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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An lutereatlng Colfaotlon or llama from
tha Tar namlajTliaraa I'raaaatad
in a vonnanaaa orm.
Gcnernl Maximo Unmoc, from hii
camp, 200 milet wotwrl. nar Nr
cloo, bat iaiued proclmnation to the
Cubon army advUing agnlnot diabnnd-
Ing until the procoedinga at waxhing
ton regarding the pay of tlio insurgant
ttoopa lieve boon completed.
Uy the purchnie of a largo block of
gtock of the Calbarlen railway, in Cuba,
L. Ilul A Co., bnnkeri, reprenonting
Engliah oupitaliata, have teonrcd a oon
trolling intercat in tlint lii e. The
game men have alao been luige pur
chitxoii of the ttockgof Siiguaniid Clon
fuogog companloR.
The monthly trottury atateroent of
the public dubl ghowg that at the oloae
of bmlnoai, December 81, the debt,
loag oath In the traaaory, amounted to
1,129,176,280, an increate during tb
month of 11.702,791). Thit Increat
it due to the delivery of 8 per cent
bondt of the new luue, proviooily paid
for. ' - ...
At Evangville, Intl.. Minor Garrett.
Kdgar Gardner, Elijah 6oott, Frank
Curl and William Morrl, boys ranging
In age from 10 to 13 yean, were given
a pnblio whipping In the polite court
for stealing tome old watb boilerg.
Their parents were r'ven the option by
Judge Winfrey of whipping the boys or
having them sent to the reform tchool.
Governor Roosevelt, Greater New
York's now exeuotive, hat etUlbished
a code of rules to govern lilt considera
tion end determination of applications
for pardont and commutations of sen
tence, lie will not exercise execntiv
clemency in behalf of a man who has
been convicted of murdering or abusing
hit wife, nor will he pardon any hab
itual criminal. lilt mercy will be
abown only to those whose sentenoe
teems to nave been severe or whose
commission of a orlme wits the result
of Influence.
A most remarkable wedding has
taken place at tbe village of Trail, O.,
four brothers being married to four tit
ters. The four knots were tied at the
home of the brides, who are the daugh
ters of a farmer named James Ilooh-
stelter. Their ages langs from 18 to
18, and the ages of their respective
butabnds vaiy only slightly. The
grooms aie four sons of John Bummers.
The ceremony of marying tha fonr
couplet occupied almost an hour, the
same clergyman performing all. The
fonr brother and their wives will live
within a stone's throw of each other
A dispatch fioru Home says a mob of
4,000 people had assaulted an internal
revenue sentry bos, aud stoned the
gendarmes around Msoumi, Sicily, as
a p oteit against ex wmmumcation. A
number of persons were wounded.
John Weilmer, of Lafayette, Niool
Ictt county, Minn, was shot In the head
and blp by two tramps, to whom he
had given thelter. They bound, Mrs.
Weilmer to a lourtga with a clothes line
and escaped with Welimer't team.
The governor's office at the state
house in Springfield, 111., was entered
by parties unknown and IS80 stolon
from a drawer. The crime is sai round
ed iu mystery, as all floors of the build
Ing are guarded by watohmen. The
llteft was discovered by Colonel J. M
Tanner and an Investigation it pend
ing.
One of the most notable oelehra
tionnt In the history of American col
leges was In commemoration of the
100th anniversary of Transylvania uni'
veislty, at Lexington, Ky. . It was no
table on account of its many famous
alumni, including Joffeison Davis,
president of the Confederate states, and
J nst loo Harlan, of the supreme court
of the United States, scores of con
gressmen and men prominent in pnblio
life.
King Charles has opened the oortes
gerares at Lisbon. In the course of hit
speech fiom the throne, King Charles
said that daring the war between the
United States and Spain, two friendly
nationt, Poitugal proclaimed, and, as
wat her duty, maintained ttrict and
absolute neutrality. His majesty taid
ha gieatly sympathised with the csar't
disarmament proposals, . and made a
reference to the colonies which appar
ently disposes of the rumors of tbe tale
of Delagoa bay
In China tha Yellow river floods
have destroyed the crops, and famine
bat rV "H Thousands of natives
are.
