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THTC MORNING NEWS. I
Established USA. • Incorp*r*t*a mt l
l. a senu rniUaot, I
TO CHANGE FLAGS AT NOON.
AMERICANS AM) SPANIARDS TO
FIRE SALUTES TO COLORS.
Programme for Turning: Cuba Over
AH ArranßPd— Proper Courtesies
Will Be Shown Commanding Offi
cers—Matanzas nncl Cienfuegos
Will Be the Last Places Eraeoat
ed—Marquis Made to Cry “Viva
Cuba. Libre!”
Havana, Dec. 23.-At the joint meeting
of the United States and Spanish military
commissioners to-day, the programme was
finally agreed upon for the exchange of
flags on Jan. 1 at noon.
just before 12 o’clock on that day the
American war vessels will fire a salute
of twenty-one guns in honor of the Span
ish flag. Promptly at 12 o’clock the Span
ish flags on the various public buildings
will be lowered, and immediately thereaf
ter the Stars and Stripes will be hoisted
over El Morro, and the public buildings
of the city, while Spanish artilleryists at
Cabanas fortress will salute the American
flag with twenty-one guns, Spanish war
ships in the harbor participating in the
salute.
At the same hour the Spanish troops, If
any then remain in the city, will be pa
raded in barracks and will render proper
salute to the American forces passing.
Just before noon the American and
Spanish commissioners, Gen. Jiminez Cas
tillanos, the Spanish captain general, and
the American ranking officer in Cuba, ilaj.
Gen. John R. Brooke, if he arrives in time,
and otherwise Maj. Gen. Lite, will assem
ble at the palace. The Spanish commis
sioners will then form and surrender the
government to the United Stales commis
sioners. who will immediately transfer it
to the American general commanding.
Respect* Will Re Puld.
After this, the various functionaries will
remain a while to receive those who may
wish to pay their respects to the incoming
authorities. It was agreed at the joint
meeting that the Spanish troops remaining
in Cuba after Jan. 1 should be considered
in the light of foreign troops in a friendly
country, and be accorded the privileges
usually granted under international law.
Matanzas and Cienfuegos will doubtless
be the only places where Spanish troops
will remain after Jan. 1, and Cienfuegos
will be evacuated last. The Spanish
sick in the hospitals will remain under
the safeguard of the American flag, the
Spanish authorities providing medirines
and'attendance with food, repatriating
them on recovery.
Gens. Wade, Butler and Clous, accom
panied by their aides, were received at
the palace to-day with full miltary hon
ors. The Spanish trumpeters blew a flare
and the police guards saluted. The same
ceremonies marked the retirement of the
American officers.
The Eighth and Tenth Regular Infantry
Regiments occupied the forts at El Ve
dado to-day, but there are no American
flags in sight.
Spaniard* Sail for Home.
The Spanish transport Darmstadt sailed
to-day for Cadiz with 2,727 officers and
men. About 8.000 Spanish troops have em
barked this week for Spain. Some 8,000
others are left in Havana; it is estimated
that there are 15,000 Spanish soldiers at
Matanzas and there are about 30,000 Span
ish troops in Cienfuegos.
The widow and daughter of Gen. Calixto
Garcia have been left in poverty, and pa
triotic societies are contributing to their
relief.
Some Cubans entered the residence of
the Marquis do Plnar del Rio, in the Cerro
suburb of Havana yesterday, and compell
ed him to cry “Vive Cuba fibre!" The
Marquis, who is one of the richest men in
the island, and of a noted family, com
plained to Capt. Gen. Castellanos, and a
note on the subject was sent to the Amer
ican evacuation commissioners. The Mar
quis de Pinar del Rio and other prominent
Spaniards are determined to leave Cuba,
their friends say, “unless the -United
States is a strong government and they
are assured ample protection.”
The United States transport Florida ar
rived at Matanzas yesterday.
The United States flag was formally
hoisted at Cardenas yesterday by Lieut.
G. R. Ryburn of the Eighth Regulars.
STILL FIGHTING ON PANAY.
Agufnnldo Snj* He Will Shortly Ho-
Iciikp Spa nlsh Prisoner*.
Madrid, Dec. 23.—According to a dis
patch received hero from Iloilo, Island of
I’anay, several engagements have taken
place between the Spaniards and the in
surgents, and many of the latter have
been killed or wounded.
It Is assorted that Aguinahlo has cabled
to the government saying he will shortly
release the Spanish prisoners In the hands
of the insurgents. This statement, how
ever, has not been confirmed.
The minister of the colonies, Senor Gi
ron, announces that the payment of the
coupons of the Cuban mortgage bonds has
been assured.
FLAG RAISED AT MALATE.
Insurgents Became Ugly, Hut Trou
ble Was Averted.
