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OBJECTS OF SHIPPING BILL
, w OHAHI.E REPORT 0\ IT MADE
TO THE HOI SE.
ji is Intended to llnlld Ii Our For
i inn Trade and Keep Trupsportn
tion Charge* at Home—n Ik l>e
, reit to InereaKe American Ton
nage and the Number of Ameri
ca Seamen-Republican Members
I rge the Speedy Pasange ( the
llill.
v, ishington, April I.—Representative
•] . svenor of Ohio, chairman of the House
( ,unit toe on Merchant Marine and Fish
( presented to the House yesterday
: , ~mended shipping bill and the report
in ;>s support by the majority of the com
n ~. constituting all the Republican
„ , ntaers. The report says in part:
i-.ir abundant natural resources and our
(r: trious and increasing population
pi,> 1; i 1 it of great value to increase the
ip. ns of profitably disposing of our sur
j. productions, and as our export trade
i in. Teased so will ire home consumption
a p ; , mployment.
ntr exporting competitors have for a
|, a time been devoting themselves to in
ci .using their export trade and getting
]„ >slon of markets. Africa is an exam
p. ~f the methods pursued of partitioning
territory or recognizing spheres of influ
,l ' possibly Eastern Asia being event
ual, destined to receive similar treat
ment.”
>e report refers to the vast commer
cial probabilities in China, and says other
parts of the world in which our.commerce
jnii.ls so small a share, would repdy par
ticular study.
Tie need of abundant establishments
for the construction, docking and repair
ing of ships, “an adequate navy,” and
m great fleet of* merchant vessels,” ail
in rt tidiness for any exigency, is asserted
bv the report to be ”a self-evident propo
sition.” On these grounds other nations
have fortified themselves by increasing
t loir sea power in all of the ways re
ferred to, with the double object “of
strengthening their facilities and power
lor carrying on foreign commerce.”
PnrpOKesj of the Bill.
After giving the statistics on the ex
tent of tonnage the world over, the cost
of shipbuilding, wages, etc., Mr. Urosve
nor's report sums up the cardinal pur
pores of the bill as follows:
First. To aid in a practfc tbie nnd
doubtless the only possible way in effect
ing the maximum return of our own for
eign trade into our own hands, thus sav
ing us over $100,001,000 transportation
money annually which now goes to in
crease the wealth of other nations.
"Second. To greatly increase the expor
tation and sale of all kinds of our super
abundant productions and especially in the
vast regions of Eastern Asia. evidently
very soon to be opened to the trade of the
world. This is a trade that the nation
best prepared to engage in will necessarily
gel the greater proportion of by its own
ships under its own flag and with its own
postal facilities and its own commercial
aablishmeiit for the disposal of is pro
ductions.
• Third. To bring into existence at the
i irliest possible time a great American
fleet of merchant vessels, built in our
own country, with our own material, and
by our owr. labor as a most necessary
means of,national aid and national safety
in times of international war or other
disturbances, the probability of which is
unhappily not small now.
“Fourth. To increase the number of our
* itizens, who will be educated in seafar
ing work, and better enabled to defend
our honor and Interests on the seas, how
tver suddenly the occasion may happen.”
Open to All Citizens.
The report says: ,
"Tne means proposed are open to the
capital, the enterprise and the skill of all
our citizens alike, and on equal terms.
There i3 no necessity for any form of
monopoly. There is absolute safety to
the treasury in the fact that no payment
<nn he made until in each and for each
voyage the work is actually performed.
No vessel, great or small, fast or slow,
in the list, can afford to make a single
voyage without also having a iorge com
mercial business income from the same
voyage, and in doing which commercial
business, she is fulfilling one of l,he great
purposes of the bill.
"In view of the foregoing considerations
we earnestly recommend the speedy pas.
snge of the bill.” '
The hill and amendments have been
made public heretofore. The anti-trust
amendment is slightly changed so that in
case of a combination those participating
In It are excluded from the benefits of
the bill, instead of the previous plan
which would have operated alike against
taose in and out of the combination.
TO BE SOLD AS SCRAP IHO.V
•’orris Wheel to Be Demolished nml
Put oh .Junk Pile.
Chicago, April I.—The Ferris wheel, one
of the attractions at the World’s Fair, is
to lie torn down and the 2,200 tons of iron
and steel of which it is composed will be
sold as scrap iron.
The work of demolishing the wheel prob
flhl.v will commence on Wednesday morn
ing. To-morrow L. V. Rice, the receiver
it charge of the property, will ask the Cir
i oit Court for permission to b,:gin taking
down the wheel. Unless a bid is made by
ntnn corporation to set up the wheel i t
'•ime other city, the material will he soli
a- junk.
j■ removal of the wheel from th >
’ World’s Fair grounds to its present site,,
t* u miles distant, cost $173,000. In order
i" meet this’expense bonds for $3i,000 were
issued.’ The wheel failed to pay and it
went into the hands of a receiver.*
It EC t PROCITY WITH ITALY.
Hus liven Approved l> Itllllliu Trea
ties Commission.
