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| Double Sheet j TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 126. AMUSBMENTS is Angeles Theater " 1 " 1 XT ATTH AGTION-The runniest of Tlicru All-FRIPAY AND SATURDAY MATINEE cdy Buccmn HARRIS' Porfeot Production of John J. MoNally's Greatest Com e y note* Courted StltO Court . , Perfect Cast id Farceurs Includes cm . m , sf i f <Z) • _ ■ //fario VJresstor and John L>. JT/ce And A supporting company of Comedy Flavors never duplicated Seats now on sale. Prices, 2fic, We, 7Sc and 11.00. ' —.VXTRA—THE LOS ANGELES THEATER—EXTRA— >»AfPKAssAwckyor thk , . Original S&ostontans . * All the old fa\Voriues. FEBRUARY 7, 8, 9 and 10. Wednesday Matinee. fERTOIRE—Mondav. Vuestlav and Wednesday nigh is, Victor Ilurbert'«OrcatestLlghtOpera, THK SRItVNAD*:. Wednesday Matinee and Thursday night. ROBIN HOOD Halo of statu and boxes Jbegjii* Today, Thursday, Feb. X Telephone Main 70. •V <X Ikis Angoies' Society Vaudeville Theater Voniaht^^^Voniaht %V From the Folies Borgerei, Paris, Paulo and Dlka, Eccentric Vooallsta: Barney and Ru.scll, Novelty raater Sketch An lats: Maude floall Price, Double-voiced Vocalist and Monologue,Entcr ier; Dan— Criutmtns and Gjoro--Rosa, "What are tho Wild Waves Saying"; last week ol: a. Rombeilo. Novelty Hand L%iitter; Farnum Bros.. Acrobats; Big Hit and last week nf rice and Her Company in A Ne\V Year's Dream. PRICES NEVER CH ANQlNG—Evening erved Scats, 23 anil ji Gallery, 10 cents. Regular Matinees, Wednesday, Saturday jjunday Telephone Malri Mtf. ► iirbunk Theaiteir JO " N Cl M,n,ger - The only theater in the city with heating facilities. Sign? tMswcok ry o~h* Cliffords !2PP2I?!Sg 9?,ss Jessie Norton IKT,,^^u«. MATIC . . Vhe Stowaway . . I. ACME OF STAGE MEC lANISM. SBE THE FULL-RIGGICD RACING YACHT. SEE THE SAT SAFE CRAiKIN'O aCKNU. Prices—l.lc, Ite. fac, rsic. Phone Main 1270. allfornla Limited | ' M, J Via uanta &c Z/ioute j every .yes Los Angeles...B:of> a.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Friday Other X yes Pasadena 8:2/5 a.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Friday ; ' S ive Kansas City 6:10 p.m. Tuesday. Thursday and Sunday 'Dau * ive St. Louis 7:</o a.m. Wednesday; Friday and Monday $ ™ i •ive Chicago 9J13 a.m. Wednesday, Friday and Monday IroL^^uui-aiuuuiiiiiiiuf his splendid train lsfoi first-class travel only, hut there Is no extra charge beyond the regular <ol and sloeplngcar rt.te. pinning cars serve breakfast leaving Los Augelos. Vcitibuled and :tiio lighted. All tho' luxuries of modern travel. Jfite~Shaped Tjrack... DONE IN A DAY ON THE TUESDAY SPECIAL tddltlon to the regular train service the Santa Fe runs on every Tuesday a special express n, taking In Redl»nds. Riverside and the boautles of Santa Ana Canyon, Leaves Los Angeles a. m; leaves Pasadena at 9:25 a. m. Reluming arrives at l.os Angeles at » :25 p.m , Pasadena ) p. m., giving two hours stop at both Redlands and Riverside. 7", S). r , . /» ON THIS TRAIN AFFORDS PLEASANT one 1/os.ervatton Oar opportunity for seeing the sights 6au 'Dteyo and Coronado S&each the most beautiful spot in the world > daily trains, carrying parlor cars, make the run ln about four hours from Los Angelus. ion Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ntghu tha Coronado Special will run. Tho ride is .ghtful, carrylibg you for seventy miles along the Pacific Ocean beach. Santa Fe Route Office, 200 Spring St., corner of Second. he Easy Way to See California IS VIA ~ X \—-. : -S***^. <$> tOJANMMS t HO SB «S»POMONA REDUNIh*> z \y~ • — ~ne Snside XJrack TO REDLANDS, RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO the only line through Pomona and Ontario, and passing the Old San Gabriel Mission, ensive orange groves and orchards and beautiful mountain scenery along the entire te. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. TICKET OFFICE, 229 S. Spring St. Farm .. South Pasadena .. 7/' early ZOO Sty antic SS/rtts of Jftt ftyos JN DAILY TO VISITORS—TIPS, PLUMBS, BOAS AND CAPES FOR SALE DIRECT FROM THE PRODUCERS N B —We have no agency In Lot Angeles and have for sale tha only genuine California Uteri on the tfelitOt—TnStßOll murayTf*'* "resent to send East. trlctly First-Class ...Jfeotei Westminster... irnished and Rebuilt. American and European Plan. in Heat in every room. F. O. JOHNSON, Prop. HELL FROM THE BRIDGE — OEIVINO INJURIES WHICH | PROVED FATAL j . Timmler of Los Angeles Goes to Redondo for His Last Good Time ■ ' I ;lal to The Herald. EDONDO. Feb. 2.