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President McKinley, advised by Secretary Gaj?p, is a better judge of the extent to which the revenues can be reduced than la the best committee in Congress. Heretofore only three shipbuilding firms made bids for the building of warships. Tor the ships the bids for which were opened a few day.) ago there were eight ccmpetltcis. Every considerable dally paper that has commented on the .vote of the House abolishing the canteen, with one or two ex ceptions, condemns the action of that body as hostile to sobriety at army posts. Senator Piatt, when he discovered that the Republican press was against his proposition for a State constabulary in New York, pave up his scheme, as the "easy boss" usually does, and now papers which do not Mke him are ridiculing him. An exchange nays that Charles A. Towne sacrificed a brilliant career as a Repub lican to be a .Ilverite. which makcj him a martyr. Mr. Towne became a sllverjte because he thought it the winning card In pontics early in 1M6. A number of papers are printing the pre dictions of ex-Representative and Governor-elect Dockery. of Missouri, as to what the Republican Congress will do. The Jour nal lost faith In Mr. Dockery as a prophet when he pave out that there would be a deficit during the fiscal year which ended June SO, ISO), of $100,000,000. and, there was a urplu3 of 25.0u0.000 or so. Henry Wattcrson. after calling attention to the fact that the Democratic vote fell o.T 223,000 In the strictly Southern States, asks: "Is it not time for the Democratic party to get back to Democratic prin ciples?" It would be first in order for the Democrats to get together and pick out from the ma?s of stuff called Democratic principles a few articles of faith on which a considerable portion of the party can Unite. The Rev. Crafts, who testified about the dreadful things he saw at a Newport can teen during the Spanish war, is the same person who witnessed the orgy of the Pres ident and hla Cabinet ever what proved to be four bottles of Apollinaris water In the president's room at the Capitol the closing r.ight of the session. It turns out that there was not only no canteen at Newport, where he saw the horrible scene?, but there was no camp there during the Span ish war. It Is understood that the State Board cf Charities will recommend to the Legisla ture that provision be made for a hospital or home for epileptics. There are several hundred such unfortunates In insane hos pitals, pocrhouses and other institutions where they are not only maintained at considerable cost, but In which they are entirely out of place. These people are In no sense insane, yet they are taken to hos pitals for the insane. A large number of them can earn their living if they should be put under competent direction. They cannot be trusted about machinery, since they are liable to fall In convulsions, but they can be put at any farm labor which can be done by hand. The plan embraces the purchase of several hundred acres of land in a part of the State where land Is cheap, with the expectation that the in stitution will soon be nearly self-supporting. An expensive plant of buildings such a Is needed for a hospital for insane does not seem to be necessary. Those who have discovered that General Harrison favored the encouragement of American ships for the foreign trade in lss seem to imagine that they have placed him in the position of one who has changed his mind if he has said anything against the pending bill. Now, as a matter of fact, in lvS General Harrison, Mr. Blaine and many Republican leaders favored legisla tion to encourage the establishment of American, lines In the foreign trade. Dur ing the Harrlron administration a bill be came a law which offeied to American hips a given amount per mile for carrying cur mails. Under that law several con tracts wcro made, which were abrogated as soon as they expired by the Cleveland administration. The conditions were dif ferent In li3 frcm what they are now. Then ship could iot be built la American yards us cheaply as abroad. Since that date we have built a navy. In lbS3 there were two shipyards that could build warships; now there are a score of yards that can build f.rht-tlass iron ships, and as cheaply aa they can be built In England or Germany. The Cramps are building warships for other governments, because they can build cheap er and better. In we were large Im porters of shipbuilding materials; now we make the price of iron and steel. Under tho law passed during the Harrison ad ministration the mall-carrying support was specially designed for South American ports, and not to encourage passenger line3, carrying little freight, to European port3. politics i. Tin: federation op LA HO It. The report comes from Louisville that the Socialistic-Democratic element In the con vention of the American Federation of Labor is again conspiring to defeat Presi dent Gompers. To outsiders this Is In the nature of a surprise. Three or four years ago, when the convention was held In Chi cago. Mr. Gompers had a fight for his posi tion, and won by a small majority. He was opposed by the Socialistic element, which is strong In the larger cities, not because the great body of the members of labor unions are Socialists, but because the so cialistic leaders have obtained representa tive positions. Mr. Gompers is opposed to socialem, as It is generally understood, and has had several conflicts with that ele ment. In all of which he has been so suc cessful that outsiders have come to believe that the Socialistic-Democratic element, as It calls itself. Is In a hopeless minority. If the reports from Louisville are true, the hostile element is more powerful than ever, claiming to have the power to defeat Mr. Gompers. The conflict will be on when the following resolution, from the commit tee on resolutions, comes up for discus sion: Resolved, That the officers of this con vention be, and are hereby. Instructed to take steps In the near future to call an in