PEACE TREATY no
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‘h Work of Eugrosfing Caused Del y.
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Seventy-one Days Taken to Com-
plete the Document.
IT CONTATE“ 17 ARTICLES
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Tho Ceremonies Attending the Signing 01"
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i. the Document Were Impressive. A Bit-
,a.
I. tor Moment for the Spaniards. The.
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' Paris, Dec. 12.-—The treaty of peace
Was signed at 8.45 p. n]. Saturday.
It‘ has Seventeen articles, it having
been found advisable to substitute tub
'or three of the articles in the draft
Egreed upon at the last meeting.
" The commissioners signed it in du-
plicate. Each copy has the English
and Spanish text in parellel columns.
The wording had been approved pre-
viously by the commissions without a
joint meeting, so there was no contro«
versy On that subject.
' The document was p‘fepared by Sec—
retary Moore for the United States
commission and by Senor Vill'aratia'
on account of the continued illness of
Secretary Ojeda of Spain.
P‘ ri‘here was a great contest among the
families and friends of the American
commissioners for the pens with which
.the signatures to the treaty were writ-
ten.
a .Some American envoys Were provide
ed with handsome pens bought for the
purpose.
The Spaniards appeared to be unaf-
fected by the souvenir craze and con-
tented themselves with the ordinary
quill pens strewn on the table.
«a Arthur Ferguson the interpreter of.
the American commission, asked Se-
nor Montero Rios to give him‘ his pen,
saying: - I
“Have you any desire to pfes‘ei‘iié.
the-pen with which you will sign?”
“Not in the slightest” said the Span-
iard, with a courtly bow.
The Americans arrived at the for-
eign ministry at 3.30 p. m., the Span-
iards reaching there half an hour later.
3' Senor Rios, president of the Spanish
commission, bundled up in a fur coat,
ascended the steps leaning on a cane.
' The Americans shook hands with the
,Spaniards when the latter entered the
«inference hall, but the faces of the
representatives of Spain were exceed-
ingly solemn. Apparently they thought
'it a funereal occasion. '
The treaty was laid before the com-
mission in sections in the hands of the
engrossers before it was completed.
After being photographed the com—
missioners listened to the reading of
the treaty until 5.55, at which hour
they took a recess until 7 p. 111., while
avl'aiting the last sections of the trea-
ty.
The long afternoon session and the
subsequent recess were due to the
facts that each article had to be care-
fully read and compared in Spanish
and English, and that the engrossing
of the last article in Spanish was in-
complete. ' *
Tlris finished, two copies were pas-
sed around the table, the commission-
ers signing them in the order of their
rank. ‘
Judge William B. Day, Senator
Cushman K. Davis, Senator W. 1’.
Frye, Mr. IYhi'telaw Reid and Senator
George Gray; Senor Montero Rios, Se—
nor Abarzu-za, Senor Garnica, Senor
Villarutia and General Cerero y Saens
——each commission signing its oppo—
nent’s treaty. Both were tied with the
Spanish and American colors.
When the seals were prepared to be
affixed, attendants were sent scurry-
ing for ribbons of the French tricolor,
with which the documents were sealed
as a compliment to the French hosts
of the commissions.
Many officials Iinterestedly watched
every detail of the proceedings.
The last seal being impressed the
commissioners rose and without for-
mality each member shook the hands
of all his antagonists and exchanged
assurances of sincere personal esteem.
The Spaniards afterwards commented
acridly upon what they termed the
bad taste of the Americans in muster‘
m'g a crowd of attaches to gloat over
the consummation of their downfall
and to scramble for relics. '
The signing was finished at 8.45. At
"that time the door of the chamber op-
ened and Senor Villarutlia appeared
a'fid “claimed to a group of corre-
,‘ adopts who were waiting in the
”it“! “G’ost fin'i.” ’
is. The other members of the Spanish
commission followed Senor Villarutia
and hurried sliently through the vesti-
bule to their waiting carriages.
The American commissionerSnstrol-
led out chatted complacently and as
they dosCended the steps the lights in
the chamber were‘darkened.
Sagasm’s Fall Expected.
Madrid, Dec. 12.-—-The position of the
«cabinet is critical. The resignation of
the ministry is expected now that the
peace treaty is signed.
Commercial circles have discounted
the cabinet’s collapse owing to the dull
state of business and the heavy taxa-
tion.
