mm of the rail .
END CAME QUIETLY.
Mr. McKlnley Bald Her Hand M the Peact.
fully Panted Away.
Holing the hand If her son, the Pre
sident, Mm. Ninny McKlnley passed
nwny lit 2.:l o'clock Sunday morning.
She did not suffer nny during the lnt
hour, hut gradually pnssed from tin1
sleep in which she had rented fur the
last ten dnys Into sleep of ilenlh.
Plesldcnt McKlnley continued his
vigil nt the bedside nlmnst rmmtntitly
until Hie end, inking occasional walk
through the street of t'tinton with hi
Lrothcr Aimer.
The president received iiumrmu
message if conduit nee from nil parts
if the country.
Mr. McKlnliv WB rememliered In nil
the pulpit of the country hiHt Humlny.
Many reference were made tu the good
wi nmn w hii lived to koo her son mixed
to the highest honor hy the American
people.
Funeral services over the remnln nf
Mrs. McKlnley were held nt the First
Methodist Kplscopnl Church, Tuesday.
Interment took place In West Lawn
cemetery.
Mrs. McKlnley enme of the rnce of
hardy pioneers who Inld the foiindntlon
of the American Itepiihllc. She wa
Miss Nnncy Campbell Allison, mid was
horn nt Lisbon, (.. In twin. Her rninlty
originally enme from Unglnnd to Vir
ginia, thence to Pennsylvania, and
Hn.illj settled permanently In Ohio.
Hhe was married to William McKlnley,
Sr., Innunry 8. lsilt, nnd was llvlim In
n two-story frnme Irniise, still standing
near Nile. (., when tier distinguished
son wns horn, January !, 1X4:1.
The removnl front Nile to Mthntilng
minify wns prompted hy n desire to
give her children an ni'ndemlc edurn
tlon. Mrs. McKlnley wns n woman of
sterling qualities, fruitnl. Indiistrlmts.
plotts and proud of her son. Iter pat
riotism wns strong nnd pnaslnnnte. nd
her Intellectual power truly wonderful.
Her huxhaml died Novemher 24, 1H!2.
A GOOD INDICATOR.
Postal Receipt! Consltlored an Evldonca of
Prosperity.
A statement prepared nt the post'if.
flee department shows that the gn s
postal receipts at llfty of the largest of
fices for Novemher nniniintcil to $:."27.
tw, an Increase of $:!2.622 or 12 fl-Hl per
rent, over the corresponding month of
last year. The receipts are (treat, r
than for any Novemher In the history
nf the service. The eille showing the
greatest percentage of increase w.'fe
Cincinnati. HulTnlo. Kansas City, Mo.,
Indianapolis, Providence, U. 1., iiinahn,
Noh., Nashville, 'I'enn., Los Angchv,
t'al., Ht. Joseph. Mo., and rortland, (ire.
I'lilhulelphlti, New Orleans, llochestnr,
jersey City, Lowell and New Haven,
Conn., show slight decreases. I'ost
maHter General tlrey expressed himself
ns very much grntllleil with the show
Inn: made nnd n:ili he regarded It as an
accurate harometcr of the Improved
business conditions nf the country.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 18!)0.
Among Other Iteme the Treasurer Wnnti
814.1,887,780 for Pcnaiona.
Secretary Gage transmitted to Cnn
giess the estimates or appropriation
reeiuirod for the servl -e for the final yen:
ending June 30, ISO", as furnished hy the
several executive departments. ' Th
total amount called for by the estimate
lis 462.47.SH.', w hich Is about $:!2,00 I,
000 In excess of the appropriations for
1898: Including detlcli-nces nnd miscel
laneous, about $14,0110,(100 mure than the
estimates for ISiiX.
Thu recapitulation by titles Is as fol
lows, cents omitted: Legislative estab
lishment. J4.4i;r,r;12; executive establish
ment, $20,025.4K4; judicial establishment,
$S7.620; foreign Intercourse. $1,860,42.1;
military establishment, $24,CO,043j naval
establishment, $2,92!.M9; Indian affair,
$7,375,617: penslnns, S14I.2R7.750; public
works, $73,364,134; postnl service, $B.04,
112; mlscellnnenua, $.'l5,lo7,402; perman
ent annual appropriations, $117,8:16,220.
Uranrl total, f462,047,KK5.
These amount Include estimates for
livers and harbors, $48,728,160, and for
tifications and other works of defense,
$13,378,571, the detail of which already
have been published.
COULD HOT PUNISH HER.
No Law for an Indian Half-breed Who Com
mitted a Murderous Aseault
The cose of Llr.rle Denomle, a youiifc
Indian half bleed from La La Flam
beau, before the Federal Court at Madi
Ison, Wis., recently, charged with as
sault with Intent to kill two Indians,
brought up an Important oversight In
the Federal laws The assault was
committed by Ltaxle at a dance August
22. After the girl spending 115 daya In
Jail Judge Dunn dismissed her cage on
a motion for want of Juris llction. Con
gress in 1885 pansed a law to provide
punishment for assault committed by
Indians on a reservation, but It ft It to
the other statutes to settle In what
courts and In what manner the offense
should be tried. Upon Investigation It
was found that there la no other statute
which contains these provisions and
the Court was without Jurisdiction.
