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NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1897.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
WUCE THREE CWife.
FOR MONETARY REFORM
rm v.ic/coyFEUEscE Msmn
pmmgARKAMtXM GATHERING OF REPRE
SKXTATIVE BUUMBM MEN OF
THK LAND
.KY eran mon baw and west, virtu ax
jOt'TM. WBOAIlWJMi f>F PARTY en; gBC
TlON- Al.l. BENT "X nectniinra PM THK
Commit A ' TUllKNi'Y OP WTIe'SK
: -i villi.ITY ANH YAI.I K TRBRC
CAN Bl N"e> QUOTION.
bldtAJlsp dla .Tint 12?The- Natiemai Mnnetar;
(C*tt-T9tl "? "?all?d at the- instance of thc Indian
apolis Board "l" Trade, anel composed of TApM
Kvn'.fC K'r : smllar .irKanizalt'ins frenn all part
rf ,\... eotjntrjTe ass.-ml>k'd in Tnnilinson Hall thi
,,?,?..,,,;, Thc arrangement nf VA* hal' w.is u
, r to tha: for tho Gold Convention
Md i" the same place last December. Th.- dee
mmmftjont were touch more mini.-rate', however
[ th.' National colors Sniped over Uk
-inform. There .vas a sprinkling of spectator
in th" Ka';*:i-S- ;""1 ,'u" hour preceding tho be
?toning i.' bualneaa was enlivened by mush
(.-om d band.
?j-v-,. convention was called to order at 2:3!
0- jo, K '?> Hi.?h H. Hanna, chairman of th<
? ?. .. c nlttee, under whose management
th< arranfi m* mt tor the convention wore made
,?? i tin- movement culmlnatlm
In the fleeting to-day. He Introduced the Rev
?t_ \j ii I'.istur of the Flrat Preshyteriar
Ohurrh, ?hn upened the proceeding! with prap
fr ir |hl "f the Kxe.-nt!ve Committee,
u, t:., na extended 1 cordial w.>lrnme> t.> the'
e\. ? ca:-' They understood and appreciated th.
,.., rlftce made Ly bualneaa men in eomlng to tht
, ration at this period of the year.
,',. \X. Bmlth, secrelary of the Indianapolis
H ,. , ..-? read the call under which tin
- tnhled. The emphatic terms ol
_t_e .. ng it tn d'- the sentiment nf ihe
M "f ti..- country that they ahould
lake pail ;: shaping iiie financial legislation ot
ir... eaaatt and that th.-y would iipv.t agree to
any prap -??;..ii which would degrade the pres?
ent flaariard of values, were received arith gp
i laaa
Mr. Hai na preae nted the- report <>f the Execu?
tive ? mr Iti ???. rursuant to the reaolutlons ..f
Iskrocti i tdopted at i preliminary conference
on Dei ? ? 1 it is said, th.mmlttee has aenl
?nut Invitations to the Boardatpf Trade, commer?
cial i'i i 'mel such like organlaatlona of al! the
? ? if the United States of a population of
Afltti and innate-r. according to the laai cenaua,
request ? - these to s,.;..i delegates to this con
There are aaaembled here .'t'i' dele
I itei ?? nttng bualneaa organlaatlona of
< ? ? irly et ? ty State In th ? l"iii.>n.
The mmlttee recommended for ".he tempo?
ral ? sa tion eommltteea on Credentiala, on
p irganlsation, e.n Hui-s and Order of
BuhIi - each conalatlng of rift,-, n membera;
?iu:'' ms ; mcernlng the currency and
ystems an.! mod a >.f procedure shall
: wlthoul debate to the Committee
en Resolutions, to be appointed by the perma
: - rman; that each delegate preaent shall
!?? Hied to one vote; thal the hours for hold
? <?? seaslons shall be: Morning seaalon, 1"
u tn 1 p. ni : afternoon session, 2:30 p. m. to
i; ;? m . evening se ss;..n. H p m. to 1?i p m.
K temporary chairman thc Executive Com
ulttee recommended K. O. Sianard. e.f St.
( . f :? temporary secretary, Jacob \v. Smith.
trula ' ? ills, ' i t'i' serg :.nt .u-nniis,
' Vi' . lolt, -if Indlhnap i ..
!\ 0OV1 RVOR ST.VXAKD'S ADDRESS.
The re;., i ? "is adopted, ami Mr Hanna ap?
pointed Will mi E. Dodge, eif New-York, and
N' I. Crawford, if Texas, a committee tn ea oii
rnor gtanard t<> the- platform. Mr. Btanard
began bj reviewing the- steps which led to the
ntl m. He then saiel:
? ? - on this occasion tu suggest
liven line ot policy to be pursued In reme 'l> -
Ich complaint h..- hi ? :. made jr
''??:??? .-.;-,. i.- cr he reafter. X'.-.r I
? nf ;!:? iiiiii-i glaring defects, to
ul ?) -:? m. In Un.- connec
uy th.it Uk- stability,
? ? mmmerela . manufacture
i ii ..p.-ration' depend
???'? -H. ? .ni stable tin m.-i.i.
? ? ? ? tiley lll.lt .-.ni le.
to another, and from
ol her .uni tn be
? - . - - ? i. ilin u! politics.
ls i which business
? u of mate :..i! Inten -t are- I.mit. There
? business of the
" ?"": lhere be no doubt sbout its
-... k of confide I..--- io take
.ion.
. nol only should
,..: methods, bul all
' ? th with a hom we have com
I relation* - d have assurance of the
(1 Irs, so thai they muy
isl* (he j are working. This is of
tri - ;.s well . *? tu foreign na
we take Into ai count that during the
" tx ?!?:? .1 io lui. Ign countrii - mon
nf -li' surplus of oui --'il
- of our people, ..ml import..I a
ettie -?? Ti ??.??' worth of their products,
? ? .iik in: m. i hodi nf our Govern
those adopted during the war.
?1 were great emergen-les. 1 believe
itrong ami constantly increasing
thal -.ini- method
'' loptcel fe.r tl.e retiremeni of the l-nii.<l
e'.d'.. and Treasury rn.te-s. timi they should not
JJj'i'"? ngei ' ? tolerated ss a clrculatina mee
ch-^v- ? tani menace n> our Treasury re
la ihe credit eif the Gove rnment. and
? nts are made up
i- In fear and trem
Thi ? -???.- to be .i well-defined conviction
'rum the experience of ihe
I"-' ? should be 'io m.'.- in circulation
retired nd cam elli d a hi n
' ? ? .nee f'litill. ?!. W'hethe r tin se
? red at onve or graduall) i am
ii of tl ?? n.Ity of ihi lr
retlrem ink there can be no question. I
? ll.-ITI llY the' sale- Of' lOOg ' illVe-ril fTI-ll t
boi <ii st ' ia rate of Inten st, i. thi re c in
devised for th.ir withdrawal from ''lr
?ion.
