Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCENT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsytvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFM i, Pres’t. = - = New York Office, 49 Potter Buildin. ar. $1 per year, witt ¢ Offer at Washington. D. C.. | tter.) mos must be Passengers and Crew Al Drowned, Thirty-four Bodies Have Been Recovered. Che Zvening Star. No 14,275, FUTURE OF PHILIPPINES | JUDGE DAY REPORTS kes Their Disposition and Government Will Cause Great Controversy. A Question for the Next Congress— Prospect of Ratifying the Treaty of Peace. The opinion is very generally expresse< by public men arriving in Washington that there will be considerable controversy over the disposition or government of the Phil- ippine Islands, but the question will prob- ably not come up during the approaching fon of Congress. Senator Teller ex- pressed the opinion to a Star reporter to- day that the treaty with Spain would probably, as far as it related to the Ph 1 oniy with the isiands to the United States by Spain, and would hardly go into the subject of method ernment or disposition. pea the cession of Such a treaty of peace he though ber: a during the approaching ot Co he expressed the opinion that having to decid nent of the lively conte isl- er Occured Close to the Shore. pel ogishe) reese OFr THE VICTIMS A special to the the st 1 Po = between y wreck ff Highland nd passengers A including istance of land er the rew at High Head m. wrought Ninety-Nine Persons Aboard. rinety-nine persons on board & the officers and list ¢ © on board t es from Bost Oren Hooper, H. True H Miss Ruth Frye, Miss Maud Frye, kes, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis, Mrs. Mi Miss Cole Daniel ¥ MeCr Wilson th- Me.: F. Dudl-y Freeman, D. 0. Getckeil of Bi Miss Sophie Holmes, Miss Hele! rne, Miss Emma L. Plimpton of River, G. W. Miss Burns, Wiggin, M. ©. Hutchinson, Mis op, Mrs. Ge ©. ot mouth, Mass. ath Weymouth, Roster x ained ‘s as follows nehard, First Pile Pilot Lewis Nels graham, Moore, Mate Edward Deer- Clerk Horace . Secor John McKay, Quarter- Quartermaster FP. Pe- Blake well, J ond Engin John ineer Joh iH, Stew S % ward Eben Heuston Deck crew—John Daly, Geo. McGilvary, n, James Davidson, Peter Col- r ris Graham, Cornelius O’Brien, D. Bruce. Matthew Barron, Richard Hartley, Ge C. Ropley. F. W. Leighton, elec J. A. Dilion, ole fireman; oiler nnell, fire Doughty Mately, ssagemaster. Wor- ton; Ar- . Heerson of Chel- Alice Swift of Portland,Me.; 21 Marion street, Ea8t Bos- Mitchell Miss Jennie Hoyt, North Easton; Mrs. J. A. Car- { Lowell; Miss Jennie Edmunds, Mar- East Boston; Mrs. Anna Rounds, George B. Kennison, fr., Booth- Me.; Perry Jackson, wife and child, th Portland, Me.; Fred Stevens, Port- Mr. Pi Portland; child of es H. Thopmson, of Wooéfords, Me. passenger list given above numbers the officers and crew number 48. —_>__ SENATOR STEWART. W. E. Sharon Announces Frank G. News! * Candidacy. SAN FRANCISCO, November 29.—A spe- Gl, an TO stce cial the Examiner from iVrginia City, Nev., states that W. E. Sharon has an- hounced that Frank G. Newlands will be te for United States senator to am Stewart. _— Big Strike im Natural Gas. SANTA BARBARA, Cal, November 29.— While boring for olf on Summerland Beach a marvelous flow of natural gas has been Kk, throwing sand and rocks high into air. It ts pr x made in the nunced the biggest strike west. nerals in the City. Brig. Gen. J. R. Waties, U. S. V., Is at the tan on waiting orders. M H. W. Lawton is at 1604 K strect on leave of absence. m the consti- rmination that the isl- tter of tariff laws, ete. treaty pre ion should nted to contain affect the question nt method advance for unde d country the or provide in policy as it is to the oriental id be a hard fight ov treaty, and it might pose of the question nr epen doc reference wo in there atifieation of thi © possible to at this session. It is thought, will noc co fix a pe that an the however, i tempt licated by Disposition of the House According to Representative Meyer. “y House tr very 1 ally,” of Louisiana, a member sition in the the naval establishment said Representative Meyer f the House naval fternoon. ‘“Seere- port, recom- ns for construction battle ships, five first- with the highest at- speed and power, and five -opper-sheathed cruisers. Mem- I believe, will think there will be to affairs committee, this tary Long, inhi mended avpropria of three fir class armore able rate o second-clas bers of the naval committe annual ass d cruisers, adily follow Mr. Long's recommenda- tions and will gladly appropriate whatever money is neces to carry out his plans. demonstrated solute nece and {ts great useful- and even members who have ned in the past to treat it som=- abbily will no doubt come to th asion that they have been doing th justice. Besides this fact, how- tion of additional! territory he navy in the ont wa under - agr ement Paris will make it absolutely necessary that the navy hould be increased materially. We will be obliged to appropriate money new ships, but other necessaries ser must o be provided. Long wants 5,000 mo: and 1 think that e to provid» for them. ittee will get down to the work iz its reg iation bill soon after Mc He. ‘Although the people of Louisiana. ar divided on the expansion problem, eve body will he glad that a peace agreemcn! has been signed and the war is over. There is considerable opposition in the state to the acquisition of new territory, e: among the sugar planters, who believ> that the importations of that product from the new islands will injure their business." Se PERISHED FROM THE COLD. S. E. Loraine-Grews Found Dead With Gun in Hand. Special Dixpateh to The Evening Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., November 20.—S. FE. Loraine-Grew nglishman, twenty- six years of age, who has been living alone on Cheat me tain, In Randolph county, West Virginia, w found dead _ sitting, with his gun in his hand, under a tree in the woods within a few hundred yards of his house. i Grews is the man who ran from Mingo to Marlinton, W. Va., twenty-five miles, in and 5} minutes, September 24 last, ard training. A coroner's a verdict of death from ¢ on. On Saturd: with his tenant, Wiliam Painter, and two others, hunted ull day for bear in Cheat mountain, trac ing in a light snow which had fallen. Re- turning late, w about a mile from home. G aid he > and urged the others to leave him and h: home, as he had far and a) g them he knew the perfectly he next morn- and nee 1 to go to the hou had not returned. une rew r no person visited ws’ ters in weeks, it being ¢ of the highest and most inz of Cheat. After hort found. He 1 some ym the path do in an aimle na run, trailing his gun. Saturday night was extremely cold and the temperature probab:y dropped to zero on Cheat mountain. who was known as the had been in Amer- fea about six nd was very popular. Lieut. Wood's Promotion. Lieut. W. S. Wood, late adjutant of the th Cavalry, has been appointed captain and quartermaster in recognition of his gal- lant services in the Santiago campaign. Capt. Wood was twice wounded in the fight at San Juan hill. He was first slightly wounded in the ankle and was afterward struck in the head by a Mauser bullet, nar- fowly escaping death. The ball entered his cheek, carried away most of his teeth and lodged dangerously near the spinal column. He was discharged from the hospital yes- terda cured and at the same time re- ved notice of his promotion. Capt. Wood a native of this city, but was appointed to the Military Academy from Maine. He is a son of Col. H. Clay Wood of the ad- futant general's office. ——_—_—_+-0+_______ Capt. Duval Sent to Omaha. Omaha, Neb., has been designated as an important depot to which officers of the subsistence department are assignable to duty for the purpose of purchasing and shipping subststence supplies, and Capt. John H. Duval, commissary of subsistence, U. 8S. A. has been assigned to the duty of purchasing and shipping subsistence sup- plies at that depot. and while on such duty shall have the rank of major. Captain Daval, in addition to that duty, will relieve Maj. Herbert Katz, chief commissary of subsistence, U. 3. of the duty of chief commisss of the department of Missouri. Major Katz, upon being thus rel eved, will proceed to this city and report to the com- missary general of subsistence for instruc- tions. | the n WASHINGTON, D. C, TUE SDAY, “NOVEMBER 29, See ee Official Announcement of Spain's Sub- mission. ———_+-—___ WHEN THE TREATY IS EXPECTED see Tariff Regulations for Cuba Con- sidered. MEETING OF THE CABINET ee About twelve or fifteen words was the received from Judge by Spain of tes. The short t the cabinet s had been dis- newspaner di ly nothing new length of the messag Lay announcing the acceptanc: the terms of the United St telegram Ww: meeting today. As the fac counted many hours by patches there was natur announced iu the mes: Jt nevertheless gave sat faction to the President and the cabinet. AM feel that the strain is about over and that the attention of the aaministration can now by he « turned to other thin a, did not engage in | ind government of itory. That will fol the Senate the Manila will remain m of arrangements it is sz e futu required te: by net ston why low the adoption treaty. T status at s now, with the addit for sending home the Spanish soldiers on | the islands. An agreement will pr be reached between the two countries the evacuation of the islar sion may have to be appoin in the “s of Cuba and Porto Work of the Commission Cabinet officials believe that the work of the peace commission will be concluded within a week. In three weeks, at the ont- side, the treaty will be in Washington and in possession of the Senate. The President believes that the tr will he ratified