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h SPAIN'S POWER- I j IN CUBA ENDS, I ( Suited States Forces Take PosS session of the Last Spanish W Colony in the Westj era Hemisphere. niTKlTnWnVBBIIiViMi uuu ujjuiu ui minii! mm i A Transference of Power Made Amid R the Roar of Guns and the M Cheers of the People, * I THE CEREMONIES ? SIMPLE AND BRIEF. fl i I Jy ' f ~Yhe Great Historic Act of the Transfer of ? the Sovereignty of Cuba Takes Place 11 in the Palace at Havana ? The Stars aad^trlpei Keplaces the Bed and Tel! /low Standard of Spain?General Brooke . I Receives the Surrender of the Island? Captain-General Castellanos Moved to Tears?Cuban Generals Take Part in Che Ceremonies ? Yankee Troops Parade in the Streets of Havana? Amerl, -can Flag Balsed Over the Wreck of the Maine?President McKinley Congratulates the Evacuation Commission. I Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Spain's historical flag floats no longer In the Antilles. The Stars and Stripes went up at noon on 8anday with impressive elm pliclty. Tho ceremony whloh sealed the yielding of >*" ; Spanish sovereignty in Cuba took place in W raiace. xub mass 01 mo pupuiuuuu -could not be admitted there, and the people of Havana gathered along the Punta at th? foot of the Prado and opposite Morro Castle and Cabanas Fortress. They saw the Spanish colors go up on Morro and re). ^ # I THE PBADO IN oelve the salutes of guns from Cabanas and from the American warships In the harbor. Qatekly they saw the yellow and red standard come down and the American flag floating over Morro, Cabanas and the other iforts of the city, whllo they heard the saint* In its honor from the Spanish artillery nrhlch had been kept in Cabanas for tbat purpose, and also from the Spanish ships rhloh were remaining in the harbor, t 11.10 Major-General Wade and Major<Gen?ral Butler, of the American EvacuajUon Commission, arrived fro?a El Vedade ;oa horseback, accompanied oy their staffs. [xaey were met py ui'iffaaier-ureuerai uioua pad Major T. Bentley Mott, of General JLudlow's staff. ; GENERAL FIT2HCGH LEE. (the Military-Governor of the Province of . Havana.) I Major-General John R. Brooke, Governor -of Cuba, and Mnjor-General Ludlow, Governor of the city of Havana, accom'panied by their staffs, arrived at 11.30 in icarriaees, General Brooke and General (Adna R. Chaffee, General Brooke's Chief of Stiff, being in the first carriage. In i-kf t-VtA ntha" nnrrl.napt: rnH? n flnhnn General with American officers. The Cubans were Generals Lacret, Marie Menocal, Mayia Rodriguez, Serafln Sanchez, Jose Miguel Gobez, Nodarto, Rafael de Cardenas, Agramoate and Vldal and Colonel Vallente. The last to arrive was MajorGeneral Fitzhugh Lee with his staff and guard. Captain-General Castellanos received the Evacuation Commissioners In the main hall of tbe Palace, surrounded by the members Brazil Adopts Extradition. The Brazilian Congress which met at Rio Janeiro, has adjourned. Extradition with the United States and other republics was aDnroved. The budget estimates are: 3180. 000,000; receipts, 3193,000,000. Latin America has been a favorite refuge for Jiigh criminals because of the absence of extradition laws. Killed by Hit Own Machinery. While Oscar J. Frederick, proprietor of a mill near Shamrock, Penn., was adjusting a pulley a few days ago, he was caught in the belting and had his brains dashed oat against the ceiling. Cycling Notes. The mile record now stands at 1 minute 31 4-5 seconds. The question of the popularity of tandems is still being widely discussed. Two enterprising Englishmen have invented a back-pedaling brake that has been indorsed by several well-known bicy ele designers. The price of all chain bicycles has been reduced, the cut ranging from $10 to $25, the former reduction predominating on . the high grades. The "season" for riding the bicycle is no longer governed by the aimanao. The itate of the roadB and weather is all that - _ ?eeds to be considered. of his staff. After a brief exchange of salutatlons, General Caatellanos said: "According to the protocol of peace, signed August 12,1, obeying the orders of the Government of her Cathollo Majesty | the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of her son, his Majesty the King, deliver the Island of Cuba to the Government of the 1 -^r w GENERAL WILLIAM LUDLOW. * (The Military-Governor of the City of z Havana.) i United States, represented by your Com- i mission." General Wade made a brief reply, and im- 3 mediately turned the control of the island ^ over to General Brooke, the Military Gov- j ernor. At this moment the Spanish flag, which had floated over Cuba for 400 years, was : lowered from the palace, the Cabanas Fort- ? ress, Morro Castle and ail public'buildings. J As the red and yellow emblems sank from : tlieir staffs General Castellanos was moved to tears. He said: "Gentlemen, I have beau In many battles. I have seen death t near me several times, but I never felt such 1 profound emotion as I feel now." 1 As the Spanish flag was lowered it was ( replaced by the Stars and Stripes, and as the latter floated to the breeze It was I saluted with twenty-one guns. n After the ceremony General Castellanos, s instead of bidding his friends goodby, led p an immediate and tearful procession to the water front, where he took a launch for the