dependent conference of the members of or ganized labor of the United States to con sider the question of how best to unite our members and worklngmen generally at the ballot box, that they may take the law making powers away from the oppressors of labor and so place that power in the hands of labor, and of the common people, that we may have the means at our com mand to obtain our complete Industrial freedom and our rights as citizens, and be men. The foregoing. It Is unnecessary to say, contemplates turning the .Federation of La bor Into a political party. To this President Gompers lias always been resolutely op posed. Though usually voting with the Democrats himself, Mr. Gompers has used his influence hut once to help a party. This he did In 1S36, when he signed, with other officials of labor organizations, an appeal for the freo coinage of silver. The foregoing resolution proposes a revolution in the political attitude of organ ized labor. Heretofore, and now, members of unions have been free to vote as they have seen fit. Except the indorsement of 16 to 1, for a number of years the federation convention has never taken decided politi cal action. And now, judging from the voting In the recent election, there was nothing to indicate that organized labor, to any extent, favors a separate political party, Flnce Mr. Debs and other socialistic candidates received the smallest fraction of the labor vote. In his address at the opening session of the Federation of Labor President Gom pers declared against compulsory arbitra tion laws. He said: Compulsory by any process and partic ularly by the power of government. Is repugnant to the principles as well as the policy of arbitration. If organized labor should fall to appreciate the danger in volved in the proposed schemes of so-called compulsory arbitration, and consent to the enactment of a law providing for its en forcement, there would bo reintroduced the denial of the right of tho workmen to strike In defense of their Interests and the enforcement by government of specific or personal service and labor. In other words, under a law based upon compulsory arbitration, if an award were made against labor, no matter how unfair or unjust, and brought about by any means, no matter how questionable, we would be compelled to work or to suffer the state penalty, which might be either mulcting in damages or going to Jail; not one scintilla of dis tinction, not one jot removed from slavery. This argument is fallacious. It Is found ed on the view that the rights and Interests of the individual are higher than those of the state. All government Is in the last analysis based on compulsion. Every sys tem of jurisprudence Is based on the the ory that one person as plaintiff may bring another person as defendant before a tribunal created for the purpose of set tling' disputes and whose decision Is bind ing on both parties. Society has a right to protect Itself against the damage and loss caused by strikes by requiring both parties to a controversy to submit thi C3se to arbitration. "Whether compulsory arbitration would work well in practice is another question, though It is difficult to eee why not, but as to the right of the State to enact and enforce such laws there can be no doubt. Not the least of the three topics to which the postmaster general devoted his report is that of the abuse of the lax provision for what Is known as second-class matter. Second-class rates were made for regularly published newspapers and periodicals. For such matter the rates would not be bur densome, but under a loose construction of the law all sorts of publications are sent through the malls as periodicals by being entered as regular publications. Carloads of advertising papers are sent to lists of subscribers who do not pay for them. These papers have just enough printed matter to give them the name of papers. Many of them advertise the goods of a single firm, which are also sent through the mails. Thousands of sample copies are sent to persons who are not subscribers. In this city a few weeks ago a publisher sent out eight tons of sample copies. The abuse of the second-class rates costs the government JCO.OuO.OOO annually more than it receives for carrying such stuff. Hut for this abuse the Postuffice Department would have paid its expenses and had a surplus of twelve or fifteen million dollars Instead of a def icit of $3,")00.000. That this outrage upon the mall service should continue in the face of the urgent protests of postmasters gen eral for years against it is one of the things many people cannot understand. The report that Secretary Hay will resign unless the Hay-Pauncefoto treaty shall be ratified Is formally denied. The country at large recognizes Mr. Hay as one of the ablest of the able men who have held the office of secretary of state. Judged by re sults, he certainly Is one of the most capable men who have held the position. The treaty in question Is at best a -matter of secondary Importance. Democrats and other opposition senators can defeat the treaty If they shall decide to vote against It. so that failure to ratify by a two-thirds vote cannot be regarded as a vote of want of confidence by his own party. Under the direction of . the President he has negotlattd a treaty which he and the Pres ident believe to be necessary. Their rea sons appear conclusive to very many peo ple; if more than one-third of the Senate think otherwise Secretary Hay should not resign any more than did Secretary Fish when the Senate rejected General Grant's and his treaty with the authorities of San Domingo for the annexation of that Island to the United States. BUBBLES IK THE AIR. After the Concert. "Was the girl's chorus lovely?" "Oli. it was a perfect tyraphony in blonde hair and rose colored llk walnts." The Calendar of Hope. Alons life's zig-zag way we nurse one cheat sublime; "To-morrow" hear us say "we'll surely have more time." Driven to Crime. "Where do you spend Christmas this year. Hilly?" "Well, between my f.ml!y tnl the church bazars I'm afraid I'll spend It in .iail." A Fallare In Quantity. "Ma. I bought you some candy down town.' "That was kind. Tommy; wh?re 13 It?" "Well, ma, I was so lonr comln horre on the cars that it dldn' last till I got here." Drawing; the Line. "Oh, Clarence, do tell me something you would like for Christmas." . "Well. I don't want that crazy thins r'iu've been making out of red ribbon and yellow cheesecloth." BIG CARGO OF DEAD MEN DODIES OF. 1 ,oOO SOLDIERS AND SAIL ORS OX THE HANCOCK. Brought to San Francisco from the Fnr Enst Also E."2 Live Passen dem on the Transport. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. The trans port Hancock arrived to-day, from Manila, via Nagasaki, with the bodies of about 1.500 sailors and . soldiers, who either died In battle or succumbed to the ravages of disease In the Philippines, China, Guam and Honolulu. This is the largest num ber of bodies brought home since the out break of the Spanish-American war. The Hancock will probably remain In quaran tine a few days. The bodies will be con veyed to the Presidio and placed in the buildings there, pending interment or ship ment to the homes of the relatives. The Hancock was twenty-five days in making the run from Manila, and was seventeen days in coming from Nagasaki, the last port at which sho touched. She brought fifty-two cabin passengers, 501 in the steerage, and there were eleven deaths on the voyage to add to the cargo of dead carried from the Philippines. MacArtlinr's Periodical Death List. "WASHINGTON. Dec. lO.-eneral Mac Arthur at Manila to-day notified the War Department that the following deaths have occurred among the troops in the Philip pines since his last report: Dysentery Dee. 3. Company K. Eighth Infantry, Michael Welch; Nov. 30, Company I. Second Infantry, Henry Waideschmidt; Nov. 24. Company E. Thirty-third Infantry, Owen Rellly; Aug. 1. Company M, Forty seventh infantry, Hynry Camahan. Suicide Dec. 5, Company K, Thirty-second Infantry, Leroy Taylor: Dec. 6, Troop F, Third Cavalry, Alfred Hartley; Oct. 17. Company B, Nineteenth Infantry, Scrgt. John Dudley. Died from wounds reclevcd In action Dec. 2, Company F. Thirty-sixth Infantry, Ulrlc Jusseaume; Dec. 4, Company C, Twelfth Infantry, John Ritchey; Dec. 6, Company I, Twenty-second Infantry, Wil liam Dold. Variola Dec. 4, Company G, Forty-eighth Infantry, William K. Harden; Dec. 8, Com pany E, Forty-eighth Infantry, Grant' Lati mer. Killed by eomradeNov. 30. Company M. Forty-ninth Infantry, Sergt George Givens. Killed by sentry by mistake Nov. 21, Shayne Doyle. Drowned Dec. 2, Troop D, First Cavalry, Vincent Zlatnickl. Typhoid fever Dec. 6, Company B, Forty second Infantry, Henry G. Sullivan. Uraemia Dec. 8, Company B, Thirty fourth Infantry. Isaac Thomas. Chloroform narosis Dec. 2, Company C, Seventeenth Infantry. Charles M. Stinnett. Tuberculosis Dec. 1, Company II, Forty eighth Infantry, Samuel Hardy. General MacArthur says the announce ment in his telegram of Oct. 4, of death of John Dolan, Company K, Thirty-seventh Infantry, was a mistake. It should have been Corporal John A. Dolan, Company C, Thirty-seventh Infantry. FEDERATION OF LABOR. It Renfllrms Its Faith In Direct Legis lotion Political Flan Rejected. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec. 10. The Amer ican Federation of Labor spent most of the day deliberating on resolutions and the recommendations thereon by the resolu tions committer. There were many spirit ed debates. The following resolutions were adopted: Reaffirming the federation's po sition in favor of direct legislation; In favor of an eight-hour bill for all post office employes; in favor of a bill for the hjgher education of the blind; in favor of municipal ownership of public utilities; ex tending sympathy to the striking Santa Fe telegraphers; making boiler makers and Iron shipbuilders eligible for appointment as assistant United States boiler inspec tors; in favor of governmental examina tion In seamanship of officers on ocean steamers; restricting the towing of barges and cargo-carrying vessels on the great lakes and the Atlantic coast. The following resolutions were rejected: For the establishment of a department of industry end commerce, with Its head in the President's Cabinet; for the adoption of a political plan of action designed to unify the labor vote. Special committees were appointed on tho eight-hour work day, compulsory arbitra tion and Porto Rico. A partial report of the committee on boycotts contained recom mendations for the reference to the In coming executive council of a large num ber of resolutions for the placing on the "unfair list" of specified firms and cor porations on account cf labor troubles with their emrloyes. CHAMBERLAIN TURNS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) course of my political career, have I been .asked to use my influence to secure pe cuniary gain for myself or my relations." Proceeding to explain his connection with the two companies. Mr. Chamberlain said ho had joined the Colombo Company twenty-three years ago. It3 shares had never been quoted on the Slock Exchange. The contract to build huts for Roer prisoners In Ceylon was given to the Colombo Com pany on the responsibility of the local gov ernment, without any communication with himself. So far as the Birmingham trust was concerned, he said he knew nothing whatever of its investments, although he had recentlj- ascertained that there was a trifling Investment in the Tubes limited, j-ince his brother managed the business o that organization, but the company's already small business with the Admiralty had largely decreased. Alter having made further explanations cf a Mmilar kind. Mr. Chamberlain ex claimed, amid ministerial cheers: "Is it not hard to have to deal with such rubbish as this? When all is reckoned up. perhaps my Indirect Interest In government con tracts is a few pounds, or even shillings. And yet the House of Commons is called on to piss a solemn resolution which will not strike me, but