Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 6

a) | The Herald. BY E. C. KILEY. GEAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA Pugilism has its softer side. John L. Sullivan has just been sued for a flor- ist’s bill. The sultan has actually begun to ex- ecute the reforms that he promised for Crete. This year bids fair to leave a arkable record behind it in various By the recent self-denial week $115,- 000 has been raised in the United Kingdom alone toward the funds of the Salvation Army, being £5,600in ad- vance of last year. The new Russian imperial yacht Standart, in its final trial trip in the Kattegat, made an average speed 0! 21.18 knots an hour. The contract stipulated for 20 knots only. Sica aka “SS Since the beginning of this century the use of the Italian language has greatly increased; in 1801 it was spo- ken by 15,070,000 people, and in 1890 {t was used by 33,400,000. The first American agriculturel fair is said to have been held at George- town, D. C., in 1810. But as there was no parachute descent it was probably some other kind of a fair. Before leaving for home, Dr. John Watson declined an offer of $25,000 for twelve weeks more of lecturing. It is a pleasant recognition of the merits of a man who can write a good short story. The heroism of the men who com- pose the life-saving service was vividly illustrated in the work done by them during the recent storm which swept the Atlantic coast. The story of the perils which they braved and the risks which they took in order to save @ human life would illuminate the pages of romance. Ex-Congressman Bingham, Lincoln’s jud; advocate general, is passing his declining years in Cadiz, Ohio, an old man of eighty-two. One of his ehoicest recollections is of shaking hands with Lafayette. He was a’school boy in an Dhio village when the great French- man passed through the town. It is expected that the German em- peror will visit Jerusalem next spring, probably Easter, to be present at the corsecration of a Lutheran church there. The church is to be erected on ground given by the sultan to the late emperor, the kaiser’s father. An American girl committed suicide the other day at Welmar on finding out that she could never be a great singer. She might have put the remains of ex- istence to a better use, but, on the other hand, she may have relieved the world of one more mediocre artiste. They have had a fox hunt in Chicago. The tox was dead before the hunt be- gan, but he was tied to a horse’s tail to produce a realistic ‘effect, and now the Chicagoans who rode after him are trying to decide whether a dead fox is as exciting as a bag of aniseed. “There was an affecting scene,” says an Albany dispatch, “when Goy. Mor- ton refused to pardon John Y. Mc- Kune. An affecting scene is a sad thing, but the governor of New York set a good example to other governors’ when he chose to risk an affecting scene rather than interfere with the operation of the laws and interrupt the course of justice. Russia’s reward for her services as peacemaker between Italy and Abys- sinia comes in the cession by King Menelik to the czar of a’ narrow strip of coast on the Red sea, adjoining the French settlement. And so hereafter the paw of the Northern Bear will be felt as an active agent in the settle ment of questions pertaining to the Dark Continent. A depositor in one of the smaller Chicago banks which went down with the big Illinois National didn’t get mad when the money he put in the day be- fore the break was lost, but when he dropped in the next day to inquire about the extent of the failure and was kicked out by the indignant bankers he lost his temper and had two or three of them arrested for accepting deposits when insolvent. The story that Maceo was killed by a machete stroke when he was discov- ered wounded, and that his body was tied to a horse’s saddle and dragged after the Spanish troops who shot him, has not been denied. Indeed, it came from Havana and past Spanish cen- sorship, so that it is probably true. It seems to be the height of brutal insult, but probably it was mere barbarism. It is perfectly natural for a barbarian who wishes to convey an enemy’s body jto drag it at his saddle bow, because that is the most convenient method, ‘War is a horrible business at best. In ‘Cuba it is unspeakable. PITH vf THE NEWS. EVENTS JF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED. FORM, - ‘A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week, From all Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Per- usal by Busy People. Washington Talk, Though work has slackened some- what at the navy yard, éwing to the discharge of a part of the force be- cause of a lack of funds, there is still }a large amount of work in progress, about 500 men being employed. Lindley Fogg of Ohio, clerk in the office of the auditor for the post office department at Washington, has been appointed assistant chief of the book- keeping and warrant division of the treasury departirent. 