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VOL. II. ) PRESIDENT AND PARTY GIVEN GREAT OVATION. A RECEPTION BY LEGISLATURE. A Monster Parade—President Speaks at Auditorium—Festivities End With Grand Banquet. Atlanta’s Peace Jubilee celebration began Wednesday morning with tha arrival of President MoKinley aud party at 8 o’clock. The trip of the presidential special from Washington to Atlanta was with out incident and but few stops wore made. At every station after leaving Washington the train was met by tre mendous crowds, but w-ith few excep tions the sightseers only had an op portunity to catch a glimpse of the flying cars. When the chief executive stepped from tha train at Atlauta he was ac corded an ovation by a big crowd which bad gathered at the station. The party was escorted at once to the Kimball House where lynch was serv ed and where the president remained until 1 o’clock when carriages were drawn up and the party driven to the capitol building where a reception was tendered the distinguished guests by the Georgia legislature. There was a great ovation to the visitors, but General Wheeler was at cnce picked out by the crowd for es pecial honors, and cheer after cheer was given for the brave ex-Confederato officer. President McKinley and Governor Candler were escorted to seats upon the spealrer’s stand, and the other dis tinguished gentlemen and tho ladies f the party were given places upon ie left of the hall. President Dodson introduced Mr. Kinley with appropriate words. The President’s Address. ’^sident McKinley spoke as fol ixtwd . “Sectional lines no longer mar the map -vf the United States. Sectional feeling no longer holds back the love we bear each other. Fraternity is the national anthem, sung liy a chorus of forty five states and territories at home and beyond the seas. The Union is once more the common altar of our love and loyalty, our devotion and sacrifice. The old flag again waves over us in peace with new glories which your sons and ours have this year added to its sacred folds. What cause we have for rejoicing, saddened only by the fact that so many of our brave men fell ou field or sickened and died from hardship and exposure and others returning bring wounds and disease from which they -will long suf fer. The memory of the dead will be a precious legacy, and the disabled will be the nation’s care. ‘A nation which cares for.its dig obled soldiers, as we have always done, will never lack defenders. The national cemeteries for those who fell in battle are proof that the dead as well as the living have our love. What an army of silent sentinels we have, and with what loving care their graves are kept! Every soldier’s grave made during our unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor. And while when those graves were made we differed widely about the future of this government, these dif ferences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms—and. the tim« has now come in the evolution of sen timent and feeling under the provi dence of God, when in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of the graves of the Confed erate soldiers. “The cordial feeling now happily existing between the north and south prompts this gracious act, and if it needed further justification it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just passed by the sons aud grand sons of these heroio dead. “What a glorious future awaits us if unitedly, wisely and bravely wo face the new problems now pressing upon us, determined to solve them for right syid iinmauity!” When McKinley had concluded there were continuous calls for General Wheeler, and he consented to speak. President Dodson introduced the gallant hero of Santiago by sayiug he needed no introduction. General Wheeler said: “Gentlefnen of the General Assem bly of Georgia, and Fellow Citizens: “I appreciate more than I can ex press the honor of being invited to accompany his excellency, the presi dent on his tour of the south. I have looked forward with great pleasure to meeting old friends of a lifetime. I was glad that the president of the United States had decided to visit our section, to meet our people aud see what progress we are making in the development of our resources. “The president, as commauder-in chief of the army and navy of the United States, has alluded to the gal lantry of the soldiers and sailors of our army and navy, but it is not known, because of the modesty of the chief executive, that every effort was exhausted to preserve peace.” .Gen. Wheeler said war was not de clared until it became necessary for the preservation of the country’s honor. He told of the order sent to Commo dore Dewey to proceed to Manila aud capture or destroy the Spanish squad ron. “In eight days that order was exe cuted, ” he said. ’’’It was the ^president, as command- The Abbeville Chronicle cr-in-chief, who, when troops were as sembled for the purpose of going on an expedition to Havana, after consul tation with the secretary of war, changed the plans aud decided on the expedition to Santiago. “The army in conjunction with the uavy was ordered to attack and destroy the Spanish forces at Santiago. In four weeks that order was obeyed and its purposes accomplished. The proud Spanish nation stood suing peace from the nation which a month before it bad held up to ridicule and scorn. “I Lave to thunk him for giving me an opportunity to share in the glories won by soldiers who came from nearly every state in the union. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for giving me an opportunity to address yon. General Young was next presented. Georgia, He said he was glad to be in aud referred in high terms to the oon ditious of the camps of his corps in this state. He said the criticism of ** le army camps had not come ^from Lawton waB tUen iutro . duced by Fresident Dodson. Ho . said: “I thank you in the name of the men I had the honor to command at Santiago for the honor you have done me in calling on me to speak.” The joiut session was then dissolved, Fresident McKinley and General Wheeler stood by the clerk’s desk and shook nands with the legislators and several thousand visitors. , At 2 o’clock the presidential party left the house for the public reception in the main corridor, Such an ovation as that given Pres ideht McKinley by the legislature and the public was never before ten dered to an American at the capitol. The crowd—and it numbered several thousand—that gained admission into the building yelled itself hoarse, capitol After the reception at the the president and party were driven out Peachtree street to the reviewing stand to witness the floral parade. This part of the program was inaugu rated by the ladies and was a beauti* ful and interesting sight. Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kinley and the gentlemen aud ladies of the cabinet, the visiting officers of the army and navy and the represen tatives of the press of the north and west were tendered a brilliant recep tion at the Capital City Club. A Gorgeous Pageant, The Jubileepageaut which took place Thursday was a magnificient success in every detail. The pent-up enthu . of , ,, citizenry ... of , At , anta, * ,asm Georgia . and of the south, which has been smoldering- in the breasts of thousands since the first shot was fired iu the Spanish-American war, broke out in cheer after cheer when the great parade of American arms and of a nation’s heroes and idols passed through the streets an hour after noon. Throughout the entire line of march a mass of people thronged the streets and as the divisions passed in review a cheer was given—one that was loud and long. The crowd was a demonstrative one a:ld , showed , ... lts appreciation . of , the ,, presence of the , visitors who took part 111 the procession. The parade itself required an hour to pass a given point and , alt which the Pennsylvania „ S and New Jersey soldiers kept up was a rapid military stride, space was cov ered at almost a trot. The success of the parade from the point of size, magnificence and inter est was beyond doubt the greatest that Atlanta has ever had. At the Auditorium. President McKinley received at the auditorium at Piedmont park a stir ring, prolonged ovation from the great multitude who heard the eloquent and prophetic words of the chief executive. Speaking to the people of tho south, the president outlined definitely the policy of the government with refer ence to the newly acquired territory, and paid a glowing tribute to the south for the part it had taken in the war . With hand uplifted and voice vibrating with emotion, he said: “That f flag lias been planted in two hemispheres and there it remains the symbol of liberty and law, of peace and progress. Who will with draw from the people over whom it floats its protecting folds? Will the people of th> south h§lp to haul it down?” The scene in the auditorium at these words front the president was bewilder ing. The big audience frantically came to its feet with a common im pulse, amid wild hut genuine applause and cheers that rent the air. Cries of “No! No!” swelled from a thousand throats, while the members of the cab inet aud distinguished guests on the stand urged the audience to renewed and deafening applause. The address throughout breathed of conciliation and fraternal union be tween the north and the south, and again, as in the short address before the Georgia legislature Wednesday afternoon, the broad and patriotic ex pressions of the president met with strong sympathy from nil present. The Banquet. The jubilee ceremonies were closed Thursday night with a brilliant ban quet tendered to the president and his party. Three hundred Atlantians and visitors sat down to the dinner at the Kimball House. The picture pre sented in the great dining hall of the hotel was one long to be remembered. Surrounding an oval table at