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Joint Action With Great Britain
and Japan Considered.
TREATY IS NOT ESSENTIAL
W P:
EBLISS HAS RESIGNED
Secretary of the Interior Handeé
in His Resignation Last Week.
1101' OFFICIALLY GIVEN our
A Demand Likely to Be Made. How-
ever, for Equal Privileges with
France,_(.iermu.uy and Russia. in
China—To lie Backed by Force.
Washington, Dec. 1t—Ti1e interview
with Senator Davis, published in Lon- .
don in which the Senator is quoted as
strongly fa1oring an alliance between
the United States. Great Britain and
Japan, to protect their common inter-
ests in the Orient, has exalted consid-
erable interest here. In a general way
it is lino-v.1. to represent Senator Davis'
views. The subject of an alliance with
Great Britain and Japan has for some
time been receiving serious thought.
not only among Senate-,rs but in the ,
State Department.
The suggested alliance does not
necessarily include a treaty between
those countries, ,but simply joint action
for a. common object.
There is a. fixed determination
the privileges granted other powers—
‘Germany, Russia. and France, jointly
or separately—shall be accorded the
United States, and to insure this it is
recognized co-operation with Great
Britain and Japan will be necessary.
This co—operationis expected to take
the form of joint or simultaneous de-
mand from the three governments for
equal privileges in China. with all othe;
nations, the demand to be enforced, it
necessary.
The President is not ready to go into
this question now, but it has been cis—
cussed sufficiently to indicate his gen—
eral views, and the reference to our in-
terests in China in his message is re—
garded as significant. Secretary Hay is
represented as being in favor of such
an alliance.
The acquisition of the Philippines is
expected to result in a. broader trade
interest for this country in the Orient.
Senators say that this will not neces-
sarily depend upon the retention of the
entire Philippine group by this coun-
try. The ratification of the peace
treaty, it is held, will establish the in-
fluence of the United1 States in that
quarter of the globe, and there will be
no serious opposition on the part of so-
called expansionists to any disposition
of the islands which will insure the lib-
erty of the people and a good govern—
ment. A canvass of the Senate indicates
that the treaty vill surely be ratified.
Getting Ready for Cousins.
W'ashington, Dec. 14.—The House
'The Reasons for His Retirement No!
1 Yet Made Public—It Will Have No
\
Bearing Upon the Appointment ol
I Mr. Choutc—Mr. Bliss», “The I» Ill
l at His Home in New York, Will
Make No Statement.
VVashingtoil, Dec. 14.——Secretary of
the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss resigned
his portfolio last week before he left
Washington for New York. It is not
clear whether the resignation. 'has been
accepted by the President or whether
action is suspended pending the Presto
dent’s return from his Southern, trip,
when he will be able to choose a. suc-
cessor to Mr. Bliss.
Secretary Bliss was appointed by
' President McKinley, and has been a
member of the Cabinet since McKin-
. ley’s inauguration on March 4, 1897.
that i
No one attributes Secretary Bliss's
retirement from the Cabinet to any dif-
ferences with the President or the
other Cabinet officers, and it is believed
to be due merely to personal reasons.
No announcement of the resignation
has yet been made officially.
Senator Thomas C. Platt, when i11-
form-ed that Secretary Bliss had decid-
ed to resign. said that it was all news
to him and that he had no idea of the
cause or who his successor would be.
The Senator added, in reply to a. ques-
tion, that, so far as he knew, Mr. Bliss’
retirement would have no bearing upon
the question of Mr. Choate’s appoint-
ment as Ambassador to England.
Senator Platt said he knew of no pos-
sible reason why Secretary Bliss should
' resign except possibly on the plea. of iii
' health.
Census Committee at its meeting yes- -
terday decided to create a separate bu-
reau for the purpose of taking the cen-
sus, and directed Chairman Hopkins to
draw a substitute for the Senate bill.
The Senate bill provides that the Gen.
sus Office shall be included in the De-
partment of the Interior.
