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VOLUME XXIX.-NUMBER 39.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEI&ESfiiAY. 3ANUARY 4 1899.
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THE PRESIDENT CONSENTS
Yields to Meikeljobn's Plradlns KMd
I'romigps that the First Sblp From the
1'hlIUpinrs Will Ilrlnp the Boya Back
to Iloaie and Friends.
Washington correspondence c the
Lincoln Journal: Assistant Secretary
of War Meiklejohn had an interview
with President McKlniey today to urge
the immediate recall of the First Ne
braska from Manila. Mr. Melklejonn
laid before the president the record of
the regiment, its admirable service,
and the fact that a score of regiments'
which entered the volunteer army glnce
tha mustering of the First Nebraska,
have been mustered out. In view of
the fact that fifty thousand volunteers
are soon to be discharged Mr. Meikle
John asked for permission from Mr.
McKinley to assure friends of the First
Nebraska that tac regiment should
leave on the first ships which have
been scheduled to bring back troops
from Manila to this country. Presi
dent McKinley gave the desired assur
ance, and it can now be positively
stated .that within a few weeks at the
farthest the Nebraska troops in the
Philippines will turn their faces home
ward. Mr. Meiklejohn said this afternoon
to the Journal correspondent that the
First Nebraska should have every pref
erence for an early discharge. "Presi
dent McKinley," said Mr. Meiklejohn,
"was most kindly in discussing the
matter with rce, and most cordial in
yielding to my suggestion on behalf
of our boys. Their friends in Ne
braska will see them within a short
time, and I shall take care that, so far
as lies in my power and the resources
of the war department, they reach
home in the best posiblc shape. There
has been nothing but good reports of
the First Nebraska from Manila. They
have proved one of the most effective
and best disciplined of volunteer regi
ments under Generals Merritt and Otis.
They have earned an early discharge
among volunteer troops, and they will
secure it as the reward of merit."
THE RUSSIAN MISSION.
The Evening Star tonight has the
following paragraph respecting Gen
eral Manderson, who left this after
noon for Philadelphia, where he will
spend the holidays before leaving for
Nebraska.
"Ex-Senator Manderson was at the
White House today, having been in
vited there by the president, who
learned that the Xebraskan was in the
city. While it is claimed that there
is nothing significant in Mr. Mander-
son's visit, many people think other-
wise. The English and Russian am
bassatlorsliips are places which the
president would like to fill with men
of Mr. Manderson's stamp. Since the
Russian mission has been raised to an
embassy it is a position not to be
turned aside. Primarily, the place is
now as valuable as any in the foreign
service. The great part which Russia
promises to play in the east makes the
mission one of the highest importance
to this country. The president feels
that it must be filled by a man of tact
and talent, one who can hold his own
with the representatives of any power
in Europe. Senator Manderson, it is
claimed by friends, would fill the presi
dent's measurements admirably. He
could .also afford to take the place, as
he has the means to meet the heavy
expense."
It can be stated with reference to
the guesses of the Star reporter that
General Manderson was a visitor at
the White House upon matters which
had no possible relation to himself per
sonally, and that the matter of office
was not mentioned or suggested. Gen
eral Manderson says that he is not
only not a candidate for any office
whatever, state or national, but could
not be induced to accept one. His in
terview with the president, .which was
by special appointment, was chiefly de
voted to a conditional discussion of
national conditions and ended with a
personal invitation from President Mc
Kinley to assist him in the opening
official reception in January next,
when General Manderson and Mrs.
Manderson will be the guests of .the
president and Mrs. McKinley.
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The Sectorial Csataat Is On.
Lincoln special to the Omaha. Bee:
The members-elect of the legislature
" are at home for Christmas, and when
they next come to Lincoln they will
come -to stay until arter tue first week
of the session. During the .week just
past quite a number cf the -members
feave made - hurried visits here, but
-.these visits evidently had some' quiet
purpose in -view, as the members were
very lHUe seen by the pblic,aiter. telr
.arrival. -Each of them was carefully
taken in charge byv the- boomers of
some of the candidates fcrsenator. am
Uttle time was spest UHactul sig-t-seeing.
As has beta the ease from
c tke start, the Thompson ibTcessre
ing the best organised work, and CM
Thompson headquarters, wbick are In
active charge .of Brad Slaughter, pre
sent a busy appearance.. The Thomp
son mem claim new to becamldemt of
smccesB,4wvimrthey-wilLlead from'the
. start; and will win oat inside of two
weeks.' In the meantime Hayward,
Lamhertson and Field have been con
tinning their visits over the state, and
each-seems to feel mnch encouraged.
