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FLOOD OP A P I LI CAT I O X S FItOJI YVOILD-HC A11MV OFFICIOUS. Volunteers AnxioaH to Secare Apliolntmeut ou the StnH Coro L'u2er the Ueorgranlzatlou Plan. HAWLEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE lie tx:lls the ritusiunxT thc AIX31V DILL. IS TO 1UZ FL'SIICIl. Demand for Stcnojjrnphrrn In the Philippines The 31oaiuito Kecosnired n. a. Spreader of Fever. Bprcial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Hundreds of applications for commissions In the regular army are betriff filed by ollicers of the volunteer force in expectation of the passage of the army reorganization bill. These appllcatlons come every day from officers on duty in the Philippines. A majority want appointments in the staff corps open to volunteers. This Is accounted for from the fact that higher positions can be secured there at the start than in the line, and also because most volunteer officers probably regard staff service as much easier than service in tho line. The reorganization bill, as it stands, provides for the appointment of volunteers to the regular line only as second lieutenants, while In the staff, though confined to the lowest grades, they would become captains and majors. About one-fourth of the volunteer Finn n npprs win re i üi ritui in nie ickufcirs. It 'is estimated that aoout 700 apf olntments to commissioned ollicers in the ; jnft-caed army-will have to be made from the volunteers, and all sorts of influence political, personal and social, and the greatest of these is tho third are being brought to bear upon the appointing power to secure what are coveted us" prizes. Opportunity for Stenographer. Elcial to tho lndianajxsüs Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. It Is not generally known -that the War Department, a short time ago, asked the Civil-service Commission to recommend a number of persons who had passed the examination for positions as stenographers and typewriters for service in the Philippines. The Civil-service Commission certified the names of thirty people to the War Department to till these positions. When they came here to accept the positions at a salary of $1,200 a year and were told the service would take them to the Philippines there were only four out of the thirty who would accept the position. In consideration of thl fact, the Cltil-servlce Commission has decided to set apart a day for the special examination of persons desiring to accept this service. The date Is not decided on. It is suggested that there may be many . people in Southwest Texas who can read and write Spanish as well as English and translate both languages with equal fluency who mig;ht desire one of these positions In the Philippines. Hawley Will Push the Army Dill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Senator Ilawley. of Connecticut,, chairman of the military committee of the Senate, had a talk with the President to-day about the situation of the army bill in the upper house. The senator told the President that he did not anticipate a prolonged contest in the Senate. He will go ahead with the bill as soon as the Senate reconvenes on Thursday, and, unless undue opposition develops, will not ask the friends of the ship subSidy to give priority to his measure, lia 1 of opinion now that the time before the expiration of the morning hour each day will suffice to dispose of the bill and eend it to conference, but if the unexpected should happen he may be forced to contest the right of way with the shipping bill. The senator expressed perfect confidence that there would be no filibustering against the army bill. Why Soldiers Do Not Get Papers. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. The postmaster general has received a letter from the dilector general of posts in the Philippines ctatlng that the complaints from soldiers of not receiving papers sent them from this country is due to the fact that a great number of club bundles of papers are opened in Manila and then forwarded without wrappers. The director general requests that publishers send all papers, except those addressed to newsdealers, in addressed single wrappers in order to insure their safe dispatch. WAK . OX MOSQUITOES. Instructions to Soldiers to Destroy 'IVIsslers" with Kerosene. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The United States government has formally recognized the responsibility of the mosquito for the transmission of yellow fever and malarial diseases. Thi3 fact Is indicated by the Issuance of a general order by Major General Wood, at Havana, directed to his post commanders, reciting that the chief surgeon of the department of Cuba has reported that It is now well established that malaria, yellow fever and malarial infection are transmitted by the bites of mosquitoes. Therefore the troops are enjoined to observe carefully two precautions. First, they are to use mosquito bar3 in all barracks, hospials and field service whenever practicable. Second, they are to destroy the . wigglers," or young mosquitoe?, by the rise of petroleum on the waters where they breed. Permanent pools or puddles are to be filled up. To the others are to be applied one ounce of kerosene to each fifteen equ tre feet of water twice