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Protest Against
Botcher? in China.
Cabinet Meeting Instructs Mr
Conger to Object tc Wal?
dersee'8 Expedition?
Washington, ?eb. 19 -Minister
Oonger has been instructed by cable
to communicate to the foreign min?
isters at Pekin the feeling of the
Vnited States government that for
Iber hostile expeditions should not be
indulged TD at this time
This action was taken by the State
department after the cabinet discus
sion had developed the attitude of
the administration It is understood
that this was regarded as best'in that
ii left room for another appeal to the
powers, directly through their for?
eign officers, in case Minister Con?
ger's efforts are futile The State
department officials decline to make
public the text of the note Row
ever, it was said to be in perfect
accord with the policy already de
veloped and to make manifest the
conviction of the* United States gov
.rnment that these proposed hostile
expeditions are in violation of the
rights of the individual parties to the
peace negotiations If the threat of
military expeditions is based upon
a desire to force the Chinese envoys
to speedier, attention upon tbe minis?
terial proposals, then it must be
stated that oar government dis?
proves, feeling that it has not yet
been demonstrated sufficiently that
the Chinese government is cot act
ing to the best of its ability Re
garding the insistence of the foreign
ministers on the imposition of death
penalty upon the whole list of pre?
scribed officials, it is realized that the
Chinese agree to administer the
severest possible punishment and it
is conceived here that it may be
entirely impossible for that gevern
Bent to go to the length demanded
by the ministers These considera?
tion are of coarse known to the
loreign ministers ia Pekin, bat it will
be Mr Conger's daty to refresh their
recollections ss to the engagements
their governments entered into with
the United States, as well as with
China, and be will point oat that oar
attitude is in exact accordance with
the outline laid down ia the formal
sotes preceding the opening of the
negotiations The United States
government will continue to deal
with the other powers through their
diplomatic agencies ignoring the
suggestion that the ministers at
Pekin bad no control over the mili
ta ry forces stationed there, and car?
rying oat the same theory Gen
Chaffes will act in thorough harmony
with any toggestions made by Mr
Conger.
Wa?dersee's Preparations.
Pekin, Feb. 20--Th? foreign
envoys this morning received an an
effieiai communication from the
Chinese plenipotentiaries offering to
agree to all the terms of the powers
The Chinese desired, however, to
save the lives of Chao Sha Chiao and
Ting Xion, bat the ministers insisted
?pon the former demands
Meanwhile extensive preparations
are being made for the expedition
planned bj Count von Waidersee
The Germans have purchased 1,800
sam?is for transport purposes
The foreign ministers today say j
that they think the gravity of the
situation is over, bat it is expected
that differences will now arise among
themselves when some of the govern
ments send their indemnity claims
and particularly is there aneasiness
regarding the attitude of Germany
that her claires must be paid in cash
before the ?vacuation takes place.
The other ministers resent this, say
ing it will be impossible for China to
pay, as China has not a large reserve
and the customs receipts go to pay
dividends upon former loans ; and it
is improbable- she could borrow a
sum of any magnitude United
Slates Minister Conger estimates the
total demaods upon Cbina at $400,*
.00.000
Fall River. Macs. Feb 19 -Tbe j
selling commutes of the Fall R'.ver j
Cotton Manufacturers' Assooiarton
today ordered a redaction in the price
of regular print elotbs from 3J to 3c j
CONSTITUTION
FOR CUB?.
Instrument has Been Com?
pleted and Signed.
Copy to ba Submitted to Congress
at Once.
Habana, Feb 21 -The Coban con
stitotioQ, first submitted by the cen
tral committee to the convention at
the pnblic session of Jan 21, was
signed today One copy was sent
to Gov Gen Wood and the other
placed among the records of tue
convention. The attendance was not
large.
At 5 o'clock the members affixed
their signatures, the president and
vice president leading off, the two
secretaries signing last.
Senor Cisneros created a sensation
by refusing to sign it He said :
"Coba is now independent, and 1
can see no reason for sending this
constitution to the United States for
acceptance The United States gov
ernmeni has no right to pass npon it,
for it is a distinctively Unban docn
cent and was drawo up by this
convention which has assumed the
responsibility of establishing the re?
public "
Several delegates argued with him,
bat he was immovable As tibe
delegates retired Senor Tamayo re?
