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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1899. _
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THURSDAYS WEATHER.
Snow; Colder.
By the United States Weather Bureau—
MINNESOTA— Light snow, followid by fair:
co l wave; northwesterly gales. WISCON
SIN—Snow, followed by fair; cold wave;
northwest gales. NORTH r-AKOTA— Light
snow, followed by fair; colder in eastern por
ti m; northerly gales. SOI'TH DAKOTA—
Threatening weather: colder; northerly
winds. lOWA— Threatening weather; much
r-.->i-ier. noith to northwest wind*. ItOK
TAN \ Threatening weather; northeasterly
Wirds.
YGSTRROAY'S TEMPER -TI'RBR — St,
Paul. ::.': Duluth, 22: Huron. 24: Bismarck,
8; Wllllston. 0: Havre. IS: Helena. 24; Kdtnon
fton. 8; Battleford. — i: Prince Albert, —10;
Calgary. 20: Medicine Hat 12; >»it Current,
—6; Miunedosa, 12: WUsclpeg, 4.
Buffalo, 28-26; Chicago, 36-36; Cincinnati,
SB-40; Montreal, S-18: Pittsburg. 28-80.
>AI 1. BUREAU— The following taken
at 6:46 p. m local time (8 o'clock Washington
time) Is a relative statement of the local con
ditions for the twenty-four hours which ended
when the observations were taken: Barom
eter, 29.48: mean temperature, 24; relative
hum dl y. 90: wind at S p. m.. southwest:
weather, cloudy; maximum temperature. 37;
minimum temperature, 11; daily range. 26.
Note— Haremfter corrected for temperature
ar.d elevation. — P. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Treaty Situation.
Thai was a very neat move on the
part cf Senator Gorman and the anti-
Imperialist Democrats and Republicans
of th upper house of congress on
Tuesday, when they urged an immedi
ate vote on the adoption of the peace
treaty. It ought to have the effect of
silencing the imperialists who have
grown abusive of what they style the
"aunties," meaning presumably those
v. ho do not favor the adoption of the
treaty as it stands with the article
looking to the cession by Spain of the
Philippines to the I'nited .States. These
Journals will now have to transfer the
title of "aunties" to those who are un
willing to proceed with the vote. Tho
reason for hesitation in the matter of
v. .tins is apparent. The imperialists do
not possess the necessary two-thirds.
• '• 1 the deficit can only be made good
hy the opportunities afforded by delay.
The administration party ls desperate,
and thr- momei t for intrigue has ar
med. Defeat of the measure means
an extra session of the senate, and
this, fo r many reasons, the executive
-toes not want. It is evident that the
[Opponents to lhe treaty in the presi
dent's party are men whose convic
tions cannot be altered by gifts of pat
: >.so no loophole is afforded there.
Under pressure, however, and re
sponsive to the demand of the oppos
ing senators that an immediate vote
be taken, the committee on foreign re
lations has agreed that a vote shall be
taken Feb. 6.
Meanwhile, Senator Hoar makes this
declaration in an interview:
Not since the treaty of peace was signed
■ ember la rt have I felt
tine that the convention will be eltlur
: altogether or amended so as to meet
n of tho.F who are opposed to
the administration's Ideas on expansion and
imnerialism.
These are significant words when
urce is considered. Mr. Hoar's
i<!< a of amendment consists of an alter
; tion of the language of the third arti
cle of Lhe treaty so thai the instrument
shall provide only for the relinquish
ment by Spain of authority over the
Philippines, instead of an absolute
cession of the archipelago to the Unit
ed States. This will place them in the
same relation to this country as that
held by Cuba, leaving the people to
form their own government: and in the
meantime th,. Cnited States will ex
.end to them its good offices, just as it
is undertaking to do in behalf of the
Queen • .(" the Antilles.
This is a common sense as well- as
a humanitarian view, it is apparent
that ihe islands will not be relegated
tion by Spain; in fact, hav
i: g goni so far In connection with the
Philippine, in the way of interference
n the insurgents and the au
of the Spanish crown, as we
i. v ■ advanced in connection with
Cuba, unnecessary as it really was in
the case of the Philippines, the plan
ted appears to be more feasible
any thus far proposed. Indeed,
It would seem to be the only plan by
pursuing « hich the United States can
hup,- to retire from the entanglements
with :: reserved honor. This view
was most forcibly expressed by Bishop
New York, in his letter ad
d to the managers of the great
anti-expansion mass meeting held last
venlng at the Academy of
in (ha;, city, in which he says:
that the policy of imperialism or cx
. "i any such sense as proposed at
a-tens equally the moral integrity
■' Md the conditions on which
ty h:is hitherto rested,
should be brought into bnmaase
complications, that we should he used a- a
t >ol by ether nations, that we should burd°n
'.i a colossai dri-t and sacrifice
i aught— all these are secondary
considerations compared with the fact that
Hinging to the winds the high pur
pose with which we ostentatiously pretend-1
v. re going to war and entering upon
which is dictated by a foolish and
I ambltii n.
The United States has claimed to be the
mend of liberty, of which it now propones
t> deprive those in distant is'an.s who ar.
Btruggllng for freedom. Whether wo think
they are competent to be clothed with such
privileges Is. under the circumstances, a
»hecr Impertinence. Nations get upon their
feet by being left to fight their own way to
: ;-:d organized government, and th"
preten-v that we are assisting them to such
Mds. when the whole inspiration of the pres
ent moment is greed of gain and passion for
bigaess, is equally grotesque and hypocritlc.
• • •
And that Sunday night New York
meeting, by the way, has had its In
fluence, and it will have still more,
upon those whose votes must deter
mine the question. It was an impres
sive gathering, and the participants
were some of the best known business
Hr.d professional men in the metropolis,
while the representative of labor.
