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Tin: MORNING NEWS. established U-Vi. - - Incoriajrated ISM J H KHTII.L, President OUR RIGHT IN CUBA IMPORTANT QUESTION INVOLVED IX TUB NEELI CASE. republic was recognized. —————— ttE HAVE NO EXTRADITION TREATY W ITH THE ISLAND. Hrnaona PrtwnlrA <■ thr Supreme l nurl \iiainal Hie Hi’larn if Xrrlr Tlirr Ir Trlnl—ll I* Argued That I u.tril -lute* Troop* Have No lilßbl In i lit- Island—Lark of Urand Jur> In * uhnti Oram Ilrl I In Hr I nronalllnllonal. Washington. Dee. 10—The Neely extra oil case wa* argued to-day In thr Sii r ,-me Court. All thr Judges were puts ♦ 4.t. * T ie argument developed Interesting and rtant questions of law with referrnre ■ right of the United States to ex i lit. a fugitive criminal in the absence 0 f ,m ex trtnl It lon treaty, and especially „ .i reference to the right of the T'resl ,;„,t sime the ratification of the treaty of i .tie to malntuln a military form of gov n nmettt In the lelnnd of Cuba. T ><• latter feature of the argument made h the first of the arguments which bring for final decision by the Supreme . irt the constitutional relations between ~ country and the tirrltorial acqutat tons which It haa gained as a result of i e SjMnlsh-Amerlean War. The Ncelx referred exclusively to the character ,f ’h." relations so far ns the Island of C,i was concerned, and thus presented an independent qustlon from that which he argued on lee. IT. when the char s.’t* r of these relations with Porto Rico aid tie 1 Philippines will be under con side ration. i in D Lindsay of the New York bar. < ed the argument for Neely. He clalm > i ..it there existed in Cuba prior to our .rventtoo u Cuban republic. Tills re he argued, the United States rec , 1.,!*, and oil April 2P. I s *!. when It passed , ,;r.t resolution ngneil by the President V. ~ch declared "thal the rvxM>ie of the ; (.1 ,(f Cuba are. old of right ought to l fr* and Independent." Ur llnvr No Right In Cuba, lie contended Ihat when the treaty of 1 i'is was ratified the war ceased, and a* i.. war had l>een declared against the Cu- Un republic, all further Justification d-r the war making tower to occupy r..v ceased, and the Presrileni ahould. Immediately upon the ratification of the i-..11y or within a reasonaole time thrre sf'er nave withdrawn the army He r,.timed, therefore, thal the Institution and maintenance by the President of a n.Dltary government in Cuba n i , and Is wit it aulbority under Intemgtlonat law. *r and | fingrant contravention of the * otv • union of ihe t'nlied Slates lb further argued that such military government was tin. (mstltutloii.il, os it was . ■ (enttally it prosecution of the war ..gainst tin, Cuban republic, and as Con grcs alone had the authority to declare war against the Culsin republic, the con trol of Cuba by the President ns com mander-in-chief was a virtual prosecution of w ir with..ut the authority of Congress, lie denied that sueti government could be J uuified under Ihe war power as the war power has no ex-etence except in lime of war when the wear Is authorized by Con gress, and that the President could not • ihe national fore, s for the parpen* of governing Cuba. He relied especially upon the ex irtirte case of Milligan. lb argued finally that In any event. H the trlnl In the Cutatn courts Is with out a grard Jury’. Neely could not he tried before them without violation of the -xtb, seventh, and eighth amendments to the constitution. Assistant Attorney General James Be. It w reply to-morrow on behalf of the gov i-rnment. BOTH CLAIMING VICTORY. Rnntn Fe fifffclnla *ar the Strike l About fttrr-< ••> rntiirn Believe Thr> W 111 l*. Topeka. Kan.. Dec. 10.—The offl.-ult of Santa Fe Railroad say to-night tht> tn> strike of telegraph operators 1* pru'- 1 i-ally over. Tie opcmtor* thtmwlvtt continue In the belief tout their owe lit a winning •to nml say the pro*poet* look letter tw titan they hove been any time yet. < Seneral Manager Mudgo says: 1 We have word that on the Californio ■'* the operators are laiok at work: on t Southern California an.l San Joaquin Voliv there ore none out. On the San ’ • Fe Pacific there are about fifty oiter-n " out. One hundred and twenty-three ' i went out on the Oulf line, whl h was the whole nutnher employed.” Hen. ral Bu|*rlntendmt Resqule and 1 • reral Mu r Mudgo have epent most ' tie day aide by aid* In the telegraph ■ irtment of the generul oil! es p. rform -1 the work of telegraph oporiitor*. Mr. liesqul* w. . 1 I that the defe tlon* of operator* *e.nt 'o have teen strongest '* the Oklahoma and Western division*. I.title I.fleet al Pueblo. Pueblo, Col.. Dec 10.