Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 17, 1898, Page 6

2 IRENE SREY The Lievald--Review. PITH OF THE NEWS: by E. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - Cupid can see the silver ning of the darkest cloud. It isn’t always the most promising man who pays his debts. Some people have no time to think, because they talk so much. Lots of married men who have no knowledge of music play second fiddle. The forger evidently believes that imitation is the sincerest flattery. There is probably nothing more un- like a battle than the picture of one. Wh@h soldiers meet in a spirited at- tack in a eafe re-treat is the usual or- der. It’s better for a man to do a little kicking than to deteriorate into a hu- man football. Be honest if you can — otherwise, your patrons will purchase their can- ned goods elsewhere. Some men put the smallest applés at the top of the barrel—also the notice, “Open the other end.” Under the head of current literature a household magazine prints instruc- ‘tions for making a cheap medical bat- ter, In China a wife is never seen by her husband before marriage. In this country some wives seldom see their husbands after marriage. The air is filled with rumors of wars. They come thick and fast, but they are only rumors, after all, and are not to be given full credit. War is such an expensive luxury that the contem- plation of the necessary expenditure gives those in authority a most com- mendable spirit of hesitation. For that reason pay but little attention to the rumors. Wait for the cannon’s opening roar. During the war many men went to Cuba to kill their fellow-men. Those who succeeded are acclaimed as heroes. After the war Colonel Waring went to Cuba to save his fellow-men from death, by combating and destroying the plague that has long ravaged that island, and in the performance of that duty he fell victim to the plague and died. Surely he, too, is to be deemed, in the highest sense, a hero and a mar- tyr. A Boston circular says: “About 2,- 000,000,000 bu of corn are of late years consumed in this country, 1,000,000,000 bu of which is fed to meat-producing animals, 600,000,000 bu to working ani- mals, 200,000,000 bu for human food, and 200,000,000 bu for seed, for distill- ing and other purposes. Expert author- ities claim that the quantity fed to ani- mals the past crop year was largely in- creased by reason of the protracted drouth last fall and resultant loss of pasturage, and that the quantity used for human food was also much greater by reason of the abnormally high price of wheat and flour.” A simple remedy for too much flesh has been suggested by Doctor Cathell of Baltimore, and if it is as effective as it is simple no one will have any excuse for being too fat. It consists in noth- ing more than drinking a glass of arti- ficial Kissingen water after each meal one day, and a glass of artificial Vichy water after each meal the next day, and so alternately until a desired de- gree of thinness has been secured. The diet should be simple, starchy foods and sweets being eschewed in great measure. This treatment can evidently do no harm, beyond causing disap- pointment if it should fail. A new market for American wheat Is opening in Japan. During 1895 that country imported from thé United States 484,510 pounds of wheat.In 1896 the imports of wheat from the United States amounted to 2,451,689 pounds. The amount increased in 1897 to 12,- 467,466 pounds. Some wheat was re- ceived from other countries, but the amount received from the United States was greater than from all other countries combined. Corea is our great- est rival in this trade, her exports to Japan last year being about two-thirds those of the United States. We also send flour to Japan, the amount for each of the two latter years being over 31,000,000 pounds. In 1895 the amount was only about 13,000,000 pounds, Ja- pan imported flour also from Great Britain, British America, Australia, China, Hongkong and other countries, but the total imports from all of them combined was less than 1,000,000 pounds. We have a clear advantage over them all in this respect. The London Standard says that be- tween now and the end of the year many millions of pounds sterling bor- rowed in London and Paris for use in sustaining German.industrial and com- mercial speculations may have to be paid back. This will put severe pres- sure on all German credit institutions. There may be no breakdown, but the end of the year will be a