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"" ~thf morning news.
, - -Incorporated 1888.
j a tsTILU President.
MERRITT WILL BE PRESIDENT.
THF MHITtHV t OIKT SELECTED
TO Tin GENERAL EAGAN.
~,l £ Four Mnjor Generals.
ComP o*' 0 *' . . „
, llriiiH‘H‘* p Genoriilw and Four
( >lonel*— Dlreefed lo Meet on Jan.
Will Be I’nder ConMruc
\riHJt and HelieTed From
soou n He Is Served With
the
Washington, Jan. IS.-The detail for the
court-martial which is to try Commissary
Gcn, r ai i'ha: Vs P. Eagan, on charges
... jt his statements before the
* invt.-ti-’ating commission last week,
. u ..,,, , h j, . \ rely attacked Gen. Miles,
m .„]c [ ;r,..c at the war department to
night.
The court i m;ide up of thirteen army
cfßctrfi of whom Maj. Gen. Wesley Mer
rju js 3t the head, and a judge advocate,
anJ it is io meet in this city on Wednes
day Jan. or as soon thereafter as prac
ticable, ibis qualification being necessary
b, aus a number of the members are at
di-i.rh points and will require some days
to adjust their affairs and reach tins
city.
A :; ,t,f. officer? composing the court, save
oDti arc from the regular army, n num
ber of : om. however, during the war ac
cciicd voiuntetr rank and still hold those
coinmifslons. Maj. Gen. Butler is the only
one who is not connected with the regular
army.
a< jj, Ge n . Corbin returned early In the
evening from New- York and came to the
„ ar elepartment about 8:30 o'clock. He
then sieiif'l a formal order promulgating
the detail for the court, which is as fol
lows: „
War Department, Adjutant General's
Office, Washington, Jan. 18, 1899.—The fol
low:!-'order is published for the informa
tion ml guHamn of ail concerned:
War Department, Washington, Jan. 18,
1899.—8 y direction of the President, a gen
eral court martial is appointed lo meet
in this city at 10 o'clock a. m., on Wed
nesday, the Sith of January, 1899, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, for the
trial of Brigadier General Charles P. Ea
gan. commissary general of subsistence of
the United States army, and such other
lessons as may he brought before it.
Detail for tlie Court.
Detail for the court: Maj. Gen. Wesley
Merritt. United States army; Maj. Gen.
James F. Wade, United States Volunteers;
M ( • Matthew C. Butler,
United Sates Volunteers; Maj. Gen.
Samuel B. M. Young, United Slates Vol
unteers; Brig. Gen. Royal T. Frank, Uni
ted Shies Volunteers; Brig, Gen. Alexan
der U. McW. Pennington, United States
Volunteers: Brig. Gen. George M. Randall,
United States Volunteers; Brig. Gen. Jacob
Kline, United States Volunteers; Brig.
Gen. Richard Comha, United States Volun
teers; Col. Peter C. Haines, Corps of En
gineers; Col, George L. Gillespie, Corps of
Engineers; Col. Charles R. Suter, Corps
of Engineers; Col. Francis L. Guenther,
Fourth Artillery.
Lieut. Col. George B. Davis, deputy
judge advocate general, judge advocate
of the court.
The court is empowered to proceed with
the business before it with any number
os members not less than the minimum
prescribed by law.
ipon the final adjournment of the court
the members will return to their proper
stations. R. A. Alger,
Secretary of War.
The journeys required of the members
of the court in complying with this order
*re necessary for the public service.
By order of the Secretary of War.
H C. Corbin, Adjutant General.
The officers of the court are now located
as follows: Gen. Merritt at New York,
uens. Wade and Rutier at Washington,
ben Young at Augusta, Gen. Frank at
r, melon Ala., Gen. Pennington at At
!! Ma ' i:,n - Randall at Greenville, S. C.,
Kline nr Athens, Ga., Gen. Comba
untsville. Ala., Col. Hains at Balti
an‘ ' Gillespie’ at New York. Col.
R° ;J ton, Col. Gunther at the
barracks and Lieut. Coi.
s at West Point.
"HI Mean Ilia Relief.
the l. ’ 1 1,1 H,at( “'l that the order for
woul,,T m ‘T Cnt ot ,h ® court martial
t o .. h „. ” 'Slivered to Gen. Eagan either
i■ .X-. ° r tf, ; morr °w morning. This, tt
ar. .-m, ' wi 1 l,e <ione by an offleer or
Its re’ 0 ’ 0 " ,he general's office,
commit.‘ na nokno wledgemont by the
t , ’ '"‘fill will lx- tantamount to
ih: . "' l,lat officer from his present
e:v, r f " win turn over its affairs
th. s. ' n,nc one designated to act by
of "’ar or to the offleer
•"ft he d< partment.
m. ,l ‘“'orge B. Davis of the com-
Gen, u, 1 ' lll,,K ' , |t is now on duty with
be rift TANARUS, !'' “ ni ’ '' may be that he will
if 1 '* la kc charge of the office.