is quickly as ble. When this has done the progress of affairs will be " The President will take charge of :ffair and run matters temporarily, pending (ne enactment of laws Congre eonsigers best for the future of the islands Attitude of Insargents. It is felt here that if the insurgents are to make trouble they will begin to do so DISBANDMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. —— Action Until Notified That the Treaty Has een Signed. It is said at the War Department that no action will be taken looking to the disband- ment of the volunteer army until after of- ficial notice has been received of the sign- ing of the treaty of peace agreed upon the Spanish and Ameri¢an commissions at Paris. There will be qo reduction of the strength of the army us long as there any possibility of a renewal of hostiliti: The War Department will accept ihe signing of the treaty as proof positive on that point, regardless of the fact that the treaty will still be subject to the action ef the Spanish cortes und the United S:ates Sencte. The muster-out of 100,000 volunteers is an undertaking of great magnitude. In or- der that the inter of the United States in all of its new possesstons shall not be jeopardized, it will be the duty of the war offi there ble Is to see that the forces now gradually that no po ult. Under the contemplated plan the volun- teers now serving in the Philippines, Porto R Cuba and Hawaii will be recalled tc the nited States for muster out just soon after the signing of the treaty as suit- able arrangements can be made to replace them with troops of the regular army, but as not before. It is estimated that military protection will be led in all the outlying possess time to come. > case with the Philip- where th do are manifesting an ugly ted that they y not sover, of 20,000 soldiers. (400 troops are regard r orto Rico about presence bout ‘or Cuba abou necessary, and f 000, making in all an army of a few thousand less than the e rmy on its present basis. In case Congress acts favorably upon the President's recommendation for an increas of the army to 10.000, there will be about nd other 2re now needed aft the impression pre be among th The selec red, and Is that these raen will first to be mustered out. ion of the troops, whos can best be spared is now un ation at the War Department. No infor- mation will he made public on the subject until action has been finally determined upon. oe NEGRO MURDERER LY With Another He Ktlted amd Robbed a Kentucky Parmer. ST. LOUIS, Mo to the Post-Dispatch fram M Mo., says: J. L. Loins, a@ promiment farmer living across the Mississippi river in Ken- tucky, has been murdered for money by two negroes and his body thrown into the river. One of the negrees has been c when they ascertain the effect of ihe bate citer aniknaiwarenciscloeelsircern here. It is believed that instructicns will go from here within the next few days for the officers at Manila to be more firm in their handling of the natives. At ihe same time the policy adopted at Santiago by Gen. Wood will be followed as closely as feasible at points cn the islands tive ilipines will be entrusted with office and a hand in the inavguration of the new government. ‘This wil, be done where ability is shown and there is a tendency to abide by the wishes of the United States. One of the Carolines. In the negotiations to be concluded at Paris the United States will ask Spain to sell to this country a cable station in the Hine in will be asked to set a re for the island, and the United States will pay this price. It is not un! ood that any demand will be made for the isiand. The Tariff in Cuba. Secretary Gage submitted to the cabinet today the revised tariff regulations for Cu- The tariff now being prepared will probably become the permanent one for Cuba—permanent, at least, until the island is turned over to the people. For that rea- son much care has been taken in its prepa- ration by Secre Gage, A nt Secre- tary Howell, Special Commissioner Porter and officials of the War Department. The tariff will go into effe troLed by the United States. It will be in operation at Havana when that city is turned over to the forces of the United tes in January. A Light Tarif. The tariff will not be made a severe one because of the impoverished condition of the people. All food products will be taxed 5 per cent, about the same as the Ding- w in this country. The Dingley law is practically inoperative in this country, as the United States imports little food matter. The tariff on food products was immense and burdensome under the Spanish laws. he new tariff will admit work cattle free of duty. This is to allow the people to get to work on their farms and plantations. Cattle are used for work purposes more than any other animal on the island. t at all ports con- = a —~ SENATOR He Thinks the Peace Terms Will Be Satisfactory to New England. ‘The agreement in