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300 Lives Lost and
20,000 Persons Homeless
Terrible Storm Destruction
in the Lesser Antilles.
St Thomas, D W. I , Sept. 14.
According to the latest reports the
storm which broke upon the island
Sunday night developed almost un?
precedented violence, being accom?
panied by a tidal wave and tremen
dens rains. Numerous landslides
were caused, and many boases,
bridges and cocoa estates have been
destroyed. At least 12 lives have
been lost.
Guadaloupe, the French island in
the Leeward group, has experienced
very heavy weather. .Nineteen
deaths are reported, and there have
been destructive landslides
A boat from tbe island of St. Vin
cent, 100 miles west of the Barba
does, arrived to day at the island of
Grenada and reports that St Vincent
bas experienced the most violent and
destructive cyclone ever known
there. Kingston, the capital of St
Vincent, is totally destroyed. It is
estimated that 300 lives have been
lost in that island, and that 20,000 \
people are homeless. The bodies of
the dead are being buried in trench?
es. Thousands are starving or being
fed at the public expense.
The amount of property destroyed
in St Vincent cannot yet be estimat?
ed. Every smail house is down and j
many large ones have been destroy- j
ed Toe demolished buildings in?
clude churches, stores and almost al!
the estate buildings Three large
ships are ashore on the windward
coast and many smaller vessels are
stranded
No information is obtainable here ?
from Barbadoes as to the results of
the threatened hurricane of Saturday
nisrht last.
Tlae BDDdl9 Democracy.
CbicigO, Sr-pl. 14 -W*. D..B?QU03,
ebairujan of tbs National Democratic
party, tendered his resignation te the
execative committee to-day, and George
Foster PeabDdy, of New York, was
elected as bis successor
The resignation was a great surprise
to thc leaders of the Gold Democratic
party.
C. Vey Holman of Maine declared j
after the meeting '.hat he proposed to |
have Mr. Byoum investigated. Mr. j
Holman claims Mri Byoum called the
meetisg to-day wich the intent to force
bsa to leave Maine while the election
was heli on Monday, the morning of
election day, and he charges the ex
ebairmaa with conspiracy
A reflation adopted ky the meeting
{Copping the salarie? of al! officer* is
?aid to be the real cause of Mr
B juan's re?iigt!a*ioC'. Treasurer Fren
Z?l. of lodtanap olia, reported that
wheo the campaigQ of 1896 ended,
ihere was $33,000 in ?he treasury of
the national Democracy S;nce that
time $23,000 has bees expended
There was $1,500 ? hieb coold be had
when necessary from uncollected sub
scriptions. Mr. Byoum bad received
$8.200 as ealary, while $60 was cred?
ited to persocai expenses. The treas?
urer reported th?t $7,700 had been
sent to Keotecfcy for the 1897 cam?
paign, $1,700 to Iowa, $2,500 to
Ohio daring the campaign in which
Hanna was elected United States sena?
tor and $600 to Kansas. Finally be
said that $1,500 had been expended
for stationery and postage.
A Generous Queen.
Madrid, Sept. 15-The queen re
gent pays daily visits to the sick sol?
diers who have returned from the
colonies She has ordered that the
convalescents be conveyed tu the
roval carriages to the Casa del Camp,
in* the Royal Park, and is paying
from her own purse for proper food
for the invalids
The correspondent here of the As?
sociated Press has conversed with
officers, invalids and others, who
have returned from Santiago They
a!i extol the kindness of the Ameri?
cans after the surrender They do j
not display the slightest animosity
against the Americans, but entertain
bitter feelings against the Cuoans
A Talk With Wheeler.
i He Declares the Cubans are
Open to Reason.
j _.
New York, Sept. 14 -Maj. Gen.
j Wm R. Shafter and Maj. Gen. Jo
' sepb Wheeler returned to New York
to day by the same tram. Neither
kuew the other was aboard the train,
and they did not meet even afte
their arrival in Jersey City
Gen Wheeler denied that he said,
in an interview during his journey
south, that President McKinley bad
observed to him that the war was not
j yet over.
j "Moreover/' said the general,
j "President McKinley never used
I such au expression in my presence,
j It is true that in answer to questions
I as to mustering out of volunteer
troops I have expressed an opinion
that a considerable portion of the
volunteer force would be retained
until peace is signed "
Gen. Wheeler added that in his
opinion the Cubans and Porto Ricans
will be found tractable to the wishes
of this government. "I have learn?
ed he said, . that you can accom?
plish nothing by dealing harshly with
Cubans, but by reasoning with them
you can get them to do nearly any?
thing you desire. They will lieten
to reason. I do not believe that a
large standing army will be required
either in Cuba or Porto Rico "
Gen. Wheeier ieft for g Mont auk
Point to assume command of the cav
airy division Gen. Shafter will prob
ably go to the camp to-morrow.
