The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL, MON DAY, DECEMBER 19, 1898. THREATEN | TO BLOCK THE | LEGISLATURE State Printing Office to Be Used to Prolong the Senatorial Fight. Plot of Politicians to Checkmate the Board of Examiners and Clog Organization of the Incoming State Gov- ernment. oh Printing O may re; may be in ontest for United States Sena- | an old trick of dishonest legis- ators to extend such a contest as long as ancial and other | s action, but it is seldom petty politicians will place nd their honor so con: on the auction block. I te ously i HAMILTON LEWIS DECLARES FOR PROGRESS The Washington Congressman Does | Not Join Democrats Who Op- pose Expansion. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—“The Democratic | party must be a progre: and emust be opened not a party of mere o i it | would retain the confidence of the peo- | ple of this countr; aid the James Hamilton Lewis of Washington To- at the Auditorium Annex to-day. gether with Mrs, Le the Congr man is on his way to Washineton. ‘I am a Democrat,” he continued. but I do not feel I n act with my party if it plac i If in opposition to the policy of expansion on which the country has embarked. But I do not believe a majority of the Democratic members of the House can be whibped into line to oppose this policy. | “The $20,000,000 payment clause in the | icated in a_ nderstanding as understood as a at the indorsement 4 & 2 ? aminers should b peace treaty I do not favor. but I do = not consider that sufficient reason for der the State 1 opposing the whole in trument. which e Board of g I belleve will be ratifi WAS A BELLE IN * JACKSON'S TIME | Mrs. Mary Tutt Throckmorton Killed | by Accidentally Inhaling Gas. IINGTON, Dec. 18.—Mrs. Mary rockmorton, who in her early life der in society here, died to-night | the effects of inhaling illuminating | ie and dem cmPsm WO as full discretion ut the indors which escaped by accident in her | n policy t She wa ary of age. | time when public business - In the begi of Jackson's second | ‘.»:dn)Tufi:Ibv ;11;’@ : §| term as President. Mrs. Throckmorton, | should=be ‘done now. e It Miss Tutt, made her debut in me‘ -gislature who long contest | executive mansion. Martin Van Buren was one of the girl's admirers and her reported engagement to him was one of | the society rumors of the capital. Charles B. Throckmorton, son, arriv here to- from' New York. The latter's daughte Jjosephine Holt Throckmorton, was the legatee under the famous alleged will of | | the late Judge Joseph Holt, afterward | | declared a forgery. certain member see personal ady for the United After the conferenc or, the ate Pri h was over the indo: Jaining members of the Board of Exam- | Vi Secretary of State recognizing the neces- | on, at once promised to audit the demand of the State Prin It was seen that it is imper printed the reports of the St the Board of aminer: urer and the State Board of Prison Dire tor: These documents, with the me: sages of Governor Budd and of Governor- lect Gage, must in printed form be sub- itted to the consideration of the Legisla- For these reasons, so imperative the point of view of public policy, ccretary of State Brown signed an order athorizing the State Printer to proceed t once to the printing of the necessary yers, reports, documents and messages. » third member of the Board of E ers. Attorney General W. F. Fitzger- was also seen. He at once signed the giving the State Printer the au- ro- ceed. Governor Budd, as Governor and as a member of the Board of Examiners, also affixed his signature, and it seemed as if te Printer Johnston needed nothing further in the way of official indorsement for the necessary Work. In order that there might be no mis- take in the matter the State Printer, the Governor and his assocfates in the Board of Examiners agreed upon the documents t were to be printed. The list included about 150 items, each one of which was ordered by the examiners to be printed. In the list as originally arranged, the re- port of the Prison Directors was omitted end the report of the Senatorial Commit- tee on the Harbor Commissis suddenly taken ill between the Gov- | ter and friends of | Major ment of the re- | re TRAIN ARRIVES AT KUSK. | | New Railway Nears the Capital of | Afghanistan. LONDON, Dec. 18—The St. Petersburg | correspondent of the Times says that the first train from Merv, Russian Turkestan, 200 miles southeast of Lahiva, arrived on Friday last at Kusk, in the Jamshidl rovince of Afghanistan, the line thus eing completed to within ninety-five | miles of Herat. 3 | = ! Bryan Goes to Washington. | NEW YORK, Dec. 18—Colonel William | J. Bryan left for Washington on the mid- night_ train, after spending the day with | friends. { . Hold-Up in a Depot. ; BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 18.