HARD ON CRIMINALS.
Rev. Cyrus F. Wixon Advances a
Startling Idea.
Ilf Favors the Kitermlnallnn of .411
Lanbrrakera (.ulll> of Capital or
State Prison Offenaea by
Hrnua of Chloroform.
Rev. Cyrus F. Wixon, a retired Meth
odist clergyman, of New burg, N. Y.,
recently announced at a meeting of a
Chautauqua circle that he was in favor
of the extermination of criminals.
Asked how lie would exterminate them,
Jie replied to a New York Herald re
porter:
"The guillotine is too bloody, hang
ing is too violent, and electrocution is
too uncertain and expensive. We don't
lcnow how much the criminal suffers.
When a criminal has committed two of
fenses 1 would chloroform him. I don't
think it is right that a hundred thou
sand criminals should be saddled on the
pockets of taxpayers. Criminologists
say that crime is hereditary. Yes, I
•would chloroform them."
Itabbi Ilartog Veld asked Mr. Wixon
If he did not think there was a chance
for reform.
"There is not one criminal in a hun
dred that is ever reformed," replied Mr.
Wixon.
"You are older than I," rejoined Dr.
A'eld, "and though 1 have had expe
rience as a prison chaplain 1 will not
contradict you," and then the matter
was dropped.
Rev. Mr. Wixon is a mild-mannered,
benign looking gentleman, about 65
years old. When asked to define the
line of offenses which he considered
called for the death penalty he replied:
"As to what classes of people should
be subjected to capital punishment, I
would include those whose offenses are
.adjudged capital now, also state prison
offenses. Capital punishment should
be inllicted in those cases after the sec
ond offense. 1 may add that there are
tome state prison offenses which 1 con
sider should be capital crimes, such as
polygamy and cases of great violence."
In response to a question as to how
he would carry out this proposition
Rev. Mr. Wixon said:
"?n the first place it would be nec
essary for some of the laws on our
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REV. CYRUS P. WIXON.
(He Favors the Extermination of All Ha
bitual Criminals.)
statute books to be repealed and new
legislation would be needed. That is,
laws should be enacted that would be
in harmony with the infliction of the
penalty 1 have prescribed.
"1 think that the motive for the line
of legislation I propose is the protec
tion of property and the safety of the
citizen. The present legislation on
this subject is a failure. In support
of this statement 1 will say that while
the population has increased 20 per
cent, crime has increased 33 per cent.
"I do not think it right, after a
brief period of incarceration, to turn
criminals loose upon the community,
to the great danger of the public.
Neither do I consider it the proper
thing to do to support them in penal
institutions at the expense of the
honest tax payers of the land. And I
certainly do not consider it wise or
just to allow criminals to disturb the
rate of wages outside of prisons by
self-support. Above all things I would
urge that the execution of the death
penalty should speedily follow con
viction."
When the question was put to Mr.
Wixon as to his opinion on the subject
of heredity in crime, he said:
"Specialists and experts in criminol
ogy have repeatedly emphasized the
fact that crime is incurable and hered
itary.
"There are others, who have labored
for the reformation of 1 he criminal and
lower classes, who tell us that not to
exceed one per cent, are e.ver reformed.
If it is not our desire to maintain this
class of people at the expense of those
who are honest, what are we going to
do about it? Perhaps my views are not
in harmony with those of clergymen
generally, in fact, Ido not know of any
other clergyman who holds them. And
they are not likely to prove popular
with the clerical brethren, iiiit while I
feel that I am in the right about it I
am fully satisfied."
Xi'H Kins of Ihe tij'palea.
At Yetholm,in Scotland, a man named
Faa was crowned king of the gypsies in
succession to his late mother, who was
known as Queen Esther. The crown of
tin and tinsel was placed on his head by
the village blacksmith, whose family
is said to possess the hereditary right
of crowning the gypsy sovereigns. '1 he
"king" rode in a carriage drawn by six
asses.
Pnrla Imposition Fee*.
