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r CBBnFBEMmHTED" Cameron's Resolution to Recognize the i Island's Independence Approved. ] THE SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES, Uoanlmom Decision to Report in Favor of the Passage of a Joint Resolution to Recognize the Independence of the Cuban Repnblio>~Action of the Sen* ate Foreign Relations Committee. Tk n CRnom'on ?Th A Son ate Comtnittee on Foreign Relations by a practically unanimous vote ordered a favorable report to be made to the Senate on the Cameron resolution recognizing the independence of the Republic of Cuba. A verbal ohange was made in the tert of the resolution, so that, as Anally agreed upon, it reads as follows: "Resolved, That the independence of the Republic of Cuba be, and the same is hereby acknowledged, by the United States of America. "Section 2. That the United States will use Its friendly offloes with the Government of 1 Spain to bring to a close the war between c Spaia and Cuba." Secretary Olney, w%o had been requested j to appear before the committee by Senator c Sherman, was present for one hour, and laid t before the committee all of the information c In the possession of the State Department. He stated to the committee very fully the policy of the Administration and the reasons that actuated it In its present attitude toward . the insurrection in Cuba. No member of the committee is willing to make any statement as to what Mr. Olney said, each one looking udou his statement as . w 1 *LAO OT THI CUBAN REPUBLIC. a confidential matter between the Secretary ^ and the committee. Safflolent la known, however, to show that Mr. Olney laid before f the oommittee the Information received from Consul-General Lee and other sources that t has been steadfastly kept from the general ? public. Mr. Olney also declined to give the t press any particulars of the conference. t Mr. Olney's argument did not appear to ti have much weight with the committee, if it was against the passage of the resolution, o for immediately upon his withdrawal the t resolution was laid before the committee for action. There was no yea and nay vote, but b the resolution was agreed to without a dis- o sentinsr voice. n The only point of difference was as to e whether the action of the oommittee should be made publio immediately or withheld for three <tay?. On** Senator thought action of any sort should be postponed until after the holidays, but the will of the majority pre- 5 vailed that tbere was practical unanimity in the vote. Senators Gray and Daniel were both absent, but it is said that both of them are favorable to the action taken by the P committee. q fanntnr flameron was instructed to nrft pare the report that will be submitted to'the v Senate. As a matter ot fact, the report was 3' -written and was submitted to the committee ^ Friday morning. b It is looked upon as an exceedingly strong c document, and goes into the diplomatic his- a tory of the United St-tes very fully to show our.policy in the matter of recognizing new r' Utntoa W Some few additions and alterations were d suggested by other members of the commit- a tee, but the report as drawn by the Senator c is practically complete. * ti , EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND. a n The Moit Violent tbe Chantry Ha* Ever 3 Experienced. LorooN, England (By Cable).?An earth- li quake, the most violent ever experienced In ? this country, has shaken every shire from e Durham to Surrey and from London to the B Welsh const. The disturbance was first 1 . noticed at about 5.30 Thursday morning. It b laaied from four to thirty seconds, and at n many points two distinct shocks were ex- d perienced. Houses were violently shaken, beds moved from their places, doors forced open and furniture overturned. ti Telesrams from all quarters concur in the a statement that the first sboolc was of thirty seconds' duration and whs followed by a loud rumbling sound and minor tremblings of the earth. The second shock was shorter, y but more severe. Many people in Windsor, Cheltenham and other place) rushed out of their houses, but no one was hurt. The oathcdral at Hereford was damaged some- s< what, but no other serious damage Is reported, The aroa of the seismic disturbances was unusually wide, extending hundreds of t< miles, from Lon ion north to Lincoln, thence c west to Lancashire, south through Wales to Taunton and southeast to Southampton, C over 200 towns and villages being affected, a There were, however, no fatalities except in t? the case of the womau who died from fright at Hereford. v At Bndgenorth, near ShrewsDury, the b streets seemed to be on fire, and there was a s violent report, accompanied by eerthshak- f< Jng. f( , o h PROFESSOR HERRMANN DEAD. i i 1 The Magician Saccumbs to Heart Disease on a Professional Tonr. 1 Alexander Herrmann, the magician, died a few mornings ago in his private car at * Great Valley, six miles from Salamanca, N I ^ Y. His car was attached to a Buffalo. Boch- ' f ester.and Pittsburc train, and he was on his . , way to Bradford, Penn. Thejoar was cut off i the train nt Salumanca, and tho body for- j r warded to New York. j Herrmann had just completed an engage- c ment at the Lyceum, in Rochester, and had 9 been later entertained at the Genesee Valley I Club by a number of his friends. Death was " oauaed by heart disease. He was about fifty- 1 iflve years of age. s j 1 rL Dairying: an Iramensr Interest. s *' ~rb?