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SESSION of the senators.
4i:1 ;\ UITHRItAWS HIS Cl BAN
RESOLUTION.
It provided for Committee of Five
.(■iMitorn to Make an Inquiry N\ili
~ \ jew to IJringtOK the \\ ar on the
Island to a Peaceful End—He lit
.•nme Convinced That It Mas
Doomed t<* Defeat—Mr. Spooner
t3al.cs an Argument In Favor of
|iie admission of Mr. Crl>ett to the
Senate. •
Washington, Feb. 2t.—At the opening of
, 310n of the Senate to-day, the ch.ip
jjin b. sought the Throne of Grace, that
i, t his momentous l.our of our history,
ilt . blessing of the Holy Spirit might bo
granted. and rest upon the President and
V . President of the United States, 1 oth
branches of Congress, and all the people of
the country. He prayed that the honor
g n! dignity and rights of our country
might be upheld.
A: the conclusion of the morning busi
es the Vice President laid before the
g,n:tf the resolution of Mr. Allen of Ne
braska, which was laid over from yester
day. It provides for the appointment of
live senators to make an inquiry into the
eondition of affairs in Cuba, with a view
to bringing the war to a peaceful end.
Mr. Allen said that being satisfied from
the vote on his amendment yesterday that
the fate of this resolution was quite veil
sealed, he would withdraw it from further
consideration of the Senate.
Mr. Hansbrough of North Dakota, call
ed up the bill extending the homestead
laws, and providing for right of way for
railroads in the district of Alaska.
Mr. Rawlins of Utah, objected to con
sideration of the measure at this time, as
it was a subject too important to be tak
en up hastily.
Mr. Hansbrough then moved that the
bit. be taken up, and.Mr. Rawlins de
manded the yeas and nays. It was decided
by a vote of 4C to 9 to proceed with the
measure.
After brief, desultory discussion, Mr.
Hansbrough consented not to press the bill
until Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin, had de
livered a speech on the Corbett case.
Mr. Spooner made a legal argument in
favor of the admission of Henry W. Cor
bett to the Senate. He said that as a
lawyer he felt that he himself had no
higher or better right to a seat in the
Senate than Mr. Corbett.
Mr. Spooner said that the primary pow
er to fill seats in the Senate from any state
was in the legislature of the state', out in
the reading of the constitution, it ought
to be remembered that this very mailer
was one of dispute in the constitutional
convention. He pointed out that the con
stitution provided that each state should
be the peer of every other state, not in
population, but in wealth, not in area, but
in the number of votes in the Senate.
While the constitution could be arm nded
by the action of two-thirds of the states
it was expressly provided that no state
could be deprived of representation in the
Senate without its consent. It was the
object undoubtedly of the framers of the
constitution, in placing in the government
the power to make temporary appoiniment
io safeguard the rights and interests of
the state, so that every state at all times
Sight have full and complete representa
tion in the Senate
An effective point was made by Mr.
Spooner when he cited the credentials of
John Walker of Virginia, who was ap
point and to the Senate on March 31, 1790,
bs the Governor of Virginia. This case,
th. firs Gubernatorial appointment made
to the Senate under the constitution, Mr.
Spooner said, was precisely’similar lo that
ro t un ter consideration, as Mr. Walker's
ct> h nual showed that the Legislature of
A ifgini.i had had opportunity to fill the
vacancy then existing and had failed to
(to su. The Senate accepted Mr. Walker’s
credentials and seated him. “Can it lie
reasonably held,” exclaimed Mr. Spooner,
■that the cast nguished men then sitting in
•be senate knew less of constitutional law
than we know now?’’
Just before the conclusion for the day
®; -dr. Spooner’s remark, Mr. Bacon of
Georgia inquired whether, under all the
1 .rcumstances, in case of anticipatory va
s, llc ' v ' lh<: senator from Wisconsin (Mr.
epooner) he,(l that the Governor had a
ai t 0 make an appointment irrespec
tu, oi naetion or inability for any reason
°‘ I"' '■ chela lure to elect.
h r. go .oner replied that Mr. Bacon had
correctly stated his position.
i I-ieon then cited the hypothetical
' rb gislature being influenced by the
corrupt use of money not to elect in or
' mat the Governor might make an ap
t mem and asked Mr. Spooner If he
1 H i s.--.it the appointee of the Governor.
. ' M " R Iy. replied Mr. Spooner, “un
-- tt could be clearly shown to the Senate
'iut the appointee was himself implicated
he conspiracy and In the corrupt use
money."
p -ll j Hansbrough then endeavored to get
' r ' he Senate the Aiaskan homestead
* 1 'U-way right-of-way bill. Tile Senate
- about to proceed with the bill, when
vi A litis of Utah made the point of
h'unim. a ro n ca jj developed the lack
a( ljourn° rUm ’ and Mr ’ Rawlins moved to
1 "vision was demanded and the Senate
to u U at 4:35 o'clock by a vote of 17
, U ''H’l KItS, Of'THE REVOLUTION'.
