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ileum PROPER
Teller Says“, Hold Philippines and
Fit There/for Self-Government.
_ OUR DUTY PLAINLY SHOWN
The Question Now is, \Vhat; Disposition
Shall be Blade of Our Acquirement. “/3
Have Placed Orr Flag in the Island and
There It Illust Shy for Their Protection
and Our Glory.
“'ashington, D. 0., Dec. 21.——~Thc
cliaplain’s opening prayer in the Sen-
ate yesterday morning was an expres—
sion of thanks and praise “for the mer-
cies of this memorable year; for di—
vine guidance and guardianship Of our
sailors and soldiers in the late war
with Spain; for divine conduct of our
affairs, leading us to success and tri—
umph; for the negotiation of the treaty
of peace; for the growing kindly rela—
tions between this country and our
neighbor, the Dominion of Canada,
and with the kingdom of Great Brita-in
and Ireland; and for our friendly re-
lations with all the great powers of
the earth."
The concurrent resolution for the
holiday recess from to—day until Wed—
nesday. January 4, was reported and
agreed to.
Mr. Proctor‘s resolution for a select
committee of senators to visit Cuba
and Porto Rico was reported from the
committee on c’o'ntingent expenses.
“In order to give the senator from
Maine (Mr. Hale) an opportunity to
Object,” said Mr. Proctor, “I ask for
the immediate consideration of the
resolution.”
“I object,” came from Mr. Hale, and
the resolution went to the calendar of
the Senate.
On motion (3 Mr. Hoar, Republican
of Massachusetts, it was ordered that
on W'ednesday, February 22, Wash-
ington’s farewell address be read to
the Senate by Mr. VVolcott, Silver Re—
publican of Colorado.
A bill to authorize General Bates,
United States army, to accept the dec-
oration of the Legion of Honor from
France, was passed.
Mr. Teller, Silver Republican of Col—
orado, addressed the Senate in opposi-
tion to Mr. Vest’s resolution which de—
clares that, under the constitution, no
power is given to acquire territory to
be held and governed permanently as
colonies.
He said that, after the very able ex-
position by Senator Platt of Connecti-
cut on Monday, much that he might
have said might be properly omit-
ted.
He thought that on the question of
the power of the general government
to acquire territory there vas no
ground for discussion.
“If,” said be, “we are a nation, we
»are entitled to exercise all the powers
of a nation; and in all the history of
the world there has been no case that
I know of where the power :of acquisi-
tion has been denied to a sovereign.
That the founders of the republic in-
tended to create a nation nobody can
dispute, for in the very earliest date
of our history that doctrine was as-
serted in both houses of Congress and
through the judiciary department of
the government.
“In 1861 the power of the govern—
ment to defend itself was asserted by
those who were in power in the na-
t-ion. Not on the ground that there
was a constitutional provision for
such action, but because it is the pre—
rogative of a nation to defend itself.
That question was settled for all time
when Lee handed his sword to Grant
at Appomattox.
“l"bethcr we shall exercise the pow—
er which we possess is one question:
the newer to possess is another ques-
tion. Having acquired territory we.
have the right to govern it. We must
govern it, for nobody else can. W'ho
else than the United States can gov-
ern Cuba or Porto Rico or the Philip—
pine islands?
_ “The question for us to-day is not
that of our power to acquire, but
what disposition we shall make of the
acquirement. I will admit that it is
the moral duty of the people of the
United States in relation to these
countries to keep in mind that funda-
mental Democratic doctrine which un-
derlies free government—that the just
powers of government are derived from
the consent of the governed, but it
is our'duty to extend to these peoples
just such rights as we shall think
them entitled- to. That will be deter-
mined by their condition. You can
lay down no hard and fast rule. The
fourth clause of the joint resolution
on which the war was begun, declar—
ing to the world that the war was not -
to be. a war Of conquest, but was to be
in the interest of freedom, only ap-
plied to Cuba, but if any amendment
had been proposed to add to the word
‘Cuba’ the words ‘and every possession
we shall acqu‘lre,’ it would have had
the unanimous support of both houses
and the president. ..
