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ESTABLISHED 1884
■ISfflS
l« ENGLAND.
All d Their Roval'Highr.esses
Arranging for a Good Time.
MARLBOROUGH UH WIFF.
Prince in Motirnhg Std News cf
the Princess Louisa o f Co
turg.
Ev Asweated GPrest.
Lonflen., Dec. 24—A1l society has flitted
to coiwtry sea?s wh’r* the quests are
Katherlr.K parties. The Duke
and Do; h» <s o: Devonshire are entertain
ing la*, •©hly at the Chatsworth bouse,
Derbyshire, where about two hundred
guestn including Deary White, the United
States charge de affaires and Mrs. White
and iL/urd George Hamilton. secretary of
state- for India will -top during the fort
night
The li'ikf and Du hess of Marlborough
ha’.- ada rm party 4 relative.- and friends
at Tlenheu'n and their well stocked coverts
are being shot over. Marlborough is nego
tiating Dor the purchase of he Sefton
hosts’ . out.- of the largest mansions in Lon
do’ . It is adapted for entertaining on e
generous scale. Tie DU'-hei s of Marl
bo augxi lias distrained prizes to the girls
of the high school at Oxford.
The Prince of Males has a house parly
; : Sandringham but it is very quiet owing
tv the fact that rhe Printer is in mourn
ing for the loss of two of the Prince’s best
friends, Christopher Sykes and the late
Baron De Rothschild. Mr. Sykes, who in
herited an immense fortune practically
nifCi himself ’'going the pace” with Tie
Prince of Wales.
Queen Victoria will epend Christmas at
Ili - Osborn’ home, Isle of Wight, in the
old-fashioned way. There is considerable
bitiernests in French royalist circles be
cause the Queets has not •n'ertatned the
Duke and Duchess of Orleans, who. are now
in England, although her majesty receiv’d
a broad Hint from rhe court at Vienna
that such an invitation would be partic
ularly acceptable at the present moment.
Victoria, however, while she h id a gr it
:« gard for the ate ('mint 6f Pari-, does
not like his son.- Moreover in view of tic
present rhyalist intrigues in France, her
iviajesty has avoided special attention to
French royalists from political motives.
Advices from Vatican say the assistant
I brarian, Abbe Luz.zi, has unearthed a
number of important documents bearing
upon “Spanish domination" in America
and especially in Cuba. They will be pub
lished and richly boon 1 copie© of books will
■be -a nt to the Queen Regent of Spain* and
President McKinley, though thiis latter act
of courtesy is not Viewed with favor by
many prelates who are endeavoring to
prevent R.
Abbe T.uz.z! has also found among the
archives Galileo's original manusefrpf
tr«a.>'.»se on the tillet which differs from the
usual text.
Sad news has been received regarding
the condition of the Princess Louise of
Coburg, the daughter of the King of Bel
gium. whose name figured in a painful
scandal during the early part of the year
and who has since been confined in a. pri
vate asylum in Austria. The Princess, who
marhied Prince Philip of Saxo-Coburg.
Gotha, eloped with Lieutenant Mattachieh
Kavalviu’h the latter part of January last.
The Prince later fought a duel with the
lieutenant with pistols and . then swords
and was severely wounded in the right
arm. De subsequently took steps to se
cure a divorce from the Princess. The
mind of the Princess is ■j-teadily giving way
and there is now little hope- of her ever
regaining .her intellect.
HARD TIMES
IN PHILIPPINES.
Business Suspended in All
Leading Towns—People
Are Starving.
By Associated Pres©.
Manila. Dee. 24.—The steamer Union,
which has returned from Iloilo with the
native and Spanish soldiers. was >*efused
landing at thiis place, where she had been
detained by American officials.
Private advices from the southern pro
vince say that business is suspended in
'all the leading towns. Supplies are scarce
and foreigners are only permitted to trav
el when special permits are issued them.
At Malolos, the headquarters of the so
called Philippine government, near here.
ih£ native soldiers are levying on villagers
for food suppile©. The people are half
starved and universal dissatisfaction pre
vails. .
REFUSED THE CUBANS.
Gen. Wade Will Not Permit Troops in Ha
vana Subnrbs.
