Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1901 — Page 2

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C. DOANK. rublUher. JASPKR. INDIANA. Herr George Speyer, the Frankfort banker, baa give 1 .000.000 mark to that citj to promote scientific tuatruo tlon. Tb federal cabinet of New South Walea hui decided to invite Canada and New Zealand to send troops to the opening of the federal parliament. The Herlin police are publishing a warning that u recent judicial decision makes foreign phjrsteiaas punlsheble who use lb Certuany a medical title acquitvd outside of that country. The county ci un. il of London hui virtually adopted proposal to spend '1 SOB,') on a -obeine for the better housing of the poor in London, a matter in which King Kdward is greatly Interested. Earl Roberta, it is MOtrtoi has been offered the lord wardeuship Ol the cinque porta, which the marquis Of Salisbury desires t relinquish. Thi post ww formerly held by the duke ol Wellington, The special vM icnlt 11 ral eOJBJniaiiOi for the Bhine-Hessc district bei decided to make ch.i Bat I e experimenti with American grape stocks in connection with the effort to stamp out phylloxera. Rt. Kev. Win. Morris Barker, btehof of the turbailction of (Mympia, died Mddenly at his home in Tacoma. Wash., on the -'ist. of angin pectoris aped M. He leases u widow and a daughter. A movement is n toot by prominent Angora font breeder! to import to this county from Turkey a large number ol the beal kngOMM that can be found. An Importing company it In procesa of organization. ar " '" Kev. Henry F.a t.-hford, for 14 yefsM Presbyterian minister among tlc Chippewa Indians of the Lake Superior region, died at Odanuh. Wis., on the ted, at the age of IS years. Bit Ufe was spent with the Chippewas. At the instance of the United States government the powers have accepted the principle that no further Individual concessions of territory in China ahull be sought or obtained by anyone power without international assent. A dispatch from London, on the 19th. said: "No information has been received in this city from South Afriea that could tend t give color to the report circulated In the Halted States that Gen. He Wet had been captured by the British." National flaps were hoisted over the American embassy and consulate in London, on the J-M. in honor of Washington's birthday, but the usual ambassadorial reception and the American society banquet were abandoned owing to the queen's death. A handsome pavel haa been presented to Vies President eitel Roosevelt, made of Osage orange, grown on a farm five miles west of Heatrice, Neb., Which was the first entry under the homestead act. It is the gift of Or. Ferd Itrothcr, of Heatrice, the present owner of the land. Mr. Theron. president of the Afri kanderbun.l of (ape Colony, has decided that it is impossible for him to co-operate with I'iet Ie Wet's peace committee, but he has offered the constituted authorities his services to promote the : estoi at ion of y ..e on terms honorable to both tides, The first meeting of the joint com mittee. composed of presenl ami former cabinet ministers, suggested by King Bdemrd to formulate a eherne for a permanent memorial to the late Queen Victoria, was held on the 19th. The committee submitted their ideas for the king's approval, a A sensation was created nt the session of the National reainet l'.uttermakers' association in St. Paul, Minn., on the -"1st. when V. I). Coli yer. of ChkSgO, ODS "f the judges of the better exhibit, lodged forms! complaint with the executive committee charging st. l'.-iui bnttermsket with offering him SO0 bribe. Two deaths from starvation occurred in Milwaukee on the tOth. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn lloefer. after selling most of their furniture ami buying food and fuel, nbstaineil fr.m eating to husband their supply for their two children. When diecoi ered. parents Slid children were promptly removed to a hospital, win re the former soon sfter died. A special to a Kansas City pnper from Chihuahua, Mexico, says (Irnnt Oillet, the cattleman who fled to Mexico, two years ago, to escape the wrath of creditors from whom, it is seid, he secured nearly a million dollara. will soon return to Kansas City, Mo., and give a thorough account of himself. Lillett, it is said, ia now penniless. The Pseifie MsU Rio Jsneiro ran on stenmer City ot a rock while eutering the Golden Uste for Ben l-'run-cisco, on the '.l. in a dense f"ur she sank :i f.-vv minutes after striking, it is thought that ii.-iii It .me hundred sihI fiftj pei i us srere drowned, nCluding Consul (.etu-ml Wihltnan and family ( apt. Willlsm Wind, after do Ing II possible to ansa others, w.-nt down with the Vessel.

