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I . Iir lOMOfi DOCffl The Davis Resolution Favorably I ported to the Senate. MESSAGE OF 1823 REAFFIRMI L f 1 No Encroachment in This Hemisphere ^ Mainland or Islands, Permitted?( trol of Any Canal 'Which May Be C strncteci Connecting the Atlantic Pacific Oceans Included. y The concurrent resolution adopted by Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a the extent and meaning of the Monroe < trine was presented to the United States I ate through Mr. Davis (Rep.. Minn.), Trhom it was originally drawn up. The port comes after seven weeks of considi tion. The full text of the Davis resolution 1 follows: Whereas. President Monroe in his mess to Congress of December 2, Anno Dom 1828, deemed it proper to assert as a pri pie in which tho rights and interests of United States are involved that the Am can continents, by the free and independ condition that they have assumed and mi tained, were thenceforth not to be conslde as subjects for future colonization by i European Power; And, whereas, President Monroe furt declared in that message that the Unl 8tstes would consider any attempt by alUed Powers of Europe to extend their? tem to any portion of this hemisphere as d gerous to our peace and safety; that v the existing colonies and dependent of any European Power we have not In lered and should not Interfere; but that v the Governments who have declared tl Independence and maintained it, and wh Independence we have on great conside tion and on just principles aoknowleag we could not view any interposition for purpose of oppressing them, or controll in any other manner their destiny, by European Power, in any other light thai the manifestation of an unfriendly disp tion toward the United States; and furt reiterated in that message that it Is Impo ble that the allied Powers should extend tl political system to any portion of 6lther c tinent without endangering our peace i happiness: And whereas, the doctrine and policy proclaimed by President Monroe have si been repeatedly asserted by the United Bta by exeoutive declaration and action upon jeasions and exigencies similar to the parti lar occasion and exigency which cau them to be first announced, and have b ever since their promulgation, and now t the rightful polioy of the United States; Therefore, be it resolved, that the Uni States of America reaffirms and confli the doctrine and principles promulgated .President Monroe in his message of Deci ber 2, 1823, and declares that it will asi and maintain the doctrine and those pi elplee, and will regard any mfrlngem i thereof, and particularly any attempt ! any European Power to take or acquire i new or additional territory on the Ameri Continent, or any island adjacent then or any right of sovereignty or dominioi the same, lu any case of instance as ; which the United States shall deem such |tempt 'to be dangerous to its peace safety, by or through force, purchase, < [lion, occupation, pledge, colonization, j itectorate or by oontrol of the easement any c&nal or any other means of traj PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE, i I across the American Isthmus, whether urn unfounded pretension of right in cases alleged boundary disputes or under i other unfounded pretensions, as the mil testation bf an unfriendly disposition ward the United 8tatos and as an int position whloh it would be impossible, any form, for the United States to regi with indifference. Th*4 DnnAnrrAnt rPQftlnhftn wac nlnppri the calendar. Mr. Gray(Dem. Del.), a me ber of the Coromittee on Foreign Relatia stating that the report was not a unanim( one. Senator Sewell's Views. The resolution heretofore offered by ! Sewell (Rep.. N. J.), placing limitations the Monroe doctrine and condemning President's message on the subject, taken up and Mr. Sewell addressed Senate upon it. Mr. Sewell declared t the position taken in President Clevelan Venezuelan message was far in advance what was contemplated by the Mon doctrine. It was a new departure t reaily meant a protectorate over Mexico t over the States of South and Central Ameri No matter whether these States be right wrong in any conflict with a Europi Power, the United States would be boi (.under Mr. Cleveland's view)to furnish n and munitions of war, and force enougt protect them against European Pow< Congress had quite enough to do now it addressed itself to the ordering of < mestic economies. It seemed hardly wisi have thrown into the political arena jusl this time such further'cause for disorder i disturbance. The resolution was allo^ to remain on the table. z BURNED IN A THEATRE. Score* of Lives Lost In a Blazing Build in South Russia. A J T?l. ?4.W 1-.. ...U. fk uum t uapiiti the Government of that name in South fl gia, gives the details of a fire in a the: there causing large loss of life. The was discovered while a performance was ingon. rhespectators became panic stric and made a wild rush for the exits. Mi of them were knocked down, trampled der foot, anrl rendered unconscious. ' buii-liag was of wood, and the fire spr with great rapidity. Before all the terror-stricken peoole co got outside, the theatre wa? a mass flames. The scene outside was terril Those who had relatives or friends in theatre rushed about wildly crying for b to save