IVMk I ?kv. mentioning some *?! the defects, as f
' ir monetary system which .-omi to mv
1 ,y that I .-??' no reason why our
king law should nol l? so amended an
to Hliou : - Ni.tioiia! banka to Iraue roie-s up to
]'? ? ? ihe i.omis whie li thi y hold aa a
"wt' ? Issue, Instead of issuing, ;:-* thej are
^??eom ? ?-. do, only :?" pe-r cen! of lhe par
^alu*of ? bonds that coat t!i<m perhaps 'ix to 130.
Tii-su t1. i ? ,* a tax of l p'-r cent on the I
-v'tlona! .'<k circulation, and I see no nece
c-r no ia,-, ., tlix ;..- thia, as ii must ultimate!) be
i'1;'! sj ? ?? iwer 1 believe the tax should >>?
?o'liif-H io one-quarter of 1 per cent.
Ther* ,u many advantaa. ? conr.erted with ile
?^atior;,: lutnklng system of tha country, snd iiii?
fyit'm. i believe, might, with areal benefit to all
. extended by sllowlnc, under proper
M--xi ? ? establishment ol braneh banks In
? - with largely reduced minimum of
the re lie no Instance on re?-or.|
J ' has .'ino- to tha holders e>f National '
asm note -
_,7^\?^?? suggestions of reform, 'm.- ls lo
^"''''i ? *i money under the denomination
^5". thi;. bi i irdng a ls rge r volume ? t nilver and
via iq clnulste li. the hand* of Ibe people, and I
{tJJ*-*' areli worthy of favorable onaldera*
' -om ? irs the- banker, merchant, profeaatonal
J te nufacttirer, farmer, miner, artisan me
"?'.r and lat>orer ,11 lune- ., community nf Inter
?! '?'? ??? ?? r, to promote in ibe language e.f
.*-.'? Kranklln "We must all hang together If
I I noi ?;l hana separate d." Tl
nut ry
innot irf-rmanentlj jin.-p.r if anv of ti,., essential
ii, r':,'> "" "-Kie-tfi or sacrificed. All legislation
ntimC- ' f'"' "" K'-C'r-t ifoo.f of th., greatest
w.'i, t.i,. gr>%teat eenfldenoa In your wtedom
.';? n your patriotic devotion lo Ihe w.ik in hand
tmm si .. m .- n.. convention ready fur anv busl
Js *l^li h may he brought tM>fore lt Whai la your
em- .s .j t,
22'eriie.r gtanard's recommendatlona thal the
"*?tacka should be retired, that Natl.mai
*ika should be permitted to Issue notM up tei
f par yalu- of honda deposited to eecure their
Im"'^1' a"d that ,,?'ll"'," notM "r '"-' "ian *?" "r
' si. iui.1 be prohibited In the Internal ol a
??"?general us- 0( allver, mel the general ap
?^v?lof the delegatea
^^J^^"lttf''M Provided for In the rep'.rt ot
Cnniliue-il on ?>???? emil |e?gr.
. ! TWO STEAMERS IMPERILLED.
THE DAMARA FIGHTS GALLANTLY TO
SAVE THE DURHAM CITT.
A Tl'UHOAT KI NAMA TAKKS THK KeiltMKK lNTei
HALIFAX THK OTHKR BTEAMKIt AI'l'AIl
KNTI.V MUTTI SEAWARD- A I-Tltnus
SNOWSTORM WAS RAOIMO.
Halifax. Jan. 12.?The disabled ste-amer Dur?
ham City, a.i'l the st ?mer Damara, by whleh
she was Peing towed Into Halifax, have had a
terrible straggle with the clements off this hai
bor all day. The hattie has apparently ende-e' in
the Damara herself being crippled. The most
furious snowstorm of the winter has rafre-.l
from early morning, when the (wu steamers
Were approaching the- harbor, until this after
BOOB, ami a flere-e gale blew em the coast.
Nothing OOttld L>e- h'-iti eif tim two steamers
during the tuorninc, owmik to the thick sneiw.
bul w he-ii thc weather cleared they were Bighted
a Ioiik dlatance east of the mouth of thc harbor
making a brave Unlit against the atrong wind
that fae-cei them. The. Damara had evidently
held e.n to the disabled Dui ham City all through
thc atruggle, but they we-re making verj alow
headway. When tbe gale moderated auflldently
a um was dispatched tei mee', th,- steamers, and
reached them late In the afternoon
Shortly after dark the Durham City and Da
mara parted company, and the (uk was seen to
take hole! e.f tha Damara and Start with her to- !
ware! lhe harben-. The' distance between these
two and the- Durham City gradually Increased,
nnd those em ahore were surprised to lind that
the latter .\.is apparently go'ng seaward.
Al IO o'clock to-night the Damara and the tug?
boat we-re entering the- harbor at slow si.I.
while the Durham City Beamed to be sight miles
away.
Shortly after midnight OflldalS Of the Furness
Lin.' reached the <? it>- In a small boat, anel said
that the Damara lost the Durham City hy the
breaking of s steel hawser, whie-h became
tangled In the former's propeller. She was
towed io a safe anchorage al Burcell'a Cove
near the- m.,uth of the- harbor, and left there.
Th.- tugboata then started to overtake th.- Inn
ham City, which elrifte-d eastward afte-r the
accident. They are n >t likely to pet hold of
lier until morning.
FOUR KILLED BY A Y EXPLOMON.
BUILDINGS OF THB COLUMBIA POWDER
COMPANT NEAR PITTHBI7RO BLOW I'P
A GREATER CALAMITY NAR?
ROWLY AVERTED.
Pittsburg, Jan. 12.- A1 9:1fi o'clock this morn?
ing the- tankbouse of the Columbia Powder c.im?
pany. situated in a hollow one-half mlle back
from the eihio River, and midway between the
j boroughs of Bhouaetown and Bhanopln, blew up.
Five minutes later the storage-room, in which
I was store-ii a large quantity of explosive ma
j t. rial, was also shattered by a terrific explosion.
ku.i.Ki).
! FTAi'KM'V I. E.. pi prtetOT "f the w-irk?. npi'il forty
? - - ' - ??? i ;- . I,
': M'i'IjOSKEY. Peter, aged thirty-eight years. flriKlo, of
i si as .1.111.
j inman, i: rn aged twenty rears, >' raopotls.
, INMAN, Mattie sged fourteen -."tr*. Corsopotla
INJURED.
CRANK, Watter, apei thirty two yeara marrlM of Stian
? ?pin; isl i.' I] i- bul maj i. cover.
By gi moa I superhuman effort the flames wer*
controlled before the gtyeerlne magazine ignited,
and a more serious catastrophe was averted.
There were several hundred pounds of explosives
stored In the msgsalne, ah "f tbe killed anei in?
jured ".?'"?? employes nf the company.
