^^BfcGj'JlTY Published Every Thursday ? at? HB^pNGSTRZE, SOUTH CAROLINA, z 7? T o. w. WOLFE, ^ Kditor and Proprietor. W r-? V A Philadt l]>hia }.- : i in i:> . of the jubiiee c:o .d said it \vas"iii]> and tuck between the ]>ul;: ocket a: d tin: police." it W. Ui?l i;e mi UMi.;.; vd i* the marrying of v. Mows wihi men y is in the wrong state ami lives in the nr. i:u time. He should have lived in I tail four years ago. Then his peon iurity would not have excited comment. Dewey is said to be c: ing home. It will be snch a hone-coning as no American ever had. For his own sliat li^. I in i Lilt ill. CUUIiUIb mtwoc turn iiv w i " der strong guard iu Fort W:i: ren. where his family and friends might visit him with passes signed by himself. In the confliet which resulted in the ' r resignation of the Bnssou ministry in France, the grave underlying question was the supremn y i>f civil or military law iu that republic. As long as militarism prevails in France it can be a republic but in name. The promotion of tiie rights of the people, tlife establishment of personal treet dom, anil all of the elements which enter int > republican governmont are ~~ at war with tne idea of military supremacy. As 'oug as the man in epaulets is the hero ot the populace, ami his will supplants that of the statesman, true republican government is impossible. Agitation for the repair of Time's ravages on Faueuil ball has been renewed in Boston, and this time the local papers h j>e work will follow the agitation. Ample money to n ake 1ai?iv nAAilAfl naikflifc ic C'll.l tn ] iA IUC IUU^"Ul.r\ICU 4\ <7 ! ' ?; %? ? ??' N-w available, anil its use maybe hastened by the reiterated warnings of experts that the Cradle of Liberty is actually in danger. In this case there is no such question as was raised iu connection with the restoration of the Bulfinch front and the dome of the state bouse. No one is proposing to reb.iilil Faueuil hall. It is entirely a work of strengthening and lepairincr. and this, the Boston Advertiser says, "must be done very gently, it must be done with loving intelligence and patient reverence. We do not want Faueuil hall to become a ruin, venerable aud pathetic as that ruin would be. We want it for use as well as for an object of patriotic enthusiasm on ac count of its sacred memories. We want it to continue to be the people's forum, as truly now as in John v Adams's time. \ ^Hg^cnrious relations of pjsr.soual vanity v^h the woistof criminality are plainly^J^Twii in tlie ea oof Vacher, the notorious "Jack tiie uipper" of Tatis, who has I con condemned to the guillotine. Although evidently a mental pervert, with the usual accompanying mania t' r in mi cide, he was willing to give the .'11 details of his crimes, pre do isi y confessed, only oo the condition.-, that they should be published in :iil t!.e leading papers, nud that he should have a separate t^al for er.cii murder in the place of its commitment, thus obviously addiug to the morbid notoriety of Irs doings. The desire to create a start :ing sensation by limiting his acts to the murder and subsequent D/utal mutilation of young shepherdesses was paramount to ail , other nr.fives, a.though ho incidentally refers to his fancy for shedding blood. As is i< ,t unusual in such instance of gross dej avity, he plied his drt1.' 1 :;! work lo : enough to give it the a:.' <>. res; my:-,.cry, and when unable to i.c; > ti c secret beyi-ud a ce ' i '?' compelled to opyilv .a bis sa oty bjr i -v_ e\j ' ' re? vl ins confession, ft 4'ri.. ?:o <;u.ta uniform in jj| ?b; star.- i.-.j'.s -. -yarding the prevaV iVi t s r-iuong thieree f _ 1 : ,;o >. Tije detectives untie: st an v. ell Ii i propensity on the ] of w ongdoers that it is an evef!?ady a%cn :e to secrets which otherwise v.ord } chars never bo discovered. It is th ? plainest or all exe;nplihcal o:;s of a fa t that "laurlewill out." Tiie crime and .ts ; uambmeat grow from the same root. 1Ya*,hincrton Itemi. I ^ The President sent to the Senate the i rarae of Richmond P. Hobson to be a ! Naval Constructor. ! Q Japan's Minister, Mr. J. Komura. says China trill not bo dismembered and that no country will be?'permitted to have a monopoly of her trac^'e. Commander H. E. Nicholls has been dej tached