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\ OI . * I.—NO. 364.
mtiVSAKLIMY
HAVE BEE\ PROHIBITED FROM
CELEBRATING THEIR DAY OF
LIBERATION
EOMINENT NATIVES
PLEADED IN VAIN
AMERICAN MILITARY AUTHOR
ITIES DENIED THEIR REQUEST
IX EVERY DETAIL
INDIGNANT
MEET AND PROTEST
Majority Irgo That All Cnban Flaps
Be Hanlod Down on Jan. I, and
I That the Occasion Be Made One
of Monrninx Instead of Rejoicing
—Senor La Coata Says Cubans
Are Xow Apprehensive.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—A special cable
gram from Havana says:
'"Startling iumors are flying about
tonight and are given credence by ex
cited crowds thronging the streets.
"The situation grows out of the re
fusal of Gen. Brooke to peimit the I
participation of Cuban troops in the '
exercises on evacuation day. The feel
ing in Havana tonight is intense. The i
United States flag was torn down
from many houses in the lower dis
tricts of the city tonight.
"The Cuban leaders are doing every
thing possible to prevent an outburst, \
but say that, if Gen. Brooke's com- ;
mand is carried out, they will be help
less.
"Judge Advocate Charles Gould, of j
the American commission, today ca- I
bled to President McKinley that thei'e !
is intense uneasiness in the situation
here, and advising that the Cubans be i
permitted to participate in the evacua- j
tion ceremonies. Late tonight no word i
had been received from the president
regarding the matter."
HAVANA, Dec. 29.—This morning a
deputation of the Cuban patriotic com
mittee, consisting- of Dr. Juan Ofar
rierio, Frederico Mora, Angelo Cowley,
Emilo Nunez and Alfredo Zayas, wait
ed upon Gen. Ludlow to ask whether
no portion of the Cuban programme
might be carii. <i out. Gen. Nunez, act- j
Ing as the spokesman of the deputa- 1
tion, handed Gen. Ludlow a written
copy of a programme of six days fes
tivities. It provided for the following:
On the Ist, a general ringing of bells.
On the 2d, a parade of Cuban soldiers, fol
lowed by a dinner.
On the yd, a civic procession.
On the 4th, public assemblages and
spe-sohes.
On the sth. a carnival; and, on the 6th,
races between the boats of the American men
of-war.
The programme called for fireworks
and music every night
PLEA FOR PATRIOTS.
Senor Cowley argued that Gen. Lud
low need not fear disorders. He said
that the people who hi,d long been op
pressed merely wished an opportunity
for public rejoicing, and as the Amer
icans were going to demonstrate the
Cubans wished to participate.
Gen. Ludlow, who was very polite to
the deputation, asked them to leave
the programme with him, and promised
to give the matter careful considera
tion.
After the deputation had withdrawn
he conferred with Gen. Brooke and
they decided that it would be wise not
tit allow any public manifestations on
the part of the Cubans. Gen. Lud
low prepared a written reply, pointing
out the extreme need of maintaining
order in the interest of the people of j
Cuba and the sympathy of the Amer
ea.ns with the desire of the Cubans to
celebrate. He argued, however, that
while this feeling was perfectly na
tural there was the danger of giving
an opportunity to ill-disposed or
thoughtless persons to make trouble,
which would harm the city's industrial
and commercial interests. On all these
grounds, continued Gen. Ludlow, it is
TODAYS BULLETIN.
Pf.fre.
I—Hospital Uuder a Clo>:d.
Contest Over Hawaii.
Trouble Impending at Pretoria.
Cabana arc- Dissati3fi. d.
Fight Expected at lliolo.
2—ln the Political Field.
Warming Up for Davis.
Cure for Imperialism.
Salt and Sand Ordinance.
Sons of Revolution Danquet.
B—Minnesota8 —Minnesota Educators Adjourn.
Basis for High School Work.
Aid for Country Schools.
4—Editorial.
Peace Petition Presented.
6— Sporting News.
To Bring Back Dead.
New York Poisoning Mystery.
6—Markets of the World.
Bar Silver, 69c.
Chicago Cash Wheat, C6%c.
f—Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News.
News of the Railroads.
S— la the Field of Labor.
