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The s-nate, in executive session, tin the 7th, confirmed tlM appointment of lion. John Hay a- i .THtr)' of stale. Tin- Berits Pent-chwaite saya it hmrss 01 high authority that tierii Ml will not BsmtilS any of theCuroliiu hlimdi. Tin- United States cruiser HufYalo, formerly t tu- Hrailian cruiser Niethoroy. nmler rtmWIUlitr Hemphill, left the Hrooklyn navy yard, on the 6th.

for Manila. See ret a ry Long, at the suggestion of . ! liter Hale, lias prepared a lull appropriating $1i),iiim fur the erection of a monument and fence at Colon cemetery. Havana, whore the dead of the Maine are buried.

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CUMEXT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

The Paris cxposii ion.omniission has rei rived a letter from the French of- i fieials. conveying; the information that , the Lafay: tte memorial monument

will, in ull probability, he given a Kite i

in the ffirtlen of the Tuilkries.

It now tniii- ires t Yi:it it was Miss Helen Gould who pave SJ.'.O.non f..r the erection of the Central library build-

lii tr of the university of the City of

New York, and she has siuee quietly added St'.o.uoo to the original gift.

President Iglselaa of Costa Rial left Wsshisgtos, OB the 1th. for. New York, to remain until the 10th before sailing fur Paris. He was accompanied by his SUlt and by IV!. t arter, of the arniy. the pi rsonal representative ot the president.

Qen. Garcia, with his staff, culled at the war department, on the t'.th. to pay his respects to Acting BsiltlUlJ Ifcikeljohn. The Cubans had previously see 11 Secretary Gags, and conti rred with him upon the economic questions relating to the administration of affairs in tuba.

s. . ..Mil s,, .i ii.) In the ssnata. on the Mh. the iiii7ton was devoted i" Um Opening preliminaries, to eeraeet greeting and to usteains to the reaulng of the president! mesunge, which cupied two hours ami a quarter. In the Ionise, after th.- formal opening, the nii.4ee from Ui" president was reserved and read, the members paying close attention to the reading throughout. S. reral lulls were Introdured. anl the second or short session of the Kifty-Ufth ii nun sst was fully Inaugurated. n the senate, on the tith, Mr. Vest (Me Introduced some resolutions denying the pewer f Um federal government to se qcdrs territory to be held and governed I rtninently as colonies. A bill ameudliiK the navigation laws was introduced, and ....... I..I..-...1 - I. , Jkl ... , -. . v

l'iiniiiutiu a in 17 i uini ullill ill wi . 1 laws, pai tieh.au 1 In Drlncloallv bv Mr.

eel and Mr, Caitsry ii. i , both "f ebom opposed the bill In the house ÜM customary rc-outlo:is for the distribution of tli president's message to the several committee having jurisdiction, was adopted. The urniy and navy deficiency hill WSJ reported The report of the Ha w Hm commission was laid before the

house and isfarred. together with a bill by Mr Mitt to rairy out the resolutions In ihe senate, on the 7th. no I isiness was transacted In open session Resuminir business, at 2:15, after an executive 4 sstoa. the deaths of Kepresenl itlves North way, of ohio, and bove, of Mlaatasiopi. were antiounced. and the snate. -s a mark of respect to their memories adjoumed In the hous . the aal i--.n-iriü bill was passed, after a spirited dobate laatBS ftur hours, by a vote of US to Itl.

Gen, Riawodtdoa and Dr. I-sila jluna, repre-. i tativis of the Filipino junta, started from Dasg Ktnp. oa the 7th, for Weahtofton ander instructions "to andesvor to remove mteppmlrnaion and suspicions and CUiÜvSte the friendliest relati.m with the American ifoveriuuent and people.'