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Compiled from Various Sources, Fl'TY.SlX TH CUNüHESS. (Second f4esnion 1 In the Mattel on llw 1Mh- asset ths hol - -i.n ... .ievotad lo eonsiaera Uoii of ii, ofttc. appropriation bill All ot Ihe committee amendments were ileposed "f copt that appropriau ..,. ..i r. hi extei -I n f lh pn urn llli tule -r Ice, v hl. Ii . nt ovi r JUSi se f oi idjournmcni lh mllttar) a vx appropriation bin was laid b re "; ' " a'.' .. in the bwusi ihe bill la auth i t ti- hoLlinc of the f.. rnatleiial .-v,"-i-II.. n in i ei. bruit f the ei nl nnlal snniveraary of the Louisiana purchase at St i...ui in MM, and snproprlatlni " W therefor, was puesed, under ""i" ll,.;'n et ike rol m, t s vote "f 1 " 41 tundry civil appropriation Mil wss lanes up late in tha in th aaauue, on the lh, ihe "",france report on ih mllltan ""' ' prnpriailon bill was rejected by ine emphatic ot of II I- 1 ' 'tors ; t.. ihe provision asums! haalns In I ' rt ..ert as t Irastlc. An unavsillns f rt was mads to secure consideration of ths hill revlvit. in, m.nl. -t V.''" ' v , is the navv .or the her, lit ol ,-.ir-.,linli- N S,:n,.,..n tnd Bohle? ' " " . most the da v. t sot nt upon the sundrj etvtl sppn.prl Hon Ml andtne alneo tKhtl pass WM f ' !; '!' ' am mlments b. iiiK a.i.Tte.t Ihe .l. tt.n n v nt.proprlatlon bill w is lntro.luee.1. in. I ' ' . 1 ' I I "I II .', - - I . . i . , - Mil T il II.. til i ln relations . i Iii-, a i.u" In the senate, en the Wtn. ine Ps i -n.v appropriation bill occupied the enure das Some i i was mad.-, but ;"- vi,,, ration of the hill was n ' COmpleteO. l.at. m the t .v a sharp cuuroversj was nr Ipltated bf ami ndnv nti exu nding tn. pn umatlc tvil.e -. iic to Chi. ac.. aii; ki Louis ... In the bouse the sundry civil appropriation bill was passed, and ;;nsi ler.'ti.n of ;h- r-neral deftcleacy Mil y. is nter-d upo.i Mr. Bherman ofrerea ar am. adment d Klaned t.. prohibit busing si the mivalacad- my p- nalty of .iismii whl. h wss peiidlns wh. n the house adjourned. In th senate, on the 21st. n resolution l dtacbarce the Judiciary committee rronj further consideration of the aaU-trUSt lull aas iftermuch disi usslon m nt to ll en.'.ar Later, durin conaldeowon ot me post ..the., bill, tin bpi roprlatlon f.-r pn umatic tube service araa entirel) eliminated I The ..Id controversy over special approI ...l.. ,at neill erlee IM . lli'l 1 the r. i of ihe day In tM house the (ren. ial .u-ncienc y mn inr mi Of the ap i 'harues ol proprtation niiis. wm pass roriiii.tlon In the matter ! house em1 discussion. nlovM resulted, sfli s heati i.i . r,..,i ii nn Tiir in ' . '"mhih. ii. InvMtlntla committ II rules with th snauiance f the chtlrman that it lid he resorted at once In the senate, -n the :im. the post of flee ami diplomatic i.nd consular appropriation biiN wef p. esed, th.- rormer, at-t.-r pre i rafted debate, but the latter in th. record time ..f 4 m'nutes. At r a si.;rit..! .!. bat.-, th. ic.nf.retice report on i th. Indian appropriation t ill was rejectea i i.n.l the t ri asa sen! h; -k t conference ; in accordnncfl with custom. Washlnston s farevell add i ess was read early In ine d ... In the house the das was deI - - ... a . 1 .. r Imrldl it i n V'tefl to oil. is ann " leis ... nn. '' Nino tills unobjected W were pass. I im were ?". claim bills, and IT.' priv lie leiirlon bills, ainons the latter one for '. month to the widow Of the late Qen Henry W lawton. who was killed In th. Philii pines PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The SeW$70,h00 normal school btiii l ing at Duluth, Mit n.. WHS L'utte.l byfire ..n the nighl of ihe - Ith The building waB SOt imT completed. Mark King, messenger of the house of reproseatatives at Washington. lied at Ironton, )., ou the -1st, of paralysis. The tirsi cargo of hemp from the Philippines for San Francisco left MaSils on the Jlst. Lester sad Johnny Reifte the famous jiK-Kes. left Toledo, .. on the 1st, for Knglaml. They sail from New York, on the 28th, for ,iverool, so us to take pari in the spring races. The srmngemenl whereby farming implements msj be Imported Into Turkey free of duty has been We sewed for another dec ade. F. M. llak.