Building Inspector's Report.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
ROTTERDAM—SaiIed:. Rotterdam, New York
GIBRALTAK-Armed: Kaiser Wilhelm ll.'
New York.
GE.NOA—Sailed: Ems. New York
£y?i7>n£mYX-S",iled: Majertte, New York.
GLASGOW—Arrived: Ethiopia New York
ANTWERP-Arrived: Arizona. New York'
PHILADELPHIA-Sailc-d: Netherland for
Antwerp.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
"f'SS^"^ stock c™»™y
sß^ PM-
F waisK sr*** Pfeifer haii- «*
Entertainment, Commercial club 8 PM
C^nai%u^:;VT ent> PaCifiC Conerega.
Mass meeting,' woolsey's hall, J>62 Grove
street, & .PAi.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
expedient that there should be no gen
eral public display of feteing.
RIGID ORDQE3R ISSUED.
The following order was issued to
night:
AH places where spirituous or Intoxicating
liquors are sold shall be dosed, and order
shall be preserved at all times; there shall be
no large gathering of citizens on the streets,
and no noisy paradlngs by nignt or day; no
pistols, knives, arms or other deadly weapons
shall be carried by any one, except by troops
«n duty; that persons carrying weapons of
any kind in the streets shall be arrested and
their arms confiscated.
This general order will be executed
as regards Cuban soldiers as well as
United States troops.
A Joint meeting of the committees of
various Cuban societies was held to
night at the Irijo theater to discuss
the situation. The proceeding* we^
private, but it "was decided to endeavor
to prepare hastily a petition to be
signed by business firms In Havana,
requesting Gen. Brooke to allow the
demonstration. This feature of the
proceedings is the only one made pub
lic. It is reported, however, that most
of those present advised that all Cuban
flags be taken down on Jan. 1, and th«
day made a day of mourning, the
Cubans carefully keeping away from
the Americans. The minority, on the
other hand, urged that it would be bet
ter to keep cool, to trust the Americans
and to wait and see how their fate
would be worked out.
CUBANS APPREHENSIVE.
Senor Prefecto la Costa, who pre
sided at the meeting, is said to have
expressed his views in this wise:
"I am satisfied that the Americans
do not understand us, and their moral
position is essentlallv weak."
The patriotic committees are holding
another meeting tonight. Dr. Porto,
of the Havana medical board, said to
the Associated Press correspondent
this evening:
"We have expended more than $10,
--000 in our arrangements for the cele
bration. It was very difficult to get
this money, and we keenly feel the
injustice of now being told that we
cannot celebrate. Our demonstration
would be quite as much an American
eh a Cuban affair. As it is, we feel
that the United States military author
ities mistrust us."
Forty convicts who were paving a
street near the Prado attempted to es
cape today to the American lines. They
were pursued by the Spanish soldiers
and in turn chased back by the Amer
ican soldiers, but seventeen escaped
through houses and over roofs. There
is an unusual number of criminals at
large.
Senor Louis Roderigtrez, the owner
of a provision warehouse at Caldeza,
was stoned in the face and back today
because he refused to shout "Cuba
libre." He is now in the hospital and
it is feared he will die.
The Cuban captain, Herreras. and his
men, of Col. Raoul Arango's command,
today captured at Jesus del Monte an
alleged cattle thief named Bartolo
•Nodo and shot him without more ado.
AFRICAN REBELS
Attack a Detachment of British
Soldiers. Killing: Twelve.
CALCUTTA, Dec.29.—Advices received hera
from British East Africa say that on Oct. lQ
a force of rebels attacked, a detachment of
thiity men belonging to the Twenty-seventh
Baluchis, commanded by Lieut. Hannyntou,
which was marching to Maslndi. A native
officer p.nd twelve men were killed and'nine
men were" wounded, including Lieut. Hannyn
ton, who was shot through the right arm,
and had his left hand shattered by a bullet.
The rear guard ropu'sed the enemy and ths
wounded were conveyed fourteen miles to
Kiealazi on the western shore of Lake Klog.i,
which place was he!d by a company of
Baluchis.
The rebels lost l<;0 men. Later the rebeii
attacked Kisalazi ar-d '-ost twenty-five men.
Tho casulties on the British side were two
men wounded. Troops were dispatched to
pursue the rebels.
IN AN UPROAR.