them. Every effort was made to s those in the burning building, but the h was so intense that for some time it was nAoolKIa fn onnrnanh thft af mirttiira P. ?ad it been possible to approach the eff< to save those inside would have undoubtc , been fruitless, as they were probably su cated before the Are reached tn^m. ; After the rains had cooted oft sufficiei a search was commenced for the dead. Fo | nine bodies were soon taken out. A nun of persons who are known to have been ' the theatre were still missing, aad there I scarcely a doubt that their bodies woulc ! found later in the ruins. A ./:<?. ! iNf |jj THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION. S?or*tary 01n*r Asked to Request Docu? month i rom Veaezaola and Great Britain. The members of the Venezuelan Coramlafi&" sion met at Washington for their second ses' -slon in their handsomely appointed temporal quarters in the building partly oocupled by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Justice Brewer presided. The selection ol ?0, Mr. 8. Mallet Prevost, of New York, ns the executive officer of the Commission was formally ratified. The Commission gave out for publication i on the following letter addressed to Secretary ??n. Olney. invitinc information from the two , Governments chiefly Interested in the bounon" dary controversy: and "Office of the Venezuelan 1 Boundary Commission, > "Washington, D. C., January 15,1896.} the Hon. 8eoratary of State: ''Defir Sir?I have the honor to state that a to the Commission appointed by the President Joe- of the United States 'to investigate and reJen Port uPon t*16 true divisional line between . the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana' has organized by the election of the re- Hon. David J. Brewer as its President, and era- is entering upon the immediate discharge of Its duties. "In so doing it has, after careful considers as ation, concluded to address you on the question of securing, so far as possible, the friendly co-operation and aid' of the two ,8 Nations which are directly interested in the now-pending boundary differences, nci- "It must have suggested Itself to you, as it the no doubt has to the President, that this Corner! mission thus authorized to ascertain and relent port the boundary line between two foreign iln- Nations bears only a remote resemblanoe ired to those tribunals' of an international any character of which we have had several examples in the past. They were conher stituted by or with the consent of the ted disputants themselves, and were authorized the by the parties immediately concerned to >ys- pronounce a final judgment. The questions an- at issue were presented by the advocates of rith the various interests upon whose diligence lies and skill the tribunal might safely rely ter- for all the data and the arguments esrith sential to the formation of an intelligent leir judgment. Their functions were therefore ose confined to tho exercise of judicial powers, sra- and they might fairly axpoot to veaoh a refed, suit satisfactory to their own consciences, the while it commanded the respect of those ihg whose interests were directly involved, any "The present Commission, neither by the i as mode ot its appointment nor by the nature osi- of its duties, may be said to belong to trlher bunals of this charaoter. Its duty will be ssi- discharged if it shall diligently and fairly leir 3eek to inform the Executive of certain facta ion- touching a large extent of territory in which and the United States have no direct interest. Whatever may be the conclusion reached, so no territorial aggrandizement nor noe material gain in any form can accrue tes. to the United States. The sole conoern of oc- our Government is the peaceful solution of lou- a controversy between two friendly Powers :sed for the just and honorable settlement of the een title to disputed territory and the protection ire, of the United States against any fresh ao qulsltion in oar hemispnere on tne pari 01 [ted any European State. rms '-It has seemed proper to the Commission, [ by under these circumstances, to suggest to am- you the expediency of calling the attention sert of the Governments of Great Britain and rin- Venezuela to the appointment of the Comient mission, and explaining both its nature and by object. It may be that they will see a way, iny entirely consistent with their own sense of can international propriety, to give the Com?to, mission the aid tnat it is no doubt in 1 in their power to furnish In tho way of docuto mentary proof, historical narrative, unpubat llshed archives, or the like. It is scarcely or neoesaary to say that if either should deem :es- it appropriate to designate an agent or at?ro torney, whose duty it would be to see that in no such proofs were omitted or overlooked, asit the Commission would be grateful for such AUTHOR OF THE MONROE DOCTRrNE. der evidence of good will and for the valuable of results which would be likely to follow thereiny from. ml- "An act of rither Government in the dito rection here suggested might be accomer plished by an express reservation as to her in olaims, and should not be deemed to be an ird abandonment or impairment of any position heretofore expressed. In other words, and on in lawyer's phrase; each might be willing to >m- act the pact of an amicus curioe, and to ins, throw light upon difficult and complex quesjus tions of fuot, which should be examined as carefully as the magnitude of the subject dtemands. "The purposes of the pending investigation are certainly hostile to none, nor can it * be of advantage to any that the machinery devised by the Government of the United Stales to secure the desired information s shou Id fail of its purpose. J"David J. Breweb, President." To this communication Secretary Olney |a ? replied, saying that he had communicated the suggestions of the Commission to 8ir juuan raunceiote, ine uriusn Amoassaaor, "*5 and to Minister Andrade, the Venezuelan *P representative, for transmission to their re. or spective Governments. r'* The Commission, finding that in New Eng?