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TRIP OF THE
PRESIDENT
His Address to the Col
ored Students of
Tuskegee.
ADVICE TO THE NEGROES
Booker T. Washington's School
Praised Oppoitunlties for Its At
tendants to Become Worthy Citi
zens and to Advnnce Their Race.
Intelligence and Industry Best
Possessions of Man, and Eveiy
Man Can Have Them.
Tuskegee, Ala.. Deo. 10 The ptesl
Jcnt's train, which left Atlanta at 1.20
o'clock a. m., nrrlPd heio at 8 o'clock
tills morning nndwns met by the mayor
.mil town council. Tlie putty enteicd
carriages and was driven to the school
foi colored students--, conducted liy
Hooker T Washington, where he made
an address
The president spoke us follow b:
'Teachers und pupils of Tuskegee:
To meet Mill under such pleasant
skies und hao the oppoitunity of u
pcis-vinol obsei vatlon of oui work is
Indeed most giatlfying The Tuskegee
Xotmul and Indut'tilal Institute la Ideal
In conception and luir. already a huge
and growing leputatlon In this country
and Is not unknown nbioad I cogratu
lnte til! who aie connected with this
undertaking for the good which it Is
doing in the education of Its students
to lead lives of honor and usefulness,
thus exulting the laie for which It was
established
To sntak of Tuskegee without puv
Ing special ti Unite to Hooker T. Wash
ington's genius and pei-eierance would
he linnosslhle The inception of till"
iMble entei prise wus his and he (le
st ies hlgli etedit for It. Ills was the
enthusiasm and enterprise which made
its steadv progress possible and estab
llsheii In the Institution Its present high
st.inilurd of accomplishment. He Iiuh
von .1 woith leputatlon as one of th"
j,hmi Itndeis of his lace, widely known
und mui h tespei ted at homeand abroad
us an in i omiilb'hed educutoi, a good
oiutoi and a tine philanthropist.
What stendv and giatlfying ad
vances have been made during the past
llfti I'n eais a poisonal insnecllon of
the mateilal equipment stilklngly
ptove-i A thousand students, I am told,
aie here cared for bj nearly a hundred
teailnis, tiltogtthei fanning, with the
Piepi i.itoiy dcpuitment. a smmetilcul
m bolostlt tommunltv. which has been
"ill i oiled a model foi the industiial
don d s( honls of the south
ur.NKHors I'oi.n'y
One thllif. 1 like about this institu
tion l Mint Its polli v bus ben genor
ni s und jnogiessKe It is not so self
iintied or iut'iesteil in its own pur
suits (i nil uirbltlons as to Ignoie what
goliv on In the iet of the country or
'ul- ll dillii lilt tin oiit'ldei's to slmro
f ' al uilvnnligts
1 i bade e-ni dally to the sphlt In
vliKb tin annuel conferences have
b n I fid In leading eoloied citizens
' il.iiaton, with the intention ol
I npi'Ulng the condition of thlr less
finuni.it. bi Hums and sltoi. Hero
we i an s, f , u m immense ilejd. and
one whlih cipiiot too soon or loo euie
fulh be minted The i onlei '-nets hav"
It-own In populuiitv and aie well cal
culated mil utilj to fiicourige colored
men ami co'ond women In their in
dividual efforts, but to cultivate and
pioiixitf i'n amicable telutloushlp be
tween the two i. ut" a, pioblem whoso
solution wa never more neodi d than
ut the piesent time, Patience In mod
el itlun. self-.-ontiol knowledge, chat
ai tei will suiely win our vletoiles and
ledlze the bt st uspliatlons of vour
pi "pie An evidence of the soundness
i ' the puios of thin institution Is that
those in chaige of Its niantigoinont cvl
iltntl cio nor believe In i'ltemptlng the
iiiiaitalnuble. and their instruction in
si If ullunce und piaetical Indiisliy l.s
most valuable
In the d.iv and night school many
In-eii his (cr be taught, at small e
1 nsi w hleh will give the man and the
woman who have mustetod them Inl
ine' I iti einplovmint and secure their
mi'"-" nfteivvmel piovlded they abide
bv tin principle" of indutiy, morul
li and tollplcm hue inculcated In
common with the Hampton institution
ii "Uiglnlu. the Tuskegee institution
has be n a in1 Is todav, of Inestimable
valu in sow In- the seeds of good titl
srfiishlp institutions of theli stand
ing and woithv p-itionme fen in a
sin dier and mine poweiful agency for
tin good of all concerned than any
v-t pioposed or suggested The prac
tli ll Is hre associated with the neinl
cmii which encornuges both loirnlng
nd uiilustiy Heie ou leain to liuis
lei oui solves, find the b"t aUuptn
lion of vour faculties, wtn advantages
Ti advancement, learnh g to meet the,
high duties ot life No i nuntiy, epoch,
oi no has n monopoly upon knowl
edge Some have easier, hut not neecs
saillv b"tter oppoituiiltles for self-di-m-Ioiiim
in What c few can obtain
fi "i most have to pay fm, perhaps bv
html phjslcal labor, mental . tiugfdc
inl si it-denial. Hut in this grut
cmiitiv -ill ran have the oppoitunltv
f- i belieilng themselves, provided they
ienf liileillguiee nnd peiseveiance,
in d t licit motives and conduct aie
win ih
ri'tMTH:S I'OIt KDl'CATIOX.