, Tliouaanilt ol hungry
and thUou idtugees are moving down
the river Sn bouts, only to find the
wallt of the cities lower down closed
against the starving hordos. The gov
einment appropriated 000,000 taelt for
their relief, but loss than one-flfth has
been distributed. It is claimed die
honest officials have pookuted the hal
ance. A rollef fund hns boon startod
at Shanghai. Iiov. B. Craig Putter
son, of the Chlun Kinn mission, nppealt
to American friends for aid.
minor Nona llniu.
Sobastlan Each Mills, tho well
known composer and . pianist, died in
niosbadon, Germany, aged 00 yoars.
The preliminary report of tbe iS'lea
ragua canal commission shows that it
will require about tlo&.OOO.OOO to
build the canal.
Encouraging reports of the condition
cf affairs in Manila and Porto liioo
readied the war department from tha
offloeis commanding the troops in those
LATER NEWS.
At a fire which broke out in the Ho
el itiebollou, at Pittsburg, Pa., tlirflb
nests lost their lives and Ave people
were badly hurt.
A Paiis paper says it learns from an
indisputable souroe that the court of
CHSHntioii is convinced that Dreyfus was
Justly condemned.
Colonel Potter, special emissary of
General Otis to llo Ho, reports that tho
rebels threaten to burn tho town if tbe
Americans bombard the place.
Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has com
muted the sentence of J. K. Colean,
who, while cashier of the Sate bank, of
(Tort Bcott, in 1805, stole $53,000 of its
funds.
Four dead, two injured, one of these
perhaps fatally, and tho loss of proper
ty of the Southern railway to the
amount of about 136,000, it the result
of a wreck which occurred at Knox
vllie, Tenn.
A heavy wind storm swept over the
remote section of Scott county, Ark.
At Boles, a ichoolhonse was blown
town and three pupils were killed; an-
othor wat fatally wounded, and a doaon
or more sustained more or less injuries.
A tremendous landslide occurred tiear
Spence't Bridge, on tho Canadian Pa
cific railroad. A mountain which has
li in ir been an nliW.t nf nmiAaitv In
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tiavelors crashed into the Fraser river, I
damming it completely, and sending '
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Nicola valley, Tbe course of the liver
was changed completely. - y
London Times, who has been touting.
in Eastern Itussia for two months: to.
discover, if possible, tome evidence on
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give effect to the disarmament propo
sals of Emperor Nicholas, aayt all hit
observations were quite to the conttary,
and that Russia la increasing her mil
itary strength.
According to late adviois from Daw
son, tha United States government will
be called upon to relieve indigent mm
era tn the Klondike. The Dawson
Nugget gays there ia a strong move-
meat orffoot at Dawson to semi a rep
resentative to Washington' for tbe pur
pose of enlisting" the United States
government in the cause of aiding in
remedying tbe great distress which
prevails among the miners of the Yu
kon., r
'At tho annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dredge Engineers and Cranesmert of
America, held in Chicago, resolutions
were adopted, urging congress to pass
the Nicaragua canal bill and also that
a law should be passed making eight
hours a day'a work on taid canal. Res
olutions were also passed urging con
gress to pass the river and harbor hill
at tbe preterit tession of congress. Con
gress was also nrged to create a .labor
commission of three union meirto see
that tbe lawt in the Interest of work--ingmen
were enforced on all govern
ment work. ' ! v
Senator Hale has been renominated
by the Maine Republicans.
Hon. Joseph fl. Choate will be our
next ambassador to Great Britain.
Dr. II. Seward Webb, president of
tbe Wagner Palace Car Company, is
mentioned as suooessor to Senator Mor
rill aa senator from Vermont.
The fli st formal state dinner of the
season took plaoe at the White House
Thursday, when President and Mrs.
MoKinley entertained the members of
tbe cabinet.
A sensation has been created in Ger
many by the publication in a Cologne
paper of an alleged conversation had
with the late Prince Riamaiok, In
which b- predicted the fall of the Aus
trian empire.
.' An American named Boynton, who
it trying to travel around the earth
without money, met with a terrible fall
into a oh asm while entering France by
night through the Pyrenees. He was
seriously injured.
Another disagreeable consequence of
tbe late war has been presented to the
government of claims from the cable
companies for damages sustained
through tbe suspension of their busi
ness by the United Statea military and
naval forces. The aggregate amount
of these ciaiml cannot be foretold.
