l
THE EED CLOUD CHIEF.
SPAIN INVESTIGATED.
SAYS THE EXPLOSION WAS
FROM THE INSIDE.
Kpanl-.Ii AVar Sentiment Inili-rrit liy Near
ly nil Ktinipcuti liirr Kxt-eptlni; limit
llrltalit J'liclaiiil Our Only friend In
Cow ut tVnr.
MADinn, Feb "X Tin- Spanish
ndimral commanding ut Havana tele
grunlis that llio Spanish olllelal Ire
vcitlgatton Into the catastrophe to the
Maine Imi terminated, timl that tlio
first oxplorutloii imtilo by olllelal
divers lias shown up to thu present
that the disaster was quite ncoldontul
and not produced by any exterior
cause1.
Premier Sagastu conveyed the. lolc
gram to thu pultieo and the queen
recent expressed satisfaction on hear
iiifT the result of tlie Investigation,
The quten will give an audience at
oueo to United States Minister Wood
ford, who will convey the thanks con
veyed by President McKlnlcy for her
condolence.
SPAIN SEEMS ANXIOUS FOR WAK.
Madiiip, Fob. 'M. Tho sympathy
anil dismay which ut 11 est pro vailed
when tlie catastrophe in tlie Havana
liurbor was announced has dlsup
peared and given way to nu Intensely
bellicose and tingry feeling, which Is
freely expressed on all niilei and by
tnombi-r.s of vvvvy political party.
They are hept fully Informed of the
tone of the American press and of llio
apparently universal demand i made
upon the President to resort to war.
and, far fioin there being alarm about
thu matter, grim satisfaction is
apparent everywhere. No one hero
will admit for one moment that the
31 ulna was blown up by design. The
.disaster is ascribed to thu alleged
jjrem carelessness and laxity of dis
cipline which people here say consti
tute ii feature on board American
ships. This 1h the view taken and
openly expressed by tho cabinet minis
ters and in government circles, and
there Is no doubt that It In based on
tlltpatehcs received from tho Spanish
ofllclals at Havana nud at Washing
ton. This being the case and, of
course, it Is the view most agreeable
to themselves for tho people hero to
tnlco It I Industrioirity circulated In
the press.
It is only natural that thero should
bo tho strongest kind of resentment
caused by the lusl.stence of tho Amer
ican newspapers that the sinking of
tho Maine was duo to Sp.inlsh treach
ery, and demands are inudu upon tho
crowr. and cabinet to ut once avengu
tho Insult thus placed upon Spanish
iionor by tho "abominable Yankees."
"IVnr preparations uro being rushed
forward with tho utmost rapidity in
nil tho naval ursrnuls and military
centers, and it cannot bo denied that
thero Is an infinitely greater
degree- of enthusiasm manifested
by the soldiers, sailors and civ
ilians ut tho idea of fighting the
'Yankees" than lins ever been
shown in connection with thu Cuban
or Moorish campaigns. In fact, a
svavc of patriotism seems to be sweep
ing over Spain at thu present moment,
Htruugthrniug and giving backbone to
tho country. Contrary to what ap
pears to bo popular supposition
nl) road, factional and party disputes
and animosities arc hushed for the
nonce, and even Carlists and Repub
licans are in unison with tho Liberals
and tho Conservatives In tho idea of
lighting tho United States, so iutenso
and bitter Is tho hatred of tho latter.
Some of tho newspapers hero have
ticon publishing a long list of alleged
gross Insults to which Spain has been
subjected by tho United States at
various times during tho last quarter
of a century, and such prominence Is
given to tho remarkable article in the
bt. Petersburg Isovosti, the recognized
organ of tho Russian foreign otllce,
in which tho ntlltudo of the United
States toward Spain is condemned
in tho strongest fashion, and deep
sympathy expressed for Spain, which
is declared by tho Novostl to have
gono to the "extreme limit of forbear
ance and patience under intolerable
Amcricun provocation and insult."
With tho exception of tho Tatreblatt,
all tho llcrlln papers express similar
views to the Nnvosti, the tone of the
Tagoblalt's articles being duo to tho
fact that It bus been the only Gorman
paper that has gone to tho trouble of
uendlng a special correspondent to
Cuba to si'o whut Is going on there.
The utterances of the Parisian, Vien
nese and Italian newspapers arc
likewise favorable to Spain anil ex
tremely antagonistic to the tutted
States, uud inasmuch as much prom
inence Is given to theso foreign ex
pressions of opinion it may readily be
imagined that thu Spanish people
havo become umboldened and Imbued
with jingoism by tho belief that they
havo the sympathy and tuornl, If not
material, support of all continental
liuropj In their coming strugglo with
tho United States.
