BIG SUMS SET ASIDE.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATION FOR
WORKS OF DEFENSE.
A Total of 811,334.000 Authorized for
Gun mod Mortar Hatteries. Site for
Fortification, Sea Walls and Embank
tnetitA. Torpedoes for Harbor Defense,
Etc. The Report of Congressman
Hainer of Nebraska.
Millions for Defense.
Washington, April ll. The Ilonse
committee on appropriations to-day
reported the bill for fortifications and
other works of defense, for their ar
mament and for heavy ordnance for
trial and service for the fiscal year
which begins next July. It carries
specific appropriations amounting' to
t5,S42,000, and in addition authority is
given to the secretary of war to
make contracts for the further ex
penditure of $5,542,000 by the
engineer and ordnance departments,
making a total authorized expend
iture of SH.3S4.O00. Tha war depart
ment estimates, on which the bill is
based, amounted to $"$,045,600
The report acconipan)'iDg the bill
made by Mr. Hainer of Nebraska says:
'During the Forty-ninth Congress no
aDpropi iations were made on account
of fortifications, their maintenance or
armament, and for the twelve fiscal
years from IST-j to 1SSG inclusive the
appropriation on this account aver
aged only S;.4',?ro per annum, and
only Hii'i.SoO per annum for the
fourteen 3-ears including 1S;7 and 1S3S,
for which two fiscal years no speci
fic appropriations were made. The
bili reported contains appropriations
in continuance of the policv adopted
by the Fiftieth Congress, and by the
t ltty-tirst. Fifty-second and Fifty
third Congresses. The appropriations
by said acts for the eight fiscal years
lSS'.-:t..' aggregate Sil',4sO,"24, or an
average of Sv.Sl 1, 1- per annum."
The principal appropriations in the
present bill are as follows: Gun and
mortar batteries So,260,000; sites for
fortiiieatious S-'.OCl', preservation
and rep.iir of fortifications S."0,00e, sea
walls and embankments Sli.975. tor
pedoes for harbor defense SlOO.OOO, ar
mament for fortifications S".50?,67J,
proving ground. Sandy Hook, N. J.,
"0. Watertown, Mass., arsenal
5 '3.500, ordnance and fortifications
board g 100. COO.
DEFENDED HIS RELIGION.
Representative Fltz.eiald Attacks the
A I. A.
Washington. April 11. The District
of Columbia appropriation bill, which
was recommitted early in March, after
a protracted fight against appropria
tions for private and sectarian char
itable institutions, was brought into
the House jes'.erday, with the specific
appropriations stricken out, and con
taining in lieu thereof an appropria
tion of a lump sum for charities to be
expended under the direction of the
District commissioners, with the pro
viso that no rart of the appropriation
should go to institutions in ecclesias
tical or sectarian control. The fea
ture of the debate was a vigorous at
tack on the A. 1. A. by Mr. Fitzgerald
(Democrat) of Massachusetts.
It nas been stated," said he, 'that
members of the A. 1. A. organization
never made anv opposition to the ap
priations for these institutions until
the n:ghi before, and then they bom
barded th committee room and in
sisted upon the appropriations for
the-e institutions being stricken out.
The animus of this organization,"
He procec elect, is well Ui.own. .uern-
",bers of the House have been impor
tuned not in the interest of justice,
, ,of freedom or of a broad spirit of lib-
eralitv and Americanism, to oppose
" this bill, but because it appropriated
money for Catholic institutions. I
stand upon this floor born anil bred a
Komau Catholic, and proud of it, and
I deny the right of any secret, cath
bound organization to come before the
legal representatives of the people
and by its dark, deep, underhand
niethr.cJs, seek to deprive me ana the
uenibers of the religion which I pro
fess of the honest rights and privi
leges and dues of American citizen
ship. SENATOK MILL MODEST.
ihe New Yorker Declines to Declare
Hlm-flf a Presidential Candidate.
Nkw York, April ll. Senator David
I;. Iliii arrived in town last night
from Washington, accompanied by
Congressman Walsh, who has come
borne to bur his little daughter.
Mr. H;ll talked freely on various
subjects, including the Raines law,
but he would not say whether ho
would be a candidate for the presi
dency. 'There are so many candi
dates, you know. There is nothing
in the statement that I am to take
charge of the Democratic campaign
in New York State. Nothing has
been done yet, and I can not just now
sav when the Stale convention will
be heid. What may happen I can not
foresee, but 1 know nothing of taking
u r trr-.- management of the party in
tliis Slate :it present."
