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than decimaled by disease. He expressed the hope that the committee on foreign relations would act promptly on the amendme.tt, so that the Senate should have an opportunity to vote on it. The amendment is as follows: "That a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, ami that the United States of America shall maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers anti accord to each all the rights of belligerency in the ports and territory of the United States.” TILT WITH MR. HALE. Mr. Alien said that he desired to have the amendment made a part of the diplomatic bill, so that the House of Representatives might have an opportunity to vote on the proposition and not ‘be stifled by the committee on foreign affairs of that body or by other inlluenees. Mr. Hale said (he amendment proposed was subject to a point of order, even though it should be reported by the foreign relations committee, as it was general legislation. "Do you know of any appropriation bill passed in the last lew years ” inquired Mr. Allen, "that has not curried with it general legislation?” Mr. Hale replied that much matter was I put into appropriation bills by unanimous consent that would be subjee". to a point of order. "Under the rules of the Senate and under those of the House-—which are very strict—general legislation does not belong upon appropriation bills,” he said. Mr. Cannon then offered his resolution, which he asked to lie over until to-morrow, when he would submit some remarks upon It. The resolution follows: "Whereas, The people of the republic of Cuba are and of right ought to be free ami independent; and, "Whereas. The continuance of the barbarous warfare of Spain in her attempt to subjugate the patriots of that republic is in violation of the law of humanity, is a menace to the freedom and progress of the peopies of the Western hemisphere, anti is full justification for a demand by the government of the United States that Spain shall withdraw' her land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban wr.ters and we shall leave that republic and her people to their enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; therefore, be it „ "Resolved. By the Senate, that the President of the United States is urged to notify the kingdom of Spain that if Spain shall fail to recognize the independence of the republic of Cuba on qr l>efore the 4th day of March, 1898, the government of the United States will, on that date, recognize the belligerency in Cuban patriots and will, within ninety days thereafter, assert the independence of the republic of Cuba."

MR. MASON’S RESOLUTION. Mr. Mason then came to the front with his resolution, saying he would discuss it to-morrow. It follows: "Whereas, The war between Spain and the insurgents of Cuba has continued until all Christendom is shocked by its barbarities. Pretended Autonomy has been offered by Spain and refused by the Cubans in arms. The Spaniards, as a war measure, burned the homes and drove the women and children (since known as eoncentrados) ir to fortified towns, where some of them have been starved, others have been murdered and women and children have been debauched and treated beyond the power of language to describe. Daughters of insurgent soldiers have been sola into houses of infamy and boys of tender years have been shot as sides, under the form of civilized war. American citizens have been driven into the towns and refused an opportunity to work, and left to starve as a part of the Spanish war measure, until we were compelled to take by appropriating funds of the people of tha United States, largo sums of money to feed and clothe our citizens and to return them to our country, and now has the Spanish war measure of concentration continued so far that the eoncentrados are unfed and starving, naked and filthy, insomuch that disease and death is among them, and has spread into our own country. "Hundreds of thousands have perished in this way, and by this means the unholy work of extermination goes on; the slaughter of innocents and noncombatants goes on; the fiyg of truce has been abandoned, and .the extermination or independence of the nsurgents must be the final outcome. The people of the United States are sending money, food and clothing to Cuba to aid the dying Cubans, which ought to be furnished by Spain for the reason that the ,;*oncentrados are the legitimate wards of Spain, having been put in their present starving condition as a Spanish war measure. and their care should devolve upon Spain, and would so be regarded by every civilized nation in the world. Under the present charity seeking of the administration, charitably disposed citizens of the United States cannot contribute money, medicine, food or clothing to the insurgents in the field or hospital, and should any attempt be made to do so, it w'ould be prevented by order of the government of the United States. "All parties declared before the last election in favor of the independence of Cuba, and the Republican party emphasized its opinion as follows; ‘From the hour of achieving their own independence the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from the European domination. We watch with deep and abiding interest the heroic battles of the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression. And our best hopes go out for the full success of their determined contest for liberty. The government of Spain having lost, control of Cuba and being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens, or to comply with its treaty obligations, we believe that the government of the United States should actively use its influence and good offices to • restore peace and give independence to the island.’ (Cuban plank in the Republican platform adopted by the Republican national convention at St. Louis, June 16, 1896A "The people, of the United States do not seek to acquire title to Cuba, nor do they seek to gain advantage in any way. directly or indirectly, of any nation by reason of this barbarism called war. They do not complain of our loss of trade with Cuba, and have patiently l>orne the assault on the health of the people by the filth of Spanish rule in Cuba. They seek no redress for loss of business, or health, or money. They have patiently waited, not wishing (even indirectly) to Interfere with the affairs of other nations, until the stench on our very borders has passed eiulurance, and the barbarous situation in Cuba has become a stain upon our continent and a blot upon our civilization. "The people of the United States, demanding no personal profit, having no fear and seeking no favor, clear and conscious as to the justice of our position, do. in the presence of the civilized nations of the world, and in the name of justice and liberty, demand that the so-called war In Cuba must cease; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the President of the United States l>e, and he is hereby, requested to notifv Spuin and the insurgents of Cuba that the war (so-called) must at once cease.,'and be discontinued, and that the United States of .America hereby declare, and will maintain, peace on the island of Cuba.” Mr. Stewart secured the adoption of a resolution directing the postmaster general to tftid to the Senate the cost of carrying vajlous classes of mail matter. mils were passed to ratify the agreement between the Dawes commission and the Seminole Nation of Indians and to amend an act declaring a certain bridge across the Tallahatchie river in Mississippi, a lawful structure. THE CORBETT CASE. In accordance with notice previously given, Mr. Chandler called up the resolution in regard to the Uorbett case and made a speech in favor of seating the claimant as a senator from Oregon. Mr. Chandler submitted, in opening his argument, a supplementary statement from Mr. Corbett himself, In which lie discussed some points

of the case and defined liis personal position Mr. Chandler then began his remarks. In an extended ugument Mr. Chandler maintained that whenever a vacancy occurred In the Senate and the Legislature of the State had failed to till the vacancy, the Governor of the State had the constitutional right to fill it by appointment, lie said it seemed perfectly plain to him as ihe evident intention of the framers of the Constitution that the Governor of a State should have the right to appoint, in case tiie vacancy existed while the legislature was not in session. After an extended legal discussion of the meaning of certain words ami phrases in the clause of the Constitution 1 tearing upon the choice of senators, Mr Chandler said he went to the extreme limit by maintaining that the plain and unequivocal meaning of the statute was that, in no possible circumstances. except where the Legislature was actimliy In session at the time the appointment was m ule, was it right for the Senate to refuse to seat un appointee of the Governor of a State. At the conclusion of Mr. Chandler’s remarks tire Senate, on motion of Mr. Davis, chairman of the foreign relations committee, went into executive session and at 3:20 p. m. adjourned. Minister Woodford's Note. WASHINGTON. Feb B.—lt is said at the State Department that all attempts to state the nature of the Spanish reply to Minister Woodford’s note of last December, at least so far as correspondents on this side of the Atlantic are concerned, are purely speculative and must be so of necessity, for the reason that up to this time tile department itself does not know even the substance of the reply. This disposes of the stories that

have appeared to the effect that the administration has been deeply stirred by cablegrams from Mr. Woodford relative to the Spanish answer. Senor Depuy Dp the Spanish minister, called at the State Department to-day and spent some time in consultation with Mr. Kasson, the special plenipotentary, talking over the proposed reciprocity treaties to be arranged between the United States and Spain. The Spanish minister has been informed-that Dr, Anguelo v’iil come to Washington to represent the autonomous government of Cuba in fixing the details of the treaties. Another Spanish Cruiser Coining. MADRID, Feb. 8. —The Spanish government has decided to send the Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo to Havana and thence to New York. TO PROTECT GAME AND FISH. Resolutions Adopted hy the Interstate Conference of Wardens. CHICAGO, Feb. B.—ls the resolutions passed by the interstate game and fish conference at to-day’s session are carried into effect, persons who seek to take advantage of the hunting seasons in the Northwestern States will probably have some difficulty in marketing the game they kill. A resolution W’as adopted recommending that hunters of deer and large game be compelled to pay a license for the season. The resolution advised that the resident hunters be assessed 81 for a season’s hunting and that nonresident sportsmen be charged $25 for a season’s sport. This law’ is now in effect in Michigan and. Wisconsin, and the representatives from those States say it has proven very satisfactory and that their game has been protected by it. A resolution was also passed looking to the prohibition of the sale of gumu killed in the Northwestern States. The conference finished its labors at the Great Northern Hotel this evening, and after resolving itself into a permanent organization, to be known as the Interstate Game and Fish Protective Association, the delegates adjourned. Senator J. N. Green, of Wisconsin, was retained as president of the permanent body, and S. F. Fuller, an executive agent of the Minnesota State Game and hish Association, was elected to remain in the office of secretary. The recommendation made by the conference was that all shooting of water fowl should be prohibited between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1 of each year. Other recommendations were that a law be passed by all the Northwestern States declaring all game the property of the State where game is found, before and after "the killing, and that no one shall acquire any property right in game, but it shall always be and remain in the State, subject to such laws as the different States shall pass; that the convention is of the opinion that the coid storage of wild game is one of the most conducive methods of assisting in the utter extermination of game, and should be prohibited by the most stringent laws; tiiat the deer season should open on the Ist day of November each year and continue for twenty days, inclusive, with five days to dispose of game.