The factory, with the exception of the glycei me
magazine, was totally destroyed. The- horner e.f
Irwin. Porter, Houghton'a bar.'. Han's hous*,
snd some outbuildings were burned. House..-: for
a conalderable distance surrounding were badly !
shattered By Ihe explosion, anel nor p window re?
main* in the vicinity. The dre threatens de?
struction to much e>th' r property near by.
The fragments i f Stackney and the two Inman
sisters, and the bo.ly of McCI -key were taken
to Coraopoiis, where the inqueet will be held.
The cause e.f ;h<- explosion will probably never
be know n.
?
TIln Xl x S BENDEICESTB SA II E Xii.
ONCE AN MWOTIATE AND FRIEND OF I.W OOl'LD,
HE DIEfl v I'M PER.
Chicago, Jan. 12.?Th .nias Hendricks, aevi nty yean
old who lied al the County Hospital on December
31, has been savi I from a pauper's xrave by his
nephew, K. M. Fletcher, of Sar-. Francisco. Thirty
years age Hendricks eras u broker !n W'o'A Stree
and was the friend of inch mm as Jay ejont.l, Rus?
sell Say.? and ".lim" Fisk. He was known ns ?
daring speculator, and carried through many deali of
Importance, He mel reversea ani then i.e.-ama ss
lranged from his family. About twenty yeal . ?
),.- came to Chicago, and had llvM here . v.-r since.
The ;oss of hla fortune and standing in society
>ause 1 Hendricks to take to elrlnk. and for many
yean he had experienced the hitter side of life, ll
was proud, however, and would nol accept charity
norn those who knew him In better davs. fie. work i
at anything he ould get For a time he dellveri I
hat* for a Brm in Monroi -st. Then he found employ?
ment arith an undertaker In Thlrd-ave. of late yean
he had worked in hotela as storekeeper and also at
the bouse-painting trade,
Mr Hendricks aras born In Vermont, and heionp-e.i
to "ne of ih>- u<-<: families In th.. Green Mount iln
State lie received exceptional educational advan?
tages, and when be wen; to Boston at the :tK'- ??:
twenty he was well equipped for the battle arith the
world. He llvt I In Boston a f.-w years, and then
went to New-Tork, where he drifted into the broker?
age business For t.-n years he was ,-. well-known
figure in Wal] Street, ami waa considered wealthy,
Thro .?-,?>! a ? bad Judgment of iii- partner he losl
fortune aiai then he became a sranderei
Mr. Hendricks leaves a widow, thn'^ daushten
ani en- .mi iii Boston. Mn. Hendricks and .
her la ightera are In Kurope at preseni He alao ha I
a sister. Mn. J. K. Fletcher, ai San Diego, Cal.
?
EXPEE8WENT BARBI80X BEBE.
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH A.M. SPIRITS a OOOD
\\<u;l) reel: BECRETARY OLNEY.
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison came to N'ew
Vnrk yeaterday and went to the Fifth Avenue
Hot.-i. which he- usually makes bia headquarters
wben in this <-it> Oeneral Harrison travelled
But 'h<- ix-Presldent did aol seem te> i... lonesome
when Been by e reporter of The- Tribune in his
apartitKi .s pi me ho1.1 list evening. He was re
celvlng eie'i from Lieutenant Parker, of the
l'nlted s Savy, and Mrs. Parker.
Oenera' Harrison has not appeared in auch ex?
cellent health la New-Vork In the- last ten years,
and lie- was in buoyant spirits when he welcomed
The Tribune reporter,
"What brings me Kant (his time?" he said, re
peatlng the question ssked him. "Only personal
business, l aaaun you. Yea, I e..me on alone, i
l..-nl ns need of a seen lary or attendants"
"Whai stuy wll >on make-in N.w- Yeirk '."? the ex
i'resld.-nt was .iske )
"A couple of days, 1 think." he- answered, with a
smile thal was so Inf.. Ile,us that Mr. and Mi
Parker smlieei too. Tbsy looke-ei hi tbe Oeneral ad?
miringly, and Ma hearty, e-onii.ni way aeemed te,
j,].-as.- ihe-m Immensely, Hiverybody who *.,w bim
lasi evening congratulated bim upon his appear,
anea.
Mr. Harrison declined to talk polities When told
thai his Mead, Chariea w. Fairbanks, bad been
laminated hi IfidJai-Jgpolls ior Unltsd Statea Senator
.,_,- lin- RspubMcana of me in.ii.ina Legislature ut
.heir caucua last svealag, the ex-1'r.'f.lile-iit aald,
gai aili :
"Mr. Fairbanks is a koo.1 man and will make an
idmlrabla Senator. 1 BM glad to he-ar of his sue
?What elo you think of tba ne-w treaty of erbltra
len willi iJi'eat Britain?" Mr. Harrison was duked.
"Olney baa shown hims.-if to be quite a atstes
nan and .Hinom.it." was the reply Bul the- <Ien
T.-ll COUld not be Induced to mike- full her COflS
.?.'?nt.
I I
WILLIAM CLAIM NOBLE ARRE8TEL
ACCUMBD HV A YOI'NO WOMAN' WHO HA
POSKD AS A MOOKI. POI HIM.
William daft Noble-, the- well-known scull.to
who has been employed by tbe Oorbam Manufac
urlng Company In designing silver plate for il
battle-sblpa Kew-York, Texas, MlnneapoMa aa
oi hers, was arrested on s warrant yeaterday aa
taken from his studio, al No. nt West Blgbteentl
st., to the Jelf. rscii Mark, t e'ourt. Th.- warr.ii
for his arrest eras obtained by julia Adelaide Price
of No. 4? Wes; Ninety-eight h-et She swore th;
she posed for him as a BMdel, and !?-.-allie- I'liKni;..
to marry him. anel In MK loaned tei him sum
amounting to fi.tttyi. all Um moue] she hu.I In th
world. Later he tobi her he had a wife living I
Boston, and h.- refused to return the- money h
had born.wee], she- said.
Before be was arraigned before Magistrate Fla?
m.r In the afternoon, Mr. Noble sahl: "Thia i
simply a blackmailing ease, anel letters In the hand
of my lawyen will prove 1 am telling the tinti
I never borrowed a cent from that woman, bm
on the contrary, 1 have niven her thouaaitda C
ein.iar?. I never promised to marry her, and neve
even thought of Mich fl IhillK."
Wben Mi-s Price appeared on the witness etan
abe won expensive clothes and waa quite sell
possessed. She swore she ha ri loaned monej t
Mr. Noble |n sums of f.i to OM,
Testifying In his own defence, Mr. Noble aald h
never had borrowed a e-ent from the young womat
He admitted tbal he and she h.-i.i lived togethe
as man and wife for almost the entire length 0
their aegualntanoe. He declared that bia Incon
averaged mXttl. a year, and lhal instead of getttn
any money from her. be had spent a good (Xi-.C o
nmii...I on her, and lind given her about 15.000.
"Why." paid In', "I even paid for tlie clothes sh
ls wearing now, and they cost a pretty penny."
