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Declares E1. Evidence
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Gen. Miles
0 verwhehiiinc.
p
HE OUTLIi‘lES THE CASE
Announces that: [[0 lids Atililnvits of Men
“110 Actually Saw the Beef Treated—1
Describes lIow Canned Roast Product.
‘iq' Put Hp.
New York, Feb. 1.--General Nelson
A. Miles. in the VValdorf-Astoria last
evening, made the following statement:
“On the 20111 of last September I is—
sued an order to regimental comman-
ders ordering them to report to me
concerning the beef which had been is-
sued .to their men. At the time that I
Went before the war investigating com«
mittee I had only received reports
from fourtetn cf the commanders; now
1 have thirty 13330115. They all tell the
same story. the Hidence proving the
truth of 1.111; 3.1:;1111101'1ts which I made
is :1l31.1n('la..3. a. u =.11.'.»:1'1\ helming. 111 ad-
' ._'-.1:1s 1,1 the regimental
. ll;1\C' 31 gloat mass of
eV'itit-izcv, .- .- .: '.- oi culiiinunications
and 1.1313...-.. . from miners, sol—
dicta-3 11:1; 3.. . .. . limp}: part of the
Litttd to 111-: mass of
co: rt. 3 3, .- -.. 11 _l 11:..11'0 1eceivcd
.12:- b:; of 3111\ttl to our
0e is all 0011011-
said.
cuii llll:' "
ill ii‘i-‘i‘cl'. -1
1',\.\..' ..
'1 have
3431111315. . . 1;-
ol‘:.-.1\'c 01 ....‘-.
"i have .'\.\'11+_-'1113..:g' evidence that
the. c11.b:..1......3 ‘..-cc: wits treated with
.clie11‘1‘.('-.:-;-, 11: order to preserve it. I
have all’iriavits from men who saw the
beef undergoing the treatment 01' em—
balming process.
' “Now as to the canned roast beef,
that was different from the embalmed
beef. The canned roast beef was the
beef after the extract had been boiled
out of it. You have seen the adver-
tisements, ‘Dcef Extract,‘~ one pound
contains the substance of from four 01'
five pounds of prime beef?’ Well this
is the beef after the extract has been
taken from it. They put this beef pulp
in cans and label it ‘Canned Roast
Beef.’ The soldiers report that the
canned b‘eef was nauseating. If swal-
lowed it could not be kept on the stom—
ach.”
Signs of a Shipwreck.
Victoria, 13. C., Feb. 1.-—The steamer
Queen .City reached here yesterday
from the west coast of Vancouver is-
land bringing the news that the Siwash
Indians claim to have seen a large ves~
sel which had floated on to the rocks.
There was no means of identifying the
vessel, the name board being quite ob-
literated. Some cases of fish, life
buoys, planking, bulwarks and por-
tions of the ship‘ s d-‘ck house were also
found by the Indians but furnished no
clew.
..'——
.—
Ani.i-1\I(11'111:-1.11 Riot in Bristol.
London, Feb. 1.--Thc inhabitants of
Bristol are greatly incensed at the
Mormons, who are conducting a mis-
sion there. They persist in holding
meetings despite the violent popular
opposition and a large number of po-
licemen are required constantly to pro-
tect the members of the small col-
ony.
Monday night every pane of glass
in the Mormon leaders house was
broken.
Blizzard in Montana.
Helena, Mont, Feb. 1.--One of the
worst s’now storms experienced in
Montana. in several years has been
raging since Saturday.
'About.two feet of snow had fallen
at noon yesterday, and the blizzard
was raging over a good portion of the
state and over the Northwest Terri-
tory with no indication of abating.
Stockmen are anxious over the out-
COme and railroad trains have difficul-
ty in making any sort of time.
Mrs; George’s Trial Delayed. .
Canton, 0., Feb. 1.4-There is further
delay in the arraignment " of Mrs.
George. James S. Sterling, one of her
attorneys, has been taken ill and is un-
able to appear, so Judge Taylor has
postponed passing on the motion to
quash the indictment against her.
If Mr. Sterling’s illness is prolonged,
the judge‘ will pass On a motion in an-
“ other case which raises the same ques—
tion in the same identical language.
Deaths on Spanish Troop-ship.
Barcelona, Feb. 1.--The steamship
Chateau Lafitte has disembarked 1,250
repatriated Spanish soldiers from Ci-
enfucgas. The work was 'dOne by
torchlib 0'.ht
All the men were deplorably emacia- ‘
ted. Fifty- six died on the voyage and,
three hundred and fifty others'are se-
riously ill. , - 3
Chimay's Pictures Buried. .
