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BUTY or This NATION. New Possessions in the Philippines Cannot Be Abandoned. President Mcliinlcy’l Address at a Banquet in Savannah, Ga. -— He Spends a Busy Sunday in That City. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19.—~President McKinley, on his entry into Savannah at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning, was welcomed with a salute of 21 guns, fired from brass cannon presented by Gen. Washington to the Chaiham guards, of Savannah, 108 years ago. Ten thousand people were massed at the front of the De Soto hotel to greet him, and against their determination to get close to the carriages of the presidential party the Georgia hussars, acting as escort, and the provost guard, .Were as toy soldiers. After a brief halt at the hotel, the presidential party proceeded to the re— viewing stand, erected at Forsythe park. Fourteen thousand soldiers of the Seventh army corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. J. Warren Kiet‘er, passed in review before the commander in chief, and the impressive military ceremonial was witnessed by 30,000 civilian specta- tors- Three hundred persons were present at the banquet table at night, and when President McKinley arose to respond ,to the toast, “The United States,” the cheering was as enthusiastic as any that has characterized his week of tri- umphs. President on Nation!!! Duty. When the applause had subsided the president said: i “There is cause for congratulation that with the grave problems before us growing out of the war with Spain, we are free from any divisions at home. "Our financial and revenue policies can-r not be changed for at least four years. and whatever legislation may be had affecting them during that period will be to improve and strengthen. not destroy them. “The public mind can, therefore. repose in reasonable security, while business will proceed without apprehension of serious and sudden changes so distracting to the , commercial world and so distracting to the business man. All of which is fortunate tor the country, for every interest and every section of the country. "Even those who desire other and dig- terent policies prefer permanence to con- stant change. or. what is almost as hurtful, the fear of change. There are happily now no domestic differences to check the prog- ress and prosperity‘of the country which our peacetul relations with the whole world, will encourage and’stneng‘then. “This is fortunate, too. inanother sense. It leaves the country tree to consider and discuss new questions which are immedi- ately before us, unbiased by party or past political alliances. These new questions are to be thought out and wrought out, not in a spirit'of partisanship, but in s. spirit of patriotism. not for the temporary ad» vantage of one party or the other, but for the lasting advantage of the country. An Unexp‘lorcd Field. , "Neither prejudice nor passion, nor pre- vious condition can embarrass the free 110- V tion and calm judgment of ,the citizen. We ; have entered upon new paths. We are treading in sn‘unexploredrfieldwnmh will test our wisdom and statesmsnship. “The chic! con’siderationilo one county our actions must be controlled by it settlement ls adrfileabIe which will not preserve our honor and promote the best interests of all concerned. “With a united country and the gathered wisdom of all the people. seekinxoniy the right. inspired only by high purposes. moved only by duty and humanity, we can— not err. We may be baffled or deterred and often discouraged, but final success! in a‘ cause which is altogether unselfish and hu- manitarian can only be deferred,,not pre~ vented. “It, following the clear precepts of duty. territory falls to us, and the waiters of an alien people require our guidance and pro- tection, who will shrink from the respon- sibility. grave though it may he? “Can we leave those people who. by the fortunes of war and our own acts, and helpless and without government to chaos and anarchy. after we have destroyed the only government they have had? Duty ls Apparent. "After déstmylng their government: it is the duty of the American government to provide for them a better one. shall we, distrust ourselves, shall we proclaim to the world our inability to give kindly govern- ment to oppressed peoples, whose future, by the-victories of war. is confided to us? -_ We may wish it were otherwise. but who will question our duty now? . V “It is not a question of keeping the x3. lands of .che east,» butts: Deviey and Mferrltt‘ took» one a country instantly and universally applaud. :83! witulbut universal condemnotlo , time.