Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 4, 1899, Page 2

The Aevald--Review. By E. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - The bigger bore a man is the more he shoots off his mouth. People who never get down to busi- ness seldom get up in the world. Experience teaches people a lot of things they would rather not know. The standpoints of some airy theor- ists are so high that they cannot see the earth. Both parties should remember that they are married for worse as well as for better. Mending one’s ways, unfortunately, is no safeguard against breaking them in new places. If there was any embalmed beef in the army it should have been sent to the dead-letter office. The liar who can repeat a story ten s without any alteration deserves redit than he gets. Sometimes a woman’s idea of friend- ship is getting thick with another woman to fall out with her. The better half of the family knows quite as much about how the other half lives as she would like to know. If we were told we would have a wish granted if we were to make it, what would that one favored longing be? be? It seems like carrying a joke a little too far when some one sends a “hold- your-wheat” circular to Col. Joseph Leiter. If Mr. Choate takes the ambassador- ship there’ll be no Pike county ballad ghost to his waking hours abroad, haunt When Admiral Dewey becomes pres- ident the star-eyed goddess will un- doubtedly be made postmistress at Louisville, When sheep are pastured in the parks of Chicago the city at least will have no difficulty in supplying its shép- herds with crooks. A Chicago waiter was arrested and locked up for stealing two apples. We shudder to think of what his fate would be had he stolen three apples. “The police of this city,” says the Philadelphia American, “must wake up.” It seems cruel, but in a large vil- lage like Philadelphia somebody ought to be awake. Mr. Yerkes says no other city has such street car facilities as Chicago. The people of Chicago feel bad enough about it without having it continually thrown in their faces, It will be unfortunate if the sequel of our war with Spain ends in our fighting and defeating those whom Spanish tyranny drove into insurrec- tion, and yet present conditions are such that, if this alternative is pre- sented, we must courageously face it, even though we may regret that some other means of adjusting difficulties has not been presented. The new British battleship Implaca- ble is to cost over $5,000,000 and will be the greatest warship ever built. Such an item would make Frenchmen fee] uncomfortable were it not that the new rapid-fire field gun with which their army is now being supplied dis- charges twenty shells a minute, each shell containing 250 bullets. It is claimed that at Chalons it demonstrat- ed that a single gun can destroy a regiment in one minute. The aim of the office of Road Inquiry is to co-operate with people of the sev- eral states in making the best possible use of material within their reach in road making, says the secretary of agriculture. Large areas in many of the states have no gravel, rock, or other hard material with which to make roads. I have had experiments made during the present year with steel as extensively as our means would permit. An experiment of this kind is being conducted at Cleveland, Ohio. A section of 500 feet of steel track has been laid on a street in the suburbs where the traffic is heavy, and its value is already generally acknowledged, A sample steel road 510 feet long has been laid upon the grounds of the ex- position at Omaha. It is proposed to make traction tests upon this track to show how much less power is re- quired to move a load over such a road. The steel road is not excessively costly by comparison with other roads and will last much longer with less repair, and is probably the most economic road for localities where material is not obtainable for macadamizing. A tobacco trust is about to invade Cuba, buy up all the plantations on which the best tobacco is grown end thus contro] the product. The methoas of trusts are not so rude as those of the Spanish, but in the end they will amount practically to the same as far as the Cuban planter is concerned. if the Cubans in Havana keep on creating disturbances it may be neces- sary for Uncle Sam to start a little re- concentrado business himself, with a large jail to assist in the reconcentra- doing. PITH OF