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    STEVENS CENSURED BY
THE HOUSE,
d,mi.»tlon Of Bis Action la Canaan?,
loo With Hawaiian Affairs—Mr. Boa*
AC*ln Sat l’p°° bf »*• ffpaaker of
", House In HI. Attempt to Malta aa
address—Tbs latest Intelligence from
Honolulu—The SltaaUoa Remains Cn
clioused* vj }- . - - . * -
jn**l'UUV/ w ,
ltoutelle. relative to the Hawaiian
licyof the administration, and de
to reporta substitute as follows:
' t, .nnansa faAtn araniiHua
r hlsoived. That it Is the sense of Ibis bouse
uut a,iuli intervention by the ifovernment of
I’niied States, Us representatives or
.lord lorces was contrary to the policy and
rrfitiuns of our republic and the spirit of our
([institution and should be and Is emphatically
fjndomnetl. . ' ■
i;t. resentative Storer offered a sub
siitule which was rejected and he will.
,.resont it as a minority report. It
declares that the president has ex-,
ceded his rights and invaded the dig
nities of congress, as well as violated
the laws of nationa in hia instruc
tions to Minister Willis, and further,
that the manner of such attempted
intervention by the executive and
methods used are unworthy of the
executive department of the United
states, while the confessed intent of
such intervention is contrary to the
policy ami traditions of the republic
antl the spirit of the constitution.
As soon as the Journal was read in
the honse to-dav Mr. Boutelte of
Ha no, who was oil his feet, sent up a
resolution which he said was privi
leged. The speaker directed the clerk
to read it. It questioned the authori
ty of Commissioner Blount to order
tiie American naval representatives
at Honolulu. Mr. Boutelle vainly
(ought to discuss the question of his
right to discuss the resolution which
was referred to the committee on
naval affairs but the speaker cut him
short and said it could only be con
sidered at this time by uuanimous
consent.
Mr. Houtelle asked for unanimous
consent but Mr. Talbott of Maryland,
objected and Mr. Boutelle was forced
to sit down.
&TILL PREPAJUNQ, TO FIGHT.
llmrulian Provisional tioTtrnment tap*
porters Bell loose—No Chufei.
Sax Francisco, Dec. 23.—The steam*
er'Mariposa which arrived from Hono
lulu this morning brought advices
from the Uawaian islands to Decem
ber 14.
The situation was December 14 in a
state of abeyance awaiting the news
expected to arrive by the steamer
Alameda due there to-day. Since the
diplomatic notes exchanged between
the provisional government and Minis
ter Willis nothing further had trans
pired. in the meantime the provi
sional government was carrying out
the plans of defense already reported
and the last 5,00J sandbags were being
filled to he placed in position upon the
upper verandas of the executive
building in case of an attack.
After the vote of the council that
removals of Royalists in office should
be made, whieh was precipitated by
the removal of Fred Wundenberg from
the deputy clerkship of the supreme
court, (leorge Smitbers, registrar of
public accounts, was replaced in the
bounce department by George Ashley,
an American,and Captain Luddemann,
first clerk in the same cepartment, by
h A. Mclnerny, a Hawaiian born
American. The only other removal
which had taken place to December
14 was that of a Royolist from the
custom house, who was replaced by a
three-quarter white annexationist.
onversations with leading Royal
ists developed the belief, that Presi
dent Cleveland would endeavor to
out his pblicy of restoration and
thathc would receive-^sufficient back-'
jhg in the present congress to enable
»m to do so. They admitted that the
entire dependence *>n their cause
, , 0°w upon the firmness dis
P'.a1ve<? hy Mr. Cleveland. They nd
ittcd that without the armed support
llj the United States they bad no hopes
o re-establishing the monarchy and
, at "''thout foreign aid they had no
pe of overthrowing the provisional
government.
