Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. ———— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 1101 Penusylvacia Aveuns, Cor. 11th 82, by i eee te ec er Kew York Office, 49 Potter’ Builting, tn the at 10 cents at the in the 9 at Washington. D. U.. subscriptions must be pail in advance. rising made Known of applicatios. The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. ENGLISH AND HAWAII deeper Different From That of the Subject. AROBSING NATIVES 0 OPPOSITION a Hostility to the Americans. on the follow. After the treaty of annexation was sent by President Harrison to the Senate Mr. Wodehouse sent to President Dole a protest, on the ground thet the native voters of the islands had not been consult- ed. Mr. Dole rejoined with an inquiry for any precedent of the British government having consulted the natives of any Pa- cific islands before taking possession there- of. Mr. Wodehouse a few months later retired from his office. As another example of active British partisanship in favor of the monarchy, J cite the course of the Anglican Bishop Willis, who wes always an open and pro- nounced partisan of Kalskaua ‘and Liliuo- kalani against the reform. party. For years he continued in his pubile services to read the prayer for the queen instead of PUBLIC SCHOOLS Meeting of the District Board of ‘Trustees. ACTION RESPECTING .E.A. Trustee Spear’s Resolution Respect- CONVENTION juridictions. of this church are- hereby united mto. previnces. “Sec. 2. The bishops in each province sball within three months after this canon takes effect elect one of their number to be primate. “Sec. 3. The convention of this diocese in this church may at its first session, to be held aft‘r this canon takes effect, elect five Presbyters; canonically resident In the dio- cese, and five laymen, communicants of this chureh, having domicile in the dio- cese, to de delegates to the provisional synod of the provir.ce. The delegates s0 chosen, together with the bishops of the province, will constitute the said provis- ional synod. “Sec. 4. The primate of every province, cr, in case of his death or disability, the THE PRESIDENT’S AIM ——_-_— | His Reoent Message the Subject of Debate in the House. © VIGOROUSLY APTACKED BY MR. LENTEZ Bell. to-4th- grade; -at Willams te 4th grade, att Dickerson‘ to 3d grade, Goines to 2d grade, . Eighth _divisien— Appoint Charies Ws Chase janitor Birney sehogl, -yice Frank Faster, ee oi ES % Ninth- division—Appoin€. Eugene Wright Janitor of Wormley. sehcdl, at $500 creased salary. of $908._ The resignation of L. Tarry as janitor. ef hit ner school is accepted {oq tale effect! M ‘h 31, Miss Téresa Marshall; teacher 73 ed leave of al » for Tenth divisic Miss ‘Mathiel. Miss M. REVISING THE CANONS ‘Changes. Under ~ Consideration _ by Protestant Episcopal Church. Report for Submission to Triennial Mr. Grosvenor States the Position 3d grade: Miss Emma | Pie for the. president of the republic. It.f’ F 2 to 3d. grade and. from- ‘Miss oa? ne Geohiiioaloaante Gest ate eee 3 iti Islands. happened to beccme matter of my per-| -ing Teachers in National Guard. }{0, 22: sade and trom, 53) to $823: Mise Conventien’in October. hient piace wityin one year after this of the Chief Executive. Ze ai| oe anere ne Deh cilags $500. Appoint Miss Lina FH. Jean teacher. canon takes effect. the unsuccessful insurrection of the royal- Se ares ghee raras ae ; Powers of Provincial Synod. SRS OF NARCH ists in January, 1805, although I am un- x N 3 3 = - 7 “Sec. 5. The said provisional synod may 7 TSLAS ? SUPPORTERS MONARCHY | aie to aaeere thet he een tam un CHANGES IN THE’ SCHOOLS THE REPUBLICAN POLICY}MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE] "Sef. The gid provisional synod may | ENTHUSIASM OF DEMOCRATS ae: ot conspiracy. He evidently hoped for its suc- - Le provincial synod, and for the exercise by a cess. : wise Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, March 30, 1898. We received two days ago the joint reso- lution for the annexation of Hawaii, which was reported to the Senate March 16 by Chairman Davis of the committee on for- eign relations. We are much encouraged by this forwar@ step in the business. I fcel moved to make some statements respecting that paragraph in Senator Da- vis’ report whch has elicited a protest from the British government, through Sir Julian Pauncefote. The report says: “If Great Britain is not industriously and openly engaged in fomenting this concert- ed movement for the destruction of the republic and the restoration of the mon- archy on its ru:ns, her agents and the princess, her protege, are kept conveniently near at hand to fasten her power upon the islands on the happening of any pre- text for the protection of the lives and property of British subjects in Hawaii.” We are aso told, under date of March 21, that “Much surprise has been created in England by the passage in the recent report of the Senate committee on foreign relations respecting the attitude of Great Britain toward Hawali, and Sir Jul Pauncefote. under instructions from his government. has informed the Department of State that the committee of the Senate fs under an entire misapprehension and that there is no ground whatever for the allegations contained tn the committee's »ment.”” to show that, however apparently inconsistent, tere is truth in both stat rents. The British government, a3 a go" ernment, has strictly abstained from any opposition to the right of the United States in Hawaii, while at the same time British subjects, as c class, have been zealous su) porters of the Hawaiian monarchy and bi ter opponents of annexation to the