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food value for twice what we ask.
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and Ji.00 to 8.60 and tlTS.
Petersen & Brown.
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of the pudding u In the atlng
and the proof of liquor
IS IN SAMPLING
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AFFAIRS IN
PORTO RICO
General Henry Makes Known
His Plan for Island's
Government.
NATIVES FOR THE OFFICES
Americans' Clamor for Official
Patronage Will Receive r
No Attention.
GRANTS TO CORPORATIONS
AJmlnlstratloc HasLili Down Strict
Rules Covering- Fnnchlscs
TixesonthelsIinJ. l('orninli ni- f the AM'JCiit.t(xl Tree.)
KAN JCAN UK I'ORTO KKX). Jun. 25.
-Thn f.jjlowing l.ur wuu wait by Gun.
era I Henry to lb- n-HW-r rm;n hcrt
wtili tJ rciut tht It huM be givon
pulilMty:
'l-l)Uiirtir I iiunint?iit of Porto
Itl.Lv. l-c. 3), IK-ii will mv, a grvai
Uul of my time ajxl aiwmilUli the pur.
txmo Uiti.r if )vu will eitUo In your
pal-r that "-nn, Anwrkwtui or other
li im!i tu nuike' cun)jUJtitn fliouM put
Uioin in writing fir my nrticj u th
pniM-r ollldaie for oorrwiloo. Verbal
tat!Jmit. U"l wWrJi Ut-ilidl.. ml km
cannot be tukvu, are a Ium of time tie
all. H lit my lntrniwn tlmt all ob
noxlotui HjnlHli lus x mir.fc hT are
roiiJi-U. luxation oo pru-ny, DoUiry
(.-, the prcvrntlon of Amortians C'
Ung Into otllue U.M Sawyvnt or othnreUo
undtT iMYkpi-r liw will &lo be proitrly
rpjr-:utnl In wrltiiiK.
"Any urtHxi upon tha part uf OidaU
In ulllivt t tile oivJihIIlv of Anurkiini or
American nH-tliuOj ut proKrene will be
rviHiKrU to me. I will not continue In
oltlcu any euch unpruKrewlYo or prcu.
uMood imiKU.
"Complaint la ntrajil to the custom
or UirtfT reyuluiioiui havo to U' nmJe
to Captain Uuoliiuuui, who te In charge
ot the cuatoin liou.a of Uw Ulaiul. Ap
pmX from hl dccloloa will have to bo
made to the aucrotary of aar.
"X eJeo want It dtatiooUy undtTHtood
Miat lNxto lUcaiui will be prefenvd for
oITlor. Thoae i'orto lUouua who have
fone to tho -United Suttee aad reca
an eduratloa and are cuable of inline
phiova on thla lalaad wtU bo avleoted
first; Amortoanj next In order.
"U I imA my Intention to put In office
Spaniards or Spanish sympathisers. This
Is an Island ot Porto Rloans and will ke
so consMeted. Americans must under,
stand thac this Wand la not one of coa.
quest, but was aurrendored to the United
State by the Porte Bloana, who had
been loyal to tho g-ovemnwett of Ue
United Staies, end I propose to consider
them for office as such In the future.
"Aftor tho country Is organised and put
In form undr prupw laws, If the Porto
Hi cans dmlre to elect Americans to
ollloe thai wtll be thir bualm'ss and the
AmvrUttniT rood fortune.
"This iilamorUiK for ollloe on the
Inland ty Amoticuns to the prejudice of
educated Porto R.uia must stop. Their
cliUms a-iU not oo coneijen-d when Porto
Rlcuna who are equally txiiblt of Alt -lug
tha ortlces aro available. I am sure
that all good. true. AmerUtuis will arce
with me that all Porto Klcans who a-ere
loyal to itho Ameiicaa rowrnment and
the flay .whan they were under Spanish
rule and who are oiioble will be rewtu-d.
ed for their loyalty through prt-A-renci) to
appolntnifiit to rewue:bUlty us for aa
ponsible.
Slrid) GUV V. 11KXHY.
Major Genornl Volunteers, Commanding.
