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SCKANTON, PA., THURSDAY MOllNJOSTGr, DECEMBER 1G, 1807.
TWO CENTS
THE SENATE ,
ENLIVENED
Eloquence is Called Out
by Consideration of
Sealing Question.
NO RELIEF FOR KLONDIKE
Mr. McDride's Resolution is
Side-Ira eked.
3Ir. I'cttlgrciv Miotv nil Inclination
lit Make (he ilrilish Lion's lull
Look Like n Corhcrcvv--In the
House the Hill In Itcd'.icc the I'nrcc
in tliu Pension IttircMiu ami Throw
.inct-si lcrl. Out ui l.mploi
ment is Considered.
V U'liiiiRton, Dec. IS. Pioceodings of
th( senate weie enlivened todav bv
nn Intt listing debate upon the tillt
ptesoit d by the foreign lelatloiis com
in ttoe piovidlng lor the prohibition of
1 eligir sealing bv Anient un-". Tin pto
Msl. ns of the measure were espl lined
i) J Mr Davis e'ninnan of tin cm
niirtee who "lid that it wis In aid of
nf pollutions now pending: among .the
H'presentatives of the I'nlttd states.
C.reat '.rltam, Iluss.n and Japan Mr.
P-ttlgrevv (S. P) sharply antagonized
the incisure, saying thnt this eout
trv had already suffoied nioi. linn
en nigh humillutinn on arcount of the
fol business and that he favnii.it tli
settlement of the cUCitlcn b hlllin..- all
tl" seals as they appealed at the inik
cries of the Prlbylc.lt Islands, If bv tli.
Ilut of June next (".rent Hi Italu hid
pImi agieod to a prohibition of pehigb
i eating He offeied an amendmi at to
tint effect but It was defeated Th-
1)111 was pissed by a vote of 3" to 1-1.
Mr Mrl.t Ide, of Oregon, cndenvouil
to secure the edoptlon of his resolution
directing the scciot.uy of wai to supply
i lief to the suffoilng mineis In the
Klondike legion nn I appropii Ming
SSIPftOO fcr that puincse, but tl i bill
was recommitted The session !o-ed
with a spltited civil setviiv I'ibite
llp'-n the bill presented bv til'- census
t mmittee piovlding for the uppulnt
ment of a ellinctor of thiiijjisus -ml
thlrt-two employes who should form
the skeleton of an otllce forte fur the
twlfth census Mr Podge, ol Jlnii
chusetts made an extended spich
advocating th application of the civil
service law to tho' census tilllei cm
rlovmenl The bill directing 'he secietaiv el th?
nnw to consider the subject of a tn
tiu cf Admiral Potter In Washington
v as passed.
.During the discussion, of the sell
quest ion Mt Pfftlgtevv said. ' r um
tiled of wilting upon Pnghiuil in this
ns in other mntteis. It is humiliating
that vv should be compelled to do so,
lint only In the fur seal but in Cuban
and financial questloi s, hesitating to
deelaie our independence becnw of
Pngl md's possible opposition The
only interest England has in ptoteit
Ing the Spanish inteiest In Cuba is that
Implied In the fact thnt Lombaid
s'reet holds th. Spanish bonds. 'Ibis
being the care, we can do nothing
foi suffering Cuba unless Great liiitiun
is willing So it Is In financial n. li
ters and thus It happens that wc must
send a commission tu fawn at tin f.-et
of the hook-noted ,1owh of London to
ascettaln whotRr they lie willing tli it
we should do thus and so in the mitti t
ot nir finances "
CPP1UCAP REDUCTION DILI,
The house spent the day In the con
sideration of the legislative, e:ecutivL
and judicial appioprlatlon bill Plghty
nine of the 112 pages of the bill weio
civeied, und only one nmendni nt of
Importance wns adopted. It uduocil
the cleilial foice at ths pension otiiie
So Irvoivlng a loductloii In saluiles of
J15
The civil uorvice question, ab on y s
teiday was the chief topic of discus.
Sinn today, und the proposition of As
sistant Secretary of the Trfasur.v Vun
derhp to letlie clerks for age wns
made the text for denunciations by
Sir Moody, of Massachusetts, und Ml
Johnson, of Indiana, both of whom
are defenders of the civil seivlce law.
Mr DeArmond (Pern. Mo.), under
the latitude allowed in debate on up
piopiintlon bills, made an lmpaslund
speech leproachlng the majoiltj for
not voting upon the Cuban belliger
ency icsnlutlon passed by the senate
nt the last session. His lemarks v ete
given added Importance in view of the
action of the Dcmoeintic cancan last
night deelailng for an aggressive sup
port of the recognition of Cuban bel
ligerency. He declared that he could
not be mistaken In his belief that the
Ameiican people, without dlstine tlon
of, party sjmpathlzed with the Cuban
cause. The vvnr on the Island had been
chutacterizeil on the ono hand by heio
lsm devoted to th9 cauhc of freedom
and independence, and on the other by
all. the cruelty and devastation ot the
darkest ages of the win Id. He In
veighed against the selfish agencies nt
woik to prevent action by this govern
ment; and usserted that every hour's
delay of our recognition of Cuban bel
ligerency I6.it aid to the oppressor and
placed us In the attitude of doing what
we could to stifle freedom vv Ithln night
of our own shores The triumph of
tyranny In Cuba, he sold, would prove
a menace to liberty the world over,
nni n conclusion, nmld a sound of
J)emocratlo applause, he appealed to
the. majority to give the house an op
portunlty of voting on that resolution.