I 1 di( It, and by the adjutant
I: ' -t'ivht is followed, the
be pl,i, ,l| at Gen. Eagan will not
ed .7 ' 1 : ."'t"al arrest and depriv
durii;,. ,liy liberties pending and
to sf but will be subject only
tng it, a . "' : ,!Ve ah'* technical arrest dur
kwb '' ' • , ln the case of officers of
t*M '' 1 ls occasionally hut not of
#8! 1 ,lirt course does not in any
:r ' ii' e trial or findings of the
Go *' r * "uxtrucllve Arrest.
Ifav 1 will be expecteil to remain
It, , " o, hce and make himself
the“ " l,nl ‘i his appearance before
. ~ '“"wer the charges, when he
at , ''' hh'ler constructive arrest
" 'hiring Its proceedings. This
the ii.i., , sufficiently carrying out
Pw , . l! " !uw to all practical pur
an ■' "lay be allowed in the case of
has , ' ’ 'he general's rank who
'ion, a good reputa
* loutiK.-r , the defendant
o 1 of an obstreperous ehar
-1 'he field Wit :i bis reglmt nt,
ri-, : ' °f placing him under ar
*o .1. . ':' ns t h im of his sword would
R’h;i, , ,o *iowed.
fr ■ t , ” v e itclleved to l>e a gen
-1 ■ ';; s * 'rotary Alger's Plea of
10 ' , |f', Il,u '. no positive statement
"h; I,IK yc Iteen made, and It
'Hie. ii 1 ,r> change.
A.);, Not Made I'ulille.
Pinke . : Gorhin refused to-ntght to
' ih- "n. nt regarding the form
r °J. , I,n 'i specifications to be
woe'. n ' E; igan. or to say
" , . ’ J' 1 bo published. In view of
h I. ~,. ""K of the court this must
*°lhei ',, soo , n ' a, 'd, In.leed, it Is al
' • l * la ! the Judge advocate
Hije Jitettittg
general of the a'rmy has already given
some attention to this feature of the pro
ceedings.
Gen. Eagan, after the Issuance of the
formal order for the court to-night, de
clined to make any statement in connec
tion with his case, but said In response
to a question that he had not received
formal notice of the appointment of the
court.
DREYFUS WROTE BORDEREAU.,
Mereler Also Assert* He Was Un
questionably Guilty.
Paris, Jan. 18.—Le Soir to-day publishes
another interview with Gen. Mercier, who
was minister of war at the time of the
condemnation of Dreyfus.
Gen. Mercier reiterates his former
statements and reasserts that the border
eau was “certainly the work of Dreyfus,
and not of Esterhazy, who was not aware
of its existence until and subsequent to
the trial.”
Under the plea of professional secrecy
he declined to explain how the war office
obtained the bordereau. The secret dos
sier, he said, consisted of war ministry
documents, fully proving the inference de
duced from the bordereau. The sugges
tion that it contained letters from a for
eign sovereign he characterized as “a pure
invention, ’ as w-as also, he declared, the
statement that M. Casimir-Perier re
signed the presidency of the republic on
account of the Dreyfus affair.
Regarding the motives that prompted
Dreyfus to commit the treason imputed,
Gen. Mercier said:
“Dreyfus was too fond of the society of
women of a certain class. Had it not
been for his reputation in this respect he
would have left the military college among
the first three of his class, but owing to
his known immoral proclivities, he was
placed eleventh. 1 think he resented this
and that his treason was probably an act
of revenge for it.
“Dreyfus was also in the habit of talk
ing unpatriotically. A general was once
obliged to censure him for saying that the
Reichslandors preferred to belong to Ger
many, as they were better treated, Drey
fus adding that he quite agreed writh
them.”
ESTERHAZY' IN PARIS.
He Declines to Re Interviewed for
the Press.
Paris, Jan. 18.—Maj. Comte Ferdinand
Walsin Esterhazy arrived this evening
from Rotterdam to testify before the
Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision
inquiry.
Several newspaper men met him at the
railway station, but he declined to be in
terviewed.
SPANISH SPIES REWARDED.
Supplied Their Government NVlth
Information From America,
London, Jan. 19.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
"Among those recently rewarded for
military services during the Hcspano-
American war are five Spanish officers
who volunteered, without asking a reward,
to go to the United States after war was
declared, and to supply information to
the Spanish government. They formed a
f-ommission under Lieut. Col. Don Luis
Serrano.
"They visited continually New York
city, Washington, Jacksonville, Key West,
Tampa and other points, changing their
posts every few days. They had many
narrow escapes from detection, notably on
one occasion, when one of them met face
to face a New York World correspondent
whom he had known in Havana. The jour
nalist chivalrously feigned ignorance.