Miss Price waa again called, nnel she declare*
thal she- flrat knew tbal Mr. Nol,le was a marri..
mun seven months uko, ami thai a great deal o
the money had been loaned after that discovery,
Magistrate Flammer referred io the woman'
bankbook and saw ihat ihe monev hurl beei
drawn at the times Miss Price had named. Mr
Noble, however, penlsted in denying th.-n lie hai
ever received even a penny from her. Magistrate
Flammer parole.] Mr. Noble In the custody ot hi
lawyir for further examination this morning.
- ?
LIX ELY HARLEM RUNAWAYS. '
EXCITING BCEXEfl CAUSED BY TWO PRACTIOH
HORSES
Or. H. W. Kinley, of No 2lfe West One-hundred
snd-twenty-second-st., snd George Schaeffer, i
hone eb-.ihr. of No. ni West Thlrty-second-st., ha<
exciting adventures with runaways in Harlen
yeaterday afternoon Dr. Finley received a hurrj
call ai 2 o'clock, and went to Quinn'i livery stable
One-hundred-and-tarenty-fo'jrth-st., and ordered hli
bona and buggy. The hostler in his hurry, pul th,
wrong bridle on the doctor's horse. Or. Finley dis
covered tha mis tak a after he had gm into his car
riage, nnd ordered ile bridle changed The hostle:
removed th- brid'.*, leaving the horse unhitched
and he bad ha.elly turned his back when the anima
started out. The carriage upset at the sti
curve, and Or. Finley eras thrown out, but was noi
hurt. Th.- hors- ki.-kc-' loos- .in.I ran east. An
other horse, hitched io the deliver? wagon of S
Spencer, a drysoods merchant, tcok frighi ai thi
commotion, and ran areal to Lenox-ave, and ther
north to One-hundred-and-thirtieth-st., sr here ii
wai captured and broughi back. Policeman Mc?
Cartney, who captured thi ru na wa] nnini.il, hear.
lue of the escape of Ot Finlejfa horse, drove ihe
Pain in l,-m>x- i v.- , win re he found Or. Kinley'.
horse bsd been caught by some cltlsens. Tne rom
bined efforts ..f live men were n.ssary to take tli?
do, -tor's horse back to tha stable.
At i o'clock ?! bay colt owned and driven bj
Schaeffer, th- '.ior-e dealer, so: thc bli be-tw -n lith
teeth it One-hundred-and-twenty-flfth-st., snd
started up Seventh-ave. .lohn McElroy, ri not hei
lvirse. dealer, who was driving on :he- avenue, in
formed Mounted Policeman Harrold, of th-- HU
bri.lu- station, at One-hundred-and-flfty-flrst-at Al
One-hundred-and-flfty-thli i st. Schaeffer's horse
swerved to tho wesi and threw tbe occupant out.
The frightened .-.'.im.. dodged i num er ol trucks
then swerved to ui. son
i ;. :.i Seventh-ave. again, where ll took to the
pavement, and ran .ii -i breakneck pace un ll
stopped by .i number of cltlsens, .. Om
snei-flfty-flnt-st. Policeman Harrold had Ju
his hors.- underway, in chasing the runawsy, when
Bel.ffei was thrown oui directly In hi path. The
policeman's skilful horsemanship alone -.....:
Schaeffer from being trampled. Schaeffer was un
Injured, as also wen his horse and a igon.
PASSENGERS BADLY FRIGHTENED.
Two hones attached to a truck owned and driven
by David Kink, of Na IN Hudson-st., became
frightened by a woman bicyclist al One-hundred
and-tbtrty-fourth-st. and Flfth-ave., yesterday af
ternoon, and ran away. At One-hundred-and
twenty-flftb-st. ihe hois." narrow ly e-s.-ap.-.i run?
ning into i northbound cable-car. The passengers
saw the danger thej were In, and the grlpman
tightened the grip, eau Ing the car lo ro em al
double- speed. Meanwhile the conductor closed
the doon, preventing the passengers noni rushing
from the ear. As n was. the horses missed strik?
ing li.Br by only al.out b fool
Then were many women In the car, and they
w.-re foremost in the rush toward the rear plat?
form. The action of Ihe conductor In closing the
,,.? doubtless pr. v nted them from leaping from
thi car and sustaining serioua Injury.
-a
REBELS ATTACH THE. TOWN OP PANEY.
RODRIQUEZ EXECUTED FOH THK CRIME OP BE
I'.Kl.I.IeeN.
ll .'..ma. Jan. \2 -General 'l'oral reports that the
rebela In strong force madi an attack upon the town
of Caney In tie- Santiago d. Cuba province, bul the
troops under hla command met the attack with a
bayonet charge ind repelled and dispersed the enem; .
Leocadio Rodrlg ie a a is ahot .ii the Cabana form --
to-da) 'wt the crime of rebellion, and Claudio snd
Pi n '. Mendel ind Jos* sn I Pi rea Garcia Will be shot
n; tbe same place to-morrow for the same crime
roi.ICE AM> MILITIA FIQBT.
HAND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTERS AT THE INU'OURa
TInN Ol' ILUNOWB OOVERNOR
Springfield, M. Jan. li -Policemen and militia?
men attendant upon ihe Inaugural ceremonies!
lashed on foui occasions yeaterday, The j.i Regi?
ment, of Chicago, wa> mixed up In both affaln,
ind som.- of tin- nu n of Me- .'.th Regimen) bad a
land in the trouble. Cluba ami bayonets wera
i -ii freely in the last combat, ami the- policemen
i.-ulvo threaten io shoot before ordei was restored.
-??v. tal policemen were -tunk with bayonets,
.ut the lnjurl's received were alight. A few of thea
loali'-rs wera beaten arith policemen's cluba, and
bey will undoubtedly be nursing sore heada when
In y arrive home.
The first clash occurred in th- morning between
?e.iii e nie-n Jones ami Deecy and twentj soldiers.
in. I-.- was sn old wsgon standing or. the. lot In
vhle-h the militia wera stationed, and the aoldlen
tarted to pull ih<- vehicle into the. street, a I h
he police tried to prevent e ii,.- ?f the sol.li.-t I
na.b- ai. attempt t-e strike nth.er Deecy wtth his
? ive net, but tl;.- OfBcer wai too .pink for him,
md with a hard blow In the face sent the- soldier
iprawllng to tbe ground. gi reral other aoldlen
hen mail-a nish at the olllcers, who wen tumbled
nu. the -ur,-.-t. Tn.- ofllcen pulled thel: revolven
nd threatened lo shoo)
A crowd e>f aoldlen congregated nt Fourth and
Washington sta. during the afternoon mei stopped
h.- streetcars A detachment nf police was s. nt
e. the scene anel the men nfuaed to disperse. An
lt. nipt W.is m.nb- to arrest v,,nle ,,f th- soldiers
nd i (lulu ehsusd. th- police using their clubs
nd the aoldlen their guns or their bsyoneta
Two Ither collisions took place during the dal
olin Smith, a cltlsen, received ,t severe s. Jp
round, and was sent hom- unconscious I A. Irwin
..: hla fa.e cut open with s bayonet, snd several
ther cltlsens were slightly Injured. Som,- of the
oldie rs wei- more it less disfigured
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.4 THEE HUI. WAIN8T IVORY.