~ The Imparoial hopes the government
will unreservedly approve of: the ener-
‘etic conduct of the Spanish commis-
o’ners, ‘and adds:
“Other nations must not think we
are thorough cowards and will accept
all kinds of humiliations. We congrat-
ulate the Spanish commissioners on
rendering a. grewt service to the nation,
which owes them deep gratitude.”
A Milk Trust in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 12.—The Record says:
The milk trust. with a capital stock
of ten mill-ion dollars, -is now an as-
-sured fact, and application will be
made within ten days for articles of
incorporation. a
L. Z. Letter and Wllgam C. Seipp
are to be tn: largest sto 'kholders, and
each will b interested to the extent
at $2,500,000.
"After milk has been sold for 'low
prices until every rival has closed his
shop and sold his wagons, the trust
expects to regulate the price of milk
on the mace of butter. -
It Will then retail for five or six
cents as themlgin butter market may
be near down. -
It is not yet decided whether Jo-
seph hotter. or one offlthfle Bowman: of
the Bowman Dairy Comm"? will be
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Assistant Secretary Cortelyou,
Joseph Wheeler,
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ATLPJ‘J'E‘A’S PEACE JUBILDD’. ‘
The Crowning Feature of the Coau-
try's Celebration 0392!- 'l‘o-day.
Atlanta, (3a., Dec. l4.——l‘he_ President
and party arrived here at b é'clook this
morning. It compost»: the. :rllowing~
persons:
The President, Mrs. McKinley, Sec-
retary Gage and Mrs. Gage, Secretary}
and Mrs. Alger, Secretary Long and
$1165 Long, Postmaster Smith and Mrs.
mi‘tih. Seeretary Wilson and Miss Wil-
son, Secretary Porter and Mrs. Pager,
en.
Miss Wheel-er, Gen.
Henry W. Lawton and Mrs. Lawton,
Capt. L. C. Scheerer, Adelbert S. Hay,
B. F. Barnes and a. number of news-
paper correspondents.
The Peace Jubilee which opens to—
day and continues through Thursday,
promises to equal the affairs given in
Chicago, Omaha and Philadelphia and
Will be marked by the first visit of a
Republican President to the South
since- the war.
The business portion of the city is
handsomely decorated, the prevailing
Sentiment amid the masses of bunting
everywhere being “One Country, One
Flag.”
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Ir. é programme of social ever‘iféj in
charge ()5 the women will be a brflllalfl
one. . .. ., ..
Wednesday Willi hid} ide the‘break‘l‘nsl
to Mrs. McKinley soothe ladies O‘f tit
Cabinet—and an elegslin'ij; alffa‘ir it Wil ,
be—at 12.30 o’clock; the?! the Qoral pa;
rade in the afternoon, .52» ‘ bicautiful
pageant, and finally the gran recon
tion at the Capital City Club in} the
evening. . ,-
r‘or Thursday each lady of the social!)
committee will take under her hospita‘
ble care two ladies of the Cabinet. In
the afternoon the civic and military pa-
rade will be the event. From 5 to 7
will come the informal reception to the
distinguished Washington ladies; and
in the evening the elegant theatre par-
ty and subsequent supper at the Capi-
tal City Club.
One of the pleasantest social events
of the jubilee will be the theatre party,
to be given individually by the Commit-
tee on Social Events in. honor of the
ladies of the Cabinet. One of the most
imteresting events of the jubilee will be
the'floral parade, of which Mrs. William
H. Kiser, who has always been remark-
ably popular, has secured the hearty
co-opcration of numbers of friends,
both ladies and gentlemen. The en-
terprise of which she is: a leader will be
a charming success if the weather will
but behave itself on Dec. 14. And it
surely will, for it cannot be always at
its worst. Mrs. A. B. Steele is general
chairman of the Committee of Ar-
rangements.
MRS. A. B. STEELE.
The" arch erected for the occasion is a
beautiful One, and makes an excellent
commemoration of the occasion. It
represents .a Spanish fortress, and is
ninety feet Wide.- The bases are six-
teen feet squalré,; and are finished off
with turrets 12x6 feet, with the Sta-rs
and Stripes floating from the top. The
arch is formed of Spaniel'l mass with
the seals of Georgia and Atlanta draped
in United States flags in the’ centre. On
either side of ilhe arch is a bust of
President McKinley and‘ Admiral
Schley.