~<Jcllry prodrugs of the country last t year were worm $450,000,000. \ Valuable Casino Burned. The Casino Building and the bridge which spanned Four Mile Bun at the main entrance < toSchenlev Park, Oakland, Penn., were de- ( Btroyed by fire. The Casino Building and | contents represent an investment of about < $540,000. The insurance does not exceed ] (50,000. The park bridge was a temporary itructure which cost about $60,000. Queen Compliments Weyler. Queen Bfijcent of Spain sent a dispatch H0B|]Sg^ nernl Weylt^kompllmenting him upon i KSSH^mn^kult of his ^Hkoign. irI . BMa^MHBjj^WMBMjB^MH|B^^?o-operatiTe years1 ^a DECORATES A FRENCHMAN. M. Roax Aooepts ?n Honor From Gtrmu] Contrary to the Cnatom. Emperor William has conferred a decoration on M. Roux, of Paris, the suooeceor ol fhe late M. Pasteur, the distinguished chem1st, and, contrary to the precedent in th< matter of German decorations when con DS. KOUX. erred upon Frenchmen, M. Eoux ha3 ac:eoted the honor. It was said lost year that the German Em>eror had sounded M. Pasteur as to his ac:eptance of the German Order of Merit, and hat &L Pasteur refused to accept the honor, leclaring that he would never forget 1870. CONDEMNS PASSES. interstate Commerce Commission Report Call's Ticket Brokerage a Scandal. The Interstate Commerce Commission nade its tenth annual report to Congress. It c 11 varv vnlnmlnmia affair. Referring to ticket brokerage, the report >ays: This illegitimate traffic has become a jositive scandal, and decisive measures ihouid be taken to put an end to these 11egal transactions. The Commission recomnends that it be made a penal offense for iny person to engage in the business of sellnsc interstate passenger tickets unless he is in authorized agent of the carrier, duly conitituted as such by written agreement. "Complimentary passes" are condemned, tnd it is suggested that the Renal provisions >f the statute should be made to apply to all :ases but those excepted in the statute. Nine other amendments to the law are tsked for, among them being: To make railroad corporations liable to Inlictments for offenses against the statute, as veil as their officers, agents and employes. To require the carriers to adopt a uniform reignt classification. To make the rate sheets, reports and conraota of carriers on file with the Commission, y express provision in the statute,competent estimony and prima facie evidence of what hey purport to be in all proceedings before he Commission or in the courts. To permit the Commission to appoint speial agent* with the authority to inquire into he business management of carriers. To provide for the interohansce of trafilc etween connecting roads ana the continnus carriage of freights from point of shiplent to place of destination, as contemplate d by Sections 3 and 7 of the aot. THE TEXAS ALL RIGHT. ecretary Herbert Defends the Cnforlunate Battleship. The Navy Department, Washington, made mblio the findings of the court of inuiry which investigated the faota connected rith the sinking of the United States battletiip Texas in dry dook at the Brooklyn Navy ard reoently. In addition Secretary Her* ert gave oat a statement redtlng the" critiisms that have been passed upon the ship nd answering them in detail. In substance he says that the vessel repcsentod the best accepted type when she ras designed; that the Texas has no more efects than are inherent in all new ships, nd that other vessels of our navy which he ites are quite as muoh in need of changes, [though they have not been so unluckv, hat she has suffered from surreptitious ?t?cks by naval officers, which must cease, nd that Capttfins Evans and Glass proounce the Texas the b&st sea boat of the luadron. The oourt of inquiry found that the vessel ank because of a flaw in a valve-yoke oastig, which broke and let in the water, and tint no one was to blame. Secretary Herbert, AmA?of flriria ihnf iKflra Wfla ftQQnAflft xhibite^ by Chl??f Engineer Farmer, of the few York Navy Yard, and Chief Engineer foore, of the Texas, in not putting In a lank flange when the valve was disconected. but no further proceedings are orered. In the House Mr. Bailey (Dem., Texas) sked consideration of a resolution to invessrate the Texas. It was referred without ction. KILLED FATHER AND SONS. [ob Law Applied to Three Men at Km ellvlUe, Ky. "Dink" aud "Arch" Proctor, father and in, wore taken from jail at 2 o'clock a. m., t Rassellville, Kv., and hanced to a oedar ree just outside the town, and "Bill" Proo>r, another son, was shot and killed in his ell. "Arch" Proctor killed Aaron and "Doc" Irafton at Adairville, October 24. "Bill" nd "Dink" were charged with conspiring d have the Craftons killed. "Bill" Proctor was one of the four who rero charged with hanging "Ed" Trauffher, about two years ago. He had killed everal meu, and had been tried four times or his life, but always escaped, and this act caused the mob to take the law into its wn hands in the present case. AN EDITOR ASSASSINATED. riioactit to uave Been snot oy a uanjj tie Had Denonnced, John J. Thornton. associate editor of the Jlay County Advance, published at Ashland, Lla., was assassinated at his home in that own. He was surrounded Dy his family, his aother being among the number. It was ust after supper, and he took up his manlolin and was playing, when a load of buckhot came crashing through the window and tenetrated the baok of his head. Death was ilmost instantaneous. Thornton had only eoemly moved to the town and had no perjonal enemies, but his connection with the Advance was signalized by its initiation of a isries of articles denouncing certain lawless fangs, and it is thought his assassination was >y order of ono of these gangs, the murderer >eing selected by lot. New Swiss President. The Federal Assembly at Berne oleoted Dr. Vdolph Deucher President of the Swiss Confederation for 18D7, and Mr. E. Raffy, the present Minister of the Interior, Vice-Presiient. Dr. Deucher was Vice-President for 1896. Galveston's Conrt House B:irned. The Galveston (Texas) County Couri House was completely gutted by Are. The fire was discovered shottly bofore ml lnlght. Only the walls of the e.iiflce are standing. All the records were saved. Prominent People. Governor-elect Steuenbergcr, of Idaho, never wears a collar. The Prince of Wales is said to have killed 1600 rabbits recently in a single hunt. Cardinal Hohenlohe is tho one hundred and fifteenth Cardinal to die since Leo XIII became Pope. tabord Salisbury congratulated the Spanlsb |Hhusa<lor in London on the report ol Maceo's death. that Li Huns Chang has baen for going into one of the royal without a permit. that John D. Rockefeller to invest $10,000,000 in EK9gBg9B|^hy'o with which to tight NEW NATION RECOGNIZED f tnvoy From the Greater Central j American Republic Received. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Cleveland Welcome* Minister Rodrleuei? Expresses Pleasure on Union of Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua?Says That He Hopes Guatemala and Costa Rica Will Join the Confederation. Washington, D. C. (Special).?President Cleveland Wednesday afternoon, in a signlflnow? Uitui ayocuu, lUliJLIUirjr Ui,iOU iuv L?wn Greater Republic of Central America, composed of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, by receiving in the East Room of the Executive Mansion the Envoy of the Diet of the new Government, J. D. Rodriguez, who was accompanied by his Secretary of Legation, Luis F. Corea, and his attache, J. D. Rodriguez, Jr. Secretary Olnoy presented the Central Americans, who wore full evening dress. Minister Rodriguez: was in Washington ten years ago as ag^nt for Nicaragua in a boundary dispute with Costa Rica, which the President decided as arbitrator. The delay in receiving Dr. Rodriguez wiudue to a desire on the part of the President to know what the nature of the confederacy was, and whether it was of such character as to justify the reception of nn envoy to represent all three republics, and whether the recognition thus established would in any way affect the status of the Nicaragua canal concession. Dr. Rodriquez sfiid to the President that ftrautof Ronnhli'p in CAmUnff him to Washington, instructed him to give assurances to the United States that the Greater Republic of Central America entertains the same sentiments of cordial good will l:ow.ird this oountry that had always teen held by the three Governments composing the new Republic. The President, in reply, spoke as follows: "Mr. Minister: I take pleasure in recognizing, in the name of the United States of America, the Greater Republic of Central America, constituted pursuant to stipulations of the treaty of Amapala of June 20, 1895, between the republics of Honduras, Nicara qua and Salvador and in entering into diplomatic relations therewith. 8uch recognition is given andsuch relations entered upon in the distinct understanding that the responsibility of each of these republics to the Uniied States of America remains wholly unaffected. "I discern in the articles of association from whl-h the Diet derives its powers a step toward a closer union o? Central American States in the interest oi' their common defence and general welfare, and I welcome it as the precursor of other steps to be taken in the same direction, and which it is hoped may eventually result in the consolidation of all the States of Central America as one Nation for all the purposes of their foreign relations and Intercourse. "To you individually I extend a cordial greeting, both personal and official, and I trust that your renewed residence at the capital of this country, where you formerly held an important mission, will be as ajfreeable in its personal relations as I believe it will be useful and pro il table for the countries you_represent, between <>ach of which ana tne united states nas aiways eixibiea and it is hoped will always exist the closest ties of friendship." The President's expressed Jaopethat the new republic would soon include Costa Rica and Guatemala.the t wo richest and mo3l progressive of the Isthmian countries,is expected to have considerable weight in expediting their adherence to the new arrangem )nt. The Governments ot both countries are favorably disposed towards the anion, but are prevented by their Constitutions from joinluce it without the full approval of their Legislatures, which will probably be secured in a few months. The Diet of the new Greater Republic, which met in Amapala, Salvador, last June, and remains there a year, will be transferred to the capital of one of the ether countries next June, and in turn to the capital of each of the others for a year. It has exclusive control ot the foreign relations of its members and questions arising between them. Its Constitution provides for dropDlngthe word "Greater" from its title when joined by Gautemala and Costa Rica. The tie which now binds the three republics is as yet slender and weak, but statesmen of alt three countries look upon it as a link yet to be forged into a still stronger federal union, 'which it is hoped will embrace Costa Rica and Guatemala and reestablish the union which lasted from 1823 to 1839. The numerous railroiils now built And building through the several States, the greatly Increased facilities ol coast communication by steam navigation, the great increase in foreign capital invested, and the growing pressure from Mexico on the north and Colombia on the south have been making the neoessity for the re-establishment of the union more and more impressive. POWERS WILL USE FORCE. IT the Sultan Longer Delay* the Reformi Coercion Will Be U?e<l. The Ambassadors accredited to the Porte at Constantinople, Turkey, have received instructions from their respective Governments to act in concert in submitting fresh proposals for reforms in the Ottoman Empire. All of the diplomats, including II. Nelidoff, the Russian Ambassador, are authorized to resort to coercive measures if the Sultan should be dilatory in enforcing the reforms. Train Held Up in llitiMinrl. The St. Louis Express, on the Chicago and Alton Road, was held up at Blue Cut, near Independence, Mo. The robbers cut the