“In addition to the secret service, the
commission bought and sent to Cuba A
considerable amount of ammunition. The
largest consignment was ready to leave
when peace was signed.”
CAMMEYER'S STORE DESTROYED,
Ilig Shoe Firm on Sixth Avenue Al
most Hurtled Out.
New Y’ork, Jan. 18.—Tre great 6-story
store of A. J. Mabmmeyer, at 310 and 318
Sixth avenue, occupying the greater part
of the block between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets, was almost burned out
to-night.
Other occupants of the building, who
suffered heavy losses, were: K. L. Carey
& Cos., who occupied the sec
ond floor; Mme. Poole, corset manufactur
er; Hare, manufacturering jeweler; Na
than Krauskopf, manufacturer of infants’
clothing; S. Ruah & Cos., ocershoes and
leggings; F. W. Dodge & Cos., proprietors
of the New Y'ork building material ex
hibit, and Alexander & Cos.
Mr. Cammeyer said the loss to the build
ing and contents would be about $750,000.
He is fully insured, and believed that the
other tenants were also.
Chief Bonner gave it as his opinion that
the loss would not come below $500,000.
RUSSIA WOULD TAKE HEART.
In the Event of Disturbance* on Ac
count of Ameer's Death.
London, Jan. 18.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daly Mail says:
“In the event of disturbances following
upon the death of the Ameer of Afghanis
tan, the Russian general, Begulkuboff,
governor of the trane-Casptnn district,
who has a force of 20.000 men, Jias direct
Instructions to take Herat, 360 miles west
of Cahul and a post of great military im
portanee^
CAR LISTS HEADY TO STRIKE.
Reported That the SiKtinl I* the Only
Thlits Now Awaited.
London, Jan. 19.—The Paris correspond
ent of the Dally Graphic says:
“One of the principal chiefs of live Car
lists here informs me that everything is
now ready for a rising in Spain; that Don
Carlos Is absolutely resolved to take the
field, and that all are waiting for the sig
nal.”
Gardner on Expansion.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 18.—The State Rar
Association continued Its session to-day.
Charles A. Gardner of New York, who
was the first speaker, occupied over an
hour in the delivery of an address on “Our
Right to Acquire and Hold Foreign Terri
tory.”
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1890.
MATAAFA DEFEATS MALIETOA.
THE LATTER DECLARED KING BY
SAMOAN CHIEF JUSTICE.
German Consul Declined to Recog
nize Maltetou and n Fight Follow
ed—A Number Killed nnd Wound,
cd, anil SUO Captured—British and
American Resident* Had to Seek
Places of Kefuge—Mataafa Now in
Charge.
Auckland, N. Z., Jan. 18.—Samoan ad
vices, just received here, say that Chief
Justice Chambers, on Dec. 31, declared
Malictoa Tanus to have been elected king,
in succession of the late King Malietoa.
The chief justice also announced that
Tamaseee had been elected vice king.
Chief Mataafa was disqualified.
The consuls of the United States and
Great Britain and the captains of the Ger
man warship Falks and the British war
ship Porpoise met the German consul, who
refused to recognize Malietoa Tanus, and
declined to co-operate in the dispersal of
the Samoans, who thereupon assembled
in large numbers at Mulinu, armed them
selves and surrounded the municipality.
Malietoa Tanus and Tamasese mustered
about 2,000 men, well armed, but supplied
with defective ammunition. The British
and American consuls endeavored to avert
hostilities, but they commenced on Jan. 1.
Malietoa Tanus and Tamasese fought
bravely, but 500 of their followers were
captured. Then, disheartened and out
numbered, the two chiefs sought refuge on
the British warship, and their followers
sought protection under the guns of the
Porpoise.
Results of the Fight.
'Mataafa’s loss was sixty-one killed and
wounded, and Malietoa Tanus lost twelve
men killed and wounded.
The foreign residents were placed under
the protection of a detachment of men
belonging to the British ship, and Chief
Justice Chambers and his family went on
board of her.
The followers of Mataafa looted and
burned Apia, destroying the plantations,
and pillaged considerably in the country.
The consuls later decided to recognize
Mataafa and his chiefs as a provisional
government, pending the receipt of in
structions from the Powers.
Afterward Dr. Rafael and the German
consul closed the Supreme Court, declar
ing that the power was vested in them.
The British and American consuls theyi
appealed to the captain of the British
warship Porpoise, who landed a force ot
blue jackets and Chief Justice Chambers
under their guard, took his seat. The
British and American flags were hoisted
over Chamber’s house and the court house.
To Seize Malietoa.
Mataafa held aloof from these develop
ments. The provisional government wrote
to Sturdee on Jan. 12 that they would seize
Malietoa and take Tamasese off the Por
poise by force if necessary', deprive them
of their titles and desert them. Chambers
Is residing on the Porpoise.