The decision la one of national Import
ance. Conflict In Vienna.
A great sensation has been caused
at Vienna by the posting broadcast
the other eve.-?ig of red placards, even
in the inner towns and Hofburg, in
scribed, "No Ausglelch!" "Abolish the
Language Ordinances!" and "Oerman
la the National Language!" The po
lice tore the placards down. The aus
glelch Is the compact existing between
Austria and Hungary, providing for a
common head, the emperor of Austria
and king of Hungary, and for a com
mon administration of foreign affair,
defense, financial affair and commer
cial affairs, etc., although each coun
try haa its own parliament and min
istry A Cycling Prleat Killed.
The Rev. Francl A. Smith, a Jesuit
priest, received fatal Injuriea while
riding a bicycle In Boston a few davi
ago. HI wheel collided with a truck
ana ni bkuii waa rractured by the re
sulting fall. He died soon afterward.
He wa an expert wheelman, but it la
supposed that he became bewildered In
a tangle of vehicles. He wa 53 year
old and name originally from New
York, where he wa born. He bevamo
a member of the Society of Jeau 30
years ago and was ordained 20 years
ago. He was at one time president of
Ignatius Loyola college, Baltimore. lie
was a noted preacher and worker in the
anissionary neio.
Iaug a at a Oreat Depth.
A dispatch from Robinson III., clalma
that at a depth of twenty-aeven feet.
while blasting rock In a well, a bronxe
nag was rouna.
1IBSELY TOLD TKLEORAMs.
Two miner were shot by strikers
near Kiioxvllle, Tenn.
A $2,oon.nno borax trust hns bepn for
med In New York.
47 emigrants were deported from
New Vork last Raturday.
William llrynn does not like the cur
rency features of the President's mes
Ha ge.
Tile American University nt Wash
ington reports assets nKKi"K-ltlllK
tmo.imti.
Hold nsrnylng $18 nil ounce has been
found In sandy will near Watortown,
China dees not propose to nllow (l -r-
ininy to occupy Klno-Chou Hay and
will protcrt.
tlertrude Prince, daughter of n weal
thy ciflr.cn of Oc onto county. Wis., has
elop.'d with a negro.
The rnrpet manufacturing firm of
liobson nt Phllndclphlii was destroyed
by lire Hnturdiiy. Loss, $.'Km,0iH).
Itev. P. C. ttotnlne nnd llev. John H.
Penlnnil have been liotiuil over to the
next grand Jury on (iinrge nf forgery
at (iiithrie, o. 1'.
It Is ctnlmc. 1 a Tnlon Pnclllc train
rnn 102 miles, from Cheyenne to Kidney,
in 97 minutes, nnd from tSldncy to North
I'lii tie, 117 miles, In 111.
A Vlncenne-s, lud.. clergyinnn claims
that a pension allowed him wns not
well based. Consequently he returns
to thu government $4!Ti.K.
Fifteen minutes nftcr entering court
Honly llyan, of Halclgn, N. C. was
found ciilltv of murder by a Jury, and
senti need to linns; Hi cenihcr 17.
One hundred people wllncHSed the
suicide of John Kehwlnon nt Chicago
the other dny. He .lumped from u
bridge In Lincoln park to the Ice Ml feet
below.
Hy the death of a bachelor brother,
the families of Marlon Traliue nnd M.
Himpson of Kokomo, 1ml., and Louisa
l.nndon nf Anna, 111., become heir to
$3,000,000.
Constable Murray nf Ft. Hmlth. Ark.,
went to Itonnima recently to arrest n
miner. On returning the prisoner was
released by his friends and the consta
ble lynched.
Prof. John Atkinson, the Kngllsh
bone-setter, and the nearest relative i f
(leorge Washington has given $LTi.fltM
toward the proposed Washington l' fee
1'iilvcrslty.
Nearly l.non Itnllnns nnlled on the
Augusta Victoria for Italy f'ntunluy.
ThlH large number Is attributed to
their desire to spend Christmas In th-ir
native land.
Mgr. Mnrtlnelll. papal delegate at
Washli gton, has Just receive I Instruc
tions from the vntlcnn to have a rt ilu
of Ht. Peter erected In every American
Catholic church.
Twenty-five employers In book and
Job prlntlng-nHlics have promised to
grant the nlne-liuur workday demand
by the men. Tills stny averts a nliike
of 6,000 men In the city.
The C.trnrgli company has purchased
half a ward at Homestead, I'a. The
city council has ngrcil to vacate thu
street!! In the section for the Iron com
pany's benefit for f.l!0,OIO.