THE NEWS DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 4 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, Causalities, A house at Alden, Mass, occupied by Arthur Hedison and family, was de- stroyed by fire last night. It is be- lieved Hedson and his thre children | were burned to death. A fire broke out recently in 5,000 bales of cotton lying on the wharf at Genoa, which had been discharged from the British steamer Barbar from Galveston, Texas, Dee. 22. Two thousand bales were almest entirely destroyed. The-body of an unknown man, be- lieved to be that of a tourist, was found at Hot Springs, on the Shoshone Indian re ation, in Northwestern Wyoming. The man had evidently been bathing in the outer edge of the springs, and, being overcome by heat, was boiled alive. The steam ferry boat Oakland, ply- ing between San Francisco and Oak- land, ran into the launch William D., near Goat Island. The launch sunk immediately. Engineer Waddles, of the William D., was drowned. F. D. Orr, a passenger, was struck by the Oakland, and died of his injuries after reaching the hospital. Crimes and Criminals. Wesley Lyons, aged twenty years, of Somerset, Ohio, shot and dangerously wounded Thomas Roberts, his rival for the hand of Mary Davis, and then killed himself. Andrew Moore, a deperado of the Choctaw Nation, killed three men at Whitefield, I. 'T. Moore escaped, but marshals are after him. The victims’ names are unknown. Bank notes to the value of £60,601 have mysteriously disappeared from Parr's bank in Bartholomew Lane, London. It is supposed they have heen stolen. John Deithloff shot his wife, after a quarrel, at Chicugo. He then shot him- self twice. Both died later in the hos- pital. Deithloff and his wife had not been living together for some time. Deithloff frequently demanded money from his wife, and her refusal to sup- ply him with funds is supposed to have caused the crime. George Beresford Foyle of Peoria, Ill., was arrested at Davenport, Iowa, on a bench warrant issued at Des Moines. He is charged with having seven wives scattered throughout the cities of this country and Canada. His newest wife, who lives at Peoria, left last Friday to meet her husband at Des Moines. Mr. Foyle travels for a Chicago silk house. Foreign Notes. The British third-class crliser Cor- sair has been dispatched for Samoa, following the Tauranta, which left Fri- day last. The Madria correspondent of the London Standard says Spain will not allow the Carolines to be ceded to the United States, Great Britain or Japan. The London Times says: Owing to the immense mas of documents in the Venezuelan @ tion, the sessions of the comm xpected to last for several months. tussia, says a Rome correspondent of a London paper, has spontaneously invited the pope to send a representa- tive to the forthcoming international conference on the limits of armament. Earl Beauchamp has been appointed governer of New South Wales in suc- cession to Viscount Hampden, govern- or and commander-in-chief of the col- ony since 1895. The Rome Tribuna announces that the Italian cruisers Elba and Etna are shortly going to China, but that the ru- mor of the Chinese government's inten- tion to seize a Chinese port is prema- | ture. At the annual banquet of the Bir- mingham chamber of commerce, the duke of Devonshire, lord president of the council of ministers, said it would be safe to prophesy that the forthcom- ing speech from the throne at the open- ing of parliament would contain the announcement that the relations of the queen and all foreign countries contin- ue friendly. Personal. Justice Henry W. Williams, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, died sudderly at Philadelphia. Heart dis- ease was the cause. Gen. Michael Annenkoff, the dis- tinguished Russian engineer who con- structed the trans-Caspian railway, is dead. At a meeting of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence society at Boston Secretary of the Navy J. D. Long was elected president. Washington T. Bennett, a prominent electric road builder and real estate dealer, died at his home in Boston, aged 62 years, The death is announced of John G. Hotburn, member of parliament in the Liberal and labor interests for North- west Lankarshiré. He was born in 1843. Wiiliam Henry, Earl Pulett, died in London in his 72d year. It is probable | that the succession to the title and es- tates will be disputed. The deceased earl