Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 18, 1899, Page 3

i \ — eee WORK OF CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 6.—At the begin- ning of Saturday's session of the sen- ate Mr. Allen of Nebraska offered the following resolution: “The senate of the United States in ratifying the treaty of Paris, dces not Pommit itself or the government to the doctrine that the islands acquired by Virture of the war with Spain are to be arnexed to or to become a part of the United States, and that the difference in the language of said treaty as re- spects the island of Cuba and its in- habitants and the island of Porto Rico and Philippine islands and their in- habitants shall not be construed or be held to be a difference in effect, but that it is the intention and purpose of the senate in ratifying said treaty to place the inhabitants of the Philippine islands and Porto Rico in exactly the same position as respects their rela- tions to the United States as are the inhabitants of Cuba.” llen gave notice that he would the senate upon the resolution Mr. Chilton of Texas then ad- L various anti- expansion resolutions, He asserted that he was not an anti-expansionist or anti-annexationist. Within proper bounds he regarded it as the duty of this country to widen its bounds, He thought the acquisition of Porto Rico and the island of Guam was well thought, but in the acquisition of the Philippines a grave public policy was involved. He believed that the acqui- sition involved serious perils and dangers to our government. Mr. Chil- ton finished at > and Mr. Wolcott of Colorado followed. He said he stood his government, and would have supported any treaty presented by the comm ners. Mr. Wolcott denounced the wrangling over the treaty. ‘the senators who were a few months ago so ¢ 1in that the Cubans were capa- ble of government are now as sure that the people of the Philippines were so capable of such government. In the House. to-day. dressed the senate on the The hous emy appropriation bill, $600,000. It serv speech by Mr. of Georgia on president’s suggestion that the snt care for the graves of the e dead. He referred to the n of Southern men to the coun- y from the days of Appomattox to ntiago. Let there be an end stant reiteration, he urged, of reconciliation between the sections. That reconciliation had long ago been accomplished, and with the new gen- eration of the South, the younger men, there was no need of reconciliation as there had been no separation. ‘We ac- cept t words of the pr jent in good faith, aid Mr. Griggs, “but we insist that this shall be the last reconcilia- tions of the sections. Let this be the final ratification of the treaty of peace between the North and South.” Mr. Griggs’ speech was warmly applauded and he received many congratulations, Washington, Feb. day of excitement and severe s the senate. The fact that the treaty wos to be voted upon and that the re- sult was hanging in the balance served to keep s ators on both sides of the chamber at a high tension, Mr. Allen of No iska addressed the senate in the morning hour in favor of the rati- fication of the treaty but in opposition to expansion, Mr. Gorman followed with a notable speech, in the course of which he took Mr. Wolcott to task for some statements in the latter's speech a few days ago in which Mr. Gorman thought reference was made to him. After the ratification of the treaty the senate, in open session, took up a joint resolution offered by Mr. McKnery de- claring a policy for the Philippines, and an effort was made to adopt it, but the debate occupied so much time that the resolution went over until to- day. passed the mi ry acad- carrying about s a text for a gove Coufe hose of to the ec The House. Yesterday was suspeusion day in the house and quite a number of bills were passed, several of them of importance. The e bill prepared by the house committee went through by a vote of 147 to 42. A Dill was pd to extend the anti-contract labor laws over the Hawaiian islands, ani another bill was passed to refer rty-four war claims for stores and supplies to the court of claims. A bill was passed to create a national military park on the site of the battle of Vicksburg; also to grant 25,- ov0 acres of land in Alabama to the girls’ industrial school of the state. Senate resolutions were adopted au- thorizing ‘cadets from Costa Rica and Colombia to enter Annapolis. Washington, Feb. 8.