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    IS AN UNMIXED EVIL.
POLICY THAT MAKES MONEY
SCARCE AND DEAR.
Twice Mark of Labor or Good Is
Now Required to Per Debt ra
Waa Neceaaarr 4n the Tear 1873
Kaaaon for It.
Inlqnitr of A ppraclat'na; Money.
Money Is not like other things. It is
not sought for lis own sake, but as a
means to secure the things desired. It
must be parted with before It can ren
der any service to Its owner. It being
the one thing against which all other
things are exchanged, through the an
tagonistic forces of buyer and seller, all
commodities arrange themselves one
above another on a scale of prices In
teruiB of money, the only thing that Is
constantly exchanged against all oth
ers. Prices are an expression of the rela
tion between money and other things.
The use of uiouey simplifies the ex
changing of all other things by oervlng
as a common denominator of value.
The price of Individual articles Is the
numerators. Thus, through the use of
a common denominator, the true rela
tion of all things to each other Is at
once comprehended and the vast ex
changes of the world conducted with
facility and Vxnctuess.
The business "f the world Is the pro
duction and exi i: (' of commodities
which are useful In ""I of themselves
and are sought to: i',i"lr own sake.
Money Is the medium o -xcliange-an
Instrument of commerce a means to
an end. It Is the most potent Instru
mentality of civilization. Through Its
use the efforts of the entire human fam
ily are brought Into harmonious asso
ciation. Without It a great civilization
could not exist. Its attributes belong
to and are Inseparable froiu collectiv
ity. To m:in In Isolation It has no use,
no value. Is utterly worth'.-ss. The cre
ation and regulation of money s an
attribute of sovereignty and has ever
been such since when the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary.
Individual liberty and the right of
private property are no more sacred
than the obligation of the sovereign
power to provide and maintain a Just
and equitable standard for present and
fi-.ture payment. In the modern busi
ness world, If the unit of credit snd lla
Mllty be not tin honest standard of
payment that will preserve the equities
f time contracts. It perforce becomes
the means of transferring the property
of one man to another without compen
sation. The debts of the world that are pay
able. Interest and principal, In money
approximate one hundred and fifty bill
ion dollars. The money of payment In
All countries that have decreed a gold
standard will pusidiase twice as much
of things In general now as It would In
1873. Therefore all of the present In
debtedness that was In existence In
3h73 has been made twice as difficult to
pay; that Is. It will require the sacrifice
en an average of double the amount of
property or latxjr to obtain the money
to liquidate the debt now as then, and
the party receiving the money will re
ceive the equivalent of ' double the
amount of things In general that he Is
equitably entitled to.
Nor is this all or even the worst re
sult of an appreciating money. When
money Is appreciating In value, which
means the general level of prices is
sinking, business Investments that
would tinder a stable monetary stand
ard yield a profit now net a loss, and
failure overtakes thousands whose
Judgment and prulei.ce was well exer
cised and who deserved to succeed. If
money continues appreciating and
prices continue to sink to a lowe.' and
lower level,- the prudent withdraw
from business and general prostration
follows, during which time the money
changers gather to themselves the ac
cumulations of the Indiistrlons and de
serving, but which now passes from
them iHK-ause they can no longer trans
act business without loss and are thet
fore unal)! to pay debts and taxes.
When the money question Is under
stood by our people mi man pretending
to honesty will favor a policy that
makes money scarce and dear, and
such as would advocate a gold stand
ard or the Indiana polls banking scheme
would be regarded as enemies of their
country and of civilisation.
Tlx? Kepublican party has deserted
the people and now s;:t!.ds for the In
terests, of the unscrupulous creditor
combination that tbr.iiiglt restricting
the money supply to gold alone ira
seeking to make money scarce and dear
end ure seeking to fnisi upon the coun
try a banking scheme that will estab
lish a moneyed oligarchy empowered
by law to Impoverish and enslave the
people.-Silver Knight-Watchman.