.Minister Willis has absolutely noth
g lo say on the situation beyond a
^deration that he is awaiting further
instructions ^rotn Washington which
\ w «uaae necessary by certain
ontingenciea which has arisen since
arrival. I'he United States rcve
e cutter Corwin arrived unexpect
(■ J m harbor December 14 and
plain Hunger went at once to the
i.u.enc?n where he remained
eted with Minister Willis for over
It was learned positively
, 6 had delivered extensive dis
tiun 1CS *rom Washington at the lega
he Royalists claim that if congress
tLUses to settle the matter in favorof
cu ex'Rueen as proposed by Mr. /
blBve. and> t*le Hawaiian affair is 11a
, any moment to assume interna
i- , Proportions and hint that both
u?. ,and and Japan will take a hand.
linM i ana JaPan will take a band.
It ' i 6 <'re^enue is given this view.
dir» 1, arned upon authority coming
ik.. . / ir°m the cx-queen's residence
that
taftorher recent interview with
lipii1S!er Willis she at once went to
.L,, Minister Wodehouse and
him for the advice he had
,1<'us'y given as to how she should
r ,, tl, her negotiations with the
u . states government through its
tn « a."an representatives. All efforts
thi. <?u.t the position to be taken by
hi.. , l‘sb in case trouble occurs
lI?«s far failed.
in tl!*Hlry 8,8 turthe ex-queen’s policy
lino i ? case of Ker restoration is out
ti . u by several of her leading poli
ans to he general amnesty to har
Pponcntg, with few exceptions
wsulent Dole, Minister Thurston,
"itorney Genersl W. a Smith, and
thi.i yeuerai w. U. smun, ana
epurt Judd_of th* snprema
Tfee %aocxationisU olaim that
Ola ex-queen wii never nn t enact
*o diiplaf either good will or betted
against these men or i» others eo
H»wiS.thar*ta“ Amerioan »Ure In
Considerable anxiety baa been tela
lately relatlnr to the conUnu^dpooY
health ot President Dole He has been
at\heHforelffn“%“d h“ Bot 'VPOred
at the foreign office except In eaae of
KHZ-Jk,""- ~ -»a,S
congreaa to mean: "I will restore the
ex-queen peacefully if poaalble. nod
in case I find this cannot be done I
will refer the matter to conferees for
settlement” President Dole declared
that restoration negotiations wonld
make no headway and would be ab
solutely rejected by the provisional
government v
A special session of the executive
council adjourned at 3 p. m ., Decem
ber 14, after considering the situation
and discussing further plans of de
fensem case of unfriendly action by
Mr. Willia No communication had
S?"} recerred by the cabinet from
Minister Willia Late in the after
noon a visit to the executive building
8 "TTv a“ act,lvo »tate of preparation
and the officers exoressed themselves
as ready for the uncxrected should It
happen. The Royalists are uneasy at
the prospect and annexationists de
clare that if they are forced to go
down it will bej with colors flying.
The very latest ord<X- which has been
- --- nuren IIH gni
issued has been to the citizens' reserve
guard to be on the alert
Mr. Stevens Replies. ‘
Augusta, Maine, Dec. 23.—Ex-Min
ister Stevens has made thd following
reply to President Cleveland'smessage
and his criticisms of Mr. SteVens’ offi
cial conduct:
“Only once in our political history
has a majority of the congress of the
United States solemnly resolved in
favor of impeaching the occupant of
the executive chair.
"Probably it was well that the ef
fort to remove Andrew Johnson from
his office was arrested just on the
brink of success. The great reluc
tance of the conservative turn of the
country to remove the Chief executive
for abuse of power seems to hare en
couraged President Cleveland to re
sort to the extraordinary measure of
overturning the provisional govern
ment of Hawaii, while as much as
possible concealing his arbitrary de
sign from the American congress and
people
"Look at the historical facts dispas
sionately and no one will deny that
the lines of usurpation and injustice
on which President Cleveland and the
secretary of state have acted since the
7th of March last, coupled with the
Blount ielative to the accepted testi
mony of Liliuokalani's fallen and cor
rupt ministers, are more sweeping
and more hostile to the Anglo-Saxon
liberty than the acts of George III.
and the Lord North ministry, which
drove the American colonies to suc
cessful revolt.
