it 011111 11111110111111 .' Our Peace Gemmissioners Argue Against Spanish Claim. . PARIS PAPER’S, STATEMENT 0 Spain Means to Give Up 01111». and Portia Rico Without Debate, but. Slie Main- tains that All Precedent of Internatio- “All Law Requires that We Assume the Debt. of Territory We Take. Paris, Oct. 19.——The Gaulois yesterday reviewed the work of the joint peacc commission, and, referring to the de- lay caused by the difference in the language spoken by the commissioners, adds: “But, according to the Spaniards, the main cause of the difficulty encounter~ ed in the negotiations comes from the lack of conciliation in the attitude of the American commissioners. It is known in regard to Porto Rico and Cuba that the articles of the Protocol are absolutely positive—Spain cedes Porto Rice to 'the United States and relinquishes (abandons) sovereignty 1' Cuba. These two points are defi- ni. 31y settled and are not open to dis— cusion. Besides, the Spaniards make 1' a point of honor to scrupulously :TJide by their engagements toward 1 1eir conquerors. ~ “The question of the Cuban debt re- mains. Upon which power should the onerous obligation of guaranteeing the debt rest? Here is where the two com- missions diff-er in their views and nei- ther is inclined to yield. The Span- iards agree on the following lines: When a power annees territory it is implied that it assumes all the obliga— tions of such territory. It is interna- tional law, sanctioned by usage, and which has always been complied with. Thus, when‘France anneed Savoy, she assumed all the debts contracted by the latter while still an Italian prov- ince. Lastly, they remind their opponents that Cuba is virtually the key of the Gulf of Mexico, a strategic position of the first order to the United States, and an immense advantage, which calls for some sacrifice upon the part' of the Americans. ~ - ‘ “To this the latter replied at first that they could not listen to any dis— cussion of the matter of the debt, being under formal instructions from their government. But, on the Spanish com- mission insisting, and in the presence of its very firm attitude, the Americans have taken a moreconciliatory atti- tude, not that they entertain the inten- tion of yielding to Spain’s injunctions, but they consent to argue against the Spanish position. These arguments may be briefly summed up as follows: 1 “The Americans insist upon the fact that the money raised by the Cuban loans was not applied to the require- ‘ments or interests of the island, but Was chiefly bor1 owed to the end of im- proving the financial condition of Spain and to procure funds which she could no longer raise in the Peninsula, and 2 that the debt, therefore, is personal to Spain. “On the other hand, the Americans say that America has no intention of annexing Cuba and could not, there- fore, assume such obligations. “Finally, it is~held that, owing to the fabulous cost of the late war, the Am- erican people would not concede the right to assume such obligations. “These are, approximately, the grounds on which the present discus- , sions are conducted. What will the outcome be? “Certain ne11. spapers have considered the possibility of rereiring the differ- ence to the arbitration of a continental power. Neither commission has yet suggested such a solution, but, on the other hand, we have good grounds to believe that, even were the suggestion acceptable to Spain, it 11 ould have no chance of being agreed to by the Am- ericans.” Insirnc 1111 fr in Madrid. Madrid, Oct. 19. —The premier, Senor Sagasta, having to p1 epare a long dis- patch to Senor Mont ero Rios, president of the Spanish peac e commission, the cabinet council did not meet yester— day. floblon Coming Home. \Vashington, Oct. 19.——Lieute::ant Hobson has sailed from Caimanera for the United States by way of Jamaica. He comes primarily to Philadelphia to obtain a number of appliances required for his wrecking operations. But another purpose is to redeem a promise made by Secretary Long to have Robson and the little body of men who sunk the Merrimac present in Philadelphia during the peace jubilee. He should arrive in Philadelphia by the beginning of next week, and it is said at the navy department that he rill return to Santiago as soon as he has secured the material he wants. Meanwhile, it is understood, the work of raising the Colon will proceed, as well as the wrecking of the other sun- ken Sp‘anish ships, which Work has yielded profitable returns in the she. no of ordnance and other valuable 9““ equipment secured. “ ;.Reoblna Walworth Dies. .