Iixpaiiamn Will i.eml to Huln.
Ouldn, writing from Italy todhe Re
view of Hevlews, says: "You at-k my
opinion as to the causes which have led
to the present misery and discontent
now ao general In Italy. It Is a ques
tion the reply lo which would, If com
plete, cover vast ground and stretch
Lack over many years. It Is not now
lone that the Iron has entered Into the
souls of this people. The tortnro of the
Italian nation began with the thirst of
Ita rulers to be classed among the great
military and naval power. This ambi
tion, Id Its, costly and extravagant ex
actions and pretention, ami ills abso
lute Indifference to the suffering which
It create, has ruined the pence and
prosperity of the country find entliely
allured the conditions under whlcli the
kingdom of Italy was formed and a
monarchical government accepted by
Garibaldi.':
That tells trie whole story of the pov
arty of tbe Italian masses. Her suites
Bn were expansionists, and a large
ftaadlog arui and uavjr ami ulyb
taxes have eaten (he Italian nut ion up.
They ire eating France up; tbej .
fating Germany up; they are eating!
ltussls up, and social desolation lurks
in grim horror beneath the tower of
London. And they will eat tills nation j
up ere many years have passed whyn
we have once entered on the unholy
tai-k of erecting un empire ou the reins'
of the fallen republic1. History Is lev
er false Id lilHtorj. It will repeat it-ielf.
Tbe lessons of the past ages lie before
ns as a warning. Southern Mercury.
The Natural I'itiaina of Wealth.
If the will of the Creator, as man!-'
fested In the laws of nature, were en
forced by human ordinances, the rights
of men In the wealth of the world
would still be determined by the same I
standard, namely: Everything which
was produced and made useful by the J
Creator would be the common property
of all mankind; but everything produc
ed or made useful by human labor i
would be the private property of him
whose labor gave It form or use. How
the right of private ownership was ex
tended so as to Include the things
which nature Intended should ! for
ever common to all mankind, and the
Justice of this extension, are not new
question s. J ud ;. e M a gu I re.
Whitewnah for Alae-ini.
The War Department will probably
get a clean bill of health from the presi
dential commission which has been in
vestigatitif it. Who looked for any
thing else? After reading the testi
mony wc are In doubt as to whether
there was any real hunger or disease
and death among the ooldiers in either
the Held or in the camps.
Whnt la CmiHtitutlonal?
Anything for human right is constitn
tionnl. No learning In books, no skill
acquired In courts, no sharpness of fo
rensic dialect, no cunning In splitting
hairs can Impair the vigor thereof. This
is the supreme law of the land, any
thing in the constitution or laws of uny
State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Charles Sumner.
One of Itismarck'a Honor.
"A Visit to Bismarck" Is the title of
an article by Frederick W. Wendt In
St. Nicholas. Mr. Wendt made a pil
grimage to Frledriehsrub at a time
when a delegation from the Rhenish
provinces waited on the Iron Chancel
lor. Kismnrek made an address, and
then followed this characteristic scene:
The speaker stopped, and amid loud
and enthusiastic hurrahs descended
the steps leading from the large bal
cony Into the garden. There were
about u thousand people, tightly pack- :
ed, and little chance that he would
come anywhere near me. Suddenly the
masses parted, and, as good luck would !
have It, Blxmarck walked straight to
r ti r r-i 1 n im n- Vi firn twa ttir a t u n I n cr tl t I
1 was shoulder to shoulder with him
for several minutes. Iu a kind, genial
manner he spoke to ns, and shook my
old Kerlan-soltlTer train acquaintance
by the hand. How steadily and clearly
his eyes looked Into ours! a tear on
either lash the only evidence of old
age. Of course every one was anxious
to be addressed. Here and there Bis
marck would stop and say a few cor
dial words. One little snatch of con
versation, 1 remember, made a great
Impression on me. Bismarck turned to
one of the men near whom I stood.
"And where Is your home?" he asked.