The nppeals of T. Lmrrant were de
nied In the Kupreme Court nt Hnu
Francisco hint Wednesday. The mur
derer of lilnnchf! I.amont has now no
furthir hope and must Iiuum.
Mrs. Henry Weber, one of the b"st
kuown women In Ht. 1'nul, committed
suicide by hanging Wednesday night.
Hroodlng over her separation frutii her
husband drove her to the act.
1000 creditors of the broken Hialr
county banks met nt llollidaysburg,
Pa., last week and appointed an ex
pert to discover what bad become nf
KiUO.Ooo of the bank' funds.
Cnpt.-Cen. lllnnco, the ' governor
general lit Cuba, signed u decree re
leaning forty-one persons who have
been Imprisoned on charge of compli
city in the Insurgent movement. '
Charles Miller, 22 years old, won the
six-day's bicycle race at Madison
Hepiare Harden, New Vork, lost week.
He rode 2,000 miles In 142 hours, and
Hcrurcd only 4 hours sleep In that time,
The plate glnss factory at Klwond,
Ilia., employing 800 hands, clos?d Tues
day night because of the refusal of tho
polishers to accept the change to pay
ment by piece work InRtend of by tho
week.
Judge Horace C Murks, assoclute
Justice of the supreme court of Mon
tana, shot himself at his home In
Lenox, a suburb of Helena, a few clay
ago. HI health had been breaking
down.
Burglar failed to get any money
from an old bachelor named Lewis at
Fvansvllle, Ind., the other day, al
though they threw him upon a red-hot
stovo and hung him up by his toes un
til ho become unconscious.
Albert M. King, tho 10-year-old mes
senger of the iloylcston National bnnk
of Boston, who absconded with $30,000,
all of which was recovered by tho bunk,
pleaded guilty, and on tho recommen
dation of tho district attorney waa set
at liberty.
Paul Alexander Johnstone, the mlnd
readcr, says he Is going to take a trip
around the world blindfolded after u
packet of letters to be mailed three
weeks In advance. At the same time
ho Is going to try and b?at tho record
for globe trotters.
At the point of a revolver Mrs.
CrrlHtlan Pabst, of Hannibal. Mo., u
compelled to bind her husband the
other day. While the negro wa3 robbing
the house, Mrs. I'abst called her brother-in-law
who quickly riddled the
rtegro with bullets.
Bamuel Crabtree, a convict, 20 years
old, confessed at Frankfurt, Ky., that
four years ago he murdered his two
cousins, William Hhort and Tony Kirs,
In Lawrence county. Crabtree had at
tended a religious revival In the prison
and professed conversion.
The body of John Dickinson, head of
one of the oldest and largest diamond
Importing and carbon point manufac
turing firms In this country, was found
on the street near his former home at
Fort Hamilton, L. I., Saturday. His
death is supposed to have been due to
apoplexy.
Charles Zanoll, of New York, who is
suspected of having killed four of his
wives and three other persons for the
purpose of collecting Insurance money
on their lives. Is still a prisoner at po
lice headquarters. He continues his
protestations of - Innocence of foul
deed.
E. M. Merrlman, of Little Rock, who
was personally acquainted with and
rnce represented J. B. Blanther. alias
Forbas, Insists that Blanther, and not
Durrant, murdered Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams In Ban Francisco
and that the execution of Durrant will
therefore be a Judicial murder. '
Herbert W. Wolcott, president of the
Cuban-American league, regarding the
Cuban clauses in the president's mes
sage said: "Since reading President
McKlnley's message I think his position
is much more gratifying to the Span
ish than It is to the friends of Cuba In
this country, I am really disappoint
d."
ii mini university- wn.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
A Dill Introunoed in Congress Which Waa
nggested by Oeorgs Washington.
The bill to establish the University
nf the United Hti.tea wns again Intio
uueed In both houses of Congress a few
ilays nrjo,
The bill, In general terms, provide
for an Institution of the highest possi
ble type, fur the grndunb of iiccicllt
ed colleges ami universities only, with
special reference to th work of orlg
Ital research nnd Investlgnlloii In nil
Impellent Held of Impilry. The gov
eri inenf. Is vented In a bonrd of re
pent nnd a university council. The
board of regents embrnces the presi
dent of tin- Culled Ktates the chief
Justice of the United Htates, the com
missioner of eilui ntl'in. Hie recretnry of
the Hmlthsonlnrt Institution, the presi
dent of the United Hlates, the chief
ences, the president of the National
Kducnllotial nswiclntlun, the president
of the university nnd nine other cltl
rens, to be appointed by the president,
bv nnd with the ndvlce nnd consent of
the senate, nnd no two of them shall
be from the same state. The university
million is to have Immediate charge of
the work of Instruction, research nnd
Investigation. It consists of the re
gents and twelve cither membei s, to
be appointed by them from nmong emi
nent ediicntors. with a like Impnrtlnl
dlKtiibutlon. All courses nnd olllcers of
Instruction nre to be determined by the
council, n I ho all regulations governing
the Internal tnannuemeiit of the Insti
tution. Neither sectarian nor political
preferences In any form nre to be al
lowed, whether III the iippolntim'lit or
in any of the operations of the Institu
tion. Authority Is given to establish
with other Institutions of b nrnlng sui h
co-operative relations as are dornic
advantageous. Provision Is made for
the use of what Is known as "Univer
sity siiiinre," the site c apart by
Washington for university purposes
find lately nccupb'd by the natal ob
servatory. Congress Is now nked for
but enough mentis to rniible the board
of regents to organise and practically
Inaugurate the Institution. Hilts and
hcipicst nre to he depi IIhI In the
l'nlt"il Hlnlcs trensury In trust mid In
vni"d In bund of the United Hlates,
bearing fi per cent Interest.
