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. BATHER PRESUMPTUOUS.
' In recent Issue of the 'Atlanta
Journal, owned and edited by Hoke
Smith, late secretary "of -the interior
ttnder president : Cleveland, appeared
rather a remarkable article on the
"Aatv nf th democratic n'arty as a
whole," In whioh the editor advises
the healing- of all factions and the set-
tuns' down to such harmonious con
duct as will result In victory in 1900.
.also claiming- that the recent victorias
Jin New York, Kentucky and Nebraska
r and the cutting down of the republican
vote in other states, were achieved in
the absence of any reference to the
Chicago platform, free coinage of sil
ver, or other radical propositions. The
article then appeals to the democratic
. party to dump the Chicago platform
and declares In effect that the gold
- - 1 1 A.
Xndara democrats cannot go uacs. u
So regular organization until that
r creed is abandoned. The article con
eludes Its appeal witn tne remark tua
"there are two ways before the old
psrty. . One way leads to safety, and
honor, and triumph; the other leads
to madness, dispute and ruin."
-This appeal is touching, but it is un-
ikely that it will have any effect upon
e rank and file of the party. It is
presumptuous for Mr. Smith to sup
pose that the little handful of gold
standard.' democrats will be able to
dictate the policy of the party in the
future. The tail cannot wag the dog,
however respectable the tail may oe,
It Isn't big enough. The 6,502,952
1 . . 3 .1 1 I 1 .
men wno accepted iuo isuiuugu pmu-
Vorra and voted for Bryan last fall, will
V.be dictatdtoby the 133,148 gold
"""SuLndaru democrats who voted for
Palmer. If the Chicago platform
must be dumned in order to win back
the Palmer democrats, they must for
ever flock, to themselves or go with
he republican party. Minority rule
democratic, and will never pre-
a national convention. Six
of men will not surrender
and principles to one hun-
(and. The price which Mr,
and the other gold standard
democrats demand is too great. They
are not worth what they ask.
sword. It was argued in Lovering'
defense that he was enforcing discip
line, but his style of enforcement was
too brutal to meet the approval of
a court-martial composed of men
trained in rigid army discipline.
Lovering has shown himself to be a
brute, devoid of human feeliog, and
should be drummed out of the army,
for he is a disgrace to the name of
American soldier, still he will receive
only a mild reprimand. He has shown
himself utterly unfit to command free
men, and the only position for -which
he is fitted or where be would be ap
preciated is in the Spanish army. The
court-martial should have fixed as his
punishment that he be forced to enlist
under Marshal Blanco.
1
LOSS FROM BANK FAILURES
It is impossible to tell with accuracy
the amount of money lo9t to the
American people every year as the re
sult of bank failures. For national
banks the statistics kept by the com
ptroller of- the currency are suf
ficiently satisfactory. The same official
has tried from time to time to compile
information relating to insolvency of
other banking institutions, Comp
troller Eckels gave special attention
to the subject in bis report for 1896,
having made use of the fifty-eight
national bank examiners as agencies
f jr collecting material in relation to
filled banks of all kinds and the
Chicago Record manes an analysis of
them after the followiug fashion. The
figures thus collected, however, neces
sarily were not in all cases complete
but they serve to throw much light on
the subject. Comparisons indicate
that the institutions under national
supervision are much safer places of
deposit than are the state and pri
vate banks, as is shown by the follow
ing table from Comptroller Eckels' re
port gives failures for the year:
No. In exist
ence, Oct. Failures
Casg. 31. 1896. No Ferct
National banks. i..... 3.679 37 .78
State banks and trust co's. 4.944 69 1 01
Savings banks 764 9 l.IH
Private banks.7 3.S52 42 118
THE COMING CONGRESS.
(7i
ALIEN OWNERSHIP OF LAND
There is nothing which threatens
the free institutions of America more
than the acquirement of large tracts of
realty by. non residents. Gradually
the ownership of land, both in the
cities and rural districts, is passing in
to the hands of people who reside
across the ocean, and if this shall keep
up another half century as it has in
the past 50 years, this will become a
nation of landlordism worse than ex
ists today in England. Every acre
the title to which passes into the
hands of an alien corporation or indl
vidual brings us just that much nearer
to a condition of tenants and landlords.