“There is nothing in American his
tory more shameful in its scope of in
justice and tyranny than the attempt
of Cleveland to crush out liberty and
American interests in Hawaii by the
threat to restore the extinct idonarchy
by force of arms or by diplomatic
chicanery and pressure, more in
famous, if 'possible, than the use of
ball and bayonet.
“President Cleveland’s recent special
message in which he so severely criti
cises the course of the recent American
minister at Honolulu, is but a feeble
repetition of Secretary Gresham’s
statements.
“In my answer to Blount’s report,
extensively published in the United
States, I. showed conclusively, as did
Minister Thurston and other thor
oughly responsible witnesses, that the
allegations in that report against the
official conduct of Captain YViltse and
myself are grossly untrue, are in
manifest antagonism to all the reason
able probabilities and logic of the
situation in Honolulu in January last
President Cleveland’s grossly untrue
and shamefully unjust allegations
against myself and the naval com
mander rest entirely on the state
ments of the four notoriously corrupt
ministers of the fallen queen, of Wil
son, the queen’s favorite, and other
thoroughly discredited testimony.
“I repeat here what has been amply
verified again and again, that neither
by force nor the threats of force, nor
by any action of mine was the fall of
the monarchy precipitated. From the
hour I entered on my duties as the
head of the United States legation to
the termination of my official respon
sibility, I maintained the determina
tion to call on the naval commander
for aid only in the event that Ameri
can life and property were in danger.
Cautiously but formally, perhaps
sometimes too silently, I made this
my fixed rule of action, not- only to
the representatives of the queen, but
to the leaders of the parties who saw
no safe alternative for the welfare of
the islands but in the abolishment of
the monnrcny.
“If President Cleveland sees fit to
make a point against my official con
duct that months before the events of
last January I had advocated annexa
tion, he deliberately and purposely
conceals that which I said in my dis
patch in November, 1892. which was
a confidential statement to the state
department of the true condition of
affairs in Hawaii, a report of facts
which by the established rules and
practice of diplomacy I was in duty
bound to make known to my govern
ment."
NEWS NOTES.
Natural gas was struck at Iola,
Kan., at a depth of about 1.500 feet.
The Japan Official Gazette an
nounces the birth of a son .to the Jap
anese emperor.
James Davis, formerly of St Joseph,
Mo., committed suicide at Lerridos,
N. M. Debts were the cause.
The Roman Catholic church of the
Ascension a'. North Tona wanda, N. Y.,
and its rectory were destroyed bj^flre.
Loss, $75,000; insured.
The Masonic temple at Adrian,
Mich., built in 1865 at a costof $83,000,
was burned. Several firms ocoupied
the lower floors.
The Washington police are much ex
ercised over the expected coming to
Washington of a cranlc who has
threatened to do terrible things.
MRS. FOY TESTIFIES.
STARTLING SENSATION IN THB
- CRONIN CASE.
MET LIMT 01 TEE FAIMJ3 PLOT.
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8I»« Describes Secret Conferences Be
tween the Conspirator*. Against Dr.
Cronin nnd Brings In Alexander *,
Sullivan's Kamo For the First.
jf Tima—The Dereaee Almost
Frantic— Rebuked. ..;:M
Chicago, Dec. S3. — Mrs. Andrew
Foy, pale and nervous and guarded
by a police officer, appeared in court
this morning ready to testify in the
Coughlin case. Her husband,; she
said, did not appear at her home last
night, and guarded by a detail of
policemen she had been undisturbed.
For fear that she' would be intercept*
ed on her way to the scene of the
trial she appeared in the court room
long before the hour for the conven
ing of court and patiently waited to
be called to the witness stand. The
warning letter received by her is as
follows:
Don’t be traitor. Look out tor yourself
and little family, and remember the fate of
Judas, who went out and hunt himself, and
whose body burst open and let his bowels bo
scattered on the ground.
Mrs. Foy is the wife of Andrew
Foy, who, it is said, was the first man
to openly denounce Dr. Cronin as a
spy after Cronin disappeared'. It
Was at his house, itisclaimed,that the
alleged conspiracy against the doctor
was hatched, and it is the story of the
meetings of the conspirators implicat
ing Coughlin as the leader that the
prosecution has been so anxious for
Mrs. Foy to give if possible.