By Associated Press.
Havana. Dec. 24. —A committee of Cu
bans this morning oaltd on General Wade,
president of the American evacuation com
mission. and inquired if the <-ommission
would object to the Cuban troops coming
into Vedado suburbs today. General Wade
' replied: "It is perhaps better that armed
NJubans do not assemble on parade, as the
i’y will be under command of General
rooke January 1. It will be better to
St ’him.” General Wade in effect, po
told the Cubans to keep the troops
the city, _
THE MACON NEWS.
PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
They the Country Carrying the Trea
ty Will; Them.
; By Associated Pfess.
Nca York. D> 24. —Judge Wm. R. Day
..k'ur <’. K. Dav--. Senator George Gray i
Set a.or W. p. Frye and Whitelaw Reid I
. th< United State- < ommL-sloners to ar
ra ige the pea:-’ :r a y wiih Spain, reached
home today, on board the steamer St.
Icouis. Holding tha: trie rule governing
their diplomatic iniksiun is still in force, *
rone of the eentiemen named would apeak j
regarding the work in, Paris. They took {
the first train for Washington, carrying the
1 treaty of peace wjtlj them.
Senator Gray, the only Democrat on the
commission, was told of Mr. Bryan’s re
cently declared attitude concerning the
question of expansion. “Umph!” said the
• senator, “I am not on to Colonel Bryan’s
| curves yet.” “I have no doubt,” said he,
“that the sober, thoughtful opinion of this
country is against expansion. There must
be . The treaty merely gives us control
of the situation. We can do as we please. •
We can keep the Philippines or not, as I
i may be determined in the future.’’’
i Senator Frye said: “At the owning of I
i the session in Paris the. Spaniards first ;
; wanted us to gpt out of the West Indies. ■
I 1 hat we refused to do. Then came the i
squabble about the Cuban deb:.. We were '
not inclined to pay that, and after a hard '
light our opponents finally yielded to our I
claims and signed the treaty which I have
no doubt will be ratified by congress.”
SAGASTA’S HEALTH.
Spanish Securities Continue To Fall Be
cause He is 111.
, By Associated Frees.
Madrid; Dec. 24 —On the Bourse here
today the Spanish interior securities fell
heavily owing to an unfavorable bulletin
regarding the condition tsf Premier Sen<Hr
; Sagasta.
NEW ARMY BILL.
It Contemplates An 1 jerease of the Force to
100.000.
■ "
' By Associates Press.
'Washington, Dec. 24.—RepresentatWe |
Hull, chairman of the military committee ■
of the house today filed a report on The
bill for the increase us the regular army.
Alter detailing the am. ndinenls adopted
by the committee, all of which have been
published, the report says.
The bill six’s no maximum strength .for!
I the entire army. Assuming the govern-
ment to require about 100.000 for defense j
| of the frontier, coast •defense aird to main
j tain authority in the islands for whose
1 good older the goverirment of this nation is
I responsible, together with a reasonable re
serve force, the bill provides for the regi
ments of cavalry an:) infantry necessary
! to provide the number required for each .
1 arm of the servi.-e and a corps of a>’tilery
I for our sea coast ba'tteries, with two regi
! ments of artillery for field batteries. The
organization o> the cavalry is substantial-. |
jly the same as now provided by law. I’he 1
organization of.the artillery as provided !
■ for in the bill changes from a regimental .
formation to that of a corp.:-: of artillery.
THE SIXTH OHIO.
It Has Made a Gnnd Record at Knoxville-
Off For Cuba.
| By Associated Press.
Knoxville, Dec. 24.—The Sixth Ohio i
j broke vamp this morning and is preparing .
ito leave this evening 'for Charleston, 1
! where the transport will be taken for i
j'Cienfuegoes. The regiment has been here
four months and has made a splendid ini- '
i pressicn.
i
NOT IN THE TRUST.
1 Greatest of America’s Rubber Companies
Avoids The Combine.
By Associated Press.
Uolumbu-. Dec. 24.—A special to the 1
Dispatch from Akron, 0., says ihe Good
rich Rubber Company will not be in the
: mechanical rubber ■combine, which is be
ing engineered by Charles R. Flint. The
Akron company was approached but refus
ed ;a enter the combine. The plant is the
largest of i < kind in the country, employ
ing 2.<ii>o men.