—Traffic on the Fima Ke Railroad lieo and otit of thla baa not been affected by the tel ' xrapher*' wtrlke. Caofll-lal report* r*- '1 from stations along Ihe northern ! l 1 vl *jon tndleate tha- lnrge numbers of the ' i-erators are still wotking. Strike Seems t Failure. I -OS Angelew, Cal., line. 10—The teleg raphers itintlnue hopeful, hut the Indlca are that the strlkt I* a failure, so '* r the Southern California and me s,n Joaquin Valley It concerned, ond I* ■ 'lafwlng on Ihe dlvlshn between Mo ■<Vi ar.d Albuquerque MAWLBY AIAV IK(U IT. lerkea Idkely lo Ut Internal ltev etine (umutllslaner. Washington. I>ee. Ih-lndleatlona lo i ght point to John W Terkes of Ken -1 1 ky as the next contr-l'sloner of In •■•na] revenue. Joaeph Mcr.ley of Maine -*d-another Interview wth the Resident -day. and the poeslbld* of holding the la-re open for him uall /text Ap 11. ' oen hie te-m as speakv of the Houte the Maine Legls.ature txplres wu dls -**e-1 It Is believed, hswever that he T HI decline the offer dflmuiy to-mor tvW. Jlatottinal} ilofning | TROUBLE AT TUSCALOOSA. fctnilrntft In4!••>! in 4 iolrnt Dm- OiMrallon A|lhm thr 4lillt ry l>il 11 r a Hr|iitrr|. Tu*o*li>o**. Ala., Dec. 10—An uprlalng. h nrrious rmultji, la being lr.\r*Uf.itni a* th<* University of Alabama. .Voi.t of tho*' a i'viM.l of complicity placed under atrest. although all .ire confined to their quarter* during the ■ittlnf of the court of inquiry* Friday morning. inout 1.30 oviok. dla orl**r waa begun in the harra k*. and Fommandint We*t. nft*r makinx an ef f<*rt to qu;ct the dDturbanne, called for President Powers. The *t*Jrw.y?* to the dormitory* had been obstructed with barbed wire, and It waa impossible for any one fo aiccmi. Preri lent Power** caled on the boy? to be quiet and the disorder eoon cea>* and. There war shoot* lf< of firearms, fireworks and cannon ciut ker*. t 00l was thrown down the i 00M •Mf AIM officers of th** school. Friday mornina a -ourt of inquiry w.is called, but being unable to secure any ti-.-timony from the -tuilenfs. referred the wholt matter toth* faculty. At the faculty m* ‘nn*c the students l .teemed u |>etttlon in which they dts < taimed discount 1 c> towards the pr* d i’ nt in th*- demonstrati on Friday mom- Injr ai*i apkni for relief from tin* ‘ all *f tot too at 3:30 o t 10. k every morning and tour walking in th* afternoon, which tiny claim to lea torture They further dr?ire corps drill to be only three hour.- per week instead of three and one-half to four hours, as the catalogue calls for. and for regular evenings for drill. They further state that all wem into the d* monstratlon with due forethought. The students cUntn timt the climax of thc.r hardship* was reached with the prartlce of puttng men on the quadrangle for 4 isltmg arvl other petty offenses Y* sterday the students refused to as s< mble ;♦ the tnilitary calls and this policy has been pursued to-*lay- All mlli tury duty is disregarded. KXCHANI.F. UK VICEROY*. (nitimlesion In I'rkln for the Collrr tion of Taxes. Ixtndnn. I>ec 11.—" An Imperial edict." says the Shanghai corresiwndent of the Morning Post, "orders an exchange of office between viceroy ol the provinces of Hlien Si atal K.in Su nd the viceroy of Ihe provinces of Yun Nan and Kwcl Chou. Ihe object being to gel the viceroy out of Kan 8u together with his Kunan et*c troops, so as to give tier. Tung h u Hsiang a free hand In Kan So." "Count von W'ahlersee is fo mlng an In ternational commission under a German presl lent." say. the Pekin correspondent of the Morning Foot, "to establish har monious civil administration and for ihe collection of taxes and customs, with other duties. The Chinese representative is Chin Hln, Governor of Prktn This action is Intended to prevent faction and to prepare the way for the transfer of the administration of the city on the return of the Chine.® court." A Ohiuese blue hook has been issued devoted exclusively to the dispatches of Sir Claude MacDonald, former British minister at Pekin, from May 2* to Sept. 2<>. and consisting largely of the history of the siege of the legations. "The Chinese government became so In fluenced by the pretension* of the Boxers to supernatural jrowers." says Sir Claude, "a* to actually believe that It could safe ly defy tht r.*t of ihe world In fact the government became mad.” Among the curious Incidents mentioned is one of ii Swedish nusslonary. who es caped to the Chinese, and gave them a deal of valuable Information. GERMAN Alt Ml IN CHINA. Germans Continue In Remove A 1r on out len I Instrument*. Berlin. Dec. lh—The Budget Commit tee of the Reichstag hu* adopted a reso lution Ihat the Chinese expeditionary corps must he dissolved after It has fin ished Its duty In Chin*. Capt. Dannhauser, who Is with Count van Waldersea. say. In a private dispatch received m Berlin to-day: "The French have abandoned their op erations to remove astronomical Instru ment* from the wall* of Pekin, presum ably In order to Impress the Chinese with their comparative clemency, hut the Ger mans continue removing In.tiumenia un der the protection of a com|*ny of engi neers " t'nder the patronage of Countess von Borlow a notable concert wa* given this evening for the benefit of the Germin troops In China. It was attended by Km peror William and the Empress, many member* of the nobility and the entire diplomatic corps. Including United Stales Ambassador White and Mr* While. The net proceeds of Hut entertainment were about IWmDU marks. TROOPS took tiia.no choc. detachments from Tien Tsln Met AA llh No Opposition. Berlin, Dec. 10.