—A lone high- | waymen walked into the Butte, snaconda | and Pacific depot here to-night, held up the ticket seller at the point of a revolver and retreated with $300 in cash. | King Oscar II IIL LONDON, Dec. correspondent of the Dally Mall says King f Sweden and Norway has been e intan and is now confined to thority of the Board of Examiners to on was in- serted. This arrangement Was Ieve | thusiasm. Although to-day was sup- | To thoroughly explain what is going | of speech-making and of enthusiasm | 19.—The Copenhagen | 8nd this has been done chiefly by Dem- PRESIDENT BUSY EVEN ON' SUNDAY Attends Divine Serv- ice at Savannah. | fought against Southern troops. or by SPEAKS TO NEGRO STUDENTS AND VISITS THE CAMP OF THE| SEVENTH AKITY CORPS. Members of the Cabinet, Particularly Secretary Alger, Also Inspect the Condition of the ! Soldiers. ‘ 1 Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAVANNAH, otwith- | | standing this was supposed to be a day | dential party, it | was, as a matter of fact, filled with in- | terest and acti The day was &n| ideal one. Though they had sat late to the ban- quet last night—It was near 2 o'clock wk General Wheeler delivered his de- lightful peroration to ‘‘Woman'—the dent and accompanying members of his Cabinet arose to breakfast at about the usual hour, and later they separated to attend divine services. President McKinley attended church at the Wesley Monumental Methodist Church. M McKinley did not ac- company him. She is suffering from a slight cold .nd remained in the hotel. Her indisposition, however, does not amount to real illness and this after- noon she was able to take a carriage ride about the city. The President w met at the door of wurch by leading members of the gation, who ted him to the rved for him. As he entered the congregation arose and remained standing until he had taken his seat. The sermon was by Rev. John A. Thompson, D.D. There was no refer- ence to t inguished presence dur- ing the service, beyond an invocation by the preacher for divine guidance the President during the crisis onted the country. for W Secretary Al attended th Church, and formal levee in the ai sons crowding around them to shake d bid them welcome. al Joseph Wheeler and Secre- Vils; attended the st Bap- After the service th shook hands with several hundred per- son Long attended St. ch, and Secretar pendent Presbyterian. eeted by many members tions. inner the President visited the Georgia Agricultural Medical College (colored), where he delivered an ad- The route to the college took dent through the camp of the e Army Corps and, going and coming, he pped at the camp for a brief inspection and to speak words of appreciation and encouragement to the 2 Alger and General ted the camps. Secretary Alger paid more attention to the camp than any other member of the par! He went through several of the regimental villages from head- quarters to kitchens and made a crit- ical on. He also visited the the First Division. where to the sick men and to their wants and upplied. After his trip he expressed himself as very much gratified with the camp and the work of the State hospital corps. | Postmaster General Smith, General Shafter and the newspaper correspond- ents with the Presidential party were | the guests of the officers of the Third | Battalion, Third Georgia Regiment, at the camp this afternoon. An oyster dinner v served. Postmaster General Smith made a short address, during the course of which he paid a high tribute | to the press for its Integrity. General Shafter made an impromptu conversational talk to the me bled, which was full of sugegestive and at once placed the general in touch with all of his hearers. After dinner the 7 made an inspection of the camps. Without exception the vi lprum;unc»-d the arrangements ex ent. The members of the visiting party spent the evening in the parlors of the hotel until the time came for them to | depart for Macon, for which place their train left at midnight. On the way to the depot the President was greeted | with hearty cheers, as indeed he has h‘nbn every time he has come within | sight during his visit here. WKINLEY HAS WON ALL SOUTHERN HEARTS SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 18.