Xowbeie aie such facilities for unl
eisO fdin atlon found us In the Uni
ted .-Males. They aie neeesrllilo to
everv boy and prill, while or black.
Inn 'llgeiice and industiy aie the best
pass shlont which anv man can have,
nnd 'vriv man can have tiieni. Xo
bndv i un g've thtin to him or take
them fiemi him He cannot aenulro
them iij loin-) Italic, he cannot buv
them or bee them, or hoi row them.
The h-Meing to Hie lndlvlduil. and are
his un inrstioncd pi open. v. He alone
can peit with them. They arc a good
thing t'. have and to keep. They make
ha pi v homes- they uehlove success In
eer.v walk of lift, they ham won
the gi item iilumphs for mankind. Xo
man who has thorn ever cots Into the
police court, or before the grand Juiy.
or li the wnikhome or the chnln Banff
Thev give one imnrl and material
power They will bring ou a comfort
abb living, make you respeit youi
Hdv "s and coinmiind tho respect ot
your fellow n They aro indispensable
to success. They are Invincible. The
melt hunt Itqulies the cleik whom he
cmnloys to have them. The railroad
coipoinlion Inquires whether the man
seeking employment possesses them.
Hvcry avenue of human endeavor wel
comes them. The aie the only keys
to open with certainty the door of op
portunity to struggling manhood. 13m
ployment waits on them: capital ic
qulres them, eitlrenshlp l not good
without them. If ou don't already
have them, get than.
"To tliu pupils assembled here 1 ex
tend my congratulations that facilities
for advancement afforded to them are
so numerous and w inviting. Those
who aro nero for tho time being have
the reputation of the institution in
charge, and should, therefore, lie all tho
mult cnieftil to guard it worthily.
Otheis who have gone befoie ou have
made great sacrifices to reach the pres
ent results. What voll do will affect
not onlv those who come after ou
heie, but many men and women whom
ou Miuv never meet. The results of
our training and work heie will event
ually be felt, either dlreetlv en Indl
icitly, in neatly every part of the coun
try. "Most of you aie young, and youth H
the time best lilted for the develop
ment both of tho body and the mind.
Whatever jolt do, do with all your
might, with will and puipose. not of
the selfish kind, but looking to the bene
ilt of our lace and your country. In
comparing tho past with the present
mjii should be especially giateful that
It has been -our good foi tunc to como
within the Influence of such an Insti
tution UH Tuskegee, nnd jou are under
the guidance of swh a stiong leader.
I thank him most cordially for the
pleasure of visiting this Institution, and
I lulng to all heie associated my good
will and tho best wishes of your coun
tonien, wishing you the utilization of
sin cess In whatever undertakings may
hereafter engage you "
DR. SWALLOW
AT WILKES-BARRE
Addiessed a Laige Audience at the
Young Men's Clulstian Associa
tionSubject, "What Next?"
Wilkes-l?ai re, Dec. 30 liev. Hr
Swallow addressed a large audience at
the Y M. A. this evening. He wis
the guest of the Iuzerne county l'io
hlbltlonlsts ut their fourth annual ban
quet. The doctor's subject was "What
XextV" and umong other things he
said. "What Next"" is the subje-t
assigned me. That Is to uy, tho po
litical battle over, the dead have been
burled and, as Is usual with dead. lio
hlbltlonlsts for the last twenty years
have tome to life again: the wounded
have been cuied und sent to the front,
what net? It is a peculiarity of our
clan to take a cliubbing philosophical
ly. So for a month tne pauy that e ist
l.iO.000 -votes have been more Jubilant
than the so-eulbd vie tins We thought
our paity and Its pilneiples deseivecl
.1 In l gel- vote this vear. but It Is
"better to deceive success than to
achieve it." '
"The next thing to do is to refeutn
our lines, push out the Hlclimlshcr and
having in two successh,. campaigns
seemed live or six times as many votes
as at the preceding election, stllve to
double the numbei at the next elec
tion. "The most impottaut woik now Is to
oiganlze the willing good men of every
voting pteclnct In the state, have tin m
thtough the committees leain at time
the name and ieslUence of eveiy legal
voter, and note they i hunges as th -v
progiess. Then, through Ilteratuie mil
confeieiues eduiate and stimulate lo
a better t.vpe of c Itizenshln
"The sume of piofessedlv good nin
who voted foi tin Quaj-boodle-vv'hlskey
candidate Is Imlli atcil by their silence.
."Man of them aie- not quite hiue lmv
long thev will be out of the penltMi
tiaiv The confessions of the Demo-e-iatlc
partv that they weie sold out
b their bosses to Quay in the Jin
lumpuign leaves the ilu-ent l.mk an 1
llle ol that puity with a deshe lo be
ldentliled with a pait that bus some
piliulple under It. The ileitis nre ripe
for a Biat harvest ot voteis If we
know how to gather them.
"In answer to the question 'what
net ." I would nnswet- M'p guuids ami
at 'eni." '
BAD FOR MRS. BOTKIN.
Damaging Testimony Intioduced at
the Tiial Yesterday.