The present bill is the outgrowth of
more limn n hundred yi ars of imita
tion. Tlie thought of a national uni
versity first enme to Winiilnplon w hile
ci.iiimntidlng the levoliitlomiry nriny.
Hubsrciuontly, ns president, he repeat
edly uig 'd It establishment, uiul In hi.
last will and testament left $.'.'..'HK In
stocks as a first endowment, the Inter
est to be compounded. Had congress
f sterrd the plan, this mini would now
be nenily .", OO.'.i'O. The Idea thu-i cher
ished by (be fnthcr of his lounliy was
ii Ifii Indorsed by Presidents John Ad
ams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John
ljiilory AilnniH and Jackson, nnd In
more recent years by President Hrnnt
and Hayes. Inning all this time the
n insure was advocated by men the
most distliuriilshed for learning and
Ktntesmansiilp, but, owing to the lack
of organized effort, nothing practical
was ac impllslieil.
BEETLES IN HI8 EAR.
An Operation Revoals the Source of Oreat
Fain.
For the past three months Clnrene ,
son of Adolph Kamm, president of the
Kaintn & Hchell brewing company at
Mishawuka, Ind., has been nlllletcd
with a peculiar ailment which bnlll.sl
tho physicians of the country. His suf
fering, apparently due to some affec
tion of the Interior of the right enr,
were nt times almost unbailable, ami
the young man's mental faculties,
threatened to become hopelessly im
paired. The other evening a final attempt
was made by I'rs. J. II. (Ireene and A.
K. Barber to dlseeiver the cause of the
trouble. Young Knmm was placed un
der the Influence eif anaesthetic and
the operation resulted In locating in
the enr drum a small insect of tho
beetle variety. It had multiplied and
several smaller ones were also re
moved. Mr. Kamm' condition Is visib
ly Improved and recovery I assured.
BANDIT 8H0T.
In an Attempt to Hold Up a Passenger
Train He is Killed.
In an attempt to hold up tho west
bound Pacific passenger train at 8toins
Puss, 00 mile west of Iteming, N. D.,
Friday night, "Handy CoIIIiikh" was
shut and killed by Express (lunrd Jen
nings. Previous to tho arrlvel of tho
train, four bandits rode Into the sta
tion and held up and robbed Agent St.
John and Hcctlun Foreman McMullln,
and at the same, time cut all the wires
so no warning could be given when thu
train pulled Into the station. Bobbers
nttacked the express car and ordered
Messenger Jennings to mirrender. In
the car were L'xprexn (lu.irrts Thatcher
and Jennings, anl when tha leader of
the rubbers was shot in tho head and
instantly killed by Jennings the other
robbers at once mounted tnelr horse
und lied. The body of the dead bandit
was token to Tucson.
A BemarkaMe Surgical Oporatlon.
By a remarkable surgical operation
tho Burgeons at tho Fitch hospital at
Buffalo, N. Y., saved two lives tho other
night. Joseph Plcwnluk, a Polish
laborer, was shot on Monday by a fel
low workman named Wades, who waa
placed under arrest and charged with
manslaughter. The bullet entered the
skull of the victim, and It was opened
he would die. The skull was opened
after 12 hours' deliberation and the
battered bullet removed. A few hours
after the operation Plewnlak was able
to give an ante-mortem statement to
the coroner and it Is thought he'will
live, thus saving the life of Wades, ton.
England After Afrlosn Possessions.
The twenty-seventh Bombay infantry
with a field hospital, large quantities of
telegraph equipment and several Inks of
rupees for Immediate expenses, has sail
ed for the island of Mombasa, on the
nniRl of Zanslbnr. west coast nt Atvfon
where 10,000 coolies will be engaged to
accompany the troops. The expeulilon
is under the direct orders of the British
war office. The Island of Mombasa be
longs to Zanslbar which Is Included in
the East Africa protectorate of Great
Britain. Mombasa Is the capltol of
what Is known as the coast province.
He Patched Bills.