was thrice married. William Hall Marland was conse- crated bishop of the diocese of Sacra- mento in St. Luke’s church at San Francisco, in the presence of 800 in- vited guests. It is reported at New York that the new president of the Brown university will be Rey. Dr. Nathan Wood, pastor of the First Baptist church, Boston. Dr. Wood was formerly pastor of the Centennial Bapt'st church in Chicago, From Washington. Senator Mason introduced a bill pro- viding for the establishment of a training school for army cooks. The senate confirmed the nomination of Peter 8. Grosscup of Illinois as United States district judge for the Seventh district. Serator Cullom introduced a bill granting a pension of $100 per month to ex-Senator John M. Palmer on ac- count of his services during the civ’! war. Attorney General Griggs has recom- mended to congress that $75,000 be ap- propriated in the sundry civil bill for a United States penitentiary at At- lanta, Ga. The secretary of war has asked con- gress to authorize the replacing of arms used by the state troops during the war with Spain so that the regular quota of arms for the militia may be kept up. The secretary of the interior sent to the senate the findings of the commis- sioners appointed to determine the losses sustained by loyal Seminole In- diaus during the civil war. They place he aggregate losses at $213,915, divid- ed between 340 claimants. Otherwise. Four hundred empleyes of the Sus- quehanna silk mill in Sunbury, Pa., went on strike for higher wages. The annual meeting of the Lake Carriers’ association at Detroit, Mich., elected F. J. Frith president. The American Tin Plate company is negotiating for the purchase, it is ported, of the Ohio Steel company’s plant in Youngstown. Negotiations have been completed by which the American Malting com- pany secures eight of the principal malt houses in the Eastern states. W, H. Lamb, a builder, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in New York; liabilities, $267,728, of which $212.47 is unsecured. An earthquake shock was felt at | Richview, Il. The vibrations lasted for seven minutes. A roaring sound ac- ; companied the shock. John Maxwell, a Chicago newspaper man, was, in the federal court, award- ed a verdict of $10,000 against Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, for infringement on Maxwell's play of “Congress.” The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the Addison Pipe and Steel company of that city is negotiating to form a combination of all the pipe and steel companies in the United States. Of the $14,000,000 of Pacific railway | bonds due Jan. 1, all but $398,000 have been paid.’ The latter remain unpaid by reason of non-presentation up to date. A Chinese coming from Cuba to the United States will be required to se- eure the necessary papers from the military government and not the Chinese consul. Chieago has filed a petition im bank- ruptey. He places his liabilities at $33,000 ‘and assets at 90,000 shares of stock in the Ward Colorado Mining company. Mr. Cullerton does not know the value of the stock. Gen. Boyer, secretary of the Colo- rado section of the Sons of the Revo- lution, has received information from General Secretary Whitcomb of New York that it is decided to hold the next annual convention in Denver. The convention will open April 19. The Chicago Times-Herald’s Wash- ington special says: President McKin- ley has consented to be present on the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the new Chicago postoftice on Chicago day, Oct. 9 next. It is proba- ble that several members of the cabi- net will accompany him. . The London Daily Mail says: “We have authority to announce that be- fore going to the United States Sir Henry Irving will open the Lyceum theater early in April with Miss Ellen ‘Terry appearing in a play Sardou has written for him on the subject of Robespierre. The directors of the Boston & Mon- tana Mining company declared a div- idend of $4, a $1 extra per share, and | made the same payable Feb. 20 to stockholders of record Jan. 20. Last year the company paid $10 all told, and the present dividend is the first for 1899. . A reduction of 6 per cent in wages has been ordered at the Stephen cot- / ton mills at Calais, Me. The carders, | who refuse to accept the cut, have struck. The mills have been import- ing large quantities of yarn and, it is said, will be able to run with one-third