"The town of M , your Kxcellen-
cy," replied the stout little lthlneland
er, red In the face from excitement and
pride at being honored by a remark.
Then, too proud to restrain himself, he
added: "And we have made your Ex
cellency honorary president of our
bowling club at M ."
A faint, humorous smile came to Bis
marck's face as he replied: "Ich war
audi eltmuil elu ganz guier Klgler'1
("I. too, was once a fairly good bowl
er"). Yes; and armies and empires fell !e
fore the bowling done by Bismarck!
Honorary president of the bowling
club of M , a village forgotten even
on the maps! At first It seemed lu
dicrous to me, and then I saw a deeper
meaning In tbe little Incident. These
honest, good-hearted burghers of M
could ptn no medal or order to "their"
Bismarck's breast; but they loved him,
and gave him the greatest title In their
power.
How John Hull I'urse Ha Fillet.
Those good old times that people
speak so regretfully about must have
existed at a very remote period of our
history If the statistics of John Bull's
wealth are to be trusted. In the year
lti)0 It Is calculated that each man,
woman and child would have had Just
22 If nil the wealth 'of the country
were equally divided among the 4,500,
(S0 that lived In tills Island. In 180
this sum was more than doubled, each
person's share being f-ltl. 1750 It had
risen to 71, anil In INKi It reached the
splendid figure of 100. The great wars
of the early part of the century then
begun to tell on the money bags, so
each Individual's share fell In 1822 to
12(i. But soon after It began to rise
again, and it has gone steadily upward
ever since. In 1KT5 the amount waa
f.144, in IHt-i it reached an even 200,
by 1875 It had gone up to 2Xt, and by
1H85 to 27o. At present It may be set
down at 350, though authorities differ.
Thus, for every 1 owned by the Briton
of the year Kin, the Briton of the
present day owns 11. And taking the
total wealth of the country. It Is 120
times as much now as It was three
centuries ago. Golden l'enny.
Mr. Gladstone during the delivery of
one of his great orations concerning the
Bulgarian atrocities was so carried
away by his feelings that tears coursed
down bla checks, and the flow of hla
eloquence waa arrested for a few mlo
utea ao that be might recover bla com
posure. If a man la alwin aivlna- hlmaall
away he la not worth bartag. 1
NOT FOR EXPANSION
BITTER OPP031NON CROPS OUT IN
THE SENATE
reari Urrat Hrllmo. M".liod of t'olouise
ciuu Ara lobe tulloirrd Mirf .ink
Aiuuu oa NicAruU4L. lu
l.cuda tbe ilutit lUrlo.
'VtSHINGTOK. Dec. l3.--DfCOMion ol
10 'iu elion. each of interest and iin
(ortance at this time, a as beun iy tbe
senate at its amnion pewterdtty Terri
torial expansion and the construction
of the Nicaragua canal eccupied the
attention ol the body during li.e great
er pin of the af'ernoon.
At aoon aa tbe routine morning busi
ness bad been disposed ol Mr. Vest
(dein., Mo.) railed up Ins resolution,
offered laat week, declaring It to be
unconstitutioua for Ibis government to
acquire foreign territory ecept lor
coaling stations or vome like purpose,
unless its intention Has to confer state
hood upon the territory aud citizenship
upon is inhabitants. Mr. Vert de
clare! that it was a basic principle of
this government that "tbe oer8 of
the government were derived ironi tbe
consult of the governed, I" and main
tained that the federal governmeut
ti ad no authority, either in nioruU or iu
the constitution, to go beyond list
principle. He held that the principle
bad been sustained by the tupreine
court in variour decisions, and thai no
public man of prominence and no
recognise! tribunal bad ever been rk
left enough to controvert it.