— H. Timmler. who ie to Redondo for a good time yes ay, came also to his untimely end ght. He was working on Work i's ranch, about twenty-five miles of Los Angeles, and with some of boon companions came here for sure. With his friends he started the fish camp, about three miles hwest of the city, but becoming dis satisfied with the way his companions were driving he got out of the rig and concluded to returrt to Redondo alone. His companions went on their trip, thinking that he would return to Re dondo without help. The gloom that pervaded the pleasure party on their return from the fish camp cannot be portrayed when they 1 discovered that their companion had met with a severe accident in crossing a bridge. He had fallen about twenty feet and was found senseless. They brought him to this city, where Doc tors Hancock and Cox attended to his ' hurts. It was found that his skull was I Injured on the right side. Much of the I bone was removed, but the best efforts 1 of surgery could not avail to aid him. The pieces of bone had penetrated his brain and although his vigorous consti tution resisted, death came at 8:25 this evening after several hours of suffering. Fought a Draw BCRANTON, Pa„ Feb. 2.-Tommy Ryan of Philadelphia and Juu .fuuge „i o va ton fought a fierce twenty-round battle to a draw here tonlsht In the Mush- hall Two thousand people saw the contest. CANADA MAKES CLAIM |TO THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO | THE KLONDIKE I , Duties Are Due the Moment the Trav eler Begins the Descent of the j White Pass I I ' Special to The Herald. TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 2.—The gov ernment organ here says: Circumstances have arisen which make it incumbent upon the Canadian government to maintain its rights as against the pretensions of the United States in regard to the boundary line in the disputed territory along the coast of Alaska, and the administration at Ottawa will not be found wanting in this duty. The treaty, which describes the boun dary says that the line of de markatlon shall follow the sum mit of the mountains situated par allel to the coast. The summit of the mountains which run along the Lynn l canal and are distinctly parallel with it, includes the summit known as the White pass, so that the moment a traveler commences to descend from the White pass he is in British territory. Parties settling there awaiting the breaking up iof ice refuse to pay Canadian duties. Frozen to Death I RENO, Nev., Feb. 2.—C. S. Kellogg, an old resident of Churchill county, aged 76 years, was found frozen to death yes terday a short distance from his cabin In the Silver Hill range of mountains. He had been prospecting on a claim and started home but was overtaken by a snowstorm and presumably lost his way. When found he was frozen stiff. Kellogg bulit the first quartz mill ever put up in Gold canyon, where Silver City now stands. He had been offered large sums for his prospects but refused all offcra. • | THE HERALD FRUIT FROM AMERICA Denied Access to German Markets SANITARY REASONS URGED CALIFORNIA APPLES SAID TO BE WORMY The Reason Given a Mere Pretext for Retaliating Against the Tariff on Sugar Associated Press Special Wire BERLIN, Feb. 2.—The Prussian Min ister of Finance, Dr. Mlquel, issued a decree yesterday, which goes into effect immediately, prohibiting the im portation of every kind of American fresh fruit. The decision has been sent to all the German ports and frontier sta tions, excepting Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemberg. The United States Em bassy was not previously warned and the United States Ambassador, Mr. White, sent a formal letter to the For eign Office today, inquiring upon what authority this Inimical step was taken. The United States Consul at Ham burg. Dr. Hugh Pitealrn, telegraphs that 16(000 barrels of American apple* have been forbidden to be unloaded and that two trains full of American fruit have also been forbidden to cross the frontier at Emerlch, which, aside from Hamburg, is the principal place of entry for American fruit. On receipt of this news, Mr. White sent a stronger remonstrance than before to the Foreign Office, calling attention to the evident violation of the treaty. At the Foreign Office it was learned that the Prussian government prohibits the entry of American fruit on sanitary grounds, claiming that California and other vermin threaten German trees and fruit. A MERE PRETEXT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Senator] Perkins, of California, when Informed of the German decree against American fruit, said the prevention of importa tion on sanitary grounds was a mere pretext and that it was