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TELEGKA3IS Cs BKIEF.
SPANISH -A M E RIC AN IS L A NOS.
i'anay ui.vii gents vcere driven from
‘.lie island
Vigor will write a history of his de
triment's work during the Spanish
o ir.
General Hughes has captured the
iwns of Leapiz and Romblon, in Lu
ton.
V Chicago man wants to raise the
Maine.
Gen. Brooke issued his farewell pro
amatiou as governor general of
P'.tbii.
Sam Small is accused of carelessness
i money matters while chaplain of
v olunteers.
At Palmyra. N. V., Admiral Samp
ioti was mustered into James A. Gar-
K-ld post, 191.
General Otis in a dispatch from Man
i reports another uprising in Negros,
. liich he says is not serious.
Gen. Fitkhugh Lee, in an interview
t Havana said he did not expect to
i-ave Cuba until he is retired from the
army.
The president commuted sentences
r death upon five American soldiers
j' Manila to twenty years’ imprison
ment.
General Otis says he has information
tat Aguiualdo, in disguise, is hiding
i the mouutans of lienguet j>rovlnce,
Luzon.
The exhuming has begun of the bod
-es of American sailors who perished
*n the Maine disaster and who have
been buried at Havana.
Mabini, ablest of the insurgents, said
'he Americans (tan end the guerrilla
warfare by establishing a liberal, ae
ire, and fiee government.
The cabinet classed bushwhacking
Filipinos as marauders, and when
night, they will lie dealt with sum
marily.
The supreme court of Cuba lias is
• u-d orders to Judges instructing them
i prosecute severely attempts at
lynching
General Brooke has notified the war
‘epartment. of the death of William
Thornton, •'ompany I), second cavalry,
' Matanzas. of intermittent fever.
It is announced from Manila that
General Young has reported that Lieu
tenant Gilmore and other American
prisoners ire in the hands of Anierl
ins.
Admiral Dewey lias accepted for
himself and Mrs. Dewey an invitation
*.o a private dinner and reception by
he Brooklyn Union league club on
the evening of Feb. 8. *
Democrats will support Senator Ba
, on's resolution disclaiming intention
ro hold permanent dominion In the
Philippines, although America must
l store pc i..• and order.
Admiral Dewey has renewed his re
quest that the Chinese who served
e. ith him 111 the battle of Manila be
.liven permission to enter the United
States without restriction
Controller T farewell findß that Rear
Admiral Sampson whs allowed $519
>o much by the auditor for the navy
.apartment in arriving at the ditfer
i tires in pay in the various grades
dilch the admiral held.
Major General Lawton was shot by
Filipino sharpshooter on the firing
! in' helot - Sail Mateo. Mullets were
utting the grass around him and of
ficers warned him of his peril, but he
t nigh' tl I’lie troops raptured tin* city,
t.iiwton bed at once.
' IIK BOER \V \ it.
fhey hnv a curfew law in 'iolitm- j
eslmrg
Cnlted States Consul litdllis lias
-rived a Pretoria.
The liners are strongly intrenched
long Modder river.
•'he ltiansh army Ist Soutli \friea l
tit he nifi't-ased to 145,000 men.
Denver board of aldermen adopted
■ -solution of sympathy with the hoers. 1
General Muller's total losses in the
l atlle of Cnlenso were 1.097 men ami 11
guns.
Minnesota aud Dakota men may Join
he next Canadian contingent for south
Africa.
Pestei Lloyd, a Vienna journal, says
hat the peace of the world demands
>oer defeat.
it is thought in London that Gen.
Methuen iia- resumed fighting at the
Modder river.
Trinity oßege. Dublin, bestowed a
degree upon Joseph Chamberlain.
* taieh uei caused a students’ riot.
A large force of British troops in
India will it.- sent immediately to south
Africa lie will have 50.000 more
troops and General Kitchener will be
\is chief of staff.