ascitis aai81 aiiAssiON
Mr. Vest I bought it was tbe pnrposn
of the expansion! ti- lo adopt tbe Kuro
pran system f co i.hiidiion, notw'lb
landing the fun lamenta! principle ol
this government was tbe granting of
cti.enehip to ail uithin the jnrisdu
lion of the government, exc. pt alone
the Indian. In the set toe ci psiou ol
l.ou sinna from France to the United
Slates is lound a provision that tbe iu
habitants, si so n as possible, i-hail Is;
made citizen- of the United Stales anil
tbe territory of Louisiana I made a
Hate of the union. it hk dec b red
when On gon was obtained hum Spam
and A.a-ka hom Russia
"When, where, bow," hn asked,
"have vie surrendered tbe great power
that this is a confederation of stales? I
cannot conceive it to be possible lo
point out any other form of goveromeut
under the constitution."
Mr. Vest declared that the Unittd
KU.cB aiipieine cou t had settled that
question foi all lime.
"I do licit deny,' continued Mr. Vest,
"the power ol the (edeial government
to acquire territory, but I do deny its
power to ai quire territory peopled with
millions without their consent and with
no intentiou of conferring ti(on them
citixenahip. I may be answered that
tbe point is not good; that it maybe
evaded by the taking in of vast tract! of
land peopled with harbar ans lo be held
mer.ly loi ouunercial advantages.
When the coi.gress of tbe United State
shall be.ome as degraded as t bit it is
only a qiit-s ion of time .until the end
t.iall come.
as A ITKSDAUE OP MONli( IIT
''Weaiea treat people," concluded
Mr. Vest. "We are told that this coun
try can do anything, constitution or no
couaiituiion. We ar a great people, it
is true, but we cannot do more than an
other great people did a people that
Conquered the world, not with steel
ihipi and modern cannon, but with bate
words and pr mitive allies. Tin
colonial system desiroy.d all hope o
lepulilir.Hiii.-iij in tbe old time. It is en
appendage ol monarchy. It can exhiel
in no free country, because it uprooU
and eliminates the basis of all repuhli
rnn instiutions that governments de
rive their just powers from the consen
of the governed.
Mr. 1'la.tt, republican, (Conn.) tool
iicue with Mr, Vest and announcer
that at some convenient time in tl.
near future he would offer some re
marks upon the resolution, in thr
course of vthiob he would endeavor U
how that he Missouri eenator wai
wrong in bis interpretation of the con
stitution and inaccurate in his deduc
tions from trie law. He believed that
the power to acquire territory waa in
herent in the nation and was not sub
ject to limitation.
In respona.! to an inquiry by Mr.
Hoar, Mr. I'lalt declared that, the pow
er of the government to acquire terri
tory waa full and plenary. To tbil
proposition, unusual interest was ac
compained by declarations as to tbe
purpose of tbe government witli tbe
territory acquired which purpose
should be within the power of tbe con
stitution to confer, and Mr. Hoar said
be desired to enter bis emphatic dis
sent. CAHAI. KILL ( AI Lk.ll lie
Mia Morgan called up the Nicaragua
canal bill which wai read in extenso
and Mr, Turpie thereupon suggested
to Mr. Morgan I be advisability of
postponing the consideration of the
bill until alter January I
Hoik rr, -iiiict.
Whsainoton, Ie- 13. The bou-e
pent tbe larger pari of the day on
District of Columbia affairs. The bill
to relieve the condition of American sea
men was taken up, but nothing was ac
complished. Frank Mi Lain, the sue
ceairor lo Mr, lve of Mirsissippi w is
worn in. At 4 :b0 the house adjourned.
Frank A. McLain, who waa elected to
011 tne vacancy caused by the death of
the fate Representative I -ove of Miosis
idpi, took the oath this morning,
CUBAN LEADER DIES-
Garcia I'aaaaa Away la Weak-
tag too,
Washington, Dec. 12 General Ca' x
t iGa.cia, Cuoan warrior and led. r,
the bead o: the cotnio ssi n elected by
Ihe Cuban a- aembly to vieit thisennntry
died Jith thii m 'ruing shortly after 10
o clock at the hotel Rile gii, where the
com oinsiou had ita headquarters.