There are several American lawyers
hore and they reiriirdixl the lettvr upon
Its first reading as a blow to them. Upon
vlsltins the general, however, he ex
plained that, they hnd misunderstood tho
moaning of the letter and that It was
his intention to remove the impediments
that now prevented tihom from practicing
their )MVf'ssion here or holdup o'';ce. It
is a question whether the American law.
yors should be admlotod to practice In
Uie Port Rican oourts, since none of
them know anything about the laws of
Porto Blot.
But this letter w lnslgnillcnnt in lm.
port once compared to the order of the
war doparUnent recently made here con.
coming the granting of franchisee for
publlo UmprovemontJ. This order pro
hlblts the granting of any franchise or
oonocsHion for publlo works by any
munlalpallty without the approval of the
major commanding vho shall, before ap
proving any such grant or concession be
authorised by the secretary of war.
This order will affect all enterprises
for the building of tramways, railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines, water
works, gas works and electric light
works.
Of course, the effect was to put a stop
to ail work on such enterprises, and It
seemed to many that the holders of old
Spanish concessions would have a mon
opoly to the great dotriment of American
Investors. General Henry evidently took
tho same view, for when this order came,
from Washington he Immediately added
to It before publication an extraordinary
provision revoking all Spanish grants and
concessions now existing. Between the
signing of this lattor order and Its print.
Ing there was such a cloud of legal ques
tions raised that the general deemed it
best to abandon his position and the first
order was published Just aa it came from
the war department.
As matters now stand the hands ot
General Henry are tied. General Henry
ta doing away with all the burdens that
cindered trade and taxed the suffering
people. The so-called "territorial taxes"
upon tha produot ot the country have
been greatly reduoed. In tit old days
llm phutt.r uiul Dm pouiant nt only
paid the tax ufm thWr lands, but Rv
a pert of Its Itu-ome to an txtmvuKint
aiut corrupt government. Th tan upon
land whs a most WN:rtiiln thing. There
wiia law itr rule of conformityonly
tit (flprlco or pr-Jii'!lce of the authori
U' lei rrriln'l tlw. nmouirt of it. Com
pliint tuts t;'H fr-ipxly made to (ln.
eral llfnry by planters that tlwHr po.
Iltical iimi three tcntd to ralso their
taxes hnd snilsfy old grmlgos for new
demands To rectify this uonjltirn of
affuint ho has arranged ft schema of
regular and uniform taxation. It is es
timated that there are approximately
fifty million acres of taxable land In
potto Itlco. It to the mtonUrtn of the
general to divide and tax the land In tlie
following way:
Can Uuv1 pay one peso per acre per
annum: coff'w land, 7i contavos: fruit
Itoi, Vi centavM; past'ire. from U) to 1j
oonravos; and aU other lands S carta vos.
It Is probable that Ueral Henry will
find It iiC(-TMHwy to cwttlnue the "lerri.
txrlal lux" to tlm extent of Ave per cent
upon the products of tho country, on
erous though It bo, in order to raise suf-fl-ltu
rjv-nu-s t the govertinwmt. This
would lroduce ISW.OOO per annum, and
with the hind tax and the merchants'
tax should answer all demands.
Under tha law no on am Import with
out the payment of tax':s averaging
Zsl) v-wm. The rwuJt is to ratrIol the
linporlatUins of the island to a wealthy
and favored few who are able to con.
trol the commerce. Every dltxen and
; every small shopkeeper who desires to
j Import something from abroad must pay
foe for bringing the smptnnt through the
custom hoJso and that carries with It
to the registered Importing merchant a
a comniinsSon in room cesea for the ad
vance of duties and other expenses or
su-vlcei In distributing the goods in the
Island-).
According to the budget for the com.
Ing year Just appro veil by the general.
It appears that the eattmated revonue will
I exceed tho exp-.xute of government by
j K.KZ.'M p-hok even after allowing for the
I loss of WMf) pesos of Income occasioned
by reducing the duty on wheat flour. It
seems therefore that if the custom house
; revenues must oe appropriated entirely
. to tho oxpt of government a great
: reduction might be made in taxes that
' now etnbamms commerce and oppress
; the people. Ueeflea, this revenue would
permit of mny Improvements throughout
; the Island, such as btter police, eani.
! tation and roads. The tax has been re
I moved from mU and bread and put upon
! liquors and tobacco. This has been done
j by the practical irovernor general "to
j ewoursiKe competition among aVJers and
j place said necessariss within reach of
; the poorer elaasi'S."