"Wild. Scene* in the Hnngurlan Diet
Are Renewed.
BUDAPEST. Deo. 29.—There was a re
newal today of the uproarious scenes In th«
lower house of the Hungarian diet. While
the premieT, Baron Banffy, was defending
the government's policy, he said the govern
ment iwteuded to steadfastly carry out its
I duty and re-establish parliamentary order,
being convinced that the ministry was de
fending Hungarian parliamentarism and the
constitution. The RiglitUit. shouts of "Eljin"
were almost drowned by the uproar of th«
Leftists.
LEAGUE OF PATRIOTS.
Frenchmen Decide That a New
Order Is VcccssHrj.
PARIS, Dec. 29.—At a meeting of 4.000
members of the League of Patriots held here
today, It was decided, In view of the situa
tion created by the Dreyfus affair, to form
a new league of patriots. Paul de Roulede,
member of the chamber of deputies for Cha
reute>, the founder of the original League of
Patriots, and himself one of the most active
opponents of Dreyfus revision, was elected
president of the new league.
TO RECEIVE AMERICANS.
Duke of York Will Likely Be Creat
ed a Rear Admiral.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The Duke of York will
probably be made a rear admiral before the
squadron of American warships, which is ex
pected to visit Europe, reaches Spitheed. in
whose reception, it is added, the duke will
take a prominent part.
SENOR ROJVIERO WORSE.
Mexican Ambassador Reported to Be
in a Critical Condition.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—At 2:30 o'clock
this morning Ambassodor Romero was re
ported sinking rapidly.
WAGES_OF SIN.
Dr. Gray Killed the Woman He AVas
Infatuated With.
BLOOMFIELD, Ind., Dec. 29.—This after
noon Dr. Gray killed Mrs. Lizzie Skinner,
on the streets, within 100 feet of the depot,
in plain view of many people. He stabbed
her four time.? with a surgical knife, and
she died Instantly.
He made threats vhls morning that fee
would kill her today. He was watching for
her at the depot, as she was ocmng to take
the train.
After the killing he immediately gave him
self up.
Mrs. Skinner left a former husband on ac
count of the doctor, and he has deserted a
wife and family for her.
Dr. Gray is about 30 years old and Ib a
son of J. W. Gray, on« 01' the most prom
inent men in the county.
Lord and Lady (urtnn.
CALCUTTA, Dec. 29.—Baron Curzon of
Kedleston, the new viceroy of India, and
Lady Curzon, with their children, arrived
here today on the Peninsular & Oriental
steamship Kensington, which left London
Dec. *
FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 30, 1898.
BOERS ARE HOSTILE
RAND POST SUGGESTS THAT BRIT
ONS BE TAUGHT A
LESSON
URGES RADICAL RETALIATION
Suggests That if a Couple of Wire
puller* Were Shot a Formal War
Might Be Averted President
Krneger Deprecates Incendiary
Utterance* of the Johanneaberg
Organ.
LONIX>N, Dec. 30.—The Johannes
berg correspondent of the Daily Mail
says:
"Signs are multiplying that the Uit
lander element are aroused to present
ing claims for justice. Former lead
ers are debarred, under pain of ban
ishment, from interfering in politics,
but they declare that, in despite Pre
toria terrorism, they will not keep si
lent much longer. The present tem
per of the community is such that op
posing demonstrations will almost in
evitably be followed by serious riots.
"I learn on high authority that, dur
ing the negotiations at Pretoria re
garding Saturday's demonstrations, the
British agent carefully avoided any
j admission that the British government
j assented to the public meeting's act.
j He even suggested that Great Britain
might test the legality of that meas
j ure, under the London convention.
"The piesent position has aroused
i the deepest public excitement known
; since the Jameson raid, and it is p^aln
| that something must be done quickly
to terminate a humiliating and intol
erable situation.
"I have visited the British consul,
■who said the Saturday's demonstration
impressed him as being based upon
; deep popular feeling, while the d^puta
j tion which presented the petition was
I to his personal knowledge composed
j of men of high character and stand
ing."
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail says:
"President Krueger, in the course of
jan interview, has asserted that he
deprecates the warlike article pub
lished on Wednesday by the Boer or
gan, the Rand Post, and says he will
prohibit the proposed anti-Jameson !
demonstration."
