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WANTS NO TIJOrr.LK.
CAREFUL
VOKE
NOT TO PRO
UNCLE SAM
Until In It" 1'rliintl) .ji:ri"lini Most
CnniK rrimi lliU Ciiiinlrj S Ili still
Iti-JuliliiK -r Hi" Milieu lli'piirl .Mine
I'airllllr.illiint fur llntitiiim.
Maimiik, Doe. p.'. -The present Span
If.1i cabinet Mini tin- lenders of nil po
litical parties agree Hint Spain must
continue to tivolil giving America the
slightest pretext for taking offense
mill tlmt Spain should maintain her
present friendly disposition toward
America in "!'!. ;:i! n'at'ohs. i. that
tin- whole responsibility of a rupture,
If brought ii In u I by tin' intervention
threatened In Culm, should rest en
tirely with the I'niteil Slates.
There is no abatement of tho mnnl
festntiiins of joy at the ileath of An
tonio Marco. The queen recent
received an ovation ut the opera last
night. She sent mi nldo-do-enuip to
congratulate the wife of Major! Irujeda.
the ollleer who eommauited the Span
ish troops in the engagement with the
insurgents near I'unta llrnva. during
which the Cuban Under Is declined to
haw met Ills ileath mid Frcderieo
Gomez, tlie miii of Maximo Gome.,
coiumlttcd suicide rather than aban
don the body of his chief.
Morn I'rut t-ftliiii fur llittiwia,
Havana, Dee. 1'.'. Tin" work of
strengthening the fortllieations about
Himuia in being pusliiid with notice
able enorgj'- (Inns urn being placed
on the heights around the city, nil
pointing toward the sea. The fortifi
cations of this port of Mntnuzns also
uro being strengthened. The govern
ment sent Mill laboicrs to GuumihacDii
to construct liitienclimeiits and erect
now barricades as n precaution against
a fresh Insurgent raid. It is under
ntooil tlmt the whole town is to be in
closed within a barbed wire fence.
La Luelin, the organ of the Cubans,
loyal to the .Madrid government, says
of Ptesident 1'leve.lnndV message:
"The message Is from u tmrelv hypo
thetical standpoint. It Is a bitter pill,
but It Is sugar coated. It is tiuplcnssut
for Spain, but it is of little real im
portance." The. paper praises Mr.
Cleveland's masterly diplomacy in
hnndllng tho subject between two
fires, with the result of quieting the
jingoes ut homo without Its being nec
essary to plunge tho country into for
eign complications.
La liuehn subjects the Snanish min
ister at Washington, Sciior Dupuj' do
Lome, to a scathing criticism for his
failure to eorioct the press exaggera
tion in its accounts and false reports
of the actual situation here, "many of
which have been unfortunately ipioted
by President Cleveland.'' "Had tho
minister been more alert," it says, "he
' might have checked in time the un
favorable current and to have changed
It to some extent In Spain's favor."
Macro- Dt-itlh Ktlll Ilntilitril.
Ni;w Yoiik, Dee. P.'. -Delegate
Thomas P.strndu I'lilum, when asUed
whether the ndditioual Inforiuatinn re
garding General Mncoo's ileath hud in
nuy way influenced his former opinion
ns to tho veracity of the news, said:
"Not in the least. I cannot accept tho
reports so far published as conclusive
evidence of General .Mueco'b death. 1
have just received, via Key West, this
cable dispntch from my agent in Ha
vana: 'Mneco paiscd thutrochn Decem
ber 4. Report of Ills death absolutely
false. You muy contradict It upon my
responsibility.'"
Hcslilcs tho above telegram Senor
Kstrnda Pnlina exhibited several other
dispatcher from places In P.urnpc ami
America, unking him for Information
regarding Mneco. Among the cable
grams one, received from n wealthy
i uban In Paris reads: "Cable us about
Maceo. I place $10,000 at your dis
posal. I.ct us not dismay. Co ahead."
Another cable dispatch from I'orto
Plata, San Domingo, says: "Cubans
and sympathizers request further In
formation us to Mnceo's fate. We roll
rrHto the assurance of our devotion to
the cause and plate, one hundred rifles
nt your disposal."
AND RELAXATION.
FOR A NEW TARIFF BILL
Itrptllillturis In Urdu Wiirk mi tin! "
- rrngr.iiiiiiHi Mapped Oat.