steamer Ribot, vowing he would never again set foot on Cuban soil. v Major-General Brooke, after the depar- . ture of General Castellanos, held a recep- *; lion in iQQ paiaoe saion, tne various om- r cials paying thoir respects and promising a allegiance to the United States. c After the American flag had been hoist* ed the bands played the American na- t tional hymn, and this was greeted with t tremendous cheering by the crowd that t hud assembled in Obispo and O'Reilly o streets near the palace and in the P Plaza de Armas. Along the Prado and the t other main streets a hundred thousand persons cheered the Americans and the e United States. All the houses occupied by o Cubans were decorated, the flags that had s been taken down after General Ludlow's f order forbidding demonstrations having D been replaced. The Cubans, who at last S HAVANA, CUBA. f ~~ s saw the realization of tbeir dreams of many ^ years, were frantic with enthusiasm. The ? womsa wor? ?s wuuiy ciijubu us iuo uicu, , and their voices ndded to the uproar. 11 After alLthe formalities had been compiled with and receipts had been exchanged li for the forts and other properties that had a belonged to the Crown, and alter the flag s had been raised at Cabanas by Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., Rnd at the Morro by t Lieutenant Wade, Generals Brooke and g Ludlow and the members o? tbe t Commission proceeded to the Cen- t tral Park and the Hotel de Ingla- i; terra, where the troops under Generals t Keifer, Wllliston, Hasbrouck, and Colonel Armfleld were reviewed by General Lee, j the Military-Governor of the province. d The order was as follows: The Second r Louisiana, First Texas, Eighth Eegulars, Fourth Virginia, Sixth Missouri, Fortyninth Iowa, Second Illinois, and 161st In- 5 diana. * As the troops marched past the crowd v, cheered and in other ways gave vent to Its enthusiasm. General Lee was the recipient of a rousing ovation. Flowers were c thrown to bim from the housetops, and c ladies waved their handkerchiefs and s threw kisses to him. While the city and forts were paying t honor to the American flag, there was an C interesting scene in the harbor. Over $ every American warship the Spanish flag wo a rniaorl a n rl onliifoH Ttrlhli tmonfr.ftnu % guns. Then an American flag was hoisted j over the torn and rust-marked wreck of 2 the Maine. The largest, prettiest battle flag to be obtained was hoisted there. . Later every American ship in the har- jj bor dipped her flag to the Maine, and dur- ? ing the afternoon the wreck was visited * by thousands who desired to pay their re- . spectsto all that is left of the gallant bat- : tleship. When the Cuban Generals bade good-by to General Brooke the lattor complimented ? them on their courage in the war and said he was glad to be their friend. They re- ? plied that they were grateful to the United * States for what she had done to free Cuba * from Spanish rule, and offered to co-op- ? erate with General Brooke in bringing peace and prosperity to the island. The United States Military Commissioners wired President McKinley at r 10M A>i.lnnl- thnf fh? nnvarnnr. 1 V VIV^.a kUUV kill} UUIVIUVI- g General of Cuba hart formerly sur- c rendered to the Commission tho c Government of Cuba and that the Amerl- g can flag had been hoisted. In reply Gen- r eral Wade, President of the Commission, received tho following: "I congratulate the Commission upon ^ the successful termination of its mission " and the peaceful occupation of Cuba by the United State3. "William McKijtlsy." ? General Brooke also received the Pres- 1 ident's congratulations. i The Loan to Russia Kefusert. j It is semi-offlcially announced in St. 8 Petersburg, Bussia, that the Minister of j Finance, M. de Wltte, is unable to accept the proposal (recently communicated by j the TTnltecl States f!hnrr?n il'AffiHrflS ATr. . H. H. D. Pierce) of Mr. William M. Ivins, ( of New York, the representative of a group of financiers, to make a large loan to Russia. ; Reconstruction Work in Cuba. The reconstruction of the great tobacco raising, sugar growing province of Pinat < del Rio, Cuba, has begun. Absolute peace ' exists and the people are at work. A Senator Sills a Murderous Firebug. Charles Willard, a desperate character, j shot and killed Sheriff J. W. Williams and Deputy Lamers at Seaside, Oregon, a few ' days ago and wounded Deputy Miller, and 1 was himself killed by State Senator R. W. Fulton. 'Fillard was suspected of burning j Senator Fultcn's summer cottage at Seaside after robbing it, and tbe officers were searching his hot h; for stolen goods. In Pursuit of the Khalifa. Colonel Kitchener, brother of the Sirdar has gone at the bead of an expedltioii against the Khalifa, who is raiding Aral: 1 settlements In the Soudan. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Wuhlnston Itema. The Woman's National Cuban Relief As Rociatlon has decided to maintain an ii dustrlal training sotaool for Cubans at Hb - ? ? i.u- ttir 4.U-. mkM?