,l "' I)nn *el Manning Elected Pres
ident General.
j. ' J •'".ugton, Feb. 24.—The election of of
j, r ' Hie Daughters of the American
p h.ijon, assembled in congress here,
l„ hi llo . l f " lis,le d to-night. The vice pres
r, J, c " er ® 1 ’ Mrs. A. D. Borckctt of
"' r ,m to be selected.
l uniel Manning was elected presi-
VbKiF . Mra ‘ A - D ’ Brookett of
It , . Wa ' s elected vice president general
-Mrs r' OI tlle ocp uiizatlon of chapters,
x, uut.is A. Stukely of Washington
Th.. ' ‘;' otcd c,la P>ain general.
y s secretary general elected
Miss's!.’*' ~ e rl Aikers; register general.
MitV V* et *° 1; treasure r general, Mrs.
Hgion liatc4) ’ these being also of Wash
at to^' 0 " Was sH'en to the "Founders"
•c-cight s session.
boycott can go on.
" Court Judge Refuses to En
">ln the Santa Fe Hoad.
\ ' Nan., Feb. 24.—Judge John S.
* n the United States
to *'! f-ourt ■ to-day, refused
lior, a ,. a temporary injutic
-1 I, j , \ *^ <! Atchison, Topeka and Sun
*’ ’’fi t! 'r' 05 am 1f Ill>e t' of the South
tev,.,,,, ra fnc Bureau* to prevent it from
Guq RaiA V yj. e Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Hh-raM ?,! 10 4larm hod t>e n done and no
htp. - . . '’‘elated, and declared that the
the matter noi^*n * whatever to do with
tornevv' ( ity ’ and Gulf at
vtuu-a StatX. wi4 ioe of an appeal to the
states Üburt of Appeals.
Emperor Charles 11.
accompanied by half the nobility
of Austria, went to the Carlsbad
Springs for the recovery of his
health. Six thousand, six hun
dred horses, so the town records
say, were necessaryto convey the
company to the' place. The
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt can be ob
tained at every drugstore in the
United States nowattriflingcost.
It is the best remedy for catarrh of
the stomach, constipation, liver
and kidney troubles, gout, rheum
atism, etc. Best results are ob
tained when out-door exercise can
be had. Be sure to obtain the
genuine imported article, which
has the signature of “ Eisner
& Mendelson Cos., Sole Agents,
New \ ork,” on every package,
SCHOOLS OF THE NATION.
Convention ol' Department of Super
intendence Adjourns.
Chattanooga, Term Feb. 24.—At this
morning’s session of the department of
superintendence, National Educational As
sociation, the follow!tig officers for the en
suing year were elected:
President—l 7. H. Marks, of Louisville,
Ky.
First Vice President—G. 11. Conley, of
Boston, Mass.
Second Vice President—A. T. Barrett, of
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Secretary—J. H. Vansickle, of Denver,
Col. ’
A committee of seven was appointed to
investigate the financial and general con
dition of the schools throughout the coun
try. and make a full report at the next
annual meeting.
A resolution to request the re-appoint
ment of Dr. Harrison, commissioner of In
dian schools, was tabled after a spirited
debate, the majority deeming it unwise
to interfere in cases of the kind.
The. subject of the morning discussion
was “Vacation Schools." Papers were
read by Richard Waterman, Jr., of Chi
cago and Irwin Shepard of Winona, Minn.
"Grading and Promotion of Pupils” was
.discussed at the afternoon session.
"Some New England Plans and Conclu
sions Drawn From a Study of Grading and
Promotion,” was the subject of a paper
by John T. Price, agent of the Massachu
setts Board of Education.
"The Plan of the Northside Schools of
Denver," was discussed in a paper by Su
perintendent James N. Vansickle of Den
ver.
At the closing of the session to-night,
President S. T. Scoveii of the University of
Wooster of Wooster, 0., read a scholarly
paper on "Realizing the Final Aim of Ed
ucation.”
Resolutions thanking the press and peo
ple of Chattanooga for courtesies extended
were adopted, and the convention ad
journed sine die.
INCREASE OF THE ARTILLERY.
