIUMNGS IH'RNEl)
Anions the buildings consumeil are
tlie following:
Koxbury Kye Distilling Company;
Allen fi- Sons. I? ather; Sugar Ac Shear,
i-lothing; L. Stein & Co.. umbrella inunlifaeturers;
M. Friedman & Sons;
Croekin fi- Co.. dry goods; Schwa tv. Toy
Company; Mullin's Hotel: Burgunder
Brothers, clothing; Maas & Kemper,
manufacturers ??;" confectioners' tools;
Lewis Dowry & Co.. dry goods; Dry
Goods Kxchange; S. Neuburger A|
Urother. dry goa ls; A. Sauber, cloti.i
ing and sponging establishment; A. C.
M< yi r A. Co.. druggists; Carroll) n
Chemical Company; William T. l)lx< n
A- Hro., wholesale pap r; Burger & Co..
I wholesale clothing; Blanke's saloon;
Thomas Bnrne Ac Co.. liquors; James
Gary Ac Sons, cotton mills, office;
Charles Burger Ac Co.. wholesale clothing;
American Cigar Company; Cook
Sanders, local agent of Cluett. Peabody
Ac Co.; John Hurst & Co.. dry
goods; Haneel Miller Ai Sons dry
goods; Stanley Ac Brown Drug Compauy;
it. M. llutton Ac Co.. dry goods;
Diggs, Curarn Ac Co.. boots and shoos;
Nolan's restaurant; C. V. Davidson,
gas-fitting establishment; F. Schlcuns
fir Co.. clothing dealers; Oppenheiraer,
Knshland Ac Co.. wholesale jewelers;
W. C. Ko.t7.em fi- Co.. clothing; C. J.
Stewart A- Sons, hardware; O'Connell &
Ilannon, restaurant; building occupied
by the Nation.il Fx ' mgo 1 tank and
the Merchants anil Manufacturers' As?sociution;
Hopkins Savings Bunk; the
building ore upicd by Thornton, Rogers
Ac Co.. printers; Carr. Owens At Hoine;
man. and Blake's saloon; Baltimore
' News Company: the Cashing Company,
book sellers: .1. S. MncBonald & Co..
jewelers: the Goodyear Rubber Company;
Lilus Berwany r & Co.. clothing:
the Welch Brothers Company,
jew dors; the Consolidated Gas Company
; Oelims Air Co.. clothiers: C. J.
Delanev Ac Co.; Huyler's Confectionery;
Willing Knabe Piano Company;
Samuel Hunt's Sons, leather goods; the
lames A. Armiger Company, jewelers;
the Dehrau Hat Company; Kranz
Smith Piano Company; F. \V. McAllister
& Co.. opticians: Bryant &
Stratton. business college; R. l^eitz &
Co.. pianos; IinwoUl & Co., furniture;
Granger & Co., tobacconists; Amltach
Brothers. clothing manufacturers;
Conrad Zeal's Sons, trunk manufacturers;
the building occupied by Silberman
Ai Todes, dry goods; Thalmier
Broth us, dry goods, and the Florence
W. McCarthy Company; FussellbaughBlake
Company, wall paper; Raschgan
c umun, nillliuw MlillH'M, IV. .liUIUCIIl
& Co., boots and shoes; James Robertson
Manufacturing Company, metals;
Peter Rose & Sons, harness and
saddlery; 15. Cohen, notion"; V ProtzI'elder,
boots and .shoes; John Murphy
('oinp.'.riv, publishers.
LATER?At S o'clock Monday morning
the lire was reported uucontrolable,
with loss fully fifty millions of
dollars. The fire departments of New
York City, Philadelphia, Washington
and Wilmington on hund and almost
poweiless to stay the flames.
News of the Day.
