The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1898 veral feet below the water line) free-b heigh the vesse and at th ter feet forty-five placir eye of nan for ordinary crui \ bove the water the forward 13-inch gun clevation of twenty t, and the will have and one-half f triple - d forward of after 13-inch of bath main will enable the in any weathe: » searchlights are n top of the fo d two on each rlitary mast. Th wil L expansion, twin- r will be min- | \ | above the surface of the mounted | of from | This | 1 Representative to boat was laid vork on the ves- t ever since. SCONSINITES Big Men Amo ‘Who Predic the “Badgers” a Bright Future or this State. It s a represent ve lot of “Badg- ers” that he 1t from Wisconsin todoh g battleship to-day, and eve \ has a warm spot for Ca of sound con- | victio s State” big pos: n and future wealth of them 1 ade men ven figures at consin, has for years in Congress and will returned to the hate by 1 Republic & cent to tak ure Mitchell, w also one of ting party. Mr. henson pio- 1 it into the Wis woods be- =ople knew just w the , and since that time has suc- 1 sawv g out a fortune of sev- an interview ions of dollars. 1 ¥ Mr. Stephe future . drawba n the coa: of a suffici t market f agricultural prod- of the opinion opening of the Pacifi wn on the 5 but a w t u , and the ua rodte, > soon going to an have.’ ( anaging editor Milwau il said ‘There is ¢ between us of Wisconsin California, coming out her - hope more to cement he of our State who hav and found homes and fortunes, and from the fairs now it seems to me and it seem: to all of us that the is to be plenty of opportunities for us to make othe: fortunes in the n future, China is just waking up to civilization, and she she will soon get to here will need lization, and final he will turn to th to get 1 be in easy when the tim on of < that trade comes. Another of the multi-millionaires of the party is ex-United States Senator Philetus Sawyer, an old gentleman of 80 0dd years, but as hale and hearty as rs, any of the members of the party. Sen- ator Sawyer is another pioneer lumber- man of the State and is a power in the politics of Middle West. Senator John L. Mitchell is largely interested in the Chi Milwauk and St. Paul Railroad and is a son of the founder of the company. It is he whom Mr. Stephenson expects to suc- ceed in e Senate after next spring. am” Stephenson, a brother of the Senator to be, al ved his State for years s s still active In and y the man of larges: in the party is jolly, democratic Cap- tain Pabst, founder and owner of the famous t brewerie: Captain Pabst feels as warmly for California as companions, and he sees before a futur He and Jjoying th almost decided r trip so fully that they have xtend it through the Among other promi- are ex-Mayor John C. s B. Roberts, Collect- The newspaper men pa. are William for the Sen- tinel; Julius Bleyer the Evening Wisconsin and John Hannon, Milwau- kee correspondent of the Chicago Trib- une: Yesterd. Koch and Charl or of the Port. accompanying the Rublee, an editorial wr r morning the entire party paid a to the Palace Hotel, head- quarters of Governor Budd, but the Executive was in Stockton, and they were entertained by Colonel Burgin The Governor has announced that he will return the call on Monday. SUES A MERCHANT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE A Salinas Woman Brings Action Against Peter Sorg of Santa Cruz. SALINAS, Nov. 2 Papers were flled in the Superior Court this_evening In what promises to be one of the most sensational and interesting breach of promises Two years es ever heard in this count ago Bertha Lieb; tained a divorce from David L ® prominent rancher, for statutory causes. She went to Santa Cruz, where met a well known merchant, Peter Sorg. Thelr acquaintance ripened into friend- ship it is said, and an offer of was made by Sorg. Some m Sorg's ardor cooled and he fins formed Mrs. Liebrandt that he to marry another woman. Hi quent marriage angered her commenced suit for $30,000. that no cause for her deser was given. As the principals are prom- inent in both -counties the outcome is awaited with interest. N SLASHES HIS OWN THROAT. Crazy Man Attem‘pts Suicide to Es- cape Expected Arrest. WOODLAND, Nov. 25.