—Field Msrshnl Count von \Wdersec telegraphed from Pekin last sJurday that the two detachments of troop* from Tien Tnm, commanded by Col. I>ohrschldt and MaJ Falkenhayn. which had been proceeding against a oon slder.ihle force of Chinese regular* who had taken up a position at Tsung Chou, ninety-five kilometre- southward of Tl-n Tsln. have oe upled the place without op l.,.|ilon end that the column* are return ing to Tien Tsln. ADMIIkIkTHATIOhi OF PEK, Thr International I'niti mll fee Was Culled Together. Berlin. Poo. 10.-The war office haa re ceived the following from Count von Wal dersoe. dat'd Pekin. I>ec. : "The international committee for the administration of Pekin will meet to-mor row under the presidency of Col. Baron Qayl. "The Ouendall column, whkh was left at Shan Mat Kwan. reached the district of Yuen Tien Trlen. five days march cast of Pekin. Pec. 7 and Is now on Its way back to the capital." Bari M's Secretary Arrested. Ixmdon. Dec. 10—A special dispatch from Shanghai announces that 1A Hun* Chang's Manehu secretary. Yiko. has 1,-. n arrested hy order of Field Marshal Count ton Waldersee, on the charge of communicating with the Boaera. Message# of the Presidents. Washing-on. Dec 10 -Representative O-ey of V.rgtnla to-day Introduced a rev olution for printing 15.000 copies of Mes sages of the Presidents." now circulated a private publication SAVANNAH. (JA.. TUESDAY. DECKMBEIt 11. liHHi. WITHOUT A TREATY MSKATOH hOIRI Mli Ui; Ull.lll TO 111 U.l l ilt: ( AML THINKS TREATY AN INSULT. NOROA\ %\ 1* TKLIXR TAKE ISH R OA Kim SIKTIOVI. Teller Think* M r Should ( ontrrt Ihe ( mint llpgnritlrM of tlie Itr I • - l*h Poltlon %ii itotinecd in tin* hiecnlhr s •*tm Hint llu> Will Aim Kealgn If Trent) I* Intended. Sennit* l>leu*ed the l.enk of Kt eeutive *e*ion Secret*. Washington. I>*\‘ 10.—The Senate spent almost five hours in executive c.ioo considering the llay-I*ui. ft• tr aty. There were live or six •ch made Hf'Dator Morgan elaborated somewhat his I**lli>n ns to the effect of Ihe Ciaj ton-Bulwer treaty He took issue with Senator Teller os to the purport of the first clause of that treat > * .aiming that It only applied to Great Britain * rigat to fortify the Nicaragua canal Itself. .Senator Teller replied .it swio length, asserting that the provision was of more general ini|**rt. as. he said, any one could ascertain for htrnseif. by reading Pres>- dei.t Hu* hunaii's views upon th** subject, when he was minister to Fng.aud The declaration then showed p.air.iy. he said, that Kngi.ind had attempted t* extend her right beyond the immediate vi An:ty of the canal. Mr. Teller repeated his declaration that the I’nlted States should * oneiruct the canal, if at all, regardle-a <>f the British position and without going through the formality of ratifying the pending treaty. During the day spee. he* were made by Senator* Money. Stewart, Frye and oth er*. Senator Stewart announced that he was for the treaty wttltout amendment, and Senator Money that he was against the treaty In nny form He wanted the cnnal built as much •* any senator could, he said, but he considered the pending treaty nothing le-s Umii an Insult to the Intelligence of the American psoine. He had no doubt that If proper diplomat c effort* should be made It would be puHsibla to -.-cure the oomplete abrogation of the Cloylon-BulweT treaty, and toot was wh it he wanted. He did not, indeed, belt-ve Un people of this country would be satisfied so long as any vistlge of thal instrument remained among existing Internal.onal ob ligations. The convenxlon, he said, is con trary io the wiahe* of the peopl* of the United Stales, snd they could be satis fied only by definitely erasing It once and forever. There also should be new con ventions between the United Btmcs and Nicaragua and Costa Itlca. giving abso lute control of the waterway to this coun try. He wan'ed no partnership* wtth any tvin®v In ownership or management of .lie canal when built. liny AA mild Not Resign. The possibility of Secretary Hay's re signing In , a--* tin* Foreign Ii- lalhai* Committee amendment to lh. treaty should prevail having I* en alluded to. Senator Frye said he w.i* in p>-dilon to make the otfi- lal denial of the reiwri The Secretary tia-l no such Intentlofi Mr Frye announced him-- If a. fnvoridile to the Hay-I’aun. > foie treaty, lie rlild that to deny the effect e,f the Clayton- Bulwer treaty ns mm b a- wv may tt -till Is on the International records of this country, and Is given more or less rc og nltion by every administration Ilia, has to deal with the questloo ol the construction of an Isthmian canal. It had been o con stant source of vexation tn connection with the canal subject, and he apprehend ed that It would continue to be such until that portion of It relating to the rinal should he disposed of. He wa -ntiaftod, for Instance, that the (anal would have I wen constructed during Up- administration of President Arthur tf thOAold convention had not t-en In existence Senator Chandler a-kol Senator Frvo to make Seeretary Hay's i-adtlon with reference to resigning puh.lc. but the Maine Senator declined, saying that h was only authorlaed to make the state ment lo the