Homo. April I—The treaties commission
f the Jtulian Chamber of Deputies has
• ipprovetl the reciprocity arrangement un
d r the third section of the Dingley act
dgned last February in Washington by
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, and
John A. Kasson, special plenipotentiary
for the United States.
JAPAN to make a test case.
Of the lllglit of Hussinns to Work
the Mines of Korea.
London, April 2.—The Times has the fol
lowing, dated March 29, frortl Seoul, cap
ital of Korea:
"The unreasonable claim of the Rus
sian minister, M. Pavloff, that Russian
subject*! alone should have the right to
work und develop all mines, forests and
other property in Korea, is being tested,
Japan having applied for a concession to
work certain gold mines.
Heavy Floods In Irugufly.
Montevideo, April I.—The recent heavy
floods In Uruguay have caused great de
struction of cattle and wheot. Two bridges
on ih,< Central Railway have been swept
nwoy with a reported loss to the company
of
MEXICAN fOViKESS OPEN El).
*•
Mcs*ugc of Prenident Din* Caused
Much Gratification.
City of Mexico, April 1.-President Diaz
opened the spring session of Congress this
evening. -
In message the President calls at
tention to the satisfactory termination of
the suits entered in New York against
Mexico by the Wcodhouse bond claim
ants at the time the Morgans issued the
Mexican loan. The president says that
not for a moment did he recognize that
Mexico could be sued in a foreign court,
and that the American highest courts sus
tained this principle.
The President reviews the Weil and
A bra case, which the American courts de
eded so satisfactorily for Mexico, dis
playing not Able impartiality. He says that
Mexico will take pleasure in welcoming
the Pan-American Congi^ss.
The President dwelt on the precautions
taken to prevent the spread of yellow
fever in Vera Cruz and on the Gulf coast
and denies that the bubonic plague has
made its appearance in Mexican terri
tory.
In educational matters a steady and
gratifying progress has been made in fed
eral district territories, as well as in the
several states of the Union, and it is
noted that the. carefully kept criminal
statistics show a gratifying diminution
in all clashes of offenses.
Miners and Colonization.
During the last six months 1,303 permits
to operate mines have been granted.
Great increase in copper mining is men
tioned, and lead and other minerals, for
merly not regarded with interest, now
command the attention of enterprising
miners, backed by large capital. Coloniz
ation makes progress. The dew Russian
•colony, established in the state of Chiapas,
is prospering. The Yaqui colonies In So
nora, established by the government, con
tinue 10 be populated by peaceful Indians.
The new census of the republic will l>e
taken in October. The harbor work? at
Vera Cruz and elsewhere are making ex
cellent progress. Preliminary work for the
port at Coatzcoalcos and iSalina Cruz has
been commenced.
The postal receipts continually increase
and there has been a similar gain in the
service of the federal telegraph. Two
cables have been laid on the gulf coast.
As to finances, the situation of the
treasury continues excellent. During the
last half of the fiscal year the income
rose to $31,000,000, outstripping estimates
made on a prudent basis. Stamp taxes
showed a gain of a million dollars. Grat
ifying conditions of finance enables the
executive to carry out many works of
public improvement authorized by Con
gress. The new banking concessions have
■'been granted to the benefit of interior
states. Bonds for the Mexican debt newly
issued, at 5 per cent., are quoted above
par in New York and Europe. The army
is in good condition, and is being im
proved in many branches 1 of the service.
The Yaqui Rebellion.
The President says the Yaqui war is
not likely to bo prolonged, and pays a
tribute to the efficient co-operation of the
national militia of the state of Sonora.
It is the intention of the government to
send the Yaqui prisoners to different parts
of the republic and have them instructed
in the arts of civilization. Decisive
measures against the rebellious Maya In
dians are now under way, and anew flo
tilla will operate in conjunction with the
army against these Indians.
The message gives general satisfaction
as showing unchecked progress of the na
tion in every branch of thd service and
demonstrating the superb condition of the
national finances.
Two members of the family of the late
Senoa Grades, who went insane from
having a nail driven into her head, have
been committed to prison, suspected of
having committed the crime.
ORANGES ARE IN BLOSSOM.
s
Prospects for Fruit in Section
Around Orlando.
Orlando, Fla., April I.—The fragrance ol
orange blossoms again tills the air, bring
ing present pleasure to all and breathing
of promise" of increased revenues to the
grove owners. Many of the groves are
b'ooming freely. Others have not suf
ficiently recovered from the damaging ef
fects of the freeze of five years ago to
bloom; while others still, are gradually
succumbing to the after effects of that
shock, and are making progress toward
final death.
Experienced packers and buyers of
oranges estimate the output of fruit for
this county', of the present year at 30,009
boxes. Some have placed (he estimates
higher. But the figure named is conserv
ative, and will doubtless be reached. With
fruit selling at $2 to $2.50 per box this will
bring in quite a sum of money, although
tut a pittance compared to the s73o,ooo—the
annual income for the last few years prior
to the calamitous cold wave.
The pineapple men are happy. None of
the pineries of this section were in thi
least injured by cold during the winter
just passed. The promise of, an abundant
fruit crop is good, and as the plants are
in prime condition the fruit should be ex
ceptionally large and of fine quality.