trying time for Germany. This article urges the great joint stock banks to help the Bank of England by keeping heavier balances idle than is their habit, so as to keep the money market firm. DIGEST OF THE NEWS FRO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events,at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. Accidental Happenings. Four men Were killed recently by the explosion of a mine in Boston harbor. A special to ne St. Louis Republic says Eufalla, I. T.. was destroyed by fire last night. “Loss, $150,000. Fire in New York gutted the Rogers, Peet & Co. building and the Home Lite Insurance building, causing a loss of about $700,000. Fire wrecked the end of St. Agnes Catholic church, on Fifty-third street, near Third avenue, New York, destroy- ing valuable altars, paintings and a new organ. Less, $100, 000, The German steamer Dalecarlia, ar- rived in New York from Rio Janeiro, reports sighting a burning ship in lat. 37.46, long. 70.: It is thought that the crew was cued by a German steamship standing in near the wreck. Thomas Nacklin, who enlisted at the Philadelphia army recruiting office on ‘Thursday last and was assigned to the Tenth infantry at Camp Forsee, while ca route there fell from a Southern rail- way train at Bridgeport, Ala., and was | instantly killed. Western Mining Notes. A. J. Wiley has the most successful placer mining plant on the Snake river in Idaho. He only had one gold saving machine at work, but it would work all the gravel he could get to it, up to 5,000 yards per day. He is working the machine night and day. New York and Chicago men have ac- cideptally found the biggest platinum mine in America in Okanogan county, h, Experts say it is worth $1,000,- 000 and probably more, as most of the world’s supply is now brought from Asia at large expense. The ledge is eight feet wide and has been traced across the country for five miles, indi- cating an inexhaustible supply. In the Yellow Aster property at Randsburg, Kern county, Cal., a vein of very rich ore, running 00 a ton, has been uncovered in the Trilby tun- nel. At a depth of 800 feet the whole mountain seems to be a mass of low- grade ore running about $8 a ton and seamed with rich veins. During the last year and a half the Yellow Aster has regularly milled from 1,000 to 2.000 tors of ore each month, aver- aging $18 a ton. People Talked About. William A. E. Burden was elected captain of the Harvard football team. Capt. W. P. Lamothe, an_ old-time river captain, died at Alton, Ill. He is said to have been the original of “Jim Bludsoe.” Nayal Constructor Hobson will go to Manila to superintend the raising of the sunken war vessels. He expects to leave about Dee. 20. L. S. Aldrich of Benton Harbor, Mich., is reported to have received a legacy of $1,000,000 from his aunt, Mis. Caroline E. Haskell of Chicago. James McHenry, aged nineteen years, is the first veteran of the Spanish- American war to apply for admission to the Indiana state Soldiers’ home. Joseph Jefferson, the veteran actor, will rot appear on the stage again un- spring. Thomas, his son, who ig in St. Louis with the Jeffer- sistant Secretary Meiklejoha is not a candidate for the United States sen- ate as is shown by a letter addressed in answer to a communication inqui: ing if he was a candidate. son Comedy company, has received a letter from the elder saying that while he is in much better health he thinks it best not to resume his work on the staye until spring. He fears pneu- sonia. Tiffany & Co. of New York have near- ly completed a silver loving cup for presentation to Mrs. William T. Samp- scn, wife of Rear Admiral Sampson, by commanding officers who served under him in the Spanish war. 4 The Rev. Dr. John Henry Barrows, former pastor of the First Presby- terian Church of Chicago, has accept- ed the presidency of Oberlin universi- ty, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. Dr. W. G. Ballan- tine several months ago. Hereward Hoyte, the actor, whose name off the stage was McDonald, is dead at San Francisco. He leaves a widow who was Mrs. Williams-Auzer- ais, a well known society woman of wealth, whom he met while she was playing as an amateur. Criminal Record. Sam C. Graves was arrested at Mo- line, I11., charged with bigamy on com- plaint of Mrs. Minnie M. Greves of Pecria. Mrs. Mognie Bartlett Lindsay com- mitted sucide at Elkton, Ky.,-to end.a life ruined by marrying the Avrong man in a fit of pique. John G. Lennon, postmaster and