The audJen ciia ge from the wrru
climate of Cuba with the hardships he
had there endure 1, to the wintry
weather of New York aud Washington
is respon-iDle for the pi eumoiua wbiiii
resulted in bis demise. He contracted
a slight cold in New York which did not
aaaume an siar.ning stage untd tbe
early part of lost week. On Tuesday
night General Garcia, in compr y wit
the oilier memi ers of the commission,
alter del a dinner i iven in his honor by
General Miles, and it was a result of an
exposure ihat night bLh culminated
in his death.
During the twelve hours or more pre
ceeding distoluuon, Geneial Gracia waa
unconscious mo t of th- time. Atinter
va s he recogu zed one or more of thoe
about h m. In n s dying monieats, as
a.l through Iks bnsy and ac'.ive life, bis
though U w-re for his beloved country
and his people snd amo in his last words
were irrational muneiings in wh ch be
g sve oiders to his sou, w. o is on his
suiff, for the battle uhlcn he supposed
wa-1 - occurr tomorrow and in which
he understood there were only four
hui dred Sp misr.ls to com'; at.
Kev. F.ahrr Msgee, of St Patr ck's
church, was with Geneial Garcia at the
etid, administering the last riti s of the
Catholic chunh. Others members of
tbe coiniiiiff ion, and Mr. Rubens, their
counsel in this country, were in the bed
chamber when the etid came. The re
mains aere immediately p epred for
burial and were placed ou a beir in the
room in which he died, k large Cuban
flog served an a covering and tha h ad
tested ouoneof pmaller dissensions.
Tbe fa -e a .d bust were left exposed to
public view. By direc ion oi Major
General Miies a detachment of sollie. s
from battel y E, Sixth art llery, wan de
tailed as a body gmird for the reins ns.
After General Garcia's de h s eps
were taken to notify to goverument
officials heie aud also til , execulise
commitiee ol the Cul.a r assi-mply
which has its headquarters at Marimo.
As soon as the death be. ame knowc, a
number of vis to s, including many
public men, came to the hotel to express
tbe r condolences. Pr. Mdeut MiKinley
manifested bis sympathy by sending
euiiably worded letter and Vie Presi
dent Uobart sent his (card. Among
those who called were Senators Foraker,
Money, Proctor and Chandler, and
Majors Ge .e 1 Lat n and Wheeler.
General Gartialefta widow and five
children, thr e cons and two daughters.
His mother is still alive and resales in
Havana.
General Garcia has bad a most ao
five and varied life, much of wh ch has
been spent in fighting for the cau'e of
Cuban liberty, which he had the satis
faction of Feeing accomplished so short
a ti ne before his death. He was a man
of culture and refinement, of spleaJid
id eation and came from the distin
guiB ed family ol Jiguani of San t ago
de Cuba province. He as born in
Ctlquin Oc'ober 14, 1839, and was
therefore iu the sixtieth year of his
age.
CONSPIRED AGAINST 6PA,N.
General Garcia was the orL'nal con
spirator in the upji-ii g of the Cubans
against Spain in 1HGS, and in that war
under Gomex he attained the rank of
a brigadier-general. He had command
of the eas cm department during that
revolution af'er 1873 aud won many
riotilde victories. In 1875 whjle reeon
noitering wi h his escort he as sur
rounded by 2,000 Spaniards. Preferring
death to capture and subsequent exe
cution at the hands of his enemies he
attempted suicide by placing his revol
ver under his chin and firing The bul
let eime out between his eyebrows.
For m inihs he lay between life and
death, but was saved finally by Span
ish surgeons. The Spsnih believing
he was about to die give him a pardon.
For his pa ticipation in the revolu'io't
ary movement General Garcia was sent
to Spain, win re fur years he was con
fined in oastlei and fortresses, remain
ing there until the pea'-e ol Zanjon.