—For two hours or more the senate had the resolution declaratory of a policy of this govern- ment in the Philippines under consid- eration, but no vote was reached and the resolution went finally to the cal- endar. In accordance with notice given te previous evening Mr. ‘Till- man addf@wed the senate upon the resolution, making a characteristic and picturesque argument. He maintained that a clear, explicit, and direct resolu- iion ought to be adopted and not one that was meaningless and inconse- quential. He predicted that dire re- sults would follow the ratification of the treaty unless the United States treated the Filipinos with absolute firmness and gave them self-govern- ment. Mr. Lodge followed with a strong reply to Mr. ‘Tillman, in which he expressed strongly and clearly the conditions as they affected the United States in the Philippines. The Indian appropriation bill was tuken up but was not completed when the senate adjourned. The House. Yesterday and to-day were set aside for the consideration of public build- ings bills. The committee had report- ed seventy-eight bills for buildings in ilurty-five states, authorizing in the ag- gregate an expenditure of $14,060,900. Little or no opposition developed and bills were favorably acted upon almost as rapidly as they could be read. ‘There however, more or less good na- tured chatting throughout the session. As a result forty bills, carrying or au- thorizing appropriations aggregating $11,364,000 had been laid aside with favorable recommendations before ad- journment was reached yesterday. shington, Feb. 9.—The senate con- self largely to the transaction of v fined i | topics, but as routine business. The Indian appro- printion bill which has been pending for several weeks was completed and passed. The executive, Icgislative and judicial appropriation Dill was taken up, but after twenty-four pages of 1t lad been disposed of it was laid aside for the day. A few measures of minor importance were passed. The House. The net result of the work during the two days alloted for the considera- tion of the public building bills in the house was the passage of a Single bill, providing for the erection of a building at Newport News, Va., at a cost of $75,000. Sixty-five bills in all, carrying or authorizing the expenditure of about $12,000,000 were favorably considered in committee of the whole when the committee rose yesterday, but because seventeen other bills reported had not been acted upon in committee, filibus- tering tactics were resorted to and all efforts to advance the bills favorably acted upon in committee were blocked. Another day, therefore, will have to be allotted to secure action upon them, and assurances have already been ob- tained for another day as soon as the appropriation bills are out of the way. Twenty-four bills were favorably act- ed upon by the committee yesterday. Washington, Feb. 10, — Chairman Cannon, of the appropriations commit- tee of the house, in the course of gen- eral debate on the sundry civil bill yes- terday sounded a note of warning against extrav t appropriations, and practically. ed notice that neither the ship subsidy nor the Nic- araguan canal bill could be passed at this time. Although he specitically dis- claimed speaking for any one but him- self, the statements that he made, com- ing from the chairman of the appro- priations committee, caused great in- terest. Mr. Cannon made a general statement of the revenues and expend- res for the present fiscal year, in- using Secretary Gaze’s estimate of sncy in the revenues from $112,000,.000 to $159,000,000, exclusive of the ),000,000 to be paid to Spain under the provisions of the treaty of Paris Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa and Mr, W. A. Smith of Michigan, although they did not enter into any lengthy discussion, took issue with Mr. Cannon, but he main- tained that our revenues might be'suf- ficient to meet our expenditures for the next two years if no new lines of ex- penditure were entered upon. But he indicated that it would be a close mar- gin, and that new expenditures might mean a bond issue. Cannon's speech was in eve a notable one, and doubtless will furnish the text for a great deal of discussion during the rematnder of the session. ‘The gen- eral debate upon the sundry civil bill was not concluded yesterday, Before it was taken up quite a number of minor bills were passed by unanimous eonsent. The Senate. In its open session yesterday the sen- ate under discussion the executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bill. A lively debate was precipitated over the appropriation for the support of the office of the supervising archi- tect, and that official was criticised for the delay in the construction of publle buildings throughout the country. A speech made by Mr. Allen of Nebraska in which he commented unfavorably upon the methods of the appropriations committee induced a rejoinder from M Chandler of New Hampshire which resulted in a rp tilt between the twe senators. ifty-one pages of the bill were dispesed of before the senate went into executive session ror the remainder of the day Washington, eb. 11. — General de- bate on the sundry civil appropriation was concluded yesterday. ‘The speak- ers during the day touched a variety of rule the debate lacked spirit and iuterest. Mr. Doel ot Missouri, who is at the head of the minority of the appropriations commit- tee, reinforced Mr. Cannon's figures as to the deficiency in the revenues; Mr. Dearmond of Missouri, Mr. Gillett of Massachusetts and others discussed the policy of expansion, and Mr. Lentz of Ohio severely criticised the minis- tration for exercising clemency in the ease of Gen. Eagan. The latter charges that there was an evident dis- position to reward those