~, New York, Oct. 19.—Miss Reubina Walworth, the heroic nurse at Mon- tauk Point, died at the Presbyterian hOSpital yesterday morning after a five weeks' illness of typhoid fever. Miss Walworth was a Vassar gradu- ate. When the war with Spain was declared she left a school she was teaching and took a course in nursing. When the camp at Montauk Point was established she Went there as a nurse and devoted herself assiduously to the care of the sick and wounded soldiers. When not nursing, she, with her moth- er, distributed the supplies of the Re- lief Association. She worked so zealously and self-sac- rificingly that she broke down. No ar- rangements have yet been made for the funeral. Public Hearing on Dreyfus’ Application. Paris. Oct. 19.—The Rappel says that the hearing before the criminal section of the court of cassationupon the ad.- ' missability of Mme. Dreyfus' s_ applica- “A“ for a revision of her husband'. ' trial Will be in public session. E’KAISER AT CONSTANTINOPLE- Berlin Police Official Dispatched to the ' Orient to Protect the Ruler. Constantinople, Oct. 19. —The Emper- or and Empress of Germany arrived yesterday. ._ The Hohenzollern anchored off Do! mabagtche Palace, with the German warships Hertha and Hela above and below her. Soon afterwards the em- peror and empress entei ed the Hohen- zbllern’s long boat and were rowed to the palace, where they were received by the Sultan of Turkey, who was sur- rounded by a brilliant suite. The German warships and a hun- dred guns from the batteries fired sa- lutes. The long boat of the Hohenzollern, on its way to the landing stage, had to steer clear of hundreds of boats, cai- qucs and launches. containing officials, policemen or spectators. The scene was most animated. The meeting between the sultan and his guests was most cordial. Berlin, Oct. 19.—-Police . Detective Commissioner VVitmer has been dis.— patched to the Orient for the special protection of Emperor William of Ger- many. A number of German newspapers dc- mand that special measures be taken against Anarchists in Germany in con- sequence of the discovery at Alexan- dria of the plot to assassinate Emperor William and King Humbert of Italy. London, Oct. 19.—'—The Alexandria cor- respondent of the Daily Mail denounces the inaction of the Italian consul there, who has jurisdiction over the Italian Anarchists now under arrest and char- ged with a conspiracy against the life of Emperor William. The consul has impounded all the documents and referred the conspiracy to Rome, thus blocking the police, who are anxious to ferret it out. The correspondent says .that Ugo Parrini, the cafe keeper and leader of the Anarchist gang, desperately at- tacked the Italian consul when ar- raigned and was with difficulty over- powered. .. . -4“ _ ' Free Entry of Supplies. Havana, Oct. 19.-Senor Benitez, as- sistant secretary to the Spanish evac- uation commission, delivered to the American commissioners five notes, four treating of the fortifications of the island. ‘ The fifth note asserted that Captain General Blanco formally acceded to the request of the American commission to permit the free entry of Red Cross supplies at the ports of Havana, Car- denas, Cienfuegos, Sagua la. Grande, Caibarien, Bahia Honda and others of less importance. Colonel Waring has cabled a report to President McKinley of the sanitary condition of Havana informing him that at present it is not necessarily dangerous to public health, but that the effective work of sanitation would cost a large sum of money. Regla had a sensation Monday. On the Havana train stopping at the Cu- ban camp of Rafael de Cardenas sever-- al hundred passengers were picked up. Many who boarded the train displayed Cuban insignia. A 'Spanish colonel, who was also a passenger, objected to this, and tore the badges from the breasts of the wearers, at the same time giving orders to the Civil Guard accompanying the train to arrest the engineer and con- ductor if they dared to stop again at :1 Cuban camp. The Fresh] "111's T0111- Washington. D. (3.; Oct. 19.