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wn wii.i , ci.osi : AT o O'CLOCK SATI'IIUAYS.
bnllots x\cro all counted for the amend
ment by tlio Edmlstc'n commission
A B Christian of York wn cnllcd and
tefitlfled that during the year 1S06 ho waa
a resident of McFadden township , where ho
had been engaged In the banking business.
Ilq wai present when the ballots were
counted , and VHI nlao well acquainted with
the signatures of James' Orlcr and L C.
NOlan , the two judges of election whose
names wore on the backs of the ballots.
After an examination of the bnllots Mr.
Christian found nineteen upon which the
judges' names were forged , while , there
wcro others about which ho had some
doubt ,
George II. need of York was called and
tea tilled that ho was a clerk of election In
the Second ward of York In 1896. Ho Iden
tified the poll book of the ward made out
by himself , which showed 124 voles for the
amendment , thirty against and thirty-four
blanks.
An examination of the ballots showed n
big change The unsigned ballots , fort-
thrco In number , were all marked up for
the amendment. The bnlloU as fixed up
gave 150 votes for the amendment , twenty-
eight marked double and no purely nega
tive votes were found.
The bnllots of the Third ward of York
were Inspected , nnd Simons testified that
they weie changed In the same manner , so
that under the peculiar ruling of the re
count commission they would all be counted
for the amendment.
P. O Hedlund was called nnd testified
ttyu hn was a membci of the recount com
mission appointed by the governor , and
said that the tally sheets of this commis
sion were turned over to the secretary of
PtStP.
At this point the committee toook an ad
journment to fl o'clock tomorrow.
I/etter from Ilulcoml ) .
Ex-Governor Holcomb this evening addressed -
dressed the following communication to the
Investigating committee :
LINCOLN , Neb . July 10 , 1899 Hon. F N.
Prout , Hon. James II. Van Dusen , Hon.
Jacob Uocke. Lincoln Hotel , City Gentle
men : I am just In receipt this p. in. , uftel
3 o'clock , of your communication of Mils
date containing the Information that you
wlir hqlc1 a session nt 3 p. m. Ibis nfteinoon
nt the Lincoln hotpl , "nt which time evl.t
d nce'v\lllbe ' Introduced rolatlve ta the re
count of the ballots cast upon the constitu
tional amendments. nt 'the general election
of 1897 , " nnd that "testimony touching the
conduct of the executive office then held by
.vourself may bo olfared. "
Permit me to say In reply that my connuc.
lion with the sublect ref3rrod to waa purely
and only of an omcl.il chaiactnr end that
my actions with rsfntlon thereto wue ull of
n public nature nnd aie known to the public
generally.
There Is nothing mvv nor dlffeient from
what the public is now coRiil/int of that
can be ti\ithfully \ said rpR.udlng the conduct
of the executive or the cxecutlv > office at
that tlmo. 1 will not nr'Miimo that testi
mony of any other chiuactei will be of
fered , or that jouA 111 tlnd such testlmou'
worthy of consideration PVOII If perchance
the same might be offered. Very respect
fully , jour obedient servan * .
SILAS A HOLCOMB.
NO NEED JO WORRY
( Continued from First Page , )
Cuba , Genejiir Otis In the Philippines and
General Davis In Porto Rico , to give
provisional recognition to the Spanish
consular officials In those Islands. This
action refutes entirely the report that the
United States government had decided to
Issue exequaturs to Jose rillppo Scgrntlo
as Spanish consul general nt Havana
-A1MH COMMlhMOV > DUAI.T OUT.
Aliiioiine.PH Mlil'e
MKMitH for Volunteer I
' WASHINGTON , July 11. This afternoon
( ho president announced those additional ap
pointments to the volunteer nrmyt
To bo majors Hunter Liggett , formerly
captain Plfth United States Infantrj , Wll-
Ham A. Shunk , formerly captain nighth
cnvafiy.
To be captains Alfred Q , Kenneth , for-
ineily Missouri volunteers ; Hnny T , Mat
thews , formerly captain Company I ) , Sev
enth California ; George n. Lovell , foimerly
captain Company n , Tlrst Tlorlda ; Milton J ,
Foreman , foiracrly qunitcrmastcr I'll at
Illinois-cavalry ; Frank H. Burton , formerly
Thlrty-thlrd Michigan volunteer Infantry ,
Cornelius M , Brownoll , fnimcrly rirst Vei-
moiit volunteer Infantry ; Cleveland Wllcox-
een , foimerly Sorond GcoigU voluntieis ,
Owen T. Kenan , formcily Tlrst Gcoigla
\olunteers ; Howard Atkinson , formotly Second
end West Virginia volunteer Infantry ;
'Ihoraus n. Hnyaon , foimerly Twenty-flist
Kansas ; William F. Cabell , formerly Second
Kentucky ; William E. Dame , formerly First
United States volunteer cavalry.