engine, baggage and express car off the train ana starcea down ire true* wim it. a special train, bearing a party of railroad officials and detectives, left Union Station, Kansas City, shortly before midnight for Independence. The acpne of the "hold-up" is Blue Cut, where a train was "held up" less tnan two months ago. Great Rabbit Hunt in Col<arA(lo. The fifth annual rabbit hunt has taken plaofc at Lamar, Col. One hundred hunters took part and 4397 rabbits were killed. The annual hunt was organized by !R?v. Thomas A. Uzzell, of Denvor, to whom the game is given for distribution among the poor of the city. Fireman Turns Monk. Daniel Kelly, oncaa volunteer fireman in New York City, who disappeared more than thirty years aco, was found by an old friend in St. Michael's Monastery, West: Hoboken, N. J., where he Is a monk. Launch of a Gunboat. Tho gunboat Annapolis, the latest addition to the United States Navy, took tier maiden dip in the water ofT the Crescent shipyard, Elizabeth, N. J. She was christened by Miss Georgiana Porter, a grand-daughter of Admiral Porter. The Annapolis is one of the six composite gunboats authorized by Congress on July 14, 1895. Of this class three other vessels* the Marietta, the Vicksburg, and the Newport, have been launched Money in Canal*. There are twenty-nine canals in this coun.ry that cost over $1,000,000. l'romlnent I'eople. , , Li Hung Chaog will write a book on i America. Tho Prinoe of Wales is a determined upholder of English made goods. A memorial to the late Rohert Louis Stevenson is to bo erected in Edingburgh. Prince Bogidar KarageorRPvilch, who in! tertsted Paris Dy his lavish display of wealth and by his proileienoy as a musician and connoisseur of paintinsjs. has left Paris for a year's exploration in India. Tt^fcrl of JDunraven, descendant of two Celt^Kngs. is enter.aining tho Viceroy of 'ireh^Vio Ad'ire Manor, his ancestral home. The Jansion in celebrated for its picture gallery, which is 182 feet long. I . I MACEO'S SUCCESSOR. Gtaneiral Rivera Now Commands Hi* Pliiar (lei Bio Army* General Juan Ruis Rivera, who has boen appointed to succeed General Antonio Maoeo Iq the command of the Cuban Insnrgont forces in the Province of Plnar del Rio, has achieved military reputation scarcely second to tbr.t ol ills lato oniertain. no m u voioruu of thd ten yenre' war in Caba, and Is a waim Eersonal friend of Commander-in-Chief [aximo Gomez. He enjoyed Maceo's confidence and eeteam. GENERAL JUAN EUI8 RrVEBA. (The Cuban Insurgent General^ who, it is said, has succeeded Maceo.) The new commander In the Province o* Pinar del Bio was born on the Island o' Porto Rico In 1847. His parents were Spanish and wealthy and he was ednoated .in Spain, but at the outbreak of Cuba's fs.mous utrugKle for freedom, in 1868, known as the "Ten Tears' War," young Rivera gave his services to the revolutionists and fought with distinction to the close of the war. Ho was seoond In command to Maoeo, and is admired And loved by the Cuban patriots. He refused to accept the surrender in 1878, and gave his machete to a friend, telling him to keep it until It should be necoessary to ctraw it again In Cuba's cause. THE TURKISH MASSACRES. Fifty Thousand Armenian Children Under 12 Yean or Age Made Orphans. Fifty thousand Armenian children under twelve years of age made orphans by the Turkish massacres is the official estimate received at the Stato Department, Washington, da.?Va1u ?f iruiu cau^u oiwwi vumui uoi^uvuo & ?. uu?roam. In a report received froin the Consul, dated November 21, he says: "The question of what ahali bs done with these orphans is receiving the attention of > the Christian 'world. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions is giving the matter serious thought. An far , is I am aware the board has foirmu'.atod no general plan of relief, although the question of creating orphanages, clothing factories, ! ?nd industrial institutions is under consid iration. German charitable or relig ious so| sieties are preparing to establish industrial ; orphan asylums at Oorpha, Cesaiea, and elsewhere, aud the Eaiserswerth Deicon esses of | Germany have made provision for r* oelving Armenlaa orphans at Smyrna, and thirty have been sent there from here. The British ftnvarnmAnt nr Hn Amh?L<wsdor ilt Conatlin tinople, has initiated a movement let dins toward settling a number of vridows and their children on the Island of Cyprus, more Barticularly, at present at least; 1 hose witliln le province of Erzeroura, whioh number in the olties of Erzeroum. Ereingan, and Batbourt 2049, who are without mea ab ?.n<f are reoiptents of relief. In Erzeroum ttaerr nn=> 180 widows, with 700 children; in Erslxran 100 widows, with 450 children, (ind lit B?ibourt 119 widows and 500 children, "The widows at Belbourt are in particularly distressing olroumstanoes, not a male major remaining. " ST. PAUL BANKS CLOSED. Bank of Minnesota and Tito ol' Its Branches fall. | State Bank Examiner Kenyo a took possession of the Bank of Minnesota at St Paul, Minn., and as a result of the closing of this bank, the Union Stook Yards Bank and the South St. Paul Bank suspended. The Bank of Minnesota was the oldust bank in 8t. Paul. It was established by DawBon & Co. in 1859. The ether banks cleared through the Bank of Minnesota, and their closing followed as a matter of course. The failure was caused by the bank's inability to make collections on which it had depended to meet obligations due at tbls lime. | The average deposits of 'the Union Stock | Yards Bank of 8outn St. 