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THF morning news.
„ , , isso - -Incorporated 1884.
‘Still, sre'2?nt.
treaty advocates in a hole.
LI,IKYING RESOLUTIONS ALMOST
a Hi;l( HBD a TOTE.
, entnil Kl*P* In nn Anl-
I Republican*
" " |, i n(l on 'll Sides—t hnndler
r,, l VO ‘ r °" " ,e
a,...Julian < Once—A Su*K.'tl.m
,lime for n Vote, Ho
to r •*
~.P Met o|>‘ ,!,l * ,on *
i!io central ligure In an unus- |
, nut. I scone in the Senate to-day.
, ,',c minutes the indications were
, tV,.'orcia senator had the friends
’ , r , ,Vin a tiitht hole, and would
® m todi < ose their voting strength.
.. his own resolution, and
tin ft lends of the treaty to
""• '.in V i ' a vote. A dozen Republicans
*■!', on their feet in an Instant, and some
' v consultations ensued.
on ',hc Democratic, side the crafty Gor
man and the vigorous Jones ol Arkansas,
ftinlinsrly prompted Senator Bacon to force
j , fcuo. It seemed as though the Dem-
KUI , mere anxious for a show of hands,
n !,;. the Republicans were disposed to
doubt the wisdom of a roTl call on Bacon’s
resolution.
Mark Hanna, Fairbanks and other close
friends of the President advised further de
liberation. Davis, 'ShtWmSn of the com
mlitee on foreign relations, hacked up by
the members of his committee, was dis
porci to accept Bacon’s challenge, and a
lan ten ~f stn nglh seemed imminent.
Tlie llepti hi leans Weaken.
Bill Chancll< r was the first to weaken,
said he was not prepared to take a
vot‘ on the proposition to-day.
-Weil, suppose w£*gr#o to vote to-mor
row. 1 ’ quickly suggested Senator Bacon.
•That’s right,” clioroused Gorman, Jones
ami o;her delighted Democrats.
While the Kepublicans were consulting
among iitems. Tves as to the safest course
to pursue, Tom Carter, from Montana,
who had followed the line of proceedings
moiv closely than some of his excited Ke
pult.ican associates, objected to any agree
ment looking to the fixing of a time for the
vote to be inker. Before the snarl was
untangled, the Se nate went into executive
■tssion. with tiie Bacon resolution still
pending.
During -a excitement, it appears that
the resolution of Senator Sullivan of Mis
sissippi. which is simply declaratory on
the part of the Senate, was offered as a
fubsiimic for Senator Bacon’s joint reso
lution. II the Sullivan proposition is
mait- an amendment to the Bacon resolu
tion ihe former then becomes a joint res
om'.ion. \Mi„ h hy
Hov.se of Representatives, and also the ap
proval of the President.
fiy fills parliamentary juggle, the Sul
livan ivso.uiion becomes obnoxious to
wme of th'.-e who were willing to accept
if in its original form, when it simply
rnuint an expression of opinion on the
part of the Senate, and not as binding as
the law of joint resolution.
'lay Force Extra Session.
The Democratic lenders to-night insist
that the friends of the administration are
full without votes enough to ratify the
tr<-;.ty. and the Democratic policy is to
Dr-e an extra session, if possible. On the
cthfr hand, the Republicans say they are
wil irg to a’low the Sullivan resolution in
Id amplest form to pass, and they will
n>ist any other proposition.
The treaty will be ratified eventually,
fi, ‘d it is difficult to see what the Demo
ns expect to gain, from a party stand
jKiitit, by forcing an extra session.
HUD WAS HEADY FOR 1 VOTE.
Itnivlin* „i ( (ni, T,,||m Why Expan
sion "ill lie Bad.
ushington. Feb. I.—For a few’ min
ims in the Senate this afternoon it seem
' 1 * ke' 1 y that a vote might be taken on
oil! 11l more of iho resolutions relating to
expansion that are pending before that
body.
A " llllU ' | ml'y large attendance of Re-
I 1 .man senators was present, all of whom
iul been notified to be on hand in the
1 1,1 a critical vote on the pending
Question.
m. Bacon of Georgia called up his reso
-1111 nil i Mr. chandler of New Hamp
i'" withdrew his molion to refer it to
' cnmniiit.,- on foreign relations.
Caliban of Mississippi entered a
n "' substitute his resolution for
"■ " l ir Bacon, as follows:
1 i ’ l ' I he ratification of the pending
" ! pea", with Spain shall in no
■ c mim, me policy to he” pursued
11 1 ailed States in regard Jo the
Ii I' 1 1 1 : ■, s. nor slia'd it commit this gov
' :i: In a in denial policy; nor is it in
' m emhariass the establishment of
ii"i' i tident government by the
■a those islands whenever condi
' su ' ,| i a proceeding hopeful of
' '" 1 "1 dt slrabla results.”
