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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1898)
J -if iiwwMiiiiiin - i 1 - wVi i jr I T i t j I IK - Vv f V - j2iiSiS8MSSM wMMiaHIvIMMPPIIHMHHnWI -1 THE WORLD OYER LATEST NEWS FROM EVERY LAND D S TO INTERVENE HOUSE AND SENATE REACH AN AGREEMENT Clause Recognizing the Existing Republic of Cuba Stricken Out After a Long Fight Between the tfwo Houses Other Items Immediate Intervention Washington April 18 The house of rep resentatives concurred in the senate Cuban resolutions with an amendment striking out the clause lecognizing the independ ence of the Cuban republic That part of the senate resolution relatiug to independ ence reads J That the people of the Island of Cuba of right ought to be free and independent The announcement of the vote was 179 to 156 and the decisive victory was loudly applauded by the Re publicans Fourteen Republicans voted with the Democrats and Populists The resolution was then lmnied to the senate chamber As soon as the Cuban resolutions were returned from the senate with a refusal to concur in the house amendment Mr Ding ley moved that the house insist on the amendment and ask a conference Mr Bromwell of Ohio moved to concur in the senate amendments and the yeas and aays were ordered on his motion The vote on Mr Bromwells motion to concur in the seuate amendment recogniz ing the independence of the Cuban repub lic resulted in its defeat on the first roll call 148 to 172 f A conference was agreed to by the two branches of congress and it was not till late in the night that an agreement was reached The house succeeded in forcing the sen ate to yield the main contention in the war resolutions the independence of the existing government in Cuba With that exception the house accepted the senate resolutions The Republicans who joined with the Democrats in an attempt to con cur in the senate amendments entire ral lied HO votes at one time but on every vote thereafter the vote dwindled When the final vote was taken shortly before 3 oclock Tuesday morning 310 votes were cast for the declaration upon which we are to go to war if war it is to be Six votes only were cast against it They in cluded five Republicans and one Democrat NOBODY THERE TO RELIEVE Government Expedition Disbands Upon Reaching Taiya Stanley W Turner of the government Alaskan relief expedition who has re turned to Detroit Mich says that when the expedition arrived at Taiya it found two thirds of the population gone else where and accordingly the expedition dis banded turning over the supplies to the army post there Mr Turner believes the government appropriation of 200000 for relieving the Klondike mineis has hardly been warranted by the results accom plished as relief so far has been extended to no one in Alaska FIGHTING IN CUBA Insurgents Attack a Spanish Force in Pinar Del Rio Rioting has occurred in Pinar del Rio within the last few days It appears that the insurgents who attacked the Spanish force at Espujarosa had the best of the fighting even driving the Spanish farces It is officially admitted in Havana that the insurgents entered the town and plun dered and burned the tobacco warehouses The Spanish report adds that the guard of the fort lost four killed and nine wounded CRESPO REPORTED SLAIN President of Venezuela Said to Have Been Killed in Battle A cable dispatch on Monday to the New York Evening World from Caracas Ven ezuela says President Joaquin Crespo of Venezuela was killed in a battle with ileruandiz leader of the rebel forces Fri day Feud Breaks Out Afresh The Howard Baker feud in Clay County Kentucky has broken out again and ten men aire reported killed and three injured This eud is only ten days old Howard and Baker were partners in a logging enterprise They quarreled and fought Relatives and friends joined in a week ago and three of them were killed Ance and Al Baker who had been arrested and kept under guard broke away and hid in the woods declariug they would exterminate their enemies The report of the killing is regarded as indicating that they are keeping their word Rubber Companies Consolidate Negotiations to consolidate the Goodrich of Akron Ohio Goodyear of Connecticut and Butler of New Jersey the three lead ing hard rubber companies of the country have been closed The consolidation will take effect this month and the main offices will be in New York city Are Free to Enter the Army Secretary Gage has issued a circular in which he states that any officer clerk or employe under the department desiring to leave the service temporarily to engage in military service in the event of war may