Cuban Proclamation.
Washington, September 14 -Mr
Gonzales de Quesada, of the Cuban del?
egation, to-day gave out several docu
meats relating to Cuban affairs. They
included a letter written by Gen
Miles while io Porto Rico to Gen
Nunez, which Mr Qiesada regards as
a tribute from the commanding general
of the American army to the good ser?
vice of Gen Garcia and the Cubans at
Santiago. The letter speaks in high
terms of Gen. Garoia and those under
him
Mr. Qaasada has received the fol
; lowing amnesty proclamation, issued by
i the Cuban authorities at Camaguay :
The government council in to-day's
j sessiou ordered :
"Whereas, hostilities have been sus?
pended .and orders which hinder the
movemects of those charged with bring
! iog about peace should not b;> enforced
I when the independence of Cuba has ai
; ready beea recognized by Spain and
: the United States ;
. "Whereas, in such circumstance it
j is useless to deprive the Spanish army
! of news and guides, which, in some
cases, ic may e7eo be a duty to provide, j
j so that it may evacuate the territory I
I as agreed UDon with the United States : i
; "Whereas, the war being ended, ali |
' animosity and hatred due to the strug?
gle should cease, thus bringing about the j
I union of all the Cubans under one flag,
with the symbol of liberty and net re?
venge ;
"Whereas, the leaders of the army
should do all in their power to punish
any attempt against personal security,
and that no private vengeance shall be
visited upon those who have served
; bpaio :
"Be it resolved :
"1. To suspend ontii further order !
Paragraph 2 in its last part, and Para- j
graphs 9, 10, 13, 14 and 25 of Article
48 of the penal law.
"2 To grant amnesty to all those
guilty of the crimes enumerated in
Article 48, of the penal law; and
"3 That these resolutions be circu?
lated among the army and authority of
j -he Republic, calling their attention to
j the evils which may occur if a policy
? of forgiveness and pardon is not ob?
served
"Camaguay, September I, 1898.
"The Seoretary of War, Dro tem,
Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote."
Another proclamation received by
Mr Quesada was issued by Col. Mo
rales. seooEd io oommand of tue Cu
basB ia Havana Province, it says :
j "A great and prosperou* nation, our
j sis:er in republican ideals, has come tc
j the help of Cuba, as France gave her
generous support to that democracy
: duriog its struggle for independence
; Let us salute under our flag of the loue
star the flag of the Stars and Stripes,
and let us despise those reports circu
; lated agaiost ali truth and reason by
! oar conquered enemy that the great
I Republio is trying to take possession
shamelessly of our free aud indepen?
dent country. Let us continue, and
not falter, io those movement?-, in
which our star begins to shine brightly.
Let us cheer, soldiers of the army ot
the liberation, for free aod independent
Cuba and tor the great American Re?
public ?'
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Four preachers are disputing over
which concerted Capt Philip, of the
Texas That doesn't seem to have !
been a very difficult job, but if they
want to have something that will
justify a lively wrangle let them try
their powers on Hon John Sherman
Situation is Much
More Satisfactory.
Gen. Otis ts Allowing No Con?
cessions to Ins urge zits.
_
Washington, Sept 15.-Gen. Otis
to day cabled the war department as
follows :
Manila. Sept. 15.
Affairs much more satisfactory.' De?
mands for withdrawal insurgent forces
complied with, and all withdrawn or
withdrawing to day, except small
forces in outlying districts, which are
not obeying insurgent leader Aguin?
aldo requests few days in which to
withdraw them by detachments and
punish their commanding officers.
Over 2,000 already withdrawn. No
concession granted insurgents, but
strict compliance with demands of
8th instant required General good
feeling prevailing. Manila quiet and
business progressing favorably. No
difficulty anticipated Have been
compelled to confine Spanish prison?
ers temporarily within limits of walled
city [Signed] OTIS,
Commanding
THE INSURGENT CONGRESS.
London, Sept. 16.-The Manila
correspondent of the Times, tele?
graphing Thursday, says: "I am the
only foreign journalist present at the
insurgent congress at Maloloo, which
has been selected as the temporary
capital cf the revolutionary govern?
ment Early this afternoon Aguin?
aldo, accompanied by a large staff of
generals and ministers, moved in
state from the convent now occupied
as his military headquarters, passing
between lines of infantry and through
streets decorated with palms and
banners and packed with thousands
of peasants in holiday dress, to the
church half a mile distant.