marked: "We are all Cubans Senor,"
and Senor Cisneros replied : ''Yes,
wbeu the time comes to fight the
Americans we will fight them togeth
er " Then he turned toward the
president's table and, shaking his fist
at the American newspaper men, he
said : "The Americans are like the
monkey When the monkey closes
its paw on a thing it never wants to
let go "
Subsequently he said he would
sign the copy of the constitution
that bad been filed with the records
of the convention, but would wait
until the other bad been sent to
Washington
Senor Capote, president of the
convention, will deliver the docn
ment io Gen Wood at the palace
tomorrow morning at 9 30 Gen
Wood and his staff will receive for?
mally the commission charged with
the duty of presenting the constitu
tion The latter will be translated
and a copy ic English will be sent to
Washington with the original
Probably the translation will not be
ready before Monday. This after
noon GeD Wood sent a personal
letter to Senor Tamayo, chairman of
the special committee on relation?
outlining the suggestions received
from Secretary Root, but pointing
ont that these were only expressions
of opinion of the executive depart
ment as to what the people of Cuba
should desire to have established and
agreed upon between the United
Stales and Cuba, and should not be
taken as an official declaration of the
United States, it being necessary to
refer the whole matter to congress
The special committee on relations
has not yet decided what report rt
will make Another meeting bas
been called for tomorrow.
Gov Gen Wood will appoint a com:
mission consisting of two Cuban
merchants, two Americans and Col
lector Bliss, AS chairman, to revise
ihe tariff* A supplementary revis
ion will be first made and submitted
to merchants in Habaaa and th3
United States for suggestions The
Cabans take kindly to the scheme
which will allow them a choice in
arranging the duties
ONE VETO THUS FAR
Gov Mcsweeney has been devot,
ing the past few days to a careful
consideration of tbe acts of the
general assembly He has been care?
fully reading each one The gov?
eroor is taking the acts as be comen
to them. Up to last evening be bad
read and passed upon 158 of the 171
acts and joint resolutions resulting
from the late session of the general
assembly. So far he has not reached
the act repealing the anti free pass
law, and up to the present time be
bas only vetoed ono act This act
relates to the division of a school
district in Anderson county and the
formation of a new one The set, it
is stated, was clearly unconstitutional
aad the governor vetoed it without
hesitation -The State
Dispensary For Hawaii,.
Honolalo, Feb 12, via San Fran?
cisco, Feb 18.-The South Carolina
dispensary system is very likely to
be pat in Hawaii as a solution of the
liquor probiem
lt is reported that dealers in Louis
iana bananas have entered into an
agreement to keep Hawaiian bananas
out of the San Francisco market by
flooding San Francisco with their
?own product It is alleged thats?
I many as 18,000 bunches ore to be
sent to San Francisco from New
Orleans weekly and sold at prices
that will cause Hawaiians to qait.
The Cubans are Right.
They Oppose Giving U. SJ,
Coaling Stations at the
Chief Ports
Habana, Feb 20 -Tbe special
committee appointed by the Coban
const ita transl convention to draw op
a proposition defining the fotnre rela?
tions between the United States and
the Republic of Coba continued in
secret conference with the other
members of the convection ali day
Mo settlement was reached It is
understood that a majority agreed
upon leaving the question open until
the signing of the constitution, which
is now being engrossed. The com
mittee is expecting Gov Gen Wood
to send an oficial letter setting forth
what he considers the relations
should be so that the convention
may act with a better understanding
of the desires of the United States.
It is argued that even if the conven
tion should agree to such a definioi
tion of relations as was outlined by
Gen Wood last week it is not official*
ly koown whether the United States
wonld approve
Gen Wood says he told the special
committee to inform the convention
that he represented the policy of the
executive department at Washington,
and that he could not say how con
gress would act ia the matter Any
communication which he may address
the committee will be on these lines
There is a possibility of delay grow
ing ont of the view the special com?
mittee takes as to the importance of
an official communication from Wash
ington regarding the wishes of the
United States It was intimated this
afternoon that the convention might
appoint the special committee as a
commission to go to Washington
with the constitution and to settle
the whole qoestion before congress
The convention is practically unan
imous against naval stations at Ha
hana Cienfuegos or Santiago. Some
of the delegates say they will readily
grant the request if the stations are
located, say, one on the Isle of Pines
and the others on smaller islands.
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
London, Feb 19.-The war in
South Africa again figured ic the
bouse of commons today The
secretary of war, Mr. Broderick
officially denied that orders had heen
issued that all Boers captured in
khaki uniforms were to be shot.
The secretary of state for the colo
nies, Mr Chamberlain, announced
that a proclamation setting forth the
intentions of the government in re
regard to the administration of the
new South African colonies bad al?
ready been drafted, but bad not been
issued, in deference to tbe opinion of
Gen Kitchener snd Sir Alfred Mil?
ser, that the time was not opportune.