be reinstated at any time within one year Weekly Bank Statement The New York weekly bank statement shows reserves have increased 2300000 loaus decreased 7697000 deposits de creased 3817000 The banks now hold 37846000 in excess of the legal require ments Coal for the Warships Thirty two boats started down the river from Pittsburg Pat Sunday with 8557000 bushels of coal About one half of the shipment is intended for Louisville and Cincinnati and the balance for New Or leans COLLECTS INSURANCE MONEY Woman Once Accused of Murdering Her Husband The Covenant Mutual Life Association paid to Mary A Kettering of Denver in person 10000 the amount of her hus bands policy in that company She at once left for Chicago to collect a similar amount from the Northwestern Masonic Pour years ago her husband was murdered in Oklahoma She was anested on a charge of complicity in the crime was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged Her attorneys carried the case to the supreme court and secured a new trial She was acquitted last week The allega tions were that she had murdered her hus band to get his insurance She was in jail over three years and lost all her prop erty LAUNCHING THE ALABAMA Big Battleship Will Slide from the Ways May 18 May 18 has been fixed as the date foi the launching of the United States battleship Alabama in course of construction at Cramps ship yards in Philadelphia Miss Morgan daughter of Senator Morgan will it is said christen the ship The Alabama will be the first in the water of the three big battleships contracted for in October 1896 The other two the Wis consin and Illinois are being built re spectively at San Francisco and Newport News All three are identically alike MARTIAL LAW FOR ALASKA Capt Ray Will Recommend Estab lishing Military Government Capt P II Ray Eighth infantry who spent the winter hi Alaska arrived at Portland Ote Sunday from the north and went immediately to Vancouver barracks Capt Ray will recommend to the war department the sending of lioops into the interior of Alaska and the establishment of a military form of government in the Yukon region Capt Ray says he does not believe the spring clean up of gold will show more than 8000000 Liguor Law in Alaska Responding to a resolution of inquiry in regard to the enforcement of the liquor law in Alaska Secretary Gage sent i statement to the senate in which he sa that notwithstanding the efforts of the department it is still a fact that the law is openly violated The universal public sentiment in the territory says the sec letary is bitterly opposed to the enforce ment of the liquor law and the efforts of the officers are met with intimidation threats of violence and attempted brib er Jaine Hnllowell Dying James llallowell known from end to end of Kansas as Prince Hal is dying at the home ot his brother-in-law Judge T P Anderson of Kansas City Kan llal lowell is one of the best known of the Kansas Republican politicians though what is perhaps his greatest fame came from his defeat for congress by Jerry Simpson It was in that campaign that Simpson leaped to Came as Saclcless Jercy Simpson Germany Stands Tor Neutrality It is learned fiom an authentic source that Germany took the lead in pledging the continental powers to maintain abso lute neutrality in case of war betweeu the United States and Spain The greatest re sistance offered to Germanys pioposals was from France and Austria who ac quiesced only with the provision that Europe is to have something to say toward the end or later in settling the peace conditions California Shakes Again There were thirty two distinct earth quake shocks of unusual severity felt during Friday night at Point Arena Cal No material damage was done but at Greenwood houses were twisted chimneys fell and crockery was broken The earth continued shaking until 9 oclock Satur day At Mendocino the shake was even more severe the earth opening in Main Street several inches Heavy Windstorm at Milan Mo- A Match wind assuming almost the proportions of a cyclone struck Milan Mo Thursday morning completely de molishing the citys electric light and waterworks house and a brick building just completed Buildings were unroofed awnings and -chimneys blown down windows blown in at the public school building and several children severely hurt by flying glass Reservation Thrown Open A portion of the Blackfoot reservation in Montana was thrown open to settle ment at noon Saturday and a thousand or more people mostly prospectors rushed in to locate mining claim A troop of cavalry was present and kept all persons off until the noon hour The reservation is rich m mineral