The British and American consuls have
protested against any infringement of the
Berlin treaty. British residents have tak
en refuge in their consulate and the Amer
ican residents have taken refuge in the
mission.
An American warship Is urgently need
ed there.
SITUATION FULL OF GRAVITY.
If Ancklantl Dispatch Is True the
Trenty Has Been Y'iolnted.
Washington, Jan. 18.—It is realized here
that the situation In the Samoan Islands
is full of gravity.
For some time past there has been an
exchange of correspondence between the
three government parties to the treaty
of Berlin respecting the choice of a suc
cessor to the late King Malietoa, and some
friction developed owing to the strict ad
herence of the United States government
to the terms of the treaty.
The statements in the dispatch from Sa
moa nre not regarded here as conclusive,
for the reason that they are in conflict
with the provisions of the treaty.
If. as reported, Rafael, the president of
the municipal council at Apia and the Ger
man Consul Rose, have seized the Supreme
Court and pronounced themselves practi
cally dictators, It is said hare that they
have violated the treaty absolutely. The
functions of the president of the municipal
council are clearly defined by the treaty,
and the last advices received were to the
effect that President Rafael had been
granted leave of absence and intended to
visit New Zealand. It was also understood
that his successor had been selected, and it
was thought was on his way to his post.
Power, of thli-f Justice.
The chief justice, under the treaty', is
made the ’court of last resort under any
circumstances, and moreover the treaty,
in terms, provide distinctly that In case
any dispute arises between the natives
themselves, or between the foreigners in
Samoa, that dispute shall be referred to
the chief justice and his decision shad
he final. The treaty expresses the idea
that this provision is to guard against hos
tile outbreaks. Therefore it is scarcely be
lieved here that the president of the coun
cil would thus deliberately violate the plain
treaty provision.
It was known here that the British and
American consular officers at Apia have
been acting in accord in the present in
volved political situation there, and al
though the interests of the United States
may not be compared with those of Ger
many, yet their rights, under the treaty,
are equal, and it may be stated they will
be maintained.
Report* Not Reconciled.
The report that the three consuls have
joined in a provisional recognition of
Mama fa, could not bo reconciled with
the open disagreement with the terms of
the treaty as lo the choice of a King
that such action would involve, the power
of settling disputes of this character be
ing. as already stated, solely lodged In the
hands of the chief justice, who, by the
way, is in this case an American.
The last advices of the government here
were to the effect that the chief justice
had this particular dispute under consid
eration. it having been regularly referred
(O him in accordance with the terms of
the treaty, lbs decision in all probability
would be regarded as binding by the gov
ernment of the United States,
HUNT FOR THE MISSING YACHT.
Messrs. Jones anil Taggart Took a
Tog nnd Went In Search.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 18.—Mayor Taggart
and Lawrence Jones decided to leave
Scranton, Miss., at midnight on the tug
Leo for Grand Datture and Chandeleur.
The w'eather was very rough, but their
anxiety compels theiti to go.
The Paul Jones was seen off Round Isl
and Jan. 11 and was spoken by Bugge,
master of the Leo. No confirmation has
been received of seeing distress signals on
the Datture.
Mr. Jones learns that trunks were found
on Breton Island and coaiained stockings
marked F. E. Taggart, the name of one
of the missing people, Florence Taggart.
When the yacht sailed, the trunks were
on the top deck unstrapped and could have
been washed overboard In a squall.
Laler dispatches say that the wreckage
of a small craft has been found on Bird
Island. Two expeditions out of New Or
leans to-morrow morning have been au
thorized by Messrs. Jones and Taggart.
The Maude, the government engineer's
boat of Mobile, will reach Scranton at 6
o’clock a. m., but Messrs. Jones and Tag
gart concluded at midnight not to wait
for it.
THE MISSING Y ACHT SIGHTED.
Telegram to That Effect Sent by
Mayor Taggart.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18.—There is re
joicing in the home ot Thomas Taggart,
Mayor of this city, this evening upon re
ceipt of a telegram from the Mayor, who
is at Mobile, saying that the yacht Paul
Jones had been sighted off the lighthouse.
The relatives and friends of the Mayor’s
daughter, Miss Florence, had abandoned
hope of the boat's safety until the mes
sage from Mr. Taggart came.
COCKRELL FOR PRESIDENT.
Missouri's Senator Strongly Urged by
Kansas City Time*.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 18.—In an edito
rial to-morrow, the Kansas City Times,
which has been a staunch supporter of
William Jennings Bryan, will urge the
candidacy of United States Senator Fran
cis Marion Cockrell for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1900.
Senator Cockrell, whom the people of
Missouri have just elected to his fifth
term ill the United Slates Senate, will
be put forward as “an old-fashioned Dem
ocrat, who stood for what the Chicago
platform contained iong before that plat
form was promulgated, a Democrat of ex
perience in national affairs, whose record
has stood the test of time; who knows
the plain people, and against whom the
charge of demagogy has never been
brought: who row y: 'ionv the West and
the South, but whose services for twenty
tour years have been given to the whole
people of the United Stales.”