"Kid" Sloluy'a Wlfo (lot it lllvoron.
Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. si Uoso
Selby was granted a decree of divorce
to-day from Norman Selby, known In
tho pugilist profession as "Kid Mc
Coy." She alleged desertion am
cruelty.
Snl:irtH Stoned In .Mr.Tlno.
Citv ov Mkxico, Feb. 23. A party
of young Spaniards, performing Span
ish airs in tho street lu the garb of
SpunUh students, on Sunday last,
wero attacked and stoned by thu pop
ulace. This Indicates tho state of pop
ular feeling hero in regurd to tho
Cuban question,
I.tirgo t'lila-o llntno I'ltUa,
CmcAoo, Feb. Vi. Tho John Y.
York company, dry goods merchants
at 773-781 Hulstoad street, assigned
to-day to Isaao Loebor. Assots, 8100,
MO; liabilities, SISS.OOU.
SAYS SPAINISPREPARED.
I.leutciirnt I'll I urn Di-clnrrn Spain Is Iti'liijf
lrltrii to War.
Nr.w Yoiik, Feb. 23. A dispatch to
the Evening Telegram from Ciudad
luari, Mexico, says: Lieutenant Pal
mo of the Spanish navy passed through
hero yesterday on his way to the City
of Mexico. Speaking of thu Maine in
cident, he said:
"Wo arc being driven to war. The
conflict cannot bo postponed much
longer, but I toll you wo are better
prepared to strike than the Yankees
thin I.-. While thu Americans havo been
occupying their time lu talking, wu
havo been quietly preparing for tho
eon libit, and, moreover, our diplomats
have admirably succeeded in warding
off suspicion,
"I) 1 3'ou suppose It is for naught
that we havo recentl3 purchased two
cruisers from llruzll, uud have made
a liberal offer for the new Chilian
war ship just completed'.1 And you
may rest asured my visit to Mexico
broods no good for thu Yankees.
"Our bureau of naval Intelligence,
has complete plans nud drawings of
the fortifications of the principal
American ports. Thero is but one
port in the United States that Is fortt
lled Mifllclently to withstnnd the suc
cessful entry of ono of our ships The
exception Is tho city of New York,
but you tuny bo aware that wc have a
powerful cruiser there, and that we
can afford to lose It If the Yankee
can afford to see their largest city in
ruins.
"Tho Sagasta ministry has no
oscillating plans. Wo have but one
policy and aro pursuing it steadily.
Americans, you know, uro as little
aw aro of what they will do to-morrow
as they arc of what they must ac
complish to-du3."
It was hinted that the disparity In
population and our Immense resources
would bo tho prime factors in the
issue.
'Nothing of tho kind," he quickly
replied. "Wo nro not going to pursue
a Ian 1 conquest, as only in that case,
1 admit, we would be worsted. Tho
liiO.'lOO of our regular army Is more
than enough for our plan of cam
paign and to bring the Yankees to sue
for peace. Yes, I know they are all
talking of thu large population they
have, also thu millions of men they
can muster, but wo have no intention
of giving them a chance to use them.
Tho Spaniard is a entitling and shrewd
individual, and does not propose to bo 1
led Into a trap.
"There will bo no fighting on tho
American continent, you can depend
on that. Wo havu 11 splendid navy '
uud some of tho fastest auxiliary
cruisers In tho world. After wo lay
two or three of their latgost cities In
ruins this ought to bring the money
loving Yankee to our terms."
Ql'EEN CALLS HER MOTHER.
The gravity of tho situation Is fur
ther demonstrated by tho fact that
tlie queen regent has .summoned to
her side her mother, the Archduchess
Eli.nbeth, justly renowned as 0110 of
tho cleverest politicians in all Europe,
and who was recent 13 at death' door.
She was to have stiyctl at Ntcu in or
der to recover her strength, but has
beon so alarmed b tho accounts which
sho has received from here that sho
has decided to come on at once with
out making any stay on the Riviera.
She is a woman of very strong charac
ter, and thoso hero who havo had oc
casion to become acquainted with her
during her numerous stays with tier 1
daughter express tho opinion that sho
will encourage tho queen regent to
yield at oneo to tho popular demand
for a war with tho United States, and
will bllenco her daughter's hesitation
upon tho subject That Is, indeed,
from a dynastic point of vlow, the
011I3' thing to be done, for theru Is 110
tloubt whatsoever that 1103 further ap
pearance of subserviency to America,
any attempt to maintain peace at the
cost of Spanish pride, will result ir
the overthrow of the monarchy.