Sub-Committee of House Committee
to Report Favorably.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The increase of
the artillery force of the country by two
regiments, as provided for in the Senate
bill, was agreed to by the sub-committee
of the House committee on military affairs
to-day, and will be reported to the full
committee at the regular meeting to-mor
row, without the change of a word.
The matter was the subject of an hour's
discussion, in which Messrs. Hull, Marsh,
Griffin and part.
The provisions of the bill were taken up
separately, and it was the unanimous opin
ion that it was better to put through the
measure as it stands rather than make
any changes that might be dictated in the
line of further strengthening the force.
The members of the sub-committee were
agreed that the artillery force is Insuffi
cient, and that to continue the coast de
fenses on the existing plans; would be no
tably inefficient without material augmen
tation in the force to man them. Some of
the members go further than this, and
think that much larger increases should be
immediately provided.
SWIiIATHEAHTS AND A POSTOFFICE.
Marriage Won’t Remove the Disabil
ity of a Minor.
Washington, Feb. 24.—A widow holding
the postmastership in one of the more im
portant smaller cities of the South re
cently asked whether a married man 19
or 20 years of age could be postmaster.
Assistant, Postmaster General Heath’s
reply was that "marriage was not a cure
for the prohibition in the postal law’s and
regulations against a minor being post
master.”
So the widow cannot marry the young
man and have him made postmaster.
VON DEII AHE Ol ! T ON BAIL.
The Mercantile Trust Company Be
comes His Bondsman.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 24.—Late this after
noon Von der Ahe was released from Jail,
the Mercantile Trust Company giving
bond in $4,000.
The National League authorized the
bond, and will indemnify the trust com
pany should the bail be forfeited.
Von der Ahe left for St. Louis at 9:30
P- hu
STRIKERS HIOTOIS.
Effective Testimony Given in De
fense of tile Deputies.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Feb. 24.-The defense
in the Lattimer case introduced a lot of
witnesses tilts morning to prove the riot
ous conduct of the strikers in the region
prior to the shooting. They were hear.!
rapidly and their evidence was concise
and to the point. _
ADJT. GEN. BECK TO HETIRB.
Col. Henry T. Corbin His Probable
Successor in the Position.
Washington, Feb. 24,-Gen. Samuel Beck,
adjutant general of the army, will be re
tired to-morrow on account of age, and
it is altogether probable that his succes
sor will be Col. Henry T. Corbin, who
is in direct line for promotion.
New Consul for Clenfugos.
Washington. Feb. it.-The President to
day sent the following nomination to the
S 'William T. Foe of Ohio, consul at Cien
fugos, Cuba. _
slm or Laarird Defid.
Parts Feb. 24,-Simor Lazard, founder
of the banking firm of Lazard Frercs, is
dead.
THE MORNING..NEWS; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1893.
LONG LEARNS NOTHING LURID.
(Continued from First Page)
the further probability of the wreck hav
ing been due to some outside force.
"The further this investigation pro
gresses the more untenable becomes the
theory which the Spanish government has
adduced to show a combination of acci
dental causes. It is evident the Spanish
case will be based on the claim that fire
preceded the explosion.
"Capt. Sampson and his colleagues of
the naval board may have outside evi
dence offered regarding a torpedo float
producing the explosion.
“Said ope direr who had been engaged
in the work of getting bodies out from
under the hatch:
" ‘God may be merciful to the men who
blew those poor fellows lo eternity; the
United States should not.’
"This was long before Secretary Long’s
order prohibiting the officers from talk
ing. This diver evidently thought the
explosion was not an accident. He had
an expert's capacity and opportunity for
judging.
"The Havana public is not permitted to
know the intensity of public sentiment
in the United States. Only meager details
are permitted to be known of what hap
pens in Washington. Congress is watch
ed with excessive anxiety by palace offi
cials, but the populace knows nothing of
what is liable to happen.
"Evidence of ill feeling toward Ameri
can people and exulting over the Maine
disaster does not lessen.
"The Maine inquiry dwarfs interest in
Cuban politics, but recent developments
carry official confession of the failure of
autonomy."
SPAIN’S NEW SQUADRON.
Commander Dines \l itli the Queen
and Receives Her God-Speed.
New York, Feb. 24.—A dispatch to tile
World from Madrid says:
“The Queen has invited to lunch with
the royal family Capt. Villamil, command
er of the Spanish squadron, about to start
for Cuba. He had called at the palace
to take leave of the Regent. After lunch
the Queen talked a long time with Capt.