Hayward was here today for a short
time, and while he made mo claims,
ae who is very dose to him said .to
night, that the 1m9ge would lead in the
. race .amdjthat Lsmbertson would corns
mexVwith Tbompsom ranking third im
the number of votes. This culm is
combated by the Thompson workers.
sad it is mot known that Cambertsosv
himself wosld pat an estisnts of
sarative strength In that
Shrewd amessers on political affairs
that from the present outlook Hayward
and Thompsons will start ont-abomt
fnalr with .from twenty-lve tot-irty
mam.' tns otsers Being aisunowi .
the other esmsidates, with
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verdict was returned that Beck came
to bis death by falling over the bank
into the Missouri river, where his bodj
was found. Later the widow brought
suit against a saloon keeper in De
catur in the sum cf $5,000 for selling
her husband liquor. The suit for Bome
cause never came to trial, it being dis
missed at plaintiff's cost The de
ceased Beck did not live happily wltli
his family, and was a man of dissipated
habits. He was a brother of Jacob
Beck of Decatur, and an uncle to C-. '.
Beck, deputy state superintendent.
Sheriff Langford ahd County Attorney
Sears were away all last week after
these men, and finally located them on
Friday evening. They secured the as
slstance of the sheriff of Monona
county at Onawa and drove nine miles
northwest to the Missouri river before
daylight Saturday morning, where the
arrests were made after some difficulty,
in which the Burt county sheriff fig
ured with much credit to himself as
an officer with both courage and nerve,
Statistics for Nebamka.
A concerted effort is being made to
have accurate and exhaustive agricul
tural statistics-of "Nebrafcka compiled
annually. There is a state board of
agriculture, and a state labor bureau,
each of which has in the past done
something along this line, but it has
fieen indifferently managed andv the
figures usually reach the public about
one year after they arc placed in the
hands of the board. As a rule they
are of little value because of the delay
in compilation and inaccuracy of tab
ulation. Now it is proposed to remedy
this evil. The initiative has been
taken by Col. John Francis, general
passenger agent of the Burlington
lines in Nebraska, He has written
Governor Holcomb on the subject,
pointing out the advantages derived
from this source by other states, and
suggests the creation of a state board
whose duties shall be clearly defined,
and which shall have original super
vision of the work, to the end that the
tabulated figures showing every variety
of agricultural products of Nebraska,
acreage, average per acre, bulk, crops
past and prospective, relative value of
products, results of all experiments
with new crops with a view of encour
aging diversity in state agricultural
products and the dissemination of
other informntion of peculiar interest
to the farming nnd Industrial sections
of the state. Mr. Francis shares the
distinction of having practically dem
onstrated the utility cf the new
methods of agriculture in Nebraska
known as "packing," by which enor
mous Quantities of wheat can be raised
on soil that refuses to produce a bushe'
under the old process.
The State lose.
Judge Baker at Omaha instructed tho
Jury in the case of the state aga'.nst the
Omaha National bank for the recov
ery of $201,000 to return a verdict for
the defendant, and the attorney gen
eral will carry it on to the supreme
court This case is ons In which a
jury cut but a sorry figure at best, as
I it involves chiefly questions of law.
I there being no dispute as to the facts,
; The entire day was spent in argument
of the law points involved. Cashier
Wallace, of the bauk, had testified and
in the progress of his testimony it was
made to appear that only $19S,000 of
the 1201.881.05 paid by the bank on
Bartley's check out of the state funds
had gone to the Chemical National
bank, which had purchased the 180,
101.75 warrant issued by Bartlcy after
the legislature had authorized the
transfer of that amount from the gen
eral f"nd to the sinking fund to reim
burse The latter for its loss in the Cap
ital National bank. Mr. Wallace tes
tified that when Bartley issued nls
check upon the state funds in the
Omaha National bank for the I201.S84,
05, the sum of $198,000 had been credit
ed to the Chemical National bank and
the other $3,000 or over had gone to
Exchange bank of Atkinson, of which
J. S. Bartley was one of the chief own
ers. The attorney-general produced a
case in supreme court which he claimed
to uphold his side of the controversy,
and when Judge Baker, at the close of
argument, declared that he did not
think the holding in that case to be
good law, the attorney-general asked
leave to dismiss the case without
prejudice to a new action. This mo
tion Judge Baker overruled, on the
ground that the case had already been
submitted, and that ended the proceed
ings, for the court at once Instructed
the jury to return a verdict forihe de
fense. All Cheeks Xeed Stamps.