- from the 1st of! May, the or of his with. its boldness and heroism? ‘ “Was it right to order Dewey in“. Manila and capture or destroy the Spanish" ls army to; , fleet? and dispatch Merritt and h residence him? “it it Were duty to send themthero, and V only required, thorn ioregtaln there, towns their clear duty to south ate the fleet. take the city of Manila, and destroy the sci’vereignly in the archipelago. glvo‘to the inhabitants protection and also our guidance to, a better government... “which will secure to them. peace and order ‘* and security in their life and proper-tsp“ d, in the purusit of happiness? “Are we unable to do this? Am we go sit down in our isolation and recognize no obligation to a. struB‘EunSfi people whose present conditions we have conu’ibgted to maids? I would gopher ha s top- of the Poet Bryant when "Thou, my countryk‘thou shalt new Seas and stormy air _, . , Are the wide barrier of thy borders, when Among thy gallant sons that guard thee well, Thou laughst at enemies. Who shall then declare _, The date of my deep founded strength. or tell How happy in thy lanthe sons 0: men shall dwell? "My fallow-citizens, whatever covenants duty has made for us in the. Year 1898 we must keep." ‘ '_ Other Micaela“. Secretary at the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, was heard earlier in the evening in an address dealing With the growing commerce of the nation. 9 exclai s: r, fall. Secretary Alger responded to “The Army,” and Secretary Wilson spoke upon “Agriculture.”' Gen. Wheeler, timid intense enthusiasm, replied to the toast». ‘jWoman,” with a glowing. chiv- alrour tribute. which, thoiigh brief, touched the hearts of his southern auv’ dience. ' Lon: Praline Spain’s Queen. Speaking to the toast “The Navy,” Secretary Long grew pathetic, and made an almost impassioned appeal in behalf of the queen of Spain. He re- ferred tenderly to her mother love for her son, her heart-burnings and our:- leties during the war. and the blighting other hopes by the outcome of the con- flict. Her trials, he said. deserved the tenderest sympathy of every mother, every ovopwminAmerica. After an expression of sympothfffor the queen. of Spain, Secretary Long took up the matter of territorial expansion. and in the strongest terms ludorsedthe posiof ex- tion, of the administration. He pressed the firm conviction that Amen icon dominition of the Philippines 15110113 hem. t if. ‘ at any brilliant victory, which thrilled the world V Spanish , , ‘ Wealthiesi citizen o-f'Mlchlgan,died no “Having done all that in the line of duty,_ is there any less duty to remain there and» engcij would result in moral and material ad- vantage to the natives. How Sunday “In: Spent. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19.—-Notwith- standing Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest with the presidential party, it was, as a matter of fact, filled with interest and activity. The day was an ideal one. Though they had sat late at the banquet Saturday night—lit was near two o’clock when Gen. Wheeler delivered his delightful peroration to “Woman”—the president and accom- panying members of his cabinet arose to breakfast at about. the usual hour, and later they separated to attend Di- vine services. President McKinley attended church at the Wesley Monumental Methodist church. Mrs. McKinley did not. ac- company him. She is suffering from a slight cold, and remained at the hotel. Her indisposition, however, does not amount to real illness, and in the after- noon she was able to take a carriage ride about the city. The president was met at the door of the church by lead- ing members of the congregation, who escorted him to the pew reserved for him. As he entered the congregation arose and remained standing until he had taken his seat. The sermon wasby Rev. John A. Thomson, D. D. There was no reference to the distinguished presence during the service, beyond an invocation by the preacher for Divine guidance for the president during the crisis which now confronted the coun- try. ' Visits : Colored School. After dinner the president visited the Georgia state agricultural and me- chanical college (colored), where he delivered an address. The route to the college took the president through the camp of the Seventh army corps, and going and coming he stopped at the camp for a brief inspection and to speak words of appreciation and en- couragement to the men. Secretary Alger and Gen. Shatter also visited the camps. Secretary Alger paid more attention to the camp than any other member 0! the party. He went through several of the regimental vil- lages, from headquarters to kitchens, and made a critical examination. He also visited the hospital of the First division, where he spoke kindly to the sick men and made inquiries into their wants and how they were supplied. After his trip he expressed himself as very much gratified with the camp and the work of the hospital corps. The members of the visiting party spent the evenin in the parlors of the hotel until the time came far them to depart for Macon, for which place they left, at midnight. 0n the way to the depot the president was greeted with hearty cheers, as indeed he has been every time he has come within sight during his visit here. , FREEINGUTHE FLEET Ice-Bound Vessels Are Rapidly Bela: Released from Their Prison on Lake Eric’s Noam. Detroit, Mich, Dec. 19.-Aided bye -, northwest wind noise-5mm weather Oi am 1m“ {We duygjmqlstfi? the lmé ' inglv under contiol. prisoned steamers at them; DetroitJiver were on Sun by the togetldfi‘fiouiam' the’terrngs ,,.mfer‘v tune. Early“ hi the Hat Promise and, Fortune we} following ipastfmngsville Whaleback III, Olympia, ’Towor, J12, George F. V. ’whaleba'cks Wilson and Colby, whaleback tow barges. This mowing the following leave here for the block- ade, to attempt to force it: America, George Gould, Elphicke, Pas- adena, Kelly, Spokane, Chemung, Northern King, Mayuba, New York and whalebacks 117 and 122. When the _. fleet following the ferries passed Kings ville another bunch of eight. or ten large vessels was in sight about a mile ahead and directly in the path of the ferries, so it is supposed they also were released. If the fleet today meets'with as good success as did that ot‘Sundnyi and breaks through the ice. it will leave but four freighters still stuck; the Mi. T. Green, bros tallest ’ concludi- shore the City W steamer believed to . George Stone’s but ‘ Hell’s-cite? the Middle ground. 