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AMERICA NOTIFIES SPAIN
WE'LL TAKE THE GROUP.
Batted States to Auaw Only th Liabili
ties IncarreU' In Improving th Iiland
JoU -St Operating Against th In
argents Mail B rJoru by Spaniard
rAHts, Nor, 1. The American peace
commissioners, each carrying a port
folio containing records and personal
Biemorandn, left their headquarters In
the Continental hotel for the meeting
with tho Spanish commissioners, at
the foreign office, shortly before 3
o'clock this aftornon. Tho president
of tho Spanish commission, Senor
Montoro Rlos, whoso health at ono
time was so precarious as to threaten
an indefinite adjournment of tho ses
sions of tho commission, had improvod
sufficiently to pcrtntt his attondauco at
to-day's meeting, lie arrlred at tho
forolgn oillco in a clos:d carriage with
his colloagucs shortly after tho Ameri
cans reached the meeting place.
Shortly after 3 o'clook tho ten com
talssioners confronted each other
across tho table on which, iu 1783,
Benjamin Frnnklln and his colleagues
signed the treaty of Independence of
tho United States.
Tho session lasted llttlo moro than
an hour. The American .commissioners
presented a written expression of tho
purpose of the United States to take
the entlro group of Philippine islands
and tho Unttod States agrcos to assumo
tuoh proportldn of the Philippine debt
as has bcon lncurrod for the benefit of
tho islands or tholr inhabitant in
public works, Improvements aud per
manent betterments.
It was also sot forth that tho United
States would not assumo any part of
tbo Phlllpplno debt which had boon
inccurred by Spain for thofurthoranco
of military or naval operations to quoll
Insurrection of tho natives.
The sosslon was adjourned until Fri
day, in order to glvo tho Spaniards
time to proparo a reply.
Paws, Nov. 1. Thcro Is a strong
Impression which has bison growing
here recently that the Spanish, upon
receiving definite assurances of tho
Amorican determination to take tho
entlro Philippine group, would quit
the eonferenco and all negotiations aro
modified by tho attitude of tho Spanish
newspapers arriving horo to-day.
These aro found to have wheoled Into
line with the Epoca of October 27,
which demanded that the Spanish
commissioners should sign a treaty In
Paris, no matter how onorous tho con
Itions imposed by tho Americans.
Nevertheless, dosplto this attitude
of the Madrid press, and dcsplto the
denial given on Friday last by a Span
ish commissioner, who denied that the
Spaniards had any intention of with
drawing, tho Americans horo will not
be surprised if ono or more of tho
8pnlsh commissioners resign and
practically close the negotiations.
CUBANS ARE OFFICESEEKERS,
NICARAGUA'S VIEW OF IT
Onl
Th Maritime Company's Contract
Nominally la Tore.
New Yoke, Nov. 1. -The Now York
Herald's correspondent at Managua
sables that President Zolaya, in his
xnessago to tho Nlcaraguau congress,
called in extraordinary session, pre
sents clearly the NIcaraguan vlow of
the situation, shared alike by tho gov
ernment and tho people In substance
he Bftld: "I shall glvo you an account
of a promtso of a contract for tho open
ing of an intcroccanlo canal through
our Isthmus granted toCragln & Fryo,
representing a respectable syndlcato
of American capitalists, The govern
ment lias formed a clear and woll do
ll nod opinion that tho Cardenas Mcon
cal oontruot of March, 1837 (the Marl
time company's contraot) has boon
forfeited for non-fulfillment of its
most essontlal claims and for tho
abandonment of work for nine
consecutlvo yoarsj but wishing
to' avoid annoying discussions
that might bring difficulties,
owing to tho malice with whloh soma
proceed where Interests aro at stake,
the government has cludod all possible
trouble by not deolarlng tho forfeiture
of that contraot and by giving Cragln
& Fyro a promise- that shall tako ef
fect when tho protended rights of the
old contractors aro dlsposod of or com
pletely extinguished.