—A man named Johnson was admitted to the County Hos- pital to-day His throat was badly &l ed with a razor, the resuit of an in- effectual effort to commit suicide yester- day afternoon. Johnson is evidently men- tally unbalanced and labors under the hallucination that owing to some trouble in Sacramento the officers are on his track and will hang him if he be appre- hended. The attempt at suicide was made in Capay Valley, near the Brooks school- houge. Joh: m, covered with blood, wan+ dered over to the Carey farm and pre- sented himself to Manager Robertson, who hurriedly conveyed him to Capay and. delivered him to Constable Moore. The_latter brought the injured man to the hospital. He probably will recover. a5 Capitulation > The pipes r and stand abre: s'.] Special Dispatc | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—In his an- | nual report to the President, Secretary | of the Navy Long gives much interes |ing information, particularly that re- lat to the war with Spain. The re- port - Since my annual report the navy has, the f time since its rehabili- tation, been put to the supreme test of war. Years of patient, persistent train- and development had brought it to t of high efficiency, which resulted alieled - victories at Manila antiago—victories which have given the names of our naval commanders world-wide fame, and added «© to the glorious naval try. January | to Havana, Cuba. | of a vessel of the any port in Cuba history of of 24 the This wa United States navy for several years, & al though the necessity of protecting Ame can inter made the presence of our | flag in Cuban ports de 4 e On February 15, at 9:40 p. 1 noble lown up in F e los him. 1til further r | of General | to express sympath SIGSB! telegram wid much to ublic mind a dispa: ate er. A board of inguir; sport to the department tk of the explosion, proceeded to Ha ana and began its inve ga brua After @ haustiv ion of e wreck and after taking the testimony es and of experts, the board re- on the of March that the ad been destroyed by the explo- sion of a submarine mine, but that it was | u to fix the responsibility upon any person or perso! It was dent that the cause of the disaster must have been | from the outside. The bureaus of th forethought, p navy with ev y as April 15—four Admiral fleet ban waters—the navy of the 1y for the outoreak hostilities. The North Atlantic fieet | Key West covered Cuba; the flying squadron at Hampton Roads stood ready to defend our own cvast or to threaten that of Spain, and t. Asiatic squadron at Hongkong only awaited information of he outbreak of hostilities. On the 18th of March the Oregon lefi o for Callao, Peru. The de Marietta to pre to the atemala, al and the reached Ci United States was r ange for ¢ | to facilitate way passage oin- i % From Callao she proceeded to \ then to Sandy Point, Patagoniz | rived at Rio Janeiro on | point the department manding officer 6f the aration of war ar \e sailing_of the Spanish fleet |t ape de Verde Islands on April | 29. ¢ ved off Jupiter Inlet, Fla., on | the good condition and | 1dy, , and was ordered to West, re, ‘after coaling, she took * place with the blockading squadron | an ame a part of the command of | Admiral Sampsor | “In order to pr the com- of vide for the protection | of the Atlantic between the capes of the De Bar Harbor, Me the Nor! squadron W (3 d under_the was p com- mand of Commodor: A. Howell on | ril 20. This squadron consisted of the | n_Francisco hip), Prairie, Dixle, | | Yankee and Yosemite. At various times there were also attached to it the Co- | | lumbia, Minneapolis, Badger and South- | | ery. On April 21 Congr declared | Rear Admiral Sampson, in command of | the North Atlantic ficet, which had been | ed during the five or six preceding | in gunnery and tactical practice | off Florida, was at once ordered to block- | ade that part of the northern coast of | Cuba extending from Cardenas to Bahia Honda. At 6:30 a. m. on April 22 the ad- | miral sailed on that errand, { | _On the 2ith of April the following tele- | gram was sent by the department to Com- modore Dewey, in command of the Asiatic squadron: | WASHINGTON, April 5. | . Dewey, Hongkong: War has commenced be- | tween the United States and Spain. Proceed | at once to the Philippine Islands. Commence | | ‘operations at once, particularly againet the | | Spanish fleet. You must capture vessels or destroy. Use utmost endeavors. LONG. On the 27th this squadron, composed of | the Olympia (flag), Baltimore, Raleigh, | Petrel, Concord, 130ston and McCulloch, | sailed from Mirs Bay, China. On the morning of May 1 it entered the | harbor of Manila, successfully passing the forts and mine defenses guarding the en- trance_to the bay, and destroyed the Spanish fleet under 'the guns of the forts at Cavite. The Reina Christina, Castilla, | Don Antonio de Ulloa were sunk, the Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon, Isla | de Cuba, General Lezo, Marques del { Duero, El Correo, Velasco and Isla de Mindano (transport) were burned, and the tugs Rapido and Hercules and several small launches were captured. Admiral Dewey has contracted for the ralsing of the Cuba, Luzon and Austria, and this work is now in progress. The Spanish loss. as given in the re- port of Admiral Montejo, was, including those at the arsenal, 381 men killed and wounded. Not a man was lost in our fleet, and but nine slightly wounded. No age was done our ships. This victory gave to our fleet the com- plete_control of the bay of Manila. The station_at