Wi'iM'.'iioN. Pec. 1.'. -Tim way
Mli'l mean . enl'llil.tteenf the linuso wil
begin ivii'k before the holiday recei
of cougiVM upon the tarill' hill, which
is to I e the chief fenlun! in the policy
of the incoming administration, and
will endeavor to perfect the bill st
that It may be presented to the house
of the Fifty-fifth congress early In tin
special session which President McKln
ley will Miminon for revising tho tarill
laws.
This program was formally decided
noon last night by u conference of tin
liepubllcau members of the committee
In Id in General iiiiiwmrs rooms at
the Cochran hotel. It gives s 'inl- olll
eial coiillrmalloii to theuuuoiiucement
n wi el: ago that the President-elect
hail ,. .eluded to have un extra ses.tloi
mi'l tiiat the Republican leaders ha
abiinilonetl the Dingley bill, the tern
piirary measure which was passed b
thu Mouse In the last session ami
miictidctl with a free silver subst'iluU
by the Senate.
AH Uepubliean wavsimd melius met
attended the conference except Mr
Steele, of Indiana, who was detained
There will be liosub-comiutttee givel.
thargcof the measure, but the full
Republican contingent will work to
get her. although the various members
will devote their ii 1 1 nt ion to the par
ticular schedules witli which they are
most familiar
According to the trend of discussion
the reciprocity policy Is to be made ar
important feature of the Ilcpublicar
tarill" system; even more Imnortiint
than II was in Hie Harrison administra
tion, if a practical scheme can bo de
vised. The conference was of two hours
duration and the participants said that
they bad been unaiiimo'i'i upon ui'i
policy to be pursued. "A modcrntl
tnrltV bill." they explained, was to bi
their object. A moderate bill is under
stood to be one whoie average rutei
would lie somewhat lower than tin
rate-, of the McKinlcy bill of IS'.iO,
though a considerable average advance
over the Wilson-Gorman duties, and
the committeemen said they would not
hesitate to advanee rates beyond thu
MeK'iiiley bill In cases whom experi
ence hnif shown tho advance to be ad
visable.
General Grosvenor nntl Mr. Dingley
it is understood, convoyed the views tr
the President-elect upon the program
to their colleagues.
FOUR HUNDRED LIVES
l.lojil Mcnim-r Sutler Wrrrliril In spitlii
All on Itn.iril llriiuni'il.
London, Dee. I','. A special dispatch
NOTED WOVEN DIE BY GAS
REST
l'rmltli-nt t'lcwlioiil Wilt Spend Next
Week limit tuir la South I'lirullim.
Wavh'Ihx, Ih'C. P.'. President
Clevelantl, teellng the need tif rest
after tho hard work ami close atten
tion incident to tho Venezuela question
ami the preparation of his miiiual nie
cage to Congress, accompanied by Cap
tain IS. D. Kvuns of the navy, Captain
Laiubcrton of the Fifth lighthouse dis
trict, and Dr. O'llellly, will leave hero
late to-morrow or .Sunday morning by
rail for lieorgetown. S, C, wher, they
will bo mot by a lighthouse tender,
probably tho ' Wisteria, and taken
down Winyali bay to a clubhouse,
where the party will be the guests of
General Alexaniler. This Is tho same
club which entertained the President
and party about two yours ago, and
tho recollections of tho sport hail nt
tlmt time decided the President In Its
favor for his present outing.
IIIh Wm a l oiiUtli hulrlili'.
Com'hma, Mo., Dee, P.'. An un
known man jumped from tho east
bound train No. " of the Missouri,
KnntKis nnd Texas railway Inst night,
while going ut tho rate of forty miles
an hour, nnd was instantly killed. Ho
had C074.10 In his pocket., and in his
grip, which he retulnetl when ho
jumped, there was J;',300 more. There
was nothing by which ho could bo
identified, llo bought his ticket at
Dcnlson, Texas.
Tlilrtyluii War In HullcllliK,
Ni:w Yoiik, Dee. 12. -One more for
inldablo addition to the navy of the
I'liltcd States was mado yesterda;)
when the monitor ram Puritan win
formally put in commission ut the
llrooklyn navy yard. It Is thirty-two
years sinco tho keel of the Purltnn wu
luld, and four yours since sho win
launched. Now that sho Is ready foi
ttorvice, she Is regarded as for defens
ive purposes superior to navy vessels
of the first class, while for oft'onsivu
warfnre she is u little Inferior to first
class craft. Sho Is K feet louff anil
60 feet wide, and has displacement
of 6,200 tons. ,
from llerlin says that the Lloyd steam
er Salier was wrecked Monday night
during a severe gale four miles north
of Vlllagcrla, Spain, ami two ami one
half milts from land. The dispatch
fui t her says that she must have broken
up almost immediately, as parts of tho
steamer have already washed ashore.