The deuk-rs and drinkers of the liquors
say tht the gtnerol Is a prohibitionist.
The fallowing schedule of taxation Ir
i provided: For every liquor or tobacco
j store or stand per annum. In towns of
j from S.OO to 10.0MO Inhabitants. 0; 10.000
to r..OiO Inhabitants. PXK 15.000 to 5D.0W
I Inhabitants, T0; above Inhabitants,
The position of General Henry Is not
;an easy one. He Is daily called upon
i to rwmedy private wrongs and to reduce
i public burdens. To do this he must ex.
erclse sound Judgment and great tact for
lt Is net an easy matter to abruptly
change Uie whole system of government
;here that has become' fastenesl to the
Island u barnacles to & ship. The dlf.
! Acuity Is Increased by the want of a
thorough knowledge of the people and
their various rekuttoas.
REPORTED INSURGENT
RISING IN SANTA CLARA.
General Rabbi With One Thousand, Five
nnndred Men Sold to Have Taken
to the Hills Maine Anrawaory.
NTCW YORK. Jan. 25.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana, says: A report
has reached General Menocol that Gen.
oral Rabbt with 1,500 Insurgent has taken
: to the hills In Santa Clara in defiance of
the American authorities. Rabbi Is a
. full-blooded Goanftnnamo Indian and a
' hard fighter. Menocal hopes the report
i may prove untrue.
i Colonel Maus, surgeon genernl of the
Soventh army corps, complains bitterly
of 'the .failure of the W'ashincton offi
cials to supply him with vaccine. He
cabled for vaccine points four weeks
ago and an adequate supply arrived
' after IS days. He then received notice
j that 10.W0 points were shipped on J.tnu
: ary H. These havo not yet arrived, al
though uwntly needed,
i Colonel Maus extXalns the failure to
i vnccamito the soldiers before they left
! Sa-annnh by wv-!n regimental surireons
j ww negligent and ftiiled . to follow the
simplest inRtriiotlons given them.
Charles E. Wanton, of Roston. wlio
came to Havana to conclude the deal
for the purchase of the Ban Jose docks
and warehouses, hvld a long conference
with the owners of the property. After
this a cable dispatch was sent to Law
rencv Tumeure saving that tha final
terms had been fully acvepted and au.
thorlxlng the payment of a forfeit of
1350,000 to bind the contract. All con.
corned are reticent but it Is learned
thait the forfeit was Just ten per cent of
the purchase price.
Captain Slgsbee has written a letter to
a commission of women who are arrang
ing patriotic services for February 15,
the first anniversary of the destruction of
the Maine, In which he says: "Obser.
vanoe of the day by patrlotlo Americans
and others would be very gratifying to
me, and I am sure the other survivors
of those who died because of that great
disaster.
"General ludlow and Commodore
Cromwell will arrange for representative
bodies of troops, marines and sailors to
be present The men ot the Texas have
arranged to decorate the graves in the
oemetery, but the exact ceremonies have
not yet been decided upon.
"I suggest that your ceremonies should
consist of prayer, singing and addresses,
and finally volley fired over the graves
by marines of the squadron, and during
the day colors to be hoisted over the
Maine and then half masted.
"A commander of the late battlesh'p
Maine, I beg to present my sincere
thanks for the kindness and sympathy
already shown In the desire to have
special observances on February 15.
"On ithis question at least I think I
may araume to represent all those most
immediately concerned In the matter ot
the destruction of the Maine."
Co-operation and endorsement ot the
plana for observance of the day by Gen
erals Brooke, Ludlow and Lee and Com.
modore Cromwell assures success and
February 15 wul probably be observed a
a holiday In the city.
DEBATE IN
THE HOUSE
Johnson and Dolllver Locked
Horns on the Expansion
Question.
SPEAKING WAS BRILLIANT
Indiana Representative Attacked
tbe Administration for
Its Attitude.
IWLLIVER DLFENDS M'KINLEY
Brin del the Course of Some of tbe
National Legislators as "Al
most Treasonable.