~j land and elsewhere there are collections of ancient maps, desire it to be understood that ^ any document of this kind Intrusted to them * for their information wilt be carefully pre. jj served and returned to the owners. do j? ^ Use for .Sunday-Laid E~$j?. md In tho Erie (N. Y.) Conference of the Women's Foreign Missionary 8ooiety Sundaylaid eggs are given to the missions. WILL ARBITRATE WITH BRAZIL France and England A (free to a Peaceful 'n~ settlement. France, through her Minister, has informed ' the Brazilian Government that she agrees to 'U3* arbitration of the Amapan boundary quesltro tion. She will, however, absolutely refuse fire to discuss the details of the afTair of May g0. 16, 1895. in which French subjects were atken tacked in the Amapan territory. lay The British Minister has handed to the un. Brazilian Foreign Offloe a note from Lord rhe Salisbury iu which are embodied the points ead as tne rounciatton ror jsagianas claim to the Island of Trinidad. The uld British Prime Minister says that, while of the English are in actual possession, in the exercise of a conciliatory spirit the Governthe ment is willing to uccept arbitration as a ielp means of determining the rightful owneraVA ship. Brazil must reply definitely as to ieat whether or not she will accept this friendly im. proposition at the end of the current month, ven or on February 12. arts A despatch to the Prensa from Rio Janeiro, idly Brazil, s^ys that Dr. Da Carvalho, Brazilian rr~ \T1 rticfat* r\t cm Affuira -roill dftmfl.nd from Great Britain the immediate restitution utly <>f the Island of Trinidad. If the demand is rty- refused the relations between the two Powiber er8 may be broken off. in This island was recently occupied by waa Great Britain for the alleged purpose of 1 be making it a landing station for a cable. Brazil olaims it as har territory. * "lllPOS MS RESIGNED! Supreme Command in Cuba Conferred on General Weyler. ' HUMANE METHODS ABANDONED. i It Is Said That Campos Was Too Lenient > With the Insurgents?The New Capki.-Raii?n>l Notorious for His Crnel ties?Said to Hats Slain Prig, oners?Spanlph Cabinet's Action. Captain-General Martinez de Campos, of the Spanish army, has been recalled from Cnba. His complete failure to suppress tlie lusarrection is acknowledged. The Government at Madrid has done everything possible to shield his shortcomings, and even now It is said in some official quarters that the ^ THE WAB (Insurgents perched among j _ JnantoV. r- n m m a n nr't; r-AOnll la dllB tn hlq 111 ;nos9. Bat such 1b not the case. The authorities realize that the war In Cuba has reached Its moat critical stage, and that Campos cannot cope with the superb generalship of General Gomes. In addition to this, dispatches from tbe most reputable people in Havana have been pouring In to the Government, requesting the immediate removal of I General Campos from the island. GEN'ERIL MARTINEZ CAMPOS. After a long meeting the Spanish Cabinet unanimously decided to supersede General Campos and his lieutenant, General Arderiua. General Marin and General Pando, who are now in command of Spanish troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba, were selected to replace Generals Campos and Arderius temporarily. General Marin was appointed temporary Governor of the island, and General Pando. commander of the force's, pending the arrival of General Polavieja, who has been appointed commander-in-chief in Cuba. The supreme command in the island will be conferred on General Weyler, who wjll sail for Cuba forthwith in company with | uenerai roiavieja. ORDERS CAME FR0V1 SPAIN. Campos Tells How Ho Was Relieved of His Command. A. cablegram from Havana says: CaptainGeneral Martinez Campos at 6 o'olock this afternoon turned over his high office to Lieutenant-General Sabns Marin, who arrived by a special train, and has been in close conference with General Campos today. The control of Cuban affairs, bothoiviland military, is resigned uureserve.lly to General Marin, and General Campos, It is announced, will sail for 8pain immediately. General Campos's health has been impaired by disabilities aue to old wounds, and, despite his appearance of great vigor, he is not sorry to be relieved of the burden of the sole responsibility for Cuban affairs. General Marin is nearly sixty years old. He was Captain-General of Cuba In 1889, and his policy at that time was such as to lead to the belief that he will be largely controlled by the Conservative party influences. / - ~ ? 