Some data
the committee regarding several pro—
visions of the bill. Some of the points
on which inquiry will be made relate I
also will be collected by ; that comes from there.”
to the number of persons to be em- ‘
ployed and their salaries, the work of
expert statisticians, and how the cen—
sus can best be taken, whether by
counties, townships or Congress dis-
tricts, or whether this shall be left to
the Superintendents of Census.
ing was said as to whether the bureau
should be placed under the civil serv-
108.
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Cuban Tariff Schedule Ready.
Washington, Dec. 14.—M‘ajor-Gen.
Brooke, the future Military Governor of
Cuba, and Robert P. Porter, the Pres-
ident’s Special Commissioner to the
island, had a long conference with the
President yesterday.
They discussed the details of Mr. Por-
ter’s observations in Cuba in connec-
tion with his investigation of the cus—
toms situation in the island.
The tariff schedule, as prepared by
Mr. Porter and forwarded some time
ago to the Treasury Department. sub-
ject to ame11dm-,ent was examined
thoroughly 1 at the con1e1 ence and Gen.
Brooke made himself thoroughly fa.-
m1liar with the regulations which are
to be carried out at the several ports.
It is expected that the Cuban tariff
will be published by the Treasury De—
partment to- (1211'
G as Tank Explode-s.
New York. Dec. 14.—W’ith a crash
that could be heard for more than a
mile the largest gas tank in the world
collapsed from the tremendous
NOth- 3 repeal of the clause which levies an in—
At the Interior Department it was
stated yesterday that nothing whatever
was known of the matter there.
There is the highest authority for the
statement, however, that the Secre-
tary has already handed in his resig-
nation.
Secretary Bliss often stated in the
early days of the Administration, when
reports were published of his intention
to resign, that he would serve out his
term, that he found the work of his
bureau not« nearly so hand as it had
been reported, and that having thor-
oughly systematized it he found his
duties quite congenial.
The news of his resignation, there-
fore, comes as a great surprise in
Washington.
New York, Dec. 14.-—Mr. Bliss was
ill at his ‘home in this city yesterday.
In response to a message asking about
his reported resignation, he sent this
reply:
“I have nothing to say. I have not
been in 'Washington for several days.
and cannot be responsible for any news
BE‘E‘R TAX T0 STAND.
No Possibility for a. Repeal of the
One Dollar Clause.
‘Washington, Dec. 14.——Members of
Congress and officials declare that no
matter how the revenue tax act may
be amended, there is no possibility of a
i creased tax of $1 per barrel on beer.
1 The recent meeting in New York of
representatives of the brewery indus-
try. to induce Congress to repeal the
section, will have little or no effect. For
years the framers of revenue legisla-
tion have been anxious to increase the
tax on beer, but both parties were
‘ frank to confess their fear of the politi-
cal enmity of brewers and the voters
which saloons control. The war, how-
1 ever, made it necessary to increase the
revenue, and the desired opportunity to
add to the tax on beer was presented
and embraced by Congress.
The report of Secretary Gage made it
plain that the beer tax would not be
repealed. T‘lere will be a deficit of
$112,000 000 at the end of the fiscal year,
and M1. Gage, while admitting that the
pi esent 1311 includes some vexatio-us
taxes, gives absolutely no hope that any
source of revenue at present can be
abandoned.
'Meut for Cuban 3.
Chicago Dec. 14. ——-Chicago packers
Will spend a large amount of money
erecting immense cold storage plants in
Santiago. Havana and P01 to Rico for
the recept on and storage of fresh meat
. VIithin a fortnight cold storage experts
h"-
‘ o.’ .
(draulic pressure yesterday at 5.4-5 p. m. 1
Two persons were killed, one is miss—
ing and about twenty-one
That portion of Manhattan
south of Grand street was in partial
darkness and six city blocks were
flooded, the water in some places being
Waist deep.
The tank belonged to the Cons olldat-
ed Gas Company, and was situated be~
tween Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets, Avenue A and First avenue. It
had been finished about ten days and
collapsed while being tested to see if
it was perfect.