Representative Tongue, of Oregon,
has prepared an amendment to the bill
for codification of the laws of Alaska,
now pending in the house, providing
for tha licensing of main business con
cerns in the territory, and especially
the liquor business. Mr. Tongue says
that the Treadwell mines doot not pay
anything in the way of taxes to tbe sup
port of the territorial institutions, and
that from the region surrounding Ju
neau about $6,000,000 in gold ia pro
duced annually, and does not contribute
a cent to the government.
The Havana afternoon papers tent a
tlnill through the city with a report
that a torture and execution ohamber
had been found at the residence of the
Spanish mlltiary governor, adjoining
the palace. Tbe papers tleclareed that
tli ere tbe Spanish officials questioned
and murdered political prisoners. Ac
cording to their accounts, tbe floor of
the chamber wat ooverod with dried
blood, and itt walls woreindentod with
maohete strokes. An excited crowd
soon gathered outside the house which
was last occupied by General Pairado.
Mrs. John Quark, aged 100 years,
died at her home near Galena, III.
Lieutenant Commander Sumner C.
Payno, United States navy, rotirod,
died In Ashvllle, N. C.
James McDonald, aged 103, a resi
dent of Chippewa Falls, Wis., died at
St. Joseph's hospital, Milwaukee.
A Pittsburg company has received a
contract from the United States govern
ment to re-equip Morro oastle iu Uav.
aua
CLOUDS OVER AFRICA'!
Tension Between England
and France Increased.
THUNDERER'S FIERY LANGUAGE
Cromer's Plain Word at Khartoum-
Uhodaa Plana Cap Tava
Cairo Railroad.
London, Jan. 10. All events seem
(o work together in Europoan politics
to increase the tension between Great
Britain and France. The past week
has brought Madagascar and Egypt for
ward as Irritants just when tbe mutnal
irritability was subsiding. Even tbe
most conservative observers begin to
take a pessimistic view of the relations
between the two powers. This in
oludes those who up to tbe present have
considered the belligerency to be due to
lupersensitiveness upon the part of
Franco and to the unnecessary gruff
nest upon tbe part of Great Britain in
insisting on what the consider to be
her rights.
The past 34 hours brought the pub
lication of Madagascar blue book, which
was followed by a leadina; editorial in
tbe Times denouncing France in lan
guage to fiery for. that conservative
newspaper that Frenchmen are reading
tho two together and are construing
them as parts of a deliberate policy in
spired by one mind. Tbat mind, In
the theory of the man in tbe streets,
is Joseph Chamberlain, -the secretary
of state for colonies. Other pspers
may storm and scold and not be no
ticed, but when tbe Time becomes
abusive, foreigners interpret it as being
the voice of the government. In the
present Instance, some Englishmen
will place the same construction upon
Its utterance, jrecalling how tbe Times
led the "no sunender" ory over the
Fashoda incident, nnder evident in
spiration. -.
One fact ia certain, public opinion
in Great Britain will not sanction the
government to swerve an inch to avoid
war with France, thinking that if it
must come this is the beet time to have
it out.
Many people give importance to the
issuing of the Madagascar blue book
almost simultaneously with the quiet
but unmistakable announcement at
Khartoum by the British agent there.
Viscount Cromer, in his lemarka to tbe
shiekbs, that Great Britain has set ber
seal. upon Egypt. II there was a doubt
in' fipe minds of her European rivals
that -Great Britain intended to fore
close tbe mortgage upon which she has
expended so much labor and blood to
secure, it must have been set at rest by
the utterance of Lord Cromer, in
which the word "protectorate" was
written in large letters, though the
government's mouthpiece carefully ab
stained from using that hioendiary
woid. A more definite notice that
Great Britain's tenure of Egypt is per
manent could not be asked.