especially in copper Fatally Hurt in a Collision A passenger and freight train collided at a curve at Edwardsville 111 Friday Both engines were badly wrecked Fireman W H Lennox of Bloomington on the freight engine was probably fatally In jured while Engineer John Downs of Bloomington of the passenger engine was badly bruised Brother of IngersoIL Dead Dr John L Ingersoll a brother of Robert G Ingersoll the noted orator died at his home in Prospect Wis from heart trouble aged 75 Dr Ingersoll was a staunch Republican and a great temper ance advocate Two sons and two daughters survive him Henry W King Dend Henry W King head of the great wholesale clothing establishment ot Henry W Iving Co one of the most prominent men of Chicago was found dead in his bed at the residence 151 Rush Street His death was wholly unexpected by the mem bers of the family Comedian AVm J Barry Dead Wm J Barry the comedian died l Brooklyn N Y Saturday of complication of stomach and liver trouble No one can act fairly without acting sympathetically nor can any subserve his own best interest while that is all he has at heart NEW VIEW FOR TEMPERANCE Revolutionary Stand Taken by the New York Presbytery The Presbyterian Church or at least as much of it as is represented by the New York Presbytery has apparently decided to treat the temperance question from a point of view that has heretofore met with scant sympathy in the councils of this de nomination A report of the committee on temper ance of the New York Presbytery which was adopted is fairly revolutionary in its ladical declaration in favor of reversal of the position which the chuich has hitherto maintained on this burning question In stead of anathematising the liquor traffic and depending on sweepiug expressions of disapproval to remedy the evil this report advances the view that if the saloon is to be successfully combated it must be by the chuich and by the church through the agency of other pleasuie resoits which will overcome the saloon by being mote attractive to those to whom the saloon ap peals than that institution is Incidentally the question of the extent to which drinking is indulged in by the students of the colleges is gone ino with the result that the moral tone of those seats of learning is declared to be higher than it over was before CONSULATE MOBBED Serious Anti American Demonstra tions in Malaga Spain There was a serious disturbance at Mal aga Spain Saturday resulting in an at tack upon the United States consulate The demonstration began with the paiad ing of small crowds through the streets shouting patriotic cries But a mob eventually gathered and attacked I lie United States consulate Stones weie thrown and one ot the mob leaders pro curing a ladder tore down the shield hav ing upon it the arms of Hie United States and dragged it along the streets The prefect was summoned and he addressed the people begging them to disperse which to some degree testored order Afterwards the streets were patiolled by gendarmes Senor Capdepon minister of the interior has instructed the prefect of Malaga to give the American consul satisfaction anil to ariest the ringleaders of the outbreak FURNITURE TRUST Combination of Leading Manufact urers Practically Completed Negotiations that were begun durum the January furniture season in Grand Hapids Mich with a view of forming a i ust or combination by the manufacturers of chamber suits and case goods promises success in the near Inline Meetings at tended by teprescntalives of Cincinnati Chicago Holland and other eitic have been held at Gtand Rapids during the past week and an arrangement foi incor porating the American Furniture Com pany under the laws of New Jersey are nearly completed It is staled that over 80 per cent of the chamber suit manu facturers of the country contiolling uine lenths of the output of case goods have agieed to put their plants into the combine on a plan similar to that of the late nail trust The Round up Call Secretary F D Kingsbury of the North Montana iound up Association at Great Falls Mont will soon issue the call for the next annual meeting of that organiza tion at Chinook on Monday April 25 as arranged at the meeting held last year While Ihe stockmen are at Chinook the property of the Ollanlon Cattle Company consisting of about 1000 head of stock cat tle will be offeied for sale by L V Bogy administrator of the estate of the late Thos OlTanlou Fifty Mile Bike Record Lowered F B Abernathy and l T Eppeon ot Colorado Springs Colo loweied Hie American fifty mile straight away toad record from 3 hours and 10 minutes to 2 hours and 24 minutes and P C Wright lowered