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^VOLUME ^YII-NUMBER 97. WHEELING. W. YA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 189& PRICE TWO CENTS.{,^gX 1 SOME UGLY EVENTS Arc Happening in Cuba Requiring Drastic Measures. A VIOLENT AFFRAY OCCURS Dnrlmc"" PaMlUROf ? Cnban Funornl 1'roccmlon la BtrcoU ot H?\;nin-Spanish Privates FIro on the Culiann-Mmijr People 'Wounded. OO .luK OaMUm >.? Q?n?n AcIIOII O* D|iaiUII> OVlUlViB Hk UHUHI DoinliiRO-Four War Vessels Order. cd to Proceed to Havana. HAVANA. Dec. 13.?About 9 o'clock (hli morning' when a funeral procession, Kblch was escorting ibe hearse oontalnInj the remains of John Sotolongo, who ma jellied Sunday night, reached the corner of Infanta and San Jose streets, s violent affray took place between members of the funeral party and some employes of.the military hospital. The following were wounded: Doctor Beunconrt, Cuban deputy for Santiago it Cuba; Rafael Portuondo, Cuban deputy; the Cuban General Vldal; toe Cuban Colonel Armando Rlvas; Francisco S>* "*? TJom.ln n?P. LtTC&tf Uiauvu, a ?? cla. a Spaniard; three women and two children. tiarcla. who was atabbed, may die,and Portuondo was badly hurt. One version of the affray is that the military hospital employes and a number of Spanish privates.who were standing in the hospital portico, refused <o remove their hats when required to do ao by persons in the procession. Thereupon the Cubans, It Is alleged, tried to knock off the hats and a light ensued. The privates fired' Into the procession, th.- w indows of the hearse being broken and buliets (striking the coffin. Knives and pistols were freely used. The procession, which consisted! of 180 carriages. continued to the Cuban camp near Marisnao, where military honors were rendered. There were more than fifty wreaths of flowers from the friends of Captain Sotolongo and the procession and ceremonial were virtually a demonstration against the Hotel Inglaterra outrage. OUTRAGEOUS ACTION Of Spanish Soldiers at Santo Domlugo?They Loot the Town. HAVANA. Dec. 9 via Key West, Fla., Dec. 13.?Attached to the protest aeni last Tuesday by the American evacuation commission to Captain General Castellanos in regard to the violent acts of the Spanish troops retiring from Santo Mingo and Batabano, was a document signed by the Alcalde of Santo Domingo and other civil authorities and notable residents of the town. The document In question relates to incidents of November 27.and was brought ~t>y messenger from Santo Domingo, near the north coast, about 100 miles I west of Havana. The facts were hitherto unknown to the Americans here, the telegraph connections at Santo Domingo having been destroyed ana letters were twin* withheld by *h?r Havana postoffice. The Alcalde avers* that the Colon battalion, Colonel Yaremllla commanding, partially sacked the towri, beat Cuban men and slapped <the faced of Cuban women. Two or three hours before the time for the battalion to leave Spanish privates looted a general store and divided J2.00P in gold among themselves. They then wont through the principal streets shouting out: "Death to Americana, death to Cuba," "Vive Espana," and smashing door* of private houses and beating and slapping any man or woman whom they could catch. A Cuban officer named Ochoa was nearly killed. It Is asserted fhdt the Spanish officers did not restrain their men and they are now accused of having themselves I broken the telegraph instruments. The Colon battalion arrived In Havana yesterday. While the soldiers were marching through Central Park an officer of the battalion ran to a group of Cubans who were standing on th? sidewalk and called upon them, to take off tfidr hata. Not complying, he struck ?everal of them with the flat of his word. On Obispo street just before the battalion reached the wharf, the Lieutenant Colonel, who was on horse-back, harannied the crowd, glorifying: Spain and describing the American? as pigs and d?