. : Gompers, of the national fed
eration, sat side by side on the stage
with Abram S. Hewitt. Frederick R.
Coud< rt, '.Vhec'er H. Peckham, John E.
A. Pryor and many
>nal reputation, Demo
and Republicans alike. Perhaps
lldng speech of the evening
' '•••'. Bourke Cockran, who
•i ',-,:. i Europe with the
; •-''...:- part in the
-t th* in/ pc rial Ism policy.
Mr. Cockran is not in politics, and his
independent Democracy is well recog
nized. He touched the core of this
modern apple of mischief when he
made the following declaration, which
was succeeded by a scene of wild
enthusiasm, accompanied by tremen
dous and prolonged applause:
Why, said he, is every leading art ii le In
every English paper urging us to .°elze the
Philippines and be quick about it? Eng
land has two reasons. One ls a natural feel
ing of resentment felt by one nation over
the superiority of another. She began by
predicting our ruin in our nation's youth, and
now she hates and fears us.
She bates us just as much as when we
were weak, and with just the same inten
sity of hate which prompts a woman with a
tarnished name to hate and sneer at her
more decent sister. She knows that today
we are unassailable, but let us annex the
Philippines, and we must bow to the supe
riority of her fleet. I warn the American
people against entangling alliaiu-es with
England. (Prolonged applause.!
I confess I am In favor of expansion in
the right direction, if we want expansion,
here to the north of us lies a country a
natural part of us. Why not annex Canada?
(Tremendous applause.) I'd like to see that
line of custom houses blown Into the great
lakes, and our Northern territory extended
to Baffin's bay.
Here was gall as well as meat for
the digestion of expansionists, and
from the lips of one fresh from the
English shores, and who undoubtedly
measures English sentiment at Its true
value.
The thousands of volunteers now
fretting in the tropics, with nothing to
do but to await orders to turn upon
the inhabitants of the Philippines,
would be in their homes today had not
the passion "for greed and bigness,"
as Bishop Potter styles it, seized upon
the administration. Their home-com
ing will be long delayed, and there
must be many contributions of others
to take their places before the ques
tion is adjusted, should the treaty be
ratified as it came from the hands of
the Paris commission.
The Nicaragua Canal Bill.
Though Senator Morgan succeeded In
urging the Nicaragua scheme through
the senate, it is exceedingly doubtful if
the measure will reach even the de
bating stage in the house. Its provi
sions are so bMdly In the Interests of
the old Maritime Canal c .mpany, in
that they provide for an initial outlay
of $5,000,000 for which nothing tangible
is to be received in return, that repre
sentatives are pot likely to bring con
demnation upon themselves at the
hands of their constituents by voting
for what is on its face a clear extrac
tion of money from the public treasury
v. ithout any consideration being given
therefor.
One section of the act provides for
the redemption and cancellation of the
bonds, stock, scrip, cash liabilities and
construction contracts of the old com
pany. But of what does their value
consist? Absolutely nothing. The ad
justment is to be made by commission
ers on "principles of justice and
equity." As an evidence of the char
actor of the measure all attempts to
provide that a careful estimate of the
property and the company's franchises
at something approximating their true
value failed of success. The plan se'ms
to have been cut and dried to push the i
bill forward with the simple purpose of i
saddling the whole thing upon the gov- |
eminent by not only reimbursing the j
promoters for their actual outlay of j
money, which it is claimed did not ex- |
feed $2,000,000, even though the sums
expended approached that sum, but to I
give them an absolute bonus which
may fairly be reckoned at $3,000,000. It
is known that much of the work per
formed in the way of cutting and
dredging was totally obliterated under j
the influence of tropical rains. The ma
chinery, tools, dredges and boats have i
been rendered practically useless from
exposure. It has been very appropri
ately said by some one that under the j
provisions of the bill the government
v. ould be committed to pay for a pile
of old junk that would not pay for the
breaking up and transportation to an
American market, while another char
acterization of the liill is given as one
which should be styled "an act Intended
not so much to procure the cutting of
a canal through the Central American
isthmus, as to insure the construction
of a conduit from the United States
treasury to the empty coffers of the
Maritime Canal company."
The facts are, the time has passed
when the Nicaragua or any other isth
mian canal can be of any advantage to
American commerce; and as for its
utility as a passageway for naval ves
sels, the probabilities are that the oc
casion is very remote indeed when a
man-of-war ship will be under a stress
similar to that associated with the
voyage of the Oregon around Cape
Horn in order to join the fleet at San
tiago. It has been pointed out, too,
that in the event of hostilities between
the United States and any foreign pow
er, the canal could only be useful to
this country by the defenses at both
ends being under our own absolute
control. This can be provided for, of
course, if the waterway is to be ex
clusively United States property. But
there are no statistics available which
indicate in what manner the revenues
from the canal are to become sumcient
to warrant the cost of construction and
maintenance.
The scheme is one that may well be
dismissed from further consideration.
The numerous transcontinental lines
have rendered the existence of the
canal superfluous.
Dr. Parkhurst and the Saloons.
That remarkably innocent New York
divine, the Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst,
D. D., has made another astounding
discovery as the result of his personal
investigations. Dr. Parkhurst seems
rather io enjoy the method of personal
investigation into what a good many
people classify as the evils of society.
A few years ago he astounded the na
tives, so to speak, by his pulpit confes
sions concerning scene.3 of which he
was an eyewitness in some of the
places of the lowest repute on Manhat
tan island. He made these observations
the basis of his famous crusade against
vice and the police department 'of the
metropolis.
Moved, apparently, by Bishop Pot
ter's announcement at a recent' tem
perance gathering that the saloon is "a
social necessity," Dr. Parkhurst ap
pears to have started forth with a
view of confirming the truth or falsity
of the statement upon the foundation
of actual visitation to the saloons
themselves. Just what he called for
and partook of #nd just what were the
dimensions of the "jag" he acquired as
a result of his rounds, he fails to indi
cate.