AN AMENDMENT.
When the paragiapti of the civil ser
vice bill relating: to the pension nillce
wa. reached, Mr, Ulngham offered the
amendment of which he gave notice
at the opening of the debate, to reduce
he clerical force by M, Involving a
reduction pt salaries aggregating $110,-
..nuu:i..S;
I' . ....uii'ii I nf n Tim nnrntM. ulinm
.., avaa."...a w. v., M-r - a w wa ,, , , a . ., . . .
the commissioner of pensions thinks
now could bo spared, and later the
nppolntmcnt of 93 Hepubllcans when It
becntne evident thnt the fotco was too
nieagie.
Mr. Iiliigham snld the clerks wcio
nil tinder the civil service.
Mr. Pockety thought the I eduction In
the pension force should be BOO Instead
of 05. In bin opinion If the dead wood
wen ideated out of the office the work
of the buienu would actually be o
podlted Mr. Todd (Doiii., Mich ,) moved an
amendment to the amendment provid
ing thnt the reductions should be made
from the sevetnl political parties In
pioportlon to their re-presentation on
the pension olHce foice The amend
ment was ruled out on n point of or
dei, and the original nmendmeiil wns
adopted.
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
Coucrnl (.oblti mid (J. A. It. Council
.11 n III n y Arrangement lor IHOM.
Cincinnati, Pec 13. Commander-in-Chief
of the Oinnd Aimv ol the Itu
publlc. Oiand Iineaiiinment, Gtneinl
J V a. Ooliln, with the council of ad
ministration, arrived todav. The pur
pise of the vllt Is to fix the time for
the national encampment of 1S3S to be
held at Cincinnati
Tlie local committee has recommend
ed the last das of August and the
first of September, but theie Is some
irposltlon to that date, because it
clashes with the Knights of I'jthlas,
whoe national meeting Is held nt In
dianapolis anil also on the giouud th.it
soldiers' pensions nit not due until
Ji't after the time Indicated.
The evening session was business
with a brief banquet sandwiched be
tween tha beginning and close of the
session.
At the banquet speeches were made
by General (lobip. Adjutant General
Thomas J. Stewart, of Pennsylvania,
and Quaitei master General Charles
Hurtows, of New Jersej
CONVENTION OF THE
SOUTHERN BANKERS
They Seek n urroncy Willi l.lttMi
city Siillicicnt to .Meet Automati
cally Hie Demands ot Trndc.
Atlanta, Ga , Pee 15 The South
ern Itankets' convention mtt heie to
day on call of tin dealing House as
sociation to consider cuirency refoini
a nil lecominend measuie.s which will
give an elestle cutiency, and to take
the government out of the banking
business.
Hon Hoke Smith In his addiess of
well nine dwelt upon tho lesouices of
the, south needing currency for their
development ip uiged that coin
alone was ii.siiillcib.it tor any prosper
ous counti.v, and that the provision In
this count! y for paper money were war
measures now entliely Inelllcient He
advocated the letliement of giePnback
and tieasmy notes and the substitution
of banks of Issue umb r federal ron
tiol He urjed that the percentage of
charge on the Issue rhould Increuse as
the peicentage on issue increased,
theieby making a cuuencv with elas
ticity sullliient to meet automatlcallv
the needs of tiade He Inslted that the
government legulntlons should apply
as well to state as national banks.
William V. "Wadswoith edltoi of the
New York Journal of Commerce, con
demned the national banking svstem as
inelastic and .insulted to the needs of
the cnuntlj. unit declaicd the green
backs a imse which vitiates the sys
tem. He faoied authorizing state and
national banks to issue bills to 75 per
cent, of their capital, secured by a
first lien upon their usouiees and the
double liability of stockholders under
fedeial supervision' and redeemable at
such centers us will make them pass
all over the country He declaied the
country needed n safe and elettlc cui
lency and this could be supplied
through the issues of bueh banks. Res
olutions weie adopted sugesting refor
mation in banking and cuirency,
SPANISH 0ENEKALS PK0TEST.
I'hi'V Consider President .Hckinlet't
llesinge IinnltiiiiT to the Arm).
I'lanltz, Kranee. Dei 1." Mall ad
vices lecelved from M.idiul, telegi.uns
vnel tihohone nicssnj;es uii this sub
ject being forbidden, sa the Sranlsh
rellltaiv Journals declrue that twenty
geneinls have come to an ngieement
to engincei a piotest against i'renident
McKinley's messag. to congress which
Is consldeied insulting to the Spanish
in my. It Is added that a cettatn mar
shal was asked to co-opeiate tint he
meiely ii pried that he would consider
tin, muter. Geneial Vejler ansv.eied
n slmilai lequest saying ho desired In
the (list plt.ee to learn the eliinlon of
(titalti personag"s, tho law not allow -Inp
military men to send a collective
p-tltlon to the minister fcr war
Political circles aro much excited at
luirors of a munlftsto to the country
which Is said to be in couite ot prep
niatiou. Ascil Midovv llnrderi d.
