Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 17, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 August 1900 — Page 2

(The 5ikf ©ouutgjrraociat M. Met'. STOUTS, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. Orders have been issued divert* i *-:lng all transports now en poutfc trini , troops for China from Nagasaki to : 1 J Manila. About four thousand troops . trill be affected. During the last year 2,400 duels ftere fought in Italy and 480 deaths resulted. Most of these combats were between army officers, and were based on the most trivial pretexts. Press dispatches describe Count Von Waldersee’s trip south, en route to China, as a triumphal procession with “enthusiastic ovation, the like of which had not been seen since 187071.” —*- At Ithaca, N. Y., on the 21st, Miss Ruth Mary White, daughter of Andrew Dickson White, ambassador to Germany, was married to Rewin Sidney Ferry, formerly of Mt, Vernon, N. Y. ■■■■—•—— King Oscar of Sweden has formally agreed to act as arbitrator of the claims for compensation for losses sustained by British and German subjects and American citizens in the Samoan ricrts. Great Britain has paid 60,000 marks as damages to the owners of 'the German bark Hans Wagner, which the British detained in South African waters during the early days of the Transvaal war. The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, issued on the 2id, showed: Available cash balance, 1 $136,600,750; gold. $68,621,401. Mr. Charles Upson Clark, of Yale university, has been awarded a prize of 1,500 marks by the Berlin academy - for preparing an edition of Marcellinus Ammimanus, the Roman historian of the fourth century. The state department, on the 23d, forwarded to the British embassy extradition papers for Julian T. B. Arnold, wanted in England and now held at San Francisco. He is a son of Sir Edwin Arnold, and is charged with embezzlement.

Capt. George F. Wilde, commanding the battleship Oregon, on the 23d, notified the navy department from Kure, Japan, that the vessel, which had been in dock there undergoing temporary repairs, had been floated and would be ready for sea in a week. It is indicative of the policy of the United States government that the Cviban flag was hoisted, on the 25th, with elaborate ceremony over the palace in .Santiago, where it floated for the first time since Gen. Shatter ordered it hauled down in 1898. It is announced in Vienna that MM. Lasker, Pillsbury, Sehlechter, Maroczy and Janowski will tmnvin Kurope and .America next mouth, playing in public several games of chess simultaneously, Pillsbury playing no less than thirty games at once without seeing any of the boards. The 1900 Chautauqua assembly at Clarinda, la., closed, on the 21st, with a political debate between Congressmen Landis, of Indiana, and Champ Clark, of Missouri. Tfcope was an attendance of 3,000. During the debate a terrific wind and rainstorm came up, and the Chautauqua tabernacle was almost blown to pieces. Edward E. Balch, assistant cashier of the Omaha (Neh.) national bank, was assaulted and robbed in a Piill- „ man sleeper on a Northwestern train while traveling from Chicago to Omaha on the 23d. He was roughly handled and brutally beaten about the head, and did not regain consciousness for several hours after the assault.

At Palestine, Tex., on the 21st, Former Justice of the Peace Joseph Wilkerson, the alleged leader of the mob that lynched the three Humphreys in eHnderson county, in May, 1899, and J. A. Johns, Sam Hall and John Haddis, the remaining defendants, pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree, and each received a life sentence in the penitentiary. The population of the city of St. Louis, according to the official count of the returns of the twelfth census, is as follows: St. Louis city, 575,238, in 1900, against 451,770, in 1890. These figures show an increase of 123,468, or £7.33 per cent., from 189(1 to 1900. The population in 18S0 was 350,518, showing an increase of 101,252, or 28.89 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. By royal decree time in Spain is hereafter to be counted from 1 to 24 hours, the order to go -into effect January 1, 1901, the day to begin at (midnight, and one o’clock will be designated by a cipher, and the number of minutes by figures, as 0, 5, 0, 59. The officers of telegraph, telephone, railroad, steamship lines and all public offices are to observe the new method. On the 20th James M. Morrison, State department commander of Pennsylvania of the G. A. R., announced that but three of the 36 posts in Philadelphia, with a membership of 7,000, would send delegations to the national encampment in Chicago. Commander Morrison stated that this lotion was the result of the invitation extended to W. J. Bryan to attend the encampment, which the members regarded as introducing politics into the organization.