COWARD AND SCOUNDREL 1 . TERMS APPLIED TO THE WHITER OF AX ANONYMOUS LETTER. Judge Woodward. Wlio Ik Presiding at the Trial of Sheriff Martin and Deputies, Indignant. * WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Feb. B.—Before the trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies was resumed to-day Judge Woodward stated that he had received an anonymous letter stating that if he did not do certain things something would happen, and a threat was made. The judge said: “The man who wrote this will probably hear what we have to say, and I want to tell him that he is a scoundrel and a coward, and that no such dishonorable means will in any way affect my judgment.” Judge Woodward ruled out certain evidence given yesterday by John Costello, a witness for the prosecution, and which had been objected to by the. defense. During the course of Costello’s testimony yesterday he stated that he had said to Deputy Hess, referring to the shooting of the strikers: “This is a nice thing you have done.” Costello said he had replied angrily: "Shut up, or I’ll treat you the same way,” at the same time leveling his rifle at Costello’s head. Costello was recalled and asked to tell what he saw from Farley’s Hotel to Luttimer. Ho said that he saw eight wounded men lying along the road and three dead men. He stated that he did what he could for the wounded, and that he had found no weapons on any of them. Evan Jones, chief of police at West Hazelton, testified that the strikers reached West Hazelton on the afternoon of the shooting, and there met the sheriff and deputies. They carried a flag and talked rather loud, but they had no arms and made no disturbance. The sheriff told them that they could not march to Lattimer, and that they must go home, whereupon he tJones) induced them to go back, and showed them how they could march by a side street. John Lynch, the next witness, testified that be was at West Hazelton when the strikers arrived, and that they were unarmed and orderly. The sheriff told some of tlfe spectators they had better get out of the way, as there was liable to be trouble if the strikers did not disperse. The witness further testified that Deputy Manly struck him with a gun as he was moving off the street, and that another man had also been struck. One deputy pointed his gun at a striker and said: "I could get a bead on that fellow’.” Deputy Ferry told a man who was sympathizing with a striker whose head was bleeding ihat if he did not shut up he would blow off his head. Witness denied, on cross-examination, that he had a blackjack and tried to hit a deputy with it. Herman Pottinger. of Hazelton, said that while he was at West Hazelton on the day of the shooting Deputy Henry Deihl threatened to "blow my brains out if I did not get off the road.” Another deputy said: "I bet I drop six of them when I get over there.” The cross-examination failed to shake Pottinger’s story. The testimony of the other witnesses examined to-day was along the same line, relating to the scenes at the plaoe of disturbance and showing that the strikers were unarmed. John Fortschek said that Chief of the Coal and Iron Police Hampton was the man who tore the flag at West Hazelton. Simon Kowalski said: "Mr. Dodson, a deputy, came over as I was helping a wounded man and said: ’You run away oil’ll shoot you. too.’ ’’ Waiter Pekerski said that at AN est Hazelton the sheriff was pointing his revolver at everybody near him. Counsel for the defense claimed that District Attorney Martin was merely taking up time in asking each witness if the strikers were armed. "Will you admit it?" asked Martin. “No. sir; we admit nothing.” "Then we will go ahead and prove it.” "Go on." said Talmer; "it will take you seven years.” . , , After several other witnesses had been heard court adjourned. LYNCHERS THWARTED. Moli of 2.000 11a tiled ly Heiuoval of a Murderer from Jail. BURLINGTON. la., Feb. 8.- The foresight of the officers in removing Storms, the confessed murderer of Mrs. Rathbum and her daughter, to WJpello, la., prevented a lynching here to-night. A mob of two thousand persons surrounded the jail late this evening and demanded the surrender of the prisoner. Not until an hour after committees from the mob bad been allowed to search the jail and had reported that Storms was not there did tho crowd disperse. It is said the leaders will be prosecuted. Councilmeii Sent to Jail. INDEPENDENCE. Ky.. Feb. 8.-Judgc Tarvln to-night ordered the Seven Covington couneilmen held for contempt to be put in jail and kept there until they purge themselves of contempt of court. He says they ure not entitled to a hearing in court on any point but that of contempt. The seven men ure crowded in two small cells. TO C’IRE A COLD IN OXE DAY Take Laxative Hromu Quinine Tablets. All druir(ttwte) refund money if it falls to cure. 25c. Tlte genuine has L. B. <j. on each tablet.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1898.

OLD FRIEND WELCOMED MINISTER THOMAS GREETED BY KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN. Third Time the American Hus Represented His Country at the Same Court—General Foreign News, STOCKHOLM, Feb. 8.-William M. Thomas, the new American minister to Sweden and Norway, was received in special audience to-day by King Oscar for the purpose of presenting his credentials. This is the third time Mr. Thomas has represented the United States as minister to Stockholm, something unprecedented in the history ol the Swedish court. At. noon Mr. Thomas was waited on at his apartments in the Grand Hotel by the grand master of ceremonies of the court, Count Bynde, in full uniform. Accompanied by Count Bonde, Minister Thcmas was conveyed to the royal palace in the King’s own carriage, the celebrated “seven glass carriage” as it is called. This magnificent equipage was drawn by four richly caparisoned horses. In advance galloped an outrider. At the palace gate the guard presented arms. At the entrance to the state chambers of the palace the United States minister was received by two high chamberlains and conducted between files of the royal guards of honor to the first marshal of the court, Count Von Rosen, by whom Minister Thomas was ushered into the audience chamber. There he was received by King Oscar with great cordiality. The King was clad in the full uniform of a general of the Swedish army, and wore upon his breast the star and blue cordon of the Seraphim, the highest order of Swfden, and the star and tri-colored cordon of St. Olof, the only order of Norway. Minister Thomas presented his credentials with a brief speech. King Oscar in replying expressed his pleasure at receiving the "kindly greetings of tho President and people of the United States,” and said it was also his earnest desire to maintain and draw.’ even more closely the ties of friendship which have always bound together the United Kingdom and the United States. His Majesty further said that he well knew that Mr. Thomas came here with love for the people of Sweden and Norway, founded on old acquaintance, as he had w-ell fulfilled his mission before. Consequently, the Kirg added that Minister Thomas w’ould worthily fulfill it again and the United States could ever rely upon his Majesty’s co-operation and sympathy.