Sun Kiunclsco, Dec. 1C The defense
in the Hotkin mm del trial today n
eelved the wiost set buck It has et
peilented since the case opened. '1 nij
evidence of two of the witnesses ex
amined was of such a convincing- n.i
tine that the chagrin mused by Us
intioductiou was plainly written on the
faces of the accused woman and her
counsel.
The evidence c leal ly show ed that
Mrs Dotklu wiote the anonymous 1ft
teis fiom this city to .Mis Dunning
apprising Mis. -.inning of the alle.-d
mlsiontluct of her husband, iju In
foimlug the dead woman that she had
giouuds for commencing a suit for in
voice, the handkei chief which was en
closed In the box of poisoned candy
was proven to have been putchiiscd in
this city by Mrs, Hotkin, anothei link
in the chain of the pioeciitlnn.
G. A. R. MEETING.
Executive Committee Concludes Its
Sessions at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Dec 16. 'ine executive
comrnltteo of the Grand Army of the
Republic today concluded Its meeting
which began csterduy and which was
devoted to airungenients for the na
tional encampment to bo held hero in
September next. Hotel accomodation i,
railroad transportation and other ma'
ters in connection with the assemb'lug
ot the veterans at tho encampments
were disposed of
I'pon adjournment of the meeting the
mcmbciK of the executive committee
with the national commander. Jarue-
A. Sexton, left for Xevv York to at
tend a banquet to bo given tonight by
I.afayetto post of that city In honor of
Commander Sexton,
Steamship Arrivals.
Xevv York Dee. 16. Cleared: t'inlirl.i,
Liverpool Arrived- Iuitanlu, Llverpoui.
Quc'tMiFtovvn Arrived. Campjiri i, New
York for Liverpool. Gibraltar Arrived:
13ms, New York for Naples and Genoa.
Nrvv York. Dec. 17 -Arrived. Ht. Paul,
Southampton.
To Suppjess Small Pox.
HarrlHburg, Dee. 16.-Governor Hastings
directed Stato Treasurer Heacorn today to
draw a vvaii.int for tm on the eun rgonoy
I nnd of the siutci board of health for tho
suppression of MJlbjox at Dedford,
SOCIALISM AT
KANSAS CITY
KNOCKS AT THE DOOR Or FED
ERATION OF LABOR.
An Unsuccessful Attempt Is Made
by Max Hayes, the Socialist Repre
sentative from Cleveland, to Intro
duce Socialism Into the Order The
Scheme Failed to Work Tobln's
Resolution Applauded.
Kaiuaj City, Mo., Dec. 111. Socialism
was tho absorbing topic today before
the convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The Socialist dele
gates made a determined effort to In
fuse Socialistic doctiiue Into tho laws
of the fedeiatloti. lflobubly they will
not succied. foi theie Is a majority
against them, but the Socialist orators
held the ilooi neatly all the afternoon
nnd will continue their aigumcnt to
morrow, for the Issue had not been de
cided when the session adjourned this
evening
The Socialists claim to be pleased
with the developments of the day and
they fr.iy that for the ...st time in the
history of the fedeiatlon the question
was discussed with dignity and toler
ation on both sides nnd with appapiit
understanding of the Issues, and thl'i
they sav marks nn epoch of advance
ment of Socialism among the tiude.s'
unionists.
So grent was the lntcsfst in the dis
cussion and so general the toleration
that the live minute rule of the con
vention was not enfoiced against sev
eral of lhe more eloquent Soclullst oia
tors John V. Tobln, of Hoslon. created
somewhat of sensation when, In the
course of an Impassioned upeeoh, he
declared that he had been given to
linden stand that President Gompeis in
tended to vote with the Social Demo
cratli pait and lo 'lii-oiumend all h'j
should come In contact with to do like
wise " Mi. Tobln argued that what the
piesldeiit of the fedeiatlon thougnt
good enough to adopt the fedeiatlon
need not fear.
1'iesliient Cornpers did nol deny the
asset thin of Mr. Tobln.
THE POULTRY BOOK.
Mandamus Case of Ex-State Printer
Buscli Is Heaid.
Haiilsbiug, Dec. 1(1 The mandamus
case of i x-Stute Pi Intel r M Iluscn
to compel .Superintendent ot Public
Printing Thomas M. Joins to pav
$57,000 lor leprlnting the pamphlet is
sued by the depuitmenl ot ugiitultllie
calkd "The Diseases and Hneinles of
Poiilti.v" was heuiil today In the
Duuphin eiiunl cuuit Witnesses ter
llletl that the older for printing llv
pamphlet cimc through the pioptr
channels and that the copy for It. m
i hiding the i osll Illustrations, did not
come thiough the supeiliiteudent ot
pt-hllc pi luting, but came direct from
the tdltois of the book.
The deft w-f ioniileied that ihe evi
dence given hj the pelltlolitvi subsl m
tluted its i use and tlid not cull for ary
witnesses. Alguineut will be heard D'i
"S.
DAVIS' PROCLAMATION.
Assuies Cubans That They Will Be
Piotected if Ouleily.