ill s HIM The Will of the Dead Multi-Mil. lionaire Has Been Made Pub- ^ lie at Hew York. IT COVERS TWENTMHREE ARTICLES. After Providing for His Widow and Adopted Children, the PrlncesM Hatafeld and Areher N. Huntington, the Principal Legatee 1. Hla Kephew, H. 13. Hantingtoa. New York, Aug. ^24.—The last will and testament of Collis P. Hunting* ton has been made public. The will is in 23 articles, is dated March 13, 1897, and witnessed by Maxwell Evarts, Andrew K. Vandeventer and George E. Downs. The first article directs the payment of debts. The second disposes of all furniture, bric-a-brac, books, etc.,. to ’Mrs. Huntington, absolutely, and gives all his pictures to Mrs. Huntington for life, afterwards to Archer M. Huntington for life and at his death to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York city absolutely. Article third gives the New York city residence to Mrs. Huntington for life, at her death to Archer M. Huntington absolutely or, in default of issue by him, to_ Yale university absolutely. Article four gives to Mr. Huntington's sister, Elizabeth Purdy and to her daughter Eleonora Loveland, absolutely, a dwelling house now occupied by them in Oneonta, N. Y. The fifth article gives $500,000 in trust for Mrs. Huntington for life, to go to Archer M. Huntington for life and to his issue absolutely. In the sixth section $250,000 is placed in trust for Archer M. Huntington ati\i issue. ’ The seventh article gives $1,000,000 in trust for the Princess Hatzfeld, the capital to go to her issue or, failing issue, to such persons as she may direct by will. rrt-i ^.* it._A;___ t

J. IIV> V ^ 11 l 11 ui UVIV w*. Southren Pacific stock belonging to Mr. Huntington. Mrs. Araballa D. Huntington, the widow, is given two* thirds of the stock, and Henry Edwards Huntington, nephew, one-third. This portion' of the will provides that the shares bequeathed to Arabella D. Huntington and Henry D. Huntington shall not, nor shall any part thereof, be sold or disposed of dtiring the lifetime of either of the legatees, except with the consent of both such legatees, or of the survivor of them. The ninth section gives half-of the residue of the estate to Mrs. Huntington, the widow. The tenth article, gives $270,000 in trust as follows: Harriet S. Huntington, sinster-in-Jaw; Elizabeth Purdy, sister; Susan Porter, sister; Ellen Gates, sister; $50,000 each; Collis H. Sammis, $30,000; Elonora Loveland, niece, $20,000; Frank Pardee, nephew, $20,000. Tf»e eleventh article makes the following specific bequests: To his sister, Susan Porter, $20,000; to his nephew, Willard V. Huntington, $50,000; to his nephews, Edward H. Dunbar and George S. Dunbar, $20,000 each; to hia nephew, Edward H. Pardee, $100,000; to his niece, Mary Pardee, $20,000; to his niece, Caroline D. Holladay, $20,000; to his niece, Leonora Foster, ^-0,000; to his niece, Adeline Dunbar, $20,000; to his niece, Helen M. Huntington, $20,000; to Isaac E. Gates, $ioo,000; to the widow of his deceased nephexV, Charles H. Pardee, $5,000; to his friend, Charles H. Tweed, $50,000. The twelfth section gives $100,000 to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural institute, Hampton, Va. Article 13 gives $25,000 to the Chapin Home for the Aged and Infirm, New York city. Article fourteen* provides that the residue of the estate to be given to .the testator’s nephew, Henry Edwards Huntington.

Articles nrteen and sixteen give certain,legal powers to the executors. Article seventeen authorizes Jirs. Huntington, as executrix, or such attorney or substitute as she may appoint, to join with Charles F. Crocker and Stillman and Hubbard or their respective attorneys or personal Representatives in executing or indorsing commercial paper. (This power is terminated by the death of Charles F. Crocker and the dissolution of Stillman and Hubbard.) The articles following are purely legal, the twenty-second providing that any beneficiary contesting the will shall forfeit his^sharei in it. Horae Thieve* Abnndoa Their Stock. Washington, Augj 25.—A/ telegram has been received at the interior department from Acting Superiptendent Good of Yellowstone Park, as follows: “Two men, guarding 30 head of horses, attempted to pass through the park on the 20th. I held their stock and the men disappeared. They' are evidently horse thieves. Civil officers are looking for them, and have sent descriptions of the brands on tho horses to the stock inspectors for Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.” Pneumatic Tube System. Washington, Aug. 23.—Second Assistant Postmaster-General Shallenberger has appointed the general committee of expert postal officials to have charge of the investigation of the pneumatic tube service in the principal cities of the country. Germans at the Front. Berlin, Aug. 25.—An official dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated August 21, says the German naval detachment arrived at Pekin August 18, and that the ma- j line battalion reached Ho-Si-Wu A\j* I gust 22. I

