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Shoulder to Shoulder.
ARE ON COMMON GROUND
More Than One ]aorm Demanded With
Equal Emphaasa by Demoarat, POp.
ulits and Silver epublicana.
Must Be Settled light.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
New York, Feb. 13-The Sunday Jour
nal prints a letter from" William J.
Bryan on silver and the control of the
next house of representatives. Among
other things he says:
"While it is always difficult to secure
harmonious co-operation between dis
tinct and separate political organisa
tions, there are times when this co-op*
eration is both wise and necessary. In
the campaign of 189g, the democrats,
populists and silver republicans united
in demanding the immediate restora
tion of Indepepdent bimetallism at the
existing ratio of 16 to 1, and they agreed
in declaring that the money question
was of paramount importance at that
time. The question now arises, should
these three political organizations act
together in the congressional campaign
of 1898? I answer without hesitation,
yes. If the democrats, populists and
silver republicans were agreed upon
but one question that question might be
important enough to justify co-opera
tion, although the parties differ on all
other subjects, but those who advocate
the union of the principal reform forces
against the common enemy can point
not to one, but to a number of reforms
which are demanded with equal em
phasis by democrats, populists and sll
ver republicans.
"First-They are unalterably opposed
to gold monometallism.
"Second-They demand immediate res
toration of bimetallism at the present
ratio by the independent action of this
country.
"Third-They oppose the retirement of
the greenbacks.
"Fourth-They oppose the issue of pa
per money by national banks.
"Fifth-They oppose the issue of in
terest-bearing bonds in time of peace.
"Sixth-They favor the income tax as
a means of raising a part of the revenue
necessary to administer the federal gov
ernment.
"Seventh-They favor the abolition of
trusts.
"Eighth-They are opposed to govern
ment by Injunction.
"Ninth-They are in favor of arbitra
tln.ki a means of settling disputes be
tWeen labor and capital.
"Hfre die nine issued which are not
only importanit in themselves, but are
now prominently before the people.
Are not these reforms worth securing?
"These questions were submitted to
the people at the last election, but they
were not settled and will not be settled
until they are seftled right. If the re
publicans obtain control of the senate
and house in the elections of 1898 there
is not doubt they will, by law, surren
der the contract right which the gov
ernment now has to pay coin obliga
tions in silver (of which we are large
producers) and bind the nation to pay
in gold (an appreciating metal, the pro
duction of which is largely controlled
by England).
"The republican party will, if it ob
tains control of congress in 1898, aban
don the system which gives the debtor
the option, and substitute a new sys
tem which, first, permits the money
lenders to choose the coin of payment,
and second, allows them to increase the
purchasing power of the dollars which
they demand to the impoverishment of
the wealth producers of the world.
Should those who oppose this financial
heresy, this child of greed and avarice,
fight each other while the American
peoplf are bounded with fetters of gold?
The administration is clearly commit
ted to the policy of opposing independ
ent bi-metallism. Should friends of bi
metallitsm help the administration by
fightfng each other?
A MASS CONVENTION.
Chairman Patrle Calls a Meeting of
Idaho Sliver epublloeans.
Salt Lake. Feb. 12.-A special to the
Tribune from Market Lake, Idaho, says:
Chairman Patrie of the state central
committee of the silver republican party.
has issued a call for a mass-convention
of that party to meet in Boise Feb. 28,
and a meeting of the state committee
at the same place March 1. He says:
"The administration has finally closed
the gates and posted a notice over the
portals, which, fairly interpreted, reads,
'Let no silver man apply.' " After dwell
ing on the hard times, the fall of prices
and the attitude of the republican party
in congress and the president's utterances
at New York, he says:
"This invitation to meet is extended to
all in general. but in particular to all who
have heretofore been administration re
publicans. but who. because of the latest
utterances of the president and his ad.
visers. have become satisfied that the
party in the East has finally fallen down
in abject worship of the idol of gold."
A Remarkable Run.