who attacked Gen. Miles because the latter had the manhood to teil the truth about the al- leged rotten food fed to our troops in Porto Rico and Cuba. During the course of the debate Mr. Hepburn, chairman of the interstate and foreign commerce committee, gave notice that he would offer the Nicaragua canal bill as an amendment to the sundry civil bill. The Senate. During the entire open session the senate had under consideration the legislative, executive and judicial ap- propriation bill. Little progress was made, the time being largely oceupied with debate on minor topies. WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE. Proposition to Place Two Women on the Board of Control. Madison, Wis., Feb. 12. — Just as the legislature was about to adjourn to- day news was received of the death of Albert Woyciochowski, a Milwaukee member and the only Pole in the legisla- ture, who died of pneumonia to-day. This is the second death in this legislature, the funeral of Assemblyman William Hughes of Berlin, who died Saturday, being held to-day. Asemblyman Dengel introduced a bill requiring street railway and electric light: companies to pay a license of 6 per cent on gross receipts over $800,000, and 8 per cent over that amount. This is double the present rate. Other bills were: By Barlow, exempting cities of 2,000 and under from the operation of the present caucus law; by Ela, giving newspapers $30 instead of $100 for publishing the laws; by Holland, to make the office of register of deeds a salaried one; by Thomas, making th> open seasom for pheasants, grouse, ete., from Sept. 15 to Nov. 20, for trout April 1 to Aug. 5, for deer the last ten days in November and raising the resident license fee from $1 to $2; by Senator Stout, in- creasing the board of control from five to yu = yueYyuipzys wyo%suoNEyoNd gsi ‘Nd ‘The senate memorial to congress in favor of senatorial elections by the peo- ple was laid over till Feb. 22. Two Children Incinerated. Fort Bragg, Cal., Feb. 12. — George Boyle, a section foreman, during a fit of delirium tremens, dropped a lighted lamp upon the floor of his cottage near this city and burned to death his two grandchildren, aged two and five years, respectively, who with their mother resided with him. r 3h THE LEGISLATURE - | Business Transacted by Minnesota Solons, | St. Paul, Feb. 6.—The friends of the i Somerville corporation bill forced the { issue in the senate, and, after killing all amendments that would have crip- pled the measure and accepting such as were reasonable moditications of some of the more drastic clauses, they outvoted its opponents and recom- mended the bill for passage. The bill provides that foreign corporations, hereafter established in Minnesota or that have ever been established in the state without filing articles of incor- poration and paying the license fee re- quired by the law of 1889, governing domestic corporations, shall now com- ply with the 1889 law in all things. i The following bills were introduced: Amending the law relating to recog- nizances, stipulations, filings, ete. of sureties. — Appropriating $2,500 for Southern Minnesota Fair association. — Amending the law relating to boun- ; daries between counties. St. Paul, Feb. 7. — The house got tangled up yesterday on the question whether or not the record could be | changed so as to correct the recorded vote on a bill. After considerable dis- | cussion the matter was referred to the committee on rules. The house spent some little time in committee of the whole and a number The follow- | of bills were disposed of. ing bills were passed: | Yo fix the return day for juries in certain cases. — To appropriate $19,975 | to pay the claims for beet sugar bounty arising under the act of 1895. The following bills were introduced: | To authorize county commissioners or town supervisors to erect bridges or . culverts strong enough to bear the weight of traction engines. — ‘To en- courage the growing and preservation of forests, creating forest reserves. — To appropriate $350 to McLeod & Larn- oreaux for plans for state building at Omaha exposition. — To amend Gen- eral Laws of 1887, as amended by chap- ter 263, General Laws 1897, relating to the soldiers’ home. — To regulate the practice of osteopathy. St. Paul, Feb. 8.—With but five votes in the negative the house yesterday, af- ter a debate lasting for upward of three hours, passed the Jacobson bill providing for an increase of the gross earnings tax upon railroads from 3 to 4 per cent. The railroads are offered by the terms of the bill the option of paying the ‘increased tax or having their property assessed and taxed in the manner provided by general law for the taxation of other forms of prop- ° erty. Those voting in the negative were Allen, Krayenbuhl, Nelson, w.,' Winston and Umland. | A number of bills were reported back | from the committees with recommen- dations.’ The following bills were in- troduced: To provide for the infliction of the death penalty at the Stillwater peni- tentiary. — Requiring railroad tele- graph operators to possess certain quatlifications.