Tienton, N J, Dec. 13 l.U.abeth Gunn,
a widow aged 75 ears, vsas tound mur
dered at her homo un the outskirts of
the cltj, eaily this eveninfc. She was
found Ijlng on the. lloor with a towel tlol
around her mouth Death was caused by
suffocation. Thu houso had been ran
s icked and tho theory Is that tho perpe
trators purpose win robbeiv There Is
no clue. Mrs. Qunn was supposiHl to tin
rich, but from indications In the house
the impression was an Incorrect one.
t
Senator Molcoli Will I.xplnin.
Vasliington, Pec. 13. In responeo to
Senator Allen's lesolutlon today It Is ex
pected thnt Senator Wnlrotl. will explain
to the senate and tho count! y his recent
mission to Purope as the head ot tho bi
metallic commission. Mi. Wolcott find
his colleagues have studiously refrained
from a. public dlscuestou of the details of
their wcrk and there Is much Inteiest
manifest among senators as to what l.e
may say,
i
Ciirbone Convicted.
Now York, Dee. 15 In the Supreme
court toduy Anrelo Carbone was con
victed of murilui In tho first degiee On
September 12 Onrbono stabbed to death
Natla Ilroiriia within L00 fe-ot of tho
Tombs. Thero were four policemen with
in short distance of tho scene of tho
murder Ilut desplt this Carbone was
convicted on cl rumstantlal evielenc only.
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NEW GOLD FIELDS
IN THE KLONDIKE
A Stampede from the Dyca to the New
Placer Alines.
RICH DIGGINGS ON TUB YUKON
.Miners Iroiii Dycn'Aro flocking to
the New 1'iiuls in Jiiirgo Numbers.
Itccent Discoveries .Nliict, -Mx
.Miles Atiovo Pveu llnvo Caused
.Much Incitement.
Port Tounsend, Wnsh,, Dec 13.
Chailes G. Wniren, of this plsce, a re
turning passenger on the steamship
Alkl, reioitt the discovery of licit
placer diggings near Dyca. He say3
there has been a stampede fiom Dyea
to the placers, which sue nlnety-sK
miles nbove the town, nnd that the dis
coveries caused great excitement theie.
News wns also brought of a late dls
covciv on Deadvvood Cieck, sewn milts
from Dawson City, on the opposite side
of the Yukon.
Vlctoiiu, P. C, Dec. 15 The follow
ing telegiam has been sent to the Do
minion gavunment by the Hrltish Col
umbia board ot trade.
Wheieiis, The ch'imbeih ot commerce
of San Kinnclsrn, l'oitlaml, Tacoma and
Seattle have lomblned to finer theli ov
erniiunt to closi D: ea as a sub-port of
eutn
llc.-olveil That tho dominion govirn
ment be uked to make rcpiesentatloiu
at Wiishlnfton piotestlng against such
closing ot Dea, and in the event tli.it
the negotiations piovo unsuccessful the
board of t.nde .stiongly iue upon the
dominion government !c close tho custom
House to Ti glsh Lako iiml prevent tho
Importation of goods r oulflts vie Pjnn
cunal routes
The survey of Hoctnllnqua rlvei has
been completed by St. Cyr, the govern
ment engineer, who repoitm that It Is
nnvlgnblo its whole length fiom Teslln
Pake to louls rlvei.
J. D. Wells, mining recorder for Om
lneca, repoits a rich strike on Tom
creek. Omlneca ellstiict. It is icported
at Belal Ilella that a small ten-ton
sloop which left Puget Sound a short
time ago bound for the Conner liver,
lias been lost nt Dixon's entrance
ALBERT WARNER CAPTURE!).
lie is IVnuted for Complicity in the
Kidnnpniiig of.lohnuv Coiurnv.
Illle. Kas Dee 13 Albert S War
ner, the Albany, N. Y, hivvvei. want
ed for eoniplicity in the kidnapping of
Jbhfcny Convvny last August, wns tu
icsted on a farm near here after a
four months' chase. He broke down
and admitted his Identity. He said
his flist hiding place had been Jersey
City; then he rode to Philadelphia on
a bicycle, and after spending some
time theie wheeled his waj to Kan
sas It is said that the capture of
Warner is due to his misplaced confi
dence in an Albany woman with whom
he kept up a concspondence. This wo
man imparted her knowledge of Win
ner's whereabouts to a man who prom
ised to shaie with her whatever might
be realized fiom the iufoimation, Tho
man early In November offered to sell
the infoimatlon to a newspaper for
$1,000, and the proposition was accept
ed The police, however, deny this
stou
Young Conwa was abducted on
Aug. 16 He was held for $.!,000 ian
coni. The gang with which Warner
operated Is said to have planned the
abduction of a child of John D. Rocke
fellers household, as well as a num
ber of .. .niien of wealthy parents in
various parts of the state.