the head of the dining room eat the president of the United States, the governor of Georgia, several members of tbo presi dent’s cabinet and a number of dis tinguished visitors from different parts of the country. The president made a notable speech, It overflowed with that fraternal spirit which he had shown all during his' stay. He was exceedingly gracious in his remarks about Atlanta and he brought his audience to their feet time ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1898. ami again. • At least half a dozen times did his hearers spring up impulsively and cheer and wave napkins in in dorsement of his expressions. Some times the hall was a mass of waving linen. Following the president in respond ing to toasts were: Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Major General William R. Slmfter, Hon. George R. reck, Major General S. M. B. Young, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Stephen O’Meara, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage,Major General Joseph Wheeler,Governor Joseph F. Johnson, of Alabama; Hon. Charles F. Warwick and Hon. Evan Settle, M. C. All the speakers were accorded en cores and the dinner will certainly have n place in history. It helped to obliterate the rapiijly disappearing sectional lines and to draw the people of the north, wost and south more closely presidential together. party left Atlanta The in the early hours of Friday morning en route to Tuskeegee, Ala. Advertise with us ir you wish to keep the people posted as to the amount, the character, the quality and prices of goods you have for sale cd will briny ’em every time. * »u FOREIGN jiUS AFTER OUR DOLLARS Proposition For Rig: Doan Said to Have Been Made By Russia. James H. Eckels, president of the Commercial National bank, of Chica go, said Saturday: “I am credibly informed that a great foreign power has sent repre sentatives to the United States and that they are now in New York for the purpose of negotiating a loan of im mense proportions. If the source of my information is reliable it is the first ease in the history of the United States of a foreign power borrowing here.” The Chicago Daily News declares Eckels’ statement may startle the gen eral public, but says in the financial world the report will cause no aston ishment, although the action will be unprecedented iu the monetary history of the country. For two months, The News contin ues, money has been the cheapest thing in America, as financiers phrase it. For a fortnight call loans have been made in Wall street as low as J per cent, while short time borrowers with approved collateral are accommo dated at 3j per cent in Chicago. The bond on the markets are abso lutely of first-class securities, yielding more than 3J per cent. Five per cent, coupon issues are bought on the ex changes at 137 and high grade stocks paying dividends at the rate of 5 per cent, per auuum were quoted at 132. Chicago aud Northwestern common was an iustance. Early in the week Cook county bonds were purchased on a 3.21 per cent, basis. Indianapolis sold at 3fi per cent. level. The buyers were local investors, which menus that bonds now eommand as high a premium in the west as well as iu the east. We Eclipse Great Britain. On the first of the year corporations will distribute about $100,000,000 in interest and dividends. Besides, ex ports are increasing rapidly, while im ports are decreasing quite as speedily. The latest figures tell that the exports of merchandise from this country ex ceed those of Great Britain for the first time in the history of the two countries.' The United States is in the unique position of desiring to bny the American stocks and bonds that are held abroad. The national treasurer states that for the current month money in circu lation has increased $20,303,722. This following a gain of $50,000,000 'for October makes a total expansion of about $75,000,000 for the last sixty days. • Compared with a year ago the total circulation of all kinds of money is $165,795,000 greater and amounts in all to $1,886,800,000. The perspective reveals even more money. It is this condition that has war ranted a foreign government in mak ing tentative overtures for a big loan here. The borrower is supposed to bo Russian. The representatives of that country were negotiating with Frenc i bankers some time ago for a large sum, hut the transaction was not con cluded. A PECULIAR WRECK. Swiftly Running Train Rumps Over Cross tics on a High Trestle. A wreck occurred on Ike Indiana, Decatur and Western railroad Sunday morning, fifty miles west of Indian apolis, near Guion station. The In dianapolis express, east bound, left the tracks west of a high trestle, and passed over the trestle, which is sixty feet long, with seven coaches off tho rails and bumping along the ties. The trestle is fifty feet high and it is considered phenomenal that the train was not hurled off into tho creek, in which event tlie