>CT. The battalion embarked on the Span: | l?h transport Juan Forgas and sailed j last night for Cadiz. ORDERED TO HAVANA. Pour War Vends Inst meted to Sail i For That Fort. WASHINGTON," Dec. 13.?The Brook- \ lyn, Texas, Castine and Resolute have been ordered to Havana. While there is not the faintest desire to convey n threat ia the dispatch of | these warships to Havana, it may l>e j noted that when they lie within the har| hor they will hold the town in perfect I subjection. It I? surmised that the sugi gestion came from Admiral Sampson, who Ik now in one of the suburbs of Havana, as a reeult of the unfortunate eruption Sunday night at the Hotel In- j At any rate the evAnt brought the authorities to ft sudden realisation of the -*:atc of afTairn In Havana and the * Imminent danger of another such outbreak, which perhaps might run into the proportion** of a riot und coat many Innocent Uvea. With only a small force of American aolJiers In Havana province, and, thoae removed at such a distance from the city an -to make It dlfil ult to In time to be of service to th ? American element In the city, now "noiicn to large proportion* by the advent of many hundred commercial men and other* seeking opportunities for employment, the necessity for some protection was apparent. BR POKE DESIGNATED As.Mllllnry Governor of Cuba Alter Conlbrcnco With President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.-MaJor General Urookft arrived In Washington from Fort reus Monroe to-dar an<j waa cloaeted for more man nn nour In conaultatlon with Secretary Alger. He then In company with Adjutant General Corhln, proceeded to the white hou?e and when he returned to the* war department, It waa formally announced that the President had designated him to he military governor of the Island of r'iiha. n new pout which carrle* with It all the control over the military and civil branches of the Island formerly cx relied l?y the captain general under the Bpanlah reglmtw OUTLINE OF TREATY. It Contain! Seventeen Article#?The Treatment of Spanish Shipping in Philippine* and W?t Indira. PARIS, Def. 13.?Extraordinary precautions are maintained br both the peace commissions to preserve secrecy as to the contentWot the treaty. Each commission has two copies, but even the commission attaches are not per muted to peruse the documents. The correspondent of tt>? Associate] Press, however, has obtained from a source usually reliable the following outline of the treaty. Article 1 provides tor the relinquishment of Cuba. Article 2 provides for the cesilon of Porto Rico. Article 3 provides for the cession o! the Philippines for >20,000,000 as compensation. Article 4 embraces the plans for the cession of the Philippines, Including the return of Spanish prisoners in the hands of Tagalos.' Article S deals with the cession of barracks, war materials, arms, stores, buildings, and all .property pertaining to the 6panlsh administration In the Philippines. Article 6 is a renunciation by both nations of their reepective rlalmn against each other and the cltixens oi each other. Article 7 grants to Spanish trade and shipping in the Philippines the same treatment as American trade and shipping for a period of ten years. Article 8 provides for the release of all prisoners of war held by Spain and of all prisoners held b?- her for political offenses committed in the colonies acquired by the United States. Article 9 guarantees the legal rights ol Spaniards remaining In Cuba. Article 10 establishes religious freedom In the Philippines and guarantees ! to all churches equal rights. 1 Article U provide* for the composition of courta and other tribunals la Porto Rico and Cuba. Article 12 provides for the administration of Justice In Porto Rico and Cuba. Article 13 provides for the continuance for five years of Spanish copyrights In the ceded territories, giving Spanish books admittance free of duty. Article 14 provides tor the establishment of consulates by Spain in the ceded territories. Article 15 grants to Spain such commerce in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines) the Bame treatment as to Americans for ten. years, Spanish shipping to be treated as coasting vessels. Article 16 stipulates that the obligations of the United States to Spanish citizens and property in Cuba shall terminate with the withdrawal of the United States authorities from the 1sI land. 1 Article 17 provides that the treaty must be ratified within six months from the date of signing by the respective governments in order to be binding, SOLEMN SERVICES I Attending (ho Obsequies of Gen. GarHa?Archbishop Ireland Preaches an Eloquent Herman. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.?The solemn high mass or tne uatnouc cnurcu ??? performed over the remains of General Callxto Garcia at St. Patrick's church to-day. before the body of the distinguished Cuban leader was committed to the vault In the National cemetery at i Arlington. Inside the church the great crowd was I hushed to perfect stillness, through 1 which the first notes of the organ thrill! ed with the tenseness of silver wire and rleing softly swelled Into a tender harI tnony that seemed to lie more a lullaby than a dirge. The altar was draped In the emblems of mourning and the canI dies stood In black sconces except at the ! foot of the catafalque where the golden candelabra with, their many brunches Mured in the gusts from behind the chancel. The solemn procession moved down the aisle from the door, the coffin borne by a detail of artillerymen. The Cuban flagVvas draped over the silver bound coffin. To the left in pews reserved for them f*a< the honorary pall bearers. General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the United States army; General Law ton and Gen erai JOB Wnerier, wnv ?cic ? ?..