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Officials Do Mot Expect Spain to
Give Ip Wlttont Somewhat
of 1 Struggle.
TEXT OF OUR PROPOSITION
Comlnf Elections loTblsCoontry Will
Rave Nothlni to Do With Actions
of the Peace Commissioners'
NEW YORK. Nov. I. -A dlKpatch to the
Evening Pout from I'arie rys:
The reported rupture of the peace ne
gotiations betw.-en Hpaln nnd the Unltifl
HtatHi Is not credltMl In tho French
foreign office. France willingly will serve
agnln as an Intermediary In the hoi of
putting Spain under permanent moral,
as wnlt as tltiiiiKial, obligations, thus
strengthening her own iltion In the
J.urolx-an balance of power.
AS VIEWED IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Nov. J.-Hy way of
preparation for wtmt my happen at the
meeting of the peace cimml5nlitiers at
I'arls tomorrow It may bo said that of
fl' lals hire have no Idea that the Spanish
reply will be an unconditional acceptance
of our loot proposition relating to the
aequlsltlnn of the Philippines. On the
other hand, they do not expect nn un
equivocal condition. What Is likely to
oTur Is that the Rpanlnh commlKnloncrs
will pome In with a counter proposition.
OftVlula here do not expert a final breach
of relations VI ween the commissioners
to oevur tomorrow. nntwIthHtandlng the
comments of unfriendly European news
papers I'ROpoSAI. OK I'NITEH STATES.
PARIS. Nov. 3,-At Monday s joint se
slon the AnierUnin we commissioners
Uld down the proposition In two parts,
ns follow:
Klrst That th.. United States ph uld
take over the Philippines eMIre.
S,., mid-Thai In doing they should
reimburse to Simln the mm of her per
manent nnd pacific expenditure In the,
Philippines.
lt.miiK" li..u.l the Anicrli-on propo'
tlon. the Spnnlkh inlnht h ive Imm.-dlntely
diclliiel It. s they certainly will do Rt
tomorrow's session. Whether they will
accomplish refusal with a counter propo
sition has not been definitely ascertained,
though at a lute hour this evening that
course seems Improbable.
The result will be that the commls.
sloners will retire from confronting po
sitions until one or the other shall have
reformed Its lines for the next mcct;ng.
which will probably occur next week. If
the Spanish ministers entertain hope
that, after the elections In the United
States, the American commissioners will
relax their dettmnds as to the Philippines,
they have not uttered It here for the qtib
l. ear. nor has nnythlra: been said or
done by any memlier of the United Stat s
commission to warrant such hope.
UNITED STATES WILL,
ltl'II.D THE CANAL.
A Government Official Says the Presi
dent Is Pledged to Its Construction
Nlcftrnguiin Congress Will Assist.
NEW YORK. Nov. S A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington, says:
Action ihns been taken by the adminis
tration looking to the maintenance of the
status auo with rowpeot to the conces
sion of tho Marhlme Canal Compnny
for the construction of the Nlearnguan
Cannl.
Secretary Hay has cabled Instructions
to Minister Merry under which through
Consul Donaldson at Managua, remon
strances will be lodgvd with (President
Zclava against the concession his govern
ment has awarded to Messrs. Eyre and
CrnK'n. representing an American syn
dicate, for the construction of the canal
upon the explrntlnon of the contract held
by tho Maritime Company.
Information In the possession of the au
thorities la of a very meagre character,
due to tho fact that nil Information re
ceived from Minister Merry has been by
cable and he has boon unable to send
tho text of tho agreement entered Into
with Messrs. Eyre and Crngln. Although
It has been reported that the Nicaragua
congress has ratified tho "provisional
airreement" submitted to It the auth-1
orlttes, 'tho nmhorltles are hopeful of
preventing final approval being given.
