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TALK No. 240.
A Difference.
Probably 90 per cent of the people
who consult me have eyes that are
unlike. Sometimes one eye Is near
sighted, and the other far-sighted.
Sometimes one eye Is perfectly nor
mal, -while the other is very defect
ive. In other cases there Is only a
slight difference. It is bad policy
to attempt to select glasses in pairs.
All ready-made spectacles have
both lenses of exactly the same
strength. They may fit one eye
perfectly and at the same time
make the other eye worse. You
cannot afford to take chances In
this "way. You should have each
eye tested separately and fitted
with the lens that It requires. In
that way both eyes are preserved
and placed under the best possible
conditions. I always test one eye
at a time.
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waktttngton. Jan. 9. "That man
little knows the common people of the
republic, little understands the instincts or
our race who thinks we will not hold it
(the Philippine archipelago) fast, and hold
it forever, administering just government
by the simplest methods."
This sentence was ihe keynote of a
speech delivered in the senate today by
Beveridge, the junior senator from In
diana. It was the maiden speech In the
senate of about the youngest member of
the body. The announcement that he
would deliver an address embodying his
observations in the Philippines attracted
an unusually large number of auditors to
the galleries. On the floor of the senate
every senator in the city was in his seat
and scores of representatives came over
from the house.
The occasion was inspiring, and Bever
idge rose to it brilliantly. His oration
for properly it was an oration was deeply
interesting. It was replete with striking
sentences and well-arranged information.
Spoken with all the earnestness, vigor and
eloquence of a fine orator, enthusiastic in
his subject, who rose at times to his
subject with the power of passionate dra
matic utterance, the speech created a pro
found lnmresslon upon all who heard it.
Beveridge is scholarly and refined In ap
pearance, with a striking face and figure.
Throughout his speech ne was easy aim
natural, and entirely free from manner
isms. He spoke rapidly and with great
earnestness. When he declared, with deep
solemnity, to those "whose voices in Amer
ica have cheered those misguided natives
on to shoot our soldiers down, that the
blood of those dead and wounded boys of
ours la on their hands, and the flood of
years can never wash that stain away,"
there was a deep, although suppressed sen
sation among his auditors.
At the conclusion of the speech, tre
mendous and unrestrained applause swept
over the galleries, and it was notable that
Secretary of the Treasury Gage, who oc
cupied a seat In the senator's gallery, was
a participant in it.
Senator Beverldge's Speech.
Senator Beveridge said in part:
"Mr. President, the times call for can
dor. The Philippines are ours forever, 'ter
ritory belonging to the United States,' as
the constitution calls them. And just be
yond the Philippines are China's Illimit
able markets. "We will not retreat from
either. "We will not repudiate our duty
in the archipelago. We will not abandon
our opportunity In the Orient. "We will
not renounce our part In the mission of
our race, trustee, under God, of the civili
zation of the world. And we will move
forward to our work, not howling out re
grets like slaves whipped to their burdens,
but with gratitude lor a tasis wucmv w
Aimls-htv God that he has "marked" us as
his chosen people, Henceforth to lead in
the regeneration of the world.
"This island empire Is the last land left
in all the oceans. If it should prove a
mistake to abandon It. the blunder once
made would be irretrievable. If it proves
a mistake to hold it, the error can be cor
rected, when we will see every other pro
gressive nation stands ready to relieve us.
"But to hold It will be Tno mistaKe. uur
largest trade henceforth must be with
Asia. The Pacific Is our ocean. More and
more Europe will manufacture all it needs
secure from its colonies the most It con
sumes. Where shall we turn for consum
ers of our surplus? Geography answers
the question. China is our natural cus
tomer. She is nearer to us than to Eng
land, Germany or Russia, the commercial
power of the present and the future. They
have moved nearer to China by securing
permanent bases on her borders.
Bnse at the Door of AH the East.
"The Philippines give us a base at the
door of all the East. Lines of navigation
from cur ports to the Orient and Australia;
dora, Palawan and parts of Luzon are In
valuable and Intact. The woods of the
Philippines can supply the furniture of the
world for a century to come.
"At Cebu. Rev. Father Julio Segrera
told me that 40 miles of Cebu's mountain
chain are practically mountains of coal.
Pablo Majla, one of the most reliable men
on the Islands, confirmed the statement.