-—It is re- ported here that the administration is so well pleased with the reception the president is receiving at all points in the West. that he is to extend his tour somewhat and return to \Vashington by a northern route. taking in a large number of towns .in Illinois, New York and New Jersey. It is understood to be his intention , to make the most of his present op- portunities and deliver addresses at as 1 many places as possible. According to a statement of an ad- ministration official, the president 111" make a number of speeches in New York and New Jersey. The original itinerary,'if carried out. would bring the presidential party back to Washington on Friday of this week. but it is said that they will npt return for several days later. The I: dustrial Cornmisdon Washington, Oct. 19.—The. govern- 1ent industrial commission organized yesterday by electing Senator Kyle as chairman; err-Representative Phillips of Pennsylvania first vice chairman: Representative Gardner of New Jersey second vice chairman and J. M. Farqu- har of Buffalo temporary secretary. It was decided to adjourn until the rriiddle of November, and the Bliss building of this city was selected as headquarters for the commission. The Wm Band Issues Washington, Oct. 19.-—The progress of sending out bonds of the war issue ' end. Up to date $165,000,000 worth of the bonds out of the total issue of $200, 000, 000 have been sent to the sub- scribers or their assignees. The multitude of assignments, the diversity of the partial payments made on account, etc., have made the work verantricate at this late~stage, and it may be some time yet before the rc- maining thirty-five million are out of the way. Fol uro Us. at Montank Point Washington, Oct. 19.——Montauk Point will ,not' be deserted by the United States army merely because it is to be broken up as a summer camp and tem- porary hospital station. The purpose of the war department now is to make a post of it, for the present at least, and a battery of ar— tillery ‘will be kept there all winter, with a small detachment of the Signal Corps to keep the electric plant in run- ning order. Indians to Surrender. Washington, Oct. 19.—-—Indian Com- missioner Jones reported yesterday from Walker, Minn, that all but one of the Pillager Indians wanted by Uni- ted States marshals would surrender Wednesday. - Other Indians will assist the marshal - in capturing this renegade. ”N’- c‘, ‘ .-._ is getting slower as the work nears its, THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. The Mariiage and Divorce Questions The Standard Bible, Washington, Oct. 19. ~In the Episco- pal convention yesterday Bishop Doane inesiding ofiicer of the house of bish ops, and the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, pre— siding officer of the house of deputies, joined in directing the services of a joint session at which all the bishops and deputies united in a national pray- er concerning Porto Rico. At the business session of the depu- ties the standard Bible came up for discussion, and steps were taken to guard this standard: Hi" constitutional provision. The Rev. Dr. Fuller of Philadelphia had submitted a series of gum 1es as to the existence of a standard Bible, to which a committee reported that the church had a standard, namelY, that published in 1812 and adopted in gen- eral convention in 1823, that no altera- tions had been made since then, and that the exclusive use of the standard Bible was‘obligatory. In View of the report a-resolution was adopted directing the preparation of a suitable constitutional provision estab- lishing the standard Bible and fixing the manner of its alteration. Another phase of the marriage and divorce question was presented in a resolution by the Rev. Mr. Fulton, which was placed on the calendar, pro- viding for a committee of thirteen deputies to report six months prior to the next triennial council on the sub- ject of marriage and divorce. Murdered 45 Days Ago, Great Neck, N. Y., Oct. 19.—At last steps have been taken to run down the murderers of old Patrick Smith, who was found dead in his house at Port Washington on September 4, covered with blood and cuts, after he had spent the night in drinking with four com- panions. Detectives have been working on the case and yesterday Justice O’Leary of this place issued warrants for the ar- rest of Solomon Wanser, William Wan- ser, Richard Fitzsimmons and John Fitzsimmons. The warrants were is- sued after depositions had been made by County Detectives Sullivan and Downing, alleging that the four men were guilty of manslaughter. It is expected that the men wll be arrested to-day. It was only lately that the