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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1895)
k i t I V ; (CTWVWfWWIWBWWWWl CARLISLE'S SPEECH. Tho SniM-ottiry or tho Troiisury tho Orator fit a Now York Banquet. aioSftjrt Legal 'lender .intes Am 11 Trnilhln, unit Jliirli itf Our rlniiuohil Dlsturh.iniii 1-j Ontned hy tint tlnrortiiiiil v f tint I'nllcles of rolltlcal 1'iirllei. Nmv Yohk, Nov. 20.-The I27th an wiusil banquet of tli(! chamber of com 3IUTCU of the stale of Now York was held tit Delmonioo's lust evening. Tim .yearly dinner of tills organization in unions the. most important events of h metropolis. Utterances that have moved Hid policy of tho government liavo, boo.: matin on thosu occa sions. It was soinowlml after '.) o'clock when President Orr, in a brief speech, introduced Secretary Carlisle, who apokc on "Our Currency System." I bavti hut littlo to siiy tills ooii1iik. ami will CiVio liul little tliiiu to sav II. Two eurs ilo. utvuur annual baiiiiuet, I said Unit tin- dispo sition uuil ahllltv of tho Kovi'riiiiiL'iil to inula 1.1 In It on u credit ttt tho highest Nltiiularil. and li preserve tins Integrity of nil forms of cur amnrv I" eireulutloti unions tlm people, rouhl unit, ho ri'iisomilily ilouhletl nml oiiKht not to ho the nuhjeet of further eoiitrovorsy Hut tho tank Is Imth illllleult and expensive Since Unit r)nrllin was iimdo hern. lntiirest-hoiirltiK bonds to the sui'ouiit of ilil.VUV VHl lmo been issued to procure Kohl for tho redemption of thu United stales notes TIm fundittinMitiil vice In our uurruiu'v svs Hem is Hid li'K'il tender nolo rutleuiuahlu In ruin by (ho . voriiiiicut und rclsstiahlo under tins law. There lire other defects, but this theateus tlm slnblllly of the whole volume of our eurreiii'v So loritf us these notes unt outstanding the slightest diminution or the cola rosono at once oxrltes a feeling of apprehension ami distrust nITc cts tho values of all fcL'i'itrltles, curtails lnvostments mid inuro mt less Nerlously oinbarrusses all the ibusltir.ss affairs of the people. In allotuptliiK to lirmhle a clreulalitiK iiiedluia consisting of its own notes redeemable In coin on presentation .nnt) relHsuahle after ledempllon, the uovern intuil of the United Slates Is otatiiKcd In n business for which It Is wholly uulllled and -uhlcJi was never for a moment contemplated liy Us louailnrs. CVo changes made In ourcurrencv system will sirjord relief unless It provides ror tho retlro rnuiilof the leal tenders. The circulation of legal tenders has a ten h:ncy to drive out of use and out of the conn 'try the very coin In which the government Is vuinistlled to redeem Ihem and It has expelled millions of dollars from our borders. Although Qiu government mid our own people are rnni Vlliil to receive them, they will not discharge Unttvnntlou.il obligations, ami gold must bo got to twltle all llnul balances against as. No other government in the world is leiiuired to J'tippl.v itohl from Its treasury to discharge tho .private obligations of its citizens. The theories that the government can creato uuoney by placing its Nlamp upon paHir or other Material that a legislative enactment euti inalte Ml cents equal in value to 100 cents tlialarlllli'l.illy latlated prices p.tld In n depte clate I currency are better for the people than 'iraiwrM prices, paid in a sound currency and various other vagaries now Uowlng like bub bles In the political atmosphere are all attrlh utuhlo to the long continued use of legal lea fier p.ipor The proposition Hint a promise of the government to pay inoiiey Is money. Is just as absurd as Is the proposition Unit a limmlse to deliver a horse Is a horse, and et there are eminent men high in public coun cils who believe that the United States ,-promUsiiry note is actual money, and thai tho --siniulo 'which compels ail the people to re cclve it as actual money Is constitutional jiml on uli I to bo continued ta force. The iiki ttatioii for the free coinage of IckiiI tender isIUoj- in predicated upon the same vicious prtnciple thai underlies the legislation muU .iui p.iper promises a lccal leader, but there Is a. lutictleul difference lieiweea the two sys t:ni. The United States nolo was u forced loan from the people to tho Koornmoiit. which the Kovornmont promised to repay In dollars. IbuLthe free colnaKoof le Kill lender silver at tine ratio of Id to I would be a forced loan from tthe people to the own-irs of silver mines and .sllmr bullion without a pt umtse of repayment lly milled y. JKuch nf tnir llmuiclal trouble has been 'eausuii l'.V doubt mid speeulalion here and abroad, coiu'crnlnt,' thu views and purposes of ur people at