-. a well-known jockey and trainer, ol TltUSVille, I'a., was thrown from Iiis sleigh. n the -1st, ami killed. in the house of representatives, at Washington, on the 21st, Mr bailey. Of TeXSS, chsrged that there were employes of the house WBO w.-re dixiding their salaries with others who performed m work, sad challenged say one on the other side to deny lua allegations (- offered to prodace sworn testimony in su'nstant isl ion of his charges. Count Boa! de Csstellene declares thai he is satiafled with the recent decisions .t the tniirts in Peril ami New York in tin- suits brought against him by various persons, Be ssyi be is now llvinif on a strictli economical sie, A. BioUt, a Manila druggist, has be. n arrested and communications from Aguiaaldo, dated in Isabels prov lace, northesatem Luson, have been eised in his store. The matter is beim: investigated. ihe Cuban constitution in its Baal form, after being passed upon by the committee of phraseology, was Busily signed on the -'is. All the delegates wi re present except Senor l.loreiito. Senor ( isiteros refused to soii th" . . i , . . . . conv to le sein in as inn:; i on on t 1 1 - ground that Cuba is an independent count r . cablegram was received at the state department, on The jisi. irom Minister I osger, stating thai the hinese plenipotentiaries had infotmed the foreign ministers that the eniperDr Sad agree I to all Ihe punishments tunned in his (Conger's) telegram of February I lust. Mrs. Nation is to enter polities, and become the editor of Tin- Bmsahsr's Mail, a paper to Is- run in Iwhalf of negroes. She has refused tempting offers to lecture, nnd will remain in Topeka and help elect "a clean man" for mayor at the spring election. A deserter who has recently arrived at Standerton. reistet that Commandant General bonis Botha assembled bis men February anil nddltSSCd them. He declared that they should never surrender ko long as thrc were MM left, sddlng that lie would alwsyti is 1 1 idj to lead I hem. Intense cold continucfl thorughout Qermenj In some parte of the conn. try the weather has Iwen the coldest in 25 years. At Cologne a young lady reveler was froen to death in the street ami n cn.-o nina n n-ii itoin ins; carriage with both legi fronen, Near Vemae a bie.vlist was foumi dead.

Kleves persons were killed and S lurgs number injured at ths result of I collision, at Kushing'a aiding, near ßordsotowa, N. .1. of the "Nellis Illy" express and an aceoiumodatloU train, on ti"- list, Part of Um curs of both trains WCfC burned. I r. .1 f. Riefcter, one of the most prominently knOWS farmers of St. ( si county, III., fell dead, on the '1st. in his front yard. Heath was eaUSed by Spoplexy. The deceased was ft yesra Old, and one of the pioneeis of t he cotamunit) - B, li. Hun 1 t . on the S2d, reported: "Psllures for the week wen- -'ä.! in the United Btstes, again si M last year, and l" in Canada, against :t.l last yea r." The sssassia ol Jasusjs l y al, scting british consul at I unhid Bolivsr, cneueia. has been sentenced to ii years' imprison men t . The American Carnation society de elded, on the Wd, t hold its t-ext annual meeting in Indianapolis. Ind.. and sleeted W in. G, Rertei .nan, of that

