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IT WAS CUBAN DAY
Two Resolutions and an Amend
ment Embodying: a Third ill
the Senate.
Senator Mason Graphically Sets
Forth the Horrors, of
the Conflict,
And Quotes the Republican Plat
form Promises of ActivA
Intervention.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Senator AL
.en of Nebraska offered as an amend
ment to the diplomatio and consular
appropriation bill, the Morgan resolu
tion for the recognition of the belliger
ency of Gaba. He said he hoped it
would be speedily acted upon by the
committee on foreign relations, so that
it would not be defeated in the senate
by a point of order. Mr. Hale said it
would still be subject to such a point,
and Mr. Allen gave notice that he
would appeal from any decision ad
verse to the amendment and test the
sense of the senate on the subject.
Senator Cannon also offered a reso
lution for the recognition of Cuban in
dependence. The strongest resolution,
however, was offered by Senator Mason
of Illinois. It is as follows:
Resolved, That the president of the
United States be, and he is hereby, re
quested to notify Spain and the insur
gents of Cuba, that the war (so-called)
must at once cease, and be discontin
ued and that the United States of
America hereby declare and will main
tain peace on the island of Cuba.
Preceded by a Scorching Preamble.
The resolution was preceded by the
following preamble:
Whereas, the war between Spain and
the insurgents of Cuba has continued
until all Christendom is shocked by its
barbarities. Pretended autonomy has
been offered by Spain, and refused by
the Cubans in arms. The Spaniard, as
a war measure, burned the homes and
drove the women and children (since
known as concentrados) into fortified
towns, where some of them have
been starved, others have been
murdered and women and children
have been debauched and treated be
yond the power of language to describe.
Daughters of insurgents have been sold
into houses of infamy and boys of ten
der years have been shot as spies under
the form of civilized war. American
citizens have been driven into the
towns and refused opportunity to work,
and leit to starve, as apart of the Span
ish war measure, until wa were com
pelled to take, by appropriating funds
of the people of the United States,
large sums of money to feed and clothe
our citizens, and return them to our
country, and now has the Spanish war
measure of concentration continued so
far that concentradoB are starving,
naked and filthy,, insomuch that death
and disease is among them and has
spread into our own country. Hun
dreds of thousands have perished in
this way and by thiB means. The un
holy war goes on. The slaughter of
innocents and non-combatants goes on.
The flag of truce has been abandoned
and extermination or independence
of the insurgents must be the final out
come. The people of the United States
are sending money, food and nlnfoipg
to Cuba to aid the dying Cubans which
ought to be fnrnished by Spain,
for the reason that the concentrados
are the legitimate wards of Spain, hav
ing been put in their present starving
condition as a Spanish war measure,
and their care would devolve upon
Spain, and would so be regarded by
every civilized nation in the world.
Under the present oharity-seeking of
the administration, charitably disposed
citizens of the United StateB cannot
contribute money, medicine, food or
clothing to the insurgents in the field
or hospital, and should any attempt be
made to do so, it would be captured and
prevented by order of the government
of the United States. AU parties de
clared before the last eleotion in favor
of the independence of Cuba, and the
Republican party emphasized its opin
ion as follows:
"Irom the hour of achieving tfieir
own independence, the people of the
United States have regarded with
sympathy the struggles of other Amer
ican peoples to free themselves from
European domination. We watch with
deep and abiding, interest the heroic
battl/ifl of the Cuban patriQts aggingt
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crueiiy ana oppression*. A°iict*"our "best
hopes out for the full success of
their determined contest for liberty.
Tho government of Spain having lost
control of Cuba, and being unablo to
protect the property or lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with
its treaty or obligations, we believe that
the government of tho United States
should actively use its influence and
good offices to restore peace and give
independence to tho island."—(Cuban
plank in the Republican.. platform,
adopted by the Republican national
convention at St. Louis, June 16, 1SPG.)
D.' Not Seek Advantage In Any Way.
T1 pwple of the United States do
Dot seek to acquire title to Cuba, nor do
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train advantage .m ^ny
way, directly or indirectly, til any na
tion, by leason of this barbarism called
war. Tney do not complain of our loss
of trade with Cuba, and have patiently
boriin the assault on the health ot the
people by the filth of Spanish rule in
Cuba. They seek no redress for loss of
business or health or money. They
have patiently waited, hot wishing to
intenere witu the affairs of other na
tions, until the siencii on our very bor
ders has passed endurance, and tiie bar
uuiis situation iu Cuba has become a
Slum upon our continent, ai^d blot upoa
our Christian civilization. The people
of the United States, demanding no
personal profit, having no fear and
seeking no favor, clear and conscious as
to the justice of our position, do in the
presence of the civilized nations of the
world, and in the name of justice and
liberty, demand that the so called war
in Cuba must cease.