Some declare that the coal is only lignite,
but ship captains who .have used it told
me that it Is better steamer fuel than the
best coal of Japan.
"I have a nugget of pure gold picked up
in Its present form on the banks of a
Philippine creek. 1 have gold dust washed
out by the crude processes of careless
nofivps from the sands' of a Philippine
stream. Both indicate great deposits at
the source from which they Come. In one
of the Islands great deposits of copper
exist untouched. The mineral wealth, of
this empire of the ocean will one day
rni-ici ty,a TjeTiriri. t hiisR this statement
partly on personal observation, but chlefiy
on the testimony of foreign merchants in
the Philippines, who have practically In
vestigated the subject, and upon the unan
imous opinions of natives and priests. And
the mineral wealth Js but a small fraction
of the agricultural wealth of these islands.
"And the wood, hemp, copra and other
products of the Philippines supply what
we need and cannot ourselves produce.
And the markets they will themselves
afford will De immense. Spain's export
ry-nri imnorf- trade with the Islands, unde
veloped, was $12,175,549 annually. Out
trade with the islands developed would
be $125,000,000 annually; for who believes
tv.0 ron nnnr rio in times as well as
Spain?
Tneir Imperial Dimensions.
"Consider their imperial dimensions.
Luzon is larger and richer than New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois or Ohio. Min
danao is larger and richer than all New
England. Manila, as a port of call and ex
change, will, in the time of men now liv
ing far surpass Liverpool. Behold the
exh'austless markets they command. It
Is as if half a dozen of our states were
set down between oceans and the Orient
and those states themselves unoeveiopea
and unspoiled of their primitive wealth
and resources. .Nothing is so natural as
trade with one's neighbors; the Philippines
makes us the nearest neighbors of all the
East. Nothing is more natural than to
trade with those you know. This Is the
philosophy of all advertising.
"The Philippines bring us permanently
face to face with the most sought-for
customers of the world. National pres
tige, national propinquity, these and com
mercial activity are the elements of com
mercial success. The Philippines give the
first; the character of the American peo
ple supply the last. It is a. providential
conjunction of all the elements of trade,
of duty and of power. If we are willing
to go to war rather than let England have
a few feet of frozen Alaska, which affords
no market and commands none, what
should we not do rather than let England,
Germany, Russia or Japan have all the
Philippines? And no man on the spot can
Call to see that this would be their fate
if we retired."
Continuing, he declared the climate Is
the best tropic climate in the world. As
to the people, he said they are a bar
barous race, modified by three centuries
of contact with a decadent race. We must
act on the situation as it exists. As a
race their general ability is poor. They are
Incurably Indolent. They are like children
playing at men's work. Aguinaldo he
characterized as a clever, popular leader,
able, brave, ambitious, unscrupulous and
masterful; a Malay Scylla, not a "Filipino
"Washlngto'n. t - -r wr" v
The Military Situation.
"The, military situation, past, present
and prospective, is no reason for abandon
ment," the senator stated. "Our cam
paign has been as perfect as possible with
the force at hand. We have been delayed,
first by a failure to comprehend the Im
mensity of our acquisition; and, second,
by insufficient force; and, third, by our
efforts for peace. In February, after the
treaty of peace, Otis had only 3722 officers
and men whom he had a legal right to
order Into battle. The terms of enlistment
of the rest of his troops had expired, and
they fought voluntarily, and not on legal
military compulsion. Those who complain
do so In Ignorance of the real situation.
"We attempted a great task with insuffi
cient means; we became impatient that It
was not finished before It could fairly be
commenced; and I pray we may not add
that other element of disaster, pausing in
the work before It 13 thoroughly and for
ever done. That Is the gravest mistake
we could possibly make, and that Is the
only danger before us. Our Indian wars
Ladysmlth being- subjected to such a
courageous assault, and It is realized that
General White's troops cannot be expect
ed greatly to prolong- such arduous de
fense. In some quarters It is considered
unaccountable that Bu'.ler did not press
a passage of the Tugela while the Boer3
were engaged northward, and comments
on his apparent suplneness are nowise
complimentary.
From Boer headquarters It is reported
that Bullcr is constructing a subsidiary
railroad from the main line -to Colenso
westwardly la the direction of Potgeeter's
drift.