KILLED AL YATESVILLE.
Young Mr. Roberts Shoots a Negro Bov
Named Hackett.
i '
; A correspondent at Yatesville writes
1 that a eon of Mr. Junius Roberts, a farmer ■
• who lives near that place, killed a negro
bey named Anderson Hackett, as a re-
i suit of a quarrel over a small debt owed '
by Hackett to Roberts. The latter shot
the negro, the pistol bullet penetrating the
lung. The matter is now in the hands of
1 the coroner.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
; Mr. James Thomas Assaulted at the Seven
Bridges and Seriously Hurt.
Thursday night about 7 o’clock Mr. Jas.
Thomas, who lives near Skipperton, was
attacked 3! *be turnpike known as the
Seven Bridges, knocked senseless and
robbed of four dbi7 which he had on
his person and ©ome nie'J 1 other pro
visions he was carrying fruin'^TV 1 . 10
his home. Mr. Thomas, who is e?R*^ d "
inglj deaf, had ju©t crossed the last
of the seven bridges when some one
jumped from the rear into the wagon and '
deal: him a heavy blow on the ;<fp of the
I head which knocked him from his seat.
He was then struck another blow on the
back of the head, which -stunned him.
There is no clue to the robbers. Mr.
Thomas was afterward carried to his home
f where Dr Heard dressed the wounds,
•-which he pronounced severe though not
deeckeafHy fatal. Mr. Thomas was rest
, ing easy this morning.
. MACON NEWI. SATURDAY DECEMBER 24 1898.
UNDERHAND WORK
Admiral Sampson Tells of
Spanish Devilment.
FRAUDULENT TRANSfERS:
'•VC--
A Great Deal *of Lying at the
Time Os the Surrender of
Santiago.
”■ f ? '
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. .24—The World pub
lishes the following review with Rear Ad- I
miral Sampson regarding the work of the .
Cuban evacuation commission, of which
be was a member:
“Its work is practically complete,” he j
said. “We have reached a. satisfactory
agreement upon all points e-xcept one, |
which 1 confess i«s likely co Jead to con- .
siderable future troubles, but will not lead ‘
to a renewal of hostilities. The cominis- I
sicri was carefully instructed by the gov
erj?ment to obtain a complete inventory
of every piece’ of crown .property upon
which ju.-t claim could be laid. This was
r<> extend to every province. Not a foot of
land that formerly beloxiged to Spain was
xo be overlooked. We had our own source I
•of information and immediately on arrival |
took occasion to secure the originals or
authentic copies of certain records. When,
however, we asked the Spanish represen- j
taLives the commission for such an in- |
venlory we yere told that it had been 1
carefully made and sent to the peace con- .
gress at Pario. We demanded a. copy
which no doubt the Spaniards in Havana i
could easily have famished. We waited i
two weeks but never received it. Thera I
is every reason to Relieve that the Span
iards had instructions from Madrid not
to give it to us. This was an act of bad
faith. Trouble is sare to arise sooner or
later eut of this matter because the United ■
States will never bulge an inch.”
“In what way did they attempt to hide
thA existence of the crown property?” waa-s I
askeli.
“Mvich of it and rmany of the buildings I
have been secretly transferred to priva.'rfe !
individuals and corporations especially j
religious corporations. This underhand ;
woi ! k began some time ago. but much of j:t 1
has btn done since the surrender at Sar
tiago. Such sales are not valid in law o.r
equity. The same rule will hold regard
ing all the tiansfers of Spanish govern
ment buildings to second parties.”
hes Tis whiclhalsa fowere brnc be vm bv ■
"What were the facts at Santiago?” was .!
then asked.
“They were very different from the rep
resentarions made ai the time of the sur- !
render,” replied the Rear Admiral.
"For example. General Wood was told :
that the Spanish government absolutely |
owned no property hi Santiago except the “I
naval hospital. ,
"It was asesrted that all the other gov
ernment buildings, even the custom house !
anil the palace of the governor of the pro- I
vince, were leased from private individ- '
uals. This was untrue. The attempt to
swindle the Cubans out of their just rights j
was tco flimsy to be overlooked by the
United Stares as the custodians of their '
interests. The commission is in possession 1
of most of the original records and no fear '
need be felt that trickery of this kind will I
succeed.”
“NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.”
W.ien it Comes On Sunday Monday is a
Business Holiday.
When Christmas comes 0:1 Sunday, as ir
does thk .a ar, M ind-ay « a Lz«. h •’..lay, ■
Under the Georgia laws- paper© maturing '
Sunday in the banks is payable Saturday, i
but paper maturing on Monday is not pay- :
able until Tuesday.
There will be a gea°ral observance of
Chrisimais Monday by the ba-ti'r ss houses '
of the town, their employes being given a '
holid ty cr that dac.
POSTOFFiCE
VERY BUSY
Holidav Season Brings Larg
est Postal Business in
City’s History.—
The present holiday business is the
heaviest in rhe history of Macon’s poet
office. An extra force of clerks has -been
put on and are working day and night on
the second claee matter. The presence of
the soldiers in the city are responsible for
this condition of affaire. Chief Clerk Bell
says that the Second Ohio is receiving the
largest number of present©, but the other
two white regiments are not far behind 1
in that respect. It is also remarkable rhe
amount of stuff that is being sept*to rhe
colored soldiers, but it is nothing to be
compared with that received by the white
boys.
GERMANY WILL NOT BUY.
By Associated Press.
Berlin. Dec. 24—In official circles here
it is said there is no truth in the report
that Germany has proposed io buy the
’sJand of Fernando. Po.. rhe Spanish penal '
settle.'^ 1 ?’ ’ u tbe bight of Biafra. Western
Africa.
QUITTING THE COUNTRY.
By Associated Press.
Medrid. Dec. 24—Rios?'i he s P a£ >ish com
mander of Iloilo, cables h?^‘ 5 g°’ n ß -o
Manila in order to arrange IQr re_
patriation of the Spanish trocr-s-- •- ,
CUBA'S euwey
How It Has Beer. Affected By
the Results of War.
* •
40 MCE ILSimm
Recommended- By Leading Cuban
' Bankers—A Very Ccmplex
Problem.
By Associated Fret®.
York, Dec. 24. —American contrel is
1 so close at hand that it is possible see
I clearly <ll6 work aheJid, says the Havana
corre©jKMNlent. of the Tribune. Mafiwtaining
1 order fciy -nutans of tke troops i© a (prelimi
nary condition so MAell understood that .it
does not call for explanation. AU classes
in Cuba (know iwhjt the soldieiv are here,
, and knowing, they aequieeoed. That
I knowledge in iosaelf is the best guarantee
of tranquility. Isolated instances maj
arise which willl call for repression, but
These ». ill not adfect the general good order
of thing©. They will be no drawback to th*
■ mea-snres of industrial an-d commercial re
i construction which necessariijy 'precede th«
i pdlifieal government of rhe island as ir
may be detCTinined in the Xuture.
The com'twercial classes are showing the
. greatest adaptability to the new conditions.
Within a fortnight after the'tariff has been
i promulgated business wfl] be moving on
1 smoothly in its accustomed channels. The
only unceitainty of the future is that
i which will come from rhe shifting of the
! money standard.
j So far as preparation can be made for
i a change of this kind the business houses
of Havana have made it. They do not a©
yet know positively that customs duties
are to be paid in the currency of the
United 'States, <and they are not certain
that the inflation will be squeezed out of
j the Spanish and French gold coins, but
but they anticipate a modification of some
I kind. This i© the one cloud that hangs
.over the 'business community. The senti-
I ment against changing the present arrifi
l cial relations of value appears to be grow
ing.
The merchants and bankers who are op
: posed toa change advance some strong ar
guments against modifying the present
system. They take the ground 'that since
the United States expects to icolect the cus
toms revenues in trust and to expend them
in Cuba >a change is nut desirable. By the
| inflation in the gold coins, by which cvery
: thing from an ounce down to a doubloon,
or a French louis receives a value greater
than its actual worth. Cuba has been kept
lon a gold basis. Throughout all the period
i of internal wa>r and industrial anarchy.