If Ahere Is not a check it will be only a
comparatively few years when the
land .of free America will be owned in
England, Germany and France, while
the people who live here and should
be the real landlords, will be a lot of
tenants, living at the mercy of foreign
ers. . ' '
It is time indeed that this threatened
danger be checked. America can
offer a home to the thrifty foreigner
who desires to come here and become
a citizen. It is well to invite honest
nd law abiding people from all
nations to cast their lot with American
freemen, but it is not right .to permit
an alien to acquire title to our land
It should never be permitted to pass
to any one except a native or natural
ized citizen. Laws should be passed
making deeds executed hereafter to
aliens invalid. An alien desiring to
acquire title to land by purchase or
otherwise should be required to be
come a citizen or at least take out his
first citizenship papers, and no cor
poration, not incorporated under the
laws of some state -or territory and
having its principle office somewhere
in the United States, should be per?
to acquire title to reality. To
otect American freedom and Amerl
can homes alien ownership ot laad
must be prohibited.
WHO IS RIGHT?
Sunday's Oregonian contained
the
following editorial squib:
"It may be worth while to note that
the thirteen nations that threatened
retaliatory measures in case the Ding
ley bill became a law are still buying
our goods. More than this, their pur
chases from us have exceeded by 20
per cent the sales made by them in the
. corresponding months of last year,
while from them the United States
bought 25 per cent less."
It is the generally accepted idea
. among a great many that the enact-
- ment of the Dlngley law has cut down
, Importations from most countries; but
if reports are true we are still Import
ing largely from some of the thirteen
-countries which objected to the
Dingley law. In the same issue of the
Oregonian in -which the above ap-
peared, there was a Berlin dispatch,
giving an account of comments upon
the proposition to institute a tariff war
Against the United States, and one
paragraph is as follows:
"United States Consul-General Gold
: smith says the personal exports to
the United States show an unmistak
able increase. From October 10 to
November 10 the exports in his dis
trict amounted to 2,118,858 marks, as
Against 1,845,682 marks for the same
period of 1896, an increase of to par
-nt. Reports from other consular
districts show, with few exceptions,
similar increases."
Either the Oregonian is mistaken
about the imports from foreign coun
tries haying fallen off 25 per cent, or
Consul-General Goldsmith, who is in
Germany and his facilities for securing
data as to the exports from that
country to the United States, is a ter
rible falsifier.
, .-. A BRUTE CONVICTED.
The court-marshal that tried Capt.
Leonard Lovering, of Fort Sheridan,
at. Chicago has rendered a decision
that be is guilty as charged in the
specifications. Lovering was charged
with having caused Private Charles
'! Hammond to be dragged before the
-drumhead ceurt, and while he was!
'fceinff conveyed to have kicked and
Deatblm and prodded Mm with his
Totals 12,939 137 1.06
The percentage of failures of national
banks, which for the most part are for
the exclusive use of the larger de
positors, is seen to be bonsiderably
smaller than for any other class. The
percentage of failures is highest for
sayings and private banks, the class of
institutions with which person of
small means are most likely to come in
contact. These figuras, therefore, give
direct force to the statement com
monly heard that the government does
more for the rich than it does for the
poor. . - -
The figures as to percentage of fail
ures, however, do not tell the whole
story. Since 1863, 330 uational banks,
or about 6 per cent of all created,
have failed. The average percentage
of dividends paid to creditors of
national banks whose affairs are en
tirely closed is about 75 per cent. The
reports of state banks failed since 1863,
so far as information concerning them
could be secured by the comptroller,
show that 192 such insolvent banks
paid dividends to creditors of less than
25 per cent and over, but less than 50
per cent; 184 paid 50 per cent and
over, but less than 75 per cent; 128
paid 75 per cent and over, but less
than 100 per cent, and 158 banks paid
100 per cent. While the average divi
dend paymert of insolvent national
banks, therefore, was 75 per cent,
nearly as many insolvent state banks
paid less than 50 per cent dividends as
paid that amount or over. The divi
dend payment of insolvent private
banking institutions are smaller yet.
but the figures cannot be giyen with
accuracy. In many such cases the
creditors have received nothing what
ever. Not only, therefore, are there
fewer failures of national banks than
of other banking institutions, but the
percentage of loss to creditors is
smaller in the case of insolvency of
state or private banks.
Workingmen ought to be provided
with some safer place of deposit for
their small savings than banks of
which more than one in the hundred,
on the average is likely to fail every
year, especially when the class of
banks with which workingmen "have
dealings are wont to fail so disastrous
ly when they do succcumb- By estab
lishing postal savings banks the gov
ernment could provide for all persons
of small means an absolutely safe place
of deposits, so that hereafter bank
failures need not be a source of terror
to small depositors.