—The visit | of the President and his party to| Savannah ended to-night after two | days of remarkable displays of en- | posed to be a day of rest, the Presi dent attended two public functions and | received ovations. But far above the importance of the receptions to-day | gnd the receptions already reported is the fact that the original object of | President McKinley's visit has been en- tirely lost sight of. The unprecedented | outbursts of loyalty to the Union have | completely overshadowed the rejoicing | over the peace with Spain, though par- | ticipation in the latter was the avowed object of the President’s Southern trip. on in the South to-day, it is necessary to not only record the céntinuous en- thusiasm and hospitable receptions, but also to recount the causes that have made the trip so remarkable. In all the speeches and in all the demonstra- tions which have marked the Presi- dent’s visit to Atlanta, Tuskegee, Mont- gomery and Savannah, there has been the tacit admission that the war with Spain was the great factor in achiev- ing the result, but it is to the result and not to the factor that the chief trend has lent itself. Political influences seem to play nd part in the reception of President McKinley. On all sides there is an eagerness to publicly express the loyalty of the Southern States and to admit that the war with Spain not only helped to weld the compact of the sections, but gave to the South the opportunity to express sentiments of loyalty that have long lived, but which have lacked opportunity of expression, ocrats, most of whom fought for the stars and bars, and to all of whom the name of Davis is a sacred memory. EREahE 10 and the dis- cussion of the civil war have led to many delicate situations that were only saved from becoming irritating dilem- mas by the tact of a President who the graceful utterances of the Confed- erate who years ago opposed him on the battlefield. The marvelous scenes of an audience in the old Confederate capital cheering the stars and stripes until they grew hoarse, of Confederate veterans struggling to grasp the hand of a Northern Republican President: of General Wheeler leading the people of his State in cheers for William Mc- Kinley in the place where Jefferson | Davis once urged the South to fight| for separation, are all redeemed from | the suspicion of fulsomeness or the faint praise of politicians by the blunt truthfulness of the men who led in these new and tremendously fervent declarations of loyalty. Governor John- ston of Alabama said at Montgomery: “We of the South have nothing to re- | xcept our dead,” but he at once| on to say that he rejoiced in the With a strong accent | any man now said. | “Is Union?” he asked an al Juestion, becau bama’s Ity had been proven by Wheeler and Hobson, and there wers hundreds of other Wheelers and Hob- sons in Alabama ready to give equal| proof of Alabamg’s glad fealty to the| Union. Such utterances as th have marked | the trip with more frequency than it has been possible to report. On the part of the former Confederates who have made addre of welcome to] President McK there has been no eleventh hour of sin. Inj substance they have all said that lhc’\'l fought for what they then thought was | right; that they neither blame them-| selves nor their dead fathers or sons for enlisting in the cause of the Con-| federacy; but that they accept to-day | the changed conditions with a gladness ncerity they never felt until the r with Spain knit the nation into a common cause and.until a Republican President urged the people of the North and South to honor the Confederate dead. In the latter reason lies the main incentive to the intense and almost un- expected enthusiasm with which the Presidential party had been greeted Mr. McKinley's first speech in At- | v a speaker Oor a paper | gia has made ref. | ence to the President without mention- | ing on every occasion his tribute to th: Confederate dead. A distinguish Southerner said to a correspondent: “There have been many reunions ¢ North and South on paper and in speeches. These were well meant. but| they nified little, because neither | side had given in to the other on the| principles that they fought over. This suggestion of the President to care for our dead is the st _practicable evi- nce given to the uth that the North really means what it says. and it has touched our hearts more than| we n say. Coming as it does upon gave to the South the chance to prov her loyalty, this utterance of the Pr dent enables us to say not only that w are true to the Union, but for the first| time that we love it.” This utterance r public a host of that have I ‘of i the outh. It is ovinions nt Georg of whom arly E f 8 oD- = President in politics. but him right glad! chief executive a > wi celebration of the has become almost entirely a genuine practical ratification of the peace between North and South. epoch-making in its significance, thrill- | ing in its details and pathetie In the | countless memories that it awakens. | -— THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS | TO THE COLORED PEOPLE SAVA AH, ( ure of the Pre to Georgia Ag 1., Dec. 18.