3 i AWAY , * may». vomit ‘ 1 Ace at Niles. ‘ *ilet M:¢;..,,n._¢. 19.41:... as, in. , n 'ty*~two years Henry A}. Chagall“: millionaire mine owner and l a-result "of old age early Saturday shaming, Forone week «Mr. Chopin hoveredbetween lite and death, but in on: rill-silty. «Thursday afternoon he ateiafifififl’igfllo unconsciousness, from whichhe never recovered. At his death ’ whomhe had been also: dfitheir only ‘ r Chicago. Mr. Chopin’s estate is estimated to betwiorth from“$10,000,000 to $30,900,000. ‘ “a Disaster ,w Coalttus Partya of a. coasting accident at Turtle Creek, eight miles from Pittsburgh, Joscph West, aged 30, is dead. ahddl other; injured, twosenioaislys- This sled-col- lapsed at tli‘é bottom of a diced mum buried the party with great force in every direction. The two seriously ‘in— jured‘ are: broken,la.nd J'er h Connerf leftleg broken. and badly injured about the head. “w 114: 7'.“ ‘ ‘ Twin Gil-ll Burned to Death. Morgantown, W. Va., Dec. 19L———Thom— as Jones, living near Greer, attempted to light a fire with crude oil. An ex- plosion occurred, wrecking the room, and the dresses of his twin daughters, aged six years, ignited, He was too died shortly afterward. Enormou- Amonnt of Coal nun-ed.j Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 19.-—The Pittsv strike emergency next spring. ......n..—~v 1.. , Many Locomotives Ordered. ten months. Gilchrist, lemurs Wéglthe, ‘ ,[hls coat over so yearshe showed marvel- ‘ Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 19.~As ambit” Wald. Madeyrl’both legs-- badly burned to assist them. dud they were so badly burned that both of them burgh coal operators have stored at the lake front 60,000 tons of coal. which is to lay there until the opening of the lake trade season. .1: is stated here I that it is a move to be prepared {015’ Philadel phia,Dec. 19.-The'Baldwin lo- cumotive works has within the last few days received orders for 561000motives,‘ jot which 16, are for the Imperial rail- way of China, making. the second or-_ der received from that country Within MOUNT VERNON HAWK-EYE. ROAR OF THE FLAMES. Strikes Terror to the Heart of Terre Haute Business Men. Many Leading Firm: Burned Out- Loss Placed at $1,000,000—VVomen Leap from Windows—Several Persons Badly Injured. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 20.——-The worst fire in the history of the city of Terre Haute took place Monday night. The blaze started in the big show windows of the ,Havens & Geddes company, wholesale and retail dealers in dry goods and notions. The cause is not definitely known, but it is supposed that a live electric wire set fire to the cotton with which the window ws‘sdec— orated, and before the blaze could be extinguished the fire spread to the deco- rations of evergreens in the store and the building was wrapped in flames in an incredibly short space of time. A conservative estimate of the damage is $1,000,000, and the following firms are the losers: Havens Geddescompany, $500,000; Breinig‘ 85 Miller, furniture, $25,000; Pixley 00., $100,000; Terre Haute Shoe company, wholesale, $150.- 000; Albrecht 00., retail dry goods, $190,000; United States Baking com- pany, $80,000; Thorman & Schloss, clothiers. $50,000. There were a num- ber of smell concerns-which were utter- lyannlhilated in the fall of the rear wall of the Ravens Geddes wholesale house and the loss in their case will more than hringthe total losses up to the $1,000,000 mark. several Injured. The fire started at 5:30 o‘clock, when half the employes of the establishment were at their homes for supper. There is a force of 300 or more in the retail department of the establishment, and had the entire force been present the loss of life would have been frightful. As it 15,,Kate Maloncy. a clerk in the notion department, is lying at the point of death. She sprang from swin- dow in the second story and sustained injuries from which she will probably die. Miss Luella Ferguson, a clerk in the some department, jumped just be~ fore Miss Malouey, but was caught by some men who were watching for her. She is internally injured, but will re- cover. Louis Kramer, the trimmer, who was in the show window when the blaze started, is frightfully burned about the head and arms. When res- cued from the burning building he was insane from pain and begged to be killed. Firemen Aus‘terloo, Walsh and Shay were badly injured in the falling of a floor in the Albrecht building and p are now in the city hospital. The fire department worked admirably, and there were many narrow escapes among the men. Several of the firemen are in precarious conditions from burns and the effects of the stifling smoke, but it is thought that all will recover. [At 11 (o’clock p. m. the fire was still burning fiercely in the rear of "the United Sluice Baking company, but the flremeu‘ihad thb flames seem " with, a colored“ fireman, neoth‘ga falling wall at W ‘ ""4" injuries which as rescued with . Lexington, Ky, hospital probably .115 assisting in the ured fireman from the Albrecht building, when a heavy burning timber fell, striking him on the head and brefst and pinning him to the ground. Help from other Cities. The Indianapolis fire department’sent overs wagon ,and an engine on aspe- , clol train which made the distance be— tween Indianapolis and Terre Houte,‘ 72% miles, in 61 minutes. Marshalland Brdzil also sent assistance. ’ A. Heroic Action. ‘ . named Peters, a traveling salesman hon“ called forth cheers from the crowd watching the flames. When‘the tire first; started Peters was standingin Ferguson girls appear at thewccond. merry vein-denim The girlsiwere picnic- .ctrickon and weregin momentary dan- ger ofgoing down :with, the floor. 