But that he was tickled to the point
of gratification by what he saw is made
evident by the following glowing sum
mary of which he delivered himself in
a presumably sober condition. Tl>is is
what he said:
I was amazed at some of the scenes wif
ne.-sed. First of ail. I discovered t haf there
were anion? th. bartenders and proprietor!
of .ne saloons men of gentlemanly instincts
«£l t S /, m -K ath l 10 00 V <1u, " t - 9 ut I was most
affected by the saloonkeen&s' methods of
oi-.tnbuung food and nought-eat among
THIS ST. PAUC GLOBE— THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1839
their patrons. At the noon hour I frequently
found the place swarmlne with a host of
workmen who came in to drink a glass or
two of beer and then gratify their hunger
from a sideboard that fairly groaned with
the weight of soups, meats In variety, vegeta
bles, cheeses, pickles, salads, saiidwiohss,
cakes, crackers, etc.
A poor man was compelled to pay only
five cents, and then he was permitted to
gorge himself, if he chose to, with food that
would stay with him for the rest of lhe day.
1 found ionic of the saloons had posted signs
which read ns fellows: "Let no hungry man
pass here. Come In and cat. Do not starve.' -
There are certain saloons which lay out
big spreads on all public occasions, and in
vite the poor and the hungry and the maimed
to come Iti without money to partake of the
luscious viands.
Now there have been many good peo
ple In New York in the past who in
sisted that that groaning sideboard,
with its "luscious viands" and its
"weight of soups, meats in variety,
vegetables, cheeses, pickles, salads,
sandwiches, cakes, crackers, etc," was
the lurking place of the devil, but evi
dently Dr. Parkhurst failed to recog
nize his majesty. Perhaps his appetite
was so sharpened by the layout that
he forgot to look for him. Or It may
have been that the devil recognized the
approach of the doctor and kept out
of sight, for the truth must be told
that, if any personality with its pe
culiar physiognomy and general make
up is calculated to scare the devil, it
Is Dr. Parkhurst' s.
The only real reason for believing
that the doctor did not eat voraciously
of the "luscious viands" is found in
his statement that a man could "gorge
himself, if he chose to, with food that
would stay with him for the rest of the
day." We wonder if the doctor re
mained with one of these "gorgers"
long enough to ascertain the truth of
his statement as to the staying pow
ers of these "luscious viands" in the
stomach of the individual? And, now,
this good preacher adds his voice to
that of Bishop Potter and of the Rev.
Dr. Rain.sford as to the "social neces
sity" of the saloon.
Alas, the force of example! If Bishop
Potter had not let go of that unfortu
nate indorsement of the saloons, Dr.
Parkhurst would not have been tempt
ed to visit them. Now that he has had
a taste, the angels above only know
what he will do next. Being possessed
of well recognized "gentlemanly in
stincts and sympathetic conduct" (hie)
it would not be surprising if he should
be found engaged soon in the occupa
tion of a saloon proprietor or bartender
himself.
The Trusts and Cuban Tobacco Lands
Already the hand of monopoly is
reaching out toward Cuba. We have
had in this country a tobacco trust
for several years, and its certificates
are a speculative feature in the New
York stock trading. But now a syn
dicate is, it is said, being organized
with a view to securing control of a"l
the tobacco plantations in Cuba. It
happens, however, that these are held
and operated by a large number of
small owners, and the promoters of
this new trust scheme are meeting
with some difficulty because the Cu
ban planters do not, in the first place,
take kindly to the idea of concentrat
ing the industry under one controlling
interest, and, secondly, as they rely
upon the product of their limited ho'.d
ings for support in life, they place
fabulous prices upon their lands. Of
course, if the syndicate can make any
progress in the way of purchases from
the weaker planters, it will not require
a long time for them to drive the oth
ers to the wall.
This incident affords a double object
lesson to the student of the trust the
ory, as well as others. In the first
place it reveals the spirit of greed
which has already sprung into exist
ence as the result of our pretentious
action, as a nation, in attempting to
free Cuba from Spanish rule. In the
second place, It illustrates the power
of the trust to paralyze individual en
deavor and industry. A more simple
example of the operation of this ne
farious principle could not be sup
plied.
There is nothing so necessary to the
development of Cuba as the industry
of the people of that Island and the
growth of the spirit- of self-dependence
among them. It is only by such process
that good cltzenship is to be
Insured. If the representatives of
American monopoly are to be allowed
to enter that island and secure a hold
upon Its industrial possibilities by com
binations of capital, the people must
degenerate even below their present
level and become practically slaves
when the pretense is glaringly put for
ward that the whole purpose of this
great and good government is to give
them their liberty and to elevate their
manhood.
Cuba is a fruitful island, with a fer
tility of soil unsurpassed in this hemi
sphere, if not in the world. There must
always continue to be a thriftless class
unfitted to rise beyond the position of
ordinary field or mill laborers. But the
plans of the monopolists, if they shall
prove successful, must inevitably add
to this element, and thus suppress the
energies of the more aspiring among
their numbers. This evil Is one which
ought to be circumvented in its de
signs if there Is any power to overtake
it in its operations before it is too late.
Boston reports a big advance in
leather. Footballs will be higher this
year. '
This much can be said of Aguinaldo's
barber— he cuts a pompadour in first
class style.
The Chicago Inter Ocean declares the
Chicago river out of date. Take a club
and kill it, and don't forget to embalm
it.
In most of the states where there are
senatorial deadlocks the leading candi
date lacks about thirteen votes of grab
bing the toga.