the same record for single wheel to 2 hours and 10 minutes This was rid den over the surveyed course between Col orado Springs and Pueblo and was offi cially timed Dies During a Quarrel C R Miller and J RStienger well-to-do farmers living northwestof Vandalia III quarreled over the line dividing their farms A surveyor was called to decide the matter when Millei and Stienger le newed the quarrel Miller picked up a piece of fence and started lo strike Strenger when the latter who was 62 years of age dropped dead Jeff Davis Memorial Window The Jefferson Davis memorial window was unveiled in St Pauls Cathedral Richmond Vt Sunday There was an immense crowd present The service was very simple Mrs Davis her grand daughter Miss Hays and Consul General Lee and family accompanied by Miss Cisneros attended the ceremony rs Novel Search for a Husband An Indianapolis Indiana family pur chased some eggs at a grocery and when they were taken out of the ack the fol lowing message was found written upon one of them Lizzie Staley Eminence Intl 400 acres of land wants to marry Eminence Is a village in Morgan County Indiana Two Deaths Follow a Fight During a quarrel at Eau Claire Wis over some tomato plants Christian Miller split William Taylors head open withan ax and then fled Taylor died in the hos pital and It Is believed Miller has killed himself Ex Minister McLane Dies in Paris The state department has been advised that Hon Robert M McLane a former minister to France died in Paris Sunday ne was ill for some time Edward Bellamy Dying Edward Bellamy the famous author who went to Denver last fall for his health ij dying of consumption His end is to be near Iongressman Curtis Renominated Congressman Charles Curtis was renom inated in the First District of Kansas on the 730th ballot l 1 susassaai - STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Annual Arbor Day Proclamation Governor Urges a Systematic Planting and Cultivation of Trees Vines and Shrubbery Annual Arbor Day Proclamation Governor Holcomb has issued his Arbor Day proclamation In part it is as fol lows Conforming to the provision of statute I Silas A Holcomb governor of the state of Nebraska -hereby designate and pro claim Friday April 22- A D 1898 to be Arbor Day On this day it should be a pleasure as well as a duty to every citizen of Ne braska to take part in a general effort to beautify and make more valuable oiir homes both in cities and villages and upon the farms by a systematic planting and cultivation of trees vines and shrub bery By Nebraskans especially should this day be observed in a spirit calculated to promote true and scientific arborculture By planting each year one tree for every man woman and child in Nebraska in a decade ours would no longer be aprafrie state Trees would line the highways and forests cover the lands nnadapted to cultivation Climatic conditions would be bettered and incalculable benefit accrue to the state t To the public schools of the state es pecially is the proper observance of the day commended to the end that the youth of the state may early learn to appreciate the advantages and blessings to be enjoyed in the promotion of this great and good work KILLS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS Triple Murder and Suicide Near Monroe Word has been received that Vaclav Haas who occupied a farm about fourteen miles west of Monroe district killed his wife Terezie Haas anil two little girls one a baby by shooting ne afterward committed suicide by cutting his throat The parties are Bohemian nationality the man about 83 years old and his wife two years his junior and have been married eleven years Two little boys 2 and 4 years old were not hurt The man was not considered well balanced mentally and the domestic relations have not been pleas ant owing to his unreasonable jealously Marshal Shoots Too Liow What might have been a serious compli cation of executive jugglery participated in by Mat tin Oakles city night watch of Humphrey F M Cookingham an at torney and Henry Kerch proprietor of the Humphrey cigar factory resulted in the latter getting a pistol shot wound in the elbow that may prove fatal As near as can be ascertained a chimney sweep who had been working the town became troublesome and was placed in the cooler After the man had been lodged in jail the marshal together with Cookingham and Kerch incubated a scheme to have some fun which they proceeded to do Going to the cooler they proceeded to pumpthe chimneysweep conveying the impression that they desired to help him escape At the proper time one of them was to cry out There conies the mar shal which was the