CRACKER TRUST HAS COME.
Three. I.arye lliscuit Companies
Consolidate.
New Yoik, Pec. 13. The consolidation
of thiee biscuit and ci acker compan
ies, the result of the successful at
tempt of the American Rlscult com
pany to cut into the New Yoil. busi
ness of the New York Iilscult company,
has been elfected. An official of the
New Yoik Plscult company admitted
It todav. and his vvoids were corrobm
ated by an official of tho American
company. The other eompanv inter
ested is tho United States Halving com
pany, whose headquaiteis aie in St.
Pouts. The new oiganlzatinn is to be
known, probably, as the United States
Iilscult and Haking companj. The
capital, it is said, is to be $.10,000,000.
The la.st details necessaiv to com
plete the organization aie to be ai
ranged ut a meeting to be held In Chi
cago In a few weeks.
WIFh BEATER IN JAIL
Kt'V. Dnvlil T. Howell Sentenced to
I'lve Ony' liupiisonineiu.
Montieello, N. Y Dec 13 Rev. Da
vid T. Howell, of tho Piotestant Epis
copal chuich, was yesterday sentenced
to five days In the county Jail for wlfe
beatlng. He took the Imprisonment in
lieu of paying a fine of $5, but after he
had been In Jail a few hours one of his
friends paid hLs fine and persuaded
him to leave the Jail instead of serving
out his five days' sentence.
Papers have been sei veil on Mrs. Jen
nie P. Gien in a suit by Mrs. Howell
for $50,000 dnmages for nllenatlng her
husband's alfectlons.
COLLEGE GRADUATE A THIEF.
Oltlhnm. I'roiti Triiiitv, Dublin, Ar
rested nt M. I.oulg,
St. Pouls, Dec. 15 A man who gave
his name as James Noland when ar
lested by the police several days ago
for the burglary of severul West 'End
houses turns out to bo James Oldham,
a graduate of Trinity college. Dublin.
He acknowledged his Identity and
confessed that he robbed tho homes of
a number of millionaires. Oldham
came recently from Boston.
Unanimous Election.
Now York, Pec. 15. According to pass
engers who airtvud here today troin
Sunta Martha thero was a certain amount
of truth In tho statements that President
Cam had been rc'clected unanimously.
They say that tho polls wero surrounded
by government tioops who permitted onlv
Caro's supporteis to voto, while support
ers of Sonor Keys, his Liberal opponont,
weTo thrown Into Jail.
SPAIN'S HOPELESS CAUSE.
Inlormntlon from Ilnvnun Which
May Lend to Intervention.
Washington, Dec. 15. The Star soys
that a man of sufficient Importance to
have been In the cabinet of President
McKlnlej, had he so desired, Is In re
ceipt of an tmpoitant letter fiom an
eminent American In Havana on the
subject of the promises made bv the
Spanish cabinet to the people of Cuba.
The writer says, In the most positive
language, that there Is no longer any
thing like a campaign against the In
surgents, and that the Spaniards are
hoping to end the lebelllon by the ex
tivngant and alluring promises they
have scattered broadcast. The letter
says that on nil sides In Havana these
promises nre regarded as empty, nnd
aie, therefore, accomplishing nothing.
It is eleciared that autonomy Is an Im
possibility, nnd that nobody will be de
ceived by It.
Th startling statement is made In
the letter that Spain has neither tho
money nor tho food supplies to telleve
the starvation among the leconcentra
dos, and It Is pointed out that of nearly
40,000 Spanish soldieis In the hospitals
of Cuba about one-hnlf aie there fiom
wenkuess and exhaustion, the result of
sent city of food. The writer snys it Is
Impossible to feed starving Cuba'ns
when the soldiers them.selves cannot
be fed.
The State depaitment has been post
ed as to all these farts, and has the
authority from whence they came. It
Is declared that this authority Is such
that Piesldent MoKlnley will soon have
to lecognlze Jt us better than the prom
ises of Spain.
SOCIETY EVENTS
IN GEORGIA
One ot the Clients Brings Out u Itc
volvcr and I'ivc Persons Aro t'n
tnlly Stmt During His Kucoiintcr
With tho Host.
Jefi'eisonvllle. Ga.. Pec. 13 -The citi
zens of tills pl'ire wie startled last
night 1 y a fusllade ot pistol shots at
the lesldence ot It P. Califfe. wheie a
house putv wpf in progicss. The
si learning of women aroused the town
ami thu whole population gathered
about the scene of the shooting, when
it was discovered tliat three men weie
IvIiit dend on the mil lor Hour and a.
woman and clil fatally shot.