"xuo promise maue to uragin re uyro
la basod on tho socurlty of the reputa
tion and standing of tho parties wo
aro dealing with and on tho deposit of
100,000 In gold, lly comparing tho
contract of J 687 with this ono you will
observo that this future ono is fur
supcrlot. It is moro praoticablo, yet
encourages and assures hotter foreign
capital In undertaking bo great un
cntcrprlso aud ono that carries
with It so many oventualltlos. It
is also In many wnys moro ad
vantageous to Nicaragua. It is
truo the contraot of 1887 promlsos tho
canalisation of tho Trlpapo river be
tween Lakes Managua and Nicaragua,
but Cragin & Fyro offer something
more positive- in a line of iutoroceunlo
transportation from tho Atlantlo to
the Paclflo that shall become com
pleted three years after tho company
U organized;
Two of th Member! of the Hrluon Mlu
litry Hold Overt
rARis, Nov. I. The now cabinet
has just bcon announced. It is consti
tuted as follows: M. Oupuy, premier
and mlulfifr of tho interior; M. Do
VreycjtEnVHthi,Ister of war; M. Look-
rot in time. Rota wmarlno; M. Delcasso,
Winn affairs: M. Pevtralt
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'tructlonj M. Lobrot,
, M, Delonlolo, rain-
VT lulltf.lnn iiiIm.
,-M. Vigler, minis
(grants, wiuia.ui
anrat Wood Detngd With Applies
tlon From Them.
MANZAKtt.r.o, Nov. 1. -The visit of
General Leonard Wood, governor of
the military department of Santiago,
has been instrumental In bringing all
tho elements among the Cubans to tho
front. No fewor than 2,000 insurgents,
of whom 000 aro officers, want offices,
and their olamor amounts almost to a
demand.
Thoro aro two lending factions, one
headed by General Jesus Itabl and the
other by Genor&l Rlos. At present,
most of tho offices are hold by repre
sentatives of tho Robl faction, Includ
ing tho mayoralty and tho custom
house Inspectorships. General Wood,
In order to pacify tho Kios fac
tion, has given them six post
tlons on tho rural pollco force
and has tnrnod over to ono of their
people the lighthouse at Capo Cru-j,
together with soverul other minor ap
pointments. Hut neither party is
satisfied, each thinking that it ought
to havo all the offices. General Illos
does not dare express his opinion pub
licly on Oonoral Itabl, but ho feels
that this is his district, ns he has had
the nominal ohargo of it for three
years, and that it ought to belong to
him, so far as appotntmonts of Cubans
to office aro concerned, and all tho
more so because ho represents General
Callxto Garcia.
Tho majority of tho Insurgents hero
have no money nnd go about living
from hand to mouth and wondering
what will happen next. Armed men
are not allowed rations. Ao the Cubans
will not disband and will not work,
nothing remains for them but to strut
around tho city, with machetes nnd re
volvers. Somo of them aro nearly
naked; others appear In long-legged
patent leathor boots with silver spurs,
currying superbly wrought Toledo
machetes. A few wear immaculato
white suits and Panama hats. These
are, for tho most part, the New York
contingent, each man now a verltablo
bombatcs furioso.
General Wood and Colonel Tottlt ro
gard the outlook as rather discourag
ing. Still, they hope that some means
may Boon bo found to break up tho
Cuban army. The mombers of tho
rauk and fllo aro anxious to go to
work, but the loaders refuse to allow
them to do bo, and the men do not
dare to do so, as thoy would certainly
bo shot if captured.
General Wood Is hoping that the
other towns he will visit in his trip
around the province will not present
the same vexatious conditions as pro
vail hero, whore tho Cuban problem la
presented in a very difficult form, the
most difficult he has yet encountered,
Man Meeting la Sua Jean.
Bait Joak di Porno Rico, Nov. 1.-
Tho principal theater of the city was
taxed to its utmost capacity Sunday
uttcrnoon on the occasion of a publlo
meeting of delegates from the chief
towns of the island to consider and
draft recommendations regarding the
necessities of the island for the use of
the special commissioners who will bo
selected later to represent Porto Rtco
at Washington, when tho time comes
for settling tbo administrative system.