Havana, Dei. 10. (leneial Davis, the
American commander ut I'lnar del Klo
has issued u proclamation s.tylng
Piesldeiit MoKlnley bus directed him
to a.sune the inhabitants of the s'rm
Ity of their l'ves and piopeity as long
as they are older I. The gcneiul add
ed that the piesldeiit has ouleied him
to assure the people that the Vnltcd
States has ro war with the Cubans
but on the lontiaty the Ameilcan
troops came to juotect their lives and
propi'rt respecting their peisori.il re
ligions and the light of the local au
thoiltles in enforcing existing laws as
long as equal justice u.s appeu tiontd,
otheivvlse the tilbunuls will be c-hfirgi'd.
General Davis tiiithr dec hues that
fair ta's will be levied and that no
favoritism will Iij shown
.. .
I GODDARD DISQUALIFIED.
reatuies of the Six-Round Bout with
Kid McCoy.
Philadelphia, Die. 10. Joe Uoddard
and Kid McCoy were the featiues to
night ut the Aiena In a !x-iiund bout
which came to an e nil in the llfth
round bv ths lefeiee disqualifying the
"lianler Champion" urd giving tho
light to Mi Coy. lp to that period the
fighting was uneventful, MclVy t'olnnr
the better woik In the ilfth lound, af
ter a numbei of exchanges, the Kid
landed a heavv right on Goddanl's Jaw
and sent him to tho Hoor. Uoddard
wus on his ft"t In a second and th
Kid ugnln lauded on Joel's Jaw and
hent lilm to giass oiu-e more.
He got on his feet again and clinched.
They wrestled about the ring for some
time and the referee Interposed and
disqualified Goddard. He said that ho
had attempted to thiovv Me Co to the
lloor while wrestling.
SKATING ACCIDENT.
Hiuvey Bunnum Diowned in the
Conestogo.
Lancaster, Pa., D'-e. . Tfaivcv
Pimnuiri. 1'j rais old, was si,tlng
aeioss (he Concstoga today when he
brol-e In und wan drowned. Ills body
was recovered and the Identification
was of a peculiarly pathetic character.
The body was brought to this city In
the police patrol, and HunnunVs blath
er caught on behind the wagon.
The drowned boy's feet piotruded
from the coveting nnd joung Ilunnum
lematked that whoever the drowned
boy was ho had on his brother's skates.
The cover was then removed Horn thd
face and Identification made.
Police Plan for Havana.
Jluvuniu De.. hi. Tho United Stt tes
ciulser Xevv Ycnk sails lor Kc Wist to
night In ouler to tako coal on bouid, folio
will return on fc'aturday night. Cujitmn
McCullagh, tho former chief of police of
Now York city, Iirm reported to luiural
Gieen a pollco plan for Havana on tho
saina basis as that of New York, but
modified by local conditions. Tin foicu
will amount to 1,000 men, not l.MM an at
first believed.
STATE Or P1NAR DEL RIO.
Countiy of Great Feitlllty Ravaged
Almost to Destruction.
Washington. Dec. 10. Tho terrible
slate of affairs existing- in the western
imivlnc.li of Cuba Is shown In this re
pot t to the war department from Gen
eral Davis.
I'lnnr del lllo. Die II, 1S9S.
Adjutant Gtintal, Washington.
Arrived hero lust night: troops comfort
nbly t iicampetl, have nil mudicd sup
pllis, hnvi) been lectlved with greatest
enthusiasm and rejoicing. Civil gov
ernor left piovlnee whin Spanish troops
rotlic.il. The alcablii called, tendered his
services, A sinill Cuban force Is In town
as police. Good itdtr prevnrls every
where. Shall lalse Hug tomoiiovv In prm
i use ot troops and citizens Treasury
empty and onlv means ol re plenishing j a
rsttm of taxation almost to verge of
confiscation No custom houses In this
province Country of great fertility and
beauty but ravaged almost to destruction; I
Hssured by responsible citizens and for
eign! rs that one half the former popu.a- j
Hon hns been killed or starved to druth '
Colonel Suburn, with two bittnllons ot i
Guanajay. lie is ordered to cccupy Mr
rlel with a detachment. Xo sickness
iSlgi'C'll Davis.
BROOKLYN AND
BALTIMORE UNITE
Impottaut Changes to Be Made in
Ball Clubs Neither Club Has Been
Making Money By Terms of the
Amalgamation the Respective
Clubs Shall Pool All Losses and
Gains.
Xevv York, Dec 16. That faonitthlng
of a staitllng liatuie was to be sprung
duilng the meeting of the Xatlonal
base ball league was an open secret,
and today wherr the announcement was
made that the Hrooklti and IJaltl
inore c lubs had amalgamated noludy
was sin prised The deal had be"ii
talked of fiequenlly dining the week
nnd It was thoioughlv discussed In the
lobbies of the hotel bj base ball mnn.
When the mutter was announced as a
ceitalnt it was generally legarded
as a gicat boom for base ball iir Gi eater-
Xevv York, and by some it was -on-sldered
the foi ei miner of many chang 's
which would take place In the r.e ir
future.
