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The Ohio Senator to Be McKinley's ! t
Secretary of State,
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The Aqjod Statesman Decides to Round
Out Hi* Public Life by Accepting a
Portfolio in the Next Cabinet ? His
Selection Authoritatively Announced?
Speculation an to His Successor.
Washington, D. C. (8pecial).? Senator
John Sherman, of Ohio, will be Secretary of
State after March 4 next. This statement is
made on indisputable authority. It is expected
that Mr. Sherman will go to Canton
as soon as possible to confer with the President-elect.
Senator Sherman has just
. intimated to Major McKinley that he is inclined
to accept the offloe, which it is understood
was practically offered him several
Vtojp
This determination on the part of Senator
Sherman to round out his caree r in public
life by serving four years as premier of the
incoming Administration will at once open
an animate ! discussion as to his successor.
Governor Bushnell, who will have to appoint
some one to serve during Senator Shorman's
unexpired term of two years, has given no
Indications of his intentions. The most
widely accepted opinion is that he will appoint
National Chairman M. A. Hanna, but
it is by no means certain he will do so. 0
Mr. Sherman has made a desperate effort a
to control the naming of his successor, but 8
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I 8F.NAT0B JOHN SHERMAN. P
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B Mr. Foraker, who is tho Republican leader a
I - in Ohio, will not consent to it. He may {]
B agree to the appointment of Mr. Hanna by
jf Governor Busbnell to All the unexpired %
r term of Mr. Sherman, but he has fore- ^
ordained that the Governor shall later be- ?
1 come his associate in the Senate.
SHERMAN'S CAREER.
The Ohio Senator'* Halt'-Centarj of Protnw/
iuence In i'olltlcg.
Washisqton, D. C.?John Sherman has
figured more or less prominently in American
politios for over half a century. Born
In Lancaster, Ohio, on May 10. 1823, he received
suoh schooling; only as Ohio supplied
at that early day, and at the ace of fourteen
became a surveyor's rod man. It was a political
appointment, and two years later he
lost it tnrough politics. Then he got a
rtlftrlrahin in nnA of the countv offices. Which
he kept for two or three years. In 1840 he
went to Mansfield to study law in the office
of his brothor, the late Charles T. Sherman.
On his twenty-first birthday he was admitted
tc the bar and was taken by his
brother as a partner.
John Sherman made his debut in politics
in 1844 as an orator in behalf of Clay's candidacy
for President. Since then he has
been successively Representative in Congress
r (first in 1854), United States Senator and
Secretary of the Treasury, retiring from the
Cabinet when President Hayos's term ex
pirea ana re-entering tne senate.
Besides this, Mr. Sherman nas boen promi- ol
nently before every National Republican Con- a
-? vention almost ever since the Civil War as a l
possible nominee. *He has desired the nomi- tc
nation and once or twice it seemed quite ti
probable that he would get it. He was very aj
rnear it in 1880. Again In 1888 he Ind great c<
hopes of winning the price, but it wont to 0
Harrison. S(
Senator Sherman is now nearly seventyfour
years old and can hope for no higher
earthly honors thau have already fallen to
Urn.
Senator Sherman was married on Decernh?p
81 ifilH ta Margaret flecllia Stewart, the
Ionly child of Judge Stewart, of Mansfield.
MINERS MEET DEATH. - 11
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A Croasheart Break*, Precipitatinc Them a
l)own a Shaft.
William L. Taylor, aged forty; Henry
Flynn, thirty-live; John Taylor, twentyfour,
-and Peter Tinco, a Pol.iader, aged
thirty, were inslautly killed, and Theodore
Fraunkenstein, aged sixtoeu, was fatally in'
jurod at the Philadelphia and Kea ling Coal
and Iron Company's new shaft at Wadesville,
Penn. They composed part of the day shlfr,
and stood on the rim of a bis iron
bucket to be lowered to the bottom of
the shaft, a distance of GOO feet. The rope
passed through a heavy crosshead made of
anyle iron, which served as its guide. On
[ account of the bitter cold weal nor. tae nrosshead
did not move when the l>ucket started
down tho shaft. After it had dose-ended
about 300 ieet the crosshead gave way, precipitating
the four men iind the boy to the
rocky surface below a distance of about 275
feet.* Th? bodies of the lour men were
horribly m:\ngled. Fraunkenstein died at
home. i
BIG FARM ABANDONED. [
Faaderbllt'a .Son.ln-L.aw Has Grown Tired
of Agricultural Life.
M. McK. i'woLibly. after having expended
over $1,500,000 on his farm of 701) acres in
thM viciuitv of Madison. N. J., has decide*'. |
?to closo it for an indefinite period. Tho
greater part of the land where the farm
buildings stand was a swamp when Mr.
Tw>mbly bought it. He has ditched the
place thoroughly, aud it i9 now one of the
finest farms in New Jersey. The stuble is ,
furnishe I with electric .Ights throughout, ,
and has accommodations for 200 horses. ,
Astor Distance* the Queen.
Willinm "Waldorf Astor has contributed
f 10,000 to the Indian Famine Fund opened 1
a few days ago in London, which now i i
reaches $210,000. Mr. Astor's is the largest I
subscription y?t tnaue. and it is not likely to 1
be equalled. At its side the Queen's ccn- I
tribution of $2500 seems small. '
Chicago'.* B:t?l TVater.