In the meantime an enterprise of the
utmost moment in the furtherance of
Great Britain's domination in Africa i
about to be consummated. Cecil
Rhodes, the ex-premier and alleged in
stigator of the Jameson raid, and the
so-called "Napoleon of South Africa,"
ia going to England to arrange for
pushing forward the Cape Town-Cairo
railroad, so long tbe dearest dieam of
Imperialists. A definite proposition
will be presented by Mr. Rhodes to
London capitalists for an extension of
the railroad from Buluwayo to Lake
Tanganika. He does not pretend it
will be a paying investment from the
ttart. Itt importance for some yeara
will be political instead ot commercial,
and be hopes to persuade the British
government to smooth the way br
guaranteeing 8 per cent interest on
the bonds to cover the cost of construc
tion. But one barrier stands in the
way, in the form of the Congo conven
tion, guaranteeing neutrality of the
part ol the continent abit Lake Tang
anyika, which even the autocrat of
Rhodesia will find bard to force. Here
Germany has the veto on Great Brit
ain' advance, which she cannot be
expected to waive without an indem
nity. ' ' '
PASSED THE SENATE.
No Dabata on Dlatrlct of Colombia Bill
Flrat Approprlatloa Maaiura.
Washington, Jan. 10. At a brief
session ot the senate today, the first of
the regular appropriation billt to be
reported to the body, the District of
Columbia bill, was passed. It carried
a trifle over 17,000,000, and waa passed
practically without debate. The pres
entation of a memorial fiom a camp of
Confederate veterans In opposition to
the proposition of Butler of North Car
olina to pension ex-Confederate soldiers
was made the text by Allen of Nebras
ka for some remarks, during the course
of which he said that Butler, in making
hit proposition, and the president, in
suggesting that the nation care for the
graves of the Confederate dead, had
been cairied away by their enthusiasm.
The house was engaged all day on
the legislative, executive and judiaiacl
bill and completed it substantially as
reported, except the items for the civil
service commission, which went over.
Olvaa t'p for Lo.t.
Boston, Jan. 10. The owners ot tho
Boston brig Mary Gibbs, Captain Hor
ace Coomba, now 130 dnya out on a
voyage from Newport Newt to Para,
Brail I, have abandoned all hope of the
vessol, although they still believe
there is a chance that the crew may
have been rescued by some ship bound
eithor to the Pacific or to some remote
quarter of the globe. Tbe Mary Gibbs
carried eight men and a cargo of 660
tout ot coal.
HONORS TO A DEAD- SOLDIER.
Ssrvleoa Ov ar the Kf-malna of Colonel
Majrbry.
New York, Jan. 10. A Herald dis
patch from Havana says: The body of
Colonel Maybry, of tho First Texas,
rested in state in a tent near Lee's
headquarters at Buena Vista on Thurs
day. Short tervioet were held at 5
o'clock by Chaplain Watson, Generals
Lee, Keifer and Hasbrouck being pres
ent. The body was brought to Havana,
being escorted to the Almandares river
by bis entire regiment. It will go to
Miami on Friday to be forwarded to
Texas.
Adjutant-General Dorat, of the Fifth
Bavalry, is critically ill with malarial
fever.
Lee's former forces are being lessened
day by day. Four companies now
doing provost duty in the suburbs have
been detached from his command aud
ordered to report to General Ludlow.
When the American occupation took
place the members of a lottery company
that was famous a few years ago in a
Sontben city made an attempt to secure
a concession here. Local papers have
apparently been subsidized, but Gen
eral Brooke declares tbat so long at the
American occupation lasts lotteries will
be barred.
Smallpox has become epidemio at
Mariana, and General Lee has ordered
a number of infected bouses burned.
Franklin Scott, a privato of the One
Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, baa
the smallpox. Two hundred and fifty
nanigoet arrived on Thursday on tbe
transport Covedonga, and were turned
loose in a bod v.
SANTIAGO'S TRADE.
Ooaersl Wood' Report Bhowa It I
the laeraan.
Washington, Jan. 10. The trade of
Santiago ia already abowing a surpris
ing growth nnder American adminis
tration. General Wood has submitted
a report to tbe war department, in
which be atatea that the policy of non
discriminative intercourse extended to
the vessels of all nations in Santiago
province has greatly facilitated the re
establishment of commercial relations
and lias been one of the chief features
in the restoration of comparative pros
perity in commerce, industry and agri
culture. Outward cargoes of sugar and other
products are being graodallv found for
shipping, but exportations from the
mines ol the province bare contributed
the bulk of the exporta.
"The fact," says General Wood,
"that the minea were put into opera
tion at an early date after the capitula
tion of Santiago was important in
that the employment of large numbers
of natives during a critical period was
stimulated by the facilities lor ship
ping ores."