As a business ventuie the deal Is
legal ded as a piomlslng one limine I il
ly lor both clubs. Neither has been
making money ot Into. On the eou
ttaiy, they have ln-en losing. Close
flguiers estimate that the new blood
which is to be intused into .be
"liildegiooins" will make the Rtnok
lyn base bull grounds a much greater
attraction than heretofore for the mot
el s and that a handsome balance will
be placed to the credit of the Hrookln
club nt the end of next season Hy
the terms ot the amalgamation the
tespei tlve clubs shall iool all gains
and looses. Thi.se wl., llgme a pioilt
on llrookljn snv that Ill's will more
than counter bilunce the llultlmori"
losses next Ictobel
'I he pluveii who aie spoken of as
being llkelv tn be tiatisleiit.il from Hul
tlruoie to tirooklvri aie Kelly, Keeler.
Jennings, Mi Gunir, Demouticvllle, I'oi
liett. Maul and Mi-Jainis. .Maungei Xed
lljultifl will huve chaige of the Hrool--lir
aggre-gatlon and William Hainlo is
talked of as his kuciswu in Ualtlmoie.
Mauv ptisoiis who thtlm to have in
side infoi niatiori are of the opinion that
tin re will be two leagues of eight clubs,
each under the jroveinlng hand of the
Xatlonal league hj next season. Thev
suy the twelve elul) schedule has been
lound to be unvvleldv, that a ten dub
ilrcult would prove quite as difficult .i
pioposition und that eight of the lead
ing elub't should be hi ought together In
a major league and the four temalning
should foi ru the nucleus of n minor
body.
Cnder the ten year ugrt euient, which
has vet two jeuis to run, no club can
! leslgn, nor can it be toiced orrt of the
league, except by unanimous vote. With
Cleveland going to St. Louis und the
Louisville club purchased bythe league,
ten dubs would still lemaln, and of
these it might bo possible that Wash
ington nnd J kilt limuo would, toi a fi
nancial cousldeiutlou, drop into a minor
league. That the magnates ate unwill
ing to bit out nny clubs and saddle the
league with a heavy debt Is geneially
believed, and those who urge the double
league of eight teums each claim that
this is the onl possible and practicable
tlutioii of the twelve club sihudule.
The matter has not been discussed nt
an of the sessions thus far, but It may
bo taken up tomorrow.
It was said today that J. Hurl Wag
ner, of Washington, favoied a non-Sun-duv
plalng and a Sunday plaIng
league the found' to bo made up of
ihe Xevv Yoik, Hoston. Philadelphia,
Washington, Pittsburg, Cleveland, De
Uolt and Chleuco clubs, und the other
to be composed, of the Hrookln, Phila
delphia Athletic, Ualtlmoie, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis, Piovldence ami
Louisville or Indianapolis clubs.
Tho delegates were occupied today
111 discussing the Philadelphia agiee
luent which has just expired. Hy It all
visiting clubs itcelved 12 . cents for
each peisorr who entered the grounds
during' the last six yeais, and Colonel
John I. Hogers Is anxious that this
airangement thould be continued. lo
aigucs that the Philadelphia club bus
paid out nioie money to visiting clubs
on this bisls than any other dub. and
pioduccd stftlstlcs to back up his as
sertion. Hilly Xasli, who wus spoken of In
connection with the captaincy of the
Xevv Yolks, stated today that he could
not make satlefactoiy auungcuicnts
and that the cleat was olT. Xash hns
opened negotiations with the Buffalo,
which has just Joined the Western
league, with a view of becoming e-ip-taln
and mnnager for- tho coming sea
son. The Philadelphia club bought Pitch
er riazei- from the Loulsvillo club to
day, but the price was not given out.
"Huck" lowing- hae made a money
offer In addition to some phivers for
Pitcher Ruble, but Maiuger John It.
Day will confer with President riced
miui before he gives Hiving a definite
answer to the proposition.
Messrs. Hogfis nnd Hart were ap
pointed today an u committee on
amendments to tho constitution and
they aro to icport lo tho delegates at
tho next schedule meetlrg.
Later nvvlnir called off the proposi
tion which ho had made lo Mr. Day
for the puichusc of Amos Rusle Day
could not nee Freedman to submit ib'o
pioposition and Buck declared It off.
THE TESTIMONY OF
HENRY C. McCOOK
HIS TALK BEFORE THE WAR IN
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Has High Opinions of President Mc
Klnley as an Interviewer Thlnlts
tho Medical Department Has
Charged Its Chief Surgeons with
Too Much Burdensome Detail Red
Tape Methods Denounced.
Washington, Doc. 1C Uefore tho war
Investigating commission today Rev.
Dr. Homy C. McCook, of Philadelphia,
chaplain of the Second Pennsylvania,
and special commissioner of the Xa
tlonal Relief association, said the as
sociation had passed resolutions that
Its secretary would submit a formal
lepott to the commission and dliectlng
him not to testify, but he regal ded its
action as national On his return from
Cuba he hud called on Piesldeiit Mc
Klnley Aug. fl, nnd witness added:
"If there was anything I did know
and ho did not get It out of me, I am
unawate of It, He has wonderful pow
crs of crous-examlnatlcm."