poli- tirian of Blooming Prairie, Minn., .has been arrested by Unitéd States author- ities on the charge of. embezzling $166 from the government. A stick of dynamite, exploded by un- known parties, wrecked the home of J. I. Kelly of Augusta, Ill. Kelly’s little son was seriously injured. No motive for the deed is known. Several ar- rests have been made. City Marshal A. D. Myrant of Mc- Kenzie, Tenn., was shot dead by a boy named Hugh McCall. McCall com- mitted suicide. William Ahrens, alias Gehrke, who has been in jail at Peoria, Ill, for the past month, charged with the murder of W. J. Manning, the Chicago lodg- ing house keeper, is dying of rapid con- sumption, and will never come to trial. Private Kelly, Company C, Two Hundred and Second New York, in a drunken row at Athens, Ga., was shot by Quartermaster Sergeant Becker, Company H, same regiment. Members of Kelly’s company wurderer. Washington Talk. The anti-scalping bill was passed by || the house by a vote of 119 to 101. Attorney General Griggs in his an- nual report calls for a better govern- ment for Alaska. Secretary Alger says that volunteers at Manila will be sent home as soon as regulars can take their places. Congress opened up for business last Monday. The president’s message was read soon after assembling. A resolution providing for an inves- tigation of the war department was in- treduced in the house. The secretary of the treasury says $553,049,378 will be required to meet the expenses of the government for the next fiscal year. The controiler of the currency has made a call for the condition of na- tional banks at the close of business Dee. 1. An estimate of $1,000,000 for the navy department as an emergency fund was submitted to congress yes- terday. Gen. Miles has prepared a Dill pro- viding for a reorganization of the army on a basis of one soldier for every 1,000 of the population. The bill has been introduced in the senate by the chairman of the military committee. Another bill with the same object in view, but differing materially in plan has been introduced in the house. This latter bill has the approval of Secre- tary Alger.. By direction of the chamber of com- merce of the State of New York, its conunittee on foreign commerce and revenue laws called on the president by appointment and presented the memorial adopted by the chamber at its last meeting urging him to convene an international congress at Washing- ton to consider the question of making private property on the sea free from capture in time of war. The first of the appropriation bills, covering deficiencies for war expenses, reported to the house, carries for the war department and military estab- shment $60,71 ‘or the naval ablishivent, $5,568,853; a total of 280,392. This amount, however, is a reappropriation of funds heretofore al- lowed but not available after the close of the present year. Foreign. M. Henri Leveden, the author, has been elected a member of the French academy. A dispatch from Fashoda announces the arrival of Maj. Marchand, who left Cairo for that point on Noy. 13, accompanied by @apt. Baratier. | The London Daily News publishes the following dispatch from Odessa: “It is reported here that the Turkish cavalry will be increased by 2,000 troopers on the advice of Emperor William.” puy, oppesed the granting of urgency, and said the chamber should think twice before deciding upon a proposi- tion changing the whole electoral sys- tem. Urgency, howeve:, was adopted by a vote of 243 to 228. The department of state has informa- tion from the charge d'affaires ad in- terim in St. Petersburg to the effect that the United States Steamship com- pany has purchased the Thingvala line in order to secure port facilities in New York. According to the Cairo correspond- ent of the London Daily Mail the Egyptian cotton crop is estimated at .570.000 kantares, which is 750,000 es less than the crop of last As a consequence the price is rising. The Rome correspcndent of the Lon- don Daily Mail says in response to ap- peals from the Spanish government the pope has sent to the papal nuncio at Madrid, categorical instructions to remind the Spanish clergy that it is their duty to oppose Carlism. Dr. E. de Posipevics, minister for Clotia, Escanovia and Delmatia, in the Hungarian council of ministers, has resigned as the outcome of the recent obstruction in the Hungarian parlia- ment in connection with the proposal , to remove the Hentzi monument. General, The first cargo to reach Philadelphia