Manila, Dec. 23.—The first American flag
was raised over the Malate school house
yesterday. It was sent by the University
of Pennsylvania.
The native troops encamped In the su
burbs are again causing anxietyi The
altitude of an insurgent detachment at the
Panduchan bridge on Wednesday, was
such that the California, Idaho and Wash
ington Regiments were concentrated in
fight marching order at short notice at
Paco, but trouble was avoided.
OH AM I RE I KILLED.
Sultan's Aide de lump Taken Off by
Hnfax Pnsitu.
Constantinople, Dec. 23.—Ghanl Bey, the
Ru| tan'* aide-de-camp, was murdered yes
terday by Haftta Pasha, in a quarrel which
took place In a pastry shop.
Uhani Hey became notorious owing to
Lis lawless proceedings in Epirus. He al
so Inspired terror here by extortion of
money under threat* of d< tth. The offt
-1 uia of tlic foreign •mbassiss have fre
quently demanded the punishment of 'Jhani
Dey, but were always uusuccesufui.
tTljr iHofning
bishop decker very sick.
Serious Malarial Trouble Cause*
Continued Nausea.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—(Speclal).-Bishop
Becker of Savannah is quite seriously iil
at the parsonage of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception in this city. Ma
larial poisoning is stated by the physi
cians in attendance to be the ailment
with which Bishop Becker is suffering.
His physicians are Dr. J. C. Olmstead and
Dr. \an Goidtsnoven, both prominent
practitioners.
This serious malarial trouble has caused
great nervousness and nausea, which
makes his condition serious in the minds
of his physicians.
It is needless to say that the fact of
Bishop Becker’s illness will be received
throughout the state with feelings of pro
found concern. He is one of the foremost
and most beloved leaders of the Catholic-
Church in the South, and to his church,
especially, will the news of his sickness
be sad.
Bishop Becker came to Atlanta last week
and on Sunday officiated at high mass at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion. Shortly afterward he was seized with
a severe attack of nausea, and was com
pelled to go to bed, where he remained
until Wednesday last, when he got up and
was going to start back to Savannah, but
was obliged to go to bed again on account
of a repeated attack of the nausea, which
chaiaeterized his sickness.
This evening the physicians in attend
ance gave out a statement showing that
the bishop Is a very sick man. They say
the next twenty-four hours will produce
the crisis. He retains little or nothing on
his stomach. If this nausea can be over
come the doctors think the distinguished
patient will rally rapidly.
POPE SPEAKS OF OUTRAGES.
European Governments Should
Unite, He Said, to End Them.
Rome, Dec. 23.—The Pope to-day, at the
reception of Christmas greetings of the
cardinals and other prelates, appeared to
be in excellent health.
Replying to their congratulations, he re
ferred to the “sinister events of 1898,” and
said It was high time the governments of
Europe united to stop unheard of out
rages and savage exterminations.
“But,” the pontiff added, “this could not
be stopped until the fear of God, the basis
of all morality. Is revived in the conscience
of the people and becomes the guiding
principle of the organization of slates.”
In regard to the present position of the
church in Italy, the Pope pointed out that
the symptoms were not reassuring for the
new year. He added that the conditions
imposed upon the head of the church in
violation of his dignity andrights, “were
not enough, for now it is sought to cast
odium upon the press which openly es
posed the defense of his interests and the
interests of religion and morality.”
Continuing, the pontiff remarked: “Fur
ther rigors threaten the clergy, although
they are the class furthest removed from
seditious designs. The obedience of the
clergy to the apostolic see, whose rights
they defended and whose intentions they
seconded, is now .being construed as a po
litical offense. Nevertheless, imbued with
the sense of their high mission and duty,
the clergy will not yield, either to flatteries
or menaces, and their firmness is finding
response in numerous laymen deeply im
bued with love for the papacy. It is thus,
by the co-operation of the clergy and
laiety, that the salvation of coming gener
ations is assured.”
TO JAIL FOR THIRTY DAN'S.
Editor of til- Boston Traveler Sen
tenced for Contempt.
Dedham, Mass., Dec. 23.—Torrey E.
Wardner, editor of the Boston Traveler,
was sentenced to serve thirty days In the
Dedham jail by Judge Sherman of the
Norfolk County Court this afternoon for
eontpmpt of court in permuting the publi
cation in his paper of comments and edi
torials on the Getchell case, which was
recently tried here, which, in the court's
opinion, would have influenced the minds
of the jury had the paoer containing the
matter reached the eou-\ house before the
case was submitted for final consideration.
The case referred to was that of Engi
neer Getchell of the New York, New Hav
en and Hartford Railroad, charged with
manslaughter in connection with a col
lision which occurred at Sharon last Au
gust, in which several persons were killed.
NICARAGUA CANAL REPORT.