The Johannesberg correspordent of
the Times, telegraphing Thursday,
says:
"Yesterday's issue of the Rand Post
contains further inflammatory arti
cles. The paper called Saturday's pro- |
ceedings rebel crusades against the ex-
Istence of the republic, and styles the !
petition 'a lying and libelous docu- j
ment, compiled in conjunction with j
the British agent's office.' It suggests
that, If a couple of wire-pullers were
shot, it would avert a formal war, and
says that Great Britain should then '
be requested to appoint a new consu
lar staff, failing immediate compliance
with the request, the exequators of the
members of the present staff should
be withdrawn."
FORTUNE IS LOST
BY EXPRESS COMPANY
WELLS-FARGO OFFICIALS ADMIT
THE AMOUNT GONE IS
f60,000
Believed to Be Double That Sum
Money Was for Southern Pncilic
Pay Holl Delivery Clerli Bcelor
Missing, and Foul Play Suspected.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 29.—The local
office of the Wells-Fargo Express company is
out a money package containing $60,000.
The money was sent there from Houston for
the Southern Pacific to meet its pay roll west
from this city to El Pa3o. It arrived Wednea
i day morning, and was given to C. A. Beeler,
| the Wells-Fargo money delivery clerk, to
hand over. Beeler started for the depot, and
was seen en route. Four hours after his de
j parture his wagon was found five miles west
of the city In a_thiciiet, the horse almost dead
from the effects of hard driving.
Inquiry developed the effect that no d2llvery
j had been made. There was no evidence of a
struggle In the vicinity where the vehicle
was found.
Beeler had been In the employ of the com
pany for nine years, and enjoyed the confi
dence of all. He spent several years on the
frontier as a cowboy. His friends stoutly as
sert that he is the victim of foul play, and
his wife also is inclined to this belief.
Supt. Taft, of the express company, is
here investigating. He admits that the loss
; will reach the sum stated, while rumors
nearly double the amount,
FLOATED_BAD NOTES.
Why David Rothschild Was Arrest
ed in Xew York.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—David Rothsehf.d
was arrestrd toci'av on a warrant sworn out
at the instance of the Centeral National bank.
According to the complaint RothsohTd was
the head of the firm of R. Rothschild & Sons,
j which, untM recently, conducted a large cloth-
I ing business in Cleveland, O. On May 12,
| 1892, Rothschild visited the Central National
j bank and offered a mote, executed by the
firm, for J5.000, payable Sept. 12, that yoar,
for discount. He made a statement that the
firm had :ibillti€s of about $50,000, but pos
sessed assets of three times that sum. He I
also gave the bank as security about twenty
promissory notes of customers, in sums rang
ing from $100 to $300, which the bank saya
Rothschild claimed were secured by chattel
mortgages. Their total was $6,250. Among
others were notes signed by Harry Golden,
John Emrick and W. T. Levy. Emrick's not«s
were payable at the Home National bank, of
Chicago, as was a no t 9 purporting to be
signed by Louis Cook, the others at the
office of tha firm here.
When the $5.(X:0 note became due R. Roths
child & Sons assigned, but the Central bank,
with the $6XO of note*, felt safe. As fast e«
the notes became due the firm sent them out
for collection, but the bank could not find
the drawers. After further search, however,
Emrick was located in the Chicago stock
yards, where he was employed as driver. H«
said he had worked for the Rothschild con
cern and David Rothschild told him to sign
his name to about twenty notes. Just how
much they amounted to he did not know
and ha did -not care, as having no mon<?y no
one could make him pay the not^g. Emerlck
also stated that other men employed by the
firm made about the same number as he did
When arraigned in court today Rothschld
declined to make a statement, further than
to Bay that he knew nothing about any
swindling, and it was simply a move to In
duce or frighten him into paying a" debt con
tracted by a firm that had made an assign
ment and was in the hands of an assignee.