Topeka. Feb. 12.-The Santa Fe made
another remarkable run on its Western
division yesterday, eclipsing its former
records by several minutes. Train No. 4,
the &Snta Fe's California Limited, cov
ered the distance from La Junta Colo., to
Dodge City. Kan., 202 miles, in three
hours and 44 minutes. Deducting .10 min
utes for slow-downs, taking water, etc.,
the actual speed was 56.7 miles per hour.
This is faster than the Empire .,tate Ex
press between New York and Buffalo.
A LIumber Deal.
Menominee. Mich.. Feb. 12.-News has
been received here from Tacoma that Sol
Frost of this city. Henry Swartz and I..
W. Flannigan of Marrinette. and G. W.
Fo'st. r of Menomine.'. prominent luml,er
men, had arrived there and purchased
,.asI aeres of pine lands at a cost of
$3ti)n.tl. The lands are near the Oregon
hartdr. A (tompany has been organized
to carry on lumbering operations to be
known as the Swartz-Frost Pine com
pany.
An Eight Hour Day.
New York. Feb. 12.-Samuel Gompers
,tr.sident of the American Federation of
Labor. has been in this city for two days
to. get the unions of this city to ".enter
into the greot movrment for an eight
hour work day. .,orrdn;ng to i'rcecnt
aass of the labort leaders a sWand wIU
be made May 1 next that will Invole
fully a mlmen men. The Federation of
Labor will make this demand in one
trade at a time. and according to the
leaders, great strikes are expected be
fore the battle likely to follow is de
aided.
TO -ESCAPE LYNCHING.
A White Man end a iaelIbreed Charged
With Altalg an Indian.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. l2.-A special to
the Ledger from North Yakime. Wash..
says: Thomas Haines, white, and Charley
Ross, half-breed, were brought to this
city this morning from Fort SBimoe to
escape lynching at the hands of the In
dians on the reservation. One or both
of the prisoners killed Watoose Benson,
an Indian, on Friday last. The body was
only discovered Thursday of this week.
They had a trial before the Indian su
preme court at the fort and the evidence
found against Ross was very strong.
Haines had been selling whiskey to
both Indians, and in a drunken quarrel
Ross broke the back of Benaon and
nearly scalped him and the hair all came
out on top of his head when the body
was dressed.
Ross was wearing part of Benson's
clothes when arrested, and his gloves
were found by the body of Benson. The
trial of Ross and Haines Is set for Thurs
day, when United States Attorney Gay
will arrive to prosecute the case.
OPERATED IN MONTANA.
Pollee Capture a Crook la Denver-He
Had iutte Pawn Tickets.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Denver, Feb. 12.-The police made an Im
portant capture last night in the person
of S. E. Gordon, allas J. McElroy. So
many burglaries have occurred lately
that the police department statione4
men near each of the pawn shops to
watch for the thieves. Gordon appeared
with his pockets bulging with watches.
pistols, jewelry and other goods. His
room was located, where an enormous
quantity of stuff was found, some of
which has already been identified. Two
thousand shares of stock of the Black
foot mine in Idaho, a morocco cigar case
stamped with the name of J. McPhee,
and numerous pawn tickets of Butte.
Mont., shops, show that he has operated
in Montana. Gordon claims to have come
here from Butte a short time ago. Letters
were found addressed to him from a wo
man in Butte and others from Salt Lake
City.
To Change Canadian Tariff.
Ottawa, Feb. 12.-It is officially an
nounced that the government is going to
ask parliament to change the customs
by abolishing the reciprocity clause and
making the minimum tariff apply solely
to Great ritain. and possibly the colo
nies. This has become absolutely neces
sary by the discovery that even with
German and Belgian remtties out ntpffiglj
way. the present tariff would apply to
nearly all the Wirid.
Bow Damaged.
Hull. England. Feb. 12.-The British
warship, Galatea. which was in collision
Feb. 10 with the passenger steamer Mar
bella, has been floated with the assist
ance of tugs and docked. The Galatea's
bow was damaged, but to what exentent
is not known.