The Times will assert that Missouri’s
right to consideration at the hands of a
Democratic convention cannot be ques
tioned, adding “the sole objection which
could have been urged against Senator
Cockrell that he fought with the South,
has been answered by the action of ox-
Confederate soldiers in the war of 1898.”
In this connection the Times will state
that when the Democratic convention
meets in 1900, the time will have come
to Ignore the old sectional feeling “whicn
has forced the Democratic party to nom
inate candidates whom it did not want,”
and that if sentiment is to play any part
in the selection of a Presidential candi
date, it should be proclaimed “that the
nation's best is the nation s choice, no
matter what the uniform he wore thirty
five years ago.”
A STEEL BRIDGE WRECKED.
Da 111 Broke ami a Flood Rushed
Down l poll It.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 18.—A costly steel
bridge across Kingsbury rjin and the
tracks of the Nickel Plate Railroad at
Wilson avenue was wrecked this forenoon
by a flood caused by the bursting of an ice
dam a mile or more above the structure.
The disaster to the bridge has been im
pending for three or four days, or ever
since the dam burst on last Saturday
after the heavy rains of Friday night and
Saturday. The great flood of water liber
ated came rushing down the ravine to
the culvert under the bridge. There a
dam formed and the water backed up
Until many acres of the surrounding fields
were covered.
It was at first hoped that the culvert
could be opened and the water let off In
that way, but when the obstruction was
removed the torrent rushed through with
so much force that the foundations of the
bridge piers were undermined one after
another. Great sections of earth, some of
them twenty feet deep and seventy-five
feet square, were carried out and soon
the water was seirling about the abut
ments.
Four of the piers were carried away in
the morning, and about 10 o'clock a fifth
pier went, carrying dow r n with it a sixty
foot span of the bridge. Two other
shorter spans were bent and twisted out
of shape. For a time it was feared that
the Nickel Plate trestle nt the Bide of
the run would be carried away also, but
this was saved by prompt work on the
part of the officials of the company.
Asa result of the accident Wi.lson ave
nue, one of the great cross-town thorough
fares, will lx* blocked for some time to all
but pedestrians. The. bridge was about
309 feet long and cost aboqt SIOO,OOO. It
will cost about $25,000 to repair the dam
age.
FOUR VICTIMS OF A SHOOTING.
They Were Trying lo Arrest an Al
leged Murderer.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 18.—Joel and
Charles Necessary, YVllliara Freeman and
Samuel Duncan of Scott connty, Virginia,
were the victims of a shooting affray last
night In the mountains of that county.
The Necessary brothers died to-day,
William Freeman Is fatally shot and Dun
can is seriously wounded.
The four victims were trying to arrest
an alleged murderer named William Flan
nery. The latter's friends came to his as
sistance and he escaped. Flannery is said
to have killed one of the Hartfield gang.
Death of Mr*. Faulkner'* Father.
Norfolk. Va., Jan. 18.—Mr. H. Clay Whit
ing father of Mrs. Faulkner, wife of
United States Senator Chart** J. Faulk
ner. of West Virginia, died at hi* home,
In Hampton, this afternoon of gripj aged
61 years.
QUAY’S STRENGTH GROWING.
HAD GAINED FINE NOTES WHEN
JOINT BALLOT WAS TAKEN.
His Opponents Stirreil I p by Gohin’s
Ruling—Ail Adjournment Declared
Against n Three-Fourths Vote.
Same Resolution* will lie Offered
Akrlh To-day—Gohin's Right
to the Lieutenant Governorship'
Brought in tluestlun.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Jan. 16.—The feeling be
tween the candidates, their managers and
their followers in the great battle for
United States senator has been intensified
by rulings of Lieut. Gov. Gobbi at to
day’s joint assembly of the Senate and
House, f
Mr. Gobin refused to entertain an ap
peal from his decision excluding a series
of rules regulaling the procedure of the
conference and declaring the assembly
adjourned when three-l'ourths of the sen
ators and members voted otherwise.
The unti-Quay Republicans and Demo
crats were hurriedly called together after
the conference adjourned by Senator Wil
liam Fllnn of Allegheny, Republican chair
man of tiie anti-Quay organization in the
general assembly. Representative Ward
R. lilies of Delaware, Republican, was
chosen chairman, and Representative
Thomas J. Ford of Allegheny, Republican,
and George R. Dixon of Elk, Democrat,
were chosen score laries.
A real! call .-’how• and 135 memtiors and sen
ators present. Of these, five Republicans,
who voted for Senator Quay, participated
in the meeting and indicated their sympa
thy with the movement. They were -,ep
resentatives Hersch and Y'ates of Phila
delphia, Mackey of Lachawanna, Neshlt
of Allegheny and Baldwin of Delaware.