■'•'.e. chairman of the foreign rela
, ' ''on-.miiir,. announced that he was
ni ',j' ~ I' 1 " ;| Vote should be taken im
-6 * wus evident, however, that
" rcsoiuilons and amendments
I, ; , ” 1 • taken before 2 o'clock—the
t;,, , liy tthanlnfious consent of the
j, a into executive session—Mr.
a f "> unanimous consent that
r, 4 '... ''ken at 12:30 o'clock to-mor
| ''fittest Mr. farter object
-1 ’’ 1 ’ w:e,.e question was left sus
-1 ' '' at th. ; ,ir.
"awl,ns Opposes Expansion.
i ' 1 ” 'horning session Mr. Rawlins
addressed the Senate upon the
-expansion resolution. Senator
i„ ‘ 'aephere just now seems to be
i wttii pivpiexinK problems. Every
v.: , ' ,|rn ”. imbued with the wish,,
he ~, , n k to justice to do the bpal
t. f,.,, country. I have not herc
-1 i...i, i ' ll opposed to expansion. This
i■„ 'a-eri-one of growth; in point
in |, ■, ' hfee to seventy-five millions:
' nom the shores of the Al
in. . , continent and Into the
, ; '■ U'l's of tho Pacific. Millions
I.!, nl|r sturdy and patriotic peo
li ,ii , . aignlficent stales have been the
;... i expansion. Territorial ex -
' commensurate extension of
ii. freedom Is twice blest; it
• who give and those who
tm , , ,i A ” can set an artificial bar
i i. ’ 11 vu aid. progress of the Amerl
-1 - ;, Lut thus fur our progress
ate of freedom, not of tyranny.
(Continued on Fifth rage.)
Wl)t J®ofniuo Mjeto^
TROOPS TO Dll MI STERED OUT. j
Seven t the Regiments on the I.lst
Are Slow In Georgia.
Washington, Feb. I,—The war depart
ment to-day Issued an order for the. mus
tering out of 15,000 volunteer troops. Tne
regiments to be mustered out are:
First ‘Maryland, now at Augusta, Ga.;
Third Mississippi and Second Missouri, at
Albanj’, Qa.; Eighth and Thirteenth Penn
sylvania, at Augusta, Ga.; Fourteenth
Pennsylvania, at Summerville, S. C.;
Fourth Texas, at San Antonio, Tex.;
Fourth Wisconsin, at Anniston, Ala.;
Seventh Volunteer Infantry, at Macon,
Ga.; Eighth Volunteer Infantry, at Chick
amagua; Tenth Volunteer Infantry, at
Macon, Ga.
This order presages the aboliton of the
entire Second Corps now commanded hy
Maj. Gen. Young and formerly under Gen.
Graham’s command. All of the regiments
ordered mustered out are attached to that
corps and their loss will leave only ten
regiments. These will be formed into four
independent brigades and placed in camp
permanently at Augusta, Ga., and Green
ville, S. C.
Three regiments ordered mustered out
to-day, the Seventh, Eighth and First
Volunteer Infantry, are colored regiments.
RETURN OF KAY’S REGIMENT.
Senator Bacon Active in Behalf of
the .Men nt Santiago.
Washington, Feb. I.—(Special).—'Senator
Bacon is working industriously to have
Col. Ray's regiment ordered home from
Santiago, Cuba. He was, a caller at the
war department on that business to-day,
and he made a strong plea in behalf of
the men in Col. Ray's regiment. They
have been in Cuba longer than any other
regiment in the service, and Senator Ba
con claims they are entitled to a more
healthy assignment. He suggests that
they lie brought back to Georgia to re
cuperate.
THEY AVAYT TO BE DISCHARGED.
Members of the Third Georgia AVrlt
tug to Congressmen.
Washington, Feb. 1 (Special).—Now
that the Third Georgia Regiment is com
fortably settled in Cuba, the boys have re
sumed their correspondence with the
Georgia delegation, and this correspond
ence is filled with appealing petitions for
discharge.
Congressman Maddox was the first to
receive one of these appealing applications,
it coming from a young private of Com
pany D. who is now stationed at Nuevi
tas. He stated that the regiment was in
as good a condition as could be expected
a..., „„„ -v., o-> ••
eager for a little excitement. The best ex
citement that this soldier thinks they
could receive would be a notice of their
honorable discharge from the service. If
not the most exciting, it would be, with
out a doubt, the most welcome.
REJOICING OVER THE ORDERS.
Pennsylvania Men Glail They AVil!
Be Mustered Oat,
Summerville, S. C., Feb. 1— Late this
evening it was officially an*ounced to the
rank and file of the Fourltenth t>ennsyl
vania Regiment that ordefs had been re
ceived from the war department directing
Maj. Evans Andruss to fitreed at once
to Summerville, and Inspeti the books,
records and rolls of the regiient prepara
tory to their immediate npster out at
Summerville.
The men have been chafirr a long time
on account of inactivity andnonotony and
the news was received with treat joy, the
cheers of officers mingljng pith those of
the men. This.will lei’e'ohly two bat
talions c£ the Third tinnecticut as the
entire garrison of Marion.