Tho assembly was fairly representa
tive, and although the proceedings
gavo undue prominence to unimpor
tant details, there was abundant evi
dence of intelligent reflection on the
part of the dolegatcs, and of a deter
mination not to tolerate partisan poli
tics at this crisis in the island's af
fairs. Carefully prepared reports wore sub
mitted by the political, social and
economical committees.
The mooting received with enthu
siasm the resolutions demanding the
territorial rights, tho cessation of tho
present military rule and tho instalkv
tlon of regular civil government.
Bampeon Stayed Away Again.
Havana, Nov. 1. -Rear Admiral
Sampson did not attend the sorvlces
yesterday In tho Independent church,
as ho had been advortlscd to do. This
fact has given a great deal of satis
faction to Americans here, who feared
that his prcsenco might bo used to
glvo a semi-official Indorsement to an
anti-Catholic meeting.
IS A CRISIS AT HAND?
ENGLAND VERY ACTIVE IN
WAR PREPARATIONS.
OeTtoMl entered to Dal and Ship Tf
pared for righting Bertie Volunteer
Oaseen Said t Have Receded DIrec
tloai for Immediate Mobilisation.
NEWS IN BRIEF,
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Toledo, Ohio. Tho young son of
Jacob Grcon, whlo going through tho
barnyard at Rucyrus, was attacked by
a flock of geese. Ho was knooked
down and his nose and cars were torn
off and his face badly bitten, Ills
calls brought help, but ho was senso
less when found and tho geeso were
still tearing him to pieces. n
Norwich, Conn. David A. Wells,
tho economist, is not seriously 111, ac
cording to his physician. Mr. Wolls Is
70 years old, and recently took cold,
which aggravated his dobilltated con
dition. II o Is In no lmmcdluto daugcr
of dying. '
St. Louis, Mo. John F. Coyle, Nine
teenth infantry, stationed ut Porto
Rico, hero on a furlough, was
shot to death by John Dcrr, of Com
pany A, Twenty-first infantry, sta
tioned at Plattsburg, N, Y., also here
on a sick furlough. Tho affair oc
curred" In a Baloon. Witnesses say
Coylo attempted to stab Derr with a
knlfo and Dcrr shot In solf-defonso.
New York. Silvia Catharine Coffin,
a Red Cross nurso who did noble work
(luring tho war with Spain, died at tho
Post Qruduato hospital of typhoid
fever contracted lu tho service of the
country. She was ono of tho first
women to voluntcor for service in th
war lu Cuba.
Omaha, Nob George Solf, a mem
ber of tho United States marluo corps,
died hero of typhoid fover. Solf is tho
first member of tho marlno corps to dio
from disease since tho bcglnulngof the
campaign against Spuln.
Lowdon, Nov. 1. -There was an un
expected gloomy feeling this morning
upon the stock exchange and the Paris
bourse. Both theso markets were In
fluenced, it 1b Inferred, from ihe ag
gressive tone of borne of tho French
papers.
Resides this, something extraordi
nary seems to have happened nnd it
looks as if a crisis woro approaohing.
The Ilrlllsh cmorgency squadron in
gathering at Dovonport with all possi
ble speed. Seven battle ships and ono
cruiser havo thus far been designated
to join tho squadron.
Officers and sailors have bcon hur
riedly recalled from leave of absence,
sevoral battleships and cruisers at
Portsmouth are taking their full crows
on board and other worllko prepara
tions are making. Signal men now on
duty with the British channol squad
ron have been ordered homo for ser
vice, It Is presumed on board tho aux
iliary cruisers.
A Bonsation has bcon caused by tho
arrest of a supposed Russian spy nt a
fort near Harwich. The man was al
ready under survcillanca and went to
a redoubt, where. ho trlod to obtain
somo information from a sentry re
garding tho fortifications. llo wat
promptly arrested.