signal for them to take to their heels at which time the mar shal was to lite over their heads Everj Ihing went off smoothly encept the mar shals ability to shoot high and the result was as above slated Will Stay at Beatrice A fund of over 5000 was secured a few days ago to build a warehouse for the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company lo secure its retention at Beatrice At a meeting attended by the directors of the company and about twenty five represent ative citizens the former submitted a proposition to this effect In return for a cash subscription of 10000 and the dona tion of a tract of land suitably located the company will erect a complete plant to cost 30000 exclusive of machinery This will be a piactical doubling of their present large plant and locate near the heart of the business district a manufac turing industry second to none of its kind in the west Another Elevator for Schuyler Schuyler will have another grain ele vator which will be built soon a part of the material having arrived The name of the party or company which will build the same has not been learned it simply being known that a gentleman accom panied by a leading official of the Bur lington and Missouri River Railroad was there inspecting right-of-way giounds land that later material for an elevator foundation arrived Horse Injures Its Rider Al P Hunt met with an accident at Exeter which came near costing him his life He came to town on horseback and his horse became frightened and Mr Hunt was thrownoff and at the same time the horse kicked striking Hunt just above Mie heart Woman Attempts Suicide A German woman living two miles south of Sprague Lancaster County attempted suicide by shooting herself back of the ear She has been married about three months Her parents are said to be wealthy and live in Illinois The cause is unknown Damaged by Prairie Fire A prairie fire the other day burned twenty five acres of the large orchard known as the Sherwood orchard near Ponca Some of the buildings in the west end of town endangered by the fire were saved by back firing Three Brick Blocks for Exeter It is reported that W C Wood worth W H Taylor and J N Cox have let the con tracts for three brick business houses The ontracts were let to a man in Friendville Standard Oil at Herman The Standard Oil Company has pur chased giound at Herman andwill at once erect several large tanks New Bridge Over the Iioup About seventy live voters from Elm and Webster townships went before the board of supervisors of Sherman County recently and demanded a bridge across the middle Loup River west of Loup City which was accordingly granted Falls Through a Shaft John Mowray a farmer from near Blue Springs fell through an elevator shaft in the Haskell JBosworth warehouse at Beatrice receiving injuries which it is thought will prove fatal He is about G5 years old SSSss Big Hotel for Omaha The Exposition Hotel Company was or ganized at Omaha a few days since It will erect one of the largest hotels ever constructed in the city for the entertain ment of exposition guests The building will be of white stuff four stories high occupying a full block at the corner of Douglas and Eighteenth streets The 1000 guest rooms will be modern in every particular The great building will be ready for occupancy in forty days This will give five days for preparation for the reception of guests after the hotel is opened to the public It is iutended as a temporary structure and will be removed when the exposition is over Auburn Man Hangs Himself Samuel Smith an old resident of Au burn committed suicide by hanging a few days ago Despondency from continued ill health is supposed to be the cause He went to the stable telling his wife he was going to hitch up the team but instead of doing so look one of the horses out of the stall and hitched it to the fence outside lie then climbed upon the manger tied a small rope around his neck fastened it overhead and swung himself off Soon after this Mrs- Smith seeing the horse hitched to the fence went to the stable to see what was the matter and on opening the door found her husband in the pdsitioi indicated Improvement at Nebraska City Ground was broken at Nebraska City recently for the new building about to be erected by the Dynamo Printing Com pany This is the company just organ ized and incorporated by ex Secretary Morton and his sons The object is to do a general printing and lithographing bus iness and in addition to establish a new daily paper which is to be called the Dy namo The building is to be a large and commodious one and will be occupied ex clusively by the paper