THE COLUHBIAN, BLOOHSBURG, PA., DEC 9, 1897. M'KiyiiETS MESSAGE, AN ABSTRACT OF THE PAPER READ BEFORE CONGRES9. The rreslilenl's Iteooitimendiitlona - r Think SiiuhrIii Hlinulil IIiivm mi 0.u.r ttiiiUv-Hlmetulllo Kiivevs Neu.l .tlnr Tlum -Tim Tariff All lllli. Winhin.-tm. Di'O. 8. U ith lirnnrho ol tho Filty-ftfth Congress mot tit Limn ti-'y. After the culling of the roll t in rie-iuVnt wasnotifinl, ainJoimnu niciteil by ines-ane. To tlie Senate and House of Represen tatives: It gives me pleasure to extend greet ing to the flfty-flfth Congress, assem l.lid In regular session at the seat of nmernment, with many of whose Sen ators and Representatives I have been Associated In the legislative service. Their meeting occurs under felicitous conditions, justifying sincere congrat ulation and calling for our grateful ac knowledgment to a beneficent Provi dence which has so signally blessed and prospered us as a nation. Peace iind good will with all the nations of the earth continue unbroken. The public questions which now most engross us are lifted far abtve either partisanship, prejudice or for mer sectional differences. They affect every part of our common country and permit of no division on ancient lines. Questions of foreign policy, of revenue, the soundness of the currency, the In violability of national obligations, the Improvement of the public service, ap peal to the Individual conscience of every earnest citizen to whatever party he belongs, or In whatever section of the country he may reside. Currency question. Tariff legislation having been settled by the extra session of Congress, the question next pressing for considera tion Is that of the currency. With the great resources of the Gov ernment and with the honorable exam ple of the past before us, we ought not to hesitate to enter upon a currency revision which will make our demand obligations less onerous to the Govern ment and relieve our financial laws from ambiguity and doubt. The evil of the present system Is found In the great cost to the Govern ment of maintaining the parity of our different forms of money, that Is, keep ing all of them at par with gold. We surely cannot be longer heedless of the burden this Imposes upon the people, even under fairly prosperous condi tions, while the past four years have demonstrated that It Is not only an ex pensive charge upon the Government, but a dangerous menace to the na tional credit. We have t900.000.000 of the currency which the Government by solemn en actment has undertaken to keep at par with jold. Nobody Is obliged to re deem in gold but the Government. The banks are not required to redeem In gold. The Government Is obliged to keep equal with gold all Its outstanding currency and coin obligations, while its receipts are not required to be paid in gold. They are paid in every kind of money but gold, and the only means by which the Government can with cer tainty get gold Is by borrowing. It can get It In no other way when it most needs It The Government, without any fixed gold revenue, is pledged to maintain gold redemption, which It has steadily and faithfully done, and which, under the authority now given. It will continue to do. With our revenues equal to our ex. penses there would be no deficit requlr- ( Ing the Issuance of bonds. But If the gold reserve falls below $100,000,000 how will It be replenished except by selling more bonds? Is there any other way practicable under existing laws? I earnestly recommend as soon as the receipts of the Government are quite sufficient to pay all the expenses of the Government, that when any of the United States notes are presented for redemption in gold and are redeemed In gold, such notes shall be kept and set apart, and only paid out In exchange for gold. This is an obvious duty. If the holder of the United States note prefers the gold and gets It from the Government, he should' not receive back from the Gov ernment a United States note without paying gold In exchange for it. The reason for this Is made all the more apparent when the Government Issues an Interest-bearing debt to provide gold for the redemption of United States notes a non-lnterest-bearlng debt. Surely it would not pay them out again except on demand and for gold. If they are put out In any other way they may return again, to be fol lowed by another bond IsBue to redeem them another interest-bearing debt to redeem a non-interest-bearing debt. Katlonal Banks. I concur with the Secretary of the Treasury In his recommendation that national banks be allowed to issue notes to the face value of the bonds which they have deposited for clrcula tlon, and that the tax on circulating , notes secured by deposit of such bonds be reduced to one-half of 1 per cent, i per annum. I also Join him In recom- j mending that authority be given for the establishment of national banks with a minimum capital of $25,000. This , will enable the smaller villages and agricultural regions of the country to be supplied with currency to meet their needs. Sualu and Cuban