Cavite was taken pos- | session of and its fortifications were’ de- . The admiral reported that the v could be taken at any time when a sufficlent number of troops were on hand to hold it. Aside from the mere fact of having won without the'loss of a single life such a | brilliant and electrifying victory at the very outset of the war, with all the con- | fidence which it infused throughout the | country and into the personnel of every | branch of the service, it removed at once | all apprehension for the Pacific Coast. | | The indirect pecuniary advantage to the | United States in the way of saving an | increase of insurance rates and in as- | | suring the country of freedom from at- tack on its coast i3 incalculable. It was at once determined to reinforce the Asiatic squadron and to send troops to take and occupy the gity of Manila. HEarly in June the Charleston, which had previously sailed from San Francisco, was Joined at Honolulu by the chartered steamer City of Peking, and cn the 4th salled with her and with the army trans- | Qorts Australia and ‘wity o1 Sydney for | Manila, carrving the first detachment of troops. The Charleston proceeded to Guam, one of the Ladrone Islanas. arriv- ing there June 20. Demand was made for the immediate surrender of t... defenses of the island of Guam and all officials and ersons in the military service of Spain. he surrender followed and the American flag was hoisted. With a view to further reinforce the Aslatic squadron, the Mon- i | | | | | | | | hac 11 | Cuban | Board for its excellent work. LONG REVIEWS GLORIOUS WORK OF THE NAVY fPitby Report on the Destruction of the Spanish Fleets at Manila and Santiago. Shafter Criticised for Refusing to Permit a Naval Be a Party to the Agreement. h to The Call. terey sailed, with the collier Brutus, from | San Dicgo on June 11, | with the collier Nero, | on June 2. 7 %) |, Admiral Dewey continued to exercise in - Philippines a_wise discretion, which | co itly strengthened the power of the | United States in those nds, and on | August 13, after the arrival of General Merritt, the city of Manila: surrendered | to the army and navy i the Monadnoc! m San Francisco miral { fleet, com- ars Cristobal dquendo and 1 the torpedo | gu or, Terror and Pluto d { from the Cape 'de Verde Island its destination was uncertain, Admiral Samp- | son sailed east with a portion of the fleet command_ for . the n. Meantime the »d to proceed to namo for the PUrpos i joined the squadron, was antiago and Guanta- of cutting cables Ponce, Porto Rico, for the same purpc and thence to St. Thomas to wait orders. This work was bravely done under great xposure On June 1 Admiral Sampson arrived off Santis 1d Commodore Schley’s | squadror > westward of the Immediately » two forces t blockade apson in at thro A plan were to of the enemy’s for in i coming out orders. On Jur e the harbor 1 e the collier Merrimac, tempt, though sessful in its object, was de ed. It is now one of 2 - marvels of naval adventure and enterprise, in which Naval Constructor Hobson and his men won un- dying fame. On the morning of July having been prearra al Shafter and Admi an interview between Gener- Sampson, the lat- ter, in the flagship New York, left the fleet for Siboney. When the flagship was about four miles east of her block- ading station and about the Morro, the Spanish s steaming out of the Thi t 9:30 a. m. 3 juadron w harbor T entrance. - vessels of the . as usual, in gnated positions, making a semi- ut the harbor entrance, counting | from the eastward in the following or- der: Indilara, Oregon (the New York's lace being between these two) lowa, exas and Brooklyn. The Massachusetts had gone that morning to Guantanam for coal. The Gloucester and Vixe to the eastward and westward of the bor entrance, close to the land. The tor- | pedo boat Ericsson was in company with the flagship. Admiral Cervera's squadron came out of the harbor in the following order: In- fanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon, Almirante Oguendo and the torpe- do boat destroyers Pluton and Furor. The New York turned and steamed for the fleet, flying the signal to c d the harbor entrance and at but our ships had already, ance with standing orders, at hips with the , and in. the course a running fight, which continued until ) p. m., the latter were completely de- stroyed and sunk and the famous victory, with its splendid credit to officers and men, was won. The casualties on our side were man_ killed and 10 wounded, most of them in the drum of the ear by the con- cussion caused by the guns. Our ships suffered no injury of any account. Ad- miral Cervera, about 70 officers and 1600 men were made prisoners, while about 0 Spaniards were killed or drowned and 160 wounded. Th ably considerab! bers. On July 4, at night, the Spanish eruiser Reina Mercede tiago with Cervers quadron, steaming out of the harbor. Shé just