from the Mare Island Navy Yard R [ and ordered to command the monitor Mon| adnoek. r I Tho first street railway in China is just about to ha built at Shanghai, aud United T States Consul Fowier at Chee Foo, in rei porting the fact to the State Department I expresses a hope that United States msnulaeturars and^contractors will give this their best attention. The House passed the Army and Navy j Urgent Deflciepy bill without division. I Senator Vest introduced in the Senate a ! resolution for the appointment of three r< Senators and live Representatives to inves- h I tigute charges of corruption in the eon- tl I duet of the late'war. . The Waf Department has decided to send j au expedition consisting of three regi- " j ments of Regular infantry to the Philip- t j nines from New York by way of the Suez i Canal. J Surgeon-General Sternberg testified be- C) J fore the War Department Investigating ) Commission regarding the conduct of the il j Medical Department in the war. The Mexican Government decide! to p ! raise the Mexican Mission at Washington j to the rank of an embassy. Turkey will a i probably soon follow Mexico's example. t] 1 Chief Surgeon O'Reilly and Lieutenant t< I Weston have been ordered to Jamaica to p make a thorough investigation of the p isriti-'i meiuou 01 csnu); mr nwvpn iu tropical climates. Superintendent Green has presented to Congress a report on the Congressional Library Buildings and grounds. The visitors during the eleven months ended December 1 numbered 546,852. The Postmaster-General estimates the dell "ieney in the postal revenues for 19D0 at $4,265,888. The estimate for arrav and navy pensions is $144 000,000; cost of Pension service, $1,233,830. Total, $145,233,830. Washington officials think that the outcome of the peace negotiations in Paris may be two or more treaties. Senator Vest introduced a resolution declaring that the United States could not. under the Constitution, acquire territory with the idea of holding it permanently as a colony. The Court of Inquiry appointed to invesolioiiilnnmiint of the Infanta Maria Teresa during the storcn of October 29, reported that there was no fault or negligence on the part of any naval officer. Domestic. jl Orison Sumner Eartlett, Jr., sixteen years old. and Joseph Hunt, fifteen years old, both of West Derrv, N. H., were P drowned while skating on Lake Tsienneto. v Frederick Cates was fatally shot by Dell , Durgin, a compauion, whil? deer hunting in the woods north of Waforville, Me. Cates had started a deer, and Durgin mistook his gray coat for the animal, and t fired. * * it., t 1; nelson Mowers, one 01 iu? jeauiuK i/ciuocrats of Connecticut, was instantly killed in a shafting accident at bis mill in " Moodus. He was jumping a belt when his 1 sleeve caught, and he was drawn up to the * ceiling with such force as to cause instant death. J The stock of the City Passenger Railway t Company, of Baltimore, was purchased by t a syndicate of capitalists at ?90 a share. Theodore Hopkins, of Dover, Del., col- 1 ored, went into a cataleptic state and some t friends, being positive that he was dead, e proceeded to raise money to give him a de- 1 cent burial. All preparations for the fuu^ral were being completed when Hop- ( kins sat up and exclaimed to his fleeing c friends. "I ain't dead, thank the Lord! I l heard every word you ;said. but couldn't \ move." f United States Senator Kenney's second 1 trial for alleg**! frauds unon the First National Bank of Dover, Del., has begun. The nitro-glyeerine house of the Hudson v I Powder company at nnni?, unu, ui>-w m<, ( killing Superintendent Kennedy and four r Chinese, tho only workmen in t.'ie build in-,' at the time. Four tons of nitro-glycerine 0 exploded, completely demolishing the t building. Du-ing a fierce snow and wind storm the breaker of tho Enterprise Collierv at Sharnokin. Penn., was blown down, causing $100,000 damages. