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CUBAN RESOLUTION.
It Io Disouoaod at Considorablo
Lonsth in tbo Sonato.
"SUNDRY CIVIL BILL IN TUB HOUSE.
Jllr. Iticoy Criticise llio Honato Provision
fur Restoring to Mm Public Domain
tlio Forest Itcservutloii Created
by President Cleveland.
Wahjiinoton, Mny 11. Tho Morgan
Cuban resolution wan discussed at con
siderable length in tho senate yostor
day. For the first tlmu since tho de
bate began tho opposition Hcntlmcnt
expressed Itself. Tho speeches wero
not of a kind to stimulate tho gal
leries, being In tho main calm and dis
passionate reviews of tho situation in
Cuba. Mr. Halo maintained that it
-would bo most unwise to embarrass
"tho president by tho adoption of tho
resolution at a tlmo when ho was In
vcatigating tho subject. He intimated
alno that tho adoption of tho resolu
tion would lead to tho withdrawal of
tho Spanish minister and a termina
tion of diplomatic relations between
tipaiu and tho United States. Tho
senator said tho real motivo for tho
Morgan resolution was that its passage
would prevent Spain from making a
loan and thus prevent her from put
ting down tho Insurrection.
Referring to tho reports that another
Spanish loan was being negotiated,
Mr. Turpio, of Indiana, said: "Spain is
now on its last legs financially. Shall
wo All up her treasury? are we charged
with supporting and maintaining tho
fipnnlsh credit? Is it our duty to sup
port the armies and navies of Spain on
fland and sea in her vain efforts to sub
ject tho patriots of Cuba, only moro
to tho oppression of tho Spanish yoke?
think not. Itut tho senator from
Maine says that if we pass tho resolu
tion the Spaiklnh minister will ask for
JUIh pa-ssports, break up diplomatic ro
tations and go home. I do not attach
nnuch Importance tothatoonscquonce."
Mr. White, of California, followed
in opposition to tho resolution.
Mr. Morrill will speak on tho resolu
tion to-day, and there is some prospect
that a voto may bo reached on Mr.
Halo's motion to refer tho resolution
to tho committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Vest secured, agreement to a res
olution directing tho committee on
rcommcrco to inquire into tho causes of
tho rccout floods on tho Mississippi
-and report to tho sonato next Decem
ber. At a:10 tho senate hold a short
executive session and then adjourned.
THK IIOUSK.
"Washington, May 11. Tho houso
yesterday rcisumed tho transaction of
;publio business, which had been
suspended since tho Indian appropria
tion bill was sent to conference threo
weeks ago. The consideration of tho
tcuato amendments to tho sundry civil
tappropriatlon bill was entered' upon
vandcr a special order providing for a
vrcccss each day until disposed of. Mr.
Simpson, of Kansas, pursued his tactics
of, tho last fuw weeks, attempting to
Iiarrass (ho majority with points of no
quorum, but without success. Mr. Mc
Millin and Mr. llland both criticised
'tlio method of procedure pursued by
ttho majority. On tho question of tho
mdoptlon of tho order tho democrats
divided, Mr. Bailey and his followers
wnting -with tho 'republicans and sev
ural of tho democrats, Including Mr.
McMlllln and Mr. lllnud, with tho pop
ulists against tho order. Tho voto re
sulted 111 to 15.
Mr. Cannon, in ohurgo for tho ma
jority, yielded lfi minutes to Mr. Lacoy,
ot Iowa, chairman of tho committee on
public lands of tho last house, who dls
tuusscd tho forest l-oscrvation amond
snent. Mr. Lacoy criticised tho senate
provision restoring to tho public do
simiu tho reservations created by tho
order of President Cleveland last Feb
ruary. IIo thought tho order should
simply bo suspended pending an exami
nation. If tho senate provision be
came a law, ho said, tho lands could
.could not bo resorved until they had
vcen surveyed, porhaps years henco.