Th parlor was a scene of gaiety,
joung folk" ilnmlng and singing al
terintclv, ard aniuseinen. wns at Its
neiht when Shaw nii.Hn. a voum, man
inder the Influence of liquor, became
tio offensive In his niaiiiiet tow aid the
young ladles Mr. Califfe lomonsliat
ed v 1th him and ndv ised him to go
home. This eniaged Gilflin and he
diew a pistol and began to lave and
m-vke tin eats against his host. Califfe
knowing Gilfitn to ne n dangerous man
piepared himself and endured the of
fender to kave the house This nre
dpitated a Hunt. Seven shots were
cxc.inngc.el, both piini'ipals diopped
dead, and Cliicnco Jones, a young
man. wn also instintli killed The
thiee men diopped within a radius of a
few feet.
As soon as the first shut lang out
the young ladles began to ilee for their
lives and befoie the loom was cleaied
two of them weie iatallv wounded.
Cnllffo tiled three shots, all three talk
ing eftect, one striking -jrifiln in the
right temple and two In the buast.
Gilllln fired four time, one shot enter
iiv. Califfe' s bieast. killing him in
stuntly. unothei striking Clarence
Jones In the ear Mis. Califfe wns shot
in the abdomen, and her seven-year-ole.
daughter in the neck.
When the fUhting commenced tti
people fled, manj of them getting Jnto
buggies and driving away.
DURRANT SENTENCED.
The Murderer of tllmie'ic Pninont is
Still cool.
San rranei;-co. Pec. 13. Theodoio
Dun-ant was today sentenced to be
hanged on Jnnuaiy 7 net. for the mur
der of Hlancho Pamont,
Dm rant's attorneys made i desper
ate effort to sectue a further delay
and pave the way for another appeal
to the supieme court, but Judge Pahrs
was inexorlble and oven tiled each and
nil obWtions to the proceedings. Dur-
I rant can led himself with his custom
1 ary coolness Till0 is the fouith' time
Dmruit has been sentenced.
BAD MEN CAPTURED.
Ed Smith nnd Uillinm Horry Hugged
in Kentucky.
Princeton, Ky . Dec. 15 Pd Smith
and William Meirj. alias Pd and Pill
Poach, the latter wanted In Chicago
for wife murder, and the former for
complicity, were ni rested mar Pddy-
Hie. Pyon county, today.
Meiry will not talk. Smith confessed
that he was In Chicago, and is wanted
lor compllclt in the killing of Merry's
wife, and that his companion was Wil
liam Meiry. He would not admit that
cither he or Meiry killed the woman.
tfiinkrnptcv 1111 Agreed I'pnn.
Washington, Pec 13. The houto judi
ciary committee ugieed on u bankruptcy
bill today and It will bo lopoitcd to tho
houso this week us early ns possible.
Chairman Heinle I son win authorized to
leport the sernte bill, known as the Nel
son bill, to the house, with nil after tho
enacting ciauso stilckon out, tind tho
Henderson bill ns agieed on Inserted as
on amendment or substitute.
at .
laii'slneering Dispute.
London, Dec. 13. Tho prospect of tho
englneeilng dlss-uto is nmro hopetul today.
It Is 'understood that tho combined com
mittee of masteis and men have arrived
at nn agree meat as to the three loading
paints In dispute freedom or emplejyment,
piece work and overtime. When tho re
malndei of tho points have been settled
tho committee will report to the confer
ence to- npproval.
Crnker Not ItilcreMcil.
Washington, Pec. 15 Iho Tammany
friends of Mr. Croker who met him dur
ing ids visit to Washington say that Mr.
Croker Is tat lug no speciui inteiest In
political questions of a national diameter,
and that his visit had no significance In
that direction.
Senator liiinnn lias Ilecinered,
Now York, Dec. 1" Senator Hnnmi left
this city for Washington today. Ho said
that ho had fully recovered from his to
cent Illness.
THE NATIONAL
BOARD OF TRADE
Resolution Favoring the Establishment
of Postal Savings Banks.
PR0VCKRS A LIVELY DEBATE
The Question ot Artilicinl Irrigation
is (Also Ilroiight Up--r.iilndclp.iin
(.'rocers Present n Resolution lto
gnretiug ltallronds--Other limitless
of (.renter or Puss Importance.
Wnshington.Dec 1.".. A lesolutlon In
troduced by the Chicago board ot trade
favoring the establishment of postal
savings banks, created lively debate at
today's session of tho national board
of trade. It was finally referred to a
committee to i sport Jit the next meet
ing. The ejuestlon of artificial lirigatlon
was brought up by the Plttsbiug cham
ber ot commerce, which rorommended
that congieps enact laws to plar-o the
supervision of nil lirlgntiun cnteiptis
es In the hands of the United States
authorities whole suih woik is under
taken upon waterways affecting Inter
state 'iti' Ration An address In uil-vocae-y
ot this resolution was made
by Mr. Andtews, of Pittsburg. The
lesolutlon was aelopted and a commit
tee was appointed to have chaige of
the matter and leport at the next
meeting.
The Philadelphia Grocers and Impor
teis' exchange presented a resolution
to the effect that In nil cases whther
lallway lines, telegraph lines, tele
phone companies, or great commercial
ti lists or combinations affecting all the
states.tlie congiess of tho United States
shall eontiol them and hold them In
du subjection to the laws of Justice
and equity. The lesolutlon was refer
red to a special committee to report
tomoi i ow
A resolution which elicited much dis
cussion was that offered by the Chi
cago boaid of trade favoring legisla
tion Imposing a tax upon and regulil
ing the manufacture find sale of mixed
Hour. It was lefened t a committee.