'Paul ara 1695,000, the capital 925.0G0, ana me average loan* ind discounts $90,000. Killed In a Wreck. Iq the oolllsion of a passenger and freight :rain on the Erie tracks, In Hackenfia.ok tfeadows. New Jersey. John W. Bogert, an Bngtneer. and Hugh G. Hallook, a fireman, were killed, and many New Jersey commuters and holiday shoppers badly shaken ap. The accident occurred at 7.40 o'clock, lust east of Borry's Creek, seven milos wost bf Jersey City and two and one-halt miles >ast of Butherford. Counterfeiting: In Prison. Warden J. W. French, of the United States Penitentiary at Fcrt Leavenworth, Ean., has lisoovered that five convlots, four of thorn tent In tor counterfeiting, were at work making spurious $5 bills. The leader of the Kaag nras J. C. McKlbben, the prison photographer, harden Frenoh secured written confessions !rom all Implicated, and the convicts will be rled fcr counterfeiting. The Exodus From Havann. In consequence of the exodus from Havam iue to the severe measure adopted by Woyier against all Cubans who sympathize di reotly or indirectly with the insurgents and j the increased demands for transportation :he Southern Pacific has been compelled tc place another of its vessels in service be ween Now Orleans, La., and Havana. Train Robbers in Alabama. Two highwaymen held up a went bound Southern Railway passenger train near Bry> wt Station, twenty-five milts west of Bir ninght.m, Ala., and escaped with i% l.'irgi imoun" or money. Deputies with do;.;B wen' o the rcene. An Interacting Experiment. An Interesting experiment In reform vrork among criminals is being tried in tho Tcmbj Prison in New York City, where a sohool foi Ihe boys has been started, in charge o 1 i teacher from the University 3etti"meiit. At hour and a hair a day 19 given to the acb.oo' 'uties. Close Election Contents. The closest contest for any office at tho re ;ent election was over the State Treasurer(hip in South Dakota. The Republican candidate won It by a majority of two votes in a otal poll of more than U0,000. Cycling Notes. At a recent bioycle exhibition in Londoi 2500 different wheols were on view. Maine farmers take buuer, ejfgs, and other produots to market on their bicycles. The advocates of the chMn insert that the experience of riders bears out their contention that less driving power is needed with chains th in with chainloss bicycles to produce the same momentum. The riders are sliy of committintr themselves. . In cleaning a wheel a tooth brush Is an exceedintfly bandy article, particularly for cleaning the teeth of the two sprocket wheels. It is also specially valuable for cileaning around the butts of tho spokes on the rims. It is weH in using it foe those two purposes to moisten the brush with some nickel polish. \ " DLMTOMCDBAHAFFMBS"" Says the Power to Recognize the ] Republic Rests iri the Executive. ????? OEPRECATESSENATE RESOLUTION The Secretary of State Contends That Cleveland Will Not Obey the Senate's J Withes Concerning: Cuba -? Sajrs the President Is Outside Congressional Control In Matters Kelatlnj to Belligerency Washington, D. C. (Special).?A. new and overshadowing phase waj given to the Cuban question by Secretary of State Olney's formal declaration, to the effect that even If the Cameron .resolution resogniaing the Independence of Cnba shonld be passed by both houses of Congress over the President's veto It would not be operative as a law of the land, and hence not binding on the Ex- ' ecutive, but would be simply an expression ( of Congressional sentiment and "Important I only as advice voluntarily tendered to tho Exeoutive." 1 Secretary Olney's contention is that the power to recognize the independence of Cuba , is under the Constitution solely an Executive i prerogative whose exercise rests exclusively with the President, and hence does not come 1 wittyn the province of Congtoas. Secretary Olney, being asked his opinion as to the nature and effect of the proposed resolution recognizing the independence of the republic of Cuba, said: < ' J havo no objection to stating my own view of the resolution respecting the independence of the so-called lepublic of Cuba, which it is reported is to be laid before the Senate on Monday. "Indeed, as there are likely to be serious < misapprehensions regarding suoh resolution, ( both in this country and abroad, and as such , apprehensions may havft Injurious results of a grave character, it ig, perhaps, my duty to point out that the resolution, if passed by the "( Senate, can probably be regarded only as an expression of opinion by the eminent gentlemen who vote for it fn the Senate, and if J passed by the Honse of Representatives can < onlv be regarded as another expression of ' opinion by the eminent gentlemen who vote for it in the House. "The power to recognize the so-called republic of Cuba as an independent State rests exclusively with the Executive. A resolution on the subject by the Senate or by the House, or by both bodies or by one, whether concurrent or joint, is inoperative as legislation, and is important only as advice of great weight voluntarily tendered to thoExecutive regarding the manner in which he shall exercise his constlatlonal function!*. 'The operation and effect of the proposed resolution, therefore, even if passed by both houses of Congress by a two-thirds vote,' are perfectly plain. It may raise expectations In some quarters which can never be realized. It may Inflame popular passions, both in this country and elsewhere, may thus put in peril the lives and property of American citizens who are resident and traveling abroad, and will certainly obstruct and per imps uuuwi nitJ uvai ouurw ui luia vjuvcfu- * ment to afford such citizens due protection. "But except in these ways,and unless the \ advice embodied in the resolution shall lend < the executive to revise conclusions already j reached and officially declared, the resolutions will be without effect and will leave t unalterrea the attitude of this Government t toward the two contending parties in Cuba." Mr. Olney's statement has given rise to a marked difference of opinion among public J men and constitutional lawyers. While ? some agree with Secretary Olney. ? many, others stoutly maintain that 1 though the President bos the power to reoognize the independence of a Cuba, suoh power is not exclusive in him, c but may also be exercisud by Congress, ana q that if Congress should pass the Cameron "s resolution over on Executive veto it would i' become a Jaw, which the President would be c ' constitutionally bound to obey and to en- t foroe. It is a vital question of Executive prerog- j ative, and Secretary Olney's statement c leaves little room for doubt that if forced j to an issue by Congressional action it may lead to a serious oonfliot between tne Presi- ? dent and Congress and thus add a new } phase to the Cuban situation. :? 