The court room was crowded and
officers hi^ difficulty in keeping back
the crowds which surgecltli rough the
corridors.
After a long consideration of the ob
jections for the defense, chiefly that a
wife could not testify where her testi
mony would implicate her husband as
one of the conspirators, J udge Tut
hill said quietly, rrI have decided the
matter. Call Mrs Foy. The objec
tion for the defense is overruled. You
understand that this testimony is
greatly restricted. Mrs Foy can tes
tify only to what she saw and to what
she said to any of the conspirators” ,
When Mrs. Foy was called the spec
tators leaned forward in their seats
and the attorneys crowded toward the
witness stand eager to hear every
word. During the examination the
defense interposed objections to al
most every question put by the state
and her story proceeded slowly. She
stated that she knew Coughlni, Martin
Burke and Patrick Cooney, ail of
them having been at her home.
Coughlin first appeared there in March
or April, 18S9, several times. He had
visited her husband and the two talked
in whispers. On one visit she sur
prised her husband and the prisoner,
while reading a letter. Coughlin was
reading aloud. As she entered from
another room she caught- the words:
"Remove him at all hazards but use
your discretion.” Cough1 in had staid
two hours that night and then went
away without speaking to her.
Mrs. Foy then told of two visits of
Cooney at which he and her husband
had held conversations in low tones,
always with the door closed.
Asked if Martin Burke had visited,
her husband, Mrs. Foy replied in the
affirmative, telling of a visit before
May 2, at which Burke had talked
with her husband in the front room
and in the hall. The next appearance
of Martin Burke at her house was on
the night of Mpy 6, 1888. As the wit
ness made this statement Judge Wing
objected and the court said: *'I have
decided to admit that evidence, but I
instruct the jury to regard all acts of
Martin Burke after May 4 as tending
to show conspiracy and not bearing
upon the guilt of Daniel Coughlin.”
On the night of May 12, sometime
after Cronin's disappearance, Cough
lin called at the Foy house and asked
for her husband. She told Coughlin
she was afraid her husband had been
arrested and he replied: “Oh, there
is no proof against Andy. He is all
right.”
“I said,” continued Mrs. Foy,
‘“Coughlin, this is an awful thing you
have done. Dr. Cronin will do you
more harm dead than alive.’ He
laughed and said I need not worry.
•There is no danger,’ said he, ’but you
will be taken care of anyway. Don’t
worry.’ I asked him who was to take
care of me and my little children.
•Oh,’ he said, ‘don’t mind about that
Alexander Sullivan is a good friend of
your husband’s and of mine and he
will take care of you.’
The deen silence in court at
point for a moment was broken by
the prosecuting attorney resuming
the examination and then a buzz of
comment among the spectators, a
number of whom excitedly declared
the woman a “trained" witness.
“Coughlin came once before that
time," continued Mrs. Foy, “and told
my husband what luck he had in fool
ing Captain Scliaack and Captain
Schuetler about Or. Cronin's body and
where they had put it”
The witness said that several times
Coughlin had assured her that there
was no danger of her husband being
arrested and told her that if she
would keep quiet she would be well
taken care of. This ended her direct
examination.
“When did you last see Mrs. T. T.
Conklin?” was the first question Judge
Wing of the counsel for the defense
launched at the witness. A. marked.
change came over her. To all of the
prosecuting attorney’s questions she
had answered pleasantly and fnlty.
Now her first words, “Last night,"
came out with an extraordinary
abruptness. Her face hardened visi
bly and she. went on with an effort.
The attorney for the defense ques
tioned her mercilessly upon all her
relations with Mrs. Conklin, the wife
of the man with whom Dr. Cronin bad
boarded. The number of times the
women had met, and how recently.
It was developed that the two women
were in the habit of visiting together
regularly and had been together just
Wore the htd ooao to court the pn*
▼lout dsy.
• When prewed etmljr to jtre th*
cmm of this intimacy Mrs Foy de
clared: "She was the only friend’1
had.”