H
Content CI.ini- Cut Materially.
Washington, April 11. House Elec
tions Committee No. 3, in pursuance
of its policy of reducing the claims
for expenses in contested sases, has
reached a decision in the case of fif
teen contestants and contestces. The
total amount asked for was ?3!,'.5",
and that allowed 17,77o. The law
provides for an allowance of S2.000 for
expenses in contested cases, and it is
understood to be the purpose of the
committee to in no case approve of
claims for more than the statutory
amount.
SPANISH TEMPER COOLER.
XeopIe and Papers Cheered by European
Sentiment.
Madrid, April 11. A better feeling
- prevails, especially among the jour
nalists and the politicians, because of
the sympathy for Spain displayed by
the press of Europe, and especially of
France. Besides, official telegrams
from the Spanish legation in Wash
ington assure this government that
President Cleveland will take no ac
tion on the Cuban resolution adopted
" by Congress and will not move at all
in the matter until the war in Cuba
takes some decisive turn.
A FATHER'S CRIME.
Shoots His Daughter nd Her Lover and
Kill Himself, j
Houston, Tex., April 1 1. At Milli- j
can, Texas, a .few minutes after 2
o'clock yesterday morning, John
Urnoks shot and .killed his daughter,
Mollie Brooks, seriously wounded her
sweetheart, A. C. Worrels, and then
committed suicide.
Worrels and Mis Brooks were lovers
and had made up their minds to marry
in opposition to the wishes of the
young woman's father. When the
north bound Central train, due
here at 2:0-i a. m., slopped at the
station the young people were there
ready to get aboard and run away.
Worrels helped Miss Brooks upon
the first step of the platform, and just
as she got up her father, who stepped
from the other side of the car, fired
upon her, shooting her through the
right breast, the bullet passing
through her body. She fell backward
into the arms of her lover, with the
words: "Oh, Arthur, father has killed
me," and immediately expired.
As Worrels bent down to lay her on
the platform, Iirooks fired upon him
under the car,the ball passing through
his neck and making a serious and
probably fatal wound.
After the shooting Brooks, who has
been employed at the rock quarry of
Green & Olive, went to the quarry and
tried to borrow a pistol, but could not
get one. He then went to the pow
der house, secured a box of dynamite
and going away about 100 yards sat
down upon it and applied a match.
A terrific explosion followed, which
tore him to pieces, not enough frag
ments being gathered up to fill a cigar
box.
A FAMILY EXTERMINATED.
A Michigan Attorney Kills His Wire,
Three Children and Himself.
Fentwater, Mich., April !1 When
neighbors went to the house of II. B.
Minchall, a local insurance agent and
attorney, this morning, they could
not get in. Officers were sent for and
broke in the door. Mrs. Miuchall was
found lying on the floor of the sitting
room with a bullet hole in her temple.
Near her was the dead body of her
daughter Ruby, about 1G years old.
In the corner of the same room lay
Minchall, an empty revolver clutched
in his hand. He, too, was dead. In
an adjoining bedroom were found the
bodies of George, aged 4, and his in
fant brother. They were in bed to
gether, and death had evidently come
upon them while they slept.
The motive in Minchall's crime is
still a mystery, but it is expected that
t' e inquest now in progress will clear
the matter up. Minchall came here
threo years agofro-.n Chicago.
FREE COINAGE PLANS.
Sllverlte to Dictate Terms In the Chi
cago Convention.
Washington, April 11. Senator
Harris, in discussing the free silver
movement, said:
The committee of which I am
chairman is in receipt of abundant in
formation from the various states to
justify my assertion at this time that
the free coinage people will enter the
Chicago convention with a pronounced
majority, such a majority as will dic
tate terms from the start. These
terras will be unchangeable. They
will be free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1, and the candidate
must stand squarely upon the plat
form. There will be no surrender.
A masters of the field, we shall Write
the platform and name the candidate."
MAYBRICK CASE AGAIN.
Mr. Sherman Objects to Any Action by
the Senate on the Resolution.
Washington, April it. In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Call presented a joint
resolution concerning the imprison
ment of Mrs. Maybrick.and requesting
that the President intervene with the
British authorities toward securing
her release.
"That ought not to be introduced
here, and I move to lay the resolution
on the table," interposed Mr Sher
man. "The Senate of the United
States has no jurisdiction over the
subject.'