1 MADRID IS INDIGNANT. J b Press and People Violently Resent the C Acaon on vaiueron s iv?Boiuuoa. ^ The excitement in Madrid and elsewhere 3 in Spain caused by the receipt of the news of the action of the Foreign Relations Committee of the American Senate in deciding to report in favor of the independence of Caba was intense. A wave of popular indignation swept over the whole country, and the bitter feeling against the United States has been greatly intensified. There is no denying the fact that popular feeling <s in favor of boldly de{ fylng the United States and notifying the American Government that Cuba will be retained by Spain if it takes her last dollar and the last man to uphold her sovereignty. i FIRE DESTROYS A FAMILY. Father, Mother and Three Children Perish in Flames. A family of Ave persons?father, mother and three little children?were burned to death In a fire, which also destroyed their home, a four-story brown stone dwelling, overlooking East River at No. 514 East Fiftyeighth street, New York City. The dead are: Aaron Goldsmith,forty-flve years old, father; Eotilda Goldsmith, thirty-three years old, i mother; Bertha Goldsmith, ten years old, daughter; Harry Goldsmith, eight years old, nnn- Frnnk Goldsmith, six vears old. son. , The fire had Rained a great headway , before the engines began to arrive/ and e it was plain that nothing could be saved. The firemen were told that the Goldsmith . family were Inside of the budding and in danger of being burned to death. As soon as an entrance could be forced through the flames and blinding smoke several firemen entered the first story and 3 were horrified to distinguish the outlines of ^ the five members of the family in various ^ parts of the front room. The clo?blng was 1 almost entirely burned from their charred s bodies. ' TM fire ftad its origin in the overturning < of a tall piano lamp, which one of the chil- f dren in play must have falleu against. The c Goldsmith family, whi'-h was on*) of consld- s erable means, owned and occupied the residence alone. r The only other person in ?he house at the ^ time of the tire was Mary Rosea, a domestic, t who saved her life by jumping out of a second j story window. She was uninjured. Carlisle Indians Win. The Carlisle Indian Football team defeated the University of Wisconsin team in the Coliseum, Chicago, under electric lights una In the presence of 8000 persons. The score wns: Carlislo, 18; Wisconsin, 8. This was t Wisconsin's first defeat this season. f Hall to Be In 1'enslon Office. r National Chairman Hanna has written to e Executive Chairman Bell, of the Inaugural Committee, a letter which means abandonment of the Congressional Library and the selection of the Pension Ofllce for the Mc- ' Kinley inaugural ball. Deficiency Bill Ueporteil. The Appropriation Committee reported to G the House an urgent deficiency bill. The *i measure provides for meeting the urgent de- 1 mauds of the Government, and is divided as follows: Contingent expenses, independent 2 treasury. $102,004; public building at Colum- c bus, Ga.,'$41)00; Navy Department, #700,000; Department of Justice, $51,721'; electoral ( mt'issengors, 8600; House of Representatives, $23,533. Total,.5381,862. j New Jersey I'oitotllce Ilobbod. Burglars blew open a safe in the Post- ' office at Cranford, N. J., and made oft with more than $2000 worth of stamps and other ' valuables. a THE NEWS EPITOMIZED1 i ? Wa?hlnct?B Itnu. Scott Wike, of Illinois, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has resigned, His resignation is now in the hands of the President, tc take effect at the President's pleasure. Congress adjourned for the holiday recess until January 5. The expected debate between Vest and Hill In the Senate on the Cuban question did not occur. The Navy Department ordered the officer! of the Brooklyn Navy Yard to have repairs on all war vessels completed by January 1. Charles Crisp, son of the deceased ex Speaker, was sworn In, and took his seat in the House. Sfr. Dingley, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that the keynote of the comincc tariff bill would be protection. It would be ready, he said, for consideration in the extra session of Congress. The President returned to the White House and attended church a little later with Mrs. Cleveland. He aDpeared much benefited by his outing, nnd brought baok a number ol rat ducks, which he caused to be distributed among the members of his Cabinet and bis personal friends. Later in the day Secretary Olney called at the Executive Mansion and had a brief consultation with the President. TVo Amorbon rvf T .ohn? changed Its headquarters from Indianapolis to Washington. Captain George Lemon, of Washington, died in Coronado, CaL Captain Lemon was a native of Onondaga County, New York, was nearly sixty years old and served during the war. He then ?ent into the Treasury Department, and later opened a pension 1200cy. He was the proprietor of the soldiers' paper, the National Tribune. The litigation over phonogmph patents has been settled. Edison concedes the fundamental nature of the gramaphone patents, and that they control the commerrial art of sound recording. His patents for improvements are