Joseph Kirkland of Chicago, ac
i ompanied by his sister, has arrived
u Loduu from Johannesburg, whence
hey had to tlee with other refugees
tesplte their boor sympathies.
Unconfirmed reports are circulated
n J/ondon to the effect that General
Muller has crossed the Tugela river
Natal, and that General Methuen’s line
of communication in Cape Colony lias
leen cut.
Great Britain has determined on
ueroic measures against the hoers. All
he reserves have been called, and
Isml Roberts of Kandahar and Water
ford has been selected for commander
iu chief in south Africa He will
'iave 50,O()o more troops and General
Kitchener will be bis chief of staff.
DOMESTIC
Chicago December wheat, tinV-
A negro murderer was lynched in
Pennsylvania.
John W. E. Thomas, a weilthy col
ored lawer of Chicago, is dead.
Quartz yielding SBOO In gold to the
tqa has ->en discot >r> ’at Dawson. 1
New England cotton mills increased
t’>c wag ot ab nit 70.000 employes.
Thomas E. Bnrgovne lias been nomi
nated for postmaster at Morgan Park.
111.
Deficiencies in government appro
priations for 1898-’99 are $50,306,311.
Another Encyclical dealing with the
Anglican church is expected from the
pope.
President McKinley says he has not
knowingly appointed a polygamist to
office.
The national live stock convention at
Fort Worth, Texas, may have 5,000 del
egates.
William H. Carpenter, author, poet
and editor, died at Baltimore, aged
86 years.
At Its session in Detroit the federa
tion of labor condemned the shipping
subsidy bill.
Dr. E. J. Finney, one of the invent
ors of the trolley system, is dead at
Fox Wis.
At Richmond, Va., United States Sen
ator Thoma3 Martin was re-elected
without opposition.
The Burlington railroad completed
new freight terminals at Kansas City
at a cost of $250,000.
James R. Keene is reported to have
cleared $5,000,000 during the recent
flurry in Wall street.
One person in every 300 is buried
alive, according to the statements of a
New York physician.
The Greater New York Fire Protect
ive company has assigned. It was
capitalized at $50,000.
Three men held up the passengers in
a Missouri Pacific sleeping car near
Kansas City last inght.
Services in commemoration of the
centennial of the death of Washington
were held in his tomb.
An advance of 10 per cent, in wages
of cotton hands went into effect in
many New England towns.
By a vote of 25 to 24 the republican
national convention will meet in
Philadelphia on June 19. 1900.
A committee of brewers is in Wash
ington to ask for a reduction of the
beer tax from $2 to $1 per barrel.
Dr. W. W. Bryant, the oldest medi
cal practitioner in Sycamore, 111., died
of heart disease, aged 67 years.
At Port (Jervis. N. Y., the national
bank has suspended, owing to a de
falcation of the assistant cashier.
Silver republican leaders issued an
address denouncing the financial bill
which passed the house yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Eads, the oldest
woman settler of Peoria county, died in
Limestone township, aged 80 years.
The United States supreme court ad
journed for the Christmas holidays,
resuming its sittings again, Jan. 8.
Norman S. PeverHl has been arrested
at Rochester, N. Y., for enlisting men
for the British service in south Africa.
Philadelphia has started a movement
to have the republican national com
mittee make that city Its headquarters.
James W. Reis, general manager of
the National Steel company, died at
his home at Newcastle. Pa., aged 35
i yeul 3.
j The Alhambra, the famous conven
tion hall of Syracuse. N. Y., was de
stroyed by tire. The loss amounts to
; $50,000.
Ex-President Cleveland, who is con
fined to his home in Princeton with an
! attack of rheumatism, is reported im
-1 proving.
| William Henry Lee. one of the best
'known hotel men in the country, was
j found dead in bed til his residence in
New York.
Democratic leaders have decided to
make independence for the Philippines
and abolishment of slavery issues for
the campaign.