'The secretary of the interior has sent a requisition to the treasury for $10,- 800,000 for next month’s quarterly pen- sion payment. The amount is divided as follows: Pittsburg, $1,775,000; Mil- waukee, $1,895,000; Des Moines, Iowa, $2,100,000; Concord, N. H., $700,000; Chicago, $2,75,000; Buffalo, $1,60,000. People in Print. William B. Vosburg Post G. A. R., of Newark, N. Y.,has offered its services to the insurgent army of Cuba. David M. Hildreth, proprietor of the West End Hcetel and cottages at Long Branch, died suddenly in New York of heart failure. Mrs. Mariah Thompson Daivess died at Harrodsburg, Ky., in a coughing fit. She was a woman of literary attain- ments. It has been suggested to President- elect McKinley that Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis would make an excel- lent attorney general of the United States. Rev. FE. W. Dockery, a well known minister of the M. E. church (South) ind father of Congressman A. M. Dock- ery, was stricken with paralysis of the brain at Chillicothe, Mo. His condi- tion is critical. Conrad Becher, one of the publishers and editors of the La Porte (Ind.) Jour- nal, is dead, aged fifty-five years. Mr. Becher served five terms in the city council, and was a prominent Odd Yel- low. Ex-Queen Lilinokalani started from San Francisco for Boston over the Southern Pacific, and will make a short stop at New Orleans. The dethroned queen stated that when she arrived in Boston she would make public her plans. It is said she has given up her intention of visiting London, but that Prince Kaiulani will go to Bosten to meet her, Casualties. A glycerine magazine near Montpel- ier, Ind., exploded with terrible force. Harry Adams and George Pecock were blown to atoms. ‘Train-wreckers tore up a rail on the Southern railway trestle at Iron- dale. Ala. A passenger engineer no- ticed it barely in time to stop xis train. Mrs. J. Suppler’s sugar house, on Catherine plantation, near Whitecastle, a., was totally destroyed by fire, to- gether with 3,50 Obarrels of sugar. ‘Ihe sugar house cost $140,000. ‘The insur- ance was $50,000. Fire in the fashionable residence part of Montreal destroyed portions of the houses of Frank May, the wholesale dry goods man, John Gault, superin- tendent of the Merchants’ bank, and Judge Doherty. It is esimated the less will be about $100,000. At Iamnville, Ont.. three brothers named Hiles procured cartridges of ni- tro-glycerize to blow up stunps. They thawed them out on a stove. An ex- plosion followed, completely wrecking the house. A Mrs. Graves, who was near the stove ,was thrown through a doorway and severely injured, but will recover. Two of the Hiles brothers were mangled and will die. The other escaped injury. Crimes and Criminals. Three men in Ohio were killed and others driven insane by drinking what was known as “speakeasy” whisky. A. H. Price, Charles Siebert and Thomas Clegg were killed at Wheel- inf, W. Va., by drinking poisoned whisky. The police stopped a fight between Marshall arid Glenn at Oil City, Pa., in the fifth round. Marshall had the best of it. Miss Winnie Traver, deputy treas- urer of Clay county, Iowa, committed suicide at Mason City by shooting her- self four times. Despondency was the cause. a The robbery of the lodge rooms of three councils of the A. P. A. of San Antonio, Tex., by burglars who worked like skilled mechanics has just been discovered. Joe James, colored, was lynched at Woodstock, Ala., recently. He attempt- ed to assault Fanny Smith, aged sevy- enteen, while she was on her way to school. Gaston and Anna Pelessier of De- troit, Mich., arrested at Toronto, Can., on the charge of theft, waived extradi- tion-in the police court and will go back to Michigan to stand trial. The mob which hung and killed the Proctors at Russellville, Ky., if reports are true, are determined to rid the county of a number of worthless and dangerous characters. A bloody battle was fought at 4 dance given at the home of David Williams, in Letcher county, Kentucky. One hundred shots were fired, and Charley Hogg, a prominent mountain teacher, was mortally wounded. Private James E, Allen, ccnvicted of killing his comrade, Daniel M. Call, of the Fifteenth United States infantry, at Fort