E. R. Mamford, deputy internal
revenue collector' for this district, says
a Beatrice-dispaichis in receipt of a
letter ,today from , his chief correcting
aVerronMHK. Interrelation of a re
cent ruling. oml4-e:me; revenue law
ns the stamping of checks is concerned,
which Mr., HouU'MkS begtven pub
licity in order tiattsmaypTevent
some from getting into, trouble.-. It aP'.J-Lazarite order, and is.oaeIpf f.thc most
pears that a' recent ruling on the-newJL'popaiar "clergymen ;o'f?th ""Catholic
law stated that depositors of a, bank;
could secure funds therefrom, withoati
having topay the stamp tax, bntthat'
Instead of making a check on tbejrtac
coant, "a receipt must he given" the-
'bank: and this receipt is not negotiable
as ma check- Im some places thlsrruU.
ing wss interpretedas meaning that.a
dsprmAiBresld .go to the oankT issue,
a check, om.hhf account and secure,'the.
cash without stteching a stamp to the;
check. This error is wnat tne.coueooi;
seeks to correct. No cnecss, however;
issued or wherever used, can be. made
without having the stamp affixed, but
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mm arsmm mum. dql-s raceiui. can. nm:
nsed without the stamp, The only "dif
fcremce is cmat tse recsipc czunoi o
nssd -am cash In" 'a transaction, the.'
maker beUK compeued to maxe tne
applicatJom at t-sssnk;in person for
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dispatch: .As a B. t M.
tramaassed a point one mile east of
Axtett'st' daylight this morning a
alHagii whn had deliberately kneeled
om-ths traek was mn down and killed.
Belors the train reached him he dis
charged a revolver at his forehead and
fell across the track.' The man was
standing on. the road atji, crossmg and
tM.m-dmeer did not notice him until
the
was.too close to be atoaped.
irancer stenped -uaoa the
'As the strancer steoned -nrnom the
track the engineer. slew his whistle.
hmt thai mam calmly y carried t "his
The body-was dragged some.
i ana oaatv mamnea. u, m-
fromthe wonmd In the fsre-
however,.that the stramger was
I dead smfore'the trainstrnck him.
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London Paper Says the Filipinos
Were Loyal to Americans.
fHEY REJECTED EUROPEAN AID
'rlnce Henry Offered KecoRnltloii for a
Coaling 8tutlon Franco Alio Had a
Proposal Woald liar a a Commission
Investigate.
LoN'don, Dae 3f. A correspondent
f the London Globe, writing1 from
long Kong, November 26 says: '-It
;vill ba a great misfortune if, through
nasty action or ignorance of tho actual
state of affairs, the Filipino natives
ise against the Americans. Hitherto,
ilthough -the" Americans have often
jiTen great provocation, the Filipinos
lave shown great forbsaranco and a
strong dislike to coaia to blows. They
io not want to fight, and if the Amcr
cans only meet them half way all will
ro well. There is much to be gained
ay a just, statesmanlike settlement
with the natives, while there will un
ioubtcdly be great losses through a
rontinuance of arbitrary treatment.
L'hc just aspirations df the people '
night to be taken into consideration, '
md I believe they 'vould be if only the
proper men arj sent cut by tho Presi- '
lent to settle the question of the f u
.ure government of tho islands upon
.he spot, after proper deliberation and
t very careful investigation. Such a
:ommiss:on would discover that tha
Filipino leaders have been loyal to the
Americans.
"I am informed that they refusad to
:onsidcr the overtures of Germany and
France. When Prince Henry visited
Bong Kong ho caused tho Filipino
caders there to visit him and informed
'.hem that he was empowered to prom
60 the natives full recognition of
iheir national government if they
would cede to Germany a small coaling
itation. France, more recently, madd
limilar advances and in each cas3 the
eply was 'We cannot settle anj'thing
s'ith you. The Americans promised
is independence and we want to wait
tnd sec what the Americans will do
Manila, Dec. 3. Admiral Dcwe3'
sonsiders it absolutely necessary that
t first-class statesman be sent to Ma
lila to thoroughly investigate the bit
lation here and ascertain the aspira
;ions of tho Filipino republicans.
He further states that the United j
states must accept their responsibil- i
.tics in the Philippines, which have
Deen acquired by conquest. If they
should shirk this duty they would put
:hembclves back -00 years in tha
world's history.
The first republican government has
esigned over the question of Aineri
ran intervention in the government of
;he Philippines. Owners of property
lesirc American co-operation.