W ill Prepare Resolutions.
A committee of seven was appointed to
prepare a series of resolutions to be sub
mitted to an adjourned meeting which
was held this evening in the hall of the
House of Representatives. This commit
tee consisted of Senators Flinn of Alleg
heny, Sprout of Delaware, Republicans,
Heinle of Center, Democrat, Representa
tives Young of Tioga, Koontz of Somer
set, Republican, Dixon of Elk and Fow
of Philadelphia. Democrats.
The hall was crowded with legislators
and politicians, when the night meeting
was called to order by Chairman Bliss.
Mr. Flinn presented' the report of the com
mittee.
The report recites the excluded rules and
the right to prescribe such, declaring that
the presiding officer’s action violated nit
rules and precedents, and resolves that
"as the joint assembly has the undoubted
right to govern its own procedure and
elect or change a presiding officer at pleas
ure.” the same rules be offered at to-mor
row's meeting of the joint assembly and
their consideration demanded prior to any
ballot for United States senator. The re
port is signed by nineteen senators and 120
representatives, four more than those who
attended the day meeting. \
The report was adopted and copies were
distributed among the senators and mem
bers for signatures.
Gubin's Office ill Question.
A motion was offered by Senator David
Marlin, Republican, of Philadelphia, an.l
adopted, that the eommittee of seven be
continued with power to call the independ
ent Republicans and Democrats together
any time the necessity arises.
Mr. Fow read section six, article four, of
the conetitution to show that Mr. Gobin,
who is a brigadier general in the volun
teer army, has no right to preside at the
conference. The section follows:
"No memlier of Congress or person hold
ing any office under the United States
or this state shall exercise the office of
Governor or Lieutenant Governor.’'
The vote in joint session for United
Slates senator to-day was: Quay, Republi
can, 117; Jenks, Democrat, 84; Dalzell, Re
publican, 15; Stone, Republican, If; Stew
art, Republican, 9; Huff, Republican, 5;
Tubbs, Republican, 4; Irvin, Republican,
3; ’Charles E. Smith, Republican, 1; Rico,
Republican, 2; J. E. Downing, Republi
can, 2; Grow. Republican, 3; Alvin Mar
k.e, Republican, 1.
As 128 votes are necessary to a choice,
there was no election.
THE HOUSE NOT RECOGNIZED.
West Virginia Leglslnlnre in Rnllicr
a Sad Blight.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18.—The politi
cal situation here has assumed a
aspect, by reason of the refusal of Gov.
Atkinson and the Senate, which is Repub
lican, lo formally recognize the lloue.
Though the Governor has been notified
that the House is organized and ready for
business, he has not transmitted his mes
sage, and there is no indication as to when
he will do so.
The Senate has persisted In adjourning
each day immediately after convening, and
this has frustrated the efforts of the House
committee to apprise it of the fact thnt
the House is In session. A Republican in
the House to-day made the remark that
in a fear days there Would he a House that
the Governor would recognize.
The Republicans will to-morrow night
caucus for the senatorial nomination. It
is believed that several meetings will be
necessary before they can arrive at a con
clusion.
Commissioner Bcoti and Gov. Atkinson
are the leading candidates, hut It Is Im
possible to predict who will be the nomi
nee. Dark horses are numerous.
The Democratic memliers of the legis
lature? met to-night In secret caucus and
nominated John T. McGraw of Grafton
for the United States Senate. Only one
ballot was taken. Tiie caucus was har
monious. The Democrats have 48 votes on
join ballot and the Republicans 49.
MONEY K-Olt Gl VNT’S CAMPAIGN.
9
Wri Ue<l In Alillnw Many Anne in lily
Candidate*.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 18.—When the
committee appointed to Investigate the
charges against Speaker Wright met to
day, Milton J. Green, who acknowledges
that he i* the manager of IT. S. Gram’s
campaign for the eonatorship, testified
that he had abso.ute authority to siiend
money in Grant’s fight tfom Grant pei
sonally.
He stated that he had used money In
many assembly and senatorial districts,
but had kept no record of his expendi
tures, nor could hq tell the full number
of candidates whom he assisted. No can
didate had been asked to vote tor Grant.
Green said that he had read ot the use
of monoy by other candidates, but would
not give any names, as hi? information j
was only hearsay.
The Joint ballot for United Stair's sena
tor to-day resulted in no change from the
vote of yesterday. Two ballots were
taken.
C.M CI S At; VIXST JOHNSON.
lint No Agreement Wan Benched In
Xortti Dakota.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 18.—Under nn
agreement of fifty Republican members
of the legislature to caucus among them
selves and decide on a candidate for
United Stales senator against Congress
man Johnson, Rep., a meeting was hell
tali' to-day, forty-nine Republicans par
ticipating.