ORDERS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
It was also asserted to-day that the
commanding officers of tho London
volunteer regiments had received or
ders to proparo for immediate mobili
sation, and it was asserted that the
differcut artillery corps havo been in
formed as to tho forts on tho southern
and eastern coasts to which they havo
been allotted.
Tho Pall Mall Gazetto says: "Eng
land has been and even now is bo near
war that tho government has carried
Us preparations to the farthest limit
of the preparatory stago. It has been
arranged to call out the reserves and
militia and to mobilize tho volunteers
simultaneously and to form large
camps ut various important railroad
junctions where rolling stock and lo
comotives will be concentrated.
ViCToniA, D. a, Nov. 1. Commo
tion prevails at Esqulmault and in the
clubs of the city frequented by naval
men. Admiral Palllsor Is said to havo
received a long cipher roessago in
the admiralty and immediately her
majesty's ship Amphlon, the fastest
eruiser on the atatlon, was ordered to
prepare for sea. She will sail at onco
for Coqulmbo to meet her sister ship,
Phaeton, and from there tho two will
proceed to Tahiti, tho French settle
ment of the Society islands.
The flagship Imparleuse, which has
just returned from Coraox, is also coal
ing, and the Leandcr has boon ordered
to also return from Comox to preparo
for any movo that may bo decided
upon. The other ships here are the
Dirlget Sparrowhawk and Icaruv Tho
opinion among naval men Is that Eng
land is dispatching fleets from Halifax
to tho West Indies and from Esqul
mault to Tahiti to show tho French
how uttorly her colonics would bo at
the mercy of the British should she
xnako any warlike movements.
CZAR AND KAISER INTERESTED,
Pabib, Not. 1. The Eclalre- says it
learna on rollablo authority that tho
Fiishoda question will be settled favor
ably to Great Britain by tho recall of
Major Merchant!. France, the paper
adds, ylolds all, reserving only tho
question of tho right to the Bahr-cl-Uhasal
district, which she docs not
consider as belonging to Egypt.
Tho Eclalre remarkM "M. Delcasso,
howevor, has now decided to raise the
wholo Egyptian question, which should
have boon done from the flrst.and thus
avoid tho humiliation of yielding to
tho British ultimatum. When tho ques
tion is thus enlarged, Frauco will not
be alone in its discussion with tho
Marquis of Salisbury. Egypt inter
ests all tho. powers. Russia has
promised M. Delcasso Its most effect
ive assistance, and, besides, Germany
has the blggost interest, in vlow of
her East African possessions and trade
in the Far East, that tho Suez canal
should not becomo exclusively British.
It is disposed to support Franco-Russian
arguments for a doflnite settle
ment of tho Egyptian question."
TIED THEMSELVES TOGETHER,
A Man and Woman Thon-jlit Tlioy IId
Mad Sure of Suicide by Drowning.
Ci.kvki.and, 0 Nov. 1. Roso Laurcr
aged 23, aud J. E. Clccknor, aged 3,
walked out to tho ond of the dock of
tho Cleveland Yacht olub this morning
nnd tied themselves togethor with
strips torn from a sheet. Thoy jumped
Into tho lake.
Two Lake Shore railroad detectives
dived into the ley water after tho con
plo. Tho man and woman hod buuIc
several times, but wcro rescued after a
long struggle Both woro taken to a
hospital
feckijer ts a conductor on tho Cleve
land A; Pittsburg road. Beyond saying
that they were tired of living tho man
and woman would irlvo no reason for
tholr attempted suicide.
BETTER ARMS FOR THE NAVY
English Torpedo Tabus and Six-Inch Gone
to be Vied.
WAsnmoToif, Nov. I. That thi
latest Improvements in the manufact
ure of ordnance may 'bo obtained foi
fnture men-of-war, orders have been
given to Commander F. O. Pendleton,
superintendent of the gun factory, to
go to England to inspect tho method!
pursued thero in the construction ol
guns, mounts, torpedo tubes, etc.