—Fixing reasonable max- imum rates for the transportation of cereals, potatoes and coal. — ‘To amend | article 8 of the constitution relating to | the permanent school and university | fund. ‘To establish the Minnesota state j board of surveyors. — ‘To prohibit deal- ; ing in futures and declaring the same | to be gambling. -- ‘o prohibit theatri- “al performances on Sunday. — ‘To pro- viae for uniform state certificates for teachers in certain schools. — Kelating to the taxation of timber and mineral lands. — To locate the first district state hospital for the insane at Anoka nd to acquire a site and locate the | second district hospital at Hastings. — Yo create a committee relating to the charitable and correctional institutions of the state. The Senate. The senate yesterday, in committee of the whole, recommended for passage the school teachers’ retirement bill. The plan of the bill is to set aside 1 per | cent of the salary of teachers for the ! fund. Permanent disability or } years’ service for a man and twenty- five for a woman entitles the teacher to retirement on a pension equal to half the amount of salary the teacher is receiving at such time, Senator Miller's railroad and warehouse Dill was also recommended to pass. A number of bills of minor importance were also acted on in committee of the whole. The following bills were in- troduced: Relating to the preservation of for- ests. — To legalize foreclosure of mort- gages in certain instances by foreign executors. St. Paul, Feb. 9.—In committee of the whole yesterday the senate took up two bills by Senator Horton, intro- duced in behalf of the state capitol commission. S. F. No. 111, to allow the commission to use its discretion in withholding a certain per cent of the money due contractors until the work is finished, was recommended for pass- age. The other bill was to strike out the time provision ir the present law whick provides that the $2,000,000 ap- propriation for the state capitol must be raised in ten years, and to authorize the capitol commission to issue cer- tifieates of indebtedness for the entire balance of the appropriation that the work may be carried on without inter- ruption, After some discussion prog- ress was ordered reported on the Dill. A large number of other bills were un- der discussion in committee of the whole. The following bills were introduced: Authorizing boards of supervisors to issue bonds to purchase road scrapers. + Relating to funds for public schools, — To establish a state public school at Detroit. — Creating a state drainage commission and appropriating $100,000 for drainage purposes. — Amending the law relating to the election of county auditors. — To amend laws re- lating to steam boiler inspection. — Licensing osteopaths and providing 4 state board of examiners. — Amending law relating to liability of married wo- men for debt. The House. The house decided yesterday that in- asmuch as there is no money to the credit of the internal improvement | fund and no prospects of any receipts to the credit of that fund during the , next two years in excess of the aggre- , ate of the appropriations of 1897 and of the previous years now outstanding, and unpaid for want of funds, no road and bridge appropriations should be made this session. Mr. Fosnes’ bill amending the divorce law so as to require desertion for & period of two years before it could be alleged a cause for divorce was passed after short debate. The bill to place telegraph companies under the jurisdiction of the railroad and warehouse commission was also passed. In committee of the whole the bill to increase from 3 to 6 per cent the gross earning tax upon express compa- nies was recommended to pass. The following bills were introduced: ‘To regulate the sale of binding twine , manufactured at the state prison. — ‘To ; = wb i gl penitentiary at Stillwater. lish a drainage commission and to | gives the prison board authority to amend the military code. — To estab- provide for the drainage of the swamp and marshy lands and to appropriate $100,000 for this purpose. — ‘l'o legalize county roads in certain cases. — Ke- lating to the inspection of steam boil- ers. — Providing for an excise tax oD electrie light, gas and water compa- tues. — Establishing a board of ap- peals for the inspection of grain. St. Paul, Feb. 10.—The senate spent nearly three hours yesterday in con- sideration of two bills to regulate the practice of medicine, surgery and heal- ing. The measures are 8, I. No, 171, by Senator Jepson of Hennepin, and S. F. No. 3, by Senator Grindeland of Marshall county. The Jepson bill 1s intended to broaden representation as to the various schools on the: state board of examiners, including osteo- paths and such other practitioners as are able to pass a satisfactory exam- ination. The Grindeland bill provides for a separate board of ostecpathic ex- aminers. The allopaths, the homeo- paths and the eclectics are opposed to the osteopath bill for a separate board. After a long discussion it was decided to refer both to a special committee of the senate, which is to evolve from them a measure that