/ Brussels, Feb. 1. «Recently a Belgium
"merchant travelling
purchased some nude portraits of. the
former Princess of Chimay for a, friend
in Namur, to whom he forwarded them
by post. - - J
The postal authorities intercepted
them and the merchant has been fined 7"?»
" ..Z‘Young o'stown, Feb.
for importing objectionable matter.
French Transport Damaged; ‘
.,‘.
Marseilles, Feb, ..1 «The French steaa ,
mer Pierre 1e Grande and the French '
transport Tonkin 5have been 'in collie-1'
ion. _
The latter Was badly damaged The '
injury sustained by the latter is’ nut
knovvn. , . .
" No Bleetldn in DelaVvai-b. f' ‘
Wilmington, .139]- Feb.
day three ballots were taken in the
contest for a United States senator to
succeed George Gray. There was no
election.
‘U. S. ... Philadelphia Sails.
WaShington, D. 0., Feb. 1.’-—The crulg ,
Ser Philadelphia. sailed yesterday from
. San Diego bound for Samoa. She will
touch at Honolulu and- should arrive at
Apia about March 1.
Egy pt’s sMixcd Tribunals.
Cairo, Feb. 1. -'All “the pou'ers' haVe
agreed to a prolongation of- the mixed"
tribunals for a year from' to day." ' " "I" '-*
. ed the entire
in Switzerland"
'1.-~At the
joint session of the legislature yester-,
..WEEKLY
Fifi“ —‘ TIT-L: SNlSSlON,
~ “is Digmitu v :1'11111 1111111111; to Santa
1‘ :11'11. ”(n-13:3}.
Havana, Feb. l.--Pobvit P. Porter,
the 1'e-'.'>1'l;»'{\:3t..live (33‘ President MC<
Kinley 31271.“: fie-1101' (21111321165 Lguesada,
the Cuban commissioner. who recently
left \Vashington on a special mission
to Cuba, s‘;:-1111:-d yest: 31:311- i'oi' Caiba-
';;:1'ovim-e of Santa Clara, in order
Maximo Gomez.
rien,
to see General
W ashingwton D. C. Feb. 1.--The dis-
patch fiom Havana saying that Rob-
at P. Porter has taken to Cuba 33-
500,000 to pay the Cuban army is a.
mistake. Mr. Porter did not carry any
government money with him, nor has
he authority to negotiate for the pay-
ment of the Cuban soldiers
ject of Mr. Porter’s ’visit to Cuba is
to" investigate the number and condi-
tion of the Cuban soldiers and rbport
to this government.
Senor Quesada, secretary of the late
Cuban junta in \Vashington, accom-
panied Mr. Porter to consult with Gen—
eral Gomez about the Cuban soldiers.
The result of these investigations may
determine the policy of the adminis-
tration.
Certain friends of the administration
have been advising the president that
the best way to quiet the Cubans was
to pay the insuigcnt army a sum of
money. Tht adminiswation, however,
is not going to commit itself until it
has all the data.
FRANCE SEEKlNG A LOAN.
Report that she is Trying to Get English
Money.
London, Feb 1. --The St. James Ga-
ze 10 says that the French govern-
ment is negotiatinga loan with French
and British linanciers for from eight
million to ten million francs, to be de-
voted to army and navy purposes.
According to the St. James Gazette
it is the intention of France to increase
her navy during the year, and her
army will also receive attention, in-
cluding the introduction of a quick
firing gun.
The paper says that it learns from
a trustworthy source that orders have
already been given to English firms,
and- that others are to follow. The
paper adds:
“France, naturally is desirous of
maintaining peaceful relations with
England during the next few months,
in order to obtain all the possible
financial help in this country. So far,
the loan arrangements in London are
only in the most embryonic condition,
and the proposals are looked at in a
lukewarm manner.”
American Trade Rivalry. ,
Washington, 9. C., Feb. 1.--Consul
Halstead of Birmingham, England, re»
ports to the state department that
there is a great awakening going 011
among English manufacturers over the
disastrous possibilit' ics of American
trade competl.-on. 3
A new trade paper there has met
with a most cordial reception, he says.
and the news columns of both daily
and trade papers are filled with facts
about American trade, while the mat—
ter is given serious editorial discussion
:which in .English daily papers means
pinch more ser
the same editorials pay
like' subject in 'the’ average
newspaper. ' -
In ’ih.s \1 och's issue of thc'particu-
l::1r-ti-':1d1.~' '.'.L-Iil' referred to Mr. Hal--
ious consideration than
devoted to a
American
ritzul :.-3,«~: 133.31 fully- 1\\'clve nine hun—'
die-31' 1:11... ..1.111ns 111'0 l voted 'to'
Anni. 1..:de 1111111015, about One-
31313 1 .. -. 4 3.3 the Amtiican consular
ichl in.