a month, which ' will not only destroy the young, but the old mosquitoes. This does not injure drinking water if drawn from below and no; dipped out. Protection is thus secured, according to the order, because the mosquito does not tly far, seeks shelter when tho wind blows, and thus each community breeds its own mosquitoes. A dispatch from Havana, says: 'Investigations as to the mosquito as a propagator , of yellow fever continue to demonstrate tho relationship between the insect and the disease. The mosquito becomes infected and in turn infects human beings. The poison is not carried on the proboscis, b:t is generated In the insect. The tests, which have been most thorough and conclusive so far as they have been cirried. are being continued with most scientific precision. The Governor General recognize. officially the importance of the matter and will order that all barracks be provided with mosquito netting and that petroleum an ounce to each llfteen square fett of water surface Khali be twice a month spread over stagnant water In puddles, barrels or other receptacles. The egg3 and female mosquitoes are destroyed by this means. Tre oil and netting will be supplied to the soldiers." Trouble IXetwccn Russin nnd Germany WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Consul Talbot J. Albert, at Prun3wlck, Germany, has Informed the State Department that a new and important phase of the meat question has arisen between Russia and Germany. Russia has prohibited the importation of German meat, which has seriously affected one of the principal industries of Brunswick, the manufacture of various kinds of sausage, and has been the cause of a petition by the Chamber of Commerce to the ' Department of the Interior at Berlin calling attention to the commercial treaty with Rufia and urging that the Imports from Germany should not be barred from the llusslan market by any kind of prohibition. Tha Germans claim that certain product? cm enly b excluded under special cireumctrnces when hygienic or veterinary poller rc-rI tlons come Into question. Two of th r ; .: r"r3 cf Germany art of opinion tht t; o rr- -Itln recently issued by the' Ger

man government against tho importation of foreign meats into Germany has given a weapon to Russia and other foreign countries by which they will ward oft the efforts of the Germans to promote their trade.

Gallant Carpenter Rewarded. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The Navy Department has issued a general order commending the courage and gallantry of Franz Anton Itrich, chief carpenter's mate United States navy, and has awarded him a medal of honor and gratuity of $100. This action 13 based on a report made to the department by Commander E. P. Wood, commanding the United States steamer Petrel, to which Itrich was attached at the time. Prom the official records It appears that Itrich was a member of the whaleboat's crew which burned the Spanish vessels inside the harbor of Cavite on the afternoon of May 1, 1S3S, the day of the general action, and that the success attending the operation was largely due to his courage, coolness and Intelligence. Carpenter Itrich is now attached to the cruiser Iiuffalo under orders to proceed to the Asiatic station by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Tenia's Wireless Telegraphy. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A special to the Herald from Washington says: "Nikola Tesla has been invited by Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment, to submit for trial a system of wireless telegraphy which he has developed. M. Tesla says he will be able to provide the navy with a system which will be equal if not superior to that Invented by Signor Marconi. Before finally adopting any special system for the naval service Rear Admiral Bradford proposes to make a thorough Investigation of the various wireless telegraphy systems in operation. No official proposition has been received from Signor Marconi, and the department is not lnciined to accept his first proposal to furnish his apparatus to the American navy for 525,000 cash and $10,000 per year." "Wnltlnp? on the Senate. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Numerous letters are coming to the State Department from business Interests In all parts of the country urging negotiations with various foreign countries to protect existing export interests or to secure new openings for our foreign trade. These letters often specify the - articular markets which they seek and the opportunities for expanding trade. The department, however, can make no satisfactory reply, owing to the nonaction of the Senate on the pending treaties. So soon as the Senate shall have expressed its purpose in dealing with reciprocity conventions, the department will be able to answer these numerous inquiries and requests. In the meantime, further progress with these conventions is Impracticable. Trade with tho Philippines. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The division of insular affairs of the War Department makes public to-day a statement summarizing tho trade of the Philippine islands for the eleven months' ended May 31, 1000. The value of merchandise Imported into the Islands during this period is set down at I $18,300,603. Gold and silver to the amount of $1.806.310 came into the Islands. The import trade from the United States amounted to $10.450.003. of which $1.824.612 was in gold and silver. The value of the exports to the United States is set down at $3,594,577. A total of G0.C41 ton3 of Manila hemp, valued at $10.552.173. was exported during the period stated. $3,405,SC3 worth being shipped to the United States. Another Island Purchased. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. "Secretary Long has purchased for the United States government another Pacific island," avers tho Washington correspondent of the Herald. "This island is under the American flag and lies in the harbor of San Luis D'Apra, Guam. It Is proposed to use it as the sito for a coaling station. The price paid for the island was $000 in American gold. It is 130 acres in extent, is healthy, and, it Is believed, will make an admirable site for the projected station. The island was owned by several prominent natives of Guam, who, the officials say, will live In affluence as a result of the sale." Mrs. Fairbanks Honored. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. At a meeting In this city of Daughters of the American Revolution, representing different sections of the country, resolutions were adopted declaring it "wise to adhere to the established precedent of selecting what has been termed a 'national woman for president general of the National Society of the D. A. R." In accordance with that Idea Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, wife of Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, was suggested. A committee waited upon Mrs. Fairbanks, and at their solicitation she consented to permit the use of her name as a candidate. Nevr Fourth-Class Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day as follows: At Coloma, Parke county, D. H. Jennett, vice A. E. Woodward, resigned; at Galveston, Cass county, R. C. Hyatt, vice A. C. Davis, resigned; at Horntown, Putnam county, C. H. Michael, vice O. O. Dorsett, resigned; at Koro, Carroll county, II. II. Lauchner, vice G. T. Shaffer, resigned; at Scalesville, Warrick county, J. W. Stephens, vice T. N. Stephens, resigned; at Zulu, Allen county, W. S. Townsend, vice Alfred Chausse, resigned. Mr. Chew to Be Promoted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. It is stated that Noble L Chew, of Indiana, assistant register of the treasury, now acting deputy auditor for the Postoffice Department, will be appointed to the latter position. This will be in the nature of a promotion, as it carries with It a substantial increase In salary. Mr. Chew's promotion will make a desirable vacancy in the register's office for which there will be a scramble. National Capital Notes. Yesterday's statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division cf redemption, shows: Available cash balance, $143,453,007; gold, $D5,SG6,3S2. A postoffice has been established at Nlederst, Posey county, Indiana, with John Nlederst as postmaster. The postoffice at Koselle, Perry counts, has been ordered discontinued from Jan. 15 next. Mail to Holt, Ky. The United States has been invited, through the German ambassador at Washington, to take part in the international exhibition of fire preventing and rlre saving arrangements to be held In Derlin during the months of June and July, next, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Berlin fire brigade. A bill will be Introduced In Congress upon Its reassembling for the formation of a naval reserve based upon the plans prepared by a board composed of Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Crownlnshleld and Capt. Evans. The features of the bill are the limitation of the reserve force to a total of 20,000 men, the officers not to exceed GOO In number, made up of ensigns, lieutenant junior grade." and lieutenants. The terra of enlistment is fixed at five years. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador, had a conference with the second assistant postmaster general yesterday upon the establishment of a parcels post convention with Great Britain. The convention established with Germany has been largely experimental and the department is collecting data on its operation during the past year in order to determine whether or not it Is desirable to establish parcels post conventions with the larger European countries. PETTIGREW'S INJURIES. The Senator's Son Will Umlcrjro an Operation on Monday. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20. To-night the condition of Frank W. Pettisrew, son of United States Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, who was last night assaulted in a local theater by an usher. Is much worse. and an operation on hl3 injured face will be. performed here next Monday. The Injuries to his cheek bone and temple bone arc more serious than they were to-day supposed to be. . ;