Chicago's drinking water from the Jake is
so bad that the Board of Health has threat- I
ened to cut it oft from the public schools if ,
the Board of Education does not quickly
/ take measures to filter or purify it.
Ten Thoii?niicl tor a K Us.
Emma May Bradish, of Ssranton. Penn.,
h&3 sued Siinford Grant, son of a banker, for
$10,000 damages for having kissed her.
Cycling Notet.
The year 1896 was a great season forbicyc'.e
inventors.
Gear cases are meeting with a small but
growing demand.
One of the developments in bicycling is the
increasing popularity of tandems.
In London a depot has been established
for the repairing of motor vehicles.
New York tailora do not now complain
about the bicycle as injuring their business,
for the making of bicycle clothes has become
pa industry in itself.
3RETENDER TO HAWAII'S THRONE.
rhe Princes* Kalnlanl is Sojourning la the
Itlauil of Jer*?y.
Prim-e?? Kaiulani, who would stfme day ba
he Queen ot the Sandwich Islands if the
epublieans over there would not insist on
coverning themselves, is now living in the
island of Jersey, and is grown up to be a
,-ery beautiful young woman. Every letter
PRINCESS KAJUL&NI.
f the name has its value?as is the rale with
11 Kanakan words?and as the vowels are
;iven the continental pronunciation the
'rincese' name when correctly spoken is
endered ns if it were spelled ' Kah-ee-oo-lahtee."
This young lady has many charms of
erson and mind. She is the daughter of the
'rincess Liki-Liki, who was the sister of
jiliuokalani and of the late Eing Kalakaua.
.'he Princess Liki-Liki is dead, and her
laughter is therefore the heir apparent to
tie throne at Honolulu which was broken
Sby the revolutionists a few years ago.
ir father, Mr. Cleghorn, an Englishman,
rhose home is in the. charming little island
t Jersey, near England, was once a resident
a the beautiful islands of the Pacific and
jved and married Liki-Liki. Hence, the
oung Princess is not a full-blooaed Kanaka,
ut she possesses enough of the color and
jatures of that race to make her much more
iteresting than a mere white Princess.
Phile she was in America Kaiulani was the
ecipient of many public honors. Ex-Queen
ill is now on a visit to her friends and relalons
in Boston.
LAURIER REFUSES KNIGHTHOOD.
'arorfl Canadian Independence and Declines
Gilts from tbe Queen.
British papers have been expressing surrise
that the name oT Hoa. Wilfred Laurier,
'rime Minister of Canada, did not appear
mong those knighted by Queen Victoria at
tie close of the year.
At Washington the reason why the Prime
linisterwasnot knighted is well understood,
[uch political interest attaches to it. Mr.
.aurier was offered knighthood at the close
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HOK. WILFBKD LAURIKR.
(The Canadiaa Premior.)
E the year and declined it. He did so with
clearly defined purpose. The head of the
iberal Darty of Canada is looking forward
> the time, which he believes is not far disint,
when Canada will, in a dignified way.
3k her independence of Great Britain. He
sntemplates no war; no violent repudiation
f the colonial allegiance, but a peaceful
aparatlon.
ALFARO ELECTED PRESIDENT.
'he National Election in Ecuador Kesalt*
in the Selection of the General.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
a Guayaquil states in a telegram just reeived
that the general elections took plaoo
few days ago in Ecuador. The govern
GENERAL ELOT ALFA30.
(Elected President of Ecuador.)
ment at Quito says that Goneral Eloy Alfarc
was elected Constitutional Pre-ident. Manuel
Benigo Cuevawas elected Vice-President.
London's Homeless Women.
General Booth, of the Salvation Army,
nays there are 5000 homeless women in London
above th? age of fifty yean. They subsist
by cleaning doorsteps, selling watercressas,
picking rags and collectinu refuse
and find shelter at night where they can.
The Army hopes to open a home for them lr
the West End.
M eat Pointers to Pnratle.
The cadets .at West Point have been or
dered to attend the Presidential inauguratioi
ceremonies. The cadets hare uot partici
patod in iuaugural ceremonies since Presi
dent Grant's second inauguration.
1'romineiit People.
Major McKinloy will be the third M*>tho
dist President.
The Duke of Fife is credited with a private
income of $400,000 a year.
Senator Wolcott has arrived in London or
his mission In behalt of international bi
metallism.
Lord Salisbury turns the scale at 25!
pounds. Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand
weighs less than 117 pounds.
Andrew E. L9e,the recently elected Governor
of Siflth Dakota, own? more land than
any other resident of the State.
Eugene Zimmerman, the well-known car
icaturlst, who signs his sketches "Zim," is )
Swiss by birth, and started his career as i
sign painter.
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] A GONBRESSHAN IN GDBA
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Representative'Money, of Mississippi,
Makes a Personal Inspection.
| SAYS SPAIN CANNOT CONQUER,
The Senator-Elect Describe*) His Visit to
th?* Wur-RI ri rl an Tnla.nrl-.-Th a fldban
Insurgents Still Active and Levying
Taxes on All Havana's Food?Consuli
General Fitzhu^h Lee Gives His Opinion
New York City. (Special)?The Journal
presents the story about the Cuban insurrection
told by Colonel Hernando de 3oto Money,
Senator-elect from Mississippi, and a present
member of the House of Representatives on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ha ha=i
just returned to Washington from a two
weeks' visit to Havana and the region round
! abnnt that nitv.