TURKISH HAREM STORY. Sultan'* I,oss In the Death of YaverAga, Chief of the Etmnehs. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8. —An exclusive cablegram to the Globe-Democrat from Vienna says: Abdul Hamid has just sustained a severe loss through the sudden death of Yaver-Aga, the kizlar agassy or chief of the eunuchs, of tho imperial seraglio, who throughout the present reign has been one of the most influential figures in Turkish politics, a personage to whose advice many of the most shrewd and clever devices of tho Sultan in dealing with the foreign powers were justly attributed. By virtue of his strange office he was entitled to be addressed as your Highness, and ranked immediately next to the grand vizier, and before either the Cabinet ministers or the great mi.itary dignitaries, even Khedive Abbas of Egypt and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria the latter in his capacity of Turkish governor general of Eastern Roumelia, being compelled at Constantinople to yield the pas to the hideously ugly monster, for Yaver-Aga was frightful to behold, being almost six feet six inches high, coal black, with a small head, narrow shoulders, an enormous stomach and the squeaky and shrill voice peculiar to his class. His official title was that of "Keeper of the deys hr paradise,” the Oriental idea of paradise being a place peopled with houris as lovely as those of the Sultan's harem. Yaver-Aga has been for the past two and twenty years in absolute control of the latter, the despotic master of the whole feminine portion of the household of the Sultan and responsible to the latter lor the safekeeping and fidelity and the discipline of every one of the women, no matter whether Sultannas or mere odalisques. He was'probabiy the only man in the whole of the Ottoman empire whom the Padishah implicitly trusted, and w’hose advice was usually directed against the European powers. Ya-ver-Aga was a Mohammedan of the most fanatic and bigoted type, and there is much at Constantinople to indicate that he w r as one of the principal instigators of the Armenian massacres. As chief eunuch of the harem, it was his duty to attend to the punishment of those women who had offended the Sultan, and many hundreds of fair ones have, by his directions, been sown into sacks and pitched, under the cover of night, into the swift-flowing waters of the Bosphorus. There are several hundred eunuchs employed in the imperial seraglio, two-thirds of them coal black and tno remainder w hite. But they constitute a form of luxury which is slowly but surely disappearing from modern Mohammedan life, as is also polygamy, most of the leading Turkish dignitaries, pashas and beys at Constantinople nowadays contenting themselves w’itlx one wife, by w’hich matrimonial rule they not only comply with the requirements oC their marriages, but try to avoid al) those harem intrigues, jealousies and disputes that constitute the curse of domestic life in Mohammedan countries. The chief eunuch of the Sultan’s eldest married daughter. Princess Zekte, has been nominated to succeed Yaver-Aga as the second dignitary of the realm. Yaver’s colossal fortune, part of which he owed to the perogative of his office of charging 10 per cent, on everything entering and leaving the seraglio, and to the costlv gifts he received from native and foreign dignitaries, has been confiscated by the feultan, the Aga having left no heirs. DENTIST EVANS’S WILL. American Heirs Have Decided to Contest the Document. PARIS. Feb. S.—Tito will of the late millionaire dentist Thomas W. Evans, who attempted to bequeath most of his fortune,, amounting to something like $10,00(1,000, to the establishment of a dental institute and museum, named after himself, in Philadelphia, is to be contested. The matter came up in the Palais de Justice on Saturday, and a lawyer representing Rudolph H. Evans, a brother of the famous dentist, announced that he would contest the will, though by so doing he forfeited the SIO,OOO left him by bis brother, there being a clause in the will disinherting any legatee who should attempt a contest. Rudolph Evans is the father of the Marquis d'Oyley, a nephew of Dr. Evans, who is also a dentist in Paris, and the person Dr. Evans took great pains to disinherit. The will expressly states that neither the Marquis d’Oyley, who w r as originally John Henry Evans, nor any of his descendants shall receive anything from the Thomas W. Evans estate. This clause follows the above provision in the will: "This I do after mature reflection and for reasons known as well to said John Henry Evans as to me.” These reasons, according to Thomas NV. Evans, were that John Henry wore decorations to which he had no right; that he had assumed the title of baron w ithout authority from the College of Heralds; that he falsified Evans’s family tree to suit his own purposes, and finally succeeded in being made Marquis d’Oyley by the Pope. John Henry’s decorations were particularly disagreeable to Dr. Evans, who looked upon the other as a presumptuous imitator <>f himself, the most decorated man in Europe. A number of the American heirs under the will that is to be contested are in Paris and have been for several weeks searching vainly for a later will. The idea that another is extant is now given up and the contest is consequently about to begin. * NOT THE SAME PEST. GcriuuiiM Deny the Identity of the Hlutliius with the San Juw Scale. BERLIN. Feb. B.—An official newspaper to-day denies the identity of the German bluntlaus with the San Jose scale, on authority of the president ‘of the Pomological College at Geisenheirn. Thus far the Bundezrath resolution regarding American fruit has been fairly applied. There has been only a single case of complaint. Eighty-one boxes of American fruit stopped at Hamburg are alleged to be infected by the San Jose bug. In the Reichstag to-day,

before tho budget committee, Count Posodowsky, minister of the interior, said the San Jose louse, according to American entomologists, was a very dangerous insect. The Federal government, he added, had been obliged to act promptly but considerately, and expert investigations were proceeding, on which tho final decision of the government would be based. Regarding the United States treatment of German sugar, Count Posodowsky said negotiations were progressing, the result .of which must be aw’aited. Baron Von Thielman. the secretary of tho imperial treasury, admitted that the complaints of unfair customs treatment of German sugars were justified, and he thought that the revival of the American beet sugar industry was especially injurious to the German export trade. Germans Sow Ealing Our Fruit. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.—lt is intimated the German authorities are beginning to believe that they have acted with undue precipitation in the enforcement of tho decree excluding American fruits, and it is said that a disposition is shown to attribute the severity of the action to the excessive zeal of subordinate officers stationed at the principal ports and on the frontier. To-day Ambassador White cabled the State Department that the present importation of live plants was absolutely ‘prohibited, but that fresh fruit not infected was being admitted freely. Inasmuch as the value of the Jive plants and shrubs exported from the United States to Germany last year was only a little more than $8,009, the last phase of the exclusion decree is not regarded as of very large importance. -A Disastrous Earthquake*. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. B.—Earthquake shocks continue to be felt at Balikesr, Asia Minor, and in its vicinity. About 4,000 people have been rendered homeless, some 3.6C0 houses, 30 mosques and 15 khans have been more or less destroyed and 120 persons have been killed' or injured. Cable Note*. The British troops have occupied Beregouron and Bashore in the Borgu country, west coast of Africa. lOWA FINANCIAL "LAN * EX-GOV. HORACE BOIES OUTLINES HIS MONEY SCHEME. ♦ llow He Would Provide a Redeemable Government Currency anil Break the “Endless Chain.”