To be first lieutenants Walter K. Wheat-
ley , formerly Thlid United States volunteer
Infantry ; John L. Hughes , formerly Third
Illinois volunteer Infantrj : Frnnk D , Buck
ingham , formerly Thlrty-llfth Michigan vol
unteer Infantry ; A , M. Mason , formerly
J'hdt Vermont volunteers ; Blanton Wlnshlp ,
former ! ) Second Georgia \otunteeis ; 7an F ,
Collom , formeily First West Vliglnla vol
unteer Infnntiy ; Charles A , Phlllpps , for
merly Twenty-tecond Kansas ; Logan re-
land , formerly Third Kentuckj ; Shorrard
Colemari. formerly Flint United States cav
alry ; .Mnxninlllan Luna , formerly First
United Spates cavalry : Greenvirio Montgom
ery , formerly Penna > lvanlH artillery ; Hoi-
nd Fortescufl , formerly First'United States
volunteer cavalry ; Ulchairt Day. formerly
United States rnvulry ; Edward H. Almand ,
formerly Second Georgia volunteers ; Frank
M. Chapln. foimerly Sixty-fifth New York
volunteers ; James It. Goodnlo , formerly First
New York volunteers ; Charles Grant Mc
Donald , ; Matthew Leepere , volunteer
irmy assistant surgeon ; Madison M , Wilson ,
formerly Flist Florida volunteers.
To bo second lieutenants Ljlo H. red-
Ur , ; William I" , Pack , forraeily
Thirty-fourth Michigan volunteer Infantry ;
Banford K. Worthlugton , formerly First Ver.
mont volunteers ; William H , Monroe , for
merly United States volunteer Infantry ;
Constipation
Headache , biliousness , heartburn , Indl-
gestlon.and all liver Ills are cured by
Jfooif's Pills
Sold by nil druggists. U cents.
George R. Crawford , formerly T\vonly-sec \
end Kansas , Watson Plndloy. formerly rirst
Kentucky Rolan S Pike , formetly Sixth
cavalrj.
The president today confirmed and com
missioned the officers raised by General Otla
for the Thlrty-elxth and Thirty-seventh
regiments now belnp organized In the
Philippines. They are as follows :
Thirty-sixth icglment : Colonel J. Prank-
rih Bell , captain Seventh cavalry and major
A A. G. volunteers. Lieutenant rolonel
William R. Orovp , major First Colorado.
Majors William H. Bishop , Twentieth Kan.
BBS ; John Q. Braden , first lieutenant First
South Dakota ; William L. LUhn , first lieu
tenant nnd adjutant First Washington.
Major and surgeon II. F. Titus , acting as
sistant surgeon. Captain and assistant sur
geon George W. Matthews , acting assistant
surgeon. Assistant surgeon Isaac H. Brow-
' cr. Captains Robert S. Abernathv , first
lieutenant SKth United States nrtillerj ;
Ervlng E. Booth , captain First Colorado : W.
S. Lampson , second lieutenant First Wash
ington ; Charres W. Mendc , first lieutenant
First Montana ; Charles S French , first lieu ,
tenant First Montana : Henry Stccre , captain
First California artillery , Edward L. Glas
gow , captain Twentieth Kansas ; Daniel r.
Craig , captain Twentieth Kansas ; Harry A.
liegeman , captain First South Dakota ; Warren -
ren H. Ickes , captain Fifty-first Iowa ; Carl
L. Stone , second lieutenant Thirteenth Mln-
I ncsota ; Frederick R. Dodge , second lieuten
ant Twentieth Kansas ; Harry B. Smith ,
) : K. ritzhugh , . First llouten-
i ants Will H. Point , first lieutenant Tifty-
I first Iowa ; Cornelius r. O'Kecfc , first lieu
tenant rirst Colorado ; Loran Cheever , second
end lieutenant Wyoming battalion ; Trcd E.
Smith , second lieutenant First North Da
kota ; Benjamin Lear , Jr. , second lieutenant
First Colorado : Walter V. Calchett. Mlle C.
Carey , Alexander H. Davidson. A. J. Erik-
son , A. F. Jolhre , Wlnfield Harper. C. A.
Bach , Roscoe Treadwell. Arthur M. Fer
guson , Thomas B. Crockett , S. W. WldJle-
Held. Second lieutenant Edwin T. Mnnn.
Thirty-seventh regiment- Colonel Robert
B. WaUace , lieutenant colonel First Mon
tana. Lieutenant colonel Thomas R ,
Hamer , lieutenant colonel First Idaho.
Majors B. Frank Cheatham , major First
Tennessee ; Charles T. Boyd , second lieuten
ant Fourth cavolry ; Henry B. Orvvlg , captain
Twentieth Kansas. Surgeon F. A. Winter.
Assistant surgeon , T. B Anderson. Captain
Nick K. Glvens , captain First Tennessee ;
Sam Van Leer , captain First Tennessee ;
David E. Lyle , first lieutenant Eighteenth
United States Infantry ; Henry R. Richmond ,
captain First Tennesse.8 ; H. B. Myers ,
captain First Tennessee James M. Croft ,
second lieutenant FJrst Montana ; Michael
Flaherty , : ; * iVllllam B. Hanno , first
lieutenant rirst Slonlana ; Benjamin M.
Koehlei , second lieutenant Sixth United
States artillery. First lieutenants John
Patton , first lieutenant First Tennessee ;
Ernst Van D , Murphy , second lieutenant
First Montana ; Robert C. Ragsdafe , first
lieutenant First Tennessee ! R. B Clark ,
; Albert J. Bright , first lieutenant
, First Tennessee ; Grdnvllle L. CJiapman , first
lieutenant First Tennessee ; C. M. Lesterd ,
Charles II. Sleeper , first lieutenant
First Colorado ; W. T. Vaughn , second lieu
tenant First Tennessee. Second lleutemnts
Joe B. Cooke , second lieutenant First
Tennessee ; Alvln K > Baskettc , second lieu
tenant First Tennessee ; Winston Pitcher ,
first lieutenant First Tennessee.