* ?..? iirst to greet General Garcia In Cuba; General Shatter, commander of tho American army of liberation; Colonel John Hay, secretary of state; Senator Thurston, whose devoted wife lost her life less than a year ago In visiting the unhappy island in behalf of the Cuban people, and Senators Proctor, Mason and Money. The coffin was deposited before the altar and the solemn high mass was begun. Thoso who officiated were: Rev. Joseph McGee, deacon; Rev. Charles Warren Currier, of Baltimore, *ub-deacon, and Rev. Clarence E. Woodman, C. 8. P. The sermon was by the Most Rev. John Ireland; the absolution after mas? by Rev. George Dougherty, master ot ceremonies, St. Augustine*. Washington, and there were present in the sanctuary lit. Rev. D. S. Barrett I, of the Apostolic delegation; Monslgnor Steven, of the Catholic Indian bureau; Rev. Dr. Rooker, rector of tho Apostolic delegation, and other priests. Archbishop Ireland's Sermon. Archbishop Ireland, in *jis sermon touched upon the solemnity of death, Its lessons and it* encouragement toward n higher Christian life. Of General Garcia'* career. Arch bishop Ireland said: His objects were civil and political freedom, for Cuba. He sought these Ideals with absolute sincerity and dlslnteredness. Under this same principle we must Judge all men, and under such principle does Clod- Judge them. The eyes of the Most High rested with complacency upon soldiers in different camps, for In- different camps soldiers did their duty ss.they understand duty. The soldiers of Cuba fought for a noble principle, the betterment of that country: the soldiers of Spain fought from devotion to Spain and loyalty to their government, the soldiers of America obeyed duty 1n obeying their country and following out Its high purposes. It It In such Hplrltas this at such a solemn time as this that we must look upon the history of battlefields and accept the Judgment of the God of battles as It \e meted out to the nations who have deferred to the arbitrament of the sword. Now the war In closed, let peace and friendship enter into our souIh and reign between America and Cuba, between America, Cuba and Hpaln. J<ct there be upon us the peace of God made manifest among men. There arise before us new responsibilities for America and new re-nnn*ihiiltf<>? for Cubn. For the latter then* oiipmh (ha vlntft of liberty to the Cubnn* to ahow what they ore, to develop their own ulcnte and the reiourroa of their country- If they fall the fault will T)c thelrit. Religious liberty will he "J;?,,,-n, he worthy c?f their Ca'hollo faith and their Catholic traditions. l.et Catholic faith ond Castlllan blood reniiw their beat tradition*. United they have had in the pa?t # glorious history. THE PHILIPPINES - ? Government Attending to the Adjustment ol Affairs IN OUR PACIFIC POSSESSIONS. The Flrnt Thins to be Dodo la <o Repatriate the Spanish Troopa?Proclamation to bo Inracd to the Fillplnos-Ercn If Treaty la not ltatlflod by the Senate None of the Con quest* Would be KollnquUhed by the United States-All tbat Would F?U Would bo iho Treaty. WASHINGTON. D. C.t Dec. 13,-The government Is now giving attention to the adjustment ot affairs In tho Philip, pines to meet the netv cotldltlons and the subject has boen discussed at some length between the President anil secretary of state and secretary of' war, though It has not figured very largely In the progress of the full cabinet circle. 1 The present Intention is to follow as closely as circumstances permit, the course pursued towards the Cubans and Porto Rlcans up to this point. To this end, as in Santiago and San Juan, the first thing to be done is to repatriate <he troops who garrison Manila and the other towno. No dlfllculty is apprehended as to those In Manila, because the men, while on parole are technically prisoners of war to the United States and arc within the lines of American occupation. Some difficulty may be expected In the cases of the SpanlBh troops and clerical prisoners who are 'outside of our lines and within the territory claimed to be In the possession of the insurgents, but It Is not doubted that the latter can be induced to yield ?1 Tn UOiionon thpm