TO GIVE ll* SOUTHERN CAMPS.
All But Augusta ani tfi’eenvllle to
Re Abu ml tail!.
Washington, Feb. I.—(Spjial).—An order
was issued at the war delrtment to-day
providing for the final abtitlonment of all
military camps recently Established in
the South, excepting tluiret Augusta, Ga.,
and Greenville, S, C. Th is the meaning
of the order mustering (t 15,000 troops.
ARMY COMMISSION OPPOSED.
Committee Against embers of Con
gress lloltllk Them.
Washington, Feb_J' A special meeting
of the. Judiciary comee of the House
was held to-day to.pt on the tnqiliry or
dered by the Hos4s to the right of
members to hold cfctfilssions In the army
and other office*-' ,
At 1-30 o'clock Chppmmtttee adjourned
without having rear" a final decision, to
continue the consUßDon of the question
at 10 o'clock 10-morV morning. Later in
the day it was umttood on the door of
the House that thpcuslon ** commit
tee had deve Wiped’fact leal unanimity
against those menus of the House hold
ing arniv comroiss*- and that (he post
ponement was fori” purpose of consid
ering whether mcf'rs on civil commis
sions appointed J>*>o President were to
be included In It.
It lias been ptfically decided that
members serving (he postal and indus
trial commissions !1 not be disturbed.
THE HOAD Hi*.or BEEN SOLD.
Mobile and Ohlllreetom Say Re
ports AA'e Erroneous.
New York, Feb.-F. D. Tappun, presi
dent of the Gall# National Bank, and
understood to reptit In Ihc Mobile and
Ohio directory lafliterests In the lionds
(which carry cont&C the road), said to
day that the rejitconcerring the Bale
of the railway to Southern or any of
the other large lfms In that section
were quite unfout
He added that i* in Immediate con
trol held or had tfoxy the-seventh of
the bonds, so U Certain that control
could not have b obtained without
their consent. i
POWDER M EXPLOSION.
The Building Ihllmheil nntl Two
Emplo Killed.
Youngstown. 0., j I.—Tho press mill
of the Ohio PowCottopany's works,
locnted about north of this
city, exploded rhorpfote noon, killing
two' employes, Evtvans and Henry
Dams, and totally dlthlng the building
and machinery. ,
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2 1899.
IRONED AND IN A DUNGEON.
EX- JUDGE H\ > DOLI’H’S CRUEL
TREATMENT IN COLOMBIA.
Kept in Irnns for Nine Month* and
in Such n l*oMition That Sleep AVn*
Moat Difficult—An Assault on the
American Consul—Randolph Sen
tenced for Murder Without Fair
Trial—\\ ns an Abscomler From
Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. I.—Tho Adver
tiser h;is received a four-column address
from ex-Judge Frank Randolph, formerly
of thia place, who has been confined in
prison in Medellin, Colombia, for over
years. Tho address is to Congress
and the people of the United States.
Judge Randolph was a defaulter in the
office of probate judge of tfyl# county, and
fled from justice, going from here to Mex
ico. He then went to South America and
invested in a plantation in Colombia.
There he had some trouble with the former
owner of the place, and in a difficulty
killed him, and it is for this act that he i*
in prison. What follows ts a portion of his
statement:
“I am in prison since Sept. 5, 1895. Im
mediately upon being imprisoned I was
incofnmunicated; that is, cut off from all
communication with a human being for
three months; denied privileges of counsel
for the same period, and all of my proper
ty of every description that the authori
ties could find w r as seized and sequestered
by order of tho government of Colombia.
In addition, I w-as put in irons, as heavy as
fifty pounds and so arranged that I could
neither stand up, sit or lie down without
great pain. Sleep was impossible, save
ly most painful snatches. I remained
thus ironed nine months.
Soy* Testimony Wan Fnl*c.
“During the thiee months in which 1
was iii'communioated and denied counsel
all the witnesses of the prosecution, some
forty or fifty, were examined in secret,
ala inquisition, without my having the
opportunity by myself or counsel, then nor
since, to ask a single question of those
witnesses. It was upon the testimony then
and there so taken that I was afterward
tried. Not one-tenth part of said wil
ncsses could read or write. I have been
able to prove the falsification of the testi
mony ;n two of the cases of the most im
portant state's witnesses, and the falsifi
cation of my own testimony, all down by
nrder rwf isaid testimony.
"About May 14, 1896, i ion California
for Medellin under a guard of regular
soldiers, consisting of a lieutenant and
twenty-tour men. The lieutenant had or
ders to put me in heavy irons and in a
dungeon every night during the trip. To
this end the journey was so arranged that
each night we stopped in a town where
there was a dungeon, and was forced 0"
the trip to carry on my own mule, fur
nished at my cost, these cruel irons for
my own punishment.
Nine Months in Irons,
“I had been for nine months heavily
ironed day and night and confined in a
dark and damp prison, part of the time
in a dungeon without an air hole, even
aud was in no condition to stand a four
hundred mile ride in a tropica] climate.