Sr.ys file Canal Can lie Completed
for About S1 ISA,000,001).
New York, Dec. 23.—The preliminary re
port of the Nicaragua canal commission,
consisting of Gen. Hains, Admiral Walker
and Prof. Haupt, has been completed, and
will be read before the Senate committee
either during the Christmas recess of Con
gress or immediately afterward.
This report will give many details of
construction in regard to the proposed
route, and will give a pretty close figure
on the entire cost of the undertaking as
far as human ingenuity can foresee.
The commissioners say that $135,000,000
will be a conservative estimate of the en
tire cost of the canal and this almost
agrees with that of Maj. Gen. William
Ludlow's report of 1896.
SAGASTA SERIOUSLY SICK.
The Spanish Premier Suffering From
llroneliiul Pneumonia.
Madrid, Dec. 23.—The condition of Pre
mier Sagasta now cause* grave anxiety.
Six physicians were In consultation this
afternoon regarding hi* case, and con
curred that he Is suffering from bronchial
pneumonia, with high temperature and an
unfavorable absence of expectoration. The
newspapers express great sympathy.
There is no doubt that his illness is ag
gravated by the strain of recent events.
The Queen Regent twice daring the day.
telephoned inquiries as to 111* condition,
and this* veiling whit her own physician to
H ilend him,
UtiHir (imitat'd, minister of justice, it
suing premier.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24. 180S.
WANTS TOO MANY SOLDIERS.
THE MINORITY’S DISAPPROVAL OF
THE HI LL ARMY BILL.
Army of 100.000 Would Cost Annual
ly sl.lo,ooo,ooo—Corporation*, the
Minority Says, Want a Large
Standing Army—Think* 30,000
Men With Provision for ,10.000
Yoiunteer* Would Be Amply Suf-
Helen*.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The minority of
the House committee on military affairs,
to-day filed with the clerk their report In
opposition to the Hull bill for the increase
of the regular army to 100,000 men. It; is as
follows:
The minority of the committee dissents
from the views of ihe majority of the com
mittee, because the bill reported makes a
permanent standing army for the United
States of over 100,000 men. Such an army
is not necessary to be maintained in this
country now, neither because of our rela
tions to the islands of the sea, nor be
cause of any necessity which in the past
year has arisen In thi country itself.
The evils of standing armies are too well
known to be dilated upon here. Such a
standing army as the one proposed in time
of peace would be a menace to the liberty
of citizens, and in time of war, would
not be sufficient to meet successfully the
armks of the first class powers of lhe
world.
Happily we are so situated that a large
standing army is not a necessity and would
only be a luxury to be supported by the
taxes of the people. It is estimated that
the Hull bill would cost the people annual
ly the sum of $150,000,000.
Way I p in the Million*.
This would be a permanent charge
upon the people; $145,000,000 are
being paid annually to the
soldiers of the civil war and the
war with Spain, thus placing a permanent
charge of $205,000,000 upon the people of
the United States, and this to maintain
the military establishment alone, to say
nothing of the navy.
The passage of this bill means the prac
tical destruction of the national guard and
the volunteer troops of the states. With
such a large standing army the citizen
soldiery of the country would feel that It
was not necessary to prepare for war in
time of peace, nor to go to war In time
of war.
The taxes, which are now so burden
some to the people, will continue to be col
lected, and wifi rather be increased than
otherwise. No hope of economical admin
istration can be indulged in while such
permanent and lavish expenditures ia pro
vided for.
Corporations Want It.
It is well understood that the great cor
porate interests of the country are demand
ing this large Btanding army; their reasons
for sucli a demand are too obvious to lie
pointed out. These interests want force to
enforce their demands, and a President
dominated by such interests would have,
with such a standing army, the means at
his hand to invade the liberties of the peo
ple, to suppress freedom of speech and to
desecrate the ballot box itself.
It is needless, however, to continue to
point out the many evils of this bill. Suf
fice ii to say that both in form and sub
stance It overturns the policy which has
been pursued so successfully this gov
ernment for so many years, and launches
the country upon a course which can only
terminate in the destruction of the liber
ties of the people.
The minority holding the views above ex
pressed have thought they owed it to the
country to present to the House of Repre
sentatives a substitute for the bill reported
by the majority. They herewith report said
substitute as embodying every need in the
government in its present condition, and at
the same time preserving with scrupulous
care (he liberty of the citizen and avoid
ing the evils of a great standing army.
Would Not Increase tile Army,
The substitute provides for a permanent
standing army of 30,009 enlisted men, about
the number in the army before the war
with Spain. The organization provided for
in the substitute conforms to what it has
been, with some few important changes. A
larger number of men is provided for the
artillery than usual by reason of the ne
cessity of manning our coast defenses,
upon which iarge sums have been spent.