Advices from Mcdder River say the
Boers continue to extend their works, and
Tho Press Reduced to Conjectures i jt js estimated SO.COO men are required to
No News Has Come Out of Na
taLSince Sunday.
THERE WAS NO FIGHTING THEN
Importance of Senator Bevc
rldge's Philippine Speech.
THE ANT1S WERE IN A PANIC
and Criticisms of the Conduct of
the War Butler Summoned.
LONDON, Jan. 10, 4:30 A. M. The war
office has not contributed the least par
ticular as to what is taking place in Natal
Since Sunday. Neither has it allowed the
dispatches of correspondents to get
through. Consequently the facts of the
defend them.
A dispatch from Frere camp last Sunday
night said all was quiet there, thus dis
pelling the widespread hopes that Buller
had followed up his demonstration before
Colenso with an effective move elsewhere.
Little change Is apparent in the position
at Cole3burg. The casualties of the Suf
folks near Colesburg were: Killed, Colo
nel Watson and Lieutenants Wilklns, Ca
rey and White and 23 men. Missing, Cap-
II , rf VuUUVki fcl ..t-1
SENATOR A. J. BEVERIDGB, OF INDIANA.
situation are replaced by conjectures and
the Impatience of the public pours Itself
Into a discussion of the conduct of the
war and of what might have been done
or what ought to be done.
The Morning Post demands that the
forces afield, afloat and in preparation
should be increased by 65,000 men. To this
end it urges that all the trained men the
country possesses, militia and volunteers,
shall be called out, asserting incidentally
that, although the attitude of the other
powers Is correct in the diplomatic sense
of the word, an Invasion, If attempted,
nvould be sudden, and that now is the time
to apprehend contingencies.
Thn rjailv News editorially defines the
public opinion of the Continent as ''in a
state wmen snouia not ua is""
calls for "greater vigilance than ever on
the part of those responsible for the effl
ciency of the state," and advises caution
and business-like diplomacy.
The Daily Mall says It understands that
the supersession of another general com
manding in South Africa will shortly be
announced. This may have relation to
General Butler's hasty summons from
Davenport. It is rumored that he came
by special train to London yesterday, and
held a long consultation with the head
quarters staff. This seems to Indicate
that his advice, which only recently was
in extreme disfavor, is about to be util
ized
W rrifJoisms extend to the entire field
of war transactions, finding fault espe
cially with the lack of transports for the
troops who are ready to depart, and wKh
the concealment of news, averring that
the censorship in South Africa embraces
v, oiio- that thfi reDorts of correspond-
would have been shortened, the lives of i euts ar8 Demg mutilated, and entire let-
tains Brett. Thompson and Brown and
Lieutenants Allen, Woods. Martin. Butler
and 107 men. Wounded, 21 men. General
French further reports that the casualties
of other regiments to January 4 were 12
men killed and 44 wounded.
There is reason to believe that theTJnited
States and German embassies are trying
to find some common basis on which they
can co-operate in pressing their respective
demands against Great Britain for the
Delagoa bay seizures. A high official of
the German" embassy had a long conference-today
at the American embassy, and
the diplomats are believed to nave dis
cussed the steps each country has already
taken and the best future procedure.
The London Times' correspondent at Lo
renzo Marquez cables that, although thero
is no guarantee that the Transvaal gold Is
of standard value, the Portuguese govern
ment compels the local banks to accept It
as legal tender at the same rate aa Brit
ish sovereigns, thus giving the republic
every facility for extensive transactions
here and remitting the money to Europe.
The prisoners captured by the Cana
dians and Queenslanders at Sunnyside are
going to Cape 'rown lor trial as rebels.
A special dispatch from Amsterdam
says:
An' uncredlted rumor Is current hero
that a British cruiser fired upon, tho
Dutch cruiser Frlesland, near Delagoa
bay, and that a. Dutch officer was killed.
irom cur P """ TBi-. fram ali soldiers and settlers saved, and the Indians
from the Isthmian canal to Asia, from ail ., haoHta, ,,, ,,. mna tinu-
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Tribute to Admiral XJeivey Made, of
Melted Dimes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The loving-cup
of silver, made of the melted dimes col
lected from over 70,000 American citizens,
A NATIONAL SCANDAL.