DIDN'T COMMIT SUICIDE
BARON HICKEY' DEATH DUE TO
AN OVERDOSE OF CHLORAL.
Father-In-Law Plagier Says He Had AU
That Any One Could Desire-Plenty
of Money and a Good Home.
St. Louis, Feb. 12.--J. H. Flagler,
Standard oil magnate and father-in-law
of Baron Hardin-Hickey. who died at
El Paso Wednesday, will leave here to
night for San Francisco to join his
daughter, widow of the baron. Dis
cussing the death of his son-in-law, he
said:
"A gentleman well known here. whose
name I cannot divulge, has just re
turped from El Paso. He assures me
that Baron Hickey did not commit sui
cide. Personally. I do not believe he
meant to take his life.
"He was a man of highly wrought
nervous organization and for years hag
sought relief from insomnia in the use
of sedatives and narcotics. He was an
habitual user of chloral in variousforms.
I believe he took an overdose. It ap
pears from statements made to me that
he took a dose of the drug without efect
and later took another dose. Ne _er
dose would have killed him, but the
combination was fatal. He had been
troubled with a heart affection for years
and could not live in high altlades.
His heart weakness may have aotdedhe
drug in causing his death.
"Hickey was a man of cheerful nature
and had all anybody could desire-plen
ty of money and a good home. Finan
cial reverses, which might have caused
despondency, overtook him."
After the baron's death there was
found among his effects a letter ad
dressed to his wife. In which, it has
been alleged, was this expression: "I
prefer to be a dead gentleman rather
than a living blackguard like your
father. Goodbye."
The reporter asked Mr. Flagler about
this letter.
"I have no personal knowledge that
the baron left any such communica
tion," he said with dignity. "I was a
good friend to the baron and was ready
to go to his assistance. If he left let
ters tending to show that he was de
pressed, that in itself will be no sign
that he took his life. Among other ec
centricities he had a tendency to met
encholy which some times made him
say strange things."
His Feet Were Frozen.
Special Dispateh to the Standard.
Pocatello. Idaho. Feb. 12.-Winfield
Hughes. who has been teaching school
during the winter near Little Blackfoot.
this et oity. came home this mnrning;
with bth feet seriously frozen. lie had
taken a 12-mile horseback rid, for the
Ipurpres of getting his mail. and on h:
return the horse gave out several miles
from home and he had to walk in
through two and a half fee.t of snow witn
the thermometer many ,degrees l,-.I,w
zero. His condition is quit*- serious ard it
will tw nm.any we.-ks bCtw.re he will be
able to walk again.
('halee C'ruiser i.t,etrhed.
Stettin. Feb. 12.-A third ('hlllnest,. lui-" r
was launchd.1 here, to-dals. Sht. a:
,hristune+d Haishen i,y the t hin.e, Itlll.us
ter at Bitriiin.
I1 :I OF LINCOLN
Th.e O( oo Marquette Club Ob
evp tihe Anniversary.
EX-P IIDENT HARRISON
He Pau at a bquent Tribute to the
Memoey of the Great Statesman.
earet'y Gage Speaks on
Geoanment Finances
Chic go, Feb. 13.-The anniversary of
the-bitth of Atraham Lincoln was gen
e r bit*fohsegved to-day by exercises in
the Lageols sad by various banquets.
The p banquet of the evening,
however,s the twelfth annual affair
of the seiette club, which was held
at the Atortum hotel. Fully 600
members 4 the club were present and
the speech in reply to the toasts were
received Wth great applause. Ex
President sarrison was the speaker of
the evening and his address on "Abra
ham Lincoln" was received with enthu
siastic manifestations of applause.
President E. G. Paulding of the
Marquette club opened the exercises
with a brief address and then Intro
duced Congressman Boutelle of Illinois,
who spoke on "Chicago--a Political
Storm Cmr." Congressman Boutelle
was follow by ex-President Harrison,
who spoke s follows:
"Flattery id not smooth the living
ear of Aa . He was not unapprecia
tive of . hip. not without: ambition
to be es ed. but the overmastering
and do t thought of his life was to
be useful W his country and to his
country me No college of arts had
opened to struggling youth. He
had been n in a cabin and reared
among the lettered. He was a rail
splitter, a 1boat man, a country law
yer; yet, I all those conditions and
assooiations ae was a leader at the rail
splitting, in he rapids and at the bar
and in story elling.