>«ow a lot of New Yorkers have form
ed a pipe trust. And there are a lot
of people mean enough to hope that
the "pipe" will go out.
The name of the leading warrior of
Samoa is Chief Laumanutafu. No
doubt he feels as if he ought to take
something for that name.
Sarah Bernhardt says she adores the
American theater-goer. Can't you put
that a little plainer, Sarah? For in
stance, that you adore the American
theater-goer's money?
Down East they are introducing the
after-dinner speech by telephone. This
will put a large proportion of the al
leged public speakers about the right
distance from their hearers.
A Chicago alderman has gone into
bankruptcy. He must be an angel
alongside his pals, or else the business
of sitting in the Chicago council has
suffered an awful setback.
A well known scientist has just dis
covered that temperance drinks are full
of bacteria. Thus Is a good share of
the public, driven to drinking fine old
brands of whisky and the better grades
of wine.
A statistician finds that glovemaklng
ls not yet a century old, but that over
$15,000,000 is Invested in the business.
And yet a tremendous majority of the
people handle thing 3 without gloves.
The problem of the day ls to find the
fellow who, after the war clouds have
rolled by, keeps rolling them back
again. By the May, Gomez and Agui
naldo, what are you working at now?
Epistles to St. Paul.
When you wake up this morning, you will
be safe, if you are still here, but you had an
awful close rail yesterday.
W. J. Doniahower. In addition to being al
derman from tha Fourth ward and first as
sistant attorney general, was also "king lor
a day." That is to say. he was mayor of
the town. Did he b*ar his honors well?
Fairly. He did not know he was mayor,
though, so perhaps his unconscious virtue of
administration is subject to drawback charges
before export
Mayor Kiefer went out of town yesterday.
U is the first time since he was inaugurated
last June. Since then he has kept himself
tight— no, close— within the confines of the
city, not daring even to ride a wlieel over
the Marshall avenue bridge or go ice yachting
ait White Bear lest during his absence his
whilom opponent for the nomination should
proceed to fire Chief Goss. raise the patrol
men's salaries, or scold Freddy Hammer, the
private secretary, thus throwing the mu
nicipal administration into an unwholesome
condition of turmoil. But yesterday the
mayor Just had to go to Minneapolis. He
wanted, for one thing, to get soma pointers
from Mayor Gray, of that city, and besides
there were some visiting officials here and
he wanted to show them the Minneapolis
parks and boulevards with sno>w on them.
The mayor's departure was carefully guard
ed. No one knew It but Freddy Hammer
and Hammer was sworn to keep his head
muffled. The mayor did not come down to the
offlce in the morning, but took a Mississippi
street car to Acker street and then boarded
a switch engine in the Great Northern yard
on which he rode to Como avenue, catching
the long line interurban after the local traffic
was pretty nearly run out.
Hammer walked all day like a man on egg 3.
The slightest footfall In the outer corridor
alarmed him, and he glanced furtively about
lest it might be the approach of Donahower.
In Minneapolis a care-worn man was guid
ing some visitors half consciously about the
city.
At 1:50 p. m. an elderly gentleman hurried
from an interurban at Prior avenue and
dashed, with overcoat unbuttoned, to the
Prior avenue police station. Idling small boys
Joined in the pursuit. Had a murder been
committed? No. It wa3 the mayor. He seiz
ed the telephone crank fiercely. "Hello!
hello! hello! he said, quick, before .central
got a chance to answer.
"Is that you, Freddy?" he asked anou.
"Has Donahower been in?"
A smile o'erspread the mayor's features.
"I'm inside the city limits again," he
said. "I'm at the police station on Prior ave
nue yet." And he wiped the perspiration
from his oozing forehead.
Donahower had been king for a day, but
it was a short day, and an uneventful one.
• • •
And talking about police stations, they are
telling this one on Phil Schweitzer, the chief
of detectives: Phil, it seems, had suggested
to one of the downtown officers that he ought
to make an arrest occasionally, Just to show
that he hadn't forgotten how. The fellow
was conscious, but had been lenient, per
haps, and this night he was determined to
make an arrest, no matter what. About .'!
o'clock he came into the station where
Schweitzer had been working on one of tho-ir?
mysteries that sometimes baffle clever sleuths.
The copper had a lightweight chap, 127 or
so, possibly, by the collar, and the little one
looked as though ho had seen pretty rough
usage.
"Got a pristoner?"; asked Phil, encouraging
ly.
The patrolman grunted assent, adding,
'•That's him."
The Jailers had surmised that before.
"What's the charge?" asked Schweitzer.
"Drunk and disorderly."
Phil leaned over the prostrate form, but
could not detect the odor or alcohol.
"This man's not drunk," he said. "He's
been drugged."
The offlser grunted assent again. "That's
right," he said, "I drug him three blocks
myself."
• • •
It was at the Metropolitan, not long ago.
You know occasionally the property man haa
to send out for a bottle of ehampngne or a
box of matches for the villain to burn up tha
long lost will or something like that, and
he keeps an account of these expenditures,
turning the bill Into "the house." There is
a tradition in the profession that these l#ls
are occa36ionally padded, but the limit it
seems was reached on this occasion, when the
following item was inserted:
"Five cents worth of alcohol, .10."
—The Philistine.
THB TORI-ENS LAW.
From the Nebraska City Conserva
tive, Edited by Former Secretary
of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton.
A gentleman named Penc9, living in Chi
cago, gives warning that he believes that the
Torrens land act. which has been upheld
by the supremo court of Illinois, will shortly
be a dead letter. Not over a hundred per
sons will register their titles In the first year,
Mr. Pence declares, and then the number
will rapidly decrease until nothing is left for
the examiner to do but to play golf.