before reaching the parrow part of the entrance channel, presumably by the fire of the Massachusetts and Texas. The object of this maneuver is still in some doubt, but it had obstructing_the channel. On July 5 the department telegraphed al Sampson that the President ssued the following order: eral Shafter and Admiral Sampson should r at once for co-operation in taking San- General Shafter immediately requested Admiral Sampson to come to him for con- ference. On the next uay Admiral Samp- son, being ill, sent his chief of staff, who had a conference with General Sha..er, in which it was arranged that in case the P commander refused the.second demand for surrender a continued bom- bardment of Santiago snould be begun by the fleet on the 9tn: that, if this was not sufficient, there should be an assault on the Socapa battery by the marines and forces, and an effort made by some of the smaller ships of the squadron to enter the harbor. Secretary Long then details the cir- cumstances of the bombardment and surrender of Santiago. The report has this to say of General Shafter: Admiral Sampson’s chief of staff went to the front, but General Shafter declined to- permit a representative of the.navy, whose joint operations with the army ha compelled the surrender, to be a party to the agreement of capitulation. The report says that the expenditures |of the bureau ‘of yards and docks at the navy-yards and stations during the fiscal year 1898 amounted to $1,772,155 10. At Mare Island, the principal navy- yard on the Pacific Coast, extensive im- provements have been made, compris- ing the dredging of a channel of ample depth in front of the yard, and thence through Mare Island Strait to the bay. Many improvements of miscellaneous character, enhancing the value of the station, were carried on during the year. The casualties in the navy during the war show that seventeen men were killed and sixty-seven wounded. On the subject of the naval reserve the Secretary says: The experience of the war has demon- strated the necessity of estabiishing a national naval reserve, to be recruited from those who served in the navy during the recent war and from the varfous sea- faring classes, to be maintained by Fed- eral appropriations, and to be subject to the call of the National Government in time of war. The department has drawn & bill which provides for the organiza- tion of such a reserve and will submit it to_Congre; The navy should be increased; the de- velopment of its various branchés should be homogeneous, and the increase in ships should be accompanied by a gradual in- creage in officers and men, and in naval stations, coallng stations, repair plants, ete. Due credit is given the Naval War Naval appropriations for 1899 are es- timated at $113,620,506 95, and for 1900 at $47,098,251 08, Arms for Carlists Seized. MADRID, Nov. 2%.—A quantity of arms destined for the Carlists has been selzed in a house in Bilboa. A NS L To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drugglsts refund the money If it fails to cure. 2c. Tha genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. mates are prob- | below the actual num- | ., which had not left San- | the effect of further | JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. AMERICA SHOULD SEND A WARSHIP Man-of-War Needed at _Samoa. GERMANY’S SUBTLESCHEMING WOULD OBTAIN POSSES-ION OF THE ISLANDS. Anxious to Have the United States Lose Its Valuable Coaling Station at Pago- | Pago. | | NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—A private let- | ter just received in this city from a | resident of Apia, Samoa, written on November 2, states that Americans liv- ing in the Samoan capital are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of an | American warship at that port. man-of-war flying the United States flag has been in Samoan waters for | several year: In view of the new | policy of expansion which the Govern- ment of America has adopted Ameri- cang living in Samoa, says the writer, believe that the inte of their coun- try demand that an American warship be more frequently seen in that part | of the world, especially in view of the forthcoming acquisition of the Philip- pines and the German opposition to ac- quisition of territory in the Far East by the United States. There were two British and two German war vessels in port when the letter was written. Germany, according to the writer of the letter conniving and scheming in devious, subtle and quiet ways to gain sole possession of Samoa, thus driving out American and English trade competition and becoming abso- lute owner of the islands, which would eventually be of great importance to the United States, particularly on the completion of the Nicaragua canal. Germany, the writer adds, is anxious to bring matterrs about in such man- ner that eventually the United States may in one way or another lose pos- session of the coaling station at Pago- Pago, which it now possesses. e COMBINED DEMONSTRATION. and ‘ii-ritish ‘Warships Threaten Mulinuu. SYDNEY, N. 8. W, Nov. 25—The German and British warships have made a combined demonstration against Mulinuu in Samoa. SECOND VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS REACH HAVANA The Transport Florida Arrives With Troops for Duty in Cuba Under General Green. HAVANA, Nov. 25.