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u h i GERMAN PAPERS DISCUSS VOX BVELOW FROM 31 ANY SIDES, ) Bot the Diplomatic Chancellor Keep His Own Counsel nnd Tio New I net Are Elicited FEAR OF A COMMERCIAL WAR AGRARIAN DEMANDS ANTAGONIZE RUSSIA AND THE STATES. Scnalp'n Action on NIcnrnRunn Treaty Denounced Emperor's Cnnnl Bill Meets a Threat of Defeat. BERLIN, Dec. 20. The recent speeches of Count Von Klinckowstroem, the Agrarian leader, and the attitude of the imperial chancellor, Count Von Buelow, towards the Agrarians, have furnished the press, this week, with the main subject for discussion without evolving any new facts. Count Von Buelow has not uttered a word publicly to indicate his position, and his silence wins him the designation of the sphynx of German politics. The Vossische Zeltung assumes that the chancellor, from his political associations, is an Agrarian, but that his diplomatic education and experience in foreign politics render him unwilling to concede the Agrarian demands wholly, since he must see that a grain duty of sixty marks would render a commercial treaty impossible. The Vossischo Zeitung assumes tht.t such a duty would cause a tariff war with the United States and Russia, the former answering with measures directed against German sugar and the latter replying by increasing the duty on German iron. The; Liberal newspapers understand that Count Von Klinckowstroem's utterances are intended to prepare for a compromise below the extreme Agrarian demands, pointing out that it was Count Von Klinckowstroem who checked the extreme Agrarian demands in connection with tho meat bill. xxx The press, this week, has much commented on a semi-oflicial article in the Muenchencr Allgemeine Zeitung. Nationalliberal, quoting Count Von Buelow as saying: "Above all things, no Internal criste." Many of the papers fear the chancellor's conciliatory spirit will prevent any vigorous policies, and others interpret his utterance as meaning that he is ready to sacrifice Count Von Powsadowsky-Weh-ner, secretary of state for the interior, in the interests of a harmonious Cabinet. Tho count's trip to south Germany, concluding with the highest decoration being bestowed on him by the Emperor, gives occasion for the frequent remark that the chancellor is on very good terms with his Majesty. Nevertheless, the Cologne Volks Zeitung, the leading Centrist organ, sarcastically asks what there would be "left to confer on Von Buelow when he actually does something." , t The i trip undoubtedly had an excellent political effect. The Stuttgart Schweibische Mercur, the semi-olliclal paper of Wurtemburg, remarks mat the relations with the imperial government have later grown somewhat strained, and adds that Count Von Buelow's object was to restore the former cordiality, which he has fully succeeded in doing. "He. eafter." continues the paper mentioned, "the south German governments will have u proper participation in imperial affairs." x x - Nevertheless, the Pan-German press continues to attack Count Von Buelow. The Rheinlsche-Westphaellsscho Zeltung, National-liberal, accuses the chancellor of hanging on to Great Britain's skirts and expresses fear that this may involve Germany In complications with Russia and France. The Lustige Blaetter prints a striking cartoon of Count Von Buelow peering into a looking glass and asking the question: "Who is the chancellor in the land?" The looking glass reflects Emperor William's face. xxx The newspapers this week Tcfer in an aggrieved tone to the continued attacks of the Russian press upon Germany, instancing the dissemination of the improbable story that the Cologne and Berlin newspapers were bribed by the De Beers Company to oppose the Boer cause". XXX The mortgage bondholders of th Deutsche Grundschuld Bank, representing 70,C3u,C0O out of 04.S35.0CO marks, to-day decided to allow the payment of interest to be suspended until further notice, provided the company shall, liquidate. The shareholders later met and decided to liquidate. The chairman of the meeting at which this decision was reached depressed the shareholders by announcing that Edward Schmidt, president of the supervisory council of the Prussian Hypotheken Aktien Bank, had been arrested. The committee of debenture holders of the latter bank reports that 241,000,000 out of 2C3.0000.000 marks of mortgages are good, while the rest, if quietly developed, would be payable. The capital is seriously endangered. Half of it is unproductive. XXX An imperial order dated Dec. IS, commands Prince Henry, of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, to repair to Berlin by Jan. 1, and remain at the capital for some time, with the view of attaining a more Intimate knowledge of state affairs. His Majesty desires that, while at the capital. Prince Henry shall remain in close touch with the Foreign Office. The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung explains that the order for Prince Henry to repair to Btrlin is due to the wish of the Emperor to have him learn the affairs of government. xxx Negotiations for the settlement of German claims for damages In Cuba during th war have been going on with the United States for some time, the National Zeitung learns, but have not reached a definitive conclusion. xxx The United States Senate's action on the Ilay-Pauncefote treaty is much discussed. The National Zeltung, National-liberal, and generally friendly to the United States, devotes a long leader to this subject this morning. The general tone of the press is stronglv condemnatory of the Senate, without sympathizing with Great Britain. xxx It is announced