Sheridan, Ill, has been sen- tenced to ten years’ imprisonment at hard lubor. James M. Glover, a brother of ex- Congressman John M. Glover, aged 30, committed suicide at St. Louis by shooting himself in the head. Des- pondency over business reverses is thought to have been the cause. J. P, Kunze, the suspect in the mous Dr. murder was been arrested and taken to Leaven- worth, Kan., charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. At Negaunee, Mich., Mrs. Kromberg, a cook in a camp of Finn woodmen, was fatally shot. Erik Anderson is un- der arrest for the crime. The claim is made that the shooting was accidental. Mrs. Kromberg’s husband is serving @ life sentence for murder. A warrant for the arrest of Frank C. Miles, the defaulting treasurer of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company on the charge of embezzle- ment of $25,000 has been issued. Up to noon, however, the officers had not been able to locate Miles. George Golightly, the well known bird shooter, was shot and instantly killed at Carbonado, Iowa, by George Nettlefield of Wayland. The men be- came involved in a quarrel. Nettle- field shot to make a bluff, but made a miscalculation. He is under arrest. Fannie and Ella Solomon, children of J. M. C. Solomon of South Florence, Ala., twelve and nine years old, have been missing from their homes and are supposed to have been kidnaped by Mat Sanders, a desperate moonshiner, who has several times threatened to take the children. During a free fight at Ashland, Pa., Michael and John Gouldin were dan- gerously stabbed and Patrick Gouldin, William Evans and Anthony Cum- mings were badly cut about the face and arms. Robert McCormick, ex- chief of police, was stabbed in the back. Michael and John Gouldin are not expected to recover. From Foreign Shores, Among the: earlies reforms of the French government in Madagascar is embodied a decree abolishing slavery. In ministerial circles at Madrid it is denied that the government intends to call out fresh contingents of troops. Thirty employes of Juan Vidrio at Guadalajara, Mex., attacked him. He killed two of them. It is officially stated that the plague is increasing in Bombay and Carachi. The seaport of Sinde is also declared to be infected. Earl Russell’s Riverside residence at Maidenhead on the Thames was gutted by fire. The blaze is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Word has been received from Athens that Prof. George Richardson of San Francisco died in a hospital at the Greek capital on Dec. 11 of typhoid fever. An additional batch of anarchists was sentenced at Barcelona recently. Forty of them were Condemned to twenty years imprisonment and twen- ty to eight years imprisonment. A terrific storm occurred in the Gulf of Campeche on the 1ith and 12th of December and among other casualties reported is the wreck of the bark Ja- maica, with twelve passengers and most of the crew lost. There has been a phenominal in- erease of coffee planting in Liberia and the exports of the last fiscal year amounted to 3,000,000 pounds, against 600,000 pounds ten years ago. The German war ship Irene, with Admiral Tirpitz on board, has sailed for Manilla under orders from Berlin to protect German subjects and the subjects of other powers in the event of the severe fighting which is antici- pated there. . A special commission of the British government appointed to inquire into the sugar industries of the West Indies is not only to contine itself to the Brit- ish colonies, but is to visit New York about the middle of April, after leav- ing Jamaica. In the presence of numerous prelates and the’ best known members of the American colony, Cardinal Satolli to#k formal possession of the titular church of Santa Maria del Ara Coeli at Rome, which was assigned him by the pope at the last consistory. Cardinal Sa- tolli delivered an eloquent discourse. The total defalcations reported through the disappearance of Ludwig Hegale, manager of the Constance branch of the Imperial German bank are 610,000 marks, of which sum he is said to have taken with him 260,000 marks when he fled to Switzerland. The balance is understood to have been lost through bourse transactions, Miscellaneous, The American Federaticn of Labor has changed its headquarters from Indianapolis to Washington. The Dupont poyder mills at Car- very’s Point and Gibston, N. J., are working night and day to fill large or- ders for the government. President Gompers of the Federa- tion of Labor occupied the pulpit of Wesley chapel at Cincinnati, speaking Jn the interests of organized labor. George E. Saxe of the firm of Esty & Saxe, piano