7-Poth sprang till“ gilt the"d‘oor with head and dashing ’e find Sm’oke, reached hich thé‘girls'appea‘r‘ed and after, balk g with them sWung out trom the ledge” and dropped. [His exam- ple was followed by the two girls.“ Negotiation. Raye Failed. " ‘ “wellington, Dec. 20.-——The negotio» tions for a new commercial treaty be- through the the window 13 failed,cfor the time being at least: The Peruvian govcrnment having . commercial ingcgcougsg. A “was roared... . ‘ Dubuque, 'Id‘JvDec. 20.-~Hyde‘ Park dorsed President McKinley's Atlanta utterances with reference to confed- erate dead and telcgfnphed resolutions president at"Augusta. This is, the first post, in the United States to to the take action. Spurious Coin Captured. in spurious coin was captured in an Italian tenement house in Scott street. The supposed counterfeiters are'under arrest in the persons of Frank Ferrel in passing the counterfeit money. The eounterteiters' outfit has not been lo- cated. ‘ Combos: Ball. for Now York. New, York, Dec. duties in Washington. Her 'l‘hlrd Husband. New York, Dec. 20.-The World says: second was Demetri in Paris, December 8, Killed in a Duel. took ter’c witc._ Maj. Selig was killed. A heroic act on the partof "5" may from'LChdcago, for the Baldwin? music the, crowd and saw ithe Maloney and. tween the UnitedStates, and Peru have , de- nounced theexistlng treaty, itiu‘dll ter- vminate‘next October, and the film coun- tries will be“ left} without “Special 'ar-r rongement forethej‘pguigtion of. their post, grand army, has unanimously en-‘ Buffttlo, N. Y., Dec. g0.—4About $700" and Pasquale Antenach, "who were cap- tured Saturday evening while engaged 20.~—Ambassador Jules Cnmbon will sail from Havre for New York on January 7, to resume his Phineas T. Barnum’s widow, his second wife, has taken her third husband. Her Callias Bey, a Greek, now dead. Now, according to the cards received by her friendsin this country, she \V‘asmarried to Baron Al- exandre Orengiana, a French nobleman, Munich, Dec. EEO-«A duel with pistols place here Monday between Maj. Seitz and LieutlI’Ieifier, arising out 'of the farmer's misconduct with the lat- TRAIN IS WRECKED. Disaster Near Gulon Station, 11:11., in Which One Man In Killed and Seder-a! Injured. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 19.——A wreck occurred on the Indiana, Decatur Southwestern railroad at 2:30 o’clock Sunday morning 52 miles west of In- dianapolis, near Guion station. The Indianapolis express, east—bound, due to arrive at this city at 3:55 a. m., left the tracks west- of a high trestle and passed over the trestle, which was 60 feet long, with seven coaches off the rails and humping along the ties. The trestle was 50 feet high, and it is con— sidered phenomenal that the train was not hurled off into the creek, in which event the slaughter of life would have been awful. The rear car had just left, the trestle when a spreading of the rails ahead of the baggage car piled the seven cars into a heap. The baggage car and smoker were ground almost into splinters and all of the cars were badly wrecked. There were about 50 passengers on the train and not a worm- an or a child in the list. The train was in charge of Condu’ctor J. A. Mitchell, of this city, and itis claimed was run- ning at nearly 60 miles an hour to make up lost time. TAN. “Fells, of Arcola, [ll., superintendent of the schools of Douglas county, Ill, was killed. The injured are: _’ Daniel Pointer, Decatur. 111., head out and neck and shoulders bruised; Andrew Kater, Lawrencevillo, Ind.. head badly out: A. .T. Diddle. Indlafl’llpolls, {rightfully out about the face: M. J. Moore, Indianapolis, head out, spine injured and internal in- .‘lurles; WarrenBaylor; Indianapolis, slight- ly injured; J. A. Mitchell. conductor. in- jured ankles; A. W. Scott. Indianapolis. head injured; H. M; Tenneyck, Chicago. slight injuries. The train was gtling at 45 miles an hour, and the forward car, leaving the track, struck a water tank near the river’s edge. The bursting water tank deluged the coaches and almost drowned some ot.'the passengers, but, fortunately, it extinguished the fires: that were in the cars. The loss is placed at 815.000. FARMERS SEEK AID. Long Drouth Bring- Hundreds o! Oun- tornlnnl to the Vex-Kc of Stncvgtion. “— Montercy, 09.1.. Dec. 19.