Indeed, war with tho United States
seems tho only possible Issuo to the
fiasco which tho Sagasta government
lias tuadu in connection with its Cuban
policy; that is to suy, the only Ir.suo
that can safeguard tho dynasty unci
national pride. For, either tho coun
try will loso Cuba lu an honor
tiblo light, possessed of tho sym
pathy of all Europe, oxeopt Eng
land, or elso it will vanquish the
United States, and in that ease
tho Insurrection In Cuba will, Ipso
facto, conin to an end. That is tho
Spanish vlaw of tho situation, and tho
mais.es, as well as thu vast majority of
tho educated people here, aro firmly
convinced in their own mtiicU
that
thc3 will defeat Uncle Sam.
t-'antlmant
Nr.w Yoiitc, Feb.
In tlnvitnit.
'.M. Tho Ward lino
r.teainer Seguranca arrived at quaran
tivo yesterday from Tatnpleo anil
llavnna. Tho Soguranc.v arrived at
Havana at 10 o'clock on tho morning
after tho disaster to tho Maine, nnd
passed etoso I13 tho wreck. Tho
Segurancu's passungersnald that great
excitement prevailed at Havana, and
at tho timo of sailing, tho foreign
population was generally of tha opin
ion that the Maine was destroyod by
design. They cited, among othor
tilings in support of this theorj, tho
fact that tho Spanish man-of-war
Alfonso XII, which was anchored near
tho Maine, changed her moorings junt
previous to tho disaster.
Tlio BaiUUn Hank Failure
Wafiiinoto.v, Feb. vs. Tho House
committee on banking and currency
bus tnaJo an ad versa report on tho
Cooney resolution culling on tl.o com
mittee to investlgato all tho clrcuin- j
stanens connected with ttie failure of '
tho First National bank of Sodnlia, 1
Mo. Tlio commlttco says all tho facts
called for in tlio resolution nro matters
of record in tho otllco of tho comp
troller of tho treasury and its passai'u
also would form t clangorous prece
dent, leading to vexatious and em
barrassing rules.
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES
BOILED DOWN.
.Mont Important 1'wntn of llir l'nut Sit
Dit.Mi Carefully Clilli rtnl mill CoiiiIimihi-iI
-- I'ori'lcti mill lliiiiic.lli' Dili ii si Clirnnl
t it'll tor llu IVo'ile to I'.iiul.
Kti'.'thquuke shocks were in portions
of New Hampshire.
It in rumored thai the Chinese loan
has been placed with (ireat Britain.
Fifty lives were lost tit the Ilnininerty
colliery, Itcrchnr.i. Prussia, by an '.
plosion of lire damp.
Spain, it is nai 1. has made full n nl
ogy for the insulting letter of ex-Anihns-,athr
de Lome.
The National Creamery and butter
makers' nssoelal ion began their nlth
nmiiittl session at Topcku Moiiduy.
At Fiudliiy. O.. while trying to 11 r
rest a brace of burglars. Oilleer Holly
was shot uud killed by one of llicin.
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Disputed territory 111 West Africa Is .
a bone ol contention beiween
lt'lWJ twill
uud English, and trouble Is expec
U '1
1 I
soon.
Mrs. .taiuc.s O. West of New York,
visiting at St. Louis, was robbed of
.$7.01111 worth of jewelcry by sneak
thieves.
The Wheeling Iron Steel Co. at
Itellaitc, ().. has shut down us a result
of 1,000 men resisting a 10 per cent cut
in wages.
In tlie presence of l.O'Kl spectators.
(Srorgc Edwards, colored, was hanged
at .Senatobla. Miss., for the murder of
Roxle Williams.
Word has reached Princeton. Intl..
from llelitioiit. IM., Ihat.lolin (iiuran.
in a til of jculousy. shot and killed his
wife and then himself.
In the house of the Illinois legisla
ture Rev. t!. Hriidford, the chaplain,
uttered a fervent prayer for success in
case ot war with Spain.
The populist, convention ucrntly
held in Minnesota deeitled to fuse, in
the coming elections, with the silver
forces of the other parties.
At New Washington, neiir Titllii. 0..
a freight train on the Pennsylvania
' road crashed into a combination coach
and live persons were badly injured.
Sentiment in Paris is shifting in fa
vor of Einile Zola, and his chances for
acquittal seem brighter. The testi-
"' of ""' witnesses Implicates lis-
lernazy.