The present temporary cabinet,
b1b1 II aw rAHiaioA maioah mnrliH 4-ld
.w.i.. u v..n- .i!..m-i.n U
lllows of no American co-operatiou
jvhatever and wants to declare a fre;
-cpublic and to consider Americans as
lilies.
It is willing to grant liberal com
mercial treaties, with a monopoly oi
the mines and railways and to repay
the expenses of the American occupa
Lion of Manila.
A PRIEST TO JOIN THE K. P.
X II M Roqnoat Father Walsh I Cliosea
a Merabnr Not Initiated Tct.
Chicago, Dec 30 Father P. J.
iValsh, a Catholic priest of this city,
has been elected a member of a local
lodge of the Knights of Pythias. His
application for membership was made
in the usual manner and, having
been favorably passed upon by
the lodge, his election followed
without question. He admitted to
day that he had been elected a
member of the organization with his
consent, but said that he had not yet
been initiated, and until this latter
ceremony had taken place, ho could
not be considered in any sense a mem
ber of the' organization. He said that
he wonld, endeavor .to secure tho ap
proval of Archbishop Fcchan of this
Archbishop.Irelana'.of V$t. Paul is a
.close friend :of Father.vWalsb. The
priest "is assistant pasttit of St. Vin-
cent's clre'rch. He Is msftember of the
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General ilerriam thaV-General Shaffer J
'JBfio ue again assigaeo xojae command.
fhe departnnt. of California. 'If is
expected that General .. Bhafter will
take charge, about! the; 10th of next.
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aigneu.- ne may gojiortti again to
.thsvdepartment of thc'Columbia. The1
O impression prevails, however, that lie 1
"' .""k" 'c. WjEUHuaiau ipo qe-
partmen 6t Colorilo. ' The depart
ments oflCalifornia and thei, Columbia.,
wiU he coaibined under Bhafter.
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NktaJda, MoV. Dee.Awoniaa
and avrcrolTer ereatada.coaaMtioa at
ScheU aty. this (Vcrnoapeqanty, yes
terday; Miss Myrtle Eastwood called
atBobert Sailor's barber Sbop;; and,
aftw cha-rffinc-hnm with aiistraatina
J. iter;oaeejaat are on Him. The
1 pan ran oa aa' tha. street,- pursued bv
the infaviaied.'wosoan. who, ared two
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the aato took afltal. Sailor denies
tha charga -! hy.the
t Naw Yc Da. 30. A-r-olaUo
flared by Comrade Beasley; formerly
of Jf erth Otrnljaa, was , aaaaUaoaalj
naseed at a trtiai; rrf ths-nafedaiati:
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UNCLE SAM HAS MORE TO PAY.
ffo Ead to tho Expendltares Growler
Oat of the War.
WAsniKOTOX, Dec 30. Immediately
ipon the ratification of tho peaco
:reaty by the Senate, tho President
ivill recommend to Congress the en
tctraciit of Icgislatiort looking to the
tcttlcment of the clatm3 of American
:itizens for damages sustained id
Duba, Porto Rico and other Spanish
possessions which formed the seat of
Tar. THesc claims, to the amount of
J2O,000.Oi3 on this score, have already
; aecn lodged with the stato depart
! xient. It is trus that an unknown
proportion of these are c'nims based
ipon depredations committed by Cu
ban insurgents, for which it is ques--.ionable
whether the Spanish govern
nent could bs 'sold responsible. On the
jthcr hand, it is believed that there
iro many claims for large amounts
;hat have not been presented, owing
;o the inability of the claimants to se
jure the necessary corroborative efl
lence during the Spanish occupation
it tho evacuated territories or because
f the belief that it would be fruitless
jo present any claim so long as Spari
sh sovereignty was maintained.
New, however, by an article in tho
ircaty of Paris, the United States has
issumed liabilit3' for all claims pre
'erred by its citizens on account of
lepredations, or, ia fact, on any prop
er score. In turn, tha Spanish assumed
iability for any claim that might have
Deen mado on account of Spanish citi
:ens or the Spanish government itself
igainst the United States'.
What such claims would have
imountcd to cannot bs estimated.
Sone were filed with the United States
j fovernment prior to ?he declaration of
, Ji-ar. But it is recalled that there was
nuch criticism on the part of high
Spanish officials of the alleged failure
jf the United States to observe the re
quirements of the neutrality laws, and
norc than one statement was made to
:hc effect that the Spanish government
n tended to present a claim for a round
lumber of millions on that score.
MERRITT SUSPECTS DONS,
ttlos Sbonlil Ilave A trait o J Amorleaasj
According to the (icnoral.