ATTACK ON I ANIL A PLANNED. T«ll*Tate Letter roaad Among the Pi pen of a Cl itared Filipino ienerml. Washington, Aug. |l.—-The war de partmeat has made public letters found among i he papers of Gen. lti* cart, recently rres ted by the police near Manila, unoo; them is an unsigned lette^ i i regard to an attack on Manila in J nuary, 1000. It states that the reaso i for not carrying out the proposed attack was because of the, small num >er of resolute pei-sons stationed at t ie gates, and because Gen. Otis had gone aboard a ship in Manila bav. Another att ck was planned, but not carried ou because the “enemy”' made a carefu search of the cit>. at a result of dis urbances the previous day. The lettar advises a not he. attack and outlines the following plan: “To recruit in your command ol south Luzon 3, >00 men of sure (luring and steadiness These will enter the walled city, aimed with knives. The entrance of this number of men will be effected du -ing a period of about three weeks; it will be very easy to do it, and I sl all undertake to place them in safe places while the rest are arriving, end as soon as they all get in 1 shall give the necessary instructions to direct and arrange for co-operation in the blow on the said point, the walled city.” After makihf suggestions as to the raising of funds the letter continues: “At the same time, with all due honor and respect, I inform you, general, that it is my strong belie! that to receive a favorable termination of this present campaign in which we suffer defeats continually, not that any one is of great importance, but they diminish the desire ol we Filipinos to pursue with the necessary ardor the longed-for liberty and independence of our dear country, there is no other way of attaining this than by carrying out the blow in |he city of Manila, since that piece of land, surrounded with its high and massive wall, once taken, we shall be able to dominate its suburbs, and as the foreigners live in them, we shall be forced to have direct relations with them.

“Yes, general, I agree, with persons ot greater ability, that the burning of a few foreign commercial establishments will be sufficient to give a new color to ;he present critical conditions in the Philippines; but permit me, general, to state my case briefly. How would the foreigners and the Americans come to an agreement in regard to the damages and prejudice such a conflagration would cause the flrst? How would we find out theii agreement. If property of the foreigners is burnt and nothing more is done we shall not obtain their valuable aid; we shall nevei^get it; but ii in addition we succeed in obtaining possession of the said walled city, then with our heads nobly erect, we can demand what we want of them and of the enemy, because the first will have to submit to our authority as soon as wre can dominate the place where they are. “I state all this, general, for youi opinion, so that if you approve it, 1 can proceed to make the necessary preparations and arrange fully and definitely the movements to take place in the vjirious places and for the proper signals. “I hope, general, that you will approve this phin, which is one of the proofs of ardent patriotism of this, your humble subordinate.” FILIPINO BARBARITIES. Dead and Wounded American Sol» dters Subjected to Wanton Indignities. Emporia, Kas., Aug.e 27.—Lieut. William Weaver, of the Thirty-second United States volunteers, who resigned in the spring on account of illness and has just returned home from the Philippines, tells of barbarities practiced by the Filipinos on American soldiers. He says that outside of the Macabebces, who were friendly to the Americans, the Filipinos were very cruel.

Six of our men were killed at Dinalupijahn,” said Lieut. Weaver, “and I do not think there was a man that had fewer than ten bullet holes in his body. - Y “In the case of one American soldier it looked as though the mu;«£le of the revolver had been placed in his right eye and fired. He* was also stabbed in the neck and breast with bayonets. ‘‘Here is another sample of their eruelty. Harry Easter, of Emporia, and McDonald, Of Iowa, txvo of my company, were killed instantly. Harry Easter was shot in the neck and the other fellow was shot in the back of the head. Only about twenty of the company were with them, and they were attacked by 250 Filipinos. “The Americans fought them for an hour and forty-five minutes. They had to leave the dead, and when they came back tho rebels had stripped the boys of all their clothes. They pulled up grass and sticks and built a fire on-their breads. We got to the boys before anything further was done to them. We got Easter and the other fellow away before they were burned.’’ Death of a Noted Bridge Builder. Pueblo* CoJ., Aug. 27.—Charles A. Bullen, vice-president of the Bullen Bridge Co., died of heart disease at Glendive, Mont., yesterday, according to a telegram received here. Mr. ilullen, was one of the best-known bridge contractors in the west, and 3id considers ble work in Alaska about a year ago. He was born in Leavenworth. Kas., in 1859, and went to Trinidad, Col., in 1888. From 1890 to 1894 he resided in Pueblo, sind for the last few years has made his home it Portland, Ore.. *