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Frank J. Gould, of )few York, son of Jay Gould, reached thoage of twenty-one years r and received the $10,090,000 left him by 750,000, was senteneed i I in St. Paul. Minn., to State prison for ten years' hard labor. Two east-bound freight trains, running together 011 the Fitcbburg Railroad, col1 li'led near Athol, Mass.. and F. \Y. Knight, of Williarasrown, a brakeman, was caught in the wreck by the legs and burned to ( death, in spite of the efforts of his com- t rades to release him. r 1 Paul I. Dulian, Town Marshal of Coving- 1 * ton. La., was shot fatally by a gang of whitecaps. The regulators started out to s intimidate some negroes, and coming to s the residence of George Harris, colored. ^ Jlred several volleys into the house. Dulian 1 started out to investigate the trouble and as he stepped from his door was shot down, Foreign. 1 s Tt U thought in Madrid that the Queen Regent will ask Premier Sagasta to remain J in power, and the Cortes will be convened f on January 7. I The Japanese Government has intro- ] dueed a bill into the Diet to inerease the land tax by *7,000,000 to meet in part an estimated deficiency. The Filipino Junta in Hong Kong. China, will send two representatives to Washing- , ton to remove misapprehensions as to the attitude of the Filipinos toward the United ' States. Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of ^ State for the Colonies, in a speech at Wake- js Held, Yorkshire, advocated alliances with , the United States, Germany and Russia. worA I*f 11Afl hv Jineeii wuLujii nun h"-'" ? jumping from windows of a burning factory in Vilna, Russia, and fifty others were dangerously hurt. The French steamer Algerois has foun- a dered near Bona, a fortified seaport town c of Algeria, near the mouth of the River 0 Seibous. Eleven persons were drowned. , .t The Empress Dowager of China has given I a written assurance to the Department of State of Washington that it is the purpose of the Chinese Government to protect all missionaries and foreigners generally in I thai country. Don Perrier, a young Frenchman, mur- 1 lered his or ht sweetheart, Jennie An- n drew.-. :? > Eriv'iis i ?iri, at New Westmin- r sie:-, JS. C. -ei,an-y nronpted the crime. p ^Sl3 uAFPENi J . > aptaln Dreyfus Will Receive"^PP ments to Prepare His Defense. USSIA'S GRIP ON CHINESE SOIL. lie Situation is Critical In China, Says Ex-l'tilted States Minister Barrett? Our Interests Are in Danger?The Boer Expedition a Failure?Spanish Soldiers Kehel in the Visayas. Shanghai. China (By Cable).?Tohu Biir>tt, former United States Minister to Siam, as returned liere after visiting Pokin and ie principal Chinese ports. Ife says the tuation in China is of the most critical ature. and that Manchuria is no longer Chinese, but Russian territory. Ho asserts that Niu-Chwang, the chief lorlhern port for the movement of Amerian products, is also practically Russian, nd is liable to be closed any day. The only permanent safeguard to the aramount American and British interests[r. Barrett sa/s, is immediate and united ciion by the interested Governments to efend the 'ntegrity of the Chinese Empire. ) enforce reforms in the Government, to reveat furth-r cessions of ports and rovinc.s. and to insist upon the "op-n oor'' policy in all ports ot China, includN!< oI' ' * ? COSTA THE XICAIM (Map of tho route of the canal a3 provi tic the spheree of in Suence claimed by lussia, Germany and France. Otherwise Mr. Barrett contends, the imending parition of the Chinese Empire rill seriously curtail the field of trade by ilsastrously affecting American and Brit>h influence in Asia. DKKVFLS'S DEFENSE. ."he Picquart Decision Described as an Attack on the Army. Takis. France (By Cal ' ). The Govern atilH litis nU'.UODZBIl lllf- uuiu^ IUUVW|Jain Dreyfus of all documents necessary 10 he preparation of his defence. The anti-revisionist newspapers declare hat the decision of the Court of Cassnion iu the case of Colonel Picqunrt marks he beginning of a social struggle against he army, and accuse the court of assumug the position of dictator and disregardng the law. The revisionist organs, on he other hand, describe the action of th# ourt as the most practical step that could lave been taken. (ireat indifference to the decision of the 'ourt of Cassation is displayed at the headluarters of the Military Governor of Paris, ieneral Zurlinden. General Mercier. who vas Minister of War at the time that Dreyus was condemned, is quoted as saying in he course of an interview: "They wish to destroy the army, but