1 !.? f It WU5 JUMt u p. Lu. nuou iuo uvtoiutuvui authorities were called together in the throne room cf the Daince. General Campos said: "You have met here at thi? most solemn moment when the enemy is at the doors of the capital, to witness the transfer of the highest command in the island. I am simply complying with Instructions from Madrid. I feel it necessary. however,to speak sincerely with you who have shared with me the duties of this office. Popular opinion believes that a mild policy should not be continued with the enemy; i believe that it should be. These are questions of conscience." PRAYED FOR CUSAMS. House of Kopreseutatives. Applause following the delivery of a prayer in the House of Representatives at Washington, is an unusual, probably an unprecedented, incident in its proceedings, but when Chaplain Couden offered the following invocation there was general hand Clapping: 'Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the degree of special liberty which we as a people enjoy, and our hearts go out to those in other lands who are struggling for a wider liberty. Especially do wo pray for the Cubans, and ask that if they be right their efforts may be crowned with success. And we pray that our country may do for them all thit it can without compromising its dignitv, or in disregard of its sacred obligations and duties,{o other NftttfiflP/,' - > '#: '> - v '. :; ' . . ' v * .; .. t . ' >vv^* T NEW MINISTERS RECEIVED. - | President Cleveland'* Significant Reference to Ecnador. The President received Senor Carbo, the new Ecuadorian Minister, and Mr. De Kotzebue, the Russian Minister succeeding Prince Cantaouzene. The President told Senor Carbo hpw gratifying it was to him to see a full representa- , tionat Washington of all of the countries of I the Western Hemisphere. He felt especial pleasure, he said, in receiving a representative from Ecuador, which has been for some . time past without a diplomatic representative at Washington, and added: "We wish for Ecuador, as for all the kindred Republics of the Southern Continent, that enduring prosperity and that constant progress towards a higher civilization which the scheme of government characteristic of Wo v> Amianh prfl nnmhlned with internal peace and tba friendship and good will of { neighboring States, is so well calculated to , seoure." 1 The speeohes exchanged between the new < Russian Minister and the President were in < the usual form, save one reference by"the , President to "the time-honored friendship between the United States aod Russia and ' I IN CUBA. >alms attack Spanish troopi.) the cordiality of the Intercourse so long maintained." ' { INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. ' Dignitaries of the Church Nominated to Aulft in Inaugurating the New Era. . A meeting of the International Arbitration League was held at London, Sir John Labbock presiding. A resolution was adopted deolaring that the dispute between the United States and Oreat Britain was a trumpet call to English speakers ou both I sides of the Atlantio summoning them to devise means to secure the arbitration of ! future disputes, and to procure co-operation in promoting friendship and abating animosity. v | It was also suggested to the Government [ that the present was a fit occasion for effecting the resolution o! the House of Commons in favor of arbitration. A committee was nominated, consisting of the Bishop of Durham, Canon Wilberforce, Cardinal Vaughn, Dean Farrar, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, i Lady Henry Somerset, Mr. Stead and others. The Loadon News, commenting on the meeting, says: "The meeting is likely to mark a date in history." < GENERAL HARR|SON_ WILL WED. The Former President Announces His Engagement to Mrs. Dlinmock. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison author* Tized the announcement that he is to marry Mrs. Mary L. Dimmock. The wedding will place after Lent. Mr. Tibbott, his private secretary, said to a group of reporters in New York City: "General Harrison authorizes the announcement that he and Mrs. Dimn-nxsroi5T XAXusov. ^ ^ * I mock are engaged to be married, and that ^ the marriage will not take place until after Lent." ' The ceremony will take place in New York City, but beyond this decision no definite arrangements fcr the wedding have been made. General Harrison's private secretary said that it had not been decided whether the wedding would be private or public. It was believed that the ceremony would take place in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church or in St. Thomas's Episcopal Cnuroh. Mrs. Dimmock is an Episcopalian, General Harrison a Presbyterian. Mrs. Dimmook is a niece of tbe late Mrs. Harrison. Her father was Russell F. Ford, ' lunflfol Curvavlnt-onHanf ?nH flhiflf 'RntrlnflflV ! of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- I pany. She is the widow of Benjamin !Dim- j mock, who died a few weeks after his marriage, leaving a fortune to his widow. COT FIFTEEN COUNTERFEITERS. Secret Service Ajjents* Bir Kauad-Cp In New York City. Chief W. B. Hazon, of the United States 3ecret 8srvice, and George Bagg, Chief of the New York branch of the service, rounded up the biggest gang of dealers in counter- " feit money that has been captured in New York City in a great many years. The Secret s' Service agents got fifteen urisoners, includ- a iug Candlera Bettini, who is said to bo the financial backer of the gang, and in whose 3 l^ouse about 82 >,000 in two and live dollar c counterfeit bills was found. J The counterfeiters, all of whom are Ital- d ians, circulated their worthless bills all over ? the East Side of New York City. They J shipped them to Baltimore, Philadelphia, " Hazleton, Penn., and other Pennsylvania t( towns. The supreme head of the Mafla? P each district has a local head?sent the counterfeit notes to his subordinates in other cities. This man's name is Nicoio Toranti? that is to say, it is the name he is known by in this country. 