Chicago, Dee. :J3. Major General
Wesley Merritt, who is spending the
holidays here, was suriiriscd to heai
of the surrender of Iloiio by General
! Rios to tho insurgents. General Mer-
j ritt believes the surrender may hav
been an intentional move on tho part
I ot the Spaniards to make it difficult
for the United States to gain control
of the Philippine island?.
"It is, of course, impossible," con
tinued General Merritt, "to predict
what bearing this move will have on
the ultimate disposition of tho islands.
General Rios had no right to surren-
j der to the insurgents, unless, indeed,
! his command was on tho verge of star-
vation or in some equally tight place.
When Manila fell all the islands in
the archipelago went with it, and
though the surrender then made oc
I paper might not have amounted
' to much, and might have becc
terminated should the Spanish havi
felt themselves sufficiently strong, yet
the signing of tho protocol soma sij
days later prevented any furthei
movements, either upon the part o:
the Americans to gam further control
of the islands, or on the part of tht
Spanish to attempt to wrest any of thi
surrendered territory from their vie
tors. Consequently, Rios only movi
should have been to turn over Iloilo t
the United States troops.
"The idea the insurgents have it
that the more territory they can asser;
that they hold, the better their clain
to tho right of independence whec
the time comes for them to treat witl
tho United States regarding moderr
government."
AS SAM SMALL SEES IT.
iajs Chaplains In tha Army Ars "A Sort
of Sop to Church Sentlmont.M
Savaxkah, Ga,, Dae. :0. Rev. Mr.
3am Small, the evangelist, is now
thaplain of the Third engineers, Unit
:d States army. He arrived here yes
;erday and one of the first things ha
lid was to give out an interview.
mong other things he said:
"The chaplains are a sort of' sop to
;he church Sentiment without much
inbstancVto them. They just take a
ninister'-ana--puif- a uniform oahim,
with a silver- cross on, the shoulder,
?ay him 5200 a month -and; turn him
.oosoon 1,200 men without any 'of the
.mplements of the spiritual welfare to
J 3ght with. I've been disappointed.
"When I get out I am going tos sug
gest that they do away T-ittr tha chap
.ains. I. suppose there will' be a howl,
tit is better to raise' the- issue and
iaye ihe whole system revised..- When
Iff ffet down to Cuba, I'll wager most.
- Mfcvtho men would rather 'go.v to I
;tgnl orauUmfJtnan ad
-marvicB,.. j.o -teutna.ntn, j
.isi'Wginning to thinsT tfeAjr;4 heap,'
:r:balderdash about whatths eh'aplalaa
is accomplish outside of meetins' the
icBtimcni, mat cans xortaeir; presence
wnn every ooay of troops. - f
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his.aabi-.at to .e-Ml tie, peaeiVeatj,
'.nfort of the' coauIfsioaeraraad
aj' Message from the' Preaidepi
.faKthfj aSeaate u Widnesday. - :In hu
aatb President" wtll.iiat out
the BcoMsity forimnMdifte authoriza
Moto pay the 30f00,00 to.Spvn ju
eoatoalatedoy tha treat a-Cks wit'
reqafre actios by both 'ttoataa' of 3oa
rre-.. AspeeiaL bUl-Will .be intro.
dnosd for this tmrMMaad fithen
should be daisy in; a-tioa aaoolit, t
naeraaTiaf aaaeh MeeKia.
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AtpTrack .company, with a capital
0JL;t ,000,000, has been incorporated.
Witkl this capitaljt is prtJposedtOj
nl nitrv.traeka ." bneratfid bV Coni
pmsed air, in tha streets of the city.
ftt present the only persons whose
nmnes are mado public in .connection
;.-tbitb Kshome aro.James H. noad
iey and Henry F. Knight. Mr. Hond-
ley is president of the Compressed Air
Power company. Mr. Hoadley and Mr;
Knight combined their interests iri
compressed air motors some years ago",
aid William C. Whitney became intci
sled in their company. Their motors
have recently been adopted by tho
Metropolitan Traction company for
Use on the Twenty-eight and Twenty
ninth street cross-town lines, and will
soon be in operation. Jbseph Leiter
recently acquired a controlling inter
est in the foreign rights bf the Hoad-Icy-Knight
patents. Mr. Leiter says
it is merely a matter of time when all
great cities will be compelled to adopt
some form of motor in place of horses.
Mr. Hoadley declined to stato
whether tho capitalists back of the
New York Auto-Truck company were
Mr. Leiter and Mr. Whitney, or to tell
who they were.