larue ami the policies of the po litical parlies to which they are attached. This ilx u Kovernuient by parties, und Investors yratch wlili the greatest interest und Hollcttude t:vry in. aifestatiou of popular oidlilou, es- IHSTlally changes to bo made in the chief execu ting olllco. It is of wist importance fJaat these doubts and speculations tthnulil be Not at rest In eider that ,;lir wwJU may certainly know what its fin lie our permanent monetary policy. vvajiuo and iudellulie declarations by the t;reat 'Miliiir.il oiK.vnlziitlons of the country not only levniH-f, 4V)ubl and distrust abroad, but en .vouniKe harmful iiKltuttou at home, and 1 hold, thcrcWrc, that It Is the duly of all who are or wiiaj (ii'i'innii In any degree responsitilo for tho vAdlfare of the country to insist that there shall 1-. mi further equivocation or evasion in our treatment of this great subject. IjOL its have no more ambiguous phrases, no juinrn Inconsistent and Irreconcilable clauses lui party platforms or In publlo utterances, but let us make our meaning so clear and our pur puses so plain that they can be neither nils. understood nor successfully misrepresented. If .1 majority of the people of the United States ureti J-Mvor of the niatntemiuce of the present vstiwinard. of value, they otulil to have an op .portuulty to say so. On the other hand, if a ma jority of our people are iu favor of abandoning the present standard of value and establishing Kllrur monometallism, thoy should have an op portunity to say that. When this Issue Is pre iseuxed wo need not fear the result. Such an jipia( to common sense, the commercial In trcrlty and the national pride of our people mIU not be in vain, and when the contest Is ivur tin; question will be lluallv and conclu sively settled in accordance with the general judgment of the most advanced nations and Uh real Juturusts of our own country. ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE. V Serious Street Itiillwuy Aeeldeat Oe- tuirreil There Duo to I'og. Hkw Yohk, Now 20. A denso fog Kcttlud over tho city and vicinity at daylight this morning, greatly delay jTng traffic in tho city and tho harbor. .A serious accident occurred on tho JSrooklyn bridge at 7:20 o'clock, which was directly duo to tho fog. While mi the way to Hrooklyn a train was Jforced to stop about 200 yards from the Hrooklyn station. A train came along behind. A serious collision was the result. Several cars wero tele .suopcl. Tho accident caused an im .nicdbUi stoppage of traffic on tho great ittlrjjoituru and thousands of Hrooklyn pea pi 0 wore compelled to walk, as travel by ferry was slow ami uncer .tain. Two persons wore seriously injured. MR. WILSON'S REPORT. JteeelpH noil I" ipi'inlll ut e of tho I'mt Olliie Depiii I llnul During the Year. WahiiimiIov. Nov. 2." I'ostinnstor- .. ncnt'i'ul Wilson litis minlo his llrst nn niiitl report to tlm president. The re ceipts of tho post oillcu department for tho your ended .Iiu:c 30 wen S75. 171. O'.IO mid the expenditures $S0,7!(, 17 . Mr. Wilson cstiinntcs the revenue for the year tMnlinir .lime 30, 1S0H, tit S!. 7'.I3,1V!0 und the expenditures at SOI, 817,1100. The posttntiNter-tfcnernl re fers to tho growth of the free delivery service, nml suy.s: "1 believe it is jfootl policy for congress anil for this de partment to foster the extension of this Hcivice by judicious appropriations and judicious administration." Concerniii"; the abuses of sccontl-eliiss mull mutter, Mr. Wilson nays: "I can add little to the reasons (riven by I'ost-inaster-Iienernl Uissell and Postmaster (Icneral Wanamakcr for ainentliuents to the law as to second-class matter, imperatively needed to save the postal service from the enormous abuses and consequent enormous loss of revenue, which no regulation of tho department or watchfulness of its ofllcinls can irtiard against. I respectfully and earnestly recommend to congress u careful scrutiny into this ubit.su and such remedial legislation as shall be deemed necessary and cil'cetive for its correction." Upon another feature of the second class matter the postmaster-jrcneral sayw "The volume of second-class matter passing through the mails in creases rapidly, and has reached such proportions as to seriously retard the distributions of mails iu the larger post ollices and railroad post oiliccs. The department, through its local rep resentatives, has repeatedly urged pub lishers to separate their publications by states and routes where the quanti ty for any one state or territory is suf ficient to justify it, before sending them to the mailing ollices, and has endeavored to show them that their own interests would bo subserved thereby." l'ostumster-fioncral Wilson says the civil service rules should be extended wherever practicable. PENSION CASES. luilee KeynolilB Kniiorts 011 tho Work nf Ills Oilier. Wasiijnoton, Nov. '.'