Of the 330 national banks that have
failed sineo the beginning of the sys
tem the accounts of 142 had been
closed on October 31, 1896, for which
the comptroller of the currency giyes
the following figures:
Total claims proved. 141,593,669;
total dividends paid, $30,933,664; total
losses, 810,659,969. At the same ratio
the total losses for the entire 330
national banks failed between 1863 and
1896 probably would approximate $25,-
000,000.
It is difficult to estimate what may
have been the losses from failures of
other than national banks for the same
period, but the amount very greatly
exceeds the losses by national bank
failures. For the year closed Aug. 31,
1896. there were failures of 110 state
banks and trust companies, sayings
banks and private banks, with the as
sets of $7,447,546 and liabilities of
$9,174,102. On the face of- the figures
this statement shows a loss for the
single year of nearly $2,000,000, which
in reality will be greater, as the assets
probably will shrink before final settle
ment is made. For the panic year of
1893 the number of failures reported to
the comptroller was 261 banks with
nominal assets of $54,828,690, and
liabilities of $46,766,818, upon which
dividends had been paid in 1896 to the
amount of $17,912,290. The most at
tractive feature el the postal savings
bank system is that panic years, like
others, would pass without loss to depositors.
In his report for 1896 Comptroller
Eckels publishes figures giving failures
as reported to him for the years 1864-96,
of which the totals- are as follows:
Number of failures, 1,234; nominal as
sets $214,312,190; liabilities $220,629,-
dividends paid at time of making
reports, $100,088,726.
It is inevitable that there should be
some bank failures. But every con
sideration of prudence and statesman
ship demands the strictest government
supervision in order to make the losses
from such failures as small as possible,
for the savings of the poor the govern
ment should make provision for abso
lute safety by establish! ng postal ban ks.
The small depositor is entitled to
better protection than the record of
failures shows he has received during
the last thirty years. .
Congress will convene 'n regular
session next Monday, and as both
houses are fully organized, there
should be no delay in gettiag down to
business. Legislation should, under
these circumstances, bo disposed of
with alacrity, and whatever remedial
measures that demand immediate at
tention will be disposed of at an early
date.
Before tnis session will come some
of the most important measures that
any congress has had to contend with
in many years. The annexation of
Hawaii will no doubt receive the first
attention of the senate, and will be
vigorously opposed by a certain few
who do not favor the policy of the
United States extending its territory
beyond the mainland. But there is
probably enough senators who take a
broad view of the matter, and realize
that it is a question of the United
States or some foreign power acquir
ing title to the islands, to insure the
ratification of the islands. Hawaii is
recognized as a necessary adjunct to
the United States in case of war with
any Asiatic nation, and should it fall
into the hands of some foreign power
might prove very embarrassing to this
government. Hence it is reasonable
to believe the senate will ratify the
treaty.
Cuba, too, will come up for early con
sideration: and while the administra
tion prefers the pursuance of a pacific
policy toward Spain and leaving; to
that nation the T settlement of the
Cuban question, it is questionable if
the sentiment in favor of according
to Cuba belligerent rights can be
checked. The fact of hundreds of
thousands of conceatradoes starving,
and the inability of Spain to end the
war except by exterminating the in
surgents,has aroused such indignation
throughout this nation that it is not
probable the influence of the ad minis
tration will be sufficient to ckeck the
demand foi interference on the part of
America. Should congress neglect to
institute a vigorous policy toward
Cuba it would arouse such a clamor
that no party could withstand.
The deficiency in the revenues of the
country will cause considerable worry
on the party of the majority in both
branches of congress, but it is not
expected that any measure will be in
troduced to create more revenue, as it
will no doubt be the policy of the
party in power to give the present
tariff law a more extended trial before
undertaking a change. And the pro
posed reform of the currency wilt come
in to cause worry and vexation. The
plan that will be suggested in the
president's message and that offered
by Secretary Gage will meet with
hearty responses in the house, but in
the senate a strong opposition will be
raised to any attempt to retire the
greenbacks or increase the interest
bearing debt. It is almost a foregone
conclusion that no measure having
these ends in view can pass the upper
house.