United States. To tht best of my information, it is'true that the British government have for forty or more years pest regarded ihe Hawaiian Islands as belonging to the sphere of Amer- ican influence, and likely to come into the Another demonstration of British senti- ment on the subject of annexation. During the summer of " a deputation of Austra: ifan statesmen spent a few weeks in Ha- waii. While here they were, of course, mainly in communicatien- with the British residents, and took color from their senw- ments. After their return home public lec- tures about the Hawalian Islands were given in various citley by Mr. Byrnes of their number. who was attorney general of Queenstand. Of the islands he said: “Apart from their scenic beauties, their gencra! productiveness and their immense value to the world of commerce, their geographical position, which placed them between us end Canada and in a direct line with an aggressive eastern power (Japan?), gave them am importance which, under ordinary circumstances, might read- ily be overlooked. The recent upheaval there and the att tude assumed by the po- litical parties in the states make it more iran ever necessary that Hawaii should Temain a neutra? state.” The Interests of England. Assuredly. it is of almost vital necessity to British inierests in the Pacific that, if they cannot themselves possess Hawaii, which they covet, but despair of, at least its neutrality should be secured. For Ha- waii to pass into the hands of another power would alarmingly block England's srowing supremacy in the commerce of the Pacitic. Let Hawait remain neutral end England can continue te multiply her heav- ily subsidized steamship lines across the Pacific in every direction, with Honolwu as the chief crossing point, and can fill shis port with British mereantile agencies, rendering it practically a British center of commerce. If Hawaii becomes an Ameri- can possession that prospect is at an end, and the rival con.mercial empire of the United States will dominate the North Pacific as England's commerce dominates the other oceans. The danger from England to the legitt- mate domination of America in Hawaii is not so much from any direct exercise of British supremacy, which is likely to be avoided, as it is from a practical commer- cial domination by means of the immense British superiority in tonnage on the ocean. This superiority will come to be vastly -A regular meeting of the board of trus- tees of public schools was held at the 'rank- lin butiding Jast evening. There were pres- ent. Messrs. Spear, Whelple: retary. The application of Mrs. Laura D. Smith as a substitute teacher of sewing was placed on file. A communication was read from the ex- ecutive committee of the Masonic fair in- viting the trustees to attend the fair-this The invitation afternoon. with thanks. A petition was read from the principals of all the eighth-grade schools, white and. colored, asking that the principals, whether male or female, receive a minimum salary Some of them now receive but $1,000, while others get higher rate. The petition was referred to of $1,200 per annum. Browm, Wright y, Barnard, was the appropriate committee. The secretary read a communication from Prof. Whitman of the local executive com- | mittee of the National Educational Asso- ciation, calling attention to the necessity of an increased membership of the associa- tion, and intimating that the action of the no compulsion, should be brought to bear on the teachers ¢ schools, while in deference to public sentiment, was taken under an apparent misapprehension of the. facts in the case. In view of this condition, Mr. executive committee desired to urge upon the board e fullest co-operation ‘ officials and teachers in mak- ing the coming convention a complete suc- end he asked that the resolution under which he said, were practi- serving.in the matter, Mr. Harries Excepts. Mr. Harries denied that there had been any misunderstanding or misconception in this matter on the part of the board, and object to the beard in deciding of the pub’ Whitman said that the importance of th of the schoo! cess, and to that beard rescind the the school officials, cally prohibited from sald he must that the local and Richardson, Mrs. Tullock and Superintendents Powel! and Cook. Mr. Joseph Falck acted as sec- insinuation that the board didn’t know what it was it af. legislative powers not inconsistent with the constitutional powers of the sen- eral convention for the common interest of the church within the provinte and for a uniform mode of trial of presbyters and deacons.. No statute so enacted_shall have force or validity in any diocese unless rat- ifted-by such diocese, or in any. missionary jurisdiction unless “assented to by the Itshop; and no enactment of the provincial syned shall be of force in any diocese or missionary jurisdiction which has not en- rao into unlon with the provincial syn . ‘The subject embraced in this canon is not_new, ax it has been discussed in form- ‘er _meetings of the general convention. Some of the most eminent leaders of the church express the bellef that the provin- «ail system provides additional machinery, ‘whieh: will merely consume strength. and Means whick might be better spent, but, on the other hand, its advocates think ihe additional machinery is needed for greater efficiency. Probably- the mest --interesting subject which will te brought ‘before the triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which meets:in this city: in Oc- tober next, will be'certain proposed changes in the. constitutions, and_canons of the church: ‘That of especial