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THE OMAHA K DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 39 , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNIN y DECEMBER 7 , 1800. SINGLE COPY IT I'VE CENTS. > AttCKS WAR OF DESOLATION Woylor Busily Destroying Everything Pos sible in Finar Del Rio Province , HOPES TO STARVE OUT MACEO'S ' MEN Unarmed .Men and HoNplliil ' ' llutclicrcil , While Women nnd Clill- dren Arc Driven to tlic Moim- < ft _ _ liilnx for Shelter. ( Copyrlclit , ISM. liy Preen Publlthtnic Company. ) ARTHMISA , ( on the Western Trocha In Cuba , ) Dec. 3. By way of Key West , Fla. . Dec. C. ( New York World Cablegram Spe cial Telegram. ) Though no official Informa tion of General NVeyler's movements can bo obtained , I have private advices that otterrecor.nolterlng westward from the trocha as far as Plnar del Rio City without encountering serious opposition-the general- In-chief has established headquarters near the provincial capital. The time of grace having oxplrcO , his orders declaring paclficos or country aettlere who did not by a certain day remove with their families Into towns garrisoned by Spanish trorw | to bo without the pale of the law , are now being rigidly carried Into effect. Columns have swept all the districts adjacent to the railway , burning farm houses , killing unarmed peasants and driv ing helpless uomcn and children thus left roofless , hurtandiess and fatherless to suck refuge In tlio mountains and forests. In a single day ono of Weyler'n columns alone net the torch to over 500 buildings In a forced match through outlying settlements. General Mclqulzo the day previous destroyed 300 houses and besides raided a rebel hos pital and put all the Inmates to the machete without Icelng a man In the attack. The nick and wounded were too feeble to re sist. sist.Tho The torch , by the captain general's com mand , Is also being ruthlessly applied to corn fields. All plantings are being de stroyed , and every living animal encoun tered by the Spanish troops that might servo the insurgent * as food Is being killed. It la n campaign of destruction nnd desola tion , sowing the sccda of starvation and death. Maceo'a scant food supply In the hills wlli eventually become exhausted , and Wey ler proposes that the enemy shall In the end be compelled to come down from their mountain retreats and face the Spanish bul lets or clan pcrlau of hunger. ROYALISTS MEET DEFEAT. HAVANA. Cuba. ( Via Key West , Fla. ) . Dec. C. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) General Aldea has been defeated and driven ) back wltbj heavy less by Gomez's Cuban advance columns under Qnlntln Han dera's command , at Han.ibana , upon the bor der of Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces. AM details are olllclally suppressed at the palnco hero. In scml-ofllclal circles , however. It Is admitted that Aldea lent seventy-five men and Handera's losses are put at upward ot 300. Private Information from Cuban sources Just reverse the figures. The correspondents of Madrid Journals are Indignant at the rcfueal of General Weyler'a press censor to allow them to cubic the facts to Madrid , and say , too , that It General Weyler continues his present efforts to con ceal the truth from the people of Spain , who are making sc | many sacrifices to supply the necessary alnews of war , ho Is doomed to early recall and personal disgrace. The representatives of the Liberal and the Hcr- aldo o'f Madrid , find themselves compelled , . . . . Havana 'to6eh'd' the Inilk'of their dispatches to Key West for transmission therefrom. The Lucha , In a significant editorial , makes between the lines , n most vigorous protest , warning General Weyler that neither poli ticians nor generals , who would bo popular and ouccfssfnl , must forget that the press l/i fiftfMt ttilnrlitlnt * tltntt ( ( in fit id nin nnf bo trampled upon or nnubbed with Impunity , that the whole world respects it , and that no ono man , however despotic or arbitrary , can absolutely control it. Unwritten victo ries add little luster even to a soldier's glory. glory.WEYLER'S WEYLER'S FUTURE PROGRAM. I learn from seemingly trustworthy authoi- Hy that General Weyler will return hereon on or about the 7th to welcome his son , now on the way here from Spain. Whllo ho is In Havana. It Is expected that the captain general will Icsue a new proclamation , claim ing that peace has been virtually restored In Plnar del Rio and Havana provinces , but declaring at the same time that the scat tered groups of Insurgents still remaining there under Macco and Agulrrc's direction are simply bunds unworthy of pursuit by the regular army. Ho will leave them to bo hunted down by mounted forces of the civil guard and local guerrillas , while he turns hU attention to Mntauzas und the central and eastern districts , now overrun by the rebel armlcf ) of Gomez , Callxto , Garcia and Lacret. A committee of army and navy officers has been appointed with Instructions to take Immediate steps to strengthen the coast and harbor defense ! ) of Havana and other Cuban ports of Importance. RAIN IN PINAR DEL RIO. The World correspondent's private advices from Plnar del Rio announce excessive rain throughout that province , it It continues It may cause a temporary suspension ot active military operations. The government reports an engagement In Plnar del Rio between General Melqulso'a force and a body of Insurgents entrenched lu thn caves ot Sabalo , lu the Gulmuda hills. No details nro given , The Cuban leader , Aranguren , waa wounded during the attack on Cuanabacoa Tuesday night. Enrique Masarun , one of Valencia's adjutants , wae killed , his body being abandoned. The Insurgents lu their retreat carried It oft. A negro also was killed , and fifteen Cubans were wounded juuro or ICFS serially. The Sp.ir.liih Transatlantic liner Alvaro do Duseiui , which cleared from Cortina , fipaln , November 21 , with l.srj troops , re inforcements , and was due In Havana Krl- ilny , has not yet arrived. It Is feared that din ) has encountered a storm and met with an accident. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I.VSUII < JI\T : it.vin ox OUAXAIIACOA Cnliiinn Inlllct < 2rcitt DiinuiiYO Vcr ; Ncur tu 11 if MI n ii , JACKSONVILLE , Flu. , Dec. 0.