'We have built auto-trucks," he
said, and used them at our works in
Massachusetts. We can haul a load of
sight tons twenty-five miles without
replenishing the air. It ia ensier for
our trucks to move eight tons than for
three horses to haul sis tons in an or
iUnafy street. On Wet asphalt horses
.iro almost helpless, and with the sub1
ititution of asphalt for paying stones
the horse must go.
"From a sanitary standpoint and in
tho matter of cleanliness it would
make a great difference in the city if
the 15U.000 or 100,000 horses in its
streets were done away with. Our"
trucks will take up less room and move
much faster than an ordinary team,
md they are under such perfect con
trol that there is less danger to life
and limb than with horses.
"Electricity cannot be used for
trucks designed to carry heavy loads,
swing to the weight of the storage
batteries that would be required. It
Iocs very well f?r cabs and light de
livery wagons, but trucking is another
matter. If we had had our trucks in
the city when that last snow storm fell
we could have removed it in seventy
two hours at the outside."
An attempt is to bo made to absorb
Ihc principal trucking interests in the"
Sity and to gradually replace horse
drays with auto-trucks, without an
tagonizing tho present owners. Tho
plan proposed is similar to that fol
lowed in organizing trusts. Separate
Interests are to be purchased and truck
drivers are to become motormen.
DON'T WANT TO BE COLONISTS.
Porto Itlcans Ron-J a Cam million to
Washington for Change of System.
New York, Dec i9. Three of the
members of the commission of Porto
Ricans, on its way to see President
McKinley and members of Congress,
are still in the city, and will remain
here until next week, when they will
proceed to Washington.
The commissioners have been sent to
Washington in an effort to put an end
to the a-lministrative, financial and
educational conditions as they exist In
tho island of Porto Rico to-day.
Senor Hostoi. in speaking of their
mission, said) "Porto Rico asks td be
accepted by the United States as a
brother, not as a servant. Wo ask for
home rule and public schools. We do
not expect everything at once, but
want to start right and only ask that
we be made a territory, the same as
the territories that have grown to be
states. We do not want to be started
as a colony, which must forever re
main outside the nation. We Were a
jolony of Spain and tho best we could
be was second-class Spaniards. We do
not wish to be second-class Americans.
We want to be first-class Americans,
We want to become a part of the Aracr
lean people
DEWEY IS SENIOR ADMIRAL
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'WisnnrGTOjr, Dea 29. Admiral
Dewey is now the senior officer of the
American nary, ' having; reached that
position without congressional action;
through the. retirement Sunday Iast(
of Admiral Banc. He' wllL continue
to hold that distinction Until the Soth
of December, next year, vrhen he will'
fa .upon the retired " list! unless Con
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gress excepts htm from the. operation
sf, the- law, and, alter making him
Vbadral of the', nary, provides that he
ayrhold that ofQee-in active service
withemtage limitation. ,
SENATOR MORRILL, IS DEAD.,
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PLANNED WAR ON ANARCHISTS
f tlM Agr4SB fill to
Have
DfffB Adopted la Rofttft
Bomb, tee. 5o. a correspondent had
secured from a delegate t'.io result el
the anW-Anarchist conference recently
held herct The procee'djrfj had pre
viously been kept secret.
First An international bureau o
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pj'.ico for the surveillance of Anarch
ists is to be established at Berlin, con
sistiflff Of nine members German,
Austrian, French, Knglish, Italian,
, Rrissiari,- Swiss, Belgian and Butch.
. This bureau trill correspond direct
I with all the polkfc tit Europe, amlVill
Ls represented inf each country by
special agents. All the states repre
6cntcd v?Ul contribute equally to the?
maintenance of the bureau.
5conu European goircmcnis are
to negotiate for extradition treStis
governing Anarchists. Anarchists are
deflnfrf rtS U those who make a public
profession o the' Anarchist faith, who
are found in possession 61 Anarchist
publications, bombs and lctters--tf aJ
Anarchistic character, and all mem-
bers of Anarchist societies.
A pefson convicted of an Anarchist
crime Will bo punished according to
the law of the" country where the
crime was committed. Anarchist
journals arc to be pneed under cen
sure, their circulation interdicted,
their editors, printers and distributer
proceeded against as Anarchists. All
proceedings against Anarchists arc to
bo conducted in secret.