The utterances of him that glrdeth on his
harness have never carried the same weight
as those of him that putteth it off. An
Englishman who has held a high political and
commercial position for twenty years In Au
stralia, where the Torrens system originated,
testifies thus before the house of commons:
•'Registration of title is almost universal; for
one transaction under deeds there are a
thousand under the real property act; It Is
a curiosity if you get a person with deeds.
To a person wanting to borrow money of me
(on real estate security) I should say first,
'Real property act. I suppose?' " Further
along be says: "The Torrens act ls Just as
popular in the other colonies as it ls in ours.
I notice in the Sidney papers that at the bot
tcm of advertisements for sales of land,
'Torrens title' ls always put."
The examiner of titles at Adelaide says:
"Up to the present time (twenty years) no
difficulty whatever has occurr.d; ther© can be
no question that the Torrens system ls a
complete success."
The register-general of New South Wales
says: ''The popularity of fhe act ls so well
assured, and the public generally have become
so accustomed to our certificates, and have
such faith in their undoubted value, as In
many ln.tar.ces tc decline accepting a prop
erty unless the tit's Is registered under what
is universally called Torrens' system."
Another New South Wales man says: "The
working men are 'almost universally becom
ing landed proprietors; but hardly one of
them would ever "attend a sale of land If It
were not announced 'that the title was that of
Torrens act.' "
As to the causes, which lead persons to op
pose the system, it ls no secret that lawyers
are humau, and have grocery bills- like the
rest of us; and we have a statement of the
agent-general for South Australia, in regard
to land transfers And mortgages, that "there
is no necessity for the intervention of a
lawyer; such a thing is never heard of."
Moreover, if the people of Illinois are to
save the ten million dollars that they are
said to spend every year for abstracts and
examinations, it is evident, that somebody
who is now e.irnlrig that money will have to
go without.
• 'nude's Stotry Told.
MASON CITY, 10., Jan. 25.— At 10 o'clock
today Jesse Goude was dismissed as a wit
ness In the Hughes murder trial. The dea
fens* endeavored to break him down by
cross-questioning but failed to do so. He
brought out the additional facts that the de
fendant offered to buy him a bicycle lamp If
he would go up town with her. Alffl she
asked him to meet her at the Austin bridge,
a mile out of the city. Dr. Smith testified
that all the symptoms of the death of Ed
ward Hughes were those of poison, and that
there was no affection of the heart.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY
defense: of commissary GENER
AL, EAGAN IN THE COI'RT
MAI-TIAI, PROCEEDINGS
ATTORNEY CLAIMS IMMUNITY
Directs Attention tin the Promise of
President McKinley In That t'on
ncelloii— — (;<■ 11. Ilii-;in. by Advice
of His Counsel, 1 1 11 it llfles his Plea
of Not Guilty Offered No Objec
tion to Personnel of Court.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— The board
of army otlic.rs designated by the sec
retary of war to sit as a court-martial
in the case of Brig. Gen. Charles P.
Eagan, commissary general of subsist
ence, charged with conduct unbecom
ing an officer and a gentleman, and
conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, in connection
with his testimony before the war in
vestigating committee, met in the red
parlor of the Ebbitt house, at 10 o'clock
and almost immediately proceeded to
the business in hand. The court con
sisted of Maj. Gen. "Wesley Merritt, U.
S. A.; Maj. Gen. Wade, U. S. V.; Maj.
Gen. M. C. Butler, U. S. V.; Maj. Gen.
S. M. B. Young, U. S. V.: Brig. Gen.
Royal T. Frank, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen.
George M. Randall, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen.
J. D. Kline, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen. Richard
Combs, TJ. S. V.; Col. Peter C. Hams,
corps of engineers; Col. George L.
Gillespie, corps of engineers; Col.
Charles R. Sutter, corps of engineers;
Col. Francis L. Guenther, Fourth
artillery; Lieut. Col. George B. Davis,
deputy judge advocate general, judge
advocate of the court.
The members of the court, who ap
peared in full dress uniform, were seat
ed about a long table placed length
wise of the room, Gen. Merritt, the
president of the court, occupying the
seat at the head. At just 10 o'clock
Col. Davis called the roll of the court,
all of the members responding to their
names. As he concluded. Gen. Eagan
appeared with his counsel, Mr. A. S.
"Worthington, formerly United States
district attorney for the District of Co
lumbia, and took seats near the judge
advocate, at the foot of the table. Gen.
Eagan also wore the dress uniform of
his rank. Almost immediately Col.
Davis arose and introduced Gen.
Eagan and his counsel, and then pro
ceeded to read the order convening tha
court.
The judge advocate, when this was
concluded.turned to Gen. Eagan and in
quired whether he objected to any of
the members of the court as designated
by the order. Gen. Eagan replied:
"I do not."
The members of the court then arose
and took the usual oath, which was
administered by Col. Davis. The
charges and specifications were then
read.
GEN. EAGAN' S PLEA.
During these preliminary proceedings
Gen. Eagan exhibited no signs of ner
vousness, but the expression of his
face and his manner clearly indicated
that he realized that the trial involved
consequences to him of the gravest
character. While he stood listening to
the charges and specifications, his face
seemed somewhat paler than usual. At
the conclusion of the reading, on be
ing requested to plead to the specifica
tions of the first charge, he said: "Not
guilty," not denying, however, that the
specifications set forth correctly part of
the language used.
To the first charge, he pleaded "Not
guilty." To the specifications of the
second charge, he pleaded not guilty,
not denying, however, that the specifi
cations set forth correctly a part of the
language used.
To the second charge he pleaded
Not guilty."
The judge advocate then arose and
said that the case in hand was a pe
culiar one, but presented no unusual
difficulties. The accused had seen fit
to add to his plea of not guilty some
words tending to qualify it, but he did
not think the plea relieved the court
from the necessity of proving the facts
alleged.
