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Show TO MULDER 3i'KINLEY PLOT OF SPANISH AND CUBAN CONSPIRATORS. One of the Plotters of the A assl nation "Weakened and Sent a Warning Letter to a Member of the Kcpuhl.can National Committee. According to the New York World, a plot to assassinate President William Mclvinley has just been discovered. The World says: A plot to assassinate President Mclvinley has been frustrated. frus-trated. It was concocted by a group of Spanish aud Cuban conspirators who had headquarters in New York. One of the plotters weakened and sent a warning letter to a member of the Republican national committee. The letter was placed in the hands of Secretary Charles Dick, who referred it to Chairman Oilell of the New York state committee for investigation. Chairman Odell engaged a detective who speedily verified certain allegations allega-tions made in the warning letter. Thereupon Mr. Odell reported to Secretary Sec-retary Dick, who laid all the facts before be-fore Chairman Mark Hanna. Mr. Odell's report caused great alarm among the president's close friends and advisers. Mr. Odell made it plain that ho regarded the plot as a matter of the utmost seriousness aud urged that extreme precautions be taken to keep the president out of harm's reach. Messrs. Dick and Hanna laid the whole matter before the president before be-fore he departed for Canton. They instructed Mr. Odell to continue his investigation and cautioned him to work with the utmost secrecy. To a World reporter last night Mr. Odell admitted that he and certain members of the national committee had discovered a plot to assassinate the president. "Y'es, it is true," he said, "but I regret exceedingly that the matter has become public." He was extremely anxious that no reference whatever should be made to the matter. Special detectives are guarding the president in Canton. |