The admission fees to the Paris expo
sition will be before ten a. m., two
fnancs, or about 40 cents, to the entire
exhibition; between the hours of ten
a. m.and six p. m., a franc will be the
charge, and after six p. m., on week
days, two francs, while on Sundays the
fee is not to be raised for the evening
hours.
SIR REDVERS BULLER.
Do mm under In Chief In Sonth Afrlrft
I* Twelfth on the I.ist of
llrltbli Generals.
The list of field marshals in the Brit
ish army is headed bj' the queen's'
cousin, the duke of Cambridge; and
her son, the prince of Wales, is
ond. Her son-in-law, Prince Christian,
is among those who hold the rank of
general; and her son, the duke of Con
nauglit, is third.
It is needless to say, remarks the
Youth's Companion, that not one of
these is ever called upon for active serv
ice in th iield. When there is a war,
gT&at o> small, a trained soldier i«
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SIR REDVERS BULLER.
(From the Latest Photograph of the Brit
ish Leader in South Africa.)
chosen, and it is the British policy to
give opportunity to as many as possible
to distinguish themselves. Lord Wolse
ley won his repute in the Ashanti war
and in Egypt; Lord Roberts in India
and Afghanistan; and Lord Kitchener
in the Soudan.
Now the command in South Africa
went to Sir Redvers Buller, the twelfth
on the list of generals—a man who has
seen service in China, in Canada, and
in the Ashanti, Kaffir and Zulu wars.
He can append a long string of letters
to his name —"K. C. M. G.," "G. C. 8.,"
and the two magic letters which ho
doubtless prizes more than all the rest,
"V. C." For Sir Redvers won the Vic
toria cross by two most conspicuous
acts of personal bravery on one day
during the Zulu campaign.
He is not a young man, for he has
passed his sixtieth birthday. Nor is he
a popular commander in the usual sense
of that term. lie is tall and powerfully
built, and looks the soldier he is—a
commander who will stop at nothing,
and who expects the men under his
command to exhibit the same cool
bravery that characterizes him.
His manners are abrupt and his dis
position is combative. The story is told
that he had a controversy with Lord
Charles Beresford, during the Nile
campaign, as to the proper channel to
take in descending a cataract. Sir Red
vers carried his point and the steamboat
passed the cataract safely.
"You see," said Sir Redvers, "mine
was the right course."
"Oh," replied Sir Charles,"it was
my choice, too. I only recommended
the other because I knew you would
oppose whatever I said."
PRESIDENT OF SENATE.
William I'. Frye Will Occupy the
Position on Account of Vice Pres
ident lloljurt*H Death.
William P. Frye was born at Lew
is:ton, Me., September 2, 1831; gradu
ated at Bowdoin college, Maine, 1S50;
studied and practiced law; was a mem
ber of the state legislature in 1861,
Ist'.Ji and ISC7; was mayor of Lewis
ton in 1866 and 1867; was attorney
general of the state of Maine in 1567,
1803 and 1809; was elected a member
of the national republican executive
committee in 1872, and reelected in
1876 and 18S0; was elected a trustee
of Bowdoin college in June 1880, re-
WILLIAM I'. FRYE.
(Presiding Officer of the United States
Senate.)
ccived the degree of LL. 1). from Bates
college in July, 1881, and the same de
gree from Bowdoin college in 1889;
was a presidential elector in 1864; was
a delegate to the national republican
conventions in ls~2, 1876 and 1880; was
elected chairman of the republican
state committee of Maine in place of
Hon. James (i. Blaine, resigned, in No
vember, 1881; was elected a repre
sentative in the Forty-second, Forty
third. Korty-fourth. Fortv-iiftli. Forty
sixth and Forty-seventh congresses;
was elected to the United States sen
ate as a republican, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation ot
James Blaine, appointed secretary
of state, took his seat March 18, 1881;
was reelected in 1883, in 1888, and
again in 1595, receiving every vote,
with one exception, in both branches
of the legislature; elected president
pro tem. of the senate, February 7,
1896, was a member of the commission
which met in Paris, September, 1898,
to adjust terms of peace between the
United States and Spain. His term of
Bervicc uill expire March 3, 1901.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899.