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The war ia 'stiiratim? board eon

tinned its beaffBgl in Boaton, on the! otith. No new developments occurred, i l.'i'l)l'ik, ii t:i t irn hlmrli.i' - 1 1 ... I .. i

meetinp of the ways tvnd'meat.s ,m- I Ai,a.n,s "J" vesti,.ate the

i ,i. ,, . ., . , iiiiaii s in me muic asyiuiu ior ine in1 111 foi the t)l "pose of i , , , , " . . i. alio nt I'm. .1.1,. I, -if ,.,...1.. :,

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It Is Stated that the tin plate true,

will buv outright, lor cash, the t resJt'iit ami the Idittoa tin plate nulls, of CleveiSBdi and fSal the BfSSSSl ssrsan "i tsaee alaate wiiiretire fnuu t'e bustnasa. ..Hier Baydea Grifla, a diisotar j in the Pnitcd Stales Fire Insurance la. of New York, was killed and I boeSSa F. CSldweil fatally injured in an elevator uccident in the ITaited States iMUraucc t o. buildiup, in N v York city SB the I th. AiprtihmkltH at further withdraw1 nls of SOM coin from the bank of I'noiand reaived the feeUng of nervousness on the London stock e cliaue, on the Olli, and produced di pros.don and inactivity. eaUcfrsn received sy the ersr da partliicnt. on the 0th, from lien. Unannounced the arrival at Manila of the transport I'm Ida. There was little sickness and no deaths. The I ondon bOSld f trade retUfSe for the BkOath of November show an increase of imports of 903,400 ami

increase in exports of jL'h'i.i'.oo. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn the senate, on the Hit, on motion of Senator Morgan, the tViOSraf tlM canal loll wus taken up and made the unfinished business, after which the senate adjourned .... I n the house the urt'ciit deficiency bill, to provide

for the support of the military and naval establishments was passed, practically without opposition. A DUtnher of amendments were adopted, on the recommendation of iheapprupriatiniis committee, which had received some supplemented estimates after the I ill was prepared. The amount carried by the bill, as passed, is 89,M93.&tt2. The bill to render sureties of con u!s. viceconsuls and consular sgenta liable for damages in hiiits ut law. was adopted. The vjfnntion in I'orto TJico promises to force on the government, for a time at least, the experiment of federal ownership of telegraph and telepbone lines. The war department now OOn troll all lines in Porto Rico and in the evacuated sections of Cuba. The latter, however, is looked upon us merely transient. The committee appointed bv Gov,

BOOSTER HAPPENINGS

Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities.

buldieee' m - aveettsateS bafajretta, lud-, Dsa, fba bnrla a1 1 v committee appointed lv tin o,,vernor IO visit the various state institutions vv ith a view of ascertaining the l,t eds ot these ins t i I ui io us a ml d i -covering the methods of carrv injf on th.'ir work has tinished its labors at the l.afavctle tat soldieih' home. The committee, eoaeitttog of Messrs. Hoodwine, Berod and BoOta, made a general examlsation of froaade and buildings first ami Iben looked into the managa nunt. examining the books ami ss eouata, aaalated bj the board of trtts tees ami ollicers of the home. After a lengthy diseueilon between the ieIslltlve Committee and the tri:-lees it was aprccd not to ask for any special

nppropriatioa for the borne during thle i sl((ll,

AFFAIRS IN PORTO RICO. tin- Military Aullmrltle intllaif aJaSgj PStfti vvrii Mini Oaed OeeSee Ueaaealiy 1'retMllliii; VI' (rirrletl. Wiishingtnn, Dec. 10. Assistunt Seerelar.v andeilip, who is expected to arrive la the United states, bom Posta Kieo, next Monthly, has made a preliminary and informal report to SeeretSJ QagS at his observations in (hat Inland. I nder date of tin- .'Tili ultimo he it ports that the inilitarv authorities lire getting along fairly vvoll with customs collections. ICverything PS eatsad has been depoalted with Psfard A '., SnaneiaJ agante of the govern Meat, and the amount now on deposit aggregate! more than 1100,000. Spanish custom! ofleiale hava been put to work at the various ports, and this yitam works satisfactorily. The men. he wrritea. a re aooaat, ami it is U&ought prominent milit . i rjf ollicials the gev ernmenl La settlns overythiuS it