"In the bad common sense way in
larger than y situation in which the
life had pl him. Europe did not
not know hini. lo the South and to not
a few in the Northern states he was
an uncouth jester, an ambitious up
start, a reckless disturber. He was
hated by the South nqt only for his
principles bat for himself. The son of
the "cavaller the man who felt toil to
be stain, de fed this son of the peo
ple, this chd of toil.
"He was distinguished from the aboli
tion leaders by the fairness and kindli
ness with which he judged the South
asters were cruel, but upon reasons
that kindness to the slave did not an
swer. 'All men,' included the black
man. Liberty is the law of nature.
The human enactment cannot pass the
limits of the state; God's law embraces
creation.
"Mr. Lincoln had faith in time and
time has justified his faith. If the pan
orama of the years from '61 to '66 could
have been unrolled before the eyes of his
countrymen would they have said
would he have said-that he was ade
quate for the great occasion? And yet,
as we look back over the story of the
civil war, he is revealed to us, standing
above all men of that epoch in his ca
pacity and adaptation of the duties of
the presidency.
"Mr. Lincoln loved the plain people,
out of whose ranks he came, but not
with a class love. He never pandered
to ignorance or sought applause by ap
peals to prejudice. The equality of men
in rights and burdens; justice to all, a
government by all the people, for all
the people, was his thought-no favorit
ism in enactment or administration-the
general good.
"He had the love of the masses and
he won it fairly, not by art or trick.
He could therefore admonish and re
strain with authority. He was a man
who could speak to all men and he
heard. Would there were more such.
There is great need of men now who
could be heard both in the directors'
meetinr and in the labor xssemhlv.
"Qualities of heart and mind com
bined to make a man who has won the
love of mankind. He is beloved. He
stands like a great lighthouse to show
the way of duty to all his countrymen
and to send afar a beam of courage to
those who beat against the winds. We
do him reverence. We bless to-night
the memory of Lincoln."
Following Mr. Harrison came Justice
David J. Brewer of the United States
supreme court, who spoke eloquently on
"TPhe Ntion's Anchor." the court of
which Me is a member. He was fol
towed by Lyman J. (age, secretary of
the trum ry. who spoke on "'overn
nemt 1Pitances." After giving a brief
tananctal history of the nation during
thecdmtniatration of President Lincoln
and up to the time of resumption of
specie payments in 1879. the speaker
said:
"The expectation existed that redemp
tion meant a retirement, at least a grad
uai retirement of the demand obligd
tions. Statesmen with scarcely an ex
ception, while supporting their issue.
deprecated the seeming necessity and
pleaded for the narrowest and briefest
use of this dangerous agency.
"Why were these notes not retired'
By what strange witchery of the imag
ination has it come about that they are
widely regarded not as evidences of an
unpaid debt. but as money itself? That
has happened which Mr. Sumner fore
boded when, speaking of such forms of
government issues, he said: The medi
cine of the constitution must not become
its daily brtad.'
';We have seen that at the beginning
of the war, with a banking system het
erogenous,. unrelated by any common
laws or rules of action, yet with these
disabilities, the associated banks had
advanced $130,000.000 in gold to the
government withont endangering spe
cie payments. Indeed, the records show
that so rapid were the government
disbursements and so strong the ,ir
culating current. that with the pay
ment of $1 '0.AOt.0K ) complttedl the ,.
ernment's rn serve had beern dep-lhted
only $7.,0,),,S.