the usual number of carders. The North American of Philadelphia, | the oldest newspaper in American, has been transferred to R. E, A. Dorr, pub- lisher of the New York Mail and Ex- press, and the“firm of Clayton Me- Michael & Sons has dissolved. The pa- per descended from the Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser, which was started in 1771. Imports of dry goods and merchan- dise at the port of New York last week were valued at $8,232,448. The ex- | ports of gold and silver from that port | to all countries for the week aggregate $926,000 silver bars and coin and $1,086 | gold. The imports of specie for the | week were $1,760,146 in gold and $123,- 99S silver. The motion of Attorney General Ionnett for the removal of Master Commissioner Brinsmade of Cleveland, in the case of the Standard Oil com- pany, was overruled by the Ohio su- | preme court. The attorney general re- | quested his removal on the ground that | the funds for conducting such examin- ations in his department were €X- | hausted, and on the further ground ‘that the master commissioner had | granted unnecessary and* needless de- \ lays at the request of the Standard Oil | company’s attorneys. | Commander E. Longnecker has been detached from the League Island navy yard aud ordered to command the | cruiser New rleans, relieving Capt. W. M. Folned, ordered to duty as general inspector of the equipment of the bat- tleship eKarsarge. | It was learned that creditors hold- ing judgments against the city of Ha- | vana would levy upon the public re- ceipts, and Maj. Gen. Ludlow issued an order that receivers of city money must uot disburse it except by order of the governor. 9 | THE EAGAN CASE CONCLUDED THE COURTMARTIAL PREPARES ITS REPORT. Svhat the Verdict Is Is Altogether a Matter of Conjecture, as, Accord- ing to Military Regulations, the Court Cannot Make Its Findings Public—Will Be Promulgated by the Proper Reviewing Authori- ties—Testimony Directed Largely to Establishing the Fact That the General Had Lost His Mental Bal- ance. Washington, Jan, 29. — The case of Gen. Charles P. Eagan, charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and with conduct tending to the prejudice of good order ard mil- itary discipline, is now in the hands of the court-martial appointed to try him, Yesterday the taking of testimony was closed and arguments of counsel submitted. The trial had lasted three days and consumed less than eight hours of actual sitting. A session be- hind closed doors of an hour or so sufliced for the court to reach a con- clusion and embodying a report. What the verdict was is altogether a matter of speculation and, officially at least, will not be made public by the trial beard, military regulations -requiring that its findings shall go through pre- scribed channels and be kept secret until action be had ard promulgated by the proper reviewing authorities. The attendance at the court-martial was larger than at any other time since the trial began, and among the spectators was a score or more of ladies. Several of them were friends of Gen. Eagan’s daughter, who was called as a witness, while others were attracted by curiosity. The testimony at the closing session of the court was directed largely to establishing the fact that the general had Lost His Mental Balance as a result of the charges made by Gen. Miles against him. His daughter and her husband told of the general’s changed condition, and intimated that they had great fears that he might at any time kill his accuser. Mr. McKee. a life-long friend, stated that at that time he believed him actually insane. The facts in this conection were brought out strongly by Mr. Worthing- ton in his efforts to show that Gen. Eagan at times was wholly irresponsi- ble. A dramatic incident was the tes. timony of the general’s daughter in which she described her father’s ap- pearance on the day he first read Gen. Miles’ statement. Standing in the door of his house, the newspaper contain- ing the evidence in his hand, he ex- claimed wildly: “I have been crucified by Gen. Miles.” Throughout the three days of the trial the members of the court sat in their places and attentively listened to every word of the tesimony. Only on two or three occasions did they ask the witnesses any questions, and then an answer of yes sir or no sir sufficed. Whether sympathy was _ passing through their minds was not in any way disclosed by the expression their faces bore. Immediately upon the court being closed the room was or- dered clear and the court went into executive session to report upon their findings. EAGAN TO BE DISMISSED. Rumor That This Is the Verdict of the Court-Martial. New York, Jan. 29.