'l'liu : . ”:qu Commission.
Vain-013‘. ..'. ,Feb. 1. -—Professors
J 11. 1.1113. 3;3. .11 and D. C. VVorce’ster' '
membns of the I’ hilippine commission,
arrived here Monday night on the de-
la’yed Canadian Pacific-express, and,
despite a rain storm, there was a rep-
resentative ClOVVd of citizens. atwthe
station to greet them.
After a cordial welcome at the depot
the travellers went aboard the steam-
ship Empress of Japan.
ses 'were. made and replied to.
Secretary Stein of the Board of Trade '
read an addiess expressing the grati—
fication of the members at meeting the
commissioners at the western capital
of the British empire, and said that
the board prayed that the labors of
the commissioners might have a suc-
cessful issue.
3 A'th 31.1}1' 5 13011:" IIVValk.
Dorlentoun, N.
who mysteriously disappeared on Jan-
uary 8 last, has been heard from at
Hazleton, Pa, where he went to visit
H. B: Conahan, former director of the
MiddleCoal Fields poor district. Cotter
has-never ridden on a railroad‘train
or steamboat and nothing V\ ill induce
him to try the expeiiment.
-Although eighty years old, he Walk-I
distance to Hazleton.
nearly two hundred miles, and arriv-
el last Friday evening apparently non’eII'
the: _worse for his jaunt
After concluding his
started to walk 132161: by way of
Mauch Chunk, Bethlehem and Lans-
‘.‘-'f’dalIel‘
Nephew uchKinley to Wed. '
1. "The «engage.
,ment is announced here of Miss, _...Viola
Deetri0k, daughter
John 'Déetrick of. this city-,-
land: a nephew 'o'f. the presulent
, The wedding. will occur in the spring
and {he yomig Couple will make men
where the;-‘ pros-
,pective bridegroom is engaged 31131119,:
{Ipractiée-ofla13.‘ ‘
home in Cleveland,
The "r lighting. 331.- Bolivia.
Lima, Peru, Feb.‘ 1, via.Galveston,
Tex.j-Trustvvorthy advices received at,
this place from Bolivia. say that the,
president of that republic,.S
enor Severo'
Alexiso, 'who has been operating with
. an army, against the insurgent fox-0:35
which have occupied La Paz, "the nom'.'
inal capital, has retired from the neigh-'
borhood' of that city and is being pm.
sued by the insurgent troons.
A :6 (manner A slm re,
Key West, Fla..
learned, went ashore YSteiday morning
1ear Sand _Key lighthouse. Her cargo
s cotton and staves, from Galveston,
TEX. ..,...u.’ .. -. U .\.1 "IA
The ob- .
where addr'es- '
. J., Feb. 1.--Patrick_
Cotter, an octogenarian of this place,-
_in the negative,
.vis-it he has V
-.~ 113333133,
'- 1321’.
‘ certdm,
will never came-10a vet'e'
of Dr. and ms.
and Mr.
William McKinley Duncan ..0f' Cleve-'
I Feb. 1.--A British.
steamer, whose name has not yet been;
. 111' e‘aki 111-" h '1
.N U 11 W
iNlll Bill. [S PASSED
f 0 1333 Agnes
MANY AIISNDMENTS MADE
The Vote “’13: 186 to 1736 in Favor of the
11111—11333 Likely to Reach a‘ Vote in
the Senate.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 1.--The
House went into committee of the
whole soon after convening yesterday
td consider further and finally the am-
endel army reorganization bill. Under
the general cut of staff officers the pay '
department was cut down by the re-
duction of one colonel, three lieuten-
ant colonels and twelve majors.
The maximum age of appointees from .
civi life was fixed at forty years. The
official roster of the corps of engineers
as originally reported in the bill was
reduced by the elimination of two colo-
nels four lieutenant colonls, six ma-
jors, six captains, 'ten first lieutenants
and ten second lieutenants.
Mr. Biomu ell of Ohio moved an am—
endment prohibiting the“ appointment
of men from civil life to places in the
engineer corps confini 11:; the places al
together to graduates of “Jest Point.
The proposition contained in the
bill, Mr. l-lull explained, had been
drawn and submitted by General Wil-
son, chief of engineers, in view of all
the prospe (ts and conditions of the.
corps.