/ vana, to do Known as mo uiatLuc* muu ton Industrial School." The name Is 1 memory of Mrs. Thurston, wife of Senate Thurston, who was a vice-president of th association. Admiral Dewey cabled tbe Navy Deparl ment a recommendation that a naval hos pital be established at Cavlte. He said tha a building large enough to hold twent L'ots was available. John Bell, assistant stage carpenter a the Garrick Theatre, New York, wa asphyxiated in his room at De Atley' Hotel a few days ago. It evidently wa in accident, for the gas stove in his roor was improperly lighted. The Postofflce Department ordered th establishment of a military postofflce a [loilo, island of Panay, in the Philippines ind detailed one soldier each from a Gali ,'ornia -and a Tennessa regiment for servic :hera. Miss Frances Mills, daughter of Senato Soger Q. Mills, of Texas, was married ai :he jChurch of the Covenant to Lieutenan Seorge Richards, United States Marin* 3orps. Tbe guests Included President Mc iinley and many representatives <}f th< irmy and navy and the Senate. Commodore J. W. Philip, formerly cap ain of the battleship Texas, will succeei Siear-Admlrai irancis M. tmnce as corn nandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Congress will authorize partial improve neut of JJew York Harbor, leaving the ful rork to t?e provided for in the future. P. T. O'Neill, Customs Inspector at Not cork, ha3 been designated by the War De *artment as an Inspector of Customs a lavana. Major-General Francis V. Greene ha esigned bis commission as an officer o he volunteer army preparatory to his re urn to private life. It was with resret tha he War Department accepted his resigna ion. Consul-General Goodnow has notiflei he State Department from Shanghai tha he Chinese Government has forbidden dy lamite and like explosives to be landed ii 3hina. The cruiser Buffalo arrived at Port Said Jgypt, on the way to Manila, just sixteei ,nd a half days out from New York. Thu he has broken all naval records up to tha loint In her voyage. Domestic. The Governor and other state oracers o Wyoming for the comipg four years weri oaugurated on Monday at Cheyenne Governor De Forest Richards succeeds W l. Richards. All 'of the outgoing and in oming officials are Republicans. Eenjamin W. Cumming, Jr., elected ai he Democratic candidate for District At orney of Schuylkill County, declined t< ake the oath ot'offlce at Pottsville, Penn. n Monday. The Court immediately ap lointed Guy E.' Farquhar to act as Dls rlct Attorney for the term. The Adsabet Manufacturing Company, o ioston, Mass., has assigned for the bene/1 if its creditors. The total liabilities art aid to be a trifle over 61,000,000. Thi allure was due to hard times and the tight iess of the money market. Spirit thermometers registered forty de :rees below zero in Keene, N. H., a lev lays ago and forty-two degrees below a Vest Keene. The day is said to have beei he coldest in a.quarter of a century. Private Starr Dare, company 1, r irst in antry, whose home is in San Francisco lied at the hospital at Huntsville.,' Ala., i ew days ago from a gunshot wound re eived Christmas night. Mhck Lightfoot )are's murderer, has been committed t< ail without bond. Torrey E. Wardner, editor of the Bostoi traveler, who was committed to Dedhan Mass.) jail for thirty days for contempt o ourt by Judge Sherman, was released < ew days ago, having purged himself of th< ontempt. Charles A. Brewer, Ar-postmaster o aulding, Ohio, shot and killed his wlfi iter which he placed the revolver to hi; wn head and View out his brains. Domes io incompatibility was the cause of the hooting. "Michael Perrando, known as "The Blf Jreek," who was arrested for beating in ensible and robbing a Greek sailor \n Nev 'ork City, was identified as Soteros de 6a antos, a ferocious brigand, for whose cap ure, dead or alive, the Greek Government ias offered 81000. Hiss Mercedes Garcia, daughter of the ite Calixto Garcia, the Cuban leader, diec , few days ago at Thcmasvllle, Ga., of con umption. The title of the Northern Pacific Railronc c nearly nine million acres of land in th< tate of Washington is invalid, according o a majority report of the State Legisla ive Investigating Committee. The Legisature will be urged to restore this, tract t< he public domain. Herman Kiseo, twelve years old, and Ar hur Leedham, nine years old, were bott irowned while skating on thin ice at Harrii 'ond at TVoonsocket, R. I. Mrs. Isabelle, her daughter, Mrs. Ossie lalone, and Mrs. Malohe's infant chilc rere burned to death in their home, neai Itllsborough, Texas. The fire was causec y the use of kerosene to light a fire. The gunboats Alvarado and Sandoval aptured from Spain in the late war, bavi ompleted coaling at Norfolk, Va., anc ailed for Portsmouth, N. H. The steamer City of Osceola sank ii welve feet of water near her landing a 'airo. 111. The steamer was vaiuea a S70.000Ira Sexton was hanged at Princeton Jo., a few days ago, for the killing o Jathan Stark, a young farmer, on Octobei 18, 1897, while trying to rob him. Thomas J. Grubbs, forty, and Harr; loberts, seventy, fought a duel with pocke cnlves at Mooretown, Cal. Grubbs iiterall] lacked his aged opponent to deatb. fii vas himself terribly wounded about th< ace and neck. Grubbs was arrested on i iharge of murder. A breach of promise suit was Institute! it Beading, Penn., in which the plaintiff i lliss Elizabeth McVeigh, twenty-one year ild, a poOr girl, and the defendant George Hageman, forty years old, a leaclini nember of the bar. She wants $10,00 iamages. Foreign* The Army Gazette at Berlin, Germany mblislies an Imperial Cabinet order sub tituting German for words of Frene irigin now employed in the army. Thi irder declares that Emperor Willlatn is de irous of promoting the use of pure Ger nan in the army. The Philippine Insurgents on the Islam if Samar captured the town of Calbayoc ind the Spaniards to ok refuge in the hous )f an American, who protected them. Schneider, the homeless Polo who klllei i London baker and threw the body into th nan's own oven, was executed at Newgate Serious strike riots have taken place a tfagy-Xomlos, county of Torontal, Hun ?ary. The mob overpowered and dis trmed the police, who narrowly escape* ffitli their lives. Finally the police wen e-enforced and the rioters suppressed. mljaMaamc* ma*a Pftnf fa toll frt .LLiiriy ttiinv umtoia aouw *.?