WASHINGTON. Jan. JS.-Not since the
stirring days before the declaration of
war last spring has the house witnessed
suob an exhibition of excitement and
such scenes of unbounded enthusiasm as
occurred today, when two republicans,
Johnson, the I.tdlana member, and DolU
vec. of Iowa, locked horns on the que,
ttoo of expansion. The army bill, which
was under debate, was swallowed up In
the broader question of our future nation,
at policy, and the debate was lifted
from the dead level of mediocrity Into
absolute brilliancy.
Johnson secured timJ from the demo.
cr.it ic side to attack the position of the
administration. It was not the first time
lie has broken away from his party on
public questions. On past Occasions ha
has won a reputation as a master of In
vective, and the knowledge that he was
to speak had attracted an enormous
crowd to tha gallerfea. Today he added
to hia reputation. 'With satire, irony
and -wtt, the keen thrusts of his logic
were driven home. His words flowed m
a perfect torrent. He denounced the
proposition to anj ex the Philippines as
subversive of every tradition dear to the
American heart ta the past and the In
auguration of a policy that would end
la the downfall of the republic. He said
th ratification of tho treaty by the sen.
ate would sound the death knell of all
the eff.irta of those who were trying to
prevent the country from rushing on
to suicide, and declared that. If he were
a senator, he would rot ta bis seat before
It should be ratified.
He denounced the president as a slavish
CaOower of public opinion, but warned
him that the tide would recede and the
voice of the people would in time rebuke
Members stned In the alsiea 10 deep while
he was speaking, but he tried to atop the
applause wnkto continually broke out
from tha democratic side. For almost
tsro hours his urords poured forth.
When Johnson had finished, Dolllver
came to the defense of the admkUstra.
tian. One of the ablest debaters, and
perhaps the mat eloquent member of the
house, his reply set the republicans wtld
with enthusiasm. He described how the
precedent had been fairly driven into war
by those who sought to em harass him be
fore peace was definitely obtained, and
hia elougy of the president, patiently
meeting all the preplextng problems
which best him as the great events of
the year moved on, aroused his side and
the galleries to cheers. These rang out
again and again when he paid an elo.
quent tribute to Admiral Dewey, and
broke out In renewed volume when he
declared that the course of some mem.
bers at both ends of the capltol was "al
most treasonable."
But the highest ptteh of excitement
was reached when Johnson and Dolllver
got to close quarters toward the end of
tha hitter's speech. Johnson pressed the
defender of the administration to dis
close the president's ultimate purpose re.
gurding the Philippines, but Dolliver for
some time adroitly evaded a direct re
spiwiye. At las he contented himself
with dechirmg that this was not the
point at issue that the first thing was to
end the war by ratifying the treaty. The
failure of the Philippines was a question
for the future. It was In every respect
a remarkable debate.
The senate today agreed to vote on the
peace treaty on February 6.
PROTEST An INST THE
SEATING OP ROBERTS.
House Wants tha Mormon Member
Thrown Out Incorporation of War
renton and New Astoria.
SALEM, Jan. 23. Tbe house this after,
noon devoted most of its time to the
first reading of bills, 47 being presented
to the second reading.
McCullough Introduced and secured the
adoption of a lengthy Joint memorial to
congress protesting against the seating
of Brighom H. Roberts, the Mormon
member from Utah.
In the senate today seven bills were In.
troduced, 17 finally passed and 40 went
through formal readings or were reported
upon.
The house devoted ncorrly two hours
at the night session to the consideration
Makes the food more
WITH SAKfWO
r f?WA n
I 1 9 . W
of hworporntlon bills. Eight pucwed,
among them the bill to Incorporate New
Wmrwntnn,
F1UHN09 MAT KKfiOUT
TO ARMS ANT MOMENT.
Spain and Germany' Recognition of la.
surgents Thwarted by Fear of En
gland' toeognitln of America,
CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: It can.
not kmgor be denied that considerable; ,
alarm 1 felt In administration circles
over t situation at Manila and Ilo Ho,
and the Utest advloc or not of a rs
aasurinc character.
General Otis Is of the belief that th
insurgents are about to fore an liitua
and If this should occur the result cannot
b predicted further than that the Ameri
can will be victorious m the end.
There 'ar two serious conllngeode
confront! nsr th troop near Ilo Ilo, on
being conflict with the, natives and th
other a fear that smallpox may break
out among th troope, '
Beside this, th situation at Manila,
Is considered much more grave "than at
Ilo Ilo, and tt la feared the insurgents
may commit an overt act which may
bring on conflict.