Villamil, inquiring into all the details of
the contemplated cruise. Then her ma
jesty gave Capt. Villamil two photographs
—one of her daughters, Ihe Princess As
turias and Infanta Maria Theresa, the
other of herself and the King, upon which
she had put in her own handwriting: ‘To
Don Alfonso Villamil, from Aifonso and
Christina. May God protect him in his
journey.’
"Capt. Villamil afterward went to the
minlstery of maTlne to take leave of Ad
miral Bermejo, with whom he had a long
interview.
"He left for Cadiz, where he will spend
three days to complete preparations for
his departure.
"The squadron will be composed of three
tropedo destroyers, the Pluton, Terror and
Furor, and the torpedo vessels Rayo, Al
cor and Ozor. These craft will be accom
panied by the steamer City of Cadiz, con
veying coal and provisions. The vessels
will stop at the Canary Islands and also
at Porto Rico before reaching Cuba.
"It is officially announced that there is
no hurry for their joining the cruisers
Oquendo and Vizcaya at Havana.’’
CRUISER MINNEAPOLIS AFLOAT.
Necessary Reputrg to Her Bottom
Have Been Completed.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—The United States
cruiser Minneapolis was successfully float
ed out of the dry dock at the League Is
land navy yard at high tide this afternoon-.
The floating of the cruiser was witnessed
by nearly 1,000 people.
The Minneapolis had been in dry dock
since last December, partly to avoid the
Ice in the river, and also to have neces
sary repairs made to her bottom.
Notwithstanding all reports to the con
trary, there is no unusual activity at the
yard. Besides the Minneapolis, there ore
now at League Island the cruiser Colum
bia, the Monitor Miantonomah and the
Ram Katahdin. all out of commission at
present. There are also eight old moni
tors at the yard, all of them relics of the
civil war, but which could be fitted up
quickly in case they were needed.
SI BTERR INEAN PASSAGES.
Present Authorities in Culia Said
Not to Know of Them.
Havana, via Key West, Feb. 24.—1n
connection with the claim made that there
are mine galleries under the harbor of
Havana leading from the subterranean
passages and known to have existed for
years between Fort Cabanas and Moro
Castle and this port the Spaniards ex
plan that for over a century subterranean
passages about two miles iong and eight
feet at their narrowest diameter, capable
of giving passage to a column of troops,
have existed from the navy yard of Cas
telio del Principe, but the Spaniards fur
ther assert that the existence of this pas
sages is not known to the present author
ities or to those who have been in power
in many years past.
The entrances and exits, it is added, have
been closed for years past by thick walls
now covered by debris and their exact lo
cation is said to lie lost. At the same
time it is admitted that v ecords regarding
the subterranean passages can be found
in old documents contained in the archives
of Havana. Finally, the Spaniards in
sist that this passage does not go under
the harbor at any point.
Under the surface here there seems to
be a deep feeling of unrest. No one believes
that autonomy is or can be anything hut
a name end still more deep-rooted Is the
belief that the United Slates will not
suffer the present condition of things to
continue much longer.
On Saturday last a party of about forty
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It also contains glycerine,
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These three greajt remedial
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SACSHIIASTLES
Laws Recognize the Sanctity
of the Home.
Only Disease and Death Can Enter.
Old Engflsit
honie eau only
now stand back
stand buck for civil law. Munfon 'h!**
discovered laws which overcome the chief
diseases that affect mankind, and applies
such laws in an effective way,
Mr. W. W. Casey. Hertford, N. C„
writes; "I suffered from inflammatory
rheumatism for eight months, t’he pain
was intense. 1 was compelled to remain
in bed. and my knees and ankles wi re
swollen twice their natural, size. After
several of the best known physicians in
the South failed to help me. I began
using Munyon's Rheumatism Cure. Three
bottles made a complete cure."
Mr. Frank Oppenheim. 5 Whitaker
Street, Savannah, Oa., says: " l was
a sufferer from Rheumatism for a long
time ’The stiffness, soreness, and lame
ness were often so great as to cause great
difficulty in using my limbs. Many dif
ferent remedies were recommended, but
none of them gave relief. Finally, I be
gan to take Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure,
and found almost immediate improve
ment. By continuing Ibe pellets for a
few weeks I waa completely cured. I can
use my limbs as well as ever and
*0 Munyon’s Remedies. I am entirely free
from Rheumatism.” •
Munyon has a separate cure for each
disease, mostly 25 cents a vial, sold by
druggists. If In doubt, write Professor
Munvrvn. at Philadelphia. Pa., and get
miMlica.l advice free.
guerillas left the fort on a farm near
Aguaeate, about forty miles f-om .his
city, “as was their custom,” to dine at a
neighboring place. During the absence of
the guerillas a detachment of about fifteen
insurgents occupied the fort, and when
the garrison returnee! from dinner the in
surgents fell upon them with machetes
and killed twenty-five out of the forty
guerillas. The remaining fifteen members
of the government force succeeded In es
caping.