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Told the War Investigation Con mission Abuut Shippm, Spanii-rtls from Bsatl

teuton of the legislature

baraed with Wrdee, Branevitle. Uuj Dee. Bra. Lena

Fel. wife of a vvell-1o-do farmer near this city, was arretted cbtrged with BlUrder. Several months ago Mi-s Lens Wingert died from the i iTi cts of being cabled. It was claimed at ih.- Pets home she had aeciilc ntal Iv turned boiling coffee on herself, which resulted in death. Since then sensational rumors have been going the roundi and the grand jury returned an indictment for murder against Mrs. Pats. it was eli I med ihe quarreled with Mist Win gert, who reaided with the family, and ihirifio- the trouble Mrs. Fit threw boiling water over her.

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The Cuban Kdueutional Association of the I' ni ted State- has Urn organized for the purjiose of accept inp and SBSrvisg out the offers made by the American colleges in rsaaaaaai to tten. Wheeler's ISfgestion that these col-h-ires should ea. h jrive free tuition to two or more reputable Cubans.

Bepeeeeatstlva Balstr, of n w York. naaUag democratic member of tle house ctimniittee on military affairs, introduced a resolution, on the 5th, "authoriziiif,' and direotisg IBS committee on military affairs to investigate the war depsirtmeiat and the CODduct of the Spauish-Aiiierie.in war."

The preaident sent to the senate, on Um oth, the nomination of I'owell Clayton, of Arkansas, to be United States ambassador to Mexico. Sonor Basnero, the former Mexican minister, BSViag been raised to the rank of ambassador. Minister Clayton's promotion followed under an act of congress

Tin Pre Bell minister at I'ekin. M. .lerard. has sent an ultimatum to the hint se foreign office threatening that i nless th French missionary now held BtfasSSSr by the rebela in the province of Se-Chuen, Is- reeas-d aithin ten days a force of French trOOSS will be ordered to cross the frontier.

The greatest snow amd wind storm ever known in Detroit. Mich . kept roiumuiiieat ion by wire from that city practically nt a standstill on the :,th. Street ear traffic was blocked almost completely, and SJSBSrSj bnsinril demoralize,). Hurricane atgBSls were displavisl for the first USM in the history of the lower lake tilgt ( SS Ualted states Custom- CosasilsBoa er it. I. Porter si lived at Kingston, Fsn aiea. from Csbs onth' oth. on board the Admiral Sampson, ami -ailei for home on the 7th. He said hist investigations indicate the desirability of r iproeity between Cuba and the t sited Slates, in spite of the Louisiana sogst and Florida tobacco trade. Dtirini a fieiae wind and snow storm, on the sight of the .'th. the breaker of the Katerprise colliery at Sliamokin, I'a., was blown down, caus-

jn.r sion.ooo damage, partly covered by insuram-e. Congressman V. ( onn ll and Iii son, ex-Mayor Conned, of Fernnton, nre the principal stoekhoblers. The breaker will likely be rebuilt.

mlttec for th

aiatrt outing to raricos committees the subjects treated in the president's massage. On the :,th ilioitt ..:od a. m., a hurricane, hsstlttg five minutes, passed Over ( ape Ma. N. ,T. The wind ve

locity In its path was to milessn hour. 'i'ho weather station on the edge recorded to miles The Pamaire was to trees and outhouses only, no damage to vessels baTlng been voported. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued onth.th showed: Available cash balance. $29;i,2:i.,0-'l; gold rsssrn, S4M3s4Mll

1 tie directors of the Mctrop.