Paris between the Ame} nd Spanish peace comm! mers tisfactory to the people of gland,” said ator Proctor of . “Sentiment on the subject of the acquisition of the Philippines hat at variance, but there will be rejoicing that between Spain and the United Stat been de clared at last. They will be glad to have the matters in dispute settled. The fact that we would gain the Pailippines as a as fruit of the recent war was settled What the government. will do with . however, is another question, “[ do not expect that Congress during the coming session will enact any radical tariff legislation. Of course changes in sev- eral schedules will be necessary, but no material amendments will probably be made to the existing law. I am unable to predict whether there will be any currency legislation during the session or whether tured and shot to death by a meb, which is row on the trail of the other murderer. -_ ARMY A MENACE PO LIBERTY. But Premier Dupay Thinks Fra ll Survive Daygers. PARIS, November 29.The Figaro today publishes an Interview with the premier, M in the course of which he fs quoted “For twenty-cight® years we have lived under a contradiction, The*army‘and the democracy subsist side by side. The main- tenance of th ditions of the army is a menace to _ygt they assure the ce tr liberty safety of the country ‘and its most sacred duties. Th spite of everything | am confi- dent that the vitality of the country will triumph overéthe present storm as it has in all the crises it has undergone.” nt Suit Settled at Prayer Meeting. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, November 20.—The suit of Hillary Hoffmaster to set aside the will of Jonas Hoffmaster has com» to an abrupt end. The case involved $25,000 in cash and a considerable amount of city and country real estate. When the law, assembled to try the ase they were mished to learn that liigants met last Friday at a prayer meeting and came to an amicable settie- ment. a Blaze at Manchester, Conn. MANCHESTER, Conn,,November 20,—The Cheney block was destroyed by fire at an carly hour this morning, causing a loss estimated at between $50,000 and $60,090. nearly covered by insurance. ‘The: building was a large frame structure, two stories high. he fire started from some unknown canse in the barber shop, which was di- rectly over the post office. —s Hocking Valley Bond Case. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Noyember 20.—The Ohio supreme court has affirmed the lower courts in the $8,000,000 Hocking Valley bond case against Judge Stevenson Burke. The decision gives the bondholders the right to continue the suit to collect on the bonds. — Personal Mention. Mr. J. M. Kelley and Mr. H. Russell of this city are booked to sail on the steamer St. Paul, which will leave New York to- nicrrow morring for Southampton. Dr. W. G. Morgan has returned home, having recovered from his recent j!Ine Dr. G. G. Morris of 815 14th street nort st has returned from Porto Rico. Senator Bolse Penrose of Pennsylvania Eppa Hunton, Virginia. Savires, Seattle, Wash., are re. he Normandie Hotel. Ex-Represertative W. E. Owens of Ken- tucky ington Hotel. Seal Fisheries Considered. Upon the return ofthe members of the Anglo-American commission from Mount -1898—FOURTEE} Vernon yesterday afternoon another brief session was held, at whieh further con- sideration was given the seal fisheries ques- tion. Assurance is gtv. that no con- the President will call an extraordinary ses- sion of the next Congress. I think that Congress will pass the proposed bill provid- ing for an increase in the strength of the regular army. Just how much it will be in- creased, though. it is impossible to tell There is no doubt that the proposed strengthening of the army is justifiable and vecessary. The country needs a much larg: er army than it maintains now, and there ought not to be much opposition to the proposition to make it stronger. —— A SEVERE COLD. President Iglesins Kept His Bed Until a Late Hour. The weather of Washington has not agreed very well with President Igle- sias of Costa Rica. This morning his indisposition, caused by a cold, was so pronounced that he remained in bed until a late hour and was attended by a physieian. The cold, damp day provided a class of weather Mr. Iglesias had never known at San Jose, which is 4,000 feet high and within ten degrees of th> equator. There, while the mornings and nights are cool and bracing, there is never known any of that raw dampness which the president has experienced here. It 1s expected he I be well esiough this evening to attend the dinner tendered him by President Mc- Kinley. It is understood that President Iglssias’ trip to Europe, which he will shortly take, will be for the purpose of negotiating a loan for a railroad in Costa Rica. He ex- pects to be back in this country at the end of a couple of months, “ i clusion, even of a tentative mature, was