In the debate on tbe address ?B
reply to the king's speech, the secre?
tary of war, Mr. Broderick, said that
the rame terms offered the Boers
! were better than ever before tender?
ed to a vanquished army. Leniency
i to men on parole bad been a failure.
He appealed to the opposition to
i stop tbe delivering of mischievous
speeches and the circulation of pam?
phlets which did an immense amount
of barm in South Africa He said
30,000 horses bad been sent out with?
in three months and the government
hoped by the end of March to have
increased Gen Kitchener's mounted
forces by 20,000 men
Fortification of Legation in
Pekin.
Berlin, Feb 20 -Farther particulars
regarding tbe proposed fortification of
tbe legation at Pekin have been eabled
to The National Zsitong The legation
quarter is between the Chou Ching
gate, the Tsieo gate and tbe chief wall
of the city This quarter will be
eoelosed by modero fortification with a
12 foot moat abd glacis beyond, aod
protected by barbed wire .Each
legation will be further fortified and
defended by a heavy goo. The chief
entrance will be a gate io the Tartar
wall, defended by bastions. The
artillery will command tbe Tartar and
imperial cities. The barracks are to
accommodate 2.000 men. aod, in a
pinch, 5,000 meo.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Montgomery, Ala, Feb 20 -
Bessie and Alice Wilkes, aged 16
and 18, were cremated in a fire at the
home of their widowed mother, Mrs
Wilkes, at Prattville early this morn
ing
The charred remains of one of the
young girls was found in the hall
The other was fouud with a mattress
over her head, which she placed
there in endeavoring to protect her?
self from the flames
The mother, in saving the life of
her blind son, lorgot her daughters.
Bloody Kansas Mobs.
Wife of a Bar Tender Killed.
Milwood, Kans , Feb 10.-In a
raid on a "joint" here by twenty
masked men heavily armed last night,
Mrs. Rosa Hudson, wife of the bar
teoder, was instantly killed. Wm.
Webb, one of the raiders, was shot
through one arm, and two or three of
his companions were slightly wonnd
ed. Yoong farmers composed the
party Two arrests were made to
day and mach excitement prevails
over the prospect of a still more
serious collision between the factions
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night
two men entered a ' joint" which is
.aid to be owned by Mrs Michael
Lochner Warning had been served
on the proprietress to close business
yesterday, but compliance was re
fused When the men entered they
ordered drinks which were at once
served by Bartender Hudson
One of the men rapped loudly on
the bar and at this signal about
twenty more men rushed into the
place All carried arms and wore
masks. Half a dozen shotguns were
raised and discharged into the ceil
ing apparently to demoralize the
keepers of the place. Two men
rushed upon Hudson with guns
leveled at his head He grasped the
barrels and pushed them aside just
as they exploded Hudson slipped
to the floor Jost then Mrs Hudson
dashed in and hardly had she crossed
half of the intervening space when
another gun was discharged point
blank at her head The whole top
of her skull was blown away and
Hudson, regaining his feet, bore her
to the rear room where she died
Ten men are said to have been
waiting under arms to help defend
the "joint" from the expected raid
bnt when the band entered the place
and began shooting the defenders
became panic stricken and decamped.
When the raiders saw Mrs Hod?
son fall they, too. became frightened,
and hastily quitted the place without
attempting to destroy the place
Sheriff Everhardy of Leavenworth,
was quickly notified of the raid and
today arrested John and Henry Wil
son, farmers, charged with participa
tion in the affair Several more
arrests are expected. fcgfl|
THE BELLEVUE TRIAL.
New York, Feb 19 - When the
Hilliard case was called today the
defence made a great point over the
prosecution by the testimony of
Thomas Spencer, an inspector in the
department of charities, who gave
testimony in favor of Norse Davis,
who is on trial, charged jointly with
Nurses Dean and Marshall of man?
slaughter Spencer said he saw
Hilliard a few honrs before his death
running around the pavilion in a
etate of great excitement "He was
acting like a madman, wildly swing?
ing hit arms," said Spencer. "He
struck Dean in the nose with hie
Sst I saw Dean washing off the
blood. Later I saw Hilliard cn the
door and the three nurses holding
him He tried to kick Marshall and
bite him on the leg They were re?
straining him, bnt did not jump on
or strangle him " Spencer added
that be bad been in charge of the
insane pavilion for ten years. On
sroes examination he admitted that
bis testimooy at the coroner's in?
quest lacked the particulars, now
jgiven on the witness stand, of this
?truggle on the floor. In faet, he
naid, at that time, that be had gone
away after seeing Dean struck on the
nose.