from a Spanish port since the outbreak of the war with Spain came in the oth- er day on the Norwegian steamer Kingswood from Barcelona. In two minutes the jury in the Zelner murder case, which has been on trial at Philadelphia, acquitted the defen- daut without leaving the box. She was accused of poisoning her husband with strychnine. The will of P. H. Mast, the mil- lionaire manufacturer of Springfield, Ohio, will in all probability be con- tested. He bequeathed $40,000 to vari- ous church organizations, and failed to provide for some of his relatives. Nathan Morris, a hermit miser, eighty’ years old, was found dead in his hut near Bloomingdale, Parke county, Ind., recently and at his side was the dog, which had been his only companion for several years. His es- tate is valued at $50,000. Resolutions passed by the American chamber of commerce of Jiavana, Cuba, Nov. 23, just received by Post- master General Emory Smith, bitterly complain of present mail facilities at Havana. United States Customs Commissioner Robert Porter has arrived at Kingston, Jamaica from Cuba. He said his in- vestigations indicate the desirability of reciprocity between, Cuba ind the United States in spite of Louisiana sugar and Florida tobacco trade. # William McMillan, the defeated Re publican nominee for governor of Ne- vada, will contest the election of Rein- hold Sadler, fusionist, on the ground that the majority credited to Sadler is based upon a sufficient number of #1- legal votes to change the result of the election, Some sensaticnal allegations are anticipated. ‘The Cuban Educational Association or the United States has been organ- ized for the purpose of accepting and carrying out the offers made by the American colleges in response to Gen. Wheeler's suggestion. that these col- leges should each give tuition to two or three reputable Cubans. Col. A. T. Brinsmade of Cleveland, master commissioner, received the or- der of the supreme court requirinig F. B. Squires, secretary of the Standard Oil company, to produce the books of the company, showing gross earnings from 1892, to Nov. 9, 1897, ' {and JERE Wee sone si. the same, ; PEACE TREATY CONCLUDED NOTHING REMAINS BUT TO AFFIX | THE SIGNATURES. Last Session Will Be Held Saturday, When the Commissioners Will Sign the’ Treaty—Peace Negotia- tions Have Consumed a Longer Time Than the War Itself—Span- jards Are Exceedingly Bitter Over the Result—Senor Rios in a Complete Collapse as a Result of the Long Strain. Paris, Dec. 10. — The United States and the Spanish peace commissioners concluded their work yesterday and finally settled the terms of the treaty of peace. They will meet once more in formal session on Saturday or Mon- day, when the Spaniards, sorrowfully, and the Americans with feelings of re- lief will write their signatures upon ; the document which embodies the re- sults of the war and the preparation of which has consumed eleven weeks, a longer time than the war itself. In the meantime the treaty will be en- grossed under the supervision of Mr. Moore and Senor Ojeda, the secre- taries of the respective commissions. The Spaniards are exceedingly bitter over the result, though observing the forms of friendliness and courtesy to the end. Senor Rios, whose strong and persistent struggle to save for his country every possible asset from the wreck of her colonial empire, has com- manded the Respect and Admiration of his opponents, went from the council chamber yesterday to his bed in a state of complete collapse as the result of the long strain and his chagrin over the small fruits of his efforts. Senor Ojeda has been prostrated since Wednesday and was unable to attend the joint session yesterday. The Span- iards charge equal blame upon the Eu- ropean powers and the United States for their downfall. One of the Span- ish commissioners said: “The Euro- pean nations have made a great mis- take in deserting Spain and leaving her to spoliation by brute force of a conscienceless giant. They all know that in the Philippines America has taken more than she can digest. She will ultimately sell the islands to England or Germany, and when the transfer is attempted it will precipitate general European strife. We have re- fused to sell any island in the Caro- lines. We never thought of considering an offer. Nor have we consented to negotiate upon any questions except those directly involved in the protocol signed at Washington.” JOB FOR GEN. WADE. He Will Be Military Governor of Western