Congressman Money says: I returned to
Washington 8aturday, after a two weeks'
absence ou a visit to Cuba. I went there to
personally inform myself, for my own guidance,
as a member of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, as to the condition ol
things in the island. Accounts have been so.
conflicting and the reports from Havana so
diverse that I concluded to make some personal
discovery in the matter for mys-ill'.
HERNANDO DE BOTO MONEY.
At the very outset I will ?ay that everything
I saw and hoard taught me that Spuia
Is unable to cope with this insurrection.
She will never put it down; Spain will never
end this war witn victory to nerseir.
This is also the opinion of the United
8tates Consul-tteneral.Fitzhugh Lee. and he
has heretofore expressed it to 3ecretary Olney.
He nas told the Secretary of State that
the insurrectlsnists, whether soon or lute,
were bound to succeed. The last thing GenFitzhugh
Lee said to me as i left Havana
was:
"Please see Secretary Olney and tell him
that to-day I am more firmly convinced than
ever that Spain cannot put down the insurrection,
and that every Jay it continues
moans a loss of life and property, without
the remotest encouragement of any final
Spanish success. As lion? sime tolxi him,
the insurrection will succeed. My judgment
to that effect receives daily confirmation."
I saw Secretary Olney aud communicated
iu uiui vjtjuemi ijcus :i ravmijo. inm hul
permtfted, however. to make public Sir.
Olney's comments.
Accompanied by General Lee, and with
Mr. Drane. a clerk of our Consulate at Havana,
to act as interpreter, I callei on Captain-General
Weyler.
The Spanish newspapers had been commenting
o;i my own personal absence, two
days before, from Havana, and had called it
"mysteriousdisappearance." I had, however,
only been up the country about thirty miles.
I mentioned my absence and the newspaper
eomments to General Weyler.
"I am eliiA vou went." he roolied. '"It
will show others that such trips can bo made
with safety. That is the state of affairs. 1
would like to prove to the world that the
country round about here is safe from Insurrectionists.'
The country round about, howevor, I will
say right here, is not safe from insurrectionists.
They are so close and powerful that
to-day the insurrectionists levy a tax on all
the fruit, vegetables, milk, corn and meat
that enter Havana from the country. It is
like a tariff, and goes to the helerht of about
25 per cent, ad valorem. Not a mouthful
of Cuban product is to-day eaten in
Havana that djses not pay a tariff to the
revolution. In this indirect way, Weyler
himself is contributing to the revolution.
"Very soon," said General Weyler, while
talking to me, "I shall aunounco that the
provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Mataneas
and Las Vilas are pacified." Weyler repeated
the phrase "very soon1' several times
and with emphasis.
Referring again to General Wevler's statement
that the insurgents had practically been
driven out of the province of Havana, my
Information, received from several positive
and truthful sources, is that there are several
bodies of armed insurgents in that region.
There is General Aguirre, whose command
numbers 1400 men; General Ranches
With between 800 and 1* 00 men. and General
Camillas, wllh 800 to 1000 men. Tiiereare
also! smaller bodies, and there is no possible
ghow for Weyler to dislodge auy of them,
ks the Spanish troops confine their military
operations entirely to the beaten roads. An
Insurgent force a quarter of a mile either to tho
right or to the left of the plain highway is aa
safe from the Spanish troops us if they were
a thousand miles away. General Weyler
more than once referred to the faot that
Cleveland and Olney were doing full justice
to opii'.u.
SIX JAPANESE STRUNG UP.
| A Cmaacle Against Oriental Laborer* Near
Sacramento. Cal.
I A crusade against coolie labor has begun
at Orungevale, a citrus colony near Sacramento,
Cal. C. C. Roos employed six
Japanese on his place, and, a lew nights
ago, fifteen citizens with guuuy sacks over
their hea-ls seized the Japanese,placed a rope,
around the neok of each, and took them to an
oak tree. There they were strunpr up and left
hanging until life was almost extinct. The
Japanese were then lowered, and when they
revived the hanging process was repeated
several times. The Japanese were then
forced to march out of tbo settlement and
warned never to return on penalty of being
hanged until dead.
Germany Won't Interfere In Cuba.
The German Government has no intention
of interfering in the case of Cuba, whatever
, the final issue of the insurrection in that
island or the differences growing out of it
i between the United States and Spain may be
Odil C.iusB oi I)e:itli.
Alexander Waitzfelder, of New York, a
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bookmaker at the ra.-e tracks, who was in
' the habit of holding a roll of bills in his
mouth, contracted blood poisoning, which
resulted iu his death.
Petitions Against l$run? Hands.
Petitions have been presented to the Oounj
cil of Paola, Kan., asking that brass bands
be prohibited from playing airs with high
i j keys.
Philadelphia'* Bargain,
? | Philadelphia has saved 1100,000 in the
, purchase of coal for gas-making during 181)7
by getting bids from several dealers.
Minor Mention.
,' Americans use 2,000,000 tons of sugar a
year.
1 Japan has contracted for two new cruisers,1
* one to be built at Philadelphia and the other
| jit San Francisco.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED!
Washington Item*.
The nomination of David R. Frnncls, <
Missouri, to be Secretary of the Interior wi
called up in the executive session of th
Senate and after a short speech by Mr. ve;
("Dem., Mo.) the case went over withoi
action.