"I am not one of those who would
turn back to Spain these islands. 1
am not one who would give them up
to any other nation in the world. Nor
would I give them up to the people
of those countries under present con—
ditions.
“We went into the war in the inter-
est of‘ human freedom and good gov-
ernment. Yéu cannot now stop; you
are bound to accomplish the objects
for which the war wasvbegun. You
cannot do that by turning over the.
government of those various countries
to their people in the present condition
of affairs. But youl‘ought to keep/in
view, all the time, that some day these
people are to be self reliant and self
governing. ’
“We should say to all the world:
_ 'V‘Ve intend to give these people self
government, but we do not intend that
they shall become the prey of any for-
eign power either by conquest or by
treaty.’
“In doing this I deny that» we violate
any prln’giple of the Declaration of In-
dependence or of the Constitution of
the United States, or that we disre—
‘gard the great fundamental principle
that governments derive their just
powbrs from the'consent of the gov—
erned. Our flag shall float in those
countries, not only as an emblem of
power, but as- an‘emblem of good gov-_
w emment and of protection to them, as
./.
‘lt is to us.
ff; would call' the
people'around ma
« wzrkyrflruewek
'W'hat kind of a
and say to l-hrmt‘
goverwnszt (in you want? Are you
cabal/.3 of n'I-«gliz‘tain'r: a government
without our said?’ rLhat govcriment,
of course, {11173: be foum‘rrl on repub-
lic-an princiz‘lrs, for we czinnot afford
to recognize the hierarchical idea, even
if some of the leadezs Led I'lth men
of that counlry want it. It must be
a government of the pct-pic, for the
people, and (ultimately) by the. people.
And the sooner it is “by the people"
the more acceptable to us. Go to war,
_Mr. President? No, I want to avoid
war, and the way’to avoid war is to
consult these people. The way to get
war is to attempt to force a govern-
ment against them by our people, and
not a government of their own, by
themselves. “'
“I do not wish to give, up these is-
lands, or to give them to another pow—
er.
people in a worse condition than they
were in when we took away the power
of Spain. W'e leave them a prey to
their own vices and a prey to all Eu-
rope. TzVe must stand by them. We
have put up our flag there and there
it is going to stay. It is going to stay
there for their protect-ion and for our
glory."
At the close of Mr. Teller’s speech
the resolution was laid aside without
action, and the bill to amend the
navigation laws was taken up and ad-
vocated by its author, Mr. Elkins, Re-
publican of West Virginia, who said
that nine—tenths of the coastwise trade
was in favor of it.
At two o’clock the Nicaragua canal
billcame up as the unfinished busi-
ness.
Mr. Caffery, Democrat of Louisiana,
argued against the bill, contending
that it violated the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty in its essential and vital parts;
that it violated the concession made
to the Maritime Canal Company by
Nicaragua and Costa Rica; that it
was of doubtful constitutionality, and
that it proposed a"new and extraor—
dinary method of construction, un-
known heretofore in the construct-ion
of any great public works.
Proceedings in the House.
At the opening of the session of the
House of Representatives yesterday,
Mr. Cannon, Republican of -Illinois,
called up the conference report on the.
army and navy deficiency bill, and
moved its adoption.
Mr. De Armond, Democrat Of Mis—.
souri, asked whether the reappropria-
tion of. the balance of the fifty mil-
lion dollars to, be expéhded under the
direction of the president would in any
way sanction or authorize the payment
out of that fund of one hundred thou-
sand dollars each to Whitelaw Reid
and Judge Day for services as peace
commissioners.
Some of the newspapers had re--
ported that such payment\ was to he
made, Mr. De Armon‘d said.
Mr. Cannon said that he knew noth—
ing about it. He had seen the state-
ment, and also its denial, and he cal-
led attention to the fact that the origi-
nal fifty million dollars was appropri-
ated ft“ the, national defence.