IIo said some of tho most bitter oppo
sition to tho order tmdoubtodly camo
from tho headquarters of mine opera
tors. IIo thought tho suspension should
not bo for moro than a year, as was
originally proposed by tho senate
Mr. Shnfroth, of Colorado, argued
earnestly for tho adoption of tho boii
ato amendment, especially for that
-portion of it allowing miners and pros
pectors free usq of timber. Mr. Jones,
of Washington, declared that his stato
-was more vitally interested in tho re--vocation
of Mr. Cleveland's forest re
serve than any other state. Until tho
order was revoked, ho said, settlors
.could not out a stick of timber for any
purppso without violating tlio law. It
was agreed to take a voto on tho pend
ing propositions to-day.
Mr. (Fowler, of Now Jorsoy, intro
duced a bill for tho creation of a tariff
commission to invcstlgato federal tax
ation; to recommend changes and to
adjust inequalities of existing law.
Tho bill provides for a commission of
seven members, at a salary of $7,000
per annum, with a term of ofllco each
of 31 years. TJio commission shall,
under tho terms of tho bill, make an
nual reports to tho president, and it is
jjlvcn power, with tho wx'ltten ap
proval of tho president, to suspend any
vt&x on imports in whole or part.
M'KINLEY URGING ACTION.
Tlio President AnxloiM Tlutt tho Nour TarlfT
J fill ll Passed.
Washington, May 10. President Mc
Klnloy has begun to take a hand In
tho tariff and from this time on it is
qxpected tho influence of the adminis
tration will bo felt more and more ev
ery day. JIls solenim Is to spur on tho
members of tho stimito to prompt ac
tion. Within tho last week or two al
most every senator who has visited tho
white houso has been subjected to a
kindly lecture from tho president on
tho necessity of rapid work on the tariff
bill. He has pointed out to them that
tho country demands and has a right to
expect early action so that business
conditions may bo speedily Improved
and manufacturing enterprises started
up on tho basis of new tariff condi
tions. Tho president has told his call
ers again and again that it was not so
much a question of particular schedules
as of rapidity of action. IIo has urged
tho senators to compromise conflicting
Interests wherever possible, with tho
main object In view of having the new
tariff bill in force before the Fourth of
July.
A BISHOP AS A PLOTTER.
Fcnndor's Government Charges n Catholic
Prelate with Fomenting Involution.
Nkw Yonir, May 10. A dispatch to
tho Herald from Panama says: "In
formation received from a correspond
ent in Guayaquil, Ecuador, is to tho
effect that Bishop Andrado, of Rico
bamba, has been arrested, charged
with treason. Sinco tho rebel attack
on Ilicobamba a few days ago, in which
several priests took part, the govern
ment has had cause to suspect Bishop
Andrade. Now it is asserted by tho
authorities that thoy havo seized sev
eral documents implicating Bishop
Andrado In tho revolutionary move
ment." HOMES FOR SETTLERS.
Opening of Wiehlta Jtcutrviitlon Now Sot
for September 1.
GuTirniK, Ok., May 10. Word received
hero from AVashington states that tho
Wichita reservation will bo opened to
settlement by September 1. Thero
will bo homes for 8,000 or 4,000 people
on claims of 100 acres each, in addition
to tho population of tho towns that
will spring up all about. Tho reserva
tion Is about 40 miles across cast and
west, with an average width of about 20
miles.
Religious Kxcltment Lends to n Tragedy.
Litti.k Rock, Ark., May 10. A sen
sational shooting affray, in which a
woman shot nud seriously wounded
four men occurred at Lowell, Ark.,
yesterday. Tho shooting was done by
Mrs. Duerling, and tho wounded men
aro T. Bryant, of Lowoll, and threo
citizens of Springdale, whose names aro
notknown. Tho shooting was tho re
sult of religious excitement, caused by
a woman known as Mrs. Benedict, who
has been holding a series of "holiness
meetings" In tho neighborhood.
'Voluntarily Surrendered tho Ofllco.
Washington, May 10. Henry A.
Robinson, of Michigan, statistician of
tho agricultural department, has ten
dered his resignation to Secretary Wil
son. Mr. Robinson is an ardent silver
man, and said ho deemed It only right
mat tno administration should havo
tho ofllco at its disposal. Secretary
Wilson has appointed to succeed Mr.
Robinson, John Hyde, of Nebraska,
well known as tho agricultural expert
of tho 11th census.
Settlers Grunted iin Kxtenstnn.