Cuba. Havana, Dee. 10. — Maj. Gen. J. F. Wade, president of the United States evacuation commission, has received certain instructions from President McKinley which seems to indicate that he will be appointed military governor of Western Cuba. A formal announce- ment is daily expected from Washing- ton, though it may be delayed until the time comes for a change of flags. Gen. Wade’s three months’ of official resi- dence here have given him a firm grasp of the situation. He has been a student of social and civil conditions as well as of military necessities, and knows precisely what he would do if invested with the authority. Gen. Greene will be governor of the city of Havana. He has already virtually taken hold, as he is having some of the streets cleaned and is devising meas- ures for the sanitation and policing of the city. CONTRACT SCHOOL SYSTEM. Catholic Archbishops Ask to Have the Matter Reopened. Washington, Dec. 10.—Cardinal Gib- bons, on behalf of himself and the | archbishops of the Catholic church in America, has submitted a petition to congress asking that the question of the contract school system be reopened and that congress again go over the whole subject of Indian education. The petition sets forth at length the history of the Indian school question and the legislation applying to it up to the recent provisions in appropria- tion bills looking to the gradual dis- continuance of government aid to sec- tarian schools. The petition asks that a congressional inquiry be made in place of the departmental inquiries in order that the merits and details of contract schools and government schools may be shown and “not kept as a secret of state concealed in the files of any department or offices.” On Peck’s Staff. Chicago. Dec. 10.—Willard A. Smith of Chicago has been named for the po- sition of diregtor of the transportation and civil engineering department of the United States commission to the Paris exposition by Commissioner Gen- eral Peck. Mr. Smith will at once as- sume the duties of his office and will proceed with the organization of his exhibits. Transports Getting Ready. San Francisco, Dec, 10—Preparations are now being made by Lieut. Col. Long, Gepot quartermaster, to dispatch a fleet of transports to the Philippines. From Washington the information has been received to the effect that shortly several regiments of regular troops will be sent to Manila for the purpose of relieving the volunteer forces now there. Suicide at Williams. Webster City, Iowa, Dec. 10. — Ira Fitts of Springboro, Ohio, traveling man for the National Agency of Des Moines, suicided at the Commercial ho- tel in Williams, by taking poison, He left a letter to send to his wife. Treaty Ratified. ; Washington, Dec. 10.—The senate in executive session ratified the treaty for the extension of the time for the com- pletion of the Mexican boundary for one year. no debate. “an aged lady, last THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Dec. 12. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 62 @ 623-4¢; No. 2 > rth- ern, 60 @ 61e. Corn -- No. 3. yel- low, 31@31 1-2c; No. 3, 30 1-2@31c. Oats . 3 white, 26@26 1-2c; No. 3, 251-2 34e. Barley and Rye — Sample barley, 36@44c; No. 2 rye, 47 1-2@48c; No. 3 rye, 46 1-2@47c. Duluth, Dec. 12.—Wheat—Cash, No. 1 hard, 65 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 62 3-8c; No. 2 Northern, 58 3-Sc; No. 3 spring, 56 3-8c: to arrive, No. 1 hard, 64 7-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 623-8e; December, No. 1 hard, 63 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 61 7. Se; May,'No. 1 hard, 64 7-8c; No. 1 North- ern, 63 7-8c; oats, 27@27 1-2c; rye, 50¢; barley, 36@42c; flax, to arrive, 99 1-2: May, $1.03 1-2; corn, 31 1-2c. Minneapolis, Dec. 12—Wheat — De- cember opened at 61 7-8¢ and closed at 615-8: May opened at 68c¢ and closed at 63 3-8c. On track—No. 1 hard, $3 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 62 1-2c¢; 60 1-2¢. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 12. — Flour is steady. Wheat dull; No. 1 Northern, 65@66ce; No. 2 Northern, 64@64 1-4c. Oats dull at 28@28 1-2¢. Rye stes Ne. 1, 58@53 1-tc. Barley lower 48 1-2@49 1-2c; sample, 43@48 1 se nlengys Dec. 12.—Wheat- H H4@66 1 No. 2 Northern, . 2 red, > hard, :) “North: No. 3, 60@61 1- pring, 63 3-4@65 No. 3, 604 3-4c; No. old, 33 14c. > Oats — 26 1-2c; No. 8, 26@26 1-4c. Chicago, Dee. 12. — ees, _ taehy, 0. 