GOVERNMENT AFTER BOATS.
NVliaiTinaistcr at Clnelnnntl Asked to
Furnish 111 'formation.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 24.—Wharfmaster
Robert Schmidt has received a telegram
from the war department at Washington,
as to the packets and towboats arriving
and leaving this harbor. The message
asks that the names of alt boats entering
and leaving be forwarded, together with
the names of the companies to which said
boats belong. They also ask for the
amount of tonnage and number of pas
sengers each boat would be able to carry,
the rates for freight, and also passenger
rates.
WON’T SELL CUBA.
Price Suggested Wouldn't Half Cov
er the Cuban Debt.
London. Feb. 25.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard says: "Spanish
statesmen of every shade of opinion are
simply amazed and indignant at the idea
that Spain would ever consent to sell Cu
ba. The suggestion would expose the
monarchy to an irresistible movement of
feeling, shared by the army and
navy.
“From a financier’s view. It Is equally
impossible, because the price suggested
would not half cover the Cuban debt,
which Is almost entirely held by Span
iards.”
PRESIDENT ONLY PREPARING.
He Does Not Think War Either Nec
essary or Inevitable.
Chicago, Feb. 24.—The Tribune has tho
following from Washington:
“ ‘I do not propose to do anything at
ail to preciptate a war with Spain. Up to
the present I do not think war either nec
essary or inevitable. I would be lax in
my duty, however, If I did not prepare for
the future. The situation is grave and the
policy of the administration will be deter
mined almost entirely by the course of
events from time 10 time. There is no ne
cessity of alarming the people, but Con
gress must be ready to assist the adminis
tration without muk.ng 100 many inqui
ries as to the course of current events.’
"To a senator who called upon him In
order to ask some serious questions as to
the ttolicy of the administration President
McKinley, with the utmost frankness, has
uttered the above words. There Is now
no doubt of the fact that the government
of the United States is actually preparing
for war with Spain. It does not follow
that war will come, but the activity in
both the war and navy departments Is tro
unmistakable to lie concealed. The Presi
dent and Ills cabinet unite in the belief
still that, in spite of all evidence to the
contrary, the explosion of
the Maine was the result
of an unfortunate accident, but rec
ognize the fact that the contrary may
prove true almost any hour.”
ASKS FOR A PENSION.
Coni Passer Adams’ Mother Files an
Applieailon.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Mrs. Harriet Ad
ams of this cily, the dependent mother
of J. T. Adams, a coal passer, who lost
his il'e on the Maine, to-day filed an ap
plication for a pension. This is the fit si
pension claim tiled in connection With the
loss of life on the vessel.
RELIEF BILL FOR THE MAINE.
Government to Look After the Liv
ing; and Families of the Dead.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Representative
Boutellc of Maine, chairman of the House
committee on naval affairs, introduced a
bill late this afternoon providing for the
relief of the victims of the United .States
battleship Maine. It follows generally the
lines of the Samoan disaster relief bill of
’290, and is the result of several days' con
ferences In committee, and embodies the
views of tho administration.
Chairman Bouteile had a conference
with President McKinley, at which he
•went over with him the proposed legisla
tion, and later submitted the measure at
an informal meeting of some of the com
mittee. It will be referred back to the I
committee, immediately acted on and Its
pnseage by Congress exped.tcd.
The bill Bill carry about sH>7,<lo,. If pass
ed in its present form. Ijt has been sug
gested. however, that n general law was
passed in 1595, under which relief may bo
given for the actual loss suffered by those
in the naval service In case of u die is
tcr. How far this general law will affec'
the special relief extended to the Maine
disaster, has not yet been determined. Im:t
in any event It will cover only the actn it
loss of clothing, etc., while the relief meas
ure was designed to give a bulk allow, nee
equivalent to twelve months' pay,
The relief bill is as follows:
“That to reimburse the survivors of the
officers and crew of the United States
steamship Maine, destroyed by an explo
sion, for losses incurred by them respec
tively, there shall be pa and to each of said
survivors a sum equal to the losses so sus
tained by them, provided that the account
ing officers shall in all cases require a
schedule and affidavit from each person
making a claim, each schedule to Ik: ap
proved by the Secretary of the Navy, and
reimbursement shad l>e made for such ar
ticles of clothing, oulflt, and personal ef
fects only as are of a character and value
and in quantity suitable am) appropr ate
to the rank of rating and duty of person
by whom claim Is made;
"Provided further. That in no case shall
the aggregate sum allowed exceed the
amount of twelve-months’ sea pay of the
grade or rating held by such persons at
the time the looses w'ore incurred.’’