The amendment was advocated by
Messrs. \Valkcr of Massachusetts, Lacy
of Iowa, Dockery of Missouri and op-
posed by Mr. Marsh of Illinois.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois too‘k ten min-
utes to criticise the amendment of
which Cummings of New York gave
notice Monday prohibiting the use of
the army to restore order in case of
strikes or riots in the states except
when the governor shall certify" that
he cannot restore 01' maintain order.
It was in- his opinion unconstitutional
and unnecessary, becauSe under the
law of 1879 all necessary restrictions
and security were provided.
He referred to the facts at the
time of the Chicago riots in 1894, when
President Cleveland, over the protest
of Governor Altgeld, sent troops there
to enforce the laws of the United States
under the provision of legislation mak—>
ing it his duty to execute the laws.
His action was approved by the Sen-
ate, by the House of Representatives
and by the people. If Cummings's
proposition had been law then the
troops could not have been sent.
For one, Cannon said in conclusion,
he would nev ei consent to give the
pow er to any one man or one hundred
men or one thousand men, to render
the president powerless to discharge
the duties constitutionally devolving
upon him.
Cummings replied to Cannon‘s aigu-
ment in his usual vigorous manner: He
said that ciganized labor. protested
against the
one hundred thousand _mep, fonthe
reason that it feared the army Would
be used unconstituti onaIllv to opptess
it. “If it is 1101 the purpose thus to
use it, say so;
the people. may know 11 here you
stand. ”
Mr. Cannon 1esponded in an unusu-
ally earnest emphatic manner, declar-
ing that bef01 e evei y other distinction
'or dierence the people of the United
.States were
.the law,
American citizens, and
like the grace of Goa, cover
ed them all. In putting organized 1a;
bor into the attitude he had, Cannon'
declared, Cummings did not represent
labor; he clandei ed labor. (Applause)
After 21 b1 ief rejoinder by Mr. Cum-_
things, the amendment offered by Mn."
BromWell of Ohio prohibiting the ap— '
pointment of civilians to the engineer
corps “as agieed to by a vote of 9.) "
to 70.
An effort to secure another heur's
genelal debate. so that Messrs. Bailey
of Texas and- Dalzell of Pennsylvania
might address the House, was una-
vailing. and the previous question was
ordered.
Mr. Hull did not insist upon a. sepa-
rate vote upon the amendment of Mr.
Bromwcll of Ohio prohibiting the ap-
pointment ot‘ c'iVilian's to the engineer'
cor s, and all the amendments report-
ed were adopted by the House.
Mr. May of Virginia moved to re-
commit the bill with instructions to
the committee on military affairs to
report thesubstitute prepared by the
minority of the committee,
The motion ,‘to recommit was lost.
This was a party vote. the Republican
Democrats, _ Populists
in the- afliimative. ‘
sage the roll
and Silverites
On the qurstion of pas
was 111 so L'c‘llttl and the bill was pas-,.
sed.
Them was the same
The. exce‘ptiors were that Barber of
Maryland.- Connolly of Illinois 'Jo‘hns'on ' '-
of. Indiana? Mclzmen of New Jersey
with the Democrats, and Messrs. Mc-
33.333333
unused to it.
crat3c leadeis there lire
‘ and will 13.3331 the 111111: and file of the .
‘part'y mtghne. ' ' 'L - - ,.,
3 The general piovisrons of the Incas—
“ are "are not satisfactory to: many he-
publican senators, and altl‘l0ugh they
haVe not yet had time to' digest
will be allou ed to die 0n the calendar
when the Session comes to' an 'end on
March 1 .
b-
(3111-. 111...; j333~-.~.113m~' ‘
Belleville. N. J, F.eb
Reynolds, a man about forty-years.l:1ld
became violently
any and rap up the street brandishing
a club and stiiking' ut' pei'sOns whom
hp. 9111 ounb 3"..1l "
He struck .1118. Mar)" 3311-51131: over
the head aii'tl- injumd her so serious
that it is 13.. Nev cf] she will die. '.',5531131
was taken to the'hos‘pi-tal. ', .‘ ‘
Rea n'olds " 'Is- '.'urIk' another ,' womafn
jured a czu-z...l 1333-1;
overponer-ad and taken to jail;
1X '11 1X “
increase of the, arm-y» to -
, with the last bond issue.
if it is say so, so that
general party. .-
alignment as on the 1.3333331 vote lite-I-
publicuns Voting aye and thc’oppcsi-I
__tion 110. '
9W;- York, Taylor" of Alas":
F rry _o 'Ixentuclty and. Skinner»:
Iilin‘ _ voted aye: with .t-be._;:;_
n" the Seba’tew 13,1111;
e ' _.
but“ fthe chances are .,l-lmt it i
" The Demo-
_thu
amendments made' in the House. the;- I.
have piactically agreed that the bill;
1. \ Thom a; '
insane here yester-
:"llm,' 1131] also sh’ghtly 111—”
"He Was finally"
"- LLE '3 FROM iLQOlLO.