interest to the membership at large*is the modification of the canon on marriage and divorce. The ‘ccrcmifitee. baving in charge the considera- ticn ofthese. changes has adepted a re- port on the gubject, which wil! be made ‘to the.genéral convention of the church. ‘Fhat- body ‘Will take final action on the "The discussion which had led to the ‘adoption bythe committee of these changes was. begun th 1802 "at the triennial conven- tion whith met in Baitimore. At that con- ¥ention a joint commission of seven bishtps, seven Glergymen ani seven laymen was appointed ‘to revise the constitution and camoms: of the chuzch. The present mem- bers. of the joint commission are Bishops Deane of Albany, Dudley of Kentucky, Mc- Laren of Chicage, Burgess of Quincy, Pot- ‘ter-of New York, and Paret of Maryland; 2 Dy. Bugene A. Hoffman, Rev. Dr. J. ‘Stone; Rev. Charles A. L. Serna ae . Dr. J. Houston Eccleston William R. Huntingto Messrs, W. H. Lightner, Edward G. -Brad- ford, .F. B: Swayne, Charles G. Saunders, Jobn .A. Beall, Frank H. Miller and W. 5. In the House of Representatives yester- day afternoon, after some discussion of the financial question by Mr. Hartman (Mont.) and Mr. Lacey (Iowa), Mr. Lewis obtained the floor and in a vigorous speech decilarea@ that In the dust and clouds which had been kicked up by diplomacy Congress was los- ing sight of the vital question before the people. The country, he said, favored the freedom of Cuba, but that was only a sen- timent. The avenging of the Maine, he said, was the real duty of the government. Later, while Mr. Hill (Conn.) was discuss- ing the question of reforming the currency, Mr. Bimpson (Kan.) became so obstreper- ous that Mr. Hopkins (Ill.), who was in the chatr, ordered him to take his seat, and when the Kansan declined he instructed the sergeant-at-arms to use the silver mace, the emblem of the House's authority, to compel him to take his seat. “Une of the assistants took the mace out of its place on the malachite pedestal and marched up the aisle toward Mr. Stmpson. The latter laughed at him. : “Take that thing back,” he sald. As the mace cannot be employed, under the rules, in committee, the chair did not press the command, and the incident closed with a round of laughter. Shortly before the adjournment Mr. ‘Lentz (Ohio) made an assault upon what he described as the vactiiating policy of the President, reading from various news- Papers to ehow ‘that the President had re- peatediy changed his mind. He commented especially upon the report of an alleged midnight conference between Senator Ki- kins and the Spanish minister after the former had been at the White House with John J. McCook. He taunted the repubit- cans because the President had not de- clared for the independence of Cuba, which the republican platform had demanded. “It remains to be seen,” said he. ether the majority of the House’can Be lined up and whipped in.” Congress, he declared, should act, and could better act than the executiv ‘ormulating his policy mid- night behind closed doors with the ald of plutocracy le governmen Conference of Representatives on the Guban ‘The Establishment fe Firm, Stabie and Harries, a Independent. ~fovernment on the Isfand Favored. © | The'Cuban conference of-republican rep- resentatives decided last ajigft to, work in harmony with the Hous@ fereiga. affairs committee on representatidnsof the latter's firm position, to be inctgperated in a re- port to the House. They|'were in session for an-hour. at the adjontmment: of the House yesterday, and, after#ome ‘vigoroiis Rpeeches and the submissigm0f a report on bow the foreign affairs gommittee_ stood, deeided that they would besatisfed with the report from the forelgnuffalrs com- mittee if it made no change in thé position it’ announced to the stzering committee, fubstantially as follows: / - : A preamble reciting the *cénditions in Cuba, consisting largely of quotations from the: President's message, Which. constitates a scatnirg arrangement of Spanish misrut and the barbarities of the: mar, a vigorous reference to the blowing up: ef the Maine and a resolution authoriaing,: empowering and directing the President fo intervene at ence-for the purpose oft. restoring peace and order and the establighment of a. firm, stable and independent goyeegprent on the island of Cuba with the feee consent of the pecpie of the island, and,emgowering the resident to employ thea! and navy forces of the United States for this pur- pose. There-were fifty-five rey tives pres- ent, and while there were .geveral who stecd out temporarily for,qmere pronounced action on the line of ition, they ceaey for unity finally agreed on the n in_the conclusion finally . Representative Hopkins of llinois pre- sided, and prominent among those who at- accepted —_>—____ the WORK OF CONFERENCE FINISHED. ‘List of Appointments of the M. P. Chureh for 1898. Sptcial Dispatch to The E-ening Star. BALTIMORE, April 13.