Street Kailway Co.. of 9fW York, have increased the quarterly dividend from the repular rate of l' , pee cent, to 1?4 per cent. The M. xi au goveSSISbeSrl has determined to advance the Mexican mission at Washington to tl ; rank of an embassy . Maj.-lien. Joseph Wheeler caused tc bo introduced in the beSMt, on the 5th, n joint resolution exteiulmgtsatnasdni of congress to Miss Helm ,,,l;h for her unselfish devotion to the soldiers of the countrv. and onhrinc that a

stiitable gold medal le strack and presented to her as a testimonial of her country men's appr. elsslOS, Aftr listening for some time to the quibbles of the Spanish peace commissioners at the joint session, on ilnoth. Judge Hay, president of the Aim'rican commission. rfStnilllsed tinAmerican position by saying: A peace treaty can contaii anything which the victors put into ;t." AocOfd ing to trustworthy news from Madrid. Spain i- Mitbin with sedition born of bankruptcy and ruin. One of Um besttmformed men la the ktag

uom asseris mat tue eiiai. -i s or revolution are increasing by leaps and bounds. New York city and vicinity was swept by another fierce storm on the morning of the .'.th. the viml reaehing a maximum velocity of Ts miles an hour. Telegraph SMI telephone service suffered MVt n l. .;tnl SOM buildin v were blow n dOWtl. Mrs. Mnrv Bradford, the matron; Mrs. S.'lllie X'amlerveer. lllie.ie teacher, ami 51 jroasf ladies, it, nates of the Cleveland female orphans' home, at Veraaiilea, Ky.. wire naede safte ill frOSS chemical poisoning thought to save been contained In pumpkin pies. tien. Pitxbsgb Lee eras sd vised by the war department, on the Mb. to

finding that there has been uros ney

ha t on the part of the superintendent and employes. Setiator Mitchell introduced a bill. on the sth. amending the existing law in regard to Volunteer soldiers' homes, as to admit volunteers who were disabled by the war with Spain. About MOO men are affected by the plop 0 saj amendment. Ft finer Chief of Police .lohn MeCuilagb of New York, win, foe to Havana to advise (ien. (ireene in regard to the establishment of a police force

I in the Cuban capital, will recommend .litan I the establisiuniiitof the block system.

I SC selection of the jury ri the CSSS tf Mrs. Hot kin, accused, in San Fran

cisco, of the murder of Mrs. .lohn P. Dunning, of Hover. Del., was completed, on the sth. nnd the taking (,f e vide ace proceeded at snee, The directors of the St. Inis Sr. San Francisco railroad have declared a semi-annual dividend of two pel cent, on first preferred stock, payable January f. M. Bear! Lsvadss, the author, has been ejected a member of the French academy. The Niearaguaneanel iiiii was tuken up in the senate on the Mh. The Madrid Itnpfirci.il publishes a' other Inflammatory article on the sa ject at the Maine charges. The pap. r Intiamtes that the explosion wns the outcome of an intensedesire Mupon the part of certain factions in the United States to see the outbreak of war, which was unpopular with the majority of Americans." The Inference balsa, that those people blew up the vessel to areata eeatiment against Spain. !en. .loubert. the commander of the Boer expedition sent against Chief M Pfeu. of the Maputos tribe in the out taiislioiL dial riet, is ill. and with his fore. - in a state of semi-mutiny, is returning to Pretoria i he Boars have been guilty of wholesale butchery of Women, children ami Unarmed natives. The Americans hold nearly 15,000 S; inidi soldiers as prisoners, t apt ured at the fall of Manila. These are actually on parole about the eity. and tinUestiOn Is bOM are they to be returned to Spain. Thin must be settled by the peace commisrioBSfi In Paris The lUver Jfeva suddenly rose nine feet, on the ulght of the Mh, inundatlag the lower tuavter of si. Peters borg, where communication was carried On only o boat, The inhabitants were panic-stricken, and th.-ro

have the entire Seventh army aofs jtras grvet loas of life and property.

prepnroti ior early departure to I uns. I rive powd r mills in the low and the necessary orders ivore at once of the Dupont powder work

j prepared ior the smvatmsM of Ism' Wilmington, Del., exploded on the 9th

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Representative Cousins, of Iowa, bad the hosssrsf bstrsduoiag the tirst bill in the house at this session of congress, it is en titled a bill "declariag the standsrd of value in the Bnltsdj Elates." and provides that "the standard of vsliie in the United States is lie re by deelarid to be and ist be standard frold dollar of twenty-live ami eight-tea tha grains of standard gold on line."