Arthur Donuer lias been elected a di
r- - tor of tin American Sugar Refining
company vice A. 0. Matthieson, re
cently resigned.
i.ieutenant Thomas M. Mrtimby. Ad
miral Dewey's flag lieutenant, died of
typhoid fever at Washington. He was
II years old.
Charles II Stockton, assistant en
ginecr of the isthmian canal commis
si hi. died ai llreytown Dec. 12 of
typhoid fever.
Although an effort will be made to
enact legislative providing for a Nicar
aguan canal, it is unite certain it will
fail at tliis session.
The American federation of labor
declared trusts harmful, but believes
their extermination will come only by
a natural process.
E S. Karoly of Chicago and liis
brother, C. S. Karoly of Aurora. 111.,
have fallen heirs to an estate in Hun
gary valued at upward of $3,500,000.
The joint committee of building con
tractors and unions voted to abolish
the limit on the amount of werk a
journeyman is allowed to do in one
day.
William Vance Marquis, who was
lieutenant governor of Ohio under the
Campbell administration, died sudden
ly at Bellefontuine. He was 72 years
old.
Army engineers recommend tile con
struction of submerged weir and regu
lating sluices at the foot of lake Erie
to raise the level of the lakes. Cost
$3,300,000.
I he bicycle trust has secured control
ot the plant of the Indianapolis Chain
and Stamping company . Cue largest
manufacturers of bicycle chains in the
country.
The dock at Fort Royal, S. C.. re
cently !nlit for the use of the navy, is
said to he going t> pieces. At least
$51*0.000 will be needed to make it
serviceable.
President McKinley is undertaking
to reconcile the republican factions iu
Maryland with a view to party unity
in that state in the national election
next year.
During tlie examination of witnesses
before the committee Mormon Roberts
revealed tli.it his defense would he
denial of jurisdiction over him prior to
hi* election.
A; tli. special election iu tlie seventh
Kentucky congressional district. June
. Gayle idem i w.is elected over ex
i ongressman \\ o. Owen, who ran as
the fusion candidate of the anti-Goebel
democrats and republicans.
The wife and mother of Roland B.
Molineux were surrounded and jostled
by the crowd outside the courtroom in
New York, where he is being tried on
a charge of murder.
Professor R. A. Fessenden of the
Western University of Pennsylvania
has perfected a wireless telegraphy re
ceiver w'hich is 2,000 times more sen
sitive than Marconi’s.
General Birney, president of the
Anti-Imperialist League of the United
States, controverts statements made
recently by Professor Worcester of the
Philippine commission.
William Griesenbeck, 105 Orchard
street, Chicago, has sued the city for
SIOO,OOO damages because the police
arrested him and dragged him through
the streets Nov. 26.
Whaleback barge No. 115 is believed,
according to a Marquette (Mich.) dis
patch, to have foundered on Lake Hu
ron with all on board, including a
crew of nine men.
Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, formerly
of Milwaukee and for the last eight
years connected editorially with the
New York World, has accepted the
editorship of Harper's Bazar.
Colonel'John P. Hopkins of the Hop
kins circuit will rebuild the St. Charles
theater. New Orleans, which burned re
cently. The new playhouse will cost
$600,000, and seat 3,000 persons.
Joseph Hauser, Sr., one of the largest
and most prosperous fruit growers in
southwestern Michigan, died at his
home in St. Joseph of paralysis. He
was born in Germany May 11, 1843.
Chairman Hanna has appointed
Perry S. Jleath, Charles C. Dawes and
Senator Shoup a committee on the dis
tribution of literature as authorized by
the national republican committee.
The postofflee department was noti
fied that the president of Guatemala
had on the 14th inst. approved the
United States and Guatemala parcels
post convention. It is effective Jan. 1.
By a decision of the Ohio supreme
court the telephones of the Bell com
pany are held to he taxable at their
rental value, estimated at $233 each,
instead of their actual cost, $3.40 each.