Wire wound guns, which havo been
so successfully developed for the En
glish navy, will be carefully examined
by tho vlsltlrg officer, and, as' under
water dlschargo tubes for torpodoi
havo been adopted for the battlo shlpi
Missouri and Ohio, he will learn thi
method of their manufacture at thi
ordnanco works of tho Armstrongs.
Tho department has purchased th
right to use tho method of manufacture
of undcr-watcr dlschargo tubes from
the Armstrongs and has also bought
tho right to use tho breech mechanism
of guns built by Vlckors' Sons aaV
Maxim.
Tho C-inch rapid firing gun built bj
Maxim is ono of tho latest weapons oi
thatcalibor constructed. Thoy have
made a splendid record in recent firing
trials. In this gun tho powder ana
projectilo are separated, while In the
0-inch rapid firing guns of tho United
States navy the Bhell and powdor arc
combined by means of a cartridge case.
A C-inch gtin, on plans somewhat
similar to those followed in tho con
struction of the Vickers gun, was ro
ccntly butlt. The tests of this weapon
at tho proving grounds havo demon
strated its value, and all 0-lnch gum
will be constructed on tho same lines.
Tho new type is 45-callbor in length,
weighs eight tons and is dcslgr.o 1 for
a muzzlo velocity of 3,003 feet a second.
It is tho Intention of the ordnance
bureau to equip no more protected or
unprotected cruisers with torpedo
lubes, tho authorities being pretty
well convinced there is no necessity
for them. Water-discharged tubes
will bo supplied to armored cruisers
and battlo ships.
Captain Charles O'NcIl's recommend
ation that a uniform caliber of email
arms be adopted for tho uso of the
army, navy and marine corps has at
tracted considerable attention in the
army and navy clroles. It is expected
that Secretary Long will indorse a bill
providing for co-operation on tho part
of the navy and array to obtain a uni
form arm. Tho callbor of tho Lee
small arise in use in tho navy In .283,
while that of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle
is .3a The army is convinced that the
Krag-Jorgensen rifle is best for its use,
while tho navy assorts that the Leo la
superior. It is not believed that any
great objection would bo raised by tho
navy to increasing tho caliber of its
gun to .30. so- that cartridges manu
factured for the Lee might be used for
the Krag-Jorgensen.
INDIANS GOOD. BUT LAZY,
An Agent Tell' Mow Worthier an Xdaba
Trlke 1.
Wabuinotos",. Nov. 1. The majority
of the annual reports of tho Indian
agents to tho commissioner of Indian
affairs are of an encouraging nature.
Some of tho reports, however, aro not
so gratifying and make somo surpris
ing statements. Unuaual in an annual
report is tho following arraign
ment in tho report of R. M. Year In, In
charge of the Lcmhl agency in
Idaho. He says in part: "These
Indians as a tribo are honest and
peaceable and kindly disposed, but are
about as degraded, and ungrntoful a
set as one finds. They havo been hu
mored and, like spoiled children, want
things their way, and their condition,
rnodo of living and barbarlo practices
should indicate that unduo concessions
havo boon made on the part of agents.
Whllo somo will avail themselves oi
tho opportunity of earning tholr living
by civilized pursuits, others lead a
lazy, vagabond life.
"They nro addicted to gambling,
horse racing and dancing, and the in
fluence of the so-called 'medicine-man'
operates to tho disadvantage of tho
tribo.
"Morally these Indians are prac
tically tho samo as thoy were twenty
years ago; financially they aro but
llttlo bettor off. Aside from a few
small farms, wagons and farming Im
plements, held by somo of the more
oncrgetio and industrious, thoy have
comparatively nothing except a great
number of worthless pontes. No
horned stock Is owned in tho tribe."
J, R, Jewell, in charge of tho Now
York agency, In his report, alleges
that after careful investigation tho
funds of tho Seneca nation uro almost
wholly absorbed by tho officers of the
nation, and that thoy are in collusion
with white men for such purpose."
A REFUSAL P110MBLE,' MAY block THE CANAL W0RI&
PARIS THINKS SPAIN WILL
NOT SETTLE.