-? jmi !our days in Paris, Franca, for subscribinj :o the Henry prosecution fund started b: ;he Libre Parole. St. George's Cathedral, the largest Ang lican church in the diocese, of Kingston Ont,, was destroyed by fire, as well as sev jral small buildings adjoining. The los will reach $50,000. General Arolas, the Spanish Militar; Govornor of Havana, Cuba, has given uj bis command and sailed for Spain. The Treasury statement of the Britis! Government for the last quarter of 183 shows the revenue to have been $143,161, G90, against $138,843,360 for the correspond ing period of 1897. ? There is no foundation whatever for an charges that the United States authorltie have interfered in religion in Porto Bicc A.11 Goneral Henry would do is to prohibl inflammable utterances by Spanish priests Emperor Nicholas of P?ussia will sooi visit Emperor-King Francis Joseph o iMatfin.TTiintrarw iinii Klnff Humbert o Italy. Tlio Court of Cassation has examined M Casimir-Perler, the former President o France, $nd M. Barthou, the former Min later of the Interior, in the proceedings at tending the revision of the a reyloa case.. ) ' = PROTESTS AT SANTIM !.* t The Order to Send Customs Receipts n . . > n I 7t to Havana is uenouncea. 0 AN UPRISING IS THREATENED. t y ^ General Wood Will Protest to President g McXlnley Against Sending; Santiago's 9 Customs Receipts to Havana?The Ors a der Is Denounced in Mass Meeting? The Threats Made by Cubans. | Santiago de Cuba (By Cable).?General ?, Leonard Wood, Military Governor of the * Province of Santiago, has left for Washing0 ton on board the transport Mississippi, havr ing been granted a leave of absence, t The reason of the General's departure is t unquestionably tbe order received from 0 Havana to transmit tha entire customs re3 ceipts each week to that city. As previously stated, compliance with these instructions - would involve the abandonment of many I f ~ OENEKAL LEOSABD WOOD. a .?i. necessary public improvements, would throw 10,000 Cubans out of employment, - and send them to the hills to become bandits, and would revive Spain's practice of 9 monetary centralization which caused most - of her troubles in Cuba. > It is believed General Wood Is desirous , of seeing the President on this subject. He - expresses the emphatic opinion that the customs receipts should be expended in the respective provinces in whloh they are f taken, with the exception of such a pert centage for Havana as may be necessary , for governmental expenditure, geological ? ? ?A# MM KU/I Imi ol_ a autTcj'a auu utxicx icuiuics \jl puyuu muoi. .ness of that character. There was a mass meeting here a few days ago of business men of all kinds to * protest against the order from Havana. 7 It was held'in the plaza, and was attended by 3000 persons. Energetic speeches 1 were made against the policy of centralizing money at Havana. Most of - the speakers declared that the principle , which it was now proposed to put i into effect again had been fought - against by them for thirty years. All were , exceedingly eulogistic in their references } to General Wood, imploring him to use his influence \Wth the Washington Govern! ment against a revival of one of the worst i features of the Spanish regime. { Colonel Valiento, the Cuban who was ap! pointed Chief of the gendarmerie, was 3 quite outspoken on the subject. He said the Cubans bad fought thirty years against . this policy, and they were ready to fight * thirty years more if necessary. , The local papers assert that if such an order is enforced it will mean If not civil " war, at least anarchy and riot in the Province of Santiago, calling for a large force of United States troops. > ??? A PROCLAMATION BY GOMEZ. r Says He Will Not Lay Down HI* Sword Until the Aruay Is Paid. t Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?General Maximo Gomez, Commander-in-Chief of the ! Cuban Army, was recently invited by the Junta Patriotica to visit Havana. At a meeting of the Junta on Tuesday a letter was read from General Gomez, in which he I refused to come to the city, basing his re* fusal on the ground that his place is at the ( head of the army. He addea: "Much tact - and wisdom are necessary to make the American heel le3s severe on our necks. > You need to display great Intelligence, ability and well-directed energy." In a proclamation addressed to the i Cuban people and army General Gomez j says: "A new era has begun. The enemies of our army are leaving the coun, try, and the sovereignty of the Island, 1 | which is neither free nor inde penaem, is exercuieu uy iuc 51 out American nation. According to the treaty of peace a foreign Power is on