0 Barned American Bibles. ti The Mayor of San Miguel, Peru, seized and caused to be burned in the public square of ^ the city all the Bibles and stock of the local ajrent q1 the American Bible Society. g MED BY CHICAGO.'" National Democratic Convention to \ Be Held There July 7. j ' ?? ! 1 DECIDED BY NEW YORK'S VOTE.! ' ? 1 f rwenty-nine Ballots Neceisary to Make ? / Choice?The Contestants Were Xew j YorkClty, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis?The Missouri Metropolis Nearly < Won the Prize. I After a desperate and unprecedented itruggle among New York, Chicago, 8t Louis and Cincinnati, the National Demojratic Committee, in session at Washington, lealded that the next Democratic Convention shall be held In Chicago on July 7. On the surface It was a contest among four imbitlous titles. Under the surface It was a trial of strength between sound money and free silver and sound money won. , . The National Committee met in the banquet hall of the Arlington Hotel, and this was elaborately decorated with National Bags, bunting, shields of the States and streamers of red, white and blue. At 11 a. m. the National Committee held a secret session. Fifty members werep resent, and Chairman Harrity presided. The vote on the date for holding the convention resulted 82 to 18 In favor of July 7 as opposed to June 2. The resolution of Patriot Collins, of Massachusetts, offered In the oonvenli M t Oftrt lu-i. iU. LI (J 11 UJL lOUAj lUttl IUC UOAl 1KU1UIUU VVUfuu' j Hon be held behind closed doors was reported t adversely by the sub-committee to wnioh It i was referred, and the report was adopted ] ananlmoasly. The committee took a recess until 8 o'clock. The committee reconvened at 8 o'clock In j the parlors of the Arlington. The rooms , were profusely decorated with American ? Rags, and there was a vast throng of visitors, \ Including a few ladies, admitted by ticket. Quite a number of Democratic Senators and almost half the Demoeratfo membership of { the Lower House were present. Chairman Harrity said a roll of the States 1 wonld be called to determine whloh had 1 olties desirous of having the Democratic 1 Convention. Those which responded, he deslared, would take their turns alphabetical- i ly, and would be assigned one-half hour t Bach to presebt their arguments. Chicago, Cincinnati, New York and St Louis were duly placed in nomination amid the cheers of tneir respective partisans, rhirty minutes was allowed eaon city in which to present its claims. i The balloting began, about 6 o'oiook, ana ; from the first a long struggle was Indicated, j rhe first ballot resulted: Chicago, 6; Cin:innati, 11; St. Louis, 19; New York, 11 rhere was practically no change, except a 1 slight fluctuation of a ?ote or two, until the ? tenth ballot, when Chicago began gradually J to Increase her vote at the expense of New * fork. At the twentieth ballot New?York's c strength was rapidly disintegrating, her vote going almost bodily to Chicago. ' ? But St Louis, which had clung tenaciously to her nineteen votes, also captured several c }f Cincinnati's votes, and on the ballot be* g >ore the last led Chicago by one vote. On the last ballot, the twenty-ninth, which was , taken shortly before 11 o'o'ock, the four re- i nainlng votes of New York were thrown to ; Chicago, and she obtained the necessary 1 plurality. Senator Brlco voted for Cinoinmti to the last. s The detailed vote on the final ballot by ? States was: Cincinnati?Ohio. , . n Tlllanlg T?. * UIliCttKU?VJUliUCUklUUlj xunuu, Aiaiuvio, am- j, liana, Iowa, Kentuoky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire. New York, North 1 Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Bhode Isl- e md, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Vest Virginia, Wisconsin, Florida, Alaska, c District of Columbia. t St Louis?Alabama. Arkansas, California, lb Colorado, Delaware, Georgia. Kansas, Lou- 1 slana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey. North Dakota, South, * Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wy- J >ming, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, c Jtah, Indian Territory. ' > New York had the satisfaction of controlling the ehoioe, and it was her votes that sent t be convention to tne city by the lake. The lnal fight between St. Louis and Chicago vftfl a-warm one. An analysis of the votes >y States .shows thi silver element stood by f Jt. Louis, while the sound money States * roted for Chicago. * \ a THE AMERICAN POSITION. Senate Declaration Extending the Scope of (~ the Monroe Doctrine. J I The United States Senate Committee on ( foreign Relations ordered a report on the t esolution submitted by