Results of tho call Consul Donaldson
will mnkn upon President 7.elaya cannot
bo forecast by tho officials, but In some
circles, It Is not believed it will hare
Important effect. Tho president a.... - fi
bers of his cabinet nro of tho opinion
that the now syndicate hns not entered
Itvto tho agreement with the Nlcnrngunn
government to build the canal, but to
mnko a deal with the Maritime Cannl
Company, under which tho syndicate will
receive a certain sum for Its rlRhts.
So far as tho administration Is con
cerned. Its objection to a transfer of the
concession lies In tho bad effect U will
have upon coiiRrcss, which would hesi
tate to vote the government aid so neces
sary to the construction of the canal.
"Private enterprise will never build
that proat waterway," said an official
last night. "A government will have to
build it, and that government will be
the United Stntes. So far as the adminis
tration Is concerned, it Is ft Question of
what company has a contract, but the
president la pledged to the construction
j of Ilia canal. f Mlnvea It to U a na
I tfiwlty rl h. thirfwo drilraa tlwt ttia
latua quo ba malntiUritrl, la ordor ibtt
" "T-i. hid puifjRvfc ! uin4.uniwfi Djr cunar0.a
no unniwcmitry crniplkt(,na majr .slit
WiiU h rould ba uacd to tha dlaadvantnf a
of tha proposition tur tha government to
tmlM tr. carral."
AuthfMltlea ara rtinel at I'rcaMant
Zalaya'a announcement that tha con
I I . . - - . ... rt .
It la Intended that avery effort hall t
directed to aecura tha ptuwnca by con
irreM of ona of tha maaaurea providing
for government aid In tha conitruotlon of
tha waterway.
When faat yr tha department learned
that tha Nicaragua, government waa con
aldarliig tne advlaablltty of declaring th
Maritime Company concaaaton forfeited
an Instruction waa tent to Mr. Baker,
then United (Mates mlniater x rtirarvroa,
dlreotlng him to Interpoaa discreet f
monstrancee for protection of rights of
thla American corporation.
Iresldent Zelaya aaaured Mr. Baker
that no such Intention eilMed, and that
ha proposed to act In absolute good faith
toward the MaratUne Company and that
United States MlnUter linker thus cloaca
a memorandum wtilch ha prepared for
I'roaldent Zelaya the day following the
Interview be bad with him:
"In conolunlon. I will express my grtl
flcatlon at the whole ton of friendliness
toward tha prosecution of tha canal en
terprise under American auspices which
cbaracterlaed your conversation with me
yesterduy, and especially for the pr&
al aasunuica you were pleased to give ma
that the franchise of the Maratlme Canal
Company would not be Interfered with
by the Nicaragua government until It
Upm-s ty Its own limitation In October,
W, unls. to use your own words, 'the
government of the United Sutee may de
sire to make a contract direct with this
government to build the canal Itself.' "
The cunal complication la tangled up
with the entrance of the Greater Kepttbllc
of Central America upon the second
tai) of Its existence, whl h occurred
yetenluy. The republic has now been
In exU.li nee fur two yetirs, having had
its foreign affairs manured by what it
termed a "diet." which the United SUlea
tacitly recoenlwd by receiving a minister
whom It accreilited here.
Tho department will now be called upon
to determ.ne whether the Greater Re
public shall be given full recognition, but
us It opposed the dispatch of M nHter
Merry to Central America and has furth
er, it h be-n charged, exerted Its In
fluence to procure the conxtru-tlon of the
canal by Grunt Britain rather than by
tho United Statea It Is doubtful if Minis
ter Merry will be accredited to It. for the
tM-eM-nt. al leaJt.
Before such action could be taken, con
rrers would have to specially make an
appropriation for crediting a mlnlxter to
the Greater Republic. Senator Morgan
has violently oix.'d such action, nnd,
the aulhor.ties have no reason to bdUva
he will change his attitude.
LOVE'S FONDEoT PREAM3
BESET WITH DIFFICULTIES
Pretty Romance of a German Love Af
fair Looting Many Yours and Fi
nally Ending In Marriage.