~—Hundreds of people in the lower part of this (Monterey) countyf‘ are on the verge of starvation. Thtre is neither food nor water enoughlio the vicinity of Lockwood, one of the chief towns of the county, to sustain‘gthe lives there a, week longer. For months past the peo- ple have been living the best they could. The residents are of a. superior class of farmers,: have, on account of pride, concealed their true condi¢ tion. But the situfi’tion is‘now so grave that the farmers hove had to appeal to the state governnient through Gov. Budd, at Sacramento, for old. It is said that there haveglgendy been deaths in the neighborhood pf Lockwood, due to insufficient food. :Children are walk- ing about throughg‘the little patches of woods eating herbs and wild berries to sustain life. Women look gaunt and hungry, and the men appear as if they had just returneddrom a Cuban 'cam- reign. .4... . This deso '(tibnfl’cnd want have been caused by ‘eid‘ong' drought which has visited that part of California for the past, 12 months. There is neither‘wnter nor verdure.’ Most of the stock has suc- cumbed for want of food and drink. There is not a milk cow in that vicin- ity. The farmers have neither money nor credit. Many of the merchants are now preparingto move what few goods they have to more favored localities. A dispatch from Sacramento states that the governor will at. once send food. "OLD SLEUTH ” Is DEAD. Pauling of Harland P. "Haney, an AI:- thor Who-(swan! Talc-“11:79 En- (tanned Tia-cc Generation-u New‘ York, Dec.,19.>-"Old Sleuth" is dead. The man who had delighted, en- tranced and mystified three generate tion: of boys hangone thofiway of all flesh, and no more detective stories, thrilling and terrible, will come from land P. Halsey- lie lived ’t 111 Mm Dancing}: street, grooklyn, n e. hand- some house. price of which was in the bank, depleaaunt family and an unceasing'dosir’cfior work. Add to this this most xmuackoble imagination that ever eVOlvedé fiyddfimatlp" situation, and “Old Sleuth”? is described nsto genera-l- ities. 138111111 came to ‘fold Sleuth" quietly will unexpectedly. He was chut- ting with his wife Friday evening and awaiting the call to dinner. Without a vitamin-gobs tell. forward. into his wife’s arms, and in an instant, with a few gasps. he wasdendn Heart disease is given as the cause of the sudden call. Aged Lady Asphyimted. Washington, Dec. 19.——Mrs. Mary Tutt. Throckmorton, who in her early life was a tendenin society here. died Sunday night tram 111%.«eifects‘ of in— haling illuminating gait which escaped by accident in her room. She was years of ugé. In‘the beginning of Jack- son’s second term in the executive man- sion, Marlifi’l'an Buren was one of the young girl’iis’dmircrs and her reported engagement» to him was one of the so- ciety ruinme the capital; Veteran; Editor Dead. Milwaukee, Dec. 19.-A special to the Journal fromrond du Lac. Wis... says: Edward Beesdn, the oldest editor in the northwest, is dead after an illness at several untagged 83‘- Mr. Bee- son \vaS'couneoted'with various newli- paper enterprisegtn Wisconsin ‘and confinueklétgaactivc journalism in this city until 1 .\ He is survived by five grown-up children. . ,Arrlvm, Safely. San Diego‘,’Cal.,'Dec. 19.—-The British ship Dunford, tram Hamburg, 185 days out and overdue, has arrived here safely. Spanish Commlcionerl at Home. Madrid. Dec. 19.7—The Spanish peace commissioners arrived here Saturday evening on their‘return from Paris, Senor Gamazo. thegleader of the dis- senting liberals, with many politician. and high Omcials. met the commission. ers, whore homecoming was marked by no special incident. Killed by Fulllnk Walk. ‘Paris, Dec. 19.~1¢our persons were killed and Others seriously injured Sunday by the collapse of a house in course oft-onstrnctionou thence Dec Apennins. It is feared that live bodies still remain buriedin the debris. £3... .....,.. .w hlsprolificpon. “'oid Sleuth” was an. , earned by his listening. He no ssoonw TRADE REVIEW. B. G. Dun Says That the Past Has Been a Most Surprising Year—Fail» urel for a \Veek. New York, Dec. 1.—R. G. Dun Co.. in their weekly review of trade say: "December is adding a surprising close to the most surprising year of Amer- ican history. November surpassed all other months of the century in volume of business and production, and thus far December is doing even better in payments through clearing houses, in railroad earn- ings, in foreign trade, in outputof pigiron, in activity and strength of securities. But. that is saying a great deal, for in all these and other tests November was far the best month of American financial history. “The exports of Wheat continue heavy from Atlantic ports, flour included, 5,492,692 bushels, against 3,568,805 last year, and from Pacific ports 741.991 bushels, against 1,520,612 last year, so that for two weeks the outgo has been 11,871,540 bushels, against 9,401,555 last year. As the Wheat output in December of last year was close to the largest on record, the returns this year show a really surprising gain. While prices have been three cents stronger for cash, the western receipts for two weeks of December have been about 5,000,000 bush- els greater than last year. “The corn movement is the most aston— ishing feature of the business, the exports for three weeks having been 7,187,302 bush- els, against 6,326,894 bushels last year. and the price has advanced one cent for the week. Should such a. demand for Amer- ican corn continue it would be of enormous value to western farmers. “Failures for the week have been 261 in the United States, against 329 last year, and 31 in Canada. against 28 last year." THE CIVIL SERVICE. President Taken to Task by the Re- form Anloclltlon for Apparent Violation of the Rules. Baltimore, Md, Dec. 17.