In reply to inquiries he said that the
reappropriation made no change, and
that there was nothing in it to author-
ize such an expenditure.
The report. was then adopted.
The in committee of the
whole, took up the agricultural bill.
An al‘l‘allfi‘,‘¢lllf‘lit was made by which
there shop?" be four hours of general
debate. t-rm hours on :1 side.
Horse,
Mr. VFW" urth. chublican of New
Yorl‘. ‘- x: in charge of the. bill.
o}:1""“‘ . provisions briefly. It
c." '22. or an increase of
$15.7" he amount carried by the
Herr-.9; metauk‘s Dead.
New , Dec. 21.—Colonel Kim-
ball. 1“. '» head of the quartermaster’s
department in this city, is completing
"‘ ma-
the. aI'rzi:""";'Ients for transferring the
bodies; <~i' :2: dead heroes who lie bur-
led in the cramp cemetery at Montauk
Point to .“r: Cypress Hill National
Military Cemetery, on Jamaica avc-
nue, pear Norwood avenue, in East
New York.
Colonel Kimball said yesterdaythat
it had been finally decided to reinter
all of the bodies in the Cypress Hill
Cemetery and that the work would be
pushed from now on rapidly but care-
fully, and would probably be complet—
ed somewhere about January 15 next.
There are about two hundred bodies
interred at Montauk in the camp ceme—
tery. Many of them were taken from
the detention camp, but most of them
came from the general hospital.
The graves al' all marked and the
war department in in possession of all
the necessary information concerning
the dead soldiers.
In the detention camp, where fifty-
four men died during the existence of
the camp, Colonel Egbert and the
nurses :1 charge took particular pains
to see that a bottle was buried at the
head of each grave containing a. piece
of paper upon which was written the
soldier’s name and all of the particu—
lars that could be obtained about his
friends or relatives. The cause of his
death was also given.
Six and One-half Yearly for Steele.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.——William Steele
who was cashier of the wrecked Chest-
nut Street National Bank, has been
sentenced by Judge Butler in the Uni-
ted States district court. to six years
and six months’ imprisonment and to
pay $300 fine.
Stwle was convicted of conspiracy
with the late William M. Slngerly.
president of the bank, in making en-
tries in the books of the bank and
false reports of the bank’s condition
to the comptroller of the currency, and
in misapplying the funds of the bank.
he President Endorsed.
Dubuque, Ia.., Dec. 21.——Hyde Park
Post, 0. A. R, has indorsed President
McKinlcy’s Atlanta declaration that
the time has arrived when the Federal
government should assist the South—
ern states in paring for the graves of
the Confederate dead.
A copy of the resolutions were tele-
graphed to the president at Augusta,
Ga. '
Hyde Park Post is the first in the
country to act on the proposition.
Knaak Acquitted.
Berlin, Dec. 21.-—The provincial court
has acquitted Mr. Frank Knaak, of
New York of the charge of lese majes-
tc, in referring to Emperor William
as a sheepshead, because, it appears,
Mr. Knaak was intoxicated when he
committed the olfence.
If we give them up we leave that»
HAPPEllll-GSIN HAVANA
An American Shopkeeper Siezed
and ImprisOned.
EVACUATEON HAS BEGUN
A Spanish Lieutenam’s Proceedin‘g. Relea-
sed by Caplain-G-élxcral on Gen. Greene's
Request. Det.-.ils of Evacuation. A Ship
Loaded \Yith lilarines En Route.
Havana, Dec. 21.~—Samuel L. Israel
of 243 West Forty-ninth street, New
York, opened, a few days ago, a little
store on Obispo street for selling Am~
erican flags and jewelry.
His wife Monday appealed in tears to
General Greene, saying that Israel. had
been arrested and that she could no:
find him. '
General Greene sent Captain Mott to
Captain General Castellanos, asking
that Israel be produced and sent to
General. Greene.