French rapcr. Snppoeed to Hefleet
ByanUh Tlewi, Think th Conquered
Nation Will Tnra to th rowers
London Is Much. Pleaeed.
if
roNcr, Nov. 1. A sonsatlon was
caused hero on tho arrival of the Red
lno steamer Philadelphia from the
Spanish main, by tho discovery In the
handbags of two passengers of a nutn
bor of exploslvo cartridges containing
dynamite. The discovery was made
by tho customs officials aud tho pas
senircrs wero arrested, on tho supposl-
I tlon that they aro anarchists.
Bolillxrj i:xj)lro from four.
KffoxvnxK, Tenn., Nov. 1. Fear of
death and tho sight of tho dead body
of a comrada caused tho death of two
mombors of tho Third North Carolina
regiment in tho Second division hos
pital here.
Private nenry Johnson died late In
tho afternoon, His death throes, which
wcro terrible to see, were witnessed by
Prlvato Christopher Reaves, who
raised himself from his cot, looked at
his comrado a few mlnutos and full
back dead.
Tho news of tho last death was
given Corporal Thomas Reaves a few
minutes later. Ho began mourning
over the death of his brother and died
in spito of all the surgeons could do
for hlin.
FAntB, Nov. 2. The French papers
Jerlve their nowq of tho work of the
peace commission from Spanish
sources, and therefore tho morning
papers here to-day aro interesting an
Indicating tho atmosphere in Spanish
quarters nnd tho trond of French
views and tendencies. It must bo re
called that the Spaniards have utterly
accepted tho refusal of the United
States to assumo any of tho Spanish
debt and the Cuban question has bcon
tet away to await Us placo in tho final
treaty, providing differences on tho
question of the Philippine islands
shall not prevent tho making of any
treaty. As the wholo Is composed of
Its ports, so must tho Philippine ques
tion bo mutually agreed on or ndne of
those questions previously agreed on
will find a place in tho treaty.
The Paris press to-day indicates a
tendency to confuse tho situation. Tho
Matin, in reviewing it, Bays: "It is
well understood that tho cession
of Porto Rico was tantamount to tho
payment of a war indemnity in cash
tnd entirely freed Spain from any sub
cqucnt repetition upon the subject."
Turning back to Cuba, the Matin re
marks: "Tho Spaniards declined to
concur In separating tho debt from tho
pledge, tho mortgage from the loan,
and as It was iraposslblo to reach an
understanding they asked that at least
the order of the protocol bo Inverted
aud that tbo. question of tho Philip
pines bo previously discussed, that
question possibly offering tho Ameri
cans an opportunity for tendering
some compensation for tho enormous
sacrifices thoy havo- forced upon tho
conquered. The Amorlcans finally ac
ceded to tho chnngo and only asked
the Spaniards to accept provisionally
the clauses rotating to tho- Cuban debt,
with tho reservation that tho accept
ance could be withdrawn' it no agree
ment was reached as to tho Philip
pines."
Itofcrrlng to yesterday's meeting tho
Matin says: "Tho Spaniards said they
would make their answer known Fri
day. But it is easy to foresee wnat it
will be a refusal, precise ana lormai.
The Spanish plenipotentiaries have
made tip their minds, In tho event of
the United States adverting- to the
Philippine proposition, to decline sign
ing" the act of peace, to break off the
negotiations and to call upon tho civ
ilized; nations to witness the abuse of
force to which they will be subjected
tnd' the violation of tho provisions set
forth. In tho Washington protocol."
Tho Gaulols remarks: "Tho Span
lards will novcr agree to abandon the
irchlpclago withput compensation,
tnd we believe tho Amorlcans intend
to suggest that they will assume the
Philippine dobt. Wo hopo the negotl
ttlonB will not bo broken, but Spain,
t is given out as certain, woutd tako
uch a course rather than submit to
humiliating terms."