The substitute also provides for 50,000 vol
unteers to be taken from the states nnd
territories and the District of Columbia in
proportion to population. These volunteers
are to be mustered out of the service oi
the United States within two years from
the date of the passage of the act, unless
their service is sooner terminated. Their
organization is to be the same as that of
the regular army.
Preference for Volunteer*.
Volunteer organizations now In service
are to be given preference as to re-en
listment. All volunteers now in the ser
vice of the United States are to be must
ered out within sixty days from the pas
sage of this act. The substitute Is not to
operate to discharge any commissioned
officer who was in the army of the United
States prior to the war with Spain. The
necessity for this body of volunteer troops
arises from the relations which the United
States government now bears to Porto
Rico, Cuba, tlie Philippine Islands, the
Hawaiian Islands and the Ladrone Isl
ands. Fifty thousand men are very near
the mark which the general of the army
said would he necessary in these islands,
in his testimony before the committee on
military affairs.
Representative Hay of Virginia, who
prepared the minority report, estimates
that the regular army establishment pro
vided for in the minority substitute would
entail an annual expenditure of S3O,OtX),(DO
or about $l,OOO per man, and that the vol
unteer force of 50,000 by the calculation,
wouid cost $50,000,000, or a total during
the existence of the volunteer army of
$80,000,000. The war department is prepar
ing official estimates which will be ready
in u few dayg.
NT. LOUIS COMING IN.
American Fence Commissioner* Hr
• urninK *>>• the American Liner.
New York, Dec. 23.—The American Line
steamer Ht. Ibuli, front Houthatnpton, was
sighted east of Fire Inland at 11:12 p, m.
The American pomes commUkmera are
on board.
The Hi. Louis arrived at quarantine at
2 a. m., and will remain there until day
light, Him was not boarded.
TO TAKE ANOTHER ISLAND.
M ake Island Will Be l sed n* n Pa
cific Cnble Station,
Washington, Dec. 23.—The government
has determined to hoist the flag over an
other Island far out in the Pacific ocean,
and orders were sent out late this after
noon to the commander of the Benning
ton, Capt. Taussig, to proceed at once to
take possession in ihe name of the United
States government of Wake Island, lying
in latitude 19 north, longitude 186 east.
This island is distant about 2,0 o) miles
from Nihau, the westernmost of the Ha
waiian Islands, and 1,300 miles east from
Guam. It is almost in a direct line be
tween these possessions of ihe United
States, and is admirably adapted for use
as a station for a Pacific cable to connect
the Philippines with Hawaii and the
United Stales. It is about three miles in
length and encloses a lagoon of salt wa
ter.
The average hight of the island ia eight
feet above high tide. It is scarcely capa
ble In itself of sustaining life, but it is
expected that a cable station can be main
tained wilhout difficulty by the erection
of a condenser to supply fresh water.
Some station in this loealiiy Is deemed
to be absolutely necessary to the mainte
nance of a cable, and for that reason the
American peace commissioners at Paris
endeavored to secure one of the Caroline
Islands, but without success.
Wake Island is said to be by right already
American territory, for in 1851 Admiral
Wilkes surveyed the place and asserted
title. It Is not Inhabited so far as known
at the present time, though in the past
some guano have temporarily
lived on the Island.
The Bennington is now at Honolulu and
the orders lo her go out try steamer. After
hoisting the flag on Wake Island she will
proceed to Guam and make a survey of
the Island, which was ordered some time
ago.
She has already completed the survey of
Pearl harbor, seven miles from Honolulu,
which will form the foundation of the
government plana for the enlargement of
the harbor there, and the straightening of
the channel connecting the inner harbor
with the ocean.
TREATY MAY BE MODIFIED.
To Arrnnge for American Control
of Nieni-agna Cannl.
Washington, Dec. 23.—1 t is accepted as
little short of certain in the best informed
official and diplomatic circles that nego
tiations will be opened at an early day
toward so modifying the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty as to meet the conditions of the
present day concerning American con
struction and control of the Nicaraguan
canal.
But while recent events on both sides
of the water have made this move obvious,
the British ambassador, Sir Jultan
Pauncefotf, has not, up to the present
time, received any instructions to o|ven ne
gotiations on this subject, nor la there any
Intimation that instructions are about to
be received. For this reason some surprise
is expres.sed in high diplomatic quarters
at seeming authoritative announcements
that Sir Julian has such instructions In
hand, or Is about to receive them and will
execute them during the holiday week by
opening conferences with the state depart
ment.
In the absence of all instructions on the
matter, the ambas-ador could not have
made an authoritative statement, and had
such instructions been received he Is not
In the habit of giving authoritative clis
closeures of his purposes. At the same
time, It Is thought to be quite likely that
the near future will bring forth negoiia
tlons of this character.
MI NT HAVE AUTHORITY.