Judge Worthington responded briefly
and explained why the qualifying
words had been used, upon his recom
mendation. The specifications did the
accused. a great injustice, in that they
selected particular expressions without
giving the context, and in one or more
instances the specifications quoted be
ginning in the middle of a sentence.
Continuing, Mr. Worthington said that
he desired to state briefly to the court
the substance of Gen. Eagan's defense.
Whatever, said he, the court may think
of the propriety of the language used
by Gen. Eagan before the war Investi
gating commission, there was no doubt
in his (Worthington's) mind that he
was fully protected in using that lan
guage by the laws of the land. In no
court, civil or military, he said, could
the accused be held accountable for
his language, even if it could be shown
that the speaker was actuated by mal
ice. In addition to this, the president
of the United States had instructed the
war investigating commission to an
nounce publicly that witnesses before
that tribunal would be given immunity
for whatever they might testify to.
MEN FROM MINNESOTA.
Thirteenth May Remain nt Manila
Active Service for Fifteenth.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.— "1s it the Inten
tion of the war department," Gen. Corbfn was
asked today, "to countermand the orders for
the return of the volunteers?"
"If the situation la reported officially to he
as critical as it appears," he replied, "it
would be extremely unwise to bring back any
of the men. If Gen. Otis considers that the
return of the volunteers may jeopardize
American Interests, none of the troctp3 will
be brought home at present. But the re
turn orders have not yet been countermand
ed."
This means that the Thirteenth Minnesota
may stay in the Philipines for an indefinite
period.
Sehator Davis called at the war department
today to ascertain what disposition would be
made of the Fifteenth Minnesota. This regi
ment is cow In camp at Augusta, and is
considered by the war department one of the
finest in the service. It is probable that the
Fifteenth will be designated for service in
Cuba or Porto Rico. The regiment is chafing
under the enforced idleness and desires either
active duty or to be sent home and mustered
out.
SAMPAN TROUBLE.
Ambassador White Receives In
structions tn the Tift, till 11.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— The state depart
ment haa forwarded to Ambassador White, at
Berlin, full instructions as to the presenta
tion he Is to make the German minister for
foreign affairs, relative to the indignity re
ported to have been offered to Chief Justice
Chambers, of Samoa, by German officials at
Apia.
Eitrailiflon With Mexico.
WASHINGTON. Jam. 25.— The Mexican ex
tradition treaty expired at midnight last night,
according to the notice given by the Mexican
government. Its lapse finds a remarkab'.y
small number of fugitives from justice in
either country to profit from the fact. In
Mexico there is one American, James Temple,
against whom extrad-iUon pioceedlngs are now
in progress, the charge being unlawful homi
cide.
Chance for Merrlam.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.— There is founda
tion for the rumor 'that Secretary Alger la
to retire from the war department soon.
President McKinley has borne with Gen. Al
ger's Incompetency long enough to satisfy
himself that there should be a change. If
Gen. Alger retires, as ts anticipated. ex-Gov.
Merriam stands a good chance to be ap
pointed as his successor.
Minnesota Postmasters.
WASHINGTON. Jan. _S.— ftMtß-Mfcar wort
appointed today as follows:
Minnesota— Lamond. Steel county, Edward
S. Hanson, vice Ole Anderson, resigned; Wal
lace, Dakota county. Frank Harkness. vice
A-bert J. Wallace, resigned. Wisconsin—Ru
bicon. Joseph Hauser.
AGONCILLO'S NOTE.
It la lb oun in to Portend Trouble
With the Filipinos.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— The pre
sentation to the state department of
the communication from Agoneillo,
Aguinaldo's representative, as he
styles himself, has not changed the
attitude of the department towards
him, and there is not the slightest
probability that he will be officia'ly
recognized by the president or the de
partment. It is conceded that the doc
ument is cleverly phrased, with the
intention to put the United States gov
ernment in the wrong in the estima
tion of the world, and it is suspected,
from the half-conoealed arrogance of
the demand to be informed of the pur
pose of our government in sending re
enforcements to the Philippines, that
this communication may mark the
adoption of a new line of policy by the
insurgents in the Philippines. The
first manifestation of this, in case it
is decided to resort to open hostilities,
probably will be the sudden departure
of Agoneillo and his staff from Wash
ington and from the limits of the
United States.
There was an absence of advices
from Gen. Otis today, which led the
officials at the war department to the
conclusion that there had been no ap
preciable change in the conditions at
Manila or Hollo, and come satisfaction
is felt in even that style of negative
assurance that the impending trouble
at Manila has been at least postponed.
WORSE THAN^ BULLETS.
Disease Threatens Decimation of
Troops in Manila.
WAiSHINGTON, Jan. 25. — Inquiry
made at the war department into the
reason for the rapid Increase in the
number of small-pox cases among the
American soldiers in Manila, elicits the
assurance that sickness reports sent
about twice a week by Gen. Otis exhibit
the full extent of the dread disease as
far as the officials themselves know.
The mortality rate is not excessive,
but, of course, it ts not denied that the
soldiers would be safer at home than
they are at present In Manila, suffer
ing from the homesickness, which al
ways follows protracted waiting with
out action.
A most interesting report upon exist
ing conditions in the interior of the
island of Luzon has reached the gov
ernment through two young naval of
ficers, one of them Paymaster Wilcox,
who made a trip afoot and in boats,
clear across the greatest length of the
island. They met obstacles to prog
ress, even on loot, almost beyond be
lief, and it required no less than two
months for them to make the trip.
They have a good deal to say inciden
tally in their report upon the political
situation, and assert that the Spanish
before retiring from the interior man
aged so thoroughly to polnson tha
minds of the natives against the Amer
icans by representing them to be slave
masters and monsters of destruction
towards all alien races, that It will be
only with the greatest difficulty that
confidence in our good intentions can
be implanted.