merely to keep out fruits which compete with German products, and the order was no doubt issued as a retaliation against the United States because of the differential tariff on sugar from bounty-paying coun tries. Senator Perkins said he had no doubt that, the United States could meet this order by retaliation and that if Germany did not want to be a market for our fruits and meats, measures could be ,taken which would also limit the markets in the United States of Ger man products. NO OFFICIAL NOTICE The State Department has not yet been Informed by Ambassador White of the decree against the importation of Amer ican fresh fruits into Germany, and the official statement of the matter is awaited with anxiety at the Department, which desires to know just how far the German government is willing to yield to the wishes of the Agrarian party, which insists on the exclusion of all American farm products which enter into competi tion with the German farmer. For two years the State Department has been engaged almost fruitlessly in an at tempt to secure from the Gel-man gov ernment the reversal of a'decree like the present one, but applied to our meat products. The attitude of the Germans In this matter is not encouraging and the announcement of this additional de cree against another great American staple export has tried the patience of the Department -Sorely and there is no telling how far we may go towards re taliation if the conditions justify it. Of course, nothing will be done In the ab sence of full official information from Mr. White as to the facts in the case, and it may be that the history of the meat-exclusion negotiations will be re peated; this may bring about a long correspondence to induce the German government to demonstrate, if it can. the great dangers in American fruit. The indications are that there is as little reason for this decree as in the case of American meats, and it is said th* Pres ident will probably avail himself of his statutory power to retaliate sharply un der Section 5 of the Act of August 30th, 1890. To the knowledge of the state depart ment, no complaint has ever been made against the character of American fresh fruits. There was some complaint a few years ago from Hamburg and Cologne against certain importations of dried fruits on the ground that they contained traces of zinc, taken up from the trays on which they were dried, but there has never been an attack upon fresh fruit. The reports of the United States consuls i ahbw that the imports of the latter have I LOS ANGELES, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1898 had great favor In German cities and the universal testimony of our c onsuls is that our apples are so superior in every respect that there is hardly a market for the German apples in their vicinity. NOT SINCERE " The officials of the agric ultural depart ment have as yet received no informa tion on the subject. They are disposed to believe the explanation that importa tions of fresh fruit will be prohibited because of danger from vermin is not a sincere one, but that Germany, hav ing in mind the recerat legislation of the American government imposing a duty on bounty-paid sugar, has taken this action as a sort of retaliation. G. B. ISrackett, chief of the pomologi cal division of the department, in dis cussing the dispatch, said: "It is sur prising that any charge should be made that California fruit is infested with pests. The fruit from that state is the freest from vermin of any in the whole world. She has stringent laws against the introduction of insect pests and dis eases and has a corps of inspectors who examine all nursery stock before it is permitted to he imported. There is lit tle oi' no ground for the assertion that American fruit shipped abroad is un sanitary. The pests from which Amer ican apples suffer are the larvae of the codlin moth, which Is believed to pass Into a worm and also apple maggots. "The possibility of any harm from these pests in apples shipped abroad is, however, very remote, especially in the case with Germany, because very few of our apples which have been shipped to Europe for the past twenty-five years go' to that country. Our fruit ls not Inspected before it is exported, though the natural assumption Is that dealers pick out the choicest before sending it away, in order that the reputation may he kept up. "Apples is the only fresh fruit which is shipped to Europe at this time of the year. Peaches and oranges have been sent mostly as an experiment, and they go mainly to England. The growth of the shipment of apples abroad has been