Order Issued A* to Quasi Public
Work* in Spain’* Old Colonies.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The war depart
ment to-day authorized the following;
The following order has been sent by the
Secretary of War to the commanding offi
cers In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines:
“Until otherwise ordered, no grant or
concession of public or corporate rights of
franchises for the construction of public
or quasi public works, such as railroads,
tramways, telegraph and telephone lines,
water works, gas works, light fines, etc.,
shall be made by any municipal or other
Socol governmental authority or body In
Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, ex
cept upon the approval of the major gen
eral commanding the military forces of
the United States In Cuba, Porto Rico or
the Philippines, who shall, before approv
ing any such grant or concession, lie so
specially authorized by the Secretary of
War."
THE HORNET ARRIVES SAFELY.
Trip of file Criil*er NVu* Greatly Im
peded l>>- Yogi,
Witmlng-ton, N. C., Dec. 23.—The cruiser
Hornet, loaned lo the North Carolina na
val battalion by the United States navy
department, arrived safely in this port at
2:15 o’clock this afternoon in charge of
George L. Motion, commander of the
North Carolina naval battalion, and man
ned by a'crowd of the Wilmington divis
ion of naval reserves.
The cruiser was about thirty-five hours
overdue, and some uneasiness had b*en
felt by many people, lest she had com* to
grief In the fogs off Hatteras. Command
er Morton reports a very pleasant trip,
save that the fogs very much inpeded
their progress and occasioned the delay.
The entrance of the cruiser Into this port
wus watched by hundreds of people, and
Wilmington is delighted to have secured
tills splendid vessel from the navy depart
ment for the use of the naval militia.
Ryan Too .Much for O’Brien.
Hartford, Conn., Dec. 23.—Tommy Ryan
of Syracuse proved too much for Dick
O’Brien of Boston at the coliseum to
night. The police interfered In the four
teenth round and saved O'Brlin from an
actual knock-out, but as far as practical
purpose* were was out.
Destruction of standard’s Hooks.
Cleveland, 0.. Dec. 23.—Evidence was
m-< ured from additional wmisuse* to-day
i show that book* and paper* lot longing
io the Htandnrd Dll Company had been tie
stroyed on Nov. fit and 21, Th* beating
t<!i be resumed to-morrow.
WANTED TO GET IN THE FIGHT.
THAT IS Will COt,. linV AN SAYS
HE GOT OUT OF TIIB ARMY.
American People Hint' Not Accept
ed Hie Gold Stnntluril, He Imh 1 !".
Kinunelnl Issue Ih Still Yllul-Tivo
Yew (liietion AYlileli Mil at He
Acted on At Once Are tile XliinUlnit
Army unit Territorial Expansion.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 23.—C01. W iliam J.
Bryan returned to Lincoln this afternoon,
and was to-night tendered a reception at
the Oliver Theater by the Woman's Bi
metallio League.
The house teas crowded, and Col. Bryan
received an ovation. He was Introduced
by Gov. Holcomb, who formally welcomed
him home and complimented him for his
patriotism in enlisting in the army.
After thanking his neighbors for their
cordial welcome and complimenting the
members of his regiment mid Col. Vlf
qualn. in whose charge he left them, he
justified his resignation as follows:
"I had five n.onths of peace In the army
and resigned In order to lake up a part In
a fight. 1 am as much interested In the
people of the United States as I am In
the people of Cuba, and unless I am mis
taken In judging, we are c ''ml upon to
meet more important problems .a the Uni
ted States just now than will confront our
army In Cuba.
“Some of these problems were under dis
cussion before hostilities began. Others
have been thrust upon us as a result of
the war. Lot me Improve this, my first
opportunity, to assure you that my zeal
for the reforms advocated a few months
ago has not in the least abated.
Saj Silver Still Survives.
“Vital questions cannot be killed or
burned, and we were dealing with vital
quesllons when the rail to arms resounded
throughout the land.
“The American people have not accepted
the gold standard as final. It has wrought
more injustice In our country during the
last twenty-five years tnan Spain has
wrought in ail her colonies, and opposi
tion to it will grow until the gold and
silver coinage of the constitution is fully
reatored. The trusts which now flourish
in defiance of laws are more merciless
than Weyler was, and the new trust—the
paper money trust, which is seeking to
obtain control of all the paper money in
the nation—is a greater menace to the
country’s welfare than any foreign foe.
“There are, however, two new questions
which demand immediate attention be
cause Congress is asked to act upon them
at once.
“The President recommends that the
regular nrmy lie permanently increased to
100,000 men. This question must be met
now or not at all.”
On Imperialism Again.
Taking up the subject of Imperialism,
Mr. Bryan said that the President has
misinterpreted the sentiment of the people.