will be a self-denying ordinance for many members who do not anticipate that result." Mr. Chamberlain was loudly cheered as he resumed his seat. His son, J. Austen Chamberlain, financial secretary to the Treasury Department, followed with sim ilar denials. Mr. Lloyd-George's motion was rejected by a vote- of to 127. Mr. Balfour, the government leader, then moved the closure, which was carried by 2T.3 votes against IS. and the address to the throne was adopt ed by 2CG votes against 23. WAR SEEMS CERTAIN ALL CHI.VA SECRETLY ARMIXG AGA I A ST FOREIGN INVADERS. Great Conflict Rctwccn the Allied Power and the Celestials BrewiuK in All PartN of the Empire. BOXERS DRILLING NIGHTLY PEKING STANDING OVER A POWDER MINE, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING. WnlderseeVi Pnnltlre Expeditions Have Merely Intensified Feeling Against "Foreign Devils." Special Correspondence of the Journal. PEKING, Oct. 27.-China Is now secretly arming for the great struggle which all Chinamen are certain is yet to come. The war of the powers with China Is not over very far from it, on tho contrary. What was before a struggle with a few thousands of the Chinese now seems certain to devel op Into a war in which practically all of the empire will take part. What has brought about this change, you ask? There Jsn't any change. The Chinese have all along expected a great war with the world. When Peking fell and the court fled, optimists In other parts of the world felt certain that the crisis was over. As a matter of undoubted fact the crisis, hasn't yet appeared. This state of affairs is due to the secretiveness of the Chinese. They can hatch a plot among themselves of which hardly a Dreath gets outside. While our diplomats have x been arguing with LI Hung Chang and Prince Chlng, and all the world has hoped for peace, the whole yellow nation nas Known that war must come unless the powers gave up about all the claims for which they are now contending. Peking stands over a vast powder keg figuratively speaking. Tor that matter, there are ugly rumors afloat that mines have been dug under this very city by the wily Boxers, and that all that Is want ing is the signal. Take tho mandarins as an indication There were many more of these minor of ficials in Peking a month ago than there are to-day. To what does this point? A few at a time they have quitted the cap ital, giving any kind of a reason that sounded sufficiently plausible to fool the allies. Many of the capital's wealthy men bankers, big merchants and the like who were here a while . ago- have disappeared. These men know that the secret orders have gone forth for new trouble, and they are prudently getting out of the way be fore the danger arises -of their being held as hostages or used as sacrifices to West ern vengeance. There are Boxer spies all through re king. Even the military 'commancers ad mit this. The spies, of course, are gain ing information for military use when the fighting breaks out afresh. Rut there are other Boxers here. These come in the guise of jinrlksha pullers, donkey-men and laboring coolies. They circulate among their countrymen here, whispering tho new Boxer propaganda. They are recruiting ac tively, and informing their dupes that the Western barbarians have been allowed to get Into Peking that they may be the more effectively cut off, trapped and destroyed here. And the dupes believe It, enlist in the Boxer ranks, and golsecretiy to Boxer, drills. BOXERS DRILLING. Even here in .the southern city, almost under the noses of the commanders, night ly drills of the Boxers are going on. These drills are only for squads of four or five men, and absolutely defy detection, for, in the case of a sudden military descent upon one of the little houses where such a drill is taking place, the soldiers find only a few frightened Chinamen apparently just aroused out of a sound sleep. . Out on the plains. In the little villages distant only a few miles from here, Boxers are drilling in numbers that Insure a new and much larger armed horde than before when the secret order goes suddenly forth. There are about fifteen thousand of the allied troops at the important city of Tien Tsin. Yet almost within rifle shot of these camps nightly drills of considerable bodies of Boxers are taking place. Sometimes the military hear of these goings-on, snort in credulously, and send a body of light-horse scurrying to the scene. Of course, the warning precedes them, no Boxers arc found, and the tired troopers come lagging back to report that it was merely another Instance of "scare." How has all this become known?' In the simplest way in the world. There are Chinese here who are willing to sell their country for a. price. They have learned, what is going on, have themselves attended Boxer drills, and have gone to the mili tary commanders with news of what they have heard and seen. Investigation fol lows, fruitlessly, and tho military authori ties promptly set these spies down as mer cenary fellows who are Inventing news to sell at high prices. And. were this the only source of infor mation, there might be no reason for alarm. But there is one class of men here who have unquestionable sources of informa tion. I .refer to the missionaries. Their sway over the best of their converts is wonder ful. These native converts will risk their lives a dozen times over in order to be of service to the missionaries. Converts who may be believed have informed the mis sionaries that China is secretly preparing for a fight. ten times as big and twenty times as desperate as before. The mission aries, after sifting this Information, go to the military commanders with the results. Instead of being thanked, the missionaries are pooh-poohed at. General So-and so con temptuously tells the reverend caller that he has already heard such tales from his own spies, and, upon investigation, has found the yarns of a new uprising to be without foundation. Let it be borne in the mind that the mis sionaries, early last winter, learned