the island, and its military occupation cannot end until the Government of the Cuban people is established. We. ought to immediately put ourselves to the task of forming that government in order to end the American intervention as quickly as possible, but before this it Is necessary, because it is just, and in order that all of us can become civilians, to end satisfactorily the negotiations for the payment of the army, a debt contracted by the country with its faithful soldiers. While the army is not paid and our Government not established I will remain at the head of the army, which I deem is my place. I am resolved to lielp the Cubans and the work to which I have devoted all my life." IMPERIAL EDICT IN CHINA. Empress Dowater Declares There in a 3 Severe Crisis and Calls For Reforms. s Peking, China (By Cable).?An imperial ? edict, issued by the Empress Dowager, re 0 marks that China is "passing through a severe crisis in hor history." It reminds Viceroys and Governors oi the numerous edicts that have been issued lately orderrt ing administrative reforms, points out that (I many of these have not been observed, h and commands the Immediate insti3 tution of reforms in the methods of training troops, in agriculture, iiv manufacture, and in everything likely to Wnduce to the prosperity of the empire. It directs the . Viceroys and Governors to memorialize the Throne within a month that these re' forms have been inaugurated. This edict is highly significant as showing that the Empress Dowager realizes d that the position is serious, and that all e hope of the country's fuiure lies solely in reform. The Estate of Calvin S. Brlce. A petition for letters of administration g on the estate of the late ex-Senator Calvin 8. Brice, filed in the Surrogate's office in New York City a few days ago states that F no real property was left by the decedent, * and that his personal estate is valued at f 5600,000. - Lord lieresford's Quadruple Alliance. Lork Charles Eeresford, in a speech be* fore the British Chamber of Commerce at Hong Kong, China, advocated an alliance between Great Britain, the United States, [ Germany, and Japan to maintain the "open door" in China. b ? < Cn.ln TV 111 r.nilit Rrlt-lslt Prni>nr?. C * ? ? , Official circles in Madrid, Spain, are warmly discussing the attitude of Great Britain, owing to her pressing demands y that Spain sell her a coaling station iu the 3 Balearic Islands nnd other strategical points, eo as to render Gibraltar unassail1 able. Negotiations on tho subject have ' been in abeyance, owing to Premier Sail gasta's illness, but it is believed that f Spain, influenced by France and Russia, f will resist the demands of Great Britain. Havana Fall of Franchise Seekers. ' Havana Is filled with franchise seekers, t" and American speculators are swarming throughout Cuba. jt ?r ' ' f COLONEL ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED: Brief Ceremonies Mailed the Chans* ol Governors in Mew York State. Albany, N. Y. (Special).?Theodor* nooseveic was wauguraiepi vruYcruur uj New York Monday morning. The cere' mony, which took place in the Assembly Chamber, oonsumed only ten minutes. 00vzbjfob theodobe boosevelt. The exercises opened with prayer by the Bight Bev. William C. Deane, tbe Episcopal Bishop of Albany. Muslo by a band foU lowed, after which Seoretary of State McDonough, who had charge of the ceremonies, read, in a loud, clear voice, the oath of office taken by Governor Boosevelt before Secretary of State John Palmer on Saturday. Then came the formal transfer of authority. The retiring Governor, Prank S. Blnok, addressed Colonel Boosevelt, who then delivered his j inaugural address in which he said: I "It shall be my purpose, so far, as I am given strength, to administer my office with an eye single to the welfare of all the people of this great Commonwealth." Benediction by Bishop Doane and a selection by the band closed the ceremonies, and the inaugural party then proceeded to the executive chamber, where the usual reception was held. THE CURZONS REACH INDCST' The New Viceroy i? Royally Welcomed by the People of Bombay. Bombay, India (By Cable).?Baron Curzon of Kedleston, the new Viceroy of Indltf, with Lady Curzon and their children, reached here a few days ago. The warships in port fired a royal salute as th? Viceroy disembarked. The city was dec babon ccbzox of kedlsstox. (The new Viceroy of India.) orated with flags, and the Stars and Stripes ,was prominently displayed. Lord Curzon |Yvao iouoiYuu *J y tuo uuaur ui vuo uiitu?i;i naval, eooleslastical, legal, and civil do* partments. I An address of welcome was presented by the Corporation of Bombay. Lord Curzon, replying, thanked those present for the 'graoions weloome extended to him and to Ills wife, who, he added, came to India with sympathies as warm as his own and who looked forward with earnest delight to a life of happy labor among them. MRS. BOTKIN FOUND GUILTY. .Tnrr fnnvlr^i TT?r of TVInrder and Her Sentence Is Life Imprisonment. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).?The jury in the case of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, charged wilh the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning and' her sister by means of poisoned candy, which was sent through the mails to Dover, Del., returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed the penaity at life imprisonment. The Botkin oase and that of Dr. T. Thacher Graves, of Providence, R. I., who sent arsenic in a bottle to 3Irs. Graves la Denver, causing her death, are the only cases in recent criminal history of murder committed in this way, except the case now being investigated in New York. In both the Botkin and Graves cases the accused were convicted of murder in the first degree on circumstantial evidence. SENOR ROMERO DEAD. The Mexican Ambassador to Washington Passes Away at the Age of Sixly-Two. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Senor mauup itomero, too jiciiuau auiua??uui to 'the United States, died at the Embassy a few days ago. An operation for appendicitis had been performed upon the Ambassador, and although the operation wa9 entirely successful, the resulting shcck proved greater than he could bear. Senor Matias Romero's diplomatic services in this country began in 1859 as First Secretary of the Legation. Between 1863 and 18S2 he was Secretary of the Treasury in Mexico. He came to Washington as Mexican Minister in 1882. In 1893 the Legation was raised to an Embassy. A Revolt In the Caroline Ifllumls,'. The natives of Ponape, the principal island of the Caroline archipelago, have slain the Spanish garrison ami choson for a ruler a native favorable to Americans. Want American Kxhibltor*. The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Scotland, has charged three commissioners, Messrs. Crawford, Simons and Mason, to visit the United States and lay before President U.V1.U. Kin n.y KinAf nncK/in I a ra ra. iUCXIIUlOy UUU UI3 uauiugt garding the Glasgow Exhibition, to be held in 1901, in order to Insure adequate American representation. A French Victory in China. The demand of France for an extension of the exclusive French settlement at Shanghai has been granted by the Chinese Government despite tho protests of Great Britain. Prominent People. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild left a forlune of about $10,000,000. The real name of Jules Verne is Ochlewltz. He is a native of Warsaw and lives* at Amiens, France. Rudyard Kipling has accepted the VicePresidency of the Navy League of Englaud. .tie proposes 10 iaae au active [ uu w iua movement. Governor Pinjrree owns the prize war scrapbook. It is of enormous proportions and yet treats mostly of the Michigan volunteers only. M. de Blowltz, the famous Paris corre spondent of the London Times, wa3 born iu JJohemia in 1825, and did not become a na,turall?o4 Frencdnua until 1870. 1 ,'V"' ' ' : ODE EDICT mm The President's Proclamation of Instruction to General Otis. MILITARY AUTHORITY SUPREME. Conciliatory Language Toward Inhabitants of the Islands?Notice That fortl mil oe I ret) iu All x<j Redeem the People From the Consequence* of Spanish Misrule. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The folowing Is tho text of the instructions sent to General Otis, in command of the United States forces in the Philippines, to be proclaimed to the Filipinos as expressive of the purposes of the United States: "Adjutant-General's Office, ) "Washington, December 27, JLS93. j "General Otis, Manila. "By direction of the Secretary of War I have the honor to transmit herewith instructions of the President relative to the administration of affairs in the Philippine Islands: "Executive Mansion. "Washington, December 21, 1898. j "To the Secretary of War. "Sir?The destruction of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila by the United States naval squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Dewey, followed tyr the Deduction of the city and the surrender of the Spanish forces, practically effected the I conquest of tbe Philippine Islands and the suspension of Spanish soverelgntylthereln. "With the signature of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain by their respective plenipotentiaries at Paris, on the 10th last., and as the result of the victories of American arms, the future control, disposition . and government of the Philippine Islands are ceded to tbe United States. In fulfilment of the rights of sovereignty thus acquired and the responsible obligations of government thus assumed the . actual occupation and administration of the entire group of tbe Philippine Islands becomes immediately necessar^, and the military government heretofore maintained by the United Slates in the city, harbor and bay of Manila is to be extended with all possible dispatch to the whole of the ceded terrltory. "In performing this duty the Military Commander of the United States is enjoined to make known to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands that, in succeeding to the sovereignty of Spain, In severing the former political relations of the inhabitants and In establishing a new political power, tbe authority of tbe United States Is to be exerted for the security of tbe persons and property of the people of the islands and for the confirmation of all their private rights and relations." The proclamation then states that we come as friends to protect the'natives in their homes and in their personal and religious rights. All persons who accept the authority of the United States will re ceive its support and protection, while those who may antagonize our interests will be brought within