Tilts is two more than enough to elect,
and includes all who oppose Johnson. Sev
eral ballots wa re taken, but there was no
choice. Another caucus will be held to
morrow.
SKMTOHS DECLARED ERECTED.
Oepow nnd Beveridge the Only Snv
Values In the Rial.
Washington. Jan. 18.—The following
United States senators were formally de
mand elected to-day at joint sessions of
the legislature* of their respective states:
Connecticut—Joseph It. llawley.
Indiana—Albert J. Beveridge.
Maine—Kug< ne Hale.
Massachusetts—Henry Cabot Lodge.
Michigan—Julius C. Burrows.
Minnesota Cushman K. Davis.
Missouri—Francis M. Cockrell.
New York- Chauncey M. Depew.
DEADLOCK STILL UNBROKEN.
Vn Election In Delaware Expected
for Two Weeks.
Dover, Del., Jan. IS.—There was no
change in the United States senatorial pit -
Uiition to-night. The deadlock remains un
broken, and the Joint ballots to-morrow
will, it is expected, Is' virtually the same
as the vote to-day. No developments are
looked for until two weeks at least, and
what will then occur cannot now be con
jectured.
tlmirlcs Rends In Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 18.—'The first ballot
In the legislature to-night for United
States senator resulted as follows:
Joseph V. Quarles, 117; Isaac Stephenson,
3b; Joseph V. Babcock, 19; Samuel A.
Cook. 15. and Charles \M. Webb. 10. Neeos
sary for election, 56, The third ballot
resulted: Quarles, 48; Stephenson, 19; Bab
cock, 17; Cook, 17; Webb, 10. An adjourn
ment Was taken until to-morrow.
Canons Falls to Choose.
Madison, Wls., Jan. 18.—The Republican
m mlw rs Of the legislature held a caucus
10-ntght to choose a United States sena
tor. Several ballots were taken, but the
votes were scattered and no selection was
made.
tVeliraska Takes Out' llallot.
Lincoln, Ncl>., Jan. 18.—The legislature
met In joint convention to-day and took
one ballot for United States senator.
There was little change from the separate
ballots taken yesterday.
Making a Fight on Stewart.
Carson, Nov., Jan. 10.—The senatorial
situation Is unchanged. The supporters of
Newlands say lhat if he Is not chosen
Stewart cannot Ire, and a deadlock will
follow.
I tali Also Deadlocked.
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 18.—Four ballots
were taken in joint session to-day for Unit
ed States senator. No choice was had.
}Yo Material Change.
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 16.—The ballot for
United States senator showed no mate
rial change to-day In the situation.
.Inst the Same in Montana.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 18.—There Is no
change in the senatorial fight.
DEBATE \ THE CADRE BILL.
Opposition to the Payment of n Sub
sidy to the Pacific Cos,
Washington, Jan. 18.—The committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce has the
right-of-way in the House to-day and suc
ceeded in passing quite a number of bills
of minor Importance, most of which au
thorized tho constructlori of lighthouses,
fog signals, etc.
One authorized the construction and
equipment of a light vessel with a fog sig
nal for the station at the tail of Horehoc
'Shoals and Chesapeake bay, the limit of
cost to be $20,000.
Then the lull to grant the Pacific Cable
Company a subsidy of SIOO,OOO a year for
twenty years for the construction and op
e rat ion of a cable, was called up and a
very spirited debate, which consumed the
remainder of the day, followed. The op-
I>osition wos headed by Mr. Corliss,
Rep., of Michigan, who advocated the
tons! ruction of a government cable.
No conclusion was reached at the hour
of adjournment, and as tho special order
under which the House was operating to
day expired with the adjournment, and as
objection was made to fixing any day for
Its consideration, It goes over Indefinitely
until the committee can gel another day
or until a special order Is adopted.
The House at 5:15 o’clock p. m. ad
journed.
TWO OUTLAWS SHOT DOWN,
Unknown Persons Kill Negroes of
Hail II cpa In f ion.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 18.—George Call
and John Shaw, both colored, and who
bore bad reputations In the community,
were shot and killed by unknown persons
at Lynchburg last nighl.
Both had served terms in the peniten
tiary for robbery, and had been whipped
by white-caps and run out of town. Both
returned. Each was about 18 years old.
SPANISH SOLDIERS RETURN,
There Were 300 Sick nnd 44 Deaths
During the Voyage.
Barcelona, Jan. 18.—The French steamer
Cachemiro arrived to-day from the Philip
pines with 1.170 repatriated Spanish troops.
There are 300 sick, and there wero forty
four deaths during the voyage, j
DAILY, $lO A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMKS-A-WEEK II A YEA*
BACON WANTS A DECLARATION
AGAINST AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
In n Strong Speech He Urges tho
Prompt Passage of Ills Resolu
tions—Sean tor ( lay's Strong Argu
ment on (lie Nlenrugna Canal,
‘•Hold on to What We Have,” He
Says Must Take Marine Co.'s Con
cession.