—The Herald has the following from its Washington correspondent: “And the court. did thereupon sen- tence him, the said Brig. Gen. Charles P. Eagan, commissary general of sub- sistence, to be dismissed from the mil. itary service of the United States.” This, I am reliably informed, is the closing paragraph of the court-martial record of Gen. Eagan. He was found guilty on both charges—‘conduct un- becoming an officer and a gentleman,” and “conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline.’ Hav- ing been found guilty of the first charge, the court, in accordance with article of war 61, had no other alterna- tive than to bring in a sentence of dis- missal. It is within the power of the president to exercise clemency, and it is believed by many officers that, in view of Gen. Eagan’s mental condition the president may mitigate the sen‘ tence of dismissal to one of suspen- sion. GEN, LUDLOW ANSWERS. He Contradicts Gen, Miles’ niony. Washington, Jan. 29.—There were no witnesses before the war investigating commission yesterday but the commis- sion received and gave out an affidavit from Gen. Ludlow, now military gov- error of Havana, which the general had forwarded in lieu of personally ap- pearing in Washington. The typewrit- ten statement was principally in an- swer to statements of Gen. Miles be- fore the commission in reference to the lack of preparations by the engineer corps, of which Gen. Ludlow had been the chief official in the field. Gen. Ludlow, in his statement, disclaimed all intention of disrespect toward Gen, Miles before categorically contradict- ing the latter’s testimony as reported in the papers. Testi- Romero’s Successor. Mexico City, Jan. 29. — President Diaz has appointed Manuel Aspiraz, assistant secretary of foreign rela- tions, to be ambassador to Washing- tom. He knows all the details of the relations of Mexico with the United States. +3 Gen. Greene Dead. New York, Jan. 29.—Gen. George 8. Greene died of old age at Morristown, N. J. He leaves three fons. He was graduated at the United. States mili- tary academy at West Point in 1823. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. ' St. Paul, Jan. 30. —- Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 72 3-4@78 3-4c; No. 2 Nortli- ern, 71 @ 713-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 84 1-4@34 1-2c; No. 3, 34@34 1-4c. Oats —No. 3 white, 29@29 1-4¢; No. 3, 283-4 @29¢. - Barley and Rye—Sample_ bar- ley, 40@48c; No. 2 rye, 55@56c; No. 3 rye, 58@54c. Duluth, Jan. 30.—Wheat—Cash, No. 1 hard, 76 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 73 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 70c; No. 3 spring, ; 67 1-2c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 76 1-2c¢; No. 1 Northern, 74 1-2c; January, No. 1 hard, 751-4c; No. 1 Northern, 78 1-4c; May, No. 1 hard, 78c; No. 1 Northern, %6c; July, No. 1 hard, 78¢; No. 1 North- ern, 76c. Oats, 30@801-2c; rye, 58e; barley, 41@46c. Minneape Jan. 30.—Wheat — Jan- uary closed at 74 1-8c; May opened at 7314e and closed at 745-8e; July opened at 73 3-4c¢ and closed at Tic. On track—No 1 hard, 75 1-8¢; No. 1 North- ern, 74 1-8ce; No. orthern, 72 1-8¢. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 30. — Flour is | Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern, | ts) i, 51@ } T5@75 1-2¢; No. 2 Northern, Tie. dy at 30@31c. Rye higher 9c. Barley firm; No. 2 red, | ; No. 3, 74e; No. 2 hard, 71@ 3, T0@71¢c; No. 1 Northern spring, 7: 2, 74 1-2@T5e 3, G9@T4e. ; No. 3, 35 1-24. ~4e; No. 3, 27 1-2c. Chicago, Jan. 30. — Hogs — Light, $3.55@3.80; mixed, $3.60@ heavy, $3.6573.90; ro! vi .65. Cattle 5; cows and heifers, $2 @ 4.80; Texas steers, $3.60 @ 5.40; stockers and feeders, $3.20 @ 4.80. Sheep—Natives, $2.65@4.20; Westerns, $3@4.25; lambs, $4 Sioux City, lowa, Jan. 30. — Hogs — $3.60@3.70. — Cattle—Beeves, $4@5.20; ; cows and bulls, mixed, $1.75@4; stock- ers and feeders, $3.50@4.4 alves and yearlings, $3.50@4. South St. Paul, Jan. 30. — Hogs — $3.57 1-2@3.67 1-2. Cattle—Cows, $2.40 , @: stockers, $3.80@4 heifers, $3.80@4.10; bulls, $3.05@3. Sheep, $3.50@4.50 SENATOR FRYE EXPLAINS. ig Makes the Principal Speech in the Executive