that an enlarged canal bill will be presented to the Prussian Diet Jan. 8. The Post, Conservative, has already opened a war against the measure, warning the government that it will meet with as severe defeat as it did in 1S30. The Diet also will deal with tho question of reform of the secret police. .xxx The heavy movement of population towards Berlin causes a chronic scarcity of houses and a general rise in rents. A conference of over seventy Social Democratic aldermen of the Brandenburg citle3 met In Berlin this week to discuss the matter and passed resolutions advocating various measures of relief by the municipality. Tho Berliner Politische Nachrichten, the mouthpiece of Dr. Mlquel, the minister of finance, discusses the subject, opposing restrictions being placed on the free movement of population, and cays the Prussian government is deliberating on the question. x x x The Central Agricultural Association of east Prussia has passed a resolution In favor of half-day schools as a measure for the relief of the scarcity of laborers. XXX Tho German private shipyards In 1SO0 completed 250.000 tons of vessels, which Is three times above the tonnage turned out In 1223 and CD per cent, above the tonnage of

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1C3. British yards built In 1000 100,000 tons for German account, and German yards built R3.0C0 tons for foreign account. Seven hundred ships, in all over 700,00) tons, .are building for German account in . German private and foreign yards. Fcrty-elght warships are being built in German private yards. XXX A serum against the foot and mouth disease, discovered by Professor Loeffler and described at the Paris Medical Congress last summer, is being manufactured commercially. Further experiments have given excellent results. xxxv Frauleln Isolde Von Buelow, Frau Cosima Wagner's daughter by her marriage with Hans Von Buelow, married, at Beyreuth, this week, Herr Beldler, the musical conductor. xxx The Reichsbank on Jan. 2 will celebrate its quarto-centennial by a banquet. XXX The physician of the Grand Duke of Oldeburg, Frederick August, who is suffering from heart trouble, due to overwork, has prescribed a long trip abroad. xxx Herr August Scherl, proprietor of the Lokal Anzeiger, has begun the publication of an illustrated dally newspaper entitled Der Tag (the Day.) xxx Herr Humperdlnck,' the composer, has settled in Berlin.

TRADE OF CLOSING YEAR IIAIIDLY UP TO 1SOO, BUT FAR, AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS. Army of New Trade Entries Makes Pal In re Record Insignificant Rumor of Steel Tube Trust. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Brads trcet's in its issue to-day says; "The business year 1000 was not so good as the optimists had hoped for, but, on the other hand, It failed to Justify most of the pessimistic predictions with which the advent of a year of a presidential election was greeted. In some respects, indeed, it would seem as if it suffered because of close comparison with a year of such enormous expansion and intense activity in all branches of trade, speculation and Industry as 1S00, rather than because of any special effects of shortcomings of tho year itself. In many respects, indeed, and measured by different standards, the closing year of the century has witnessed many gains over 1S90, though it is probable that tho entire turnover, measured in dollars or in profit, was not so great as" in the latter year. If aggregated bank clearings be taken as a guide, then business was smaller, and yet if clearings at the great speculative center, New York, aro deducted, an actual gain is shown in the rest of the country over 1803. In speculation in stocks undoubtedly a smaller business was done, the tailing off fiom last year being probably one-fifth. Speculation in the cereals was less active, and the results in this ; line were certainly depressing to the bull element. On the other hand cotton witnessed the greatest speculation and the highest prices paid for at least a decade. Crop yields were rather smaller as a whole, but it is unquestionable that the actual money value of the crop v.as far in excess of last year. Price3 reacted from their high point, but the decline was small as a rule, except in iron and wool, and the break brought in new censumptive buying, which had been discouraged by the rapidity of the advance in lST-o. Mercantile failures were slightly more numerous, and liabilities were fractionally larger than in 1S00, but were lar below recent previous. yearaj amidf it be kept in mind that a new army of 25,000 men entered business during the year the small increaso in failures can be hardly regarded as significant. There were two great industrial conflicts during . the year, that of building hands at Chicago, and of coal miners in Pennsylvania, which tended. In conjunction with election uncertainty and textile mill shutdowns, to check trade during portions of the year, but Industry otherwiso was quite active at good wages. Steel Tube Trust Proposed. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20. The Evening Bulletin says: "For the-past three weeks negotiations have been on foot in Philadelphia looking towards the control of the steel tube industry in the United States by organizing a corporation with over $150,000,000. Everything has been kept quiet and nothing has leaked out on the street, although the presence of big financiers and iron and steel magnates in the office of W. W. Gibbs, in this city, has aroused various rumors. Mr. Glbbs was not. in his office today, and it was stated he left for Pittsburg last night and would not return until Monday. His secretary denied any knowledge of the combination. The Bulletin, nevertheless, has it from reliable authority that the project is being promoted and that W. W. Gibbs is the prime mover in the affair. The financial end is being handled by Moore & Schley, brokers, of New York. The syndicate has secured the exclusive license, under American patents, to manufacture steel tubing by a new English process, which reduces the cost of manufacture nearly 60 per cent." . HENRY VILLARD'S WILL. Gift to Education and Charity The Rett to Ilia I a mil jr. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The will of the late Henry Vlllard, who died at his country home, Dobbs Ferry, in November last, was offered for probate In the Westchester county surrogate's court at White Plains to-day. The value of the estate is not given. To his wife, Fannie G. Vlllard, he leave $250,000 outright and all the household . furniture, bric-a-brac, etc.; to his son Oswald, $50,000; to his daughter Helen, $23,000, and the income of $23,000 yearly. To his son Harold he gives a share of the residuary estate. To his sister, the wife of Gen. Alexander, of Munich, he gives 20,000 marks. , . After the specific bequests are paid, onehalf of the residuary estate will go to the widow and the balance to the children. The bequests include: Columbia University. $50,000; Harvard University, $30.000; Dobbs Ferry Hospital Association, $CO,000; New York Infirmary for Women and Children, $3,000; German Society of New York, $5.030; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, $2,500; hospital at Speyer. Germany, which he founded 60.000 marks; museum at Kaiserslautern, 50.000 marks; the town of Speyer, 50,000 marks, the Income from which is to be applied to the making of loans to deserving mechanics. The executors of the will, which was made on June 23 last, are Horace White, Charles A. Spofford and the widow, Fannie G. Vlllard. OUTRAGE 021 CHINESE. Eight Taken from Their Camp nnd Subjected to Brutal Treatment. RIVERSIDE. Cal., Dec. 29. At Casa Bianca, four miles south of here, an Infuriated mob of fifteen laborers, composed of white men and Mexicans, visited a Chinese camp and commanded eight occupants of a tent to throw up their hands. The request was promptly obeyed, and immediately the frightened Celestials were placed in a farm wagon and hauled to the Santa Ana river bottom, several miles distant, where they were subjected to most brutal treatment. After they had succeeded in teatlng their helpless victims almost Into Insensibility the ruffians hastily took their departure. Several of the Chinese aro seriously wounded. The origin of the trouble Is due to the discharge from a packing house of several Mexican girls and the substitution of Chinese help. George Dunham and Andrew , ana Adolph C-lvca have been arrested. .

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CUBAN CONSTITUTION MAKERS HAVE XOT YET AGREED. Much Contention Among Delegates Over the Presidency nnd the Proposition to Restrict Suffrage. NEGRO DOMINATION PEARED IP THE FRANCHISE IS GRANTED TO EVERY CITIZEN. Holiday Adjournment of the Porto Ricnn Assembly Proceedings Marked by Irregularity. , Ccrrespon Jenoe of tho Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 26. The constitutional convention has not been In session for several weeks, but the different sections thereof are busily at work considerins various clauses of the plans v.hich have been offered to Senors Rivera, Quesada and Maura, from which it is hoped and. expected a constitution will be wrought. The chief bones of contention are those of suffrage and the presidency. For the former there are various propositions, although it is not possible from the outside to gather all-the phases of the topic. In the main it i3 boiled down to a decision whether suffrage shall be universal or not. Strong contention is being made by the more conservative clement to base it on an educational and property qualification, but the more rabid clement In the convention, led by Juan Gualbcrto Gomez, a negro supported by General Aleman, General Lacret, Jose Monteguedo and two or three of the delegates from the eastern part of the Island, is pressing hard for universal citizenship. The radical Republican element favors this provision while, strange as It may appear, the Cuban Nationals, heretofore tho extremely radical element, rather lean toward restricted suffrage. The blacks of the island are so nearly one-half of the entire population that when the Spaniards who reserved citizenship with the mother country, the Americans, the English, the Germans and the French, none of whom aro accounted "Cubans" in the political or governmental sense, are counted out. they, (the negroes) will have a majority of the votes, should universal suffrage carry. The proposition to form a government with six