A naval authority who hna le'n interviewed on the subject says the intentlon of the itrit isii guitisimssl 'a to make .lauuica unotlor "(tibraltar to command the Nicaragua canal, und f a rallying point for the naval ami military forces of the Angls A Barriens

slliance. when, by dominating both j of .Iiule t arter.

wei-uiiB, n tmniH nie political and comm reinl bShiaees Of power in Me hollow of ita hand."

Robert Bel

children have Wi"M am! another man ha med Stew

art were Id lied, and several others were badly burned, At Msntlsgo de Cabs, on the Tth, Joan Castillo, a former Cuban officer, BCCOmpenied by two negro subordinates, rode into the Spanish clttb looms. .mil with their maehetes Btnaehed several lamps nnd did other da mage. Arrangements have been nmds for the transfer of the remains of lien, .lohn A. Raw linos, ,,.,, Q rant's chief-

were destroyed; loss j of -staff, from the Congrewwlona I ce me

lt" rj to the National eeinetery at Arlington, near rVashlagton, The alifornia stale hoard of trade has sent a telegram to the state department protesting against say com tmreinl treaty with UreSSC BJ which the duty on ante currants may be retinoid or reduced. All the railroads in the Southwestern I'lissenger association have det ided to abolish second class rate to

an nxas points on and after Janu

ary u

aii of Jay Qouid's

reached their majority, as Frank .1. Gould, the youngest of the six BosJd children, attained his t w enty-lii st year on the 5th, and 11.' ahsolute control nnd possession of $ 1 0.000,000, Frank works daily in the Mis nnri Pacific afhoa frnm Hi a. ni.. t :i p. in On the 5th. Frankfort, ind., had a most smSStrOUa lire. Newton a!Ia was killed and Dan I'.radley fatully injund. The ( ommercial block, containing six business bSSSCS and

the opera housi fully 1100 uoo.

Four men were killed and several severely injured at Port fndltpci tail SOS, on Castle island, in loatOTI harbor, on the Rth. by the expkiaion if a mine a hieb had bass rei loved from the channel by a diver. toother body, unnoasid tm aa that

the eastern racinS '

hedge, im bees rseoisred from the I ruins of Uie Italdwin Intel iji ban

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Bouser, of Traverse city. Mich., who answered mstrinouial sdvertisements in newspapi ts. and. after carrying on a courtship by Jetter, solicited and ieeleed money from her eotTespondeOts with which to buy l!u wedding outfit, was convicted in thr federal court h re B nd sentenced to serve one year it: pi :--on. Her husband, .lohn If. Craig, who, it is alleged, was in partnership with her In the business, nsi not y t bet n tried. The woman's scheme was exposed by a widower in the state of tYffhingtoo, from whom she received $10. Seateaeed lr llnil.ezlrment. .lriorl, Intl.. Dee. 0. Isaac l'cnnfttgton, a wealthy and respected farmer of Sims township, this contity. aas sentenced to th.- penitentiary for two years by Judge PsttittS, aftt r being fonsd guilty of embesxlement. The proeceuting witness wai Pennington's daughter, who swore that her mother, who is desd. wil'ed iier $Tt that her lather used the money while holding it ir trust, that he had married two years after the death of her stotber and that the $T00 was used to purchase a farm, which he deeded to his second wife. y.Tiil it Two-rent Fare. Indianapolis, ir.d.. Dec. 1. The Indiana Horticultural society at its (dosing session here adopted a resolution favorinir the caactiwcBl by the legislature i f a law flxitur the rate of railroad faro at two cents a mile. The follovvlng officers were elected: President, c. M. Bohhs, Bridgeport , secretary 3. Troop. Lafayette; treasurer. Svlvester Johnson. Irvington. Executive committee: W. II. Kegan. Putnam county: .lesse Stevens. Wayne, nnd Snead rhorsss. flrant. TliletJ MaeaSMM lirnnleil. IfaSJSta, Ind.. Dec ft. The county Rommtssionsrs granted over i licensee for retail saloon in Delaware county. Among the number were three from ßaton, In which town there has never been S retail aloon because of the per- j sistent efforts of tln temperance people. BaatOB and Dsleville are dry towns and will remain so fofsometissa. There are applicants from each of these Towns, but remonstrances were filed. Satetde f aa i ahassi Otrl.