H. A. Du Pont filed in the Senate, throug
Senator Chandler, a petition to have h
claim to a seat in the Senate :is Senator froi
Delaware, reopened. The petition was ri
ferred to the Committee on Privileges an
Elections.
It is the intention of the Government I
bring foreclosure proceedings against tt
Pacific railroads. It if. expected thnt au
will be brought within the next thirty day
The nomination of David R. Francis to t
Secretary of the Interior was favorably actt
upon by the Committee on Finance and n
ported to the Senate. At the request of Sei
ator Vest the nomination has been held u
in committee ever since the beginning of th
session.
The Seuate adopted resolutions authori:
ing the construction of a Government builc
ing at the Tennessee Centonnial expositioi
Negotiations have been practically coir
pleted between this Govarnment and Chll
for a rehabilitation of the Chilean Cluiir
Commission.
Domestic.
The Seattle (Wash.) Savings Bnnk fnile
to open its doors, and when the S.uporic
Court couvenod H. 0. Suey was appolnte
receiver. Tho liabilities are $70,000 and th
asset* more than $150,000. It is underetoo
that the direct cmiMt <>f ihe bank closing i
due to tho attempted withdrawal of count
funds, as the County Treasurer roqueste
that the amount due be paid in cash.
At Sacramento both Houses of tho Call
fornia Legislature met in joint session an
cast the formal ballot electing George C
Perkins United States Senator.
At Madison. Wis., tho Kapublican Legisln
tive caucus named Johu C. Spooner for th
United Stati** Senate.
At Oawego. N. Y., a jury in Justic
Wright's Trial Term of the Supreme Court
returned a verdict for $15,00!>, against th
New York, Ontario and Western Railwa
Company in a suit brought by Mrs. Emm
Cooper for $25,000 damages. Mrs. Cooper'
husband was u fireman employed on th
road. In August, 18S5 he was killed noa
Bernhard's Bay, N. Y.
Senator Cantor Introduced in the Senat
at Albany, N. Y.. his bill reducing the pric
of gas in New York City to $1 per 1010 feel
fixing its minimum candle.-power at !24, an
providing penaltt"S for infractions.
The Rev. Dr. Charles Cutbbert Hall, c
Brooklyn, was nominated for President o
the Uiiioa Theological Seminary, to succee
the Rev. Dr. Thomas 8. Hastings, vrho re
signed on account of ill-health.
The National Monetary Convention at In
dianapolis, Ind.. declared for maintsnanc
of the gold standard and created a perma
nent Executive Committee to urge upon Con
press next March the creation of a racnetnr
commission, and. failing in that, to name
commission itself.
The Republican joint legislative saucu
was heid at Concord, N. H. James 0. Ly
ford nominated Jacob H. Gallinger. of Con
cord, as United States Senator for six yenrs
to succeed himself, and he was nominate^
unanimously.
The United States cruiser Montgomery wa
damaged by striking an obstruction ol
Castle William, Governor's Island, Nev
York harbor.
The first prize of $200 for the b??st desigi
for mural decorations at the Cincinnat
(Ohio) City Hall was awarded to Otto W
Beck, of Cincinnati, and the second priz
of $100 went to F. N. Sheefer, of Philadel
phia.
About 1500 saloon keepers in Chicago ar
to be arrested for failure to make the las
payment on their year's license, which ha
been due since January 10.
The policemen of Asbury Park, N. J.
have bei?n instructed to arrest nil person
who may be found drunk on tho streets o
that town.
Mayor Strong, in his annual message
dealt almost entirely wi:h the city's financin
condition, showing New York's credit to b
of the best:.
New Yorkers rejoice ovor tho signing o
the Anglo-American arbitration treaty. Th
opinion of many representative citir.ens pre
vails that "he treaty is the beginning of con
tinuous peace, and that it may result In th
adoption of arbitration by all civilized Na
Hons. Many are in favor of celebrating th
ratification of the treaty in some tlttini
manner.
There wits a ru9h of place huntore an.
others to Canton, Ohto, to see Major McKin
ley.
Oenrfffl f!_ Pflrtlna TTnitof
States Senui or from California,
Thirty cadels were (iissharged from tb
Military Academy, at West Point, because o
deficiency in the January mental examina
tions.
John Warris killed his brother, David, it
the presence of and at the ruqui'St of thi
latter's bride, in a duel near Crawfordville
Ha,
The General jnrust Company has been in
corporated in Illinois, with a capital o
$5.000,000. Its object in to carry on a gen
eral banking business in Chicazo.
Mrs. Hattie F. McOloud, of Shelbourm
Falls. Miissi. was murdered nn n lonalv road
probably by tramps.
Carnegie and We3tinghouse employe
formed a J2,000,000 co-operative stock com
pany to establish an iron ind steel plant oi
Puget Sound, Washington.
At Bryn Mnwr. Penn,, the Postofflce
which is in the railroiid station, was robbei
of S2000 in cash and is'i'5 worth of stamps
The work was done by some one farailla
with the office, as the combination wa
worked and the safe opened In the reg-.ila
way.
At Bismarck in tho Republican caueus pai
ticipated i;a by all the Republicans of th
Legislative Assembly, Senator Hansbroug
was nominated as the party candidato for re
election to tho United States Senale frot
North Dakota. The nomination was practi
callv unani mous. This action has been ox
pected since the call for a caucus was mad
by the Republican Committee.
J. F. Costello, who disappeared from Binp
hamton, N. Y.. several years ago and ha
been mourned as dead, was found in an In
diana jail.