Senate. Mr ('hand., r re tortv-1 that to do that was equivalent to giving It lo the puhltc and the Senate then lapsed Into a discussion of the way* In which their executive secrets, get Into the newspapers. SENATOR TOAA Ml TAKES SEAT. Chandler t ailed .Attention to Error In Ills Credentials. Washington. Dee. 10 —Hon Charles A. Towns, the recently appointed successor to the late Senator Davis of Minnesota, attended to-day's session of the Senate and took the oath of office. No business of importance wa* trane nctrd In open session, the 8,-nnto going Into secret session on the Hay-l'aunce fote treaty a* soon a* routine business had been concluded. Senator Morgan occupied three hours In executive session. Senator Teller follow- Ing When Mr. Nelson of Minnesota pre sented Mp Towr.e'a credentials. Mr. Cuandler of New Hampshire chairman of the Committee on Prlvllgees and Election*, directed attention to the last -douse of the . redengla s This .* Sluil \tr Towns should hdd his sept until "his successor was elected nn*l qu.ili fied" H>- said Ihe constitution provided Simply that the appointee should hold omce until the legislature had met Mr Chandler said the a*led clau** In which th- Oovernor had undertaken to prescribe the length of the term wis merely superfluous and he had no Inten- Hon of m-iksig objection. Mr Town* took his scat on the Isemo cratkr side- Mr. Hanna of Ohio offered a resolution that o committee of thre. senators be opt Mil* teil by the president pro tern to n-.ike th* necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the Prc-ldent of tne end ed Btates on the Fourth of March next. Under the rule* the resolution went over. At H:35 o'clock the Senate weed Into ex ecutive session, and at 6:h& o’clock ad journed. ACT I* ESrOSSTITTTIOSAU judge kneed Pasee.t on Teexessfi-'I Antl-Clgnrctte law. Knoxville. Tenn.. Dec 10 —Judge Sneed of the Knox County Circuit Court. to*day deckled that the anti-cigarette lew pass'd by the Tennessee Legislature in 1199. wa unconstitutional and void. Judge Sneed* hokllr.g la based upon the point that th* act. as recorded In Nashville, doe* noi bear th# signature of the Speaker of Ihe House of UeprsseotwUve* CARTER IS NOT RELEASED. I oriurr t niilnlii'r Hiiliew* t or|M* Pe tition Overrated mill Hr Mu*l Sifa In n I ten tter y . Sr Louis Dec 10—In a decision hand ed blown bv Judge lloek of the federal District Court of Kansas, and coneurre I In by United State, Circuit Judge Am * Thayer, tfit- afternoon. Obarlln M Car ter. former captain. 1 $ A . under *en teru e <>f five years* imp ismnx*m for mis appiopi.arUai of government funvls white in charge of the harbor work of Savan nah. i* remanded to tu** cueusiy of ert \V M Liiaghry. warden of the federal |*i.ltrntlary at la a\inworth, where <*.- ter has been confined. The court overruled the i**tltlr*ner’* de murrer on the leibca* v 'rpus writ lasued some time ago. and sustained the ruling ••f the trial o ur s . together with the sub aH|uent actkai of f’resldent McKinley, writ* set aside twelve of the charges un der which he was ouivi- ti I. but made no • ttanwe of tlie sen ten ** lmie el by the court-martial. In 4<kilUon to tl • |irtw>n sentence. Car ter was flr.i and |L‘4i.. which was paid, .uni he wa tiUmiht-ed from the army. Judg* > Thayer and ll *ok find the-e pro ciidii.y w*ue ent:rdy regular. Or*- of the thief contentions urg**l In <’after'* tehalf w< that the president to rdu ing the number <>f sp** Ifi it ion* pre ferred, thereby made void the pml -hm it? mulcted. On this point Judg Thayer nays. t'iie punishment prescribed by the *r tides of war I* attached to tlie charge and n*t tin speclfl nturns made th**re under thr latter l*ring in* re I v b\ war of exentidllic itlon and and tailed statement of th* piincljutl charge* to whlcii they re spectively relate, but even If this wore •i so, the rul is we.l established that wnert* a Mtitetn # In gros-* is pnsnotince 1 upon a conviction under an tndt* tm*nt • ontainlng several counts, and ut*n up !*• al or review some of them a e held ioi and the oilier* are sustain'd, the sen ten will tiot is* disturbed, provided it i* such .* could lawfully have been Impwfd under ihe counts whi h were upheld. *' Nil THHt.i: u:ama to skiive. Curler Ciets Owe Yrmr Oft lit* Sen tence for (n<Hl lie Im x lor. I*avenworth. Kan . P • 10—Capt. ter entered prison here in A|rll last With one year off f>r g<*i behavior, he still has a little more than three years to *1 rve. Ills app!b atlon for a wrrll of habeas corpus wm filed at I/eavenworth, t t 17, and was heard here, on Nov 23. Judge* Thayer and Jfo4c both sitting on the case. Frank 1* Blair of Chicago and Congressman Groaveoor of Ohio appesred for Carter. Carter was permit ted to ap pear in court in citizen's clothes, and it was the first time he had left the prison walls since hi* Incarceration. RK.I KI’TIOA Ttl ROBERTS. lie Was t.reeled by tirret Knthn slasm nt (ape Town. Cape Town, Dee. 10 The olllrtal recep tion tendered to lord Roberts here to-day together with (lie presentation of the ad dresses itud the sword of honor. was a magnificent apectaele, and was wltneesed by 25.0H9 |n*opl<- The ceremony began with a luncheon at flood llote Hall, where lord Roberta rrwt-b- a speech in the course of which he expressed the ulinoet eotsfi d* ii- e In lord Kitchener, and pal-l a high tribute to the Invaluable service* of Sir Alfred Milner. Th- open-air function followed In the principal square of the city, which wets splendidly decorated. The Mayor of Cipc T wn presente-l the ewotd amid a seen* of tremendous enthusiasm. Sir Alfret Mill er, who was ptesenl, received a greit ovation. Representative troops of all the force* of the colonies, In- hiding the Canadians, Joined In a pro erst- n from i he Town Hull to the square, which was .