hey won't succeed. The army will be ouud passionately devoted to the country rhen it is needed. As for the Court of Cassation, it is doing what it Is its busiless to perform." It is said that M. Labori, Colonel Picluart's counsel, has made application for ho temporary liberation of his client. BOEK EXPEDITION A FAILURE. ieueral Joubert, With His Forces Dc* moralized, is ltcturniris: to I'retoria. Loxdox (Bv Cable). The Cape Town corespondent oT The Daily Mail forwarded a lispatch which the Transvaal Go/erninent lad refused to allow The Daily Mail's corespondent at Johannesburg to forward rom that .point. He says that the campaign recently instiuted by the Boer Government against /hiof M'pefu, of the Magmas tribe in the 'outtaus Berg District, has proved a com>lete fiasco. The chief has outmanoeuvred he Boers, and is now in the splendidly ortilled mountain stronghold which he ms long occupied as a center of operaions, and where bfe has assembled a large irmy. General Joubert, the commander of the Joer expedition sent against the chief, is II, and with his forces in a state of serninutiny, is returning to Pretoria. The ioers have been guilty of wholesale mtcheryof women, children, and unarmed latives. SPANISH TKOOPS REBEL. Tliree Outbreak!* In the Philippines Reported by General Itloe. Madrid, Spain (fly Cable). General Rios, Governor of the Visaya Islands, cables that he troops at Minus rebelled, and that the nutiny was suppressed after six of the solliers had been shot. A similar rebellion at Tumbac was also oppressed. Eight of the troops there were hot. The garrison at Bilbao has also reolted. General Rios sout reinforcements o that place. New Russian Minister tc China. Phkin, China (By Cable). The new Rusian .Minister, M. dc triers, pre ented his redentiais to tne jsmperor u iaw u?ys ?k". rbe Emperor uppearod to bo weak and iickly. The Dowager Empress was not >r?seut. M ile Oiers, on his arrival here, yfused to present his credentials to the Oowager Empress. Killed Himself Because lie Lost SiO. Jacob Stohler, thirty-nine years old, of 'aterson, N. J., committed suicide by langiug himself to a beam in the cellar of lis home. A few days before Stohler lost 140 while on the way home after doing ome shopping, lie brooded greatly over he loss, although he is said to be well to lo, and his wife believes that the thought >f it llnally drove him to seek death. To Sell Cincinnati's Zoo. Judge K. B. Smith of the Superior Court t Cincinnati, Ohio, ordered the sale of the elebruted Cincinnati Zoological Gardens u January 16 next. The Zoo has been in he hands of receivers for months. Over wo-thirds of the appraisement, which is '200,01)0, must be realized to pay the debC9 n the property. Robbers Secure S5UOO. Safe blowers wrecked the strong box In he bank of Antioch, III., a village of 700 nhabi'ants, iifty miles from Ch cage, an I ebbed it of *5000 and ^>me valuable | iapers, and escaped. j brhrptrailroad wreci^^b j^B^^^Vuent* in Saccemiion Near Port* land Mills, Penn. Penn. (Special). Three persons ^B^^Kiroe injured and the motherof one V'^^Klying of the shock caused by her s^Wneatb, is the result of two wrecks on the Clarion River Railroad, near Portland Mills, in Elk County, a few days ago. A train loaded with pulp wood was being hauled down the steep grade near Portland Mills, and the rear end was left on the top of the hill, owing to the slippery tracks. While the front end was descending, the rear of the train became unmanageable. and. dashing down the hill, crashed into the front section. Both sections were wrecked and Brakeman Thomas Breshelman on the front section was instantly killed. A donkey engine with a crew of Ave men were ordered bnck to clear up the wreck and bring back Breshelman's remains. The work was completed, and while the train was returning the engine jumped the track and rolled over an embankment. Engineer Harry Carman was fatally injured and died n fear minute after heine extricated. Foreman Daniel Myers was rescued and has since died, and three brakemen Sowers, Cassidy and McKnlght were all badly injured, McKnight's arm being crushed. When the news of Carman's death was broken to his invalid mother she lapsed into unconsciousness and it was not expected