—The Nation- al Civil Service Reform association, in convention here, at. its second day’s session devoted almost the entire morning to a discussion of the. report of the committee on resolutions, which charged the present national adminis- tration with a violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of the civil service rules. The resolutions as finally adopted con- gratulate the lovers of good govern- ment on “the failure of the recent at- tack in congress upon the merit-sys- tem,”vasscrt that the convention has heard with grave concern the report that the president of the United States intends to Withdrawdrom civil service rules a large number of. ions under mu»- 3} is 330 7c past year; charge that he ndminlstra. tinnitus failed to‘redccm its promise to ‘extend the rule Wherever possible,” id in conclusionwhssert that the rule ‘ ‘qutl‘ed dependencies is’s’ster and disgrace if con 11 he plans- of the spoils politsicians. Carl Schurz was reelected president. FEDERATION OF LABOR. Delegates Listen to British Member- nt Kansas City—Are Opposed to Standing Army. Kansas City, Dec. 15.-—Speech-mak- ing consumed the morning session a; of the annualoon've'u y. and listened With a grea - _ interest to the talks: by William Thorno and William Inskip, the-delegates the British Labor congress, sudden response thereto by President Samuel Gompers. . z, , x, j . Kansas Cliy,,Mo., Dec. 16.43% nual convention Thursddy' thé‘A canFedemtion of Labor declared.,by standing army-:11} the United States, which is in fedllty recognized as a. pro- test ug‘ainrst-cxi‘ransion. or the spirit of imperialism as it was termed by the delegates. Thisfictlon was taken after five hours of debate on every phase’of the question. At times many of the speakers became eloquent in their ut- terances ‘and received ups-tinted sp- plaose from the delegates. _ I, , Trill]: Kiilc my)“. Buffalo, N. Y.,‘Dec. 14.——Eight mane were killed and 'todif'lnjured' {at Winspeare,,birldgs, near.j,_Cor£u, on the New York. Centruhruilroad. TiteSday. They were Polrmfi John Warner,vth gnged in shoveling; snow. All were, irightfully mutileged. The stepped from one trggkito avoid an a)» prdaching train right ingfmnt of a fast express train running in the corneal: ground to pieces. I, Killed by a. winnewm. Chicago, Dec. 16.—‘Tliéy,cofllapse of a wall during a fire in a livery stable on Cottage Grove avenue Thursday night, killed two firemen and injured ten oth. ers. . The dead are Lieut. Matthew Meyer and Patrick ,O’Ilerne. ,‘I’he seri- ously injured are Michael O’Hara, skull fractured; Thomas Dillon, skull frac- tured; Edward Creuiscuo, back broken. The building was a two-story brick structure. The lower floor was occu- pied by the Palace livery stable, while the second story contained living apartments. . , \Vill Be Preserved. Santiago do Cuba, Dec. Ill—Gen. Wood, governor of the military depart- ment of Santiago, is determined to pro- tect what. is left of the "surrender tree” consented to the cupitulation of San- tiago—and has, had it enclosed with a 'wire fence, issuing an order imposing a fine of $100 or imprisonment for 100 days as a penalty for mutilating the tree. which is already not a little in- jured by relic hunters. Capt. Sig-bee Ordered to Havana. Washington, Dec. 16.-Cupt. Sigsbee, of the Texas, has been ordered to Ha- vana by rail and steamer to ‘take com- mand of his ship there. The order is the result of the hasty departure of the Texas under recent orders. Capt. Sigs~ bee was at Albany at the time and the orders to soil were obeyed so promptly that Capt. Sigsbee had no time to reach his ship and in the nautical phrase he and other officers were “left on the bench.” Pun-ed in a Hurry. \Vashlngton, Dec. 16.——The house on Thursday surpassed all previous rec- ords in the expeditiou'wiih which it passed the pension appropriation bill. This bill in days gone by has li-een one of the most fruitful themes of acri- monious partisan debate, but Thurs- day, although carrying $4,000,000 more than the act, for the current year, it was passed in 20 minutes without a word of criticism. DEATH OF CALVIN S. BRICE 'I‘he Ear-United State: Senator trolls Ohio and Noted Financier Ex- pix-en in New York. New York, Dec. 16.-—Former United States Senator Calvin S. Brice died at 3:15 o'clock Thursday at his residence in this city of pneumonia. He con- tracted a. severe cold one week ago. On Friday last he took to his bed, and on Monday morning his physician said that pneumonia had developed. Ev- erything known to medical science was done to save him‘, but he grew steadily worse. [Calvin s. Brice was a native of Ohio and was born in 1845. He was the son of a Pres- ' byterlan minister. Three years before the civil war he entered Miami university, but in 1861 he enlisted in a university company, for the war. He served in West Virginia in the Ninety—sixth Ohio infantry. In 1863 he graduated from the university, and after teaching school a few months he became captain of a company in the One Hundred and Eighth Ohio and served to the end of the war. He then went to Ann Arbor (Mich) law school and afterwards was ad- mitted to the bar in Cincinnati. He took an active interest in politics, and in the campaign of 1876 he