and organ mranufactur- ers of New York, Jied of apoplexy. He was a brother of the late Johan G. Saxe, the poet. Robert J. L. Henry, aged eight, one of the boys bitten by the St. Bernard | dog and who had taken the Pasteur treatment, died at Baltimore of hydro- phobia. Mrs. Cecile Franklin died at St. Louis frony cocaine pcisoning, or simply took the drug to alleviate pain is not known. She kept the most fashionable house in St. Louis. The first of the Patriarch balls of the season was given at the Waldorf hotel at New York. The big ballroom has seldom held a more brilliant as- semblage than at this function of the patriarchs. Lhe Waldorf orchestra of twenty-five pieces began the dance programme at nearly midnight. The deed body of Jesse G. Goula,. the missing vice president and secre- tary of the Leland & Smith company, which recently failed, was found in a fence corner in the ontskirts of Toiedo, Ohio. A bullet hole in his head, a re- volver by his side and all his valuables cn his person plainly indicated sui- € James L. Haven & Co., hardware and foundry manufacturers at Cincia- nati ,assigned to William A. Haven and George A. Schneider. The assets and liabilities are about equal—$50,- 000. The cause of the assignment is the pressure of creditors and the lack of business. The firm is one of the oldest of its kind in the West. but | whether she intended to end her life | Seon mater. ee. v0| WENT TO THE WALL _| THE VAN NORTWICK BANK AT BAT- AVIA, ILL, SUSPENDS, Institutions at Appleton; Wis., in Which the Van Nortwicks Are In- terested. Are Not Affected — The Washington Bank and the Colum- Both Their bin Bank of Minneapolis, Small Concerns, Close Doors, Batavia, Ill, Dec. 31—The liquida- tion of the Atlas National Bank of Chicago has precipitated the suspen- sion of the Van Nortwick Bank of Batavia and the assignment by Will- iam M. and John S. Van Nortwick of all their vast property interests, ag- gregating $2,500,000, to the Equitable Trust Company of Chicago. Articles of assignment were filed in the Kane county court at Geneva and were three in number. William M. and John S. Van Nortwick each as- signed as individuals, the two assign- ing as a firm. Their schedule -of in- debtedness was not filed with the arti- cles of assignment, but the liabilities are said to aggregate $2,000,000. ‘The Van Nortwick interests aside from Batavia property are largely in paper mills and manufacturing industries. Their last statement of assets, pre- pared a year ago, placed their wealth at $2,500,000. They own a business block, residences and two farms in Batavia township, the whole valued at. $150,000; also the Western paper fac- tories at Batavia and Kavkauna, the largest concerns of the kind in the world, with a daily output of 2,000,- 000 bags; also a straw board mill at Batavia unused. The paper mills at Appleton are valued at $800,000. They own valuable pine lands in Wisconsin, and have stock in the old Second Na- tional Bank of Aurora, the Aurora cotton mills and the Kaukauna and Appleton banks. They are principal owners of the Appleton Manufacturing Company of Geneva, Ill. The brothers own 464 shares in the Atlas National Bank of Chicago. Two Failures in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—The Columbia National bank, a small institution of comparatively recent establishment and $200,000 capital, closed its doors this morning, and is now in the hands of the bank examiner. Ex-State Treasurer Bobleter is cashier of the bank. The president is also an ex- state treasurer, C. J. Kittelson. The last statement of the bank, made Dec. 17, it had loans and discounts, $348,- 145; United States bonds to secure cir- culation, 000; real estate and mort- gages, $48,728; due from other banks, $42,897; cash $34,672; other cash items, national bank notes outstanding, $45,000; due other banks, $136,579; deposits subject to check, $101,507; certificates of deposit, $63,594; certified and cashier's checks, $3,513; bills payable, $15,000. Cashier Bobleter said this morning: “There is no doubt but that we will be able to make a full accounting with our depositors and a fair settlement with the stockholders. The recent withdrawals which caused the trouble were city and state funds, of which we had large deposits, and also by coun- try correspondents.” The Washington bank, a small state institution, closed its doors this noon. It had a capital of $100,000. By its last statement at the close of business Dee. 17, it had $507,145 loans and dis- counts, $14,228 overdrafts secured, $20,165 in stocks and bonds, $14,475 in real estate and $88,272 cash on hand. Its deposits were $346,153, its certified deposits $112,587 and bank deposits $84,937. A. C. Haugan, city treasurer, was one of the founders of the bank, and is one of its directors. O. BE. Brecke is cashier. Other Banks All Right. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—The following statement has been issued: The clearing house committee met to-day at the Northwestern National bank and deem it their duty to announce to the public that their investigations warrant them in advancing whatever sum of money may be needed by the Swedish-American National bank to meet promptly any calls upon them by their depositors. This bank has an unusually large available cash reserve, amounting to about 55 per cent of its obligations, and its bills receivable are of such a class that we have no hesi- tation in saying that we will make them the necessary advances to meet all demands, and that we do not look for further trouble among the banks of the city. This statement is signed by the Northwestern National bank, J. W. Raymond, vice president; Security Bank of Minnesota, Perry Harrison, cashier; Nicollet National bank, J. F. R. Foss, vice president; First National bank, F. M. Prince, vice president; Na- tional Bank of Commerce, H. H. Thayer. Roanoke Bank Fails. Washington, Dec. 31. — Controller Eckels has wired notice to-day that the Commercial National Bank of Roanoke, Va., has closed its doors and suspended payment. Bank Examiner Sands was sent to take charge of the institution. Mr. Eckels does not re- gard the failure as a serious one. The last report to him made Nov. 21 showed the assets of the bank to be $263,704. including its bonds for circu- lation; stock, $100,000; surplus, $25,- 000; undivided profits, $6,000. Owing to the depositors, $75,000; other lia- bilities, $35,000. __ The failure is at- tributed by Mr. Eckels in part to the speculation and boom tendencies in that locality. No Cause for Alarm. Washington, Dec. 31. — Controller Beckles said to-day that he feels no ap- prehension over the which have occurred of late. When asked as to the general banking situ- ation, he said: “Those failures which have occurred lately have little or no general signifi- eance attached to them. They were largely due to local causes, wholly un- connected with the general condition of the banks throughout the country at large. The two failures to-day are of minor importance, in each case the bank’s capital being only $200,000. As against these few failures, based on bank failures | local causes, the general condition of © the banks is excellent. On the whole it is evident that the national banks to-day are as stable as they ever were, and the cporadic failure of a bank here and there through defects pe- culiar to the failing bank is of small importance, wholly without signifi- cance. I am advised from Minneapo- lis that the failure there has- occas- ioned no disturbance beyond the insti- tution concerned.” TARIFF HEARING. Cotton and Silk Manufacturers Be- fore the Committee. Washington, Dec. 31.—The ways and_ means committee devoted the day to listening to the reports of delegations interested in the schedules relating to cotton manufactures and silk and silk goods. The attendance was not as large as yesterday and the number who appeared to make oral arguments was much smaller. The committee is encouraging the filing of briefs wherever possible. The feature of the day was a brief oral argument made by E. C. Hovey of New York, repre- senting the textile manufacturers’ as- sociation, in favor of more stringent regulations to prevent under-valuation and fraud on the revenue. Mr. Hovey has a quasi-connection with the New York board of general appraisers. The | others who appeared before the com- | mittee were Arnold E. Sanford of Fall River, in behalf of specific instead of | ad valorem duties on cotton yarn; | Simeon B. Chase, in behalf of some amendments relating to cotton cloth; Robert Pillings of Philadelphia, for a change to specific duties on cotton hosiery and slightly higher; Robert M. Cooper of Olneyville, R. I., who asked for 40 cents a dozen and 50 per cent ad valorem on cotton hosiery; James Tal- cott of New Brighton, Conn., and W. H. Benyeu of Philadelphia, for higher rates on jery; W. R. Craig of Vicks- burg, M for a duty on Egyptian cotton; T. Stoner of Wrightsville, Pa., for a new classification of em- broidered goods and an increase of the rate, and W. H. Chapman of East Hampton, Mass., who asked that silk buttons be placed on the silk schedule. Italian Colonists, New York, Dec. 31.