At Brooksville, Ky., Robert Laughlin wa
hanged. On February 24. 1806, Laughlin
a tenant and farm laborer, assaulted hi
niece, then murdered her aud his wife an
tired the house. He coniessod.
At Canton. Ohio, President-oloct McKic
ley promised a colored committee to dsvot
a part of his first message to tho subject c
Southern Ivnchings.
Forelzn Notes.
A Chinese mob attacked r.n Anerica
Methodist mission station in Chinu and sei
eral shots were llrert, but nobody wna ir
jured. The local officials defended the mi;
aion.
M. Shiakin. chief nssi.-tant to the Eu33ia
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been up
pointed a member of tho Council of tho En
pire. Tho nomination of Count Muravio:
as Minister of Foreign Affairs has create
surprise. He is in favor of a paclflo polic
and is a favorite of the Dowager Empresi
He is pronounced anti-German and a gref
adm.rw of the French.
The wheat crop of Australasia has lalle
very short. America will have to make u
tho deficiency for the world this year.
Tho census of Chile just completed, sho^i
a population of 2,712,445, an increase in te
years of 184,825. The increase in the pr<
vious decade was 457,:J10. The diminutio
in growth of population is attributed to tb
migration of miners t>> Argentina.
Tlio Bcaltio Block, in which the Queen
Hotel is located, auii which is the large:
and best block in Wallticoburg, Canada, w:
burned.. Two hotel guests, Albert Ughle.a gla;
lank buildc, of Cicero, Ind., and Andre'
Bard glass blower, lost their lives. Mn
Collison, the rook at the hotel, was seriousl
burned. The total loss is *(>0,000.
A despatch from Manila says that Captaii
General Polavieja has issue l a proclamatio
offering conditional amnesty to the Philif
pine insurgents.
The Indiiins of British Columbia threatt
to uprise because the Government has d
cided to put an end to the custom <
"potlaches."
Joseph Chamberluin, Secretary of Sta
for the Brlrish Colon'es, has asked the Lot
Mayor of London to open a fandforther
liel of the s ufferers in Montserrat,
! UB1TMTI0N IS ASSDRBD'
u I
m General Treaty Between the United
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it | States and Great Britain Signed.
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? MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
aid
| Two Coplen of the Treaty Signed by the
:o
[0 British IVIiniftter and Secretary Olney
it -?The American Copy Sent to the President
and by Him 9ent to the Senate
for Ratification?It is for Five Years.
i. Washington; D. C. ? (Special) ? Secrep
tary of State Olney, la behalf of the
lH United States, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, on
the part of Great Britain, on Monday affixed
J* their signatures to the new treaty by which
i fr>r n farm nf flvn vparn thft twr? KntpHflh
i- speaking Nations agree to abide in peace and
la without resort to arms, all possible ques19
tlons of controversy being referred to a
ocurt of arbitration, with the single exception
that neither Nation surrenders its honor
J or dignity to the judgment of arbitration.
>r Later in the day President Cleveland sent
d the treaty and a message earnestly approve
ing it to the Senate.
d Although the text of the treaty is still an
Is official secret, enough has been divulged
y from time to time about its main provisions
d to make the conditions of the compact practically
public property. It may be said that
|. the treaty lays down these general terms of
d arbitration :
j. First?A limit of five years from the date
of the exchange of ratifications within whloh
the treaty sha'l be operative.
" Second?A Court of Arbitration of six
members, three to be drawn from the
Judiciary of Great Britain.
e Third?The submission to this Tribunal
' > of all differences between the two Nations
e now pendi v^or to arise within the period
y of Ave years, this not to include the Bering
a Sea question or the "Venezuelan question,
s now before independent commissions, but to
e Include the question of the boundary be r
tween Alaska and British North America.
Kincr Oscar of Sweden has been selected
e and will be named in the general arbitration
e trenty as the final arbiter in case of a tie vote
t, by the Arbitration Tribunal on any matd
ter. He either will sit and hear the matter
of dispute hims9lf, or will name a
deputy, who wili act as the final arblter.
Tlius for five veare the Swedish King
a will be the final umpire of all disputes between
the two great English-speaking Nations.
He will act also in the Venezuelan
dispute, and in this dual capacity will coon
l* prominently before the world as the foroe
most representative of the settlement of inl"
ternational disputes by peace instead of by
l" force of arms.
V i 1.. .1 -aJ
jl lie tceuiy wnu uoiivorou iu iuo oduoio at
0 3 o'clock. " Afterward, in executive session,
It was referred to the Committee on Foreign
9 Relations, and without being read was ordered
to be printed.
i- Senator Morcan suggested that the treaty
>. should be made public, but Senator Shord
man. as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, replied that it should be exs'
amined by the committee to which it had
It been referred before being published. This
7 suggestion was accepted, with the understanding
that the comotfttee should have the
a privilege of making the treaty known,
j The President sent the following message
to the Senate,transmitting the Aaglo-Ameri
e i can general arourauon creary:
4'To the Senate:
"I transmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration
of all matters In difference between
6 the United States and Great Britain.