that she would live. ~ NICARAGUA CANAL BILL Senate Votes to Take It Up Its Friend* Have a Good Majority. Washington, D. C. (Special). On motion of Mr. Morgan (Doin., Ala.) the Senate :aragua h|\\ SJ) )l ^ -JWl' RICA * .C.UA CANAL. ided for In a bill now before Congress.) voted to take up the Nicaragua Canal bill, and It will be the regular business before the Senate until it is disposed of. The motion was antagonized by Mr. Pettigrew (Sil., S. Dak.), who moved to adjourn. This was debated by the following vote: Yeas, Republicans, 3; Democrats, 9: 811verltes, 2; total, 13. Nays, Republicans, 25; Democrats, 13; Silverites, 4; total. 42. The advoates of the Nicaragua Canal j bill were as greatly surprised as its op ponents at the result or the vote. Jit was so decisive that the general opinion i9 that there will be no attempt to displace the measure in favor of any of less importance. It may be sidetracked temporarily by the appropriation bills or other matters o! necessary legislation, but as against all ordinary bills and resolutions of the Nicaragua Canal must have the right of way until disposed of. CHICAGO'S WAR ON CIGARETTESThe Counc'1 Committee Raises the Tax From $100 to $500. Chicago, 111. (Speeial).?The Committee on Licenses of the City Council voted practically unanimously to increase the annual tax on cigarettes from $100 to $500. Alderman Fick was the only dissenter. The action has caused great excitement among the retail cigar dealers. They held, a largely-attended meeting and voted to light the ordinance. It developed at the meeting that out of the 5500 cigar dealers in Chicago only 225 were able to pay the preseut license fee of $100, and it was declared that if the tax was increased, as proposed, none but the department stores would be able to pay it. The action or the council committee was laid to spite, the Aldermen being angry because the cigar dealers had been taking an active hand in politics lately. Cigarettes Makes a Boy Burglar. Mocnt Vebsom, N. Y. (Special). Within a short week Raphael MolYot has degenerated from a good little ten-year-old boy into an accomplished hcusebreaker. Cig rettes prepared him for the downward plunge. The influence of bad boy companions keeled him over the moral precipice. The child is the only son of Louis Moffot, a carpenter of this place. It appears that the boy being pressed for money with which to purchase cigarettes, broko into three stores, stealing the money and the cigars and cigarettes that he laid his hands on. He was, however, caught, and now languishes in jail. BODIES BLOWN 100 YARDS. Fatal explosion in the liupont Povdn ?? orhs ai u uiuin^ion, i/ei. Wilmington, Del. (Special).?Three men were killed and eight injured, three of them probably fatally, by the explosion of a press mill and four grinding mills in the i Ilagley yard of the Dupont Powder Works. The dead are Robert Mclllhenny, John | Wright and John Moore. The foliowiug wore injured: Thomas McCann, John .Mulhern, Samuel Stewart, Thomas Knox, James McLaughlin and Michael Maloney. Of the injured men, Stewart, McCann and Mulhern are in a serious condition. The explosion occurred in the pressroom of the Hagley or lower yard works. A carload of powder that was being wheeled into the room was accidentally overturned, and the car wheels rnnninir into the loose powder caused a frictiou that set the powderaflre. Theexplosions quickly followed, all the powder that was in the press room going off ia the live successive detonations. The press mill was wrecked. The force of the explosion carried portions of the bodies across the Brandywine Creek, a distance of 100 yards from the mill. Ohio Murder Law Ilcld Valid. The new Ohio law giving to juries the option to impose either death penalty or life imprisonment in murder cases has been pronounced constitutional by Judge Davis, in the Common Pleas Court. The decision was rendered in the case of Harry Jones, colored, convicted of marI (lering Anna Johnson, and sentenced to j life imprisonment by the jury. A motion ror a new mai was overruled. A Soldier's Costly Embrace. In the City Court of Savannah, Oa., a few days ago, Judge Thomas M. Norwood" former United States Senator from Georgia, fined Private J. E. Moore, of