Such was my condition that the third
day’s journey from Gali, the lieutenant of
my guard, Anibal Bernal, not wishing to
have me die on his hands, threw away
the irons and let me rest without them
at night. But at the end of a two days’
journey when we reached Medellin
my feet and legs, up to the
knees, were so eaten into and corroded
by the irons that they were almost a solid
mass of putrid boils and abscesses to such
a degree, that for two months I could not
walk.
“I reached Medeilin June 2, ISJXi. In No
vember. 1896, a jury of three men was se
lected to try me. and were duty empanelled.
A few days afterwards, without Iho reason
assigned, this jury was discharged and
my trial indefinitely postponed. On July
1, 1897, afier being nearly two years in
Prison, enduring most of that time treat
ment more cruelty brutal than they accord
to their convicts, 1 went through the farce
of a trial for murder and was convicted of
murder, and chieily upon the evidence of
Chicago newspaper aruchs read to the
jury by the prosecutor, without any pre
tense of proof, and which articles formed
the burden of his two spectres to the Jury.
American Consul Assaulted.
“The presiding judge of the tribunal
trying my case, and the fiscal (prosecut
ing attorney) of that tribunal armed and
without provocation, assaulted aud de
nounced the American consul In Medel
lin, Mr. Thomas Herran, tho son of a
former president, the grandson of an
other former President and the grand
trephew of still another president being
the grand nephew of two archbishops of
Colombia, and gave at the time of said
assault the reason that Herran was a
traitor to his country because he was tho
Yankee consul and was the friend and
protector and accomplice of u Yankee
assassin.
"These facts were sworn to by all the
witnesses to the affair and sent to the
government at Bogota. The result was
that Senor Caro was so pleased with the
conduct of his officials tiiat he rewarded
both by appointing tho fiscal a Judg ■ of
the highest tribunal in the state, and hy
appointing the brother-in-law of the judge
governor of the state of Antloquia. These
facts were officially reported to the gov
ernment by the United States, consul at
Medellin and by myself.
Had Treatment uf Aaiericans.
"I have written the above without any
reference to my guilt or innocence of the
crime, murder, of which I am. charged. I
have written simply to show what treat
ment American citizens can receive in Co
lombia, and what care United States min
isters and the government of the United
States Itself takes of its citizens abroad.
"I address this communication to the
Congress and people Of the United States,
because I wish them to know in what
loathing and contempt the government
and people of the United Statc-s arc held
by the government and people of Central
and South America. AVc are loathed be
cause the progress and advancement of
the United States are looked upon as a
menace to the despotism and fetishism of
these countries, and we are condemned by
rcaaon of the character of the ministers
the ntlited States usually accredits to
these countries."
COLUMBUS' HEAVY FIRE LOSS.
Nearly n Million Dollars Worth of
Property Destroyed.
Columbus, 0., Feb. I.—The worst fire
known In Columbus in years is raging in
Ihe heart of the business portion of the
city. The wholesale dry goods store of
Green, Joyce and Company, is doomed.
The loss may reach hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Shorily before 11 o’clock a wall fell,
catching a number of people in the alley.
Thus far five have been found who ate
seriously injured. One man is thought
to have been killed.
Although the tiro is still burning fierce
ly, some estimate of the loss has been
formed and ii is thought that 8750,0tt> will
cover it. If the building now burping
goes the loss will soar above the million
mark.
The largest losses roughly estimated are
as follows: Green. Joyce & Cos , building
$150,000; Green, Joyce & Cos., stock. s<Bo.-
(*81; Dunlap, building, J75.0C0; Chicago
Clolhing Company, stock, $!(8>,000; Boulder.
Bright & Cos., building, $75,000; MacAuley
millinery, stock, S2S,(XX), and Jones, build
ing, $75,000.
N At'HTMAN HAD TWO WIVES.
Clothier Arrested in Albany on a
C'linrK'C of llinnibiy.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. I.—Louis Xachtman,
a clothier who has storts in Atlanta and
Savannah, was arrested In this city yester
day afternoon on a charge of bigamy.
Hinda Rachel Nachtmpn, the complain
ant, alleges that she is; the first wife of
Louis, and thnt he left tier in Russia four
teen years ago. While she remained there
he sent her money.
She came to America eight years ago and
he met her in New York flved with her
until four years ago, \(hen he left her.
she says. She heard nothing from him
and she supported hersiif and two chil
dren by taking in washing.
Recently she learned that her husband
had been married to an Albany young wo
man by a New York rabbi. Nachtman
admitted to the officer who arrested him
that he was married to wife No 2, but de
clared he had obtained a rabbi’s divorce
from his first wife and had paid her s2(B'.
Nachtman was arraigned before Justice
Brady and gave bail for examiration on
Feb. 9.
LEADLEY’S LARGE SHORTAGE.
Clerk of tlie Detroit Poller Justice’s
Court Is Missing.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. I.—lnvestigation in
to the books of Robert Leadley late chief
clerk of the police justice’s rout, resulted
to-day in showing a shortage'of $19,168.