up aneir primjucio. in this direction. General Otis, the military commandant at Manila, will (ssue a proclamation to all of the Filipinos advising them of the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States and of the President's desire to accord them the utmost liberty of action. The con, dition, of course, will be imposed that the people prove themselves worthy of the confidence reposed In them and refrain from acts of lawlessness. The proclamation in general outline will be similar to that addressed by General Miles to the people of Porto Rico,though , in detail of course it must be modifies to meet existing conditions. The document had not been prepared up to the time the President left Washington this , afternoon and it will be delayed some , in proclamation for the reason that various members or the cabinet must be consulted in its preparation. The administration is disposed to afford the Spanish Trans-Atlantic Company on opportuniiA' to dontract for the removal to Spain of the Spanish troops ' now in the Philippines, provided the i terms offered are reasonable. This company has already engaged a num?tnnm.hlno />hnrtf.rlnil gome In addition to -those own*d by the company, for the purpose of transporting to Spain the Spanish troops In Cuba. It la believed, however, that all of these vessels will be free In the course of a month to undertake the task of repatriating the Philippine troops. The execution of this task cannot be deferred until the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace, but under the terms of a special article must be undertaken at once. The maximum time allowed by the treaty for the exchange of ratifications Is six, months from the date of signing, so that thin ceremony must take place on or before the tenth of next June. It may be interesting to know in this connection. that a failure on the part of the United States senate to ratify the | treaty ivould have much less effect than has been anticipated by the public. None of the acts that have gone before ; would be necessarily recalled, and the United States government would not relinquish any of Its conquests. The Philippine* would be ours, being in possession thereof. Porto Rico and Guam v.oi/vr.M' no havi-iml nnn?tlon. and we should dominate Cuba with a mlll! tary government Just as before the act of rejection. As* a high authority put It to-day, all that would fall would be the i treaty. _ BAILEY'S PROTEST , Against General Wheeler and Others, as Members or the House. WASHINGTON. Deo. 13.-Hepresent, atlve Bailey, of Texas, has decided to ! raise the question of the right of Major General Wheeler to participate In the 1 proceedings of the h9use shoOld he attempt to exercise the privilege of a member. He will also raise the question i agaJnst either of the three other members of the house who entered the army during th? war with Spain, Messrs. Bobbins, Bep.. of Pennsylvania: Colson, Hep., of Kentucky, und Campbell, Dein., of Illinois. None of these members of the house who entered the mill tary eervice nan jiaincipuieu m mc proceedings since the session convened, either to introduce hills or vote upon roll call, but last Saturday night General Wheeler attended the Democratic 1 caucus. An none but Democratic memt bera of Con press are members of the I Democratic caucus, Mr. Bailey says this raises the presumption that General Wheeler contemplates resuming- his seat In the house. Concerning the point nt Issue, Mr. Bailey said to-day: "I am simply insisting upon nn obedience upon one of the plainest provisions of the constitution. Section 6, Article 1. declares: "That no person holding1 any ofllce under tho United States shall bo a member of either house during his continuance in office.'M BUSS WILL RESIGN Tho Secretaryship of tho Interior at an Early Dato?Hls Reasons. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.?It Is very probable that Secretary Bills will tender his resignation within a short time to the President. He has had tho step under consideration for some time, deeming it necessary that he should be free to devote more time to his large business Interest*. The resignation, It can be stated, will not be due In the least to nny difference with the President or his other advisers, but to Mr. Bliss' reluctance for purely private per wonal reasons to contlnuo lonser in of, floe n? secretary of the Interior. At the time he entered the cabinet it i was fold ecml'dfllcially that he did not Intend to servo out tho term of four yearn, but would retire at some lit tint; opportunity. It l? presumed official ani nouneement will not be nmd<- until the President has