FAIRFIELD, la., Feb. 8.-Ex-Governor Horace Boies piado an address on the financial question here to-night. It was his first utterance on the subject since the publication of the widely quoted letters, in which he denied the sacred and irrevocable nature of party platforms, and insisted that the battle for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, having been fought under the most favorable circumstances and the demand defeated at the polls, the Democratic party should abandon the financial plank of 1596 and endeavor‘to rally on new grounds. His speech to-night embodied a plan for a redeemable government currency on which he thinks all Democrats should be able to agree. He said in part: “In less than another decade the national banks will hold the purse-strings ot this government, and in the United States will w’ield a power before which thrones have crumbled and republics have disappeared, or they will be upon the highroad to final and complete extinction. If the latter, some plan wall have been discovered for the preservation of a national paper currency excluding all others, sufficient in volume to constitute a just measure of value and answ’er all the requirements of business, susceptible of expansion or contraction as the necessities of government and people require, absolutely sound in every part and every particular, and so guarded by law that it will be invulnerable to attack from enemies without or within. "No one metal is sufficient for the basis of sucli a currency. To endure, it must have its root in the Constitution, with gold xind silver so interwoven and welded about it that no pow’er on earth can tear them apart or make one the superior of the other. I would not retire a single dollar of our existing national currency, or change it in any respect, except to make it redeemable in the same way. The endless chain that has made so much trouble in the past can be rendered harmless without a farthing’s depreciation of a single dollar of our present currency, and without a tremor in all the business enterprises in the country, and our mountains and mines employing liundieds of thousands of our own laborers at remunerative wages will furnish in abundance the basis for the soundest and best paper currency that man has ever know’n. "Wo have now 7 in the treasury of the United States, the sole property' of the Nation. more than $50,000,000 worth of silver bullion at its present market price, besides an idle gold reserve of $100,000,000, kept tiiere for the redemption of our national paper currency. We have outstanding in United States notes a little less than $350,000,000, and in treasury notes in or out of the treasury nearly $150,001,000 more. And we have’ also outstanding over $350,000,003 in silver certificates, every dollar of v.’hich is now existing national currency. “Every one of these notes bears upon its face a promise of the government to redeem it on demand. The United States notes are by their terms payable in money generally. But a solemn pledge of the government makes them payable in coin. The treasury 7 notes by' their terms are payable in coin, and the silver certificates in silver dollars. There are two places where United States and treasury notes can he presented for redemption, ono a4 the subtreasury’ in New York, the other in San Francisco. At present these notes are redeemable in gold if gold is demanded, and thereupon aro reissued as money. "Experience has demonstrated that a reserve of 25 per cent, is sufficient to secure the redemption of paper currency issued by a solvent bank, the notes of which are to be reissued as fast as redeemed. The government of the United States is an entirely solvent institution. If a reserve equal to that deemed necessary for a bank can be constantly maintainedin gold or its equivalent without the slightest danger that such reserve could be diminished, all ought to concede that a national currency based upon it would be and alw’ays remain a sound currency. This can easily be accomplished, and the government, instead of losing by the transaction can release for other purposes $5(j,0t)0,000 of its present idle gold reserve. How? Let Congress provide that for the redemption of existing United States and treasury notes there shal! be maintained in tho treasury a reserve of 25 per cent, of the aggregate face value of such notes outstanding, one-half in silver bullion at Us market value, and one-half in gold at tlie same value. Tiiat three days’ grace shall be allowed for their redemption after demand and deposit in the treasury for tiiat purpose. That they shall be redeemed in gold or silver at the government’s option at the market price of the metal used for such purpose, or in coin of either metal at the government’s option, if coin is demanded, and shall thereupon be reissued as at present provided. That on the day of redemption the treasurer shall purchase in the open market a quantity of bullion equal to tiiat required for the redemption of notes deposited. We would then have a reserve for tiiat purpose that could neither be increased nor diminished. Not an additional dollar of expense would be incurred by the government, and its existing United States and treasury notes would be as sound as any paper currency can possibly be made. No raid upon the treasury w’ould ever occur.” MEXICO’S ANCIENT CITY. Prof. Savllle Tell* of What ll** Savr in the Ruins of Pulenqoe. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. S.—Professor Saviile, connected with the American Museum of Natural History, has returned from an exploration in the State of Chiapas, where he vuitdd the. ruins of Palenque, and his report confirms the previous Reports of the vast extent of that ancient city and the elaborate character of the ornamentation of tho houses, which are now concealed with the dense forest growth. Inside of the buildings magnificent stucco and terracotta figures are covered with incrustations, and from the walls hang hundreds of stalactites. Professor Savillc said this was wonderful, and it is one of the few places in the world where such could be found. Poioerat* Will Reply t Llnilsay. FRANKFORT. Ky., Feb. X.-The State Senate to-day adopted a resolution for a committee to prepare an address in reply to the speech of Senator Lindsay at Washington last Friday. The Republican senators refused to vote on the resolution. The eominittee will give its reasons for the original resolution requesting Mr. Lindsay io resign on account of his financial views and will then reply to his speech.