what was being planned in China; that they went to the diplomats and laid the informa tion before them. The missionaries were laughed at then, and told to go and dream again. Had the missionaries been believed at that time, the worst horrors of Tien Tsin and Peking could have been avoided. If our missionaries could get a serious hearing now. the bloody war to which China is rapidly drifting might be met with much better preparation on the part of the civilized world. A Chinaman, whom. I have found reliable, and from whom I have, in the recent past, obtained many bits of Information that I have subsequently found to be true, made an astonishing proposition to me to-day. He tells me that the Boxers arc drilling "by tens of thousands" and that rifles and cartridges are being stored everywhere. He offered. If I would undertake the risk, to take me to a night rendezvous of the Box ers, and that at only a. few miles distance from Peking. The plan he proposed was simple enough. He would provide a pack ing case, large enough for me to hide my self inside. The sides of the case would bo punctured with tiny holes through which I could see. He and another Chinaman, whom he regards as wholly "reliable" would then sling the case from a pole and thus carry me to the scene of what Is tak ing place. . TROOF OF SINCERITY. If I make such a trip, and return safely, I am to pay the two Chinamen a sum which seems to them enormous enough to war rant them taking the risk. "But what if we are caught at that Boxer drill?" I asked. The Chinaman held up three fingers. "So many die." he declared, blandly. "Then what about the money?" I per sisted. "Not need It." was the stolid answer. As a proof of his sincerity, and also of his confidence In me, I suppose, the China man has further suggested that I take no money with me, nor any possession except a revolver, and that I pay for the service rendered only in the event of satisfaction upon my safe return to Peking. I shall think over the matter of this sug gested trip, though the sight of a whole di vision of Boxers drilling on the plains would not make me any more certain than I am at this moment that China' Is prepar ing for the one tremendous fight of her na tional existence. My sources of information are too many and too emphatic for me to doubt. There Is an edict in circulation to the effect that, as the modern arms have proved a failure In fighting off the "foreign devils." no more of these up-to-date rifles will be issued to Chinese soldiers. This, of course, is Intended to make the allied com manders grin and feel doubly secure. There are In China to-day several arsenals, in lo cations not at ah known to the powers, where Mauser rifles and cartridges to lit are being turned out as fast as thousands of Chinese can manipulate the machinery and tools. Unless the Chinese are 'forced, prematurely, to show their hand, the next conflict, when it starts, will And hundreds of thousands of the yellow rascals ready for us, prepared to overwhelm us by sheer numbers. These expeditions, punitive and otherwise, are creating the worst kind of impression among the Chinese. They are watching us jealously, and are convinced that these movements of ours are "bluffs," intended to conceal a general movement of the allies toward Si-Ngan-Fu, in theShan-Sl province, where the imperial court is. The only pas sage out of Pe-Chi-Li to SI-Ngan-Fu Is through the narrow mountain passes of Shan-Si. These mountain passes are guarded by thousands of imperial troops and Boxers, while the ground of the passes is honeycombed with mines of gun powder. And these passes are such strong natural fortresses that It is doubtful If three times the number of allies now here could ever get past the present guards of the passes. The attempt would certainly prove disastrous. Let the peace negotiations go on. Peace negotiations in themselves can do no harm, unless they are allowed to blind our repre sentatives to the fact that China Is at this moment making gigantic preparations for renewing the struggle against the world at the most favorable moment. Let military commanders go on pooh-poohing at the pa tiently collected information of the mis sionaries and the startling news of the na tive spies. Then let the deluge come at the moment that best suits the Chinese. For that deluge Is coming. If the Chinese are convinced that the dead of winter, when the empire is all but shut out from the rest of the world, Is the most favorable moment, then that is the time to look out for the deluge. Will the white races always persist in destroying themselves through ovcrconfi dence when dealing with the seemingly rtupld Orientals? China is seething with war spirit and with determination to re new the fight and carry it on to the last ditch. B. R. SELWYN. ICojprlght. 1900. BEDECKED WITH ROSES JESSIE MORRISON IN COURT AGAIN, RADIANT AND HAPPY. "Wore a New Hat and Jacket, a DrlRht Smile, and Carried Flowers Forty Letters of Sympathy. ELDORADO, Ivan., Dec. 10. When Jessie Morrison entered the courtroom this morn ing it was to hear the last argument in her defense for the killing of Mrs. Castle. Judge A. L. Redden, the prisoner's leading coun sel, in a forceful address to tho Jury, pleaded for the release of Miss Morrison, declaring that the cuts she inflicted on Mrs. Castle were done in self-defense. Miss Morrison spent another quiet Sun day in her cell, surrounded by relatives. Prayers were offered for the prisoner, who joined heartily in the service. Her confi dence in the outcome seemed unshaken and frequently she said to her father: "I'm so glad its nearly over." She maintained her bright spirits on taking her accustomed place in the prisoner's dock. Since yesterday Miss Morrison has re ceived forty letters of sympathy. Only a few of these have been opened. On the other hand the state's attorneys are daily re ceiving letters expressing the hope that the prisoner will be convicted. Most of these come from women. One from a Kansas City woman, received by Captain