Marion. Iml.. Dec. . May Powell. 1 agt d 1 ".. daaghter of Frank Powell, committed suicide by taking rouc'u n rnts. Her parents wore divorced KMM time nu'o. and the father married SgSln. The girl made her home with her mother, Whom she did not like, nnd she then Went to her father. She took suddenly Pi last night, and afterwards told her j father what she had done. The '-irl's

life had been rery unhappy. Denies lie I VI o n Unnlcil. New Albany) lad., Dee. !. yoseph Smith, a horse trader, has been arrested on a charge Of killing .lohn King, another hone trader at Minonk. Woodford county. III., last .Inly. The m. n quarreled over a trade. The officers have In n watching for Smith for several days He denies he Is Ihe man wanted, but answer. the description. Banker Lai ion Dead, Covington Ind., Das, s. Peter M. I.t.yton is dad. lie was president of tin Covington Dashing company. Be will be buried Sunday by the masonic lodge. Be came to Covington from New TOTS' in early life ami followed the occupation of farming until three years go, He haves a wife and two children. etde aad Praam RoSSed, Indianapolis. Ind.. Dee. '.i While

Ret m r. Fed ? s. of Hon 'fltrnmn Bvsageliedl ehsrab) wsi marrying a young man and woman at his homo. H West Ohio street, thievps stole the lap robes In the bngg in which the bride ar-'. bridegroom had come to their wedding. Nat naii, Mm en- iml., Dec. ft. Rdns Ryaa, ged IT years, who confessed to having shot Frank H.mika. a well-known nrehitect ural iron manufactnrei . Wtli Sequltted in the circuit court here ihe Jury being out but ten minuti s. MISS ItlldrirBril I'oppo hns l.oRun a hresi-h of promise milt ssslnsl F T Mill at Sinlneflrld. Mo , for tt.OC.1 danisaes

Pases ml nullum I in 1 1 y It. . . In . I. The report mat customs ofHcera in

i Porto liico were receiving only pi so ami declining to receive American dollars at Sau Jaajn is incorrect. Thai was the ansa for a few days, the Spanish customs ollicials intcrprelin r the instructions to mean thut only pesos should ho received. s sonn as this was discovered, however, dollars or pis, is were ordered to be received without prejudice, the rate, of course, !- ing two pesos against one American dollar. While the rale does not at all cm respond with tin- commercial rate of SI.!.",, it is a fact that shoal twothlrda of the customs at Ban .bum have I been received in dolsrs, the reinainI Ing om-third in pen . The customs I ollicers are not allowed to exchange pesos back for dollars.

Ii. i.irl f Mull. renk MtMMSt fouiolnl Ion. Militar.v officers ut San Juan conti ml

that the reports that have reached th.I a! tod Stati- in relation to outbreaks ami disturbances ot Iba peace on the island are without substantial foundation. Daring the evacuation there were aora or less disturbances of a rather personal ami private character, but the situation here now. Mr. Vaoderltp writes, i.- :js peaceable as it in the United stales. Within a few day .spe rial reports have been received from th- 1. 1. ivors of each municipality, and they all unite in the statement that the conditions are entirely peaceable ISd the people lawabiding, Oia-.ou.d ll.tliillttl I ,,i,nrel l,y Ihe Military. The military authorities have been specially active in espturiag some OVgaalted I Ods Of bandits, and it is regarded as an especially ood omen that the natives are renderiag their aid in ferreting oett thsaa people, a number of bssdlts are coaflnad In prison, and they rill receive civil trial. Possibly some of these eases may result in the execution of the offenders, and. in fact, nur military authorities sro Inclined to believe that if this sort of punishment is ordered nt the ones' inc trials little more of this kind of disturbance will oc. ur in the island. The American troops have, on the1 arhole, been well bi naverJ, ami have, j nccording to the testimony of oom msadlnf ofHcera, given practically as