Flrebugs Cl-emated. ~
San Francisco, Dec.14—There is
much disquietude among the inhabi-
tants of Hankow since the recent fire,
in which thiee thousand people lost
their lives. Several smaller fires have
occurred since, all believed to be the
Work of incendiaries.
The Shanghai Daily Press says five
Chinese were caught in the act of ignit—
ing as many'dwellings. They were
tillrown into the flames and burned
a‘ive.
A Railroad Concession.
Mexico City, Dec. 14.——A concession
for an important railway in the State
of Vera Cruz, to be called “Ferro Carril
Vera. Cruzano,” has passed ”into the
hands of Philadelphia capitalists.
The road will open up one of the rich-
est sections in the whole Republic. The
country traversed is filled with line
timber, cabinet woods, and the road
will pass through coal, oil and asphalt
beds.
Ordered to Havana.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 14.—-Orders
have been issued for the armored
‘ cruiser Brooklyn, the battleship Texas,
the gunboat Castine and the auxiliary
cruiser Resolute to proceed at once to
Havana. '
The orders caused great surprise in
navy cl
wounded. .
Island ;
.the Adelplhi Academy,
will be sent to West Indian cities to
look over the ground, prepare plans
and specifications for the erection of
the proposed plants.
Those interested in the matter are P.
D. Armour. G. F. Swift, Nelson Morris
and Thomas J. Lipton. Mr. Swift al-
ready has a small cold storage plant at
Santiago, which he built during the war
and which was constructed from ma-
terial sent from Chicago. A modern
structure, which will accommodate 200
refrigerator cars of meat, will be built
at Havana. This v.ill be Mr. Swift’s
general supply house.
Battle-hip is Badly Injured.
New York, Dec. 14.—'Constructor
Bowles said last night that the keel
of the Massachusetts had been found
damaged in seventeen places between
frames 16 and 78. '
This means that the bottom or” the
battleship scraped the ledge for more
than 200 feet, or about tWO-thirds its
entire length. The divers, after mak1
ing‘ a careful examination, had made
this report to the construction depart-
ment.
The extent of the injury could not be
learned, but it probably is sprung
plates.
The Investigating Con" 1mittee ap-
pointed by Admiral Home has th1 re-
port of the divers, but none (13' the
members will talk. The board iv not
taking any testimony, but will 1.111111er
submit a preliminary report on the re—
sult of the examination. of the ship’s
bottom. On this report will depend the
appointment of a Board of Inquiry by
Secretary Long.
Suicide in Broklyn .
Brooklyn, Dec. 14.——-Henry “Talkie. a.
well known business man 0 Norfolk.
Va, was found dead in an areaway of
at Lafayette
avenue and St. James p1ace,'a-t about
8 o’clock yesterday morning. There
were two bullet wounds in his temple,
and a.‘ .38 calibre revolver, with two
, cartridges explodedfinms clutched firm-
ly in his right ha
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TM INQU IRYQONTINUES; GEN. 11111111 EEEEEE
Commissary-General Began Gives
Testimony.
”His DEPARTMENT onownnn
Little Change In the Present Army
Ration Needed—The Trouble Over
Tree-sh Meat in Porto Rico—Brought
Back to New York and Thrmvn
Away.
14.-—Comn'1isSarY‘—‘
Department
Washington, Dec.
Gen. Eagan of the War
War Inquiry Commission yesterday.
He urged that the Subsistence De-
partment should control the trans-
portation of all its own supplies and
furnishing of means for cooking and
eating. He said that the Secretary of
War approved! a. bill authorizing the
Subsistence Department to build and
furnish bake-owns, mess equipment,
etc, which were much needed.
thought the Quartermaster General’s
Department Was overburdened with
duties inuumeraibl'e. He pointed out
that the British army was not as rwell
fed by any means as our own,
that rations already provided the
and-
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The Famous Cuban Leader Out of
a Spanish Prison".