Urglng Clioate’o Appointmeni‘:
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Among
the early callers at the White House
yesterday was Senator Thomas C. Plat!
and William Barnes, Jr., of Albany.
They had a. talk with the President ir.
regard to New York appointments, re-
ferring articularly to the vacant Eng-
lish assadorship.
It is understood that Senator Plat!
again informed the President that the
selection of Joseph H. Choarte would be
satisfactory to the Republican organi.
zation of New York, but that Whl-telaw
Reid was not wanted by New York Re.
publioans. Mr. Barnes indorsed Senator
Platt’s views.
A few moments after Senator Platl
and Mr. Barneshad left the White
House Seth Low, the president of “Co-
lumbia. College of New' York, and Con--
gressman Low called. Seth Low spoke
warmly in behalf of his frlemi, Joseph
Choate, and it is said urged the Presi-
dent to send the eminent New York
lawyer to the Court of St. James.
Sixty-ninth Men in a Fight.
Chattanooga, Dec. 14.—A fight oc‘
curred at Huntsville Camp Monday
night among the members of the Sixty-
ninth Regiment of New York. A report
received here says that threemembers
of the Sixty-ninth were killed and that
an officer was badly hurt by being hi!
on the head with a. bayonet.
Cannibalism in Africa.
Antwerp, Dec. 14.—The steamer Leo-
pold-ville, which has just arrived here
from Africa, with Congo advices, re-
ports that four Belgian traders haw
been killed and eaten by the natives on
Upper Ubanghi. 'A punitive force ha:
been despatched to that district.
Extreme Cold in Wisconsin.
West Superior, Wis, Dec. 14.—Lasl
night was the coldest of the Mater.
23 degrees below being registered for
the night. and at 8.30 this morning it
was .18 below. The weather is clear and
there is no wind.
'Britain and the United States in thesa
'in order‘tha't‘ he- might acquaint
‘ rushed at him.
‘dent and'vice president of the house,
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iCANAL Bronson?
Nicaragua Got—nhlis—sion to Submit
Statement to the President.
ESTIMATE 0N FOUR ROUTES;
The Difficult Points in the Dial-lame Cant}?
Company’s Lino Are to Be Avoided-
The Work Can be Completed in Sir I
Years.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 12.——It is un-
derstood that the Nicaragua canal;
commission is preparing a preliminary |
report of its work, which it will sub-l
halt to the president, probably in a few
days. 7’ ,
This report will be immediately pre-
sented rto Congress and will contain
facts and figures which will be of great
value in connection wilth the consid--
eration of government aid for the pro-.
posed water way. .- ‘
The report will submit estimates for
four routes and canals with different
numbers of locks. The variation in the
route lies on the eastern side of the
lake, it being necessary from the topo-
graphical character of the country to
adopt the Maritime Canal Company’s
route from Brito to the lake, and.
through the lake to the San Juan!
river.
An important feature of‘the
mission’s report will be «the recommen-
dations it will make to avoid the Ochoa
dam and San Francisco basin.
It will be recalled that the Ludlow
board suggested that the Ochoa dam
problem was the greatest that Would
be met, but in the opinion of membersl
of the present commission the San
Francisco basin contains much more,
serious difficulties.
The commission has, therefore, con-1
sidered the practicability of avoiding;
the Ochoa dam and San Francisco ba-
sin, and has arrived at the conclusion,
that it would be cheaper or at least,
more advantageous to run the canal.
around Ochoa and theSan Francisco;
basin, and thus avoid the dangers that ,
exist at these two points. ‘ i
.The commission will find the canal?
practicable in all its details. Even the
Ochoa dam and San Francisco divide
can be crossed, though at heavy ex-
dense.-
Estimates are submitted for a. canal
of thirty: feet depth. No width is men.
tioned, but the canal in some places
will be one hundred feet wide and in
others it will be greater, dependent of
course on the nature of the soil and
the topography of the country through
which dt runs. .
The commission will further find that
the canal can be built in six years.
The final estimates as to cost have
not yet been fully determined, but it
is thought that the estimates on each
of the four lines will not be less than
$100,000,000, and will range above that
figure considerably, though $115,000,006
is given as the mean.
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Reinforcements for Dewey.
VVash‘ington, D. 0., Dec. 12.——Admir-
a1 Dewey’s ‘fleet will be strengthened
shortly by the addition of some serv-
iceable gunboats. .