In an hour an aide de camp of the
captain general brought the man «to
the Hotel Inglaterra. He had been in
the Fuerza prison.
Israel says that at five o’clock in the
afternoon a Spanish lieu-tenant enter-
ed his store, tore down the flags and
broke the show case with his sword.
Later the lieutenant sent three men,
who arrested him. He was well treat-
ed while a prisoner.
General Greene asked Captain Gen—
eral Castellanos to investigate the
matter, and the latter said he would
send a report to General Greene to-
day. I
The Spanish transports Notre Dame,
with General Estruches and 953 officers
and men, and Los Andes, with 1,340
Officers and men, sailed for Cadiz yes-
terday.
The Spanish troops yesterday began
the evacuation of the northeast part of
Havana city. On December 22 they
will evacuate the Santa Clara and Rei-
na batteries and all the other forts
outside of the town. They will be oc—
cupied by American troops, but no
flags will be hoisted until January 1.
The Spanish sick will remain in the
Principe fort for the present, and after
January 1, if necessary.
To Keep Order at Havana.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 21.—The United
States auxiliary cruiser Resolute, re-
cently ordered to Havana, arrived in
Hampton Roads at ten o’clock yes-
terday from the League Island navy
yard.
She immediately began coaling, and
will sail as quickly as possible.
The. Resolute has'a. number of ma-
rine guards aboard who will be landed
in Havana, should the local authorities
be unable to maintain order. It was
intended to send the Eagle and Vixen,
now here, along to drag the harbor for.
mines and torpedoes, as requested by
the evacuation committee, but the offi-
cers have been advised that all the.
torpedoes which obstructed the ent—
rance to the Havana harbor have been
removed, so that these vessels have
been ordered to the West Indies on
coast survey work.
That this government is determined
to quell disturbances in its newly ac—
quired territory is shown by the order
received yesterday by Major W. S.
Muse of the Marine Corps, now here.
which commands him to go at once to
Havana to take charge of the marines
ordered there to preserve order. There
are two hundred here who saw service
at Guantanamo, and these will proba—
bly go along.
Each man has a new Lee rifle and
many rounds of ammunition.
To Pension Confederates.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2].—The
president had scarcely returned to
Washington from his southern trip be-
fore the Populist senator from North
Carolina, Marion Butler, introduced in
the Senate- an amendment to the gen—
eral pension bill to pension the Con-
federate soldiers, together with their
widows and minor children.
The amendment stipulates that they
are not to have back pensions.
The amendment does not meet with
favor and will not receive serious con-
sideration from the committee on pen-
sions, but it shows that the southern
members of Congress are trying to
force the president’s position taken at
Atlanta in regard to 'caring for the
Confedermte dead to cover caring for
the Confederate living as well.
Senator Butler evidently desired to
emphasize his amendment by introduc-
ing it simultaneous with the president’s
return.
Famished at ‘ca.
Queenstown, Dec. 21.——The Red- Star
line steamer W'aesland, Captain Ehoff.
from Philadelphia, December 10, for
Liverpool, arrived here yesterday and
reported that she spoke the bark J.
H. Bowers of Rockland, Me., on De-
cember 12, short of food, her crew hav-
ing subsisted’ on one biscuit a day each
for ten days, and were almost fam-
ished.
The Waesland supplied her with pro-
visions.
The Bowers sailed from Rosario Sep-
otember 20, in command of Captain
Magune, for Boston and had been out
eighty-three days. ,
A Lead Dew].
St. Louis. Dec. 21.The Republic says;
Negotiations are reported to be in
progress for the consolidation of all
the lead companies in Missouri, with
the intention of organizing one corpo-
ration.
As far as can be learned the pro-
moters of the deal are capitalists in-
terested in the National Lead Com—
pany, controlling nearly every white
lead plant in the United States, about
fifty in number.
N.» Way to Stop It.
Washington, D. 0.,. Dec. 21.—0filcials
of the navy department say that Lieu-
tenant I-lobson has a right to kiss all
the women who permit him to do
so.