James E Gleason, Bellevue Hospi?
tal registrar, said be also saw the
men on the floor. The nurses were
trying to bold Hilliard down Dean
was kneeling, but on ?he floor, not
on Hillard's body. At this time, he
Slid Minnock was at the other end of
the corridor, with his back turned.
Dr. Allan Fitch, examiner in lunacy
of the department of charities, testi?
fied that he saw scratches over Hil
liard's eye on Wednesday. Decem
ber 12 He bad examined MinBock
After doing so be told Davis he sus
pected Minnock of feigning insanity ;
to observe bim closely and report.
Magistrate Hogan testified that
when Minnock was brought before
him in the insane pavilion, accused
ol'disorderly conduct, he asked Min
nock whether be bad seen anybody
ill treated at the asylum Minnock
said that he bad not Tbe case was
acljourned until tomorrow.
The close of the Pierpont Carnegie
deal gives Carnegie $200.000,000 in
bondB, and an income $15,000,000 a
year, which is doing pretty well for a
fellow who at the age of 30 was a
telegraph operator, living on tick, SB
it were
Marconi has succeeded in tele
graphing 200 miles without the U9e
of a wire Bot what we really need
is to be able to te-iegraph 50 miles
without the use of a revenue 6larop.
-Atlanta Journal.
The Cost of the Negro to the
South.
A writer io The North American
Review says that the sooth cow
expends aboot $40,000 OOO annually iu
school fonds, of which som the negroes
contribute bot one'thirtieth, though
they have the opportunity to reap
nearly balf the benefit In the sooth
all trades are open to them, and tbey
receive every encouragement to become
proficient ia the industrial arts. A
large number of negroes have eagerly
taken advantage of these opportunities
and have made unprecedented progress
io bettering their condition in every
way. They have amassed in one state
property the assessed valae of which is
nearly $30 000,000, and it is estimate?
that they own, ail told, about $300,
000,000 worth of personal and rea
estate They have their own doctors,
lawyers and preachers ; they have beet
given the best schools, colleges ace
universities, and they bave their owt
military companies Many of then
realize that their interests are insepara?
ble from the interesst of the sootb
They have found by experience that tb
people who give them employment
who annually pay caillions of dollar.
that their children may be educated
who make it possible for them *
acquire wealth, who labor side by sid
with them io tho field and in tb
factory, are their be^t friends
He is up Against Vice.
New York, Feb 20 -Behind clos
ed doors Justice Jerome of the cour'
of special sessions today held an ex
amination of some of the men held as
witnesses as a result of the poo'
room raid which he and District At
torney Philbin carried out yesterday
The district attorney is quoted as
saying :
"The people of New York have no
idea what I am bucking against I
am up against the strongest combi
nation of brains and wealth that evei
existed in this city for the purpose of
evading the laws?? ,:
Bank Robbed by a Farmer
Rantoot, III, Feb 20.-The private
back institution of F. B Yeanom at
Vosber, a small hamlet shoaled in the
northwest part of Champaign County,
was robbed today of $1,620 by Arthur
Hyr, a reckless farmer boy, aged 22
years
The cashier banded out tbe money at
the pistol's point and the robber board
a freight train, took charge of tbe
engine and pulled through town at a
high speed. Several citizens caught
che caboose and the desperado wa?
captured io the oab of the engine. The
money was recovered.
Five Will Die.
Sylvania, Ga, Feb 20 -Aroold
Augustus, Andrew Davis, Riobard
Sanders, Wm Hudson and Sam Bald
win, five of the negroes who killed
Fillmore Herring and Milton Mears,
two white men, io this county last
August, were found guilty of morder
last night and sentenced to be banged
March 29.
The men were members of an orgaoi
zatioo known as the Knights of the
Archer. The charter of this order,
which was found by tbe posse arresting
the negroes, is said to ooo tain ao oath
of vengeance agaiost tbe whites, aod
the members were obligated to defend
themselves against tbe whites unto
death.
Many Arrests Made.
Manila, Feb 20 -Fernando Rastao,
general agent of the Tabaoaleria Com?
pany, was arrested yesterday at
Pagsanjan, provinoe of Lagons, for
furnishing the insurgents with supplies,
information as to the American troops
and their movement, and with money
He is a French sobjeot and to some
extest associated with Carman, tbe
arrested American contractor, who bas
been operating oontinoallly io tbe
district east of Manila. Mr Web, book
keeper of the Philippine Trading Com?
pany, bas made a partly confession that
certain Belgians residing in Manila and
the Bay Lake district were implicated
in the plot of Jan 17 to kill Capt Jones,
commanding the Amerioan troops in
the town of Bay.