Just now there Is unusual interest in the
pineapple industry, and there are many
who would be glad to engage in the busi
ness. but are deterred by the scarcity of
plants. Growers are months behind with
their orders, and there is much ground all
prepared and covered that is awaiting
plants for setting. These will take every
plant that can be produced be ween this
time and next Sepiemlwr or October. Ow
ing to ihis scarcity, prices of plants are
stiff and there has been an advance In
place of the great railing off predicted a
year or two ago. The pineapple men are
in it.
STEAMER HELPLESSLY ADRIFT.
Tle Cleveland Is Out in the Pnetlle
\t ith n Broken Shaft.
San Francisco, April I.—Advices from
Honolulu under date of March 21 state
that that the well-known steamer Cleve
land, bound for San Francisco, with a
SIOO,OOO cargo of sugar, from Kahului, is
adrift with a broken shaft and practical
ly helpless in the open sea.
When last heard from she was several
hundred miles from Maul. Three of her
crew left the steamer in a small boat to
go to Maui for assistance. They were
spoken by the steamer Eric, March 20,
forty miles from Maui.
The meri in the boat stated that the
Cleveland, when they left her, was 320
miles north-northwest of the Island of
Maui. The’ little boat had traveled 280
miles, being six days out.
During the Civil War the Cleveland was
a blockade runner and was captured on
one of her trips to Charleston. She was
built in 1861 and has seen service of all
kinds all over the world. Her name has
been changed many times. Lately sho
was used as a transport for the Philip
pines.
For Dyspepsia.
Hortfords Acid Phosphate
Taken after meals prevents acidity and
distresa of the stomach, headache, and
the offensive belching of wind.
Genuine bears name iioßftPono'a on wrapper.
THE MORNING NEWS* 31 ON DAY, APRIL 2, 1900.
CUBANS WANT A REPUBLIC.
ALL CLASSES LOOKING FORVA \RI>
TO I\DEPENDENC E.
Senator Platt of Connecticut Speak*
for tlie Sub-Committee Which
Visited the Island—Municipal Elec
tions In May Will He a Test—Con
servative Citizens Are WllliiiK' to
Wnit l ntll the Proper Time—Wood
Giving n Good Government.
Washington, April I.—The sub-commit
tee of the Senate, consisting of Senat- r-
Flatt of Connecticut, Aldrich and Teller,
which went to Cuba for the purpose of
personally investigating conditions on the
island with a view of intelligent action by
Congress with respect to Cuba, has re
turned- to Washington.
Senator Platt, chairman of the sub-com
mittee, to-night authorized the following
statement concerning the sub-committee’s
observations:
“We inquired as carefully and complete
ly as we could with the limited time at
our disposal, into the condition of ihe peo
fJle of the island, their needs and prospect
of establishment of an independent, satis
factory and stable government by and for
the people of Cuba. We were in Havana,
in pll, five days. We also visited the prov
inces of Pinar del Rio, M.mvnzas and
Santa Clara, being unable to go to San
tiago and Puerto Principe, as ,wo V ry
much wished. We saw and conversed with
a great many prominent and leading men
from ail portions of the island, men who
represent different ideas and interests,
from intense conservatism to decided rad
icalism, and returned with a mu ll better
understanding of the problem io be solved
and the steps to be taken in its solution
than -we could possibly obtain otherwise
than by a personal visit.
All Want Independence.
“It may be sa*l of all classes in Cuba
that they are looking to the establishment
of an independent government, a Cuban
republic. A few’ are impatient and wish
for immediate and complete independence.
Others are less impatient, believing that
sufficient time should be taken to avoid
mistakes and to set up the new govern
ment upon such a firm basis as to in
sure its success and permanence*
“All are looking forward to
pal elections that are to take place in
the la Her part of May. regarding such
elections as the first step toward the es
tablishment of the new government. Much
will depend upon the result of these elec
tions. If they take place without disorder
and good officials are elected, that will
go far to prove the capacity of the people
for self-government, and steps can be tak
en without great delay for further pro
gress in I hat direction. The problem
complicated by the fact that self-govern
ment is an untried experiment by a peo
ple who have had little opportunity to
study Us principles or its details, Us neces
sities or its responsibilities. Many of the
more conservative citizens and business
men, unfortunately, show too much dis
position to hold aloof.
Wood Doing Good Work.
“We w'ere much impressed by the evi
dences of good administration of the af
fairs of -the island under Gov. Gen. Wood.
He has a very difficult and complicated
problem to deal with; conditions growing
out of 300 years of Spanish misrule, and
the consequent character of the people
of Cuba make every step in its solution
embarrassing, but we are convinced that
he is the right man in the right place,
and that his administration, though firm,
is as gentle as possible, and calculated to.
lead the people wisely to the establish
ment of an independent government which
shall have close relotions with our own.
and in which the interests both of the
people of Cuba and of the United States
shall be subserved. It is not too much to
say that the people of Cuba in respect to
the formation of a stable and beneficent
government, are very much like children
who have to be taugly and led. They re
gard the United States as their friend and
teacher, and as a whole, are quite willing
to be guided.