case was brought to the knowledge ofth e coun- ty authorities. Negligence on the part of Coroner Skinner to report it to the district attorney is said 0 be responsi- ble for the delay. ' Cltizons’ Nomination Rognllr. Albany, N. Y., Oct. ISL—Secretary of State Palmer, at the conclusion of a hearing yesterday on the 4 protest against the legality of the certificate filed by the members of the Citizens’ Union and other independents, nomin- ating an independent state ticket, de- cided that the certificate was regular and that the independen organization had the right to use the name “Citi- zens’ Union” and the emblem “Statue of Liberty.” The hearing on the protest, which was made by Colonel Lovell Jerome of New York city, a member of the Citi— zens’ Union, started at ten o'clock and was of only an hour’s duration. Colonel Jerome appeared for himself and the Citizens’ Union was represent- ed by Isaac H. Klein and John J. Chap— man, members of the Citizens’ Union. and A. T. Bulklcy and C. C. Van Kirk of this city, as counsel. Traffic on the Lakes. Ishpeming, Mich, Oct. 19.~Vcsz;.'~1 men here are enjoying the novel sensa- tion of being sought after instead of seeking customers. ' The expansion of the lumber trade, the great crops of cereals to be moved eastward, and the millions of tons of iron ore to be transported have all combined to make lake traffic larger than it has ever been before. On top of this comes the chartering of fifty lake vessels, and their remo- val to salt water, thereby removing from competition lake craft having about fifty thousand tons gross capac- ity. These factors together have put the, vessel owners in a position to dictate terms to a considerable extent. They have not, however, attempted. to raise iron ore charters to an unreasonable figure. Chinese Villages Flood:' (1. San Francisco, Oct. '19.—Advices from Shantung, received by steamship, give terrible details of the Yellow River floods. Dikes were broken near Cha- tung City,_and the lowlands for a width of twenty miles are swept by floods. -Over two hundred villages are under water and the wretched people have fled to the southern border of the great valley, where they are subsisting on charity. Thousands of them will die of star- vation unless the government com-"1* f1 their aid. Mersey Iock Gates Broken Liverpool, Oct. 19.—An unmanageable steamship, stove’in the Mersey lock gates yesterday and the great volume of water thus released swept/the vessel and several lighters down the river. The hawsers of the White Star freight steamship Nomadic were bro- ken by the strain and she also was borne along in the roaring torrent. The lighters were sunk. but their cross with the exception of one man, Were saved. .________——.—— Volunze Succ mbs. Boston, Oct. Ill—S. W. Wheeler of Philadelphia, formerly of the Harvard 'Varsity football eleven, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital yester- day. He went to Porto Rico in the Philadelphia City Troop and contract— ' ed typhoid fever there. He had ban ill since his return. Marohnnd’s Withdrawal. Paris, Oct. 19. ——It is semi- -officially announced that France will withdraw the Marchand expedition from Fashoda as soon as the special messenger no v on the way from General Marchand ar- rives here. The Chine" Emperor's Illness Pekin, Oct. 19,—The physician attach- ed to the French legation here visited the Emperor of China yesterday for the purpose of,making a. medical ex- amination. HAD JEWELS m HER TEETH. l i Recent “Novelty” Found to be ()1 er ?,’.I() 0 i Yiursol' §_‘,'-.* ; The Nev. Yolk 35131.7.-.i.c who 1;..l long are sought .1 c:- ;:-;in class of :21}- ive1tisi11g 01- notorierv bvh aving serm- al flashing je11cls rot it nor from ’ teeth, will be pained to learn that she achieved nothing new; that. in fact. her little “stunt” was qui e comm)": ’ over 3,000 years ago. . .~ In the recent C‘ -.