Washington, May 10. Instructions
havo been Issued by Commissioner of
tho Oonoral Land Oilico Hermann to
tho registers and receivers of the vari
ous United States land olllces, under
tho provisions of section 0, act of Juno
10, 1800, which provides that all home
stead settlers on all ceded Indian res-
ervatipns bo and aro horoby granted
an extension of one year in which to
make the payments now provided by
law.
Hlxteon Steerage Passengers Humeri.
Nicw Yoiik, May 10. Tho Mallory
line steamer Leona, which left her pier
on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took
firo at sea, put back and arrived in
port last night with 10 corpses on
board. Tho dead woro 1JJ steerage pas
sengers and throe mombers of tho
crow, who succumbed to a terrible lire
which occurred off tho Delaware capes
at an early hour yesterday morning.
A Veteran Commit Suicide.
Kansas Cm-, Mo., May 10. Maj.
nenry McNamara, a veteran of tho
Fenian army that Invaded Canada In
1S00 and again In 1870, and who was
later on prominent In tho lnvlnclbles,
tho Clan-na-Gaol and other Irish soci
eties, killed himself rather than faco
disgrace. IIo owed an acquaintance
80 and was unable to pay it.
Gen. Frank Wheaton Itotlrod.
Denvkii, Col., May 10. At noon Satur
day Maj.-Gcn. Frank Wheaton retired
from sorvlco in.tho United States army,
having reached tho ago of 03 years, of
which tlmo 47 had been spent In tho
service. Col. Merrlam will nssumo
command of tho department of Col
orado until Gen. Otis, the successor of
Gen. Wheaton, shall arrive.
Will Itcmaln In Washington.
Washington; May 10. Tho president
has intimated that ho will accept no
invitations taking him from Washing
ton until after tho disposal of tho
tariff bljl. Tho directors of tho Nash
ville exposition had hoped for a visit
during tho present month, but arc now
satisfied that ho will not iro thero
i before August,
THE EUROPEAN WAR
Tho Sultan of Turkey Ercproscoo
Sympathy for King George
THE NOTE OF THE POWERS DRAWN.
Greero Will Assent to All tho Conditions
Tlio Greek Government Attacked for
Appealing to Ftiropo Turkey's
Terms of I'eueo.
London, May 11. According to tho
Exchange Telegraph Co., private ad
vices received in London from Constan
tinople declare that the sultan has ex
pressed deep sympathy for King
George and tho Greek cabinet, whoso
hands, in his opinion, were forced by
revolutionary agents at Athens and
Alexandria. Tho sultan, according to
these advices, declines to claim a war
indemnity, and proposes a Turko
Grcck treaty upon the simultaneous
evacuation of Thessaly and Crete.
Finally, It is said that tho sultan de
sires to deal direct with Greece, and
not through tho powers.
Apart from the peace negotiations
tho principal feature of tho eastern sit
uation is that Turkey is pressing rein
forcements forward and preparing for
a rapid ndvance. Unless tho powers
succeed in quickly arranging a settle
tnolit the Greeks are likely to suffer
further disasters. Tho exact disposi
tion of tho Greek army is uncertain,
but, roughly speaking, the first lino of
defense extends from Almyros to Lou
con, the second follows the old frontier
and tho third is drawn atThemopylae.
Fighting Is probable within the next
few days unless tho powers intervene.
Tho correspondent of tho Daily Mail
at Patras frays: "Everything is ripe
for a serious political crisis or for a
revolution. The army is disgusted,
and the armed peasantry are universal
ly discontented. The Greek National
society could not have a better oppor
tunity." Tho Athens correspondent
of the Standard says that almost the
whole population of Thessaly, number
ing 050,000, has iled to the mountains in
tho west. Refugees from Volo, Phnr
salos and tho villages around Mount
Pclion havo been transported to the
Inlands of Sklathos, Skopelos and
Euboca. Forty-five thousand refugees
from villages along the coast are clam
oring for food at Alnryros.
Tin: notk ov Tin: powinis diiawn.