LEAGUE OF WHEELMEN ♦ DELEGATES AT ST. 1,01 IS READY FOR THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. * * Potter Likely to Be Re-Elected President—Action of the Committee on Highway Improvements. —• ST. LOUIS. Feb. B.—Almost the entire delegation to the National League of American Wheelmen has arrived, and to-night the parlors of the Southern IJotel are thronged with the wheelmen shaking hands and renewing acquaintances. The only meeting of the evening was that of the chief consuls for the purpose of discussing the best method for recruiting new members and keeping up the membership by renewals. A number of papers were read by the chief consuls and secretary and treasurers of the large divisions. The meeting lasted till after 10 o’clock, and the spirit of an “experience meeting’’ largely pervaded the proceeding. The principal subject of discussion among the delegates Is the political situation and the probable result of the election. On all sides it is admitted that the prospects for the re-election of President Potter and the carrying through of the entire ticket are excellent, but at the same time it is also admitted that there is a spirit of opposition in the air w'hich cannot be located. It is stated that 200 votes have been pledged to Mr. Potter and his ticket and only 171 are required for election. No opponent has as yet been announced, although the New Jersey delegation held a secret caucus this afternoon behind closed doors and refused to reveal the nature of their discussion other than it pertained to the election. It Is stated that the Illinois delegation has come to the assembly without having agreed on any ticket, and the New York delegation express a feeling that Illinois may eventually fall In line with them. To-morrow will be wholly devoted to the discussion of good roads. Prominent men from all over the country, who are advocates of good roads, have been invited to deliver addresses. Thursday morning the assembly will begin v-ork in earnest. The morning session will begin at 10 o’clock and the reports of officers will be passed upon. Heretofore these reports have always been rendered, but in view of shortening the time thus consumed, they have this year been printed and a copy has been given to each delegate, which will eliminate the necessity of reading. A recess will then be taken till 2 o’clock, at which time the election of officers will take place. After that the assembly w'iil take up different questions for tinal discussion. The principal question will be that of the proposition to grant local option to the different divisions for Sunday racing. A vast majority of the members at large have expressed themselves as not being in favor of Sunday racing, while a small minority consider it would be better. A male vote of the Missouri division was recently taken and the result w r as a bare majority in favor of it, whereas, it was expected there would be an almost unanimous expression in favor of it. Just what the assembly will decide upon is a matter of speculation among the delegates. The national committee on highway improvements of the League of American Wheelmen held a protracted conference today, with Otto Corner, of Milwaukee, in the chair. Besides the chairman there were only three other members of the national committee present. They were A. B. Choate, of Minnesota; Wallace Sherw r ood, of Indiana, and W. A. Connelly, of Illinois. The following resolution was adopted: "We, the national committee on highway improvements of the 1,. A. W.. in meeting assembled in conference with the chairman of various state highway committees, heartily indorse the recommendation of General Bay Stone to Postmaster General Gary, suggesting the loaning of funds of the proposed postal savings banks to States and municipal corporations for the construction of wagon roads, thereby investing the small savings of postal savings depositors in a manner + hey cannot otherwise loan them, and at a lower rate of interest than can be secured for road purposes, and at the same time distributing the funds to the more sparsely-settled portions of the country instead of congesting it in money Centers.”

Western Hull Association. BT'RLINGTON, la.. Feb. B.—The Western Baseball Association held a special session here to-day behind closed doors. The principal business transacted was the turning over of Quincy’s franchise to Ottumwa and the dropping of Rockford. The latter action was caused by the refusal of Rockford to turn over to the association the receipts of last Decoration day. as agreed in advance. Rock Island w-ill probably be taken in in place of Rockford. The association circuit now consists of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, St. Joseph, Peoria, Ottumwa, Burlington. Dubuque and probably Rock Island. Later it was decided to give Rockford till Feb. lo to pay up, failing in which Rock Island will be given the franchise. President Hickey was authorized to complete the circuit on these conditions. Sunday games will be divided between Burlington, Des Mcines and Cedar Rapids. Sale of Trotter*. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. B.—This, the second day of the sale of trotters, was the best here iri years. Buyers from all pons of the country bid. Wilkes Boy, the eigh-teen-year-old trotting stallion, brought 13,*>oo, going to R. C. Estill, Lexington. Kincorn, a brood mare, ten years old, dam of four better than 2:30, went to A. A. Austin, Boston, Mass., for $2,300. Austin also paid $1,020 ::or a yearling by Wilkes Boy, dam Kinco. a. G. Reusens, of New York, bought Prince of Indra, six years old, by Baron Wilkes, for $1,580; William Simpson, of New York, bought Amarylla, three-srear-old5 r ear-old by Liberty Bell, for $1,600, and Amaryllis, ten years old, by Director, for SI,OOO. Ninety-eight head all told were sold to-day for $38,565, an average of $304. WAR CLOUD_HAS GONE. (Concluded from First Page.) cere friends we regard Russia’s natural development wdth unenvious sympathy (cheers), and France’s* efforts to obtain fresh trade outlets in*Tonquin are quite natural, while it is far from us to oppose England’s just interests in any way or in any direction. Despite contrary views in English newspapers, it is well known in authoritative quarters in London that, in the interests of peace and culture, we desire to cultivate relations of harmonious co-opera-tion with Great Britain. (Renewed cheers.) Our modest demands have neither menaced tho integrity of China nor called for justifiable objections on her part.” Baron Von Buelow then gave the details of the Kaioehau convention, already known, and explained that a German-Chi-nese commission would delimit the Kiaochau territory to be an area of from thirty to fifty square kilometres and thus considerably larger than the British possessions at Hong-Kong. *A map. he said, had been submitted to the budget committee, but the northern boundary there indicated had begn pushed forward slightly for military reasons, which became known