--A special to the CltlJ.en from Key West says : A Span ish officer who passed through on the Olivette last night reports that General Maceo , with a band of COO men , succeeded lu breaking through the trocha , and will meet Genera Gomez In Hn\ona province. Maceo left Gen eral Rio Itlvero In chnrgo ot his forces In Plnar del Rio province. Macco goes to get the utttlstHiice of Gomez to help the Insur gent army In Plnar del Rio. From passengers on the Olivette details ot the successful raid of the Insurgents on Guanabacoa across the bay from Havana were received. The raid took place on Tues day night and the Spanish outposts near Havana and Mariano have been attacked nightly since. The greatest of excitement still oxluts In Havana and nil of the uuburba of tha city. lu Tuesday's raid the Insur gents captured a large number of American park mules and munltloim of war. About forty-six houses were burned. The nttacklni ; party rode Into the city and took charge The commander has been severely repri manded for Ills feeble resistance. Hundreds of families are leaving Guuanubacoi for Havana. .Murderer TnoU HIM Victim'iiine. . SYDNEY. N. S. W. , Doc. 0. A solution has been found for the mystery Hurrnundlnt ; the disappearance of two perrons and the unearthing of the body of one of them at Linden , The body of the second man hiis now also been unearthed and haw been Iden tified na that of Captain Wtller , It was tinder the name of Captain Writer that the man who U under suspicion In connection with the case nailed for Snn KrunclKCo , A police ofllcer will go to England to arraiiKC for the extradition of this mau when he U arrested , MOIIU SPANISH THOOPS IN CUBA. Two Shipload * Arrive nl llnviuin . XIMVH of Wfj-lcr nnil Mncco. HAVANA , Dec. C. The steamers Cato- luna and Isle do Panaya , having on board 2,550 soldiers , arrived here. JACKSONVILLE , Kla. , Dec. C. A special to the Citizen from Key West says : The steamer Whitney brought Havana news this morning In relation to Macco and Wcylcr. PaBsensero elate that Weyler himself Is now encamped ten mlleo from Artemlwi and his army Is scattered along the trocha nnd through the Plnar del Rio dlrtrlct. When Maceo retreated from Wcylcr In his first campaign his plan was to surprise Weyler at the first opportunity and now Maceo has 1 la army on either side of Wcylcr nnd they nro having dolly skirmishes' . Weyler Is com pletely currounded and If ho shall attempt to move he will bo compelled to go to Arto- mlai. Small bands have crossed the troclia Into Havana district and are attacking thu outposts and villages of that province. In- jnirncnts numbering 7,009 are encamped In Havana province , twenty miles ? from Havana , and will go to Macco's assistance when needed. Spies In Havana are keeping the Insurgents pouted as to the movements of the Spanish troops. A movement Is on foot to capture Weyler If he shall attempt to go to Havana by rail. Firemen and volun teers In Havana arc being sent to Weyler s relief. Heretofore these troops were used In the defense of the city. Since Tuerday's raid on Guanabacoa the city has been attacked almost every night and Thursday night 2fiO Cuban cavalry rode for two hours through the city. The damage done amounts to thirty-six lioupea burned and a largo quantity of supplies and ammuni tion Kclzcd ; alto a largo number of mules loaded and ready to leave the city were "JACKSONVILLE. Fla. . Dec. 6. Sharp fir ing has been heard zgaln today In Havana , from the neighborhood of Guanabacoa nnd other suburbs of that section , and all Havana la excited over the occurrence. Over 500 refugees have passed Into the city dur ns the past five da > s , from the section , fearing for their liven during the flghu between the soldiers and the Insurgents. Nearly all the Havana volunteers have gone to the front , but as fast as they rout the guerrillas In one place , they encounter them In another , malt ing a succession of running fights , all within five to ten miles of the city. About 100 soldiers have been killed or wounded , so for , In these engagements. BI-'I-'IJCT 01' ' KASIUIl SIOXKY IIATKS. SecnrKIc * on Hit ; London Mnrlit-l Show nn Advance. LONDON , Dec. C. Easier money rates arc producing a further advance In Investment securities. The stock market has been quiet and Is not likely to be active until the new year. Homo railways and foreign securities were firm. Egyptian securities have risen and It Is believed the decision of the tribunal holding that funds advanced by the Calsso of the Egyptian debt for the Dongola ex pedition must bo refunded will In the end prolong the British occupation. Brazilian securities went up a point on the news that the Chamber of Deputies had passed a bill authorizing the government to assume the responsibility ot note circulation to leasa the Brazilian railroad. Uruguay securities were depressed on the contradictory rcporta on the progress of the revolt there. Mines had another bad week , French and German holders selling largely aud reports of the shutting down of mines had a bad effect. Denver & Rio Grande dividends had an added effect on the market , though Baltimore & Ohio fell 2 points on Mr. Little's report , but the hope Is expressed that the cabled summary ot the report dwells unduly on the unfavorable features. Canadians have been fairly , flrm. The , week's Increases were asTolIbwB : ' ' L'ako''SliordB& 'Mlchlgan-Soutli- crn , 2 points ; Denver & Rio Grande pre ferred and Louisville & Naohvlllo , UJ points ; Erie mortgage and Missouri Pacific 2ds , 1 point ; Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul , % point. Others showed a fractional Increase with the exception of Pennsylvania railroad , which was down V4 point. UKVOI.T I.V imt'OUAY IS BM1I3I1. Laconic TclcKrnni from ( lie KorelKii MlnlNlri- Which Tell * theStory. . BALTIMORE , Md. , Dec. C. Mr. Prudenclo do Murgulondo , consul general of the re public of Uruguay , today gave out the fol lowing statement regarding the political as pect of affairs In that country : "In answer to a cablegram font by mo yesterday to the Uruguayan minister of foreign relations , re questing Information as to the state of the revolution lu tlio country , I have received tha following reply : " 'Rioters completely defeated. Revolt ended. Situation of government Impregna ble. HORDENANA , " 'Minister oM < - ' " oMorelgn Affairs. IllH Picture * Arc Ilcnr ( o Him. LONDON , Dec. C , The report that Law rence Alma Tadema was painting a largo picture for an American patron , Mr. Tadema Informs the Associated press , Is without foundation , and the distinguished artist adds : "Tliero are too many of my pictures now In the United States. When they go there they have clipped through my fingers and I can sco them no more. " Cxnr Does Not Kavor I'vneiiiitlon. LONDON , Dec. C. Jt Is seml-olllclally an nounced that Russia has notified Franco that the Interests of the government In thn mat ter ot the evacuation of Egypt Is quite re mote. The czar Is said to have expressed the conviction that Great Britain has earned an Indemnity by reason of her beneficent Intervention in the Nile valley. Kulciilicr ; ? CiiicH ( ollerlln. . BERLIN , Dee. 6. Count Zu Eulcnbcrg has started for Berlin to testify In the trial of Major von TaiiRch , the commissioner of detective police , who has been suspended from his duties , pending the result of his trial for Intriguing against the authorities of the Foreign office. Mnddc'ncd ! > > ' I'nrciiiiltcil I.ove. MONTREAL , Dec. C. Maddened by unre quited love , Homer llowcll , aged27 , shot and fatally wounded his former sweetheart. Miss Annie Sims , aged 21 , at her homo In thin city today , and thru put a bullet In lilJ own brain , dying on the spot. Knure. .tiny Vlxlt Vlctorln. LONDON , Dec. C. A dispatch to the Sun day Times from Paris nays : If President Faurc visits Russia ho wilt then visit Lon don. It la reported the queen lias Invited him as a special mark of courtesy and honor to visit her at Obborno house. liiilil on li London dull. LONDON , Dec , C. A hundred constables raided the Pattcnbcrg club on'Ooswoll road at an early hour on Sunday morning and arrested 150 persons , Including many women. Ciillforiiliiii I'liulH n Itrlilc In Knuliind. LONDON , Dec. C.The engagement l an nounced of Walter McCrcary of San Fran cisco and Miss Somerset , daughter of Major MrAdam , lute of the Seventh dragoons. Indian I'anilnc Will He .Severe. LONDON , Doe. 6.