Affairs. The most Important problem with which this Government Is now called upon to deal pertalnlnc to its foreign I relations concerns Its duty towards ! Spain and the Cuban Insurrection. Problems and conditions more or less In common with those now existing j have confronted this Government at ! various times in the past. The story of Cuba for many years has been one of unrest, growing discontent, an effort i towards a larg. enjoyment of liberty ' and self-control, of organised resist ance to the mother country, of deprcB- , sion after distress and warfare und of ; Ineffectual settlement to be followed by renewed revolt, for no enduring period since the enfranchisement of the con tinental possessions of Spain in the Western continent has the condition of Cuba or the policy of Spain towards Cuba not caused concern to the United States. The Instructions given to our new Minister to Spain before his departure for his poBt directed him to Impress upon that Government the sincere wish of the United States to lend Its eld towards the ending of the war In Cuba by reaching a peaceful and last ing result, jat ana honorable alike to Spain nnd to the Cuban people. Thes. Instructions recited the chnrncter nn duration of the contest, the wldespreai losses It entails, the lmrdens and re strnints It Imposes upon us. with-eon stunt d'sturbance of national Interests and the Injuty resulting frot;i mi in definite continuance of this Ktate o things. It win stated that at till' Juncture our Government was con strained to seriously Inquire If the tlnn were not ripe when Spain, of lier nwi volition, moved by her own tnterosti find every sentiment of humanity should put a stop to this destructive war and make proposals of Kettletnen honorable to herrelf and Just to he. Cuban colony. It ws tuned that as I neighboring nation, with large Inter ests In Cuba, wc could be required t wait only a reasonable time for thi mother country to establish Its author Ity and restore peace and order wlthlr the borders of the Island; that we couk not contemplate an Indefinite perloc for the accomplishment, of this result. Spanish Reform. Decrees In the application of th foreshadowed reform have alread) been promulgated. The full text 01 these decrees has not been received but as furnished In a telegraphic sum mnry from our Minister are: All clvl and electoral rights of Peninsula Span lards are, In virtue of existing consti tutional authority, forthwith extendeo to colonial Spaniards. That the Government of Sagasta hai entered upon a course from which re cession with honor is Impossible car hardly be questioned; that In the few weeks It has existed It has made earn est of the sincerity of its professions ii undeniable. I shall not Impugn Its sin cerity, nor should Impatience be suf fered to embarrass It In the task It hai undertaken. It Is honestly due U Spain and to our friendly relation! with Spain that she should be given 8 reasonable chance to realize our ex pectations and to prove the asserted efficacy of the new order of things tc which she stands Irrevocably commit ted. She has recalled the commandet whose brutal orders Inflamed tht American mind and shocked the civ ilized world. She has modified the hor rible order of concentration and hai undertaken to care for the helpless, and permit those who desire to resume . the cultivation of their fields to do bo, I and assures them of the protection ol the Spanish Government In their law ful occupations. She has Just released . the Competitor prisoners, heretofor sentenced to death, and who have been ' the subject of repeated diplomatics correspondence during both this and the preceding Administration. Not a single American citizen Is now ; In arrest or confinement In Cuba ol i whom this Government has any knowledge. The near future will dem onstrate whether the Indispensable condition of a righteous peace, Jusl alike to the Cubans and to Spain at well as equitable to all our Interests so Intimately involved In the welfare ol Cuba, Is likely to be attained. If not, the exigency of further and other ac tion by the United States will remain to be taken. When that time comei that action will be determined in the line of indisputable right and duty. It will be faced without misgiving or hes itancy In the light of the obligation this Government owes to ttself, to the people who have confided to It the pro tection of their Interests and honor, and to humanity. Sure of the right, keeping free from all ofYense ourselves, actuated only by upright and patriotic considerations, lotted neither by passion nor selfish ness, the Government will continue Iti watchful care over the rights and Pi. p-.ty of American citizens, and will Uuate none of it efforts to bring about by peaceful agencies a peace wnicn shall be honorable and enduring. If It shall hereafter appear to be the duty Imposed by our obligations to our selves, to civilisation unif humanity, to lniervene with force. It shall be with out fault on our part and only because the necessity for such action