'I'he body of Miss Francis E. Wilhtrd.
late president of the W. C, T. 1'. has
la-en sent to Chicago in a special coach
tendered by the New York Central
railroad.
ym. . Moodv. n trusted employe of
j the banking firm of Duiilap Itros.. Chi-
cago, was arrested tor embe..iinge.".'.
iiou. A desire to get rich quick was
the cause of Mommy's downfall.
At New Orlean.s the federal court of
appeals decided the government -case
against the noted lilllbuster steamer
"Three Friends." 'i'he decision is
against the owners of the vessel.
The llrstenrn convention ever held in
the I'nitcd States wes the one 'recent
ly held lu Chicago. About l.'iO dele
gates were present, and nearly till the
middle-western states were repre
sented. Ex-tiovernor Holes of Iowti will make
the race for congress In the Third con
gressional district this fall against I)
It. Henderson. .Mr Holes has consent
ed to allow the use of his name by the
democrats for
the nomination.
At 0:1." p. 111., Tuesiluy. Febiiinrj
15, a terrible explosion" took place
on board the I'nitcd States cruiser
Maine, tu Havana harbor. As. vet the
cause of the explosion is not, known.
ITIie explosion shook the whole city
' and windows were broken lu most of
tlie bouses. The wildest consterna
tion prevails in Havana, and the
wharves tire crowded with thousands
of people. Captain Slgsbce and ttic
other otlteers are saved, but It is be
lieved that over too of the crew were
killed. It is believed the explosion
'occurred lit a small powder uiugii.hie.
, Tlie Spanish cruiser Alfonso Nil,
1 nnd Captain (ieneral Hlanco and other
Spanish ofllclals are lending every
'assistance in their power. Captain
1 Slgsbce tuts cabled for a light house
1 tender to take the crew and a few
pieces of equipment stilt above water.
' There are veiv few new develop'iient.s
1 of a startling character in regurd to
1 the Maine disaster. Nearly .'iOO of the
I murines and two oftlccrs are missing
1 and arc counted among the dead. Talk
is rife in both Spain and this country
as to the probable cause of the cxplo
I slon which destroyed the cruiser; vari
ous theories arc held. The navy de
partment will Investigate the matter
. thoroughly. Pending this Investiga
tlon, the puiiiie is uskeil to remain
culm. If the Investigation show's Unit
a torpedo was esplodetl under tlio
Maine war will certainly follow. If it
was the result of an explosion on
board, the situation t 111 be different.
Public sentiment lu the I'nitcd Stutcs
is for war. uud inanj have tendered
their services in cas such occurs. A
diversity of opinion exists among tin
Mil olUelals und others as to whether
tlie explosion was due to accident or
design. The Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
11. now 111 .New ionc nariior, eloscty
guarded to prevent possible harm. The
tension Is tight and the cord of peace
ma3 snap at 11113 u'onicnt. Divers
have been sent to I'.aviuiu to investi
gate the condition of the Maine's hull.
A bill has been introduced in the house
to appropriate SI.000.U00 to replace the
Mulnc. All sorts of rumors nro rife
mill a feverish condition exist-?, which
only oflleiul investigation anil report
can iillay or inflame.
At Tninpieo. Miwlco, tlie new wharf
constructed by the Central railroad,
was destroyed by fire, as was also the
ciistnm house and contents, The en
tire loss is S'.'.ooo.ooo; fully insured.
.Iiidge Sunburn of the I'ttitcd States
court of appeals at St. Louts the other
day decided that death from blood
poisoning caused from :i sore toe, the
skin of which had been tibraiiled liy a
tight shoe, was an accidental death.
The case was that of Sarah I. Smith
against the Western Commercial Trav
elers' association wherein she had been
given a judgment in a lower court for
3.1000. .ludge Sunburn utllrwd tlie
jiulfrsucnt of the lowci c ju
Win. .1. Scan In 11, the Irish singer
nnd character artist, died at Jtloomlng
tlnlo asylum, in New York. He has
been un inmate six years.
Two trainmen were killed nud a
number of passengers were injured by
11 wreck on the Chicago. Milwaukee
St. Paul near Rockford, 111.
The Philadelphia .1- Heading mil
road freight depot ut Philadelphia was
destroyed by lire together with u large
lot of merchandise. Loss estimated at
SP.m.ooo.
The twenty-knot torpedo No. HI,
known in the (Jiiinn. was launched,
nil complete, at Ilcrresholl's yard at
llriston. I!. I. The boat was launched
uulinished several mouth1, ago and
then hauled out again to be completed.