—The United States transport Florida arrived in front of Morro Castle to-day, took a pilot on board and proceeded to Marianao Beach. General Green and his staff went to Marfanao early in order to superintend the landing of the American troops there. Marshal Blanco, whose resignation as Captain General of Cuba has just been ac- cepted, sails for Spain on Sunday next. He will be succeeded by General Jiminez _as- tellanos, a division commander. The transport Florida has on board four companies of the Second Volunteer Engi- neers, which recently left Tampa for Havana. All four companies of the Second Regi- ment Volunteer Engineers, which arrived off Marianao Beach this morning on board the Florida, landed by 9:30 o'clock at the Marianao wharf, with colors flying. They formed at the landing place and marched to their camp, two miles away, filing past General Green and his staff, who, on horseback, reviewed the men. All the men, with the exception of five who are still suffering from seasickness and were taken to the camp by train, were in line gnd all are in good ‘spirits and fit for uty. One hundred and fifty Cubans from Gen- eral Monocal’s dlvision, were employed in clearing the camp site, and by 11 o'clock the tents were being pitched for the first American camp at Havana. — - CABLE TO BE BUILT SOON TO HONOLULU Such a Measure Will Be Recommend- ed in the Message of the President. NEW YORK, Nov. 2%.—A special dis- patch to the World from Washington says: A cable between the United States and the Hawalian Islands wiil undouot- edly be provided for at the forthcoming session of Congress, The World corre- spondent is informed to-night by an of- ficlal close to the President that in i.s annual message the President will sug- ge!t the advisability of cable connection etween San Francisco and Honolulu. Special Dispatch to The Call. | German No | CRANTED PERMIT T0 OPEN COFFN Mrs.Druce’s Weird Story to Be Tested. IS ALLOWED FINAL APPEAL ALLEGED DECEPTION IN BURIAL OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND. His Daughter-in-Law Will Have an Opportunity to Establish the Claims of Her Son to the Title and Estate. Special Dispatch to The Call. 2 LONDON, Nov. The faculty of the diocese of London has granted Mrs. Anna Maria Druce, a daughter- in-law of the late Thomas C. -Druce, | who, she asserts, was the fifth Duke | of Portland, a permit to open and in- After- | ward, having realized the risk of ex- posure from his double existence, he caused a coffin to be buried, containing his supposed remains. If Mrs. Druce can establish her con- | tention that her father-in-law did' not | die in 1864, as supposed, the will can be invalidated and her son will become entitled to the estate and title now held by William, Duke of Portland. A recently published estimate of the Duke’s rent rolls places the amount at nearly £400,000 yearly. GENERAL McREYNOLDS DEAD. First Man Commissioned to Raise a Regiment for the Civil War. MUSKEGON, Mich., Nov. 25.—General | Andrew T. McReynolds, who was the first and only person commissioned by President Lincoin direct to. raise a regi- ment during the Rebellion, died to-day, aged 91. The deceased served in the Mex- ican War and was promoted to be major for gallantry. He served as United States District Attorney and rendered distin- guished servelce In the Civil War. General cReynolds claimed to be the oldest Knight Templar in the United States. He was always a Democrat. | i Care Necessary in, Making Cham- pagne. % Grapes to be used’in making cham- pagne are gathered with the utmost care, all imperfect berries being re- moved, for it is the treatment of grapes at the picking that fosters the quality of the wine. The first pressure given is very slight, in order not to squeeze out the coloring matter under the outer skin. This first delicately flavored and clear juice is used in making Pommery. The grapes are afterward subjected to three dis- tinct pressings, and this.juice, which is coarser and darker is sold to other concerns to be used in making cheaper grades of champagne. With a knowl- edge of facts like these it is easy to understand why connoisseurs and those whose taste is such as to enable them to discriminate between fine .and in- ferior champagne always prefer Pom- mery. S ‘Woodsman’s Awful Death. SAN JOSE, Nov. 25.