Atiikns, May 11. The conditions in
sisted upon by Germany, the chiof of
which is that Greece shall give her
formal consent to the principle of au
tonomy for Crete, will be accepted by
tho Greek government. TlnPnote of
tho powers has not yet been presented,
but it has been drawn and ia to the
following effect: Upon formal declara
tion by Greece that she will recall her
troops and agree to such an autono
mous regime for Crete as tho powers in
their wisdom shall deem best, and ac
cept unreservedly tho counsels of tho
powers, they will intervene in tho in
terests of peace. Tho note will proba
bly be presented to-day after the Ger
man minister has received final in
structions. It is understood that
Greece, in her reply, will assent to all
of these conditions.
Tho recall of tho forces from Crete
lias been received with resignation by
tho public. The Delyannls organs at
tack tho government bitterly for ap
pealing to Europe, but most of the pa
pers accept this as Inevitable, and
violently attack tho Ethniko Hetairia,
asking it to render an account of its
action.
TUllKEY'S TEIIM8 OF I'RACn.
Viknna, May 11. It Is reported hero
that Turkey's terms of peaco with
Grecco include tho payment of an in
demnity of 815,000,000, a. rearrangement
of tho Greek frontier, tlio annulling of
tho treaties favoring tho Greeks, tho
cession of the Greek fleet to Turkey
and tbo settlement of tho Cretan ques
tion. ,
ANTI-DOCKAGE LAW VOID.
Judgo Alden Holds Thut tho Kansas I.cgls.
liitlvo Act Interferes with l'rlvutu Con
tract. Kansas City, Kan., May 11. Judge
Alden, of the district court of this
county, rendered a decision yesterday
in which ho held that tho now Kansas
anti-dockage law was invalid and un
constitutional. Tho question of the
constitutionality of tho law was raised
in the case of Abram E. Bcggs, chief
hog buyer for the Armour Packing Co.,
who wits arrested on tho charge of vio
lating tho new nntl-dockago law by
purchasing hogs of G. W. Marley, of
Oswego, Kan., bubject to the dockage
rule in force in Chicago and St Louis.
Judge Aldon's decision holding tho
law unconstitutional was based on
tho declaration that it interfered with
tho right of private contracts. Ho said
in substance that tho act called tho
Kansas anti-dockage law was not in
any senso a police regulation. It was
not designed to prohibit the sale of
barred sows or stags, but its intent
was to prevent tho owners of hogs
from making contracts for tho disposi
tion of their own property, In which
the public had no interest.
Four runners Asphyxiated.
IlKmnuLD, S. 1)., May 11. Frank
Barz, his two sons, and a brother,
Chris Rarz, prosperous German farmers,
woro asphyxiated yesterday in a well
on their farm. Frank Rarz was over
eomo by gnswhilo at work in tho well.
Tho others descended one at a time in
attempts to rescue him and all mot tha
same fa to.
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS ILLEGAL.
Mrtrolt .lodge Decides That Itellglous In.
ntruetlou by Teachers In Unconstitu
tional. Dktwht, Mich., May 10. Judgo Car
penter has granted a mandamus upon
the relation of Conrad Pfeiffcr for tho
board of education to show cause why
the reading of tho liible should bo
further continued in the public schools.
Mr. PfolJTor set up in his petition that
his son, as a pupil at tho schools, was
obliged to attend a place of religious
worship, and that himself, as
taxpayer, was compelled to assist in
maintaining places for tho dissemina
tion of religious teachings, con
trary to to tho constitution of tho
state. ' Tho court declared that
tho petitioner as a taxpayer was
clearly compelled to aid in supporting
the instructor. In conclusion, Judgo
Carpenter said: "Our constitutional
provisions respecting religious liberty
mean precisely what they declare.
They forbid any legislative authority
compelling a person to pay taxes for
the support of a teacher of religion or
diminishing or enlarging tho civil
rights of any person on account of his
religious belief."
QUAY'S INTERESTING BILL.
Tlio Pennsylvania Senator Proposes to Glvo
the Idle Public Work.