The Bennington, now at Honolulu.
has been ordered to proceed 'to Guam
:in the Ladrone group and make a sur-
vey of the harbor with a View to the
establishment there of a naval station.
This done, she will join Dewey’s fleet.
By that time, or before the Helena-
will have arrved at Manila, and the
Concord and the Petrei, now cruising
around in Chinese waters, will have
returned, and altogether the Admiral
will have a sufficient force of small
vessels under his command to carry
out 'the president's policy respecting
the Philippines, and to bring into sub-
mission ariy of the islanders who may
prove refractory, and to release any
Spanish prisoners held in confinement
by the insurgents.
The navy department is now cen-
vinced that it will not be practicable ;
to carry out a project it had enter-I
tained at one time, looking to a con-
siderable reduction of the Unitedi
States :aval force on the Asiatic sta-
tion and has settled down to the con
viction that the fleet must rather be.
considerably reinforced 'if the attempt
is to be made to maintain law and or-
der in the 1,200 Philippine islands, and
still afford 1)ropei“wpr0tection to the
important interests of the United
States along the great Asiatic Coast
line. . . . -"":“'?i“-?hni5 i
The combined naval forcesof Great
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waters will largely exceed those of
any other two nations in that quarter
of the world. . .4“
Bryan Ready to Quit.
”Savannah, Ga, Dec. 12.—Colonel W’il— ' '
Liam Jennings Bryan of the Third Ne-
braska regiment has either forwarded
his resignation to Washington or is
about to do" so:-
Of this there seems to‘ be no doubt.
Saturday he called upon General flee,-
commander of the Seventh corps, and
General Keifer, commander of the
Second division of the corps,,df'w}ilch‘
Colonel Bryan’s regiment is" a. part,-
and is understobd to.,have” announced
his intention of quitting" the service.
General Lee is to sail for. Cubauon the
transport to-day and Colonel Bryan‘s“
believed to have hastened his'decision
his"
corps commander with his intention
prior to his departure for the island. _
Neither of the commanding generals.
would discuss the matter and referred
to Colonel Bryan as the source to get
any news.
Scene in Hungary‘s Diet.
Budapest, Dec. 12.——There were store. .
my scenes in the lower house of the
Diet Saturday, and the session was
suspended after a quarter of an hour
owing to the opposition's uproar.
On the resumption of business Baron
Banffy, the premier, rose to speak, and
an opposition member named Kubik
The supporters of the premier clus-
tered around him and all present in
the house shouted and gest‘iculated.‘
The premier, however, remained
calm, and did not move amidst the
clamor until Kubik had disclaimed
any intention of attacking him.
After this the premier announced
that, owing to the illness of the presi-
he.had consulted with the king and
was awaiting his decision as to the ad-
journment of the house.
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Dr. Dwight’s, eruuai to Withdraw;
His Resignation—A $10,000 out.
New Haven, Dec. 14.-—A special meet-
in of the Yale Cor oration was held *
g p ' notice of an amendment which he will
yesttzicy {c act on President Dwight’s
resignation. At the end of the meeting
a member of the corporation said that
the president would not withdraw his
resignation, and would retire at the end 5
Compli- ='
‘. mentary resolutions were passed.
of the present college year.
There is no candidate who can be
' singled out as a sure successor to Presi-
? dent Dwight.
Ladd, head of the Department of Phil- -
Prof. George Trumbull
ésophy, has been mentioned. Prof
Ladd came to Yale fifteen years ago
from a pulpit in Minneapolis. There is
a Yale tradition that only a Congrega.
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PRESIDENT 1‘. DWIGHT;
tional clergymancan be elect"d Yale's
president.
would make a typical he‘dd for the uni-
versity." He is a deep theologicals‘tu-
dent, but it is certain that the business
men who are members of the Yale Car's
poration would prefer ayounger'~ man
of the business type. rdf. George Biff.
ton Adams, of the History Department;
Prgg. Henry W. Farnham, of the De-
partment of Sociolo . find Prof-“Ed-
Ward 8. Dana, of ti: _epartmént 6?
Natural Science are the leading candi-
dates in the eyes of the ‘younger
alumni. Of these Prof. Dana has the
advantage in his ancestry. He is the
son of the late venerable James D.
Dana. ‘
Another candidate Who has been
singled out by a. great 'many of the
alumni is Judge W. H. Taft, who is now
Judge of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
JUDGE TAFT.