enormous in the last sixteen years. In 1880-81 the shipments amounted to 1,328,800 barrels, while In 1896-97 they ag gregated 2,919,840 barrels. Of this ag gregate 111,090 barrels, valued at 1213, --482. were shipped to Hamburg, the re maining'number, with the exception of approximately 100,000 barrels, going to English porta. Of course. It is likely that some of the fruit which is sent to England reaches Germany indirectly, though there are no statistics on hand to tell the amount. On the basis of the above indicated shipments to Hamburg it is evident that the loss to America by the prohlblton of the importation, as stated, would not be as great as if this prohibiton should apply to all Europe. The fact of this whole matter is that we are the ones who should be protected, for nearly all the insects in our fruits have been imported from foreign coun tries." HOUSE OPINIONS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—The Berlin cable announcing that Germany had closed her ports against American fruits attracted much attention among members of the house of representa tives. Mr. Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, expressed surprise at the step taken, particularly that it should not have been preceded with no tice to our representative at Berlin. Without discussing the motives of the movement, Mr. Hitt said it was evident that Germany based her course on sani tary grounds, which would exclude the idea that the move was of a political and proscriptive character. Mr. Hitt felt that our authorities would take steps to learn whether any sanitary evil could be attributed to the condition of the fruit crop in California, and if this was established in the negative he had no doubt a courteous but firm repre sentation would be made to the German government with a view to showing that their action had been taken without a sufficient inquiry into the facts. He expressed hope that this was not a step in Germany's retaliatory policy which had been referred to In recent utter ances by distinguished German offi cials. Other members of the house foreign affairs committee expressed the view that it was a part of Germany's retalia tory attitude toward the United States. CALIFORNIA MEMBERS Represeuative Barlow, who represents the Sixth California district in which is located the fertile San Joaquin valley, one of the great fruit districts of the state, said that so far as California fruit is concerned, the German decree prohibiting the importation of Ameri can fruit is a mere pretext. "California fruits," he said, "are sin gularly free from vermin or disease of any kind. So Jealous are our people in their desire to keep our fruits free from disease that the delegation from the state is now advocating the passage of a bill which was introduced in the house by Mr. Castle some time ago providing for an inspection of all fruits, plants, cuttings, shrubs, etc.. imported into this country. I look upon the ground given for Dr. Miguel's decree as a mere sub terfuge. No doubt exists in my mind that it Is purely a retaliatory measure." "The reason advanced by the German foreign office." said Representative Hil bcrn of California, "ls the thinnest kind of a pretext. Nowhere in the world is fruit so free from disease as in Cali fornia and nowhere ls there more care taken to keep it free from disease of all ■1 THE WORKERS AND THE SHIRKERS kinds. We do not even allow fruit to come into the state from other states without inspection.'' Other members of the California dele gation expressed similar views. DINGLEY'S VIEWS Chairman Dingley looked over the Berlin cable and said: "This is evi dently a device to prohibit the Importa tion of American fruits on alleged sani tary grounds, in line with tho similar prohibition of American pork. The im portation seems to be prohibited on san itary grounds, in order to evade the pro visions of commercial treaties with Ger many which give to imports from the I'nited States equal privileges with Im ports from other countries. There is not the slightest ground for the allegation that California fruits are affected, as charged; indeed, the evidence is conclu sive that they are especially free from parasites. The United States would have much more ground for prohibiting the importation of German wines on al leged sanitary grounds than Germany has to prohibit the importation of American fruit or American pork on sue h grounds. We have no objection to Germany's putting whatever duty it sees fit on imports of any kind. That is her own business. But when that gov ernment undertakes to prohibit the Im portation