“There are great possibilities in the isl
and. It is fertile, has great natural re
sources and is capable of supporting a
population four or five times larger than
it numbers at present. On the whole
there has been marvelous recuperation
since the declaration of peace, but it
needs American capital and American en
terprise, which hesitate as yet to go there.
English and German capital seems more
confident, and is being invested. Surely
our own people ought to have as much
confidence in*the future of Cuba as for
eigners have.
“On the whole, we were much pleased
and encouraged. The people of the Unit
ed States and of Cuba should alike exer
cise patience, being assured that thereby
progress will be most certain.”
CHARGED THEM WITH Ml HDER.
Ttvo Crooks It!entitled by Adams on
His Dentil Bed.
Birmingham, Ala., April I.—Frank Mil
ler, alias John Manning, and Frank Dun
can, two crooks who were arrested by the
police, the former in Anniston and the lat
ter in Chattanooga, were positively iden
tified to-night by Officer Adams, on his
deathbed at Heilman Hospital as the men
who shot Officer Kirkley and himself on
last Tuesday night and made their escape
while being brought to police headquar
ters under suspicion of safe cracking.
The officer declared that he would swear
to their identity before the judgment bar.
and that it was Impossible for him to'be
mistaken.
The men strenuously deny that they
were in any way implicated in the affair,
but cidmit that they are crooks and were
in Birmingham on the day previous to the
commission of the crime.
Detectives Desheroo and Bodeker, who
have handled thd case have conclusive
evidence against them. The men, with
the other members of the gang, were com
mitted to Jail. The grand jury will meet
to-morrow and the case will be given
an early Investigation.
ANDERSON SHOT BY A NEGRO.
Lntter Made His Escape—Pulaski
County’s Primary,
Hawktnsville, Ga., April I.—Mr. Walter
Anderson was shot by a negro named
Low Holt, about eight miles north of
here yesterday afternoon. They had a
dispute about something, and the negro
shot hltn with a shotgun. He fired two
shots, the first missing Mr. Anderson, but
wounding a horse that was standing near
by. The second shot-struck Mr. Ander
son in the thigh, inflicting a iatinful but
not serious wound.
Mr. Anderson shot at the negro twice
with his pistol, but missed his mark. As
soon as the negro fired the second shot
he dropped his gun and made tor the
river swamp, and has not been caught
yet.
The County Executive Committee met
yesterday and fixed May 15 as the time for
holding u primary for county officers.
Sheriff John Rogers went to Eastman
Friday afternoon with the negro Homer
Crawford, who was sentenced to be hung
hare Friday, but was respited for twenty
•lays by the Governor. The respite Mas
quite u surprise to the people here.
DEATH OF Dll. Ml V ART.
I'n mo uk .Scientist Had Utinrrvlet!
Willi Cardinal Vaughan.
. London, April 2. —Dr. St. George Mlvart,
former lecturer on zoology at St. Mary’s
Hospital Medical School and professor of
biology at the University of Luvain, long
recognized as the leading scientists within
the Roman Catholic l Church in England,
is dead.
The late t) r. Mivart was recently In
volved in a sharp controversy with Car
dinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westmin
ster, growing-out of certain articles he
had contributed to ttie Nineteenth Cen
tury and the Fortnightly Review. He had
demanded from the Cardinal, as-proprietor
of the Tablet, the principal Roman Cath
olic organ in London, an apology for per
sonal attack made upon him in that pa
per. The Cardinal replied that tjfct mat
ter was entirely one for adjus(fs£ht
tween the editor of the Tablet and Dr.*
Mivart, as he was responsible for neither
the language nor the arguments of the
Tablet. ’Phis was the subordinate feature
of the controversy. Its principal feature
Involved Dr. 31ivart’s views as to the in
spiration of the Scriptures.
A sensational article by Prof. Mivart
appears in the April North American Re
view', in which he says that the reception
by Cardinal Vaughan of his magazine ar
ticles, showed the Roman Church to be
“essentially a petrified and not a pro
gressive church.”
Continuing, l’rof. Mivart says he was
called upon to declare his belief In Cer
tain books of the Bible. h
“It was. of course, absolutely impossi
ble lor me, or any other scientific man to
sign such a formula,” he says, “unless
it was clearly and publicly knOwm that
1 should be free to reject, as. errors,
statements historically untrue, such as
the account of the serpent and the tree,
the bringing of animals to Adam to be
named, the tower of Babel, that of the
deluge and so on.”
Prof. Mivart believed there were Er
rors in the Bible and he wrote to his
Cardinal, asking if by signing the formula
referring to the books he would be bound
to accept everything Biblical as fact.
“It is very noteworthy,” says Prof. Mi-'
vart, “that I could get no authoritative
answer from the Cardinal. The fact was
ho dared not answer. He could not allow
that God had inspired men to w’rite false
hoods, or that the church had (a* of
course) misled mankind as to the Word
of God for a long succession of edn
turies.”
Prof. Mivart continues: “It was an
absolute dogma of the church that the
damned are damned eternally; that from
hcdl there is no possibility of escape, ami
that the two kinds of torment in the in;
fernal prison, the torture'of loss and the
torture of hell fire, will go on fqrever.