trou.de at all. A TrfiiiPinii.il i See laSlag If has Is-en a treniendmis task ptCr.p the eivil administration of affairs into opt-ration again. Praet ieall y Sil civil administration was at a standstill after the fall of the island. n endeavor has been made to put the Spanish oflicials. so far SS could be done, back into their places, and hv the civil administration of affairs w on as marly as possible in the muni routine. At I'once. where there are. BSVS Mr. Vnnderlip, some specially sharp politicians, they revived an obsolete autonomist scheme of municipal government, and were all ready to pm it in force, lien. Rroolce, however, found it of a most rbrorOUl and paternal character, aad declined to permit jts adopt ion. w hereupon 17 of the so members of the council resigned. The commanding general has j,,vt eosv plated the selection of their anuses sors. and municipal sffairS there will soon be adjusted, wo iidrawtev OsarSa from rtsatatlnaa Tha American rommsndinii (.nie. tm

bees withdraw in-.' guard; from.

WHY A SPANISH FIRM GOT THE CONTRA:

smsftess Ihlp aasse asea i aaOi ii was Ihm IllSsraw Between si mm ooo miii a.M i.nuo i am it,., id ad ,, , ir ihe SswalsS i aassaai L'ol w i , asrJd Una Ummt M m. i kj . Waablngtoo, Dec. lq Xh trai

I orta t ion to Spain by t he ( mi, States of the Spanish priaonei rendered at Santiago was I,,. , by the war Investigation eomini and Col. Becker, vv ho made th -, tract for the United Slate . v. , , called to testify on this point. He said there hail been a combine hew Vork ship concerns ......i.i i , . .

"ohio a. iic cnuseti an onunv ii 4ii(i,(ioo, while the aotttSJ outlay was ft300, The lowest bid from a Philadelphia junk .baler however, hud no visible mean- o Outing the contract, and sdmittt xx ti doubt as to getting sun bond. This Pttiladelphlan, Beckar testified, protested sgal being awarded the contract n ground thai he had a chat.. make some monry out of it." Tha most feasible bidder ma B snli h Transatiantle .. Their unlike the others, relieved t !, menl of all medical attend filially, on the l'o-. rni u-ut '- i sentstlons, the company agfeed i (luce its figures about $180,000. "What induce, I the (fOVeriimi I semi those people to Spain'1' asked.

"Di n't know. The terms n Uder prov ided for it." CoJ, Becker read s long tstemen

Higneo dj one William B. Ryau, tailing the atleged method ol tran iportstlon bureau in com w ith the attempted sale of c r ships to the government. Col, Bi said be did not know Ryan, several ssemben of the commit

said I hey would be glad

I. van if he could be found. Asked if he waa eeer approached I Miner McKinley relative to the pti base of ships. Cd. Becker replii i! "Never bat once. He spoke to rt once about a water bar.,- for whic H ere was no use at the time, and I informell him. I never had ant othi communication from him. either lectly or Isdireetly.

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sum m.

-hip:

the s.i I,. ,,f IV od I uirv.

"None at all as plied Col. Beaker, to th. navy."

plav ex-l tOt

tn the nnnv." r-1 "I do not know ;i

THE SITUATION IN CHINA f:i-Vlliilmrr llttrrrtl to slum h v Ihr I'm sal MtsatJaa la OaSas i nf the Mit Crttteal Wain

Sha nidiui.