The president at that time commis
sioned him to find und permanently
nuuk the giaves of our soldiers at San
tiago He pictured the desolate condi
tion of ginves, but said the names were
nearly all marked. Some wounded men
had wandered oft and died and their
graves remained unmarked. He ren
ommended that If the United States
desired a national cemetery in Cuba,
San Juan Hill should be selected, nnd
the grave jnrd at Guantunamo where
the marines had tho first encounter on
Cuban soil, be kept as a naval ceme
tery. He urged a system for marking
soldiers' giaves, although, he added,
his Investigations showed we were
ahead of other nations in this respect.
In Santiago, when he landed July 23,
theie was a dearth of everything need
ed. The medical dep.utment, he said,
opposed the work of his relief asso
ciation but c hanged their views later.
His association had predicted the yel
low fever spread and other unfortunate
conditions at the outset and had made
provisions therefore. With such a
I.uge body of men as was our army,
theie it was inevitable some blunders
would be made He thought the med
ical depaitment charged its chief sur
geons with burdensome detail, clerical
duties that prevented satisfactory at
tention to outside woik. He denounced
the red tape methods and offered num
erous suggestions for improvements.
MEMORIAL DAY.
7t Is Thought That the Blue and
Gray Heioes Will Be Honoml on
tho Same Day.
Philadelphia, Dee. lt Colonel James
A. Sexton, of Chicago, national com
mander of the Giund Army of the Re
public, who Is attending a meeting hi
this dty of the executive c omiiilH"e
of that organization, today declined to
discuss Piesiderrt Mclvlnley's sugges
tion irr his speech at Atlanta that the
national government should share with
the southern people In the caie of the
graves of the Confederate soldiers as
It now tales for the graves of those
who fought on tho I'nlon side. Wlin
asked loi an expression em the subj' ct
Colonel Sexton said he would laiher
at this time not discuss the matter.
Kegatdlug the proposition that the
same day should be obseivud as Mem
orial day by north and south the
colonel said there could certainly be
no objection to the Idea and he thought
such a step would go a gieut way
toward oblltet.itlntr so called sectional
Hues.
Continuing on this subject Colonel
Sexton suld ' I mude the suggestion
over two ears ago to have the blue
and gray unite on the same day for
the purpose ot memorallzing the sol
dier dead.
"In Chicago, Richmond, Va , Xjvv
Orleans and Atlanta, Ga., they follow
this course now. Theie are G,000 Con
fedeiate soldiers bulled in Chicago and
many comrades have contilbuted to the
election of a monument over their
giaves. At the time this monument
was dedhatcd on Memorial day the
commander of Massachusetts declaied
against It on the ground that Mem
orial day belonged to the Union men.
I was then prompted to come out and
take issue with the commander nnd
lelt It my duty to do so, especially as
my post Columbia, Xo. 706. of Chi
cugo, took pint In the dedication "
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.
Chicago Limited Cais Visited by
Vandals.
Xevv Yor k. Dec. 10. One of the Penn
sylvania railroad company's new trains
of palace cais for the Chicago Lim
ited sei vice, standing in the yards at
Jersey City, has been the object of
malicious mischief by unknown van
dals. In the dining and buffet cars
docket y was smashed, tables split and
the leather bucks of tho seats were
lipped out. Xothlng was left Intact
of the handsome observation car ex
cept the floor and sides. The big win
dows were smashed to pieces, tho plush
of the seats wus gougeiJxiut and the
decorations of the ceilings wore
scratched and otherwise despoiled. Sev
eral other parlor cars wero defaced
in the same manner. Xothlng was
taken away. The pieces of plush that
had been toin out of the scuts wero
found lying on the floor of the cars.
Last Satin day night n train lying
In the Krlo railroad yuid ut Jciscy
City was slmlluily mined. There Is
nothing to Indicate tho identity of the
vandals In either case.
Funeial of Senator Drice.
Xevv Ycnk. Die. IC.-Tho funeral ser
vices of ex-Stnator Calvin Stewart lirlre
will be held at noon tomotrow In the
rifth uvenuo I'resbjtcrlan church. It Is
expected that tho Rev. Dr. Walluco Rail
cliffy, of AV nulling! on, will conduct tho
si i vices. There will probabl bo no pall
beurcrn. After the services lire body will
b-j taken by the Lrle railroad to Lima, O .
wheie It will be Interred In the nrlto
family plot In a. cemetery near that city,
Governor's Tarewell Dinner.
Hiirilsburg. Dec IC-Goveiuor Hustlngu
wilt lender a farewell dinner to tho mem.
here of his military staff at Ihe executive
mamdon next Thursday evening.
Tin; ni;ws this morning
VVeither tadlcotlon ToJty:
Increasing Cloudiness.
1 eiencral President McKlnlcy's Ait-
dress to Ciliated Students.
Socialism Knocks at the Door of the
l'Vcleratlon of Labor.
Senile Foreign Relation Committee
Considers Government of Hawaii.
Testimony Hcforo tho War Investiga
tion Commission.
2 General lncicaso In Cuban Exports.
Pininclal and Comiicrclal.
X Local Religious News ot tho Week,
4 HdltorI.il.
Comment of llio Press.
G iocal Social nnd Personal.
Her Point of View.
C Local Attack Made on Street Repair
Contract.
Tilbuto to Ex-Poor Director Terppe.
7 Local Mass Meeting In Interest ot
Providence Pave.
Asphalt Pave Repair Plures.