will be as nearly fair and just as possible to all schools - of medicine and surgery. ‘the following bills were passed. To legalize sheriff's certificates 1s- sued on mortgage foreclosure sales. — To authorize the board of county com- missioners to issue bonds to fund the floating indebtedness of said counties. — To legalize the incorporation o* cities having a population of not les» than 1,000 and not more than 15,000, and legalizing the transfer of property of incorporated villages, ete. — To pro- vide for the creation, investment ana disbursement of a public school teach- ers’ retirement fund. The following bills were introduced: Relating to verdicts by juries. — Ke- lating to title to property by adverse possession. — To amend the laws rela- tive to terms of district court. — ‘lo amend the Laws of 1895 relating to actions in district court. — To locate the first and second district state hos- pitals for insane. — Asking for an in- vestigation by the railway and ware- house commission as to freight rates. -- To limit the time in which actions inay be brought to enforce liability of stockholders. — To provide for the taxation of boom companies. The House, There was little of importance in the house yesterday beyond the new Dills that were presented and the passage of three bills on the calendar. ‘Ihe committee on education presented a substitute for the Bush bill, H. I. No. 20, providing for the printing by the state of text books for use in the schools of the state. It provides that the state high school board shall have prepared the manuscripts of such text books as it deems advisable by edu- eators and authors. The state printing commission is to furnish such assist- ance as the high school board may need, including the services of the state expert printer, and the printing of the text books is to be let to the lowest bidder on contract, plates, maps, ete., to become the property of the state. The following bills were introduced: Allowing five-sixths of the jury in civil actions to agree upon a verdict. — To prevent fraudulent assignment ot wages. — To amend section } | | , ing any forecases in the case. ‘ had been declared General Statutes 1894, relating to me-_ chanics’ liens. — To regulate the pay- ment of coroners’ jurors. — Requiring railroad companies to provide cahooses on freight trains with tollet rooms. — To provide that banks shall give se- curity for depogsits..— To appropriate $2,500 annually for the use of the state board of health in preventing the spread of contagious diseases. — ‘lo appropriate $10,000 annually for the state board of health to maintain its laboratory. Tbe following bills were passed: Increasing from 3 to 6 per cent the gross earnings tax upon express com- panies. Requiring employment agencies to keep duplicate copies of all representations made in writing to persens employed by them and making violations of the act misdemeanors. — Defining forgery in the third degree and providing punishment therefor. St. Paul, Feb.11.—The senate wound up a busy and successful week yester- | day with a hard day’s work. Both the calendar and general orders were cleaned up, a total of eighteen bills be- ing recommended to pass. Among the bills passed were the Horton bill to authorize the state capi- tol commissioners to withhold a certain per cent, under 10 per cent, at their discretion, of money due contractors for work on the new state capitol; the Greer bill to legalize acknowledg- ments taken by the notaries who were officers, directors or stockholders of the concerns interested, which is espe- cially designed to legalize instruments issued by banks of the state; a judic- iary bill to the same effect; the Horton pill, creating the crime of forgery in the third degree, designed to prevent the forging of names printed on docu- ments with a rubber stamp, and the lull to pay the proprietors of the beet sugar refinery of Excelsior, Hennepin county, $19,975, earned by them under the Laws of 1895, offering 1 cent per pound as bounty for the manufac- ture within the state of beet sugar. The following bills were introduced: Amending law relating to communi- cation with convicts in state prison or reformatory. — Relating to law gov- erning change in county seats. — To provide for the appropriation of money by county commissioners to aid organ- ized towns in building bridges in cer- tain instances. — To amend the Stat- utes of 1894, relating to co-operative life insurance associations; Sons of Hermann. — To amend the Statutes of 1894 so as to exempt all fraternal assessment insurance compa- nies from the provisions of the general insurance law. — For continuous ses- sions in the Moorhead normal school. — Amending Laws of 1894 relating to incorporation of religious societies. — Providing for uniform teachers’ cer- tificates throughout the state. — Reg- ulating the importation of dependent i children. State Senator George P. Wilson of Minneapolis. who, when he was at- torney general of the State of Minne- sota twenty-five years ago, prosecuted the Younger brethers, yesterday intro- duced in the senate a bill which is