I-ead ley is widely kn own In baie ball cir
cles, having once been matrakr of the
Cleveland National League teaiA and sec
retary and manager of the Dettoit team
when In the National League. He was
later pari owner of the Gran<) Rapids
Western League Club.
Leadley’s term as Police Court clerk ex
pired several months ago. The .udge who
had the appointing, allowed hln to hold
over without reappointing him and his
bondsmen, therefore, are not onsidered
liable. Headley has been missitg several
days.
MAY INCRIMINATE HIMBELF.
Judge Says a Bankrupt Wolfes Con
stitutional Right.
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. I.—A decision of
the greatest Importance in bankruptcy
proceedings throughout the coin try was
handed down by Judge Seaman In the
United States Circuit Court, in the
court holds that when a man fliers a peti
tion In bankruptcy he waives his ionstltu
tional privilege of refusing to give tesil
mony under the pica that It my tend to
criminate himself, and gives rise to crim
inal proceedings.
The decision Is rendered in the contempt
proceedings instituted against Imuis Ba
piro, a Waupun bankrupt merchant, for
failing to produce his hooks of account.
TO TAKE SOLDIERS TO SPAIN.
Bids for Transportation From Phil
ippines Received.
New York, Feb. I.—Bids for thf trans
portation to Spain of 16,000 Spanish sol
diers now in the Philippines were opened
at the office of the depot quartermaster,
Col. Kimball, here to-day. Simultaneously
the same proceeding took place in the de
pot quartermaster’s office at San Fran
cisco.
Only three bids have been received here.
The bid of Ihc Bordeaux Steamship Com
pany, which was the lowest, was $75 jar
capita for both officers and men.
MANY LEPERS IV AMERICA.
A Doctor From India Say* There Are
s:i- In United State*.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. I.—A Free Press
special from Battle Creek says that Dr.
Hitt, a physician from India, at present
visiting in this city, stated that there are
532 cases of leprosy In the United States,
ten of which are In Chicago.
The doctor has made a life study of lep
rosy and recommends that our quarantine
laws be more rigidly enforced, and be
lieves In the establishment of'a general
assembly In this country for lepers.
COAL OH, ON HIS CLOTHES.
PrlNoner Committed Suicide In u
Daugeron* Manner.
Sun Francisco, Feb. ].—Anthony Bur
gle, a seven-year man in the San Fran
cisco Jail, to-day secured some coal oil
from the stove which was used to heat
the cell, and iioured it over hfa clothes
while the other prisoners were asleep. Ho
then ignited the oil and In a few seconds
his body was enveloped in flames. The
ceil caught fire and the sleeping cell mates
were barely saved by the guards. Bur
gle lived but a short time.
DEWEY TO IIE AN ADMIRAL.
Uenolutlon So Amended n* to Give
Him Ten A’ear* More.
Washington, Feb. I.—The Senate com.
mil tee on naval affairs has decided to re
port favorably the Joint resolution reviv
ing the rank of admiral In the interest of
Rear Admiral Dewey. The resolution was
so amended as to extend the time of his
retirement ten yearn 1
CUBAN ARMY SHOULD BE PAID.
< ONCU SIO\ RKA< HED HY K\-Ml\-
INTER II VNMS TA \ LOR.
Hl* In voNtluiit lon Dcvcloimml Thnt
the Army Want* llctwen Ten nnl
Eleven >llll tons—W on Id iln- Them
About $;>00 n Man and Enable
Many Farmers to Go to Work.
Cubans Ho Not Like the Military
Rule.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. I.—llannU Taylor, ex
minister to Spain, who returned yesterday
from a two weeks* visit lo Cuba, has given
the Associated Press the following inter
view upon Cuban situations:
“While in Cuba U(>on purely private busi
ness, 1 came in contact wish (he leaders
of every faction into which the popula
tion is now divided. The extremes of
opinion are represented on one hand by
Cuban military chiefs demanding Imme
diate and absolute infiepeiKk nee, and on
the other hand by the purely Spanish
element seeking protection under our flag.
Ret ween the two extreme® tire ranged the
main body of the people, standing in an
expectant attitude, ready to give their ap
proval to any plan that will re-establish
law, order and material prosperity upon a
permanent ba=ls.
“Upon one point nil agree, American >ffl
cer® as well as Cubans, and that is that
outside of the cities the country us in a
eonditon of want and misery that can
hardly be exaggerated. As an aggrava
tion of that condition stands the Cuban
army composed of at least 30,000 idle men,
wailing with arm® in their hands for such
a settlement of their dues as will enable
them to resume life aguin.
\\nnt S:UH> for Encli Man.
“When I asked those who had u right
to speak for (he army, what sum would
suffice for a satisfactory settlement they
said ton or eleven millions at least, a sum
that would give about S3OO to each man.
With that they said the small farmers
could procure stock and live until they
could make a crop.