and the printing business Jail Breaking at Fairbury II S Miller who was awaiting sentence at Fairbury for stealing a carload of cattle broke jail a few evenings ago He used dynamite to blow open three locks of the cells and jail It is supposed that his two accomplices in the theft of the cattle and who had not been identified assisted in his escape The court house janitor and deputy sheriff slept in the building the jail beingju the basemeut but were not awakened Saloon Closed The Omaha Brewing Association has closed the saloon of Henry Misfeldt at Bennington They took possession by virtue of a chattel mortgage and imme diately closed the doors It is supposed the association has a claim on the fixtures and goods The saloon will probably open again in a few days Insurance Policies Cancelled The county commissioners of Boxbutte County have been notified that all insur ance policies on the court house have been cancelled owing to the county seat agita tion which is now going on The board has placed a night watch at Ihe building to prevent possible destruction fire Nebraska Short Notes Osmond is again afflicted with diph theria One family has six children down with the disease W II Ostenburg contemplates the or ganization of a bank at Kennard with a capital of 10003 The special conference of the German Lutheran Church of the noitheasteru sec tion has concluded its session al West Point The line of the Nebraska Telephone Company was completed to Tecums eh last week and connections made with Omaha and Lincoln Prof and Mrs J B Lewis of Geneva celebrated their golden anniversary last week The couple received many pres ents and also 150 in gold Lamed Rosencrans of Eenkelman shipped eleven double deck carloads of lambs last week six cars going to Chicago and the remainder to Omaha Wm Carr Son of Tecuinseh have commenced on a big contract for the B M It is intended to change the roadbed for about three miles along the Nemaha Ither Much of the work is in rock George McPeak discoveied two grain sacks containing parts of two sets of new harness in East Ashland The booty is thought 10 have been the remains of a recent burglary Mayor Filzpatrick of Columbus has made anangements so that when the first official notice conies that war has been de clared every whistle and bell in the city will be turned loose for the day The members of the Christian Church at Humboldt celebrated the thirty eighth anniversary of their organization recently a literary and musical program with re freshments being the principal featuies of the evening A telegram was received in Ashland last week announcing the budden death of Caleb H Rose who went to Roseviller umo last month to settle his mothers es tate Mr Rose was one of the earliest settlers of Saunders County W W Kemp Co of Fairmont got out a search warrant and searched several houses for stolen goods At the home of James Laton they found a large quantity of their goods consisting of dress goods Three rolls of chicken fence wire stolen from II G Halls hardware store were also found Laton was arrested and lodged in jail Bassettis making an effort to secure a flour mill Friend is contemplating putting in electric lights The Congregationalists of Albion have commenced work on a new church building- The Presbyterians of Fairmont are hav ing plans drawn for an addition to their church A small boy and some matches were re sponsible for the burning at Niobrara of the barn farm machinery harness and a quantity of grain belonging to Frank Linger Nemaha City is now without a bank The Gilberts who have been running a bank there for the last few years have surrendered their charter and gone out of business Advices from all over the state are to the effect that an unusu 1 1y laree number of fruit threes are beim t out this spring The Stromsburg e -operative creamery is in full operation Nearly 0100 pounds of milk was received one day last week and 250 pounds of butter were made Re turns from first shipment of butter are satisfactory M Swansonsbarn granaries and sheds near Oakland together with 1100 bushels of corn for himself and 500 bushels for his tenant Robert Robertson and wheat oats and hay and a lot of farm machinery were all consumed by fire recenth - - - i x T FOBS Pi FREE CDBA Republic Is Recognized by the American Senate WAR RESOLUTIONS PASSED President McKiniey Directed lo Use Our - J Whole Military Force in S Their Immediate Withdrawal from the Island Is Demanded Upper Branch of Conirresa by an Over TvhelminK Mnjority Adopts a Reso lution Declarin r for Armed Inter vention and Recognizing the Pres ent Cuban Republic Any Intention of the United