He th; n returned to the United State!
and together with Jose Marti attempt
ed another levolution. He l.uided in
Cuba with n few followers, but the
enantry was tired .f war nrd wanted
to try the home ru e offer -d by Spain.
Hs cspi ulated to the Spanish forces
in order to save bis few remaining fol
lowers and was again baiiiihed to
Bpain in 1880, where he remained under
surveillance until 1H96, when the last
revolution broke out in Cuha luen
he eecap d lo France and later to New
York. His movements since that tune
and bin sen ve participation in tbe war
are familiar lo newspaper readers.
Troop Sail For G'un.
Chaklkbtun, 8. 0. l'ec 12 At
noon today tbe transport Saralotia,
with the first battalion of the Tenth
infantry on bard, sailed from here for
Cuba.
In Ditnfar f Starvation.
Bt. Johns, N. F., Dec 12. Re?.
Sydney Chanc y, a Methodist minister
settled on the Freneh shore, write-" to
the Ht. Johns papers detailing tbe
wretched condition of the people living
there. He declares that alarming des
titution prevails along the whole coast
line and that prompt assistance is neo
essary to prevent wholesale starvation.
P co res ol families, ha says, have not
more than two barrels of flour with
which tc tide them over the winter.
DEFECT li WAii TAX
SOME CHANGES FAVORED BY COM
MISSIONER SCOTT
tnspector-Ganaral of the Army Makes a
lb-port With Reeuiuuicudaltous Kkccm
Appointment beut la Seaata Double
Bardioa Ct stluc.
Washington, Dee. 10. Chairman
Dinley of the ways and means com
mitte baa received a letter froxi the
commiesioner of internal revenue, T. B
Scott, recommending a number of
amendments to the act of June 13, 1898,
known a tbe war revenue act. Ti e
recommendations cover c anges of sn
administrative character under sched
ules A and B, also for the monthly pay
ment o1 excise taxes on sugar refineries
and for a penalty for fiiling to stamp
par or tickets. Further provisions are
eucveste l as to the examinati ns by the
internal revenue office of articles sub
ject to the in ernal revenue taxes.
i mniendmeiits are suggest-d which
should ceunle definitely who should
affix and pay for stamps required on
rec;pt-. 1:1 of lading ami telegram ,
an i removing tbe ambiguity of several
othr nrf rnn of the bill. Commis
s oner .Scull sjys:
"The starrp lax on morigages or
pledges, schedule A, should, in my
opinion, be rem ve 1 ; also on the assign
mem or transfer of ii'ortgHfres, leases,
policies of insurance, renewals of agree
tnentj, etc. As there is a tax on pro
missory not-s, the tan on mortirag-'S is
double taxation and falls on the debtor
cla'S." The letter continues:
"If thought best not to repeal th e tax,
I suggest, in order to relieve partes
irom double taxation, a provision of
this kind : "No stamp duty shall be re
quired on any power of attorney ac
companying a bond or note, or pledge,
or certificate of Hock when such bond or
note or plcdee or certificate of stock
shall have affixed thereto ttm stamp or
stamps deno ing tbe duly required, and
whenever any b n t or note shall be se
cured by a m rtgage, but one stamp
duty shall be required to be 'placed on
sacli pap rs; provided 'that the s amp
duty placed t' ereon is the highest rate
required for such instruments, or either
of them."
"Insert in the proper place a provision
that no stamp shall be requited on dee Is
of reiea e.
ONCK TAXED IB SUFKICtSMT
"Strike out under the head of con
tracts' the provision taxing brokers'
note or memorandum of sale of goods or
merchandise, stocks, bonds, exchange,
notes of band, real eBtate or pr .per y of
any kind or desctipli n issued by
brokers or persons acting as such, 10 t.
If brokers pay the 8 ecial tax requirtd
that should be deemed sufficient.