—The fe s day was his visi cultural and Mechanical an institution for col- pported by the State of | dent is R. R. Wright, colored, who was recently appointed by ident McKinle s a paymaster in | volunteer army, with the rank of | but who has re: turned to the school. There were no elaborate exercises connected with his t. The pupils were gathered in the chapel. Mr. McKinley was introduced by the president of the college. He | 1low citizens: I have been profoundly | d with this scene and 1 have been | eeply touched with the eloguent words and the exalted sentiments which ha been uttered by the gentleman delegated to speak in your be gives me pecultar pleasire to meet you and to greet vou in this institution of arning presided over by one whom I ave known for more than twenty years come to admire and r he splendid leaders ate him and all a ood work done n of your race. I ou upon the splendid y you in the last third of ou are all entitled to praise here Y and to high commendation, which I am you receive from your white | W eiti s in this and every part of the country. 1 congratulate you upon your acquirement of property. Many of Your race have large properties on the ta in the several States, and in that | way contribute proportionately to the | support of the Government. I congratu- te you upon what you have done in | learning and the acquirement of useful | knowledge, on the *t that there is not a foot of ground beneath the flag of Stars | and Stripes where every boy and girl, | white or black, cannot an education | fo fit them for the battle of life. the Keep on word I would leave with you to- Keep on in the efforts upward, but remember that in acquiring knowledge | there is one thing as important as that, and that is character. Nothing in the whole wide world Is worth so much, will last so long and serve its purpose so well as good character. It is something that 1o one ean take from you, that no one can give to you. You must acquire it for | yourself. | “There s another thing. Do not forget | the home. The home is the foundation of | good individual life and organized govern- ment. Cultivate good homes, make them pure and sweet, elevate them and other good things will follow. I congratulate you that this institution is not only look- ing after the head, but after the hand. I congratulate you that 4t is not only mak- ing orators, but good mechanic; It is better to He a skilled mechanic than a poor orator or an indifferent preacher. (Great applause.) In a word, each of you | must want to be_the best in whatever | you undertake. Nothing in the world | commands_more respect than skill and industry. Every avenue is open to it. “I congratulate you upon the splendid valor of your race. My friend, the Presi- dent, has made an allusion in his speech to what many years ago I sald in a pub- lic address. I told of a white colonel who had delivered the flag of our country to his black color sergeant and said to him: ‘Sergeant, I place in your hands this sacred flag. ght for it; yes, die for it; but never surrender it to the hands of an enemy.” That black soldier, with love of country and pride in his heart, an- swered: ‘I will bring the flag back, col- onel, in honor, or report to God the reason whay." In one battle, in carrying that flag of freedom, he was stricken down. He fell with the folds of that flag wrapped about him, bathed in his blood. He did not bring it back, but God knew the rea- son why. He did all he could, all any man could do. He gave his heart's blood for that flag. At San Juan Hill and at El Caney—but General Wheeler is here. (Great applause.) I know he can tell you better than I can of the splendid heroism of the black regiments which fought side by side with the white troops on that historic field. Mr. Lincoln was not far from right when, speaking of the black men, he said: “The time will come when they will help to keep the jewel of liberty in the hands of the human race,’ and in a third of the centur{ since you have helped to give liberty in Cuba to an op- ressed_people. I leave with you this one | W. Platt, who is connected with Wells, word, ‘keep on.’ You will solve your own problem. Be patient. Be progressive. Be honest. Be God-fearing and you will win, Ior no effort fails that has a stout, honest, earnest heart behind it. At the conclusion of the President’s speech “America” was sung by all present, with possibly more vigor and spirit than harmony. General Joseph ‘Wheeler was introduced as ‘“the hero of Santlago.” He was given an ova- tion which lasted for several minutes. He spoke briefly of the hope and glory of the country and of the efforts which were being made by both white and colored people to secure educations. After General Wheeler’s speech he was | applauded for several minutes. Secretary Gage also spoke. He said that he had not fully realized until this trip South that there was any such thing as a negro problem, and that it was of such widespread proportions. ‘What he had seen, however, had opened his eyes. There was such a problem, and it was a very serious one. How- the information derived by him at kegee and at the school which he was addressing has led him to believe the true solution of the problem has been found, and that it lay in the in- dustrial education of the colored youth. on plans that were being worked out at | the institutions named. Returning from the college. the Presidential party passed through the camp of the Indiana regiment, which is to embark for Cuba on the transport Minnewaska to-morrow mornine. The President graciously wished the offi- cers and men godspeed and a safe re- turn. SHAFTER EVIDENTLY DOESN'T LIKE CUBANS SAVANNAH, Ga.,, Dec. 18.—At rhe‘ collation of the officers of the Third Georgia Regiment to Postmaster Gen- eral Smith and the newspaper corre- spondents this afternoon General Shaf- ter had some interesting things to say about Cuba and the Cubans. He did not make a speech, but in a conversa- tional way expressed himself. his re- marks being nominally addressed to Colonel Berner of the Georgians, though they were intended for the whole assemblage. “It seems to me, ter, “that a great many persons have | an erroneous idea respecting our rela- | tions with the Cuban As T view it we have taken Spain’s war upon our- | selves. We shall in all probability hear | a good deal more of the ‘insurgents.’” | “How about sélf-government for the | Cubans?” General Shafter was as ml.‘ “Self government,” the general re- | peated. ‘“Why, those people are no more fit for self-government than gun- | powder is for hell.” | In the same line General Shafter went on to tell why the United States. in| his opinton, would be obliged to remain | in the island for some time and govern | the territory by military force. JERNEGAN WISHES TO RETURN FROM EURJPE Malkes a Peace Offering to the Elec- trolytic Marine Salt Com- pany. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 18.—It is stated on the authority of a member of the committee appointed to make an in- vestigation of the so-called Jernegan pro- of extracting gold from sea water that Rev. P. F. Jernegan, formerly of this city, who is now in Brussels has actually sent to the directors of the Electrolytic Marine Salt Company $75,00 in cash as a sort of a peace offering preliminary to his return to the United States with his fam- ily. Jernegan converted all his stock and securities into cash previous to going | abroad, and it is nearly one-third of the proceeds that he has returned. A DISTINGUISH!'D THEOLOGIAN DEAD REV. W. H. PLATT SUCCUMBS TO | KIDNEY TROUBLES. Short Sketch of a Busy Life Well | Spent—Some Important Publi- cations That Won Him Fame. | Horace G. Platt, the distinguished at- torney of this city, was vesterday ap- prised of the death of his father, Rev. W. H. Platt, who passed away in his country home at Petersburg, Va. Death was the result of kidney trouble, but the famous theologian’s end was hastened by the sudden taking off of his wife three weeks ago. The news ¢f his father’s demise has been a severe one to Mr. Platt and his brothers, occurring, as it did, so soon after “the death of thelr mother. Dr. t's last hours were comforted by the ence of two of his children, E. C. t, treasurer of the Postal Telegraph Company, and Mrs. A. W. Kent of New York. who was formerly Miss Nina Platt of this city, a reigning belle. Besides the three children already mentioned, Dr. Platt leaves two more to survive him. They are John M. Platt, treasurer of the California Wine Association, and Charles Fargo & Co.’s Bank. The deceased was known personally and by reputation in this State and through- out the East. He was at one time a res- ident of this city, and officlated as rector | of Grace Episcopal Church, corner Cali: fornia and Stockton streets, now presided | over by the Rev. R. Foute.” While | here he attracted marked attention | through his brilllant pulpit orations and | thougntful publications. He delivered a course of lectures at the Hastings aw | College during his stay on the “Kthics of | the Law,” which were afterward pub-| lished in book form and had a wide cir-| culation.. The late Dr. Platt was a self-educated ~ n He Charon, N. Y. At the age of t-made and | was born in| vears ago. went South and | through hardship and under distressing | circumstances he secured his education. | He gained