. The division of cub torn s and insular
affairs of the wsr department has re
ceived from the collector of customs at
Havana, Colonel Lasker II. Bliss, on
der date of December 39, 1898, his re
port.
Colonel Bliss says that the first seri
ons embarrassment he met with on tak
ing charge of the custom-bcuse at Ila
vana was caused by the fact that the
Spaniarda bad removed nearly every
thing except the bare walls and floors.
is first official step waa to obtain a full
list of employe in the custom-house.
their salaries and nationality, and next
information as to their general cbarao
ter and reputation for integrity.
Colonel Bliss esys that, aa was to be
expected, the several places in the cos
torn house when he assumed charge
were ohiefly held by Spaniards, tha to
tal number employed being 339. The
problem that confronts him, he says,
is how to repair a bouse from founds
tion to rool without a material disturb
ance of it occupants and without in
terlering with their daily business.
Under thit condition, he remarks, he
cannot of course begin by tearing the
bouse down.
Pilgrimage Ended la Riot.
Paris, Jan. 10. The socialist annual
pilgrimage today to the tomb of Blan
qui, in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise,
led to riots between rival partisans of
Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intrans-
Igeant, and M. Juares, editor of the
Socialist Petite Repuhlique. Many
were injured, and the police made a
number of arrests. Tbe wreath intend
ed for the tomb waa trampled upon.
Inanrgent Kapok European.
Madrid, Jan. 10. Advioes were re
ceived here today from a leading mer
chant at Ho Ho, to tbe effect that agri
cultural operations in the vicinity of
Ho Ho have not been interrupted, and
that all the insurgents respect the Eu
topeans, both at Ho Ho and on the
island of Negros.
Praaaut Keleae of Prl.unera.
Madrid, Jan. 10. Rios, the Spanish
commander, telegrapha from Manila
that strained relations between the
Americans and insurgents prevent steps
being taken In favor ot the release of
the Spanish prisoners jn the Philippine
islands. He adds that he will aot in
that direction as soon as it is. possible,
Immigration at San Franelaeo.
San Francisco. Jan. 10. The report
ot the immigration commission for
December shows that the total iinmi
gration into the port of San Franoisco
was 420 persons, of wiiom 93 were fe
males. . , There were 149 Japanese.
Twelve assisted Japanese were deport
ed, and 87 others were not admitted
who could neither read nor write.
Record Catch of Halibut.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 9. With her
rigging and decks covered with ice, the
steamer Now England arrived in port
early this morning with a record catch
al the lialtbut bank off (juoen Char
lotte islands. The steamer had 180.-
000 pounds of fish. During the three
months the New England has been en
gaged this season she has brought to
port 600,000 pounds ol halibut.
Medicine was the first profession to
which women were admitted in Russia,
AGONCILLO'S NERVE
Hopes to Be Received Offl.
daily at Washington.
TO ACT ON THE DEFENSIVE
General Miller Ha Been Ordered to
Land HI Troope at llo II
at One.
Washington, Jan. 9. Senor Agon-
cillo, who ia in Washington aa the rep
resentative of the Philippine govern'
ment, has asked to be recognized by
the United Statea aa such, and to be
accorded tbe same rights as the other
diplomats. His request is now in the
hands of Secretary Hay.
Today, Dom Sixto Lopez, the private
secretary of Seuor Agoncillo, visited
the state department, and presented to
the officials a letter to Secretary Hay,
requesting, on behalf of Senor Agoncil
lo, an interview for the purpose of ar
ranging to present his credentials to
President McKinley, and inquiring
when it would meet tbe convenience of
the president to meet the Philippine
representative.
The letter of Senor Lopes further
states that be ia instructed by Senor
Agoncillo, in view of recent develop
ments, to orge the advisability of an
understading , between the American
government and the representative of
the Philippine people at to tbe rela
tion! between the respective nationt;
such understanding to be reached either
at Washington-, tbrwigb the joint rep
resentatives of tiie two governments, or
in the Philippine, islands, in like man
ner. Tbe letter concludes with an ex
pression of the earnest hope that the
friendly relations beietofore existing
between the two nations may ever be
maintained. .