acknowledged as valid. Oomeatle. William J. Bryan delivered the first of ft series of fifty lectures for which he is to receive $50,000 in Atlanta, Ga., to an audience ")f 4700 people. The Bank of West Superior, Wis., has :losed its doors, being embarrassed by the Chicago and St. Paul failures. -Mrs. J. SuDDle's sucar house, of Catherine Plantation, two miles from White Castle, uid one of the flnesi sugar houses in Louisiana, was destroyed by Are together with 3500 barrels of sugar. The sugar house cost 8140,000, and was insured for $50,000 and ;he sugar was worth 150,000. A mass meeting of Republican citizens was leld in Carnegie Hail, New York, to urge :he election of Joseph H. Choate to the Senite; the speakers were Edmund Wetmore, (Villiam Guthrie, Elihu Boot and General Swayne. The mob which lynched ,lJim" Stone in tfayfleld, Ky., applied the torch to several lives there, and "hot fighting followed, several being wounded. Two malting companies and a firm of conractors were added to the Iisi. of failures in Chicago, due to the suspension of the Na:ional Bank oi Illinois. The New England Society bad its annual llnner at the Waldorf, New York City, and Ior\ao>tKaa Kv T T Pkalno f hct Potf IQLVUVU IV OpVWUVO MJ XJ. X UVHj;o, kU'i &?U*| II. J. 8avai?e, Secretary Her{>ert, General Miles, and others. The bank of M. H. Baril.iti 4 Co.. 50 3Iuljery street. New York City?.faiied to open its loors, and Marcetlo H. Barilati, the pro* jrietor. is missing. M.-ijor McRinlev left Chicago and returned o his home in Canton, .Ohio,' much pleased ind benefited by his trip. The dairy owners of New York and New rnrseymet in New York City and decided >n a thorough organization. They declared he prices fixed by the wholesalers of the ililk Exchange ruinous. The closing of the Illinois National Bank, in institution which was considered the sec>nd strongest National bank in Chicago, [oiokly followed by the failure of three private banking-houses which did business with t, caused a flurry of excitement in financial ircles and led to runs_on several banks by imid depositors. Blask damp, following an explosion of gas d a Wilkesbarre (Penn.) coal mine imprlsmed twenty-seven miners for more than Ive hours. They were all rescued alive. A very large meeting was held In Cooper JniOD, New York. City, to urge the recogniion or Cuban independence. The United States revenue cutter Hugh IcCulloob, the queen of the revenue fleet, ras successfully launched at Cramps' shipard at Philadelphia. The vessel was named >v Miss Madge Shoemaker, daughter of Captain C. F. Shoemaker, Chief of the Revnun Cutter Service. 8everal officials of the ervice were in attendance. At Great Barrington, Mass., Jefferson Mckinley, a colored man 112 years old, died a ew days ago. He was born a stave in North Carolina, and he was valet to Governor Valker, of Louisiana. He came North in 863 with the Forty-ninth Massachusetts legiment, ior which he was clerk, and setled in Great Barrington. He' was indusrious, and accumulated a little property. James Louis Sheppard, the eleven-year-old loy who shot and killed Mary Falk, a servant, because she teased him_. had a prelim nary examination before the Recorder at C*al eston, l'exas,and was held in $1000 bonds to inswer the charge of murder before the Criminal District Court. The bond was jive by relatives and the the boy left the :ourt mom whistling. Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller have united for the manufacture of steel products. Rockefeller owns the Iron Mountain mines, and Carnegie the largest steel nills in America. Anton Benntng, a huckster, on returning tome at St. Louis, Mo., found the body of lis wife upon a,cot in one room and in an>ther that of his step-brother, Henry Kemnerling, both shot through the left temple, t is believed that Kemmerling was in love rith the woman and killed her. The National Bank of Illinois, one of the argest in Chicago, and of which George Ichneider is President, has fAiled. It had a >aid up capital of 81,000,000, and hae alpayBbeen supposed to be one of the strong(St. Three masked robbers entered Thomas ?nitr>n'c farmhouse, at Pine Plains. N. Y.. tnd, after overpowering him and his two listers, ransacked the place. Lincoln Baird anl Wliiiam Gailor, two roang men, had been enemies for some time. They mot at the mill nine miles from Knoxrille, Tenn.. and renewed the quarrel, which vaulted in a dnel. Both men fired several ihots and fell to the ground dead. A mob o' white men broke into the cabin >f George Finley, a colored man, near Mayleld, Ky.. and shot him. He died in five ninutesr William Haley, a white man, had iccused Finl*v of stealing corn. Morris ,SoL vc^fiolz, a convioted firebug, nade a statement in New York City that the and of which he was a member had started en fires in New York and Brooklyn between .890 and 189?. 8parks from a Christmas window show detroyed an entire business block in Elizabeth>ort, N. J. Forelarn Not#*. The new Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of all England was confirmed in jondonin spite of a protest against him beause he believes in evolution. A dispatch from Bangkok. 