The police say that about $100,000 of the
Rothschild paper was floated in New York
David Rothschild was held in ROGO bail for
hearing on Jaa. & -
CONTEST OVER HAWAII
BOOKED FOR THE HOI SB WHEN
LEGISLATION ON THE SUB
JECT STARTS
MINORITY IS DETERMINED
Will Insist That Hawaii Be Govern
ed as a Territory, With a View
to I Itiniate Admission am a State
—Philippine Problem Cited trn
a Reason for This Dangers nt
Propositions In Majority Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—A sharp
contest will occur In the house over the
legislation for the government of Ha
waii, as the majority and minority of
the committee on territories do not
agree as to the form of a bill. Neither
do the majority agree with the report
of the senate committee on foreign re
lations, although the differences are not
such as to cause great difficulty. The
majority report of the house committee
changes the bill introduced by Mr.
Hitt only slightly, with the exception
of the qualifications for senators and
representatives. The property qualifi
cations are stricken out and any citizen
■ttho Is a voter and has been a resident
of Hawaii for three years is eligible.
These who were citizens of Hawaii on
Aug. 12, 1898, are made citizens of the
United States. One house shall not
be allowed to eonstilute the legislature
in case the other adjourns; nor will it
be necessary to have the sanction of
three members to introduce a bill in
the legislature. The delegates to con
gress shall have the same qualifications
as a voter. Bonds on the public do
mains shall be payable in not less than
five years, nor more than fifteen years.
Three years' residence must be proved
to obtain citizenship.
The minority report was prepared by
Mr. H. B. Ferguson, delegate from New
Mexico, who is a member of the sub
committee. Mr. Henry, of Texas, ia
also a minority member, but is now
fibsent.
The report says the minority Is un
able to agree to some prominent fea
tures of the bill as introduced and as
approved by the majority of that sub
committee, and continues:
MINORITY REPORT.
"It is important to emphasize the fact that
new territory as acquired should be governed
as other territories of the United Suites have
been ficni the foundation of the government,
■with the view to ultimate admission to state
hood. Upon this theory we believe that Ha
waii should be given substantially the same
form of government as has been the other
territories of the United States, and the Im
portance of this view Is increased rather than,
diminished by the imminent Philippine ques
tion—new territory, which we feel is unfitted,
either from the character of Its population
or because of its distance from our sihores,
for statehood in tfhe Union, and ought to be
left alone entirely.
"We therefore object to tha provision of
the bill making the supreme court of the ter
ritory of Hawaii judge of the me--nbership of
the house of the territorial legislature of
Hawaii. We believe that ea-i-3. house should
be the final judge of the quaJifl-uitions of its
members. The innovation nkt only fails to
preserve the constitutional dependence of the
three gTeat branches of the government, legis
lative, executive and Judicial, but tends to
degrade the court to the level of political
squabbles and partisan bias. It tends also
to increase the already dangerous power of
the courts in our system of government.
DANGEROUS POWER.
"We also object/ to the property qualifica
tion for members of the senate and the legis
lature of Hawaii. This disqualification also
extends to the voters for members of that
branch of the legislature. This is an innova
tion, recognizing by law the right of wealth
to govern. Which is a dangerous tendency in
a country already threatened by the too grtat
ascendancy cf wee.th.
"A residence of three years in Hawaii Is
also n&ces'sary for one to become a qualified
voter. As our desire is. or should bs, to j
Americanize those islands, we think a resi
dence of even less than one year would be
preferable.
"We think also that tto great power is
given to the governor; especially we object
to his being empowered to nominate a part of
tlhe judiciary of that island for life. We be
lieve that all the judges, as in other terri
tories of the United States, should be ap
pointed by the president and from bona fide
residence base of the territory, for a term of
four yc^rs. If life judges are to be ap
pointed a£ all they should be appointed by
the president."
There are also other points of differ
ences between the majority and minor
ity of the subcommittee, but the others
are the principal ones.
The minority make no objection to
the educational qualifications for citi
zenship, as they believe this to have
worked well in the South.
CANADIANS WARNED.
Told of Their Danger o*f Bclngr Ab
iiorbed by America.
TORONTO, Ont, Dec. 29.—The Toronto
World, which opposes the present liberal gov
ernment at Ottawa, has a startling editorial
today under the heading. "Canada on the
Brink," in which it warns the people of this j
country that times are critical, so far as the
maintenance of Canada as a free, independent
and integral portion of North America is con
cerned.
"Unless Canadians," declares the World,
"are fully alive to the situation, and speak
out in no uncertain way, they will flnd them
selves between a grasping annexation move
ment In the I'nited States, having for its end
the domination of the whole continent, and a
great party in England, prepared to make al
most any sacrifices to the United States in
consideration of some kind of support of Eng
land in her race with Russia, France and
other European powers."