"Amend the provisions of section 27,
imposing evcise tax on persons, firms,
eomp-nies and corporaiio s engaged in
refining petroleum and eu.ar, so as o
r quire the tax t be asressod and paid
monthly. I surges' t' at it be amended
so as to rend as follows: "Ihat every
person, firm, corporation or company
carrying on or doinu the business of re
fining petroleum or refining sugar, or
awing or coutrolling any pipe line f r
trans, orting oil or other produc:s whose
jioss annual rceipts exceed $250,000
shall be subject to pay during each
pec in I tax year a special excise tax
equivalent to one quarter of one per
rentum on the gross amount of all re
ceipts of such peri-ons, firms, corpora
tions and companies, however derived,
from or in connection with their res
pective bus ness in excess of $250,000
That very person, firm, comply or
corpoiation subject to tbe tax imj os I
by tb.6 section shall within tweu y
days af er the end of tach and ev ty
month, respectively, make a list or re
turn n duplicate to the col ect r of the
district, stating the gr 89 amount of his
ar their receipts, r speciively, for the
nioiiLli next precetding and shall also
pay to the collector tbe full amount of
lax wh ch has accrued on such receipts
fur the month aloresa d."
"Amend section 28 relative to stamp
tax on parlor car and sleeping tar
tickets by providing a penelty for fail-,
are to alrix stamps. No penelty is pro
vided, as the law stands aa the tax is
1 nnf t m ,B,,t llmlpp Hi-Vi dnla A tvl.Apa
It properly beiongs,
"Add to aection 29, filth sub-division
'provided that when a person entitle I
to a legacy or b neficial i iterestiu such
property is an alien or has resided out
aide of tbe United States for a fieriod of
five years the ttx or du y u,ion thd
ihare of such persons shall be at tbe
rale ol live dollars of the clear value
thereof, without regard to any d gree of
coiihangunity that may exist."
An amendment is ul o recommended
to authorize theexamiimtio i of nationa
ilanks by leverme officers to asccru n
whether the law is being complied vt th
in regard to checks and other papers or
documents, which is now questioned
All Manila Happy al Santiago.
Snimcki Da Cuba, Dec. 0.
Tbeiu has lieen great rejoicing today
in collection wi'h the fete of Purist
ma Concepcion. Yesterday's mourning
mb ms were exchanged for glorious
decorations in the catlndral and sor
rowiul music gave av to Joyous.
Faith Cora rails In llaal.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 10. Thomns
McDowell recently died of typhoid
(ever wbde under the car of Harriet
0 Evans, a Christ an science healer.
She was tried for practicing medicine
without a certiilcate, and the jury
brought in a verdict tonight of guilty.
The attorneys for Um "faith cure" da
lend ant at onoe gave notice of appeal
front the police 0OrV
WON FOR FILIPINO
Govaraaarat Praparaa sat Take afco I
Map "
Wasiiintoii, Dec. 14 Tin
ment is now piving attention to th ad
justment of affairs in the Phil ppi net to
meet the new conditions, an i tha sub
ject bas been discussed at stme length
between 'lie pr ei lerr and 'seceiarf of
state and secretary of -ai , i iu t it has,
not figured verylargelyin the lull cabinet
c rele The present intention ia to fol
low as closely as circrm stance i permit
the courte pursued toaard tbe Cabana
and Pnrffk TriinnL nr. tn tVtim twtint Ttl
fi st thing to be d ue is to epa riate tha
Spanish troops who garrison Manila and
other towns. No difficulty is appre
hended ss to those in Manila, bat soma
trouble may be experienced in l he casa
of the Spanish tro 'ps and prisoners who
are outside our lines and within tbe
territory claimed to be in possession of
tne insurgen's, but it is not doubted
that he latter can be induced to yield
Bp their prsoners To influence them
in this direction Gem ral Otis, the mili
tary commandant at Manila, will issue
a proclamation to all of t e Filip'nos
advising them of the acquisition of tha
Philippines by the Unittd 8 tes and of
the president's desire to accord them
tbe unmo-t liberty of action. Tho
proclamation in general outline will be
similar to that addressed by General
Miles to tbe people of Porto Rioo,
though in detail it must he in di fled to
meet existing condition?.