Mr. Davis, ot Minlesota, Chairman of the Sub-Committee. ^ This resolation goes even farther than did g he President in h(s message to Congress on j he Venezuelan question. Omitting the wo whereases, which simply form a prelude to the more serious utterances of the > esolution Itself, the resolation reaffirms and * onflrms the Monroe doctrine, and declares ? hat the United States will assert and mainaia it. It states specifically that this Govirnment will regard as an infringement of * his doctrine any attempt on the part of any J Suropean Power to acquire new or addition- ' il territory on this continent or the islands idjaoent thereto as dangerous to the ? afety and the peace of the United States. ( [*he United States, it says, also denies the 1; /\# ontr TT n rrvrkQQn Pawap +n Afifftlira t my auoh territory, either by force, 1 mrchase, cession, occupation, pledge, ool~4 t inization, or protection, whether under unounded pretensions of right, under the ^ ;uise of boundary disputes, or otherwise, c md declares unmistakably that any such atempt will be regarded as a manifestation of . ,n unfriendly disposition upon whloh this * Jovernment cannot look with Indifference. 1 I GOVERNOR DRAKE_ INAUGURATED, a iaya Iowa is Keadv to Fight for the Slon* rj too Doctrine. t Francis M. Drake was inau gurated Governirof Iowa, at Dos Molnej. Among the s >romiment men who attended the ceremonies t rere Senator Allison, General G. S. Clark- j, on and ex-Governors Larrabee and Sher- n ann. li I p) I GOVEBXOn F. sr. DBAKE. _. t In his inaugural address Governor Drake e trongly Indorsed the President's messago D'l uphold ihe Monroe doctrine. j ''Tiae time has come," said he, "when this uestion must be settled and the principle ? ontended for acknowledged. We nope this 11 rill be done peacefully, but If under provi- F ence of Almighty God and in the Interest E f liberty and justice It cannot be so done, jj owais reaay 10 acquiese in me aeiermiuu,;oc of the Nntion for the defense of its in?grity and the maintenance of this vital I rlnciple, if necessary with force of arms." F v Out ot the Common Run. Anaconda, Montana, claims a population t f 13,500. t Roumania is the highest-taxed country in tie world. p Heavy frosts have soriously damaged the C allfornia orange orop. t LI Hung Chang Is no longer Vicerox of tM ' reat province otChlhli. China. u ;V. ? ; -v:- :iyTHE NEWS EPITOMIZED; , * f WuUnitoa Items. Ml Senator Woloott in a speech on the Monroe loctrine criticised the President and Con. 3 press for their attitude on the Venezuelan . luestion. ? A resolution urging the European Powers hat signed the Berlin treaty to protect Christians in Turkey was introduced in the th< Senate. - no Prominent free silver men. from all over |j*jj :he country held a conference in Washing- ?r :on and decided to await the action of Ooni ?res8 on the money question before determning whether to hold a National convention ~z 3r not.. ? In the House the Urgent Deficiency bill ~" was passed. Mr. Call introduced in the Senate resolutions charging that two Americans had been urested.and Imprisoned by the Spaniards in Havana, and calling for reports of consuls il. m ilie woe in uuuo. The House Committee on Elections No. 2, :o which was referred the contest of Tim- i Jthy J. Campbell against Henry C. Miner for J :he seat in Congress for the Ninth New York fl District, ordered a report awarding the seat fl :o Mr. Miner. H Mr. Hardy, of Indiana, offered In the 1 House a resolution which revives the grade | ?f Lleutenant-Qeneral. in order to recognize ihe distinguished services of Major-General N. A. Miles. The law reviving the grade is :o expire on the retirement of Oeneral Miles. United States District Judge Qrosscup decided that shippers cannot be Indicted unler the Interstate Commerce law for accepting rebates from railroads. Thomas F. Bayard, United States Ambassador to Oreat Britain. In a letter which was mbmitted to the House, explained his speeches in Boston,England, and Edinburgh, 'or which his impeachment was proposed. Ele says his apeeohes in Edinburgh ana Bos :on were "merely expressions or personal riews," and that they were post-prandial and dndly. The iury in the trial of Elverton B. Chap- _ nan. the member of the New York Btockjrokerage firm of Moore & 8chley, who re- . e 'used to answer questions put by the Senate Sugar Investigating Committee, returned a rerdict of guilty. > The House Committee on Merchant Marine ind Fisheries ordered a favorable report on ^ he bill of Mr. Payne, of New York, authoriz- Va ng the Secretary of the Treasury to reconrene the American delegates to the Inter- ( lational Marine Conference. wi Mrs. Cleveland's afternoon card reception th< n the White House from 8 to 5 was larger of han that of any previous winter. esi ta B1 Domestic. I Peter "Belyea, who superintended the oblequies of Abraham Lincoln,- the Martyred J. President, died at his home In Brooklyn. D0 le was born at New Paltz: Ulster County, J. Y.. October 15,1815. AtWaukegan, HL, Daniel Core shot and tilled John Dillon in Justice Shotwell's Q, sourt, the bullet that ended Dillon's life >eing intended for Joseph Backer, a neigh)or, with whom Core had had a great deal >f trouble over money and other matters. The Mallory Line steamship Alamo went Lahore on Pelican Shoals, near