(ieneral Lew Wallace has been chal
lenged to mortal combat by (leorgc E.
Unites, wlio was a private oldler un
der (ienerul (ieorge 15. Mel'lellun. The
casus belli Is 11 statement made by
Wallace nt a recc.nl banquet rcilectin-;
on MeClellun.
Mrs. Ernestine ttcrloch. under arrest
ut Clinton, lu.. for complicity lu thu
milder of her lir-d husband, ('has. Set-
ii'iiincu. mis ivum-isi'ii unit, tier present,
hlls,,liml Tlu., .el.,()l.,. , ,uJiv)n ln
1 1 1 p 1. ....,.
I'll "i t;r l lilt
This evidence cannot bj
,,.,,,1 .w.U.t Ti....t,i,.l. Iw.
llV-l tj til II l llll IIFIJII) IIVI I. CI .
The French populace Is ripe for riot.
Hostility to .lews in Paris is growing
und nil outbreak Is fuivd. Cries of
"Down with Zola," and 'Death to the
.lews," resound on every side Extra
gendarmes are needful to keep down
serious disturbances.
The Madrid, Spain, populace is
greatly enraged owing to the belief
Hint the Spanish government lists apol
ogized to the I tilted Stnt.vs for the De
Lome letter. The people prefer war
to an apology, believing that Spain
will sutler least the rely, as war would
be exceedingly disustroiis to the large
commerce of the Flitted States.
Nat (loodwin and his leading lady,
Muxitic Elliott, were married at Cleve
land. O. Three week's ago (ioodwlti
leeelved olllelul noUce that his former
wife had secured a divorce from him
in New York. Ily tlie decree he was
prohibited from marrying again dur
ing the life of his divorced wife. This
prohibition, while legally operative in
New York, bus no effect in other
states.
A Paris special says: There were
ritous proceedings lifter the adjourn
ment of tlie court and M. Zola narrow
ly escaped being 13'iiehed bj- the mob
outside. The crowd fell back cheering
t'oi- till. Ilflliv. stllrrttiir tin. Mlii-si.lli.lsi
and shouting "Spit upon Zola." Zolu I
left the palace of justice at r::iO p. in.
He was greeted with a storm of hisses
and derisive cries ami the authorities
Mere obliged to protect his carriage
with a double cordon of police.
Summed up briell3, the situation
Monthly morning in regard to tlie
Maine disaster is us follows: Navul
court of inquiry to begin active work
totlaj'. Captain Slgsbce asks for ex
pert divers. Spain disavows expres
sions of talkative naval attache, l' 11 li
ed States government guarding the
Spanish warship Vl.euj'ii in New York
harbor. A I'nitcd States otllccr makes
the declaration that the forward mug
limine of the Maine did not blow up.
uud that investigation will prove his
statement. War department officials
tl eel in
re recent activity simply a part
old program, without bearing on
of tin old program, without bearing
the Maine. Captain Sigsbee denounces
tillegetl interviews with him as fakes.
Robert II. Porter charges treache
and believes 11 crisis is ut hand. Sur
viving sailers at Key West are credited
with sieving they will quit the serviee
if the report of the inquiry shows the
disaster to have been an accident.
The Maine disaster developemontft
up to Tucsduv morning were: The
naval board of inquiry held its first
session at Havana. Captain Slgsbce
was the only witness; Tlie wounded,
both ut llavtinu und Kcv West, are im
proving; (ieneral Lee saj-s tlie Span
iards are in no wuy interfering with
the investigation. Captain Sigsbce Is
anxious that all bodies be recovered
before the cause of tlie wreck is in
quired into; Passengers at New York
troni Havana say the feeling there is
that the explosion wus not accidental.
Tilery declare Americans, tire badly
treated; Premier Sagasta claims to have
treated; Premier Sagasta claims , toi Hive
advices from divers ) going to prove the
accident theory; : I lie hpanlsh wursli n
w UlBuve New rk Ituwluy or J.wl-
ucsdiiy: Howard (.ould has placed lis
yacht at the government's disposal;
The New York Herald bus a dispatch
saying the forward magatne. which
wus supposed to have exploded, bus
beeti found Intact.