-The Chronicle eays It hears that Independent reports anticipate that ( leapttn tliu rains tlio fninlne will bo by far the worst nver known In India. .Milceo Sulil fo Have Left Culm. MADRID , Dec. C. A report reaches hero from Havana that Antonio Marco has gone to Now York to consult with the Cuban rev olutionary committee I lie re. lOlO'l'l ltfin > N ( lie .Money , CAIRO , Dec. fi. Tlio Egyptian Kiiverniiient lias refunded to tha C'alsno of thu Egyptian Debt the ? 2.500 advanced for the expenses of the Nile expedition , HUv Xnviil ( Vcdllti Tii IVancc. PARIS , inc. O. lt l.i expected the govern ment will consent to r.aval credits to the amount of 130,000,000. BAYARD DECLINES THE GIFT Writes a Letter Full of Gratitude to the London Telegraph , SAYS HIS OFFICE PRECLUDES ACCEPTANCE SulifturlptlnitN Will Ilu Urdu-noil , lint NMt Mitllltcr CIllllllN ( llO ItOHIIOIIHCM Have Shown the < ini.il Will lie- twueti the Two Nations. LONDON , Dec. 7. Mr. Bayard , the United States ambassador , lias ) written to the Dally Telegraph , under date of Saturday , confirm ing the report ( cabled to the Associated press on Saturday ) that ho would decline the preferred Christmas gift Intended as a com pliment to him niul In honor of his efforts to bring about an cr.i of good feeling be tween the United States and Great Britain. Ho hao oi&cd the proprietors of the r.owrj- papers not to proceed to carry out their "kind and generous proposition" nlous the lines planned. Ho then proceeds to describe the manner In which ho first learned of the proposal Thursday afternoon by reading the announcement In the columns of the Tolo- graph. He says that ho was naturally deeply touched and gratified , still more when the following Issues of the paper contained PO many spontaneous trlbuleo of respect and kind feeling from men of all clauses , occupa tions and varying degrees of fortune. Con tinuing , ho says : "A few hours of reflection hero brought mo to the sober Judgment that , holding my present ofnco , Inverted with Its discretion and duties , I should scrupulously respect and obey the spirit us well as the letter of my country' ! ) law , written and un written , which Inhibits any ono holding an office of trust or profit under the United States of America from accepting 'without the consent of congress , any present from any king , prince or government. ' The rea sons for this Inhibition apply with special significance to the representatives of tie gov ernment abroad. " Mr. Bayard continues hU comment , re marking that republican forms of govern ment require strict and delicate obedience to ouch principles , so that not even the Knell of smoke can lurk In the folds of official gar- mciila , , "Tho ermine of the Judge , ' says Mr. Bayard , "should not be more stainless than the robe of the law giver , nor that of thu legislator ttuu that of the executive of- fleer. "The patriotic and admirable Intent of your Influential journal haa been surely accomplished , for It has evoked much ex pressions of widespread sympathy and ap proval us 'like the breath of the ocean will fill the sails of two great ships of otato ns they are borne- onward by the Irresistible- currents of our common civilization.- Ambassador Ilayard concludes with an expression of sincere gratitude , and says that "while 1 live I will not cease to thank the people of these Islands for the whole hearted and unstinted welcome and warm hospitality showered upon mo and mine. I am .sure I serve both countries best when I decide as ambassador not to receive the valuable and most delightful present pro posed. " In on editorial the Telegraph announces that the derations will bo returned , and repudiates the charges of "meanness and presumption " but "no regrets for the ac tion taken" are expressed , since sucft prompt sympathy throughout England and America has been produced , as evinced by the cablegrams received from Frederic U. CouTlof tri3. " L. ' GcdkltT "ex-Governor Flower ; Bishop Potter , President Eliot of Hartford university and others. In conclusion , the Telegraph eaya edi torially : "If the effort failed of Its Imme diate and innocent purpose It has gone far enough to prove the sincere good will of the nation toward Ambassador Bayard. " TO A HOLISM CATTIIClUAKAXTIXE. . Cannillnii MlnUtcr of Agriculture Will Conic to AViiNliliiKtoii. OTTAWA , Ont. , Dec. 6. Hon. A. S. Fisher , minister of agriculture , will bo In Washing ton on the ) 15th or 18th Instant. Ho goes to discuss with the American authorities the qucatlon of abolishing the Ijtprnatlonal quar antine against cattle. If tiiu American gov ernment will agree to abolishing quarantine agalnsti Canadian cattle It Is understood Mr. Flatter will agree on behalf of the Canadian government to abolish quarantine- against American cattle. The minister will remain In Washington about two weeks. .tlllltnry .MoveinciitN In fircecc. ATHENS , Dee. 6. The king of Greece han Issued a manifesto demanding army maneuvera on a largo scale , and summoning 10,000 men from the reserve for the forma tion of a permanent camp. The selection of a new rifle for the army and other military extensions , long advocated by public and military opinions , has caused a sensation. Ship OWIICFH HefiiHe to Arbitrate. LONDON , Dec , C. A dispatch to the Tlmrs from Hamburg saya. A second meeting of employers has reaffirmed their refusal ito arbi trate the dockers' strike. This Is duo to the fact that a guaranty fund of 250,000 has been signed for the protection and arsistance of the smaller employers. HUM a Hll7 Wlient Crop. LONDON , Dec. 7. The Times , In an artl- clo reviewing the official returns , finds that the estimated wheat crop of Great Britain Is 20,000,000 bushels above that of 1S95. lllll ! lI'AlllllllIu Id III. PARIS , Dec. 6. The Duq d'Aumalo Is 111 at Cuauttlly. The duke Is 74 years old. m\ot.N'cis ; : iiiu\viir.s .MOVUMEXT. Mrx. Ilnrford of llic W. O. T. U. Crc- ncn it SciiNiillon In IIIIIIHIIN City. KANSAS CITV. Doc. C. Sire. Helen Dlck- crsun Harford of Oregon , national organizer of the Woman's Chrhtlan Temperance union , created a sensation today whllo filling the pulpit of the Dundee Methodist Episcopal church In this city , by denouncing In unmeas ured terms the acceptance by the city of a memorial , to bo erected In the center of the city , to the memory of Ferdinand Helm , the brewer , lately deceased. The Helm bothers , who succeeded their father In business , had drawn plans for an Imposing structure to bo erected to the deceased's memory and successfully tendered It to the city officials. Today , In the course of her cermon , Mrs. Harford arraigned the city fathers for their action , alludeJ to the memorial as a "monu ment of Infamy , " and appcaKd to her con gregation to prevent Its erection. ; .Ml lie I'M Can NO Trouble , SCRANTON , 1'n. , Deo. G.