The presentation by the Prince of
Monaco to the Academy of Sciences of
Paris of a map of ocean depths, showing
the nature and formation of all the
bottoms sounded, has once more
bro-ught the personality of the Prince
hefoie thrt public. Beyond the fact that
he is paid $.".00,000 a year to permit
gambling in his principality and that
he has twice been freed from marital
obligations?once from the daughter of
the Duke of Hamilton, his first wife,
and lately from the Duchess of Richelieu,
nee Heine, of New Orleans, very
litvle is known of the Prince. With
the gift of this deep sea chart lias
cc ine the revelation that Prince AMio t.
is n.scientist, for nicst of the soundings
recorded on this chart were taken by
1 :ni or those with him in the cruises
of his yachts, the Hirondelle. the i
Princess Alice I and th Princess Alice
H. |
It is announc e d that Thomas Nelson j
Page, author, is in the near futuro
to establish a tec hnical school in Hanover.
Va., toll county of his birth. The
plan is to teach o ng men and girb
the different iv.ar.-:al calling.;, such as
carpentering. irerhanics, dooJinj,
cool ing mo ving etc. JjjR
... vua^iull >1 IMC OCMUkC UII II1C
Treaty (Question.
Tillman Speaks Plainly.
After alnto-t allowing the amendment
to 11;?* urgent deficiency appropriation
hill providing for a loan of
$ 1.000,01' t to the St. l.ouis Exposition to '
go throng'.: without any discussion
whatever. the Senate Wednesday
changed its tactics ju. t a the vo .
was about to he taken and cat : I
upon a debate on the lean nr- \ ' o
w'eieh continued f<?r a ho it ;u ir ho . .
and whi li was still in pi >m . i -vt
th< nate adjourm 1 for the ,iay. The
debate was precipitated l<y a point of
order made against the amendment i?.> j
Mr. ltailcy. who supported his point
w;th a speech based on the theory that
tiie national government was not. as
such, conee:tied with the success or
failure of any exposition. He was sup.
ji Ttcd by Mr. Ixnlge and Mr. Kilting,
w' ile speeches were made in support
of the amendment liy Messrs. Hale, j
Allison. Cork ri 11. Spooner, Mil'oinas
an?! others.
Mr. Tillman said lie wanted ti? say
t unolhing <?:t this "loan or gift." tho ;
latter ho thought. as it was no: likely
that tho government would over get
anything baok. In tho course of his 1
remarks ho said South Carolina had
bad a share of the steal that had |
hc. it secured by other cities and lie had
helped to {jet it What he meant was
that this expenditure of money was :
unlawful and unconstitutional.
Mr. Spooner remarked that the Set:. !
ator from South Carolina had put himself
on record as participating in a
6t< al.
"What I mean," declared Mr. Tillman.
"is that when Congress takes
money from the people and gives it
away for expositions it amounts to a
steal. What I want to know is how
far we are to go and how much longer
we are to participate in"
Here Mr. Tillman hesitated.
"Steals." Interjected Mr. Spooner.
"Yes. steal." said Mr. Tillman, defiantly.
. Mr. Itaeon said that its lie intended
to vote for the amendment he did not
want !." impression to go out that lie
Was in ilv wrong. He thought the appropriation
a proper one. In reply to
a question from Mr. Hailey he said
that abstractly he did not endorse the!
principle, and that if the practice of
giving aid to expositions was now he- j
Ing initiated lie would oppose the prac- j
ticc. Hut iu view of what had hern
done in the past lie considered it not
out of place to make the appropriation.
The Senate chamber was again the
arena of an interesting political debate
with the provision in the urgent,
deficiency appropriation bill for a
loan of $1.1100.000 for the St. I. >uis '
Exposition the basis for the discus- 1
sion.
The controversy was precipitated by '
Mr. IjO.igc. who (iitoted inanv uflicial i
! figures to demons!nito that Republican
policies had not been a failure in the
t nlted Siat-s. He also charged Mr.
Gorman with hostility to the navy.
Mr. Forakcr also spoke, devoting hinisglf
largely to a comparison of conditions
under the Harrison administration
and those under the administration
of Cleveland, to the advantage of
th former.