"'Ve has\. seen that the interj,-.'ti,,u
of government note: into the 1. ;lI of
'irculation. iinexcusable as it nimc hat,
been. ero\w *ir bank. note issel, isrk
for redemption. oiled the bank i ara lts
with goversnm* nt notes inl Ila.. .f S.a"
sie and led to the suset-nrsion of -l., I"
payments by loth th. Ianks ant th,.
government:. \'iewe'i front the let -n-it
point of tirten there is a crnsn-Ti ofI
the best opinion that had thi,.' trhei
existed a .anking system utul,,m itr
its general tf- attures. oltratl: in all th,"
states, the deralgitig intluu,,-" vf gu -
eminent notes would not have ap
peered; that specie payments would.
have been maintained; that prices of
commodities would have remained
not far from the normal standard;
that the sudden fortunes won from
legitimate industries by speculative
craft and cunning would not have ap
peared in dazsling mockery of a na
tion's distress; that hundreds of mil
lions lost through depreciation of gov
ernment notes would have been saved
to the people.
"It this be true, or approximately
true, the inquiry may be repeated.
Why not out of the inflowing surplus
were not these notes, as the most dan
gerous part of the war debt, returned
and cancelled? Was It considered, is it
now considered, that our war banners
have been forever furled? Resting as
we may in a sense of security as to
peace at home, have all the nations
given us satisfactory pledges against
unjust aggressions from without?
Why do we build warships and spend
millions in coast defenses and maintain
an army? Experience-bitter, costly,
humilltating experience--has taught
that behind the army and the navy
must be a strongly-intrenched treasury
and an unquestionable public credit. A
floating debt, payable on demand, is an
element of weakness. It is the very
opposite of strength.
"In pointing out the dangers of gov
ernment paper money, Secretary Chase
emphasizes the 'ever present liability
to be called on for redemption beyond
the means of payment, however care
fully provided and managed,' the haz
ard of precipitating demands for coin,
concentrated on a few points and a
single fund. It requires but little re
flection to convince the mind that this
danger to which for many years we
have been exposed would be realised
to its fullest, extent in the initial move
ment of a great war. In such a move
ment the folly of our present system
would be fully revealed. The immuni
ties of peace cannot be accepted as
safe conditions against the contingen
cies of war. It is this which justifies
navies and coast defenses. It is this
which not only justifies. but demands
that in its finances the government
shall pursue the policy which shall be
safe, not only in a time of peace, yet
one so guarded and protected that no
surprise can throw it into confusion-a
policy which will always be able to re
inforce the army and the navy with
the supporting power of an impregna
ble credit."
Great applause greeted Bishop Potter
of New York when he arose to deliver
an address on "The Humor of Lincoln."
The reverend gentleman told many an
ecdotes of Lincoln in a most happy
manner and contributed greatly to the
enjoyment of the evening. The other
addresses of the evening were by Pres
ident Canfield of the University of Ohio,
who responded to "Education and the
Nation." and W. J. Calhoun of Dan
ville, Ill., who replied to "Illinois."
~ HAAROING MDETAIMt
List of the Missing Has Grown to Thlrtl
Five--The City Takes Charge of the
Work of searching for the Bodles.
Pittsburg, Feb. 12.-The results of the
terrible fire of Wednesday and the subse
qluent explosions on Pike street continue
to grow in all their harrowing details. At
10 o'clock to-night 18 bodies had been
removed from the ruins, nearly all of
whom were found in the ill-fated Mul
berry alley. This morning six bodies were
found and at 1:30 another was discovered,
all of whom were more or less mutilated
by the contact with flying timbers and
bricks.
The following is a list of the dead ta
ken out to-day: William Edward Finch,
fireman of Company No. 12. HIls body was
the 12th removed. George Edward New
man. Philadelphia. gas inspector: W11I1
F. Doran. Professor James Moxon. David
Benton MeClary, D. A. Geury. John Cos
tlne.
In the associated press dispatches 38
persons were reported missing. Of these
four have been accounted for and three
added to the list of the dead, leaving
.lI still unheard of. To this array have
been added the following missing re
ported since yesterday: James Gibson.
aged :14; John Hunter. aged 35:; Charles
Daver. Robert McCabe. aged 17. This
swells the list of missing to 35. The im
pression is strong that many of the miss
ins have met their deaths when the walls
fell.