"The provisions of the treaty are the res
suit of long and patient deliberation, and
represent concessions made by each party
for the sake of agreemeat upon" the general
s scheme.
f "Though the result reaohei may not
meet the views of the advocates of immedi>,
ate, unlimited and irrevocable arbitration of
I all international controversies, it is, never0
theless, confidently believed that the treaty
cannot fall to be every where recog{
nized as making a long step in the
8 right direction, and as embodying a
K practical working plan by which
disputes between the two countries will
~ reach a peaceful adjustment as a matter of
course and in ordinary routine. In the initi~
ation of such an important movement it
, must be expected that some of its features
* will assume a tentative character looking to
a further advance, and yet it is apparent that
1 the treaty which has been formulated not
only makes war a between the parties to it a
remote possibility, but precludes those fears
1 and rumors of war which of themselves too
often assume the proportions of a National
e disaster.
f "It is eminently fitting as well as fortunate
that the attempt to accomplish results so
beneficial should be initiated by kindred
peoples, speaking the same tongue and
joined together by all the ties of "common
traditions, common institutions and com'
mon aspirations. The experiment of substituting
civilized methods for brute
" force as the means of settling inter'
national, questions of right will thus
be tried under the happiest auspices. Its
success ought not to be doubtful, and tho
a Jact that its ultimate en3uiug benefits are
I, not likely to be limited to the two countries
immediately concerned should cause it to be
g promoted all the more eagerly. The example
set and the lesson furnished by the suca
cessful operation of this treaty are sure to
be felt and taken 10 heart sooner or later by
other Nations, and will tnus mark the beginj
nine of a new epoch in civilization.
? "Profoundly impressed as I am, there'*
fore, by the promise of transcendent good
which this treaty affords, I do not hesitate
f to accompany its transmission with an ex
pression 01 my earnest nope tnat it majcommend
itself to the favorable consideration
of the Senate. Groveh Cleveland../
R "Executive Mansion, January 11, 1897."
h
U HOME RULE IN CUBA.
A Ronort That Canovai Will Accent
Oloey'B Plan.
A cablegram from Madrid says: Spain hn9
3 at last concluded that all her efforts to supl*
press, or even to make any impression upon,
the Cuban insurrection are futile and useles?.
is Appreciating this fact, which hns beea
d patent to all other Nations for nearly six
months. Prime Minister Cunovusdel Castillo
)ius definitely accepted Secretary of Stato
e Olney's proffer of American intervention, as
,f well as the terms which President Cleveland
and Mr. Qlney prescribe a3 the price for
their interference and the use of th^ir prerogatives
in attempting to bring about a
state of peace in the island of Cuba.
Jtcliei* Executed.
3. A despatch from Manila, Phlippino Islands,
mivs that Roxas and twelve other
n rebels bavo been oxecutod by the Spanish.
)- Six Years' Term for President.
^ Senator Kedfiold Proctor, of Vermont, ad.
y dressed the Senate nt Washington on liis bill
s. to extend the term of President to six years,
it with ineligibility for reelection, and to extend
the term of Representatives tc three
n year-.
P
<;ov?rnor Leetlr Sworn In.
"s Tuu new Populist State officers of Kaunas
? were inaugurated at Topcka with elaborate
n ceremonies. Ex-Governor Osborne presided
10 and Chief J u.it ice David Martin administered
the oath of office. Governor John \\*.
Leedy's inaugural address wa> brief.
st
l? Stephen* SucceciU Stone in Missouri.
33 Chief Justice Barclay of the Supreme
g Court adiiiinistered the oath of office to Lauy
rence Vost Stephens as Governor of Missouri
in the hall of the House of Representatives,
in Jefferson City. The exercises were atn
tended by the various State officers, mctn>.
bers 01 the Supremo Court and prominent
Demoe.-atic politicians throughout the State.
FitzluiRh I.ee's Denial,
of A eabie despatch from Havana, Cuoa,
gives United States Consu-General Lee's
te absolute denial that he sent a message to
:d Mr. Olney by Senator-elect Money statiag
e- that Spain could not sappress the i?aar**tlon.
i SH.
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FAIRBANKS FOR SENATOR.
Named by tho Indiana Kepublicau Caucus
After a Bolt aud a Kecouciliation.
The Indiaoa Republican Senatorial caucus
was held at Indianapoli9, and after an exciting
session C. W. Fairbanks, who was
Temporary Chairman of the iast Republican
National Convention, was nominated ior
United States Senator.
A bolt from the caucus was held by Senator
Duncan, followed by fifteen others.
They went to the Senate Chamber and held
a caucus. The main caucus immediately
rescinded the resolution and sent committees
to the recalcitrant members, but they
stayed out fully an hour.
0. W. FAIRBANKS.
(Nominated for Senator by Indiana Republicans.)
Finally they all marched back, and after
some oratoiy a ballot was taken, resulting
in the nomination of Mr. Fairbanks by a
vote ot eo to ~zo ior tae oiaer careo, uiviuuu
as follows: MoKeen, 11; Wallace, 6; Taylor,
A; Frank B. Posey, 3; General Harrison, 1;
Judge J. H. Baker, L
Fairbanks is forty-four years old. He Is a
successful railway solicitor, and organizer,
and estimated to be worth $2,500,000.
M. BRlSSON RE-ELECTED.
His Third Term ai President of the
French Chamber of Deputies.
21. Henri Brisson has been re-elected
President of the French Chamber of Deputies,
receiving 295 votes.
This Is the third time M. Brisson has been
oleoted President of the Frenoh Chamber.