For a half hour more the attorney
continued the severe Croat examina
tion and was at last reprimanded by
the eonrt, Judge Tuthill declaring that
Mrs. Foy was being treated different
ly from other witnesses, and was not
receiving common courtesv. The
court added: “I wish this perfromanee
ended.” v
*‘I object to the remark of the court,”
hotly replied Jndgo Wing for the de
fense. "There is nothing diseoute
ous in my manner and I am examin
ing the witness fairly."
AGAIN THI CRANK.
The Vies President and Others Receive
Letters Prom a Polish Anarchist.
Washington, Deo. 23 — A crank who
signed himself . “Joseph Donjam” of
73 Passaic street, Newark, N. J., is
wanted by the secret service of the
government for writing threatening
letters to a number of prominent offi
cials of the government, especially,
Vice President Stevenson.
During the long silver fight the
vice president’s mail contained many
threatening letters, but the cranks
were mostly of the spasmodic order.
Donjam, however, was persistent and
nearly every day wrote letters threat
ening vengeance. These were generally
thrown away until at dinner one
evening Secretary Carlisle informed
Mr. Stevenson that he received several
threatening letters from Donjam and
that Senator Sherman and Mills also
had been objects of attention on the
part of the crank.
The matter was thereupon turned
over to Chief Drummond of the secret
service, who ascertained that Donjam
actually lived at the address given
and was a Polish anarchlsb It was
said he had gone to Washington.
An unavailing search was made for
the man and then the matter was al
lowed to resf until yesterday when
upon receipt of another threatening
letter to Vice President Stevonson, de
manding $25 and saying that he was
stopping at 105 Eutaw street, Balti
more, a telegram was sent to the
chief of police In Baltimore, asking
him to arrest the man. No answer
has been received as yet
WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS.
Baby Rutli, Baby Esther and Other Lit
tle Ones to Gather Aroundja|Blg Tree.
Washington, Deo. 23.—Mrs. Cleve
land is busy with Christmas shopping
to fill the stockings of her little
daughters. Owing to the, curiosity
manifested by the' public, however,"
she is obliged to make the rounds of
the stores when they are deserted; sue
visits them just before closing time,
when shoppers are few. There will
be a handsome Christmas tree at the
White house this year, as has always
been the custom when there were
children to enjoy it
Christmas toys are beginning to
arrive at the White house, seemingly
by the wagon load. There are all
sorts and conditions of dolls—baby
dolls, debutante dolls, short haired,
strong minded dolls, walking, danc
ing and talking dolls. The duplicates
are being set aside by Mrs. Cleveland
for the free hospitals for children.
Christmas night the cabinest children
will be invited by Mrs Clevelany to
rally around the White house tree.
STIRRING UP NEW YORK.
Indictments Against Leading Politicians
for Frauds In the Election.
New York, Dec. 23.— It was officially
announced in the 'district attorney's
office to-day that the extraordinary
grand ju'ry had to-day handed into
court a big batch of indictments for
frauds in several election districts
during the last election. It is said
that thirty indictments have been
found in election cases and many of
them were against prominent local
politicians. A number of bench war
rants have boon issued and many im
portant arrests may bo looked for
during the next few days.
Kortheru Pacific Men Protest.
St. Pati., Minn.,' JJec. 33.—The
heads of the various organizations of
the employes of the Northern Pacific
railroad mettle officials of that roa<f
to-day, tne conference lasting until
nearly 3 o'clock this afternoon. Bach
of the organization’s leaders argued
1 against the proposed reduction in
wages from the standpoint of those
here represented and at the close the
officials promised to give an answer
to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.
Renounces His Annuity.
London, Dee. 33.—In the house of
commons yesterday Mr. Gladstone an
nounced that the duke of Saxe
Coburg-Gotha (the duke of Edin
burgh) had renounced his English an
nuity of 975,000 conferred upon him
by the act of 180 , bub that he re
tained bis annuity of 950,000 conferred
upon him on his marriage in 1873.
The announcement was greeted with
loud cries of “Oh!”