AMATEUR ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
•rratkgeuiuuts for a Great Tournament at
Tatter sal 1*8 in Chicago*
CHICAGO, Feb. i).—The first amateur
uombination gymnastic and athletic
carnival ever held in the United States
will take place at Tattersall's, March 5.
Nominally the affair will be under the
direction of the Western Intercolle
giate Athletic association, but in reality
it is to be conducted by the University
of Chicago, which will expend 92,000
towards its success. The deal between
the Tattersall management and Profes
sor Stagg has been closed. Two teams
composed of 10 men each from each of
the following institutions will com
pete: University of Illinois, University
of Minnesota, University of Michiguu,
University of Chicago, Northwestern
university.
The building is peculiarly well adapt
ed for the purposes, being 110x200 feet
in the clear, and will permit of an 8-lap
track, and a 70-yard straight-away
course.
The principal contests will take place
during tho evening. The programme
will consist of track events and gyai
aastic exercises. The prizes will be a
liandsime banner to tho winning teams
in both gymnastic and athletic events.
The judges will be selected from col
.eges outside of tho city.
INDIANS GREATLY EXCITED.
Size of the Sheriffs Fosse Prevents aii
Attack* However.
GORDON, Wis., Feb. 9.—Charles
Beauregard, a quarterbreed Indian,
who murdered Joseph Blackburn, last
September, was captured at Eau Claire
Lakes, about 10 miles irom Gordon,
and taken to Spooner. Blackburn was
an old trader who bad lived near Gor
don for many years. The murder was
committed because Blackburn refused
Beauregard whisky. The Indians are
greatly excited and a large crowd of
them followed the officers to Gordon,
but the sheriff's force was too large for
them to attempt to release the prisoner.
BRULES WILL MOVE.
Intend to Join the K^aebnd Indian* on
the Latter'* Reservation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The delega
tions of Lower Brule and Rosebud In
diana from South Dakota, which have
been in the city for 10 days, have about
reached an agreement whereby 050 of
the former tribe will locate on the res
ervation of the latter. The proposition
meets with the approval of the Indian
office. A sufficient amount of acres of
the Lower Brule reservation will be
•old with which to purchase the neces
sary land from the Rosebuds on which
to locate the lower Brules and the two
will be merged.
Denounced Private Ownership.
WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9.—Rev. L. L.
West, D. D., pastor of the First Con
gregational church here, and well
known in Congregational circles
throughout the state, delivered a
rather socialistic address at tho Y. M.
C. A. rooms on the subject of "Cap
ital." He denounced private owner
ship of wealth.
NOTHING NEWIN IT
Qnepn's Speech Deals With Sub
jects Already Familiar to
the Public.
Chinese Question Not Referred to
in Any Way—Governorship
of Crete.
Strength of the Army Should Be
Increased.-Local Government
For Ireland.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Tho fourth session
if the Fourteenth parliament of Queen
Victoria and the Twenty-sixth of the
United Kingdom, was opened by com
mission, at 2 p. m. with the customary
:eremouies.
The queen's speech was as follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen: My rela
tions with tho other powers continue
friendly. The negotiations between the
sultan of Turkey and the king of
Greece have been brought to a conclu
sion by the signing of a treaty of peace,
under which the territorial relations
between the two powers are practically
unchanged.
The question of the autonomous gov
ernment of the islaud of Crete has
occupied the attention of the powers.
The difficulty of arriving at an unani
mous agreement on some points has
unduly protracted the deliberations,
but I hope these obstacles will before
long be surmounted.
Intelligence, which is apparently
trustworthy, was received of the inten
tion of the khalifa to advance against
the Egyptian army iu the Soudan, and
I have therefore given directions that a
contingent of British troops should be
dispatched to Berber, to the assistance
of his majesty, the kliedive.
I have concluded a treaty of friend
ship and commerce with his majesty,
the emperor of Abyssinia.
The report of the commission I ap
pointed in December, 189t, to inquire
into the condition of certain of my
West Indian colonies, has conclusively
established the existence of severe
depression iu those colonies, caused
by the heavy fall in the price
of sugar, which is mainly attrib
utable to the reduction in the
cost of production, and the great in
crease in its extent in recent years.