-roomp-stiled hy a continuous roar of cheers, ladies throwing flowers from windows and btl conlea. After the presentation of tho sword and a casket, subscribed for by 10.000 Cape Cblonlsls. Iy>r-l Roberts presented to a n imts r of troopers distinguished service medals and other decorations. Thl* even li.g the streets were spl-n-Rdly Illuminat ed with electrical device# end Chinese I .interns. Trans r-arenctes of the popular generals were displayed. IIIPORTAAT AIK AM lift, IRSSiai. House Arts on legislative, f.ieeu llve and JutllrlHl Hill. Washington, Dec. 10—The first of the great supply bills, the legislative, exec utive and Judicial at .propria lion bill, was passed by (he House to-dgy In record time The bill carries CI.IH.M and has 131 pages, but there was leas than ten minute* debate upon It. Mr. ltlngniim of Pennsylvania, who was In charge of the moaaura, tendered his thank* to ihe House for the confidence shown In the Appropriations Committee. It requir-d abosit three hour* for the clerk to read the hill. No other business was trurie-scted. The hill wu* read for amer Iment under the five-minute rule. Mr. Itlngbam said that both par le In the recent campaign, pledged themselves to economy and re trenchment . The pending bill was a step In that direction Mr Robinson of Indiana protested that clerks In the government service outside of Washington did not receive the a*me leave privileges received by those here, and he thought the unjust discrimination against the former should cease Only one amendment, a minor one. was adopt ed. and the bill was then passed. At 1:15 p n>. the House adjourned. ar.AI.KT FKAKK SPREAD*. An Hpltlemlc of It In Middle and t pper I aroltna. Columbia. 8 C.. Dec 10 —Scarlet fever has appeared (n almost every town in ruddle ar-d upper Carolina In Columbia there Is talk of disbanding the public, schools Clean son College broke up last week. Yester-lay not a church bell tang In the town of fl. ne**a. Ihe hoard of health ordered the churrhes lo remain close*], and prohibited all kinds of as semblages _ KMi l ll** **KT OB AVKT Reported n Orest Battle Has Taken Placr Between Them. London. Doc 10 —The Evening Standard, which has special source# of Information, saye. this evening, that a great battle between she British force* under Oen. Knox and tho Uocra under ties*. Dewel is going on. HOUSE WASTES TIME Atom: fiLint rrr.iiiak. o% r.it %r --l% vi % htiro i mi i MAKING DETERMINED FIGHT. worn: KILL* \\ ILL liti o\l It TO Till: MAT U 'SIOA llnril risht Oil the tauaril*' 11111 Will lake ••luce To-<ln - i.ri Throng h This Tlmt—Joe ilall of HIM* t rrslr* h *rn*ntlin In the l|ou** lit I him mI liu to Me ||*-nril in F spin nntlon of III* t oh*—llv W• i erj Uml lint tlie Sprsker. lit % Mill I i* In ilif ifti*rn*on At It nA a. l)e- i> The !|ou*e spent the day In filibustering, a* u**uul The x a •'count was takn Up the ti *t thing th.* nv rnitig i'iit frieiKi* of the d* |*t t>l|| anxious to s me vtieatis to !•** tliit favorite hfij to morrow though Mr T*"ni er of Wan iMtr*lu \ a resolution to constfui rule l.k, •( the House pn* el- Ings so that the \e.t* and nays could be cafled for onl\ on the main qu*tloi. in stead of on collateral questions, a* has b*eti the • .>•• The r* **olutl<*n brought on big tight on the part of the minor it v. who w**re u;*|sins| to Hn The tax act w is dropped and the remainder of the morn ing was spent In arguing over the r so lution and tilibj tering to ke p it from passing Tlie depot bill Is i— ii 11. 1 the Whole af fair. To-morrow is the hist time the bill coin pass .<i (hi* session, and every effort I* being nuide to provide means to keep down the ftllbu-fenng The leader* of ttie de|*Ot sble liHVe b . Ide l to flitbil ■<t *t a little then*e|ve , and It i* very likely th*t no more local bllli will be passed until some disposition of Jha depot ques tion has been made. No agreement regarding the resolution was reached nt tti* mornli g sestdon as the hour for adjournment arrived It was taken up again this mfternoon ami n nutii ter of local blile will go over until the next session a* an suit. At 4 3U o'clock thd tax h< t was tak* i up again, as it hul been so provided by the steering rommittei The friends of tlo de|*t M l are stick ing together now, and it |* thought if the stick continues the depot bill may g< through to-morrow. Joe Hall of Blbh. Turn Felder of the twins' county are vig orously opposing the measure It is At lanta against Macon, and the