On the Democratic side Messrs. Gorman
and Bailey were the orato's.
Commenting on the present condition
of the country's finances, Mr. Gorman
said that it was due to the immense
expenditures made in preparation
for war?$82,000,000 last year for
the navy and $118,000,000 for the
army, in n time of profound peace. Ho
denied, ns Mr. Dodge had charged, tlint
he had Ic on an enemy of the upbuilding
of the navy. On the contrary, he
w.iiild have the navy engage ample
forces to guard Aiuerhmi interests
cv rywhere. |t..t lie had had no id' a
of a navy to compete with tlmt of
Gnat. Britain or Germany, because our
conditions did not require such a navy.
11" did not want a navy for display, i> it
for service.
"! want economy in it." lie said, and
he called attention to the effectual aid
given to Venezuela during the admin- '
ist ration of Mr. Cleveland. "We did
th ?t." he said, 'at tin* cost, of $1G,00<>,noo
a year, and now we pay $82,000,000
for a navy with which to threaten
Colombia." He would reduce the
army from 100.000 men as now authorized.
to 50,000.
tile did not. he said, confess that ho
would he willing to take money from
the excessive expenditures for the
army and navy, and give it to tin- St.
Louis fair, the success of which was
pledged by the United States.
S?m; Spicy Remarks
Indiana and Kentucky locked horns
in the House Wednesday. The debate,
which involved nearly every memh: r of
bcth State delegations. was fast and
furious from start, to finish. Kentucky
<1< manded of Indiana the return of W.
S. Taylor, tliat he might be tried for
the assassination of William (loebel.
The assault was made by Mr. James, of
Kentucky, and the defense was led by
Mr. Crumpackfir, of Indiana, Partisan
feeling rose to an extreme tension, and
a.* either side scored both applause
derision resulted. The debate was
based on tno diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill.
Mr. James fired both sides of the
House to interest and feeling by dorlr.
in-: at the outset that the "Hough
IV ! r President" was ridiculous in his
message to Congress favoring international
extradition treaties, v-hen one
State could not get from another fugitive
fr m justice. He had. he said,
introduced a liUl in which the Federal
government made extradition compulsory
ui cm*# where persons had been
indicted for crime. Fori four years, lie
s:iH c .vernor ').i bin. ??; Indiana. fu
protected Taylor, who had been rc.fn
film
.
10,190-1.
larly fndlot."! in KontnoU\ for (ho ninrdor
of f5 < 'i'fl. "and ye* I notioo that
when Purldn conit s to town." continued
Mr. .lauus. 1'is winod an.l
tlin? il h> this meat r i Quixote upon
extradiion. wlio absolutely oonii l s
to I)urbin tlv rlaht t<> give the waiting
and anxnu: . wrli) the news th.it
Manna ? at1 run to.- I'n- but If ho
wants to. And whoti v o all ii :td that,
wo apaitt declare 'ih Ving i d u>
wrong." "
Mr. Crarirv' iT. o Indiana aro
to male a oth ' > Mr .lv i< <;,
bronchi a s-'t Tin of e r.- tr im i ->
!). me ratio s
Tho CJovernor of It-Mann not- lnl n<>
ucten f\ ticgan Mr r-t.mpn -km .
daily to anyone acquaint* ! wish
Kentucky ol^ction of lelm l
Taylor liad hen < 1< ted (lovertior; that
tho Kentucky juries had been "parkod."
and that history would justify the
nation of Indiana.
Mr. William . of Mississippi, coinhattod
tho id a that the Kentucky
juries wore "corrupt and rpttcn." In
some respect, lie said, the speech of
Mr. Crunipacker was a disgrace to
American civilization. It was ridh iloas
to snppo that all pnriiv reigned
in Indian i. an i that just across the
river all was corruption.
WAR CLOUDS DARKEN
Latest Advices Indicate That Japan
and Russia \N ill Light.