“The Cubans neither ask nor desire us
to contribute a penny for the payment
of their army. All they ask is that a
loan should he made for the purpose,
charged upon their custom houses, now
yielding from twelve to fifteen millions a
year, the proceeds of the loan to be paid
to their soldiers, through our military
authorities.
“Every class in Cuba is now demand
ing that a settlement he made at once
so that a menacing and consuming body
of idle men may be converted into peace
ful producers. Jn that way the industrial
energies of the country could be revived
and u force dissolved which, like the army
of Cromwell, is not only a military body,
but the dominant political power in tho
island.
Quick Solution \eoc*snry.
“I cannot doubt that if Ihe Just claims
of the Cuban army are treated with In
justice and contempt, and the present mil
itary regime continued indefinitely, in o
short time we will be hated by the Cu
bans just as the Spaniards were, and a
condition of things brought about that
will force ug either to withdraw from the
island or to govern there Just as Russia
does fn Poland. Wise and humane as our
military governors are, the fact remains
that they govern by the sword, in defi
ance of the civil power, ami the result is
that impatience and discontent are al
ready clearly manifested on every hand.
“The urgent needs in Cuba now are a
prompt and satisfactory settlement with
the army of the revolution, and the estab
lish ment as soon as poflslb.e of a provision
al civil regime in which Cuban® them
selves can have a voice. The President
should labor unceasingly to attain both
ends, and In the effort to do eo he should
ha Vie the cordial co-oi>eratiori aqd support
of all patriotic and liberty-loving men, re
gardless of party.
“We should learn from tlie English how
suicidal it is to carry our party diffi
culties into our foreign affairs. Tho pa
triotic instinct of Mr. Bryan hit the mark
when he urged the immodlnte ratification
of the rending treaty and the settlement
of all difficulties afterward. The Hen ato
should end at once the present situation,
so detrimental to all our foreign Inter
ests, while Congress, as a whole, should
give to the President every facility nec
essary to enable him to settle every for
eign question now demanding an immedi
ate solution.”
SCHOONER STRIKES STEAMER.
Itotli VeifM'lN lln<l1> tinin-ig cd lint Ao
I.lvfl Were Lost.
Norfolk. Va.. Feb. I.—The steamship
Richmond, Capt. HilHer of the Old Do
minion Line, which left this city last even
ink. was struck by the lumlier-Ititlen
schooner. George (Mark, off Thimble Light
about 9:45 o’clock last nighl. The schoon
er was not seen until just before she
struck the Richmond.
Borne of the woodwork of Iho Richmond
was torn away, the vessel slightly dented,
and her smokestack considerably loosened.
She returned to Norfolk and left for New
York to-night after bring repaired.
The bow of the schooner was stove In and
she was otherwise badly damaged. She
filled with water, and her captain, J. O.
Tiartlett, afterwards ran her ashore at
Ocean View.
The Clark Is a three-master, her home
)>ort being Philadelphia. She was bound
from Norfolk to New York. The crew
was saved with little trouble.
mmanEATs nolle promer.
Will lie No More Trials for Killing
the Latimer Miners.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 3.—District Attor
ney Martin, who prosecuted the case
against Sheriff James Martin for the kill
ing of twenty-Orie miners and the wound
ing of over fifty others by the; sheriff’s
deputies at Latimer, in September, 1897,
to-day snouneed that the remaining In
dictments against the sheriff and his depu
ties have Ween nolle pressed.
Sheriff Martin was placed on trial for
murder one year ago and was acquitted.
There still remained nineteen Indl' irnems
for murder and thirty-six for felonious
wounding, against the sherifr and his -U
--ty-cight deputies, which ar- now diapoacd
of. The nolle prossequis were entered last
September, but owing to the fear of the.
effect of publicity on the miners, it was
deemed advisable to withhold the an
nouncement until all danger of an out
break had passed.
<ll AA’S HILL PASSES SENATE.
Henry Says It Will Surely lie De
fenled in the House.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. I.—The McCarrell
bill to prevent district attorneys from
putting aside jurors passed the Senate
finally this afternoon by a vote of 118 to
17, after a vigorous debate which had oc
cupied almost the entire session.
An analysis of the vote showed that the
senators lined up on the bill according to
their factional atfitlations. All but two
Democrats. Messrs Loyd and Stiles, voted
in the negative with the antl-Quuyites.
Senator Henry of Philadelphia, speaking
to-night for the anti-Quay Republicans, in
discussing the passage of the bill said:
The passage of this MR through the Sen
ate was not n surprise n> Iho opisincnis
of Senator Quay. The McCarrell bill Is
purely in the Interest of Senator Quay,
and it was to be expected that those who
are voting to return him to the Senate
would favor its passage, it was hastily
drawn by Senator McCarrell, and referred
in the Senate to ttic Judiciary special com
mittee, of which Senator McCarrell is
chair man. That committee Is oomixiscd of
eleven members, nine of whom are now
voting for Mr. Quay’s re-election, not
withstanding tile live criminal indictments
pending against him. It was favorably
reported Immediately after the committee'!
appointment, and vitally amended tty
Senator McCarrell on the fioor of tile Sen
ate.