reached. ‘The question went ever, there- fore, to a future meeting of thecommission. + Ordered to Huntsville to ‘Testify. Acting Assistant Surgeon Hemey 3. Green- leaf, U. S. A., has been ogdered from this city to Huntsville, Ala., to report to the judge advocate of the gemeral court-mar- tal convened at that. plage, as a witness in the case of Private Rucker, 10th U. S Cavalry, and on the tetion of this duty will return to Fort Monree, Va., for duty. aes é ae Col. Hull Ordered to Manila. Lieut. Col. John A. Hull, fudge advocate, U. 3. V., stationed at Huntsville, Ala., as PAG ES. “TWO CENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE General Butler Again Confers With the President. DISCUSSES EVACUATION OF CUBA See Gives High Praise to the Spanish Soldiery. ALLERS - C O DAY. Major General M. C. Butler had a con- ference this morning with President Me- Kinl the second since General Butler was called here from Havana. General Butler will leave here today for his home in South Carolina. After spend- ing a few days there he will return to Ha- vana, where he will remain at least an- other month as a member of the evacua- tion commission. General Butier said that the duties of the commission now were to the Spaniards rry out their American commission- “When we went to Havana, Butler, “we found that the said General paniards had 115,009 regu.ar soldiers on the is.and, not counting those in and around Santiago. There were also 89,000 volunte: General Bianco could easily have concentrated al- mest this whole force in Havana to resist an attack on that city. He said that about 2,000 af his foree were on the sick lst. This would have left him a tighting force 400 me. 1 think we could have takea Havana in a few weeks, even in the face of this force. With the ships on one side, our soldiers on the other and starvauon in Havana, the result would have been fore- gone. e have + rs have wo tran. in Ha n sent b; orts Will svo: na about K to Spuia, rive tnere 000 more. remainder wiil depart about the Ist of y or soon afterward Butler id that it was hard to tell sh soldiers will remain on the island to become ciizens. At one time a decree was issued permitting some to make their homes in Cuba, but this was withdrawn Gen. Butler again added a good word for the Spanish soidier: He said he had never seen a more orderly or better-pehaved lot of men. Saw thous- ands of them every day and nev:r wit- ed a disorderly act. n. Butler said that nobody could ap- and take away from 50,000 to ¢ The Janu 2. how many Span proximate the time when this country could turn things over to the Cubans. He bad found th? Cubans bright and well edu- cated. He believed that many Spaniasds would soon join with the Cubans and take port in the affairs of the island. Callers on the President. Senators Elkins, Thurston and Fairbanks, Archbishop Chapelle and Joseph H. Choate of New York were visitors at the White House today. Mr. Choate called to pay his respects. He is here to argue a case in the Supreme Court. Many politicians profess to believe that Mr. Choate will be the next ambassador to England. President McKinley has the high- est admiration of him. The White House to Close at 2 O'Clock The White House will hereafter be clos-d to visitors at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. When Camp Alger was full of soldiers, and many of them were coming to the city daily, the mansion was kept open until p.m. for their benefit. The building was closed all of owing to the decorating of the east ioe the dinner to President Igiesi: night, today, room S to- —+ + NEW LINE TO CUBA. It Will Run From Miami, Fla., Direct to Havana. R. H. Parsons, vice president of the Flagler system of roads, is in the city, and will be at the Raleigh several days. He was @ caller at up-town departmenis today. He announces the inauguration next week of a new steamstip line from Miami, Fla the extreme southern terminus of the F} ida East Coast read, to Havana, Cuba, a distance of 213 miles, as against 240 from Tampa. Mr, Parsons says that ships will be run semi-weekly, and will make the trip in sixteen hours. The line does not go by Key West, but direct to Cuba. Mr. Parsons said that the time from Washington to Cuba by this route would be only fifty hours—iwenty-nine hours frem Jacksonvill +04 ONLY AS A TEMPORARY POLICY. Senator Chandler on an “Open Door” for the Philippines. Senator Chandler does not share views of those who declare in favor of an “open-door” policy for the Philippine Is- lands under any circumstances. “The open-door policy for the Philippines is right as a temporary policy, while the islands are under military rule,” said Mr. Chandler, when seen by a Star reporter to- in the day. “If these islands become a part of the United States they will undoubted! have our tariff laws, while we will h; free trade with them. That will not be an open-door policy. “What we will do with