was an electoral can- didate on the Tilden ticket and again on the Cleveland ticket in 1884. In 1888 he was a delegate at large to the democratic na- tional convention at St. Louis, where the Ohio delegation chose him as a member of the national committee. He was chairman of the executive committee during the 1888 campaign and, on the death of William H. Barnum. was elected chairman of the demUCratlc national committee. In the winter of 1890 Mr. Brice was elected United States senator to succeed Henry B. Payne, and took his seat March 4, 1891. In the sen- cte Mr. Brice became a prominent figure. , vim nlniost a. unanimous vote,, against a; thesecgption of l v w .nmong the killed. he men’ were semi. men faction as the firsfifind were literally, 4the tree beneath which the Spaniards ‘ He was soon made a member of the demo- cratic steering committee and became also a member of the committee on appropria- tions. Mr. Brice seldom spoke in the sen- ate, but was a close observer of evervthing that was going on and was always deep in , the councils of the party. Durlnzihe past year he had devoted con- Bidet-able attention to the exploitation of certain Chinese concessions and was at the head of a syndicate known as the American Development company. This company 1: said to control several valuable railway concessions in China.) WILL RULE OVER oceans. Maj. Gen. Brooke Designated to Be the Flut’ Military Governor of the Inlando ' Washington, Dec. 14.—-Maj. .Gcn. Brooke arrived in Washington from Fortress Monroe Tuesday and was closeth for more than an hour in con- sultation, with Secretary Alger. He then in. company with Adjtw Gen. Cor- .bin rco e51} (th white bone. and 4 V . , nnounced that the presi ent nated him to be ‘rnilitary governor ot the island ofCuba, a new. post,” whic art-tee with. it all the control over t military and civil branches of the island formerly exer- cised by the captain general under the . Spanish regime. on’ch the six- provinces of Cuba _, re ’ltsl own” military governor, jusths Gen. Wood is now military gov— ernor of the province of Santiago, but all of these will receive their instruc- tions directly from’Maj. Gen. Brooke, who is in supreme authority of the island. Thus Bavaria. Gen. Ludlow will be gowrnqhof the city. but-un- swerable to Ilse. the governor of the province of Haitians, whoin turn Willbe answerable toMoj, can. Brnoke, ‘tljé'éovernor of the {$151,315. r GIVEN TWELVE \Gldeon ‘WV.’ Marsh, Former fire-idem: 2 of Keystone National Bunnies:- termed at Philadelphn. Philadelphia; Dec: 14.4ideon‘ w, Mia. xeliflometiptgstdent ofi the wrecked Keystone not “anal bank, wos’l‘uesdoy sentenced by Judge Butler, in to; United States district court, {'0 im» prisontment of 13 years and 3 months and to pity ofine of $500. Marsh was charged with conspiracy in making false‘entriev in the books: and making false reports to the comptroller of the currency. ’ They‘ Robbed Poof Omen. Chicago, Dec. 16.-—Chl8f'1)ost Office Inspector James E. Stuart has cele- brated his return from Cuban butt-le— flelds by causing the arrest of four men who for some time past have been loot— ing post offices in the smaller towns of Illinois. At. Central station the {iris- oners confessed that'they had robbed six post offices, the aggregate of their plunder amounting to several thou— sands of dollars. The offices robbed were Hammond. Ind.; West Chicago, Morgan Pdrk. Danforth, 111.; West Pullman and. Wiunetka. . Eighteen \Vere Lou. Baltimore. Md.. Dec. 15.—-Eightaddi- tional survivors of the crew at the lost. ship Londonian were brought into this port Wednesday night by the North German Lloyd steamship Maria Rick- mers. These with 45 previously rescued by the Johnston line steamer Vedamote complete the list 01 survivors. 18 hav- ing been lost in an attempt to leave the disabled ship in one of her small boats. “ A. Awful Dun-(er. New York, Dec. 11-21 wagon con- taining eight person: was struck by a train on the Pennsylvania railroad Fri- day night at the Allenwood crossing, a few miles from Mannsquan. N. J., and four were killed, two fatally injured and two others seriously injured. The dead are Mrs. Ellen Allen, Bea. sic Allen. hervdaughter; Mrs.‘Allie Al— ger and Jennie Crammer. v Ended n- aeuion. x Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 17.—-The an- nual convention of the National Build- ing Trades Council of America came to an end Friday after the convention had elected oflicers and decided to hold the next convention in Milwaukee during the second week of December, 1899. Edward Carroll. of Chicago,wu elect. ed president. i ‘ Tn : late at night, aged '78 years. KO- THE SOUTHERN TOUR. Strengthe President’s Trip Hal the Tie Between the North and South. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19.