In 1881 he succeeded 2L Oambetta in the
HEffBI BRISSON.
office and retained (t until 1845, when, on
the overthrow of the Ferry Ministry, ho accepted
the Premiership. In 1894 he was
again elected to the post, polling 249 votes
against 213 recorded for his opponent. In
1895 he was an important candidate for the
French Presidency.
- ELECTORAL COLLECES MEET.
formal Ballotlug at the Various Capitals
to Ratify November's Decision.
The Presidential Electors chosen in
November met Monday in their respective
States and voted for President and Vice.
President, MoKinley and Hobart, of conrse.
being chosen by a majority of Electors. Mckinley
received 271 votes and Bryan 176.
Each college named a messenger to carry
the return of its vote to the President of the
Senate at Washington.
A resolution indorsing Thomas C. Piatt
for Senator was suppressed in the Electoral
College at Albany, N. x.
At Frankfort the Kentucky Presidential
eteqtors settled the tie vote of J. 8. R. Wedding
and H. S. Howe by electing Wedding
the McKinley elector. Tho ballot for President
and Vice-President resulted: McKinley
and Eobart, 12; Bryan and Sewall, 1.
At Lincoln the eight Presidential electors
for Nebraska cast their votes for the Presidential
and Vice-Presidential candidates.
The result was: For President, Bryan, 8;
Vice-President, Sewall, 4; Watson, 4.
FOR MONETARY REFORM.
Big; Catherine of Representative Business
Men at Indianapolis.
The National Monetary Conference, called
at the instanco of the Indianapolis Board of
Trade, and composed of representatives of
similar organizations from all parts of the
country, assembled at Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis.
The temporary organization was concurred
in as follows: Temporary Chairman, ex-GovnrnorE.
0. Stannard,of Missouri; Secretary.
J. H. Smith; fc-ergeant-at-Arms, W. F. C.
Golt.
Governor Stanard's recommendations that
the greenbacks should bo retired, that
National banks should be permitted to issue
notes up to the par value of bonds de
no%rrv?onf jinrt that
j)U31lOU LU ODCUiO luou . -
p3per notes of less than $5 or $10 should bo
prohibited in the interest of a more general
use of silver, met the general approval of
the delegates.
C. Stuart Pattorson, of Philadelphia, was
chosen Permanent Chairman of the convention.
Senator Piatt Renominated.
The Republican causua of Senators and
Representative' for the nomination of a
United States Senator from Connecticut for
six years from March 4, 1897, was held in the
hull of Representatives at Hartford. The
Hon. Orvllle H. Piatt, of Meriden. was nominated
to succeed himself. Jlr. Piatt's nomination
was made unanimous by acclamation.
Gold Withdrawal* Decrease.
The December Treasury report shows a
m.iteriul decrease in the amount of lcsral
tender notes presented for redemption iu
gold.
New Jersey I.e^islatun: Meets.
The Now Jersey Legislature mot in Trenton
for the 121st session. Governor Griggs's
message was read and the committees of the
Senate were announced by the President o.'
that body.
Massacre of British Invaders.
A British expedition which started foi
Benin al out Jauuarv 1 has been massacred
by subjects of the King of Eeuin. Ever;
member of the party was killed.
Out of the Common Kun>
North Dakota hay is 87 a ton.
Tbo United States have 5000 distilleries.
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TEMPERANCE I
A REFOKMATXOK. ^
Tom JoDes was a drunkard;
There was no doubt of that,
You could tell by his no9c,
And bis coat and bis h:it.*
And his raiTD'Art old trniiRnrs!
O, where could you match 'em?
Or where find a woman
Whoever could patch 'em?
His wife never tried it;
'Twas not 'canseshe wouldn't; ; _
The reason was this:
The poor woman couldn't, . *r
For this pair of trousers
Was Tom's only one.
And what could he do
While the patching was done?
One evening, quite sober. '
Tom came home to tea, ,
And after a while
To his poor wife said he:
"There's something I miss,
And I've mi serf it for weeks,
8ay, what has become - v.
Of the rod in your cheeks?" * , >
"What one person loses . V
Another one gains."
Hi* pale-looking wife ' i
Wiih a sad smile explains:- V
' Become of the red? Tom, \
You know where it goes;
You stole it to redden
The end of your nose." . : . '
Tom thought for a minute, ' 1 V Then
said to his wife: ; 'r
"It*3 wrong, and I know it, ' ' t
To lead such a life. ;'?
And now. my dear wife, 1
I'll do us I ought'er." ' - v
And he joined ihe Good Templar*
And drank only water.
rr
And now ho helps roll
Thu great "temperance ball,"
And keeps to his pledge,
Beer, cider and all;
And he vows a Good Templar \j
He'll always remain, . t-.-j
And on his wife's cheeks
Bloom the roses again. ' /'-'V 1 -~v I
?B. T. Warner, in the Banner of Gold..,-.
WASN'T trained TO DEIKK. , ,
It is lunchtlme on a famous transatlantic '
. "flier," a ship well-nigh 600 feet long, wjfch
engines of '20,00.1 horse-power and 1500 voy- '
agers, writes Frances S. Wiliard In Union
Bigna1.
"Here are your table ,tickets," said> the ,
steward, and a minute later I found myself
seated at the captain's rignt hand. The dis- H\
tinction surprised me, for it was usually
given to some famous politician, noted capitalist,
or society leader. A teetotaler and
temperance reformer is the .last one to be
thus honored, for the captain generally take* '
a glass of wine at dinner, and it ho does nqt
his guests are likely to do so, .. '/jig* 3/V
But this time oar eaptaln was a stttet total
abstainer. And why not? He was bred. 4b
Maine from the age of Ave, was a Good Templar
from his youth, and told me he "had ' .
never known the taste of liquor in his life."