But the fall has been artificially stimu
lated by the system of bounties to pro
ducers and manufacturers of beet root
sa^ar, main rained in many Europsau
states. There are signs of growing
opinion in tiiose states that this system
is,injurious to the general interests of
their population, and communications
are now iu progress between my gov
ernment and the governments princi
pally concerned, with a view to a con
ference on the subject, which I trust
may result in an abo.itiou of the boun
ties. Iu the meantime measures will
be proposed to you for the relief of Ii.
immediate necessities of the West In
dian colonies, for encouraging other
industries, and for assisting those en
gaged in suga cultivation to tide over
the present crisis.
On the northwestern borders of my
Indian empire an organizsd outbreak
of fanaticism, which spread in the
summer along the frontier, inducr 1
many of the tribes to break their en
gagements with my government, to
attack the military posts in their vicin
ity, and even to invade the settled dis
tricts of my territory. I was compelled
to send expeditions against the offend
ing tribes, for the punishment of £he
outrages and to insure peace in the
future. A portion of the Afridi tribes
have not yeb accepted the terms offered
them, but elsewhere the operations
have been brought to a very successful
close. The courage and endurance
exhibited by my troops, British and
native, have overcome almost insuper
able difficulties in the country in which
they were operating, but I have to de
plore the loss of many valuable lives,
both amongst my own troops and those
whose services were voluntarily and
loyally placed at my disposal by the
native princes of my Indian empire.
Her majesty then rejoices at the faot
that there is reason to anticipate-1!*
prosperous year both for agriculture
and commerce, throughout India.
Gentlemen of the House of Com
mons The estimates which' will. be.
laid before yoa. have been framed with
the utmost desire for economy but, in
view of the enormous armaments now
maintained by other nations, the duty
ofnraviditur for'the defense of the ejra-
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1898
pir6 involves
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expenditure "beyoha
former precedent.
Dealing with tho proposed legislation
the speech from the throne says that
measures will be introduced for the
organization of a system of local gov
ernment in Ireland, substantially simi
lar to Great Britain to secure the in
crease, strength and efficiency of the
'army amend the present conditions of
military service to enable accused peo
ple to testify in their own dofense to
facilitate the creation of municipalities
in London, and to prevent recognized
abuses in connection with church pat
ronage.
LUMBER DEALERS SUFFER.
Prussian Official* Uinoriminatln| Against
the American Article.
Washington Feb 9- American
lumber is now the subject' of 'dis
crimination at the hands of the Prus
sian government, according to the re
port of the United States consul at
Bremen, Mr. Eeenan. The consul
transmits the complaints of a number
of lumber dealers against what they re
gard as discriminating charges against
the carriage of American pitch pine
levied by the Prussian railways. This
pitch pine is listed as class 1, at a
higher rate than class 3, on which is
listed similar wood from Sweden, Nor
way and other countries.
THEY OPPOSE LEITER.
lull,
Washburn and Others 8aid to Have
Formed an Opposition Combine.
NEW YORK,. Feb. 9.—The World
says the Leiter clique in Chicago have
Iieen making every effort in New York
bunks to ehable them to carry the enor
iritis volume of wheat which they how
W?.)l. They have secured all tho accom
modations possible from the Chicago
banks.
it is now understood that one object
(ft the visit of J. J. Hill has been to
ciheckmate the efforts of the Leiter
party to secure New York loans. The
Armour agencies and the beef trust are
also antagonistic to the Leiter people.
Washburn is also in New York and is
understood to be on the same errand.
Mr. Leiter has already been check
mated in his efforts to secure lower
rates to the seaboard. The opposition
to Leiter is one of the strongest combi
nations ever originated in this country,
and it is estimated that $*3,000,000,000
is the aggregate wealth against his.
MAY YET BE REPRESENTED.
Sllnneaota Commission Will Baise Money
For an Exhibit tit Oiuttha.
MANKATO, Minn., Feb. 9.—Ex-Mayor
Edgar Weaver, who accompanied the
Omaha fair commissioners to Omaha
last week, has returned to this city,
find states that the work of tho exposi-*
tjou is being carried out on a largo
scale—as largo as to bo almost beyond
belief. The grounds and buildings are
being modeled ai tor those of the world's
fair a lagoon runs through the eentur
of the grounds and magnificent whito
buildings are being erected on both
sides, and a boulevard between the
ijuildings and lagoon. He says that, in
ail, $1,200,000 has been appropriated by
tlio city, county, state and government,
asiid that some states are putting up
liuildings of their own. Minnesota has
ifcade no appropriation, but the com
mission will devise means of raising
^0,000 or §25,000 to see that Minnesota
i$ creditably represented.