SAVED BY AGUINALDO.
Aniericnu Prisoners Would Have
■teeit Miot to lli-nth Had Mot tli«
Insurgent Leader Interfered.
Manila, Dec. 1. —When the landing
party from the United States battle
ship Oregon took the town of Vigan,
province of South Ilocos. last Sunday
it found there an escaped prisoner, A.
L. Sonnenshein, who furnished the
first authentic account of the experi
ence of Lieut. James C. Gilmore, of the
United States gunboat Yorktown. who
with a party from the Yorktown was
captured by the insurgents near Ua
ler, on the east coast of Luzon, last
April, while making an examination
of the mouth of the river in an armed
boat.
Sonnenshein was imprisoned at Abra
for a long time with Lieut. Gilmore
and seven sailors, but contrived to
escape, carrying a concealed note,
written in naval cipher, dated Abra.
November 19, addressed to "any naval
officer"and saying: "You may have
perfect confidence in anything the
bearer says." The note was signed
"Gilmore." According to Mr. Sonnen
shein. when Gilmore's launch entered
the river from Baler harbor, under
cover of Ensign \\. 11. Standley's gun,
the landing was received with three
volleys. Two of the Americans were
killed and two mortally wounded.
Every man was hit, Lieut. Gilmore re
ceiving a llesh wound in the leg and
his foot stuck fast in the mud. It was
a choice between surrender and being
slaughtered.
Gilmore asked the terms of release.
The insurgents proposed that he should
procure the delivery to them of the
arms and munitions of the Spanish
garrison, undertaking, if this was ac
complished, to send the Spaniards and
Americans to the Yorktown. A sailor
of Lieut. Gilmore's party carried this
proposition to the garrison. The Span
ish commandant replied that it was an
insult to Spanish arms and expelled
♦he sailor, a soldier firing upon him
as he went. The Americans were then
bound hand and foot and taken to San
Isidro. where Luna ordered their exe
cution. They were marched to the
plaza anil in the presence of a great
crowd were aligned to be executed.
Lieut. Gilmore said: "As an American
officer and gentleman 1 protest against
being shot with ray hands tied."
Aguinaldo interfered and prevented
the execution. When Gen. Lawton
approached San Isidro last June the
Americans were removed to Abra,
where they were kept confined in cells
for two months. Subsequently they
were allowed greater liberty, but the
report that Lieut. Gilmore was given a
house and servant is untrue. He had
the same quarters as the men. and the
Americans were given the same allow
ance as the Spanish prisoners.
A POLITICAL ALLIANCE.
Sliver Itcpublieaiis (Mall to Jlakolliia
avitli \ iiII-1-:.\ |iaiisloiiints In Kustorn
States.
Chicago, Dec. I.—The silver republi
cans in conference here Tuesday and
Wednesday planned, it is announced,
to ally themselves with and make use
of the "anti-imperialism" agitation,
especially in eastern states, where the
silver issue does not attract. Co-oper
ation with Edward Atkinson's follow
ing will be sought. The purpose of
the silver republicans is to gain, if
possible, with this new foothold in
eastern states, so that their party can
more truly claim to be a national or
ganization and thus become a more
effective whip for holding the demo
crats to the Bryan and 16 to 1 line.
This is one reason why the silver re
publicans went to hold a big national
convention of J,OOO or more delegates
next year. Confirmation of this plan
came Thursday from Fred J. Dubois,
former senator from Idaho, and chair
man of the silver republican executive
committee.
"There is no place for the republican
anti-imperialists of New England
to go except into our party," Mr. Du
bois said. "The assured composition
of the United States senate for several
years convinces them that silver legis
lation cannot be passed for many
years yet. On imperialism and kin
'red questions they are one with us.
I ara satisfied they will come to us."