President Dwight, in speaking of his
resignation, says: “I have no particular
plans for the immediate future. Of
course, I shall serve out the year, but
beyond that I do not know what I shall
do except to take a rest. Yes, I shall
remain here in New Haven to make my
home here as a quiet citizen, and I hope
to die here.” When asked it, he would
give any thought to‘ reconsidering his
resignation, as the corporation has re-
quested, he replied: "I shall certainly
give the kind request the consideration
that courtesy and gratefulness dictates,
but I think that I must abide by the
expression I made in my letter.”
John W. Hendrie, of South Beach,
Conn., has made an additional gift of
$10,000 to the new Yale Law School
building fund. ”W -
Our Rule in Porto Rico. 1‘“
San Juan do Porto Rico, Dec. 14.—The
insular Cabinet has decided to secure
an efiicient American superintendent
for the Porto Rican schools. Gen. John
Eaton, a well-known educator and
formerly United States Commissioner
of Education, has been selected and
sent for. gfm ,
Licut. Davidson has been appointed
Chief of the San Juan police and
Superintendent of Street' Cleaning.
Gen. Guy V. Henry, in command of
the Department of Porto Rico. has in-
structed the post commanders to pre-
Vent the landing of the French cable
onPorto Rico soil. "
LOWingto the complaints on the sub-
ject of 'the poor inland mail service, In-
spector Robinson will take steps to re-
organize it.
U.‘ s. Grint for“ Senator. "--
Was‘hington. Dec. 14.—:Th'e‘ complica—
tions. in the California Senatorial can;
test.,lead Californians in Washington
to. believe that there is'a' possibility of
the Legislature “electing. Ulysses S.
,ramt, better known as “Buck” Grant,
to the Senate,” to succeed Senator
White. Young Grant, as every one
knows, is a son of the ex-President, and
has been prominent in the Republican
party in California for two years. He
openly began his conteSt for Senator in
1896, during the Presidential campaign.
Snow Shovels-rs Killed.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 14.—Nine men
Were killed and 'three. injured at Win—
speare Bridge, near Corfu, on the New.
York Central Railroad, yesterday. They
were all Poles, with the exception of
John Warner, their foreman, who is
among the killed. .
The men were engaged in shovelling
snow. They stepped from one track to
avoid an approaching train right in
front of a fast express train-running in
the same direction, and were literally
ground to pieces;
New Supreme CourtBnildlng. ,
Washington, Dec. 14.—-Senator Morrlll
addresed the Senate yesterday 'on his
bill authorizing the purchase of a site
east of the Capitol grounds for a build-
ing for the United. States Supreme
Court. At the conclusion of the speech
theSenate passed the hill.
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. . United States
Iii this respect Prdf; Ladd,
“ "‘ 'M"NFOA’R2§EUA" CANAL BILL)
Direct Appropriation to Be Propooed _
1n the Senate. 1
Washington, Dec. 14.—-In the Senate
yesterday Mr. Berry (Dem., Ark.) gave
offer to the Nicaragua Canal bill, pro- .
3 viding for the direct appropriation of
money for the construction of the canal
‘and limiting the cost to<;‘§_115,000,000. The
amendment provides for the construc-
tion of the canal by the Maritime Canal
. Company, and gives the Government. a
. lien upon the property, to be foreclosed
: under circumstances fully enumerated.
l . Mr. Berry said that the object of" the
l amendment was to eliminate the bond
I feature of the. bill. Another was to
, {deprive the Maritime Canal Company
1 of any shares of the stock, as in the
I present bill, leaving the United States,
”Nicaragua and Costa Rica the only
i stockholders. He said he understood
Mr. Morgan to be willing to More the
bill amended-so as to abolish the bond
provision of the bill.
Mr. Rawlins (Dem, Utah) also gave
notice of an amendment to the Nice.-
ragua bill, providing that the act
should not go into effect until the
United States should secure by treaty
the rig-ht tovfortify and garrison the
canal, to send armed vessels and muni-
tions of war through it in. time of war
and to close it against any other nation
with whom the United States might be_
at war.
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GiDEON W. MARSH SENTENOED.
To Serve Twelve Yours and Three
4 Months in Prison.
Philadelphia, Dee. 14.——Gideon W.