Actors to Herd Lines*
Chicago, Dec. 33.—In the first time
in the history of the actor's fund in
Chicago aid is being furnished in cases
other than sickness and death. There
are more idle members of the theatri
cal profession to-day in Chicago than
ever before known. They are from
all classes and ranks.
Thrcs of a Slelghlug Party Killed.
Holms, N. H., Dec. 33.—The Shoo
Fly express, leaving Nashua last night
f6r Ayer Junction, collided here with
a sleigh containing four persons out
for a ride, demolishing the vehicle and
killing three and injuring the other
occupant. _•
Devoured by an Eagle.
Sklma, Ala.. Dec. 3 3.—The body ot
a 3-year-old child of Henry Smith,
colored, was found yesterday on a
rocky cliff by a part}’ of searchers who
had been looking, for it for a week.
It had .been devoured by an eagle and
all that was left of it was its bones. >
Only Two 1813 Veterina Kow Left
Paris, Ky., Dec. 23.—By the death
of Presley Simpson here this morning,
there are now only two soldieas of
the war ot 1812 living. He was aged
| 06 years
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HOT HAWAIIAN TALK.
iim;»u jiimuSiiL^.%■•»»•.> ,
A WARM TtME IN THB LOWER
;.!"yr\7'- house. .-.< k:‘v.. -
A UMIf riritoMiUty Skirmish—Mr.
' Bontalln bli Oo • glrn Brand In the
•ha#* at n Rnmnrk thnt cinralnnd to n
(surpsr—An Uproar thnt Made XtCM
enrjr Vigorous Artlnn on thn Pnrt pt
thn Sposksr—Thn Mnn from Mains. >
Bepublleans In righting Tnmpnr.
Washington, Deo. 81.—The house
was lu an ugly frame of mind yester
day. The Republicans were In a fight
ing temper orer the Hawaiian situa
tion when the house met and the row
opened Immediately. Mr. Cooltran's
resolution of Monday .was presented
and hurriedly referred to the com
mittee on rules. 1 *
After a lively parliamentary skir
mish Mr. Boutelle demanded recogni
tion for a privileged resolution and
the speaker was obliged to recognise
him. When read It proved to be the
resolution Mr. Boutelle sought to In
troduce Monday, declaring that the
prerogatives of congress had been in
vaded by the policy of the administra
tion, and declaring that policy incon
sistent with the constitution and tra
ditions of the country. The row was
now fully under way. Mr. McCreary,
chairman of the foreign affairs com
mittee, made the point that the reso
lution was not privileged, and after
some sharp words from eaoh side, Mr.
Boutelle got the floor to discuss the
question as to whether the resolution
was privileged.
“The message of the president In
dicates this country may be Involved
In war with a friendly power. l’’or
all we know," said he, In a loud voice,
“the arms of thn United States may
be even now pinioning with their
bayonets a friendly nation with
whom the mass of the people of this
country sympathize."
He held, he said, that It was the im
perative duty of Congress, reluctantly
recognized by the president, to dis
avow, discredit and reprobate a policy
designed to bring the country Into
discredit in the eyes of the civilized
world. [Oreat applause on the Re
publican side. ]
“I care not whence this policy em
anates," continued Mr. Boutelle,
“whether from a Republican presi
dent ora Democratic usurper."
The confusion that followed the
word “usurper" drowned ‘tho rest of
the sentence. He continued to talk
amid loud cries for order and the
speaker at last, with the aid of hts
gavel, brought, the house to a stand
still. Before the gentleih&fl from
Maine had fairly launohed his neat
pniiippic opeaxer vnsp suaaeqiy
swept the ground from under htm by
deciding the point of order In accord*
ance with the contention of Mr. Mc
Creary and referred the resolution to
the committee on foreign affairs.
The consideration of the urgency
deficiency .bill was then resumed and
some very exciting scenes were then
enacted before it was finally passed.
The item appropriating 1303,030 for
special examiners was amended so as
to prevent the suspension of any pen
sioners without giving the pensioner
notice with opportunity to furnish
testimony in rebuttal.