-Severnl hun dred ( striking- Italian miners nro causing trouble nt the Forest Coal eompany'B mine tit Archibald , a few miles north of this city , und excitement there Is Intense. Bloodshed was narrowly averted last night by the employment of armed duceutlven to preserve order. The Italians * objected to the deduction from their pay of the cost of employment of export overseers , who were keeping watch over tlio miners tu prevent the robbing of pillars In the milieu , They also opposed the removal of eoal stored In the forty ears In the drift of the mine , The defectives dispersed the men and made elcht arrests. Will Context tin * IMnh Klcclloii. SALT LAKH CITV , Dec. C.-Tlio legality of the recent election In Utah will bo con tested. Judge ICItchlu of the district court of thin pity , a defeated candidate for , will , tomorrow axle the supreme court to fsmie an order , problbltltiK the Hlatij Hoard of Canvassers from canvass- IliJT the1 return * . Tlio chief polntM relied upon to KUutitln tlio cnac are that the law under which the i.-loctlon w hold was not properly paused by the legislature ami oven If It hud bet'ii properly panHt > d It would nut do constitutional for the rtuson that U did not provide for a ( secret bal lot. no AII DKPISMIS HIM IIUOTIIKU. Drill.tlif ChiPlro ttml . * lii S Court WHM 1'iU'kcil. WORCESTER , Maas. , .Doc. 6. Senator George F. Hoar has written " a , l < r | Mii\ defending his brother. th"6 l taJi ; R , Hoar , attorney genctal In the Grant cabinet , from attacks made during thbjrccenti presidential ' campaign. Mr. Hoar B'MTI In explanation of the letter : "About ! fortnlghM ire the election , when on mV. way to a f , icr of the Norfolk club. I road In j nV'in'Inp ' paper that Mr. 'Falrchlld , fpTmcr L > oironrj ! ; of the treasury , had repeat ( > iU Lipccch before the Reform club , thr BLotten contradicted that the supre BB tin- United States had been prflV MPrcVcrsc the decision In Hepburn against Gtlawold , In which the court held the legal tender act unconstitutional. At the dinner a few hours later , I criticised this statement as being as vile a slander 0.1 ever was uttered upon the stump. I do not suppose that Mr. Falrchlld was aware of 'the falsehood of the charge that ho endorsed , Ho only made the too common mistake of adopting without Investigation an error which had become current In regard to a fact of po litical history. " f After entering Into < lotnlls ; concerning the matter and quoting liberal ! ? from the rec ords. Senator Hoar makrs 'public two let ters Just received from' tvV , of , the mem bers of the cabinet of President Grant. Says Senator Hoar In thisconnection , : "I have received this letter' riyiGovcrnor Cox. Ho was then secretary ot 'tficT In terior In Grant's cabinet. ffli < ! dwelt In the same houeo with AttornoRivOgjjarnl JJaaii- during the summer untU. * > ihd' meeting or congress on the 1st of December , 1869 , and was the Judge's Intimate'personal : friend. Ho would have known of - * matter It It had been known , both ca n. ' membcr of the cabinet and from his familiarity with Judge Hoar. Here Is the letter : CINCINNATI , Nov. C , IfclS. My Dear Sen ator Hoar : In reply to yours' of the 3d In stant I would say thatI- have always * re garded the charge that .the supreme court was packiil to reverse tha 'local tender de cision In Hepburn versus Qrlswold , na one of tCio most curious Instances of declaring an unwarranted conclusion.'from a mere coincidence. When I originally heard the assertions made I carefully ; reflected to see whether I could recall 'any. fact that sus tained It. I could not. &Vivy Incident per taining to the appointment'of a judge to till the vacancy WJIP , so 'far an my recollec tion could reach , exactly -what hlph-mlndod men would wish , exnctlywhat all who Icnew Judge. HO.JV would expect ft-om an attorney general having1 his high- Ideals of public duty. - . I can recall some dlscucslon of the char acter and qualities of Judges Strong and Uradley among meinbcrae.t the cabinet , but not a single word of reforcnpo to their opin ions , on the legal tender .question or to any case pending , or likely to' bo pending In the supreme court. Nothingc'c.ould bo plainer than that the attorney.general -was earn estly determined to recn.ilrtond only such men as combined the qualities of able luw- ycrn with those of perfectly pure , single- minded and upright citizens. When the nominations were madeVlve felt that Just such men had been selected. I .am the more Hiiro Uhat I would have been quick to notice anything Inconsistent with the goer pur pose I have described , bedauce , as a matter of fact , my personal convictions then were and still arc that the opinion of Chief Jus tice Chase In Hepburn versus Grlswold , as well no la the subsequent Icgill tender cases , so-called , was the betterjnno In law , and a sounder ono In statesmanship , ns well as a solid barrier against nil forms of fictitious or "flat" money. One1 of your brother's strongest 'Claims to publltv reverence ns a departed worthy In mjvji < dgment Is the un changing adherence to-llifi highest possible rule of action In pf ) ting-and selecting judicial nominations as attOrncy/general. ; and this was most noticeable , ruf ( l should be. when the positions to be nilediiverc the highest. Faithfully yours , , ' . * ( J. I ) . COX. Governor Cox reslgn d'Uils .placo In the cabinet not long aftpr"4s.hlD" transaction , stating In a public letter'JilB rca.sons Jor resigning , that ho hag Blot'Tieen ' July sup ported by the president' , ) ! ) JilB , attempts to protect JLho rights otfi'lei" United Statco agalnfct ' fraud. It Is 'absolutely .Incredible , and I do not believe that 'any man in the country will cuggcst , that Governor Cox would huvo forgotten ruch > transaction or that ho would have screened It from public condemnation , "I Also have a letter from Governor Bout- well , formerly secretary of the treasury. I believe he and Governor Cox ore the sur viving members of'that * cabinet. Ho writes : GltATON , Nov. fi , .iSHU-My Dear Sir : My answer to your letter of the 3d of this month must be by negative statements rather than by affirmative assertions. The charge to which you call my attention Is this : That In the year 1S7U the supreme court was packed by "President Grant for the purpose of reversing the legal tender derision In the case of Hepburn against Grlswold. and that , whcn the names of Messrs , Strong and Uradlry were sent to the senate In February , . 