Kennion. Jsn I- The Grand Jury In Ibe Central
'rlmlnal Court. Old Hailey, to .hiv re-lurned a true
ill Bgalnal Kdward I Ivory, alias Edward Hell,
f N.-w York, who was arrest..) p, QlaagOW In
eptember hint on a charge of being engaged In a
onsplrac) lo cease h dynamite explosion.
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l BEECBAEMBB CEAEQB IB0L18BED.
Mullington, J.m Xi. Becretary Carlisle hm abol
died tba cbargi sf eight cents a package on duri
i.i. marc bandi ai iranaported la bond from ona
,,it ,,r tn.- i np..i states to another Tins charge
aa been ma.le since IIB, and has i.n g -our.- of
tany proteata and nu.ci. anno] inca lo the Depart
.ml. lt has not been colite ted al all the pori-,
mi was originally Intended onlj I.esr the ex
? use- of sealing and .-or.ibii; the packages, which
. pow merely nominal
HOT WORDS IN THE HOUSE.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE SPECTACLE ON
THK FLOOR.
Mit. JOHNSON, OF CALIFORNIA. OOXTgSSM A\
OUI eiKiKMi:. POR WHICH HR HAS HAOg
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i-i RESTIT1 Tifix - a BITTER EJCCHANOE
OP PXRgONAUTIga with HU
it j CObUtAOtrg, Mit MAOITIRB,
*' lort TEl.Ke'.RAPlf TO Till: TntBl.-NB. 1
rn Washington, Jan. 12.?A member of Congress
?? acknowledgtpg on Um Boor to his brother-mem
" ben anel te, the galleries that h.- had be'e-n guilty
of a Violation nt law. anel had been Indleted for
^ lt. was the remarkable spectacle presented in the
u House of Representatlvea to-day. The after
, math of Hie debute on tin- Pacific Railroad Rs
, funding lilli was raked over and sired by Messrs,
t. Johnson and Maguire, of California. Tlie former
if was a stan h advocate of th- measure, and the
r latter was an equally .-arne-st anel bitter oppon?
ent In th- .ours.- of the general debate Mr.
Je.luise.n delivered n. speech in w hie h ho violently
n assailed Mr. Hearst, ut -The- San francisco Ex?
aminer."
Tho language he us-.i ami th" charges them
,. selves wen- bitterly resented by Mr. Maguire.
r ; whe. had prepared a speech ai-tnTrsr th- hill. To
' this he added a fen paragraphs in which he at
", tacked, by Innuendo, the peraonal character of
* Mr. Johnson, an-l branded all the areusations
j afraitis' Mr. Hearal ami himself a., "absolutely
n ami maliciously false." This part ..f the sp.h
; he did md K>'t time i,, deliver on Saturday, but
i ! under th.- genera) leave granted to membera to
l . extend their remarks In "Th. Record" it sp
peared In thal publication this morning. It may
s , b" added tha; Mr. Maguire's Intention "to roast
1 , johnson" wa. somewhat widely advertised, ami
i tbe latter aaaerted to-day that th- spe..eii was
J I published it: full in Mr. Hearst's San Francisco
I newspaper before it appeared in "The- Record."
Ml: JOHNSON'S CONFE88ION.
Mr. Johnson f.-lt that he could not afford te. |gf.
nor- snell an attack on himself, especially one
! that had not heen openly mad-, and to-day he
j sought ami obtain-d leave to re-ply to i;. Nearly
- I everybody seemed t.. know what was coming,
1 snd when he took th- floor lu- fsced an attentive
Huns- As an orator he possessen considerable
msgnetism, and h ? has alwaya been abie io com?
mand attention when he has addressed that
body, lt waa evident to-day thar bespoke uneb>r
the pp- ii: ? of strong emotion, and several times
h.. hesitated and hla voice broke and faltered.
ll- admitted thsl thirty-four yemro asrn
when h- was twenty-tw i yean ol.] he had com?
mitted un offence for which he- was Indicted In
th- town where he v.ns born and in whie-h he
irre-w to early mat,lin ul. He- did not say what
ih-- off. t. was. but his old s. hoolmate and
fri. :ui from i.o.vho...]. Colonel I'o.ii-, of the Syra?
cuse district, did say H was forgery, Mr.
lohnson removed In California soon after the
indictment was found, inn he vehemently denied
that ie- bel ever concealed '>:? sr.u-ht to con*
ceal hi- identity <>r th" cloud that overhung
his past.
IT- had in nb- complete restitution, lu- said,
aiu! this statement was corroborated by Colonel
Poole, at'l he had ever sim-- been able to hold
up his head in his native town, which he had
vi-:- I m .ii--.' every year during th- last twen?
ty-five yean, ami where lu- was warmly es?
teemed bj milli, who km-.v all alu.ul his e-arly
troubles ami dfsg/aee. In California, and e.spe
clally in Sa. ra men i .. where he bael lived for
mot ? than thirty years, ami where all tin- facts
respecting his early lif- wi re kn ?wn to everj
body, he had I..-, u repeatedl) eli -'-il to ofllce
b> til- suffrages of hi- fcllow-cltlsens, as well
| -.s i. Mae hrethren of tb- oul-:- of Odd F-nlluws
ana "i several ot nee ordera t.. which lu* re?
ferred
MU. MAGUIRE BITTERLY ATTACKED
After these and other statements ..f a personal
Ur. Johnson turned toward Mr Maguire,
win Mi not far distant and poured on bim a
tm????? ? of Invecth ? the- lik>- of which li se-lelo-i
heard in the House of Representatlvea Th
latter's attack on him. and especially the man?
ner oi it. he repeatedly characterized aa "un?
manly, Indi -tr ami cowardly " He several
times referred i" ms colleague as -tiie person
who represents th- IVth District." ami once he
. al!-ii lim "thia human hyena." without being
i-alb ii io ii,i-i- in truth. Mr. Johnson's frank
confession aid his recltsl of th- persecution t"
\iiin ii h.- said he had been aubjei ted on account
of his advocac) of the Funding bill, as well aa
his denunciation "f the "underhanded" attack
on himself, had captured the sympathies of the
House, which ls swift to resent unfair methods
e.f attack mi om of Ita members, and several
of his periods were greeted with general and
gem ions applause.
In the course of hi-* speech he referred to Mr.