She had on hoard about 310 passengers,
mostly steerage, bound for South
America, and a crew of sixty-five men.
AH on I oanl were drowned. Many of
the passengers were Spaniards, who
embarked .Sunday.
Coitr.vNA, Spain. Dec. 11, The Salier
was commanded by Captain Wempo
anil hail a general cargo. It h.ul a
rough passage from Itrenien to this
port, two of its boats being swept over
board by the heavy seas which did
other damage.
The steamer struck during a dense
fog nntl a storm on a letlgo of rooks
about two ami one-half miles off Capo
Carrubcdo, on her way from this placo
to Villa tinrcla, where she was to ship
another lot of Moorage passengers,
hound for Buenos Ay res. A largo
amount of wr.cckrge is reported tohuvo
washed ashore. The search inatlt! for
possible survivors of the wreck has so
far been without result.
The Salier was an old vessels, which
I he North tierman Lloyd company had
agreed to sell to an Italian firm trad
ing between Italy unit American ports,
but owing to a Might disagreement as
to terms tho deal was not completed,
anil the steamer was sent on another
voyage. She wa considered to be in
every way seaworthy, anil tho only
ren&on the North tierman Lloyd com
pany had for selling her was that they
desired modern boats of tho same line
to take her placo. The last trip across
the Atlantic was made In September
last, when she left liultlmoio for lire-
men, arriving tnero Miieiy r-opieus
bor U'.'l.
Mr, iiml Mls t'noper Ktl 1 lietiiii-hrv-S.m
rriuii lii'ii Shut Iteil.
San Fit ncI' mi. Dee p.. -Mr, irah
It. Ciopr and bur daughter, Harriet
Cooper, were found tlead in their home
in this city this morning with the
g-is turned tin anil every evidence ol
suicide.
Mrs. Cooper was president of tin
City Kindergarten nssociatioii. p-o,l
tlenl of the Women's Press association,
president of the Woman's SulVr.'ij'e as
sot iation. and prominent as an oillcei
of the Woman's Christian TeirpeiMiict
union, while her daughter wcsibputj
kindergarten superintendent Foi
many years she taught the largest
liil.it. obits in (he city ill the I ii il on
gregatlonal church, her elas i number
ing several hundred adults, Sho was
also assistant pastor of the church
under tho pastorate of the l!ev. Dr. (
(). Crown, and hail often preached in
Congregational pulpits and engaged in
other departments of Ohrlstian work.
The Coopers had lived entirely alone
for thirty years here, except for it Chi
nest! cook who had been in their em
ploy for twenty years. lie has not yet
been found, but it Is expected that he
can throw some light on the tragedy.
When tho scandal ijoiieernin,' Dr
Drown was first talked about, Mrs
Cooper stood by her pastor ami ex
presetl confidence in him. Later on
developments eaiis"d her to change
her mind nntl she and her daughter
became his leading opponents nut
accusers after Mrs, David -". Much
bitterness In church cire'es was
engendered by Mrs. Cooper's state
ments on the witness stand at
the church trial. Miss (Viper was
even more pronounced than her mother
lu opposition to Dr. Hrown The
action estranged many of the old
friends, and tho .suicide of mother and
daughter Is ascribed to brooding over
the coldness anil snubs from former
friends. Mrs. Coooper had also of late
been much worried over the illness of
her daughter, who had been suffering
from nervous prostration caused by
tho outcome of the ehureli troubles.
Mrs. Cooper formerly resided in New
Orleans and acted as nurse during the
war. Her husband and other children
died in New Orleans, thu former, it is
said, also by his own hand.
It Is said that on several prior occa
sions Harriet Cooper had tried to take
her life, but this tlmo the mother
seems to have joined the daughter in
tho elTort to end their lives.
In her will Mrs. Cooper said that her
slated Intention to commit suicide
would afford sutllelcnt proof to rentier
unnecessary a coroner's Investigation,
and asked that tho bodies should not
be taken to the morgue. Many influ
ential friends tried to have hor wishes
carried out, but Coroner Hawkins or
dered both bodies taken to the morgue
CASTKLLAK'H OPINION
THINKS THE MESSAGE FA
VORABLE TO SPAIN
flit- SpnnlHti Sliitrvtimii Tlihil. Hip rn-sl-tlriitV
Aiinti.il U Mt-ri-l) Cult ul.itril In
Arrritt Dm tinpall'-ni i- of Hit' MiiRiillrj
In llil I'onnlry.