—The seventy- fifth annual session of ‘the Maryland’ con- ference of the Methodist Protestant Church came to an end last night with the reading of the appointments at Lafayette Avenue Church by President A. S. Melvin. Changes ir the list were not numerous. Rev. J. L. Mills was sent to the charge at Brooklyn, Anne Arnndel county, Md., left vacant by the abrupt withdrawal of Rev. B. Alfred Dumm to become assistant pastor of First Cengregational Church, Washington. Rey. R. 8S. Rowe goes to North Carolina Avenue Church, succeeding Rev. Louis Rendall, who is sent to Dover, Del., to take the place of Rev. T. P. Revelle, who is sent to Alexandria. The appoiniments in full follow: Acco- mac, Avery Donovan; Amelia, F. L. Stev- ens; Alexandria, T. P. Reveille; Alnutt Me- morial, J. M. ttoimes; Baltimore, T. H. Wright; Bedford, H. L. Schlincke; Belair, 7 > At-fs Understood that many of the changes im the canor are intended merely to. re- ove obscurities and tmfelicities of lan- guage. Others, however, affect matters of @ubstance; and will, no doubt, lead to warm debates. It is expected that this wil! be especially true of the canon on marriagé and divorce. Its conceced that the present canon on this subject has some obscurities of lan- guage and needs som2 improvement. There sas, however, been for some years an ef- fort to change the rule of the church on the ‘subject of remarriage of divorced persons. ‘The presert canon permits the remarriage of the innocent party in a divorce for the exclaimed Mr. full jon of the United States. They | more felt whenever the commerce of the tended were Messrs. Pearee, Joy and Bar-}-eause of adultery. Those who hold this|S. &. ‘treaway; Bethel, to be supplied _ What do you propose now? Let pole pted it as an understood ‘Atlantic shall Beni to pour into the Pacific | 4ing- To his mind the free will offerings | tholdt of Missouri, Belknap, Manm, Marsh | view base it on the words of Christ in the Broadway, Baitimore, H. Lewis; Beth-| this Congr give io the President the that such was to be the destiny of Ha-| through an isthmian canal. Then, of| Of the teachers would prove to be much | and Lorimer of Hlinois, Fletcher and Mor-| Sermon on the mount and elsewhere, and | zn; eorge W. Hines; Brooklyn, Aune | @Fmy and the navy, he says, ‘and I will go waii. In view of the immense and srowirg | course, a vast fleet of steamers crossing | More liberal than would nave been secured | ris of Minnesota, Brownlow’ ead Gibson of-{ these have been held by the Greek Church} Arundel county, J. L. Mills; Beaver Dam, | Over there and force the Cuban patriots,” power of the United States. and of their to the orient will call for coal at Hono- by the original plan suggested by the com- Tennessee, Mudd and Barber @f Maryland, | and by most English commentators and} G. R. Donaldsun; Cambridge, force the Cuban heroes to’submit to a sta- natural occupation and possession of these | July. Most of those ships will be British, | ™ittee. He wanted it understood that he| Sulloway of New Hempshire, Bromwell of ; theologians to authorize the exception. chus, Carolina, H. W. D. Johnson, C. E.| ble government at the hands of Spain, be- islands. England has fully adopted ‘This witl necessarily convert Honolulu intd] Preposed to do all he could to make the | Ohio, Aldrich of Alabama, Southwick and |. On the other hand, the theologians of | Dryden; Campbell, W. Melvin; Cecil, | C@use the queen regent has already ad- ‘of entirely conceding all rights practically a British port, unless previously | CoNvention a success, but at the same time | Mitchell of New York, Hieka of Pennsylya-| the Roman Catholic Church and some of | 4 Mather; Central Washington, D. | vised the administration that she has or- i to the United States as occupied by the United States. he was satisfied that the board had done] nia, Jobnson of North Dakoya and Wey-4:the. Engila bold that marriage is indis-| 1. Greenfield; Centreville, F. T. Benson: suspension of hostilities. She can- ced. I think it és: the Tight thing in deciding against ali| mouth and Knox of Massaeifusetts. scluble expt by death, and controvert not order a suspension as against the in- atwernnient England and Monarchy. forms of compulsion. To show his good Ca - the argument from the words of Christ by ‘brist Church, Baltimore, W. | SUrgents. She has not ainong all her bull have been to this unde! The restoration of the monarchy under | faith in the matter, ne made a motion that eo committees. pointing it that, in other passages re-, Clayton, J._E. Nicholson; | Sehters and bullies manhood enough to Any other course or attitude would most} either Lilivokaiani or Kaiulani would be-| the teachers be authorized to receive vol-| During the afternoon thésteering co! erding Fils woras onv@ivarce the agcgp < Conquest, A. J. ler @ suspension of hostilities on the in- usly have been impolitic and mis-| yong qvestion be highly favorable to Brit-| 8t2FY contributions for the benefit of the | mittee of nine, Mr. Belknkp of Illinois} tion is not mentioned. ~-[Walter; Cri i, G. W. Haddaway; ] Sureents’ side. This administration, with Bee eee ee erate ndcning | ish ascendancy in Hawail, and for that | tuercaved to ite at fee Membership. be | chairman,’ had been before.the republican |" A Proposed Canon. Crumpion, G. D. ‘sdmondzon; Cumberland, | ot thls vaciltacing polity. which was eriti- lo noibin ish ascend * ased s in vay. > Chine a ._ E. Be Z “ . = her ine | reason our British residents would be| The motion was adopted. at W5~) nembers of the House foreign affairs com- |: ‘The advocates of the latter view seemea |'J- M- Yingling; Chinccteague, H. E. Ben aso Tribune. an adminis pleased to 5 like Mr. it, although most of them, no doubt regard it as now the fact tha Superintendent. Powell called attention to some of the school buildings, notably the Franklin ard the High School, nington J. L. Siraughn; Deer | tration paper, asks us Creek, H. S. Johnson; Deer Park, G. J. Hill; Delta, C.K. McCullough; Dorchester, mittee and secured an informal siatement %0 “have impressed the commission most of their position. The members of that favorably, as will be seen from the follow- v First, Washington, J. W. Gray G. H. Stocksaale; Franklin Clty, J. . Paris; Frederick, G. F. .Parring; Felton, . B. Taylor; Frederica, W. O. Livingston