"Should this bill become a law It would
revolutionize the trial of criminal casts in
our stnt< . Every Democrat in I in- Sen
ate, excepting Senators Boyd tin t Stlhtt,
voted against the hill, and every Hepubll
’run who lias refused to support Mr. Quay
until he lias cleared himself of the crim
inal charges against him. oleo voted
against it. There is little possibility or
it being enacted Into a law, as It will sure
ly me. t defeat In the House of Repre
sentatives. Tito forcing of this 111-consid
ered and and dangerous measure through
the Senate shows to what extreme meas
ures Quay will resort in order to gain his
"Kever before in the history of this state
has such a desiieratc attempt been made
to defeat tile ends of Justice, it will fall,
however, like all such outrages on decency
deserve to fail.”
A CAUCUS* NOT FAll DISTANT.
Re pull lien ns 111 Nebraska May Get
To get her Soon,
Lincoln, Neb., Felt. I.—Rumors of a Re
publican cauum which were circulated
during the afternoon and evening, varied
the monotony of the senatorial contest
to-day, but nothing came of them. II is
believed, however, that a canons Is not
far distant, the U< pub, inns fearing a coup
on the p'.rt of ilw fusionlßl*, winch may
cost them the senalorshlp.
To-day’s vote showed a gain of one for
Thornton, Valentine again dropping out.
FOSTER FORM.ALLY ELECTED.
Choice or (he llepnbllrnns for Sena
tor From Wnnliliijtton.
Olympia, Feb. I.—The joint assembly to
day elected Addison O. Foster of Tacoma
I’nlted States senator In accordance with
the Republican caucus held last night.
Foster received eighty-one votes on tlie
final bal.ot.
VOTED FOR COMRADE QUAY.
The Sriintnr, However, Is Still Thir
teen A ides Short.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb, I.—There was no
change to-duy in the senatorial situation.
Senator Quay was again thirteen votes
short of the number necessary to elect.
Many of his friends to-day voted for
“Comrade Quay.’’
No Election In Delaware.
Dover, Del., Feb. I.—Three ballots for
United States senator were taken by the
Delaware Legislature to-day. There was
no election.
No I’hnnge Yet In Ctnh.
Salt Luke. Utah, Feb. I.—One ballot for
Pni .and States senator was taken to-day
wltiiout change.
Another California Itnllot,
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. I.—Tne thirty
eighth ballot for senator to-day resulted
in no change.
VA Ot IJ> RATIFY THE TREATY.
Hut Quarles Is Yet Not Ready to"
Talk on Expniislnn.
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. I.—ln response to
an inquiry as to his views regarding the
ratification of the peace treaty and the an
nexaiion of the Philippines, Senator-elect
J. V. Quarles said to-night:
“I am la favor of sustaining the admin
istration up to the point of ratifying the
treaty. My convictions on the Philippine
question are not so fixed that they might
not lie ehanged by further investigation.
I have not had time to Investigate the
questions Involved thoroughly enough to
give a further expression of opinion at this
time.”
PRISONERS AAERE RELEASED.
Gen. It lon Notifies Spnlu of the In
surgents’ Action.
Madrid, Feb. I.—A dispatch received
from Gen. Rios, the Spanish officer In com
mand of the troops of Spain in the Philip
pine Islands, says that troops Imprisoned
on the Island of Negros have been releas
ed by the Insurgents, and have arrived at
Samboanga. the town on the southwest
extremity of the island of Mindanao, of
the Philippine group
The government has Authorized Oen.
Rios to offer a ransom for the liberation
of Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
Philippine Insurgents,
To Caucus on Currency.
Washington, Feb. l.—A caucus of the
Republicans of tin Houw has !>een call-.I
for to-morrow night at 8 o'clock to decide
upon the question of considering a cur
rency bid at this session.
Transport* Nall for Manila,
San Fianclsco Cal., Feb. I.—The United
States transtiorts Ohio and Senator, bear
ing ihe Twenty-second United States In
fantry to the Philippines sailed to-day.
Three Hundred Houses Ilurned.
Buda Pest, Feb. I.—A tire last night in
the village of Nagyprobroes. in the Lip
tau district, destroyed 300 houses. Many
gives were lost during the conllagration.
DAILY. sl9 A YEAR.
5 t'F.NTB A COPY.
WEEKLY 13-TIMES-.A-WEEK SI A YEAR
SPANIARDS THREATEN TO GO.
TIIEA INSIST THAT CVn.ANS STOP
THEIR ABUSE AT ONCE.
Petition to He to AA'nshlngtnn to
Have Cuban Army I’ll ill—Criticism
of Americans— l.nim/u Take* Oath,
of Office—Military Administration
Says Demands of Cubans Should
He Checked—Cuban SoLllers Too
VAcll Fed.
Havana, Feb. El Diario de la Ma
rina will to-morrow publish a leading edi
lortal deviating that If the (‘uisins con
tinue their threats and abuse with re.
spent to tl:e Spaniards, the intter will Ikj
forced to leave ti e country or to pray the
United Stall's to annex the Island forth
with.