“So terrible, so revolting a doctrine con
stituted for many Catholics one great trial
of their faith. Some known to me, priests
as well as laity, nether could not would
believe in it, and yet to deny, or even in
wardly to reject any single dogma of the
Catholic Church was and is simply not to
be in reality a.Catholic at all. Tie hor
ror of this was, I knew very much felt in
the United States as might be naturally
expected from a people so rationally con
siderate for and tolerant of the belief-3
both of their fellow citizens and of strang
ers.
“The God Ordinarily Catholic theologi
ans would have us affore is represented
as regarding with complacency torments
compared with which burning alive is as
nothing. For the hellish torment is to be
endured by thousands of thousands of
human beings for a duration w'hieh we
can only picture by millions of millions
of years recurring without end.
“Such a God we njuttt refuse to w’or-.
ship and did a being of the kind exist we.
should be ethically bound, happen what
might, to abhor, execrate and defy Him.
“After mature reflection and many men
tal struggles I have comb to the conclus
ion that the Roman Catholic Church must
tolerate a transforming process of evolu
tion with respect to m?ny of its dogmas,
or sink by degrees intd an effete and in
significant body composed of ignorant
persons, a mass of women and children
and a number of mentally, effeminate
men.”
THREATS OF A LAUNCHING.
Two Negroes Committed Both Mur
der anil Robbery.
Birmingham, Ala., April I.—At Clinton,
Ala., last night two negroes en ered the
store of J. T. Sterling, knocked ihe clerk,
Thomas Buntain, on the head with an ax.
and left him insensible on the floor. Thee
then robbed the store and finished the job
by cutting Buntaln’s throat. His dead
body was found this morning.
Two negroes have been arrest, <1 for the
crime and are in jail at Eutaw, eight
miles south of Clinton. One of them has
been partially identified. There are
threats of lynching if the guilt of the ne
groes con be positively established.
Some Amusing Prescriptions.
From the London News.
Some curious stories about the prescrip
tions of the late Dr. Gruby, a physician
whose name is widely known because,
among other reasons, he was the doctor
present at Heine's death, ore told in the
Gorman M<dical Weekly. He was rather
of a mystic, and believed much in the
power of ’’suggestion” wjien he began to
practice medicine: his prescriptions were
extremely odd and original; they were uf
n dietetic-hygienic character—exercise, ab
stinence,, occupation—and, knowing that
such simple advice was seldom obeyed.
Dr. Gruby mixed ii with a little comedy
for each patient. One prescription was
only a little aromatic gum waier, to
gether with an order to walk every morn
ing before sunrise from the Bastille and
the Madeleine, the patient at every sixty
eighth step to crack a grape kernel be
tween his teeth. Another patient was
ordered to mount his dining table three
times a day and bend his body backward
for seven and a half minutes at a time.
One prescription was to swallow two raw
eggs with exactly forty-seven grams of
salt every evening. A nervous idler was
ordered to lake an apartment of four
rooms on the fifth story of a house, to
have the rooms papered in a different
shade of green, each with a different pat
tern, the patient himself choosing both
apartments and papers and superintend
ing all the work At the end of four
weeks the patient called again on the
doctor, as ordered, and was found al
most perfectly cured.
Dr. Gruby was consulted by many dis
tinguished people besides Heine;'Georges
Sond, Marshal MacMahon, Dumas the
cider, Daudet. Thomas, Chopin, end Liszt
were nqjpng his patients. Alexander Du
mas related that, being afflicted with in
somnia, he consulted Gruby. who ordered
him to take the 4:30 p m. train at .it.
Lazalre nn-1 go to Versailles and har;;,
assuring him that he was sure lo sleep
on the return Journey. Dutnas said that
was nonsense, and left in a huff, but soon
after, being near 441. Lazarle at Ihe tlme
mentioned, ha entered tint train, and
with such success that when Isr again
arrived al St. Lazalre the ticket porter
had to rouse him from a <kep sleep.
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HEPI ULI( ANS SI IIE OF PASSING
POItTO KIC IN BILL.
Expected That Seven Republican
Vote* Will He tn*t AgnliiNt It,
While McEnery and Some Inde
pendent Senator* Will Vote tor
the Measure—Quay** Cane to Come
l p on WediirNilny—t lark’* Case
Al*o on the (nleudnr.
Washington, April l.—The Senate will
vote upon the Porto Rican bill Tuesday it
4 o’clock, and previous to that time each
session of the Senate, beginning at 11
o’clock Monday and Tuesday, will be de
voted wholly to this bill.
Speeches will be made by Senators Bate,
I>epe\V, Spooner, Cullom, Mason. Clay
and Culberson, and probably by other
senators. There will be a great rush of
speakers towards the close, and the time
allowed is considered too short to accom
modate all who will desire to be heard.
There is, however, no disposition to ex
tend the time agreed upon for taking the
vote.
All but two of the committee amend
ments have been agreed to by the Senate.
These two relate to a delegate in Con
gress and to citizenship, and probably will
be voted upon Monday.
The friends of the bill count upon its
(Massage by a handsome majority, but it
is now expected that seven Republican
votes will be cast against it, the seven
comprising Senators Davis, Hoar, Mason,
Nelson, Proctor, Simon and Wellington.