city, president. fcATF ntYJt ITEMS Tn the senate, on the 83d, the day aas given to the fortifications and army appropriation bills, tin former being passed. The house bill making the appropriation of S,OOO,OO0 for the St. I,ouis World's fair in 1003 was IHSSfd. wiih a Sunday closing amendment and a rided a ppropria t in" $250,Odd for the proposed Charleston (8. C.) exposition, nnd the day closed with eulogies on the late Representatives Hoffecker, of Delswsre; Wise, of Virginis, and Daly, of New Jersey. ...In the house severs of the appropris lion bills were sent to conference and considerable nlaoe lis neons business was transacted. A resolution to investigate the pay of house employes was adopted. The session ended with eulogies of the late Representatives Clark, ol N. u Hampshire, and Show, of New York. Lord Kitchener reports the following summary of losses inflicted on the Boers during their into raid Into Cape Colony: "Two hundred and ninetytwo Boers known to have been killed and wounded in action; SB taken prisDners, 183 surrendered, one 15-pounder gun. 4i'.' rifles, 160,000 rounds of small ammunition, 5,500 horses, tu mules, 3.M0 trek oxen, 1S,70Q cattle. 155,400 theep and 1,070 WSgOnS and carts cap turcd." A public mass-meeting of citizens of Wichita. Kris., under the auspices of the Ministerial association, was held there, OS the 24th, and a resolution passed demanding the enforcement of the prohibitory law, The meeting is said to have been a tame affair, and the "demand'' likely to be ignored. Among the many letters received by .bulge Maen. of Topeka, Kas., who sent Mrs. I arric Nation to jail, is the following: "We now propose, if Mrs Nation is held prison, lunger, to raise the greatest artiiv of women the World has ever known and wipe man SUt of existence. It is our intention te begin with J mi." Minister Conger will leave Pekin immediately for this country on SB days' leave "f absence. Commissioner Bockhill will h.T.e full power to eonduet the negotiations now in prog ress. Japanese minlstorisJ newspapers vigorously repudiate the assert ions of BOB damsgrs for Injuries received while being initiated by the Modern lYood uic a. In the senate, on the tftth, the army appropriation bill bcins, u nde r coo - oltration, when the Philippine amendment wss reeched.sl uban amendnssat vas also offered, sad the session w;u occupied ba debate on these uroposv tii ns. to which shsrp opposition wes levi loped ou t lie democratic side. Atl ciiiiic session WSS held to allow time U con t ii ue 1 he debate .... I u t be house the senate amendment to ihe naval appropriation bill striking out the provision for tWO battleships and two cruisers, wns sgreed to despite th" appeals of the house conferees, b '.n ire ma jot it . Mr. Tswnev isked unsnimoui consent to disagree to the senate aincmlnient to the Si. Louit exposition bill, but Mr. Shepherd (Tex. i objected. Senator Carter, who is one of the senators in charge of the aruiy appropriation bill, insists that the Cuban amendment to the bill must Ik further amended so as to compel Cube to render sn sccounting to the United States for the money Which has been expended by this government in Cuba, with a view to the repayment at some future time. w. MondaU, of Ptttaburgh, Pa., on the 25th, closed lease contracts for 1,'O.iMMi acres of land in BrssoriS county. Texas, to proepeet for oik Other persons closed contracts for 5O,00B scree more it is believed thej represent the Standard Oil Co. In psesing upon the case of McDonsld rs. The Comasonwealtb of Massachusetts, the I'nited States supreme court, on the 15th, sustained the law of thn state for the extru punishment of habi cal criminals. Two native Christian! from Knie Una Cheng, in the northern part of the Province Of then Si, report the massacre of -ii male and female missionaries and nine children who had been missing since October, Chief Jostice Fuller, on the UM h. announced that the United States sa premc court would not sit for business on Insuguratlon day, Motions will be h aid and opinions delivered on Tuesday following. Senator Maid, of California, has offered an smendmeni te the anndry civil appropriation bill extending the life of the iiulustri.il commission until March . I05,

A dispatch to the I'ni is I'einps from Shanghai sa- it is believed the evacustlon ..i the foreign troops from China will bein at the end of March.

WITHIN OUR LIMITS.