subsequently. Nothing had yet been decided as to the amount to be paid to China; but they need not get gray hairs over that, for the amount could not be large, because it was not regarded as payment for leased land, but merely as legal formality acknowledging the continuance of theoretical possession by the Emperor of China. Regarding the railway, Baron Von Buelow said the following had been agreed on: China had promised to intrust to a GermanChinese company, yet to be formed, the construction of a rail tray from Kiaoehau. proceeding first northward, then westward till it connected eventually with the great projected Chinese railway system. The line would i>e laid, said Von Buelow, so as to touch the coal fields of Weihsejn and Foshan to the north of Kiaoehau. The right to work tlie coal deposits had been granted to German contractors, and China had granted the railway company conditions as favorable as tlfose granted to any other European-Chlnese railway company. Negotiations detailing and extending these concessions in a certain direction were still proceeding favorably. Enron Von Buelow- repeated that Germany desiml the continqed existence of the Chinese empire and saw no reason why it should not last another three thousand years. Nor had Germany apy intention of encroaching ir any way on the interests of Japan, ”who 2 rapid development inspires us with respect.” in conclusion he said; “English, French and Russian interests are equally far removed in Kiaoehau. which, by reliable authorities, is regarded as eminently suitable to German needs for the construction of railways and harbor works. We rely on the eo-operation of German private capital. We believe the seed we have sown will bear good fruit. We shall proceed step by step, not as conquistandors or calculators, but as able merchants like the Maccabees of yore, a weapon In one hand but a trowel in the other. 1 have raised no castles in the air. The acquisition of Kiaochau will be conducive to the propagation of the Christian faith as well as Uu eeo-

nomical development and political power of the German people.” (Loud cheers.) Baron Von Richthofen, under secretary for the colonies, said no negotiations hail occurred regarding the Chinese loan, and consequently there was no danger of Germany participating In a guarantee of the Interest. Herr Bcbel, the Socialist leader, condemned the seizure of Iviaochau as “no better than the Jameson raid.” He was about tt> refer to the famous ”gospel-of-your-Maj-esty’s-consecrated- person” speech of Prince Henry of Prussia, when the president of the chamber interposed and forbade him to introduce the sovereign into the debate. Sevother speakers participated, most of them approving the course of the government. Baron Von Bueiow. rising again, said the establishment of a free port at Kaioehau would probably best correspond to Ger- ’ many’s interests in the fviture. but they ought not to pledge themselves at the very outset. ”1 think.” be said, "it would be best to keep independent in this respect, as England has at Hong-Kong.” Referring then to Crete, he declared: “What will become of the island rests in the bosom of the immortal gods. We will share in no positive pressure on the Porte; neither will we allow ourselves to lie drawn into complications on account of Crete. If strife arises we shall step aside quietly, lay our flute on the table and quit the concert hall.” _ OBITUARY. Gen. John Cochran, Who Rifn for Vice President on the Fremont Ticket. NEW YORK. Feb. S.—General John Cochran, who died late last night, was an oldtime. lawyer, who made a good record as a lighter during the civil war. On July 17, 1862, while with the Army of the Potomac, he was made a brigadier general. In 1864 ho was nominated for vice president of the United States on the independent Republican ticket, General John C. Fremont being the candidate for President. General Cochran also served as attorney general of the State of New lorn, as president of the New York aldermanic board, and in 1889 was appointed to a police justiceship. One of the most notable things in his career was his selection to till the unexpired term for mayor of New York city at the time of the of Oakley Hall. Joseinli P. Smith's Funeral. URBANA, 0., Feb. B.—The funeral £f Joseph P. Smith took place at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the family residence. President McKinley sent word that he would be unable to attend. He sent, however, his representatives, Hon. Charles G. Dawes, controller of the currency; Hon. J. K. Richards, solicitor general; Hon. Joseph E. Bristow, fourth assistant postmaster general, arid Hon. Thomas Cridon, third assistant secretary of state. The remains were placed in a private vault. Other Deaths. WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—A telegram received by Mr. A. F. Pulido, attache of the Venezuela legation here, anonurfees the death of his father, Dr. Lucio Pulido, in Venezuela yesterday morning. The deceased was seventy-four years of age and was an eminent statesman of Venezuela. He had served many years in the diplomatic corps in Europe and South America, and was at one time minister to the United States. He also tilled the office of minister of foreign affairs in his own country. BOSTON, Feb. S.—State Senator James E. Hayes, of Charlestown, who was taken to the City Hospital last Thursday evening, suffering from abdominal trouble, caused by a wrench in falling over a piece of ice. died at the hospital this morning. He was thirtytwo years of age. LONDON, Feb. S.—Hugh Matlieson, head of the firm of Jardine, Matlieson & Cos., and president of the Rio Tinto Mining Company. is dead. NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Artliur W. Sherman, cashier of the Gallatin National Bank, died at his home in this city to-night.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The South and West Commercial Congress convened yesterday at Tampa, Fla. After organizing the delegates were taken on a sight-seeing trip. Attorney Harmon concluded his speech in defense of Adolph L. Luetgert late yesterday on and to-day State’s Attorney Deneen will close for the prosecution. Nicholas Ludwiczewski, a lad of ten years, is dying in Harper Hospital, Detroit, from the effect of a penknife stab inflicted during a quarrel by an eight-year-old companion, Stephen Chrustowski. The South Atlantic and Gulf States quarantine convention will meet at Mobile, Ala., to-day with an attendance of about 300. representing the medical, sanitary, scientific, transportation, commercial and administrative interests of the country. Edward Hodgeman, the absconding treasurer of the Chicago Building Trades Council, has been located on his way to Klondike. He was arrested in a remote part of the Northwest Territory. Hodgeman’s shortage, it is said, may reach $15,000. The fourteenth annual convention of the Master House Painters’ and Decorators’ Association of the United States began at Philadelphia yesterday. Nearly four hundred delegates are in attendance. The