These deeisitfdi Were nrceptcd bv the
delegates from" Germany. Austria, Rus portance in tho Philippine group. It
sia. Italy, Turkey. Spain, Portugal, t is located on a river navigable for ves
Swedcn, Denmark, Montcncgrt, Servia sels of fifteen foot draught, so that
and Roumania, but England, France; very few of our gunboats would ba
Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Lux- avxt.ilr.blc to assist tho troops in case it
embourg aud Greece rejected them. t should be u'eeessary to take forcible
It is probable that the ultimate re- possession of the city..
suit of the conference will be the es-j It begins to appear clear-that a eon
tablishment of an inJerutiiional police sidcrable element among tho Filipino
bureau.
vVOULD HAVE BEEN NO HOBSON
General Corbln Orderaj Shatter to Force
the Harbor 'With a Transport
Washington. Dec. 25. Soon after
the battle of El Caney Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin Rent a dispatch to General
Shaffer setting forth a plan to enter
Santiago' harbor with an army trans
port. Jtaled ha3' was f o be" the armor
to shield tho vitals of the tr'aUsport
from Spanish shells. General Sh after
was instructed to secure a competent
pilot, attach an anchor to a tow line
and, if possible, grapple the torpedo
cable. He was to call for volunteers
from the army nnd then run into tho
harbor, thus making a way for tho
navy.
General Shatter siid last night:
"Yes, the cablegram was rocjived by
mc July u, and I took soma steps to
ward carrying out tha proje-jt. I in
structed my chief quartermaster to
look over the list of transports with a
view of selecting a vessel suitable to
the work. I also arranged with a com
petent pilot. Captain Faireloth, to
j steer the vessel through the channel,
and even went so far as to settle upon
the price ho Was to bo paid for his ser
vices. Hut bsiota aiiy ct'isr movement
in the matter was d.'tfidoJ upon I be
came convinced that the Spaniards
would surrender in a day or two, nnd
I thought it unnecessary to make wiiat
I regarded then as a ver3 hazurdous
attempt to put a vessel through the
chaunel. Had I not felt stirs at tho
time that the Spanish army would sur
render within a dny or two I would
certainly have carried out the scheme
prepared by Adjutant General Cor
bin." RIOS SURRENDERS ILOILO-
SpaaUb Commander or tho Vlnays Quit.
IIU Position.
MADniD, Dec. 29. General Kios, the
Spanish commander in the Visayas,
has telegraphed to the government
from Iloilo, capital of the island of
Panay, nnder date of December 24, aa
follows!
"Am preparing to embark on the
steamer Leo XIII. for ZamLouiigrij
island of Mindanao, having yesterday
(Deeeniber 23) formallv surrendered
Iloilo, in the presence of the military
and naval commanders, thu mayor and
the foreign consuls. Have charged the
German consul with the protection of
Spanish interests. Shall arrive at
Manilla by the end'of the month."
Though the dispatch is ambiguous,
it is assumed here that the surrender
of Iloilo was to the Americans.
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Blaatls and Ktle Bradley Perish at
Creek Crossing Near Pa'.toa, b.
Ft -.to:, Mo., bza. CO. Mamie and
Katie Urad'ey, aged 15 andJ it jcars,
were thrown from the horse 'they were
tiding Into a cro-in-?ofStiUson creek,
six miles south of this city- yesterday
afternoon, and' both were drowned.
The brother of the young ladies passed
the same crossing shortly afterward,
and, seeing the riding skirt in tho
water, got off his horse to pull it out,
and was horrified to find the body of
his sister. The other" sister was not
found tillJate in the evening, a con
siderable distance from the. plaC
where she was drowned.
Six Oaats Instead of Oaa
Budapest, Dec. 29. The quarrel be
tween Baron Han fly, the' Hungarian
premier, and M. Iloranszky, member
of the lower chamber of the Hunga
rian diet, is likely to have further cu
rious developments. M. noranszky
and his seconds, having heardthat the
seconds. of Baron. Jianffy have been
animadverting upon the conduct of M.
Horaas-ky, have sent challenges to
both. Baron Banffy's seconds arc Ba
ron Fejafary, minister of national de-fense,-aad
M. Galas! of the chamber of
deputies. As each has. received three
challenges,
there are six dnela beina
arranged.
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Wicb-itjL' Kan., "Dee. Mc-MSovernor-
eleet Stanley is blr engaged this
nraoarina n-a-meeeeae to tne
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j Insurgents Took the City Before
Otis' Troops Arrived.
HOIST THEIR FLAG OVER CITY
A Direct suo Between Amor!can ant
N:itlvej Ore t!io Control or thl
IaUu.1 Will rrahtu: KecK To Bap
gain About SpanUb rrijtmers.
Wakhisgtox, Dee. 29. a dispatcr.
camo from General Otis, at Manila, at
noon that confirmed tho fear of the
o facials of tho War Department as tc
what had taken place at Iloilo. The
American forces nrrivc.l too lato uoon
' the scene, and tha insurgents have
ct!ll to the difficulty of the problem
already pTV-wmted by hoisting their
j ilag over the city which they had been
I besieging for months.