They are opposed to giving the Philippine
Islands back to Spain, but they have not
as yet declared In favor of embarking upon
a colonial policy. So great a charge, ho
said, could not lie undertaken without
more investigation and deilberalion than
the people had yet given to the subject.
The principal part of Mr. Bryan’s speech
was devoted to the Philippine question. In
this connection he referred to President
McKinley’s inquiry, “who will haul down
the flag?” and replied:
His Answer to McKinley.
“The flag Is a national imbicrn and is
obedient to the national will. It was
made for the people, not the people for
the Hag. When the American people want
the flag raised, they false it; when they
want It hauled down, they haul it down.
The flag was raised upon Canadian soil
during the war of 1812, and it was hauled
down when peace was restored. The flag
was planted upon Chapultepec during the
war with Mexico, and it was hauled down
when the war was over.
"The morning papers announce that
Gen. Lee ordered the flag hauled down in
Cuba yesterday because It was raised too
soon. The flag will be raised in Cuba
again on Jan. 1, but the President declares
In his messnge that it will Is; hauled down
as soon as a stable government Is estab
lished. Who will deny to the people the
right to haul the flag down In the Philip
pines, if they so desire, when a stable
government is established there?
“Our flag stands for an indissoluble
union of indestruclable states. Kvery
slate is represented by a star, and every
territory sees in the constitution a star of
hope that will some day take tie place in
the constellation. What is there in the flag
lo awaken the zeal or reflect the aspira
tions of vassal colonies which are too good
to be cast away, but not good enough to
be admitted to the sisterhood of states.
We Want So Star of War.
"Shall we keep the Philippines and amend
our flag? Shall we add anew star—the
blood star, Mars—lo indicate that we have
entered upon a career of conquest? Or
shall we borrow the yellow, which in 1896,
was the badge of gold and greed, and paint
Saturn and his rings, to suggest a carpet
bag government with its schemes of spoli
ation? or shall we adorn pur flag with a
milky way composed of a multitude of min
or stars, representing remote and insig
nificant dependencies?
"No, a thousand times better to haul
down the Stars and Stripes and substitute
the flag of an Independent republic than
to surrender ihe doctrines that gives glory
to ‘Old Glory.' It was the flag of our
fathers in the years that are gone; it is
the flag of a reunited country to-day; let
it bo the flag of our nation in the years
that are to come. Jts stripes of red tell of
the blood that was to purchase lib
erty; Its stripes of while proclaim the pure
and heaven-bom purpose of a government
which derived ll* Just powers from the
consent of the governed. The mission of
that flag is to float, not over a conglom
m< ration of commonwealths, but over ‘the
land of tho free and Ihe home of the
brave,’ and to that mission it must re
main, ‘forever true—forever true,* ”
To < lihiiuc Mirth t aviilry.
Huntsville, Ala., Deo, 23.—The Bixth
United State* Oavalry was to-day ordered
lo hold itself in readiness for a change
of /oration. It ho* been detached from
the Fourth Corps and added lo the de
partment of the Missouri,
French Ntumit fluty.
I Paris, Dec. 23.—The < 'hanils rof Depu
ties to-day adopted a bill mqswing a ssmp
1 duty of I per cent, on foreign securities.
I'll in NOS \\ \NT FREEDOM.
Agoncllln V*k Tlmt They Be Per
mitted to Govern Themselves.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Senator Hale re
ceived yesterday two letters from Filipinos
in London touching the proposed annexa
tion of the Philippine Islands. The tlrst
letter is from Agonoillo, the Filipinos rep
resentative who came to Washington in
behalf of Aguinahlo’s interest, and later
went to Paris with the hope of influencing
the pence commissioners. The letter says:
"From London. Dee. 10, 1898.—T0 the
Hon. Eugene Hale: Sir—Tha opening of
the present session of the American Senate
will put you in a position to Influence the
,lust and good understanding between the
American and Filipino nutions. and I beg
you to help my efforts to this end. The
free citizens and senators of the United
tales of America cannot follow the steps
of tlie monarehial countries, whose Insti
tutions are hast'd on force and oppression,
the only form adequate to a colony or pos
session; hut they are expected to contrib
ute to the realization in history of the
great principle of submitting the govern
ment of every country to the wish of the
Inhabitants thereof under the form adopted
by your republic. Freedom, suffrage and
independent self-government are the oniy
basis of an ordained state In the present
times.
"Like America, the Philippines will grow
prosperous and if, instead of sow
ing oppression and militarism and their
Inevitable consequences, war and disorder,
the Senate of (lie United States, comply
ing with the expectation of my country
men, <and the formal promises made be
fore the war by all the representatives in
the fur Hast of the American administra
tion, will recognize the independence of
the Philippines, and proclaim the everlast
ing friendship and alliance of our two
countries, joined by their common senti
ments, created In (lie Held of honor, com
batting as comrades for Justice and hu
manity.