On a viva voce vote Mr. Sherman's
motion appeared to prevail, but Mr.
Call asked for a roll call, and then
began a speech in opposition. There
upon Mr. Sherman said that he would
assent to a reference of the resolution
to the judiciary committee, and this
was asrreed to.
A NEGROS CRIME.
Suicide Committed While Under Pursuit
for Attempted Murder.
Leavenwoktii, Kan., April 11.
George Owens. colored, employed as sta
bleman by an oCicer at Fort Leaven
worth, attempted, with probable suc
cess, to murder Cora Boston, a young
colored woman employed at the of
ficers' mess at the post, on Shawnee
street, a few paces from the police
station, yesterday afternoon at 8
o'cl ock.
Owens then ran west on Shawnee
street, with Captain Murphy of the
police force and others in close pur
suit. While crossing a pasture a half
mile away Owens, being hard pressed,
cut his throat with the razor he had
used on his sweetheart a few minutes
before, almost decapitating himself.
The negro had sworn to kill Cora
Boston because of jealousy.
Tennessee Derby.
Memphis, Tenn., April 1!. The
Tennessee Derby was won here yes
terday by Dr. McLean's brown gelding
Berclair. The day was an ideal one
for racing and the crowd numbered
about 0,000.
Roth Cleveland Has Measles.
1 1 ' . tt rr l . 1
I asiu.o io.s, April 11. 1UO UlCiiaiCS
! fs running its course in the President's
I family. This morning Ruth, the first
I born, contracted the disease. Little
j Esther is progressing rapidly toward
j recovery. So far Baby Marion has
not shown signs of the ailment.
Tanner' Nomination Assured.
Springfield, 111., April 11. More
than 7C0 delegates already elected to
the Republican State convention have
been instructed to vote for John R,
Tanner for governor, or about forty
more than a majority of the entire
convention.
TALK ON THE TARIFF.
MANTEL, OF MONTANA TAKES
THE FLOOR.
In His Maiden Effort He Scores the Pres
I dent's Home Mission Speecii and the
Eastern Republican Senators who
Wanted the Dingley Tariff Hill Passed
Without Making: Any Provision for
Free Silver Coinage.
Stands Up for Silver States.
Washington, April 10. The Senate
chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Milburn, re
ferred in his prayer to-day to the ill
ness of the senior Senators from Indi
ana and Alabama Mr. Voorhees and
Mr. Morgan.
Mr. (Jalllnger of New Hampshire
read a letter from the general secre
tary ot the Armenian Relief associa
tion referring to the extreme urgency
of the situation in Turkey and asking
that steps be taken to stop the most
anpalling sacrifice in the history of
the world. He added that while he
would not suggest ways and means to
the foreign relations committee, yet
he sincerely hoped that some method
would be devised to check the Turkish
i I roc i ties.
Mr. Mantle of Montana was then
recognized for a speech on the reso
lution recommitting the tariff bill to
the finance committee. There was
special interest in this from the fact
that he was one of the five Republican
senators who voted against proceeding
with the tariff bilL It was, moreover,
his maiden formal speech. He said
that he hesitated as a young and new
member of the Senate to address the
body, but the misrepresentations which
had been indulged in against the rep
resentatives of the Western interests
led him to speak. He spoke of the
recent utterances of President Cleve
land before a missionary gathering
derogatory to the West as but one
jf the assaults made of late against
the "rotten boroughs and mining
amps" of the West, as the metropolitan
press designated the silver states. He
leclared that within a radius of five
nriles from Carnegie hall. New York,
where Mr. Cleveland spoke, there was
more poverty, ignorance, squalor,
starvation, crime and criminals than
in all of the silver states combined.
He gavestatistics comparing the silver
states with live Eastern states, show
ing the former to be abreast and
ahead of their Eastern sisters in ma
terial and moral standing. He said
that the attacks sprang mainly from
the fact that the five Republican Sen
ators from the West voted against
proceeding with the tariff bill at an
inopportune time.
Mr. Mantle -spoke of the fact that
any tariff bill would be vetoed by the
President.
The House of Representatives was
chosen not so much for tariff legisla
tion as in protest against the bond is
suing policy of the present adminis
tration. The McKinley law was a
strictly high protective measure, so
high that some Republican Senators
now on the floorof the Senate doubted
its expediency and would, if the Re
publican party was fully restored to
power, oppose its re-inactment. But
the Dingley bill was not a measure
designed for protection or revenue. It
was, he believed, a political measure
and was framed without due consider
ation to Western States.