A monference of the city oflicials was
hrld in the office of Mayor H. P. Ford. the
result of which was that the city has as
sumed the responsibility of taking full
charge of the work of searching the ruins
ef the tire for those dead bodies that are
sutpposed to he yet buried beneath the
huge pile of debris.
Pittstburg. Pa.. Febh. 12.--8ix bodies
were taken from the ruins of the Vednes.
Iday night fire. They were: Ostram Finch.
;Ge.orge Newman. William Doran, Profes
r,.r James Moxon. David B. Wickerly and
D. A. ;:eary. All the bedles were terribly
britsed and mangled and were found ly
ing close together, and the body of Do
r;n was found lying across that of Pro
fessor Moxon. The finding of these bodies
makes the number of victims It. and there
Is no doubt that others will be found. as
a search for the remaining progresses.
It Was Trnst Money.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Pocatello. Idaho. Feb. 1.--At Black
foot Attorney J. H. Hawley. represent
ing the state, has flehd a petition praying
for an order from the district court re
quiring Recelver Thum of Bunting's bank
to turn over the state funds on deposit
at the time of the bank's failure. In the
petition Mr. Hawley sets forth that the
state's money was held in trust by the
bank and did not become a part of its
assets. and for that reason in should not
he retained by the receiver, but should
he turned over to its lawful owner.
About $3t.tt0 is involved.
A P'alilst's Trip.
New York. Felb. 12--Charly White,.
ian:lnager and train-,r of pug:Iist. is mak
Inc preparatlions for a tril through the
W.st atnd South. it- will tik.k' aCasper
and Binny Leon with him, as h is  very
;ii ~itus to have ilth form. r try ceonclu
s;rns with some of thl. hl.nt!.ms of Ohio
antl K,-ntueky. r'astlr will rihht any of
thim from It;5 to Ill, pa.ds. andl I nny it
"illing to nmiet any lad i i the coui.trr at
it pounds.
Itelieved From Ditty.
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TOOK THE RIGHT COURSE
Unglish Newspapers Comment
on the D Lome Iotrfent,
SITUATION IN THE EAST
The Majority Is atisfied With the State
ments of Lord Salisbury-Treaty
Ports Must Remain Open.
Another Open Door.
Copyright 1isn by Assoclated Press.
London, Feb. 12.-The De Lome incl
dent excited little interest in England,
but the opinions expressed almost unan
imously endorse the position of the
United States. The daily newspapers,
with the exception of the Morning Post,
have adopted the view that the admin
istration took the right course. The
Sackville West incident naturally has
been much quoted, but it must be added.
that it has always been on the thost
friendly terms towards the United
States. What the Times calls a well
informed correspondent, which proba
bly means some one in the foreign office,
writes to that newspaper to-day that
in response to the cable request of the
United States for Lord Sackville West's
recall, Great Britain answered that "no
action could be taken until the receipt
of the language that it was charged
Sackville-West had used." When this
answer was received, it appears Secre
tary Bayard handed Lord Sackville
West his passports.
The weekly newspapers express the
opinion that President McKinley could
have done better to ignore Dupuy de
Lome, and the Statist opines that a
man better qualfled to conduct the for
eign affairs of the United States than
Mr. Sherman would refuse to notice De
Lome and every one partlcipating in the
affair. Continuing, the Statist says it
does not see why President McKinley.,
"who is accustomed to the rough as well
as the smooth side of politics." shows
susceptibility and "objects to allow for
eigners the freedom he admits In the
case of his fellow citisens."