5 Local West Scrantcm and Suburban.
9 Xews Round About Scranton,
10 Literary Xoter.
U Sunday School Leson for Tomorrow.
Tho Jewels ot Roiilty.
1 Musical Question Hox
11 Abandonment of the Gravity Road.
II Sad Plight of the Island of Cuba.
1" Success of Yankeo Wujt In Hiigkuid.
III Local-Criminal Court Proceedings.
MOST SURPRISING YEAR.
American Financial Hlstoiy Sur
passed in the Volume of Business
for 1808.
New York, Dec. 10. P.. G. Dun &
C'o's weekly review of trade will say
tomoirovv :
December Is adding a sur prising
close to the most surprising jeur of
American history. November had sur
passed all other months of the lenttuy
In volume ot business and pioductlort
and thus far December Is doing even
better in payments through cleat Int;
houses, in railroad earnings. In for
eign trade, irr output of pig Iron and
in netlvit and stiensjth of seiuiltles.
Hut that Is saying a great deal, for In
nil these and other tests November was
far the best mouth of Ameilcan finan
cial history. December began with a,
pig lion output of :!3;.52h tons weekly
against 21!S,935 Xov ember 1. and with
stocks of unsold lion diminished HS.ftSS'
tons In November-, which Indicates a
consumption ot 1.0.M,313 tons dining tho
month. Xot only is the output tins
greatest ever known, but It has In
creased 2;j per cent, since 1S0J, when
the greatest monthly iceord than ever
known was made, and Hessdiier pig;
was then selling for JU.71 at Plttsbtiur,
but until tho middle eif Xov ember sold
nt $10 this year. This has ilsen with
enoimous demand unci sales to $10.53
there with gtev forge $9.33. but tho
Chlciso market Is also strorrg with
sales of lOv.Oi'u tons, besides 21,000 tons
billets whk h had risen at Pittsburg
with big tiunsaetions to $lfi. AVirh
scarcity ot pig Item fen led both east
ant' west there Is as yet no rise what
ever In finished prodii'-ts, although the
demand Is lur beyond all pieteilnit.
Steel lalls aio quoted at $17 per ton
at the cnt. although the Lickuwjuuia
lompuny has taken owlets for 100,000
tons at the west, both the Pittsburg
iud Chicago works being sold far
aheud, and bids for .i',000 tuns fr
Australia aie to be opened today, while
Chicago has pending a bid for 200,00'i
tons dcllveiable In two yeais In Asi
atic Itussle, In other lines the do
rnand for flnl-hed pioduets is ol the
sumo surprising magnitude, especially
in plates and in sheets.
Tim expotts of wheat continue heavy
ft Din Atlantic poits, flour Included, 5.-W-G92
bushels nguIntn,5CS,S03 last year,
and from Pucllic ports "41,991 bushels
against 1,0,02.1 last ear. so that for
two weeks the outgo has been 11,871 ".10
bushels ugalnst 9,l01,33r. last year. An
the wheat output in December of last
year was close to the largest on lecorel,
the leturus this eur show a leally sur
prising gain. While prices have been
three cents" stronger for cash, the west
ern recelnts for two weeks of Decem
ber have been about 5,000,000 bushels
greater than last eai. The torn move
ment Is the most astonishing featuie of
tho business, the e.xpoits for tlnee weeks
having been 7,lS7,::u2 bushels agulnst
8,3J6,!i6-l bushels lust yeui, and the pi Ice
has advanced one cent lor the week.
Should such u demand for Ami rlcun
i oin continue It would be of onoi minis
value to western farmers
Tallin es for the week have been 261
In the I'nlted Slates against '!29 last
ear and 31 In Canada against 2b lus,t
jear.
WATCHING CARLISTS.
The Spanish Government Talks of
Arresting Leaders.
Madrid, Dec. 1C, via Uordeaux. LVe.
18. The government Is considering the
question of arresting the piincipal
Cai lists.
The most llgoious consulship of tele
gianib Is maintained and all messages
relative to Cnillst movements ato
stopped
Accounts of the iee-ent dlhtuj bailees
In Havana aie stilctly prohibited.
LI Ileialdo this morning, painting a
gloomy picture of the financial situa
tion, shows that the Inteiest on all tho
public debts amounts to fc 15,000,000 pe
setas, while tho levcnue In only SCG,
000,000 pesetas.
Of this levcnue the civil list, civil
pensions and other Irreducible charges
absoib 74,000,000 pesetas, leaving 157,
000,000 pesetas available for the nnny,
navy and all othei clemandH
In view of this situation Hi Ileialdo
uiges an fciultable reduction In the in
lerest on the debts.
TROUBLE IN LIMA.
The Revolutionists Have Formally
Proclaimed a Federation.
Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Dec. 16.
Advices lecelvecl today from La Paz,
capital of Hollvlu, announce that the
luvolutlonlsts hnve foinmlly proclaimed
a fedeiatlon,
Senor Severn Fernandez Alonzo.piesl
dont of Hollvla, is still nt Gruro at tho
head of tho government troops. He has
declared a state of siege.
GOVERNMENT
OF HAWAII
Bill Considered by Senate
Committee on For
eign Relations.
AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED
Changes in the Measure Itepoitcd by,
tho Hawaiian. Commission Aro
Suggested by Senator Turplo.
Judge Frear, n Member of tb.3
Hawaiian Supreme Court, Sits wltbJ I
the Committee.
Washington. Dec. 1C Tho sennt
committee on foreign lelntlona made
some progress today with the bill re
ported by the Hawaiian commission for
the government of the Hawaiian
Islands but adjourned until next Moih
eluv without completing the work. Sen
ator Tin ph. has suggested a greats
many veibal technical amendments,
which are not generally important in
themselves but all ot which icctulru
discussion orr account of their possible
louring. Many of the suggestions ie
lute to the g-rnnrmatlcal construction
of the bill and others to the details ot
the law Itself nnd a, number ot Ids
suggestions cur these lines have been
adopted. Tho most mateilal change
made today is one st) iking out the pio
vlslons of the commlsIon bill which
empowers the supreme court of tho
territory to pass upon the election ofi
members of the legislature and Impos
ing this dut upon tho tenltorlal sen
ate and house.
Senator Ttuple and Mills both made
s-tretiuous objection to the provision at
leported by the commission, on tho
giound that it was contiary tc the
Ameilcan method and an Innovation
which should not be encouraged. Thu
suppoiteis of the commis-.'ion report
Icldetl nfti some contiovei.sy to sava
llmu and promote the progress of tlio
nieusuie. Judge Pi car, ot the com
mission, and a member of the Hawaii
an supreme couit, sat with the com
mittee today In an udvb-ory capacity.
ix Tim liocsn.
The bill to incorporate the Interna
tional American bank was bulled under
an overwhelming udvurse majority in
the house today The debate upon thu
measure which opened estorday vvui
tone hided at 3 o'clock. Ml. Dingley,
the floor leader of the mujorlty, mado
an aigumcnt In Its suppoit. Tho other
speukeis today welt- Hill, (Conn.) lit
Its suppoit unci .Messrs. Ball, (Pop,
Col,) Suls-er, (Dem, X. Y.,) Maxwell.
(Pop., Xeb ) Maddux. (Dem., Ga.,) arut
Svvansou, (Dem, Vu ) In opposition.
The vote bv which the bill wus tle-
I rented stood 10! avis to US noes. Thu
bill to extend the customs and ieveiuj
laws of tire I'liltecl Stutes over the Ha
wailan Islands wus passed without op
position. The' bill. Mi. Dingley. ex
plained, cmled with It the civil servito
laws i elating to appointments in tho
custom and leveuue seivlee In Hawaii.
BRYAN IS EMPHATIC.
Philippines Should Be Held Until rt
Government Is Established.
AVUbhingtuii, Dec. Pi Colonel Lryun
impressed himself vny emphatically
today to his Demon atu- associates up
on tlii duty of congiess Irr icguid to
the Phlllppil.es. Ilu believes thu the
Islands ought not to be held longer
than Is netessai for the United States
to establish there u stuble und inde
pendent government such as was guiii
antc'il to Cuba In the w-soUition which
letl to llu deilarutlou of w.u, and ho
believes It If the dlltv of congiess to
make a declaration ot the intuition of
the Vnite-tl Slates ut the earliest pos
sible elate In older that theie may bo
no misunch i standing in the futuw and
that tin n.rtlv es of the HI mils may iest
assuitd that the ultimate puipose oC
th" 1'lllled States Is to five thcui 0,
free and Independent government
The war was fought for humanity's;
sake, he sus, und the I'nlted Matt s Iri
th hour of vlttor.v ut the iloe of th
war when the Philippines have fallen
Itrto theli possession should stand up
on the pollc it proclaimed at the out
set regarding Cuba.
GUERRILLA SHOT.
Cubans at Santiago Put sue an Old
Enemy.
Santiago IV Cuba, Die 1C V guer
rilla who landed hew this mmnlni;
from a Fchooner helling from Hntaeoa,
to settle his affulis, wus leiognlzetl by
the Cubans, set upon and i hoi. Ho It
now In the ho-pltal and Is likely lo die.
A Cuban has been .''ii cried on sus
picion ot being the assailant, nnd If tip
cilme is fixed upon him Ger. ffxi Wood
Intends to make nn example Hi- does
not adviso giinnllhis to come heio but
those who do will be pioteited If nee
essaiy hi the entire tone of I'nlted
States ti oijjjs-
Brice's Probable Succcssoi.
Now York, Dec. Ill In lliiiineial circles
tiduv tho inum of George V, Ilakei, tlie
well known bilker of this city, was nit n.
Honed as tho piobiblo successor to tlrn
lite C.V.iln S lirlte, is president of tlm
Liko Lrte und Wt stt ru lalhoud. jfr.
Biker denied any knowledge of the mut
ter. Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington. Dec If. Thcsu I'i nnsj-U
vanla pensions have lien Issued In
rriase A.uon Shteli r Hhoshcqulri, Iiiau
furd, 16 to I7 Pat MiConnlck, Dunrnure,
JC to JS.
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WEATHER TORECAST.
Washington. Dee IG Forecast
for Saturtbi : Tor eastern Perm
Hjlvnnlu, Increasing cloudiness with
piobably lain at night; llpht fresh
southerly winds.
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