-.'plmation-s of Co- ! dam, "The Mysterious City of Hondu- ras,” by George Byron Gordon, many ancient tombs Were opened. The lo- cation of these was strange and 1:21- expected—sheneath the foundations of courtyards and under the foundations of houses. They consist of small chambers of very excellent masonry. roofed, sometimes by means of the 1101'- izo-ntal arch and sometimes by means of slabs of stone resting on the top of the vertical walls. In these tombs one, and sometimes two, interments have been made. The bodies'have been laid at full length upon the floor. The cerements had long since molded away, and the skel- etons themselves were in a crumblfxg condition and give little knowledge of the physical characteristics of the peo- ple, but one fact of surpassing inter- est came to light concerning their pri- vate lives, namely, the custom of adorning their front teeth with gems inlaid in the enamel and by filling. Although not all of the sets found have been treated in this way, there are enough to show that the practice was general, at least among the upper classes, for all the tombs opened, from their associations with prominent lhous-es, seemed to have belonged to used in the inlaying was a bright green jadeite. A circular cavity about one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter was drilled in the enamel of each of the two front teeth of the upper row and inlaid with a little disk of jadcite cut to a perfect fit and secured by means of a bright red cement—New York Journal. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. The Widow Took the Afl‘air Into Her Own Hands and Carried Her Point. A rich widow in a townnot far from Winter Harbor was making ar- rangements for the marriage of her daughter when the Methodist con-' ference met in that town and twenty ministers came to attend it. She in- vited them all to the wedding, and, her pastor belonging to that denomination she expressed to him a wish that the ceremony rbe arranged so that they could all participate. The dominie thought the matter over and told her that he could devise no scheme by which her wish could be gnatified. He did not see how the marriage se1- vice ‘could be cut up into twenty-one segments, and furthermore—and he expressed it as delicately as possible— lie did not think the members of the Conference would consider it dignified to engage in any such performance. As the widow was a person of great importance, he had to treat her ging- erly. She is the largest contributor to the support of the church, and the par- son expected a handsome fee for: hitching her daughter to the most eli- gible young man in town. Hence he promised to consult with some of the brethren and see her later, but she did not wait for him. She took matters into her own hands and formed :1 plan that at least had the merit of or1~ ginnlity. [She went direct to the pre- siding elder, invited him to perform the ceremony and suggested that after he had pronounced the couple 1112111 and wife all the members of the Con- ference stand up in a row before the pulpit and recite the Lord’s Prayer in unison—Chicago Record. women in Canada. The women of French Canadian households work themselves out soon- er than the men, who, as a rule, marry again very quickly. A girl, too, con- siders it a disgrace if she hasn’t a bean to see her home from church. A little 'habi-tant servant of fifteen was found in tears by her mistress one Sunday morning. “What is the mat-. ter with you, Celestine?” asked her mistress. “It’s the first Sunday since I was twelve I haven’t had a young man, to walk with,” sobbed Celestine. “Think, madam, of the disgrace!” “But how abozp; Jean Seguin?” “0h, last night Jean came in to say he had met a. girl with a cow and a feather- bed, and he liked her better than me. ~_and wanted his presents back. Don’t be sorry for me, madam. I’ll try to get another been before this afternoon and be married first, just to spite him.” Five minutes later she sailed forth in cherry-colored ribbons in search of a fresh bean, and brought him back in triumph to dinner.——But tale Commercial. " Metal}; Moiz‘vaihhbié 'rhan Gold. There are _ seven-teen metals more valuable than gold, viz.: Iridium, vai- ued at £60 per lb. troy; gallium, £75; rhodium, £85; osmium, £120; ruthen- ium, £200; palladium, about £216; bar- ium, £280; didymium, £500; cerium, £525; yttrium, £630; strontium, £670; calcium, £700; glucinium, £820; lith« lulu, £1.080; zirconium, £..‘l 115, ' rubid- ium. 11.400; vanadium, £1,725. HOSIEITER’S "21.1.1113. CELEBRATED in aches or feels di 2 z y. T h e ~trouble isn’t. t. h e re. Never m i n d tastes badly. i. The trouble is ‘ lower down— in the stomach H o s t e t tenls Stomach Bit-‘ people of rank and fortune. The stone. the mouth if it ' STOMAC tors is what. TER yOu need to make you well. - ,‘-. SCRIBI FOR THE WEEKLY ‘ Elli AND N. Y. WEEKLY TRI is BOTH PAPERS Sent to any Address FOR One '- DOIIar!
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