in- tended to accomplish their release from life imprisonment in the state The bill parole life prisoners who have served twenty years and have a clean record. The House. Mr. Foss’ bill providing for the taxa- tion of mortgages again occupied the attention of the house yesterday, and resulted in several passages between Mr. Foss and Mr. Grondahl. The net result of the whole matter was that Mr. Foss’ bill was dropped from the head to the foot of general orders. The house in committee of the whole disposed of a number of bills on gen- eral orders. The following bills were introduced: To amend section 8 of the election law. — To create and provide a SyYs- tem of traveling libraries. — To regu- late primary elections in certain cities. — To protect the grain growers of the state from the speculators who manip- ulate terminal elevators. — To amend article 8 of the constitution, relating to permanent school fund. Both houses adjourned until ‘Tues- day. THE BEEF INQUIRY. Gen. Miles and the Commissary De- partment Preparing for It. Washington, Feb. 12—Next to news from the Philippines, interest in the war department centers in the 15th of February, when the court of inquiry to investigate Gen. Miles’ “embalmed beef” charges will convene. All infor- mation, even as to the court routine, is judiciously guarded and officers refrain from expressing any opinion or mak- It is well understood, however, that both Gen. Miles and the commissary gener- al’s department are preparing a mass of evidence which will be submitted to the court, the one tending to substanti- ate Gen. Miles’ statements as to the character of the meat furnished to the army and the other discounting any criticism of the material bought and passed upon by the commissary de- partment. Both the testimony of Gen. Miles and of the commissary depart- ment will consist, in the main, of offi- cial reports, and both will be volumi- nous. Gen. Eagan is still at the war department, denying himself to all vis- itors except personal friends. He is now relieved of the routine work of his office, which is being transacted by his assistants, and is free to devote himself to corelating all of the inform- ation in his possession for presentation to the commission. MATAAFA MAY GET IT. Possible Solution of the Samoan Diculty. Washington, Feb. 12. The Samoan trouble is assuming a somewhat new phase, according to the view of leading diplomatic authorities, and one likely to bring about an adjustment on lines not heretofore contemplated. This is in part foreshadowed in the official statement of the parliamentary secre- tary in the house of commons to the effect that further information would be awaited before considering the rec- ognition of Mataafa as king of Samoa. Mataafa is not the claimant who has thus far received the support of the British and American authorities, and they have upheld Malietea Tanus, who by Chief Justice Chambers, an American, as rightfully entitled to the tlirone. While the an- nouncement in the house of commons is open to various interpretations, yet it seems to imply quite clearly that the recognition of Mataafa, who was up- held by the Germans, may be taken into consideration. EMBARGO REMOVED. Canadian Officials on Alaskan Boundary Modify Their Position. Skaguay, Alaska, Feb. 6, via Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. — The ultimatum is- sued by United States Deputy Collect- or of Customs Andrews to the Cana- dian officials at Log Cabin, who arrest- ed two of his convoys in charge of Kquors, has brought the Canadians to terms. Andrews received word yes- terday that the embargo would be re- moved, and that the boundary line would not be claimed to be at the sum- mit until the question had been settled by the joint high commission. BRIDGE FORECLOSURE, Action Taken Regarding the Duo- luth-Superior Structure. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 12.—The Central Trust company, representing the bond- holders of the Duluth and Superior Bridge company, has begun action in the United States court for the fore- flosure of the first mortgage on the bridge property. This mortgage cov- ers bonds amounting -to $650,000, and there is a second mortgage given to Se- cure bonds of $300,000. It is claimed that the interest due Feb. 1, 1899, has not been paid. $ ‘explosion and Fire. Mansfield, Ohio, Feb. 11. An ex- plosion in the japanning department of the Baxter stove works caused a fire with a loss of $100,000, with only a fraction as much insurance. The Sse- verity of the weather added greatly to the difficulty of fighting the fire. Sentenced for Forgery. Washburn, Wis., Feb. 12. — Sherift Sullivan left for Waupun with James Gee, who pleaded guilty to the charge of torgery. Gee is a well known young man around town who was night clerk at the Hotel Washburn for some time, Don Carlos Gives Up. London, Feb. 12.—The Rome corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says that he learns from a good source that Don Carlos has instructed his agents in Spain to stop the agitation in his behalt. puts in! 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