Washington, May 10. One of tho sen
ate measures for which Senator Quay
stands ns sponsor has created no littlo
comment among congressmen of differ
ent political shades. The bill contem
plates the employment by the general
government of the needy "when largo
numbers of citizens nro abruptly
thrown out of employment." Tho
president is to bo empowered
to recruit or conscript them "to
gether with all so-called tramps
or idlers" in like manner and terms
as the regular infantry, "and for suc
cessive periods of not less than six
mouths nor more than three years at a
time, who shall be employed by tho
secretary of war, unless congress shall
othcrwisespecify, in the construction
of public works, such as lighthouses,
forts, post oillces, bridges, railways,
canals, telegraphs, telephones and
other permanent public works for na
tional uses."
M'KINLEY IS WORRIED.
n Suspects That tin Organized Ilalil on tho
Gold Itcscrvo Is lloginnlug.
Washington, May 10. An important
confersneo took place at the white
house Saturday bjr the president, Sec
retary Gage and Conrad Jordan, assist
ant treasurer in charge of the sub
treasury in New York city. Tho con
sultation was relative to tho slow but
steady growth of the gold shipments
abroad during the last few weeks.
Senators, representatives and office
seekers generally were held in check
while the president discussed the finan
cial problem. The participants in the
conference were extremely roticent
when interviewed on the subject, but
enough is known to justify tho state
ment that tho president is seriously
disturbed by what he fears is a sys
tematic assault upon tle gold reserve,
similar to that which so harassed Mr.
Cleveland.
BIMETALLIC COMMISSIONERS.
Senator Wolcott, A. K. Stevenson mid Gen.
I'aynu Sail for Kuropo.
NnwYoiiK.Mny 10. Ex-Vice President
Adlai E. Stevenson, Gen. J. C. Payne
and United States Senntor E. O. Wol
cott, who were recently appointed by
President McKinley as a commission
to confer with tho European govern
ments relative to the holding of an in
ternational bimetallic conference,
sailed for Havre on tho French liner
La Touraino Saturday. Refore
their departure Mr. Stevenson said that
tho commission would go directly to
Paris, and after conferring with the
French government, would visit Lou
don, Rerlin, Vienna and the capitals of
tho other European governments. He
expected that much good would be ac
complished by tho commission and did
not anticipate any trouble in inducing
the povernments to appoint delegates
to the contemplated conference.
EDITOR HOWELL OUT.
Change or Ownership In tho Atlanta Con
stitution and What It Means.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10. It is rumored
that Capt. Evan P. Howell, for years
the leading spirit of the Constitution,
but recently crowded out of that pa
per, is about to establish a free silver
organ here with 81,000,000 capital, It
has been learned that the actual pur
chaser of the Howell stock was a
wealthy Providence capitalist, who is
on terms of close intimacy with Hoke
Smith, and that Mr. Smith was really
in the deal. The Constitution having
passed into the hands of gold standard
owners, the inferenco has generally
been drawn that it will eventually
abandon the free silver cause, of which
it has been tho acknowledged leader
in the south.
AN INLAND CANAL.
Ono Will lie llullt to Connect Tort Arthur
with Sabine l'ass.
Kansas City, Mo., May 10. The ship
canal which Is to connect Port Arthur
with Sabine Pass, on tho Gulf of Mex
ico, will bo dug inland along the west
shore of Sabine lake through property
owned and controlled by tho Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Trust Co. Tho
inland channel will bo nbout 84
miles in length, and will cost in tho
neighborhood of S1,000,000. It will
take at least two years to construct
the canal and perhaps a much longer
time If Kountze Rros., tho owuers of
Sabine City, keep up their light on Port
Arthur.
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING.
UufllncflA Men fitim tho South and West
Confer nt Kansan City.
Kansas City, Mo., May 7. The south
And west grain and trade congress fin
ished ito business yesterday afternoon
unci adjourned to meet in February,
1S08, In Tampa, Fla. Rreedlove Smith,
of New Orleans, was elected president
of tho congress for the ensuing two
years. The committee on permanent
organization recommended that tho
name of the organization be changed
to tho south and west commercial con
gress, and this recommendation was
adopted. E. L. Martin, vice president
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railway, read a paper in which he dis
cussed transportation and kindred top
ics. Among other things ho said that
north and south roads could haul
grain, cattle, lumber and other prod
ucts as cheaply as the cast and west
transcontinental Hues. "It will not
bo long," said he, "until southern ports
will export nearly all of our grain.