M. W. Rooney, of Stoneham, Mass.,
was arrested on Saturday on a United
States warrant, charging him with fe
loniously passing patched $2 and $5
hills. The arrest Is one of the most
Important that has occurred lately,
owing to the fact that many of the
banks In Boston have been awlndlod by
f.pors lions of this sort. The postnfltco
Inspectors state that the man's method
waa to cut slips from various parts of
billa and catch them carefully together
DETESTS AMERICA.
Oenersl Wsylsr Otvea Hla Oplniona In Regard
to If oKinlej'a Message.
tleneral Weyler before leaving Bar
t elona for Madrid Sunday paid hi re
spf el to President McKlnley and gave
cnt to hi bloodthirsty ambitions by
sc.vlng:
"Considering our military nnd nnvnl
strength nnd the enurngo of our sol
diers, we hnve nothing to fear from n
war with the United Htntes. If such n
war become necessary, I will consider
It ns my greatest military glory to take
command of n military expedition
ngalnst the United Htntes.
"I npprove the language of the pa
pers hostile to McKlnley' message,
but I think Hint even they nre too cold
In their censure. Never ha such In
sults n those of McKlnley ngalnst the
representative nf no nrmy of a friendly
nation remain impuiilHlinl.
"In defense of my campaign and tho
honor of the nrmy In Cuba 1 will In the
seen to ask the government to publish
the diplomatic notes exchanged with
I he United States, i hlelly one sent by
President Cm novas on the 4tli of An
gusl thin year."
AN OFFICER OF GERMANY.
A New Version of the Urevfns Affair Which
Implicates Emporor William.
The "liilramigoiint" of Paris an
nounce that If has nsci rtiilne.l the real
slory of the Dreyfus affair, which Is
ns follows:
Dreyfus, owing t i the anti-Semitic
cMupiilgti, determined to lenve the
r rench nrmy, niul wrote to I'.uipcror
William asking to be ndmltted to tho
Herman nrmy with the same rank be
held. Kmpcror William r. pie 1 through
the (lermnn embassy that It would be
iiieferalile for Dreyfus to serve (ler-
n. any In the post he then occupied. He
wiuld b" regarded ns a (Ionium ofllcer
on a mission to r ranee, nni In the
event i f war would take bin rnnk In
Dip t lermnn nrmy. Tills Dreyfus ac
cepted.
The "Intrnnslgeanr say It I In
formed by the military nttmiie that be
fi.ro the arrest of Drcyfim eight letter
wire stolen from (lie Oerinati embassy.
Count von Monster, the (lermnn inn
biissndor to Franc", called upon M. Du-
puy. Hie premier, to restore the letters,
declining Hint If ill d"maril!i were not
compiled with he would leave r rune
within 21 hours. The let tern were re
stored, but were Hist photogra plied.
The photograph were submitted nt the
trial of Dreyfu by court-nun tlul.
f-'even of the letters emanated from
Dreyfus but the eighth fiom Mmperor
William.
Dreyfu wn sentenced to life Im
prisonment lately for revealing secrets
of the French government to (iermany.
PRESENTS FOR EUROPE.
Amorlcons Itemombnr Thoir Friomls Acrecs
the Ocoan Mint Generously.
In the mall ling which went out on
the Ht. Paul flic other day from New
Vork were li.tniti foreign money ordeni,
innouutlug to JI,'."p4 p iuuila. The'" ol der
are for (iiiisnna present and
most of them to gn to Norway and
Sweden. This I Hie first large hutch of
foreign money oroet that ha g it" out
till year. About a we k later (hose lli-
teiifleii Tor terman rec'inls are sent mid
after them go the order sent to Ureat
Britain and Ireland, i ll" money order
cortlllcatos to France come last, pres
ents being sent for New Year, accord
ing to the custom there.
The money orilr business In the New
York Postolllce thin yeftr I about dou
ble Hint of the last holiday season.
There weie 20,0011 money order hand
led Wednesday, n agilnat l'l.Mio on tho
corresponding day last yenr. Of the
11,000 were domestic order, nmoiii.tin
to $0,14i. The money order depart
ment of the New Vork Postolllce
shows generally nil uvernge Increase of
l.(MH) order a day for the pnt six
month over the corresponding period
last year,
Treaaurer.s Report.
The secretary of the treasury In hi
annual report sent to congrea Tues
day give hi entlmnten for the fiscal
year. IS'IK, he places the total revenuo
at $4ll,0UO.(.0O; xpenilltures at $l6:t,n'i0.
000. or a dellclt of $2K.O(:0,(IOO. For 18:i:
the revenue are estimated at $IS2.00(,
0i0, nnd appropriations $ri04,000,000, a
deficit of $21,000,000.
For the fiscal year ended June 30 lnt.
the receipts were $no,0'iO.OO.i; expensr.
$4IS.(l(HI,tHJ0. a deficit of $m,ooo,ooo.