CHr .GO. Nov. J. A romance which
had Its origin in the fancies of a 14-yeur-old
German girl In Dru.sburg, Ger
iu.iny. has been brought to a happy end
ing by the murrhige of Ethel Schwann,
of this city, to Carl Redllnger, of Rock
port, I1L
Six years ago the young people lived In
the town of Drulsburg. He waa some
years older than she, nd he scarcely
noticed her, but she adored him. When
he left his home In Germany to come to
this country he was In Ignorance of her
devotion. She fallowed him to America
live your later, and since her arrival
has been living with her clster In Chl
cugo. During all these vears she had heard
nothing of RedUnRvr beyond the mere
Information that )k had settled In Il
linois iu"' u.s engaged In farming. Her
curly affectum was still ullve and after
her arrival In America she began a
search for the companion of her girl
hood. 11" was eight years her senior
and the promises of "undy.ng love" had
not been spoken.
Miss Schwann's knowledge of the
American states was very meager when
she left home, und she found her geuiYh
beset with great difficulties. For six
months all her Inquiries were made In
vain. Sho could learn of no Corl Red
llnger. a larnier, who had ever lived at
Drulsburg.
Then she hit upon a rather, extraor
dinary scheme, through which she pur
sued her o.uesL She wrote a letter ad
dressing It to Carl Redllnger, Elgin. On
the outside of the envelope she wrote,
"Please return if not called for In ten
days."
Then bIio wrote another letter and ad
dressed it to Carl Redltnster. Blooming
ton, with the same instructions on the
envelope.
Every dny she wrote one or more of
these letters, all tuldreesed to Carl Red
llnger, and each addressed to a different
town. She sent these loiters to almost
every town In Illinois, where there Is a
postal staitlon. All but eight or ten were
returned to her, but while the uncalled
for letters were pouring pack the longed
for result tliwvlly came.
One of tho random shots sent out over
the state had reached tho mark for
which they were Intended, and tho young
woman's auest was ended. Oirl Red
llnger, the one Ethel had learned ito ad
mire years ago in Germany, had for five
years lived on a farm near Rockport,
Pike county. Ethel directed one of her
circulars to this place, copying tho name
from the ntlos, and one day last July
Kedlingor received it. Redllnger wrote
to her and followed his letter with a
visit.
Tho wedding; that took place at the
Schwann residence tells tne rest of the
story, and the young couple loft today
for their farm at Rockport.
THE BANKRUPTCY LATV.
WASHINGTON. Nov. S.-Tno depart
ment of justice has been Importuned by
a number of business men and lawyers
to define the status of the Involuntary
feature of the bankruptcy law. Congress
provided that the Involuntary feature
should be accompanied by sot rules and
orders formulated by tho supreme court
for its execution. The supreme court
not having compiled tho rules and orders
the question ts raised whether the law
could be properly enforced at the time
provided for, November 1. Tha depart
ment of Justice held that the absence of
these orders has materially affected the
enforcement of he law.
WAR SCARE
ABOUT OYER
Pendlnr Anglo-Franco Dis
pute Sail to Be Satisfac
torily Adjusted-
FASHODA NOT WORTH WAR
Tbls View of tbe Question Taken
By Influential French
Newspapers.
THE THREAT OF A COALITION
SnoolJ EnflaoJ Press France Too Hart
Other European Powers May Com
bine Af alnst the Islanders
NEW YORK. Nov. I.-Th London cor
respondent of tha Evening Post cabbs
thai a general and latisfactory arrange,
ment has been effected between Great
Britain and Franca on tha Fasboda ques
tion. TROUBLE "WILL OON BE OVER.
LONDON. Not. 1-An official note is
sued this evening says: "There la good
reason to hope tha political altuatlon Is
ameliorating. It can be confidently
tated that, when tbe cause of Irritation
which unfortunately recently existed be
tween France and Great Britain on the
Upper Nile la removed, which la expected
soon to be the case, the door will be again
open for the resumption of those friendly
negotiation which have characterised
the normal state of relations between the
two countlrea."