Session. Washington, Jan. 29. — The senate continued the consideration of the} peace treaty in executive session yes- | terday, the doors being closed for al- | most three hours. Senator Frye, a member of the Paris peace commis- | sion and naturally a strong friend of the treaty, held the attention of the senate during the greater part of this | time. Constructively, he occupied the floor during the entire session, but he} was frequently interrupted by other senators. Most of these interruptions came in the way of questions, but’ some of them took the form of speeches. This was notably the case with Senator Berry’s interruptions. He spoke for some time, and in doing s0| denounced the treaty in severe terms, Senator's Mason and Caffery asked ; many questions. Senator Frye ‘devoted | himself largely to an explanation of the proceedings of the commission, reading liberally from the record as al- ready printed, but stopping as he pro- ceeded to explain the quotations which he made. He had not proceeded a great way in his exposition of the sub- ject when he was asked if the ‘rind dent had not originally instructed th commission to only insist upon secur! ing a coaling station in the Philippin group. To this Mr. Frye replied that, he did not feel at liberty to give his! interpretation of the president’s in-} structions, but it was unnecessary | that he should do so, as the president, ' he said, had determined to comply par- tially, at least, with the senate’s re- quest for the documents on file bear- ing upon the negotiation of the treaty, and Mx. Frye said he felt justified in assuring the senate that the papers would be received not later than Mon- day. ELEVEN MEN ARE EATEN. Awful Fate of the Crew of the Brit- ish Ship Manbare. Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 29.—After es- caping death by drowning, eleven of the crew of the ship Manbare were captured and eaten by cannibals of) New Guinea. The Manbare was bound for Sydney, Australia, when it was eaught in the terrible gale of Decem- ber. Near Cape Nelson it began to sink. The crew, eighteen all told, left the vessel in two boats and soon be- came separated. One boat, containing twelve men, was finally thrown ashore ten miles from the cape. The sailors were seized by natives from the in- terior and hurried off to the village of the chief. One man, James Greene, es- caped. The sailors were stripped and bound and killed, one each day. A wild orgie was participated in by at least a hundred savages who had gath- ered for the feast. In several cases the sailors were tortured by the old wo- men and children of the tribe. The eyes of one was gouged out. The doomed men stoically watched the elaborate preparations for their death, A huge pot, filled with boiling water, was used for the feast, which, on the first day was prolonged away into the night. In most cases the men were beheaded, their heads being stuck on poles and paraded before the men who were to suffer the same fate. Greene was rescued by a steamer after tramp- ing without food a day and a night to | reach the coast. The saenes of horror , he had witnessed tuined his hair snowy white. Children Cremated. Joplin, Mo.; Jan. 29.—Dhree children of Thomas Malley, a farmer, were burned to death while their parents were at church. + Earthquakes in Greece. Athens, Jan. 29. — The seismic dis- turbances which began last Sunday ; morning and which have continued in- | termittently in the southwest part of the peninsula, are very violent again. ; The inhabitants are panic stricken, Rockefeller’s Big Vessels. Cleveland, Jan. 29. — The mer } Steamship company (Rockefeller fleet) }es psked for bids on three big ves-: vls. a steamer and two barges. The cer is to be one of the largest on lnkes. ) | i AGUINALDO THE’ WHOLE THING MAS FULL AUTHORITY TO DE- CLARE WAR, The Philipine Congress Places That Power in His Hands—Mass Meet- of Filipino Women Ask to Bear Arms—An American Sentry’s Act Intensifies the Feeling Against Americans—Questionable Wheth- er Aguinaldo Can Restrain the Insurgents Much Longer — Cen- sored News Coming to Hand. Manila, Jan. 21, via Hongkong, Jan. 28.