impractic: sir hope, however, is to committee stated they had agr2ed on a res- | ing proposed canon: J. A. Wright; Dover and Leipsic, fight for Mberty thac any people secure the same ascendancy by means of | Would be needed for the purpose of th®| olution. to be seported today substantial bn wenn 1. No minister shall solemnize a | Randall; ever made on the fact of the earth. I nay that ft has been @j the votes of the native population, whom | Convention. He regarded these meetings | a3 above, with the exception of the wor mets rtlesto which are within |-Easton, W. it is un outrage, it is a stench in the nos- “ ra thett Ahelexs vies has been inviting to vote under | 12 the Interests of education as =| “ond independent.” Some 6f the memberp | ™ oats aa 11 3. W. Trout triis of every decent American. We shall been consummated. it is expected that a majority | Ci4tly within the rules restticti thought th? resolution witlf that omission | the deBrees of consanguinity and affinity | rocn, to be suppiled: Fairfax, see whether the majo ie of this House 1 a bare possibility al- atives would regard Pritishers as | Of {6 Muillings to school purposes, att | would accomplish the same end ag with the [defined im the 18th chapter of the Book of | {rents awn Greve, d. T. Lascell can be lined up and whipped inte such « t their independer their friends, anxious to maintain their in- | S/@ that their proposed use would: in no | specific mention of independenes and might | Leviticus. J. M. Dickey; Finksburg, 8. W. policy as tha: A oe te eee tae dependence, and Americans as their ene-| W/S¢ interfere with the regular studies of | gyoid unpleasant. complications that micne | “Section 2. (1) It shall be the duty of a Mr. Hepourn (lowa) jumped to his feet i England s mics seeking to deprive them of independ. Bees is they would only | possibly arise with its use! The steering eee samen Sueiie eye le sromaetine as Mr. Lentz sat down. ii enings. pe Sco! aniseed known, 400) sacha gavermacat of ike Wake on ; of such school buildings a8 | cominittes agri Kk peas ie | ears ee Cae hates Gren | iGeoreetown sD: G. - Wa -Haramonds Mr. Chairman.” he began, “sometimes as I have repeatedly stated in this corre- | into British hands. Such a result will | ee ere OF tie come ecenmen' g Semarnapernion the parent oF guabiicn | Georgetown, Del., J. H. 8 Ewell; George- | Misstatement is s0 groes that it reaches spondence, Englishmen are constan be highly probable if annexation is very | of the superint ie eumbebmotionien Bais satisfisd the steering Bomaaittee, who | Sr euch minor is present or shall have ev. | town circuit, to be supplied; Grove, W. B. | the dignity of falsehoud, and clases ke ifesting hatr T aversion to not only | Jong delayed. In the meantime the other | adcnted. 3 aon See ‘ai discussiorg withdrew, leav- | en written consent to the marriage or Judetin vood, A. S. Beane; Hamp- | gross that it becomes mendacity. and mer. annexation to United States, but also | perii, often z ted to, will continue—that! Mr. Barrard, from the 1 committee | 7% (he foreisn affairs com@ittge in execys | permanently resident in a foreign country. | den, W. J. Weepier: Harper's Ferry, B. B. | dacity so foul thai it becomes scoundrel. to the present Hawaiian republic. It ts from @ brobable’ numerical as-) appointed to consider the advisability of a | UVesesston. : s () No minister shall solemnize a marriage | James; Harrington, T. O. Crouse; Heaths- | ism. 1 say that the ce strictly true that, since the inception of the of Japanese, who would soon be | course of lectures in the public schools, re- tthe conference last night th results of | except Jn the pre: ‘ Sara ee bitterest ene- republic, its fail ana and ies have been Pritishers. of men has so industrio labored to fill the minds of the natives with a sense of in- jury and to inspire them with desire to re- store the monarchy. These people told the natives that they were to be trampled in the gutter, and all their rights and privi- leges taken away. Shortly after the re- public was established an elderly native dame, with whom I ‘had'a’'special friend- ship, came weeping to ask why we were jaim the right of suffrage. KAMEHAMEHA. as DONE BY THE SPANISH. Gen. Lee's Opinion of the Destruction of the Maine. Consul General Lee was before the Sen- ate committee on foreign relations for an heur late yesterday afternoon. He talked ported in favor of the project, as tending to the better develcpment of the system of educz time in which to con for the action of the cause cf educatioi cated, and expres: would be no d fficulty ion, but asked for more stigation of the subject before making a final report He said there were many eminent men in this city who were willing to Gonate their services to the the manner indi- d the belief that there tinue inv board. in in providing ville, C. S. Arnett, one to be supplied; How- ard, W. D. Litsinger; Hurluks, G. M. Clay- j Holly Run, G. R. Hodge; Jefferson, Buckeystown, W. Strayer; Kennedy- ville, J. H. Daugherty; Kemptown, C. M. Cullum; Kent Island, E. S. Fooks; Indian River, to be supplied; Laurel, F. C. Klein; Lewistown, H. E. Nelson; Liberty, W. J. Floyd; Lisbon, B. P. Truitt; Lynchburg, E. A. Warfield; Mardela, W. Marine! L. A. Bennett; y Green; Millville, to be supplied: Mi said that he desire and navy at the hands of Congress in or der to establish Spanish supremacy on the Island of Cuba. (Applause.) That is. not true. There is no man who can with an honest heart and with an honest purpose read this message of the President and arrive at any conclusion of that ter. The President's whole argum. up to the preposition