Senator McEnery, Democrat, and some
independent senators will'vote for the
measure, but until the exact number of
such votes is known the majority for the
bill cannot be predicted.
Senator Quay's Case.
The taking of the vote on the Porto
Rican bill on Tuesday will displace the
Quay resolution, which was set for that
day, and Senator Chandler, chairman of
the Committee on Elections, has given no
tice that he will j>osipone calling it up
until Wednesday. The committee will ad
journ the (’lark hearing in order to give
Us attention to the Quay resolution Wed
nesday*, but as it Is not expected that
the latter matter can be disposed of in
one day it is probable that the necessity
fot- going on with the Clark case after
Wednesday will cause another postpone
ment of the Quay resolution.
There are several speeches to be made
on the Quay case and there is quite a
noticeable disposition on the part of some
senators still further to postpone the vote
on It. Senator Penrose, however, an
nounces his purpose to press the consid
eration as rapidly as possible after it is
oncte taken up.
Government of Philippine*.
The Quay resolution is subject to dis
placement by appropriation bills, con
ference reports and the Spooner resolu
tion for the temporary government of
the Philippines. The Philippine resolu
tion will be made the unfinished business
after the vote Is taken on Porto Rico,
and it will give way to the\Alaskan code,
measure. After that it will divide the
time wMth appropriation hills and confer
ence reports. No prolonged debate is ex
pected oy the Philippine resolution, owing
to the fact that it is considered a tem
porary matter and for the further rea
son that the Philippine policy has receiv
ed considerable attention in connection
with Porto Rico.
The Committee on Order of Business is
not yet thoroughly decided what subject
is to be taken up after the disposal of
the Philippine resolution. There is strong
pressure to secure first place for the ship
ping subsidy bill and at present the in
dications are somewhat favorable to that
measure. The Nicaragua canal bill Is
also pressing for first place and Senator
Morgan expresses strong hope of success.
WEEK VIE FORK THE HOUSE.
Hill fop Government of llntvnli lo fie
Tnken I | nml PnnMCil.
Washington. April I.—The programme in
the House this week is fully mapped out.
To-morrow is District of Columbia day.
On Tuesday under a special O der adopt
ed sometime ago the House will enter
upon the consideration of the hill to pro
vide a civil government for Hawaii. Ry
the terms of the order the general debate
upon the bill will continue Tuesday and
Wednesday, and Thursday the bill will
be read for amendment under the ttve
ininute rule. The final vote will be taken
at 4 o’clock on Thursday.
Friday will he devoted to private pen
sion legislation, and Saturday has been
set aside for paying tribute to the mem
ory of the late Richard P. Bland of Mis
souri.
Two Klimlm of Wldowm
Washington Letter in Leslie’s Weekly.
Some grewsome Inles come from the
war and navy departments apropos of the
removal from Cuba to this country of the
remains of those killed in the recent war.
Not long ago a widow of one of the vic
tims of the battle of Santiago called at
the navy department. "I wish,” she said,
“to secure the remains of my husband,
who was buried in Cube, which I under
stand to be among those soon to arrive.”
The official to whom this request was pre
ferred asked her to consider, suggesting
it was much better that her husband,
the notion’s hero, should lie at Arling
ton among those who fell with him in bat
tle, where his grave would be always
cared for, and where she could visit it
from tim* to time, but. whether she vlilt and
it or not, others would Reverently lay
wreaths upon the mound.
‘‘l know.” she admitted, “we should be
grateful for the care bestowed upon the
graves of our dear ones, but I desire—
oh, so much!—that the body of my hus
band shall lie beside the remains of my
children, in the little cemetery at home.
My parents lie there. I shall be laid to
rest close by them, and I should be hap
pier to know' that what Is left of my hus
band was there near us.” No argument
that Mr. X. advanced availed to move tho
determined woman.
“I am sorry to tell you,” he said, finally,
growing quite desperate, "but in ihe cli
mate of Cut* wood decays very rapidly,
and the coffins holding the remains of
those who died were found, in many In
stances, to have all gone to pieces, and the
bones all fallen together. While we know
that In each grave six were burled, we
cannot establish the Identity of the bodies,
so it would, you see. be quite Impossible
for me <0 separate the body of your hus
band from those of Uje five comrades
with whom he was burled.” The heart
broken widow paused for a moment in
deep thought. ’’Would you mind,” aha
said, "giving me one of the six? I will
lake my chances.”
Another woman, It Is said, wrote to the
war department, asking if the remains
of her husiiand. had been killed in
Cuba, would be brought* to this country,
as she was moot anxious that they should
be burled In the family plot in the local
cemetery. Receiving a prompt answer In
the affirmative, with the assurance the*,
th. government would pay all expenses,
the thrifty widow replied: "1 am grateful
for Ihe good news you send me, but If It
is gli Ihe same io the government I should
prefer lo let my husband's body remain
In Cuba, aod receive Instead a check for
the amount the government would expend
10 send it hither, i have need for the
money Just now.”
THE CLEYELAND-DAXA FEU).
Col. Alexander l\. McClure Telia for
tlie Flrwt Time How It llegan.