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told in Briiff by Dispatches from Various Localities. Hew Telephone Deal. Warsaw, litd.. Aug. 24.—With a capital stock of $3C.0W, a new organization, known as the Commercial Telephone company of Warsaw, has just filed nr;teles of incorporation, having purchased from the Warsaw Telephone company its local system and all itstoll lines, which conftect 43 cities, towns and villages in northern Indiana, Warsaw being the central station. The new company will assume control on September 1°. Favors a Chance. Warsaw,, Inti., Aug. 24.—Fifty representatives of the Indiana Presbyterian synod present at the Winona Bible conference passed the following resolution relative" to a proposed new creed; “Ministers and elders belonging to the synod of Indiana gathered at Winona bake, Ind., August 23, would give expression in favor of a restatement of our standard such as will remove or correct unhappy or doubtful expressions, but which shall In no respect impair the Calvinistic doctrine of the church.” _ Stole treat Pay Trata. Frankfort,, Ind., Aug. 24.—The fact, that Clover Leaf pay train was robbed of several hundred dollars last Friday while in the yards here paying off the shop men has been made public. The thief, who was the colored porter, was arrested in Toledo and the most of the money recovered. The stolen package, which contained about $500. was slipped from the safe while Paymaster Crowell's back was turned. Conductor Missing. , Logansport, Ind.. Aug. 24.—Thomas W. Mitlikin, one of the most popular Panhandle passenger conductors, is missing and has been gone since Sunday night,' he having left n.s home at that time without the knowledge of his family. His wiie says he has j threatened suicide on account ol financial troubles and fears that he either kept his word or has met with foul play.

vri|i|iiru lur tiu r» Decatur, Ind., Aug. 24.—The 15-year-old daughter of Preston Arnold, of this county, accidentally shot herself while watching a baseball game at Linn Grove. She went to the game with one of the players and took care of his revolver while he engaged at play. The weapon exploded and the bullet passed completely through the girl's hip. She will be a cripple for life. Preferred Death. Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 24.—Mru. McKinley., wife of a wealthy Jackson township farmer, killed herself with carbolic acid rather than rCnt the farm and move to town. A sale of farm goods and stock was advertised. Mrs. McKinley declared there would be no sale, but a funeral in its place. The sale has been called off. Terribly Injured. Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 24.—Irwin Heck employed in the Lake Shore shops, caught the right sleeve of his working blouse In a lathe, and before he could wrench himself loose, the flesh and muscles of his forearm had been litefhlly stripped off. hanging in shreds. The injury was a terrible one. Trampled to Death. Brazil. Ind., Aug. 24.—Edward Huffman, the five-year-old son of William Huffman, fell over the dashboard while riding with his mother, and was trampled to death before he could be rescued. Mrs. Huffman is prostrated from nervous shock caused by the accident. Li)M by Lightning. Stilesvillf, Ind., Aug. 24.—The large frame barn belonging to A. M. Robardo was struck by lightning, and was totally destroyed with contents, which included 1.000 bushels of Avheat, 500 bushels of oats, with hay, farming implements, etc. The loss is 34*500. Clothes Torn Off. Washington, Ind., Aug. 24.—George Reister, a little fellow who carries papers, got too close to the fly wheel of the Herald’s press and his trousers caught in the rapidly revolving flywheel. tlis clothes were torn entirely off, but the boy was uti injured.

Trains Collide. Greencastle, Ind., -«.ug. 24.—A rearend collision of a freight and a gravel train on the Big Four at Fern derailed and destroyed 13 cars loaded with gravel, three loaded wita merchandise, a caboose and the gravel train engine. First Fatal Case. Terre liaute, Ind., Aug. 24.—Nathan Reynolds, employed at the distillery cattle pens, died of heat prostration. He dropped while at work, and died before the: physician arrived. This is the first fatal case in Terre Haute this season. * Badly Hart. Flora. Ind., Aug. 24.—Frank Wirt, of Delphi, was seriously injured here by running into a guard rope aeross a street while riding a wheel. He was unconscious for several hours, and it is feared the accident may prove fatal. BSlIlerttes to Meet. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 24.—The Seventh Day Adventists, ocTMillerites, of Indiana,will hold their annual state meeting in Muncie for twojweeks, beginning September 13. — Refuse the Scale. Marion, jlnd., Aug. 24.—The window glass flatteners have refused to sign the scale of wages offered by the window glass trust and haye declared a strike. j