MeKliiloy Condole * Tilth Cznr.
WASHINGTON , July 11. The president
has sent the following message of condo
lence on the occasion of the death of Prince
George of RUBS In :
"To His Imperial Majesty , Nicholas II ,
Czar of Russia , St. Petersburg : I tender
to jour majesty In my own name and in
behalf of the American people , sincere con
dolences by reason of the affliction that has
befallen your majesty and the Russian na
tion In the death of your brother , his Im
perial hlghenss , the Grand Duke George.
"WILLIAM M'KINLEY. "
: \ < MV I'ont Nu in oil Port WrlKht.
WASHINGTON , July 11. By direction of
tbo president the new military pest near
Spokane , Wash. , has been named Fort
Wright , in honor of General George Wright ,
who was colonel of the Ninth Infantry and
a brigadier general of volunteers. Qolohel
Wright defeated the allied hands of Indians
near Spokane plains on the Bth of Septem
ber , 1858. Ho was drowned July 30 , 1865 ,
In the wieck of the steamer Brother Jona
than while on his way to assume command
of the Department of the Columbia.
tJenernl Cure ) In Ilctlreil.
WASHINGTON. July 11. Brigadier Gen
eral Asa B. Carey , pa > master general of the
army , will bo ictlred tomorrow , having
leached the age of Cl jears. He will be
succeeded as paymaster general by General
Alfred E. Bates , recently military attache
of tha United States embassy at London ,
nl Ship Wan lletnliteil.
WASHINGTON , July 11 , A dispatch from
Major Bradley , commanding the hospital
ship Relief , on Its way from Manila to
San Francisco , with 250 sick , dated nt
Yokohama , states that the ship has been
unavoidably detained owing to heavy storms ,
but will sail today ,
OiiNtontH HecelpU nt HIM nun.
WASHINGTON , July 11The War de-
paitment announced today that the customs
receipts at the port of Havana for June
were $1.012,899. The total receipts for sU
months of 1S99 arcto bo exact , $5,116,830.
The monthly average for six months la
IS57.S05.
llonlniiiitloii Humor Uenieil.
WASHINGTON , July 11. It may bo au
thoritatively stated that reports that Secre
tory Alger has tendered his resignation are
without foundation , The secretary has , taken
no such action , nor has his resignation been
asked for.
HelliM Out the Volunteer * ,
WASHINGTON , July 11 , An order of the
War department permits the Immediate fam
ily of a regular volunteer who is absent
abroad to purchase at cost prices fuel and
subsistence stores which are for the im
mediate use of the family.
Crulnpr ChlcnKo nt Capetown.
WASHINGTON , July 11 , The cruiser Chicago -
cage has arrived at Capetown , Admiral
Howlson has remained on land and Is now
at Johannesburg , whence bo will go to
Capetown to join the cruiser ,
Condition of the Treimur ) ,
WASHINGTON , July 11. Todays state
ment of the condition of the tieaiury shows :
Available cash balance , } 27S,710i $ ; , gold
rctervt , } 2 ,7IOU
LOS ANGELES IN GAY ATTIRE
Thousands of Teachers Arrive frorr East and
Opening Session Begins.
CORDIAL WELCOME EXTENDED EDUCATORS
Tolnl Attctiilnnce li IXIninteil nl
TVTC-IVC Thoimnnil anil Contention
Hull I'rovoa Innilciiiintc Pence
Arc liulorncil.
LOS ANGELES , Cnl , July 11. The city
Is en fete todny and the music of bands
is heard on every hand , The New York
delegation to the National Educational as
sociation , In charge of I' . S. Downing , the
Raymond nnd Whltcomb party from east
ern points , the special with the Ohio dele-
Ration , the Kejstono special bringing the
Pennsylvania contingent , two Philadelphia
epeclftls , one In charge of W W Ilocho and
the other In charge of MKS ! M Wood , and a
special from VIcksburg , In charge of 1'rof.
Bass , bringing delegates from southern
points , arrived today. The special that was
In collision \vlth the freight train In the
northern part of 'he state ilao arrived ,
bringing the Missouri nnd other delegates ,
save those who were Injured , who have
stopped over at San Francisco. In all the
delegates arriving todaj will number fully
3,000. Uhen the Inst special arrives from
Chicago tomorrow It Is estimated that there
will bo near 12,000 teachers In this city.
The National Council of Educators held
Us concluding session todny. The first busl-
ne a taken up vvns the report of the com
mittee on libraries and their rotations to
public schools , presented by Chairman J. 6.
Dana , librarian of the public library , Spring
field , Mass. The report was very lengthy
and In some sense an enthusiastic examina
tion Into the subject.