States to Kxercise Sovereignty Over the Island Is Posi tively Disclaimed All Members Seek to Record Their Views on the Mo mentous Issue Warlike Spirit Is Shown The United States Senate at 0 oclock Saturday night after thirty five hours consumed in talk adopted the Cuban res olution reported from the foreign rela tions committee with the minority amendment reported by Senator Turpie It was a composite resolution containing as it did the Senate preamble the House enactment clause the Senate majority resolutions with the incorporation of the Turpie amendment for recognition and having added to it the Davis declaration of intentions This makes the Senate resolution al most identical with the resolution intro duced by Senator Foraker of Ohio It declares that the people of Cuba are and ought to he free recognizes the Cuban republic as the legitimate government of Cuba demands that Spain shall with draw from the island and authorizes and directs the President to intervene and employ the land and naval forces of this government to carry these declarations in to effect Free Cuba and the independence of the island republic was the shibboleth of the Senate throughout the four days of debate which ended Saturday night The contest was between those who favored recognition and those who opposed recog nition and wanted only intervention Recognition won by a majority of four teen All day long the battle waged with eur iicstiics energj ability and eloquence seldom equaled even in the Senate of the United States From 10 oclock in the morning until the moment of the final vote the intensity of the interest did not abate for an instant Under the agree ment limiting the duration of the speeiii es except in specified instances to fif teen minutes every Senator who so de sired had an opportunity to express his views No less than twenty five Senators addressed themselves to the momentous question under consideration during the day and while under the rule elaborate arguments were impossible the speeches were characterized by an impassioned forehand eloquence rarely heard in or out of the halls of the American Congress It was not until the first vote that on the amendment of Mr Turpie of Indiana providing for recognition of the island re publichad been taken that the Senate was brought face to face with the mendous importance of its action The scene in the chamber of many his toric debates was one of incomparable solemnity and impressiveness The gal leries which had been filled apparently to their utmost capacity throughout the day were massed with brilliantly attired women and men distinguished in all walks of public and private life It is no detraction from the brilliance of the debate of the day to note that the great the notable utterances of the clos ing hours of debate were made at night Mr LTale of Maine Mr Gorman of Marv ladn Mr Allison of Iowa Mr Aldrich of Kliode Island Mr Jones of Arkansas and Mr Hoar of Massachusetts all deep ly impressed by the magnitude and possi ble awful consequences of the step about to be taken addressed the Senate with an eloquence and solemnity born only of the most profound feeling for their countrys welfare As the words fell from their lips the chamber thrilled with an inten sity of interest which bordered upon awe The test vote quite naturally was on the amendment offered by Mr Turpie recog nizing the independence of the Cuban re- -public It prevailed by a majority of 14 the vote being 51 to 37 By political par ties the vote was cast as follows Yeas Republican 11 Democrats 28 Popu lists 7 Silver Republicans 5 Nays Republicans 62 Democrats 5 Upon the final vote the alignment of parties was quite different from that on the Turpie amendment An analysis of it follows Yeas Republicans 24 Demo crats 31 Populists 7 Silver Republi can 5 Total 07 Nays Republicans 11 Democrats 2 Total 21 Those Senators who held out to the last and recorded themselves against the reso lution were Allison Aldrich Burrows Caffery Elkins Fairbanks Hanna Hale Hawley Hoar McBride McMillan Mor rill Piatt of Connecticut Piatt of New York Pritchard Sewell Spooner Wel lington Wetraore and White War News in Brief Consul General Lee will command the Virginia volunteers T e price paid by the Government for the yacht Mayflower was a little mort than 3M00U The Government has paid 145095 in partial payment for the guns reeentlv pur chased from the Armstrongs The battleship Oregon is on her lon voyage from San Francisco to Hampton Roads around Cape Horn a total distance of 14000 miles which she is expected to complete in sixty three days an average speed of 222 miles a day 31 - l m T -- 1 i