The Spectator thinks the "practical
expulsion of De Lome will produce fresh
difficulties between Spain and America,
although the Incident ought not to
change the situation in any way." Con
tinuing, the Spectator says: "If Presi
dent McKinley were wise, he would
have promptly declared that he-would
not pay any attention whatever to the
purloined private 'letter, however genu
ine. President McKinley should have
publicly called on De Lowe and in
formed him that he do6s not need his
assurance that the letter was a forgery,
hee mbad taste and vulgarity of the lao
guag. being. nple proof 6of th fact
Ifhe had had the nerye or wisdom to
do that he would have Immensely raised
his prestige aboard and in his own couu
try. At the time one cannot be sur
prised that the United States failed to
treat the letter with the contempt it
merited. We don't 'for a moment sug
gest that the executive failed to ignore
it because he was ignorant of diplomatic
usage or because It was not sufcelently
good mannered to be self-restrained un
der provocation. The Americans are as
good mannered as most people and their
politicians and offictals are perfectly
aware of how Lord Salisbury or M.
Hanotaux would have disposed of a
similar letter and can guess exactly
how President Lincoln would have
treated it. It is not lack of manners or
traditions which made the United States
government take the incident too seri
ously, but rather the want of firmness
and savoir faire which has been shown
by the present administration through
out its term of office."
The Spectator is not sorry "the mo
ment may be approaching when th9
United States will intervene to stop the
agonies of Cuba." adding: "Their only
hope is in the United States sternly de
claring that the Spanish troops must
leave, and the Cubans be allowed to set
tile their own fate. That the United
States would be justified in saying the
war must end and that Cuba be given
peace, there is no doubt for a moment."
Madrid advices show that the De
Lome affair has created much surprised
excitement there. The public comments
of the diplomats and the correct press
were generally unobjectionable, but there
was an undercurrent of bitterness on
all sildes. Even some days before the
incident became known there had been
a particularly nervous feeling in regard
to the relations with the United States.
as evinced by the unusual precaution
taken to guard the residence of the
U'nited States minister, Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford. Any rumor, however ab
surd, was taken as gospel in the alarm
ist circles, even although a repetition of
news which was stale weeks ago. For
Instance quite a ferment was caused by
a reference to the fact that 16 United
States warships were off the Dry Tortu
gas and it was taken as evidence that
the blockade of Cuba had already be
gun. The advent of the French cruiser
Dubourdleu at Havana was hailed with
delight by the Madrid press and much
was made of the polite remarks ad
dressed by the French admiral to the
government officials upon the occasion
of his complimentary visit.
These remarks are said to have been
most flattering in regard to the estab
lishment of a new regime and were. It
is said, accompanied by hearty wishes
that peace would soon result from the
establishment of autonomy.
Although the Chauvinists noisily per
sist in distorting the situation in the
far east. the great majority are abun
dantly satisfied with Lord Salisbury's
statement, and there Is reason to be
lieve that they will be still more grati
tied in the not far distant future. When
the government shall be in a position to
lay the papers on the subject before
parliament, it will be seen that the con
duct of the affairs has been in strict
compliled with the principles enun
diated by half a dozen cabinet minis
ters. Of course, the premier is not in a
position to reveal the whole story, as
there is much to settle, but he will be
able to relieve all anxiety with an ex
plicit statement that he will allow no
i"-,er to interfere with British treaties
o ith China which give freedom of entry
to every port which may become open
un.lrr authority or at the request of
any lower whatsoever. By his attitude
in regard to the Kiao Chau bay. the
tdarquts of Salisbury has paved the
mxay for a community of political ac
tion between Great Britain and Ger
many. which will not only produce ex
•s.llent results in the far east, but help
to assure the stability of the great in
t.rnational situation. This is already
-h.w, n by the transfer of Herr De
Tring, the commissioner of Chinese
"usto.ms. to the government service in
:ban Tung urovinc.e he having admit
telty gone to Pekin to
Robert Hart, the
bee director o.the C
Great
is wl fenry °
more far
erance that
port and
Talien Wan when the sl
there. The British
their way to China are th
battleship B1rftieur. the. *a
cruiser Gibraltar. and the.
cruiser Bonaventure. wheg
rivr on March 5th or ther o
Britain will have a
nearly 5,000 tons of w
and France combined in thee
The publicattio of the
Abyssinia will prove sets
rumors of the big Britiah
are groundless. Great
another open door and the
nation treatment in
and local taxation. Kig
dertakes that the caravan
tween Charrar and Zolls
open for British trade and
prevent arms and
reaching the Mahdis whom h
declares to be the enemies of
plrc.