that the Spain on that island during misrule, fif the steering committee's v ed. 3t was announced that. committee in the steering ¢ ence =the resolution of thet foreign affairs cormmittes “Was satisfacteryiand would ac- camplish the purposes s t and results deemed best. Ther> wag. a. reservation, however, that if the forejgn-affaire com: mittee had seen fit to chahge its. mind in any subsequent session, ang:anything short “that stated should be finally proposed, it ‘should t were report- stated by the mittee's pres- himself or the witnesses being personal agquainied with the parties. (4) Every minister of the chureh shall at the time of the marriage record in the register of the parish in which the marriage takes place the mame, birthplace, age and residence of each party, and such record shall be sign- ed by. the minister who performs the cere- mony and by at least two witnesses of the | marriage. “Section ? of the army ent suitable No minister of this church sage lectures In case that course should be d ct be accepted by# the-conference, | shall solemnize the marriage of either party 5 2 “ey oo y going to drive ‘all the natives into the | freely with the committee in regard to the] cigcd upon. His request’ for further time | Whiok, would proceed to wprk-out its own | tu a diyorce during the lifetime of the other H. Littieton; Mount bor a of tyranny, has brouzht avout suc mountains. Her son-in-law was a wealthy | Conditions in Cuba, and especially with] to consider the matter was granted. ends. tess be licd: Newark, N — that it is now intolerah British planter and had filled her mind | reference to the destruction of the Maine. Werliticaren Mr. Marsh made a drarpatic speech, in Substitute Prepared. Paes egy ary portable and must cease. with such falsehoods. ,The same were gen- erally current among the netives, traceable to British authors. Hostility to Americans. For some time before the dethronement of the queen the hostility of leading Brit- ishers to American influence was very pro- novneed, although there were some of them who were opposed to the queen's arbitrary and corrupt policy. E: ally prominent in support of the corrupt monarch was the British Minister Wodehouse. His official position forbade him to be demonstrative, but his wife, » large and strong-minded as conspicuously so during the long struggle in the legislature, in which four cabinets of the queen’s choice were suc- cessively unseated ‘by Votes of “want of confidence.” A month or so before the clese a reform cabinet appeared to be firmly seated, but the cunning queen pro- longed the session ten days after their business was completed. A number of the reform members had gone home. She bribed several more, and et an unexpected moment succeeded in getting a vote of want of confidence against the reform cab- iret. She immediately put in a quartet of her henchmen.- At the same time she got her supporters to revive the lottery and opium bills, which were supposed to be dead, but at the last moment were passed and signed, against the vehement protest .of the chamber of commerce. Represented British Sentiment. The point I am coming to fs this: At the critical moment in the legislature, when a majority was declared for “want of confi- dence” in the reform cabinet, the wife of Minister Wodehouse stood up In her chair, waved her parasol and cheered. This was witnessed by scores of people. ‘The lady represented the average. British ‘sentiment, which was to support the arbitrary mon- archy against the reform party, which was He said that in his opinion there was no room to doubt that the destruction of the vessel was due to Spanish agencies. uy “Do you mean the Spanish authorities in Cuba?" he was asked by a member of the committee. “I mean the Spanish officials,” he replied, “but not General Blanco. 1 think some of the omicials were cognizant of the plans to desirey the vessel, but I do not believe that the captain general was.” General Lee said that he had no knowl- edge of the reports that a mine had been discovered by a diver under the Mont- gemery while that vessel lay in the har- bor at Havana. ‘The consul general did not arrive at the Capitol until 5 o'clock. He came in a street car and was not recognized by the 100 or 200 people who had congregated on the outside of the building to see him, but in the corridors at the entrance to the room of the committee on foreign rela- tiens he was recognized and given a hearty hand-clapping. He responded with a bow and smile and hastened into the committee Teom. ——______-e-______- TO AMEND PATENT LAWS. Bill Introduced in the House by Rep- resentative Hicks. Chairman Hicks ‘of the House committee on patents has introduced a bill in the House providing “that the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three commisstoners whose duty it shall be to revise and amend the laws of the United States concerning patent, trade, and other marks, and trade or commercial names, which shall be in force at the time such commission shall make its final report so far as the same relate to matters con- tained in or affected by the convention for the protection of industrial property, con- cluded at Paris, March 20, 15%: Mr. Spear interjected a war measure into the proceedings by making a motion that in case the National Guard of the District should be called into service to aid in the all teachers belonging to ation be granted leave of ab- and also that ay of substitute 2 of teach- , who may hold the rank of private or non-commissioned. officer in The rule referred to teacher the full pay of the teacher whese place she fills after the national defe: that organi: the rule regulating t teachers b the National Guard. gives the substitu expiration of one moi Mr. offi cated a suspensiy: sence until further orde: nded i Spear explained was to protect the teachers who might: ve called into military service where their salaries would be much less than their sa!