The World then refers to the recent speech
at Macon, Ga., of Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson,
of Delaware, in which that gentleman ex
pressed the hope that he would 6ee the day
when our starry flag shall float everywhere in
the frozen North to the sunny clime of Cen
tral America."
"We believe," the World proceeds, "that
these words of Mr. Wilson only show too well
the opinion of a great number of Americans
when once their appetite for expansion Is
aroused in the direction of the north, and If
once they get into their heads that they only
have to go far enough in their great game of
bluff, which seems to be their beet and their
strongest card in diplomacy, will force Can
ada, willy nilly, Into annexation."
In conclusion the paper says: "We ar«
nearer to absorption than ever we were. Do
Canadians realize it?"
CAN GET QOIP.
American Banters Promise $50,
--000,000 I* Needed. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Foreign bankers
said today that sterling exchange rates were
sufficiently low to permit of the Importation
of gold, and that it was not. unlikely that
some more would come in January;'that im
ports really depended- now^jon the rates for
money here. If there was 'te4d for the gold
here some would undoubtedly come. It would
be easy, the bankers say, to bring In $50,000,
- sold if aaj such sum were needed.
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SHOWING ILOILO AND MANILA.
FIGHT IS EXPECTED
SITUATION IN ILOILO HAS ASSUMED
A DECIDEDLY GRAVE
ASPECT
ALL RESTS WITH GEN. OTIS
American* May Be Compelled to
Take Hollo by Force of Armit
Insurgents Outnumber United
States Troops Four to One
Much Is Expected of the flfgiktins
Eighteenth Englbh Comment.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — The war
department is expecting definite word
from Gen. Otis within the next twen
ty-four hours as to what has occurred
at Iloilo. By that time Gen. Otis will
have heard from Gen. Miller, in com
mand of the American force sent on
this expedition.
The officials about the war depart
ment do not appear to be apprehen
sive over the results, and there is no
evidence of tension or alarm, although
it is recognized that the situation at
Iloilo is one which may bring about
a sharp and possibly a decisive isnue
between the insurgents and the United
States forces.
Up to the close of office hours today
it was said at the war department that
nothing had been received from Gen.
Otis bearing on the military situation.
All that had come was a response to
an early dispatch conveying orders,
the reply giving assurance that definite
news could be conveyed within the
next twenty-four hours.
What Gen. Miller will do as to tak
ing possession of the city, either with
force or without, It not officially dis
closed, and, indeed, it is likely that
considerable discretion is lodged with
the commanding officer as to what
steps should be taken. But, in the
event of a clash between the United
States forces and the insurgents, war
department officials say there could be
no doubt as to the outcome, as the
Eighteenth Infantry are among the
regulars, having a reputation for their
fighting ability.
The American force numbers about
2,500, as against an estimated force of
some 10,000 insurgents, but no doubt
is expressed as to the adequacy of our
force. •
FILIPINO CABINET.
It Is Ready to. Oppose Everything
Save Absolute Independence.
MANILA, Dec. 29.—The expedition under
Gen Miller arived at Iloilo Tuesday and
found that the Spaniards had evacuated the
place on Saturday. The steamer Churuca
transferred the Spansih forces-to Mandanao.
In accordance with an agreement, the rebels
entered the city and trenches on Monday at
moon. They immediately established a muni
cipal government. Guards were placed over
foreign property. Everything Is quiet and
orderly. There was some looting during the
night, but fivb natives were shot and this had
an exemplary effect.
The only foreign ship in the harbor was the
British cruiser Irene.
A new Filipino cabinet has been formed,
the personnel of which is as follows: Presi
dent of the cabinet and minester of foreign
affairs, Senor Mabini; minister of war, Senor
Luna; minister of interior, Senor Araneta;
minister of agriculture and commerce, Senor
Buencameno; minister of public works, Seuor
Canon; stare deed, Senor Roaario.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—From Filipino source.
Disaster the End of Expansion.
» LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 29.—United States Senator Stephen «
« M. White left today for "Washington. In an interview regarding »
fl the Philippine question he said: - ss
SS "I am utterly opposed to the acquisition of distant and bar- ??