Accompanying the letter is a memo
randum setting forth tbe establishment
of the Philippine republic, and the
provision for a detailed system of gov
ernment. From the facts submitted,
says Senor Agoncillo, "it will appear
that the Philippine government is now,
and it has been practically ever since
June 18, 1898, substantially in full
possession of the territory of tbe people
it represents."
WILL FORCE THE ISSUE.
Geaeral Miller Ha Order to Proceed
. Agalnatllo llo.
Chicago, Jan. 9. A special to tha
Times-Herald from Washington says:
President McKinley has decided to
foroe the issue with the Filipinos. His
Jecision may result in a battle at Ho
llo. It may lead to a harraseing war
with the natives of the Philippines. - It
is hoped aud believed that such calara
ities will be averted, but it teiuains for
tbe insurgents to determine what the
results will bx
The president has oidered General
Miller to land ins tioops at llo Ho,
The order leaves the American com
mander no alternative. He ia directed
to be conciliatory toward the natives,
but at the same time be ia instructed
to use force, if necessary, to effect bis
landing and establish himself in the
detired camp. In other words. Gener
al Miller is to act oil the defensive. He
will not Are a gun unless attacked by
the Filipinos. ,
STEAMERS MAY BE CRUSHED
Yukon Craft Wl'l Be In Danger When
the lea Brrak.
Seattle, Jan. 9. News from Dawson
statea that a number ot Yukon river
steamers will bs lost when the ioe
breaks up in spring. Some were caught
in very unprotected placns, and can
scarcely escape being wrecked. The
-Robert Kerr, of the Moran fleet, is
stock fast on a bar 60 miles below
Circle Citv. The fine steamer Arnold,
of the Alaska Exploration Company'a
fleet, waa caught by the ice while fast
on a bar some 30 miles below Fortv-
Mile. ' -
A crack boat of the Empire line, the
Seattle, ia stuck 13 miles below Circle
City. She is on a bar and ice is jam
med up all around her. The Tacoma
and John C Barr are also fast in dan
gerous positions.
Cornea' Ambition.
New Yoik, Jan. 9. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana Bays: A colo
nel in the insurgent army savs that
Gome recently sounded the array on
hia old ambition of uniting Cuba and
Santo Domingo under one government.
The wily. old chief thinks that the
United States can offer no objection to
this plan, which, if accomplished,
would create a state ' atrong enough to
absorb Hayti soon.
With this done, Gome believes the
foundation wculd be laid foi a republic
which would soon take rank in the
Western world second only to the
United States. ' .
DUmla.ed Cnrtet.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 9. News is
received from Lexington tonight that
today tbe superintendent of the Vir
ginia military institute issued an ordor
dismissing the entire first class of that
institution, consisting of 33 cadets.
The young men dismissed represent 13
states, and their offense wus a breaoh
of discipline committed on New Year'
eve in tbe face ol special warning.
England Will Welcome Choat.
London, Jan. 9. The Daily News
this morning in an editorial welcoming
the expected appointment ol Joseph 11.
Choate, of New York, aa United Statea
ambassador to the court of St. James,
says:
"Englishmen will thank President
McKinley for hia choice. Mr. Choate
will have an easr and pleasant task,
He comes neither to take, part in I
quarrel nor to ileal one, but to foster a
cordial friendship into still more
friendly cordialitv "
NO APPROPRIATION.
Antl-Clrll Service Kerorinar Vlctorlona
In (he Houte.
Washington, Jan. 9. The anti-civil
service reformers scored a victory in
the house today. The executive legis
lative and judicial appropriation bill
was taken up for consideration, and
then, when the appropriation for the
civil service commission was leached, '
Evans made a motion to strike it out.