London, Nov. 1. Tho Times, editor
ially, expresses Its frank satlofaotion
at tho decision of the United States
commissioners to take tho Philippine
Islands. It says:
"The arrangement Is undoubtedly
tho best that could bo made for both
the Inhabitants and for all interested
In tho trade and progress ot the Far
Hast. Upon this point, as upon
Hhers, Spain has no choice- but to
field; sinco her warmest partisans no
longer maintain that she has elthor
tho means or the wish to. r enow tho
war. Tho name Irresistible- loglo of
facta controls the question) of the Cu
ban debt Tho United States can dic
tate their own terms.
"At the samo time, wo are bound to
draw attention to tho serious conse
quences of tho policy upon which the
American delegates havo Insisted."
Iteoall Will II. Iiweffeotl-.
Washington, Nov. 3.Tho request
of the First Colorado, infantry to bo'
returned from Manila to tho United!
States cannot be grantod by the war
deportment. It was stated by officer)
of tho army to-day that suoh requests,
had been frequent from soldiers of
volunteer organizations who enlisted
to fight but did not enlist for c-arrlson
duty. Nothing could bo done, the offi
cer said, until Congress shall meot nnd
provldosome kind of n force to. tako
tho place of tho volunteers.
The President will probably recom
mend to Congress an increase ot tho
army to something liko 100,000 men,
although ho may think that 73,000 is
enough. Thoro has been some talk of
enlisting for garrison duty two com
panies, or a battalion, of natives to
each regiment doing garrison duty In
uuua, i-orio uico nnu me rnllipplncs.
It is believed that the demands which
havo been made upon senators and
( representatives for tho muster out ot
volunteer regiments and the dlschargo
oi volunteers in regimen is whloh have
remained in tho service has been so
great that they will be oonvlncod that
a regular army for garrison duty iq
tho now possessions Is a necessity.
reek Presented to Treitdent Four.
Paihb, Nov. 1. Tho United States
ambassador, General noraoo Porter,
presented Ferdinand W. Peck, tho
United States commissioner to tho
Paris exposition of 1000, and tho lav
tor's colleagues to Presldoat Fauro thli
morninj.
Washington Minor Make a IUeli Strllto
In tho Repnbllo Mine, ,
SroicANE, Wash., Nov. 3. A big
strllto of gold has been mado in the
Repnblio mine, eighty miles north ot
hero. At a level of 43J foot, tho minora
have reached a vein twenty-four feet
in thickness. Tho vein is nowhere
smaller than flvo feet and widens in
places to twenty -flvo feet. The ore is
worth 8300 a ton. Tho roino is eighty
miles from a railroad, all tho oro be
ing smelted at the mine. Tho run will
average $1,000 a day with plenty ot
oro to last for sovoral years. Republic,
stock cannot bo bought.
The Itt-st Nlc-nrngtin t'anrr.ton Only
Bpccnlnt'on.
WAsniKOTOX, Nov. 2 Thero appoam
to havo been good reason for the
prompt action of the Nlcoraguan con
gress In ratifying the new agreement
entered Into between tho president,
Zelaya, with Fyro A Cragln for the
NIcaraguan canal concession. Nicar
agua will cease to exist as a ropubli
to-day, and any future action respect
ing foreign concession in conncotton
with tho canal will havo to be taken
by tho "Unltod States of Control
America," comprising what, will'-hereof
tor bo kuown as tho states of Hon
iuros, Salvador and Nicaragua.
As understood hero, these gentle
men havo not actually obtatnod the
concession for building tho canal this
Is not ndmlsslblo under tho present
terms of tho contract with tho Mar
Itlmo Canal company but an option,
whloh gives them the right to con
struct tho canal when tho contract
now held by tho Maritime Canal com
pany Bhall lapse. Whatever may be
tho technical nomo for the agreemont
which has bcon recently enterod Into
there seems llttlo doubt that Fyro A
Cragln havo obtained from tho NIcar
aguan government an important and
valuable privilege which will havo to
be considered when tho time comca for
tho Unltod States government to take
hold of tho project.