Battery A, First Maine Artillery, *500 or six month-' on the chain gang for embrH-ing the wile of a prominent couuty off! iial on the street while the soldier was Intoxicated. White Squadron Once More. Orders from Washington were receivel at the Brooklyn Navy Vard to paint h< shins w.iit-, s lowing that peace is assure j. i Tne wor.i beg i*i at oaoe. Ferry-five IjWRescued in MbBH by th? Sieamsh'D VedanHnHj twenty-five! men went^o The liritUli Steal iifihip London an Sinkt nt Sea In Grea t Diatreii* Wh? n Sightec by the Vedamojre The Renew ts Strug gled Two Daml in a Storm to'Take the Crew From th?4 Doomed Ship. Baltimore, Md.j (Special).-Forty-five shipwrecked marin|ers from the Londonian, which was recently! reported as foundering at sea, were landed here on Thursday b> the Johnston Line steamship Vedamore, The Vedainore was several days overdue and fears for her sa fety wero beginning tc be felt. Captain IBobert Bartlett is her master. The Londonian, from Boston for London with a crew of nearly eighty men, and f cargo valued at aba* t iSOO.OflO, including (' 50 cattle, foundered November 2". About twenty-live of the or jw went dowa and tin remaining ones were picked up by the Vcdamorc. The save* I members of the Loudonian's crew numbe 'ed twenty-three men. In addition, theie were twenty-twc cattle men saved, inc luding Patrick Ward, of Boston, foreman! for Swift & Co. who had 2(>3 head jof cattle on board and Daniel Calnaki, of Somerville. Mass,, foreman fir Nelson Morris .t Co., who had 39J5 cattle. The cat noiuou III iu?; v?k-?o rv. .UUU^CI, .JUIUJ J. Neville, of Waterttury, Conn.; Michael Maloue, of Fall River;IJoha F. Kenny, John Sloan, Frederick Wallace, Thomas Higgius, Henry Welsh, Andrew Smith, John Martin, John BihOy, >George Bell, John Ward, all of Boston; Joun Potts, of Maiden; Henry Boneber apd Peter Lamont. of Lawrence; John Jonies, of Loudon; II. Panpipian, of Armenia; Meiklejohn, of Itussia, and Wiiliain Langley, Jr., of Hallowell; Daniel Coveny, of Boston, and Thomas McCoy, of Worcester, Mass.; also cattlemen, are among the lost. The ill-fated Londonian left Boston on November 15, and on November 23 in a violent gale her cargo shifted and she almost capsized, dually resting on her beam ends, with big seas breaking over her. Her luckless crow were helpless to right her, and for two days she drifted about attho mercy of the winds and waves, Assistanoe came at 5 o'clock on the morning of November 25. . The Vedamore hove in' sight flvo miles distant, and as it was still quite dajrk the Londouian burned signal fires anjd fired distress rockets. The signals werekeen by the officers on the Vedanaore's bridfce, and reported to Captain Bartlett, whp gave orders that the Vedamore's course be changed. Second Officer Hobbs i.nd a volunteer crew, gallantly launched one of the* Vedamore's boats and attempt a3 3iicn;un4 winrcpu IUC two vessels and one of the Vedamor$'s life boats was improvised as a life-ear, i to be hauled between the ships. It made a trip successfully and twenty-two half frozen, exhausted men were hauled up ovjer the high side of theVedamore and given,every comfort the ship alTorded. As the boat was going back to the Londonian wreck a big sea broke over it and capsized it. Another broke over it and demolished it. The lines were also carried away ?nd the communication broken. Chief Officer Doran, of ths Vedamore, then stepped up to Captain Bartlett and volunteered to launch another life boat to attempt the rescue. Another set of brave seamen dropped dowu into iher as she touched the water, and she bounded away on the crest of a big wave liken racehorse. For two hours the boat's crew struggled at the oars, but could not get iearer than | sixty yards to tne wreck. mey warn at | last forced to Rive up and return to their I ship. I Another fearful niRht of per 1 and fear ! passed. The next morning t1 tenty-threa of the men of the Londonian si cceedod in launching; one of their otvn boats and reached the Vedamore in safe :y. Their boat was also lost, and ail tbAt day was spent in tryinR to nRain esta dish communication with the wreck. T1 e Rale was constantly inereasinR. and all efforts to | save others were in vain. Even after niRht had fallen theVeda! mere was