Amendments were also adopted ap
propriating 9180,003 for extra mileage
for members and senators, 940,000 for
stationary and about 945,000 to pay
employes of the house and senate an
oxtra month's pay. The most bitter
opposition existed to each of these
propositions, tho first of which was de
nominated on the floor a proceeding
whose scandalous character had not
been approached since the days of the
famous salary gran Mr. llland and
Mr. Holman ied the fight against
these propositions with a view to plac
ing the members on record with an
aye and nay vote, but they wero not
numerically strong enough, and the
committee on rules ultimately brought
in a special order, by the terms of
whicli the filibustering was stopped
without a record-making vote.
Huar oa Hawaii.
Wasiuxotox, Dec. 21.—When the
senate met this morning the vice
president laid before it the report of
the secretary of the .treasury and it
was inferred to (m committee
finances. V
Senator Hoar pf Massachusetts pre
sented a petition on the subject of
good roads, signed by about 150,000
citizens This was so heavy that it
required the efforts of several em
ployes to wheel it into the senate
chamber.
Mr. Oallinger of New Hampshire
offered a resolution (upon which he
said he would address the senate after
the holidays) “that in view of the
widespread industrial depression, it is
the sense of the senate that it is un
wise to attempt a change in the tariff
laws during the present administra
tion.”
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts addressed
the senate upon the Hawaiian ques
tion. The president in undertaking
to decide the Hawaiian question and
to withhold from the people what he
was doing until it was settled one
way or the other, seemed to have sup
posed that he was the Untied States
of America and that whatever that
phrase meant it was but a synonym
for him. The question now was
whether the people of the United
States were living under a constitu
tion or a dictator. This question he
discussed at great length.
At the conclusion of Mr. Hoar’s re
marks, Mr. Morgan, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, offered
a resolution that the committee on
foreign relations should inquire
whether irregularities had occurred in
the diplomatic or other intercourse
between the United States and Ha
waii. Ho explained the resolution
and it was agreed to.
Ex-Congressman Beaten and Robbed.
Forest, Miss., Dec. 31.—J. H. ltoe
man, ex-congressman from this dis
trict, was called to thedoor of his rek--J
idence near Ely lost night, by \ two
masked men and after heing brutally
beaten was robbed of 9350. He is se
riously injured.
The eye of the master will do more
work than both of his handa Mot to
oversee workmen is to leave your
I purse open.
FIRST HAWAIIAN SKIRMISH*
Lively niM la tk* Imm Or*r the frM<
Meat's Hmmi« ■ yi\
Washikotok, Deo. 20.—The fight
over the Hawaiian matter la the
house followed fast and furious on the
heels of the message, which was de*
laved on aceount of the pension debate
until 8:30 yesterday afternoon* The
first skirmish occurred over the 4«es
tldn of reading the instructions to
Minister Willis, which was insisted
upoc by Mr. Boutelle of Maine The'
house finally agreed to this and imme
diate y after the conclusion of this
reading Mr. Uoutelle renewed the as*
aault by bringing forward a resolu
tion declaring the administration pol
icy Inconsistent with the spirit of the
constitution and the traditions of the
government. Great excitement reigned
but Mr. Boutelle failed to follow up
his parliamentary advantage and was :
ruled out of order.
The resolution of Mr. Cockran for
the appointment of a committee 0f >:
seven to Investigate the alleged Inva
sion of the territorial Integrity, of the
United Htates by the last administra
tion also went down under a retalia- ;
tory objection of Mr. Boutelle. The
confusion was so great the sergeant
at-arms was called in to preserve' '
order. An adjournment was caused
by the lack of a quorum on a motion
to go into committee. Party feeling
ran very high at the close of the ses
sion. S,
In transmitting the Hawaiian cor
respondence to the house of represent- >
atlves. President Cleveland said: ‘‘In
compliance with a resolution of the ^
house, I hereby transmit a report
with copies of the Instructions given ^
to Mr. Alberts. Willis, the represent
ative of the United States now in the
Hawaiian islands, and also the cor
respondence since Maroh 4, 1880, con
cerniDg the relations of this govsrn*
nient to those islands. In making
this communication, I have withheld
only a dispatch to the former minis
ter to Hawaii, No. 70, under date of,
October h, 1893, and a dispatch from' '
the present minister, No. 3, under ,
date of November 10, 1803, because, in'
my opinion, the publication of these
two papers would be incompatible
with the public Interests."