‘lC HANS R:
licgimc t in in
port. ;’n
Marila. Philippine Islands, Jan. 30.—
Maj01 Genet-.1 Ctis 1131s. recalled tbs
Fifty- ‘.'.st ." .. :1 {31.331 1.0110, so that the
transi-nit 103313531vm31a may be re-
paired '.'l‘l the regiment be relieved,
as it 111,1:- boil sin/board of that ves-
sel most 311' the time since she left H011.-
olulu.
The Eighteenth
Sixth artillery:
definitely. -
The 5101-9511.) Brutus
urday.
The British first class. battleship
Centurion, flagship of Vice Admiral
Sir Edward Seymour, commander-111-
chief on the China station, has arrived
here.
'..Zei .é'l'i‘il ‘ll'hile Hm Trans-
:..~'_\'lv;111'1.3 In Repaired.
infantry and the
left here Sat-
S.3ys There is Rivalry.
'Barcelona, Jan. 30.--The Manila cor-
respondent of the Diario says he has
discovered that the relations between
Major General Otis and Rear Admira‘
Dewey are most strained owing to the
profound rivalry which exists between
the land and sea forces of the Unite-f
States in the island.
“The administrative morality of the
Americans”, says the correspondent=
“is below par. The gambling hells ol
Manila are taxed $1, 200 each and the
police are hi ghwaymen who make ar-
bitraiy arrests and then demand from
ten to twenty-dollars for the release of
their prisoners.”
The correspondent further declares
that the Americans have monopolized
all the trade and swamped the mar-
kets with their products, rendering Eu-
ropean competition impossible. As an
instance of this he alleges that Cali-
fornian wines are sold in Manila as
genuine Bordeaux.
President Encouraging Lads.
Washington, D. C. ., Jan. 30.—The ex-
ecutive committee of the American
Boys’ Association, the object of which
is to build a. first class battleship fot
the American navy, is in Washington
consulting various officials.
The‘boys Saturday had a conference
with the members of the naval com-
mittees of Congress, and the presidenl
received them.
Mr. McKinley assured them of his
deepest interest in their project and
wished them every success.
One of the principal purposes of their
visit to Washington was to ascertain
if the law relative to_ the naming of the
ships of the navy will permit the pro-
posed vessel to be christenedthe Am-
erican Boy, and also to ascertain it
their contribution could be legally ac-
cepted by the government.
They were informed that neither of
these points was an obstacle.
A Shortage in His Accounts.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 30.—Clarence
Arthur Hardy, cashier of the Riggs
House, has disappeared, leaving a
shortage in his account‘s, About two
hundred dollars is known to be miss-
ing, but the loss to the hotel is prob-
ably greatei.
Ha1dy was a clerk _in the treasurv
department up to a, year ago, and was
later employed on the work connected
He claimed
to have come from “Texas Omaha.
Chicago and all points w.est’ '
The police have been told that he
was a ticket of leave man from Joliet
state prison in Illinois, to which he-
was sentenced for defrauding the Chi-
cago InteI'-1 Ocean.
French-German Alliance Urged.
Berlin, Jan. 30.--The Cologne Gazette
forcibly advocates a rapprochement
between France and Germany in an ar-
ticle which concludes by saying:
An honest peace with France would
not only ameliorate our relations with
Russia, 'but materially .assist Austria
andltaly, thus strengthening the con-
tinental powers against the competi-
tion of the maritime powers. This
would have the effect of largely real-
izing Count Goluchow ski’ s idea in ad~
vocating a close union of the conti-
nental powers as their most important
policy.
' Payne Succeeds Dingley.
\Vashington, D. C., Jan. 30.——Presi-
dent McKinley Saturday evening an-
nounced the appointment of Represen-
tative Sereno E. Payne of New York
on the joint high commission to fill
the vatancv caused by the death of
Representative Nelson A. Dingley. M1.
Payne also succeeded Mr. Dingley as
chairman of the ways and means com-
mittee of the House.
Congressman \Vngner’s Packet. Picked.