kept cruisinR about in the vicinity, but when day broko next in< roinR the Londonian had vanished. The Vedamore then proceeded to Baltimore. Tli i wreckad steamer was first sighted in latii ude 41.30, lonRitude 15.10. GEN. WHEELER TO QUIT CONCRESS. .Prefer* Army J.ire anil Hopes to Soon is* Old Enough to Make a Good Soldier. Washington, D. C. (Special). MajorGenoral Wheeler will resign his se^itj in Congress and retain his commission in the army. He said: "I have considered the matter carefully and decided to resign from Congress and retain my commission. My reasons for this step are many. It is probable that a bitter opposition would be raised if I attempted to rlftaln both positions, and I prefer to setti s the matter in this way. I have not yet decided just when I shall resign, but it wdl be very soon, probably within a few weeks. At present I am merely exercising the nriviHffPtt nf :ii> f?v.niflmhwr iinr?n thA flnnr of the House, and in this way I have avoided any possibility of a Question in that direction. I have had other members introduce my resolutions. and this will continue until I re sign. I prefer the army life to the life of a r lember of Congress." I feel as young as when I was a boy, and, although some little discussion has been raised as to my age, I hope to soon be old enough to make a good soldier. I have been re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, but I will not serve on?"day of my new term." Regular Troops For Manila. , The War Department at Washington will send regular regiments to relieve the .nlnnt.m In Mnnlln mat na aonn na trnna. portation on tbe Pacific Coast can be arranged. The volunteers will be retOrned, to the United States In the order in waich they left. \ A New Coast Survey Steamer. The Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer ! Pathfinder was launch* 1 on Wednesd ay at XiVO'i'j V i v? r I a' T"'"i 'I't'inort, S.J. ' 1 the I disasMP^^ MHnraS The orthe Spaui^^ESH^^Hj^BK scheme is reported, and the gotiations with Spain rchearse^^NBSBSB^^B ideut mentions, also, the eiTort^^H^|^^HHH eign powers to intercede and th^^^H9^^BH| dertaken by Congress to prepar^BMHHHHH If-* mentions Dewey's achleveo^B^Tis^^^M having given the "prestige of invincWnty" to American arms, recounts Hobson's ex- ffl ploit and describes the defeat of Cervera as the "decisive naval battle." The President says the fall of Manila constituted a conquest of the Philippines. Except for the war with Spain, he declares the United States has amicable relations with other nowers, and an era of prosperity has begun. Negotiations to protect American food products from discriminating action on the part of European Governments have been ""dertflk-en The President comments upon the friendliness shown by Great Britain. He commends the Czar's project for universal peace. The President's recommendations are: He does not discuss the kind of government he approves for Porto Rico and the Philippines, but announces that those islands will be kept under military government pending tne action of Congress. Cuba, ho announces, is to be kept under military government until a competent system of self-government can be established. The Tresidont recites the annexation of Hawaii.nndcallsupon Congress to take action relating to the future form of Hawaiian goverrment. Ho asks for the immediate enactment of legislation setting aside a portion of the gold holdings of the Treasury as a trust fund for the redemption of greenbacks, OUt proviuiug LUitU ^icouuav^A.o uuvv awdeemed shall not thereafter be paid oat except for gold. The President recommends the increase of the navy and the revival of the ranks of admiral and rear-admiral. He urges the acquisition of new territory as a reason for adopting a maritime policy. An increase of the army to a peace footing of 100,000 men is recommended. The advisability of making an adeauate display at the Paris Exposition is noted and Congress urged to further the work with an appropriation of $1,000,000. Immediate action looking to the construction of the Nicaragua Canal is urged. The desirability of protecting American commercial mieresis in onion is aumu uu measures to that end are recommended. HAWAII'S NEW GOVERNMENT. President McKinley