A NEW WAGE SCALE.
tlinrra' strike of Four Vomits' Dur
ation Practically Kiided by Its Ac
ceptance.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. I. The con
ference between the officials of the
Susquehanna Coal Co. and a committee
of the striking miners, which has been
in session the past two days, ended
last night. A new scale was promul
gated. It is satisfactory to both sides
and will terminate the long strike.
The strikers now await the sanction of
the officers of the United Mine Work
ers before returning to work. Organ
izer Benjamin James, who is in Nanti
coke, wants the ten firemen who left
their posts during the strike reinstated
in the old positions. The company ob
jects to this. The officials say they
cannot overlook the action of the lire
men, hut as a compromise will give
them other employment. It is likely
that the point in dispute will be amic
ably settled.
The new wage scale is looked upon
as a victory for the company. The
prices for digging a car of coal are the
same as the old scale. A few minor
concessions are granted the men. The
4.000 strikers have been idle since Au
gust 5 and it is estimated that they
have lost in wages $46:2,000.
Pierced liy a it am rod.
Pittsburg, Dec. I.—After serving in
the Spanish war and handling an old
gun hundreds of times during the past
eight years. Private James Starkey, of
Hampton battery I!, N. O. P.. lost his
life yesterday through the premature
discharge of a cannon on Monument
hill. Allegheny, whilo firing a salute
during the ceremonies incident to the
unveiling of the Spanish cannon pre
sented to Allegheny. Two other mem
bers of the firing squad were burned
by powd'.-r and slightly injured. The
ramrod used in filling the gun was
fun . I ,iimost through Starkev's chest.
A YEAR'S WORK SUMMARIZED.
Annual Iteport ol the Scrretiry of
Agriculture Is TOade IMihlie.
Washington, Nov. 30. — The annual
report of Secretary Wilson summarizes
an immense amount of valuable work
done by the agricultural department
during the past year.
lie comments particularly on the
successful extension of the weather
bureau service around the Carribean
sea, giving timely storm warnings to
the vessels of the navy and merchant
marine.
The department has gathered much
information regarding the plants
which supply India rubber and gutta
purelia and experts during the coming
year to locate in our island posses
sions zones suitable for the culture of
these plants. The United States now
imports about $30,000,000 worth of rub
ber annually and it is thought that a
large portion of this supply can be
raised in our new island possessions.
The same is true of Egyptian cotton,
of which we import 55.000.000 worth
annually, while he thinks that $200,-
000,000 worth of tropical products
which we now import each year can
all lie raised in Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines.
Irrigation work in the west has been
carried on and much alkali land has
been reclaimed. The secretary's recom
mendations in this line include irriga
tion experiments in the east and south
outside of the arid region.
The secretary strongly recommends
a more rigid inspection of our export
dairy products, to counteract the in
jury that has been done to this trade
by unscrupulous dealers in the past.
Regarding seed distribution the sec
retary says that there is no need for
the department to come into competi
tion with the sales of seedsmen, but
that there is room for valuable work
in the collection anil distribution of
such foreign seeds and plants as are
adapted to this country, but would not
be secured by private enterprise.
Tea growing experiments in South
Carolina are commended, and he notes
that 3,600 pounds of good tea were
raised in the gardens at Summerville
in the past season.
Turkestan alfalfa introduced by the
department has been found a valuable
forage plant in the northwest for re
sisting both cold and drouth. Its in
troduction. it is said, probably will add
millions of dollars to the annual hay
product of the country.
A valuable quality of rice has been
introduced from Japan. It is superior
to the domestic product and should it
succeed in Louisiana, hundreds of
thousands of dollars would be added
yearly to the rice growing industry.
TAKES WOOD'S ADVICE.
Secretary of War Orders a It ed action
of tlie Army In Cuba,
Washington, Nov. 30.—Gen. Leonard
Wood had a two hours' conference
with the secretary of war yesterday.
After the conference Secretary Hoot
announced that his recommendations
as to'the removal of troops from Cuba
had been approved and that orders
would be issued putting them into ef
fect.