The nf ten noon session wns ihlelly
devoted to currency discussion The
gist of the icsolutlons adopted was an
endoisetnent of th' single gold stand
aid, the gradual retliement of United
StMes notes, the enlugemcnt ot the
national bank i irculatlon with a giad
ti.il leduition in the tax on the same,
and finally the establishment of nation
it' banks with a capital of J'J'iOOO or
over in towns of over 2.000 population.
A motion to locate permanent head
eiuatteis for the national lio.nd of
trade In Washington met with geneial
approval but was refened to a special
committee for finil action.
The committee In ehaige of the currency-
resolutions and tho bankiuptcy
bill called em Speaker Heed tonight to
piesent the two measures with the en
il'iisement of the boaid, and le.un If
possible what their chance would be
befoie the house. Mr. Heed did pot
hold out much encouragement in the
line of financial legislation, but lnti
tmaed that thou would be no more
chpuce for the bankruptcy bill after
the hoi ida v lecess
Tli? committee in chaise of the pol
ing bill was In session at a late hour
but such decided differences had de
veloped that theie was little hope of nn
agieement on cither side of theques
tlon. and a majority and minority le
pmt may h submitted to the full
boaid tomoriow.
DENOUNCED PRESIDENT ANDREWS.
llhodo Island G. A. It. .Men Object lo
His l.nlogy of (.en. Pen.
Pawtucket, R. I., Dec 13. Members
of the staff of the State G A. K. de
partment commander made a bitter at
tack on President Andrews, of Biown
university, at a meeting of Tower post
The cause of the attack was a re
cent address delivered by Piesldent
Andrews In Chicago, In which the Iat
tei eulogized General Robert P. Pee,
plating him In the same category with
the great military captains ot ancient
and modern times. He compaied Pee
with Giant, Sheridan, Hooker. Buin
filde and other of the Union ganerals.
Much ot President Andrews' speech
has ben printed heie, nnd It lias
i,ii-ed a stoim. The scene at the
meeting of Tower post was the first
public outbuist, but doubtlchs mine
will follow, ns tho ej A. R. eterans
are angiy over the matter. The speak
ers did not mince vvoids, nnd one of
them, Dr. Peck, the medle-al Inspector,
said he believed that Dr. Andievvs was
out of his mind.
MUST SUPPORT HOME RULE.
Conditions Upon hlch Irish Votes
VMM He Given Liberal Conditions.
Dublin, Dec. 15. John Dillon, chalr
intn of the lilsh Nationalist patty, ad
elrcnslng the meeting of the National
redeiatlon here today, said he agreed
with Mr. John Redmond, tho Pninell
Ite leader, that all sections of the Na
tionalists should arrive at an under
standing upon the leading Irish ques
tions befoio the rsassembllng of parlia
ment, nnd suggested a conference with
the Irish members on the subject.
Refenlng to the fact that the plat
foim adopted on December 7 nt the an
nual meeting of tho National Liberal
Pederat Ion at Derby contained no men
tion of home i tile. Mr Dillon said: "If
that progtamme is authorized no nlll
arce between Irishmen and Plbeials Is
potslble, and no Irish votes will hence
forth lie given to Liberal candidates
iinlesfl thev are pledged to home nil."
FIGHTING IN I5ARA VALLEV,
March officii. W osniueott's .Men is Ac
companied by Dceperntc llnttlm.
Simla, Dee. 15. Tho march of Gen
eral Wesmacott's brigade down the
Uara Valley was accompanied by tho
most desperate lighting since Dargal
Ridge. The enemv for the first time
In tho whole campaign exposed them
selves in their efforts to cut off the
rear guaid and poured In a constant
Leo-Metfoid and Martin-Henry illle
fire, In replying to which the Hrltish
troops exhausted their ammunition.
While the reur guaul was woin out
by constnnt attacks and a difficult posi
tion, the enemy made tho coup of the
campaign by an open rush upon It.
The tired soldieis stood firm, nnd a
withering, Independent fire swept the
ndvancing tribesmen, who charged al
most to tho bavonet'fl point. The Af
rldls, declmntcd, wavered, and then re
treated to cover, fiom which they con
tinued a harrasslhg fusllade until daik.
The action commenced again with
tho lislng of the moon. In spite of the
vigilance of tho scouts, some ot the
enemy got between the flanking bodies
and the main column nVid kept up un
unceasing lire, during which tho Jemu
dar who was leading Geneial Wcst
macott's hoi so was killed.
The Hrltish troops behaved splendid
ly nnd Intllcted the most Severn pun
ishment upon the enemy which the lat
ter has yet sustained, quite -100 men
falling.
DANQERS AT HAVANA.
An Infernal .Machine is Discovered
nt Hie U. S. Consulate.