"Here he was received by the as?
sembly delegates and conducted to a
platform in the chancel, from which
he delivered a brief message in the j
Tagalon language, afterward repeat?
ing it in Spanish. The substance of
the message was mostly congratula?
tory on the happy termination of the
revolution, and the complete conqueet
of the territory. He made a flowery
appeal to the delegates, asking them,
by the memory of the illustrious
patriots of Philippine history, to fol?
low the example of England, America
and France in preparing a constitu?
tion and promulgating laws to secure
the complete and permanent liberty
of the people of the Philippines The
message excited bot little enthusiasm,
because it was absolutely non-com- j
mittal.
"The assembly then proceeded im- j
mediately to organize, preparatory to :
a discussion on the proposed consti?
tution and code of laws and the elec?
tion of a president The absence of
several of thc most prominent and
influential natives was particularly
noticeable, as indicating an intention
to hold aloof until the policy of the
congress is fully declared.
"A strong party, intoxicated by the
present measure of success, favors
opposition tc any foreign protector?
ate, being confident that the people
can govern themselves Wiser coun?
selors strenuously oppose such a sui?
cidal policy. Apparently unanimity
now exists only in the determination
to free the islands forever from Span?
ish rule. This is the universal feel?
ing, and it will probably prove the
controling power in determining the
final action of the congress "
DUEL EXPECTED BE?
TWEEN D'ALMENAS
AND RIVERA.
_ I
Madrid, Sept. 14 -The premier,
Senor Sagasta, has obtained the queen
regent's signature to a decree prorogu?
ing the cortes, and with it ended a
stormy session of the senate.
Gen. Primo de Rivera bad demanded
an inquiry io to his administration of
the Philippine islaods, and io so doing
he said the attacks of Count D'Al
menas were only "fit" for tbe mouth of j
a miserable slanderer." Couot DWI- j
itienas waf endeavoring to reply when !
Senor Sagasta read the decree prorogu
iog the cortes.
Couot D'Almenas and Gen. Rivera,
separately, approached the president io
a hostile manner and a duel is expect?
ed.
Premier Sagasta afterward read the
decree in the chamber of deputies.
It is expected that the Spanish peace j
commissioners will be appointed with- I
out delay.
A painful impression bas been caused I
here by a statement, made by Tbe
Pais, Raying the United States intends
to demand ?20,000,000 indemnity in i
behalt of Amerioao citizens wbo have
suffered through the :oaurrection in
Cuba. The Spanish peace commission- \
ers will 6troogly oppose this, it is
claimed ; but fears prevail that tbe
United States will become pitiless and
press its advantage to tbs utmost
Insisting Upon
. Independence.
A
A Lively Agitation in That
Direction in Cuba.
Habana, Sept. 15, 5:45 p. m.-Tbe
predominant feature of the situai ion is
the feverish and widespread agitation of
tbe Cabaos ia favor of absolute inde?
pendence of the Island at all costs.
Manifestos are being circulated in
i?vifcing the cooperation of tbe Spanish
residents and merchaots to this ead and
pointing oat that either annexation or
an American protectorate would mean
death to all trade with Spaio io a
couple of years.
Geo. Maximo Gomez, who a fort?
night ago, gave expression to extreme?
ly moderate views, counseling har?
mony and patience, now expresses him?
self io favor of "absolute iodepeodenoe
or nothing." He says the Spanish ele?
ment cannot afford to delay uniting
with the Cubans, as a "necessary ba?
sis for tbe establishment of conditions
that will forbid and preveot the Uoi
ted States grabbing and taking easy
advantage of the treasure both Span?
iards and Cubano have fought for at an
eXDeose of rivers of blood on each side."
Geo. Gomez says, if report speaks
truly, that "those who fear iodepead
eoce beloog to the same family of
cowardly cars that fled from Habana
at the first rumor of bombardment."
These, he declares, are, however, a mi?
nority ; and, to quote him farther,
"almost the eutire Spanish populatioo
remains, protecting their homes aod de?
fying the dangers of war, aod will now
remaio to unite their efforts with those
of the Coban party, workiog together
with the Cubans for the development
of the ieland aod the retara of prosper
?ty.?
A leading evening paper yesterday
published a local letter parportiog to
voice the opiaioo of Catalonia in favor
of independence and promising aid
aod cooperation.
How far the influence ,of tho party
agitating for Coban independence may
extend it is at present difficult to esti?
mate, bat the fact is, its agents are
working like beavers. Some former
sympathizers with the aooexatioo
movement are to be found to-day io the
ranks of the independeocc movement.