Kmllio Cas.
republican
ADDRESS TO SILVER MEN.f GOV. SMITH IMPUGNED.
MADltlO, Doc. II. Senor
tcllar, the noted Sinnisl
loader, gives the following statement
of his opinion of that part of President
Cleveland's nicvsngo which refer.- to
the Cuban qucitlon: "I do not con
sider the Preiiiilenl's message unfavor
able to Spain, bneiiuse the ntt1tv.,le of
Mr. Clevelantl reminds me of that of
(irneral (irant in ls7:t. only that Mr.
Cleveland reads harder lectures t the
Insurgents ami the jingo elements In
the t'nited States. His silence on Cu
ban independence and his opposition
to recognition of belligerency shows
really honest, correct, statesmanlike
conduct. So docs hisoilicial disposition
toward Spain. I persist in belicv.ng
that the more reasonable, the far
sighted clement of the American peo
ple, the ohl Puritan stock, will five in.
talr play. I approve the temporising
attitude of Mr. t lowland in the llrst,
part of his message. 1 consider his re
jily to the party resolution ol the
American congress last winter as a
damper for the lusiiriri-nt'i In the hit
terpurlof the message un loulitedly
there me uupalatnlilo dot 1-irni ions,
against which all pa'.rlotle Spaniards
protest for inflame, wh'it he says
about the sale of ( ub.i, the inaccurate
.tatenients eonivrnlng the situation in
the colony ami tin: conduct, of our
forces and generals, ltut we must dis
tinguish in the latter part of the mes
sage betwet :i the puiely hypothetical
surmises as to what America would
deem herself justified in doing if
Spain were impotent to crush tho
insurrection promptly, ami the
friendly advice am. suggestions vol
unteered by Mr. Cleveland when
he recommends anil even offers to co
operate in obliging tho Cubans to
accept autonomy or home rule, which
we oiirselveis offered them a large in
stallment of in the law which tho
Cortes patsetl last year. We must bo
practical nntl understand that this
part of tho message is calculated
merely to arrest the Impatience of the
public In the 1'nlto'il States ami to
cheek once for all any KuroiK-an power
attempting to in'.orfero with tho pol
itics of the now world. Mr. Cleveland
thus gains lime and allows us to expect
that ho will remain friendly to the end
of his term of office. ''
GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Until sl.lri Poor Simla
Ol TIIK, Kan., Doc. IS. At " o'clock
this morning Policemen Hays and
ilochester saw three burglars In the
push lllce drilling into the safe. A
nsikitle of shots followed. Tho nlllcera
emptied their pistols and rot routed to
heir otllco nearby and got a shotgun
mil wounded one of the burglars, but
.o escaped. Hays has sewral bullet
I'.n'cj through his overcoat. The post-
.ittice safe was poind rated and tho fuse
lia 1 already boon put In ready to bo
tired. Postmaster IVttlJolm Inn not
I'cen able to open tho site.
riirlr OrK.inlzntluti to lie niitlntiril
All Dcinm-rilM Intlteil to Join.
I.vniANAi'ol.ls. Intl., Dee. P.". -Leaders
of the National Detiio.-rat'e partj
were in session hero all day jeitcrday.
The meeting closed last night with a
banquet, nt which Henry Wattcrsuu
was the principal orator.
The committee decided not to issue
nn address at the present time, but
gave out a statement, which is, in part,
as follows:
"The National Democracy will per
manently maintain its organization lu
full vigor In the states In which party
machinery already exists, ami will en
deavor to perfectorgaulzatlimsin tho.ie
states In which such do not now exist.
It is the unanimous opln'ou of the
members of tho committee that any
alliance between the Democrats who
have been opposed to the Chicago plat
form and the Republicans is entirely
Impracticable.
"All National Democrats, however,
earnestly hope for a reunion of tho
two wnigs of the old Democratic party
upon a sound and patriotic platform of
principles -such as time and again
they have Mood upon together in tho
past. I lie .National Demojraey, how
ever, is Irrevocably committed to that
governmental policy that accords equal
rights to all, special priileges to
none -the trudltlonal individualistic
policy of the Democracy. This
policy, of which tho ImTumnpnlis
platform is the current expression,
tho National Democracy, whatever the
course of political events may be, will
defend and promote. In this. Its mis
sion, it vvlll welcome the co-operation
of all those who are actuated by an
unselfish desire to promote the welfare
of our country and who believe that
all schemes of paternalism or of class
favoritism, no matter from whom they
may emanate, are fraught with peril
to tho prosperity of our people nntl to
the perpetuity of our government."