CRUISER WILL NOT BAIU
VICTORIA. Nov. t-Ordera have been
received by the navy department, coun
termanding the Immediate sailing of the
Imperleuse.
FRENCH WANT PEACE.
NEW YORK. Nov. S.-A dispatch to
the Heralld from Paris sayt:
France Is regarding England with anx
ious e"ee. Everything indicates tha war
like spirit previaling across the channel.
All the Journals record the British naval
preparations with pessimistic comments.
Nobody here dcslrea war. In the first
place, Fashoda Is not worth IU In the
second. France Is not reedy. If force Is
resorted to. it will be England that In
sists upon It.
The Tern tw even advocates the aveid
ance of a struggle at any cost.
"France," It urges, 'ought to consider
her Interests and those of civilization,
both of which forbid an appeal to arms.
She ought to preserve her dignity by
Imparting a new character to her rela
tions with the United Kingdom. Some
victories, either diplomatic or otherwise,
are dearly purchased. In abusing a
momentary advantage, the risk Is run of
determining the general direction of In
ternational politics in a sense quite op
posite to the Interests of the country,
which seems to triumph."
This means, presumably, that England
Is In a strong position, but that If she
pushes France too hard she risks bring
ing about a European coalition against
her everywhere abroad.
In another part the same Journal, com
menting upon the news oi the day on
the Fashoda question, says:
"As the English government does not
seem to be actuated by a conciliatory
spirit. It may be as well that France
examine the question of recalnnr Mar
chand." ,
The IJberto attributes the re-crudes-cence
of the warlike spirit In England
to the return of Mr. Chamberlain, who
may have thought that as France accepts
the principle of the evacuation of Fa
shodu, a few more threats would pro
cure further concessions from her.
"This is by no means certain," argues
our contemporary. "If Great Britain
seems Invulnerable, there are many
points In her empire where she may be
attacked. Her name ts not exactly ven
erated In Ireland, where a revolution
might break out the moment war was
declared, besides which K seems fairly
certain that a strong Abyssinian force
Is rapidly drawing near Fashoda."
PACIFIC NAVAL STATION
IS MOST IMPORTANT.
So Says Admiral Miller In an Interview-
Nicaragua Canal a Prime
Necessity.
CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-Rear Admiral J.
N. Miller, who hoisted the flag over the
Hawaiian Islands and proclaimed thorn
a part of the United States, left this city
today after a day's stay, for Springfield,
Ohio, his boyhood home.
Admiral Miller will retire from sen-Ice
In the navy November 22. Before leav
ing Admiral Miller said:
"I bellove the Pacific station to bo sec
ond In Importance if not the most Im
portant naval station we have. I think
so not because I have commanded our
fleets In those waters so many years,
but b -ause tho rupld growtn ot the west
coast cities Indicates that a largo popu
lation will eventually resido there. I
am therefore greatly gratified that the
government haa seen fit to send two
such magnificent battleships as the Ore
gon and Iowa to tho Pacific station."
Speaking of his prospective retirement,
Admiral Miller sold:
"I greatly regret the necessity of quit
ting the service at a tlmo when I feci I
am wU able to fulfill my duties, but I
must give way to younger men. I have
had my Innings and must give others a
chance.'1
With regard to tho lessons gained by
the late 'war he said:
"First and foremost, I think the neces
sity for the Nloaraguan canal Is tba
thing of prima Importance to our navy.
A country which haa such a vast cuast
line on two ocean needs a routo by
which war shin can ba transferred from
ocean to ocean without Incurring tba
necasslty of tha circumnavigation of a
continent I think tha Nlcaraguan canal
will ba built In tight yiars. Is tha only
practical passage.
"Tha chief difficulty to ba surmounted
In Nicaragua is tha stabltahmant of av
port at Oreytown, Tha shifting sands
thereabout render navigation tdlfflcuU
and considerable expense would ba la-
currad In fixing up th harbor.
"Another necessity shown by tha war
la that of having large numbor of first
class bwttleahlps capable of sailing IS
mile an hour. We must hava tham and
I think wa will have thorn. W want
mora ships Ilka tha recently Iauncbad
Illinois. ...