Another force of insurgents will soon
be deported to the Island of Guam.
Many of the discouraged insurgents
in the provinces are coming io individ?
ually and surrendering their guas
Hilario Rubio, the alleged ringleader
in the Macabebes outrages, bas been
arrested io Manila for receiving much
copra from the insurgents.
? CLOSE SHAVE.
Six Seated Carnage Demol?
ished Near Spartanfours.
Spartanburg, Feb 20 -This after?
noon about 3 o'clock tbe passenger
train, No 13, on the 8 WAC. rail
road, while speeding abbot two and a
quarter miles from the onion depot,
near the car barn of tbe street rail?
way, and as the esgine was emerging
from a cot and across a railroad cross?
ing the pilot of the locomotive struck
a six seated vehicle, crowded with
persons who were returning from a
funeral at Glendale. As a result all
the occupants were scattered helter
skelter near the track, and some in a
ditch near by Providentially no
one was killed outright and even the
horses hitched to the carriage escap?
ed unhurt
The conductor of the train was
Capt Chase and the engineer Mr.
Biid The engineer ie positive that
he gave the signal for tbe railway
j crossing. The party waa riding in a
; closed carriage and a high wind was
I blowing in directly an opposite direc?
tion to the approaching train.
"Your Dishonor," Says Mrs,
Nation.
Topeka. Kans , Feb. 20-Judge
Hazen. of the district court, today
{continued the case of Mrs Carrie
Nation charged with smashing Mur?
phy's joint, until the April term of
court. The cases against Sva Hard?
ing, Mrs. Rose Crist. Miss' Madeline
Southard, Mrs. C G Chadwick and
C K McDowell were also continued.
Mrs. Nation enlivened the pro
cedings in ber characteristic way.
Seveial times she addressed the judge
as "your dishonor "
Judge Hazen announced that he
would call the case against Stark on
Monday morning. Stark is a young
clerk who assisted in the raid Sun?
day.
Miss Madeline Southard and Mrs.
Crist, who have been with Mrs. Na?
tion in the county jail, gave bond for
$500 each and were released. Mrs.
Nation and the others were returned
to jail. The indications sre that
there will be a severe legal battle
over the case. The attorneys for the
defendants will insist that they be
granted a change of venae On account
of the alleged prejudice of Judge
Hazen
Mri; Nation refused an offer of
bond from her brother.
MacArthur's Reception.
Manila, Feb. 19 -Gen. Mac?
Arthur's reception at Maiacanan ex?
ceeded anything in tbe Spanish
regime The palace was beautifully
decorated and brilliantly iltaminatecV
Thonsands of persons attended from ?
the navy, army, official, consular,
clerical, business and social circles,
American and foreign The Filipino*
population was well represented.
Gen Barry was master of ceremonies.
Gen MacArthur and the ladies of
the United States commission receiv
ed the guests The reception lasted
until ll o'clock There was dancing;
afterwards The affair was tbos*
ougbly enjoyable and Filipinos were'
especially pleased at being accorded
a privilege never before afforded
them. Gen MacArthur's tact and
courtesy were generally appreciated.
The women's peace league met at
Jodge Taft's noose today and passed
r?solutions to the effect that they in?
tended to unite the Americans and
Filipinois in the efforts to promote
loyalty and hasten peace
Chicago, Feb 19 -The Post today
says : Chicago capitalists have organ?
ised a $1.000,000 corporation koowa
as the Central Sogar ?oaspaoy to
compete with the American trust in tho
borne supply. Cootrao'8 have already
been closed bj tbe newly organized
company for tbe ereetion of a beet
factory at Shelby, Indiana.
Omaha, Neb, Feb 1$.-The police
have ander arrest James Callaghan,
obarged with complicity io the abd ac?
tion of Edward Oodaby, Jr, oo the
oigbt of Deo 18. Callahan was arrest?
ed last Saturday bot tbs police have
kept it a secret today io the hope of
securing other arrests Yoong Cadahy
bas positively identified him aa the man
who aeossted bim near the Cadahy
residence and represented himself to be
a sheri? from an adjoining count? and
forced him toto a boggy, aod also as
tbe mao who kept guard over him at
thc Melrose Hill bouse during the 30
boors he was kept a prisoner, pending
tbe negotiations for tbe ransom of $25,
000 which Mr Cadahy paid for the
retoro of tbe boy.
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