The Board of Directors of the National
Education association at Its meeting today
unanimously passed the resolution ottered by
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of New Yorki
Resolved , That the president of the na
tional association be requested to send the
following telegram of congratulation on be
half of the association to the American dele
gates to the peace conference now In ses
sion at The Hague :
"Andrew D. White. Chairman of Ameri
can Delegation to Peace Conference. The
Hague , Holland : The Natlonar .Educational
association , In convention assembled , ten
ders to pence conference heartiest congratu
lations on success which has attended their
noble effort In behalf of tbo principle of
arbitration. "
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Hon. F. C.
Storey , chairman of the local executive com
mittee , called the opening session of the
convention to order In the pavilion. The
building seats 5,000 , but the nudlence num
bered far In excess of Hint. Short addresses
of welcome were made by Governor Henry
T. Gage , State Superintendent of Public In
struction T. J. Kirk , Mayor Eaton and Su
perintendent of City Schools J , A. Fcshay ,
and responses were made by N. C. Dough
erty , superintendent of schools , Peorla , 111. ;
Dr. Emerson E. White , Columbus , O , and
J. H. Phillips , superintendent of schools ,
Birmingham , Ala.
Contention in Formally Opened.
Picsldent Oran Ljle In opening the con
vention referred to the first meeting of the
association In Philadelphia , when thirty-
eight members were enrolled , and compared
It with the enrollment of more than 10,000
In Washington last year. Ho also spoke of
the progress made In other respects. The
National Educational association , he pointed
out. Is an organization through which the
educators of the country can reach Targe
bodies of teachers. Referring to the late war ,
hcv said :
Our history has demonstrated that \ve
have no need of a great standing army. It
lias demonstrated that In every state may
be found an army ready at a moment's no
tice to defend our flag against every foe.
And this army Is not marshaled by military
chieftains , but by educational chieftains. A
strong nation Is made , not by barracks for
troops , but by school houses for children ;
not by recruiting officers , but by school
masters ; not by rifled cannon and Mauser
bullets and war vessels , but by books and
newspapers nnd chinches. That nation is
strong whose cltbons obey the Taw without
seeing a standing army behind the law.
That nation Is stiongest whose laws are
based on civil law and whose citizens obey
both divine and human laws because they
are right.
A child obeys his teacher , who. to him , Is
the law. The child law must be concerted ,
as the abstract Is the result of a higher
form of thought than the concrete , so a
republic Is a higher type of government than
a monarchy. We may need an army to subJugate -
Jugate the Filipinos ; but the United States
would be distinctly lowered In moral tone
If It should ever become necessary to main.
tain permanently within the United States a
great standing army to secure to Its In
habitants the blessings of peace. If this
is true , how great Is the responsibility of
the American school today. Patriotism Is
In the air ; It is the normal condition of
living under our flag.
I recognize fully the right of others to
disagree with mo , but I confess that I so
thoroughly believe In the Institutions of our
country , and In the dignifying Influences
that follow our Hags , that I rejoice to watch
the onward progress of our over-contiuer-
Ing republic nnd the triumphant march of
the Anglo-Saxon race.
This evening's session was as largely at
tended as had been the one In the after
noon. In addition to the woman's orchestra
the Aeolian club , under the direction of
Mrs. G. B. Parsons , superintendent of mu
sic In the public schools , ended the pro
ceedings by rendering several selections.
Dr , W. T. Harris , United States commis
sioner of education , delivered a most ap
propriate and decidedly Interesting address
on the subject of "An Educational Policy
Tor our New Possessions. "
in
Henry S , Townueud , Inspector general of
schools of Hawaii , made a thoughtful ad
dress upon the subject , "Tho Educational
Problem In Hawaii. "
"The environment and temper of the chil
dren of Hawaii. " said Di. Townsend , "aio
especially diversified. This is due largely to
the diversity of races with all that It Im
plies. The ends of the earth meet In Hawaii
nd no one race Is predominant in numbers.
Present Indications are that the generation
next to bo born In Hawaii will consist of
white persons and Hawallans In almost
equal numbers and of a. largo number of
Asiatics. These latter will not be assimi
lated with the elements of our future popu
lation and so form one people , though It Is
possible that the whites and the Havvallans
will thus unite In spite of radical racial dif
ference. The problem Involves at least t o
rates of men In nearly equal numbers , living
side by sldo within our narrow boundaries ,
without uniting. Our Hawaiian civilization
should bo based upon broad charity and uni
versal good will. "
At the closing session of the National
Council of Education , held this morning.
Prof , Louis Soldan of St. Louis was elected
president for the following > ear and Prof ,
Glmer Brown of California vice president.
Miss Belle A. Dutton of Cleveland. 0. , was
re-elected secretary ,
The report on the relations of public libra.
lies to public schools that had been prepared -
pared by a committee composed of J , C ,
Dana , A. Hutchlns , C , A. McMurray , Sher
man Williams and Miss M , Loulsd Jones
was presented and read.
Iloiiort oil the KluniiPfM.
The annual meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the National Educational as ota-
tlon was called to order by President Ljte
at noon today , the following officers being
present ; First Vice President J. G. Green
wood , Kanea&Clty ; Treasurer I , O. McNeil ) ,
West Superior , WU. ; chairman rf the Board
of Trustees , A , M. Lane , Chicago
The treiwurer1 * report showed a total
Amount during the year of (217,561 10 , Includ
ing * cash balance of 12,201. The expendi
tures amountfl to J26.010.12 , Including $10.-
000 transferred to the permanent fund. The
available cmh on hand Is $ I,556.1t ) . Treas
urer MoNeitl also reportoJ that between
JS.OOO and J10.000 In addition was available
this year for transfer to the permanent
fund.