the lawful' rale we have assumed without 'unnecessary severity. The proclamation continues, "Within the absolute domain of military authority, which necessarily is, and must remain, supreme in the ceded territory until the legislation of the United States shall other* wise provide, the municipal laws of the territory in respect to private rights and property and the repression of crime areto be considered as*continuing in force, and to be administered by the ordinary tribunals so far as practicable. The operations of civil and municipal government are to be performed by such officers as may accept the supremacy of the United States by taking the oath of allegiance, or by officers chosen, as far ad may be practicable, from the inhabitants of the islands." The statement is then made that while the revenues of the State passes with the cession, and while the use and management of ail means of transportation are reserved to the authority of the United States, all private property is to be respected, except for cause duly established. The taxes and dnties become payable to the authorities of the United States. If private property be taken for military use it shall be | paid for at a fair valuation. All the porta l and places under the actual jurisdiction ot the United 8tate<? forces are to be opened to the comme. of all friendly nations. The proclamation conolndes: "Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the Inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring to them in every possible way that fnll measure ot Individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United 8tates is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justtlce and right -for arbitrary rule. "In the fulfillment of this high mission, supporting the temperate administration of affairs for the greatest good of the governed. there must be sedulously maintained the strong arm of authority; to repress disturbance and to overcome all obstacles to the bestowal of blessings of good and stable government upon the people of the Philippine Islands under the free flag of the United States. "William McKixley. "To H. C. Corbin, Adjutant-General." AGUIXALDO GOES TO ILOILO. H?di Tnmrirent Army to Fight tlie United State* Force*. Pabi8, France (By Cable).?An official telegram received by the Filipino Junta here says that Aguinaldo has gone to Iloilo, at the request of the Insurgents there, to place himself at their head. The Filipino who furnishes this information also categorically and specifically asserts that If the Americans insist upon the occupation of the principal cities by ttte American troops the whole of the Filipinos will "resist by'force of arms." Proclainallon Issued at Blanlla. Manila, Philippine Islands (By CablesPresident McIIlnley's proclamation to the Filipinos, cabled to Major-General Otis from Washington, has been issued here. Dewey Wanted in Ohio in 1003. City Clerk Lem P. Harris, of Toledo, Ohio, is in receipt of a letter from Admiral T\??kaot,00 ha fho onipsfc of voyyoj, )>uu n no IUMWU w honor to open the Ohio Centennial, May 1, 1303. Tbe Admiral expresses his thanks lor the honor and says* that while it is impossible for him at present to make any definite arrangements it would Rive him pleasure should circumstances at that time render it possible to accept the invitation. Oar Flag on the Thames. The naturalized American steamship Unionist for Mobile rrom Memel, Prussia, arrived in the Thames, England, a few days ago. She is the first American vessel that has entered the port of London since 1897, and the. first merchant steamship flying the Stars and Stripes that has been soea there in many years. The Viceroy Arrives at Calcutta. Lord Curzon, the new Viceroy to India I has arrived at Calcutta, where he was en j thusiastlcally received. Newsy Gleanings. I The Georgia .Legislature reuuuou iuc ayproprlatioa lor schools from $1,000,000 to 8800,000. The Governmeijt of Victoria, Australia,has accepted the teader of an American Arm for 35,000 tons of steel rails. The War Department, Washington, has been advised of a scheme to lnauguiate wholesale smuggling from Havana. Camaguey, the war-horse of Antonio Maceo, which he rode at the time of his death,was sold a few days ago at Savannah, Ga., at auction for $40. Belgrade's Svpski Dojck has suspended publication for a time, as the sixteenth editor it has bad in two years has joined his fifteen predecessors in jail. ; / > * HAVERHILL'S SOCIALIST MAYOrTH | Hcuiiim AflMtlni WorUaimn mended la His Inangurml Speech. Batxsriu.. Masa. fSDeciaT). ? M*yor Chase, the Socialist who was elected at tH? > ^ recent election, In bis lnangurai speech V. gave assurance that he would cse the 1M lted power of his office In the defense and vj support of the principles of socialism, far as they itay be applied to a municipal- - i Ity. With this aim he made these thrpespeolflc recommendations: i First?The passage of an orfler establish- ^ ing the minimum wage for street employes at $2 for eight hours' work. / $| Second?Union wages and. conditions*o ; ^ prevail in an one* ana stone masons wont performed under the direction of tbe Street ' Department. Third?All city printing to 3?ear the nnioii ; label. In order to relieve the unemployed, lie' -.3 recommended: Flrst^-Thata suitable tract of land W secured for the raising of food