.". .Judge Rey nolds, assistant secretary of the in terior, in his annual report recom mends legislation which will deline with more certainty the pensionable right of minor children under the act of .lime "7, lS'.K), in those cases where the soldier dies leaving no widow sur viving the construction of thu act on this point now resting in much doubt and the title of such children being sustained only by implication. The suggestion made a year ago for a more uniform rule for proof of marriage in pension cases is renewed. Stress is again laid upon tho recom mendation of the previous year for legislation which will secure for their maintenance to the wives and chil dren of pensioners who unlawfully abandoned those dependent upon them a portion of the bounty paid such pen '. ' uier, and also for legislation which v ill remedy the evils arising from tho manner of making tho quarterly pay ments by checks direct to the agencies to certain weak and incompetent per sons, who on such occasions are sub ject to schemes of the dissolute- and induced to squander their pension money. During tlio year the assist ant secretary has brought practically up to date the work of his otlieo iu re viewing pension cases appealed from the decision of tho commissioner of pensions. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. VtiitNtle Slum lug (ho Number of Aeel- ileiitn During the 1'nst Vimr. Wasiii.noi'on, Nov. .. Tho report of .lames White, superintendent of tho railway mail service, shows that dur ing tho year 107 accidents occurred, in which seven clerks wore killed and 178 injured Idle on duty, an increase over last year of 137 accidents anil twenty seven i-'erks killed ami injured. It is shown that tho serrico is becoming more and more effi cient each year. Of the 10,377,875, 000 pieces distributed and redistrib uted, but 1,100,082 errors occurred, be ing one error for cacli s.su.'i pieces handled correctly, as compared with one for each 2,831 pieces in 1800, one for each 5,501 in 1902, and one for each 7.831 nieces in 1801. Tho natrons of tho department deposited in the mails during the year 10,007,151 pieces which wero not addressed to any post office, or so insufficient ly, incorrectly or illegibly ad dressed as to render their delivery im possible until information as to the in tention of the senders wtts secured, and of these 1,24 1, 810 could not bo for warded to the addresses because tho intention of tho senders could not bo ascertained. Mint Not Withhold 1'eiiHlon Money. MAitsiiAi.i.rnwv, la., Nov. 25. An important decision has been rendered bv Judge llindman iu the district court here. The court sustains and makes perpetual the temporary injunction is sued last June restraining tho Soldiers' home management from withholding any part of the ponsiou money of in mates for tho support of tho institu tion. This is tho outcome of a case that caused more bitter feeling in tho Soldiers' homo, in Urand Army circles, and among ex-soldiers generally than any other disturbing factor since tho homo was erected. THE GOVERNMENT MINT. Tlio Director Submits it Kepnrl of HI le piirtment to tint Sfcrrlnry of tlm Tronic 11 rv. WAsiifNoio.v, Nov. an. The director of the mint has submitted his report to tlie secretary of the treasury. The value of tho gold deposited at the mints and assay ollices during the fiscal year was S7, ISa.Os'J, of which JN15, Hi!, 007 were original deposits and 522,321, 022 wero rcdoposits. The classification of the original deposits of goltl was: Domestic bullion, $M. 371, Hilt; worn, uncurrent and mutilated goltl coins, blSS.a.'iH; foreign bullion and coin, Sl'i, 307,0 IH; goltl plate, jewelry, etc., .'1,2 1-V 80H. The value of the silver deposited duriuir the fiscal year was Slfi,7M,niM, of which 815.231,700 were original de posits and S170,(iii.'i redeposits. The value of the deposits of domes! ie silver bullion at the mints during the fiscal yuur was 8,801, HO-II, and worn and mu tilated domestic coins, at silver dollar value, S:i.80'.l,:i53; foreign bullion and coin, Sl,7SO,H2.'J; old plate, jewelry, eta, &7.ri0,0()l. The coinage by the mints during the year was. gold, ?jl3,H3:!,-17.V, silver dol lars, 83.11.10,011; subsidiary silver coins, $.". li:s,4i'iH; minor coins, S712,.V.)I; a to tal coinage of S.r:i,7ir.,M9. In addition to the coinage executed by the mints during tho year, gold bars were manufactured of the value of S 13, 133, 370 and silver bars of the value of 10,311,51.'). The