The thirteenth annual report was pre
sented and read 11 showed the assets to
be $74,000. the total investments on July 1 ,
1S09 , having been $67,000. By unanimous
vote the directors passed a resolution directIng -
Ing the president of the National Educational
association to cable to the United States
delegates to the peace confcrcoco at The
Hague Congratulations of the members ol
the organization.
Another sharp discussion was brought
about by the petition presented by Miss
E&tello Tied , national superintendent of the
Indian department , and who Is a member
'of the directorate , Asking that the Indian
Institute bo made ft1 department of the Na
tional Educational association , Prof. Sol-
dan , President E. Taylor and others partici
pated In the discussion , but no action was
taken. '
BDLCHTOHS OP COI.OUUlOUTIt ,
O > cr One Hiinilrcil Hclenntm I'renpnt
nt the Detroit Contention.
DETROIT , Mich. , July 11. There were
about 123 delegates present today In the
convention of the American Association ol
Educators of Colored Youth when Rev. W
S. Bradden , requested that the committee on
resolutions" take some action on the talk of
W. W. Boyd of St. Louis before the Christian
Endeavor convention. Mr. Boyd's words
that Rev. Mr. Broaden objected to were : "II
Christ were In the feouth and his mother or
his wife or daughter were outiaged by a
negro brute would ho resent It ? " They were
spoken yesterday In Tent Wllllston. The
.chairman said the committee would doubt
less do Its work and the Incident was cfoscd ,
aside from the remarks of Bishop Alexander
Walters of Jersey City , made later in the
day. Bishop Walters said that because Of
that remark It did not follow that the Chris
tian Endeavorcrs were all of that opinion.
Little business was done today by the con
vention. The educators will remain In ses
sion until Thursday night.
EDUCATING THE NEGROES
Aniinnl Meeting of the Methodist
rrceilmnn'M Aid nml I'duontlonnl
Society nt Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI , July 11. The annual meetIng -
Ing of the Board of Managers of the Freed-
men's lAld and Southern educational so
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church was
held at the iMethodlst Book Concern today.
In the absence of the president. Bishop
J. M. Waldcn , the venerable first vlco presi
dent , Rev. Dr. R. S. Rust presided.
Secretaries Rev. J. W. Hamilton and M
C. B. Mason read very interesting reports ,
showing the receipts of the society to be
much In e\ccsi of the previous year. The
Increase in collections from annual con
ferences was $3,000. The total receipts for
special purposes in the form of annuities ,
bequests , etc. , amounted to $62,107.16. The
treasurer reported having paid the note of
the Western Methodist Book Concern , thus
reducing the debt $25,000.
The senior corresponding secretary , Rev.
W. J. Hamilton , reported about $23,000 re
ceived on the annuity plan , on account of
Indebtedness and other amounts soon to be
received aggregating nearly $20 000 more.
An old floating Indebtedness of $5,000 has
been paid. Several $1,000 subscriptions have
been made toward liquidating the funded
debt. j , <
The secretary's .report stated that the
schools have Justr closed the most success
ful year In the h6trtfcboHhc | society. New
buildings are biin , * Srected In conqectlon
with the New QrJeans unlverslty and the
iTrankltn university at Orangeburg , B. C.
A general increase of interest In the work
of the society was reported to prevail
throughout the entire country. Lawless
events In southern states Inspired the sev
eral patronizing territories to Increase their
interest in the school board and other mis
sionary work of the. society. 'It Is said with
pride that no one of the 200,000 students
of the society's schools hns been lynched ,
or has committed n crime usually punished
In that manner.
The election of officers resulted as follows :
President , S. T. Mitchell , Wllbcrforce , 0. ;
first vice president , ref , James M. Gregory ,
Bordentown , N. J.'treasurer ; , R. C. Barnes ,
Michigan ; secretary , B. A. Johnson , North
Carolina ; assistant secretary , Mrs. Susie I.
Shorter , Ohio ; statistician , Miss A. B. Har
per , Washington , D. C.
A Board of Directors and seventeen ad
ditional \leo presidents were also elected.
CUBA TO CHOOSE ITS RULERS
AdnilnlHtrntlon Snlil to Believe .the
Ilcmilt Will Pni or An
nexation.
NB\V YORK , July 11. According to a
correspondent of the World at Washington
President McKinley is working energetically
upon a plan to submit the question of Inde
pendence or annexation to the people of
Cuba. Ho believes that they would vote
for annexation. Reports from Governor
General Brooke Indicate a contrary -view ,
but the president has received confidential
letters from Influential representative * of
commercial Interests and from other sources
In and nbout Havana which have convinced
him that General Brooke Is mistaken and
that the people In the western portion of
the Island , as well as those In the eastern
portion , would gladly vote for a territorial
government under the greater republic.
General AVood , It Is learned , made many
suggestions , which will be published lor
the-guidance of the commanders of olhpr
Cuban provinces The president inquired
particularly as to the extent of the senti
ment ( or and against annexation. "I am
firmly convinced , " Bald General Wood , "that
annexation ivould be carried by four to one
In Santiago. The people of that province ,
and I believe of tbo majority of tbo other
provinces , do not want Independence , They
lave realized many benefits from the tem
porary government we have given them and
are anxious to secure these benefits perma
nently. "
It Is stated upon very hign authority that
; he president desires General Brooke's at
tendance In Washington In the capacity of
confidential adviser and Is contemplating the
substitution In his place of General Wood as
governor general of Cuba.