the Philippines yet to be determined. If they remain in- dependent under our protectorate, then we could get any special privilege only through a treaty with them. We can tell nothing about that now. For myself, I have no pol- icy except the immediate policy to drive Spain out, and the military occupancy of the islands and an open-door policy with a tariff against all nations, to give the Phil- Ippines a revenue. I favor independence for the Philippines, if they can be shown to be capable of self-government, but until that question is determined it is not possible for me at least to conclude whot permanent policy we should adopt toward those is- lands.”” —_—__-e—_______ PUNISHING DESERTERS. They Will Be Discharged Without Honor and Will Forfeit Travel Pay. Major General Miles has issued an orde: to the army prescribing that deserters from volunteer organizations that have been mustered out or are being prepared for judge advocate of the 4th Army Corps, has | muster out of the service, who may sur- been ordered to Manila, P. 1, for duty in the department of the Pacific, relieving Ifeut. Col. Charles F. Jewett, judge advo cate, U.S. V.. who is ordered home. Lieut render or be apprehended, when it is im- practicable to bring them to trial before a general court-martial shall be discharged Col.'H. CL Carbaugh has been assigned to.| Without honor with forfeiture of traveling dvty as judge advocate: ofthe 4th Army | allowances. Corps at Huntsville, Ala. _ Appointed United States Attorney. President McKintey today appointed Ex- gar Allen of Virginia to be United States attorney for the eastern district of that state. is - vee Te Be Acting Hospital Steward. Private Frank G. Atwood, Hospital Corps, now at the United States General Hospital, Washington barracks, D. C., has been as- signed to duty ag i ital stewara Beteas acting hospi ard | In such cases, when muster out rolls have not been closed, the deserters will be taken vp on the rolls under the heading “Discharged,” and their full record of service will be given as required by para- graph 1381, army regulations, a ESTERHAZY SAILS FOR AMERICA, Notorious Character in Dreyfus Triat Coming Over Here. PARIS, November 29.—A dispatch from Brussels to the Journal reaffirms the re- port that Major Count Esterhazy has sailed for America. This dispateh asserts that he embarked at Rotterdam. BRISK FIGHT WITH ROBBERS ieataed Station Agents Defend Company Property With Vigor. rprixe Burglars at Their Work and Wound One of Them—One of the Agents Hit. DETROIT, Mich., November 29.—A spe- cial to the News from Grand Rapids, says: Isaac Schultes, Grand Rapids, and Indiana station agent at Martin, and his assistant, Marshall Wickes, had a wild west battle with two robbers fn the depot today. Wickes and one of the burglars were wounded. The robbers had blown open the depot safe. A burglar alarm ran from the depot to Schutes’ house, and when the began work Schuites and Wickes appeared, armed with Winchesters, and ordered the bandits to throw up their hands. Instead, they opened fire and a fusilade of shots were exchanged. Wickes fell, badly wound- ed, but will recover. One of the rob) but both es aped. stole a horse from toward Grand Rapids. When his horse ume exhausted he stole another. It verted he has been captured near Wa nd. The wounded robber is surround a swamp. robbers was shot in the leg, The unwounded man farmer's barn and rode be- is in | Reassembling of the Industrial Com- mixsion, jal commission mbled this morning in its quar) Bliss building ra reces jays. The members present were Se: Mallory, Senator Daniel, Repre Gardner, Representative Livingston, ntative Bell, Mr. A. L. Harris, Mr. Parqgu , Mr. M. D. Ratehford and L. Kennedy. The session of the commission was de- voted to consideration of the reports of the veral subcommissions which are to ‘ted upon by the full commission be- being promulgated. Rearrangement te of the personnel of the subcom- o that they now 3 follows: On transportation—Thomas W. Phillips, Stephen B. Mallory, William Lorimer, Chas. J. Harris, J. L. Kennedy. On statistics—S. N. D. North, J. M. Far- quhar, E. D. Conger and C. J. Harris, On Agriculture and agricultural labor— Andrew L. Harris, James H. Kyle, Lee Mantle, John J. Gardner, Eugene D.’ Con- ge On conditions of labor and capital employ- cd in manufacturing and general business Ellison A. Smyth, Boles Penrose, L. F. Liv- ingston, S. D. North, John’ M. Farqu- conditions of labor and capital em- ployed in mining—John W. Daniel, Theobold Otvjen, John C. Bell, M. D. Ratchford, John L. Kennedy. The standing committees of the commis- sion are as follows: On organization—S. N. D. North, John W. Daniel, Lee Mantle, James 1. Kyle, Thomas W. Phillips, M. D. Ratchford, L. F. Living- ston. On business—Eugene D. Conger, Stephe R. Mallory, Theobold Otjen, Charles J. Har- ris, John L. Kennedy. be fore On procedure—John J. Gardner, Boies Penrose, William Lorimer, John C. Bell, Ellison “A. Smyth, Andrew 'L. Harris, John M. Farquha: + e+ PRESIDENT KIN TESTIFIES, The Discrimination Charged Against the €. and 0. In the hearing today by the interstate commerce commission of the charges of di crimii ion against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company made by C. G. Blake, a coal operator of Cincinnati, the complainant’s attorney called to the wit- ness stand Sol. P. Kineon, president of the Kineon Coal Company of Cincinnati, and Donald McDonald, the president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Fuel Company. The former testified that, although he had a ten years’ contract with the rallroad company guaranteeing him as good rates 4s any other shipper, yet 70 cents a ton was the best he could get. He had asked for rates from the railroad company in Janu- ary, 1808, and was told he would have to 80 to the fuel company and obtain his coal. Mr. McDonald was questioned in detail as to the operations of the fuel company, but he denied that it had any connection with the railroad. Counsel sought to obtain from witness some definite statements regarding the manner in which the company had recouped itself when handling coal at rates which he acknowledged were losing ones, but the commission suggested that enough had de- veloped already to justify the inference of answers which might be made to such questions. On cross-examination McDonald declared he knew of no discrimination by the rail- road against operators in transportation facilities. The hearing was then adjourned until to- morrow CHIEFS toe, FROM OKLAHOMA. A Delegation of Cheyennes and Ara- pahoes in the City. A delegation of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians from Oklahoma territory, who ar siness before the Indian bureau, visited the up-town departments this morn- ing and paid their respects to Major Gen- PI Miles, Secretaries Hay and Aiger and tant Secretary Allen. There were about twenty chiefs in the party. HAS REACHED MANILA, Arrival of the Zealandia With nessee Volunteers. The adjutant general received a cable message this morning from Gen. Otis, commanding at Manila, P. 1., saying that the transport Zealandia arrived at Manila this morning with headquarters and seven companies of the“lst Tennessee. No cas- uaities are rep-rted. +0 <——_____ Suddenly Called Home. Willis Van Devanter, assistant attorney general for the Interior Department, has been called to the home of his parents in Marion, Ind., by receipt of a telegram an- nouncing the accidental death of his fa- ther. Details of the sad occurrence inave not been received in the city, but it is be- Meved that the deceased was killed while crossing a railroad track. Ten- ~ 84 Volunteer 0: fMicers Discharged. The roliowing named officers of the vol- unteer army have been honorably dis- charged: Major William Cooke Daniels, as- sistant adjutant general; Lieut. Max L. —} { half so much to an advertiner. The sole measure of value to advertiser ix the number of ren ers and probable casiomers his an- nouncement will reach. Judged by this inflexible standard, The Even- ing Star stands pre-eminent. Neo other paper, published anywhere, has so large a percentage of lis cirenlatia among the families and be the city where other Washingion paper, there- fore, is an ndvertinement worth —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— /ARTICLES OF TREATY Now Being Drawn Up by Secretaries Moore and Ojeda. WORK WILL SOON BE COMPLETED dom of Religiog and Other Matters. Regarding Free —__—_ COMMENTS OF THE PRESS —_+___ PARIS, November 29. ‘The seer vies of the two peace commi nd OF fons, Mess a, began their joint task lating the articles of the peacx o'clock this aftern, Moore of formu tre ted missions at yesterday's This work will be « and rap *s te the relinguishment and cexsions 1 quized to the protocol, the terms of document wail be transferred by m, as dire which itis to 4h lily to the retarte » Moreover, wi * articles, for discussion nesday, the subjects of the religions fre dom of th “aroline Islands, nav atio: for the Unitea States in the ame group, cable landing rights at other points within vain’s jurisdicti the release of the & surrectiomist prisoners and the treaties broken the the war revival per Comment. of the the Ur News. and ted s at commeated on yesterday from widely fering points of view by the English and French newspapers. In London the virtnal conclusion of the Paris negotiations 1 celves but small notice from the m papers, Mtition with superic Dreyfur Picquart 4 e papers igr it editor: offering any cor ment m t their former vte on a settlement long regs foregone conclusion, and univer: enized as the best possib! Spain ant the world in general. The Times, in its editorial on the suiect refers to the fiscal side of the question and says: “Any administration tntrusted with the government of