The secretary then recommends tho
establishment of an Issue and redemp
tion division department, to whlcn
$12r,000,ooo in gold shall be set over to
bo used for redemption purposes, and
that the silver dollars nnd bullion be.
passed to the fame account: that the
$200,000,000 greenback be collected and
placed In this division to be disbursed
therefrom only in exchange for gold.
Ho alo recommends the Issue of
bonds bearing 24 per cent., payable In
gold after ten years, nt the pleasure of
the government, to take the place of
the outstanding loans, with an allow
ance fur difference In Interest.
A Costly Mare.
Hugh S. Magulre, of Philadelphia,
was awarded damages of $542 in the
United States Circuit Court at Boston
recently In a suit against tho New Eng
land Hullroad to recover fur the Insa of
the famous mnre Mazeppa, which wan
killed In a railroad collision near Wa
terbury, Conn., October IS,
CAPITAL CLEANINOX
108 blls wcro Introduced In the sen
ate Tuesday.
In tho interest of economy 42 employ
ees have been discharged from the
Philadelphia mint.
In the house Tuesday Mr. Wheeler,
cf Alabama, made a plea for a govern
ment armor plant In Alabama.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty Is
said to be practically dead und that It
will not be ratified by the senate.
Postmaster Gary will remain In the
cabinet and not seek Senator Gorman's
place in the senate when the latter re
tires. A bill .was Introduced In the House
"to punish bribery, coercion or intimi
dation of voters" as practiced by em
ployers and others.
The abuse of young women marry
ing old soldiers to obtain pension mon
ey Is receiving the attention of con
gress and will be stopped by legislation.
Bogus naturalisation papers have
been distributed In Kurope, premlttlng
Immigrants to slip through the New
York Barge ofllca without examination.
The first bill of this session of con
gress was introduced by Senator Mor
rill of Vermont for tfie gilding of the
statue of Liberty on the dome of the
capltol.
The records of the Treasury Depart
ment show that the amount of net gold
on hand Thursday waa $15H,11,(,
which Is greater than at any time since
August 1HK, when It waa $H,637.5l.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor
passed a resolution Indorsing . th
promised postal saving plan.
SPAIN SATISFIED,
0-
(Janse Strengthened in Cob, and the
Seporatiata DiaheartoneL
The Spanish cabinet Tuesday con
sidered dispatches from Honor (In
Lome, Spanish minister nt Washing
ton, containing extract from Presi
dent McKlnley' message to congress.
Tho minister agreed in considering
the rnessnge generally fnvornni to
Spanish Interest. It tone hn pro
duced a good effect In ollli Inl circles;
but It I pointed out that "The para
graph relating tu the alleged right of
the United States to intervene III the
Cuban question are calculated to dl
plense the Spanish people."
HI Dhirlo do hi Marina, published In
llnvnnn. commenting upon President
.McKlnliy's message to I (ingress, SHys:
"It contain lmprelvu declaration
calculated to strengthen where neces
sary the Spanish cause In the island of
Culm. It will dishearten the sepnint
lt. Fact nre nlwny the most ener
getic and derisive nrgiiiueiitn; and the
fact In the prcidcnll-il mcHsage can
not be any e satisfactory to the
Spanish than to the American legisla
ture. According to 11," solemn state
incuts of the American chief magis
trate to the American congress, there
I no renson Hint will Justify American
Intervention In the Cuban question.
This undoubted fact is confirmed by
the executive of the American union."
President McKlnley's messagn to
congress ha been received quietly lit
Berlin, It cnnservatlMii In praised.
The Itcpiihllqui. Frnncnlse of Pari
sny the tone of President McKlnley'
message to congress "I conciliatory,
but not exempt from ambiguity." The
Journal de Debnt regard the me,
sage an "little reassurance to Spain,
who bus tho world's sympathies."
HAITI PATS OERMAlfT.
The Populace Do Not Approve the Action of
President Sam.
Advice reeclved from Port Au
Prince are to the effect Hint Haiti has
agreed to the demand of Mermanv
for leparntlon because of the Imprison
ment, of Heir l.uedcr, find thnt mat
ter hnve assumed their wonted np
pcariinc" In tim llayllan capital. Th.i
foreigners who had iHki n refuge on thi
warships In the harbor have returned
to their home. Two Oerman cruiser
arrived in the harbor of Port Au Prince
Tuesday with an ultimatum from the
termini government. This gave the
Haitian eight hour to ncced.- to the
demand. Tho government olliclal
were willing cihhi-;Ii to gr.mt them, but
the populace tlt nm mi hwn
signs of discontent.
President Ham and hi ndviser were
between two fire and conferred for a
long wbllo before Dually agreeing to
(Jormnnv'M demands. They conceded
lo pay the Indemnity demanded nnd to
salute the (lermnn flag. The Incident
Is now closed ns far as (lermnnv I con
cerned, but the people of Haiti may
now make It hot for their rulers.
FROM ACROSS THE SSA.
The Haytinn Cabinet ha resigned.