Marsh, ear-President of the wrecked
Keystone National Bank, was yesterday
sentenced by Judge Butler in the
District Court to impris-
ent £61. twelve years and three
Om" ‘ -- a fine of 3500- The
months and to pa) ~ March, 1891,
Keystone Bank failed in A -
and President Marsh and Cashierany-
renCe Were placed under arrest charged
with conspiracy in making false entries
in the books and issuing false reports. to
the Comptroller of the Currency. The
cashier stood trial and was convicted
and imprisoned, but Marsh disappeared
and. his bail of $20,000 was forfeited. Re-
cently he returned voluntarily and sur-
rendered himself.
It was thought that Marsh might,
when brought up fer sentgnce, make a
statement implicatin Others in the
wrecking, but he in 'ely informed the
court that his predecessor in the presi-
rdency' of the bank had left a defalcation
of more than a million dollars, and that
he (Marsh) had never profited a. dollar
through the bank's losses.
He broke down in making this state-
ment, and was unable to proceed fur-
.ther. He trembled perceptibly when
sentence was pronounced, and the ex-
pression on his face told that he had ex-
pected much lighter punishment.
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FOR GOVERNOR 0F CUBA.
President Designates Gen. Brooke
To Have Supreme Authority.
Washington, Dec. 14.—M-ajor Gen.
Brooke arrived from Fortress Monroe
yesterday and was closeted for more
than an hour with Secretary Alger.
Later he went to the White House with
Gen. Corbin, and when he returned to
the War Departmenltdt was formally
announced that the President had
designated him Military Governor of
the Island of Cuba, a post which car-
'ries with it the control exercised by the
Captain General under the Spanish re-
gime. ,
, Each of the six provinces of Cuba
will have its own Military Governor,
just as Gen. Wood is now Military Gov-
ernor of the Province of Santiago, but
all of these will receive their instruc-
tions directly from Major Gen. Brooke,
'who will have supreme authority.
In Havana Gen. Ludlow will be Gov-
ernsor of the city, but answerable to
Gen. Lee, the Governor of the province,
who, in turn, will be answerable to
Major Gen. Brooke, the Governor of the
island.
Asks Captain’s Resignation.
Little Falls; N. Y., Dec. 14.-Alt to-
diay’s session of the Herkimer County
Board of Supervisors resolutions were
iadopted commending the privates of
ithe Thirty-first Separate Company of
:Mohawk and censuring Capt. Wither-
Esting for seeking, as is alleged, to have
{certaiii members Who are ringleaders
in an effort to depose the captain, dis:
honorably discharged.
. Resolutions also were adopted re-
Iquesting the captain's resignation. The
resolutions were introduced by Demo—
cratic. members of the board, and are
"significantbecause of Capt. Wither-
stin‘e’s prominence in the Democratic
party:
~~ , b. S._Soldiers Chem-ed.
, Finer del Rio, Cuba, Dec. 14.—nGen.
avis, ac0mpatiied by his staff, a signal
company and a battalion of 400' men
Iran; the 202d New York Regiment, has
arrived“ here by special train from Ha-
.-va_._na. .The American troops were
greeted at the railroad station by al-
most the entire population of the city.
The headquarters of Gen. Davis is at
Fthe Globe Hotel. The ceremony of for-
mally raising the Stars and Stripes over
the City Hall here took place at noon
yesterday. . .
Powder \Vork- Blown (in.
Scranton, Dec. 14.—T'he works of the
Moosic Powder Company at Moosic
were torn to pieces at 1 o’clock Tues-
day afternoon by a. series of explosions,
the first of which was. in the coming
mill. It is reported that several work
men were killed and‘ injured. Great
damage was done all in the, village,
windows being torn out of houses,
chimneys hurled down and ctherinjury
inflicted to property near the works.
Bryn-n Out of the Army.
Savannah, Dec. 14.—Col. W. J. Bryan,
upon, leaving his command yesterday,
the Third Nebraska. Regiment, gave the
following interview: .
“My reason 'for leaving the army was
:set forth in my letter to the Adjutant
General tenderirig my resignation. Now
that the treaty of peace has‘ been con-
cluded I believe 'that I can be more
useful to my country as" a civilian than
a. soldier.”
Death Sentence z Committed.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The President
has accepted the recommendation of
Gen. Wheeler and commuted to im-
prisonment ‘for life the sentence of
death imposed by court ’martial
upon Private Lindsay, of the Tomb
Cavalry, at Huntsville, Ala.
Cold Weather In the Adirondacks}
Saratoga, Dec. 14,—chterday was the
coldest morning thus far of the Win-
.ter in Saratoga and the Adirondacks.