two Macon inen <kim that the W.l will never |ass over their heads t. lined*' Hill Slay 4m flier. It was expected thb afternoon thst the Committee on Military Affair* would re pa- 1 on the Savnnnan A’oJunteer Guards' hill, the hill to chai.gr the organisation Into a battery of artillery, hut owing to the wrangle in the House tills after noon th* .ummittn did n*t g* t an ••pgMtnunity t# meet. It looks now as If the bill will have to go over until next seedon Inapretor Ui neral trt.ear I- oiH-oned to the change When this aft*rtMsiii by the News correspondent, he refused to disciim the situation He said he nod various reasons for .ipposing the change but he would not v** ptu It Is reflected here that Obwar Is prejudiced agralnst the Guards as during th summer he tri'vl to make the l*a(taiion change Its unKorm. Ilall t rratn m Stir. After an hour and a half of filibuster ing in the House till* afternoon, the gen eral tax hill was taken up. again a- or dered by the steering committee, and put upon Its Igleeage, by sections In the i-urly i*art f the afternoon session, when the fllihu.Mermg crowd wa* en dexsvoring to klil tlm . Mr Ilall of Bibb, b ame aroused lo < iunh H|* aker Fro Trm Morris, would not r- ogtose him, when he wished to explain his vote ri whether or not the previous question In* agreed to, and the re|ort of the steering committee I** made tlie order of the *• s *lon. He disregarded lie Bpesker’s ord'r for ! every member to tak** id.** seat, and in a ! t hit tide ring void* cried out: •*I have a right to *e heard, for I am i free representative of Georgia cplEen* ami I demand that right of speech In this hall ” Shook Fl*t nt the Speaker. He shook hi? flat a the Bp- sker and bis eyes flashed fire. Tie Bpakrr cried out in loud voice over the tumultuous roar of the defiant wauld-be speaker on th* floor, for the sergsant-at-arm* to quiet ihe man and restore ordnr In the hall The vociferous eloquence of the excit ed gentleman from Dlbb continued to r*-- sound over the great building, diwplte the interference of th* ofll< W'Uet wan at last restored m and the regular order of bus iness pro* Mr Had was allow**! to explain his vote. en*l in the course of his exclied re marks, lie sasl h** wished to know if flu* steering committee timught it had au thority to control the House. Mr. Biaton of Fulton arose and asked Mr Hall if he thought he had the au i th>rlty to control the actions of the j House A loud applause followed. The Speaker then quieted the Ilona, mid proceeded with the order of busl- I ness. FILIIT ON TIIK. 4.1 HILL. Will Have Strong Op|M>*ltlon llcfore House 4 o it* in litre. Atlanta. Dec 10.—The report by the Committee on Military Affairs on the Brnate bills to change the Bavannah Volunteer Guard* Battalion from a battalion of infantry to a battal ion of heavy arlHlery, armed wtth rlfT**, will b* submittel •' the House to-mor row. Col. Obear Is opposing the bills, prin cipally on (h* groui I that they will de stroy the imegrl’y of the First H*g.menl of Infantry. Oflicen* >f other regimei.i* in various parts *f ihe state have been led to oppose the bills under a mb token ap prehension perhaps, that If they paused, they might affect their regiments by causing comp-anle* from their regiments to be transferred to the Firm Hegsment ' to fill the vacancies caused by the trans i frr of the Guard Battalion. The Oov , ernor and the Adju ant General both stale | thM there is no ground for such an ap- I prehension. 1 Col Obear continues actively to oppose the bills end has succeeded in calling to his eupport numerous officers In various parte of tha state Five Atlanta officers appeared at the Capitol this afternoon to oppow* the bills before the committee, hut the hearing was postponed until to morrow aftertHxai it la reported that aeveral officer* Iron. Augusta will b* pr* ***nt u m ’rrtiw u> • |>|msi thr bills A.*o a IHltllher l a*l \•* ate* for the bibs fn in S*\*anah are expected to l* present in tarlr *lefi-ns* A strong tiglit mi I In* mi<l* th* c*ninlGc*'ii kemormw. but ft ten t r r-rc* em < iitUok It '*iiw that the> will l*e fa■ %oruli> rr|*rtel A mm 1 i .f lo al Mils wrr* (Wissexi Yi*-nl|{hi '-r-ioii before ihe general tat b:h * rv> itm-*1 Tin discussion nnd !*• - an** by r* Hon* continued until n**ar midnight. whn the House adjourned till l<> IIIO! i >w II. HI II Klllt Nt IINIUY n11.1.. Mvinior 4bout Mnritime 4 ungrrN lit ellea 4.0% 4 andler. Atlanta, he 10 —An Interesttigf an*l Mgnlft mt rumor li.r and \i* p-t in cn- j iiccik> with the Nriliml Maritime Fon \* iition. .-ailed by Gov <'andler. to meet at Brunswick Jan. Jr> n xt The rumor i* to the effect that the con vention r til* result of an effort made by AleXandi-i K Bttllth. ex -et rotary of •ha AniHi. m Mcr'harit' Marine An* liatl.H and that while the ostensible pur|h to din u*.r shipping Interest*, tli*- real i*u Ui to boom the ship subsidy bill Gov, t'andler said this morning, with some ctuphaM*. My re.uril i*t f.rtv years In public ltf*. eight of which I *|w*nt In Fongrcss. Is |*rß. o>n. lii-lw* llmi 1 lever lwxv.> and never will favor *ny srt of bounty, su>s* or prot. 4lvc legislation. i I was loid tl a* iti. onvctltion I* fT th*‘ so;.