Outside of river and harbor improve
ments and a few public building ap
propriations, the question that will
eome before this session, in which the
Pacific coast is most directly interested
is Ihe Nicaragua canal. The people of
the coast demand that they have equal
privileges with those of the Atlantic
coast for conducting their commerce
with Europe, and are almost a unit in
favor of national aid being extended
towards the Nicaragua canal. They
will vigorously oppose joint ownership
of the canal with any European power,
and a measure that carries with it
proposition short of absolute owner
ship either by the United States or a
corporation incorporated within
this nation will meet their disapproval
by a . deaJlock, made possible by
peculiar provision of the constitution
requiring a quorum of two-thirds to
organize. sso the legislature, never
having been in actual session, had no
opportunity to elect. Moreover, the
temporary organization adjourned by
constitutional limitation before March
4, so that even it was not in session
when the vacancy to which the gover
nor appointed actually occurred.
Both these considerations take this
case out of the jurisdiction of the pre
cedents quoted against Senator Cor-
bett. This is well understood in the
committee on elections, where his case
has been considered favorable, and it
is believed a report will be made aarly
in the session. Ex-Senator Corbett is
not unknown to contemporary public
men, and his personal standing as a
man of large affairs and sane cod vie
tions, well abreast of the soundest re
publican doctrine upon vital current
issues, will make for him a serious and
sympathetic consideration of his case,
The most serious opposition to him
will come from the free-silver senator?,
who will fight him, not as a republican
but as a sound-money man."
HARMONIZING.
The truth of the old adage that "It
is an ill wind that blows nobody good,
has been to some extent, verified by
the political action of a democratic
party minority which resulted in the
Indianapolis convention and the suc
cess of the republican party ticket in
1896. One of the benefits derived from
that action of a minority has been to
awaken thought to the fact that indi
vidual views of personal conviction of
party policy stubbornly adhered to is
not democracy. A cheerful submis'
sion to the views of a majority is the
leading principle of democratic govern
ment and concert of ' action upon an
agreed policy reached by this means is
the only way of securing it. But that
action, which prolonged tne date-at
which the evils of republican party
government can be corrected, nas also
furnished a test of democracy by which
the party and the eountry will be
greatly benefited. The tendency to
harmonize on majority leadership has
been shown by many followers of the
Indianapolis faction and many active
in the leadership of that movement
have confessed their error and sub
scribed to the domination, of party
majority. The conclusion, therefore,
now seems to be justified that all ot
the bolting faction who were properly
in the democratic party, that is, all
those whose affiliations were from
principle and as a political meanr of
securing the greatest good to the
greatest number of our countrymen,
will return to the democratic fold.
But notice should be served at once
that the leaders of that faction must
take their places with Henry Walter
son in the ranks. Their future faith
ful work in party lines for party ends
as determined by the party majority
will be evidence of their sincerity.
THE CASE OF CORBETT.
Should there be any attempt to re
tire toe greenbacks at the coming ses
sion of congress It is evident the demo
crats and their silver allies in the gen-
ate will interpose a vigorouse objec-1
tion.
That Mr Corbett's vote is needed by
the republicans is quite evident, and
that a strong effort will be made to
seat him is beyond question, but the
success with which it will meet is an
other thing. Precedent is against
him, but precedents go for little when
party ascendency is at stake, and if by
any hook or crook : Mr. Corbett can
be seated past experience and future
results will not binder. 1 his Is quite
evident from the following expression
of the New York Commercial adver
tiser, which no doubt speaks authorl
tatively:
Control . of the next senate may
easily turn upon . the filling of the
vacancy from Oregon. With a sound
money republican admitted, the re
publicans will have 45 dependable
votes, and can carry party measures by
the casting vote of the vice-president.
There is a popular notion that the
claim of ex-Senator Corbett, appointed
by the governor, after the failure of
the legislature to elect, rests on the
same basis as former cases, in whioh
the senate refused to admit an ap
pointed member on the ground that
the legislature had the opportunity to
elect and the state was unrepresented
by its own neglect.
On the contrary, the Oregon case is
without precedent, in that organiza
tion of the legislature was prevented
Senator Allison bad his prophetic
eye open when he said the other day
there would be no currency legislation
enacted at the next sessien of congress.
lae currency reform promised can
never be unacted without the senate
personnel being changed.
The historian who writec the bio
graphy of The Dalles will not record
it as a great manufacturing center un
less the people who reside and own
property In the :ity begin early to es
tablish manufacturing industries.
Other less favored localities are secur
ing all the new industries while we are
waiting for them to come to us.
Truly this is an age of trusts and
combines. Hardlyan industry of im
portance that can be controlled by a
trust, but has been gathered together
under some sort of a combine. We
have the oil trust, the sugar trust, the
iron trust, the coal trust, etc., and now
the wire manufacturers are preparing
to organize a trust with a capital of
$60,000,000, backed by J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co.
une most gracious ttlng congress
could do when it convenes would be
to pass the senate resolution recogniz
ing the belligerency of Cuba, or better
still its independence. Such action
might cost a few lives and perhaps a
few million dollars, but this would te
better than permitting thousands of
women and children to starve under
our very noses.