Key West,Fla. ^ George L. Wellington, the Republican . laucus nominee, was formally elected United Kates Senator by the Maryland Legislature. JT It is believed that Miss Mary Elizabeth ^ Jills starred to death in her lonely home at pc datnaroneok, N. Y., instead ot having been ?e dordered as was at first supposed. qt Several Ohio State Senators were indicted as it Columbus on charges made by ex-Gov- W irnor Campbell in his campaign speeches. tai Minnie Swanger, thirteen years old, of 5; Lltoona, Penn.. poisoned four persons in xL evenge for being accused of theft. Governor Morton sent a special message Hi 0 the New York Legislature urging extreme in iconomy in appropriations ot public money, th Commissioner Wright, of the Department Sq if Correction, removed Warden Pallon, of mi he Tombs, New York City, as a result of the H< tearing on the charges preferred against pt lim. all Two Hungarian boys, aged three and four ^ 'ears, were killed at a crossing near Bound Jrook, N. J., by the Easton express. The ihildren were walking on the track. ^ Th6 Rhode Island General Assembly con- ^ rened at Providence for the January session. ^ jiltle was done besides listening to the mes- ^ age of Governor Lippitt. Miss Mary E. Hills, a maiden lady thirty- a light years old. was found dead in her home (E n Mamaroneok, N. Y. Her hands were, tied da ogether. Her body showed there had been W 1 Vi a afmrrnlo onH fho onnaa roriCfl nf f h A nr louse Indicated that robbenf had entered it. of General Thomas Ewing died In New York m Jlty, from the effects of his injuiy by a trl able car. He was a son of Senator Thomas yc Swing, of Ohio, and was born at Lancaster, da )hlo, on August 7, 1829. He was a dis- "I Ingaished soldier of the Civil War. Q< William B. Allison was re-elected United Itates Senator at Des Moines, Iowa. The ote In the Senate was: Allison, 42; Babb, *6i . In the House Allison reoei red 73 votes, S? )abb 19 and Stuart 1. Commander Bailington Booth and his wife, ^ it the Salvation Army, issued a statement in gjj lew York City telling the publio that they ire preparing to leave this country, as or- in [ered to by th&General. ^ Mrs. Aspinwall, of Pittsburg, Penn., left to ter entire estate, $3,000,000, to the Protest- a nt Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, and hi* ler niece will contest the will. He The Anti-Lyncbing bill was passed in the J?t louth Carolina House of Representatives at ?n Columbia. It provides that in all cases of ynching the county where the lynching ab akes place shall be liable in damages not on ess than S2000, to be recovered in court by P? he representatives of the person lynched. m( The rush of bond-bidders causes bullipn lealers in New York City to otter a premium >f one-half of one per cent, for gold. The study of effects of alcohol and narcoics was begun in the public schools of New fork City and State. Ex Edward and Thomas Grimes, brothers, got nto a quarrel in Pleasant Plains, Staten Is!- , nd, and Thomas stabbod Edward with a (ocket-knlfe in the abdomen and lunge. ur' lie wounded man dijJ. Tne brothers were Ml (lectricians. 3ip Fire completely destroyed the rango of tores at the corner of Park avenue and Foiy-second street. New York City. Mrs. Twitchell, an invalid, living in Binglamton. N. Y., was bound, chloroformed ,nd robbed of valuable papers by an un:nown woman. Th? TTnitp/i ornisar Baltimore ar ived at San Francisco, Cal., from Japan, laving passed through a typhoon safely. The Board of Trade and Transportation iad its twenty-third annual banquet in the lotel Savoy, New York City. Speeches were nade by Secretary Morton and Andrew D. ?hlte. Venezuelan Boundary Commissioner. rice-President Stevenson was the guest of lonor. Foreign Notes. The Marquis of Lansdowne, British Secreary of State for War, said that both the iorso and field artillery would be raised as apidly as possible to its full strength. i The Paris Figaro claims to have received f rivate advices that the Abyssinians cap- { ured the Italian fortress at Makalle on anuary"19. Great Britain is reported to be 'about to ortify the whole length of the Cuyuni River n the disnuted Venezuelan territory. ? The German Government has decided upon Th he construction of twenty torpado destroy- Ma re. to Spain's Cabinet discussed means of raisnsr money to carry on the war in Cuba. ^ The German Admiralty has obtained conIdentiul replies from the leaders of political larties in tne Reichstag respecting further . laval credits. All declare that no supple- 1 aentary budget, such as Emperor William iesires. can be voted. C01 A despatch from South Africa says that )r. Jameson and the officers who acoom anted him upon his invasion of the Trans- a u aul have embarked for England at Victoria 3 ,nd Durban. am It was officially denied in Home that the ?Pe 'ope bad offered to act as arbitrator between l^L' he United States and Great Britain. Lieutenant Eyvind Astrup, the Arctic ex>lorer who took part in Lieutenant Peary's nH1 Greenland expedition, was found dead ic he LiHeelvedal valley, near Jerkin, Norway . rhioh he left shortly before Christmas 01 ^ -a expedition into the mountains. B B ?ED CROSS TO AID ARMENIANS. j I m Clara Barton Sail* on Her BrraoA of fl Mercy. HH ?he American Line steamer New York Uittj rpier, New forlc City, flying the fi?d