, gold has stayed in the island and the pa
; per issue, known as “Weyler’s scrip,” did
t not make headway or debauch the curren
i cy. That is one reason 'the merchants who
oppose a change in the present artificial
i valuese advance. They think that as gold
; has been kept in the channels of trade it
■ will continue to flow in the same channels
without the necessity of squeezing out th’
i inflation.
The readjustment of financial values in
its influences, of the debtors and creditors
of rhe island is something that cannot be
■ fully analyzed.
The banking houses and firms which re
ceive deposits will all adhere to their
agreement and repay their deposits on the
basis of sl7 for an ounce. $5.30 for a cen
ten. $4.25 for a doubloon, and $4.24 .for a
louis. Because of the uncertainty, many
of 'them are urging the withdrawal of de
posits while these valuese prevail. It is
a peculiar condition which causese this
course to be taken, though only a tempo
rary one. The debts on the island were
i contracted on this basis. As the sugar
! Dlanters and everybody else are in debt.
' the payment under new conditions promi
ses to be difficult of arrangement. Firms
in rhe United States which had occasion to
make advances or to loan money during
rhe period of the insurrection, usually stip
ulated that payment should be in Ameri
can money or its equivalent. They are
■ not certain what will be considered the
1 equivalent.
The ns- 3 of silver in the daily transac
, tions promises to be the most troublesome
of all of the questions that, murt be s°ttl:fl
bv the United States. The merchants and
the sugar planters, who are opposed to «
change in the present system, say that the
: transition to a different basis cannot b?
made without industrial disturbance and
without hardship to all employers of labor
Silver is the currency of every diy life.
Wage© and salaries are paid in it. Not
withstanding the fluctuations in values
|a© measured by 'the daily quotations
i against gold, it serves all practical pur-
J po©es. probably because it is clearly rec
' ognized as subsidiary coinage. In the
country districts the mass of the popula
! tion never see and monev except silver
(pesos) or dollars (pesetas) or 20 cent
pieces and “reales.” or dimes. The rate
: of daily wages is ordinarily a silver dol -
lar. The purchasing power does not fol
! low the fluctuation© so closely as it might
| be supposed, though silver is falling
: in value prices of necessities© rise faster
i than they fall when Its value is a-ppreciat-
I ing. This has been Illustrated during th»-
past three months. Though the “centen”
now buys only seven Spanish dollars, where
forlmerly it bought eight, the wage earn
; ers are not able to purchase more w.ith
their wages. The price of retail commod
ities have remained stationary.
The objection of the employers i© that if
a change is made they will be compelled
i to advance wages 10 per cent, for that is
about what the elimination of-the Span
ish silver currency or its adjustment to
Amer’ean values will cost. They do not
j believe that the laborer* on the sugar
and elsewhere cai be argued
into accepting reduced wages in morey of
an increased purchalinsr power, because
i that readjustment would come slowly. The
j experience of the laborers has been ©uch
( as to cause them to wait patientlv for the
natural change ur.d r which values would
regulate themselves.
« They know what a Spanish dollar h. <
meant to them. Thty will not be easily
Cvev.p-.-.g that 90 cents in ‘?Hb<r Spanish
‘ nr American silver nWans just as mu th
On the other h.nd. .employers as a cl.es.
either on the sugar plantations oi in o.htr
branches of industry, cannot ~ff< rd to give
i the equivalent of a 10 per cent increase
> in wages.
The p-iynicht ci the Xintrican troops will
| add t<i the difficulties. A small amount of
I’nitetl States currency is in circulation,
but. ip. is in bills of denominations of
and upward. as these are large enough to
■ command the regular exchange which va
ries from 7lg to 9 cents on the dollar, and
two dollar biilts where they are taken, pass
merely as the equivalent o' the Spanish
1 “pet-os'* or silver dollars.
i The. small shopkeepeis and the laboring
1 population are still ignorant of ’he values
of American silver coins. In the cases they
j are distrusted and, the cab men will not ac-
. cept -them. When large payments have
been made 'to the soldiers this silver is cer
tain to be forced into cii eolation but the
relation which it wil bear to the Spanish
coins is a puzzle. Though very large sums
of silver havp been taken back to Spain by
theofficers and the officials, the fear that
I no silver would be left in Cuba has not
' I
been realized. At present rhe value is ris
ing slightly, due to further depletion by
the departing Spaniards, but enough re-
■ mains io answer the purposes of business
and to add to the complex problems which
must be solved by the treasury depart
ment at Washington.