After to-day tho notional ami Inter
national affairs of Nicaragua, Hondu
ras ond Salvador will bo conducted by
a provisional government This- gov
ernment will bo inaugurated to-day
and will be located at Amapalpa, Hon
duras. In aocordanco with the now con
stitution recently agreed upon by thw
thrco countries, a provisional govern
ment, comprising a delcgato from each
of the throe states, to sit at tho point
named, t to havo control of all na
tional, international and intornal af
fairs until March 15, when a prosldont
of "EstadoA Unidos do Ccntro Amor
lea" is- to bo olectcd.
The presidents respectively of Hon
duras, Salvador and Nicaragua will
hereafter bo known as govornors, and'.
all tho congresses will become legis
latures, oa with our own states.
In1 granting-to anothor company tho
right to- build the Nicaragua canal,
provided tho contract now hold by the
Maritime Canal company lapses oa a
result ot falluro to carry out its torms,
Nicaragua has- greatly embarrassed
the American administration. The
embarrassment of tho administration
lies ln tho fact that it has indorsod tho
project of the-Marltlme Canal company
and that' bills' are now pending in Con
gress providing-government aid in the
construction ot tho canal, onoof whloh,
it is expected; will pass during the
coming sesslom
From the way tho authorities talk
It is evident to-thelr minds that the "
new company lntorostod in tho canal
has simply come In to complicate tha
situation. One- of the officials said
that ho bollovciV that thoy could ba
bought out and: It was to obtain such
a result that It ncgotlatod tho agree
ment It had made with the NIcaraguan
government. Artlclo 49 of the ooncas
slons given to- tho Nicaragua Canal
company provides that If nt tho expir
ation of toniyoars "tho work should
not bo completed so as to
hove the maritime communication
betweent tbo- two oceans opened, in
consldoratlonot tho groat capital tho
company may havo lnvestod In tho en
terprise and. ot tho good will and
ability It- may- havo shown and the
difficulties, encountered, tho republlo
binds itsolf to. conccdo a now exten
sion." Furthormoroi tho contract provides,
that "tho state binds Itsolf not to mak
any subsequent concession for thai
opening of the-canal botwecn tho two.
oceans during tho torm of the present
concession."
A. $20,000,000 THANKS..
MntliodUU Aaked to Italio a Great'Knd-of-tha-Centurjr
Fund.
6pnmOFiELi, Mass., Nov. 3.- Tho
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
ohurch, who. havo been holding tholr
oeml-annual conference here, voted to
call for, a "twentieth century thanks
offering" of 820,000,000 from tho mem- V
bers of the Motbodist church. The.
funds will bo collected at intervals be
foro January 1, 1001. It was voted to.
dovoto the money to tho improvement
of educational and oharltablo institu
tions maintained by tho- Methodist
Episcopal ohurch. None of it will be
used for tho establishment of new. In
stltutloas. It in not Intended to tnako tho col
lections at ono timo, bui to innka them
so gradual that thoy will not bo abur
den, Tho offorlng la intended as an Y
expression of thanks, for tho comple
tion ot twenty centuries of Christian
ity and will bo tho greatest effort ot
ita charaotor ever uudortakon by any
religious organization.
Jnpnneio Cabinet Quits.
Yokohama, Nov. 2 Tho wholo cab
inet has resigned, the ministers being
unablo to agroo upon tho question oi
filling tho portfolio of education.
Thus far tho first attempt at part
government in Japan has provod u
failure It Is probablo tho next cab
inet will bo a coalition of Liberals uai
chin leaders.
HuNTBvn.i.K, Ala., Nov. 2. Prtpajft& "y
tlon is making for tho troops toBpond
tho winter hero. A contract lias been
let for tho erection of moss halls and
sheds. Hrlgadlor Qonoral Richard
Combs has assumed command of the.
Second brlgado, First division, and
lSrlgadicr Oeneral A. 1C. Arnold of tha
First Cavalry brigade. Tho troop pron
crtlca of tho Fifth cavalry havo even
ed here and tho regiment may move to
Porto Rico In a fow days Railways
have been oskod to mako ratjs to Sa
vnnnalu
Tho First infantry from Anniston
has made a camp went of UuntavUla.
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