slaughter of life would have been awful. The rear car had just left the trestle when a spreading of the rails ahead of tho baggage car piled the seven cars into a heap. The baggage car and smoker were ground almost into splinters and all of tlie cars were badly wrecked. There were about fifty passengers on the train. One man was killed and about a dozen more or less injured. BRAINED IJV CRAZY SISTER. Horrible Tragedy Enacted Near Little Town of Oconee, Ga. Miss Addie Harrison, an old lady living near Oconee, Ga., was murder ed Friday night, her head being crushed with a club. Miss Harrison’s sister, Mrs. Joyner, who is thought to he insane, is be lieved to have committed the crime, Mrs. Joyner has been living with Miss Harrison. SPANIARDS ARE RAPIDLY LEAV ING HAVANA SUBURBS. MANY ENCOUNTERS TAKE'PLACE. American aud Cuban Plugs Are Being Raised and Islanders Are Overjoyed. A special from Havana says: Tho Spanish evacuation commissioners in formed the American commissioners Sunday evening that the Havana suburbs Cerro aud J esus Del Monte had been evacuated. Tho Spanish troops left Jesus Del Monte at 5 o’clock immediately after which American and Cuban flags were raised, crackers fired and the usual demonstrations made by the large crowds iu honor of the event. When American and Cuban flags were displayed from tbo houses on the Calzeda del Cerro crowds rushed through the streets shouting, “Vive Cuba libre.” A crowd of Cubans of the lower class passed a barracks of engineers <?n the Infanta avenue, shouting, “Long live Cuba” and “Death to Spain” aud firiug shots into the air in celebration of the evacuation of Cerro. The crowd then passed on from tho Calzada del Monte to tho Calzada del Cerro, stopping the street ears and compelling the passengers to shout “Viva Cuba libre.” Jose Ganeedo and his cousin, Teo doro Huertas, who were on the ears, were wounded with knives. Ganeedo died within a few hours aud Huertas will probably die. Later the crowd mot some engineers at the Esq'uina deTajas and fired upon them, seriously wounding one. The engineers returned the fire, wounding a street car conductor, a civilian, Iso doro Basois aud John Leonard, a col ored man. The rioting continued, many shots being fired in front of the Casade So corro, where the wounded wore as sisted. Spanish soldiers were ordered to the scene and arrived about 9 o’clock. While marching through Cerro they were fired upon by men concealed be hind pillars. One Spanish privates fired into the air to scare the rioters. On resuming their march they were again fired upon and anotner man was hit. The Span iards then firod and dispersed the riot ers. PRESIDENT IN SAVANNAH. Troops Under Major Keifer Reviewed. Banquet at the BeSoto. President McKinley and his party arrived at Savannah, Ga., at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. They were met at the depot by a tremendous crowd. The Georgia Hussars acted as an escort to the party to the parade grounds, where n review of somo fourteen thousand troops encamped about Savannah, un der command of Major General Warren Keifer, was held. The streets from tlio depot to the parade grounds were one mass of peo ple. The principal feature of the passage through the streets was the great re ception tendered General Joe Wheeler. The doughty little general was kept standing in his carriage almost the entire length of the drive bowing his acknowledgments to tho plaudits of the crowd. After the review there was a trip down the river on tho pilot boat J. H. Estell, and at night there was a grand banquet at the DeSoto hotel, at which the president and members of the cab inet made speeches. Notwithstanding Sunday was sup posed to he a day of rest with the presidential party, it was, as a matter of fact, filled with interest and activ ity. The feature of the day was the president’s visit to the Georgia Agri cultural and Mechanical college, the institution for colored persons, sup ported by the state of Georgia. Its president, R. R. Wright, colored, wus recently appointed by President Mc Kinley a paymaster in the volunteer army, with the rank of major, but lias resigned and returned to the school. There wefe no elaborate exercises con nected with the visit of tho president to the college. MERRITT RETURNS. General Comes Home Bringing Bride and Mother-in-Law. Major General Wesley United Mocrett, re cently commander of States military forces in tha Philippine islands, from which post he was called to Paris to consult with the American peace' commission, reached New York Saturday on hoard the steamer Luca nia from Queenstown. With General Merritt were his bride, her mother, Mrs. Norman Williams, and Norman Williams, Jr., ot Chicago, and Captain L. H. Strother, aide-de-camp. The General will resume command of the military in the department of the east. TRAIN SMASHES WAGON. Of the Eight Occupants Four Were Killed and the Others Injured. A New York dispatch says: A wag on