HE WAS "OX TUB HOO. "
Anil HI * Father TcleHrraiiliecl Ilnck to
Bat the Anlmiil.
A wril known cont.'ac'or of Washington
has a son , still under 20 , who has been
doing the runnlns-away-from-home act ever
since he attained bis twelfth jcai , relates
"old man" has
the Washington Pest. The
always been called upon to fetch the joung
chap back from remote points , None of the
lard lu'k propositions up against which the
boy has stacked white having fun with him
self In this wa > has taugbt him a perma
nent lesson , probably for the simple reason
hat he has always found It too easy a matter
ib get home by the simple process of writIng -
Ing his father for the price of a ticket ,
lie went away a month figo and his father
didn't hear from his until yesterday , Then
he oU gantlsman got a dispatch dated
Hastings , Neb. The message ran ;
Am on the hog. Wire me $40 for ticket
home. JOB.
The old man went to the telegraph office ,
got a blank and wrote the following reply :
Uat the hoc.
CUBAN HANDS OUTSTRETCHED
Bii Thousand Applicants for Gratuity in
Damp at Bajamn ,
MERCHANTS SEEK FOR USURIOUS PROFIT
.lln j or Iftanrft nil Order rixltiK tlcn-
Nonnlilc I'rlcpx for I'ooil Nnilv c
Troop * i\prcwH ( irnlltnilc
to licncrnl llrooUc.
HAVANA , July 11. The Influx of Cubans
Into Bavamo , province of Santiago do Culn
In anticipation of payment for the sur
render of their arms , continues and the
merchants of that place have attempted to
profit beyond reason by this situation The >
raised prices beyond reason , upon which
point the major argued with them , pointing
out the Injustice of their nttltude The
merchants , however , refused to modify their
prices and the mayor therefore Issued an
order regulating prices and providing a
heavy fine for violation of the ordinance
Food Is now cheaper , but the price of liquors
Is high. There are about 6,000 men In anc
about the city , but there have been no dis
turbances. All those who had arms In their
possession have delivered them to the mayor
and obtained receipts , so as to enable them
to obtain payment when paying oft begins
The newspapers hero have received dli-
patches from Santiago de Cuba asking them
to thank Governor General Brooke for his
efforts In behalf of the Cubans and for his
orders to pay them as promptly an possible
which will prevent a great deal of suffering
The Spanish consul at Clcnfuegos , Senor
Alvarez Fernandez , has arrived there ami
has created an excellent Impression , Ho has
expressed the desire to assist In the progress
of the country and to remove all bitterness
of feeling which may exist In the minds of
Spaniards there.
The Chinese consul general has filed a
strong objection to the decision of Governor
General Brooke that commercial treaties be
tween Spain and other countries do not
apply to Cuba , as was formerly the case ,
that future treaty arrangements must bo
made with the United Slates In the name
of Cuba. The ground of his objection Is
the fear of emigrant restrictions. Under the
old rcglmo Chinamen wcro admitted , nd
they are now to bo found In all parts of
the Island , employed principally as house
servants , though many work on the sugar
plantations.
HfnlMrj for SpnnlnrilH.
At today's meeting of the members of the
advisory cabinet Scnor Capote , secretary of
the government , presented for General
Brooke's approval his draft of the proposed
decree for the creation of a registry to be
used by Spaniards residing In the Island
who wish to retain their nationality as
provided In the treaty of Paris , which di
rects that those who do not within a year
file In a court of record a declaration of
such Intention shall be considered to have
accepted the statutes of the Cubans. Gen
eral Wilson , military governor of the con
solidated provinces of Matanzas and Santa
Clara , has informed Senor Capote that he
Is unable to ratify the concessions for public
works In Matanzas , particularly the con
cessions for telephone and railway lines ,
on the ground that to do so would be In
violation of the Fornker resolution.
Already two cases have arisen on the de
cision of General Brooke on the question of
return to the rightful owners of properties
confiscated by the Spanish government. A
house at Regla valued at $3,000 and an es
tate In Havana valued at $6,000 have been
restored to the original proprietors.
Senor Pablo Deavernlne , secretary of
finance , recently notified the mayors of Ma
tanzas and Santa Clara of , the amounts
specified as deficits by General Brooke In
the Treasury department nnd th'e amount
due from Matanzas , $26,429 , was paid yester
day. .
The Matanzas deputation provincial has
put In an application for the payment of
salary alleged to bo due from the Spanish
government prior to January 1 , and from
the United States government between that
date and the tlmo when the department was
suppressed. General Brooke has refused to
act in the matter at present. All such
claims -will be held In abeyance until they
have been Investigated.
According to a dispatch from Tunas , the
United States troops there recently Wiled
a Spanish bandit and an ex-guerrilla named
Francisco Lope/ , who was attempting to escape -
capo after resisting capture ,
Andrew Fuller , Julian Baker and Edwin
Campbell , American civil clerks in the quar
termaster's department at Clenfuegoswho
wcro Implicated In the recolit affray there
between the Americans and Cubans , have
been ordered to return to thp United States
by the first transport.