BEJKCriON COUNTS rOR l.rTTLE.
It may be interesting to know in tbia
connection that a failure on the part of
the United States to ratify the treaty
would have much less efftct than has
been anticipated by the public. None
of the acts that .have gone before wonld '
be necessarily recalled, and tbe United
S ates government would not relinquish
any of its conquests. The Puilippine
islands would be ours, being in possess
ion thereof, Porto Rice would belong
to us beyond question and we should
dominate Cuba with a military govern
ment as before the act of rejection. As
a high authority put it all that would
fall would lie the tr aty.
Boston, Mass., D 13 The anti
imperialist league cunuiittee met to
day, and it is reported that the com
mittee of correspondence is receiving
many lei ters from publishers of Lews-
papers in the central and western states
offering their services in opposing the
policy of annexation.
Centers lor the formation of leagues
and for the distribution of literature
have been established in over thirty
ttates.
SrAIM HA NOT SATIFV IT
Maukid, Dec 14- H is asserted
here that the prem!er, Senor Sagasta,
will obtain a royal decree, dissolving
the chambers before the ratification
of the pea 'e treaty.
The semi official Correro announces
that Senor Sag.ista, before asking the
cortes !o ratify the treaty, will confer
with Senoa Mnutern liios, peesident of
the Spanish peace commission, and it
iB further asse ted that, owing to the
existence of opposition to the treaty,
the United States senate will not con
firm it.
A dispatch from Iloilo. island of
Panay, Philippine ielands,, represents
the situation there unchanged. Gen-,
eral Kios, the Spanii-h commander
there, is preparing lo remove bis troops
to Mindanao.
Washington, Dec. 14. For some
time to come the United States and
Spain must get along without any
treaty to regu'ate lommerce between
the two countries. An effort was
made at Paris to s cure an arrange
ment with the .Spanish commissioners
looking to the revival of the old
treaties until they cou'd be replaced by
other.-", but this havinu failed, no ne
goliati' ns for new c mmercial treaties
wil. be undertaken before ratification
of the peace trea'y.
Four WarKhlpn OMereri li Havana Harbor
Wasiiinoion, Dec. 14 The Brook
lyn, Texas. Catireand Resolute have
been ordered to Havana.
While there is not the faintest desire
to convey a threat in the dispatch ot
the e warships to Havana, it may be
noted tha. when they lie. within the
harbor they will bo'd tbe town in per
fect Hiibj-ctinn. It is surmised that
the suggestion came from Admiral
Sampson as a result of the unfortunate
occurrence Sunday niplit at the Hotel
Inglsterra. At anv rate the event
brought, the authorities to a sndden
realization of tbe exact state of af
fairs in Havana snd the imminent
danger of such an outbreak, With only
a small force of American soldie'S in
Havana province and those re noved
at. such a distance from the city as
to make it ditliicult of access in time
to b of service to the American ele
ment in 'be city, now swollen to large
proportions, the necessitv for soma
protection was apparent. To increase
the number of soldiers imterislly is
not eay in view of the difficulty of
transporting them, as well as providing
for them when they reach Cuba, bat tbe
navy's motto n w is always ready, and
it was decided to hasten the ships
named to Havana lo form a formidable
bulwark a sin-t any outbreaks that
might occur before the completion of
im nini). i, -mi i iv"n,iuH v., hue WJt
Krhnl Attack a Town In Formosa.
Kan Francisco, Dec. 15 Tmribla
sttrcities are reported from Formosa.
Two hundred rebels recently attacked a
village, surprising the people and loot
ing the place. They burned thirty
seven boiifis. A Jspinese polio in
spector and six con 'tables perished fai
repelling the attack. One eonatobia
was ci ptn red alive. The insnrffWHa
fastened on his back tbe blood Smit
of his companions and drove him baton
them in tbe woods.