will be so clear as to command the support and i approval of the civilized world. Tha Hawaiian Treaty. By a special message dated the 16th day of June last I laid before the Sen ate a tieaty Blrned that day by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of Hawaii, having 'or Its purpose the Incorporation of the Hawaiian Islands as an Integral part of the Unl'ed States and under Its sov ereignty. The Fenate having removed the Injunction of secrecy, although the treety Is still pending before that ody, tl e subject may be properly re ferred to In thlH message because the necessary action of the Congress Is re quired to determine by legislation many details of the eventual union ,m tr,? fact of annexation be ac complished, as 1 believe It should be. While consistently disavowing from .'y Er'ci any aesressive pol icy of absorptio-i lu regard to the Ha waiian group, a long series of declara- ions through three-quarters of a cen tury has proclaimed the vital Interest if the United States in me hhik,.c.i.,.., , ((fe q (ne lBiar(i8 and their Intimate commercial dependence upon country. If the treaty la confirmed, as every consideration of dignity and honor re- i,iinm of Congress will to'lt that, avoiding abrupt asslml- atlon ff elements perhaps hardly yet ntted to ehare in the nignesi l.u.. hlses of cltlser.shlp. and having due eKard to the geographical conditions, he mo.it Just provisions for self rule n local mattern with the largest po itical l.berties us an Internal part ot ur nation will be accorded to the lta-allam-. No Iisb Is due to a people vho. after neaily fifty years of dem-. instrate.l capacity to fulfill the obllga lons of self -gov -ruing statehood, come f theli free wi.i io imiss - inies In our b y politic. Tha Kle:irae Canal. A subject ol i importance to our ountry and .... -n appreciation on he put of the people is the comp jle lon of the great highway of trade be feen the Atlarllc and Ifcll lc know. . .v.- Mi..m.i:utt Canal. Its utility nd vs ue to .inerlcan commerce is . . ... .... ,1..,m,i The commls niver:iiij -- - : . oi ,iou si "lnted unuer uu " as" "tc continue tho surveys and ex-asT-V, L ,i orized by the oct ap- imina.no.- - - r.....A to n-oved March u ih oiooer route, feasibility ana cost m ...ri..llnll Of the Nicaragua. anal vl .w of making complete dans I . the er.tlre work of construe ion of . -ich canal." la now employed I t .!. ".:',. ..uvmn. In the future I Bhal ake oc. .-ion to transmit to Congest he reT t of this commission, maklni rt the P, me time such further .uge. ions at amy thtn seem advisable. The nimet lie Envoys. Under the provisions of the act of Cotutiess approved March 3, 1S97, for the promotion of an International agreement respecting bimetallism, 1 appointed on the 1 Ith day of April, 1M7, Hon. Edward O. Woloott, of Colo rado; Hon. Adlal E. Stevenson, of Illi nois, and Hon. Charles J. Paine, of Massachusetts, as special envoys to represent the United States. They have been diligent In their efforts to secure the concurrence and co-operation of European countries In the In ternational settlement of the question, but up to this time have not been able to sc-ure an agreement contemplated by their mission. Our special envoys have not made their final report, as further negotia tions between the representatives of this Government and the governments of other countries are pending and In contemplation. They believe that doubts which have been raised In cer tain quarters respecting the position of maintaining stability of the parity be tween the metals and kindred ques tions may yet be solved by further ne gotiations. Meanwhile It gives me satisfaction to state that the special envoys have al ready demonstrated their ability and fitness to deal with the subject, and It Is to be earnestly hoped that their la bors may result In an International agreement which will bring about rec ognition of both gold and silver as money upon such terms and with such safeguards as will secure the use of both metals upon a basis which shall work no Injustice to any class of our citizens. International Arbitration. International arbitration cannot be omitted from the list of subjects claim ing our consideration. Events have only served to strengthen the general . views on this question expressed in my Inauguration address. The best senti ment of the civilized world Is moving towards the settlement of differences between nations without resorting to the horrors of war. Treaties embody ing these humane principles on broad lines without In any way Imperiling our Interests or our honor shall have my constant encouragement. Tha Navy, The present Immediately effective force of the navy consists of four bat tleships of the first class, two of the second and forty-eight other vessels, ranging from armored cruisers to tor pedo boats. There are under construc tion Ave battleships of the first class, sixteen torpedo boats and one sub marine boat. No provision has yet been made for the armor of three of the five battleships, as It has been Im