In a series of articles In the Saturday
Evening Post on “How We Make Presi
dents," Col. Alexander K. McClure, whom
Lincoln called the ablest man he ever
knew and Who has been actively in na
tional poll tics for a half century, says;
"Charles A. Dana, then editor of the
New York Sun, became estranged from
Mr. Cleveland the year before the Pres
idential election of 1884. He had earnest
ly supported Cleveland for Governor In
1882. but when a movement was made by
Mr. Manning to organize the state for
Cleveland in ISS4, Dana was Implacable
in his opposition. I met him several tltnes
before Cleveland was nominated, and he
always discussed the question with an
unusual degree of acrimony.
“Soon after Cleveland’s nomination T
was spending a few days at Saratoga,
and was watching Danq’s paper with
much interest, for ho was, very much
disgruntled. He did not at first and • ln r a
himself aggressively against Cleveland's
election, but one morning at Saratoga in
taking up the Sun 1 found one of Dana’s
terrible deliverances against Cleveland
thot left no possible chance for n recon
ciliation. I telegraphed to Mr. Dana and
asked him to meet me at his office at 3
o'clock that afternoon, and called there
on my way home. Mr. Dana had gone
too far to recede, hut T tried to temper
his bitterness, ns I thought it would
do great harm, not only to Cleveland hut
to his own n wspaper ns well, then one
of the most prosperous in the country.
"Mr. Dana was petulant ond violent in
his expressions against Cleveland, and
said (hat he had decided to support Gen.
Btltle^
“Charles A. Dana was the ablest editor
ever, developed by American journalism
Horace Greeley was more pungent an 1
telling in his political articles, and Henry
Watteraon is more brilliant, but Charles A.
Dana was the strongest edi'orlal writer
this country has ever produced.
“It was not until I met Ch v* land at Al
bany. soon after his election, that I .learn
ed the cause of the estrangement between
Cleveland and Dana, and the statement
given by Mr. Cleveland was subsequ iuIY
confirmed by Mr. Dana. Dana had very
earnestly supported Cleveland's ‘nomina
tion and election for Governor in 18>2, an I
after the election he wrote a personal let
ter to Cleveland asking the appointment
of a friend to the position of adjutant gen
eral. Cleveland received that,letter ns ft *
received thousands of other letters recom
mending appointments, Lpstead of recog
nizing the claim Mr. Dana had up n him
for the courtesy of an answer. Beecher
had a candidate for the same position, and
Cleveland gave It to Beecher’s man with
out any explanation whatever to Dana,
who felj that he had been discourteously
treated by Cleveland.
“Mr. Dana gave no open sign of his dis
appointment, but some time after Cleve
land's Inauguration, when it became
known that Dana felt grieved at the Gov
ernor, some mutual friends intervened and
proposed to Cleveland that he should in
vite Dana to Join with some acquaintances
to dine at the Executive Mansion. To
this Cleveland readily assented. Dana was
Informed that Cleveland would tender
suc*h an invitation if it would be accept
ed, and he promptly assented. Cleveland
then became involved in the pressing du
ties of the legislature, and allowed the
session to dose without extending the.
promised and expected invitation to Dana.
Mr. CleVelflßid told me that he was en
tirely to blame for neglect in both in
stances, as Dana would doubtless have
been satisfied if he had courteously In
formed him of his conviction? which re
quired him to appoint another for adjutant
gem ral; and he had no excuse to offer but
that of iiegletA for not inviting Dana to
dinner.
“Dana naturally aaaumed that Cleve
land had given him deliberate affront, and
Cleveland could make no satisfactory ex
planation. As Governor and as President
he was first of all devoted to his official
duties, which he discharged with rare
fidelity, and he gave little time even to
the common courtesies which most Gov
ernors and Presidents would recognize as
justly belonging to their friends. Ef
forts were made to conciliate Dana, but
TRAVELERS’ HOTEL, assstsxst^
' Take car at Union Depot and ask con-
JAOKSONVILIiEi FLA. durtor to stop at Travelers
r". ‘This woman Isa picture of per
not made miserable by Shattered
—a Nerves, Wasting Irregularities,
** Dyspepsia, the Blues, or any of
■^ 9 /k the manifold derangements
/ N caused by weak or Impure blood.
ViV' an< * am kition.
f ' She handsome. She Is happy.
rfi/R^Ti I ’^Lsl'l ii |fTyvW|!\. Rich blood coursing through her
NBgj veins maintains her magnificent
(eLv JU-Af womanhood, warding off the in
fir , .JjmraizjjlraSnßV .m numerable diseases to which a
IV | I j y weaker woman would be susccp-
Miss Alice Hastingi,
rible of
PH r\ (LIPPMAN’S GREAT REMEDY) Is the Ideal rnedl
yJ cine for women. Its use Insures health and the sub
■ I 111 etantiel attractiveness which health alone can be
stow. P. P. P. is the greatest Blood Purifier known to
t dienl science, curing all Scrofulous Affections, Dyspepsia, Rheuma
tism, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Malaria and Nervous Derangements.