Mb-s Frances E. Willard. president
of thc Woman's Christian Temperance
union, died shortly after midnight
Friday morning February 18. at the
Hotel' Empire. New York. Miss Wil
lard had suffered some years with pro
found anemia and on several occasions
hud been given up to die. Frances
Eliaboth Willard was born in Church
villi. N. Y.. September ','3. ISM. She
was graduated at Northwestern female
college. Evanston, 111., in 18.10, became
professor of natural seicner In IBO',' and
was principal of (ienesee Weslcyun
seminary in tSOtS-7. Tlie following two
years she spent in foreign travel, giv
ing a part of the time to study In Purls
und I'ontr Unit nir to neriociicuis. 1
tS71 she was nro feasor of lesthctlen in
Northwestcn university and dean of
woman's college, where she developed
her system of self-government, which
had ucen adopted by other educators.
Miss Willard left her profession In
1671 to identify herself with the W. C
T. I'., servlng'tis corresponding secre
tary ot the national organization until
I87'.. and sice that date us president.
London newspapers make sympathet
ic references to the death of Miss Wil
lard. They all agree thut her death
will be a serious blow to the societies
with which sho was connected.
The bode of former New York Po
lice Coinitdssloner Leonard Welles was
found In the woods recently near
Scotch Pallns, N. .1. Ho had evidently
committed suicide.
It' is probable thut the families of
the victims of tho Maine disaster will
bo cared for the government as were
tho survivors of those who were lost
in tlie Samoun hurricane several years
ago, when forty-four American ntllcers
and sailors were lost from the Is'lpslc,
Vnudullu und Trenton, which were
wrecked on that occasion. Rcpre
rcsentiittve MeClellun of Now York
bus introduced u joint resolution up-prom-iution
jl 10,000 for this purpose.
CONGRESSIONAL CHAT
WEEK'S DOINGS OFNATION
AL LAWMAKERS.
t Ileiirrat Itrsiiiiir of tlm Mixt Import
11 lit Labors of the llonso mill Srimle -I'tci'iitltr
ami Drpurtiiiriitiil Artlr-m
tctl llrlcll).
Hepreseiitntive llltt of Illinois, has
intio.litccd 11 joint resolution appropri
ating one million dollars for the rep
resentation of the I'nitcd States at the
Paris exposition in l'.ioo.
After a spirited debate occupying
more than two hours, the .senate", bj
11 vote of III to '.'H. agreed to the resolu
tion of Mr. Turpie declaring the sen
ate's opposition to the confirmation of I
tlie sale of tlie Kansas Pacillc railroad.
The house put in n biisj- day on the
1.1th. Tlie time was devoted to tlie
consideration of hills and joint resolu
tions presented under the call of com
mittees uud sixteen of more or less
public importance were pa.s-.ed. An
order was also entered 113 unanimous
consent for consideration of the Loud
bill relating to second class mall mat-
i ter on March 1. .'. and :i, and the order
for the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill was inodilied so that the iitnil vote
shall be taken on Saturday instead of
Monthly. tt arranged lust week.
After four 1nys of consideration the
house passetl the bankruptcy bill re
ported by the house committee on
judiciary us a. substitute for the Nelson
bill passed I13' the senate tit. the extra
session last summer. The bill is
known as the Henderson bill, and con
tains both voluntary und involuntary
feutures. it is considered less drastic
than the measure passed 113 the last
house by a vote of 1.17 to 87. The in
voluntary feature, however, had but Hi
majority. A motion to strike out tlie
involutitiir3 feature was defeated by
u majority of nineteen nnd the hill
was passed 13 a majority of twety
three, the vote standing: Aj'cs 1.13.
niij'.H l'.M, Eighteen republicans voted
against the hill, twelve democrats for
it. The populists, with one exception,
voted against it.
Referring to ( ienerul Miles' recent
order totictieral Merritt. commanding
the department of tho east, to imme
diately detail men und otlteers to all
coast defense points where modern
guns tire mounted, it was said at the
war department that while the order
wus issued as reported, it was nothing
more than following out the plan of
the war department formulated sever
al yeurs ago, when tlie present system
of i'OMst !!,'f,'"M' v'"s liiuugnrnted
Tlie
order calls for tit least twenty men
and the necessary ntllcers to take
charge of such coast defense implace
incuts ;is have been completed nnd
turned over to the war department. It
is said that a detail of twenty men. so
far from being an effective' fighting
force, is barely sutllclent to property
care for the proportj.
Senator Thurston was heard in de
I bate during tlie last week upon the
I resolution introduced bj- Senator Tur
1 pie declaring tt was the sense of the
1 senate that the Kansas Paeitie should
not be sold for a less sum than the
principal und interest due tlie govern
' ineiit. Senator Thurston believes that
the government would be well paid if
it. received tlie nrlnelnul dun unci thinks
that the interest could well be passed
vcr in view of the great benefit that
ine couniiw nail reccivea inrougn me
building of tlie Kansas Pacific road.