Havana, Dae 15. A small box, ap
parently made to contain samples of
some description, was found this morn
ing nt the Casa Nuovn, wheie the
Unit d States consulate Is situated.
An exnmlnntion of tho box showed It
to contain a tube filled with an ex
plosive substance I'mtunately, the
cover wns not lemoveel in the ordinal y
way, but was splintered open Under
neath the cover was a piece of sand
paper, intended to light a bo ot
matches and thus bilng about an ex
plosion. On Nov. 24 Inst a tube said to con
tain dynamite was found on the piem
isrs of the United States consulate at
Hivana by a man who was subse
quently anested by th watchman of
the consulate; but the affair was
ciasssed an a poke and the man ar
rested was believed to have been tho
Individual who placed the tube where
It was found In order to guaid
against any possible attempt hostile
lo the consulate oi Its Inmates, the
Spanish officials took precautions to
protect the building and the eoimul
general.
PROTEST AGAINST
EDWARD M. PAXS0N
American Federation of Labor Ob
jects to His Appointment ns an tn-ler-lnte
Commerce Commissioner.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec IV The Amei
ican Kedeiatlon of Labor today u
fencel to a committee a lesolutlon pio
testlng against the appointment of
Pdvvaul M. Paxson, as an Intel. state
commerce commlsslonei It says. In
pait:
Wheras, P. M Paxson has shown bv
his conduct in resigning tho otlice ot etitef
Justice of the Supreme court of the state
of Pennsvlvanla bv telegraph for the pur
pose of accepting an appointment as re
eelvir of the Philadelphia and Heading
railroad at.d assisting In wrecking tint
eompanv, nut!
Whereas. K. M Paxson has always
shown. in Intense h.Uri it foi oiganlzul la
bor and has on evorv occasion wluu op
portunity presented Itself Uheil his oltuiul
position to injuie the Interests ot w.igr.
earners ns Instanced bv his action in de
scending fiom the Supreme court bench
for the purpose of noting as a lomniit
tlng mnglsttate In tho case of Hie Home
stead strike. In oilier to tliiovv the wi Igrvi
of Ills Judicial position In the balance
uk.iIiisI the wage-earneis who me strug
gling for living wages, theiufme
Resolved. That the executive council be
I'istriicted to enter a protest ngiitiist his
appointment us iuteist.iti commerce com
miss.oniT P. J. MeGuiie moved that the presi
dent of the federation be Instructed to
telegraph the presidents of the organ
izations a most solemn pintest against
the lumored appointment of Paxson.
This motion was enthusiastically sup
poited by many spcakeis and was eai
jied unanimously.
The Paxson resolution will be ic
ported tomonow.
Various addi esses wero deliveied
during the session on the eight hour
and convict labor laws- Several dele
gates spoke on the textile wnrkeis'
sttlke. that Is Imminent thmughout
the count! y, advising Immediate and
definite action
ASSAULTED AND MURDERED.
San PranolM-o Pee 1 A horrible np'r
der whs perpetrated here at eiiisk ibis
evening. The victim is supposed to li
Mrs Maiy C date a vvealthv resident
of 'Watsonville, C.d She had just rented
n ti.it from n Miss Plant hard and the
nolsi of carpet hiving wns hoard by the
people in the lower tint All at once he
tucking ceased und all was quiet, then
ten bile screams were heard Tin occu
pants of tho lower flat became alaimeil
and started to investigate The dead
bodv wns found the position indicating
that tho woman had been m-saulted The
police nro searching for Miss Ulnneh.ud
and also for a clue to the carpet Inver
('unci! ot I'npiilistN.
Washington. Pec. 13 The Populists
have decided to hold n caucus tomoriow
night to outline their policies on peivll ig
questions. Thev wlP piobably oppose the
ictircment of the greenbacks, the exten
sion of further prlvilo&os to national
banks, the unnexutlon of Hawaii 'mil
favor the reeomillion of Cuban liiitcpind
ence and tho repeal of tho civil servlio
law s.
Cabinet .Meeting Cnlled.
Washington. Dec. 15 The president has
culled a cabinet mentlng lor in o'clock
tomorrow moiling to dispose of un ac
cumulation ot business No ctilehs will
be received In order that the meeting nvi
pioceed expeditiously
THE KEW8 THIS MOKNINd.
Weather Indications Today:
Fair; Northwesterly Wind.
1 General National Hoaul of Tr.ulo De
liberations
Congiesslonnl Doings.
New Jold Fields In Alaska.
Hlg Wheat Operations in Chicago.
2 State rorger Ileatty's Career.
Plre Casualties In Philadelphia.
2 Pocal Court Proceedings.
Statement by the Pvangellcal Alli
ance. 4 Pdltoilal.
Comment of the Press.
5 Serious Scheme to Defraud Unelo iim,
G Pocal Depositions In Aid of Van
Horn's Argument foia New Trial.
7 Pocal Alleged Porger Sent to Jail.
Plremen After Insurance Money.
3 Pocal West Side and Subuiban.
9 Packawnnna County Happenings.
10 Neighboring County News,
Tho Markets,
CLIMAX IN
WHEAT DEALS
The Big Operations of
Messrs. Armour
and Letter.