Gen. Wood said that in his opinion
all the rumors of impending trouble in
Cuba were groundless, that there was
no real prospect of a revolt, and that
whatever friction and discontent did
exist among the Cubans was due to the
recent talk of a civil governor for the
island. When asked about the report
of his selection for this position, Gen.
Wood said:
"1 do not know a thing about it. I
have heard nothing of the plan for a
civil governor except what 1 have seen
in the papers. It has not been offered
to me and 1 have not been asked for
any suggestions on the subject. What
ever discontent may have arisen among
the Cubans on this subject grows, 1
think, from their misunderstanding of
the term civil governor. I rather take
it that they understand it to mean a
permanent American government for
the island."
Concerning bis mission to Washing
ton, he said that it was merely for con
sultation about the reduction of the
American force in the island.
"I have recommended a reduction of
about 'JO per cent, of the force in my
department," said Gen. Wood, "that is
to say the recall of the Fifteenth in
fantry and the removal of a squadron
from each of the cavalry regiments. I
think that this is perfectly feasible.
When 1 say that Santiago is quiet, it is
a fair indication of the situation
throughout the island. Every revolu
tion that has started there has started
in Santiago province, and in the last
war 70 per cent, of the troops were
drawn from that province."
It is stated that the president lias
decided on the reward to be allotted
to Gen. Wood when his term of service
in Cuba is over. It is said that Gen.
Wood is slated to succeed Gen. Stern
berg as surgeon general of the army
when tiie latter retires in June, 1900.
Important, It True.
New York, Nov. 30.—Wall street
heard with incredulity the denial by
high railroad officials of the report
that the Pennsylvania railroad had
obtained control of the Baltimore A
Ohio. A Wall street news bureau yes
terday published the following state
ment, which was regarded by many in
Wall street as substantially correct:
"We can state on excellent authority
that the control of the Baltimore i
Ohio railroad is now in the hands ol
Pennsylvania railroad and allied inter
ests.''
You II £ lid ley is Provided For.
Washington, Nov. 30.—,1. V. Gridley,
a son of the late Capt. Gridley, whe
commanded Admiral Dewey's llagshif
at the battle of Manila, was yesterday
designated for appointment as a lieu
tenant in the marine corps by Presi
dent MeKinley. Young Gridley is tot
old to enter Annapolis, and the only
opening for him in the navy lay in the
appointment to the marine corps, bm
he lacked the necessary education,
and, worse than all. the money foi
study. President MeKinley and Ad
inirul Dewey will pay his expenses it
preparing for e\atninat.au.
SIX KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Panvciijer Train* on the Delaware,
l.ai luunnnn & U'ralcrn Kuad <'ol«
llde at Hatrraoii, IN. J.
New York, Nov. lit). —The eastbound
Buffalo express on the Delaware,
Lackawana & Western railroad, while
standing outside the station at Van
Winkle street crossing at Paterson, N.
J., last night, was run into by a swift
ly moving l accommodation train bound
from Phillipsburg, N. J., to .Jersey
City. At least six people were killed
and there are now UO injured at the
hospital in l'aterson, of whom some
will probably die. while some of those
not seriously injured were aide togo
to their destinations. The dead:
Alexander Craig, of Seranton, Pa.,
business manager of the Seranton
Tribune.
Esther S. Craig, his wit'e.
Esther Craig, their 15-year-old daugh
ter.
Jessie Craig, their 11-year-old daugh
ter.
Mrs. May Roe, wife of David Roe, of
Ithaca, X. Y.
Walter J. Walbrook, 10 years old, of
New York City. Mr. Walbrook was a
student at Cornell,
The Buffalo express was No. 0, in
charge of Conductor Capwell. The
Phillipsburg train was No. 00, in
charge of Conductor Burke, with En
gineer Reardon. The Buffalo express
was waiting foe a local train to move
that had been delayed at the station,
and the Phillipsburg accommodation
was following the express but a short
distance behind. The two rear ears of
the express were broken to pieces,
most of the passengers on them being
either killed or injured. The engine
of the Phillipsburg train was com
pletely wrecked, the engineer and fire
man escaping by jumping.