- purjH.s. of iMMimlni th* shipping Inter.*-- of Hrunswi. k and showing to the world that Georgia has the treat hnr. *>! on tlie South Atlantic coast If it m bo shown that It Is Intended to boost tin* sute Id j b; | now Mivs Congress, or t ceanmit ibis state to such a policy, I will Im or.* of the first io denoun.* It. If any such scheme d*\*l*uw thr-re will l*e ••nougli p.'oplc there to prevent such ac tion " Gov. • *atoiler mM he called the conven tion at th* r**quest of the city Council and Board of Trade of Brunswick, and had no idea that it had anything io lo with the subsidy bill, nor Is he willing now to believe such a rumor SEABOARD AND SOUTHERN. %\llltnni* nmt Mian 44 111 Qnlrtljr Sink Their 4ntnio*ltle* la Nnc-e**fal IliiwlnrM. New lurk. Dec lo The Mall an l Ex press says; Out of the confuted and contradictory r*qort.H regarding ttie iaog*-l relatbai* existing lief ween Ihe HesiMNird Air Lina and the Boot hern Railway, one fact seem* estalJlshed. The two line* are to be ot* r a’* and In jerfe<*f harmony hereafter, so far as freight rates are concerned All talk <*f a consolidation of the roads Is declared untrue. Begwrdlng the changed reLitlons be tween Thomas F Bvan and John Bk*lton Wllllaui*. representing the two systems In certain law-suits, no official announce mem Is to he made The matter will simply be dismissed and no more will le heard of it Tills accords with the wish of both gentlemen. wh. In time* i*isi. have Indulged In some very bitter lan guage concerning t* Ii other A public reconciliation I? out of the question, ho*, private animosities may be sunk in the excitement of successful business. fotton i:ruw4Tc h high. 4.0% rrii mi*-iif Report* 10,100,000 llale* a* the I*r4hnble C rop. Washington. Dec. 10. The statistician of the Agricultural Department reports 10.- hii.OUt) ral**H as h* (wobalds cotton produc tion of tlie United Htatoa for ]{Wi-19t)l. In the making of this eatinaite tlie same method* and agencies have l>en used that were employed h** year Many thou sands of glnners have, however, made re ports for the first si me. The estimat'd yield. In pounds of lint cotton |*er jure Is as follows Virginia, 14f; North Carolina. IW. Booth Carolina, 1*57; Georgia. 172; Florida. 133. Alabama. IM, Mississippi, 1M; Ignilstami. 234. Texas. 2M; Arkansas. 223. Tennessee. 177; Missouri. 275; Okiuhovna. 318. Indian TANARUS rrltory. 28D. The acreage, after eliminating all land frrun which no crop whatever will be gathered, is esllma'i-d at 25.<W4.734. DIKII FROM 4K I. BfTK. Florida Hauler’s Venom Too 4laeh for snake 4 Itartner. Fort Valley, Ga.. T>er 10—Edward Hwanson of ffammocid, Ind., advertise I a* a *nak> -charmer and eater, while ex ! htbltlrig here Haiurday. was bitten by a huge rattler with seventeen rattles and died yesterday. The snake had been recently received i from F.or 1.1 a. and it was guaranteed that it* fangs were out. but su h was a mistake By public subscription a cof fin was secured and tbs remains were Interred here to-day Ills mother. Mr*. Nellie Hwanson. reside* at Hammond. Ind. The unfortunate young man was 23 year* old. KII.IJ.U OYSTKK IPWTC. Trial of k. H. Prlaee Itrgan la I nl(et fttatea I <urt. Norfolk. Va Dec. 10—The trial of M 11. Prince. ex-cnp!am of the Norfolk po lice, for the killing of Charles J. Cannon, state oyster Inspector, on Aug 1. was call ed In the t'nltrd Ktates Cours to-day. The proceeding* opened with a tight for Juris diction between (he United Htates and state authorities. The court overruled ■he (notion to remand to the state court, and the prisoner's counsel nested exception. KvHence will begin to-morrow morning. Bail ot Bulgarian t rlsts. Bofta, Bulgaria. Dec. 10.—The crisis caus ed by the resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet premded over by M. Ivantchoff and M ftadlslavoir. has ended with the formation of a ministry by M. ivantchoff, who. In addition to the premiership, will hold the portfolio of .finance with M : TonsehcfT as minister of foreign affairs. 1 and Hen. Pteroff as minister of the Ittte -1 rtor succeeding M. Kadlslavoft. roar Klllrd In an F.aploaloa. halt Laiks. Utah. Dec 10—A special to the Tribune from Evanston. Wyo., says. A gas explosion occurred |r, the new railroad tunnel near Aspen. Wyo. The meagre details show that four men were killed, three seriously wounded and three slightly. DAILY $* A YEAR. .** ( I STB A FOFY WEEKLY . TIM EH A WELL fl A TEAR HAD TO BE NEUTRAL \o\ mi.io.