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T0 ABROGATE TREATY Belief in England That Clayton; Bulwer Law Will Be Waived. MR.HENRY W HITB’S ACTION He Has 1Visited Salisbury and 1Now Goes as a Guest. of the Duke of Dcvonshire. Where Azzicrican Question \Vill Re I Discussed. London"Dcc. 24.——There seems to be little doubt 'that Great Britain will agree to abrogate the Clayton—l—‘iulwcr treaty. The‘telnpel of the cabinrt and pub lic opinion, VVhich lalgely inlluencr s the gm ernnlent’ s policy, points to such action, though no definite under— standing with the United States has been reached. Great Britain desires that the Nicar- agua canal be constlucted and is w; ling that the United States shou (. control it it; the United States antecs its neutrality and sat‘cguarl‘.’ British interests. The reports from Washington that British Ambassador Sir Julian Pounce- fote has been instructed to negotiate the abrogation of the tleaty ale incor- 1ect,th0u;rh it is likely he VVill soon leceive inst: motions to that elfect. The impress sion here is tha1 the Brit- ish fmeign oliice, and the United States charge d alt‘uires, Mr. Henry White, incidental to his visits to cabinet min- isters,V\i11 arrange the basis of action. Mr. White spent part of the week with the Marquis of Salisbury at Hat- field House, and has gone with his family to s; end Christmas Vx eck VV It. i. the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsw orth House, Derbyshire, the country seat of the Duke, VV ho is lord president of the council. Thele Mr. influential nlinistel,L01d George Ham- ilton, the secretary of state for India. Anglo- Amelican questions “ill natu- rail; be disc ussed. Pauncefote Not Ac: ing. Washington, D. C., Dec. 24. ——It is ac- cepted as little short of certain in the best infmmed official and diplomatic circles that negotiations will be open— ed at an early day toward modifying the Clayton- BulVVei tleaty so as to meet the co. .ditions of the present day, concerning American construction and control of the Nicaragua canal. The British ambassador, Sir Jillian Pauncefote, has not leceiV ed instruc— tions to open negotiations, nor is thew any intimait on that they are about to be TECEiVed. In the ab.-. ence of such instructions the ambassador could not have mach an authoritatiVe statement. It is thought like ly that the new future will bring about negotiations. It will be lecalled that the pies}- dent’s recent message, referring to Anlelican construction of the canal, was misinterpreted by the English press to mcan that the United States intended to disregald the Clas ton— Bul— vi cr treaty and go ahead without lef- erence to England. This View promptly was disaV ow ed by officials here Since then thele has been about time for the official mail to reach London. and this doubtless permits a fulicr clearing up of the ell'oneous impIQS-- sion that the English mess and public and possibly the oiilcials took of the president‘s reference to the canal. An Editor Sent. to Jail. Dedham, Mass, Dec. 24.-—Torre.v- E. Wardner, editor of the Boston Travel- ler, has been sentenced to serve thirty days in Dedham jail by Judge Sherman of the Norfolk county court for con— tempt of court in permitting the pub- lication in his paper of comments and editorials 0;: the Getchell manslaugh- ter case, which. in the court’s opinion, 'would have influenced the minds of the jury had "the paper containing the matter reached the court house before the case was submitted for llllal con- sideration. The trial referred to was that of En- gineer Getchell of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, who was charged with manslaughter, in connection with a collision which. oc— curred at Sharon last August, in “high several persons were killed. The. hIagowaus Discharge. Cleveland, 0., Dec. 24.---Judge Dis- sctte in the criminal court yesterday sustained the demurrer made-to the in~ dictment returned against ex-Mayor F. E. Magowan, Mrs. Magowan and Mrs. Wynn, Mrs. Magmvan’s sister, upon the charge of child stealing. The court ordered all the defendants in the case discharged, saying that it was not a crime for a mother to steal her own child in the state of Ohio. The Magowans were not in court when the decision was rendered and are'said to be in Toronto. Thanks to the President. Washington, D. 0., Dec. Eat—The following has been received here from Havana: ' Havana, Dec. 22. McKinley, President of the United States: The city council in solemn session has resolved in the name of the peo— ple of Havana to return its warmest thanks to you for the contribution sent in aid of the needy poor. MARQUIS ESTEBAN, President. _ The French In China. Washington, stated here that the land which the French government is charged with appropriating at Shanghai, China, against which action America pro- tested, consisted of certain property, guar- _ \Vhite VVill meet another- I D. 0., Dec. 24.