Apparently the engineer of the Phil
lipsburg accommodation did not notice
that the exproai drew up some 300 feet
west of the depot. The express was 45
minutes late and the accommodation
was following very closely. When
Engineer Reardon saw the lights
ahead the distance was too short to
avoid a collision. His train was going
at full speed. The engine plunged into
the rear car of the express, a Pullman
coach, and plowed through the heavy
timbers almost its entire length. This
car was lifted from the track and
pushed to the next to the last car, also
a Pullman, carrying off its end and al
most completely telescoping it. The
engine of the Phillipsburg train was
torn to pieces. The wreckage caught
fire, but the tlames were soon extin
guished.
From the wreck came groans, shrieks
and prayers for death or deliverance.
It was intensely dark at the scene, and
as the broken wood was taken out of
the wreck it was thrown to the sides
of the tracks. Then it was set on fire
to furnish light for the rescuers.
The rescuers took men and women
out of the wreckage in rapid succes
sion and they were hurried away to
the hospitals. In many cases it was
necessary to chop away the wreckage
about the injured in order to get them
out. One man was found standing
out.
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Nearly 52,1100,0U0 Worth of Property
Destroyed in the Quaker 4 it).
Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—Nearly
000,000 worth of property was de
stroyed by two fires in the heart of
the business section of this city yester
day. The greater of the two fires
started in the department store of
Partridge A Richardson at the south
east corner of Eighth and Filbert
streets, and before the flames had been
put under control they spread to ad
joining property and caused a loss of
about 51,T00,000. While this fire was
in progress another broke out four
blocks away at No. 410 Market street.
The loss at this fire is estimated at
8110,000. The losses of the two lires are
more than covered by insurance.
The Eighth street lire started in the
basement of Partridge & Richard
son's store from an electric spark and
soon the entire building was a mass of
flames. The two stores south of Part
ridge .V Richardson's were soon gutted,
and then the flames attacked the big
building of the.l. it. Lippineott Pub
lishing Co. The building was com
pletely ruined. In this building,
stored away in vaults, is nearly 8500,-
000 worth of manuscripts and plates,
and it is not yet know whether they
were destroyed.
ALL AT ONE TIME.
National Ctinventlona ol
■*o|>uli»t anil Silver Iti'|>ublican I'ar
tie* Mill be Jleld.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—The special meet
ing of the national committee of the
silver republican party adjourned yes
terday to meet again at the eall of the
chairman, after having taken action
that practically assures the fusion of
the party with the democratic and
populist parties, the indorsement of
the democratic platform and the presi
dential candidate of that party.
Chairman Towue gave out the fol
lowing official statement of the action
of the committee:
"A resolution was unanimously
adopted that a national convention of
the silver republican party be held and
the executive committee was instruct
ed to confer with the democrats anil
populists in an effort to secure, if pos
sible, the holding of all three conven
tions at the same time and place, and
at the earliest practicable date, to the
end that complete co-operation of the
reform forces may be had.
Welcomed Koine Their ItravcH,
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30.—The First
Tennessee regiment arrived here Wed
nesday from San Francisco, where it
was mustered out upon its return from
the Philippines. The regiment came
in three sections. When the first sec
tion approached £l»e city bells were
rung and whistles blown, and this
was repeated upon the arrival of the
other sections. After breakfast at the
depot the regiment formed in line and
the parade through the principal
streets began. A reception and ball
were given last night and swords and
other gifts presented officers of the
regiment.
LARGE PROBLEMS
Secretary of War's Report
Deals With Them.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Outline of the Government's Plan
for Insular Government.
THE HEALTH OF OUR ARMY;
lieatli Hate Anions the Soldier* Is
Lip** Than T'tial of Several Amer
ican 4'ltien A (able Should be Laid
from Sail I'ram i»< o to Manila.