THIRD GEORGIA MEN READY.
Expect to Eat New Year's Dinner in Cu
ba.
Savannah. Ga., Dec. 24 —Colonel Robert
i L. Berner, of tne Third Georgia regiment.
! said todav that he expected he and Us
men would eat their New Year's dinner in
Cuba. He received some order yesterday
with reference to the movement of his reg
iment a‘ an early dare, but what it was
he would not sav. He only said he ex
pected to be there by New Year's day. The
men are all being kept close at the camp
| now, and are preparing to respond on very
i short notice to any orders that may be
given them. No furloughs are given at
; all. and none of them are allowed to leave
J the camp for any length of time. It is be
lieved the transport which will take them
to Nuevitas will be here the firs.t of the
week. The officers of the regiment will
; give the 1.100 men under them an oyster
I roast at Tybee island today and will spend
most of the day ’here.
AGUINALDO
IN TROUBLE
Insurgents Deserting Him Be
cause He Has Offended
Them.
i By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 24—A special from Ma-
I nila says:
As a result of Aguinaldo, the insurgent
I leader, having refused to recognize the
■ rank of the lower class of rebel officers,
i the latter have deserted, with large num
bers of armed soldiers and have attacked
i various towns, several native local author
ities who abused their positions and are
unpopular in the province have been mur
dered or the property sequestrated. The
town of Caseling, for instance, which was
i defended by six hundred of Aguinaldo’s
I troops has been taken and looted by Mal-
I contents. It is reported the Spaniards in
' Cebu have been capitulated.
BARN BURNED AT MAYSVILLE.
Fourteen Head of Horses and Mules Con
sumed With Building.
MayuviP.e, Ga.. Dec. 24 —Mr. A. V. Dead
wyler’o barn was consumed by fire last
night about midnight. Fourteen' head of
horses and mules, SI,OOO v orth of corn.
SI,OOO worth of hay and a large amount of
i fodder and some cattle were all destroyed
in the flames. It is supposed to have been
■ the work of an incendiary.
NEW YORK BOYS OFF.
To Leave Americus Next Monday For Char
leston to Board Transports.
Americus, Ga., Dec. 24.—The Twelfth
New York received orders yesterday after
noon to prepare to leave Americus Monday
morning for Charleston to take a transport
for Matanzas. Major General Sanger,
‘ commanding. Second division First army
I corps, goes to Matanzas, and requested
that the Twelfth New York, one of the
i.finest regiments in the volunteer service,
jbe assigned as special escort. Troops have
been in Americus six weeks, and are well
pleased. No order has been received to the
1 movement of the Eighth Massachusetts
regiment, now here.
GEIGER TIRED OF LIVING.
I * _
YourgManof Waycross Swallows Poison
to End His Life.
Waycross, Dec 24.—(Special.)—Barney
L. Geiger is dying as the result of poison
taken about 11 o’clock this morning. The
drug was taken with suicidal intent and
he cooly and deliberately planned his
death. He engaged a room at Mrs. Mar
tha Smith's boarding house, saying to her
that he wanted to rest awhile. The young
man was too far gone to be saved when he
was found and was dying at midnight in
spite of the hard work and faithful at-
I tention by the attending physicians.
It is said that young Geiger had at
tempted to take his life once or twice be
fore, but was prevented, efore taking the
drug he wrote two or threenotes to differ
ent persons. He gave some instructions
as to the funeral arrangements, stating
he desired Rev. J. M. Glenn to preach
his funeral.
Barney was about twenty-three years
of age. His aged mother and bis sisters
are prostrated wp 1 * grief.
PRICE | z ECt*ftTS
10 SB ILOILO
Insurgents Not to Be Allowed
to Go Too Far.