"With regard to Hawaii, it to especially
pleasant for ma to close a long service)
by presenting my country with a. larga
and fertile territory. Ever sine my first
visit to Hawaii In 18K. I hava been con
vinced that the Island should belong to
us. I bava visited Honolulu many time
and have already been accorded a royal
welcome there. It la now a thoroughly
American city and we did right in taking
It in."
SCHOOL BOARD REGULATES
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
Several Blight Reduction Mad and Two
Immaterial Increases Other Sal
aried Will Remain as Heretofore,
The report that tho salaries of nearly
all of tbe teacher In the public schools
had bean materially decreased appear to
have been erroneous, for tbe reductions
are slight, and affect only a few of those
engaged In the schools.
Tbe school board held a meeting Mon
day evening, and the finances of the dis
trict came up for discussion. Tbe board
Is short of money, it seems, but It was
decided not to reduce the salaries, but to
regulate them, so that the maximum sal
aries in the grammar departments should
not exceed Sti) a month.
Tbe salary of the teacher ot the eighth
grade of McClure's, which formerly was
PS, was reduced t-, leaving the salary at
yo.
The salary of the teacher of room I,
Shlvely's. waa reduced $2. The salary
formerly was i9. Teacher In similar
grades In the other schools receive a'llkej
amount
The salary of the teacher of room 4.
Shlvely's was reduced from $59 to $51
The primary grade In the same school
waa reduced from IO.50 to PA The sal
aries of teachers In the primary grades
In other schools In the elf are $38-50.
The salary of the teacher of the seventh
(trade at the Adair school was fixed at
loi. The aalary of the teacher of the
third grade. McClure's, was In re as cd
from $45 to $47.50. An increase of cents
was made in the salary of the teacher
of the third grade ot Shlvely's.
The action of the board affects the fol.
lowing teachers: Mrs. Carrie Krager,
w hose salary was reduced from $i2 to ID);
Miss Annie Olsen. whose salary was In
creased from $45 to $17.50; Miss Mary
Garner, whose salary waa reduced front
$."3 to $37; Miss Mary Dealer, whose sal
ary was reduced from $39 to $33; Miss
Nora Nickerson, whose salary was In
creased from $34.50 to $35; Mrs. Jennie
Busey, whose salary was reduced front
$.50 to $t.
The salaries of all other teachers will
remain as heretofore. ,--
UNITED STATES HAS
MADE NO PROTEST.
Building of the Nicaragua Canal Meets
Approval of the United States Status
Quo Must Be Maintained. a
WASHINGTON. Nov. i-It is said at
the state department that our govern
ment has not protested against the action
of the Nicaragua government in grant
ing a concession for building the Nlcara
guan canal to Eyre & Cragln after the
expiration of tha Maratlme Company's
concession next October. What the de
partment ha dono is not of recent date,
und consists in making representations
to the Nlearaguan authorities that tbe
United Statea deemed It fair and proper
that the status quo be maintained until
the board, headed by Admiral Walker,
had a chance to report and congress an
opportunity to consider the report. This
Is diplomatically something very different
from the protest. .
SENATOR PROCTOR SPEAKS.
MONTPELIER. Vt. Nov. S.-Unlted
Statea Senator Redfleld Proctor, who ar
rived yesterday alter a trip abroad, this
afternoon addressed a joint assembly of
the house and senate which re-elected
him. Senator Proctor's address was brief
and confined to an outline of the foreign
situation which confronts the govern
ment of the United States.
CONSUL HAYWOOD ARRIVES.
VICTORIA. B. C Nov. 1-Consul Gen
eral Haywood arrived from Honolulu on
the steamer Aorangl en route to Wash
ington. RESERVING CERTAIN PROPERTY
WASHINGTON. Nov. S.-The president
haa Issued a proclamation reserving for
the use of the United States navy cer
tain water front property in Honolulu
selected by Captain Tanner recently.
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