J. J. Hill's Opinion of the Ship Sub
sidy Bill.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 9. The feature of the
opening day of the annual session of the
State Agricultural Society was the ad-
the majority of whom were children, was , dress of j x Hm on -Enlarged Markets.
presented to Admiral Dewey today. The
cup stands nearly six feet in height, and
is appropriately inscribed. At one side
was a large slver-bound vohime, contain
ing the names of the contributors of the
Mr. Hill was particularly outspoken in his
opposition to what is known as the Hanna
Payne subside, bill now pending In con
gress for the second time.
"I claim it would be a national scandal
dimes who had subscribed to the token I and diSffrace(. said Mr. H1nt if under
tforough the Instrumentality of the New
Tork Journal. Senator Depew acted as
spokesman. In accepting the tribute. Ad
miral Dewey thanked Senator Depew for
Ills gracious words, and said that he was
overpowered by this new proof of the
gratitude of Ms countrymen.
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"Will Keep Up the Contest.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Although
ex-Tax Collector Sheehan, who attempted
to retain possession of his office by force,
has abdicated In compliance with an order
of the superior court, he declares that he
T?Ul continue his contest. It is not denied
that J. H. Scott was elected at the recent
election, Sheehan not even being a can
the guise of helping the agricultural in
dustry of the country, a bonus of perhaps
$450,000 a year is granted to a lot of fast
Atlantic passenger boats on which people
may go abroad to spend the money they
make here. If we are ever to get so pros
perousand so foolish as that, first let us
raise the price of wheat about 50 cents
a bushel."
California Fruit Men's Petition.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. Commission
er Kasson, the negotiator of reciprocity
treaties between the United States and
foreign countries, will soon receive a pe
tition In which the frultcanners of the
didate, but the latter claims he Is entitled . 6tate anA dealers in California canned
to retain the position pending- a judicial uoous unne in abuine mm, m uegouaung
treaties wnn loreiun cuuinries, to give
due consideration to the necessity for
Daily Treasury Statement. increaslngthe exports or uainornia canned
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Today's state- fruit, which the petition declares can only
ment of the condition of the treasury I be done by material reductions in the
shOWS 1 tarlIt Pacea on sum jjuuus oy lureijjn
Available cash balance $284,806,199 i countries. Many signatures to the petl-
Gold reserve 233,972,593 l tlon were obtained today in this city.
decision as to Scott's eligbllity.
OP
fleet, permanently anchored at a spot
selected by the Pacific. And the Pacific
is the ocean of the commerce of the future.
Most future wars will be conflicts for
commerce. The power that rules the Pa
cific, therefore, is the power that rules ine
world. And, with the Philippines, that
power Is and will forever be the Ameri
can republic.
"China's trade Is the mightiest commer
cial fact In our future. Her foreign com
merce was $2S5,728,C00 In 1897, In which we,
her neighbor, had lees than 15 per cent, of
which only a little more than half was
merchandise sold to China by us. We
ought to have 50 per cent, and we wilL
And China's foreign commerce Is only be
ginning. Hei resources, her possibilities,
her wants all are undeveloped. She has
only 340 miles of railway; I have seen
trains loaded with natives and all the
activities of modern life already appearing
along the line. But she needs, and in cQ
years will have, 2000 miles of railway. Who
can estimate her commerce then?
"Japan's Chinese trade Is multiplying
in volume and value; she is bending her
energy to her merchant marine, and Is lo
cated along China's very coast. fut .Ma
nila Is nearer China than Yokohama is.
The Philippines command the commercial
situation of the entire East
"Can America best trade with China
from San Francisco or New Tork? From
San Francisco of course. But If San
Francisco were closer to China than New
York is to Pittsburg, what then? And
Manila Is nearer Hong Kong than Havana
Is to Washington. And yet, American
statesman plan to surrender this commer
cial throne of the Orient, where provi
dence and our soldiers' lives have placed
us. When history comes to write the story
of that suggested treason to American
supremacy and, therefore, to the spread
of American clvllzatlon, let her, in mercy,
write that those who so proposed were
merely blind and nothing more.
Resources of the Islands.
"But, If they did not command China,
India, the Orient, the whole Pacific for
purposes of offense, defense and trade, the
Philippines are so valuable in themselves
that we should hold them. I have cruised
more than 2000 miles through the archlpeU
ago, every moment a surprise at its love
liness and wealth. I have ridden hundreds
of miles on the islands, every foot of the
way a revelation of vegetable and mineral
riches.