his first start in life in Mobile, | er he had been admitted to the bar. | ating and sleeping in his little office, | he waited for clients who never material 1zed, until through good fortune he was appointed to derena a prisoner. After | Lis eloquent argument on the prisoner’'s behalf, clients were not wanting and the | tide of ill-fortune turned. He was law partner of Governor Peter Burnett of this tate, who then resided in Mobile, and he | was afterward appointed District Attor- ney of Alabama. He married Miss Cuth- burt, daughter of Judge Cuthburt, who | was at that time Congressman from Ala- bama. Through the loss of a favorite brother and nine hours' exposure in the waters of Mobile Bay, due to shipwreck, his | thoughts turned to the ministry. His first charge was at Selma, Ala., and in 1859 he moved to Petersburg, Va., taking the of- fice of rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He remained there during the war, and in 186 moved to Louisville, Ky & ty. He was at | the head of Grace Church until 1881, when he left for Rochester, N. Y., remaining in | that city until 1881, when he retired. He | then traveled through Europe, and on his return took up residence at his old home | in Petersburg, Va., whence he will be borne to his last resting place. Dr. Platt’s principal work has been as an author. During his visit in Europe he | studied art, and on his return he published | a text book on Ruskin. Other works have followed rapidly. In 1883 he made a learned reply to Ingersoll in a book entitled “God Out and Man In.”” Other important theo- logical works followed, as did also a novel and some widely printed dpoetry, The poetry Horace G. Platt intends collecting and printing in book form within a short me. The deceased was a member of the vet- erans of the Mexican War Society and was a high member in the Masonic oraer. The news of his death will be received with regret by all who knew him, as he was a genial and a lovable man. ———————— Postage on the Holiday Edition of The Call is: Domestic, 3 cents; rn.l | are in the wrong places and have not | | been another stabbing affray at Bai- | quiri. Brokers chew L ’ g iper Heidsieck Plug Tobacco “on the board.” It helps them hold on until the right moment! It is a perfect chew—pleasant and satisfying. Just a nip of it now and then gives nerve to busy business men. CHAMPAGNE FLAVOR. DSISTERTD THE CRUISER CINCIANATI Warship Strikes oni; a Rock. WAS GOING AT FULL SPEED ACCIDENT OCCURS IN SANTIAGO HARBOR. Collier Southery and the Mayflower | Fail in Repeated Attempts to Float the Vessel. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 18.—| While the United States cruiser Cin- cinnati was leaving port at about sun- | set yesterday she ran full speed upon | a rock clearly defined in the charts. but | not buoyed. Last September General | Leonard Wood, considering that the ab- sence of a buoy there might lead to| some accident, anchored a small one, the first ever placed there, but the; Bessie, on entering the harbor one night, carried it away, and since then there has been no buoy to mark the location of the rock. The Cincinnati | probably is not seriously damaged. as | she is not making water. For the last | twenty hours the Government collier | Southery and the Mayflower have been engaged in an effort to pull her off. Thus far they have been unsuccessful. but it is hoped they will have better | luck to-night at high tide. The princi- pal risk now is of tearing a hole'in the cruiser's bottom while hauling her off. Captain C. M. Chester, the cruiser's commander, insists that the land marks | been altered in apy way since the Am- erican occupation. Pilots are not com- pulsory upon the entrance of warships. | but the Santiago harbor is difficult and a warship should invariably take one. Hereafter a large buoy will mark the rock upon which the Cincinnati struck. It now turns out that the man who was shot here Friday morning by a Cuban negro after landing from a schooner hailing from Baracoa. was not, as at first supposed, Celesto Rod- riguez, the guerrilla, but a merchant| from Baracoa, who had come here to purchase supplies. The assumption is that the erime was committed for the sake of robbery. From Firmesa, a town which is vir- tually the property of the Juragua Iron Company, comes a report that the alcalde has been attacked and stabbed with a machete and that there has Although these affairs are prob- ably mining camp rows, the authori- ties now feel compelled to police those places, which heretofore has been un- necessary owing to the fact that a majority of the workmen were Spanish soldiers and under military discipline. The arrival of the mews that the United States Senate had