There is no provision of the naval
regulations which covers the case ex-
cept “conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman," but the officers
claim that so long as the girls do not
object, Lieutenant Hobson can con--
'tlnue. »
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M’KlNLEY BACK To WASHINGTON.
Gen. “'heeler Says the President‘s Ton!
Has Heel) of Great Benefit.
1Washington. Dec. 21.——President Mc—
Kinley’s srztthcrn tour with the mem-
bers of his cabinet and invited guests
ended at 11.:30 o‘clock yesterday morn-
ing when the specialtrain provided
by the Southern Railway Company ar-
rived in this city. .
Several of the president’s ‘compan-
ions summed up the results of the tour
yesterday morning. General Wheeler
said: . .
“It is gratifying that the presiden
expresses himself as well pleased with
his visit to the southern people. He
said and it seemed to come from his
heart that never in his life had any
reception been more pleasing. Speak-
ing for myself, as a southern man, I
feel that the journey has been of bene—
fit in many respects. The president
returns with a better knowledge of the
South and an appreciation of our vast
resources. ,
“The people of the South have ev~
erywhere been impressed with the
charming, gentle and generous man-
ner of the president, and nothing was
more significant in the tour than the
engraving of the words of the presi-
dent about the Confederate graves
on the Confederate monument at Ma.-
con." -
General Shafter said: “I am highly
gratified by the disposition shown to
sustain the president and approve his
course in regard to the war and its
consequences. -
“It also meant more than can be
expressed in words, to see the popular
satisfaction with the country and the
good feeling which marks the nation’s
unity."
The War Inquiry.
”Washington, D. 0., Dec. 21.—Captain
A. Hardy of the Fifth Illinois was the
.first witness before the war inquiry
commission yesterday.
I-Iis regiment was the first to arrive
at Camp Thomas. The road about the.
camp, he testified, was congested for
several days by rapidly arriving
troops, but after that there was no
difficulty in obtaining rations, and the
quality was good.
The travel ration used on the train
was unpalatable, and the men refused
to eat the canned corned beef. Sick-
ness began in the regiment from ten
days to two weeks after.arrival in
camp. The sanitary arrangement of
his regimental camp was good and the
regulations promptly enforced.
He visited men in the division hos-
pitals and found the arrangements de-
cidedly bad. The hospital was un—
cleanly, the nurses ignorant and the
food bad. with a total lack. of milk at
first.
,The men complained to him frequently
of their treatment. The hospital ar-
rangements were the only thing of
which he had cause to complain.
“The very name of the First Divis-
ion Hospital used to send a shudder
through the men,” he said. “No man
ever went to the hospital who could
possibly escape it. The men were not
given to complaining, and spoke in the
highest terms of the care given them
at Fort Monroe, when stationed there.
My experience all tends to show that
the complaints at Camp Thomas were
well foundec."
The Situation at 1’;I nu.
Papa. Ill., Dec. 21.—Twen-ty negroes
arrived in Pana yesterday. They were
held up by soldiers and relieved of
their arms before being permitted to
proceed to the coal mine stockades.
There are now about four hundred
negroes :in Pana.
The mines are operated about half
time. The white union miners remain
solidly out for the state scale. They
received $1,400 yesterday from the na-
tional union.
Two companies of state militia re-
main here. and .Colonel Wélls has a
provost guard in every section of the.
city, fearing trouble may break out at
any moment. The strike leaders claim
the chances of winning grow brighter
every day. '
\Vuges of Coal-Miners.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2l.—M. D. Ratch-
ford. member of the industrial com-
mission and ex-president of the Uni~
ted Mine Workers’ Association, and
John Mitchell of Illinois, acting nation-
al president of the Miners" Association,
together with representatives of vari—
ous states, are to meet here in a few
days to outline a plan of. action at the
inter-state convention of operators and
miners to be held here some time next
month.
The Pittsburg coal operators will
hold a conference to-day to outline a
plan of action.