The Ohio supreme court has dis
missed the Standard Oil bribery cases
on the ground that the information
does not connect the company with
the attempt at bribery stated in the
complaint.
jhn New York Mary Barrett, 9 years
old. who was terribly burned in a Har
lem tenement fire, died. This com
pletes the extinction of the faintly,
her father, mother and sister having
burned to death In the Are.
Firemen Church, formerly of Val
paraiso and Laporte. Ind.. died in
Fresno, Cal., of a complication of di
seases, aged 73 years. He was
formerly a member of the firm of Ly
man Trumbull &.CO.. Chicago.
Despite the decision of the Illinois
supreme court that the anti-depart
ment. store ordinances are void, the
crusade against these big mercantile
houses is to he continued by the Cook
County Retail Dealers’ association. .
Chairman Aldrich, of the senate com-
imitice on finance, announces his inten
tion to press the senate currency bill,
>vhi< it will be reported as a substitute
for the house measure. Democratic
s nators are expected to vote for it.
The passengers in the sleeper on the
Missouri Pacific's Omaha and Nebraska
City pasenger train were robbed by
three masked men. who boarded the
rain in Kansas City, Kan. They se
cured five gold watches and about SIOO.
The president is said to have signed
the order taking many places out of
the classified civil service as a com
promise with spoilsmen in congress
who threatened to withhold the appro
priation for the civil service commis
sion. •
George Templeton, a negro, shot and
fatally wounded Sanford White, super
intendent of construction at the
Rainey Coke Works. Pa. After White
fell he shot and mortally wounded
Templeton. White died a few minutes
after being shot.
News has been received in Washing
ton that the concession of the Nicara
guan government to the Cragin-Evre-
Grace syndicate is to he canceled, and
that the Nicaraguan government in
tends to extend the life of the Mari
time Canal company.
The state has chartered the Ap
palachian National Park association,
with headquarters at Asheville. N. C.
It is for the promotion and mainten
ance by the United States of a national
park and forest preserve in and among
the southern Appalachian mountains.
Public advocacy of Great Britain's
side in the south African war by Dr.
E. Benjamin Andrews, superintendent
of public schools in Chicago, was the
cause of resolutions being introduced
in tlie city council calling for his resig
nation or his immediate suspension or
removal.
At Dallas. Texas, while on trial,
charged with murder and abortion. Dr.
S. M. Jenkins was shot and mortally
wounded by a brother of Mary Wheat,
one of the doctor's alleged victims.
John Halligan. brother-in-law of Jen
kins. tired at Wheal, missing him.
Both assailants are under arrest.
t'ne Michigan grand jury has found
that the state military loard sold, last
July, to the “llliuois Supply company"
of Chicago, for $10,500. absolutely new
clothing, goods and equipments esti
mated to have inventoried at $53,000.
and afterwards repurchased the same
from a Kalamazoo concern identical
with the supply company.
An agreement was entered into be
tween tiie building contractors of Chi
cago and the union labor representa
tives yesterday under which any ad
justment arrived at by the jolut con
ference for the settlement of the dif
ferences in the building trades will l>e
binding upon the central bodies of each
aud their affiliated organizations.
Ihe commercial lithographers and
i printers of the central west met in
Chicago to consider means of combat-j
ing the present conditions of the writ- j
iug paper market. The sessions were
secret. One of the members said that
the price of paper had been forced up
more than 25 per cent., though the
basic material is just as cheap as ever.
Scarcity of money for speculation,
resulting !u decreased values or stocks,
caused excitement on the New York
stock exchange, stocks being offered at
any price. The clearing house offered
$10,000,000 and lowered the rate ito 6
per cent., checking the decline. A
newly organized trust company and a
firm of bankers and brokers failed.
Their failures being due to a slump in
industrials led to the belief that others
would suffer from the same cause.