WAS onnrnnorn ' FOR LIFE
He \Yas Much Grlcvcd to Learn of the
Death of Garcia, Who Promoted Him
for Bravery. Set Free from a Spanish
Prison on Demand of This Country.
New Yo 11:, Dee. 13.—— General Juan
Rius Rivera the famous Cuban lea‘lv-
- or, was a passenger on the French line
continued his testimony before the‘ steamer La Champagne, winch arrived
yesterday
He has just beet! released from the
Spanish dungeons at Ceuta, through
the inter1- entlon of the American peace
commissioners.
In March, 1897, Rivera was ambusha
ed in Cuba, captured by the Spaniards,
’ sentenced to be shot, and afterwards
He‘
- and was a. terror to the Spaniards.
United States soldiers were satisfacg
tory, with the possible addition of dried
fruits.
He spoke of the constant and urgent-
imp'ortunities, which‘ he said some:
times amounted to persecution, that
various articles of food be added to the
regular rations. These importunitlee
were backed by strong support and
heavy capital. One well known Sen--
ator, whose name be withheld, he said
had proposed and insisted on one ar-
ticle being added, which he claimed
would cost only about one cent a. ra-
tion. While this might be so, for the
whole army its cost would mount to an .
amazing figure. ‘
He said he believed that beer should
be furnished the men in such quantities
as the commanding officers might de-
.fllon and fought valiantly unt-il,
had his sentence commuted to life
imprisonment in Ceuta. His Wife lives
at Cherry Valley, N. Y.
General Rivera. is an intrepid officelr,
t
was of him Martinez
Campos said:
"He always wins, no matter
the odds against him.”
He was born in Mayaguez, Porto
Rico, in 1850 He was a law student
at the University of Madrid when the
Cuban revolution broke out in 1863. He
left and joined the insurgents. His
daring soon brought him honors and
he became a lieutenant colonel in 1872.
In July, 3875, though badly wounded.
he continued to lead his men and mu-
ted the S: ahiards at Los Azules. In
1817, with three hundred men, he at—
tacked a supply train convoyed by tw0
thousand Spaniards. His right hand
was shattered by a bullet,- but with
a. machete in his left he led his men
and captured the train.
He took the field in the late revalu—
that General
what
a. _.
In..."
itrayed by spies, he and his chief of
clde to be best, and in the interests 0! '
the men he would be willing to incur
the hostility of the blue ribbon socie-
ties.
Referring to a. complaint of the bee! ‘
given in Porto Rico at the outset of
that campaign, Gen. Eagan said that
the responsibility rested on other shoul-
ders than his own; that he had pur«
chased the best of beef, but after the
contract was entered into’ and the bee!
aboard and sent from Newport News,
Gen. Miles had telegraphed him that he
could get the beef on the island. Con-I
sequently the beef he shipped remained
on the ships, exoept for a. small amount,
and was brought back to New York and ,
thrown overboard. The beef, of fine
quality, was there, he said, and should
have been taken.
“No one," he said, “with any‘sense
could hesitate to favor refrigerated beef
as against native beef.” He said he
had now sent _a refrigerator plant to
San Juan.
in the volunteer army as to rations,
Gen. Eagan said that there should be
one commissary sergeant with each reg-
iment.to instruct the others as to the
use and extent of rations.
BITS OF NEWS.
The paris exposition of 1000 may be
postponed.
A Croton water arch at Sing Sing
broke yesterday.
President McKinley starts
southern trip this afternoon.
The contributions to the Waring me-
morial fund aggregates $82,522.
'The total population of New
State penal institutions is 3.308.
The National Board of Trade has be-
gun its sessions at Washington.
Chinese atrocities are reported
Formosa, with terrible loss of life.
It is proposed to hold a world’s fair
in St. Louis in 1903, to commemorate
the Louisiana purchase.
The rivers in northern Russia were
frozen over this year before 'the end
of October: '
Mr. J. Piernont Morgan’s big yacht
Corsair was launched successfully at
Newburg yesterday.