At Blue Mountain Lake- theamercury
dropped to ten degrees below zero.
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FEDERATINF inn
Some' Big Problem; Awaiting Set. '
tlement at Kansas 011,1 . , _ ,,
GATHERING; OPENS TO-DAY
A Resolution Will be Introduced to Abol-
igh tho Employment of Women by tho
Government; Also Ono Requiring Over-
poy tromfiExcols of Eight Hours Labol‘ '-
in Navy Yards ahd Anonals. "“ 13
Kansas City, Dec. 12.—At 'Kansas
City to-day “the American Il‘ederatigrii
of Labor. the greatgit organization the
Worldngmen of America have, meets
in annual gathering. .It. moreover p. ;
mines tote an ‘ekceedingly‘lively gm _;‘
ering, for the recent trouble in conngo-_
tion with the lapsing of the miners has
aroused much opposition ,to all the of:
floors. A
James O'Connell, president of. the
Machinists’ Union, and D. Douglass
Wilson, editor of the Chicago Federa-
tion organ, will contest for the office
of the presidency with the incumbent,
Sampel Gompers. r‘.
Among other resolutions to be in-
troduced is one stating that woman is
physically incapable of continual ma-l
nual labor without injuring herself;
and eventually coming generations,
and that her rightful place is the home
for which she is intended and best
adopted. The cenvention Will be ask-
ed to draft a. bill to be'dntroduced into .
congress to remove all women in the
employ of the government, and there:
by‘* inaugurate a precedent for the re:
moval of women from the every ~ ay
walks of life and relegate her to he
home. '
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FRANK MORRISON, SECRETARY. 3 ‘v‘
In view of the many labor laws that,
have been decided as unconstitutio-ual
by the courts, the barbers will ask the
convention to draft a bill for Congress
and also for state legislatures to the
effect that all bills on their introduc’fi
tion 'to a. legislature should be referred
to the supreme court of the United
- States or of a state to determine as t
their constitutionality before action is
taken by the legislative body. .
The National Steel-and Copper Plate
Pninters' Union you demand that all
Untied Staztes paper money, securities,
notes, bonds, checks and revenue
stamps shall be printed in the highezj
style of the art of plate printing fro"
hand roller presses, so as to secures'
the government and the public against
lass by wear and by counterfeiting.
The International Association of Ma~
chinists has a resolution to ask the
United States government to allow ex:
tra. pay to all employes who hand;
worked over eight hours a day ?'11)}
navy yards and arsenals. ‘g’v-ag,‘
The silver men will also. try to influ-.
ence the convention in its favor. The
Federal Union of Ouray, Colorado, will
introduce a resolution stating that the
world wide attempt of the money powJ
‘er to fasten the single gold standard
of currency upon the people of all na-
tions has proved disastrous in prac-
tice and unwise in theory, and has
been inimical to the producing classes,
and demanding that the United States
shall no longer be a. party to the con- ,
spiracy of the wealthy classes, but re- ‘
turn without delay topp‘the just and
eduitable' standard adopted by the
founders of the govgrfii‘fié’nfif‘"
if"; u“ my.
JAHES o’con‘ivet, 'émfi‘mfr’i: m rams:
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. DENT?"
William Thormo of the Gasmen’s
Union, and general secretary of the
National Union of Gasworkers and
General Laborers of Great Britain, andl
Ireland, accompanied by William In-
skip of the Boot and Shoe Makers' Un-
ion of England, are delegates to the
convention. Thorne come to this;
country as the representa ve of 1,-
260,000 English trade unionists to urge
the formation of an international '3th
ion. ' 1
The threatened schism in the ranks?
of the Federation, brought about by;
the formation of the Western Fedora-“.-
tion of Labor, which contemplates thel
amalgamation of all unions west of
the Mississippi river, also gives prom-
ise of causing the convention ‘much ._
worry. ' , /7"
A novel proposition submtited by one .
of the local unionsprovides for doing "I.
away with the boycott, and in its place ‘
to have all local unions levy a fine om .‘
members purchasing non-union made: ’7
goods.‘ It is claimed that in many,“
cases the boycott is illegally used and:
used against those whom it should not
be, and that this indiscriminate use.
has had a tendency to weaken the.
cause of vr‘ganized labor. It is con-7
tended that the same ends could be .,
reached by buying nothing but label
goods, which would guarantee that ,
they. were the product of union inborn.
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