Money sold for 125 per cent, at one
time. Sales were 1,650,000 shares,
breaking the record. American tobac
co fell 21(4, Metropolitan 20(4, People's
Gas 14, and Sugar 12%, these leading
the declines. There was a decrease of
$99,285,000 in the market value of
forty stocks. Secretary Gage deposits
internal revenue collections with New
York banks co relieve the market.
These amount to $1,000,000 a day. No
difficulty is expected in Chicago or
other western money centers.
FOREIGN.
The kaiser will visit King Humbert.
The marquis of Queensbury is seri
ously ill.
There is a movement on foot to
abolish the guillotine.
The renowned painter, Alberto Pa
sini, is dead at Turin.
Zola began another campaign
against the French army.
Verdi will found an asylum at Milan
for aged and destitute musicians.
Riviera season threatens to be poor
through the absence of English.
The French government asked 6,000,-
000 francs for fortifying the colonies.
France has given assurances to pro
tect United States interests in China.
Germany demands indemnity from
Siam for the false arrest of a citizen.
General Castro’s troops have occu
pied Maracaibo, Venezuela, without op
position.
The earl of Tankerville (Charles
Bennett) is dead. He was born Jan
10, 1810.
It is believed that Russia has been
granted a coaling station in the gulf
of Persia.
Walter Shanley, a well-known civil
engineer, died at his home in Montreal,
aged 80 years.
A serious tightness of money is re
ported from Berlin, where rates of dis
count are rising.
Germany is said to be anxious to buy
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, for a
naval coaling station.
The demolition of the holy door be
gan at Rome. The relics of Leo XII.
were found in good condition.
_ “Feverish activity" now prevails in
French naval circles and this, it is said,
may portend trouble with England.
The Vatican organ says Menelea
will try to profit by England's troubles
to extend his empire to the Red sea.
Keen frost prevails in Paris and the
Seine is practically closed to naviga
tion. Skaters are holding high carni,
val.
l’ht- prince of Wales, after the Tran
by Croft scandal, wrote to the arch
bishop of Canterbury that he abhorred
gambling.
Dr. Von Miquel, in the reichstag. de
fended himself against the charge that
lie had prejudiced the emperor against
the people.
Franch papers that supported Drey
fus are suffering, now'that his friends
no longer subsidize with him. Clemen
ceau resigned from L’Aurora.
Herr Sattler, in the reichstag at Ber
lin. made a speech saying it was
against America that Germany should
be prepared for eventualiies.
The Austrian budget was blocked by
Czech opposition, due to the repeal of
the language laws Tt Is likely to
cause Premier Clary's resignation.
Mme. de Fable, a popular figure in
Ivondon society and an intimate friend
of the Prince and Princess of Wales,
died at Bournemouth in her seventy
ninth year.
The Italian chamber of deputies
voted down a resolution declaring that
the national honor w r as compromised
by the withdrawal of the warships
from China.
Germany officially took possession
of the island of Apia. Samoa.. The na
tives chose Mataafa for their king and
proceeded to drive the adherents of
Malietoa out of the villages.
Sharp earthquakes were felt in the
Rheinga-i district between Frankfort
and Wiesbaden. Houses were shaken
and people rushed wildly Into the open
air. No loss of life is reported.
At Havre, a series of experiments is
about to begin with Baron d’Alessan
dro’s invention of floating nets for use
in storms for moderating the force of
waves. The invention is said to be su
perior in its effects to oil
THE NUTMEG SPIRITS.
Yankee Cohorts Preparing for Fore
fathers' Day.
The New England society will cele
brate forefathers' day (December 22) at
Madison in due and ancient style by a
good old-fashioned hot dinner of tur
key. pork and beans, pumpkin pie. nut
cakes, apple sauce, etc. All natives of
New England, and ail who have mar
ried into New England families, in
cluding their children, residing in Dane
county, ore cordially invited. The din
ner will be held at the Capital house
at 7:30 p m., the price per plate bein ;
75 cents. Ex-Speaker Geo. B. Burrows
is president of the society and R. G.