The recently completed assessment
rolls of New York city show an in-
crease of $300,000,000.
Four lives were lost during a fire
in a flat house, No. 134 Prospect street,
Brooklyn, yesterday.
Continued fighting between Span—
iards and insurgents in the Philippines
is reported at Madrid.
Sister Polycarpa of St. Joseph’s Sani-
tarium. in Sullivan county, has been
appointed postmistress there.
on his
York
in
The steamer John Howard. with one 5
thousand bales of cotton on board, was
burned Sunday night at Columbia,
La.
Mrs. Helen C. Julliard has given 332,—
000 to build another floating hospital
for St. John’s Guild of New York
city.
Emperor William has met the offi—
cers of the reichstag and in an ad-
dress alluded to Germany’s foreign re-
lations as grave.
The rumor that the Government had
purchased the Holland boat is denied
N!ne Russian soldiers were killed at
Fort Constantine.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
American Economic Association will be
held in New Haven on Dec. 7—29, under
the auspices of Yale University.
The trustees of the Bowery Savings
Bank, of New York, yesterday formally
voted to reduce from 4 to 3% per cent.
the annual rate of interest on deposits.
Colonel W. J. Bryan has mailed his
resignation to the war department.
The schooner Saxon has been wreck-
ed off Clark's island Nova, Scotia. The
crew were saved.
Commissioner Hermann of the gen-
eral land office has decided thatMis-
sion island and a small island near it
are part of the. public domain. Presi-
dent McKinla'1-_1rill reserve them for
naval (paling stations.
The Georgia House has voted to re-
duc-e 1111- dirm 1 public school appropri-
ation by two hundred thousand dollars
instead of- fcur hundred thousand, as
,::‘ju'gu\"(l‘nul‘ recommended. It has also,
-i‘l t1 limit the payment of-
11.2155": r‘ u;
C:.;;‘;!b111l'1‘te pen. flex: 5 to the needy,
'1'_
Referring to the ignorance .
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staff and fifty men were ambushed by
two thousand Spaniards and General
Rivera was wounded and captured by
them.
1 General Rivera heard of the loss of
General Garcia at Quarantine and was
deeply grieved to learn of the death
of the Cuban hero. Rivera had a.
strong regard for General Garcia, but
they had not met for the last eighteen
years.
Among the other passengers by the
La Champagne were John Preston
Beecher, Jose Fernandez Castro, Com-
tesse Snottiswood Mackinn and Mon-
signor Tikhon.
Three New Naval Vessels.
Manila, Dec. 13.—-The former Spanish
cruiser Isla de Cuba, which was sunk
by Admiral Dewey and recently rais-
ed, started for Hong Kong yesterday
morning to be fitted out, proceeding
under her own name.
She passed Admiral Dewey' s flagship
' which was an chored off Cavite, going
at the rate of twelve knots.
The Isla. de Luzon made a. trial trip
across the bay in the afternoon which
was very satisfactory. She will be
ready to go to Hong Kong on Satur-
day.
The third of the recovered Spanish
vessels, the Don Juan de Austria, will
soon follow the others to Hong Kong.
Steele Found Guilty.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 1'3.—W'illiam
Steele, who was cashier of the collaps-
ed Chestnut Street National Bank, was
found guilty yesterday by a. jury in
the United States district court- The
jury was out half an hour.
Steele was charged with aiding andI
abetting the late William M. Singerly,
president of the bank, in m'isapplying
the funds of the institution, making
false entries in the books of the bank,
and false reports to the comptroller
of the currency.
Many Callers at the \Vhite House.
Washington. D. 6., Dec. 13.——There-
was a rush of official visitors to the
White House yesterday in anticipation
of the president's absence from Wash;
ington.
Bishop Hurst of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, accompanied by a dele-
gation of clergyman visiting VVash-ihg—
ton, was received by the president.
Other visitors were Senators Lodge.
Burrows, Proctor, McBride and. Si-
mon.
Norway's Break with Sweden.