of American products on sani tary grounds which do not exist in fact, it violates the spirit of our commercial treaties with that country. The presi dent, under the act of 1890, has author ity to meet Just sue h discrimination as this," THINKS SO, TOO Representative Tawney, another member of the ways and means com- Jmlttee, endorsed Chairman Dlngley's view and said that il Germany began sue h a course, it was a game at which two could play. It was said also that the result would work serious results to German wines. German hosiery, Ger man shoddy and many other lines of German goods brought in great quantl tles< to this country. Representative Dinsmore of Arkan sas, the leading minority member of the house foreign affairs committee, said he considered the decree of the Prussian government a plain case of retaliation based, as was the decree against the importation of American pork, on a pre text of sanitary grounds. Some of the representatives from the Pacific coast say there might be a slight justification for the Prussian claims so far as the fruits of Oregon and Washington are concerned, if it was directed solely against apples. The codlin moth is said to be very prevalent in both states. A LOGICAL SEQUENCE Senator Mills of Texas expressed the opinion that Germany's action was the logical sequence of our high tariff sys tem. Senator Bacon of Georgia also *hought the prohibition one of the results of our tariff system. Senator Elkins said: "We may just as well have it out with Germany now as at any other time. There is no deny ing that we are In a commercial war and we should tight it out on the lines they have laid down. I should go back at them on their own terms. I should pro hibit the importation of their sugar." Senator Hawley pronounced the news very surprising and disagreeable, but he was opposed to harsh measures on the part of this country. "We tjould retal iate by prohibiting the importation of German cutlery." he said. Senator Hansbrough also opposed re taliation, saying Germany would think better of its course hereafter. Senator Mcßride of Oregon says that he is confident that the discrimination of Germany is not occasioned by the condition of Oregon fruit, for it has al ways held a high place. He says that methods of retaliation can easily be found if desired by the United States. INFORMATION ASKED Representative Maguire of California late in the afternoon introduced in the house a resolution calling upon the state department for information or cor respondence between this government and Prussia relative to the decree for bidding the importation of American fruit as follows: "Whereas, It is reported that the Prussian government has peremptorily prohibited the importation of all kinds of American fresh fruits; and, "Whereas, It is vitally important to the fruit growing industry of the United States that the cause of this embargo be ascertained, and, if possible, speedily re moved: therefore, be it "Resolved, That the secretary of state be and is hereby requested, If consistent with the public interests, to furnish the house of representatives all correspond ence between the government of the United States and the government of Prussia on the subject of the exclusion of American fresh fruits from the ports and from the territory of Prussia." Mr. Maguire says: "The Prussian edict excluding American fresh fruits is undoubtedly a measure of commer cial retaliation. There is no foundation for it in the condition of California or other American fruits. Our tariff legisla tion has been distinctively and purpose ly hostile to German interests in our commerec with that country. They naturally feel that it is Just to meet our embargo on their trade by similar embarrassment of our producers in trading with the people of Prussia." ENGLISH COMMENT LONDON, Feb. 3.—The Berlin corre spondents of the morning papers are all , skeptical as to the alleged reason for INDEX TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS H. Timmler of LO9 Angeles goes to Redondo for a good time and mets his death. Great Britain's back-down in the Orient brings forth a storm of protest from men of all political parties. Oriental advices brought by steam er; the new cabinet installed; a con sular attache assaulted by coolies. Canada makes claim to duties from miners on the allegation that the White pass is in Canadian territory. Influential Pennsylvania Republi cans denounce Senator Quay and in vite Wanr.maker to run for governor. The three million members of the Y. P. S. C. E. celebrate the seven teenth anniversary of the formation of the