States, Havana, Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Puerto Principe and Santiago, is really a fight for universal citizenship. It is conceded by the federalists that it is not possible for these sections to sustain separate . governments, consequently the proposition has been offered to make their central governments a part of the general system that Is to receive support from the insular revenues, or to make it distinct but still sustained out of these funds. There is a small faction who really want a federal system. This faction is hopelessly in the minority, apparently, and contention is being made to force western delegations to agree that the large black population of the eastern part of -the island shall have tho right to vote. What tho outcome will bo seems not difficult to determine. The United States, it is claimed In certain quarters here, can hardly accept a universal suffrage clause. Consequently, as it would be particularly hazardous to grant this island a government which might at some time be dominated by tho blacks and thus make a Halt! or a San Domingo of it, it is hardly thought of. That there is a danger in this relation is made certain from the fact that the dominating spirit of the convention which is making the constitution is a three-quarter negro, and a man who is more than a demagogue. He is wily, shrewd, able. He. was the dominating spirit of the old "assemblea" which deposed General Gomez from command of the Cuban army almost before it had made its triumphal entry Into. Havana, and, having broken Into the convention from tho province of Puerto Principe, he has gradually got hold of the reins and is now reoognlzed as one of the strongest, if not absolutely the strongest, spirit in it. The other fight is on the presidential question. The two Gomezes have kissed and rnado up. They embraced each other heartily In public three weeks ago, tho doughty old general affirming that from now on he is heart and soul with his old enemy, Juan Gualberto, of the same surname, in his determination to have an absolutely independent government for Cuba. He would not have done this had not it been required In order to secure the acquiescence of Juan Gualberto to the clause that admits of the election of any one to the presidency who served in the revolution. General Rivera's plan followed the United States Constitution in this matter, providing that no one not to the manor born should be eligible to the presidency. This would have ruled Maximo Gomez out, he being a native of San Domingo. Juan Gualberto had to be pacified, and in order to open the way there had to be a radical public declaration which would give opportunity for the old general to hug his colored enemy, not because he loved him more than formerly, but because he could not afford to be outdone in display and pronunclamento of patriotism. Maximo will be eligible for the presidency almost beyond question, while Juan Gualberto may carry his equal suffrage proposition in the trade, and the United States will be confronted with a delicate and dangerous problem. Reduction of Duties Urged. HAVANA, Dec. 29.-A delegation of ten alcaldes from the province of Pinar del Rio "visited Governor General "Wood to-day with a petition for a reduction of 23 per cent. In the tariff on sugar of the United Statea against Cuba, and of CO per cent, in the export duty on tobacco in order to enable the planters to recoup on these important island Industries. Governor General Wood is favorable to the petition and will recommend to the secretary of war that it be granted, as he considers it highly Important to the peace and prosperity of Cuba, Congressmen Pierce, Bailey and Haugen, who are visiting Cuba for the purpose of learning the opinion of the people regarding the relating between the United States and Cuba find the better clement desires tho' closest relations, even annexation, and that only the revolutionary element is opposed. PORTO RICO'S ASSE3IBLY. Proceedings Said to De Irregular Forakcr Dill Defended. Correspondence of the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 21. The legislative assembly of Porto Rico adjourned on Saturday until Jan. 2. It had been In session eighteen days. Nearly fifty bills have been Introduced. If present conditions continue to exist there will be a Jam at the end of the session. The popular opinion among the Americans, even among some of the higher officials, Is that if the House continues as it Is Congress will abolish it altogether and govern the Island through a Governor and cabinet. Such Irregular procedure has been followed that it Is a question here whether any business has been legally done. Delegate Cromwell, formerly of St. Louis and Kansas City, In the course of debate, defended the Foraker law. He said In part: "The Foraker bill is a form of government granted by Congress for Porto Rico more liberal in many ways than any laws ever granted for the Western Territories or for any other newly acquired possession. We must live up to the law. The point Is made that we have InsuQcIent power. It is not because the law Is unselfish. It ij a measure of prudence, Congress deerr.Irj it wi" that ths rcpl3 chculd fcavo t-. 1- - tive rr:rlcnc3 ttfera z'zte tl c : '

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