Waters, says: "The people at large are looking to you to see that justice Is done and that Jessie Morrison gets the punishment she so rich ly deserves. If yon cannot convict htr, there is no safety for us womankind. Every jealous woman will feel safe in giving way to her murderous Impulses, knowing that maudlin sympathy will protect her." There was in the courtroom to-day the largest crowd it had ever held. Women, as usual, were in the majority. In the after noon Miss Morrison appeared in a different hat and jacket and had bedecked herself with roses. , Judge Redden finished his argument to night, after having spoken seven and one- half hours. He was followed by Capt. Joseph Walters, who made the closing ar gument for the State. He made an elo quent plea and spoke four hours. At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Shinn Instructed the jury not to begin its delib erations till to-morrow morning. CHAFFEE RIGHT. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Chinese and gave them a deal of valuable information. Diplomatic Victory for liny. BERLIN, Dec. 10. It Is row dawning on the German press and public that Mr. Hay, the American secretary of state, has se cured an out-and-out diplomatic victory in obliging the powers, Germany included, to yield to his arguments in favor of more moderate terms In the preliminary joint note to the Chinese peace plenipotentiaries. This clearly defined defeat Is especially bitter here because Emperor William had set his heart on Imposing the most humil latirg conditions upon the Chinese and thus emphasizing Germany's power In their eyes. International Commission. LONDON. Dec. 11. "Count Von Walder see is forming an international commission under a German president," says the Pek ing correspondent of the Morning Post, "to establish harmonious civil administration and for the collection of taxes aud cus toms, with other duties. The Chinese representative Is Chlng Hin, Governor of Peking. This action 13 intended to pre vent friction and to prepare the way for the transfer of the administration of the city on the return of Chinese court." Muking; a Place for Hsinng. LONDON, Dec. 11. "An imperial edict," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Morning Post, "orders an exchange of of fices between the viceroy of the provinces of Shen-Si and Kan-Su and the viceroy of the provinces of Yun-Nan and Kwci-Chou. the object being to get the viceroy out of Kan-Su, together with his Kuanwe troops, so as to give General Tung Fu Ilsiang a free hand in Kan-Su." 3Iovcmcnt of Steamers. GIBRALTAR. Dec. 10. Arrived: Werra, from New York, for Naples and Genoa. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 11. S died: Vader land, Irom Antwerp, for New York. NAPLES. Dec. 1. Arrived: Aller, from New York, for Genoa. NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Arrived: Cale donia, from Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 10. Arrived: Tauric. from New York. GLASGOW. Dec. 10. Arrived: Anchorla, from New York. LONDON. Doc. 10. Arrived: Minneapolis, from New York. BREMEN. Dec 10.-Sailed: H. H. Meier, for New York. Fire at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10. A six-tory building at Nos. 717 and 713 Lucas avenue, occupied by Julius Glaser & Co., Importers of laces: the Linen Thread Company, the St. Ixiuls Pants Manufacturing company, the Royal Fhirt Manufacturing Company, the Agstrlu Shirt Company and Böhm Brothers & Co., was destroyed by tire to-night. Loss, $130,-000. ON BEHALF OF SEELY JOHN D. LINDSAY'S ARGUMENT IN THE SIPRE3U; COL 111 An Effort to Prevent Extradition of the Aliened Embezxler of Postal Funds to tuba forTrial. NOVEL CONTENTION HADE UNITED STATES TROOPS HAVE NO RIGHT IN CUBA, HE SAYS. Cuba, He Asnertti, Is n Free and In dependent Republic and Our Mili tary Is There ly Sufferance. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The Neely ex tradlctlon case was argued to-day in the Supreme Court. All the judges were pres ent. The argument developed interesting and Important questions of law with refer ence to the right of the United States to extradite a fugitive criminal, in the ab scence cf an extradition treaty, and especially with reference to the right of the President, since the ratification of the treaty of Paris, to maintain a military form of government in the island of Cuba. The latter feature of the argument made It the first of the arguments which bring up for final decision by the Supreme Court the constitutional relations between this country and the territorial acquisitions which It has gained as a result of the Spanish-American war. The Neely case re ferred exclusively to the character of these relations so far as the island of Cuba was concerned, and thus presented an independ ent question from that which will be argued on Dec. 17, when the character of these relations with Porto Rico and the Philippines will be under consideration. John D. Lindsay, of the New York bar, opened the argument for Neely. He claimed that there existed in Cuba prior to our intervention a Cuban republic. This republic, he argued, the United States recognized on April 0, 1S3S, when it passed a joint resolution, signed by the President, which declared "that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and Independent." He claimed that the United States did not make war against the Cuban republic thus recognized, but Mas its ally, and that, therefore, the success of the American army did not mean that Cuba was conquered, but that the Spanish troops were driven out of the territory of a friendly ally. He contended therefore, that when the treaty of Paris was ratified the war ceased, and as no war had been declared against the Cuban re public, all further justification under the war-making power to occupy Cuba ceased, and the President should, immediately up on the ratification of the treaty, or within a reasonable time thereafter, have with drawn the army. He claimed that, there fore, the institution and maintenance by the President of a