Newt by Telegraph from Various Town in Indiana. Keila Seveu Wet-ka. Winuinac Ind., Feb. XS. tieorge T. leuabee, aged H years, has tested uo foo.. for M I iy Several months ago Iiis (BBetits begse to fail and ' dsyi sgo in - oppe. rating sl together. He SOS SOl drink I icpiid of an y kind, Night am! dsj for sevei Weelu be has sat in an srm-chsir. Mis physicisni are at s In-, to understand how he has been able to li. to long without an stimulant or nourishment. They aj there are apparently no fatty tissues to draw from. rw hurch Iteillenlrd. m erson. Ind.. Feb. -'5. The new Ifethodlsi church in thisoitj. wsadedk eateil Sufdsy. The dcdlcstlon services were Conducted by Kev. Dr. J. W. Hashfonl. president f the Ohio Wesleyea university. A number of former pastors, including Bee. Dr. spark-, who was here III years ago. were in attetii'Snee, The church is of brown stone and Will seal about 3,000 persons. The building w as commenced t w oyi ars ago am' was completed at a cost of $50,000, riv fiaeaesa fcssselntlen, Kokomo, Ind., feb. .'.". North Indiana harness racing association has been formed. Howard II. I. each, of this city, is named as president and .1. T. Tomlinson. of Loga n sport, secretary. The cities Included In the circuit are Kokomo. Anderson, Elwood, I.ogansport. Marion and l'rai k fort. Beck Of the tOWttl Brill hsVC I summer meeting, and sonic of them two meets. spring and fair, The purses will range from $300 to $0(1 forced) clssi CVI tit. IIIK Trolle I Inr. Frankfort. Ind.. Feb. IS. A, B, Clark, local attorney for the Clover Leaf rallrosd, says that plans are well toward maturity for the capital Isation of an electric railway corpora tion to construct i system with this City as one of the main terminals from which there vx i 1 1 radiate electric lines to Tipton. Kokomo. Logsnsport, Delphi. Lafayette. Craw ford SI ille and Lebanon, with Indianapolis as the southern terminal. ash for Olfts. Wabash. Ind.. Feb. 25.- There is scarcely a city of 5.000 or over in Indiana which has not sent In its petition for ii public library donation to Am! rew Carnegie. The lUCCess of Goshen and Marion has infused courage into th.nterprising lahsbitants of the small er cities. Blufft on, Bunting! on, Klkhart and Fern have made reojUCStS an.! in ihi 'ity the matter has been put in charge of competent persons who will ak gW.OCO. Three Killed. Goshen, Ind.. Feb. .'.. Three persons were killed ami sexeral Injured by I Wabash srest-bound passenger train running into a sleigh filled with people here. The dead are: Christian Deering, christian Wagner, Louii WaMier. Christisn Wagner lesves I widow and si children. Christisn Deering srss ti ;w- old, nnmnrried, and v :i a son of Conrad Deering, living near South Wakaru-.i Inilleleil for UurUer. Richmond, Ind., Feb. I S . Vincent (Han, who Inst week at Middle! own struck Prank Oiltner, Superintendent Of the tin p'ate factory, with a piece of sac pipe snd killed him, has Keen Indicted for murder In the first decree. : The indictment wns returned by a special grand jury sitting at Csstle. Ginn will probably l at the April term of court. New t t ied o.t.i srOv sew, Terre Haute. Ind.. Keb. M, Four Bussisn coal miners have been put on trial lo re for the murder of tWO fellow 'Russisns last election. None of tbe sceuaed or eyewtt neaaes can -peak English. What little information has been obtained from them through an interpreter indicates that they have no conception of the proceedings in a court of justice, lllnriiurnitlnii lt..orl Richmond, Ind., Feb. 25. W. s. Blatchley, state geologist, gives out a discouraging report concerning the I Indiana gas supply. He says the decrease in pressure the last year hSI been grester than iti any year since ' Lras was discovered. Be now place j the life of the field from four to five yean I omul llenil. areeoeastle. Ind Fei. 2.1. IL C. Lewis, n prominent attorney Ittd politician of tliis. city, was found dead hy Ihe ide of a railroad t rack. He had died from heart trouble. He was pr..-eeu-tor of PetSam and Clay counties hih! m;ii city clerk three terms. Took i'lllmll, Anderson. Ind.. Feb. LT. W-. Csl Hie Ith m r t . aged It, BOmmitted suicide with strychnine. Her husband is s piano dealer, and because he employer! two men intenri of one tiny quarreled. This led to the suicide. Lived a Ontnrj. Andrews. Ind., Feb. M. Mr Mary Krlenbaugb died at her home near here, aged 100 years. She was born in CJermatiy and came to America tin y ear ago. InillfinN Mini I'ounil Item? YpsUsUti, Mich. Peb. ':: Charles Osborne, of kficblgsn ity . Ind., an engineer ou the Michigan Central milroad, who has been missing from Iiis liome for tome time, was found dead n bed in the Hawkins botase here Bm Isy niilit. An empty morphine bottle nnd an unbroken pscksgeof stryeliitsc wer. found In his pocket, and it is Opposed lie committed suicide. Ue left no idler- or im suges