Cooper, of wisconsin, who. In the debate "ti
Friday, had denounced him on acci uni of his
violent assault on Mr Hearst, and exclaimed
"If Un- gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr Cooper,
oi Un- gentleman from California, Mr. Maguire,
thinks I am cowardly, Iel either repeat to me
outside ibis chamber what he said inside, and
hla curiosltj will soon be appeased."
During the deliverj of Mr Johnson's philippic
L Mi Maguire oat silent and apparently unmoved,
f bul as soon as he began bia reply r was evident
thal the -hafts had struck hunte. He- declared
thal h" h.nl never said behind any man i bark
what he was afraid to say to his face, and then
he explained whj hla attack on his colleague
I bad met been mad" in open House and In his
presence, Instead of through the medium of
print Mr. Maguire's speech was devoted chiefly
t.. a denlsl of the chances against himself and
to a further defeni a of Mr Hears)
BX PK NO KD FROM 'lill: RECORD '
After a motion to refer th- remarks of Mr.
Maguire to a committee had been rejected, Mr.
Poole moved that the; i.xpunged from "The
Record" in Ita permanent form, and the motion
wac adopted, in doing this, however, it was
necessary to reprodu ? thc objectionable re?
marks, s. thal they will appeal in the perma?
nent editl.i' "Tin- Record" after all
Mt To-, ii- of Minnesota, then moved that
tha' portion of Mr Johnson's speech which had
pr..yoke.l the attack on himself he expunged,
and the rn itlon was reject -d by a small ma?
jority, probably on the fheorj that Mr, John?
son's language and charges were directed
agalnsl a man who was nol a member e.f Mu?
li .-??.? of Representatives, and also i.ause of
the rn ide of Mr Maguire's attack, which seemed
io be regarded at even more culpable than the
language he had employed
Outalde of this Inr Iden i the proceedings were
tam- A num.of bridgi hills and other minor
measures w.i- passed ami al ?"? o'clock an ad?
journment was taken until to-morrow
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)ii> xi x x ice xii: ki to ni: e XP08F.lt.
ERIE I'Hi'VIV \l.MsiPii si". STEAIalNCM M I IX BE
HADE TIIK siimi: ' "I" laEQAIa I'ln " 'BB! UNOD
Huffalo. .ian Vi A crimlnsl action agalnat aome
Individual arnneeted with the managemen' of the
Erle i '.iunl > Almshouse, or s civil sull sgslm
or mot- Individuals connected with the manage?
ment, will be commenced by the e;,??i Oovernmenl
dubs in tbe litter p.rt of tils Weeli or the early
pa rt of next.
The ape lal committee appointed by ihe cluba to
Investigate the management of the Institution snd
ti,,, leveral abuses thal are slleged to exist therein
\m said to be m possession "i sbsolute pr....r of all
manner of thefts Wini Ihe accused p-r-.ms .,r,.
no memben an trilling to say, but they admit
,?,.,, thej ..t. a. po easton o| the proofs, an re
'"-in what ? t] bas this stealing been going on?"
?? ,. asked of A. .1 Robertson, one of th.- most
active spirits m the Oood Oovernmenl Hubs com
"'?'ii',',iin..-' every tray thst human Ingenult) can
devise." w.e^ the repl) "H '?- bardi) proper r..r
m,. ,,, M) st Hus time Ju^t exactly how it has
I,,.,.,, done AH thal ll is proper to -..> for publl
, mon is lhal the committee freim the .-lutis win
?rlthtn the next ten days begin either ? criminal
,,,. , u ii .,.non arith -I view to bringing about ^n
offl. lal and thorough Investigation ol' the manage
ii.. ni of the almshou u
?ll, ,| ? ,?* ..ii ii..ii Mr. Robe rt*.ni i ould be induce d
,0 M, xhi i ? In some quarten thsl the
action will be agalnsl aome of the gupervlson who
hsve used Ihelr Influence for the purpose of obtain
In?. pal.,,;.- f..i- dealen who !i?ve- been s-min*
to "ki . iheir palm
RU8SIA DEEPLY CONCERNED.
SHE MAKES CURIOUS INQUIRIES CON?
CERNING THE NEW TREATY.
ACOORDDra TO "THK CIIUONICKK" OF LONDON*
AMKRPA MAY MAV MPT THK WORLD
WITH TIIK MONROE ls ie THINK-RUS?
SIAN INTl.fKMK MAY HE DI
RMCTBD Tn PRFVKNT THR
RATIElCATtOM OK THK
ALLIANVK.
London. Jan. 12.-'The Chronicles" Wash?
ington correspondent telegraphs that Hussla
has been most keenly anxious tn obtain kaowt
edge regarding the tre-aty of arbitration Just.
Signed bv the representatives of Great Britain
and the t'nited States. He' Bgyi that during
the negotiations the Russian Minister to the
United Siatvs asked Secretary olney whether lt
was a treaty e.f e.ffenee and defence, ami
wh'-ther lt committed the two countries to an
alliance.
Mr. Olney, according to the correspondent.
replied that in the ordinary diplomatic ac?
ceptance of the.term lt was not such a treaty,
but lt was an alliance with (ireat Britain In
support of the Monroe- Dextrine. Great Britain,
by the terms of the Venezuelan treaty, havins
acknowledged the validity Of the Monroe Doc.
trine, whie-h hitherto she had affected to re>
gard as merely the Ipse dlxlt of the United
Btatea, nol having the force of lnternatlemal
law.
"The Chronicle" vouches for the correctness
e>f the foregoing, and asserts itself to he in a
position te. declare that the American Executive
hol'b- that with Or.?at Britain's support the
dsnger of European interference In the Western
Hemisphere vanishes and the t'nited States be
. onie.-, supt- nie-. This, the paper says, was one
of the chief reasons that caused the United
stat.-s to endeavor to aecure the tre-aty The
American Government new dues ned fear that
any power will queatlon the- Monroe Doctrine.
It .nbls that Russia rt ore than e.ne-e e.ffered
assistance to the t'nited Stales when the r.-la
Hons with Great Britain threatened to become
ruptured. The Secretaries e.f state recojrnlzeet
that th" eiffe-rs were- not prompted so much by
fri-ndshlp for the United State-s aa by enmity
for England. if Russia has any Influence in
Washington lt will be directed to preventing
Hie ratification nf the- treaty by the Senate.
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HENRY WEITE GIVES A DINNBE.
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SENATOR WOLCOTT MEETS SOME DMTIMOCIgRED
ENGLISHMEN IN LONDON.
London, .lan. li Henry White, formerly Secretary
of the America i I*egatton lure, gave s dinner to a
number of distinguished public men last night,
w th thc object of enabling them to me-t Benator
Edward (i. Wolcott, of Colorado, who la visiting
Europe In the Interest of bimetallism. Among thos,>
present wer- the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary
of st.-it- for War: Arthur i. Balfour, FIim Lord of
the Treasury, and Government leader in ihe Hons..
of Commons; Lord de Rothschild; William Court
Gully. Speaker of the Hous ? of ('omtrnns, and Her?
bert Asquith, formerly Home Secretary.