SALE OF LIQUOR IN THE ARMY
Well Knoviii Temperance WorUcra
Cull on OIcKlnley to Protest
Attorney Gcncral'w Declxlon.
WASHINGTON , July 11. A delegation
composed of Joshua L. Bayley of Philadel
phia , president of the National Tempcraiico
society ; Hiram Price , Washington ; Ilevs. L.
II .Foote of Brooklyn , Dr. James B. Dunn
and C. R. Blackall of Philadelphia , Joshua
Levering of Baltimore , William W. Smith
of Poughkeepsle , N. Y. , H. T. Ames of
Wllllamsport , Pa , Colonel Ell I. Rlttcr , In
dianapolis , representing the National Tem
perance society and other kindled organ
izations , called on the president this after
noon to ask his consideration of some points
It was desired to present In connection with
the Interpretation given by the attorney
general to the seventeenth section of the
recent act of congress entitled "An act for
the Increase of the efficiency of the army
of the United States and for other pur
poses. "
The delegation wished to record its dis
sent from the opinion of the attorney general -
oral In Interpreting the act referred to and
presented a legal opinion on the section , pre
pared by Colonel Ell Rltter of Indianapolis.
Mr. Bayley also read a paper signed by many
well known representatives of the National
Temperance eoslety , which embrtirM the
points on which they dissented from the
opinion given. It maintains that congress
doslred totally to abolish the sale of liquor
in the army. The Interpretation of the
attorney general ( which was to the effect
that the act wv s prohibitive only as to the
tale of liquor in the canteens by officers
and men ) , Iho paper declares , was a matter
of amazement to the people of the whole
country Interested In the subject , and no
class of persons , It Is deserted , was more
biirprlsed than the members of congress
present during the enactment of the legis
lation. The delegation represented that If
the statute Is what Its author and the vast
number Interested as well as opposed
thought It was then the Interpretation given
by the attorney general is a perversion of
the law.
The members of the delegation after their
tall reported the president as saying the
opinion of the attorney general was without
any previous knowledge on his part , that he
did not know an oplnlcn had been asked I
for by the secretary of war , neither did he' '
know such an opinion had been given until ,
several days afterward and that he would ,
look Into the matter personally , and If the'
opinion of the attorney general was found
to be correct It would stand , but be added
that all men -were fallible , and If the at
torney general had made a mistake he bad
no doubt he would correct It.
Par of Mm in Ho i > ltnl.
WASHINGTON , July 11. Order * Issued
Jut tummer which allowed 60 cents a day
QNJTHE MIDWAY
The Cream of the Midway
* w vw w- %
--CYCLORAMA--
THE BATTLE OF
MISSIONARY RIDGE ,
& LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
THE NEW
DARKNESS AND DAWN ;
OR ,
Heaven and Hell.
THE OLD PLANTATION
The Exposition Fun Factory.
HOBSOfti
Sinking the Mcrrlmuc.
THE MOORISH PALACE
-AND-
CREAT PASSION PLAY. .
f WARAGRAPH
< l > Tlic Hnttlc of Manila. < J >
World's JJongress of Beauty
Forty Hoautltnl Women from all
Parts of the World.
The Feature of the Entire Midway
| WEST MtmVAV . '
Lunette
At the Cross , , .
, , WEST MIDWAY
Admission lOc ,
ROYAL ENGLISH
West Midway.
Admission ICc.
MAS ADS
IN THE
FOUNTAIN
-AND-
CREEK MYSTERY.
East Midway. Admission 10c.
The CIAB T
. .SEE. . SEE-SAW.
26c
Finest Panoramic View oi
to SAW the Entire Exposi
tion Grounds.
Question-Why is SCHL1TZ PAVILION - \
VILION crondcd all the time ?
Answer Because iicinciwurst and
potato aqlad fell few J5C.
. .Schlitz Pavilion. .
FRITZ MUEMEU , Prop.
THE WORLD'S
GREATEST
PALMIST
Dr , Carl Louis Perin
3own Town Hours from 9 to 12 a. m , only
at the
MURRAY HOTEL
Parlor Tloor.
In the afternoon and evening ,
At the Exposition
Temple of Palmistry
From 1 to 10 11 , m.
Fcci for Reading $1 00 and up.
per man undergoing hospital treatment have
> een revoked and an order Issued allowing
0 cents per day per man from the appro
priation for eubslstenco of the nimy.
TlIK IIAOl n COM 'IJHI3Nt'l3 IlKI'OHT.
I 'ull Ai'oount "f I'loureuM Mnil < > An-
tlrlinte < 1 li > Stnto Ipmrlin | < nl.
WASHINGTON , July 11. In the course
of a week the State department expects to
receive by mall the full icports of all that
ias been accomplished ftt The Hague con-
orence. This will Include the founnl draft
of tbo treaties and protocols which the
United Stated govinnment Is expected to
accept
Ambassador White lias cabled briefly the
irogress made and hupplcmented UH these
lave been b > copious and accurate nowspa-
icr repoits of the proceedings the State
department has satisfied llfielf that the con-
ontlons and protocols are acceptable. Bo
ng treaties In the full bensc of the term ,
he agreements must be submitted to the
enate.