"There are some Republicans, ex
claimed Mr. Mantle, "willing to sacri
fice the principles of the Republican
party so long as a measure affords
orotection to certain interests."
PENSIONS FOR MAIL MEN.
The Aldrlch Hill to Provide Insurance for
Letter Carriers Well Favored.
Washington, April 10. A careful
canvass of the House committee on
postofiices and post roads has disclosed
a majority in favor, so far as it ap
plies to letter carriers, of the Aldrich
bill, under which two per cent of the
salary received by regular letter car
riers each year will be deducted and
turned into a fund for the benefit of
the men. The bill provides that car
riers permanently injured or disabled
mentally or physically, while engaged
in the discharge of their duties, shall
receive annually from SlOO to S-00, ac
cording to grade, while widows and
children of carriers killed in the ser
vice or dying from injuries received
while at work, shall receive 31,000 in
surance. Small National Hjnk Proposed.
Washington, April 10. Representa
tive Van Voorhis of Ohio has reported
from the House Ranking and Currencj'
committee a bill to permit the organ
ization of national banks with a cap
ital of not less than S0,c0o in cities ot
4,000 inhabitants . Under the existing
law the minimum capital stock re
quired for the organization of a na
tional bank is .o,ooo. in some sec
tions of the country, says an accom
panying report, there nas been a
growing need for bank issues as well
as for other banking accommodations
in small towns in which 5o,00u can
not readily be raised for banking
purposes
Pennsylvania Stampede for McKinley,
Washington, April 10 Representa
tive Robinson, of Pennsylvania, was
quoted at the Capitol to-day t;s 'having
made the statement' that if the Me
Kinley boom continued to gather
strength in Pennsylvania until April
23, the State convention would be
swept by the McKinley sentiment. It
was further reported that Senator
Quiy himself, reading the McKinley
handwriting on tiie wall, was rendy
to make terms with the. McKinley
leaders.
May Send SchollHd to the Island.
Washington, April 10. General
John M. Schofield has been in Wash
ington for several clays, and has had a
number of interviews with President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney. The
nature of these interviews can only be
conjectured. There is a surmise that
the President and his chief advisei
are considering the advisability of
sending a special agent to Cuba, and
that General Schofield is to be selected
for the important mission. That Gen
eral Schofield has been asked for en'
lightenment on the military features
oz ine war is generally believed.
A. P. A. M'KlNLEY FIGHT. ;
Leaders of the Secret Order Hostile to
the Ohio Leader's Managers.
Boston, April 10. At the two day's
session in New York last, week of the
council of the American Protective
Association much work was done re
garding the presidential campaign.
The leaders in the association are
carrying on an extended correspond
ence all over the country and the
members are taking an active part in
the campaign, though they are more
secretive this year than ever before.
Members of both political parties
were present at the recent meeting,
and they came from even California.
They are accumulating all possible
evidence regarding the position of the
public men who may be presidential
nominees, and it is certain that the
organization is not in favor of the
nomination of McKinley.
One of the leading members here
predicts that McKinley ' will not be
nominated. The Missouri manager of
McKinley is a man who tried to have
the New York convention denounce
the American Protective association.
Other men who are working actively
for McKinley have incurred the con
demnation of the order, and there
is evident a disposition to defeat Mc-
Kinicyinany event. It is said posi
tively that the order has not decided
whom to support, but meetings will
be held in llie near future. Either
Reed, Allison, Culloin or Harrison
would be acceptable, and there is a
belief that Harrison stands as good a
chance as any man of receiving the
nomination.
WANT CLEVELAND AGAIN.
Movement to Nominate II im a Third
Time New York Halite the Cry.
New York, April 9. The World
prints a double leaded editorial in
which it asks whether the logic of the
political situation that has led the
Republican masses to support McKin
ley will not compel the nomination
of Cleveland by the Democrats. The
paper says:
"The World does not assert that
this is so. It raises the question. It
invites discussion of it. So far as the
World is concerned in this matter, it
is entirely impartial, judicial and im
personal. It has no special partiality
for Mr. Cleveland, personally, as he
will probably admit. It has nothing
to take back. Rut the question is not
of the past. It is a question of the
future.