possible to obtain It at the price fixed by Congress. It Is of great Importance that Congress provide this armor, as until then the ships are of no fighting value. As there are now on the storks five battleships of the largest class, which cannot be completed for a year or two, I concur with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy for an ap propriation authorising the construc tion of one battleship for the Paclflo coast, where, at present, there Is only one In commission and one under con struction, while on the Atlantic coast there are three under commission and four under construction, and also that several torpedo boats be authorized in conr "on with our general system of coubi .n-fense. The Alaskan Bltaatloa. The territory of Alaska requires the prompt and early attention of Con gress. The conditions now existing de mand material changes in the laws re lating to the territory. The great In flux of population during the past Summer and Fall and the prospect of a still larger Immigration In the Spring will not permit us longer to neglect the extension of civil authority within the territory, or postpone the establishment of a more thorough government. The startling though possibly exag gerated reports from the Yukon Klver country of the probable shortage of food for the large number of people who are Wintering there without the means of leaving the country, are con firmed In such measure as to Justify bringing the matter to the attention of Congress. Access to that country in Winter can be had only by the passes from Dyea and vicinity, which Is a most difficult and perhaps an impossi ble task. However, should these reports of the suffering of our fellow citizens be further verified every effort at any cost should re made to carry them re lief. Paelfle Railways. The Union Pacific Railway, main line, was sold under the decree of the United States Court for the District of Ne braska on Nov. 1 and 2 of this year. The amount due the Government con sisted of the principal of the subsidy bonds, $27,233,512, and the accrued In terest thereon. 131,211,711.75, making the total Indebtedness J58.4-I8.223.75. The bid at the sale covered the first mort gage lien and the entire mortgage claim of the Government, principal and In terest. Government Economy. The estimates of the expenses of the Government by the several depart ments will, I am sure, have your care ful scrutiny. While the Congress may not find It an easy task to reduce the expenses of the Government, It should not encourage their Increase. These expenses will. In my Judgment, admit of a decrease In many ""nches of the Government without ln..ur to the pub ic rervlce. It Is a coi.-.ding duty to I'oi-a the appropriation! -.fithln the re riiia of the Government, and thus avoid a deficit. (Siantd) WILLIAM M K INLET. Executive Mansion, e 6, ljit". Queer Wny to Make Money. Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 7. M. W. Kooney, of this place, has been ar tested on a United States warrant chnigliiK him with feloniously passing patched $2 and $5 bills. The arrenttla one of the most Important that has occurred lately, owing to the fact that many of the banks In Boston have In this way been swindled. The post, office Inspectors say that Rooney cut slips from various parts of bills and patched them carefully together so that he made fifteen bills out of the oilginal fourteen. He will be ar ralgned In Boston later. Lartwert Will Testify. Chicago, Dec. 7. Attorney Harmon, ?hlef counsel for A. L. Luetgert. the sausage maker and alleged wife mur derer, has decided to put the prisoner on the' stand to testify in his own be half. He will probably be the first witness for the defense. G MANY AND IIAYT1 PORT-AU-PRINCE PLACARDED WITH REBEL MANIFESTOS. I'opnlnee Inflnmetl at the Iteporl that the Government Derides tfl I'ny the German Initriimlly -rlnnn Tronl.le Feared. Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 7. Advice received here from Port au Prince show that serious trouble Is Imminent In Haytl. The streets of the capital are placarded with "Down with the Government," and the troops have been ordered Into barracks. I'.lKht Honrs to Apologise. Port au Prince, Haytl, Dec. 7. Twc German warships arrived here yestnr day morning and delivered an ultima tum from the German Government to the Haytlan Government, giving the latter eight hours In which to comply with Germany's demands for an apol ogy and Indemnity for the arrest and Imprisonment of Emil Lueders, a na tive of Haytl, who had become a Ger- , man subject. Haj-H Makes Ha Resistance. j Port au Prince, Dec. 7. The popula tion of the city late yesterday after noon, when this cablegram was sent, appear calm. The present Indications seem to con firm the supposition cabled earlier that the Government will accept the condi tions Imposed by Germany so far as ,-noney Indemnity Is concerned. It Is also probable that, yielding to superior force and In order to avoid In ternal troubles, the Government will accept the other conditions. The trouble