« baric lands. It appears to me foolish to embark on a line of »
» policy which we heretofore have never followed. It is my honest «
ft conviction that the carrying out of the expansion question will $/
« prove disastrous to the republic. The result may be postponed »
g for years, but it will be reached if we abandon- our precedents." «
PRICE TWO CENTS~{»; r ™«
a representative of the Associated Press is
informed that the new Filip no cabinet * ;
much stronger, from an insurgent pcint of j
view, than the last, as all the new members >
are pledged to insist upon the independence
of the island.'?, and refuse to liberate the !
Spanwh prisoners. It is added that the Fili
pinos will nc.veT release these prisoners
"while thousands of Filipinos are dying in
the Spanish convict settlements of Fernando
Po, the Ladrones and Üba Caroline islands."
Btoblni, the new president of the cabinet
and minister of foreigu affairs, is described as
ft, notary living in Manila, of Indian descent,
a-r.d a3 of having Spanish b'.ood in hi 3 veins.
He is an old nun, partly para'.yzed, said to
be a great patriot and alleged to have always
been a councillor a? Agtrfna'.do.
Antonio Luna, the minister of war, wa»
employed by th« last cabinet In the war de
partment. Ha is the editor of the Manila
insurgent paper, Ir.dependenula; was educated
in Europe, and only lately returned to the
Philippines from Par:.:.
Rosario, 1s probably Dr. Thomas Roeario,
who was educated in Spain, and it is sup
posed that liCs post, slate deed, means keeper
I of Uie archives.
GEN. LAWTON SELECTED.
Will Go to Manila to Command
Forces There.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—The war depart
ment has "kaued orders assignius Maj. Gen.
Lawton to services in the Philippines. This
assignment Is considered one of especial im
portance, as Gen. Lawton, who was one of
the most conspicuouj officers in the campaign
about Santiago, will be second in command i
to Gen. Otis, and in the event of Gen. Oils' j
appointment as governor general of the !
Philippines, will assume military command j
of the forces in the Philippines. His new
duties will require a combination of nerve
and tact.
Gen. Lawton recently has been In command
of the camp at Huntc'ville. Gen. Frank, as
ranking officer, will assume command on the
departure of Gen. Lawton.
The letter's selection for duty in the Philip
pines was owing largely to the character of
his service during the war, and later at
Havana.
WANTED—A STATESMAN.
Hi» Services Are Needed in the
Philippine- Island*.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—A special from
Manila says: "Admiral Dewey considers it |
absolutely necessary that a flrst-class statfs- I
man be sent to Manila to thoroughly invc-sti- |
gate the situation here and ascertain the I
ai-pi ration 3 of the FilipiDo repub.ltans. He |
further states that the United States must
accept their responsibilities in the Philippines \
which have been acquired by conquest. If j
they should shirk their duty they pui them- j
selves back 200 years in the world's history."
AFFAIRS IN SAMOA.
Arrival There of American War
whips Disturbs Germany.
BERLIN, Dec. 29.—There is much comment I
here at the reported arrival of an American
warship at Apia, Samoa, the newspapers re
garding it as a sign that President McKlnley
means to carry out the plan outlined in his
recent message to congress. The Vcssische
Zeitung says:
"No doubt Great Britain will support Amer
ica, and thus paralyze the. slowly acquired
German prepouderaucy. There is no longer a
chance of Germany securing exclusive con
trol."
FORTUNE _FOR A SEAT.
Frank Jay Gould Pay* ft.'IO,OOO to
New York Slock Exchange.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The biggest price
paid for many years for a seat in the New
York stock exchange, $30,000, was paid today
by Frank J. Gould, youngest son of the late
Jay Gould.
The youngest member ever admitted to the
exchange was admitted today in the person of
Alfred H. Caspary, who was proposed for
membership on his twenty-first birthday.
CLOUD OVER
ST. PETER
UGLY REPORTS FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS HAVE BEEN HEARD
ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
BROUGHT TO HEAD
BY RECENT EVENTS
TWO CORPSES SENT HOME, THB
FRIENDS DECLARE, BRUISED
AND BATTERED
SUPPRESSED SCANDAL
ALSO GOSSIPED
The Board of Trustee* Forced to
Make an Investigation aa a Re
sult of the Stories That Have
Reached the Public Ear May
Be«in Today The Mlnneapolla
Cases Not the Only Ouea.