Thwaites secretary. Because of preva
lent Deweymanla. the dominant goo 1
times and universal good cheer, an
unusually jolly time is anticipated.
FUNERAL OF LAWTON
BODY OF DEAD GENERAL
BROUGHT TO MANILA.
WILL BE TAKEN HOME LATER
His Death Causes Universal Sorrow in
All Classes—Was Highly Respected
by the Natives —Insurgents Concen
trating at Santa Cruz —Aguiuaiuo
Under Watch of Secret Service.
Manila, Dec. 21.—Maj. General Law
ton’s body was brought from San Ma
teo to Manila Wednesday afternoon,
his staff and a squadron of cavalry act
ing as escort. The funeral will take
place from his late residence here, tlu
mansion formerly occupied by the
Spanish general. The body will be
placed temporarily in the vault at El
Paco cemetery, where many American
soldiers are interred and a guard of
honor will be maintained. When Mrs.
Lawton and her four children shall
have completed their arrangements for
returning to the United States the re
mains will be taken on a transport
with an escort of officers, for final in
terment, probably in Arlington cem
etery. Lawton’s death lias caused uni
versal sorrow in Manila. No Ameri
can officer had greater popularity in all
ranks. In his dealings with the. na
tives he commanded their respect and
confidence to a remarkable degree.
The mayors whom he installed in
neighboring towns are arranging to at
tend the funeral in a body. To his ex
ecutive ability and personal leadership
are chiefly due the brilliant
execution of the plan of campaign
in north Luzon which scattered
the insurrectionary forces from
San Isidro to the gulf of Lingayen.
That section of the island which had
to he observed during the worst sea
son of the year, presented difficulties
considered almost insurmountable, but
Lawton thoroughly covered the pro
gram assigned him. When he reached
rayug and found the other division
had not arrived, he went through to
Dagupan on his own responsibility.
Although he imposed great hardships
on his men, he invariably shared their
lot cheerfully. Thirteen Americans,
including three officers, were wounded
at San Mateo. It is estimated the in
surgents numbered 500 and half of
them were armed with rifles. The
Americans numbered 1,300 hut the com
mand was much depleted by sickness.
The wagon train found the roads im
passable and was obliged to return.
The insurgents retreated to the north
east. leaving six dead. They have
other forces near Taytay. This re
gion. although close to Manila, proved
the most difficult from which to dis
lodge the enemy. It is now reported
the insurgents intend to concentrate
at Santa Cruz in the Laguna province,
in the district east of Laguna De Bay
The American secret service reports
that Aguinaldo has joined the Mari
quina force.
FEDERAL LAW MAKERS.
Washington, Dec. 18.—In opposition
to the retention by the United States of
the Philippine islands two resolutions
were introduced in the senate,
one by Senator Tillman (S. C.), the
other by Senator Bacon (Ga.) Each
resolution proposes to yield the islands
to a government to be established by
the Filipinos themselves. Senator
Morgan (Ala.) addressed the senate
briefly upon the necessity of legislation
to control trusts and had his joint
resolution against them referred to the
judiciary committee.
Washington, Dec. 17. —The currency
bill, which was debated all last week,
was passed by the house by a
vote of 190 to 150. It had the united
support of every republican in the
house and of eleven democrats. Messrs.
Clayton. Driggs, Fitzgerald. Levy, Rup
pert, Scudder. Underhill, Wilson, all of
New York, and Messrs. McAleer of
Pennsylvania, Denny of Maryland and
Thayer of Massachusetts. All other
democrats voted against the measure
or were paired against it.
Speaker Henderson announced the
committees of the house. The speaker
preserved the time-honored custom as
to old members, leaving them in their
old places or advancing them as vacan
cies have occurred. The more impor
tant committees are as follows:
Ways and means—Messrs. Payne (N.