THE ILL-FATED VIGER EXPEDITION.
ALL THK WHITES Wi> 'iii NATIVE e'ARRTKRS
KULKI. ONLT SEVEN KROOMBN ESCAPE?
THK MURDERERS TO BE PUNISHED.
London, .Jan 12, Dispatches received st the
Foreign Ofllce this morning confirm tin- previous
re-peirts of the massacre l.y wil.l tribesmen In the
territory of Hie King of Benin of the members of
a British expedition, which left the coast of Upper
(Juinea on Jsnusry l. Intending to proceed to Benin,
in lhe Niger ''oast Protectorate
The e ou;)riii.iior.v reports say that ai: ot tte
e.'ites comprised in tho expedition, together with
243 native earrlen, were killed, and that only seven
K'rnom.-n escaped, The expedition consisted of Act?
ina Consul-Oeneral Phillipa, Major Copland Craw?
ford, Captain Belsraaon, who was the eommandant
of the fore- of the Niger ''.-nsf Protectorate; Cap?
tain Malina, belonging to the same fore*: Me,srs.
Campbell and Locke Consular officials; Dr. Elliott,
Messn, Powli ind Gordon, civilians, and a number
of Kroomen and native earrlen.
BBITI8B OVIANANB 8AT18FIED.
THKT THINK ENGLAND HAS THK HKST eiF IT IN
THK VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY AGREEMENT.
Washington, ian. |J The tirst British Guiana
papen published since the agreement on the
Venezuelan boundary question between this coun?
try and England reached the Btate Deportment
to-.lay. dsted as late as D-.mber ZS. They show
that the whole arrangement, particularly the fifty
year clause, ls highly satisfactory to the colonists,
who con,--;.i-r tii.it On it Britain has the besl of
the bargain in every way. While the utterances
an ..inti.ms. tin- papen express gratification "that
Greal Brltaii a is able to secure its ends without
hiv recognition of the Monroe Doctrine."
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INOTEER CALL I'oR BRITI8B CEAEITT.
Mi:. CHAMBERLAIN ASKS THB LORD MATOR <>K
LONDON TO OPEN a FUND POR Tin: sri'
rERERfl IN MONTSERRAT.
T.onelon. Jan. 12.?Josenh Chamberlain, Becretary
of Btate fm- the Col ales, has asked the Lord
Mayor eif London to open a fund for the relief of
the itifferere by the recent devastating flooil in
\|... i -ii-.it. one of the British Wesl india islands.
Lord George Hamilton. Becretary of State' for
India, has Informed the Lord Mayor, who a few
.iav> ago opened b fund for the famine sufferers
iu India, thal the famine, In.-lu.lim: loss of revenue,
would eosl the imii.m Treasury between ti.nao.flnn
and W.000,000 The money devoted by ihe Govern?
ment "e imba to the relief of the sufferen pro
viii.-, them with ? bar.- subsistence, The private
lubscrlptlon* will be managed by a central rom
mit ic- in Calcutta. These funds will be devoted
to providing comforts for the si k and aged, sup?
porting children who have been made orphans by
the t.itnine. etc.
18 IT TIIE DREAD DISEASE'
K woman e,s BOARD THE IMPERATOR, QUARAN?
TINED at SUEZ. IK THOUOHT TO BE il*P
PERINO WITH THK BUBONIC PLAOUE.
Suez, jan !- 'nn- Austrian stesmer Imperator,
'rom Bombay for Trieste, arrive.l here to-day.
tmong her pasaengen is an Engllah woman who
s iii. and whose symptoms aroused the suspicion
!; ,. mht li suffering with 'h.- bubonic plague, ihe
Unease thal .- now nvaging Bombay. As ? meas
ire of pi. .-.lotion tti" vessel wu- placed In quaran?
tine,
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SIR Ellis A. BABTLETT, Xl. E.. EOEOEED.
?Hi: SULTAN I'Ke ORA!'Ks KIM IM REOOONITtON
OP Hl< SUPPORT IX Tin: ROUSE
i-i-' ? OMMONfl
Constantinople, Jim. ll?The Sultan to-day gave
ti audience to Blr Bille Ashmead Bartlett, ? mern
?r Of Hie Hrltlsh H.ms- of Commons, who hu
.... n a persistent champion of Mis Majesty In Eng
,,i-,l At the end ot the Interview tha Sultan c,?,
erred noon him the decoration of the Order nf the
Aedjtdleb In recognition of the support Slr Elba
ias given him.
lt. g. CBILTON BOUND FOB Roxie.
?UU'.r OT THE OONBULAB BUREAU ABROAD IM
IPBCnNQ THE UNITED STATES
HMVICE
Komi- Jan U Kobe-it s Chilton, Chief sf the
?onsulsr Buresa of itu- Deportment of Btsts al
Vaahlsgton. who is oa s tour of lns|.Hon of tha
nlted States Consular service, is expected to ar
iv. iii this e-lty to-morrow. Mr. Chlttoa baa al
..ni. inspected lhe A inert can Consulates in tba
fi.i Kingdom end Pram -. and before his return
n the United Slates will visit those throughout hu
ope and in India, China and Japan.
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TO SOUTHERN RESORTS
FLORIDA KAST LINK Atlantic fount Line
nel Plant 8yste?m. via Washington. Richmond,
"h.irleBton. CI? snd :61 Broadway. N. T - (Advt.
j TRADITIONS SET AT NAUGHT
j HOW THE ARBITRATION TREATY CAME
TO BE PUBLISHED.
IBCRfTARY OUBI gMPEASISM un contkmp*
FOR THK SKXATK UV UIVINe; tr TO THE
e'ORKKSPONHKNT OVA LONDON PAl'KR
ANH His eiwx OROAK IS BOSTON.
[BT TELEORAPM TO THK TPIBtNE.)
Washington. Jan. 1'-'.?There Ih an element of
I Irresistible humor in '.he- prompt publlcatle>n of
the Arbitration Treaty whl.h only those can
fully appreedate who have noted the anxious
care of foCUMT Secretaries e>f State and thi- mem?
bers of the "deliberative branch" e,f Congress to
keep the Ame>rican publh- ignorant e,f things
that most vitally *-on?'?'tu the-m. The Senate
has nnt quite sue-e-e.-de'el yet -it probably never
will?In looking with philosophic calm e,r In a
* spirit of resignation upon what seems like a
' premature and wholly Indefensible publle-atlon
eif a secret document, feir occasionally the shock
its sensibilities receive when ? treaty finds its
way Intei pul.lie print before utile ial promttlga
| Hon ls .strong enough tei rouse it int>? esttlng e?n
; foot a solemn Investigation. The last of these
Investigations was the result nt the publication
in The Tribune- eif an extradition treaty with
1 e;re.at Rrltain, as. Indeed, a similar Investigation
i .mime years before had been the ontCOHM eif the*
j appearance fn the columns of Th.- Tribune of the
! more important treaty which subniitteil the Ala?
bama claims to arbitration, and created the
Oenera Tribunal.