LAST CARGOES ARRIVING
Chicago Now in Control of the
Situation.
l.iioimoiis Receipts from the North-vcst--In
Armour's Control to .Meet
Contracts and Sell on tho Hull Mar
ket Loiter Has Mndc--Thc World's
Scarcity of Wheat .May Carry the
Present Level of Prices Along to
the .Month ol .liny.
Chicago, Pec. 13. Navigation Is now
closed and the last caigoes of Duluth
wheat ate about ni living here, mak
ing a movement fiom thnt point of
Fome n.nt'.noo bushels In n little ovei
seven weeks In the last two days;
the local stock of wheat has been In
creased to the enounlus extent of 1,
3.10,000 bushels and more Ik coming vy
rail. Armour has succeeded in gather
ing1 together a, stock of wheat which,
puts Chicago In eontiol of the cash
situation for the rest of the season, I.
c , the home demand nnd foielgn needs,
for about all the vv heat not In the
hands of a few elevator interests in
the Northwest is being garnered In hero
to the piobable amount of nearly ten
million bushels, whereas a shoit time
ago It looked ns If It would be Im
possible to get any stock com cntrntecl
heie, owing to the exigencies of sup
ply and demand
The iiuestlou of the December deal
ing has been the means of effecting
tills accumulation, and wheat ordinal -lly
held for milling pui poses Is now
IHng stoied nvvny here; so that It
would seem that unless crop condi
tions at home keep as good as now, op
those nbioad Improve, conditions lit
May aie likely to be found as tight
a. now. There are, of course, unfore
seen possibilities, but. In viovv of th
efforts now made to get all this wheat
heie, easing the price of December Is
likely to boomeiang on the pi ice of
May.
Th" eiuestlon now Is, How much of
Hie fast accumulating wheat is for de
livery on the December deal, and how
gicat is Hint deal? On this depends,
the likelihood of a sealing market to
ward the end of the month, nnd how
much of It in the mean time will bo
used to ease off the December price
from time to time, as happened last
Satuidav.
The geneial opinion seems to he that
the Letter bull irowd will take the best
opportunities to make a profit that the
market may affoid, accept actual de-llvety-
of pait of the wheat they have
bought, and tatty some of It into Jau
uaiy and perhap.s into May.
WPATHPU FAVOIJAHLi:.
Weather condition. the inlldnes.
have, of cnuise, helped much in mak
ing possible the great lake dellvety of
wheat of the last ten days or so. Veiy
little contiaet wheat Is now left In
Duluth, The most of the wheat to
come now will be from Minneapolis by
rail, and tho opinion from that point
Is that the demand has been so great
that the mills will later have to get In
wheat fiom other states.
W. T Haker, piesldent of tho board
of tiade. says of the situation: 'Cash
wheat Is at a piemlum over futuie de
livery heie and In .ill parts ol the win Id,
because mine of It has been sold than
can be deliveied. Wheat Is scaue all
over the win Id Not enough wns
giown last year to supplvthe demand.
Ameilea now hns the opportunity to
make Its own pi lie for vvhe.il"
In the past unlimited eiuautitles of
wheat have been sold on the market
and resold with no demand for Its de.
lively .Now, however, the wheat is
wanted so badly b.v consumeis thnt
contracts calling fordcllveiy can stand
for no "wind" wheat. We shall piob
ably see the same tight conditions in
May wheat when May coincs us vie
now see In Dee ember wheat
"I think that this countiy ulieuelv
has expmted much of the wheat which
It will soon need for its own consump
tion, and that the full scarcity Is not
by any mentis yet appreciated."
As might be expected, conditions hero
aie affecting all the other mnikets. und
the Intel est in the sltuntlon, brought
Into shaip lellef by the delivery, Is
very widespiend.
AN OFFICIAL WARNING.
Spain Itcgnrds tho 1'nreign Press ns
Ptremelv Yellow."
Mach Id, Dec 13 An official note was
Issued tonight descilhing ns "Inven
tions and exaggerations intended to
mislead the people." tho sinister iu
mors ns to the lelatlons between Spain
and the United States, the supposed ef
fect of Piesldent MoKlnley's message,
the agitation In the auny, the attack
on the Ameiican consulate In Havana,
and the lepoit that filibusters sunk the
floating djck theie
It utges the people to "distrust tho
foreign press" ami to tely on "news dl
lectly emanntlng fiom Madild and
Havana "
The Herald's Weather I'orecnst.
New Yoik. Pec 10 In the middle
stutcs mid New I.m,iuuil. today, nur
weather will prevail, with flesh north
westcily and southwoatulv winds, shin
ing to southerlv, with i-soinllness In tho
northern dlstilcts nf this section by to
night nnd slightly lower temperature, ris
ing slowly west of the llluu Illdgo tonight.
On Prlday. in both of these sections,
paitly cloudy weather and fresh to lit isle
southerly and westerly winds will prevail,
with snow near tho lakes and eastward,
nnd nearly stationary followed by falling
temperature and by a cold wave In thy
western districts of this section.
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