Y.), Dalzell (Pa ). Hopkins ’ (111.),
Grosvenor (Ohio). Russell (Conn.),
Dolliver (Iowa), Steele (Ind.), Tawney
i Minn ), McCall (Mass.), Long (Kan ),
Richardson (Tenn.), Samuel M. Rob
ertson (la.), Swanson (Va.). McClellan
(N. Y.). Newlands (Nev), Cooper
(Tex.).
Appropriations Messrs. Cannon
(111.), Bingham (Pa.), Grout (Vt.).
I lemon way (Ind.), Barney (Wls.),
Moody (Mass ), Pugh (Ky.), Van Vor
his (Ohio), McClekrv (Minn.), I.ittau
rer (N. Y.), Livingston (Ga.), Mcßae
(Ark.). Allen (Miss), Bell (Cel.).
Pierce (Tenn ), Benton (Mo.). Tryio
(Ala.).
Judiciary—Messrs. G. W. Ray (N.
Y), Jenkins (Wis). Parker (N. J).
Overstreet (Ind), Alexander (N. Y ).
Warner (111 ). Kerr (Ohio). Littlefield
(Maine). Freer (W. Va.). Kahn (Cal.).
Terry (Ark.), Dearmond (Mo.). Flem
ing iGa ). Lanham (Tex ), Elliott (S.
C.). Underwood (Ala.), Smith (Ky.).
Banking and currency—Messrs. Brn
sius fPa.). Fowler (N. J.). Hill
(Conn.). Prince (111.), Capron (R. I.),
Lane (Iowa). Calderhead (Kan.). Over
street (Ind.). levering (Mass), Shat
tuo (Ohio). Cox (Tenn), Stallings
(Ala.), Driggs (N. Y.l. Talbert (S. C.).
Rhea (Ky.), Thayer (Mass.), Lewis
(Ga.).
Interstate and foreign commerce—
Messrs. Hepburn (Iowa), Fletcher
(Minn.), Sherman (N. Y.), Wanger
(Pa.), Joy (Mo.), Corliss (Mich.), St w
art (N. J.), Barham (.Cal.), Hawley
(Tex.), Mann (111.), Lovering (Mass.),
McAleer (Pa.), Davey (La.), Adamson
(Ga.), Davis (Fla.), Muller (N. Y.L
Shackelford (Mo.). ™
Rivers and harbors—Messrs. Burton
(Ohio), Reeves (111.), Dovener (W.
Va.), Bishop (Mich.), Acheson (Pa.),
Morris (Minn.), Alexander (N. Y.),
Tongue (Ore.), (Mass.), Dav
idson (Wis.), Patchings (Miss.). Lester
(Ga.), Bankhead (Ala.), McCulloch
(Ark.), Berry (Ky.), Sparkman (Fla.),
Ball (Tex.).
Foreign affairs —Messrs. Hitt (111.),
Adams (Pa.), Cousins (Iowa), W. A.
Smith (Mich.), Heatwole (Minn.), Gil
lett (Mass.), Gow'ler (N. J.), Landis
(Ind.), Clarke (N. H.), Brown (Ohio),
Dinsmore (Ark.), Clark (Mo.), Wil
liams (Miss.), Berry (Ky.), Howard
(Ga.), Burleson (Texas), Scudder
IN. Y.).
Military affairs—Messrs. Hull (la.),
Marsh (111.), Ketchum (N. Y.), Brown
low (Tenn.), Parker (N. J.), Capron
(R. I.), Stevens (Minn.), Dick (Ohio),
Mondell (Wyo.), Esch (Wis.), Sulzer
(N. Y.), Cox (Tenn.), Lentz (Ohio),
Hay (Va.), Jett (111.), Sladem (Texas),
Broussard (La.), Pedro Perea (N. M.).