8iam. ani ninces that United States Vice Consul ueniral Kollett has been attacked and wounded ly a party of Siamese soldiers, who demand he release of a prisoner. G nerai Gomez announced that he will ] iestroy Cubau sugar mills which try to grind his winter. * Captain General Weyier, of Cuba.hasagain akon the field against the insurgents. Spain is still greatly oxcited over the Camiron resolution, ami it is reported that she las been preparing for war with this county for so me lime. The Sultan of Turkey granted amnesty to 000 Armenian prisoners and made further oncessions. Spain is prepaping for war with the "nited States if this country makes an ncive interference with the issue in Cuba. The taliau Radicals are in sympathy with the nsur^ents, and n resolution expressing it is o be introduced in the Chamber of Depuies. , Radical Republicans in Spain are preparng to stir up the provinces to revolutionary ction. IPIMfllliPiFIiB Secretary of tie Treasury Suggests Reform^ ^HKH ' TO STOP GOLD WITHDRASBH H Renewed Recommendation for ui urvoDuauikB~>iugu Gold oc Sllv?rliWT? ? hole for Partisan omy Washington, D. 0. (Special). /flport of Secretary of the Treasurj^ENHj^H Carlisle, which was transmitted Monday, deals extensively and ln'dHHIHflj the flnanoial situation. Mr. Carl^H|^^H marlzes the condition of the after reviewing his former reoomo^H^fl^H| for early and effective legislation ior tne retirement 01 iTeasury to say: "The maintenance of a poll? the burden of furnishing gold at expense to all who may demand' hoarding at home, or fM^ez^ct^BH^HH )\ i JOHN O. CAALtSXX ' ' ? ground of expedienoy or sound principle, and even If the perlod?(flH9^|H frequently recurring demands for go* B not weaken the foundations of odBM ourrenoy system, thus impairing confll and depressing business, It would nerepl^HJS leas be the duty of all who'are charged wH| H any degree of responsibility.for the adoptMHB| of proper financial methods to Ini^tsS naj M the reformation of our laws on this' "gubtaW atjthe earliest possible day.. ''The issue and redemption of oivctflat^HBB notes Is not a proper function of theury Department or any other depa^RH ment of tho Government. Wolle S Government has power to,. \borr^^B| money, it la not ils duty to. Israel obligations merely for the pnrpo?e oKj^^^^| vidinga paper currency lor the transaction of business, nor ha*/jHH the Constitutional power in my opinfyh make its promises legal tender in the payfl ment of private debts, such a policy, evtyU^H| sanctioned by the Constitution, instead imparting strength and stability to our curvHH reney system, seriously endangers it by tho^Hj introduction of political and partisan bov^H siderations into tne management of astibjwtMM whioh ought to be regulated entirely business Interests of the people and laws of trade and the priuotple9 whichM trol honest commercial intercourse." The Secretary refers to the peril 11 the entire financial system has been^^^l^Bfl by thi constant agitation of tbe cun^^^Nfl ? question una uuusi "liiuiuu um I utely certain way to remove this dell^^^B sad dangerous question from our jpagfl^HB^H tics and that Is to retire and oancef All attempts to hoard them permaad^BH^^H the Governaient must" fail, for' the on| reason that oar people will not conwn^^^^H taxed merely for the purpose; of aoctaH^HR ting and holding a large and useleii sfl in the Treasury. "Besides, the notes most be from circulation in order to be hoaefl^H^H ? - * ?? when wit 11(114WI1 iroill U11UUUU1UU be far more advantageous to the cancel them than to keep them on^HB^^H constant temptation to indulge in sary and extravagant expeadtturaH^Bjj^H "We must not be deluded into of security by the fact that there HqQBSD a suspension of gold withdrawals past few months and and a large HHH to our stock of gold from abroad same time,1' says the Secretary. points out that there is no suffiote^HHBH to believe that this condition of ajflHQ^H^H be permanent if our existing system tained. The Secretary holds that wlthput > HH matlon of our ourrenoy we cannoti^BKHfl rely upon permanent acoessioos to. of gold from abroad in settlement ofJHBHfl| balances in our favor. He refers to flH ommendation of last year?that the tary of the Treasury be authorized to^H^^B from time to time, bonds payable hQK and to exchange tnem for United notes and Treasury notes. . v fMHI 1-V i ' ?? - <1 ITT NEW APPROPRIATION It Provides ?31,067,809 for Le-lafl B Exec olive and Judicial KxpiM^HMH The Appropriations Committee co^fl H and dlreoted Mr. Bingham to repod^H^^HH House the Legislative, Executive dldal Appropriation bill for thca^^H^^K fiscal year. Th? bill carries an appropriation B H 667,869. Incident to the removalfl H library of Congress to the new liuiifl I Its care and management and that^B^^H building, provision is male forltff^^HBB and employes at an abrogate aanu^MH|^H| of $177,900. The salary of the LibiB|^HHB Increased from $4000 to $6000, and Assistant Librarian at $4000 is provi^^lW^ For the mfct at New Orleans theB| priations for wages of workmen and^^BaBB| era are reduced from $74,000 to $40.<^H8fl^B| for contingent expenses trom {10,000. For the mint at Philadel^^H^^H appropriations for wages of worki9^H^^U| adjusters are increased from $290,000, and for incidental and coatlA expenses are reduced from (65,000 to ; WgB To Purchase Brazilian Ba!lwi7j^HH The Krupp syndicate is arranging H|D abasetheBrazilian systemAl?sai(x&flH^HM will pay therefor $75,000,000. 3j Cuba in tlie Senate. ^HHKa Senator Cameron reported his Cuban lution. He moved that the rasoluii<M^H^Hfl report be laid on the table and print^HgBB said they would not be called up tuflHB the holiday recess. Messrs. Mor^^^^^^H Mills presented a supplemental repjHEflH^B Sill offered a resolution for the the belligerency of Cuba. Mr. a resolution setting forth the viow^^BBHH power of recognition is vested in and the President. England Buys Stuart's PortrdMHl^HB The British National Oaliery has puflB^^^H the portrait of Oilbert Stuart,'th<^^EH|^^H Washington's portrait, by himsefl^H^^B^H Minor ration. 1 ^|^HH One navy boan plant at Forest Qrovw^ra^^H gon, boro 514 bonus this season. ? Tbo makers of news papers have ftjVmed a^H trust and will deal with consuajflinj onl^HB through a selling agenoy. ft, - H Notwithstanding the recent ralns^he^HB^I don papers say the famine iu India by far the worst evet known. Detroit (Mich.) school childrenv^H^^^H cused, on request, from the school iu which the book of "Bible The death rate among the convictflg^^Bfl Alabama State Prison at BirmtM^^^B^H been running at the rate of 100 per annum.