at Port au Prince Is possibly connected with the release of Herr Emll Lueders from prison at the Instance of the United States Minister, William F. Powell, some time ago. Lueders claimed to have been Illegally arrested and Imprisoned, and the Ger man Minister, Count Schwerin, is al leged to have acted In a most arbi trary manner, even going to the ex tent of forcing his way Into the pres. ence of the president of the republic, Gen. Tlreslas Simon Sam. This and the Lueders affair generally Is said to have so incensed the populace at Port au Prince that the lives of foreigners were for a time in danger and threats against the life of the German Minis ter were made. The agitators also proposed to lynch Lueders, and It was at thla Juncture that Minister Powell Intervened and succeeded In getting Lueders out of the country. Since then. It Is understood, the feel ing against Germany has been grow ing and Incidentally the report of Haytl's unwillingness to agree to the demands of the German Government may have still further Inflamed the people against Germany and also against the -Government for giving way In the matter. Indemnity Report Coilrael, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 7. A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeltung from Wash ington says the republic of Haytl Is ready to pay Germany the Indemnity demanded In behalf of that country for the alleged Illegal arrest and im prisonment of Herr Emll Lueders. IsrprlHi hy tha News. Washington, Dec. 7. The presence of two German warships in the harbor of Port au Prince for the purpose of col lecting the Indemnity demanded by the German Government on account of Lueder, a German subject, may com plicate the situation when the United States cruiser Marblehead arrives there a few hours later prepared for the protection of American Interests. The Intelligence received here last night that an ultimatum had been given by the German commanders, with the alternative of bombardment unless the 120,000 demanded was paid within eight hours, has had a rather disquieting effect In official circles, where no Information of any character has been obtained from the Govern ment's representatives at Berlin or in Haytl. WANTS A SLICE OF CHINA. Germany's Ueala-as frankly Stated by Voa Bnlow. Berlin, Dec. 7. A question by Herr Schoenlank, Socialist, at the opening of the debate on the Government's naval bill In the Reichstag, served to bring from Herr von Bulow, Minister of Foreign Affairs, a statement as to Germany's Intentions regarding Haytl and China. In regard to Haytl, he said he hoped Haytl would comply with the mod erate demands made by Germany, Anyway, he added, Germany had the power and would enforce her rights. In regard to China Herr von Bulow said that Germany would not rush Into a conflict at Klao Chou Bay, but Bhe could no longer exclude herself from sharing the promising new mar kets. The time had passed when Ger many was content to look on and see other countries dividing the world among them, while Germany "con tented herself with a place In Heaven." Seventeen Ships Wrecked. Rome, Dec. 7. Seventeen ships have been wrecked and their crews lost in a storm which has Just swept over Italy and the Mediterranean Sea. Nearly all these ships were crushed to pieces In the Bay of NapleB, where the full force of the storm wag felt. Enormous damage was done Inland. Many wrecks are also reported from the Islands of Sardinia and Sicily. New Orleans Theatre Horned. New Orleans, Dec. 7. The Olympic Theatre, famous In the sporting world as the place where Sullivan lost the world's championship to Corbotl, and Jack Dempsey, "the Nonpareil," was defeated by the present champion, Fltzslmmons, was burned to the ground last night. The loss to the owners Is about $30,000, half of which la covered by insurance. To Raptlsa tho Battle Ship. ! Washington, Deo. 7. Secretary Long1 has addressed a letter to Miss Chris tine Bradley, asking her to do him the honor to christen the battle ship Ken tucky. This action was taken with the consent of Gov. Bradley. Miss Richardson, of Kentucky, claimed she had already been request ed to act by naval officers, but the Secretary's letter settles the dispute. VOORHEES MAY DECLINE. Succession to (lor. fJrlnn Means Inellullillllr for Komlnntlon, Trenton, N. J., Dec. 7. Until the of flclal announcement came from Wnr.i tngton that It was a fuet, the politi cians did not believe that Gov. Grl -v was selected to succeed Attorney-O-n-eral McKenna. When they fotir.d t: it It was so there was a Mutter giiiiu!.' than when the first rumor of the selec tion reached the State House. Up to the time of the announcement of Oov. Urlggs' selection for ihe Attorney-Generalship It was pretty cer tain thnt Senator Foster M. Voorhecs of Union would be the next presiding officer of the Senate. Since then there has arisen a disposition In some quar ters to prevent the selection of the Union Senator. The names most prom inently mentioned by those who think It would be well to select some other man