Naval affairs —Messrs. Boutelle
(Maine), Foss (111.), Dayton (W. Va.),
Loudenslager (N. J.), Hawley (Texas),
Butler (Pa.), Bull (R. I.), Mudd (Md.),
Watson (Ind.), Metcalf (Cal.), Cum
mings (N. Y.). Meyer (La.). Tate
(Ga.), Rixey (Va.), Kitchin (N. C.),
Vandiver (Mo.), Wheeler (Ky.).
Insular affairs —Messrs. Cooper
(Wis.), Cannon (111.), Hitt (111.),
Payne (N. Y.), Hepburn (la.). Loud
(Cal.), Tawney (Minn.), Babcock
(Wis.), Moody (Mass.), Crumpacker
(Ind.), Jones (Va.), Maddox (Ga.),
Williams (111.), Henry (Tex.), Carmack
(Tenn.), Clayton (Ala.). Sibley
(Penn.).
Washington, Dec. 19.—The dis
cussion in the senate of the finan
cial measure drafted by the re
publican majority of the committee on
finance will begin Thursday, Jan. 4, the
day after the holiday recess. This an
nouncement was made in the senate
by Senator Aldrich (R. I.), chair
man of the finance committee, in
connection with his report of the sen
ate substitute for the financial bill
passed by the house. Senator Aldrich
declared his purpose to press the meas
ure to a passage as soon as possible.
Senator Allen (Neb.) took the oath of
office. The bill creating a commission
of five to revise and codify the pension
laws was passed.
Washington, Dec. 19.—The house
was in session two hours. a
large number of perfunctory resolu
tions for printing, for
leave to sit during sessions, etc., ne*
essary to get committees under way,
were adopted and several portions oi
the president’s message distributed in
accordance with the usual custom.
Speeches were made by Mr. Grow, the
venerable ex-speaker of the house, in
defense of the administration’s course
in the Philippines, and by Mr. Bell’
(pop., Col.) criticising the president’s
utterances upon the prosperity of the
country. Scores of members left for
their homes to spend the holidays.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Before ad
journment Senator Hoar introduced
a preamble and vigorous resolu
tions setting forth that the close
of the war with Spain reduced
the people of Cuba. Porto Rico and the
1 htlippines to practical dependence on
the l uited States, and that its political
action ought to be directed to en
nobling humanity, enabling a person
coining lawfully under its power or
influence to live in freedom and honor
under governments in whose adminis
tration they shall have an equal share;
and that tins government’s most press
‘“S a nd important obligations are:
"To solve the problem of securing
equai constitutional rights for our ne
groes and Indians; to enable great
cities to govern themselves in freedom
honor and purity; to make the ballot
box as pure as a sacramental vessel
and election returns as perfectly in ac
cord to law and truth as a judgment of
the supreme court; to banish illiteracy
and ignorance, to secure to all working
men and women wages enough for
comfort in life and an old age of leis
ure; to expand over the continent and
the islands of the sea no faster than
we can bring into them with equality
and selfgovernment peoples aud races
who will share our ideals and make
them real; to set a peaceful example of
freedom to mankind, but never to force
- veil freedom on unwilling nations at
the point of the bayonet or the cannon
mouth: to abstain from interfering
with the freedom and just rights of
other nations and peoples, remember
ing that the American people has no
i ight to take from any other people
the birthright of freedom because of
the fear that they they will do wrong
with it."
Senator Fairbanks introduced a bill
granting a pension f $2,100 a vear to
Gen. I-awtou's widow.
No business was transacted at the
brief session of the house. The time
was occupied in filibustering against
a motion to adjourn, but finally the
house adjourned until Jan. 3.
QUITE WILLLING. -
Can't I have your daughter as a
new year's gift?” asked the brave
young man who had bearded the rich
old father in his den.
No. sir. I would rather part with
every cent ’ have on earth.”
Aery well. Out tf consideration for
your paternal feelings I will accept the
alternative."—Detroit Free Press