"No land In America surpasses In fertil
ity tho plains and valleys of Luzon. Rice
and coffee, sugar and cocoanuts, hemp and
tobacco and many produce of the temper
ate as well as tropic zone, grow In vari
ous sections of the archipelago. I have
seen hundreds of bushels of Indian corn
lying in a road fringed with banana treea.
"The forests of Negros, Mindanao, Min-
of war is criminal because ineffective.
We acted toward the Indians as though
we feared them, loved them, hated them
a mingling of foolish sentiment, inaccur
ate thought and paralytic purpose. Let
us now be instructed by our own experi
ence." Responsibility for Present Flchtinjj.
As to peace, Beveridge said:
"The friendly methods of peace have
been thoroughly tried, only to make peace
more difficult. American opposition to
the war has been the chief factor in pro
longing It. Had Aguinaldo not understood
that in America, even in the American
congress, even here In the senate, he
and his cause were supported; had he not
known that It was proclaimed on the
stump and in the press of a faction in the
United States that every shot his mis
guided followers fired into the breasts of
American soldiers was like the volleys
flred by Washington's men against the
soldiers of King George, his Insurrection
would have dissolved before it entirely
crystallized. I say to those whose voices
In America have cheered those misguided
natives on to shoot our soldiers down that
the blood of those dead and wounded boys
of ours Is on their hands, and the flood of
all tho years can never wash the stain
away."
Regarding self-government, he declared
tho Filipinos utterly Incapable, as they are
not a self-governing race, but are Ori
entals, Malays, instructed by Spaniards
in the latter's worst estate. They know
nothing of practical government, except
as they have witnessed the weak, corrupt,
cruel and capricious rule of Spain.
"The form of government," he declared,
"must be simple and strong. The mean
ing of those two words must be written
in every line of Philippine legislation;
realized in every act of Philippine admin
istration. A Philippine office in our de
partment of state; an American governor
general In Manila, with power to meet
dally emergencies; possibly an advisory
council, with no power except that of dis
cussing measures with the governor-general,
which council would be the germ for
a future legislature, a school in practical
government; American lieutenant-governors
In each district, and a like council
grouped about him; frequent and unan
nounced visits of provincial governors to
the districts of their province; periodical
reports to the governor-general; an Amer
ican board of visitation to make semi
annual trips to the archipelago without
power of suggestion or Interference to of
ficials or people, but only to report and
recommend to the Philippine office of our
state department; a Philippine civil serv
ice, with promotion for efficiency.
Government Must Be Pure.
"The men we send to administer clvil-
(Concluded on Second Page.)
Am0 niTrVA;Pf-
The admiralty, in seeking transports, is
reported to have chartered the American
liner St. Paul, which was inspected pre
vious to chartering, and three Liverpool
steamers. ,,.,
The government's defense, as put fortn
by Mr. Balfour at Manchester, has pro
duced a disagreeable impression upon the
country. The Standard, Times and St.
James's Gazette join In the almost unan
imous metropolitan and provincial disap
proval of the government explanations.
The various segments of the liberal party
are being drawn togother for united op
position to parliament next month.
Great Britain's loss since the war began
is fast approaching 8000. A war office
compilation of casualties, Issued last
evening, shows a total of 7213-102? ; killed
37C5 wounded and 2511 missing. These do
not Include 140 who have succumbed to
disease, nor tho casualties at wo)""
The Daily Mail says: "With character
istic bad manners, the Transvaal authori
ties have refused to allow Mr. Hollls, the
American representative at Pretoria, to
care for British interests. This Is an act
without precedent In modern diplomatic
A dispatch to the Dally Chronicle dated
at Frero damp, Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, says: ,,.,, n
"There has been no bombardment or
Ladysmlth today, nor any shelling at
Cheveley by the British guns,"
The Dally Mail has the following els
patch, dated Sunday, June 1," from Cape
"Dordrecht is now garrisoped by 1000
rebels, thus releasing the Orange Free
State troops for service elsewhere.
The Daily Graphic makes the following
statement: .
"Germany has addressed two notes to
the British foreign office, challenging
Groat Britain's right to detain any ships
traveling between any two neutral ports.