Nonistown, Pa., Jan. 30. ——Congr.-ss-
man I- P. VVrl gner of the Seventh dis-
trict,11ho'arrivcd in Washington Sat-
11rday, after a six weeks‘ 'trip to San
Fi'ancisco 313331 the western states, had
his pocket Ipi<ked while riding in, a
Pullman car between Phoenix. Ari::..
and Hot g111113., Ark. The purse ta.
ken contained $30 in. cash and some
Valuable papers
r ~'.I.' I:..
.-i-
iJalllQStdWlW ' '. Ya; “1:95:11: 313.- +~Thevflpm
5.. F1.ed.Nix.c.:1.speaker of the assein;
bls’. is at 13113313233331. in \.V estfleld a Ivery‘
giclg 13'1“: Pneumonia; which Wis
cared 11 119.11 he started h’oz‘ne' from
"eveloped in
ӎ. 33313111. .51..
9th could! ariv'e little encouragement
gI, .1 ~I.—'-. . .
liqlaiid’s visit“. the Pope. -
3 Rome, J an. 30. «It is:- asserted in Vat-
ican circles that the pope will hear the
1- views of Archbishop Ireland was the
,questions of Americanism in Cuba and
the Phil-ipp-l'n'es. .
The day of the. pope’s reception of
the archbishop, however, has not been
fixed. .
~ l’hiladc [111111121211qu :11 Sail.
,- San” Diego, Ca Jan.‘ '30.--Admiral
Kautz has retizitd the navy depart-
ment that the l'iijladelpbia is ,1'eady to
sail for Samoi. he has been instruct-
ed to sail as soon'as Chief anineer
Bates arrives fir-.111 l'lzn'ara.
eXDF‘cted 'here til-(lav.
._.___.I_.___——-—
l) (13.03 In Big , 1 Hill] ('asv
St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 30. -J,1I1dge
.Lochren Saturday filed a decision in—
-volving the right of the Northern Pa-
incific. railroad to about one million acres
.301? land? in northérn 'Minnesota..'.and
iWisconsin, Judge Locarendeoides in
I favor of the com”.
(1 A 7. L“ '1‘
will remain at Iloilo in- i
' reconstruction.
Lspealcxerg§§_ixolgI;:‘lIlag:ngeg-Iqim y I'll..-*' 'jI’ :
I eachedglVestncld Saturday. afternoon I
Bates is'
I ‘ 'Y.ork ur cring them' to support the pres-
' ted “$331118
tian inliucnce in the east for God, and '
g the first degree in having caused the
15;
l’il‘ilNNT' 0F CNN-3N8
Importance of the Matter Before
Disa'tmrnent.
SOLDIERS REFUSE TO WORK
Proposition for Our Government to Ad-
vance Funds on Security of Customs——
Great lixituuent Prevails injhe Island
-Amcricans Enforcing Obedience.
Havana, Jan. 30.—Senor Federico
Mora, the civil governor -of Havana.
Saturday declared that the question of
the payment of the Cuban army was
of much greater importance than the
Washington government seems to real-
ize. '
He said that if the Cubans were to
collect the customs of the island, which
are their property, their first action
would be to meet Cuba’s sacred obli~
gations to the army by the payment
in full of the. soldiers. But the cus-
toms administration being in the hands
of the Americans, the Cubans make a
simple business proposition to tthe Uni—
ted States government that it shall ad-
vance money to pay the troops, hold-
ing the customs as security.
If the Americans were not present,
Senor Mora. further said, Cuba could
easily obtain the necessary loan. The
distribution of this money to the army
is essential to permit the country to
proceed with the work of agriculture,
which must form the foundation of its
The army contains
many men who consider that Cuba is
in a position to demand the full pay-
ment of the army by the United States,
and assert that other action on the
part of the American government
would be worse tyranny than was ex-
ercised under Spanish sovereignty.
Senor Mora considers the underesti-
mation of "he importance of this mat-
ter unfortunate, and his views. are
held by a majority of the Cubans. The
heat of the discussion is daily increas-
ing, and the newspapers of the island
are full of arguments in favor of the
payment of the army. _
General Snyder rep01ts that five or
six hundred members of the “Cuban
army are encamped nearISancti Spiri-
tus, loafing about and pilfering and
beg, cring food. General Snyder sent
word to them that if they wduld come
to Sancti Spiritus and help the Ameri-
cans to- clean the town they would re-
ceive pay and rations, but the offer
VV as refused, the Cubans replying that
they were soldiers, not scavengers.