Neither Inve-stlgatinn lcd te) any pia. thal re?
sults, of course, in the- one ease the correspond*
ent of The Tribune suffered for a sheirt period
the discomforts e>,' CongTsflonal Imprisonment;
in the other. Inatlgated by Mr. Dolph, of OregoR,
eighty e.r nv,re full grown men swore each ether
anel solemnly declared that never?no, ne rer hst!
I any one of them breath-el tei a living soul, mue-h
| less parteel with, anything in any way connected
with the executive Keelong of tti. Benate.
TRIPLING WITH SENATORIAL "COURTEflY."
Secretary olney punctures much of this mys?
tery, using no phillie-- tem for th- present, with
as much unconcern as he would display In tak?
ing a tish freim the hook. Ile has already ex?
pressed his contempt for Congram by infirm?
ing it that th>' Executive branch of the Oov?
ernmenl will snap its fingers at anv resolution
the two houses may pm s. e\.-n though by a
two-thirds vote, touching the recognition of
Cuban indepenelence. He now emphasizes thar,
contempt by treading under foot th- tenderest
tradition of the Senate, and ignoring the Btttch
prised privilege of e losing its e]oe,rs on the pub?
lic anel surrounding its ib-liberations with awe
inspiring mystery. No Becretary of state be?
fore him has ventured to trifle arith thst delicate
thing known as "courtesy to the Benate." No
member of the Cabinet certainly not Mr. Oeve
Isnd's?haa ever haaarded laking so Independent
a atop as publishing a treaty OT SH] mm USMttt
of importance without tirst obtaining pingla
sion to do so at the- White House. In respect to
this matter. Mr. Cleveland seems to inspire in
his Becretary Of BtSte ne. more- aw. than does
Congress. What the Senate will do when ll re
covera from the sheie-k cannot, of course, itu
surmised, lt will be something terrible, so
doubt.
But Mr. fdney ls eiriginal as well aa cour
ageous. No sip h original conception, certainly,
entered the brain eif any of his pred.seora
and some- of the-m might reasonably be consid?
ered distinguished- an that of choosing sn Eng?
lish newspaper aa the proper vehicle of communi?
cating to the American public what ba desires to
say. eu- what lie thinks it i.s e-ntiiled to know la
regard t'i the conduct eif fon-ign relations ThS
method has possibly eomethlng t.> recommend
lt to Mr. Olney. Il tnuy #-,,n t.e sSSUmsd thst
it has decided ail vantages, or Mr. Olney would
not be likely to employ it. A gentleman, indeed.
of Mr. Olney's quick intuition. Judging from
many of his official acta, is apt to keep constantly
in mind ami give practli -il Illustrations of the
memorable proposition lab! down by the late
Creston H. Plumb In a moment of grim humor:
"Public offlce ls a private snap."
FURNISHED TO "THB CHRONICLE."
Whatever the> motives of Mr 'Huey, or Hie ad?
vantages of the method devised by him for com?
municating With ths American public, it is known
that the Ink of the signatures to the treaty was
not dry, and th,- Senate' had nol even begun its
solemn deliberations over the prop-sal to re?
move the injunction of secrecy from the treaty,
before the correspondent here of "The London
Chronicle" received a copy of the document freim
Se. rotary Olney, Tba* h.' hael the right to dei
so nobody will deny, of course. Mr. Low, the
correspondent of Tlie Chronicle," ls tbs corre?
spondent likewise ,.f "The Boston Olobe." timm
Secretary's political home organ. It ls reason?
able to suppo.se. therefore, that Mr. Olney knew
exactly what he was doing, even If he had never
heard of the Plumb aphorism before. Mr. Low
is to be> congratulated, Of course-, and very de
servedly so, for being in a position to "work the
snap." and Mr. Olney is worthy of th.- highest
praise for creating an element of hilarity In an
otherwise elull ami dreary situation.
Whatever criticism may attach to Mr. Olney**
peculiar methods of letting ala countrymen
know what the Slat" Department la occupied
with, th.-r- is very great unanimity of opinion
that he has done a very wise thine in ghlng a
bia.-k eye to the' fetie-h o." mystery-mongerlng.
Most newspapers no doubt woubl prefer furnish?
ing to th.-i. readers news touching the foreign
relations of this country by way of London, thin
not furnish it at all. Why. then, find fault with
Mr Olney'a peculiar methods?
SOME ENGLISH TTEWS.
WELCOMING THE "ERA OF r.eiOU
FEELING."
LORD SALISBURY, SIR .Tfl.tAN PAUNCgTOT^
PRRSIIHEKT CLEVELAND AND BSCRBTARY
e.l.NKV COMMENDED POR THKIU BER>
VICES SENATOR WOLCOTT and
TIIK BIMBTALLISTS
IRV e-AHI.K TO THK TRtBfNK I
London, Jan 12.?The signing of the arbitration
treaty between th.' United states ami England
luppliea the leading topic for editorial comment
n nearly every London Journal. Th" afternoon
press profits by the exclusive publication of the
text 'if fifteen arlie].rn of th" treaty In "The
Dally Chronicle's" largest type, and discusses the
lUbJecl more Intelligently, but possibly 1-ss hope?
fully, than th" morning journals, which, with g
dngie exception, were In tho iiark. How 'The
'hronlcle" obtained the t-xt is a mystery which
s not explained. The hiatus in the- text of one
irtie-b'. for whi. li the editor ap..logues as the're?
mit of an accident, Implies thai the entire docn
ne'tit was transmitted by CSMc from Washtng
..n. with an unllnished paragraph whl.h e ..uld
not be tilled oul Thy precnutlona taken
t.y the Foreign Ofllce for guarding otn
?lal secrets ar.- so stringent that it |*
air to assume th.ijt the l.-ak.iKi- in this instance
ooh pla.-e in Washington. Th- Chronicle" ls
?xultant over Its triumph, and Improves the op.
>,.nullity fe.r referring t.. hs owp services In the
nteresl 'if tbs srMtrstlon esuse, vhlch certainly
vere considerable,
Surprise and gratlflestlon ar.- fsneraHj eg
iresssd ovsr the unexpected fa. t that tho opera.
Pm of the- treaty is i ol subject t.. exception or
eserve, ami that not sven Questions affecting
lalbmal imneir He outside its icope. The ireaty
i so comprehensive as t.. provide for avery r*g
ibin smergency, but tin- text ?hours thai ths ns
(otlstora tii-in.s.'Hi's go nol bellevi thal arid.
ration will always be final. 'The Westmln
ter Oasette," by asset ting that Secretary Olney
light have' disputed England's righi tu be In
'an.ida at all under his Inte-rpreiatlon of the
lonnie Doctrine, attempts to furnish a claim
hlch could not bs submitted to arbitration, but

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