I WILL TEST THE LIQUOR.
Wisconsin Dairy Food Commission
JMADISON,IsWis.,and
Says It Within Their i'rovinee.
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Feb. 9.—Something
a sensation will be caused among the
wholesale liquor dealers of the state by
t^e deciaion of Dairy and Food Com
mlissioner Adams that the pure food
i&d drug law passed by the last legisla
te applies' to liquors, and that they
hereafter be required to be sub
itted to tests to establish their purity,
hether liquor is to be classed as food
oif a drug the commissioner does not
s&te, bat he holds that the provisions
oi' the law are clearly broad enough
to cover them. Two tests are to be ap
plied, one of which is to determine
Whether the liquors correspond to the
libels, and the other as to purity. Deal
ers who claim that their genuine
wands have been counterfeited by
makers of inferior or adulterated wet
feoods will be gratified by the decision.
fOUGHT OVER A WOMAN.
Duel of Iowa Men Result* iu Serious
Wounds to Both.
MASON CITY, la., Feb. 9.—In a duel
net# Sexton, Kossuth county, between
Albery Rabin and Herman Necker,
both men were shot—Necker through
the abdomen and Rahm through the
region of the heart. Both men are in
precarious condition. The fight was
witnessed only by the seconds of the
men, who had quarreled over a woman.
'ife V. N
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TO SEND TROOPS
Cabinet Meeting Decides Soldiers
Ai:e Necessary to Preserve Or
der in Alaska.
Great Many Lawless People Go
ing Into That Country With
Gold Seekers.
Drinking and Gambling Principal
Occupation at Dyea and
Skaguay.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—At the cabi
net meeting it was decided to send two
companies of troops to Dyea and Skag
uay, Alaska, immediately, for the pur
pose of preserving order and protecting
life and property. Advices to the gov
ernment state that the rush to the gold
fields has attracted hundreds of the
lawless element, and that troops are
necessary at once to prevent trouble.
ARMED TROOPS BARRED.
Cannot Accompany the Relief Expedition
Through Caundian Territory*
OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 9.—An official
announcement was made, in the Do
minion house of commons that armed
troops of the United States, would not
be permitted to accompany the Amer
ican relief expedition to Dawson City.
The government also stated that the
question of allowing United States
troops not under arms to do so was now
under consideration by the cabinet and
was also the subject of negotiation
with the Washington authorities.
It is generally conceded that an un
armed body of American troops will be
permitted to accompany the relief ex
pedition over Canadian territory.
DISGUSTED KLONDIKEBS.
Party of Twenty-five Pilgrims Return on
Hoard the Noyo.
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 9.—A report
from Nanimo states that the steamer
Noyo has arrived there from Skaguay.
She had 25 disgusted passengers aboard,
tired of the country, after their first ex
perience, and severely denouncing the
Klondike rush. The treasure on board
was $10,000. One of the passengers
said that 200 men could do all the work
offered at Skaguay, and that there were
at least 000 men there who had nothing
to do but drink and gamble. When
the Noyo passed, the position of the
Corona was more critical than hereto
fore reported. The Noyo had no com
munication with the wrecked passen
gors on Lewis island.
BOATS CROWDING NORTH.
Steamers Thistle and Dauubn Sail From
Vancouver*
VANCOUVEK, B. C., Feb. 9.—Boats
are crowding north to Dyea, Skaguay
and Wrangel crowded with Klondikers.
The Thistle and the Danube left dur
ing the day. The Thistle carried a
party going in by Stickeen river to
place steamers on Teslin lake. The
Danube took up a sawmill to be erected
at Lake LeBarge. She had to refuse
200 tons of freight, including three
carloads of bacon from Omaha for tho
United States relief expedition.
An average of 150 men are arriving
here daily to outfit for tho Yukon. Fif
teen hundred passengers bound for the
Klondike landed in Skaguay on Feb. 1.
The trails are in splendid condition and
men are making good progress over
them.
Fourth Party From Dubuque*
DUBUQUE, la., Feb. 9.—The Lee
party of 10 men have left here for
Klondike. This is the fourth party to
leave here for the gold fields.
HAVE POLITICAL RIGHTS.