A man named Brice in Chicago has
erected a factory and put in machinery
for the purpose of manufacturing gold
from base metals. He claims the yel
low metal is simply a combination of
lead and antimony and to produce it
requires only proper relationship of
the two. If his theory proves correct
the "gold bug's" occupation will be
gone.
Even the comparative barriers ef the
Dingley law have not prevented im
portations of foreign goods, and our
monoy is going abroad at an alarming
rate to pay for them. This is no aoubt
on account of the light purchases that
were made during dull times, and be
cause the American people have money
this year, that was received for their
cereals, wi',h which to purchase some
of the luxuries.
The receipts . from customs so far
this fiscal year undoubtedly will fall
considerably short of the estimates
made by the managers of the tariff
bill during its pendency in congress.
At that time it was estimated that
customs would yield about $180,000,000
during the first year. The indications
now are said to be that the receipts
from this source will not aggregate
more than $165,000,000.
President dcKinley's forthcoming
message to congress will ceriainly not
meet public demands unless he advises
a vigorous policy being pursued to
wards Cuba. Americans are tired ot
seeing people murdered and starved,
and demand that this government dis
card its "friendly 'offices' policy.
They still have a spark of humanity in
their souls, and are ready to sacrifice
their liyes and fortunes for the suffer
ing Cubans.
Representative Cannon, chairman of
the house committee on appropria
tions, insists that legislation to reform
the currency will be impossible at the
coming session, because the senate
will refuse to sanction- any measure
that may be passed' by the house. He
also object to any attempt at increas
ing revenue as he believes the Dinley
bill will eventually produce enough to
pay ordinary expenses.
The tribute paid to the memory of
Dr. Marcus Whitman at Walla Walla
last Monday was indeed fitting. He
was one of the great men tf the
age in which be lived a typical
pioneer and patriot and to his ener
gles and bravery we who live in
Oregon and Washington are indebted
for the privilege of being American
citizens, for had he not pushed out in
to the Western wilderness it is prob
able this would have been British
territory.
The Goldendale Sentinel: com pit
men ta the Dingley tariff lawbaAuse it
will create about $5,000080, loath
revenue from the duty Oftstri LThis
In the aggregate will be $c6W,000 a
year tax on sugar. Last year there
were something over 14,900,000 votes
cast in the United States, so this will
be a tax of a little more than $4 a piece
on every voter in the nation on the
sugar that is consumed. But it is a
fulfillment of the principle of protec
tion to rax consumption instead of
property.
The deficit under the Dingley law
from the time it went Into effect up to
the third week in November was
little less.than $45,000,000. This deficit
will cause thinking congressmen to
wonder if they did not jump out of the
frying pan Into the fire when they set
aside the eld law for the new. Devis
ing means for increasing the revenue
or cutting down expenditures will be
one of the most serious questions with
which the congress which meets next
Monday will have to contend.
The strongest argument the Oregon
ian has yet brought against the estab
lishing of postal savings banks is that
this nation has no permanent debt in
which vhe accumulations of depositors
may be Invested. There need be no
fears on this line, for after the next
congress gets a lick at the people, the
national debt will be permanent and
large enough to meet all requirements
for investment, besides there is over a
billion dollars of municipal and school
district bonds that would furnish . safe
investments. Evidently there is plenty
of debt. In foot, it is the bane of this
Some sentimental people hold up
their hands In horror whenever a
negro is lynched "down south," and
declare that section of the nation it
only temi-civilized else such sum
mary punishment would not be prac
ticed. But if they would consider the
crimes for which the negroes are
lynched they would conclude it is the
negro who is not civilized, henco'ho
brings retribution upon him?olf. For
instance, thedispatchesaonounco that
last Saturday eight negroes dragged a
cotton picker, who had some money,
out of . his house and murdered him.
then ravished his wife. Nothing but
lynching or burning at the stake would
be just and full punishment for such
brutes.
William R. Cremer has come to the
United States from England bringirg
with him a petition signed by 2,750,000
British workingmen, begging for an
arbitration treaty between England
and America. This petition of course
will have some bearing upon congress,
but it is hardly likely it will cause a
serious consideration ' of the matter.
Congress has begun to realize what a
farce an arbitration treaty would be.