Stockholm. Dec. 13.—-—The Dagena
Nyheter says that at a meeting of the
Norwegian cabinet 'it was resolved to
ask the king to sign a. decree legaliz-
ing the decision of the Storthing estab-
lishing a separate Norwegian flag,
It was also resolved that the foreign
office inform the consuls abroad of the
operation of the law. The paper adds
that if the king does not accede to
this request the ministers will resign.
Hnbson Escaped.
Birmingham, Ala", Dec. 13. —A report
has reached here that the Southern
railway train between Akron and
Greensboro, Alabama, was wrecked,
and that, a number of the passengers
were hurt.
Among the passengers was Naval
Constructor Hobson. The report says
that Hobson escaped injury.
The “in: of a Hippopotamus.
New York, Dec. 13.—-Patrick Marrln,
keeper of the Central .Park menagerie.
is suffering from a. badly lacerated
right hand, bitten by one of the hip—
popotami of which he has charge. He
is having the hand treated in the Pres.-
bytcrian Hospital and blood poisoning
lsf feared
Gen. Caitcllanos Hull.
Ha‘vana, Dec. l3.—While Captain
General Castellanos 'was in his_bed
room Sunday evening the ceiling fell
in and wounded him on both shoulders
and breast and face. His orderly was
also wounded in the face.
Anti-A urchin: (Marci-M111
London.- Dec.13.—A Central News
dispatch {mm Rome says that the
final meeting of the international antl-
AnarchiSt conference will he held on
Dommhm 2.0 . »
ANTI-PICQUAMT MOBS.
Parade Paris Streets and Denounce 1
Court of Cassation.’ ,
ROW IN FRENCH CHAMBER
m
Wild but Apparently Harmless Spa} chcs
Addressed to the Crowd by Two 'Mem-
bers of Ike Chamber of Deputies. . 1
Paris, Dec. 13. —Several thousand ex-
tra police and Republican Guards have
been distributed about this city to cope
with the anti-Picquart demonstrations
which are expected in view of the re-
ports that the colonel is to be provis-
ionally released.
The p1efect\of Algiers has suspended
the mayor of Algiers for a month, on
account of a speech, attacking the gov-
ernor general. The minister of the in—
terior has increased ‘11:: suspension to
:hree months.
This is intended as a warning to the
Algerian anti-Semites whose recent vi-
)lencc and threats have been causing
1. panic among the Jews in Algeria and
listurbing business.-
M. Millevo; e and the Comte de Ra-
mel, members of the Chamber of Dep-
.1ties, headed an anti Dre fus demon-
stration yesterday afternoon. They
marched to the Cherche Midi prison,
where Colonel Picquart is confined, but
.ve1e stm: pod by a cordon of police and
Jegged to 1‘2'Ill-i‘.
11‘. I131; 1.3;, made a speech saying:
:hat they dl d not desire a conflict 111th
‘these brave fel- 7.0115,” pointing to the
policeman, tolling that they had achie-
ved their chccf,‘ of being able to shout
‘Spit upon Picqu‘artl” who could hear
:hem from the windows of his prison.
The crowd next marched to the Hotel
ies Invalides, the official residence of
General Zurlinden, military governor
of Paris, cheering for the army and
chanting monotonously “Spit upon Pic—
mart!"
Meeting a lieutenant of cuirrassiers
on their way. they gave him an enthu-
siastic ovation, and the lieutenant re»
plied theatrically:
“I thank you in the name of
army!”
This brought forth renewed
from the demonstrators.
The door of General Zurlinden’s res-
..dence were closed but the crowd gath—
ered outside, cheering for the army,
and M. Millevoye narranged his fol-
lowers, denouncing the “infamous
monsters of the court of cassation."
ending with calling for cheers for the
“valiant General Zurlinden, who com-
mands the army,” and for “the tricolor
flying over the Invalides."
The Comte de Ramel made a. similar
speech, concluding With saying: “The
court of cassa‘tion is perverting justice.
but we will not tolerate it. We are
the majority. lVe are the power, and
we, patriots,_will rise against it!”