containing eight persons, all of one family, was struck by a train on tbo Pennsylvania railroad Friday night at the Allenwood crossing, a feXv miles from Manasquan, N. J., and four were killed, two fatally injured and two others seriously injured. in Tho eight occupants were thrown direction. > » HIS SPEECH IN ATLANTA AT TRACTS MUCH ATTENTION. GEORGIANS ARE HIGHLY PLEASED. Suggestion In Ula Remarks as to Caro of Confederate Graves Was n Gracious Act. A Washington special says: South ern congressmen, with one accord, commend in the moat friendly terms tho suggestion made by tho president at Atlauta Wednesday relative to na tional uid in caring for the graves of the southern heroes who gave up their lives iu the war between the slates. It is probable that a bill to carry out the president’s suggestion will be in troduced in the house at an early day. It is genorAlly conceded that such a measure should emanato from the re publican side of the house. It is also proposed to amend the act which des ignates the 30th of May as the Na tional Decoration Day, so that union aud confederate graves may be strewn with flowers, accompanied by appro priate ceremonies, on the same day. Georgia and South Carolina con gressmen were especially friendly in alluding to wliat they termed a magna nimater on tho part of the president. Judge Maddox remarked, with a dis play of enthusiasm not often indulged in by him: “President McKinley is the best republican I know. It was a gracious act on his part and I am not surprised that tho sentiments he expressed in Atlanta yesterday touch ed the hearts of the southern people. I can well understand the military patriotism which fills the president aud he was exceedingly happy in se lecting the right time and place to give voice to such expressions as he gave utterance to.” Colonel Lester applauded the presi dent’s action by saying: “President McKinley has such a nice way of do ing nice things that I am not sur prised at the sentiments he expressed yesterday concerning the confederate dead.” Colonel Livingston, Representatives Tate, Bartlett, Griggs, Lewis, Brant ley and Fleming also Senators Bacon and Clay, nil Georgians, expressed their warm approval of the suggestion made by tho president. Representative Stokes, of South Carolina, said: “In my opinion the speech of President McKinley at At lanta Wednesday was one which thor oughly proves to the people of the south the good will and fellowship of our brothors in the north. I think it was n very appropriate thing for the occasion, and that it will bo highly commended by the people throughout the southern states. If this matter be brought to tne hotico of the house for approval and an appropriation, as it most assuredly will, it will undoubt edly be done by a member from the north, either a republican or a demo crat, though it would be preferable for a republican to propose the matter, a republican president having been the originator and introducer of it.” Confederate Veterans Thankful. Veterans of tlie confederacy living in Chicago are very enthusiastic over the suggestion of President McKinley that the national government should assist in caring for the graves of tho confederate dead. A telegram heartily thanking the president for for the steps he has taken in that direction and indorsing his senti ments was sent to Atlanta Thursday by post 8 of the United Confederate Veterans’ Association. Gen. Gordon Flensed. A dispatch from Riclqnond,Indiana, where Gen. Gordon lectured Wednes day night, says: General John B. Gordon, of Georgia, said in an inter view concerning President McKinley’s speech at Atlanta: “I have read tho speech with much interest and was greatly delighted. It was probably a great surpriso to somo of our people, but. it was not so to me. I have kno wn President McKinley for a great many years and Lave bad tho profoundest respect for him as a man and a patriot. This Atlanta speech is ill entire keep ing with what I lmvo known to lie his liberal impulses toward the south for a number of years. He is a very broad man as well as a capable one.” , LEE’S FUNCTIONS DEFINED. General’s Duties Will Be Strictly of a Military Character. The war department Thursday made public the formal order providing for the military government of Cuba. The notable feature of the order is that Major General Ludlow, who is designated as military governor of Havana city, while nominally subordi nate to the division commander, Gen eral Brooke, is apparently charged to exercise all the civil functions in that place under the direct authority of the president. General Lee’s functions appear to he limited to those ot n strictly military character. CONVENTION RILL SIGNED. Gov. .Jolinston, of AliihamH, Approves Im portant Measure. A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says: Governor Johnston signed the consti tutional convention bill Saturday morning, using for that purpose the gold pen in silver handle