Whenever there is anything to arbi
trate then is the time to prepare for
the arbitrators, but it, is a good plan
in the meantime to keep up a formid
able navy and good vigorous foreign
policy, and there is little likelihood of
questions to arbitrate arising.
The Spokesman-Review calls atter.
uon to tne consumption of eastern
eggs in Oregon and Washington.
Thu paper says that one. comrrission
flrn in Spokane has imported five
Cirloads of eastern eggp, at an average
cost per car of $1825, since the first of
October. It takes 2,800 bushels of 65
cent wheat to. pay for one carload of
eggs. Now-the question is, cannot
some people throughout this section
turn their attention to egg production
and earn more than they do now from
raising wheat year in and year out?
At least those who have nothing much
to do and cannot secure land on which
to grow wheat can add to the thrift
and prosperity of Eastern Oregon at
least by encouraging the industrious
hen to lay enough eggs right here at
home to supply the nearby markets.
East Oregonian.
Because the Ada Reban silver statue
at the world's fair :was so greatly ad- j
mired and attracted such wide spread
attention, some "Yestern millionaires
have conceived a plan to make a life
size gold statue of President McKin
ley and put it on exhibition at the Paris
exposition in 1900, and thesculpture
Higby has been delegated to go to
Washington and gain the president's
consent to pose for the figure. It is
certainly to be hoped his mission will
meet with laiiure. Mr. McKinley
should have too much respect for him'
self and the nation to permit of such
works of todyism. . .Every loyal citi
zen respects the office and the man
who fills it, but American citizens are
not so vain that they would wish to
see their president's figure wrought in
gold, or silver either, placed on exhi
bition at home or abroad.
ASKED TO INTERVIEW
Hayti Wants Aid in Settling
With Germany.
DIED IN ITS INCIPIENCY
The First Plot to Undermine Blanco
in Cuba Provesca
Failure.
OLIVER : J
1 CHILLED PLOWS!
How Blanco Keep Faith -A Wreck an
The 8anta Fe Germany Backs
Down-Eujene Mope Re
' sentenced.
New York, Nov. 30. A special
to the Herald from Washington says:
The Haytian government has asked
the United States to use its good
offices for the settlement of its contro
versy with Germany. - Ambassador
White is feeling the pulse of the Ger
man authorities on this phase of the
subject, and if it can be ascertained
beforehand that Germany will not
reject the good offices of the United
States, they will be tendered.
The administration is reluctant to
believe that it will be called upon to
make any assertion about the applica
tion of the Monroe doctrine to the
present controversy, bur state depart
ment officials do not deny that this
government will take' a very firm
stand should Germany make any
movement in the direction of perma
nent occupancy of Haytian territory.
For the purpose of giving adequate
protection to American interests in
Hayti, and show Germany that this
government is alert to its own inter
ests, Secretary Long, after consulta
tion with the president, has directed
tne crusier riaroieneaa to make a
cruise in the West Indies, stopping at
Hayti.
Ambassador White's dispatch to the
state department does not indicate
that the Berlin authorities have any
further purpose in view than to secure
full reparation for the reported out
rage on Lueders, the primary object
being to give Hayti a wholesome
object lesson which will compel better
treatment of German subjects in the
future.
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Washington, Dec. 1. In the opin
ion of the administration the time is
now ripe for a renewal of the practice
of having the United States, navy rep
resented in the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico and the Caribbean sea. For
several years past, saye an occasional
cruiser sent witb all baste on her way
to or from the South Atlantic station,
not a vessel of the navy has been be
yond the waters of ' Florida, for the
reason that the presence of United
States war -vessels in the neighbor
hood of the Spanish . Antilles, might
have served to create an erroneous im
pression as to the attitude of the United
States toward the Cuban insurgents
and tended to complicate the relations
between the United States and Spain
at a time when it was desirable that
no outside influences should be brought
into play.
Now, however, with the improve
ment in conditions in Cuba and the
continued existence of good relations
between the two governments, the
navy department is about to let tome
of the smaller vessels of the navy go
Into West Indian waters during the
present winter season. The Marble
head, now at Annapolis, will start
southward as soon as she has concluded
her work in connection with the trial
of the torpedo boat Winslow.
While engaged in this inspection,
the Marblehead will make her head'
quarters at Port au Prince, on the west
coast of Hayti, and will be charged
with the protection of American in
terests generally in that section of the
West Indies.
This statement which comes from
the secretary of state, is taken to mean
mat ner coiumanaer win see tuat our
interests do not suffer in the event
that the German government proceeds
forcibly to punish Hayti for the arrest
ol Liueders.