That a condition of affairs that need
ed airing exists in the state insane hos
pitals of this state has long been sus
pected by people whose attention, per
sonal or official, has been called to the
status of these institutions. For months
rumors have been afloat that involved
these hospitals and especially the St
Peter institution, and now within the
week, two corpses have been brought
from that institution, both of which
sorrowing relatives declare showed
marks of battering and brutelng, which
*eem to warrant investigation, and,
which in one case, has inspired a pri
vate organization to pursue an inquiry
ou its own behalf into the causes lead-
Ing up to the death of Adclph Win
quist, of Minneapolis, a day or two
ago.
There was a change In the staff at
the St. Peter hospital last spring,
which, thanks to the star chamber
methods pursued by the beard of trus
tees in company with other state
j boards, which cherish such traditions,
, did not attract any notice. The board
of managers was too anxious to keep
it quiet, because unpleasant charges
had been made against one of the phy
sicians whose name ceased to appear
on the hospital pay rolls. The doctor
was, perhaps, as Innocent of the
charges made against him then, as
lit; is of the murder of the two patients
recently sent dead to their homes in
Minneapolis, but if he was innocent,
then he should have beeo permitted to
prove it to the public.
It has been openly charged in the
press recently, that a woman patient
at St. Peter was subjected to such
abuses that her removal to the hospi
tal at Rochester was provided for. No
denial of this charge has ever come
from the St. Peter hospital. The
Globe has made some inquiry into
the case in question, and is rewarded
with the statement of the secretary of
the board, who is also the resident di
rector of the Rochester hospital, that
the woman suffered from a delusion
that she had a certain disease. Her
husband, too, not an inmate of the
hospital, Secretary Titus says, was
"deluded" into believing that her de
j lusion was fact.
ARE THESE DELUSIONS?
Similarly, perhaps, it will be attempt
j ed to establish that the teeth of Mrs.
! John G. Bauer were not missing when
j her corpse reached her former home,
but th:it her sorrowing husband was
"deluded" into believing that her teeth
were not there.
Similarly, too, perhaps, Mrs. Ad'olph
"U inquist did not see frightful lacera
tions on the body of her dead husband,
but wes "deluded" into the notion that
j the corpse was mangled.
The frequency of such "delusions"
impels one to wonder, at least, whether
or not the St. Peter insane hospital
deserves the name of hospital so charit
ably bestowed uoon it. The popular
stnse of the word hospital implies in
telligent treatment tending toward the
bc-ref.t cf the confined, and was adopted
by reason of a supposed harshness in
j the wcrd "asylum."
If the cases of Mrs. Bauer and of
I Adolph Winquist are what they ap
; pear to be, then the proper name to
, £> pply to that massive fortress that
! overlooks the valley of the Minnesota
I river from the plateau back of St. Peter
is neither hospital nor asylum. This
state is paying hundreds of thousand
of dollars annually for Immense struc
tures, equipped with the finest of sur
gical apparatus, broad acres of well
kt-pt greensward, and indeed, the best
that nature and science can give to the
! help of those suffering people whose
j reason has been dethroned, can be
carefully and properly cared for—not
maltreated.
IS CLUBBING DESIRED?
The maniac can be clubbed to death
in a charnel house as well as in a pal
ace, and, if that is the end and aim of
an institution, the state might save
money by employing a couple of Her
culean bruisers in Carver's cave and
let "nature take its course."
Who was Winquist?
A laborer, for years employed in the
| waterworks department in Minneapo
lis.
What was his delusion?
That he was a soldier.
And Algate Anderson, the deputy
sheriff who took him to the hospital
ten days ago, says that the briefest
demand was all that was necessary to
keep Winquist in absolute quiet, as
though he were under military or
ders.
This was the man whose corpse was
brought home Wednesday, with bruises
on face, knees, elbows, and in parts
of the trunk where the possibility of
their being self-inflicted, his friends
say, seems unlikely.
The undertaker who called at the
hospital for the body was told that the
scars on the face were there when
Winquist came there.
Deputy Sheriff Anderson says that
they were not. It might be a question
of veracity between Anderson and the
hospital attaches, but for this other