—Carabini Caro, a waodchopper, living in the hills back of Congress Springs met a shocking death on, Wednesday afternoon. He and another Italian were engaged in chopping down a large tree. The trunk had been cut about half through when it split and fell with a crash in the direction of Caro. He ran to get out of the way, but was struck on Special Dispate! NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The Wa ald telegraphs: passage of the Nicaraguan canal Congress. Information has been re cuss the question with the Preside members of Congress, and as the William R. Grace, who is intere: was in Washington some days ago the President and Secretary Hay. that the concession granted to Me; effect uptil after the expiration of concession. Mr. Grace, 8o far as I poses to strongly recommend Gover! Maritime Canal Company’s project, he deems so necessary. mence immediately, in order that ber. fe3eggugagagaReReRaFuReFaga2uFaRotoPuReRagaFaaggagegagegad Powerful lobbies will be in Washington to oppose the several directors of the Panama canal will be here next week to dis- waterway means the death of the they will make a bitter effort to prevent action. get very much satisfaction from the officials. The President does not want the canal question complicated by any other cone such legislation will take advantage of the Eyre-Cragin concession to tangle up members of Congress and prevent the speedy action which Despite the lobbies I understand the Presi- dent hasla high hope that the canal houses before March 4, and that work Maritime Canal Company may be complied with and an extension ob- tained from the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican governments next Octo- DQ)&(CU:U}):(finfifi?&flfifiQflfififififififififlfififififi?fi TO LOBBY AGAINST NICARAGUAN CANAL Powerful Influences Will Be Used to Prevent Favorable Action by Congress. h to The Call shington correspondent of the Her- 1 bill during the coming session of ceived by the administration that nt and Secretary Hay and with construction of the Nicaraguan Panama project it is expected sted in the Eyre-Cragin concession, and talked over the situation with Mr. Grace was careful to point out ssrs. Eyre and Cragin will not take” the Maritime Canal Company’s have been able to learn, failed to on. He pro- nment aid in connection with the , and he fears that the opponents of bill will be passed by both will be authorized to com- the terms of the concession of the eRegegst getotegegegegagegepubegegePegegegugagegegopegecguel SPAIN WILL EYHALST THE TIME LIMIT Postpones Reply Un- til Last Moment. |SEEKING A BETTER BARGAIN| | WANTS A HUNDRED MILLIONSE FOR THE PHILIPPINES. | | | Willing to Cede Certain Territory in the Carolines and Canaries to Retain Nominal Sover- eignty in the Far East. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Nov. %.—It is now known }thzu Spain will exhaust her time limit, | | spect the coffin alleged to contain the | remains of her father-in-law, a man | s to have been buried as Thomas C. Druce. Chancellor Tristam, in rendering the deciston at the Consistory of the Court of St. Paul's, granted fifteen days for | an .ppeal. Notification of an appeal | was immediately filed. A final order was obtained by I\h‘s.] Druce in the High Court of Appeals on | November 2, directing the faculty | and the Chancellor of the diocese of London to issue a permit to allow her to open the coffin. Mrs. Druce claims that the alleged death and buriai of her father-in-law were deceptions and that he lived and finally died in a lunatic asylum as Mr. Harmer. Her son, whom she asserts | is the rightful Duke of Portland, is | said to be a domestic servant and was last heard of in Australia. Mrs. Druce says her father-in-law, as the fifth Duke of Portland, having suf- fered keen remorse and abject fear as the result of the tragic death of his/ brother, Lord George Bentinck—the | two having been in love with the same | woman—adopted the name of Thomas | Charles Druce, transferring to himself | as Druce an immense property. which expires Monday, before !‘eplylng: to the American offer regarding the Philippine Islands. In the meantime | the Spaniards are canvassing the entire | | field and exhausting every resource !0; postpone the inevitable. | As cabled to the Associated Press| Wednesday, they could not accept the | American ultizaatum as final withoutg asking if it were really so. That ap- | plied to the time limit. Now the Span-i iards apparently doubt the fixedness of the amount the Americans offered for the Philippines, and to-day they sent a communication” to the American Com- foners, asking if the latter would | accept a counter proposition by Spain | to cede the Philippines for $100,000,000. | Spain imagines the Americans might be | willing to lop off the great island of | Mindanao from the Philippines and pay Spain $60,000,000 for what would re- main, instead of $20,000,000 now offered | for the entire archipelago. Spain, before giving up or turning away, will also propose some alterna- tive bargain of the Carolines or the