Tokio, Special. A specially called
conference of 'It'* cabinet, elder statesmen
and military and naval chiefs was
held today at the residence of Premier
Katsura. The meeting is believed to
have been of niueh importance,
though no details of the discussion
have been given the public. Possibly
it foreshadows energetic action on account
of Russian procrastination.
Although the governments continue
reticient. it is manifest that the situation
is of the gravest and that the
crisis is m ar at hand. The time in
which the Russian reply will continue
tq be ;i factor in the situation is narrowing.
The patience of the government is
becoming exhausted and the expected
answer is delayed many days longer
the issuance of an ultimatum hy Japan
will become inevitable.
The Japanese ft el that the existing
conditions have entitled them to a
more prompt reply and are bound to
infer that the St. Petersburg government
is determined not to yield, hut
is utilizing the time to advance its
preparations for war.
R.iynor l or Senator.
Annapolis, Md., Special. ? Right ynino
of the ninety Democratic members
of the Maryland (Icneral Assembly
met in caucus Wednesday night,
and after parleying for more than
three hours selected Isidor Ray nor
for the I'uited States Senatorship to
succeed Senator l.ouis E. McComas,
the prc.cnt Incumbent. At noon tomorrow
Mr. Raynor, a well-known Haltimoie
city lawyer, who achieved an
international reputation as the leading
e.Oincnl t .ln.l .... I -I 1 * -
v w.I IUI .IIUIIIIUI Ol IIU-J lllll II!)', nil!
naval court inquiry, will lie elctod liy
the members of the (Icnoral Assembly
in joint session to the United Slates
Senate.
In the joint session of the .Maryland
Legislature today's ballot for
t'nited Stales Senator resulted as
follows:
Democrats: Isidor ltaynor. ,'t7; John
Walter Smith, 111 : llcrnard Carter. 'J;
E. E. Jackson, s.
Republicans: Louis Iv M< Comas, ...5.
Necessary for election, votes.
Honor to a Negro.
A special from Portsmouth of recent
date says:
For the first time in the history of
the city a white edifice for the reception
of white worshipers were thrown
open to colored mourners, when Will-am
Eliott, 00 years old, and for the
In: t forty-nine years janitor of the
Court Street Baptist Church, was conducted
by the Hev. J. M. Armistead.
colored, in the church auditorium,
which was filled to Its utter capacity
with relatives ami friends of Rillott.
The balcony overlooking the auditorium
was also filled to its capacity with
the members of the Court street congregation.
The llevs. It. 1$. (Jarrett.
pastor of tiie church. A. K. Owen, p slor
of South Street ltaptist Church,
ond VV. I'. Ilines, pastor of I'ark View
Baptist church, delivered touching eulogies
of the dead janitor. The chair
near tiie chancel occupied during
every service in tiie old and new Court
Street Church for the past forty-nine
years by Elliot'. war. draped handsomely
by the ladies of the eongregatlon.
The deacons of ti e Court S:rcct Ik.tptist
Church Acted as honorary pallbearers."
Suspect Arrested.
Norfolk, Va., Special \ negro answering
in some re.-p cts the der-ription
of the Roanoke a sr.iiant of M;
Shields, was captured heating his wa>
on a Norfolk fc Western freight train
last night near Suffolk by the train
- w and was brought here for safejlng
pending identification.
NO. 47.
NOW OUT OF CUBA
American Army No Longer Occupies
the Country
INDEPENDENT AFTLR MANY YEARS
The Last Indication of Foreign Occu!
patinn lla'- Ueen Removed I:rom
the Island
Havana. Hv Cable Tho last vestige
of the \n iricau <>e. upation of Cuba
disappeared Thursday afternoon whoa
the \meri?an Ihm v.is lowered from
tlie Cal aua barrael s. and the last battalion
<" Xtueii. an ;;oIdiers tnarehed to
the Tri i irnia pier and hoarded tho
United States army transport Sum
ner.