2, 26 14 4@ —Beev es, $3.9 cows and aiters, $2@: Texas steers, $3.80@5.25; steckers and feeders, $2.80@4.40. Sheep —Natives, $2.50@4 Westerns, $83@ 4.30; lambs, $3.75 South St. Paul, Dec. Ae Hogs — $2.85@3.20. Cattle—Stockers, $2 cows, $2.40@3.50; heifers, lings, hi ae Sheep, $3.50@5. OF INTEREST TO HOUSE- KEEPERS. Inasmuch as the World’s Fair and the Iowa and Minnesota State Boards of Health, condemned baking powders containing alum it will be of use to our readers to have an official list of some of the powders in order that they may be able to distinguish between them and the pure and wholesome cream of tartar article. This is not an easy mat- ter, as none of the alum compounds is labeled as such, but all masquerade as “pure,” “best in the world,” “none so good,” etc. Our space will not permit of a complete list and we give the pow- ders most generally sold in this section, which are known to contain alum: Calumet. Home. Atlas, 3 Bengal. K. ¢. Cameo, Loyal, Chapman’s. Palace, Chicago Yeast. Puritan. Columbia. Perfection. Crown. Primrose. Delicatesse, Reliable. Echo. Snow Ball. Globe. Unrivaled. Grant’s Bon Bon. White Cross, Gold Medal. White Lily. Government. White Rose. Hatchet. Zipp’s Crystal. Hotel. Reject all brands sold with a prize or at twenty-five cents or less a pound as they are made of alum. Be on the safe side and accept none other than Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder, which received the highest praise and honors at the World’ Fair. Lone Star State Gets Several Va- rieties of Weather. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 11. — Texas was Dlizzard-swept Thursday night and yesterday. All kinds of weather, rain, hail, sleet, snow and a driving wind have prevailed. The snowfall in Western Texas and the Panhandle dis- trict is very heavy and traffic was de- layed or stopped. Fourteen inches of snow are reported from some places in the Panhandle, while in Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Texas the fall is about four inches. All un- picked cotton will suffer greatly, but the snow almost assures a fine wheat crop, of which cereal there is a largely increased acreage. It is clear and cold. the temperature having fallen several degrees. It is the earliest blizzard in Texas for a number of years. No loss of livestock has been reported yet. and it is not believed the damage to this in- dustry will amount to much, as range cattle are reported in good condition and able to stand severe weathet. Reports from the Indian territory say ‘the storm in that section was very sc vere. WILL TAKE VIGOROUS ACTION. Great Britain Will Push the French Controversy to a Speedy Settle- ment. St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 11. — Reliable reports have reached here to the ef- fect that the british government dur ing the coming session of parliament will take vigorous action to bring about a speedy settlement of the French controversy. It is said that the leaders of both political parties in the house of commons have agreed upon united action in upholding the case of New Foundland owing to the revela- tions of French aggression contained in the report of the royal commission recently in New Foundland for the in- vestigation of the whole subject. Hanged for A: alt. Riehmond, Va., Dec. 11. — Jordan Webb, colored, who committed a crim- inal assault upon Mrs. Lucy Bowden, September, was hanged at Courtland. He admitted his guilt just before his execution. % Three Persons Killed, Dubois, Pa., Dec. 11.—Three persons killed, three wounded and the mother of one victim dying of the shock, is the result of two wrecks on the Clarion River railway near Portland Mills, Elk ‘There was ne opposition ane county. SPANIARDS ee ee ee SICK TO SIGN SIGNING OF ‘THE PEACE TREA. MAY BE DELAYED. A Member of the Spanish ‘Colmes sion Admits the Accuracy of the Published Statcments cs to What the Treaty Will Contain—Protocol Will Include All the Written Ne- gotiations and Will Almost Reach the Dimensions ef a Vol- ume—Spaniards Resent the Al- lusions to the Maine in the Presi- dent’s Message. * Paris, Dec. 11.