A stubborn contest over the adjust-
ment of the rate of wages for next
year is predicted.
Afraid to Go to Chm ch.
St. Louis, Dec. 21.—The Congrega-
tional ministers of St. Louis. in confer-
ence, have decided that the cause of
empty pews at evening church Services
is the fear of foot pads and have ap-
pointed a committee of three minis-
ters to render any assistance to the
police that may be necessary to sup-
press the evil.
Rev. Dr. M. Durnan of the Pilgrim
church was selected chairman. and
Rev. Dr. C. S. Sargent of the Central
church and Rev. Dr. C. H. Patton of
the First church, associate members.
This committee will confer with the
proper authorities in regard to sup-
pressing highway robbery.
3,0930 Soldier") Kiln-d.
London, Dec. 21.-——A dispatch from
Shanghai says that a. powder maga-
zine‘sltuated in the center of the Chi-
nese camp at Hang Chow has explod-
ed, and that a square mile of houses
has been levelled. '
It-is estimated, according to the
same authority, that three thousand
soldiers were killed,'ir.cluding the gen--
eral commanding the forces.
The American and French missions
are both‘ reported to have been dam-
aged; but it is said there are no fa—
talities among the Europeans. '
Dir cmr of Fine. Arts.
New York. Dec. 21.—Mr. Ferdinand.
W. Peck, United States commissioner
general to the Paris exposition in 1900,
has apponzt'cd Mr. John B. Cauldwell,
director of fine arts.
Mr. Cuuldweil, though a. New York"
er. has national fame. A- graduate of
Columbia College in 1877, he'hus de-V
voted himself to the study of art both
In this country and abroad.
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I”
SOLDIER VOTE. COUNTED
It Cost memo to Count 1,961
Ballots.
A CHANGE IN SOME PLACES
There YVere 1961 Ballots Counted Yester
day in the 728 Election Districts of New
York County. Each Vote Cost the County
. About Ten Dollars.
New York, Dec. 21.—In the 728 elec-
tion districts in the county of New
York there were 1,961 soldier ballots
counted yesterday.
The number of votes in each elec-
tion district runs from one to eight.
The work of receiving the vote was
begun at ten o’clock in the forenoon,
when the board of inspectors filled the
vacancies that existed by the election
of new members.
The ballots cast by the soldiers then
were placed in the boxes, which were
opened and the vote counted as at a
regular election. The ballots were re-
turned to the box, which was given to
the police. _~
To-day the board of inspectors in
each election district will make a certi-
fied return to'the county clerk, who
will transmit this return, with the oth-
er election returns to the board of
county canvassers, which in this coun-
ty is the board of aldermen.
It is estimated that for the number
of votes cast the election yesterday
was the most expensive in the history
of the county, as the average cost to
the county for each vote cast was more
than ten dollars. - '
Each election district polling place '
cost $5, and added to this was the cost
of four inspectors, at $5 each, making
the total cost for each election district
325. An additional two thousand dol-
lars was expended for stationery, brin-
ging the total cost, in round figures, to
about $20,000.
In the borough of Richmond there
were only nineteen votes cast at six-
teen polling places. In Kings county
a total vote of six hundred was cast
in 335 election“, districts. In the coun—
ties of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk
there_ were only ninety-four votes
cast. ‘
‘In the city of New York the vote
cast will‘in no way affect any of the
candidates whouon the face of the rev
turns, were elected in November.
In other sections of the state, however.
the canvassing of the soldier vote will
'be watched with interest.
Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 21.—The sol-
dier vote yesterday settled the tie in
the election for mayor, harles LC. Ella-
wood, Democrat. has a majority of :l
of the 51 votes cast.
Yesterday’s canvass elected one Re-
publican alderman and gives‘control
of the council to the Republicans. One
Democratic member was elected to the
board of education.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 21.—The count of
' the soldier vote in the forty-seventh
Senate district gives N. W. 'Norton,
Republican,\sixty-six votes, William
F. Mackay, Democrat, sixty—nine
votes, with forty-two ballots blank.