The Sumner hail '.nought tho Scven11
enth and Nin !at li. company of
I'niit il States art.'' y from Santiago,
M'l these troops participated with tho
Twenty-llr.-1 an I the Twenty-second
companies. who have been stationed
lute in the evaluation of ('aliana harra
Its.
l'n iident 1'alma ami the members of
his eahinet, (Jen. Rodriguez, commander
of the rural guards, Uuited States
Ministi v Sipiires and the memliers of
the legation staff took their places in
the centre of the parade ground. After
the soldiers had presented anus, tho
American l!og was slowly lowered from
the staff over the barracks, a salute of
"1 guns meanwhile being flred from
tin' fortress. The Cuban tlag was raised
in its place and also saluted with 2t
guns. President Palmn then addressed
.'11 . 1111 ? "r? \ 1 111 .M.IJt'i DIIIWIl, t t ?11? ?'
mandor of the American troops, saying:
" A'e are confront) <1 by onn of the
n o i extraordinary fact r?*oordcd in
tli" annuls of un:\> r:- ?1 history, t.ho il(vparture
from our : bores of the last
troops the rnilod s h:is kept in
j Cuba, after helping v- to secure our
[ indepcu len e*iii 1 the Ide ungs of froo
(ltuii. Thov coiihl lav longer, under
I
j any pretext whatever, or ail unjust
'". mind t ould lie imposed upon us but
; on the contrary, the government of tint
j railed States identified as it. is with
, the liberal spirit and nohle character of
j the American people, willingly proves
its disinterestedness and the sincerity
ot the niii it rendered us by taking
these men away ami showing, at the
same time, that we have, os an independent
people, the confidence of one
of the most powerful nations on
eart h.
"This act. of the United Slates in
withdrawing its troops from Cuban
territory reports upon it. everlasting
glory and makes us proud of our deliverers,
for it means that nobody
doubts our ability to govern ourselves
or to maintain pence anil order ?in 1
guarantee the rights of all the inhabitants
of this island. This now consideration
shown its, together with tho
services we have previously received
at their hands, will bind tho Cuban
people to the American people forcvec
in a strong tie of sincere gratitude."
Major Itrown replied to President
Pelnia and thanked him for his kindiu.
s to the American oft'icers and soldi'!..
He ilil fe believed he voiced
the opinion of his comrades in saying
that there were no better people
on earth than those of Cuba and expo
1 tin- hope that S nor Palma
v.i. ;M serve many years as President,
ad I tii: that the lirst part of his administration
was a guarantee for success
it: the future. After this reply, alt
troop ; inarched pa t in platoon forma.tion
and boarded the Sumner.
Tim Sumner will sail -tomorrow,
leaving the Twenty-lirst and Twentysecond
lompanies of ort.illey at Fort
Marram:*, Fla. and taking tlie others
to Fort. Washington, Md.
Safe Blowers Arrested,
Roanoke, Va., Special.?Two men
giving their names as William Raymond
and James Donohue were arrested
here last night by W. G. Baldwin,
president of the Railway Special
Agents' Association of America, charged
with cracking tho safe in tho National
Bank of Rocky Mount, Va., two
weeks ago, when $1,000 in silver was
taken. Eleven hags containing $1,100
in silver were lonnd on ino men.
There is still $2,1)00 missing. Tho
n-.'-n *!:< money hiirio.l near Rocky
Mount ami wen' Aliere from Roanoko
\
to get it.
Silk CuSture Congress.
V.'a :<i:H't')?, Special.?Louis TV
Mag id. f Reorgia, the president of
tin- Silk Culture League of America,
anr.oeI that he had railed a silk
eultuie e.aigrcss to he hoM next Oe o
er at St. Louis. He aanomn-ed that
Secretary Wii. >u ha * promised to
make in nddroc.i. Mi. Magi<i catted
>n Prc.d.Liit Roosevelt h the tntoreat
;f the movement for the growth of
silk to the Unite.] States.