While tha warlike attitude of Agulnaldo
excites alarm at tha department, that 1
not considered the most serious feature
of the situation, . Those in a position to
know th fact ay th diplomatic sltua.
tlon I even more grave. Either Ger
many or Spain, or both, may reoognica
Agulnaldo' little republlo for Interested
motives, Germany to secure foothold
actf Opsin to secure th release of tt
prisoner of war. '
Thi action is Imminent, and the gov.
eminent officials say they would not b
surprised if tt took place within 24 hour.
Prompt ratification ot th treaty would
have avoided thla entanglement, bat H Hi
conceded now that both Spain and Ger
many have some grounds for action to
protect their own interests.
The cables announcing tbe proclama
tion of a republic did not create much
qf a disturbance, as Agulnaldo proclaimed,
bis independence last summer. Agonclllo
first came here, then went to Paris and
then returned to Washington In the ca
pacity of the representative ot the Phil,
ipplne republic This Is the reason b
has not been received ofnctauy, as to '
do so would be to recognise the repub
lic. He was treated exactly like Palm
and Queaada, who were never recog
nised as the diplomatic representative
ot the Cuban republic but only a dele
gates of the Insurgent army. Agonclllo
will not be recognised at any time. Ha
baa been permitted to Ole paper at the
state department, but has never been
received diplomatically- and will not be.
There Is aa understanding tut the pre,
ent moment entirely Informal but none
tb lees effective, that In cas Spain or
Germany, or both, recognise Agulnaldo
as the president of an independent re
public, Great Britain will at once rec
ognise the temporary sovereignty of th
United States in the Philippine islands
pending action on the treaty. Knowledge
of this fact, it la said, is all that causes
Germany to hesitate. Ambassador Whit
has not been directly Instructed to make
any representation to Germany,' ut he
cotiveyea, unvmiiy, w wimwuvu
that the United States, pending the dis
position of the treaty, would consider
any recognition of AgulnaMo by Ger
many as an unfriendly (aot and by Spam,
as a direct violation of a oletnn pledge
to give thla country six months In which
to consider the treaty.
SANGUINART BATTLE
FOUGHT AT SAN ANCANNA.
Insurgent Troops Routed and Four Hun.
dred Taken Prisoners Lows Very
Heavy on Both Sides.
NEW TORK. Jan. 23. The latest dis
patch from the Herald's correspondent
at Guayaquil reports that a sanguinary
battle took place yesterday between the
revolutionists and the government forces
at San Anconna.
The fighting was desperate all day, the
advantage remaining finally with the
government' army.
The losses on both sides were heavy.
More than four hundred men were killed
and three hundred were wounded. Four
hundred Insurgents were taken prisoners.
The rest of the defeated rebels fled
toward the province of Bolivar, hotly
pursued by tbe victorious troops of Pre-
dent Alfaro.
News of a 'teclsive engagement between
the forces of the revolutionists and the
government troops has been expected for
some days.
Recent dispatches from Panama stated
that the rebels representing the clerical
party determined to overthrow the Al
faro adminlstmlUon, hud Invaded Ecua
dor from Colombia and that on engage
ment was looked for at Tulcan, on tha
frontier.
TERRIBLE EXPERIMENTS
OF VIENNA PHYSICIANS.
Indescribable Practices Upon Patients
at the Free Hospitals in the
Austrian Capital.
LONDON, Jan. 23. The Vienna corre
spondent of the Morning Leader says:
It has been discovered that physicians
In free hospitals at Vienna systematically
experiment upon their patients, especially
new born children, women who are an
ciente, and persons who are dying.
In one case a doctor injected the bac
cilH of an Infectious disease from a da.
composing corps Into 35 women and three
new bom children. In another case a
youth who was on the high road to re
covery was Inoculated, and he died with
in 21 hcurs.
PROTEST AGAINST ROBERTS.
JEFFER30N CITY, Mo Jan. 25.-The
senate today adopted a resolution pro.
testing againat allowing Roberts, the
newly elected congress-nan from Utah,
to hold his seat in that body.
delicious end v f;o!cscn:3
OO WW VOK.