—The Republica, the official organ of the Filipinos, announces that the congress at Malolos has Philippine constitution, p; of confidence in Aguinaldo. { powered him to’ declare war on the Americans whenever he may deem it advisable. At a mass meting of women at Ca- vite, the paper adds, it was enthusi- astically resolved to petition Aguinaldo for permission to take men’s places in defense of independence, and to bear arms if necessary. Paterno has ed for, and, it ap- pears, has been granted, the privilege of “taking a prominent place in the line of battle against the Ameicans.” An American sentry yes' Y even- ing killed a captain of Filipino artil- lery at the Tonto outpost. As a resuit, the native press is intensely excited and denounce it as a “cowardly assas- sination.” On Saturday evening (Jan. 21) five Filipinos determined to have revenge for their captain’s death and attempted to enter our lines. An American sen- try killed one of them, whe was armed with a revolver. After an exchange of shots the others were arrested. The incident has intensified the excitement. The Mabini cabinet yesterday in- sisted upon the liberation of the Span- ish civil prisoners, in commemoration of the proclamation of the Vilipino re- public, 2nd alsc donated money to the native clergy. A decree to that effect | was signed. The Spanish clergy, how- ever, remain prisoners. An elaborate programme has been arranged for the formal ratification of the constitution. Nothing was accomplished at the conference here yesterday, and it is ru- mored that the Filipinos, at their n¢xt meting, will give the Aemricans eight days in which to accede to their de- mands for recognition. The rumor is discredited. SPAIN AND THE TREATY. Premier Sagasta Outlines the Gov- ernment’s Plans. Madrid, Jan. 28.—The cabinet met yesterday afternoon under the persi- dency of the queen regent. The ab- sence of Gen. Correa, the minister of war, was much commented upon, and is believed to have been connected with a decision, not yet divulged, reached by the supreme iilitary tri- bunal relative to Gen. Jaudenez, the Spanish commander, who capitulated at Manila, and who has been in prison since yesterday, and eGn. Toral, who capitulated at Santiago de Cuba, and who is absent from Madrid. The pre- mier, Senor Sagasta, outlined the gov- ernment’s intentions relative to the peace treaty. He said that informa- tion received by the minister of foreign! affairs, Duke Almodevar de Rio had created the impression that President McKinley feared the treaty would be defeated in the senate and appre- hended an obstinate resistance on the) part of the Philippine insurgents against the Americans, who desire to deprive them of independence and de- bas the Spanish government, which, are sufficient reasons for the triumphi of the anti-annexationists in the sen- ateate. Therefore the premier in- sisted that the convocation of the cortes should no longer be delayed. GARLAND DEAD. Ex-Attorney General Has a Stroke While Addressing the Supreme Court. Washington, Jan. 28. — Former At- torney General Augustus H. Garland of Arkansas fell senseless while ad- dressing the United States supreme court shortly after noon. He was ¢car- ried from the chamber. Senator Gal- linger, who is a physician, was called: and said it was a stroke of apoplexy, and would be fatal. Gen, Garland, died almost immediately afterward, The occurrence came with startlin and tragic unexpectedness, changin; the usual calm and dignity of thi court into temporary confusion whil the dying man was carried from the chamber in af utile effort to alleviate his condition. OUT IN THE AIR. Some Convalescents of the Thir- teenth at San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 28.—The Twenti- eth regiment is now aboard the trans- port Scandia. The vessel will sail to- night or to-morrow. The followin, convalescents have been discharg from the Presidio hospital: Privates Robert W. Terry, Company A; P. M. Newgard, Company C, and Clarence GC. Rice, Company B, Thirteenth Min- nesota. Privates George L. Stanley, Company H, First Montana; William Munson, First Idaho; 0. H. Eggleston, Company B; Charles Richter, Com- pany K, and Corporal Charles E. Stil- zell, Company H, Fifty-first lowa. Mortality Among Russian Troops. Odessa, Jan. 28. — According to a dispatch received rere from Port Ar- thur, the Russian post of China, bad water is causing terrible mortality among the Russian troops. The aver- age is four deaths daily. Leedy Is Exonerated. Carson, Ney., Jan. 28.—The investi- gation committee which considered the bribery charges against Assemblyman Leedy reported declaring the crarges without foundation and exonerating Leedy in every particular. ~~