A book published In 1177 wa sold the
(I her day In London for $10,000.
Marquis ill Itudlnl has so far failed In
establishing a new cabinet for Italy.
Bandits robbed a party of traveler
of $ii0,(mo In the Transvaal last week.
The mnrquH de Itudlnl has completed
the task of reconstructing the Italian
cabinet.
Lieut. Peary, the American explorer,
1 receiving much attention In London
ut present.
In n London court Mrs. Udllh Walker
recovered :i.Vio worth of Jewelry from
her former husband.
The steamer Ktrurla arrived at
QueenMtown the other day hnvlng res
cued 23 men from the wrecked steamer
Mtilflcld.
Dueling Is punishable In Germany
nnd there have been only two offence
since the prohibitory order was Issued
soma time ago.
During the month of November at
Berlin sixty-eight Socialist editors
wi re sentenced 'in the charge of "leso
miijcste' or for Insulting officials.
Two Cuban ol'lcer were released
from prlnon by royal decree. They re
fused to tike oath, however, not to
fight against Spain, and (Ion. Blanco
refuses to grant the pardon.
Ht Is rumored at Berlin that China
has ceded Klao-Choti to Germany.
Whether the report be true or not,
there In every Indication In the prepar
ation for the expedition under Prlnci
Henry that a long stay Is contemplated.
A dispatch from Bucharest, the capi
tal of ltoumanla, says that Monday a
fanatical mob, 20,000 strong, armed with
Iron bars and cudgels, attacked the
Jewish quarters, pillaged the shops and
destroyed windows and furniture.
M. Hempler. the Jugo dinstructlon
who had charge of the Panama canal
scandal Investigation at Paris, com
mitted suicide n a sudden attack of n
sanity a few days ago by throwing him
self from a window in the palais dj
Juki Ice.
Collector Cremated.
The mystery at Purls of the disap
pearance of a bank collector named
Lamare, a week ago, ha been explain
ed by the arrest and confession of a
ccuple named Carrara, engaged In the
business of growing mushrooms. La
mare on November 30 called on tho
Carraras to collect some money, when
the latter hit him on the head with a
piece of Iron, killed him and hid the
body until the evening, when they
threw it Into the furnace used for pre
paring mushrooms. Lamare had 26,
C00 francs on his person at the time ho
was killed.
A Brave School Teacher.
Mamie Robinson, a school teacher,
nearly perished during the recent storm
at Webster City. Ia. The school was
In session when tho last terrible snow
storm came up. Fearing that the little
ones would perish as they went home,
she dismissed school, and taking one at
a time, started for their homes with
them. Sho traveled thus not less than
14 miles. Her feet, hands and face
were badly frosted. The school direc
tors have given her a vacation with
full pay, and the admiring farmers
gave her a horse and buggy.
An Objectionable Photograph. .
A snap shot at the family grpup
while the csar and csarlna were at
Darmstadt, showing Emperor William
with his arm resting affectionately on
the csar's shoulder, haa furnished a
German photographer with a picture
which is selling freely. The Berlin pho
tographer has skillfully detached the
German emperor and the csar from
their surroundings, and has made It
appear that the two autocrats were
photographed alone, after 'purposely
assuming a friendly pose. When the
picture appeared in the stores at St
Petersburg the were summarily confiscated.
DEMAWDJFOR IROIT.
This Country Will Ship Thousand! of Tons to
Foreign lanoe.
It. G. Htm A Co' Weekly Review of
Trado report for Inst week:
The opening of congress, with the an
hunl messagn nnd report, ha not dl
cournged business, n some predicted,
but nil speculative market are strong'
er than a week ngo. Tim productive
Industrie, even in the season usually
nliont the dullest of the yenr s to new
order, meet a definite Improvement In
demand for Important products, pre.
siimably the fruit of a prevnlllnsr con
vlitlon that new business will begin lo
crowd the woik after the new year
starts. The outward movement of
wheal and other product continue so
henvy thnl foreign exchange hs fallen
three-quarter of a cent, and Instead of
exiKirts of gold, which have marked
ilecrenso In recent years. Import would
oomo If gold were wanted. Securities
nre ndvnnclng with rensem In the In
creased earning of railways, $47,0f.,
Kil for November on reporting mads
In tho United Stnte, Js.f) per cent,
larger than Inst year nnd 6.9 larger
tlmii In ISH2. A striking comparison
for five years shows thnt In cneh of the
Inst three month earning have been
greater than In any previous yenr, with
n larger Increase In November than In
CKIolir (r September.