The notes have been duly answered. The
queen's government finds itself wholly
unatle to acquiesce in. Germany s
contention. Germany cited a case in sup--port
of her contention, but on examina
tion this so-called precedent proved to bo
quite inapplicable to the seizures under
discussion. The correspondence between
the two countries rests, there, pending a
decision oy tne primwu
NO WARRANT FOR EXULTATION.
Situation at Lndysmlth Must Be
Worse Than Ever.
LONDON, Jan. 9. Further news of Gen
eral White's victory is anxiously awaited,
as It is generally realized today that there
Is little warrant for tne exultation which
followed the announcement of his repulse
of the Boers. The remarkable revelation
in Boer tactics has been another com
plete surprise to the British, who had not
reckoned on tho weakened garrison of
NOT THE GREED OF GOLD.
Manchester Speech of the First Lord
of the Treasury.
LONDON, Jan. 9. Addressing a meet
ing held in a suburb of Manchester, to
night, Mr. Balfour said;
"While I am loth to claim, in any
proud and arrogant speech, that we are
in any special sense the leaders of a great
humanitarian cause, I deny in the strong
est manner that we are animated by ig
noble motives. No more false or stupid
calumny was ever lnvonted than the ac
cusation that Great Britain is animated
by a petty desire to add wealthy regions
to an already gigantic empire. No mere
acquisition of territory could compensate
for a war costing so much blood and
treasure."
Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.
addressing the London chamber of com
merce today, and dealing with questions
of national defense, said that, now that
war prevailed, more attention would be
paid, perhaps, to those who had warned
the country that it was laboring under a
"rotten, false and misleading system cf
administration," so far as tne services,
were concerned.
"While X would deprecate the adopt.on
of conscription," said Lord Charles, "I
hope the country will insist upon overhaul
ing and reforming the naval and military
service. In connection with the war in
South Africa, I contend that our generals
should be held blameless, for they have
been sent to do an Impossibility."
Feared It Would Make a Deep Im
pression on the Country Chand
ler's Re-Electlon Doubtful
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The speech of
Senator Beveridge today Is the raal open
ing declaration from the republican side
regarding the Philippine policy. He la
bored under the disadvantage of break
ing through senatorial traditions and
maldng a speech during the first session
of his term. The importance of the sub
ject, however, drewj a large crowd to the
senate, and senators listened with unusual
Interest. That he made a deep impres
sion upon the senate, and that it was
feared by the "antls" that It would make
a deep Impression upon the country was
evident from the fact that Senator Hoar
found It necessary to make a reply a3
best he could, although a prepared speech
on the Bubject by the Massachusetts sen
ator Is to be delivered some wesks hence.
The clear and forcible presentation of the
case and the actual knowledge which Bev
eridge possesses concerning the conditions
in the Philippines will be unanswerable,
no matter whether Hoar, Mason and all
the other "antls" In the senate should
undertake to break them down.
It is not believed that Senator Beveridge
Is speaking for the administration because
he went directly contrary to what seam3
to have long- been the purpose of the ad
ministration in the matter of speedily
crushing out the rebellion. It was not
until public opinion forced a larger army
that Otis was given sufficient troops to
put down the uprising. Bevaridge be
lieves that even now a larger force shouZd
be sent there, and that there should bo
no delay whatever In beating the Malays,
who would keep the Islanders in turmoil
constantly.
It is not likely that Boveridge's reso
lution or his plan of government will be
adopted, as the older senators bellave
that they are capable of handling- this
subject without the advice of the young
man from Indiana, Beverldge's speech
was far above expectations.
Chandler's Political Suicide.
The position that Senator Chandler, of
New Hampshire, has assumed on the sil
ver question has made his re-election vry
doubtful. AH tho republicans of Nw
Hampshire are planning to send a straight
gold jnan who would be In harmony with
his party in place of the energetic but
misguided Chandler.
Administration Abandons Quay.
For several days there have been runio'3
afloat about the capltol mat the adminis
tration has practically abandoned Quay,
and that no senator seeking: patronage
will be compelled to support Quavn or-
dr to keen In ravor wun tne powery.Tea.L.
be. If this is true. It will probably refe
In the loss of a number of votes to Qua5
It Is said the changed heart of the adm&vj
Istration has been brousht about because
of the apparent falling- off In. the Quay
support in Pennsylvania.
Ivey May Be Removed.