- artes in the schools. he the mth. that his The commissioned rs would suffer no reduction of sal- ary. That was the reason he had adv of the rule only in the case of non-commissioned officers and pri- North Carolina Avenue, W. s. Rowe; New Market, S. F. € North Baltimore, A. N. Ward: Oxford, J. W. Bal- derston; Oak Grove and Prince George, A. A. Harryman; Parksley, D. Stone; Pike Creek, B. W. ile, E. 0. Ew ing; Pocomoke, G. Smith; Pecomoke City, J. D. Kinger: Powellville, G. A. Mor- ris; Patapsco, to be supplied; Payson Street, Baltimore, E. T. Reed: Potomac, J. W. Norris; Quantico, A. A. Bichell; which he tion rot. sWough, that he hslevg that Congress should at once declare tha} @-state of war between the United States.and Spain now exists, ral others followed in kind, but most kers made ramatks of a temper- fate character, largely attributable-to the absolute recessity of reaching. some form of agreement within the fanks of the r> publican pariy. The other Speakers includ ed Messrs. Belknap, Lorimer, Mann, Pearce, Bartholdt, Morris and Joy.Finelly. votes were taken on th> proposition to accept: a resolution of the substante ‘cited and to agree that that should be the minimum ac- tion that, wauld be acceptable to fhe con- ference, and the agr2>ementxon both propo- sitions was emphatic and decisive. |. -It was decided that the members of the steering committee should-see members of the foreign affuirs committee to earn -if any action had been taken, with a view to preparation for immediate action today in. case of-an alternate ‘of the foreign proposed was sense Staies. of the President (Appliuse.) the use of the army and navy nd to that intolerable and : erable condition. (Applause on the re- side.) That is the argument of esident. The President has made this argument. e in message to this House teaches us th. fs his purpose, and yet gentlemen say, in view of all tne language that he has used in all of the argument that he has made, in all of the recital of infamous and de potic conduct that he has called to our at- tention, that it is the purpose of the P: ident to become the ally of the Spaniards, I say there is no word in that whole mes- sage that justifies any honorable man in making a declaration ef that kind upon this floor. We are going there to fight Spain. We are going there, if we go, to establish a stable and a permanent govern- ment. What does that mean? “Here we have had fifty years of Spanish government, not stab! not permanent A substitute for the provisions of section 3 Of the above canon has been prepared by Bishop Potter, Rev. Dr. J. H. Eccleston, Witiim H. Lightner, Frank H. Miller and Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, who will recommend that that section shall be made to réad as follows ‘No minister of the church shall sol- eminize' the marriage of any person who has @ divorced husband or wife living. This shall. not apply to the innocent part ina divorce suit on his or her filing with the minister as.cvidence of such innocence of a legally certified transcript of the rec- ord, showing a final judgment or-decree of the court of record having jurisdiction on the subject-matter awarding him or her a divorce a vinculo | matrimonii on the ground of adultery.” In. reference to the matter of prohibited degrees proposed in section 1 of the above canon, there are many churchmen who think it would have been wiser if the com- mission had set forth the degrees in de- of the of two witnesse E. C. Ma St. John’s, Canton, J. L. Ward; St Philadelphia, J. B. Jones; St. 8. A. Hoblitzell; Salisbury, L. F Warner; Seaford, S. J. Smith; Snow Hill, Dersey Blake; Salem, R. K. Lewis; South Baltimore, J. E. T.| Ewell; Starr, Balti more, F. T. Little; Stewartstown, J» L. derdice; Susqueharna, H. F. Mullineaux; Sussex, G y Daugherty; Tririty, S. W. Anstin . F. Jester; Union Bridge, J. purpose vates, sition made by Mr. Spear gave notice of his intention to mcve an amendment to the rules so as tu reduce the limit of age for admission to the Normal School from eighteen years, as at present provided, to seventeen. years. He said that when the limit was fixed at eighteen years the course at the Normal School was but one year, whereas now it is two years, so that the proposed change would make no real difference in the age of the graduates eligible for appointment been be- Mr. Harries, who, by the way, is the commander of the Naticnal Guard of the District, said he fully indorsed the propo- Mr. Spear, and ihe latter's motion, was thereupon adopted by t rd. as teachers from what it had fore the cours@ of instruction had been The proposed amendment will be considered ai the next: meeting of the increased. beard in May. On motion of Mr. Wright a committee, Violettsville, to be supplied flat liey. i affairs policy. This sibrts ane too lon ‘Gibson; was taken, and the confefence rned, subject to immediate asseinbling, prepared fcr prompt action at the éall of Chairman Hopkins, unless another cpilference should be deemed unnecessary In wiew of satisfac- tion with the results ‘ Bemoeratie The demecratic memberp of the foreign affairs committee held:ja. meeting © and adopted unanimously, the foligwing. resolu- tion as a substitute for.ghe majority re- port: a “Resolved by the Se: Representatives of the ‘Congress assembled: . >. “Section 