This was the view entertained 13 tlie
senator regarding the sale of the
I'liion Pacific, from which the I'nitcd
States flnulty received thirteen millons
more than the amount which it was as
serted in congress would be pigment
in full of all rightful obligations due
to it from tlie United Stutcs.
Senator Allen lias introduced in tlie
senate a 1)111 for the establishment of
ordinary wagon roads uud animal trails
across Indian reservations. The hill
entrusts the scereturj of the interior
with tiutliorlty to establish wagon
roads or cattle'trails across 11113 Indian
reservation under such regulations and
prescriptions us 111113 appear to tiitn
just nnd reasonable. The blil provides
that such roads or trulls cannot be
laid across lauds allotted and taken in
severally and iietunllv used for ugri
lultl)I.at pUr,M)SW.. The law upon this
, , t ft , , U( t,
,, ml1MH to ffrnnt trui privileges at a
nomllllll ,.,.,, per l,c, .1, by and with
, t ft ', hPur'tuvv of thc
interior. Various pnrties in Nebraska
have reccntty uttc mpted to obtain the
consent of the Sioux Indians in Ne
braska and South Dakota for thc cstub
lishinent of a cattle trail across the
reservation, but the Indians declined
to grunt the request. Should this bill
pass the consent of the Indians would
not hereafter be necessary
During the discussion of the bank
ruptcy 1)111 in the house, Judge Strode
obtained the lloor and made a vigorous
speech in favor of the Immediate pas
sage of the bill, which, lie said, was
tlie most Important measure. In his
opinion, that had been up for con
sideration during the present session
of congress, .ludge Strode has all
along been working earnestly among
the members of the judielaiy com
mittee hiiving tho bill In charge and
ls upon the lloor of the house. In favor of
1 a bankruptcy bill along the lines of
the Kelson bill and continuing involun
tary features only tn case of fraud.
Judge Strode, however, lias frequently
stated-that while he preferred u bill
having the voluntary clause as its
principal feature, it was his belief and
the belief of his constituents who had
communicated with hint on the subject,
thut any kind of a bill giving relief to
merchants and 'business men of the
west now suffering from the effects of
tlie pimie would bo acceptable and for
this reason spoke in favor of tho pas
sage of the pending measure.
In reply to an inquiry Into tho pres
ent status and prospects of the natlati
nl university enterprise, ex-tiovernor
lloyt, chairman of thu national com
mittee, says good progress seems to be
making in ull quarters unless it be in
the seniite. There opposition has oc
curred of ecclesiastical origin in tlio
committee, and this, In connection
with other circumstances, tius slinpty
ilelayed action. Nevertheless the
friends of the measure are confident of
oarty and favorable results.
The steamer Flachata from Mar
seilles for Colon was totally wrecked
near Ca 111113 islands,
the crew and ntno
Thirty-eight of
passengers were
lot,U
The President iiu ordered, on ac
count of the Maine disaster, that until
further notice the flag ut till nnv3
yards und on navul vessels at posts,
army hc-idquurtcr.s and on ull public
bultiliiigs shall be hulf-mastcd.
."'eniitor Allen introduced the follow
'ng resolution: Resolved. That the
committee 011 naval affairs be and is
herclty dlretcd to make a thorough In
quiry' Into the destruction of the
battleship Maine in Havana harbor on
the 1.1th Inst., unit report to the sen
iite. The resolution was pa-sed with
out a word of debate.
Sir Julian Puunccfotc had advisee",
tlie secretary of state of (Strut lirltian's
consent that our military expedition
to the Klondike shnll pass over lltltlsti
territory provided the ttrnis uud am
munition go through Canadian terri
tory us baggage. An escort of domin
ion police will lie furnished. The
proposition will be accepted.
Minister Corea lias informed the
state depart incut that he lias received
a cablegram from the diet of the
(renter Republic of Central America
nnd from tlie president of the state of
Nicaragua in forming him that the
invaders who entered that state a few
days ago have been utterty routed, uud
thut consequently the republic is still
ut pence, all of tlie inhabitants being
engaged in their usual occupations.
The senate committee on education
nnd labor decided I13' it unanimous vote
to report favorably 'the bill prepared
13 the truiiuneiit 'of the coitntty, iinil
reccntty Introduced in the senate by--Senator
Kyli, providing for the urbit
ration of railroad atrlkes I13' a board
chosen b3 the strikers and the inter
state commerce commission. It was
the opinion that the passage of the hill
would put an end to railroad strikes.