The bill further provides: "That the re
def granted by the provisions of ties act
shnll be deemed and taken to be fud com
pensation for and In satisfaction of any
am! all the claims whatsoever on account
of loss or death by the destruction of the
United States steamship Maine on tile part
of the beneficiaries hereinbefore designat
ed, and the methods of presenting and es
tablishing said claims hereinbefore pre
scribed, shall be followed in lieu of those
prescribed by the acts or parrs of acts
hertofore enacte;! relating to the presen
tation of similar claims.”
Section 2 provides (hat the widow, child
or children, and In case there be not such,
the parent or parents, and if there be no
parent, the brothers and sisters of the offi
cers. and enlisted men, and others who
were lost in the destruction or the s: id
vessel, or who have died within one year
of the disaster in consequence of the in
juries received in the destruction of said
vessel, shall ho entitled to and receive, io
wit: Relative in the order named, a sum
equal to twelve-months sen pay of up
grade or rating of each person deceased,
and aforesaid; provided, that the legal rep
resentatives of the deceased persons, shall
also he paid any arrears of pay due the
deceased at the time of their death.’’
The Secretary of the Navy Is authorized
whenever in his discretion it may be
deemed a practicable expedient to cause
the remains of all or any of those who
perished In consequence of such disaster,
to be removed to (he United States cem
etery at Arlington; provided that the rel
atives of any deceased officers a'nd others
mentioned In this act, who prefer that
the remains of such be taken lo their
homes within the United Stales, shad have
such privilege extended to them and the
expense thereof shall be borne by the
United States and the sum of SIO,OOO, or so
much thereof as may be necessary is
hereby appropriated out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
to carry out the provisions of this sec
tion."
DEATH TO THE SPANISH.
Cubans Cheer a Hostile Cry at u
Meeting; ut New York.
New York, Feb. 24.—The Cubans of this
city held a mass meeling at Chickerlng
hall to-night to celebrate the third anni
versary of the outbreak of the revolution.
Conspicuous among the decorations were
an American flag draped in mourning, and
festooned with the flag of Cuba J,ii>re.
A number of speakers gave vent to some
outbursts of fiery oratory. During an ad
dress by Senor Enrique Jose Varona, a
flashing-eyed young Cuban girl called out
“Death to the Spanish," und the audience
went wild with enthusiasm. There were
shouts of "Vive I’America,” and "Libre
Cuba," followed by cheers and much
shouting.
One of the supporters of the revolution
in Cuba telegraphed from New Orleans
that he could not be present, but that he
would give 100 uniforms and money to the
cause. Other messages of like character
were received.
BOXES SOLD FOR A BENEFIT.
Depew States tin* Position of the
People of the Country.
New York, Feb. 24.—A thousand repre
sentative people gathered at tin* Metro
politan opera house this afternoon to bid
for the boxes and seats for the perfprm
.ance on next Sunday night for the benefit
of the families of the sailors and marines
who lost their lives on the Mu'ne.,
Chauncey M. Depew made a speech pre
vious lo the sale in which he said; "It is
many years since the country stood in the
shadow of a crisis so overwhelming as this.
We stand in the attitude of saying to the
President; ‘We wish you fearlessly and
w-thout favor to friend or foe, to examine
into and tell us what caused the death of
these seamen, our brothers.’ Our great
ship went to Havana to protect American
life and property. If called upon every
one on board was ready to lay down his
life.”
The sale netted $3,920.
M’KINLEY WILL ACT FIRMLY.
Proof of Treachery Will Bring u
Speedy l Itlmuluiu.
St. Louis, Feb. 24.—Gen. William I;.
Powell of Belleville, 111., who was in com
mand of the regiment in which President
McKinley served during the civil war And
recently appointed collector of internal
revenue for the Southern district,
returned from Washington to-day.
The General, who is a personal friend of
President McKinley, said that while ai
the capital he discussed the Maine disas
ter and Its possible result with the chief
executive.
“The President stated to me," said the
General, "that he was only waiting for a
complete report of the naval board of in
quiry and that should it report that our
sailors had met their death through H,>un
lsh treachery he was prepared to act at
once and in a manner which would meet
the approval of every loyal American citi
zen.*'
Gen. Powell said preparations for war
were being pushed with the utmost v gor,
und added; "I am convinced that Pres
ident McKinley Is ihe right man in the
right place, and that as soon at Spanish
treachery has been proven his policy will
be rigid enough to meet the approval even
of the most pronounced Jingoes."