product* $2 and that such of the unemployed as desire be permitted to use said laud, the city to. - - *? furnish proper seeds and tools. ; ^ ^ Second?The enlargement of the fuel yard * * at the City Farm to such proportions *a?KHj will permit all who desire to earn by their labor suoh fuel as they may require. : >. Third?The appropriation of such an }iy. amount of money as circumstances may )." -? warrant,to be used in providing employrf . mentdireotly upon public works, not 1ft r Tj competition with the regular employees the city, but upon special works, t*o kinds ' of which he suggests: First, improvement ^ of the park system and, seoond, construe- ^ tion of a system of bicycle paths through - ; /; all prlnoipal t horoag hfares. FIVE BOYS WHIPPED IN COURT. ^ Indiana Judfe'i Unnsual Sentence For,' "iijjs Toathfal Thieve*. A^ijS EvAKsriLLKj Ind.,(8peoIaI).?Minor1' G^.-Jji rett, E. Gardner, Elijah Scott, Frank' Carl , and William Morris, boys ranging In dge :'W. from ten to twelve years, received pnblla -y'S whippings In the police court here a few '% days ago. ' - ffiSwi The hoys had stolen old waahbo0ert.:)v<3 Their parents had the option from Jndgr>re* Winfrey of whipping the boys or or having! JS them sentrto the reform school. Tbe bowjVj^ were led to the hall by the turnkey and; : -5 eaoti lashed twenty-five times. TheiryeUafcara could be heard, for two blocks away. Oji*i>&jg of the boys was so weak after the floggibgf?jg| that he could hardly walk?from the polio? CENERAL LAWTON'S' COMMAND. \ Ordered to the PhlUppIoe# to Succeed' - ? Major-General OtU. Wabhutoroar, D. C. (Special). ?TluS Department has ordered Major-General W. Lawton to Manila to assume command] . of the military forces of the United States' ,.3j& In the Philippines. Major-General Etarellj' '.y 8. 0 tfs iB^to bo the Military Governor of Major-General Otis cannot be appolntad^^w KAJOB-GEKEBAL H. W. LAVfTON. * , vjj Military Governor until the rat 1 ficattoii oJf tbe treaty of peace and the islands ally pass into the control of the tfUtea^M Qfafaa Knf tV*A arrfhnrlf4AC 'ftfA CilHfHH that by the time General Lawtpn reached. his destination the treaty will have been. , ratified. -ijB CENERAL RIOS DESTROYED FORTS- J! The Spanish General's Work of D?ttn^|n tlon Before He Evacuated Hollo. -'vga Madbid, Spain (By Cable).?General Bios,' igg the Spanish commander (who evacrfated^|ji Hollo and let the insurgents in),, c*bi? that he has arrived at Manila on the XIII., after bavins: completely j?acuated the Visayas and the northern part of the Island of Mindanao, and after blowing fourteen forts and the fleet of gunboats Lake Lano. i "fogt He reports that 1600 Spanish troops are' concentrated at Zamboanga under tfca. " command of General Montero. Bios says that before quitting the trenohar >~;.r at Hollo he warned the Insurgents that it they fired a single shot he^uld raze thav^ town. A. He has sailed for SDaln. " ' &*!?&. ; -**183 LIKE A SPARTAN FATHER. ; Warden Woodbrld*e Becelved HI* Son ktT^a Prisoner in Hartford. Habtfobd, Conn. (Special).?In tbe Superlor Court Warden Woodbridge's son.' ;.;-k Kirk, was sentenced to a four-year terrain the prison. He was clerk at the prison, ;*-'3 and in the past five years robbed the Stat? of about 810,000. Tbe son was taken to tbe prison a feifr * >.S days ago to serve bis sentence, along with . < ? a dozen other handcuffed prisoners, ahd' was received at the gates by his fatner, the v?1 warden, who refused to recognize Mm. *<t] The resignation of the father has been ae? ; if; cected. Fonr Miners Drop to Death. Ey the ignorance of a new engineer foixr , . ^ men were killed and one severely hurt in the Jumper Mine, near Jameston, Cal., -v . a few days ago. The dead miners are ; i' Robert Jones, F. E. Anderson. Charles ;yj . Harney and C. Rhine. Frank Kastellac was . , . severely injured. These men, with Mor- * gan and O'Brien, were being lowered to the 600 and 700-foot levels. O'Brien left fb? skip at the 600-foot level and gave the usual signal of two bells tor let the cage go down to the next level. The engineer y:Ti hoisted tbe cage and then let it drop 180 feet to the bottom of the shaft, killing all except Kustellac. ^ tV'-'jQ English Cartridges For Oar U?e. A company in Birmingham, England, has begun making 10,000,000 cartridges for sj .the United States, at the rate of 1,000,000 weekly. An American inspector examines ~ t the work, and, profiting by the war experiences, a special metal is used to prevent the cases from jamming in tbe barrels. _ _-~r Danes Expelled From Germany. ^ Thirty fresh expulsions of Danes from,North Schleswig, Germany, have been, ordered in consequence of the attendance of their employes at a meeting addressed by Herr Hanssen, u Danisa Deputy.. Mormons Oppose Roberts. I The reorganized Churoh of Christ, Latr ter Day Saints, of Independence, Ao., a congregation of 800 Mormons, the largest outside of Utah, has passed resolutions . unanimously opposing the seating of Con<? gressman-elect Roberts. The church 1? of the Josephite branch of the Mormons, which is opposed to polygamy, and has ' 40,000 members in the United 8tates, The Gold Basis For Cnba. t ' v - 'l. k President McKinley at Washington baft issued an order regulating tbe financial > system of Cuba and fixing tbe standard of values on a gold basis. / i . L'v:? * - :;H%J