\ on linoMM'd Am. Tl in; TOWARD KHI UKR. IMPOSSIBLE TO INTERVENE. IT \4 ll ll* 114 4I; |M\r Mil I III2H HHMIU 441 4.0011. Tok n 4 lisrsclrriallc t.i rmnn 4 lew *f the I rrmli 4if 1 1 wile— ietinn of the I nlieil Mate* >i fern 4 To. Sold later % entlon Uool.F I'rnba ll> Ha%e Kraut 44 sr—>% atlon* to Ivruper In (irrinsn), Wonld llvo K i*rnl \* l*urpo*e. Beilin. Dec jo The tmpert.il <h.an cellar. Fount voti Burl w. reply.in the lU*k*ht* tug t* a question on the *ut*)e< * of Mr. Kruger’s failure lo Im. r*M,ve*l by Em peror William, xaid Ihe g -\ * t runent did all In Its power to ward .ff war and left tie two i**j ihi.l'* in no doubt a* to th state of .ifYtilrs In Europe and us to 41rr nnny neuiralityr When In flu question of arbitration m'i iiiml i*a g"th r excludel. (h gov* eminent •• <mm.uidM| if tMr Kruger. He thougtit the time had not yst coma. When Mr Kruger, later aougfM Inter vention hie foehns* were tin* highly in flamed for the Dutch anl German gov* ernnten 1 *r the <Dr man government It 4,1- l"*i time to gtvc ndvke. Germany t power at that mom# nt would be critical ami lead to no r* • lilt, "Ther. w.is no H i- for tie,” said ths chancellor. * to pit., h *ur fingers laiwm Hie door and the htnr< The chaii -Hlor add**d that when the *ug- K* tion of oil'd In teon wm made to Great Britain l*y the United States in s quiet, g* fitly worded Inquiry, it was rejected officially and wtcgorhuHy. Intervention nia’h! have ld io war The cliajii ellor ds**'tibed the reply of M. re| .is.*, the French mirdster of foreign affair*, to Mr Kruger us ’Francs will In n •tifie take the Initiative, least would not opfxise %t when certain event us I dies be • tin* known, provided th**\ *i ewe *l#ie.| to nerve French Interests.* ” Ihe chancellor th#*reuion remark**l that he could tint have and alt wtth thn altuatbat letter liittiMdf Ovations to Mr. Kruger in Germany, In imltHel #*%•!, would hrtvn dißpla el iuh rtnttlofial rela* tton* atnl “rvitl n purp- *• *.f Mr Kru ger or of Germany Germany wa* not boun*! to 4,real Britain by a hairs ! breadth more than Grat Britain was lound to Germany But. to act the Don i Quixote against Great Britain would t*w a piece of folly for* which ho would not he reqon*tt>|e Although the Kruger matter will ha taken up again In the KH'twaag. Count von B tie low m s(eech, evidently prepared with great cure, was so overwhelming In j Its array of powerful facts that It ; amounted to a sweeping victory ovsr tha I entire oiqa/sNIon %OI \(• 4| I 1.1 A’4 mtl F4IM6D. 4 mld Slot 4lir *m Intervention lit llehalf of Kruger. Ismdon. I)i*c. 11 "Dr. Levds and hts friends are *prcmkng a re(>ort," sayw the Anvdcnlum I*o rrsspendent of tba Dally Mall, "that Qtiesn Wllhelmlna will Intervene after her rnarriaKe. This • meant to blind the public to the real far:*, which are that she wrote person ally to every European ruler on Mr, KrugeF* arrival in Kirops, and from two countrl'w nt least, France and Rus sia, receive*! conditional promise* of help tti th< direction of intervention, luit ths plan failed |n Berlin,*’ rf**OLID4TIO* I •• t OMPI.m. 4r 4 lon *f Stork li*lder of IlHltimore and Ohio *mi 41 %% et • rn. fTnrlnnsll. Dec. lh At -the meeting of the stockholders of the Biltimr and Ohio Houthwestern Railway Comfsiny to day the following director* were elected: Edward It lt-on, Wild im H>l*mon. Otto M Kahn. New York, William M 4?reene, J G Bchmldlapp. Cincinnati; John K. f’owen. flahlmore; James McTns, Pitta* burg; Frank W. Tracey. Bpring field. III.; II Clay Pierce. Ml. Leads. The director* elected the following offi cer*: Edward It Bacon, p’eotdefil; Wil liam M. Greene, vice president and gen eral manager; George F. May, secret try. Tlie lease relating to the operation of the railroad lietwien the ltahlmore and hlo and the Baltimore and Ohio Bouatt weatern Hall road was approved Under till* lease Mr. Greene becomes third vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio as well a* vice president and general manag er of the liaHtnmrc and Ohio HouthwetM ern This practically completes the plan of consolidation which originated s*ven ycMr* ag. although the Baltimore and Ohio Booth western still retain* Ms cor ' pora4e exlstem*e. The general offices will remain In Cincinnati. 4.M10.11 KINAN.IAI. VIKW. Situation In Germany Hequlres Im portant Step*. B-rlln. D-o. 10,—In th- R<*lrhtn 10-Auy. fiiirtriK *fi— rielxitA on the • ';tikit(*— tho ■Hcrrlary of ih- Imiw-rHI trr*ury, Bar on voo Thlrlnwnn. took * dccMmJljr Kloomy view of ih- roononilc .Ituatlon li. Orrmnny. II- Mid th<- rym. m hid brrn underiolnx a radical clc*wcr a I tire mitn mer and |w-l>!< mu-t hr prrparrd for a nnmhrr of yrar* lo are a gradual ohrlnk of the mlhitol eondltlon. Thr drellae. howrvrr, would not t ikr tfir form of a .rm-ral financial rraah a. in I7S. Ii waa nrcr.aary to Btrrnathrn thr rrrrrvra of ,iroa.un ,r ' announrad I 1 hut a hill taxlna |rirkltmt wlnaa would •hortly I— prr-nitcd and that another Mil taxlnit aa'chatlnr wa. In counw of prep aration. In l!*l *al,l .hr .r-rrtory. an Increoaed expenditure of 8.0U9.0W murk, must he provided for. Con*equei.tljr ihe tran.fer of luirplo. rrveiwjea lo thr federal etatea would cease. To Crater. I.iuira.l No.tree. Wa.hin.tton. I>rr, 10,-Rrpreeentativa Olllrtt of MaMerhueett* to-day Introduced a hill to prevent the .ale of firearm*. o|,|utn and Intoxicating beverare. to abo rt.lnal native, of the New Hebrides and other island* In the Western Pacific not In the possession of or under the control of any civilised Power. Ministers Leavlns Posts. The Hague, Dec. 10—The Portugueae mini at er to The Netherlands. Count De stllr' has started for Lisbon, and the Dutch minister to Portugal. Baron von Heeckeren. la expected here from Lisbon l this evening.