The Chinese Dowager Empress and Court, Including the Emperor, Overtaken. j - ■' .'-'v. • j ANOTHER EN6A6EIIENT AT TIEN [SIN. ♦ ' ' Forelgi Residents of Shan tfltaii Ainrrned nt the Arrival o S© Mnny Wnrshlps — Tran* »ort* Ponrlnar Into Takn-l’roTt .ions for Troops nt Pe%.ln. » London, Aug. 26.—4 Shangha. <li»patch of date repeats the repor? that the Japanese troops pursued the dowager empress and the court, and overtook them 80 miles southwest of Pekin. The emperor, it is added,, threw himself on the protection of his, captors. The prisoners have nos yet reached Pekin. ^ ' Killed 3,000 Chinese, i London, Aug. 26.—In the eagagement at Tien Tain, 1,000 American, British and Japanese routed 3,i GO Chinese and killed 300 of them. An Aeeldentnl Gather!© London, Aug. 26.—The foreij a residents of Shanghai are alarmev at the arrival of the extraordinaryji umber of warships, and are fearful o ! European complications, but the; have been assure by some of th- ; naval commanders that the gathering was accidental. Communication Forbidden. Washington, Aug. 26.—A cablegram has been received from Admiral RenieV,* in which he states that is reported that the Russian commander at Pekin has forbidden any communication between his forces siad the Chinese. ’ Intermittent Street Fist ug. London, Aug. 26.—Street lighting breaks^out intermittently ir. Pekin, according to dispatches from Shanghai, the allies not having sufficient forces to police the vast c iv. As small parties of the allied tro :.ps penetrate linto new districts, they have to engage half-armed mobs.

Taku, Friday,'August 24.Tran sports are pouring1 into Taku. Tlit^e large German vessels have arrived? and are unloading. One regiment, ihsit has disembarked, is on its way it Pekin, and another is bound for Tf< n Tsin. Three Russian vessels are also in the harbor. The Fifteenth Unit<< States infantry, the Third artillery and 500. marines are camped at IT;a Tsin awaiting orders. ? Rations for 40 days are be.rg forwarded to the Pekin contingent by boat, A hundred civilians h *ve left Pekin, including the customs force, and are on their way down river. The foreigners here desire that a .new expedition shall be sent s,gainst Poa-Ting-Fu to destroy the; city and avenge the massacres of foreigners which oecurred there. ’ _ SLAUGHTERED BY BLOCKS. Terrible Outbreak ot Aboriginal Savagery In Aaitr>lla^t«a t Persons Killed. San Francisco*, Aug. ».—News comes from Sydney by the steamer Mariposa of ah ^trtbi^ak cf latent savagery in two aborigianl blacks. At Breelong, New South Wales, the Mawbry family offended tv <> natives known as Governor and Underwood, who, in revenge, broke into the Mawbry house, armed with tomahawks and war clubs. In the hoi se were Mrs. Mawbry, her two <lt.lighters, Grace and Hilda; her niece, Elsie Clark; Miss Kerse, a school teacher, and three boys, Percy, aged 13; George, 12, and Albert, 9. Of these only the two youngest escaped by hkling. All the others were either killed or mortally wounded!? The blacks seemed to have blood madness \ipon them, for in* their flight across the country to Queensland mountain they killed Alex McKay and his wife at Gulong, and Mrs. O'Brien and her young child s,t Meruwa, and Kerin Fitzpatrick, fin old man of 60, at Mudgee. Their horses were captured by the police, but they* escaped. *

DEAD IN A BATH TUB, Bart B. Kauffman. Son of u St. Louis Millionaire, Found U< n«]l at Portsmouth, X. E. St. Louis, Aug. 26.—Burt B. Kaliftman, eldest son of John W. Kauffman, the well-known grain ope .*a"or and millionaire of St. Louis, was found dead in a bath tub at the Rockingham hotel at Portsmouth, N. H., Friday. Mr. Kauffman’s death evidently was the result of an accident, ho having evidently fallen and struck his head on some of the bath fixtures, as there was a ragged wound on the right side of the forehead. < WITH IMPOSINGCEREMONY. Rt. Rev. Henry Moeller Consecrated aa Bishop of Columbus at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Aug. 26.—The consecration of Rt. Rev. Henry Moeller as bishop of Columbus, took place %t the cathedral. Archbishop Elder and the bi&hops of Indianapolis Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Nashville, Covington, and other dioceses, together with about 200 priests, participated in the imposing ceremctoy. An imnense congregation was present.