the United ates may surely be trusted, without an amendment to the Consiitution, to administer this b of external estate for the nation as a whole.” The Daily Chronicle says: “America has had her way, and the time of the negotia- tors has been largely wasted. So far as decision to annex the Philippines goes, United States, after some hesitatio: en the narrow path of ¢ h always attracts the brave min! _ The leading article in the Paris Temps is ted to a severe arraignment of the American attitrde toward Spain, in which America is made to appear as a mercil; conqueror, imposing Draconian conditions on a helpless foe, and “exacting the signa- ture of a treaty at the point of the bayonet.” The Temps adds: “The Spanish commis- sioners shouid, in submitting, protest to the civilized world against the spoliation of the weak by the strong.” Views of the Gaulois. The Gaulois is the only important mo: ing paper which comments on the Spanish decision. It say: “The Spaniards have much to complain of, and the Americans have dispelled by their demands in the field of diplomacy tha impression produced by their gencrosity on the field of battle. It 1s questionable, how- ever, whether the a of thing¢ benefit ’, is not the best solution possible for the con. Gitions obtaining in the Antilles and the Philippines. “Both archipelagoes have become a heavy charge and a perpetual danger to Spain. Under American domination they Will show a deveiopment which even inter- nal disturbances will be unable to arrest. The re-establishment of peace removes 4 grave element of danger from internations politics. ‘The commissioners of both cour tries are to be congratulated on the cour- tesy and sang froid of. their attitude.” A dispatch trom Madrid last night says The city this evening is caim. There have been no disturbances resulting from the an- notncement of Spain's acceptance of the terms of the Americans. The papers, how- ever, publish gloomy articles, sadly remind- ing the country that the day is one long to be remembered as markang “the closing scene of a glorious colonial history All agree ihat the government has adopt- ed the only possible policy, though much bitterness ts displayed toward the States. It ts said that Don Jaime, son of Don Cars United McRae, 3d Georgia Volunteer Infantry: Capt. John C, Michie, Ist North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, and Lieut. F. J. Cronin, ON New York Infantry. 3 oe Ae Transterred to the Band. Private Thomas Hayes, Battery G, 4th U. S. Artillery, now at Washington Bar- racks, D. C., has been transferred to the band, 2d U. &. Artillery. —___—__++2#+_________ Private Schroeder Discharged. Private Henry Schroeder,, Hospital Corps. now inthis city, has been discharged the service of the United States, He Is entitled to travel pay. Jean los, the pretender, {s now at St Luz, in E -Pyrenes, France. Plans of Don Carlos. MADRID, November 29.—The E day publishes a dispatch which sa “Don Carlos will not publish a manifesto until the ratification of the peace treaty by the chambers.”” Continuing, the Heraldo expresses the be- lief that the’ Spanish government 4 de know the whereabouts of Don Jaime, the son of Don Carlos al SSS GOLD ON SAN JUAN HI Dr. Longford and Party Will Locate Claims There. WICHITA, Kan., November 2.—Dr. J. W. Longford of Arizona and twelve of Roose- velt’s Rough Riders have gone to San Juan hill, Cuba, to prospect for gold. In an in- terview here Dr. Longford says: “Because of its pleasant climate I believe Cuba to be a better gold field than the Klondike think Cuba is one of the best prospec countries i the world. I prospected Alaska unsuccessfully. ae in I expect to locate aim on San Juan hill that a company will be able to work at a large profit. “jam sure there is gold in paying quanti- ties In the quartz rocks of the hills. Cuba in itself is a virgin country. It has the deepest and finest soil that Lever saw. The highest priced iron worked today comes from Cuba.” CZAR REASSURES THE SULTAN. ‘Tark y’n Interests in Crete Safeguarded. CONSTANT:NOPLE, November = Czar of Russia, replying to the su’t2n’s tele- gram of November 26, urging the czar to abandon his intention of sending Prince George of Greece to Crete, as high commis- sioner of the powers, declares that the friendly sentiments of Russia toward Tur- key ure unchanged, and while Prince George is going to Crete as commissioner of the four powers, the sultan’s rights of sovereignty will be safeguarded. nia eee RESOURCES OF PHILIPriNES win To Be Investigated by Licat. A. P. Hain of California. BERKELEY, Cal, November 29.—I.tout, A. P. Hain, an instructor in the agricul- tural department of the University of Cali- fornia, now stationed with one of the Call- fornia regiments at Manila, has been de- tailed to conduct an official investigation in- to the maxiceiiorss Tesourées of She. Phil. pines. 10 make @ report he result to Washington.