The Wilmington is also to be sent
southward, but will first be docked
and overhauled. The gunboat An
napolis now transformed into a train
ing ship, is slated for the trip into the
gulf during the winter with a number
of naval apprentices aboard.
Germany Backs Down.
Berlin, Nov. 30. The German
government has abandoned its inten
tion of sending tbe warship Geffon to
Hayti to eniorce its demands. The
Geffon instead will be sent te reinforce
the German fleet in tbe Chinese
waters. Baron ' von Bulow, the Ger
man minister of foreign affairs, todav
gave United St tea Amoatsador White
a wholly satisficury exp.anatioo of
Gerjjan j intentions toward Hayti.
D1EU IN ITS INC1PENCY.
First Plot to Undermine Blanco In Caba
a failure.
New YORK, Noy. 30 Captain-General
Blanco crushed in the bud
tbe first overt act of hostility against
the establishment of autonomy on the
part of the Intransigents led by
weyier partisans, says tne corre
spondent of the Herald at Havana.
The government has for some davs
been aware that a demonstration was
about to be made.
It was discovered yesterOay that it
would take the form of a secret cir
cular, calling on radical Spaniards to
thwart the plans of tbe present admin
istration. The police raided : the I
printing office of El Commercio and
seized a large number , of printed cir
culars. They were iieaded VViva
Weyier," and contained a glorification
of Weyier and a verulent attack upon
the United States and General Blanco.
The circulars were signed by many
Spaniards, and bore the date "Santa
Clara, November 23." These circulars
bave been ' distributed ? through tbe
mails in black-edged envelopes pur
porting to contain funeral notices.
The. discovery was followed imme
diately by the arrest of Eya Canel, a
well-known newspaper woman, who is
notorious as one of the most active of
Weyler's partisans; Joe Hermida, the
mayor's secretary, T and ; three other
employes of the printing office.
Brakes Would Not Work.
Flagstaff, Ariz., Nov. 30. Word
comes of a wreck on the Santa Fe near
Williams, in which three men lost
tbelr lives and much valuable prop
erty was destroyed. After tbe first
section of train No. 33 had pulled out
of Williams the air that controls the,
brakes gave out and the train dashed
down the steep grade with rapidity IbI
creasing velocity. The hand brakes
were unavailing to 'check the. speed,
and when a point about 10 mlles. west
was reached ther train left the track.
Two engines were-coupled to the train,
which was a very heavy one. Engi
neers Newton and Watson, and Fire
man Berry were pinned under their
respective engines and lost their lives,
it is said, by being burned to death.
(Bays i He Ik Dead in Law.
Omaha, Nov. 30. A novel petition
has been filcdln the district court by
Joseph Bartley, ex-state treasurer,
now under a 20-year sentence for loot
ing the treasury of $500,000. The
petition is an answer to the state's
'tin which Bartley is- made co-de-
fcudent with his bondsmen.
The petition declares that Bartley
cannot be sued .since he is dead, hav
ing been sentenced to the peniten-'
tiary. His attorneys declare that
under the state law no convict can be
sued. If this contention he sustained.
the suit against the bondsmen cannot
be maintained, ' since the principal
must be sued with - or before the
sureties are sued in Nebraska. . .
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feminine organism are comparatively easy
to overcome if the earlier symptoms are
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Chicago, Dec. 1. The Tribune says:
Well-defined rumors are in circula
tion here that Receiver Clark has
positively declined to accept the presi
dency of the Union Pacific on account
of ill health, It has been practically
decided to put E. W. Winter, late
president of the Northern Pacific, in
the place lieretofore held by Clark..
The aetual head of the corporation, it
is said, will be Marvin Hughitt, presi
dent of the Chicago & Northwestern,
who is to become chairman of the
board of directors of tbe Union Pacific.
Tbe Pacific Hqaadran.
Vallejo, Cal., Dec. 1. The United
States steamer Wheeling, which re
cently arrived here from Honolulu,
will soon be under sailing orders to
proceed to Sitka to relieve the Mari
etta, which will arrive in San Fran
cisco in a few days. The monitors
Monterey and Monadnock are being
coaled, and an officer who knows says
that the Monterey will leave for San
Francisco on Monday next, to be toU
lowed as soon as possible by the Monr
ad nock.
Banker paaldlnr Sentenced.
Chicago, Dec. 1, Charles Spauld-
log, exrpresidentof the Globe Savings
bank, was today sentenced to an indei
terminate term in the penitentiary.