It is said at the treasury department
that Collector Ivey. of Alaska, will be re
moved if he does not tender his resigna
tion very soon. The department Is witting
to give him an opportunity to resign, and
his resignation has been requested, with a
notice of removal if it Is not forthcoming.
The difficulty In. arranging for an Oregon
man to succeed Ivey is in getting- somo
one who will keep the appointees of Ivey
in office, or at least those coming from
Oregon, In which. Senator McErlde is much
Interested. The fight for his successor
will. It Is expected, be between Oregen
and California men. The salary Is 5M0Q.
and It is a very much sought after place.
Ivey Is very enthusiastic over Alaska
mining propositions, and believes himself
worth $1,000,000 prospectively. He thinks
more of his mining interests than the col
Iectorshlp. New Department of Alaska.
The organization of a military depart
ment of Alaska does iot mean that the
territory will be placed under miltkary
control, but it simply takes Alaska oat
of the department of the Columbia, of
which it has always been a part. This
was found necessary because of the con
solidated command of the departments of
the Columbia and California. Everything
coming- from Alaska went first to Vancou
ver and was then forwarded to San Fran
cisco to bo acted upon by Shatter, who
was the commanding officer of both de
partments. This caused a delay which
the war department wisnes to avora oy
having direct communication with an offi
cer commanding in Alaska.
Sale of the United Verde.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The United Verde
copper mine, together with the works and
railroad owned by the company, were sold
at public auction today. The property Is
located In Arizona and has recently been
in litigation. The property was sold for
$;00,0C0, the purchaser being James Mc
Donald, who is said to have represented
the reorganization committee of the com
pany. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 9. The Verde
Queen Copper Company, of Arizona, capi
tal $1,000,000, to mine and smalt copper,
was Incorporated here today. The incor
porators are F. L. Patton, jr., D. sos
worth, T. D. Dale, H. A. Magher, I. M.
Sutton, L. S. Stlllman, all of Jersey City.
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Two Transports for Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. The trans
ports Tartar and Aztec will sail for Ma
nila tomorrow. The Tartar will go to
the Philippines direct with 500 recruits
and a. large quantity of commissary stores.
Colonel Freeman, of the Fifth artillery,
will be a passenger. The Aztec will carry
cavalry horses and will stop at Ho Ho.
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The Inwton Fund.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-Major-General
Shafter ha3 sent to Adjutant-General
Corbin a draft of $9491. the contri
butions to the Lawton fund from the peo
ple of this coast. There Is a sufficient
sum reported now on Its way to General
Shafter to make the final total $10,121. ,
TO TEST TEE BLAND ACT.
Case lu Supreme Court May Havo
Bearing ou Financial Question,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. A record and
brief have been received by the clerk of
the supreme court of the United State?,
In a. case from the supreme court of Mich
igan, that may have a bearing on tho
financial question. It is the case of Baker
vs. Baldwin, In which F. A. Baker a
Michigan lawyer, is to test the consti
tutionality of the provisions of the Bland
Allison act, making the silver dollar of
371.25 grains of pure silver a full and un
limited legal tender in the payment of all
debts, public or private.
Mr. Baker claims that the act of 3373.
establishing the guld dollar of 29.22 grains
of pure geld as the standard of value, la
the only valid act In existence making
coined money a full legal tender, and that
all contracts since entered into payable in
money without stipulation as to the kind ot
money, can be settled only In gold dollars
or in United States notes redeemable in
gold. Ee contends that the Bland-Allison
act Is unconstitutional, because the bulhon
value of the silver dollar at the date o
the passage of that act, ana ever since
then, has been less than the value of the
gold dollar, and that congress has "no
right, under the power to coin money, to
Issue a debased coin and to make it an un
limited tender where no provision Is mado
for its redemption in coin of full value."
Mr. Baker Is an advocate of sliver, and
In 1SS6 was chairman of the democratic
state central committee, of Michigan, but
he believes that the new standard of value,
which would result from the restoration of
blmetallsm, should be adopted for further
contracts only, and that alt existing pub
lic and private debts contracted since 1S73
should be paid In gold, unless the contract
specifically provides for the payment of
some other kind of money.
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Breach of Promise Suit.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Elizabeth
Gladstone, aged 63, has secured judgment
In the superior court against Joseph
Boaxdman, aged 73, for breaeh of prom
ise to marry. Sho sued for $SCO,000.