This violent impetus given to the ag
itatico for independence is the result,
apparently, of the arrival of the Reso- j
late, or rather, of the arrival of Mr.
Porter and the examination he is .mak
iog iato tariffs, munioipal taxation and
other matters of internal goveromeot
which the Cabans had expected to han
die and administer themselves. Mr.
Porter's operations are viewed with
suspicion by an important section of
the Cubans, who kept on calling meet?
ings and protesting against a "asurpa
tion of privileges purchased at sncb a
sacrifice." They insist upon absolute
freedom, uorestricted liberty or a fight
to the death.
Ooe reason why macy Spaniards who
at first favored annexation have changed
their opioion is that they fear the com?
petition of American rivals as store?
keepers, hotel managers aod restaurat?
eurs. The same spirit prevails among
thc planters, especially the smaller
ones.
All this amouots practically to a si
leot admissioo of Cuba's inability to
offer, if left to herself, the gaaraotees
of stability that would induce foreign
capital to come here to develop the isl?
and's resouroes The deductions seem
to be this. With Cuba independent,
no foreign capital aod no competition ;
with Cuba uoder American rule, oom
petition against which the Cubaos
would not have the energy or the
power to succeed.
These questions are upp- ost io
every mind, causing general uneasiness
and discontent, preventing the resump?
tion of the oormal tone of the market
and blocking trade aod traffic.
The American commissioners passed
to-day quietly. Geo. Batter, bis staff,
aod Robert Porter are the only Ameri
cae representatives liviog on shore ;
but next week night shore leave will
bs granted to the staffs of Admiral
Samps ?n and Gen. Vv ade, whose mem?
bers, under the navy regulations, are
now obliged tc be on board ihe Reso?
lute at 5 o'clock p. m , sharp.
This morning members of the com?
mission visited the government pawn
shop to buy pledged goods, bot they
were ioformed that these were only
sold once a mooth at auctioo The
next &ale will take place on October 1,
wheo many valuable articles will go
under the hammer.
Capt. Lloyd C. Griscomb, Gen.
Wade's aide, will go to Matanzas in a
day or two to look over the field there
and report to the commission
The electric plant at Cardenas has
suspended public lighting, the munici?
pality be.og in debt $300,000 to the
concern.
The line of steamers ply i og between
Caibarieo and Nuevitae bas resumed
tbe sailings interrupted by the block?
ade. Caibarieo is reported entirely
without meat.
! Mount Vesuvius Now
Presents Fine Spectacle.
j Serious Damage to Property
at the Base.
Naples, Sept. 15.-Mount Vesu?
vius is now presenting the grandest
spectacle since 1872, due to a violent
outburst of activity.
The central crater and a Dumber of
new mouths are vomiting lava and
ashes. Three imposing streams are
flowing down the mountain side,
burning in the chestnut woods at the
base of Monte Somma, nearly reach?
ing the observatory, destroying part
of the Funicular railroad leading
thereto and threatening the barracks
of the carabineera.
The Highest on Record.
London, Sept. 15.-Next to the
highest balloon ascension on record was
made here this afternoon from the
Crystal palace, Sydenhma, by Stanley
Spencer, the well known ic:onaut, and
Dr. Bersou. The balloon, which was
ioflated with pure hydrogen and has a
capacity of 56,500 cubic feet, attained
an altitude of 27,500 feet.
At a height of 25,000 feet the air
was so rari?ed that the occupants of the
car were compelled to breathe com?
pressed oxygen by tubes. The tem?
perature was 61 degrees below freezisg
point. The atmosphere was clear and
tbe coast distinctly visible.
The balloon finally descended near
Romford, in Essex.
"Fighting Bob" Transferred,
Washington, Sept. 15 -Capt. Rob?
ley D. Evans called at the navy depart?
ment to-day and bad a long talk with
Secretary Long, the immediate result
of which was the issue of an order re?
lieving him of the command of the
battle ship iowa, which is now being
repaired at the New York navy yard.
This was done at Capt. Evans's request.
He has served more than tbe period of
time required by regulations and prac?
tice for a captain to command, and his
next sea service may be io flag rank.
Secretary Long this afternoon de?
cided to assign Capt Evans to duty as
a member of the naval inspection board
and he will assume his new duties af?
ter a brief vacation.