Mackey’s majority at the general elec-
tion was fifty-nine votes.
The final count adds (three .to his
majority. He is therefore elected over
Norton, by 1 majority.
Polygamist Roberts Not “'nntefl.
New York, Dec. 21.—The woman's
board of home missions of the Pres-
byterian church held an open meeting
yesterday in the assembly hall of the
Presbyterian building, 156 Fifth ave-
nue, Manhattan.
The object of the meeting was to in-
augurate an aggressive campaign to
arouse public sentiment throughout
the country to prevent the seating of
Brigham H. Roberts, an avowed po-
lygamist, as the representative from
Utah to the Flfty‘-sixth Congress.
The idea of the woman’s board in
starting this movement is to array all
women’s organizations of the country
against the seating of Mr. Roberts, and
all such organizations, so far as heard
from, have manifested a willingness to
unite in such a campaign.
They purpose not to send general pe-
titions to Congress, but to bring this
matter home to each representative-
elcct in his own district.
Fatal New York ,l'ire.
New York, Dec. 21.—The house at 260
West Seventy—third street, home of
Charles H. Raymond. general agent or
the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
was burned yesterday morning, and in
the fire perished two women—a ser-
vant and Mr. Raymond's sister-i u-law,
while his wife anda stranger, ' ac-
cidental passerby, who took a hand in
the work of rescue, were badly injur-
ed.
Mr. Raymond himself is prostrated
withryshock and suffocation.
Only two of. the six persons who were
in the house, at daybreak, when the‘
fire started, escaped unhurt.
Ano her Big Gold Strike;
Colorado Springs, Dec. 21.—A strike
of gold in the Trickler tunnel, which
is being driven through Pike’s peak,
to increase the water supply of this
city, has caused the most intense ex-
citement in Colorado Springs.
A splendid vein, bearing large quan-
tities of sily‘an'ite, has been encounter-
ed by the contractor, George W. Jack-
son, and samplés‘of the “find” assay
in the thousands.
Pieces Of the ore were roasted and
globelets of gold were apparently in
the rock. '
The Hull Bill Report d.
Washington. D. 0., Dec. 21.———The
House committee on military affairs
yesterday afternoon ordered a favora-
ble report on the Hull bill increasing
the regular army up to one hundred
thousand men.
The vote was eight 'to five on party
lines. -
Sprcuchs Giro-s $35,019:) to Fit luau-I.
San Francisco, Dec. {EL—Claus Spre-
ckles, the sugar nullicna-irc, has given
twenty-five thousand dollars toward a
fund for the relief ’of farmers in Mon-
terey county, who have been rendered
destitute by the failure of the crops.
PAY OF PEACE COMMISSION. rl
All the lilambers and Assistants Haw—o h
Bear Their Personal Expenses.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 21.—It is
learned that. the American peace com-
missioners"and their assistants have
been obliged to pay all their personal
expenses out of the compensation al-
lowed them by the president. ,
The expenses which the g6vernment
defrayed included office rent, station-
ery and general expenses.
The hotel bills of the commissioners
were not defi‘ayed by the government.
.As the personal expenses of the com-
mission were very heavy a. compara-
tively small amount was left to each
commissioner and each officer of the
commission out of the president’s al-
lotment of.sa1aries.
Each commissioner will receive in
the neighborhood of seventeen thous-
and dollars for his services, and out
of this he must pay all personal ex—
penses contracted on his trip to the
continent. _
Secretary Moore will receive. half the
amount paid to each commissioner,
and as his personal expenses were as
heavy as those of the members of the
commission, he will fare worse than
his superiors.
DEMANDS THE SECRET DOSSIER.
Court of Cassntinn Asks for Entire Drey-
fus Evidence.