Northwest Pensions.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.— Northwestern pen
sions granted today were: Minnesota— Origi
nal. Freeman Getty. Beauford, $G; Swain _n
derson. Christiania. $S. Increase: Addison
G. Petne, Crow River, $5 to $8; Jacob Luhrer
Steams $_. to $8; Henry Farnham, Spring
Valley. $c to $8. Reissue: Walter S. Reed
Hamline, $17.
"White Honse Reception.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ...-President and
Mrs. McKinley gave a reception at the White
house tonight to the officers of the army and
navy and marine corps. Invited to meet them
were the cabinet circle, the diplomatic corps
and a number of members of congress and
residents of this city.
>aval Personnel Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The senate com
mittee on naval affairs, through Chairman
Hale, today reported the naval personnel
bill, with several minor amendments.
Collector of Customs for Dakotas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.'-Tlie president to
day nominated Nelson E. Nelson, of North
Dakota, to be collector of customs for the
district of North and South Dak.ita.
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Senator Nelson
today presented the credentials of Senator
Davis for the term beginning March . next.
Senator Pettigrew today Introduced a bill
to restore annuities to the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Sioux.
Representative Stevens was today notified
that Miss M. A. McAvoy, of St. Paul, has
been appointed a nurse, and ordered to Ma
nilla.
Senator Davis today secured the discharge
of Frank Lyde, Thirteenth Minnesota.
JESUIT EXILE LAW.
Periodical Attempt in the Reichstag
tol Have It Repealed.
BERLIN, Jan. 25.— The relchsta^- today
passed the first and second reading of the
Centrist motion to repeal the anti-Jesuit law.
A bill to repeal the anti-Jesuit law of 1872
comes up periodically In the reichstag, and
is killed in the bundesrath, or federal coun
cil. As a matter of fact, the so-called May
laws, under which during Bismarck's time the
religious orders were dissolved, are no longer
in force, and the Jesuits have nearly all re
turned to Germany, where they virtually oc
cupy the same position they did before 1873.
The only advantage which would accrue to the
Jesuits by the repeal of the exile law would
be to give them in form the liberty which
they now enjoy in fact, and to abolish a stat
ute which might be revived.
THOUSANDS OF RATIONS.
Maj. Gen. Wilson Orders Their Dis
tribution iv Towns of Mataii-as.
HAVANA, Jan. 25.— Maj. Gen. Wilson has
ordered the distribution in the towns of Ma
tanzas of 375,000 rations. Tlie city Institu
tions are amply provided for.
The Cuban General Morlet has been com
missioned to ask permission of the Ameri
can authorities for the construction of a cen
trlal Cuban railroad from Plnar del Rio to
Santiago de Cuba by British and French cap
italists, who are ready to undertake the
worju
IN A COSTLY STRUCTURE.
First United States Regulars Will
Make Their Summer Home.
PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba., Jan. 23.— The
summer home of the First United States
regular Infantry will be a massive Spanish
barracks, which haa been disinfected.
Surgeon General Sternberg appr>ves taking
the regiment out of the tents when the
weather is warm, Rnd a third story will be
put on the building so as to accommodate all
tho regiment. The structure cost half a mil
lion dollars, and was twenty-four years in
construction.
TOBACCO'USERS TANTALIZED.
Obliged tol See Good Cigars Burned
Before Their Faces.
DANVILLE, Ky., Jan. 25.— W. E. Holmes,
who the first of the month bought out his
partner because he wanted to discontinue th.
sale of tobacco in all forms, burned the en
tire stock. Including pipes, etc., in the street
in front of his stone last night. His inten
tion had been announced in an afternoon
paper, and when the hour arrived 70".) or 800
pM-3ons were in front of the store to witness
the siglit. Mr. Holmes and his salesman
piled the stuff in tho street, poured on a lot
of coal oil and started the blaze. Many fine
cigars were going up while hungry smokers
looked on. Mr. Holmes said as he would not
sell the tobacco to be smoked he could not
oor.'Sistently give it away for the same pur
pose-
will be corofi
t'ontlnoed from First Fajce.
I 2£i a } , alstrlot a -d from one county in the
legislature and. with the absence of such
representation, the vote received for Mr
bcott in the joint assembly was not a ma
jority of all senators and delegates to which
m_/ arl °, U8 ( :° untles Ot the state were en
titled under the constitution thereof. This
quest on arose, and was expressly deter
mined by the court of appeals of Kentucky
and the senate of the L'uited State- in the
Blackburn-Hunter case.
"The questions so raised by me are not
of personal interest or advantage but I
deem it my duty to see that they are prop
erly presented to the senate of the United
States upon the question of Mr. Scott's quali
fication therein, not only in the name of the
Democratic party, which has stood by me
so loyally in this contest, but likewise in
the name of the constitutional government
which cannot, even in the hazard of per
sonal disadvantage, be so Ignored. I there
fore feel It my duty to see that these ques
tions be presented and a protest be made to
the senate of the United States."
Mr. McGraw makes this statement as the
basis of his notice of contest.
NO RESULT REACHED.
Full Vote fast for Senator In the
Pennsj Ivnnia Letclslat lire .
HARRISBTJRG, Pa., Jan. 25.-Por
the first time since the voting for Unit
ed States senator began, every ab
sentee was paired today, so that there
were no votes lost. Every member of
the senate and house was either pres
ent and voting or paired.
The result of the seventh joint ballot
resulted as follows: Quay, 101; Jenks
<9; Dalzell, 16; Stone, 7; Stewart S :
Huff, 5; Irvln, 2; Tubba, 2; Rice' 2-
Grow. 1; Markle, 2; C. E. Smith, 1; Ad
dener, 3; Frank _£ Riter (Rep.). 2 To
tal, 234; necessary to a choice, 118 Pair
ed, 18.