—-The ori object of President McKinley’s visit the south has been entirely lost si‘ of. The unprecedented outburst! loyalty to the union have complef overshadowed the rejoicing over ‘ peace with Spain, though the partial tion in the latter was the avowed ob. L of the president's southern trip. “ thoroughly explain what is going; in the south tC-day it is necessary; J‘ not only record the continuous cut“ ’7 siasm and hospitable receptions, “fwuéfih: also to recount the causes that 11 (9,, it 59. made the trip so remarkable. In: pulled tl the speeches and in all the demons um“, 50' tions which have marked the p . “mug;st dent's visit to Atlanta, Tuskegee, M; oman's v gomery and Savannah there has Sh the ‘1 the tacit admission that the war Sed‘hfi’ Spain was the great factor in achi 3, Difiefi‘ug‘ the result. but it is to the result d maker not to the factor that the chief t 1 e 01' bel of speechmaking and of enthusi’.a.nstmas has lent itself. Political influences #i en the l: to play no part in the reception of ' ‘ , 1‘3“ how ident McKinley. On all sides the ’ ngngfing an eagerness to publicly express 1 eat an’ loyalty of the southern states '€'~ heaven admit that the war with Spain not nay an :2 helped to weld the compact of the ,3: :51”, tions, but gave to the souththe op ' so swee tunity to express sentiments of loyl likes kiss that have long lived but which i. Dfaceh or: lacked opportunity of expression, .fieeih‘f; this has been done chiefly by de e 01‘ bel crats, many of whom fought for 3’ stars and bars, and to all of whomigliznffi name of Davis is a sacred memory. y' like a lit The frank references to and the a ward th cuSsion of the civil war have let-t1“e by .or ‘ eamln 1 many delicate situations that were i, ough A11 saved from becoming irritating dil ev or be: mas .by the tact 01‘ a president “half” to fought against the southern trooflifg 22;: by the graceful utterances of the » ngels cor federates who years ago opposed ,. 'hen they on the battlefield. The plane Emmy" scenes of an audience in the old I :ereéerm: federate capital cheering the stars stripes until they grew hoarse, of d .1, federate veterans struggling to reednvmflwh the hand of a northern republican '7' _n’ my 10‘ ident, of Gen. Wheeler leading the .. ' 9‘ “V1”! ple of his state in cheers for Will {£20,123 0 throng McKinley in the place where Jeffe ' jest h Davis once urged the south to flgh ch a he:1 separation, are all redeemed fro ‘1 to "‘94 suspicion of fulsomeness or the f xixodiflihgl praise of politicians by the bluntt * ‘. that ] rations of loyalty. Gov. Johnston, of Alabama, 53 Montgomery: “Went the south nothing to regret except our dc but. he at once went on to say tbs. rejoiced in the United States, wl strong accent on “United,” and t, 3' any man now said: “Is Alabama 2 to the union ‘2" he asked an absurd C1 \ tion, because Alabama’s loyalty been proven by Wheeler and H0 and that. there were hundreds 0 er Wheelers and Hobsons in Ala , ready to give equal proof of Alsb glad fealty to the union. Such utterances as these have ma the trip with more frequency th " a No report .0 a ‘ ' - President McKinley there has be eleventh hour of confession of 51 {are u, substance they have all said that ell, 110.21 fought for what they then thought . d With right; that they neither blame selves nor their dead fathers or . for enlisting in the cause of the co eracy, but that they accept to-day- ridge}! ; changed conditions witha gladness, 0 can 0 sincerity they never felt until the; n and I with Spain knit the nation into a mon cause. and until ,a repu presidc‘nt urged the people of the n and south to honor the confed dead. In the latter reason lies the m centive to the intense and almo expected enthusiasm with whic presidential party has been since Mr. McKinley’s first speech lonta. Scarcely, a speaker or a. in Alabama or Georgia has mad crence to the president without tioning on every occasion his t to the confederate dead. This once represents a host of publi private speeches that have been since the arrival of the preaid party in the south. It is the co of various opinions expressed by oflicen and citizens of Georgi Alabama, nearly 'all of whom a posed to the resident in politic who have we corned him right: in his capacity ‘of chief executiv who have givan vent to wild e siasm over his utterances regardi ' confederate dead. In this way was planned to be a celebration peace with Spain has become alm tirely a genuine practical ratifi of the peace between north and epoch-making in its significance. , ‘9 Am“ ing in its details and'pathetic in “med ' countless memories that it awake ., ’8 10¢! 0 's wolve sed to b persum ' hot. hes," I there i inalan Kpu'rbnriouon‘ mu m- Washington. Dec. ISL—In the Saturday the day was devoted Indian appropriation bill, whic passed substantially as reported. is the third of the appropriation pass, and it clears the calendar big supply bills, although snot agricultural, will be ready for tion by to-day. Murder In Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Dec. 19t—A special : ‘ Sentinel from North Crandon. ‘an Otto says: Milt Stoliker was shot killed at. his home Sunday b cousin,Joseph Stoltker. The troub caused by Joseph Stoliker payill iention: to Milt. Stoliker’a sisterr Hemel. The murderer is in jail a ing examination. . Kint Oscar 1: Sick. London, Dec. 19.--The Copen correspondent of the Daily Ma that King Oscar II. of Swende Norway has been suddenly in and is now confined to his bed An Inventor Dc-d. Philadelphia, Dec. 19. —- Jonll Wooten, at one time general In of the Philadelphia «k Reading pony, died at his residence ’ .a U H- 5' only a few days. He was the l1!v of the Wooten fire box, designedf consumption of waste coal. Smallpox Quarantine. . Springfield, 111., Dec. 19.~S€_ Egan, of the state board of hell“. received a telegram from 131 Henderson county. where fir smallpox developed, saying in. if! Morey had liqgl'anflned th 1»