THE PROTESTS DENIED
sViniitliinnl Wnt,iliiKltin Slory a 1'nkt- Itc
pnrl Ik All I'll Hun.
WAeinxriTON, Dee. 14. An emphatic
nml positive denial is tnntlo at the state
department of the published report
thnt Mustapha lley, the Turkish min
ister, by direction of the sultan, has
entered a protest against the language
of tho President's message to Congress
in its treatment of tho Turkish ques
tion. The report Is characterized as
"pure fiction," and it Is pointed out
that .Mustapha Hey did not make a call
on Secretary Olney on the day on which
ho is alleged to have signified to tho
secretary of .state the tleep displeasure
of the sultan. It is probably true that
the government of Turkey was far
from pleased nt what Mr. Clevelantl
had to say concerning Turkey.
Hut the rules of international law on
this point arc now so well settled that
it is regarded as altogether improlnihlo
thnt ofllclal attention would be paltl to
the words. The communications of tho
executive to other nations have no con
cern and international law is clear on
this point, which arose in a famous
ease between Austria nnd the I'niteil
States, in which it was clearly made
manifest that Austria could not notice
references to Hungary made in a Pres
idential message.
The Turkish minister authorized tho
statement that ho hail received no In
structions from his government touch
ing tho President's message, nnd that
lie had not uin.lo any official communi
cation to tho Mate department or to
any branch of the I'nitcd States gov
ernment concerning tills subject. Tho
minister desired to convey the broadest
nntl fullest dissent anil denial of the
published reports to that effect.
AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS.
Mr. .MorrU Wliu llrr Salt.
Topkka, Kan., Dee. P.. -The jury In
the ease of Mrs. Daisy Morris vs. the
Western I'liion Telegraph company, on
trial In the Federal court since jester
da v. returned a verdict this morning of
Sl.'fiOOln favor of tho plaintiff. Mrs.
Morris lives nt lloyt, and sued for
S'.'.'i.ouo. because tho telegraph com
pany failed to correctly transmit a
summons to her physician.
Iliinceil llliimnlT in ,niu.
Lawki.niK, Kan., Dee. P.'. 11enr
Filger, who was arrested yestertlaj
morning bj tho Lawrence police foi
stealing a mule, commit tod suicide lasl
evening in the city jail by hangin;)
himself. He had taken a piece of win
used as a clothesline and made a nooit;
mid put his head thumgh it, fastening
it alune to a ventilator hy means of t
pah of drawers.
To Solicit ICri-lprm-lU.
Ottawa, Out., Dee. P.'. Sir Klehard
Cart wrlght will leave in u few days fot
Washington to ascertain whether Pros
tdent-elrcc McKlnley will enter lnt
reciprocity .wttotlb.. with Omada SSSn'oKSdr
Murln llsirlirrl Aripilttnl.
Nr.w Yoiik, Dec. P.'. Tho jury in tho
use of Maria Harbor!, the Italian girl
.vim killed her faithless lover, bus re
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
ase has boon a celebrated one lot ally.
Miss llarberi was trietl once before and
Muvlcted, but the suprJine court
granted licra re-trnit.
Three IUIiih Int lnrr:itrtl.
lltwis, Pa., Dec. 12. Yesterday
afternoon, while .lohu Pallngwest. and
his wife were away from tho house
three of the r children, aged 4 months,
I anil yearn, while playing with an
oil cnu in ft tint of the grate, all caught
tire and before help arrived wore all
burned to tleath.
l'.ipi-r Trim In ii Ki:illty.
Nr.w Yoiik, Dee. P.'. The confer
rnees that have been in progress foi
ten days between the principal muiiii
faclurers of white newspaper have re
suited In a practical agreement of ill
concerned to pool interests and to ilea
with consumers only through a gen
oral agency, which Is to be estnbllshet)
in this city.
Sp.tiiUnW Kllleil lit n Unit Structure.
M.vnittD, Dee. 13. A dlspatoh from
Jerezdu la Front era announces that n
laree hullillntr has collapsed there,
burylnr over 100 iwrsons. lilcvcn
nulllngtnn IJnulh'M Mmlrl tlio C'oiKttttl
tlon Stum nml Klrlpe tho llnniirr.
Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 14. Commander-in-Chief
Hallington Hooth and his staff
field officers of the Volunteers of Amer
ica have draughted u constitution for
the organization, following the spirit
of the constitution or the rniioti
Stntes, removing entirely nny pcinb- I
lunce of uutocratic power anil avoiding-
anv possibility of theological discus
sion, the theological tenets beltg Mich
as will ho readily accepted by allevan
glelcal bodies with whom it is the desire
of the Volunteers to co-operate In all '
Christian work. The stars and stripes
has been adopted us the banner ol tho
irganlzatlon.
Tru Vcurn Each for IJompaim.
Sauna, Kan., Dec. !4. Andrew
Johnson and Kdward Manning have
been sentenced to ten years each In
the. penitentiary for holding up three
boys bare last August, from whom they
secured S7. Johnson Is said to have
served five years In tho Iowa peniten
tiary for burglary. He claims to boa
printer of Kmms City. Manning is
.V.i years old ami Isknown to the trnmp
fraternity throughout
"Denver lied."
Advice ty I'lii'lriuiiii t.iitie title the He-
pilllllfllll II I'lllllll'C.
Pan Fiiamimo. Dee. 1 1. Charles D.
Lane, chairman of the national 111
nictullist party, has Issued the follow
ing address:
"San l'ranei-co, Dec. 10, ls'.id. To
the lllmttnllists of the I'liitcd Slates:
The contest of IS'JO. which for some
months has engaged public attention,
was determined at the ballot box upon
the Md lilt, lu favor of the Kepubliean
candidate.
"While tho supporters of Mr. Ilrjnn
nntl the great principles which he es
poiisulhiivo no reason to regret the
efforts made lu his behalf, anil which
we will renew when occasion requires
it, it Is otilj the part of wisdom to ac
cept with the utmost good faith the
decision of the American people upon
this or any other question submitted
to their deliberative judgment, which
is always sure In the end to bo cor
rectly deckled by that tribunal.
"Our position was Met and iintugon
I.'tl by the toinbiuetl wealth of two
omtinents. It wus sought to be ob
scured by feigned issues, opprobioiis
epltht ts, dishonest methods ami par
tisan eni. llverv Intrigue which
wealth could iuturo or Ingenultj' sug
gest was brought to icquisition. The
debtor class was threatened by Itn
creditors, the laboring elnsa by its em
ployers and the patrons of savings
banks and insurance companies were
made the victims of unscrupulous dem
agogues, who di clared that their in
vestments in these institutions were
to bo saerifiod if free coinage of silver
should be accomplished as the result
of the election. These methods of po
litir.il warfare were as dishonest and
unj"st as the advantage gained Is
lketing and destined to ultimate de
feat. No success secured ley misrepre
sentation can have more than a tem
poral' lodgment lu the hearts of a
generous and right thinking people
nntl the result of this election will
prove in the end a more signal victory
for those who went tlown in apparent
defeat than for those who are now
Hushed with apparent victorj.
"Hut the election has hecn accom
plished, and it is now the duty of
every citizen to accept the result in a
.p!rlt of patilotlsm. unsullied by parti
san rancor anil unotiibiimsseil'bj' fac
tious agitation of tho issues which
have just been fought out. While we
as hituc tullir.ts still udlicr? to the con
viction that there enn be no permanent
relief to the people based upon the
single gold standard, nml that tlmo
will demonstrate the accuracy of our
position we at the same time regard
it as a du tj enjoined upon every citi
zen to do everything In his power to
assist the President-elect in i'vvvy ef
fort to promote the welfare i,4 the
people bj- any polley which lie muy
consider will accomplish that result.
To this end weenrnestlj' advise all our
friends and coadjutors throughout the
L'nlted States to .suspend active agita
tion of tho subject of free coinage of
silver further than a simple mobil
izing of the free silver clubs through
out the union ami the keeping up of tho
club rolls for future service. Hj- this
means we shall furnish to our adver
saries cvorj' opportunity to fulfill tho
promises which thov made to the peo
ple during the campaign of restoring
to the L'nlted States that measure of
prosperity which its resources and
commercial Mantling entitles It to en
iov ainoiiB' tho nations of the earth,
and, If it shall be demonstrated Hint
the Incoming administration shall be
able to accomplish this result of tho
people, wo shall have no reason to re
gret the outcome of the issuo nt the
polls. Hut If, on the contrary, we are
furnished only with broken pledges
and the old makeshift of issuing bonds,
the vain attempt to keep up our credit
bj1 running farther into debt, Is again
resorted to, wo promise to renew the
strugglo until bimctalllnm shall bo
come an accomplished fact in the
L'nlted States.