He was a noble specimen of mankind?over
six feet bigk and well proportioned, weigh-.
ing 280 pounds and carrying blthself with
gracious dignity.
We talked of his careerl He had risen
from "before the mast" until he had now
been for years captain of a first-class "ocean
grey-hound," and he told me that be owed
it all to his clean habits. When he' first began
to rise, the ship on which he was an officer
put Into the port of San Francisco, and
as it was "a great day" all the men wore .
anuitiDK, tun captain icuuiu^ uu auu aamug
him to "celebrate." "I did not knoxjfeut It
would cost me my' ohance," 'he told^ner-"'
"but I could not go back upon my training,. a;;
and I said. 'CaptaiD, I never touched a drop
in my life, and! can't begin now.'1" Upon
this the captain olapped him on ihe shoulder vj|.
and said, "I wish to God that tne cmw ww ; ?
true of me." c
A SALOON OX ZVKBY COBNEB. ^
The editor of the Baptist Standard., after a
visit to the spot where the awful dynamite
bomb was thrown in the Chicago Haymarket,
May 4th, 1886, which killed eight r
policemen and wounded sixtr-eignt.
mangling and crippling many of them for
lire, writes:
VThgre, on that corner," said oar la- ;
form ant, "was where the bomb fell?' We
looked, and were satisfied that he was telling
the truth. It was such a place aa the
emissaries o! satan would most probably ;
choose for their Infamous work. On the
first corner was a saloon; on the next opEosite,
a saloon; on the corner across toe
isecting street, a saloon; and on tbe corner '
opposite .that, a saloon. There were no
more saloons on the corners, because there
were no more corners, but liquor hails were
strung up along either side of the street, as < -?
if whisky-drinking were the prinolpal occupation
of the people of the vicinity.
CniBTE AMD LIQUOR. .
Tie twenty-sixth annual report of the
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor
by Horace O. Wadlln, Chief, contains some
very valuable matter showing the relation
of drink to crime. Only a few items we cull
?lt pr6^6Dt '
Of 26,672 convictions in 1895, 18,283, or
68.26 per cent., were for drunkenness in oonnectlon
with "other crimee, while 8440, or
3L64 per cent., were for other crimes only.
For drunkenness the males have 15,643, the
fatvtnlna OAOO 1 r? Afha* TWrtrHo fV>Q AltTDM nf I J
IDLUfWtO 1U VlUVi ir</tu?f ? uw w4iaw?w v?
the males are about three-fifths drunkenness,
of the femalee about two-thirds.
The total number of criminals, without
regard to sex, wbo were addicted tb the use
of Intoxicating liquors. 25,137c The number
of total abstainers. 1535.
WHAT INTEMPERANCE HAS DONE.
Drunkenness has impoverished thousands
to the enriching of a few, for statistics show,
that one in every fifteef adults in this country
is addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating
drinks. It is a vice that, in 1895, cost <
this country the enormous sum of $1,080,000,0
0, or nearly as much as was expended
for all the staple articles of food for that
year, that cost 4420,0C0,000 more than was
spent for the support of religion, public education,
printing and publishing combined,
fcr the snme period. All this, and more, if '
the vice of intemperance responsible for.
WHAT CAREFUL STUDY SHOWS. . ;
A careful study of the largo number of S
cases of inebriates will always show * largez 3
number of physical anomalies au't signs ol |
degeneration than in others who do not suf- \
fer from the drink craze. Also a feebler and
more unstablw mental organism. Often a
lower jrrade of mental development that may
be retarded growth by congenital defects qt
disease.
YOUTHFUL VICTIMS O? ALCOHOL.
Three small boys, aged eleven, twelve
and thirteen years, were found the othei
day in a vacant lot on Oottage Grove avenue,
Chicago, nearly dead from alcoholio
intoxication. TtKiy were taken to the hospital.
Physicians worked on them for a long
time before they showed any signs of consoiousuoss.
SALOON KEEPER RESPONSIBLE. ,
The Appellate Court of Indiana has held
that a saloonkeeper is responsible for the
liquor sold to a youth who. while under the
induence of sucn liquor, is killed. The case
came from the Lawrence Circuit Court. In
the trial court Adam Johnson sued Thomas
Reath. a saloon keeper, for damages sustained
by the loss of his son. The bov had
become intoxicated by liquor sold by Beatli.
The court held that the saloon keeper is responsible
although the liquor was sold by a
bartender employed by him. The court
held further that it Is not necessary that the .
father in pleading the loss of support by
such death of his son should be reduced to
pecuniary straits.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Every saloon keeper has the devil for hia
business partner.
Wine is the most powerful of all agents for i
exititinj? and inflaming the passions. /
Great Britain's drink bill last year would
have paid the rent of all the houses in th?
country.
Whisky is not a tonic. It is probably an
alterative: it certainly alters dollars to oents,
virtue to crime and men to brutes.
Liquor sellius: requires less manhood, less
inert;I ability, less honor, loss heart, less
everything, says the Pacific Ensign.
Of 611 paupers in the Edinburgh poorbouse.
not one wsis an abstainer, and 407admitted
that their poverty was due entirely t*
intemDerance