association was organized in Chicago in 1885. Alfred Bradley, of Dayton, vice president of the Bradley Cordage and Tw'ine Company whose factory was destroyed by fire Monday, died yesterday from heart disease, brought on by the excitement resulting from the contiagration. He was overcome while at the fire. “Jim” Drake, a negro who attempted to assault Miss Stevenson, a young women employed at the Tennessee cotton mills, Nashville, yesterday w r as shot and fatally w r ounded by G. W. Stevenson, a brother of the young lady. Drake was on his way to jail, having just been captured. The fiftieth annual convention of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, which will be continued for three days, was begun at New' York yesterday at the Windsor Hotel. More than two hundred delegates, representing twenty-two different colleges in various sections of the country, are in attendance. H. J. Hainz, of Pittsburg, has consented to extend his offer of a donation of SIO,OOO to the Kansas City University to June 1 in response to numerous requests from members of the Methodist Protestant Church, provided the members of that denomination raise an equal amount in cash for the institution. The Fabre line steamer Burgundie has arrived at New York from Mediterranean ports with sixteen serfmen who were rescued in midocean from their sinking craft. They are Captain Larsen and fifteen of the crew of the Norwegian bark B. D. Metcalf, from Savannah, for Hamburg. The bark W'us abandoned Feb. 1. Relies of Major Andre. New' York Tribune. There will shortly be sold in a London auction room several interesting documents relating to the case of the ill-fated Major Andre, who was hanged by Washington as a spy, and whose monument. erected by express command of George 111, is familiar tb frequenters of Westminster Abbey. Among them is a letter from Colonel Benjamin TalYnadge. who had the custody of Andre until his execution; an autograph document signed by Colonel Jameson, of the Continental army, and a letter from John Lawrence. who was advocate at the trial. Andre was born in Clapton, and, in a closet in one of the side galleries in the abbey rnay be seen the identical chest in which, forty years afterward, the body was brought to London in .charge of Mr. Lockyer, the secretary of the Greenwich Hospital. The Modest Le Gnlllenue. Springfield Republican. Mr. Le Gallienne is in New York, and is going to lecture all over the country, read thing* out of his books and spend the summer in a cottage on the New England coast, along with his Danish wife. Le Gallienne is the person who lately told the world w'hat he would do "if I 'were God”— if. in fact, he were as omnipotent as lie is omniscient. " Thirteen American* in Jail. HERMOSILLO, Mexico, Feb. B.—News has just reached here of the murder of a Mexican in the placer district of Tepachl. 195 miles east of Hermosillo, as the result of which thirteen Americans are in jail at Tepachi pending an investigation. The names of the prisoners are not known. The American colony here is much aroused. Printer*’ Home Superintendent Quit* COLORADO SPRINGS. Col Fell. B.—Superintendent Charles E. Clark, of the Union Printers’ Home, of this city, has mailed his resignation to President William B. Prescott, of the International Typographical Union, to take effect June 1 next. The reason assigned for Mr. Clark's retirement is the ill health of his wife. Went Over the Fulls. OREGON CITY, Ore., Feb. S.—A boat containing five men went over the falls today. George Freeman, sr., his sons, George and James, and 1.. J. Shannon were drowned. Harry Freeman held to the bout and reached shore. The present high water will probably prevent recovery of the bodice-

LIKE GULDENSUPPE CASE MI'TIL A TED BODY FOUND IV EAST* RIVER, SEW YORK. Victim W'n n Man, and Half the lleail and Roth Arm* and Legs Were Missing—Police Puzzled. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.-The mutilated body of a man, without a stitch of clothing on it, was found in East river to-day. Half of the head was missing, the right leg was cut off at the hip, the left leg was cut off at the knee and both arms were gone, having been cut off close to the shoulder. The police believe that another murder mystery of a similar character to the recent Guldensuppe case has been unearthed by this discovery. The man had apparently been strangled to death, stabbed with some sharp instrument, thought to be a stiletto, and then cut to pieces. Around the neck were marks us though a rope had forced its way into the fiesh. On the portion of the left leg remaining on the body were three sharp cuts, which might have been made with a stiletto. There were bruises on the back which might have been caused by a struggle, and a small wound which is thought .‘o be a bullet hole. Not until an autopsy is held can t.he?e suppositions Lo verified. The body had been in the. water for a week or more. It is that of a mart of about five feet eight inches tall, broad shoulders and muscular body. The portion of his scalp which still remained was covered with sandy hair. The corpse appeared to be that of a laboring man. The entire front part of the head was cut off. Whereever dissection had taken place the cuts were regular, and razorlike. Inspector Cross said he was postive the had been murdered and that the muttlialion v.as to conceal the identity of the victim. Dr. E. J. Donlen, eproher’s physician, said that he had thus far been able to make only a superficial examination of the body and that he was able to draw only conclusions that might be upset by the autopsy which he will perform to-morrow. He said that lie had come tor the conclusion that the man was, in life, at least six feet in and that he weighed close to 220 pounds. He believed the body to have been that a man hot less than forty-live years. He said he had been dead much less than twenty-four hours when found. “My theory is,” Dr. Donlen said, “that the man died from injuries to his head. He w is either shot with a pistol or was struck on the head.” Dr. Donlen said that he did not think the cutting up of tlie body had been done by one skilled with the knife. Just above the point of amputation of the left leg Dr. Donlen discovered a wound which,, he thought, might havo been made with a bullet. The only mark found that could possibly lead to identification of the* corpse was and white wart over the right hip bone. - Movement* of Steamers. NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Arrived: Mississippi, from London; Normannia, from Naples; Bovic, from Liverpool; Mohawk, from London. Sailed: Havel, for Bremen; Georglc, for Liverpool. MALAGA, Feb. B.—Arrived Augusta Victoria, from New York. ROTTERDAM. Feb. B.—Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.-Arrived: Yicteria, from Shields. LONDON, Feb. B.—Arrived: Kensington, from Philadelphia. ANTWERP, Feb. B.—Arrived: Noordlund, from New' York.. LIVERPOOL, Feb. B.—Sailed: Ceplialonia, for Boston.

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