Washington, Dec. 'J.—The first annu
al report of Secretary Itoot, just made
public, begins with a recital of the pol
icy followed in reorganizing the army
in accordance with the necessities aris
ing from the discharge of the state
volunteers and of the men enlisted for
sh war, and gives statistics
of the past and present strengtli of the
organization, covering in that respect
matters dealt with in the reports of
the major general commanding and of
the adjutant general.
The operations in the Philippines
are next taken up and the report
points out that the outbreak of last
February was provoked by the insur
gents and was from our standpoint
unavoidable. Frequent references are
made to the report of Gen. Otis to
show the magnitude of the task set for
hini with the inadequate forces at his
command when the outbreak came,
and a high tribute is paid to the cour
age of the troops, who in the face of
great hardships voluntarily consented
to forego an immediate return to their
homes upon the expiration of their
terms of service.
A chapter tells of what has been
done in Cuba by the army during the
past j'ear. Order has been maintained,
distress has been alleviated, sanitation
has been instituted and in all respects
satisfactory progress lias been made,
and the part played by our troops now
is but the restraining iniluenceof their
presence.
In Porto Rico the year has been de
voted to administering and improving
the civil government of the island and
instructing the people in the rudi
ments of self-government.
The health of the army has been re
markably good and the report shows
that the death rate among the soldiers
in the Philippines from disease is only
17.2 per 1,000, considerably less than in
Washington, Boston, San Francisco,
New *\ ork and Baltimore. The soldiers
killed in battle and dying of wounds
numbered 477 and the entire mortality
was 843 for the past ten months.
C The secretary deals at jrreat length
with the problem of insular govern
ment. lie recalls the fact that the
treaty of Paris places in congress
alone the determination of the civil
rights and political status of the na
tive inhabitants of the territories
ceded to the United States. lie argues
that this limitation deprives these peo
ple of the right to have the islands
treated as states, or as territory previ
ously acquired has been treated, or
even to assert a legal right under the
provisions of the constitution, which
was established for the people of the
t'nited States themselves. Neverthe
less he assumes that the intention is
to give them to the greatest possible
extent individual freedom, self-gov
ernment in accordance with their ca
pacity, just and equal laws, an oppor
tunity for education, for profitable in
dustry and for development and civil
ization.
Concerning Cuba the report savs the
control which we are exercising in
trust for the people of Cuba will not be
continued any loneer than is necessary
to enable the people to establish a suit
able government to which the control
shall he transferred, which shall real
ly represent the people of Cuba and be
able to maintain order and discharge
international obligations.
Extended statement as to govern
ment in the Philippines is waived be
cause of tiie full report which will be
presented by the Philippine commis
sion. Reference is made to the nego
tiation by Oen. I'.ates of the treaty
with the sultan of Sulu and it is point
ed out that it is not only subject to
congressional approval, but tiie sultan
has been informed that such approval
did not carry with it the consent of the
United States to the existence of slav
ery in the islands.
A strong recommendation is made
for the laying of a Pacific cable as a
matter of great military and political
importance. The cost of such a cable
is placed at not exceeding 55, 500,000,
running by way of Hawaii. Wake isl
and and Ouain from San Francisco to
Manila.
One of the most important chapters
of tiie report deals with the subject of
army reorganization and on this point
tiie secretary makes some most radical
recommendations, pointing out tiie in
adequacy of the present system and in
sufficiency of the force.
A >e»v Triml 1* Planned.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—An attempt is be
ing made to consolidate all of the iron
and enamelling factories in the belt
which reaches from the Allegheny
mountains to the Mississippi river. It
is proposed to effect a consolidation of
the leading companies that make
enamelled ware, such as bath tubs,
wash stands, and laundry and bath
room equipment and then buy out the
smaller concerns. The capital stock
will be about $10,000,000.
Molder*' strike Renewed. rm
Pittsburg, Dec. 2. —The strike of iron
molders for a minimum wage rate of
S3 a day was renewed Friday at five of
the largest foundries, and operations
were suspended at 26 other foundries
last night.
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