Fd Diario represents the conservative)
Spanish interests, and Its managers de
cided upon the publication of the article
after a consultation with the leading
Spaniards in Havana.
A movement has been started by Dr.
Castillo, Svnor Jose Antonio Gonzales La
nina, head of the department of Justice *
and public Instruction in the Cuban ou.li
ne! as aavi.sefs, and Senor Jose Miguel
Got n z of tile Cuban commissioners and
others, to have all Hie 134 Municipal dln
tricts of Cuba petition the authorities ht
Washington to pay the Cuban army out
of the custom receipts, adding fi> per cent.,
if netjpssary, to the duties, in order to
do so.
The Cubans are taking a general atti
tude of criticism and complaint against
the Americans. They say- all the Spanish,
office holders ought to tie discharged, and
that Hie methods of administration ought
to ie changed.
The question of a Bupreme Court for
tne Island Is now umier special considera
tion. Henora Pedro Gonzales Lloronlo and
Ji:;m Fernandez Harrlelro are mentioned
as probable momlen.
Col. dose Antonio Gonzales L.inuza took
the oath of ofliee yesterday at secretary
of ttie departin'lit of justice ami publlo
Instruction, and to-day entered upon tha
discharge of his duties.
The salaries of Hie secretaries have been
fixed n! 17,000 in gold.
f'lihnn, Demfitid Too Great.
Members of the military administration
declare that the Cuban demands should
lie checked, and that the Cuban army
should not lie paid the vast sums demand
ed. It is considered by them that from
$11,000,000 to $0,000,000 is the most the Unti
ed States Bliouid allow. Since Jan. 1 the
Culmns have had practically everything
they wanted.
The American generosity In the matter
of rations simply demoralizes the recipi
ents, Long fed at the expense of tha
United States these people will not look,
for work. Moreover, the payment of good
compensation to the city and rural ]K>llra
and workmen in government employ, is
said to tie responsible for the strikes re
ported from all parts of the island, es
pecially in the country districts, where tha
laborers demand increases which the
farmers are not able to pay.
If this too lax and generous policy Is
persistently followed up, Americans hera
say the demands and expectations of Cu
bans will Increase to an unreasonable ex
tent, and tiie longer the United States
government is Indulgent the greater tha
opposition will be to the ultimate coer
cive measures that may become necessary,
If the Cubans refuse $3,000,1)00 or any other
reasonable sum for the pay of the Cuban
army.
COLD WEATHER IN THE WEST.
Way Below 7,cro and Hanges Ard
Covered With Snow.
HI. Paul, Minn., Feb. I.—'The cold still
holds on, 4 degrees below zero in St. /’aid,
and 23 lielow at Winnipeg, Indicating tho
run of the mercury. All Northwestern
weather stations report below zero weath
er.
It has been snowing four days In 'Mon
tana, and almost every range is covered
with from one to two and a half feet of
snow.
Although It has turned colder, being 20
degrees below at Helena, cattlemen do not
anticipate heavy losses on account of tho
storm. Reports from all over ills state in
dicate unprecedented cold weather, some
places the thermometer registering as low)
as 45 degrees below.
SUFFERING FROM THE COLD.
Coal and Supplies Are Short In Many
Colorado Town*.
Denver, Col,, Feb. I.—The mercury fell
forty-nine degrees between 6 o'clock last
night and fi o’clock to-night. At the latter
hour It stood at four below zero and was
SHU falling. It was predicted by officials
of the weather bureau that twenty, and
isissihly twenty-five degrees lielow would
lie reached liefore morning. Telegraphic
advices announce extra cold throughout
the Northwest.
The snow blockade In the mountain*
continues. No trains have been run yet
over the Leadvllle end of the South Park
fine, and some other roads are tied up.
At Breckinridge supplies are getting very
low, and especially feed for stock. Tho
coal supply Is short in many small towns.
THE BLIZZARD IN WYOMING.
It Is Twenty lielow Zero nnd 'lnch
Snow Has Fillicit.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. l.—A blizzard has
prevailed throughout Wyoming for tho
past twenty-four hours. The mercury la
now twenty degrees below zero, nnd eight
Inches of snow has fallen, which, with
what was on the ground before, makes an
average of twenty inches. Suffering among
stock is Inevitable.
NO CHALLENGE FROM M’COY.
Fits Kays He Must First Meet Nliar*
key and Jeffries.
Saginaw, Mich., Feb. I.—Bob Fitzsim
mons to-day declared there Is no truth in
dispatches atating that McCoy has chal
lenged him. He says, further, that if Ih*
"Kid” does tight him, he must wait until
he (Fitzsimmons) has first taken care of
both Sharkey and Jeffries.
( old AAnve In Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. I.—Another cold wave
struck Nebraska to-day. At midnight tha
mercury registered 4 degrees below aero
ut Omaha, with indications of going low
er before morning.