military government in Cuba has been and is without authority in in ternational law, and in flagrant contraven tion of the Constitution of the United States. lie further urged that military government was unconstitutional as it . Is essentially a prosecution of war against the Cuban government, and as Congress alone had the authority to declare war against the Cuban republic, the control of Cuba, by the President, as commander-in-chief, was a virtual prosecution of war without the authority of Congress. He de nied that such government could be justi fied under the war power, as the war power has no existence except in time of war when the war is authorized by Con gress, and that the President could not use the national forces for the purpose of gov erning Cuba. He relied especially upon the case of ex parte Milligan. He argued, finally, that in any event, as the trial in the Cuban courts is without a grand Jury or a petit jury Neely could not be tried before them without violation of the sixth, seventh and eighth amendments to the Constitution. Owing to the late hour when Mr. Lindsay concluded his argument. Assistant At torney General Beck, who Intended to reply for the government, did not speak. He will probably address the court to-day. DECISIONS OF THE COURT. Two Cases of Interest to Townships and Cities Disponed Of. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. The United States Supreme Court to-day reversed the decision of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio in the case of Jacob Loeb vs. the trustees of Columbia township, Hamilton county, Ohio. The case involved the validity of aa Ohio State law, directing the widening of a street in Columbia township, which the township resisted. The decision of the court below was favorable to the township, but the Supreme Court holds that under the law Loeb Is entitled to a judgment un der the bonds held by him. Justice White to-day handed down tho decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of J. M Mason, auditor of the city of St. Louis versus tho State of Missouri, afnrming the decision of tho State Supreme Court of Missouri. The case Involves the validity of the State law class ifying cltlea for voting and registration purposes. Under this law St. Louis was made the only city of the first class, and Mr. Mason refused to allo.w the accounts of election officers under the law on the ground that the law was unconstitutional. The State Cour, refused to sustain this view and to-day's opinion upheld that view of the case. WILL NOT AID. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Ripley is very firm on that point. As far as the operation of trains is concerned, we are keeping them tight up to the sched ule. In effect, I will say that the strike is over. Freight trains are all running as usual. We are taking all the business we can get, and are handling It all In the usual order." A statement was issued from the general superintendent's office to-night giving the number of striking men as follows: On Chicago division, 57 out of 111: eastern division, 6 out of 105; Oklahoma ''.'vision, 23 out of 37; middle division (main line and Hutchison branch), 24 out of 65; western division, C out of 7j; New Mexico division, 20 out of 57; Rio Grande, 3 out of 23; South ern Kansas or Texas. 2 out of 6; Panhandle (main line), 6 out of 18; Southern Kansas (main line and Girard branch), 17 out of 41. The figures given out by the Strikers ma terially differ rem the above. L. C. Badge ly. local chairman of the O. R. T., made the following statement: "We have infor mation that all the regular operators on the Chicago division are out. with only six nonunion men at work. Other operators here are said to Ik willing to join. On the eastern out of ninety-five we have forty eight. Hero Is where a fa!:e order was Issued, and our men. therefore, have not become convinced of our correct position. The Oklahoma division is olid. with all but two. On the wettern division, seventy-two out of seventy-six are out. On tho New Mexico division, fifty out of fifty-seven are out. only three remain on the Rio ("Jrande 11 vjtdon, and six on the Southern Kansas di vision and branches." Dolphin Accnsen Mr. llnrr. HOUSTON. Tex.. Dec. 10.-Presldent Dolphin, of the Order of Railroad Telegra phers, gave out a statement to-night iA which he says: "One reason why the men on the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe were ready and even anxious to espouse the cause of their brethren on the Julf line, was a deception practiced on the telegra phers' committee by Vice President Barr in Chicago last June. An agreement had been effected between the ralircää com pany and the committee, nr. 1 th5 latter was sent home, with the promise that the agreement would b tour to Topka for printing. When published the cl.e'-'ul had been changed to read so as to adi one hour to the time of every nlcJ.t teleg rapher on the road. Mr. Barr to Mr. Dolphin that h- had mad lh alt ration after the committee hi1 left Chinso, stating as an txcuse, that he had mlsun derstood the article as it was originally written." Information at the telegraphers' head quarters in to the effect that twelve trair s "i oranges have bi'eu lost in the MoJuve desert and other trains are behind time. NewmaiTa View of the Situation. WICHITA. Kan., Dec. IO.