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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
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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»