Sends the Hawaiian Commission's Report to Contreu. Wascixgtox, D. C. (Special). The President has transmitted to Congress the report of the Hawaiian Commission, consisting of Senators Culiom and Morgan, Representative Hiti, President Dole and Juslice Frear, of Hawaii. Three bills are formulated for the consi eration of Congress. The first and principal one outiiues a general plan of government and the other two deal with subordinate questions. The main bill provides for the erection of the islands into a territory of the United States, to be styled tho Territory of Hawaii. A Governor, Secretary of the Territory, a United States District Judge, a United d States District Attorney and a United States Marshal are to be nppointed by the 'W President aud an internal revenue district ^ and a customs district are to be created. The territory will have au attorneygeneral, a treasurer, a superintendent of public works, a superintendent or puDiic instruction, an auditor and a deputy auditor, a surveyor with the powers and duties of a surveyor-general and a chid! sheriff, all to be appointed by the Governor. Probably the most important portion of the bill is Section 4. dellning citizenship, which provides that "all white persons, including Portuguese.and persons of African descent, and all persons descended from the Hawaiian race, ou either the paternal or maternal side, who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii immediately prior to the transfer of the sovereignty thereof to the United States, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States." mC ~ Provision is made for a legislature to con- . sist of two houses?a senate to consist of lifteen members, as at present, and a house of representative-, consisting of thirty members, double the number under the Hawaiian Republic. The members are to be elected at a general election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday In November, 1809, and blenniallv thereafter. The Supreme Court Is to be the sole judge of the legality of election to a seat in either house in case of contest. No member of the legislature is to be eligible for appointment or election to any office of the Terri tory, and no officer or employe, notary public or agent of the Territory is to be eligi- , ble to election as a legislator. There Is also a provision that no person who, having been entitled to qualify and vote prior to October, 1897, and since July,.199-1, failed to register as such voter, shall have a vote unless ho shall take an oath, to support the Constitution of the United: States. The sessions of the Legislature are limited to sixty days in duration, and each; member is allowed ?400 as salary and ten cents a mile for traveling expenses. REFORMS IN PORTO RICO. General Henry Will Install American Teachers in the Schools. Sax Juan de Porto Rico (By Cable).? General Guy V. Henry, the new Governor; of the Military Department of Porto Rico,; Is beginning energetically. no luienus 10 cold elections for Mayors and Counrtilmen in every town and if necessary to secure fairness, the elections will be under military supervision. lie will appoint a commission to compel the local courts to bring to trial and punish at once persons now in detention on charges of incendiarism and assault. Another proposal of General Henry is to send his representatives to the various Mayors to gain their co-operation in his ^a"n for installing several American policemen in every town. Captain Lemley, of the Seventh Artillery, has been detailed to visit the schools, with a view of installing American teachers. A Stay For Colonel Picquart. The Court of Cassation, in Paris, France, has ordered a stay of proceedings in the Picquart court martial. A Christian Scientist Convicted. Harriet 0. Evans, the Christian Scientist, of Cincinnati, Ohio, under whose treatment Themas McDowell recently died of typhoid fever, has been tried and convieted of practicing medicine without a T ' certificate. The attorneys of the "faith recuse" defendant at once g ive notice of appeal from the police cour.. New Jersey Gets a Gunboat. The Secretary of the Xiw in Washington has loaned the gun > > r taqu r**r to the state of New Jersey fort - ii<-o' the Camleu militia. \ , ;