Dee. H. .lull 1 1 I'.nrr. tf

formerly IJalted States minister U Siitm. hns returned here after rinithu Pekin and the principal Chiasm porti Be say s the sitnatum in I hiua Ii the most critical nature. and that ii ehuria is no longer Chines. . hut R -sbm territory. Me nsseriM 'at . Chwaatg, the ehief northern port for the tnovoinent of Amerieaii pro.lu. tis also practically b'ussian. ami Is bio to . lose any day. The only per maiient sa'eguard to the paran I I American and Drilish interests. Mr Rarrett says, js ismsedlste ami Batted action by tha interested govaiamenu to defend the ierrit,,ry of the Chinese empire; to enforce reforms i a tin era men t; t. prevent farther ertshmi of ports am) provinces, and to m- 1 upon the "open door" policy in ill pints of China, including the spberei Of infliieneo claimed b Uussia. i.-r-msny nnd France. Otherwise. Mr. Darr, tt contends, the Imnendfaa aar

s. . by

. :, ; r ... i

n me i nines,, empire wi rioUSly curtail the field of trail disastrously affeCtiSjg American british inlluenee in Asia.

have

THHY WKRI. COMRADES.

the sagsr plantations, and they think this i piing to have a good etTecf. PeaaaSj w.ir. taas s:.,.,rr, ThS condition of affairs j worse than slavery t some of these plantations. The work was done by "peons." who receive psSCtM a day on an averagi-.ami veers then lubjected ta the very worst type of "'eiiuntry store." These stores e-i c ibofi MTctghta ill everything sold. AaSoog several hundred all. ged pound packages of rico weighed by American offleudi there was not on.- which weighed over three-fourths of a pound, tbir ofBceN

made 1 he ow ners of th. , . a -

snow s,m,,. sort or lair treatment to the peons, refused the KOttCSt for

gourds and have hea rd not h Inp fuHhci i i , " ,i boat riots. Ii is , ght St tha nW S h! withdrawal of the guards from the I , J , h" u'"

plantations will work a ci-.-at improve. SMBt, and that has mivv been a. com.

pltshed practically throughottl the isb and.

Arrii ..f ma Peaaejrtvaasi i -iniiii, astt vi.iro Tvaam. Manila. Dee. 10. The I oiled Staten transport PSaasylVSMÜl has arrived here (Tout San i'ram is,. Private Pred llam-il, of the fwentielh KSSSSS, died of typhoid fever on board the I r.i SSSOri IsdtSMQ, and was buried nshore. I I" rm v and Na v ( la i. hns been organised lo re With CM. saalth, of California. SI president. ThS French transport I aclnnire has arrived hero for the purpose of repatriation of Spaniard e, Tht Kansas volunteer) have landed.

talerasMaK i'ru ttrtnt n r to 1 tmsteas stiiiM' aad BaatUi) wi... mn Klllad ni Baa linn mn. Washington, Dee. 10, Some Intet

, estiny bist.iry is attaebe.l to two recently introduced in th, boose by

Mr. I inbrwood for lien Wheeler. Iv bills are to grant pensions to ' Margarel B. Bhipp, widow ..f in Wm. B. Shipp. who was killed at tbfl battle of San Juan bill, and of Mrs. Louisa D. Smith, widow of Lieut. H i'. H. Smith, win. was killed at the I tdaco. Tber.. mrmm u mmmpIi .. I.I.. . imi

plantation j ,.rif jn ,h ,istrv (.

diers. They studied together at IVis1

'"'it. oraduatei loir. th.r. and aft.r

leinv iKith rftse to the

int. They met their

baths in the same battle within

""prove- ; Inilluies of oat h other and. finnllv, Ihe

bills to pension their wives wer. IS trodueed in eongrem siauttsi game all Maasraai i me x.m iteeraf st mini. London. Di c. pi. At the Botel O inst pvealng, farevrell bsnquei wsi lendsrsdj t Baron Cvraon. of Kfd ton, the new vie.rov of India, a'"' Lttdy Curron. by thejloke ami Da''1 1 of Marlborough: theDukesnd DwheeJ d Devonshire. Lady Bandolph t'hiirchhill, the Karl and OostnteM of nT' wick, Mr. Arthur. I. Balfour, (Irsl I of the treasury: Mr. Henry tVbltSj L'nlted stntes charge dsffaires, nnd Mrs. White; Huron Bothschild, Mr and Mrs. Herbert. Henry As. p. ith ssi Other personal and political U I