London. Dec. 21.—A dispatch from
Paris to the Exchange Telegraph Com-
pany says that the court of cassatidn
has demanded of the minister of war
the communication to the court of the
secret dossier, promising that every
precaution will be taken to prevent the
contents of the documents from be.-
coming generally known and that the
interests of the national defence shall
not be endangered by the communi-
cation of this evidence to-the court.
Paris, Dec. 21.—A proclamation is-
sued by the Ant-i—Semiitic League has
been posted throughout the city, re-
calling the government’s declaration
in the Chamber Monday relative to the
existence of the secreti dossier.
The proclamation asserts thatjDrey-
fus betrayed the country and Was
justly condemned, therefore the gov-
ernment should put an end to the red
vision proceedings and deal vigorously
with the insulters of the army.
Concluding, the proclamation de-
clares that if the government falls to
do so, the people will assume the exer-
cise of their rights upon the ground
that the country is threatened.
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Trade With Russia.
Washington, D. 0., Dec.
United States charge d'affaires at St.
Petersburg reports that the Georgios,
the first steamer of the new United
Steamship Company of Copenhagen, to
run between Russian Baltic ports and
the United States, sailed from Riga
on November 8 for Boston and New-
York, and was to be followed by a
second sailing about the end of No‘
vember.
The company is satisfied that ample;
freight can be found in the United,
States. the difficulty being to secure
the cargoes from Russia.
The managers intend to build three
new ships themselves for this line,
and hope to find capital for three oth-
ers in the United States.
Doges' Palace in Bad Shape.
Venice, Dec. Zli—Signor Boito, the
celebrated architect of Milan, has mad-3
a partial examination of the doge’s
palace.
The examination was made by the
direction of the government,
senators and deputies having notified
the government by interpellation of thi.’
condition of the palace.
These interpellations will probably
be discussed in the chambers to-day.
The opinion prevails that the palace
is in such bad condition that the gov-
ernment will be obliged to order tha
removal of the books fro mthe library
and direct the execution of certain re-
palirs without delay.
Night Telegraph 0p rater H Id "1).
Bordentown. N. J., Dec. 21.———Two
masked men entered the telegraph of-
fice at Cooper’s Creek on the line 4.:
the Amboy division of the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad, near Ca iden, Monday
night, and held up R. I . Thomas, the
night operator.
After securing-him they searched the
Office for plunder. All they secured
was Thomas’s watch and chain and
some small change, which they took
from him. T'
Grip in the State Dep Irtment. . ‘
W'ashington, D. (3., Dec._ 21.—Secre-
tary Hay was obliged to go to his home
from the state. department yesterday
on account of an attack of the grip.
Second Assistant Secretary Adee has
returned to the department after be-
ing confined to his house from the
same cause. W «5w- .2. -
Third Assistar. Secretary Cnidler
has a slight attack of the grip.
A Victim of Tuberculosis.
New York, Dec. 21.-——Louis J. Belloniy
a brother-in-law of Henry 0. Have.
meyer, president of the American
.Sugar Refining Company, d-led yester-
day morning at his home, 14 East Six-
ty—sixth street, of tuberculosis.
He was sixty years old and had'been
in the shipping business at 130 Pearl
street. I,
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BITS OF NEWS.
Aguinaldo’s forces are reported to
be collecting taxes within the walls of
Manila. ' . .
Mayor Van Wyck has vetoed the
resolution for a peace jubilee in New.
York city.
Between Nbvember 6 and 19 six new
planetolds were discovered in the Hei4
delberg observatory.
The reported assassination from Par-
is, of President Henreaux of Santa
, Domingo, is denied officially.
John Howell, one of the heroes of the
famous charge‘of the Six Hundred at
Balaklava, has jusr died in Spring-
field, Mass.
The Russian government has order-
ed ten new torpedo boat destroyers for
the Pacific squadron, to be complete
within two years. -
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Paris says that 'll‘lrs. Phoebe
. Hearst has bought Prosper d’Epinay‘s
marble bust of Jeanne d’Arc, her,ln-
tenblon being to present it to the
own: at. Washington.
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