chosen Mr. rillss' successor. Secretary BIIh* Ik now in New York confined indoors with a cold. Ills lndl? position prevented bit Joining the presl- I dentlal party on It* trip south. It l? said the President Is contemplating 1 Siring this appointment to the western section of the country. WAR CLAIMS Bill Now in Conference-Senator Elklns I Busy Looking After Interests of West Virginians. Special Dispatch to the IntsUlfsncer. I WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. It?Senator Elklns has been to-day in almost constant conference with tne conierees of tbe two bouses of Congress on the omnibus claims bill, in which many of his constituents are personally Interested. . This bill embraces claims for property destroyed by Union troop* in tbe southern states, during the civil war, aggregating nearly six millions of dollars. It Includes all claims adjudicated by the court of claims under what is known/us the Lucker-Bowman act. The measure passed the house of represen- J tatives at the last session and was sent t to the senate. Thertf it was loaded f down with the French spoliation claims and the Choteau claims, to which the house refused acquiescence, upon the i grounds that the latter two classes of ( claims had been rejected by previous , congresses and a bill for their liquidation which once passed Congress had < been vetoed by President Cleveland, t and by one other president preceding ; him. The bill a? adopted by the house at the last session. Is now in conference. It is expected the conference report will < be presented to both houses within a IC?V Uttjre. The measure carries an appropriation for paying the claims. Included in Ita provisions ore a number of claima of West Virginians aggregating about *400,???. _ Tariff on Lumber. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, D. C.,Deo. 13.?There seems now to be no prospect that the Joint commission having charge of affair a between tho United States and Canada will either now or hereafter reduce the tariff of lumber, nor will it make other concession materially affecting American interests. The hope of Canada was to obtain a concession of 20 per cent reduction on lumber, which would have reduced the rate to $1 60 per thousand feet. This hope, largely through the energetic co-operation of 1 American operators, has been dispelled I and it is not believed there will be any , further efTort upon the part of Canada ] to effect the reduction. i West Virginia Pergonals. ] Special Dispatch to tho Intelligencer. < WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.-Rep- i resentatlve and Mrs. Dayton arrived * "iimino- nnd have rooms at / IICIC tliw ? the Varnum. Representative Dayton < returned this morning from Charleston, < where he had been to attend to u case ! In the supreme court. - i Representative Dorr has gone to Boa- i ton, to remain several days. < Representative Dayton to-day recelv- | ed u handsome souvenir, presented by < Charles Kane, of Fairmont, who is now i aboard the Vulcan, as a volunteer ma- t chlnist. The memento Is a handsomely polished paper weight made of brass i from some of the mountings of the Ma- 1 ria*Teresa, of the Spanish fleet destroy- < ed -off the coast of Cuba, In the recent i war. ^ i President's Southern Trip. < WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.-The President und party left Washington at 2 o'clock this afternoon over the South- j em railway, for a week's trip "through ) the south, the primary object being to 1 attend the peace jubilee to be held iu . Atlanta. Ga., on Wednesday and Thursday of this wee"k. The train will arrive ( In Atlanta nt S o'clock to-morrow mom- i Ing. The following persons comprise the i party: The President, Mrs. McKlnley, Secretary Gage. Mrs. Gage. Secretary ; Alger. Mrs. Alger, Mrs. Secretary Long, ] Miss Long. Postmaster General Smith, Mrs. Smith, Secretary Wilson, Miss , Wilson, Secretary Porter, air*, porter. Assistant Secretary Cortelyou; General Joseph Wheeler. Mis? Wheeler. General Henry W. Law ton, Mrs. Law ton, Captaln L. C. Seherer. Mr. Adelbert 8. Hay. Mr. B. F. Barnes and a number of newspaper correspondents. Tin* President's train, which was exceptionally fine in all its appointments, was under the immediate direction of Colonel L. S. Brown, general agent of the Southern railroad company. Congressional Proceedings. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18.?Today's session of the senate was largely consumed in discussion of the Nicaragua canal bill. Mr. Turpie made the principal speech In opposition to the bill, attacking it on the ground that it Is in the interest of the Maritime company. which he characterised as a fraud and bankrupt. lie moved a postponement of tho matter until after the holiday recess. Mr. Morgan defended the bill and the Maritime company and opposed the motion to postpone. Messrs. oerrjr uuu luiniuin wum uuocu aunuuments materially affecting tho bill. i The house to-day pawed the District t of Columbia appropriation bill without t a single amendment. The bill carries j $6,359,950, which in *176.600 less thun was carried by tho last bill and $2,871,857 1ms than the estimates. The house also passed the senate bill, which was under consideration yesterday to nmend < the laws relating to seamen. All the amendments were rejected. ^ Federation of Labor. 1 KANSAS CITY, Dec. 13.-The most In- < teres ting debate of the Federation of ^ Labor convention so far was brought on c when the committee on resolutions re- c ported unfavorably the resolution of ^ William A. Lossle, of Kentucky, mem- f orallting Congress to puss laws prohlb- s limit (I1C rinpiu/iiiriu VI ,??wiucii uf luc ? government In any capacity. i After an interesting debate, the report t of the committee was adopted and fol- r lowing this action Delegate John F. u O'Sulllvan. of Boston, offered n resolu- c lion urging the more general formation t of trade unions among wage working women an a means ??r bettering their condition. The resolution was referred to the resolution committee. A resolution was adopted, urging Congress to restore the wages of printers In the government printing offices from $3 20 to $4 a day. Nino men lilllcil. BUFFALO. N. Y. Dec. 13.-Nlne men were .killed ond three Injured at Wlnspeare bridge, near Corfu, on the New York Central railroad, to-day. They were Poles with the exception of John \Varm>r, their foreman, who Is among tlie killed. The men were engaged In . shoveling snow. All were f.luhtfully mangled. The men ntnppe-d from one " trn< k to avoid an approaching train, i running in tho name direction ?k tlu.* I llrnt, and were literally s:\nind u a plccta. 0 BRYAN LETS LOOSE liter a Protracted Attack ol Military Lockjaw. AS LONG SILENCE BROKEN lj an Oracular Deliverance an the ?% - ii > <>IA fV\?intrT l/ingori (Uqv vuiurvuv IMUV w..^. I.J. Having Contracted tho War Habit he will now Proceed to Assault the Imperialistic Idea, Wlldi he Claims has Taken Possession of the Peoplo^Harplng on the "Colonial Policy", and, a* of yore, Talking Through hU Hat. \ SAVANNAH, Ga? Dec. IS.?Col. Willam J. Bryan, upon leaving his comnand to-day, the Third Nebraek^ reglneut, gave the following Interview: "My reason for leaving the army was Kt forth la my letter to the adjutant ceneral, tendering my resignation. Now [hat the treaty of peace has been concluded, I believe that I can be more jscful to my country as a civilian than i soldier." Colonel Bryan then proceeded to tbe llscusslon of public questions, ssylng: "The people of the United States harntr rescued Cuba from foreign control, nay now resume the decision of the donestic problems which confront this na:ion and to the consideration of the new luestions erlilng out of the war. "I may be in error, but in my Judgment our nation is in greater danger lust now than Cuba. Our people deended Cuba against foreign arms; now hey must defend themselves and their lountry against a foreign idea?the col>n!al idea of European nations. Here:ofor? greed has perverted the government and used its instrumental interferences for private gain; but t\o\P the ,*ery foundation principles of our government are assaulted. Imperialism. "The imperialistic idea is directly anlagonistic to the ideals which have >een cherished by the American people linee the signing of the Declaration of independence. Our nation must give up iny Intention of entering upon a colonial policy (such uh is now pursued by European countries), or It must abanlon the doctrine that governments d6ive their just powers from the consent )t the governed. "Jefferson has been quoted in support )f imperialism, but our opponents must listlngulsh between imperialism and expansion; they must also distinguish between expansion In the western hemisphere and on expansion that Involves js in the quarrels of Europe and the Drient. They must still further distinrulsh between expansion which secures contiguous territory* for future settlement and expansion -which secures us ilien races for further subjugation. "Jefferson favored the annexation of accessary contiguous territory on the tforth American continent, but he was >pposed to wars of conquest and expressly condemned the acquiring of renote territory." When asked how the colonial policy :ould be prevented. Colonel Bryan said: As