This motion has been made annually
for a dozen years or more, but invari
ably failed. But today the opponents
of tbe law laid great stress on the fact
that they could not get a decisive vote
upon the proposition, and were there
fore compelled to seek itsullifloation
in this manner. . Even these appeals
failed to bring out the full strength of
the opposition, though the motion to
strike out carried by a narrow margin,
67 to 61. This wat in committee of
the whole, where no record was made
of the vote. Moody gave notice thut
he would domand a record vote in the
house, wiiere the friends of the civil
service law expect to reverse the deci
sion. When the senate convened today the
resolution offered yesterday by Hoar,
calling on the president for information
as to the instructions to the commis
sioners who negotiated the treaty of
Paris, together with all correspondence
and reports relating to their work, waa
laid before the senate. Chairman
Davis, one of tbe commissioners, asked
that it be referred to the foreign rela
tions committee, but Hoar insisted
that tha senate had as much right to
such information as the member of
the foreign relations commiUee, and
that the president should determine,
whether tbe senate should have it. ,
The resolution was adopted in secret
session, in support or the resolution
offered some time ago by Vest, in oppo
sition to -expansion, Caffery delivered
an extended speech. " ' . ,
At the conclusion of Caffery's argu
ment, Morgan announced, on beliall
of the Nicaragua canal committee, the
acceptance in modified form of the
amendments offered by Berry before
the holiiKys to the pending canal hill.
The amendments were not passed upon
by tbe senate. ( . ,
MISSIONARY OUTRAGE.
Catholic Prleat Brutallv Treated la a
Chlneae Village.
Berlin, Jan. 9. Letters received here
from Kiao Choo, the German fortified
S-Hlement in the province of Shang
Tung, China, give details of an outrage
upon Father Stenz, the German Cath
olic missionary, November 9 last. Tha
missionary was abont to leave Tie-Tan,
province of Shang Tung, owing to tbe
anti-Chribtian feeling. Finding him
self confronted by crowds of Chinese
who were 'clamoring for the destruction
of the Christians, he took refuge in a
hut, but he' was dragged out, hia cloth
ing torn from his back, and lie was
struck with sticks and pricked with
knives ami lances and his beard torn
but. The Chinese threatened to flay
him alive. The following day, his
persecutors prepared to hang him by
the wtlsts. Finally, a mandarin 'in
terfered in his behalf, but compelled
him to leave the district with a prom
ise never to return. '
v Davia In Snn Franelaeo.
San Francisco, Jan. 9. The United
States torpedo-boat Davit arrived today
from Astoria, via Tillamook, aud after
taking on coal proceeded to Mare isl
and. She proved to be a good sea boat,
but owing to the -heavy weather along
the coast she did not attempt a greater
speed than six or eight knots.
The Davis crossed out of tbe Colum
bia about two weeks ago, but put into
Tillamook to "Scara a. 8torm,remaining
there until Wednesday morning,. "Kheu
the again headed south. She was in
oommand of Captain Thomas F. Weill,
and Arthur Z wicker and J. E. Wolff,
of the firm which built the vessel, wera
in charge ot the engine and boiler,
rooms. -
Ambaaaador to Itnaala.
New York, Jan. 9. A dispatch tc
the Herald, from Washington, says:
The president has practically selected
William Potter, of Philadelphia, for
ambassador to Russia. Mr. Potter was
formerly minister to Italy, having been
stationed at Rome during the Harrison
administration. His , record during
that period has been i-uietally . exam
ined by the president sn,'-l tjtrcreWry
Hay, and both feel .confident that ho
will satisfactorily fill the 6U Fetois
burg poet.
Exploaion In Shipyard. -London,
Jan. 9. A big boiler being
tested in Hewitt's shipbuilding-yards
at Barking burst today, and the super
intendent, engineer and eight other
men were killed. About 40 persons
were injured, some fatally. The whole
ship-building works were wrecked. A
woman was found dead 300 yards from
the scene of the disaster. A number
of men and hoys are missing. Windows
half a niilo away were shattered.
Lire Imprisonment.
Madrid, Jan. 9. Colonel Julison
San Martin, who was in command of
the Spanish garrison at Ponce when the
United States troops under General
Miles landed on the island, and who
abandoned the place without resistance,
baa been sentenced, to imprisonment
for life. He will be incarcerated at
Ceutii, the Spanish penal colony in
Morocco, opposite Gibraltar.
, Morrill' Stioeeaeor. '
Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 9. Governor
Smith has tendored the plane in the
United States senate, left vacant by'the
death of Senator Morrill, to B. V.
Fifleld. of this city. Mr. FifJeld hat
not yet accepted. , -
Washington, Jan. 9. The house
committee on Indian affairs today or
lrrl a fiiviirablu renort on the bill
granting to tho Kettle River Vally
' -siA.l A i(,li, .f km tlimimh tliA f?Al.
villa Indian reservation, Washington
departments.