"Do, pray, help the Filipinos to obtain
their noble aspirations.
“I intend to return to America at the
first opportunity and will not fall to per
sonally offer you the assurance of my re
spect and high consideration. 1 am, sir,
your most obedient servant,
"Felipe Agoneillo."
The second letter is signed by "F. Mad
rigal, chairman Philippine committee,"
and congratulates Senators Hale, Hoar
and Vest for “noble efforts against, mili
tary rule and colonial expansion,"
TO EMBARK AT CHARLESTON.
Ge ns. Hanger mul Bates Ordered
There Wllh Iteglmentg.
Charleston, 3. C., Dec. 23.—Dispatches to
the quartermaster’s department here to
day announced that Gen. Bates, now at
Macon, and Gen. Sanger, now at Ameri
cas, Ga., had been ordered here to embark
for Clenfuegos and Malanias, respectively,
on Dec. 27. Kach general will be accom
panied by h<s headquarters and a regiment
of volunteers not named in the dispatches
sent here.
TWELFTH NEW YORK TO GO.
Will Accompany Gen. Sanger to Mn
tiinrn* Province.
Americas, Ga., Dec, 23.—(Special).—The
Twelfth New York Regiment received or
ders this afternoon to prepare to leave
Amerlcus Monday morning for Charleston
to take a transport for Matanzas.
MaJ. Gen. Sanger, commanding the Sec
ond Division, First Armv Corps, goes to
Matanzas, and requested that the Twelfth
New York, one of the finest regiments in
the volunteer service, be assigned as his
especial escort.
These troops have been in Americua six
wicks, and were well pleased here. No
orders have been received as to thfe move
ment of the Eighth Massachusetts Regi
ment, now here.
Sixth Ohio to Move.
Knoxville, Tennj, Dec. 23.—The Blxth
Ohio, Col. MacMacldn, received orders to
day to move. The regiment goes from
here to Charleston, 3. C., where a tratvs
inrt will bo taken lo Clenfuegos, Cuba.
The Sixth exjiects to leave Camp Poland
to-morrow night and will spend Christmas
on the road.
MRS. BOTKIN’S MANY DENIALS.
Sity* She Tried to Persuade Dunning
lo Return to Hi* Wife.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—The trial of Mrs.
Cordelia Botkin Is nearing its end. The
defense concluded Its case to-day with the
testimony of the accused woman.
Mrs. Bolktn made specific denials of al
most all the charges brought against her.
She contradicted the testimony of almost
every witness that has appeared for the
prosecution, and her denials generally
were on the most Important points in tho
case.
She swore that she did not buy the
candy sent Mrs. Dunning, or the handker
chief which was enclosed for Mrs. Dun
ning’s little girl. She admitted intimacy
with Jqhn P. Dunning, and slated to tho
jury that she had tried to prevail upon
him many limes to return to his family.
Cross-examination brought out at least
one very Important fact against the ac
cused. She admitted being at the ferry
depot on the day that the poisoned candy
was mailed at the ferry postofflee.
Three unlmi>ortant witnesses were intro
duced by the defense. The court then ad
journed until Tuesday, when the prosecu
tion will present testimony in rebuttal.
FO It MIIH KUKN ATION.
White AVomnn and Colon'll Man
Sent lo .Inll In Mnrylnnd.
Cumberland. Md., Dec. 23.—John M.
Bowling, colored, and Martha Craven, the
while woman he married, were each sen
tenced tiy Judge Boyd to-day to eighteen
months in the penitentiary, the minimum
penalty for miscegenation.
When Judge Boyd asked ff they had any
thing lo say why sentence should not lie
pronounced. Bowling arose and said ho be
lieved that the girl hud colored blood in
her veins, and that in marrying her he
aided in good faith. Tho girl said nothing.
The couple came here from Pennsylvania
and were married several months ago.
Judge Boyd, In passing MBtence, nil it
w.ia the lira! prosecution of the kind in
Maryland.
)DAIT.T. fU A TEAR.
• CEfrPtl A COPT. ' ’
WEEKLY 2-TIME3-A-WLJsiK O A TEAR
CUBANS WANT ANNEXATION.
ADMIRAL S AMPSON SPEAKS OF TUB
W EALTHY CLASS.
Many Cnlinn*. However, Who Think
They Are Able to GoTera Tliem-
Helves—Came Home to Attend Hi*
Daughter'* Wedding— Say* tho
United States Government Will GO
On as Louie a* Nee -ssnry .
New York, Doc. 23,-Thc cruiser New*
York, having on board Admiral and Mrs.
Sampson, arrived to-day.
To some newspaper men who boarded
tho New York at quarantine, Admiral
Sampson said ho had come home to attend
his daughter’s wedding on Jan. 4, at Glen,
ridge, N. J.