-Chalrinan J. A. Newman, of the Sante Fe system di vision of the O. R. T., made the following statement for the Associated Ptess to night: "The situation or the Sante Fr. so far as the telegraphers are concerned. Is ex cellent. The forged telegram tent over the line by the ofT.cials to-day In a vain effort to get the men luck has done us very little or no damage, p.s only a few resumed work, but we have and are t,illl making evtry effort possible to reach all and tell them that it is a forgery. As soon as they karn of the contemptible trick played upon them by the oIT.cials they will again go out and stay out until ordered back by their local chairmen, who will be notified by me when the strike is off. W5 expect to have W per cent, of the men now working out within the next twenty-four hours, and before the end of the week no one will be working except officials, and they will be ur.abie to get trains over the road." Situation Deromlns Acute. George D. Avery and H. II. Sothern. who are here to get telegraphers to take the places of strikers on the Santa Fe Rail road, moved from the Stubblns Hotel, yes terday, to the Trlnccton, having been pur sued by representatives of local railroad men's organizations .who have kept com mittees standing in front of tn coors of the hotel ever tlr.ee they came to the city until it became extremely detrimental to their business. Five 3Ien Go. Sothern sent five men to Chicago last night, and from there -they will be sent to stations along the Santa Fe. The men passed the examination conducted by the examiner who was here Sunday. BALL MAGNATES MEET IMPORTANT SESSION OP OWNERS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUI1S. President Young: Not In a Hcsljrntnff Mood Board of Arbitration Another League Projected. NEW YORK. Dec 10. With another baseball war staring them in the face, the National-League magnates entered on their annual winter meeting at the Fifth-avenua Hotel to-night. This session Is one of the most Important ever held in the history of the league, and will probably last throughout the week. With the American League, with Mr. Johnson steering its des tinies, clamoring for equal recognition by the patent body, and the threaten d in- vaslon of National League territory by Johnson's organization, the members of the big leuguo hae their hands full. The magnates began arriving in the city early this morning and up to to-night the following members had put in an appear ance: President N. E. Young, A. H. Sodcn and W. H. Connant, of Boston; Ch-irles Ebbetts, F. A. Abcll and Edward llunlon, Brooklyn; Col. John I. Rogers and A. J. Reach, Philadelphia; Barney ... Dreyfus, Pittsburg; John T. Brush. Cincinnati; James Hart, Chicago; F. De Haas Roblson and Stanley Robison, St. Louis, and Fred Knowles. New York. J. B. Billings, of Bos ton; J. B. Kerr, of Pittsburg, and Harry Von Der Horst, of Brooklyn, will arrive tc-morrow. The possibility -o? trouble with the new American League is not the only question that the magnates will have to handle. The , much-talked-of retirement of President Young as the league's chief executive will also come up. That certain magnates are opposed to the continued Incumbency of Mr. Young Is an open secret. Several day3 ago those opposed to Mr. Young put forth A. G. Spalding as a suitable successor. Mr. Spalding, however, ban declined the honor and its attendant burdens. But Mr. Young declines to be ousted. In an interview to night he said: "Me resign? I do not see why. I have no idea of taking any ruch steps. I, do not know officially of any body that is clamoring for my scalp. On the other hand, several members of the league have come to me and told me they were very well satisfied with my work. No. I am not going to resign." The board of arbitration went Into ses slon after 9 o'clock, with President A. 1L Soden, John T. Brush. John I. Rogers, James Hart and F. De Haas Robison pres ent. . Mr. Robison and Mr. Brush are so sick that they may not le able to remain to the end of the meeting. Mr. Roblson has Inflammatory rheumatism, which near ly cost him his sight. la It Fancy or Fncl f The report comes from Detroit that a new baseball league has been organized, of which Ban Johnson, president of the Amer ican League, is to be president. The cities that will make up the circuit are as fol lows: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Tolo, Louis ville, Minneapolis, Ft. Paul, Kansas City and either Indianapolis or Buffalo. The Detroit club has leased the park from Bums and Stalllngs, and will play Its games when the Detroit American Leagu club is abroad. George W. Burnham, the report says, will be vice president. A meet ing of those Interested In the new league will be held In Chicago, Dec. SO, imme diately after the meeting of the American League. President Watklns, cf the In dianapolis club, will not discuss the pro posed new league, as he is still confident of being in the American League. SCORES OF BICYCLE RIDERS. Nine Teams Still in the. Race Leaders Have Covered 517 Miles. NEW YORK, Dec. 1L-The second day of the six-day bicycle race at Madison square Garden started in last midnight with nine teams of the fourteen who first began the contest still on tho track and whirling around the garden miles ahead of the record. The ten men are maintaining a frightful average of sped. The scores at 2 o'clock this morning: Elkes and Mc I'arland. Simar and (lounoltr. Pierce and McEachern. 547.7 miles; Turville and Oimni. Waller and Stlnson, 517.4: Baboock and Aronson. .'.17.3; Fisher and Frederick. C17.2; Kaser and Ryser, 516.9; Müller and Ac cou trier, 5G7.6. Callahan Fonled SnIHian. LOUISVILLE. Dec. 10. Dave Sullivan, of New York, got the decision on a foul over Tim Callahat. of Philadelphia, in the eighteenth round of what was to have been a Ground bout before the New Southern Athletic Club, to-ni-ht. Tim Hurst, the refcrcr. repeatedly warned Callahan against fouling. Rooney Derlared NVInner. CHICAGO. Dec. 10. The Graeco-Rornan wrestling match at the Coliseum to-night between John J. Rooney, tho "giant grip- man," and Paul Pons, of France, ended In Rooney being declared the winner because Pons refused to continue after having lost the first fall on a foul. George Siler was the referee. . Obituary. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Dec. 10.-MaJ. Henry Sweenj. United States arms, retired. Is dead In this city, ared sixty-nine years, lie entered the armv in Nw York in 1S54. 1-ist year he was chancellor of the Cali fornia Commatulery of the Loyal liCgiou. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. Deo. M.-Capt. Eustas Gibson, former congressman and a Confederate veteran, died at Cllftca Fcrj Hospital this mcnair.j.