Ckmb< ' jfl S from her mainmast,-and bearing Hies ira Barton and her company of helpers on, s flret stage of their Journey to Oongantt pie, for the purpose of aiding tho at#* BBB ssed Armenians. The party sailing con- flHI ted of Miss Barton, Preeldeuof. the ?nal Red Cross Soelaty; Dr; 2.,-B. Hubbefl^; . neral field agent; George H. Pullman,'tMlse irton's secretary; Miss Luoy Grates, seen rapher, and Ernest Mason. Interpreter. . M urea Mini nmmK. Hi rhe proposed route of Miss Barton and, r party is to London,then Paris. Geneva,] den-Baden, Vienna and then to Oonstanti pie. This trip will probablyocoupy about; roe weeks. She will confer with ihe Brit- . i, French and Gorman Bed Gross Societies I d with the International Society in Gene, vHth regard to 'cooperation with the neri'can society. On reaching Constantinople Miss Barton 11 make an appeal to the Saltan through}- fl| a American Minister for help in her work1, mercy. Port stations for the work will be MOt :ablished at Alexandretta, on the Mediter- J^H uean, and Trebizonde ana Saesoum on the > 'j^H ack Sea. ' I Should the possibilities for relief work be.' HH and to warrant It Hiss Barton will oable , r several active members of the Bed Cross clety, as well as six trained nucm. . PRINCE HENRY DIES OF FEVER. leen Victoria's Son-ln-Law Ixphw : While on the Aahantee Expedition. 8 Prince'Henry of Battenberg husband of oB laen Victoria's ninth child and youngest ughter, Princess Beatrice, who was taken while accompanying the British ezpedf- flfl >n against the Ashantees, died of coast Far on hta return voyage from Oape Coast istle to Sierra Leone. His death occurred . l the British cruiser Blonde. The Blonde> " it Into Siena Leone, and. the news/of his ath was Immediately eabled to the BH ieen and Princess Beatrice at Osborne, j^B id also to the Admiralty and the ar Office. The Queen was ;intenaaIy ag^t ''^H ted upon the receipt of the news, and ^B lncess Beatrice le almost crazed lef. The Queen's review of the flying IB uadron off the Isle of Wight, has aow been . j^B andoned In consequence of Prince B 3nry's death. AU the warahlpe ^B the Solent, the royal yachts and e club house of the Royal Ya&it [uadron pat tholr flags ft, half-mast as a ^B irk of respect to the memory of Prince B anry, ana flags were half-masted nponV^^BB iblic and private bnlldlngs In London and! L of the great towns, In whloh the churohj BB lis were tolled when the news of Prince anry's death was received. At the de&r$ |^B the Queen Mr. George J. Goschen, First BP )rd of the Admiralty, has cabled instrttc)ns to Commander Henry Bfc. 0. Feetlng, mmandlng the British cruiser Blond?, to '^^B Ing the body of Prince Henry to England th the least possible delay. ^^9 Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg was ^Bl son of Prinoe Alexander of Battenberg IB [esse) and the Countess von Lauck, fl^B .ughter of a xormer rouso jubuhot ui a r, who wras raised to the rank of Princess I i her morganatic marriage with the ruler Hesse. He was born October 5, 1858. d married July 23, 1885, Princess Beaice Mary Victoria Fedora, the ninth and,. fucgest child of Queen Victoria. On (he .y of his marriage he received the rank o( ,IH| loyal Highness" by letters patent from the e Isle of Wight and o^Cartebrooke Castle,d, although not really an officer of the H gular army of Great Britain, he was indi- . ted as a Colonel in tho army list. la ivember last Prince' Henry joined 9 British Ashantee expedition in a special' . paoity and sailed on December 7. Colonel: r Francis Scott, commanding the expe&f- :HH >n. appointed him. his military secretary.; B the early part of January he was attacked'. BH| tli swamp fever at Nytsa and returned' HH Cape Coast Castle In charge of? surgeon, though It was announced that illness was not serious. Prince >nry was a younger brother of the) : ^B| e Alexander of Battenberg, some nn PrinM of Bulgaria. The Prinoe's pod a at the English court was an tmcomfortle. In some respects pernaps a painful' e. Like tbe late Prince Consort, whose pularity in England was wholly posthu- ^H| )os, he was regarded with little favor on :ount of his Nationality, his relatively Inlor rank and his lack of wealth. Hfl MISSISSIPPI'S NEW GOVERNOR. j ; B -Senator SIcLaurin Inaugurated at -H Jackson. , Ten thousand people witnessed the inauffitiou of Governor MoLauzin, at Jackson, es. Twenty-two companies of the Missis- Bj pi National Guard were in attendance. Ha OOVEBJfOK Sl'lABIX. e address of welcome was delivered by lyor Clifton, and the new Governor spoke the multitude from a platform in front of . i Capitol. Chief Justice Cooper adminised the oath of offlje in th? House of Bepentatives. Prominent People. inuiulflr nf fho'Truiwvnfll J I. titiLiicaim, VLIV miwuvk ^ commonly known as "Dr. Jim" in that intry. Jecil Rhode's friends say that he will ,-er ba sutislled until he is the President of taitei South Africa. & I. Bourgeois. France's Premier, is an ateur sculptor of considerable talent, and nds much of his leisure time in model^he new Russian Ambassador to the United tes, M. Kotzebue. is of German stock, and i spent a period of service in the Russian 7ir Augustus Hemming, the new Governor British Guiana, though flfty-four years , is an active cricketer, plnyinx with the ognitl (?lub oji ifs apgugl tou^a, . ^