The dispatch of November 10, 1893,
is without doubt the detailed informa
tion of (he developments which
prompted Minister Willis’ telegraphlo
dispatch of the same date to Secretary ,
Greaham, on which is baaed the order .
Jo suspend instructions. *
NBW8 IN BRIEF. f
Phllip Schelg, the Minneapolis bank,
robber, was sentenced to six years la
prison at hard lahoj-. •
I A number of Inuietment* h-v- h**n
found ifilnit Pension Attorney Van
Leuven at Dubuque, Iowa. j
General Dalus E. Coon, formerly a
prominent citizen of Iowa, wan ado!*;,
dentljr shot and killed In Southern^
California.
The circuit court at Wsrrensburg,
Mo., has awarded the widow of Sena*
tor Sparks !a judgment of 12,1(0,87
against the Masonio Indemnity com*
pany.
The Charity society at Indishapolta.
has under its care 735 families, all!
wholly dependent on charity. jt is
expect yd the number will be so tn*j
creased that 0,000 persons will bare to
be fed.
President Peixotoof Brasil has posU
poned the olections for members of'
congress until Ma^r.
Pour hundred unemployed "men of
PlMsburg, Pa., have been set to work!
In tne parks at 81 per day. f
More }kty gtrlj from 14 to 18!
years or age litre disappeared from I .
Lynn, Mass, within the {ast three or
four weeks and the police have begun
a thorough investigation. *
TThe Benwood Iron works, the lop
mill and Wheeling plants at the.
Wheeling Iron and Steel company,};
at Bellaire, Ohio, are closed. The
cause is a gpr cent redaction istil
wages g
Edna Milvilte, a young woman lie*'
inpat a boarding honse in Chicago^]
was brutally assaulted by an unknown!
colored man who went there to beg!
for something to tat and was given
food. |
The Prince Edward island schooner,
Oracle Parker was driven on the rocks
and went to pi sentCaptain'Farrell'
and his crew of Mven men were lost.
During the season just closed 10,- .
000,000 barrets of flour were received
at Buffalo, N. Y., making it the larg
est flour depot in the world. Tbevalne
of the product in round d umbers la
between 830,000,000 and 840,000,OOlit !
Officers of tbe Chinatown police
squad of Denver, Col., found a Cbln-I
ese leper In a deep cellar on Wazeejr
street The man is 65 years old and!
for two years had been confined *«*K
this foul pit, which had neither win- *
dows nor ventilation. , '
Attorney Baumdnn of Johanesburg,'
South Africa, is endeavoring to get.
the permission of tbe government to1
try to recover the treasure in the
vessel Brykenyhold, sunk off the.
African coast over forty years ago*)
He believes that tbe treasure eou-iI
slated of 300,000 sovereigns
near
Qatek Jostles for Tnta Robbers.
Austin, T«m, Dee. 30.—Dick W»V>
lace, Lum Dalton. Lewis Shelton and:
Bill Bronson, alias Bronco Bill, ths(
four men who held np and robbed the,
International and Great Northern
train near Duval, this state, on the
11th insL, were arraigned and tried'
before Judge Morris, in the district
court of Travis county, yesterday and.
each found guilty and' sentenced to,
thirty-five years in the penltentiarysj '
Tbraatsoad by Joint Advocates.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 30.—The Ben,
Dr. Winters, pastor of the First Pres*,
byterian church and a noted lecturer,
received an anonymous letter to-day]
threatening that if he did not cease:
his contributions to the Law and Order]
league in aid of the crusade against,
the saloons he would meet with the .
same treatment accorded the ,Bev. J.
D. Woods, who was recently assaulted, j
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The Trank Trust Goes to Weses,
Oshkosh, Win, Deo. 30.—The trunkr
trust, more properly termed the Nn*l
tlonal trunk company, has ended, the
Schemit Bros. Trunk company of
r of thta
city, the largest concern fa the truhtJ
having withdrawn. ~ -