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The Senate Committee Agree Upon an Amendmeut to the Army Appropriation Bill JNITED STATES' DESIRES MADE PLAIN While XiMiurhiH Hie fetSsTC "f ,neeaoadesis lee " it nee - teniled to tltSW ths WloadseS Kun wn Uli I liemeU ea or OtVS Themaelea . Washington, Peb. - Che senate omni it tee on relations with Cuba has igreed to an a me ml men t to the army Appropriation bill regarding ( aba. The entire commit tee i in agree ment. Snd i bei will be no minority report, and no opposition is expected from the democrats In the senate, it? is the general impression that the igreement makes an extra aeselon of mum ass unnecessary At 12:1.') p. in. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, chairman of the commit tee on relations with Cuba, reported the amendment agreed upon bj the Dommittec to be attached to ths army appropriation bill. The tct of the amedmenl is as fob lows: The ioaesMfsseati "That in fulfillment f the declaration contained is the joint resolution approved April "J'l. ls'.'s, entiled Tor the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the gov. eminent of Spain relinquish it i suthorit ami Dovemmcnt In the Island of Cuba and to withdraw j its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, ami disreetlag the president of the Unit ed State- to use the laud and naval forces of the United states to carry these resolutions into effect," the president is hereby nathorized to leave the govern ment and control of the IsbUsd of Cuba to its people so soon SS :i govern men I shall have inen es tab Uabed la said island under u constitution which, either ns a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto shall define the future relations of the United States with tuba, substantially an follows: L That the government of Cuba fhall never enter into any treaty i other compact with any foreign power or powers Which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cube, nor In any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by ooUmizstiou or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in, or control oxer any portion of said island. 2. That said government shall not sssume or contract any puilie Jei.t. to pay the Interest upon which and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate discharge Of which, tin ordinary revenues of the island, aft. r defraying the current ex peases of government shall be inadequate. 3. That the government of Cu be consents that the United states amy exercise the rieht t intervene im- the pit SerVStiOH of Cuba independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property ami individual liberty, and for discharging the obllj s tiom with reaped to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United Mates. BOW to be as cumed and undertaken by tha government of t lube. 4. That all SCtS Of the United states in Cuba during its milisry occupanc) thereof are ratified and rslidated and all lawful rights required thereunder shall bs maintained and protected, That the .. i n men t of I ube) will execute, and as far ns necssa vary, extend Hie plans already devised or other plans to Is- mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the islands. to the end that a recurrence oZ epeietnies and Infectious diseases' may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people ai l commerce f t ube as well to the commerce of the southern porta of the I'nited States, and the people residing therein. 6. That the Isle of Fines sha'l be omitted from the proposed constitutional iMomdaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty. 7. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, nnd to protect ths people thereof, as well aa for Its own defense, the government of ( uha will sell or lease to tha United State lands neces-ary for coaling or naval stations at crtain specified points, to be atrr-eil upon with the president of the United Stales. 8. That by way of further assurance the government of Cubs will embody the foregoing provisions in n permanens, treaty with the United States. The amendment was referred to the I on in 1 1 tee on mil it ii ry a (Tai t . ii can be stated on htgh authority that ihe iiinenilmciit is sal isfmlory to Uta president nnd that its adop lion by DOUgUlCS will avoid the neeee i ty for an extra ion.