furnished by Mr. II. I j. McKee, president of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association, which organization took a stand for the convention. SUGGESTION BEAUS FRUIT, A BUI for Recognition of Confederates Introduced in tlie House. A Washington dispatch says: In tbo house, Friday, Representative Rixey, of Virginia, introduced a bill for the admission of Coufederate as well as Union soldiers to all mddiers’ homes and government institutions main tained by the government. Although somewhat iii line with the president’s suggestion in his speech at Atlanta, this referred to government care for Confederate cemeteries, whereas the Rixey hill refers to living ex-Confed nee^ly. erntes who are “maimed, crippled or ” The text of tho hill is ns follows: "That after the passage of this act all soldiers’ homes and other institu tions maintained by the government for the maimed, cripple and needy soldiers ami sailors of the United States shall be open to all soldiers aild sailors of the civil war of 1861-65, upon the same terms and without dis tinetiiM^as to whether they were Union en listed upon the side of the or tho Confederacy.” The bill was referred to the commit tee on military affairs. A number of the members of that committee and some of the Republicans of the house liavo assured Mr. Rixey of their sym pathy for this measare and promised their assistance when it shall come up for consideration, especially now that the president has taken the position he has. At a meeting of the senate commit tee on privileges and elections Friday the charges of bribery against Senator’ Hanna, mado by the Ohio state senate in connection with the senator’s elec tion to his present term of office, was briefly discussed and referred to a sub-committee consisting of Senators Hoar, Spooner and Turley. The sub committee will investigate the question and practically decido how far it is necessary to go into the matter. The charges were tiled during the last ses sion of congress and haiai not been pressed by tlieir authors. TOM MAN HER SEXTON TALKS. Head of G. A. R. Favors Decorating: Graves of Blue and Gray On Same Day. A Philadelphia dispatch says: Col onel James A. Bexton, of Chicago, na tional commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, attending a meeting iu this city of the executive committee of that organization, has declined to disenss President McKinley’s sugges tion in the speech at, Atlanta that the national government should care for tho Coufederate soldiers’ graves as it now cares for the graves of thoso who fought on the union side. When asked for an expression on the subject, Colonel Bexton said he would rather, at this time, not discuss the mutter. Regarding tho proposition that the snme day should bo observed os Me morial Day by both north and south, the colonel said there could certainly be no objection to the idea, and he tlioug’t such a stop would go a great way toward obliterating so-called see tional lines. Continuing on this subject, Colonel Sexton said: “I made the suggestion over two years ago to have the blue and tlie grny unite on tlie same day for the purpose of memorializing tho soldier dead. In Chicago, Iliehmond, Ya.; New Orleans and Atlanta, Ga., they follow this course now. Thore are 6,000 confederate soldiers buried in Chicago and many comrades have con tributed to the erection of a monu ment over their graves. At the time this monument was dedicated on Memorial Day the commander of Massachusetts declared against it on the ground that Memorial Day be longed to union men. I was then prompted to come out and take issue with the commander and felt it my duty to do so, especially as my post, Columbia No. 706, of Chicago, took part in tlie dedication.” DESPERADO DIES OF WOUNDS. Bol> Brewer, Colored, Escapes the Gallows at Jessup. Ga. Bob Brewer died in the Jessup, Ga., jail Friday from tho effects of the wounds he received by tho sheriff’s posse that captured him somo days ago. of Thus ends tho career a most nojed desperado. There was no dis position on the part of the people to lynch him, ns was published in some sensational papers, but they were con tent to allow the law to take its course. ATLANTA PIONEER DEAD. Johnathan Norcross Crosses tho River at. the Age of Ninety-One. Johliathan Norcross, tho very first settler of Atlanla, and often called the “Father of Atlanta,” passed peace fully away at his home in that city Sunday night. While his illness was of short duration, his death has been expected for some months. He was in his ninety-first year and his death was attributed to old age. The old gentleman had been con fined to his home the greater part of his time for several years. He was very feeble and was able to go around but little. CONSUL GENERAL CORDEN Will Represent the Interests of Great Britain at Havana, The Tall Mall Gazette (London) says Lionel G. Cordon, British consul at the City of Mexico, has been ap pointed consul