—Austin Corbin, several months before he died, found- ed an agricultural colony near Helena, Ark. To-day when Inspector M. J. Renick, of the contract labor bureau, boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm II. he found 390 Italian men, women and children ticketed to Arkansas. He also found that each adult has a collection of seeds, vines, shrubs and roots, as also a stock of agricultural imple- ments. He telephoned to Ellis Island and was instructed to land the colony over there. Meantime word came from Washington that the colonizers were to be admitted, as they were in ia violators of the contract labor UW. “Honest Henry” Suicides. Antigo, Wis., Dee. 31. — Henry F. Strauss, county clerk of Langlade county, committed suicide last night by poison. He had been called on to surrender the county books and funds and had secured an extension of time. He left a letter addressed to his wife admitting that he was a defaulter to the amount of $3,770.08. Strauss was a pioneer, seventy-two years old, and was known as “Honest Henry” Strauss. May Become a Murder. Winona, Minn., Dec. 31. — It now seems likely that Milton Cook, the highwayman who was_ wounded iu the attempted hold-up of a farmer in Burns’ Valley last week, may die, and if it occurs it will make the man who shot him a murderer. There is strong evidence to show that this man is Adelbert Lawrence, upon whom the police have not yet been able to lay their hands. A Woman Murdered. Osceola, Iowa, Dec. 31.—Six ago a woman arrived here from Brad- ford, Ill, named Mrs. Mary Gilfillan. This morning the woman’s body was found mutilated in the railroad pump house with bullet wounds in her head. The hands were covered with blood. She was last seen with Joseph Wil- verton, son of the local physician. A warrant is out for him. A Bonaparte Weds. Washington, Dec. 31.—The marriage of Miss Louise Eugenie Bonaparte, daughter of the late Col. Napoleon Bonaparte, and Count De Moltke-Huik- eldt of Denmark, was solemnized to- day at St. Paul's Roman Catholic chureh, corner of Fifteenth and V streets. Cardinal Gibbons officiated. The marriage ceremony was followed by the celebration of a nuptial mass by Rey. Father Foley. A Disastrous Ride. Madison, Minn., Dec. 31. — Peter Galle, butcher and cattle shipper, took his wife, two children and Mrs. Rosen- wald and Mrs. Ninow on a sleigh to the Arena Lutheran church. In an up-set Mrs. Rosenwald broke her left arm and Mrs. Ninow her hip bone, and it is learned that she is internally injured. Gladstone Is 87, London, Dec. 31.—The birthday of William E. Gladstone was celebrated } at Hawarden. There was the usual } flood of telegrams and letters from home and abroad. The veteran states- man is enjoying excellent health. He was born in 1809. In the First Degree. Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 31.—The jury in the case of the state vs. Albert Franz, tried for the murdér of Bessie Little, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree to-day, having been out a little over an hour. Arms and Men Landed, New York, Dec. 31.—The junta of- ficials deny all knowledge of the re- ported failure of the Three Friends’ expedition and assert that so far as they know her arms and men were safely landed. Despondency and Suicide, Bird Island, Minn., Dee. 31—Erie 8. Strandberg of West Lake Lilian, Kan- diyohi county, was found hanging in his barn. Despondency over financial matters is thought to have been the cause. Famine in Russia, St. Petersburg, Dec. 31.—Famine is prevailing in the Province of Kherson. It is estimated that 750,000 roubles wiil be required for the relief of the ‘ sufferers. ACT AS MEDIATOR . aga SPAIN MAKES A PROPOSITION TC THE UNITED STAT’ a She Accepts the Good Offices of the United States to Act as Mediator msur- and to Guarantee to the ih gents Amnesty and the Enforce- ment of the New Reform Laws Which Spain Is Ready to Ls aa claim in Cuba, Washington, Dec. 30.—The Post says {t has been learned from an authori- tative source that Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, have practically terminated the negotiations on the Cuban ques- tion which are to be submitted to con- gress when it convenes on Jan. 5. The terms of the agreement are based on the recent official communication from Premier Canovas, addressed to the secretary of state. The premier states clearly the terms which Spain will ac- cord to the insurgents and practically asks the United States to propose these conditions to her rebellious subjects. In return for our good offices Spain assures this government that she sin- cerely deplores the great commercial loss which we have sustained on ac- count of the Cuban