_ A prominent Spaniard, long a resi-
dent of Cuba, and all of whose inter—
ests are here, declares that if the Am-
ericans to-morrow demanded the dis;
armament of the Cuban army without
pay, a. storm of passionate protests
would follow, but the army would
obey, possibly a few of them becoming
bandits and takingmto the hills. He
also. says that the most salutary steps
taken by the Americans since their
arrival in the island have been those
of enforcing obedience to and respect
for their authority. A policy of too
great consideration in the American
relations with the Cubans produces
the impression that the Americans ~fear
ther’n. .
The recent strikes in the co‘untry' on
plantations and railways are said to
be due to the fact that the Havana po-
lice aad other Cuban servants of the
government are paid too much. This
breeds discontent among the laborers.
who, consequently, demand more than
the farmers can afford to pay.
Came glc Offers to Give $100,000.,
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 30.--Through
the liberality of Andrew Carnegie, the
State College is likely to have a splen—
did librarv building.
Mr. Carnegie offers to donate one
hundred thousand dollars for the edi-
fice, provided the state'VVill' appropri-_
ate ten thousand dollars annually for
the maintenance of _the library and
museum to be connected with it.
There is now a l'brary of more than
fourteen thousand volumes in the col—
lege. The college-trustees, at their
annual meeting here Thursday night,
appointed a committee to present a.
memorial to the legislature set-ting
forth Mr. Carnegie’s offer and describ-
ing the necessity for such a. building.
An act has been drafted for,the ac-
ceptance of the offer, and it will be
introduced some time this week in the
senate.
The State College trustees have been
informed that 1 ‘resident McKinley will
attend the commencement exercises
next June provided more important
matters do not interfere. . , .
Deutscha' Bank's Big Purchase. ‘
Berlin. Jan 30. «The Deu'tsche Bank
has purchased 4) 000 000 marks. of im-
perial consols from the "German gov-
eminent and 125 ,0_00, 000 marks of Prus-
'séan consols from the Prussion' gov-
. eminent, each,- bearing three.- per cent.
inteiest. '..-
Yhe governments sales of the _con-
5015 will obviate the necessity ‘of rais-
111g further loans during the present
year. The co'nSols purchased by tile
‘Da'itsche Bank will shortly be issued
at prices approved by the Imperial and
P" 'ssiaii finance ministers.
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:3 '.'; .Pusedv Immense. Icebergs
1?. =1 fJanuary 30 --The
im-
St. Johns,
British steamerr‘Ulunda reports
mense' icebergs two hundred miles to‘--
the "southeast of St. Johns, directly in
the. track of. Atlantic. shipping, and
"forming a senous ‘Idanger. to passing
“camels. '=
Reportsfrom along the coast indi~
.;'c.a.te; that the': Arctic ice floe is trav-
elling south rapidly and 9, blockade of
the eastern £10m: of the island is. im-
pending ~.: ,' . .. -: .
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, Expansion Urge-(l i1_ii:l‘asf01's;~"'
Boston, Mass.' .Ta-i‘n 30. -'-T'he"Union
Evangelical League. of this City has
issued a c-irelu at w hich has been sent
to the clergyman 05- all 'the leadi'n'
churches in New England and Nev."
ident and to xert their influence in
creating sentiment in faker of keeping
the Phil'ppines: The- circular says: '
“11‘ 1110“ treaty is not ratified the Uni—
ceases to be a great- Chris-
.wne be lit-1t.) the :31ofessiQng Christian
VVho knmvingly obstructs. that influ-
' philanthropy.
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CAIN AID FOR AGONCILLO.
AMER!
Said to be 1‘. -l'."i'.i:1:; l'iuancial 3' 1119014; in
This Country.
TWashington. D. C., Jan.- 30.--Agon-
cillo’s standing and operaticns‘continue'
the subject of official discussion. There
are severe criticisms of the senators
who have been encouraging this ad-
venturer. by counsels in the preparation
of‘ communications to the state depart-
ment. But it is upon the conduct of“
those who are. furnishing Aguinaldo’s
representative with more substantial
means to create trouble that the se~
verest condemnation falls. Discussion
with one of the highest officials in the
government on this subject brings out
the following views:
“The headquarters of the conspira-
cies against the author'ity'df the Uni-
ted States in the Philippines are not
only in Hong Kongand Berlin, but in‘}.
this country as well,” said this offi- ‘
cial, and with an ‘.emphasis_ which}
seemed to bespeak knowledge. “If we "
should feel compelled to take Agoncillo
into custody,” he said, “for efforts to
incite Aguinaldo and his followers to
an attack upon General Otis, it would
be a serious embarrassment to several
distinguished gentlemen who claim to
be leaders in American politics and
“These men, we believe, are giving
moral and financial support to the pre— -
'tender from the Philippines,- who al-
leges the existence of a republic. If
Agoncillo is a diplomatic representative
of a power he should be sent out of
this country for making public his dip-
lomatic correspondence. If the United
States owns the Philippines by' the ces-
sion of Spain, a. question on which
there can be no d0ubt when the treaty -
is ratified, Aguinaldo and Agoncillo
are seditious persons, inciting rebel:
lion. If the Philippines belong to Spain
and we are still in a state of war,
Agoncillo is a. spy and could be so
treated. In any one of these supposi-
'tions the gentlemen known to be Am-
erican citizens and holding office un-
der this government, are acting outside
the law in conferring with him and
giving moral and material support to
his cause.”