INGALLS ON THE CRISIS.
Praises Self-Control of Cleveland
anil McKinley,
Brunswick, Ga., Fe'o. 21.—Ex-Senator
John J. Ingalls reached Erunswick to-da.v.
This afternoon he was driven around the
marshes and boulevards. In speaking of
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the -Maine disaster and probabilities of
war, Mr. Ingalls said: "There is 100 much
uncertainty and surmise about Ihe Maine
matter to allow a clear and impartial
judgment. The people of the country seem
to be for war, and it is easy lo under
stand how this is so. So many lies are
told about the condition of affairs that
the people are very apt to arrive at con
clusions not justified by facts.
"President McKinley lias shown remark
able self-control, and the Untied States Is
to lie congratulated on having two such
Presidents as McKinley and Cleveland,
who have hud the courage lo withstand
popular clamor In such exciting times.
We should widt for the true statement of
Ihe causes of the Maine disaster before
wo pass Judgment." I
I*ALMA HACK FROM KEY WEST.
Itegorda Outlook Favorable for Solu
tion of Cuban Uueatlon.
New York, Feb. 24.—T. Estrada Palma
of the Cuban junta arrived home to-day
after a trip of several weeks, which In
cluded a visit to Washington and Key
West.
He said that he found the most hopeful
conditions existing for Cuban independ
ence.
At Washington everything was favora
ble for an imined ate solution of the Cu
ban question.
He found at Key West that the large
Cuban colony there was in mourning over
the death of the sailors of the -Maine.
Cubans In ail sections that he had vis-
Ited, he said, were more hopeful of the so
lution of the difficulties now existing.
Senor Palma refused to discuss the
Maine disaster or express an opinion on it.
lie said that tin- government had entire
charge of finding’out v.hat caused the ex
plosion, and untii the report of the court
of inquiry was made |*ublic he would have
nothing to say.
EDI CATION OF THE Mill It O.
Encouraging; Reports Made at a
Conference at Tukegrr.
Tuskogee, Ala., Feb. 24.—About 300 edu
cators in Southern institutions for col
ored people remained over at Tuskegee
from the conference of yesterday to con
sult on matters lartainlng to the work
they are engaged in. Fifteen stales were
represented, eleven Southern and four
Northern. All forms of efforts for the
race were represented.
The processional schools were advocated
by Mr. Mcsserre of Shew University,
Bishop of Talladega Col.ege, and Mr.
Hitchcock of Tongaloo University.
The normal and county schools awaken
ed great interest, and encouraging re|>orts
were made as to ihe growing Interest of
ihe Southern white people In the work.
Looker T. Washington said he had lately
sent out twenty-live questions on negro
education to 200 professional and Inis ness
men in the twelve different Horn hern
states. More than 150 replies -were re
ceived, only two of which were discour
aging.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Mill Hands In the .South to He Orignu
liteil If Possible.
Washington, Feb. 24.—'The executive
council of the American Federation of La
bor, which has been in session here for the
past three days, adjourned to-night.
The council considered a number of rou
tine- matters, discussed pending legislation
affecting the laboring Interests and receiv
ed reports from var ous officers.
The ,s:rlk.- now in progress in the New
England mil.s was discussed ut length,
and it was resolved to give the strikers all
possible aid.
President Oompers was Instructed to
take an organizing trip through the West,
and Vice President O'Connell will go on
the same mission through the South.
FISH-EATING JERSEY COWS. •
Catholic Priest Saved Ilia Cattle by
Feeding Them Dried Salmon.
From the Portland Oregonian.
When Jersey cows can find nutrition out
of dri- <1 salmon a-id give an abundance of
m.lk as a result of such provender the
Arctic region of the Upper Yukon Ever is
robi ed of most of its terrors.
u pt. A. M. Brown, a retired officer of
the United Stabs'army, who lias passed
many years in Alaska’s icy region, says:
"During the summers and winters of
1991-i>2, I had been superintendent of a sil
ver, lead and gold mine several hundred
miles lieyond the Yukon, and late In the
following summer had been brought down
from near tho Behring strait to St; Mich
aels with several of my men, where we
were to ship on the Alaska Commercial
Company’s steamship St. Paul for San
Francisco. 1 ' I had to wait for ten days
or two weeks at St. Michaels before the
St. Paul's arrival, and while doing so lie
gulled th© tedium of the rather monoto
nously passing time In exchanging experi
ences wit IA lie various employes of the fur
company, and studying Esquimau life as
I saw it at St. Michaels.