general of Great Britain at Havana. Mr. Gordon occupied the same position in Cuba, where, about fifteen years ago, he married an Amer ican lady. NO. 48. MEMBERS LEAVE PARIS BOUND FOR THE UNITED*STATES. SPAIN WILL DELAY RATIFICATION Opposition of Solons In Washington to the Treaty Is Rapidly Fad ing Away. A Taris special suys: Tho entira American peace commission left for tho Uhited States via Havre aud’ Southampton Thursday night, and will sail for New York on board the American Line steamer St. Louis. It is learned that Agoncillo, tha representative of Aguinaldo, the Phil ippine leader, has lodged a strongly worded protest with the commission, which thus becomes part of the re cords. It begins with saying that “The very noble arul gallant General Aguinaldo, president of the Philip pine republic,” had honored him with “the post of official representa tive to the very honorable president of the United States.” Agoncillo then' reviews the case at length, sayiug that at the time of “imploring the armed co-operation of Aguinaldo and other Philippine chiefs,” both the commander of the Petrel, Captain Wood, in Hong Kong, before the declaration of war, and the American consuls general, Pratt, in Singapore, Wildman, at Hong Kong, aud Williams at Cavite, acting as the international agents of the great Ameri can nation, at a moment of great anxiety, offered to recognize the inde pendence of the Filipino nation. Spaniard* Delay Ratification. A semi-official note issued at Madrid Thursday says: “As the American senate must rati fy the treaty of peace before it be comes effective, our government should wait for this ratification and not has ten to cede territory which the United States may not accept.” Opposition Subsiding. A Washington special says: It looks now as if the opposition to the ratifi cation of the peace treaty which was expected in the senate will evaporate before the matter comes up for dis cussion. That it will be made the subject of considerable discussion bear ing ou the question of territorial ex pansion is a foregone conclusion, but it is almost a certainty that no attempt of any forco will be made to defeat tbo treaty. It is possible that there may he no vote aguinst ratification, the under standing being the settlement of the question of expansion will not be in volved in the treaty. This situation is likely t„ be brought about by many PO nsiderations, but chiefly by the fact t h«t Mr. Bryan ad vises his friends against making a fight on the treaty, The fact that in the south a celebra tion ^J^io signing of the treaty is be ing lie! made the ofi casion oTYun dottiest patriotism; also contributes greatly to the stifling of the opposition to the treaty. The op position in the senate comes chiefly from supporters of Mr. Bryan, largely' southern men. A canvass of the senate discloses that up to a few days ago there was nearly or quite a two-thirds vote in favor of the ratifi cation and that the opposition out of the republicans was confined to prob ably not more than three men. Tho most determined opponents were men who were closest to Mr. Bryan of all iii congress. It is under stood that the presentation of the ease in favor of ratification made by Mr. Bryan, who at the same time urges against expansion, together with the demonstration of joy in the south over the signing of the treaty, has made an impression upon ibis opposition. The chances now seem to be that the fire against expansion will be postponed until after the treaty has been ratified. It will come up when legislation for the government of the islands is pro posed, and that will not be before next congress. Meanwhile the opposition is likely to he confined chiefly to de bate. Both parties are at this time to some extent divided ou the question regarded of ex pansion, but it is generally as certain that the Republicans al most to a asan will support whatever policy is finally adopted by the admin istration. PEDIMENTS FOR PHILIPPINES. Five Regiments Are Ordered to Begin Preparation*, But No Date Is Named, Orders were issued nt Washington Friday for the immediate preparation of the following named regiments of regular infantry for service in the Philippines: Twelfth nt Jefferson barracks; Twen ty-second at Fort Crook, Neb.; Third at Fort Snelling, Minn.; Seventeenth at Columbus barracks, Ohio, and Fourth nt Fort Sheridan, Ill. In each case tho orders state that the date of embarkation apd point of sailing have not yet been decided and depend upon the transportation facilities which may become available. RIOS BACK AT MADRID. President of Spanish Peace Commission Has Audience With Queen. Advices from Madrid state that Senor Montero Rios and tho other members of the Spanish peace com mission reached the city late Saturday evening. They were met by many politicians and high officials. Their arrival was not attended with special incident. Sunday evening the queen regent received Senor Rios in audience.