Washington, Jan. .18.—(Special).—Senato*
Bacon of Georgia made one of the brsfc
siKiches ilull has yet been made on either
side of the expansion question to-day,
when he outlined In an argument of about
two hours, his reasons for opposing tlie
permanent retention of the Philippine Is
lands.
Ills speech was an argument principally
for the adoption of the resolution whlcti
he recently Introduced preparatory of th<*
future policy of this government with re
lation to the Philippine Islands.
Senator Bacon was given the closest at
tention by the leading members of th#
Senate on liolh sides of the chamber, atul
a number of members of tho House wera
on hand to listen to his speech.
Senator Clay made a sirong and Inter
esting short speech this afternoon In favog
of the construction of the Nicaragua ca
nal. It was during the debate of the canal
bill, under the fifteen-minute rule, ahd hi*
was one of the most interesting of tho
shrot talks made in favor of the project.
Senator Clay took the position that tha
enterprise was in Its very nature of tha
greatest Importance to the United States.
He said he was not exactly satisfied wills
the present bill, but It seemed to him tha#
it was the liest that we could do under tha
circumstances. He said that after a care
ful study of the final situation he had
come to the conclusion that we were forc
ed to utilize the concession granted to
the Maritime Canal Company.
Mast Secure Couseat,
In order to enter the territory of the re
publics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica and
construct this canal, we must have tha
consent of those republics. This exclusive
right for a certain period of time had here
tofore been granted to the Maritime Com
pany, and this concession had not yet ex
pired. The Maritime company alone has
the exclusive right to enter the territory
where the canal is located and to build
the canal, nnd hence we are compelled to
use the concession granted to this com
pany, otherwise, he contended, we might
have serious trouble In acquiring the right
of way on wbuch to locate the canal.
When we purchase and utilize the title
held by the Maritime company, we stand
In the shoes of that company, and we have
a practical method by which to reach the
end desired. If. however, we allow these
concessions to go under, then Nicaragua
might refuse to grant the right to build,
and tho wholo thing would have to be
gone over again from the beginning.
Hold on to What Wc Harr.
"Let us hold on to what we have,” said
Senator Clay, "and proceed to perfect our
title.”
The senator pointed out that this bill au
thorizes the President to further negotiate
with Nicaragua or any other government
where It may lie necessary to clear and
perfect our right to enter, construct and
operate this canal. The President cart
treut, nml modify the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty so as to move any trouble that
might arise on its account. He can
negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica
and perhaps acquire title in perfetulty.
"If we cling to what we possess now wo
will be better able to negotiate further,” 1
he contended.
Senator Clay presented the advantages
to commerce, which would follow tho con
struction of this canal. This waterway
would give us a continuous line from
Maine to Alaska. It Would shorten tha
distance between our eastern and our
western coast by 10.000 miles. It would
place our southern ports on a direct line
with tho markets of China and Japan.
When this canal Is constructed our nteam
ers will sail from our southern points to
the far east hearing cotton goods manu
factured In the South with freights re
duced probably one-half.
Mast Find l.nrger Markets.
Senator Clay contended that we must
find more extended markets for our pro
ducts. Cheap transportation means mors
profits to manufacturers and producers.
The senator elaborated these Ideas as fully
as it was possible during the short time
allotcd under the Senate rule. His speech
was carefully listened to, and it showed
that he had made a careful study of the
very Important question under considera
tion.
Senator Clay to-day Introduced a bill
providing for the payment to the owners
of the steamer Leesburg of $9,365 for the
use of the steamer, nnd $25,000 for her
valuation, the steamer having been lost
while In the service of the government.
FILIPINOS SHOULD HE FREE.
Hi: con Says Their Siihjiiantlom
Would Not End the Trouble.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The feature of to
day’s session In the Senate was a speech
delivered by Mr. Bacon, Dem., of Georgia,
In support of his resolutions declaring that
the United States would not assume sov
ereignty over the Philippine Islands.
Mr. Bacon Is one of the orators of tho
Senate, and as he gave himself freer, rein,
not confining himself to notes, he spoke
strongly and effectively. His peroration, in
which he pictured the horrors of some of
England's methods of controlling her col
onial subjects was a beautiful and forceful
bit of word painting. Mr. Bacon said in
part:
"Of all the greht powers of the enrth
the government of the United States is the
only one that contends for the right, in
all people, of self-government. When they
abandon hi practice this principle, when
they Impose their dominion on an unwill
ing people, In the majestic march of free
institutions, the hand upon the great dial
of the clock of tho world will have been
set back .a hundred years.
Would Mean Enslavement.
"It Is not to be believed that the gov
ernment of the United States will, with
full appreciation of the nature of (he con
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