THH ABE TO BE CHECKED
We May Assume Control of the
Philippines Before Ratification
Os the Peace Treaty.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dtc. 24—A special to the
World from Washington says:
Secretary Allen has cabled General Otis
at Manila to take possession of Iloilo im
mediately. Plans for doing so are left to
the general.
This step is taken in advance of the
formal reliquishment of sovereignty by
Spain on account of the gravity of the sit
uation there, it is supposed. Iloilo is the
only point in the Philippines now under
Spanish control and it has been one con
stant fight with the insurgents to retain
control. Admiral Dewey reported recent
ly that the Spainiards were holding Iloilo
with BttO soldiers and that citizens had
j asked for w arships :o protect them.
General Otis will probably send two reg
imen's and Admiral Dewey is expected to
I detail the Charleston and Concord to aid
I the ’troops. #
The Spaniards will willingly relinquish
authority over Iloilo, it is understood, as
they, know they must evacute soon. What
the insurgents will do remains to be seen,
but there is little fear in Washington of a
j serious clash, though our soldiers will be
prepared for any emergency.
The war department has no confirmation
of the rumor that the insurgents have
captured Iloilo. Should it prove true.
General Otis may find some difficulty in
dislodging uhem. It is hoped that the re
port is false, as this government wants to
occupy that position before the rebels get
I a foothold.
| Secretary Alger has issued no orders for
I taking another stets in the Philippines and
he intimates no further step toward oc
cupying the group will be taken until the
treaty is ratified.
The proclamation to be issued then has'
been mailed to General Otis, but if it. be
i comes necessary to assume control of the
whole archipelago before treaty ratifica
tion. the proclamation will be cabled for
, earlier promulgation.
, This proclamation. Secretary Alger says,
contains nothing not embracew in the
proclamations issued for Santiago and
Joi to Rico. \\ hen asked if it referred to
autonomy, he said with emphasis that it
does not.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Remarkabie Contribution of the First Street
Methodists.
The First Street Messenger. (.Methodist.)
in its current issue, says:
Both as an achievement and as a sign,
the foreign missionary subscription taken
last October was a remark.title success.
Inspired, by the possibility of coining and
laboring in direct contact with the heathen
world through our missionary, the sub
sci iption bespoke the church's responsive
ness to a real gospel call and its sympa
thy with the genuine work of Christ.
That one hundred and twenty-five mem
bers should pay five hundred and sixty
dollars, tfte amount of the subscription, is
an indication of what will be the church’s
aggregate power at which every, lover of
Chris'c’s cause on earth will rejoice.
We are sure that in the remaining four
hundred members are many who will not
be satisfied to be left out of the truly
blessed work of sending a herald of life
and salvation to the thousand milions of
the unevalgelized souls for whom Christ
died.
Every 'member of First Street chur'-h
in living contact with Chris: and with the
dying world for whom Christ is the only
source of salvation and of hope,” is not
too much to a-k and expect from God for
the church this year!”
Let every member whose hear: can echo
the sentiment an I prayer thus expressed
enter his closet on reading the above and
join in a believing prayer that it may be
so.
And let every one who has not responded
with a monthly subscription to the mis
sionary support, payments to begin in
January, notify the pastor or Brother R.
H. Howard, between now and that time.
Mean while let those who are still pur
posing to aid in the collection taken in
October bring in their offerings on that
fund, as a part of the subscription is yet.
due and will be forthcoming the last of
this month. Some will naturally want to
be represented in the inauguration of the
direct missionary’ enterprise, as well as In
its perpetuation.
PARIS EXPOSITION.
Arrangements For America’s Exhibit-
Generous Treatment.
New York, Dec. 24. —B. D. Woodward,
I assistant commissioner general of the
I Paris exposition of 1900 arrived in this
city today on rhe St. Louis. Mr. Wood
• ward said:
"I have been called over to participate
in the permanent orgarization of the com
missioner general’s w. rking staff and to
i familiarize myself with the general plan
! and scope of the procedure in the future
, in order that upon mv return to Paris to
be able to co-opera'e nteligently with the
New York and Chicago officers.
“Commissioner Gen -ral Peck and every
member of his staff were at all times most
cordially received by tfie Paris exposition
officials, and I may saj* - ’• e were gener
i ously treated, so far as acceding to our re
j quests for additional exhibit space.