confirmed the nomination of General Wood as a major general was the occasion for general rejoicing here. General Wood was at El Morro examining the im- provements, and got his first intima- tion when the Punta Gorda battery fired a major general's salute. The bells in the cathedral and churches were rung, the civic band played for several hours and in the crowded cafes and clubs there were toasts and cheers in honor of the military governor. A round of receptions has been ar- ranged and a public banquet planned. Gordon Memorial College. LONDON, Dec. 18—The Rome corre- respondent of the Daily Mall says he _that-the Duke of-Connaught- will go to Khartoum as the representative of the Queen to lay the foundation stone of the Gordon Memorial College to be erect- ed there under the direction of Lord Kitchener for the instruction of Soudan- ese youth. EVERYTHING AMERICAN PRAISED BY MORI Japanese Naval Commander Talks of This Country and the Recent War. SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—Commander Ichibet Mori, who has arrived here from Japan with a number of seamen, will shortly leave for San Francisco to take charge of the cruiser Chitose. The commander has an intense admira~ tion for everything American. He says the policy of expansion which has been adopted by the United States receives the most cordial support of the Japanese. They had long looked with sympathetic eyes at the oppressions heaped upon the natives of the Philippines by Spain and were glad when the strong arm of Com- modore Dewey put an end to them. ‘Another cause of their favor is that the islands now probably will be opened to commerce, furnishing a new and Im- portant field for traffic of all nations, ona of the most important of which, on ac- count of the accessibility of the Malayan markets, will be Japan ptain Mori believes that the United States is entitled to the islands, not only | for reasons of humanity, but as the legit- imate fruits of a victorious war. It would be preposterous, he says, to seri- ously think for a moment of returning them to Spain. The American methods of warfare were critically studied during the recent con= fiict, and Japan will adopt many of the improvements which were demonstrated to be feasible. In the meantime, the building of the new navy will go on as planned at the end of the war with China, and a considerable portion of fu- ture contracts for warships will be let to American firms, he says. One of the prin- cipal reasons of this, aside from the su- perior workmanship, will be that the United States is nearer to the home coun- try, so that the vessels can be taken across the Pacific without the long voy- age through the Suez Canal or around the Cape of Good Hope. GENERAL CLOUS NIPS A SPANISH “J0B” Prevents the Letting of a Sewer Con= tract in the City of Havana. HAVANA, Dec. 18.—General Clous called on General Castellanos this even- ing to bring to the latter’s notice ths action of the Havana municipality in attempting to hastily negotiate, during the last days of Spain’s control. a sewer contract involving the city in an in= debtedness of millions of dollars. The project underlying the contract was approved by the municipality last Friday without sufficient examination, and the contract was to have been executed at the next meeting of the council to-mMOrrow morning. General Castellanos expressed his surprise, asserting that he had received no previous intimation of the contem- plated action, and thanked General Clous for informing him regarding a proposal which was entirely without his sanction and opposed to his directions and desires. He promptly announced that his secretary would inform the civil governor and the municipal au< thorities that no contracts of this na- ture must be entered upon, and that whatever had been done in this line must be annulled. - SIXTEEN LOCOMOTIVES FOR CHINESE RAILWAY Baldwin Works Completes the Second Order for the Imperial Line. PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 18.—The Baldwin Locomotive Works has, withe in the last few days, received orders for fifty-six locomotives, of which six- teen are for the Imperial Railway of China, making the second order re= ceived from that country within ten months. A contract with the Reading Rallroad Company calls for twenty-five freight engines and flve switching engines of the heaviest type ever operated on tha system. They are to be specially adapted for use in the subway. The Chicago and Western has ordered ten large freight engines, while numerous small orders have been received from: railroads all over the country. In ad= dition to working day and night it hag recently been found necessary to in< 'cregse the force of men at the worka, .