There is little chance of the
of Emile Zola. The mob w
ready to lynch the fury and the
are much more excited than
pear to be. Dislike for
however. in increased and
Laborie's eloquence exert sa
the government is bound to
which case the army may is
nunclamento. The chances are
edly against such an overtlup'.
there is no lack of funds for.
movement. The Jews are
and enraged at their position
parliamentary government. r
There has been a serious spli
the members of the Cambrldge
sity eight-oared crew. At a
meeting there was an at
onctllation, but it was a
Coach Lehmann p
Ward, president of theS
plained that B. H. Howell.
can captain of the Trinity
club, had refused to row
ford and had faltaeasce
the club to do the same.
stated that Howell had
Ward should reign and
should succeed hna. Howse
denounced both chbarges
appealed to all coaeerned to
dlfferences and comsabe Il tS t
of Cambridge rowing. ~
ell to reconsider his de
to assist Cambridge
The outcome is eanltosly
the time to the raee date is
the Interests of Cambrige are
suffering.
The Saturday Review e a
authority that Esr. tGedsb rt
tag from 11l*) ýiekpieis&
the epeciaONe crall ot meRds
bone of tleracee ad othe  1
sDee.lv tle Ols
avannah, ity . ItPyi.
of the city of U4W*
and H. Ies aidtiA.
meanded thtatthets of the
martial this mo4g*. ~hey
the enfereed removal of stone
the quarantine station in 13 s
order of Captain Carter. the
against the accused In this
is that he deceived the city at
nah and forced the sale of the si
aid the Atlantic Contractin~ g
l - -1 l, ll . . . c
EACH SIDE DETER
NO INDICATION OP A
IN TEU COTTON MZU.
Maary Treme C law pyn.
Left fer Caeda-- "
Abeat V11A Wee ;
Boston. Feb. IL--dPvi
the ftorth week of the
atives' strike In New":
ford. Saco and elwlt
still no Indication of *t
ment between .the
employes. Reports froe
ters state that evryt
each side apparenty a
yield a point at the
of the French
places where mtta
have gone to Caad
of the mills decide to It I
it would be dlSeiult to >
ments without egl e
A new feature i tin s
appearance of Cauditan
colonisation entos who ho e
here to Nget French
work and settle theme of thLi
rence river. The Casa a
governments have u4sW to
settlers. The eig
causing the idleness of about 1tl
sons in New Eangltail
satmas Ena Npi eram. Ree
Special Dispatch to the maeag4
Helena, Feb j2-. - . 1hweUr.
Smith. L. D. Calvia YNerI n
W. P. Burton. all of
with the secretary of tallll
articles of incorporatieo a tLhe
Exploration company. The
formed, as the artles stat
pecting for mines of old atl.
other valuable minerals,
territory of Alaska and- thI 
Territory, carrying tfrisht Ohe
up the rivers of Aassdea san
west Territory, burlesg sta r
vessels for said imrpoee" ypeg >
tal stock Is UelJS The
will be at Livingsteo.
IDead to Re nmuals 'T
New York. Feb. I-Advises
Herald's corresponda r bri
Nicaragua and Costa ies.
should President ' ll af t
finally succeed fa tnpreae ih
ptirlt at homne, there IM no rtie
that it will be follwed by
national coasplicatises, .am
Ing war between Nicaragual ,
Rica. +
As Itdeperrlist tsieaa. "
New York. Feb. Tl-Adviese -
Herald's correspondent Ia iU
neiro state that there I
believe that reprseltlattvis a
of Rio Grande do  l,
Catherina and Nines GeIsm
meet and proclaim thair
Brasil and establbh as
public.
Marder sad autatr.
Seattle. Wash. Feb. #-".
wa shot antd kilte
Annen. who asteerwes
two men were partner inl
and had an argua
ters. Both men formerlI L
Neb.