"As nntionul chairman of the Hi
metallic party I call upon nil of its
forces throughout tho I'niteil States,
regardlcfis of past party affiliations, to
accept the result with dignity anil for
bearance nnd to loin in upholding tho
hnnds of Major MoKlnloy as president
of the United States and to support
him in all of his efforts to increase the
prosperity anil wellbclng of the citi
zens of this republic, but in no manner
to abate their eagerness in the cause
of free coinage, bo that when it shall
bo again necessarj- to assort the prin
ciple we may be In better condition
from tho st'nndpolnt of organization
tiian was possible In the recent strug
gle. It is an old adngo that 'Truth,
crushed to the earth, will rise again,'
and believing as we do, that bimetal
lism is the only refuge for tin? strug
gling people, wo shall stand entrenched
behind this principle and shall await
with anxiety the first opoortunlty to
establish It as an American nollev."
Ilt-Clcrk Itrilillns Stakes Scn:itlon.it
nt.ilenifnts Almiit the llnmn Mnumjer.
Wasiiinoion. D.-c. 1 1.-William F.
lieddlng. an inmate of the Hampton,
Va.. Soldiers' home, who was the e'cilt
of (iovernor Smith of the Leaven w-orth
home from IS-'.i to ls'.r,', appeared to
day before the House committee in
W' lighting the Leavenworth home nntl
testified that he drew the contract
with the Leslie K'celey Institute, by
which cures of the morphine -mil alco
hol habits were to be adinlnl-tered to,.
the inmates. I'.y the terms of the con
tract, SKI was to be charged for the
cure of the morphine habit and SS for
the alcohol habit.
lledditig swore that on one oecislon
Ooicruor iinilh tol 1 him, when il was
suggested that the temperance socie
ties should give him n in 'till for hi.s
activity In pushing the Koeloy cur.-,
that he ditl not want a m.'ilal, what he
wanted was "the ;l nuj." Th'.s was
w lien negotiations with the Institute
were pending, lie also testllle.l that
(Iovernor Smith raUed the sum eh rgod
to inmates for the adurnistrntioti of
the cure to S.'U. iiIlhou;h the contract
price was Ss. He sal 1 that (inwrnor
Smith took the cure hims.'lf, and that
Mihscqucutlj he (Hfddingi saw Smith
under the influence of liquor. He tes
tified that (iovernor Smith fivq u-ntly
went to F.xeclsior Springs ami re
mained for several days.
Itedtling testified to various minor
incidents tending to show Ooxernor
Smith's arbitrary and oppp'sslve treat
ment of the lnn:,T'"s. He attributed
his removal from u position he held at
the Northwestern home to (iovernor
Smith's lull nonce, lie was tho only
witness to-d:iv.
HER BEQUEST DECLINED.
Howard I'lilwrult Iti-ftitrd In A crept
Dr. Caroline WIiihIom'h Itoiljr,
Wasiiixotov, Dee. II. Dr. Caroline,
Drown Winslow, the noted woman
physician, who tiled tins week, loft it
will bequeathing her hotly to Howard
university to lie curofHlP dissected by
a woman medical student for the pur
pose of advancing her kdow letlgo of
anatomy. After that she desired that
the several purls of li.'r skeleton should
be wlretl together for the use of the
Minor normal school of the district
founded bj' her friend. Myrtilla Minor,
the skeleton to'Deeupj the placo in the
school the founder designed that her
skeleton should occupy.
Dr. Winslow tlcslivtl this disposition
of Iter body because the laws of the
country require thnt everj medical
student, shall obtain mid dissect one
human hotlj before he or she can
irrniluate or receive a diploma, and be
cause there are no methods provided
by which said bodies can be legally ob
tained except by bequest or sale by
the owner. previous to tleath.
It is understood that the university
declined to receive the body and it was
creiiin'ed and the ashes will be in
terred. RETURNS TO HAVANA.
CnpUln Cieiienil Wcjlt-r Again In tlin
CuIpiiii Capital :ri-etpil by Thrum;.
11avan, Dee. 1 1. Captain (iencrnl
Weyler arrived once more in this city
nt ,r o'clock last evening on horseback,
accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel
F.scrlhauo and others of his staff, and
liy a cavalrj' escort.
Thc streets of Havana were thronged
with people and tho houses of tho
town had been gaily decorated with
bunting in anticipation of the captain
general's return. The Puaza Amies in
front of tlio captain general's palace
was packed with a vast concourse of
people.
t'aptain General Weyler made a brief
ntldrcss, in the course of which ho said:
"I have only directed. The army has
done all." Various tle'egations, both
civil and military, were received later
by General Weyler at the palace, and
they offered their congratulation!!
upon the outcome of his operations in
Piiiar del lllo.