Today's changes were: Edmlnston,
from Hale to Dalzell; Reed, from Huff
to Riter; Stall, from Stone to Huff-
Stradllng, from Dowing to Widenerj
Holeswoith, from Irwin to Riter The
Democrats voted solidly for Jenks Two
of the anti-Quay Republicans voted for
Frank M. Riter, of Philadelphia, direc
tor of the department of public safety
After Lieut. Gov. Gobin had kn
nounced that there was no election tha
assembly adjourned.
DEWEY AN IMPERIALIST.
Places Himself on Record as Favor,
lng; That Policy.
LONDON, Jan. 25.— Hamilton Brown
editor of the British Realm, received
a letter today from Rear Admira
Dewey, dated Manila, Dec. 18, in re
sponse to a request for an expression
of opinion on Great Britain's imperial
policy. The admiral says:
"After many years of wandering I
have come to the conclusion that the
mightiest factor in the civilization of
the world is the imperial policy of
England." '
TO RECEIwFj^OL BRYAN.
Texas Legislature to Be Addressed
l*y the Silver Champion.
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 25-The senate
and house met in joint session today
and ratified the election of Charles A
Culbertson to the United States senate
Both houses appointed committees to
arrange for the reception of W J
Bryan next week, when he will address
both houses by invitation.
Senator Kean Declared Elected
TRENTON. N. J.. Jan.j an . -3 _ The '
branches of the legislature met In joint _e_
S \° a x° d ? y 3 ad PPresenti °ent Reed, of the ■ ___!
a c declared John Kean elected U n^
4 1.99 Senat ° r ** yearS ' Winning March
Clark Still Gaining.
HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 25.-The senatorial
vote today stood: C'ark 39; Conrad. It- { a
f. n °' a ch 8 o : ice. 03C 47 2: GrUbb (R&P - ) - "' ye^"r
BELATED COLLIERS.
Snit of I nited State* Against British
Ship Brokers Begins.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-In the queen's bench
division of the high court of justice today tha
trial began of the suit of the United States
against Pelley Bros., ship brokers, for the re
covery of £5,300 paid them on April 21, 1898,
on two 600-ton colliers by Lieut. Sims' then
acting naval attache of the United States em
bassy here. Lieut. Sims testified that the ship
brokers signed a contract at midnight, on
tH v ' ti de L'Y er the colliers for £5,300
? ? r i ,n j_ H , e added that th e contract stipu
lated that they were to be delivered as soon
as possible and said the ship brokers prom
ised verbully that one of them should be ready
to sail in twenty-four hours, and the other
in forty-eight hours. The lieutenant gave the
brokers a check for £5,300 at midnight, but
they failed to deliver the ships before the
neutrality proclamation of April 26 and
claimed they were unable to get the colliers
ready in that time. Continuing, Lieut. Sims
says the check beat the record In goin?
through the clearing house, as the brokers
secured the money at noon on the morrow
intimating that they cashed the check ex
pecting war, and that they did not intend to
deliver the colliers. Sims further testified that
the colliers were to have Joined t':e I'nited
States fleet at Key West.
Expert shipmen . testified that the colliers
could have been ready to sail in the promised
time.
The defense tomorrow will be that tha
brokers were unable to fit out the ships be
fore war was declared.
CUBANS ARE GRATEFUL.
Join in an AcknowledKiueut of
American Assistance.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.— The following
cablegram has been received at the war de
partment:
Havana, Jan. 25.— Adjutant General: Peo
ple of Matanzas, after three day.s' p a-eful
and orderly celebration by their civil gover
nor, mayor, council and junta, convey to the
military governor, and through I.lm to the
president cf the United States, their grateful
acknowledgment for the inestimable servlcea
whiih have be6n rendered by the army and
the navy, togecher with their as-:ur.
such conduct as will convince the people of
the United States and of tho world that th^y
are entitled to the confidence and respect of
all patriotic people. — John R. Brooke.
Major General Commanding.
ITALIAN COUNTERFEITERS.
Government Seer'et Service lien Are
on Their Track.
XKYV YORK, Jan. 25.— The secret s -rvic.
authorities have received Information regafd
ing the movements and schemes of a band
of Italian counterfeiters now said to be on
their way to the United States. Several
Italians recently arrested boasted that the
spurious bills Which they were caught en
deavoring to pass were not the work of coun
terfeiters tn this country, but were msde
abroad. Acting upon this information the de
tectives thir.k they are on the right track and
arrests may be expected when the steam
ships Kaiser Wilhelm 11., Lord Warwick and
Malabar arrive here within the next few
days. Detachments of the band of alleged
counterfeiters are believed to be aboard of
each of the steamers and there Is a possibility
that they are bringing a large supply of coun
terfeit money with them.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 25.— After holding
several conferences the Bessemer ore deal
ers have decided to fix the price of Bessemer
upon the basis of 20 cents a ton increase
over the prices of last year.
lU'PFALO, N. V., Jan. 25.— The subscrip
tions to the stock of the Pan-American ex
position, which is to be held here iv the
summer of 1901, amount to J656.140.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 25.— Senator Proctor,
of Vermont, left here this afternoon on a
trip to Cuba. He expects to make a tour
of the Island. He is accompanied by his
family.
DUBUQUE. 10.. Jan. 25.— The city council
tonight funded the floating debt of $300,ii00
at 3V_ per cent, issuing twenty-year bonds.
Tho debt had been drawing 6 per cent.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25. — The North
American will tomorrow morning print the
announcement of its transfer to K. E. A..
Dcrr, publisher of the New York Mail an 5
Express, and of the dissolution of the Sn
ot Clayton, Mr-Michael ft Sous.