organization. All mail matter for the United States opened and read by Spanish authorities in Cuba; military opera tions paralyzed by the unfavorable weather. A scheme elaborated to force a vote on Hawaiian annexation and Cuban belligerency by introducing both the measures as an amendment to the dip lomatic appropriation bill. Boston alone reports twenty people dead and two million dollars' damage by the storm; the Atlantic coast is strewn with wrecked ships; other sec tions also suffer severely. Germany issues a decree prohibiting the import of fresh fruit from America for the alleged reason that it is unsan itary; Germany has simply found a pretext for retaliation against the duty imposed on sugar by the Dingley tariff law. The senate in executive session takes up the question of Hawaiian an nexation, and Senator White speaks in opposition to the pending treaty; in open session nothing in particular is done; the house pases the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Captain Ray reports on affairs in the Yukon mining regions, strongly recommending restriction of immigra tion into that section; a military pa trol should also be provided to sup press lawlessness; relief plans are per fected; the rush shows no signs of di minution. the exclusion of American fresh fruit. They doubt that the cause is the discov ery of a bug In a box of apples In South Germany. The exclusion is attributed rather to the agrarain demand for re prisals against the American tariff. The decision has caused the greatest sur prise and considerable dissatisfaction, for American apples had rapidly taken the German markets by storm, owing to their cheapness and tine quality, and the poor consumers cannot afford to buy fine French or Italian fruit. Furthermore, it will be a severe blow to commerce and shipping. The decree only permits importation on condition that the fruit is exported to England. Blythe's Millions SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Flor ence Blythe-Hincktey today signed twen ty-five mortgages on her estate, aggregat ing $232,991, the purpose being to satisfy the claims of attorneys and other cred itors. Tlie most important feature of the transaction was the settlement by compro mise of the demands of Mrs. Kate C. Byrne against the Blythe estate, which amounted to a 10 per cent interest. Mrs. Byrne, formerly Mrs. Perry, agreed to accept $270,000, and this has been paid by promissory notes, part of which were se cured by the mortgages executed today. A Fatal Fight WEST BEND. Wis., Feb. 2.—During a glove contest between Carl Ltindback and Willie Giants, high school boys. Lindback fell dead in the fourth round. The young men had been unfriendly anil decided to settle their differences with gloves. Short ly after the beginning of the fourth round Lindback received a sunning blow which felled him to the floor, face downward. Ills frleds ran to his assistance and were horrified to llnd him dead. A Schooner Wrecked ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 2.—The British ship Rohy, Captain Jones, arrived today, seventeen days from San Dietjo. Captain Jones states that on January Its, the next day after leaving San Diego, and 120 miles west by south from that port, he sighted the hull of the schooner Minnie of San Diego. The schooner was submerged ex cept the stern, which protruded far enough above tlie water to show her name. There were no signs of life about the vessel. Not Like Us OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 2.—Acting under Instructions from the minister of justice, the under secretary of state has ad dressed a circular letter to all judges in Canada, condemning rapid transit to the gallows, and insisting that a longer Inter val shall elapse between the date of sen tence and the date fixed for execution, ln order that the evidence may be properly reviewed when commutation or a new trial is asked. , ■ 1 - m =— Jj Ten Pages j PRICE FIVE CENTS HAWAIIAN FREEDOM Would Suit Senator White Well Enough ANNEXATION ANOTHER THING AND WOULD PROFIT ONLY THE SUGAR TRUST Senators Prefer to Discuss Hawaiian Matters Behind Closed Doors. Work in Open Session Associated Press Special Wire WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Senator Whit.