Ca- ary Islands to be held in the posses- sion of the United States in addition to the Philippine ‘Islands, on condition that Spain be permitted to retain her sovereignty in the Philippintes, In other words, Spain would cede certain terri- tory in the Carolines and Canaries and the control United States with a nominal Spanish sovereignty, and, as a further induce- ment, proposes that the United States shall pay Spain no money on account of the Philippine Islands. Senor Montero Rios told the corre- spondent of the Associated Press this evening that the Spanish Peace Com- mission had not yet decided upon the answer to be given to the last Ameri- can memorandum. “We are considering the matter,” he said, “in a conciliatory spirit and are anxious to re-establish friendly rela- tions between the two countries. At the same time we are here to defend the interests and honor of Spain.” In reply to an inquiry as to whether there was any truth in the report that the Spanish Commissioners had = de- cided to accept the American offer of $20,000,000 -for the Philippines, Senor Rios, shaking his head, said: “No, no; the commission has not yet decided on its answer. What our re- ply will be can only be determined at the conference on Monday, when we will discuss the matter with the Ameri- cans. At the same time,” he added in a still lower voice, “we will follow the instructions that may be received from Madrid.” “Then the final instructions have not yet come from Madrid?” asked the cor- respondent. ‘Ah, but we are approaching a con- fidential matter,” said Senor Rios, in- nocently. “Everything connected with both commissions is a secret.” e DINGLEY EXPLAINS THE “OPEN DOOR” POLICY Talks of Future Commerce of the Philippines in Case Uncle Sam Acquires Them. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Chairman Dingley of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, in an interview to-day, ex- plained the “open door” policy as ap- plied to the future commerce of the Philippines in case they should be ac- quired by the United States: :“The phrase ‘open door policy,” which is now being talked about so much in | the newspapers,” said Mr. Dingley, “means simply equality of treatment | and not free trade. As applied to the , dependency of a country, it simply | means that imports from all countries are to be admitted on the same terms mi. 1 of the Philippines by the| T, mean that imports from Great Britain and all other foreign countries are to be admitted at the same rate of duty as imports from the United States. “Of course, this policy could not be applied to the Philippines if they should be admitted-into the Union with a territorial form of government, be- cause the constitution provides that duties shall be uniform within tha United States, unless there should be an amendment to the constitution per- mitting this. Whether it would be pos- sible to apply this policy to the Philip- pines after they should become a part of the territory of the United States under that provision of the constitu- tion which authorizes Congress to make needful rules and regulations respect- ing the territory or other property of the United States, I am not prepared to say. It is noticeable, however, that in the resolution providing for the an- nexation of Hawali, passed at the last session of Congress, it was provided that the Hawaiian Islands tariff shoald | continue in force until Congress should otherwise determine. “It is to be borne in mind, however, that the present talk about an ‘open- | door’ policy for the Philippines is .in- | tended to apply entirely to those isl- ands while under a military adminis- | tration, which would be permissible, | and not to apply to those islands after they shall have been formally recog- nized as a part of the United States. “In the discussion of the ‘open- policy’ I notice that many papers -as- sume that it is the uniform policy of Great Britain in her colonies. It shéuld be borne in mind, however, that there is a conspicuous exception to the case of Canada, her most important colony, which admits imports from Great Brit- ain at 25 per cent less duty than ' is | charged to us and other countries. ,It is understood that this policy was adopted by Canada on the suggestion, at least with the approval of, Mr. Chamberlain, British Secretary for the Colonies, and that he is urging other colonies of Great Britain to give a sim- ilar preference to that country.” SATISFACTORY TERMS WILL BE SECURED NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Presi- dent McKinley called a special meeting of the Cabinet to-night to consider a 500-word cablegram from the Peace Commission, which was received by Secretary Hay late this afternoon: The Cabinet was in session from 9:30 o’clock until 11, and after the meeting members were reticent as to what had trans- pired. 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