CHAIRMEN NAMED.
An
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C'reeilnn In Mm- IttiiiiiiU.
Nrw Yoiik, Dee. 11. -At the Ilroad
way Athletic dub, Dan Creedon of
Australia outfought and outpointed
Dick O'Hrlen of lloston in nine rounds
From tho beginning of the bout until
tho referee Interfered and stopped the
mill, when the ninth round had nearly
expired, the work of both men was
very rapid, anil thoy worked so hard
that during the last three rounds ono
gootl blow would have settled the eon
test. Creetlon was undoubtedlj' the
better man.
:ni
tho West as I
Ititi Propoiotl Army Approprlntlon.
Vahiiis,oton:, Dee. H. Tho army
appropriation bill for the fiscal year of
1 3'JS has been completed by tho House
military affairs committee, and Chair
man Hull expects to call It up early
next week. The nmouut lS23,132, 400,
SISfi.OQO less tliun for tho current year
and 0716,000 below the estimato. tho
reduction being due to provision for
uverage Instead of full legal strength
The principal reductions in estimates
ore In pay, subsistence and the tiuur
tennaster'ii department. A provision
is embodied to turn over to the Interior
department the hospital at Hot
prints, Arki-
Dnutilr Sulfide In lloMnn.
TIostox, Dec. 14. Mary L. Collins
nnd Samuel P. Putnam, of Chicago
were found dead to-thij' upon the floor
of a room occupied by the woman.
The gas was turned on. The woman
was 30 years of uge and the man about
r0. An Investigation Is now being
made by the police.
SmiiIh l'o Ci In Arcui'd.
LhAvr.NWtmiH, Kan., Dee. 14. Tho
case in which the destiny of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad Is at
stake was argued before Judge Louis
Myers in the district court yestertlaj'.
When the lawyers had finished their
arguments Judge Myors announced
that he would take tho case under ad
visement and render his decision De
cember 38, at Oskalonsa.
Amerlrau Wurililp at Hnvaim.
Havana, Dec. 1 1. The United States
wurship Newark urrlvcd here this
morning. Nothing can be learned of
hor errand or whither she la bound.
I.lt-utrnunt (loirrnor-Ktnrl llaney
nnuurm l'le C'oiniiittlee Clilt'fi.
Toit.ka, Knn., Deo 14. Lieutenant
Governor-elect Harvey, president of
the senate, caused surprise to-day by
making the announcement of It s. selec
tion of the chairmen of live important
senate committeemen as follows: Ways
and menus, ex-Governor L. D. Lcwell
lug of Wichita; judiciary, W. H. Cros
sen of Miami county; rnilroads, ex
Congressman W. A. Harris of Lcavcn
wurth county; fees and salaries, II. O.
Jumper of Osage county; agriculture
ami irrigation, L. 1. King of Cowley
county.
t'otiiilrrfflt fluid l'lt-rm In St. l.ntiln.
Sr. Louis, Mo., Deo. 11.- Well exe
cuted counterfeits of S!i gold coins are
being circulated here. The only rough
work Is In the milling, tho edges bohg
Irregular and thicker than on the gen
uine pieces. The metal, however ia
soft, wears easilj' ami tho color clearly
Indicates plating. Seven of thu spurious
coins were taken yesterday to tho of
fice of Assistnnt L'nlted States Attor
ney Wayno bj' persons who accepted
thoin as good.
A Ilrporter tn Contempt.
Frankfort, Kj, Dec. 14. Frank O.
Robbins of Cincinnati, who bus keen
hero assisting K. G. Durham of tho
Times-Star In court of appeals work,
was arrested to-day for contempt of
court. It Is claimed that ho clandes
tinely Kccured means for ovestlropplng
in the court's consultations and gave
out the decision In the Walling case
to the Times-Star over nn hour before
it was announced by the court.
Topkka, Kan., Dec. TfTWhen the
members of the State Reform Press
Association meet In this city on Ji'Ey
nary t- to dispose of Steinberger as
president, they will probably discover
that no such organization exists, It
has been dissolved by thu president,
anil the National Heform Press Associ
ation has been notified to revoke its
charter. Tho nsioclntlnn was com
posed of tho edltori, of the Populist pa
pers in Kansas, about 100 in number,
and was a subordinate to the national
association. The editors will Ukey
hold the meeting, but thoy will havM
to reorganize, and will not be recog
nized by the natloual association i
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