1. The Unit. ment hereby . rec except in the villainy of its outrages. That character of outrage and villainy which has become insufferable should be suffered no longer, the President says, creating such an emergency as compels us to violate the otherwise friendly relations that we ought to have and go to the extreme of war in bringit.g an end to these insufferable con- ditions produced through the acts of And yet the gentleman dares to stand here and say that thet paper adv cates the use of the army and the nav the placing of the whole military power of the country in the hands of the Presi- dent, in order that he may go perpetuate that which he reprobates, and to continue that which he savs is now w endurable. He wants a stable and perma- nent republican government. Does that mean Queen Anne's, C. P. Nowlin: Reliance, A! 1D. Dick; Rowlandsville, J. E. Maloy; Rem- tail instead of referring to a much debated | N- chapter in Leviticus. Under the pro} new section it will. it is believed, be held Kirk: Westminster, W. R. 3 Williamsport, to be supplied; Wilmington, sister Is forbidden, while others will | G1. Wot: West Winineton FA Hel: land: Wye, J. F. Wooden. Conference evangelist, J. Mclain Brown; president Westmtrster College, T. H. Lew- president Theological Seminary, H. L. Eiderdice; profeescr in seminary, B. F. Benson; editcr Methodist Protestant, F. T. Tage; board of foreign missions, 'E. H. St. John’s, Baltimore, J. 8. Maryland Tract Society, euch forms of prayer and ving as gay be set forth by the bishop for special probably hold that marriage between an unele and a niece is permitted. Book of Common Prayer. The commission recommends that canon 38 of the use of the Book of Common Prayer be made to read as follows: “Section 1. The Book of Coramon Prayer, as the same kas been established by the general convention, shall be used by every minister of this church upon all occasions ‘Of ‘public worship for which the church provides. When officiating in such services he shall ise no other prayers than those of the Book of Common Prayer, except uitbon. and House of Inited States, in > Recognition of Gallant Conduct. An interesting event occurred last even- ing at the Workingmen’s Club, 2105 Penn- sylvania avenue, when one of the members, , States govern- jndependence Nadel at | Consisting of Mesers. Wright, Brown and Spear, was appointed to prepare suitable resolutions of respect to the memory of Mr. Blanche K. Bruce, recently deceased, who was a member of the board for. many years, with instructions to report at the next meeting. An extension of leave of absence wa: granted in the cases of Teachers J. P. Gerry and Helen M. Hayes. Changes Approved, led by Americans. The British animus was their deep hostility to American influence. That hostility grew mainly out of the knowledge that the Americans regarded annexation a3 the ultimate, destiny, of the islands, although Tew of them believed that times were ripe for {t. Nearly all of us were apxious to continue the monarchy a while lcnger, and to that end sought to restrain the queen within reasonable limits. When the queen broke @way from re- ments under said convention conciuded at Madrid April 14, 18¥1, and the protocols adopted by the conferense held under such convention at Brussels, 1897, and the trea- ues of the United States and the jaws of other nations relating to patents, trade and other marks, and trade or commercial names. “They shall report to Congress as soon as possible, and the report shall be so made as to indicate any proposed change I and evening prayer, either pri- reby 4s, aetety 27 cnenly, Dot: Denk jot ty: sickneps | rected"to employ’ the: land and }-°F other urgent cause. haval forces of the United States in aiding | :-VSge. 8. “The blahcp of every dlocese or ees pede of Cbe te maintain the inde- pendence hereby recognized. “Se€tion $3. The Presffient of the United States is hereby authorized and: directed | to extend immediate relief to the starving Ls B. N, 0. posed GL. i Bowe: See. 2 All ministers shall.say dally the : ,e mini! si say morning, - straint and urdertook to proclaim a con- stitution giving .herself-desrotte ‘powers no one was more filled with ajarm than aoe Britien~ nitntstér- been long ient in Hon and, well knew the temper or the whites ane perfect ability to carry._oyt,. thele-aims ever any resistance possible for the na- tives. Mr. Wodehouse used his «utmost endeavors to dissuade the queen from her insane course, because he plainty saw that the monarchy was tn imminent danger and that annexation to, the:-United “States, which he most dreaded, would naturally in the substance of existing lew, and shail be accompanied by notes which shail briefly and clearly Btate the reasons for any pro- posed change. It shali also be accompa- nied by references to such treaties and for- eign laws relating to patents, trade and other marks, and trade or commercial names, as fn the opinion of the commission- er may effect citizens of the United States. The sum of $250. or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be appropriated to pay the nécessary expenses of the commission- ers in making their report, which sum shall be immediately available.” approved as follows First division—Reduce, at her own re- | Changes in the schools were reported and ¢ people of Cuba, and for this purpose the sum of $1,000,000 . ppropriated.” li ; i i i quest, Mary Macauley from 3d to 2a grade, and from $550 to $475; promote Alice Pol- |: lok from 2d to 3d grade, and from $475 to h LM ‘Speare to ith Miss A. D. Johnson, Heathman DL. - » at ‘M. Atwood to Sth grade, at }; Miss A. -Miss N. D.