—Senor Rios, president of the Spanish peace commission, and Senor Ojeda, secretary of that commis. sion, are still confined to their beds. The illness of Senor Ojeda delays en- grossing the treaty, and it is doubtful whether it will be signed before Mon- > day. The Americans held their usual ion yesterday. The papers continue making bitter comments concerning President Mc- Kinley’s reference to the Maine. When a correspondent of the Associated Press approached Senor Garnica, of the Spanish commission, for further details of the treaty, he said: “The fact that you represent all the American and English papers is real- ly a reason why I should say nothing. But, what you show me as having been cabled is substantially correct. The exact number of articles is still unde- termined. It depends upon how Sec- retaries Ojeda and Moore divide the treaty. It may be twelve or twenty, articles. The Americans are to pay the indemnity within three months of the ratification. We shall appoint con- suls in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil‘ ippine islands without delay. The Cuban consuls w ill be accredited to the pewers that be.” Asked why the Spaniards refused to grant the United States a coaling sta- tion in the Caroline islands, Senor Garnica said: “The Americans could hardly expect that we should agree to discuss mat ters outside of the protocol. ‘When we wished to discuss the Cuban debt they absolutely Refused to Consider It, and then they ask us for whatever (What they want. Quelle teupet cheek). Yet the Cuban debt r an important question for settlement.” In regard to the Spaniard’s final Pe test on the subject of the Maine, he re marked: “That protest now becomes history, as it is embodied in the protocol. We do not wish to remain under an impu- tation which would perpetuate ani- mosity and hatred ‘against us and which would be a source of constant ir- ritation in Spain. It is neither loyal nor just that this thing should hang over the reputation of Spain. We can- not submit to it. It must be cleared up in justice to ourselves. There are} many Other causes to bring hatred be- tween the two nations without the addition of such a one as this. As to! the future relations of the two coun-) tries, that is one of the things history} alone can determine. Many natiors which have been deadly enemies are speedily reconciled.” Senor Garnica was then questioned as to the future of the Philippines and he said: “The United States has inaugurated] a policy which will bring it much trouble and many responsibilities. The Americans are not prepared for the work they are about to undertake.” The Americans preserve secrecy re- garding the terms of the treaty. “This is partially through the influence of the three senators on the body, who represent that it would be discourtesy to the senate to publish the terms be- fore the treaty is presented to that body by the president. The protocol of the treaty w ill al- most reach the dimensions of a vol- ume, as it will contain every written statement presented on both ‘sides dur- ing the conference. HAKD TO BEAT. Combination Between America and isngland Predicted by the Times. London( Dec. 11.—The Times, dealing editorially with “the evidences of strong opposition to the annexation pclicy in the United States” and the “rumors that America will resell the, Philippines,” says: “Despite all thie we believe that the far Eastern inter- ests of the United States and England! will be brought into line and will be jointly safeguarded by a combination so strong and imposing that no other: power ror powers could venture to defy it.” The Times thinks the advo- cacy by the Chicago Tribune and the New York Herald of the joint construc- tion of the Nicaragua canal is signifi- cant evidence of the dominance of this feeling, and adds: “Whether or not such a combination would be entirely free from objections we hesitate to say, but that it is suggested is a substantial proof of friendly feeling.” Girl Accused of Lareeny. Hastings, Minn., Dee. 11. — Olia Ar- nold, aged sixteen years, was brought in from Farmington by Marshal Brownell, having been held to the grand jury by Justice Gray. She is charged with the larceny of $02 from C. E. Johnson. Richard G. Anderson the e oldest civil engineer in the Black Hills, is dead, as the result of stabs in his throat by his own bard while temporarily insane. State Courts Out. Milwaukee, Dec. 11.—Judge Seaman, in the United States district court, up- holds the federal bankrupt law and de- clares in an opinion filed yesterday that it divests the state courts entirely of jurisdiction in insolvency cases, > sieies BE The Emperor Turned Down. Berlin, Dec. 11.—The National Zet- tung announces that the federal goy- ernments have agreed that the bundes- rath should recognize the right of the diet of Lippe-Detmold to Me the sue- cession question. 4 Naar AR Fie emmeaiigimemeaaustnnan: TT i