THE LULL IN CHINESE AFFAIRS.
It Does Not Indicate an Improved Situa-
tion.
London. Jan. 30.--Little has been
heard recently of international rival-
ries in China, but this does not indicate
that the situation has substantially
improved. There is 'good reason to be-
lieve that Lord Salisbury regards acute
trouble in the spring as certain unless
diplomacy should meantime find some
means of averting lit; He,‘ therefore,
is playing a double game just now, his
main object being to arrive at a friend-
ly understanding with Russia, and he.
seems fairly sanguine; He'is also en-
deavoring to insure a pOWerful coali-
tion against Russia in case she de-
velops her aggressive policy to an un- -
bearable extent between now and May.
Here he has not received much tangi-
ble' encouragement, Ambassadm
Pauncefote having received' nothing
but: generalities in response file his cau-
tious inquiries as to the-extent to
which America. would go for the pro-
tection of American interests in the far
East. 3 ' '
Italy, it is understood;- has intimated
that She Will not act without her part-
ners- in .the tripple alliance. Austria
does not regard her interests as suffi-
ciently great to warrant her doing any—
thing against Russia, and the German
emperor as good as declared that he
would await events. France is regar-
ded as so surelyl. Russian that the.
.French governmenthas not been ap-
proached. ' ' '
The pretence 'that__Wei Hai Wei bal-
ances Port Arthur'is no longer made.
The London war office budget for the
coming session will contain a, special
appropriation for defensive and offen—
sive works at Wei Hai Wei, because it
is part' of the ministerial policy to
.make believe- that the- place is worth
keeping, but if the war department
had its way Wei Hai Wéi Vvould soon
be abandoned for one of the several
places which the experts have recom—
mended. One Of these, Chusan, has
' repeatedly been annexed by rumor, but
it is almost certain that this year will
see the union jack w aving there.
Kills Himself in Prison.
New',a1k ..,J Jan. 30. «Frank Mc-
Zane, colored, a prisoner in the Essex
county penitentiary, in Caldwell, com—
mitted suicide Saturday by hanging
himself. He had been ill and was in
the hospital ward. He used bandages
which had been about his head in
ending his life. He tore them off and
made a rope out of them and then
hanged himself to a cell door. McZane
was serving a sentence of three months
for larceny. . .. .,..
Cut Prices in Glassware.
.Pittsbu1'g,..Ba., Jan. 30. «The bottom
is being knocked out of prices on
pressed glassware, and priedsq- on all
staple goods are being _cut, in some in-
stances as much as ten, fifteen and
even twenty-five .per cent." 1‘ !
. ,Mamy firms have signified their in-
te'ntlon 0f shutting down their works '
father than to try to ineetfgthe 'ruin-
ous Competition. The price cutting is
attributed to the failure to fo'rm' a com-
'bi‘n'e 'a few weeks ago; '..-1:;
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Elections in Bay“.
Washington DD (., Jar-1;? ‘38.»Mmist. '
Poivell reports-- from Port au Point-e
that the election for members of the.
Chamber of Uept‘it-ies pas‘semoff quiet- "
1y aha-- resulted in the election of gov-
ernment candidates, so that the gov-
érnmen-t has an absolute Majority in
both chambers. "
This, it is thought” will insure the.
stability of the present government.
.A Populist Leader Dead.
Fort. I,\Vorth Tex, Jan. 30. «Evan
Jones, one of the most prominent flg~
' ures in the ‘Populis’t party, died Fri-
day night at his home. ' :1.
Mr. Jones was on the national Popu-
list ticket \\ 1th General Weaver and
was also a congressional candidate on
the Populist ticket two years ago.
Guilty of Manslaughter.
T1 roy N Y3, Jan. {son-Robert Balfour
was found guilty of manslaughter in
the first (19"15‘6 on Saturday. The jury
had been out many 20 hours. '
Balfour 11.123 indicted for minder i: 1
death of HenrvNVhlt-e at Valley Falls,
October 15, 1898. "-"
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