total earnings of the mints and assay ollices during tho your was $2, 08S.:i72, and the total expenditures Sl. 185,135, showing the net earnings from all sources to have been SH02.H31V. The value of the gold and silver estimated to have been used in the industrial art during the calendar year of 1804 was approximated at 521.511,052. of which JM 0.058,001 was gold and 10.683, 018 was silver. The estimated metallic stock in the United States on .htly 1, 1805, was, gold, 5030,22!). S25; silver, S025,853..)1H; ll total of S1.202.OS4.771. The estimate 1 product of gold and silver in the United States during tho calendar year ISO! was, gold, S.tH.500, 000; silver, 4H,500,00() line ounces of the commercial value of S31, 122.000 and tho coinage value of 01,000,000. Tho estimated production of the world for the calendar vear was, gold. lS0.02f,.- ' 100; silver, coining value. 210.S92,20C , commercial value, 100,722.000 Tho director says that the result ol the currency legislation af the United States for over 100 years has been such as to leave an incoherent monetary system as inconsistent, illogical and expensive as can well be imagined, that inspires littlo confidence at home and is not conducive to our credit abroad, and its reform is one of the most important and urgent political and linancial questions of tho hour. Ho says that on .lanuarv 1, 1870, the date of the resumption of specie pay ment, tho only currency, except coin certificates, required to bo redeemed in gold coin, was the 310,081,010 le gal tender notes then outstanding, which tho then secretary of the treas ury was of the opinion that a gold re serve of 100,000.000 would bo sullicient to maintain, but tho paper currency redeemable on presentation lias been increased to the extent of 155, 030,000, issued in payment for the silver bul lion purchased under act of .Inly 11, 18H0. Hesidos these, there were out standing November 1. 1805, 333. 150,230 in silver certificates and as the act of .Inly 11. 1800. declared it "to bo the es tablished policy of the United States to maintain the two metals at parity with each other," there was now a to tal of 021.220,532 resting on the basis of the gold reserve of 100,000,000. THE TURKISH TROUBLES. It Is Asserted Th.it 11 ! iiroprun Conference Irt ludWpensiihle to Settle the OiUMllon. London, Nov. 25 A disnatch to the Times front Constantinople says the opinion prevails in diplomatic circles that ti European conference is indispensable- for the .settlement of tho Turk ish question, for although tho (lowers have agreed this agreement cannot be changed into action for fear of drawing Furopc into a dangerous eastern situa tion. The winter snows will keep tho Asiatic provinces quiet, but something must bo done beforo springtime re vives tho excitement and Macedonia is brought into the movement. Consuls estimate tho loss of property as it re sult of the Diarbekir riots alone at 2.000,000. General alarm still con- Unites here, despite reassuring reports from tho provinces and wealthy Arme nians sleep at the hotels in preference to remaining at their homes. A SCHOOL-TEACHER- HUNG. A (ioorcla .Moh Wreiiks Venireiiuce Upon an Immoral redui;oi;ui'. Savannah, Oa., Nov. 25. A special from Alloy, in Montgomery county, reports a sensational lynching there, l'rof. Perdue, a schoo'-teachor, was held prisoner at Ailey in custody of SherilV McGregor on a charge if be traying Miss Willie (irady, an assistant iu his school. A mob overpowered tho sherilV, took Perdue from him and then cut Perdue s throat and riddled his faco and body with bullets. Pcrduo was a married man and leaves a wife and (frown children. lupmi'H CniieesHloii to ICiismIii. Mi:mimus, Toitn., Nov. 25. John llrudshaw, a well known character, walked into the Mississippi river in tho presence of a hundred persons, who thought ho was intending to bathe. Ho kept his head under tho water until he was unconscious. When tho botlv was taken out he was dead. i M'Jjw.iihumjw FIREMEN KILLED. Chicago Has Another Itnil Fire In Which rive 1'orioin I, oho 'J heir I. Wen. Ciucaoo, Nov. 23. The hccond flro broke out yesterday In tho seven story terra cotta Exchange building at Nos. 270 to 278 Market street extend ing in an "I" to Van Huron street. The first and second lloors wore occu pied by Stein & Heirs, clothing; tho third and fourth by Henry Newman, clothing; fifth, Amazon Clothing Co.; sixth, Fallows it Co., collars and cults; seventh, Townsend & Gale, clothing and dry goods and the National Thread Co. Kach of the firms employed women and as soon as the presence of the fire was mado known all wore thrown into a state of great excitement. I'anic reigned every where