At this the crowd cheered frantically
and marched to the Chamber of Depu-
ties, where MM. Millevoye and Ramel
announced that they were going to
apprise the Chamber of “their indig-
nant protests.” The crowd then dis—
persed.
the
cheers
Thanks for Miss Gfid.
VV‘ashington, D. 0., Dec. 13.4There
has been much discussion in the pa—
pers as to whether Congress ever gave
I. vote of thanks to a woman brought
about by General Wheeler's resolution
to give thanks to Miss Helen Gould
for her patriotism and generosity in
the war.
A vote of thanks has been given to
several women by Congress, but they
never have abused the privilege.
Such a v0
Madison, and in 1878 Congress accept-
ed from Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the
artist. a picture of Abraham Lincoln
and" his War cabinet. The picture was
hung at the head of the east stairway
on the House side of the Capitol, and
Congress gave Mrs; Thompson a vote
of thanks.
History does not record that this
lady or Dclly Madison embarrassed the
members of Congress by abusing this
privilege, and it is doubtful whether
Mrs. Thompson availed herself of it.
Gen. Garcia’s Funeral.
W'ashington, D. 0., Dec. 1'3.—The fu-
neral of General Garcia, the Cuban
commander, wasbeld at ten o’clock
this morning at St. Patrick’s church
in this city. The body was placed in
a metallic, casket and deposited in a
vault at Arlington pending its remo-
val to Cuba. The date of removal has
not been fixed, but the government
will place a. warship at the disposition
of the Cubans for this purpose.
This arrangement is said to be in
accordance with the wishes of General
Garcia's family and his comrades in
arms.
'The Dolphin will be design_ated,by
the navy as the vessel to carry the re-
mains-of the dead general to Cuba.
She is at the Washington navy yard
in command of Captain Lyon.
The military arrangements are in the
:are of the war department. All the
honors of war will be paid to the body
at the distinguished Cuban patriot and
' soldier.
“‘-
Flilpinos See the President.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 13.—Maximo
and Angeli Cortes, the Filipino broth!
ers, who arrived in Washington last
week, were received by the president
it the ‘White House yesterday.
The interview lasted for about half
an hour, The Filipinos told the presi-
dent that they represented a. very
large number of their countrymen who
arden tly desired annexation to the Uni-
ted States. -
For a. German-American Treaty.
Berlin. Dec. 13.—He‘rr Richter, Radi-
cal, in the reich‘stag; yesterday, alluded
to President McKinley’s message and
expressed hope that negotiations for a
commercial treaty with the United
States would soon be reached on a ba-
, sis favorable to the importation of Am-
erican meat into Germany.
$1,300,000 for the Army. .
W'ashington Dec. 13.-—Secretary Gage
has transmitted? to Congress an esti-
mate from Secretary Alger for $1,300.-
)00 as a deficiency appropriation for‘
the medical and hospital departments
for the yea. ‘ (riding June 30. 1899.
to was tendered to Dolly
-» ARMY REOMGAMZATIOM
General Miles Before the 30133
Committee.
MANILA AMP 87”. MKEE HILL.
The Need of a. Larger Blihtnry Establish-I
ment Set Forth. A Fixed Standard of
One Soldier to Every 1,000 of Popula-
tion at; Ho ue Avlvocated. ‘l
W'asnmgton, D. C., Dec. 13. —Major'
General Miles appeared yesterday be-
fore the House committee on military
affairs .‘or a hearing relative to the
proposed reorganization and inmease
of the army. Two bills for this pur—
pose are pending one drawn by Gen-
eral Miles and introduced in the Senate
as the Han ley bill, and another intio-
duced in ti 0 House by Chairman Hull
of the militoiy committee.
At the outset General Miles addres-
sed 1:11.189 f to. the general need of in‘
creasing the army without reference
to ex ther bill. He said he had always
favored the establishment of a fixed
standard for the army. The experience
of the last year, he said, had demon-
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strated that our present military esti-1 1 ’
mate 11215 inadequate to maintain our1
position as a first class power.