CUBA FOR TEE CUBANS. Qoumor>V«a«ral Howl Bat* iinatt«d-Cot Hdence la tit* Unite t Staten Santiago de Cu sa, Aug. 27.—Got.Gen. Wood was cffieiaily banqueted Saturday night, b; the republican and democratic partk s. The civil governor, the, archb shop of Cuba, the principal judicial ind civil dignitariei and a hundred representative merchants were present. Time tor Ff.**«e Uen Arrived. The archbishop said the time had arrived tor peace, and that he believed a consolidat ion of political parties would be of greater benefit toCnba in the future tha a a house divided against itself. He said ht was happy to greet the peojle of the United States in the person of Gen. Wood. Senor Tamayo, secretary of states said: Important Epoch Ik Coban II latoryr^ “This is one of 1 he most important y epochs in the. po itieal history of Ctiha. A constitutional convention, where, the fundamental law of the land is to be framed, is about to be held. In that cor vent ion the people of Cuba are to pro re themselves capable of constructing a government, of guaranteeing life and property and of preserving orde r. They are also to .prove that Cuba is a' land open to al) men not only to those who are Cuban! by the accident of birth or who participated in the revolution, but alse those who can claim, the privilege under the treaty of Paris. Political Raacur Should Cease. “This is a monrent when political contentions should be set aside. The issue is national. Cuba. is about to obtain what threa generations bled for; and if the constitutional convention is not what it should be the noble dead will rise to demand that theii blood shall not have been shed in vain The curse of the mothers, wives and daughters of those who fell, would be upon us. We should bear In mind that the sea of tears of Cuban women is far deeper than the sea which bathes our island shores. The Blood of El Coney and San Jana

we iau in inis convent am we shall be unworthy of the blood that was shed at El Caney and on Sun Juan liin. lien. Wood is the true friend ol Cuba; and I can certify to it. Thft United States government is sincere in the promises that it has made. I appeal to you all to send to the convention the best and most capable men among us, and thus to show tc the world that Cubans are worthy ol the confidence placed in their capacity for self-government.” Vivas for Gov.-tJen. IVtiotl. Gov.-Gen. Wood, on rising. \ru greeted with shouts of approbation, and “vivas,” which were/titken up by some 0,000 people assembled outside the clubhouse pa thefy^Parque de Cespedes. He spoke in part as fol- ’/, lows: ’ - The Friend of the Caban People. “I am here as your friend, and is no other capacity. Others, those who remember the ten years’ war can have as full knowledge of the conditions pi this province as I have myself. When I first saw El Caney matters were in a most deplorable condition. The road to Santiago was marked with dead and dying. In the improvement one sees everywhere we have a proof of the friendly interest shown by the American people. The United Stjk tea Astonished. “Everybody in the United States was astonished at the satisfactory way in which the municipal elutions passed off. President McKinley personally asserted, that he thought the time for the next step had come. ' Whatever the ultimate destiny of Cuba may be, its1 immediate future ia independence. This is no, political move on the part of the United States, but a sincere desire to do what is right. Therefore, I beg you, as a personal favor to me and to the United States government, to sink your political differences aad passions and to send men to the convention who are renowned for hofiOr and capacity, so that the convention may mean more than the Cubans even now anticipate. Should Select T belr Beat Men. “Again, I say, send the best men. The work before your representatives is largely legal work. I care'not what your party politics are, but whatever they are, for the present party considerations must be suspended for the sake of the great end in view, the end that will make history and affect the ■welfare of all Cuban i>eople. Your delegates must be competent to draft .** a constitution; and it is a duty* you owe yourselves and your fellow patriots to see that your representation is without party prejudice. Bear in mind that no constitution which does not provide for a stable government will be accepted by the United States* I wish to avoid making Cuba into a second Hayt:, although I do not think that possible.

juum secure i4iomy uor All. “iou want liberty for all and for no particular party. The Unitad States insists that you shall have it. This is possible and.easily possible. We have said it to ti e world. It lies with you to help us make our word good. Your enemies predict failure. The people of the United States and their representatives hope to see you defeat these predictions. It we were not your friends we would not seek the best men you have, but would seek the disturbed and the malcontent to represent yot in the convention. We seek and demand thfe best you have. Again, I say, send people to the convention who will make your political system permanent.” Gen. Wood’s speech :s considered bjj Cubans here to be the most important declaration made since the American occupation began.