Vrllllrr ) Orili-rt-d to Son IIIfrlrn. .
LONDON , July 11 The Sovcnty-thltd hat
er ) of artillery has been ordered to South
Africa , making the fifth battery of field ar
tillery now under orders for the Cape. All
the gun carriages of theao batteries are
being painted to match the loca.colon . ,
Thirty machine guns were shipped to the
Transvaal today
I'rrlulit JIIIIIIIH tlni Truck.
A freight train on the Union I'aUflc rail
road jumped the track near Gothenburg ,
Neb. Tuesday morning , causing a wreck
that bloUced the track from 10 o'dock until
3 o'clock In the afternoon The wrecked
train reached Omaha short ! ) after 0 o clock
this morning , several hours late It was
train No t > . Particulars of the accident
could not be learned ,
THE.
. . .
ARTIST'S ' STUDIO
The Art rcnture of the
Exposition. . . . .
West Midway.
Don't At lllc Water Carnlval
r3ll I The chninplon lilgh hflda *
1OM I IJutiippr will perform tbo thril-
TO OCC 'IXC ' f ° "t or divine from
lower IW fort high on the
It !
We t Midway.
< ? > -
THE NEW. . . Only Oriental
Show on
STREETS Midway ,
Hide the Camel ,
. ' Dancing eo the Ki-vptliin Girls , OF CAIRO
lOoontafortwo
round trips.
. . . SCENIC . . .
9oo Bombardment of RAILWAY
MiinlU In HreiilTnmiol
CHUTES CAFE
OV WnST MIDWAY.
The Cootrit nml Mont Amndnff
Pince on the Uxnonltlon Oronndi ,
ROME MILLER'S
Philippine Restaurant
With his usual excellent service.
ON TIIU WI3ST MIDWAY.
Society's JResort
The Cuban Village
The educational feature of the Midway
depleting life In Cuba and the
Island of Porto Klco.
See the Great Sea Fight
I'oiiKlit 1 > > Ailnilrnl Ic c > .
The t'landest ineetnculnr display
ever prcsent'd to the public
ritUli T. CUMM S , WKr.
Telephone 2030 Exposition Grounds
for reset ved seats and boxes.
, _ _
< J < $
FIRST GRIEF on THE
DEATH OF PEL
iri'ri'S a'liMMi : A\D
O.NDIlUriL MASTCH WOHK.
Appeals , to every DON'T TAIL
Individual. TO SHE IT.
TUB WOItMVS rVMCIl
Hagenback's ' Trained Animal Show
The leading feature of the Exposition ,
The largest allegation of Birds , Beasts
nnd icptlleb over piPbentcd to the Amci.
lean public , including the startling nnd
daring performances of the leading ani
mal experts of the world ,
AMI !
TROCADERO *
w , AV. COM : : , LensL-0 and Manager ,
Vaudeville's Greatest Society Achievement
The Original
CIIH'UiO I.UM'.S ( II AIITI1TTI3.
First nppearuni e on any vuudevlle stage.
rirst appearance on unj vaudeville Htuge ,
5Ci7tlle nnd Veinon oom'd > hoilrontal bar
exponents The California team HMmont \
and Dohertv , dancing ecccntrlc-8 , Into of
Illce'q H32 Co Jcaephliie Jlcivcy , Amer
ica's greatest lud > slid * trombone rtololit
Plckei t Children , Lllllo .inrt Otnio iind Haby
P , the \oiuiKcst diinccr on the Amer
ican Mugc. Cnil Cliaif | < . the king of ill
equilibrists 1 hurls and WnlN world's
greatest life motion plcturss and Illustrated
"ongti. The Trotadero ChiilleiiKC Orchestra.
IJofiP hmtnts. Matinee ? , Thuitidu ) , Satur
day and Siindaj , Prices 25c , 2T > c and We.
Krco garden concerts after each psrform-
ance.
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WOODWARD STOCK CO.
. .THE WIFE. .
Ppeclal production , MognlllcciU cast All
new Hccni'i v HeM conipaii } PVI seen In
Omaha. Oui old pi Ices , of which we are
the orlguiatoix
10i > ! ! 0i > Uric.
Next Wfi'k Tin- . Ill I l.f < Ilclilnil Up.
RIVER EXCURSION.
STBMIJH JACOII ItirilTMlIV.
I.e.ivrt ) dally , foot of Douglaa street , at 2
and & p in , Hcliirn at 5 and 10 p m
2 p in tilp goes to Florence , tlility min
utes tolpvv water wotks
l > "nrpfie ) rlillilrt'n under 11 ! , lOc ,
I'liono , JIIIIH.
HOTEL , * .
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Pases , IlPfrlgeratorH. LoungCH , Conches
Toilet Setx Hockei' * , Olllcft Chulia 1 and
DeskH I'jirlor Kurnltuie , Bowing .Machine.
Jron H'dH. Halt and MOHH Mutti esses , Odd
Dressers , OOH n.inge 1 Now Tent , Lawn
Settees , rarnetH. IlugH , Inpraiu Art
Squared Cheffon/.ers. One Genuine -Malioc-
, tny Parlor Hullo of J plccet * nnU ir.any other
articles Wo urn oj > n rvcry day to the
retail trade beadles uuc-tlou every ( Monday
and rvcry Thursday
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