"Several days before the sailing of tho
St. Paul there oamo into the fort from tho
Upper Yukon by barge or canoe a delega
tion of Jesuit priests, accompanied by two
or three nuns, one of the latter of whom
wo had for a shipmate when we walled for
San Francisco, and who proved to tie in
telligent and cheerful company during the
voyage,
"Father Bnrnums, S. J., who had a mis
sion far up on the Yukon, was of the par
ty, ami came down to St. Michaels for sup
plies for ids mission folk, and much to
our regret we had to part with him when
wo sailed, though we had many a good
story and tale from him, full of fun and
pathos, so long as we were together.
“Father Tosl, an old man, at that time
72 years of age, and who had the January
o'' the year before—frail and old as he look,
ed- crossed on foot from Circle City to
Juneau, was one of our voyagers on th*
St. Paul, and as the good father and my
self had served some years before togeth
er in Montana—he us a priest and las a
soldier—it can he well imagined that we
had much that was pleasant to talk over
In calling up reminiscences of life In wild
Montano and of tho wilder Northwestern
Alaska.
“While discussing the resources, climatic
and other conditions of Northern and
Northwestern Alaska, while in port at
Unalaska. the father asked us if we had
suffered much with Ihe extreme cold and
lengthy winters of 1891-’92 where I had
Ison ojierating, and, having had the Iri
formutlon desired from me, h© remarked
that the winter Just spoken of had been
on the ligiper Yukon not only unusually
long, but extremely severe, and that his
i hive Jersey cows had almoßt starved to
death before spring opened.
"1 was surprised to hear him talk of
keeping Jersey cows one thousand eight
hundred miles or more In the Interior of
Northern Alaska, anil Inquired how ho
had taken them there and had pulled them
through Hie long winter. He said:
“ ‘Some of my good friends In Han Fran
cisco, three years ago, mud© me a present
of three lino highbred Jersey cows, and tho
officers of the Alaska. Commercial Com
pany, always kind to the missionaries, re
gardless of denomination, transported
them for me from Han Francisco to the
mission, and there I have kept them un
til now. 'Hut last winter I thought f
should lose the whole of them. The usual
food supply for my cattle sent up to me
did not huif take them through ihe long
winter, as the summer season of the year
before, as you well know, was very short,
and the quick growth of Arctic grass was
almost a failure. What little I did get the
cows ate up long before Christmas, and
after that the mill feed did not last long,
it was not long after It had been exhaust
ed before my poor lit He sukles ran about
the reservation looking so thin that you
could almost read a newspaper through
their attenuated frames, and I thought
they must surely die. Th© Lord Is always
good, not only to those creatures mads
after his own Image, but even to th© poor
<“t of l >'" dumb brutes, and he was good
to my little cows, and cared for them for
me, and In a most remarkable manner, as
I shall relate.
The tribes on the Yukon with us are
.Ike those with you at the Bering strait
and. as you know, live principally oii
dried salmon and seal oil. During the
summers they catch, hang up and dry
thousands of salmon for the winter
Well, our folks had their usual supply
of salmon (thousands of themj hanging
over their seal skin lines to be taken by
villagers at any time they were required
for use, either in the village or to be
taken on their sledge journeys with them,
nnd a few hundred or even thousand dis
posed of in any manner would cut no
figure with them.
" ‘One very cold morning I was stand
ing at the door of the little hut used for
a school house for the Indian children,
when one of my cows passed me, and I
suw her go to one of the sealskin lines
and try, by extending her neck and
tongue, to reach one of the drier fish.
I went over to where she was, and. reach
ing up to the line, took off one of the
frozen fish, broke it in two, and honded
her the half of It. 'Much to my surprise,
as wcli as Joy, she ate it with a relish.
I gave her directly the remaining half,
and she ate that also, after which I fed
her three more good large salmon, und,
calling the other two cows, I fed them
the some number each, and ho kepi on
feeding them twice eacli day for the win
ter. By George, X had lots of good milk
and cream all winter, and long before
spring set In had three nice, fat little Jer
sey cows.’
“I wish to state for the benefit of the
reader,” said Capi. Brown, "that I have
slnced learned that in labrador and In
parts of Lapland cows are habit
ually feel on dried fish, so Ihe story,
coming from th© very truthful source I
eon eider it has, and liearlng in mind that
cattle are fed with fish in the other coun
tries mentioned, can hurdiy be considered
very 'fishy.' *
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