The next commader of the Iowa wiil
b.? Capt. S i 1 a 3 Terry, now in command
of the receiving ship Franklin, at the
Norfolk oavy yard. He wiil take the
ship around South America and over to
Honolula, in company with the Oregon
aud some colliers. It is said at the
navy department to-day that thc sailing
orders to the battleships have-not yet
been issued, and that when they are
they will take the ships only as far as
Honolulu. It is not denied that they
wiil ultimately proceed to join Dewey's
flatt at Manila, if it should be deemed
expedient to reinforce bim, but as the
journey around South America will oo
oupy near four mouths, and many
changes in the situation as to tbe Phil?
lippines may be expected to occur be?
fore tbe expiration of that period of
time, it cannot be certainly foretold
whether or not the Oregon and tbe
Iowa will ever reach Manila.
-mm
Mr. Sidney Whitma?'s article in
September Harper's on "The Turk at
Home" will probably not be relished
by certain critics who paint thc Turk
as a modern Bluebeard, bet it will
prove ooDe the less a serviceable anti?
dote for ranch nnxious stuff that is pub?
lished about the land and its people
Perhaps the most trenchant paragraph
19 the following :
"They accuse the Turk of. religious
fanaticism, whereas the high road from
Trebizond to Erzeroum is Hoed on both
sides with Christian monasteries and
chorches of various denomioatioos.
These Christian monasteries and
churches have existed peacefully and
unmolested, been protected even by
imperial firman, throughout ages dur*
ing which it was a capital offence in
Eogland for a Roman Catbolio priest to
read the mass ; during which Irish
Protestants ruthlessly slaughtered
Catholics, regardless of age or sex ;
during which Jews were burnt at the
stake in Spain in their thousands,
those that escaped flying to Turkey,
where they found an asylum ; during
which the centre of Europe was no
frightfully devastated by religious fa?
naticism that the dead were torn from
their graves to feed the starviog popu?
lation.''
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Jackson. Misa., Sept. 12.-Secretary
Huoter, of the State Board of Health,
states that there is oo chaDge io the
general yellow fever situation. No
new cases, or suspicious cases, hare ap?
peared in Jackson Kilgore, the single
patient io this city, died tonight at
9:20 People living in the vicinity of
the infected house will be taken to a
detention camp outside the city limits
Inspector DUOD reports from Benoit
that all suspects are well; no suspic?
ious cases
Evan P. Howell
President Appoints an At?
lanta Man to Serve on the
Commission to Inves?
tigate the War De?
partment.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 14.
Capt. Evan P. Howell, of Atlanta,,
bas been tendered, and has accepted,,
a place on the commission to investi?
gate the war department. His ac^
ceptance makes the list of those cer?
tain to serve consist of Gen. Dodge,.
Gen. Sexton, Dr. Keen, of Philadel?
phia; President Gilman, of Johns
Hopkins, and Ca'pt. Howell. The
appointment comes, of course, unso?
licked in every case. In looking for
a prominent Southern man to accept
a place on the commission, President
McKinley first turned to Gen John
B. Gordon, because be is the head of
the Confederate Veterans. When,
on account of his i'l-health, Gen..
Gordon declined, the President at
once tendered the place to Capt.
Howell I was told at the White
House that the Georgian is expected
to accept. That means that be has
accepted, for if there had been any
doubt of it his name would not have
been given to the public. It is ex?
pected that at least two other men of
prominence will be put on the com?
mission, but who has been invited h9S
not been announced.
OS* for Jacksonville.
Columbia, Sept. 15-Special to
News and Courier: The Second South*
Carolina volunteer infantry left Colum?
bia to-day for Camp Coba Libre,,
where it will join Lee's corps.
It leaves here with the best wisher
of Columbia and of all Carolina. The
regiment is made up of eight hundred
and odd fine young Carolinians who
responded to the call of their State
and nation from a se use of duty
Four of the companies responded at
the same time, as did these now ir*
the First regiment.
Col. Jones, at the request of the
citizens, had the regiment march up
Main street and then down to union
station, and the soldier boys made a
very fine showing, and marched very
well. The men were cheered on all
sides as they marched through the
streets, with thc regimental band at
the bead of the column. There was
a long delay at the station, but it was
well used in the bidding of adieus,
and promises to write back, etc
The first train to leave the station
was over the South Carolina and
Georgia, with the third battalion,,
under Major Wagner
The second and third battalions
went over the Florida Central and
Peninsular, leaving here about an
hour or two after the South Carolina
and Georgia division.
Col. Jones, Lieut -Col. Thompson
and Major Eaves accompanied the
several sections
Lieut. Rossinger has been sent in
advance to the camp to make pre?
liminary arrangements, and he re?
ported everything as being finely ar?
ranged. The regiment left only six
sick men behind, and they were sent
to the Columbia Hospital One of
the number is quite ill. The regi?
ment is in fine condition, and Col..
Jones has gotten it into fine shape,
and with a keen anxiety to do ser?
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