Postofflce Employes Will Be Allowed to
Assert Them.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Postmaster Gor
don received a letter from First Assist
ant Postmaster General Heath in re
gard to what action employes of the
postal service would be. allowed to take
in political questions. The communi
cation stated that the department had
no special rule in such matters, and
that they preferred not to make
any. Mr. Heath said, however,
that there could be no objection to
the employes asserting their political
rights, but that there might be an ob
jection to the manner in which these
rights were asserted. He stated, that it
was the object of the department to do
everything possible for the good of the
department, and that nothing would
-v Einosr iLe if
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
that object. Some time'ago, John II
Manning, president, of the Union Vet
eran club, addressed a communication
to Postmaster Gordon, asking what
liberties the employes would bo allowed
iu political affairs. The postmaster re
ferred the matter to the department ..
Washington.
Syndicate liny* Clcvnliimi Iiruwcries.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 9.—According to
Bti afternoon newspaper a big deal by
which every brewery in Cleveland will
pass into tho hands of a syndicate of
Eastern capitalists has j.i.-t been com
pleted in New York. About §5,000,000
in cash, it is said, will be paid to Cleve
land brewers within the next few
weeks.
BOYCOTT ON FLOUR.
Chicago Union Men Asked Not to Use the
Minneapolis Article.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Minneapolis flour
has been placed under the ban by the
Federation of Labor, and the delegates
were instructed to report the action to
their respective unions.
Charles W. Teney, a Milwaukee
cooper, reported to the federation that
every jniller in the Minnesota, cit^ had
relusSd to employ union {&ope"l:s7 ana
that the union label could not be found
on packages containing the product of
their mills.
He requested that the charge be
brought to the attention of all Chicago
unions. On motion of Delegate Miller,
each delegate was instructed so notify
the members of his union that Minne
apolis flour was tho product of non
union labor and should be boycotted.
Luetgert 3uror Seriously ill.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Juror Charles A.
Snow is seriously ill and it is within
the range of possibility that the Luet
gert trial may came to a premature
end. Mr. Snow is suffering from the
grip with a temperature of 102. He
listened to the third day's installment
of Attorney Lawrence Harmon's
speech, but was very weak and finally
requested Judge Gary to adjourn.
Attempt at Train Wrecking.
WALKER, Minn., Feb. 9.—Some mis
creant opened the switch at Island
Lake, causing the special to leave the
track. Engineer Hallet and Fireman
Fisher both jumped, the former being
internally injured and the latter badly
bruised. The passenger service was
only slight?/ delayed.
Swedish I.utheran Conference.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 9.—The Minne
sota Swedish Lutheran conference
opened its 40th annual convention at
Gustavus Adolphus church. Special
opening exorcises wore held in the
evening, wnile tho remaining days of
the week will bo devoted to matters of
business.
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UPRISING OF MOONSHINERS.
United States Authorities Asked to Fro*
tect Law*Abi(linsr Citizens*
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 9.—An up
rising of moonshiners is threatened in
the mountain district of Cleburn
county, and tho United States authori
ties have been appealed to for assist
ance to protect the law-abiding citizens
of the locality. The trouble is caused
by a lawless element whose chief occu
pation is the unlawful manufacture of
whisky and was brought about by a
raid made last week by deputy United
States marshals.
BROOKLYN WOMAN'S DEED.
Kills Her Ktcp-Dauchtur and Seriously
Injures Her Husband and Herself.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The wife of
William W. Place, a Brooklyn insur
ance adjuster, killed her step-daugh
ter, Miss Ida Place, by burning her
face and body with acids, attacked her
husband with a hatchet and cut him so
badly about the head that he may die,
and then locked herself in a room and
turned on two gas jets. When found
by an ambulance she was unconscious
but it is believed that she will recover.
Jealousy was the cause.
West Superior I'lant 'Sola.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 9.—The
plant of the West Superior Iron and
Steel company was sold at noon at auc
tion to George WeTwood Murray
New York, who bid the property in for
the reorganizing committeo, paying
$60,000. Tho property cost nearly
12,000,000.
China Will Nbt Borrow at All.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9.—According
to trustworthy intelligence, China has
finally abandoned the idea of raising a
loan in London or elsewhere.
Revoked the Bank's License.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 9.—John W.
Breidenthal, state bank commissioner,
has revoked the license of the West
moreland State bank. It is the first
time in the history of tne state that a
solvent bank has been closed in tiuij
way.
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