to the Treaty. ' "Some think that the flght should be made against ratification of the treaty, uut I would prefer another plan. If the :reaty is rejected, negotiations must be renewed and instead of settling the luestion according to our ideas we must settle it by diplomacy, with the possibility of international complications. It will be easier. I think, to end the war it once by ratifying the treaty and then ieal with the subject ki our way. The issue can be .presented directly by i resolution of Congress declaring the policy or the nation upon this subject. rii? President. In his mcssatre. says that iur only purpose In taking possession of 2uba ls> to establish a stable government and then turn that government aver to the people of Cuba. Congress ttuld reaffirm this purpose in regard to Uubn, and assert the same purpose In -egard to the Philippine islands and Porto Rico. Such a resolution would nuke a clear cut issue between the docrlne of self-government and the doc:rlne of imperialism. We should reserve a harbor and coaling station in ?orto Rico and the Philippines in return for services rendered and I think we .vould be Justified In asking the same :onces?ion from Cuba. in the case of Porto Rico, where the )eople have as yet expressed no desire or an independent government, we night with propriety declare our wlllngness to annex the island If the cltiten? desire annexation. But the Philipline islands are too for away and their jcople too different from ours to be anlexed to the United States, even if they lesired It." Colonel Bryan leaves Savannah toilght for Washington and will arrive here Wednesday afternoon. He In:end? to enter actively Into the fight igainst the colonial policy. Sheet; Steel Advance. ntwnantmfiir T?? rtM 11 T>?t?wka ril l fdl'nvin, i am wiivi *,?.? viivx.., m all grades and gauges of black steel ind galvanized iron will be advanced >robably from 10 to 13 per cent over irescnt rates within a> few days. All luotatlons at present prices have been irdered withdrawn. The new prlco list r now being completed by a committee >f the Iron and steel sheet manufacture rs associations appointed for that purtoee the aclvtnce In prices will be in conormlty with i'he recent general td-vonoe In the price of rteel ind ih?* advance in the price of sprltor lied In th?? galvanising process. The lotion Ik the r?*?ult of an important neetlngof the Iron and stool sheet manifocturers association, held at the ofllee if Secretary John Jarrett. In this city o-day. A Costly Transfer. MILWAUKEE. Dee. 13.-Thc transfer tf a piece of gold mining property mown as the Dahlonega Consolidated Sold Mining Company, of OoorRla, of vhlch Christian Wahl, of Milwaukee, vas the owner, required an outlay In evonue stamps of $9,180. This amount is laid to ii > I no largem on recora in me ilctory *if revenue omce of the United 1 ttntes In tiic transfer of one piece of iropertKKilled nud F.itivu. ANTWERP, Dec. t.T?-The steamer ,oopold- Vllle, uljlch ha* Just arrived lere from Afrlen, with Cong^ advices, eport* thftt four Helfrlan trnderw have io?>n tell led end eaten by tho nntlveii <tf : rbahghl. A punitive force, it is Ito wild, has been dl?patch<d to that Isirlct, FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. | Why VT.'T. Talbot, ?h? Democrmtlo Legislative Claimant in tlie Lewis-Webster District, Left toe Parts Daknown. Special Dispatch to the IntslUgsnetr. . ,5 ADDISON, W. Va., Dec. It?V. T. i Talbot, the Democratic claimant to a ?,! cat In the legislature from the Lewi*- ' i Webster district. is In very ?arioos trouble, and on Saturday sight he hastily left town under cover ot darknen. The cause of his sudden departure la ^ that he Is charged with the rain of si ' 1 ,V. J?... ' " ?vu?B ??? wo uauniiier ut TOO vt ura most prominent clUsena of tl>? place. A! ,. : ;{j warrant has also been sworn out (or Ml ; orre?t for Jumping- a board bill of SR due the same family tnto whose homo : be has brought grief and disgrace. Officer* are now In pursuit of him, utf ; If captured, he will pay dearly for Ma offenses. At the same time this wouldbe Democratic law-maker, and present fugitive from Justice, was robbing Ma victim of her virtue, blighting her fu- ; turc and bringing bitter tear* and troth ble to her aged parents, be was poll- > tlvely playing the role of a Sunday; school secretary, and taking an active part In Sunday school work. It Is the opinion here that If he succeeds In eluding his pursuer* at pre*ent, he will not even dare to turn up at ; Charleston to occupy the seat In the legislature which Is being stolen foe , him by the Democratic machine. , 'J. A REGISTER ROORBACK. > | That "Secret Caucus" Alleged to' have Been Held in Washington thq Most Ridiculous of Falsehoods. | Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13.