Admiral Sumpron was not Inclined t<*
discuss the Cuban situation or his con*
nectlon with tho Cuban evacuation com.
mission, explaining that what he would
have to say on such matters ho would re
port officially.
The admiral and his family were taken
from the Now York on a government tug.
lie will spend Christmas at home with
his family at GlenrldgO.
Admiral Sampson said that Ihe perfect,
ing of the custom house service and tho
official police In tho Island, were the two
most important features in connection
with Cuba. When Gen. Greene and Chief
MoCullaoh had established their pollen
force, he thought there would be little
disorder. In answer to the question, "do
you think tho people of the Island will
prove amenable lo llie American govern
ment?’’ Admiral Sampson said:
“It does not make any difference whether
they are or not. We are down there, and
our government will go on as long as it 19
necessary."
The admiral said that DeCastro, tho
civil governor of Havuna, was doing a*
well ns could be expected, and by the Ist
of January all of Cuba would be officially
evacuated, except Matanzas and one or
two other polnls.
Reverting to the question of the 'future
of Cuba, Admiral Bampson said:
“The wealthiest and most influential peo
ple in Cuba want the island annexed to
Ihe United Slates, whether as a state or
as a territory they do not much care. But
there are many Cubans who think they
are able io govern themselves. Cuba at
present certainly Is in no condition to
govern itself. The question of what shall
become of Cuba will not be settled for a
year at least, and possibly not for two or
three years. In the meanwhile, the mili
tary government by Ihe United State* will
go on."
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
Worried Oyer n Horne Deal su ex.
British Officer Trie* Suicide.
Norfolk. Va., Dec. 23.—Capt. Frederick
Litton of Virginia, an ex-British officer,
Mid well known in Washington, D. C., at
tempted suicide here this morning by
shooting himself in tho head.
Capi. Cotton arrived in Norfolk Jast
night from Washington and went at once
to the Hotel Gladstone. He conversed
pleasantly in the lobby, but retired to hi*
room immediately utter the receipt of a
telegram from Mrs. E. 3. Williams, a
Wa hhiglou lady. Tie- teh-gram hui<l his
things would lie sent him as Boon as bin
address was furnished.
About 8 o’clock this morning he asked
the hotel clerk to send for a lawyer, but
as he would not let the clerk come into
his room, no attention was paid to hia
request. About 9 o’clock a report from a
revolver was heard in the officer’s room.
The police were summoned and an en
trance forced into the room. A ghastly
sight was then ‘discovered. Lying in bed
with a pistol in each hand and blood gush
ing from n hole near the right ear. was the
Englishman. Physicians were summoned
and the stranger removed to St. Vincent's
Hospital. He has a chance to recover.
Capt. Cotton’s home is in Prince Wil
liam couniy, Virginia. .He has been at tho
Grafton Hotel in Washington for some
time, and left there last Tuesday. It is
thought he cume here by way of Balti
more. He is said to have been swindled
recently in selling horses 4o the Baltimore
traders, which has caused him consider
able worry.
His friends in Washington attribute tho
act to 111 health, as he has been known to
suffer very much from a wound received
while hunting in Africa some years age
AWAKENED 111 HYPNOTISM.
Tony Browlielt Had Been Asleep
About Five Month*.
Milwaukee, Wls., Doc. 23.—Tony Brosheil,
a young woman 23 years of age, who has
been In a trance for the past five months
at her home In this city, was brought to
her normal condition through Ihe Influence
of hypnotism.
Miss Broshelt retired as usual in her
apartments on July 23, last. On Ihe follow
ing morning when it was time to awaken,
she kept on sleeping, and though at times
she would open her eyes, she seemed un
conscious to her surroundings. The case
has battled muny physicians.
At last an application of "suggeaMve
theruupcutlcs,” a form of hypnotism was
tried and the patient to-day was success
fully brought out .of her long trance.
Though very weak she is able to say a
f< w words to those around her. She has
been kept alive with liquid food.
SENATOR HOAR SPEAKS.
FnoloKixeil the llnr In nn Address
nt the Isle of Pit I in*.
Charleston, 0. C., Dec. 23.—Senator
George F. Hoar was to-day entertained by
the bar association of Charleston with un
excursion to Fort Sumter and a trip to
the Isle of Palms. A$ the latter place an
elaborate lunch was served, about one
hundred covers being laid.
In response to enthusiastic calls, Sena
tor Hour made a brief address, in which
he eulogized the legal profession. Senator
M' Luiirln. Hon. J. H. Gumming of Geor
gia. lion. Janus Simons, Judge J. H.
Hudson and oilier* made short.speeches.
Senator Hoar, with Senator McLuurln,
Mr. James A. Baber and Mr. Edward w,
Doherty, left for Washington (hia after
*oo4l.