"Upon the issues of the present and
future, not of the past, the World is
just as free and sincere in suggesting
that Mr. Cleveland seems to be the
only logical candidate as it has been
fearless and faithful in admonition
and criticism whenever it has believed
him to be wrong.
"It is idle and might prove very un
wise to ignore the fact that there is a
deep-seated and widely prevalent prej
udice among our people against any
third term for any president. Uut it
is still a question whether any un
founded fear and prejudice can weigh
at least aeainst the force of events
and the logic of circumstances "
New Mexico's Admission Favored.
Washington, April 10. The House
committee on territories voted 6 to 4
in favor of reporting the bill for the
admission of New Mexico as a State.
Those in favor of the bill were Scran
ton, Perkins, Lefever, Avery, Hadley
and Cooper. Those against were
Knox, Taft, Lowe and Owens. Mr.
Harris of Ohio was paired with Mr.
Harrison of Alabama and Turner of
Virginia was not present.
British Husiness Increasing.
London, April 10. The board of
trade returns for the first quarter of
the present year show that the im
ports have amounted to $56!,47,710,
against 8504,188,300 for iS9r. Exports
for the first quarter of 1S36 were 306,
165,215, against S2G3.601,805 for last
year at the same time.
Report of Crop Conditions.
Washington, April 9. The Weather
bureau has resumed weekly publication
of crop conditions. The bulletin issued
yesterday says: Over the central and
Northern portions of the country the
season is generally from two to three
weeks late, in consequence of which
farm work has been correspondingly
delayed. In the Southern States the
season is also backward, but not so
late as in the more Northern districts,
while in Colorado, it is more advanced
than usual.
Her Hond of No Value.
St. JosErir, Mo., April 10. Mrs.
Barbara Pankau. the aged woman
charged with manslaughter by caus
ing the death of Mary Rouskis' infant
child, has escaped to Germany. Mrs.
Pankau was released a few weeks ago
on bond, and it has been discovered
that the bond is worthless.
Died While His Home Was Horning:
Kingman, Kan., April 10 As Will
iam Milford, a pioneer farmer, living
six miles west of this city, was return
ing home in company with some
neighbors his home was discovered
to be on fire. They all ran some dis
tance, when Milford staggered and
fell dead The home and contents
were destroyed.
Is Cecil Rhodes Dead?
London, April 10. There were ru
mors on the stock exchange to-day
that Cecil Rhodes, formerly premier
of Cape Colony, who has been suffer
ing from fever in Matabeleiand, is
dead. This rumor caused a decline in
the company's securities. Officials of
the British Chartered company dis
credit the rumor.
C rain's Successor a Sound Money Man.
Houston, Tex., April 10. Rudolph
Kleberg of Cuero, sound money Demo
crat, is elected to succeed the late W.
G. Crain as Congressman from the
Eleventh Texas Congressional district
by about 2,000 pluralityi over Law
horn, Populist.
Farrelly Nominated for Congress.
Chanute, Kan., April 10. The Dem
ocratic convention of the Third Con
gressional district was held here yes
terday. W. H. Swanzell was chair
man. Hugh P. Farrelly, of Chanute,
was nominated for Congress by acclamation.
pFUSES PK0M0TI0N.
SENATOR . ALLEN DECLINES
PRESIDENTIAL HONORS.
He Prefers to Servo in the Kuks Where
He Can Do the Most Good Impresses
Gratification at tiie High Commenda
tion Accorded Him, but Must Decline
to Stand as Presidential Candidate for
His Party.
Allen Leaves the Presidential Field.
Lincoln, April 8. United States Sen
ator William V. Allen positively de
clines to become a candidate for the
presidential nomination on the popu
list ticket. The decision was commu
nicated to Governor Holcomb on March
24. The letter was in reply to a re
quest from the governor for a state
ment of the senator's position. A great
many letters have been received by
Senator Allen from influential populist
politicians in other states prior to and
since the letter was written. In con
sequence the letter to the governor has
been held in the hopes that Senator
Allen would reconsider his purpose.
He has been stoutly urged to do so
since declining to Governor Holcomb,
but he absolutely refuses to consider.
His letter of declination is as follows:
Washington, March 24, 1896. Hon.
Silas A. Holcolmb, Lincoln, Neb.: My
Dear Governor I have just been read
ing the very pleasant things said of me
in connection with the populist nomin
ation for the presidency, in your recent
interview published in the press dis
patches, for which please except my
thanks. The favorable mention of my
name with the high office of president
of the United States by the chief ex
ecutive of my own state, who is him
self able and well qualified by educa
tion, temperament and experience to fill
the exalted position, possesses double
value and is truly gratifying.