U - iThaevataiation br'tho.Sp.iniard of
. ail thf Philippine ports has done much
j to complitfntf the problem of cxtend
; ing the military juriMrfetion of the
United States over the is-landa.
It is presumed that Giieral Otis will
demand the surrender of Iloilo, and
thi demand may at o nee raise tho is
suo between the insurgents and our
own government of possession of the
islamta. The province of Iloilo is set
down in the- official directories as
! having a population of 472,000, aud
I tli e city is the second saanort in im
leaders probably a majority are dis
posed to use the Spanish prisoners
as rt Imsis for negotiations with the
United States government, making the
release of the Spaniards conditional
upon concessions demanded by them.
It is not yet a foregone conclusion
that tcrni3 cannot be arranged by pri
vate conferences in Manila to secure
the release of these men, but the
United States government, being now
pledged by treaty to free them, must
resort toother means if peaceful rep
resentations fail.
A MISSOURI CATTLE FAILURE.
Chicago I.lvo Stock .1Ip:i Jfnntl'et! a Sul
livan Comity Deilor'A Paper.
MU.A.V, Mo., Dee. 29. Walter M.
Clark, tha heaviest cattle dealer in
Sullivan county, has failed for nearly
S.tfD.OOO. Clark bus turned over every
dollar's worth of his property to his
creditors.
The records of this county show un
satistic.l over SS3.000 of mortgages on
cattle alone, while deeds of trust on
his big farms and individual indebted
ness will swell the total to over 8200,
000. Of the 533,000, half of the paper
is held by the Chicago Live Stock Com
mission company, the balance by tho
J. C. liohard Commission company of
St. Joseph, Mo., M. A. Ilurwell of
Kansas City, the First National bank
of this city and Moorchcad & Sandifur
of this count.
FREE PAPER ASKED.
American New.p.pr3 Fightlnsr the P
per Trust.
Washixctox, Dee. 20. Tho Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Association
has presented to the Anglo-American
joint high commissioners a carefully
prepared argument in favor of free pa
per and free pulp.
This is the beginning of a fight on
the International Paper trust.
iJ.SOO Allies la an Open Boat.
Sax Fkaxcisco, Dec. 29 Captain
McDonald of the burned bark C. D.
Hryant, accompanied by his wife and
children, arrived here yesterday on
tho sterner China from Honolulu. The
Brya". which was bound from Pugct
Sound for Africa, v.-ith a load of lum
ber, burned at sea on November 5, and
the survivors traveled 2,200 miles in an
open boat, when they reached ouc o'
the Hawaiian -roup.
All Fr.inchl439 Reroked.
Sax Juax, Djc. 29. General Guy
ilenry, the American military com
mander here, has ordered the revoca
tion of all the concessions and fran
chises heretofore granted by the Span
ish authorities, supplementing tho
order of the war department on the
granting of a new franchise. Tho
general's order is under reconsidera
tion on account of the legal questions
raised.
Ho! (lea Jil.in hhuut IIU Wire..
Holdex, Mo., D.5C. 23.- IL Shau
vet, a farmer residing near this place,
shot and fatally wounded his wife yes
terday morning at S o'clock. Jealousy
is supposed to be the cause. Mrs.
Shauver has always borne a good re
putation and Shauver himself ia a
bard working man. He is still at
Urge in the wo A Is of Soil's creek, and.
a large posse of armed men are ia
search of him.
A 92,000,000 Steel Order.
Chicago, Dee. 20. One-half th.
largest foreign orders for finished
steel ever sent to this country baa
been offered the Illinois Steel company
of lis city. The order amounts to
82,000,000, and is for water pipes to be
used, by the Australian government.
The Carnegie company of Pittsburg
will supply half tha amount. The
Chicago firm will contribute the bal
ance.
Captain Toblu a Suicide.
Kj-oxviixe, Tenn., Dec. 29. Captain
John M. Tobm, until recently quar
termaster of the First brigade of the
division at Camp Poland, committed
suicide yesterday by firing pistol ball
into his mouth. The bullet pissed
through his spinal column, killing him
instantly. He has been morose-sine. I
his discharge ,
Deaths atl-tarr Adair..
Osaw atomic, Kan;, Dec 20. Father
Adairdied at the aome of his soa, (X.
S Adair, nearrthiscity, yesterday aft.
WTtodaJithcr Adair was a -ener
'a -It aad -memorable toure. He
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