——It 15’ valuable mainly for riprarian uses,- whlch long had been occupied or en- joyed by American citizens and Amer- ican corporations. Had His Coffin for Years. San Francisco, CELL, ,Dec. 24.—-Iier- man Grunbei-g has just died at the Pacific Hebrew Home, aged 102 years. Nineteen years ago he bought a coffin, had a shroud made and selected his pall bearers, and will be buried in the casket he kept so long. He‘ survived all but three or the men who were chosen to hear his re- v 'ly libelal. (-lr. GAZnTrfi ‘CLEV‘ELAND’S EISTEDDFODD. It \Vill Rival That. to be Given Later in Milwaukee. Cleveland, Ohio, December 24.—'1_‘he greatest of the Christmas festivals in the Central YVest will be the Eistedd-' fodd, which begins here to-morrow. and in which the famous Welsh sing- ing societies of the Central West par- ticipate. It will rival the national af- fair to be given in January, and most of the societies which will participate there will also take part here. To the patrons of the national \Velsh institution is hardly necessary to state that the mission of the eisteddfodd is chiefly to encourage 'by example and competitive effort that love of music planted in the hearts of every Cam— brian. Its. success is unq11estionable, for it has been a foundation which imbued contestants with abiding faith in the ultimate success of their excise tions to leach the goal to which their aspizatons lead. "With the object of bringing together on the eisteddt‘odd platform the fore— Inostxcambrian choral societies of the Central, West, the Cleveland society has arranged an interesting program- me and the prizes offered are extreme 'i he chief choral test selec— tion of ther csteddfodd will be Dr Jen- kins ’s maste: piece “Let God Arise.“ The award is a purse of $500, and a gold medal to the conductor of 'the suc- cessful choir. The various contingents have been concentrating their energies in perfecting a. rendition that will be adjudged the: best. The second test choral selection is Fanning’s “Day- break,” the prize offered being $200. The selection for‘the male choruses is Do Rillc’s “Destruction of Gaza," and the prize of $100 originally offered has been augmented to $200. It will doubtless prove one of the most en- joyable contests of the festival. For ladies’ choruses, numbering not less than 24 voices, a prize of $100 is“ offer- ed for the best rendition of “Sweetest May.” -. d .—..L-..—A. - T. J. DAVIES, COND DUCTOR. The most famous of the conductors at the Cleveland festival is Professor; T. J. Davies, the leader'of the Pitts- . burg contingent. Mr. Davies was a, pupil of Dr. Parry of Wales, and later studied at the London Royal Academy . of Music, the title of Mus. Bac. being' conferred on him. He is also an author of no mean repute. Perhaps his best composition is the “Camblian Song of Freedom, ” \V hich was the test selection , at the national eisteddfodd at the I Worlds Fail, and which is the testA selection at the eisteddfodd at Hazle— A ten. his chorus is acknowledged by i critics to be one of the best composi- l tions cVel 2.:ranged for eisteddfodici contests. I l i i I _.________._.___— He Stole Books. New Haven, Conn, Dec. 24 ——James P. Miller, a graduate of three years’ standing in the Yale University Di— vinity School and at present enrolled as a g1 aduac student, is under arrest 4 and is held in two thousand dollar bonds on a charge of shoplifting. Miller was yesterday caught in the act of taking three books from the book store of Herbert J. Augur and was taken into custody. Miller occupied a room at 64 West Divinity Hall, and when the detectives \isited the place a large number of books were found. He also had a room in Hamden, this state, land a large number of books were located there by the police au- thorities. All told it‘ is estimated that Miller had in his possession at the time of his arrest about‘five thousand books. A. number have been identified by local booksellers. The P: we Attacks Italy _ Rome, Dec. 24. —The pope yesterday received the cardinals, who waited upon him to offer their customary Christmas congratulations. 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