and beforo some of tho girls could bo restrained they had climbed out of the window and jumped. Ono of the first to appear at a third story window was Nellie Turner. She screamed for help and some ono on the ground shouted for her to jump. Sho did not do this, how ever, and loft the window. A mo ment later sho appeared at another, near a fire escape, and climbed upon the sill. Shu got on the fire escape and began to descend. Oflicer Flaherty was also on tho escape between tho first and second story, and when ho saw the girl above him ho started up to aid her. He was too late. She suddenly lost her balance and fell headlong to the street, Flaherty tried to catch her, but could not reach her. She was picked up almost unconscious and car ried into a drug store, nlul stimulants wore administered, but she did not revive. Sho was internally injured, and will die. Ivittio Landgraf jumped from a fourth story window with Harry Neil, 17 years old, and both were internally injured and may die. The tiro seemed to have broken loose on several lloors of the big building at tho same instant, so rapidly did it spread. Tho loss on the building and to tho tenants is estimated at from 350,000 to 100,000. Tho building was valued at 120,000. A few minutes beforo 1 o'clock tho second and third lloors fell, carrying with them tho ilrst. On tho latter six members of engine company No. 2 wero wo.rklnK; l'"O.V were CapL Louis Feine, his lieutenant and four linemen. All wero buried in the debris in tho basement where tho three lloors fell, four were killed. FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE. facts ami I Inures from tho Annual Keport of Superintendent Itrooks. Washington, Nov. as. N. M. Hrooks, superintendent of foreign mails, has mado his annual report to the second assistant postmaster-general. It ex cites some interest because tho sec ond assistant has already recom mended that tho office of superintend ent of foreigh muils bo abolished und the work done as a division of tho railway service Mr. Hrooks does not allude to this in his report. Tho report shows that there wore dis patohed during the year 805,017 pounds of letters and 4,H5S,5H1 pounds of other articles, a decrease from the year before of 47,051 pounds of letters and an increase of 10,013 pounds of other articles. Tho estimates for the foreign mail service for tho year ending .lutif 30, 1SH7, aggregate 2,030.000. Of this amount 757,328 will bo paid to tho American lino for forty-two trips from Now York to Southampton; 81,288 for contract service between Now tho York and Latluayra; 130,101 for contract service between New York and Tux pan; 73, 170 for contract service be tween Now York and Havana; 200,000 to vessels of United States registered not under contract; 250,120 to vessels of foreign register. MEDALLION OF CARLISLE. A I'.rone ."Meilnl In Honor of tho Seerctury or the Treasury. Ni:w Yokk, Nov. 23. Tho Phila delphia mint has just struck oft a bron.o medal in honor of John (J. Car lisle. It is tho llrst time that ono of the national secretaries has been thus honored. The bronzo is a very artistic piece of workmanship. On one side is thu head of tho secretary in relief. Every feature is accurately cut and altogether tho faco boars a most life like appearance Around it is his name, John Griffin Carlisle. Tho re verse contains a scroll with tho follow ing inscription: "Representative in Congress 1877-1800. Speaker of tho House Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. Senator 1800-1803. Secretary of tho Treasury March 0, 1803." BURNED TO DEATH. Three Xogroi'H I one Tlmlr I. lies In an In eeiidhiry Fire. Huownsvii.i.u, Ky., Nov. 23. Throe persons lost their lives by an incen diary lire in a cabin at Stony point, in this county. Tho cabin was owned by Gibson Armstrong, colored, who, with his wife and two daughters, and niece, Mollio Whitney, wero asleep when tho Hro broke out. Nancy Armstrong and Mollio Whitney wero burned to death. Fannie Armstrong was so bad ly burned that sho died. Tho others wero unharmed. James Wright, a stopson of Armstrong, hud quarreled with his foster parent tho day beforo tho lire and ho is suspected of arson. Ho has lied, but officers are looking for him. Stony point is a negro settle ment and tho residents threaten Wright with summary justice if ho can bo found. THE TRADE OUTLOOK. I'rndunts Are Much Lower, hut Without Any .SIkh of I'nnle. New Yohk, Nov. 23. 