disturbance. She assures us that she is even now con- sidering a reciprocity treaty which will deal mainly with Cuban products and which will be framed in such advan- tageous terms toward this government that our losses both in commerce and in the destruction of American prop- erty in Cuba will be most generously compensated. A Premier Conovas says that Spain » cannot, of course, as a self-respecting and respected nation, stand before the world as having been coerced into measures by the United States. She hag freely granted all that she now offers, and that in the face of rebel- lion. But she accepts the good offices of the United States to act as media- tor and to guarantee to the insurgents amnesty, and the enforeen er: of the new reform law which she is about to proclaim iz Cuba. The form of government offered is, the Spanish statesman declares, the limit of independence which can be granted to a province by any nation without absolutely severing the bonds of union with the other country. Autonomy as enjoyed by the Cana- dians can never be granted in Cuba. What Spain is willing to grant the in- surgents if they lay down their arms, and what she asks the United States to guarantee, is an act which provides for a council of administration which shall control all matters pertaining to the commerce of the island and all estimates upon the general taxation and expenditures of the island as well as its general home government. AN OUTSPOKEN JUDGE. dress to the Hennepin County Grand Jury, Minneapolis, Dec. 30.—Twenty-one of the members of the grand jury as- sembled in Judge Pond's court, room this morning. Judge Pond addtessed the grand jury with a “few words,” in view of the fact that he would not, perhaps, have an opportunity of speak- ing to them again. The court Asoc mented the jury on its “personnel? which had inspired confiderce, and on the fearless manner in which it had done its duty. The jury was informed that it was currently reported that members of the body had been “ap- proached by persons unworthy of citi- zenship.” It was a crime for which the jury could bring in an indictment. If it again came to the ears of the court he would insure such a punish- ment for contempt as would prevent the insult from being repeated. The court commented again upon the fact that “boodleism had held high carni- val.” If witnesses refused to give up evidence it was cowardly, and even heresay evidence could be compelled by the order of the court if in no other way, for that evidence might lead to just the evidence that was sought, and might be just what the jury need- ed. The question had arisen once and was likely to arise again. TO-DAY SETTLED IT. Balmy Weather Knocks Out the St Paul Ice Palace. St. Paul, Dec. 30.—The St. Paul ice palace for ’97 has been abandoned. The soft weather, unseasonable as it is, has made the project well nigh im- possible, and the palace was officially declared off this morning by ©. W. Bowlby, speaking for the board of di- rectors. The thaw that set in this morning was the last straw. The idea of the directors now, In the absence of the palace, is to turn in and hold a big carnival of sports and continue those carnival clubs which have alreagy been organized, and others in pros) to aid in the entertainment. Skati hockey, polo, tobogganing and other out-door sports will be included in the programme and a definite plan will be outlined in a few days. The moner that has been collected for the palace will be returned to the donors. Sentenced to Banishment. Helena, Mont., Dec. 30.—Goy. Rick- on oa « ards has been notified by the s = partment that John Ghishers Sons. uralized citizen of Montana, had been convicted in Russia of the crime of changing his nationality without the consent of the imperial gov ment and sentenced to banishngnt. As Ginzberg has no money to get out of Russia he will be sentQh to Siberia writes Secretary Olney, J ss funds are provided. Gov. Ricka: Says he can do nothing in the case. = lived in the northern part of tie state for years and went to Russia to claim a fortune which did not materialize. poe Seay Minnesota Electors. St. Faul, Dec. 30.—Goy. Cloug® to- day issued a proclamation declaring the election of the Republican presi- dential electors of Minnesota, and their certificates of election were is- sued to Thea. ree A act aed are T. B. 4 c ‘olm\ e Thayer, C. H. Budd, Taint gue ¥ D. Eddy, ©. A. Smith, Warren Potter and M. R. Brown. The governor also issued the certificates of election for le congressmen-elect from this state and notified the secretary of state of the United States of their election. 4, 4 a |