-The j sensational statement that a secret cancus was recently held here, and that It was decided to Invoke the aid of United, ' > States troops to secure the organisation , J of the West Virginia legislature toy the /; : Republicans, and that President Mc- ".J Kinley had consented to such a scheme, is pronounced to bo without the slightest conceivable foundation. The statement that Senator Elkina < was a party to such a proposition is de- ^ nounced by him an absolutely false in every particular. At the same, he says, -j ho does not believe the people of th# state expect him to notice a canard so baseless and absurd. Houso Breaker Pardoned. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON,W.Va., Dec. 13.?Gov- | ernor Atkinson to-day granted a pardon to Frank Mann, who was convicted of house breaking, in January, 1891, and sentenced to ten years In the penitentiary. The petition for pardon was signed by all the officers of Summers coun? i GAS TANK COLLAPSES Cnrrjinff Death and Ddtrnction With 11?Contractor Arrested. "V NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-The great steel gas tank of the Consolidated Gas Company at Avenue A and Twentieth street, the largest of Its kind in the v-j world, collapsed at 5:30 o'clock this evening. It went down with a crash and roar like a great explosion. It Is not known how many were killed and injured. " jj The dead so far recovered are: An- / drew Wendt, workman; Pios Baura, cnI tri.mor In adiarnnt factory. The injured: John Gray, seventy-five 'j years of age, watchman, will probably @ die; Catherine O'Conncll, four years . old, leg: fractured; Mary Ann O'Connell, aged nineteen, badly lacerated;: Timothy Dunn, aged fifty-five. Green- ' $3 point. L, L, general contusions; John Wagner, aged thirty-eight, general contusions: William Kane, general con- gg tuslons; Charles Quigg, aged twenty- nine, severely injured about the body and face; Peter Walker, dislocated shoulder. About fifteen others, so far as has been learned, were injured more or less v. severely, or almost drowned. J James O'Connor, foreman In Fuld- H ner's factory, adjoining, and believed to have been in the basement with Engl- J neer Baum, who was killed, Is missing. 3 Workmen were shot out of the fac- '. ] tory windows and carried a block or 1 more as if mere straws. Women were washed out of the flats j in the first floors and almost drowned. W. J. Logan, of the Logan iron works, of Greenpolnt, L. I., the contractor,who was building the tank, arrived on the scene within a few minutes after the collapse and was at once placed under. arrest. William H. Bradley, chief engineer oe the Consolidated Gas Company and said to bo Jointly responsible for the work with Contractor Logan, was also is placed under arrest. Both were charged with homicide and their bail was placedat $10,000 each. llathci* Eventful Career. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 13.?A special to ^ the Post Dispatch from Cairo, HI., says: Mrs. George Tanner, wife of the hotel ! keeper who recently killed himself, to- ;J| day ended her own life with a dose of poison. In a letter written after taking ii (he poison, the woman says she could not live without her husband. On November 25, 1S92, Mrs. Tanner, whose maiden name was Kittle May Hams, shot and killed Captain Hansom Sampson, a river man in the Planter's J louse, Cairo, jus. nne put iwo nuuem jki Into his bride of but a few wockH and *M then attempted suicide with the samo pistol. She and the bride, who came v1 from Hickman. Kjr.. recovered. Mis* Sams was tried and acquitted on the charge of murder. Her plea was that % Captain Sampson had promised to ' $9| marry her, but threw her over for the j Kentucky girl. Harmless French Duel. PARIS, Dec. 13.?M. Antlde Boyer, th? Radical Socialist deputy of M. DeRoul- I ode. the revisionist deputy, fought a H harmless duel with pistols to-day, at ti| Tour de Villebon. near Meudon, as an ' out com-' of yesterday's deham during which M. DeRouledo and M. Clauthley, another Revisionist deputy, challenged / u I') .U. icmtvu IU . ?. OUJII UP whitewashed Panamalst." % Wonllior Forecast for To-day. For Wost Virginia, Western IVnnnylvanl;i urnl Ohio, continual low temperature, \i brisk westerly winds, diminishing. Local Temperature. The temperature yesterday, an observed by t-. Sclinepf, druggist, rorncr Market ?51 and Fourteenth streets, was as follows; 7 n? r.i ,. 23 j X p. m t4 a. nt n ' 7 p. m l| :^ *5g 12 m 25 1 Weather?Fair.