•P.P.P. is sold by all druggists. $i a bottle; six bottles, $3. *j
LIPP BROTHERS. Savannah, Gai
FRENCH CLARET WINES, and
GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES
and FRENCH COGN AC BRANDIES.
All these fine Wines and Liquors are Imported b> us in glass direct from
the growera In Europe.
Our 81. Juiien Claret Wine from Everest, Dupont & Cos of Bordeaux.
France, Is one of their speclaltie , and one at extremely low price.
The Chateaux Leovlile, one of their auperlor Claret Wines, well known all
over the Untied Blates. .
We also carry iu bond Claiet Wings from this celebrated firm In casks.
Our Rhine and Moselle Wines are Imported from Martin Daubs, Frank
fort, Germany, are the best that come to the United States.
BODENHEIM Is very fine and chetp.
NIERHTEIN also very good.
RUPESHEIM very choice.
RAUENTHAL. selected grapes, very elegent.
LIKHKKANMILCH. quite eelebr iled
MARCOHKIfNNKR CABINET legant and rare.
YOUANNISBL'ROER Is perfection.
SHARK LINO HOCK BPAHKLINO MrjfIEULE? SPARKLINO' MUBCA
TELLH. and FINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES.
Special Brandies are Imported direct from France by us, in rases amt cask*.
LIPPMAIN BROTHERS.
he never would discuss the question.
When Cleveland’s election was announc
ed, and the Republicans were disposed
to dispute the vote of New York, Dana
came out boldly and declared that Cleve
land was elected and that no violent
measure should be tolerated to deprive
him of the honor conferred upon him.”
MILITAItA LIFE IN ALASK \.
Weather C'll anil Mercury ihdirlng
Hut Condition* Not Wholly Bad.
From the Army and Navy J arnil.
The government having at last expend©J
considerable sums of money toward estab
lishing military posts in Alaska, it is rea
sonable to suppose that tip* army m -a
the future look forward to regular/details
of service In that part of our country. As
service is high latitudes is new to most of
us. ami as • the hardships of Arctic life
have l>een so much exaggerated, I shall
presume to give to my fellow officers the
benefit of a year'Y experience on the Yu
kon with the expectation that it may be
of use to them.
It certainly does get cold in Alaska. The
thermopvcter f**r five consecutive days in
January registered 63. 62. 65, 68, 62, while
40 below Is quite common, and cold
weather lasts from Nov. 1 to March 31.
Hubstantlal quarters have been construct
ed at Forts Egbert, Gibbon and Cape
Nome, and the post at St. Michael will be
built during the coming summer.
An officer coming to Alaska nfced- fear
no greater hardships for himself or fam
ily than those which follow a return to
the Isolation of a one or two company
frontier poet. A well stocked subsistence
department furnishes all the necessaries
of life, and most of the luxuries. Fresh
meat has thus far been brought in in
abundance In the form of moose and cari
bou. Potatoes and onions freeze solid in
November, and, if properly |*< pared, are
as good as fresh vegetables until they
thaw in the spring. All the early vege-T
tables like radishes, lettuce, onions, par
sley, etc., come to perfection in August.
It is dry, and ordinarily still, though a
hard wind at 40 below not unheard of.
The snow falls gradually—an Inch or ;-o at
a linn-- and never melts until *ho ground-
Is five from snow, mins continue, gardens
may be prepared, and about the lath tho
ice In tin* river breaks up and floats off
to the sea. Near the.end of May steamer*
that have wintered in some tributary cf
the Yukon come up the river on their way
to Dawson. Steamers from Bt. Michael,
bringing passengers from the States, do
not come up. the river until about July l
to li>.
From June to October people require
about the name clothing they would wear
in ih* States. Mosquitoes abound, an I
window screens and mosquito bars are a
necessity. Mail is received twice per
mobth throughout the year, except in fall
and spring wheh ice is forming on the
streams, or breaking up before navigation
opens.. Unless new' arrangements are per
fected, second-class mall Is not delivered
after navigation via St. Michaels closes.
Arrangements must be made wrtih friends
to forward envelopes of clippings If one de
sires to keep up with the news. A tele
graph line connects Sk.iguay with Dawson,
but I received one telegram from Wash
ington that was just a month on the way.
As to clothing, heavy, underwear is in
dispensable. In addition to these gar
ments, heavy short coats or wraps must be
provided to put on whenever it Is ne *cs
sary to go out of doors. The government
furnishes caps and mittens, Hind most ex
cellent footgear in*the form of felt shoes.
Ladles will find n fur park! the l**st all
around outer garment. One can be pur
chased in San Francisco for sl2. The
felt shoe cannot la* improved upon. It is
not necessary! to remain within doors dur
ing the coldest weather unless the wind la
blowing. The ordinary routine of a |>ost
goes on without regard to temperature,
and all can take exercise at any tlrno
without fear of frost bites. Bring plenty
of books and games fer the long winter
evenings. As the quartermaster’s de
partment will doubtless construe this as
service across the seas, bring all your fur
niture. Nothing con be obtained In ths
country' except at prohibitory prices.
To sum up I would say that Alaska Is no
worse than Geogh or Assinniboine, and
the greatest trial will be the lack of a daily
paper.
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