The sudden rise In December wheat
nt Chlcngo to $1 0!l would do harm weT
It. tint bused on avowed contracts to
ship some million of bushel to Ku
rope. That fact nnd the continued for
eign demand, In spite of such contract,
hn helped a rise nf IVj cent. Western
receipt for the week were 6.79S,77t
bushels, ngalnst 22,fil,a74 Inst year and
Atlantic exports. Including Hour, 4,312,
l:i7, ngalnst 2.7ri.(ird last year, and so
great Is the for'ign shortage that the
outgo of corn Inst year, far greater
than ever before, I again exceeded,
a.:iri.0K bushel for the week, against
.1.Pr,fi,7N( a year ngo, wl'h tho price
nenrly 1 cent higher for the week. Tho
reiMirt that western supplies are run
ning low Is discredited by receipt from
farmer.
Cotton In a sixteenth stronger In
spite of estimate ranging from 10,100,
000 to H.OOO.OiiO bales by well-known au
thorities. A strike In Kngllsh mill Is
no longer threatened, and- the pos
sibility of one at Full Biver hns lltflo
V( Ight.
There Is more demand for Iron and
steel products In preparation for rail
way work, bridges and building next
year, and on contracts for exports, In
cluding one for a government bridge In
Holland, other for bridges in Japan,
with large shipment of various pro
duct to Kngland nnd other countries.
Foreign contract for 40.000 ton of
rails are pending. 1.1.000 tor. for Mex
lo. In nnd about New York bridge)
and building contract call for 25,000
ton, and at Chicago work are figur
ing on numerous contract for 5,000
railway enr. The formntlon of thu
American Steel nnd Wire Company I
e.vpected to strengthen price, nnd
cause some buying.
Connellsvllle coke production In Kil,
000 tons weekly, ngninst 1111,000 In No
vember, and no ndvnnce I now ex
pected above $1 ,Vl for furnace cok
early next year. Anthracite coal I
weaker and sells here at $3 75 to 3 85
for stove.
Failures In the first week of Decern
her were but $2.(117,240, manufacturing
$::7n.4:'0, and trading $1,791,570.
Failure for the week have been 812
In the United State, against ?. Inst
yenr, and 20 In Canada, against 4 last
year,
TO BUY CUBA.
A Company Being Formed in Cincinnati to
Close the Purohaae.
A gigantic schemo for the outright
purchase of Cuba originated In Cincin
nati a few week ago. It haa been
secretly developed so far that the whole
financial world Is now Interested In its
promotion. Financiers In New Vork
nnd London have pronounced the pTan
feasible. They have pledged their aid.
A. (J. Corre, president of the Grand
hotel company, Is the originator. J. P.
Morgan, Mrs. Hetty fircn. W. R.
Stokr s and the Vanderbilt are It New
York promoters. A London pyndlratu
I said to be willing to Join a a one
half or two-third controller. Bonds
will be floated and common and pre
ferred stock will be Issued. People of
the United States will hold a majority
of the stock. The republic of Cuba will
gladly take hold of the project, as It
Insures the permanency of Its govern
ment. The Cubans, so easily manipu
lated because of their lack of Invention
nnd facilities, will be a secondary in
fluence in the company.
CANADIANS PROTEST.
Claim Americana ars Getting Their Raw
Lumber Free.
A petition was presented to the On
tario government the other day by a
large deputation of prominent Cana
dian lumbermen, In which It is set forth
that, owing to the retaliatory clause
In the United States tariff, sawing
ceuld not be continued In the Georgian
bay district, and that the Americana
were getting their raw material free by
shutting out Canadian sawn lumber.
Provided the exportation of such raw
material Is stoppel, tho petitioners say
the Canadian lumbermen will not ob
ject to any duty the United States may
impose, realizing that it is beyond their
Jurisdiction. The true remedy, thu
lumbermen claimed, was an export du
ty; but, failing In that, they asked that
a regulation prohibiting the export of
all logs sawn on crown lands, bi Im
posed. It waa not asked that the regu
lation be applied to this year's cut.
The premier's answer was non-committal.
British Foreea Withdrawn.
All the forces of General Sir William
Lock hart, the British commander on
the Indian frontier, have been with
drawn to the Bars, valley for the win
ter. Thus the largest and best equip
ped force ever assembled In India haa
failed and tho wholo work will have to
be repeated In the spring. About 1,400
officers and men killed or wounded, 35,
OTO.OOO of rupees spent in Ions and Brit
ish prestige weakened on the frontier,
aro the debits against which a few mud
huts and Ban gars blown up and, prob
ably, several thousand natives killed
are the only apparent credits.
Iryaa Royally Wsleamed.
Mr. Bryan and party are making a
triumphal Journey through Mexico,
stopping at the principal cities between
the frontier and the capital. Every
where the famous American Is being
treated with marked courtesy. Mr.
Bryan is regarded as a national guest,
arid not since Grant and Seward visited
Mexico, have such unusual honors been
paid any Amerlan.
Beef for Cuba
Representatives of the two great syn
dicates which control the Cuban cattle
trade, B. F. Berndes tc Co. and Centra
de luti Encomenderos, have Just effect
ed a consolidation, and are now at 8au
Antonio, Tex., arranging for the pur
chase of big herds of cattle ia Texas
and Northern . Mexico.