- of California continued his speech in opposition to the Hawaiian annexa tion treaty in the executive session to day, amid many interruptions and much eross-fiiv. In the main his speech was a continuation of the argument on consti tutional lines, which was begun yester day, but he also took up questions of the practical purport in today's speech, und undertook to show that for reasons of commerce nnd defense the acquisition of the islands would be unwise. Previous to White's speech the senate spent about three-quarters of an hour in legislative session with the doors closed trying to decide whether Senator Pettigrew's resolution concerning the acquisition of territory which would" re quire a navy to defend should be dis cussed in open or executive session. When the vide was taken the majority was found to be against the proposition for open sessions. When Senator White resumed the floor he continued his citations of au thorities to show that the policy of this country in the past has really been against the annexation of the Hawaiian islands He reviewed most of the docu ments quoted by Senator Morgan as fa vorable to annexation of the Islands for the purpose of showing that they were all favorable to Hawaiian independence but not to Hawaiian annexation. Senator White then took up the con tention that the control of Honolulu was necessary to the defense of the Nicara guan canal and asserted that there was ,no foundation to support it and gave figures to show that in case defense of the canal became necessary by this country it would be defended from either San Diego or San Francisco and not from Honolulu. He said that no enemy could use Honolulu as a base of supplies in case of war with the United States, because the modern war vessel does not carry enough coal to make the round trip and to delay for hostile purposes. He quoted Admiral Belknap to the effect that Honolulu could ,be fortified effee- tually, and Gen. Schofield to the effect that it could not be fortified at all by land defenses, which shows that the authorities differ. He contended that if one of the islands should be fortified all three of them should be, and that it would require an immense navy to re main there permanently, while the ac quisition of this territory would not di minish the expense of fortifications and maintaining a navy at home. The sena tor challenged anyone to produce proof of hostile intentions on the part of Eng land. Japan or Germany or any other power, and cited the declaration of vari ous statesmen from each country deny ing any desire to interfere in any man ner with the United States. "The whole scheme for the annexation of Hawaii," he said, "is based upon sen timentality and sugar," and continuing this line of presentation he said that the sugar people who were netting eight or nine million dollars a year under the rec iprocity treaty were back of the annexa tion project, with the hope of making the benefits now derived from reciproc ity perpetual. If it were not, he said, for this condition of affairs, the treaty would never have been heard of, and hence he charged that "the patriotism of senators was being imposed upon to consummate a most disgraceful proposi tion." Among the senators who interrupted White were Hour. Teller, Morgan, Hale, Chandler, Wolcott and Tillman. Senator Hoar's interruptions brought on a prolonged debate, in which several senators participated, and which for a time threatened to divert the discussion from the lines which Senator White evidently desired to pursue. The Massa chusetts senator's questions related to the Japanese on the islands and the complications growing out of their presence there. To this White replied that the present Hawaiian government was importing contract laborers under a provision which goes to the extent of permitting their imprisonment. He asserted that since the trouble occurred a few months since, which resulted in refusing per mission to 700 Japanese to land on the islands, over 2000 had been brought in under contract. This practice he de nounced as hypocritical. Senator Tillman of South Carolina came Into the debate, making some as sertions which created a breezy stir for a few minutes. The South Carolina sen ator referred to the recent Hawaiian revolution, and to what he termed the effort of the Republican party to es tablish a government in the interest of the white people in the islands, when they numbered only one out of thirty of the Inhabitants, and in this connection referred to the reorganization of party lines in the south after the war. "We were then," he said, "in South Carolina attempting to establish a white man's government. The Repub lican party interfered with us then, or attempted to do so, professing to hold opinions about the sacred rights of the majority to rule. I should like to know," he continued, "whether the Republican party has changed its opinion on this .subject of the right of the white man to