I have not been unconscious, for
several months, that a strong senti
ment existed in the populist party
throughout the nation favorable to my
nomination, and I will not disguise
from you that it has given me much
pleasure to know that my services in
the United States senate have been in
strumental in prompting the use of my
name in that connection. I have also
observed quite an extensive discussion
of the matter in the public press, and I
have been the recipient of hundreds of
letters asking me if I would be a can
didate for the nomination, or accept it
if tendered me.
Fully realizing that ordinarily it is to
be considered indelicate to either ac
cept or decline a nomination that has
not been tendered, still I feel that the
time has come when, in the interest of
the party, I should speak openly and
frankly, as I desire above all things to
promote the interest of the populist
party, and by that means the interest
of my country. Deeply conscious that
it would be a distinguished honor to be
the standard bearer of a great political
party, founded upon the principles of
eternal justice and right, a party that
must, in my judgment, soon succeed to
the administration of our national gov
ernment, I nevertheless deem it unwise
to permit my name to be used as a can
didate.
I think every true citizen should, at
this time, consult the interests of the
country and not his own personal de
sire. I do not feel that my experience
has been such as to warrant me m be
ing a candidate for the nomination, or
in accepting it if it should be tendered
me. There are many older and abler
men in the party than I am, highly well
qualified o make the race, and I feel
confident that I can do the cause great
er good by remaining where 1 am.
fighting in the ranks for success, than
by accepting the nomination if it should
be tendered. Ihe welfare of the party.
and, therefore, the welfare of the coun-
try. is to be consulted at all times; prin
ciples count for everything, and men
for nothing, in our struggle.
Permit me also to say in this connec
tion that there are personal reasons
why I should not be a candidate.
among which is the important fact that
I have a family of children whose
education must be looked after at this
time, and who need my personal super
vision more now than they have ever
needed it before, or will ever need it
again, and I must not permit myself to
imperil their interests for my own pro
motion.
Profoundly grateful to my fellow
citizens of the state and nation for the
flattering mention of my name in con
nection with the highest office on
earth, I sincerely trust that hereafter
attention will not be centered on me,
but on some gentleman better qualified
to discharge the duties of the position
in the event of an election, and that
wisdom will characterize the forma
tion of our platform and the nomina
tion we may make. I have the honor
to be, very truly your friend,
"William V. Allen.'
A Fiendish Outrage.
Washington, Mo., Aprils. One of
the most horrible crimes ever com
mitted in the history of Franklin
county occurred at Mozell, a small
town in the southeastern part of this
county Saturday night. William
Robinson, a farm hand of that vicini
ty, criminally assaulted little Bertha
Zumwalt, aged 11 years, which came
very near causing her death. Robin
son was arrested and at a preliminary
hearing pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was taken to Union to jail in de
fault of a 55,000 bond to await the
action of the grand jury. .Excitement
runs high in the vicinity and no doubt
Robinson will receive the full penalty
01 tne law.
Election Frauds at Victor.
Victor, CoL, April 8. Many deputy
sheriffs arrived here on a special train
from Cripple Creek this morning for
the purpose of arresting voters alleged
to be illegally registered. The move
is taken in the interest of the citizens'
(Republican) ticket. The deputies
made over forty arrests before day
light, and twenty-two were taken to
Cripple Creek. At 3:30 o'clock James
Doyle, People's candidate for mayor,
made a speech in which he requested
the crowds on the streets to disperse,
and they did so. The local officials
resent any interference by the sheriffs
office.
WILL THE PRESIDENT ACT?
The Joint Cuban Resolutions Sent to the
White House.
Washington, April 8. The Senate
concurrent resolutions on the Cuban
question were delivered to Private
Secretary Thurber this morning by
Mr. Piatt, one of the executive clerks
of the Senate. Later in the day they
will be sent to the State department.
as the law requires that such resolu
tions shall be printed in the book of
laws annually published by the de
partment. Ordinarily concurrent res
olutions are not forwarded to the
President, as they do not require his
signature, but these resolutions were
sent to him as the Armenian resolu
tions were, because they express the
opinion that he should tender the of
fices of the United States to Spain for
the recognition of Cuban independ
ence and are, therefore, a direction to
him in so far as Congress can direct
the President in such a proceeding.