The trend is inevitable in that direc
tion. I predict that in time 00 per
cent, of the crops of Illinois, Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas and Oklahoma will bo
taken to tho gulf ports. Notliing on
earth can stop It, and tho railroads
will do tho rest."
The resolutions adopted were that
rates of transportation should be
equithble between carrier and ship
per; calling upon congress to
take Hteps to provido a permanent
depth of water and width of chan
nel at the mouth of tho Mississippi
river adequate to all Increase in de
mauds of modern commerce; that tho
same policy on tho part of congress
should bo pursued with reference to
all other important rivers and harbors
of the south and west; indorsing tho
construction of the Nicaragua canal;
urging congress to enact the Torrey
bankruptcy bill; urging the agricul
tural department to promote a larger
consumption of our food products
abroad, and asking the authorities at
Washington to lend all the aid possi
ble to tho Kansas City, Pittsburg &
Gulf railroad.
MISSOURI ORATOR WON.
l'crlo 1). Decker Given First l'laco nt tho
Interstate Contest.
CoLUitniA, Mo., May 7. In the an
nual interstate oratorical contest hero
last night Pcrle D. Decker, represent
ing Missouri, won first place. Second
place was awarded to Chauncey F.
Bell, of Colorado. Tho contest took
place in the auditorium of tho stato
university, before an overwhelming
and tremendously enthusiastic audi
ence. The states were represented,
and husky-lunged rooters backed
up each college orator. Tho con
test was bravely fought by
thoso taking part, and tho final
awards for this reason proved tho
greater triumphs for tho states win
ning them. Tho states represented
were Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Ne
braska, Wisconsin, Missouri, Colorado
and Minnesota, and the contestants
from each were: Miss Alice Starbuck,
of Pennsylvania college, Iowa; W. A.
Brown, of Raker university, Kansas;
Perle D. Decker, of Park college, Mis
souri; Jcsso S. Danccy. of Wosleyau
university, Illinois; Carey E. Greg
ory, of the university of Woostcr,
at Wooster, O.; R. C. Roper, of tho
university of Nebraska; Edward E.
Plannette, of Hanover college, Indiana;
II. P. Hinkley, of Reloit college, Wis
consin; C. F. Bell, of the university of
Colorado; Lawrence N. Roothc, of tho
university of Minnesota. The judges
on thought were: Walter Miller, of
Leland Stanford university; Barrett
Wendall, of Ilarvai-d, and President J.
B. Angcll, of Ann Arbor. Tho judges
on delivery were: M. W. Reid, of Den
ver; John J. Ingalls, of Atchison, and
ex-Gov. Jackson, of Iowa.
A NEW DISCOVERY.
Party from San Francisco IZxpects
Undo Sam's Flag on an Uncial
to Plant
metl In-
land.
San Fiiancisco, May 7. The schoon
er Louisa D. cleared at the custom
house yesterday for a cruise to New
Baldayo islands. Hcr'trip promises to
be a long and romantic ono and
before she comes back her crew ex
pects that the American . flag will
bo floating over a littlo coral reef
close to the equator that no man or
nation has yet claimed. New Baldayo
Is the name given to tho Island, but so
far tho most accurate location that
can lie given for it is that it
is in tho North Pacific ocean. Tho
island is said to bo covered with an
enormous and wonderful deposit of
guano and for nearly 50 years numer
ous vessels havo started out in search
of it, but, they have always returned
without being able to givo its loca
tion. PINGREE AFTER RAILROADS.
Ho UrBes tho MlehlBun r.eKllaturo to En
act Adequate lteforms.
Lansing, Mich., May 7. Along mes
sago from Gov. Pingreo, urging in
creased taxation on railroads, was
read in both houses of tho legislature
yesterday afternoon. Tho governor
fears that the session will end without
having enacted any adequate reforms
in this line. The messago lays partic
ular stress upon comparisons between
the Indiana and Michigan systems of
railroad taxation, and urges adoption
of the Ohio or Indiana systems of tax
ing the roads' property rather than tho
Michigan plan of specific taxes upon
earnings. IIo showed that Michigan
receives annually less than 8750,000
from tho roads, whilo luili-m.. ,.;!.
-.. ..., M till
1.JI00 miles less of railroads, gets mora
than S2,!J50,000.
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