are Senator Sklrm of Mercer and Senator Ketcham of Essex. Those who will oppose Mr. Voorhees will prob ably have to cast their lot with the Mercer Senator, for Mr. Ketcham will probably decline to run. He was men tioned for the position months ago, ' and at that time declared he would ! not accept and that he favored Voor j hees- Appointment Generally Conceded. Washington, Dec. 7. The appoint ment of Gov. Griggs, of New Jersey, as Attorney-General to succeed Attorney-General McKenna, of California, Is generally conceded. The members of the New Jersey delegation In Con gress are naturally pleased because of the President's eelectlon. Gov. Griggs, they say, will make a first-rate Attorney-General, being a lawyer of much ability. I There Is still talk of opposition to ' the appointment of Mr. McKenna as Supreme Court Justice, but it Is not believed that action on his prospec tive nomination will be delayed for any great length of time. It Is proba ble the nomination will go to the Sen ate this week, but the nomination of Gov. Griggs will probably be delayed until after the confirmation of Mr. McKenna. BANK NOTE CURRENCY. Ro Losger Any Need fo Restrict the Isaac Circulation Flicarrs. 1 Washington, Dec. 7. Comptroller ot the Currency James H. Eckels says In his annual report: "Whatever Justification there was In the first instance for restricting the Is suing of notes against the bonds of the Government deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, to 90 ! per cent, of the par value thereof, long since ceased. I "Not only should the Bank act be amended In this particular, but Con gress should seriously consider such a : change in the method of bank-note issues as will enable the banks of the country to more adequately meet the demands of trade and commerce in all sections of the country. "On Oct. 31 last there were In active operation 3,617 banks, having an au thorized capital stock of $630,230,295. The outstanding circulation of the banks then in operation was $220,199. 880, of which $202,994,555 was secured by bonds of the United States and the balance by lawful money deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. "The total circulation outstanding of all national banks on Oct. 31 was $230, 131,005, of which amount $l,5i.800 was secured by bonds held for account of Insolvent and liquidating banks, and $26,205,325 by lawful money deposited for their account and ty active bank reducing circulation. The net Increase In the amount of circulation secured by bonds during the. year was $12,581,. 334, and the gross decrease In total cir culation was $4,851,292." BIQ FIGHTERS MAY MEET Dan Staaxt Trying- to Rrlast Fits and Corbatt Together. New York, Dec. 7. Bob Fltzslmmons and Jim Corbctt may fight again, it Is said. Dan Stuart is here from Chicago, with intentions of arranging another fight between Fits and Gentleman Jim. I Although nobody else does, Stuart I thinks they are anxious to meet again. I Stuart practically says It Is a public necessity for these men to face each other again In the roped arena. Every body wants them to battle again, he says, and as a result he has come here fortified with articles of agreement, purses. Inducements and three differ, ent locations In his mind where the fight could be safely pulled off. Stuart will see both of the modern gladiators within the next few days, and will ask them to affix their slgna. tures to articles of agreement. In view of the fact that the public wants another meeting between Cor bett and Fltz, Dan says he will do all in his power to bring It off. According to hla calculations and the articles which he will submit, the fight would be pulled oft some time In July at one of three places he has In view. He would not tell where, but said that the grounds would be more accessible than Carson City, one of the spots being within forty-eight hours' ride of New York City. Reprraentatlva Itelden Una a Fall. Washington, Dec. 7. Representative Belden, of New York, fell down a flight of stone steps In the Capitol yes terday afternoon, striking his face full upon the tiled flooring at the bot tom. His nose and forehead were badly cut and he bled profusely. He was removed to tho room of tho Committee on Accounts, near by, and his hurts treated. Physlcluns say ho It. not dangerously Injured. Paper Mills to Combine. New York, Dec. 7. A committee of tho sixteen large paper manufacturing concerns of the country has been ap pointed to prepare an agreement for a combination to go into effect next Spring. The dally production of the combina tion will be 1,400 tons. l.ooka Hetter la Guatemala. Washington, Dec, 7. Mall to the Guatemalan legation In Washington states that peace prevails throughout the country. Capital punishment has not been applied to political prisoners and business Is reviving. Smallpox In Cuba. Havana, Dec. 7. Reports from Pina del Rio city say that smallpox Is rap Idly spreading there, and that thirty deaths occurred dally from the disease.
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