ISSUE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

YS Kumtn l allioile I'hureli May itynl d Ol. Iii Aniwrltian UwveesMssssi S ArManila, Pah. Bee, Pather Ma Kinnon, wne was forutertj private see roter) ol Bgr L'hnpuetle and wise is now pastor of the Krsslte Cnthobe chinch. In formed a repreesntativs ei the press today thai theie WOTS upwai Is of son native priests ill t be Philippines oppo.-eii in the federal party, ami that these would refuse to administer the sscrament to föderal isis, because they believed the federal part to be merely a cloak for Pro teatant attempts t. weaken the now Of of the chinch ot Koine. He ret'erteil to the federal psrtj as Mraatln on an insecure fouinlatii.n and destined to crumble soon.'' and asserted that ihe Methodist and Presbyterian mission Sri OS were usiii-: unfair meens to induce Filipinos to leave the Catholic faith He assailed the character of Senor I ' I icnca in InO nnd Other evangel ical leaders, nnd contended thai only bv securing the co-operation and irood will of the padrSS COUld the Am u cans make permanent progress la the Philippines. Senor raVCra, pn tident Of the federal party, when the views of gather Mclvinnon were brought to kit atten tion, replied; "So mucfe the belter, as ii will bring the metter u an leaner" When aski-ii whether the members of the party would not leave it if they learned that membership Invoived tlieit church Blending, Hi r Tavern replied: They probably would, if that were true; but I believe only a small proportion of the priests WOUlId OXCluda people from their church privileges for such a reason. We Filipinos did not melee sn Issue of separation ir church and state. 'I Lis w a - decreed bv the United states constitution. Nothing else i- tolerated under Amer- ' loan sovereig nty. "If the Catholic authorities at.- not Willing to accept it. ihCJ are not patriotic. The federal party may dlsln1 tegrate after civil government is geserslly eatahlished In the Philippines, but the principles n peace un lei Atneritan sovereignty will not dism t eg rate." Senor Tavora aaaerted that the federalists who bad relatives snd friends sinoag the prominent insurgent lealers were endeavoring, bj corresp I Stiee, to induce them to surrender, ulthotieh thus far without result. Some employers of native labor sl lege that Ihe natives are gathered by the federalists wholesale, without sny explanation of Ihe principles to which they are abacrlblngi Ordlnsrily the natives are easily leil by their SCCIIStomed leaders; but the movement for peace with tin- I'niled Slates has stt' thority ami greet moment, and it is now generally Understood and iprovsd by the natives, Cnpt. Pitifrersld admlnlatered th oath of sllegignce to 100 llocanoa it a church in YigSU, Pebrusry . ami a parish priest at Sant i Catalins iidiiiniIstcred a similar o.uh to Tun natives Pebrusry 24. PROFOUNDLY IMPRESSED. Whleh Shaves thai the I nhana, st Leiisl I mler fltllSlli are me liable to Hi'Hmin. Havana, Feb. M, The Cabaa constitutional convention met in executive session yesterdej eftemoon sad di ussed the (uestion of the future n lilt ions between Cuba and the United states. !t was evident that the dcleatea were deeply Impressed with the recommendations of the United States senate committee on resolutions with Cuba, cabled from Washington. When Senor Nunc was asked his opinion. be replied: That settles it. If the I'nited States government insists upon naval Stations, I have nothing to say." The report of the special committee on relations declared '.'vat any scheme of reist ions sccepted by the convention co. ild not bind the future rep ib He nnd must b approved by the Cuban congress. The members of th committee were unanimous on this point. The report was rather in the nature of suggestions, showing no snbsteatisl vsrtstiou from the fore ast already cabled, Senor Nun. introduced a reso lution that the convention should ap point a committee either to go to Washington or to meet a committee : from the I nlted states congresi '' j discuss the ipiestion. This proposal ; was not fav on. i i.y a majority of the I lalegatai THIS IS AN EYE-OPENER. tnd Shu Take a battle of ihe I llraIsutopQ ndeswo am i our I fiKruleful Wurda. Washington, Feb. ::ti Senator Carter, who is one of the senators in ehargU of the nrmy appropriation hill, insists that the Cuban amendment to the bdl must lie further amended so ss to compel Cuba to render tin sccounting to the United States for the money which has been expended hy this government in Cuba, with a view to the repayment nt some future time. la nehalf of nilntl Veterans. Washington. Feb. M, Congressman t'alderhead, of Kansas, has bnd bin bill favorubly reported which providetn increase to $;10 ist month of t Intensions of soldiers sniveling from total blindness or paialysis so as t imcoaaitatfi Um constant care f an at endsnt, N PseaaUS llnriieil Ii lleilh. I.oudoti, Feb. tire in a resiicnee aituuicd in i in pool quarters of l.ii mini hain resulted in mix men a i ' I Aoincn being burn d to deulh uml four dangerously burned.