Senator Morrill of Vermont is op
posed to the ratitlcation of the Ha
waiian annexation treaty. His speech
was intended to show that tlie acqui
sition of tlie Hawaiian islands would
lie tiguinst both good policy and the
traditions of tills county. He had at
v113s stood against the acquisition of
distuut hinds, and was still opposed to
that policy sis one calculated to under
mine the Integrity of the republic.
Representative Mercer is confident
that the senate amendment to the In
dian appropriation bill providing for
the Indian congress at the trans-Mis-slsslppi
exposition will be uccepted 113
the committee of the house now con
sidering the bill. No vote bus been
taken but Mr. Mercer bus polled the
committee and is confident that a ma
jority of tlie members will vote for its
adoption. Judge Strode presented pe
titions of citicitsof Cass county, pray
ing for the passage of ttie immigration
bill.
Secretuiy fhige pointed with u great
deal of interest to the fact that the
customs receipts for ttiis fiscal jcar,
tit least, liuve overtaken the receipts
for the .same period of tlie Inst fiscal
year. The total receipts so far this
fiscal year lias reached SSH.OSO.MM,
while for the same period of tlie last
fiscal year the receipts were SiS.OHO,
00.1. Secretary (iagu sees in these re
ceipts, with the income from other
sources, tin escape from tlio usual
deficit.
A delegation appointed at tlio Lin
coln, Neb., irrigation conference last
autumn had a hearing before the house
committee on the irrigation of arid
hinds. They wanted the Carey act
amended so us to provide for better
contracts between the states and part-,
les undertaking irrigation projects
and the suspension for six months of
the operations of the Carey act so us to
allow stutcs to perfect their surveys
and perforin the conditions required
by the act. Meanwhile no entries on
these hinds in to be permitted and in
tlie event of the states fulling to com
ply In that period tlie lands are to re
vert to the L' lilted States.
A sweeping reduction of over 83,000,
000 from the amount carried 13 the
current law Is matte tn the sundry ctvil
appropriation bill reported to the house
the other day, the aggregate appropri
ation curried being St 1,703, 8tn. The
tatul is 813,','3 1,300 less than the regu
lar und supplemental olllelul estimates
made for thu llcsal year of lSi!, anil
Si,881.S00 less than the appropriation
made for thu current fiscal year. The
lilll Imposes u number of new limita
tions and places all court bouses, cus
tom hout-cs, postofllees, appraisers'
stores, barge olllees, sub-treasuries and
public buildings under the exclusive
jurisdiction and control and in tlio
custody of the secretary of the treas
ury, it limits the expenditures for
the erection of barrack's unit quarters
for artillery In connection witli tlie
project udo'pted for seacoast defense at
tiny one point to $.10,000 for one bat
tery post and $2.1,000 additional for
each additional battery.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Mr. Alien of Nebraska Thurs
day: Resolved, Thut tho committee
on naval affairs be directed to make
nn immediate and thorough investiga
tion into thu cause of the disaster to
thu battleship Maine in the harbor of
Havana on tlie 1.1th inst. and report to
the senate. Mr. Allen objected to
having the resolution sent to the com-'
niittee on naval affairs. "We of us."
said he, "who are not members of tho
navul affairs committee or of tho
foreign relations committee, cannot
get information from the departments
about these things. Wc lire shut out
as completely as tf we wero private
etti.ens, I think I ought to get my
information, and I am deeply interest
ed in tills matter, through the com
mittee on naval affairs in this senate.
I tlo not care to debate this matter or
to indulge in any extended discussion
of it. What I want is action by the
committee that will give us Informa
tion." Mr. Chandler objected to tho
resolution anil It went over. The.
day following, Friday, when tlio res
olution was before the senate, a very
warm debute ensued, after which the
resolution went to the culenJur.
Tho house committee on Indian af
fulrs finished the Curtis bill reorgan
izing the Indian territory unci author
ized a favorable report to the house.
The senate has passed thu hiuse Joint
resolution appropriating S'.'OO.OOO for
the recovery ot the Mtiine and it will
now go to the president for approvul.
Tho bill designating 1'ort Arthur,
Tex., us 11 port of entry is now tn tlio
hands of the wirys and menus com
mittee, but a report on it is expected
within a short time. The bill might
liuve been ut ready reported on fuvor
ably but for the light being made on it
before tho committee. .
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