He was charged with embezzling the
funds of the university of Illinois, of
which he was treasurer,
Bow BUneo Keep Faita.
New York, Nov. 30, A dispatch to
tbe World from Havana says:
As evidence of good faith toward
President M cKlnley eta Appeal to tbe
American People for Charity.
NEW York, Dec. 1. President
McKinley is considering the best
method of placing before the char
itable citizens of the United States an
appeal for food to relieve destitution
in Cuba. According to the Whshing
ton correspondent of the World the
Spanish minister has informally cou-
veyed the information to this govern
ment ' that - any contributions which
will be made will be welcomed. In
view of this it is expected that within
a few days Consul-General Lee will be
authorized to take chartre of the sup
plies donated by zitizens of the United
States.
The administration hopes a general
relief movement will be started in
this country. In such an event steps
will be taken to have the supplies ad
mitted without the payment of duty,
Arms and Specie for Colombia.
New York, Dec. 1. Large ship
ments of arms and specie have recently
been sent from this port to the . re
public of Colombia. The. Atlas line
steamer Alenie carried on ner last
two trios 97 cases' of specie and a
quantity of arms. The presidential
election in Colombia will take place
December 5. It is presumed that the
Colombian government is making
preparations to cope with possible
rebellion.
SHALLFuX IN SAN DOMINGO.
Thoasands of Concentfrados Stricken by
the Dread Disease.
' Havana, via Key West, Dec, 2.
Tbe deplorable condition of tbe coun
try grows more and more apparent.
Refugees and reconcentrados are
growing more and more miserable.
According to reports from San
Domingo, smallpox is making terrible
ravages among the concentrados.
Since April last more than 4000 have
died in the city alone, to say nothing
of the suburban towns, which are like
wise affected.
Tne local authorities take no steps
whatever to check tbe mortality. The
streets of the city are thronged with
famine-stricken wretches, who suc
cumb to disease under perhaps some
lonely porch, and sometimes fall dead
in the gutter, where they remain.
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Another Letter rom Dawson Telling of
the Scarcity of rood.
San Francisco, Dec. 2. Edgar L
Strauss, of this city, a member of the
Pacific stock exchange, has received a
letter from his brother-in-law, James
W. Morrison, who is now at Dawson
City, which confirms the news of the
scarcity of food on the klondlke. He
says: '
"The steamer Bella arrived, bring'
in? about 80 tons of provisions, but
still that will not be sufficient. Tbe
authorities have posted notices advls
ing all persons not supplied witb a
year's provisions to go to Circle City
or Fort Yukon, where provisions are
to be had. The stores are closed. The
cargo of the Bella won't begin to fill
half the orders."
The amount of provisions taken to
Dawson on the . Weare is placed at
only IW tons.
Washington, Mr. Hobavtsaid:
"Senator Wolcott has not lost any
thing in the estimation of his party
through the failure of tbe trip to
Europe. From what I can learn, .
there is no man In the senate who is
more thought of by the administration
than Senator Wolcott. President Mc
Kinley is in most hearty accord with
him on financial matters, as will be
seen in a few days, when the presi
dent's message is pubiisnea.
"As to the silver question, I can say
that Senator Wolcott is very san
guine of success, and has not given up
any of his beliefs that he will sucoeed,
and succeed through tbe republican
party."
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Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30. Eugene
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New YORK. Dec. 1. The govern'
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locomotive builders in Jersey City for
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TfaeLattee's Friend Declares TUelr Rela
tions are Amicable.
Denver, Dec. 2. Frank W, Hobart,
collector of internal revenue, and a
confidential friend of Senator Wolcott
of Colorado., has Just returned to this
city from a visit to Washington.
Speaking of the relations of Senator
Wolcptt wifh tbe adminrntration in
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London, Deo. 2. Fierce storms
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England last night, and the scenes
recorded during the early part of the
week are recurring. Heavy bail,
snow and rain storms accompanied the
gales. The Dover and Calais channel
service la temporarily suspended.
Several vessels are reported to have
been wrecked on Goodwin sands. A
number of vessels were wrecked off
the Norfolk coast, and the fury of the
storm on the Kentish seaboard was
unexempled. Heavy snows haye fallen
in several parte of France.
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Canton. O., Baa. 2. Mrs. Nancy
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morning, and it Is feared that . her
death is only a question of a short
time. The paralysis at present is of
but a mild form, but owing to hsr ex
treme age, nearly 89 years, Dr. Phil
lips, the attending physician, can give
but little hopo to the family.
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