It
our military requirements
those in our new co. onial dnpenden-
cies abroad, and also the rapidly in-
creasing demands made by our sea,
coast fo1tificatlons. The last, as far as
completed, iequlred some 185 batteries
of artiller” and when the entiie in-
crease in coast defences was complet-
ed 365 batteries would be required. 1
The war with’ Spain had shown preta
ty clearly how Many men would be re-
quired, General Miles said. The war
had required 52, 0000 men for actual
field service at various points. Of these
22, 000 men went to Man-111,20,000 tO‘ Cu-
ba, and 10, 000 to Porto Rico; .
These were men actually in the pres-
ence of the hostile enemy. Since then
there had been reinforcements for gar’-.
rison and other purposes.
at home,
was necessary to consider both
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At the same time, the general point- .
ed out the necessities at home must
not be overlooked; the entire frontier
had been stripped of troops during the
late war, and complaints were coming
in that the lives, families and property
of those along the frontier were jeop-
ardized by this condition. In particu-
lar there were fears of an outbreak in
the Sioux country, because of the ab—
sence of troops. It was not desirable,
therefore, to withdraw our forces from
the frontier to such an extent as to
leave them defenceless, or to invite dis-
order.
‘These considerations, said General
Miles, had led him to recommend a.
standard of one soldier for every one
thousand population at home, with mu
tive troops on a. basis of two native
soldiers for every one thousand popu-
lation.
“If we are to be a first class power
in the world,” proceeded General Miles,
"we most have a military system ade-
quate to meet our responsibilities the
world over. [I believe in making that
system so small that it will not be a
menace to the American people and at.
the same time large enough to make it? .
adequate for any emergency.”
The science of war had undergone
complete change since the days of on " T
forefathers General Miles
now smokeless powder, long range ri<
fles, and machine guns were the de-
cisive elements. With this
one thousand of population would give-
an army entirely adequate for every
need.
It would give an army of 62,000 ac- 3,
cording to the last census, and about
75,000 on the estimated population of
to-day.
said, and ii
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condition he believed one soldier to ‘5
In addition to this force the use of
native troops would make an effective
body in the several colonies.
General Miles said we now have a
greater number of our men abroad
than any other country, except, per-
haps, Great Britain. the Buiti: :h force
in Egypt being hardly more than 3, 500
men. - .
On the basis of‘ two- native soldiers:
for every one thousand population. the
native troops in Porto Rico would be
recruited up to about two thousand,
and in Cuba up to about three thous-
and.
“And if we are to keep the Philip-
pines. and I haveno more idea that
we will give up Manila than that we
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will give up Bunker Hill or any other?
place immortalized in our history, then '
this native force will l'argeiy'augmenti
our «111” troops there.
the rat'ves are ready to enter upon'
this sen: ce.’
General M iles then turned his atten
tior to the bill drawn by him. He he
prepared this. he said, simply in orde
to express his views in definite form:
He explained in detail the provision‘
as to cavalry. artillery, infantry an‘
staff As to the Cavalry organizatio
he sa 1d the tendency was to reduc
the number of men in a regiment, a
experience has shown that one thous-
and men were about as ‘many men as.
a colonel could manoeuvre with effect-
As to artillery, he urged that the
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four-gun formation was more desirabr‘ r
than the six-gun in giving the'enemys .
the first effective blows, which wer‘
the decisive ones. ' 5?,-
The Joint High Commission.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 13.—Th
joint high commission, which is co ‘
siderlng a settlement of the questio
in dispute between the United Stat
and Canada, held a meeting yesterd
and adjourned until to—day. -
The American members and Britis
members each held separate session
before the joint session. The que
tions considered, it was stated, wet
those which have been before the com
mission during the last few days. '
It is understood that the publishe
forecast of an adjournmentabout De
cember 20 till next March, is well b ~
911, While no official motion of this "
sort has been made in conference, .t
matter has been discussed. and an
a proposition is-likely to come fro
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