11. O. Dun Sa Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Re action in business there is none. Ef forts to explain it or to attribute it to this or that temporary influence are all wanted. Every business man now por?olves the fact that tho purchases in advance of current distribution, which wore mado when prices wore booming, involved of necessity a sea son of halting when tho rise stoppetl and until the actual demand for con sumption has been measured. Products arc lower without disturb ance or sign of panic. The more sober estimates of wheat, months ago, roso 50,000,000 or more above the govern ment and speculative guesses, and now a rcputablo estimate of 475,000,000 bushels excites littlo remark. Western receipts, 23,415,874 bushels in three weeks, against 12,31 1,071 last year, aro so pertinent that prices liavo again de clined about -1 cent, and Atlantic ex ports (flour included) aro slightly less than a year ago for three weeks, 4,703, 745 bushels, against 4,810,214 last year. Corn declines yt cent further. Pork products also have reason for weakening, lard 15 cents per 100 pounds and pork 25 cents per barrel. Tho demand for cheap boots and shoes is a shade better, but many shops aro idle or working part time, and buyers generally hold oil', although considerable reductions aro now of fered by manufacturers on men's split shoes, and on grain, oil grain, glove and buff polish and pilka shoes. Ship ments for tho month are 22.7 per cent, less than last year. Leather is weaker, though only one class is quoted lower, but hides at Chicago have again de clined about 2 per cent, stud average relatively lower now than leather or shoes. Tho failures for tho week have been P.20 in the United States, against 322 last year, aijd 42 in Canada, against 31 last year. UNCLE SAM'S CASH. Treasurer Morgan .'Mil lies 11 Keport AVhleh hlmus That the Year's ltoeelptH Kxcei.decl I'xpenttitlllTM. Wasiiinoi'on, Nov. 23. D. N. Mor gan, the treasurer of the United States, in his annual report on the operations and condition of the treasury, says tho net ordinary revenues of the govern ment for the liscal year ended Juno 30 wero 313,300,075, an increase of 15, 00S,O35 as compared with tho year bo fore; net ordinary expenditures, 350, 103,208, a decrease of 11,328,9S1. In cluding the public debt, the total re ceipts on till accounts were 720,510,025, and tho expenditures 710.472,157. A further sum of 31,157,700 wtts de posited in the treasury prior to tho end of June on account of a purchase of Bfold coin to maintain the reserve, but was not formally covered in, and therefore docs not appear in tho ac counts for tho current fiscal vear. GOLD RESERVE DOWN. I lvo IMUIIoiiH for Kport Saturday Ilich OlllrlaU Kay There Will lie No Itouil I Hiie. Washinoton, Nov. 23. The treasury department was informed early this morning that 5,000,000 in gold had been engaged for export to Furope on Saturday. Secretary Carlisle carried the information to the white house at II o'clock when ho went over to attend the usual Friday cabinet meeting. Although the heavy exports re duced the treasury gold reservo to 81,250.815, it was stated at tho treasury that no propositions wero in progress for another bond issue, and if the expressions of high officials are to bo taken as an index of action none is contemplated in the near future. BURNED BY INSURGENTS. t'.uinda do Mariana, tho Most Important 'town In .Santa (Mara, Destroyed. Havana, Nov. 23. An insurgent force of 1,500 men has burned the vil lages of Guinea and Mirada near Trin idad, south of Sitneti Spiritu.s, in thu province of Santa Clara. Later details from Santa Clara show that tho town of Guindii do Mariana, the most im portant iu tho district, has been en tirely burned by tho insurgents com manded by Uololf. A majority of the brick houses of the place and llfty palm huts wero destroyed. Heforo tho revolution there were 4500 inhabitants there. Tho main wealth of the placo was in tobacco, colteu and cattle. Thu small garrison defending tho town made a heroic defense. WANTS ANNEXATION. Nothing IClso AVIll Satisfy tho Coverniiient of tlm Hawaiian Island. Honolulu, Nov. 23. Minister Coopor is authority for tho statement that Francis H. Hatch, tho now Hawaiian minister, does not go to Washington to ask for a protectorate This state ment is made to refute a well defined rumor. Mr. Hatch will use his best endeavors to bring tho annexation question before tho next congress and high officials state that nothing else will satisfy tho government. A Waller Keport Denied. Wasiiinuion, Nov. 23. Government officials yesterday absolutely and em phatically denied that there was tiny truth iu the statement that the state department had tlccided that Waller had no case; that tho department finds that liis trial was fair and holds that tho United States has no substantial grounds on which to base a dciimud for indemnity. I t ' 1