Secretary Olney went early to the
White house and remained in close
consultation with the President for
some time. This caused the general
circulation of a report that the two
were engaged in the preparation of a
special message to Congress.
Some assert that the President win
do nothing at present, at least, while
others are confident that he will give
effect to the expression of the Senate
and House by issuing a proclamation
recognizing Cuban belligerency, ana
a few declare the conviction that he
will go the Senate and House one bet
ter and recognize Cuban indepen
dence. Those who predict non-action
on the executive's part are largely In
the majority. Is early all who proless
the belief that Mr. Cleveland will be
heard from base their opinion upon a
statement made by Mr. Hitt, chair
man of the Foreign Affairs committee,
during the debate on the resolutions.
When Mr. Hitt was asked as to what
would be the effect of the resolutions
in case the President took no notice
of them, he said they would have no
effect, but he averred that he had
every confidence that the President
would not ignore a decided expression
of the American people through their
representatives; that he would be
recreant to his trust if he did. It is
argued that Mr. Hitt very likely had
some assurances on which to predi
cate his opinion as to the reception
the resolutions would meet at the
White house.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
The House Committee Favors Revival ot
the Rank.
Washington, April 8. The House
committee on military affairs to-day
decided to report favorably the follow
ing resolution to bestow the rank of
lieuteuant general on General Nelson
A Miles.
Resolved, etc.. That the grade of
lieutenant general be and the same is
hereby revived in the army of the
United States in order that when, in
the opinion of the President and Sen
ate, it shall be deemed proper to ac
knowledge the distinguished services
of the major general commanding the
irmy, rendered in the volunteer army
iuring the late civil war and
in command of expeditions against
hostile Indians in the frontier States
and Territories, the grade of lieu
tenant general may be specially con
ferred; provided, however, that when
the said, grade of lieutenant general
ihall have once been filled and be
:ome vacant, this joint resolution
shall thereafter expire and become of
no effect; provided, further, that
nothing in this resolution shall in
crease the number of general officers
f the army."
The vote' was 8 to 4 in favor of the
esolution.
SPAIN DEFIANT.
Action of Congress Diminishes Chances
for Cuban Autonomy.
London, April 8. The Times pub
lishes a Madrid dispntch which says:
'The hope that Weyler would obtain
some decided advantage over th
rebels before the final vote of the
American Congress must row
be abandoned. It is quite cer
tain the Spanish nation will
unhesitatingly refuse to accept
the United States' dictation, no mat
ter how far public opinion favors such
reforms in Cuba as would put an end
to the reoellion. No Spaniard will be
found to venture such an opinion.
Even the Republicans would only ask
for Cuban autonomy in altered cir
cumstances. It is an open secret that
the Liberal leaders would consent to
such radical reforms as would amount
to autonomy if the United States
abandoned its present policy. Senor
Castelar would consent to the fullest
concessions provided Spain's sovereign
rights were secured. "
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Des Moines, April 3. Patents have
been allowed to Iowa inventors aa
follows: To H. Mendenhall and F. B.
Davis, of Audubon, for important im
provements relating to a feed trough
for animals, for which patent No.
339,915 was issued to the said Menden
hall April 13, 1886. To J. W. Terman,
of New Sharon, for a composition for
purifying and preserving butter, sweet
milk, etc, and destroying bacteria or
other micro-organisms therein. Rancid
butter treated therewith and sterilized
thereby is said to be as good and sweet
as fresh butter. Valuable information
about obtaining, valuing and selling
patents sent free to any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications of any United States
patent sent upon receipt of 25 cents.
Our practice is not restricted to Iowa
and inventors in other states can have
our services on same terms as the
Hawkeyes.
Thomas O. and J. Ralph Obwio,
Solicitors of Patents.
SILVERITES WON.
Fourteen Missouri Democratic Conven
tions Stand by White Metal Mea.
St. Louis. Mo., April 6. Cole, Sa
line, Macon, Atchison, Linn, Ran
dolph, Marion, Carter, Schuyler, Fay
ette, Calloway, Taney, St. Francois
and Knox County Democratic conven
tions yesterdav chose free silver dele
gates to the Sedalia convention, with
instructions to vote for only 16 to 1
delegates to the Chicago convention.
Stone, Bland, Cockrell hnd Vest were
indorsed for delegates-at-large by
many of the conventions.