1870 , the nature of the decision In the above named case , although It had not been Announced from the bench , was known fo the president and cabinet. I was a member of General Grant's cab inet at the time mentioned and I was pres ent at one or more cabinet meetings when the subject was considered and when opin ions were expressed us to the fitness of Messrs. Strong and Hntdley for the vn- cent places upon the bench of the su preme court. The legal tender controversy was not spoken of nor In' any manner re ferred to by the president nor by any mem ber of the cabinet. IndcctI the conversa tion was limited. Strpng and Uradley were then without controversy at the head of the profession In the states of Pennsyl vania , New Jersey , Maryland and Dela ware. At that time there was a Justice on the bench from Now Kngland , ono from New York and ono from'the Pacific coast and four from the central states of the west. At that time the south was not con- Biuprcu. Since the controversy was opened the statement linn been mada that Judge Strong had recognized the constitutionality of the legul tender law In his place as Judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. I can not say whether that rapt was known to the president or to any member of the cab inet. but there waft no , rcforcnco to the opinion of cither Strong or nrndley. Very truly. GUORGtJ S. I1OUTWKL.U . o coxiirrio.v OF FAJIOUS IXVAMHS. ItohWrll fS. Ilorr IN u ( litIltinil tn.-Hrcovory. PLAINKIELD , N , J. , Dec. C. The condi tion of ex-Congressman > Roswell G. Herr , formerly of Michigan , no * of this city , who Is III , was much Improved today. No com plications of a serious o'rder have as yet appeared and the family and physicians be lieve Mr. Herr will 'recover. NEW YORK. Dec. 6.i-Thaugh the general condition of District Attorney Fellows Is unchanged ho Is gradually growing weaker niul sinking slowly. He still remains In the uaml-comatce ? condition , that has marked ! ili > Illness elnco Friday. Latf ( oday Harry Fel lows , sou ot the district ! attorney , told the reporters who called at { he house , that his father's condition remained unchanged. How ever , ho passed a roicbs ; night and It Is bcllovod ho lu gradually idling strength. 'Hli phyt > Iclani > , Dr. Fleming and Dr. Rodonstcln , remained with him throughout the night. Just before midnight. Cdlqnel Fellowo , real izing that his end was jiear , summoned all the membero ot his f8R"jfe b ) ils bedside. Mrs. Fellows , ier twp.fflj orii and Harry Fellows , the youirgr - Bathered around Colonel Fellow ? , whouV each In turn an affectionate farewell. TOfn AV. Fellows , jr. , wao the only membfr of the family absent. Ho Is expected to arrjvp on Monday after noon. ? ' \ NB\V YORK , Uoc. C. General Franz Slgol , who hao been 111 .from pleurisy during the past two wctOt , hoa beer- pronounced out of danger by attendant physician ® . MONTREAL , Doc. - /YJ-chblahop Fabro. who haa been suffering for nome tlmo with cancer , lf | wolae , and Is pot exjqctcd to live over tomorrow. \ Voiinur MIIII'H AlyiltrrloiiH Hulolilr. NEW YORK. Dec , . Walter C. Holnecke , 20 years old , a son of Edmund Hclncckc , who clalmtil to be it German count , died today In Manhattan hospital. Younu Helnpcke waa employe * ! In-the otllce of tlie struct cleaning department. IiHt nliht he shot himself in the temple. At thr hospital I'O said he at- temiHfd tha nuloldobecause 'ho was no longer able to do elorlcaj work. The family of the young man wn j warned by ( i mls- tt-ilouH letter written Ifi u woman's hand , but the letter came too ] late to prevent his self murder. The vritfr Is unknown nnd the police believe younKUfelncrko had othci motive * for taking hi4 llfo than the one which ho CO.VQ. TO COMPETE WITH CARNEGIE John D , Rockefeller Intonth to Piguro as Y a Now Iron King. BIO PLANT TO BE BUILT NEAR CHICAGO Standard Oil Mmrmitf One * Into Slccl Hull Mint Armor I'latc Iti uu III * Own Account niul I on a I < nrKc Scnlo. CHICAGO , Dec. C. A morning paper makes the following announcement : John D. Rockefeller is seeking to outdo Andrew Carnegie as an Iron king , and has plans al ready matured and about to be carried out aiming nt that end. The Standard Oil com pany , directed by Rockefeller , will bo the fee of the Scotchman. This company has purchased In South Chicago along the shores of Lake Michigan and at the mouth of the Calumet river a plot of ground several acree In extent and with a water frontage * of 3,200 feet. On this , H Is sai rolling mills will bo erected , to ccst 110,000,000 , and pos- olbly twice that amount. With this plant for manufacture , with the vast mines In the -3'rasaba region for the raw product , and with eighteen tank vessels to carry the ore to the very doors of the works , all owned by the Rockefeller company , that corporation may bo able to dictate tcrmo to Mr. Carno- gle and his associates , Instead of being dic tated to. Mr. Rockefeller's scheme la not now. He has had it In mind for several ycaro , but not until now has he been ready to put It Into effect. His prcllmlnaty movements have , as usual , been kept quiet. Not until today did anything reach the public , and then accidentally. Some weeks ago a large plot of land was purchased In South Chicago. The sellers were the Calumet Canal and Dock company , and several private Indi viduals ; the real buyer waa not publicly known. The price was In the neighborhood of $500,000 , divided Into three payments. The first Installment waa paid when the dcc-d waa signed , and the next two will be made December 15. It was not necessary that Mr. Rockefeller should divide the sum. The Iron and steel business at leant that part of It dealing In steel rails la controlled entirely by Carnegie and his two allies , the Illinois Steel company of Chicago , and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company of Pueblo , Colo. The prlco of ralKi at I'lttsburg la $23 , at Chicago $29 , at Pueblo $33 , whichever of these three concerns 1s nearest the purchns- ciu , gets the order. Ralfa cannot bo had of any ono else. This Is the situation which Mr. Rockefeller hc tackled. Ho expects to make steel ralla from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than the trust can and can sell them much cheaper. The new mills at South Chicago cage will not bo confined to the manufacture ot stccJ rails , however , but will make struc tural Iron of all starts 03 well. It la stated further , and on good author ity , that Mr. Rockefeller may even go Into the armor plate business. The site of the now worKa is good ror a mammotn roiling mill. The river at this point Is twenty feet In depth , enough to float the largest lake vessels , and provides a perfect entrance for the Standard Oil ehl , which will carry ore from the mines aT 'Lake ' Superior. These same boats will ocrvo as a powerful whip In the hands of the Standard Oil magnate. In case .the .railroads attempt to fight him , for they can also be used for the'grain trade , and literally demoralize freight rates In every , direction. ! , . CHEA11 TELKIJIIOXKS FOR ST. LOUIS. * GlKiiiillc Deal to Include Varloun Klcvtrlcnl EiiteriirlHCN. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 0. A gigantic deal , In volving a revolution In the telephone and electric lighting business of St. Louis , has been consummated. Three big companies with an aggregate paid up stock of nearly $3,000,000 , have been organized by about twenty of the most prominent and -wealthy cltlicils of St. Louis. Ono of the companies will Introduce a new telephone system In St. Louis at much lower service rates than Uicno prevailing at present. It will estab lish a home telephone plant which will In time extend to neighboring points. The second company , owned by the same per sons , will operate an Immense electric plant , supplying power of all kinds for public and private use. The third company will con struct the telephone and clcctrl ; plants for the two other companies , manufacture the equipments and will construct a complete system of underground conduits. A fourth company Is also In the deal , but It will not figure In the proceedings at present. The local capitalists Interested In the new com panies arc : E11U Walnwrlght , Adolphus Uusch , August Gehner , Sam M. Kennard. Julius S. Walsh , Rolla Wells. Charles H. Turner. William F. Nolker , William T. Haar- tlck , William F. Marquard Forstcr , Henry Nicholas , George J. Kobuscb , Philip Stock , Lawrence B. I'lcrce , IJrecklnrldgo Jones , C. K. D. Walsh. Otto Von Schrader , Wil liam D. Orthwcln and II. S. Priest. The Klnloch Telephone company Is the name of a concern chartered at Jefferson City Sat urday , with a paid up capital stock of $1,500,000. The corporators were the St. Louisiana just named , and Hionklns J. Han- ford of Evanston , III. , and James H. Par ish of Brooklyn , N. Y. The capital stock of the company , however , will all bo taken by the St. Louis parties. Articles of In corporation of the St. Louis Electric and Construction company , with a fully paid capital of $000,000 , were filed In the re corder's office of this city. The papers con tain the same list of Incorporators. Late yesterday afternoon the same gentlemen held a meeting and clcccd a , deal which put them In possession of the Citizens' Electric Lighting and Power company and the Telephone - phone and Telegraphic Service company , both of which have had but a nominal business for many years. The Citizens' Electric Lighting and Power company wan then practically organized with a fully paid capital stock of $750,000 and officers were elected. The deal Is one of the largest ever ac complished In St. Louis , and Its effects arc far reaching. The combination was made for the avowed purpose of revolutionizing the telephone and general electrical busi ness In St. Lout * . The local capitalists start out with the announcement that the new telephone company will provide tele phones at $36 per year for residences , $50 for physicians and $ GO for business houses , The present telephone rate Is $100 per year for the Hell telephone service. The new company will open general offices next week and will at once get out and hustle after prospective subscribers. The local capital ists apparently mean business , as they filed their applications for conduit space with the Hoard of Public Improvements late yea- tcrday afternoon and also filed four bonds aggregating $140,000 with the mayor and council , FAST STIJAMHItS FOK TIIU PACIFIC. Will Ciiniit'tt > In Speed und MiiK'iilll- ceniMltli Illwr P. & O. llontn. LOS ANGELES , Cal. , Dec. C. The much discussed steamship line from Japan to a southern California port , which Japanese capital la said to have been toying with for some months , will bo owned by Ameri can ! . The press dispatches from Chicago stated that E. C. Potter , son of 0. AV. Pot ter , the noted financier of that city , Is working on the rutablUhment of such a steamship line. It Is learned from Secre tary Wlllard of the Chamber of Commerce that the nown Is correct , uud that the en terprise U In a fair way to bo uucces ful , Mr. Potter has been In southern California for Homo dayct , and la now at the Coronado hotel. The project li hacked by himself In connection with the larger holders of Santa Fe securities and the Cramps , ship builders at Philadelphia. The project will not be olllclally connected with the Santa Fe railway , but will bo In full sympathy With that corporation. TheH ltat stock will bo about $10,000,000. AHdlo portion has already been taken. TtBjrjjescncc of Mr. Potter 1s duo to hla ileslMWI ascertain the truth of the claims mAdivlBM h.in n.nilc a careful Investigation , and MS ! rcoponncs have been very satisfactory , & ] Chamber of Commerce hero has lakU"Jie matter In hand and Is pushing farw BwIth zeal , The plan Is to have built thiHBst passen ger steamers of the day , co B $ tBOQ,000 each , to bo S.OOO tons burdcn. lll partlcu * lars to excel the best of thj Hilnsiilar A Oriental vessels. The proJrej Rlgure that East Indian travelers to KnqlH will save at least throe days' tlmo ns against the Suez route. The tlmo on freight will also be materially reduced and rates consider ably reduced. The whole enterprise Is based on the lines of magnificence and the greatest popslblo speed , with the ex pectation of depriving the Canadian Pacific of Its trade and the English Peninsular & Oriental company of a good proportion of theirs. The service Is to bo ecmt-mnnthly at least. The port has not been selected , but Is likely to bo San Diego until San Pedro Is made a deep water harbor. iv.\cin.\o i.v ot Mm. AVtmier niul Her TITO Itiitilcn TnUcu from .lull liy n Moll. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 7. A special to the Journal from Lexington , Mo. , eays : At about 1 o'clock this ( Monday ) morning a mob of Ray county farmers broke Into the county jail here , secured Jesse Winner and James Nelson , held for the murder of Mrs. Winner and her two babies , and lynched them. The mob broke Into the jail with little dllllculty and speedily accomplished their object of meting out punishment to the alleged butchers. Lon Lackey , who has also been In jail under a clmrgo of complicity lu the murder , was taken to Richmond Satur day , which fact alone saved his life , as he would certainly have been lynched with the others. The probabilities are that vcngoanco will be mctcd out to him later , possibly before morning. Several attempts were made to lynch Winner and Lackey , whllo they were In jail at Richmond , which led to their re moval hero for safekeeping. Nelson has been In Jail hero only since Saturday , hav ing been arrested on the strength of a con- fccalon made by Miss Maggie Katron , who made a sworn statement that she , Winner , Lackey and Nelson committed the murder. The crime for which Win ner and Noaon ! were lynched was the brutal butchery of Mis. Winner , wife of the lynched man and of Clara Win ner , aged 3 years , and Pearl Winner , a boy aged 18 months. The Winners lived north- cast of Richmond. On October 26 Winner left homo for a day or tv.v > and the next day Mrs. Winner and the two children were found with their throats cut. Mrs. Winner's head had also been split 'with an axe. Her body lay Just outride the house and war frightfully mutilated by hogs before It was dlocoverr-d. CO.VfJllHSS OK I.AIIOU M T WHISK. American Kcilcriitlon to Meet In Con vention nt Cincinnati. CINCINNATI , Dec. C. Ono week from to morrow , the sixteenth convention of the American Federation of Labor meets here for n session of eight or ten days. Tim 'two English representatives have already arrived. There will bo only 1BO delegates representing a membership of over 000,000 , as follows : From national and Interna tional unions of less than 4,000 members , ono delegate : 4,000 to C.OOO members , two delegates ; 6,000 to 16,000 members , three delegates ; 16,000 to 32,000 members , four delegates ; 32,000 to 64,000 members , flvo delegates , and so on. But each delegate casts one vote for each 100 members ho rep resents. The paramount question this year will bo to perfect a more complete or ganization of all the worklngmcn. More strenuous efforts will be made to have the eight-hour law go Into effect May 1. The present ofllcers are : President , Samuel Gompcrs ; vice presidents , P. J. Magulre ; James Duncan. James O'ConnoIl ; eecrctaty , August McGrath ; treasurer , John B , Lcniion. Tiicro are candidates , as ueual , for Gompcrs' place , but It Is the general opinion ho will bo re-elected. He was president for the first thirteen years of the federation , and after ono year of service by John MeBrlde , succeeded to his old place. The local com mittee has secured $2,000 for the expenses and entertainment of the convention. Rev. llcibert S. BIgclow , pastor of the Vine Street Congregational church , has an nounced his Intention of Inviting Samuel Gompers. president of the American Fedora- tlon of Labor , to deliver an address In his church one evening during the convention of the federation. It Is the general belief among local labor officials that President Gompers will accept the Invitation. The pastor of this church has done a great deal for labor , and ho Is deeply Interested In social and economic questions. TIIAI.V CIII3W AVKXT TO SMSKP. ItcHIlK WIIN li IIi-iltl-KiDl Collision In VVIilch Five .Men Arc Killed. SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , Doc. 0. A head end collision between two through freights on the Southern Pacific road near Wucldcr this morning resulted In the death of twn cn- gincrs , two firemen and a brakeman. The crow of the eastbound freight went to Bleep whllo waiting on a blind siding , and the crow , on waking , thinking that the second section of the through westbound freight train was the third section of the freight train , took the main track. The weather was foggy and the eastbound freight and the third section of the westbound freight train came together a few miles from the siding. Tlio dead arc : T. P. CODY , engineer. W. II. BROWN , engineer. WILLIAM , HOLT , fireman. GEORGE ASKINS , fireman. WILL HEARD , brakeman. A relief train was neiit from this city , with a corpu of phyrtclaw , and the dead and Injured were brought to San Antonio. iM > icTi2i > rn' I.cmlci-N nt I.eiidvllle ( ilvc. TlieniNcIvcs I'p to tinPolice. . LBADVILLE , Colo. , Dec. 0. About 1 o'clock thly morning John R , Ambiirn , who wao president of the Cloud City Miners' union when the Coronado and Emmctt mines were attacked , Gcorgo II. Handy , former secretary of the union and now a member of the executive committee , and Edward J. Dowar , present secretary of the union , walked Into the sheriff's offleo and stating that they understcod they hud beuu Indicted by the grand Jury , wld that they were ready to bo taltcn Into custody. The sheriff thereupon took charge of them. The three men are said to have been Indicted for murder , though this will not be olllclnlly announced until an application for hall Is nude for t&om. Today John Walsh wns arrested and Jallod , being Indicted for arBon at the Coronado inlno , Intcime excitement prevallu and the air lu full of ruinirs that wveral of the Indicted men have Hud fn.m tlio city. , Movt n < of Occiui VcHMcIn , DIM ! . < l. At New York-ArtIVMl-TJiliiKVulln , from Slottln etcPai'lilo ; Kin * , ' , from Lynn ; Mantlnla , from Liverpool , etfi.s Hiltaiinliu from Venice , etc. ; Aninnlo Xainlienann , from Sanchez ; I.n Clmmi'aKne , from Havre. Sallod-l'alatla. for llamluirK ; Ludgato Hill , for ixmilon ; fTehlodam , 1'or AmHter- At London Arrived Jume.s Ilrand , from Philadelphia ; Montana , from llaltlmoiu , Halled ChltkahonilMy , for Newport Mown. At Liverpool A'rjlvod Indiana , from Philadelphia ; Navigator , from Now Or leans , At Havre Arrived La fJoncoKiie , from New York. At Qucoiistown-TSallcd-Lucanla , for New Yorlc. WORK FOR CONCRISS TO DO Weighty Mutton Discussed in Trionnly Way in Hotel Lobbies. MARK IIANNA THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION Advance Anent of McKlnlcy AdnilnU. ( ration Tutu * ulltt Many I'nrty Lenders on ( IncMlloit of l.etf- and Appoint men IN , WASHINGTON , Dee. 6 , That tonight was the eve of a new wsslon of congress was apparent In the Washington hotelp , which are always barometers of political activity under the dome. Sonatoro ami members com ing to the city by every train , reinforced by the attaches and lookers on of coiiKreiw , were drifting Into the lobbies , greeting ono another Ilka schoolboys after a vacation ; with much handshaking , with reminiscences cf the campaign nnd many explanations of how their re-election or defeat had been brought about. There had boon comparatively small Interest In the work of the coming session Ityolf , apart from the prMldcut'ii message , but clouds of speculation were afloat dealing with the politics of tlio new administration to bo Inaugurated on the 4th of March and with the personnel of the cabinet. It was unani mously conceded that the republican program wna to Ignore the Dlngley tariff bill and to summcn an extra session of tinFiftyfifth congress ) for the ICth of March for the pur- poao of passing a new tariff measure , so thc o features of the situation which have absorbed the attention of palltlclans recently had ceatild to bo of Interest. In their place came the cabinet predictions and the meyaigo. Curiosity was expressed over what reference , If any , Prci-ldcnt Cleveland might make to the Issue and the result of the presidential campaign , and particularly as to his policy upon the Cuban question. The central figure of the night was Mr. Marcuo A. Hanna , who Is looked upon hero as the advance agent of the McKlnloy ad- mlnlotratlon , with a commission to feel the pulse of congress and to cammunlcato the policy ot the president-elect to the leaders. When Mr. Hanna appeared In ttio Arling ton lobby after hlo dinner , accompanied by II. C. Payne of Wisconsin , who Is scheduled as a cabinet probability ; C. W. Dawcs ot Chicago , n member of the republican com mittee , and General Horacci Porter , the mar shal of the Inauguration parade , the party was surrounded by congressmen and other politicians , who escorted them to Mr. Hanna's room ? . Tlio republican chairman had been Invisible during the day , trying to put aside politics for Sunday , ho explained ; but throughout the evening ho wao beset by visit ors. Some ot the most consplcuojo men about the hotel , most of whom talked with Mr. Hanna during the evening , were Senators Platt of Connecticut , and Aldrirli of Hhodo Island ; Chairman Babeock and Vice Chair man Mercer of the congressional campaign committee ; General Grosvrnor of Ohio , Con gressmen LMcey cf Iowa , Glllctt , McCormack and Wilson of New YorK. KCBS , uciunap auu Larimer of llllncls , Chairman Cinnon of the committee * on approptlatlons , and "Deacon" S. V. White , the Now York financier , who served a term In congress and pcldom falls to attend the opening of a session. With most of his callow ? Mr. Ilsnna did much listening and little talking. The chief pur pose of his visit , to make preliminary ar rangements for the Inauguration ceremonies , was dropped over Sunday. MARK HANNA'S BUSINESS. Mr. Hanna had breakfasted with Con- in-cssrnan Buttcrworth of Ohio and with W. W. Dudley , former commissioner of pensions , and had opent the afternoon driving with Senators Sherman of Ohio and Proctor of Vermont. Regarding the position of chair man ot the Inauguration committee , which has been tendered to Mr. S. W. Woodward , a prominent business man of the city , Mr , Payne eald : "Mr. Woodward will glvo a definite answer tomorrow. He fears that the duties of the position would take more tlmo than ho could spare from his biiBlncss. Ho has talked with othcta who have been con nected with Inauguration committees , who tell him that ho would bo obliged to devote two-thirds of Ma tlmo this winter to the work. He does not feel that he can male : the sacrifice. Mr. Payne said emphatically that Mr. Woodward's hesitation waa not Inspired by the objections made against him. by local republicans on the ground that ho la a gold democrat. Mr. Woodward will glvo a definite reply tomorrow. The visit to Washington of Mr. Dawca of Chicago Is enlil to be connected with the proposition to maintain permanent republican headquarters at the capital , which will bo discussed whllo Mr. Hanna Is here. Chairman Babeock of the congressional committee wca noncommit tal when asked whether his organization would Join with the national committee/ the project , saying the matter would have to bo dlsciifdcd by the committee. Interest In the affairs of the Hawaiian republic haa been rekindled' by the dinner which was given Saturday night by ex-Secretary of State * John W. Footer to Mr. Hanna. The guests , numbered a dozen , Include. ! the Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs , ilr. Cooper , who U lii the city , Minister Hatch and Secretary Hastings of the Hawaiian legation , and half a dozen members of the senate committee an foreign relations , among thorn Senators Mor- irnn _ Hnln nnil I.adun. who nrn flili'nmtcct of annexation. It Is believed that the move ment fur annexation la to bo brought forward again , with the advent of the next admlns- tratlon. and It Is likely to lie ono of the leading nitrations with which President Mc- Kinlcy and the Fifty-fifth congress will have to deal. Vice President Stevenson , who is now In the city , will call the senate to order at noon on Monday. Tlio first day of the pjii'lon will bo dovntod almost entirely to receiving tlio president's message providing It Is sent in on Monday as It la generally conceded It will be. Immediately after tlio opening prayer , committees will bo appointed to notify the president and the titut'3 of representa tives that the nenatc Is organized and ready to recclvo communications and proceed with bucilneu' . The ecmitu will then In all proba bility take n recess until It bccomcu known whether the president will fend his mes sage In on that day. If procedcnte are fol lowed there will bo an adjournment Boon after the receipt of the mew2o. | { LOOKING l"0ll " LITTLE. The first week In not expected to bo pro ductive of Important results In a legislative * way. There are many t-nnalors who think that but little or nr-thlng thould bo dona beyond tlio passage of the appropriation bills at this session , anil an tlavo measucra neccwarlly originate In the house , there will bo a disposition to poutpaiie tlio vcason of activity until Mini ? nf theto hills ran ho re ceived from the other end nf the capital. The probabilities are tliat the dully eesslona at the beginning will bo comparatively brief , and that the noaato will content Iti'L'If with four daya work each week. The calendar presents a wide range of irulcrhl for con sideration In case the fivnato xliowa a illi > - poHtlon to bui y lUelf. In thin In included the Immigration bill , which Is the "unfinished btislncEw. " The Pacific road > funding bill. ( ho statehood hills und the Dlngloy tar ! IT and hand bills , as well no tint Cuban and Hawaiian ( ( uoution , Senators Ledge and Chandler have announced their determination to press the Immigration hill to u vole an tipcodlly tip th'.y cm It will bo the first regular bublnrxH to ho taken up and cannot bo displaced except by vote or unanimous consent. They hope to get the bill through lioforo the holidays , It lu alpo [ upilbu ! the president' ) ! manage may HUggeit Huhjectfl for fpcechnu und thorn are Urni ; who predict tlid Cuban qucsllon will receive vigorous at tention from the bt'Klmiln ; nf Ilu * emlon. It lt generally agn-fd that the republicans will hold a ciuciiB to dotcrmlmi upon a line nf policy , especially with rcfcronco to the tariff und even after the exchange nf vlcnva , which this conference will permit , no Btup IH likely to L' " taken which will commit the parly to any pwltlon on any question of political . The npcnltiK week promises to eo the
